{"meta": {"title_en": "One small sale. Many national registers.", "title_ro": "O vânzare mică. Multe registre naționale.", "snapshot_label": "18 August 2026, approximately 12:16–12:26 BST", "records": 4946, "unique_ids": 4946, "date_range": ["2026/08/07 00:10:40", "2026/08/18 13:20:20"], "reported_countries": 61, "original_languages": 21, "translated_to_english": 1817, "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/feedback_en?p_id=25704", "api_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/api/allFeedback?publicationId=25704&keywords=&language=EN&page=0&size=100&sort=dateFeedback%2CDESC", "ppwr_url": "https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste_en", "eur_lex_url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng", "freshness_note_en": "The Commission page is live and changes while open. This is a dated snapshot, not a permanent total.", "freshness_note_ro": "Pagina Comisiei este live și se schimbă în timp ce este deschisă. Acesta este un instantaneu datat, nu un total permanent."}, "feedback": [{"id": 33563897, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 13:20:20", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hrafn Guitars", "feedback": "I am self-employed individual hand making and selling guitars and accessories. I recently took the difficult decision to pay for an authorised EU representative to ensure compliance with GPSR and enable me to sell to the EU once again, considering I already operate at a loss. This new directive fully prevents me from selling to the EU due to the cost of registering with an appropriate representative. Please reconsider the need for high-cost representatives for this regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am self-employed individual hand making and selling guitars and accessories. I recently took the difficult decision to pay for an authorised EU representative to ensure compliance with GPSR and enable me to sell to the EU once again, considering I already operate at a loss. This new directive fully prevents me from selling to the EU due to the cost of registering with an appropriate representative. Please reconsider the need for high-cost representatives for this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563897_en"}, {"id": 33563896, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 13:14:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmer unterstütze ich ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft in der Europäischen Union zu stärken. Die vorgesehenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten sind für sehr kleine Online-Händler in ihrer derzeitigen Form jedoch unverhältnismäßig. Ich versende nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Trotzdem müsste ich mich grundsätzlich in jedem einzelnen Zielland registrieren und dort unterschiedliche Verfahren, Fristen, Sprachen und Meldesysteme beachten. Hinzu kommen Registrierungsgebühren, Mindestbeiträge und gegebenenfalls Kosten für Bevollmächtigte oder externe Dienstleister. Diese Kosten können den Umsatz oder Gewinn aus den wenigen Lieferungen in das jeweilige Land deutlich übersteigen. Besonders problematisch ist, dass Kleinstunternehmen mit wenigen Sendungen im Wesentlichen ähnliche administrative Pflichten erfüllen müssen wie große Online-Händler, die täglich Tausende Pakete versenden. Diese formale Gleichbehandlung schafft keine fairen Wettbewerbsbedingungen. Große Unternehmen können die Kosten auf sehr hohe Verkaufszahlen verteilen und verfügen über eigene Compliance-Abteilungen. Kleine Händler haben diese Möglichkeiten nicht. Die Folge ist, dass viele kleine Unternehmen den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Dies schwächt den europäischen Binnenmarkt, verringert die Angebotsvielfalt und begünstigt große Plattformen und Konzerne. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher um folgende Änderungen: Einführung eines zentralen EU-Registers, über das sich ein Unternehmen einmalig für alle Mitgliedstaaten registrieren und seine Verpackungsmengen melden kann. Einführung einer EU-weit einheitlichen Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen. Gebühren, die sich ausschließlich nach den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen richten, ohne unverhältnismäßige Mindestbeiträge. Ein einfaches, mehrsprachiges und vollständig digitales Meldeverfahren, möglichst mit nur einer jährlichen EU-weiten Meldung. Verzicht auf die Pflicht zur Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter bei sehr geringen Versandmengen. Eine zentrale und vereinfachte europäische Lösung würde die Umweltziele nicht abschwächen. Sie würde die Einhaltung der Vorschriften erleichtern, unnötige Mehrfachregistrierungen vermeiden und zugleich bessere, einheitliche Daten schaffen. Umweltverantwortung muss wirksam, aber auch verhältnismäßig und wirtschaftlich umsetzbar sein. Kleinstunternehmen dürfen durch fixe Kosten und zahlreiche nationale Verfahren nicht faktisch vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small businessman, I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and strengthening the circular economy in the European Union. However, the envisaged registration and reporting obligations are disproportionate for very small online traders in their current form. I send only a few parcels per year to other EU Member States. Nevertheless, in principle, I would have to register in each country of destination and follow different procedures, deadlines, languages and notification systems. In addition, there are registration fees, minimum contributions and, where applicable, costs for authorised representatives or external service providers. These costs may significantly exceed the turnover or profit from the few deliveries to the country in question. A particular problem is that micro-enterprises with few consignments have to comply with essentially similar administrative obligations to large online traders who send thousands of parcels per day. This formal equal treatment does not create a level playing field. Large companies can spread costs over very high sales and have their own compliance departments. Small traders do not have these possibilities. As a result, many small businesses have to stop selling to other EU Member States. This weakens the European single market, reduces choice and favours large platforms and corporations. I would therefore ask the European Commission to make the following changes: Establish a central EU register where a company can register once for all Member States and report its packaging volumes. Introduction of an EU-wide single de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. Fees based solely on the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market, without disproportionate minimum contributions. A simple, multilingual and fully digital reporting procedure, possibly with only one annual EU-wide notification. Waiving the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives in the case of very small quantities of consignments. A centralised and simplified European solution would not weaken environmental objectives. It would facilitate compliance and avoid unnecessary multiple registrations, while providing better and consistent data. Environmental responsibility must be effective, but also proportionate and economically feasible. Micro-enterprises should not be de facto excluded from the European single market due to fixed costs and numerous national procedures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563896_en"}, {"id": 33563895, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 13:09:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Groovetemple Oliver Kissling", "feedback": "Hello, I am an internet retailer, a small business. My customers are record collectors from all over the world. The US is already a catastrophe because of Trump's customs. I was always glad that we have the EU. I appreciate that you want to reduce waste. But with the PPWR you will miss the target. You make the European market weaker. A handful of people work here. Some will lose their job this year, if no change is coming. I cannot afford to pay thousands of Euros for ARs in each country. PPWR won't avoid any packaging waste that way, it only produces cost & I cannot even calculate it. You need to develop a central portal (like OSS for taxes) & lower the cost for small companies. Otherwise you will destroy many of them. We also had to stop shipping to most EU countries currently, but we hope for a better solution in the near future. Best regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am an internet retailer, a small business. My customers are record collectors from all over the world. The US is already a catastrophe because of Trump's customs. I was always glad that we have the EU. I appreciate that you want to reduce waste. But with the PPWR you will miss the target. You make the European market weaker. A handful of people work here. Some will lose their job this year, if no change is coming. I cannot afford to pay thousands of Euros for ARs in each country. PPWR won't avoid any packaging waste that way, it only produces cost & I cannot even calculate it. You need to develop a central portal (like OSS for taxes) & lower the cost for small companies. Otherwise you will destroy many of them. We also had to stop shipping to most EU countries currently, but we hope for a better solution in the near future. Best regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563895_en"}, {"id": 33563894, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 13:06:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Verbraucherin/Verbraucher innerhalb der EU möchte ich zur geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aus meiner Perspektive Stellung nehmen, insbesondere zur Pflicht kleiner Online-Händler, für den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Zielland zu bestellen. Gerade als Verbraucher in einem kleineren oder grenznahen EU-Mitgliedstaat profitiere ich stark davon, dass ich bei kleinen und spezialisierten Online-Händlern aus anderen EU-Ländern einkaufen kann etwa bei Anbietern, die eine bestimmte Auswahl, Qualität oder Nischenprodukte führen, die es im eigenen Land nicht oder nicht in vergleichbarer Form gibt. Der Binnenmarkt lebt gerade davon, dass auch kleine Händler mir als Kundin bzw. Kunde grenzüberschreitend zugänglich sind, nicht nur große, ohnehin europaweit aufgestellte Plattformen. Wenn nun bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in ein anderes Land die Pflicht auslöst, dort einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen, wird für kleine Händler der Verkauf ins Ausland wirtschaftlich unattraktiv oder schlicht unmöglich. Das bekomme ich als Verbraucher unmittelbar zu spüren: Erstens schrumpft meine Auswahl. Kleine Händler werden ihren Vertrieb aus Kostengründen auf ihr Heimatland beschränken, selbst wenn sie eigentlich bereit und in der Lage wären, mich als Kundin im Ausland zu beliefern. Für mich bedeutet das weniger Zugang zu spezialisierten, oft auch nachhaltiger oder handwerklich produzierten Angeboten, die gerade von kleinen Anbietern kommen. Zweitens verteuert sich das verbleibende Angebot. Wo Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf trotz der Fixkosten aufrechterhalten, werden sie diese Kosten zumindest teilweise auf die Preise umlegen. Als Verbraucher zahle ich damit indirekt für eine Regelung, die pro Land dieselben Fixkosten verlangt, unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete verkauft werden das trifft mich als Kundin eines kleinen Nischenanbieters unverhältnismäßig stärker als bei einem Großhändler. Drittens widerspricht das dem, was der EU-Binnenmarkt für mich als Verbraucher eigentlich leisten soll: einen möglichst freien, diskriminierungsfreien Zugang zu Waren und Dienstleistungen aus allen Mitgliedstaaten. Eine Regelung, die faktisch nur große Unternehmen grenzüberschreitend wettbewerbsfähig hält, schwächt die Vielfalt und den Wettbewerb, von denen ich als Kundin sonst profitiere. Ich schlage daher vor, bei der Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht die Verbraucherperspektive stärker zu berücksichtigen: eine Ausnahme oder Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmer sowie eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung würden nicht nur Händler entlasten, sondern auch mir als Verbraucherin bzw. Verbraucher weiterhin einen breiten und bezahlbaren Zugang zu kleinen, spezialisierten Anbietern aus dem EU-Ausland sichern. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a consumer within the EU, I would like to comment on the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers from my perspective, in particular on the obligation for small online traders to appoint an authorised representative for cross-border sales in each destination country. As a consumer in a smaller or cross-border EU Member State, I greatly benefit from being able to shop from small and specialised online traders in other EU countries, for example from those offering a certain choice, quality or niche products that do not exist or are not in a comparable form in my own country. The internal market is based on the fact that even small traders can access me cross-border as a customer, not just large platforms that are already set up across Europe. If a single sale to another country already triggers the obligation to appoint a paid agent there, it becomes economically unattractive or simply impossible for small traders to sell abroad. As a consumer, I feel this immediately: First, my choice is shrinking. Small retailers will limit their distribution to their home country for cost reasons, even if they would actually be willing and able to supply me as a customer abroad. For me, this means less access to specialised, often sustainable or artisanal, offers, especially from small suppliers. Second, the price of the remaining offer becomes more expensive. Where traders maintain cross-border sales despite fixed costs, they will pass these costs on, at least in part, to prices. As a consumer, I therefore indirectly pay for a rule requiring the same fixed costs per country, irrespective of whether five or five hundred parcels are sold there, which affects me disproportionately more as a customer of a small niche supplier than for a wholesaler. Thirdly, this contradicts what the EU’s internal market is supposed to do for me as a consumer: as free and non-discriminatory access as possible to goods and services from all Member States. A rule that de facto keeps only large companies competitive across borders weakens the diversity and competition I otherwise benefit from as a customer. I therefore propose that greater account be taken of the consumer’s perspective when defining the obligation to appoint a representative: an exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and a genuine one-stop-shop solution would not only reduce the burden on traders, but would also continue to ensure me, as a consumer, wide and affordable access to small, specialised providers from other EU countries. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563894_en"}, {"id": 33563893, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 13:04:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lokstoredigital", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleines, inhabergeführtes Unternehmen mit eigener Entwicklung, Produktion und Onlinehandel sind wir von den geplanten PPWR-Regelungen zur erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung unmittelbar betroffen. Unser Unternehmen ist ein Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der europäischen KMU-Definition: weniger als zehn Beschäftigte und höchstens zwei Millionen Euro Jahresumsatz bzw. Jahresbilanzsumme. Diese Definition ist ausdrücklich von der deutschen umsatzsteuerlichen Kleinunternehmerregelung zu unterscheiden. Besonders problematisch ist für uns die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU je Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigtenpflichten zu erfüllen. Die dabei entstehenden Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Unternehmen in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Für einen großen Händler lassen sich solche Kosten auf sehr hohe Stückzahlen verteilen. Für uns kann bereits ein geringer Absatz in mehreren EU-Ländern zu einer Vielzahl zusätzlicher Verträge, Gebühren und Verwaltungswege führen. Damit wird der europäische Binnenmarkt für Kleinstunternehmen faktisch wieder in viele einzelne Märkte aufgeteilt. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich die Ziele der PPWR, insbesondere Verpackungsvermeidung, Recycling und eine angemessene Beteiligung an Entsorgungskosten. Nicht akzeptabel ist jedoch, wenn die administrativen Kosten ein Vielfaches der eigentlichen Umweltkosten erreichen. Für unser Unternehmen sind diese Belastungen keine abstrakte Frage. Zusätzliche Fixkosten und der mögliche Rückzug aus einzelnen EU-Märkten würden unmittelbar zu Umsatzverlusten führen. Diese könnten wir aufgrund unserer Unternehmensgröße nicht auffangen. In der Konsequenz müssten wir Personal abbauen und Mitarbeiter entlassen. Es geht daher nicht nur um Bürokratie, sondern konkret um den Erhalt bestehender Arbeitsplätze. Wir fordern deshalb, Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der europäischen KMU-Definition grundsätzlich von der Pflicht auszunehmen, in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat einen eigenen EPR-Bevollmächtigten bestellen zu müssen. Sollte eine vollständige Ausnahme nicht möglich sein, muss zumindest eine europaweit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze eingeführt werden, unterhalb derer bei geringen Verpackungsmengen oder Umsätzen im Zielland keine Bevollmächtigtenpflicht entsteht. Zusätzlich benötigen wir eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Eine zentrale Registrierung und ein einheitliches Meldeverfahren für alle Mitgliedstaaten würden Bürokratie und Kosten erheblich reduzieren. Verpackungsdaten sollten einmal erfasst und anschließend den jeweiligen Ländern zugeordnet werden können. Kleinstunternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großkonzerne. Viele regulatorische Anforderungen verursachen nahezu dieselben Fixkosten, werden bei kleinen Unternehmen aber auf ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilt. Dadurch entstehen Marktzutrittsschranken, die große Unternehmen begünstigen und kleine europäische Hersteller benachteiligen. Wir bitten Sie daher dringend, bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR eine verhältnismäßige und praxistaugliche Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen vorzusehen, damit grenzüberschreitender Handel im europäischen Binnenmarkt auch für kleine Hersteller wirtschaftlich möglich bleibt und bestehende Arbeitsplätze nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie gefährdet werden. Für unser Unternehmen geht es hierbei nicht nur um Bürokratie und zusätzliche Kosten. Es geht darum, ob wir als kleiner deutscher Hersteller unsere Produkte weiterhin Kunden im gesamten europäischen Binnenmarkt anbieten können. Und es geht ganz konkret darum, ob wir unsere bestehenden Arbeitsplätze erhalten können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andreas Hornung Lokstoredigital", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small owner-run company with its own development, production and online sales, we are directly affected by the planned PPWR rules on extended producer responsibility. Our company is a micro-enterprise according to the European SME definition: less than 10 employees and no more than EUR 2 million in annual turnover or balance sheet total. This definition should be explicitly distinguished from the German VAT scheme for small enterprises. We are particularly concerned about the obligation to comply with additional registration, reporting and, where applicable, authorised representatives obligations per Member State when selling cross-border within the EU. In the case of small undertakings, the fixed costs incurred are disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. For a large trader, such costs can be spread over very large quantities. For us, even a low level of sales in several EU countries can lead to a multitude of additional contracts, fees and administrative channels. This effectively divides the European single market for micro-enterprises back into many individual markets. We strongly support the objectives of the PPWR, in particular packaging avoidance, recycling and a fair share of disposal costs. However, it is not acceptable if the administrative costs are many times higher than the actual environmental costs. For our company, these burdens are not an abstract question. Additional fixed costs and possible withdrawal from individual EU markets would directly lead to a loss of sales. Because of our size, we would not be able to absorb them. As a result, we would have to reduce staff and lay off staff. It is therefore not just about bureaucracy, but more specifically about maintaining existing jobs. We therefore call for micro-enterprises within the meaning of the European SME definition to be exempted in principle from the obligation to appoint their own EPR representative in each EU Member State. If a full exemption is not possible, at least a Europe-wide de minimis threshold must be introduced, below which no obligation to appoint a representative arises in the case of small quantities of packaging or sales in the country of destination. In addition, we need a real European one-stop-shop solution. A centralised registration and a uniform notification procedure for all Member States would significantly reduce bureaucracy and costs. Packaging data should be collected once and then attributed to the respective countries. Micro-enterprises are not small-scale large companies. Many regulatory requirements generate almost the same fixed costs, but for small companies they are spread over a much smaller volume of business. This creates barriers to entry, favouring large companies and putting small European producers at a disadvantage. We therefore urge you, in the further implementation of the PPWR, to provide for a proportionate and workable solution for micro-enterprises so that cross-border trade in the European internal market remains economically possible, including for small manufacturers, and existing jobs are not jeopardised by disproportionate bureaucracy. For our company, this is not just about red tape and additional costs. The question is whether, as a small German manufacturer, we can continue to offer our products to customers throughout the European internal market. And more specifically, whether we can keep our existing jobs. Kind regards, Andreas Hornung Lokstoredigital", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563893_en"}, {"id": 33563892, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 13:02:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, alle reden über Endbürokratisierung. Aber die Europäische Kommission findet immer neue Richtlinien. Fürchterlich. Ich mach da nicht mehr mit. Ich beschränke mich auf das Inland. Alles andere ist für mich gestorben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, everyone is talking about end-bureaucratisation. But the European Commission is constantly finding new directives. Frightening. I don't get involved anymore. I shall confine myself to the national territory. Everything else has died for me.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563892_en"}, {"id": 33563891, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:59:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Buywell24 GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Wir vertreiben Schuhe, Schuhpflegeprodukte und Accessoires online und beliefern dabei vereinzelt auch Kundinnen und Kunden im EU-Ausland. Für uns als kleines Unternehmen war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wir dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler wie uns. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. In unserem Fall würde das bedeuten, den ohnehin nur vereinzelten Vertrieb ins EU-Ausland vollständig einzustellen und uns auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden wie es bei uns mit einem nur vereinzelten Auslandsvertrieb der Fall ist , sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen M.K.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. We sell shoes, shoe care products and accessories online and occasionally also supply customers in other EU countries. For us as a small business, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once we sell goods to another Member State, a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether we sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders like us. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. In our case, this would mean completely discontinuing sales to other EU countries, which are in any case only occasional, and limiting us to the German market. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For companies that exceed these limits but nevertheless only send small quantities across borders, as in our case with only sporadic foreign sales, at least a de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow us and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, M.K.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563891_en"}, {"id": 33563890, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:57:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lotta Ludwigson GmbH", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing to share my concerns regarding the Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and EPR, particularly its impact on micro-enterprises selling across the EU. I run a very small business with just 1.5 people, including myself, and relatively small revenues. Due to the PPWR + EPR requirements, including registration obligations in individual EU Member States and, in some cases, the requirement to appoint an authorised representative locally, we have had to completely stop shipping to customers across the EU. This is not a minor administrative inconvenience. It has a direct and significant impact on our business and causes substantial lost revenue. More importantly, I believe it conflicts with one of the core principles of the European Union: the existence of a common Single Market where small businesses should be able to sell across borders without facing disproportionate barriers. I am also not alone. After speaking about this issue on Instagram and LinkedIn, I have received more than 200 messages from other small brands and micro-businesses facing the same problem. This clearly goes beyond an isolated case. What I find particularly concerning is the lack of proportionality. The environmental problems the PPWR aims to address are largely driven by companies shipping enormous volumes of goods and packaging, offering free and frequent returns, and generating far more packaging waste overall. Yet a micro-business that might send five parcels to a particular EU country in an entire year can face essentially the same administrative and financial obligations as a corporation shipping hundreds of thousands of parcels. The environmental contribution of such a micro-business is negligible in comparison, while the regulatory burden can be enormous relative to its size and turnover. I also find the current response to the criticism concerning. If Member States are now being encouraged not to impose penalties on small businesses that do not comply with these requirements, this seems to demonstrate that the practical consequences for micro-businesses were not sufficiently considered when the regulation was designed. At the same time, telling small businesses that they should not comply does not provide legal certainty. What happens if a business receives a warning, claim or legal notice because it has not fulfilled a national requirement? Small businesses cannot simply absorb the cost of legal disputes or enforcement proceedings. A recommendation not to enforce does not eliminate the underlying obligations or the financial risk. We are therefore left with an impossible choice: accept administrative and financial costs that are completely disproportionate to our size and environmental impact, or stop serving customers in the EU. For us, the latter is currently the only economically viable and legally safe option. This is particularly frustrating because Europe should be encouraging more small and independent businesses especially sustainable brands that are often pioneers in innovation, transparency and responsible production rather than creating conditions that make it increasingly difficult for them to operate across the European market. I strongly support the goals of the PPWR and believe businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, regulation must be proportionate. A company shipping a handful of parcels to a Member State per year should not face the same burden as a multinational shipping hundreds of thousands. I therefore urge the European Commission to urgently reconsider how the PPWR applies to micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering this feedback!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing to share my concerns regarding the Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and EPR, particularly its impact on micro-enterprises selling across the EU. I run a very small business with just 1.5 people, including myself, and relatively small revenues. Due to the PPWR + EPR requirements, including registration obligations in individual EU Member States and, in some cases, the requirement to appoint an authorised representative locally, we have had to completely stop shipping to customers across the EU. This is not a minor administrative inconvenience. It has a direct and significant impact on our business and causes substantial lost revenue. More importantly, I believe it conflicts with one of the core principles of the European Union: the existence of a common Single Market where small businesses should be able to sell across borders without facing disproportionate barriers. I am also not alone. After speaking about this issue on Instagram and LinkedIn, I have received more than 200 messages from other small brands and micro-businesses facing the same problem. This clearly goes beyond an isolated case. What I find particularly concerning is the lack of proportionality. The environmental problems the PPWR aims to address are largely driven by companies shipping enormous volumes of goods and packaging, offering free and frequent returns, and generating far more packaging waste overall. Yet a micro-business that might send five parcels to a particular EU country in an entire year can face essentially the same administrative and financial obligations as a corporation shipping hundreds of thousands of parcels. The environmental contribution of such a micro-business is negligible in comparison, while the regulatory burden can be enormous relative to its size and turnover. I also find the current response to the criticism concerning. If Member States are now being encouraged not to impose penalties on small businesses that do not comply with these requirements, this seems to demonstrate that the practical consequences for micro-businesses were not sufficiently considered when the regulation was designed. At the same time, telling small businesses that they should not comply does not provide legal certainty. What happens if a business receives a warning, claim or legal notice because it has not fulfilled a national requirement? Small businesses cannot simply absorb the cost of legal disputes or enforcement proceedings. A recommendation not to enforce does not eliminate the underlying obligations or the financial risk. We are therefore left with an impossible choice: accept administrative and financial costs that are completely disproportionate to our size and environmental impact, or stop serving customers in the EU. For us, the latter is currently the only economically viable and legally safe option. This is particularly frustrating because Europe should be encouraging more small and independent businesses especially sustainable brands that are often pioneers in innovation, transparency and responsible production rather than creating conditions that make it increasingly difficult for them to operate across the European market. I strongly support the goals of the PPWR and believe businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, regulation must be proportionate. A company shipping a handful of parcels to a Member State per year should not face the same burden as a multinational shipping hundreds of thousands. I therefore urge the European Commission to urgently reconsider how the PPWR applies to micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering this feedback!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563890_en"}, {"id": 33563889, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:57:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the environmental objectives behind the PPWR and the goal of reducing packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the current approach places a disproportionate burden on small sellers and small-scale businesses throughout the EU. For a large multinational company, the costs of compliance, registration, administration and EPR obligations may be relatively minor. For a small independent seller, artist, craftsman or micro-business, the same obligations can represent a significant financial and administrative burden. This becomes particularly problematic when selling across EU borders, where even a small number of sales may potentially trigger additional registration and compliance requirements. Rather than encouraging sustainable trade within the Single Market, such bureaucracy risks discouraging small businesses from selling across borders altogether. There is an important difference between requiring businesses to use more sustainable packaging and imposing a complex compliance system that effectively treats a micro-business selling a few dozen or hundred products in the same way as a corporation handling millions of shipments. The PPWR therefore needs a much stronger principle of proportionality, with meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for businesses below a reasonable size or revenue threshold. Small businesses should not be exempt from environmental responsibility, but the regulatory burden should reflect both the scale of the business and its actual environmental impact. A harmonised EU-wide registration and simplified EPR system would also help ensure that small businesses can continue to participate in cross-border trade without facing disproportionate costs and bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the environmental objectives behind the PPWR and the goal of reducing packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the current approach places a disproportionate burden on small sellers and small-scale businesses throughout the EU. For a large multinational company, the costs of compliance, registration, administration and EPR obligations may be relatively minor. For a small independent seller, artist, craftsman or micro-business, the same obligations can represent a significant financial and administrative burden. This becomes particularly problematic when selling across EU borders, where even a small number of sales may potentially trigger additional registration and compliance requirements. Rather than encouraging sustainable trade within the Single Market, such bureaucracy risks discouraging small businesses from selling across borders altogether. There is an important difference between requiring businesses to use more sustainable packaging and imposing a complex compliance system that effectively treats a micro-business selling a few dozen or hundred products in the same way as a corporation handling millions of shipments. The PPWR therefore needs a much stronger principle of proportionality, with meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for businesses below a reasonable size or revenue threshold. Small businesses should not be exempt from environmental responsibility, but the regulatory burden should reflect both the scale of the business and its actual environmental impact. A harmonised EU-wide registration and simplified EPR system would also help ensure that small businesses can continue to participate in cross-border trade without facing disproportionate costs and bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563889_en"}, {"id": 33563887, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:56:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is an enormous Clusterfuck DE FACTO creating trade barrièrs diametriy opposed to article 34 of the EU . In The Netherlands its also frozen as parties needed said That its premise is not clear , secondary laws are not implemented , it has caused framgmentation and unsustainable burden for smalll business owners . I am personally working in Logistics ( top 3 company worldwide ) for 35 years as a Compliance analyst and Transport mgmt coördinator , i was member of the Brexit and COVID taskforce . Whilst as part of the green deal the idea to curtail waste was not necessarily bad , the execution is beyond abysmal . There is only 2 solutions 1) revoke the regulations immediately and revert to prior aug 12 situation or 2) FREEZE the law until a one stop shop with a low threshold is introduced and also the secondary framework has been properly deployed and all the question marks of the primary regulation solved and a OOS . Otherwise you just destroy not only business but also destroy the idea of the common market . In my view REVOKE , cry out and start over again with a centralised one stop shop . Thx for your attention to the matter Rgds Roel van der Linden", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is an enormous Clusterfuck DE FACTO creating trade barrièrs diametriy opposed to article 34 of the EU . In The Netherlands its also frozen as parties needed said That its premise is not clear , secondary laws are not implemented , it has caused framgmentation and unsustainable burden for smalll business owners . I am personally working in Logistics ( top 3 company worldwide ) for 35 years as a Compliance analyst and Transport mgmt coördinator , i was member of the Brexit and COVID taskforce . Whilst as part of the green deal the idea to curtail waste was not necessarily bad , the execution is beyond abysmal . There is only 2 solutions 1) revoke the regulations immediately and revert to prior aug 12 situation or 2) FREEZE the law until a one stop shop with a low threshold is introduced and also the secondary framework has been properly deployed and all the question marks of the primary regulation solved and a OOS . Otherwise you just destroy not only business but also destroy the idea of the common market . In my view REVOKE , cry out and start over again with a centralised one stop shop . Thx for your attention to the matter Rgds Roel van der Linden", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563887_en"}, {"id": 33563886, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:56:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines deutsches Unternehmen und planen, unseren Vertrieb auf weitere EU-Mitgliedstaaten auszuweiten. Die Beteiligung an den Kosten für Sammlung und Verwertung der von uns in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen ist für uns selbstverständlich. Problematisch ist jedoch der damit verbundene administrative und finanzielle Aufwand. Nach unserer Kalkulation entstehen bei einer Expansion in mehrere EU-Länder bereits jährliche Fixkosten von über 15.000 Euro für Registrierungen, Systembeteiligungen, Bevollmächtigte und weitere verpflichtende Leistungen. Ein erheblicher Teil dieser Kosten fällt unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Absatz an. Damit entstehen Kosten bereits vor oder bei sehr geringen oder gar keinen Umsätzen in einem neuen Markt. Hinzu kommt ein erheblicher Verwaltungsaufwand. Unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungen, Verträge, Mengenmeldungen, Fristen und weitere Anforderungen müssen dauerhaft geprüft und bearbeitet werden. Für unser Unternehmen wäre dies mit dem vorhandenen Personal nicht mehr leistbar. Voraussichtlich wäre eine zusätzliche Stelle erforderlich, die sich überwiegend mit diesen regulatorischen Anforderungen beschäftigt. Bei einem Jahresgehalt von beispielsweise bis zu 50.000 Euro zuzüglich Arbeitgeberkosten erhöht sich die Belastung erheblich. Zusätzlich müssen Kosten für Rechtsberatung und externe Dienstleister berücksichtigt werden. Kleine Unternehmen verfügen üblicherweise nicht über eigene internationale Rechts- oder Complianceabteilungen. Gleichzeitig können Fehler bei der Umsetzung zu Sanktionen, Abmahnungen oder anderen rechtlichen Auseinandersetzungen führen. Die tatsächlichen Kosten bestehen daher nicht nur aus den Entgelten für die Verpackungsentsorgung. Zu den über 15.000 Euro direkten jährlichen Kosten kommen Personal-, Rechts-, Beratungs-, Software- und Verwaltungskosten. Insgesamt kann die Belastung schnell deutlich über 70.000 Euro pro Jahr liegen. (Noch kein Paket ist verkauft!) Für große Unternehmen können solche Fixkosten auf hohe Umsätze und Absatzmengen verteilt werden. Für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen stellen sie dagegen eine erhebliche Markteintrittsbarriere dar. Für uns hat dies eine konkrete wirtschaftliche Folge: Die geplante Expansion in weitere EU-Länder ist unter diesen Voraussetzungen voraussichtlich nicht rentabel. Wir müssten daher auf den Verkauf in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten verzichten oder diesen wieder einstellen. Dies widerspricht aus unserer Sicht dem wirtschaftlichen Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Gerade kleinen Unternehmen sollte es möglich sein, zunächst mit geringen Stückzahlen einen neuen EU-Markt zu erschließen. Regulatorische Fixkosten dürfen nicht dazu führen, dass ein Markteintritt erst ab hohen Absatzmengen wirtschaftlich möglich ist. Eine verhältnismäßige Lösung wäre eine zentrale europäische Registrierung mit einer einheitlichen \"nachträglichen\" Mengenmeldung und einer Abrechnung nach den tatsächlich in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Die Verteilung der Beiträge auf die nationalen Systeme könnte anschließend zentral erfolgen. Damit würden die Umweltziele und das Verursacherprinzip erhalten, ohne kleine Unternehmen durch unverhältnismäßige Fix- und Verwaltungskosten vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel auszuschließen. Wenn kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen aufgrund solcher Kosten auf EU-Exporte verzichten müssen, gehen Exportumsätze, Wachstumsmöglichkeiten und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verloren. Gleichzeitig entsteht ein struktureller Vorteil für große Unternehmen, die über eigene Compliance- und Rechtsabteilungen verfügen. Wir bitten daher darum, die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Regelungen insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen zu überprüfen und eine einheitliche, digitale und verhältnismäßige EU-Lösung zu schaffen. Hochachtungsvoll ZZW Zauntechnik", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small German company and plan to expand our sales to other EU Member States. We take it for granted that we will contribute to the costs of collecting and recovering the packaging we place on the market. However, the administrative and financial burden involved is problematic. According to our calculation, expansion to several EU countries already generates annual fixed costs of over EUR 15.000 for registrations, system participations, authorised representatives and other mandatory benefits. A significant part of these costs is incurred independently of actual sales. This means that costs are incurred even before or at very low or no turnover in a new market. In addition, there is a considerable administrative burden. Different national registrations, contracts, volume declarations, deadlines and other requirements need to be checked and processed on a permanent basis. For our company, this would no longer be affordable with the existing staff. It is expected that an additional post would be needed, mainly dealing with these regulatory requirements. For example, with an annual salary of up to EUR 50.000 plus employer costs, the burden increases significantly. In addition, costs for legal advice and external service providers have to be taken into account. Small businesses usually do not have their own international legal or compliance departments. At the same time, implementation errors can lead to sanctions, warnings or other legal disputes. The actual costs therefore do not consist solely of the charges for the disposal of packaging. In addition to the more than EUR 15.000 of direct annual costs, there are staff, legal, advisory, software and administrative costs. Overall, the burden can quickly be well above EUR 70.000 per year. (No package has been sold yet!) For large companies, such fixed costs can be spread over high turnover and sales volumes. On the other hand, they represent a significant barrier to entry for small and medium-sized enterprises. For us, this has a concrete economic impact: The planned expansion into other EU countries is unlikely to be profitable under these conditions. We would therefore have to refrain from selling in different Member States or stop selling again. In our view, this runs counter to the economic rationale of the European single market. Small businesses in particular should be able to enter a new EU market initially with small volumes. Fixed regulatory costs must not make it economically possible to enter the market only from high sales volumes. A proportionate solution would be a centralised European registration with a single “ex post” volume declaration and a bill of discharge based on the actual quantities of packaging placed on the market in the respective Member States. The distribution of contributions between national systems could then be centralised. This would preserve environmental objectives and the polluter pays principle without excluding small businesses from cross-border trade through disproportionate fixed and administrative costs. If small and medium-sized enterprises have to forego EU exports because of such costs, export turnover, growth opportunities and competitiveness will be lost. At the same time, there is a structural advantage for large companies, which have their own compliance and legal departments. We would therefore ask you to review the economic impact of the rules, especially for small businesses, and to create a single, digital and proportionate EU solution. Yours sincerely, ZZW fence technology", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563886_en"}, {"id": 33563885, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:55:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Yolene Dabreteau Studio", "feedback": "As a sole trader artist, small business and EU citizen (France), currently based in Northern Ireland (UK), I am affected by the PPWR decisions and EPR registration fees it requires, as are many other artists/traders/small and micro businesses in EU/UK and worldwide. Having to register and pay fees in 27 EU countries even before I sell/ship a single painting or art print there is absolutely unstainable, both in financial cost and the required administration time it needs. These PPWR and EPR registration fees feel like they only profit to big companies and corporations (Amazon, Temu, Shein etc and the fast fashion industry) for whom paying those fees will mean nothing to them. Please create a one-stop shop that includes all EU countries (isnt it the point of the European Union?) to register to, and please create an exemption for micro businesses so we do not have to incur fees that are simply not sustainable for us.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader artist, small business and EU citizen (France), currently based in Northern Ireland (UK), I am affected by the PPWR decisions and EPR registration fees it requires, as are many other artists/traders/small and micro businesses in EU/UK and worldwide. Having to register and pay fees in 27 EU countries even before I sell/ship a single painting or art print there is absolutely unstainable, both in financial cost and the required administration time it needs. These PPWR and EPR registration fees feel like they only profit to big companies and corporations (Amazon, Temu, Shein etc and the fast fashion industry) for whom paying those fees will mean nothing to them. Please create a one-stop shop that includes all EU countries (isnt it the point of the European Union?) to register to, and please create an exemption for micro businesses so we do not have to incur fees that are simply not sustainable for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563885_en"}, {"id": 33563884, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:44:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "WERA Schuhe GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Wir vertreiben Schuhe, Schuhpflegeprodukte und Accessoires online und beliefern dabei vereinzelt auch Kundinnen und Kunden im EU-Ausland. Für uns als kleines Unternehmen war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wir dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler wie uns. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. In unserem Fall würde das bedeuten, den ohnehin nur vereinzelten Vertrieb ins EU-Ausland vollständig einzustellen und uns auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden wie es bei uns mit einem nur vereinzelten Auslandsvertrieb der Fall ist , sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen M.K.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. We sell shoes, shoe care products and accessories online and occasionally also supply customers in other EU countries. For us as a small business, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once we sell goods to another Member State, a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether we sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders like us. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. In our case, this would mean completely discontinuing sales to other EU countries, which are in any case only occasional, and limiting us to the German market. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For companies that exceed these limits but nevertheless only send small quantities across borders, as in our case with only sporadic foreign sales, at least a de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow us and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, M.K.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563884_en"}, {"id": 33563883, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:35:40", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Your regulation has successfully brought the entirety of small entreprenuers to end-of-business state. Small entrepreneurs have delicate procurement chains, relying on small fabricators within europe, and in some cases outside europe. Or rather, were reliant. The channels are now shut down. There is only now either enslavement to e-commerece giants who can foot the bill and add yet another revenue stream to their bottomline. You didn't succeed in reigning in Temu, Amazon, Alibaba. What you did? You just killed the alternatives. I guess China and USA thank you for consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "Your regulation has successfully brought the entirety of small entreprenuers to end-of-business state. Small entrepreneurs have delicate procurement chains, relying on small fabricators within europe, and in some cases outside europe. Or rather, were reliant. The channels are now shut down. There is only now either enslavement to e-commerece giants who can foot the bill and add yet another revenue stream to their bottomline. You didn't succeed in reigning in Temu, Amazon, Alibaba. What you did? You just killed the alternatives. I guess China and USA thank you for consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563883_en"}, {"id": 33563857, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 12:29:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzel-Gewerbetreibender", "feedback": "Ich bin als Einzel-Gewerbetreibender im Bereich Modellbau von der PPWR betroffen ebenso wie viele Gewerbetreibende in meinem Umfeld. Die Kosten im zeitlichen Sinne, sich in 26 verschiedene Regelwerke in 26 verschiedenen Sprachen einzulesen und in 26 verschiedenen Ländern umzusetzen, kann ich nicht leisten. Diese Zeit benötige ich für meinen eigentlichen Betrieb. Die Kosten im finanziellen Sinne, alle Vorschriften in 26 Ländern umzusetzen, sind schlicht nicht tragbar: Die Summe der jährlichen Kosten für Bevollmächtigte und Anmeldungen übersteigen den Ertrag, den ich in EU-Ländern erwirtschafte. Bitte eine grundlegende Überarbeitung der Verordnung: Eine einzige Anlaufstelle bei der EU schaffen, wo jedes Kleinunternehmen melden darf, wie viel Verpackungen es in welches EU-Land exportiert hat, und darüber auch die Lizenzgebühren einziehen. Analog zum Einzug der OSS-Umsatzsteuern. Keine Bevollmächtigten, von denen niemand versteht, wofür die überhaupt da sein sollen. Keine System-Anmeldungen in 26 Ländern. Das wäre von Seiten der EU umsetzbar und der zeitliche sowie finanzielle Aufwand für Kleinunternehmen tragbar. Die Alternative wäre für viele und auch für mich, gar nicht mehr in EULänder zu versenden, womit für diese Länder sämtliche OSS-Einnahmen wegfielen. Die Verordnung läuft insbesondere dem europäischen Gedanken einer Einheit und eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes zuwider. Stattdessen vermittelt die Regierung in Brüssel den Eindruck, dass Sie weite Teile des Marktes lieber wenigen großen Playern aus Nicht-EU-Ländern (Amazon, Aliexpress, Shein, Temu) überlassen möchte, für die die PPWR-Kosten vernachlässigbar sind. Hören Sie auf, die Lebenszeit der EU-Bürger mit überbordenden Regulierungen zu verschwenden. Machen Sie Politik, die das Leben aller Menschen innerhalb der Europäischen Union einfacher macht.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader in the field of model building, I am affected by the PPWR, as are many traders in my area. I cannot afford the costs in terms of time of reading 26 different sets of rules in 26 different languages and implementing them in 26 different countries. I need this time for my actual business. The financial cost of implementing all the rules in 26 countries is simply unsustainable: The sum of the annual costs for authorised representatives and registrations exceeds the revenue I earn in EU countries. Ask for a fundamental revision of the Regulation: Create a one-stop shop at the EU where each small business can report how much packaging it has exported to which EU country and collect the licence fees. By analogy with the collection of OSS turnover taxes. No plenipotentiaries who nobody understands what they are supposed to be for. No system filings in 26 countries. This would be feasible for the EU and the time and financial costs would be affordable for small businesses. The alternative would be for many and for me not to send any more to EU countries, thus eliminating all OSS revenues for these countries. In particular, the Regulation runs counter to the European idea of unity and a common internal market. Instead, the government in Brussels gives the impression that it prefers to leave large parts of the market to a few large players from non-EU countries (Amazon, Aliexpress, Shein, Temu) for which PPWR costs are negligible. Stop wasting the lifetime of EU citizens with excessive regulation. Make policies that make life easier for everyone in the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563857_en"}, {"id": 33563878, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:53:14", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "self-employed creator", "feedback": "You are throwing micro business of artists, artisans and creators onto bureaucratic bonfire!!! Stop this Theatre of Absurd!! It's easier to send a handmade creation across the ocean than to a neighbour in EU!!! Shame on you!!", "feedbackEnglish": "You are throwing micro business of artists, artisans and creators onto bureaucratic bonfire!!! Stop this Theatre of Absurd!! It's easier to send a handmade creation across the ocean than to a neighbour in EU!!! Shame on you!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563878_en"}, {"id": 33563875, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:44:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Antiquitäten/Vintage/Gebrauchtwarenhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der EU. Direkt vorweg. Als ein Kind der 70er Jahre, der die Ost/West Zeit, die Grenzen, die einzelnen Währungen und auch die Wiedervereinigung noch mitbekommen hat, bin ich grundsätzlich ein Befürworter des europäischen Gedankens. Der Euro, unsichtbare Grenzen, das freie Reisen...wunderbar. Das \"Wir\" anstelle des nationalen \"Ich\" , was die EU ja auch darstellen will ist für mich Standard. Gerade in heutigen unsicheren Zeiten sollte die EU doch zusammen agieren. In den Medien lässt sich die EU für Freihandelsabkommen mit der ganzen Welt feiern. Was aber jetzt auf der Strecke blieb ist der freie Handel innerhalb der EU. Wie so oft, die Grundidee mag gut sein, und jeder versteht, dass man Müll vermeiden sollte oder dafür gerade steht. Nun ist da dieses Bürokratiemonster mit enormen Kosten, undurchsichtig für jeden Nicht-Juristen, welches dafür sorgt, dass der europäische Grundgedanken eines \"Wir\" nicht mehr wirtschaftlich umsetzbar ist. Es gibt innerhalb der EU wahrscheinlich hunderttausende oder mehr kleine gewerbliche Betriebe, welche die EU Bürger mit allem Möglichen versorgen, Steuern zahlen und die Welt (EU) etwas bunter machen. Vom Einzelunternehmer, über ein kleines Familienbusiness bis zur mittelständischen Firma. Der Antiquar, der Honigproduzent, der kleine Weinbauer, der Antik und Vintage Händler, die kleine Manufaktur von Musikinstrumenten, das spezialisierte Maschinenbauunternehmen als 2 Mann Firma, der Ersatzteilhändler für Fahrzeuge..usw. Wie bei einer guten Mahlzeit, die Zutaten und die passenden Gewürze, ob in großen Mengen oder nur die Prise Salz führen zu einem guten Ergebnis. So auch in der EU. Mit den neuen Vorgaben ist der grenzüberschreitende Handel nicht mehr wirtschaftlich. Das Salz in der Suppe geht verloren. Es schmeckt fade, und die Vielfalt geht ein. Um aus meiner Sicht zu sprechen- jeder hat seine eigene Geschichte/Sparte. Als Antiquitäten und Vintage Händler (von ca 30-100 Jahre alt = vintage, bis weit über 100 Jahre alt = antik) habe ich durch die bekannten vorhandenen Plattformen Kunden aus aller Welt, und eben zum größten Teil in der EU. Ich betreibe dieses Gewerbe alleine, und ob ich durch einen Onlinekauf einen Kunden aus Portugal oder Dänemark habe, kann ich vorab nicht sagen. Und ob es 1 Paket oder 10 nach Dänemark als Beispiel sind weiß ich auch nicht vorab. Ob überhaupt eins nach Italien geht zB weiß ich ebenso nicht. Für all diese Länder vorab einen Abfall Bevollmächtigten zu buchen/zahlen steht in keinem Verhältnis und würde sich nicht rechnen bzw in der eh schwierigen Zeit ein Minusgeschäft sein. So habe ich den EU Versand leider einstellen müssen. Mit der Folge, dass ich weniger verdiene, die bunte EU Vielfalt eingezäumt wird, weniger Steuern anfallen, und die Mißgunst auf die EU überall steigen wird. Derartige Entscheidungen sind doch ein Nährstoff für alle EU Kritiker. Nichts gegen Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit, und um da als Antik/Vintage Händler zu sprechen, bzw nahezu alle Händler die gebrauchte Sachen verkaufen (Kleidung, Schallplatten,Bücher usw), WIR leben die Nachhaltigkeit, indem wir gebrauchte Objekte oftmals instandsetzen und sie so in der Kreislauf wieder einführen als einfach zu entsorgen. Auch gebrauchte Kartonagen sind von vielen kleinen Händlern unserer Art in gewisserweise Standard...nachhaltiger kann man nicht handeln. Leider stehen immer mehr EU Gesetze dieser gelebten Nachhaltigkeit im Weg. Deshalb die Bitte. Kleine Unternehmen generell von der Bevollmächtigspflicht ausnehmen oder Bagatellgrenzen einrichten. Ansonsten eine zentrale Meldestelle ( wie es sie in Deutschland ja schon gibt), in der man zum Jahresende zB die Mengen Kartonage für die einzelnen Ländern einträgt-sofern überhaupt was dorthin verschickt wurde. Die großen Händler (AmaTemAliBa..), die eigene Rechtsabteilungen haben sind die Gewinner, leider stammen diese aber ironischeweise meist nicht einmal aus der EU. Somit ist dieses Gesetz leider ein Eigentor !!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen of the EU. Directly in advance. As a child of the 1970s, who was still acquainted with East/West Time, borders, individual currencies and even reunification, I am fundamentally a supporter of the European idea. The euro, invisible borders, free movement... wonderful. The ‘we’ instead of the national ‘I’, which the EU also wants to portray, is standard for me. Especially in today’s uncertain times, the EU should act together. In the media, the EU can celebrate free trade agreements with the world. But what has now been lost is free trade within the EU. As is so often the case, the basic idea may be good, and everyone understands that one should avoid waste or that one stands for it. Now this bureaucratic monster with enormous costs is opaque for any non-lawyer, which makes the European idea of ‘we’ economically unfeasible. There are likely to be hundreds of thousands or more of small commercial enterprises within the EU, which provide the EU with everything possible, pay taxes and make the world (EU) a little bit darker. From a sole trader, through a small family business to a medium-sized company. The antiquarium, the honey producer, the small winegrowers, the antique and vintage dealers, the small manufacturing of musical instruments, the specialised mechanical engineering company as 2 man company, the spare parts dealer for vehicles..etc. As with a good meal, the ingredients and the appropriate spices, whether in large quantities or only the prine salt, lead to a good result. This is also the case in the EU. With the new requirements, cross-border trade is no longer economically viable. The salt in the soup is lost. It tastes fascinating and diversity embodies. To speak from my point of view, everyone has their own history/business. As an antique and vintage trader (from around 30-100 years old = vintage to well over 100 years old = antik), I have customers from all over the world, and for the most part in the EU, through the well-known existing platforms. I operate this business on my own and I cannot say in advance whether I have a customer from Portugal or Denmark through an online purchase. And I don’t know in advance whether it’s 1 package or 10 to Denmark as an example. I also do not know, for example, whether one goes to Italy at all. Booking/paying a waste agent in advance for all these countries is disproportionate and would not be expected or would be a negative business in the difficult times. Unfortunately, I have had to stop sending the EU. As a result, I will earn less, the colourful diversity of the EU will be embodied, less tax will be paid and the displeasure towards the EU will increase everywhere. Such decisions are a nutrient for all EU critics. There is nothing against environmental protection and sustainability, and to speak of dealers as antiques/vintages, or almost all dealers sell the second-hand items (clothing, records, books, etc.), we live in sustainability by often repairing second-hand items and thus re-introducing them in the cycle rather than simply disposing of them. Used cartons are also, to some extent, standard for many small dealers of our kind...it is not possible to act more sustainably. Unfortunately, more and more EU laws are standing in the way of this real-life sustainability. That is why we are asking for it. Generally exempt small businesses from the obligation to appoint representatives or set de minimis thresholds. Otherwise, a financial intelligence unit (as is already the case in Germany), in which, for example, the quantities of cartonboard for each Land are entered at the end of the year – if at all – what has been sent there. The big traders (AmaTemAliBa.), which have their own legal departments, are the winners, but unfortunately, ironically, they do not even come from the EU. So, unfortunately, this law is a self-torn!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563875_en"}, {"id": 33563873, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:39:54", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Shaka Digz", "feedback": "I am preparing to launch Shaka Digz, a registered Swedish micro-enterprise and online clothing brand. I support reducing packaging waste, but the proposed national registration system is disproportionate for micro-enterprises. One sale to another EU country could require separate registration, reporting and an authorised representative. These fixed costs may exceed the value of all sales and packaging placed in that country. Simplified reporting below 10 tonnes does not solve the problem if separate registrations and representative costs remain. Please introduce: One EU-wide producer number and registration portal. One annual simplified report for micro-enterprises. No national authorised-representative requirement for EU-based micro-enterprises. A meaningful de minimis threshold for very small packaging volumes. Fees based only on actual packaging material and weight. Micro-enterprises are willing to use recyclable packaging and pay proportionate recycling costs. We should not be forced to close EU markets because registering one cardboard box costs more than recycling it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am preparing to launch Shaka Digz, a registered Swedish micro-enterprise and online clothing brand. I support reducing packaging waste, but the proposed national registration system is disproportionate for micro-enterprises. One sale to another EU country could require separate registration, reporting and an authorised representative. These fixed costs may exceed the value of all sales and packaging placed in that country. Simplified reporting below 10 tonnes does not solve the problem if separate registrations and representative costs remain. Please introduce: One EU-wide producer number and registration portal. One annual simplified report for micro-enterprises. No national authorised-representative requirement for EU-based micro-enterprises. A meaningful de minimis threshold for very small packaging volumes. Fees based only on actual packaging material and weight. Micro-enterprises are willing to use recyclable packaging and pay proportionate recycling costs. We should not be forced to close EU markets because registering one cardboard box costs more than recycling it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563873_en"}, {"id": 33563872, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:33:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kunde im europäischen Online-Handel möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als die EU-Wirtschaft unterstüztenden Konsumenten ist die Möglichkeit von Händlern, ins EU-Ausland zu verkaufen bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald Waren in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkauft werden, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft. Die zusätzlichen Kosten werden entweder auf mich als Käufer übertragen und machen den Erwerb unlukrativ oder ich kann die gewünschten Waren gar nicht erst erhalten, da sich die händler vom Markt zurückziehen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefan Kretzschmar", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a customer in European e-commerce, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a consumer supporting the EU economy, the possibility for traders to sell abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward so far. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once goods are sold in another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether they sell five packages or five hundred. The additional costs are either passed on to me as a buyer and make the purchase unprofitable, or I cannot get the desired goods in the first place as the dealers withdraw from the market. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Stefan Kretzschmar", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563872_en"}, {"id": 33563870, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:30:51", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Federation of Finnish Woodworking Industries", "feedback": "The Federation of Finnish Woodworking Industries supports a genuinely harmonised and automated format for national producer registers. Four amendments are needed to prevent double reporting and disproportionate burdens for wood and transport packaging. Cross-border movements and reimbursement. The Commission guidance states that EPR fees paid in one Member State must be reimbursed if the packaging is subsequently made available for the first time in another Member State, and that PPWR EPR does not apply where packaging is exported outside the EU and becomes waste there. Annex II contains no fields for exports, cross-border transfers, refunds or corrections. This is particularly problematic for transport packaging: an empty unbranded pallet, crate or other wood packaging may first be supplied domestically by a packaging producer and later exported with goods by a different company. The format should contain mandatory fields for quantities transferred to another Member State, exported outside the EU, refunded or otherwise adjusted, together with an auditable method by which the exporter can provide evidence to the original producer. The same packaging must be charged only once, in the Member State where it is expected to become waste. Packaging unit and components. Article 2(3)-(4) requires reporting by predominant material, each separate component and all constituent material weights, but does not explain how double counting is prevented. A timber bundle may contain PE wrapping, plastic or steel straps, wooden bearers, corner protection, fasteners and sometimes a pallet. The format should state that the predominant material determines the category row only; the material columns must sum to the weight of the packaging unit; and no component may be reported again as a separate packaging unit unless it independently fulfils a packaging function before assembly. A worked timber-bundle example should be included. Reusable wood packaging. Article 2(3) correctly refers to packaging made available for the first time, while the headings of Annex II Parts A and B omit those words. The wording and electronic schema should be aligned. Subsequent rotations and return movements of the same reusable pallet, crate or frame must not be treated as new quantities made available. The exemption for pallet wrappings and straps under Decision (EU) 2026/429 concerns only the 100% reuse requirements; it does not remove EPR reporting. Proportionate, machine-readable reporting. Verified standard weights, bills of materials and representative product families should be permitted, with documented methodology and periodic reconciliation. The Commission should publish a common EU data schema and standard API/CSV specification and prevent divergent national data fields except where strictly required by Union law.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Federation of Finnish Woodworking Industries supports a genuinely harmonised and automated format for national producer registers. Four amendments are needed to prevent double reporting and disproportionate burdens for wood and transport packaging. Cross-border movements and reimbursement. The Commission guidance states that EPR fees paid in one Member State must be reimbursed if the packaging is subsequently made available for the first time in another Member State, and that PPWR EPR does not apply where packaging is exported outside the EU and becomes waste there. Annex II contains no fields for exports, cross-border transfers, refunds or corrections. This is particularly problematic for transport packaging: an empty unbranded pallet, crate or other wood packaging may first be supplied domestically by a packaging producer and later exported with goods by a different company. The format should contain mandatory fields for quantities transferred to another Member State, exported outside the EU, refunded or otherwise adjusted, together with an auditable method by which the exporter can provide evidence to the original producer. The same packaging must be charged only once, in the Member State where it is expected to become waste. Packaging unit and components. Article 2(3)-(4) requires reporting by predominant material, each separate component and all constituent material weights, but does not explain how double counting is prevented. A timber bundle may contain PE wrapping, plastic or steel straps, wooden bearers, corner protection, fasteners and sometimes a pallet. The format should state that the predominant material determines the category row only; the material columns must sum to the weight of the packaging unit; and no component may be reported again as a separate packaging unit unless it independently fulfils a packaging function before assembly. A worked timber-bundle example should be included. Reusable wood packaging. Article 2(3) correctly refers to packaging made available for the first time, while the headings of Annex II Parts A and B omit those words. The wording and electronic schema should be aligned. Subsequent rotations and return movements of the same reusable pallet, crate or frame must not be treated as new quantities made available. The exemption for pallet wrappings and straps under Decision (EU) 2026/429 concerns only the 100% reuse requirements; it does not remove EPR reporting. Proportionate, machine-readable reporting. Verified standard weights, bills of materials and representative product families should be permitted, with documented methodology and periodic reconciliation. The Commission should publish a common EU data schema and standard API/CSV specification and prevent divergent national data fields except where strictly required by Union law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563870_en"}, {"id": 33563869, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:29:57", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello! Im a Consumer of products from small businesses, I saw a lot of feedback from business owners so I thought I would add a consumer opinion! I would LOVE to buy stuff locally from my area or country! (Austria) However the issue is, Austria does not posses ANY shops that sell the clothes I like, or accessoires, or stuff about my interests/hobbies! Nothing! Trust me I tried searching for a single one.... (Not Austria's fault, there just isn't a high demand for the stuff I like) So in the end I would order stuff Online, never in the \"Unpack my Masshaul from Primark with me!\" way, in the \"I really like Plushie! It's my favourite thing! Let me ask my friends if they want anything too so I don't have to spend more on delivery costs than product costs!\" I always do my best to not order from massive and exploitive businesses. No Amazon, no Shein, no Temu, no whatever else there is. I do a lot of research to make sure I buy from small businesses (and support those) that are in Europe! However, those small businesses within in the EU that I supported and want to continue to support have stopped delivering to Austria, due to the new law that states that a business (no matter if big or small) needs to be \"registered\" in the countries it wants to send their product to. All fine and dandy but the issue is that registering to Austria apparently costs 180!! and then 60 - 200 yearly! What kind of small business has that kind of money to shell out for maybe 2 orders worth 50 in Austria? It's easier to deliver to the USA than to EUROPE? despite these businesses living in a EU country! So now we have an unintentional \"Buy to win\" system. Small businesses can't pay the price and will either have to send only to a select few countries or close their businesses, while big companies won't even bat an eye at the price because to them that is pocket money. I really do understand why these rules/laws were implemented. A lot of the packaging trash gets sent to our countries and gets left there, but small businesses don't use oversized boxes to send a singular product! Big Companies like Amazon and Shein and whoever else do that! These new regulations make sense AND are a good idea! BUT small businesses need to be an exception to these rules or else we just won't have any small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! Im a Consumer of products from small businesses, I saw a lot of feedback from business owners so I thought I would add a consumer opinion! I would LOVE to buy stuff locally from my area or country! (Austria) However the issue is, Austria does not posses ANY shops that sell the clothes I like, or accessoires, or stuff about my interests/hobbies! Nothing! Trust me I tried searching for a single one.... (Not Austria's fault, there just isn't a high demand for the stuff I like) So in the end I would order stuff Online, never in the \"Unpack my Masshaul from Primark with me!\" way, in the \"I really like Plushie! It's my favourite thing! Let me ask my friends if they want anything too so I don't have to spend more on delivery costs than product costs!\" I always do my best to not order from massive and exploitive businesses. No Amazon, no Shein, no Temu, no whatever else there is. I do a lot of research to make sure I buy from small businesses (and support those) that are in Europe! However, those small businesses within in the EU that I supported and want to continue to support have stopped delivering to Austria, due to the new law that states that a business (no matter if big or small) needs to be \"registered\" in the countries it wants to send their product to. All fine and dandy but the issue is that registering to Austria apparently costs 180!! and then 60 - 200 yearly! What kind of small business has that kind of money to shell out for maybe 2 orders worth 50 in Austria? It's easier to deliver to the USA than to EUROPE? despite these businesses living in a EU country! So now we have an unintentional \"Buy to win\" system. Small businesses can't pay the price and will either have to send only to a select few countries or close their businesses, while big companies won't even bat an eye at the price because to them that is pocket money. I really do understand why these rules/laws were implemented. A lot of the packaging trash gets sent to our countries and gets left there, but small businesses don't use oversized boxes to send a singular product! Big Companies like Amazon and Shein and whoever else do that! These new regulations make sense AND are a good idea! BUT small businesses need to be an exception to these rules or else we just won't have any small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563869_en"}, {"id": 33563868, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:26:18", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees ---------------------------------------------------- The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. I am signing this as an agrement to the critical feedback to cross-border EPR fees Regards, Jari Keinänen Finnish and EU citizen", "feedbackEnglish": "Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees ---------------------------------------------------- The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. I am signing this as an agrement to the critical feedback to cross-border EPR fees Regards, Jari Keinänen Finnish and EU citizen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563868_en"}, {"id": 33563864, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:22:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "LARGE", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KMU Schmierstoffbranche", "feedback": "Die PPWR entwickelt sich aus Sicht eines mittelständischen Unternehmens zu einem erheblichen Bürokratieaufwand, der insbesondere für KMU nur schwer praktikabel umzusetzen ist. Von einer harmonisierten Richtlinie ist man weit entfernt. Statt einheitlicher Regelungen entstehen weiterhin nationale Insellösungen mit unterschiedlichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten. Es sollte zumindest ein **zentrales europäisches Melderegister** geschaffen werden, das Unternehmen eine einheitliche Registrierung und Meldung innerhalb der EU ermöglicht. Zusätzliche nationale Register und voneinander abweichende Verfahren sollten vermieden werden. Nur so kann die PPWR tatsächlich zu einer Harmonisierung des europäischen Binnenmarktes beitragen und gleichzeitig den administrativen Aufwand für Unternehmen begrenzen. Darüber hinaus sind die **Definitionen und Abgrenzungen der verschiedenen Rollen und Verantwortlichkeiten** teilweise zu unklar und wenig transparent. Gerade für KMU ist nicht ohne Weiteres ersichtlich, welche konkreten Pflichten sich aus der jeweiligen Rolle ergeben. Hier wären eindeutige Definitionen, praxisnahe Fallbeispiele sowie ein einheitliches Muster beziehungsweise eine übersichtliche Entscheidungshilfe zur Bestimmung der jeweiligen Rolle und der daraus resultierenden Verpflichtungen wünschenswert. Grundsätzlich sollten bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR die **Praxistauglichkeit und Verhältnismäßigkeit für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen** stärker berücksichtigt werden. Eine europäische Verpackungsregulierung sollte zu mehr Einheitlichkeit führen nicht zu zusätzlichen parallelen Verwaltungsstrukturen.", "feedbackEnglish": "From the point of view of a small and medium-sized enterprise, the PPWR is becoming a considerable administrative burden, which is difficult to implement, especially for SMEs. A harmonised directive is a long way from being achieved. Instead of uniform rules, national one-size-fits-all solutions continue to emerge, with different registration, reporting and proof obligations. At least a **European Central Population Register** should be created, allowing companies to register and report consistently across the EU. Additional national registers and divergent procedures should be avoided. Only in this way can the PPWR really contribute to the harmonisation of the European internal market while limiting the administrative burden on businesses. In addition, the **definitions and delineations of the different roles and responsibilities** are in some cases too unclear and not transparent. For SMEs in particular, it is not immediately clear what specific obligations arise from the respective role. Clear definitions, practical examples of cases and a uniform template or clear decision-making aid for determining the respective roles and the resulting obligations would be desirable. In principle, further implementation of the PPWR should take greater account of **fitness for practice and proportionality for small and medium-sized enterprises**. European packaging regulation should not lead to additional parallel administrative structures in order to achieve more uniformity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563864_en"}, {"id": 33563866, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:22:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer, I am severely affected by the PPWR, as many retailers based outside Germany with whom I have long been a customer and on whose goods I rely are already halting shipments to Germany. As an EU citizen, I am more than appalled by the flawed drafting of this legislation and the excessive bureaucracy it entails. Once again, the impression arises that EU institutions are completely out of touch with reality.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer, I am severely affected by the PPWR, as many retailers based outside Germany with whom I have long been a customer and on whose goods I rely are already halting shipments to Germany. As an EU citizen, I am more than appalled by the flawed drafting of this legislation and the excessive bureaucracy it entails. Once again, the impression arises that EU institutions are completely out of touch with reality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563866_en"}, {"id": 33563867, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:21:27", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Pourquoi imposer les mêmes règles aux petits artisans quaux grandes distributions ? Le fléau des emballages concerne la grande distribution et les gros producteurs et non pas les petits producteurs. Permettre la disparition de tous les emballages cartons et plastiques des produits de consommation courante que nous trouvons dans la grande distribution serait une bonne solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "Why should small craftsmen and large retailers be subject to the same rules? The scourge of packaging concerns large retailers and large producers and not small producers. It would be a good solution to eliminate all cardboard and plastic packaging from everyday consumer products that we find in large retailers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563867_en"}, {"id": 33563865, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:20:19", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Europe must fight internal trade barriers. Especially for small and medium businesses which constitute an overwhelming fraction of European businesses. According to your own (EC) statistics this is 99% (https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/smes_en). Internal trade barriers like PPWR and EPR raise will make many of them non-viable. The result will be less trade within the EU, less competition and less choice for us. The costs for SMEs need to be tightly controlled. Either by de minimis exceptions or simpler systems. No 25 different \"responsible persons\" for each member state separately. If requiring this of a company making customized dog tags with a turnover of 10k EUR a year sounds ridiculous it's because it is. Unified EU-wide systems, simplifications or waivers based on volume sold or revenue, common reporting data formats and single EU-wide registration. This is what we are expecting of you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Europe must fight internal trade barriers. Especially for small and medium businesses which constitute an overwhelming fraction of European businesses. According to your own (EC) statistics this is 99% (https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/smes_en). Internal trade barriers like PPWR and EPR raise will make many of them non-viable. The result will be less trade within the EU, less competition and less choice for us. The costs for SMEs need to be tightly controlled. Either by de minimis exceptions or simpler systems. No 25 different \"responsible persons\" for each member state separately. If requiring this of a company making customized dog tags with a turnover of 10k EUR a year sounds ridiculous it's because it is. Unified EU-wide systems, simplifications or waivers based on volume sold or revenue, common reporting data formats and single EU-wide registration. This is what we are expecting of you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563865_en"}, {"id": 33563863, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:19:59", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU packaging rules risk placing a disproportionate burden on microbusinesses and independent producers. For a one-person business selling a small number of handmade productssuch as mugs, cards, paintings, jewellery or other craftsthe administrative, registration, labelling and EPR requirements can become extremely difficult and expensive to manage. The cost of compliance can bear little relation to either the size of the business or the tiny amount of packaging involved. This creates a serious risk that small businesses will simply stop selling to customers in other EU countries because the compliance burden is too high. A business should not have to spend thousands of euros and navigate complex bureaucracy just to sell a handful of handmade products across the Single Market. At the same time, larger companies are much better equipped to absorb these costs through dedicated legal, administrative and compliance departments. This risks unintentionally strengthening the position of large corporations while pushing small independent producers out of cross-border trade. If the objective is to reduce packaging waste and create a better-functioning Single Market, the rules need to be genuinely proportionate. Microbusinesses and very small producers should have a simple, affordable compliance route based on the actual quantity of packaging they place on the market. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making small-scale entrepreneurship and cross-border trade practically inaccessible. The regulation should distinguish much more clearly between multinational companies placing millions of units on the EU market and a sole trader selling a few handmade items. I urge the Commission to significantly reduce the administrative and financial burden on microbusinesses and introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for businesses with very low packaging volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU packaging rules risk placing a disproportionate burden on microbusinesses and independent producers. For a one-person business selling a small number of handmade productssuch as mugs, cards, paintings, jewellery or other craftsthe administrative, registration, labelling and EPR requirements can become extremely difficult and expensive to manage. The cost of compliance can bear little relation to either the size of the business or the tiny amount of packaging involved. This creates a serious risk that small businesses will simply stop selling to customers in other EU countries because the compliance burden is too high. A business should not have to spend thousands of euros and navigate complex bureaucracy just to sell a handful of handmade products across the Single Market. At the same time, larger companies are much better equipped to absorb these costs through dedicated legal, administrative and compliance departments. This risks unintentionally strengthening the position of large corporations while pushing small independent producers out of cross-border trade. If the objective is to reduce packaging waste and create a better-functioning Single Market, the rules need to be genuinely proportionate. Microbusinesses and very small producers should have a simple, affordable compliance route based on the actual quantity of packaging they place on the market. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making small-scale entrepreneurship and cross-border trade practically inaccessible. The regulation should distinguish much more clearly between multinational companies placing millions of units on the EU market and a sole trader selling a few handmade items. I urge the Commission to significantly reduce the administrative and financial burden on microbusinesses and introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for businesses with very low packaging volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563863_en"}, {"id": 33563862, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:16:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "IKG crewshop24.com", "feedback": "Konkrete Auswirkungen auf unseren Betrieb: Wir verlieren massiv Umsatz, da wir damit nur an Verbraucher in Deutschland versenden können und alle anderen EU Bürger von unseren Ware ausschließen müssen. Als kleiner Shop mit nur wenigen kg Verpackung (die wir alle schon in Deutschland registriert haben), können wir uns die Kosten und den Aufwand nicht leisten! Dieses Gesetz widerspricht dem Gedanken der EU als Binnenmarkt. Forderungen an die Politik: Echte Bagatellgrenzen: Vollständige Befreiung von Kleinstunternehmen und Start-ups von komplexen Nachweis- und Registrierungspflichten. Zentralisierung und Harmonisierung: Ein einziges, kostenfreies und einheitliches Meldeportal für den gesamten EU-Raum statt zersplitterter nationaler Systeme. Praxis-Check vor Einführung: Verpflichtende Einbindung von KMU-Vertretern bei der Ausgestaltung von Durchführungsrechtsakten, um die reale Umsetzbarkeit im Vorfeld zu garantieren. Wir fordern Sie nachdrücklich auf, im Rahmen der Initiative zur Bürokratieentlastung der Europäischen Kommission ('Better Regulation') spürbare Nachbesserungen und Ausnahmen für den Mittelstand umzusetzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Concrete impact on our operations: We are massively losing turnover, as we can only send it to consumers in Germany and all other EU citizens must be excluded from our product. As a small shop with only a few kg of packaging (all of which we have already registered in Germany), we cannot afford the costs and effort involved! This law contradicts the idea of the EU as a single market. Political demands: Real de minimis thresholds: Fully exempting micro-enterprises and start-ups from complex evidentiary and registration obligations. Centralisation and harmonisation: A single, free and uniform reporting portal for the whole EU area instead of fragmented national systems. Practical pre-introduction check: Mandatory involvement of SME representatives in the design of implementing acts in order to guarantee real feasibility in advance. We urge you to implement tangible improvements and exceptions for small and medium-sized enterprises as part of the European Commission’s Better Regulation initiative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563862_en"}, {"id": 33563860, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:09:11", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Matteo Montemarani", "feedback": "This has been said many times already, but it needs saying again: the new rules do not fit the reality of small and medium-sized businesses, and they go against the founding principles of the Single Market. Most people running a small online shop still have no idea that any of this exists. Among those who do know, many are worried, and a number of them are already thinking about pulling out of cross-border sales within the EU. The core problem is that the PPWR harmonised the design rules for packaging but left Extended Producer Responsibility completely fragmented. From 12 August 2026, a producer has to register, report and pay fees separately in every Member State where it first places packaging on the market. Selling in ten EU countries therefore means going through ten separate registration systems rather than making one EU-wide filing. A study commissioned in March 2026 counted 64 unique registration fields across ten Member States, and only about a quarter of them line up with the Commission's own draft implementing act. On top of that, an Authorised Representative is required in every country where we sell directly to consumers without having a local entity. That is a fixed cost, repeated up to 26 times, with no relation whatsoever to turnover. We are being asked to comply with rules that are not yet final, while marketplaces have already announced that they will suspend or delist sellers who cannot show valid EPR proof. The thresholds, where they exist at all, have very little to do with reality. There is no EU-wide de minimis threshold. Only a few Member States apply minimum turnover or volume floors, and the working assumption everywhere else is that registration has to be in place before the first unit ships. In Germany the obligation applies from the very first parcel. A typical seller ships somewhere between a few dozen and a few hundred parcels a month across the whole Union, which in any single destination country works out to a handful of kilograms of cardboard and tape per year, often less than what a single household throws away in a month. Asking that seller to carry the same registration, representation and reporting apparatus as a company placing thousands of tonnes on the same market is not proportionate. It is a barrier to entry dressed up as an environmental measure. The PPWR does say that producer responsibility organisations must treat producers equally regardless of size and avoid imposing disproportionate burdens on producers of small quantities, but that principle sits there as a recommendation, with no operative mechanism behind it. If EPR is going to be kept, it needs two things it currently does not have. The first is a single EU-wide registration and reporting platform, built along the lines of the VAT One-Stop-Shop. The second is a real, harmonised de minimis regime, meaning a full exemption below a low annual weight per Member State, or at the very least a flat minimum fee that reflects the negligible volume actually placed on that market. We already pay VAT in all 27 Member States through one single OSS return. That model works. The same logic could have been applied to packaging, and it was not. What we are left with is a compliance cost that is essentially fixed and therefore deeply regressive. For a multinational it is negligible. For a webshop run by two people it can be fatal. Millions of people are affected by this. Many small and medium online stores will simply close or fall back on their domestic market, which is precisely the opposite of what the Single Market was created to achieve. Matteo Montemarani", "feedbackEnglish": "This has been said many times already, but it needs saying again: the new rules do not fit the reality of small and medium-sized businesses, and they go against the founding principles of the Single Market. Most people running a small online shop still have no idea that any of this exists. Among those who do know, many are worried, and a number of them are already thinking about pulling out of cross-border sales within the EU. The core problem is that the PPWR harmonised the design rules for packaging but left Extended Producer Responsibility completely fragmented. From 12 August 2026, a producer has to register, report and pay fees separately in every Member State where it first places packaging on the market. Selling in ten EU countries therefore means going through ten separate registration systems rather than making one EU-wide filing. A study commissioned in March 2026 counted 64 unique registration fields across ten Member States, and only about a quarter of them line up with the Commission's own draft implementing act. On top of that, an Authorised Representative is required in every country where we sell directly to consumers without having a local entity. That is a fixed cost, repeated up to 26 times, with no relation whatsoever to turnover. We are being asked to comply with rules that are not yet final, while marketplaces have already announced that they will suspend or delist sellers who cannot show valid EPR proof. The thresholds, where they exist at all, have very little to do with reality. There is no EU-wide de minimis threshold. Only a few Member States apply minimum turnover or volume floors, and the working assumption everywhere else is that registration has to be in place before the first unit ships. In Germany the obligation applies from the very first parcel. A typical seller ships somewhere between a few dozen and a few hundred parcels a month across the whole Union, which in any single destination country works out to a handful of kilograms of cardboard and tape per year, often less than what a single household throws away in a month. Asking that seller to carry the same registration, representation and reporting apparatus as a company placing thousands of tonnes on the same market is not proportionate. It is a barrier to entry dressed up as an environmental measure. The PPWR does say that producer responsibility organisations must treat producers equally regardless of size and avoid imposing disproportionate burdens on producers of small quantities, but that principle sits there as a recommendation, with no operative mechanism behind it. If EPR is going to be kept, it needs two things it currently does not have. The first is a single EU-wide registration and reporting platform, built along the lines of the VAT One-Stop-Shop. The second is a real, harmonised de minimis regime, meaning a full exemption below a low annual weight per Member State, or at the very least a flat minimum fee that reflects the negligible volume actually placed on that market. We already pay VAT in all 27 Member States through one single OSS return. That model works. The same logic could have been applied to packaging, and it was not. What we are left with is a compliance cost that is essentially fixed and therefore deeply regressive. For a multinational it is negligible. For a webshop run by two people it can be fatal. Millions of people are affected by this. Many small and medium online stores will simply close or fall back on their domestic market, which is precisely the opposite of what the Single Market was created to achieve. Matteo Montemarani", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563860_en"}, {"id": 33563859, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:05:27", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Zuckerfrei Store", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleiner online shop aus Österreich und beliefern Kunden in Deutschland. Eine weitere Expansion in EU-Märkte ist nicht möglich: einerseits sind die Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten (je Land!!) zu hoch, andererseits ist der bürokratische Aufwand indiskutabel. Wir wollen unser business weiter entwickeln und dafür unsere Ressourcen verwenden und nicht die Wünsche von Bürokraten befriedigen. Zum Thema Verpackungsmaterial: danke, dass wir jetzt allen Lieferanten hinterherlaufen dürfen, um diese Daten zu erheben, zu speichern und zu dokumentieren! Warum muss das der Lieferant und der Händler machen, doppelt? Danke für Nichts. Ich war immer ein Unterstützer der EU, aber diese Bürokraten würgen die Wirtschaft ab. Die großen Versandhändler freuen sich, wir Kleinen gehen unter. Frustrierend, aber bald gibt es nichts mehr zu verteilen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small online shop from Austria and supply customers in Germany. Further expansion into EU markets is not possible: on the one hand, the costs for an authorised representative (per country!) are too high; on the other hand, the bureaucratic burden is indisputable. We want to develop our business further by using our resources rather than satisfying the wishes of bureaucrats. On packaging materials: thank you for now allowing us to lag behind all suppliers to collect, store and document this data! Why does the supplier and the dealer have to do this twice? Thank you for nothing. I have always been a supporter of the EU, but these bureaucrats are loosing the economy. The big mail-order companies are happy, we are going down small businesses. Frustrating, but there will soon be nothing to distribute.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563859_en"}, {"id": 33563858, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 11:04:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "FellHerz GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels musste ich durch die PPWR Einführung leider den Verkauf in das europäische Ausland aufgeben. Vor allem die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf, ist für mein UNternehmen mit wenigen Verkäufen ins Ausland, nicht bezahlbar. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Beate Fellner", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as an operator of a small online shop, I unfortunately had to give up selling abroad in Europe as a result of the introduction of the PPWR. Above all, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales is unaffordable for my company with few sales abroad. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Beate Fellner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563858_en"}, {"id": 33563856, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:46:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinstunternehmen", "feedback": "Guten Tag, diese neue Regelung ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht aller Kleinstunternehmer, die z.B. im Nebenerwerb ein Geschäft betreiben und auch in die EU Nachbarstaaten liefern. Die EU hat freies Reisen in alle EU Staaten ermöglicht und verhindert nun einen freien Handel. Ich bin eine One-Man-Show, die elektronische Systeme für den Modellbau herstellt und vertreibt. Diese Artikel sind sehr speziell und werden auch nicht in großen Mengen hergestellt und verkauft. Für einen jährlichen Umsatz z.B. in Österreich von 1500 rechtfertigt sich der Aufwand mit Registrierung und allem was dazugehört nicht. Da ich in mindestens 8-10 EU Staaten liefere, wären das Kosten im hohen 4-stelligen Bereich, die ich nicht stemmen kann. Meine Verpackungen bestehen zu 99% aus Papier und Pappe und betragen in Summe ca. 50 kg im Jahr. Es muss also eine entsprechende Regelung geben, die Kleinstunternehmen massive entlastet. Es ist absolut richtig, dass keine übergroßen Verpackungen durch die Welt geschickt werden und das der Plastikmüll eingedämmt wird. Verpackungen, die heute schon komplett recycelt werden können, müssen hiervon ausgenommen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, this new regulation is a blow to the face of all micro-entrepreneurs who, for example, run a business as a side business and also supply neighbouring countries to the EU. The EU has allowed free travel to all EU countries and is now preventing free trade. I am a one-man show that manufactures and distributes electronic systems for model building. These items are very specific and are not produced and sold in large quantities. For an annual turnover of 1500 in Austria, for example, the expenditure is justified by registration and everything that does not belong to it. As I deliver in at least 8-10 EU countries, the cost would be in the high 4-digit range, which I cannot afford. My packaging consists of 99 % paper and cardboard and totals approximately 50 kg per year. There must therefore be a corresponding provision which relieves micro-enterprises massively of the burden. It is absolutely right that no excessive packaging is sent around the world and that plastic waste is contained. Packaging that is already fully recyclable must be excluded.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563856_en"}, {"id": 33563855, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:44:27", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Could you make sure that this doesn't effect the small entrepreneurs. Making then register in 27 countries is madness. Also making certain types of packaging exempt like cardboard would help.", "feedbackEnglish": "Could you make sure that this doesn't effect the small entrepreneurs. Making then register in 27 countries is madness. Also making certain types of packaging exempt like cardboard would help.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563855_en"}, {"id": 33563854, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:41:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is absolutely right to reduce packaging waste. However, the new regulation undermines the European ideal. It is absurd that I can easily order a book from a small independent publisher in South America or Asia, but can no longer do so from a used bookstore or a small publisher in neighboring Europe, since the requirements of the EU regulation pose a financial and bureaucratic hurdle that is impossible for any micro-distributor to overcome. Create a rule that continues to allow small retailers to send a few hundred shipments per year within Europe!", "feedbackEnglish": "It is absolutely right to reduce packaging waste. However, the new regulation undermines the European ideal. It is absurd that I can easily order a book from a small independent publisher in South America or Asia, but can no longer do so from a used bookstore or a small publisher in neighboring Europe, since the requirements of the EU regulation pose a financial and bureaucratic hurdle that is impossible for any micro-distributor to overcome. Create a rule that continues to allow small retailers to send a few hundred shipments per year within Europe!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563854_en"}, {"id": 33563852, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:35:42", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an ebay UK seller of 21 years. Brexit hammered my EU sales but this is now the final nail in the coffin and I have had to block all EU countries from purchasing my items. Being a sole trader is extremely time consuming and the hoops being thrown at small business are too much to contend with. SME's and Micro Businesses are not Amazon, Shein or Temu and cannot compete with all the additional work and costs involved in this initiative. Please try to put something in place to cater for us so that we can continue to trade with you. With one hand you promote international trade and with the other hand you crush it. Please make it make sense and consider all the little people and not the huge multinational organisations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an ebay UK seller of 21 years. Brexit hammered my EU sales but this is now the final nail in the coffin and I have had to block all EU countries from purchasing my items. Being a sole trader is extremely time consuming and the hoops being thrown at small business are too much to contend with. SME's and Micro Businesses are not Amazon, Shein or Temu and cannot compete with all the additional work and costs involved in this initiative. Please try to put something in place to cater for us so that we can continue to trade with you. With one hand you promote international trade and with the other hand you crush it. Please make it make sense and consider all the little people and not the huge multinational organisations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563852_en"}, {"id": 33563851, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:35:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Re-Nou", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, Did anyone consider small businesses when the authorised representative obligation was designed? I run a one-person online shop selling vintage and second-hand clothing in Germany. I ask because from where I sit, the answer looks like no. Under the PPWR producer registers, a single sale into another Member State can trigger the duty to appoint and pay an authorised representative in that country. The cost is identical whether I send five parcels there or five hundred. Ten target markets means ten contracts, ten fee structures, ten reporting channels. In one neighbouring market this will cost me several hundred euros a year, for packaging that weighs a few kilograms. That is not proportionate. It is a barrier to entry. A business that cannot spread fixed costs of that kind across a large sales volume will avoid cross-border trade rather than take it on. I am already deciding which countries to stop shipping to. In my case the obligation does not reduce packaging waste. It reduces the number of countries I sell to. Three changes would fix this. Exempt micro-enterprises from the authorised representative obligation, using the employee and turnover thresholds that already exist in Union law. For businesses above those thresholds that still ship small volumes across borders, apply a de minimis threshold per destination country. Build a real one-stop shop. Hiring a central service provider is already possible, but retailers still sign a separate contract and pay separate fixed costs for every country. Registration and reporting for all Member States should be possible centrally, with fixed costs that arise only once. Standardise the data transfer. Packaging data recorded once should not have to be reformatted for each country separately. Small businesses are not scaled-down versions of large ones. We carry the same fixed costs, spread across a far smaller volume of trade. As this obligation currently stands, it pushes us back into our domestic markets. Regards, Anastasia Ekhlakova", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, Did anyone consider small businesses when the authorised representative obligation was designed? I run a one-person online shop selling vintage and second-hand clothing in Germany. I ask because from where I sit, the answer looks like no. Under the PPWR producer registers, a single sale into another Member State can trigger the duty to appoint and pay an authorised representative in that country. The cost is identical whether I send five parcels there or five hundred. Ten target markets means ten contracts, ten fee structures, ten reporting channels. In one neighbouring market this will cost me several hundred euros a year, for packaging that weighs a few kilograms. That is not proportionate. It is a barrier to entry. A business that cannot spread fixed costs of that kind across a large sales volume will avoid cross-border trade rather than take it on. I am already deciding which countries to stop shipping to. In my case the obligation does not reduce packaging waste. It reduces the number of countries I sell to. Three changes would fix this. Exempt micro-enterprises from the authorised representative obligation, using the employee and turnover thresholds that already exist in Union law. For businesses above those thresholds that still ship small volumes across borders, apply a de minimis threshold per destination country. Build a real one-stop shop. Hiring a central service provider is already possible, but retailers still sign a separate contract and pay separate fixed costs for every country. Registration and reporting for all Member States should be possible centrally, with fixed costs that arise only once. Standardise the data transfer. Packaging data recorded once should not have to be reformatted for each country separately. Small businesses are not scaled-down versions of large ones. We carry the same fixed costs, spread across a far smaller volume of trade. As this obligation currently stands, it pushes us back into our domestic markets. Regards, Anastasia Ekhlakova", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563851_en"}, {"id": 33563850, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:30:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kork-Studio Grobe", "feedback": "Als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf eine aus meiner Sicht besonders problematische Folge der PPWR hinweisen: die finanziellen und administrativen Belastungen beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU, insbesondere durch die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich die Ziele der PPWR. Umweltschutz darf jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine europäische Unternehmen faktisch vom Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Vertrags-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig belieferten Mitgliedstaaten entstehen entsprechend zahlreiche Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete pro Jahr verkauft werden. Für große Marktteilnehmer lassen sich diese Fixkosten auf ein hohes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Für kleine Unternehmen können dieselben Kosten dagegen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf unwirtschaftlich machen. Die Belastung steht dann in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Dies gefährdet aus meiner Sicht einen wesentlichen Grundgedanken der EU: den gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt. Wenn jeder zusätzliche Mitgliedstaat neue Fixkosten, Verträge und Verwaltungsverfahren verursacht, entsteht für kleine Händler faktisch wieder eine Vielzahl nationaler Einzelmärkte. Die wirtschaftlich logische Konsequenz ist, einzelne Länder nicht mehr zu beliefern oder den EU-Auslandsversand vollständig einzustellen. Gleichzeitig entsteht ein Wettbewerbsnachteil für kleine europäische Unternehmen. Große internationale Plattformen und Händler können Compliance-Kosten auf sehr hohe Stückzahlen verteilen. Dies gilt auch für große Anbieter aus Drittstaaten, insbesondere aus stark exportorientierten Ländern wie China. Es wäre wirtschaftlich und ökologisch kontraproduktiv, wenn europäische Händler ihren innereuropäischen Versand reduzieren, während Verbraucher verstärkt Waren über große internationale Anbieter aus Drittstaaten beziehen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen. Sie verfügen in der Regel weder über eigene Rechts- noch Compliance-Abteilungen. Zusätzliche nationale Registrierungen, Verträge, Gebühren, Mengenmeldungen und unterschiedliche Verfahren verursachen deshalb einen unverhältnismäßig hohen Aufwand. Ich rege daher an: * Kleinstunternehmen von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten pro Mitgliedstaat auszunehmen. * EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Verpackungsmengen einzuführen. * Einen echten europäischen One-Stop-Shop zu schaffen: eine Registrierung, eine zentrale Meldung und eine zentrale Abwicklung für alle Mitgliedstaaten, statt separater Verträge und Fixkosten pro Land. * Einheitliche technische Daten- und Meldestandards einzuführen. * Gebühren stärker an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge statt an der Anzahl der belieferten Länder auszurichten. Europa sollte als gemeinsamer Markt funktionieren. Ein kleines Unternehmen sollte nicht für jeden zusätzlichen Mitgliedstaat erneut finanzielle und administrative Markteintrittshürden überwinden müssen. Die PPWR sollte deshalb nicht nur daran gemessen werden, ob sie ihre Umweltziele erreicht, sondern auch daran, ob ihre konkrete Umsetzung den europäischen Binnenmarkt stärkt oder schwächt. Umweltschutz, Verhältnismäßigkeit und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt müssen gemeinsam gewährleistet werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an operator of small online sales, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic consequence of the PPWR: the financial and administrative burden of cross-border shipments within the EU, in particular through the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility. In principle, I support the objectives of the PPWR. However, environmental protection must not lead to the de facto exclusion of small European companies from the internal market. Even small sales to another Member State may trigger additional registration, contract, reporting and authorised representative obligations. Ten or twenty Member States are supplied with a correspondingly high number of contracts, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether a country sells five or five hundred parcels per year. For large market players, these fixed costs can be spread over a high volume of sales. On the other hand, the same costs may make cross-border sales uneconomic for small businesses. The burden is then disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. In my view, this jeopardises a fundamental idea of the EU: the single market. If each additional Member State generates new fixed costs, contracts and administrative procedures, a multitude of national sectoral markets will de facto re-emerge for small traders. The economically logical consequence is to stop supplying individual countries or completely stop sending goods abroad to the EU. At the same time, it puts small European companies at a competitive disadvantage. Large international platforms and traders can spread compliance costs over very high volumes. This also applies to large suppliers from third countries, in particular from highly export-oriented countries such as China. It would be economically and environmentally counterproductive for European traders to reduce their intra-EU shipments, while consumers increasingly source goods from large international suppliers from third countries. Small enterprises are not small large enterprises. They do not usually have their own legal or compliance departments. Additional national registrations, contracts, fees, volume reporting and different procedures therefore impose a disproportionate burden. I therefore suggest that: * Exempt micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative per Member State. * Introduce uniform EU-wide de minimis limits for small quantities of packaging. * Create a true European one-stop shop: one registration, one central reporting and one central settlement for all Member States, instead of separate contracts and fixed costs per country. * Introduce uniform technical data and reporting standards. * Align fees more closely with the amount of packaging actually placed on the market rather than with the number of countries supplied. Europe should function as a common market. A small company should not have to overcome financial and administrative entry barriers again for each additional Member State. The PPWR should therefore be measured not only by whether it achieves its environmental objectives, but also by whether its concrete implementation strengthens or weakens the European single market. Environmental protection, proportionality and the functioning of the internal market must be ensured together.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563850_en"}, {"id": 33563848, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:10:43", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Drop this law entirely. It is a symbol of bad lawmaking. The fundamental right of free trade must be upheld - the environmental cost regarding packaging is nonexistent because it is over regulated already in all EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "Drop this law entirely. It is a symbol of bad lawmaking. The fundamental right of free trade must be upheld - the environmental cost regarding packaging is nonexistent because it is over regulated already in all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563848_en"}, {"id": 33563847, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 10:06:38", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lolita Stas", "feedback": "I am a very small one women business, seling my crafts on Etsy for 14 years. I agree, that I should pay for the waste I create and have absolutely no problem with that. But paying for the environmental impact of my packaging and maintaining a separate national compliance structure simply to be allowed to pay for that packaging are two very different things. Many crafters spent years trying to produce less, reuse more, avoid unnecessary packaging, avoid overproduction and make products that last. The question is whether this system will actually help businesses like ours become greener or simply make us too small to afford selling across the European Single Market. All 27 countries have their own registration procedures, EPR systems, authorised representatives, fees, reporting rules and administrative requirements. For a large company selling thousands or millions of products, these fixed compliance costs can be spread across enormous sales volumes. For a maker like me, who sells several scarves to each country it is imposible.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a very small one women business, seling my crafts on Etsy for 14 years. I agree, that I should pay for the waste I create and have absolutely no problem with that. But paying for the environmental impact of my packaging and maintaining a separate national compliance structure simply to be allowed to pay for that packaging are two very different things. Many crafters spent years trying to produce less, reuse more, avoid unnecessary packaging, avoid overproduction and make products that last. The question is whether this system will actually help businesses like ours become greener or simply make us too small to afford selling across the European Single Market. All 27 countries have their own registration procedures, EPR systems, authorised representatives, fees, reporting rules and administrative requirements. For a large company selling thousands or millions of products, these fixed compliance costs can be spread across enormous sales volumes. For a maker like me, who sells several scarves to each country it is imposible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563847_en"}, {"id": 33563844, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:58:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Diskuszucht-Piwowarski", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland neben meinem eigentlichen Beruf eine kleine Zucht von Diskusfischen. Meine Nachzuchten verkaufe ich über einen eigenen Onlineshop an Privatkunden und Fachhändler in Deutschland und zahlreichen anderen europäischen Ländern. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich den Grundgedanken, dass Unternehmen, die Verpackungen in Verkehr bringen, sich angemessen an den Kosten für Sammlung, Entsorgung und Recycling beteiligen. Mein Problem ist daher nicht die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung an sich, sondern die konkrete Ausgestaltung der grenzüberschreitenden Pflichten. Ich habe meine Versandzahlen der vergangenen 360 Tage ausgewertet. In diesem Zeitraum hatte ich etwa 177 Sendungen an Privatkunden im EU-Ausland. Da manche Sendungen aus mehreren Paketen bestehen, entspricht dies ungefähr 195 Paketen pro Jahr. Für den sicheren Transport lebender Fische benötige ich stabile Umkartons, isolierende Styroporboxen und Transportbeutel. Bei großzügig geschätzten zwei Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial pro Paket bringe ich damit insgesamt nur etwa 390 kg Verpackungsmaterial pro Jahr in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten in Verkehr. Das Problem besteht darin, dass sich diese geringe Menge auf zahlreiche Mitgliedstaaten verteilt. In manche Länder versende ich nur zwei oder drei Bestellungen im Jahr. Trotzdem entstehen für jedes einzelne Zielland fixe Registrierungs- und Compliance-Kosten. Ein von mir geprüfter Full-Service-Anbieter verlangt beispielsweise 299 Euro netto pro Land und Jahr, hinzu kommen nationale System- und Recyclinggebühren. Selbst wenn ich künftig einige Länder mit sehr wenigen Sendungen nicht mehr beliefere, muss ich mit jährlichen Kosten von ungefähr 4.500 Euro rechnen. Damit stehen rund 4.500 Euro jährliche Compliance-Kosten nur etwa 390 kg Verpackungsmaterial gegenüber. Das entspricht ungefähr 11,50 Euro je Kilogramm Verpackung bzw. 23 Euro je versendetem Paket. Der überwiegende Teil dieser Kosten entsteht nicht durch das eigentliche Recycling, sondern durch die länderbezogenen administrativen Anforderungen. Für große Onlinehändler mit tausenden Sendungen pro Land fallen solche Fixkosten kaum ins Gewicht. Für einen kleinen Spezialanbieter können sie dagegen dazu führen, dass sich zwei oder drei Sendungen in ein bestimmtes Land nicht mehr lohnen. Die Konsequenz ist für mich absehbar: Ich werde den Versand an Privatkunden in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Nicht weil der Transport unmöglich wäre oder die Entsorgung der Verpackung so teuer wäre, sondern allein weil die fixen administrativen Kosten für wenige Sendungen unverhältnismäßig hoch sind. Gerade kleine Spezialanbieter konnten durch den europäischen Binnenmarkt bisher Kunden in der gesamten EU erreichen. Wenn eine Regelung wirtschaftlich dazu führt, einzelne Mitgliedstaaten wieder vom eigenen Absatzgebiet auszuschließen, halte ich das für eine bedauerliche Entwicklung. Ich würde mir deshalb eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung mit einem One-Stop-Shop für Registrierung, Mengenmeldung und Abrechnung wünschen. Alternativ oder ergänzend sollte es eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen geben. Vor allem sollten sich die Kosten stärker an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge und weniger an der Anzahl der belieferten Mitgliedstaaten orientieren. Ich bin selbstverständlich bereit, angemessene Recycling- und Entsorgungskosten für meine tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen zu tragen. Ich bin aber überzeugt, dass sich dieses sinnvolle Ziel auch mit einer Lösung erreichen lässt, die kleine grenzüberschreitende Anbieter nicht durch hohe Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat überproportional belastet. Eine zentrale europäische Lösung mit mengenabhängigen Gebühren und einer vernünftigen Bagatellgrenze würde meines Erachtens sowohl dem Umweltschutz als auch dem europäischen Binnenmarkt besser gerecht.", "feedbackEnglish": "In addition to my actual profession, I practise a small-scale farming of discus fish in Germany. I sell my offspring to private customers and specialist retailers in Germany and many other European countries via my own online shop. I strongly support the idea that companies placing packaging on the market contribute adequately to the costs of collection, disposal and recycling. My problem is therefore not extended producer responsibility per se, but the specific form of cross-border obligations. I have analysed my mailing figures for the last 360 days. During this period, I had around 177 items sent to private customers in other EU countries. As some items consist of several packages, this corresponds to approximately 195 packages per year. For the safe transport of live fish, I need stable outer cartons, insulating polystyrene boxes and transport bags. With a generous estimate of two kilograms of packaging material per package, I place only around 390 kg of packaging material per year on the market in other EU Member States. The problem is that this small quantity is spread over many Member States. In some countries, I only send two or three orders a year. Nevertheless, there are fixed registration and compliance costs for each individual country of destination. For example, a full service provider I have audited charges EUR 299 net per country per year, plus national system and recycling fees. Even if I stop supplying some countries with very few consignments in the future, I have to expect an annual cost of around EUR 4500. This means that around EUR 4500 per year in compliance costs are only around 390 kg of packaging material. This corresponds to approximately EUR 11.50 per kilogram of packaging or EUR 23 per package dispatched. Most of these costs are not generated by actual recycling, but by country-specific administrative requirements. For large e-commerce traders with thousands of items per country, such fixed costs are of little importance. For a small specialised provider, on the other hand, they may result in two or three programmes to a particular country no longer being worthwhile. The consequence is foreseeable for me: I will have to stop shipping to private customers in several EU Member States. Not because transport would be impossible or the disposal of the packaging would be so expensive, but simply because the fixed administrative costs are disproportionately high for a few consignments. Small specialist suppliers in particular have so far been able to reach customers across the EU thanks to the European single market. If the economic effect of a rule is to exclude individual Member States from their own territory, I consider this to be an unfortunate development. I would therefore like to see a central EU-wide registration with a one-stop shop for registration, volume reporting and billing. Alternatively or in addition, there should be an appropriate de minimis threshold for micro-quantities. In particular, costs should be based more on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market and less on the number of Member States supplied. I am of course prepared to bear reasonable recycling and disposal costs for my packaging actually placed on the market. However, I am convinced that this reasonable objective can also be achieved by a solution which does not impose a disproportionate burden on small cross-border providers as a result of high fixed costs per Member State. A central European solution with volume-based charges and a reasonable de minimis threshold would, in my view, better serve both environmental protection and the European internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563844_en"}, {"id": 33563843, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:56:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WTG", "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Parliament, I'm writing as the owner of a small online shop for board games. I founded the shop in 2024, with the hope of eventually being able to live from its earnings. In the meantime, I have spent countless hours, besides my day job, bringing my shop to its current state and being able to ship within Europe and the UK. After two years of hard work and sleepless nights, it seemed in the last few months that my dream could come true. My shop is established in the EU and UK, and I might finally be able to pay myself for the first time. Shipments to the EU now account for 50% of revenue. Without being able to ship abroad, my dream will die. Many small shop owners and I never imagined the PPWR would actually come into force in this form, and I had hoped Members of the European Parliament shared that view. But the impossible happened: the regulation came into force as planned. Since 12 August, countless small shops have already stopped shipping within the EU, as we did too. It is still no problem for us to ship to the UK. We looked into the requirements and found that we would have to pay around 5,000 per year to register for PPWR compliance across Europe. Do you know how many games I would have to sell as a small company just to cover that cost? Far too many for it to be worth continuing to ship within the EU. I want to make clear: I'm not against the idea of a Europe-wide recycling system. I'm already registered with Germany's LUCID recycling system, and in my opinion, it is right for companies to take responsibility for recycling, to make a better future possible for everyone. With a single government agency responsible for all EU countries, this could work really well. A very good example of a well-thought-out, Europe-wide regulation is the OSS VAT system. Registration is simple, and only one VAT payment is required to a single government agency, which then distributes it to the respective EU countries. My hope is that, after some time, the PPWR will be modified into a reasonable form that is also affordable for small businesses not only for major players like Amazon. Otherwise, this will mean the end of diversity among online shops within Europe, and of the free market that I always understood to be a founding idea of the European Union. Sincerely, Manuel", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Parliament, I'm writing as the owner of a small online shop for board games. I founded the shop in 2024, with the hope of eventually being able to live from its earnings. In the meantime, I have spent countless hours, besides my day job, bringing my shop to its current state and being able to ship within Europe and the UK. After two years of hard work and sleepless nights, it seemed in the last few months that my dream could come true. My shop is established in the EU and UK, and I might finally be able to pay myself for the first time. Shipments to the EU now account for 50% of revenue. Without being able to ship abroad, my dream will die. Many small shop owners and I never imagined the PPWR would actually come into force in this form, and I had hoped Members of the European Parliament shared that view. But the impossible happened: the regulation came into force as planned. Since 12 August, countless small shops have already stopped shipping within the EU, as we did too. It is still no problem for us to ship to the UK. We looked into the requirements and found that we would have to pay around 5,000 per year to register for PPWR compliance across Europe. Do you know how many games I would have to sell as a small company just to cover that cost? Far too many for it to be worth continuing to ship within the EU. I want to make clear: I'm not against the idea of a Europe-wide recycling system. I'm already registered with Germany's LUCID recycling system, and in my opinion, it is right for companies to take responsibility for recycling, to make a better future possible for everyone. With a single government agency responsible for all EU countries, this could work really well. A very good example of a well-thought-out, Europe-wide regulation is the OSS VAT system. Registration is simple, and only one VAT payment is required to a single government agency, which then distributes it to the respective EU countries. My hope is that, after some time, the PPWR will be modified into a reasonable form that is also affordable for small businesses not only for major players like Amazon. Otherwise, this will mean the end of diversity among online shops within Europe, and of the free market that I always understood to be a founding idea of the European Union. Sincerely, Manuel", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563843_en"}, {"id": 33563842, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:52:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "company", "feedback": "Diese Regelung ist völlig übertrieben. Ein bürokratisches Monstrum, wie es nur von der EU kommen kann. Und wie immer wird es in Deutschland noch schärfer umgesetzt. Das Aus für viele kleine Firmen, gut gemacht!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule is completely exaggerated. A bureaucratic monstrum that can only come from the EU. And, as always, it is implemented even more vigorously in Germany. For many small companies, well done!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563842_en"}, {"id": 33563841, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:50:34", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kókai Márton", "feedback": "As a sole proprietor with an annual revenue ceiling of EUR 10,000, I find it practically impossible to comply with the PPWR requirements when shipping products to customers in other EU Member States. The requirement to appoint local legal representatives can result in costs of several thousand euros per country, which is completely disproportionate for a micro-business with such a limited turnover. In practice, this makes cross-border sales, the free market within the EU financially unviable. I believe the PPWR should provide a simplified compliance framework or exemption for micro-enterprises below a certain turnover threshold, ensuring that regulatory costs remain proportionate to the size and economic capacity of the business.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole proprietor with an annual revenue ceiling of EUR 10,000, I find it practically impossible to comply with the PPWR requirements when shipping products to customers in other EU Member States. The requirement to appoint local legal representatives can result in costs of several thousand euros per country, which is completely disproportionate for a micro-business with such a limited turnover. In practice, this makes cross-border sales, the free market within the EU financially unviable. I believe the PPWR should provide a simplified compliance framework or exemption for micro-enterprises below a certain turnover threshold, ensuring that regulatory costs remain proportionate to the size and economic capacity of the business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563841_en"}, {"id": 33563839, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:43:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "EUROTOP GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Wir sind ein mittelständisches Familienunternehmen. Die Pflichten, die mit Inkrafttreten der PPWR auf uns zukommen bedeuten einen immensen Mehraufwand für uns. Die ganzen Aufgaben (Bevollmächtigungen, Konformitätserklärungen...), die bei größeren Firmen von einer ganzen Abteilung übernommen werden, werden bei uns von 2 Mitarbeitern übernommen. Das nimmt viel Zeit in Anspruch. Zeit, in der diese 2 Mitarbeiter nicht ihren eigentlichen Aufgaben im Betrieb nachkommen können. In der Arbeitszeit, die für die PPWR verbraucht wird, findet keine Wertschöpfung statt. Das ist die reinste Bürokratie-Lawine!", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a family-run medium-sized enterprise. The obligations to which we are subject as soon as the PPWR enters into force represent a huge additional burden for us. All the tasks (authorisations, declarations of conformity, etc.) carried out by an entire department in the case of larger firms will be carried out by two members of our staff. This takes a long time. Time during which these 2 employees will not be able to carry out their actual operational tasks. There is no value added in the working time used for the PPWR. This is the most bureaucratic law!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563839_en"}, {"id": 33563838, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:34:50", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Au coeur de Koko", "feedback": "I am concerned about the impact of the new packaging rules on small, traditional and artisanal businesses like ours. Craftsmanship, authenticity and the way products are carefully made and presented are an important part, and these new requirements can have a disproportionate effect on us. We fully support sustainability and reducing unnecessary packaging, but the rules should also take into account the realities of craftsmanship and small-scale production. For us, adapting to these requirements creates significant additional costs, complexity and limitations, and could ultimately affect the character and quality of our products. I strongly encourage the EU to consider exemptions or more flexible solutions for artisanal businesses, so that sustainability goals can be achieved without putting traditional craftsmanship and small businesses at risk.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned about the impact of the new packaging rules on small, traditional and artisanal businesses like ours. Craftsmanship, authenticity and the way products are carefully made and presented are an important part, and these new requirements can have a disproportionate effect on us. We fully support sustainability and reducing unnecessary packaging, but the rules should also take into account the realities of craftsmanship and small-scale production. For us, adapting to these requirements creates significant additional costs, complexity and limitations, and could ultimately affect the character and quality of our products. I strongly encourage the EU to consider exemptions or more flexible solutions for artisanal businesses, so that sustainability goals can be achieved without putting traditional craftsmanship and small businesses at risk.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563838_en"}, {"id": 33563836, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:28:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "fejn GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als **fejn GmbH**, ein kleines E-Commerce-Unternehmen, möchten wir auf eine erhebliche Belastung durch die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen. Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen EU-Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt und bezahlt werden muss. Für kleine Unternehmen entstehen dadurch pro Land fixe Kosten und zusätzliche Meldepflichten unabhängig davon, ob wenige oder mehrere hundert Pakete versendet werden. Dies schafft faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle und erschwert die Nutzung des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Wir bitten daher insbesondere um Prüfung folgender Anpassungen: - Mindestgrenzen (Verpackungsmenge/ Anzahl Bestellungen) die zunächst erstmal erreicht werden müssen um Lizenzpflichtig zu werden. - Eine echte EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierung und Meldungen zentral und ohne separate Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat abgewickelt werden können. - Einheitliche technische Standards für die Datenübermittlung**, sodass Verpackungsdaten nur einmal erfasst und anschließend EU-weit genutzt werden können. Kleine Unternehmen tragen derzeit nahezu dieselben länderspezifischen Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, können diese jedoch auf ein deutlich geringeres Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ist daher entscheidend, damit Unternehmen wie die fejn GmbH den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin wirtschaftlich nutzen können. Sie verhindern aktuell unser Wachstumspotenzial in wirschaftlich sowieso schon sehr schwierigen Zeit. Aus unserer Sicht entspricht diese Vorschrift auch in keinster Weiser einem Zusammenschluss der EU - im Gegenteil, es erschafft wieder Grenzen! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dagmar Kraemer fejn GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as **fejn GmbH**, a small e-commerce company, would like to draw attention to the considerable burden of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Individual sales to an EU Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and paid for there. For small businesses, this results in fixed costs and additional reporting obligations per country, regardless of whether few or several hundred parcels are sent. This creates a de facto market entry threshold and complicates the use of the European single market. We would therefore ask you in particular to examine the following adjustments: — Minimum limits (packaging volume/number of orders) which must first be reached in order to obtain a licence. — A genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop solution allowing registration and notifications to be processed centrally and without separate fixed costs per Member State. — Uniform technical standards for data transmission**, so that packaging data can only be collected once and then used across the EU. Small companies currently bear almost the same country-specific fixed costs as large market players, but can spread them over a much smaller volume of sales. A proportionate definition of the obligation to appoint a representative is therefore crucial in order to ensure that companies such as fejn GmbH can continue to make economic use of the European internal market. They are currently preventing our growth potential at a very difficult time in any case. In our view, this provision also does not in any way correspond to a merger of the EU – on the contrary, it recreates borders! Yours sincerely, Dagmar Kraemer fejn GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563836_en"}, {"id": 33563835, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:24:41", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "JFKemiska", "feedback": "I contacted the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) just over a year ago to proactively find out which rules applied, or were going to come into effect. I was told to check the information on their website, but the problem was precisely that their website contained no information at all. In subsequent emails, they blamed their lack of response on a heavy workload and ultimately chose not to respond at all. We therefore have a regulatory authority that does not even know what rules apply, is unable to fulfill its obligations towards the public, and chooses to simply close a case without following through on it. It would have been appreciated if Naturvårdsverket had had the good sense to provide information once they felt they had sufficient information themselves, or once they felt that their workload allowed them to respond to those who depend on them for their businesses. Now that the rules are being introduced, everyone is caught off guard. I wonder whether even those introducing the rules were caught off guard by the fact that they fundamentally affect small businesses. The principle of the free movement of goods and services within the EU will be severely undermined by the introduction of this rule. It has already placed an enormous burden on a very large number of businesses, demonstrating that it directly contradicts the very idea of free movement. Furthermore, it is highly questionable that one or two companies should become responsible for handling this in each country. In effect, this means that the EU is approving what is essentially a monopoly on handling and pricing. For smaller businesses, these rules amount to nothing more than a tax, from the very first euro. A progressive pricing model reflecting the size of the business would be far more appropriate. That would create a much stronger incentive for larger companies, which have far fewer financial difficulties in meeting the requirements. If you in the EU want to continue to exist and safeguard entrepreneurship, these rules need to be reconsidered!", "feedbackEnglish": "I contacted the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) just over a year ago to proactively find out which rules applied, or were going to come into effect. I was told to check the information on their website, but the problem was precisely that their website contained no information at all. In subsequent emails, they blamed their lack of response on a heavy workload and ultimately chose not to respond at all. We therefore have a regulatory authority that does not even know what rules apply, is unable to fulfill its obligations towards the public, and chooses to simply close a case without following through on it. It would have been appreciated if Naturvårdsverket had had the good sense to provide information once they felt they had sufficient information themselves, or once they felt that their workload allowed them to respond to those who depend on them for their businesses. Now that the rules are being introduced, everyone is caught off guard. I wonder whether even those introducing the rules were caught off guard by the fact that they fundamentally affect small businesses. The principle of the free movement of goods and services within the EU will be severely undermined by the introduction of this rule. It has already placed an enormous burden on a very large number of businesses, demonstrating that it directly contradicts the very idea of free movement. Furthermore, it is highly questionable that one or two companies should become responsible for handling this in each country. In effect, this means that the EU is approving what is essentially a monopoly on handling and pricing. For smaller businesses, these rules amount to nothing more than a tax, from the very first euro. A progressive pricing model reflecting the size of the business would be far more appropriate. That would create a much stronger incentive for larger companies, which have far fewer financial difficulties in meeting the requirements. If you in the EU want to continue to exist and safeguard entrepreneurship, these rules need to be reconsidered!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563835_en"}, {"id": 33563833, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:20:45", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This seems designed to create an environment where only the largest retailers thrive and every small, independent business is forced out of business. It makes it impossible for all of the small, creative, wonderful craftspeople, artists and other retailers to trade within the EU and into the EU. I don't want a retail experience that is limited to only giant retailers. I want to be able to buy artworks, handcrafts, clothing, materials from small businesses. It is shameful enough when giant retailers ruin shopping districts driving out small business, but to see the EU doing their work for them is deeply upsetting, and not what the EU should be doing.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems designed to create an environment where only the largest retailers thrive and every small, independent business is forced out of business. It makes it impossible for all of the small, creative, wonderful craftspeople, artists and other retailers to trade within the EU and into the EU. I don't want a retail experience that is limited to only giant retailers. I want to be able to buy artworks, handcrafts, clothing, materials from small businesses. It is shameful enough when giant retailers ruin shopping districts driving out small business, but to see the EU doing their work for them is deeply upsetting, and not what the EU should be doing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563833_en"}, {"id": 33563832, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:09:54", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Siewert Gabriella", "feedback": "I am a small, independent brand, and I am deeply concerned about the impact of the new PPWR rules on businesses like mine. While I fully support the goals of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability, the financial and administrative burden of compliance is disproportionately difficult for small businesses. For a young brand that is still trying to grow, these additional costs and obligations can make expansion into other EU countries financially unviable. Instead of encouraging small European businesses to grow and compete, the current approach risks making it increasingly difficult for us to do so. I strongly urge the EU to consider meaningful exemptions, simplified requirements, or proportionate fees for micro and small businesses, so that sustainability goals can be achieved without preventing small brands from growing and creating jobs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small, independent brand, and I am deeply concerned about the impact of the new PPWR rules on businesses like mine. While I fully support the goals of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability, the financial and administrative burden of compliance is disproportionately difficult for small businesses. For a young brand that is still trying to grow, these additional costs and obligations can make expansion into other EU countries financially unviable. Instead of encouraging small European businesses to grow and compete, the current approach risks making it increasingly difficult for us to do so. I strongly urge the EU to consider meaningful exemptions, simplified requirements, or proportionate fees for micro and small businesses, so that sustainability goals can be achieved without preventing small brands from growing and creating jobs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563832_en"}, {"id": 33563831, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:07:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Alerte au règlement PPWR : une bureaucratie punitive au service des cartels du recyclage. Lentrée en vigueur du règlement PPWR (UE 2025/40) marque un tournant dangereux : les préoccupations environnementales servent de prétexte pour anéantir les micro-entreprises européennes. Sous couvert de responsabilité élargie des producteurs (REP), lUnion européenne a créé une bureaucratie monstrueuse, déconnectée des réalités économiques et orchestrée par le lobbying agressif des géants industriels. Aujourdhui, des méga-consortiums, privés et semi-publics, tels que Citeo en France, Duales System Deutschland (DSD) en Allemagne et Valipac en Belgique, dictent les règles. Ces structures génèrent des milliards deuros de recettes et perçoivent dimportantes subventions publiques, imposant des contraintes administratives excessives aux petites entreprises. Obliger un artisan qui expédie plusieurs colis via eBay, Etsy et autres plateformes similaires à senregistrer auprès de 27 registres nationaux différents et à payer des frais exorbitants à des « représentants agréés » locaux na rien à voir avec la protection de lenvironnement, mais constitue bel et bien une barrière commerciale manifeste. Ce cauchemar bureaucratique est le symptôme d'une « bulle réglementaire » hors de contrôle. L'Europe s'enfonce dans un gouffre bureaucratique sans fin, où chaque réglementation mal conçue engendre dix nouvelles directives. Cette prolifération de règles étouffe l'innovation et tue l'esprit d'entreprise à tous les niveaux. Les grandes entreprises supportent ces coûts administratifs en engageant des avocats, tandis que le microcommerce transfrontalier disparaît tout simplement. Pourtant, une solution logique et équitable existe : le consommateur final devrait payer pour sa pollution locale réelle, là où les déchets sont effectivement éliminés. Le coût du recyclage devrait être intégré directement à la source : soit au moment de l'achat des emballages bruts en magasin, soit via les tarifs postaux et de transport locaux. Si le citoyen choisit un emballage écologique ou biodégradable, il paie moins cher. Si l'emballage est polluant, il paie plus cher. Cette procédure simple, transparente et universelle permettrait de collecter les fonds directement au niveau local, sans intermédiaires. Elle éliminerait immédiatement le cauchemar des 27 enregistrements obligatoires et les extorsions des intermédiaires juridiques. Il est urgent que la Commission européenne mette fin au lobbying des cartels du recyclage et libère les petites entreprises de ce harcèlement administratif. La politique environnementale doit reposer sur des incitations et être menée au niveau local, et non punitive, centralisée et destructrice d'emplois.", "feedbackEnglish": "Alerte au règlement PPWR : une bureaucratie punitive au service des cartels du recyclage. Lentrée en vigueur du règlement PPWR (UE 2025/40) marque un tournant dangereux : les préoccupations environnementales servent de prétexte pour anéantir les micro-entreprises européennes. Sous couvert de responsabilité élargie des producteurs (REP), lUnion européenne a créé une bureaucratie monstrueuse, déconnectée des réalités économiques et orchestrée par le lobbying agressif des géants industriels. Aujourdhui, des méga-consortiums, privés et semi-publics, tels que Citeo en France, Duales System Deutschland (DSD) en Allemagne et Valipac en Belgique, dictent les règles. Ces structures génèrent des milliards deuros de recettes et perçoivent dimportantes subventions publiques, imposant des contraintes administratives excessives aux petites entreprises. Obliger un artisan qui expédie plusieurs colis via eBay, Etsy et autres plateformes similaires à senregistrer auprès de 27 registres nationaux différents et à payer des frais exorbitants à des « représentants agréés » locaux na rien à voir avec la protection de lenvironnement, mais constitue bel et bien une barrière commerciale manifeste. Ce cauchemar bureaucratique est le symptôme d'une « bulle réglementaire » hors de contrôle. L'Europe s'enfonce dans un gouffre bureaucratique sans fin, où chaque réglementation mal conçue engendre dix nouvelles directives. Cette prolifération de règles étouffe l'innovation et tue l'esprit d'entreprise à tous les niveaux. Les grandes entreprises supportent ces coûts administratifs en engageant des avocats, tandis que le microcommerce transfrontalier disparaît tout simplement. Pourtant, une solution logique et équitable existe : le consommateur final devrait payer pour sa pollution locale réelle, là où les déchets sont effectivement éliminés. Le coût du recyclage devrait être intégré directement à la source : soit au moment de l'achat des emballages bruts en magasin, soit via les tarifs postaux et de transport locaux. Si le citoyen choisit un emballage écologique ou biodégradable, il paie moins cher. Si l'emballage est polluant, il paie plus cher. Cette procédure simple, transparente et universelle permettrait de collecter les fonds directement au niveau local, sans intermédiaires. Elle éliminerait immédiatement le cauchemar des 27 enregistrements obligatoires et les extorsions des intermédiaires juridiques. Il est urgent que la Commission européenne mette fin au lobbying des cartels du recyclage et libère les petites entreprises de ce harcèlement administratif. La politique environnementale doit reposer sur des incitations et être menée au niveau local, et non punitive, centralisée et destructrice d'emplois.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563831_en"}, {"id": 33563830, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 09:02:37", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Doni Craft Debrecen ", "feedback": "The economics of recycling in the EU: regulations, fees and corporate profits Under European Union directives mainly the Waste Framework Directive and the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the burden of waste management has shifted to the private sector through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Producers and importers placing goods on the EU market must pay mandatory environmental fees based on the weight of the product and its recyclability. These fees are collected by specialised organisations known as Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs). Rather than acting as government agencies, these PROs are often private or hybrid corporate structures that raise huge capital funds from producers. The financial model generates a clear economic advantage for recycling and waste management companies: double profitability. First, these companies (or their associated operating organisations) collect guaranteed service fees upfront from producers just to cover their waste obligations. Second, they generate a secondary revenue stream by sorting, processing and selling the recycled materials (such as high-quality plastics, metals and paper) back into the manufacturing supply chain. Therefore, compliance frameworks designed to protect the environment simultaneously create highly lucrative commercial markets for private waste operators.", "feedbackEnglish": "The economics of recycling in the EU: regulations, fees and corporate profits Under European Union directives mainly the Waste Framework Directive and the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the burden of waste management has shifted to the private sector through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Producers and importers placing goods on the EU market must pay mandatory environmental fees based on the weight of the product and its recyclability. These fees are collected by specialised organisations known as Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs). Rather than acting as government agencies, these PROs are often private or hybrid corporate structures that raise huge capital funds from producers. The financial model generates a clear economic advantage for recycling and waste management companies: double profitability. First, these companies (or their associated operating organisations) collect guaranteed service fees upfront from producers just to cover their waste obligations. Second, they generate a secondary revenue stream by sorting, processing and selling the recycled materials (such as high-quality plastics, metals and paper) back into the manufacturing supply chain. Therefore, compliance frameworks designed to protect the environment simultaneously create highly lucrative commercial markets for private waste operators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563830_en"}, {"id": 33563829, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 08:54:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dai Sakaguchi", "feedback": "Ich betreibe seit 2001 einen Onlineshop für ferngesteuerte Modellautos an welchen sich jung und alt erfreuen. Durch die neue PPWR Richtlinie ist mir ein Versand in die EU-Länder, welche gut 20% meines Umsatzes ausmachen nicht mehr möglich, da es sich für mich nicht lohnt auch nur in den Top 5 Ländern einen Bevollmächtigten zu definieren. Daher bitte ich um eine Lösung für kleine Unternehmen bis zu einem Jahresumsatz von 800.000 Euro (identisch mit der Grenze für die Bilanzierung).", "feedbackEnglish": "Since 2001 I have run an online shop for remote-controlled model cars, from which I enjoy young and old. With the new PPWR Directive, it is no longer possible for me to send it to the EU countries, which account for just over 20 % of my turnover, as it is not worth defining an authorised representative even in the top five countries. I would therefore ask for a solution for small businesses up to an annual turnover of EUR 800.000 (identical to the accounting limit).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563829_en"}, {"id": 33563828, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 08:52:10", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed system of national producer registers risks placing a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. A micro-enterprise selling through an online marketplace may receive only two or three orders per year from a particular Member State. Although sellers can select their delivery destinations, they cannot reasonably predict from which countries such occasional orders will arise. Requiring separate registration, reporting and, where applicable, representation in numerous Member States may therefore cost far more than the value of the limited sales or the very small quantities of packaging involved. As a result, many small sellers may have no economically viable option other than to restrict delivery to most EU countries. This would reduce cross-border trade and work against the practical functioning of the Single Market for Europes smallest businesses. I support the environmental objectives of the packaging rules. However, their implementation should be proportionate. The final system should include a genuine EU-wide single registration and reporting mechanism, together with clear de minimis thresholds and simplified obligations for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed system of national producer registers risks placing a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. A micro-enterprise selling through an online marketplace may receive only two or three orders per year from a particular Member State. Although sellers can select their delivery destinations, they cannot reasonably predict from which countries such occasional orders will arise. Requiring separate registration, reporting and, where applicable, representation in numerous Member States may therefore cost far more than the value of the limited sales or the very small quantities of packaging involved. As a result, many small sellers may have no economically viable option other than to restrict delivery to most EU countries. This would reduce cross-border trade and work against the practical functioning of the Single Market for Europes smallest businesses. I support the environmental objectives of the packaging rules. However, their implementation should be proportionate. The final system should include a genuine EU-wide single registration and reporting mechanism, together with clear de minimis thresholds and simplified obligations for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563828_en"}, {"id": 33563822, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 08:13:39", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR regulation risks being devastating for small businesses. I fully understand and support the goal of making packaging more environmentally friendly, but applying essentially the same rules, administrative burden and fees to small businesses as to large corporations is deeply unfair. Large companies have the resources to absorb these costs and manage complex compliance requirements, while small businesses often do not. Instead of creating a level playing field, the PPWR risks increasing the competitive advantage of large corporations and pushing smaller businesses out of the market. If the EU genuinely wants to support sustainable business, the rules and costs should be proportionate to the size and resources of the company. Otherwise, the PPWR may end up protecting the interests of large corporations rather than supporting both environmental goals and a diverse European business landscape.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regulation risks being devastating for small businesses. I fully understand and support the goal of making packaging more environmentally friendly, but applying essentially the same rules, administrative burden and fees to small businesses as to large corporations is deeply unfair. Large companies have the resources to absorb these costs and manage complex compliance requirements, while small businesses often do not. Instead of creating a level playing field, the PPWR risks increasing the competitive advantage of large corporations and pushing smaller businesses out of the market. If the EU genuinely wants to support sustainable business, the rules and costs should be proportionate to the size and resources of the company. Otherwise, the PPWR may end up protecting the interests of large corporations rather than supporting both environmental goals and a diverse European business landscape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563822_en"}, {"id": 33563820, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 07:29:13", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TVA-AF", "feedback": "The regulation tramples on many of the EU's uniform laws. This is an indisputable fact. But we should not blame the green policy. It is not the policy that exports the production of European business outside Europe. It is not the policy that destroyed agriculture and made it dependent on subsidies. It is not the policy that stops the existence of small producers and replaces them with non-European production. The big problem is the perverse collection of eco-taxes for everything in Europe. One package cannot have many eco-taxes. And they all have different names, with different directives. The problem should not be hidden, but shown to the public - France, Germany, the Netherlands and other countries have been taken over by companies related to recycling. The profits from the activity and the high taxes that enter the coffers of the companies make these companies put pressure on the political circles in the listed countries, to tighten environmental policy more and more. I am a microbusiness, I trade with the whole of Europe at a low level of turnover and profit. I use packaging produced in the EU, in accordance with all eco-rules and all eco-taxes related to recycling, paid by the manufacturer once and by the retailer a second time. Now I, as a user of these bags, have to pay some grandiose sums for the recycling of these same bags. This is perverse. On the part of the recycling business, on the part of the political dependencies of the oligarchy in countries like France, Germany, etc. The European Commission must step into its role as the supreme governing body in Europe. Nobody wants it to fight the recycling oligarchy in some countries. It is simply asked to comply with the rules for the creation and existence of the EU. On the other hand, there are national societies and it is their decision how much the local recycling oligarchy will rob them.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulation tramples on many of the EU's uniform laws. This is an indisputable fact. But we should not blame the green policy. It is not the policy that exports the production of European business outside Europe. It is not the policy that destroyed agriculture and made it dependent on subsidies. It is not the policy that stops the existence of small producers and replaces them with non-European production. The big problem is the perverse collection of eco-taxes for everything in Europe. One package cannot have many eco-taxes. And they all have different names, with different directives. The problem should not be hidden, but shown to the public - France, Germany, the Netherlands and other countries have been taken over by companies related to recycling. The profits from the activity and the high taxes that enter the coffers of the companies make these companies put pressure on the political circles in the listed countries, to tighten environmental policy more and more. I am a microbusiness, I trade with the whole of Europe at a low level of turnover and profit. I use packaging produced in the EU, in accordance with all eco-rules and all eco-taxes related to recycling, paid by the manufacturer once and by the retailer a second time. Now I, as a user of these bags, have to pay some grandiose sums for the recycling of these same bags. This is perverse. On the part of the recycling business, on the part of the political dependencies of the oligarchy in countries like France, Germany, etc. The European Commission must step into its role as the supreme governing body in Europe. Nobody wants it to fight the recycling oligarchy in some countries. It is simply asked to comply with the rules for the creation and existence of the EU. On the other hand, there are national societies and it is their decision how much the local recycling oligarchy will rob them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563820_en"}, {"id": 33563818, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 06:57:37", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regulations like this are becoming a serious burden for small and micro businesses. A small handmade business that buys a cardboard box, puts a product inside and sends it to a customer should not have to deal with the same level of compliance, documentation and administrative requirements as large manufacturers and corporations placing thousands or millions of packaged products on the market. For a large company, these requirements can be handled by dedicated legal, compliance and sustainability teams. For a micro business, it is often one person doing everything making the products, packing orders, communicating with customers, managing accounting and trying to understand increasingly complex EU regulations. I fully support reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment, but regulation needs to be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. Otherwise, instead of reducing waste, we are simply creating more bureaucracy and making it increasingly difficult for small European businesses to survive. Small businesses should be encouraged to grow, not regulated out of existence.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulations like this are becoming a serious burden for small and micro businesses. A small handmade business that buys a cardboard box, puts a product inside and sends it to a customer should not have to deal with the same level of compliance, documentation and administrative requirements as large manufacturers and corporations placing thousands or millions of packaged products on the market. For a large company, these requirements can be handled by dedicated legal, compliance and sustainability teams. For a micro business, it is often one person doing everything making the products, packing orders, communicating with customers, managing accounting and trying to understand increasingly complex EU regulations. I fully support reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment, but regulation needs to be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. Otherwise, instead of reducing waste, we are simply creating more bureaucracy and making it increasingly difficult for small European businesses to survive. Small businesses should be encouraged to grow, not regulated out of existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563818_en"}, {"id": 33563817, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 04:33:27", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "For only one or two sales and a few kilograms of packaging per year, businesses may still face national registration, EPR scheme, reporting and authorised representative costs of several hundred euros per country. This is completely disproportionate and discourages micro and small businesses from selling across the EU. I support a de minimis exemption for micro and small enterprises, removal of the national authorised representative requirement for intra-EU trade, and a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system. Environmental obligations should be proportional to the actual environmental impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "For only one or two sales and a few kilograms of packaging per year, businesses may still face national registration, EPR scheme, reporting and authorised representative costs of several hundred euros per country. This is completely disproportionate and discourages micro and small businesses from selling across the EU. I support a de minimis exemption for micro and small enterprises, removal of the national authorised representative requirement for intra-EU trade, and a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system. Environmental obligations should be proportional to the actual environmental impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563817_en"}, {"id": 33563808, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 00:35:14", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tallpine Cases", "feedback": "The EU should be one of the world's most prosperous and competitive regions, yet growth and competitiveness are increasingly falling behind. Instead of removing barriers and unleashing European businesses, Brussels keeps adding layers of regulation and bureaucracy that make it harder to invest, innovate and grow. It feels less like strengthening Europe and more like Brussels is dismantling the very competitiveness that made Europe prosperous. PPWR is another example of the EU creating the opposite of the simple, borderless Single Market it once promised. We were told that removing national barriers would allow European businesses to operate freely across Europe. Yet today, a small business selling in several EU countries can face different registration systems, agencies, fees, administrative requirements or even fines in each country. This is not what a genuine Single Market should look like. Large corporations can afford compliance departments and consultants, while small business owners are forced to spend their time and money navigating bureaucracy instead of creating jobs, investing and growing. The EU increasingly seems to be replacing the removal of borders with the creation of layers of regulation that effectively recreate barriers between Member States. After promoting globalization and the free movement of goods, capital and businesses, it is difficult to understand why European entrepreneurs are now being confronted with more fragmented national bureaucracy. Europe needs less centralized micromanagement, fewer administrative barriers and a genuinely unified market not a system where Brussels creates the framework and 27 national administrations turn it into 27 different compliance exercises.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU should be one of the world's most prosperous and competitive regions, yet growth and competitiveness are increasingly falling behind. Instead of removing barriers and unleashing European businesses, Brussels keeps adding layers of regulation and bureaucracy that make it harder to invest, innovate and grow. It feels less like strengthening Europe and more like Brussels is dismantling the very competitiveness that made Europe prosperous. PPWR is another example of the EU creating the opposite of the simple, borderless Single Market it once promised. We were told that removing national barriers would allow European businesses to operate freely across Europe. Yet today, a small business selling in several EU countries can face different registration systems, agencies, fees, administrative requirements or even fines in each country. This is not what a genuine Single Market should look like. Large corporations can afford compliance departments and consultants, while small business owners are forced to spend their time and money navigating bureaucracy instead of creating jobs, investing and growing. The EU increasingly seems to be replacing the removal of borders with the creation of layers of regulation that effectively recreate barriers between Member States. After promoting globalization and the free movement of goods, capital and businesses, it is difficult to understand why European entrepreneurs are now being confronted with more fragmented national bureaucracy. Europe needs less centralized micromanagement, fewer administrative barriers and a genuinely unified market not a system where Brussels creates the framework and 27 national administrations turn it into 27 different compliance exercises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563808_en"}, {"id": 33563806, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/18 00:02:47", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "armelle Michon", "feedback": "Mesdames et messieurs, il est vraiment triste et incompréhensible que l'Europe fasse si peu de cas de ses nombreux entrepreneurs de petites et moyennes entreprises. De nombreuses lois sont décidées dans l'optique des grades entreprises, mais ne sont pas soutenables économiquement par les PME, comme celle-ci. L'engagement obligatoire d'un mandataire rend le commerce dans la zone euro impossible pour ces entreprises de petites tailles ! Merci de revoir votre copie. D'autant plus qu'il est incroyable que trop de lois obligent également à de nouvelles charges, quelle que soit la taille de l'entreprise, ce n'est pas bien intéressant pour personne.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, it is really sad and incomprehensible that Europe does so little about its many small and medium-sized entrepreneurs. Many laws are decided from the point of view of the grades undertaken, but are not economically sustainable by SMEs, such as the latter. The mandatory appointment of a trustee makes trading in the euro area impossible for these small businesses! Please review your copy. All the more so since it is incredible that too many laws also impose new burdens, regardless of the size of the company, this is not good for anyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563806_en"}, {"id": 33563805, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 23:33:08", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "No doubt the Green Deal must continue to exist and recycling must continue to develop. But not at the expense of small businesses or people in the EU. However, the definition of micro/small businesses inside the EU rules should be updated and these businesses (with 1-10 employees or revenues of less than 100k/yr) should be except from this. We must regulate and standardize the packaging and waste processes, but we also need to ensure a healthy base of small entrepreneurial companies inside the EU. It's simply not reasonable to register with every single country recycling program. It means that so many businesses cannot continue selling to the single market. Now, as a European and as a citizen of the European Union, I believe this to be the worst way possible to go about this. Big companies, the ones who actually send thousands of packages and produce the biggest waste, will be the only ones surviving this mess.", "feedbackEnglish": "No doubt the Green Deal must continue to exist and recycling must continue to develop. But not at the expense of small businesses or people in the EU. However, the definition of micro/small businesses inside the EU rules should be updated and these businesses (with 1-10 employees or revenues of less than 100k/yr) should be except from this. We must regulate and standardize the packaging and waste processes, but we also need to ensure a healthy base of small entrepreneurial companies inside the EU. It's simply not reasonable to register with every single country recycling program. It means that so many businesses cannot continue selling to the single market. Now, as a European and as a citizen of the European Union, I believe this to be the worst way possible to go about this. Big companies, the ones who actually send thousands of packages and produce the biggest waste, will be the only ones surviving this mess.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563805_en"}, {"id": 33563804, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 23:24:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "numiphil", "feedback": "As a small business owner, I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the administrative burden should be proportionate to the size of the business. Small businesses should have simplified requirements or reasonable thresholds, while clear anti-abuse rules should prevent companies from artificially splitting up to avoid their obligations. Most importantly, cross-border EU sales should be much easier. Instead of requiring separate registrations in every Member State, there should be one registration in the businesss home country and one EU-wide system for cross-border sales. Businesses could report packaging quantities by destination country through a single portal, with the information and fees distributed automatically. This would protect the environmental goals of the regulation without making the EU Single Market unnecessarily difficult or expensive for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the administrative burden should be proportionate to the size of the business. Small businesses should have simplified requirements or reasonable thresholds, while clear anti-abuse rules should prevent companies from artificially splitting up to avoid their obligations. Most importantly, cross-border EU sales should be much easier. Instead of requiring separate registrations in every Member State, there should be one registration in the businesss home country and one EU-wide system for cross-border sales. Businesses could report packaging quantities by destination country through a single portal, with the information and fees distributed automatically. This would protect the environmental goals of the regulation without making the EU Single Market unnecessarily difficult or expensive for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563804_en"}, {"id": 33563800, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 22:37:22", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The definition of micro / mini businesses inside the EU rules should be updated and these businesses (with 1-10 Employees / Revenues of Less than 100k/yr) should be except from this ruleset. It is simply financially unfeasible to do this for every EU member state, when the simple act of registration (even worse if manufacture is NOT excluded) costs the business (assuming 2 Employees) the same as half their employees salaries. This MUST be considered and implemented as a change to the draft of the law to ensure the effectiveness and economic health of small business inside the EU. We must regulate and standardize the packaging and waste processes, but we also need to ensure a healthy base of small entrepreneurial companies inside the EU, which will build our economic wealth in the long run.", "feedbackEnglish": "The definition of micro / mini businesses inside the EU rules should be updated and these businesses (with 1-10 Employees / Revenues of Less than 100k/yr) should be except from this ruleset. It is simply financially unfeasible to do this for every EU member state, when the simple act of registration (even worse if manufacture is NOT excluded) costs the business (assuming 2 Employees) the same as half their employees salaries. This MUST be considered and implemented as a change to the draft of the law to ensure the effectiveness and economic health of small business inside the EU. We must regulate and standardize the packaging and waste processes, but we also need to ensure a healthy base of small entrepreneurial companies inside the EU, which will build our economic wealth in the long run.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563800_en"}, {"id": 33563799, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 22:30:21", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We eat tomatoes and lettuce that taste like plastic, but are somehow green technology, growing 5 rows high under a fluorescent lamp. We drive Chinese cars, but somehow we are happy that we pay the ecotax for recycling European cars several times - from the raw material, through production and finally through sale. We wear clothes from Temu, but alternate with French chic, on which we pay the ecotax 6 times, but each time with different names. Europe is on the verge of collapse - a Western resident pays one ecotax several times, while Eastern producers are part of the single market, but only on paper. Ladies and gentlemen - everything is messed up. And all this is because of some NGOs that are accumulating profits on the back of every resident and every business on this continent. This is just one example. But there are many such examples. And they are on different topics. Because under the halo of green politics, some NGOs are accumulating incredible profits and incredible political power. All these problems are easy to solve - there are rules in this EU. There are laws. They simply need to be respected and implemented. It is also necessary to monitor whether they are respected at the national level. Because an ordinary postal envelope has an eco-tax for logging, raw materials, production, sale, transport... and now this same postal envelope has a representative company, 27 times, there is a minimum local tax (no matter whether it is 1 or 10 envelopes or 20 envelopes). And on top of that, this envelope has a garbage fee, which is paid by the local resident. Without even knowing that there is such an envelope somewhere in his country. Well, that's why we eat tomatoes and lettuce that taste like plastic, drive Chinese cars and wear clothes from Temu. Because all the eco-scams have killed all the business and production in Europe. I blame only the European Commission for this. It is the body that should monitor whether all the rules and laws with which the EU was created are respected. And not to give in to the big EU countries that are not interested in the common European interests, but only chase their own revenues. The EU must continue to exist. The Green Deal must continue to exist. Recycling must continue to develop. But not at the expense of businesses or people in the EU. Because garbage has been a proven very profitable business for decades. And recently it has become even more profitable.", "feedbackEnglish": "We eat tomatoes and lettuce that taste like plastic, but are somehow green technology, growing 5 rows high under a fluorescent lamp. We drive Chinese cars, but somehow we are happy that we pay the ecotax for recycling European cars several times - from the raw material, through production and finally through sale. We wear clothes from Temu, but alternate with French chic, on which we pay the ecotax 6 times, but each time with different names. Europe is on the verge of collapse - a Western resident pays one ecotax several times, while Eastern producers are part of the single market, but only on paper. Ladies and gentlemen - everything is messed up. And all this is because of some NGOs that are accumulating profits on the back of every resident and every business on this continent. This is just one example. But there are many such examples. And they are on different topics. Because under the halo of green politics, some NGOs are accumulating incredible profits and incredible political power. All these problems are easy to solve - there are rules in this EU. There are laws. They simply need to be respected and implemented. It is also necessary to monitor whether they are respected at the national level. Because an ordinary postal envelope has an eco-tax for logging, raw materials, production, sale, transport... and now this same postal envelope has a representative company, 27 times, there is a minimum local tax (no matter whether it is 1 or 10 envelopes or 20 envelopes). And on top of that, this envelope has a garbage fee, which is paid by the local resident. Without even knowing that there is such an envelope somewhere in his country. Well, that's why we eat tomatoes and lettuce that taste like plastic, drive Chinese cars and wear clothes from Temu. Because all the eco-scams have killed all the business and production in Europe. I blame only the European Commission for this. It is the body that should monitor whether all the rules and laws with which the EU was created are respected. And not to give in to the big EU countries that are not interested in the common European interests, but only chase their own revenues. The EU must continue to exist. The Green Deal must continue to exist. Recycling must continue to develop. But not at the expense of businesses or people in the EU. Because garbage has been a proven very profitable business for decades. And recently it has become even more profitable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563799_en"}, {"id": 33563797, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 22:25:54", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi! Just heard of PPWR and what I will mean to small businesses, a death sentence that is. Its simply not reasonable to register with every single countrys recycling program. It means that so many businesses cannot continue selling to the single market. Now, as a European and as a citizen of the European Union, I believe this to be the worst way possible to go about this. A business, no matter what size, should only have to register with one organization and not one for every country. I have always believed that the EU was for simplifying cross border trade. Apparently Ive been wrong this entire time and Im very disappointed in this latest development. Now, go back to the drawing board and redo this properly. One registration for the entire union. Sincerely, a furious Swede!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi! Just heard of PPWR and what I will mean to small businesses, a death sentence that is. Its simply not reasonable to register with every single countrys recycling program. It means that so many businesses cannot continue selling to the single market. Now, as a European and as a citizen of the European Union, I believe this to be the worst way possible to go about this. A business, no matter what size, should only have to register with one organization and not one for every country. I have always believed that the EU was for simplifying cross border trade. Apparently Ive been wrong this entire time and Im very disappointed in this latest development. Now, go back to the drawing board and redo this properly. One registration for the entire union. Sincerely, a furious Swede!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563797_en"}, {"id": 33563795, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:59:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small artisans are punished for sustainable and eco-friendly packaging strategies. As a micro-entrepreneur running a small Etsy shop with low turnover, my entire packaging strategy is built around sustainability and cost-efficiency. I exclusively reuse clean, secondhand cardboard boxes and minimize the use of paper. My main goal is to keep packages as thin and lightweight as possible. First, this keeps postal costs affordable for my clients. Second, as a small business, I live by the rule: \"a penny saved is a penny earned.\" Ironically, the new PPWR regulations punish me for being eco-friendly. Re-using existing cardboard is the most sustainable option available, yet under the current EPR rules, I am forced to register in multiple national databases and pay expensive annual registration fees as if I were bringing new packaging waste into the market.For a small artisan, the bureaucratic overhead and the financial burden of managing 27 different national EPR systems mean only one thing: we are forced to close our shipping routes to the EU entirely.The European Commission must implement an official exemption threshold (de minimis rule) for micro-businesses and eco-friendly packaging to ensure that sustainability does not become a financial penalty for small creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small artisans are punished for sustainable and eco-friendly packaging strategies. As a micro-entrepreneur running a small Etsy shop with low turnover, my entire packaging strategy is built around sustainability and cost-efficiency. I exclusively reuse clean, secondhand cardboard boxes and minimize the use of paper. My main goal is to keep packages as thin and lightweight as possible. First, this keeps postal costs affordable for my clients. Second, as a small business, I live by the rule: \"a penny saved is a penny earned.\" Ironically, the new PPWR regulations punish me for being eco-friendly. Re-using existing cardboard is the most sustainable option available, yet under the current EPR rules, I am forced to register in multiple national databases and pay expensive annual registration fees as if I were bringing new packaging waste into the market.For a small artisan, the bureaucratic overhead and the financial burden of managing 27 different national EPR systems mean only one thing: we are forced to close our shipping routes to the EU entirely.The European Commission must implement an official exemption threshold (de minimis rule) for micro-businesses and eco-friendly packaging to ensure that sustainability does not become a financial penalty for small creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563795_en"}, {"id": 33563794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:53:18", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "gsattard.com", "feedback": "The EPR regulations will effectively kill cross-community business for micro-enterprises and sole traders, particularly artists and makers. The need to have separate arrangements for every member state to which art is shipped with set-up fees that can be up to 50% of the cost of an artwork is unsustainable. Most artists will ship one or two artworks to a given country a year, to maybe have 3 or 4 EU countries. These regulations are discriminatory in that they favour big established companies while harming small ones.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EPR regulations will effectively kill cross-community business for micro-enterprises and sole traders, particularly artists and makers. The need to have separate arrangements for every member state to which art is shipped with set-up fees that can be up to 50% of the cost of an artwork is unsustainable. Most artists will ship one or two artworks to a given country a year, to maybe have 3 or 4 EU countries. These regulations are discriminatory in that they favour big established companies while harming small ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563794_en"}, {"id": 33563793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:39:28", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Micro Business", "feedback": "As a UK based small business owner, I am shocked that the EU has devised such a disproportionate, destructive and ill thought regulation. Not only will these new rules change the way many low volume operators do business, it will stop the majority of small business EU trade that this nonsensical ruling is looking to benefit from. The fact that it takes many 1000's of small businesses to potentially equal the output of just one large multi national organisation has effectively been ignored, meaning I for one have already stopped sending my meagre amount of hand made goods across the EU. No doubt many others will be doing the same unless sense prevails and a de minimis rule is put into place for us small-time entrepreneurs who are trying hard to make a living without even more bureaucratic and logistically impossible rulings to contend with.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a UK based small business owner, I am shocked that the EU has devised such a disproportionate, destructive and ill thought regulation. Not only will these new rules change the way many low volume operators do business, it will stop the majority of small business EU trade that this nonsensical ruling is looking to benefit from. The fact that it takes many 1000's of small businesses to potentially equal the output of just one large multi national organisation has effectively been ignored, meaning I for one have already stopped sending my meagre amount of hand made goods across the EU. No doubt many others will be doing the same unless sense prevails and a de minimis rule is put into place for us small-time entrepreneurs who are trying hard to make a living without even more bureaucratic and logistically impossible rulings to contend with.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563793_en"}, {"id": 33563792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:38:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels und Soloselbständige möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Österreich hat diese Regelung bereits seit längerem eingeführt und der Markt wird von vielen nicht mehr beliefert. Die Kunden beschweren sich bei uns. Mein Umsatz ist dadurch um 30% gesunken. Ich bin nun durch die neuen Regelungen gezwungen mich aus dem gesamten EU Markt zu ziehen und liefre jetzt nur noch regional. Die Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Die Vielfalt von individuellen Produkten wird verschwinden. Ich möchte daher folgendes zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Es sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden und eine Bagatellgrenze zur Systembeteiligung pro Zielland eingerichtet wird, oder wenigstens über das eigene System gemeldet werden können. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den regionalen Markt zu beschränken. Zudem ist der bürokratische Aufwand jedes einzelne Paket als Erzeuger/Hersteller zu bewerten und zu dokumentieren Wahnsinn. Die Regelungen dazu sind unübersichtlich und kompliziert. Die Zeit wird für die Produktion gebraucht um überhaupt etwas verkaufen zu können. Diese Verordnung ist ein Rückschritt und bring stärkere Hürden als jede Art von Zöllen. Des weiteren wäre eine Regelung für Barrierefreie und verständliche Sprache nicht nur für Online-Shops von Nöten sondern auch für Ihre Texte. Nicht jeder ist Beamter oder Jurist und versteht was da kompliziert und uneindeutig formuliert wird. Es sollen ganz normale Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Bildungsstand umsetzten. -Wenn Fragen in der Community aufkommen ob ein Versandlabel oder das Auffalten des Kartons ein Paket verändern und dich zum Erzeuger macht sagt alles darüber das es nicht klar formuliert wurde- Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of small online shops and solo self-employed persons, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. Austria has already introduced this scheme for a long time and many no longer supply the market. Customers complain to us. As a result, my turnover has fallen by 30 %. I am now forced by the new rules to leave the entire EU market and now operate only regionally. The fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. The diversity of individual products will disappear. I would therefore like to propose the following for consideration: Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives according to the known thresholds for staff headcount and turnover, and a de minimis threshold for system participation per target country should be established, or at least be able to be reported via their own system. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to appoint agents that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting ourselves to the regional market for reasons of cost. In addition, the bureaucratic burden of each individual package as a producer/manufacturer must be assessed and documented. The rules on this are confusing and complicated. Time is needed for production to sell something at all. This regulation is a step backwards and brings more hurdles than any kind of customs duty. Furthermore, a barrier-free and accessible language regime would not only be necessary for online shops, but also for your texts. Not everyone is an official or a lawyer and understands what is complicated and ambiguous. It is intended to implement ordinary people with different levels of education. —If questions arise in the community as to whether a shipping label or the folding of the carton changes a parcel and makes you the producer says everything about it is not clearly worded – Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563792_en"}, {"id": 33563790, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:30:59", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TZ Custom Boat", "feedback": "Subject: Violation of the EU Single Market and the \"Think Small First\" Principle by Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)As an EU citizen and micro-entrepreneur, I submit this formal contribution to denounce the brutal violation of the foundational pillars of the European Union by the new Packaging Regulation (PPWR). Under the guise of green transition, this legislation de facto abolishes the Free Movement of Goods and legally eradicates micro-producers and artisans from the Single Market.Firstly, the regulation directly violates Articles 28 to 37 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Free Movement of Goods is a constitutional pillar of the EU. Once a product is legally put into circulation in one Member State, it must circulate freely. However, by weaponizing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) without a unified framework, this regulation creates 27 invisible, bureaucratic borders. Requiring an artisan exporting a single parcel to navigate 27 distinct national registries (such as LUCID or ADEME), pay separate eco-contributions, and hire mandatory local \"Authorized Representatives\" at exorbitant costs is a measure equivalent to a quantitative restriction. It fragments the Single Market and turns cross-border trade into an administrative impossibility for small businesses.Secondly, this regulation fundamentally breaches the \"Think Small First\" principle, institutionalized in the Small Business Act for Europe. This binding commitment dictates that EU legislation must be adapted to SMEs to avoid crushing them under red tape. PPWR blatantly ignores this by imposing identical administrative burdens on multi-billion corporate giants and self-employed creators. Compiling complex Declarations of Conformity, undergoing laboratory testing for PFAS, and managing continuous reporting require dedicated legal departments. For a micro-business, this is a physical and financial death sentence.Furthermore, the system legalizes an abusive double-taxation scheme. Micro-producers pay eco-taxes when purchasing packaging in their home country, only to be forced to pay a second time for the exact same physical cardboard in the destination country. This does not protect the environment; it multiplies the profits of massive recycling cartels and Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) dominant in Western and Northern Europe, which operate as protected monopolies capturing heavy subsidies.We urgently demand that the European Commission exercise its role as Guardian of the Treaties to:Establish a single, centralized EU-wide EPR portal to end the 27 national registries.Introduce an immediate, harmonized EU-wide exemption threshold for all micro-enterprises.Launch a full antitrust and financial audit into the overlapping eco-taxes and profits of national PROs.Environmental goals cannot justify the systematic destruction of the smallest economic actors through illegal market barriers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Violation of the EU Single Market and the \"Think Small First\" Principle by Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)As an EU citizen and micro-entrepreneur, I submit this formal contribution to denounce the brutal violation of the foundational pillars of the European Union by the new Packaging Regulation (PPWR). Under the guise of green transition, this legislation de facto abolishes the Free Movement of Goods and legally eradicates micro-producers and artisans from the Single Market.Firstly, the regulation directly violates Articles 28 to 37 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The Free Movement of Goods is a constitutional pillar of the EU. Once a product is legally put into circulation in one Member State, it must circulate freely. However, by weaponizing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) without a unified framework, this regulation creates 27 invisible, bureaucratic borders. Requiring an artisan exporting a single parcel to navigate 27 distinct national registries (such as LUCID or ADEME), pay separate eco-contributions, and hire mandatory local \"Authorized Representatives\" at exorbitant costs is a measure equivalent to a quantitative restriction. It fragments the Single Market and turns cross-border trade into an administrative impossibility for small businesses.Secondly, this regulation fundamentally breaches the \"Think Small First\" principle, institutionalized in the Small Business Act for Europe. This binding commitment dictates that EU legislation must be adapted to SMEs to avoid crushing them under red tape. PPWR blatantly ignores this by imposing identical administrative burdens on multi-billion corporate giants and self-employed creators. Compiling complex Declarations of Conformity, undergoing laboratory testing for PFAS, and managing continuous reporting require dedicated legal departments. For a micro-business, this is a physical and financial death sentence.Furthermore, the system legalizes an abusive double-taxation scheme. Micro-producers pay eco-taxes when purchasing packaging in their home country, only to be forced to pay a second time for the exact same physical cardboard in the destination country. This does not protect the environment; it multiplies the profits of massive recycling cartels and Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) dominant in Western and Northern Europe, which operate as protected monopolies capturing heavy subsidies.We urgently demand that the European Commission exercise its role as Guardian of the Treaties to:Establish a single, centralized EU-wide EPR portal to end the 27 national registries.Introduce an immediate, harmonized EU-wide exemption threshold for all micro-enterprises.Launch a full antitrust and financial audit into the overlapping eco-taxes and profits of national PROs.Environmental goals cannot justify the systematic destruction of the smallest economic actors through illegal market barriers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563790_en"}, {"id": 33563789, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:20:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Recordshop", "feedback": "Sind nicht die kleinen Gewerbetreibenden, in der Summe, diejenigen die die meiste Umsatzsteuer zahlen? Wenn bei fast allen Händlern die Hälfte oder mehr Umsatz fehlt, weil sich die meisten die Umsetzung der PPWR nicht leisten können, werden vermutlich auch die Umsatzsteuereinnahmen der einzelnen EU Staaten deutlich sinken. Mal von dem Bürokratischen Mehraufwand zu schweigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Are not the small traders, in the sum of those who pay the most VAT? If almost all traders have half or more of their turnover missing because most cannot afford to implement the PPWR, the turnover tax revenue of the individual EU countries is also likely to fall significantly. To remain silent on the additional bureaucratic burden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563789_en"}, {"id": 33563788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:19:03", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As much as I understand and respect the movements to minimise waste and push for packaging of goods to be environmentally-conscious, this proposal will kill off so many small businesses; many of which I support, purchase from, or are businesses of personal friends trying to make a living doing what they love. With the registration costs and additional paperwork required, how are single-person businesses able to financially or administratively handle these extra demands? Larger businesses don't need to worry, but I am already seeing an influx of solo artists and creators especially stop shipping to the EU as it's just no longer manageable for them. I think it would be fair to request you consider giving micro and small businesses an exemption from the new regulations, based on sales per year. This is similar to how local VAT registration works, and the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who are creating the majority of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as I understand and respect the movements to minimise waste and push for packaging of goods to be environmentally-conscious, this proposal will kill off so many small businesses; many of which I support, purchase from, or are businesses of personal friends trying to make a living doing what they love. With the registration costs and additional paperwork required, how are single-person businesses able to financially or administratively handle these extra demands? Larger businesses don't need to worry, but I am already seeing an influx of solo artists and creators especially stop shipping to the EU as it's just no longer manageable for them. I think it would be fair to request you consider giving micro and small businesses an exemption from the new regulations, based on sales per year. This is similar to how local VAT registration works, and the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who are creating the majority of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563788_en"}, {"id": 33563787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 21:15:42", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but the current registration requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses. I run a very small Etsy shop in Austria. Selling to customers in different EU countries may require separate registrations, reporting obligations and potentially authorised representatives. As a direct consequence, I have decided to temporarily put my Etsy shop into holiday mode rather than risk non-compliance. If I reopen it, I will most likely restrict sales to only one or a few countries. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a simple EU-wide solution: one registration, harmonised reporting, no mandatory authorised representatives for EU-based businesses, and simplified rules for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but the current registration requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses. I run a very small Etsy shop in Austria. Selling to customers in different EU countries may require separate registrations, reporting obligations and potentially authorised representatives. As a direct consequence, I have decided to temporarily put my Etsy shop into holiday mode rather than risk non-compliance. If I reopen it, I will most likely restrict sales to only one or a few countries. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a simple EU-wide solution: one registration, harmonised reporting, no mandatory authorised representatives for EU-based businesses, and simplified rules for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563787_en"}, {"id": 33563785, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:52:38", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im owner of small Etsy shop from Latvia. I sell vintage! toys, collectables or stuffed toys. I always ship in box and I have max 10 orders from EU countries each year. It is my hobby, that gives me little bit of money from time to time, it is also very sustainable as it is vintage, not new. With this absolutely inadequate initiative you ruin small business, now I cannot ship things in EU, but you help big corporations, the only who can pay off this absurdity, you create monopoly. Im also a collectioner of vintage things and wear vintage clothing, using vintage cutlery etc. This means green! And now, i must buy some polyester sh*t, literally have no clothes, cannot support other small EU! vintage sellers because of this. I absolutely disagree with this initiative and your behavior towards people!", "feedbackEnglish": "Im owner of small Etsy shop from Latvia. I sell vintage! toys, collectables or stuffed toys. I always ship in box and I have max 10 orders from EU countries each year. It is my hobby, that gives me little bit of money from time to time, it is also very sustainable as it is vintage, not new. With this absolutely inadequate initiative you ruin small business, now I cannot ship things in EU, but you help big corporations, the only who can pay off this absurdity, you create monopoly. Im also a collectioner of vintage things and wear vintage clothing, using vintage cutlery etc. This means green! And now, i must buy some polyester sh*t, literally have no clothes, cannot support other small EU! vintage sellers because of this. I absolutely disagree with this initiative and your behavior towards people!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563785_en"}, {"id": 33563783, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:49:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Woolly Chicken GbR", "feedback": "Small businesses face a disproportionate administrative and financial burden from these new rules. For a small business with only a few dozen shipments per year, registration, reporting requirements and potentially the need for a local authorised representative leeds to punitive costs far above the actual packaging and recycling fees. The rules also fail to adequately recognise the fundamental difference between a small independent business and large retail chains. The same regulatory obligations may be manageable for a multinational company processing thousands of shipments a day, but can be highly burdensome for a small business operating on a much smaller scale. This discourages small businesses from selling across EU borders, undermining the EUs Single Market. As a result, the range of products and services available to consumers is likely to become increasingly narrow, with smaller and more specialised businesses withdrawing from cross-border markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses face a disproportionate administrative and financial burden from these new rules. For a small business with only a few dozen shipments per year, registration, reporting requirements and potentially the need for a local authorised representative leeds to punitive costs far above the actual packaging and recycling fees. The rules also fail to adequately recognise the fundamental difference between a small independent business and large retail chains. The same regulatory obligations may be manageable for a multinational company processing thousands of shipments a day, but can be highly burdensome for a small business operating on a much smaller scale. This discourages small businesses from selling across EU borders, undermining the EUs Single Market. As a result, the range of products and services available to consumers is likely to become increasingly narrow, with smaller and more specialised businesses withdrawing from cross-border markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563783_en"}, {"id": 33563782, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:39:45", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kdysi dávno v Praze", "feedback": "All European consumers, businesses and farmers should know the most important thing. Germany, France and several other countries have introduced this regulation in its most cruel version. In these countries, consumers are burdened three, four or more times with eco-taxes for the same item or its production. In these countries, green policy has reached levels of super-profit from recycling. And it is normal for politicians from these countries to be susceptible to corporate interests related to recycling, green technologies and all kinds of green policies. In these countries, the population has already been turned into eco-martyrs in the name of green policy. But the European Union consists of 27 countries. And it is right for some of them to veto this regulation. In the name of European micro-business, in the name of the European consumer... in the name of Europe. There is no problem for the French, the Dutch, the Germans or the Scandinavians to play eco-martyrs in the name of climate change (the European footprint is only 5%), but it is not right for their policy to destroy the life and business of the entire European Union. Because the denial of green policy is already at the door and will soon enter Europe. It is right for the European Commission, the European Prosecutor's Office and other European bodies to check how the recycling business is developing in these countries, what profits the various companies and intermediaries earn from their activities. And what additional bonuses they receive after each new and subsequent eco-tax that the politicians in these countries come up with. I have nothing against green policy, recycling and all kinds of green deals. But when the red line is crossed, when everything increasingly resembles a mafia structure, when business throughout Europe is crushed because of the next profit of some non-governmental organization, it is right to say STOP and do a complete revision. Because because of corporate interests, the entire European civilization, culture and business are put in a mode of destruction. And the containers with goods from China, the USA and other continents will become more and more numerous.", "feedbackEnglish": "All European consumers, businesses and farmers should know the most important thing. Germany, France and several other countries have introduced this regulation in its most cruel version. In these countries, consumers are burdened three, four or more times with eco-taxes for the same item or its production. In these countries, green policy has reached levels of super-profit from recycling. And it is normal for politicians from these countries to be susceptible to corporate interests related to recycling, green technologies and all kinds of green policies. In these countries, the population has already been turned into eco-martyrs in the name of green policy. But the European Union consists of 27 countries. And it is right for some of them to veto this regulation. In the name of European micro-business, in the name of the European consumer... in the name of Europe. There is no problem for the French, the Dutch, the Germans or the Scandinavians to play eco-martyrs in the name of climate change (the European footprint is only 5%), but it is not right for their policy to destroy the life and business of the entire European Union. Because the denial of green policy is already at the door and will soon enter Europe. It is right for the European Commission, the European Prosecutor's Office and other European bodies to check how the recycling business is developing in these countries, what profits the various companies and intermediaries earn from their activities. And what additional bonuses they receive after each new and subsequent eco-tax that the politicians in these countries come up with. I have nothing against green policy, recycling and all kinds of green deals. But when the red line is crossed, when everything increasingly resembles a mafia structure, when business throughout Europe is crushed because of the next profit of some non-governmental organization, it is right to say STOP and do a complete revision. Because because of corporate interests, the entire European civilization, culture and business are put in a mode of destruction. And the containers with goods from China, the USA and other continents will become more and more numerous.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563782_en"}, {"id": 33563781, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:32:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Norayas Pfotenknoten", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleines, inhabergeführtes Handmade-Unternehmen möchten wir auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der PPWR hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU. Mit Norayas Pfotenknoten fertigen und verkaufen wir in Handarbeit Hundehalsbänder, Leinen, Geschirre und Hundemarken über unseren eigenen Onlineshop. Für Kleinstunternehmen wie unseres ist der europäische Binnenmarkt grundsätzlich eine wichtige Chance, auch Kundinnen und Kunden außerhalb Deutschlands zu erreichen. Die geplante Bevollmächtigtenpflicht kann diesen Zugang jedoch erheblich erschweren. Bereits wenige Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Verkaufen wir nur einige wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr in mehrere EU-Länder, können dennoch für jedes Land separate Vertragsverhältnisse und Fixkosten entstehen. Diese Kosten stehen bei Kleinstunternehmen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Große Unternehmen können solche Fixkosten auf hohe Absatzmengen verteilen kleine Anbieter nicht. Die Folge ist, dass es wirtschaftlich sinnvoller werden kann, einzelne EU-Länder vollständig vom Versand auszuschließen. Damit entsteht faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle, die dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes entgegensteht. Wir möchten daher drei Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Ausnahme oder Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat ausgenommen werden. Alternativ sollte eine mengen- oder umsatzbezogene Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine Bevollmächtigtenpflicht entsteht. 2. Eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die Beauftragung eines zentralen Dienstleisters reicht nicht aus, wenn weiterhin für jedes Land separate Verträge und Fixkosten entstehen. Notwendig wäre eine zentrale europäische Stelle, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten für mehrere Mitgliedstaaten mit einer einzigen Registrierung und möglichst ohne mehrfach anfallende Grundgebühren erfüllt werden können. 3. Einheitliche Datenübermittlung Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit nach einem einheitlichen technischen Standard gemeldet werden können. Einmal erfasste Daten zu Materialarten und Verpackungsmengen sollten für alle betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten nutzbar sein. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen: Unsere Verpackungsmengen sind deutlich geringer, viele administrative Fixkosten entstehen jedoch unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünfzigtausend Sendungen in ein Land gehen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der PPWR würde Unternehmen wie Norayas Pfotenknoten ermöglichen, weiterhin am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen und gleichzeitig ihrer Verantwortung für Verpackungen nachzukommen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Nora Schultheis Norayas Pfotenknoten", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small owner-managed handmade company, we would like to draw your attention to a particularly critical point of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales within the EU. With Noraya, we handmade and sold dog collars, lines, crockery and dog brands through our own online shop. For micro-enterprises such as ours, the European single market is fundamentally an important opportunity to reach customers outside Germany. However, the envisaged obligation to act as an authorised representative can make this access considerably more difficult. Already few sales to another Member State may trigger additional registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations. If we sell only a few orders per year to several EU countries, there may still be separate contractual relationships and fixed costs for each country. These costs are disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market for micro-enterprises. Large companies cannot spread such fixed costs over high sales volumes. As a result, it can make more economic sense to completely exclude individual EU countries from transit. This effectively creates a market entry threshold, which runs counter to the basic idea of the European internal market. We would therefore like to suggest three points for consideration: 1. Exemption or de minimis threshold for microenterprises Microenterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint their own authorised representative in each Member State. Alternatively, there should be a de minimis threshold per destination country, based on volume or turnover, below which no obligation to appoint an authorised representative arises. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution The use of a central service provider is not sufficient if separate contracts and fixed costs continue to exist for each country. It would be necessary to have a single European body through which registration, reporting and authorised representatives obligations for several Member States can be fulfilled with a single registration and, as far as possible, without incurring multiple basic fees. 3. Uniform transmission of packaging data should be able to be reported throughout Europe according to a uniform technical standard. Once collected, data on material types and packaging quantities should be usable for all Member States concerned. Small enterprises are not small large enterprises: Our packaging volumes are much lower, but many fixed administrative costs are incurred regardless of whether five or fifty thousand consignments go to a country. A proportionate design of the PPWR would allow companies such as Noraya’s pond nodes to continue to participate in the European single market while assuming their responsibility for packaging. Yours sincerely, Nora Schultheis Norayas Pfoten Node", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563781_en"}, {"id": 33563778, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:24:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Daniela M. Weise / FLEUR BLEUE DESIGN ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin Schmuckdesignerin und betreibe als Kleinunternehmen/Einfrauunternehmen seit 2014 und verkaufe ausschließlich online handgefertigten Brautschmuck und Brauthaarschmuck an. Seitdem die EU für jedes Mitgliedland Vorgaben festgelegt hat, die mit finanziellen Aufwand verbunden sind, verkaufe ich nur noch in Deutschland. Sprich besonders die Geschäfte mit Kunden aus Österreich und der Schweiz sind weggebrochen. Ich finde es sehr schade, dass kreativen Kleinstunternehmen zunehmend unüberwindbare Hürden im Onlinegeschäft in den Weg gelegt werden. Anstatt eines ausgedehnten internationalen Handels, beobachte ich vermehrt die Rückkehr zum rein regionalen Handel. Da stellt sich mir die Frage, ob das wirklich die Absicht der EU ist? Ich Bedanke mich für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit und verbleibe mit schönen Grüßen, Daniela Weise", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a jewellery designer and have been operating as a small/women’s enterprise since 2014, selling only handmade jewellery and brute hair jewellery online. Since the EU set financial requirements for each Member State, I have sold only in Germany. In particular, transactions with customers from Austria and Switzerland have broken down. I find it very damaging that creative micro-enterprises are increasingly facing insurmountable barriers to doing business online. Instead of extensive international trade, I am increasingly monitoring the return to purely regional trade. I wonder whether this is the EU’s intention? Thank you for your attention and best regards, Daniela Weise", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563778_en"}, {"id": 33563777, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:18:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Giljo Stoffe ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich habe bereits den Versand in die EU gestoppt und muss nun eine erhebliche Umsatzeinbuße hinnehmen! Das wiederum bringt mein Geschäftsmodell in Gefahr und kann dazu führen, dass ich meine Selbstständigkeit nicht weiter ausüben kann und ich meinen Online Shop schließen muss. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heike Giljohann", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I have already stopped shipping to the EU and now have to accept a significant loss of turnover! This in turn puts my business model at risk and may prevent me from continuing my self-employment and require me to close my online shop. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Heike Giljohann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563777_en"}, {"id": 33563776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:02:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stefan Palmer", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland im Nebenberuf einen Kleinstbetrieb und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr ca. 60 Pakete in andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei ca. 3500 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern würde ich voraussichtlich über 4000 Euro pro Jahr bezahlen. Weil diese Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz (nochmal: Umsatz, nicht Gewinn!) übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder komplett eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Pflicht einen Bevollmächtigten befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. Das wäre eine gelungene Vereinfachung. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a micro-business in Germany as a secondary occupation and sell through an online marketplace. I send around 60 parcels a year to other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is around EUR 3500. I would probably pay more than EUR 4000 per year for registration and plenipotentiary in these countries. Because these fixed costs are my turnover abroad (again: Turnover, not profit!), I have completely stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempted from registration and obligation to appoint an authorised representative. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. This would be a good simplification. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563776_en"}, {"id": 33563775, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 20:00:11", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, I am an engineering student who is very passionate about manufacturing (milling, 3dprinting ect.) And i was planning on starting my own small business for machining open source (and my own) DIY hobbyist 3d printer parts. Theres a big enough demand for them, with no one making them in europe, and instead outsourcing to chinese suppliers. Due to these new packaging waste regulations, I don't believe I would be capable of running this business sustainably. All the administration with managing the per country regulations would make it impossible for me to run the business whilst studying engineering in university. And being based in Ireland, it would be very rare for me to not have to send packages cross border. I hope you realise how depressing this is for existing small businesses, and people who want to start businesses like me. Thanks.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I am an engineering student who is very passionate about manufacturing (milling, 3dprinting ect.) And i was planning on starting my own small business for machining open source (and my own) DIY hobbyist 3d printer parts. Theres a big enough demand for them, with no one making them in europe, and instead outsourcing to chinese suppliers. Due to these new packaging waste regulations, I don't believe I would be capable of running this business sustainably. All the administration with managing the per country regulations would make it impossible for me to run the business whilst studying engineering in university. And being based in Ireland, it would be very rare for me to not have to send packages cross border. I hope you realise how depressing this is for existing small businesses, and people who want to start businesses like me. Thanks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563775_en"}, {"id": 33563774, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:53:33", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HerzstückSchmiede", "feedback": "Rückmeldung im Rahmen der öffentlichen Konsultation Entwurf eines Rechtsakts Durchführungsverordnung zur Harmonisierung der Herstellerregister (erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung für Verpackungen, PPWR) Ausschuss: C37000 | Kategorie: REFIT Frist für Rückmeldungen: 6. August 2026 10. September 2026 Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels wende ich mich mit einer konkreten Sorge zur geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister an Sie: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. In der vorgesehenen Ausgestaltung trifft diese Pflicht kleine Händler unverhältnismäßig hart und läuft dem erklärten Ziel eines funktionierenden Binnenmarkts zuwider. Zu meiner Person: Ich führe als Einzelunternehmerin einen kleinen Online-Handel und verkaufe in geringen Stückzahlen auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Eine eigene Rechtsabteilung habe ich nicht; die Einhaltung geltender Vorschriften organisiere ich selbst. Aus dieser Perspektive schildere ich die praktischen Folgen der geplanten Regelung. Der Kern des Problems ist die Kostenstruktur. Bereits ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und dauerhaft zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig getrennte Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenmodelle und Meldewege vollkommen unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete versendet werden. Es handelt sich um reine Fixkosten pro Land, die in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler stehen. Diese Struktur wirkt faktisch als Marktzutrittsschranke. Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein hinreichend großes Volumen umlegen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel nicht aufnehmen oder wieder einstellen. Das Ergebnis ist absehbar: Eine Regelung, die dem Umweltschutz dienen soll, drängt kleine Anbieter aus dem europäischen Markt und stärkt genau jene großen Plattformen und Versender, die solche Fixkosten mühelos tragen. Das ist weder binnenmarkt- noch wettbewerbspolitisch wünschenswert. Ich bitte daher, folgende Punkte in der weiteren Ausgestaltung zu berücksichtigen: Erstens Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmer. Unternehmen, die die etablierten Grenzwerte für Beschäftigtenzahl und Umsatz nicht überschreiten, sollten generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Grenzwerte, die grenzüberschreitend nur geringe Mengen versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter zu bestellen ist. Ohne eine solche Schwelle steht der administrative Aufwand in keinem vertretbaren Verhältnis zum ökologischen Nutzen. Zweitens echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt bloßer Bündelung. Der Verweis auf zentrale Dienstleister, die die Bevollmächtigtenfunktion für mehrere Länder anbieten, geht an der Realität vorbei. Solche Angebote existieren bereits dennoch schließen Händler weiterhin pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag und zahlen die jeweiligen Fixkosten mengenunabhängig. Erforderlich ist eine tatsächliche One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens Standardisierung der Datenübermittlung. Die Meldung an die Bevollmächtigten bzw. an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sollte technisch vereinheitlicht werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land gesondert aufbereitet werden müssen. Uneinheitliche nationale Meldeformate multiplizieren den Aufwand ohne jeden zusätzlichen ökologischen Nutzen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional geringeren Pflichten. Sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein weit kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diesen Unterschied nicht abbildet, fü", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from the public consultation Draft legal act Implementing Regulation on the harmonisation of producer registers (Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, PPWR) Committee: C37000 | Category: REFIT feedback deadline: 6 August 2026 10 September 2026 Dear Sir/Madam, as the operator of a small online shop, I am writing to you with a specific concern about the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each destination country for cross-border sales. As designed, this obligation disproportionately affects small traders and runs counter to the stated objective of a functioning internal market. About me: I run a small e-commerce business as a sole trader and sell small quantities to other EU Member States as well. I do not have a separate legal department; I organise compliance with the applicable rules myself. From that perspective, I shall set out the practical consequences of the proposed legislation. The core of the problem is the cost structure. A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint an authorised representative there and to pay for it on a permanent basis. For ten or twenty target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee models and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five or five hundred parcels are sent there. These are purely fixed costs per country, disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. This structure effectively acts as a barrier to entry. Those who cannot pass on the costs to a sufficiently large volume will not start or stop cross-border trade. The outcome is foreseeable: A regulation aimed at protecting the environment pushes small suppliers out of the European market and strengthens those large platforms and shippers that easily bear such fixed costs. This is neither desirable from the point of view of the internal market nor from the point of view of competition policy. I would therefore ask that the following points be taken into account in the further development: First, an exemption for micro-entrepreneurs. As a general rule, companies that do not exceed the established limits on the number of employees and turnover should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. Undertakings above those limits which send only small quantities across borders should be subject to at least one de minimis limit per destination country below which no separate authorised representative is to be appointed. Without such a threshold, the administrative burden is disproportionate to the environmental benefits. Second, a genuine one-stop-shop solution rather than mere bundling. The reference to central service providers offering multi-country proxies fails to reflect reality. However, such offers already exist, merchants continue to conclude a separate contract per country and pay the respective fixed costs regardless of volume. An effective one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with one-off fixed costs. Third, standardisation of data transmission. Reporting to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not have to be processed separately for each country. Inconsistent national reporting formats multiply the burden without any environmental added value. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally lower obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread out over a much smaller volume of business. An obligation to appoint a representative which does not reflect this difference", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563774_en"}, {"id": 33563773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:53:20", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exemption of micro-enterprises from disproportionate EPR obligations I am writing on behalf of Made of Cards, Lda, a newly established Portuguese micro-enterprise selling trading cards and collectibles online. We fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. We are willing to minimise packaging, use recyclable materials, record the weight of each packaging material and comply with packaging design and environmental standards. However, micro-enterprises should be exempt from the obligation to register separately, join an EPR scheme, appoint an authorised representative and pay fixed administrative fees in every Member State to which they make an occasional distance sale. A new and small online business cannot know in advance where its customers will be located. A single order from a consumer in another Member State may trigger registration, representation, reporting and recurring fees in that country. The fixed administrative and financial cost can be many times greater than both the value of the sale and the environmental impact of the few grams of packaging involved. This is not merely an administrative inconvenience. It constitutes a genuine barrier to market access. A micro-enterprise may be legally entitled to sell throughout the European Union but, in practice, be forced to block consumers from other Member States because it cannot afford separate registrations, representatives, contracts and reporting systems in up to 26 destination countries. This would reduce consumer choice, fragment the Single Market and give a significant competitive advantage to large businesses and online platforms that can absorb these fixed compliance costs. A framework producing this result may be contrary to the European constitutional framework and raises serious concerns regarding its compatibility with primary EU law, particularly: * the free movement of goods and the prohibition of measures capable of obstructing intra-EU trade, reflected in Article 34 TFEU; * the principle of proportionality under Article 5(4) TEU, according to which Union action must not exceed what is necessary to achieve its objectives; and * the freedom to conduct a business recognised by Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Environmental protection is a legitimate and essential objective. However, making a lawful cross-border sale economically impossible for a micro-enterprise is neither proportionate nor necessary when less restrictive alternatives are available. The environmental benefit associated with registering a few grams of packaging cannot justify the effective exclusion of a business from most of the European Single Market. We therefore ask the European Commission to adopt the following measures: 1. A complete exemption for micro-enterprises, as defined under EU law, from national EPR registration, authorised-representative, scheme-membership and fixed-fee obligations relating to cross-border distance sales. 2. Environmental responsibility for exempt micro-enterprises to be fulfilled exclusively through their Member State of establishment, without additional registrations in destination countries. 3. If a complete exemption is not adopted, a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the annual weight of packaging placed on the market in each destination Member State, below which no registration, representative or fixed fee would be required. 4. As a minimum alternative, a single EU registration or one-stop shop for distance sellers, with one producer identification number recognised throughout the Union and without national authorised representatives. 5. Contributions, where applicable, to be calculated according to the actual weight and type of packaging placed on the market, without disproportionate minimum annual charges. 6. Harmonised material categories, reporting periods and data requirements across all Member States, supported by multilingual digital systems and", "feedbackEnglish": "Exemption of micro-enterprises from disproportionate EPR obligations I am writing on behalf of Made of Cards, Lda, a newly established Portuguese micro-enterprise selling trading cards and collectibles online. We fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. We are willing to minimise packaging, use recyclable materials, record the weight of each packaging material and comply with packaging design and environmental standards. However, micro-enterprises should be exempt from the obligation to register separately, join an EPR scheme, appoint an authorised representative and pay fixed administrative fees in every Member State to which they make an occasional distance sale. A new and small online business cannot know in advance where its customers will be located. A single order from a consumer in another Member State may trigger registration, representation, reporting and recurring fees in that country. The fixed administrative and financial cost can be many times greater than both the value of the sale and the environmental impact of the few grams of packaging involved. This is not merely an administrative inconvenience. It constitutes a genuine barrier to market access. A micro-enterprise may be legally entitled to sell throughout the European Union but, in practice, be forced to block consumers from other Member States because it cannot afford separate registrations, representatives, contracts and reporting systems in up to 26 destination countries. This would reduce consumer choice, fragment the Single Market and give a significant competitive advantage to large businesses and online platforms that can absorb these fixed compliance costs. A framework producing this result may be contrary to the European constitutional framework and raises serious concerns regarding its compatibility with primary EU law, particularly: * the free movement of goods and the prohibition of measures capable of obstructing intra-EU trade, reflected in Article 34 TFEU; * the principle of proportionality under Article 5(4) TEU, according to which Union action must not exceed what is necessary to achieve its objectives; and * the freedom to conduct a business recognised by Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Environmental protection is a legitimate and essential objective. However, making a lawful cross-border sale economically impossible for a micro-enterprise is neither proportionate nor necessary when less restrictive alternatives are available. The environmental benefit associated with registering a few grams of packaging cannot justify the effective exclusion of a business from most of the European Single Market. We therefore ask the European Commission to adopt the following measures: 1. A complete exemption for micro-enterprises, as defined under EU law, from national EPR registration, authorised-representative, scheme-membership and fixed-fee obligations relating to cross-border distance sales. 2. Environmental responsibility for exempt micro-enterprises to be fulfilled exclusively through their Member State of establishment, without additional registrations in destination countries. 3. If a complete exemption is not adopted, a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the annual weight of packaging placed on the market in each destination Member State, below which no registration, representative or fixed fee would be required. 4. As a minimum alternative, a single EU registration or one-stop shop for distance sellers, with one producer identification number recognised throughout the Union and without national authorised representatives. 5. Contributions, where applicable, to be calculated according to the actual weight and type of packaging placed on the market, without disproportionate minimum annual charges. 6. Harmonised material categories, reporting periods and data requirements across all Member States, supported by multilingual digital systems and", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563773_en"}, {"id": 33563772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:50:56", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "La'pti de Neso", "feedback": "Le nouveau règlement PPWR (UE 2025/40) et l'application aveugle de la Responsabilité Élargie du Producteur (REP) constituent une violation directe du principe fondamental de la libre circulation des marchandises. Sous couvert de politique verte, ce texte détruit le tissu des micro-producteurs, artisans et vendeurs transfrontaliers (sur eBay, Etsy, Amazon), tout en enrichissant des structures privées de gestion des déchets.Actuellement, un artisan qui expédie un seul colis dans un autre État membre est traité comme un grand industriel. Labsence d'un guichet unique européen pour les emballages oblige les TPE à senregistrer dans 27 registres nationaux différents (comme LUCID ou ADEME), à payer des éco-contributions disproportionnées et à financer des « représentants autorisés » locaux à des coûts exorbitants. Cette bureaucratie kafkaïenne élimine de facto les petits commerçants du marché unique.De plus, le système institutionnalise un racket économique par une double taxation abusive. Un micro-entrepreneur paie une éco-taxe lors de l'achat de ses emballages dans son pays d'origine, puis se voit contraint de payer une seconde taxe pour le même carton dans le pays de destination. Ce ne sont pas les emballages qui sont recyclés, ce sont les profits des grands consortiums de recyclage de l'Europe du Nord et de l'Ouest qui sont multipliés, soutenus par des subventions massives et un protectionnisme déguisé. Les consommateurs locaux, culpabilisés par la rhétorique écologique, ignorent qu'ils financent un monopole industriel interconnecté au détriment de la diversité du marché.Le rejet du \"paquet de simplification\" par le Conseil de l'UE montre un refus dogmatique de protéger les petites entreprises face aux intérêts des lobbys du recyclage.La Commission européenne doit impérativement reprendre le contrôle et assumer son rôle de gardienne des Traités. Nous demandons d'urgence :Un audit complet et transparent sur le cumul des éco-taxes et les profits des organismes de recyclage (PROs).Linstauration immédiate d'un seuil d'exonération unique et harmonisé à l'échelle européenne pour toutes les micro-entreprises (par exemple, chiffre d'affaires inférieur à 50 000 ).La création d'un guichet unique européen centralisé pour éliminer la bureaucratie des 27 enregistrements nationaux.La transition écologique ne doit pas servir de prétexte à la destruction des petites entreprises au profit de cartels industriels.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR Regulation (EU 2025/40) and the blind application of the Producer’s Wider Liability (EPR) constitute a direct violation of the fundamental principle of free movement of goods. Under the guise of a green policy, this text destroys the fabric of cross-border micro-producers, craftsmen and sellers (on eBay, Etsy, Amazon), while enriching private waste management structures. Currently, a craftsman who sends a single parcel to another Member State is treated as a large industrialist. The absence of a European one-stop shop for packaging obliges VSEs to register in 27 different national registers (such as Lucid or ADEME), to pay disproportionate eco-contributions and to finance local ‘authorised representatives’ at exorbitant costs. This Kafkaesque bureaucracy de facto eliminates small traders from the single market.Moreover, the system institutionalises an economic racket through abusive double taxation. A micro-entrepreneur pays an eco-tax when purchasing his packaging in his country of origin and is then obliged to pay a second tax for the same carton in the country of destination. Packaging is not recycled, but the profits of large recycling consortia in northern and western Europe are multiplied, supported by massive subsidies and disguised protectionism. Local consumers, blamed for green rhetoric, are unaware that they are financing an interconnected industrial monopoly to the detriment of market diversity. The rejection of the ‘simplification package’ by the Council of the EU shows a dogmatic refusal to protect small businesses from the interests of recyclers’ lobbies. It is imperative that the European Commission regain control and assume its role as guardian of the Treaties. We urgently call for: a comprehensive and transparent audit of the accumulation of eco-taxes and the profits of recycling organisations (PROs).Immediate introduction of a single, harmonised EU-wide exemption threshold for all micro-enterprises (e.g. turnover below 50 000).Creation of a centralised European one-stop-shop to eliminate the bureaucracy of the 27 national registers.The green transition must not be used as a pretext for destroying small businesses in favour of industrial cartels.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563772_en"}, {"id": 33563770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:36:02", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The fact that every business would have to register in each EU country they want to export to is absurd and would kill a lot of small and starting business all across the EU. If you intend to standardize the process you should be able to implement a one time registration in your home country that applies across the whole EU. Stop designing laws with only large corporate interests in mind and start working on truly unifying the EU market so it can benefit everyone. As it works today this law will take away the livelihood of small manufacturers across the EU. Good intentions, horrible implementation as per usual.", "feedbackEnglish": "The fact that every business would have to register in each EU country they want to export to is absurd and would kill a lot of small and starting business all across the EU. If you intend to standardize the process you should be able to implement a one time registration in your home country that applies across the whole EU. Stop designing laws with only large corporate interests in mind and start working on truly unifying the EU market so it can benefit everyone. As it works today this law will take away the livelihood of small manufacturers across the EU. Good intentions, horrible implementation as per usual.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563770_en"}, {"id": 33563768, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:31:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a very small business. I make glass flowers and try to sell them on Etsy and facebook now. My tiny business survived the Covid set backs when I couldnt sell face to face at markets which is where I started. The markets option never recovered really after Covid. I started to sell on line to the US at that time but then I was severely affected by the tariffs, not the actual tariffs but the lack of DDP options to send my goods. Just got over that, slowly trying to entice EU customers so not to be reliant on an unpredictable US market and this happens. My sales are very small amounts a couple of hundred euros a month but I was hoping to build on this. I fear this is being taken out of my reach now. I barely make a profit as it is and actually live off my pension. My skill is a dying art and honestly it feels like I'm just too small to matter. Please help save us small businesses and the diversity we bring otherwise everything really will be made in China", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a very small business. I make glass flowers and try to sell them on Etsy and facebook now. My tiny business survived the Covid set backs when I couldnt sell face to face at markets which is where I started. The markets option never recovered really after Covid. I started to sell on line to the US at that time but then I was severely affected by the tariffs, not the actual tariffs but the lack of DDP options to send my goods. Just got over that, slowly trying to entice EU customers so not to be reliant on an unpredictable US market and this happens. My sales are very small amounts a couple of hundred euros a month but I was hoping to build on this. I fear this is being taken out of my reach now. I barely make a profit as it is and actually live off my pension. My skill is a dying art and honestly it feels like I'm just too small to matter. Please help save us small businesses and the diversity we bring otherwise everything really will be made in China", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563768_en"}, {"id": 33563766, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:28:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The little palm", "feedback": "Guten Tag. Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Unternehmen für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Die neuen Anforderungen stellen kleine Onlinehändler in ihrer jetzigen Form jedoch vor ein kaum lösbares Problem und sollten dringend noch einmal überarbeitet werden. Wir versenden den überwiegenden Teil unserer Bestellungen innerhalb Deutschlands. In andere EU-Länder gehen teilweise nur ein oder zwei Pakete im Monat. Wenn bereits für diese Kleinstmengen Registrierungen, unterschiedliche nationale Vorgaben und gegebenenfalls ein Bevollmächtigter in jedem einzelnen Land erforderlich werden, stehen Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand in keinem Verhältnis zur Verpackungsmenge. Besonders problematisch ist für uns, dass es nicht nur um zukünftige Bestellungen geht. Wir haben bestehende Verträge mit Firmenkunden, die Geschenkboxen im Voraus gekauft und bezahlt haben. Diese werden im Laufe des Jahres einzeln an Mitarbeitende verschickt, wenn dort ein Kind geboren wird teilweise auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Welche Länder das sein werden, steht bei Vertragsabschluss noch gar nicht fest. Damit können wir plötzlich vor der Situation stehen, wegen eines einzigen bereits bezahlten Pakets Verpflichtungen in einem weiteren Mitgliedstaat erfüllen und entsprechende Kosten tragen zu müssen. Gleichzeitig können wir bestehende Verträge nicht einfach rückgängig machen oder nachträglich zusätzliche Kosten an unsere Kunden weitergeben. Für kleine Unternehmen entsteht dadurch eine enorme Rechts- und Planungsunsicherheit. Die wirtschaftlich einzig vernünftige Konsequenz wäre für viele, den Versand ins EU-Ausland vollständig einzustellen. Damit trifft die Regelung gerade kleine Händler besonders hart und erschwert ihnen den Zugang zum europäischen Binnenmarkt, während große Unternehmen solche zusätzlichen Strukturen wesentlich leichter finanzieren können. Deshalb halte ich eine kurzfristige Überarbeitung für dringend notwendig. Es braucht entweder eine zentrale, einheitliche EU-weite Lösung oder zumindest angemessene Bagatell- und Mengengrenzen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen. Insbesondere für bereits geschlossene Verträge müssen praktikable Übergangsregelungen geschaffen werden. Nachhaltigkeit und Produzentenverantwortung sind wichtige Ziele. Eine Regelung, die dazu führt, dass kleine Unternehmen aus wirtschaftlicher Vorsicht den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU einstellen müssen, kann jedoch nicht die richtige Lösung sein. Beste Grüße Nina Lux", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making companies responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the new requirements in their current form pose a hardly solveable problem for small online traders and should be urgently revisited. We send most of our orders within Germany. Other EU countries sometimes receive only one or two packages per month. If registrations, different national requirements and, where applicable, an authorised representative in each country are already required for these minimum quantities, the costs and administrative burden are disproportionate to the amount of packaging. What is particularly problematic for us is that it is not just about future orders. We have existing contracts with corporate clients who bought and paid for gift boxes in advance. These are sent individually to staff during the year when a child is born there, sometimes also to other EU Member States. It is not clear at the time of the conclusion of the contract which countries will be. This means that we can suddenly face the situation of having to fulfil obligations and bear the corresponding costs in another Member State because of a single package that has already been paid for. At the same time, we cannot simply cancel existing contracts or pass on additional costs to our customers afterwards. This creates enormous legal and planning uncertainty for small businesses. The only economically reasonable consequence for many would be to stop all shipments to other EU countries. The scheme therefore hits small traders particularly hard and makes it more difficult for them to access the European single market, while large companies can finance such additional structures much more easily. That is why I see an urgent need for a short-term revision. There is a need for either a centralised, uniform EU-wide solution or at least appropriate de minimis and quantitative limits for micro and small enterprises. Workable transitional arrangements need to be put in place, in particular for contracts already concluded. Sustainability and producer responsibility are important objectives. However, a rule that obliges small businesses to stop cross-border trade within the EU out of economic prudence cannot be the right solution. Best regards, Nina Lux", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563766_en"}, {"id": 33563765, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:23:04", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback on the draft implementing regulation PPWR national producer registers I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but the current registration rules for producers are destroying the EU single market for small businesses rather than protecting the environment. The requirement to register separately in each of the 27 Member States, sign contracts with national waste management systems, and file reports effectively forces solo entrepreneurs and micro-businesses to limit their sales to their own country only. The combined minimum fees across all EU countries exceed 2,600 per year non-refundable, even if actual sales volumes are minimal. For a solo enterpreneur, this means also several working days spent preparing and submitting reports to 27 different jurisdictions a burden completely disproportionate to the scale of the business. Let me give a concrete example from my own experience. I am a photographer selling photo prints through a marketplace. The average print price is around 40. Of this, the marketplace takes 15, and printing plus shipping cost around another 10. In the best case, I earn 10 profit per print. If I ship an order to, say, Belgium, I would have to pay 350 for packaging registration and waste management fees an amount many times higher than the profit on a single order, and higher than my entire monthly turnover. I am already operating at the edge of profitability, selling only a few prints per month. With this fee introduced, I would simply close my seller account and apply for unemployment benefits instead of running a business and paying taxes. The effect will cascade further: fewer orders for photo labs and print shops, reduced production and revenue for them, reduced revenue for postal operators, and job losses across all these levels. A regulation designed to protect the environment will hit hardest exactly those who are already operating on razor-thin margins, while leaving large businesses largely untouched, since their per-unit compliance cost is negligible. I ask you to consider an alternative mechanism: build the cost of packaging waste management into the price of the packaging itself at the production or procurement stage, and then redistribute the collected funds between countries in proportion to actual waste management volumes. This would not require every micro-seller to register and report separately in 27 countries the administrative burden and responsibility for fee collection should rest with packaging producers and national systems, not with end-stage small sellers. Please do not shift the responsibility of states and regulators onto the shoulders of small business. This approach will kill cross-border micro-entrepreneurship within the EU, and the cost in lost tax revenue, closed businesses, and rising unemployment will far exceed the cost of a reasonable solution to the packaging waste problem.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the draft implementing regulation PPWR national producer registers I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but the current registration rules for producers are destroying the EU single market for small businesses rather than protecting the environment. The requirement to register separately in each of the 27 Member States, sign contracts with national waste management systems, and file reports effectively forces solo entrepreneurs and micro-businesses to limit their sales to their own country only. The combined minimum fees across all EU countries exceed 2,600 per year non-refundable, even if actual sales volumes are minimal. For a solo enterpreneur, this means also several working days spent preparing and submitting reports to 27 different jurisdictions a burden completely disproportionate to the scale of the business. Let me give a concrete example from my own experience. I am a photographer selling photo prints through a marketplace. The average print price is around 40. Of this, the marketplace takes 15, and printing plus shipping cost around another 10. In the best case, I earn 10 profit per print. If I ship an order to, say, Belgium, I would have to pay 350 for packaging registration and waste management fees an amount many times higher than the profit on a single order, and higher than my entire monthly turnover. I am already operating at the edge of profitability, selling only a few prints per month. With this fee introduced, I would simply close my seller account and apply for unemployment benefits instead of running a business and paying taxes. The effect will cascade further: fewer orders for photo labs and print shops, reduced production and revenue for them, reduced revenue for postal operators, and job losses across all these levels. A regulation designed to protect the environment will hit hardest exactly those who are already operating on razor-thin margins, while leaving large businesses largely untouched, since their per-unit compliance cost is negligible. I ask you to consider an alternative mechanism: build the cost of packaging waste management into the price of the packaging itself at the production or procurement stage, and then redistribute the collected funds between countries in proportion to actual waste management volumes. This would not require every micro-seller to register and report separately in 27 countries the administrative burden and responsibility for fee collection should rest with packaging producers and national systems, not with end-stage small sellers. Please do not shift the responsibility of states and regulators onto the shoulders of small business. This approach will kill cross-border micro-entrepreneurship within the EU, and the cost in lost tax revenue, closed businesses, and rising unemployment will far exceed the cost of a reasonable solution to the packaging waste problem.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563765_en"}, {"id": 33563764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:16:52", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MMC Consulting GmbH", "feedback": "Wir begrüßen grundsätzlich die Ziele der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR), insbesondere die Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen, die Verbesserung der Recyclingfähigkeit und die Förderung einer funktionierenden Kreislaufwirtschaft. Als kleines österreichisches Unternehmen unterstützen wir diese Ziele bereits heute und investieren bewusst zusätzliche Zeit und finanzielle Mittel in nachhaltigere Lösungen. Wir verwenden recyclingfähige Verpackungen, reduzieren unnötiges Verpackungsmaterial und verzichten bewusst auf bestimmte Materialien und Lösungen, wenn diese aus unserer Sicht ökologisch nicht sinnvoll sind auch wenn günstigere oder einfachere Alternativen verfügbar wären. Unsere Sorge betrifft daher nicht die Nachhaltigkeitsziele der PPWR, sondern die Verhältnismäßigkeit der administrativen Anforderungen, insbesondere beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand. Für kleine Unternehmen können unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren und die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Aufwand verursachen. Bei geringen Versandmengen steht dieser Aufwand teilweise in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Wir sehen die Gefahr, dass dadurch kleine Unternehmen vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU abgehalten werden, während größere Unternehmen mit eigenen Verwaltungs- und Compliance-Abteilungen diese Anforderungen wesentlich leichter bewältigen können. Wir wünschen uns daher insbesondere: * eine möglichst zentrale und EU-weit harmonisierte Registrierung, * eine EU-weit anerkannte Lösung für Bevollmächtigte, * klare und angemessene Bagatell- bzw. Mengengrenzen für kleine Unternehmen, * vereinfachte Verfahren für Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen, * einheitliche Anforderungen in allen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und * Kennzeichnungs- und Informationspflichten nur dort, wo sie einen tatsächlichen ökologischen oder informativen Mehrwert bieten. Nachhaltigkeit sollte aus unserer Sicht nicht daran gemessen werden, wie viele Formulare ein Unternehmen ausfüllt, sondern welchen tatsächlichen Beitrag die Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung von Verpackungsabfällen und zur Kreislaufwirtschaft leisten. Wir bitten daher darum, bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR die Situation kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen und sicherzustellen, dass nachhaltiges Wirtschaften nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie und Kosten erschwert wird. Nachhaltige Verpackungen sind wichtig. Ein funktionierender und fairer europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte es aber ebenfalls sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, we welcome the objectives of the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR), in particular reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and promoting a functioning circular economy. As a small Austrian company, we already support these goals today and deliberately invest additional time and financial resources in more sustainable solutions. We use recyclable packaging, reduce unnecessary packaging materials and deliberately refrain from using certain materials and solutions where we do not consider these to be environmentally sound, even if cheaper or simpler alternatives would be available. Our concern is therefore not about the sustainability objectives of the PPWR, but about the proportionality of administrative requirements, in particular for cross-border shipments. For small businesses, different national registrations, notifications, fees and the obligation to appoint an authorised representative can impose a significant additional burden. In the case of small quantities shipped, this effort is sometimes disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. We see a risk that this will discourage small businesses from trading across borders within the EU, while larger companies with their own administrative and compliance departments will be able to cope with these requirements much more easily. We would therefore like in particular to: * a registration that is as centralised as possible and harmonised across the EU, * an EU-wide recognised solution for authorised representatives, * clear and appropriate de minimis/quantity limits for small businesses, * simplified procedures for companies with very low packaging volumes, * uniform requirements in all EU Member States, and * labelling and information requirements only where they provide real environmental or informative added value. In our view, sustainability should not be measured by the number of forms a company fills in, but rather by the actual contribution of packaging waste prevention and circular economy measures. We would therefore ask that the further implementation of the PPWR take greater account of the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises and ensure that sustainable economies are not hampered by disproportionate bureaucracy and costs. Sustainable packaging is important. But it should also be a functioning and fair European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563764_en"}, {"id": 33563762, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:09:22", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MiniMag-FG", "feedback": "The corrupt politicians in Brussels have destroyed small businesses in Europe and given full advantage to the big traders of goods from China. They deserve to become honorary residents of China, to catch planes there and never set foot in Europe again. And we in Europe will use goods made in China from here to the end of the world.", "feedbackEnglish": "The corrupt politicians in Brussels have destroyed small businesses in Europe and given full advantage to the big traders of goods from China. They deserve to become honorary residents of China, to catch planes there and never set foot in Europe again. And we in Europe will use goods made in China from here to the end of the world.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563762_en"}, {"id": 33563761, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 19:00:27", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new packaging and waste rules are frankly ridiculous for me - a person trying to live on with side hustles, not even making more than 10k euros a year (or even 1k some years). One of them happens to be a handcrafts online store. I am trying to peacefully live in the country I was born in, Cyprus, and the EU has been recently taking all my avenues away. In Cyprus the market is not big, and I cannot possibly only target the Cypriot market, with only 1M individuals, who can barely afford to pay for i.e. handmade crafts - I would need to ship any work I do abroad. With this rule my living quality and the choices I have have fallen so low - that I don't have other choices in Cyprus. Even a couple of sales a month, I pay half that month's rent. This will be impossible with the new rules. And I had always been shipping with environmental conscious in mind - I am sure my small business is not the problem that causes all the environmental issues - I am just trying to make ends meet. It would in no way be affordable to have representatives in other countries, or pay yearly fees to countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging and waste rules are frankly ridiculous for me - a person trying to live on with side hustles, not even making more than 10k euros a year (or even 1k some years). One of them happens to be a handcrafts online store. I am trying to peacefully live in the country I was born in, Cyprus, and the EU has been recently taking all my avenues away. In Cyprus the market is not big, and I cannot possibly only target the Cypriot market, with only 1M individuals, who can barely afford to pay for i.e. handmade crafts - I would need to ship any work I do abroad. With this rule my living quality and the choices I have have fallen so low - that I don't have other choices in Cyprus. Even a couple of sales a month, I pay half that month's rent. This will be impossible with the new rules. And I had always been shipping with environmental conscious in mind - I am sure my small business is not the problem that causes all the environmental issues - I am just trying to make ends meet. It would in no way be affordable to have representatives in other countries, or pay yearly fees to countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563761_en"}, {"id": 33563760, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:58:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue PPWR ist für uns als kleines Handels-Unternehmen absolut ungerecht. Die Möglichkeit, in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungen lizensieren zu lassen und dafür Gebühren zu zahlen, begrüße ich aus ökologischen Gründen sehr. Für unser Heimatland Deutschland funktionierte das bisher sehr gut - wir konnten passgenau für unseren Bedarf Verpackungsgrößen angeben. Nun müssen wir für viele EU Länder horrende Gebühren bezahlen, die in keinem Verhältnis zu unseren Verkäufen stehen. Ein Beispiel: Wir verkaufen pro Jahr z.B. 3 Kleinmöbel nach Polen und 5 Kleinmöbel nach Österreich. Hinzu kommen ähnliche Mengen in 6-7 weiteren EU Ländern. Umsatz ist pro Verkauf gesamt ca. 150 - Das Heisst, dass die pauschalen Gebühren, die durch das neue Gesetz pro Versandland für uns entstehen, unsere Umsätze weit übersteigen. Unsere Konsequenz ist nun, dass wir auf den Versand in allen EU Ländern verzichten - das ist für uns ein Umsatzverlust von ca. 4000 pro Jahr - und damit eine relevante Umsatzgröße, die uns durch die PPWR entgeht. Diese wird durch nichts ausgeglichen und schadet unserem Geschäftsmodell eklatant. Wir bitten daher um Nachbesserung der Reform, in der es möglich ist - wie für unser Heimatland - nur für die passgenauen Mengen pro Land zu zahlen. Dies sollte außerdem über ein Portal möglich sein, um den bürokratischen Aufwand für uns als Kleines Unternehmen machbar zu gestalten.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR is completely unfair to us as a small trading company. For environmental reasons, I very much welcome the possibility to license and pay fees for packaging placed on the market. For our home country, Germany, this has worked very well so far – we were able to specify packaging sizes for our needs. Now we have to pay exorbitant fees for many EU countries that are disproportionate to our sales. To illustrate: For example, we sell three small items of furniture per year to Poland and five to Austria. In addition, there are similar volumes in 6-7 other EU countries. Total turnover per sale is around 150 – Heisst says that the flat-rate fees which the new law imposes on us per country of dispatch far exceed our turnover. Our consequence is that we refrain from shipping in all EU countries – for us this is a loss of turnover of around 4000 per year – and thus a relevant turnover that we miss as a result of the PPWR. Nothing compensates for this and blatantly damages our business model. We would therefore ask that the reform be improved, in which – as for our home country – it is possible to pay only for the appropriate quantities per country. This should also be possible via a portal in order to make the bureaucratic burden feasible for us as a small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563760_en"}, {"id": 33563759, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:49:01", "country": "BLR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is awful, a kill shot for the small business", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is awful, a kill shot for the small business", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563759_en"}, {"id": 33563758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:45:26", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A", "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. Rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses! We cant afford it, our shops would have to close. Is this what being in the EU means? Theres no free movement inside EU anymore, which is what EU is all about right?!", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. Rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses! We Cant afford it, our shops would have to close. Is this what is being in the EU means? Try no free movement inside EU anymore, which is what EU is all about right?!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563758_en"}, {"id": 33563757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:32:17", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "RainbowRegalia", "feedback": "I run a very small handmade jewellery business. I mainly sell within Ireland and to the US. I ship to the EU maybe a handful of times a year so this new packaging law is ridiculous for me!", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a very small handmade jewellery business. I mainly sell within Ireland and to the US. I ship to the EU maybe a handful of times a year so this new packaging law is ridiculous for me!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563757_en"}, {"id": 33563756, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:24:39", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "niar house", "feedback": "I am the founder and sole operator of a new micro leathercraft business established in Greece. I design, manufacture, package and sell my products myself. My business currently receives approximately one or two orders per month and is still trying to become financially sustainable. Access to customers across the EU is essential for its growth and survival. I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and agree that businesses should contribute fairly to packaging waste management. However, the proposed system remains disproportionate for microbusinesses making occasional cross-border sales. The simplified reporting format for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market is welcome, but this threshold does not reflect microbusiness reality. A producer placing several tonnes of packaging in a country and a craft business sending one box there per year fall within the same category and may still face similar registration, EPR scheme and authorised-representative requirements. My packaging consists mainly of a small cardboard box, labels, paper cards and a textile storage bag. A single order may introduce only a few hundred grams of packaging into another Member State. The environmental contribution may be only a few cents, while registration, membership and representation can cost hundreds of euros per country. Because compliance is organised separately in each destination country, a small EU business may need to navigate numerous national portals, languages, deadlines, organisations and fees. Harmonising the registration fields is not enough if separate national registrations and service providers are still required. This is already affecting my business. Due to unclear and disproportionate procedures, I have temporarily suspended shipping to many EU destinations. I am losing access to the customers my new business needs to grow. I am willing to contribute, but the administrative cost and legal uncertainty cannot be justified for one or two potential parcels per country. For a large company, these costs may be manageable. For a new one-person business that is not yet financially sustainable, they can prevent growth and ultimately force it to close. I ask the Commission to introduce: One EU digital registration profile reusable across Member States. A genuine micro-producer threshold based on packaging weight, turnover or number of shipments. A simplified annual declaration for countries receiving very few parcels. Reporting in grams or kilograms, with automatic conversion to tonnes. Harmonised deadlines and requirements, with strict limits on additional national fields. Acceptance of supplier information, standard weights and reasonable estimates. No requirement for EU-established microbusinesses to appoint a separate representative in every country, or one representative valid EU-wide. A reasonable transition period, multilingual guidance and a warning-first approach. I am also concerned about publicly accessible producer information. For sole traders, a national tax number is directly connected to the individual. Personal tax numbers and unnecessary personal information should not be public. Verification could instead use a dedicated registration number, business name and country. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate to the packaging placed on each market. Otherwise, this system will not meaningfully improve environmental outcomes for very small quantities. It will exclude new independent makers from cross-border trade and make the Single Market practically accessible only to larger businesses. I urge the Commission to create a genuinely centralised, affordable and workable system that allows Europes smallest businesses to comply, survive and grow.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder and sole operator of a new micro leathercraft business established in Greece. I design, manufacture, package and sell my products myself. My business currently receives approximately one or two orders per month and is still trying to become financially sustainable. Access to customers across the EU is essential for its growth and survival. I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and agree that businesses should contribute fairly to packaging waste management. However, the proposed system remains disproportionate for microbusinesses making occasional cross-border sales. The simplified reporting format for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market is welcome, but this threshold does not reflect microbusiness reality. A producer placing several tonnes of packaging in a country and a craft business sending one box there per year fall within the same category and may still face similar registration, EPR scheme and authorised-representative requirements. My packaging consists mainly of a small cardboard box, labels, paper cards and a textile storage bag. A single order may introduce only a few hundred grams of packaging into another Member State. The environmental contribution may be only a few cents, while registration, membership and representation can cost hundreds of euros per country. Because compliance is organised separately in each destination country, a small EU business may need to navigate numerous national portals, languages, deadlines, organisations and fees. Harmonising the registration fields is not enough if separate national registrations and service providers are still required. This is already affecting my business. Due to unclear and disproportionate procedures, I have temporarily suspended shipping to many EU destinations. I am losing access to the customers my new business needs to grow. I am willing to contribute, but the administrative cost and legal uncertainty cannot be justified for one or two potential parcels per country. For a large company, these costs may be manageable. For a new one-person business that is not yet financially sustainable, they can prevent growth and ultimately force it to close. I ask the Commission to introduce: One EU digital registration profile reusable across Member States. A genuine micro-producer threshold based on packaging weight, turnover or number of shipments. A simplified annual declaration for countries receiving very few parcels. Reporting in grams or kilograms, with automatic conversion to tonnes. Harmonised deadlines and requirements, with strict limits on additional national fields. Acceptance of supplier information, standard weights and reasonable estimates. No requirement for EU-established microbusinesses to appoint a separate representative in every country, or one representative valid EU-wide. A reasonable transition period, multilingual guidance and a warning-first approach. I am also concerned about publicly accessible producer information. For sole traders, a national tax number is directly connected to the individual. Personal tax numbers and unnecessary personal information should not be public. Verification could instead use a dedicated registration number, business name and country. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate to the packaging placed on each market. Otherwise, this system will not meaningfully improve environmental outcomes for very small quantities. It will exclude new independent makers from cross-border trade and make the Single Market practically accessible only to larger businesses. I urge the Commission to create a genuinely centralised, affordable and workable system that allows Europes smallest businesses to comply, survive and grow.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563756_en"}, {"id": 33563755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:22:12", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SD Ceramics", "feedback": "These new PPWR rules are beyond absurd for micro 1 person creative businesses like mine. I sell to on average 6-8 other EU countries and have little time for admin as I am making my craft. The majority of businesses like mine already use recycled packaging and are very conscious of waste and recycling but to have to register and pay in each country will kill my intra EU sales. This is the opposite of a common market.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new PPWR rules are beyond absurd for micro 1 person creative businesses like mine. I sell to on average 6-8 other EU countries and have little time for admin as I am making my craft. The majority of businesses like mine already use recycled packaging and are very conscious of waste and recycling but to have to register and pay in each country will kill my intra EU sales. This is the opposite of a common market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563755_en"}, {"id": 33563754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:21:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bridge&Tunnel GmbH", "feedback": "Die neuen Regelungen bedeuten für KMU und Einzelunternehmerinnen deutliche Kostensteigerungen bei deutlich erhöhtem Aufwand. Es müssen dringend Ausnahmen für Unternehmen unterhalb einer bestimmten Umsatzgrenze her. So werden wir leider nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands und außerhalb der EU verkaufen können.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules will lead to significant cost increases for SMEs and individual entrepreneurs, with significantly increased costs. There is an urgent need for exemptions for companies below a certain turnover threshold. Unfortunately, we will only be able to sell within Germany and outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563754_en"}, {"id": 33563753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:19:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "knoblach technologies GmbH", "feedback": "I am 100% pro waste reduction and management. But not in such an uncoordinated way. This law is effectively endangering my business that i built for 10+ years. The whole law is not thought through properly. Create a law that can be implemented ONCE in the EU and combine it with the fee systems already in place (i.e. German Lucid) to create A SINGLE central instance for packaging registrations and fee payments. Take care about user experience and workflow, it can't be that a single shipper has to register in every country, in some cases even need a representative in that country, that is pure madness. Otherwise, more businesses will close down and the EU will lose more start-ups and creative people, the ones who will build bigger businesses later, if they are only given the chance. This legislation, if unchanged, is destroying the creative future of Europe. Best regards, Peter", "feedbackEnglish": "I am 100% pro waste reduction and management. But not in such an uncoordinated way. This law is effectively endangering my business that i built for 10+ years. The whole law is not thought through properly. Create a law that can be implemented ONCE in the EU and combine it with the fee systems already in place (i.e. German Lucid) to create A SINGLE central instance for packaging registrations and fee payments. Take care about user experience and workflow, it can't be that a single shipper has to register in every country, in some cases even need a representative in that country, that is pure madness. Otherwise, more businesses will close down and the EU will lose more start-ups and creative people, the ones who will build bigger businesses later, if they are only given the chance. This legislation, if unchanged, is destroying the creative future of Europe. Best regards, Peter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563753_en"}, {"id": 33563752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:19:15", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Beach Art Glass Ltd", "feedback": "This law is grossly unfair to small businesses. The fees and admin is disproportionately onerous and small owner-maker businesses are not the ones causing threat to economies or ecosystems. Small businesses famously source low impact packaging and pride themselves on caring for the planet. This law is stifling creativity, culture and diversity. Please use your influence to create an exemption from the requirements to engage ARs and register in every separate EU country. Please use your influence to bring about a proportional fee and admin burden that allows small businesses to continue their trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is grossly unfair to small businesses. The fees and admin is disproportionately onerous and small owner-maker businesses are not the ones causing threat to economies or ecosystems. Small businesses famously source low impact packaging and pride themselves on caring for the planet. This law is stifling creativity, culture and diversity. Please use your influence to create an exemption from the requirements to engage ARs and register in every separate EU country. Please use your influence to bring about a proportional fee and admin burden that allows small businesses to continue their trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563752_en"}, {"id": 33563751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:19:08", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schneeberger Generatoren Gmbh", "feedback": "Als kleiner Familienbetrieb mit nicht einmal 10 Mitarbeitern haben wir über die letzten Jahrzehnte dafür gekämpft, uns einen Namen mit unserem Nischenprodukt auf dem europäischen Markt aufzubauen. Verpackungsvermeidung und die Wiederverwendung von Verpackungsmaterial ist dabei nicht nur eine Herzensangelegenheit, sondern schlicht ein unternehmerisches Muss. Die neue Verpackungsverordnung ist für uns nicht nur ein bürokratischer Mehraufwand, eine extreme Kostenstelle, da wir teilweise nur eine Palette im Jahr in ein Land senden, sondern macht auch die Weiterverwendung von bestehendem Verpackungsmaterial unmöglich. Die erste Konsequenz: Verpackungsmaterial wird bei uns entsorgt und neues muss erworben werden. Das kann doch nicht das Ziel sein! Unsere unternehmerische Konsequenz besteht nun darin, den Versand in andere EU Staaten massiv zu reduzieren bzw. den Fortbestand unseres Unternehmens in der jetzigen Form zu hinterfragen. Aber auf 8 neue Arbeitslose wird es ja wohl nicht ankommen...", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small family business with fewer than 10 employees, we have fought over the last decades to build a name with our niche product on the European market. Avoiding packaging and reusing packaging material is not just a heart issue, but simply a business imperative. The new Packaging Ordinance is not only an extra bureaucratic burden for us, an extreme cost centre, as in some cases we only send a pallet a year to a country, but also makes it impossible to reuse existing packaging material. The first consequence: Packaging material is disposed of at our premises and new material must be purchased. This cannot be the goal! Our business consequence is now to drastically reduce shipping to other EU countries or to question the survival of our company in its current form. But 8 new unemployed people will probably not matter...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563751_en"}, {"id": 33563750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 18:04:04", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Garga Roshava ltd", "feedback": "This is absolutely horrible and will directly destroy my small family business. There must be comprehensive exemptions for micro and small businesses! This regulation needs to be re-created from the bottom up, to be proportional and to not create administrative weight or financial burden for Micro-businesses and SMEs - how is the EU business supposed to grow if we adopt regulations that crush small businesses and help big transnational corporations? Is EU a defender of the people or a defender of the super-corporations?", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely horrible and will directly destroy my small family business. There must be comprehensive exemptions for micro and small businesses! This regulation needs to be re-created from the bottom up, to be proportional and to not create administrative weight or financial burden for Micro-businesses and SMEs - how is the EU business supposed to grow if we adopt regulations that crush small businesses and help big transnational corporations? Is EU a defender of the people or a defender of the super-corporations?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563750_en"}, {"id": 33563749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:53:00", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sole Proprietor business", "feedback": "I am a very small. sole proprietor business in France, as such the new rulings will make it impossible for me to continue. It is simply not economically feasible, the costs far outweigh any profit I currently make. I find it ironic that this legislation effectively will make it easier for me to sell items & send them to Countries outside the EU than within it, which seems to be against everything the EU stands for. It allows big business to continue & destroys small businesses, many of whom, like me, use all recycled Posting materials, having a firm commitment to those principles. Please, Please, can you take this into consideration & exempt small businesses from this legislation or small creative businesses will quite simply be obliterated within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a very small. sole proprietor business in France, as such the new rulings will make it impossible for me to continue. It is simply not economically feasible, the costs far outweigh any profit I currently make. I find it ironic that this legislation effectively will make it easier for me to sell items & send them to Countries outside the EU than within it, which seems to be against everything the EU stands for. It allows big business to continue & destroys small businesses, many of whom, like me, use all recycled Posting materials, having a firm commitment to those principles. Please, Please, can you take this into consideration & exempt small businesses from this legislation or small creative businesses will quite simply be obliterated within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563749_en"}, {"id": 33563747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:39:08", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro-enterprise manufacturing small consumer goods and selling directly to consumers in other Member States. Like many small producers responding to this consultation, my central difficulty is that cross-border EPR compliance carries fixed costs per Member State that are independent of volume. Two orders into one country and five hundred into another attract the same registration, scheme membership and authorised-representative structure. On the quantities I place on a given market a few kilograms of transport packaging per year the fixed administrative cost exceeds the environmental contribution actually owed by several orders of magnitude. The practical effect is a barrier to entry rather than a compliance obligation, and small producers are withdrawing from cross-border sales rather than absorbing it. I understand that the appointment of authorised representatives is governed by Article 45(3) and is outside the scope of this act. I therefore limit my proposals to what this implementing act can deliver, and which would materially reduce the burden: Mutual recognition of submitted data. A registration and annual declaration filed through the register of the Member State of establishment should be accepted as satisfying the reporting obligation in every other Member State it covers, with data transmitted between registers rather than re-entered by the producer. This is the architecture already used for VAT under the One Stop Shop, and it preserves each Member State's own contribution rates. One point of entry per Member State. Where several waste management schemes operate in a Member State, the draft requires separate registration with each. A single national entry point, distributing data onward to the schemes, would avoid multiplying the obligation a second time within one jurisdiction. Default material data for small producers. Annex II requires the weight of each constituent material of composite packaging, based on technical documentation. Micro-enterprises buy generic, unbranded transport packaging from distributors who provide no such breakdown and are not obliged to. Please publish default conversion factors or a reference library of standard packaging types on which producers below the 10-tonne threshold may rely in good faith, or place the declaration duty on the packaging supplier, which holds the data at source. Design the data model for a future single entry point. Mandate machine-readable interfaces and a common schema now, so that national registers can later feed an EU-wide EPR one-stop shop without being rebuilt, as envisaged in the Single Market Strategy and under discussion for the Circular Economy Act. Transitional protection. This act was due under Article 44(14) by 12 February 2026. Producers below the 10-tonne threshold should not face enforcement on format or data-granularity grounds until the register of the Member State concerned has been aligned to it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-enterprise manufacturing small consumer goods and selling directly to consumers in other Member States. Like many small producers responding to this consultation, my central difficulty is that cross-border EPR compliance carries fixed costs per Member State that are independent of volume. Two orders into one country and five hundred into another attract the same registration, scheme membership and authorised-representative structure. On the quantities I place on a given market a few kilograms of transport packaging per year the fixed administrative cost exceeds the environmental contribution actually owed by several orders of magnitude. The practical effect is a barrier to entry rather than a compliance obligation, and small producers are withdrawing from cross-border sales rather than absorbing it. I understand that the appointment of authorised representatives is governed by Article 45(3) and is outside the scope of this act. I therefore limit my proposals to what this implementing act can deliver, and which would materially reduce the burden: Mutual recognition of submitted data. A registration and annual declaration filed through the register of the Member State of establishment should be accepted as satisfying the reporting obligation in every other Member State it covers, with data transmitted between registers rather than re-entered by the producer. This is the architecture already used for VAT under the One Stop Shop, and it preserves each Member State's own contribution rates. One point of entry per Member State. Where several waste management schemes operate in a Member State, the draft requires separate registration with each. A single national entry point, distributing data onward to the schemes, would avoid multiplying the obligation a second time within one jurisdiction. Default material data for small producers. Annex II requires the weight of each constituent material of composite packaging, based on technical documentation. Micro-enterprises buy generic, unbranded transport packaging from distributors who provide no such breakdown and are not obliged to. Please publish default conversion factors or a reference library of standard packaging types on which producers below the 10-tonne threshold may rely in good faith, or place the declaration duty on the packaging supplier, which holds the data at source. Design the data model for a future single entry point. Mandate machine-readable interfaces and a common schema now, so that national registers can later feed an EU-wide EPR one-stop shop without being rebuilt, as envisaged in the Single Market Strategy and under discussion for the Circular Economy Act. Transitional protection. This act was due under Article 44(14) by 12 February 2026. Producers below the 10-tonne threshold should not face enforcement on format or data-granularity grounds until the register of the Member State concerned has been aligned to it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563747_en"}, {"id": 33563746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:36:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelhandel ", "feedback": "In den letzten Jahren kamen ständig neue Verpflichtungen, Regeln, Gesetze hinzu. Monat für Monat wird es komplizierter, schwieriger, zeitaufwendige und teurer für die Händler. Die PPWR setzt dem ganzen die Krone auf. Ich frage mich wirklich, ob sich bei solchen Gesetzentwürfen jemand Gedanken macht, was das für kleine Unternehmen oder Einzelhändler wie mich bedeutet. Noch mehr frage ich mich, ob Abgeordnete wirklich darüber nachdenken oder einfach nur zustimmen weil es die Partei erwartet. Ich habe wie viele andere den EU Versand eingestellt weil es einfach keinen Sinn macht für jedes Land hunderte von Euros zu bezahlen und nur eine geringe Menge an Paketen in diese Länder zu versenden. Bisher haben wir unsere Produkte oft mit gebrauchten Kartons versendet. Nun schmeißen wir diese Kartons weg, da man ja nicht weis ob diese konform sind! Den einzigen Nutzen das dieses Gesetz aktuell wirklich bringt ist es kleine Händler mehr und mehr zum Aufgeben zu zwingen, die Großen dadurch zu stärken und diversen Bevollmächtigten Geld zuzuwerfen. Die EU war wirklich eine gute Idee! Aber.....", "feedbackEnglish": "In recent years, new obligations, rules, laws have been constantly added. Every month it becomes more complicated, difficult, time-consuming and expensive for traders. The PPWR puts the crown on the whole. I really wonder if anybody is concerned about what this means for small businesses or retailers like me. I wonder even more whether MPs really think about it or simply agree because they expect the party to do so. I, like many others, stopped sending the EU because it simply makes no sense to pay hundreds of euros for each country and send only a small amount of parcels to these countries. So far, we have often shipped our products with used cartons. We are now throwing away these boxes, because we are not sure whether they are compliant! The only real benefit of this law today is increasingly to force small traders to strengthen the big ones and to raise funds for various agents. The EU was really a good idea! But.....", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563746_en"}, {"id": 33563745, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:30:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tacticalbear GmbH&CoKg", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Zusammenhang mit der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR möchten wir auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders problematischen Punkt hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Wir versenden unsere Waren bislang in mehr als 20 Länder und wollten unser internationales Geschäft eigentlich weiter ausbauen. Gerade der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleineren Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten unkompliziert zu erreichen. Die vorgesehenen nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten bewirken jedoch faktisch das Gegenteil. Bereits geringe Versandmengen in ein einzelnes EU-Land können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt, ein eigener Vertrag abgeschlossen und eine jährliche Grundgebühr bezahlt werden muss unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünftausend Pakete in dieses Land gehen. Für uns als kleines mittelständisches Unternehmen mit rund 30 Mitarbeitern, von denen der Großteil in Fertigung und Werkstatt tätig ist, ist das nicht nur eine erhebliche finanzielle Belastung. Auch der bürokratische Aufwand mit zahlreichen Registrierungen, Verträgen, Meldungen, Fristen und unterschiedlichen nationalen Anforderungen ist mit den vorhandenen personellen Ressourcen kaum noch zu bewältigen. Die Konsequenz ist bereits absehbar: Statt unser Auslandsgeschäft weiter auszubauen, werden wir die Zahl der belieferten Länder deutlich begrenzen müssen, weil sich kleinere Zielmärkte wirtschaftlich schlicht nicht mehr darstellen lassen. Dass eine europäische Regelung Unternehmen damit faktisch dazu bewegt, sich aus Teilen des Binnenmarktes zurückzuziehen, ist ein bemerkenswertes Ergebnis für einen Wirtschaftsraum, dessen Ziel eigentlich der Abbau von Handelshemmnissen ist. Wir regen daher folgende Änderungen an: Erstens sollte es für Kleinstunternehmen eine generelle Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht geben. Für kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine eigene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht entsteht. Zweitens braucht es eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Die heutige Möglichkeit, einen Dienstleister für mehrere Länder einzuschalten, genügt nicht, solange dennoch je Land eigene Verträge, Grundgebühren und Meldeprozesse erforderlich bleiben. Eine zentrale Registrierung und Meldung für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten wäre wesentlich praktikabler. Drittens müssen Verpackungsdaten europaweit nach einem einheitlichen technischen Standard gemeldet werden können. Identische Mengen- und Materialdaten sollten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung und die Finanzierung der Verpackungsentsorgung stellen wir ausdrücklich nicht grundsätzlich infrage. Entscheidend ist jedoch, dass Kosten und Bürokratie in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Mengen stehen. Große Marktteilnehmer können solche Fixkosten auf enorme Versandvolumina verteilen. Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen tragen dieselben Grundkosten bei deutlich geringerem Umsatz. In der jetzigen Ausgestaltung entsteht dadurch eine echte Marktzutrittsschwelle zulasten kleinerer Anbieter. Wir würden es daher sehr begrüßen, wenn diese praktischen Auswirkungen bei der weiteren Umsetzung berücksichtigt würden. Andernfalls wird der europäische Binnenmarkt für viele kleinere Unternehmen nicht einfacher, sondern faktisch kleiner. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Hochsieder", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, in connection with the planned implementation of the PPWR, we would like to draw attention to one particularly problematic point in our view: the obligation to appoint authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales. So far, we are shipping our goods to more than 20 countries and we wanted to further develop our international business. The European single market in particular should also allow smaller companies to easily reach customers in other Member States. However, the envisaged national obligations on registration, notification and authorised representatives do in fact have the opposite effect. Even small quantities sent to an individual EU country can lead to an authorised representative being appointed there, a separate contract being concluded and an annual basic fee having to be paid, regardless of whether five or five thousand parcels go to that country. For us, as a small and medium-sized enterprise with around 30 employees, most of whom are active in manufacturing and garage, this is not only a considerable financial burden. The administrative burden, with numerous registrations, contracts, notifications, deadlines and different national requirements, is also hardly manageable with the available human resources. The consequences are already foreseeable: Instead of further expanding our foreign business, we will have to significantly limit the number of countries supplied, because smaller target markets are simply no longer economically viable. The fact that European rules thus effectively encourage companies to withdraw from parts of the internal market is a remarkable result for an economic area whose objective is actually to reduce barriers to trade. We therefore suggest the following changes: First, there should be a general exemption for micro-enterprises from the obligation to have an authorised representative. Small and medium-sized enterprises should be subject to at least one de minimis threshold per destination country, below which no separate representative obligation arises. Secondly, a genuine European one-stop-shop solution is needed. Today’s possibility to use a service provider for several countries is not enough, as long as separate contracts, subscription fees and reporting processes remain necessary for each country. Centralised registration and reporting for all Member States would be much more feasible. Third, packaging data must be able to be reported across Europe according to a uniform technical standard. Identical quantity and material data should not need to be reprocessed for each country. We explicitly do not question the principle of extended producer responsibility and the financing of packaging disposal. However, it is crucial that costs and bureaucracy are proportionate to the quantities actually placed on the market. Large market players can spread such fixed costs over huge shipping volumes. Small and medium-sized enterprises bear the same basic costs with significantly lower turnover. As it stands, this creates a real market entry threshold to the detriment of smaller suppliers. We would therefore very much appreciate if these practical implications would be taken into account in the further implementation. Otherwise, the European single market will not become simpler for many smaller companies, but actually smaller. Yours sincerely, Peter Hochsieder", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563745_en"}, {"id": 33563744, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:29:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Inhaber", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich die Ziele der PPWR. Für kleine und mittlere Online-Händler ist der bürokratische Aufwand jedoch sehr hoch. Besonders schwierig ist die Vorgabe, sich in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat zu registrieren und gegebenenfalls einen Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen. Bei Verkäufen in mehrere Länder entstehen dadurch schnell viele unterschiedliche Ansprechpartner, Gebühren und Meldepflichten. Aus meiner Sicht wäre ein Verfahren ähnlich dem OSS-Verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer deutlich sinnvoller. Der Händler könnte seine tatsächlich in die einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten versendeten Verpackungsmengen zentral über ein EU-weites System melden. Die Mengen könnten dabei nach Verpackungsart und Zielland erfasst werden. Anschließend würde der Händler den gesamten errechneten Betrag einmal zentral an eine EU-Stelle zahlen. Diese Stelle könnte die entsprechenden Beträge anhand der gemeldeten Mengen automatisch an die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten weiterleiten. Damit hätte der Händler nur eine Registrierung, eine Meldung und eine Zahlung, anstatt sich in jedem Land mit unterschiedlichen Systemen und Bevollmächtigten auseinandersetzen zu müssen. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen wäre dies eine erhebliche Erleichterung. Gleichzeitig bliebe nachvollziehbar, welche Mengen in die einzelnen Länder geliefert wurden und welcher Mitgliedstaat welchen Betrag erhält. Zusätzlich sollte es für sehr kleine Versandmengen eine vereinfachte Regelung bzw. Bagatellgrenze geben. Der bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand sollte in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Ich würde die Europäische Kommission daher bitten, ein solches zentrales Verfahren bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR zu prüfen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Gerhard Mayer", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, In principle, I support the objectives of the PPWR. However, for small and medium-sized online traders, the administrative burden is very high. The requirement to register in each EU Member State and, if necessary, to appoint an authorised representative is particularly difficult. In the case of sales to more than one country, this quickly gives rise to many different contact points, fees and reporting obligations. In my view, a procedure similar to the OSS procedure for turnover tax would make much more sense. The distributor could report the actual quantities of packaging shipped to each Member State centrally through an EU-wide system. Quantities could be recorded by type of packaging and country of destination. The trader would then pay the entire calculated amount centrally to an EU body once. This body could automatically forward the corresponding amounts to the Member States concerned on the basis of the quantities declared. This would mean that the trader would only have one registration, one notification and one payment, instead of having to deal with different systems and authorised representatives in each country. This would make things much easier, especially for small businesses. At the same time, it would remain clear what quantities were delivered to each country and which Member State receives what amount. In addition, there should be a simplified rule or de minimis limit for very small quantities of consignments. The administrative and financial burden should be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually produced. I would therefore ask the European Commission to consider such a central procedure in the further implementation of the PPWR. Yours sincerely, Gerhard Mayer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563744_en"}, {"id": 33563743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:02:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR raubt kleinen Verkäufern jegliche Zukunft. Selbst für kleine Mengen an Verpackung (Papier in meinem Fall) bezahlt man für einen Systembeteiligungsvertrag eine unproportionale Summe. Wenn man järhlich nur eine handvoll Verkäufe macht, wovon vlt. 10% ins EU-Ausland gehen, lohnt es sich einfach nicht mehr generell ins Ausland zu verkaufen. Aber wo ist denn da die EU Verbundenheit? Diese Regelung macht vlt. für große Konzerne, die sich das Alles leisten können, Sinn, aber der kleine Verkäufer leidet. Die Tatsache, dass es hier keine Ausnahmen für geringe Verkaufssummen oder kleines Einkommen gibt, ist schon fast kriminell. Die Kleinunternehmen, die Kerzen und Artworks und Anhänger selber herstellen, werden komplett misachtet.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR deprives small sellers of any future. Even for small quantities of packaging (paper in my case), a disproportionate amount is paid for a system participation agreement. If you make only a handful of sales at a young age, of which VLT. 10 % go abroad in the EU, it is simply no longer worth selling abroad in general. But where is the EU connected? This provision makes sense for large corporations, which can afford everything, but the small seller suffers. The fact that there are no exceptions for small sales or income is already almost criminal. The small businesses that produce candles and artworks and trailers themselves are completely ignored.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563743_en"}, {"id": 33563742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 17:01:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Inhaber", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich die Ziele der PPWR: weniger Verpackungsmüll, mehr Recycling und mehr Wiederverwendung sind richtig und wichtig. Was ich jedoch für unverhältnismäßig halte, ist die konkrete Umsetzung zulasten von Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen. Ich bin Einzelunternehmerin und versende beispielsweise nur etwa 2050 Pakete pro Jahr nach Österreich. Dafür einen Bevollmächtigten im jeweiligen EU-Land sowie zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen und Gebühren organisieren und bezahlen zu müssen, steht für mich in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich anfallenden Verpackungsmengen. Auch die zusätzlichen bürokratischen Anforderungen im täglichen Versand sehe ich kritisch. Ich bemühe mich bereits seit Jahren darum, Verpackungen möglichst nachhaltig zu verwenden. Ich sammle gebrauchte Kartons beispielsweise bei Baumärkten, Friseuren sowie im Freundes- und Bekanntenkreis und verwende sie mehrfach. Nur einen kleinen Teil meiner Kartons kaufe ich neu. Dabei achte ich darauf, dass die Kartons noch stabil und für den Versand geeignet sind. Unauffällige vorhandene Aufdrucke lasse ich bestehen, auffällige überklebe ich bei Bedarf. Durch die neuen Anforderungen entsteht nun zusätzlicher Aufwand: Kartons müssen unter Umständen aufwendig neutralisiert, dokumentiert und hinsichtlich ihrer Herkunft nachvollziehbar erfasst werden. Im Alltag bedeutet das beispielsweise, jeden verwendeten Karton zu dokumentieren und festzuhalten, ob er gesammelt oder neu gekauft wurde. Dieser Aufwand steht aus meiner Sicht in keinem Verhältnis zum eigentlichen Umweltziel.Gerade kleine Unternehmen haben einen starken Anreiz, Verpackungen mehrfach zu verwenden. Verpackungsmaterial ist teuer. Ein Karton, der zwei-, drei- oder viermal verwendet wird, ist gelebte Kreislaufwirtschaft und sollte aus meiner Sicht gefördert und nicht durch zusätzliche Bürokratie erschwert werden. Auch ein gebrauchter Karton kann bereits zuvor innerhalb des Systems erfasst und beteiligt worden sein. Durch erneute Nachweispflichten entsteht dadurch zusätzlicher Verwaltungsaufwand, obwohl gerade die Wiederverwendung gefördert werden sollte. Hier wünsche ich mir ein Umdenken: weniger Kontrolle und Bürokratie, mehr Anreize für nachhaltiges Verhalten. Warum nicht beispielsweise Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen über ein vereinfachtes Verfahren entlasten oder besonders geringe Verpackungsmengen sogar fördern? Ein Bonus oder eine vereinfachte Regelung würde aus meiner Sicht einen besseren Anreiz schaffen, Verpackungen zu vermeiden und wiederzuverwenden. Auch beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand halte ich die Anforderungen für Kleinstunternehmen für unverhältnismäßig. Wenn ich lediglich 2050 Pakete im Jahr nach Österreich versende, kann ich wirtschaftlich keinen Bevollmächtigten in Österreich bezahlen. Für einen großen Konzern mögen solche Kosten tragbar sein für einen Einzelunternehmer können bereits einige hundert oder tausend Euro zusätzliche Kosten pro Land erheblich sein. Die Folge ist, dass viele kleine Unternehmen den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen. Davon betroffen sind nicht nur die Händler und ihre Kunden, sondern auch Versanddienstleister, die diese Sendungen transportieren. Die Idee der PPWR ist richtig aber die Umsetzung darf nicht dazu führen, dass gerade kleine Unternehmen aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden. Die EU steht für grenzüberschreitenden Handel und den Abbau von Grenzen. Genau diese Möglichkeit wird für viele Kleinstunternehmen nun wirtschaftlich unattraktiv. Wir wollen nachhaltig wirtschaften. Wir wollen Verpackungen wiederverwenden. Wir wollen europäisch handeln. Dafür brauchen wir aber eine Regelung, die zur Realität kleiner Unternehmen passt. Meine Forderung ist daher eine echte und praktikable Kleinunternehmerregelung, beispielsweise für Unternehmen unterhalb einer angemessenen Umsatz- und/oder Verpackungsmengengrenze. Keine Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Land, wenn dort nur wenige Sendungen anfallen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I support the objectives of the PPWR: less packaging waste, more recycling and more reuse are right and important. However, what I consider disproportionate is concrete implementation to the detriment of micro and small enterprises. I am a sole trader and, for example, send only around 2050 parcels per year to Austria. For me, having to organise and pay an authorised representative in the respective EU country, as well as additional registrations, notifications and fees, is disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes involved. I also take a critical view of the additional bureaucratic requirements in daily shipping. I have been striving for years to use packaging as sustainably as possible. I collect used cartons from, for example, building stores, hairdressers, friends and acquaintances, and use them several times. I buy only a small part of my cartons. In so doing, I shall ensure that the cartons are still stable and suitable for shipping. I leave unobtrusive existing printouts in place, and I overstick if necessary. The new requirements will create additional burdens: Cartons may have to be extensively neutralised, documented and traceable as to their origin. In everyday life, this means, for example, documenting each cardboard used and recording whether it was collected or newly purchased. In my view, this burden is disproportionate to the actual environmental objective, since small businesses have a strong incentive to use packaging more than once. Packaging is expensive. A cardboard used twice, three or four times is a living circular economy and should, in my view, be promoted and not be hampered by additional bureaucracy. A used carton may also have been previously recorded and involved in the system. This creates an additional administrative burden as a result of new obligations to provide evidence, even though reuse should be encouraged. I would like to change my mind: less control and bureaucracy, more incentives for sustainable behaviour. Why not, for example, relieve micro-enterprises with low packaging volumes through a simplified procedure or even encourage particularly low packaging volumes? A bonus or a simplified scheme would, in my view, create a better incentive to avoid and reuse packaging. I also consider the requirements for micro-enterprises to be disproportionate in the case of cross-border shipping. If I send only 2050 parcels a year to Austria, I cannot pay an authorised representative in Austria economically. For a large group of companies, such costs may be bearable for a sole trader. A few hundred or a thousand euros of additional costs per country may already be significant. As a result, many small businesses have to stop shipping to other EU countries. This affects not only traders and their customers, but also shipping service providers transporting these consignments. The idea of the PPWR is right, but implementation must not lead to small businesses in particular being pushed out of the European single market. The EU stands for cross-border trade and the dismantling of borders. It is precisely this possibility that is now becoming economically unattractive for many micro-enterprises. We want to be sustainable. We want to reuse packaging. We want to act European. But to do so, we need a regulation that fits the reality of small businesses. My request is therefore a genuine and workable small business scheme, for example for companies below a reasonable turnover and/or packaging volume limit. No authorised representatives in any EU country where only a small number of consignments are produced.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563742_en"}, {"id": 33563741, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:57:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stickman Records", "feedback": "As an EU-based company and resident, it was an odd feeling indeed to disable all EU sales from our web shop. What happened to free trade between the EU states? We've survived a lot of things in our 30 years as a company: new rules, new regulations, the covid lockdowns, Brexit, USA tariffs, our distributors dying out, bricks-and-mortar shops going under etc., but we have managed to set up a thriving mailorder business for our music (we're a record label) that sells LPs and CDs worldwide. Well, no longer to our EU neighbors. The requirement to have national authorized representatives in each EU country is an insurmountable hurdle for a company of our size, which is the livelihood of three people and quite a few (European) bands. While we were always able to find a good technical solution in the past for new laws (such as OSS, which actually makes sense), we have no solution to this one other than to stop selling in the EU and hope that the laws are amended. Meanwhile, Amazon, TEMU and Shein, to mention just 3 of the biggest players, are laughing all the way to the bank while their small competitors around the world are shut out of this market, even when said small businesses are part of the market themselves. For them the requirements cost pocket change, so we can continue to be bombarded with cheap plastic crap from China while watching our friends and fellow small businesses go under. Bravo! Why on earth didn't you simultaneously set up a One Stop Shop for this? It just makes no sense.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU-based company and resident, it was an odd feeling indeed to disable all EU sales from our web shop. What happened to free trade between the EU states? We've survived a lot of things in our 30 years as a company: new rules, new regulations, the covid lockdowns, Brexit, USA tariffs, our distributors dying out, bricks-and-mortar shops going under etc., but we have managed to set up a thriving mailorder business for our music (we're a record label) that sells LPs and CDs worldwide. Well, no longer to our EU neighbors. The requirement to have national authorized representatives in each EU country is an insurmountable hurdle for a company of our size, which is the livelihood of three people and quite a few (European) bands. While we were always able to find a good technical solution in the past for new laws (such as OSS, which actually makes sense), we have no solution to this one other than to stop selling in the EU and hope that the laws are amended. Meanwhile, Amazon, TEMU and Shein, to mention just 3 of the biggest players, are laughing all the way to the bank while their small competitors around the world are shut out of this market, even when said small businesses are part of the market themselves. For them the requirements cost pocket change, so we can continue to be bombarded with cheap plastic crap from China while watching our friends and fellow small businesses go under. Bravo! Why on earth didn't you simultaneously set up a One Stop Shop for this? It just makes no sense.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563741_en"}, {"id": 33563740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:56:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lindner Druck OHG", "feedback": "Wo ist der Bürokratieabbau von dem seit Jahren gesprochen wird? Die PPWR ist ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, wie europäische Regulierung kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen mit immer neuen Bürokratie- und Dokumentationspflichten belastet, ohne einen entsprechenden praktischen oder ökologischen Mehrwert zu schaffen. Als kleine Druckerei verwenden wir handelsübliche Kartons und Verpackungsmaterialien, die wir von europäischen Herstellern und Händlern beziehen. Wir produzieren keine Verpackungen und haben auf deren Materialzusammensetzung oder Recyclingfähigkeit praktisch keinen Einfluss. Trotzdem sollen wir uns mit neuen Nachweis-, Dokumentations- und Informationspflichten beschäftigen, Lieferantenerklärungen einholen, Unterlagen archivieren und interne Abläufe anpassen. Das ist aus unserer Sicht vollkommen unverhältnismäßig. Wenn ein Verpackungshersteller einen Karton ordnungsgemäß in der EU in Verkehr bringt, muss dessen Konformität geklärt sein. Es kann nicht Aufgabe jedes einzelnen kleinen Unternehmens sein, diese Anforderungen entlang der Lieferkette erneut zu prüfen und zu dokumentieren. Der europäische Mittelstand braucht nicht noch mehr Formulare, Nachweise und Compliance-Pflichten. Wir brauchen Zeit für unsere Kunden, unsere Mitarbeiter, Investitionen und unsere eigentliche Arbeit! Die ständig wachsende Bürokratie hat inzwischen ein Maß erreicht, das für kleine Unternehmen kaum noch nachvollziehbar ist. Jede neue Verordnung bringt weitere Pflichten, Prüfungen und Dokumentationen und am Ende trägt der Mittelstand die Kosten. Umweltschutz wird nicht dadurch besser, dass tausende kleine Unternehmen dieselben Informationen mehrfach dokumentieren. Die PPWR muss deshalb für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen drastisch vereinfacht werden oder gar abgeschafft werden. Wer fertige, bereits EU-konforme Verpackungen lediglich einkauft und verwendet, sollte von zusätzlichen Nachweis- und Dokumentationspflichten befreit sein. Der Mittelstand braucht weniger Bürokratie nicht die nächste Verordnung, die noch mehr davon produziert.", "feedbackEnglish": "Where are we talking about cutting red tape for years? The PPWR is another example of how European regulation is burdening small and medium-sized enterprises with ever-increasing red tape and documentation requirements, without creating corresponding practical or environmental added value. As a small print shop, we use commercial cartons and packaging materials that we purchase from European producers and distributors. We do not produce packaging and have virtually no influence on its material composition or recyclability. Nevertheless, we should deal with new requirements for evidence, documentation and information, obtain supplier’s declarations, archive documents and adapt internal procedures. In our view, this is completely disproportionate. If a packaging manufacturer places a carton properly on the EU market, its compliance needs to be clarified. It cannot be the task of every single small enterprise to re-examine and document these requirements along the supply chain. European SMEs do not need more forms, evidence and compliance obligations. We need time for our customers, our staff, investments and our actual work! The ever-increasing bureaucracy has now reached a level that is difficult to understand for small businesses. Every new regulation brings further obligations, checks and documentation, and ultimately SMEs bear the costs. Environmental protection is not improved by thousands of small companies documenting the same information several times. The PPWR must therefore be drastically simplified or even abolished for small and medium-sized enterprises. Anyone who merely purchases and uses packaging that is already in conformity with EU rules should be exempt from additional obligations to provide proof and documentation. Small and medium-sized enterprises do not need less red tape in the next regulation, which produces even more of it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563740_en"}, {"id": 33563738, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:39:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "In De Ronde Toren", "feedback": "Dear Sir/Madam, I run a small webshop in second-hand books. I would like to give an example: in 2025 i shipped just over 3 kg of packaging material to Belgium. With the currect rates that should cost 2,60 euro EPR tariff (fair enough) + 330,00 euro (excl. VAT) for handling and representation in Belgium: 332,60 euro for just over 3 kg of packaging material. For other countries these numbers are pretty much the same: the costs of handling and representation are often more than 100 x the costs of the actual EPR tariffs. I discontinued trading to most EU-countries. I only sell in the Netherlands (where i'm based), Belgium and Germany, i might discontinue Germany as well or even stop selling books altogether. Please have some consideration for small businesses and simplify the process of handling EPR-fees. For example a treshold of 300 kg as was the case in some countries (including Belgium), or let EPR-fees below this treshold be handled in the country of shipment. As things are now i seriously consider stop selling books after more than 30 years. This would affect many researchers, academics and other readers. EU-regulations should not hinder the spread of knowledge and books, nor should they make the existence of small business impossible. As it is now these regulations are killing for some businesses. Kind regards, Henry Kampherbeek In De Ronde Toren", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I run a small webshop in second-hand books. I would like to give an example: in 2025 i shipped just over 3 kg of packaging material to Belgium. With the currect rates that should cost 2,60 euro EPR tariff (fair enough) + 330,00 euro (excl. VAT) for handling and representation in Belgium: 332,60 euro for just over 3 kg of packaging material. For other countries these numbers are pretty much the same: the costs of handling and representation are often more than 100 x the costs of the actual EPR tariffs. I discontinued trading to most EU-countries. I only sell in the Netherlands (where i'm based), Belgium and Germany, i might discontinue Germany as well or even stop selling books altogether. Please have some consideration for small businesses and simplify the process of handling EPR-fees. For example a treshold of 300 kg as was the case in some countries (including Belgium), or let EPR-fees below this treshold be handled in the country of shipment. As things are now i seriously consider stop selling books after more than 30 years. This would affect many researchers, academics and other readers. EU-regulations should not hinder the spread of knowledge and books, nor should they make the existence of small business impossible. As it is now these regulations are killing for some businesses. Kind regards, Henry Kampherbeek In De Ronde Toren", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563738_en"}, {"id": 33563737, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:32:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Claudius Fuchs", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin seit 27 Jahren selbstständig und betreibe einen kleinen stationären Laden und damit verbunden auch einen kleinen Onlineshop. Ich habe keine Rechtsabteilung, keine Compliance-Abteilung und keinen Mitarbeiterstab. Ich bin ein ganz normaler Kleinstunternehmer, der versucht, sein Unternehmen durch immer schwierigere Zeiten zu führen. Was mit der PPWR und insbesondere der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel geplant ist, macht mich nicht nur wütend, sondern ehrlich gesagt auch enttäuscht von der Europäischen Union. Wenn bereits wenige Verkäufe in ein anderes EU-Land dazu führen, dass ich dort einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten bestellen, Verträge abschließen und zusätzliche Meldepflichten erfüllen muss, dann ist das keine Förderung des Binnenmarktes. Es ist eine bürokratische Marktzutrittsschranke. Ein Kleinstunternehmer kann nicht für zehn oder zwanzig Länder jeweils neue Fixkosten und Verwaltungsstrukturen finanzieren. Die Konsequenz ist einfach: Man verkauft dort nicht mehr. Damit schafft die EU Stück für Stück genau das ab, was sie eigentlich ermöglichen wollte: einen gemeinsamen europäischen Markt. Nach 27 Jahren Selbstständigkeit frage ich mich zunehmend, wer solche Regelungen entwirft und ob dabei überhaupt noch jemand berücksichtigt, wie kleine Unternehmen in der Realität arbeiten. Es entsteht der Eindruck, dass Vorschriften von Menschen geschaffen werden, die die wirtschaftlichen Folgen ihrer Entscheidungen selbst nie tragen mussten. Und genau diese Art von Politik sorgt dafür, dass immer mehr Bürger und Unternehmer das Vertrauen in die europäischen Institutionen verlieren. Wer sich anschließend über den Zulauf zu EU-kritischen oder rechten Parteien wundert, sollte auch darüber nachdenken, welchen Anteil praxisferne und unverhältnismäßige Regulierung daran hat. Ich möchte keine Sonderbehandlung. Ich möchte lediglich vernünftige und verhältnismäßige Regeln. Für Kleinstunternehmen braucht es Ausnahmen oder echte Bagatellgrenzen und vor allem eine zentrale europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt 27 verschiedener Systeme, Verträge und Gebühren. Ich kämpfe seit 27 Jahren dafür, mein Unternehmen am Leben zu halten. Ich hätte nicht erwartet, dass mir ausgerechnet die Europäische Union das Wirtschaften innerhalb Europas immer schwerer macht. Das ist für mich schlicht nicht mehr nachvollziehbar. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Claudius Fuchs", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been self-employed for 27 years and run a small brick-and-mortar shop, including a small online shop. I do not have a legal department, a compliance department or a staff. I am an ordinary micro-entrepreneur who tries to run his business through increasingly difficult times. What the PPWR, and in particular the obligation to act as an authorised representative, intends to do for cross-border trade not only makes me angry, but also, honestly, disappointed by the European Union. If a small number of sales to another EU country mean that I have to appoint a paid agent there, conclude contracts and fulfil additional reporting obligations, this is not a promotion of the internal market. It is a bureaucratic barrier to entry. A micro-entrepreneur cannot finance new fixed costs and administrative structures for 10 or 20 countries. The consequence is simple: They are no longer sold there. By doing so, the EU is cutting off what it actually wanted to make possible: a common European market. After 27 years of self-employment, I am increasingly wondering who is designing such rules and whether anyone still takes into account how small businesses actually work. It gives the impression that rules are created by people who have never had to bear the economic consequences of their decisions themselves. And it is precisely this type of policy that is causing an increasing number of citizens and entrepreneurs to lose trust in the European institutions. Anyone who subsequently wonders about the emergence of EU-critical or right-wing parties should also reflect on the proportion of regulation that is impractical and disproportionate. I do not want special treatment I just want to have sensible and proportionate rules. For micro-enterprises, there is a need for exemptions or genuine de minimis thresholds and, above all, for a centralised European one-stop-shop solution instead of 27 different systems, contracts and fees. I have been fighting for 27 years to keep my business alive. I would not have expected the European Union to make it increasingly difficult for me to do business in Europe. For me, this is simply no longer understandable. Yours sincerely, Claudius Fuchs", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563737_en"}, {"id": 33563736, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:29:11", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die von Donald Trump verhängten Zölle wurden seinerzeit vielfach mit Spott quittiert. Tatsächlich lassen sie sich jedoch sinngemäß als eine Art Eintrittsgebühr für ausländische Marktteilnehmer in den US-Markt interpretieren. Weitaus weniger belustigend ist hingegen die regulatorische Verzerrung, die in der PPWR auf EU-Ebene zum Ausdruck kommt: Marktakteure innerhalb der Europäischen Union, die bereits in ihren jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten Abgaben und Lizenzgebühren für Verpackungen entrichten, sollen nun zusätzlich faktisch eine Eintrittsgebühr für den Zugang zum EU-Binnenmarkt leisten. Der europäische Verpackungsmarkt ist bereits heute in hohem Maße reguliert. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt sich die berechtigte Frage, wie insbesondere jene Marktteilnehmer wirksam in die Verantwortung genommen werden können, die maßgeblich zur Umweltbelastung beitragen. Dies betrifft insbesondere Versender aus China sowie aus anderen Nicht-EU-Staaten, die den europäischen Regelungen nicht in gleichem Maße unterliegen, zugleich jedoch einen erheblichen Anteil am Versand- und damit auch am Verpackungsaufkommen verursachen. Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint es naheliegend, die Frage zu stellen, ob diese Akteure tatsächlich denselben regulatorischen und finanziellen Verpflichtungen unterliegen wie Marktteilnehmer innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Nach heutigem Stand ist dies aus meiner Sicht nicht der Fall. Der aktuelle Fall ist ein klassisches Beispiel für das wiederkehrende Muster vieler EU-Entscheidungen: Der Versuch, ein bestehendes Problem zu beseitigen, führt in der Praxis häufig zur Entstehung neuer Fehlanreize und zusätzlicher Belastungen. Statt eine strukturelle Verbesserung herbeizuführen, werden bestehende Ungleichgewichte nicht selten durch neue Regulierungen lediglich verlagert oder sogar verschärft.", "feedbackEnglish": "Die von Donald Trump verhängten Zölle wurden seinerzeit vielfach mit Spott quittiert. Tatsächlich lassen sie sich jedoch sinngemäß als eine Art Eintrittsgebühr für ausländische Marktteilnehmer in den US-Markt interpretieren. Weitaus weniger belustigend ist hingegen die regulatorische Verzerrung, die in der PPWR auf EU-Ebene zum Ausdruck kommt: Marktakteure innerhalb der Europäischen Union, die bereits in ihren jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten Abgaben und Lizenzgebühren für Verpackungen entrichten, sollen nun zusätzlich faktisch eine Eintrittsgebühr für den Zugang zum EU-Binnenmarkt leisten. Der europäische Verpackungsmarkt ist bereits heute in hohem Maße reguliert. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt sich die berechtigte Frage, wie insbesondere jene Marktteilnehmer wirksam in die Verantwortung genommen werden können, die maßgeblich zur Umweltbelastung beitragen. Dies betrifft insbesondere Versender aus China sowie aus anderen Nicht-EU-Staaten, die den europäischen Regelungen nicht in gleichem Maße unterliegen, zugleich jedoch einen erheblichen Anteil am Versand- und damit auch am Verpackungsaufkommen verursachen. Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint es naheliegend, die Frage zu stellen, ob diese Akteure tatsächlich denselben regulatorischen und finanziellen Verpflichtungen unterliegen wie Marktteilnehmer innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Nach heutigem Stand ist dies aus meiner Sicht nicht der Fall. Der aktuelle Fall ist ein klassisches Beispiel für das wiederkehrende Muster vieler EU-Entscheidungen: Der Versuch, ein bestehendes Problem zu beseitigen, führt in der Praxis häufig zur Entstehung neuer Fehlanreize und zusätzlicher Belastungen. Statt eine strukturelle Verbesserung herbeizuführen, werden bestehende Ungleichgewichte nicht selten durch neue Regulierungen lediglich verlagert oder sogar verschärft.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563736_en"}, {"id": 33563735, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:28:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für kleine und kleinste Unternehmen sind die wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen dieser Regelung erheblich und werden aus meiner Sicht massiv unterschätzt. Was für große Unternehmen ein zusätzlicher Complianceposten ist, kann für einen Kleinstbetrieb darüber entscheiden, ob ein Markt überhaupt noch wirtschaftlich bedient werden kann. Große Händler verteilen Fixkosten für Bevollmächtigte, Registrierungen und Administration auf zehntausende oder Millionen Sendungen. Kleine Händler tragen dieselben Fixkosten möglicherweise für fünf, zehn oder zwanzig Bestellungen im Jahr. Das ist keine verhältnismäßige Belastung. Die Konsequenz wird deshalb in vielen Fällen nicht sein, dass kleine Unternehmen die zusätzlichen Kosten einfach akzeptieren, sondern dass sie ihre Lieferländer drastisch reduzieren und sich wieder auf ihren jeweiligen Heimatmarkt zurückziehen. Damit trifft die Regelung ausgerechnet diejenigen besonders hart, für die der europäische Binnenmarkt eine enorme wirtschaftliche Chance sein sollte: kleine spezialisierte Händler, Manufakturen, Kreative, Start-ups und Nischenanbieter, die über den Onlinehandel erstmals ohne Niederlassungen und große Vertriebsstrukturen Kunden in ganz Europa erreichen können. Für viele dieser Unternehmen ist nicht ein einzelner ausländischer Markt entscheidend, sondern die Summe vieler kleiner Umsätze aus unterschiedlichen EU-Ländern. Genau dieses Geschäftsmodell wird durch fixe Kosten pro Land wirtschaftlich unattraktiv. Besonders problematisch ist die Wettbewerbswirkung: Ein Konzern kann zusätzliche Compliancekosten problemlos skalieren, ein Kleinstunternehmen nicht. Damit entsteht faktisch ein weiterer Größenvorteil für große Plattformen und Marktteilnehmer, während kleinen Anbietern der Zugang zu europäischen Kunden erschwert wird. Die Folge dürfte nicht nur eine Konzentration des Onlinehandels auf größere Unternehmen sein, sondern auch weniger Vielfalt, weniger spezialisierte Angebote und weniger Wettbewerb. Noch widersprüchlicher wird die Situation angesichts der Milliarden niedrigwertigen E-Commerce-Sendungen, die jährlich aus Drittstaaten in die EU gelangen. Es ist kleinen europäischen Unternehmern kaum zu vermitteln, warum der Verkauf weniger Pakete an Kunden im europäischen Nachbarland wirtschaftlich zunehmend unattraktiv wird, während der europäische Markt gleichzeitig mit enormen Mengen internationaler E-Commerce-Sendungen beliefert wird. Die entscheidende Konsequenz wird daher möglicherweise gar nicht in einer spektakulären Zahl von Unternehmensschließungen sichtbar werden. Sie wird viel leiser stattfinden: Händler streichen Frankreich. Sie streichen Italien. Sie streichen Spanien, Belgien, Österreich oder die Niederlande. Andere verzichten von Anfang an auf eine Expansion innerhalb Europas. Manche werden bei ohnehin knappen Margen ganz aufgeben. Am Ende wird niemand exakt erfassen können, wie viele Umsätze, Geschäftsideen und Wachstumschancen dadurch verloren gegangen sind. Der europäische Binnenmarkt besteht dann für Kleinstunternehmen zwar weiterhin auf dem Papier, wirtschaftlich wird er jedoch wieder in nationale Märkte zerlegt. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großkonzerne. Gleiche Fixkosten bedeuten bei völlig unterschiedlichen Umsätzen keine gleiche Belastung. Wenn europäische Regulierung dazu führt, dass ein kleines Unternehmen wirtschaftlich vernünftiger handelt, wenn es nicht mehr an einen Kunden im europäischen Nachbarland verkauft, dann ist das für den europäischen Binnenmarkt ein alarmierendes Ergebnis.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small and micro-enterprises, the economic consequences of this rule are significant and, in my view, massively underestimated. What constitutes an additional compliance item for large companies can determine for a micro-entity whether a market can still be economically served at all. Large traders spread fixed costs for authorised representatives, registrations and administration over tens of thousands or millions of items. Small traders may bear the same fixed costs for 5, 10 or 20 orders per year. This is not a proportionate burden. The consequence will therefore in many cases not be that small companies simply accept the additional costs, but that they drastically reduce their supplier countries and return to their respective home markets. The rules therefore hit particularly hard those for whom the European single market should be a huge economic opportunity: small specialised traders, manufacturers, creators, start-ups and niche providers that can reach customers across Europe for the first time through online sales without branches and large distribution structures. For many of these companies, it is not a single foreign market that matters, but the sum of many small sales from different EU countries. It is precisely this business model that becomes economically unattractive due to fixed costs per country. The competitive impact is particularly problematic: A group can easily scale additional compliance costs, not a micro-enterprise. This effectively creates a further advantage in terms of scale for large platforms and market players, while making it more difficult for small providers to access European customers. This is likely to lead not only to a concentration of e-commerce on larger companies, but also to less diversity, less specialised offers and less competition. The situation is even more contradictory given the billions of low-value e-commerce shipments entering the EU each year from third countries. It is hard to explain to small European entrepreneurs why the sale of fewer parcels to customers in Europe’s neighbouring country is becoming increasingly economically unattractive, while at the same time the European market is supplied with huge volumes of international e-commerce mailings. The decisive consequence may therefore not be apparent at all in a spectacular number of company closures. It will be much quieter: Traders delete France. They delete Italy. They delete Spain, Belgium, Austria or the Netherlands. Others refrain from expanding within Europe from the outset. Some will give up completely when margins are already tight. In the end, nobody will be able to know exactly how many sales, business ideas and growth opportunities have been lost as a result. The European single market will then continue to exist on paper for micro-enterprises, but economically it will be broken down back into national markets. Small companies are not small large companies. The same fixed costs do not impose the same burden on completely different transactions. If European regulation results in a small business acting more economically if it no longer sells to a customer in the European neighbouring country, then this is an alarming result for the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563735_en"}, {"id": 33563734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:11:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lebendiges Holz", "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmer im Online-Handel seit 20 Jahren bitte ich folgende Stichpunkte zu Bedenken: Beauftragte in jedem EU-Land: Für Kleinstunternehmen organisatorisch kaum machbar Zusätzliche Kosten für externe Dienstleister In keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu geringen Umsätzen im Ausland Gefahr, dass kleine Händler bestimmte EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern Mehr statt weniger Bürokratie: Politisch wird immer wieder Bürokratieabbau versprochen Die PPWR schafft jedoch zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Nachweis- und Dokumentationspflichten Besonders problematisch für Ein-Personen-Unternehmen und Kleinstbetriebe Gefahr für kleine Online-Shops: Zusätzliche Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand können grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf unrentabel machen Manche Unternehmen könnten ihr Geschäft ganz aufgeben Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken der EU: Ziel der EU: Abbau von Grenzen und Erleichterung des grenzüberschreitenden Handels Der Binnenmarkt sollte gerade kleinen Unternehmen neue Absatzmärkte ermöglichen Neue nationale Beauftragte und zusätzliche Pflichten schaffen faktisch neue bürokratische Grenzen Frage: Wo bleibt der Vorteil des europäischen Binnenmarktes für Kleinstunternehmen? Einfachere Lösung wäre möglich: Verpackungslieferanten könnten Registrierung, Lizenzierung und Entsorgung zentral übernehmen Kosten könnten in den Verkaufspreis der Verpackungen eingerechnet werden Weniger Bürokratie bei den Unternehmen, die die Verpackungen letztlich verwenden Einfacher, transparenter und kostensparender für alle Beteiligten Gefahr für Handwerker und Künstler: Viele kleine Anbieter verkaufen europaweit über Online-Shops Zusätzliche Pflichten könnten dazu führen, dass sie bestimmte Länder nicht mehr beliefern Weniger grenzüberschreitender Handel Weniger Vielfalt und Auswahl für Verbraucher in Europa Vorteil für große Versandhändler: Große Unternehmen können zusätzliche Verwaltungskosten leichter auffangen Eigene Rechts-, Steuer- und Compliance-Abteilungen vorhanden Kleine Anbieter werden dadurch relativ stärker belastet Gefahr einer weiteren Konzentration des Marktes auf große Anbieter Bedrohung kleiner Existenzen: Viele Kleinstunternehmen wurden über Jahre mühsam aufgebaut Zusätzliche Kosten können für manche existenzbedrohend sein Geschäftsaufgaben oder Rückzug aus dem EU-weiten Versand möglich Im schlimmsten Fall Verlust von Selbstständigkeit und Belastung der Sozialsysteme Grundsätzlich: Einheitliche EU-Regeln sind sinnvoll Unternehmen brauchen klare und überall gleiche Vorgaben: Problematisch ist nicht die europäische Vereinheitlichung an sich Problematisch ist, wenn Vereinheitlichung gleichzeitig mehr Bürokratie und höhere Kosten bedeutet Fazit: Die Ziele der PPWR sind nachvollziehbar aber die Umsetzung darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine europäische Unternehmen durch Bürokratie aus dem Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small e-commerce business for 20 years, I would like to raise the following concerns: Delegates in each EU country: Organisationally hardly feasible for micro-enterprises Additional costs for external service providers Not proportionate to low turnover abroad Risk that small traders no longer supply certain EU countries More rather than less red tape: The PPWR, however, creates additional registration, evidence and documentation requirements, which are particularly problematic for one-person businesses and micro-enterprises. Additional costs and administrative burdens can make cross-border sales unprofitable. Some companies could abandon their business completely contrary to the basic idea of the EU: EU commitment: Reducing borders and facilitating cross-border trade The internal market should enable new outlets for small businesses in particular. New national correspondents and additional obligations create new bureaucratic borders. Question: Where will the advantage of the European single market for micro-enterprises remain? A simpler solution would be possible: Packaging suppliers could centrally cover registration, licensing and disposal costs could be included in the selling price of the packaging. Less red tape for the companies that ultimately use the packaging. Simpler, more transparent and less costly for all involved. Threat to craftsmen and artists: Many small traders sell across Europe via online shops Additional obligations could lead to them no longer supplying certain countries Less cross-border trade Less diversity and choice for consumers in Europe Benefit for large distance sellers: For large companies, additional administrative costs can be more easily absorbed by own legal, tax and compliance departments. Therefore, small providers are relatively more exposed to the risk of further market concentration towards large providers Threat to small livelihoods: Many micro-enterprises have been laboriously built up over the years. Additional costs may threaten the very existence of some businesses or may withdraw from EU-wide shipping. In the worst-case scenario, the loss of autonomy and the burden on social security systems is fundamental: A single set of EU rules makes sense. Companies need clear and uniform rules everywhere: European standardisation is not a problem per se, if at the same time it means more bureaucracy and higher costs, the conclusion is that: The objectives of the PPWR are understandable, but implementation must not lead to small European companies being pushed out of the single market by red tape", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563734_en"}, {"id": 33563733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:10:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Vinos de Canarias", "feedback": "Guten Tag, herzlichen Dank für die Möglichkeit der Stellungnahme. Die Umsetzung dieser Verordnung ist in der derzeitigen Form eine große Einschränkung für den innereuropäischen Handel. Kleine Unternehmen werden aktiv daran gehindert, Waren in andere EU-Länder zu versenden, da die Registrierung und die Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten in anderen EU-Staaten zum einen oftmals an sprachlichen Hürden scheitert, vor allem aber Kosten verursacht, die die zu erzielenden Umsätze bei Weitem übersteigen. So haben wir in der Vergangenheit in die meisten EU-Staaten nur etwa 1 oder 2 Pakete versendet. Es ist völlig undenkbar, damit die Kosten von mehreren 100 Euro pro Staat zu erwirtschaften. Deshalb haben wir den EU-Versand zum 12.08.2026 vollständig eingestellt. Die einzig denkbare Lösung wäre es ähnlich der Mehrwertsteuer eine zentrale EU-weite Abwicklung der Verpackungsregistierung und -Lizenzierung zu ermöglichen und auf die Bevollmächtigten zu verzichten. Zudem sollte die Verordnung dahingehend geändert werden, dass dieselbe Verpackung nicht mehrfach lizenziert werden muss, weil sie nicht innerhalb desselben Landes sondern in einen anderen Staat verschickt wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you very much for the opportunity to comment. The implementation of this Regulation in its current form is a major constraint on intra-European trade. Small businesses are actively prevented from sending goods to other EU countries because, on the one hand, registration and the appointment of authorised representatives in other EU countries often suffer from language barriers and, on the other hand, above all, generate costs that far exceed the turnover to be achieved. For example, in the past we sent only around 1 or 2 parcels to most EU countries. It is completely unthinkable to generate the costs of several EUR 100 per State. That is why we stopped EU transit completely on 12 August 2026. The only conceivable solution, similar to VAT, would be to enable packaging regulation and licensing to be carried out centrally throughout the EU and to dispense with the authorised representatives. In addition, the Regulation should be amended so that the same packaging does not have to be licensed more than once because it is not shipped within the same country but to another country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563733_en"}, {"id": 33563732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 16:07:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ZauberDeko.de Kai Obermüller", "feedback": "Wir begrüßen grundsätzlich das Ziel, durch die Erfassung der Verpackungsmengen mehr Transparenz zu schaffen und eine verlässliche Datengrundlage für die europäische Verpackungspolitik zu erhalten. Die im Entwurf vorgesehenen Anforderungen führen jedoch insbesondere für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand. Besonders kritisch sehen wir die Verpflichtung, in jedem betroffenen Mitgliedstaat einen externen Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen. Die Suche, Beauftragung und laufende Betreuung eines solchen Vertreters ist zeitaufwendig und mit erheblichen Kosten verbunden. Für Unternehmen, die nur geringe Verpackungsmengen in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr bringen, können diese Kosten außer Verhältnis zum dort erzielten Umsatz stehen. Wenn sämtliche notwendigen Unternehmens- und Verpackungsdaten bereits zuverlässig in einem Register hinterlegt werden, sollte dies aus unserer Sicht grundsätzlich ausreichen. Zumindest sollten für Kleinunternehmen und geringe Mengen vereinfachte oder alternative Verfahren vorgesehen werden. Darüber hinaus wäre eine tatsächlich einheitliche, zentrale EU-Meldeplattform sehr wünschenswert. Unternehmen sollten ihre Daten einmalig erfassen und anschließend für alle betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten verwenden können. Es widerspricht dem Ziel einer europäischen Harmonisierung, wenn identische oder nahezu identische Angaben weiterhin auf unterschiedlichen nationalen Plattformen mehrfach hinterlegt und gepflegt werden müssen. Eine zentrale Meldestelle mit automatischer Weiterleitung an die zuständigen nationalen Behörden würde Fehler vermeiden und den Verwaltungsaufwand deutlich reduzieren. Auch die vorgesehene detaillierte Aufschlüsselung sämtlicher Einzelteile und Materialbestandteile einer Verpackung stellt für Kleinunternehmen eine erhebliche Belastung dar. Die Meldung der insgesamt in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen halten wir grundsätzlich für sinnvoll, da sie wichtige Erkenntnisse über die tatsächlichen Verwendungsmengen liefert. Die Erfassung jedes einzelnen Bestandteils und jedes Materialanteils in der vorgesehenen Detailtiefe ist für kleinere Unternehmen jedoch kaum realistisch. Häufig liegen die notwendigen Daten nicht unmittelbar vor und müssen mit erheblichem Aufwand bei Lieferanten angefordert, geprüft und fortlaufend aktualisiert werden. Wir regen daher an, für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen deutlich vereinfachte Meldepflichten einzuführen. Denkbar wären zusammengefasste Materialkategorien, angemessene Mengenschwellen, standardisierte Pauschalwerte für typische Verpackungsarten sowie Ausnahmen von besonders detaillierten Berichtspflichten. Die vorgesehenen Erleichterungen für Unternehmen unterhalb der Grenze von zehn Tonnen sind ein sinnvoller Ansatz, sollten jedoch weiter ausgebaut werden. Kleinunternehmen sehen sich inzwischen in sehr kurzen Abständen mit neuen gesetzlichen Vorgaben und notwendigen Anpassungen konfrontiert. Die fortlaufende Umsetzung, Dokumentation und technische Pflege dieser Anforderungen bindet erhebliche personelle und finanzielle Ressourcen. Dadurch bleibt immer weniger Zeit für das eigentliche Tagesgeschäft, die Betreuung der Kundinnen und Kunden sowie die Weiterentwicklung des Unternehmens. Wir bitten deshalb darum, bei der endgültigen Ausgestaltung des Entwurfs den Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit stärker zu berücksichtigen. Umweltpolitische Ziele und eine aussagekräftige Datenerhebung sind wichtig. Die dafür vorgesehenen Maßnahmen sollten jedoch praktikabel, bezahlbar und insbesondere für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen mit vertretbarem Aufwand umsetzbar sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, we welcome the objective of increasing transparency by recording packaging volumes and providing a reliable data basis for European packaging policy. However, the draft requirements impose a disproportionate administrative and financial burden, especially on small and micro-enterprises. We are particularly critical of the obligation to appoint an external representative in each Member State concerned. Finding, commissioning and maintaining such a representative is time-consuming and costly. For undertakings which place only small quantities of packaging on the market of a Member State, those costs may be disproportionate to the turnover generated in that Member State. In our view, if all the necessary company and packaging data are already reliably stored in a register, this should in principle be sufficient. At the very least, simplified or alternative procedures should be provided for small enterprises and small quantities. In addition, a truly single, centralised EU reporting platform would be highly desirable. Companies should be able to collect their data once and then use it for all Member States concerned. It is contrary to the objective of European harmonisation if identical or almost identical information must continue to be filed and maintained more than once on different national platforms. An FIU with automatic referral to national competent authorities would avoid errors and significantly reduce the administrative burden. The proposed detailed breakdown of all the individual parts and material components of a package is also a significant burden for small businesses. In principle, we consider the reporting of the total quantities of packaging placed on the market to be useful, as it provides important information on the actual quantities of packaging used. However, it is hardly realistic for smaller companies to record each individual component and each part of the material at the level of detail provided. Often the necessary data are not readily available and need to be requested from suppliers, checked and continuously updated with considerable effort. We therefore encourage the introduction of significantly simplified reporting obligations for small and micro enterprises. This could include grouping material categories, appropriate quantitative thresholds, standardised flat-rate values for typical packaging types, and exemptions from particularly detailed reporting requirements. The simplifications foreseen for companies below the 10 tonnes threshold are a useful approach, but should be further developed. Small businesses are now faced with new legal requirements and necessary adjustments at very short intervals. The continued implementation, documentation and technical maintenance of these requirements requires significant human and financial resources. As a result, there is less and less time left for actual day-to-day business, customer support and business development. We would therefore ask that greater account be taken of the principle of proportionality in the final design of the draft. Environmental objectives and meaningful data collection are important. However, the measures envisaged for this purpose should be practicable, affordable and feasible with reasonable effort, especially for small and micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563732_en"}, {"id": 33563731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:40:33", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Comment on the PPWR Regulation (2025/40) impact on small artists and craftspeople selling online Dear Sir or Madam, I am a small visual artist and costume designer from the Czech Republic, selling handmade art pieces and accessories as a side income (self-employed/sole trader). I was planning to start selling through Etsy, including to customers in other EU member states. The current form of the EPR obligations under PPWR is effectively ruinous for small-scale creators like me. Having to register separately in every single country I ship to even for just one parcel a month means a different registry, different fee, and different administrative process in Germany, Austria, Poland, France, etc. This adds up to hundreds of euros per year in fees alone, regardless of whether I sell one item or ten. For a micro-entrepreneur with irregular cross-border orders, this easily exceeds the actual profit from the sale. Selling exclusively within the Czech domestic market does not make economic sense for this type of art demand is small and niche, and cross-border sales within the EU are essential for small creators and craftspeople to sustain their work. I am requesting that the following be considered: A single, unified EU-wide registration/fee instead of requiring separate registration in every member state, or A clear exemption for micro-entrepreneurs (sole traders, low turnover, irregular cross-border sales) from the requirement to appoint an authorized representative in every destination country. Without such adjustments, small creators like myself risk being forced to stop selling across EU borders entirely, which would harm both us and the European market for original handmade work. Kind regards, A concerned small-scale creator", "feedbackEnglish": "Comment on the PPWR Regulation (2025/40) impact on small artists and craftspeople selling online Dear Sir or Madam, I am a small visual artist and costume designer from the Czech Republic, selling handmade art pieces and accessories as a side income (self-employed/sole trader). I was planning to start selling through Etsy, including to customers in other EU member states. The current form of the EPR obligations under PPWR is effectively ruinous for small-scale creators like me. Having to register separately in every single country I ship to even for just one parcel a month means a different registry, different fee, and different administrative process in Germany, Austria, Poland, France, etc. This adds up to hundreds of euros per year in fees alone, regardless of whether I sell one item or ten. For a micro-entrepreneur with irregular cross-border orders, this easily exceeds the actual profit from the sale. Selling exclusively within the Czech domestic market does not make economic sense for this type of art demand is small and niche, and cross-border sales within the EU are essential for small creators and craftspeople to sustain their work. I am requesting that the following be considered: A single, unified EU-wide registration/fee instead of requiring separate registration in every member state, or A clear exemption for micro-entrepreneurs (sole traders, low turnover, irregular cross-border sales) from the requirement to appoint an authorized representative in every destination country. Without such adjustments, small creators like myself risk being forced to stop selling across EU borders entirely, which would harm both us and the European market for original handmade work. Kind regards, A concerned small-scale creator", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563731_en"}, {"id": 33563730, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:38:20", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR is creating a completely disproportionate burden for micro-businesses selling across EU borders. I am an Italian micro-business selling small quantities of goods online. I may sell one item to a customer in another EU country once a year, using nothing more than a simple paper envelope or small parcel. Yet I may be expected to deal with separate EPR registrations, national systems, reporting requirements and fees in every country where I sell. Some compliance providers are already charging around 300 per country per year for these services. How can this possibly be considered proportionate? If I sell one item to Malta, Bulgaria or another EU country, the environmental impact of that packaging is practically negligible. The administrative cost of complying with the regulation, however, can be hundreds of euros. The cost of compliance becomes completely disconnected from the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. The result is absurd: a micro-business can be forced to choose between spending thousands of euros to sell a handful of items across Europe or simply refusing to sell to European customers outside its own country. This is not reducing bureaucracy or strengthening the Single Market. It is creating a bureaucratic wall around it. The EU urgently needs a real de minimis exemption for very small quantities of packaging and a single, simple EU-wide registration and reporting system for micro-sellers. Please consider what this regulation looks like from the perspective of a one-person business, not from the perspective of Amazon or a multinational manufacturer. A system that may be reasonable for a company shipping millions of packages can be completely absurd when applied to someone shipping a few parcels a year. Please fix this before the PPWR drives small businesses out of the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is creating a completely disproportionate burden for micro-businesses selling across EU borders. I am an Italian micro-business selling small quantities of goods online. I may sell one item to a customer in another EU country once a year, using nothing more than a simple paper envelope or small parcel. Yet I may be expected to deal with separate EPR registrations, national systems, reporting requirements and fees in every country where I sell. Some compliance providers are already charging around 300 per country per year for these services. How can this possibly be considered proportionate? If I sell one item to Malta, Bulgaria or another EU country, the environmental impact of that packaging is practically negligible. The administrative cost of complying with the regulation, however, can be hundreds of euros. The cost of compliance becomes completely disconnected from the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. The result is absurd: a micro-business can be forced to choose between spending thousands of euros to sell a handful of items across Europe or simply refusing to sell to European customers outside its own country. This is not reducing bureaucracy or strengthening the Single Market. It is creating a bureaucratic wall around it. The EU urgently needs a real de minimis exemption for very small quantities of packaging and a single, simple EU-wide registration and reporting system for micro-sellers. Please consider what this regulation looks like from the perspective of a one-person business, not from the perspective of Amazon or a multinational manufacturer. A system that may be reasonable for a company shipping millions of packages can be completely absurd when applied to someone shipping a few parcels a year. Please fix this before the PPWR drives small businesses out of the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563730_en"}, {"id": 33563727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:37:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Myrthe Majoor Illustraties", "feedback": "Goedemorgen, Afgelopen 12 augustus is nieuwe regelgeving omtrent de PPWR ingegaan. In dit bericht geef ik u feedback op de veranderingen. Van beroep ben ik fulltime kunstenaar. Ik werk als animator voor musea; ik ben printmaker; ik ben illlustrator, autonoom maker en meer. Ik verkoop daarbij uiteraard ook mijn werk om inkomen te genereren, bijvoorbeeld via mijn online shop. Of nu ja, ik verkocht mijn werk onder meer via mijn online shop. Sinds de PPWR ingegaan is, is het verkopen van mijn werk via een online platform of via mijn website niet meer rendabel. Mijn bedrijfje is nog te klein om onder de nieuwe regelgeving te kunnen blijven verkopen binnen de EU. De nieuwe regelgeving verbaast me, want deze raakt kleine bedrijfjes en starters enorm. Tot dusver dat zij hun webshops sluiten; ik ben niet de enige die zich genoodzaakt voelt dit te doen. Ik ben een groot voorstander van regels rondom milieubewustzijn en recyclen, maar dan wel zonder dat deze regelgeving kleine makers zo hard raakt dat zij hun bestaansrecht verliezen. Ik houd bij mijn pakketten al rekening met milieu-impact; hier sta ik ook echt voor. Milieubewustzijn is een kernwoord in de thematiek van mijn werk, en ook in mijn werkwijze. Sinds de eerste regels van de PPWR in werking traden in 2025, kon ik nog slechts verzending naar een klein deel van de EU aanbieden. Mijn markt krimpt nu nog meer omdat de startkosten voor verkoop in de EU zo hoog liggen, en ik nog geen afzetmarkt in EU-landen heb kunnen bouwen. Voor mij zit er op deze manier niets anders op dan mijn webshop te sluiten. Ook zou het enorm fijn zijn als er voor de volledige Europese Unie 1 registratiepunt zou zijn, in plaats van een punt per land. Ik hoop in de toekomst mijn werk weer aan te kunnen bieden. Dit raakt mijn inkomsten, zowel als mijn mogelijkheden als klein bedrijfje. Ik hoop echt dat er rekening gehouden gaat worden met de kleine maker bij ontwikkeling van de PPWR-regelgeving. Met vriendelijke groet, Myrthe Majoor Eenmanszaak", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, late 12 August, new regulations on the PPWR entered into force. In this message, I will provide you with feedback on the changes. As a professional, I am a full-time artist. I work as an animator for museums; I am a print maker; I am an illlustrator, an autonomous creator and more. Of course, I also sell my work to generate income, for example through my online shop. Whether yes, I sold my work, among other things, through my online shop. Since the entry into force of the PPWR, selling my work via an online platform or via my website is no longer profitable. My business is still too small to be able to continue selling within the EU under the new rules. The new legislation is surprising to me, as it hits small businesses and start-ups enormously. To date, they have closed down their webshops; I am not the only one who feels compelled to do so. I am a strong supporter of rules on environmental awareness and recycling, but without this regulation touching small creators so hard that they lose their right to exist. I already take environmental impacts into account in my packages; this is what I really want. Environmental awareness is a key word in the subject matter of my work, as well as in my way of working. Since the first rules of the PPWR came into force in 2025, I have only been able to offer shipping to a small part of the EU. My market is now shrinking even more because the start-up costs for sales in the EU are so high, and I have not yet been able to build an outlet in EU countries. For me, this is the only way to close my online shop. It would also be extremely fine if there were 1 registration point for the whole European Union, instead of one per country. I hope to be able to offer my work again in the future. This affects my income, both as my potential as a small business. I really hope that the small maker will be taken into account when developing the PPWR regulations. Kind regards, Myrthe Majoor Eenman’s case", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563727_en"}, {"id": 33563729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:37:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Not mentioned", "feedback": "After reading about this stupidity I tried to find or comprehend the information on the available websites. This is impossible, it is as clear as mud. According to info from other sources I have to register and pay fees for every country I ship to. The countries I ship to change per year and can be as little as 40,-- per country per year. These are replacement parts that only I make. Not having access to these parts makes the systems they are for obsolete, is that what the eu want for the environment? Also part of the plans is a maximum volume for empty space at 50% For some parts this would mean a box of 4x3x3 cm, which would fit a stamp but not a label. Another part is more or less a stick. If I ship that with less than 50% air a lot will arrive broken. That is the same as the ppwr: It has arrived already broken.", "feedbackEnglish": "After reading about this stupidity I tried to find or comprehend the information on the available websites. This is impossible, it is as clear as mud. According to info from other sources I have to register and pay fees for every country I ship to. The countries I ship to change per year and can be as little as 40,-- per country per year. These are replacement parts that only I make. Not having access to these parts makes the systems they are for obsolete, is that what the eu want for the environment? Also part of the plans is a maximum volume for empty space at 50% For some parts this would mean a box of 4x3x3 cm, which would fit a stamp but not a label. Another part is more or less a stick. If I ship that with less than 50% air a lot will arrive broken. That is the same as the ppwr: It has arrived already broken.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563729_en"}, {"id": 33563728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:23:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmer", "feedback": "Ich bin bei LUCID registriert und gebe dort meine Mengenmeldung ab. Warum kann ich nicht einfach sagen x kg Verpackungsmaterial, davon x kg ins EU-Ausland oder x kg nach Land und Land? Einfach eine zentrale Stelle wie bei OSS. Ich melde an LUCID und die Länder machen es dann unter sich aus. Wäre das ZU einfach und ZU umsetzungsfähig für KMU?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am registered in LUCID and I submit my volume declaration there. Why can I not simply say x kg of packaging, of which x kg to other EU countries or x kg by country and country? Simply a central point as in the case of OSS. I report to LUCID and the countries then make it themselves. Would this be too simple and implementable for SMEs?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563728_en"}, {"id": 33563726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:17:30", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I feel this new law is very damaging to small businesses, who do not have the time or manpower to cover registering for every country they send packages to. Less of the paperwork and regulating every part of ordinary peoples lives and small businesses. Hit the big multinationals who are destroying the planet, that would make a difference, make them pay not small businesses that are very mindful of the environment", "feedbackEnglish": "I feel this new law is very damaging to small businesses, who do not have the time or manpower to cover registering for every country they send packages to. Less of the paperwork and regulating every part of ordinary peoples lives and small businesses. Hit the big multinationals who are destroying the planet, that would make a difference, make them pay not small businesses that are very mindful of the environment", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563726_en"}, {"id": 33563725, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:16:31", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "independent artist", "feedback": "Subject: Disproportionate impact on individual artists and micro-producers I am an independent artist who occasionally sells an original artwork to a customer in another EU Member State. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and producer responsibility, but I am concerned about the disproportionate impact of national registration requirements on very small-scale sellers. I may make only a handful of cross-border sales per year, through my website or online galleries, and the destination is inherently unpredictable. I cannot know in advance whether my next buyer will be in France, Germany, Italy or another Member State. An obligation to register in a particular country may therefore arise unexpectedly from a single sale. If sending one artwork requires registration, reporting, administrative procedures and potentially fees in the customer's Member State, the burden is completely disproportionate to the extremely small amount of packaging involved, which I also reuse whenever possible. A large company can absorb such compliance costs; an individual artist sending perhaps one package per year to a particular country cannot. This could make occasional cross-border sales economically unviable. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to provide a de minimis threshold or proportionate exemption for micro-producers and occasional sellers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Alternatively, a genuinely simple EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism should allow small producers to comply without having to register separately in multiple Member States. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the legislation while preventing an unintended barrier to the participation of independent artists, craftspeople and micro-enterprises in the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Disproportionate impact on individual artists and micro-producers I am an independent artist who occasionally sells an original artwork to a customer in another EU Member State. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and producer responsibility, but I am concerned about the disproportionate impact of national registration requirements on very small-scale sellers. I may make only a handful of cross-border sales per year, through my website or online galleries, and the destination is inherently unpredictable. I cannot know in advance whether my next buyer will be in France, Germany, Italy or another Member State. An obligation to register in a particular country may therefore arise unexpectedly from a single sale. If sending one artwork requires registration, reporting, administrative procedures and potentially fees in the customer's Member State, the burden is completely disproportionate to the extremely small amount of packaging involved, which I also reuse whenever possible. A large company can absorb such compliance costs; an individual artist sending perhaps one package per year to a particular country cannot. This could make occasional cross-border sales economically unviable. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to provide a de minimis threshold or proportionate exemption for micro-producers and occasional sellers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Alternatively, a genuinely simple EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism should allow small producers to comply without having to register separately in multiple Member States. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the legislation while preventing an unintended barrier to the participation of independent artists, craftspeople and micro-enterprises in the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563725_en"}, {"id": 33563724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:16:01", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Yashar Bish", "feedback": "This has devastated my EU Sales. we are a small business with only 3 staff, all EU sales have had to stop. This legislation is favouring big businesses that can pay and deal with these complicated expensive registrations, small business cannot. You are supporting the likes of Amazon and big business not small business. Please make this exempt for smaller sized or smaller turnover businesses. We now have many EU customers asking us to post items which we have to refuse. We have many disappointed EU citizens because of this. PLEASE CHANGE THE RULES FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES.", "feedbackEnglish": "This has devastated my EU Sales. we are a small business with only 3 staff, all EU sales have had to stop. This legislation is favouring big businesses that can pay and deal with these complicated expensive registrations, small business cannot. You are supporting the likes of Amazon and big business not small business. Please make this exempt for smaller sized or smaller turnover businesses. We now have many EU customers asking us to post items which we have to refuse. We have many disappointed EU citizens because of this. PLEASE CHANGE THE RULES FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563724_en"}, {"id": 33563720, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 15:00:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "IR Dichtungstechnik", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind ein kleines Unternehmen (GbR, 2 Geschäftspartner, 1 x Minijobber, ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung etc.) aus Deutschland und vertreiben unsere Ware fast ausschließlich über den Online-Handel. Gerne möchten wir die Gelegenheit nutzen und - aus der Sicht eines Kleinunternehmens - auf einen besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung er PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: Die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Eine Anmeldung und Betreuung in den einzelnen EU-Ländern ist und personal- und kostentechnisch nicht möglich. Für uns als Kleinunternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert unsere Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wir dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufen. Die hierfür anstehenden Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu unserem tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Der künftige Kosten- und Verwaltungsaufwand wirken für uns de facto wie eine Kündigung weiterer EU-Lieferungen. Da wir nicht über ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen verfügen, müssen wir aus Kostengründen von EU-Lieferungen künftig absehen. Dies widerspricht u.E. dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Wir möchten folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: 1. Sollten Kleinst-/Kleinunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. 2. Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits wir Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. 3. Die Datenübermittlung sollte an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Wir als kleiner Händler tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen, dies ist ungerecht. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht im obigen Sinne würde uns erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen IR Dichtungstechnik", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are a small company (GbR, 2 business partners, 1 x mini-jobber, without our own legal department, etc.) from Germany and we sell our goods almost exclusively via online sales. We would like to take this opportunity to draw attention – from the point of view of a small enterprise – to a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Registration and assistance in individual EU countries is not possible in terms of staff and costs. For us, as small businesses, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR is significantly changing our bill: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether we sell five parcels or five hundred. The fixed costs per country for this are disproportionate to our actual packaging volumes. The future cost and administrative burden will de facto have the same effect for us as a cancellation of further EU supplies. As we do not have enough sales volume, we must refrain from supplying EU supplies in the future for cost reasons. In our view, this runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. We would like to propose the following points for consideration: 1. Micro/small operators should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint a representative according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. 2. The mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for which we dealers still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the quantity actually sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. 3. The transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. As small traders, we bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread only over a much smaller volume of business, which is unfair. A definition of the obligation to appoint a representative in the above sense would allow us to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting ourselves to the German market for reasons of cost. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563720_en"}, {"id": 33563719, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:58:56", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "A Single Market should not require multiple registrations, multiple authorised representatives, and multiple compliance processes for the same packaging. While we support the objectives of the PPWR, Article 45 introduces avoidable administrative barriers for companies operating across borders. A more harmonised European system would deliver the same environmental benefits while reducing complexity and improving competitiveness. We urge the European Commission to consider a single EU-wide compliance framework.", "feedbackEnglish": "A Single Market should not require multiple registrations, multiple authorised representatives, and multiple compliance processes for the same packaging. While we support the objectives of the PPWR, Article 45 introduces avoidable administrative barriers for companies operating across borders. A more harmonised European system would deliver the same environmental benefits while reducing complexity and improving competitiveness. We urge the European Commission to consider a single EU-wide compliance framework.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563719_en"}, {"id": 33563718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:50:54", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The content, implementation and communication of this regulation has angered, confused and impoverished many businesses and entrepreneurs across Europe, particularly SMEs. The European Commission must immediately consider emergency amendments to this overtly complicated and fragmented legislation, including exemptions for enterprises with, for example: - A minimal total annual packaging weight, or - Under ten employees, or - A total revenue under 1 million euros. SMEs sending a small number of parcels within the EU face restricting their sales channels, directly harming their bottom lines. The alternative is to register individually to the EPR portal for each EU nation. However, many local portals that must be subscribed to do not offer clear, multi-lingual navigation. Meaning applying for certification in some countries is not only impossible but legally hazardous. There is no EU guidance for businesses wishing to successfully register for the entire region. If the reason is that each member state has separate EPR / PPWR requirements, then a centralised framework can not be enforced on top of an unharmonised network. The network must be harmonised for all member states before being implemented to enterprise, not the other way around. The fact that this legislation has been given the go-ahead without formally being part of a unified system is unacceptable. This is not in the spirit of the Single Market. At the very least, a centralised, EU-wide opt-in system, similar to the One-Stop-Shop VAT, would allow all EU enterprise to file packaging reports accordingly in one place, for a fee that is proportionate to their approximate business size. The EU should never force any business of any size, nor penalise them disproportionately, as a result of infrastructural failures that are out of said businesses control.", "feedbackEnglish": "The content, implementation and communication of this regulation has angered, confused and impoverished many businesses and entrepreneurs across Europe, particularly SMEs. The European Commission must immediately consider emergency amendments to this overtly complicated and fragmented legislation, including exemptions for enterprises with, for example: - A minimal total annual packaging weight, or - Under ten employees, or - A total revenue under 1 million euros. SMEs sending a small number of parcels within the EU face restricting their sales channels, directly harming their bottom lines. The alternative is to register individually to the EPR portal for each EU nation. However, many local portals that must be subscribed to do not offer clear, multi-lingual navigation. Meaning applying for certification in some countries is not only impossible but legally hazardous. There is no EU guidance for businesses wishing to successfully register for the entire region. If the reason is that each member state has separate EPR / PPWR requirements, then a centralised framework can not be enforced on top of an unharmonised network. The network must be harmonised for all member states before being implemented to enterprise, not the other way around. The fact that this legislation has been given the go-ahead without formally being part of a unified system is unacceptable. This is not in the spirit of the Single Market. At the very least, a centralised, EU-wide opt-in system, similar to the One-Stop-Shop VAT, would allow all EU enterprise to file packaging reports accordingly in one place, for a fee that is proportionate to their approximate business size. The EU should never force any business of any size, nor penalise them disproportionately, as a result of infrastructural failures that are out of said businesses control.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563718_en"}, {"id": 33563716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:41:45", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Prospect Music Ltd", "feedback": "Hi, We are a small business in Ireland manufacturing and distributing products for small independent artists to fans across the EU. This regulation essentially places us behind all the major manufacturers and distributors both inside AND outside the EU. Our clients, independent artists, do not have the funds to order the minimum-order-quantities of the major manufacturers, they are now blocked from getting their product to EU customers. We support the objectives of reducing all packaging and ensuring a maximum reusable and recyclable content is used, but the mechanism built into the regulation is prohibitive to open EU market for micro and SME businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, We are a small business in Ireland manufacturing and distributing products for small independent artists to fans across the EU. This regulation essentially places us behind all the major manufacturers and distributors both inside AND outside the EU. Our clients, independent artists, do not have the funds to order the minimum-order-quantities of the major manufacturers, they are now blocked from getting their product to EU customers. We support the objectives of reducing all packaging and ensuring a maximum reusable and recyclable content is used, but the mechanism built into the regulation is prohibitive to open EU market for micro and SME businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563716_en"}, {"id": 33563717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:41:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sorry das ist für mich ein Schildbürgerstreich.Wenn ich in ein Land 3KG Kartons verschicke aber für Verpackungen von bis zu 1,5T bezahlen muss warum sollte ich denn dann überhaupt versuchen Kartons zu sparen.Im Gegenteil eher ausw Frust wegen den extrem hohen Kosten grad noch nen Karton dazu denn es wird ja eh nicht teurer.Ist aber eher so daß ich die meisten rausnehmen werde da es für mich als kleiner Unternehmer wirtschaftlich nicht stemmbar ist mehrere Tausend Euro wegen 100KG Verpackungen zu zahlen. So und nu das Paradoxe!!!! Es werden dadurch Logistigzentren entstehen,ich werde meine Waren innerhalb von Deutschland versenden dort werden sie umgelabelt und in das jeweilige Land versendet denn bei mehreren tausend Pakete pro Tag lohnen sich die Registrierungsnummern. Fazit. Es entsteht mehr Verpackung.... M.f.G. Michael Zipf", "feedbackEnglish": "Sorry for me this is a riding of my hands. If I send 3KG cartons to a country, but I have to pay for packaging of up to 1.5T, why should I try to save cartons at all? On the contrary, frustration is more likely to be frustrated by the extremely high costs of even more cartons, because it will not be more expensive. But I am more likely to exclude most of them because, as a small businessman, it is economically impossible for me to pay several thousand euros for 100KG packaging. That’s the paradox! As a result, logistic centres will be created, I will send my goods within Germany, where they will be relabelled and sent to the country in question, as the registration numbers are worthwhile with several thousand parcels per day. Conclusion. More packaging is produced.... M.f.G. Michael Zipf", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563717_en"}, {"id": 33563692, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:41:09", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "S. Pavlova Elf Beauty  (kvk 88190730)", "feedback": "I just want to remind you that a micro-business often has an annual income only about 40 000 euro. A micro-business is often made up of ONE person who does all the work. The proposed new regulation will, in practice, destroy businesses like this. I sell my work online. At most, 250 shipments go to the European Union around 50 to Germany and France, and the rest only a few items per country. Registration through a representative in Germany cost me 209, while I will pay 4 for my cardboard. That is 209 for bureaucracy and 4 for the actual recycling of my 20 kilograms of packaging. Is this fair? My third-largest market is Spain, where my sales amount to around 1,500. About 700 of that goes towards VAT, Etsy fees, postage, and materials, leaving me with 800. And now I am expected to give almost half of that amount to an authorised representative and a waste-recycling scheme. Does it make any economic sense to continue doing business under these conditions? Can I afford a representative in every EU country? The answer is obvious: no. Will Amazon, AliExpress and Temu suffer in the same way? No. Micro-businesses must be excluded from this bureaucratic scheme. We are ready to pay for the recycling of the tiny amount of paper packaging we use. But we can't afforde representatives.", "feedbackEnglish": "I just want to remind you that a micro-business often has an annual income only about 40 000 euro. A micro-business is often made up of ONE person who does all the work. The proposed new regulation will, in practice, destroy businesses like this. I sell my work online. At most, 250 shipments go to the European Union around 50 to Germany and France, and the rest only a few items per country. Registration through a representative in Germany cost me 209, while I will pay 4 for my cardboard. That is 209 for bureaucracy and 4 for the actual recycling of my 20 kilograms of packaging. Is this fair? My third-largest market is Spain, where my sales amount to around 1,500. About 700 of that goes towards VAT, Etsy fees, postage, and materials, leaving me with 800. And now I am expected to give almost half of that amount to an authorised representative and a waste-recycling scheme. Does it make any economic sense to continue doing business under these conditions? Can I afford a representative in every EU country? The answer is obvious: no. Will Amazon, AliExpress and Temu suffer in the same way? No. Micro-businesses must be excluded from this bureaucratic scheme. We are ready to pay for the recycling of the tiny amount of paper packaging we use. But we can't afforde representatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563692_en"}, {"id": 33563715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:37:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Void Nottingham Limited", "feedback": "the new laws regarding PPWR are far too expensive for most small and micro businesses. reduction of plastic and waste is massively important, however having to register for each separate company and pay extortionate fees to the random and unregulated companies that individuals is unworkable. Most companies offering this service charge between £300 to £2000 per year per country. I don't know any small businesses that can justify or afford £7000 to £60000 per year. My business doesn't sell more than £7000 to the EU as a whole in the first place. All I can see is that this is a move to remove small businesses and giving huge companies the freedom to do whatever they want.", "feedbackEnglish": "the new laws regarding PPWR are far too expensive for most small and micro businesses. reduction of plastic and waste is massively important, however having to register for each separate company and pay extortionate fees to the random and unregulated companies that individuals is unworkable. Most companies offering this service charge between £300 to £2000 per year per country. I don't know any small businesses that can justify or afford £7000 to £60000 per year. My business doesn't sell more than £7000 to the EU as a whole in the first place. All I can see is that this is a move to remove small businesses and giving huge companies the freedom to do whatever they want.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563715_en"}, {"id": 33563714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:31:36", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nifty Needles", "feedback": "I am the owner of Nifty Needles, a micro craft business based in Northern Ireland. I design and sell my own embroidery, quilting and textile craft patterns, kits and notions. I am a sole trader and my business operates on a scale vastly smaller than the large companies these regulations also affect. Until now I have been able to sell occasional orders to customers in EU Member States. The prospect of having to understand, register for and comply with separate packaging EPR requirements in individual Member States makes those occasional sales commercially impossible for a business of my size. I may send only one or two parcels to a particular EU country in an entire year. It cannot be proportionate for a micro-business making perhaps one sale to a country to face registration, reporting, representation or compliance costs which may exceed the value of all sales made to that country. The immediate consequence is not that my business will produce less packaging. It is that I have suspended shipping to EU customers while I try to establish what my legal obligations are. Other micro-businesses are doing the same. This creates barriers to cross-border trade and removes consumer access to small independent makers. My location in Northern Ireland makes the situation particularly confusing. Northern Ireland has unique arrangements concerning goods under the Windsor Framework, yet I have been advised by the Northern Ireland authorities that UK exporters must comply with the relevant EU EPR requirements when exporting into the EU. Even the authorities I contacted could not advise me on the requirements of individual Member States and directed me to seek information separately regarding Ireland. I fully support sensible measures to reduce packaging waste and believe producers should take reasonable responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, regulation needs to be proportionate to the environmental impact and scale of the business concerned. I urge the Commission to introduce a meaningful EU-wide exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers, together with one clear and harmonised system rather than requiring tiny businesses to navigate separate national systems. A regulation intended to improve environmental responsibility should not have the unintended consequence of preventing Europe's smallest businesses from trading across borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of Nifty Needles, a micro craft business based in Northern Ireland. I design and sell my own embroidery, quilting and textile craft patterns, kits and notions. I am a sole trader and my business operates on a scale vastly smaller than the large companies these regulations also affect. Until now I have been able to sell occasional orders to customers in EU Member States. The prospect of having to understand, register for and comply with separate packaging EPR requirements in individual Member States makes those occasional sales commercially impossible for a business of my size. I may send only one or two parcels to a particular EU country in an entire year. It cannot be proportionate for a micro-business making perhaps one sale to a country to face registration, reporting, representation or compliance costs which may exceed the value of all sales made to that country. The immediate consequence is not that my business will produce less packaging. It is that I have suspended shipping to EU customers while I try to establish what my legal obligations are. Other micro-businesses are doing the same. This creates barriers to cross-border trade and removes consumer access to small independent makers. My location in Northern Ireland makes the situation particularly confusing. Northern Ireland has unique arrangements concerning goods under the Windsor Framework, yet I have been advised by the Northern Ireland authorities that UK exporters must comply with the relevant EU EPR requirements when exporting into the EU. Even the authorities I contacted could not advise me on the requirements of individual Member States and directed me to seek information separately regarding Ireland. I fully support sensible measures to reduce packaging waste and believe producers should take reasonable responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, regulation needs to be proportionate to the environmental impact and scale of the business concerned. I urge the Commission to introduce a meaningful EU-wide exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers, together with one clear and harmonised system rather than requiring tiny businesses to navigate separate national systems. A regulation intended to improve environmental responsibility should not have the unintended consequence of preventing Europe's smallest businesses from trading across borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563714_en"}, {"id": 33563713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:30:38", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BirdShades Innovations GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin mit der Umsetzung der PPWR entsetzt. Wir sind ein kleines Unternehmen und der bürokratische Aufwand und auch die Kosten sind erschlagend. Nach der Beratung von 5 unterschiedlichen Anbietern (Landbell, Interzero etc.) für Verpackungsmüll sieht es so aus, dass wir mit fast 1000/pro Land/pro Jahr rechnen müssen. Diese Handlungsbevollmächtigten braucht man zwar mit 12.8., aber dieses Service dazu wird noch gar nicht angeboten. Im deutschen LUCID-System muss man sich seit dem 12.8. mit einem Handlungsbevollmächtigten anmelden, was von den Unternehmen noch gar nicht als Serivce angeboten wird. Wir sind ein junges Unternehmen im Aufbau und das macht es für uns unmöglich den Markt aufzubauen. Wir verschicken derzeit in einzelne Länder 1-3 Kartons im Jahr. Wenn sie diese Verordnung beibehalten, werden wir in der EU nicht bestehen können. Ich bin erschüttert wie so etwas als Verordnung durchgehen konnte. Ist Ihnen bewusst welchen Schaden sie damit verursachen? Wer sollte da überhaupt noch Unternehmer werden? Wir sind ein 2 Personen Unternehmen und allein der zeitliche Aufwand, den ich hier nun investieren muss ist erschreckend, das ist verlorene Zeit und Geld. Anbieter bieten jetzt um 3.000 Workshops an, damit man sich ungefähr auskennt was man in welchem EU Land braucht. Wie kann es sein, dass es nun einfacher ist von Österreich aus nach Kanada zu versenden, anstatt nach Deutschland? Ich war immer ein Fan der EU, aber mit dieser Verordnung zerstören sie den Binnenmarkt und die Zukunft kleiner aufstrebender Unternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am appalled by the implementation of the PPWR. We are a small business and the red tape and costs are huge. After consulting five different providers (Landbell, Interzero, etc.) for packaging waste, we can expect almost 1000/per country/year. Although these agents are required at 12.8, this service is not yet offered at all. The German LUCID system has had to register with an authorised representative since 12.8. This has not yet been offered by the companies as SERIVCE. We are a young company under construction and this makes it impossible for us to build the market. We are currently sending 1-3 boxes per year to individual countries. If they maintain this regulation, we will not be able to exist in the EU. I am shocked how something like this could go through as a regulation. Are you aware of the damage they cause? Who should still become an entrepreneur? We are a two-person company and the time I need to invest here is sorry, that is lost time and money. Providers now offer around 3000 workshops to get a rough idea of what you need in which EU country. How can it be easier to send from Austria to Canada instead of Germany? I have always been a fan of the EU, but with this regulation they are destroying the single market and the future of small emerging companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563713_en"}, {"id": 33563712, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:30:24", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lulu Vintage Lace", "feedback": "I run a tiny, sole-operator business in rural France, selling small quantities of items online. Under these packaging register rules, sending even one or two parcels to customers in other EU countries requires me to register and pay fees in every individual country. As a micro-business, the cost and paperwork involved make it completely impossible for me to continue selling to customers across Europe. I am being forced to stop EU sales altogether and rely almost entirely on exports to the US. This policy hurts the very smallest businesses in several ways: Small sellers are users, not packaging manufacturers. We buy standard boxes from packaging suppliers. The manufacturers of those boxes should be responsible for the recycling fees at the point of production, rather than passing the burden down to individual small sellers. The single market is being fragmented. A system that requires 27 separate registrations destroys the idea of free trade within Europe for small creators and independent shops. The system needs a common-sense threshold. Small businesses with very low sales volumes should either be exempt under a minimum threshold or allowed to register through one simple, unified EU process. This regulation puts an unreasonable burden on small sellers who simply want to send a box to a customer in another European country. I urge you to introduce simple exemptions for micro-enterprises so small businesses can survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a tiny, sole-operator business in rural France, selling small quantities of items online. Under these packaging register rules, sending even one or two parcels to customers in other EU countries requires me to register and pay fees in every individual country. As a micro-business, the cost and paperwork involved make it completely impossible for me to continue selling to customers across Europe. I am being forced to stop EU sales altogether and rely almost entirely on exports to the US. This policy hurts the very smallest businesses in several ways: Small sellers are users, not packaging manufacturers. We buy standard boxes from packaging suppliers. The manufacturers of those boxes should be responsible for the recycling fees at the point of production, rather than passing the burden down to individual small sellers. The single market is being fragmented. A system that requires 27 separate registrations destroys the idea of free trade within Europe for small creators and independent shops. The system needs a common-sense threshold. Small businesses with very low sales volumes should either be exempt under a minimum threshold or allowed to register through one simple, unified EU process. This regulation puts an unreasonable burden on small sellers who simply want to send a box to a customer in another European country. I urge you to introduce simple exemptions for micro-enterprises so small businesses can survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563712_en"}, {"id": 33563711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:30:03", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mag. Isabell Resch - Blütenreich", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich melde mich als Einzelunternehmerin zu den Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister. Ich stelle in Österreich biozertifizierte Naturkosmetik aus heimischen Heilpflanzen her, in Handarbeit und in kleinen Chargen, zertifiziert nach AT-BIO-501. Mein Jahresumsatz! liegt bei etwa 13.000 Euro, meine Produkte kosten zwischen 7,9 und 34 Euro. Mitarbeiter habe ich keine. Herstellung, Etikettierung, Versand, Buchhaltung und Behördenkorrespondenz mache ich selbst. Ich produziere in Österreich und beliefere Kundinnen in Österreich und Deutschland. Weitere EU-Länder wären der naheliegende nächste Schritt Anfragen habe ich, aber genau dieser Schritt ist mit der neuen Regelung wirtschaftlich nicht mehr darstellbar. Das Ziel der Verordnung unterstütze ich. Verpackungsvermeidung ist bei mir Teil des Produkts und kein aufgesetztes Thema: um möglichst nachhaltig zu arbeiten, setze ich soweit möglich auf Glas und Papier. Was mich trifft, ist die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Lieferland. Diese Kosten fallen an, egal ob ich dort fünf Pakete im Jahr versende oder fünfhundert. Bei mir sind es wenige Pakete pro Land, mit einem Verpackungsaufkommen von wenigen Kilogramm im Jahr. Die jährlichen Fixkosten übersteigen den Deckungsbeitrag dieser Bestellungen deutlich. Ich müsste dafür bezahlen, verkaufen zu dürfen. Das ist keine Regulierung mehr, sondern eine Marktzutrittsschranke. Zwei Punkte kann ich besonders schwer nachvollziehen. Erstens sieht die Verordnung an anderer Stelle Erleichterungen für Kleinstunternehmen vor. Sie erkennt also an, dass ein Betrieb ohne Mitarbeiter nicht dieselben Strukturen aufbauen kann wie ein Konzern. Ausgerechnet bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, wo die Kosten pro Land fix anfallen und deshalb auf kleine Mengen am härtesten durchschlagen, fehlt jede Schwelle. Zweitens verliere ich nach der mir vorliegenden Auslegung den Kleinstunternehmerstatus für meine Verkaufsverpackung genau deshalb, weil ich von Hand abfülle. Wer fertig konfektionierte Verpackungen zukauft, ist entlastet. Wer Tiegel, Deckel und Etikett selbst zusammenfügt, gilt als Erzeuger mit vollen Dokumentationspflichten. Das benachteiligt handwerkliche Produktion und dient keinem Umweltziel. Ich bitte, folgende Punkte zu prüfen: Eine Bagatellschwelle pro Zielland, orientiert an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Wer im Jahr wenige Kilogramm in ein Land bringt, verursacht dort einen Entsorgungsaufwand, der zum verlangten Verwaltungsapparat in keinem Verhältnis steht. Eine echte zentrale Anlaufstelle für Registrierung, Meldung und Gebühren. Der Verweis auf Dienstleister hilft nicht, denn ich schließe trotzdem pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag mit eigenen Fixkosten. Wer alle Angaben bereits im Register des Herkunftslandes hinterlegt hat, sollte diese Daten weiterreichen können, statt bis zu 27 getrennte Verfahren zu durchlaufen. Einheitliche Datenformate, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Wie die Register ausgestaltet sind, entscheidet darüber, ob ein Einpersonenbetrieb die Pflichten überhaupt erfüllen kann. Wenn nicht, ist die Folge kein besseres Recycling, sondern dass Betriebe wie meiner den Versand einstellen und das Verpackungsaufkommen zu größeren Anbietern wandert. Für die Umwelt ist damit nichts gewonnen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mag. Isabell Resch Blütenreich", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing as a sole trader regarding the requirements for the national producer registers. I produce biocertified natural cosmetics in Austria from domestic medicinal plants, by hand and in small batches, certified in accordance with AT-BIO-501. My annual turnover is around EUR 13.000, and my products cost between EUR 7.9 and EUR 34. I have no employees. I carry out production, labelling, shipping, accounting and correspondence with the authorities myself. I produce in Austria and supply customers in Austria and Germany. Other EU countries would be the obvious next step, but it is precisely this step that is no longer economically feasible with the new rules. I support the objective of the Regulation. Packaging avoidance is part of my product and not a topic: to work as sustainably as possible, I use glass and paper wherever possible. What matters to me is the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each supplier country. These costs are incurred whether I send five packages per year or five hundred. I have a small number of parcels per country, with a few kilograms of packaging per year. The annual fixed costs significantly exceed the contribution margin of these orders. I would have to pay to sell. This is no longer regulation but a barrier to entry. I find two points particularly difficult to understand. Firstly, the Regulation provides for facilitations for micro-enterprises elsewhere. It therefore recognises that a company without employees cannot set up the same structures as a group of companies. In the case of the obligation to appoint a representative, where the costs per country are fixed and therefore have the greatest impact on small quantities, there is no threshold. Secondly, according to the interpretation available to me, I lose the status of micro-enterprise for my sales packaging precisely because I bottle by hand. Anyone who buys ready-made packaging is relieved of the burden. A person who assembles the crucible, lid and label himself is considered to be a producer with full documentation obligations. This handicaps artisanal production and does not serve any environmental objective. I would ask you to consider the following points: A de minimis threshold per destination country, based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. A person who brings a few kilograms a year to a country incurs a disposal cost there which is disproportionate to the administrative apparatus required. A genuine one-stop shop for registration, reporting and fees. The reference to service providers is not helpful, as I still conclude a separate contract per country with my own fixed costs. Those who have already filed all the information in the register of the country of origin should be able to pass on this data instead of having to go through up to 27 separate procedures. Uniform data formats so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. The design of the registers determines whether a single-person undertaking can fulfil its obligations in the first place. If not, the result is not better recycling, but businesses like myself stop shipping and migrate packaging to larger suppliers. This is not beneficial for the environment. [Complimentary close] Isabell Resch rich in flowers", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563711_en"}, {"id": 33563710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:27:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Großhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich finde es gut, dass mit der Verpackungsverordnung Müll vermieden werden soll und etwas für die Umwelt getan werden soll. Aber die Verpackungsverordnung in der jetzigen Form schießt über das Ziel hinaus, da Sie komplett an der Realität vorbei geht. Ich habe wie viele andere kleine KMU den Versand in das EU-Ausland einstellen müssen, da der bürokratische Aufwand und der finanzielle Aufwand (Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten) dies unmöglich macht. Aufwand und Ertrag stehen in keinem Verhältnis. Um was für die Umwelt zu tun, habe ich seit Jahren auch Kartons von meinen Lieferanten und Schuhkartons, die ich von befreundeten Geschäften bekommen konnte, für meinen Versand benutzt. Ich habe diese im ordnungsgemäß lizensieren lassen, obwohl diese schon lizensiert waren. Dies war notwendig, da ich die bereits vollzogene Lizensierung schwerlich nachweisen konnte. Durch die Verschärfung der Verpackungsverordnung müsste ich jetzt auch noch für diese Kartons eine Konformitätserklärung erstellen lassen. Dies würde wieder einen zusätzlichen Aufwand bedeuten. Somit kann ich die Kartons jetzt vernichten. Mit anderen Worten führt die Verpackungsverordnung nicht zu weniger Müll, sondern zu mehr Müll, wenn man sich rechtlich nicht angreifbar machen will. Insgesamt gesehen muss man sagen, dass die Verpackungsverordnung nicht zu einer Harmonisierung des Binnenhandels führt und kleine KMU in ihrem unternehmerischen Handeln eingeschränkt werden. Für sinnvoll würde ich es halten, wenn man die Verpackungen nur in einem Heimatland lizensieren und melden müsste, auch die vom Auslandsversand. Und warum werde ich bei gekauften neutralen Kartons zum Erzeuger mit allen dazugehörigen Pflichten, wenn ich diese z.B. herunterschneide, um z.B. weniger Stopfmaterial zu verwenden? Durch diesen Vorgang vermeide ich doch zusätzlichen Verpackungsmüll und am Karton ändert sich auch nichts Grundsätzliches. Stattdessen wird man hier wieder durch die dazugehörigen Pflichten bestraft. Wenn wir wirklich einen grenzübergreifenden harmonisierten Handel in der EU haben wollen, muss die Verordnung überarbeitet und vereinfacht werden. Es muss doch reichen, wenn die geforderten Pflichten einmal erfüllt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased that the Packaging Ordinance is intended to prevent waste and to do something for the environment. But the Packaging Ordinance in its current form goes beyond the objective, as you completely miss the reality. Like many other small SMEs, I have had to stop shipping to another EU country, as the bureaucratic and financial burden (appointment of an authorised representative) makes this impossible. There is no cost/return ratio. To do what for the environment, I have for years also used cartons from my suppliers and shoe cartons that I could get from friendly shops for my shipment. I duly licensed them in, even though they had already been licensed. This was necessary because I found it difficult to prove that the licence had already been granted. As a result of the tightening of the Packaging Ordinance, I would now also have to have a declaration of conformity drawn up for these cartons. This would again create an additional burden. This means that I can now destroy the boxes. In other words, the Packaging Ordinance does not lead to less waste, but to more waste if we do not want to make ourselves legally vulnerable. Overall, it has to be said that the Packaging Ordinance does not lead to harmonisation of internal trade and that small SMEs are restricted in their business activities. I think it would make sense for the packaging to be licensed and reported only in one home country, including that from abroad. And why, in the case of purchased neutral cartons, do I become a producer with all the associated obligations if, for example, I cut them down in order, for example, to use fewer stuffing materials? As a result of this operation, I avoid additional packaging waste and the cardboard box does not change anything in principle. Instead, they are once again penalised by the corresponding obligations. If we really want to have harmonised cross-border trade in the EU, the regulation needs to be revised and simplified. It must be sufficient for the required obligations to be fulfilled once.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563710_en"}, {"id": 33563708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:23:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ideen mit Herz", "feedback": "We support the objective of improving transparency and producer responsibility across the EU. However, the proposed system of national producer registers risks creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for businesses. Companies operating in several Member States may have to deal with different registration systems, reporting requirements and procedures in each country. The real costs go far beyond registration fees and include staff time, IT implementation, legal support and ongoing compliance work. This is especially problematic for SMEs and companies selling relatively small quantities in multiple EU countries. In these cases, compliance costs can easily become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. An EU-wide regulation should reduce complexity, not create another layer of national bureaucracy. Core producer information should be submitted once and shared between the relevant national authorities wherever possible. Registration and reporting requirements should also be proportionate to packaging volumes, with simplified procedures or reasonable thresholds for smaller businesses. The goals of the PPWR are important, but the proposed administrative burden risks becoming regulatory overkill. Money and resources spent on duplicated registrations and reporting would be better invested in improving packaging, recycling and other sustainability measures.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the objective of improving transparency and producer responsibility across the EU. However, the proposed system of national producer registers risks creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for businesses. Companies operating in several Member States may have to deal with different registration systems, reporting requirements and procedures in each country. The real costs go far beyond registration fees and include staff time, IT implementation, legal support and ongoing compliance work. This is especially problematic for SMEs and companies selling relatively small quantities in multiple EU countries. In these cases, compliance costs can easily become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. An EU-wide regulation should reduce complexity, not create another layer of national bureaucracy. Core producer information should be submitted once and shared between the relevant national authorities wherever possible. Registration and reporting requirements should also be proportionate to packaging volumes, with simplified procedures or reasonable thresholds for smaller businesses. The goals of the PPWR are important, but the proposed administrative burden risks becoming regulatory overkill. Money and resources spent on duplicated registrations and reporting would be better invested in improving packaging, recycling and other sustainability measures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563708_en"}, {"id": 33563707, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:23:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "freudeamsammeln GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchten wir die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Kleinunternehmer (GbR) ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wir dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Joachim Pfaffe M.A. freudeamsammeln GbR", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of small online sales, we would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what we consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us as small traders (GbR), sales to other EU Member States have so far been an obvious step towards growth without our own legal department, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once we sell goods to another Member State, a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether we sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Joachim Pfaffe M.A. Joachim Pfaffe GbR, Joachim Pfaffe M.A. Joachim Pfaffe, Joachim Pfaffe M.A. Joachim Pfaffe, Joachim Pfaffe, Joachim Pfaffe, Joachim Pfaffe M", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563707_en"}, {"id": 33563706, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:22:57", "country": "BGR", "language": "BG", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Типично за Европейската комисия - изтриване на малкия бизнес, толерираме големите магазини и търговци и пълним цяла Европа с китайска стока. Браво умници.", "feedbackEnglish": "Typical of the European Commission – deleting small businesses, tolerating big shops and traders, and filling all of Europe with Chinese goods. Bravo Mumpics.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563706_en"}, {"id": 33563704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:16:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lola Céramique", "feedback": "En tant que petite entreprise individuelle, je vois mon avenir menacé. Payer un mandataire par pays est impossible pour moi, je suis donc contrainte d'abandonner le fait d'envoyer mes créations par colis par manque de moyen. Je me sépare donc, suite à cette nouvelle loi, d'une partie de mes revenus, y compris ceux dans mon propre pays car j'envoie trop peu de colis pour que ce soit rentable de payer un mandataire. S'il vous plaît, revoyez cette loi, abandonnez cette nouvelle taxe qui détruit les petites entreprises et met en péril nos vies.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an individual small business, I see my future under threat. It is impossible for me to pay one agent per country, so I am forced to abandon sending my creations by parcel because of a lack of means. As a result of this new law, I therefore separate part of my income, including income in my own country, because I send too few parcels to make it profitable to pay an agent. Please review this law, abandon this new tax that destroys small businesses and puts our lives at risk.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563704_en"}, {"id": 33563703, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:16:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Changeling Studios", "feedback": "In unserem Unternehmen produzieren wir handgefertigte Perücken, Bärte und Silikon-Prosthetics. Unser Jahresumsatz beträgt ca 15.000 und in der Regel liegen die Preise unserer Produkte zwischen 15 und 300 EUR. Wir verkaufen unsere Produkte sowohl auf Messen als auch via Online-Shop. Dabei kommen wir auf Messen mit Kunden aus dem EU Ausland in Kontakt, die wir sehr gerne als Onlinekunden aufnehmen würden, was durch die neue Verordnung nicht mehr möglich ist: Das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft zu stärken, finden wir unbedingt unterstützenswert und diese Prämisse beachten wir auch schon bei der Wahl unserer Verpackungen. Die neuen Regelungen bezüglich der nationalen Herstellerregister und den damit verbundenen Verpflichtungen bereiten uns als kleines Handwerksunternehmen große Schwierigkeiten: Die sich aus den sporadischen und nicht planbaren Kundenbestellungen aus den EU-Staaten mit meist sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen ergebenden Verpflichtungen zu Registrierung und Gebührenpflicht in jedem Lieferland stellen uns vor einen völlig unverhältnismäßig hohen Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand. Hinzu kommt die Anforderung, dass wir in den jeweiligen Ländern, aus denen uns mal eine Bestellung erreicht, einen Bevollmächtigten bestellen. Wir haben keine Mitarbeiter und übernehmen jeden Schritt von der Herstellung über die Verkaufsabwicklung bis zur Buchhaltung selbst. Die Umsetzung der Pflichten der Verpackungsverordnung würde zusätzliche personelle Ressourcen erfordern, die wir bei unserer Kostenstruktur nicht erwirtschaften können. Wir können nicht nachvollziehen, dass die o.g. Pflichten unabhängig vom jährlichen Lieferumfang oder Verpackungsmengen, gelten sollen. Das hat zur Folge, dass wir bereits bei der ersten Bestellung aus einem neuen Lieferland demselben Verwaltungsaufwand unterliegen wie ein großer Konzern. Allein der Aufwand für die Recherche, der verschiedenen Bestimmungen in jedem neuen Lieferland, ist für unseren Kleinstbetrieb nicht zu stemmen. Wir befürchten, dass wir als kleiner Hersteller handwerklicher Produkte dadurch den EU-Binnenmarkt nicht bedienen und auch künftig nur deutsche Kunden beliefern können. Aufgrund der Besonderheit unserer Produkte, die man als Nischenprodukt bezeichnen kann, wäre das Potential des deutschen Markts allein jedoch perspektivisch nicht ausreichend. Die Möglichkeit, im Rahmen des EU-Binnenmarktes auch internationale Kunden zu bedienen, ist ein entscheidender Grund für den Aufbau dieses noch jungen Unternehmens. Wir appellieren an die Europäische Kommission, kleine und mittlere Unternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen bei grenzüberschreitenden Lieferungen zu entlasten. Zum Beispiel wären aus unserer Sicht Bagatell- bzw. Mengenschwellen, unterhalb derer vereinfachte Verfahren gelten oder keine ausländische Registrierungspflicht besteht, sehr sinnvoll. Ein weiterer Punkt ist die Einheitlichkeit der Pflichten und Regelungen in allen Mitgliedsstaaten sowie eine zentrale Lösung für die digitale Abwicklung der Registrierungs- und Reportingverfahren. Es ist für uns nicht nachvollziehbar, warum ein Unternehmen, das bereits alle notwendigen Angaben im Verpackungsregister im Herkunftsland bereitstellt, diese zusätzlich in den verschiedenen nationalen Registern nochmals erfassen und im schlimmsten Fall 27 unterschiedliche Verfahren durchlaufen soll. Die Erfüllung der Pflichten der unterschiedlichen nationalen Systeme, wäre uns nur unter Einbindung externer Dienstleister möglich. Auch der sich nach der Registrierung anschließende Aufwand für Reporting und Gebühren sind keine einmaligen Kosten, sondern ein fortlaufender Aufwand, der unsere Produkte unverhältnismäßig verteuern würde. Diese Mehrkosten können wir nicht konkurrenzfähig auf die Preise für unsere ausländischen Kunden umlegen. Die Bearbeitung des europäischen Binnenmarktes wird sich folglich für uns wirtschaftlich nicht rentieren.", "feedbackEnglish": "In our company we produce handmade wigs, beards and silicone prosthetics. Our annual turnover is around 15.000 and, as a rule, the prices of our products range from EUR 15 to EUR 300. We sell our products both at trade fairs and through online shops. At trade fairs, we come into contact with customers from other EU countries, which we would very much like to take up as online customers, which is no longer possible under the new regulation: We strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and strengthening the circular economy and take this premise into account when choosing our packaging. As a small craftsman, the new rules on national registers of producers and the associated obligations present us with great difficulties: The obligations to register and pay fees in each supplier country arising from sporadic and unpredictable customer orders from the EU Member States with mostly very small quantities of packaging create a completely disproportionate administrative and cost burden for us. There is also the requirement that we appoint an authorised representative in the respective countries from which we can obtain an appointment. We have no employees and take every step from production, through sales, to bookkeeping. Implementing the obligations of the Packaging Regulation would require additional human resources that we cannot generate in our cost structure. We do not understand that the above obligations should apply irrespective of the annual volume of deliveries or packaging volumes. As a result, we are already subject to the same administrative burden as a large group when the first order is placed from a new supplier country. Our micro-enterprise does not have to shoulder the burden of researching the various provisions in each new supplier country. We fear that this will prevent us, as small producers of craft products, from serving the EU’s internal market and from continuing to supply only German customers. However, due to the specificity of our products, which can be described as niche products, the potential of the German market alone would not be sufficient in the future. The ability to serve international customers within the framework of the EU’s internal market is a key reason for building this still young business. We call on the European Commission to relieve small and medium-sized enterprises with small quantities of packaging from cross-border deliveries. For example, in our view, de minimis or volume thresholds below which simplified procedures apply or under which there is no foreign registration requirement would be very useful. Another issue is the uniformity of obligations and rules across Member States, as well as a central solution for the digital completion of registration and reporting procedures. We do not understand why a company which already provides all the necessary information in the packaging register in the country of origin should also record it again in the various national registers and, in the worst case, go through 27 different procedures. We would only be able to fulfil the obligations of the different national systems with the involvement of external service providers. The subsequent reporting and fee burden after registration is also not a one-off cost, but a continuous burden that would disproportionately increase the cost of our products. We cannot pass these extra costs on to the prices of our foreign customers in a competitive way. The processing of the European single market will therefore not be economically profitable for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563703_en"}, {"id": 33563702, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:07:36", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DRH Models (IRL) Ltd. ", "feedback": "I run an Irish e-commerce business, retailing almost exclusively on eBay. The business has one employee - me! Whilst the new regulations are difficult to understand, the biggest difficulty is the question of scale and minimum scale of registration. My product is niche (2nd hand collectables) and approximately half of the EU countries I ship to have less than 10 orders per year. I do not make the products, I am merely placing them in a cardboard box for transportation. I am asking that a minimum standard for registration be included (either turnover in a given EU state or packaging weight if desired) and/or that the system be centralised (in a similar manner to VAT OSS), such that it is possible to declare the quantity of packaging which is entering each EU country. If this is not done, what in practice will happen is that I will become an EU company with the inability to trade in certain EU countries (as the cost of compliance will be higher than my turnover in them). My understanding of the law is that it is to reduce waste - but my products are already 2nd hand. Without my business, there would be more waste, not less. Punishing me for shipping 2 small cardboard boxes from Ireland to Cyprus in a calendar year cannot be what this exercise should be about.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run an Irish e-commerce business, retailing almost exclusively on eBay. The business has one employee - me! Whilst the new regulations are difficult to understand, the biggest difficulty is the question of scale and minimum scale of registration. My product is niche (2nd hand collectables) and approximately half of the EU countries I ship to have less than 10 orders per year. I do not make the products, I am merely placing them in a cardboard box for transportation. I am asking that a minimum standard for registration be included (either turnover in a given EU state or packaging weight if desired) and/or that the system be centralised (in a similar manner to VAT OSS), such that it is possible to declare the quantity of packaging which is entering each EU country. If this is not done, what in practice will happen is that I will become an EU company with the inability to trade in certain EU countries (as the cost of compliance will be higher than my turnover in them). My understanding of the law is that it is to reduce waste - but my products are already 2nd hand. Without my business, there would be more waste, not less. Punishing me for shipping 2 small cardboard boxes from Ireland to Cyprus in a calendar year cannot be what this exercise should be about.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563702_en"}, {"id": 33563701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 14:07:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MoonNomada ", "feedback": "I was born in the EU. I grew up in the EU. I still live in the EU. I own a one woman micro business based in the EU and do everything that comes with it all by myself. I create one of a kind, handmade, wearable art that I package in 100% recyclable, 0% plastic, partially recycled packages, and sent them to people all over the world throughout the past 7,5 years. But since 12.August 2026 I can't send my art to most countries within the EU anymore - to reduce packaging waste. I can still send it pretty much everywhere else though. .. ? This new law is literally destroying the 'single market', which is said to be 'one of the EU's most significant achievements'. Well, probably not for giant cooperations - but for everyone else. Those new EU regulations make it literally impossible for micro businesses to legally ship their packages across the EU. The average amount I've sent globally within a year is 62 packages. The highest revenue in a year was 6.000. I'd have to pay approximately 2.500 - 4.500 Every Year to keep shipping possible to all EU countries. You don't need to be a genius to understand that this doesn't work. I have no problem with declaring the waste I produce, and paying a proportionally reasonable amount to get rid of that waste. Basically this is a step in the right direction, just that the execution of it is done so poorly that it's ridiculous. The seperate registration in every single country we ship to, 27 EU countries one by one because there's no such thing as a central website for it, the unproportional fees that come with it, and especially the hiring of an authorized local representative in pretty much every single country we ship to - even if it's only one tiny package per year, and also if we only want to keep that possibility open but don't receive a single order from that country - is absurd and impossible for small businesses. These regulations are said to reduce packaging waste and increase recycling - basically a step in a very good direction. The problem here is: This might work for big cooperations - but when a micro business with just a few sales per month would pay hundreds of Euros just to ship a couple packages each year - this isn't going to reduce any waste. This is just going to wipe out small businesses, because this obviously is impossible for any of us to pay. And honestly - if this is NOT meant to destroy small businesses, this IS going to change. If in October this will still not have a clear exception or adaptation for small businesses - at least we can be sure that the EU is Really going to shit. Personally I'm having difficulties to believe this happened just like that by accident, but for now I try to keep some hope just in case I'm wrong.", "feedbackEnglish": "I was born in the EU. I grew up in the EU. I still live in the EU. I own a one woman micro business based in the EU and do everything that comes with it all by myself. I create one of a kind, handmade, wearable art that I package in 100% recyclable, 0% plastic, partially recycled packages, and sent them to people all over the world throughout the past 7,5 years. But since 12.August 2026 I can't send my art to most countries within the EU anymore - to reduce packaging waste. I can still send it pretty much everywhere else though. .. ? This new law is literally destroying the 'single market', which is said to be 'one of the EU's most significant achievements'. Well, probably not for giant cooperations - but for everyone else. Those new EU regulations make it literally impossible for micro businesses to legally ship their packages across the EU. The average amount I've sent globally within a year is 62 packages. The highest revenue in a year was 6.000. I'd have to pay approximately 2.500 - 4.500 Every Year to keep shipping possible to all EU countries. You don't need to be a genius to understand that this doesn't work. I have no problem with declaring the waste I produce, and paying a proportionally reasonable amount to get rid of that waste. Basically this is a step in the right direction, just that the execution of it is done so poorly that it's ridiculous. The seperate registration in every single country we ship to, 27 EU countries one by one because there's no such thing as a central website for it, the unproportional fees that come with it, and especially the hiring of an authorized local representative in pretty much every single country we ship to - even if it's only one tiny package per year, and also if we only want to keep that possibility open but don't receive a single order from that country - is absurd and impossible for small businesses. These regulations are said to reduce packaging waste and increase recycling - basically a step in a very good direction. The problem here is: This might work for big cooperations - but when a micro business with just a few sales per month would pay hundreds of Euros just to ship a couple packages each year - this isn't going to reduce any waste. This is just going to wipe out small businesses, because this obviously is impossible for any of us to pay. And honestly - if this is NOT meant to destroy small businesses, this IS going to change. If in October this will still not have a clear exception or adaptation for small businesses - at least we can be sure that the EU is Really going to shit. Personally I'm having difficulties to believe this happened just like that by accident, but for now I try to keep some hope just in case I'm wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563701_en"}, {"id": 33563699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:54:51", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The implementation of these regulations are basically impossible for small producers, and completely negates the single market. It also undermines any goals of maintaining European art and craft, as well as the independence of small businesses. It is ridiculous to force an artist such as myself, making only a small number of sales a year, to pay exorbitant fees and have to jump through endless bureaucratic hoops just to reach my own neighbours. It also punishes consumers, such as myself, who makes a conscious effort to buy directly from other crafts people and support small businesses. There are a million ways the goals of reducing packaging waste could be met without going after regular people. This legislation is a gift to the major corporations who are the biggest polluters of all!", "feedbackEnglish": "The implementation of these regulations are basically impossible for small producers, and completely negates the single market. It also undermines any goals of maintaining European art and craft, as well as the independence of small businesses. It is ridiculous to force an artist such as myself, making only a small number of sales a year, to pay exorbitant fees and have to jump through endless bureaucratic hoops just to reach my own neighbours. It also punishes consumers, such as myself, who makes a conscious effort to buy directly from other crafts people and support small businesses. There are a million ways the goals of reducing packaging waste could be met without going after regular people. This legislation is a gift to the major corporations who are the biggest polluters of all!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563699_en"}, {"id": 33563697, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:45:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Klemmbaustein-Welt.de", "feedback": "Guten Tag, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels sehe ich meinen Existenz bedroht, da ich mit meinem Ein-Frau-Betrieb auf die Bestellungen aus dem Ausland angewiesen bin. Die Kosten welche hier nun für die 5 Hauptländer auftreten, kann ich auch nicht einfach auf meine Kunden umlegen, da dies dann nicht mehr lohnenswert für meine Kundinnen ist. Somit sehe ich, sofern keine Kleinstunternehmerregelung eingesetzt wird, mich mein Business nicht mehr lange führen. Desweiteren widerspricht dieses Gesetz dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Kleinstunternehmerinnen sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sonja Subklewe", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, as an operator of a small online shop, I see my existence at risk, as I rely on orders from abroad for my one-woman business. Nor can I simply pass on the costs incurred here for the five main countries to my customers, as this is no longer worthwhile for my customers. As a result, unless a micro-enterprise scheme is used, I can see that my business has not lasted for a long time. Furthermore, this law runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. Micro-entrepreneurs should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives in accordance with the known limits on staff numbers and turnover. (Complimentary close) Sonja Subklewe", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563697_en"}, {"id": 33563696, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:45:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am requesting an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees. This is destroying EU micro-businesses. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The EPR was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am requesting an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees. This is destroying EU micro-businesses. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The EPR was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563696_en"}, {"id": 33563695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:43:20", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Soy emprendedor y estoy montando una tienda online desde España y quería vender a toda Europa pero esta nueva medida hace que sea inviable. Comprendo que exista un pago por el reciclaje de mis cajas pero es demasiado difícil registrarse país por país y cumplir con 27 regulaciones en distintos idiomas. Un solo pedido a Alemania ya me obliga a darme de alta allí, declarar allí y contratar un representante local y cuesta lo mismo vendiendo tres unidades que tres mil. Vender en toda la Unión Europea son miles de euros al año en papeleo antes de vender nada y hace que sea más difícil vender a mis países hermanos que enviar pedidos fuera lo cuál es todo lo contrario a los valores europeos. Con el IVA esto ya está resuelto: un alta en España, una declaración, y un mínimo por debajo del cual no tocas nada por lo que considero que podría ser igual en este caso: un umbral mínimo común en toda la Unión, para que unos pocos pedidos al año no obliguen a registrarse en un país entero; y una ventanilla única, para que quien sí supere ese mínimo pueda cumplir con un solo alta y una sola declaración.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an entrepreneur and I am setting up an online shop from Spain and wanted to sell across Europe, but this new measure makes it unworkable. I understand that there is a payment for recycling my boxes but it is too difficult to register country by country and comply with 27 regulations in different languages. A single order from Germany already forces me to register there, declare there and hire a local representative and costs the same by selling three units as three thousand. Selling across the European Union is thousands of euros a year in paperwork before selling anything and makes it more difficult to sell to my siblings than sending orders was what is contrary to European values. With VAT, this is now resolved: a registration in Spain, a declaration, and a minimum below which you do not touch anything for what I think could be the same in this case: a common minimum threshold across the EU, so that a few orders per year do not require registration in a whole country; and a one-stop shop, so that anyone who exceeds this minimum can comply with only one registration and one declaration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563695_en"}, {"id": 33563693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:35:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Firma", "feedback": "Das aktuelle Konstrukt ist für viele kleinere Unternehmen nicht zu stemmen. Betroffen sind dadurch nicht nur die Betriebe selbst, sondern auch Unternehmen, die auf kleinere Zulieferer angewiesen sind und ggf. sogar schon Rahmenverträge abgeschlossen haben. Es kann nicht sein, dass Grundgedanken der EU mit diesem Gesetz komplett demontiert werden. Die Freihandelszone ist ad absurdum geführt worden.", "feedbackEnglish": "For many smaller companies, the current set-up is unstoppable. This affects not only the companies themselves, but also companies that rely on smaller suppliers and may even have concluded framework contracts. It is unacceptable that this law completely breaks down the basic idea of the EU. The free trade area has been ad absurd.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563693_en"}, {"id": 33563691, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:33:51", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GT Body Jewellery", "feedback": "Having ran my small business since 2012 with very few issues shipping into the EU the new PPWR regulations are going to finish off any chance of shipping to customers in Europe. I am one single person running a small business from home, a business that has paid my bills for the last 14 years, turnover is diminishing due to more and more fees being thrown at small business owners that cannot be absorbed other than price hikes that further push buyers away. I use Ebay and Etsy but cannot feasibly appoint a representative in every country to deal with little packets that I ship my items in and pay those representatives. Sales to Europe are dropping off at an alarming rate now, firstly due to customs fees, then the new 3 Euro fee that has to paid on every item and this will end it completely. The PPWR needs to bring in an exemption for small businesses, so we can still afford to operate without the EU obliterating any profit made from those sales. I am not Amazon and simply can not be clumped into the same bracket as them. I may only send a few packets a week to the EU now as fees are killing it, once a booming market for sales is being squeezed to within an inch of it's life, I have regular customers but simply won't be able to continue if the business keeps taking a battering from fees that should only apply to bigger businesses with more staff and higher turnover. I urge you to consider us small business owners who bend over backwards to keep them going, and bring in an upper threshold and allow those under that to have exemption from the absolute absurdity of it. Surely anyone can see that small businesses cannot have someone in every country or cannot afford to pay a company to do that either. Today is the first I have heard of PPWR, and today will be the day I cut off my sales to Europe. Soon Europe will not be able to trade with anyone, nobody will want to do business as it is now too costly. I will be contacting my local MP and will advise others on forums to do the same as the EU is single-handedly punishing hard working people just trying to make a living.", "feedbackEnglish": "Having ran my small business since 2012 with very few issues shipping into the EU the new PPWR regulations are going to finish off any chance of shipping to customers in Europe. I am one single person running a small business from home, a business that has paid my bills for the last 14 years, turnover is diminishing due to more and more fees being thrown at small business owners that cannot be absorbed other than price hikes that further push buyers away. I use Ebay and Etsy but cannot feasibly appoint a representative in every country to deal with little packets that I ship my items in and pay those representatives. Sales to Europe are dropping off at an alarming rate now, firstly due to customs fees, then the new 3 Euro fee that has to paid on every item and this will end it completely. The PPWR needs to bring in an exemption for small businesses, so we can still afford to operate without the EU obliterating any profit made from those sales. I am not Amazon and simply can not be clumped into the same bracket as them. I may only send a few packets a week to the EU now as fees are killing it, once a booming market for sales is being squeezed to within an inch of it's life, I have regular customers but simply won't be able to continue if the business keeps taking a battering from fees that should only apply to bigger businesses with more staff and higher turnover. I urge you to consider us small business owners who bend over backwards to keep them going, and bring in an upper threshold and allow those under that to have exemption from the absolute absurdity of it. Surely anyone can see that small businesses cannot have someone in every country or cannot afford to pay a company to do that either. Today is the first I have heard of PPWR, and today will be the day I cut off my sales to Europe. Soon Europe will not be able to trade with anyone, nobody will want to do business as it is now too costly. I will be contacting my local MP and will advise others on forums to do the same as the EU is single-handedly punishing hard working people just trying to make a living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563691_en"}, {"id": 33563689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:32:35", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Circular Fashion ", "feedback": "This new law is a crucial point for my little business. I sell vintage clothing during 15 years. The last year my business went down the hill by many reasons, including the whole economical situation, inflation, new shipping regulations to ship to the United states as well, I found myself with many debts to URRSAF, that I can not pay, I hardly pay my living. This new EU waste regulation makes it even worse, I can not allow to pay all those new charges as I hardly pay my rent, my food and my debts. I have not just stop shipping to the certain EU countries, but to close my business. Anyway people buy less and less and this new law takes the last opportunity from small business like mine, to survive. Probably that is the goal of those who created this law - to shut down our small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is a crucial point for my little business. I sell vintage clothing during 15 years. The last year my business went down the hill by many reasons, including the whole economical situation, inflation, new shipping regulations to ship to the United states as well, I found myself with many debts to URRSAF, that I can not pay, I hardly pay my living. This new EU waste regulation makes it even worse, I can not allow to pay all those new charges as I hardly pay my rent, my food and my debts. I have not just stop shipping to the certain EU countries, but to close my business. Anyway people buy less and less and this new law takes the last opportunity from small business like mine, to survive. Probably that is the goal of those who created this law - to shut down our small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563689_en"}, {"id": 33563688, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:28:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Friesenhund by Maja Röll", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, der Gedanke an die EU wird getragen davon, dass alles einheitlich und vor allem einfacher gestaltet werden soll. Aktuell ist es genau das Gegenteil: Als Kleinunternehmer mit einem Online-Shop für ganz spezielle Maßanfertigungen brauche ich 26 einzelne Vertretungsberechtigte und 27 verschiedene Verpackungslizenzen. Statt ein einheitliches System, das auch für 1-Personen-Unternehmen mit kleinen Mengen tragbar ist, wurde ein undurchsichtiges Netz an Regelungen und Verordnungen mit der Androhung von Strafen gewebt. Alleine die Umsetzung ist weder zeitlich noch finanziell für uns kleine Spezial-Shops tragbar, weil wir keine tausende von Euro vorstrecken können, um überhaupt nur die Erlaubnis zu bekommen, im EU-Ausland zu verkaufen. Das fördert den Vertrieb von Großkonzernen mit billiger Massenware, deren Qualität teilweise nicht mal die erste Verwendung übersteht und spaltet die einzelnen Länder weiter ab. Von dem Gedanken, an einen einheitlichen, länderübergreifenden Markt mit fairen Chancen für alle sind wir weit entfernt! Zudem sind die aktuellen Regeln in keiner Weise ausgereift, was schon die Diskussion über den Adressaufkleber auf einer Sendung und der damit verbundenen oder nicht verbundenen Pflichten zeigt. Bitte überdenken Sie die Regularien und entwickeln gerade für uns keine Spezial-Unternehmen faire Vorgaben, denn nur durch uns bleibt der Markt was er ist: ein bunter Strauß an Möglichkeiten statt einheitlicher Industrieware, die an vielen Bedürfnissen vorbei geht. Besten Dank!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the idea for the EU is that everything should be made uniform and, above all, simpler. At present, it is exactly the opposite: As a small business with an online shop for very specific custom-made products, I need 26 individual authorised representatives and 27 different packaging licences. Instead of a uniform system that is also bearable for one-person companies with small quantities, an opaque network of rules and regulations was advertised with the threat of penalties. Implementation alone is not sustainable for us, either in terms of time or money, because we cannot advance thousands of euros in order to obtain only permission to sell abroad in the EU. This promotes the distribution of large corporations with low-priced, high-volume goods, some of which are not even superior to their first use, and further divides the individual countries. We are far from thinking of a single, transnational market with fair opportunities for all! Moreover, the current rules are not in any way mature, as shown by the discussion of the address sticker on a programme and the associated or unrelated obligations. Please reconsider the rules and not develop fair rules for special companies, because only through us does the market remain what it is: a scatter of opportunities rather than a single industrial product that ignores many needs. Thank you very much.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563688_en"}, {"id": 33563678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:25:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Leider müssen wir den Versand in alle EU-Länder außer Deutschland einstellen. Dieses bürokratische Monster ist für kleine Betriebe weder finanziell noch zeitlich zu stemmen. Die Regelung bedeutet faktisch den Ausschluss vom europäischen Markt für kleine Firmen. Danke! Folglich gibt es auch keine OSS-Zahlungen mehr von uns. Wir konzentrieren uns auf Märkte außerhalb der EU. Wenn man bedenkt für was die EU stand, zB. Stärkung des EU-Binnenmarktes ist diese Regelung absurd. Es wird europaweit immens viele Insolvenzen geben. Kunden in kleinen EU-Ländern werden von kleinen internationalen Händlern nicht mehr beliefert, da es sich zb. in Malta, Estland, usw. nicht lohnt für ein paar Sendungen zu registrieren. Meine persönliche Meinung,......raus aus der EU, und zwar so schnell wie möglich!!! Das ist nur noch komplett absurd! Danke für nichts!", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, we have to stop shipping to all EU countries except Germany. This bureaucratic monster is neither financially nor time-consuming for small businesses. The provision effectively excludes small firms from the European market. Thanks! Consequently, there are no more OSS payments from us. We focus on markets outside the EU. Considering what the EU stood for, for example: Strengthening the EU’s internal market is absurd. There will be a huge number of insolvencies across Europe. Customers in small EU countries are no longer supplied by small international traders, as it is not worth registering for a few items, e.g. in Malta, Estonia, etc. My personal opinion,..., from the EU, as soon as possible! This is only completely absurd! Thank you for nothing!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563678_en"}, {"id": 33563686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:20:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlineshop", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen, der aus meiner Sicht insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen erhebliche praktische und wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen haben kann: die Verpflichtung, beim grenzüberschreitenden Vertrieb in jedem betroffenen Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu benennen. Für kleinere Online-Händler war der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang eine vergleichsweise unkomplizierte Möglichkeit, neue Kunden zu erreichen und das eigene Geschäft schrittweise auszubauen. Die neuen Anforderungen könnten diese Entwicklung jedoch deutlich erschweren. Bereits geringe Verkaufszahlen in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten entstehen. Wer beispielsweise in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder verkauft, müsste unter Umständen für jedes einzelne Land gesonderte Vertragsbeziehungen eingehen, Gebühren bezahlen und unterschiedliche administrative Anforderungen erfüllen. Dabei spielt es kaum eine Rolle, ob in einem Land nur wenige Bestellungen oder mehrere hundert Sendungen pro Jahr anfallen. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen entsteht dadurch ein erheblicher Fixkostenblock, der in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen steht. Die Folge könnte sein, dass kleinere Händler bestimmte EU-Märkte künftig gar nicht mehr bedienen, weil sich der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand bei geringen Verkaufszahlen wirtschaftlich nicht rechtfertigen lässt. Damit würde faktisch eine zusätzliche Markteintrittshürde innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes geschaffen. Aus diesem Grund möchte ich folgende Ansätze zur Prüfung anregen: Erstens wäre aus meiner Sicht eine Ausnahme von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für Kleinstunternehmen sinnvoll, orientiert an bestehenden Schwellenwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz. Ergänzend könnte für andere Unternehmen eine mengen- oder umsatzbezogene Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat eingeführt werden. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Verpflichtung bestehen, einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten im jeweiligen Zielland zu bestellen. Zweitens sollte geprüft werden, ob eine tatsächliche europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung geschaffen werden kann. Die derzeit mögliche Zusammenarbeit mit zentralen Dienstleistern löst das Grundproblem nur teilweise, da in der Praxis weiterhin für zahlreiche Länder einzelne Verträge abgeschlossen und jeweils separate Fixkosten getragen werden müssen. Eine zentrale Stelle, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für mehrere oder sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt abgewickelt werden können, wäre insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen eine erhebliche Entlastung. Drittens wäre eine europaweit einheitliche technische Struktur für die Übermittlung von Verpackungsdaten sinnvoll. Einmal erfasste Informationen sollten möglichst in einem standardisierten Format verwendet und an die jeweils zuständigen Stellen weitergeleitet werden können, anstatt für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut in unterschiedlicher Form aufbereitet werden zu müssen. Die besonderen Belastungen kleiner Unternehmen entstehen weniger durch die Verpackungsmengen selbst als durch die Vielzahl fixer administrativer Anforderungen. Ein kleiner Online-Händler trägt bei einem Verkauf in einen Mitgliedstaat häufig dieselben grundlegenden Registrierungs- und Vertragskosten wie ein großes Unternehmen, kann diese Kosten jedoch auf ein wesentlich geringeres Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde dazu beitragen, dass auch kleinere Unternehmen weiterhin die Chancen des europäischen Binnenmarktes nutzen können, ohne aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger Fixkosten faktisch auf den heimischen Markt beschränkt zu werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to an aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register which, in my view, can have significant practical and economic implications, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border distribution in each Member State concerned. For smaller online traders, selling to other EU Member States has so far been a relatively straightforward way to reach new customers and gradually expand their business. However, the new requirements could make this development much more difficult. Even low sales in another Member State may lead to additional registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations in that Member State. For example, those selling in 10 or 20 EU countries may have to enter into separate contractual relationships, pay fees and comply with different administrative requirements for each country. It makes little difference whether a country receives only a few orders or several hundred items a year. This creates a significant block of fixed costs, particularly for small businesses, which is disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. As a result, smaller traders may no longer serve certain EU markets at all, as the administrative and financial burden cannot be economically justified in the case of low sales. This would effectively create an additional barrier to market entry within the European internal market. For this reason, I would like to suggest the following approaches for consideration: First, in my view, an exemption from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for micro-enterprises would be useful, based on existing thresholds for staff headcount and annual turnover. In addition, a de minimis threshold per Member State could be introduced for other undertakings in terms of volume or turnover. Below this limit, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in the respective country of destination. Secondly, the feasibility of a genuine European one-stop-shop solution should be explored. The current possible cooperation with central service providers only partially solves the underlying problem, as in practice individual contracts will still have to be concluded for many countries and separate fixed costs will have to be borne in each case. A central point through which registration and reporting obligations can be bundled for several or all Member States would provide significant relief, in particular for small businesses. Thirdly, a Europe-wide uniform technical structure for the transmission of packaging data would be useful. Once collected, it should be possible, where possible, to use information in a standardised format and forward it to the relevant competent bodies, rather than having to be reprocessed in different ways for each Member State. The particular burdens on small businesses arise less from the quantities of packaging itself than from the multitude of fixed administrative requirements. A small online trader often bears the same basic registration and contract costs as a large company when selling in a Member State, but can spread these costs over a much smaller volume of sales. Making the obligation to appoint representatives proportionate would help to ensure that even smaller companies can continue to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the European internal market without being de facto limited to the domestic market due to disproportionate fixed costs. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563686_en"}, {"id": 33563684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:16:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Online Handel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinstunternehmer und Onlinehändler beobachte ich seit mehreren Jahren mit zunehmender Sorge, wie die regulatorischen und administrativen Anforderungen an kleine Unternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU kontinuierlich steigen. Die neuen Anforderungen der EU-Verpackungsverordnung stellen für mich jedoch den bisherigen Höhepunkt dieser Fehlentwicklung dar. Besonders problematisch ist die Verpflichtung für grenzüberschreitend tätige Händler, im Rahmen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten Bevollmächtigte zu benennen. Für große Unternehmen mögen die daraus entstehenden Fixkosten verkraftbar sein. Für Kleinstunternehmen können sie den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten faktisch unwirtschaftlich machen. Ein kleiner Händler erzielt in einzelnen Ländern möglicherweise nur einige hundert oder wenige tausend Euro Umsatz pro Jahr. Wenn dennoch für jedes Land Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und laufende Kosten erforderlich sind, stehen diese in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu Umsatz, Unternehmensgröße oder tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachter Verpackungsmenge. Damit wird eine Grenze überschritten: Regulierung verursacht nicht mehr nur Verwaltungsaufwand, sondern kann kleinen Unternehmen den Zugang zu anderen europäischen Märkten wirtschaftlich versperren. Es kann nicht das Ergebnis europäischer Gesetzgebung sein, dass es für einen deutschen Kleinstunternehmer einfacher und wirtschaftlich sinnvoller ist, Waren in ein Drittland außerhalb der EU zu versenden als an Verbraucher in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat. Dies widerspricht fundamental dem Gedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Besonders unverständlich ist dies aus ökologischer Perspektive. In meinem Unternehmen verwende ich für den Versand zu schätzungsweise 99 % bereits gebrauchte Kartons erneut. Ich verlängere bewusst deren Nutzungsdauer. Dadurch werden Ressourcen geschont und Verpackungsabfälle vermieden. Trotzdem können auch solche Verpackungen beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand entsprechende Herstellerverantwortungs- und Registrierungspflichten auslösen. Damit wird ausgerechnet ein Kleinstunternehmen, das nahezu vollständig gebrauchte Verpackungen wiederverwendet, mit erheblichen zusätzlichen finanziellen und administrativen Verpflichtungen belastet. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Unternehmen angemessen an den verursachten Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. Die Umsetzung muss jedoch verhältnismäßig bleiben. Aus meiner Sicht gibt es hierfür mehrere praktikable Lösungen: Kleinstunternehmen bzw. Unternehmen unterhalb einer EU-weit einheitlichen Bagatellgrenze könnten vollständig von diesen Pflichten ausgenommen werden. Alternativ könnten nachweislich bereits gebrauchte und erneut verwendete Versandverpackungen von entsprechenden Pflichten ausgenommen werden. Mindestens sollte es möglich sein, mit einer einzigen zentralen Registrierung und einem einzigen Verantwortlichen bzw. Bevollmächtigten für die gesamte EU tätig zu sein, anstatt in jedem Mitgliedstaat separate Strukturen finanzieren zu müssen. Gerade eine europäische Verordnung sollte 27 unterschiedliche nationale Strukturen vereinfachen und nicht neue Markteintrittsbarrieren schaffen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt darf für Kleinstunternehmen nicht nur theoretisch existieren er muss praktisch und wirtschaftlich nutzbar bleiben. Ich fordere die Europäische Kommission daher ausdrücklich auf, diese Regelungen zu überarbeiten und insbesondere die tatsächlichen Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen zu berücksichtigen. Umweltschutz, Kreislaufwirtschaft und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt dürfen keine Gegensätze sein. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as micro-entrepreneurs and online traders, I have been monitoring for several years with increasing concern how the regulatory and administrative requirements for small businesses trading cross-border within the EU are constantly increasing. However, I consider the new requirements of the EU Packaging Regulation to be the culmination of this failure so far. The obligation for cross-border traders to appoint authorised representatives under extended producer responsibility in the respective Member States is particularly problematic. For large companies, the resulting fixed costs may be manageable. They can make sales to other EU Member States de facto uneconomic for micro-enterprises. A small trader may have only a few hundred or a few thousand euros of turnover per year in individual countries. If registrations, authorised representatives and running costs are still required for each country, they are disproportionate to the turnover, the size of the company or the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. This crosses a border: Regulation is no longer just an administrative burden, but can also make it economically impossible for small businesses to access other European markets. It cannot be the result of European legislation that it is easier and economically more sensible for a German micro-entrepreneur to send goods to a third country outside the EU than to consumers in another EU Member State. This fundamentally contradicts the idea of the European single market. This is particularly incomprehensible from an environmental perspective. In my company, it is estimated that 99 % of the cartons used for shipping are used again. I deliberately extend their useful life. This saves resources and prevents packaging waste. Nevertheless, such packaging can also trigger corresponding producer responsibility and registration obligations in the case of cross-border shipments. This places significant additional financial and administrative obligations on a micro-enterprise that reuses almost entirely used packaging. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that companies contribute adequately to the disposal costs incurred. However, implementation must remain proportionate. In my view, there are several workable solutions: Micro-enterprises or enterprises below a single EU de minimis threshold could be fully exempted from these obligations. Alternatively, it could be demonstrated that used and re-used shipping packaging could be exempted from such obligations. As a minimum, it should be possible to operate with a single central registration and a single controller/authorised representative for the whole EU, instead of having to finance separate structures in each Member State. A European regulation in particular should simplify 27 different national structures and not create new barriers to market entry. The European single market must not only exist theoretically for micro-enterprises, but must remain practically and economically usable. I therefore urge the European Commission to revise these rules and in particular to take into account the actual impact on micro-enterprises. Environmental protection, the circular economy and a functioning single market must not be contradictory. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563684_en"}, {"id": 33563683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:03:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Cardgazer TCG - Nils Yongsing-Yü", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe als Einzelunternehmer einen Online-Handel. Der Verkauf erfolgt sowohl innerhalb von Deutschland, als auch in fast alle EU-Länder. Dabei unterscheidet sich das Volumen allerdings erheblich mit einem großen Schwerpunkt innerhalb von Deutschland. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder beläuft sich dabei auf wenige Briefe und/oder Pakete pro Jahr. Insgesamt bildet der Verkauf in andere Länder allerdings eine gute Möglichkeit für mein Unternehmen, da die Nachfrage von Kunden aus dem EU-Ausland nicht selten Ware betrifft, die bei innerdeutschen Kunden nicht besonders stark in der Nachfrage ist. Damit ermöglicht mir der grenzübergreifende Verkauf, ein breites Sortiment anzubieten, für das ich eine stabile Kundengruppe im fast gesamten EU-Raum habe und ausbauen kann. Die geplante Regelung der PPWR in aktueller Form verhindert für mich diese Möglichkeit leider. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei die Pflichten der PPWR, u.a. die Ernennung von Bevollmächtigten umsatz- und versandunabhängig. Eingangs beschrieb ich das Versandvolumen von wenigen Briefen oder Paketen in andere Länder. Dabei habe ich in Vorbereitung auf die PPWR mal eine Beispielrechnung zur anfallenden Abfalllast in ein Land mit jährlich durchschnittlichem Verkaufsvolumen durchgeführt. Im Ergebnis stand ein Abfallerzeugnis, welches mit einer Entsorgungsgebühr von 0,99 im jeweiligen Land geschätzt wurde. Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Die entstehenden Kosten dabei stehen in keinem Verhältnis zur o.g. tatsächlich erzeugten Last(von 0,99), die durch die PPWR bewältigt werden soll. Diese Fixkosten pro Land wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Nils Yongsing-Yü", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I sell online as a sole trader. The sale takes place both within Germany and in almost all EU countries. However, the volume differs significantly, with a large focus within Germany. Sales to other EU countries amount to a small number of letters and/or parcels per year. Overall, however, selling to other countries is a good option for my company, as the demand from customers from other EU countries often concerns goods that are not particularly strong in demand from domestic German customers. This allows me to sell across borders and offer a wide range of products for which I have and can expand a stable customer base in almost all of the EU. Unfortunately, the planned regulation of the PPWR in its current form prevents me from doing so. Emphasis is placed on the PPWR’s duties, including the appointment of authorised representatives, irrespective of turnover and dispatch. At the outset, I described the volume of shipments of a few letters or parcels to other countries. In preparation for the PPWR, I have sometimes carried out an example calculation of the waste load generated in a country with an average annual sales volume. The result was a waste product, which was estimated with a disposal fee of 0.99 in the respective Land. Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. The costs incurred are disproportionate to the above-mentioned burden (of 0.99) actually generated, which the PPWR is intended to meet. These fixed costs per country act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Nils Yongsing-Yü", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563683_en"}, {"id": 33563682, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:02:30", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is killing any chance for small businesses across EU. It is the worst initiative that I've seen, written by (to be kind) very uneducated and shady people that did not stop and think for a second about the impact. I'm planning to build a small manufacturing business on a niche product. That means that I will never get a lot of sales from a single country, rather small number of sales across all countries. Therefore ~500 EUR for a representative across 27 countries, per year equals 13500 EUR / year (excluding employee costs for the insane levels of bureaucracy), one has no chance of launching a business in EU now.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is killing any chance for small businesses across EU. It is the worst initiative that I've seen, written by (to be kind) very uneducated and shady people that did not stop and think for a second about the impact. I'm planning to build a small manufacturing business on a niche product. That means that I will never get a lot of sales from a single country, rather small number of sales across all countries. Therefore ~500 EUR for a representative across 27 countries, per year equals 13500 EUR / year (excluding employee costs for the insane levels of bureaucracy), one has no chance of launching a business in EU now.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563682_en"}, {"id": 33563681, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 13:01:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Zwölfte Koje links", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe hauptsächlich über meinen Onlineshop. Ich verschicke im Jahr durchschnittlich 40 Pakete in hauptsächlich sechs andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt zwischen 1900 Euro und 2100 . Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern würde ich voraussichtlich 895 Euro pro Jahr bezahlen müssen. Weil diese Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz extrem stark schmälern würden, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder komplett eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung, für Kleinstunternehmen wie mich jedoch bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte daher um zwei Änderungen: Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen müssen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Freundliche Grüße Chistina Rüttinger", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell mainly through my online shop. I send an average of 40 packages per year to mainly six other EU countries. My turnover from these countries ranges from EUR 1900 to 2100. I would probably have to pay EUR 895 per year to register and appoint representatives in these countries. Because these fixed costs would severely reduce my foreign turnover, I have completely stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. under simplification, but for micro-enterprises like me it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would therefore ask for two amendments: First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-entities will have to withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade will fall on large platforms. Best regards, Chistina Rüttinger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563681_en"}, {"id": 33563679, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:54:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlineshop", "feedback": "Kleine Händler, Onlineshops und Importeure werden durch die PPWR benachteiligt. Diese Verordnung schafft den Binnenmarkt quasi ab und fördert nur die großen Unternehmen. Ich befürworte ausdrücklich die Absicht Verpackungsmaterial umweltfreundlicher zu gestalten und Ressourcen einzusparen. Ich fordere eine sofortige Änderung der PPWR: - Einführung von Kleinstmengen, mittlere und große Verpackungsmengen - Einführung einer einzigen EU-Plattform gültig für alle EU-Länder, quasi nur eine Anmeldung erforderlich - Registrierung, Lizensierung, Mengenmeldung der Verpackung nur im Land des Unternehmenssitzes - Staffellung in Kleinst-, Klein-, mittlere und große Unternehmen nach Umsatz und Angestelltenzahl - Benennung nur eines Bevollmächtigen im Land des Unternehmenssitzes Diese PPWR belastet uns derart, das wir den EU-weiten Versand, auch wegen der rechtlichen Unsicherheit, gestoppt haben. Wir haben jetzt Umsatzeinbußen von mindestens 20-40 Prozent! Je EU-Land fallen jetzt Kosten zwischen 200 und 600 Euro für Bevollmächtigten, Mengenmeldugen, Lizensierung und pauschale Entsorgungskosten jährlich an. Das können kleine Unternehmen nicht leisten. Diese Verordnung ist ein Arbeitsplatzvernichter und ein Bürokratiemonster!!! Diese Verordnung muss sofort gestoppt und vereinfacht werden!", "feedbackEnglish": "Small traders, online shops and importers are disadvantaged by the PPWR. This Regulation effectively abolishes the internal market and promotes only large companies. I strongly support the intention to make packaging materials more environmentally friendly and to save resources. I call for an immediate amendment of the PPWR: — Introduction of micro, medium and large quantities of packaging – introduction of a single EU platform valid for all EU countries, virtually only one declaration required – registration, licensing, declaration of quantities of packaging only in the country of the company’s registered office – differentiation in micro, small, medium and large companies according to turnover and number of employees – designation of only one authorised representative in the country of the company’s registered office. This PPWR burdened us in such a way that we stopped shipping throughout the EU, also because of legal uncertainty. We now have a loss of turnover of at least 20-40 %! Each EU country now incurs annual costs of between EUR 200 and EUR 600 for authorised representatives, quantity drums, licensing and flat-rate disposal costs. Small businesses cannot afford this. This regulation is a job destroyer and a bureaucratic monster! This regulation must be stopped and simplified immediately!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563679_en"}, {"id": 33563677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:45:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ShootingEquipment", "feedback": "Als kleiner Online-Handel möchten wir Stellung zur Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf nehmen. Wir verkaufen in einer kleinen Branche als kleines Familienunternehmen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR stellt uns hier vor erhebliche Probleme: Wir verkaufen in viele verschiedene EU Länder aber oft nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr. Die Pflicht in jedem EU Land einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen bedeutet viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen, Meldewege und erhebliche Kosten, für kleine Menge an Verkäufen steht dies in überhaupt keinem Verhältnis und kommt somit einem EU Verkaufsverbot für kleine Händler gleich. Kleine Händler werden so aus dem EU Binnenmarkt gedrängt und der Weg für die globalen Riesen wird weiter geebnet. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Für kleine Unternehmen, die nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Diese Grenzen sollten je Zielland übersichtlich von der EU genannt werden. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "As small e-commerce, we would like to comment on the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in cross-border sales. We sell in a small sector as a small family business without a legal department but with the ambition to abide by the law. The PPWR poses significant problems here: However, we often sell only a few parcels per year to many different EU countries. The obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each EU country means many separate contractual relationships, fee structures, reporting channels and significant costs; for small quantities of sales, this is disproportionate at all and thus amounts to an EU sales ban for small traders. This pushes small traders out of the EU single market and further paves the way for the global giants. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: For small businesses shipping small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. These limits should be clearly indicated by the EU per destination country. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563677_en"}, {"id": 33563676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:42:14", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Atelier Griss", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben ein kleines Unternehmen [Branche, Land] und möchten drei Punkte ansprechen, die uns bei der PPWR-Umsetzung besonders belasten: Keine Mindestschwelle für die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht: Bereits eine einzige Sendung ins EU-Ausland verpflichtet zur Beauftragung eines kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten im Zielland egal wie gering der Umsatz dort ist. Das steht in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Geschäftsvolumen kleiner Betriebe. Zu späte Entlastung: Eine mögliche Ausnahmeregelung für Kleinstunternehmen (bis 49 Beschäftigte, 10 Mio. Umsatz) wird im Parlament erst ab Oktober 2026 beraten also nach dem verpflichtenden Stichtag am 12.8.2026. Zahlreiche kleine Händler haben ihren Auslandsversand deshalb schon vorher eingestellt. Überzogener Verwaltungsaufwand: Die Pflicht zu Konformitätserklärungen und technischer Dokumentation, kombiniert mit Bußgeldern bis zu 200.000 , überfordert Betriebe ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung. Wir bitten daher um: eine Bagatellgrenze bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht eine Übergangsfrist für Kleinstunternehmen bis zum Abschluss des laufenden Verfahrens vereinfachte, standardisierte Nachweise für kleine Betriebe", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we run a small business [industry, country] and would like to raise three issues that put a particular burden on us in the implementation of PPWR: No minimum threshold for the obligation to act as an authorised representative: Even a single consignment to another EU Member State requires a paid agent to be appointed in the destination country, regardless of how small the turnover there is. This is not reasonable in relation to the actual volume of business of small businesses. Late discharge: A possible exemption for micro-enterprises (up to 49 employees, 10 million turnover) will not be discussed in Parliament until October 2026, i.e. after the mandatory cut-off date of 12 August 2026. Many small traders have therefore stopped sending goods abroad beforehand. Excessive administrative burden: The requirement for declarations of conformity and technical documentation, combined with fines of up to 200.000, overwhelms businesses without their own legal or compliance department. We therefore request a de minimis limit on the obligation to appoint a representative; a transitional period for micro-enterprises until the ongoing procedure is completed; simplified, standardised evidence for small establishments;", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563676_en"}, {"id": 33563673, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:36:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mehari Ausrüstung für Abenteuerreisen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Unsere bisherige Konsequenz, aus den beschriebenen Gründen nun nicht mehr ins EU Ausland zu versenden, die wir und viele andere kleinere Händler nun ziehen, wird letztendlich zu Umsatz- und Gewinnrückgängen führen und damit letzendlich auch zu weniger Steueraufkommen und zu weniger Wettbewerb in der EU. Das ist sicherlich nicht im Sinne des Erfinders. Dazu werden andere Marktteilnehmer aus Fernost (die sich anscheinend um diese bürokratischen Hürden überhaupt nicht kümmern) lächelnd an uns europäischen Händlern vorbeiziehen und uns mit zusätzlichen, nicht zertifizierten Verpackungen und Waren das Leben \"versüßen\", was einem gerechten Wettbewerb um 180° entgegensteht. Die EU stellt sich selbst ein Bein... Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rüdiger Fath", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. For the reasons described above, our previous consequence of no longer sending abroad to the EU, which we and many other smaller traders are now moving to, will ultimately lead to a fall in turnover and profits, ultimately also resulting in less tax revenue and less competition in the EU. That is certainly not in the interests of the inventor. To this end, other operators from the Far East (who apparently do not take care of these bureaucratic hurdles at all) will smile by passing our European traders and ‘sweetening’ our lives with additional, uncertified packaging and goods, which runs counter to fair competition for 180°. The EU is putting itself on its own feet... Yours sincerely, Rüdiger Fath", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563673_en"}, {"id": 33563672, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:33:00", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small Business Owner", "feedback": "This proposal is ridiculous for ALL small businesses across the EU - I have no employees and post very little (due to the Trump admin killing my USA trade and La Poste refusing to send small packages to the USA indefinitely. I cannot guess where my next client may live, I cannot afford to register in every single country - the cost is prohibitive and the administration is as well. For just France alone the minimum cost is 110 per year - yet I have no idea if I will post one item or twenty! Maybe more - however ALL my packaging is already repurposed packaging. Why isn't the idea aimed at the delivery companies? They will still pass the cost on to us no doubt, and us to our customers, but at least that way, it would be based on real figures, not a guestimation. Small business under a certain turnover threshold should be made exempt, in all countries - and push the cost onto the big companies like Amazon. If this proposal goes ahead, then the European Single Market has just become a joke. Thousands of small businesses will stop sending abroad, or even worse, just close down. That will have far reaching consequences across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal is ridiculous for ALL small businesses across the EU - I have no employees and post very little (due to the Trump admin killing my USA trade and La Poste refusing to send small packages to the USA indefinitely. I cannot guess where my next client may live, I cannot afford to register in every single country - the cost is prohibitive and the administration is as well. For just France alone the minimum cost is 110 per year - yet I have no idea if I will post one item or twenty! Maybe more - however ALL my packaging is already repurposed packaging. Why isn't the idea aimed at the delivery companies? They will still pass the cost on to us no doubt, and us to our customers, but at least that way, it would be based on real figures, not a guestimation. Small business under a certain turnover threshold should be made exempt, in all countries - and push the cost onto the big companies like Amazon. If this proposal goes ahead, then the European Single Market has just become a joke. Thousands of small businesses will stop sending abroad, or even worse, just close down. That will have far reaching consequences across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563672_en"}, {"id": 33563671, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:32:19", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Holzgrau", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinunternehmen [Branche, Land] möchten wir auf folgende Probleme bei der PPWR-Umsetzung hinweisen: 1. Keine Bagatellgrenze bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht: Schon ein einzelnes Paket ins EU-Ausland löst die Pflicht aus, dort einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Umsatz. Für kleine Unternehmen mit gelegentlichem Auslandsversand ist das unverhältnismäßig teuer. 2. Entlastung kommt zu spät: Die im Parlament diskutierte Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen (bis 49 Mitarbeitende, 10 Mio. Umsatz) ist erst ab Oktober 2026 in erster Lesung Monate nach dem verbindlichen Stichtag 12.8.2026. Viele kleine Händler mussten den Auslandsversand deshalb bereits einstellen. 3. Hoher Dokumentationsaufwand: Konformitätserklärung, technische Dokumentation und Bußgelder bis 200.000 stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu kleinen Betrieben ohne eigene Compliance-Abteilung. Unsere Forderungen: Bagatellgrenze für die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht Übergangsregelung für Kleinstunternehmen bis Abschluss des Gesetzgebungsverfahrens Vereinfachte Nachweisformate für Kleinstunternehmen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as small enterprises [industry, country], we would like to draw your attention to the following problems in the implementation of the PPWR: 1. No de minimis limit for the obligation to appoint a representative: Even a single package to another EU Member State triggers the obligation to appoint a paid agent there, irrespective of the actual turnover. This is disproportionately expensive for small businesses with occasional cross-border shipments. 2. Discharge comes too late: The exemption for micro-enterprises discussed in Parliament (up to 49 employees, 10 million turnover) is only from October 2026 at first reading months after the binding cut-off date of 12.8.2026. Many small traders have therefore already had to stop sending goods abroad. 3. High documentation burden: Declaration of conformity, technical documentation and fines up to 200.000 are disproportionate to small establishments without their own compliance department. What we are asking for De minimis limit for the obligation to appoint representatives Transitional regime for micro-enterprises until the conclusion of the legislative procedure Simplified evidence formats for micro-enterprises", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563671_en"}, {"id": 33563670, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:31:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gute-Zeiten-Leer GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herrn, durch die am 12.08.2026 in Kraft getretene EU-Verpackungsverordnung fallen uns, einem stationär und online betriebenem Uhrenfachgeschäft ca. 40-60% unseres Umsatzes kurzfristig weg. Eine Anmeldung und Betreuung in den einzelnen EU-Ländern ist uns personal- und kostentechnisch nicht möglich. Unsere Geldreserven werden uns ca. 2 Monate noch über Wasser halten dann ist unser Geschäft welches sich seit 2009 trägt nicht mehr tragbar. Der stationäre Handel kann, auch wenn wir fachlich speziell aufgestellt sind, die Verluste durch das wegfallen des Onlinehandels nicht kompensieren. Derzeit verhalten wir uns so: Leider können wir unsere Uhrenfreunde aus folgenden Ländern wegen der am 12.08.2026 in Kraft tretenden Europäischen Verpackungsverordnung bis auf weiteres nicht mehr beliefern. Es tut uns sehr leid und wir hoffen auf ein Einlenken des Europäischen Parlamentes. Unsere Uhrengrüße gehen nach: Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Dänemark, Estland ,Färöer, InselnFinnland, Frankreich, Französisch-Guyana, Gibraltar, Griechenland, Guadeloupe, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen Luxemburg, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Moldawien, Monaco, Montenegro, Niederlande, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Österreich Polen, Portugal, Réunion, Rumänien, San Marino, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Svalbard und Jan Mayen, Tschechien, Türkei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vatikanstadt, Zypern", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a result of the EU Packaging Regulation, which entered into force on 12 August 2026, we, a stationary and online specialist watch shop, lose approximately 40-60 % of our turnover in the short term. We are not able to register and provide assistance in individual EU countries in terms of staff and costs. Our cash reserves will keep us afloat for around two months, so our business has been unsustainable since 2009. Bricks-and-mortar shops, even if we have special technical arrangements, cannot compensate for the losses caused by the disappearance of online shops. At present, we are behaving in this way: Unfortunately, we can no longer supply our watchmakers from the following countries due to the entry into force of the European Packaging Regulation on 12 August 2026. We are sorry and hope that the European Parliament will get involved. Our clock greetings follow: Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, IslandsFinland, France, French Guiana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Türkiye, Ukraine, Hungary, Vatican City", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563670_en"}, {"id": 33563667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:28:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Marek Möhling e. U. ", "feedback": "I sell IT hardware to EU countries worth approximately 5001,000 per month (Id need to calculate the exact figure)all via eBay. Over the last few years, Ive shipped to virtually every EU country, though the frequency varies by destination. I generally reuse the plastic packaging from my suppliers, but I could switch to using exclusively paper or cardboard packaging for EU shipments in the future. As I see it, this will cost me 26 × ca 300 per year any which wayor roughly 650 per monthgoing forward. I will have to stop selling to the EU. If I send a package containing IT hardware to France or Italy, the authorities there aren't going to use the police or private investigators to check whether the customer is properly putting the hardware and packaging into the correct binsthe packaging right away, the hardware perhaps not for years. It is, therefore, nothing more than a special tax and a make-work scheme for bureaucrats; it has nothing to do with environmental protection. I really hope for Dexit asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I sell IT hardware to EU countries worth approximately 5001,000 per month (Id need to calculate the exact figure)all via eBay. Over the last few years, Ive shipped to virtually every EU country, though the frequency varies by destination. I generally reuse the plastic packaging from my suppliers, but I could switch to using exclusively paper or cardboard packaging for EU shipments in the future. As I see it, this will cost me 26 × ca 300 per year any which wayor roughly 650 per monthgoing forward. I will have to stop selling to the EU. If I send a package containing IT hardware to France or Italy, the authorities there aren't going to use the police or private investigators to check whether the customer is properly putting the hardware and packaging into the correct binsthe packaging right away, the hardware perhaps not for years. It is, therefore, nothing more than a special tax and a make-work scheme for bureaucrats; it has nothing to do with environmental protection. I really hope for Dexit asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563667_en"}, {"id": 33563665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:27:04", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Online retailer", "feedback": "The act feels like it was made with money in mind above all else considering how much it costs to apply for each individual country. There should be something like an annual payment of very low cost for micro businesses who don't send out much packaging. Not hundreds - going into thousands - no matter the size of your business.The stress of this new act is far too much.", "feedbackEnglish": "The act feels like it was made with money in mind above all else considering how much it costs to apply for each individual country. There should be something like an annual payment of very low cost for micro businesses who don't send out much packaging. Not hundreds - going into thousands - no matter the size of your business.The stress of this new act is far too much.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563665_en"}, {"id": 33563661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:14:33", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We are a small online retailer based in Austria, selling goods directly to consumers in several EU Member States. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should contribute fairly to the recycling and management of the packaging they place on the market. However, the current approach to producer registration creates a disproportionate administrative burden for small businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce. A small retailer may send only a limited number of parcels per year to a particular Member State, yet still has to deal with separate national registration systems, different reporting procedures and requirements and additional fixed costs. For a small business, this creates a strong incentive to stop selling to smaller EU markets altogether. This cannot be the intended outcome of legislation within a European Single Market. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to work towards a EU-wide one-stop-shop for packaging EPR. Businesses should be able to register and report packaging quantities centrally in their Member State of establishment, with the relevant information and contributions then distributed to the respective Member States. At the very least, there should be significantly simplified requirements for micro-enterprises and low packaging volumes, harmonised reporting formats across the EU and no unnecessary duplication of registrations and administrative procedures.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small online retailer based in Austria, selling goods directly to consumers in several EU Member States. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should contribute fairly to the recycling and management of the packaging they place on the market. However, the current approach to producer registration creates a disproportionate administrative burden for small businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce. A small retailer may send only a limited number of parcels per year to a particular Member State, yet still has to deal with separate national registration systems, different reporting procedures and requirements and additional fixed costs. For a small business, this creates a strong incentive to stop selling to smaller EU markets altogether. This cannot be the intended outcome of legislation within a European Single Market. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to work towards a EU-wide one-stop-shop for packaging EPR. Businesses should be able to register and report packaging quantities centrally in their Member State of establishment, with the relevant information and contributions then distributed to the respective Member States. At the very least, there should be significantly simplified requirements for micro-enterprises and low packaging volumes, harmonised reporting formats across the EU and no unnecessary duplication of registrations and administrative procedures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563661_en"}, {"id": 33563660, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:12:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MG", "feedback": "Für Kleinstunternehmen, deren Umsatz sich aus z. T. Einzelsendungen in verschiedene EU-Länder zusammensetzt, kommt es einem Verkaufsverbot gleich, dass nun in jedem EU-Land eine separate Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten und z. T. sehr hohe Zahlungen notwendig sind, um auch nur ein einziges Paket über eine Verkaufsplattform in dieses Land zu versenden. Es muss dringend entweder eine EU-weite Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen und/oder ein EU-weites Meldesystem eingeführt werden. Und zwar sofort. Schon jetzt brechen kleinen Unternehmen die Umsätze aus Verkäufen innerhalb der EU weg, was diese innerhalb weniger Wochen finanziell vernichten wird. Da kann man nicht auf das Ende einer Sommerpause warten o. ä.", "feedbackEnglish": "For micro-enterprises, whose turnover is made up partly of individual consignments to different EU countries, it is equivalent to a sales ban that a separate appointment of an authorised representative and sometimes very high payments are now required in each EU country in order to send even a single parcel to that country via a sales platform. There is an urgent need to introduce either an EU-wide exemption for micro-enterprises and/or an EU-wide notification system. And this is done immediately. Small businesses are already losing sales from intra-EU sales, which will destroy them financially within a few weeks. It is not possible to wait for the end of a summer break or the like.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563660_en"}, {"id": 33563658, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 12:00:50", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "LARGE", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schulthess Maschinen AG", "feedback": "The company shares the environmental objectives of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR). However, the way the implementation is currently unfolding in particular the fragmentation of producer registration and documentation duties across 27 Member States generates a level of administrative burden that is disproportionate to its environmental benefit. It creates barriers to entry into the Single Market for non-EU producers and translates into higher end-consumer prices for all products already sold in the EU, without a measurable gain in packaging circularity. Our specific comments and proposals for the implementing act: 1. One harmonised EU producer register, not 27 national ones The single most valuable simplification would be a single EU-level producer register or, at minimum, a fully harmonised data model across the existing national systems (LUCID / EDM / ADEME / etc.) with automated data exchange and a one-stop-shop registration procedure. Requiring the same producer to register the same core information 27 times, in 27 different portals with 27 different data schemas, delivers no additional enforcement value. It is pure duplication. 2. Explicit recognition that PPWR declarations can be integrated into existing CE Declarations of Conformity Article 39(3) PPWR already permits a single consolidated EU Declaration of Conformity where a product is subject to several Union legal acts. The forthcoming implementing act should explicitly confirm that the PPWR elements (Annex VIII structure) may be added as a section to the manufacturer's existing CE Declaration of Conformity, without requiring a separate stand-alone document. Manufacturers of white goods are already subject to the Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, RoHS, Ecodesign Regulation, Energy Labelling Regulation and Machinery Regulation. Adding yet another parallel declaration multiplies document management, version control, translation and legal-review costs costs that ultimately reach the consumer. 3. Recognition of a single EU authorised representative across all Member States Where a producer designates one authorised representative under Art. 17 PPWR, that designation should be sufficient to satisfy registration duties in every Member State where the representative operates. Requiring separate registrations with separate designations per country is administrative theatre. 4. Standardised, machine-readable reporting template Annex IX PPWR should be complemented by a fixed, machine-readable reporting format (XML/JSON schema) issued at EU level, so that producers can generate one report file that satisfies every national register rather than reformatting the same data 27 times. Overall message The environmental objectives of PPWR are achievable without the current level of administrative fragmentation. Genuine harmonisation one register, one integrated declaration, one authorised representative, one reporting format would preserve every environmental protection while dramatically reducing compliance cost, lowering barriers to market entry, and keeping products affordable for European consumers. We remain available for further consultation and would welcome the opportunity to contribute technical expertise from the manufacturer perspective.", "feedbackEnglish": "The company shares the environmental objectives of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR). However, the way the implementation is currently unfolding in particular the fragmentation of producer registration and documentation duties across 27 Member States generates a level of administrative burden that is disproportionate to its environmental benefit. It creates barriers to entry into the Single Market for non-EU producers and translates into higher end-consumer prices for all products already sold in the EU, without a measurable gain in packaging circularity. Our specific comments and proposals for the implementing act: 1. One harmonised EU producer register, not 27 national ones The single most valuable simplification would be a single EU-level producer register or, at minimum, a fully harmonised data model across the existing national systems (LUCID / EDM / ADEME / etc.) with automated data exchange and a one-stop-shop registration procedure. Requiring the same producer to register the same core information 27 times, in 27 different portals with 27 different data schemas, delivers no additional enforcement value. It is pure duplication. 2. Explicit recognition that PPWR declarations can be integrated into existing CE Declarations of Conformity Article 39(3) PPWR already permits a single consolidated EU Declaration of Conformity where a product is subject to several Union legal acts. The forthcoming implementing act should explicitly confirm that the PPWR elements (Annex VIII structure) may be added as a section to the manufacturer's existing CE Declaration of Conformity, without requiring a separate stand-alone document. Manufacturers of white goods are already subject to the Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, RoHS, Ecodesign Regulation, Energy Labelling Regulation and Machinery Regulation. Adding yet another parallel declaration multiplies document management, version control, translation and legal-review costs costs that ultimately reach the consumer. 3. Recognition of a single EU authorised representative across all Member States Where a producer designates one authorised representative under Art. 17 PPWR, that designation should be sufficient to satisfy registration duties in every Member State where the representative operates. Requiring separate registrations with separate designations per country is administrative theatre. 4. Standardised, machine-readable reporting template Annex IX PPWR should be complemented by a fixed, machine-readable reporting format (XML/JSON schema) issued at EU level, so that producers can generate one report file that satisfies every national register rather than reformatting the same data 27 times. Overall message The environmental objectives of PPWR are achievable without the current level of administrative fragmentation. Genuine harmonisation one register, one integrated declaration, one authorised representative, one reporting format would preserve every environmental protection while dramatically reducing compliance cost, lowering barriers to market entry, and keeping products affordable for European consumers. We remain available for further consultation and would welcome the opportunity to contribute technical expertise from the manufacturer perspective.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563658_en"}, {"id": 33563657, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:59:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Genisys GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlinehandel und möchte Ihnen einen Punkt aus der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR schildern, der mir in der praktischen Anwendung erhebliche Sorgen bereitet: die Pflicht, für den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung im jeweiligen Zielland zu benennen. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten war für mich bislang ein naheliegender Weg, mein Geschäft zu erweitern auch ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Willen, alle relevanten Vorgaben einzuhalten. Mit der PPWR ändert sich diese Kalkulation grundlegend: Schon ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann ausreichen, um dort die Pflicht zur Benennung und Bezahlung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten auszulösen. Bei zehn, fünfzehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielländern entstehen dadurch ebenso viele eigenständige Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenmodelle und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort im Ergebnis fünf oder fünfhundert Sendungen ankommen. Diese länderbezogenen Fixkosten stehen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsvolumen kleiner Händler in den jeweiligen Märkten. Sie wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittshürde: Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein entsprechend großes Volumen verteilen kann, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als suchen. Genau das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des Binnenmarkts. Aus meiner Sicht wäre folgender Ansatz zielführender als eine reine Befreiung nach globaler Unternehmensgröße: Erstens sollte es eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatell-/Freigrenze pro Zielland geben, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Entscheidend dafür sollte ausdrücklich der in diesem einzelnen Land erzielte Umsatz sein nicht der weltweite oder unternehmensweite Gesamtumsatz. Eine Regelung, die allein auf globale Kennzahlen wie Mitarbeiterzahl oder Gesamtumsatz abstellt, geht an der Realität vieler Händler vorbei: Ein Unternehmen kann insgesamt deutlich über den üblichen Kleinstunternehmensgrenzen liegen und trotzdem in einzelnen Zielländern nur einen geringen Umsatz und ein entsprechend geringes Verpackungsaufkommen verursachen. Die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht sollte sich an genau diesem länderspezifischen Fußabdruck orientieren, denn er und nicht die globale Unternehmensgröße bestimmt die tatsächliche Umweltrelevanz im jeweiligen Markt. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, dafür nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits, ändert aber nichts daran, dass pro Land weiterhin ein eigener Vertrag und die entsprechenden Fixkosten anfallen unabhängig vom tatsächlich verkauften Volumen. Notwendig wäre stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmaligen Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land erneut aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten. Sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Volumen und dieses Volumen unterscheidet sich von Land zu Land oft erheblich. Eine Freigrenze, die pro Zielland am dortigen Umsatz ansetzt statt am globalen Unternehmensumsatz, würde diesem Umstand gerecht und würde es mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den Heimatmarkt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small online shop and would like to tell you about a point from the planned implementation of the PPWR which is of great concern to me in practical application: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the respective target country for cross-border sales. Selling to other EU Member States has so far been an obvious way for me to expand my business even without a legal department of my own, but with the intention of complying with all the relevant requirements. The PPWR fundamentally changes this calculation: A single sale in another Member State may be sufficient to trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for a separate authorised representative in that Member State. For ten, fifteen or twenty relevant destination countries, this results in an equal number of independent contractual relationships, fee models and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five or five hundred items arrive there. These country-specific fixed costs are not proportionate to the actual packaging volume of small traders in the respective markets. They effectively act as a barrier to market entry: Those who cannot spread the costs over a correspondingly large volume will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than to look for it. This is precisely contrary to the very idea of the internal market. In my view, the following approach would be more appropriate than a mere exemption based on the global size of the company: First, there should be an EU-wide single de minimis/exemption limit per destination country, below which there is no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. The decisive factor in this respect should explicitly be the turnover achieved in that particular country, not the total worldwide or company-wide turnover. A rule based solely on global indicators, such as staff headcount or total turnover, fails to reflect the reality of many traders: Overall, a company can be well above the usual micro-enterprise limits and still generate only a small turnover and a correspondingly low packaging volume in individual target countries. The obligation to act as an authorised representative should be based on precisely this country-specific footprint, as it is it rather than the global size of the company that determines the actual environmental relevance in the respective market. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient for that purpose. This bundling already exists, but does not change the fact that each country still has its own contract and the corresponding fixed costs, irrespective of the volume actually sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume, and this volume often varies considerably from country to country. An exemption threshold based on turnover in each destination country rather than on global company turnover would do justice to this situation and allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting ourselves to the home market for reasons of cost. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563657_en"}, {"id": 33563656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:54:08", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Toerist Modernist", "feedback": "While I'm very supportive of using recycled or recyclable packaging, I'm an extremely small business (non profit) that sends less than 50 orders abroad per year, so extra costs and admin are just completely impossible for me both financially and work load wise. There's no one employed by the non profit, just one freelancer who works a few days a month. I feel there should be an exception for small businesses whose revenue stays under a certain threshold. I will now have to pause sending out anything abroad, until there's more clarity and hopefully a reform.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I'm very supportive of using recycled or recyclable packaging, I'm an extremely small business (non profit) that sends less than 50 orders abroad per year, so extra costs and admin are just completely impossible for me both financially and work load wise. There's no one employed by the non profit, just one freelancer who works a few days a month. I feel there should be an exception for small businesses whose revenue stays under a certain threshold. I will now have to pause sending out anything abroad, until there's more clarity and hopefully a reform.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563656_en"}, {"id": 33563655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:50:41", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Are you out of your minds? You really want to destroy all small businesses?", "feedbackEnglish": "Are you out of your minds? You really want to destroy all small businesses?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563655_en"}, {"id": 33563654, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:46:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Gestärkt werden hier die big Player amazon, temu etc. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Einstweilen haben wir den Versand in das benachbarte EU-Ausland eingestellt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. The big players amazon, temu, etc. will be strengthened here. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. For the time being, we have stopped sending the goods to the neighbouring EU country. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563654_en"}, {"id": 33563653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:44:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sole proprietorship ", "feedback": "For a newly started small business like mine, these new packaging requirements could have a serious impact on my ability to grow and sell to customers across the EU. Every additional registration, fee and administrative requirement creates a significant financial and bureaucratic burden when you are operating with very small quantities and limited revenue. I fully support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, small businesses like mine should not face the same requirements as large companies selling thousands or millions of products. I ask the EU to introduce a simple, harmonised exemption or simplified system for micro businesses with minimal packaging volumes, so that new entrepreneurs can continue to grow and sell across Europe without being overwhelmed by bureaucracy. Protect the environment, but do not make it impossible for small businesses to survive and succeed.", "feedbackEnglish": "For a newly started small business like mine, these new packaging requirements could have a serious impact on my ability to grow and sell to customers across the EU. Every additional registration, fee and administrative requirement creates a significant financial and bureaucratic burden when you are operating with very small quantities and limited revenue. I fully support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, small businesses like mine should not face the same requirements as large companies selling thousands or millions of products. I ask the EU to introduce a simple, harmonised exemption or simplified system for micro businesses with minimal packaging volumes, so that new entrepreneurs can continue to grow and sell across Europe without being overwhelmed by bureaucracy. Protect the environment, but do not make it impossible for small businesses to survive and succeed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563653_en"}, {"id": 33563652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:43:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH", "feedback": "We are a German company that develops and manufactures electronic components for the B2B market; we are classified as an SME. We sell our products worldwide, but with a particular focus on the EU. The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) imposes a massive administrative burden on us. Beyond the documentation and declarations of conformity, the requirement to register in every single EU country and appoint an authorized representative in each is a disaster. We do not yet know how to handle this. Why isn't there an EU-wide registration system? Why is individual registration required for every country? Why is an authorized representative needed in every country? We are forced to spend significant funds heremoney that cannot be invested in new products. This weakens our position on the global market. Ironically, the new PPWR will actually cause us to generate more packaging waste than before. We can no longer reuse cardboard boxes from our own suppliers. If a customer orders various products, we are forced to ship multiple separate packages. Why is there no exemption for B2B transactions? In B2B, it is in the supplier's own interest to keep packages as small as possible and minimize the purchase of packaging materials. Reusing packaging is also in our own interest. Typically, customers receive large quantities rather than just a single item. Many customers are supplied via freight forwarders who deliver the new goods and take the reusable packaging back with them. Was the EU unaware of all this?", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a German company that develops and manufactures electronic components for the B2B market; we are classified as an SME. We sell our products worldwide, but with a particular focus on the EU. The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) imposes a massive administrative burden on us. Beyond the documentation and declarations of conformity, the requirement to register in every single EU country and appoint an authorized representative in each is a disaster. We do not yet know how to handle this. Why isn't there an EU-wide registration system? Why is individual registration required for every country? Why is an authorized representative needed in every country? We are forced to spend significant funds heremoney that cannot be invested in new products. This weakens our position on the global market. Ironically, the new PPWR will actually cause us to generate more packaging waste than before. We can no longer reuse cardboard boxes from our own suppliers. If a customer orders various products, we are forced to ship multiple separate packages. Why is there no exemption for B2B transactions? In B2B, it is in the supplier's own interest to keep packages as small as possible and minimize the purchase of packaging materials. Reusing packaging is also in our own interest. Typically, customers receive large quantities rather than just a single item. Many customers are supplied via freight forwarders who deliver the new goods and take the reusable packaging back with them. Was the EU unaware of all this?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563652_en"}, {"id": 33563650, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:38:02", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stefi Orazi Studio", "feedback": "While the intention behind these regulations reducing packaging waste and encouraging more sustainable practices is admirable, the current one-size-fits-all approach is completely disproportionate and risks seriously harming small and micro businesses. Many small, artisan businesses are not the source of the packaging waste problem. They often already minimise packaging and use recyclable, reusable or otherwise environmentally responsible materials. Yet they are being subjected to the same regulatory and financial burden as much larger businesses. The cost and administrative burden of registering separately in multiple EU Member States can run into thousands of pounds, making it completely unworkable for many small businesses and creating a significant barrier to trading across Europe. There should be a clear exemption for small and micro businesses below a reasonable turnover or packaging threshold. Alternatively, businesses should be able to register once through a central EU system rather than having to register separately in each of the 27 Member States. The objective of reducing packaging waste is important, but these regulations need to be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business. In their current form, they are poorly designed and risk doing more harm to small businesses than good for the environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the intention behind these regulations reducing packaging waste and encouraging more sustainable practices is admirable, the current one-size-fits-all approach is completely disproportionate and risks seriously harming small and micro businesses. Many small, artisan businesses are not the source of the packaging waste problem. They often already minimise packaging and use recyclable, reusable or otherwise environmentally responsible materials. Yet they are being subjected to the same regulatory and financial burden as much larger businesses. The cost and administrative burden of registering separately in multiple EU Member States can run into thousands of pounds, making it completely unworkable for many small businesses and creating a significant barrier to trading across Europe. There should be a clear exemption for small and micro businesses below a reasonable turnover or packaging threshold. Alternatively, businesses should be able to register once through a central EU system rather than having to register separately in each of the 27 Member States. The objective of reducing packaging waste is important, but these regulations need to be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business. In their current form, they are poorly designed and risk doing more harm to small businesses than good for the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563650_en"}, {"id": 33563649, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:35:24", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The rules you have implemented on August 12 2026 is going to kill off small businesses like mine. I am one person running a small company and I can no longer sell to other countries than my own - where, because I have no employees and a modest turnover, I am exempt from the difficulty of registering and a lot of paperwork regarding my modest use of packaging. This should apply to a small company in all member states!! Instead, I no longer ship outside my own country and I will have to buy from suppliers outside the EU when the small companies that I used to buy from wholesale will no longer ship to most countries. You have effectively killed the possibility of trade between small companies and customers in different member states. The big companies will be just fine!", "feedbackEnglish": "The rules you have implemented on August 12 2026 is going to kill off small businesses like mine. I am one person running a small company and I can no longer sell to other countries than my own - where, because I have no employees and a modest turnover, I am exempt from the difficulty of registering and a lot of paperwork regarding my modest use of packaging. This should apply to a small company in all member states!! Instead, I no longer ship outside my own country and I will have to buy from suppliers outside the EU when the small companies that I used to buy from wholesale will no longer ship to most countries. You have effectively killed the possibility of trade between small companies and customers in different member states. The big companies will be just fine!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563649_en"}, {"id": 33563648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:34:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the owner of a very small, home-based handmade jewellery business in France, selling low-value products online to customers across the EU. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. I agree that unnecessary packaging should be reduced, recycling improved and environmental impacts minimised. However, I believe the requirements placed on micro-businesses are disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging they generate. For a business like mine, the administrative burden is becoming extremely difficult to manage. I am expected to understand packaging regulations, Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, registrations, reporting and fees, potentially in multiple EU Member States simply because I sell products to customers in those countries. This creates a significant barrier to the EU Single Market. A large company can employ specialists to deal with different national requirements. A micro-business cannot. The time and financial costs of compliance can be completely disproportionate to the environmental impact of a handful of small jewellery parcels. I am particularly concerned that these rules will cause small businesses, myself included, to stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether. This is the opposite of what a functioning Single Market should achieve. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: * A simple, EU-wide system for micro and very small businesses. * A meaningful exemption or simplified procedure based on turnover and the quantity of packaging placed on the market. * One EU registration and reporting system rather than requiring small businesses to navigate multiple national systems. * Clear guidance that ordinary small business owners can understand without paying for specialist advice. * A proper assessment of the cumulative financial and administrative burden on micro-businesses. I want to comply with the law and operate my business responsibly. However, environmental legislation must also be proportionate. The PPWR should reduce packaging waste without making it so difficult and expensive for micro-businesses to sell across EU borders that they are forced to withdraw from the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a very small, home-based handmade jewellery business in France, selling low-value products online to customers across the EU. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. I agree that unnecessary packaging should be reduced, recycling improved and environmental impacts minimised. However, I believe the requirements placed on micro-businesses are disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging they generate. For a business like mine, the administrative burden is becoming extremely difficult to manage. I am expected to understand packaging regulations, Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, registrations, reporting and fees, potentially in multiple EU Member States simply because I sell products to customers in those countries. This creates a significant barrier to the EU Single Market. A large company can employ specialists to deal with different national requirements. A micro-business cannot. The time and financial costs of compliance can be completely disproportionate to the environmental impact of a handful of small jewellery parcels. I am particularly concerned that these rules will cause small businesses, myself included, to stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether. This is the opposite of what a functioning Single Market should achieve. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: * A simple, EU-wide system for micro and very small businesses. * A meaningful exemption or simplified procedure based on turnover and the quantity of packaging placed on the market. * One EU registration and reporting system rather than requiring small businesses to navigate multiple national systems. * Clear guidance that ordinary small business owners can understand without paying for specialist advice. * A proper assessment of the cumulative financial and administrative burden on micro-businesses. I want to comply with the law and operate my business responsibly. However, environmental legislation must also be proportionate. The PPWR should reduce packaging waste without making it so difficult and expensive for micro-businesses to sell across EU borders that they are forced to withdraw from the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563648_en"}, {"id": 33563647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:33:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "freizehn e.K.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines wachsenden Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus unserer Sicht kritischen Punkt der Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EHR) beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns war der Vertrieb ins EU-Ausland ein wesentlicher Baustein unseres Geschäfts. Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der PPWR verändert diese Realität jedoch drastisch: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat liefern, löst oft schon eine minimale Verkaufsmenge die Pflicht aus, vor Ort einen kostenintensiven Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen. Bei mehreren Zielmärkten summiert sich dies auf eine Vielzahl separater Verträge, gebührenpflichtiger Dienstleister und bürokratischer Meldewege völlig unabhängig davon, ob wir in ein Land fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete versenden. Diese starren Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Das hat für uns bereits konkrete Konsequenzen: Wir mussten den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Länder vorübergehend oder dauerhaft einstellen. Der Europäische Binnenmarkt wird durch diese Regulierungslogik für mittlere und kleinere Händler de facto beschnitten, da er unüberwindbare Marktzutrittsschranken schafft. Um den grenzüberschreitenden Handel wieder realistisch nutzbar zu machen, schlagen wir folgende Anpassungen vor: Einführung einer praxisnahen Bagatellgrenze: Es braucht zwingend eine mengen- bzw. gewichtsbasierte Freigrenze für das Inverkehrbringen von Verpackungen pro Zielland. Unterhalb dieser Bagatellgrenze muss die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten entfallen, um Klein- und Mittelbetriebe nicht mit unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten zu belasten. Echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt Bürokratiedoppelung: Das bloße Ausweichen auf kommerzielle Dienstleister löst das Problem nicht, da weiterhin pro Land eigene Verträge und Grundgebühren anfallen. Benötigt wird ein zentrales EU-Portal (analog zum One-Stop-Shop im Steuerrecht), über das Registrierungen und Meldungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten mit einmaligem Aufwand transparent abgewickelt werden können. Standardisierung und vereinfachte Prozesse: Die Datenübermittlung für Verpackungsmengen muss europaweit technisch vereinheitlicht werden. Ein zentral erfasster Datensatz sollte genügen, um allen nationalen Pflichten nachzukommen, anstatt Daten für jedes Land in unterschiedlichen Systemen aufzubereiten. Unternehmen unserer Größe sind keine Konzerne mit eigenen Rechtsabteilungen. Wenn die PPWR nicht durch Bagatellgrenzen und schlanke, transparente Prozesse praxistauglich gestaltet wird, zwingt sie immer mehr Händler dazu, sich aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt zurückzuziehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefanie Steinert PS: Die EU schafft sich mit diesen unsinnigen Gesetzen ab! Kann echt nicht sein, dass man als Wirtschaftsakteur für Binnenhandel bestraft wird!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as an operator of growing online trade, I would like to draw your attention to what we consider to be a critical point in the implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EHR) in the case of cross-border sales. For us, selling abroad in the EU was an essential building block of our business. However, the current design of the PPWR drastically changes this reality: As soon as we deliver goods to another Member State, a minimum volume of sales often triggers the obligation to appoint a costly local authorised representative. In several target markets, this amounts to a multitude of separate contracts, fee-paying service providers and bureaucratic reporting channels, regardless of whether we send five or five hundred parcels to one country. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. This has already had concrete consequences for us: We had to stop sending consignments to many EU countries temporarily or permanently. The European single market is de facto constrained by this regulatory logic for medium-sized and smaller traders, as it creates insurmountable barriers to entry. In order to make cross-border trade realistic again, we propose the following adjustments: Introduction of a practical de minimis threshold: A volume or weight-based exemption threshold for placing packaging on the market per destination country is mandatory. Below this de minimis threshold, the obligation to appoint a local agent must be removed in order not to burden small and medium-sized enterprises with disproportionate fixed costs. Real one-stop-shop solution instead of red tape: Simply switching to commercial service providers does not solve the problem, as each country still has its own contracts and subscription fees. There is a need for a single EU portal (similar to the one-stop shop in tax law) where registrations and notifications can be carried out in a transparent and one-off manner for all Member States. Standardisation and simplified processes: The transmission of data on packaging quantities must be made technically uniform throughout Europe. A centrally collected data set should be sufficient to comply with all national obligations, instead of processing data for each country in different systems. Companies of our size are not groups with their own legal departments. If the PPWR is not made operational by de minimis thresholds and lean, transparent processes, it will force an increasing number of traders to withdraw from the European single market. Yours sincerely, Stefanie Steinert PS: The EU is breaking with these nonsensical laws! It cannot be true that one is punished as an economic operator for internal trade!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563647_en"}, {"id": 33563646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:30:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "chairclassics", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR Herstellerregister, speziell die Pflicht zur Bestellung eine Bevollmächtigen für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf widerspricht allem wofür ein vereintes Europa stehen sollte. Wenn es für eine Kleinunternehmen in einem EU Staat einfacher und kostengünstiger ist in eine Nicht EU Land zu exportieren führt sich die EU ad absurdum. Diese Regelung in der bisherigen Form ist ein weiterer Sargnagel zum Ende der EU in seiner bisherigen Form. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen chairclassics Cornelia Scholz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the planned implementation of the PPWR register of producers, in particular the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales, contradicts everything that a united Europe should stand for. If it is easier and cheaper for a small business in an EU country to export to a non-EU country, the EU becomes absurd. This arrangement in its current form is another coffin at the end of the EU in its current form. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely chairclassics Cornelia Scholz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563646_en"}, {"id": 33563643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:25:32", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rentin Neza", "feedback": "While I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the current requirement to register in individual national producer registers creates an unsustainable administrative and financial barrier for small and micro-enterprises. For a small e-commerce business, the cost, language barriers, and time required to navigate up to 27 different national systems just to comply with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are completely disproportionate. A business making low-volume, cross-border sales cannot afford the local base fees and complex reporting required for sending only a few packages a year to a specific member state. This effectively penalizes small businesses and stifles cross-border trade within the Single Market. I urge the Commission to implement a mandatory safety net for SMEs, specifically: A De Minimis Threshold: Micro-enterprises should be exempt from registering in a destination country's portal if their annual packaging weight shipped to that specific state falls below a certain low-volume threshold. An EU-Wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Similar to the VAT OSS system, small businesses need a centralized portal to register, report, and pay fees once for all EU member states, rather than dealing with fragmented national registers. Without these protections, micro-enterprises will be forced to restrict their shipping destinations, severely harming small-scale European innovation and commerce.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the current requirement to register in individual national producer registers creates an unsustainable administrative and financial barrier for small and micro-enterprises. For a small e-commerce business, the cost, language barriers, and time required to navigate up to 27 different national systems just to comply with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are completely disproportionate. A business making low-volume, cross-border sales cannot afford the local base fees and complex reporting required for sending only a few packages a year to a specific member state. This effectively penalizes small businesses and stifles cross-border trade within the Single Market. I urge the Commission to implement a mandatory safety net for SMEs, specifically: A De Minimis Threshold: Micro-enterprises should be exempt from registering in a destination country's portal if their annual packaging weight shipped to that specific state falls below a certain low-volume threshold. An EU-Wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Similar to the VAT OSS system, small businesses need a centralized portal to register, report, and pay fees once for all EU member states, rather than dealing with fragmented national registers. Without these protections, micro-enterprises will be forced to restrict their shipping destinations, severely harming small-scale European innovation and commerce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563643_en"}, {"id": 33563642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:15:07", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis tricoteuse, fileuse et tisserande. A ce titre, je me fournis auprès de petites entreprises et d'artisans français et européens. Je ne suis absolument pas contre des mesures propres à protéger l'environnement. Cependant, en l'état, cette nouvelle réglementation n'impactera que les plus petits dont l'activité commerciale est insignifiante comparée à celle des grands groupes (amazon, temu, shein...) qui se moquent totalement de ce que vous venez de décider pour soi-disant le bien commun. Et vous le savez. En faisant cela, vous éloignez l'Europe des citoyens en la rendant encore une fois insupportable: elle ne défend que les puissants et ne répond qu'aux injonctions des plus gros et des lobbies. J'attends des représentants de l'Union Européenne beaucoup plus qu'un comportement de \"toutou\" répondant aux ordres des multinationales. Cette réglementation mortifère pour les artisans et les PME doit être modifiée afin de protéger les plus petits dont l'impact environnemental est franchement négligeable comparé aux géants du commerce en ligne. Le jour où ces grands groupes seront taxés sur l'impact réel du coût du recyclage de leurs immondes produits alors nous aurons certainement franchi une étape colossale pour la défense de l'environnement et de l'Europe. En attendant, les gesticulations iniques du type de cette réglementation ne font qu'ajouter à l'horreur, à l'éloignement et au dégoût qu'inspire trop souvent l'Union Européenne. Et pourtant, je suis une citoyenne européenne convaincue. Mais là, il n'y a rien à défendre. Cordialement", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I’m knitting, threading and tisserande. In this capacity, I am contacting small French and European businesses and craftsmen. I am absolutely not against measures to protect the environment. However, as it stands, these new rules will affect only the smallest groups whose commercial activity is insignificant compared with that of the large groups (amazon, temu, Shein, etc.), which totally mock what you have just decided for the alleged common good. And you know. By doing so, you are moving Europe away from citizens, making it once again unbearable: it defends only the powerful and responds only to the demands of the biggest and lobbyists. I expect representatives of the European Union to behave much more than ‘toutou’ in response to orders from multinationals. This mortal regulation for craftsmen and SMEs needs to be amended to protect the smallest ones whose environmental impact is frankly negligible compared to e-commerce giants. When these large groups are taxed on the real impact of the cost of recycling their products, we will certainly have taken a huge step towards protecting the environment and Europe. In the meantime, the intricate gestures of this type of regulation only add to the horror, remoteness and disgust that the European Union too often inspires. And yet, I am a convinced European citizen. But there is nothing to defend. Cordially", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563642_en"}, {"id": 33563640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:13:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, while reducing packaging waste is a good goal the current implementation creates a disproportional level of harm by not having exceptions for small self owned and operated businesses. One of the most beautiful things about the EU is being able to buy from and support artists and artisans from all over the european community, I recently bought a beautiful handmade bag from a seller in France. With the new rules shipping to Germany would have been financially unviable with all the registration fees. This current legislation runs directly opposite to what the EU should be and spits in the face of the supposed union that members should feel between each other. Please ammend this legislation as to not burden the small businesses that might only sell one or two things to a given EU country a year and cant afford to spend thousands on a liscense for that.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, while reducing packaging waste is a good goal the current implementation creates a disproportional level of harm by not having exceptions for small self owned and operated businesses. One of the most beautiful things about the EU is being able to buy from and support artists and artisans from all over the european community, I recently bought a beautiful handmade bag from a seller in France. With the new rules shipping to Germany would have been financially unviable with all the registration fees. This current legislation runs directly opposite to what the EU should be and spits in the face of the supposed union that members should feel between each other. Please ammend this legislation as to not burden the small businesses that might only sell one or two things to a given EU country a year and cant afford to spend thousands on a liscense for that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563640_en"}, {"id": 33563638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:10:31", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "We are the owners of a small online art sales platform. All the feedback we are seeing from small independent artists shows this legislation will destroy their business. The obligation to register in each country at some considerable expense is simply greater than the amount they may make from the sale of one or two paintings annually. An exemption for small businesses is essential, without it artists will simply stop selling their art online and be restricted to local sales. This legislation requires an understanding of complicated rules for compliance which most small companies will struggle with. Without access to expensive legal support and compliance teams most small companies or individual sellers will find it easier to stop selling across borders. It feels like this legislation will kill small businesses in a direct contradiction of the spirit of the EU (open borders etc). Please rethink this. Small companies and individuals need an exemption.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are the owners of a small online art sales platform. All the feedback we are seeing from small independent artists shows this legislation will destroy their business. The obligation to register in each country at some considerable expense is simply greater than the amount they may make from the sale of one or two paintings annually. An exemption for small businesses is essential, without it artists will simply stop selling their art online and be restricted to local sales. This legislation requires an understanding of complicated rules for compliance which most small companies will struggle with. Without access to expensive legal support and compliance teams most small companies or individual sellers will find it easier to stop selling across borders. It feels like this legislation will kill small businesses in a direct contradiction of the spirit of the EU (open borders etc). Please rethink this. Small companies and individuals need an exemption.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563638_en"}, {"id": 33563637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:05:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I support effective packaging-waste rules and meaningful producer responsibility. However, I am concerned that the proposed approach to national producer registers risks creating a compliance system that is manageable for large multinational companies but disproportionately burdensome for small businesses, independent retailers, and low-volume cross-border sellers. A business selling the same products to consumers in several EU Member States should not have to navigate separate registrations, reporting formats, administrative processes, fees, and compliance interpretations for every national market. That is not a practical Single Market for smaller operators; it is a barrier to serving customers across borders. The environmental objective should be achieved through genuine harmonisation, not through a framework that merely standardises the existence of 27 separate systems. If national registers remain necessary, the Commission should ensure at minimum: - a single EU-level registration and identification process, recognised in every Member State; - one interoperable reporting interface and a common data standard; - proportionate, genuinely simplified obligations for micro-businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers; - transparent, comparable fees with safeguards against duplicate charges; and - a clear one-stop-shop mechanism so businesses are not required to employ specialist compliance services simply to access other EU markets. Without these safeguards, the result will be less consumer choice, reduced cross-border trade, and a competitive advantage for large companies that can absorb fixed administrative costs. Small businesses should be enabled to comply and contribute to packaging-waste goalsnot effectively excluded from selling throughout the EU. Please revise the implementing rules so that environmental responsibility does not come at the cost of practical access to the Single Market. Kind regards, Eric Reiche", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I support effective packaging-waste rules and meaningful producer responsibility. However, I am concerned that the proposed approach to national producer registers risks creating a compliance system that is manageable for large multinational companies but disproportionately burdensome for small businesses, independent retailers, and low-volume cross-border sellers. A business selling the same products to consumers in several EU Member States should not have to navigate separate registrations, reporting formats, administrative processes, fees, and compliance interpretations for every national market. That is not a practical Single Market for smaller operators; it is a barrier to serving customers across borders. The environmental objective should be achieved through genuine harmonisation, not through a framework that merely standardises the existence of 27 separate systems. If national registers remain necessary, the Commission should ensure at minimum: - a single EU-level registration and identification process, recognised in every Member State; - one interoperable reporting interface and a common data standard; - proportionate, genuinely simplified obligations for micro-businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers; - transparent, comparable fees with safeguards against duplicate charges; and - a clear one-stop-shop mechanism so businesses are not required to employ specialist compliance services simply to access other EU markets. Without these safeguards, the result will be less consumer choice, reduced cross-border trade, and a competitive advantage for large companies that can absorb fixed administrative costs. Small businesses should be enabled to comply and contribute to packaging-waste goalsnot effectively excluded from selling throughout the EU. Please revise the implementing rules so that environmental responsibility does not come at the cost of practical access to the Single Market. Kind regards, Eric Reiche", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563637_en"}, {"id": 33563636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:03:11", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the goal of harmonising packaging reporting across the EU. However, as a small Swedish business that only ships occasionally to a few EU countries, the proposed requirements appear disproportionate. Even minimal cross-border sales may trigger registration and reporting obligations that are complex and costly relative to the small amounts of packaging involved. The requirement to track packaging materials and components in detail is particularly challenging for micro-businesses. I encourage the Commission to introduce de minimis thresholds, simplified reporting, and ideally a single EU-wide registration portal to ensure compliance remains practical and does not discourage cross-border trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the goal of harmonising packaging reporting across the EU. However, as a small Swedish business that only ships occasionally to a few EU countries, the proposed requirements appear disproportionate. Even minimal cross-border sales may trigger registration and reporting obligations that are complex and costly relative to the small amounts of packaging involved. The requirement to track packaging materials and components in detail is particularly challenging for micro-businesses. I encourage the Commission to introduce de minimis thresholds, simplified reporting, and ideally a single EU-wide registration portal to ensure compliance remains practical and does not discourage cross-border trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563636_en"}, {"id": 33563634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:01:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "beetfreunde UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handelsunternehmens möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Kleinunternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können (ähnlich der OSS-Lösung für die Umsatzsteuer). Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken und damit das Auslandsgeschäft der großen Versandhändler zu fördern. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Klaus Ackermann", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online trading company, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as small businesses, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, whereby the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States can be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs (similar to the OSS solution for VAT). Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to appoint a representative which takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than restricting us to the German market for reasons of cost, thereby promoting the foreign business of large mail-order traders. Yours sincerely, Klaus Ackermann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563634_en"}, {"id": 33563633, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 11:00:04", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ancient Forge", "feedback": "We fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and strengthening producer responsibility, especially given the enormous volume of packaging generated by large e-commerce companies. However, the proposed registration and reporting requirements risk becoming disproportionately burdensome for microbusinesses. A small artisan workshop that may send only one or two products to a particular Member State in an entire year should not face essentially the same administrative framework as a large company operating continuously across the European market. The proposed 10-tonne threshold does not adequately address this reality: there should be a specific and much simpler de minimis regime for microbusinesses and occasional cross-border sales, with requirements proportionate to the actual quantities involved. Otherwise, a system intended to facilitate the Single Market risks making cross-border trade unnecessarily difficult for the very small businesses that the EU should be helping to grow. This issue is particularly acute for artisan manufacturers whose packaging is necessarily adapted to each individual product. In our case, every piece is unique, and the protective packaging may therefore differ from one shipment to another, making detailed registration and reporting of packaging materials disproportionately time-consuming compared with the environmental impact involved. We would strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely simplified regime for microbusinesses and occasional shipments, rather than imposing an administrative burden designed for industrial-scale producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "We fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and strengthening producer responsibility, especially given the enormous volume of packaging generated by large e-commerce companies. However, the proposed registration and reporting requirements risk becoming disproportionately burdensome for microbusinesses. A small artisan workshop that may send only one or two products to a particular Member State in an entire year should not face essentially the same administrative framework as a large company operating continuously across the European market. The proposed 10-tonne threshold does not adequately address this reality: there should be a specific and much simpler de minimis regime for microbusinesses and occasional cross-border sales, with requirements proportionate to the actual quantities involved. Otherwise, a system intended to facilitate the Single Market risks making cross-border trade unnecessarily difficult for the very small businesses that the EU should be helping to grow. This issue is particularly acute for artisan manufacturers whose packaging is necessarily adapted to each individual product. In our case, every piece is unique, and the protective packaging may therefore differ from one shipment to another, making detailed registration and reporting of packaging materials disproportionately time-consuming compared with the environmental impact involved. We would strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely simplified regime for microbusinesses and occasional shipments, rather than imposing an administrative burden designed for industrial-scale producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563633_en"}, {"id": 33563632, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:57:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hornig Vertriebs- und Verwaltungs-GmbH", "feedback": "Guten Tag, vielen Dank, dass Sie Kleinunternehmern wir mir die Chance bieten, zu der PPWR-Vorschrift Stellung zu nehmen. Ich erziele mit meinen Produkten einen Umsatz von ca. 10.000,- jährlich. Im Schnitt versende ich 25 Pakete pro Jahr in das benachbarte Ausland. Hierfür jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten zu suchen und zu bezahlen sprengt das Budget bei Weitem und ich halte es für absolut unverhältnismäßig. Auch wenn ich ein deutsches Unternehmen damit beauftragen würde lägen die Kosten pro Land bei ca. 300,- jährlich, was bei ca. 6 Ländern ca. 1.800,- und somit ca. 18% meines Umsatzes ausmachen würde. Ich habe nun den Auslandsversand auf allen Plattformen und in meinem Online-Shop deaktiviert. Allerdings kann das, meiner Meinung nach, nicht die Lösung sein. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie über eine unkomplizierte und kostengünstige Lösung für kleine Unternehmen nachdenken würden bzw. einführen könnten. Herzliche Grüße Andrea Hornig", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for giving small businesses the opportunity to comment on the PPWR rule. I have a turnover of around 10.000 a year from my products. On average, I send 25 parcels per year to neighbouring countries. Searching for and paying for a representative in each case far exceeds the budget and I consider it to be absolutely disproportionate. Even if I were to commission a German company to do so, the cost per country would be around 300.- per year, which for around 6 countries would amount to around 1800, i.e. around 18 % of my turnover. I have now disabled cross-border shipping on all platforms and in my online shop. However, that cannot, in my view, be the solution. I would be delighted if you could reflect on or introduce a simple and cost-effective solution for small businesses. Best regards, Andrea Hornig", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563632_en"}, {"id": 33563631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:44:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "B-NetCons GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleines Unternehmen müssen wir Sie auf aus meiner Sicht besonders kritische Punkte der Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: - Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf - Konformitätserklärung muss in den Sprachen des Mitgliedstaats bzw. der Mitgliedstaaten abgefasst sein, in die die verpackten Produkte geliefert werden - Beim Import aus Drittländern überhaupt Konformität und technische Dokumentation vom Lieferanten verlangen - Die bei uns anfallenden Kleinstmengen an Verpackungsmaterial (ausschließlich Karton, deutlich unter 10 kg p.A.) erzeugen mit der PPWR einen bürokratischen Aufwand sowohl bei uns als auch bei Lieferanten und Kunden, welcher in keinerlei Verhältnis zueinander steht. zu Punkt 1: Wir arbeiten mit dem Anspruch, uns überall an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort ein Paket oder deren tausend verkauft werden. zu Punkt 2: Sehe ich das richtig, dass mit den FAQ zur PPWR die bestehenden Amtssprachen der EU bei Warenverkehr im Binnenmarkt von der EU selbst damit negiert und ausgehebelt werden? zu Punkt 3: Konformität sowie technische Dokumentation aus Drittstaaten, speziell bei sehr wenigen Importen sowie ungefährliche Verpackungsmaterialien wie beispielsweise Karton sollten mit einer simplen Eigenerklärung des Empfängers (Importeur) behandelt werden, um den bürokratischen Aufwand im verhältnismäßigen Rahmen zu belassen. zu Punkt 4: Bei mehreren Tonnen oder noch mehr anfallenden Verpackungsmaterial ist es sicherlich sinnig, entsprechende Regelungen zu implementieren. Gleichzeitig muss es Regelungen geben, um Kleinmengen von all diesen Regeln zu befreien (gefährliche Verpackungsmaterialien sind selbstverständlich davon ausgenommen und sollten weiterhin meldepflichtig sein!). Die PPWR hat sicherlich ihre Berechtigung zu Gefahrstoffen bzw. gefährlichen Gütern und deren Verpackungen. Dies aber auf den normalen Warenverkehr umzulegen und diesen damit zumindest in großen Teilen diesen Warenverkehr für KMU unmöglich zu machen, ist in höchstem Maße kontraproduktiv. Die Begründung, Verpackungsmüll zu vermeiden, ist begrüßenswert, die aktuelle Umsetzung sowohl durch EU als auch deren lokalen Gegenstücken (in Deutschland mit dem VerpackDG) geht nicht nur am Ziel vollkommen vorbei, sondern produziert mehr Verpackungs-Müll als je zuvor. Davon ganz abgesehen, war und ist jeder Unternehmer schon von der Kalkulation her angehalten, so sparsam wie möglich mit Verpackungen umzugehen, da damit auch wieder Frachtkosten und auch Versicherungskosten ausgelöst werden. Die bisher bestehenden Regelungen zu Verpackungsmüll und seiner Entsorgung bzw. Lizenzierung/Bezahlung in B2B waren bereits sehr weitreichend und hocheffizient. Wir haben beispielsweise ein Lager, wo empfangene Verpackungen gelagert wurden und bei Bedarf für einen Versand unsererseits weiter verwendet wurden. Dies ist nun nicht mehr möglich, wir sind mit PPWR gezwungen, alles empfangene Verpackungsmaterial zu entsorgen und für unseren eigenen Versand neues Verpackungsmaterial zu kaufen - auch wieder nur für den einmaligen Gebrauch! Und wir reden in unserem Fall ausschließlich über Kartons! PPWR schadet der Wirtschaft, weil Protektionismus, kein Bürokratieabbau wie versprochen, Behinderung des freien Warenverkehrs und führt zu Wettbewerbsverzerrung. Viele Grüße Peter S. Bachl", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small business, we must draw your attention to what I consider to be particularly critical points in the implementation of the PPWR: — Obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales – Declaration of conformity must be drawn up in the languages of the Member State(s) to which the packaged products are delivered – In the case of imports from third countries, compliance and technical documentation are required from the supplier at all – The small quantities of packaging material (exclusively cardboard, well below 10 kg p.a.) generated by us create a bureaucratic burden with the PPWR for both us and suppliers and customers, which is completely unrelated to each other. We work with the ambition to abide by the law everywhere. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. In the case of ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether a package or a thousand thereof is sold there. Do I think it is right that the FAQs on the PPWR negate and undermine the EU’s existing official languages when it comes to the movement of goods in the internal market? Conformity and technical documentation from third countries, especially in the case of very few imports and non-hazardous packaging materials such as cardboard, should be treated with a simple self-declaration by the consignee (importer) in order to keep the administrative burden proportionate. In the case of several tonnes or more of packaging material, it is certainly sensible to implement such rules. At the same time, rules must be in place to exempt small quantities from all these rules (dangerous packaging materials are of course exempt from this and should continue to be subject to notification!). The PPWR is certainly justified in relation to dangerous substances or goods and their packaging. However, extending this to the normal movement of goods and thus making it impossible for SMEs to carry out this movement, at least in large parts, is highly counterproductive. The justification for preventing packaging waste is welcome; the current implementation by both the EU and its local counterparts (in Germany, with the VerpackDG) not only completely ignores the objective, but produces more packaging waste than ever before. Quite apart from this, every trader has been and still is required, from the point of view of the calculation, to handle packaging as economically as possible, as this also triggers freight costs and also insurance costs. The existing rules on packaging waste and its disposal or licensing/payment in B2B have already been very far-reaching and highly efficient. For example, we have a warehouse where received packaging was stored and continued to be used for dispatching on our side if needed. This is no longer possible. We are now forced, with PPWR, to dispose of all packaging material received and to buy new packaging material for our own shipment – again only for one-off use! And we are only talking about cartons in our case! PPWR harms the economy because protectionism, not cutting red tape as promised, hinders the free movement of goods and distorts competition. Best regards, Peter S. Bachl", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563631_en"}, {"id": 33563630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:43:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "LARGE", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Theaterbetrieb, Theatershop, Ticketvertrieb", "feedback": "Wir haben den Versand von Veranstaltungstickets und passenden Merchandising Artikeln in die EU-Länder leider nun einstellen müssen, zu Lasten der EU-Bürger, da wir keine Bevollmächtigten im EU-Ausland haben und das wirtschaftlich und vom bürokratischen Aufwand her aktuell nicht darstellbar ist. Sehr schade für die Idee eines großen Marktes in der EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, we have now had to stop sending event tickets and suitable merchandising articles to the EU countries, to the detriment of EU citizens, as we do not have authorised representatives in other EU countries and it is not currently economically and bureaucratically possible to present this. Very bad for the idea of a big market in the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563630_en"}, {"id": 33563629, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:41:27", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I disagree with and call for the repeal of the PPWR initiative applicable from 12 August 2026. This initiative is devastating for small and micro businesses, as it creates disproportionate financial and administrative burdens that small companies cannot meet. As the owner of a micro-business, I consider these requirements disproportionate. Instead of supporting businesses, they create additional barriers for small companies operating within the European Single Market. I support environmental protection and agree with fees related to the disposal and recycling of packaging. However, I disagree with an administrative system and costs that place a disproportionate burden on small businesses. The European Union was founded, among other things, on the principle of the free movement of goods and the development of a common market. In my opinion, the PPWR should not create new financial and administrative barriers that restrict these principles. I therefore call for a review and removal of requirements that place an excessive burden on small and micro businesses, and for the creation of a simpler and harmonised system across the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I disagree with and call for the repeal of the PPWR initiative applicable from 12 August 2026. This initiative is devastating for small and micro businesses, as it creates disproportionate financial and administrative burdens that small companies cannot meet. As the owner of a micro-business, I consider these requirements disproportionate. Instead of supporting businesses, they create additional barriers for small companies operating within the European Single Market. I support environmental protection and agree with fees related to the disposal and recycling of packaging. However, I disagree with an administrative system and costs that place a disproportionate burden on small businesses. The European Union was founded, among other things, on the principle of the free movement of goods and the development of a common market. In my opinion, the PPWR should not create new financial and administrative barriers that restrict these principles. I therefore call for a review and removal of requirements that place an excessive burden on small and micro businesses, and for the creation of a simpler and harmonised system across the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563629_en"}, {"id": 33563628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:40:13", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "First Days Maternity Supplies Ltd", "feedback": "I am 9 years into running my small business, I have navigated many hurdles along the way. The PPWR is the only one that is so unreasonable, I have chosen NOT to navigate it in all countries, I will simply withdraw the sale of goods there. What happened to encouraging businesses to grow? I am not against the principle of PPWR, I am against the ridiculous nature in how it is forcing SMEs to pay extortionate fees, in line with huge corporations for registrations/subscriptions and implement silly reporting practises that are too complex for businesses who produce such a tiny amount of (recycled) cardboard and/or plastic waste. This is one of the biggest disappointments to date. There should be exemptions for small businesses who genuinely contribute such a small amount of waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am 9 years into running my small business, I have navigated many hurdles along the way. The PPWR is the only one that is so unreasonable, I have chosen NOT to navigate it in all countries, I will simply withdraw the sale of goods there. What happened to encouraging businesses to grow? I am not against the principle of PPWR, I am against the ridiculous nature in how it is forcing SMEs to pay extortionate fees, in line with huge corporations for registrations/subscriptions and implement silly reporting practises that are too complex for businesses who produce such a tiny amount of (recycled) cardboard and/or plastic waste. This is one of the biggest disappointments to date. There should be exemptions for small businesses who genuinely contribute such a small amount of waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563628_en"}, {"id": 33563627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:40:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I love to buy products at small companies in the EU. But this new law kills small companies. Often they recycle package material from big companies to reduce waste already. Most small companies stopped sending to EU countries because it became extreme expensive for them with this new law. So no open borders anymore in the EU. You closed them with this law. People are going to order again more stuff from companies like Ali and Stein as they can't anymore order in the EU. And sure they do less about waste management. The law is to complicated as each country has their own rules. Please make exceptions in the law for small companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "I love to buy products at small companies in the EU. But this new law kills small companies. Often they recycle package material from big companies to reduce waste already. Most small companies stopped sending to EU countries because it became extreme expensive for them with this new law. So no open borders anymore in the EU. You closed them with this law. People are going to order again more stuff from companies like Ali and Stein as they can't anymore order in the EU. And sure they do less about waste management. The law is to complicated as each country has their own rules. Please make exceptions in the law for small companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563627_en"}, {"id": 33563624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:27:17", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a 51 year old woman living in Ireland. After 20+ years of hard work as Communications professional in the Corporate world, and realising it was getting harder and harder for me to find jobs in my sector as a woman of my age, I followed my dream and started my small creative business in 2024. Starting a business is always a risk, but I did my research and financial plan and decided this risk was worth taking. As I am combining my work with family commitments and two elderly parents who need assistance, over the past 2 years the business has grown slowly but steadily. Things are starting to take off and in 2027 I was going to scale up and develop an e-commerce presence and start shipping orders. Now all my plans are paused. Complying with the new PPWR regulation would literally bring my yearly income to a few hundred euro. With this money I cannot even purchase supplies to make my products, let alone invest in e-commerce. The admin alone would mean pausing production to figure things out, resulting in further lost income. And for the first time, I am thinking that my small one-woman business may not survive and I worry about what I am going to do next. The irony is, that I am a conscienscious person with a focus on sustainability. All my materials are sourced in Ireland. All my suppliers are based in Ireland. I use waste cuttings to make more products. The only plastic I use is biodegradable. I give large cardboard boxes to a crafter who shreds it to reuse in her own packaging. The rest is recycled. I think its important you hear these stories. The new regulation is killing micro businesses and the local craft industry that communities rely on the very businesses who are most focused on sustainability practices; the ones who create less packaging waste, and waste in general. It doesnt make any sense.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a 51 year old woman living in Ireland. After 20+ years of hard work as Communications professional in the Corporate world, and realising it was getting harder and harder for me to find jobs in my sector as a woman of my age, I followed my dream and started my small creative business in 2024. Starting a business is always a risk, but I did my research and financial plan and decided this risk was worth taking. As I am combining my work with family commitments and two elderly parents who need assistance, over the past 2 years the business has grown slowly but steadily. Things are starting to take off and in 2027 I was going to scale up and develop an e-commerce presence and start shipping orders. Now all my plans are paused. Complying with the new PPWR regulation would literally bring my yearly income to a few hundred euro. With this money I cannot even purchase supplies to make my products, let alone invest in e-commerce. The admin alone would mean pausing production to figure things out, resulting in further lost income. And for the first time, I am thinking that my small one-woman business may not survive and I worry about what I am going to do next. The irony is, that I am a conscienscious person with a focus on sustainability. All my materials are sourced in Ireland. All my suppliers are based in Ireland. I use waste cuttings to make more products. The only plastic I use is biodegradable. I give large cardboard boxes to a crafter who shreds it to reuse in her own packaging. The rest is recycled. I think its important you hear these stories. The new regulation is killing micro businesses and the local craft industry that communities rely on the very businesses who are most focused on sustainability practices; the ones who create less packaging waste, and waste in general. It doesnt make any sense.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563624_en"}, {"id": 33563623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:26:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "mailingdruck24", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen Lettershop in Erfurt unter mailingdruck24.de Neben Werbemails versenden gelegentlich Waren wie individuelle Drucksachen. Ab sofort müssen wir selbst selbst bei Kleinstmengen (z.B. eine Bestellung im Wert von 85,00 aus Österreich) einen wahnsinnigen Aufwand betreiben, um diesen einen Kunden zu beliefern. Die Registrierung für Österreich kostet ab 295,00 - das steht in keinem Verhältnis zum Ertrag. Neben dem finanziellen Verlust steht noch der Verlust von Arbeitszeit. Ich bin daher für die einheitliche Registierung an einer Stelle für Europa. Alles andere wird dem europäischen Gedanken nicht gerecht.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a letter shop in Erfurt under mailing pressure24.de In addition to advertising mail, I occasionally send goods such as individual printed matter. From now on, even in the case of small quantities (e.g. an order with a value of 85.00 from Austria), we will have to make a cautious effort to supply a customer. Registration for Austria costs from 295,00 onwards – this is disproportionate to the revenue. In addition to the financial loss, there is also the loss of working time. I am therefore in favour of uniform regulation in one place for Europe. Anything else does not live up to the European idea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563623_en"}, {"id": 33563622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:24:54", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sophie Mac Studio", "feedback": "these new regulations are obscene to micro-businesses and new startups like myself. I believe this system would benefit by being tiered, including a minimum threshold. many small business owners care deeply about their packaging and choosing eco-friendly materials. it is my belief that larger companies who are using much more plastic are also the ones who can pay the fees without problems, whereas this is ruining the livelihood of many small businesses and a lot are closing as a result.", "feedbackEnglish": "these new regulations are obscene to micro-businesses and new startups like myself. I believe this system would benefit by being tiered, including a minimum threshold. many small business owners care deeply about their packaging and choosing eco-friendly materials. it is my belief that larger companies who are using much more plastic are also the ones who can pay the fees without problems, whereas this is ruining the livelihood of many small businesses and a lot are closing as a result.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563622_en"}, {"id": 33563621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:21:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaberin eines kleinen Onlineunternehmens wende ich mich an Sie, um auf eine existenzielle Hürde der geplanten PPWR-Umsetzung hinzuweisen: die pauschale Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe. Diese Regelung trifft Kleinstunternehmen besonders hart und widerspricht dem Geist des Binnenmarkts. Das Problem: Schon ein einzelner Verkauf ins EU-Ausland kann mich zwingen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und zu bezahlen. Bei 10 oder 20 Zielländern bedeutet das: 10 oder 20 separate Verträge, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort 5 oder 5000 Pakete verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land sind für Kleinstunternehmen schlicht unverhältnismäßig. Sie wirken wie eine künstliche Marktzutrittsbarriere: Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein hohes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel meiden. Das diskriminiert gezielt kleine Akteure und untergräbt die Idee eines wettbewerbsneutralen Binnenmarkts. Unsere Forderungen: Generelle Befreiung für Kleinstunternehmen! Unternehmen unter den bekannten Schwellenwerten sollten grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für etwas größere Kleinunternehmen mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Volumen ist eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Übergangslösung unverzichtbar. Technische Standardisierung der Datenübermittlung: Verpackungsdaten sollten einmal erfasst und automatisch für alle Zielländer nutzbar sein ohne manuelle Anpassungen. Kleinstunternehmen sind keine Miniaturversionen großer Konzerne. Sie tragen dieselbe Fixkosten, aber auf ein vielfach kleineres Geschäftsvolumen verteilt. Eine Regelung, die dies ignoriert, zwingt uns, den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu meiden genau das Gegenteil dessen, was die PPWR erreichen will. Eine Befreiung für Kleinstunternehmen wäre nicht nur fair, sondern auch ein wichtiges Signal für die Zukunftsfähigkeit kleiner Händler in Europa. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lukas Weber", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a small online company, I am writing to draw your attention to an existential hurdle to the planned PPWR implementation: the blanket obligation to appoint an authorised representative for cross-border sales. This rule hits micro-enterprises particularly hard and runs counter to the spirit of the internal market. The underlying problem: Even a single sale in another EU country can force me to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For 10 or 20 target countries, this means: 10 or 20 separate contracts, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell 5 or 5000 parcels there. These fixed costs per country are simply disproportionate for micro-enterprises. They act as an artificial barrier to market entry: If you cannot pass on the costs to a high volume of sales, you will avoid cross-border trade. This deliberately discriminates against small operators and undermines the idea of a competitively neutral internal market. What we are asking for General exemption for micro-enterprises! Companies below the known thresholds should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. For slightly larger small businesses with small cross-border volumes, a de minimis threshold per destination country is essential as a transitional solution. Technical standardisation of data transmission: Packaging data should be collected once and be usable automatically for all target countries without manual adjustments. Micro-enterprises are not miniature versions of large corporations. They bear the same fixed costs, but spread over a often smaller volume of business. A rule that ignores this forces us to avoid the European single market exactly the opposite of what the PPWR wants to achieve. An exemption for micro-enterprises would not only be fair, but also an important signal for the sustainability of small traders in Europe. Yours sincerely, Lukas Weber", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563621_en"}, {"id": 33563620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:20:23", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Liz Christy Limited", "feedback": "I make my living running a hanweaving business. Low impact on the environment from the outset over 30 years ago. I recycle boxes where I can, because I have always cared about the world we live on. My orders go out in anything from Barry's Tea Bag boxes to Motorcycle accessories boxes. I will NOT be registering in 27 countries for yet more taxation. I cannot afford it and do not have the resources to do it. Therefore, in my opinion, the EU is killing business, killing livihoods, and killing the free trade of the European Economic Community common market. The EU is making business uncompetitive, simple as that. Do they want all tax paying designers and crafts people to loose our livelihoods through no fault of our own....and end up on Social Welfare? Because this is what the EU is pushing us towards. The EU is destroying small businesses by imposing impossible rules and stealth taxes in the name of saving the environment, all while destroying the lives and livlihoods of its so called citizens, whom they do not care about.", "feedbackEnglish": "I make my living running a hanweaving business. Low impact on the environment from the outset over 30 years ago. I recycle boxes where I can, because I have always cared about the world we live on. My orders go out in anything from Barry's Tea Bag boxes to Motorcycle accessories boxes. I will NOT be registering in 27 countries for yet more taxation. I cannot afford it and do not have the resources to do it. Therefore, in my opinion, the EU is killing business, killing livihoods, and killing the free trade of the European Economic Community common market. The EU is making business uncompetitive, simple as that. Do they want all tax paying designers and crafts people to loose our livelihoods through no fault of our own....and end up on Social Welfare? Because this is what the EU is pushing us towards. The EU is destroying small businesses by imposing impossible rules and stealth taxes in the name of saving the environment, all while destroying the lives and livlihoods of its so called citizens, whom they do not care about.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563620_en"}, {"id": 33556130, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:33:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Kleinunternehmerin und versuche über Etsy mein kleines Business aufzubauen. Doch die vielen Gesetze machen es einem nicht einfach. Das mit lucid und Zentek bekomme ich ja noch hin und verstehe ich auch. Aber das ich das nun auch für jedes Europäische Land tun soll ist nicht zu verstehen! Wenn wir doch ein Europa sind sollte es doch wohl reichen es in einem Land in dem Land wo ich ansässig bin, zu tun. Leider musste ich nun meine Auslandsverkäufe einstellen. Schade das uns kleinen Unternehmen so große Steine in den Weg gelegt werden !!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small entrepreneur and I am trying to build my small business through Etsy. But the many laws don’t make it easy. I get and understand that with LUCID and Zentek. But that is not what I should do for every European country! If we are a Europe, it should be enough to do it in a country where I am based. Unfortunately, I had to stop selling abroad. Hurt our small business with so much stumbling blocks!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556130_en"}, {"id": 33556127, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:30:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SONOS Steckbausteine", "feedback": "viele Kleinunternehmer benötigen die Größe des europäischen Marktes, um für ihre meist Nischenprodukt europaweit die Verkäufe zu generieren, die sie benötigen, um ohne einen überhöhten Werbeaufwand in die Gewinnzone zu kommen. Ein einzelner Markt, hier im Beispiel der Deutsche Markt, allein ist da für viele Produkte, so auch mein Konstruktionsspielzeug, zu klein. Die Kleinunternehmer sind häufig flexibel in ihren Leistungen und Angeboten und extrem kundenorientiert. So entsteht europaweit eine sehr breite Kleinunternehmerschaar, die Europa sehr gut zu Gesicht steht und von der Politik, wenn schon nicht besonders unterstützt, dann auf jeden Fall in Ruhe gelassen werden sollte, um sich mit Liebe ihren Produkten und ihren Kunden zu widmen. Es ist Verpflichtung der einzelnen Länder und der EU Verwaltung, die ja notwendige Verpackungsverordnung so zu organisieren, dass sie mit einfachen Meldungen wie zum Beispiel bei den Umsatzsteuer-Meldungen, nahezu automatisch abgearbeitet werden kann. Es ist natürlich für einen Kleinunternehmer, der so wie ich vielleicht 100- 200 Pakete im Jahr in die EU verschickt, absolut undenkbar und unmöglich, die Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU Land aufzubringen, in das man ein, zwei oder fünf oder zehn Pakete p.a. versendet. Das Entscheidende aber ist, dass so die Dynamik und freie Entfaltung von kleinen und jungen Unternehmen unterdrückt wird, wo doch das Gegenteil eigentlich der Fall sein sollte. Ich würde mir wünschen, dass es das EU Parlament schafft, die unterschiedlichen nationalen Interessen in einem einfachen Ansatz zu bündeln. Martin Redel SONOS Steckbausteine", "feedbackEnglish": "many small businesses need the size of the European market to generate for their mostly niche product across Europe the sales they need to make a profit without excessive advertising. A single market, in this case the German market, is too small for many products, including my construction toys. Small businesses are often flexible in their services and offerings and are extremely customer-oriented. As a result, a very broad small business chaar emerges across Europe, which is very well seen in Europe and should in any case be left calm by politicians, if not particularly supported, in order to dedicate love to their products and customers. It is the responsibility of the individual Länder and the EU administration to organise the necessary packaging regulation in such a way that it can be processed almost automatically with simple declarations, such as VAT declarations. It is, of course, absolutely inconceivable and impossible for a small entrepreneur who, like me, may send 100-200 parcels a year to the EU to pay for an authorised representative in each EU country to which one, two or five or ten parcels a year are sent. What matters, however, is that this stifles the dynamism and free development of small and young businesses, when the opposite should actually be the case. I would like the EU Parliament to be able to bring together the different national interests in a simple approach. Martin REDEL SONOS Building blocks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556127_en"}, {"id": 33556126, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:26:30", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A&N GesbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Abgeordnete des Europäischen Parlaments, ich wende mich als kleiner österreichischer Onlinehändler an Sie. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der EU-Verpackungsverordnung: weniger Verpackungsmüll, mehr Recycling und eine faire Beteiligung an Entsorgungskosten. Was ich nicht nachvollziehen kann, ist die Umsetzung im europäischen Binnenmarkt. Wer nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in andere EU-Staaten versendet, wird mit nationalen Registrierungen, EPR-Systemen, Meldepflichten und teilweise verpflichtenden Bevollmächtigten konfrontiert. Eine echte Kleinmengenregelung fehlt vielerorts. Für große Händler sind solche Fixkosten kaum relevant. Für Kleinstunternehmen können sie dazu führen, dass einzelne Länder wirtschaftlich nicht mehr beliefert werden. Damit entsteht ein bemerkenswerter Anreiz: Der einfachste Weg, die Verpackungspflichten eines Mitgliedstaats sicher zu erfüllen, ist, dort gar nichts mehr zu verkaufen. Besonders widersprüchlich ist, dass die EU-Kommission selbst die Fragmentierung der EPR-Systeme inzwischen als Binnenmarkthindernis erkannt und sogar vorgeschlagen hat, die Pflicht zu nationalen Bevollmächtigten für innerhalb der EU ansässige Unternehmen auszusetzen. Trotzdem trat diese Verpflichtung am 12. August 2026 in Anwendung. Ein Binnenmarkt sollte bedeuten: einmal registrieren, einheitlich melden, europaweit verkaufen. Stattdessen erleben kleine Händler faktisch 27 Compliance-Projekte. Der Karton darf frei durch Europa reisen der Händler dahinter offenbar nur mit Formular, Registrierung und lokalem Vertreter. Hinzu kommt die schwierige Informationslage. Wesentliche Auslegungen und FAQs wurden erst kurz vor dem Anwendungsdatum veröffentlicht, während weitere Rechtsakte und Leitlinien noch folgen. Unternehmen sollen also rechtssicher handeln, obwohl das Regelwerk praktisch noch im Aufbau ist. Das ist ungefähr so, als dürften die Bewohner bereits einziehen, während die Baupläne noch ergänzt werden. Ich bitte Sie daher, sich für folgende Punkte einzusetzen: * Abschaffung bzw. Aussetzung nationaler EPR-Bevollmächtigten für Unternehmen mit Sitz in der EU. * Ein EU-EPR-One-Stop-Shop mit einmaliger Registrierung und einheitlichen Mengenmeldungen. * Eine verhältnismäßige Kleinmengenregelung für Kleinstunternehmen. * Gebühren, die sich an der tatsächlichen Verpackungsmenge statt an nationalen Fixkosten orientieren. * Ein kostenloses, rechtsverbindliches EU-Informationsportal mit klaren Pflichten je Mitgliedstaat. * Eine Übergangs- und Schonfrist, solange wesentliche Fragen ungeklärt sind. * Konsequente Durchsetzung auch gegenüber Verkäufern aus Drittstaaten. Ich möchte keine Befreiung vom Umweltschutz. Ich möchte meine Verpackungsmengen melden und meinen fairen Anteil bezahlen. Aber ich halte es für unverhältnismäßig, dass ein Kleinhändler für vielleicht fünf oder zehn Sendungen in ein Nachbarland eine Verwaltungsstruktur benötigt, die eher für internationale Großkonzerne geeignet ist. Die Folge ist absehbar: Kleine Händler stellen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand ein, große Plattformen und Konzerne bleiben. Verbraucher haben weniger Auswahl, der Wettbewerb nimmt ab und anschließend wundert man sich, warum europäische Kleinunternehmen nicht skalieren. Wenn ein Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen erst ab einer eigenen Compliance-Abteilung funktioniert, ist er für kleine Unternehmen kein Binnenmarkt mehr. Ich bitte Sie daher um eine konkrete Antwort: Unterstützen Sie einen EU-weiten EPR-One-Stop-Shop, eine Kleinmengenregelung und die Abschaffung der Pflicht zu nationalen Bevollmächtigten für EU-Unternehmen? Die Verpackung, die ich versende, ist recyclingfähig. Ich hoffe, dass dies künftig auch für unnötige Bürokratie gilt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Honourable Members of the European Parliament, I am writing to you as a small Austrian online trader. I support the objectives of the EU Packaging Regulation: less packaging waste, more recycling and a fair share of disposal costs. What I do not understand is implementation in the European single market. Those who send only a few parcels per year to other EU countries are confronted with national registrations, EPR systems, reporting obligations and sometimes mandatory authorised representatives. A real small-volume system is lacking in many places. For large traders, such fixed costs are hardly relevant. For micro-enterprises, they may result in individual countries no longer being supplied economically. This creates a remarkable incentive: The easiest way to safely fulfil the packaging obligations of a Member State is to stop selling anything there. It is particularly contradictory that the European Commission itself has in the meantime recognised the fragmentation of EPR systems as an obstacle to the internal market and even proposed to suspend the requirement for national agents for companies established within the EU. Nevertheless, this obligation started to apply on 12 August 2026. A single market should mean: register once, report uniformly, sell across Europe. Instead, small traders actually experience 27 compliance projects. The cardboard box is apparently only allowed to travel around Europe with a form, registration and local representative. This is compounded by the difficult information situation. Key interpretations and FAQs were published just before the application date, while further legal acts and guidance will follow. This means that companies should act with legal certainty, even though the regulatory framework is practically still under construction. This is roughly as if the residents are already expected to move in, while the building plans are still being completed. I would therefore ask you to support the following points: * Abolition/suspension of national EPR representatives for EU-based companies. * An EU EPR-One-Stop-Shop with single registration and standardised volume reporting. * A proportionate small volume regime for micro-enterprises. * Fees based on actual packaging volumes rather than national fixed costs. * A free, legally binding EU information portal with clear obligations per Member State. * A transitional and grace period for as long as essential issues remain unresolved. * Consistent enforcement also vis-à-vis non-EU sellers. I do not want an exemption from environmental protection. I want to report my packaging volumes and pay my fair share. But I think it is disproportionate for a small retailer to need an administrative structure for perhaps five or ten consignments to a neighbouring country that is more suitable for large international groups. The consequences are foreseeable: Small traders stop cross-border shipping and remain large platforms and groups. Consumers have less choice, competition is shrinking and it is then surprising why European small businesses do not scale up. If a single market for small businesses only functions from a dedicated compliance function, it is no longer a single market for small businesses. I would therefore ask you to provide a specific answer: Do you support an EU-wide EPR one-stop shop, a small-volume rule and the abolition of the requirement for national authorised representatives for EU companies? The packaging I send is recyclable I hope that this will also apply to unnecessary bureaucracy in the future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556126_en"}, {"id": 33556125, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:23:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jürgen Joachim Lorenz", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlinehandel und möchte auf die unverhältnismäßigen Auswirkungen der aktuellen PPWR-Regelungen auf kleine und kleinste Unternehmen hinweisen. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Unternehmen angemessen an den tatsächlichen Entsorgungskosten ihrer Verpackungen zu beteiligen. Das Problem sind jedoch nicht die Entsorgungskosten selbst, sondern die erheblichen Fixkosten und der bürokratische Aufwand, die beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand für jedes einzelne EU-Lieferland entstehen. Als kleiner Händler versenden wir in manche EU-Mitgliedstaaten nur wenige Pakete pro Monat, in andere sogar nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr. Für solche Mengen ist es wirtschaftlich völlig unverhältnismäßig, in jedem einzelnen Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen und zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Verwaltungs- und Meldepflichten zu erfüllen. Auch Dienstleister wie Interzero, die versuchen, diese Verpflichtungen für mehrere Länder zu bündeln, lösen das Problem für Kleinstunternehmen nicht. Die jährlichen Fixkosten sind bei geringen Versandmengen weiterhin viel zu hoch. Es kann nicht verhältnismäßig sein, für wenige Pakete pro Jahr mehrere hundert Euro Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat tragen zu müssen. Die Konsequenz ist eindeutig: Kleine Händler stellen den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ein. Auch wir werden diesen Schritt gehen müssen nicht weil wir keine Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern beliefern möchten und auch nicht wegen der eigentlichen Recyclingkosten, sondern ausschließlich aufgrund der unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten und Bürokratie. Damit entsteht faktisch eine neue Marktzutrittsschranke innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Große Onlinehändler können diese Kosten auf hunderttausende oder Millionen Sendungen verteilen. Ein kleiner Händler mit beispielsweise fünf oder zehn Sendungen pro Jahr in ein bestimmtes Land kann dies nicht. Das Ergebnis ist, dass der grenzüberschreitende Onlinehandel zunehmend großen Unternehmen und Plattformen überlassen wird, während kleine Händler wirtschaftlich gezwungen werden, sich auf ihren Heimatmarkt zurückzuziehen. Dies widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Eine EU-Verordnung sollte den grenzüberschreitenden Handel harmonisieren und vereinfachen und nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen ihre Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr beliefern können. Deshalb sind dringend verhältnismäßige Lösungen erforderlich: - Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Verpackungs- bzw. Versandmengen, - stark reduzierte und EU-weit einheitliche Pauschalen für Kleinstunternehmen, - oder vorzugsweise eine zentrale europäische Registrierung nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip. Bei einer solchen zentralen Lösung könnte sich ein Unternehmen einmal für die gesamte EU registrieren, seine Verpackungsmengen nach Zielländern melden und die entsprechenden Entsorgungsgebühren zentral entrichten. Die Verteilung auf die Mitgliedstaaten könnte anschließend innerhalb des Systems erfolgen. Es sollte in einem gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarkt nicht notwendig sein, zahlreiche nationale Systeme und Bevollmächtigte zu bezahlen, nur um einige wenige Pakete an Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu versenden. Umweltschutz und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt dürfen kein Widerspruch sein. Die tatsächlichen Entsorgungskosten zu tragen, ist auch für kleine Händler akzeptabel. Unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten und Bürokratie je Mitgliedstaat sind es nicht. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher dringend, Bagatellgrenzen oder eine zentrale EU-weite Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen einzuführen. Andernfalls wird die Regelung zahlreiche kleine Unternehmen faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausschließen zugunsten großer Marktteilnehmer und zulasten eines vielfältigen europäischen Binnenmarktes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small e-commerce business and I would like to draw your attention to the disproportionate impact of the current PPWR rules on small and micro enterprises. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that companies pay their fair share of the actual costs of disposing of their packaging. However, the problem is not the cost of disposal itself, but the considerable fixed costs and red tape involved in cross-border shipping for each individual EU supplier. As a small trader, we send only a few parcels per month in some EU Member States, and only a few parcels per year in others. For such quantities, it is economically completely disproportionate to appoint an authorised representative in each target country and to fulfil additional registration, administrative and reporting obligations. Service providers such as Interzero, who try to bundle these obligations for several countries, do not solve the problem for micro-enterprises either. Annual fixed costs remain far too high in the case of low shipping volumes. It cannot be proportionate to have to bear several hundred euros of fixed costs per Member State for a few parcels per year. The consequence is clear: Small traders stop shipping to other EU Member States. We too will have to take this step not because we do not want to supply customers in other EU countries, nor because of the actual recycling costs, but solely because of the disproportionate fixed costs and bureaucracy. This effectively creates a new barrier to market entry within the European internal market. Large online traders can spread these costs over hundreds of thousands or millions of items. A small trader with, for example, five or ten consignments per year to a given country cannot do so. As a result, cross-border online trade is increasingly left to large companies and platforms, while small traders are economically forced to retreat to their home market. In my view, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European internal market. An EU regulation should harmonise and simplify cross-border trade and should not prevent small businesses from supplying their customers in other Member States. Therefore, proportionate solutions are urgently needed: — De minimis thresholds for small quantities of packaging/dispatch, – significantly reduced and uniform EU-wide flat rates for micro-enterprises, – or preferably a centralised European registration based on the one-stop-shop principle. Such a central solution would allow a company to register once for the whole EU, report its packaging volumes per destination country and pay the related disposal fees centrally. The distribution among Member States could then take place within the system. In a single European market, it should not be necessary to pay for many national systems and authorised representatives just to send a few parcels to customers in other Member States. The protection of the environment and the functioning of the internal market must not be contradictory. Bearing the actual disposal costs is also acceptable for small dealers. It is not disproportionate fixed costs and bureaucracy per Member State. I therefore urge the European Commission to introduce de minimis thresholds or a central EU-wide solution for micro-enterprises and small cross-border packaging volumes. Otherwise, the scheme will de facto exclude many small businesses from cross-border trade, to the benefit of large market players and to the detriment of a diverse European internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556125_en"}, {"id": 33556124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:23:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Versandhandel", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines Versandunternehmen für gebrauchte Motorradteile. Seit dem 12.08.2026 versenden wir NICHT mehr ins europäische Ausland. Weder Aufwand noch Kosten wären für uns tragbar. Das ist doch nicht der Gedanke von Europa? Oder? Schade, dass die Europäische Union kein Interesse an dem Schicksal kleiner Unternehmen zu haben scheint.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small shipping company for used motorcycle parts. Since 12 August 2026, we have NOT sent more to other European countries. Neither the burden nor the costs would be tolerable for us. That’s not the idea of Europe? Right? Harms the fact that the European Union does not seem to have an interest in the fate of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556124_en"}, {"id": 33556123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:19:53", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Article 44(14) requires the Commission to adopt this act, so this feedback is about its content. It starts from an observation about effect rather than intent: obligations of this kind fall on small companies as a fixed cost per market, and some have already responded by withdrawing from cross-border sales altogether. Annex I asks for producer identity, contacts, tax and business registration numbers, and the identification of the producer responsibility organisation or authorised representative. It does not ask for turnover, business sector, legal form, forecast tonnage, packaging categories, year of first activity, bank details or national electronic identity all of which Member States currently demand. The content choices are right. The act will nevertheless miss its objective, for two reasons. 1. Nothing makes Annex I exclusive. Article 1(1) says the formats \"shall be as set out in Annex I and shall be used as follows\". That is not \"shall be the only information that may be required\". Recital (1) states the objective as preventing divergent formats and information to be provided; recital (6) will be read as authority to add. A survey of ten Member States (commissioned by Amazon, March 2026) found 64 registration fields, 15.7 per country on average, 55% requested by a single country. Most are absent from Annex I which is the point. An exclusivity clause deletes them; without one they survive, including national eID as sole authentication (ES, SE, PL, IT), prohibition on third-party submission (DE), notarised powers of attorney, local-language-only portals, annual re-registration (SE, PL, IE) and dual registry-plus-PRO registration (ES, IT, PL). Request: add to Article 1 that Member States shall not require information other than that set out in Annex I, with any addition notified and justified. 2. Annex II discards the per-unit basis Article 2(4) requires. Article 2(4) requires reporting to be based on the Annex VII description of the packaging unit including all components, and recital (9) justifies this by easier verification. Parts A and B then collect one annual tonnage per material category. Nothing can be recomputed from it, so verification needs an inspection rather than a query; the producer aggregates manually each year for each Member State; and no identifier field exists anywhere in either annex, so recital (10)'s digital product passport reuse has nothing to join on. Request, additive: add a per-unit submission option identifier, unit count, period with the register aggregating into the existing categories, plus an optional identifier field in Annex I Part A. Keep Parts A and B for producers preferring aggregates. Accept any ISO/IEC 15459 identifier and issue one free of charge, as EORI already is.", "feedbackEnglish": "Article 44(14) requires the Commission to adopt this act, so this feedback is about its content. It starts from an observation about effect rather than intent: obligations of this kind fall on small companies as a fixed cost per market, and some have already responded by withdrawing from cross-border sales altogether. Annex I asks for producer identity, contacts, tax and business registration numbers, and the identification of the producer responsibility organisation or authorised representative. It does not ask for turnover, business sector, legal form, forecast tonnage, packaging categories, year of first activity, bank details or national electronic identity all of which Member States currently demand. The content choices are right. The act will nevertheless miss its objective, for two reasons. 1. Nothing makes Annex I exclusive. Article 1(1) says the formats \"shall be as set out in Annex I and shall be used as follows\". That is not \"shall be the only information that may be required\". Recital (1) states the objective as preventing divergent formats and information to be provided; recital (6) will be read as authority to add. A survey of ten Member States (commissioned by Amazon, March 2026) found 64 registration fields, 15.7 per country on average, 55% requested by a single country. Most are absent from Annex I which is the point. An exclusivity clause deletes them; without one they survive, including national eID as sole authentication (ES, SE, PL, IT), prohibition on third-party submission (DE), notarised powers of attorney, local-language-only portals, annual re-registration (SE, PL, IE) and dual registry-plus-PRO registration (ES, IT, PL). Request: add to Article 1 that Member States shall not require information other than that set out in Annex I, with any addition notified and justified. 2. Annex II discards the per-unit basis Article 2(4) requires. Article 2(4) requires reporting to be based on the Annex VII description of the packaging unit including all components, and recital (9) justifies this by easier verification. Parts A and B then collect one annual tonnage per material category. Nothing can be recomputed from it, so verification needs an inspection rather than a query; the producer aggregates manually each year for each Member State; and no identifier field exists anywhere in either annex, so recital (10)'s digital product passport reuse has nothing to join on. Request, additive: add a per-unit submission option identifier, unit count, period with the register aggregating into the existing categories, plus an optional identifier field in Annex I Part A. Keep Parts A and B for producers preferring aggregates. Accept any ISO/IEC 15459 identifier and issue one free of charge, as EORI already is.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556123_en"}, {"id": 33556122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:19:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Yasmin Harper EI", "feedback": "I, like most others commenting here, am a small business in my case a micro enterprise of just one person in France. I have an online shop in which I sell goods imported both from other EU countries and also 3 non-EU European countries. In recent years it has become more and more of a struggle to negotiate the business environment as ever more rules and regulations take up ever more of my time and drain ever more of my profits: GDPR, GPSR, electronic invoicing and now the final nail in the coffin of small businesses, the PPWR. My EU sales outside France amount to 25% of my turnover. The cost of registering, appointing an authorised representative and then paying the minimum charges to each country each year would be more than half of my total annual profit. So I have a choice either I pay this, or I ship only to those countries where I have the most customers and where registration is easy. Even if I keep only my 3 or 4 most important markets, the loss will be around 15% of my turnover this is a huge amount when your total profit is small to begin with, it is totally disproportionate. On top of this is the amount of time it will take me to record and report on 27 different platforms, often badly designed and in languages that I dont understand. It seems that little or no consideration has been given to SMEs and micro enterprises, while the very corporations in China and the US that you are aiming to regulate will only profit more it seems incredible to me that you will be charging me on the same basis as you will be charging Amazon. Social media is awash with small businesses both inside and outside the EU announcing that they will be ceasing to ship to the EU. Many small marketplace traders have even announced that they will cease trading altogether. So, many small sole traders who create virtually no waste have already been put out of work by this ruling, and more will doubtless follow. I cannot imagine that your main objective was to make thousands of people unemployed overnight, but that is what has happened. I feel that there is a very possibly a strong legal case to be brought against the EU for this ruling it makes a mockery of the 2008 Small Business Act, as these rules affect us extremely disproportionately. And it means an end to free trade, one of the 5 pillars on which the EU was built. When Spain, for example, demands that every non-Spanish business should acquire a Spanish VAT number, acquire an authorised representative and have their application to join the waste register notarised that is no longer frictionless free trade. That is putting up barriers that are insurmountable for most very small businesses. I hope that in October, not only will you approve sensible minimum thresholds and exemptions for very small businesses but that you will also agree to set up a One Stop Shop, as you have for VAT, so that small traders both inside and outside of the EU can report their usage more easily. This is not only a question of supporting small businesses, but also ensuring that all EU citizens have access to a full choice of artisan products from all over the world, and not only mass-produced rubbish from the major corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I, like most others commenting here, am a small business in my case a micro enterprise of just one person in France. I have an online shop in which I sell goods imported both from other EU countries and also 3 non-EU European countries. In recent years it has become more and more of a struggle to negotiate the business environment as ever more rules and regulations take up ever more of my time and drain ever more of my profits: GDPR, GPSR, electronic invoicing and now the final nail in the coffin of small businesses, the PPWR. My EU sales outside France amount to 25% of my turnover. The cost of registering, appointing an authorised representative and then paying the minimum charges to each country each year would be more than half of my total annual profit. So I have a choice either I pay this, or I ship only to those countries where I have the most customers and where registration is easy. Even if I keep only my 3 or 4 most important markets, the loss will be around 15% of my turnover this is a huge amount when your total profit is small to begin with, it is totally disproportionate. On top of this is the amount of time it will take me to record and report on 27 different platforms, often badly designed and in languages that I dont understand. It seems that little or no consideration has been given to SMEs and micro enterprises, while the very corporations in China and the US that you are aiming to regulate will only profit more it seems incredible to me that you will be charging me on the same basis as you will be charging Amazon. Social media is awash with small businesses both inside and outside the EU announcing that they will be ceasing to ship to the EU. Many small marketplace traders have even announced that they will cease trading altogether. So, many small sole traders who create virtually no waste have already been put out of work by this ruling, and more will doubtless follow. I cannot imagine that your main objective was to make thousands of people unemployed overnight, but that is what has happened. I feel that there is a very possibly a strong legal case to be brought against the EU for this ruling it makes a mockery of the 2008 Small Business Act, as these rules affect us extremely disproportionately. And it means an end to free trade, one of the 5 pillars on which the EU was built. When Spain, for example, demands that every non-Spanish business should acquire a Spanish VAT number, acquire an authorised representative and have their application to join the waste register notarised that is no longer frictionless free trade. That is putting up barriers that are insurmountable for most very small businesses. I hope that in October, not only will you approve sensible minimum thresholds and exemptions for very small businesses but that you will also agree to set up a One Stop Shop, as you have for VAT, so that small traders both inside and outside of the EU can report their usage more easily. This is not only a question of supporting small businesses, but also ensuring that all EU citizens have access to a full choice of artisan products from all over the world, and not only mass-produced rubbish from the major corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556122_en"}, {"id": 33556121, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:18:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Antiquariats möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich verkaufe nur gelegentlich ins Ausland Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Schritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: ich habe beispielsweise im Jahr 2025 insgesamt 17 Sendungen in 9 verschiedene EU Länder versandt. Der Gesamtrechnungsbetrag für diese 17 Sendungen betrug 1777,30 . Von diesem Betrag ist nicht nur die Provision an das Verkaufsportal zu zahlen, sondern es sind auch noch die erheblichen Auslands-Versandkosten von diesem Umsatz zu zahlen. Bereits in den Jahren vorher musste ich den Versand in das für mich wichtigste EU-Land Österreich einstellen, da hier ein Bevollmächtigter zu bestellen war. Die Übertragung der Formalitäten zur Erlangung der Zulassung mit Bevollmächtigtem durch einen Dienstleister beträgt nach meinen Recherchen pro EU-Land ca. 290 . Bei 9 EU-Ländern sind das über 2000 . Damit ist der zukünftige Versand in EU-Länder für mich Geschichte. Wir haben in Europa zollfreie Grenzen. Hier werden mit der PPWR neue Grenzen aufgebaut! Sicherlich muss Verpackung reglementiert werden. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist aber unverständlich, dass zehntausende Händler hier tätig werden müssen, während sich die Verpackungshersteller doch sehr bedeckt halten. Warum geht man nicht an die Wurzel und erfasst generell alle EU-Verpackungshersteller? Das sind doch wohl nicht mehr als einige 100 in Europa. Als Verkäufer von antiquarischen Büchern bedaure ich zudem, dass ich in Zukunft ausländische Kunden nicht mehr mit teilweise dringend benötigten Büchern (Sachbücher für Universitäten, Wissenschaftler etc.) bedienen kann. Auch der Kulturaustausch wird unter der neuen PPWR leiden, da gerade antiquarische Bücher nur über kleinere Unternehmen angeboten werden. Für Großunternehmen ist das alles sicherlich kein Problem, denn sie haben entsprechende Rechtsabteilungen die alles regeln. Für uns kleine Händler ist das nicht möglich und die EU nimmt offensichtlich hierauf keine Rücksicht. Als Kleinunternehmer hat man das Gefühl dass man in der EU nicht mehr willkommen ist! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Detlef Schmalstieg", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online antiquarantine, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I sell abroad only occasionally. As a small entrepreneur, selling to another EU country has so far been an obvious step without a legal department of my own, but with the right to abide by the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: for example, in 2025, I sent a total of 17 consignments to 9 different EU countries. The total invoice amount for these 17 consignments was 1777,30. Of this amount, not only is the commission to be paid to the sales portal, but the significant foreign shipping costs of this turnover must also be paid. In the years before, I had to stop sending it to the most important EU country, Austria, where an authorised representative had to be appointed. According to my research, the transfer of the formalities for obtaining authorisation with an authorised representative by a service provider is approximately 290 per EU country. For 9 EU countries, this is more than 2000. For me, the future shipment to EU countries is history. We have duty-free borders in Europe. Here, the PPWR is building new boundaries! It is true that packaging must be regulated. However, it is incomprehensible to me, as a small trader, that tens of thousands of traders have to take action in this area, while packaging manufacturers remain very covered. Why not go back to the roots and cover all EU packaging producers in general? That’s probably no more than a few 100 in Europe. As a seller of antiquarian books, I also regret that in future I will no longer be able to serve foreign customers with books that are in some cases urgently needed (university books, academics, etc.). Cultural exchanges will also suffer from the new PPWR, as antiquarian books are only offered through smaller companies. For large companies, this is certainly not a problem, as they have appropriate legal departments that regulate everything. For us small traders, this is not possible and the EU obviously does not take this into account. As a small entrepreneur, you feel that you are no longer welcome in the EU! Yours sincerely, Detlef Schmalstieg", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556121_en"}, {"id": 33556120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:16:52", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The economics of recycling in the EU: regulations, fees and corporate profits Under European Union directives mainly the Waste Framework Directive and the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the burden of waste management has shifted to the private sector through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Producers and importers placing goods on the EU market must pay mandatory environmental fees based on the weight of the product and its recyclability. These fees are collected by specialised organisations known as Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs). Rather than acting as government agencies, these PROs are often private or hybrid corporate structures that raise huge capital funds from producers. The financial model generates a clear economic advantage for recycling and waste management companies: double profitability. First, these companies (or their associated operating organisations) collect guaranteed service fees upfront from producers just to cover their waste obligations. Second, they generate a secondary revenue stream by sorting, processing and selling the recycled materials (such as high-quality plastics, metals and paper) back into the manufacturing supply chain. Therefore, compliance frameworks designed to protect the environment simultaneously create highly lucrative commercial markets for private waste operators. Congratulations. No one in Brussels cares whether small businesses survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "The economics of recycling in the EU: regulations, fees and corporate profits Under European Union directives mainly the Waste Framework Directive and the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the burden of waste management has shifted to the private sector through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Producers and importers placing goods on the EU market must pay mandatory environmental fees based on the weight of the product and its recyclability. These fees are collected by specialised organisations known as Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs). Rather than acting as government agencies, these PROs are often private or hybrid corporate structures that raise huge capital funds from producers. The financial model generates a clear economic advantage for recycling and waste management companies: double profitability. First, these companies (or their associated operating organisations) collect guaranteed service fees upfront from producers just to cover their waste obligations. Second, they generate a secondary revenue stream by sorting, processing and selling the recycled materials (such as high-quality plastics, metals and paper) back into the manufacturing supply chain. Therefore, compliance frameworks designed to protect the environment simultaneously create highly lucrative commercial markets for private waste operators. Congratulations. No one in Brussels cares whether small businesses survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556120_en"}, {"id": 33556119, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:15:13", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "3rd Floor Jewelry ", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small independent handmade jewellery business based in Athens, Greece. I am writing because the new packaging obligations are creating a disproportionate burden for micro and small European businesses selling directly to consumers across the EU. My business supports environmental responsibility and I fully accept that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. The problem is not environmental responsibility. The problem is the way these obligations are being implemented across different Member States. For a micro-business like mine, registering separately in multiple national systems, understanding different national requirements, paying fees, submitting reports and, where required, appointing an Authorised Representative in each Member State is financially and administratively disproportionate. The practical consequence is already happening. I have temporarily stopped accepting online orders from other EU Member States because I cannot justify the legal and financial risk while the requirements remain fragmented and unclear. This means that a small business established in Greece, inside the European Union, is currently in the absurd position of being able to sell more easily to customers in the United States, Canada or Australia than to customers in Germany, France, Belgium or other EU Member States. This cannot be the intended outcome of the European Single Market. It is particularly difficult to understand when enormous volumes of low-cost goods and packaging enter the EU every day through large international marketplaces, including goods shipped from China, while small European manufacturers, designers and artisans face compliance costs that are completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on each national market. A micro-business sending a few parcels to a Member State should not face the same administrative structure as a corporation placing millions of packaged products on that market. I strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate, harmonised system for micro and small businesses. In particular, EU-established businesses selling cross-border within the Single Market should not be required to appoint separate Authorised Representatives in every Member State. There should be one EU-wide registration or a single digital reporting system, with simplified obligations and meaningful thresholds for micro-businesses and low packaging volumes. Environmental protection and the survival of small European businesses should not be competing objectives. Good regulation should achieve both. Please do not create a European system in which small businesses are technically part of the Single Market but, in practice, cannot afford to sell within it. We want to comply. We want to contribute. But the rules must be proportionate, affordable and workable for businesses of our size.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small independent handmade jewellery business based in Athens, Greece. I am writing because the new packaging obligations are creating a disproportionate burden for micro and small European businesses selling directly to consumers across the EU. My business supports environmental responsibility and I fully accept that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. The problem is not environmental responsibility. The problem is the way these obligations are being implemented across different Member States. For a micro-business like mine, registering separately in multiple national systems, understanding different national requirements, paying fees, submitting reports and, where required, appointing an Authorised Representative in each Member State is financially and administratively disproportionate. The practical consequence is already happening. I have temporarily stopped accepting online orders from other EU Member States because I cannot justify the legal and financial risk while the requirements remain fragmented and unclear. This means that a small business established in Greece, inside the European Union, is currently in the absurd position of being able to sell more easily to customers in the United States, Canada or Australia than to customers in Germany, France, Belgium or other EU Member States. This cannot be the intended outcome of the European Single Market. It is particularly difficult to understand when enormous volumes of low-cost goods and packaging enter the EU every day through large international marketplaces, including goods shipped from China, while small European manufacturers, designers and artisans face compliance costs that are completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on each national market. A micro-business sending a few parcels to a Member State should not face the same administrative structure as a corporation placing millions of packaged products on that market. I strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate, harmonised system for micro and small businesses. In particular, EU-established businesses selling cross-border within the Single Market should not be required to appoint separate Authorised Representatives in every Member State. There should be one EU-wide registration or a single digital reporting system, with simplified obligations and meaningful thresholds for micro-businesses and low packaging volumes. Environmental protection and the survival of small European businesses should not be competing objectives. Good regulation should achieve both. Please do not create a European system in which small businesses are technically part of the Single Market but, in practice, cannot afford to sell within it. We want to comply. We want to contribute. But the rules must be proportionate, affordable and workable for businesses of our size.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556119_en"}, {"id": 33556118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:15:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FiL Garn & Wolle", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines stationären Ladens plus kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christina Geyer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a brick-and-mortar shop plus small online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Christina Geyer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556118_en"}, {"id": 33556116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:11:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wir sind eine kleine Ledermanufaktur und wir verkaufen ausschließlich online über unsere eigene Webseite. Schon seit 2023 haben wir den EU weiten Versand ausgeschlossen, weil die Kosten für die Lizenz und Erstellung eines Bevollmächtigten für uns zu hoch sind. Wir versenden etwa 20 bis 30 Kleinpakete bis zu 1 kg nach Österreich im ganzen Jahr. Das rechnet sich einfach nicht. Da die Kostenlast für ein Kleinstunternehmen sowieso schon sehr hoch ist, muss man hier einsparen. Die Kunden würden Versandkosten in Höhe von 50EUR pro Bestellung nicht akzeptieren. Deshalb plädieren wir dringend für eine günstige Lizenz mit einer Bagatellgrenze bis zu einem bestimmten Aufwand pro Jahr. Auch der bürokratische Aufwand ist einfach zu hoch. Wir machen hier alles selbst- von der Produktion über den Vertrieb, Werbung, IT, Webseite, Marketing etc. Das übersteigt unsere Kapazitäten an Arbeitszeit.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small leather make-up and we sell exclusively online via our own website. Since 2023, we have excluded EU wide shipping because the costs of licensing and creating an authorised representative are too high for us. We send around 20 to 30 small packages of up to 1 kg to Austria all year round. This is simply unpredictable. As the cost burden for a micro-enterprise is already very high in any case, savings must be made here. Customers would not accept shipping costs of EUR 50 per order. We therefore urgently call for a favourable licence with a de minimis limit of up to a certain amount of expenditure per year. The bureaucratic burden is also simply too high. We do everything here ourselves – from production to distribution, advertising, IT, website, marketing, etc. This exceeds our working time capacity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556116_en"}, {"id": 33556115, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:09:00", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback from a Small Business Owner on the Packaging Regulation (PPWR) I am a small business owner living and working in Poland. For many years I have been creating handmade polymer clay jewelry and selling it through European online marketplaces to customers across different EU countries. I work alone, without employees, and this business is my main source of income. I support the European Unions goals of reducing waste and protecting the environment. However, I would like to point out that the current packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements place a disproportionately heavy burden on the smallest businesses. In order to send a small handmade item worth 30100 to another EU country, I have to understand different national registration systems, legal requirements, reporting procedures, and fees. For a micro-business, this means not only financial costs but also an enormous amount of time spent studying regulations, completing paperwork, and finding authorized representatives or intermediaries. The environmental benefit of these requirements in my case is very small. I use only a minimal amount of packaging, carefully pack my products to avoid damage, returns, and repeated shipments, and I do not generate significant packaging waste. Yet the administrative burden is almost the same as for much larger companies. As a result, many artisans and small handmade businesses stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This limits the growth of small businesses, reduces the diversity of the European market, and undermines the idea of a truly unified European market for entrepreneurs. I respectfully ask the European Commission to consider a simplified system for micro-enterprises and individual makers, for example: - a single registration valid across the entire EU instead of separate registrations in each country; - one common reporting portal and reporting procedure; - exemptions or simplified requirements for businesses that place only very small amounts of packaging on the market; - minimum thresholds below which administrative obligations are significantly reduced. Small entrepreneurs want to comply with environmental rules and contribute to sustainability, but the regulations should be proportionate to the scale of the business. Otherwise, they become a barrier to honest work and cross-border trade within the European Union. Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from a Small Business Owner on the Packaging Regulation (PPWR) I am a small business owner living and working in Poland. For many years I have been creating handmade polymer clay jewelry and selling it through European online marketplaces to customers across different EU countries. I work alone, without employees, and this business is my main source of income. I support the European Unions goals of reducing waste and protecting the environment. However, I would like to point out that the current packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements place a disproportionately heavy burden on the smallest businesses. In order to send a small handmade item worth 30100 to another EU country, I have to understand different national registration systems, legal requirements, reporting procedures, and fees. For a micro-business, this means not only financial costs but also an enormous amount of time spent studying regulations, completing paperwork, and finding authorized representatives or intermediaries. The environmental benefit of these requirements in my case is very small. I use only a minimal amount of packaging, carefully pack my products to avoid damage, returns, and repeated shipments, and I do not generate significant packaging waste. Yet the administrative burden is almost the same as for much larger companies. As a result, many artisans and small handmade businesses stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This limits the growth of small businesses, reduces the diversity of the European market, and undermines the idea of a truly unified European market for entrepreneurs. I respectfully ask the European Commission to consider a simplified system for micro-enterprises and individual makers, for example: - a single registration valid across the entire EU instead of separate registrations in each country; - one common reporting portal and reporting procedure; - exemptions or simplified requirements for businesses that place only very small amounts of packaging on the market; - minimum thresholds below which administrative obligations are significantly reduced. Small entrepreneurs want to comply with environmental rules and contribute to sustainability, but the regulations should be proportionate to the scale of the business. Otherwise, they become a barrier to honest work and cross-border trade within the European Union. Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556115_en"}, {"id": 33556114, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:07:57", "country": "CHE", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BELOW WAVES GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels und Start-ups möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich habe momentan das Gefühl, es ist leichter nach Amerika zu schicken, als Pakete innerhalb der EU zu versenden, worauf ich notfalls auch zurückgreifen muss. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of small online shops and start-ups, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I currently feel that it is easier to send to America than to send parcels within the EU, which I need to do if necessary. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556114_en"}, {"id": 33556112, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:06:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmung", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen, der insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen erhebliche praktische und wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen hat: die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen stellt der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einen wichtigen Wachstumspfad dar. Anders als größere Unternehmen verfügen wir jedoch in der Regel weder über eigene Rechtsabteilungen noch über umfangreiche Verwaltungsstrukturen. Dennoch sind wir selbstverständlich bereit, gesetzliche Vorgaben einzuhalten. Die geplante Ausgestaltung der PPWR erschwert dies jedoch erheblich. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Verpflichtung auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu vergüten. Wer in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten verkauft, muss folglich ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse eingehen, unterschiedliche Gebühren entrichten und separate Meldeprozesse erfüllen unabhängig davon, ob jährlich nur wenige oder mehrere hundert Sendungen in das jeweilige Land erfolgen. Gerade für kleine Händler stehen diese länderbezogenen Fixkosten in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie wirken faktisch als Markteintrittsbarriere, da sich die Kosten nur bei entsprechend hohen Verkaufszahlen wirtschaftlich verteilen lassen. Für viele kleinere Unternehmen dürfte dies dazu führen, den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einzuschränken oder ganz darauf zu verzichten. Damit würde ausgerechnet der europäische Binnenmarkt für jene Unternehmen unattraktiver, die von ihm eigentlich profitieren sollen. Vor diesem Hintergrund möchte ich folgende Anregungen zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollte für Kleinstunternehmen nach den etablierten Schwellenwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz eine generelle Ausnahme von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten vorgesehen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellenwerte, die jedoch nur geringe Mengen in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine Verpflichtung zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens genügt die Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, allein nicht. Zwar bieten entsprechende Dienstleister bereits heute Lösungen für mehrere Länder an, dennoch müssen Händler weiterhin für jeden Mitgliedstaat separate Verträge abschließen und die jeweiligen Fixkosten tragen. Erforderlich wäre stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und Meldungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral abgewickelt werden können und die nur einmalige, angemessene Verwaltungskosten verursacht. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle europaweit technisch standardisiert werden. Verpackungsdaten sollten einmalig erfasst und anschließend für alle betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten nutzbar sein, anstatt länderspezifisch mehrfach aufbereitet werden zu müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen mit entsprechend geringeren Pflichten. Sie unterliegen häufig denselben administrativen Anforderungen und Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, müssen diese jedoch auf ein deutlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde dazu beitragen, dass kleine Händler den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich nutzen können, anstatt aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf den Verkauf innerhalb Deutschlands beschränkt zu bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to an aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR Producer Register, which has significant practical and economic implications, especially for small businesses: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses, selling to other EU Member States is an important growth path. However, unlike larger companies, we usually do not have their own legal departments or extensive administrative structures. Nevertheless, we are of course prepared to comply with legal requirements. However, the planned design of the PPWR makes this considerably more difficult. An individual sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and remunerate an authorised representative there. As a result, those selling in 10 or 20 Member States have to enter into the same number of contracts, pay different fees and comply with separate reporting processes, regardless of whether only a few or several hundred items are delivered to the country each year. For small traders in particular, these country-specific fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. They effectively act as a barrier to entry, as costs can only be distributed economically if sales are correspondingly high. For many smaller companies, this is likely to lead to a reduction in cross-border trade or a complete abandonment of cross-border trade. This would make the European single market all the more unattractive for those companies that are supposed to benefit from it. Against this background, I would like to propose the following suggestions for consideration: First, a general exemption from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative should be provided for micro-enterprises under the established staff headcount and annual turnover thresholds. Undertakings above those thresholds, but dispatching small quantities to individual Member States, should be subject to at least one de minimis threshold per destination country below which there is no obligation to appoint an authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing a central service provider to act as an agent is not sufficient. While such service providers already offer multi-country solutions today, traders still have to conclude separate contracts for each Member State and bear their fixed costs. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration, authorisation and notifications to be processed centrally for all Member States, with only one-off and reasonable administrative costs. Thirdly, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a one-stop shop should be technically standardised across Europe. Packaging data should be collected once and then be usable for all Member States concerned, rather than having to be reprocessed several times on a country-by-country basis. Small enterprises are not smaller large enterprises with correspondingly lower obligations. They are often subject to the same administrative requirements and fixed costs as large market participants, but they have to spread them over a much smaller volume of business. A proportionate design of the authorised representative obligation would help small traders to effectively benefit from the European single market, rather than being limited to sales within Germany for economic reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556112_en"}, {"id": 33556108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:02:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe als Einzelunternehmerin einen kleinen Onlinehandel in Deutschland und versende gelegentlich Waren an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Verpflichtung, für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, stellt für kleine Händler eine unverhältnismäßige finanzielle und administrative Belastung dar. Die hierfür verlangten jährlichen Kosten können bereits bei wenigen Lieferungen in ein Land den dort erzielten Umsatz übersteigen. In der Praxis führt diese Regelung daher nicht zu einem besseren Umweltschutz, sondern dazu, dass kleine Händler einzelne EU-Länder vom Versand ausschließen müssen. Damit wird ausgerechnet der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes erschwert. Besonders problematisch ist, dass die Verpflichtung grundsätzlich unabhängig davon besteht, ob ein Unternehmen Tausende Sendungen oder lediglich wenige Pakete jährlich in einen Mitgliedstaat versendet. Ich halte deshalb eine Ausnahme für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen bzw. angemessene Bagatellgrenzen nach Verpackungsmenge oder Umsatz im jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat für dringend erforderlich. Zumindest sollte für kleine grenzüberschreitend tätige Unternehmen keine Verpflichtung bestehen, in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Eine europaweit einheitliche und möglichst zentrale Registrierung und Meldung wäre aus meiner Sicht wesentlich sinnvoller und würde sowohl den Umweltzielen als auch dem europäischen Binnenmarkt besser gerecht. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a sole trader I sell small online in Germany and occasionally send goods to customers in other EU Member States. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for cross-border shipments in each Member State imposes a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small traders. The annual cost required for this can already exceed the turnover generated by a small number of deliveries to a country. In practice, therefore, this rule does not lead to better environmental protection, but to small traders having to exclude individual EU countries from shipping. This makes cross-border trade within the European internal market all the more difficult. It is particularly problematic that the obligation applies in principle irrespective of whether a company sends thousands of items or only a few parcels per year to a Member State. I therefore consider that there is an urgent need for an exemption for micro and small enterprises or for appropriate de minimis thresholds based on the volume of packaging or turnover in the Member State concerned. At the very least, there should be no obligation for small cross-border companies to appoint a paid agent in each Member State. In my view, it would make much more sense to register and report uniformly and as centrally as possible throughout Europe and would be more in keeping with both the environmental objectives and the European internal market. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556108_en"}, {"id": 33556107, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:01:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BRUUDT CNC", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe seit vielen Jahren einen kleinen Online-Handel in Deutschland. Ich entwickle und fertige selbst Zubehörteile für Motorräder und habe bislang Kunden in zahlreichen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefert. Für mich ist genau das einer der großen Vorteile des europäischen Binnenmarktes: Auch ein sehr kleines Unternehmen kann spezialisierte Produkte herstellen und diese Kunden in ganz Europa anbieten. Die neuen Anforderungen im Zusammenhang mit der PPWR und insbesondere die nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten machen diesen grenzüberschreitenden Handel für mich jedoch zunehmend unwirtschaftlich. Dabei geht es mir ausdrücklich nicht darum, mich der Verantwortung für die von mir verwendeten Verpackungen zu entziehen. Ich bin selbstverständlich bereit, für die tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen angemessene Beiträge zu Entsorgung und Recycling zu leisten. Das Problem sind die unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten und der administrative Aufwand pro Mitgliedstaat. In manchen EU-Ländern habe ich nur wenige Kunden und versende entsprechend nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr. Trotzdem können dort Registrierungen, separate Verträge und die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten erforderlich sein. Die jährlichen Fixkosten können dadurch schnell höher sein als der Gewinn, den ich mit Verkäufen in dem betreffenden Land überhaupt erzielen kann. Besonders unverständlich ist für mich, dass handelsübliche Verpackungen, die ich in Deutschland einkaufe, je nach Zielland unterschiedliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Kostenpflichten auslösen. Die Verpackung selbst ändert sich nicht lediglich der Wohnort meines Kunden. Für wenige Kilogramm Karton und Verpackungsmaterial pro Jahr können dadurch in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten jeweils eigene administrative Pflichten und Fixkosten entstehen. Die Konsequenz ist für mich bereits heute eindeutig: **Ich muss den Versand in verschiedene EU-Länder einstellen.** Damit wird ausgerechnet für kleine Unternehmen der europäische Binnenmarkt wieder in einzelne nationale Märkte aufgeteilt. Ein kleiner Händler mit wenigen Sendungen wird bei den administrativen Grundkosten ähnlich belastet wie ein Unternehmen mit tausenden oder hunderttausenden Sendungen. Das ist nicht verhältnismäßig. Ich halte deshalb folgende Lösungen für dringend notwendig: * eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für geringe Verpackungsmengen; * Ausnahmen oder deutlich vereinfachte Anforderungen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen; * eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, bei der Registrierung, Mengenmeldung und Zahlung zentral für alle Mitgliedstaaten erfolgen können; * Kosten, die sich hauptsächlich nach der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge richten und nicht nach hohen Fixkosten pro Zielland. Die Ziele der PPWR hinsichtlich Verpackungsvermeidung, Recycling und Herstellerverantwortung unterstütze ich. Die Umsetzung darf jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einstellen müssen. Genau dies geschieht in meinem Fall. Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die ich technisch und logistisch problemlos beliefern könnte, kann ich meine Produkte künftig teilweise nicht mehr anbieten ausschließlich aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger regulatorischer Kosten. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher dringend, die Situation kleiner Unternehmen bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung zu berücksichtigen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte grenzüberschreitenden Handel ermöglichen und nicht durch nationale Fixkosten neue wirtschaftliche Grenzen innerhalb der EU schaffen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, for many years I have been selling online on a small scale in Germany. I develop and manufacture accessories for motorcycles myself and have so far supplied customers in many EU Member States. For me, this is one of the great advantages of the European single market: A very small company can also produce specialised products and offer these customers across Europe. However, the new PPWR requirements, and in particular the national registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations, make this cross-border trade increasingly uneconomic for me. I am expressly not seeking to avoid responsibility for the packaging I use. I am of course prepared to make appropriate contributions to disposal and recycling for the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. The problem is the disproportionate fixed costs and administrative burden per Member State. In some EU countries, I have few customers and send only a few parcels per year. Nevertheless, it may require registrations, separate contracts and the appointment of an authorised representative. As a result, the annual fixed costs can quickly be higher than the profit I can actually make from sales in the country concerned. I find it particularly incomprehensible that commercial packaging I buy in Germany triggers different registration, reporting and cost obligations depending on the destination country. The packaging itself does not simply change my customer’s place of residence. For a few kilograms of carton and packaging material per year, this may give rise to separate administrative obligations and fixed costs in several Member States. The consequence is already clear to me today: **I have to stop shipping to different EU countries.** This will redistribute the European single market into individual national markets, especially for small businesses. A small trader with a small number of consignments bears a similar burden in terms of basic administrative costs as a company with thousands or hundreds of thousands of consignments. That is disproportionate. I therefore consider that the following solutions are urgently needed: * an EU-wide de minimis limit for small quantities of packaging; * Exemptions or significantly simplified requirements for micro and small enterprises; * a genuine European one-stop-shop solution where registration, volume reporting and payment can be done centrally for all Member States; * Costs which depend mainly on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market and not on high fixed costs per destination country. I support the objectives of the PPWR in terms of packaging prevention, recycling and producer responsibility. However, implementation must not lead to small businesses having to stop trading cross-border for economic reasons. This is exactly what happens in my case. Customers in other EU Member States, to whom I could easily supply technically and logistically, will in some cases no longer be able to offer my products solely because of disproportionate regulatory costs. I would therefore urge the European Commission to take into account the situation of small businesses in its further development. The European single market should enable cross-border trade and not create new economic borders within the EU through national fixed costs. [Complimentary close]", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556107_en"}, {"id": 33556106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:51:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaberin eines kleinen Online-Shops möchte ich darlegen, welche Folgen die Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister für kleine Händler hat. Besonders die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen, verursacht erheblichen organisatorischen und finanziellen Aufwand. Ich bin in einer Hobbybranche tätig, in der stationärer Handel kaum sinnvoll ist. Die Kundinnen und Kunden sind weltweit verteilt, während das Händlernetz nur schwach ausgeprägt ist. Viele Kundinnen und Kunden aus angrenzenden EU-Ländern bestellen daher wichtige Arbeitsmittel in Deutschland, unter anderem bei mir. Dabei handelt es sich meist um kleinpreisige Verbrauchsartikel mit geringem Warenwert. Die zu erwartenden Kosten für die Anmeldung bei Recyclingpartnern in einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und gegebenenfalls für zusätzliche Bevollmächtigte würden den damit erzielten Umsatz deutlich übersteigen. In ihrer aktuellen Form wird die Verordnung vor allem kleine Anbieter treffen und den Online-Handel ausdünnen. Besonders kleine Firmen, Künstlerinnen und Künstler sowie Kunsthandwerkerinnen und Kunsthandwerker, die mit Nischenprodukten, Eigenkreationen und spezialisierten Erfindungen ihre Branche bereichern, wären gezwungen, den Handel zumindest teilweise einzustellen. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang unkompliziert und selbstverständlich. Mit Inkrafttreten der PPWR würde sich das deutlich ändern: Schon ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Derzeit versende ich regelmäßig in etwa zehn EU-Länder und gelegentlich in weitere Mitgliedstaaten. Das bedeutet bereits für zehn Zielmärkte separate Verträge, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dorthin fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer sie nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden. Das widerspricht dem Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich würde es daher sehr begrüßen, wenn Kleinstunternehmen nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen würden. Zudem stellt sich die Frage, warum Anmeldung und Registrierung nicht ähnlich vereinfacht werden können wie bei der Umsatzsteuer-Meldung über die One-Stop-Shop-Regelung der EU. So könnten Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten zentral für alle Mitgliedstaaten und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler. Sie tragen oft dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, verfügen jedoch über ein deutlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen und sind dadurch im Wettbewerb zusätzlich benachteiligt. Eine Aussetzung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Ich und viele andere kleine Händlerinnen und Händler wären Ihnen sehr dankbar, wenn die aktuelle Fassung der PPWR nochmals überprüft würde. In ihrer derzeitigen Form würde sie den Handel erschweren, Vielfalt und Wettbewerb einschränken sowie erhebliche Umsatzrückgänge und damit auch Steuerausfälle nach sich ziehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jana Günther Heavenly Illusions", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a small online shop, I would like to explain the consequences for small traders of the implementation of the PPWR producer register. In particular, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales creates significant organisational and financial burdens. I am active in a hobby sector where brick-and-mortar trading makes little sense. Customers are distributed worldwide, while the dealer network is weak. Many customers from neighbouring EU countries therefore order important work equipment in Germany, including from me. These are mostly low-priced, low-value consumer goods. The expected costs of registering with recycling partners in individual EU Member States, and possibly additional authorised representatives, would significantly exceed the turnover generated. In its current form, the Regulation will particularly affect small suppliers and thrive on online sales. Especially small firms, artists and craftsmen enriching their industry with niche products, self-creations and specialised inventions would be forced to stop trading at least partially. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been straightforward and self-evident. This would change significantly with the entry into force of the PPWR: An individual sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. Currently, I send regularly to around 10 EU countries and occasionally to other Member States. This already means separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels for ten target markets, regardless of whether I sell five or five hundred parcels there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the packaging volumes of small traders. They effectively act as a market entry threshold: If they cannot be spread over a sufficiently large volume of sales, cross-border trade is more likely to be avoided. This runs counter to the objective of the European single market. I would therefore very much welcome the general exemption of micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint representatives, in accordance with the known limits on staff numbers and turnover. The question also arises as to why registration and registration cannot be simplified in the same way as for VAT reporting via the EU One-Stop Shop scheme. This would allow registration and reporting obligations to be fulfilled centrally for all Member States and with only one-off fixed costs. Small businesses are not small wholesalers. They often bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but have a much smaller volume of business and are thus put at an additional competitive disadvantage. A suspension of the authorised representative obligation would allow me and many other small traders to continue to benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. I and many other small traders would be very grateful if the current version of the PPWR would be re-examined. In its current form, it would make trade more difficult, limit diversity and competition, and lead to significant reductions in turnover, including tax losses. (Complimentary close) Jana Günther Heavenly Illusions", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556106_en"}, {"id": 33556105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:50:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Werbedesign Neumann", "feedback": "Hallo, mein Jahresumsatz mit den betroffenen Produkten liegt bei etwa 25.000 Euro netto. Pro Jahr versende ich lediglich rund 40 Pakete an Privatkunden in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Mein Unternehmen ist ein Einzelunternehmen ohne Angestellte. Sollte ich aufgrund der PPWR verpflichtet sein, mich für diese wenigen Sendungen in jedem einzelnen belieferten EU-Land zu registrieren, Entsorgungssystemen anzuschließen, Meldungen abzugeben und entsprechende Gebühren zu zahlen, wäre dies für mich wirtschaftlich kaum tragbar. Nach meiner derzeitigen Kalkulation müsste ich den Verkauf in andere EU-Länder vollständig einstellen. Dadurch würden mir jährlich etwa 5.200 Euro Nettoumsatz und rund 2.500 Euro Gewinn entfallen. Für einen Einzelunternehmer ist dies ein erheblicher wirtschaftlicher Verlust. Besonders problematisch ist das Missverhältnis: Wegen teilweise nur weniger Pakete pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat entsteht ein Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge steht. Die Folge wäre, dass ich nicht wegen mangelnder Nachfrage, sondern allein aufgrund regulatorischer Anforderungen auf den europäischen Binnenmarkt verzichten müsste. Ich unterstütze die Umweltziele der PPWR ausdrücklich. Für Kleinstunternehmen mit sehr geringen Versandmengen sollten jedoch Bagatellgrenzen, vereinfachte Verfahren oder eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung geschaffen werden. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass kleine Unternehmen faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU ausgeschlossen werden und diesen auch nicht mehr zum laufen bringen können, da die Hürde immer zu hoch sein wird. Meine Länder, Paketanzahl und Umsatzzahlen Netto: Deutschland 155 17.645,49 Österreich 18 2.323,83 Schweiz 13 1.600,32 USA 6 907,56 Frankreich 5 674,32 Spanien 3 598,47 Belgien 4 454,17 Niederlande 3 402,92 Kroatien 1 290,31 Finnland 1 154,61 Italien 1 154,61 Schweden 1 142,85 Gesamt 211 25.349,46", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, my annual turnover with the products concerned is around EUR 25.000 net. I send only around 40 parcels per year to private customers in other EU Member States. My company is a sole proprietorship with no employees. If, under the PPWR, I am obliged to register for these few consignments in each EU country supplied, connect disposal systems, submit notifications and pay corresponding fees, this would be hardly economically viable for me. According to my current calculation, I would have to stop selling to other EU countries completely. As a result, I would lose around EUR 5200 in net turnover and around EUR 2500 in profit per year. For a sole trader, this represents a significant economic loss. The mismatch is particularly problematic: Due to sometimes only a few parcels per year and per Member State, there is an administrative and cost burden that is disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. The consequence would be that I would not have to give up the European single market because of a lack of demand, but only because of regulatory requirements. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, for micro-enterprises with very low volumes of shipments, de minimis thresholds, simplified procedures or a single EU-wide registration should be established. Otherwise, there is a risk that small businesses will be de facto excluded from cross-border trade within the EU and will no longer be able to operate as the hurdle will always be too high. My countries, number of packages and net turnover: Germany 155 17.645,49 Austria 18 2.323,83 Switzerland 13 1.600,32 USA 6907,56 France 5674,32 Spain 3598,47 Belgium 4454,17 Netherlands 3402,92 Croatia 1290,31 Finland 1154,61 Italy 1154,61 Sweden 1142,85 Total 211 25.349,46", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556105_en"}, {"id": 33556104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:49:38", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ingen säger att återvinning är dåligt och inte borde upprätthållas, men att förvänta sig att ett mikroföretag ska bära samma avgifter eller pappersarbete som ett megaföretag är helt motsatt lagstiftningens ursprungliga syfte och det kommer att leda till att miljontals EU-baserade småföretag stänger.", "feedbackEnglish": "Nobody says that recycling is bad and should not be sustained, but expecting a microenterprise to bear the same fees or paperwork as a mega-company is completely the opposite of the original purpose of the legislation and will lead to millions of EU-based small businesses closing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556104_en"}, {"id": 33556103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:48:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Die Formel e. K.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich verstehe Ihr Anliegen möchte jedoch entschieden darauf hinweisen, dass dieser Entwurf ohne die Einführung sinnvoller Schwellwerte einfach geschäftsschädigend ist und den EU-Handel signifikant zum Leidwesen der Verbraucher einschränken wird. Das aktuelle Vorgehen widerspricht somit einer Gleichstellung der Verbraucher innerhalb der Gemeinschaft, denn maßgeblich von den Auswirkungen der Regularien betroffen sind besonders, kleinere, wirtschaftlich schlechter gestellte 27 Mitglieder und deren Verbraucher. Von den derzeit 27 Mitgliedstaaten beliefern wir 24 Länder mit so geringen Abfallmengen aber auch Umsätzen, dass insbesondere die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung für uns nicht tragbar ist. Wir werden deshalb eine ganze Reihe von Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr beliefern. Die Lösung wären Schwellwerte für verschiedene Kennzahlen. Sinnvolle Schwellwerte wären beispielsweise folgende ... - Meldemengen Unter 10 - 100 kg für Papier/Kartons, Kunststoffe oder ähnliches. - Unternehmen unter 3 - 10 Mitarbeitern werden befreit. - Unternehmen unter einem Jahresumsatz pro Meldeland von 10.000 - 100.000 Euro werden befreit. Diese Schwellwerte würden verhindern, dass bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Korrespondierend zum Vorschlag des Händlerbund möchte daher ebenfalls folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Beste Grüße Sascha Ballweg DIE FORMEL e.K. Inh. Sascha Ballweg Hochend 88 D-47509 Rheurdt Tel. 02845 - 29 67 440 E-Mail: ballweg@die-formel.de", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, but I fully understand your concern, I would like to point out that without the introduction of meaningful thresholds, this draft is simply damaging to business and will significantly restrict EU trade to the detriment of consumers. The current approach is therefore contrary to the principle of equal treatment of consumers within the Community, since the effects of the rules are particularly important for smaller, less well-off 27 members and their consumers. Of the current 27 Member States, we supply 24 countries with such small quantities of waste as well as turnover that, in particular, we cannot accept the appointment of an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. We will therefore no longer supply a number of Member States. The solution would be thresholds for different ratios. Useful thresholds could be, for example, the following... — Reporting levels below 10 – 100 kg for paper/cartons, plastics or similar. — Companies with fewer than 3-10 employees are exempted. — Enterprises with an annual turnover per reporting country of between EUR 10.000 and EUR 100.000 are exempt. These thresholds would prevent a single sale from triggering the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. In line with the proposal of the Traders’ Association, we would therefore also like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Best regards, Sascha Ballweg DIE FORMEL e.K. Inh. Sascha Ballweg Hochend 88 D-47509 Rheurdt Tel. 02845 – 29 67 440 Email: ballweg@die-formel.de", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556103_en"}, {"id": 33556102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:47:41", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A company wants 11,240 euros to represent me in 27 countries. My profit for 2025 is 23,800 euros. This is a complete disgrace. Let the USA or China or Russia conquer us. And let's put an end to this misery for us Europeans.", "feedbackEnglish": "A company wants 11,240 euros to represent me in 27 countries. My profit for 2025 is 23,800 euros. This is a complete disgrace. Let the USA or China or Russia conquer us. And let's put an end to this misery for us Europeans.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556102_en"}, {"id": 33556085, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:45:11", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small online shop in Canada and sell to customers in the EU. This new packaging law is completely infeasible for small businesses. I sell stationery, books and fountain pens mostly and package them in paper and cardboard. The business is still small, but nevertheless I have dozens types of packaging: some I buy from packaging suppliers, some packaging come from the brands themselves, some are printed materials, etc. There are A LOT of different components, even for a tiny business like mine. I believe in sustainability, but will not be able to pay thousands of euros for representatives in multiple countries, just to ship a few dozen orders to a handful of countries. Then I might as well give away the product for free, that would be cheaper than complying with the law. I dont know if I will still be able to ship to the EU. Undoubtedly the implementation of this law should be simplified, so that it is easier for small businesses to comply. Or only roll it out once a truly single EU solution has been found, properly implemented, not 27 half-baked systems. I really used to believe in the EU, especially since I stopped shipping to the USA, but at this rate, I dont see a hopeful and bright future for the EU as a market. How is this still free movement of goods? If you want people to comply with new and worthwhile laws, you have to have a proper world wide communication campaign, a phase-in period, a longer roll-out period and easy and cheap steps small businesses can follow - ahead of the effective date! I'm truly appalled about how poorly this was handled and will shift any business, sourcing and marketing initiatives away from the EU market until this ridiculous mess has been sorted out.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small online shop in Canada and sell to customers in the EU. This new packaging law is completely infeasible for small businesses. I sell stationery, books and fountain pens mostly and package them in paper and cardboard. The business is still small, but nevertheless I have dozens types of packaging: some I buy from packaging suppliers, some packaging come from the brands themselves, some are printed materials, etc. There are A LOT of different components, even for a tiny business like mine. I believe in sustainability, but will not be able to pay thousands of euros for representatives in multiple countries, just to ship a few dozen orders to a handful of countries. Then I might as well give away the product for free, that would be cheaper than complying with the law. I dont know if I will still be able to ship to the EU. Undoubtedly the implementation of this law should be simplified, so that it is easier for small businesses to comply. Or only roll it out once a truly single EU solution has been found, properly implemented, not 27 half-baked systems. I really used to believe in the EU, especially since I stopped shipping to the USA, but at this rate, I dont see a hopeful and bright future for the EU as a market. How is this still free movement of goods? If you want people to comply with new and worthwhile laws, you have to have a proper world wide communication campaign, a phase-in period, a longer roll-out period and easy and cheap steps small businesses can follow - ahead of the effective date! I'm truly appalled about how poorly this was handled and will shift any business, sourcing and marketing initiatives away from the EU market until this ridiculous mess has been sorted out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556085_en"}, {"id": 33556101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:40:37", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": " Western Limex Gmbh", "feedback": "Your destroying small businesses leaving more for Amazon.", "feedbackEnglish": "Your destroying small businesses leaving more for Amazon.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556101_en"}, {"id": 33556097, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:33:27", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I left London for the EU partly to escape the damage and isolation of Brexit, believing that the Single Market would let a tiny creative business continue trading freely with customers across Europe. Yet the PPWRs country-by-country compliance structure now makes cross-border selling disproportionately costly for one-person merchants, recreating internal barriers that large corporations can absorb but independent artists cannot. This is how a legitimate environmental policy feeds the Brexit narrative: not because people reject sustainability or Europe, but because Europe can come to feel remote, punitive and indifferent to the very small businesses that have most believed in it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I left London for the EU partly to escape the damage and isolation of Brexit, believing that the Single Market would let a tiny creative business continue trading freely with customers across Europe. Yet the PPWRs country-by-country compliance structure now makes cross-border selling disproportionately costly for one-person merchants, recreating internal barriers that large corporations can absorb but independent artists cannot. This is how a legitimate environmental policy feeds the Brexit narrative: not because people reject sustainability or Europe, but because Europe can come to feel remote, punitive and indifferent to the very small businesses that have most believed in it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556097_en"}, {"id": 33556096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:32:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Naturzwerge Kindermode", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaberin des kleinen Online-Shops Naturzwerge Kindermode möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich betreibe meinen Online-Shop seit vielen Jahren als kleines Unternehmen und verkaufe nachhaltige Kinderbekleidung. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten war für mich bisher eine sinnvolle Möglichkeit, mein Angebot auch Kundinnen und Kunden außerhalb Deutschlands anzubieten. Selbstverständlich ist es für mich wichtig, alle gesetzlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR kann kleine Händler beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf jedoch unverhältnismäßig stark belasten. Bereits wenige Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Für einen kleinen Online-Shop ist dies wirtschaftlich kaum darstellbar. Werden beispielsweise zehn EU-Länder beliefert, können daraus zehn separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren, Registrierungen und Meldewege entstehen unabhängig davon, ob in ein Land nur wenige Pakete oder mehrere hundert Sendungen pro Jahr verkauft werden. Die entstehenden Fixkosten pro Land stehen damit in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen eines kleinen Händlers. Für große Unternehmen können solche Kosten auf ein hohes Verkaufsvolumen verteilt werden. Bei kleinen Händlern werden sie dagegen schnell zu einer erheblichen Marktzutrittsschwelle und können dazu führen, dass der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder wirtschaftlich nicht mehr sinnvoll ist. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens: Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand klar definierter Schwellenwerte, beispielsweise nach Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz, grundsätzlich von der Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Verkaufsvolumen sollte zusätzlich eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine eigene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht entsteht. Zweitens: Eine zentrale Lösung muss tatsächlich zu einer Vereinfachung führen. Wenn Händler trotz eines zentralen Dienstleisters weiterhin für jedes Land separate Verträge abschließen und Fixkosten tragen müssen, wird das Problem für kleine Unternehmen nicht gelöst. Notwendig wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten zentral für mehrere beziehungsweise alle Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. Drittens: Die Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten sollte europaweit technisch standardisiert werden. Bereits erfasste Daten sollten nicht für jedes Land erneut in unterschiedlichen Systemen und Formaten aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen verfügen häufig weder über eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen noch über große Absatzmengen, auf die zusätzliche Fixkosten verteilt werden können. Sie tragen dadurch dieselben administrativen Grundkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, jedoch bezogen auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Ich wünsche mir daher eine Umsetzung der PPWR, die Umweltschutz und erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung mit verhältnismäßigen und praktikablen Regelungen für kleine Händler verbindet. Nur so kann gewährleistet werden, dass kleine Unternehmen weiterhin am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilnehmen können, ohne dass der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf durch unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten und Bürokratie wirtschaftlich unattraktiv wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Katrin Lange Inhaberin Naturzwerge Kindermode", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as owner of the small online shop Naturzwerge Kindermode, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic point in my view regarding the planned implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I have been operating my online shop as a small business for many years, selling sustainable children’s clothing. Selling to other EU Member States has been a useful way for me to offer my services to customers outside Germany. It is of course important for me to comply with all legal requirements. However, the planned implementation of the PPWR may place a disproportionate burden on small traders when selling cross-border. Already few sales to another Member State may trigger additional registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations. This is hardly economically feasible for a small online shop. For example, if ten EU countries are supplied, this can result in ten separate contractual relationships, fees, registrations and reporting channels, regardless of whether only a few parcels are sold in one country or several hundred items per year. The resulting fixed costs per country are therefore disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of a small trader. For large companies, such costs can be spread over a high volume of sales. In the case of small traders, on the other hand, they quickly become a significant entry threshold and may make sales to other EU countries no longer economically viable. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First: Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint their own authorised representative based on clearly defined thresholds, such as staff headcount and turnover. Companies with small cross-border sales volumes should additionally be subject to a de minimis threshold per destination country, below which no separate authorised representative obligation arises. Secondly: A central solution must actually lead to simplification. If traders, despite having a central service provider, still have to conclude separate contracts and bear fixed costs for each country, the problem will not be solved for small businesses. A genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be fulfilled centrally for several or all Member States. Thirdly: The transmission of packaging data should be technically standardised across Europe. Data already collected should not have to be reprocessed in different systems and formats for each country. Small businesses often do not have their own legal or compliance departments, nor do they have large volumes of sales to which additional fixed costs can be allocated. They thus bear the same basic administrative costs as large market participants, but in relation to a much smaller volume of business. I would therefore like to see the PPWR implemented, combining environmental protection and extended producer responsibility with proportionate and workable rules for small traders. This is the only way to ensure that small businesses can continue to participate in the European single market without making cross-border sales economically unattractive due to disproportionate fixed costs and red tape. Kind regards, Katrin Lange Owner Naturzwerge Kindermode", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556096_en"}, {"id": 33556095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:32:00", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Liquidasteis pequeñas y medianas empresas, abristeis la puerta a cientos de especuladores que exigían cantidades exorbitantes por documentos y, finalmente, a nosotros, los consumidores comunes, nos cobrasteis el impuesto por adelantado. ¡Qué estupidez! ¡Que Dios tenga misericordia de vuestras almas! Sois unos auténticos monstruos.", "feedbackEnglish": "Liquidasteis small and medium-sized enterprises, you opened the door to hundreds of speculators demanding exorbitant amounts for documents, and finally, we, the common consumers, coerced the tax upfront. What sorry! Let God have myericody of your wings! You are a true monster.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556095_en"}, {"id": 33556094, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:29:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am running a small, one person business as a musician. I work and play shows all over the EU and rely on my income from merchandise and record sales all over Europe just like many other small businesses. The new packaging regulation has thrown a spanner in the works of me making any feasible income from my job as Ive had to suspend all shipping outside my country of residence in Germany. We need exemptions for small businesses asap before people stop being able to pay their rent!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am running a small, one person business as a musician. I work and play shows all over the EU and rely on my income from merchandise and record sales all over Europe just like many other small businesses. The new packaging regulation has thrown a spanner in the works of me making any feasible income from my job as Ive had to suspend all shipping outside my country of residence in Germany. We need exemptions for small businesses asap before people stop being able to pay their rent!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556094_en"}, {"id": 33556093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:27:33", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Corinna Weinheimer-Erith", "feedback": "Je m'adresse à vous en tant que petite entrepreneuse française en artisanat dart. Le nouveau règlement européen sur les emballages, et en particulier les obligations nationales qui en découlent en matière denregistrement, de déclaration et de désignation dun mandataire, me préoccupent grandement. En létat actuel des choses, une petite entreprise comme la mienne est tenue de senregistrer dans chaque État membre de lUE et, dans certains cas, dy désigner un mandataire. On ma indiqué que les coûts liés à ces démarches sélèveraient à environ 299 euros par pays. Si cela est correcte je ne serais plus capable, comme la plupart de mes collègues de continuer mon activité hors la France. Le problème ne réside pas dans l'objectif de la réglementation, mais dans ses modalités disproportionnées pour les micro-entreprises et les petites entreprises. Une Union européenne dont l'objectif déclaré est de promouvoir le marché unique ne peut pas, dans le même temps, mettre en place des réglementations qui rendent économiquement impossible pour les petites entreprises d'exercer leurs activités commerciales au sein de ce marché unique. Je vous prie de bien vouloir prendre en compte les intérêts des petites et micro-entreprises qui expédient de faibles quantités d'emballages vers d'autres États membres de l'UE, et de mettre en place une dérogation à leur intention. Ou, à tout le moins, de créer une plateforme unique européenne permettant un enregistrement unique, qui tienne compte des nombreuses micro-entreprises qui souffrent déjà de ce qu'on appelle la « débureaucratisation ». Bien cordialement", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you as a small French entrepreneur in art crafts. I am deeply concerned about the new European Packaging Regulation, and in particular the resulting national obligations to register, declare and appoint an authorised representative. As things stand, a small company like mine is required to register in each EU Member State and, in some cases, appoint an authorised representative. It is reported to me that the costs associated with these steps would amount to around EUR 299 per country. If that is correct, I would no longer be able, like most of my colleagues, to continue my activity outside France. The problem lies not in the objective of the regulation, but in its disproportionate modalities for micro and small enterprises. A European Union whose stated objective is to promote the single market cannot, at the same time, put in place regulations that make it economically impossible for small businesses to do business within that single market. I would ask you to take into account the interests of small and micro enterprises sending small quantities of packaging to other EU Member States and to introduce a derogation for them. Or, at the very least, to create a single European platform for single registration, taking into account the many micro-enterprises that are already suffering from what is known as ‘de-bureaucratisation’. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556093_en"}, {"id": 33556090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:24:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Goldsprint", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich heute als Inhaber eines kleinen Online-Handels an Sie, um eine aus Sicht der Praxis kritische Schwachstelle der geplanten PPWR-Herstellerregister zu beleuchten: die länderspezifische Bevollmächtigtenpflicht beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Der digitale Binnenmarkt bietet kleinen Unternehmen hervorragende Wachstumschancen. Die geplante Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung droht diesen Vorteil jedoch zu neutralisieren. Die Notwendigkeit, in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat bereits ab dem ersten Paket einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und zu finanzieren, erzeugt eine enorme administrative und finanzielle Last. Bei mehreren Zielmärkten führt dies zu einer Zersplitterung in zahlreiche Vertragsverhältnisse und Gebührenstrukturen, die in keinem Verhältnis zu den geringen Verpackungsmengen von KMU stehen. Diese unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten wirken de facto als Marktrestriktion und haben uns schon jetzt gezwungen einen großteil der erupäischen Länder nicht mehr zu beliefern. Um den freien Warenverkehr nicht zu gefährden, schlage ich folgende Anpassungen zur Prüfung vor: -Einführung von realistischen Schwellenwerten: Eine generelle Befreiung für Kleinunternehmen sowie eine verbrauchsorientierte Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland für geringe Versandmengen. -Schaffung einer zentralen Schnittstelle (One-Stop-Shop): Ein einziges, zentrales System für die Registrierung und Meldung in allen EU-Staaten, um die länderspezifischen Fixkosten durch eine Einmalgebühr zu ersetzen. -Harmonisierung der Datenformate: Ein einheitlicher technischer Standard zur Datenübermittlung, um Mehrfachaufwände bei der Datenaufbereitung zu vermeiden. Die Bürokratische Fixkosten treffen uns kleine Marktteilnehmer überproportional hart. Nur eine differenzierte Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht stellt sicher, dass kleine Händler nicht aus Kostengründen vom internationalen Markt ausgeschlossen werden! Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to you today as the owner of a small online shop to highlight a critical weakness from a practical point of view of the planned PPWR producer register: the country-specific obligation to have an authorised representative in the case of cross-border sales. The Digital Single Market offers excellent growth opportunities for small businesses. However, the planned implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility risks neutralising this advantage. The need to appoint and finance an authorised representative in each EU Member State from the first package onwards creates a huge administrative and financial burden. For several target markets, this leads to a fragmentation into numerous contractual relationships and fee structures that are disproportionate to the small packaging volumes of SMEs. These disproportionate fixed costs act as a de facto market constraint and have already forced us to stop supplying most of the Erupaeian countries. In order not to jeopardise the free movement of goods, I propose the following adjustments for consideration: —Introducing realistic thresholds: A general exemption for small enterprises and a consumption-based de minimis threshold per destination country for small consignments. —Creating a one-stop-shop: A single, centralised system for registration and reporting in all EU countries to replace country-specific fixed costs with a one-off fee. —Harmonisation of data formats: A uniform technical standard for data transmission to avoid duplication of data processing. The bureaucratic fixed costs are hitting small market participants disproportionately hard. Only a differentiated design of the authorised representative obligation ensures that small traders are not excluded from the international market for cost reasons! (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556090_en"}, {"id": 33556089, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:18:52", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative will prove incredibly damaging to small artisan businesses - many of whom already struggle - whilst doing nothing to affect large scale companies such as Amazon or Temu, who will be capable of absorbing these new taxes with little notice. The EU should be encouraging individual small businesses and independent creators, many of which already use recylced packaging and greener materials wherever possible. Please rethink these initiatives to protect these artisan businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will prove incredibly damaging to small artisan businesses - many of whom already struggle - whilst doing nothing to affect large scale companies such as Amazon or Temu, who will be capable of absorbing these new taxes with little notice. The EU should be encouraging individual small businesses and independent creators, many of which already use recylced packaging and greener materials wherever possible. Please rethink these initiatives to protect these artisan businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556089_en"}, {"id": 33556088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:18:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels war ich immer der Meinung das die EU in Brüssel alles dafür tut den Binnenhandel zu fördern. Leider verursacht die PPWR genau das Gegenteil!! Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR wird den Binnenhandel letztendlich für alle kleinunternehmer Massiv einschränken und wie bei mir sogar komplett einstellen. Somit ist die EU überflüssig... Da sie ihre eigenen Entstehungsgeschichte mit Füssen tritt. Ich bin ein Befürworter Europas, aber manchmal kann ich die Gründe Verfassungsfeindlicher Parteien verstehen, denen ihr mit solchen Gesetzen Munition liefert. In den letzten Jahren habe ich für umgerechnet ca 9- 10.000 Euro Ware in verschiedene EU Länder verschickt, dabei habe ich einen Gewinn von ca 30% des Umsatzes. Wenn ich nun weiterhin in alle EU Länder versenden will muss ich ca 4000 Euro im jahr für die PPWR in allen EU Ländern einplanen, bei einem Gewinn aus dem Versandhandel in den EU Ländern, bleib das ein Minus Geschäft. Daher habe ich den Versand in die EU Länder seit dem 12.8 komplett eingestellt. denn diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten oder überhaupt nur ein geringer Beitrag zu leisten ist. Zweitens , sollte man dem Bürokratieabbaugesetz Geltung verschaffen und die Meldung des Verpackungsmülls so vereinfachen, mit Bagatellgrenzen und einer zentralen Meldung für alle EU Länder, auf einer Plattform, für alle Händler. Wie soll Europa jemals zusammenwachsen wenn man nicht langsam anfängt alles so zu behandeln als wären wir bereits ein Europa? Wenn jeder sein eigens süppchen kocht und alles so behandelt als wären da noch Grenzen wird es eher auseinanderbrechen als, das , das zusamenwächst was zusammen gehört... Kleine Unternehmen sind keine Großunternehmer mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen(Ein Minusgeschäft). Eine deutliche vereinfachung, mit deutlich geringeren Kosten, evt an das Versandvolumen gekoppelt,(wer viel versendet muss auch viel bezahlen, denn er verursacht auch mehr Verpackungsmüll und wer wenig Sendungen hat muss entsprechend weniger zahlen) würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt und Länder ausserhalb der EU zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Günther Seidel", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as an operator of a small online shop, I have always believed that the EU is doing everything it can to promote internal trade in Brussels. Unfortunately, the PPWR causes exactly the opposite! For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR will ultimately restrict domestic trade for all small businesses massively and, as in my case, stop it altogether. This makes the EU superfluous... This is because she is fond of her own genesis. I am a supporter of Europe, but sometimes I can understand the reasons behind anti-constitutional parties that such laws give her ammunition. In recent years, I have sent around EUR 9-10.000 of goods to various EU countries, making a profit of around 30 % of turnover. If I now want to continue sending out to all EU countries, I have to earmark around EUR 4000 per year for the PPWR in all EU countries. If I make a profit from mail-order sales in the EU countries, this remains a minus business. I have therefore completely stopped shipping to EU countries since 12.8, as these fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but nevertheless send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative or only a small contribution at all. Secondly, to enforce the Administrative Burden Reduction Act and thus simplify the reporting of packaging waste, with de minimis thresholds and a single reporting for all EU countries, on a platform, for all traders. How should Europe ever grow together if we do not start to treat everything as if we were already a Europe? If everyone boils their own tips and treats everything as if there were borders, it will break down rather than what grows together... Small companies are not large entrepreneurs with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market participants, spread over a much smaller volume of business (a negative business). A clear simplification, with significantly lower costs, may be linked to the volume of shipments (who sends a lot also has to pay a lot, because he also generates more packaging waste and who has few shipments correspondingly less) would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European single market instead of limiting ourselves to the German market and countries outside the EU for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Günther Seidel", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556088_en"}, {"id": 33556087, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:17:55", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative will prove incredibly damaging to small artisan businesses - many of whom already struggle - whilst doing nothing to affect large scale companies such as Amazon or Temu, who will be capable of absorbing these new taxes with little notice. The EU should be encouraging individual small businesses and independent creators, many of which already use recylced packaging and greener materials wherever possible. Please rethink these initiatives to protect these artisan businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will prove incredibly damaging to small artisan businesses - many of whom already struggle - whilst doing nothing to affect large scale companies such as Amazon or Temu, who will be capable of absorbing these new taxes with little notice. The EU should be encouraging individual small businesses and independent creators, many of which already use recylced packaging and greener materials wherever possible. Please rethink these initiatives to protect these artisan businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556087_en"}, {"id": 33556086, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:17:35", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a very bad idea, and it will destroy many small and midsized shops that sell to different countries within EU. Stop putting bureocratic walls in place.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a very bad idea, and it will destroy many small and midsized shops that sell to different countries within EU. Stop putting bureocratic walls in place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556086_en"}, {"id": 33556083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:13:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, als kleiner Vintage-Händler, der nur ca. 200 Pakete im Jahr verschickt sind diese Vorgaben de facto wirtschaftlich nicht zu erfüllen. Sie zerstören den Handel der kleinen Händler in der EU und drangsalieren die Menschen mit ihren irren Vorgaben. Kein Wunder, dass sich immer mehr Menschen von der EU abwenden. Alexander Rennert", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, as a small vintage trader who only sends around 200 parcels a year, these requirements are de facto not economically feasible. They destroy the trade of small traders in the EU and harass people with their mistaken targets. No wonder that more and more people are turning away from the EU. Alexander Rennert", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556083_en"}, {"id": 33556082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:12:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ReFairIT GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Geschäftsführer der ReFairIT GmbH, eines auf B2B-IT-Refurbishment und Hardware-Remarketing im DACH-Raum spezialisierten Kleinunternehmens, nehme ich zur geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister Stellung. ReFairIT verkauft aufbereitete IT- und Telekommunikationshardware grenzüberschreitend, unter anderem über Amazon.de und Amazon.it. Damit sind wir unmittelbar von der Pflicht betroffen, in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu benennen und zu vergüten unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Versandvolumen. Neben den reinen Bevollmächtigtenkosten entsteht ein erheblicher bürokratischer Mehraufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zur eigentlichen Verpackungsmenge steht: pro Zielland ein eigener Vertrag, eine eigene Registrierung bei der zuständigen Behörde, unterschiedliche Meldeformate und -fristen für Mengenmeldungen sowie eigene Kennzeichnungs- und Dokumentationspflichten. Ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung bindet allein die Verwaltung von zehn oder zwanzig parallelen Rechtsverhältnissen Arbeitszeit, die in einem Kleinunternehmen an anderer Stelle fehlt. Hinzu kommt eine Wettbewerbsverzerrung: Zwar sieht Art. 45 Abs. 3 PPWR die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht formal auch für Hersteller aus Drittstaaten vor, doch bei Kleinsendungen im Direktversand aus Drittländern etwa über Plattformen wie Temu, AliExpress oder Shein ist die Durchsetzung in der Praxis ungleich schwieriger als gegenüber einem im Handelsregister eingetragenen EU-Unternehmen. Es fehlt vielfach eine greifbare Adresse, gegen die eine nationale Behörde tatsächlich vorgehen kann. Rechtstreue, in der EU ansässige Kleinhändler tragen die vollen Fixkosten und das volle Bußgeldrisiko, während ein strukturelles Vollzugsdefizit gegenüber Drittlandsanbietern denselben Effekt unterläuft, den die Verordnung eigentlich verhindern soll. Weitere Gründe für eine Nachbesserung: Rechtsunsicherheit: Die vorgeschlagene Aussetzung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für EU-Unternehmen bis 2035 wurde vom Rat vorerst nicht weiterverfolgt; ein engerer Vorschlag liegt dem Parlament vor (erste Lesung Oktober 2026). Unternehmen müssen schon jetzt Verträge abschließen und Kosten tragen, die bei einer späteren Ausnahme hinfällig würden. Doppelbelastung: Kleine Händler zahlen bereits Lizenzentgelte für Verpackungsentsorgung im eigenen Sitzland. Die Bevollmächtigtenstruktur pro Zielland kommt zusätzlich hinzu, ohne dass sich Verpackungsmenge oder Umweltwirkung erhöhen. Zielkonflikt mit der Kreislaufwirtschaft: Unternehmen wie ReFairIT, deren Geschäftsmodell auf Wiederverwendung und Vermeidung von Elektroschrott beruht, werden durch pauschale Fixkosten pro Land benachteiligt, obwohl sie im Sinne der europäischen Umweltziele arbeiten. Ich schlage der Kommission folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vor: 1. Kleinstunternehmer und Kleinunternehmer sollten anhand bestehender Grenzwerte für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. 2. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Grenzwerte mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Versand sollte eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland greifen. 3. Notwendig ist eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für Registrierung und Meldung in allen Mitgliedstaaten mit einmaligen Fixkosten statt separater Verträge pro Land. 4. Bei Drittlandsanbietern muss die tatsächliche Durchsetzung der bestehenden Bevollmächtigtenpflicht sichergestellt werden, etwa durch Kopplung an Zoll- und Plattformdaten, damit keine einseitige Belastung EU-ansässiger Händler entsteht. Eine Ausgestaltung, die diese Punkte berücksichtigt, würde es kleinen Unternehmen wie ReFairIT erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt beschränkt zu bleiben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Iosif Charkous Geschäftsführer, ReFairIT GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "As managing director of ReFairIT GmbH, a small enterprise specialising in B2B IT refurbishment and hardware remarketing in the DACH region, I am writing to you to comment on the planned implementation of the PPWR rules on national producer registers. ReFairIT sells pre-processed IT and telecommunications hardware across borders, including via Amazon.de and Amazon.it. We are therefore directly affected by the obligation to appoint and remunerate an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in each destination country, irrespective of the actual volume of shipments. In addition to the mere costs of authorised representatives, there is a considerable additional bureaucratic burden which bears no relation to the actual quantity of packaging: for each country of destination, a separate contract, a separate registration with the competent authority, different formats and deadlines for reporting quantities, and separate identification and documentation requirements. Without a separate legal or compliance department, only the administration of ten or twenty parallel legal relationships commits working time that is absent elsewhere in a small enterprise. There is also a distortion of competition: Although Article 45(3) of the PPWR formally provides for the obligation to appoint a representative also for producers from third countries, in the case of small consignments sent directly from third countries, for example via platforms such as Temu, AliExpress or Shein, enforcement is in practice much more difficult than in the case of an EU company entered in the trade register. In many cases, there is no tangible address against which a national authority can actually take action. Compliance, small traders established in the EU bear the full fixed costs and the full risk of fines, while a structural enforcement deficit vis-à-vis third country suppliers undermines the same effect that the Regulation is supposed to prevent. Other reasons for improvement include: Legal uncertainty: The proposed suspension of the plenipotentiary obligation for EU companies until 2035 has not been pursued by the Council for the time being; a narrower proposal has been submitted to Parliament (first reading October 2026). Businesses are already required to conclude contracts and bear costs that would become obsolete if an exemption were to be granted at a later stage. Double charging: Small traders already pay licence fees for packaging disposal in their home country. The authorised representative structure per target country is added, without increasing the amount of packaging or the environmental impact. Trade-off with the circular economy: Companies such as ReFairIT, whose business model is based on re-use and prevention of e-waste, are disadvantaged by flat-rate fixed costs per country, despite working in line with European environmental objectives. I propose that the Commission should consider the following points: 1. Micro-enterprises and small enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives on the basis of existing staff headcount and turnover limits. 2. A de minimis limit per destination country should apply for companies above these limits with a low level of cross-border shipping. 3. There is a need for a real one-stop-shop solution for registration and reporting in all Member States, with one-off fixed costs instead of separate contracts per country. 4. In the case of third-country suppliers, it is necessary to ensure the effective enforcement of the existing obligation to act as an authorised representative, for example by linking it to customs and platform data, in order to avoid imposing a unilateral burden on traders established in the EU. A design that takes these points into account would allow small companies such as ReFairIT to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than being limited to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Iosif Charkous Managing Director, ReFairIT GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556082_en"}, {"id": 33556081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:10:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ATZ-Autoteile", "feedback": "Guten Tag, mit dem Zwang einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land bestellen zu müssen, werden Klein- und Kleinstfirmen in Ihrer Existenz bedroht und außerdem sind diese Kosten unverhältnissmäßig hoch. Hier wird vom Gesetzgeber nicht beachtet, das der Onlinehandel in großen Teilen aus kleinen Händlern besteht und eben nicht nur aus Großfirmen wie Zalande & Co. Der Sinn der EU mit dem grenzüberschreitenden vereinfachten Handel wird hier dadurch für mich in Frage gestellt. Mehr Arbeit, mehr Bürokratie und vor allem mehr Kosten. Es kann doch nicht sein, das man 300,-- bis 500,-- Kosten hat durch die Bestellung des Bevollmächtigten, egal wieviele Pakete man in ein Land verschickt. Man dürfte ja nicht mal ein einziges Paket versenden. So werden kleine Onlinehändler Ihren internationalen Versand einstellen, was das Warenangebot im Internet entsprechend reduziert. Es wird Existenzen vernichten, was Steuereinbußen für die Länder bedeutet und es wird genügend Händler in die Pleite treiben, die dann vom deutschen Staat Sozialhilfe beantragen. Hier müssen Bagatellgrenzen geschaffen werden, wie auch in anderen Gesetzen zur Müllvermeidung und -trennung etc. bereits geschehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "With the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each country, the very existence of small and micro-enterprises is threatened and these costs are disproportionate. Here, the legislator fails to take account of the fact that online trade is largely made up of small traders and not just large firms such as Zalande & Co. The EU’s purpose in facilitating cross-border trade is thus called into question for me. More work, more bureaucracy and, above all, more costs. It cannot be that there are 300 to 500 costs to be incurred in appointing the authorised representative, no matter how many parcels are sent to a country. You should not even send a single package. For example, small online traders will stop your international shipping, which will reduce the range of goods on the internet accordingly. It will destroy livelihoods, which means a loss of tax revenue for the Länder, and it will force a sufficient number of traders into bankruptcy who will then apply for social assistance from the German State. De minimis thresholds must be created here, as has already been done in other laws on the prevention and separation of waste, etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556081_en"}, {"id": 33556080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:09:50", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are gradually killing European business. It doesn't matter if it is a big or small business, the damage has already been done and the bankruptcy of many is a fact. Why are you all doing it in Brussels and is that the purpose of your work there? The Green Deal, recycling and any similar policy is already synonymous with genocidal treatment of part of the world's population. Genocide of the European consumer, business and production,", "feedbackEnglish": "You are gradually killing European business. It doesn't matter if it is a big or small business, the damage has already been done and the bankruptcy of many is a fact. Why are you all doing it in Brussels and is that the purpose of your work there? The Green Deal, recycling and any similar policy is already synonymous with genocidal treatment of part of the world's population. Genocide of the European consumer, business and production,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556080_en"}, {"id": 33556078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:06:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Klinzmann IT Consulting", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I run a small online business and would like to raise a point in the PPWR that directly affects me as a small business owner: the requirement to appoint an authorised representative (Art. 45 PPWR) for cross border sales. From 12 August 2026, any retailer selling packaged goods into an EU member state where they are not established will need an authorised representative there, with no minimum threshold. A single package is enough to trigger the requirement. The costs are fixed per country, regardless of volume. Market rates currently range from 250 to 350 euros per country per year (for example, Lizenzero: 299 euros per country per year, plus volume based system fees). For ten target markets, that adds up to around 3,000 euros a year just for authorised representatives, whether five or five hundred packages arrive. This affects small retailers far more than large market participants, who can spread the same fixed costs across a much larger volume. In practice, it functions as a barrier to market entry and runs counter to the goal of the single market. I would like to propose the following: 1. Tiered, degressive fees for the authorised representative requirement based on actual shipment volume per country, instead of a flat fee that applies from the first package. 2. An EU wide clearing system, modelled on the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS): a single point of registration and payment, with funds distributed automatically to the relevant national systems (LUCID in Germany, CITEO in France, Ecoembes in Spain), instead of separate contracts per country. Shipping providers already know the destination country and shipment volume for every delivery. This data could be transmitted automatically to a central reporting body, supplemented by the retailer's own material data. A similar principle is already used in Intrastat reporting. 3. Standardised data transmission, so that packaging data does not need to be reformatted separately for each country. Small businesses carry the same fixed costs as large market participants, only spread across a much smaller volume of business. An approach that accounts for this would allow small retailers to genuinely use the single market, instead of limiting themselves to their domestic market for cost reasons. Yours faithfully", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I run a small online business and would like to raise a point in the PPWR that directly affects me as a small business owner: the requirement to appoint an authorised representative (Art. 45 PPWR) for cross border sales. From 12 August 2026, any retailer selling packaged goods into an EU member state where they are not established will need an authorised representative there, with no minimum threshold. A single package is enough to trigger the requirement. The costs are fixed per country, regardless of volume. Market rates currently range from 250 to 350 euros per country per year (for example, Lizenzero: 299 euros per country per year, plus volume based system fees). For ten target markets, that adds up to around 3,000 euros a year just for authorised representatives, whether five or five hundred packages arrive. This affects small retailers far more than large market participants, who can spread the same fixed costs across a much larger volume. In practice, it functions as a barrier to market entry and runs counter to the goal of the single market. I would like to propose the following: 1. Tiered, degressive fees for the authorised representative requirement based on actual shipment volume per country, instead of a flat fee that applies from the first package. 2. An EU wide clearing system, modelled on the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS): a single point of registration and payment, with funds distributed automatically to the relevant national systems (LUCID in Germany, CITEO in France, Ecoembes in Spain), instead of separate contracts per country. Shipping providers already know the destination country and shipment volume for every delivery. This data could be transmitted automatically to a central reporting body, supplemented by the retailer's own material data. A similar principle is already used in Intrastat reporting. 3. Standardised data transmission, so that packaging data does not need to be reformatted separately for each country. Small businesses carry the same fixed costs as large market participants, only spread across a much smaller volume of business. An approach that accounts for this would allow small retailers to genuinely use the single market, instead of limiting themselves to their domestic market for cost reasons. Yours faithfully", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556078_en"}, {"id": 33556074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:01:26", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a self-employed graphic designer living in Sweden, selling print-on-demand T-shirts with my own original designs. Around 25% of my income previously came from sales to customers across the EU. I support reducing packaging waste, of course I do. But these rules are creating a huge amount of uncertainty and administrative work for very small businesses like mine. I do not manufacture, pack, or ship my products myself. A large print-on-demand fulfilment company does all of that: they choose the packaging, pack the orders, and arrange delivery. Yet I may still be expected to register and potentially pay packaging fees across multiple EU countries. That's simply not realistic for a one-person business. I've already closed one shop and switched off all EU sales on my Etsy store because I cannot risk being non-compliant while the responsibility remains unclear. The responsibility should sit clearly with the company that actually supplies nd uses the packaging, particularly where they control the fulfilment and delivery process. At the very least, there needs to be one simple EU-wide system and clear protection for micro-businesses using fully managed print-on-demand services. The current situation risks forcing us small independent sellers like me out of the EU market altogether, while larger companies can absorb the cost and complexity. Please make these rules clear, fair, and workable for small businesses - not just for companies with legal and compliance teams. Thank you,", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed graphic designer living in Sweden, selling print-on-demand T-shirts with my own original designs. Around 25% of my income previously came from sales to customers across the EU. I support reducing packaging waste, of course I do. But these rules are creating a huge amount of uncertainty and administrative work for very small businesses like mine. I do not manufacture, pack, or ship my products myself. A large print-on-demand fulfilment company does all of that: they choose the packaging, pack the orders, and arrange delivery. Yet I may still be expected to register and potentially pay packaging fees across multiple EU countries. That's simply not realistic for a one-person business. I've already closed one shop and switched off all EU sales on my Etsy store because I cannot risk being non-compliant while the responsibility remains unclear. The responsibility should sit clearly with the company that actually supplies nd uses the packaging, particularly where they control the fulfilment and delivery process. At the very least, there needs to be one simple EU-wide system and clear protection for micro-businesses using fully managed print-on-demand services. The current situation risks forcing us small independent sellers like me out of the EU market altogether, while larger companies can absorb the cost and complexity. Please make these rules clear, fair, and workable for small businesses - not just for companies with legal and compliance teams. Thank you,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556074_en"}, {"id": 33556073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:01:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Keine gute Idee. Die Hürden für Selbständige sind zu hoch. Diese sind bereits überlastet.", "feedbackEnglish": "No good idea. The barriers for the self-employed are too high. These are already overstretched.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556073_en"}, {"id": 33556072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:00:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Vinylove.de", "feedback": "I run a micro-enterprise in Erkelenz, Germany, selling second-hand vinyl records by mail order to consumers in all other EU Member States, with roughly 2000 shipments per year. Since the PPWR became applicable on 12 August 2026, Article 45(3) requires me to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in every country I ship to, and to register there. The provision sets no minimum quantity, turnover or company size. The resulting costs are fixed per country and bear no relation to the packaging I actually place on the market: a seller shipping twenty parcels into twelve Member States carries many times the burden of one shipping twenty thousand parcels into one, at a fraction of the packaging volume. For a business of my size, cross-border direct selling has become economically unviable. Three points make this particularly hard to justify. First, the Regulation is based on Article 114 TFEU, the internal market legal basis, and was intended to replace divergent national rules with uniform European ones. Article 45(3) works against that aim: it leaves up to twenty-six parallel registration regimes intact and pushes small retailers either out of cross-border trade or onto dominant online platforms. The Union has already solved this exact problem for value added tax, through a EUR 10,000 de minimis threshold and a single One-Stop-Shop registration. Those instruments exist and function; the PPWR did not adopt them. Second, the obligation applies equally to sellers established in third countries, but is enforceable only against those established in the Union. An EU business is identifiable through its commercial register, tax number and imprint, and holds attachable assets here. A trader shipping directly from outside the Union has no establishment, no representative and no address at which any decision could be enforced. The burden therefore falls in inverse proportion to the ease with which it can be evaded. Third, my business model extends the useful life of products that already exist and ships largely in reused cardboard. It serves precisely the circular-economy objective the Regulation pursues. The European Commission itself proposed suspending this requirement for EU-established companies in its \"Omnibus VIII\" simplification package, and has described the obligation as disproportionate. The Council did not pursue the deliberations. I ask the European Parliament to press for the resumption of that proposal, or in the alternative for a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC, and in the longer term for a single Union-wide registration point for extended producer responsibility.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro-enterprise in Erkelenz, Germany, selling second-hand vinyl records by mail order to consumers in all other EU Member States, with roughly 2000 shipments per year. Since the PPWR became applicable on 12 August 2026, Article 45(3) requires me to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in every country I ship to, and to register there. The provision sets no minimum quantity, turnover or company size. The resulting costs are fixed per country and bear no relation to the packaging I actually place on the market: a seller shipping twenty parcels into twelve Member States carries many times the burden of one shipping twenty thousand parcels into one, at a fraction of the packaging volume. For a business of my size, cross-border direct selling has become economically unviable. Three points make this particularly hard to justify. First, the Regulation is based on Article 114 TFEU, the internal market legal basis, and was intended to replace divergent national rules with uniform European ones. Article 45(3) works against that aim: it leaves up to twenty-six parallel registration regimes intact and pushes small retailers either out of cross-border trade or onto dominant online platforms. The Union has already solved this exact problem for value added tax, through a EUR 10,000 de minimis threshold and a single One-Stop-Shop registration. Those instruments exist and function; the PPWR did not adopt them. Second, the obligation applies equally to sellers established in third countries, but is enforceable only against those established in the Union. An EU business is identifiable through its commercial register, tax number and imprint, and holds attachable assets here. A trader shipping directly from outside the Union has no establishment, no representative and no address at which any decision could be enforced. The burden therefore falls in inverse proportion to the ease with which it can be evaded. Third, my business model extends the useful life of products that already exist and ships largely in reused cardboard. It serves precisely the circular-economy objective the Regulation pursues. The European Commission itself proposed suspending this requirement for EU-established companies in its \"Omnibus VIII\" simplification package, and has described the obligation as disproportionate. The Council did not pursue the deliberations. I ask the European Parliament to press for the resumption of that proposal, or in the alternative for a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC, and in the longer term for a single Union-wide registration point for extended producer responsibility.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556072_en"}, {"id": 33556071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 17:00:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Heinrich Derksen", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen Ebay-Shop für Kettensägen Ersatzteile mit einem Jahresumsatz von ca. 70.000. Der Export erfolgt welweit. Durch die Forderung nach einem lokalen Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Land lohnen sich die zusätzlichen Ausgaben nur noch in Italien und Frankreich. Dem Fiskus entgeht die Vorsteuer von ca. 5500 Umsatz. Nach der Umstellung des Shops gestern kam heute früh die erste verständnislose Frage nach dem warum aus Luxemburg. Wird über eine Bagatellgrenze nachgedacht?", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate an ebay shop for chain saws with spare parts with an annual turnover of approximately 70.000. Exports take place all over the world. By requiring a local proxy in each EU country, the additional expenditure is only worthwhile in Italy and France. The tax authorities lose the input tax on approximately 5500 transactions. Following yesterday’s change of shop, the first unintelligible question of why from Luxembourg came early today. Is consideration being given to a de minimis threshold?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556071_en"}, {"id": 33556070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:58:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta iniciativa no beneficia a nadie. Las grandes empresas como Temu, Shein o Amazon pueden amortizar fácilmente el costo de este nuevo impuesto y seguir usando paquetería que puede ser o no ecológica. Los pequeños negocios no pueden permitírselo. Algunos países cobran el equivalente a las ganancias anuales de un pequeño negocio y no hay forma de predecir cuántos envíos dicho negocio hará a ese país, por tanto es una pérdida más que una buena inversión. Le sale mejor al pequeño negocio dejar de enviar a Europa. Más perdidas en ventas para los pequeños negocios que no son los que dejan esa huella de carbono en comparación a las grandes empresas. Además, las medidas y precios no son iguales en todos los países europeos. De nuevo, una gran empresa tiene un departamento que se puede encargar de gestionar todo eso, una pequeña empresa o autónomo no. ¿Qué otra opción le queda? Contratar a alguien que haga esa gestión (genial, más gastos) o tener que hacerlo ellos mismos y encarar cualquier posible retribución por errores en formularios. Realmente fallo en ver cómo esta medida beneficia el medio ambiente. Ya varios negocios pequeños reutilizan paquetería o paquetería reciclada, deberían reforzar esas prácticas en los grandes negocios, no seguir sacándole dinero a las empresas en general. Cobrar dinero no consigue ninguna ayuda en el medio ambiente, solo llevar a la quiebra a las pequeñas empresas/autónomos.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative does not benefit anyone. Large companies such as Temu, Shein or Amazon can easily amortise the cost of this new tax and continue to use parcels that may or may not be green. Small businesses cannot afford it. Some countries charge the equivalent of the annual earnings of a small business and there is no way of predicting how many shipments that business will make to that country, so it is a loss rather than a good investment. It is better for small businesses to stop sending to Europe. More lost sales for small businesses that do not leave this carbon footprint compared to large companies. Moreover, measures and prices are not the same in all European countries. Again, a large company has a department that can manage all this, a small company or a freelancer. What other option does it have? Hire someone to do this (genial, plus expenses) or have to do it themselves and deal with any possible remuneration for errors in forms. It really fails to see how this measure benefits the environment. Already a number of small businesses reuse recycled parcels or parcels, they should reinforce these practices in big businesses, no longer getting money from businesses in general. Collecting money does not get any environmental aid, only bringing small businesses/self-employed into bankruptcy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556070_en"}, {"id": 33556069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:56:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "K&L electronics GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Aspekt der geplanten PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen war der Vertrieb in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang ein naheliegender Schritt, um zusätzliche Kunden zu erreichen. Die PPWR verändert die Rahmenbedingungen jedoch deutlich. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in ein anderes EU-Land kann die Verpflichtung auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und dessen Leistungen zu vergüten. Wer in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten verkauft, muss im Ergebnis zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse verwalten, unterschiedliche Gebühren entrichten und verschiedene Meldepflichten erfüllen. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, ob jährlich nur wenige Pakete oder ein wesentlich höheres Versandvolumen in das jeweilige Land gehen. Für kleine Händler entstehen dadurch feste Kosten, die häufig in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen stehen. In der Praxis wirkt dies wie eine zusätzliche Markteintrittshürde. Unternehmen mit begrenztem Umsatzpotenzial im Ausland werden sich eher gegen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel entscheiden, obwohl der europäische Binnenmarkt gerade dessen Förderung zum Ziel hat. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: Kleinstunternehmen sollten auf Grundlage der etablierten Schwellenwerte für Umsatz und Mitarbeiterzahl grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellenwerte, die nur geringe Mengen in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland vorgesehen werden. Die Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, löst das Problem nicht. Entsprechende Angebote gibt es bereits. Händler müssen dennoch für jedes Land eigene Verträge abschließen und die jeweiligen Fixkosten tragen. Sinnvoll wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten zentral abgewickelt werden können, ohne dass in jedem Land neue Grundkosten entstehen. Auch die Datenübermittlung sollte europaweit standardisiert werden. Verpackungsdaten sollten einmal erfasst und anschließend für alle betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten genutzt werden können, statt sie mehrfach in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereiten zu müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen. Bei vielen regulatorischen Anforderungen fallen dieselben Grundkosten an, die sich jedoch auf ein deutlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diesen Unterschied berücksichtigt, würde es kleinen Händlern erleichtern, am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen, ohne durch unverhältnismäßige Verwaltungskosten ausgebremst zu werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Armin Kreutzer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to an aspect of the planned PPWR producer register which is, in my view, particularly problematic: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses, distribution to other EU Member States has been an obvious step to reach additional customers. However, the PPWR is significantly changing the framework conditions. Even a single sale to another EU country may trigger the obligation to appoint an authorised representative there and to remunerate his services. Those selling in 10 or 20 Member States will have to manage 10 or 20 separate contracts, pay different fees and comply with different reporting obligations. It does not matter whether only a few parcels or a much higher volume of shipments enter the country each year. This creates fixed costs for small traders, which are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. In practice, this acts as an additional barrier to entry. Companies with limited cross-border turnover potential are more likely to opt out of cross-border trade, even though the European single market is specifically designed to promote it. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of the established turnover and staff headcount thresholds. For undertakings above those thresholds which send only small quantities to individual Member States, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should be provided for. The possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives does not solve the problem. Such offers already exist. Traders still have to conclude contracts and bear fixed costs for each country. A real one-stop-shop solution would be useful, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be centralised for all Member States without incurring new basic costs in each country. Data transmission should also be standardised across Europe. Packaging data should be able to be collected once and then used for all Member States concerned, rather than having to be reprocessed multiple times in different formats. Small enterprises are not small large enterprises. Many regulatory requirements have the same basic costs, but these are spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this difference into account would make it easier for small traders to participate in the European single market without being slowed down by disproportionate administrative costs. Yours sincerely, Armin Kreutzer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556069_en"}, {"id": 33556068, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:55:22", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Con ogni giorno che passa, i \"super intelligenti\" burocrati del Parlamento europeo e della Commissione europea riescono a toccare sempre nuovi fondi, scavando sotto il fondo. Qual è l'obiettivo? Avere solo 5 grandi produttori e colossi della distribuzione? È esattamente quello che state facendo. State spalancando le porte ai giganti globali e uccidendo le piccole imprese locali. Siete semplicemente grandiosi. Speriamo che arrivi presto un nuovo Mussolini a rimettere in ordine questo continente.", "feedbackEnglish": "With every passing day, the bureaucrats of the European Parliament and the European Commission can always touch new funds, digging under the bottom. What is the aim? Have only 5 large producers and distribution giants? This is exactly what you are doing. You are opening doors to global giants and killing small local businesses. You are simply big. We hope that a new Mussolini will soon come to order this continent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556068_en"}, {"id": 33556066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:53:51", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Late Night Games Ltd", "feedback": "Whilst we need to increase recycling and lower waste dramatically, these new rules and procedures and untenable for small and micro businesses, both in terms of regulatory overhead and direct costs. Single person businesses should not be treated the same as the likes of Amazon, and will not remain in business if they are forced to do so.", "feedbackEnglish": "Whilst we need to increase recycling and lower waste dramatically, these new rules and procedures and untenable for small and micro businesses, both in terms of regulatory overhead and direct costs. Single person businesses should not be treated the same as the likes of Amazon, and will not remain in business if they are forced to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556066_en"}, {"id": 33556065, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:53:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung daher ab sofort nicht mehr möglich. Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben, so wie ich. Wie viel Bürokratie und Kosten wollt Ihr noch für uns kleine Händler auf den Weg bringen? Merkt Ihr nicht, dass immer mehr daran zugrunde gehen, weil man sich diese Kosten gar nicht leisten kann? Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken und selbst hier wird man ja von Bürokratie und Kosten überrollt. Ich kaufe Versandkartons beim Hersteller und nur weil ich die befülle, bin ich dann der Hersteller und muss das registrieren. Wie wäre es denn, wenn sich die produzierenden Gewerbe dafür registrieren, die wirklich der Hersteller sind? Danke und freundlcihe Grüße aus NRW", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a small businessman, it is therefore no longer possible for me to sell abroad in the EU without a separate legal department. Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than to engage in it, as I do. How much red tape and costs does your small trader still have for us? Does you not realise that this is becoming more and more prevalent because you cannot afford these costs at all? Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in accordance with the known limits on the number of employees and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to appoint representatives that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than restricting us to the German market for reasons of cost, and even here bureaucracy and costs are overburdened. I buy shipping boxes from the manufacturer and just because I fill the, I am the manufacturer and I have to register it. How would it be if the manufacturing industry, which is really the producer, registered for it? Thank you and best wishes from North Rhine-Westphalia", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556065_en"}, {"id": 33556062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:48:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Genuss-Schule Alfter", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind ein kleines Unternehmen mit 5 Mitarbeitenden und haben außer einem stationären Ladengeschäft auch einen online Shop, in dem wir vereinzelt Pakete ins Ausland liefern. Die Minimalkosten für eine Bevollmächtigten-Lösung pro europäisches Land liegen bei ca. 300 netto/ Land/ Jahr. Diese Kosten können wir im Verdienst niemals generieren und werden daher, sollte es keine Abgrenzung zu den großen Konkurrenten wie Amazon & Co. geben, den onlinehandel in die EU aufgeben und nur noch national versenden. DAS kann sicher nicht im Sinne eines guten Gedankens zur Verpackungsreduzierung sein. Es wäre sehr wünschenswert, wenn diese Lizenzierungspläne noch mal neu durchdacht werden würden! Vielen Dank - Constanze Schnitter/ Genuss-Schule Alfter", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are a small company with 5 employees and, in addition to a brick-and-mortar shop, we also have an online shop in which we occasionally deliver parcels abroad. The minimum cost of an agent solution per European country is around 300 net/country/year. These costs can never be earned by us and, if there is no demarcation from major competitors such as Amazon & Co., we will give up e-commerce in the EU and send it only nationally. This certainly cannot be in the sense of a good idea of reducing packaging. It would be highly desirable for these licensing plans to be rethought again! Thank you – Constanze Schnitter/Genuss-Schule Alfter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556062_en"}, {"id": 33556064, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:48:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro-enterprise, I feel genuinely overlooked by the new regulations. First of all, I would like to make it clear that reducing packaging waste and using recyclable materials is, of course, also in my own interest. The aim of the regulation is important and right. However, its practical implementation creates disproportionately high barriers for very small businesses. I am part of the community of artisans and small handmade businesses based in Germany, and I believe the current situation puts diversity within the EU at risk. Many small shops have already restricted shipping within the EU, stopped it completely, or even worse: given up their self-employment altogether. I normally order handmade dog biscuits from Vienna, but they are no longer shipped to Germany. This shows very clearly how strongly the new regulations are affecting small cross-border trade within Europe. Especially in Europe, where regional diversity, local culture and small manufacturers are so important, bureaucracy must not create such an imbalance. It seems absurd that large companies with financial resources, their own specialist departments and sufficient staff can implement the new requirements without major difficulty, while small EU shops are faced with the decision of either restricting their shipping or giving up completely. If, in the end, only large shops survive, we will lose exactly the kind of diversity that actually makes Europe special. How are new small businesses supposed to grow under these conditions and become family businesses in the future? Are we supposed to leave everything to Temu and similar platforms? Is that where this is heading? I would also like to point out that the way information about such laws is communicated is not practical. Large companies can afford training, have dedicated employees or entire departments to deal with these tasks. Businesses with one to five people, however, have to handle all of this on top of their regular work. I am very grateful that in Germany there are organisations such as Händlerbund that take on these topics and explain them in a more accessible way. At the same time, some technically incorrect posts about the PPWR are circulating on social media, based on misunderstandings and creating additional uncertainty. This also shows that the information available to small businesses is not sufficiently clear or accessible. I therefore ask you: Please revise the regulation and restore a fair balance. Environmental and resource protection are important. However, they must not result in small, sustainable and creative businesses within the EU being pushed out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-enterprise, I feel genuinely overlooked by the new regulations. First of all, I would like to make it clear that reducing packaging waste and using recyclable materials is, of course, also in my own interest. The aim of the regulation is important and right. However, its practical implementation creates disproportionately high barriers for very small businesses. I am part of the community of artisans and small handmade businesses based in Germany, and I believe the current situation puts diversity within the EU at risk. Many small shops have already restricted shipping within the EU, stopped it completely, or even worse: given up their self-employment altogether. I normally order handmade dog biscuits from Vienna, but they are no longer shipped to Germany. This shows very clearly how strongly the new regulations are affecting small cross-border trade within Europe. Especially in Europe, where regional diversity, local culture and small manufacturers are so important, bureaucracy must not create such an imbalance. It seems absurd that large companies with financial resources, their own specialist departments and sufficient staff can implement the new requirements without major difficulty, while small EU shops are faced with the decision of either restricting their shipping or giving up completely. If, in the end, only large shops survive, we will lose exactly the kind of diversity that actually makes Europe special. How are new small businesses supposed to grow under these conditions and become family businesses in the future? Are we supposed to leave everything to Temu and similar platforms? Is that where this is heading? I would also like to point out that the way information about such laws is communicated is not practical. Large companies can afford training, have dedicated employees or entire departments to deal with these tasks. Businesses with one to five people, however, have to handle all of this on top of their regular work. I am very grateful that in Germany there are organisations such as Händlerbund that take on these topics and explain them in a more accessible way. At the same time, some technically incorrect posts about the PPWR are circulating on social media, based on misunderstandings and creating additional uncertainty. This also shows that the information available to small businesses is not sufficiently clear or accessible. I therefore ask you: Please revise the regulation and restore a fair balance. Environmental and resource protection are important. However, they must not result in small, sustainable and creative businesses within the EU being pushed out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556064_en"}, {"id": 33556063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:45:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinunternehmer im Onlinehandel möchte ich meine Bedenken hinsichtlich der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) zum Ausdruck bringen. Die grundsätzlichen Ziele der Verordnung Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Ressourcen zu schonen und Recycling zu fördern sind nachvollziehbar und unterstützenswert. Aus Sicht kleiner und sehr kleiner Unternehmen führt die konkrete Umsetzung jedoch zu einer unverhältnismäßig hohen administrativen und finanziellen Belastung. Große Unternehmen verfügen über eigene Rechts-, Compliance- und Nachhaltigkeitsabteilungen und können neue regulatorische Anforderungen wesentlich leichter umsetzen. Ein Kleinunternehmer muss dieselben oder ähnliche Anforderungen dagegen häufig selbst verstehen, dokumentieren, kontrollieren und finanzieren. Besonders kritisch sehe ich folgende Punkte: 1. Unverhältnismäßig hoher Verwaltungsaufwand Für kleine Händler stellen zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Nachweis-, Dokumentations-, Kennzeichnungs- und Informationspflichten einen erheblichen Aufwand dar. Die Zeit, die hierfür benötigt wird, fehlt für das eigentliche Geschäft. 2. Zusätzliche Kosten Neue Anforderungen an Verpackungen, Dokumentationen, Lieferanteninformationen, Systeme und gegebenenfalls externe Beratung verursachen zusätzliche Kosten. Bei kleinen Unternehmen verteilen sich diese Kosten auf wesentlich geringere Verkaufsvolumen als bei großen Unternehmen. 3. Wettbewerbsnachteil gegenüber großen Unternehmen Große Onlinehändler können regulatorische Kosten auf Millionen von Produkten und Bestellungen verteilen. Kleinunternehmen können dies nicht. Dadurch können Regelungen, die eigentlich dem Umweltschutz dienen sollen, unbeabsichtigt zu einer weiteren Konzentration des Onlinehandels auf große Marktteilnehmer führen. 4. Komplexität des grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handels Gerade der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, ihre Waren unkompliziert in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu verkaufen. Unterschiedliche nationale Zuständigkeiten, Registrierungen und praktische Umsetzungen von Verpackungsvorschriften können diesen Vorteil erheblich einschränken. Ein Kleinunternehmen sollte nicht für jedes EU-Land umfangreiche rechtliche Prüfungen durchführen oder externe Dienstleister beauftragen müssen, nur um wenige Produkte an Verbraucher in diesem Land verkaufen zu können. 5. Gefahr des Rückzugs kleiner Händler aus dem EU-Ausland Wenn der bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand den Umsatz in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten übersteigt, bleibt kleinen Händlern wirtschaftlich häufig nur die Möglichkeit, diese Länder nicht mehr zu beliefern. Das widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Gedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes. 6. Fehlende Verhältnismäßigkeit nach Unternehmensgröße Ein Unternehmen mit wenigen Mitarbeitern und begrenztem Jahresumsatz sollte regulatorisch nicht annähernd so behandelt werden wie ein internationaler Konzern mit Millionen Verpackungen pro Jahr. Umweltpolitische Ziele können auch erreicht werden, ohne Kleinstunternehmen mit unverhältnismäßigen Pflichten zu belasten. 7. Bereits bestehende Belastungen Kleine Onlinehändler müssen bereits zahlreiche nationale und europäische Vorgaben zu Produktsicherheit, Verpackungen, Steuerrecht, Verbraucherrechten, Kennzeichnung und weiteren Bereichen erfüllen. Jede zusätzliche Regulierung mag für sich betrachtet vertretbar erscheinen. In ihrer Gesamtheit entsteht jedoch eine erhebliche bürokratische Belastung. Ich möchte die Europäische Kommission daher bitten, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen nochmals besonders zu berücksichtigen. Ich halte insbesondere folgende Maßnahmen für sinnvoll: * Einführung großzügiger Schwellenwerte für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen * Vereinfachte Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten bei geringen Verpackungsmengen * Eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung anstelle zahlreicher nationaler Verfahren", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as small e-commerce traders, I would like to express my concerns about the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR). The basic objectives of the Regulation of reducing packaging waste, conserving resources and promoting recycling are understandable and should be supported. However, from the point of view of small and very small enterprises, the actual implementation results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Large undertakings have their own legal, compliance and sustainability departments and can implement new regulatory requirements much more easily. A small entrepreneur, on the other hand, often has to understand, document, control and finance the same or similar requirements himself. I am particularly critical of the following points: 1. Disproportionate administrative burden For small traders, additional registration, evidence, documentation, labelling and information requirements represent a considerable burden. The time needed to do this is missing for the actual business. 2. Additional costs New requirements for packaging, documentation, supplier information, systems and, where appropriate, external advice generate additional costs. For small companies, these costs are spread over much smaller sales volumes than for large companies. 3. Competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis large companies Large online traders can spread regulatory costs over millions of products and orders. Small businesses cannot do this. As a result, rules intended to protect the environment may inadvertently lead to a further concentration of online trade on large market participants. 4. Complexity of EU cross-border trade It is precisely the European single market that should allow small businesses to easily sell their goods to other EU Member States. Different national competences, registrations and practical implementations of packaging rules can significantly limit this advantage. A small business should not have to carry out extensive legal checks for each EU country or hire external service providers to sell only a few products to consumers in that country. 5. Risk of withdrawal of small traders from other EU countries If the bureaucratic and financial burden exceeds the turnover in individual Member States, small traders often only have the economic opportunity to stop supplying these countries. In my view, this runs counter to the idea of a common European internal market. 6. Lack of proportionality by company size A company with few employees and limited annual turnover should not be treated in the same way as an international group with millions of packaging per year. Environmental objectives can also be achieved without imposing disproportionate obligations on micro-enterprises. 7. Already existing burdens on small online traders already have to comply with numerous national and European requirements on product safety, packaging, tax law, consumer rights, labelling and other areas. Any additional regulation may seem justifiable on its own. All in all, however, there is a considerable bureaucratic burden. I would therefore ask the European Commission to once again pay particular attention to the impact of the PPWR on micro and small enterprises. In particular, I consider the following measures to be useful: * Introducing generous thresholds for micro and small enterprises * Simplified reporting and documentation obligations for small packaging quantities * A centralised EU-wide registration instead of numerous national procedures", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556063_en"}, {"id": 33556061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:45:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich finde es gut, dass man hier eine neue Maßnahme einführt, um die Umwelt vor unkontrollierten Mengen an Verpackungsmüll zu schützen. Schade ist dabei, dass die Umsetzung es kleineren Unternehmen z.B. Musikern und Labels es unmöglich macht, Pakete in EU Länder zu verschicken. Das ist für mich nicht nur Bevorzugung großer Unternehmen, sondern auch das Gegenteil von dem, was die EU so besonders gemacht hat. Nämlich, dass die Grenzen zwischen den Ländern immer weniger Hindernisse bieten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think it is good to introduce a new measure here to protect the environment from uncontrolled amounts of packaging waste. It is a pity that implementation makes it impossible for smaller companies, such as musicians and labels, to send parcels to EU countries. For me, this is not only a preference for large companies, but also the opposite of what the EU has made so special. The fact that borders between countries are becoming less and less of an obstacle.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556061_en"}, {"id": 33556059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:44:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Albert Kreuz GmbH", "feedback": "Nationale EPR-Register gefährden den Binnenmarkt für KMU Wir sind die ALBERT KREUZ GmbH, ein deutscher Hersteller und Onlinehändler mit vier Mitarbeitern. Wir produzieren Bekleidung in Deutschland und Portugal und verkaufen direkt an Verbraucher in der EU. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller an den tatsächlichen Recyclingkosten zu beteiligen. Einen grundlegenden Konstruktionsfehler sehen wir jedoch darin, hierfür weiterhin nationale Registrierungs- und Verwaltungssysteme vorzusehen. Unsere realen Zahlen zeigen das Problem: 2025 haben wir in alle von uns belieferten EU-Staaten außerhalb Deutschlands zusammen nur rund 187 kg Versandverpackungen aus Papier/Karton und Kunststoff in Verkehr gebracht. Trotzdem müssen wir uns mit unterschiedlichen nationalen EPR-Systemen, Registrierungen, Meldungen und Entsorgungssystemen beschäftigen. Je nach Mitgliedstaat kommen Bevollmächtigte, Beglaubigungen und externe Dienstleister hinzu. Besonders deutlich wird die Unverhältnismäßigkeit bei Kleinstmengen: Finnland: 8 Sendungen, weniger als 1 kg Verpackung im gesamten Jahr. Tschechien: 3 Sendungen, rund 0,4 kg Verpackung im gesamten Jahr. Aufgrund des regulatorischen Fixaufwands haben wir inzwischen entschieden, diese beiden EU-Märkte nicht mehr zu bedienen. Damit bewirkt die Regulierung bei uns konkret das Gegenteil eines funktionierenden Binnenmarktes. Das Problem sind nicht primär die mengenabhängigen Recyclingkosten, sondern die administrativen Fixkosten. Registrierung, Meldung, Bevollmächtigte und Compliance-Aufwand sinken nicht proportional zur Verpackungsmenge. Wir werden unsere bisher 75200 Gramm schweren Versandkartons zudem durch wesentlich leichtere Papiertüten ersetzen. Unser Materialverbrauch sinkt dadurch weiter der administrative Aufwand kaum. Wir reduzieren die Verpackung. Europa reduziert die Bürokratie nicht. Bürokratie verbraucht dabei selbst Ressourcen: Arbeitszeit bei Unternehmen, Behörden, Entsorgungssystemen, Dienstleistern und Prüfern sowie IT, Energie und Infrastruktur. Unsere österreichischen Verpackungsmeldungen waren beispielsweise bereits Gegenstand einer Plausibilitätsprüfung durch Ernst & Young. Deshalb sollte nicht nur gefragt werden, wie viele Ressourcen durch Recycling eingespart werden, sondern auch, wie viele Ressourcen die Verwaltung dieses Recyclings verbraucht. Wir schlagen zwei konkrete Maßnahmen vor: 1. Sofort: eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze. Unterhalb einer angemessenen Verpackungsmenge pro Mitgliedstaat und Jahr sollten keine separate nationale Registrierung, kein nationaler Bevollmächtigter und keine separate nationale Meldung erforderlich sein. Kleinstmengen könnten stattdessen über den Sitzstaat oder eine vereinfachte EU-Sammelmeldung erfasst werden. 410 Gramm Verpackung dürfen regulatorisch nicht wie 410 Tonnen behandelt werden. 2. Dauerhaft: ein europäischer EPR-One-Stop-Shop nach dem Prinzip des Umsatzsteuer-OSS. Eine Registrierung. Eine Mengenmeldung. Eine Abrechnung. Für die gesamte EU. Der Unternehmer meldet zentral seine Verpackungsmengen je Zielland. Daten und Zahlungen werden anschließend automatisch an die nationalen Systeme verteilt. Unterschiedliche nationale Recyclingkosten können dabei berücksichtigt werden. Die nationalen Recyclingstrukturen müssen nicht abgeschafft werden. Aber Unternehmen sollten nicht selbst die Schnittstelle zwischen 27 nationalen Verwaltungssystemen sein. Die PPWR soll Verpackungen reduzieren. Sie sollte nicht gleichzeitig Verwaltung produzieren und kleine Unternehmen dazu bewegen, einzelne EU-Märkte aufzugeben. Wir wollen nicht weniger Recycling. Wir wollen weniger Verwaltung pro Kilogramm Recycling.", "feedbackEnglish": "National EPR registers jeopardise the internal market for SMEs We are ALBERT KREUZ GmbH, a German manufacturer and online trader with four employees. We produce clothing in Germany and Portugal and sell it directly to EU consumers. We strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute to the actual costs of recycling. However, we see a fundamental design error in continuing to provide for national registration and management systems for this purpose. Our real figures show the problem: In 2025, we placed only around 187 kg of paper/cardboard and plastic shipping packaging on the market in all EU countries outside Germany that we supplied. Nevertheless, we have to deal with different national EPR systems, registrations, notifications and disposal systems. There are also authorised representatives, certifications and external service providers, depending on the Member State. The disproportionality is particularly evident in the case of very small quantities: Germany: 8 consignments, less than 1 kg of packaging throughout the year. Czechia: 3 consignments, around 0.4 kg of packaging throughout the year. Due to the fixed regulatory burden, we have now decided not to serve these two EU markets anymore. In practice, therefore, regulation leads us to the opposite of a functioning internal market. The problem is not primarily the volume-based recycling costs, but the fixed administrative costs. Registration, reporting, authorised representatives and compliance burden do not decrease proportionally to the amount of packaging. We will also replace our previous 75 200 g shipping boxes with much lighter paper bags. As a result, our material consumption hardly reduces the administrative burden. We are reducing packaging. Europe is not cutting red tape. Bureaucracy itself consumes resources: Working time for companies, public authorities, disposal systems, service providers and auditors, as well as IT, energy and infrastructure. For example, our Austrian packaging notifications have already been subject to a plausibility check by Ernst & Young. Therefore, the question should be asked not only how many resources are saved through recycling, but also how many resources are used to manage this recycling. We propose two concrete actions: 1. Immediate: an EU-wide single de minimis threshold. Below an appropriate amount of packaging per Member State per year, no separate national registration, no national authorised representative and no separate national notification should be required. Micro-quantities could instead be recorded via the country of establishment or a simplified EU collective notification. 410 grams of packaging must not be treated as 410 tonnes for regulatory purposes. 2. Permanent: a European EPR one-stop shop based on the VAT OSS principle. A registration. A quantitative declaration. A statement of account. For the whole EU. The operator shall report centrally the quantities of packaging per destination country. Data and payments are then automatically distributed to the national systems. Different national recycling costs can be taken into account. National recycling structures do not need to be abolished. But businesses should not themselves be the interface between 27 national administrative systems. The PPWR aims to reduce packaging. It should not at the same time produce administration and encourage small businesses to abandon individual EU markets. We do not want less recycling. We want less administration per kilogram of recycling.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556059_en"}, {"id": 33556058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:43:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Oui pour la réduction des déchets, mais cette usine à gaz va tuer les artistes, artisans et petits commerçants européens. Comme voulez-vous pour envoyer quelques articles par an , vous enregistrer dans chaque pays, payer et avoir un représentant local ? Favorisez le commerce entre nous, la libre circulation europénne et bloquez les plateformes internetaionales qui ne respectent rien, ne payent pas d'impôts et tuent la planète.", "feedbackEnglish": "Yes for waste reduction, but this gas plant will kill European artists, craftsmen and small traders. How do you want to send a few articles per year, register in each country, pay and have a local representative? Promote trade between us, European free movement and block inter-regional platforms that do not respect anything, do not pay taxes and kill the planet.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556058_en"}, {"id": 33556057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:43:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ritterladen GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel mit wenigen Angestellten. Ich bitte eindringlich darum, die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht nach PPWR sowie die Verpackungsverordnung allgemein zu überdenken und zu überarbeiten. In ihrer aktuellen Form widerspricht sie nicht nur dem EU-Gedanken des einfachen grenzüberschreitenden Handels, sondern ist in ihrer Komplexität existenzgefährdend für kleinere Unternehmen in Deutschland und der EU (zumindest für diejenigen, die sich redlich bemühen, gesetzestreu zu arbeiten und die ständig neuen Vorgaben zu verstehen und in die Praxis umzusetzen). Für kleine Händler ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt, der ja auch dem Grundgedanken der EU entspricht. Die PPWR schafft hier jedoch erhebliche zusätzliche Hürden: Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. So entstehen zwangsläufig zig Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder 5000 Pakete in das Zielland versendet werden. Diese Fixkosten und auch der damit verbundene Aufwand stehen bei kleinen Händlern ohne eigene Legal-Abteilung in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Das widerspricht im Kern dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts. Bitte prüfen Sie folgende Punkte zur Nachbesserung: Zum einen sollten kleinere Unternehmen anhand von Schwellenwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und/oder Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für größere Unternehmen mit nur geringen grenzüberschreitenden Mengen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten. Zum anderen reicht die Beauftragung zentraler Dienstleister nicht aus, solange weiterhin für jedes Land eigene Verträge und Fixkosten entstehen. Erforderlich ist eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und einfach erfüllt werden können (ähnlich der OSS-Lösung für Umsatzsteuer, die ein echter Gewinn war und den grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel deutlich leichter gemacht hat). Damit einher gehend sollte natürlich auch die Datenübermittlung technisch standardisiert werden, damit Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Mein Appell an Sie lautet also: Vereinfachen und zentralisieren. Damit das Bürokratiemonster die EU nicht endgültig zum Schreckgespenst für hier ansässige Unternehmer macht... Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christine Walter", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a small online shop with a few employees. I would urge you to reconsider and revise the obligation of authorised representatives under the PPWR and the Packaging Ordinance in general. In its current form, it is not only contrary to the EU idea of simple cross-border trade, but is in its complexity a threat to the existence of smaller businesses in Germany and the EU (at least for those who make good efforts to work in accordance with the law and to understand and implement the constantly new requirements in practice). For small traders, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth, which is also in line with the EU’s basic idea. However, the PPWR creates significant additional hurdles in this respect: Individual sales to another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. This inevitably gives rise to tens of contracts, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether five or 5000 parcels are sent to the country of destination. In the case of small traders without their own legal department, these fixed costs and the associated costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volume and effectively act as a market entry threshold. This is, in essence, contrary to the objective of a functioning European internal market. Please check the following points for improvement: On the one hand, smaller companies should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives on the basis of staff headcount and/or turnover thresholds. For larger companies with small cross-border volumes, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply. On the other hand, the use of central service providers is not sufficient as long as each country continues to incur its own contracts and fixed costs. A genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed through the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States in a centralised and easy way (similar to the OSS solution for VAT, which was a real gain and made cross-border EU trade much easier). This should of course be accompanied by technical standardisation of data transmission, so that packaging data does not need to be reprocessed for each country. So my appeal to you is: Simplify and centralise. So that the bureaucratic monster does not definitively make the EU a horror for entrepreneurs based here... Yours sincerely, Christine Walter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556057_en"}, {"id": 33556056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:41:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will spell the end for a number of small businesses that I have been supporting. Such a shame! There is no exemption for small businesses, and there is no EU-wide registration system. I could understand if large businesses are forced to take measures to avoid packaging, for small and artisanal businesses I really do not see the point in even more bureaucracy. This could destroy the diversity of the market for consumers like me who prefer to support small businesses over large multinationals.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will spell the end for a number of small businesses that I have been supporting. Such a shame! There is no exemption for small businesses, and there is no EU-wide registration system. I could understand if large businesses are forced to take measures to avoid packaging, for small and artisanal businesses I really do not see the point in even more bureaucracy. This could destroy the diversity of the market for consumers like me who prefer to support small businesses over large multinationals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556056_en"}, {"id": 33556055, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:40:29", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jag är för Grundtanken att minska förpackningssvinn och främja återvinning men PPWR verkar ha utformats utan tanke på verkligt småskaliga företag, som exempelvis konstnärer och konsthantverkare. För ett enpersonsföretag med en omsättning på under 10000 eur så kan ett fåtal ordnar till olika EU-länder betyda mycket men med kostnaderna för registrering och representant i varje mottagarland så blir försäljningen ekonomiskt ohållbar. Som PPWR är utformat i dagsläget så gynnar det bara storföretag som Amazon och stänger möjligheterna för verkligt små företag. Var det verkligen så det var tänkt?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am in favour of the basic idea of reducing packaging waste and promoting recycling, but PPWR seems to have been designed without consideration for genuinely small-scale companies, such as artists and art makers. For a one-person company with a turnover of less than EUR 10000, a few arrangements to different EU countries can mean a lot, but with the costs of registration and representation in each recipient country, the sale becomes economically unsustainable. As PPWR is currently designed, it only benefits large companies such as Amazon and closes opportunities for genuinely small companies. Was it really so?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556055_en"}, {"id": 33556054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:39:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maximilian Welzenbach", "feedback": "Statement from a German micro-business owner I am a German sole proprietor running a very small online business selling used vinyl records and CDs through eBay, Discogs and Amazon. I sell worldwide, including to EU customers, but my sales in individual EU countries are often very small and irregular. In some countries, I may only sell a few records or CDs per year. I already comply with the German packaging requirements and am registered with the German LUCID packaging register and a corresponding packaging compliance system. My main concern is the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created by the different national packaging EPR systems. For a large company, registering in multiple countries, appointing local representatives and submitting packaging reports may be manageable. For a one-person business shipping only a few parcels to a particular EU country, it is economically unreasonable. For example, if an authorised representative costs around 300 per country per year, selling a handful of records to several EU countries can result in thousands of euros in fixed compliance costs, even though the actual amount of packaging involved may be only a few kilograms. I am fully willing to report the actual packaging quantities I place on the market and to pay reasonable recycling fees. The problem is the disproportionate fixed costs and administrative burden. As a result, I have currently stopped shipping to EU countries, despite the fact that EU customers have been an important part of my business. This is a serious barrier to the European Single Market for micro-businesses. I therefore strongly support: a single EU registration / One-Stop-Shop instead of multiple national systems; a clear and meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very small packaging quantities; an exemption from the authorised representative requirement for EU micro-businesses; simple, harmonised and preferably annual packaging reporting; and the elimination of disproportionate minimum fees for businesses with very small packaging volumes. I fully support the EU's environmental objectives. Small businesses should contribute to recycling and packaging waste management, but the administrative requirements and costs must be proportionate to the actual quantities placed on the market. The objective should be to regulate packaging waste not to make small-scale cross-border trade within the EU economically impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Statement from a German micro-business owner I am a German sole proprietor running a very small online business selling used vinyl records and CDs through eBay, Discogs and Amazon. I sell worldwide, including to EU customers, but my sales in individual EU countries are often very small and irregular. In some countries, I may only sell a few records or CDs per year. I already comply with the German packaging requirements and am registered with the German LUCID packaging register and a corresponding packaging compliance system. My main concern is the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created by the different national packaging EPR systems. For a large company, registering in multiple countries, appointing local representatives and submitting packaging reports may be manageable. For a one-person business shipping only a few parcels to a particular EU country, it is economically unreasonable. For example, if an authorised representative costs around 300 per country per year, selling a handful of records to several EU countries can result in thousands of euros in fixed compliance costs, even though the actual amount of packaging involved may be only a few kilograms. I am fully willing to report the actual packaging quantities I place on the market and to pay reasonable recycling fees. The problem is the disproportionate fixed costs and administrative burden. As a result, I have currently stopped shipping to EU countries, despite the fact that EU customers have been an important part of my business. This is a serious barrier to the European Single Market for micro-businesses. I therefore strongly support: a single EU registration / One-Stop-Shop instead of multiple national systems; a clear and meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very small packaging quantities; an exemption from the authorised representative requirement for EU micro-businesses; simple, harmonised and preferably annual packaging reporting; and the elimination of disproportionate minimum fees for businesses with very small packaging volumes. I fully support the EU's environmental objectives. Small businesses should contribute to recycling and packaging waste management, but the administrative requirements and costs must be proportionate to the actual quantities placed on the market. The objective should be to regulate packaging waste not to make small-scale cross-border trade within the EU economically impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556054_en"}, {"id": 33556052, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:36:48", "country": "TUR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, even though the whole idea is good for the environment and our planet, how its implemented is totally wrong. It will destroy small businesses.. The costs, administration works and all the other formalities are not adapted to small businesses while the big companies could easily comply with their legal teams and all the others working on it. I would like to kindly suggest for reconsideration for small companies sending less then a certain treshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, even though the whole idea is good for the environment and our planet, how its implemented is totally wrong. It will destroy small businesses.. The costs, administration works and all the other formalities are not adapted to small businesses while the big companies could easily comply with their legal teams and all the others working on it. I would like to kindly suggest for reconsideration for small companies sending less then a certain treshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556052_en"}, {"id": 33556051, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:35:07", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "If the goal is to squeeze out more revenue, the fix is right there. Make every single packaging producer pay a recycling tax and force a standardized EU eco-compliance label onto every wrapper and box. Look how easy it is: A shipment goes from Germany to Spain; Spain logs the volume, claims the recycling funds from the European Commission at year-end, and moves on. Goods arrive in Italy from China with an EU environmental tax label? Italy tallies them up at the end of the year and gets reimbursed by the EU. It is glaringly, insultingly simple. Yet our MEPs sit on their hands, paralyzed by bureaucratic inertia and a legacy of endless, catastrophic screw-ups. We need an immediate fix, not tomorrow, now. Tens of thousands of small producers across Europe were wiped out in a matter of hoursentire human destinies crushed by low-intelligence white collars in Brussels playing god with people's livelihoods. Spread the word: Total blockade of Europe. Every country, every consumer, and every producer is being systematically suffocated by the sheer idiocy of the Brussels regime. It is time for 450 million Europeans to stand up and reclaim their freedom. And this isn't just about producers, farmers, or artisans anymorethis is about every single ordinary person on this continent fighting for survival", "feedbackEnglish": "If the goal is to squeeze out more revenue, the fix is right there. Make every single packaging producer pay a recycling tax and force a standardized EU eco-compliance label onto every wrapper and box. Look how easy it is: A shipment goes from Germany to Spain; Spain logs the volume, claims the recycling funds from the European Commission at year-end, and moves on. Goods arrive in Italy from China with an EU environmental tax label? Italy tallies them up at the end of the year and gets reimbursed by the EU. It is glaringly, insultingly simple. Yet our MEPs sit on their hands, paralyzed by bureaucratic inertia and a legacy of endless, catastrophic screw-ups. We need an immediate fix, not tomorrow, now. Tens of thousands of small producers across Europe were wiped out in a matter of hoursentire human destinies crushed by low-intelligence white collars in Brussels playing god with people's livelihoods. Spread the word: Total blockade of Europe. Every country, every consumer, and every producer is being systematically suffocated by the sheer idiocy of the Brussels regime. It is time for 450 million Europeans to stand up and reclaim their freedom. And this isn't just about producers, farmers, or artisans anymorethis is about every single ordinary person on this continent fighting for survival", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556051_en"}, {"id": 33556047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:31:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CrackersCompany Hasan Lombardi", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich führe CrackersCompany als deutsches Kleinstunternehmen. Wir beschäftigen weniger als zehn Personen und liegen unter zwei Millionen Euro Jahresumsatz. Wir möchten Waren innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarkts rechtssicher an Kundinnen und Kunden liefern. Die Pflicht, für jedes Zielland einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, führt für Unternehmen unserer Größe jedoch zu einem unverhältnismäßigen administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand. Die Belastung entsteht unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur gelegentliche oder geringe Umsätze erzielt werden. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen bedeutet dies mehrere Registrierungen, Vollmachten, laufende Verwaltungsprozesse und zusätzliche Kosten je Lieferland. Praktisch entsteht dadurch ein Anreiz, den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einzustellen, obwohl gerade der Binnenmarkt kleinen Unternehmen den Zugang zu weiteren Märkten ermöglichen soll. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die Abschaffung oder mindestens eine klare, wirksame Ausnahme bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Unternehmen mit einem Jahresumsatz bis einschließlich 5 Millionen Euro zügig voranzutreiben. Diese Grenze würde die besonders betroffenen kleinen Betriebe wirksam erfassen, ohne große Marktteilnehmer von der Verantwortung auszunehmen. Dabei sollten die Grenzwerte nicht als starre, nicht an die Preis- und Kostenentwicklung angepasste Schwellen ausgestaltet werden. Ebenso darf eine niedrige Beschäftigtengrenze keinen Fehlanreiz schaffen, notwendige Einstellungen zu unterlassen, nur um zusätzliche bürokratische Pflichten und Fixkosten zu vermeiden. Eine Ausnahme muss daher wachstumsneutral, einfach prüfbar und an wirtschaftlich realistischen Umsatzgrößen ausgerichtet sein. Bis zu einer verbindlichen gesetzlichen Lösung sollten die Mitgliedstaaten auf Sanktionen verzichten und eine einheitliche, rechtssichere Übergangsregelung schaffen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Hasan Lombardi CrackersCompany", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen, I lead CrackersCompany as a German micro-enterprise. We employ fewer than 10 people and have an annual turnover of less than EUR 2 million. We want to deliver goods to customers within the European single market with legal certainty. However, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for each destination country creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for companies of our size. The burden arises regardless of whether a country’s turnover is occasional or low. For a micro-enterprise, this means multiple registrations, mandates, ongoing administrative processes and additional costs per supplier country. In practice, this creates an incentive to stop cross-border sales, even though the single market is intended to give small businesses access to other markets. I would therefore ask the European Commission to proceed swiftly with the abolition of, or at least a clear and effective exemption from, the obligation to appoint a representative for companies with an annual turnover of up to and including EUR 5 million. This limit would effectively cover the small farms particularly affected, without exempting large operators from responsibility. In doing so, the limit values should not be designed as rigid thresholds that are not adapted to price and cost developments. Similarly, a low limit on the number of employees must not create a disincentive to refrain from the necessary recruitments simply in order to avoid additional bureaucratic obligations and fixed costs. An exception must therefore be growth-neutral, easily auditable and based on economically realistic turnover figures. Pending a binding legislative solution, Member States should refrain from imposing sanctions and create a uniform and legally certain transitional regime. Yours sincerely, Hasan Lombardi CrackersCompany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556047_en"}, {"id": 33556046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:30:39", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am seeing a lot of small businesses that ship throughout the EU posting that this will seriously harm their business, because many allow for shipping throughout the EU today but can't necessarily guarantee in a given time period if they'll receive orders from every country. So to have to pay for the administrative burden in EVERY EU country means they cannot afford to do it. Instead, many are choosing to only ship to their main countries, which are, not surprisingly, not where I reside. This means as a legal and permanent resident of Ireland I will now have even fewer purchasing options from small businesses, which has already been seriously wrecked post-Brexit since so much of our retail purchasability came from the UK. One might say that businesses should or could start up in Ireland to fill the gaps, but the turnaround is not that quick, and shipping to our Ireland is expensive and many, many small businesses simply cannot do it easily. I guess I will just not be able to purchase any of the items I need for some of my hobbies, which will force me to order from larger, more-established companies, likely outside of the EU, increasing the direct cost to me, the consumer, in both shipping and VAT, if I'll even be able to find retailers to ship to me at all. This does not increase business, this will instead deter purchasing for those who already couldn't afford to do much of it, and force those who can afford it to pay more. At its core, this new law directly impacts the entire idea of free movement of goods within the EU, and will create silos of retail in established markets instead of bringing the EU up as a whole. An amendment or exemption could be made for small and micro businesses under a certain size to allow those smaller companies and retailers to still operate without this administrative and financial burden. Else, a consortium of administrative governance could be considered that covers all EU countries that small and micro businesses could become a part of, paying a smaller annual fee that aligns with their business size, and covering all EU countries so they themselves don't have to figure out each one. Something must be done because if we continue to deter companies from shipping throughout the EU the purchasing power of the individual consumer will continue to decrease.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am seeing a lot of small businesses that ship throughout the EU posting that this will seriously harm their business, because many allow for shipping throughout the EU today but can't necessarily guarantee in a given time period if they'll receive orders from every country. So to have to pay for the administrative burden in EVERY EU country means they cannot afford to do it. Instead, many are choosing to only ship to their main countries, which are, not surprisingly, not where I reside. This means as a legal and permanent resident of Ireland I will now have even fewer purchasing options from small businesses, which has already been seriously wrecked post-Brexit since so much of our retail purchasability came from the UK. One might say that businesses should or could start up in Ireland to fill the gaps, but the turnaround is not that quick, and shipping to our Ireland is expensive and many, many small businesses simply cannot do it easily. I guess I will just not be able to purchase any of the items I need for some of my hobbies, which will force me to order from larger, more-established companies, likely outside of the EU, increasing the direct cost to me, the consumer, in both shipping and VAT, if I'll even be able to find retailers to ship to me at all. This does not increase business, this will instead deter purchasing for those who already couldn't afford to do much of it, and force those who can afford it to pay more. At its core, this new law directly impacts the entire idea of free movement of goods within the EU, and will create silos of retail in established markets instead of bringing the EU up as a whole. An amendment or exemption could be made for small and micro businesses under a certain size to allow those smaller companies and retailers to still operate without this administrative and financial burden. Else, a consortium of administrative governance could be considered that covers all EU countries that small and micro businesses could become a part of, paying a smaller annual fee that aligns with their business size, and covering all EU countries so they themselves don't have to figure out each one. Something must be done because if we continue to deter companies from shipping throughout the EU the purchasing power of the individual consumer will continue to decrease.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556046_en"}, {"id": 33556044, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:27:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Objet : Impact du mandataire PPWR (Art. 45.3) sur le lancement des micro-entreprises et proposition de solution simplifiée ​Bonjour, ​Je suis en phase de lancement de ma marque de soins du visage basée en France. En tant que future micro-entrepreneuse, l'accès au marché unique européen est une opportunité essentielle pour développer mon projet. ​Cependant, l'obligation d'avoir un mandataire local dans chaque pays de l'UE (Article 45.3 du PPWR) est financièrement insurmontable. Payer plusieurs centaines d'euros de frais de gestion fixes par pays pour envoyer seulement quelques colis rend l'exportation totalement déficitaire. ​Solution plus simple et économique proposée : Plutôt que d'imposer des intermédiaires coûteux dans 27 pays, je propose d'appliquer le principe du Guichet Unique (One-Stop Shop) déjà utilisé avec succès pour la TVA (OSS) : ​Permettre aux micro-entreprises de déclarer et payer leurs éco-contributions emballages directement auprès de leur organisme national (comme Citeo/Léko en France). ​Laisser cet organisme national redistribuer les fonds aux organismes des autres pays membres. ​Cette solution permettrait de financer le recyclage dans toute l'UE sans étouffer les petites entreprises avec des frais de mandataires inutiles. ​Je demande donc : ​Une exemption ou un seuil de chiffre d'affaires pour les micro-entreprises européennes. ​Un système centralisé et simplifié (One-Stop Shop) sans mandataire obligatoire au sein du marché unique. ​Merci de soutenir les jeunes créateurs qui entreprennent en Europe. ​Cordialement,", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Impact of the PPWR representative (Article 45.3) on the launch of micro-enterprises and proposal for a simplified solution ​ Bonjour, ​ I am in the process of launching my face care brand based in France. As a future micro-entrepreneur, access to the European single market is a key opportunity to develop my project. However, the requirement to have a local representative in each EU country (Article 45.3 PPWR) is financially insurmountable. Paying several hundred euros in fixed management fees per country to send only a few parcels makes the export completely loss-making. ​ Simplified and economical solution proposed: Instead of taxing costly intermediaries in 27 countries, I propose to apply the One-Stop Shop (OSS) principle already successfully used for VAT: ​ Enable micro-enterprises to declare and pay their eco-contributions for packaging directly to their national body (such as Citeo/Leko in France). ​ Insert this national body to redistribute funds to bodies in other member countries. ​ This solution would make it possible to finance recycling across the EU without stifling small businesses with unnecessary agent fees. I therefore ask for: ​ An exemption or turnover threshold for European micro-enterprises. ​ A centralised and simplified system (One-Stop Shop) without a mandatory authorised representative in the Single Market. ​ Thank you for supporting young creators who start up in Europe. ​ Cordially,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556044_en"}, {"id": 33556043, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:27:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Retrogamehunter - Andre Hildebrandt", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin ein kleiner Onlinehändler für Retro Videospiele mit Verkauf zum Grossteil über die Platform Ebay. https://www.ebay.de/str/retrogamehunterde Insgesamt versende ich ca. 2.000 Pakete pro Jahr und davon sind ca. 25% ins Ausland. Von diesem 25% ist grösste Teil mit über 90% ins EU Ausland. Aufgrund der neuen PPWR Regelungen muss ich nun leider den Verkauf ins EU Ausland komplett ausschliessen und dementsprechend Umsatzeinbussen von fast 25% hinnehmen. Für mich als kleiner Händler ist es wirtschaftlich unsinnig die Investitionen für Repräsentanten für die einzelnen EU Ländern zu finanzieren. Dafür ist es im voraus zu unsicher zu sagen welcher Mengen im welchen Land verkauft werden. Für den Versand benutze ich Luftpolsterversandtaschen sowie Recyclete Pappkartons ausgelegt mit altem Zeitungspapier. Schon aus Eigeninteresse versuche ich die Pakete so passend wie möglich ( klein aufgrund der Kosten) für die Artikel zu packen. Aus meiner Sicht widerspricht dies dem grundsätzlichen dem Gedanken des freien EU Binnenmarktes. Diese neue Regelung begünstigt in meinen Augen nur grössere Unternehmen und Konzerne die dadurch den Wettbewerb mit kleinen Unternehmen im Prinzip nicht mehr haben. Mit freundlichem Gruss Andre Hildebrandt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a small online retailer for retro video games sold largely via the Ebay platform. https://www.ebay.de/str/retrogamehunterde In total, I send around 2000 parcels per year, of which around 25 % are abroad. Of this 25 %, the largest share, more than 90 %, is abroad in the EU. Unfortunately, due to the new PPWR rules, I now have to completely exclude sales abroad in the EU and accordingly accept a turnover reduction of almost 25 %. As a small trader, it makes no economic sense for me to finance investment for representatives for individual EU countries. It is too uncertain to say in advance what quantities are sold in which country. I use bubble-bags and recycled cardboard boxes with old newsprint for shipping. For my own sake, I try to package the packages as appropriate as possible (small because of the cost) for the articles. In my view, this runs counter to the fundamental idea of a free EU internal market. In my view, this new system favours only larger undertakings and groups which, as a result, in principle no longer have competition with small undertakings. Yours sincerely, Andre Hildebrandt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556043_en"}, {"id": 33556042, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:24:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MaxRPM e.K.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Verpflichtung, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder war für kleinere Online-Händler bislang eine vergleichsweise unkomplizierte Möglichkeit, zusätzliche Märkte zu erschließen. Die mit der PPWR vorgesehene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht schafft jedoch eine erhebliche zusätzliche Hürde. Bereits wenige Verkäufe in einen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt und vergütet werden muss. Wer Kunden in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Staaten beliefert, benötigt damit entsprechend viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldeprozesse. Dabei spielt es für die entstehenden Fixkosten kaum eine Rolle, ob in einem Land nur wenige Sendungen oder mehrere hundert Sendungen pro Jahr anfallen. Gerade für kleine Händler steht dieser Aufwand in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Die länderspezifischen Fixkosten können dazu führen, dass sich der Verkauf in kleinere EU-Zielmärkte wirtschaftlich nicht mehr lohnt. Damit entsteht faktisch eine neue Markteintrittsbarriere innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Aus meiner Sicht sollten daher insbesondere folgende Punkte berücksichtigt werden: 1. Ausnahme oder Bagatellgrenze für kleine Unternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand geeigneter Schwellenwerte, beispielsweise Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz, grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Ergänzend sollte eine mengen- oder umsatzabhängige Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat eingeführt werden. Bei nur geringfügigen Verkäufen in ein Zielland sollte keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten entstehen. 2. Eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die Möglichkeit, einen Dienstleister mit der Abwicklung mehrerer Länder zu beauftragen, löst das Problem nicht. Auch hierbei sind regelmäßig separate Registrierungen und Vertragsverhältnisse je Mitgliedstaat erforderlich, sodass entsprechende Fixkosten pro Land entstehen. Notwendig wäre daher eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle, über die Registrierung, Mengenmeldungen und weitere Verpflichtungen für mehrere oder sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt erfüllt werden können, ohne für jedes Land erneut separate Fixkosten und Vertragsstrukturen zu verursachen. 3. Einheitliche technische Standards Auch die Erfassung und Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten sollte EU-weit vereinheitlicht werden. Identische Grunddaten sollten nicht für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereitet werden müssen. Einheitliche Datenformate oder eine gemeinsame technische Schnittstelle könnten den Verwaltungsaufwand erheblich reduzieren. Regulatorische Fixkosten sinken nicht proportional mit der Unternehmensgröße. Ein kleiner Online-Händler muss im Zweifel dieselben Registrierungs-, Vertrags- und Meldeprozesse bewältigen wie ein großer internationaler Marktteilnehmer, kann diese Kosten jedoch nur auf ein wesentlich geringeres Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ist daher entscheidend, damit die PPWR nicht dazu führt, dass gerade kleinere Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel reduzieren oder vollständig einstellen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte auch für kleine Händler wirtschaftlich zugänglich bleiben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thorsten Schlagwein", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as owners of small online sales, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales in other EU Member States. Selling to other EU countries has so far been a relatively straightforward way for smaller online traders to gain access to additional markets. However, the obligation to act as an authorised representative laid down in the PPWR creates a significant additional hurdle. Few sales to a Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and remunerated there. Those who supply customers in 10 or 20 EU countries therefore need a correspondingly high number of contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting processes. The fact that only a few items or several hundred items per year are produced in a given country is of little relevance to the fixed costs incurred. For small traders in particular, this effort is disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. Country-specific fixed costs may make sales to smaller EU target markets no longer economically viable. This effectively creates a new market entry barrier within the European internal market. In my view, therefore, the following points in particular should be taken into account: 1. Exemption or de minimis threshold for small enterprises Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative based on appropriate thresholds, such as staff headcount and annual turnover. In addition, a de minimis threshold per Member State, based on volume or turnover, should be introduced. In the case of minor sales to a destination country, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution The possibility of contracting a service provider to handle multiple countries does not solve the problem. Here too, separate registrations and contractual relationships are regularly required for each Member State, resulting in corresponding fixed costs per country. It would therefore be necessary to have a single European entry point through which registration, volume reporting and other obligations can be fulfilled together for several or all Member States, without creating new fixed costs and contract structures for each country. 3. Uniform technical standards The collection and transmission of packaging data should also be harmonised across the EU. Identical basic data should not have to be reprocessed in different formats for each Member State. Uniform data formats or a common technical interface could significantly reduce the administrative burden. Fixed regulatory costs do not decrease proportionally to the size of the company. In case of doubt, a small online trader will have to deal with the same registration, contracting and reporting processes as a large international market player, but will only be able to spread these costs over a much smaller volume of sales. A proportionate definition of the obligation to appoint a representative is therefore crucial in order to ensure that the PPWR does not result in smaller companies in particular reducing or completely stopping cross-border trade. The European single market should also remain economically accessible for small traders. (Complimentary close) Thorsten Schlagwein", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556042_en"}, {"id": 33556041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:23:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: Dringendes Feedback zur Verpackungsverordnung Gefahr für KMU und europäischen Binnenmarkt Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der EU-Kommission, die seit 12.08.2026 geltenden neuen Vorschriften für Verpackungsregistrierung und Lizenzierung stellen eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen dar, die den europäischen Binnenmarkt faktisch zerstören. Die Forderung nach separater Registrierung in jedem der 27 Mitgliedstaaten mit bevollmächtigten Ansprechpartnern verursacht Kosten von 3001.500 pro Land und bedeutet somit für viele kleine Händler zusätzliche Belastungen, die ihren gesamten Jahresumsatz übersteigen können. Das ist keine Regulierung das ist ein Marktzugangshindernis. Die Konsequenzen sind klar: - Kleine Unternehmen werden aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel verdrängt - Nur große Konzerne mit entsprechenden Ressourcen können die Hürden meistern - Vielfalt und Wettbewerb im europäischen Markt nehmen ab - Letztlich leiden Verbraucher durch weniger Auswahl und höhere Preise. Regulierung darf nicht dazu führen, dass wirtschaftlicher Zusammenhang innerhalb Europas untergraben wird, während wenige Großakteure profitieren. Bitte überdenken Sie diese Verordnung mit angemessenen Übergangsfristen, vereinfachten Verfahren für KMU und einem echten Ausgleich zwischen Umweltschutzzielen und Existenzsicherung kleiner Unternehmen. Europa gehört allen, vom Kleinstunternehmen bis zum Konzern - nicht nur den Grossen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Monika Theisen", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Urgent feedback on the Packaging Regulation Threat to SMEs and the European single market Dear European Commission, the new rules on packaging registration and licensing in force since 12.8.2026 place a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized enterprises, which de facto destroy the European single market. Requiring separate registration in each of the 27 Member States with authorised points of contact generates costs of 3001.500 per country and thus imposes additional burdens on many small traders, which may exceed their total annual turnover. This is not regulation, it is a barrier to market access. The consequences are clear: — Small businesses are pushed out of cross-border trade – only large corporations with adequate resources can overcome the hurdles – diversity and competition in the European market decrease – ultimately consumers suffer from less choice and higher prices. Regulation must not undermine the economic nexus within Europe, while few big players benefit. Please reconsider this Regulation with appropriate transition periods, simplified procedures for SMEs and a real balance between environmental protection objectives and ensuring the livelihood of small businesses. Europe belongs to everyone, from the micro-enterprise to the corporate group – not just the big ones. Yours sincerely, Monika Theisen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556041_en"}, {"id": 33556040, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:22:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mir fehlen die Worte zu diesem Gesetz. Meines Erachtens ist es ein verkappter Zoll; im Sinne des Binnenmarktes kann das nicht sein. Für uns ist es damit unmöglich geworden, in EU-Länder zu versenden. Unverständlich ist: Warum gibt es keine Schwelle/Mindestmenge? 50 kg/Land frei, erst danach Registrierungspflicht? Schon jetzt ist die Situation grotesk. Da wir uns in Österreich registriert haben (mit \"Bevollmächtigtem\", wozu um Himmels Willen soll der denn gut sein?), zahlen wir nun jährlich ca. 250 Euro für etwa 20 kg Verpackungsmaterial; für 250 kg in Deutschland ca. 60 Euro.... schwer zu vermitteln, würde ich sagen... Für andere Länder ergibt es für uns absolut keinen Sinn mehr. Eigentlich sollte der unbehinderte Zugang zum Binnenmarkt doch rechtlich garantiert sein, de facto wird er kleinen Händlern nun unmöglich gemacht. Zudem: Warum überhaupt Recycling-Gebühren für Papier? Das ist doch ein Rohstoff. Wir verwenden zu gut 50% gebrauchte Verpackungen, sind sogar auf das deutlich teurere Klebeband aus Papier umgestiegen - belohnt wird solches Umweltbewußtsein in keiner Weise, eher bestraft. Die Lösung scheint so einfach und würde für die meisten Händler alle Probleme Lösen: 1) Schwellengrößen 2) evtl Papier und Pappe ganz ausnehmen - das Gesetz soll ja der Umwelt nützen und nicht primär den Unternehmen (n.b. nur den kleinen!) Schaden 3) am Wichtigsten: Eine One-Stop-Lösung für das gesamte EU-Gebiet, wie bei der MwST. Durch Übermittlung der Versanddaten ließen sich die anfallenden Entsorgungskosten dann auf die einzelnen Länder verteilen. Ich hoffe sehr auf eine baldige Änderung der Gesetzeslage. Ich bin 100%iger Anhänger der europäischen Idee und lehne nationalstaatliche Tendenzen vehement ab. Aber die EU sorgt mit solchen Maßnahmen dafür, dass immer mehr Nationalisten in den Parlamenten sitzen - traurig. Für Rücksprache stehe ich jederzeit zur Verfügung. Freundliche Grüße Janis Obodda", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not have the words about this law. In my view, it is a capped duty; this cannot be in the spirit of the internal market. This has made it impossible for us to send to EU countries. It is incomprehensible: Why is there no threshold/minimum quantity? 50 kg/country free, only then required to register? The situation is already grotesque. As we have registered in Austria (with ‘authorised representative’, for which we would like it to be good?), we are now paying around EUR 250 per year for around 20 kg of packaging material; for 250 kg in Germany, approx. EUR 60... I would say... For other countries, it makes absolutely no sense for us anymore. In fact, unhindered access to the internal market should be legally guaranteed, and in practice it is now made impossible for small traders. In addition: Why recycling fees for paper at all? This is a raw material. We use more than 50 % of used packaging and have even switched to the much more expensive paper adhesive tape – such environmental awareness is not rewarded in any way, rather punished. The solution seems so simple and would solve all problems for most traders: (1) Threshold sizes 2) may exclude paper and cardboard altogether – the law is supposed to benefit the environment and not primarily businesses (n.a. only minor damage!) 3) most importantly: A one-stop solution for the whole EU territory, as in the case of VAT. The transmission of the shipment data would then make it possible to allocate the disposal costs incurred to the individual Länder. I very much hope that the legal situation will change in the near future. I am a 100 % supporter of the European idea and strongly reject national tendencies. But with such measures, the EU is making sure that more and more nationalists sit in the parliaments – sad. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Janis Obodda", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556040_en"}, {"id": 33556033, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:18:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GmbH", "feedback": "Als Onlinehändler mit ca. 2 Mio Umsatz haben wir den Auslandsversand in die meisten EU Länder ausgeschaltet. Es lohnt sich nicht. Wir können nicht überall noch Bevollmächtigte beauftragen. Kostet alles Geld. Das lohnt sich gar nicht mehr. Was war mit weniger Bürokratie? Jedes Gesetz was gerade aus der EU kommt erhöht die Bürokratie. Sollen die Chinesen meine Marktanteile übernehmen. Ich bin raus! Kein Bezug zur Realität. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an online trader with a turnover of around 2 million, we have switched off cross-border mailing to most EU countries. It simply is not worth the effort. We cannot appoint plenipotentiaries everywhere. All costs money. This is no longer worthwhile. What about less bureaucracy? Every law that comes from the EU increases red tape. The Chinese are supposed to take over my market shares. I'm out! No relation to reality. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556033_en"}, {"id": 33556038, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:18:35", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Khair Archives", "feedback": "I strongly object to the new PPWR requirements and their impact on smaller businesses. The EU is supposed to be a connected Single Market, yet these rules increasingly mean that businesses face different requirements in each country. For a small business, having to understand multiple national systems and pay for local representatives or compliance services can make cross-border sales simply uneconomical. Only large companies can realistically afford these additional representatives, administration, and compliance costs. Small businesses are being forced to stop shipping to customers in other EU countries because of bureaucracy that they cannot afford. This is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Please reconsider these requirements and introduce a genuinely simple, harmonised, and SME-friendly approach. Do not let bureaucracy kill small businesses and undermine the EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly object to the new PPWR requirements and their impact on smaller businesses. The EU is supposed to be a connected Single Market, yet these rules increasingly mean that businesses face different requirements in each country. For a small business, having to understand multiple national systems and pay for local representatives or compliance services can make cross-border sales simply uneconomical. Only large companies can realistically afford these additional representatives, administration, and compliance costs. Small businesses are being forced to stop shipping to customers in other EU countries because of bureaucracy that they cannot afford. This is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Please reconsider these requirements and introduce a genuinely simple, harmonised, and SME-friendly approach. Do not let bureaucracy kill small businesses and undermine the EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556038_en"}, {"id": 33556037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:17:07", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This seems like a blow towards small businesses operating outside the EU. This wil not only harm competition, it will worsen it within the EU. This decision is passed onto the regular person with no regard of how they consume and no analysis on how to not create further bureaucratic burden in an already complex system consisting of 27 separate legislative and jurisdictional systems. Without addressing unified EU wide systems first, this just piles onto an already hard to navigate set of rules, worsening the EU's position on the global market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems like a blow towards small businesses operating outside the EU. This wil not only harm competition, it will worsen it within the EU. This decision is passed onto the regular person with no regard of how they consume and no analysis on how to not create further bureaucratic burden in an already complex system consisting of 27 separate legislative and jurisdictional systems. Without addressing unified EU wide systems first, this just piles onto an already hard to navigate set of rules, worsening the EU's position on the global market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556037_en"}, {"id": 33556036, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:17:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Orsini Manufaktur", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Orsini Manufaktur, einem kleinen Unternehmen mit Online-Handel, möchten wir auf einen besonders kritischen Punkt bei der Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ist für uns ein wichtiger und naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Als kleines Unternehmen verfügen wir jedoch nicht über eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen, möchten unsere gesetzlichen Pflichten aber selbstverständlich zuverlässig erfüllen. Die geplante Regelung verändert diese Ausgangslage erheblich: Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und zu vergüten. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen entsprechend viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort wenige oder sehr viele Sendungen erfolgen. Diese landesspezifischen Fixkosten stehen für kleine Händler oft in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie werden damit faktisch zu einer Marktzutrittsschwelle und erschweren gerade kleinen Unternehmen die Teilnahme am europäischen Binnenmarkt. Wir möchten daher folgende Anpassungen anregen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen anhand der bekannten Umsatz- und Beschäftigtengrenzen grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen mit nur geringen grenzüberschreitenden Versandmengen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten. Zweitens braucht es eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Die Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus, solange weiterhin pro Mitgliedstaat eigene Verträge und Fixkosten anfallen. Registrierung und Meldungen sollten EU-weit zentral über eine Stelle möglich sein mit einmaligen statt landesspezifisch mehrfachen Fixkosten. Drittens sollte die Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten technisch einheitlich standardisiert werden. Daten, die bereits einmal erfasst wurden, sollten nicht für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen tragen nicht einfach proportional kleinere Pflichten als große Marktteilnehmer. Sie sehen sich häufig denselben Fixkosten gegenüber, müssen diese jedoch auf ein deutlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde der Orsini Manufaktur und vielen weiteren kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Fredy Orsini Orsini Manufaktur", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as Orsini Manufaktur, a small e-commerce company, would like to draw attention to a particularly critical point in the implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Selling to other EU Member States is an important and obvious growth step for us. As a small company, however, we do not have our own legal or compliance departments, but of course we want to perform our legal duties reliably. The planned scheme significantly alters this starting point: Individual sales to another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and remunerate an authorised representative there. In the case of 10 or 20 relevant target markets, a correspondingly large number of separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels arise, irrespective of whether there are few or a very large number of broadcasts. These country-specific fixed costs are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes for small traders. They thus effectively become a market entry threshold and make it more difficult for small companies in particular to participate in the European single market. We would therefore like to suggest the following adjustments: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives on the basis of known turnover and employee thresholds. There should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country for companies with low cross-border shipping volumes. Second, a real one-stop-shop solution is needed. The possibility to use central service providers is not sufficient in practice as long as contracts and fixed costs remain specific to each Member State. Registration and reporting should be possible centrally across the EU via a body with one-off rather than country-specific multiple fixed costs. Third, the transmission of packaging data should be standardised in a technically uniform manner. Data that have already been collected once should not have to be reprocessed for each Member State. Small businesses do not simply have proportionally smaller obligations than large market players. They often face the same fixed costs, but have to spread them over a much smaller volume of business. Making the obligation to appoint representatives proportionate would enable Orsini Manufaktur and many other small businesses to make effective use of the European internal market. Yours sincerely, Fredy Orsini Orsini Manufaktur", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556036_en"}, {"id": 33556034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:14:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tranergy Media", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung des PPWR-Herstellerregisters aufmerksam machen: die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich war der Vertrieb in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang ein naheliegender Schritt, um mein Geschäft organisch zu erweitern ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, alle geltenden Vorgaben einzuhalten. Die PPWR verschiebt diese Ausgangslage jedoch erheblich: Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in ein anderes EU-Land kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet dies entsprechend viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenmodelle und Meldeprozesse unabhängig davon, ob ich in diesen Ländern fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert versende. Diese länderspezifischen Fixkosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Unternehmen, die diese Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen können, werden grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden als ausbauen. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: Kleinstunternehmen sollten nach den etablierten Schwellenwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellen, die jedoch nur geringe Mengen ins EU-Ausland versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine Verpflichtung zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten entsteht. Die Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Solche Bündelungen existieren bereits dennoch müssen Händler weiterhin für jedes Land einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und die entsprechenden Fixkosten tragen, unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Erforderlich ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sollte technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land separat aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional reduzierten Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, jedoch verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diese Realität berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lars Windfelder", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, distribution to other EU Member States has so far been an obvious step towards expanding my business organically, without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with all the applicable rules. However, the PPWR significantly shifts this starting point: Even a single sale to another EU country may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means a correspondingly high number of separate contractual relationships, fee models and reporting processes, regardless of whether I send five packages or five hundred in these countries. These country-specific fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They effectively act as a market entry threshold: Companies that cannot pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will avoid rather than increase cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative under the established staff headcount and turnover thresholds. Companies above these thresholds, but only sending small quantities to other EU countries, should be subject to at least one de minimis threshold per destination country, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. The possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives is not sufficient in practice. However, such bundling already exists and traders still have to conclude a separate contract for each country and bear the corresponding fixed costs, irrespective of the actual volume of sales. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. The transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not have to be processed separately for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally reduced obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this reality into account would allow me and many other small traders to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Lars Windfelder", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556034_en"}, {"id": 33556032, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:13:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Nach der jetzt seit dem 12.8.2016 geltenden Rechtslage, müssen wir die Belieferung in die meisten Länder, wie Luxenburg, Griechenland, Portugal, Polen, Kroatien u.s.w. komplett einstellen, da der momentane Kostenaufwand nicht zu decken ist. Es bleiben für uns , zur Zeit nur noch fünf Länder übrig, für die dieser Aufwand sich noch einigermaßen rechnet. Das führt zu Umsatzverlust und Gewinnverlust und somit zu weniger Steuern. Es ist sehr bedauerlich, das hier wieder einmal Vorschriften erlassen werden, ohne das die Konsequenzen bedacht werden und deren Umsetzbarkeit , auf allen betroffenen Ebenen, bedacht werden. Dringend Notwendig wäre eine Zentrale Meldestelle, ähnlich dem One-Stopp-Verfahren, in dem alle Verpackungen an einem Punkt gemeldet werden können und entsprechend bezahlt werden können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Detlef Schreurs", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Under the current legal situation, which has been in force since 12 August 2016, we must stop all deliveries to most countries, such as Luxenburg, Greece, Portugal, Poland, Croatia, etc., as the current costs cannot be covered. For us, there are currently only five countries for which this burden can still be expected to some extent. This leads to a loss of turnover and profit and therefore to a reduction in taxes. It is very regrettable that rules are once again being adopted here, without any consideration being given to the consequences and their feasibility, at all levels concerned. There would be an urgent need for a central reporting point, similar to the one stop procedure, where all packaging can be reported at one point and paid for accordingly. Yours sincerely, Detlef Schreurs", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556032_en"}, {"id": 33556030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:12:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "vonbox", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Insgesamt hat sich die EU Bürokratie vollkommen von der Lebenswirklichkeit der kleinen Selbständigen verabschiedet. Dass PWWR ist nur ein Teil, das GSPR, EUDR und der gesamte Green Deal sind weiter Bürokratiemonster die für kleine Selbständige nicht handelbar sind. Das Ergebnis diese Politik , ist ein unglaubliche Frustration und viele kleine Händler werden sich überlegen , ob sich der gesamte Aufwand noch lohnt. Welche Auswirkungen dies nicht nur wirtschaftlich sondern auch politisch hat , ist Ihnen wahrscheinlich nicht ganz klar, denn sonst würde man solche Gesetze mit mehr praxisnähe gestalten. Die Händler sind mit vielfältigen Herausforderungen beschäftigt , so kommen pro Tag über 400.000 Pakete pro Tag nach Deutschland und der EU fällt nichts anderes ein als ein Bürokratiegesetz nach dem anderen zu verabschieden. Hochachtungsvoll M. Hartmann Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Overall, the EU has completely ignored the reality of the lives of small self-employed people. The fact that PWWR is only one part, the GSPR, the EUDR and the entire Green Deal are still bureaucratic monsters that are not tradable for small self-employed. The result of this policy is an incredible frustration and many small traders will consider whether the whole effort is worthwhile. It is probably not entirely clear to you what impact this will have, not only economically but also politically, otherwise such laws would be made more practical. Dealers face a variety of challenges, with more than 400.000 parcels per day arriving in Germany and the EU every day, the only thing that happens is to pass a law on red tape under the other. Yours sincerely, M. Hartmann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556030_en"}, {"id": 33556029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:11:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "W. Fischer Installationshandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrter Damen und Herren, vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit der Stellung persönlichen Stellungnahme zur eingeführten PPWR-Verordnung. Diese ist wie in den aktuellen Medien beklagt nicht wirtschaftlich und rechtssicher für kleine Betriebe in EU-Binnenmarkt umsetzbar und kommt für den deutschen Markt einem DEXIT gleich. Wir mussten unsere beiden Onlineshops zum 12.08.26 im Versandgebiet auf nun nur noch unseren Heimatmarkt Deutschland beschränken. Von nun an können unsere Kunden in Benelux und Frankreich nicht mehr wie gewohnt und in einem Binnenmarkt normal einkaufen. Statt dessen müssen wir mit Hinweis auf die EU-Verpackungsverordnung darauf hinweisen das es aktuell nicht möglich ist rechtssicher und kostendeckend in Ihr Zielland zu liefern. Es sind ja nicht nur die Bevollmächtigen Kosten in jedem EU-Land die den Vertrieb unwirtschaftlich machen auch die Dokumentationspflichten übersteigen die wirtschaftlichen Möglichkeiten bei 1-5 Personen Unternehmen. Daher hoffe ich sehr, dass man im EU-Parlament sehr bald eine GROSSE Erleichterung oder noch besser großzügige Freigrenzen der Verpflichtungen für die kleinen und mittleren Betriebe in der EU findet. Andren falls ist der EU-Binnenmarkt für diese verschlossen. Des Weiteren sollte man überdenken, warum man die Wiederverwendung von gebrauchten Versandkartonagen abstraft, da diese nach PPWR nicht rechtssicher gewerblich wiederverwenden darf (Inhaltstoffe?!) . Seit Jahren Nutzen wir aus persönlicher Überzeugung zu 100% gebrauchte Kartonagen als Versandverpackung Ebenso nutzen seit 3 Jahren nur noch Papierklebeband. Dies alles ohne Zwang und Poltische Regulieren aus persönlicher Achtung des Umweltschutzes und so denken viele im KMU. Ich bitte Sie im Interesse des EU-Binnenmarktes die Fehler in der PPWR mit extremen Auswirkungen auf den Kleine Betriebe & Handel schnellstmöglich zur korrigieren oder zumindest diese erst einmal auszusetzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to submit personal comments on the introduced PPWR Regulation. As in the current media, this is not economically and legally feasible for small businesses in the EU internal market and amounts to a dexit for the German market. On 12.08.26, we had to limit our two online shops in the dispatch area to our home market in Germany. From now on, our customers in Benelux and France will no longer be able to make the usual purchases in a single market. Instead, we must point out, with reference to the EU Packaging Regulation, that it is currently not possible to deliver in a legally certain and cost-covering manner to your country of destination. It is not only the authorised costs in each EU country that make distribution uneconomical, but also the documentation requirements exceed the economic opportunities for 1-5 people. I therefore very much hope that the EU Parliament will very soon find a GREEN lighter or even more generous exemption from obligations for small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU. Other if the EU internal market is closed to them. Consideration should also be given to why the reuse of used shipping cartons should be penalised, as the PPWR does not allow them to be re-used commercially with legal certainty (ingredients?!). For years, we have been using 100 % used cardboard boxes as shipping packaging for personal reasons. Similarly, for three years we have been using only paper adhesive tape. This is all free from coercion and political regulation based on personal respect for environmental protection, and so many in the SME. In the interests of the EU’s internal market, I would ask you to correct the errors in the PPWR, which have an extreme impact on small businesses and trade, as soon as possible, or at least to suspend them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556029_en"}, {"id": 33556028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:08:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Asia-Art-Shop", "feedback": "Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Es sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Die Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Gebrauchte , bereits lizensierte Verpackungen müssen von der Regelung ausgenommen werden da genau diese Verpackungsmüll vermeiden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives in accordance with the known limits on staff numbers and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. The fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. Used packaging that has already been licensed must be excluded from the scheme, as it is precisely this packaging waste that avoids.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556028_en"}, {"id": 33556027, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:08:29", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation on packaging appears to be impractical and grounded on a bureaucratic mindset rather than the reality of operations, let alone a customer-centric approach. Already several small and medium business have given up to ship across EU because of the absurdity of your text. My feedback: revoke this nonsense and let EU stop damaging Europeans! Thank you. Best Regards, LP", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation on packaging appears to be impractical and grounded on a bureaucratic mindset rather than the reality of operations, let alone a customer-centric approach. Already several small and medium business have given up to ship across EU because of the absurdity of your text. My feedback: revoke this nonsense and let EU stop damaging Europeans! Thank you. Best Regards, LP", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556027_en"}, {"id": 33556026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:08:20", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DeNihil", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of de:Nihil Records, an independent record label based in the Sweden. First of all, I want to express my support for the goals behind the new packaging regulations. Reducing waste, encouraging recycling, and limiting unnecessary plastic use are important objectives that I fully support. In fact, our label has already taken voluntary steps in this direction. We have largely eliminated plastic shrink-wrap from our vinyl releases and have invested additional time and effort into using reusable outer sleeves and more sustainable packaging practices. However, while I support the environmental ambitions of these regulations, I am deeply concerned about their impact on very small businesses such as ours. De:Nihil Records is essentially a one-person operation. In addition to running the label, I have a full-time job. We help independent artists and small bands release their music and reach fans throughout Europe. Our sales volumes are relatively modest, and the administrative burden and costs associated with meeting packaging compliance requirements across multiple EU member states are simply not proportionate to the size of our business. As a result, I have recently been forced to stop shipping directly to most EU countries. This means that I am effectively excluding approximately 50% of my market overnight. Unfortunately, this decision coincides with the release of a new album by a swedish band we work with, significantly reducing the availability of their record to fans across Europe. The consequences extend beyond my business alone. The artists we support lose sales opportunities, European consumers face reduced access to cultural products, and fans are understandably frustrated that they can no longer order directly from our webshop despite living within the European Union. I believe the current framework unintentionally places a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses, sole proprietors, independent labels, small publishers, and other cultural entrepreneurs. Large companies have the resources to manage registrations, reporting, and compliance requirements in multiple countries. Small operators often do not. I would therefore ask the Commission to consider: A simplified compliance scheme for micro-businesses. EU-wide registration instead of country-by-country administration. Turnover or parcel-volume thresholds below which simplified reporting applies. Reduced administrative requirements for small businesses with limited packaging volumes. A transition period that allows small businesses time to adapt. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste. My concern is not with the environmental goals themselves, but with ensuring that the implementation is fair, practical, and proportionate for the smallest businesses that contribute to Europe's cultural diversity and creative economy. Thank you for taking this feedback into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of de:Nihil Records, an independent record label based in the Sweden. First of all, I want to express my support for the goals behind the new packaging regulations. Reducing waste, encouraging recycling, and limiting unnecessary plastic use are important objectives that I fully support. In fact, our label has already taken voluntary steps in this direction. We have largely eliminated plastic shrink-wrap from our vinyl releases and have invested additional time and effort into using reusable outer sleeves and more sustainable packaging practices. However, while I support the environmental ambitions of these regulations, I am deeply concerned about their impact on very small businesses such as ours. De:Nihil Records is essentially a one-person operation. In addition to running the label, I have a full-time job. We help independent artists and small bands release their music and reach fans throughout Europe. Our sales volumes are relatively modest, and the administrative burden and costs associated with meeting packaging compliance requirements across multiple EU member states are simply not proportionate to the size of our business. As a result, I have recently been forced to stop shipping directly to most EU countries. This means that I am effectively excluding approximately 50% of my market overnight. Unfortunately, this decision coincides with the release of a new album by a swedish band we work with, significantly reducing the availability of their record to fans across Europe. The consequences extend beyond my business alone. The artists we support lose sales opportunities, European consumers face reduced access to cultural products, and fans are understandably frustrated that they can no longer order directly from our webshop despite living within the European Union. I believe the current framework unintentionally places a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses, sole proprietors, independent labels, small publishers, and other cultural entrepreneurs. Large companies have the resources to manage registrations, reporting, and compliance requirements in multiple countries. Small operators often do not. I would therefore ask the Commission to consider: A simplified compliance scheme for micro-businesses. EU-wide registration instead of country-by-country administration. Turnover or parcel-volume thresholds below which simplified reporting applies. Reduced administrative requirements for small businesses with limited packaging volumes. A transition period that allows small businesses time to adapt. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste. My concern is not with the environmental goals themselves, but with ensuring that the implementation is fair, practical, and proportionate for the smallest businesses that contribute to Europe's cultural diversity and creative economy. Thank you for taking this feedback into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556026_en"}, {"id": 33556025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:06:39", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pafitec", "feedback": "Bonjour. Ici Julie, indépendante depuis 24 ans et vendeuse en ligne depuis 11 ans. Avec moins de 5kg de cartons, papier et papier bulle utilisés par an pour tous mes envois, me voilà contrainte de payer des sommes disproportionnés (déjà le cas vers la France et l'Allemagne). Et qu'en sera-t-il pour mes fournisseurs américains, anglais et européens de matières premières... ? Vont-ils suivre les lois ou boycotter les envois vers l'Europe ? Je suis dans le flou, incertaine et inquiète quant à mes matières premières venant de fabricants familiaux... Je ne remets pas en question le fond de la loi, mais la manque de subtilité quant aux critères de volumes de déchets.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning. Here Julie, who has been independent for 24 years and has been selling online for 11 years. With less than 5 kg of cartons, paper and bubble paper used per year for all my items, I am forced to pay disproportionate sums (already the case for France and Germany). And what will happen to my US, English and European suppliers of raw materials...  Will they follow laws or boycott shipments to Europe? I am in the dark, uncertain and worried about my raw materials from family manufacturers... I am not calling into question the substance of the law, but the lack of subtlety as regards the criteria for waste volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556025_en"}, {"id": 33556024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:06:02", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Are you perhaps stupid or too much in bed with big corporations? This is one of the worst initiatives I have seen in a long time. Im all about reducing waste but you basically killed small bussinesses and killed the revenues of many bands, artists and so on? So I have to pay a ton to buy from outside EU and I CANT EVEN BUY STUFF from various online stores from INSIDE THE EU! What the hell were you thinking? And as usual this doesnt impact big corpos as these costs are a drop in the ocean for them an they have huge legal teams. Use some damn common sense for once and exclude small bussineses because you have effectively killed the open market in EU, I have seen less stupid stuff in Monty Phyton movies! Its interesting like you are going back in time with more regulations, more restrictions, more enshittification. Get your shit together!!", "feedbackEnglish": "Are you perhaps stupid or too much in bed with big corporations? This is one of the worst initiatives I have seen in a long time. Im all about reducing waste but you basically killed small bussinesses and killed the revenues of many bands, artists and so on? So I have to pay a ton to buy from outside EU and I CANT EVEN BUY STUFF from various online stores from INSIDE THE EU! What the hell were you thinking? And as usual this doesnt impact big corpos as these costs are a drop in the ocean for them an they have huge legal teams. Use some damn common sense for once and exclude small bussineses because you have effectively killed the open market in EU, I have seen less stupid stuff in Monty Phyton movies! Its interesting like you are going back in time with more regulations, more restrictions, more enshittification. Get your shit together!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556024_en"}, {"id": 33556022, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:05:24", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Verordnung ist absoluter Mist und trifft wieder nur Kleinbetriebe. Auf die Großen hat es wieder keine Auswirkungen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Regulation is an absolute measure and once again only affects small farms. It once again has no impact on the big ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556022_en"}, {"id": 33556019, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:04:45", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We are a small e-com store just starting in Finland. With this initiative, it looks like we won't be able to ship to the whole EU. Actually, our whole business idea looks threatened. We were thinking to ship to all EU but do not have a big staff. Actually, we are just a couple of people. We would have to hire some company to represent us in all member states which could cost us many thousands of EUR per year. We won't be able to cover that cost.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small e-com store just starting in Finland. With this initiative, it looks like we won't be able to ship to the whole EU. Actually, our whole business idea looks threatened. We were thinking to ship to all EU but do not have a big staff. Actually, we are just a couple of people. We would have to hire some company to represent us in all member states which could cost us many thousands of EUR per year. We won't be able to cover that cost.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556019_en"}, {"id": 33556017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:02:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tanja Hammer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tanja Hammer", "feedbackEnglish": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tanja Hammer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556017_en"}, {"id": 33556015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:02:20", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As implemented, this regulation is not simply regulating packaging waste. It is closing the EU internal market to the smallest economic actors it claims to protect - solo traders, artisans, independent creators - while large corporations remain essentially unaffected. This should be treated as a serious structural failure, not a minor technical grievance. 1. Regressive cost structure. EPR and Authorized Representative fees are charged per country as flat costs, regardless of volume. A large company shipping thousands of units absorbs this as negligible. A solo trader shipping a handful of parcels pays the same fixed cost. Reported AR fees alone range from roughly EUR 2,000 to 15,000 per country per year - often exceeding total annual revenue from that market. This is a flat tax on market entry, falling hardest on those least able to pay. 2. No meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold. Registration remains fragmented across 27 national systems. Several, including Germany, apply no minimum volume threshold - a single parcel triggers full registration. This is administratively absurd for a micro-enterprise and contradicts the EU's stated commitment to reducing SME burden. 3. No genuine One-Stop Shop. PPWR harmonized design and documentation rules but left registration, reporting, and fees as separate national obligations. A solo trader serving the single market must negotiate up to 27 separate registrations in different languages and legal systems, or pay intermediaries at a cost that can dwarf their turnover. 4. Practical effect: market closure, not improvement. Small businesses are already withdrawing from cross-border EU sales or shutting down entirely. This reduces consumer choice, harms cultural exchange between Member States, and contradicts the EU's stated goals of supporting SMEs and the single market. 5. Structural beneficiaries are large incumbents. Large platforms already maintain compliance infrastructure and absorb these costs as a rounding error. Independent sellers cannot replicate this at their scale. The practical effect, regardless of intent, is to shift market share from independent EU creators toward large corporations - a regulation framed around environmental protection is functioning as a mechanism of market concentration. Tens of thousands of affected small business owners and creators across and beyond the EU have already voiced this same concern. The single market was built to let people like me reach customers across Europe. As currently implemented, this regulation is dismantling that access for exactly the people it should not be harming. I expect this feedback to be given serious and substantive consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "As implemented, this regulation is not simply regulating packaging waste. It is closing the EU internal market to the smallest economic actors it claims to protect - solo traders, artisans, independent creators - while large corporations remain essentially unaffected. This should be treated as a serious structural failure, not a minor technical grievance. 1. Regressive cost structure. EPR and Authorized Representative fees are charged per country as flat costs, regardless of volume. A large company shipping thousands of units absorbs this as negligible. A solo trader shipping a handful of parcels pays the same fixed cost. Reported AR fees alone range from roughly EUR 2,000 to 15,000 per country per year - often exceeding total annual revenue from that market. This is a flat tax on market entry, falling hardest on those least able to pay. 2. No meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold. Registration remains fragmented across 27 national systems. Several, including Germany, apply no minimum volume threshold - a single parcel triggers full registration. This is administratively absurd for a micro-enterprise and contradicts the EU's stated commitment to reducing SME burden. 3. No genuine One-Stop Shop. PPWR harmonized design and documentation rules but left registration, reporting, and fees as separate national obligations. A solo trader serving the single market must negotiate up to 27 separate registrations in different languages and legal systems, or pay intermediaries at a cost that can dwarf their turnover. 4. Practical effect: market closure, not improvement. Small businesses are already withdrawing from cross-border EU sales or shutting down entirely. This reduces consumer choice, harms cultural exchange between Member States, and contradicts the EU's stated goals of supporting SMEs and the single market. 5. Structural beneficiaries are large incumbents. Large platforms already maintain compliance infrastructure and absorb these costs as a rounding error. Independent sellers cannot replicate this at their scale. The practical effect, regardless of intent, is to shift market share from independent EU creators toward large corporations - a regulation framed around environmental protection is functioning as a mechanism of market concentration. Tens of thousands of affected small business owners and creators across and beyond the EU have already voiced this same concern. The single market was built to let people like me reach customers across Europe. As currently implemented, this regulation is dismantling that access for exactly the people it should not be harming. I expect this feedback to be given serious and substantive consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556015_en"}, {"id": 33556007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:00:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Modus Vivendi e.K. - Schönes aus zweiter Hand", "feedback": "Einer der Grundsätze der EU ist, dass im Binnenmarkt ohne Hemmnisse und Barrieren Handel betrieben werden kann. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen wie meines ist es wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar, mich in den einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten durch einen Bevollmächtigten vertreten zu lassen. Die Kosten würden den durchschnittlichen Ertrag um ein vielfaches übersteigen. Insofern hat die EU mit der PPWR eine eindeutige Handelsbarriere geschaffen, obwohl sie eigentlich den Auftrag hat, Handelsbarrieren für alle Unternehmen in allen Mitgliedsstaaten zu beseitigen. Ebenso bezweifle ich, dass die Verordnung in der jetzigen Form vor einem zuständigen Gericht bestehen könnte.", "feedbackEnglish": "One of the EU’s principles is that trade can operate in the single market without barriers and barriers. It is not economically viable for a micro-enterprise such as myself to be represented by an authorised representative in each Member State. The costs would be many times higher than the average yield. In this respect, the EU has created a clear trade barrier with the PPWR, although its mission is to remove trade barriers for all businesses in all Member States. I also doubt whether the Regulation as it stands could exist before a competent court.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556007_en"}, {"id": 33556014, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 16:00:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Seegers & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "**Betreff: Verhältnismäßige Bevollmächtigtenpflicht nach der PPWR** Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines familiengeführten Produktionsbetriebs mit angeschlossenem Onlinehandel möchte ich auf eine erhebliche Belastung hinweisen, die sich aus der PPWR für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf ergibt: die Pflicht, in jedem belieferten Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann diese Pflicht auslösen. Beliefert ein Unternehmen zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder, entstehen entsprechend viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Registrierungen, Gebühren und Meldeverfahren unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder größere Mengen verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Versandmengen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie wirken wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Unternehmen, die die Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen können, werden einzelne EU-Länder künftig nicht mehr beliefern. Das widerspricht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Verbesserungen anregen: **1. Ausnahme oder Bagatellgrenze** Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollten anhand nachvollziehbarer Kriterien wie Mitarbeiterzahl, Umsatz und Verpackungsmenge von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Zumindest sollte je Zielland eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze gelten. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollten Unternehmen ihre Pflichten selbst oder über eine zentrale europäische Stelle erfüllen können. **2. Europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung** Die Beauftragung eines zentralen Dienstleisters löst das Problem bisher nicht. In der Regel müssen dennoch für jedes Land eigene Verträge abgeschlossen und separate Fixkosten bezahlt werden. Notwendig ist eine echte europäische Lösung: eine zentrale Registrierung, eine einheitliche Datenübermittlung und eine gemeinsame Abrechnung für alle belieferten Mitgliedstaaten. Die gemeldeten Verpackungsmengen könnten anschließend durch die zentrale Stelle den jeweiligen Ländern zugeordnet werden. **3. Einheitliche technische Standards** Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit nach einheitlichen Vorgaben erfasst und übermittelt werden. Unternehmen dürfen nicht gezwungen sein, dieselben Angaben für jedes Land in unterschiedlichen Formaten und Portalen erneut aufzubereiten. Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen. Sie tragen häufig nahezu dieselben Fixkosten, können diese jedoch nur auf ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung würde die Umweltziele der PPWR nicht beeinträchtigen. Sie würde jedoch verhindern, dass kleinere Unternehmen aus Kostengründen auf den europäischen Handel verzichten und sich wieder auf ihren nationalen Markt beschränken müssen. Ich bitte Sie daher, Ausnahmen oder angemessene Bagatellgrenzen sowie eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung vorzusehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "**Subject: Proportionate duty of attorney under the PPWR** Dear Sir/Madam, as the owner of a family-run production unit with connected online sales, I would like to draw your attention to a significant burden arising from the PPWR for small and medium-sized enterprises when selling cross-border: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State supplied. A single sale to another Member State may trigger this obligation. When a company supplies 10 or 20 EU countries, a correspondingly high number of contracts, registrations, fees and reporting procedures arise, regardless of whether only a few parcels or larger quantities are sold in a country. These fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes in the case of small shipping volumes. They act as a market entry threshold: Companies that cannot pass on costs to a sufficiently large volume of sales will no longer be able to supply individual EU countries. This runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following improvements: **1. Exemption or de minimis threshold** Micro and small enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to have an authorised representative on the basis of clear criteria such as staff headcount, turnover and packaging volume. At the very least, an appropriate de minimis threshold should apply per destination country. Below this threshold, companies should be able to fulfil their obligations themselves or through a central European body. **2. European one-stop-shop solution** Assigning a central service provider does not solve the problem so far. However, as a general rule, each country has to conclude its own contracts and pay separate fixed costs. A real European solution is needed: a centralised registration, a single transmission of data and a common settlement for all Member States supplied. The reported packaging quantities could then be allocated by the central body to the respective countries. **3. Uniform technical standards** Packaging data should be collected and transmitted in accordance with uniform requirements throughout Europe. Companies must not be forced to reprocess the same information for each country in different formats and portals. Small and medium-sized enterprises are not small-scale large enterprises. They often bear almost the same fixed costs, but can only spread them over a much smaller volume of business. A proportionate design would not harm the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, it would prevent smaller companies from having to relinquish European trade and limit themselves to their national market for cost reasons. I would therefore ask you to provide for exemptions or appropriate de minimis thresholds, as well as a genuine European one-stop-shop solution. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556014_en"}, {"id": 33556011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:59:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzeluntehmen mit weniger als 5 Angestellten", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Aktuell müssen wir unseren Vertrieb in andere Länder einstellen und einige Jobs sind definitv gefährdet. Es würde auch Bürokratie abbauen wenn einfach mit jedem Karton und jeder Verpackung die Entsorgungskosten direkt beim Kauf beglichen werden, so sind alle gleich im Wettbewerb. Mit diesem aktuellen Konzept werden Kleinunternehmen nur noch kleiner gemacht, die Verordnungen und Gesetze der letzten Jahre zeigen aber das es anscheinend so gewünscht ist. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andre Link", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. At present, we have to stop selling to other countries and some jobs are definitely at risk. It would also cut red tape if each cardboard box and packaging were simply used to pay for disposal costs directly at the time of purchase, so they are all in equal competition. This current approach only makes small businesses smaller, but the regulations and laws of recent years seem to show that it is so desirable. Yours sincerely Andre Link", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556011_en"}, {"id": 33556010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:58:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "VTH Verband Technischer Handel e.V.", "feedback": "Der VTH Verband Technischer Handel e.V. vertritt mittelständisch geprägte Großhandelsunternehmen in Deutschland und Österreich, die Industrie, Handwerk und Instandhaltung mit technischen Produkten versorgen. Viele Mitgliedsunternehmen liefern verpackte Waren grenzüberschreitend an gewerbliche Wiederverkäufer und industrielle Endanwender. Wir begrüßen das Ziel, Registrierung und Berichterstattung nach Artikel 44 PPWR zu harmonisieren. Ein gemeinsames Datenformat allein genügt jedoch nicht. Werden identische Angaben weiterhin separat in 27 nationalen Registern erfasst, wird die bestehende Fragmentierung lediglich vereinheitlicht, nicht überwunden. Bei Direktlieferungen an gewerbliche Endanwender kann ein mittelständischer Händler in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten zum EPR-Produzenten werden. Bereits geringe Liefermengen können Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigungen und Meldungen in jedem Zielland auslösen. Die administrativen Fixkosten stehen dann häufig außer Verhältnis zur Verpackungsmenge. Unternehmen könnten deshalb einzelne Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr beliefern. Das beeinträchtigt den Binnenmarkt, ohne einen entsprechenden ökologischen Mehrwert zu schaffen. Der VTH regt daher folgende Ausgestaltung an: Unternehmensstammdaten nur einmal erfassen Name, Anschrift, Rechtsform, Umsatzsteuer-ID, Kontaktdaten und Angaben zum Bevollmächtigten sollten einmal hinterlegt und von allen betroffenen nationalen Registern übernommen werden. Änderungen müssen zentral gemeldet und automatisch weitergegeben werden können. Einheitliche europäische Produzentenkennung Zusätzlich zu nationalen Kennungen sollte eine unionsweit verwendbare EPR-Produzenten-ID eingeführt werden. Sie würde die Zuordnung in Registern sowie gegenüber Produzentenorganisationen, Onlineplattformen und Fulfilmentdienstleistern vereinfachen. Abschließender gemeinsamer Datenkatalog Die im Durchführungsrechtsakt festgelegten Registrierungs- und Meldedaten sollten grundsätzlich abschließend sein. Zusätzliche nationale Datenanforderungen dürfen nur bei zwingenden und sachlich begründeten Besonderheiten zulässig sein. Einheitliche Kategorien und Berechnungsmethoden Begriffe und Codes für Verkaufs-, Gruppierungs-, Versand-, Transport-, Service- und Mehrwegverpackungen sowie für die einzelnen Materialien müssen unionsweit identisch sein. Nur dann können Unternehmen ihre ERP-Daten automatisiert für mehrere Mitgliedstaaten verwenden. Wirklich vereinfachte Kleinmengenmeldung Bei weniger als zehn Tonnen Verpackungen pro Mitgliedstaat und Jahr sollte es bei einer einzigen jährlichen Meldung bleiben. Zusätzliche Quartals-, Null- oder Parallelmeldungen an Register und Produzentenorganisationen sollten ausgeschlossen werden. Interoperable digitale Register Alle Register sollten maschinenlesbare Uploads und offene Schnittstellen anbieten. Bereits vorhandene Daten dürfen nicht nochmals manuell eingegeben werden müssen. Die Portale sollten mindestens in der jeweiligen Amtssprache und auf Englisch verfügbar sein. Koordinierte Vertretung EPR-Bevollmächtigte und Produzentenorganisationen sollten Registrierungen und Meldungen mit Zustimmung des Produzenten vollständig digital erledigen können. Der Produzent muss jederzeit Einsicht in die für ihn gespeicherten Daten erhalten. Praxistest und Übergangsfrist Datenkataloge und technische Schnittstellen müssen rechtzeitig veröffentlicht und mit kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen sowie grenzüberschreitenden B2B-Händlern erprobt werden. Die PPWR soll Verpackungsabfälle verringern und zugleich den Binnenmarkt stärken. Dafür braucht es nicht nur 27 ähnlich aufgebaute Register, sondern ein interoperables europäisches Registrierungsnetz. Unser Leitgedanke lautet: Einmal erfassen mehrfach nutzen unionsweit anerkennen.", "feedbackEnglish": "VTH Verband Technischer Handel e.V. represents medium-sized wholesalers in Germany and Austria who supply industry, crafts and maintenance with technical products. Many member companies supply packaged goods across borders to commercial resellers and industrial end-users. We welcome the objective of harmonising registration and reporting under Article 44 PPWR. However, a common data format alone is not enough. If identical information continues to be recorded separately in 27 national registers, the existing fragmentation will only be harmonised, not overcome. In the case of direct deliveries to professional end-users, a medium-sized trader may become an EPR producer in several Member States. Even small quantities can trigger registrations, authorisations and notifications in any destination country. The fixed administrative costs are often disproportionate to the quantity of packaging. Companies would therefore no longer be able to supply individual Member States. This affects the internal market without creating corresponding environmental added value. The VTH therefore suggests the following structure: Company master data should only be collected once, including name, address, legal form, VAT ID, contact details and authorised representative details, and should be collected from all national registers concerned. It must be possible to report changes centrally and automatically. A European unique producer identifier In addition to national identifiers, a Union-wide EPR producer ID should be introduced. It would facilitate mapping in registers and vis-à-vis producer organisations, online platforms and fulfilment service providers. The registration and reporting data set out in the implementing act should in principle be exhaustive. Additional national data requirements may only be allowed in case of compelling and objectively justified specificities. Uniform categories and calculation methods Definitions and codes for sales, grouping, shipping, transport, service and reusable packaging and for individual materials shall be identical throughout the Union. Only then can companies automatically use their ERP data for several Member States. Truly simplified small volume reporting If less than 10 tonnes of packaging per Member State per year, it should remain under a single annual reporting. Additional quarterly, zero or parallel reporting to registers and producer organisations should be excluded. Interoperable digital registers All registers should offer machine-readable uploads and open interfaces. Pre-existing data shall not be re-entered manually. The portals should be available at least in the relevant official language and in English. Coordinated representation of EPR authorised representatives and producer organisations should be able to complete registrations and notifications fully digitally with the producer’s consent. The producer must have access at all times to the data stored on his behalf. Practical tests and transitional periods for data catalogues and technical interfaces must be published in good time and tested with small and medium-sized enterprises and cross-border B2B traders. The PPWR aims to reduce packaging waste while strengthening the internal market. This requires not only 27 registers with a similar structure, but an interoperable European registration network. Our guiding principle is: Once they have been recognised several times throughout the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556010_en"}, {"id": 33556009, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:58:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "HB Präsentationssysteme oHG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir möchten auf ein erhebliches praktisches Problem bei der Umsetzung der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) hinweisen. Wir sind ein kleineres mittelständisches Unternehmen in Deutschland. Die beiden Inhaber sind vollständig in das Tagesgeschäft eingebunden; eine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung gibt es nicht. Dennoch bemühen wir uns selbstverständlich, alle gesetzlichen Anforderungen korrekt umzusetzen. In den vergangenen Tagen haben wir versucht, die Voraussetzungen für den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in 16 EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu erfüllen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass das Problem weit über die bloße Bestellung eines EPR-Bevollmächtigten hinausgeht. Grundsätzlich wäre ein Bevollmächtigter je Mitgliedstaat für uns noch nachvollziehbar. In der Praxis folgen jedoch 16 unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren mit jeweils eigenen Vertrags-, Nachweis-, Melde- und Kostenstrukturen. Je nach Land werden unter anderem Handelsregisterauszüge, Bankbestätigungen, Ausweiskopien der vertretungsberechtigten Personen, Vollmachten, teilweise beglaubigte Unterschriften sowie weitere Unternehmensnachweise verlangt. Die Anforderungen unterscheiden sich erheblich; was in einem Mitgliedstaat akzeptiert wird, reicht im nächsten nicht aus. Hinzu kommen unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Meldeintervalle, Mindestgebühren, Bevollmächtigtenkosten und Entsorgungsmodelle. Diese Fixkosten fallen teilweise unabhängig davon an, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr oder größere Mengen verkauft werden. Damit wird aus einer europäischen Regelung in der Praxis ein Bündel aus 16 eigenständigen Compliance-Projekten. Für kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen entsteht so eine erhebliche Marktzutrittsschwelle. Bei geringen Versandmengen stehen Verwaltungs- und Fixkosten oft in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Aus unserer Sicht widerspricht dies dem Gedanken eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir regen daher insbesondere an: Einführung einer echten europäischen One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für Registrierung, Stammdaten, Unternehmensnachweise und Mengenmeldungen. Möglichkeit, einen einzigen EPR-Bevollmächtigten für mehrere oder alle Mitgliedstaaten zu bestellen. Einheitliche europäische Anforderungen an Handelsregisterauszüge, Vollmachten, Identitäts- und Banknachweise. Eine standardisierte technische Schnittstelle, über die Verpackungsdaten einmal zentral erfasst und für alle Mitgliedstaaten genutzt werden können. Kostenstrukturen, die sich stärker am tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen orientieren, statt überwiegend aus landesspezifischen Fix- und Mindestgebühren zu bestehen. Vereinfachte Verfahren für geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen. Uns geht es ausdrücklich nicht darum, die Ziele der PPWR oder die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung infrage zu stellen. Wir halten es jedoch für problematisch, wenn eine unmittelbar geltende EU-Verordnung in der praktischen Umsetzung erneut 27 unterschiedliche Verwaltungswelten schafft. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher, die grenzüberschreitenden EPR-Pflichten insbesondere unter den Gesichtspunkten Verhältnismäßigkeit, Harmonisierung und Belastung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen nochmals zu prüfen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to highlight a significant practical problem in the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR). We are a small and medium-sized enterprise in Germany. The two owners are fully involved in the day-to-day business; there is no separate legal or compliance department. Nevertheless, we are of course striving to implement all legal requirements correctly. In recent days, we have tried to meet the requirements for cross-border sales in 16 EU Member States. This shows that the problem goes far beyond the mere appointment of an EPR delegate. In principle, we would still understand one authorised representative per Member State. In practice, however, 16 different national procedures follow, each with its own contract, evidence, reporting and cost structures. Depending on the country, extracts from the commercial register, bank certificates, photocopies of identity cards of persons authorised to represent the company, power of attorney, partially certified signatures and other company documents are required, among other things. The requirements differ significantly; what is accepted in one Member State is not enough in the next. There are also different registrations, reporting intervals, minimum fees, authorised representatives’ costs and disposal models. Some of these fixed costs are incurred regardless of whether a country sells only a few parcels per year or larger quantities. This means that, in practice, a European regulation becomes a set of 16 separate compliance projects. This creates a significant entry threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises. In the case of low shipping volumes, administrative and fixed costs are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. In our view, this runs counter to the idea of a functioning European internal market. We therefore suggest, in particular: Implement a genuine European one-stop-shop solution for registration, master data, company evidence and volume reporting. Possibility to appoint a single EPR representative for several or all Member States. Uniform European requirements for commercial register extracts, powers of attorney, identity and bank evidence. A standardised technical interface through which packaging data can be collected centrally once and used for all Member States. Cost structures that are more oriented towards actual packaging volumes, rather than mainly consisting of country-specific fixed and minimum fees. Simplified procedures for small quantities of cross-border packaging. We are explicitly not calling into question the objectives of the PPWR or the Extended Producer Responsibility. However, we find it problematic if a directly applicable EU regulation once again creates 27 different administrative environments in practice. We would therefore ask the European Commission to re-examine the cross-border EPR obligations, particularly from the point of view of proportionality, harmonisation and the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556009_en"}, {"id": 33556008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:58:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Human-Wellness Frank Federkiel GmbH", "feedback": "Guten Tag, die Umsetzung der PPWR ist total schlecht für kleine Händler. Wir versenden zum Beispiel 14 Pakete im Jahr nach Portugal, sollen wir dafür über 1.000 zahlen für die Lizenzierung und einen Bevollmächtigten? In Protugal liegen am Straßenrand hauptsächlich die Abfälle von Fast Food Ketten, genauso wie in vielen anderen südlichen Ländern. Das sollte mal in Angriff genommen werden! Bitte dieses Gesetz anpassen und eine Kleinunternehmer-Regelung einführen! Viele Grüße", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, the implementation of the PPWR is totally bad for small traders. For example, we send 14 parcels a year to Portugal, should we pay more than 1000 for the licence and an authorised representative? In Protugal, the roadside is dominated by fast food chain waste, just as in many other southern countries. This should be addressed once! Please adapt this law and introduce a small business scheme! Best regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556008_en"}, {"id": 33556006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:55:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "U-Line", "feedback": "Wir fordern keine Abschaffung der PPWR Wir wollen ausdrücklich klarstellen: Wir fordern nicht die Abschaffung des Umweltschutzes. Wir fordern auch keine Rückkehr zu unnötigen Einwegverpackungen oder verantwortungslosem Umgang mit Ressourcen. Wir fordern vielmehr eine realistische und mittelstandsfreundliche Umsetzung der PPWR. Deshalb fordern wir: 1. Eine echte KMU-Ausnahme bzw. vereinfachte Regelungen (z.B. weiterhin die Meldung der gesamten in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge im Land des Sitzes des Unternehmens). Kleine und Kleinstunternehmen müssen deutlich von unverhältnismäßigen administrativen Verpflichtungen entlastet werden. 2. Ein europaweit einheitliches Verfahren - Ein Unternehmen, das innerhalb der EU verkauft, darf nicht faktisch mit unterschiedlichen praktischen Anforderungen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat konfrontiert werden. Das widerspricht der europäischen Idee und hemmt Wachstum. Der Binnenmarkt muss auch beim Thema Verpackungen ein Binnenmarkt sein. 3. Eine zentrale europäische Registrierung - Statt Unternehmen mit zahlreichen nationalen Verfahren zu belasten, sollte eine zentrale europäische Lösung geschaffen werden. 4. Eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen - Wer nur vergleichsweise geringe Mengen an Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt, darf nicht denselben administrativen Aufwand betreiben müssen wie ein internationaler Großkonzern. 5. Klare und verbindliche Definitionen - Unternehmen brauchen Rechtssicherheit. Es darf nicht erforderlich sein, für jede Verpackung einen Rechtsberater oder spezialisierten Compliance-Dienstleister einzuschalten. 6. Keine rückwirkenden oder kurzfristigen Anforderungen - Kleine Unternehmen brauchen ausreichend Zeit, um ihre Verpackungen, Lieferketten, IT-Systeme und Prozesse anzupassen. Das ist keine Faulheit und auch kein Verschließen der Augen vor den Tatsachen, sondern der Tatsache geschuldet, dass für viele Unternehmen das Tagesgeschäft einfach Priorität hat und dass daneben leider nur sehr wenig Zeit bleibt. Wenn wir uns dann zwischen OSS-Verfahren, Zoll-Problematiken und IT-Richtlinen auch noch mit Verpackungsrichtlinien auseinandersetzen müssen, wird es eng. Eine Frage hierzu: Wo sind die IHKs? 7. Konsequente Kontrolle aller Marktteilnehmer - Regeln funktionieren nur dann, wenn sie für alle gelten und tatsächlich kontrolliert werden unabhängig davon, ob ein Produkt von einem europäischen KMU oder über eine internationale Plattform verkauft wird. Der Mittelstand ist kein Verwaltungsapparat Europa spricht regelmäßig davon, den Mittelstand zu stärken. Europa spricht von Digitalisierung, Innovation, Unternehmertum und einem starken Binnenmarkt. Doch Unternehmertum braucht vor allem eines: Zeit und finanzielle Ressourcen für das eigentliche Geschäft. Wenn ein kleiner Unternehmer einen immer größeren Teil seiner Arbeitszeit damit verbringen muss, regulatorische Anforderungen zu verstehen, Formulare auszufüllen, Registrierungen vorzunehmen und Nachweise zu verwalten, fehlt diese Zeit für Innovation, Kundenservice, neue Produkte und Arbeitsplätze. Unser Appell: Wir appellieren deshalb an die Europäische Kommission, das Europäische Parlament und die nationalen politischen Entscheidungsträger: Hören Sie den kleinen Unternehmen zu, bevor weitere Bürokratie geschaffen wird! Sprechen Sie nicht nur mit den großen Verbänden und Konzernen! Auch Lobbyverbände bilden vornehmlich die Interessen der großen Unternehmen ab! Sprechen Sie mit den Unternehmen, die selbst Pakete packen, Rechnungen schreiben, Kundenanfragen beantworten und ihre Produkte eigenhändig in ganz Europa versenden. Wir wollen Europa. Wir wollen einen funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkt. Wir wollen nachhaltige Verpackungen. Wir wollen weniger Verpackungsmüll. Aber wir wollen auch weiterhin in Europa unternehmerisch tätig sein können. Umweltschutz und wirtschaftliche Freiheit dürfen kein Widerspruch sein. Eine gute europäische Regulierung muss beides ermöglichen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We do not call for the abolition of the PPWR We want to make it explicitly clear: We do not call for the abolition of environmental protection. We also do not call for a return to unnecessary single-use packaging or irresponsible use of resources. Rather, we call for a realistic and SME-friendly implementation of the PPWR. Therefore: 1. A genuine SME exemption or simplified rules (e.g. continued reporting of the total amount of packaging placed on the market in the country where the company is established). Small and micro-enterprises must be significantly relieved of disproportionate administrative obligations. 2. A Europe-wide uniform procedure – A company selling within the EU must not be faced with practical requirements that differ from one Member State to another. This runs counter to the European idea and hampers growth. The internal market must also be a single market when it comes to packaging. 3. A central European registration – instead of burdening businesses with multiple national procedures, a central European solution should be created. 4. A de minimis threshold for small quantities – anyone who places only comparatively small quantities of packaging on the market must not have to carry out the same administrative burden as an international large company. 5. Clear and binding definitions – businesses need legal certainty. It shall not be necessary to involve a legal advisor or specialised compliance service provider for each packaging. 6. No retroactive or short-term requirements – small businesses need sufficient time to adapt their packaging, supply chains, IT systems and processes. This is not a matter of foulness, nor of closing the eyes to the facts, but of the fact that for many companies day-to-day business is simply a priority and that, unfortunately, there is very little time left. If we then also have to deal with packaging directives between OSS procedures, customs problems and IT directives, it will become tight. One question: Where are the CCIs? 7. Consistent control of all market participants – rules only work if they apply to all and are effectively controlled, regardless of whether a product is sold by a European SME or via an international platform. Small and medium-sized enterprises are not administrative institutions in Europe that regularly speak of strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises. Europe speaks of digitalisation, innovation, entrepreneurship and a strong single market. But entrepreneurship above all needs one thing: Time and financial resources for the actual business. If a small entrepreneur has to spend an increasing part of their working time on understanding regulatory requirements, filling in forms, registering and managing evidence, this time is missing for innovation, customer service, new products and jobs. Our appeal: We therefore call on the European Commission, the European Parliament and national policy-makers to: Listen to small businesses before creating more bureaucracy! Talk not only to the big associations and corporations! Lobby organisations also primarily represent the interests of large companies! Talk to the companies that themselves pack parcels, write bills, answer customer enquiries and send their products in person across Europe. We want Europe. We want a functioning European single market. We want sustainable packaging. We want to reduce packaging waste. But we want to be able to continue doing business in Europe. Environmental protection and economic freedom must not be contradictory. Good European regulation must allow for both.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556006_en"}, {"id": 33556005, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:54:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herre, als einer der bedeutenden Verpackungsmittel-Händler in der EU sind wir befremdet über die laienhafte Art und Weise, wie die PPWR erstellt wurde. Hier wurden wohl eher ideologischen als sachlichen Aspekten Rechnung getragen und die Betroffenen nicht zu einer Stellungnahme aufgefordert. Wir führen ca. 60.000 Artikel. Wir müssen jetzt für alle diese Artikel Konformitätserklärungen erstellen oder vorhalten und an unsere 50.000 Kunden auf Anforderung abgeben. Sind Händler bei der Erstellung der PPWR überhaupt berücksichtigt worden? Transport - und Schutzverpackungen, die wir vertreiben, bestehen zu einem großen Teil aus Altpapier (Kartonagen) oder \"umhüllter Luft\" ( Wellpappe, Schaumverpackungen, Luftpolsterfolie). Der Materialanteil von Frischware ist bei Transportverpackungen gering und zudem, da sie keinen verkaufsfördernden Effekt haben, immer material - und kostenoptimiert sparsamst eingesetzt worden. Transport - und Schutzverpackungen weiter zu reduzieren würde bedeuten, die Sicherheit der zu transportierenden Waren zu gefährden, mit den dann entsprechenden Umweltbelastungen. Oder denken Sie, bisher wurde mehr (teuer) verpackt, als unbedingt nötig? Was wollen sie erreichen? Umweltgefährdende Stoffe kommen in unserer Branche nicht vor oder könnten einfach verboten werden. Eine Pappkarton wird auch ohne EU schon heute im Schnitt 11 mal recycelt. Wollen Sie den grenzüberschreitenden Handel monopolisieren? Wollen Sie den Bürokratieaufbau(!) ins Unerträgliche steigern? Oder geht es schlicht nur um eine neue \"Abzocke\" hinter dem ewig blühenden Feigenblatt der Umwelt? Was Sie auf jeden Fall erreichen werden: Mehr EU-Feindlichkeit, keinerlei Umwelt-Effekte, Umgehungshandlungen mächtiger Marktteilnehmer, die machen was sie wollen, Firmenpleiten und - aufgaben vor allem im kleinen und mittleren Mittelstand, eine Ungleichheit bei der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von EU - und nicht EU Anbietern in internationalen Märkten, ein unfassbar teures und unsinniges Bürokratiemonster, dass zu Umgehung geradezu auffordert. Wollen Sie das alles so??? Kippen Sie die PPWR-Verordnung komplett und reden Sie mit uns, wenn Sie wirklich etwas für die Umwelt erreichen wollen. Wir stehen zur Verfügung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jan Marcus", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as one of the major packaging dealers in the EU, we are strange about the layman’s way in which the PPWR was drawn up. It seems that ideological rather than factual aspects were taken into account here and that interested parties were not invited to comment. We have around 60.000 articles. We now need to draw up or keep available declarations of conformity for all these articles and provide them to our 50.000 customers upon request. Have traders been taken into account at all when drawing up the PPWR? Much of the transport and protective packaging we sell consists of waste paper (cartonboard) or ‘wrapped air’ (corrugated board, foam packaging, bubble wrapping). The proportion of fresh material in transport packaging is low and, since it has no promotional effect, it has always been used in a material- and cost-efficient way. Further reducing transport and protective packaging would jeopardise the safety of the goods to be transported, with the resulting environmental impact. Or do you think that more (more expensive) packaging has been done so far than is absolutely necessary? What do thry want to achieve? Substances that are hazardous to the environment are not present in our industry or could simply be banned. Even without the EU, a cardboard box is already recycled on average 11 times. Do you want to monopolise cross-border trade? Do you want to make the increase in bureaucracy (!) into unbearable? Or is it simply a question of a new ‘split-off’ behind the eternally thriving fig leaf of the environment? What you will definitely achieve: More EU enemy, no environmental effects, circumvention by powerful market players who want to do what, company failures and tasks, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises, an inequality in the competitiveness of the EU – and not EU suppliers in international markets, an incomprehensiblely expensive and pointless bureaucratic monster that calls for circumvention. Do you want to do so? Tipping the PPWR regulation completely and talking to us if you really want to make a difference for the environment. We are available. (Complimentary close) Jan Marcus", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556005_en"}, {"id": 33556004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:53:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "G. Retail GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Unternehmens nach europäischer KMU-Definition möchten wir auf einen kritischen Punkt bei der Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für die G. Retail GmbH ist der Handel innerhalb der EU ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Binnenmarktes. Gerade KMU sollten Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten beliefern können, ohne unverhältnismäßig mit zusätzlichen Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand belastet zu werden. Bereits geringe Verkaufsvolumina können Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Werden mehrere Mitgliedstaaten beliefert, vervielfachen sich Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wenige oder tausende Sendungen erfolgen. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Absatzmengen häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum Verpackungsaufkommen und wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Besonders problematisch ist zudem der internationale Wettbewerb. Europäische Händler investieren erhebliche Ressourcen, um Produkt-, Umwelt-, Verpackungs-, Registrierungs- und Berichtspflichten einzuhalten. Gleichzeitig ist die Durchsetzung europäischer Vorschriften gegenüber Anbietern aus Drittstaaten, insbesondere im Direktversand aus China, wesentlich schwieriger. Dadurch entsteht ein struktureller Wettbewerbsnachteil: Regelkonforme europäische Unternehmen tragen die vollen Compliance-Kosten, während nicht regelkonforme Drittlandshändler bei unzureichender Kontrolle mit geringeren Kosten am selben Markt auftreten können. Regulierung kann ihre Ziele nur erreichen, wenn sie für alle Marktteilnehmer gleichermaßen wirksam durchgesetzt wird. Andernfalls werden Unternehmen geschwächt, die in Europa Arbeitsplätze schaffen, Steuern und Abgaben entrichten und europäische Vorschriften zuverlässig erfüllen. Zusätzliche länderbezogene Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und Fixgebühren fördern zudem die Marktkonzentration. Große internationale Konzerne und Plattformen können diese Kosten auf hohe Absatzvolumina verteilen und eigene Compliance-Strukturen unterhalten. Werden kleinere Händler dadurch gezwungen, einzelne EU-Märkte aufzugeben, entstehen weniger Wettbewerb und Vielfalt. Wir bitten daher um Prüfung folgender Maßnahmen: 1. Ausnahmen oder deutliche Erleichterungen für Kleinst- und kleine Unternehmen sowie Bagatellgrenzen je Zielland, orientiert am Verpackungsaufkommen oder an Mengen- bzw. Umsatzschwellen. 2. Eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten zentral für alle Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können, statt separate Verträge und Fixkosten pro Land zu verursachen. 3. Eine europaweit standardisierte Datenübermittlung, damit Verpackungs- und Unternehmensdaten nur einmal erfasst werden müssen. 4. Einen wirksamen Vollzug gegenüber Drittlandshändlern. Marktplätze und Plattformen sollten stärker verantwortlich sein, wenn außerhalb der EU ansässige Anbieter ihren Pflichten nicht nachkommen oder für Behörden faktisch nicht erreichbar sind. 5. Eine systematische Prüfung der kumulativen Belastung neuer Vorschriften für KMU. Entscheidend ist nicht die einzelne Meldepflicht, sondern die Summe paralleler Anforderungen. Wir unterstützen die Ziele der PPWR. Gute Regulierung muss wirksam, verhältnismäßig, wettbewerbsneutral und im betrieblichen Alltag umsetzbar sein. Europa braucht weniger nationale Parallelstrukturen und Mehrfachmeldungen, dafür mehr Harmonisierung, zentrale digitale Verfahren und eine Durchsetzung gegenüber allen Marktteilnehmern. KMU sind keine verkleinerten Großkonzerne mit proportional geringeren Compliance-Kosten. Eine pragmatischere Ausgestaltung der PPWR würde auch diesen Unternehmen ermöglichen, den Binnenmarkt weiter aktiv zu nutzen, statt einzelne Mitgliedstaaten vom Versand auszuschließen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mathias Hundertmark", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a company according to the European SME definition, we would like to draw attention to a critical point in the implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For G. Retail GmbH, intra-EU trade is an important component of the internal market. SMEs in particular should be able to supply customers in other Member States without being disproportionately burdened with additional costs and administrative burdens. Even small sales volumes may trigger registration, reporting and authorised representatives obligations. When several Member States are supplied, contractual relationships, fees and reporting channels multiply, regardless of whether few or thousands of items are delivered. These fixed costs are often disproportionate to packaging volumes for small sales volumes and effectively act as a market entry threshold. International competition is also particularly problematic. European traders invest significant resources to comply with product, environmental, packaging, registration and reporting obligations. At the same time, it is much more difficult to enforce European rules vis-à-vis third-country suppliers, particularly in the case of direct shipments from China. This creates a structural competitive disadvantage: Compliant European companies bear the full compliance costs, while non-compliant third-country traders can operate in the same market with lower costs in case of insufficient control. Regulation can only achieve its objectives if it is enforced equally effectively for all market participants. Otherwise, businesses that create jobs in Europe, pay taxes and levies and reliably comply with European rules will be weakened. Additional country-by-country registrations, proxies and fixed fees also promote market concentration. Large international corporations and platforms can spread these costs over high sales volumes and maintain their own compliance structures. Forcing smaller traders to abandon individual EU markets reduces competition and diversity. We would therefore ask you to examine the following measures: 1. Exemptions or significant alleviations for micro and small enterprises and de minimis thresholds per destination country, based on packaging volumes or volume/turnover thresholds. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution, allowing registration, reporting and proxy obligations to be fulfilled centrally for all Member States, rather than creating separate contracts and fixed costs per country. 3. Standardised data transmission across Europe to ensure that packaging and company data are collected only once. 4. Effective enforcement against third country traders. Marketplaces and platforms should be more responsible when non-EU traders do not comply with their obligations or are factually unavailable to public authorities. 5. A systematic assessment of the cumulative burden of new rules on SMEs. What matters is not the individual reporting obligation, but the sum of parallel requirements. We support the objectives of the PPWR. Good regulation must be effective, proportionate, competitively neutral and implementable in day-to-day operations. Europe needs less national parallel structures and multiple reporting, more harmonisation, centralised digital procedures and enforcement against all market players. SMEs are not smaller large groups with proportionally lower compliance costs. A more pragmatic design of the PPWR would also allow these companies to continue to actively use the internal market instead of excluding individual Member States from shipping. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556004_en"}, {"id": 33556003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:53:31", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to draw your attention to a deeply concerning side effect of the new customs legislation for small shipments that entered into force on July 1, 2026. Although the intention of abolishing the 150-euro duty-free threshold and introducing a flat fee of 3 euros per product category was primarily to create fair competition and curb the influx of cheap mass-produced goods from giant e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu, the legislation has in practice hit a completely different group hard: small, independent businesses outside the EU and the European consumers who support them. When the regulatory framework was designed, significant focus was placed on countering unfair competition from large-scale, low-priced imports. Unfortunately, the new flat fees per product type have created a disproportionate economic and administrative burden for consumers purchasing unique, artisanal, or niche products from small businessessuch as independent creators, specialized family businesses, or niche stores around the world. Charging a flat fee per product category means that an order containing a few different small items from an independent artisan quickly becomes prohibitively expensive, effectively cutting European citizens off from the global market for unique and high-quality products. Small businesses lack the logistical or financial resources to establish warehouses within the EU or handle complex customs integrations in the way that global e-commerce giants do, as the latter find it significantly easier to absorb these costs or adapt their systems to the new fees. Consequently, the legislation targets the wrong group and restricts consumer choice. Many of us as European citizens and consumers believe that the legislation in its current form is misguided and should be reformed or abolished for smaller actors. We are calling for a more nuanced solution, such as an exemption or a simplified procedure for verified small businesses, ensuring that the focus remains on regulating the large-scale marketplaces that constitute the actual problem for market balance. I therefore urge you to raise this issue within the European Parliament and the European Commission to protect consumer choice and safeguard global small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to draw your attention to a deeply concerning side effect of the new customs legislation for small shipments that entered into force on July 1, 2026. Although the intention of abolishing the 150-euro duty-free threshold and introducing a flat fee of 3 euros per product category was primarily to create fair competition and curb the influx of cheap mass-produced goods from giant e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu, the legislation has in practice hit a completely different group hard: small, independent businesses outside the EU and the European consumers who support them. When the regulatory framework was designed, significant focus was placed on countering unfair competition from large-scale, low-priced imports. Unfortunately, the new flat fees per product type have created a disproportionate economic and administrative burden for consumers purchasing unique, artisanal, or niche products from small businessessuch as independent creators, specialized family businesses, or niche stores around the world. Charging a flat fee per product category means that an order containing a few different small items from an independent artisan quickly becomes prohibitively expensive, effectively cutting European citizens off from the global market for unique and high-quality products. Small businesses lack the logistical or financial resources to establish warehouses within the EU or handle complex customs integrations in the way that global e-commerce giants do, as the latter find it significantly easier to absorb these costs or adapt their systems to the new fees. Consequently, the legislation targets the wrong group and restricts consumer choice. Many of us as European citizens and consumers believe that the legislation in its current form is misguided and should be reformed or abolished for smaller actors. We are calling for a more nuanced solution, such as an exemption or a simplified procedure for verified small businesses, ensuring that the focus remains on regulating the large-scale marketplaces that constitute the actual problem for market balance. I therefore urge you to raise this issue within the European Parliament and the European Commission to protect consumer choice and safeguard global small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556003_en"}, {"id": 33556002, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:52:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Harald Schön", "feedback": "Betreff: Stellungnahme zur PPWR: Die neue Regelung zerstört den Binnenmarkt für kleine Händler Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich schreibe Ihnen heute als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels, weil mir die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR wirklich große Sorgen macht. Ganz ehrlich: So wie die Regeln aktuell geplant sind, drängen Sie uns kleine Händler komplett aus dem europäischen Markt. Das Hauptproblem ist die Pflicht, in jedem einzelnen EU-Land einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten für die Verpackungsregister zu bestellen und zu bezahlen. Für einen kleinen Betrieb wie meinen ist das finanziell absolut nicht machbar. Wenn ich in 10 oder 15 EU-Länder verkaufe, müsste ich in jedem dieser Länder einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und bürokratische Gebühren zahlen völlig egal, ob ich dorthin im Jahr 500 Pakete schicke oder nur 3. Diese Fixkosten stehen in überhaupt keinem Verhältnis zu unserem Umsatz. Wir sprechen hier nicht von Großkonzernen, die dafür eigene Rechtsabteilungen haben, sondern von kleinen Händlern, die versuchen, ehrlich ihr Geschäft zu betreiben. Das bittere Ergebnis dieser Gesetzgebung ist schon jetzt absehbar: Die extrem hohen Gebühren und der bürokratische Aufwand zwingen uns dazu, den Verkauf ins EU-Ausland komplett einzustellen. Wir werden schlichtweg dazu gedrängt, unsere Waren nur noch innerhalb von Deutschland anzubieten. Von einem \"freien europäischen Binnenmarkt\" kann für uns kleine Händler dann keine Rede mehr sein uns wird die Teilnahme am europäischen Handel schlicht verwehrt. Damit wir kleinen Händler überhaupt eine Überlebenschance im EU-Handel haben, fordere ich Sie dringend auf, folgende Punkte anzupassen: Echte Bagatellgrenzen und Ausnahmen für Kleinhändler: Wer nur geringe Mengen an Verpackungen in ein EU-Land schickt, muss von der Pflicht für teure Auslands-Bevollmächtigte befreit werden. Eine echte zentrale Anlaufstelle (One-Stop-Shop): Es darf nicht sein, dass man für jedes Land Einzelverträge braucht. Es muss eine einzige, zentrale Stelle geben, über die man die Meldungen für alle EU-Länder mit einmaligen und fairen Gebühren erledigen kann. Einfache und einheitliche Datenmeldung: Die Datenübermittlung muss standardisiert werden, damit man die Verpackungsmengen nicht für jedes Land in einem anderen Format neu aufbereiten muss. Wir kleine Unternehmen sind keine Mini-Ausgabe von Großkonzernen. Wir können dieselben starren Fixkosten nicht einfach so wegstecken. Bitte gestalten Sie die PPWR so, dass auch kleine Händler weiterhin in Europa verkaufen dürfen, anstatt uns durch unbezahlbare Gebühren einzumauern. Mit freundlichen Grüßen,", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Opinion on the PPWR: The new rules destroy the internal market for small traders. Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to you today as an operator of small online sales because I am really very concerned about the planned implementation of the PPWR. Honestly: As the rules are currently planned, you are pushing small traders out of the European market altogether. The main problem is the obligation to appoint and pay a separate authorised representative in each EU country for the packaging registers. For a small business like mys, this is absolutely financially unfeasible. If I sell in 10 or 15 EU countries, I would have to conclude a separate contract in each of these countries and pay bureaucratic fees completely, regardless of whether I send 500 parcels there in the year or only 3. These fixed costs bear no relation to our turnover. We are not talking here about big corporations, which have their own legal departments, but about small traders who try to operate their business honestly. The bitter result of this legislation is already foreseeable: The extremely high fees and red tape force us to stop selling abroad in the EU altogether. We are simply being urged to offer our goods only within Germany. We can no longer talk about a ‘free European single market’ for small traders. We are simply being denied the opportunity to participate in European trade. In order to give small traders a chance to survive in EU trade, I urge you to adapt the following points: Real de minimis thresholds and exemptions for small traders: If you send small quantities of packaging to an EU country, you must be exempted from the obligation for expensive representatives abroad. A genuine one-stop shop: It should not be necessary to have specific contracts for each country. There must be a single, central point through which notifications can be made for all EU countries, with one-off and fair fees. Simple and uniform data reporting: Data reporting needs to be standardised to avoid the need to reprocess packaging volumes for each country in a different format. We small companies are not mini-issuances by big companies. We cannot simply stifle the same fixed costs. Please design the PPWR in such a way that even small traders can continue to sell in Europe instead of paying unaffordable fees. Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556002_en"}, {"id": 33556001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:52:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Takaramono", "feedback": "As the founder of a micro-enterprise based in the EU (The Netherlands) that sells and ships physical goods directly to consumers across the Single Market, I support the goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) reducing packaging waste and building a genuine circular economy are objectives I share. But as the Regulation has entered into application, the practical compliance burden it places on very small, EU-based businesses like mine is disproportionate, and it is putting our ability to keep trading across borders at real risk. The core problem Even though my business is established within the EU, shipping into other Member States effectively requires registering as a producer and in many cases appointing a locally established Authorized Representative separately in each destination country. For a micro-enterprise with no dedicated compliance staff, this means: Duplicated registration and reporting obligations, once per Member State, for a business that already operates lawfully within the EU; The cost of engaging local Authorized Representatives or compliance agents in multiple jurisdictions, which for a business our size can outweigh the margin on the goods we sell there; Significant staff time diverted from actually building the business to tracking a patchwork of national producer registers, formats and deadlines; Deep uncertainty, because guidance is still being finalized market by market, making it hard to plan or budget with confidence. For a company of our scale, this is not a matter of \"adjusting processes.\" It is a real barrier to selling into other EU Member States at all, which runs counter to the Single Market principles the EU is built on. What I am asking the Commission to do - Establish a genuine one-stop registration mechanism for producer/EPR obligations, so an EU-established business can register once and have that recognized across all Member States, rather than repeating the process country by country. - Exempt micro and small enterprises (as already defined under the EU SME framework) from the requirement to appoint a separate Authorized Representative in each Member State, at least where the business is already established and registered within the EU. I understand the European Parliament's ENVI Committee is currently considering amendments along these lines (interinstitutional file 2025/0395(COD)); I strongly support extending this relief to EU-based micro and small enterprises, not only non-EU sellers. -Provide a longer transition period and clearer, centralized guidance for micro-enterprises specifically, published in one place and kept up to date, so small businesses are not left interpreting fragmented national rules on their own. - Introduce a simplified, lower-cost compliance track for low-volume producers, recognizing that the administrative cost of full compliance can be fixed regardless of shipment volume, which hits the smallest businesses hardest. Packaging sustainability and small-business survival should not be in conflict. Without changes along these lines, the practical effect of the PPWR as currently implemented will be to push micro-enterprises like mine out of cross-border EU trade altogether leaving the market to larger companies that can absorb the compliance overhead, which cannot be the Commission's intent. Thank you for considering this feedback. I would welcome the opportunity to provide further detail on the specific costs and obstacles we are facing.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the founder of a micro-enterprise based in the EU (The Netherlands) that sells and ships physical goods directly to consumers across the Single Market, I support the goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) reducing packaging waste and building a genuine circular economy are objectives I share. But as the Regulation has entered into application, the practical compliance burden it places on very small, EU-based businesses like mine is disproportionate, and it is putting our ability to keep trading across borders at real risk. The core problem Even though my business is established within the EU, shipping into other Member States effectively requires registering as a producer and in many cases appointing a locally established Authorized Representative separately in each destination country. For a micro-enterprise with no dedicated compliance staff, this means: Duplicated registration and reporting obligations, once per Member State, for a business that already operates lawfully within the EU; The cost of engaging local Authorized Representatives or compliance agents in multiple jurisdictions, which for a business our size can outweigh the margin on the goods we sell there; Significant staff time diverted from actually building the business to tracking a patchwork of national producer registers, formats and deadlines; Deep uncertainty, because guidance is still being finalized market by market, making it hard to plan or budget with confidence. For a company of our scale, this is not a matter of \"adjusting processes.\" It is a real barrier to selling into other EU Member States at all, which runs counter to the Single Market principles the EU is built on. What I am asking the Commission to do - Establish a genuine one-stop registration mechanism for producer/EPR obligations, so an EU-established business can register once and have that recognized across all Member States, rather than repeating the process country by country. - Exempt micro and small enterprises (as already defined under the EU SME framework) from the requirement to appoint a separate Authorized Representative in each Member State, at least where the business is already established and registered within the EU. I understand the European Parliament's ENVI Committee is currently considering amendments along these lines (interinstitutional file 2025/0395(COD)); I strongly support extending this relief to EU-based micro and small enterprises, not only non-EU sellers. -Provide a longer transition period and clearer, centralized guidance for micro-enterprises specifically, published in one place and kept up to date, so small businesses are not left interpreting fragmented national rules on their own. - Introduce a simplified, lower-cost compliance track for low-volume producers, recognizing that the administrative cost of full compliance can be fixed regardless of shipment volume, which hits the smallest businesses hardest. Packaging sustainability and small-business survival should not be in conflict. Without changes along these lines, the practical effect of the PPWR as currently implemented will be to push micro-enterprises like mine out of cross-border EU trade altogether leaving the market to larger companies that can absorb the compliance overhead, which cannot be the Commission's intent. Thank you for considering this feedback. I would welcome the opportunity to provide further detail on the specific costs and obstacles we are facing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556001_en"}, {"id": 33556000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:51:54", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nox K-Pop Shop", "feedback": "I am the owner of Nox K-Pop Shop, a small retail online shop based in Italy specialized in K-Pop and Japanese goods. The new EPR regulations enforced starting from Aug 12th are making it extremely difficult for small businesses to continue shipping outside of their own country. Expecting micro-enterprises to navigate 27 separate, complicated systems, complete 27 registrations and appoint 27 separate authorized representatives is simply unreasonable and is going to destroy the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people who, like me, depend on sales in other EU countries to survive. The costs to be compliant to the new regulations are disproportionately high for micro-businesses, and these regulations are completely against what the European Union stands for. Trade between EU countries should be FREE and ENCOURAGED, while the EPR/PPWR regulations stand for the exact opposite, forcing small businesses to suspend shipping outside of their own country or close down entirely. These regulations are actively destroying what we have fought for for decades, which is UNITY among the EU Member States. This is why we demand for micro-businesses to be exempt from EPR/PPWR regulations and appointing of the authorized representative, and for a SINGLE EU-WIDE portal to be made available and easily accessible in case registration is still required. Forcing micro-businesses, with annual revenues of a few thousand euros, to appoint authorized representatives in order to obtain an EPR registration number is unreasonable, due to the fact that a representative for a SINGLE country can cost 1000/year. Please take into consideration that there is a difference between a micro-business and a gigantic corporation, and forcing everyone to pay the same fees and follow the same regulations is simply unacceptable. Don't let entire parts of our EU economy disappear and livelihoods destroyed. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of Nox K-Pop Shop, a small retail online shop based in Italy specialized in K-Pop and Japanese goods. The new EPR regulations enforced starting from Aug 12th are making it extremely difficult for small businesses to continue shipping outside of their own country. Expecting micro-enterprises to navigate 27 separate, complicated systems, complete 27 registrations and appoint 27 separate authorized representatives is simply unreasonable and is going to destroy the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people who, like me, depend on sales in other EU countries to survive. The costs to be compliant to the new regulations are disproportionately high for micro-businesses, and these regulations are completely against what the European Union stands for. Trade between EU countries should be FREE and ENCOURAGED, while the EPR/PPWR regulations stand for the exact opposite, forcing small businesses to suspend shipping outside of their own country or close down entirely. These regulations are actively destroying what we have fought for for decades, which is UNITY among the EU Member States. This is why we demand for micro-businesses to be exempt from EPR/PPWR regulations and appointing of the authorized representative, and for a SINGLE EU-WIDE portal to be made available and easily accessible in case registration is still required. Forcing micro-businesses, with annual revenues of a few thousand euros, to appoint authorized representatives in order to obtain an EPR registration number is unreasonable, due to the fact that a representative for a SINGLE country can cost 1000/year. Please take into consideration that there is a difference between a micro-business and a gigantic corporation, and forcing everyone to pay the same fees and follow the same regulations is simply unacceptable. Don't let entire parts of our EU economy disappear and livelihoods destroyed. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556000_en"}, {"id": 33555999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:51:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich stimme gegen die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung", "feedbackEnglish": "I vote against the new EU Packaging Regulation", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555999_en"}, {"id": 33555998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:50:38", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have not read the new rules, but responding on the basis of the hype that is flooding social media I believe that the regulations will unfairly impact small businesses because the cost of compliance for an occasional exporter into the EU makes the process un sustainable. I represent my wife who is an artist, I send her work all over the world and I package it in postage tubes made of card and further protect the contents with additional corrugated card and kraft paper. I seal the tubes with paper tape. The only plastics used are the caps for the tube. I chose to do this many years ago because I care about the environment and because I care about the way that our customers perceive us. In order to continue selling artwork into the EU we would need to register at our cost with each nation to continue doing what we have been doing all along. Should the onus not be on the suppliers of the packaging materials to demonstrate their compliance and for them to supply documentary evidence that can be seen on the materials used rather than to force small businesses into a choice betweenexpensive and probably ongoing expense or cessation of business with EU clients.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have not read the new rules, but responding on the basis of the hype that is flooding social media I believe that the regulations will unfairly impact small businesses because the cost of compliance for an occasional exporter into the EU makes the process un sustainable. I represent my wife who is an artist, I send her work all over the world and I package it in postage tubes made of card and further protect the contents with additional corrugated card and kraft paper. I seal the tubes with paper tape. The only plastics used are the caps for the tube. I chose to do this many years ago because I care about the environment and because I care about the way that our customers perceive us. In order to continue selling artwork into the EU we would need to register at our cost with each nation to continue doing what we have been doing all along. Should the onus not be on the suppliers of the packaging materials to demonstrate their compliance and for them to supply documentary evidence that can be seen on the materials used rather than to force small businesses into a choice betweenexpensive and probably ongoing expense or cessation of business with EU clients.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555998_en"}, {"id": 33555996, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:49:27", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR means any small business that ships ANYTHING to other eu contries must register in all countries it ships to which is pointless bureaucracy which on top of all things is expensive and not possible at the moment. Even if it was possible it's still a burden and actually hurts the business and does absolutely nothing for it. There are businesses that care and already use sustainable packaging that are veing forced to stop shipping to other EU members right now, example: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db6YwC6DMyY/?img_index=5 If you voted for this - you have lost the plot (again)", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR means any small business that ships ANYTHING to other eu contries must register in all countries it ships to which is pointless bureaucracy which on top of all things is expensive and not possible at the moment. Even if it was possible it's still a burden and actually hurts the business and does absolutely nothing for it. There are businesses that care and already use sustainable packaging that are veing forced to stop shipping to other EU members right now, example: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db6YwC6DMyY/?img_index=5 If you voted for this - you have lost the plot (again)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555996_en"}, {"id": 33555995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:49:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LJS eCom GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Punkt bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen innerhalb der EU. Für kleine Unternehmen war der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang eine vergleichsweise einfache Möglichkeit, neue Märkte zu erschließen. Die geplanten Regelungen verändern diese Situation erheblich. Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt und bezahlt werden muss. Wer beispielsweise in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder verkauft, benötigt damit potenziell ebenso viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Registrierungen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder mehrere hundert Sendungen pro Jahr verkauft werden. Gerade für kleine Händler stehen diese festen Kosten pro Land häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Dadurch entsteht faktisch eine zusätzliche Markteintrittshürde. Unternehmen, die diese Kosten nicht auf ein entsprechend großes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen können, werden grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe möglicherweise einstellen oder gar nicht erst aufnehmen. Dies steht aus meiner Sicht im Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen, orientiert an bestehenden Schwellenwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz, grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Alternativ sollte zumindest für geringe grenzüberschreitende Verkaufsmengen eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland vorgesehen werden. Zweitens reicht es nicht aus, lediglich die Beauftragung zentraler Dienstleister zu ermöglichen. Solche Anbieter existieren bereits heute, dennoch müssen Händler in der Praxis häufig für jedes Land separate Leistungen buchen und entsprechende Fixkosten tragen. Sinnvoll wäre daher eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Unternehmen ihre Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für mehrere oder sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten zentral erfüllen können. Dabei sollten insbesondere die administrativen Fixkosten nicht für jedes Zielland erneut anfallen. Drittens sollte auch die technische Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten europaweit stärker vereinheitlicht und standardisiert werden. Einmal erfasste Daten sollten möglichst zentral verwendet werden können, anstatt sie für jedes Mitgliedsland erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereiten zu müssen. Kleine Unternehmen tragen bei solchen regulatorischen Anforderungen häufig nahezu dieselben administrativen Fixkosten wie deutlich größere Marktteilnehmer, können diese jedoch auf ein wesentlich geringeres Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßigere Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde deshalb insbesondere kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin tatsächlich zu nutzen, anstatt grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger Fixkosten einzuschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lennart", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic issue in my view regarding the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in cross-border sales within the EU. Selling to other EU Member States has been a relatively easy way for small businesses to enter new markets. The planned rules significantly change this situation. Individual sales to another Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and paid for there. For example, those selling in 10 or 20 EU countries potentially need as many separate contracts, registrations and reporting channels, regardless of whether only a few parcels are sold in one country or several hundred items per year. For small traders in particular, these fixed costs per country are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. This effectively creates an additional barrier to market entry. Companies that cannot spread these costs over a correspondingly large volume of sales may stop or not start cross-border sales. In my view, this is at odds with the very idea of the European single market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative, based on existing staff headcount and turnover thresholds. Alternatively, at least for small cross-border sales volumes, a de minimis threshold per destination country should be provided for. Second, it is not sufficient to allow only the use of central service providers. Such providers already exist today, but in practice traders often have to book separate services and bear fixed costs for each country. It would therefore be useful to have a genuine European one-stop-shop solution, allowing businesses to fulfil their registration and reporting obligations centrally for several or all Member States. In particular, fixed administrative costs should not be repeated for each target country. Thirdly, the technical transmission of packaging data should also be more harmonised and standardised across Europe. Once collected, it should be possible to use data as centrally as possible, rather than having to reprocess it in different formats for each Member State. Small businesses often bear almost the same fixed administrative costs for such regulatory requirements as much larger market participants, but can spread them over a much smaller volume of sales. Making the obligation to appoint agents more proportionate would therefore allow small traders in particular to continue to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting cross-border sales due to disproportionate fixed costs. Yours sincerely, Lennart", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555995_en"}, {"id": 33555993, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:44:55", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jag skriver till er för att uppmärksamma en djupt oroande bieffekt av den nya tullagstiftningen för småförsändelser som trädde i kraft den 1 juli 2026. Även om avsikten med att avskaffa den tullfria gränsen på 150 euro och införa en schablonavgift på 3 euro per varukategori främst var att skapa rättvis konkurrens och bromsa flödet av billiga massprodukter från gigantiska e-handelsplattformar som Shein och Temu, har lagstiftningen i praktiken slagit hårt mot en helt annan grupp: små, oberoende företag utanför EU och de europeiska konsumenter som stöttar dem. När regelverket utformades lades stort fokus på att motverka den osunda konkurrensen från storskalig lågprisimport. Tyvärr har de nya fasta avgifterna per varuslag skapat en oproportionerlig ekonomisk och administrativ börda för konsumenter som köper unika, hantverksmässiga eller nischade produkter från småföretagare- till exempel oberoende kreatörer, specialiserade familjeföretag eller nischbutiker runtom i världen. Att debitera en fast avgift per varukategori innebär att en beställning med några få olika småartiklar från en oberoende hantverkare snabbt blir orimligt dyr, vilket i praktiken skär av europeiska medborgare från den globala marknaden för unika och kvalitativa produkter. Småföretag har inte de logistiska eller ekonomiska resurserna att sätta upp lager inom EU eller hantera komplexa tullintegrationer på samma sätt som de globala e-handelsjättarna, vilka har betydligt lättare att absorbera eller anpassa sina system efter de nya avgifterna. Lagstiftningen drabbar därmed fel målgrupp och minskar konsumenternas valfrihet. Vi är många europeiska medborgare och konsumenter som anser att lagstiftningen i sin nuvarande form slår fel och bör reformeras eller avskaffas för mindre aktörer. Vi efterfrågar en mer nyanserad lösning; exempelvis ett undantag eller förenklat förfarande för verifierade småföretag, så att fokus ligger kvar på att reglera de storskaliga marknadsplatser som utgör det faktiska problemet för marknadsbalansen. Jag uppmanar er därför att lyfta denna fråga i Europaparlamentet och EU-kommissionen för att skydda konsumenters valfrihet och värna om den globala småföretagsamheten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you to draw attention to a deeply worrying side-effect of the new customs legislation for small consignments that entered into force on 1 July 2026. Although the removal of the EUR 150 duty-free limit and the introduction of a flat fee of EUR 3 per category of goods were mainly intended to create fair competition and slow down the flow of cheap mass products from giant e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu, the legislation has in practice hit a very different group: small, independent businesses outside the EU and the European consumers who support them. When the regulatory framework was designed, a strong focus was placed on countering unhealthy competition from large-scale low-priced imports. Unfortunately, the new fixed fees per type of goods have created a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for consumers buying unique, artisanal or niche products from small businesses – such as independent creators, specialised family businesses or niche shops around the world. Charging a fixed fee per category of goods means that ordering a few small items from an independent craftsman quickly becomes unreasonably expensive, which in practice cuts European citizens from the global market for unique and quality products. Small businesses do not have the logistical or financial resources to stockpile within the EU or manage complex customs integration in the same way as global e-commerce traders, who have much easier to absorb or adapt their systems to the new fees. The legislation therefore affects the wrong target group and reduces consumers’ freedom of choice. We are many European citizens and consumers who believe that the legislation in its current form is wrong and should be reformed or abolished for smaller actors. We call for a more nuanced solution; for example, an exemption or a simplified procedure for verified small enterprises, so that the focus remains on regulating the large-scale marketplaces that pose the actual problem for the market balance. I therefore invite you to raise this issue in the European Parliament and the European Commission to protect consumer choice and safeguard global small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555993_en"}, {"id": 33555992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:43:56", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to object to the new packaging-registration and extended producer-responsibility requirements for cross-border online sales under the PPWR. The system is disproportionate, fragmented and particularly harmful to small businesses. A company selling goods across the EU may need to register separately in multiple Member States, appoint local authorised representatives, pay fixed country-specific fees, maintain multiple contracts, and submit similar packaging data through different national systems. Small businesses do not have legal, regulatory and compliance departments. Every additional obligation means either paying external specialists or taking the owner and staff away from customers, products, growth and employment. A large corporation can spread these costs across millions of sales; a small business cannot. The costs are not proportionate to the amount of packaging used or the actual environmental impact. Instead, they are multiplied by the number of countries in which a business sells. This makes cross-border trade economically unreasonable even where sales volumes are low. The same packaging data should not need to be collected, reformatted and reported repeatedly in every Member State. Nor should a business need a separate local representative simply because customers live in different EU countries. This is the opposite of a functioning European single market. A company should not need to build a separate compliance structure for every country in order to make ordinary online sales within the EU. I also question the fairness of making sellers financially and administratively responsible for packaging waste generated and disposed of by end consumers. Sellers often do not design the packaging, choose its materials, determine its recyclability, or control what happens to it after delivery. These decisions are often made upstream by manufacturers, suppliers and packaging producers. The seller is frequently the least suitable party to carry the burden, yet is required to deal with the costs and administration. There is also no clear assurance that EPR payments reduce the waste charges already paid by households. Consumers may pay once through higher product prices, because businesses must pass on EPR and compliance costs, and again through municipal waste charges or local taxes. Without transparent accounting and a corresponding reduction in household charges, the same waste stream risks being financed twice. If businesses are required to finance packaging-waste management, Member States should clearly demonstrate how those payments are used and how they reduce the burden on households and municipalities. Otherwise, EPR becomes an additional levy rather than a fair replacement for existing waste-management charges. The EU has already shown through the VAT One Stop Shop that cross-border obligations can be managed through one registration, one return and one payment. A similar solution should be created for packaging obligations: one EU-wide registration, one standardised reporting format, one central payment mechanism, and fees based on actual volumes rather than fixed country-by-country costs. Environmental policy must be effective, but it must also be fair, transparent and workable. A system based on duplicate reporting, multiple registrations and costly local representatives will mainly create bureaucracy, penalise small businesses and discourage cross-border trade. The cumulative burden of ever-increasing regulation is slowly destroying small businesses, which lack the staff, time and financial resources to absorb endless new compliance requirements.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to object to the new packaging-registration and extended producer-responsibility requirements for cross-border online sales under the PPWR. The system is disproportionate, fragmented and particularly harmful to small businesses. A company selling goods across the EU may need to register separately in multiple Member States, appoint local authorised representatives, pay fixed country-specific fees, maintain multiple contracts, and submit similar packaging data through different national systems. Small businesses do not have legal, regulatory and compliance departments. Every additional obligation means either paying external specialists or taking the owner and staff away from customers, products, growth and employment. A large corporation can spread these costs across millions of sales; a small business cannot. The costs are not proportionate to the amount of packaging used or the actual environmental impact. Instead, they are multiplied by the number of countries in which a business sells. This makes cross-border trade economically unreasonable even where sales volumes are low. The same packaging data should not need to be collected, reformatted and reported repeatedly in every Member State. Nor should a business need a separate local representative simply because customers live in different EU countries. This is the opposite of a functioning European single market. A company should not need to build a separate compliance structure for every country in order to make ordinary online sales within the EU. I also question the fairness of making sellers financially and administratively responsible for packaging waste generated and disposed of by end consumers. Sellers often do not design the packaging, choose its materials, determine its recyclability, or control what happens to it after delivery. These decisions are often made upstream by manufacturers, suppliers and packaging producers. The seller is frequently the least suitable party to carry the burden, yet is required to deal with the costs and administration. There is also no clear assurance that EPR payments reduce the waste charges already paid by households. Consumers may pay once through higher product prices, because businesses must pass on EPR and compliance costs, and again through municipal waste charges or local taxes. Without transparent accounting and a corresponding reduction in household charges, the same waste stream risks being financed twice. If businesses are required to finance packaging-waste management, Member States should clearly demonstrate how those payments are used and how they reduce the burden on households and municipalities. Otherwise, EPR becomes an additional levy rather than a fair replacement for existing waste-management charges. The EU has already shown through the VAT One Stop Shop that cross-border obligations can be managed through one registration, one return and one payment. A similar solution should be created for packaging obligations: one EU-wide registration, one standardised reporting format, one central payment mechanism, and fees based on actual volumes rather than fixed country-by-country costs. Environmental policy must be effective, but it must also be fair, transparent and workable. A system based on duplicate reporting, multiple registrations and costly local representatives will mainly create bureaucracy, penalise small businesses and discourage cross-border trade. The cumulative burden of ever-increasing regulation is slowly destroying small businesses, which lack the staff, time and financial resources to absorb endless new compliance requirements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555992_en"}, {"id": 33555989, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:39:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, in Bezug auf die neuen Reglements der europäischen Verpackungsverordnung möchte ich Ihnen mitteilen, das dies für Kleinunternehmer schlichtweg nicht umsetzbar ist. Bei kleinen, jährlich variierenden Versendungen in Nachbarländer von 1- 3 Paketen in 4-6 europäische Länder steht der nun verpflichtende Aufwand in keinster Weise mehr zum Nutzen. Hier sollten Sie definitiv nacharbeiten. Die aktuell geltenden Vorschriften schneiden Kleinstunternehner komplett vom Markt innerhalb ihres eigenen Staatenbundes ab. Besonders da man sowieso lokal und national schon Müllgebühren bezahlt. Im gleichen Zug sollten die Schwergewichte wie Temu, Amazon etc. etc. mehr beachtet werden. Aktuell sorgen Sie für extreme Unruhe, Unterbindung des Binnenwarenverkehrs innerhalb der EU und somit der Schwächung der Wirtschaft der EU. Vielleicht ein denkbar schlechter Mive in der aktuellen Zeit Hochachtungsvoll", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, with regard to the new regulations of the European Packaging Regulation, I would like to inform you that this is simply not feasible for small businesses. In the case of small shipments to neighbouring countries of 1-3 parcels in 4-6 European countries, which vary from year to year, the burden now imposed is no longer of any benefit. This is where you should definitely follow up. The current rules completely separate micro-enterprises from the market within their own federation of states. This is particularly true given that waste taxes are already paid locally and nationally. In the same train, more attention should be paid to the heavy weights such as Temu, Amazon, etc. You are currently causing extreme unrest, disrupting intra-EU trade in goods and thus weakening the EU economy. Maybe an imaginable bad dive in the current period", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555989_en"}, {"id": 33555987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:39:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmerin", "feedback": "Meine sehr geehrten Damen und Herren,schon in den vergangenen Jahren sind EU-Bestimmungen erlassen worden, die Einzelunternehmerinnen, mit selbst gefertigten Produkten und wenigen bis keinen Mitarbeitern wie mich mit einem unermesslichen Bürokratischen Aufwand belasten. Noch Anfang des Jahres habe ich Kundinnen und Kunden im Ausland von einer versprochenen Erleichterung des Verpackungsgesetzes und den damit Auflagen für den Versand ins Ausland erzählt. So hörten sich Entwürfe für mich an. Nun ist es so dass, der bürokratische Aufwand vom Barrierefreiheitsgesetz, Sicherheitsbverordnung, Wiederrufsbutton... so gut wie abgearbeitet ist, Da kommt mit der neuen Verpackunsgverordnung ein Verordnung in Kraft die kleinen Unternehmerinnen und unternehmer wie mir es unmöglich macht EU-weit zu versenden. Es wäre wirklich hilfreich gewesen, einen Bürokratieabbau zu schaffen und uns kleine Unternehmen zu entlasten. Es wäre doch leicht gewesen, Kleinstmengen zu ermöglichen, wie z.B. 10-20 Bestellungen. Oder einfach Mengen, die es nicht rechtfertigen, die Gebühren von 100erten von Euros aufzuwenden, um auch nur eine Sendung in ein anderes Land zu schicken. Ich rede hier nicht von großen Speditionslieferungen, sondern von kleinen Paketen. Eigentlich sollten die EU-Länder doch zusammenarbeiten und Grenzen öffnen und keine schaffen. Nun ist es so, dass kleine Unternehmen eingesperrt wirtschaften können, wobei Temu, Amazon und andere riesige Konzernen asiatische Massenwaren in alle Länder schwemmen können. Die EU verliert an Stärke und wird mehr und mehr zum Bürokratiewahnsinn, der leider nicht zu bewältigen ist. Ich appelliere sehr an ihr Verständnis, dass diese Verordnung zurückgezogen und verändert werden muss. Es würde doch weiterhin reichen, wenn die EU als großes Ganzes gesehen wird und die Verpackungen im eigenen Land zu lizenzieren wären. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, EU rules have already been adopted in recent years, which impose an immense bureaucratic burden on sole traders, on self-manufactured products and on a few or no employees such as me. At the beginning of the year, I told customers abroad about the promised facilitation of the Packaging Act and the requirements for shipping abroad. That’s how I listened to drafts. It is now the case that the bureaucratic burden arising from the Accessibility Act, the Safety B Ordinance, the Recall Button Regulation... has almost been dealt with. With the new Packaging Ordinance, a regulation enters into force for small entrepreneurs such as me, making it impossible to send across the EU. It would have been really helpful to cut red tape and ease the burden on small businesses. It would have been easy to make micro-quantities possible, such as 10-20 orders. Or simply quantities that do not justify paying the fees of EUR 100 billion to send even one consignment to another country. I am talking about small parcels, not large freight forwarders. In fact, EU countries should work together and open borders, not create them. It is now the case that small businesses can operate locked-in, with Temu, Amazon and other huge corporations able to swim Asian mass goods to all countries. The EU is losing strength and is increasingly becoming a red tape that is unfortunately unmanageable. I strongly appeal to their understanding that this Regulation needs to be withdrawn and amended. It would still be sufficient for the EU to be seen as a large whole and for the packaging to be licensed in its own country. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555987_en"}, {"id": 33555988, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:37:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cihan Isiktas IDENTIM", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte auf die erheblichen wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der PPWR und insbesondere der Pflicht zur Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten in einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten hinweisen. Wir sind ein Unternehmen mit **mehr als 10 Mitarbeitern und über 2 Mio. Euro Jahresumsatz**. Damit sind wir kein Kleinstunternehmen, verfügen aber keineswegs über die Rechts-, Compliance- und Verwaltungsstrukturen eines Großkonzerns. Die Verpflichtung, für einzelne Mitgliedstaaten jeweils Bevollmächtigte zu bestellen und dadurch zusätzliche Verträge, Fixkosten und Verwaltungsaufwand zu tragen, macht den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für uns in mehreren Ländern unwirtschaftlich. **Die konkrete Konsequenz: Wir werden den Verkauf in sieben EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen.** Die zusätzlichen Fixkosten stehen dort in keinem Verhältnis zu den jeweiligen Umsätzen. Eine europäische Regelung führt damit unmittelbar dazu, dass wir unseren Handel innerhalb der EU einschränken müssen. Das widerspricht aus unserer Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Die EU sollte grenzüberschreitenden Handel vereinfachen und harmonisieren nicht für jedes Land neue administrative und finanzielle Eintrittsbarrieren schaffen. Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung geht weit über unser Unternehmen hinaus: Nach dem aktuellen SME-Bericht der Europäischen Kommission gibt es in der EU rund **34 Millionen kleine und mittlere Unternehmen; KMU stellen 99,8 % aller Unternehmen**. Aktuelle Eurostat-Daten zeigen zudem, dass nur rund **23 % der KMU E-Commerce betreiben, gegenüber 48 % der Großunternehmen**. Gerade vor diesem Hintergrund halten wir zusätzliche nationale Fixkosten für kontraproduktiv. Großunternehmen können solche Kosten auf hunderttausende oder Millionen Sendungen verteilen. Mittelständische Unternehmen können dies bei kleineren Absatzmärkten nicht. Auch eine Beschränkung von Erleichterungen auf Kleinstunternehmen greift zu kurz. Ein Unternehmen mit 11, 15 oder 20 Mitarbeitern besitzt nicht plötzlich eine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung. Unser Unternehmen mit mehr als 10 Mitarbeitern und über 2 Mio. Euro Umsatz zeigt dies beispielhaft. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich die Ziele der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller an den Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. **Unsere Kritik richtet sich nicht gegen die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung, sondern gegen eine unverhältnismäßig aufwendige nationale Umsetzung.** Wir fordern daher eine **echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung**: eine zentrale EU-Registrierung und Meldung, über die Verpackungsmengen und Gebühren den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten zugeordnet werden können ähnlich dem One-Stop-Shop bei der Umsatzsteuer. Zusätzlich sollten angemessene Bagatellgrenzen anhand der tatsächlich in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachten Mengen vorgesehen werden. Es sollte nicht notwendig sein, für zahlreiche EU-Länder jeweils separate Bevollmächtigte und Vertragsverhältnisse zu unterhalten, nur weil Kunden aus diesen Ländern in einem europäischen Onlineshop bestellen. **Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte auch in der Praxis wie ein Binnenmarkt funktionieren.** Wenn eine Regelung dazu führt, dass selbst ein Unternehmen unserer Größe den Verkauf in sieben EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen muss, sollte dringend geprüft werden, ob die administrative Ausgestaltung tatsächlich verhältnismäßig ist. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher, eine zentrale, praktikable und verhältnismäßige europäische Lösung zu schaffen, die Umweltziele erreicht, ohne den grenzüberschreitenden Handel von KMU wirtschaftlich unattraktiv zu machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to draw your attention to the significant economic impact of the PPWR and in particular the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in individual EU Member States. We are a company with ** more than 10 employees and more than EUR 2 million annual turnover**. We are therefore not a micro-enterprise, but by no means do we have the legal, compliance and administrative structures of a large group. The obligation to appoint authorised representatives for individual Member States, thereby incurring additional contracts, fixed costs and administrative burdens, makes cross-border trade uneconomic for us in several countries. **The concrete consequence: We will stop selling in seven EU Member States.** The additional fixed costs there are disproportionate to the respective turnovers. A European regulation therefore directly means that we must restrict our trade within the EU. In our view, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European single market. The EU should not create new administrative and financial barriers to cross-border trade for each country. The economic importance goes far beyond our business: According to the European Commission’s latest SME report, there are around **34 million small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU; SMEs represent 99.8 % of all enterprises**. Recent Eurostat data also show that only around **23 % of SMEs engage in e-commerce, compared to 48 % of large enterprises**. Against this background, we consider additional national fixed costs to be counterproductive. Large companies can spread such costs over hundreds of thousands or millions of items. Small and medium-sized enterprises cannot do this for smaller markets. Limiting facilitations to micro-enterprises is also too narrow. An entity with 11, 15 or 20 employees does not suddenly have its own legal or compliance function. This is exemplified by our company, which employs more than 10 people and has a turnover of more than EUR 2 million. We strongly support the PPWR’s objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute to the costs of disposal. **Our criticism is not directed against extended producer responsibility, but against disproportionately burdensome national implementation.** We therefore call for a genuine European one-stop-shop solution**: a centralised EU registration and reporting system, through which packaging quantities and fees can be allocated to the respective Member States, is similar to the one-stop shop for VAT. In addition, appropriate de minimis limits should be established on the basis of the quantities actually placed on the market in a Member State. It should not be necessary to have separate authorised representatives and contractual relationships for many EU countries, just because customers from these countries order in a European online shop. **A European single market should also work like a single market in practice.** If a regulation results in even a company of our size having to stop selling in seven EU Member States, it should be urgently assessed whether the administrative set-up is indeed proportionate. We therefore ask the European Commission to create a central, workable and proportionate European solution that achieves environmental objectives without making cross-border trade by SMEs economically unattractive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555988_en"}, {"id": 33555982, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:34:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels in Deutschland möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop in Germany, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555982_en"}, {"id": 33555984, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:34:32", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis impliquée dans la protection de l'environnement en tant que citoyenne mais je ne comprends vraiment pas l'objectif de cette nouvelle loi : vous allez pénaliser tous les artisans/créateurs/petits producteurs de toute l'Europe, et tous les vrais pollueurs reconnus - les grandes firmes internationales- n'auront aucun souci véritable à s'y adapter, ou à contourner cette nouvelle réglementation. Est-ce votre but afficher de tuer tous les petits et moyens entrepreneurs ?? Sachez que les consommateurs éclairés ne sont pas dupes et que vous accentuez ainsi la colère contre l'UE, entre autres.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am involved in the protection of the environment as a citizen but I do not really understand the purpose of this new law: you will penalise all craftsmen/designers/small producers across Europe, and all real recognised polluters – large international firms – will have no real concern to adapt to or circumvent the new rules. Is it your intention to show that all small and medium-sized entrepreneurs are killed? Be aware that enlightened consumers are not duped and that you are thus increasing anger against the EU, among others.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555984_en"}, {"id": 33555983, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:33:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels im Rahmen von Kleinunternehmer, möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. (Gravierende Kosten entstehen in Spanien, wegen Erteilung einer NIF-Nummer) Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sabine Bartels", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of online sales by small traders, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. (Serious costs are incurred in Spain due to NIF numbering) These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Sabine Bartels", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555983_en"}, {"id": 33555981, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:29:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "COMPLAINT Concerning: Infringement of Articles 26 and 34 TFEU (Free Movement of Goods) and Article 5(4) TEU (Proportionality) by PPWR/EPR Authorised Representative rules regarding EU micro-enterprises and artisans. TO: European Commission DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) DG Environment (DG ENV) I. STATEMENT OF FACTS Under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations, any entity selling goods cross-border directly to consumers in another Member State must register with national packaging registries or appoint a local \"Authorised Representative\" in each destination country. The regulation includes no minimum threshold (de minimis exemption) for: Micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees, turnover under 2m); Independent artisans and individual creators making small-scale sales of handmade goods (e.g., via Etsy, eBay, or personal websites) To send even a single product worth 10 to another Member State, a small creator must pay yearly legal, administrative, and representation fees ranging from 50 to over 300 per destination country. Across 27 Member States, this makes cross-border EU trade financially impossible for micro-entities. II. LEGAL GROUNDS AND BREACH OF EU TREATIES 1. Breach of the Free Movement of Goods (Articles 26 and 34 TFEU) Article 26 TFEU establishes the internal market as an area without internal frontiers where free movement of goods is ensured. Article 34 TFEU prohibits quantitative restrictions on imports/exports and all measures having equivalent effect (MEQR). Argument: Forcing micro-enterprises to handle up to 27 separate national registrations and appoint local representatives creates severe financial barriers. This acts as a disguised restriction on trade with equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction, effectively locking small creators out of the Single Market and restricting them to local trade. 2. Breach of the Principle of Proportionality (Article 5(4) TEU) Article 5(4) TEU dictates that EU action shall not exceed what is necessary to achieve Treaty objectives. Argument: While environmental protection is legitimate, its enforcement against micro-entities is grossly disproportionate. The environmental impact of a few small shipments a year is negligible, whereas the cost of compliance destroys the economic viability of small creators. 3. Violation of the \"Think Small First\" Principle This framework directly undermines the Commission's commitment under the Small Business Act for Europe to avoid imposing disproportionate bureaucratic burdens on micro-businesses. III. REQUESTS TO THE COMMISSION I call upon the European Commission to take immediate action to: Introduce an EU-wide de minimis exemption threshold for micro-enterprises and artisans shipping below a specific annual packaging volume/weight or turnover limit. Establish a Single EU Portal (\"One-Stop Shop\") for packaging compliance, allowing creators to report data once for the entire EU without paying costly third-party representatives in 27 Member States. Eliminate discriminatory barriers that strip small European businesses of their fundamental right to access the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "COMPLAINT Concerning: Infringement of Articles 26 and 34 TFEU (Free Movement of Goods) and Article 5(4) TEU (Proportionality) by PPWR/EPR Authorised Representative rules regarding EU micro-enterprises and artisans. TO: European Commission DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) DG Environment (DG ENV) I. STATEMENT OF FACTS Under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations, any entity selling goods cross-border directly to consumers in another Member State must register with national packaging registries or appoint a local \"Authorised Representative\" in each destination country. The regulation includes no minimum threshold (de minimis exemption) for: Micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees, turnover under 2m); Independent artisans and individual creators making small-scale sales of handmade goods (e.g., via Etsy, eBay, or personal websites) To send even a single product worth 10 to another Member State, a small creator must pay yearly legal, administrative, and representation fees ranging from 50 to over 300 per destination country. Across 27 Member States, this makes cross-border EU trade financially impossible for micro-entities. II. LEGAL GROUNDS AND BREACH OF EU TREATIES 1. Breach of the Free Movement of Goods (Articles 26 and 34 TFEU) Article 26 TFEU establishes the internal market as an area without internal frontiers where free movement of goods is ensured. Article 34 TFEU prohibits quantitative restrictions on imports/exports and all measures having equivalent effect (MEQR). Argument: Forcing micro-enterprises to handle up to 27 separate national registrations and appoint local representatives creates severe financial barriers. This acts as a disguised restriction on trade with equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction, effectively locking small creators out of the Single Market and restricting them to local trade. 2. Breach of the Principle of Proportionality (Article 5(4) TEU) Article 5(4) TEU dictates that EU action shall not exceed what is necessary to achieve Treaty objectives. Argument: While environmental protection is legitimate, its enforcement against micro-entities is grossly disproportionate. The environmental impact of a few small shipments a year is negligible, whereas the cost of compliance destroys the economic viability of small creators. 3. Violation of the \"Think Small First\" Principle This framework directly undermines the Commission's commitment under the Small Business Act for Europe to avoid imposing disproportionate bureaucratic burdens on micro-businesses. III. REQUESTS TO THE COMMISSION I call upon the European Commission to take immediate action to: Introduce an EU-wide de minimis exemption threshold for micro-enterprises and artisans shipping below a specific annual packaging volume/weight or turnover limit. Establish a Single EU Portal (\"One-Stop Shop\") for packaging compliance, allowing creators to report data once for the entire EU without paying costly third-party representatives in 27 Member States. Eliminate discriminatory barriers that strip small European businesses of their fundamental right to access the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555981_en"}, {"id": 33555980, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:29:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "miranda's choice", "feedback": "untragbar für kleine Unternehmen, warum keine zentrale stelle wie beim Boss verfahren. wenn man den Bürgern mit den steuern hier traut sollte man das bei Verpackungen doch auch tun. die Regelung treibt unendliche viele firmen wie meine in den Ruin.", "feedbackEnglish": "it is intolerable for small businesses to do the same thing as in the Boss. If people are to bow to the rules here, they should do the same for packaging. The rules are pushing an infinite number of firms like mys into ruin.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555980_en"}, {"id": 33555978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:27:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als kleiner, gewerblicher Händler mit einem Jahresumsatz von ca. 30.000 Euro ist es unmöglich, die Vorgaben, die die Riesen des Onlinehandels stemmen können, zu zahlen. So macht man Kleinstunternehmer, die im Jahr 100 Pakete, aufgeteilt in die EU Länder, verschicken, systematisch durch immer neue Gesetze kaputt. Bisher konnten wir uns selbst finanzieren, das wird so nicht mehr möglich sein. Unser Auslandsversand wurde gestoppt, das Gewerbe werden wir wohl aufgeben Ist das der Sinn des Gesetzes? Es sollten Ausnahmen für die Kleinen der Branche geben, gemessen am Aufkommen der Pakete Eventuell eine geringe Gebühr pro Paket geben, die direkt vom Versandunternehmen oder der Plattform eingezogen und weitergeleitet wird Ich hoffe doch stark, dass hier die Einsicht und auch eines Gesetzesänderung erfolgt Mit freundlichem Gruß Josef Hefler", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, commercial trader with an annual turnover of approximately EUR 30.000, it is impossible to pay for the requirements that the giants of online commerce can meet. For example, micro-entrepreneurs who send 100 packages per year, divided into the EU countries, are systematically broken by new laws. So far we have been able to finance ourselves, so this will no longer be possible. Our dispatch abroad has been stopped, we will probably give up the business. Is this the purpose of the law? There should be exceptions for the smallest members of the industry, as there may be a small fee per parcel compared to the volume of parcels, which is collected and forwarded directly by the shipping company or the platform. I sincerely hope that this will be seen and that the law will also be amended.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555978_en"}, {"id": 33555976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:26:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GmbH", "feedback": "Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Anmerken möchte ich noch, dass selbst die jeweiligen Behörden mit der Situation komplett überfordert sind. Abgesehen davon droht aktuell die Gefahr von Strafen weniger durch die jeweiligen Länder als durch Mitbewerber auf dem Markt wegen Verstoß gegen das Wettbewerbsrecht. Auch das scheint keiner auf dem Radar zu haben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Shirley Bombelka", "feedbackEnglish": "For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. I would also point out that even the relevant authorities are completely overwhelmed by the situation. Apart from that, there is currently less risk of penalties being imposed by the countries concerned than by competitors on the market for infringement of competition law. Again, nobody seems to be on the radar. Yours sincerely, Shirley Bombelka", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555976_en"}, {"id": 33555975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:25:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Online Händler", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Leider führen die bisher beschlossen Maßnahmen wie die PPWR zu einem erheblichen Mehraufwand, nicht enden wollender Bürokratie und zu einer gewissen Angst, nicht alles richtig gemacht zu haben und so durch Abmahnungen oder Strafen erhebliche Mehrkosten zu haben, die für kleine Onlinehändler wie uns, zu Existenzproblemen führen könnten. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Unfortunately, the measures adopted so far, such as the PPWR, entail a considerable additional burden, unwilling bureaucracy and a certain fear of not doing everything right and thus incurring considerable additional costs through warnings or penalties, which could lead to problems for small online traders such as us. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555975_en"}, {"id": 33555969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:24:37", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an artist based in the UK. I regularly send prints and books to EU-based customers, spread around a variety of countries such as Germany, Finland and Italy. The new regulations mean that I would have to stop selling to any EU customers because the fees and regulations are so onerous for occasional orders. My friends involved in art, music and other small creative industries in the UK and around the EU that sell small items such as stickers, t-shirts or tapes are having to do the same. These side businesses don't make large amounts of money, but the small profits they generate helps to support the creative work these people do. These regulations were intended to rein in commercial giants such as Amazon and Temu and make them be more environmentally responsible, but because they are poorly written with no exemptions for micro-businesses, it means that thriving cultural scenes will now be destroyed.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist based in the UK. I regularly send prints and books to EU-based customers, spread around a variety of countries such as Germany, Finland and Italy. The new regulations mean that I would have to stop selling to any EU customers because the fees and regulations are so onerous for occasional orders. My friends involved in art, music and other small creative industries in the UK and around the EU that sell small items such as stickers, t-shirts or tapes are having to do the same. These side businesses don't make large amounts of money, but the small profits they generate helps to support the creative work these people do. These regulations were intended to rein in commercial giants such as Amazon and Temu and make them be more environmentally responsible, but because they are poorly written with no exemptions for micro-businesses, it means that thriving cultural scenes will now be destroyed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555969_en"}, {"id": 33555967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:23:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Wir wollen endlich Entbürokratisierungsorganisation", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, lasst uns endlich einfach arbeiten. Hier geht wirtschaftlich immer mehr den Bach runter, und was von der Politik kommt, sind gefühlt nur noch mehr Gesetze, mehr Vorschriften und noch mehr Bürokratie. Und bitte: Bevor ihr das nächste Gesetz auf den Weg bringt, einfach vorher einmal kurz ÜBERLEGEN, wie so etwas in der Praxis funktionieren soll. Was heute wieder beschlossen bzw. auf den Weg gebracht wurde, ist für mich die Krönung: eine Melde- bzw. Registrierungspflicht für JEDES einzelne EU-Land. Habt ihr den Schuss nicht mehr gehört? Genau für solche Fälle gibt es doch die Europäische Union und einen gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt. So etwas löst man mit EINER zentralen europäischen Stelle, EINER Registrierung und EINER Meldung. Die Daten können anschließend innerhalb der EU verteilt werden. Technisch sollte das im Jahr 2026 wohl wirklich kein unlösbares Problem darstellen. Stattdessen soll sich ein kleines Unternehmen möglicherweise in mehreren Ländern einzeln registrieren, unterschiedliche Systeme bedienen, verschiedene Vorgaben beachten und zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand betreiben. Schlimm genug, dass dieses Gesetz überhaupt notwendig geworden ist. Aber wenn man schon neue Pflichten schafft, dann sollte man sie wenigstens so gestalten, dass Unternehmen sie effizient und zentral erfüllen können. Wer soll in Europa eigentlich noch die Steuern erwirtschaften, wenn für jeden noch so kleinen Vorgang fünf neue Vorschriften, Register, Meldepflichten und Dokumentationen geschaffen werden? Die Europäische Union wurde unter anderem mit dem Gedanken eines freien Binnenmarktes gegründet. In der Realität wird dieser Binnenmarkt aber immer weiter mit Bürokratie und nationalen Sonderlösungen zugemüllt. Kein Wunder, dass uns andere Wirtschaftsregionen immer weiter abhängen, wenn wir uns hier mehr mit Meldungen, Registrierungen und Vorschriften beschäftigen als mit Produktion, Innovation und Wachstum. Man bekommt mittlerweile den Eindruck, dass wir bald für jeden Kugelschreiber ein eigenes Gesetz, ein Register und eine jährliche Meldung benötigen. Es reicht. Unternehmen brauchen endlich weniger Bürokratie, klare und einheitliche EU-weite Regelungen und vor allem wieder die Möglichkeit, sich auf ihre eigentliche Arbeit zu konzentrieren. Wenn es einen europäischen Binnenmarkt gibt, dann muss auch eine zentrale europäische Registrierung ausreichen. Alles andere ist einfach nur unnötige Bürokratie.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, let’s finally work easily. There is an ever-increasing economic run-off here, and what comes from politics only feels more laws, more regulations and even more bureaucracy. And please: Before launching the next law, simply TAKE briefly beforehand how this will work in practice. For me, what has been decided or launched again today is the crunch: a reporting/registration obligation for EACH individual EU country. Did you stop hearing the shooting? It is precisely for such cases that there is the European Union and a common internal market. This is solved with ONE central European body, ONE registration and ONE notification. The data can then be distributed within the EU. Technically, this should not really be an insoluble problem in 2026. Instead, a small company may have to register individually in several countries, use different systems, comply with different requirements and carry additional administrative burden. So badly enough that this law has become necessary in the first place. But if new obligations are created, they should at least be designed in such a way that companies can fulfil them efficiently and centrally. Who should still generate taxes in Europe if five new rules, registers, reporting requirements and documentation are created for every small transaction? The European Union was founded, inter alia, with the idea of a free internal market. In reality, however, this single market is increasingly being wasted with red tape and special national solutions. It is no wonder that other economic regions will continue to depend on us if we look more at notifications, registrations and regulations than at production, innovation and growth. We now get the impression that we will soon need a separate law, a register and an annual declaration for each ballpoint pen. It is enough. Businesses finally need less red tape, clear and uniform EU-wide rules and, above all, once again the opportunity to focus on their actual work. If there is a single European market, central European registration must also be sufficient. Everything else is just unnecessary bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555967_en"}, {"id": 33555966, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:22:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as an artist living in Germany who would like to start working as a freelancer and sell my own artwork and handmade products to customers in other EU countries. I understand and support the environmental goals behind the new packaging requirements. Businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they put on the market, and I support Europe's efforts towards a more sustainable and circular economy. However, I am very concerned about the impact these requirements can have on individual artists, freelancers and very small businesses. For example, I may occasionally send a single poster, print, painting or handmade product to a customer in France or another EU country. I would not be a large manufacturer or retailer distributing thousands of products. I would simply be an individual artist trying to earn an income from my own creative work. If selling small quantities across borders requires registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially dealing with different systems in different Member States, the administrative and financial burden can become completely disproportionate to the scale of the business. This creates a serious barrier to entrepreneurship. How much would a small artist actually need to earn before the cost and bureaucracy involved becomes worthwhile? If someone selling only a few products cannot realistically afford to comply with the requirements, they may simply decide not to start a business or not to sell to customers in other EU countries. I find this particularly concerning because I would expect the European Union to encourage people to become self-employed, create small businesses and participate in the European Single Market. Rules that do not sufficiently distinguish between large corporations and microbusinesses risk favouring companies with substantial administrative resources while making it much harder for ordinary people to build independent livelihoods. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to consider a genuinely proportionate and simplified system for artists, freelancers and microbusinesses, particularly those selling very small quantities and only occasionally across borders. Possible solutions could include: - A meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold below which very small sellers are exempt from certain packaging obligations. - A simple EU-wide registration or declaration instead of potentially navigating multiple national systems. - Simplified requirements for individual artists and microbusinesses with very low sales volumes. - Reduced or waived obligations where the quantity of packaging placed on the market is genuinely minimal. I believe Europe can pursue environmental protection while also supporting entrepreneurship. These goals should not be in conflict. Please consider the reality of people who want to make a living from their creative work on a very small scale. A person selling a few artworks should not face a level of bureaucracy designed for large-scale commercial operators. I would genuinely like to build a small creative business in Europe and sell my work to people throughout Europe. I hope European legislation will make that possible for people like me, rather than making cross-border activity accessible mainly to businesses large enough to afford extensive administrative resources. Thank you for considering the perspective of small artists, freelancers and microbusinesses. Kind regards, A concerned European artist and prospective freelancer", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as an artist living in Germany who would like to start working as a freelancer and sell my own artwork and handmade products to customers in other EU countries. I understand and support the environmental goals behind the new packaging requirements. Businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they put on the market, and I support Europe's efforts towards a more sustainable and circular economy. However, I am very concerned about the impact these requirements can have on individual artists, freelancers and very small businesses. For example, I may occasionally send a single poster, print, painting or handmade product to a customer in France or another EU country. I would not be a large manufacturer or retailer distributing thousands of products. I would simply be an individual artist trying to earn an income from my own creative work. If selling small quantities across borders requires registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially dealing with different systems in different Member States, the administrative and financial burden can become completely disproportionate to the scale of the business. This creates a serious barrier to entrepreneurship. How much would a small artist actually need to earn before the cost and bureaucracy involved becomes worthwhile? If someone selling only a few products cannot realistically afford to comply with the requirements, they may simply decide not to start a business or not to sell to customers in other EU countries. I find this particularly concerning because I would expect the European Union to encourage people to become self-employed, create small businesses and participate in the European Single Market. Rules that do not sufficiently distinguish between large corporations and microbusinesses risk favouring companies with substantial administrative resources while making it much harder for ordinary people to build independent livelihoods. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to consider a genuinely proportionate and simplified system for artists, freelancers and microbusinesses, particularly those selling very small quantities and only occasionally across borders. Possible solutions could include: - A meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold below which very small sellers are exempt from certain packaging obligations. - A simple EU-wide registration or declaration instead of potentially navigating multiple national systems. - Simplified requirements for individual artists and microbusinesses with very low sales volumes. - Reduced or waived obligations where the quantity of packaging placed on the market is genuinely minimal. I believe Europe can pursue environmental protection while also supporting entrepreneurship. These goals should not be in conflict. Please consider the reality of people who want to make a living from their creative work on a very small scale. A person selling a few artworks should not face a level of bureaucracy designed for large-scale commercial operators. I would genuinely like to build a small creative business in Europe and sell my work to people throughout Europe. I hope European legislation will make that possible for people like me, rather than making cross-border activity accessible mainly to businesses large enough to afford extensive administrative resources. Thank you for considering the perspective of small artists, freelancers and microbusinesses. Kind regards, A concerned European artist and prospective freelancer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555966_en"}, {"id": 33555961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:21:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels in Deutschland möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf und das für jedes einzelne EU-Land! Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des EU-Binnenmarkts, der innereuropäische Handel wird deutlich beeinträchtigt. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ellen Fischer Inhaberin von Dekosi Versand", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop in Germany, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in cross-border sales and for each EU country! For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the EU’s internal market, which significantly affects intra-EU trade. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Ellen Fischer Owner of Dekosi Transit", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555961_en"}, {"id": 33555959, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:19:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Online-Händel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels in Deutschland möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen und macht ca. 30 % meines Umsatzes aus. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andre Höfler", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop in Germany, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a small businessman, sales to other EU countries have so far been an obvious step forward and account for around 30 % of my turnover. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Andre Höfler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555959_en"}, {"id": 33555958, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:18:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Klangwerk Musicproduction", "feedback": "As much as I understand the idea behind it, its hard to fathom how the implementation could be so disastrous. How out of touch with reality must one be to believe that this law will move things in the right direction? The outcome is already predictable. The many small European businesses will disappear from the market, and what will remain is a flood of goods from Asia. If that was the plan, the EU has done everything right here. Yet it would be so simplejust implement a de minimis threshold, and everything would be fine.", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as I understand the idea behind it, its hard to fathom how the implementation could be so disastrous. How out of touch with reality must one be to believe that this law will move things in the right direction? The outcome is already predictable. The many small European businesses will disappear from the market, and what will remain is a flood of goods from Asia. If that was the plan, the EU has done everything right here. Yet it would be so simplejust implement a de minimis threshold, and everything would be fine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555958_en"}, {"id": 33555957, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:18:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MEERSTERN", "feedback": "Guten Tag, als Einzelunternehmerin mit kleinem Online-Handel will ich auf ein Problem des PPWR-Herstellerregisters hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Das bedeutet für mich als absolutes Kleinunternehmen, dass ich ab 12. August jährlich 300 Euro PRO EU-LAND samt Notarkosten zahlen soll. Das ist für mich nicht realistisch und absolut geschäftsschädigend, da ich sehr ungleich verteilte Käuf aus EU-Ländern habe und sich dies für einzelne Länder gar nicht rechnen wird. Zudem kann ich nicht in die Zukunft sehen, wie die Verkäufe sich entwickeln. Ich werde hierdurch gezwungen, nur noch nach Deutschland und Österreich zu liefern, wo sich diese jeweils 300 Euro rechnen. Ich finde das skandalös. Diese Gesetze sind zu kompliziert, zu wenig durchdacht und nicht freundlich gegenüber Handelstreibenden, die Steuern zahlen. Und am Ende hat jeder einen Nachteil davon, wenn ich - wie viele andere - nun den Versand in sämtliche EU-Länder einstelle.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, as a sole trader with small online sales, I would like to draw your attention to a problem with the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. This means for me, as an absolute small business, that from 12 August I will pay EUR 300 per year per EU-COUNTRY, including notarial costs. For me, this is not realistic and completely damaging to my business, as I have very unequally distributed barrels from EU countries and this will not even be expected for individual countries. Moreover, I cannot see how sales will develop in the future. This forces me to deliver only to Germany and Austria, where they expect EUR 300 each. I find this scandalous. These laws are too complicated, insufficiently thought through and not friendly to traders paying taxes. And in the end, everyone has a disadvantage if, like many others, I stop shipping to all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555957_en"}, {"id": 33555955, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:13:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Zanderfang", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Online Shop und möchte die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Zudem reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Es sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen David Schubert", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run a small online shop and would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in accordance with the known limits on the number of employees and turnover. Moreover, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. The transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, David Schubert", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555955_en"}, {"id": 33555954, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:13:10", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR has effectively ground to a halt the small and medium sized businesses across Europe. I cant sell to customers outside of Portugal nor can I buy and support the small business network that, up until yesterday, helped me run my small one person pottery business. While we wait for the a possible solution or reversal of this new law - any Christmas sales I could have expected this year will also be ruined. I wont be able to keep my business open under these circumstances. My income was just cut by more than 60%. I hope the massively negative response that you are hearing from the SME communities will result in your swift action. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR has effectively ground to a halt the small and medium sized businesses across Europe. I cant sell to customers outside of Portugal nor can I buy and support the small business network that, up until yesterday, helped me run my small one person pottery business. While we wait for the a possible solution or reversal of this new law - any Christmas sales I could have expected this year will also be ruined. I wont be able to keep my business open under these circumstances. My income was just cut by more than 60%. I hope the massively negative response that you are hearing from the SME communities will result in your swift action. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555954_en"}, {"id": 33555953, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:12:54", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regulation, Regulation, Tax, Regulation, Regulation, Tax and so on until the end of the world. This European Parliament is either made up of people with an IQ of ZERO, or some individuals who are destroying the European people. These transport packages have so many eco-taxes, from logging, production to transport. If you want to take more money out of the pocket of the European - just raise the price at the producer and take your money from there. Your outrages have no end. You are destroying everything. Both production and agriculture. You have no scruples and no shame. You don't care about anything. You only care about how to collect more money and how to destroy the life of the ordinary European consumer. By constantly digging deeper and deeper into his pocket. What are you aiming for? You killed agriculture. You killed livestock farming. You killed the automotive industry. You killed heavy industry. You killed small businesses with this regulation. What are you going to kill tomorrow? There will be nothing. You will take 3 euros per package from China and that will be all you will have left. But the consumer in Europe will not have the money to buy a package from China and give you those 3 euros, because the consumer simply does not earn money to spend it. Stop, you fools. Stop all such regulations and insane policies. In 10 years you have turned Europe from the center of the world into another African market for Chinese and American goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulation, Regulation, Tax, Regulation, Regulation, Tax and so on until the end of the world. This European Parliament is either made up of people with an IQ of ZERO, or some individuals who are destroying the European people. These transport packages have so many eco-taxes, from logging, production to transport. If you want to take more money out of the pocket of the European - just raise the price at the producer and take your money from there. Your outrages have no end. You are destroying everything. Both production and agriculture. You have no scruples and no shame. You don't care about anything. You only care about how to collect more money and how to destroy the life of the ordinary European consumer. By constantly digging deeper and deeper into his pocket. What are you aiming for? You killed agriculture. You killed livestock farming. You killed the automotive industry. You killed heavy industry. You killed small businesses with this regulation. What are you going to kill tomorrow? There will be nothing. You will take 3 euros per package from China and that will be all you will have left. But the consumer in Europe will not have the money to buy a package from China and give you those 3 euros, because the consumer simply does not earn money to spend it. Stop, you fools. Stop all such regulations and insane policies. In 10 years you have turned Europe from the center of the world into another African market for Chinese and American goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555953_en"}, {"id": 33555951, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:12:11", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This step may have good intentions when it comes to ease of recycling, but is a classic example of how the EU keeps implementing measures without even slightly considering the comically negative impact it has on citizens and small businesses. Is it not incredible to see that every time the EU implements a new regulation, it strangles the very foundation of the European economy and the European citizens? There is no way that it can be reasonable to implement a law that destroys so many small businesses and overcomplicates international trade even within the EU itself, the very thing the union exists to simplify. This is a kick in the balls for everyone EXCEPT the huge corporations that have the resources to deal with it. I am frankly disgusted with the constant intent of the EU political powers in undermining and destroying everything the small man has built.", "feedbackEnglish": "This step may have good intentions when it comes to ease of recycling, but is a classic example of how the EU keeps implementing measures without even slightly considering the comically negative impact it has on citizens and small businesses. Is it not incredible to see that every time the EU implements a new regulation, it strangles the very foundation of the European economy and the European citizens? There is no way that it can be reasonable to implement a law that destroys so many small businesses and overcomplicates international trade even within the EU itself, the very thing the union exists to simplify. This is a kick in the balls for everyone EXCEPT the huge corporations that have the resources to deal with it. I am frankly disgusted with the constant intent of the EU political powers in undermining and destroying everything the small man has built.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555951_en"}, {"id": 33555932, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:10:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jürgen Reimers ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels (Einzelunternehmer) möchte ich auf ein Problem mit der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer (Einzelunternehmer) war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bisher ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Ich habe keine eigene Rechtsabteilung, halte mich aber an geltendes Recht. Die PPWR ändert das: Schon ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig Verträge, Gebühren und Meldewege egal ob ich 1 oder 500 Pakete verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land sind für kleine Händler unverhältnismäßig hoch. Sie wirken wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden. Das widerspricht dem Binnenmarkt-Ziel. Ich möchte folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Kleinstunternehmer sollten von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden, wenn sie die bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz nicht überschreiten. Für größere Unternehmen, die nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine Bevollmächtigte nötig ist. Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, reicht nicht aus. Händler schließen weiterhin pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen Fixkosten unabhängig vom Umsatz. Stattdessen braucht es eine One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für Registrierung und Meldepflichten in allen Mitgliedstaaten mit einmaligen Fixkosten. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit geringeren Pflichten. Sie haben die gleichen Fixkosten wie große Unternehmen, verteilt auf ein kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde es mir und anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu nutzen, anstatt uns auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Da sich bisher nichts für Kleinstunternehmer ändert, habe ich alle EU-Länder vorsorglich aus der Lieferung genommen. Das macht meine Kunden traurig und sorgt für Unverständnis. Ich hoffe sehr auch eine Änderung zugunsten für kleine Händler Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop (sole trader), I would like to draw your attention to a problem with the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur (sole trader), selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward so far. I do not have a legal department of my own, but I abide by the law in force. The PPWR changes this: A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For 10 or 20 target markets, this means 10 or 20 contracts, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell 1 or 500 parcels. These fixed costs per country are disproportionately high for small traders. They act as a market entry threshold: Those who cannot pass on the costs to a large volume of sales are more likely to avoid cross-border trade. This runs counter to the objective of the internal market. I would like to propose the following points for consideration: Micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation of an authorised representative if they do not exceed the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For larger companies shipping small quantities across borders, a de minimis threshold per destination country below which no authorised representatives are required should apply. The mere possibility of contracting central service providers is not sufficient. Traders continue to contract individually per country and pay fixed costs regardless of turnover. Instead, there is a need for a one-stop-shop solution for registration and reporting obligations in all Member States, with one-off fixed costs. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with less obligations. They have the same fixed costs as large companies, spread over a smaller volume of business. An authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and other small traders to benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market. As nothing has changed so far for micro-enterprises, I have withdrawn all EU countries from the supply as a precautionary measure. This makes my customers sad and incomprehensible. I also very much hope to see a change in favour of small traders. Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555932_en"}, {"id": 33555895, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:09:27", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "NGO", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KultKraftPlatz - Verein für Weiterbildung und Wissensvermittlung", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Wir betreiben in Österreich einen gemeinnützigen Verein und verkaufe u.a. handgefertigte Produkte über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Wir verschicken im Jahr 35-40 Pakete in ein anderes EU-Land, nämlich nach Deutschland. Unser Umsatz aus diesem Land liegt bei knapp 900 Euro im Jahr. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in Deutschland würden wird voraussichtlich 250-300 Euro pro Jahr zahlen. Da die Fixkosten für uns in dieser Form einfach nicht tragbar sind, haben wir den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen und Organisationen wie uns bewirkt er das absolute Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel komplett den großen Plattformen zufällt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michaela Schara Verein KultKraftPlatz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen, We operate a non-profit association in Austria and sell handmade products, inter alia, through an online marketplace. We send 35-40 parcels to another EU country, Germany, in the course of the year. Our turnover from this country is just under EUR 900 a year. Registration and authorised representatives in Germany are expected to pay EUR 250-300 per year. As the fixed costs are simply not sustainable for us in this form, we have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. It has the opposite effect for micro-enterprises and organisations like us: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade falls entirely to large platforms. (Complimentary close) Michaela Schara Verein KultKraftPlatz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555895_en"}, {"id": 33555874, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:08:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich kann Ihre Befürchtungen wegen den Unmengen an Kartonagen und anderen Versandmaterialien verstehen aber. Sie zerstören hiermit kleinere Händler, wie auch ich einer bin. Wir haben einfach nicht die finanziellen Mittel für jedes Land eine Lizenzierung vorzunehmen. Ich habe jetzt zum Beispiel für Dänemark 1500 bezahlen müssen. Nur dass ich bis Ende des Jahres dort lizenziert bin mit Bevollmächtigten. Das geht nicht, obwohl ich dort nur Einnahmen von 500 im Jahr habe. Genauso in anderen Ländern. Dort habe ich geringe Einnahmen und so soll ich mehr bezahlen, als was ich versende. Wie soll ich sonst Kontakte und weitere Kunden aus dem EU Ausland gewinnen, wenn diese nicht bei mir im Onlineshop bestellen können. Das Ganze lohnt sich erst, wenn genug Leute bei mir bestellen. Das geht aber nicht, wenn ich nicht in die Länder liefern darf beziehungsweise nicht kann, weil wir dafür das Geld fehlt. Hier einfach die kleinen Unternehmen zerstört. Ich bin dafür, dass kleinere Unternehmen mit einer maximalen Anzahl von zehn Mitarbeitern oder auch einen Jahresumsatz von 2 Millionen davon befreit sind und nur eine Lizenz benötigen aber keine Bevollmächtigung. Alles in allem zerstört. Dieses Gesetz jetzt den kompletten Handel in der EU da ist sehr viele Händler und auch Firmen dadurch zerstört werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, but I can understand your fears about the large quantities of cardboard and other shipping materials. They are destroying smaller traders, as I am one. We simply do not have the financial resources for each country to license. I have now had to pay 1500 for Denmark, for example. Only that I am licensed there until the end of the year with an authorised representative. This is not possible, even though I have only 500 revenues per year there. The same is true in other countries. I have little income there, so I am supposed to pay more than I send. How can I otherwise attract contacts and other customers from other EU countries if they cannot order from me in the online shop? It’s only worthwhile if enough people order from me. However, this does not happen if I cannot or cannot deliver to the Länder because we do not have the money to do so. Here, just the small businesses were destroyed. I am in favour of smaller companies with a maximum number of 10 employees or an annual turnover of 2 million being exempt from this, and only a licence is required, but no authorisation is required. All in all destroyed. This law now destroys all trade in the EU, with a large number of traders and also companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555874_en"}, {"id": 33555872, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:08:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Knopftruhe", "feedback": "Beschwerde an die Europäische Kommission Betreff: Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) unverhältnismäßige Belastung von Kleinstunternehmen durch die grenzüberschreitende EPR-Bevollmächtigtenpflicht und bereits eingetretene Umsatzausfälle Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich als Inhaberin eines kleinen deutschen Onlinehandels an die Europäische Kommission, weil die seit dem 12. August 2026 grundsätzlich anwendbare Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) für mein Unternehmen bereits konkrete wirtschaftliche Folgen hat. Ich betreibe einen spezialisierten Onlinehandel für Knöpfe und Kurzwaren. Viele meiner Produkte wiegen nur wenige Gramm und haben einen vergleichsweise geringen Warenwert. Meine Kunden sind Privatpersonen, Hobbyschneiderinnen und -schneider, kleine Ateliers, Designer sowie Handwerksbetriebe. Bislang gehörten selbstverständlich auch Kunden aus anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union zu meinem Kundenkreis. Aufgrund der neuen Anforderungen und insbesondere der Verpflichtungen im Zusammenhang mit der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) und der Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten in anderen Mitgliedstaaten habe ich mich jedoch aus Gründen der Rechtssicherheit gezwungen gesehen, den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten in meinem Onlineshop zu deaktivieren. Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen sind bereits eingetreten Dabei handelt es sich nicht um eine theoretische Befürchtung. Meinem Unternehmen entstehen bereits jetzt Umsatzausfälle. Kunden aus anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die bislang bei mir bestellen konnten, können ihre Bestellungen nicht mehr abschließen. Ein bestehender Absatzmarkt innerhalb der Europäischen Union ist für mein Unternehmen damit faktisch weggefallen. Dies steht für mich in einem erheblichen Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Der gemeinsame Binnenmarkt sollte gerade kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Waren grenzüberschreitend anzubieten, neue Kunden zu gewinnen und ihre Unternehmen weiterzuentwickeln. Die derzeitige Situation bewirkt für mein Unternehmen das Gegenteil: Sie fördert keinen grenzüberschreitenden Handel sie verhindert ihn. Sie fördert kein Wachstum sie führt bereits jetzt zu Umsatzverlusten.", "feedbackEnglish": "Complaint to the European Commission Subject: Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) imposes a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises as a result of the cross-border obligation to appoint EPR representatives and the loss of turnover that has already occurred. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to the European Commission as the owner of a small German online trade, because Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), which has been applicable in principle since 12 August 2026, already has concrete economic consequences for my company. I operate a specialised online shop for buttons and haberdashery. Many of my products weigh only a few grams and have a comparatively low value. My customers are private individuals, hobby cutters, small studios, designers and craftsmen. So far, of course, customers from other Member States of the European Union have also been included in my customer base. However, due to the new requirements and in particular the extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations and the appointment of an authorised representative in other Member States, for reasons of legal certainty, I have been forced to disable the sale to other EU Member States in my online shop. The economic consequences have already materialised, and this is not a theoretical fear. My business is already experiencing a loss of turnover. Customers from other EU Member States who have so far been able to order from me will no longer be able to complete their orders. An existing sales market within the European Union has thus effectively disappeared for my company. This is, in my view, a significant contradiction with the very idea of the European single market. The single market should enable small businesses in particular to offer goods across borders, attract new customers and develop their businesses. The current situation has the opposite effect for my company: It does not facilitate cross-border trade. It does not promote growth and is already leading to a loss of turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555872_en"}, {"id": 33555870, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:08:31", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regulation, Regulation, Tax, Regulation, Regulation, Tax and so on until the end of the world. This European Parliament is either made up of people with an IQ of ZERO, or some individuals who are destroying the European people. These transport packages have so many eco-taxes, from logging, production to transport. If you want to take more money out of the pocket of the European - just raise the price at the producer and take your money from there. Your outrages have no end. You are destroying everything. Both production and agriculture. You have no scruples and no shame. You don't care about anything. You only care about how to collect more money and how to destroy the life of the ordinary European consumer. By constantly digging deeper and deeper into his pocket. What are you aiming for? You killed agriculture. You killed livestock farming. You killed the automotive industry. You killed heavy industry. You killed small businesses with this regulation. What are you going to kill tomorrow? There will be nothing. You will take 3 euros per package from China and that will be all you will have left. But the consumer in Europe will not have the money to buy a package from China and give you those 3 euros, because the consumer simply does not earn money to spend it. Stop, you fools. Stop all such regulations and insane policies. In 10 years you have turned Europe from the center of the world into another African market for Chinese and American goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulation, Regulation, Tax, Regulation, Regulation, Tax and so on until the end of the world. This European Parliament is either made up of people with an IQ of ZERO, or some individuals who are destroying the European people. These transport packages have so many eco-taxes, from logging, production to transport. If you want to take more money out of the pocket of the European - just raise the price at the producer and take your money from there. Your outrages have no end. You are destroying everything. Both production and agriculture. You have no scruples and no shame. You don't care about anything. You only care about how to collect more money and how to destroy the life of the ordinary European consumer. By constantly digging deeper and deeper into his pocket. What are you aiming for? You killed agriculture. You killed livestock farming. You killed the automotive industry. You killed heavy industry. You killed small businesses with this regulation. What are you going to kill tomorrow? There will be nothing. You will take 3 euros per package from China and that will be all you will have left. But the consumer in Europe will not have the money to buy a package from China and give you those 3 euros, because the consumer simply does not earn money to spend it. Stop, you fools. Stop all such regulations and insane policies. In 10 years you have turned Europe from the center of the world into another African market for Chinese and American goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555870_en"}, {"id": 33555857, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:07:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PITPARDON", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland ein wichtiger und naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Die PPWR droht diesen jedoch erheblich zu erschweren. Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und bezahlt werden muss. Bei mehreren Zielmärkten entstehen so zahlreiche separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob in ein Land nur wenige oder mehrere hundert Pakete versendet werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen bei kleinen Händlern in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein entsprechendes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher einstellen oder gar nicht erst aufnehmen. Dies widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen anhand geeigneter Schwellenwerte für Umsatz und Mitarbeiterzahl von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Alternativ sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist. Zweitens sollte für kleine Händler eine europaweite Pauschallösung geschaffen werden. Denkbar wäre beispielsweise für Unternehmen mit einem Jahresumsatz von unter 250.000 Euro eine zentrale EU-Pauschale für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung. Diese könnte anschließend anhand eines geeigneten Verteilungsschlüssels auf die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten verteilt werden. Der Händler müsste sich damit nicht mehr in jedem einzelnen Land registrieren, Verträge abschließen und separate Fixkosten tragen. Drittens wäre hierfür eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung sinnvoll, über die Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung, Meldung und gegebenenfalls auch Zahlungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral abgewickelt werden können. Die bloße Bündelung über einen Dienstleister reicht nicht aus, wenn weiterhin pro Land separate Verträge und Fixkosten entstehen. Auch die Datenübermittlung sollte europaweit standardisiert werden, sodass Verpackungsdaten nur einmal erfasst und anschließend zentral auf die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten verteilt werden können. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler. Sie tragen bei länderbezogenen Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigungspflichten oftmals nahezu dieselben Fixkosten, können diese aber nur auf ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Regelung mit Bagatellgrenzen, einer EU-weiten Pauschale und einem echten One-Stop-Shop würde kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den heimischen Markt beschränken zu müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sandra Dangel.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses, selling abroad in the EU is an important and obvious growth step. However, the PPWR risks making it considerably more difficult. Individual sales to another Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and paid for there. For several target markets, this creates a large number of separate contractual relationships, charges and reporting channels, regardless of whether only a few or several hundred parcels are shipped to a country. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes for small traders and effectively act as a market entry threshold. If you are not able to pass on the costs to a corresponding volume of sales, you will be more likely to stop cross-border trade or not start it at all. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of appropriate turnover and staff headcount thresholds. Alternatively, there should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country below which no separate authorised representative is required. Secondly, a Europe-wide one-size-fits-all solution should be created for small traders. For example, for companies with an annual turnover of less than EUR 250.000, a central EU scale for extended producer responsibility could be envisaged. This could then be distributed among the Member States on the basis of an appropriate distribution key. The trader would no longer have to register in each country, conclude contracts and bear separate fixed costs. Third, a genuine one-stop-shop solution would be useful, allowing registration, authorisation, reporting and, where appropriate, payments to be processed centrally for all Member States. Mere bundling through a service provider is not sufficient if separate contracts and fixed costs continue to arise per country. Data transmission should also be standardised across Europe so that packaging data can be collected only once and then distributed centrally among the respective Member States. Small businesses are not small wholesalers. In the case of country-by-country registration and authorisation obligations, they often bear almost the same fixed costs, but can only spread them over a much smaller volume of business. A proportionate regulation with de minimis thresholds, an EU-wide flat rate and a genuine one-stop shop would allow small traders to continue to make effective use of the European single market instead of having to limit themselves to the domestic market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Sandra Dangel.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555857_en"}, {"id": 33555845, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:07:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die aktuelle Regelung schadet dem Binnenmarkt, benachteiligt Kleinhändler gegenüber Großkonzernen und widerspricht den Zielen der Kreislaufwirtschaft, da die Wiederverwendung von Verpackungen bürokratisch bestraft wird. Ich fordere daher eine grundlegende Überarbeitung mit Ausnahmen für Gebrauchtwaren und Kleinstmengen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current rules harm the internal market, put small retailers at a disadvantage vis-à-vis large corporations and run counter to the objectives of the circular economy, as the reuse of packaging is penalised by red tape. I therefore call for a fundamental revision with exemptions for second-hand goods and micro-quantities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555845_en"}, {"id": 33555710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:01:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ADCS GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Unternehmens möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der Umsetzung der Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU. Für kleine Unternehmen ist der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Die derzeit vorgesehene Ausgestaltung kann jedoch dazu führen, dass bereits bei geringen Verkaufsvolumina erhebliche zusätzliche Kosten und administrative Pflichten entstehen. Verkauft ein Unternehmen beispielsweise in zehn Mitgliedstaaten, können zehn separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Registrierungen, Meldewege und Kostenstrukturen entstehen unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Sendungen verkauft werden. Das Problem sind daher insbesondere die Fixkosten pro Mitgliedstaat, die in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsaufkommen eines kleinen Händlers stehen. Sie können zu einer faktischen Marktzutrittsschwelle werden und kleine Unternehmen davon abhalten, den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu nutzen. Bemerkenswert ist, dass die Europäische Kommission dieses Problem inzwischen selbst erkannt hat. Mit COM(2025) 982 wurde vorgeschlagen, die verpflichtende Anwendung von Artikel 45 Absatz 3 PPWR bis zum 1. Januar 2035 auszusetzen. In der Begründung wird ausdrücklich auf die erhebliche Belastung insbesondere für KMU und die Wettbewerbsnachteile durch Anforderungen in bis zu 26 Mitgliedstaaten hingewiesen. Ich begrüße diesen Vorschlag ausdrücklich und möchte darüber hinaus folgende Punkte für die weitere Ausgestaltung anregen: 1. Verhältnismäßige Ausnahmen für kleine Unternehmen und geringe Mengen Kleinstunternehmen sollten von der verpflichtenden Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für größere Unternehmen mit nur geringem grenzüberschreitendem Verpackungsaufkommen sollte zusätzlich eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland vorgesehen werden. 2. Eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die bloße Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister zu beauftragen, löst das Problem nicht vollständig, wenn weiterhin für jedes Land eigene Verträge, Registrierungen und Fixkosten entstehen. Erforderlich wäre eine zentrale europäische Lösung, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und EPR-Pflichten für mehrere Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt erfüllt werden können. 3. Einheitliche Datenanforderungen Verpackungsdaten sollten einmal zentral erfasst und für die erforderlichen Meldungen in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Unterschiedliche nationale Datenformate und Meldeanforderungen verursachen gerade für kleine Unternehmen einen unverhältnismäßigen Verwaltungsaufwand. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen. Sie verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen noch über die Möglichkeit, hohe Fixkosten auf große Absatzmengen zu verteilen. Die Harmonisierung der Verpackungsvorschriften sollte deshalb nicht dazu führen, dass der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen zwar rechtlich offensteht, praktisch aber aus Kostengründen nicht mehr sinnvoll nutzbar ist - das kann auch nicht im Interesse der Verbraucher innerhalb der EU sein. Ich bitte darum, diese praktischen Auswirkungen bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR und insbesondere der Regelungen zur erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small business, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the implementation of the Packaging Ordinance (PPWR): the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales within the EU. For small businesses, selling to other EU Member States is an obvious step forward. However, the current design may lead to significant additional costs and administrative obligations even at low sales volumes. For example, if a company sells in ten Member States, ten separate contractual relationships, registrations, reporting channels and cost structures can arise, regardless of whether five or five hundred items are sold there. The problem is therefore in particular the fixed costs per Member State, which are disproportionate to the actual packaging generated by a small trader. They can become a de facto entry threshold and discourage small businesses from taking advantage of the European single market. It is worth noting that the European Commission has now itself recognised this problem. COM(2025) 982 proposed to suspend the mandatory application of Article 45(3) PPWR until 1 January 2035. The explanatory memorandum explicitly refers to the significant burden, in particular for SMEs, and the competitive disadvantages of requirements in up to 26 Member States. I very much welcome this proposal and would also like to suggest the following points for further development: 1. Proportionate exemptions for small enterprises and small quantities of micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. For larger companies with low cross-border packaging volumes, a de minimis threshold per destination country should be added. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution The mere possibility of hiring a central service provider does not fully solve the problem if each country continues to have its own contracts, registrations and fixed costs. A central European solution would be needed, allowing registration, reporting and EPR obligations for several Member States to be fulfilled together. 3. Uniform data requirements for packaging data should be able to be collected centrally once and used for the required notifications in the respective Member States. Different national data formats and reporting requirements create a disproportionate administrative burden, especially for small businesses. Small enterprises are not small large enterprises. They do not have their own legal and compliance departments or the possibility to spread high fixed costs over large volumes of sales. The harmonisation of packaging rules should therefore not result in the European single market being legally open to small businesses, but practically no longer useful for cost reasons – nor can this be in the interest of consumers within the EU. I would ask that these practical implications be taken into account in the further development of the PPWR and, in particular, the extended producer responsibility schemes. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555710_en"}, {"id": 33555698, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:01:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This packaging law threatens to burden many small businesses across Europe with exorbitant fees and paperwork. Formulate exceptions for actual small businesses with actual low turnovers (not below 2M) to fix this ASAP.", "feedbackEnglish": "This packaging law threatens to burden many small businesses across Europe with exorbitant fees and paperwork. Formulate exceptions for actual small businesses with actual low turnovers (not below 2M) to fix this ASAP.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555698_en"}, {"id": 33555693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:01:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die vorgesehene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht der PPWR ist für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen bei geringen grenzüberschreitenden Versandmengen völlig unverhältnismäßig. Sie führt gerade für kleine Unternehmen zu erheblichen zusätzlichen Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand. Es kann nicht angemessen sein, dass ein Händler, der nur fünf, zehn oder zwanzig Pakete pro Jahr in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat versendet, für Registrierungen, Meldungen, Verträge und Bevollmächtigte erhebliche Fixkosten tragen muss. Diese stehen in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Die absehbare Folge ist, dass viele kleine Händler einzelne EU-Länder künftig schlicht nicht mehr beliefern. Genau diese Entwicklung ist bereits in Händlerforen und Diskussionen erkennbar. Damit entstehen neue faktische Handelshemmnisse obwohl der Binnenmarkt den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern sollte. Besonders problematisch sind die möglichen Folgen für Verbraucher. Manche Menschen beziehen spezialisierte Produkte zur Gesundheitsvorsorge oder persönlichen Versorgung aus benachbarten EU-Ländern, weil diese im eigenen Land nicht oder nicht in der benötigten Form erhältlich sind. Wenn Händler wegen unverhältnismäßiger PPWR-Kosten einzelne Länder nicht mehr beliefern, kann eine wichtige Bezugsmöglichkeit wegfallen. Damit kann aus Verpackungsbürokratie im Einzelfall ein reales Versorgungsproblem entstehen. Zudem werden Unternehmen völlig unterschiedlicher Größe zu wenig differenziert behandelt. Große Plattformen wie Amazon oder Temu verfügen über eigene Rechts-, Compliance- und Logistikstrukturen und können Fixkosten auf Millionen von Sendungen verteilen. Kleine Händler können das nicht. Dort erledigt häufig der Inhaber selbst Registrierungen, Meldungen und Nachweise. Werden vergleichbare Grundpflichten unabhängig davon ausgelöst, ob zehn oder zehn Millionen Pakete versendet werden, trifft dies kleine Unternehmen proportional erheblich härter. Besonders unverständlich ist, dass die Europäische Kommission das Problem selbst erkannt hat. Mit COM(2025) 982 final vom 10. Dezember 2025 wurde vorgeschlagen, die betreffende Bevollmächtigtenpflicht vorübergehend auszusetzen. Unternehmen sollen also Kosten für eine Verpflichtung tragen, deren Aussetzung die Kommission selbst bereits vorgeschlagen hat. Das erzeugt Rechtsunsicherheit, unnötige Kosten und Vertrauensverlust. Europa darf seine eigenen Unternehmen nicht durch immer neue Bürokratie schwächen. Wenn kleine EU-Händler einzelne Märkte aufgeben, profitieren möglicherweise gerade internationale Großplattformen und außereuropäische Anbieter. Ich fordere daher: die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für innerhalb der EU ansässige Unternehmen schnellstmöglich auszusetzen bzw. aufzuheben; klare Ausnahmen und Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sowie sehr geringe Versand- und Verpackungsmengen; eine Belastung, die sich am tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen orientiert; langfristig einen echten EU-weiten One-Stop-Shop statt zahlreicher nationaler Systeme; keine unverhältnismäßigen Sanktionen, solange über die Aussetzung beraten wird; die Folgen für Verbraucher, insbesondere gesundheitlich beeinträchtigte Menschen, ausdrücklich mitzuberücksichtigen. Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtig. Aber Regulierung verliert Akzeptanz, wenn Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum zusätzlichen ökologischen Nutzen stehen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt soll Handel zwischen Mitgliedstaaten erleichtern nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten verhindern. **Beenden Sie diesen regulatorischen Irrsinn und schaffen Sie eine verhältnismäßige Lösung für kleine Unternehmen.** Mit freundlichen Grüßen Max Z.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the requirement for PPWR to be authorised is completely disproportionate for small and medium-sized enterprises in the case of small cross-border shipments. It leads to significant additional costs and administrative burdens, especially for small businesses. It cannot be appropriate for a trader who sends only five, ten or twenty parcels per year to another EU Member State to bear significant fixed costs for registrations, notifications, contracts and authorised representatives. These are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging. The foreseeable consequence is that many small traders will simply no longer supply individual EU countries. This development is already visible in merchant forums and discussions. This creates new de facto barriers to trade, although the single market should facilitate cross-border trade. The potential consequences for consumers are particularly problematic. Some people source specialised preventive or personal care products from neighbouring EU countries because they are not available in their own country or are not available in the form they need. If traders stop supplying individual countries because of disproportionate PPWR costs, an important source of supply may disappear. This can create a real supply problem in individual cases as a result of packaging red tape. Moreover, the treatment of companies of completely different sizes is not sufficiently differentiated. Large platforms such as Amazon or Temu have their own legal, compliance and logistics structures and can spread fixed costs over millions of broadcasts. Small traders cannot. There, the holder often handles registrations, notifications and evidence himself. If comparable basic obligations are triggered regardless of whether 10 or 10 million parcels are sent, this will affect small businesses proportionally much harder. It is particularly incomprehensible that the European Commission itself has recognised the problem. COM(2025) 982 final of 10. In December 2025, it was proposed to temporarily suspend the relevant authorised representative obligation. Undertakings should therefore bear the costs of an obligation which the Commission itself has already proposed to suspend. This creates legal uncertainty, unnecessary costs and loss of trust. Europe must not weaken its own businesses with ever-increasing bureaucracy. When small EU traders abandon individual markets, large international platforms and non-European providers may benefit. I therefore call for: suspend or remove the obligation to appoint a representative for companies established within the EU as soon as possible; clear exemptions and de minimis thresholds for micro and small enterprises and very low volumes of shipping and packaging; a load based on the actual packaging volume; in the long term, a genuine EU-wide one-stop shop instead of numerous national systems; No disproportionate sanctions while the suspension is under discussion; explicitly take into account the consequences for consumers, in particular those with health problems. Environmental protection and the circular economy are important. But regulation loses acceptance if costs and administrative burdens are disproportionate to the environmental added value. The European single market is not intended to facilitate trade between Member States by imposing disproportionate fixed costs. **End this regulatory confusion and create a proportionate solution for small businesses.** Yours sincerely, Max Z.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555693_en"}, {"id": 33555674, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 15:00:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Onlinehandel im Handmade Bereich und Kreativzubehör. Schon vor Jahren habe ich den Versand ins Nachbarland Österreich eingestellt, weil schon dort die Unkosten im Rahmen der Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten meine Einnahmen überschritten hätten. Immer hatte ich gehofft, dass es einmal eine Vereinfachung innerhalb der EU geben wird, denn jedes Land musste einzeln betrachtet werden, was die Pflichten für grenzüberschreitenden Versand angeht und dann wurde Informationen meist auch nur in der jeweiligen Landessprache bereitgestellt. Durch die neuen Regeln ist eine Ausweitung des Versandes in die EU endgültig unmöglich geworden. Die Einführung einer EU-weiten Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind und ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register währen eine große Vereinfachung. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I sell handmade and creative accessories online in Germany. Years ago I stopped shipping to neighbouring Austria because even there the costs of appointing a representative exceeded my income. I had always hoped that there would be simplification within the EU, because each country had to be considered individually when it came to cross-border transit obligations, and then information was usually provided only in the national language. The new rules have made it absolutely impossible to extend transit to the EU. The introduction of an EU-wide de minimis threshold, under which micro-enterprises are exempted from registration and the obligation to have authorised representatives, and a central EU register instead of 27 national registers would be a major simplification. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555674_en"}, {"id": 33555648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:59:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dönges GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als mittelständisches Unternehmen mit europaweitem Vertrieb möchten wir die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Dönges beliefert Kunden in zahlreichen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union. Dabei unterscheiden sich die Absatzmengen je nach Land erheblich. Während in einigen Märkten ein nennenswertes Verkaufsvolumen erreicht wird, erfolgen in anderen Mitgliedstaaten lediglich vereinzelte Bestellungen. Dennoch ist es uns wichtig, unsere Produkte grundsätzlich Bürgerinnen und Bürgern, Unternehmen, Behörden sowie Einsatzkräften in allen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union zugänglich zu machen und den europäischen Binnenmarkt aktiv zu nutzen. Die PPWR verändert diese Rahmenbedingungen erheblich: Bereits ein geringer Umsatz in einem Mitgliedstaat kann die Verpflichtung auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu vergüten. Bei einer Vielzahl von Zielländern führt dies zu ebenso vielen separaten Vertragsverhältnissen, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewegen unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder ein erhebliches Verkaufsvolumen anfällt. Diese länderbezogenen Fixkosten stehen insbesondere in Märkten mit geringem Absatz in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie wirken faktisch als Marktzutrittshürde und schaffen Anreize, einzelne Mitgliedstaaten vom Vertrieb auszuschließen. Das würde nicht nur Unternehmen belasten, sondern letztlich auch den Zugang von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern, Unternehmen, Behörden und Einsatzkräften zu Produkten einschränken, die bislang unionsweit verfügbar sind. Dies widerspricht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts, der Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern und den freien Warenverkehr innerhalb der Europäischen Union fördern soll. Wir möchten daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Unternehmen, die in einem Mitgliedstaat lediglich geringe Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringen, von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Eine praktikable Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland würde den Verwaltungsaufwand deutlich reduzieren, ohne die Ziele der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung zu gefährden. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Solche Bündelungsangebote existieren bereits. Unternehmen müssen jedoch weiterhin für jedes einzelne Land separate Vertragsverhältnisse eingehen und die entsprechenden Fixkosten tragen unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Erforderlich ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land gesondert aufbereitet und gemeldet werden müssen. Unternehmen mit europaweitem Vertrieb sind keine Großkonzerne mit unbegrenzten administrativen Ressourcen. Auch mittelständische Unternehmen tragen bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht dieselben länderbezogenen Fixkosten unabhängig davon, ob sie in einem Mitgliedstaat tausende Sendungen oder nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr abwickeln. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde den europäischen Binnenmarkt stärken und es Unternehmen ermöglichen, ihre Produkte auch in kleineren Absatzmärkten weiterhin anzubieten, anstatt sich aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf einzelne Mitgliedstaaten zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a medium-sized company with pan-European distribution, we would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what we consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. DÖNGES supplies customers in many Member States of the European Union. Sales volumes vary considerably from one country to another. While in some markets a significant volume of sales is achieved, in other Member States only individual orders are placed. Nevertheless, it is important for us to make our products accessible to citizens, businesses, public authorities and operators in all Member States of the European Union and to actively use the European single market. The PPWR is significantly changing this framework: Even a small turnover in a Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and remunerate an authorised representative in that Member State. For a large number of destination countries, this results in an equal number of separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether a country generates few parcels or a significant volume of sales. These country-specific fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes, especially in low-sales markets. They act as a de facto barrier to market entry and create incentives to exclude individual Member States from distribution. This would not only burden businesses, but ultimately also limit the access of citizens, businesses, public authorities and operational staff to products that are currently available across the Union. This runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market, which is intended to make it easier for businesses to trade across borders and to promote the free movement of goods within the European Union. We would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, undertakings that place only small quantities of packaging on the market of a Member State should be exempted from the obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. A workable de minimis threshold per target country would significantly reduce the administrative burden without jeopardising the EPR objectives. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. Such bundling offers already exist. However, companies still have to enter into separate contracts for each country and bear the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume of sales. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be processed and reported separately for each country. Companies with pan-European distribution are not large corporations with unlimited administrative resources. Small and medium-sized enterprises also bear the same country-specific fixed costs in connection with the obligation to appoint a representative, irrespective of whether they handle thousands of items in a Member State or only a few orders per year. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would strengthen the European internal market and allow companies to continue offering their products in smaller markets as well, rather than confining themselves to individual Member States for economic reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555648_en"}, {"id": 33555636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:58:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Robert Flachenäcker", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Um es vorweg zu sagen: Es ist mir völlig unerklärlich, wie politisch Verantwortliche auf die Idee kommen können, dermaßen große Hürden für den EU-Binnenhandel einzubauen. Für kleinere Unternehmen, die die Mehrzahl der Marktakteure in der EU darstellen, bedeuten die Regeln quasi das Aus für den Versand von Waren in andere EU Länder. Der Binnenhandel für kleine Händler ist damit tot. Die Gewinner sind lediglich große Händler und solche, die nicht aus der EU kommen und von diesen Regeln nicht betroffen sind. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen . Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgenden Punkt zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Schaffen Sie diesen bürokratischen, handelsbehindernden und oligopolisierenden Unsinn wieder ab - sofort! Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Let me say at the outset: It is completely inexplicable to me how political leaders can come up with the idea of installing such major hurdles to intra-EU trade. For smaller companies, which represent the majority of market players in the EU, the rules almost stop shipping goods to other EU countries. Domestic trade is therefore dead for small traders. The winners are only big traders and those who do not come from the EU and are not affected by these rules. As a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward so far. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following point for consideration: Stop this bureaucratic, trade-detrimental and oligopolistic nonsense – now! (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555636_en"}, {"id": 33555626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:58:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "barfuss e.K.", "feedback": "Als Inhaber eines kleinen Unternehmens in der EU begrüße ich grundsätzlich den Umweltschutzgedanken und halte nachhaltiges Handeln für eine Selbstverständlichkeit auch als aktiver Teil der deutschen Unternehmerschaft, wo man ohnehin bereit ist, sich zahlreichen bürokratischen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen zu stellen. Die PPWR in ihrer aktuellen Ausgestaltung bricht Kleinunternehmen jedoch wirtschaftlich fast das Genick. Unverhältnismäßigkeit bei geringem Exportvolumen: Ich verschicke lediglich sehr wenige Pakete in das EU-Ausland. Die vorgeschriebene Bestellung eines zusätzlichen Bevollmächtigten zusätzlich zur ohnehin schon notwendigen Lizenzierung des Verpackungsabfalls in den jeweiligen Zielländern steht in keinem Verhältnis zu diesem minimalen Volumen. Das Aus für den EU-Auslandshandel: Der damit verbundene administrative Aufwand und die enormen finanziellen Kosten machen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Ich werde daher gezwungen sein, den EU-Auslandshandel komplett einzustellen. Fehlende Harmonisierung und Bürokratie: Wenn die EU als starker Wirtschaftsraum gemeinsam agiert und einheitliche Regeln aufstellt, stellt sich die Frage, warum es kein zentrales Register gibt. Die Vorgaben müssten für alle Mitgliedstaaten weitestgehend gleich und unkompliziert handhabbar sein. Stattdessen führt der Flickenteppich nationaler Sonderregeln zu kaum zu bewältigenden Hürden. Wettbewerbsverzerrung zu Lasten kleiner Händler: Während kleine, engagierte Unternehmen unter der Last ersticken, werden durch solche Regelungen vor allem Großkonzerne im Billiganbieterbereich gestützt. Für diese Riesenkonzerne ist die bürokratische und finanzielle Abwicklung ein leicht zu bewältigender Klacks. Die PPWR ist in ihrer Umsetzung ein weiteres Beispiel für eine Regelung, die den fairen, mittelständischen Wettbewerb erstickt und kleine Händler aus dem europäischen Markt drängt, statt praktikable und digitale Wege für alle zu schaffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small business in the EU, I generally welcome the idea of environmental protection and consider sustainable action to be a matter of course also as an active part of German entrepreneurship, where you are already prepared to face numerous bureaucratic and economic challenges. However, in its current form, the PPWR breaks almost completely the economic genocide of small businesses. Disproportionality in the case of small export volumes: I send only very few parcels to another EU country. The requirement to appoint an additional authorised representative in addition to the already necessary licensing of packaging waste in the respective target countries is disproportionate to this minimal volume. Out for EU foreign trade: The associated administrative burden and huge financial costs make cross-border shipping economically impossible. I will therefore be forced to stop all foreign trade within the EU. Lack of harmonisation and bureaucracy: If the EU acts together as a strong economic area and sets uniform rules, the question arises as to why there is no central register. The requirements should be as similar as possible for all Member States and easy to apply. Instead, the patchwork of national special rules leads to barely manageable hurdles. Distortion of competition to the detriment of small traders: While small, committed companies are suffocating under the brunt of the burden, such schemes mainly support large companies in the low-cost sector. For these giant groups, red tape and financial management are easy to handle. In its implementation, the PPWR is another example of a regime that stifles fair, medium-sized competition and pushes small traders out of the European market, rather than creating workable and digital pathways for all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555626_en"}, {"id": 33555550, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:57:23", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner and the way those (much needed) regulations are executed makes me have to stop all shiping to EU. With just a couple of packages per country it makes no sense to spend the time to understand what is needed in each country and pay fees for representatives who will then do nothing for me. One-person companies don't have the resources (both time and money) to do this - a single platform instead of different systems for each country is needed. This is not a problem for big corporations and only they will benefit form the \"free trade\". Many suppliers will also stop shipping to small busineses. On the other hand, if we all only ship outside EU to recover the losses the environmental problems caused by this will not simply stay outside the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner and the way those (much needed) regulations are executed makes me have to stop all shiping to EU. With just a couple of packages per country it makes no sense to spend the time to understand what is needed in each country and pay fees for representatives who will then do nothing for me. One-person companies don't have the resources (both time and money) to do this - a single platform instead of different systems for each country is needed. This is not a problem for big corporations and only they will benefit form the \"free trade\". Many suppliers will also stop shipping to small busineses. On the other hand, if we all only ship outside EU to recover the losses the environmental problems caused by this will not simply stay outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555550_en"}, {"id": 33555598, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:57:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Eine komplett überflüssige Vorschrift. Absoluter Mist und noch mehr Bürokratie.", "feedbackEnglish": "A completely superfluous requirement. Absolute hesitation and even more bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555598_en"}, {"id": 33555593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:57:02", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I own a small creative business in the Netherlands. My webshop is currently closed, but I occasionally open it to sell zines, postcards, stickers and my illustrated book to customers in other European countries. I make illustrations and paintings, and over the past few years I have built an online audience of more than 116,000 people on Instagram, with followers and potential customers located all over the world. To make my work affordable for both my customers and myself, I operate on a very small scale. I do not have a warehouse, employees or a large volume of sales. Orders are packed and shipped by me personally, and the amount of packaging I place on the market is very limited. I am concerned that the current and upcoming packaging rules, particularly requirements concerning producer registration and reporting in different Member States, can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses like mine. When selling a small number of products to customers in different European countries, it can be difficult to understand which national requirements apply, whether registration is necessary, and what information needs to be reported. Having to deal with different national registers, systems and obligations can make occasional cross-border sales unnecessarily complicated and costly. For a small creative business, the costs of registration, compliance and administration can in some cases be significant compared with the value and volume of the products being sold. This could discourage small businesses and independent artists from selling their work across EU borders, even when the actual environmental impact and amount of packaging involved is very small. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and encouraging more sustainable packaging. However, I believe the implementation of these rules should take the scale of a business and the actual amount of packaging placed on the market into account. I would therefore encourage the European Commission to introduce clear and simple exemptions, thresholds or simplified procedures for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers. In particular, occasional cross-border sellers should not be faced with complex registration and reporting obligations in every Member State when only very small quantities of packaging are involved. A harmonised EU-wide approach, with one simple registration or reporting system and clear thresholds based on packaging volumes, would make a significant difference for small businesses. It would allow independent artists and creative entrepreneurs to continue selling their work across Europe without being overwhelmed by administrative requirements, while still supporting the overall objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own a small creative business in the Netherlands. My webshop is currently closed, but I occasionally open it to sell zines, postcards, stickers and my illustrated book to customers in other European countries. I make illustrations and paintings, and over the past few years I have built an online audience of more than 116,000 people on Instagram, with followers and potential customers located all over the world. To make my work affordable for both my customers and myself, I operate on a very small scale. I do not have a warehouse, employees or a large volume of sales. Orders are packed and shipped by me personally, and the amount of packaging I place on the market is very limited. I am concerned that the current and upcoming packaging rules, particularly requirements concerning producer registration and reporting in different Member States, can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses like mine. When selling a small number of products to customers in different European countries, it can be difficult to understand which national requirements apply, whether registration is necessary, and what information needs to be reported. Having to deal with different national registers, systems and obligations can make occasional cross-border sales unnecessarily complicated and costly. For a small creative business, the costs of registration, compliance and administration can in some cases be significant compared with the value and volume of the products being sold. This could discourage small businesses and independent artists from selling their work across EU borders, even when the actual environmental impact and amount of packaging involved is very small. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and encouraging more sustainable packaging. However, I believe the implementation of these rules should take the scale of a business and the actual amount of packaging placed on the market into account. I would therefore encourage the European Commission to introduce clear and simple exemptions, thresholds or simplified procedures for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers. In particular, occasional cross-border sellers should not be faced with complex registration and reporting obligations in every Member State when only very small quantities of packaging are involved. A harmonised EU-wide approach, with one simple registration or reporting system and clear thresholds based on packaging volumes, would make a significant difference for small businesses. It would allow independent artists and creative entrepreneurs to continue selling their work across Europe without being overwhelmed by administrative requirements, while still supporting the overall objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555593_en"}, {"id": 33555570, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:56:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: Stellungnahme zur Umsetzung der PPWR / EPR-Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für grenzüberschreitenden Handel Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines etablierten Handelsunternehmens mit 15 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern sowie einem Jahresumsatz von rund 1,5 Millionen Euro möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf eine erhebliche Hürde bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR (insbesondere bezüglich der Herstellerregister und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht) hinzuweisen. Unser Unternehmen hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren eine solide Marktposition erarbeitet. Der grenzüberschreitende Vertrieb innerhalb der Europäischen Union ist für uns kein theoretisches Modell, sondern gelebter Alltag und ein zentraler Pfeiler unserer Wachstumsstrategie. Wir wollen uns selbstverständlich an alle rechtlichen Vorgaben halten die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) stellt uns jedoch vor bürokratische Hürden, die in keinem Verhältnis mehr zum Ertrag stehen. Das Kernproblem aus Sicht eines gewachsenen Kleinunternehmens: Sobald wir Kunden in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefern, entsteht pro Land die Verpflichtung, eigene Bevollmächtigte zu bestellen und zu bezahlen. Selbst bei funktionierenden Prozessen in unserem 15-köpfigen Team bedeutet das: Enorme Fixkosten kumulieren: Bei Lieferungen in beispielsweise 10 bis 15 EU-Länder entstehen 10 bis 15 separate Dienstleisterverträge mit pauschalen Jahresgebühren völlig unabhängig davon, ob wir in ein Land 20 oder 2.000 Pakete versenden. Fragmentierter Verwaltungsaufwand: Trotz Digitalisierung binden die unterschiedlichen Schnittstellen, Meldewege und Systemlogiken wertvolle Ressourcen in unserer Buchhaltung und Logistik, die eigentlich für Produktentwicklung und Kundenservice gedacht sind. Diese länderspezifischen Fixkosten wirken faktisch wie ein Protektionismus gegen den europäischen Binnenmarkt. Sie zwingen mittelständische Händler dazu, den Vertrieb in kleinere EU-Märkte einzustellen, weil die Verwaltungskosten pro Paket die Marge auffressen. Ich bitte Sie daher dringend, folgende Lösungsansätze zu prüfen: Einführung praxisnaher Bagatellgrenzen (De-minimis-Regelung): Für Händler, die in ein Zielland nur geringe Mengen an Verpackungen einführen, muss eine Mindestgrenze greifen. Unterhalb dieser Schwelle sollte die Pflicht zur kostenintensiven Bestellung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten entfallen. Echter One-Stop-Shop (OSS) für Verpackungsregister: Die rein private Bündelung über Dienstleister löst das Problem nicht, da weiterhin Einzelverträge pro Land geschlossen werden müssen. Benötigt wird eine zentrale europäische Plattform, über die Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und Mengenmeldung für alle EU-Länder mit einem einzigen administrativen Vorgang abgewickelt werden können (analog zum Tax-One-Stop-Shop im Steuerrecht). Technisch einheitliche Datenstandards: Die Übermittlung von Verpackungsdaten (Materialien, Gewichte, Recyclingfähigkeit) muss EU-weit harmonisiert werden, damit KMUs ihre Daten automatisiert und ohne länderspezifische Aufbereitung einreichen können. KMUs wie das unsere bilden das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft. Wir wollen den europäischen Binnenmarkt nutzen und stärken dazu brauchen wir jedoch Regulierungen, die Binnenmarkthandel fördern, statt ihn durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratieaufwände zu lähmen. Vielen Dank für die Berücksichtigung unserer Perspektive aus der Praxis. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Norman Seidler", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Comments on the implementation of the PPWR/EPR obligation of authorised representatives for cross-border trade Dear Sir/Madam, as the owner of an established trading company with 15 employees and an annual turnover of around EUR 1.5 million, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to a significant hurdle in the planned implementation of the PPWR (in particular with regard to the register of producers and the obligation of authorised representatives). Our company has built a solid market position in recent years. Cross-border distribution within the European Union is not a theoretical model for us, but a daily reality and a key pillar of our growth strategy. Of course, we want to adhere to all legal requirements, but the current design of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) presents us with bureaucratic hurdles that are disproportionate to the yield. The key problem from the point of view of an established small enterprise: Once we deliver to customers in different EU Member States, each country will be obliged to appoint and pay its own authorised representatives. Even with working processes in our 15-member team, this means: Accumulating huge fixed costs: In the case of deliveries to, for example, 10 to 15 EU countries, 10 to 15 separate service-provider contracts with flat-rate annual fees arise entirely irrespective of whether we send 20 or 2000 parcels to a country. Fragmented administrative burden: Despite digitalisation, the different interfaces, reporting channels and system logics tie up valuable resources in our accounting and logistics, which are actually intended for product development and customer service. These country-specific fixed costs effectively act as protectionism against the European single market. They force small and medium-sized traders to stop selling to smaller EU markets because the administrative costs per package increase the margin. I would therefore urge you to consider the following solutions: Introduction of practical de minimis thresholds: A minimum threshold must apply to dealers who import only small quantities of packaging into a destination country. Below this threshold, the obligation to appoint a local authorised representative at high cost should be removed. Real One-Stop Shop (OSS) for packaging registers: The purely private bundling through service providers does not solve the problem, as individual contracts per country still need to be concluded. There is a need for a central European platform through which registration, authorisation and volume reporting for all EU countries can be carried out with a single administrative process (similar to the Tax One-Stop Shop in tax law). Technical uniform data standards: The submission of packaging data (materials, weights, recyclability) needs to be harmonised across the EU so that SMEs can submit their data in an automated manner and without country-specific reprocessing. SMEs like ours are the backbone of the European economy. We want to use the European single market and to do so we need to strengthen regulations that promote trade in the single market rather than paralysing it with disproportionate bureaucracy. Thank you for taking our perspective into account in practice. Yours sincerely, Norman Seidler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555570_en"}, {"id": 33555524, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:54:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BHS Beauty Hair Store GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam zu machen, den ich für besonders problematisch halte: die Verpflichtung, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Für mich als kleines Unternehmen war der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang eine naheliegende Möglichkeit, neue Märkte zu erschließen und das eigene Geschäft weiterzuentwickeln. Auch ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung ist es für mich selbstverständlich, die jeweils geltenden gesetzlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Durch die PPWR verändern sich die Rahmenbedingungen jedoch erheblich. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und entsprechend vergütet werden muss. Werden beispielsweise zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder beliefert, entstehen somit zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse mit jeweils eigenen Gebühren und Meldewegen. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, ob in das betreffende Land lediglich fünf Pakete oder beispielsweise fünfhundert Pakete versendet werden. Gerade für kleinere Händler stehen diese länderbezogenen Fixkosten in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. In der Praxis entsteht dadurch eine erhebliche Markteintrittshürde. Unternehmen, die diese zusätzlichen Kosten nicht auf ein entsprechend großes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen können, werden sich möglicherweise gegen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel entscheiden. Dies steht aus meiner Sicht im Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich möchte deshalb folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: **Erstens:** Kleinstunternehmen sollten auf Grundlage der bekannten Schwellenwerte hinsichtlich Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die oberhalb dieser Schwellenwerte liegen, jedoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte ergänzend eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland vorgesehen werden. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Verpflichtung bestehen, einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. **Zweitens:** Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Funktion des Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen, löst das Problem in der Praxis nicht. Eine solche Bündelung ist bereits heute möglich. Dennoch müssen Händler weiterhin für jedes einzelne Land einen separaten Vertrag abschließen und die jeweiligen Fixkosten tragen unabhängig davon, welche Mengen tatsächlich in diesem Land verkauft werden. Erforderlich wäre daher eine tatsächliche One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten zentral abgewickelt werden können und bei der Fixkosten nur einmalig anfallen. **Drittens:** Auch die technische Übermittlung der Daten an die jeweiligen Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sollte einheitlich standardisiert werden. Einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten sollten nicht für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind nicht lediglich kleinere Versionen großer Handelsunternehmen, bei denen sich sämtliche Verpflichtungen proportional zum Umsatz oder Verkaufsvolumen reduzieren. Vielmehr entstehen ihnen vielfach dieselben Fixkosten wie großen Marktteilnehmern allerdings verteilt auf ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diese besonderen Rahmenbedingungen kleiner Unternehmen berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Online-Händlern ermöglichen, die Chancen des europäischen Binnenmarktes weiterhin tatsächlich zu nutzen. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass sich kleinere Unternehmen allein aufgrund der zusätzlichen Fixkosten wieder auf den deutschen Markt besc", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to an issue of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers which I consider to be particularly problematic: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small business, selling to other EU Member States has been an obvious way of opening up new markets and developing my own business. Even without a dedicated legal department, it is self-evident for me to comply with the applicable legal requirements in each case. However, the framework conditions are changing significantly as a result of the PPWR. Even a single sale to another Member State may mean that an authorised representative must be appointed there and remunerated accordingly. For example, if ten or twenty EU countries are supplied, ten or twenty separate contractual relationships are created, each with its own fees and reporting channels. It does not matter whether only five parcels or, for example, five hundred parcels are sent to the country in question. For smaller traders in particular, these country-specific fixed costs are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. In practice, this creates a significant barrier to market entry. Companies that cannot spread these additional costs over a correspondingly large volume of sales may choose not to engage in cross-border trade. In my view, this runs counter to the basic idea of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: **First:** micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative based on the known staff headcount and turnover thresholds. A de minimis threshold per destination country should be added for undertakings above those thresholds but shipping small quantities across borders. Below this limit, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. **Second:** The mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives does not solve the problem in practice. Such bundling is already possible today. Nevertheless, traders still have to conclude a separate contract for each country and bear the respective fixed costs, regardless of the quantities actually sold in that country. An effective one-stop-shop solution would therefore be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be centralised for all Member States and entailing only one-off fixed costs. **Third:** The technical transmission of the data to the respective authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should also be standardised in a uniform manner. Once collected, packaging data should not need to be reprocessed in different formats for each Member State. Small businesses are not just smaller versions of large traders, where all obligations are reduced in proportion to turnover or sales volume. On the contrary, they often incur the same fixed costs as large market players, but spread over a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to appoint representatives that takes into account this particular context of small businesses would allow me and many other small online traders to continue to make effective use of the opportunities offered by the European single market. Otherwise, there is a risk that smaller companies will re-enter the German market of Besc simply because of the additional fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555524_en"}, {"id": 33555513, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:53:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinunternehmen", "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmerin mache ich mir große Sorgen darüber, was die neuen Vorgaben zur Verpackungsregistrierung für kleine Unternehmen bedeuten. Ich verstehe, dass Verpackungen und deren Entsorgung geregelt werden müssen und bin auch bereit, meinen Beitrag dazu zu leisten. Aber die jährlichen Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten plus die Registrierung in jedem einzelnen EU-Land führen zu einer so großen finanziellen und bürokratischen Belastung, dass sich ein Versand in andere EU-Länder für mich wirtschaftlich nicht mehr lohnt. Ich wünsche mir deshalb dringend eine zentrale Stelle für die gesamte EU, bei der ich mich einmal selbst registrieren und meine Pflichten direkt erledigen kann. Alternativ könnte ich mir einen angemessenen Schwellenwert für geringe Verpackungsmengen vorstellen, bis zu dem die Gebühren über die Registrierung im eigenen Land entrichtet werden können. Ich bitte Sie inständig, die Belastungen für Kleinunternehmen ernst zu nehmen und Lösungen umzusetzen, die für uns wirtschaftlich tragbar und damit existenzsichernd sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small businessman, I am very worried about what the new rules on packaging registration mean for small businesses. I understand that packaging and its disposal must be regulated and I am ready to contribute to it. However, the annual cost of an authorised representative plus registration in each EU country results in such a heavy financial and bureaucratic burden that shipping to other EU countries is no longer economically worthwhile for me. I would therefore urgently like to see a one-stop shop for the whole of the EU, where I can register myself and carry out my duties directly. Alternatively, I could imagine an appropriate threshold for small quantities of packaging, up to which the fees can be paid through domestic registration. I urge you to take the burden on small businesses seriously and to implement solutions that are economically viable for us and therefore secure our livelihood.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555513_en"}, {"id": 33555500, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:53:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CWC", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small UK online business selling to EU customers. I fully support the aims of the PPWR and believe businesses should contribute appropriately towards the packaging they place on the market. My concern is the practical impact on microbusinesses undertaking low-volume cross-border trade. The amount of packaging I place on the market in any individual Member State is extremely small likely only a few kilograms per year. I am happy to register, report my packaging volumes and pay appropriate environmental contributions. The difficulty is the fixed costs and administration involved in navigating separate national registrations, reporting systems and, where applicable, authorised representatives. For a microbusiness, these requirements can become disproportionate to the tiny amount of packaging involved and may make continuing to sell to EU customers impractical. I would welcome a simplified, harmonised approach for microbusinesses, with proportionate fees based on actual packaging volumes and consideration for genuinely low-volume cross-border trade. This would allow small businesses to continue supporting the environmental aims of the PPWR without unintentionally making EU trade commercially unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small UK online business selling to EU customers. I fully support the aims of the PPWR and believe businesses should contribute appropriately towards the packaging they place on the market. My concern is the practical impact on microbusinesses undertaking low-volume cross-border trade. The amount of packaging I place on the market in any individual Member State is extremely small likely only a few kilograms per year. I am happy to register, report my packaging volumes and pay appropriate environmental contributions. The difficulty is the fixed costs and administration involved in navigating separate national registrations, reporting systems and, where applicable, authorised representatives. For a microbusiness, these requirements can become disproportionate to the tiny amount of packaging involved and may make continuing to sell to EU customers impractical. I would welcome a simplified, harmonised approach for microbusinesses, with proportionate fees based on actual packaging volumes and consideration for genuinely low-volume cross-border trade. This would allow small businesses to continue supporting the environmental aims of the PPWR without unintentionally making EU trade commercially unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555500_en"}, {"id": 33555472, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:52:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels - und auch als Kundin kleiner Shops - möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, mein Feedback abzugeben. Grundsätzlich begrüße ich eine Regelung, die die Reduzierung unnötiger Verpackungen zum Ziel hat. Doch warum muss das mit derart hohen Kosten und enormem Aufwand auch für Kleinstunternehmen verbunden sein? Es war für mich bisher selbstverständlich, meine Verpackungen ordnungsgemäß zu lizensieren. Doch die nun neu ins Leben gerufenen Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Shops oder Kreativer. Denn diese sind nicht auf Kostenmaximierung um jeden Preis ausgelegt, sondern arbeiten oft mit Leidenschaft und dem Wunsch, nachhaltige, kreative oder besondere Produkte anzubieten. Das sollte natürlich kostendeckend sein, lässt sich aber mit den riesigen Gewinnmargen und extrem hohen Stückzahlen großer Shops nicht vergleichen. Diese neu ins Leben gerufene hohe Hürde ruft deshalb lauthals nach Billigprodukten, die EU-BürgerInnen nun vermehrt in den Shops finden werden und ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht aller, die sich um faire, nachhaltige, individuelle und regionale Produktion bemühen. All das widerspricht meiner Meinung nach nicht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Man muss sich sozusagen den Zugang teuer erkaufen und wer sich das nicht leisten kann hat Pech gehabt. Stand die EU nicht einmal für etwas anderes? Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heike Fries", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small e-commerce operator – and also as a customer of small shops – I would like to take this opportunity to provide my feedback. In principle, I welcome a regulation aimed at reducing unnecessary packaging. But why does this have to be so costly and burdensome for micro-enterprises as well? It has so far been self-evident for me to license my packaging properly. However, the new fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small shops or creators. They are not designed to maximise costs at any cost, but often work with passion and a desire to offer sustainable, creative or special products. This should of course cover costs, but cannot be compared with the huge profit margins and extremely high volume of large shops. This new high hurdle is therefore loudly calling for cheap products, which EU citizens will now increasingly find in shops, and is a blow to the face of all those seeking fair, sustainable, individual and regional production. All this does not seem to me to be contrary to the very objective of the internal market. You have to buy access, so to speak, at a high price, and who has not been able to afford it has had pitch. Did the EU not even stand for something else? I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Heike Fries", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555472_en"}, {"id": 33555456, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:51:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich mit erheblichem Unverständnis gegen einen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR: die vorgesehene Pflicht, bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Für kleine Online-Händler ist diese Regelung in der vorgesehenen Form schlicht nicht hinnehmbar. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat kann weitreichende zusätzliche Verpflichtungen auslösen: Bevollmächtigte suchen, Verträge abschließen, Gebühren bezahlen, Registrierungen vornehmen und unterschiedliche Meldepflichten erfüllen. Und das möglicherweise für wenige Pakete. Es ist völlig unverhältnismäßig, wenn ein kleiner Händler, der beispielsweise zehn Pakete in zehn verschiedene EU-Länder verschickt, im schlimmsten Fall zehn separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Verwaltungsprozesse bewältigen muss. Ob dabei fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete in ein bestimmtes Land verkauft werden, ändert an den grundlegenden Fixkosten wenig. Für einen großen Konzern mögen solche Kosten kaum ins Gewicht fallen. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen können sie jedoch einen erheblichen Teil der erzielten Marge auffressen oder einen Verkauf überhaupt unwirtschaftlich machen. Damit wird aus einer gesetzlichen Verpflichtung faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschranke. Besonders ärgerlich ist, dass die tatsächliche Situation kleiner Unternehmen dabei offenbar nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt wird. Ein kleiner Online-Händler verfügt weder über eine eigene Rechtsabteilung noch über Mitarbeiter, die sich ausschließlich mit Registrierungen, Meldepflichten und Verpackungsrecht beschäftigen. Jede zusätzliche Fixkostenposition und jeder zusätzliche Verwaltungsprozess trifft ein kleines Unternehmen unmittelbar. Ich fordere daher eine deutlich praxisnähere und verhältnismäßige Lösung: 1. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Wer unter den üblichen Schwellenwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz liegt, darf nicht mit denselben Strukturen belastet werden wie ein international tätiger Großkonzern. 2. Verbindliche Bagatellgrenze Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellenwerte muss zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat gelten. Wer nur eine sehr geringe Anzahl von Sendungen oder minimale Verpackungsmengen in ein Land verkauft, darf nicht automatisch denselben Aufwand betreiben müssen wie ein Händler mit einem erheblichen Absatzvolumen. 3. Echter One-Stop-Shop Es reicht nicht aus, lediglich darauf hinzuweisen, dass Dienstleister mehrere Länder betreuen können. Wenn Händler trotzdem für jedes Land separate Verträge abschließen und Fixkosten bezahlen müssen, ist das keine echte Vereinfachung. Notwendig ist eine zentrale Lösung, über die Registrierungen, Meldungen und möglichst auch Zahlungen für mehrere Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt abgewickelt werden können. 4. Einheitliche Datenübermittlung Verpackungsdaten müssen standardisiert und zentral nutzbar sein. Es kann nicht sein, dass kleine Unternehmen dieselben Informationen für jedes Land erneut aufbereiten und in unterschiedliche Systeme übertragen müssen. Ich möchte ausdrücklich betonen: Ich habe kein Problem damit, gesetzliche Pflichten einzuhalten. Was ich nicht akzeptieren kann, ist ein Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand, der in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Verkaufs- und Verpackungsmenge steht. Wenn sich ein Verkauf in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat wegen der damit verbundenen Fixkosten und Bürokratie nicht mehr lohnt, werden kleine Händler diese Märkte schlicht nicht mehr bedienen. Das schränkt den Wettbewerb ein, reduziert die Auswahl für Verbraucher und widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Gedanken eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Es kann nicht das Ziel einer europäischen Regelung sein, kleine Unternehmen durch unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten faktisch aus dem grenzüberschreiten Handel zu drängen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I seriously disagree with one aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR: the envisaged obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales. For small online traders, this rule is simply unacceptable as it stands. Even a single sale to another EU Member State can trigger far-reaching additional obligations: Find authorised representatives, conclude contracts, pay fees, register and fulfil different reporting obligations. This may be the case for a small number of parcels. It is completely disproportionate if, in the worst case scenario, a small trader who, for example, sends 10 parcels to 10 different EU countries has to deal with 10 separate contractual relationships, fees and administrative processes. Whether five or five hundred parcels are sold to a given country does little change the basic fixed costs. For a large group, such costs may hardly be significant. However, for a micro-enterprise, they can absorb a significant part of the margin generated or make a sale uneconomic at all. This effectively turns a legal obligation into a barrier to market entry. It is particularly angry that the actual situation of small businesses does not seem to be sufficiently taken into account. A small online trader does not have its own legal department or staff dealing exclusively with registrations, reporting obligations and packaging law. Each additional fixed cost item and administrative process directly affects a small enterprise. I therefore call for a much more practical and proportionate solution: 1. Exemption for micro-enterprises Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Those below the normal staff headcount and turnover thresholds must not be burdened with the same structures as a large international group. 2. Binding de minimis threshold For undertakings above these thresholds, at least one de minimis threshold per Member State must apply. Those who sell only a very small number of consignments or minimal quantities of packaging to a country must not automatically be required to make the same effort as a trader with a significant volume of sales. 3. A genuine one-stop-shop It is not enough to simply point out that service providers can care for several countries. If traders still have to conclude separate contracts and pay fixed costs for each country, this is not a real simplification. There is a need for a central solution allowing for the pooling of registrations, notifications and, where possible, payments for several Member States. 4. Uniform submission of packaging data must be standardised and usable centrally. Small businesses cannot have to reprocess the same information for each country and transfer it to different systems. I would like to stress that: I have no problem complying with legal obligations. What I cannot accept is an administrative and cost burden that is disproportionate to the actual volume of sales and packaging. If selling to another EU Member State is no longer worthwhile because of the fixed costs and bureaucracy involved, small traders will simply no longer serve these markets. This restricts competition, reduces consumer choice and, in my view, runs counter to the idea of a functioning European internal market. It cannot be the aim of a European regulation to effectively push small businesses out of cross-border trade through disproportionate fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555456_en"}, {"id": 33555442, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:50:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "pegro GmbH", "feedback": "Die Pflicht zur Nennung eine Bevollmächtigten ist eine total überteuerte Maßnahme, die vor allem kleiner Händler und Hersteller vor großen finanziellen Herausforderungen stellt! Es heißt immer, man will Bürokratie abbauen?!?! Hier wird weiter Bürokratie aufgebaut, auf Kosten kleiner Unternehmen!!! Warum bestimmt man nicht einen Bevollmächtigten, für die ganze EU??? Oder noch besser...ein Zentrales, EU-weites Registrierungs -und Lizensierungssystem??? Das wäre viel einfacher, deutlich weniger Bürokratie und vor allem: Kostengünstiger!! Wir kleinen Unternehmen gehen sonst immer mehr vor die Hunde und wir hofieren immer weiter die Chinesen, die trotz Zoll, ein einfaches Spiel haben!! Denen ist die Verpackungslizensierung nämlich sch****egal...", "feedbackEnglish": "The obligation to appoint an authorised representative is a completely overpriced measure that poses major financial challenges, especially for small distributors and manufacturers! It always means cutting red tape?! Further bureaucracy is being built up here, at the expense of small businesses! Why not appoint an authorised representative for the EU as a whole? Or better...a central, EU-wide registration and licensing system? This would be much simpler, much less red tape and above all: Cheaper! Otherwise, we small businesses are getting more and more out of the dogs and we are increasingly hoping for the Chinese, who, despite customs, have a simple game! This is because packaging licensing is of no relevance to them...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555442_en"}, {"id": 33555428, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:50:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "nahtur-design", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels mit Produkten aus eigener Manufaktur möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen J. Skultety", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online trade in products from my own manufacturer, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, J. Skultety", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555428_en"}, {"id": 33555395, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:48:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ASAVO", "feedback": "Guten Tag, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf zwei aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkte der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf und der Registrierungszwang in jedem einzelnen EU-Land, der für kleine Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig hohe administrative Kosten verursacht. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden oder eine echte zentrale Lösung geschaffen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Bettina Karl", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, as a small e-commerce operator, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight two points that I consider particularly critical in the planned implementation of the PPWR Producer Registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales and the obligation to register in each EU country, which creates disproportionate administrative costs for small businesses. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative or a real central solution should be put in place, in line with the known limits on staff headcount and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Bettina Karl", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555395_en"}, {"id": 33555388, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:48:45", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "LARGE", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sashe s.r.o.", "feedback": "As the founder of Sashe, a Slovak online marketplace for local and handmade products, I would like to share, we understand the need to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and establish clear responsibility for packaging across the European Union. However, we are deeply concerned that the current approach may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. For many independent makers, these additional costs and obligations could be simply unsustainable and, ultimately, threaten the existence of their businesses. Sashe has been connecting customers with thousands of small brands and independent makers for 16 years. We see every day how important micro-businesses are: handmade production supports entire families, creates opportunities for people with disabilities and enables people to earn a living regardless of their age, location or life circumstances. We also see that small makers often have a naturally sustainable approach to packaging. They produce in small quantities, minimise packaging, reuse materials and choose recycled or recyclable options not because legislation requires them to, but because they genuinely care about their environmental impact. We believe these realities should be recognised when creating new rules. We are therefore concerned that rules which do not sufficiently distinguish between large corporations and micro-businesses could unintentionally place a disproportionate burden on entrepreneurs whose production practices are often already closely aligned with the principles of sustainability. We ask that the implementation of the PPWR and related obligations take the specific reality of micro and small businesses into account. Requirements should be proportionate to the size and scale of a business, administratively manageable, and designed so that the EU's environmental objectives can be achieved without undermining the viability of small businesses and independent makers. We want a Europe where it is possible to run a business sustainably both economically and environmentally. Protecting the environment and protecting small businesses should not be opposing goals. They should go hand in hand. Thank you for taking the perspective of Europe's micro-businesses and independent makers into consideration. Alexandra Miklášová Founder of Sashe, Slovakia www.sashe.sk", "feedbackEnglish": "As the founder of Sashe, a Slovak online marketplace for local and handmade products, I would like to share, we understand the need to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and establish clear responsibility for packaging across the European Union. However, we are deeply concerned that the current approach may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. For many independent makers, these additional costs and obligations could be simply unsustainable and, ultimately, threaten the existence of their businesses. Sashe has been connecting customers with thousands of small brands and independent makers for 16 years. We see every day how important micro-businesses are: handmade production supports entire families, creates opportunities for people with disabilities and enables people to earn a living regardless of their age, location or life circumstances. We also see that small makers often have a naturally sustainable approach to packaging. They produce in small quantities, minimise packaging, reuse materials and choose recycled or recyclable options not because legislation requires them to, but because they genuinely care about their environmental impact. We believe these realities should be recognised when creating new rules. We are therefore concerned that rules which do not sufficiently distinguish between large corporations and micro-businesses could unintentionally place a disproportionate burden on entrepreneurs whose production practices are often already closely aligned with the principles of sustainability. We ask that the implementation of the PPWR and related obligations take the specific reality of micro and small businesses into account. Requirements should be proportionate to the size and scale of a business, administratively manageable, and designed so that the EU's environmental objectives can be achieved without undermining the viability of small businesses and independent makers. We want a Europe where it is possible to run a business sustainably both economically and environmentally. Protecting the environment and protecting small businesses should not be opposing goals. They should go hand in hand. Thank you for taking the perspective of Europe's micro-businesses and independent makers into consideration. Alexandra Miklášová Founder of Sashe, Slovakia www.sashe.sk", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555388_en"}, {"id": 33555375, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:48:12", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ventico LLC", "feedback": "EC and EU governance has proven once again it's bureaucratic, anti-business DNA. There is proverb , very adequate saying that such actions are like burning the whole bedroom because one bug in the bedsheets. Small, independent operators and entrepreneureal independent demographic layer has been punished by utterly inappropriate and unpropprtional measures. The prove is the EU lagging in all sectors that involve startups and exponential growth from micro and SME-s to unicorns, transcontinental risk venture capital culture , youth business motivation .", "feedbackEnglish": "EC and EU governance has proven once again it's bureaucratic, anti-business DNA. There is proverb , very adequate saying that such actions are like burning the whole bedroom because one bug in the bedsheets. Small, independent operators and entrepreneureal independent demographic layer has been punished by utterly inappropriate and unpropprtional measures. The prove is the EU lagging in all sectors that involve startups and exponential growth from micro and SME-s to unicorns, transcontinental risk venture capital culture , youth business motivation .", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555375_en"}, {"id": 33555325, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:47:57", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Organization", "feedback": "Feedback on the implementation of the PPWR Extended Producer Responsibility and Authorised Representatives We fully support the objectives of the PPWR. Extended producer responsibility for packaging is sound in principle, and we see little disagreement about this among actors along the value chain. Our concern is not the substance of the obligations, but the way they are to be implemented. 1. A genuine EU-level one-stop shop, with harmonised reporting formats Under the current design, a company selling into other Member States must register and report separately in each of them. This means going through the same procedure up to 27 times. In a single market, that is not justifiable. What is needed is a central EU-level point of contact, modelled on the existing One-Stop-Shop for VAT, through which registration and all ongoing obligations in particular recurring reporting can be fulfilled centrally. Member States should be obliged to make whatever national adaptations are necessary for this to work in practice. A central portal alone, however, is not enough. Reporting forms must also be standardised and harmonised: the same structure, the same language, the same data definitions. Where individual Member States genuinely require more or fewer data points, this should be reflected within one common format rather than through 27 divergent national forms. Otherwise companies still have to prepare the same packaging data separately for each country, and the central portal becomes little more than a shared mailbox. 2. An SME threshold for the authorised representative obligation The obligation to appoint and pay an authorised representative in every target market creates fixed costs per country that bear no relation to the actual packaging volumes placed on the market by small companies. A single sale can already trigger the obligation. For a small business with ten or twenty relevant markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts and fee structures, regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are shipped. In practice this functions as a barrier to market entry: companies that cannot spread these costs over sufficient volume will avoid cross-border trade rather than engage in it the opposite of what the single market is meant to achieve. We therefore propose a threshold for example along the lines of fewer than 10 employees and EUR 10 million turnover below which no authorised representative needs to be appointed. This threshold should apply at Union level and not be left to national implementation. We have a single market; the obligations placed on small companies should be defined accordingly.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the implementation of the PPWR Extended Producer Responsibility and Authorised Representatives We fully support the objectives of the PPWR. Extended producer responsibility for packaging is sound in principle, and we see little disagreement about this among actors along the value chain. Our concern is not the substance of the obligations, but the way they are to be implemented. 1. A genuine EU-level one-stop shop, with harmonised reporting formats Under the current design, a company selling into other Member States must register and report separately in each of them. This means going through the same procedure up to 27 times. In a single market, that is not justifiable. What is needed is a central EU-level point of contact, modelled on the existing One-Stop-Shop for VAT, through which registration and all ongoing obligations in particular recurring reporting can be fulfilled centrally. Member States should be obliged to make whatever national adaptations are necessary for this to work in practice. A central portal alone, however, is not enough. Reporting forms must also be standardised and harmonised: the same structure, the same language, the same data definitions. Where individual Member States genuinely require more or fewer data points, this should be reflected within one common format rather than through 27 divergent national forms. Otherwise companies still have to prepare the same packaging data separately for each country, and the central portal becomes little more than a shared mailbox. 2. An SME threshold for the authorised representative obligation The obligation to appoint and pay an authorised representative in every target market creates fixed costs per country that bear no relation to the actual packaging volumes placed on the market by small companies. A single sale can already trigger the obligation. For a small business with ten or twenty relevant markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts and fee structures, regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are shipped. In practice this functions as a barrier to market entry: companies that cannot spread these costs over sufficient volume will avoid cross-border trade rather than engage in it the opposite of what the single market is meant to achieve. We therefore propose a threshold for example along the lines of fewer than 10 employees and EUR 10 million turnover below which no authorised representative needs to be appointed. This threshold should apply at Union level and not be left to national implementation. We have a single market; the obligations placed on small companies should be defined accordingly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555325_en"}, {"id": 33555362, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:47:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Aquakallax", "feedback": "Ich betreibe mit Aquakallax ein sehr kleines deutsches Unternehmen, das selbst entwickelte Produkte für die Aquaristik herstellt und über einen Onlineshop vertreibt. Bislang habe ich auch Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union beliefert. Die unterschiedlichen nationalen Anforderungen an die Registrierung und erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung für Verpackungen stellen für Kleinstunternehmen eine erhebliche bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung dar. Für jedes Land müssen eigene Vorschriften geprüft, Registrierungen vorgenommen, Verträge abgeschlossen, Mengen gemeldet und teilweise Bevollmächtigte oder kostenpflichtige Dienstleister eingesetzt werden. Diese Pflichten entstehen unabhängig davon, ob in einem Mitgliedstaat nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr versendet werden. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen stehen Aufwand und Kosten in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Die Folge ist nicht mehr Umweltschutz, sondern der Ausschluss kleiner Unternehmen vom europäischen Binnenmarkt. Ich habe den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten inzwischen eingestellt, weil die rechtssichere Erfüllung der unterschiedlichen nationalen Vorgaben wirtschaftlich und organisatorisch nicht mehr vertretbar ist. Dadurch verliere ich Kunden und Umsatz, während Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher weniger Auswahl haben. Eine EU-Verordnung sollte zu einer echten Harmonisierung führen und nicht dazu, dass Unternehmen weiterhin bis zu 27 unterschiedliche nationale Systeme bedienen müssen. Ein gemeinsames Datenformat für nationale Register reicht hierfür nicht aus, wenn Unternehmen sich weiterhin in jedem Mitgliedstaat einzeln registrieren, dort Verträge abschließen, Gebühren entrichten und Meldungen abgeben müssen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, bei der Ausgestaltung der Herstellerregister folgende Punkte zu berücksichtigen: 1. Eine einmalige zentrale EU-Registrierung nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip muss für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand ausreichen. 2. Mengenmeldungen sollten zentral über das Register des Sitzstaates erfolgen und von dort an die betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten übermittelt werden. 3. Für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen müssen praxistaugliche Bagatellgrenzen oder vereinfachte Pauschalregelungen gelten. 4. Eine verpflichtende Benennung nationaler Bevollmächtigter sollte für Kleinstunternehmen entfallen oder durch eine zentrale europäische Lösung ersetzt werden. 5. Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs- und Meldepflichten müssen vollständig digital, mehrsprachig, kostenlos beziehungsweise verhältnismäßig und in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich ausgestaltet werden. 6. Bereits im Sitzstaat registrierte Unternehmen sollten nicht verpflichtet werden, dieselben Unternehmens- und Verpackungsdaten mehrfach einzureichen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt darf für Kleinstunternehmen nicht nur theoretisch bestehen. Ohne eine zentrale und verhältnismäßige Lösung werden sich viele kleine Händler aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Versand zurückziehen. Große Plattformen und Konzerne können die zusätzlichen Kosten verteilen; kleine Hersteller und spezialisierte Händler können dies nicht. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der Verpackungsverordnung und übernehme Verantwortung für die von meinem Unternehmen verwendeten Verpackungen. Die Umsetzung muss jedoch verhältnismäßig sein und darf kleine Unternehmen nicht faktisch vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate with Aquakallax a very small German company that manufactures and distributes self-developed products for aquaristics through an online shop. To date, I have also supplied customers in other Member States of the European Union. The different national requirements for registration and extended producer responsibility for packaging represent a significant bureaucratic and financial burden for micro-enterprises. For each country, specific rules must be checked, registrations made, contracts concluded, quantities reported and some authorised representatives or paid service providers used. These obligations arise regardless of whether only a few parcels are sent per year in a Member State. For a micro-enterprise, the burden and costs are disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. The result is no longer environmental protection, but the exclusion of small businesses from the European single market. I have now stopped shipping to other EU Member States because it is no longer economically and organisationally justifiable to meet the various national requirements with legal certainty. As a result, I lose customers and sales, while consumers have less choice. An EU regulation should lead to real harmonisation and not to companies having to continue to operate up to 27 different national systems. A common data format for national registers is not sufficient if companies are to continue to register, contract, pay fees and report individually in each Member State. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take the following points into account when designing the registers of producers: 1. A one-stop-shop single EU registration must be sufficient for cross-border transit. 2. Declarations of quantities should be made centrally via the register of the Member State of establishment and transmitted from there to the Member States concerned. 3. Micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging must be subject to practical de minimis thresholds or simplified flat-rate schemes. 4. A mandatory designation of national authorised representatives should be removed for micro-enterprises or replaced by a central European solution. 5. Registration, licensing and reporting obligations must be fully digital, multilingual, free of charge or proportionate and harmonised across Member States. 6. Companies already registered in the country of establishment should not be required to submit the same company and packaging data several times. The European single market must not exist only in theory for micro-enterprises. Without a centralised and proportionate solution, many small traders will withdraw from cross-border transit. Large platforms and corporations can share the additional costs; small manufacturers and specialised distributors cannot. I support the objectives of the Packaging Regulation and assume responsibility for the packaging used by my company. However, implementation must be proportionate and must not de facto exclude small businesses from the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555362_en"}, {"id": 33555360, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:47:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Karoline Ebel & Mayk Adolf Fokusimpulse GbR", "feedback": "Wir sind eine GbR mit 2 Personen im Fotografiebereich und fühlen uns benachteiligt und vom EU-Markt ausgeschlossen. Wir haben nicht mal die Möglichkeit, unsere Reichweite zu erhöhen und uns sichtbar zu machen, da bereits vor der ersten möglichen Bestellung hohe Gebühren anfallen. Besonders die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Land ist finanziell nicht zu bewältigen. Ganz abgesehen von dem enormen Aufwand. Was macht dieser Bevollmächtigte genau? Er hat bei Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen am Ende vielleicht sogar noch nicht mal viel zu tun, wenn gar keine oder nur sehr wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr eintreffen und dadurch fast nichts verschickt wird. Wir Kleinen zahlen ihn genauso wie die Großen, die Gebühren orientieren sich also nicht an der Unternehmensgröße oder am Jahresumsatz. Für große Unternehmen, die große Margen auf teure Produkte haben oder ein riesiges Werbebudget, mögen die Gebühren für die Bevollmächtigten und damit die Belastung durch die Bürokratie Peanuts sein. Bei uns Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, vor allem Einzelunternehmen und GbRs, fressen die Gebühren die Einnahmen auf bzw. führen in vielen Fällen sogar zu einem Verlust. Vor allem Kunst und Handwerk, wie Papeterie, Grafikdesign, Fotografien, kleine Geschenkprodukte, Bücher usw. müssten in riesigen Mengen von der Kundschaft im jeweiligen EU-Ausland abgenommen werden, damit es sich überhaupt rechnet. Wir bieten zum Beispiel unter anderem Klappkarten an. 100 einzelne Klappkarten wären eine Einnahme von 350 Euro netto. Dafür wären aber ganz sicher mehrere Bestellungen nötig, vielleicht sogar 20, wenn jede Bestellung aus 5 Karten besteht. Man kann sich leicht ausrechnen, dass damit überhaupt noch nichts gewonnen ist. Dann sind vielleicht die Gebühren für die Verpackung und den Bevollmächtigten bezahlt, aber keineswegs unsere eigene Leistung für Fotografie, Gestaltung der Karten, Druck der Karten, Kosten für die Kartons, der Aufwand für den Versand usw. Es wäre also immer noch ein Verlustgeschäft. Schade, denn die EU ist bunt und vielfältig. Sie lebt auch von der Kunst und der Kultur, den Einzelunternehmen und GbRs. Aber die neue Verordnung ist ein Aus, gerade für Kunstschaffende. Ihre Produkte wird man nicht mehr online im EU-Ausland kaufen können. Noch schlimmer: Man bekommt sie noch nicht mal zu Gesicht, als wären all diese kleinen HändlerInnen nicht existent. Damit rücken automatisch die großen Unternehmen in den Fokus oder HändlerInnen aus dem Nicht-EU-Ausland. Die EU-Wirtschaft wird enorm geschwächt. Ist das so gewollt? Wir sind dafür, dass Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle reduziert werden, aber gerade bei Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen fällt sowieso schon weniger Verpackungsmaterial an. Wir verwenden die kleinstmöglichen Kartons, verwenden diese mehrfach und so gut wie kein Plastik. Zum einen, um Kosten für Verpackungsmaterial sparen zu können, aber auch um Ressourcen und damit die Umwelt zu schonen. Nach der neuen Verordnung würden wir alle das System finanzieren, obwohl wir vielleicht nicht mal eine Bestellung ins EU-Ausland versenden, also GAR KEINE einzige Verpackung im Ausland in Umlauf bringen. Warum kann die LUCID-Registrierung in Deutschland und die Mindestmengenmeldung beim Systembetreiber, wie z. B. Lizenzero, Reclay usw., nicht einfach auf alle EU-Länder ausgeweitet werden? Dann wäre für jedes Unternehmen nur noch eine einzige Meldung erforderlich. Der bisherige Aufwand und die Kosten sind für Deutschland über LUCID und den Systembetreiber OK. Es wäre gut, das Gesamtgewicht für alle Verpackungen für alle EU-Länder pauschal angeben zu können. Man wählt dazu, wie es bisher im Inland so war, eine Mindestmenge von 1 kg für die Materialarten aus, die man nutzt. So kann man erstmal zu testen, ob man Bestellungen aus dem EU-Ausland erhält, und könnte nachmelden/lizenzieren. Bei separater Meldung in jedem EU-Ausland wären es vermutlich insgesamt 27 kg pro Materialart. Welches Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen verschickt so viel?", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a GbR with 2 people in the photography field and feel disadvantaged and excluded from the EU market. We do not even have the opportunity to increase our reach and make ourselves visible, as high fees already apply before the first possible order. In particular, it is not financially feasible to appoint an authorised representative in each EU country. Quite apart from the enormous amount of work involved. What exactly does this plenipotentiary do? In the end, it may not even have much to do with micro and small enterprises if there are no or very few orders per year and almost nothing is sent out as a result. We small people pay it in the same way as the big ones, so the fees are not based on the size of the company or the annual turnover. For large companies with large margins on expensive products or a huge advertising budget, the fees for agents and thus the burden of bureaucracy may be peanuts. In our case, micro and small enterprises, in particular sole proprietorships and GbRs, pay off income and in many cases even incur a loss. In particular, arts and crafts, such as parpetery, graphic design, photographs, small gift products, books, etc. would have to be taken away in huge quantities from customers in other EU countries in order to make a reasonable estimate. We offer folding cards, for example. 100 individual folding cards would represent a net revenue of EUR 350. However, this would certainly require several orders, perhaps even 20 if each order consists of five cards. It can easily be calculated that nothing has yet been gained. Then perhaps the fees for the packaging and the agent are paid, but by no means our own service for photography, card design, printing of cards, cost of cartons, cost of shipping, etc. It would therefore still be a loss-making business. Bad, because the EU is colourful and diverse. She also lives from art and culture, individual businesses and GbRs. But the new regulation is an end, especially for artists. You will no longer be able to buy your products online from another EU country. Worse still: They do not even get to their faces as if all these small traders did not exist. This automatically puts large companies in the spotlight or traders from outside the EU. The EU economy is severely weakened. Is this deliberate? We are in favour of reducing packaging and packaging waste, but micro and small enterprises in particular already have fewer packaging materials. We use the smallest possible boxes, use them several times and almost no plastic. On the one hand, to save costs for packaging materials, but also to save resources and thus the environment. Under the new regulation, we would all finance the system, although we may not even send an order to another EU country, i.e. NOT put into circulation a single package abroad. Why cannot LUCID registration in Germany and minimum volume reporting to the system operator, such as Lizenzero, Reclay, etc., simply be extended to all EU countries? Only one notification would then be required for each company. The efforts and costs to date are OK for Germany via LUCID and the system operator. It would be good to be able to declare the total weight for all packaging on a flat-rate basis for all EU countries. A minimum quantity of 1 kg is chosen for the types of material used, as it has been the case in Germany. This allows you to first test whether you are receiving orders from another EU country and to register/license them afterwards. If reported separately in each EU country, this would presumably result in a total of 27 kg per type of material. Which micro and small enterprise sends so much?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555360_en"}, {"id": 33555353, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:47:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich bin einer der letzten Füllerdoktoren und Spezialist für historische Schreibgeräte in Europa. Meine Arbeit ist nachhaltig und meine Ersatzteile werden benötigt um Produkte am Leben zu halten. Produkte werden erhalten und Kunden bekommen Hilfe und Service den sonst kaum einer leisten kann. Zudem handel ich mit Sammlerstücken und bin kein Massenverkäufer. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jürgen Kuhse", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I am one of the last enriching doctorates and a specialist in historical writing in Europe. My work is sustainable and my spare parts are needed to keep products alive. Products will be received and customers will receive help and services that hardly anyone else can provide. I also trade in collectors’ items and I am not a mass seller. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Jürgen Kuhse", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555353_en"}, {"id": 33555341, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:46:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Es betrifft aber auch den Verbraucher: Auch der Verbraucher hat ein Recht darauf, auch bei Klein- und Kleinstunternehmern im EU-Ausland einkaufen zu können. Überlassen Sie den EU-Binnenmarkt nicht Großunternehmern und Global Playern und zwingen Sie den Endverbraucher nicht dazu, nur noch bei diesen einzukaufen!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. But it also concerns the consumer: Consumers also have the right to buy from small and micro traders in other EU countries. Do not leave the EU’s single market to big companies and global players, and do not force the final consumer to buy only from them!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555341_en"}, {"id": 33555315, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:45:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Graf von Kronenberg Group UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleines Unternehmen im Online-Handel möchten wir auf ein erhebliches praktisches Problem bei der Umsetzung der PPWR aufmerksam machen: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder bietet gerade kleinen Unternehmen eine wichtige Möglichkeit, neue Kunden zu erreichen und sich weiterzuentwickeln. Die geplanten Vorgaben könnten diesen Marktzugang jedoch deutlich erschweren. Bereits einzelne Lieferungen in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter beauftragt und bezahlt werden muss. Wenn wir beispielsweise Kunden in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten beliefern, entstehen entsprechend viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und unterschiedliche Meldepflichten. Dabei spielt es kaum eine Rolle, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder größere Mengen verkauft werden. Gerade für kleinere Händler stehen diese festen Kosten häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. In der Praxis entsteht dadurch eine erhebliche Markteintrittshürde. Kleine Unternehmen können die Kosten nicht wie große Marktteilnehmer auf hohe Verkaufszahlen verteilen. Viele Händler werden deshalb voraussichtlich auf Verkäufe in andere EU-Staaten verzichten und sich auf ihren Heimatmarkt beschränken. Aus unserer Sicht steht dies im Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher, insbesondere folgende Lösungsansätze zu prüfen: Erstens sollte für Kleinstunternehmen anhand geeigneter Schwellenwerte, etwa hinsichtlich Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz, eine Ausnahme von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten vorgesehen werden. Ergänzend sollte für geringe grenzüberschreitende Verkaufsmengen eine Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat gelten. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte kein eigener Bevollmächtigter bestellt werden müssen. Zweitens genügt es nicht, wenn ein Dienstleister grundsätzlich mehrere Länder abdecken kann. Nach den derzeit üblichen Modellen müssen Händler trotzdem für jedes Land einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und jeweils feste Gebühren bezahlen. Erforderlich wäre deshalb eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Über eine zentrale Stelle sollten Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und Meldungen für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten abgewickelt werden können mit einer einheitlichen Anmeldung und ohne mehrfach anfallende Fixkosten. Drittens sollten die erforderlichen Verpackungsdaten nach einem einheitlichen europäischen Standard übermittelt werden können. Einmal erfasste Daten sollten zentral verwendet werden, ohne dass sie für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut in einem anderen Format aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen können regulatorische Fixkosten nicht in gleicher Weise auffangen wie große Händler. Es handelt sich nicht lediglich um dieselben Pflichten in kleinerem Umfang: Häufig entstehen nahezu dieselben Grundkosten, obwohl das Verkaufs- und Verpackungsvolumen nur einen Bruchteil beträgt. Wir unterstützen das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungen zu reduzieren, Recycling zu stärken und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Die konkrete Umsetzung sollte jedoch verhältnismäßig bleiben und darf kleine Unternehmen nicht faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausschließen. Eine Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen, angemessene Bagatellgrenzen und eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung würden es uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den Binnenmarkt weiterhin wirtschaftlich sinnvoll zu nutzen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small e-commerce company, we would like to draw attention to a significant practical problem in the implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each EU Member State for cross-border sales. Selling to other EU countries is an important way for small businesses in particular to reach new customers and develop. However, the planned requirements could make this market access significantly more difficult. Individual deliveries to another Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and paid for there. For example, if we supply customers in 10 or 20 Member States, there will be a correspondingly high number of contractual relationships, fees and different reporting obligations. It is hardly relevant whether a country sells only a few parcels or larger quantities. For smaller distributors in particular, these fixed costs are often disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. In practice, this creates a significant barrier to market entry. Small businesses cannot spread the costs as big market players do over high sales. Many traders are therefore likely to refrain from selling to other EU countries and limit themselves to their home market. In our view, this runs counter to the basic idea of a functioning European internal market. We would therefore ask the European Commission to examine the following solutions in particular: First, an exemption from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative should be provided for microenterprises based on appropriate thresholds, such as headcount and annual turnover. In addition, small cross-border sales volumes should be subject to a de minimis threshold per Member State. Below this limit, there should be no need to appoint a separate authorised representative. Second, it is not sufficient that a service provider can in principle cover several countries. Under the current models, traders still have to conclude a separate contract for each country and pay fixed fees for each country. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution would therefore be needed. It should be possible for registration, authorisation and notifications to be carried out through a single point of entry for all Member States, with a single declaration and without incurring multiple fixed costs. Third, it should be possible to submit the required packaging data according to a uniform European standard. Once collected, data should be used centrally without having to be reprocessed in a different format for each Member State. Small businesses cannot absorb fixed regulatory costs in the same way as large traders. These are not just the same obligations on a smaller scale: In many cases, the basic costs are almost the same, although the volume of sales and packaging is only a fraction. We support the aim of the PPWR to reduce packaging, strengthen recycling and make producers more accountable. However, the concrete implementation should remain proportionate and must not de facto exclude small businesses from cross-border trade. An exemption for micro-enterprises, appropriate de minimis thresholds and a genuine European one-stop-shop solution would allow us and many other small traders to continue making sound economic use of the Single Market. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555315_en"}, {"id": 33555296, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:45:09", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Online antiquarian bookshop", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small Czech online antiquarian bookshop. I only send a small number of orders abroad, with Slovakia being by far my most important foreign market. I am currently trying to find out how to comply with the new requirements in Slovakia. I send only a few dozen orders to Slovakia each year, and the amount of packaging I place on the Slovak market is well below 100 kg per year. Nevertheless, the Slovak Information System of Waste Management has confirmed to me that, as a foreign business operator, I am required to appoint an authorised representative in Slovakia. Even though I can fulfil the obligations through the special regime applicable to quantities below 100 kg per year, I still have to arrange representation in another EU Member State. For a micro-business with such a small volume of cross-border sales, the cost of an authorised representative may be higher than the economic benefit of the sales themselves. If I wanted to occasionally sell to other EU Member States in the same way, this could potentially mean having to arrange a separate representative in every country. I understand the need to address packaging waste and I am willing to comply with reasonable obligations and keep the necessary records. However, the current system is administratively and financially disproportionate for micro-businesses handling such small quantities of packaging. I therefore ask that the situation of micro and small businesses, especially those engaging in only limited cross-border sales, be taken into account. I believe it is particularly important to create a simple, unified European system and to significantly limit or remove the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small Czech online antiquarian bookshop. I only send a small number of orders abroad, with Slovakia being by far my most important foreign market. I am currently trying to find out how to comply with the new requirements in Slovakia. I send only a few dozen orders to Slovakia each year, and the amount of packaging I place on the Slovak market is well below 100 kg per year. Nevertheless, the Slovak Information System of Waste Management has confirmed to me that, as a foreign business operator, I am required to appoint an authorised representative in Slovakia. Even though I can fulfil the obligations through the special regime applicable to quantities below 100 kg per year, I still have to arrange representation in another EU Member State. For a micro-business with such a small volume of cross-border sales, the cost of an authorised representative may be higher than the economic benefit of the sales themselves. If I wanted to occasionally sell to other EU Member States in the same way, this could potentially mean having to arrange a separate representative in every country. I understand the need to address packaging waste and I am willing to comply with reasonable obligations and keep the necessary records. However, the current system is administratively and financially disproportionate for micro-businesses handling such small quantities of packaging. I therefore ask that the situation of micro and small businesses, especially those engaging in only limited cross-border sales, be taken into account. I believe it is particularly important to create a simple, unified European system and to significantly limit or remove the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555296_en"}, {"id": 33555283, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:44:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Lais Systeme GmbH möchten wir auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt bei der Umsetzung der PPWR und der nationalen Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU. Als kleinere Unternehmen nutzen wir den europäischen Binnenmarkt und den grenzüberschreitenden Online-Handel. Selbstverständlich wollen wir die geltenden umwelt- und verpackungsrechtlichen Verpflichtungen erfüllen. Die vorgesehene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht führt jedoch gerade für kleine Unternehmen zu erheblichen zusätzlichen Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand. Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein eigener Bevollmächtigter bestellt werden muss. Bei Verkäufen in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten entstehen entsprechend zahlreiche Vertragsverhältnisse, Registrierungen, Gebühren und Meldeprozesse unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder größere Mengen versendet werden. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Absatzmengen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Für kleinere Unternehmen entsteht dadurch faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Während große Unternehmen die Kosten auf hohe Verkaufsvolumina verteilen können, kann es für kleinere Händler wirtschaftlich sinnvoller werden, bestimmte EU-Märkte gar nicht mehr zu bedienen. Dies widerspricht aus unserer Sicht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir schlagen daher folgende Verbesserungen vor: 1. Ausnahmen und Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand geeigneter Schwellenwerte, etwa Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz, von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Zusätzlich sollte eine Bagatellgrenze für geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen je Mitgliedstaat vorgesehen werden. 2. Eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die Beauftragung zentraler Dienstleister löst das Problem bislang nicht ausreichend, da häufig weiterhin je Mitgliedstaat eigene Verträge und Fixkosten entstehen. Unternehmen sollten sich stattdessen einmal zentral registrieren und ihre Verpflichtungen für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten über eine einzige Stelle erfüllen können. Diese könnte die erforderlichen Daten an die jeweiligen nationalen Register weiterleiten. 3. Einheitliche technische Standards Verpackungs- und Mengendaten sollten EU-weit nach einem einheitlichen Standard übermittelt werden können. Dieselben Daten sollten nicht für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut erfasst, unterschiedlich kategorisiert oder technisch aufbereitet werden müssen. 4. Verhältnismäßigkeit Administrative Fixkosten treffen kleine Unternehmen wesentlich stärker als große Marktteilnehmer. Die Regelungen sollten deshalb Umsatz, Unternehmensgröße und tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmengen angemessen berücksichtigen. Für die Lais Systeme GmbH und Puzzle ist der europäische Binnenmarkt eine wichtige Möglichkeit, Kunden auch außerhalb Deutschlands zu erreichen. Die PPWR sollte daher so umgesetzt werden, dass rechtskonformer grenzüberschreitender Handel auch für kleinere Unternehmen wirtschaftlich praktikabel bleibt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Eddie Roepke", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as Lais Systeme GmbH, we would like to draw attention to a particularly critical point in our view in the implementation of the PPWR and the national producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales within the EU. As smaller businesses, we use the European single market and cross-border e-commerce. Of course, we want to comply with the applicable environmental and packaging law obligations. However, the proposed obligation to appoint a representative results in significant additional costs and administrative burdens, especially for small businesses. Individual sales to another Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed there. Sales in 10 or 20 Member States generate a correspondingly large number of contractual relationships, registrations, fees and reporting processes, regardless of whether a country sends few parcels or larger quantities. In the case of small sales volumes, these fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. This effectively creates a market entry threshold for smaller companies. While large companies can spread costs over high sales volumes, it may make more economic sense for smaller traders to no longer serve certain EU markets. In our view, this runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market. We therefore propose the following improvements: 1. Exemptions and de minimis thresholds for small enterprises Micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint their own authorised representative based on appropriate thresholds, such as staff headcount and annual turnover. In addition, a de minimis threshold for small quantities of cross-border packaging per Member State should be provided for. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution The use of central service providers has not yet sufficiently solved the problem, as contracts and fixed costs often continue to be specific to each Member State. Instead, companies should be able to register centrally once and fulfil their obligations for all Member States through a single entity. The latter could forward the necessary data to the respective national registers. 3. Uniform technical standards for packaging and quantity data should be able to be submitted throughout the EU in accordance with a uniform standard. The same data should not need to be re-collected, categorised differently or technically processed for each Member State. 4. Proportionality Administrative fixed costs affect small businesses much more than large market players. The schemes should therefore take due account of turnover, company size and the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. For Lais Systeme GmbH and Puzzle, the European internal market is an important way of reaching customers outside Germany. The PPWR should therefore be implemented in such a way that lawful cross-border trade remains economically viable also for smaller companies. Yours sincerely, Eddie Roepke", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555283_en"}, {"id": 33555269, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:44:02", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fast Wizard Music Oy", "feedback": "Hello. We have a very small company selling our bands t-shirts, CDs, vinyls etc and we have just started out last year. We send 0-10 shipments a month, depending if there are new products. We are looking to grow we have fans from several EU countries, where we have also played concerts and who are looking to buy from us and support us. These new regulations would render it completely impossible to send single orders abroad, given our volume. There needs to be levels to this regulation, to make a fair market for different sized companies. This regulation needs to target big corporations that send tons of cheap stuff and create a lot of waste, many of them from outside the EU. It is completely unacceptable that this regulation basically eliminates small artists, artisans and entrepreneurs from selling within the EU. It is paramount that this regulation is not implemented to micro EU sellers and small companies that have under 10 million euros in revenue a year and fewer than 50 employees. We are counting on you to make the right decision. Best greetings, Janne / FWM", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. We have a very small company selling our bands t-shirts, CDs, vinyls etc and we have just started out last year. We send 0-10 shipments a month, depending if there are new products. We are looking to grow we have fans from several EU countries, where we have also played concerts and who are looking to buy from us and support us. These new regulations would render it completely impossible to send single orders abroad, given our volume. There needs to be levels to this regulation, to make a fair market for different sized companies. This regulation needs to target big corporations that send tons of cheap stuff and create a lot of waste, many of them from outside the EU. It is completely unacceptable that this regulation basically eliminates small artists, artisans and entrepreneurs from selling within the EU. It is paramount that this regulation is not implemented to micro EU sellers and small companies that have under 10 million euros in revenue a year and fewer than 50 employees. We are counting on you to make the right decision. Best greetings, Janne / FWM", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555269_en"}, {"id": 33555251, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:43:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objective of extended producer responsibility for packaging. However, the current system creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small businesses engaging in cross-border e-commerce. As an EU consumer, I am already seeing small businesses outside the EU suspend shipping to EU customers because complying with separate national EPR systems is too complex and expensive. Some businesses have stopped shipping to the entire EU, while others have excluded individual Member States. This is particularly problematic for very small businesses selling low-risk products such as books and other printed products. These businesses may use only small amounts of simple, recyclable cardboard and paper packaging, yet can face registration, reporting, authorised-representative and compliance costs in multiple Member States. The result is not necessarily less packaging waste. Instead, EU consumers lose access to small international businesses or resort to parcel-forwarding services, meaning that the same product still enters the EU but may require additional transport and additional packaging. This appears counterproductive to the environmental objective of the legislation. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to use this implementing regulation to create genuine EU-wide harmonisation. Small businesses should not have to navigate 27 separate administrative systems in order to sell small quantities of goods throughout the Single Market. In particular, I would support: a single EU-wide EPR registration or one-stop-shop for cross-border sellers; one authorised representative being sufficient for the entire EU, rather than separate arrangements in individual Member States; harmonised reporting requirements and thresholds across Member States; proportionate exemptions or significantly simplified requirements for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market; fees that are proportionate to the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging placed on the market, rather than high fixed compliance costs; simplified treatment of low-impact, readily recyclable packaging such as paper and cardboard. Environmental regulation should make producers contribute fairly to the waste they generate. It should not create fixed administrative costs so high that small businesses simply stop serving EU consumers while large multinational companies can easily absorb those costs. A genuinely harmonised, proportionate EU-wide system would protect the environment without unnecessarily excluding small businesses from the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objective of extended producer responsibility for packaging. However, the current system creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small businesses engaging in cross-border e-commerce. As an EU consumer, I am already seeing small businesses outside the EU suspend shipping to EU customers because complying with separate national EPR systems is too complex and expensive. Some businesses have stopped shipping to the entire EU, while others have excluded individual Member States. This is particularly problematic for very small businesses selling low-risk products such as books and other printed products. These businesses may use only small amounts of simple, recyclable cardboard and paper packaging, yet can face registration, reporting, authorised-representative and compliance costs in multiple Member States. The result is not necessarily less packaging waste. Instead, EU consumers lose access to small international businesses or resort to parcel-forwarding services, meaning that the same product still enters the EU but may require additional transport and additional packaging. This appears counterproductive to the environmental objective of the legislation. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to use this implementing regulation to create genuine EU-wide harmonisation. Small businesses should not have to navigate 27 separate administrative systems in order to sell small quantities of goods throughout the Single Market. In particular, I would support: a single EU-wide EPR registration or one-stop-shop for cross-border sellers; one authorised representative being sufficient for the entire EU, rather than separate arrangements in individual Member States; harmonised reporting requirements and thresholds across Member States; proportionate exemptions or significantly simplified requirements for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market; fees that are proportionate to the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging placed on the market, rather than high fixed compliance costs; simplified treatment of low-impact, readily recyclable packaging such as paper and cardboard. Environmental regulation should make producers contribute fairly to the waste they generate. It should not create fixed administrative costs so high that small businesses simply stop serving EU consumers while large multinational companies can easily absorb those costs. A genuinely harmonised, proportionate EU-wide system would protect the environment without unnecessarily excluding small businesses from the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555251_en"}, {"id": 33555246, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:43:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe mit EdpaS einen kleinen, inhabergeführten Onlinehandel in Österreich. Wir verkaufen Schnitzwerkzeuge, Schnitzholz und Zubehör über unseren eigenen Onlineshop sowie über Online-Marktplätze an Kundinnen und Kunden in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Ziele der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und nachhaltige Verpackungslösungen zu fördern, unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Auch wir achten darauf, Verpackungen möglichst sparsam einzusetzen und überwiegend recyclingfähige, papierbasierte Materialien zu verwenden. Die praktische Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung stellt kleine Unternehmen jedoch vor unverhältnismäßig hohe finanzielle und administrative Belastungen. Besonders problematisch ist die Verpflichtung, in jedem belieferten Mitgliedstaat einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Diese Verpflichtung kann bereits durch einzelne Verkäufe entstehen. Die dabei anfallenden Registrierungs-, Vertrags- und Grundgebühren stehen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den geringen Verpackungsmengen, die ein kleiner Händler in einzelnen Zielmärkten tatsächlich in Verkehr bringt. Für ein kleines Unternehmen bedeutet der Verkauf in mehrere EU-Länder zahlreiche Vertragsverhältnisse, unterschiedliche Meldeverfahren und wiederkehrende Fixkosten. Diese Kosten fallen unabhängig davon an, ob in einem Land nur wenige oder mehrere Tausend Sendungen verkauft werden. Große Unternehmen können solche Fixkosten auf hohe Absatzmengen verteilen. Kleine Händler können dies nicht. Die Folge ist, dass kleine Unternehmen ihren Versand in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten einschränken oder vollständig einstellen müssen. Damit wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb der EU erheblich erschwert. Dies widerspricht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes und benachteiligt kleine Unternehmen gegenüber großen Marktteilnehmern. Ich bitte daher um folgende Erleichterungen: 1. Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollten grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat ausgenommen werden. 2. Alternativ sollte eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland eingeführt werden, die sich an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge oder am erzielten Jahresumsatz orientiert. 3. Es sollte eine echte zentrale EU-Anlaufstelle nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip geschaffen werden. Über diese Stelle sollten Registrierung, Mengenmeldung und Gebührenzahlung für alle Mitgliedstaaten gemeinsam möglich sein. 4. Verpackungsdaten sollten in einem einheitlichen europäischen Format nur einmal erfasst und anschließend an die jeweils zuständigen nationalen Stellen übermittelt werden können. 5. Gebühren müssen nach der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge berechnet werden. Zusätzliche länderbezogene Grund- und Vertragsgebühren sollten für kleine Mengen entfallen. 6. Für kleine Unternehmen sollte es vereinfachte Meldeverfahren und ausreichend lange Übergangsfristen geben. Die Anforderungen müssen verständlich, digital und ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung erfüllbar sein. Umwelt- und Ressourcenschutz sind wichtige gemeinsame Ziele. Die dafür vorgesehenen Regelungen müssen jedoch verhältnismäßig ausgestaltet sein. Kleine Unternehmen dürfen nicht dieselben länderbezogenen Fixkosten und Verwaltungsstrukturen tragen müssen wie international tätige Großunternehmen. Eine praxisgerechte Ausnahmeregelung, eine mengenabhängige Bagatellgrenze und ein europaweiter One-Stop-Shop würden es kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, weiterhin am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen und gleichzeitig ihre Verantwortung für Verpackungen zu erfüllen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Patrick Hermann Eder EdpaS Österreich", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run a small, owner-run online shop in Austria with EdpaS. We sell carving tools, wood and accessories to customers in different EU Member States through our own online shop and online marketplaces. I strongly support the PPWR’s objectives of reducing packaging waste and promoting sustainable packaging solutions. We are also careful to use packaging as economically as possible and to use mainly recyclable, paper-based materials. However, the practical implementation of EPR imposes disproportionate financial and administrative burdens on small businesses. The obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each Member State supplied is particularly problematic. This obligation may already arise from individual sales. The registration, contractual and basic fees involved are disproportionate to the small quantities of packaging that a small distributor actually places on the market in individual target markets. For a small business, selling to several EU countries means many contractual relationships, different reporting procedures and recurring fixed costs. These costs are incurred regardless of whether only a few or several thousand items are sold in a country. Large companies can spread such fixed costs over high sales volumes. Small traders cannot. As a result, small businesses will have to restrict or completely stop shipping to individual Member States. This makes cross-border trade within the EU considerably more difficult. This runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market and puts small businesses at a disadvantage vis-à-vis large market players. I would therefore ask for the following facilitations: 1. Micro and small enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State. 2. Alternatively, an appropriate de minimis threshold per destination country should be introduced, based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market or the annual turnover achieved. 3. A genuine one-stop-shop EU one-stop-shop should be created. It should be possible to register, report quantities and pay fees jointly for all Member States. 4. Packaging data should only be able to be collected once in a uniform European format and then transmitted to the relevant national competent bodies. 5. Fees must be calculated on the basis of the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. Additional country-specific basic and contract fees should not apply to small quantities. 6. There should be simplified notification procedures and sufficiently long transition periods for small businesses. The requirements shall be understandable, digital and achievable without a dedicated legal or compliance function. Protection of the environment and resources are important common objectives. However, the rules laid down for that purpose must be proportionate. Small companies may not have to bear the same country-specific fixed costs and administrative structures as large international companies. A practical exemption, a volume-based de minimis limit and a Europe-wide one-stop shop would allow small traders to continue to participate in the European single market while fulfilling their responsibilities for packaging. Yours sincerely, Patrick Hermann Eder EdpaS Austria", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555246_en"}, {"id": 33555238, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:42:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Einzel-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of small retail trade, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555238_en"}, {"id": 33555226, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:42:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kostenloses Musterschreiben Letzte Chance für kleine Händler: EU will Feedback zur PPWR 13.08.2026 13.08.2026 ca. 4 Min. KI Jetzt Beschwerde bei der EU-Kommission einreichen. Wir stellen kostenlos ein Muster zur Verfügung. Inhaltsverzeichnis Die EU-Kommission sammelt aktuell Rückmeldungen zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR. Betroffene Unternehmen können in der laufenden Konsultation direkt Stellung nehmen, welche Belastungen aus der Umsetzung entstehen und welche Erleichterungen ihnen helfen würden: Zur Konsultation der EU-Kommission Für kleine und mittelständische Online-Händler ist das eine wichtige Gelegenheit denn seit die PPWR am 12. August 2026 in Kraft getreten ist, zeichnet sich bereits ab, welcher Posten sie besonders hart trifft: die Pflicht, in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat, in den sie liefern, einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu benennen. Fixkosten pro Land, unabhängig vom Umsatz Anders als bei vielen anderen Compliance-Pflichten skaliert die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht nicht mit dem tatsächlichen Geschäftsvolumen. Wer auch nur gelegentlich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkauft, kann bereits dadurch verpflichtet sein, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und zu bezahlen unabhängig davon, ob es sich um fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert handelt. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das ebenso viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege. Für große Marktteilnehmer lassen sich diese Fixkosten über ein entsprechend hohes Volumen abfedern. Für kleine Händler ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung wiegt derselbe Betrag ungleich schwerer. In der Praxis führt das bereits jetzt dazu, dass Händler ihren Versand in einzelne oder sogar alle EU-Länder einstellen, statt die zusätzlichen Kosten und den administrativen Aufwand zu tragen ein Ergebnis, das dem eigentlichen Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarkts entgegenläuft. Gerade weil kleine Händler in solchen Konsultationsverfahren oft unterrepräsentiert sind, kann jede einzelne Stellungnahme zählen. Vorlage: So können kleine Händler Rückmeldung geben Wer selbst eine Stellungnahme einreichen möchte, aber nicht weiß, wo er anfangen soll, kann sich an folgendem Textvorschlag orientieren am besten in eigenen Worten und mit Bezug auf die eigene Situation: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte über", "feedbackEnglish": "Free model letter Last chance for small traders: The EU intends to submit feedback on the PPWR 13.8.2026 13.8.2026 approx. 4 min. KI now complains to the European Commission. We provide a template free of charge. Table of contents The European Commission is currently collecting feedback on the planned requirements for the national producer registers under the PPWR. Affected companies can directly comment in the ongoing consultation on the burdens resulting from implementation and the facilitations that would help them: For small and medium-sized online traders, this is an important opportunity since the PPWR entered into force on 12 August 2026. It is already clear which item it is hitting particularly hard: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each EU Member State to which they deliver. Fixed costs per country, irrespective of turnover. Unlike many other compliance obligations, the obligation to appoint a representative does not scale with the actual volume of business. A person who sells goods to another Member State, even occasionally, may already be obliged to appoint an authorised representative there and pay for them, regardless of whether they are five packages or five hundred. For 10 or 20 relevant target markets, this means an equal number of separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels. For large market participants, these fixed costs can be absorbed by a correspondingly high volume. For small traders without their own legal or compliance department, the same amount weighs disproportionately more heavily. In practice, this already means that traders stop shipping to individual or even all EU countries, instead of bearing the additional costs and administrative burden, an outcome that runs counter to the very objective of the European single market. It is precisely because small traders are often under-represented in such consultation procedures that every single opinion can count. Submission: For example, small traders can give feedback. Those who want to submit comments themselves, but do not know where to start, can best be guided by the following text proposal in their own words and with reference to their own situation: Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that do not comply with these limit values above:", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555226_en"}, {"id": 33555225, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:42:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CQ GmbH", "feedback": "As the owner of a small e-commerce business in Germany, I want to raise a concern about the PPWR. The extended producer responsibility requirements now imposed are neither financially nor administratively feasible for a small business like ours. As a result, we have had to stop shipping to most EU countries entirely. This costs us not only current revenue, but also future growth markets we can no longer even test. The PPWR in its current form is barrier to entry that only large corporations can afford to clear. Small businesses are being pushed out of the single market. We ask the Commission to introduce simplified, threshold-based compliance rules (e.g., by shipment volume or company size) so small businesses can keep serving EU customers.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small e-commerce business in Germany, I want to raise a concern about the PPWR. The extended producer responsibility requirements now imposed are neither financially nor administratively feasible for a small business like ours. As a result, we have had to stop shipping to most EU countries entirely. This costs us not only current revenue, but also future growth markets we can no longer even test. The PPWR in its current form is barrier to entry that only large corporations can afford to clear. Small businesses are being pushed out of the single market. We ask the Commission to introduce simplified, threshold-based compliance rules (e.g., by shipment volume or company size) so small businesses can keep serving EU customers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555225_en"}, {"id": 33555197, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:41:14", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Europe is already the butt of many jokes around the world for our silly and overbearing regulations. This is the latest and probably greatest example of that. Please stop, don't make businesses' lives in Europe even harder than it already is.", "feedbackEnglish": "Europe is already the butt of many jokes around the world for our silly and overbearing regulations. This is the latest and probably greatest example of that. Please stop, don't make businesses' lives in Europe even harder than it already is.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555197_en"}, {"id": 33555182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:40:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LokDiscount.shop", "feedback": "Die europäische Verpackungspolitik hat für kleine Händler inzwischen ein Ausmaß erreicht, das mit verhältnismäßiger Umweltpolitik kaum noch etwas zu tun hat. Sie entwickelt sich zu einer Bürokratie- und Kostenmaschinerie, die ausgerechnet den europäischen Binnenmarkt beschädigt. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlinehandel in Deutschland. Gefühlt verbringe ich mittlerweile über 30 % meiner Arbeitszeit ausschließlich damit, gesetzliche Vorgaben, Registrierungen, Meldungen und Dokumentationspflichten zu erfüllen. Zeit, in der ich keine Ware ankaufen, prüfen, verkaufen und keine Kunden betreuen kann. Meine eigentliche Arbeit wird zunehmend durch Verwaltung ersetzt. Mein Unternehmen erzielte im vergangenen Jahr knapp 100.000 Euro Umsatz mit Kunden im EU-Ausland. Diesen Versand habe ich inzwischen eingestellt. Nicht weil die Nachfrage fehlt. Nicht weil ich diese Kunden nicht beliefern möchte. Sondern weil die regulatorischen Anforderungen und Kosten für einen kleinen Händler nicht mehr vernünftig kalkulierbar sind. Mein Warenbestand hängt von Ankäufen ab. Ich weiß nicht im Voraus, welche Ware ich im Laufe eines Jahres erwerben und verkaufen kann. Trotzdem soll ich für unterschiedliche Mitgliedstaaten Registrierungen, Systeme, Dienstleister und teilweise weitere Formalitäten bezahlen und verwalten. Ich kann doch nicht Tausende Euro im Voraus ausgeben, wenn ich nicht einmal weiß, ob anschließend 10, 20 oder 100 Verkäufe in einem Land stattfinden. Das Ergebnis: Ich beliefere Kunden in Italien, Frankreich, Spanien, den Niederlanden und anderen EU-Staaten nicht mehr. Ist das ernsthaft das Ziel eines europäischen Binnenmarktes? Gleichzeitig zahle ich bereits für meine Verpackungen und deren Entsorgung. Ich kaufe ordnungsgemäße Verpackungen bei deutschen Händlern, bin bei LUCID registriert, beteilige meine Verpackungsmengen an einem dualen System und bezahle dafür. Eigene Verpackungsabfälle bringe ich zum örtlichen Entsorger und bezahle dort nochmals. Es wird registriert, gemeldet, verwaltet und immer wieder bezahlt. Ich habe eine Frau und drei Kinder. Und ich sage es inzwischen ganz offen: Wenn ich für meine Familie eine realistische Möglichkeit hätte, dieses System zu verlassen, würde ich ernsthaft darüber nachdenken, unser Eigentum zu verkaufen, alles zu Geld zu machen und die EU zu verlassen. So groß ist mittlerweile mein Frust über immer neue Vorgaben. Als Selbstständiger trage ich ohnehin mein Risiko selbst. Meine Krankenversicherung bezahle ich selbst. Für Krankheit, schlechte Zeiten, Altersvorsorge und wirtschaftliche Ausfälle muss ich selbst vorsorgen. Niemand garantiert mir einen Umsatz oder ein Einkommen. Deshalb frage ich ganz offen: Was bietet die EU kleinen Händlern noch, wenn der viel beschworene Binnenmarkt durch nationale Registrierungs-, Melde- und Zahlungspflichten faktisch wieder in einzelne Märkte zerlegt wird? Umweltschutz ist notwendig. Aber Umweltschutz darf nicht bedeuten, einen kleinen Händler wegen einiger Dutzend Pakete pro Mitgliedstaat mit unverhältnismäßiger Bürokratie und Fixkosten zu belasten. Wir brauchen eine echte Bagatellgrenze und vor allem eine zentrale EU-weite EPR-Lösung: einmal registrieren, einmal Mengen melden, einmal bezahlen. Die Verteilung zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten darf nicht Aufgabe jedes einzelnen Kleinunternehmers sein. 27 Mitgliedstaaten dürfen nicht 27 verschiedene Bürokratiesysteme bedeuten. Wenn Regulierung dazu führt, dass ein kleines Unternehmen freiwillig auf knapp 100.000 Euro EU-Auslandsumsatz verzichtet und ein Unternehmer mit Familie darüber nachdenkt, die EU ganz zu verlassen, sollte das für die Verantwortlichen ein deutliches Warnsignal sein. Der Binnenmarkt muss auch für kleine Unternehmen praktisch nutzbar und bezahlbar bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "European packaging policy has now reached a level for small traders that has little to do with proportionate environmental policy. It is becoming a bureaucratic and cost machine which is damaging to the European single market. I operate a small online retail business in Germany. I now feel that more than 30 % of my working time is spent exclusively on complying with legal requirements, registrations, notifications and documentation obligations. Time during which I cannot buy, check, sell or care for a customer. My actual work is increasingly being replaced by administration. My company had a turnover of just under EUR 100.000 with customers abroad in the EU last year. I have since stopped sending it. Not because there is a lack of demand. Not because I don’t want to supply these customers. It is because the regulatory requirements and costs for a small trader can no longer be reasonably calculated. My stock of goods depends on purchases. I do not know in advance what goods I can buy and sell in the course of a year Nevertheless, I should pay for and manage registrations, systems, service providers and, in some cases, other formalities for different Member States. I can't spend thousands of euros in advance if I don’t even know if there will be 10, 20 or 100 sales in a country afterwards. The outcome: I no longer supply customers in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands and other EU countries. Is this a serious objective of a European single market? At the same time, I am already paying for my packaging and its disposal. I buy proper packaging from German traders, I am registered with LUCID, I share my packaging in a dual system and I pay for it. I bring my own packaging waste to the local waste collector and pay again there. It is registered, reported, managed and repeatedly paid. I have a woman and three children. And I now say it very openly: If I had a realistic way for my family to leave this system, I would seriously think about selling our property, making everything money and leaving the EU. So much of my frustration is now with ever new requirements. As a self-employed person, I bear my own risk anyway. I pay my health insurance myself. I have to prepare myself for illness, bad times, pensions and economic failures. No one guarantees me a turnover or income. That’s why I’m very open to the question: What else does the EU offer small traders if national registration, reporting and payment obligations effectively break down the much-concerned single market back into individual markets? Environmental protection is necessary. But environmental protection must not mean burdening a small trader with disproportionate bureaucracy and fixed costs due to a few dozen parcels per Member State. We need a real de minimis border and above all a central EU-wide EPR solution: register once, report quantities once, pay once. Distribution between Member States must not be the responsibility of each individual small enterprise. 27 Member States must not mean 27 different administrative systems. If regulation leads to a small business voluntarily giving up almost EUR 100.000 in EU foreign turnover and a business with family thinking of leaving the EU altogether, this should be a clear warning signal to those responsible. The single market must also remain practically usable and affordable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555182_en"}, {"id": 33555141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:39:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Der Grundgedanke hinter dem Gesetz war sicherlich gut. Die Umsetzung und die Auswirkungen sind für mich als kleinen Händler jedoch eine Katastrophe. Wir können die neuen Anforderungen wirtschaftlich schlicht nicht erfüllen und haben deshalb den Versand innerhalb der EU eingestellt. Ist das wirklich der Sinn der EU dass ein kleiner Händler am Ende nicht mehr innerhalb der EU verkaufen kann?", "feedbackEnglish": "The rationale behind the law was certainly good. But implementation and impact is a disaster for me as a small trader. We simply cannot meet the new requirements economically and have therefore stopped shipping within the EU. Is that really the EU’s point that a small trader will ultimately no longer be able to sell within the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555141_en"}, {"id": 33555145, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:39:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen, schwer umsetzbaren Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als kleiner Online-Händler (1-Mann bzw. Frau-Betrieb) ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland (Österreich und Spanien) bislang ein kleiner zusätzlicher Verdienstgewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Für jeden Zielmarkt, auch wenn es für mich nur zwei sind, bedeutet das ein oder zwei separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Bei fortbestehen dieser Verordnung in dieser Form, kommt für mich auch sicherlich keine Erweiterung in andere EU-Länder in Frage. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen, zumal ich eh´ ausschließlich gebrauchte Kartons, eingesammelt von Freunden und Bekannten, verwende. Wie soll es noch umweltfreundlicher gehen???? Die Fixkosten wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Da ich nicht in der Lage bin, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, werde ich grenzüberschreitenden Handel meiden. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simone Glienewinkel", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical and difficult point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small online retailer (1 man or woman company), selling abroad in the EU (Austria and Spain) has hitherto been a small additional earning activity without a legal department of my own, but with the right to abide by the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For each target market, even if it is only two for me, this means one or two separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred there. If this regulation continues in this form, I will certainly not be able to expand to other EU countries. These fixed costs per country bear no relation to the actual packaging volume, especially as I use exclusively used cartons collected from friends and acquaintances. How to make it even more environmentally friendly? Fixed costs act as a de facto entry threshold: As I am not able to allocate these costs to a sufficiently large volume of sales, I will avoid cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Simone Glienewinkel", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555145_en"}, {"id": 33555143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:39:05", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SuperBuff B.V., trading as The Role Play Goblin", "feedback": "I am a micro-enterprise in the Netherlands, one tabletop game shop with a webshop, under ten staff. This draft harmonises the registration and reporting duties that, at my scale, will stop me selling across borders. SOLVIT case 6880/26/NL is open on the same facts. MY NUMBERS Complete trading history, 28 Nov 2025 to 12 Aug 2026. 271 parcels, 149 domestic, 122 across a border to 20 countries. Cross-border revenue 10,861.54 euro. Nine countries where the duty is live, as parcels a year, recurring cost, genuine eco-fee. Belgium 30, 350-1050 euro, 2 euro. Germany 24, 190-340 euro, 20 euro. Spain 14, 302 euro, 3 euro. France 10, 270-680 euro, 80 euro. Finland 9, 76 euro, 2-4 euro. Ireland 5, nil, nil. Denmark 3, 431 euro, 7-9 euro. Sweden 2, 390-740 euro, 10-13 euro. Austria 1, 390-650 euro, 2-10 euro. Totals, 98 parcels, 2,400 to 4,300 euro a year against about 130 euro of genuine liability. The cost of being allowed to pay the contribution is 18 to 33 times the contribution. Registering everywhere would take a fifth to two fifths of my cross-border revenue. AUSTRIA One parcel, ever. Four items, 82.32 euro. Recycling fee genuinely owed, 2-10 euro. EDM registration, a collection system contract and a mandatory representative cost 390-650 euro a year. Roughly 500 euro a year so one 82 euro order can lawfully ship. THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE IS THE PROBLEM It runs from roughly 150 to 1,000 euro per country per year, ignores volume entirely, and is 70 to 90 percent of the cost wherever required. One parcel costs what ten thousand cost. It only becomes rational in the hundreds of parcels per country per year. THE ASYMMETRY The Dutch threshold is 50,000 kg of packaging a year. My total goods shipped to every destination ever is 374 kg, packaging a fraction of that again. Selling only domestically I owe and report nothing. The same shop, same products, same cardboard, faces foreign registration, a paid intermediary and periodic reporting the moment one parcel crosses a border. The duty attaches to crossing a border, not to environmental impact. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS Nobody at my scale registers in nine countries. We stop shipping to those states, or route orders through a large marketplace where the duty sits with the platform. So the register does not capture the producer and the scheme collects nothing. It removes small sellers from cross-border trade and concentrates it in the largest operators. A register that pushes producers out of the market does not register them. TWO MEMBER STATES ALREADY DO THIS CORRECTLY Ireland charges me nothing, because Repak duties sit behind a cumulative threshold in primary law, above 10 tonnes and above 1m euro of Irish turnover. I am roughly 666 times under it. Finland charges 76 euro a year and accepts direct registration with no representative. Neither shows an environmental consequence, because the tonnage at this scale is negligible by definition. FOUR ASKS FOR THIS REGULATION 1. A harmonised de minimis for entry in a national register. Below it, a micro-enterprise selling cross-border need not register or report in the destination state. Ireland's cumulative tonnage and turnover test is a working model already in law. 2. Recognition of home state registration below that threshold, not duplicated 27 times. 3. No mandatory authorised representative for micro-enterprises, as Finland already allows. If retained, cap the charge. 4. A single EU registration and reporting point, allocated centrally to national schemes. This sits squarely in the commitment to cut SME administrative burden by 35 percent. The environmental benefit of registering a producer placing a few dozen kilograms on a national market is near zero. The cost is not. The attached pack gives per-country counts, revenue and weights for all 21 destinations, register requirements for 18 member states, and the basis for every figure, stating which are measured and which are quoted ranges.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-enterprise in the Netherlands, one tabletop game shop with a webshop, under ten staff. This draft harmonises the registration and reporting duties that, at my scale, will stop me selling across borders. SOLVIT case 6880/26/NL is open on the same facts. MY NUMBERS Complete trading history, 28 Nov 2025 to 12 Aug 2026. 271 parcels, 149 domestic, 122 across a border to 20 countries. Cross-border revenue 10,861.54 euro. Nine countries where the duty is live, as parcels a year, recurring cost, genuine eco-fee. Belgium 30, 350-1050 euro, 2 euro. Germany 24, 190-340 euro, 20 euro. Spain 14, 302 euro, 3 euro. France 10, 270-680 euro, 80 euro. Finland 9, 76 euro, 2-4 euro. Ireland 5, nil, nil. Denmark 3, 431 euro, 7-9 euro. Sweden 2, 390-740 euro, 10-13 euro. Austria 1, 390-650 euro, 2-10 euro. Totals, 98 parcels, 2,400 to 4,300 euro a year against about 130 euro of genuine liability. The cost of being allowed to pay the contribution is 18 to 33 times the contribution. Registering everywhere would take a fifth to two fifths of my cross-border revenue. AUSTRIA One parcel, ever. Four items, 82.32 euro. Recycling fee genuinely owed, 2-10 euro. EDM registration, a collection system contract and a mandatory representative cost 390-650 euro a year. Roughly 500 euro a year so one 82 euro order can lawfully ship. THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE IS THE PROBLEM It runs from roughly 150 to 1,000 euro per country per year, ignores volume entirely, and is 70 to 90 percent of the cost wherever required. One parcel costs what ten thousand cost. It only becomes rational in the hundreds of parcels per country per year. THE ASYMMETRY The Dutch threshold is 50,000 kg of packaging a year. My total goods shipped to every destination ever is 374 kg, packaging a fraction of that again. Selling only domestically I owe and report nothing. The same shop, same products, same cardboard, faces foreign registration, a paid intermediary and periodic reporting the moment one parcel crosses a border. The duty attaches to crossing a border, not to environmental impact. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS Nobody at my scale registers in nine countries. We stop shipping to those states, or route orders through a large marketplace where the duty sits with the platform. So the register does not capture the producer and the scheme collects nothing. It removes small sellers from cross-border trade and concentrates it in the largest operators. A register that pushes producers out of the market does not register them. TWO MEMBER STATES ALREADY DO THIS CORRECTLY Ireland charges me nothing, because Repak duties sit behind a cumulative threshold in primary law, above 10 tonnes and above 1m euro of Irish turnover. I am roughly 666 times under it. Finland charges 76 euro a year and accepts direct registration with no representative. Neither shows an environmental consequence, because the tonnage at this scale is negligible by definition. FOUR ASKS FOR THIS REGULATION 1. A harmonised de minimis for entry in a national register. Below it, a micro-enterprise selling cross-border need not register or report in the destination state. Ireland's cumulative tonnage and turnover test is a working model already in law. 2. Recognition of home state registration below that threshold, not duplicated 27 times. 3. No mandatory authorised representative for micro-enterprises, as Finland already allows. If retained, cap the charge. 4. A single EU registration and reporting point, allocated centrally to national schemes. This sits squarely in the commitment to cut SME administrative burden by 35 percent. The environmental benefit of registering a producer placing a few dozen kilograms on a national market is near zero. The cost is not. The attached pack gives per-country counts, revenue and weights for all 21 destinations, register requirements for 18 member states, and the basis for every figure, stating which are measured and which are quoted ranges.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555143_en"}, {"id": 33555132, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:38:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rembeck", "feedback": "ich habe ein kleines 3D-Druck business in Deutschland und verkaufe gelegentlich ins EU-Ausland. Bei den relativ kleinen Umsätzen lohnt es sich für mich nicht, in jedem Land einen Bevollmächtigen zu benennen. Die Kosten dafür übersteigen den Umsatz/Gewinn. Mit der neuen PPWR muss ich nun meinen Verkauf in die EU einstellen. Das habt Ihr wieder mal super gemacht!! Jetzt muss ich langsam doch die AfD wählen... mfg Karlheinz Rembeck", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small 3D printing business in Germany and I occasionally sell abroad in the EU. In the case of relatively small transactions, it is not worthwhile for me to appoint an authorised representative in each country. The cost of doing so exceeds the turnover/profit. With the new PPWR, I now have to stop selling to the EU. Once again, that made you super! Now I have to slowly vote for the AfD... mfg Karlheinz Rembeck", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555132_en"}, {"id": 33555124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:38:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Völklein modellbau / Weichen-Walter", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Handwerksbetriebs mit Online-Handel möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein wichtiger Umsatzanteil gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Walter Völklein", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small craft business with online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a small businessman, sales to other EU countries have up to now been an important part of my turnover, without a legal department of my own, but with the right to comply with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Walter Völklein", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555124_en"}, {"id": 33555102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:37:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kabel Schmidt", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Als überzeugter Europäer habe ich gerne in alle Länder der EU Ware geliefert und Geschäftskontakte gepflegt. Mit der neuen verordnung wird leider der Europäische Gedanke ad absurdum geführt und komplett negiert! Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort ein einzelnes Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel deshlab komplett einstellen. Schranken und Verkaufsbeschränkungen anstatt freiem Binnenmarkt! Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel der Europäischen Union! Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Ich kann als Einmann-Unternehmen die immer größere Bürokratie zusätzlich zu meinen täglichen, eigentlichen Geschäftsarbeiten nicht leisten! Um einen Mitarbeiter alleine für die ganze Bürokratie einzustellen bin ich zu klein. Meine Fixkosten würden sich quasi verdoppeln, ein wirtschaftliches Arbeiten ist unmöglich. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Matthias Schmidt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a convinced European, I liked to have delivered goods and maintained business contacts in all EU countries. Unfortunately, the new regulation makes the European idea absurd and completely negates it! The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell a single package or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: If you are not able to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales, you will stop trading hlab across borders altogether. Barriers and sales restrictions instead of a free single market! This runs counter to the very objective of the European Union! I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. As a one-person company, I cannot afford the ever-increasing bureaucracy in addition to my day-to-day, actual business activities! I am too small to hire a staff member for all bureaucracy alone. My fixed costs would almost double; economic work is impossible. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Matthias Schmidt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555102_en"}, {"id": 33555080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:36:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelhandel ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland war für mich als Kleinunternehmerin bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Ich habe dies ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung getan, aber stets mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung jedoch erheblich. Bereits ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet dies zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Die Fixkosten pro Land sind unverhältnismäßig hoch für kleinere Händler und stellen de facto eine Marktzutrittsschwelle dar. Wer diese Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden. Dies widerspricht dem Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich schlage daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vor: 1. Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. 2. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine Bevollmächtigtenpflicht besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Händler schließen zwar bereits Verträge ab, die diese Bündelung ermöglichen, zahlen aber weiterhin pro Land separate Fixkosten, unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Stattdessen benötigen wir eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten oder eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, um die erneute Aufbereitung von Verpackungsdaten für jedes Land zu vermeiden. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten. Sie tragen die gleichen Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die dies berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, anstatt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious growth step for me as a small entrepreneur. I did so without my own legal department, but always with the claim to abide by the law in force. However, the PPWR significantly modifies this invoice. A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. The fixed costs per country are disproportionately high for smaller traders and constitute a de facto entry threshold. Those who cannot pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales are more likely to avoid cross-border trade. This runs counter to the objective of the internal market. I therefore propose that the following points be examined: 1. Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in accordance with the known limits on the number of employees and turnover. 2. Undertakings that exceed these limits but only send small quantities across borders should be subject to a de minimis threshold per destination country below which no authorised representative is required. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. While traders already enter into contracts allowing for this bundling, they continue to pay separate fixed costs per country, regardless of the volume actually sold. Instead, we need a real one-stop-shop solution that allows the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or a single point of contact should be technically standardised to avoid the reprocessing of packaging data for each country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread only over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555080_en"}, {"id": 33555054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:35:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Elektronikwerk GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels für Waagen und Wiegetechnik möchte ich auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland ein stetig wachsendes Geschäft gewesen Die PPWR verändert diesen Umstand erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Werden diese Grenzwerte geringfügig überschritten, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus dem Münsterland Peter Vennes", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of an online trade in weighing scales and weighing technology, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly critical point in our view regarding the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a small business, selling abroad in the EU has been an ever-growing business for me. The PPWR is significantly changing this situation: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in accordance with the known limits on the number of employees and turnover. If these limits are slightly exceeded, at least one de minimis limit per target country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint a separate representative. Yours sincerely from Peter Vennes, Münsterland", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555054_en"}, {"id": 33555026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:34:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nineka Handels GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. In unserem Fall bedeutete es, dass wir den Paketversand ins EU-Ausland mit Ausnahme von Österreich einstellen mussten. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. In our case, it meant that we had to stop sending parcels to other EU countries, with the exception of Austria. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555026_en"}, {"id": 33555012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:33:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Elektronik", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinstunternehmer ohne Angestellte, der einen kleinen Online-Handel betreibt, möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Aspekt der PPWR hinzuweisen: die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Für Unternehmen meiner Größe stellt der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten eine wichtige Möglichkeit dar, neue Kunden zu erreichen und am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzuhaben. Gleichzeitig verfüge ich weder über eine Rechtsabteilung noch über spezielle Compliance-Ressourcen. Die vorgesehenen Anforderungen treffen daher Kleinstunternehmen wesentlich härter als größere Marktteilnehmer. Nach der aktuellen Ausgestaltung kann bereits eine sehr geringe Anzahl von Verkäufen in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und die damit verbundenen Gebühren zu tragen. Für einen Kleinstunternehmer bedeutet dies potenziell zahlreiche separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Registrierungen, Meldepflichten und laufende Kosten in verschiedenen Ländern, unabhängig davon, ob dort jährlich wenige Pakete oder große Mengen verkauft werden. Diese länderbezogenen Fixkosten stehen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Menge der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen. Für viele kleine Unternehmen entsteht dadurch faktisch eine Markteintrittsbarriere für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Statt den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu stärken, besteht die Gefahr, dass sich Kleinstunternehmen aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf ihren Heimatmarkt beschränken. Vor diesem Hintergrund möchte ich folgende Anregungen zur Prüfung einbringen: 1. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen Kleinstunternehmen gemäß den etablierten EU-Kriterien für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz sollten grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Alternativ sollte zumindest eine mengen- oder umsatzbezogene Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat eingeführt werden, unterhalb derer keine Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten erforderlich ist. 2. Echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die Möglichkeit, Dienstleister für mehrere Länder zu beauftragen, löst das Grundproblem nicht. Auch bei solchen Anbietern fallen regelmäßig länderspezifische Verträge und Fixkosten an. Benötigt wird stattdessen eine zentrale europäische Lösung, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt und mit nur einmaligem administrativem Aufwand erfüllt werden können. 3. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung Die für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung erforderlichen Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit einheitlich definiert und digital standardisiert übermittelt werden können. Unternehmen sollten dieselben Daten nur einmal erfassen müssen und diese anschließend für alle betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten verwenden können. Kleinstunternehmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der europäischen Wirtschaft. Sie verfügen jedoch nicht über die personellen und finanziellen Ressourcen großer Unternehmen. Werden dieselben Fixkosten und Verwaltungsanforderungen unabhängig von der Unternehmensgröße auferlegt, führt dies zu einer unverhältnismäßigen Belastung kleiner Marktteilnehmer. Ich bitte daher darum, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Regelungen zur Bevollmächtigtenpflicht die besondere Situation von Kleinstunternehmen zu berücksichtigen und verhältnismäßige Lösungen zu schaffen, die den Zugang zum europäischen Binnenmarkt auch für kleinste Unternehmen ermöglichen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, MB", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a micro-entrepreneur without an employee engaged in small online commerce, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to an aspect of the PPWR which I consider particularly problematic: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility for cross-border shipments within the European Union. For companies of my size, selling to other EU Member States is an important way to reach new customers and participate in the European single market. At the same time, I do not have a legal department or dedicated compliance resources. The proposed requirements therefore affect micro-enterprises much more severely than larger market players. Under the current arrangements, even a very small number of sales to another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint an authorised representative there and to bear the associated fees. For a micro-entrepreneur, this potentially means a large number of separate contractual relationships, registrations, reporting obligations and running costs in different countries, regardless of whether few parcels or large quantities are sold there annually. These country-specific fixed costs are not proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. For many small businesses, this effectively creates a barrier to entry for cross-border trade. Instead of strengthening the European single market, there is a risk that micro-enterprises will limit themselves to their home market for economic reasons. Against this background, I would like to make the following suggestions for consideration: 1. Exemption for micro-enterprises micro-enterprises according to the established EU criteria for staff headcount and turnover should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint a representative. Alternatively, at least a de minimis volume or turnover threshold per Member State, below which no appointment of an authorised representative is required, should be introduced. 2. Real European one-stop-shop solution The possibility to hire service providers for several countries does not solve the basic problem. Such providers also regularly incur country-specific contracts and fixed costs. Instead, a central European solution is needed, through which registration, reporting and evidence obligations can be bundled for all Member States and fulfilled with only one-off administrative effort. 3. Standardised data reporting The packaging data required for extended producer responsibility should be able to be defined uniformly across Europe and transmitted in a digitally standardised way. Companies should only need to collect the same data once and then be able to use it for all Member States concerned. Micro-enterprises are an important part of the European economy. However, they do not have the human and financial resources of large companies. Imposing the same fixed costs and administrative requirements regardless of the size of the company leads to a disproportionate burden on small market participants. I would therefore ask that the special situation of micro-enterprises be taken into account when further developing the rules on the obligation to appoint representatives and that proportionate solutions be put in place to enable access to the European internal market, including for micro-enterprises. Yours sincerely, MB", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33555012_en"}, {"id": 33554987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:33:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alexandra Staffel-de Jong und Christoph Staffel GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleine Manufaktur aus Deutschland mit einem Onlineshop und Versand hauptsächlich innerhalb der EU möchten wir auf eine Reihe kritischer Punkte bei der Umsetzung der Herstellerregister nach der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) hinweisen: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Weiterhin halten wir es für organisatorisch nicht abbildbar, Verpackungsmeldungen nicht dezentral zu pflegen sonden wünschen uns eine Lösung wie bei der MwSt. (OSS-Verfahren). Der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ist für unser Unternehmen ein wichtiger Teil des Geschäfts. Wir verfügen über keine eigene Rechtsabteilung, achten jedoch darauf, die geltenden Vorgaben einzuhalten. Die geplanten Regelungen erschweren dies erheblich. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf kann dazu führen, dass wir im betreffenden Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten benennen und bezahlen müssen. Bei über zwanzig Zielmärkten entstehen ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldeverfahren. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, ob wir in einem Land nur ein oder fünfhundert Pakete versenden. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Händlern in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie erschweren den Zugang zu ausländischen Märkten und machen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf bei geringen Stückzahlen wirtschaftlich unattraktiv. Viele kleine Unternehmen dürften sich deshalb auf ihren Heimatmarkt beschränken. So haben auch wir bereits den Handel in eine sehr hohe Zahl an europäischen Ländern eingeschränkt. Das läuft dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts entgegen und stößt bei unseren Kunden auf Unverständnis (nicht unsere Entscheidung, aber das PPWG). Aus unserer Sicht sollte die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht daher angepasst werden. Kleinstunternehmen, die unter den maßgeblichen Schwellenwerten für Beschäftigtenzahl und Umsatz liegen, sollten davon ausgenommen werden. Für andere Unternehmen mit nur geringen grenzüberschreitenden Versandmengen sollte je Zielland eine Bagatellgrenze gelten. Die Beauftragung eines zentralen Dienstleisters löst das Problem bislang nicht. Auch dort müssen Händler in der Regel für jedes Land einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und Fixkosten tragen, unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Erforderlich wäre wie beschrieben eine echte zentrale Anlaufstelle, über die Unternehmen ihre Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt erfüllen können. Fixkosten sollten dabei nur einmal anfallen. Auch die Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten sollte EU-weit technisch vereinheitlicht werden. Bereits erfasste Angaben könnten dann zentral übermittelt werden, ohne sie für jedes Land in einem anderen Format aufbereiten zu müssen. Für unser Unternehmen bedeuten die länderspezifischen Fixkosten eine Belastung, die sich bei kleinen Verkaufsmengen kaum auffangen lässt. Große und kleine Händler müssen vergleichbare organisatorische Strukturen finanzieren, obwohl sich ihre Verkaufsvolumen deutlich unterscheiden. Eine verhältnismäßige Regelung würde es kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, weiterhin am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen, ohne dass die Kosten einzelner Zielmärkte den dort erzielbaren Umsatz übersteigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christoph", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small manufacturer from Germany with an online shop and shipping mainly within the EU, we would like to draw attention to a number of critical points in the implementation of the producer registers under the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR): the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each destination country in the case of cross-border sales. Furthermore, we do not think it is possible to imagine that packaging declarations should not be managed on a decentralised basis. We would like to see a solution as in the case of VAT. (OSS procedure). Selling to other EU Member States is an important part of our business. We do not have a legal department of our own, but we do take care to comply with the rules in force. The planned rules make this considerably more difficult. Even a single sale may require us to appoint and pay for an authorised representative in the Member State concerned. More than twenty target markets generate an equal number of contractual relationships, fees and reporting procedures. It doesn’t matter whether we send only one or five hundred parcels in one country. These fixed costs are not proportionate to the amount of packaging generated by small traders. They make it difficult to access foreign markets and make cross-border sales economically unattractive in small quantities. Many small businesses are therefore likely to limit themselves to their home market. We have already restricted trade to a very large number of European countries. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market and is not understood by our customers (not our decision, but the PPWG). In our view, the obligation to appoint a representative should therefore be adapted. Micro-enterprises below the relevant thresholds for headcount and turnover should be excluded. For other companies with low cross-border shipping volumes, a de minimis threshold should apply per destination country. The appointment of a central service provider has not yet solved the problem. Again, traders generally have to conclude a separate contract for each country and bear fixed costs, regardless of the volume actually sold. As described above, a genuine one-stop-shop would be needed to enable companies to fulfil their registration and reporting obligations for all Member States in one go. Fixed costs should be incurred only once. The transmission of packaging data should also be technically harmonised across the EU. Information already collected could then be transmitted centrally without having to prepare it for each country in a different format. For our company, the country-specific fixed costs represent a burden that can hardly be absorbed by small sales volumes. Large and small traders have to finance similar organisational structures, although their sales volumes differ significantly. A proportionate regime would allow small businesses to continue to participate in the European single market without the costs of individual target markets exceeding the turnover that can be achieved there. Yours sincerely, Christoph", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554987_en"}, {"id": 33554958, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:31:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sänger oHG Inh. Marco Sänger", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Betriebs mit Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Marco Sänger e.K.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely Marco Sänger e.K.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554958_en"}, {"id": 33554935, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:30:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a prospective small business owner planning to launch a small online shop next year, I want to raise a critical point regarding the planned implementation of the PPWR national producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility when selling across borders. For me, as a future small business owner, selling into other EU countries is an obvious future growth step, without an in-house legal department, but with every intention of complying with the law. The PPWR changes this calculation significantly: as soon as I sell goods into another member state, even a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay an authorised representative there. With ten or twenty relevant target markets, that means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures, and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred in that country. These fixed costs per country bear no relation to the actual packaging volume of small retailers. In effect, they function as a market-entry barrier: anyone unable to spread these costs over a sufficiently large sales volume will tend to avoid cross-border trade rather than pursue it. This runs counter to the actual purpose of the single market, and discourages founders like me even before market entry. I would like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the authorised representative obligation, based on the established thresholds for staff numbers and turnover. For businesses that exceed these thresholds but still ship only small volumes cross-border, a de minimis threshold per target country should at least serve as a fallback, below which no obligation to appoint an authorised representative applies. Second, the mere possibility of engaging central service providers as authorised representative is not sufficient in practice. This bundling already exists, but retailers still have to sign a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of quantity sold. What is needed instead is a genuine one-stop-shop solution, through which registration and reporting obligations for all member states can be fulfilled centrally, with only a single fixed cost. Third, data transmission to the authorised representatives, or to a central point of contact, should be technically standardised, so that packaging data captured once does not need to be reformatted separately for each country. Small businesses are not scaled-down versions of large wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations, they bear the same fixed costs as large market participants, just spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me, and many other prospective small retailers, to actually make use of the European single market, rather than being confined to the domestic market from the outset for cost reasons.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a prospective small business owner planning to launch a small online shop next year, I want to raise a critical point regarding the planned implementation of the PPWR national producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility when selling across borders. For me, as a future small business owner, selling into other EU countries is an obvious future growth step, without an in-house legal department, but with every intention of complying with the law. The PPWR changes this calculation significantly: as soon as I sell goods into another member state, even a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay an authorised representative there. With ten or twenty relevant target markets, that means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures, and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred in that country. These fixed costs per country bear no relation to the actual packaging volume of small retailers. In effect, they function as a market-entry barrier: anyone unable to spread these costs over a sufficiently large sales volume will tend to avoid cross-border trade rather than pursue it. This runs counter to the actual purpose of the single market, and discourages founders like me even before market entry. I would like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the authorised representative obligation, based on the established thresholds for staff numbers and turnover. For businesses that exceed these thresholds but still ship only small volumes cross-border, a de minimis threshold per target country should at least serve as a fallback, below which no obligation to appoint an authorised representative applies. Second, the mere possibility of engaging central service providers as authorised representative is not sufficient in practice. This bundling already exists, but retailers still have to sign a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of quantity sold. What is needed instead is a genuine one-stop-shop solution, through which registration and reporting obligations for all member states can be fulfilled centrally, with only a single fixed cost. Third, data transmission to the authorised representatives, or to a central point of contact, should be technically standardised, so that packaging data captured once does not need to be reformatted separately for each country. Small businesses are not scaled-down versions of large wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations, they bear the same fixed costs as large market participants, just spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me, and many other prospective small retailers, to actually make use of the European single market, rather than being confined to the domestic market from the outset for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554935_en"}, {"id": 33554798, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:25:04", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR requirements are completely unreasonable. In theory, I understand that this is meant to curb the use of the trash packaging that places like Temu and aliexpress use but for those of us who run small businesses and only have one or two orders from a handful of countries in the EU, we can't pay to have representation in each country. The fee is astronomical compared to the goods we are selling. We, as normal people, lose what little business we get by default because of this since we will have to close off shipping to your countries. Rather than imposing this kind of thing on everyone, you should really be specifically targeting large corporations and make exceptions for small businesses. The likelihood that they are already complying to the law is higher and we shouldn't have to pay hundreds of pounds to be able to import less than ten small packages that don't even add up to the amount we're paying for this \"representation\". That's insane.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR requirements are completely unreasonable. In theory, I understand that this is meant to curb the use of the trash packaging that places like Temu and aliexpress use but for those of us who run small businesses and only have one or two orders from a handful of countries in the EU, we can't pay to have representation in each country. The fee is astronomical compared to the goods we are selling. We, as normal people, lose what little business we get by default because of this since we will have to close off shipping to your countries. Rather than imposing this kind of thing on everyone, you should really be specifically targeting large corporations and make exceptions for small businesses. The likelihood that they are already complying to the law is higher and we shouldn't have to pay hundreds of pounds to be able to import less than ten small packages that don't even add up to the amount we're paying for this \"representation\". That's insane.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554798_en"}, {"id": 33554796, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:24:36", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a customer of many small businesses across the EU and someone who occasionally sells handmade art, this law is terrible. It's people like us who care about environmentally friendly packaging the most - I personally don't even buy packaging, just reuse it. Why does the EU implement insane taxes on importing items from abroad, yet it makes owning small businesses within it impossible? A de minimis exemption and an easy cross-country system is the absolute minimum for this law to be functional and I am appaled it launched without it.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a customer of many small businesses across the EU and someone who occasionally sells handmade art, this law is terrible. It's people like us who care about environmentally friendly packaging the most - I personally don't even buy packaging, just reuse it. Why does the EU implement insane taxes on importing items from abroad, yet it makes owning small businesses within it impossible? A de minimis exemption and an easy cross-country system is the absolute minimum for this law to be functional and I am appaled it launched without it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554796_en"}, {"id": 33554795, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:21:32", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Le nuove regole sullEPR e sugli imballaggi stanno distruggendo i piccoli commercianti e-commerce in Europa. LUnione Europea è nata con un grande ideale: permettere a noi cittadini e aziende di vendere e spedire tra Stati membri senza dazi, senza frontiere e senza burocrazia soffocante. Oggi, con la scusa del riciclo, stiamo facendo un enorme passo indietro. Ci tengo a chiarirlo subito: nessuno è contrario a pagare la giusta tassa sul riciclo per salvaguardare l'ambiente. Il problema vero non sono i pochi centesimi per il cartone o la plastica, ma la montagna di burocrazia e i costi fissi folli che ci state imponendo per ogni singolo Paese in cui spediamo. Dover fare contratti separati, pagare abbonamenti annuali ai vari consorzi nazionali e persino doversi pagare un \"rappresentante autorizzato\" estero solo per inviare qualche pacco all'anno in Francia, Spagna o Germania è un'assurdità. I risultati di questa politica sono chiarissimi: si colpiscono i piccoli a favore dei giganti. Una multinazionale spalma un costo fisso di migliaia di euro su milioni di spedizioni e non se ne accorge neanche. Per una piccola attività, quei costi fissi azzerano totalmente il guadagno di intere vendite. Così si distrugge il Made in EU. Le piccole imprese e i negozianti specializzati sono l'unica vera alternativa alle big corporation americane o cinesi. Se li bloccate, lasciate tutto il mercato in mano a loro. Il mercato unico non esisterà più. Di fronte a questi costi, l'unica scelta ragionevole per i piccoli è chiudere le spedizioni all'estero e vendere solo nei nostri paesi. Esattamente il contrario di quello per cui l'Unione Europea è stata creata. Trattare un piccolo negozio online come se fosse un colosso dell'e-commerce, chiedendo gli stessi adempimenti per 5 pacchi o per 50.000, dimostra una totale disconnessione dalla realtà. Se volete davvero un'Europa verde ma anche economicamente viva, servono subito due cose: 1. Una soglia minima di esenzione (franchigia): chi spedisce bassi volumi o piccoli importi non deve morire dietro a costi fissi e rappresentanti legali. 2. Un unico portale europeo (un solo sito e una sola registrazione): un'unica pratica per vendere in tutta l'UE, senza doversi iscrivere a 27 registri diversi. Così com'è oggi, questa legge non tutela l'ambiente, tutela solo le grandi aziende e affonda chi lavora onestamente ogni giorno con pochissime risorse.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EPR and packaging rules are destroying small e-commerce traders in Europe. The European Union was born with a great ideal: allow us citizens and businesses to sell and ship between Member States duty-free, borderless and free of stifling bureaucracy. Today, with the excuse of recycling, we are taking a huge step backwards. Let me clarify this right away: nobody is against paying the right recycling tax to safeguard the environment. The real problem is not the few cents for cardboard or plastic, but the mountains of bureaucracy and the fixed costs imposed on us for each individual country to which we send. It is absurd to have to make separate contracts, pay annual subscriptions to the various national consortia and even have to pay a foreign ‘authorised representative’ only to send a few packages a year to France, Spain or Germany. The results of this policy are very clear: children are hit in favour of giants. A multinational spreads a fixed cost of thousands of euros on millions of consignments and does not even notice this. For a small activity, those fixed costs entirely offset the gain from entire sales. This destroys the Made in EU. Small businesses and specialised retailers are the only real alternative to big corporations in the US or China. If they are blocked, leave the whole market in their hands. The single market will no longer exist. Faced with these costs, the only reasonable choice for small people is to close their shipments abroad and sell only in our countries. This is exactly the opposite of what the European Union was created for. Treating a small online shop as a giant of e-commerce, asking for the same requirements for 5 parcels or 50.000, shows a complete disconnection from reality. If you really want a green but also an economically vibrant Europe, two things are needed now: 1. A minimum exemption threshold (franchise): those sending low volumes or small amounts must not die behind fixed costs and legal representatives. 2. A single European portal (one site and one registration): a single practice to sell across the EU, without having to register in 27 different registers. As it stands today, this law does not protect the environment, protects only large companies and sinks those who work honestly every day with very few resources.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554795_en"}, {"id": 33554794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:21:27", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rotten Factory", "feedback": "Opinia w sprawie projektu rozporządzenia wykonawczego dotyczącego krajowych rejestrów producentów opakowań (Inicjatywa 15352 Packaging and packaging waste rules on national registers of producers) Szanowni Państwo, Nazywam się Paweł Jakub Górecki i prowadzę jednoosobową działalność gospodarczą pod nazwą Rotten Factory. Od ponad 10 lat projektuję, rzeźbię i produkuję wysokiej jakości miniatury żywiczne oraz elementy terenu w klimacie dark fantasy. Sprzedaję wyłącznie bezpośrednio do klientów indywidualnych (B2C) poprzez własny sklep internetowy oraz kampanie Kickstarter. Firma zatrudnia jedną osobę (mnie). W ciągu roku wysyłam zamówienia m.in. do: Niemiec, Francji, Włoch, Hiszpanii, Belgii, Bułgarii, Danii, Finlandii, Grecji, Irlandii, Holandii, Szwecji oraz Norwegii. Skala opakowań Moje opakowania wysyłkowe to głównie tekturowe pudełka z tektury falistej, niewielka ilość folii bąbelkowej, woreczki strunowe, etykiety tekturowe i zszywki. Bardzo ostrożnie szacuję, że roczna masa wszystkich opakowań, które wprowadzam na rynek, wynosi około 5 kg. Skutki proponowanych przepisów Obowiązek rejestracji w krajowym rejestrze producentów w każdym państwie członkowskim, do którego wysyłam choćby kilka paczek, oraz konieczność wyznaczenia pełnomocnika (Authorised Representative) w krajach, w których nie mam siedziby, oznacza dla mnie w praktyce: konieczność obsługi 10 do 12 różnych systemów rejestracji i raportowania, koszty pełnomocników (nawet przy niskich wolumenach to zwykle kilkaset euro rocznie na kraj), czasochłonne zbieranie i przekazywanie danych. Przy skali 5 kg opakowań rocznie i dochodzie netto poniżej 100 tys. zł koszty administracyjne i opłaty za pełnomocników wielokrotnie przewyższyłyby ewentualne opłaty EPR. W efekcie musiałbym zrezygnować ze sprzedaży do większości krajów UE, co wykluczyłoby mnie z rynku i pozbawiłoby klientów możliwości zakupu moich produktów. Uważam, że obecne rozwiązania są całkowicie nieproporcjonalne wobec mikroprzedsiębiorstw o tak małej skali. Nie stać mnie na ponoszenie takich kosztów i poświęcanie czasu, który powinienem przeznaczyć na tworzenie produktów. Propozycje uproszczeń Wnoszę o wprowadzenie następujących rozwiązań: Zwolnienie mikroprzedsiębiorstw (zgodnie z definicją Komisji 2003/361/WE) z obowiązku wyznaczania pełnomocnika w państwach członkowskich, w których nie mają siedziby. Uproszczone raportowanie (lub całkowite zwolnienie z raportowania ilościowego) dla producentów wprowadzających poniżej określonego, niskiego progu masy opakowań rocznie (np. 50 kg lub 100 kg). Możliwość jednego, uproszczonego zgłoszenia dla bardzo małych wolumenów zamiast pełnej rejestracji w każdym kraju. Bez takich uproszczeń przepisy w obecnym kształcie uniemożliwią prowadzenie działalności na obecnym poziomie i skutecznie zablokują rozwój małych, kreatywnych firm takich jak moja. Z poważaniem, Paweł Jakub Górecki Rotten Factory https://rottenfactory.eu", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on the draft Implementing Regulation concerning national registers of packaging producers (Initiative 15352 Packaging and packaging waste rules on national registers of producers) Sir/Madam, I am Paweł Jakub Górecki and I am self-employed under the name Rotten Factory. For more than 10 years, I have been designing, sculpting and producing high-quality resin miniatures and site elements in a dark fantasy climate. I only sell directly to private individuals (B2C) through my own online shop and Kickstarter campaigns. The company employs one person (millions). During the year, I send orders to, among others: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway. Packaging scale My shipping packages are mainly cardboard corrugated boxes, a small amount of bubble film, string bags, cardboard labels and staples. I estimate very cautiously that the annual weight of all packaging I place on the market is around 5 kg. The impact of the proposed rules, the obligation to register in the national register of producers in each Member State to which I send just a few parcels, and the need to appoint an Authorised Representative in countries where I am not established, mean to me in practice: the need to operate between 10 and 12 different registration and reporting systems, the costs of legal representatives (even in low volumes, typically several hundred euros per year per country), the time-consuming collection and transmission of data. On the basis of a scale of 5 kg of packaging per year and a net income of less than PLN 100 thousand, administrative costs and representation fees would repeatedly exceed any EPR fees. As a result, I would have to stop selling to most EU countries, which would exclude me from the market and deprive customers of the possibility to buy my products. I believe that the current arrangements are completely disproportionate to micro-enterprises of such a small size. I cannot afford such costs and the time I should spend on creating products. Simplification proposals I request the following solutions: Exempting micro-enterprises (as defined by the Commission 2003/361/EC) from the obligation to appoint a proxy holder in Member States where they are not established. Simplified reporting (or full exemption from quantitative reporting) for manufacturers placing below a certain low packaging weight threshold per year (e.g.: 50 kg or 100 kg). Possibility of a single simplified declaration for very small volumes instead of full registration in each country. Without such simplifications, the current rules will make it impossible to operate at the current level and effectively block the development of small, creative companies like mys. Kind regards, Paweł Jakub Górecki Rotten Factory https://rottenfactory.eu", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554794_en"}, {"id": 33554793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:18:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an environmentally friendly person, I see as a great measure to control packaging usage and waste disposal responsibly. I will always see this kind of iniciative is exactly the kind of thing the world needs to further develop. However, I think this law is not taking into account that many small businesses, that only produce a small amount of packaging waste, will see deeply harmed their business, as the fees are a bif economical burden for them. We request laws that are fair for everyone, and that needs to take into account the concept of proportionality, meaning it is important that bis companies take care of their packaginf waste responsibly in the same way as a small business, but not in the same scale. Therefore, some exceptions or scaling is to be implemented in order to keep small businesses unharmed by this iniciative. Think about all the people that cannot pay a fee to be in every european country they sell their products without taking a massive impact to their profit, which is their livelihood. Thanks for taking into account this points and help small businesses thrive across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an environmentally friendly person, I see as a great measure to control packaging usage and waste disposal responsibly. I will always see this kind of iniciative is exactly the kind of thing the world needs to further develop. However, I think this law is not taking into account that many small businesses, that only produce a small amount of packaging waste, will see deeply harmed their business, as the fees are a bif economical burden for them. We request laws that are fair for everyone, and that needs to take into account the concept of proportionality, meaning it is important that bis companies take care of their packaginf waste responsibly in the same way as a small business, but not in the same scale. Therefore, some exceptions or scaling is to be implemented in order to keep small businesses unharmed by this iniciative. Think about all the people that cannot pay a fee to be in every european country they sell their products without taking a massive impact to their profit, which is their livelihood. Thanks for taking into account this points and help small businesses thrive across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554793_en"}, {"id": 33554792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:17:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi. I have a question ... when will you stop destroying the EU ? This new packaging regulation will basically destroy all small businesses. Only big corporations like Amazon will have the money and the infrastructure necessary to comply with this new regulation. You are sayng that EU needs to do better when it comes to recycling. But then we have nort africa and india where the levels of polution and waste is absolutely insane. Insted of putting outrageous concitions on the EU , why not help those areas of north africa and inda and other parts of the world with their waste and help them recycle . Putting such conditions in EU only forces any company thats not Amazon level to close down. Becouse you added all these conditions for every EU country and all these fees. So pls stop destroying EU and maybe help other countries who are responsible for the majority of waste and polution to our planet. Good day", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi. I have a question ... when will you stop destroying the EU ? This new packaging regulation will basically destroy all small businesses. Only big corporations like Amazon will have the money and the infrastructure necessary to comply with this new regulation. You are sayng that EU needs to do better when it comes to recycling. But then we have nort africa and india where the levels of polution and waste is absolutely insane. Insted of putting outrageous concitions on the EU , why not help those areas of north africa and inda and other parts of the world with their waste and help them recycle . Putting such conditions in EU only forces any company thats not Amazon level to close down. Becouse you added all these conditions for every EU country and all these fees. So pls stop destroying EU and maybe help other countries who are responsible for the majority of waste and polution to our planet. Good day", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554792_en"}, {"id": 33554791, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:15:55", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express serious concern about the impact of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (\"PPWR\"), which became generally applicable on 12/08/2026, on small and medium-sized enterprises, and specifically on the Lithuanian economy. The PPWR contains no general exemption for SMEs. The only relief provided is narrowly targeted at micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees, turnover or balance sheet at or below EUR 2,000,000), and even that relief is limited to shifting the preparation of technical packaging documentation to an EU-based supplier it does not remove extended producer responsibility (EPR) registration, declaration-of-conformity obligations, or reporting duties. A business of 30, 50, or 100 employees, which any reasonable definition would still classify as an SME, receives no comparable relief at all. In practice, this means SMEs face the same registration, reporting, and documentation burden as large multinational groups, without the compliance departments, legal teams, or economies of scale to absorb it. Businesses trading across several Member States must register separately in each national EPR system, often through local representatives, and industry reporting has already documented cases of small operators facing compliance costs running into thousands of EUR annually simply to keep shipping standard packaged goods across the internal market. Even where costs are lower for simple single-country operations, the administrative time burden commonly cited at 1020 hours per year per country falls on business owners who have no dedicated compliance staff to absorb it. This is not an abstract concern for Lithuania. According to the European Commission's own SBA Fact Sheet for Lithuania, SMEs generated 68.5% of value added and 76.1% of employment in the Lithuanian non-financial business economy both significantly above the EU averages of 56.8% and 66.4% respectively. Lithuania's economic model is built on a dense base of small and medium-sized manufacturers, exporters, and e-commerce businesses. A regulation that treats a 40-person Lithuanian manufacturer identically to a pan-European retail group does not merely create friction it threatens the competitiveness and, in some cases, the survival of the businesses that this economy depends on most. I understand that the co-decision file 2025/0395(COD), currently before the European Parliament, proposes relief from the requirement to appoint Authorised Representatives, and that amendments before the ENVI Committee would extend this relief beyond micro-enterprises to small enterprises. I strongly urge the Commission to support the broadest reasonable extension of this relief, and to go further by: Extending simplified compliance thresholds and reporting obligations to all SMEs as defined under the EU Recommendation 2003/361/EC, not solely micro-enterprises; Establishing a single EU-level registration and reporting portal for SMEs operating across multiple Member States, rather than requiring parallel national registrations; Extending transition timelines specifically for SMEs, phased separately from large-enterprise obligations; and Commissioning an independent impact assessment on PPWR compliance costs in Member States with above-average SME dependence, including Lithuania, before further obligations take effect through 20302040. I would welcome the opportunity to provide further input, including concrete cost data from Lithuanian SMEs, and I ask that this feedback be formally registered as part of the Commission's ongoing review of the PPWR's implementation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express serious concern about the impact of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (\"PPWR\"), which became generally applicable on 12/08/2026, on small and medium-sized enterprises, and specifically on the Lithuanian economy. The PPWR contains no general exemption for SMEs. The only relief provided is narrowly targeted at micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees, turnover or balance sheet at or below EUR 2,000,000), and even that relief is limited to shifting the preparation of technical packaging documentation to an EU-based supplier it does not remove extended producer responsibility (EPR) registration, declaration-of-conformity obligations, or reporting duties. A business of 30, 50, or 100 employees, which any reasonable definition would still classify as an SME, receives no comparable relief at all. In practice, this means SMEs face the same registration, reporting, and documentation burden as large multinational groups, without the compliance departments, legal teams, or economies of scale to absorb it. Businesses trading across several Member States must register separately in each national EPR system, often through local representatives, and industry reporting has already documented cases of small operators facing compliance costs running into thousands of EUR annually simply to keep shipping standard packaged goods across the internal market. Even where costs are lower for simple single-country operations, the administrative time burden commonly cited at 1020 hours per year per country falls on business owners who have no dedicated compliance staff to absorb it. This is not an abstract concern for Lithuania. According to the European Commission's own SBA Fact Sheet for Lithuania, SMEs generated 68.5% of value added and 76.1% of employment in the Lithuanian non-financial business economy both significantly above the EU averages of 56.8% and 66.4% respectively. Lithuania's economic model is built on a dense base of small and medium-sized manufacturers, exporters, and e-commerce businesses. A regulation that treats a 40-person Lithuanian manufacturer identically to a pan-European retail group does not merely create friction it threatens the competitiveness and, in some cases, the survival of the businesses that this economy depends on most. I understand that the co-decision file 2025/0395(COD), currently before the European Parliament, proposes relief from the requirement to appoint Authorised Representatives, and that amendments before the ENVI Committee would extend this relief beyond micro-enterprises to small enterprises. I strongly urge the Commission to support the broadest reasonable extension of this relief, and to go further by: Extending simplified compliance thresholds and reporting obligations to all SMEs as defined under the EU Recommendation 2003/361/EC, not solely micro-enterprises; Establishing a single EU-level registration and reporting portal for SMEs operating across multiple Member States, rather than requiring parallel national registrations; Extending transition timelines specifically for SMEs, phased separately from large-enterprise obligations; and Commissioning an independent impact assessment on PPWR compliance costs in Member States with above-average SME dependence, including Lithuania, before further obligations take effect through 20302040. I would welcome the opportunity to provide further input, including concrete cost data from Lithuanian SMEs, and I ask that this feedback be formally registered as part of the Commission's ongoing review of the PPWR's implementation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554791_en"}, {"id": 33554788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:09:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "B4K", "feedback": "As a small building brick reseller which goes under a micro enterprise and can just make enough money to keep life going. I fear this will kill my business and my livelihood. I ship to EU country's because of the free trade but cant afford any agents or added costs. I don't want to grow bigger, can't even, and I'm at a loss what to do here. I have bought recyclable packaging a few years back and I'm still using it and recycle the plastic packaging received in earlier packages so it doesn't go to waste! From what I can gather reading this law I now need to close all business to other EU country's or I'm not compliant? As said, this will cost my businesses. Sorry to say, but this law came into effect very sneakily, and posted as a text that is not understandable for a normal human to read. We're not all lawyers. In short, this will kill free trade, this will kill small business, artists selling stuff etc. I feel the EU did not think this through or has a great disconnect with it's citizens who are trying to keep their heads above the water. Please do better so we, the citizens, can stay afloat.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small building brick reseller which goes under a micro enterprise and can just make enough money to keep life going. I fear this will kill my business and my livelihood. I ship to EU country's because of the free trade but cant afford any agents or added costs. I don't want to grow bigger, can't even, and I'm at a loss what to do here. I have bought recyclable packaging a few years back and I'm still using it and recycle the plastic packaging received in earlier packages so it doesn't go to waste! From what I can gather reading this law I now need to close all business to other EU country's or I'm not compliant? As said, this will cost my businesses. Sorry to say, but this law came into effect very sneakily, and posted as a text that is not understandable for a normal human to read. We're not all lawyers. In short, this will kill free trade, this will kill small business, artists selling stuff etc. I feel the EU did not think this through or has a great disconnect with it's citizens who are trying to keep their heads above the water. Please do better so we, the citizens, can stay afloat.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554788_en"}, {"id": 33554773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:07:57", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Self-employed artist", "feedback": "I am writing as a artist based in Cyprus who sells small quantities of original artworks and prints directly to individual customers across the EU. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to recycling costs. However, the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation creates a serious and disproportionate burden for very small businesses engaged in cross-border sales. For a tiny business sending only a handful of orders to a country each year, these fixed compliance costs easily exceed the entire value of the sales made in that country. This creates a deeply disproportionate outcome. Large e-commerce companies can easily absorb such a cost. A micro-business cannot. The practical consequence is that very small EU businesses are being pushed to stop selling to consumers in other Member States altogether. All accross the social media you can now see artisans and craftspeople announce that they are stopping shipping withing and to the EU countries. This means only one thing for them drastically reduced income and for many a totall shutdown of their handmade business. This undermines one of the fundamental advantages of the EU Single Market. A small artist, craftsperson, writer or maker should be able to sell their craft to customers elsewhere in the EU without having to establish a separate compliance infrastructure in every country where a customer happens to live. Micro-businesses also often cannot predict where their customers will come from. A business may receive one order from Germany this year, none the next year, and one order from Portugal instead. It is economically impossible to maintain paid registrations and representatives across many Member States simply in case an occasional customer places an order. I therefore urge the EU institutions to introduce a meaningful proportionality mechanism for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes. Possible solutions could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold, a simplified single registration for micro-businesses selling cross-border within the EU, an EU-level EPR system for very small producers, and an exemption from authorised-representative. Please consider that most of self-employed artisans operate on a level of one person and a few tens of thousands of euro in revenu! Many dont even reach above four digits in yearly sales. The regulation has already halted cross-border trade by the smallest European businesses, threatening to wipe them out, while having no meaningful effect on packaging waste. Please consider the impact of these rules not only on large online retailers, but also on the tens of thousands of artists, makers, independent publishers and other micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a artist based in Cyprus who sells small quantities of original artworks and prints directly to individual customers across the EU. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to recycling costs. However, the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation creates a serious and disproportionate burden for very small businesses engaged in cross-border sales. For a tiny business sending only a handful of orders to a country each year, these fixed compliance costs easily exceed the entire value of the sales made in that country. This creates a deeply disproportionate outcome. Large e-commerce companies can easily absorb such a cost. A micro-business cannot. The practical consequence is that very small EU businesses are being pushed to stop selling to consumers in other Member States altogether. All accross the social media you can now see artisans and craftspeople announce that they are stopping shipping withing and to the EU countries. This means only one thing for them drastically reduced income and for many a totall shutdown of their handmade business. This undermines one of the fundamental advantages of the EU Single Market. A small artist, craftsperson, writer or maker should be able to sell their craft to customers elsewhere in the EU without having to establish a separate compliance infrastructure in every country where a customer happens to live. Micro-businesses also often cannot predict where their customers will come from. A business may receive one order from Germany this year, none the next year, and one order from Portugal instead. It is economically impossible to maintain paid registrations and representatives across many Member States simply in case an occasional customer places an order. I therefore urge the EU institutions to introduce a meaningful proportionality mechanism for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes. Possible solutions could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold, a simplified single registration for micro-businesses selling cross-border within the EU, an EU-level EPR system for very small producers, and an exemption from authorised-representative. Please consider that most of self-employed artisans operate on a level of one person and a few tens of thousands of euro in revenu! Many dont even reach above four digits in yearly sales. The regulation has already halted cross-border trade by the smallest European businesses, threatening to wipe them out, while having no meaningful effect on packaging waste. Please consider the impact of these rules not only on large online retailers, but also on the tens of thousands of artists, makers, independent publishers and other micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554773_en"}, {"id": 33554787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:07:04", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "natisartstore", "feedback": "I understand that things needs to be changed about how we deal with packaing and waste, BUT the new regulations that were added on August 12 might have just killed my business indefinitely. I'm a one person business on Etsy, I sell art prints, stickers, handmade items. If I'm lucky I get 100 orders a year, and my income from this business is very small. For now I had to shut dawn my business to the EU and soon probably my whole business if things don't change. There should be a one-stop space where I can just input my packaging materials and waste without huge fees. It should be easy, and inexpensive to micro businesses. I'm just one person with very few packages. It should be made in a way, that if I get an order for example from France, I can just input a yearly estimated packaging material and get immediate authorisation to send packages there. There should be all the countries available on one platform to input data and without an authorised responsible person, as I'm an Hungarian citizen in the EU. I can accept the waste managing fees for the actual waste, even a little yearly membership to this one-stop site if needed. But it should be adjusted according to income and packaging. I probably send under 10 kg paper and plastic together in the EU yearly, please don't make me pay fees that my business can't produce. Please let me continue my art business. And also, it is really bad for us small business owners as the holiday season is approaching. I can't miss out on the sales, I worked hard all year to prepare my products for the end of the year. Please solve this issue as soon as possible. Make the one-stop platform working by October and adjust it for micro businesses and make it possible to be payed by small income businesses too, or postpone this new regulation until you make this one-stop site working. Please don't erase all the unique artists' and small businesses by this new regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand that things needs to be changed about how we deal with packaing and waste, BUT the new regulations that were added on August 12 might have just killed my business indefinitely. I'm a one person business on Etsy, I sell art prints, stickers, handmade items. If I'm lucky I get 100 orders a year, and my income from this business is very small. For now I had to shut dawn my business to the EU and soon probably my whole business if things don't change. There should be a one-stop space where I can just input my packaging materials and waste without huge fees. It should be easy, and inexpensive to micro businesses. I'm just one person with very few packages. It should be made in a way, that if I get an order for example from France, I can just input a yearly estimated packaging material and get immediate authorisation to send packages there. There should be all the countries available on one platform to input data and without an authorised responsible person, as I'm an Hungarian citizen in the EU. I can accept the waste managing fees for the actual waste, even a little yearly membership to this one-stop site if needed. But it should be adjusted according to income and packaging. I probably send under 10 kg paper and plastic together in the EU yearly, please don't make me pay fees that my business can't produce. Please let me continue my art business. And also, it is really bad for us small business owners as the holiday season is approaching. I can't miss out on the sales, I worked hard all year to prepare my products for the end of the year. Please solve this issue as soon as possible. Make the one-stop platform working by October and adjust it for micro businesses and make it possible to be payed by small income businesses too, or postpone this new regulation until you make this one-stop site working. Please don't erase all the unique artists' and small businesses by this new regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554787_en"}, {"id": 33554786, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:06:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freiberufler", "feedback": "Es ist unverhältnismässig teuer für die kleinen Firmen und gewerblichen Einzelpersonen, die hin und wieder als Versender ins europäische Ausland Waren versenden. Europa soll doch zusammenwachsen und nicht durch immens teure Regularien den kompletten Warenaustausch unter kleinen Firmen zerstören. Bürokratieabbau klingt daher nur noch wie eine Farce! Ich erbitte daher eine Freigrenze für kleine Unternehmen und erst ab einer gewissen grösseren Versandmenge oder höheren Umsatz im Jahr im europäischen Ausland dise Regularien anzuwenden!", "feedbackEnglish": "It is prohibitively expensive for the small firms and commercial individuals that sometimes send goods abroad to Europe as shippers. Europe should grow together and not destroy the entire trade in goods between small firms through immensely expensive regulations. Cutting red tape therefore only sounds like a farce! I would therefore ask for an exemption threshold for small businesses and for disgorgements to be applied only above a certain amount of shipping or higher turnover per year in other European countries!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554786_en"}, {"id": 33554785, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:05:43", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "None your business, send the waste gestapo", "feedback": "When we separate our garbage for recycling, most EU waste management mixes it in the same bloody garbage truck. You're just doing this for the money, yes? No way you care about recycling. If you did, you'd implement recycling plants and systems instead of sending our garbage and millions of euros to third world countries. You're going to lose a ton of income too, we WILL stop selling.buying or find loopholes like for your dumbass 3 euro china parcel crap on small 1 euro repair/craft parts. Better organize a packaging gestapo now because we will not pay 10000 euros for packaging crap on a so called \"free market\". Absolute cretins, europe economy is DEAD", "feedbackEnglish": "When we separate our garbage for recycling, most EU waste management mixes it in the same bloody garbage truck. You're just doing this for the money, yes? No way you care about recycling. If you did, you'd implement recycling plants and systems instead of sending our garbage and millions of euros to third world countries. You're going to lose a ton of income too, we WILL stop selling.buying or find loopholes like for your dumbass 3 euro china parcel crap on small 1 euro repair/craft parts. Better organize a packaging gestapo now because we will not pay 10000 euros for packaging crap on a so called \"free market\". Absolute cretins, europe economy is DEAD", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554785_en"}, {"id": 33554784, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:03:56", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully understand and support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, I am concerned that the way the new requirements are structured places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on microbusinesses and individual entrepreneurs. A small business doesn't have the same environmental impact or resources as a multinational corporation. Yet small businesses are put at the same level by this regulation and now they can face complex registration, reporting, EPR and representation requirements across multiple EU countries. This risks forcing small businesses to stop selling in certain countries or even worse close their businesses altogether. As consumers, we would also lose variety and the opportunity to support independent creators and small businesses. Please reconsider the implementation of these rules and introduce a more proportionate approach, with meaningful exemptions and simplified EU-wide procedures for microbusinesses. The rules should be fair, proportionate and sustainable for businesses of all sizes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully understand and support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, I am concerned that the way the new requirements are structured places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on microbusinesses and individual entrepreneurs. A small business doesn't have the same environmental impact or resources as a multinational corporation. Yet small businesses are put at the same level by this regulation and now they can face complex registration, reporting, EPR and representation requirements across multiple EU countries. This risks forcing small businesses to stop selling in certain countries or even worse close their businesses altogether. As consumers, we would also lose variety and the opportunity to support independent creators and small businesses. Please reconsider the implementation of these rules and introduce a more proportionate approach, with meaningful exemptions and simplified EU-wide procedures for microbusinesses. The rules should be fair, proportionate and sustainable for businesses of all sizes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554784_en"}, {"id": 33554783, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:03:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a creator, mandatory EPR registration fees and the overwhelming cross-border bureaucracy in the EU make it impossible for me to sell beyond my home country. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system tailored for micro-entrepreneurs to ensure fair competition.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a creator, mandatory EPR registration fees and the overwhelming cross-border bureaucracy in the EU make it impossible for me to sell beyond my home country. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system tailored for micro-entrepreneurs to ensure fair competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554783_en"}, {"id": 33554782, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:03:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Wundermix GmbH", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur PPWR-Umsetzung (Herstellerregister / Bevollmächtigte) Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten nach PPWR erzeugt eine regulatorische Last, die für Kleinst-, kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU) existenzbedrohend wirkt. Die Fixkosten pro Mitgliedstaat stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum Verpackungsaufkommen und führen zu einer Marktzutrittssperre. 1. Unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten auch für den Mittelstand Bereits der erste grenzüberschreitende Verkauf kann die Pflicht auslösen, im Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und sich zu registrieren. Pro Land fallen separate Verträge, Jahresgebühren und Meldepflichten an unabhängig von der versendeten Menge. Das betrifft ausdrücklich auch mittelständische Betriebe: Viele vertreiben spezialisierte Produkte (z. B. Nischen-Haushaltsgeräte, Ersatzteile) und beliefern einzelne EU-Länder nur in sehr geringen Mengen. Die Fixkosten pro Land übersteigen regelmäßig den Deckungsbeitrag und machen den Versand unrentabel. Für KMU wirken diese Kosten wie eine versteckte Handelsbarriere. 2. Widerspruch zur Warenverkehrsfreiheit Die EU will Hindernisse für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel abbauen. Die PPWR-Ausgestaltung schafft jedoch durch länderweise Fixkosten neue Hürden, die KMU vom EU-weiten Vertrieb abhalten. Bei spezialisierten Produkten mit begrenzten Absatzmengen je Land rechnet sich der Versand wirtschaftlich nicht. Das läuft dem Binnenmarktziel zuwider. 3. Wettbewerbsverzerrung zugunsten von Nicht-EU-Anbietern Produkte aus Nicht-EU-Ländern (insbesondere China), die über Plattformen wie Temu, Shein, Alibaba oder AliExpress im Dropshipping in die EU gelangen, unterliegen häufig keiner wirksamen PPWR-Durchsetzung. Während europäische KMU für jedes Land Bevollmächtigte bestellen und Gebühren zahlen, können viele Nicht-EU-Anbieter diese Kosten umgehen. Das führt zu klarer Wettbewerbsverzerrung. 4. Interne Belastungen Neben externen Kosten entstehen massive interne Belastungen: Datenerfassung je Land, Abstimmung mit mehreren Bevollmächtigten, Überwachung unterschiedlicher Fristen und Formate, Dokumentation gegenüber mehreren Behörden. Für Teams ohne eigene Compliance-Abteilung ist das ein Dauerbetrieb, der Kapazitäten vom Kerngeschäft abzieht. 5. Konkrete Forderungen a) EU-weite Bagatellgrenzen pro Mitgliedstaat Eine einheitliche Mengenschwelle pro Zielland, unterhalb derer keine Bevollmächtigten- und Registrierungspflicht entsteht. Diese muss ausdrücklich auch für mittelständische Unternehmen gelten. b) Echter EU-weiter One-Stop-Shop Einmalige Registrierung auf EU-Ebene, zentrale Meldung der Verpackungsdaten, zentrale Abführung der Entgelte, automatische Weiterleitung an nationale Stellen nach Vorbild des OSS-Mehrwertsteuerverfahrens. c) Technische Standardisierung EU-weit harmonisierte Datenformate und Schnittstellen, damit Daten nicht je Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. d) Entlastungsregelungen für KMU Bis zur Einführung eines One-Stop-Shops sollten Kleinst-, kleine und mittlere Unternehmen von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen oder deutlich erleichtert werden. e) Durchsetzung gegenüber Nicht-EU-Anbietern Auch Anbieter aus Drittländern und Plattformen (Temu, Shein, Alibaba, AliExpress) müssen effektiv in die Pflicht genommen werden, um Wettbewerbsverzerrungen zu vermeiden. 6. Schluss Die PPWR darf nicht dazu führen, dass KMU den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einstellen. Gleichzeitig dürfen europäische Unternehmen nicht im Wettbewerb mit Nicht-EU-Anbietern weiter geschwächt werden. Ich bitte die Kommission, diese Punkte bei der Ausgestaltung der Durchführungsbestimmungen prioritär zu berücksichtigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on PPWR implementation (register of producers/authorised representatives) The current design of the registration and authorised representative obligations under PPWR creates a regulatory burden that threatens the existence of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The fixed costs per Member State are disproportionate to the amount of packaging and lead to a barrier to entry. 1. Disproportionate fixed costs, including for small and medium-sized enterprises. The first cross-border sale may trigger the obligation to appoint an authorised representative and to register in the country of destination. There are separate contracts, annual fees and reporting obligations per country, regardless of the quantity shipped. This expressly also applies to small and medium-sized enterprises: Many sell specialised products (e.g. niche household appliances, spare parts) and only supply very small quantities to individual EU countries. The fixed costs per country regularly exceed the break-even point and make shipping unprofitable. For SMEs, these costs act as a hidden trade barrier. 2. Conflict with the free movement of goods The EU wants to remove barriers to cross-border trade. However, the PPWR design creates new hurdles through country-specific fixed costs that discourage SMEs from selling across the EU. In the case of specialised products with limited sales volumes per country, shipping is not economically viable. This runs counter to the objective of the internal market. 3. Distortion of competition in favour of non-EU suppliers Products from non-EU countries (in particular China) entering the EU through dropshipping platforms such as Temu, Shein, Alibaba or AliExpress are often not subject to effective PPWR enforcement. While European SMEs appoint authorised representatives and pay fees for each country, many non-EU suppliers can avoid these costs. This leads to a clear distortion of competition. 4. Internal burdens In addition to external costs, there are massive internal burdens: Data collection per country, coordination with multiple authorised representatives, monitoring of different deadlines and formats, documentation to multiple authorities. For teams without a dedicated compliance function, this is a continuous operation that deducts capacity from core business. 5. Specific requirements (a) EU-wide de minimis thresholds per Member State A uniform volume threshold per target country below which there is no obligation to authorise and register. This must also explicitly apply to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); (b) Eighteenth EU-wide one-stop shop, single registration at EU level, central reporting of packaging data, central payment of fees, automatic forwarding to national bodies along the lines of the OSS VAT procedure; (c) Technical standardisation, so that data does not have to be reprocessed on a country-by-country basis; (d) Relief schemes for SMEs pending the introduction of a one-stop shop should be exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives or significantly facilitated; (e) Enforcement vis-à-vis non-EU suppliers. Third-country suppliers and platforms (Temu, Shein, Alibaba, AliExpress) must also be made subject to effective obligations in order to avoid distortions of competition. 6. The PPWR must not lead to SMEs stopping cross-border trade. At the same time, European companies must not be further weakened in competition with non-EU suppliers. I would ask the Commission to take these points into account as a matter of priority when drawing up the implementing provisions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554782_en"}, {"id": 33554781, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 14:00:41", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making businesses responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. But regulation must also be proportionate. As a very small creative business, the new packaging requirements are making me seriously consider whether I can continue serving customers in certain EU Member States at all. I run a small mail club built around something incredibly simple: writing real letters. Each month, I write a personal letter about a place and send it by post to subscribers around the world. The purpose of my business is to bring back slow mail, storytelling, human connection and the experience of finding a real letter waiting in your mailbox. I am not a large e-commerce company shipping thousands of parcels into Europe. I may have only ONE OR TWO subscribers in an individual EU country. Yet under the new system, Germany can require a business established outside Germany to appoint an authorised representative in Germany in order to comply with EPR obligations. For a micro-business like mine, this is completely disproportionate. I could send only a handful of lightweight paper envelopes to Germany in an entire year. The environmental impact of that packaging is tiny. Yet I may be required to pay for an authorised representative, registrations, compliance administration and recycling schemes simply to continue sending those few letters. There comes a point where the cost of compliance is greater than the revenue received from the customers concerned. At that point, this is no longer environmental regulation encouraging responsible behaviour. It becomes a barrier preventing micro-businesses from participating in the European market. The heartbreaking part is that the easiest solution for me is not to use better packaging. It is not to reduce packaging. It is simply to stop serving German customers. How is that a successful environmental outcome? Small creative businesses, artists, writers, illustrators and makers should not have to choose between spending hundreds or thousands of euros navigating EPR systems across Europe or telling customers, Im sorry, I can no longer send this to your country. There needs to be meaningful proportionality. Please introduce a genuine micro-enterprise or de minimis exemption for extremely small quantities of packaging, particularly for businesses placing only a few kilogramsor even less than one kilogramof packaging on a Member States market each year. There should also be a simple EU-wide registration system rather than requiring tiny businesses to navigate separate national systems and potentially appoint separate representatives in multiple Member States. And please provide clear guidance for correspondence-based businesses. A standard paper envelope containing a written subscription letter should not automatically be treated in the same way as a parcel of commercial goods shipped by a large online retailer. My entire business exists because I believe there is still value in physical correspondence. At a time when so much of our lives happens through screens, I am trying to encourage people to write, read, collect postcards, learn about other places and feel connected to another human being through their mailbox. These rules should not unintentionally destroy the very small creative businesses keeping those traditions alive. I am asking the European Commission to listen to micro-businesses before these requirements push us out of the European market. Environmental responsibility matters. But regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. A business sending two paper envelopes to Germany should not face essentially the same administrative infrastructure as a company sending thousands of commercial parcels. Please create a practical micro-business threshold, simplify cross-border EPR compliance, and remove the requirement for separate national authorised representatives where t", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making businesses responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. But regulation must also be proportionate. As a very small creative business, the new packaging requirements are making me seriously consider whether I can continue serving customers in certain EU Member States at all. I run a small mail club built around something incredibly simple: writing real letters. Each month, I write a personal letter about a place and send it by post to subscribers around the world. The purpose of my business is to bring back slow mail, storytelling, human connection and the experience of finding a real letter waiting in your mailbox. I am not a large e-commerce company shipping thousands of parcels into Europe. I may have only ONE OR TWO subscribers in an individual EU country. Yet under the new system, Germany can require a business established outside Germany to appoint an authorised representative in Germany in order to comply with EPR obligations. For a micro-business like mine, this is completely disproportionate. I could send only a handful of lightweight paper envelopes to Germany in an entire year. The environmental impact of that packaging is tiny. Yet I may be required to pay for an authorised representative, registrations, compliance administration and recycling schemes simply to continue sending those few letters. There comes a point where the cost of compliance is greater than the revenue received from the customers concerned. At that point, this is no longer environmental regulation encouraging responsible behaviour. It becomes a barrier preventing micro-businesses from participating in the European market. The heartbreaking part is that the easiest solution for me is not to use better packaging. It is not to reduce packaging. It is simply to stop serving German customers. How is that a successful environmental outcome? Small creative businesses, artists, writers, illustrators and makers should not have to choose between spending hundreds or thousands of euros navigating EPR systems across Europe or telling customers, Im sorry, I can no longer send this to your country. There needs to be meaningful proportionality. Please introduce a genuine micro-enterprise or de minimis exemption for extremely small quantities of packaging, particularly for businesses placing only a few kilogramsor even less than one kilogramof packaging on a Member States market each year. There should also be a simple EU-wide registration system rather than requiring tiny businesses to navigate separate national systems and potentially appoint separate representatives in multiple Member States. And please provide clear guidance for correspondence-based businesses. A standard paper envelope containing a written subscription letter should not automatically be treated in the same way as a parcel of commercial goods shipped by a large online retailer. My entire business exists because I believe there is still value in physical correspondence. At a time when so much of our lives happens through screens, I am trying to encourage people to write, read, collect postcards, learn about other places and feel connected to another human being through their mailbox. These rules should not unintentionally destroy the very small creative businesses keeping those traditions alive. I am asking the European Commission to listen to micro-businesses before these requirements push us out of the European market. Environmental responsibility matters. But regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. A business sending two paper envelopes to Germany should not face essentially the same administrative infrastructure as a company sending thousands of commercial parcels. Please create a practical micro-business threshold, simplify cross-border EPR compliance, and remove the requirement for separate national authorised representatives where t", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554781_en"}, {"id": 33554778, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:59:34", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed EU packaging rules should take greater account of the disproportionate impact they will have on small and medium-sized businesses and their customers. Small businesses simply do not haveand will never havethe financial, administrative, and operational resources available to large corporations to comply with complex packaging requirements. Applying the same requirements and limitations to small businesses as to large corporations would therefore place an unfair and disproportionate burden on them, and in practice will force many of them to leave the market altogether. These costs would ultimately be passed on to customers through higher prices or could force smaller businesses to reduce their product ranges or leave certain markets altogether. It is also unrealistic to assume that customers will simply shift their purchasing to large corporations that are better able to absorb these regulatory costs. Many consumers choose small businesses precisely because of their local presence, product quality, personal service, and community value. If small businesses are weakened or driven out of the market, customers do not necessarily benefit from better alternatives, but may instead face reduced choice and less diversity in the marketplace. The EU should adopt a more proportionate approach. Stricter packaging requirements and limitations should primarily target large corporations and major producers, which have the resources and scale to implement such changes and have a significantly greater impact on packaging waste. Small businesses should be excluded from these limitations or provided with broad exemptions and genuinely simplified requirements. This would protect local businesses and consumers while still allowing the EU to achieve meaningful environmental objectives. Environmental regulation should be effective, but it must also be realistic and proportionate. Rules designed for large corporations should not be imposed on small businesses that do not have, and cannot realistically acquire, the resources required to comply with them.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed EU packaging rules should take greater account of the disproportionate impact they will have on small and medium-sized businesses and their customers. Small businesses simply do not haveand will never havethe financial, administrative, and operational resources available to large corporations to comply with complex packaging requirements. Applying the same requirements and limitations to small businesses as to large corporations would therefore place an unfair and disproportionate burden on them, and in practice will force many of them to leave the market altogether. These costs would ultimately be passed on to customers through higher prices or could force smaller businesses to reduce their product ranges or leave certain markets altogether. It is also unrealistic to assume that customers will simply shift their purchasing to large corporations that are better able to absorb these regulatory costs. Many consumers choose small businesses precisely because of their local presence, product quality, personal service, and community value. If small businesses are weakened or driven out of the market, customers do not necessarily benefit from better alternatives, but may instead face reduced choice and less diversity in the marketplace. The EU should adopt a more proportionate approach. Stricter packaging requirements and limitations should primarily target large corporations and major producers, which have the resources and scale to implement such changes and have a significantly greater impact on packaging waste. Small businesses should be excluded from these limitations or provided with broad exemptions and genuinely simplified requirements. This would protect local businesses and consumers while still allowing the EU to achieve meaningful environmental objectives. Environmental regulation should be effective, but it must also be realistic and proportionate. Rules designed for large corporations should not be imposed on small businesses that do not have, and cannot realistically acquire, the resources required to comply with them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554778_en"}, {"id": 33554776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:54:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich lehne die neuen EU-Verpackungsvorschriften für den grenzüberschreitenden Versandhandel in ihrer derzeitigen Form ab. Insbesondere für kleine Händler und Kleinstunternehmen führen die unterschiedlichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Kostenpflichten beim Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen Aufwand. Dadurch wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarkts für kleine Unternehmen zunehmend unattraktiv oder wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Große Unternehmen können die zusätzlichen administrativen und finanziellen Belastungen wesentlich leichter tragen. Dies benachteiligt kleine Händler und kann dazu führen, dass sich der grenzüberschreitende Onlinehandel zunehmend auf große Konzerne konzentriert. Ich bitte die EU-Kommission daher, die Auswirkungen der Verpackungsvorschriften auf kleine Händler stärker zu berücksichtigen und einfache, kostengünstige und EU-weit einheitliche Lösungen für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Versandmengen zu schaffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I reject the new EU packaging rules for cross-border distance selling in their current form. For small traders and micro-enterprises in particular, the different registration, reporting and cost requirements for shipments to other EU Member States lead to a disproportionate burden. This makes cross-border trade within the EU internal market increasingly unattractive or economically impossible for small businesses. Large companies can bear the additional administrative and financial burden much more easily. This puts small traders at a disadvantage and may lead to cross-border online trade becoming increasingly concentrated in large corporations. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take greater account of the impact of the packaging rules on small traders and to create simple, cost-effective and EU-wide uniform solutions for micro-enterprises and small volumes of shipments.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554776_en"}, {"id": 33554775, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:52:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Strandwetter Destillerie GbR", "feedback": "The original idea behind the new Packaging Act represents the right approach and is sound in principle. In my view, serious consideration should be given to exempting micro-enterprisesat least in partfrom the requirements for implementing and complying with the law. The financial cost and time commitment involved in proper implementation are usually beyond the means of such micro-enterprises; this hinders or slows economic growth and can contribute toor even triggerjob losses. It also seems to run counter to the fundamental idea of ​​the EU community, which is to foster the exchange of goods within the Union. In my opinion, it would be desirableperhaps even mandatoryto reconsider specific provisions, their impact, and potential exemptions. After all, the regulatory authority bears responsibility for its citizens and their well-being, and this can be achieved without neglecting the environment or nature conservation.", "feedbackEnglish": "The original idea behind the new Packaging Act represents the right approach and is sound in principle. In my view, serious consideration should be given to exempting micro-enterprisesat least in partfrom the requirements for implementing and complying with the law. The financial cost and time commitment involved in proper implementation are usually beyond the means of such micro-enterprises; this hinders or slows economic growth and can contribute toor even triggerjob losses. It also seems to run counter to the fundamental idea of ​​the EU community, which is to foster the exchange of goods within the Union. In my opinion, it would be desirableperhaps even mandatoryto reconsider specific provisions, their impact, and potential exemptions. After all, the regulatory authority bears responsibility for its citizens and their well-being, and this can be achieved without neglecting the environment or nature conservation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554775_en"}, {"id": 33554772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:50:58", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a person with many friends in the independent music scene, this legislation has made dozens of small music labels close shipping to EU countries. This bill is literally destroying the capability to share artistic physical media, causing mayor issues for both creatives and people who facilitate them. There need to be edits for small scale operations who might send single items over the course of the year to some countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a person with many friends in the independent music scene, this legislation has made dozens of small music labels close shipping to EU countries. This bill is literally destroying the capability to share artistic physical media, causing mayor issues for both creatives and people who facilitate them. There need to be edits for small scale operations who might send single items over the course of the year to some countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554772_en"}, {"id": 33554771, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:50:15", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Disproportionate impact on small businesses I support the EU's objectives on packaging waste and recycling, but I am concerned that these requirements could disproportionately harm small artisans and micro-enterprises. The draft requires registration and reporting even for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market, including information on packaging materials, weights and components. For large companies, these obligations can be absorbed by dedicated compliance departments and automated systems. For a small artisan, they can represent a significant fixed cost in both time and money, potentially making the business economically unviable. This creates an unintended competitive disadvantage: the smaller the business, the greater the relative burden of compliance, while large companies are much better equipped to absorb it. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce genuinely simplified procedures and meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small producers, together with simple, low-cost reporting tools. Environmental regulation should be proportional not only to the amount of packaging placed on the market, but also to the actual environmental impact and the size and capacity of the business. The EU should reduce packaging waste without unintentionally forcing small European artisans and independent producers out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Disproportionate impact on small businesses I support the EU's objectives on packaging waste and recycling, but I am concerned that these requirements could disproportionately harm small artisans and micro-enterprises. The draft requires registration and reporting even for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market, including information on packaging materials, weights and components. For large companies, these obligations can be absorbed by dedicated compliance departments and automated systems. For a small artisan, they can represent a significant fixed cost in both time and money, potentially making the business economically unviable. This creates an unintended competitive disadvantage: the smaller the business, the greater the relative burden of compliance, while large companies are much better equipped to absorb it. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce genuinely simplified procedures and meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small producers, together with simple, low-cost reporting tools. Environmental regulation should be proportional not only to the amount of packaging placed on the market, but also to the actual environmental impact and the size and capacity of the business. The EU should reduce packaging waste without unintentionally forcing small European artisans and independent producers out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554771_en"}, {"id": 33554770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:46:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Trödler der bei Haushaltsauflösungen ect schöne Dinge verwertet und so vor dem Müllkontainer rettet verwende ich seit Jahren ausschliesslich Gebrauchtkartons dh ich tu das was Sie wollen und nun werd ich dafür noch bestraft indem ich für die Kartons noch irrwitzige Dokumentations und Kennzeichnungspflichten aufgedrückt bekomme. wo soll ich den die verlangten Daten für die Altkartons herbekommen ? Na hat jemand das charakterliche Format für eine ehrliche Antwort? ich hab die Ki gefragt die IHK usw -nix- keine Praktisch umsetzbare Anleitung , das nur für den Fall das jemand behauptet das Gesetz wär ordentlich umgesetzt. dh schon wieder eine unerfüllbare Forderung im Gesetz -traurig- Also denkt Euch was einfaches für die braven Recycler aus.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a reddler who uses ect beautiful things in household resolutions and thus saves my life in front of the bin, I have been using only used cartons for years, i.e. what you want, and now I am punished for this by pushing up false documentation and labelling requirements for the cartons. Where should I get the required data for the used cartons? NA someone has the character of an honest answer? I asked Ki about the CCI, etc. – nix – no practically implementable instructions, which only in the case of someone who claims to have implemented the law fairly, i.e. once again an unachievable requirement in the law – sadly – Also you think what is easy for the brave recyclers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554770_en"}, {"id": 33554769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:46:45", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new scheme completely ruins small business who cannot handle the bureaucracy and costs with their limited personnel and income. I will be forced to shut down operations as a consequence, and many small businesses are doing the same. Having to deal with each country's registrations and paying without knowing whether or not you will have sales in that specific country is also another problem. I would consider excluding businesses with a total income of less than 100k at the very least.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new scheme completely ruins small business who cannot handle the bureaucracy and costs with their limited personnel and income. I will be forced to shut down operations as a consequence, and many small businesses are doing the same. Having to deal with each country's registrations and paying without knowing whether or not you will have sales in that specific country is also another problem. I would consider excluding businesses with a total income of less than 100k at the very least.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554769_en"}, {"id": 33554767, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:43:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich habe wirklich selten so eine Händlerunfreundliche Regelung gesehen. Wieso muss man hier einen EU-Flickenteppich schaffen der ein Bürokratie Monster erschafft, den nur große Firmen / Konzerne bewältigen können. Als kleine Firma, wie ich es bin, ist das ein Monster, das aktuell unüberwindbar erscheint und Kosten verursacht, die aktuell niedrig Fünstellig zu beziffern sind. Für das bischen Umsatz in den EU Staaten, lohnt sich weder der zeitliche aufwand noch der monetäre Aufwand. Defacto ist es aktuell eine Abschaffung des freien EU-Warenhandels, der allen voran den EU-Ansässigen Händler trifft. Der Asiate, wird natürlich wieder einen findigen Weg finden, das alles zu umgehen, oder nicht greifbar zu sein, sodass der EU-Händler mal wieder der dumme ist. Warum nicht im gesamten Abfall-Bereich so eine klare und einfache Regelung, wie man es bereits bei OSS geschafft hat? Eine zentrale Stelle sammelt die Meldungen + Gelder ein und verteilt es innerhalb der EU. Bitte dort abschauen und dringend handeln, sonst ist der EU-Binnenmarkt aufgrund dieser Regelung tot und der Umsatz geht weiter an die Asiaten. Danke für NIX!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have rarely seen such a dealer-unfriendly regime. Why is it necessary to create an EU patchwork that creates a bureaucratic monster that only large companies/companies can cope with? As a small company, as I am, this is a monster that currently seems insurmountable and generates costs that can currently be measured in low numbers. Little turnover in the EU countries does not require time or money to be spent. The current de facto situation is the abolition of free EU trade in goods, which primarily affects EU-based traders. The Asian, of course, will once again find a good way to bypass everything or be invisible, so the EU trader is once again stupid. Why not regulate the entire waste sector in a clear and simple way, as was already the case with OSS? A central body collects reports + funds and distributes them within the EU. Please look there and take urgent action, otherwise the EU single market is dead due to this rule and the turnover goes on to the Asians. Thank you for NIX!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554767_en"}, {"id": 33554766, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:42:35", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Online shop", "feedback": "As a micro business online I can't afford to pay a representative. I can't separately register for 27 countries. I can't afford to pay the licensing fees. I had to stop selling to the EU altogether. While much larger businesses can afford the fees and find ways to overcome the regulations, my business is shut out. I can buy from Europe but Europe can not buy from me. The license alone from Germany was hundreds, and I only sold a few items a yr to them. These changes favour the large companies that create the most packaging waste, and destroy the small businesses whose impact is far smaller. I want environmental protections, but this means trade is not even feasible if you're small. When I first started selling a decade ago it was possible to sell anywhere. Each new regulation means Europe is permanently closed to me. No one seems to care that the small entrepreneur can't afford to comply. Unless this is the goal, to make the market exclusive to the conglomerates. Being from Canada, it would be very nice to have an alternative to selling to the USA, just as Europe slammed the door shut.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business online I can't afford to pay a representative. I can't separately register for 27 countries. I can't afford to pay the licensing fees. I had to stop selling to the EU altogether. While much larger businesses can afford the fees and find ways to overcome the regulations, my business is shut out. I can buy from Europe but Europe can not buy from me. The license alone from Germany was hundreds, and I only sold a few items a yr to them. These changes favour the large companies that create the most packaging waste, and destroy the small businesses whose impact is far smaller. I want environmental protections, but this means trade is not even feasible if you're small. When I first started selling a decade ago it was possible to sell anywhere. Each new regulation means Europe is permanently closed to me. No one seems to care that the small entrepreneur can't afford to comply. Unless this is the goal, to make the market exclusive to the conglomerates. Being from Canada, it would be very nice to have an alternative to selling to the USA, just as Europe slammed the door shut.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554766_en"}, {"id": 33554765, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:38:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The ever increasing regulations on packaging et al. is making it impossible for small businesses or sole traders to operate within the EU. The same level of costs for a multinational will drive a small enterprise out of business. Many businesses outside the EU have just stopped trading with EU customers rather than incur the costs required. This further regulation will just add to that. Not a single person will care about going Green if the EU regulations prevent them from making a living, and feeding themselves and their families. The regulations are not nuanced, and put a disproportionate amount of the cost on smaller businesses, threatening their livelihoods, while the larger corporations will gladly just pass the expense onto the customer. This is ironically at the same time that every package sent must have a piece of paper to be in accordance with the GPSR guidelines. A piece of paper that goes straight in the bin. Maybe before imposing yet more costs on businesses and being high and mighty about reducing waste packaging, the EU should maybe look at the literal tonnes of waste paper produced by the its own regulations...", "feedbackEnglish": "The ever increasing regulations on packaging et al. is making it impossible for small businesses or sole traders to operate within the EU. The same level of costs for a multinational will drive a small enterprise out of business. Many businesses outside the EU have just stopped trading with EU customers rather than incur the costs required. This further regulation will just add to that. Not a single person will care about going Green if the EU regulations prevent them from making a living, and feeding themselves and their families. The regulations are not nuanced, and put a disproportionate amount of the cost on smaller businesses, threatening their livelihoods, while the larger corporations will gladly just pass the expense onto the customer. This is ironically at the same time that every package sent must have a piece of paper to be in accordance with the GPSR guidelines. A piece of paper that goes straight in the bin. Maybe before imposing yet more costs on businesses and being high and mighty about reducing waste packaging, the EU should maybe look at the literal tonnes of waste paper produced by the its own regulations...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554765_en"}, {"id": 33554764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:35:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Antiquariat Hecht", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich betreibe ein Antiquariat. 70% meines Umsatzes erziele ich über den Versand. Der Versand in andere EU- Länder ist für mich existenziell. Aber eine Registrierung und Lizenzierung in jedem Land kann ich nicht leisten. Zum einen ist der Aufwand zu hoch, zum anderen stehen die Kosten in keinem Verhältnis zum erzielten Gewinn. Für mich bedeutet das: ohne den Versand in die Europäische Union kann ich mein Geschäft nicht mehr wirtschaftlich betreiben, mit den Kosten der Registrierung auch nicht. Fazit: Falls die Richtlinien nicht umgehend geändert werden, werde ich schließen müssen und mich nach 25 Jahren in die Arbeitslosigkeit begeben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate an antiquaria. 70 % of my turnover comes from mail order. Shipping to other EU countries is an existential thing for me. But I cannot register and license in any country. On the one hand, the burden is too high and, on the other hand, the costs are disproportionate to the profit made. For me, this means: without being shipped to the European Union, I will no longer be able to conduct my business economically, nor will I be able to do so at the cost of registration. My conclusion: If the directives are not amended immediately, I will have to close and return to unemployment after 25 years.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554764_en"}, {"id": 33554761, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:34:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MiniaturModellMarkt", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte die Konsultation nutzen, um auf einen Aspekt der geplanten PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen, der mich unmittelbar betrifft: die Verpflichtung, für den Verkauf in andere Mitgliedstaaten jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Der Schritt über die deutsche Grenze hinaus war für einen Betrieb meiner Größe bislang die naheliegendste Form von Wachstum ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Willen, alle Vorgaben korrekt zu erfüllen. Die PPWR verschiebt dieses Verhältnis deutlich. Schon eine einzige Sendung in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann dort die Pflicht auslösen, einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und dauerhaft zu vergüten. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen daraus ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenmodelle und Meldeprozesse und zwar unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete im Jahr ankommen. Diese länderweisen Fixkosten haben keinen Bezug mehr zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Praktisch wirken sie wie eine Zugangshürde: Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein hinreichend großes Volumen verteilen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Vertrieb eher aufgeben als aufnehmen. Genau das läuft dem Zweck des Binnenmarkts zuwider. Ich rege daher an, drei Punkte zu prüfen: 1. Schwellenwerte statt Pauschalpflicht. Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand der etablierten Kriterien für Beschäftigtenzahl und Umsatz von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht generell ausgenommen werden. Wo diese Grenzen überschritten werden, das grenzüberschreitende Versandvolumen aber gering bleibt, sollte ersatzweise eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist. 2. Echter One-Stop-Shop statt gebündelter Dienstleister. Der Hinweis, man könne zentrale Anbieter mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion beauftragen, greift zu kurz. Solche Angebote gibt es bereits der Händler schließt dennoch je Land einen eigenen Vertrag und zahlt die jeweiligen Fixkosten, ohne Bezug zur verkauften Menge. Gebraucht wird eine zentrale Anlaufstelle, über die sich Registrierung und Meldung für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten mit nur einmal anfallenden Fixkosten erledigen lassen. 3. Einheitliche Datenformate. Die Übermittlung an Bevollmächtigte beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Stelle sollte technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erhobene Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land erneut aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine geschrumpfte Version großer Marktteilnehmer mit entsprechend geschrumpften Pflichten. Sie tragen denselben Fixkostenblock, nur verteilt auf ein sehr viel kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die dies berücksichtigt, würde es mir und vielen vergleichbaren Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus reinen Kostengründen auf Deutschland zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Philipp Pongratz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a small online business and would like to use the consultation to draw attention to an aspect of the planned PPWR producer register that directly concerns me: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility for sales in other Member States. The move beyond the German border has so far been the most obvious form of growth for a company of my size without its own legal department, but with the intention of meeting all the requirements correctly. The PPWR significantly shifts this ratio. A single consignment to another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint an authorised representative and to pay remuneration on a permanent basis. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this results in an equal number of contractual relationships, fee models and reporting processes, regardless of whether they receive five or five hundred packages per year. These country-specific fixed costs no longer relate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. In practice, they act as an entry barrier: Those who cannot spread the costs over a sufficiently large volume will give up cross-border distribution rather than absorb it. That is precisely what runs counter to the purpose of the internal market. I therefore suggest that three points be examined: 1. Thresholds instead of a flat-rate obligation. Micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of an authorised representative on the basis of the established criteria of number of employees and turnover. Where these limits are crossed but cross-border shipping volumes remain low, a de minimis limit per destination country below which a separate authorised representative is not required should apply instead. 2. A genuine one-stop shop instead of a bundled service provider. The reference to the possibility of appointing central providers to act as authorised representatives is too succinct. However, such offers are already made by the trader, who concludes a separate contract per country and pays the respective fixed costs, without reference to the quantity sold. There is a need for a one-stop-shop for registration and reporting for all Member States with fixed costs only once. 3. Uniform data formats. Transmission to authorised representatives or to a central body should be technically standardised so that once collected packaging data does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small businesses are not a shrinking version of large market players with correspondingly shrinking obligations. They share the same block of fixed costs, spread only over a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to appoint a representative that takes this into account would allow me and many comparable traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than restricting us to Germany for purely cost-related reasons. (Complimentary close) Philipp Pongratz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554761_en"}, {"id": 33554760, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:34:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Soy Como Soy", "feedback": "Your letter has a strong personal perspective and a clear central argument. I would mainly tighten the language, make the economic argument more precise, and soften a few phrases so that the Commission is more likely to focus on your substantive request rather than the tone. Dear European Commission, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I welcome many of the objectives of the regulation. However, I am deeply concerned that, in its current form, the PPWR could have devastating consequences for micro-enterprises and many small and medium-sized businesses. I would like to briefly introduce myself. After the pandemic and the dramatic increase in energy costs following the war in Ukraine forced me to close my hat-making business, I opened an online shop selling vintage hat-making supplies. This also gave me the opportunity to devote myself to another passion: studying the art of Swiss straw weaving, a traditional technique that only a handful of people worldwide still master and which is recognized as part of Switzerland's intangible cultural heritage. Both of these activities contribute to sustainability. My online shop gives old materials and tools a second life, while traditional straw weaving makes use of a natural and resource-efficient material and helps preserve an important craft tradition. Like many other small online businesses, my shop is highly specialized and serves a very limited customer base. At the same time, I need access to the entire EU market in order to remain economically viable. A micro-enterprise like mine simply cannot afford to appoint an authorized representative in every EU Member State or to manage a complex set of additional administrative requirements in each country. I do not know a single micro-entrepreneur who is not concerned about environmentally friendly packaging and shipping. In practice, small online businesses are often already making considerable efforts to minimize packaging, reuse materials and avoid unnecessary waste. It is therefore particularly frustrating that businesses that are already operating sustainably may now face disproportionate administrative and financial burdens. For many of us, these costs are not simply an inconvenience. They could make cross-border online trade economically impossible and force small businesses to close. I have been self-employed for 27 years. Throughout that time, I have repeatedly been promised a reduction in bureaucracy, yet the administrative burden seems to increase year after year. The PPWR risks pushing me to a point where I simply no longer have the resources to cope with additional costs and bureaucracy. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful exemption or substantially simplified requirements for micro-enterprises and the smallest businesses. Such an exemption must be practical, not merely theoretical, and it must be implemented quickly. Small businesses cannot afford to wait months or years for relief while continuing to bear costs that may threaten their existence. The European Union should support sustainability without unintentionally eliminating the very small businesses that contribute to reuse, repair, traditional crafts, resource efficiency and the circular economy. I respectfully ask the Commission to take the specific circumstances of micro-enterprises into account and to ensure that the PPWR does not become an insurmountable barrier to their survival. Thank you for your attention and for considering the perspective of small entrepreneurs. Best regards, Christiane Englsberger", "feedbackEnglish": "Your letter has a strong personal perspective and a clear central argument. I would mainly tighten the language, make the economic argument more precise, and soften a few phrases so that the Commission is more likely to focus on your substantive request rather than the tone. Dear European Commission, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I welcome many of the objectives of the regulation. However, I am deeply concerned that, in its current form, the PPWR could have devastating consequences for micro-enterprises and many small and medium-sized businesses. I would like to briefly introduce myself. After the pandemic and the dramatic increase in energy costs following the war in Ukraine forced me to close my hat-making business, I opened an online shop selling vintage hat-making supplies. This also gave me the opportunity to devote myself to another passion: studying the art of Swiss straw weaving, a traditional technique that only a handful of people worldwide still master and which is recognized as part of Switzerland's intangible cultural heritage. Both of these activities contribute to sustainability. My online shop gives old materials and tools a second life, while traditional straw weaving makes use of a natural and resource-efficient material and helps preserve an important craft tradition. Like many other small online businesses, my shop is highly specialized and serves a very limited customer base. At the same time, I need access to the entire EU market in order to remain economically viable. A micro-enterprise like mine simply cannot afford to appoint an authorized representative in every EU Member State or to manage a complex set of additional administrative requirements in each country. I do not know a single micro-entrepreneur who is not concerned about environmentally friendly packaging and shipping. In practice, small online businesses are often already making considerable efforts to minimize packaging, reuse materials and avoid unnecessary waste. It is therefore particularly frustrating that businesses that are already operating sustainably may now face disproportionate administrative and financial burdens. For many of us, these costs are not simply an inconvenience. They could make cross-border online trade economically impossible and force small businesses to close. I have been self-employed for 27 years. Throughout that time, I have repeatedly been promised a reduction in bureaucracy, yet the administrative burden seems to increase year after year. The PPWR risks pushing me to a point where I simply no longer have the resources to cope with additional costs and bureaucracy. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful exemption or substantially simplified requirements for micro-enterprises and the smallest businesses. Such an exemption must be practical, not merely theoretical, and it must be implemented quickly. Small businesses cannot afford to wait months or years for relief while continuing to bear costs that may threaten their existence. The European Union should support sustainability without unintentionally eliminating the very small businesses that contribute to reuse, repair, traditional crafts, resource efficiency and the circular economy. I respectfully ask the Commission to take the specific circumstances of micro-enterprises into account and to ensure that the PPWR does not become an insurmountable barrier to their survival. Thank you for your attention and for considering the perspective of small entrepreneurs. Best regards, Christiane Englsberger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554760_en"}, {"id": 33554759, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:32:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "das Gesetz verlangt wiedermal dinge die nach den regeln der Wissenschaft und logik gar nicht zu erbringen sind! Beispiel maximal 50% Leervolumen in einem Paket wie soll das gehn für mich als Gebrauchtwarenhändler zB mit einer hochwertigen Porzellantasse ,die darf innen nicht an die Umverpackung anstossen sonst gibts Bruch denn die Post fordert Sicherheit beim Fall aus 1 m Höhe da werden aus 50% schnell 1000% Leervolumen oder eine alte mechanische Briefwaage da werden es auch mal 10000% usw Drum an alle Einzelfalllügner es gibt tausende von Beispielen wo die gesetzliche Forderung unerfüllbar ist und noch mehr unerfüllbare Forderungen. mehr Nachdenken und weniger Fordern wär sinnvoll und Bürger sind keine Betatester !", "feedbackEnglish": "once again, the law requires that, in accordance with the rules governing science and logistics, this should not be provided at all! An example of a maximum of 50 % empty volume in a package, such as how to allow me, as a second-hand trader with, for example, a high-quality porcelain cup. There is no break in the internal packaging, as the post office demands security in the event of a 1 m fall. There will quickly be 1 000 % empty volume from 50 % or an old mechanical mail balance. There will also be 10 000 %, etc. There are thousands of examples of all individual ventilators where the legal requirement cannot be met and even more unfulfillable requirements. More reflection and fewer demands make more sense and citizens are not enemies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554759_en"}, {"id": 33554758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:29:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The way that these legislations are executed are harmful for businesses and citizens in the EU on several levels: 1 - As a one woman artisan business, I loose revenue directly by not being able to afford to send single sporadic packages to other EU countries which will also result in a loss of interest from my audience within the EU which will lead to less popularity online overall which may even lead to being found by less people in my own country and therefore less revenue from my own country too. 2 - As a citizen from a small country in the EU who likes to craft most things I use, I rely on purchasing from small businesses from other countries. My country simply isn't big enough to produce all sustainable and unique materials that I like, such as yarns, fabrics and other crafting supplies. Small businesses having to stop posting to me because they can't afford to do so, means that I will have to try to buy my supplies from countries outside of the EU like the UK, Switzerland or China. 3 - implementing such a huge web of bureaucracy and costs on small businesses will make it impossible for most people to start a small artisan business. This way, craftsmanship will die out in the EU within a few decades. We will loose a lot of knowledge in the EU and we will have to rely more and more on the knowledge and skills from other countries like the UK, Switzerland, China and the USA. 4. By implementing this huge web of bureaucracy and costs on small businesses, you are taking away the right of EU citizens to shop responsibly. I craft custom engagement and wedding rings. Clients take the time and effort to find a designer whose work is exactly their taste to make sure that what they buy will be cherished for at least one lifetime and when they contact me, I take the time and effort to talk with them to craft the exact pieces that they want and will like for the rest of their lives. By taking the option of working with so many small businesses out of the equation, people will have to resort to buying things that are mass produced that they are less happy with and that will never be 100% what they wanted. The whole experience of the personal attention will also be gone which takes away of the quality of life in the EU. I request that you don't wait to change the execution of the legislation but pause it immediately for all small / micro businesses until there is a fair solution for all parties involved.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way that these legislations are executed are harmful for businesses and citizens in the EU on several levels: 1 - As a one woman artisan business, I loose revenue directly by not being able to afford to send single sporadic packages to other EU countries which will also result in a loss of interest from my audience within the EU which will lead to less popularity online overall which may even lead to being found by less people in my own country and therefore less revenue from my own country too. 2 - As a citizen from a small country in the EU who likes to craft most things I use, I rely on purchasing from small businesses from other countries. My country simply isn't big enough to produce all sustainable and unique materials that I like, such as yarns, fabrics and other crafting supplies. Small businesses having to stop posting to me because they can't afford to do so, means that I will have to try to buy my supplies from countries outside of the EU like the UK, Switzerland or China. 3 - implementing such a huge web of bureaucracy and costs on small businesses will make it impossible for most people to start a small artisan business. This way, craftsmanship will die out in the EU within a few decades. We will loose a lot of knowledge in the EU and we will have to rely more and more on the knowledge and skills from other countries like the UK, Switzerland, China and the USA. 4. By implementing this huge web of bureaucracy and costs on small businesses, you are taking away the right of EU citizens to shop responsibly. I craft custom engagement and wedding rings. Clients take the time and effort to find a designer whose work is exactly their taste to make sure that what they buy will be cherished for at least one lifetime and when they contact me, I take the time and effort to talk with them to craft the exact pieces that they want and will like for the rest of their lives. By taking the option of working with so many small businesses out of the equation, people will have to resort to buying things that are mass produced that they are less happy with and that will never be 100% what they wanted. The whole experience of the personal attention will also be gone which takes away of the quality of life in the EU. I request that you don't wait to change the execution of the legislation but pause it immediately for all small / micro businesses until there is a fair solution for all parties involved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554758_en"}, {"id": 33554757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:27:23", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta ley es un despropósito. Entiendo y apoyo las medidas medioambientales, pero... Simplemente arruinará mi proyecto personal artesano y, con total seguridad, cientos o miles de proyectos similares a lo largo de la Unión Europea... Simplemente introduce una burocracia y unos costes imposibles de asumir para cualquier pequeño proyecto unipersonal. Además, el registro por países es absolutamente contrario a la idea de mercado común que siempre ha sido la base de la Unión Europea. No se trata de que nos estéis complicando la vida a las pequeñas empresas y autónomos, directamente estáis anulando y condenando a la desaparición o a la ilegalidad a estos proyectos. La sensación es que es, de nuevo, una ley más pensada y diseñada desde un despacho por personas en absoluto conectadas con la realidad de la ciudadanía...", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is a waste of purpose. I understand and support environmental measures, but... It will simply ruin my personal artisanal project and certainly hundreds or thousands of similar projects across the European Union... It simply introduces bureaucracy and unbearable costs for any small one-person project. Moreover, registration by country is absolutely contrary to the idea of the common market, which has always been the foundation of the European Union. It is not about making life more difficult for small businesses and the self-employed, you are directly annulling and condemning these projects to disappearance or illegality. The feeling is that, once again, it is a law that is more conceived and designed from an office by people with no connection to the reality of citizenship...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554757_en"}, {"id": 33554755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:20:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Parco-Pack", "feedback": "Wir unterstützen die grundsätzlichen Ziele der PPWR: Ressourcen zu schonen, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft in Europa zu stärken, halten wir für richtig und notwendig. Die PPWR in ihrer derzeitigen Ausgestaltung und insbesondere in ihrer praktischen Umsetzung lehnen wir jedoch entschieden ab. Als mittelständischer Distributor kosmetischer Verpackungen sind wir unmittelbar von den neuen Anforderungen betroffen. Unsere tägliche Arbeit zeigt dabei ein grundlegendes Problem: Die Verordnung stellt Unternehmen vor umfangreiche neue Pflichten, ohne in zahlreichen Bereichen rechtzeitig die notwendige Klarheit darüber zu schaffen, wie diese konkret umzusetzen sind. Wir mussten Rechtsberater hinzuziehen, um zu verstehen, welche Anforderungen künftig für uns gelten. Selbst dort konnten wesentliche Fragen nicht abschließend beantwortet werden. Gleichzeitig arbeiten wir mit einigen der größten und erfahrensten Unternehmen unserer Branche zusammen und auch dort bestehen teilweise erhebliche Unsicherheiten hinsichtlich Auslegung, Verantwortlichkeiten, Nachweispflichten und praktischer Umsetzung. Wenn Unternehmen, Branchenführer und spezialisierte Rechtsberater dieselben Rechtsvorschriften lesen und dennoch nicht zweifelsfrei feststellen können, welche konkreten Pflichten in welcher Form erfüllt werden müssen, liegt das Problem nicht bei den Unternehmen. Dann hat die Regulierung ein Problem mit ihrer Praxistauglichkeit. Besonders kritisch sehen wir, dass wesentliche Erläuterungen und Konkretisierungen erst sehr spät bereitgestellt werden. Unternehmen können Lieferketten, Produktportfolios, Verträge, Dokumentationen und interne Prozesse nicht innerhalb weniger Tage oder Wochen umstellen. Von einem europäischen Gesetzgeber muss erwartet werden können, dass verbindliche Anforderungen frühzeitig, verständlich und eindeutig kommuniziert werden. Europa steht gleichzeitig vor enormen wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen. Europäische Unternehmen konkurrieren weltweit mit Herstellern aus Regionen, in denen Kostenstrukturen, staatliche Unterstützung, regulatorische Anforderungen und Marktbedingungen teilweise erheblich von unseren abweichen. Nachhaltigkeitsregulierung darf deshalb nicht dazu führen, dass europäische Unternehmen zusätzliche Bürokratie-, Dokumentations- und Compliancekosten tragen und dadurch ihre internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit weiter verlieren. Selbstverständlich müssen auch Importe aus Drittstaaten die Anforderungen der PPWR erfüllen, wenn entsprechende Produkte auf dem europäischen Markt in Verkehr gebracht werden. Entscheidend ist jedoch, dass diese Anforderungen gegenüber Importeuren und ausländischen Lieferketten ebenso konsequent und wirksam durchgesetzt werden wie gegenüber europäischen Unternehmen. Europa kann seine Wirtschaft nicht stärken, indem es seinen eigenen Unternehmen immer neue administrative Lasten auferlegt, während gleichzeitig erwartet wird, dass diese Unternehmen im globalen Wettbewerb bestehen. Unser Vorschlag wäre deshalb nicht, die Ziele der PPWR aufzugeben. Unser Vorschlag lautet vielmehr: Überarbeitet die praktische Umsetzung grundlegend. Setzt euch mit denjenigen an einen Tisch, die diese Anforderungen täglich umsetzen müssen: Herstellern, Importeuren, Distributoren, Verpackungsexperten und insbesondere mittelständischen Unternehmen. Wir benötigen keine weiteren hunderte Seiten komplizierter Erläuterungen. Regulierung muss verständlich, umsetzbar und verhältnismäßig sein. Nachhaltigkeit und wirtschaftliche Stärke dürfen keine Gegensätze sein. Wenn Europa eine erfolgreiche Kreislaufwirtschaft schaffen möchte, braucht es die Unternehmen als Partner nicht als Gegner einer Bürokratie, die selbst Fachleute kaum noch vollständig verstehen. Wir sind bereit, unseren Beitrag zu leisten. Aber dafür erwarten wir vom europäischen Gesetzgeber dasselbe Maß an Professionalität, Planungssicherheit und Verantwortung, das auch von uns Unternehmen verlangt wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the fundamental objectives of the PPWR: We believe it is right and necessary to save resources, reduce packaging waste and strengthen the circular economy in Europe. However, we firmly reject the PPWR in its current form and in particular in its practical implementation. As a medium-sized distributor of cosmetic packaging, we are directly affected by the new requirements. Our daily work reveals a fundamental problem: The Regulation imposes significant new obligations on businesses without providing the necessary clarity on how to implement them in a timely manner in many areas. We had to consult legal advisers to understand what requirements will apply to us in the future. Even there, essential questions could not be answered conclusively. At the same time, we are collaborating with some of the largest and most experienced companies in our sector, and there are also significant uncertainties in their interpretation, responsibilities, evidentiary obligations and practical implementation. If companies, industry leaders and specialised legal advisers can read the same legislation and still cannot identify with certainty which specific obligations need to be fulfilled and in what form, the problem does not lie with the companies. Then regulation has a problem with its practicality. We are particularly critical of the fact that essential explanations and clarifications are provided very late. Companies cannot switch supply chains, product portfolios, contracts, documentation and internal processes within a few days or weeks. A European legislator must be expected to communicate binding requirements in a timely, comprehensible and unambiguous manner. At the same time, Europe is facing enormous economic challenges. European companies compete globally with producers from regions where cost structures, government support, regulatory requirements and market conditions sometimes diverge significantly from ours. Sustainability regulation must therefore not lead to European companies bearing additional red tape, documentation and compliance costs, thereby further losing their international competitiveness. It goes without saying that imports from third countries must also meet the requirements of the PPWR when such products are placed on the European market. However, it is crucial that these requirements are enforced as consistently and effectively vis-à-vis importers and foreign supply chains as vis-à-vis European companies. Europe cannot strengthen its economy by always imposing new administrative burdens on its own companies, while at the same time these companies are expected to compete globally. Our proposal would therefore not be to abandon the objectives of the PPWR. Rather, our proposal is: Fundamentally revises the practical implementation. Join the table with those who need to implement these requirements on a daily basis: Manufacturers, importers, distributors, packaging experts and, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises. We do not need more hundreds of pages of complicated explanations. Regulation must be understandable, implementable and proportionate. Sustainability and economic strength must not be opposites. If Europe wants to create a successful circular economy, businesses as partners do not need to be the opponents of bureaucracy, which even professionals hardly fully understand. We are ready to contribute. But to achieve this, we expect the same degree of professionalism, predictability and responsibility from the European legislator as is required of us companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554755_en"}, {"id": 33554753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:15:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "das exportverbot und damit die diskriminierung aller meiner auslandskunden wegen ihrer nat.herkunft !!! Verstoss gg Art 18 AEUV. eine registrierung mit bevollmächtigtem in allen eu-ländern kostet 10000 - 20000 euro das ist mehr als mein umsatz !! als kleinhändler also unbezahlbar dh ich darf nichts mehr ins ausland schicken! Bagatellgrenzen EU weit und eine einfache !! EU weite anmeldung zum abfallregime wären sinnvolL aber so verrät die EU ihre Grundlagen ich werde meine Kunden selbstverständlich ehrlich und mit belegen über die gründe informieren", "feedbackEnglish": "the export ban and thus the discrimination of all my foreign customers on the basis of their national origin! Failure to comply with Article 18 TFEU. Registration with an authorised representative in all EU countries costs EUR 10000 – EUR 20000, which is more than my turnover! As a small retailer, I cannot afford to send anything abroad anymore! EU-wide de minimis borders and a simple one! EU wide notification of the waste regime would make sense, but this is how the EU is ignoring its foundations I will of course provide my customers with honest information on the reasons for this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554753_en"}, {"id": 33554752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:15:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dennis Hirth & Timo Kuehne GbR \"The Collectors Bay\"", "feedback": "We know, understand and appreciate what you are trying to do, but we and a lot of our customers believe this approach hasn't been thought through, all the way to rhe end. We all have a role in changing the world, saving it, but this \"system\" needs to finer grading. We can't pay the fees like, say Amazon can. If you fo through with this, you will kills small businesses and dreams and work towards the goal of monopoly and that can't be what you have intended. Me and my partner have a small business on the side, in the center of Germany. It's our dream to one day make it out 9-to-5, but your reformation of fees jeapordizes that dream and currently we already have a lot of cancellations from customers outside the EU. Customers that laid their trust and money with us. Money that we don't take for us, but to procure new articles.. If we have to pay these fees then we will loose thousands of euros to get more articles in our shop and we can't just even that out. It's not possible. If you go through with this, you will kill us and a lot of other small businesses. Just to be clear: we are with you with that and under the dual system we already pay fees and if it's more reasonable we won't just block any raises in fees, but the current fees are destructive. We implore you: Please rework this!", "feedbackEnglish": "We know, understand and appreciate what you are trying to do, but we and a lot of our customers believe this approach hasn't been thought through, all the way to rhe end. We all have a role in changing the world, saving it, but this \"system\" needs to finer grading. We can't pay the fees like, say Amazon can. If you fo through with this, you will kills small businesses and dreams and work towards the goal of monopoly and that can't be what you have intended. Me and my partner have a small business on the side, in the center of Germany. It's our dream to one day make it out 9-to-5, but your reformation of fees jeapordizes that dream and currently we already have a lot of cancellations from customers outside the EU. Customers that laid their trust and money with us. Money that we don't take for us, but to procure new articles.. If we have to pay these fees then we will loose thousands of euros to get more articles in our shop and we can't just even that out. It's not possible. If you go through with this, you will kill us and a lot of other small businesses. Just to be clear: we are with you with that and under the dual system we already pay fees and if it's more reasonable we won't just block any raises in fees, but the current fees are destructive. We implore you: Please rework this!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554752_en"}, {"id": 33554751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:13:28", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Gosha Ceramics", "feedback": "I am the owner of a very small, one-person handmade business in the EU. I fully support environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the increasing number of regulations, administrative requirements and fees related to packaging are becoming disproportionately burdensome for micro-businesses. Having to comply with different national systems and pay significant fees in each country where products are sold can seriously limit cross-border trade and, for many small businesses, may make international sales simply unviable. Environmental protection is important, but the regulatory and financial burden should be proportionate to the size and resources of the business. I strongly encourage the EU to consider simpler and more affordable solutions for micro and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a very small, one-person handmade business in the EU. I fully support environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the increasing number of regulations, administrative requirements and fees related to packaging are becoming disproportionately burdensome for micro-businesses. Having to comply with different national systems and pay significant fees in each country where products are sold can seriously limit cross-border trade and, for many small businesses, may make international sales simply unviable. Environmental protection is important, but the regulatory and financial burden should be proportionate to the size and resources of the business. I strongly encourage the EU to consider simpler and more affordable solutions for micro and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554751_en"}, {"id": 33554750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:11:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Der Gesetzentwurf begünstigt die große Anbieter, die Kleinen sind vollkommen vergessen worden: Ich führe ein kleines Online-Buchantiquariat mit einem Jahresumsatz von ca. 20.000,00 Euro. Ich halte die Fahne für das gute Buch hoch und erhalte damit wichtiges Kulturgut. Ich kann weder einen Notar in allen EU-Ländern noch zusätzlich ein Entsorgungssystem bezahlen. In Deutschland bin ich natürlich registriert. Warum wird das nicht gesehen? Wollen die Abgeordneten die Kleinen zum aufgeben zwingen? Meta und Amazon reiben sich die Hände.", "feedbackEnglish": "The draft law favours the big operators, the small ones have been completely forgotten: I run a small online bookantiquaria with an annual turnover of approximately EUR 20000,00. I keep the flag up for the good book and thus receive important cultural goods. I cannot pay a notary in all EU countries, nor can I pay an additional disposal system. I am, of course, registered in Germany. Why is this not seen? Do MEPs want to force the small people to give up? Meta and Amazon rub their hands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554750_en"}, {"id": 33554749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:10:28", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulations are killing small businesses, making it impossible for then to operate having to pay fees for every country. Small business most of the time already recycle and re-use packaging materials. It's big corporations that do more damage. As a consumer I also prefer shopping with unique small businesses and creators, supporting them instead of big corporations. This bill basically makes one of the huge benefits of the EU impossible, being able to enjoy the products from all these talented people around Europe without taxation hassle etc has been such a benefit thst will be distended by this bill. As a EU citizen I am strongly agains this current form, there need to be exceptions/an afoorable, one payment only, simple clear way for small businesses to keep operating in the EU as a whole.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulations are killing small businesses, making it impossible for then to operate having to pay fees for every country. Small business most of the time already recycle and re-use packaging materials. It's big corporations that do more damage. As a consumer I also prefer shopping with unique small businesses and creators, supporting them instead of big corporations. This bill basically makes one of the huge benefits of the EU impossible, being able to enjoy the products from all these talented people around Europe without taxation hassle etc has been such a benefit thst will be distended by this bill. As a EU citizen I am strongly agains this current form, there need to be exceptions/an afoorable, one payment only, simple clear way for small businesses to keep operating in the EU as a whole.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554749_en"}, {"id": 33554747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:07:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich lehne die geplanten zusätzlichen Anforderungen und die damit verbundene Ausweitung der Registrierungspflichten ab. Insbesondere finde ich es problematisch, dass auch kleine und mittlere Unternehmen von diesen zusätzlichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Belastungen betroffen sind. Für große Unternehmen mögen zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen und Gebühren möglicherweise leichter zu bewältigen sein für kleinere Betriebe können sie jedoch einen erheblichen Kosten- und Verwaltungsaufwand darstellen. Die zusätzlichen Pflichten verursachen nicht nur direkte Kosten, sondern binden auch wertvolle Zeit und Ressourcen, die insbesondere kleinere Unternehmen für ihr eigentliches Geschäft benötigen. Dadurch wird es schwieriger, neue Produkte anzubieten, das Sortiment zu erweitern oder in das weitere Wachstum des Unternehmens zu investieren. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich einen verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Verpackungen und die Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen. Die dafür notwendigen Maßnahmen sollten jedoch verhältnismäßig und praxisnah gestaltet sein und kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen nicht unverhältnismäßig belasten. Ich bitte daher darum, die Auswirkungen auf KMU stärker zu berücksichtigen und zusätzliche bürokratische sowie finanzielle Belastungen möglichst zu vermeiden. Insbesondere sollten einfache und kostengünstige Lösungen geschaffen werden, die auch für kleinere Unternehmen umsetzbar sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "I reject the planned additional requirements and the associated extension of registration obligations. In particular, I find it problematic that small and medium-sized enterprises are also affected by these additional bureaucratic and financial burdens. However, for large companies, additional registrations, notifications and fees may be easier to manage for smaller companies, but they can represent a significant cost and administrative burden. The additional obligations not only create direct costs, but also lock in valuable time and resources that smaller companies in particular need for their actual business. This makes it more difficult to offer new products, to expand the range or to invest in the further growth of the company. In principle, I support responsible handling of packaging and reduction of packaging waste. However, the necessary measures should be proportionate and practical and should not impose a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. I would therefore ask that greater account be taken of the impact on SMEs and that additional bureaucratic and financial burdens be avoided as far as possible. In particular, simple and inexpensive solutions should be created that can also be implemented for smaller companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554747_en"}, {"id": 33554746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:07:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Waks & Sharet GbR", "feedback": "I am writing to express my serious concern about the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on small businesses. As a small business owner in Germany, I understand and support the need to reduce packaging waste and protect the environment. However, the current requirements are creating a level of registration, reporting, and fees that many small businesses simply cannot manage. For a large company, these costs and administrative requirements may be relatively minor. For a small business, they can represent a significant financial and administrative burden. Many of us do not have legal departments, compliance teams, or employees whose job is to deal with registrations and reporting systems. The result is that small businesses are being pushed out of the marketnot because we are unwilling to act responsibly, but because we cannot afford the bureaucracy and fees required to comply. If the EU wants to support sustainable businesses and a diverse European economy, the rules need to be proportionate to the size and actual environmental impact of the business. Small businesses should not be faced with the same administrative burden as multinational companies. I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider the implementation of these requirements and introduce a simple, affordable system specifically designed for micro and small businesses. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of destroying the small businesses that form an important part of Europe's economy. Kind regards, Frau Waks www,gazur.de", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my serious concern about the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on small businesses. As a small business owner in Germany, I understand and support the need to reduce packaging waste and protect the environment. However, the current requirements are creating a level of registration, reporting, and fees that many small businesses simply cannot manage. For a large company, these costs and administrative requirements may be relatively minor. For a small business, they can represent a significant financial and administrative burden. Many of us do not have legal departments, compliance teams, or employees whose job is to deal with registrations and reporting systems. The result is that small businesses are being pushed out of the marketnot because we are unwilling to act responsibly, but because we cannot afford the bureaucracy and fees required to comply. If the EU wants to support sustainable businesses and a diverse European economy, the rules need to be proportionate to the size and actual environmental impact of the business. Small businesses should not be faced with the same administrative burden as multinational companies. I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider the implementation of these requirements and introduce a simple, affordable system specifically designed for micro and small businesses. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of destroying the small businesses that form an important part of Europe's economy. Kind regards, Frau Waks www,gazur.de", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554746_en"}, {"id": 33554745, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:07:15", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a sole entrepreneur I find the proposed bureaucratic and financial burden unbearable. In an economic downturn the EU should realize that it needs to support its citizens and business so we can continue creating value. The more people lose their livelihood due to impossible regulations, the faster the economy is going to collapse. I am confident the EU is lead by highly economically literate and informed people. If this regulation passes instead of offering a simple one time registration and tax exemptions for the packaging after thousands of people have given constructive feedback on the serious problems this regulation causes, it would be highly demotivating and disappointing. It would show there's a completely different agenda, that throws small businesses under the bus. Destroying small businesses should not be a price the EU should be willing to pay!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole entrepreneur I find the proposed bureaucratic and financial burden unbearable. In an economic downturn the EU should realize that it needs to support its citizens and business so we can continue creating value. The more people lose their livelihood due to impossible regulations, the faster the economy is going to collapse. I am confident the EU is lead by highly economically literate and informed people. If this regulation passes instead of offering a simple one time registration and tax exemptions for the packaging after thousands of people have given constructive feedback on the serious problems this regulation causes, it would be highly demotivating and disappointing. It would show there's a completely different agenda, that throws small businesses under the bus. Destroying small businesses should not be a price the EU should be willing to pay!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554745_en"}, {"id": 33554744, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:06:53", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questa normativa è purtroppo insostenibile per le piccole imprese in tutta Europa. In questi giorni mi sono imbattuta in tantissimi piccoli artisti e artigiani che seguo che hanno rilasciato dichiarazioni in cui affermano che non spediranno più in alcuni paesi, tra cui l'Italia perchè non riescono a rispettare queste regole per vendere i loro prodotti artistici e artigianali al di fuori del loro paese d'origine perchè troppo costoso per loro. Questo sistema distrugge ingiustamente le piccole imprese, mentre è perfettamente accettabile e facile da applicare per le grandi aziende. Non farà altro che soffocare i lavoratori indipendenti e danneggerà solo le persone comuni e le piccole imprese, che sono fondamentali per la prosperità delle comunità locali.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is unfortunately unsustainable for small businesses across Europe. Over the past few days, I have come across so many small artists and craftsmen who I follow who have made statements saying that they will no longer ship to some countries, including Italy because they cannot comply with these rules to sell their artistic and craft products outside their home country because it is too expensive for them. This system unfairly destroys small businesses, while it is perfectly acceptable and easy to apply for large companies. It will only stifle independent workers and harm only ordinary people and small businesses, which are crucial for the prosperity of local communities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554744_en"}, {"id": 33554743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:06:29", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a supporter of the European Union, I find it highly dissapointing that the consequences of the packaging regulations for small businesses have obviously not been reviewed properly, before passing the law. While big corporations will be able to pay, small businesses more often then not, will have to stop their online shops, due to this regulations, while only accounting for relatively small amounts of packaging waste, compared to big international players like Amazon or Temu. Such regulations should aim to reduce waste from big polluters, not push small local businesses out of the market!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a supporter of the European Union, I find it highly dissapointing that the consequences of the packaging regulations for small businesses have obviously not been reviewed properly, before passing the law. While big corporations will be able to pay, small businesses more often then not, will have to stop their online shops, due to this regulations, while only accounting for relatively small amounts of packaging waste, compared to big international players like Amazon or Temu. Such regulations should aim to reduce waste from big polluters, not push small local businesses out of the market!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554743_en"}, {"id": 33554742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 13:02:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MyPuzzle Europe GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als europäisches E-Commerce-Unternehmen unterstützen wir das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu verbessern und Hersteller angemessen an den tatsächlichen Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. Die geplante Umsetzung droht jedoch erhebliche Bürokratie und Kosten zu erzeugen, ohne einen entsprechenden zusätzlichen Nutzen für die Umwelt zu schaffen. Gerade im grenzüberschreitenden Online-Handel wird der europäische Binnenmarkt administrativ wieder in bis zu 27 nationale Märkte aufgeteilt. Recyclingfähige Verpackungen, weniger Material und die Finanzierung von Sammlung und Verwertung haben einen konkreten ökologischen Nutzen. Eine zusätzliche nationale Registrierung, ein kostenpflichtiger Bevollmächtigter oder die mehrfache Meldung derselben Verpackungsdaten reduzieren dagegen keine einzige Verpackung und verbessern auch nicht deren Recyclingfähigkeit. Ein konkretes Beispiel ist Spanien: Für Einrichtung und Registrierung einschließlich formaler bzw. notarieller Anforderungen entstehen bereits beim günstigsten Anbieter rund 600 Euro einmalige Setup-Kosten. Hinzu kommen laufende Kosten für Bevollmächtigung und Compliance noch bevor die eigentlichen Entsorgungs- und Recyclinggebühren berücksichtigt werden. Bei nur 100 Paketen wären allein die einmaligen administrativen Kosten bereits 6 Euro pro Paket. Multipliziert man solche Strukturen mit zahlreichen Mitgliedstaaten, entsteht ein erheblicher Markt für Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und Compliance-Dienstleister. Für große Konzerne sind diese Fixkosten tragbar. Für kleine Händler werden sie dagegen zur Markteintrittsbarriere. Die wirtschaftliche Konsequenz wird sein, dass viele Händler kleinere EU-Märkte nicht mehr beliefern. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir schlagen deshalb eine klare Bagatellgrenze vor: Unter 10.000 Paketen pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat sollten keine nationalen Registrierungs-, Bevollmächtigten- oder gesonderten Meldepflichten bestehen. Diese Grenze muss unabhängig vom Sitz des Unternehmens gelten also auch für Händler aus Drittstaaten. Es wäre nicht nachvollziehbar, kleine europäische Händler mit wenigen tausend Sendungen erheblich zu belasten, während außereuropäische Händler Millionen Pakete direkt an europäische Verbraucher liefern. Darüber hinaus benötigen wir einen echten europäischen One-Stop-Shop: eine Registrierung, ein einheitlicher Datensatz und eine zentrale Mengenmeldung. Verpackungsmaterial, Gewicht und Zielland können zentral erfasst und die jeweiligen Mengen und finanziellen Beiträge anschließend automatisch auf die Mitgliedstaaten verteilt werden. Es gibt keinen sachlichen Grund, dieselben Daten in zahlreichen nationalen Systemen erneut zu melden und dafür jeweils Bevollmächtigte bezahlen zu müssen. Auch unterschiedliche nationale Entsorgungskennzeichnungen und Sprachvorgaben sind kritisch zu hinterfragen. Ein europaweit vertriebenes Produkt sollte eine einheitliche europäische Recyclingkennzeichnung verwenden können. Nationale Varianten führen zu zusätzlichen Verpackungsversionen, kleineren Produktionslosen und höheren Lagerbeständen und können damit sogar zusätzlichen Ressourcenverbrauch verursachen. Die tatsächlichen Kosten für Sammlung, Sortierung und Recycling stellen wir ausdrücklich nicht infrage. Wer Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt, soll sich entsprechend der tatsächlichen Mengen daran beteiligen. Zusätzliche nationale Registrierungen, notarielle Verfahren, Bevollmächtigte und parallele Meldesysteme schaffen dagegen Kosten und Markteintrittsbarrieren, ohne einen entsprechenden ökologischen Nutzen. Wir fordern daher eine zentrale EU-Registrierung, eine einheitliche Datenmeldung, eine EU-weite Kennzeichnung und eine Bagatellgrenze von 10.000 Paketen pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as European e-commerce companies, we support the PPWR’s objective of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and ensuring that producers pay a fair share of the actual disposal costs. However, the planned implementation risks creating significant red tape and costs without creating corresponding environmental added value. In cross-border e-commerce in particular, the European single market is administratively redistributed into up to 27 national markets. Recyclable packaging, less material and the financing of collection and recovery have a concrete environmental benefit. However, an additional national registration, a paid authorised representative or multiple reporting of the same packaging data do not reduce single packaging nor improve its recyclability. A concrete example is Spain: Setting up and registering, including formal or notarial requirements, already generates around EUR 600 one-off set-up costs for the cheapest provider. In addition, there are ongoing delegation and compliance costs even before the actual disposal and recycling fees are taken into account. With only 100 packages, the one-off administrative cost alone would already be EUR 6 per package. Multiplying such structures with multiple Member States creates a significant market for registrations, authorised representatives and compliance service providers. For large groups, these fixed costs are bearable. For small traders, on the other hand, they become a barrier to entry. The economic consequence will be that many traders will no longer supply smaller EU markets. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. We therefore propose a clear de minimis threshold: There should be no national registration, authorised representative or separate reporting obligations for less than 10.000 parcels per year per Member State. That limit must therefore also apply to traders from non-member countries, irrespective of where the undertaking is established. It would be incomprehensible to impose a significant burden on small European traders with a few thousand items, while non-European traders deliver millions of parcels directly to European consumers. We also need a genuine European one-stop shop: a registration, a uniform data set and a central quantity declaration. Packaging material, weight and country of destination can be recorded centrally and the respective quantities and financial contributions can then be automatically distributed among the Member States. There is no objective reason to re-report the same data in many national systems and have to pay authorised representatives. Different national waste disposal labels and language requirements should also be critically questioned. A product marketed throughout Europe should be able to use a uniform European recycling label. National variants lead to additional packaging versions, smaller production lots and higher stocks, and can thus even cause additional resource consumption. We explicitly do not question the actual costs of collection, sorting and recycling. Anyone who places packaging on the market should contribute to it according to the actual quantities. Additional national registrations, notarial procedures, authorised representatives and parallel reporting systems, on the other hand, create costs and barriers to market entry without corresponding environmental benefits. We therefore call for a centralised EU registration, a single data notification, an EU-wide identification and a de minimis threshold of 10.000 parcels per year and Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554742_en"}, {"id": 33554740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:59:01", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I regularly buy from small creators in the EU, the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. They need a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. Else we will buy from China. Your choice: kill local business or enable them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I regularly buy from small creators in the EU, the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. They need a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. Else we will buy from China. Your choice: kill local business or enable them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554740_en"}, {"id": 33554739, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:58:16", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "CONSUMER_ORGANISATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Myself ", "feedback": "You are killing small businesses that only manage to make a living because they can sell through Europe. You are completely disproportionately impacting small creatives while big conglomerates will barely feel the effect. Get your act together. If you really care about the environment do something about CO2 and data centers. This is absolutely ridiculous.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are killing small businesses that only manage to make a living because they can sell through Europe. You are completely disproportionately impacting small creatives while big conglomerates will barely feel the effect. Get your act together. If you really care about the environment do something about CO2 and data centers. This is absolutely ridiculous.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554739_en"}, {"id": 33554738, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:57:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a micro-enterprise that sells second-hand vinyl records to end customers in other EU Member States by mail order. Since Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) became applicable on 12 August 2026, Article 45(3) requires me to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in every single country I ship to, and to register there. This obligation arises irrespective of shipping volume. It generates fixed annual costs per country that bear no relation to the quantity of packaging I actually place on the market. For a business of my size, cross-border direct selling has become economically unviable as a result. This is particularly contradictory in the second-hand trade: my business model extends the useful life of products that already exist, and therefore serves precisely the circular-economy objective that the PPWR is intended to promote. In its \"Omnibus VIII\" simplification package, the European Commission itself proposed suspending the authorised representative requirement for companies established in the EU. The Council of the European Union did not pursue deliberations on that proposal. I call the European Parliament to advocate either for the resumption of that proposal or for a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro-enterprise that sells second-hand vinyl records to end customers in other EU Member States by mail order. Since Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) became applicable on 12 August 2026, Article 45(3) requires me to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in every single country I ship to, and to register there. This obligation arises irrespective of shipping volume. It generates fixed annual costs per country that bear no relation to the quantity of packaging I actually place on the market. For a business of my size, cross-border direct selling has become economically unviable as a result. This is particularly contradictory in the second-hand trade: my business model extends the useful life of products that already exist, and therefore serves precisely the circular-economy objective that the PPWR is intended to promote. In its \"Omnibus VIII\" simplification package, the European Commission itself proposed suspending the authorised representative requirement for companies established in the EU. The Council of the European Union did not pursue deliberations on that proposal. I call the European Parliament to advocate either for the resumption of that proposal or for a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554738_en"}, {"id": 33554737, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:56:41", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small manufacturer with a small online business in the EU. To cover the requirements for 27 countries, an external company is asking me for 12,590 euros. This is completely unaffordable for me to pay a company to represent me in Europe. I stopped online trading. I cannot afford this expense. If I want, I can reduce from 27 countries to sell in 5-6 and the amount will be 4,500 euros. THIS MEANS THAT I DO NOT HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET. After all, this is the EU - free access to the market. And this regulation violates the foundations of the European Union. The manufacturer pays tax for this envelope once. Then the trader pays. Then the transport company has a fee. Now I will have to appoint a company to pay the tax on this package once more. How many times will the eco-tax be charged on one package? And how complicated is it for the highly intelligent politicians in Brussels to add another 2 percent tax to the producer and not be overwhelmed with bureaucracy? Europe is being subjected to genocide. It doesn't matter if it's a car manufacturer, a postal envelope, a milk carton, a souvenir, a garment, an apple, a pear or a livestock farmer. They are all subjected to a genocidal policy aimed at the complete destruction of everything in Europe. Who benefits from these regulations? 200-300 companies that will represent this regulation ..... or non-European business models that want to destroy all production in Europe? Why are we hypocritically hiding the fact that we are becoming a sacrificial lamb in some green deal? Why does a European citizen pay 60 percent of every good, every service as some kind of fee/tax related to green policy, recycling and all such policies. Every European who spends one euro on something, whether it's a good or a service, 60 percent of that euro goes to green policies. It doesn't matter if it's electricity, water, clothes, sausage and oranges. Europe created the word \"DEMOCRATS\". Europe created the French Revolution and the guillotine. When Europe realizes that it cannot change climate change, it will remember \"DEMOKRATIKOS\", the French Revolution and the guillotine. CITIZENS OF EUROPE - WAKE UP!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small manufacturer with a small online business in the EU. To cover the requirements for 27 countries, an external company is asking me for 12,590 euros. This is completely unaffordable for me to pay a company to represent me in Europe. I stopped online trading. I cannot afford this expense. If I want, I can reduce from 27 countries to sell in 5-6 and the amount will be 4,500 euros. THIS MEANS THAT I DO NOT HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET. After all, this is the EU - free access to the market. And this regulation violates the foundations of the European Union. The manufacturer pays tax for this envelope once. Then the trader pays. Then the transport company has a fee. Now I will have to appoint a company to pay the tax on this package once more. How many times will the eco-tax be charged on one package? And how complicated is it for the highly intelligent politicians in Brussels to add another 2 percent tax to the producer and not be overwhelmed with bureaucracy? Europe is being subjected to genocide. It doesn't matter if it's a car manufacturer, a postal envelope, a milk carton, a souvenir, a garment, an apple, a pear or a livestock farmer. They are all subjected to a genocidal policy aimed at the complete destruction of everything in Europe. Who benefits from these regulations? 200-300 companies that will represent this regulation ..... or non-European business models that want to destroy all production in Europe? Why are we hypocritically hiding the fact that we are becoming a sacrificial lamb in some green deal? Why does a European citizen pay 60 percent of every good, every service as some kind of fee/tax related to green policy, recycling and all such policies. Every European who spends one euro on something, whether it's a good or a service, 60 percent of that euro goes to green policies. It doesn't matter if it's electricity, water, clothes, sausage and oranges. Europe created the word \"DEMOCRATS\". Europe created the French Revolution and the guillotine. When Europe realizes that it cannot change climate change, it will remember \"DEMOKRATIKOS\", the French Revolution and the guillotine. CITIZENS OF EUROPE - WAKE UP!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554737_en"}, {"id": 33554736, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:56:32", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I find that this regluation is really not feasible for small businesses across Europe. I am personally linked to a community of small artists and creators who are unable to keep up with any of this regulation to even sell their small crafts. This unfairly destroys small businesses while being perfectly fine and easy to do for big business. There are many sellers now across Europe which have had to release statements saying they're not going to send any of their products outside the country of origin or across the world. It strangles and puts even more pressure on independants and It's going to only hurt the every day person and small buinesses which are important to thrive for local communities.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find that this regluation is really not feasible for small businesses across Europe. I am personally linked to a community of small artists and creators who are unable to keep up with any of this regulation to even sell their small crafts. This unfairly destroys small businesses while being perfectly fine and easy to do for big business. There are many sellers now across Europe which have had to release statements saying they're not going to send any of their products outside the country of origin or across the world. It strangles and puts even more pressure on independants and It's going to only hurt the every day person and small buinesses which are important to thrive for local communities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554736_en"}, {"id": 33554734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:53:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "PUBLIC_AUTHORITY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Industrie- und Handelskammer Cottbus", "feedback": "Bürokratie statt Entlastung in wirtschaftlich schweren Zeiten Die Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK) Cottbus kritisiert die komplexen Vorgaben und den Bürokratieaufbau durch die neue europäische Verpackungsverordnung 2025/40. Die nach den neuen Vorgaben aufzuwendenden Kosten, insbesondere hinsichtlich der Registrierungs- und Lizensierungspflichten, stehen vor allem für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen in keinem Verhältnis zur Menge der tatsächlich versendeten Pakete und des zu erwartenden Umsatzes. Da keine Grenzen für Kleinstmengen festgelegt wurden, haben viele betroffene Unternehmen bereits den Handel ins EU-Ausland eingestellt. Nach Ansicht der IHK Cottbus verfehlt die neue EU-Verordnung damit das Ziel, Materialkreisläufe zu schließen, einheitliche Vorgaben im europäischen Binnenmarkt zu schaffen und Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren. So wird beispielsweise die Wiederverwendung von Verpackungen als Füllmaterial erheblich erschwert. Die komplexen Vorgaben und die bürokratische Ausgestaltung der Verordnung führen statt der dringend nötigen Entlastung zu einer weiteren Belastung in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen. Die Kammer fordert daher eine Aussetzung und grundlegende Überarbeitung der EU-Verpackungsverordnung sowie eine entsprechende Anpassung des deutschen Verpackungsrechts. Zudem spricht sie sich für praxisnahe Übergangsfristen, den Verzicht auf zusätzliche nationale Sonderregelungen, einen einfachen und bürokratiearmen Rechtsrahmen sowie eine dringend erforderliche Kleinstmengenregelung zur Entlastung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen aus.", "feedbackEnglish": "Bureaucracy instead of relief in times of economic hardship The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Cottbus Chamber of Commerce and Industry) criticises the complex requirements and the increase in bureaucracy brought about by the new European Packaging Regulation 2025/40. The costs to be incurred under the new rules, in particular as regards registration and licensing obligations, are disproportionate to the volume of parcels actually sent and the expected turnover, especially for micro and small enterprises. As no limits have been set for micro-volumes, many of the companies concerned have already stopped trading abroad within the EU. According to the Cottbus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the new EU regulation therefore fails to achieve the objective of closing material loops, creating uniform requirements in the European internal market and reducing packaging waste. For example, the reuse of packaging as a filling material is made considerably more difficult. The complexity of the requirements and the bureaucratic structure of the Regulation, rather than the much-needed relief, leads to a further burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. The Chamber therefore calls for the EU Packaging Regulation to be suspended and fundamentally revised, and for German packaging law to be adapted accordingly. It is also in favour of practical transitional periods, the absence of additional national special rules, a simple and light-touch legal framework and a much-needed minimum volume regulation to reduce the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554734_en"}, {"id": 33554733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:50:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Perschke Global Goods", "feedback": "Ich lehne die geplante Ausgestaltung der zusätzlichen Registrierungs- und Verwaltungspflichten im Rahmen der PPWR in dieser Form ab. Ich betreibe einen deutschen Onlinehandel und möchte mein Unternehmen in den kommenden Jahren weiter ausbauen und meine Produkte verstärkt auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Gerade dafür sollte der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich ideale Voraussetzungen schaffen. Stattdessen entsteht für Händler das Risiko, sich mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Herstellerregistern, Meldesystemen, Gebühren und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigten in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen zu müssen. In Deutschland bin ich bereits im Verpackungsregister LUCID registriert und erfülle die entsprechenden nationalen Verpflichtungen. Es ist für mich schwer nachvollziehbar, weshalb für den Verkauf innerhalb eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes zusätzliche nationale Registrierungsverfahren notwendig sein sollen. Das Problem betrifft dabei nicht nur kleine Händler. Auch Unternehmen, die wachsen und europaweit verkaufen möchten, werden durch die Vielzahl nationaler Anforderungen erheblich belastet. Mit jedem neuen Absatzmarkt steigt der administrative Aufwand. Dadurch wird die Expansion innerhalb der EU unnötig kompliziert und teuer. Eine europäische Verordnung sollte meiner Meinung nach genau das Gegenteil bewirken: einheitliche Regeln, weniger Bürokratie und einen einfachen grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Ich halte daher eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung für die deutlich sinnvollere Lösung. Ein Unternehmen sollte sich einmal registrieren und seine Verpackungsmengen zentral für die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten melden können. Alternativ sollten nationale Registrierungen innerhalb der EU gegenseitig anerkannt werden. Umweltschutz und die Verantwortung für Verpackungsabfälle sind wichtig. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch effizient, digital und europaweit einheitlich erfolgen, anstatt Unternehmen mit zahlreichen nationalen Registrierungen und zusätzlichen administrativen Strukturen zu belasten. Ich möchte mein Unternehmen europaweit ausbauen und Kunden innerhalb der gesamten EU beliefern können. Neue Vorschriften sollten diesen Weg nicht unnötig erschweren. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, bei der Ausgestaltung der Herstellerregister eine echte europaweit einheitliche Lösung zu schaffen und zusätzliche nationale Bürokratie für grenzüberschreitend tätige Händler so weit wie möglich zu vermeiden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I reject the planned form of the additional registration and administrative obligations under the PPWR in this form. I am selling online in Germany and I want to expand my business further in the coming years and to sell more of my products to customers in other EU Member States. It is precisely for this purpose that the European single market should create ideal conditions. Instead, dealers face the risk of having to deal with different national producer registers, reporting systems, fees and, where applicable, authorised representatives in several Member States. In Germany, I am already registered in the packaging register LUCID and I fulfil the relevant national obligations. I find it difficult to understand why additional national registration procedures should be necessary for sales within a single European market. The problem is not limited to small traders. The multiplicity of national requirements also places a significant burden on businesses wishing to grow and sell across Europe. Every new market increases the administrative burden. This makes expansion within the EU unnecessarily complicated and expensive. In my view, a European regulation should have exactly the opposite effect: uniform rules, less red tape and easy cross-border trade. I therefore consider a centralised EU-wide registration to be the much more sensible solution. A company should be able to register once and report its packaging volumes centrally for the respective Member States. Alternatively, national registrations should be mutually recognised within the EU. Environmental protection and responsibility for packaging waste are important. However, implementation should be efficient, digital and uniform across Europe, rather than burdening companies with multiple national registrations and additional administrative structures. I want to be able to expand my business across Europe and supply customers across the EU. New rules should not unnecessarily complicate this path. I would therefore ask the European Commission to create a truly uniform Europe-wide solution when designing producer registers and to avoid as far as possible additional national bureaucracy for cross-border traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554733_en"}, {"id": 33554732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:48:45", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Diveo Media OÜ", "feedback": "It's pretty simple. If we have to pay a subscription fee on a yearly basis, find representatives, do tons of paper work, check each country separately and their regulations, and pay in total 17 000 euros a year to cover all 27 EU countries then it makes EU zone horrible for a business. If I make 3000 euros a month, then it makes my business useless. I am not going to spend 17 000 euros out of my 36 000 euros income because I have tons of other expenses. You are destroying the market. In my home country we don't have a lot of stuff. We need to order this stuff from other countries. Now small businesses will stop sending items here because of the fees. It will make less variety in the market. It will destroy jobs. It will increase unemployment. Only big corps will get benefits because there will be almost no competition. It will monopolise the market, and prices will be higher. It will make stuff less affordable to people. Just stop this nonsense. You are not helping anyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "It's pretty simple. If we have to pay a subscription fee on a yearly basis, find representatives, do tons of paper work, check each country separately and their regulations, and pay in total 17 000 euros a year to cover all 27 EU countries then it makes EU zone horrible for a business. If I make 3000 euros a month, then it makes my business useless. I am not going to spend 17 000 euros out of my 36 000 euros income because I have tons of other expenses. You are destroying the market. In my home country we don't have a lot of stuff. We need to order this stuff from other countries. Now small businesses will stop sending items here because of the fees. It will make less variety in the market. It will destroy jobs. It will increase unemployment. Only big corps will get benefits because there will be almost no competition. It will monopolise the market, and prices will be higher. It will make stuff less affordable to people. Just stop this nonsense. You are not helping anyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554732_en"}, {"id": 33554729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:44:02", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absolutely impossible for microbusinesses to navigate and even more impossible for them to afford the registration fees. If you want to ruin free trade in the EU and bankrupt us, keep this up. If you actually care about small businesses, address these regulations now and give us exemption and/or an easy one stop shop.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely impossible for microbusinesses to navigate and even more impossible for them to afford the registration fees. If you want to ruin free trade in the EU and bankrupt us, keep this up. If you actually care about small businesses, address these regulations now and give us exemption and/or an easy one stop shop.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554729_en"}, {"id": 33554728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:42:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "White Russian Records", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of White Russian Records, an independent record label based in the Netherlands. First of all, I want to express my support for the goals behind the new packaging regulations. Reducing waste, encouraging recycling, and limiting unnecessary plastic use are important objectives that I fully support. In fact, our label has already taken voluntary steps in this direction. We have largely eliminated plastic shrink-wrap from our vinyl releases and have invested additional time and effort into using reusable outer sleeves and more sustainable packaging practices. However, while I support the environmental ambitions of these regulations, I am deeply concerned about their impact on very small businesses such as ours. White Russian Records is essentially a one-person operation. In addition to running the label, I have a full-time job. We help independent artists and small bands release their music and reach fans throughout Europe. Our sales volumes are relatively modest, and the administrative burden and costs associated with meeting packaging compliance requirements across multiple EU member states are simply not proportionate to the size of our business. As a result, I have recently been forced to stop shipping directly to most EU countries. This means that I am effectively excluding approximately 50% of my market overnight. Unfortunately, this decision coincides with the release of a new album by a Dutch band we work with, significantly reducing the availability of their record to fans across Europe. The consequences extend beyond my business alone. The artists we support lose sales opportunities, European consumers face reduced access to cultural products, and fans are understandably frustrated that they can no longer order directly from our webshop despite living within the European Union. I believe the current framework unintentionally places a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses, sole proprietors, independent labels, small publishers, and other cultural entrepreneurs. Large companies have the resources to manage registrations, reporting, and compliance requirements in multiple countries. Small operators often do not. I would therefore ask the Commission to consider: A simplified compliance scheme for micro-businesses. EU-wide registration instead of country-by-country administration. Turnover or parcel-volume thresholds below which simplified reporting applies. Reduced administrative requirements for small businesses with limited packaging volumes. A transition period that allows small businesses time to adapt. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste. My concern is not with the environmental goals themselves, but with ensuring that the implementation is fair, practical, and proportionate for the smallest businesses that contribute to Europe's cultural diversity and creative economy. Thank you for taking this feedback into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of White Russian Records, an independent record label based in the Netherlands. First of all, I want to express my support for the goals behind the new packaging regulations. Reducing waste, encouraging recycling, and limiting unnecessary plastic use are important objectives that I fully support. In fact, our label has already taken voluntary steps in this direction. We have largely eliminated plastic shrink-wrap from our vinyl releases and have invested additional time and effort into using reusable outer sleeves and more sustainable packaging practices. However, while I support the environmental ambitions of these regulations, I am deeply concerned about their impact on very small businesses such as ours. White Russian Records is essentially a one-person operation. In addition to running the label, I have a full-time job. We help independent artists and small bands release their music and reach fans throughout Europe. Our sales volumes are relatively modest, and the administrative burden and costs associated with meeting packaging compliance requirements across multiple EU member states are simply not proportionate to the size of our business. As a result, I have recently been forced to stop shipping directly to most EU countries. This means that I am effectively excluding approximately 50% of my market overnight. Unfortunately, this decision coincides with the release of a new album by a Dutch band we work with, significantly reducing the availability of their record to fans across Europe. The consequences extend beyond my business alone. The artists we support lose sales opportunities, European consumers face reduced access to cultural products, and fans are understandably frustrated that they can no longer order directly from our webshop despite living within the European Union. I believe the current framework unintentionally places a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses, sole proprietors, independent labels, small publishers, and other cultural entrepreneurs. Large companies have the resources to manage registrations, reporting, and compliance requirements in multiple countries. Small operators often do not. I would therefore ask the Commission to consider: A simplified compliance scheme for micro-businesses. EU-wide registration instead of country-by-country administration. Turnover or parcel-volume thresholds below which simplified reporting applies. Reduced administrative requirements for small businesses with limited packaging volumes. A transition period that allows small businesses time to adapt. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste. My concern is not with the environmental goals themselves, but with ensuring that the implementation is fair, practical, and proportionate for the smallest businesses that contribute to Europe's cultural diversity and creative economy. Thank you for taking this feedback into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554728_en"}, {"id": 33554727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:41:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Dieses neue gesetzt hat erhebliche Folgen für mein Unternehmen. Ich kann es mir nicht leisten die Forderungen zu erfüllen und hoffe darauf, das das neue Gesetz für jede Person tragbar gemacht wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dieses neue gesetzt hat erhebliche Folgen für mein Unternehmen. Ich kann es mir nicht leisten die Forderungen zu erfüllen und hoffe darauf, das das neue Gesetz für jede Person tragbar gemacht wird.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554727_en"}, {"id": 33554724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:39:36", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schmuck Label", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Mein Name ist Aleksandra und ich habe ein 6 Jahren ein kleines Schmuck Label in Österreich. Seit November 2024 lebe ich davon aber das ist nur möglich weil ich meinen Schmuck auch außerhalb von Österreich versende. Im Jahr versende ich um die 100 Päckchen nach Deutschland alle Umweltfreundlich verpackt, um die Umwelt zu schonen habe ich auch kleine Kartos wieder verwendet. Momentan ist dieser Versand ausgesetzt und es ist schlicht unmöglich für mich als Einzelperson ohne juristische Abteilung und Leuten die sich auskennen eine eine Lizenzierung durchzuführen. Ich habe mich direkt mit der WKO in Verbindung gesetzt aber auch sie konnten mir nicht weiterhelfen. Ich habe in den letzten Tagen viele E Mail geschrieben und telefonate geführt und eine Agentur zu finden. 450 wollten sie für meine 10kg an Müll die ich im Jahr in Deutschland im Ulauf bringe. Das ist einfach viel zu teuer und ich müsste mich auf die Suche nach anderen Anbietern machen was überhaupt nicht einfach ist! Momentan habe ich große Existenz Ängste weil meine Rechnungen weiter laufen mir aber ein großer Mark fehlt und das reißt ein riesen Loch in mein Budget. Es ist so frustrierend weil ich seit fast 7 Jahren jeden Tag alles gebe um dieses Unternehmen aufzubauen und das jetzt ein großer Rückschlag für mich ist. Es macht mich so traurig das man jeden Tag alles gibt und es einfach nie genug ist. Alles wird teurer der Gewinn wird immer kleiner und jetzt das. Ich bitte Sie inständig eine Lösung auch für uns kleine Unternehmen zu finden damit wir unserer Lebenswek nicht aufgeben müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Aleksandra Stanic", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Aleksandra and I have a small jewellery label in Austria for 6 years. Since November 2024, however, I have been living on it only because I also send my jewellery outside Austria. Every year, around the 100 parcels, I send all the environmentally friendly packages to Germany in order to protect the environment. I have also re-used small cartoons. This dispatch is currently suspended and it is simply impossible for me as an individual without a legal department and people who know how to license. I contacted the WKO directly, but they were also unable to help me. I have written many emails and made phone calls and find an agency in recent days. They wanted 450 for my 10 kg of waste, which I take in Germany each year. This is simply far too expensive and I would have to look for other providers, which is not easy at all! At the moment, I have great fears because my invoices continue to run, but I don’t have a big market and this plunges a huge hole into my budget. It is so frustrating that I have been doing everything to build this business every day for almost 7 years and that it is now a big setback for me. It makes me so sad that every day you have everything and it is simply never enough. Everything is getting more and more expensive, and now that’s what’s going on. I urge you to find a solution for our small businesses too, so that we do not have to give up our desire for life. Yours sincerely, Aleksandra Stanic", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554724_en"}, {"id": 33554722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:36:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a supporter of the european union, I think this idea is commercial suicide dor small to medium businesses. It only shows the current mindset of trying to solve things eeally badly and not in a sustainable way on the back of people that don't have the commercial power to be seen as threats. Start erasing lobbyism!! Not the paper packaging of 2 vinyl records of an indie band is destroying our planet: it's the big companies that are still unharmed in their damaging business, who still refuse to pay taxes and who still aren't the ones that are held acountable! Stop this right now!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a supporter of the european union, I think this idea is commercial suicide dor small to medium businesses. It only shows the current mindset of trying to solve things eeally badly and not in a sustainable way on the back of people that don't have the commercial power to be seen as threats. Start erasing lobbyism!! Not the paper packaging of 2 vinyl records of an indie band is destroying our planet: it's the big companies that are still unharmed in their damaging business, who still refuse to pay taxes and who still aren't the ones that are held acountable! Stop this right now!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554722_en"}, {"id": 33554719, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:33:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Philipp Winkler", "feedback": "Ich möchte mich als kleiner Händler ausdrücklich gegen eine Ausgestaltung der neuen Vorschriften aussprechen, die für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldepflichten, Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten verursacht. Die EU sollte den Binnenmarkt vereinfachen - nicht neue bürokratische Grenzen zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten schaffen. Für große Konzerne mögen zusätzliche Registrierungen und Compliance-Kosten verkraftbar sein. Kleine Händler, Einzelunternehmer und Kleinstunternehmen haben jedoch keine eigenen Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen. Jede neue Registrierung und Meldepflicht kostet Zeit und Geld, die im eigentlichen Geschäft fehlen. Wenn ein kleiner Händler Kunden in mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefert, darf daraus nicht faktisch die Verpflichtung entstehen, sich mit zahlreichen nationalen Registern, Verfahren, Meldungen und möglicherweise kostenpflichtigen Vertretern auseinanderzusetzen. Besonders problematisch ist das bei geringen Umsätzen. Wenn ich beispielsweise nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr in einem Mitgliedstaat habe, kann der Verwaltungsaufwand höher sein als der dort erzielte Gewinn. Die wirtschaftlich vernünftige Konsequenz ist dann, dieses Land nicht mehr zu beliefern. Das ist kein funktionierender europäischer Binnenmarkt. Große Plattformen und Konzerne können solche Fixkosten auf Millionen von Verkäufen verteilen. Kleine Händler können das nicht. Zusätzliche Bürokratie trifft deshalb gerade diejenigen Unternehmen am stärksten, die am wenigsten Ressourcen dafür haben. Im Ergebnis stärkt man große Anbieter und erschwert kleinen europäischen Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Besonders enttäuschend ist der Widerspruch zum angekündigten Bürokratieabbau. Seit Jahren wird Unternehmen versprochen, Berichtspflichten zu reduzieren und insbesondere KMU zu entlasten. In der Realität kommen jedoch immer neue Registrierungs-, Dokumentations-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten hinzu. Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtige Ziele. Regulierung muss aber verhältnismäßig sein. Ein internationaler Konzern und ein kleiner Händler mit wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Sendungen dürfen administrativ nicht praktisch gleich behandelt werden. Ich fordere die Kommission deshalb auf: eine echte Bagatellgrenze bzw. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen einzuführen, ein einziges zentrales EU-Register nach dem Once-only-Prinzip zu schaffen, alternativ eine Registrierung im Niederlassungsstaat EU-weit anzuerkennen, Meldeformate und Anforderungen vollständig zu harmonisieren, kostenpflichtige Vertreter und unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten für Kleinstunternehmen zu vermeiden, Meldepflichten für kleine Händler deutlich zu vereinfachen. Ein kleiner Händler sollte Waren von Deutschland nach Frankreich, Österreich, Italien oder in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen können, ohne für jedes zusätzliche Land ein eigenes Compliance-Projekt starten zu müssen. Die entscheidende Frage sollte sein: Kann ein kleiner Händler diese Vorschriften ohne Rechtsberater, Compliance-Abteilung und unverhältnismäßige Kosten erfüllen? Wenn die Antwort Nein lautet, ist die Regulierung zu kompliziert. Europa braucht weniger bürokratische Hürden zwischen seinen Mitgliedstaaten - nicht mehr. Sonst wird der Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen Stück für Stück unattraktiver, während vor allem große Konzerne von der zunehmenden Komplexität profitieren.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small trader, I would like to express my strong opposition to the design of the new rules, which will create additional registrations, reporting obligations, costs and administrative burdens for cross-border trade within the EU in each Member State. The EU should simplify the single market – not create new bureaucratic borders between Member States. For large groups, additional registrations and compliance costs may be manageable. However, small traders, sole proprietors and micro-enterprises do not have their own legal or compliance departments. Any new registration and reporting obligation costs time and money that is missing from the actual business. If a small trader supplies customers in several EU Member States, this should not create a de facto obligation to deal with numerous national registers, procedures, notifications and possibly fee-paying representatives. This is particularly problematic in the case of low turnover. For example, if I have only a few orders per year in a Member State, the administrative burden may be higher than the profit made there. The economically reasonable consequence is then to stop supplying this country. This is not a functioning European single market. Large platforms and groups can spread such fixed costs over millions of sales. Small traders cannot. Additional bureaucracy is therefore hitting the hardest those companies that have the least resources to do so. The result is to strengthen large suppliers and make cross-border trade more difficult for small European companies. The contradiction with the announced reduction of red tape is particularly disappointing. For years, companies have been promised to reduce reporting requirements and reduce the burden on SMEs in particular. In reality, however, new obligations to register, document, report and provide evidence are constantly being added. Environmental protection and the circular economy are important objectives. However, regulation must be proportionate. An international group and a small trader with a small number of cross-border consignments cannot be treated administratively in virtually the same way. I therefore call on the Commission to: introduce a genuine de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-enterprises and small quantities of packaging, create a single central EU register based on the once-only principle, alternatively recognise registration in the country of establishment across the EU, fully harmonise reporting formats and requirements, avoid paying representatives and disproportionate fixed costs for micro-enterprises, significantly simplify reporting obligations for small traders. A small trader should be able to sell goods from Germany to France, Austria, Italy or another Member State without having to launch a separate compliance project for each additional country. The key question should be: Can a small trader comply with these rules without legal advice, compliance function and disproportionate costs? If the answer is no, regulation is too complicated. Europe needs less bureaucratic hurdles between its Member States – no longer. Otherwise, the single market for small businesses will become less attractive in some respects, while large corporations in particular will benefit from increasing complexity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554719_en"}, {"id": 33554718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:32:51", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative will singlehandedly destroy European small business and only act as a wedge to further divide the EU. Dozens of small businesses I personally frequented have announced they are shutting down all shipping within the EU until this initiative is shut down because the cost of compliance is simply to steep., some even fear they will have to cease operations entirely. The only companies that will be able to comply with this will be giant (often US owned) conglomerates and will cause yet another spike in price of all goods traded within the EU. Nobody is benefitting from this initiative.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will singlehandedly destroy European small business and only act as a wedge to further divide the EU. Dozens of small businesses I personally frequented have announced they are shutting down all shipping within the EU until this initiative is shut down because the cost of compliance is simply to steep., some even fear they will have to cease operations entirely. The only companies that will be able to comply with this will be giant (often US owned) conglomerates and will cause yet another spike in price of all goods traded within the EU. Nobody is benefitting from this initiative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554718_en"}, {"id": 33554717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:28:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Shops für Whisky möchte ich auf einen besonders problematischen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen. Für einen kleinen Whisky-Onlineshop ist der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten grundsätzlich eine sinnvolle Möglichkeit, am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen. Die Versandmengen sind jedoch je nach Land sehr unterschiedlich. In einzelne Länder werden teilweise nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr verschickt. Aufgrund der damit verbundenen rechtlichen und wirtschaftlichen Belastungen habe ich den EU-weiten Versand inzwischen vollständig eingestellt. Für einen kleinen Händler ist es wirtschaftlich nicht darstellbar, für einzelne Länder mit nur wenigen Sendungen jeweils eigene Bevollmächtigtenverhältnisse, Registrierungen und Gebühren zu organisieren und zu finanzieren. Genau hier entsteht ein erhebliches Missverhältnis: Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Bei zehn EU-Zielländern können dadurch zehn separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege entstehen unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert versendet werden. Diese Fixkosten stehen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsaufkommen. Für kleine Händler entsteht dadurch faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollte für Kleinstunternehmen eine verhältnismäßige Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht vorgesehen werden. Für Unternehmen mit nur geringem Versandvolumen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten entstehen. Zweitens sollte eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung geschaffen werden. Wenn weiterhin für jedes Land ein separates Vertragsverhältnis und eigene Fixkosten entstehen, hilft die bloße Möglichkeit eines zentralen Dienstleisters kleinen Händlern nur begrenzt. Notwendig wäre ein zentrales Verfahren, über das Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für mehrere beziehungsweise alle Mitgliedstaaten mit einem einzigen Verfahren und einer verhältnismäßigen Kostenstruktur abgewickelt werden können. Drittens sollten die Anforderungen an die Datenübermittlung europaweit standardisiert werden. Einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten sollten nicht für jedes Zielland erneut in unterschiedliche Systeme und Formate übertragen werden müssen. Viertens sollten Gebühren stärker am tatsächlichen Versand- und Verpackungsvolumen ausgerichtet werden. Wer nur wenige Whisky-Sendungen pro Jahr in ein bestimmtes Land verschickt, sollte nicht mit Fixkosten belastet werden, die in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen stehen. Kleine Unternehmen haben häufig dieselben rechtlichen und administrativen Pflichten wie große Marktteilnehmer, verfügen aber über ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen, auf das sich Fixkosten verteilen lassen. Meine Entscheidung, den EU-weiten Versand vollständig einzustellen, ist ein konkretes Beispiel für die Auswirkungen dieser Kosten- und Bürokratiestruktur. Statt den europäischen Binnenmarkt nutzen zu können, beschränke ich meinen Versand nun auf den deutschen Markt. Ich würde daher sehr begrüßen, wenn bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR insbesondere für kleine Onlinehändler mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Versandvolumen eine praktikable und verhältnismäßige Lösung geschaffen wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heiner Reber", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for whisky, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For a small online whisky shop, selling to other EU Member States is in principle a useful way to participate in the European single market. However, shipping volumes vary considerably from one country to another. In some cases, only a few consignments are sent to individual countries each year. Due to the legal and economic burdens involved, I have now completely stopped shipping across the EU. It is not economically feasible for a small trader to organise and finance their own authorised representatives, registrations and fees for individual countries with only a few consignments. This is precisely where a significant imbalance arises: Individual sales to another Member State may trigger registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations. For ten EU destination countries, this can create ten separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether five packages or five hundred are sent in one country. These fixed costs are not proportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated. For small traders, this effectively creates a market entry threshold within the European internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, a proportionate exemption from the obligation to act as an authorised representative should be provided for micro-enterprises. There should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country for businesses with low volumes of shipments. Below this threshold, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. Secondly, a genuine one-stop-shop solution should be created. If each country continues to have a separate contractual relationship and its own fixed costs, the mere possibility of a central service provider will only help small traders to a limited extent. A centralised procedure would be needed to deal with registration and reporting obligations for several or all Member States, with a single procedure and a proportionate cost structure. Thirdly, data transfer requirements should be standardised across Europe. Once collected, packaging data should not need to be retransmitted to different systems and formats for each target country. Fourthly, fees should be more closely linked to the actual volume of shipping and packaging. Those who send only a few consignments of whisky per year to a given country should not be burdened with fixed costs that are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging. Small businesses often have the same legal and administrative obligations as large market players, but have a much smaller volume of business to which fixed costs can be allocated. My decision to completely stop EU-wide shipping is a concrete example of the impact of this cost and bureaucracy structure. Instead of being able to benefit from the European single market, I now limit my shipping to the German market. I would therefore be very grateful if a workable and proportionate solution could be found in the further implementation of the PPWR, in particular for small online traders with low cross-border shipping volumes. Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554717_en"}, {"id": 33554716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:26:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin selbstständige Künstlerin und Handmakerin und möchte sehr deutlich sagen: Wir sind nicht gegen Umweltschutz. Im Gegenteil. Ich und viele andere kleine Kreative verwenden bereits umweltfreundliche, recycelbare oder recycelte Verpackungen und tun seit Jahren alles, was in unseren Möglichkeiten liegt. Das eigentliche Problem ist die finanzielle Belastung durch die derzeitige Umsetzung der PPWR und die damit verbundenen EPR-Pflichten. Für mich ist es bereits Realität: In der aktuellen Situation kann ich meine Kunstwerke nicht mehr in viele andere Länder verkaufen, weil ich mir die dafür notwendigen Registrierungen und Gebühren schlicht nicht leisten kann. Ich bin ein Ein-Personen-Kleinstunternehmen. Meine Einnahmen reichen nicht aus, um zusätzlich die Kosten und bürokratischen Anforderungen zahlreicher Länder zu tragen. Das ist keine theoretische Sorge für die Zukunft. Es bedeutet für mich schon jetzt, dass ich den Zugang zu internationalen Märkten einschränken muss. Und genau das ist das Tragische: Wir wollen unsere Kunst mit Menschen auf der ganzen Welt teilen. Wir wollen arbeiten, kreativ sein und etwas Schönes schaffen. Stattdessen werden wir durch die finanziellen und bürokratischen Hürden gezwungen, unsere Reichweite immer weiter einzuschränken. Umweltschutz darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Künstler und Handmaker sich den internationalen Verkauf ihrer eigenen Arbeiten nicht mehr leisten können. Wir brauchen eine Lösung, die kleine Unternehmen tatsächlich tragen können. Denn so, wie das System derzeit gestaltet ist, können viele von uns es schlicht nicht stemmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a self-employed artist and handmaker and would like to say very clearly: We are not against environmental protection. On the contrary. I and many other small creators already use eco-friendly, recyclable or recycled packaging and have been doing everything we can for years. The real problem is the financial burden of the current implementation of the PPWR and the related EPR obligations. For me, it is already a reality: In the current situation, I can no longer sell my artworks to many other countries because I simply cannot afford the necessary registrations and fees. I am a one-person micro-enterprise. My revenues are not sufficient to cover in addition the costs and bureaucratic requirements of many countries. This is not a theoretical concern for the future. It already means for me that I have to limit access to international markets. And that’s exactly what tragedy is: We want to share our art with people around the world. We want to work, be creative and create something beautiful. Instead, the financial and bureaucratic hurdles force us to limit our reach ever further. Environmental protection must not mean that small artists and hand-makers can no longer afford to sell their own work internationally. We need a solution that small businesses can actually support. Because, as the system is currently designed, many of us simply cannot afford it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554716_en"}, {"id": 33554715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:23:52", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This literally destroys the common market, which is one of the basic tenets of the EU. Thousands of small businesses have already stopped shipping to the EU, because they can't register for each individual country. While it is reasonable to expect large producers to follow such packaging rules, small craftsmen can literally not operate in the EU anymore. This infringes on my basic right as a customer to be able to order and import any goods that are not illegal, and I strongly resent this policy! I am sure these consequences are unintended, so please rethink!", "feedbackEnglish": "This literally destroys the common market, which is one of the basic tenets of the EU. Thousands of small businesses have already stopped shipping to the EU, because they can't register for each individual country. While it is reasonable to expect large producers to follow such packaging rules, small craftsmen can literally not operate in the EU anymore. This infringes on my basic right as a customer to be able to order and import any goods that are not illegal, and I strongly resent this policy! I am sure these consequences are unintended, so please rethink!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554715_en"}, {"id": 33554714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:20:59", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lukas Bloemberg", "feedback": "With this regulation the EU single market has officially ended. I work fulltime in a company and as a side project I have created a boardgame which I sell via my own webshop. I register and pay my packaging fees in Austria and Germany like I am supposed to. Next year I want to serve more EU countries and I wanted to treat the EU as one single market... That has been made impossible now. This new regulation has officially killed the EU single market. Because of this regulation I have to get a own representativ in each of the 27 countries.. obviously I am not going to do that as I cannot handle the bureaucracy and costs for this. Please freeze this regulation. Please create exceptions for small business. Please create one single system, with one single representativ for the whole EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this regulation the EU single market has officially ended. I work fulltime in a company and as a side project I have created a boardgame which I sell via my own webshop. I register and pay my packaging fees in Austria and Germany like I am supposed to. Next year I want to serve more EU countries and I wanted to treat the EU as one single market... That has been made impossible now. This new regulation has officially killed the EU single market. Because of this regulation I have to get a own representativ in each of the 27 countries.. obviously I am not going to do that as I cannot handle the bureaucracy and costs for this. Please freeze this regulation. Please create exceptions for small business. Please create one single system, with one single representativ for the whole EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554714_en"}, {"id": 33554713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:12:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Geplant war ab Herbst, dass ich auch außerhalb von Deutschland verkaufe, da ich immer wieder Anfragen aus verschiedenen Ländern der EU bekommen habe. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen werden, habe ich beschlossen nun doch keine anderen Länder zu beliefern. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. It was planned from autumn onwards that I would also sell outside Germany, as I had repeatedly received enquiries from various EU countries. Because the fixed costs will exceed my foreign turnover, I have now decided not to supply other countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554713_en"}, {"id": 33554648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:06:18", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "VINIERI MARIA", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am the owner of a small handmade business based in Greece, which sells its products directly online to customers throughout the European Union. I am writing because the implementation of the PPWR makes it unfair for a micro-business like mine to continue selling throughout the EU. I already pay separate EPR registration and compliance costs in the Member States where required. For a micro-business, even these country-by-country costs are difficult to afford when they have to be paid separately in each Member State. Requiring me, in addition, to appoint and pay an Authorised Representative separately in every Member State where I sell creates another fixed cost for every country. This is simply not economically sustainable and, as a result, you have forced us to stop selling to EU Member States. In some EU countries, I may receive only a handful of orders during an entire year. It makes no economic sense to pay hundreds of euros in separate EPR and Authorised Representative costs in a country in order to make only a few sales there. When these costs are multiplied across several Member States, the total amount becomes an enormous financial burden for a micro-business. The consequence is very real: I am stopping selling to customers in EU countries where the compliance costs exceed the profit from my sales. This is not a level playing field. A large company can distribute these fixed compliance costs across thousands or millions of products. A micro-business selling handmade products cannot. The same fixed cost may have to be absorbed by only a few orders. I strongly support the complete removal of the mandatory requirement for an Authorised Representative. I would also like to ask the Commission to consider using the existing VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) system, which you already collect without having to do anything, through which VAT on cross-border sales within the EU is already collected, and to deduct from the OSS the amount you want for packaging (EPR). Instead of requiring micro-businesses to pay separate and unaffordable packaging costs and whatever other additional costs you continue to impose, the required amount could be collected through the OSS and distributed accordingly. This would create a fairer system for everyone, allowing micro-businesses to fulfil their environmental obligations without being forced to leave the European Single Market, as we are being forced to do right now. Micro-businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a proportionate and affordable way to fulfil it. Please help Europe's micro and small businesses survive and grow, and give us more incentives to trade throughout Europe instead of creating new financial barriers. If we truly are one European Union and one Single Market, then the system should also operate as one market for its smallest businesses. A small handmade business in Greece should be able to sell a few products to customers in Germany, France, Italy or any other Member State without having to pay for separate compliance infrastructure in every country. Micro-businesses do not have legal departments, compliance teams or regulatory budgets. We should not be forced to choose between withdrawing from European markets and paying compliance costs that are completely disproportionate to our sales. The Single Market should create opportunities for Europe's smallest businesses, not barriers that force them to leave it. Thank you for considering the real and practical impact of these rules on Europe's smallest businesses. Kind regards, Maria Vinieri Greece", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am the owner of a small handmade business based in Greece, which sells its products directly online to customers throughout the European Union. I am writing because the implementation of the PPWR makes it unfair for a micro-business like mine to continue selling throughout the EU. I already pay separate EPR registration and compliance costs in the Member States where required. For a micro-business, even these country-by-country costs are difficult to afford when they have to be paid separately in each Member State. Requiring me, in addition, to appoint and pay an Authorised Representative separately in every Member State where I sell creates another fixed cost for every country. This is simply not economically sustainable and, as a result, you have forced us to stop selling to EU Member States. In some EU countries, I may receive only a handful of orders during an entire year. It makes no economic sense to pay hundreds of euros in separate EPR and Authorised Representative costs in a country in order to make only a few sales there. When these costs are multiplied across several Member States, the total amount becomes an enormous financial burden for a micro-business. The consequence is very real: I am stopping selling to customers in EU countries where the compliance costs exceed the profit from my sales. This is not a level playing field. A large company can distribute these fixed compliance costs across thousands or millions of products. A micro-business selling handmade products cannot. The same fixed cost may have to be absorbed by only a few orders. I strongly support the complete removal of the mandatory requirement for an Authorised Representative. I would also like to ask the Commission to consider using the existing VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) system, which you already collect without having to do anything, through which VAT on cross-border sales within the EU is already collected, and to deduct from the OSS the amount you want for packaging (EPR). Instead of requiring micro-businesses to pay separate and unaffordable packaging costs and whatever other additional costs you continue to impose, the required amount could be collected through the OSS and distributed accordingly. This would create a fairer system for everyone, allowing micro-businesses to fulfil their environmental obligations without being forced to leave the European Single Market, as we are being forced to do right now. Micro-businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a proportionate and affordable way to fulfil it. Please help Europe's micro and small businesses survive and grow, and give us more incentives to trade throughout Europe instead of creating new financial barriers. If we truly are one European Union and one Single Market, then the system should also operate as one market for its smallest businesses. A small handmade business in Greece should be able to sell a few products to customers in Germany, France, Italy or any other Member State without having to pay for separate compliance infrastructure in every country. Micro-businesses do not have legal departments, compliance teams or regulatory budgets. We should not be forced to choose between withdrawing from European markets and paying compliance costs that are completely disproportionate to our sales. The Single Market should create opportunities for Europe's smallest businesses, not barriers that force them to leave it. Thank you for considering the real and practical impact of these rules on Europe's smallest businesses. Kind regards, Maria Vinieri Greece", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554648_en"}, {"id": 33554711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:04:23", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative risks turning the EU Single Market into a collection of increasingly isolated national markets, leaving consumers with fewer choices beyond domestic brands and large multinational corporations. One of the key benefits of being part of the EU is the ability to buy from small and independent businesses across Europe. Policies that make such cross-border trade more difficult risk undermining that principle.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative risks turning the EU Single Market into a collection of increasingly isolated national markets, leaving consumers with fewer choices beyond domestic brands and large multinational corporations. One of the key benefits of being part of the EU is the ability to buy from small and independent businesses across Europe. Policies that make such cross-border trade more difficult risk undermining that principle.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554711_en"}, {"id": 33554710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:00:47", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MB Ernestos projektai", "feedback": "This is the death of EU small businesses, like mine. Ive been working for a few years, have my business growing, paying all taxes, and now EPR, PPWR, WEEE representation EPR fees are becoming unbearable for me and other small business. Why couldn't this system work like OSS VAT? I just declare sales to EU countries and pay taxes to the one account.Without any complicated and expensive EPR in each EU member state. Why small business, which create so small amount of rubbish and already pay for example like me in Austria, Germany, France for the packaging, why do I have to pay additional amount for nothing? For representative, who does the same work instead of me for the amount I can not handle? Its insane", "feedbackEnglish": "This is the death of EU small businesses, like mine. Ive been working for a few years, have my business growing, paying all taxes, and now EPR, PPWR, WEEE representation EPR fees are becoming unbearable for me and other small business. Why couldn't this system work like OSS VAT? I just declare sales to EU countries and pay taxes to the one account.Without any complicated and expensive EPR in each EU member state. Why small business, which create so small amount of rubbish and already pay for example like me in Austria, Germany, France for the packaging, why do I have to pay additional amount for nothing? For representative, who does the same work instead of me for the amount I can not handle? Its insane", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554710_en"}, {"id": 33554709, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 12:00:26", "country": "BGR", "language": "BG", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Поредната олигофрения скрита зад зеления тероризъм. Убиха едрото производство, убиха машиностроенето и автомобилостроенето. Убиха цялото земеделие и го подчиниха на зависимост от субсидии. Сега убиват микро бизнеса и средния бизнес с тази поредна олигофренска регулация. Защо го правят? Превърнаха ни в еко мъчениците на тази планета. Дори и да изчезнем като континет - въглеродния ни отпечатък няма да спре климатичните промени. Кому е нужно да плащаме налог за това, че дишаме или да това, че съществуваме? Какво ще спечели Европа, европейския потребител от този регламент? Нищо. Опаковките ни са по-малко замърсяващи тази планета от една Индонезия. А Китай, Индия, САЩ ... и още 180 държави? Какво целят тези бюрократи? Просто тоталното унищожение на европейската цивилизация. Стъпка по стъпка. Регламент след регламент. Бизнес след бизнес бива унищожаван в името на някаква зелена идея. Трябват крути мерки. И не става дума за нови избори и нов парламент. Става дума за тотално разрушаване на този европейски съюз. И създаването му отново. С идеята му от самото начало - свободен пазар, свободно движение на стоки и хора. Без сбирщина от политици, които носят регламент след регламент и смазват със всякакви изминала минута не само ЕС, а целия континет като цяло. Лично мнение - общо европейската стачка във всички страни и всеки да си потърси правата. И фермери и автопризводителите и търговци и занаятчии и транспорт .... и всички. Стачка и пълна блокада на цяла Европа докато всички регламенти убиващи европейския бизнес, европейското земеделие, европейския потребител, европейската цивилизация не бъсат изхвърлени в кофата. Защото, ако това не стане - ще дойде Злото. Махалото се движи в.двете посоки и следващата вълна от политици ще търси.пълно разрушаване на всичко. И физическа отговорност от предишните политици. За техните действия в миналото. Всички знаем какво доведе това преди има няма 80-90 години.", "feedbackEnglish": "Yet another oligographic hidden behind green terrorism. Cheaper production, machinery and automobiles. Killed all agriculture and made it dependent on subsidies. Now micro and medium-sized businesses are being killed by this successive oligoFrench regulation. Why do they do so? They have made us the eco martyrs of this planet. Even if we disappear as a continent, our carbon footprint will not stop climate change. We need to pay a levy for breathing or staying? What will Europe, the European consumer, gain from this regulation? Nothing. Our packaging is less polluting than one Indonesia. And China, India, the US... and 180 other countries? What do these bureaucrats do? The total destruction of European civilisation. Step by step. Regulation after regulation. A business after a business is destroyed in the name of a green idea. There is a need for cruise measures. And it is not about new elections and a new parliament. This is a total destruction of this European Union. And re-establishing it. With his idea from the outset – free market, free movement of goods and people. Without a collection of politicians carrying a regulation after a regulation and crushing by every minute, not only the EU, but the whole continent as a whole. Personal opinion – a common European strike in all countries and everyone to claim their rights. And farmers and boatmen and traders and craftsmen and transporters.... and everyone. A strike and a complete blockade of the whole of Europe until all regulations killing European business, European agriculture, European consumer, European civilisation are thrown into the bucket. Because if this is not the case, the evil will come. The pendulum moves in both directions and the next wave of politicians will look for total destruction of everything. And physical responsibility from former politicians. About their past actions. We all know what this has brought about before there are no 80-90 years.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554709_en"}, {"id": 33554707, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:56:29", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "# Feedback on PPWR National Producer Registers I strongly support environmental responsibility and the principle that businesses should contribute to the cost of packaging waste. However, the current implementation of the PPWR producer registration and EPR framework risks becoming one of the most disproportionate regulatory burdens ever imposed on small cross-border businesses in the EU. We are a small Croatian business selling watches online. Our packaging is extremely limited: in many cases, a watch is already in its original retail box and we only add a lightweight padded envelope for shipping. For a small number of orders to another EU Member State, the actual amount of packaging we place on that market may be only a few kilograms per year. The environmental cost associated with recycling such quantities is minimal. However, under the current system, a small company may still need to: * register separately in multiple Member States * join different national EPR schemes * appoint local authorised representatives * pay minimum annual fees * report packaging quantities separately in every country * understand different national procedures, portals and deadlines The administrative cost can therefore be hundreds of euros per country, even when the actual recycling contribution would only amount to a few euros. This is economically irrational and fundamentally contrary to the idea of the EU Single Market. Our company is based inside the European Union, yet we are now seriously considering restricting sales to several EU Member States because the fixed compliance cost is higher than the profit we generate from those markets. Even more concerning, it is becoming administratively easier and economically more attractive for us to sell a product from Croatia to a customer in the United States than to a customer in another EU Member State. That should be a major warning sign. Large multinational companies can easily absorb the cost of 20 or 27 separate registrations, representatives and reporting systems. A micro-business cannot. The likely consequence is not that small companies will suddenly become better at recycling. The likely consequence is that thousands of small businesses will simply stop selling to smaller EU markets. This means: less cross-border trade inside the EU, less consumer choice, less competition, higher barriers to entry, and an even greater advantage for the largest corporations that can afford dedicated compliance departments. The regulation therefore risks achieving the opposite of a functioning Single Market. A small company should never have to spend hundreds of euros in administrative and representative fees in order to pay a recycling contribution worth a few euros. There are much better solutions. The EU should introduce a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting portal, similar in principle to the VAT OSS system. A business should be able to submit one annual report showing, for example: Germany: 15 kg packaging France: 8 kg Spain: 5 kg The system could then automatically distribute the relevant contributions to each Member State. At minimum, there should be: * a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses * exemption from mandatory local authorised representatives for businesses established in another EU Member State * one harmonised EU registration * one reporting format * fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market * simplified annual reporting for very small quantities Environmental legislation should make polluters pay for environmental costs. It should not create an industry where a small company pays 300 in administration to account for 10 worth of packaging waste. If the current fragmented approach remains unchanged, I believe it will materially reduce cross-border SME activity within the European Union. Our own business is already considering limiting EU destinations and reallocating more of our sales effor", "feedbackEnglish": "# Feedback on PPWR National Producer Registers I strongly support environmental responsibility and the principle that businesses should contribute to the cost of packaging waste. However, the current implementation of the PPWR producer registration and EPR framework risks becoming one of the most disproportionate regulatory burdens ever imposed on small cross-border businesses in the EU. We are a small Croatian business selling watches online. Our packaging is extremely limited: in many cases, a watch is already in its original retail box and we only add a lightweight padded envelope for shipping. For a small number of orders to another EU Member State, the actual amount of packaging we place on that market may be only a few kilograms per year. The environmental cost associated with recycling such quantities is minimal. However, under the current system, a small company may still need to: * register separately in multiple Member States * join different national EPR schemes * appoint local authorised representatives * pay minimum annual fees * report packaging quantities separately in every country * understand different national procedures, portals and deadlines The administrative cost can therefore be hundreds of euros per country, even when the actual recycling contribution would only amount to a few euros. This is economically irrational and fundamentally contrary to the idea of the EU Single Market. Our company is based inside the European Union, yet we are now seriously considering restricting sales to several EU Member States because the fixed compliance cost is higher than the profit we generate from those markets. Even more concerning, it is becoming administratively easier and economically more attractive for us to sell a product from Croatia to a customer in the United States than to a customer in another EU Member State. That should be a major warning sign. Large multinational companies can easily absorb the cost of 20 or 27 separate registrations, representatives and reporting systems. A micro-business cannot. The likely consequence is not that small companies will suddenly become better at recycling. The likely consequence is that thousands of small businesses will simply stop selling to smaller EU markets. This means: less cross-border trade inside the EU, less consumer choice, less competition, higher barriers to entry, and an even greater advantage for the largest corporations that can afford dedicated compliance departments. The regulation therefore risks achieving the opposite of a functioning Single Market. A small company should never have to spend hundreds of euros in administrative and representative fees in order to pay a recycling contribution worth a few euros. There are much better solutions. The EU should introduce a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting portal, similar in principle to the VAT OSS system. A business should be able to submit one annual report showing, for example: Germany: 15 kg packaging France: 8 kg Spain: 5 kg The system could then automatically distribute the relevant contributions to each Member State. At minimum, there should be: * a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses * exemption from mandatory local authorised representatives for businesses established in another EU Member State * one harmonised EU registration * one reporting format * fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market * simplified annual reporting for very small quantities Environmental legislation should make polluters pay for environmental costs. It should not create an industry where a small company pays 300 in administration to account for 10 worth of packaging waste. If the current fragmented approach remains unchanged, I believe it will materially reduce cross-border SME activity within the European Union. Our own business is already considering limiting EU destinations and reallocating more of our sales effor", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554707_en"}, {"id": 33554706, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:55:33", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Solo", "feedback": "Dear Feedback Reader, As someone who is planning to open a small handmade shop in Malta, I am honestly worried about how these new packaging rules could affect my business before it even has the chance to get started. I completely understand the environmental reasons behind these regulations, and I support reducing waste and encouraging better packaging. However, for a very small business, the additional costs, registrations and administrative requirements can be a huge burden. If I want to sell my handmade products to customers in other EU countries, these extra obligations could make it financially impossible for me to compete from the beginning. Larger companies can absorb these costs much more easily, while a small one-person business may simply have to stop selling internationally. I really hope there can be a simpler and more affordable system for micro-businesses, so that environmental goals can be achieved without making it impossible for small businesses to grow. Small businesses should also have a chance to start, grow and compete. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Feedback Reader, As someone who is planning to open a small handmade shop in Malta, I am honestly worried about how these new packaging rules could affect my business before it even has the chance to get started. I completely understand the environmental reasons behind these regulations, and I support reducing waste and encouraging better packaging. However, for a very small business, the additional costs, registrations and administrative requirements can be a huge burden. If I want to sell my handmade products to customers in other EU countries, these extra obligations could make it financially impossible for me to compete from the beginning. Larger companies can absorb these costs much more easily, while a small one-person business may simply have to stop selling internationally. I really hope there can be a simpler and more affordable system for micro-businesses, so that environmental goals can be achieved without making it impossible for small businesses to grow. Small businesses should also have a chance to start, grow and compete. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554706_en"}, {"id": 33554704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:52:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I used to have a small business, that I closed during maternity and prenatal leave. Now wanting to reopen the business that ships maybe 10 packages a year to the NL, BE, DE, DK each, the costs of this new law would so vastly outweigh the value I make, that I would have to shut down my small business, or consider never reopening. This cannot be the goal of this law. I believe a limit has to be set to what is allowed to be shipped prior to having to register and pay fees, so that the big conglomerates can be kept in check while allowing small businesses (who often are far more sustainable anyway) to keep going.", "feedbackEnglish": "I used to have a small business, that I closed during maternity and prenatal leave. Now wanting to reopen the business that ships maybe 10 packages a year to the NL, BE, DE, DK each, the costs of this new law would so vastly outweigh the value I make, that I would have to shut down my small business, or consider never reopening. This cannot be the goal of this law. I believe a limit has to be set to what is allowed to be shipped prior to having to register and pay fees, so that the big conglomerates can be kept in check while allowing small businesses (who often are far more sustainable anyway) to keep going.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554704_en"}, {"id": 33554702, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:51:48", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express my concern about the impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on small businesses. I personally know of two small companies that I regularly buy from, both of which have informed their customers that they will be suspending shipping of packages within the European Union as a direct result of the new requirements. These are not large corporations with compliance departments and legal teams, they are small studios for whom the administrative and financial burden of compliance is disproportionate. This regulation rather than strengthening the European internal market and its small businesses, it is pushing consumers toward large non-European platforms, for whom a compliance cost of a few thousand euros is negligible, while it can be prohibitive for a small European workshop.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my concern about the impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on small businesses. I personally know of two small companies that I regularly buy from, both of which have informed their customers that they will be suspending shipping of packages within the European Union as a direct result of the new requirements. These are not large corporations with compliance departments and legal teams, they are small studios for whom the administrative and financial burden of compliance is disproportionate. This regulation rather than strengthening the European internal market and its small businesses, it is pushing consumers toward large non-European platforms, for whom a compliance cost of a few thousand euros is negligible, while it can be prohibitive for a small European workshop.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554702_en"}, {"id": 33554701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:51:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Unternehmen", "feedback": "Für kleine Unternehmen wie uns ist diese Verordnung ein KO. Wir Importieren waren aus den USA, die wir in ganz Europa verkaufen. Durch diese Verordnung ist uns das nicht mehr möglich. Die Kosten pro EU Land sind laut authoriseme.eu 199 Service Fee plus im kleinsten Paket 75 pro Jahr. Aktuell versenden wir in 14 Ländern in der EU. In einigen nur 1-5 Sendungen pro Jahr. Unsere Firma ist gerade im Aufbau und wir können uns diese zusätzlichen Kosten nicht leisten. Somit versenden wir seit gestern (12.8) nicht mehr außerhalb Deutschlands. Die großen Unternehmen, die in jedem Land eine Filialle haben sind davon nicht betroffen, es trifft wieder nur die kleinen Unternehmer. Hier wäre eine Zentrale Regelung oder eine Freigrenze bezogen auf Gewicht/Stückzahl der Sendungen wünschenswert.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small businesses like us, this regulation is a KO. We imported from the US, which we sell all over Europe. With this regulation, we are no longer able to do so. According to authorisedme.eu, the cost per EU country is 199 service fee plus 75 per year in the smallest package. We are currently sending in 14 countries in the EU. In some, only 1-5 consignments per year. Our company is in the process of being set up and we cannot afford these additional costs. So since yesterday (12.8) we are no longer sending out outside Germany. The large companies, which have a branch in each country, are not affected, but only small entrepreneurs are affected. A central rule or an exemption limit based on the weight/number of consignments would be desirable here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554701_en"}, {"id": 33554700, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:49:42", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Porth Realms", "feedback": "Porth Realms is a micropublisher producing shortrun tabletop games and accessories. We support the aims of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, but the proposed Implementing Regulation places a disproportionate burden on businesses of our size. The reporting and registration format assumes resources, technical knowledge, and administrative capacity that microenterprises simply do not have. We already face significant challenges when importing into the EU. As a UKbased micromanufacturer, we must appoint an EU economic operator or authorised representative for even modest product lines. For a business our size, this is not a minor administrative step: annual fees for an EU agent typically range from 1,000 to 3,000, plus onboarding costs, document reviews, and ongoing compliance checks. For a company producing small batches of creative goods, this cost is often higher than the value of the shipments themselves. It is already a major barrier to accessing EU markets. The proposed reporting format adds another layer of complexity. It requires detailed packaging specifications, recyclability information, and structured data submissions that are designed for larger producers with dedicated compliance teams. For us, packaging is simple, lowvolume, and often sourced from small suppliers who cannot provide the technical breakdowns required. Gathering this information would mean hiring external consultants or diverting limited staff time away from design, production, fulfilment, and customer service. The administrative load is out of proportion to our environmental impact. Shortrun creative manufacturers operate on tight margins. We do not massproduce packaging, nor do we place significant volumes on the market. Yet the draft regulation treats microenterprises as if they have the same reporting capacity as multinational producers. Without a simplified pathway, the combined cost of an EU agent, extended producer responsibility fees, and the new reporting obligations risks making EU trade unviable for small publishers. The likely outcome is reduced product availability, fewer independent creators able to trade crossborder, and a market dominated by larger firms who can absorb compliance costs. We ask the Commission to consider the following adjustments: A simplified registration and reporting template for microenterprises, focused on essential information only. Clear, accessible guidance on exemptions and reduced obligations for lowvolume producers. Proportionate data requirements that reflect the scale and environmental footprint of microbusinesses. A phased implementation period or transitional support for microenterprises adapting to new reporting systems. Recognition of the cumulative burden created by existing EU import requirements, including the mandatory use of authorised representatives. These changes would allow small creative companies like Porth Realms to comply with the regulation without being overwhelmed by administrative and financial pressures. We want to contribute to the EUs circular economy goals, but we need a regulatory framework that acknowledges the realities of microenterprise capacity and ensures that smallscale innovation remains viable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Porth Realms is a micropublisher producing shortrun tabletop games and accessories. We support the aims of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, but the proposed Implementing Regulation places a disproportionate burden on businesses of our size. The reporting and registration format assumes resources, technical knowledge, and administrative capacity that microenterprises simply do not have. We already face significant challenges when importing into the EU. As a UKbased micromanufacturer, we must appoint an EU economic operator or authorised representative for even modest product lines. For a business our size, this is not a minor administrative step: annual fees for an EU agent typically range from 1,000 to 3,000, plus onboarding costs, document reviews, and ongoing compliance checks. For a company producing small batches of creative goods, this cost is often higher than the value of the shipments themselves. It is already a major barrier to accessing EU markets. The proposed reporting format adds another layer of complexity. It requires detailed packaging specifications, recyclability information, and structured data submissions that are designed for larger producers with dedicated compliance teams. For us, packaging is simple, lowvolume, and often sourced from small suppliers who cannot provide the technical breakdowns required. Gathering this information would mean hiring external consultants or diverting limited staff time away from design, production, fulfilment, and customer service. The administrative load is out of proportion to our environmental impact. Shortrun creative manufacturers operate on tight margins. We do not massproduce packaging, nor do we place significant volumes on the market. Yet the draft regulation treats microenterprises as if they have the same reporting capacity as multinational producers. Without a simplified pathway, the combined cost of an EU agent, extended producer responsibility fees, and the new reporting obligations risks making EU trade unviable for small publishers. The likely outcome is reduced product availability, fewer independent creators able to trade crossborder, and a market dominated by larger firms who can absorb compliance costs. We ask the Commission to consider the following adjustments: A simplified registration and reporting template for microenterprises, focused on essential information only. Clear, accessible guidance on exemptions and reduced obligations for lowvolume producers. Proportionate data requirements that reflect the scale and environmental footprint of microbusinesses. A phased implementation period or transitional support for microenterprises adapting to new reporting systems. Recognition of the cumulative burden created by existing EU import requirements, including the mandatory use of authorised representatives. These changes would allow small creative companies like Porth Realms to comply with the regulation without being overwhelmed by administrative and financial pressures. We want to contribute to the EUs circular economy goals, but we need a regulatory framework that acknowledges the realities of microenterprise capacity and ensures that smallscale innovation remains viable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554700_en"}, {"id": 33554699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:48:59", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hoppidi Handmade", "feedback": "I am the owner of a micro-business in Sweden, manufacturing my products myself and selling directly to consumers. One of the great advantages of the EU Single Market has been that even a one-person business can reach customers across Europe. The implementation of the PPWR risks changing this. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and believe producers should contribute fairly to managing packaging waste. However, requiring a small EU business sending only a few parcels to another Member State to deal with separate national registrations, reporting systems, EPR organisations and potentially authorised representatives is disproportionate. The problem is not the recycling contribution itself, but the fixed administrative and financial burden. A micro-business might send only 5, 10 or 20 parcels per year to one country, representing perhaps only a few kilograms of recyclable paper and cardboard. Registration, reporting and representation can nevertheless cost hundreds of euros and many hours of work. It simply becomes economically impossible to sell to that country. This is already influencing real business decisions. Small businesses are suspending shipping to other EU countries because they cannot afford multiple national compliance systems or risk non-compliance. This undermines the purpose of the Single Market. The Commission itself has recognised that differences between national EPR systems create regulatory complexity, administrative burdens and barriers to cross-border trade, particularly for SMEs. Removing the authorised-representative requirement would help, but we need a genuinely EU-wide solution. I ask the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses sending very small quantities of packaging to another Member State; create one EU registration and reporting portal instead of up to 27 national systems; remove mandatory authorised representatives for EU-established micro-businesses; harmonise definitions, reporting and procedures; and ensure fees are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Without simplification, large companies will gain another competitive advantage because they can employ compliance departments and spread costs across millions of products. Small European manufacturers cannot. Many will stop cross-border sales, consumers will have less choice, and some small businesses may not survive. There is also an environmental contradiction: it should not become easier for a European consumer to buy a mass-produced product shipped from the other side of the world than a product from a small sustainable business in a neighbouring EU Member State. The Single Market should encourage Europeans to buy from European businesses. This supports European jobs, entrepreneurship, tax revenues and local economies and keeps economic activity within the Union. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market do not have to conflict. Small producers should contribute proportionately, but compliance must be simple, harmonised and economically realistic. Please ensure that PPWR implementation allows micro and small EU businesses to continue trading throughout the EU rather than unintentionally pushing them out of the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a micro-business in Sweden, manufacturing my products myself and selling directly to consumers. One of the great advantages of the EU Single Market has been that even a one-person business can reach customers across Europe. The implementation of the PPWR risks changing this. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and believe producers should contribute fairly to managing packaging waste. However, requiring a small EU business sending only a few parcels to another Member State to deal with separate national registrations, reporting systems, EPR organisations and potentially authorised representatives is disproportionate. The problem is not the recycling contribution itself, but the fixed administrative and financial burden. A micro-business might send only 5, 10 or 20 parcels per year to one country, representing perhaps only a few kilograms of recyclable paper and cardboard. Registration, reporting and representation can nevertheless cost hundreds of euros and many hours of work. It simply becomes economically impossible to sell to that country. This is already influencing real business decisions. Small businesses are suspending shipping to other EU countries because they cannot afford multiple national compliance systems or risk non-compliance. This undermines the purpose of the Single Market. The Commission itself has recognised that differences between national EPR systems create regulatory complexity, administrative burdens and barriers to cross-border trade, particularly for SMEs. Removing the authorised-representative requirement would help, but we need a genuinely EU-wide solution. I ask the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses sending very small quantities of packaging to another Member State; create one EU registration and reporting portal instead of up to 27 national systems; remove mandatory authorised representatives for EU-established micro-businesses; harmonise definitions, reporting and procedures; and ensure fees are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Without simplification, large companies will gain another competitive advantage because they can employ compliance departments and spread costs across millions of products. Small European manufacturers cannot. Many will stop cross-border sales, consumers will have less choice, and some small businesses may not survive. There is also an environmental contradiction: it should not become easier for a European consumer to buy a mass-produced product shipped from the other side of the world than a product from a small sustainable business in a neighbouring EU Member State. The Single Market should encourage Europeans to buy from European businesses. This supports European jobs, entrepreneurship, tax revenues and local economies and keeps economic activity within the Union. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market do not have to conflict. Small producers should contribute proportionately, but compliance must be simple, harmonised and economically realistic. Please ensure that PPWR implementation allows micro and small EU businesses to continue trading throughout the EU rather than unintentionally pushing them out of the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554699_en"}, {"id": 33554698, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:45:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am not a small business owner but a consumer and supporter. It is not realistic for many small businesses to be able to afford the money and time required to comply with current PPWR regulations. PPWR is killing small businesses anf threatening individual people's livelihoods while barely affecting the big companies that arguably produce the most waste. Small businesses need to be exempt from the regulation, or the PPWR regulations need to be standardized, as opposed to individual regulations in each EU country.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not a small business owner but a consumer and supporter. It is not realistic for many small businesses to be able to afford the money and time required to comply with current PPWR regulations. PPWR is killing small businesses anf threatening individual people's livelihoods while barely affecting the big companies that arguably produce the most waste. Small businesses need to be exempt from the regulation, or the PPWR regulations need to be standardized, as opposed to individual regulations in each EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554698_en"}, {"id": 33554696, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:42:07", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Acquisto spesso online da small business da tutto il mondo e questa nuova norma penalizza troppo la suddetta categoria, che spesso non arriva a fare volumi così alti da giustificare questo genere di spese.", "feedbackEnglish": "Buying often online from small businesses from all over the world and this new rule penalises this category too much, which often does not go so high as to justify this type of expenditure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554696_en"}, {"id": 33554695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:36:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kunti Art", "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmerin und Mutter die einfach versucht sich ein kleines Einkommen zu sichern ist dies eine weitere Regel die alles nur noch schwieriger macht und man fragt sich wirklich ob das alles noch einen Sinn macht. Wir verstehen glaube ich alle die Absicht und den Hintergrund der Aktion allerdings sollte es definitiv hier eine Regelung geben die Unternehmen unter einen bestimmten Umsatz davon ausschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small entrepreneur and mother who simply tries to secure a small income, this is another rule that makes everything even more difficult, and one really wonders whether all this still makes sense. We all understand the intention and background of the action, but there should definitely be a rule here that excludes companies below a certain turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554695_en"}, {"id": 33554694, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:28:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Achatzi e.K.", "feedback": "Wenngleich die Intention gut ist, so ist die Umsetzung doch sehr bürokratisch - und sehr teuer für Firmen welche zwar Europaweit liefern, jedoch nur sporadisch! Besser wäre EIN Bevollmächtigter für die GESAMTE EU. Immerhin wollen wir doch langfristig alle Hemmnisse und Hindernisse im Warenverkehr beseitigen. Hier werden jedoch nur neue Probleme geschaffen. Der Kleinstaaterei wird hier nur wieder Vorschub gegeben. Bitter! Anbei mal ein Beispiel welche Kosten dieses neue Gesetz für uns bringen würde.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although the intention is good, implementation is very bureaucratic – and very expensive for companies that supply Europe-wide, but only sporadically! It would be preferable to have one representative for the EU as a whole. After all, in the long term, we want to remove all barriers and obstacles to trade in goods. However, this only creates new problems. Small-scale state-building will only be re-energised. Bitter! Enclose an example of the costs this new law would entail for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554694_en"}, {"id": 33554693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:26:25", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "La normativa en su estado actual constituye una agresión contra todos los pequeños negocios de la Unión Europea. ¿Qué clase de autónomo y/o empresa de pequeño tamaño se puede permitir 27 registros (uno por cada país) y todas las tasas derivadas de todos ellos? Es prioritario modificarlo a un único registro y que las tarifas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos (en cuanto a volumen de residuos generados) sean realistas. Los únicos beneficiados por esta medida son las empresas más grandes, que irónicamente son las que más residuos generan y con mayor capacidad para gestionar toda la burocracia y gastos derivados de la regulación.", "feedbackEnglish": "The rules as they stand are an assault on all small businesses in the European Union. What kind of self-employed or small enterprise can 27 registrations be allowed (one for each country) and all fees derived from them? It is a priority to amend it to a single register and to make the tariffs for small and minimal (in terms of volume of waste generated) shipping micro-enterprises realistic. The only beneficiaries of this measure are the largest companies, which ironically generate the most waste and have the greatest capacity to manage all the bureaucracy and costs arising from regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554693_en"}, {"id": 33554690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:24:22", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "S.U.F. / Chris Knowles", "feedback": "I am a small business sole trader in UK shipping vinyl records, and making small runs of vinyl records in UK and EU. Our associates in EU that distribute, sell etc with small shops and micro production are now at risk as they can no longer ship small vinyl runs and orders across EU bordersand this initiative has stopped me from being able to ship to EU as we only ship 3-30 packets a year to each country - the cost is too much for us to bear PER COUNTRY. Our packaging is already 100 per cent recyclable, so why are we being forced out of business along with every small vinyl record retailer?it is going to destroy a whole industry of small businesses - we need so e exemption, or at the very least ome EU wide registration - not 27!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business sole trader in UK shipping vinyl records, and making small runs of vinyl records in UK and EU. Our associates in EU that distribute, sell etc with small shops and micro production are now at risk as they can no longer ship small vinyl runs and orders across EU bordersand this initiative has stopped me from being able to ship to EU as we only ship 3-30 packets a year to each country - the cost is too much for us to bear PER COUNTRY. Our packaging is already 100 per cent recyclable, so why are we being forced out of business along with every small vinyl record retailer?it is going to destroy a whole industry of small businesses - we need so e exemption, or at the very least ome EU wide registration - not 27!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554690_en"}, {"id": 33554689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:19:55", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR risks pushing small businesses out of the European Single Market. The problem works both ways. When administrative requirements and compliance costs make it impossible for small businesses to sell across EU borders, they also prevent other small businesses from buying from them. Many European small businesses source materials, components and products from other small suppliers within the EU. If these suppliers can no longer afford to sell across borders, we weaken the European supply chain itself. The result is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Instead of encouraging trade between European businesses, you are creating a market where only large corporations have sufficient financial and administrative resources to comply with increasingly complex national requirements. The result will be fewer small businesses, less competition and greater dependence on large corporations that can afford the administrative burden. Environmental regulation is necessary, but it must be proportionate.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR risks pushing small businesses out of the European Single Market. The problem works both ways. When administrative requirements and compliance costs make it impossible for small businesses to sell across EU borders, they also prevent other small businesses from buying from them. Many European small businesses source materials, components and products from other small suppliers within the EU. If these suppliers can no longer afford to sell across borders, we weaken the European supply chain itself. The result is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Instead of encouraging trade between European businesses, you are creating a market where only large corporations have sufficient financial and administrative resources to comply with increasingly complex national requirements. The result will be fewer small businesses, less competition and greater dependence on large corporations that can afford the administrative burden. Environmental regulation is necessary, but it must be proportionate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554689_en"}, {"id": 33554688, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:15:54", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new packaging law (PPWR) on parcels posted cross border is an utterly insane bureaucratic monster that will have minimum positive effect for the environment. It will essentially kill the Single Market for cross-border goods, raise prices significantly for EU customers, and bankrupt tens of thousands of small businesses across Europe. Small businesses simply will not have the time, resources or money to comply, or register in multiple countries, or pay the attendant fees, to be able to serve customers in markets across the EU. It will essentially kill any online retail business, and only very large concentrated companies such as Amazon will survive, and monopolize.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new packaging law (PPWR) on parcels posted cross border is an utterly insane bureaucratic monster that will have minimum positive effect for the environment. It will essentially kill the Single Market for cross-border goods, raise prices significantly for EU customers, and bankrupt tens of thousands of small businesses across Europe. Small businesses simply will not have the time, resources or money to comply, or register in multiple countries, or pay the attendant fees, to be able to serve customers in markets across the EU. It will essentially kill any online retail business, and only very large concentrated companies such as Amazon will survive, and monopolize.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554688_en"}, {"id": 33554687, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:15:30", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "dolls", "feedback": "Dear Eu. Year and half ago I started making dolls. Took some time before I could sell them. I had to learn a lot. Right now I sell 0-2/ month. I have a day job but I always dreamed of being able to earn money by art I make. Although it costs a lot of money, I pay taxes, fees, have tax id.. I try to do everything the right way. But all that already costs me 25% of the money I make. But now Ill be forced to stop selling things to eu. If Ill make around 2100e a year how am I supposed to afford to ship to eu? I always thought that Eu does good steps towards better future. But now youre gonna destroy so many small artists. Just big corporate art and \"ai art\" will be left. Tax the data centres, the big companies. They wont even notice. But yeah.. Im closing my shop for eu, which is 75% of the orders. Thats all", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Eu. Year and half ago I started making dolls. Took some time before I could sell them. I had to learn a lot. Right now I sell 0-2/ month. I have a day job but I always dreamed of being able to earn money by art I make. Although it costs a lot of money, I pay taxes, fees, have tax id.. I try to do everything the right way. But all that already costs me 25% of the money I make. But now Ill be forced to stop selling things to eu. If Ill make around 2100e a year how am I supposed to afford to ship to eu? I always thought that Eu does good steps towards better future. But now youre gonna destroy so many small artists. Just big corporate art and \"ai art\" will be left. Tax the data centres, the big companies. They wont even notice. But yeah.. Im closing my shop for eu, which is 75% of the orders. Thats all", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554687_en"}, {"id": 33554685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:14:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DGOM", "feedback": "Ich bin Betreiber eines kleinen Online Shops und wir haben den Versand in die EU eingestellt. Die derzeitigen Regelungen sind effektiv ein Ausschluß kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen für den EU Markt. Also genau das Gegenteil davon, was die EU eigentlich sein sollte. Wir haben zwar bereits regelmäßig Bestellungen aus dem EU Ausland, allerdings sind es auf die jeweiligen Länder aufgeteilt nur wenige hundert bis wenige tausend Euro Umsatz pro Land/pro Jahr. D.h. die hohen Lizenz Gebühren + der Bevollmächtigte machen einen Versand in die restlichen EU Länder unwirtschaftlich. Zusätzliche Vorschriften wie groß oder wie viel Raum eine Verpackung haben darf sind nicht nur überflüssig und unkontrollierbar, sie machen alles komplizierter. Wieso wird alles so kompliziert gemacht wer Hersteller, Erzeuger usw. ist? Die meisten Unternehmer sind bereits extrem effizient, da Uneffizienz unnötiges Geld kostet. Da braucht es keine Regelungen. Wir selber nutzen bereits ausschließlich recyclebare Verpackungen und teilweise gebrauchtes Packpapier. Der Bevollmächtigte ist mMn totaler Schwachsinn, da dieser überhaupt keinen Einblick in die jeweiligen Unternehmen hat, Geld kostet und ein unnützes Rad im System ist. Ein Bevollmächtiger hat 0 Einblick in die Unternehmen und ist auf die Aussagen des Unternehmers angewiesen. Heutzutage gibt es Emails und Übersetzungstools und jeder Unternehmer kann eine bessere und genauere Auskunft zu den Verpackungen und Verpackungsmengen geben als irgendein sinnloser Bevollmächtigter, der viel Geld kostet, keine Ahnung vom Unternehmen hat und nichts tut. Die Regulierungen müssen vor allem einfach sein, leicht einzuhalten, keine sinnlose oder übermäßige Bürokratie und die Regulation sollte vor allem bezahlbar sein. Ob es in Form einer EU Flatrate ist oder sonst was. Bei der Erstellung solcher Regulationen sollten definitiv auch umweltbewusste Unternehmer (jeder Größe) dabei sein, anstatt nur Politiker & Bürokraten, die nie ein Unternehmen geführt haben. (anders kann ich mir die jetzige Regulierung nicht erklären) Bezahlbarkeit Einfachheit Umsetzbarkeit sollten im Fokus stehen P.S.: Die Verschmutzung in den Meeren und die Garbage Patches kommen sicherlich nicht (oder nur zu einem Bruchteil) aus Europa und Verpackungen und Sendungen wie unsere sind vermutlich überhaupt nicht dabei. Da müssten andere Länder ohne Entsorgungssystem reguliert werden. Das Ganze erinnert mich an die Plastikstrohhalme die durch Glas oder Metallstrohhalme ersetzt werden sollten, wobei Plastikstrohhalme vermutlich nicht einmal 0,1% des Mülls im Meer ausmacht.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small online shop operator and we have stopped shipping to the EU. The current rules effectively exclude small and medium-sized enterprises from the EU market. This is exactly the opposite of what the EU should be. Although we already have regular orders from abroad in the EU, there are only a few hundred to a few thousand euros of turnover per country/year broken down by country. This means that the high licence fee + the authorised representative makes it uneconomic to send the goods to the rest of the EU countries. Additional rules on how large or how much space a package must have are not only superfluous and uncontrollable, they make everything more complicated. Why is everything so complicated who is the manufacturer, the producer, etc.? Most entrepreneurs are already extremely efficient, as inefficiencies cost unnecessary money. There is no need for regulation. We ourselves already use only recyclable packaging and partly used packaging paper. The authorised representative is MMN’s total weakness, as he has no insight at all into the respective companies, costs money and is a useless wheel in the system. An authorised representative has 0 insights into the companies and is reliant on the trader’s statements. Nowadays, there are emails and translation tools, and every trader can provide better and more accurate information on packaging and packaging quantities than any pointless authorised representative, who costs a lot of money, has no idea of the company and does nothing. Above all, regulations must be simple, easy to comply with, not useless or excessive bureaucracy, and the regulation should above all be affordable. Whether it is in the form of an EU flat rate or otherwise. When drawing up such regulations, eco-conscious entrepreneurs (of all sizes) should definitely also be involved, rather than just politicians and bureaucrats who have never run a business. (otherwise I cannot explain the current regulation) Affordability Simplity Implementation should be the focus P.S.: The pollution in the seas and the garbage patches certainly do not (or only a fraction) come from Europe and packaging and consignments such as ours are probably not at all involved. Other countries without a disposal system would have to be regulated. The whole reminds me of the plastic straws, which should be replaced by glass or metal straws, with plastic straws presumably accounting for less than 0.1 % of marine litter.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554685_en"}, {"id": 33554683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:09:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR is creating a bureaucratic monster that affects businesses of all sizes. Regulatory obligations are increasing for both small and large companies alike, and more and more employees are being occupied with administrative compliance tasks that generate no added value for customers, innovation, or economic growth. Millions of Europeans and non-Europeans, ultimately have to explain to thousands of EU officials how disconnected from commercial reality and supply chain operations many of these requirements are. The regulation has been designed in such a way that companies are forced to build entire organizational structures simply to manage the administrative burden it creates. And small companies have no resources to build such structures or implement digital solutions for packaging materials and as we can see more and more give up! It is easier to sell product outside of the EU then within - crazy! Whether the software solutions and external service providers currently emerging on the market will actually cover all legal requirements correctly remains highly questionable. Companies are left to interpret complex requirements on their own, often without clear guidance and with the constant uncertainty of whether their implementation is compliant. Given the significant resources and taxpayer money available to the EU institutions, why was there no centralized digital solution developed, similar to IUCLID for REACH? Such a platform could have provided a harmonized framework, standardized data fields, and consistent reporting requirements for all stakeholders (as they try to collect the same information from same suppliers). Instead, every company is forced to develop its own interpretation and hope that it has understood the rules correctly. At a time when the European Market should be strengthened to enhance competitiveness, the EU is instead creating additional barriers and administrative complexity. The overall objective of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability is widely supported, as can be seen from many comments here and public discussions. However, the implementation of these objectives through the PPWR is deeply flawed and, in many respects, unacceptable. Frustration with Brussels is growing for understandable reasons. Essential challenges facing Europe are often perceived as being addressed inadequately, while bureaucracy and regulatory burdens continue to increase year after year. Rather than facilitating trade and reducing barriers within the Single Market, the current approach risks undermining Europe's competitiveness, innovation capacity, and economic resilience. Many citizens increasingly feel that they are only paying taxes for more and more regulations while receiving limited tangible benefits in return. If the European project is to retain public support, policymakers must focus on creating efficient, practical, and proportionate legislation that achieves environmental objectives without imposing excessive administrative burdens on businesses and society.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is creating a bureaucratic monster that affects businesses of all sizes. Regulatory obligations are increasing for both small and large companies alike, and more and more employees are being occupied with administrative compliance tasks that generate no added value for customers, innovation, or economic growth. Millions of Europeans and non-Europeans, ultimately have to explain to thousands of EU officials how disconnected from commercial reality and supply chain operations many of these requirements are. The regulation has been designed in such a way that companies are forced to build entire organizational structures simply to manage the administrative burden it creates. And small companies have no resources to build such structures or implement digital solutions for packaging materials and as we can see more and more give up! It is easier to sell product outside of the EU then within - crazy! Whether the software solutions and external service providers currently emerging on the market will actually cover all legal requirements correctly remains highly questionable. Companies are left to interpret complex requirements on their own, often without clear guidance and with the constant uncertainty of whether their implementation is compliant. Given the significant resources and taxpayer money available to the EU institutions, why was there no centralized digital solution developed, similar to IUCLID for REACH? Such a platform could have provided a harmonized framework, standardized data fields, and consistent reporting requirements for all stakeholders (as they try to collect the same information from same suppliers). Instead, every company is forced to develop its own interpretation and hope that it has understood the rules correctly. At a time when the European Market should be strengthened to enhance competitiveness, the EU is instead creating additional barriers and administrative complexity. The overall objective of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability is widely supported, as can be seen from many comments here and public discussions. However, the implementation of these objectives through the PPWR is deeply flawed and, in many respects, unacceptable. Frustration with Brussels is growing for understandable reasons. Essential challenges facing Europe are often perceived as being addressed inadequately, while bureaucracy and regulatory burdens continue to increase year after year. Rather than facilitating trade and reducing barriers within the Single Market, the current approach risks undermining Europe's competitiveness, innovation capacity, and economic resilience. Many citizens increasingly feel that they are only paying taxes for more and more regulations while receiving limited tangible benefits in return. If the European project is to retain public support, policymakers must focus on creating efficient, practical, and proportionate legislation that achieves environmental objectives without imposing excessive administrative burdens on businesses and society.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554683_en"}, {"id": 33554682, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:06:21", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DiKo.LV", "feedback": "I am writing from the perspective of a small EU-based online retailer. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should contribute to the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, the current approach to producer registration and EPR risks creating a serious barrier to cross-border e-commerce for small and micro businesses. A small online retailer selling directly to consumers in several EU Member States may have to deal with separate national registrations, different reporting systems, producer responsibility organisations, national requirements and, potentially, authorised representatives in every country in which even a very small number of products are sold. For a large company selling hundreds of thousands of identical products, these fixed administrative costs may be manageable. For a small retailer with low sales volumes and a broad, frequently changing product range, they are not. The practical result is simple: it can become economically irrational for a small business established in one EU Member State to sell to consumers in another Member State. This works directly against the idea of the EU Single Market. A small Latvian company should not need to build a separate compliance infrastructure in Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Sweden and every other Member State simply to send a small number of legally sold products to customers there. Environmental responsibility should depend primarily on the actual amount and type of packaging placed on the market, not on the number of national borders crossed. The EU has already demonstrated with the VAT One Stop Shop that cross-border obligations can be administered through a single system while revenues are allocated to the appropriate Member States. A similar approach should be considered for packaging EPR. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce: - a single EU registration or genuine EPR One Stop Shop for EU-established businesses; - one harmonised reporting procedure covering all Member States; - removal of the requirement for an authorised representative in every destination Member State for businesses already established in the EU; - proportionate or simplified obligations for SMEs and micro-enterprises with low cross-border volumes; - the possibility to report and pay EPR contributions centrally, with the contributions subsequently allocated to the relevant Member States. Without such simplification, the system risks protecting large companies from smaller cross-border competitors rather than protecting the environment. Please do not make participation in the Single Market economically viable only for companies large enough to afford 27 separate compliance systems. Kind regards, Co-owner of small business in Latvia", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing from the perspective of a small EU-based online retailer. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should contribute to the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, the current approach to producer registration and EPR risks creating a serious barrier to cross-border e-commerce for small and micro businesses. A small online retailer selling directly to consumers in several EU Member States may have to deal with separate national registrations, different reporting systems, producer responsibility organisations, national requirements and, potentially, authorised representatives in every country in which even a very small number of products are sold. For a large company selling hundreds of thousands of identical products, these fixed administrative costs may be manageable. For a small retailer with low sales volumes and a broad, frequently changing product range, they are not. The practical result is simple: it can become economically irrational for a small business established in one EU Member State to sell to consumers in another Member State. This works directly against the idea of the EU Single Market. A small Latvian company should not need to build a separate compliance infrastructure in Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Sweden and every other Member State simply to send a small number of legally sold products to customers there. Environmental responsibility should depend primarily on the actual amount and type of packaging placed on the market, not on the number of national borders crossed. The EU has already demonstrated with the VAT One Stop Shop that cross-border obligations can be administered through a single system while revenues are allocated to the appropriate Member States. A similar approach should be considered for packaging EPR. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce: - a single EU registration or genuine EPR One Stop Shop for EU-established businesses; - one harmonised reporting procedure covering all Member States; - removal of the requirement for an authorised representative in every destination Member State for businesses already established in the EU; - proportionate or simplified obligations for SMEs and micro-enterprises with low cross-border volumes; - the possibility to report and pay EPR contributions centrally, with the contributions subsequently allocated to the relevant Member States. Without such simplification, the system risks protecting large companies from smaller cross-border competitors rather than protecting the environment. Please do not make participation in the Single Market economically viable only for companies large enough to afford 27 separate compliance systems. Kind regards, Co-owner of small business in Latvia", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554682_en"}, {"id": 33554679, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:04:16", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Il est absolument nécessaire de revoir cette règlementation au moins pour les envoi inter-europe mais aussi surtout en tenant compte des petits producteurs. En effet, il n'est pas concevable de devoir s'enregistrer dans chaque pays d'Europe en ayant le devoir de suivre les règles mises en place par chacun des pays, d'autant plus pour un indépendant ou une petite structure qui n'a pas de service administratif ni de temps pour réaliser cela. L'idée de base n'est pas mauvaise par rapport au coût de traitement des déchets et une réutilisation du packaging serait certainement une très bonne chose mais la règlementation est ici, très défavorable au bon fonctionnement des petites entreprises. Un guichet unique Européen pourrait être une solution ou chaque société est enregistrée et dépose le nombre ou le poids de ses emballages annuels et doit payer une contribution liée à ce poids. La déclaration pourrait comprendre la source et la destination, ce qui permettrait de redistribuer les fonds par pays. Il est en tout cas certain qu'il est nécessaire de prendre en compte les petits producteurs, aussi bien indépendant que petites sociétés qui n'envoient pas des quantités énormes de colis et qui devraient soit être exemptés de contribution jusqu'à une limite de x colis ou x kilos envoyés, soit avoir une déclaration très simplifiée. Cette initiative visant à la base les grandes quantités de colis entrants en Europe, fini par tuer le petit commerce inter-europe sans impacter énormément les gros imports. Merci de tenir compte de ces éléments", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, it is absolutely necessary to review these rules at least for inter-European consignments but also, above all, to take account of small producers. Indeed, it is inconceivable to have to register in every country in Europe with a duty to follow the rules put in place by each country, especially for a self-employed person or a small structure that has no administrative department or time to do so. The basic idea is not bad in relation to the cost of treating waste and reusing packaging would certainly be a very good thing, but the rules here are very unfavourable to the proper functioning of small businesses. A European one-stop shop could be a solution or each company is registered and deposits the number or weight of its annual packaging and has to pay a contribution linked to that weight. The declaration could include the source and destination, which would allow the funds to be redistributed by country. It is in any case certain that it is necessary to take into account small producers, both independent and small companies which do not send huge quantities of parcels and which should either be exempted from the contribution up to a limit of x parcels or x kilos sent or have a very simplified declaration. This initiative focuses on the large quantities of parcels entering Europe, ultimately killing small inter-European businesses without having a major impact on large imports. Please take these elements into account", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554679_en"}, {"id": 33554678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:03:40", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Amalca", "feedback": "I am a micro-business owner and through this regulation, my business within the EU has been destroyed. I earn about the average wage in my country and if I had to comply with these new rules, I would not be able to afford to run my business let alone to live. All of my proceeds would go into complying with these regulations and paying for the bureaucracy of them. It baffles me, as an EU-citizen, that it is easier for me to do business with the US (Despite their tariffs), China or Australia than my neighboring countries. This new regulation is in fact more harmful to small businesses than any of the tariffs US has placed on the EU. I don't mind paying for the recycling, but you HAVE TO make it less of a hassle!!! Small businesses should not have to sign up with each country individually, it is madness! Especially since in my case I generate less than 2kg of waste across the entirety of the EU per year. So having to spend days registering and signing up each year for such a tiny amount of cardboard waste is a waste of time. Either remove the EPR regulations for micro-businesses or make it so that we can pay the fees in a single centralized location. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business owner and through this regulation, my business within the EU has been destroyed. I earn about the average wage in my country and if I had to comply with these new rules, I would not be able to afford to run my business let alone to live. All of my proceeds would go into complying with these regulations and paying for the bureaucracy of them. It baffles me, as an EU-citizen, that it is easier for me to do business with the US (Despite their tariffs), China or Australia than my neighboring countries. This new regulation is in fact more harmful to small businesses than any of the tariffs US has placed on the EU. I don't mind paying for the recycling, but you HAVE TO make it less of a hassle!!! Small businesses should not have to sign up with each country individually, it is madness! Especially since in my case I generate less than 2kg of waste across the entirety of the EU per year. So having to spend days registering and signing up each year for such a tiny amount of cardboard waste is a waste of time. Either remove the EPR regulations for micro-businesses or make it so that we can pay the fees in a single centralized location. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554678_en"}, {"id": 33554677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:02:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ALEXASCHA Design Studio GmbH", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines Unternehmen aus Deutschland und haben innerhalb der EU ein sehr überschauberes Volumen an Paketen. Die Kosten für einen Beauftragten und der administrative Aufwand nach der PPWR Verordnung stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu unseren Einnahmen aus der EU, weswegen wir nun keinen Versand mehr anbieten können in der EU. Wirklich traurig, dass die kleinen nicht berücksichtigt worden sind bei der Regelung und dass nur noch große Anbieter auf dem EU-Markt mitspielen dürfen. Eine Anpassung zur Entlastung von Kleinstunternehmen wäre mehr als sinnvoll.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small company from Germany and have a very small volume of parcels within the EU. The costs of an agent and the administrative burden under the PPWR Regulation are disproportionate to our revenues from the EU, so we can no longer offer shipping in the EU. Truly sad that the small ones have not been taken into account in the scheme and that only large suppliers are allowed to participate in the EU market. An adjustment to reduce the burden on micro-enterprises would be more than useful.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554677_en"}, {"id": 33554676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:01:09", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I still can't believe this policy actually went into effect. It's not just damaging for small businesses, it hurts customers who want to buy European sustainable products too. Many small businesses are actually great for the environment. I buy from all over Europe to Sweden but I suppose in the future more small businesses will stop shipping to Sweden because Sweden is a smaller market, most small businesses will probably just decide to handle EPR rules only in larger countries. That leaves me here in Sweden with no real options other than buying from huge corporations. This is what leads to monopolies. Prices here are so much higher already than in Germany and we just don't have the same variety. This is why the European market was so great.I could order without any customs / restrictions from germany, France, Poland etc. these countries sit right next door, yet somehow it will become easier to buy from China than from a neighbouring intra EU country. How is that beneficial for the environment ? It is genuinely depressing to think about how protectionist and isolationist this rule is. Wasn't the core idea of the EU a single market? This goes straight against EU principles and will ultimately hurt the European economy, pushing people to buy more from China or retail giants like Amazon. BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD THESE REGULATIONS. Europe's economic prosperity should belong to Europeans, not foreign third countries!! How could no one have thought this through? How are small eco friendly businesses being lumped into the exact same category as huge corporations that actually pollute our environment??? If the real goal is to reduce waste and fight climate change, we all know what the actual issues are: fast fashion and industrial meat production. Simple. Higher the taxes for meat & make it unattractive for people to buy fast fashion. Encourage people to buy eco friendly & European. After a push to strengthen the European economy from POLITICIANS and reduce dependency on the US&China , this policy works directly against those goals and will ultimately harm European businesses and consumers alike!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I still can't believe this policy actually went into effect. It's not just damaging for small businesses, it hurts customers who want to buy European sustainable products too. Many small businesses are actually great for the environment. I buy from all over Europe to Sweden but I suppose in the future more small businesses will stop shipping to Sweden because Sweden is a smaller market, most small businesses will probably just decide to handle EPR rules only in larger countries. That leaves me here in Sweden with no real options other than buying from huge corporations. This is what leads to monopolies. Prices here are so much higher already than in Germany and we just don't have the same variety. This is why the European market was so great.I could order without any customs / restrictions from germany, France, Poland etc. these countries sit right next door, yet somehow it will become easier to buy from China than from a neighbouring intra EU country. How is that beneficial for the environment ? It is genuinely depressing to think about how protectionist and isolationist this rule is. Wasn't the core idea of the EU a single market? This goes straight against EU principles and will ultimately hurt the European economy, pushing people to buy more from China or retail giants like Amazon. BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD THESE REGULATIONS. Europe's economic prosperity should belong to Europeans, not foreign third countries!! How could no one have thought this through? How are small eco friendly businesses being lumped into the exact same category as huge corporations that actually pollute our environment??? If the real goal is to reduce waste and fight climate change, we all know what the actual issues are: fast fashion and industrial meat production. Simple. Higher the taxes for meat & make it unattractive for people to buy fast fashion. Encourage people to buy eco friendly & European. After a push to strengthen the European economy from POLITICIANS and reduce dependency on the US&China , this policy works directly against those goals and will ultimately harm European businesses and consumers alike!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554676_en"}, {"id": 33554675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 11:00:35", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission As a European citizen I absolutely love shopping locally. And most of all shopping from small businesses. That means Belgian small businesses as I am a Belgian citizen. But also European small businesses. Due to your recent changes in packaging regulation that now becomes way more difficult. Don't understand me the wrong way. As I am concerned about the climate crisis I am all for measurements that can help fight that crisis. But when this measurement affects small businesses inside the EU that often take way more care of shipping responsible than big corporations I do not think this is the right measurement. So I ask you to please make decisions that help our EU based small businesses and affect big corporations. Thank you for considering this. Kind regards, Nina Van Belle", "feedbackEnglish": "DEAR European Commission As a European citizen I Absolutely love shopping locally. And most of all shopping from small businesses. That means Belgian small businesses as I am a Belgian citizen. But also European small businesses. Due to your recent changes in packaging regulation that now becomes way more difficult. Don’t understand me the wrong way. As I am concerned about the climate crisis I am all for measurements that can help fight that crisis. But when this measurement affects small businesses inside the EU that often take way more care of shipping responsible than big corporations I do not think this is the right measurement. So I ask you to please make decisions that help our EU based small businesses and affect big corporations. Thank you for considering this. Child regards, Nina Van Belle", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554675_en"}, {"id": 33554674, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:56:47", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro-publisher based in a small EU Member State. My concern is that the current system is disproportionate to micro-business activity and too fragmented for small cross-border businesses to administer. 1. One Single Market needs one EPR system. A small business cannot realistically manage separate registrations, portals, reporting procedures, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives in multiple Member States. National recycling costs may differ; the administration does not need to. There should be one EU EPR portal where a business registers once, verifies its identity once, reports packaging weight/material by destination country, and pays national contributions through the same interface. Member States can receive the relevant data. 2. The below 10 tonnes simplification does not reflect micro-scale activity. At roughly 100 g of packaging per parcel, 10 tonnes equals about 100,000 parcels per year, or 274 every day. A micro-publisher, artist or craft business may send only 300500 parcels in an entire year, perhaps just 3050 kg of packaging. These are fundamentally different scales. Before setting thresholds, the Commission should study actual producer distribution for example <100 kg, 1001,000 kg, 110 tonnes, 1050 tonnes and above and design obligations around real data. The Netherlands applies packaging contribution/reporting obligations only above a much higher volume, while the UK uses both turnover and packaging-volume thresholds. Proportional systems are possible. 3. Very small quantities should not require national representatives. Below a meaningful de minimis threshold, there should be no separate national registration, mandatory authorised representative or fixed national administrative fee. This should apply to micro-businesses inside and outside the EU. Thirty kilograms of cardboard has the same environmental impact whether the producer is based in Lithuania, the UK, Canada or Australia. Small international businesses should register directly through the same EU portal. If extra traceability is needed for third-country businesses, build it into that system rather than forcing micro-producers to find and pay private representatives country by country. 4. Fees should reflect actual environmental impact A few kilograms of recyclable or reused cardboard should not generate administrative costs far greater than the waste-management obligation itself. Fees should reflect weight, material, recyclability, reusability and environmental impact, while fixed administrative costs should be minimised. The aim should be to make excessive packaging and difficult-to-recycle materials more costly, not low-volume sustainable production uneconomic. 5. Do not undermine entrepreneurship and the Single Market For specialist businesses in smaller Member States, access to the wider European market is essential. A micro-publisher, ceramicist, artist or craft producer may not have a large enough domestic market to survive. In March 2026 the Commission proposed EU Inc. because navigating 27 national systems creates unnecessary costs and discourages entrepreneurship. Packaging regulation should follow the same principle: submit information once, use one European system, and scale obligations to actual impact. My request is simple: One interoperable EU EPR registration, reporting and payment interface. Evidence-based de minimis thresholds for micro-scale packaging volumes. No national representative or fixed administrative requirements below those thresholds, including for small third-country exporters. Fees proportionate to packaging volume and environmental impact. I support the polluter-pays principle. The producer should pay for the pollution created proportionately not according to how many national bureaucracies they can afford to navigate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-publisher based in a small EU Member State. My concern is that the current system is disproportionate to micro-business activity and too fragmented for small cross-border businesses to administer. 1. One Single Market needs one EPR system. A small business cannot realistically manage separate registrations, portals, reporting procedures, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives in multiple Member States. National recycling costs may differ; the administration does not need to. There should be one EU EPR portal where a business registers once, verifies its identity once, reports packaging weight/material by destination country, and pays national contributions through the same interface. Member States can receive the relevant data. 2. The below 10 tonnes simplification does not reflect micro-scale activity. At roughly 100 g of packaging per parcel, 10 tonnes equals about 100,000 parcels per year, or 274 every day. A micro-publisher, artist or craft business may send only 300500 parcels in an entire year, perhaps just 3050 kg of packaging. These are fundamentally different scales. Before setting thresholds, the Commission should study actual producer distribution for example <100 kg, 1001,000 kg, 110 tonnes, 1050 tonnes and above and design obligations around real data. The Netherlands applies packaging contribution/reporting obligations only above a much higher volume, while the UK uses both turnover and packaging-volume thresholds. Proportional systems are possible. 3. Very small quantities should not require national representatives. Below a meaningful de minimis threshold, there should be no separate national registration, mandatory authorised representative or fixed national administrative fee. This should apply to micro-businesses inside and outside the EU. Thirty kilograms of cardboard has the same environmental impact whether the producer is based in Lithuania, the UK, Canada or Australia. Small international businesses should register directly through the same EU portal. If extra traceability is needed for third-country businesses, build it into that system rather than forcing micro-producers to find and pay private representatives country by country. 4. Fees should reflect actual environmental impact A few kilograms of recyclable or reused cardboard should not generate administrative costs far greater than the waste-management obligation itself. Fees should reflect weight, material, recyclability, reusability and environmental impact, while fixed administrative costs should be minimised. The aim should be to make excessive packaging and difficult-to-recycle materials more costly, not low-volume sustainable production uneconomic. 5. Do not undermine entrepreneurship and the Single Market For specialist businesses in smaller Member States, access to the wider European market is essential. A micro-publisher, ceramicist, artist or craft producer may not have a large enough domestic market to survive. In March 2026 the Commission proposed EU Inc. because navigating 27 national systems creates unnecessary costs and discourages entrepreneurship. Packaging regulation should follow the same principle: submit information once, use one European system, and scale obligations to actual impact. My request is simple: One interoperable EU EPR registration, reporting and payment interface. Evidence-based de minimis thresholds for micro-scale packaging volumes. No national representative or fixed administrative requirements below those thresholds, including for small third-country exporters. Fees proportionate to packaging volume and environmental impact. I support the polluter-pays principle. The producer should pay for the pollution created proportionately not according to how many national bureaucracies they can afford to navigate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554674_en"}, {"id": 33554671, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:52:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Craft Studio", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, As an artist and crafts woman running a EU based for business for 20 year the new regulation is bureaucratic and financial disaster for mico-buisnesses across the field. I run an artist/craft studio with no online shop and mainly work with galeries (b2b), however customers and prospective clients sometimes ask me for personal commissions of my designs. For me, these sales often represent significant revenue that is now becoming impossible to realize. The general idea of the new regulation to reduce waste from packaging is to be welcomed, however small businesses are not the problem in creating more and more waste, its the global players who hold online trade in a firm grip on many levels. Most micro-businesses are already deeply involved in multiple rounds of reusing and recycling existing packaging/ transport packaging thus DO NOT flood the market with new packaging. This issue lies almost entierly with big cooperations. They are not only exempt from or only burdened with minor taxes in many EU countries, these multinational corporations deploy dedicated legal departments and compliance officers to deal with matters of the new law with very little financial inconvenience. Small entrepreneurs must personally shoulder this immense regulatory burden at the expense of their core commercial activities. Vital resources that should be allocated to product innovation, market expansion, and business growth are instead consumed by administrative mandates, complex legal interpretations, and mandatory registrations. To make matters worse, the official communication regarding these legal requirements remains notoriously ambiguous. Under the current regime, even minor inadvertent non-compliance triggers disproportionate penalties, formal warnings, or devastating market exclusions. This will reslut in closures of many small and micro-businesses and as result, there will be less tax revenue and this should not be in the interest of the European Union and its member states. This new regualtion directs the market away from diversity and sustainability to a monoculture of billionaire cooperations. This level of lobbying in the interest for big cooperations in the name of the EU needs to stop!!!!! I ask you to review the regualtion and EXEMPT small businesses or find a better regualtion for these type of businesses. Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, As an artist and crafts woman running a EU based for business for 20 year the new regulation is bureaucratic and financial disaster for mico-buisnesses across the field. I run an artist/craft studio with no online shop and mainly work with galeries (b2b), however customers and prospective clients sometimes ask me for personal commissions of my designs. For me, these sales often represent significant revenue that is now becoming impossible to realize. The general idea of the new regulation to reduce waste from packaging is to be welcomed, however small businesses are not the problem in creating more and more waste, its the global players who hold online trade in a firm grip on many levels. Most micro-businesses are already deeply involved in multiple rounds of reusing and recycling existing packaging/ transport packaging thus DO NOT flood the market with new packaging. This issue lies almost entierly with big cooperations. They are not only exempt from or only burdened with minor taxes in many EU countries, these multinational corporations deploy dedicated legal departments and compliance officers to deal with matters of the new law with very little financial inconvenience. Small entrepreneurs must personally shoulder this immense regulatory burden at the expense of their core commercial activities. Vital resources that should be allocated to product innovation, market expansion, and business growth are instead consumed by administrative mandates, complex legal interpretations, and mandatory registrations. To make matters worse, the official communication regarding these legal requirements remains notoriously ambiguous. Under the current regime, even minor inadvertent non-compliance triggers disproportionate penalties, formal warnings, or devastating market exclusions. This will reslut in closures of many small and micro-businesses and as result, there will be less tax revenue and this should not be in the interest of the European Union and its member states. This new regualtion directs the market away from diversity and sustainability to a monoculture of billionaire cooperations. This level of lobbying in the interest for big cooperations in the name of the EU needs to stop!!!!! I ask you to review the regualtion and EXEMPT small businesses or find a better regualtion for these type of businesses. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554671_en"}, {"id": 33554670, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:49:18", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Opsmuk Design", "feedback": "Hello feedback-reader, As a small business who just started selling her jewelry, this law makes growing my business very complicated. I do understand why these laws should exist and I am super pro-environment conscious choices but this will affect so many independent/small business who really, are not the problem in my opinion. This while big companies can just continue shipping everywhere because they have the money to pay for the fees etc. I hope you can consider to make some exceptions for small businesses or to think of a way to align the payment closely with the size of the company. We (as a small business community) really hope to see changes soon! :) Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello feedback-reader, As a small business who just started selling her jewelry, this law makes growing my business very complicated. I do understand why these laws should exist and I am super pro-environment conscious choices but this will affect so many independent/small business who really, are not the problem in my opinion. This while big companies can just continue shipping everywhere because they have the money to pay for the fees etc. I hope you can consider to make some exceptions for small businesses or to think of a way to align the payment closely with the size of the company. We (as a small business community) really hope to see changes soon! :) Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554670_en"}, {"id": 33554669, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:48:49", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dives House", "feedback": "PPWR and EPR requirements are disproportionately burdensome for micro-businesses and independent artists. I am a self-employed artist and the owner of a one-person micro-business in the EU. I have spent the past year preparing to launch my business, selling my own original artworks and art prints directly to individual customers in Poland and across the EU. I am now seriously concerned about the practical impact of the PPWR and extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements on my business before I have even made my first sale. If I sell a single 40 print to a customer in another EU Member State, I may potentially face registration, reporting, representation and EPR-related costs in the customers country simply because I have shipped the product in packaging. These costs and administrative requirements may potentially exceed the value of the sale itself. This is completely disproportionate to the scale of my business. I am a one-person micro-business, not a large manufacturer or retailer. I cannot realistically maintain separate registrations, representatives, reporting systems and fees across numerous EU countries for occasional, low-volume sales. A system that may be manageable for a multinational company can become a significant barrier for an independent artist. I have invested an entire year of work and resources into preparing this business for launch. I am not trying to avoid environmental responsibilities, nor am I asking to be exempt from reasonable environmental standards. I am asking for regulation that recognizes the enormous difference between a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market and an independent artist sending a small number of carefully packaged prints to individual customers. The current approach risks discouraging micro-businesses from selling across borders within the EU and undermining the practical benefits of the European single market. I strongly believe there should be a clear, EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and independent creators, below which national packaging EPR registration, representation and recurring compliance requirements would not apply. There should also be a genuinely simple EU-wide system for low-volume sellers, rather than requiring a one-person business to navigate potentially 27 different national systems. Environmental protection is important, but regulation must also be proportionate and workable in practice. If the compliance burden associated with selling a single 40 print to another EU citizen can exceed the value of the transaction, this creates a serious barrier to cross-border trade for the smallest businesses. Please reconsider the impact of PPWR and EPR requirements on micro-enterprises and independent creators and introduce meaningful, practical exemptions or simplified rules for very low-volume sellers. The European single market should make it easier, not disproportionately harder, for a one-person business to sell a product to a customer in another EU country.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR and EPR requirements are disproportionately burdensome for micro-businesses and independent artists. I am a self-employed artist and the owner of a one-person micro-business in the EU. I have spent the past year preparing to launch my business, selling my own original artworks and art prints directly to individual customers in Poland and across the EU. I am now seriously concerned about the practical impact of the PPWR and extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements on my business before I have even made my first sale. If I sell a single 40 print to a customer in another EU Member State, I may potentially face registration, reporting, representation and EPR-related costs in the customers country simply because I have shipped the product in packaging. These costs and administrative requirements may potentially exceed the value of the sale itself. This is completely disproportionate to the scale of my business. I am a one-person micro-business, not a large manufacturer or retailer. I cannot realistically maintain separate registrations, representatives, reporting systems and fees across numerous EU countries for occasional, low-volume sales. A system that may be manageable for a multinational company can become a significant barrier for an independent artist. I have invested an entire year of work and resources into preparing this business for launch. I am not trying to avoid environmental responsibilities, nor am I asking to be exempt from reasonable environmental standards. I am asking for regulation that recognizes the enormous difference between a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market and an independent artist sending a small number of carefully packaged prints to individual customers. The current approach risks discouraging micro-businesses from selling across borders within the EU and undermining the practical benefits of the European single market. I strongly believe there should be a clear, EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and independent creators, below which national packaging EPR registration, representation and recurring compliance requirements would not apply. There should also be a genuinely simple EU-wide system for low-volume sellers, rather than requiring a one-person business to navigate potentially 27 different national systems. Environmental protection is important, but regulation must also be proportionate and workable in practice. If the compliance burden associated with selling a single 40 print to another EU citizen can exceed the value of the transaction, this creates a serious barrier to cross-border trade for the smallest businesses. Please reconsider the impact of PPWR and EPR requirements on micro-enterprises and independent creators and introduce meaningful, practical exemptions or simplified rules for very low-volume sellers. The European single market should make it easier, not disproportionately harder, for a one-person business to sell a product to a customer in another EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554669_en"}, {"id": 33554665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:46:04", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a citizen of EU and a customer, I am horrified by this regulation. I used to enjoy the benefits of single market because I often buy specialized accessories, spare parts, and rare durable equipment, clothing and other goods from across the EU. Simply because they are virtually unavailable in my country. The vendors of these products don't sell many items into my country and will be ending any shipments there - simply because the costs created by this regulation are prohibitively high. Thus, for customers like me, it will be impossible to buy those high-quality, durable goods that are, in the end, more environmentally friendly. From the point of view of individuals, this completely breaks the purpose of single market. I worry only massive international companies can survive this regulation. And small and medium businesses will disappear; businesses whose existence depends on shared european market we actually used to have - until now. This regulation prevents people from buying high-quality durable goods from businesses residing in other european countries, is destroying the benefits of single market, can decimate small and medium businesses, puts livelihoods of many people at risk, and will actually fuel eurosceptic tendencies to such a degree that it will cause immeasurably more harm than good.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a citizen of EU and a customer, I am horrified by this regulation. I used to enjoy the benefits of single market because I often buy specialized accessories, spare parts, and rare durable equipment, clothing and other goods from across the EU. Simply because they are virtually unavailable in my country. The vendors of these products don't sell many items into my country and will be ending any shipments there - simply because the costs created by this regulation are prohibitively high. Thus, for customers like me, it will be impossible to buy those high-quality, durable goods that are, in the end, more environmentally friendly. From the point of view of individuals, this completely breaks the purpose of single market. I worry only massive international companies can survive this regulation. And small and medium businesses will disappear; businesses whose existence depends on shared european market we actually used to have - until now. This regulation prevents people from buying high-quality durable goods from businesses residing in other european countries, is destroying the benefits of single market, can decimate small and medium businesses, puts livelihoods of many people at risk, and will actually fuel eurosceptic tendencies to such a degree that it will cause immeasurably more harm than good.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554665_en"}, {"id": 33554668, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:45:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In geneeal u welcome the initiative to reduce waste! ️ But: my small individual owner shops (clothing, art) from Europe that i order regularly now cease to send to Germany because of especially the registration process. They dont have the staff and external resources to go through all tge different EU country applications. This is really a pity and reduces cross WU trade and only leaves large corporations with legal teams. And small business reduce their income by not shipping across EU I ask you to revise the registration process and adjust it according to company size, or shipping volume or income volume. Or type of products.", "feedbackEnglish": "In geneeal u welcome the initiative to reduce waste! ️ But: my small individual owner shops (clothing, art) from Europe that i order regularly now cease to send to Germany because of especially the registration process. They dont have the staff and external resources to go through all tge different EU country applications. This is really a pity and reduces cross WU trade and only leaves large corporations with legal teams. And small business reduce their income by not shipping across EU I ask you to revise the registration process and adjust it according to company size, or shipping volume or income volume. Or type of products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554668_en"}, {"id": 33554664, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:42:33", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is destroying small businesses in the EU. One of the fundamental purposes of the EU is the free movement of goods, yet regulations like this are making it increasingly difficult for small businesses to sell to customers in other EU countries. I am not a business owner; I am a customer who is now unable to purchase goods directly from small sellers in another EU country. It also seems counterproductive from an environmental perspective, as goods may now need to be shipped through intermediaries instead of directly from seller to customer.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is destroying small businesses in the EU. One of the fundamental purposes of the EU is the free movement of goods, yet regulations like this are making it increasingly difficult for small businesses to sell to customers in other EU countries. I am not a business owner; I am a customer who is now unable to purchase goods directly from small sellers in another EU country. It also seems counterproductive from an environmental perspective, as goods may now need to be shipped through intermediaries instead of directly from seller to customer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554664_en"}, {"id": 33554663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:40:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Grazia Leana", "feedback": "Ich sehe die grundsätzliche Zielsetzung der Initiative, möchte aber dennoch meine Bedenken aus Sicht eines kleinen Handmade Unternehmens äußern. Ich verwende für den Versand meiner Produkte zu etwa 95 % bereits gebrauchte Kartons und führe Verpackungsmaterial damit bewusst einer weiteren Verwendung zu. Trotzdem kommen immer mehr gesetzliche Vorgaben, Registrierungspflichten, Dokumentationsaufwand und damit verbundene Kosten auf kleine Unternehmen zu. Für große Unternehmen mögen zusätzliche Meldepflichten und administrative Anforderungen leichter zu bewältigen sein. Für kleine Ein-Personen-Unternehmen bedeuten sie dagegen teilweise einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Zeit- und Kostenaufwand, der letztendlich auch in die Produktpreise einfließen muss. Ich wünsche mir daher, dass bei neuen Regelungen stärker zwischen großen Unternehmen und kleinen, ressourcenschonend arbeitenden Betrieben unterschieden wird. Gerade die Wiederverwendung vorhandener Verpackungen sollte aus meiner Sicht berücksichtigt und nicht durch zusätzliche Bürokratie erschwert werden. Mich überfordert zunehmend die Summe aus immer neuen Verordnungen, Nachweispflichten, zusätzlichem Zeitaufwand und den daraus entstehenden Kosten. Der bürokratische Aufwand steht für kleine Unternehmen aus meiner Sicht teilweise in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umfang der Geschäftstätigkeit.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I see the general objective of the initiative, I would nevertheless like to express my concerns from the point of view of a small handmade company. I use approximately 95 % of already used cartons for shipping my products and thus deliberately redirect packaging material to further use. Nevertheless, an increasing number of legal requirements, registration requirements, documentation burdens and associated costs are imposed on small businesses. For large companies, additional reporting and administrative requirements may be easier to manage. For small one-person businesses, on the other hand, they sometimes involve considerable additional time and costs, which must ultimately also be included in product prices. I would therefore like new rules to make a greater distinction between large companies and small, resource-efficient businesses. In my view, the reuse of existing packaging should be taken into account and should not be made more difficult by additional bureaucracy. I am increasingly overwhelmed by the sum of ever-new regulations, burden of proof, additional time and the resulting costs. In my view, the bureaucratic burden on small businesses is in some cases disproportionate to the actual level of business activity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554663_en"}, {"id": 33554662, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:39:35", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. Stop this, please!", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. Stop this, please!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554662_en"}, {"id": 33554661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:33:03", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I recognize the intent of this new legislation I believe it won't have the intended effect. This will cripple small businesses both outside and inside the EU who won't have the funds to pay the required fees to keep their operations running. Small independent businesses will be forced to stop selling within and to EU countries while the big multi billion dollar companies will be able to continue operations as usual because they can afford it. This will create even less diversity in the market and allow for the biggest companies to grow even bigger. I would urge you to reconsider and rework this legislation to actually affect the companies that do the most damage and not the small companies just trying to survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I recognize the intent of this new legislation I believe it won't have the intended effect. This will cripple small businesses both outside and inside the EU who won't have the funds to pay the required fees to keep their operations running. Small independent businesses will be forced to stop selling within and to EU countries while the big multi billion dollar companies will be able to continue operations as usual because they can afford it. This will create even less diversity in the market and allow for the biggest companies to grow even bigger. I would urge you to reconsider and rework this legislation to actually affect the companies that do the most damage and not the small companies just trying to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554661_en"}, {"id": 33554660, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:30:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the co-founder of a micro-enterprise based in Spain producing handcrafted perfumes in small batches and selling them online to customers across the European Union. I support genuine measures that reduce packaging waste and ensure that producers pay proportionately for the waste they generate. However, the system reflected in this draft is absurdly disproportionate and, in practice, has little to do with improving recycling. The draft harmonises data fields while preserving the real problem: separate national registrations, producer numbers, portals, reports, fees and potentially authorised representatives in every Member State where a business sells. Calling this harmonisation is misleading. Harmonised paperwork across 27 separate systems is still 27 separate bureaucratic obligations. A small perfume business may send only a handful of orders to another Member State. Each order contains a glass bottle, atomiser, cap, carton and transport packaging. The environmental contribution associated with this packaging may amount to only a few euros, yet the business can face registration costs, minimum annual fees, professional advice and hours of administrative work costing hundreds or thousands of euros. This is not proportionate environmental policy. It is a barrier to entering the European market. The proposed simplified reporting format for producers placing fewer than ten tonnes of packaging on a national market does not solve anything fundamental. A micro-enterprise placing a few kilograms on the market still has to identify its obligations, register separately and manage another national system. Simplifying one form does not eliminate the fixed cost of entering that market. The practical effect is obvious: large corporations can distribute these costs across millions of products, while micro-enterprises cannot. A multinational can maintain compliance departments and registrations in 27 countries. A small artisan producer cannot. Whether intended or not, this system protects large established businesses, eliminates smaller competitors and concentrates more of the European market in the hands of companies that already dominate it. It is particularly difficult to accept this outcome under the banner of recycling. Requiring 27 registrations does not make a glass perfume bottle more recyclable. It does not reduce packaging, improve collection or finance materially better waste treatment. It simply multiplies administrative costs. An environmental system whose bureaucracy costs many times more than the packaging waste concerned is badly designed. The likely result is that micro-enterprises will block sales to smaller Member States and retreat to their domestic markets. European consumers will lose access to independent products, while large businesses will face less competition. This directly contradicts the principles of proportionality, fair competition and the EU Single Market. The Commission should replace this fragmented structure with: 1. One EU registration in the producers Member State of establishment. 2. One producer identification number valid throughout the EU. 3. One annual EU declaration, with data and environmental contributions automatically allocated among Member States. 4. A meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and genuinely low packaging volumes. 5. Fees based on the actual weight and type of packaging placed on each market, without disproportionate minimum charges. 6. No obligation for an EU-established micro-enterprise to appoint separate authorised representatives in other Member States. The VAT OSS system already proves that the EU can collect cross-border information and payments centrally. There is no credible reason why producer responsibility cannot operate through a similar one-stop shop. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking to pay a fair and proportionate amount for the packaging we actually place on the marketnot to pur", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the co-founder of a micro-enterprise based in Spain producing handcrafted perfumes in small batches and selling them online to customers across the European Union. I support genuine measures that reduce packaging waste and ensure that producers pay proportionately for the waste they generate. However, the system reflected in this draft is absurdly disproportionate and, in practice, has little to do with improving recycling. The draft harmonises data fields while preserving the real problem: separate national registrations, producer numbers, portals, reports, fees and potentially authorised representatives in every Member State where a business sells. Calling this harmonisation is misleading. Harmonised paperwork across 27 separate systems is still 27 separate bureaucratic obligations. A small perfume business may send only a handful of orders to another Member State. Each order contains a glass bottle, atomiser, cap, carton and transport packaging. The environmental contribution associated with this packaging may amount to only a few euros, yet the business can face registration costs, minimum annual fees, professional advice and hours of administrative work costing hundreds or thousands of euros. This is not proportionate environmental policy. It is a barrier to entering the European market. The proposed simplified reporting format for producers placing fewer than ten tonnes of packaging on a national market does not solve anything fundamental. A micro-enterprise placing a few kilograms on the market still has to identify its obligations, register separately and manage another national system. Simplifying one form does not eliminate the fixed cost of entering that market. The practical effect is obvious: large corporations can distribute these costs across millions of products, while micro-enterprises cannot. A multinational can maintain compliance departments and registrations in 27 countries. A small artisan producer cannot. Whether intended or not, this system protects large established businesses, eliminates smaller competitors and concentrates more of the European market in the hands of companies that already dominate it. It is particularly difficult to accept this outcome under the banner of recycling. Requiring 27 registrations does not make a glass perfume bottle more recyclable. It does not reduce packaging, improve collection or finance materially better waste treatment. It simply multiplies administrative costs. An environmental system whose bureaucracy costs many times more than the packaging waste concerned is badly designed. The likely result is that micro-enterprises will block sales to smaller Member States and retreat to their domestic markets. European consumers will lose access to independent products, while large businesses will face less competition. This directly contradicts the principles of proportionality, fair competition and the EU Single Market. The Commission should replace this fragmented structure with: 1. One EU registration in the producers Member State of establishment. 2. One producer identification number valid throughout the EU. 3. One annual EU declaration, with data and environmental contributions automatically allocated among Member States. 4. A meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and genuinely low packaging volumes. 5. Fees based on the actual weight and type of packaging placed on each market, without disproportionate minimum charges. 6. No obligation for an EU-established micro-enterprise to appoint separate authorised representatives in other Member States. The VAT OSS system already proves that the EU can collect cross-border information and payments centrally. There is no credible reason why producer responsibility cannot operate through a similar one-stop shop. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking to pay a fair and proportionate amount for the packaging we actually place on the marketnot to pur", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554660_en"}, {"id": 33554647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:28:55", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tmi L Itkonen", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am a Finnish artist and small business owner. I have worked in this field for over 20 years, producing art and small-batch work from my own studio in Helsinki. My business is a typical EU microenterprise: one person, modest turnover, no legal department and no budget for outsourced regulatory expertise. I am writing because the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has just led me to pause shipping from my webshop to other EU countries. This is not an exaggeration or a political statement. It is a direct consequence of the fact that registering as a producer separately in each destination country, or hiring an authorised representative instead, is simply an unreasonable cost and administrative burden for a one-person art business. I cannot assess the risk without significant further investigation, and I cannot absorb registration costs across multiple countries to cover a few dozen cross-border orders a year. I understand and support the goals of the regulation. Reducing packaging waste and advancing the circular economy are important aims. My concern is not the goals themselves, but how the implementation treats businesses of very different sizes. Large companies can spread registration and reporting costs across thousands or millions of units sold. For me, the same cost falls on a few dozen handmade items a year. The result is not a level playing field. It is the opposite: cross-border trade becomes, in practice, the domain of large operators only, while small European craftspeople and artists retreat to their home markets or close down entirely. This runs counter to what the EU single market is supposed to mean for a small business owner. I would ask you to consider the following: A simplified, single-point registration model for microenterprises selling directly to consumers across several EU countries, following the same principle as the VAT OSS scheme, where one registration covers the whole EU instead of requiring a separate process per destination country. A clear, concrete threshold or lightened procedure for microenterprises in cross-border direct-sale producer responsibility as well, not only in the definition of who counts as a packaging manufacturer. An impact assessment on how many one-person and small European craft and art businesses have already paused or reduced their cross-border sales because of this regulation, before further implementing measures are adopted. Microenterprises are not an exception to the EU economy. They are its backbone in many creative and craft-based sectors. I would ask that regulation not be built on the assumption that every business has a legal department at its disposal. Thank you for your time. I am happy to share more detail about my situation if that would be useful. Kind regards, Laura Itkonen", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am a Finnish artist and small business owner. I have worked in this field for over 20 years, producing art and small-batch work from my own studio in Helsinki. My business is a typical EU microenterprise: one person, modest turnover, no legal department and no budget for outsourced regulatory expertise. I am writing because the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has just led me to pause shipping from my webshop to other EU countries. This is not an exaggeration or a political statement. It is a direct consequence of the fact that registering as a producer separately in each destination country, or hiring an authorised representative instead, is simply an unreasonable cost and administrative burden for a one-person art business. I cannot assess the risk without significant further investigation, and I cannot absorb registration costs across multiple countries to cover a few dozen cross-border orders a year. I understand and support the goals of the regulation. Reducing packaging waste and advancing the circular economy are important aims. My concern is not the goals themselves, but how the implementation treats businesses of very different sizes. Large companies can spread registration and reporting costs across thousands or millions of units sold. For me, the same cost falls on a few dozen handmade items a year. The result is not a level playing field. It is the opposite: cross-border trade becomes, in practice, the domain of large operators only, while small European craftspeople and artists retreat to their home markets or close down entirely. This runs counter to what the EU single market is supposed to mean for a small business owner. I would ask you to consider the following: A simplified, single-point registration model for microenterprises selling directly to consumers across several EU countries, following the same principle as the VAT OSS scheme, where one registration covers the whole EU instead of requiring a separate process per destination country. A clear, concrete threshold or lightened procedure for microenterprises in cross-border direct-sale producer responsibility as well, not only in the definition of who counts as a packaging manufacturer. An impact assessment on how many one-person and small European craft and art businesses have already paused or reduced their cross-border sales because of this regulation, before further implementing measures are adopted. Microenterprises are not an exception to the EU economy. They are its backbone in many creative and craft-based sectors. I would ask that regulation not be built on the assumption that every business has a legal department at its disposal. Thank you for your time. I am happy to share more detail about my situation if that would be useful. Kind regards, Laura Itkonen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554647_en"}, {"id": 33554659, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:28:07", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bottega di cartone", "feedback": "I'm absolutely in favor of reducing packaging and waste. I'm a microbusiness that works with cardboard, and I often reuse packaging to ship my products, to avoid creating new packaging. This new European Union law profoundly harms small businesses around the world, which don't have the same resources as large companies to meet the new requirements, materials, certifications, compliance, and bureaucracy that has arisen in recent years! Allowing any government to legislate will destroy the supply chain of microbusinesses and burden citizens.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm absolutely in favor of reducing packaging and waste. I'm a microbusiness that works with cardboard, and I often reuse packaging to ship my products, to avoid creating new packaging. This new European Union law profoundly harms small businesses around the world, which don't have the same resources as large companies to meet the new requirements, materials, certifications, compliance, and bureaucracy that has arisen in recent years! Allowing any government to legislate will destroy the supply chain of microbusinesses and burden citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554659_en"}, {"id": 33554658, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:25:41", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law unfairly affects small businesses, potentially pushing them into financial ruin. It is not financially or logistically possible for most of them to register and pay in every single EU country, let alone pay thousands of euros just for the possibility of shipping even just one item to them. It is also ridiculous that this makes it easier to ship a small keychain or bookmark to Canada, Australia or Japan than to a neighbouring EU country! The European Union is supposed to facilitate trade and business between European countries, not make it more difficult or even impossible. This is absolutely unacceptable, and further exceptions must be made for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law unfairly affects small businesses, potentially pushing them into financial ruin. It is not financially or logistically possible for most of them to register and pay in every single EU country, let alone pay thousands of euros just for the possibility of shipping even just one item to them. It is also ridiculous that this makes it easier to ship a small keychain or bookmark to Canada, Australia or Japan than to a neighbouring EU country! The European Union is supposed to facilitate trade and business between European countries, not make it more difficult or even impossible. This is absolutely unacceptable, and further exceptions must be made for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554658_en"}, {"id": 33554656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:24:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Bürokratie und der Staat legen und als kleine Unternehmer schon genug Steine in den Weg, obwohl wir diese sind die die Wirtschaft vorantreiben. Jetzt mit dem neuen Verpackungsgesetzt werden kleine Unternehmen gezwungen viel Geld in die Hand zu nehmen, dass sie aber noch nicht mal verdient haben. Meine Vorschlag für eine Lösung wäre, eine Registrierung für ganz Europa. Man gibt an wie viel man in welches Land voraussichtlich verschickt und zahlt einen Abschlag, Ende des Jahres wird genschaut wie viele wirklich verschickt wurde und dann wird abkassiert. Es sollte eine Staffelung geben je nach Größe des Unternehmens, natürlich mit einer Obergrenze. Man muss das ganze für kleine Unternehmen leistbar halten und nicht schon im Voraus abkassieren. Genauso ist der Sinn eines Bevollmächtigten für jedes Land zweifelhaft. Es reicht doch wenn ein Bevollmächtigter für alle Länder agiert. Hierzu müsste man das Verpackungsgesetzt jedoch einheitlich für die ganze EU gestalten. Setzen Sie das neue Gesetzt vorerst aus und überlegen sich eine Lösung, denn mit dieser Aktion schaden Sie nur den europäischen Wirtschaft.", "feedbackEnglish": "Bureaucracy and the state are putting enough stones in the way, as small entrepreneurs, despite the fact that we are driving the economy. Now, with the new packaging law, small businesses are forced to take a lot of money into their hands, but they have not even earned it yet. My proposal for a solution would be to register for the whole of Europe. You indicate how much you expect to send to which country and pay a discount, at the end of the year you will see how many have actually been sent and then you will be stopped. There should be a differentiation according to the size of the company, of course with a cap. It is important to keep it affordable for small businesses and not to clear it up in advance. Similarly, the meaning of an authorised representative is doubtful for each country. It is enough for an authorised representative to act for all countries. For this to happen, however, the packaging law would have to be designed uniformly for the whole of the EU. Suspend the new law for the time being and consider a solution, because with this action you are only harming the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554656_en"}, {"id": 33554655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:24:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik ben een creatieveling met een droom. Een droom om ooit van mijn passie een eigen kleine onderneming te maken. Ik volg en bewonder ontzettend veel makers en creatievelingen die dat al hebben gedaan, mensen die met liefde, tijd en vakmanschap prachtige handgemaakte producten maken en proberen van hun passie te leven. Juist daarom breekt het mijn hart om de één na de ander te zien aankondigen dat ze moeten stoppen, of niet meer naar andere Europese landen kunnen verkopen. Is dit echt wat we willen van één Europa, met open grenzen en vrije handel? Ik begrijp heel goed dat Europa iets wil doen aan verspilling, afval en verpakkingen. Maar ik maak me grote zorgen over de gevolgen voor micro-ondernemingen. De kosten, administratieve verplichtingen en verschillende nationale EPR-systemen kunnen voor een kleine ondernemer een enorme last vormen. Wat voor een multinational misschien een beheersbare kostenpost is, kan voor iemand die vanuit een klein atelier werkt het verschil betekenen tussen doorgaan of stoppen. En eerlijk gezegd boezemt dat mij angst in. Wat betekent dit voor míjn droom? Hoe moet een nieuwe micro-onderneming ooit beginnen als de drempel om Europees te verkopen zo hoog wordt? Grote bedrijven zullen deze kosten uiteindelijk kunnen opvangen en doorberekenen aan de consument. En alweer zijn wij als consument de dupe, alles wordt duurder. Mijn angst is dat regels die bedoeld zijn om verspilling terug te dringen, onbedoeld juist de kleine, duurzame ondernemers raken, de makers, de upcyclers en de mensen achter slow fashion. Laat de grote vervuilers verantwoordelijkheid nemen, maar zorg ervoor dat de kleine micro ondernemingen niet uit Europa verdwijnen . Geef creatievelingen en nieuwe ondernemers de ruimte om te beginnen, te groeien en duurzaam te ondernemen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a creativism with a dream. A dream of ever turning my passion into my own small enterprise. I follow and admire many creators and creatives who have already done so, people who, with love, time and craftsmanship, make beautiful handmade products and try to live their passion. It is precisely for this reason that it is my heart to see one after the other announce that they will have to stop or will no longer be able to sell to other European countries. Is this really what we want from a single Europe, with open borders and free trade? I fully understand that Europe wants to tackle waste, waste and packaging. But I am deeply concerned about the impact on micro-enterprises. The costs, administrative obligations and different national EPR systems can be a huge burden for a small entrepreneur. What might be a manageable cost for a multinational can mean for someone working from a small workshop the difference between continuing or stopping. And, frankly speaking, I feel afraid. What does this mean for my dream? How should a new microenterprise ever start if the threshold to sell European becomes so high? Large companies will eventually be able to absorb these costs and pass them on to consumers. And once again, as consumers, we are harmed, everything is becoming more expensive. My fear is that rules designed to reduce waste unintentionally affect small, sustainable entrepreneurs, creators, upcyclers and people behind slow fashion. Let the big polluters take responsibility, but make sure that the small micro enterprises do not disappear from Europe. Give creatives and new entrepreneurs the space to start, grow and do sustainable business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554655_en"}, {"id": 33554653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:22:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As much as Im all in for sustainability and waste preventing measures but this new law is so over the top that it only kills even more small European businesses that already struggle enough because of the international big players such as Amazon and the like. A lot of my favorite small music, film and art vendors are already calling it a day both because of the enormous amount of needed bureaucracy and the high additional costs. I really hope you can see the devastating effect this new law has on small European businesses and rethink at least parts of it, otherwise this will only make the big ones even bigger and the small ones disappear.", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as Im all in for sustainability and waste preventing measures but this new law is so over the top that it only kills even more small European businesses that already struggle enough because of the international big players such as Amazon and the like. A lot of my favorite small music, film and art vendors are already calling it a day both because of the enormous amount of needed bureaucracy and the high additional costs. I really hope you can see the devastating effect this new law has on small European businesses and rethink at least parts of it, otherwise this will only make the big ones even bigger and the small ones disappear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554653_en"}, {"id": 33554652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:20:10", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TRACTORPARTS.CO.UK LTD ", "feedback": "We are all in favour of reducing waste and promoting more environmentally friendly recycling programmes. The major problem, however, is that although this is EU-wide legislation, each member state implements its own scheme, registration requirements and charges separately. This creates unnecessary complexity and cost for businesses trading across Europe, particularly small businesses and makes a mockery of the principle of a single EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are all in favour of reducing waste and promoting more environmentally friendly recycling programmes. The major problem, however, is that although this is EU-wide legislation, each member state implements its own scheme, registration requirements and charges separately. This creates unnecessary complexity and cost for businesses trading across Europe, particularly small businesses and makes a mockery of the principle of a single EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554652_en"}, {"id": 33554651, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:18:54", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lumingerie Oy", "feedback": "We support the objective of a single harmonised data format. However, the draft harmonises the paperwork without touching the structure that makes it unmanageable for small businesses. Registration and reporting remain national: a separate registration, a separate producer identifier, a separate portal, a separate fee schedule and, in many cases, a separate authorised representative in every Member State we ship to. Standardising the data fields does not remove 26 additional registrations. For a company of our size this burden is almost entirely fixed cost, unrelated to the volume of packaging we actually place on each market. Sending a few hundred parcels a year into a Member State can trigger annual registration and representative costs that far exceed the environmental cost of the packaging concerned, before counting the internal time spent tracking deadlines, thresholds and formats across 27 systems. This is disproportionate. It does not produce better environmental outcomes; it produces fewer cross-border sellers. That effect is already visible among small Finnish e-commerce companies: it is cheaper and safer to stop shipping to other EU countries than to register in each of them. A rule that pushes SMEs back into their home market works directly against the Single Market. Our main proposal: an EU one-stop-shop. The Union already solves this exact problem for VAT. Under OSS/IOSS a small seller registers once, in its own Member State, files one return in one format, and the home authority distributes the data and the money to the Member States concerned. The same model should apply to packaging EPR: one registration in the country of establishment, one report, one producer identification number, with national registers and PROs settling between themselves. Nothing in the PPWR's environmental objectives requires the producer to face 27 counters.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the objective of a single harmonised data format. However, the draft harmonises the paperwork without touching the structure that makes it unmanageable for small businesses. Registration and reporting remain national: a separate registration, a separate producer identifier, a separate portal, a separate fee schedule and, in many cases, a separate authorised representative in every Member State we ship to. Standardising the data fields does not remove 26 additional registrations. For a company of our size this burden is almost entirely fixed cost, unrelated to the volume of packaging we actually place on each market. Sending a few hundred parcels a year into a Member State can trigger annual registration and representative costs that far exceed the environmental cost of the packaging concerned, before counting the internal time spent tracking deadlines, thresholds and formats across 27 systems. This is disproportionate. It does not produce better environmental outcomes; it produces fewer cross-border sellers. That effect is already visible among small Finnish e-commerce companies: it is cheaper and safer to stop shipping to other EU countries than to register in each of them. A rule that pushes SMEs back into their home market works directly against the Single Market. Our main proposal: an EU one-stop-shop. The Union already solves this exact problem for VAT. Under OSS/IOSS a small seller registers once, in its own Member State, files one return in one format, and the home authority distributes the data and the money to the Member States concerned. The same model should apply to packaging EPR: one registration in the country of establishment, one report, one producer identification number, with national registers and PROs settling between themselves. Nothing in the PPWR's environmental objectives requires the producer to face 27 counters.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554651_en"}, {"id": 33554649, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:14:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich bin auf Grund einer Abmahnung ein Kleingewerblicher Händler im Bereich Briefmarken. Privat ist es mir auf Grund der Unterlassungserklärung verboten meine Briefmarken online anzubieten. Ich verkaufe meine Briefmarken auf verschiedenen online Plattformen, habe einen monatlichen Umsatz zwischen 500-1500 Euro, Gewinn ~ 20 %. 80 % meine Verkäufe sind bisher in die EU gegangen. Der Versand der Briefmarken erfolgt/e ausschließlich in Briefumschlägen, welche von den Empfängern oft auch gesammelt werden, also nicht ins Recycling gehen. Auf Grund der neuen Verordnung werde ich vom europäischen Markt komplett ausgeschlossen. Das ist eine Diskriminierung gegenüber den vielen tausenden privaten Verkäufern, auf die diese Reglung nicht zutrifft. Ich bin auf das Geld dringend angewiesen, da ich nur eine kleine Rente bekomme. Einen Bevollmächtigten für ein EU Land kann ich mir nicht leisten, schon gar nicht für alle EU Länder. Die Kosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum Gewinn aus den Verkäufen. Schon bei 2 EU Ländern wäre ich im minus. Hier sollte es eine Überarbeitung geben, damit Briefumschläge von der PPWR Verordnung ausgenommen sind, wenigsten bei den Kleingewerblichen Händlern. Es kann doch nicht sein, damit ich als europäischer Bürgen vom Handel in Europa ausgeschlossen werde. Grüße Klaus-Peter Schulz", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am a small trader in postage stamps on the basis of a warning notice. Privately, on the basis of the undertaking to desist, I am prohibited from offering my stamps online. I sell my stamps on various online platforms, with a monthly turnover of between EUR 500 and EUR 500, a profit of ~ 20 %. 80 % of my sales have so far gone to the EU. Postage stamps are sent exclusively in envelopes, which are often also collected by recipients, i.e. not recycled. As a result of the new regulation, I will be completely excluded from the European market. This is discrimination against the many thousands of private sellers who are not covered by this rule. I am in urgent need of the money because I receive only a small pension. I cannot afford an authorised representative for an EU country, let alone for all EU countries. The costs are disproportionate to the profit on the sales. With 2 EU countries, I would be minus. There should be a revision to exclude envelopes from the PPWR Regulation, at least for small traders. I cannot be excluded from trading in Europe as a European guarantor. Best regards, Klaus-Peter Schulz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554649_en"}, {"id": 33554646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:12:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DESMOWORLD Chris Schipfer", "feedback": "| No EU sales > No EU sales tax > No EU tax revenue!| Dear European Parliament, reducing packaging waste is, in itself, a very good idea, but the PPWR in its current form is a disaster. We small businesses are already cutting back on packaging because packaging materials cost a lot of money! For example, I have small boxes custom-made that are just big enough to fit a DHL/UPS label! The packing material is scrap paper! You cant package anything any smaller or more environmentally friendly than that. Have you ever looked at the packaging used by the big players? They use a huge, standardized box with a tiny amount of contents because, for the big players, its not about a few centsits about speed. Small shippers = often significantly less waste! Now, with your PPWR, youre forcing us to register in every single country and appoint an authorized representative therebut we have to consider whether its even worth shipping to those countries anymore. I have EU countries where I send only 10 packages per year. 300 fee / 10 = 30 per shipment... NO WAY! On top of that, I was supposed to go to a notary to have my signature on the registration form notarized. Excuse me? NO WAY! Thats why I, too, have stopped shipping to all EU countries outside of Germany. What does that mean? No shipping to the EU = no sales tax for Austria, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, etc., etc.even with my few EU shipments, that amounted to nearly 2,000 in the OSS report for Q2-2026, spread across 13 countries! The largest amount per country: 900 for Q2! No shipping, no tax revenue! Many small amounts = a very large sum of lost revenue for countries that have essentially been receiving tax payments without providing any services! I suspect many of the countries that agreed to this didnt even consider that! Its no big deal for me, since EU shipping accounts for only a small portion of my revenue, but its very frustrating for my customers, who for the time being cant order any of the specialty parts I produce in Germany (which arent available from either A or E). No revenue > no sales tax / Less profit > less tax. No purchase of a DHL/UPS label > less revenue, less profit, etc., etc. Practical tip: With the OSS reporting system, they could have easily tracked the number of shipments and, once the total reached XXX packages, collected a fee and distributed it to the member states along with the sales tax. My request: Please change this, with a special focus on small businesses! This should actually be in the interest of every single EU country, because small businesses in particular certainly pay a higher percentage of taxes than the few large players who know exactly where and how to minimize or avoid them. Small businesses are also incredibly important for a functioning society and economy!", "feedbackEnglish": "| No EU sales > No EU sales tax > No EU tax revenue!| Dear European Parliament, reducing packaging waste is, in itself, a very good idea, but the PPWR in its current form is a disaster. We small businesses are already cutting back on packaging because packaging materials cost a lot of money! For example, I have small boxes custom-made that are just big enough to fit a DHL/UPS label! The packing material is scrap paper! You cant package anything any smaller or more environmentally friendly than that. Have you ever looked at the packaging used by the big players? They use a huge, standardized box with a tiny amount of contents because, for the big players, its not about a few centsits about speed. Small shippers = often significantly less waste! Now, with your PPWR, youre forcing us to register in every single country and appoint an authorized representative therebut we have to consider whether its even worth shipping to those countries anymore. I have EU countries where I send only 10 packages per year. 300 fee / 10 = 30 per shipment... NO WAY! On top of that, I was supposed to go to a notary to have my signature on the registration form notarized. Excuse me? NO WAY! Thats why I, too, have stopped shipping to all EU countries outside of Germany. What does that mean? No shipping to the EU = no sales tax for Austria, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, etc., etc.even with my few EU shipments, that amounted to nearly 2,000 in the OSS report for Q2-2026, spread across 13 countries! The largest amount per country: 900 for Q2! No shipping, no tax revenue! Many small amounts = a very large sum of lost revenue for countries that have essentially been receiving tax payments without providing any services! I suspect many of the countries that agreed to this didnt even consider that! Its no big deal for me, since EU shipping accounts for only a small portion of my revenue, but its very frustrating for my customers, who for the time being cant order any of the specialty parts I produce in Germany (which arent available from either A or E). No revenue > no sales tax / Less profit > less tax. No purchase of a DHL/UPS label > less revenue, less profit, etc., etc. Practical tip: With the OSS reporting system, they could have easily tracked the number of shipments and, once the total reached XXX packages, collected a fee and distributed it to the member states along with the sales tax. My request: Please change this, with a special focus on small businesses! This should actually be in the interest of every single EU country, because small businesses in particular certainly pay a higher percentage of taxes than the few large players who know exactly where and how to minimize or avoid them. Small businesses are also incredibly important for a functioning society and economy!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554646_en"}, {"id": 33554645, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:12:23", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I speak as EU citizen, as an artist and both as micro business producer and consumer who'd like to support small and micro business all over Europe: I appreciate the more green direction EU is going to take, but the regulation is absurd towards small business activties and against what EU should represent for their citizen, a big unite country were 27 different nations work together to make everyone feel to belong to the same land. More precisely, I'm concerned about the points who impose the same A.R. and PPWR/EPR rules to small and micro business, making these regulation disproportioned towards them.The points about the subscritions to every country tax regulations, I believe such regulation must be harmonized and proportionate to the kind of business you run, differentiating corporate to individual business, menwhile the regulations about materuials are fair enough to me and if this will apply only for corporate or bigger business this will be fair to me. You cannot apply the same regulations for everyone, small and micro business will suffer severe consequences. I respect and agree with the intention to value sustainability and local business trades, I believe this is not the right way since it won't create real opportunities for micro/small business (often run by just one person), this law will create the umpteenth barrier just for them and not for bigger trade companies such as Amazon. A right and fair regulation must be very strict towards the ones who prey upon trade freedom, meanwhile it must encourage small ones to run their business fairly and not force them to close due to awful and divisive restriction. You're not creating opportunities, you're destroying them all. I'm very concerned by the direction our EU is going, dividing our nations instead to be cohesive especially in such hard times for everyone, I'm immensely disappointed. Also if you care so much about our planet, I expect you to stop building data center all over OUR contries. If you want to take the eco-path, you must abandon all the most pollutants source. You cannot ask us to sacrifice our jobs to help our planet meanwhile other business are built around the goal to destroy it. I expect you to take in considerations our words and take concrete actions soon, I expect real opportunities for the ones who take care of our planet, who love their jobs and don't want to lose everything they built over these years for such unfair laws. Please let small and micro business, and artists, away from such insane restictions.", "feedbackEnglish": "I speak as EU citizen, as an artist and both as micro business producer and consumer who'd like to support small and micro business all over Europe: I appreciate the more green direction EU is going to take, but the regulation is absurd towards small business activties and against what EU should represent for their citizen, a big unite country were 27 different nations work together to make everyone feel to belong to the same land. More precisely, I'm concerned about the points who impose the same A.R. and PPWR/EPR rules to small and micro business, making these regulation disproportioned towards them.The points about the subscritions to every country tax regulations, I believe such regulation must be harmonized and proportionate to the kind of business you run, differentiating corporate to individual business, menwhile the regulations about materuials are fair enough to me and if this will apply only for corporate or bigger business this will be fair to me. You cannot apply the same regulations for everyone, small and micro business will suffer severe consequences. I respect and agree with the intention to value sustainability and local business trades, I believe this is not the right way since it won't create real opportunities for micro/small business (often run by just one person), this law will create the umpteenth barrier just for them and not for bigger trade companies such as Amazon. A right and fair regulation must be very strict towards the ones who prey upon trade freedom, meanwhile it must encourage small ones to run their business fairly and not force them to close due to awful and divisive restriction. You're not creating opportunities, you're destroying them all. I'm very concerned by the direction our EU is going, dividing our nations instead to be cohesive especially in such hard times for everyone, I'm immensely disappointed. Also if you care so much about our planet, I expect you to stop building data center all over OUR contries. If you want to take the eco-path, you must abandon all the most pollutants source. You cannot ask us to sacrifice our jobs to help our planet meanwhile other business are built around the goal to destroy it. I expect you to take in considerations our words and take concrete actions soon, I expect real opportunities for the ones who take care of our planet, who love their jobs and don't want to lose everything they built over these years for such unfair laws. Please let small and micro business, and artists, away from such insane restictions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554645_en"}, {"id": 33554644, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:10:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MoreAccurate/Robert Hauck", "feedback": "Hallo liebe Entscheider:innen, Ich betreibe ein kleines Gewerbe, nur lokal mit Geschäftsräumen, kein Webshop, trotzdem kommt es vor, das mich Kunden und Interessenten bitten, ein oder mehrere Produkte zu versenden, dies sind teilweise für mich erhebliche Umsätze, die nun unmöglich werden. Bitte überdenken sie das neue Gesetz und bessern sie nach! Die Möglichkeiten für Kleinbetriebe weiterhin am EU-weiten Handel teilzunehmen, muss erhalten bleiben! Viele Grüße Robert Hauck", "feedbackEnglish": "Hallo liebe Entscheider:innen, Ich betreibe ein kleines Gewerbe, nur lokal mit Geschäftsräumen, kein Webshop, trotzdem kommt es vor, das mich Kunden und Interessenten bitten, ein oder mehrere Produkte zu versenden, dies sind teilweise für mich erhebliche Umsätze, die nun unmöglich werden. Bitte überdenken sie das neue Gesetz und bessern sie nach! Die Möglichkeiten für Kleinbetriebe weiterhin am EU-weiten Handel teilzunehmen, muss erhalten bleiben! Viele Grüße Robert Hauck", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554644_en"}, {"id": 33554643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:09:06", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Artisans, micro-businesses and small creative businesses selling online across Europe are facing a very difficult situation with the new packaging regulations. I fully understand and support the need to manage waste properly and for businesses to contribute to this system. The problem is the enormous administrative burden created when a European regulation has to be implemented and managed differently in every country. For a large company, hiring legal advisers, consultants and EPR providers in each market may be manageable. For a small artisan who might send 5 parcels to France, 3 to Germany and 2 to Belgium in a year, spending hours researching the legislation of each country, registering with different systems, appointing representatives and paying different fees or minimum charges can become completely disproportionate and may make selling to other EU countries simply unviable. This risks creating the opposite of what the Single Market should achieve: small businesses may simply stop selling to certain European countries because complying with the regulations is more complicated and expensive than the actual business activity. Why not create a truly harmonised European system? A single European portal where a micro-business could declare the sales and packaging placed on the market in each country, make one payment based on what was actually sold, and let the European system distribute the corresponding funds to the national waste-management schemes. Environmental protection and producer responsibility are essential. But so is ensuring that the system is proportionate and genuinely accessible to the smallest businesses. If we want a truly European Single Market, we also need a simple, unified system that allows small businesses to participate in it. We are not truly a united Europe yet. Lets make it one.", "feedbackEnglish": "Artisans, micro-businesses and small creative businesses selling online across Europe are facing a very difficult situation with the new packaging regulations. I fully understand and support the need to manage waste properly and for businesses to contribute to this system. The problem is the enormous administrative burden created when a European regulation has to be implemented and managed differently in every country. For a large company, hiring legal advisers, consultants and EPR providers in each market may be manageable. For a small artisan who might send 5 parcels to France, 3 to Germany and 2 to Belgium in a year, spending hours researching the legislation of each country, registering with different systems, appointing representatives and paying different fees or minimum charges can become completely disproportionate and may make selling to other EU countries simply unviable. This risks creating the opposite of what the Single Market should achieve: small businesses may simply stop selling to certain European countries because complying with the regulations is more complicated and expensive than the actual business activity. Why not create a truly harmonised European system? A single European portal where a micro-business could declare the sales and packaging placed on the market in each country, make one payment based on what was actually sold, and let the European system distribute the corresponding funds to the national waste-management schemes. Environmental protection and producer responsibility are essential. But so is ensuring that the system is proportionate and genuinely accessible to the smallest businesses. If we want a truly European Single Market, we also need a simple, unified system that allows small businesses to participate in it. We are not truly a united Europe yet. Lets make it one.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554643_en"}, {"id": 33554642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:08:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questo regolamento colpisce in modo iniquo le micro imprese che non hanno le risorse per permettersi un rappresentante legale in ogni paese dell'UE, con buona pace del libero scambio di merci.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation unfairly affects micro-enterprises that do not have the resources to afford a legal representative in every EU country, with good peace in the free trade of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554642_en"}, {"id": 33554641, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:08:13", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Coral Candy Fursuits", "feedback": "This legislation NEEDS an exemption for small/micro businesses. Im a small businesss selling maybe 5 packages per year across the entire EU, i am the ONLY employee, and yet im subject to the exact same expensive fees & headache of a registration process for *every EU country- all 27 of them SEPERATELY* while some of these countries have vastly different compliance needs and often dont have websites in english im able to navigate. 5 packages a year is NOT a lot of packaging, but my work is custom & bespoke and my EU sales are a significant portion of my income.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation NEEDS an exemption for small/micro businesses. Im a small businesss selling maybe 5 packages per year across the entire EU, i am the ONLY employee, and yet im subject to the exact same expensive fees & headache of a registration process for *every EU country- all 27 of them SEPERATELY* while some of these countries have vastly different compliance needs and often dont have websites in english im able to navigate. 5 packages a year is NOT a lot of packaging, but my work is custom & bespoke and my EU sales are a significant portion of my income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554641_en"}, {"id": 33554640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:07:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DESMOWORLD Chris Schipfer", "feedback": "| Kein EU-Umsatz > Keine EU-Umsatzteuer > Keine EU-Steuereinnahmen ! | Liebes EU-Parlament, Reduzierung von Verpackungsmüll an sich ist eine sehr gute Idee, die PPWR in ihrer jetzigen Form allerdings eine Katastrophe. Wir kleine Unternehmen sparen ohnehin an Verpackungen denn Verpackungsmaterial kostet richtig Geld! Ich z.B. lasse mir extra so kleine Kartons anfertigen das gerade noch ein DHL/UPS Label drauf passt! Das Füllmaterial ist Schrenzpapier! Noch kleiner und umweltfreundlicher kann man es nicht verpacken. Haben sie mal die Verpackung der \"Großen Player\" angeschaut? Da kommt ein riesiger standartisierter Karton mit winzigem Inhalt weil es für die \"Großen\" nicht um ein Paar Cent geht sondern um Geschwindigkeit. Kleinversender = oft deutlich weniger Abfall! Jetzt zwingen sie durch Ihre PPWR mit der Pflicht sich in jedem einzelnen Land zu registieren und dort zusätzlich einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen aber zu überlegen ob es sich überhaupt noch lohnt in diese Länder zu verschicken. Ich habe EU-Länder in die Pro Jahr nur 10 Pakete gehen. 300 Gebühr/10 = 30 pro Sendung... SICHER NICHT! Zudem sollte ich für eine Registrierung zu einem Notar laufen um meine Unterschrift auf der Registrierung beglaubigen lassen. Wie bitte? SICHER NICHT! Auch ich habe daher den Versand in sämtliche EU Länder außererhalb Deutschland eingestellt. Was bedeutet das: Kein Versand in die EU = keine Umsatzsteuer für Österreich, Italien, Frankreich, Spanien, Niederlande etc etc , das waren selbst bei meinen wenigen EU Sendungen in der OSS Meldung für Q2-2026 knapp 2000, aufgeteilt auf 13 Länder! Die größte Summe pro Land: 900 für Q2! Kein Versand, keine Steuereinnahmen! Viele Kleine = Eine Sehr große Summe wegfallender Einnahmen für Länder die im Grunde bisher Leistungslos Steuern überwiesen bekommen haben! Ich vermute das haben viele der Länder die zugestimmt haben gar nicht bedacht! Für mich kein Drama da der EU Versand nur einen kleinen Teil meines Umsatzes ausmacht, aber sehr ärgerlich für meine Kunden die nun vorerst keine von mir in Deutschland produzierten Spezialteile ( die es so weder bei A noch E gibt ) bestellen können. Kein Umsatz>Keine Umsatzsteuer / Weniger Gewinn>weniger Steuer. Kein Kauf eines DHL/UPS Label>weniger Umsatz weniger Gewinn usw usw. Praktischer Tipp: Mit der OSS Meldung hätte man ganz einfach auch die Anzahl der Sendungen erfassen können und ab Summe XXX Pakete eine Gebühr einsammeln und zusammen mit der Umsatzsteuer an die Länder verteilen können. Meine Bitte: Ändern sie das mit einem besonderen Augenmerkt auf Kleine Unternehmen! Das sollte eigentlich im Interesse jedes einzelnen EU Landes liegen, denn gerade die kleinen Unternehmen zahlen prozentual mit Sicherheit mehr Steuern als die wenigen Großen Player die genau wissen wo und wie sie diese minimieren/vermeiden können. Auch kleine Firmen sind super wichtig für eine funktionierende Gesellschaft/Wirtschaft!", "feedbackEnglish": "| No EU sales > No EU sales price > No EU tax revenue! | love EU Parliament, reducing packaging waste as such is a very good idea, but the PPWR in its current form is a catastrophe. We are saving small businesses on packaging anyway, because packaging costs the right amount of money! For example, I have such small boxes made for me that a DHL/UPS label still fits in! The filling material is jewellery paper! It cannot be packaged even smaller and more environmentally friendly. Have you ever seen the packaging of the “Great Players”? There is a huge, hard-fitted cardboard box with tiny contents, because for the ‘big’ it is not about a pair of cents, but about speed. Small shippers = often much less waste! Through your PPWR, they now have to regulate in each individual country and also appoint an authorised representative there, but consider whether it is still worth sending to these countries at all. I have only 10 packages per year for EU countries. 300 fee/10 = 30 per consignment... CERTAINLY NOT! In addition, in order to register with a notary, I should have my signature on the registration certified. How can you please? CERTAINLY NOT! I have therefore also stopped shipping to all EU countries outside Germany. What does this mean: No dispatch to the EU = no turnover tax for Austria, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, etc., even for my few EU consignments, this was almost 2000 in the OSS declaration for Q2-2026 divided between 13 countries! The largest sum per country: 900 for Q2! No shipping, no tax revenue! Many small people = A very large amount of lost revenue for countries which have so far basically received no tax payments! I presume that many of the countries have not taken this into account! For me, no drama since EU shipping is only a small part of my turnover, but it is very frustrating for my customers, who are now unable to order any special parts that I produce in Germany (which do not exist for either A or E). No turnover>No turnover tax/less profit>less tax. No purchase of DHL/UPS Label>less turnover less profit, etc. Practical tip: With the OSS declaration, the number of consignments could easily have been recorded and a fee could have been collected from the total of XXX parcels and distributed to the Länder together with VAT. My request: Change this with a special focus on small businesses! This should be in the interest of every single EU country, as small companies in particular certainly pay more tax in percentage terms than the few big players who know exactly where and how to minimise/avoid it. Small companies are also very important for a functioning society/economy!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554640_en"}, {"id": 33554639, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:07:22", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Uncanny Collectibles", "feedback": "I run a one-person business in Dublin, Ireland, selling pre-owned and vintage collectibles. Almost everything I sell is second-hand. It already exists, and my job is keeping it out of landfill and in circulation. I say that first because I am not against recycling or producer responsibility. My business is the circular economy working at street level, with no subsidy. I am writing about what the producer register rules do to businesses my size, and to ask that this implementing regulation fixes the problem rather than cements it. Under Article 44 of the PPWR there are 27 separate national registers and no EU portal. Under Article 45(3) I must appoint and pay an authorised representative in every member state I ship to. I priced this with one of the main compliance providers: thirteen countries came to 3,887 before a cent of actual packaging fees. A typical item I sell goes for about 30 and leaves me roughly 10 after costs. That is over 300 items sold just to pay for paperwork, and not one package is improved by it. Please understand what this structure does in practice. It makes small businesses dependent on big corporations. The only realistic way for a micro-business to comply is to pay commercial compliance platforms and intermediaries, or to retreat onto the big marketplaces that handle EPR for sellers. Rules meant to make polluters pay have become a toll collected by middlemen, and a reason to hand your trade to the largest platforms. It breaks the single market. I can post a parcel to any member state, but legally the single market now has 27 doors with 27 different locks and a separate fee at each one. Since 12 August, small sellers across Europe are simply switching off shipping to other EU countries. A flat per-country charge is trivial for a multinational spreading it over millions of parcels and impossible for a sole trader. The result is less competition and less choice, which is the opposite of what the single market is for. It kills the wrong businesses. The smallest firms are often the ones actually reusing goods and materials. When compliance costs more than a year's margin, they stop innovating, stop exporting, or close. Every closure turns a person who pays tax, employs locally and buys from local suppliers into someone dependent on the state, while their sales move to large corporations. Member states lose the tax take; the packaging waste does not go anywhere. What I ask the Commission to do in this act: create a single EU-level registration that is recognised in all member states, instead of 27 national registers; set a harmonised de minimis threshold so micro-enterprises report once, through a simplified route in their home member state; and recognise second-hand goods and re-used packaging for what they are, the circular economy already working. I want to comply. Right now I cannot find out how, and I cannot afford the version on the table. Please build rules a one-person circular-economy business can live inside.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a one-person business in Dublin, Ireland, selling pre-owned and vintage collectibles. Almost everything I sell is second-hand. It already exists, and my job is keeping it out of landfill and in circulation. I say that first because I am not against recycling or producer responsibility. My business is the circular economy working at street level, with no subsidy. I am writing about what the producer register rules do to businesses my size, and to ask that this implementing regulation fixes the problem rather than cements it. Under Article 44 of the PPWR there are 27 separate national registers and no EU portal. Under Article 45(3) I must appoint and pay an authorised representative in every member state I ship to. I priced this with one of the main compliance providers: thirteen countries came to 3,887 before a cent of actual packaging fees. A typical item I sell goes for about 30 and leaves me roughly 10 after costs. That is over 300 items sold just to pay for paperwork, and not one package is improved by it. Please understand what this structure does in practice. It makes small businesses dependent on big corporations. The only realistic way for a micro-business to comply is to pay commercial compliance platforms and intermediaries, or to retreat onto the big marketplaces that handle EPR for sellers. Rules meant to make polluters pay have become a toll collected by middlemen, and a reason to hand your trade to the largest platforms. It breaks the single market. I can post a parcel to any member state, but legally the single market now has 27 doors with 27 different locks and a separate fee at each one. Since 12 August, small sellers across Europe are simply switching off shipping to other EU countries. A flat per-country charge is trivial for a multinational spreading it over millions of parcels and impossible for a sole trader. The result is less competition and less choice, which is the opposite of what the single market is for. It kills the wrong businesses. The smallest firms are often the ones actually reusing goods and materials. When compliance costs more than a year's margin, they stop innovating, stop exporting, or close. Every closure turns a person who pays tax, employs locally and buys from local suppliers into someone dependent on the state, while their sales move to large corporations. Member states lose the tax take; the packaging waste does not go anywhere. What I ask the Commission to do in this act: create a single EU-level registration that is recognised in all member states, instead of 27 national registers; set a harmonised de minimis threshold so micro-enterprises report once, through a simplified route in their home member state; and recognise second-hand goods and re-used packaging for what they are, the circular economy already working. I want to comply. Right now I cannot find out how, and I cannot afford the version on the table. Please build rules a one-person circular-economy business can live inside.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554639_en"}, {"id": 33554636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:02:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Betreiber eines Kleingewerbes (Kleinunternehmerregelung) im Bereich 3D-gedruckter Dekorationsartikel, die über Etsy und Amazon FBA EU-weit vertrieben werden, möchte ich im Rahmen dieser Konsultation auf die erheblichen praktischen Probleme hinweisen, die sich aus der aktuellen Ausgestaltung der nationalen Herstellerregister für Verpackungen ergeben. 1. Unverhältnismäßiger bürokratischer Aufwand Die Verpflichtung, sich in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaat, in den versendet wird, bei einem eigenständigen nationalen Herstellerregister zu registrieren (analog zum deutschen LUCID-Register), bedeutet für ein Kleinstunternehmen einen Verwaltungsaufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zur eigentlichen Geschäftstätigkeit steht. Jedes Land verlangt eigene Registrierungsprozesse, eigene Sprachanforderungen, eigene Meldefristen und teils eigene Systemanbieter. Für einen Einzelunternehmer ohne Rechts- oder Steuerabteilung ist dies faktisch nicht mehr zu bewältigen. 2. Unverhältnismäßige Kosten Neben dem Zeitaufwand entstehen für jedes einzelne Register Gebühren Registrierungsgebühren, Lizenzentgelte für Systembeteiligung, teils Kosten für die Beauftragung eines bevollmächtigten Vertreters (Authorized Representative), da eine Registrierung ohne Sitz im jeweiligen Land oft nur über solche Dienstleister möglich ist. Diese Fixkosten fallen unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verpackungsvolumen an und treffen ein Kleingewerbe mit geringem Versandvolumen pro Land ungleich härter als große Versandhändler, die diese Kosten auf ein Vielfaches an Sendungen umlegen können. 3. Konkrete Konsequenz: Rückzug aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt Die praktische Folge dieser Regelung ist für mein Unternehmen, dass ich den Versand in nahezu alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten außer Deutschland einstellen muss, da sich eine Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Zielland weder zeitlich noch finanziell rechtfertigen lässt. Dies bedeutet für mich als Kleinunternehmer unmittelbare Umsatzeinbußen. Gleichzeitig widerspricht dieses Ergebnis dem eigentlichen Ziel des EU-Binnenmarktes: Statt den grenzüberschreitenden Handel zu erleichtern, zwingt die aktuelle Regelung Kleinstunternehmer faktisch dazu, sich auf ihren Heimatmarkt zurückzuziehen. Das schadet dem innergemeinschaftlichen Handel, verringert die Angebotsvielfalt für Verbraucher in anderen Mitgliedstaaten und benachteiligt strukturell kleine Anbieter gegenüber großen, ressourcenstarken Marktteilnehmern. 4. Forderung Ich fordere daher, die Regelung für Kleinunternehmer und Kleinstgewerbetreibende grundlegend zu überarbeiten. Denkbar wären insbesondere: Eine einheitliche, EU-weite zentrale Anlaufstelle (One-Stop-Shop) für die Registrierung, vergleichbar dem Prinzip der OSS-Regelung im Umsatzsteuerrecht, anstelle von 27 getrennten nationalen Registern. Vereinfachte oder befreite Verfahren für Kleinstunternehmen unterhalb klar definierter Bagatellgrenzen (z. B. nach Verpackungsvolumen oder Jahresumsatz), analog zur Kleinunternehmerregelung im Umsatzsteuerrecht. Verzicht auf verpflichtende bevollmächtigte Vertreter in jedem Zielland für Kleinstunternehmer, sofern eine zentrale Meldung möglich gemacht wird. Sollte die Regelung nicht grundlegend vereinfacht werden, ist zu befürchten, dass zahlreiche Kleinstunternehmer aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Versandhandel in der EU aussteigen zulasten des Binnenmarktes, des Wettbewerbs und der Verbraucher in kleineren Mitgliedstaaten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an operator of a small business (small business scheme) in the field of 3D-printed decorative items distributed across the EU via Etsy and Amazon FBA, I would like to draw your attention to the significant practical problems arising from the current design of the national packaging producer registers. 1. Disproportionate administrative burden The obligation to register in a separate national register of producers (similar to the German LUCID register) in each individual EU Member State to which the consignment is sent represents an administrative burden for a micro-enterprise that is disproportionate to the actual business activity. Each country requires its own registration processes, language requirements, reporting deadlines and, in some cases, system providers. For a sole trader without a legal or tax department, this is de facto no longer manageable. 2. Disproportionate costs In addition to the time required, there are registration fees for each individual register, licence fees for system participation, and in some cases costs for appointing an authorised representative, as registration without a registered office in the respective country is often only possible through such service providers. These fixed costs are independent of the actual packaging volume and affect a small business with low shipping volumes per country more than large mail-order traders, who can pass these costs on to multiples of consignments. 3. Concrete consequence: Withdrawal from the EU internal market The practical consequence of this rule for my company is that I have to stop shipping to almost all EU Member States except Germany, as registration in each individual destination country cannot be justified either in time or financially. This means a direct loss of turnover for me as a small business. At the same time, this result runs counter to the very objective of the EU’s internal market: Instead of facilitating cross-border trade, the current regime effectively forces micro-entrepreneurs to withdraw to their home market. This harms intra-Community trade, reduces choice for consumers in other Member States and puts structurally small suppliers at a disadvantage compared to large, resource-rich market players. 4. I therefore call for a fundamental overhaul of the rules for small and micro-enterprises. In particular: A single, EU-wide one-stop-shop for registration, similar to the OSS principle in VAT law, instead of 27 separate national registers. Simplified or exempt procedures for micro-enterprises below clearly defined de minimis thresholds (e.g. by packaging volume or annual turnover), similar to the small business scheme in VAT law. Waiving mandatory authorised representatives in each destination country for micro-entrepreneurs, provided that centralised reporting is made possible. If the rules are not radically simplified, there is a risk that many micro-businesses will withdraw from cross-border distance selling in the EU, to the detriment of the internal market, competition and consumers in smaller Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554636_en"}, {"id": 33554635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:02:21", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Once again, a highly bureaucratic regulation has been enacted, imposing severe financial and administrative burdens that effectively paralyze small and medium-sized enterprises seeking to distribute products within the EU. The fundamental objective of the European Union is to foster a unified internal market; however, current legislative implementation completely contradicts this purpose. Instead of developing a centralized, practical frameworkmodeled after established systems like the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) procedure, which consolidates cross-border complianceregulators have introduced a fragmented and convoluted system. Consequently, small market participants are forced to navigate conflicting national requirements entirely on their own. For small businesses, this situation is catastrophic. While multinational corporations deploy dedicated legal departments and compliance officers, small entrepreneurs must personally shoulder this immense regulatory burden at the expense of their core commercial activities. Vital resources that should be allocated to product innovation, market expansion, and business growth are instead consumed by administrative mandates, complex legal interpretations, and mandatory registrations. To make matters worse, the official communication regarding these legal requirements remains notoriously ambiguous. Under the current regime, even minor inadvertent non-compliance triggers disproportionate penalties, formal warnings, or devastating market exclusions. What makes this regulatory onslaught truly tragic is its timing. At a historical moment when the European market is being aggressively flooded with cheap, mass-produced goods from Chinese e-commerce giants like Temu and Shein, EU regulators are choosing to penalize their own. Instead of protecting domestic heritage, this law artificially inflates the costs of unique, artistic, and authentic European products. Small-scale creators and artisans, who represent the pinnacle of European quality, are being priced out of their own market by red tape. These administrative barriers have escalated to such an extent that cross-border trade has become financially unviable for smaller entities. Despite ongoing political rhetoric regarding deregulation and economic growth, small businesses face an increasingly hostile regulatory environment. This raises a critical societal question: how can we incentivize young entrepreneurs to assume commercial risks when they are met with systemic financial and administrative obstruction? While market regulation and consumer protection are necessary, they must remain proportionate. A framework that accommodates only ultra-large corporations and foreign mass-exporters, while systematically displacing small local traders, subverts the core principles of a functioning single market. Immediate structural reform is imperative: we must replace fragmented national policies with centralized EU procedures, transparent legal communication, and streamlined digital infrastructure. This issue extends far beyond administrative frustration; it inflicts direct economic harm. Small businesses are facing mandatory compliance costs ranging from a minimum many of Euro to as much as 20,000 annually, simply for the right to trade within the EU internal market. For a newly established enterprise offering artistic or unique goods, such capital requirements are entirely unsustainable. From both a regulatory and economic standpoint, the current system has descended into absolute absurdity.", "feedbackEnglish": "Once again, a highly bureaucratic regulation has been enacted, imposing severe financial and administrative burdens that effectively paralyze small and medium-sized enterprises seeking to distribute products within the EU. The fundamental objective of the European Union is to foster a unified internal market; however, current legislative implementation completely contradicts this purpose. Instead of developing a centralized, practical frameworkmodeled after established systems like the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) procedure, which consolidates cross-border complianceregulators have introduced a fragmented and convoluted system. Consequently, small market participants are forced to navigate conflicting national requirements entirely on their own. For small businesses, this situation is catastrophic. While multinational corporations deploy dedicated legal departments and compliance officers, small entrepreneurs must personally shoulder this immense regulatory burden at the expense of their core commercial activities. Vital resources that should be allocated to product innovation, market expansion, and business growth are instead consumed by administrative mandates, complex legal interpretations, and mandatory registrations. To make matters worse, the official communication regarding these legal requirements remains notoriously ambiguous. Under the current regime, even minor inadvertent non-compliance triggers disproportionate penalties, formal warnings, or devastating market exclusions. What makes this regulatory onslaught truly tragic is its timing. At a historical moment when the European market is being aggressively flooded with cheap, mass-produced goods from Chinese e-commerce giants like Temu and Shein, EU regulators are choosing to penalize their own. Instead of protecting domestic heritage, this law artificially inflates the costs of unique, artistic, and authentic European products. Small-scale creators and artisans, who represent the pinnacle of European quality, are being priced out of their own market by red tape. These administrative barriers have escalated to such an extent that cross-border trade has become financially unviable for smaller entities. Despite ongoing political rhetoric regarding deregulation and economic growth, small businesses face an increasingly hostile regulatory environment. This raises a critical societal question: how can we incentivize young entrepreneurs to assume commercial risks when they are met with systemic financial and administrative obstruction? While market regulation and consumer protection are necessary, they must remain proportionate. A framework that accommodates only ultra-large corporations and foreign mass-exporters, while systematically displacing small local traders, subverts the core principles of a functioning single market. Immediate structural reform is imperative: we must replace fragmented national policies with centralized EU procedures, transparent legal communication, and streamlined digital infrastructure. This issue extends far beyond administrative frustration; it inflicts direct economic harm. Small businesses are facing mandatory compliance costs ranging from a minimum many of Euro to as much as 20,000 annually, simply for the right to trade within the EU internal market. For a newly established enterprise offering artistic or unique goods, such capital requirements are entirely unsustainable. From both a regulatory and economic standpoint, the current system has descended into absolute absurdity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554635_en"}, {"id": 33554634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 10:00:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Edutastic Games", "feedback": "I am a small game developer from Germany with an online shop where I sell (or more realistically \"sold\") merchandise for my games across the EU. In no way, shape or form is this new regulation feasible for any kind of micro-business. The cost and maintenance to comply to all these regulations outperforms any potential income I would generate through selling to EU nations. That these regulations have been implemented as a fixed cost is absolutely outrageous and shows how far removed the lawmakers in the EU parliament are from reality. It is either this or malicious intend to get rid of small businesses that dabble in the EU market directly. I'm not really sure, what would be worse. I currently can't really see any other motivation that would explain what is going on here. As some other people have already pointed out, shipping to Switzerland is now MORE feasible than shipping to any other EU country. That alone really shows you how broken all of this is.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small game developer from Germany with an online shop where I sell (or more realistically \"sold\") merchandise for my games across the EU. In no way, shape or form is this new regulation feasible for any kind of micro-business. The cost and maintenance to comply to all these regulations outperforms any potential income I would generate through selling to EU nations. That these regulations have been implemented as a fixed cost is absolutely outrageous and shows how far removed the lawmakers in the EU parliament are from reality. It is either this or malicious intend to get rid of small businesses that dabble in the EU market directly. I'm not really sure, what would be worse. I currently can't really see any other motivation that would explain what is going on here. As some other people have already pointed out, shipping to Switzerland is now MORE feasible than shipping to any other EU country. That alone really shows you how broken all of this is.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554634_en"}, {"id": 33554633, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:56:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Design Atelier", "feedback": "Ich betreibe seit 20 Jahren erfolgreich mein kleines Label ShaliSari. In meinem Atelier in Deutschland werden VON MIR ALLEIN wunderschöne, handgefertigte Tanzkostüme für BellyFusionDance hergestellt..Ich verkaufe via OnlineShop in Deutschland und via Instagram Nachfragen in der EU, Japan, Australien... Die USA ist mir schon umsatztechnisch abgebrochen... Aber die Neue WWPR mit dem ganzen bürokratischen Aufwand und den imensen Kostenk, kann ich mir schlichtweg einfach nicht mehr leisten , so dass ich den EU Versand ab sofort Schliessen muss. Im Jahr 2026 hatte ich 2 Pakete nach Spanien, 4 nach Frankreich und einen Gruppenauftrag nach Italien... Also geringste Müllmengen! Kleinstunternehmer müsse aus diesem System rausgenommen werden... Beschliesst EINHEITLICHES VERPACKUNGSMATERIAL für die gesamte EU... Sonst gibt es keinen kreativen, individuellen Binnenmarkt mehr! Ich hoffe man tut für uns etwas!!! Mfg Ulrike Hagspiel", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been running my small label ShaliSari successfully for 20 years. In my studio in Germany, MIR ALLEIN produces beautiful hand-made dance costumes for BellyFusionDance. I sell enquiries via online shop in Germany and via Instagram in the EU, Japan, Australia... The USA has already broken me off in terms of turnover... But with all the red tape and immense costs involved, I simply can no longer afford the new WWPR, so I will now have to close the EU shipment. In 2026, I had 2 parcels to Spain, 4 to France and a group order to Italy... So the smallest amount of waste! Micro-entrepreneurs must be excluded from this system... Decides on unifying packaging material for the whole EU... Otherwise, there will no longer be a creative, individual single market! I hope we do something! MFG Ulrike Hagspiel", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554633_en"}, {"id": 33554629, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:54:23", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support initiatives and regulations that reduce waste and make our economy and consumption more environmentally sustainable. As a EU consumer, I actively try to avoid buying from large corporations whenever possible and prefer to support small businesses, especially European ones. However, I am deeply concerned that the new packaging rules may put small EU sellers in an extremely difficult position. Many small businesses are now being forced to limit their sales to their domestic market and to countries outside the EU because the costs and bureaucracy associated with complying with different national packaging requirements are unsustainable for a small business. I find this particularly frustrating because it risks creating the exact opposite of what we should be trying to achieve. Instead of making it easier for small EU businesses to trade across the EU, these rules may give large corporations an advantage, because they have the financial and administrative resources to deal with complex requirements across multiple countries. Small independent sellers were already often the more sustainable choice. Many of them make a conscious effort to use recycled and easily recyclable materials, minimize packaging, avoid unnecessary plastic, and produce goods on a much smaller scale. Yet they are now facing administrative and financial burdens that can make selling to customers in other EU countries practically impossible. I am also personally affected as a consumer. I regularly buy from small European artists and independent businesses, and I am very worried that some of them will stop shipping to the EU country where I live because of these requirements. If that happens, I will be forced to look for alternatives, and those alternatives may very well be large companies, the very businesses that are often less sustainable and less personal than the small creators I deliberately choose to support. I have even considered starting a small business myself, but honestly, hearing about the costs and bureaucracy surrounding the new packaging requirements has been so discouraging that I have lost much of my motivation to do so. It is frustrating and, frankly, frightening to see European policies potentially making it harder for small European entrepreneurs to participate in the European single market. I strongly believe that environmental protection and support for small businesses should not be opposing goals. We should be making sustainable packaging easier and more accessible, while also making it much easier for small businesses to trade across EU borders. I sincerely hope the EU will reconsider the burden placed on micro-businesses and introduce meaningful exemptions, thresholds, or genuinely simplified EU-wide procedures for very small sellers. Environmental regulation should encourage sustainable practices, not unintentionally push small European creators out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support initiatives and regulations that reduce waste and make our economy and consumption more environmentally sustainable. As a EU consumer, I actively try to avoid buying from large corporations whenever possible and prefer to support small businesses, especially European ones. However, I am deeply concerned that the new packaging rules may put small EU sellers in an extremely difficult position. Many small businesses are now being forced to limit their sales to their domestic market and to countries outside the EU because the costs and bureaucracy associated with complying with different national packaging requirements are unsustainable for a small business. I find this particularly frustrating because it risks creating the exact opposite of what we should be trying to achieve. Instead of making it easier for small EU businesses to trade across the EU, these rules may give large corporations an advantage, because they have the financial and administrative resources to deal with complex requirements across multiple countries. Small independent sellers were already often the more sustainable choice. Many of them make a conscious effort to use recycled and easily recyclable materials, minimize packaging, avoid unnecessary plastic, and produce goods on a much smaller scale. Yet they are now facing administrative and financial burdens that can make selling to customers in other EU countries practically impossible. I am also personally affected as a consumer. I regularly buy from small European artists and independent businesses, and I am very worried that some of them will stop shipping to the EU country where I live because of these requirements. If that happens, I will be forced to look for alternatives, and those alternatives may very well be large companies, the very businesses that are often less sustainable and less personal than the small creators I deliberately choose to support. I have even considered starting a small business myself, but honestly, hearing about the costs and bureaucracy surrounding the new packaging requirements has been so discouraging that I have lost much of my motivation to do so. It is frustrating and, frankly, frightening to see European policies potentially making it harder for small European entrepreneurs to participate in the European single market. I strongly believe that environmental protection and support for small businesses should not be opposing goals. We should be making sustainable packaging easier and more accessible, while also making it much easier for small businesses to trade across EU borders. I sincerely hope the EU will reconsider the burden placed on micro-businesses and introduce meaningful exemptions, thresholds, or genuinely simplified EU-wide procedures for very small sellers. Environmental regulation should encourage sustainable practices, not unintentionally push small European creators out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554629_en"}, {"id": 33554628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:52:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich finde das bei der Umsetzung solcher Gesetze besser darauf geachtet werden muss das Klein und kleinstunternehmen nicht vom Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden weil sie die bürokratischen Auflagen und Kosten dieser Maßnahme einfach nicht stemmen können. Es gibt viele Solo selbstständige die Alles alleine machen/produzieren/vermarkten/versenden für die die neue PPWR einfach ein finanzielles Problem darstellt. Es muss eine Lösung geben das das (sinnvolle) Gesetz nicht gleichzeitig viele existenzielle Probleme verursacht.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my view, this needs to be better taken into account when implementing such laws. Small and micro-enterprises should not be excluded from the internal market because they simply cannot bear the bureaucratic burdens and costs of this measure. There are many solo self-employed people who make/produce/market/dispatch everything on their own, for whom the new PPWR is simply a financial problem. There must be a solution that the (meaningful) law does not simultaneously cause many existential problems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554628_en"}, {"id": 33554627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:51:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Guru Shop GmbH", "feedback": "Die Ziele der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR), insbesondere die Stärkung der Kreislaufwirtschaft und eine bessere Erfassung von Verpackungsströmen, sind grundsätzlich nachvollziehbar. Die administrative Umsetzung droht jedoch insbesondere kleine und mittlere Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig stark zu belasten. Der vorliegende Entwurf der Europäischen Kommission vom 6. August 2026 sieht umfangreiche Anforderungen an die Herstellerregistrierung vor. Neben Unternehmens-, Steuer-, Register-, Marken- und Kontaktdaten müssen auch Angaben zur Erfüllung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung gemacht werden. Hinzu kommt, dass für bestimmte grenzüberschreitende Konstellationen Bevollmächtigte im jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat erforderlich sein können. Der Entwurf sieht hierfür eigene Registrierungs-, Steuer-, Unternehmens- und Kontaktdaten vor. Für Unternehmen, die Waren in mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten vertreiben, führt dies zu einer erheblichen Vervielfachung administrativer Prozesse. Sie müssen sich mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern, Bevollmächtigten, Producer-Responsibility-Organisationen, Vertragsstrukturen und Meldeverfahren auseinandersetzen. Besonders problematisch sind die Mengenmeldungen. Der Entwurf verlangt die Meldung von Verpackungsmengen nach zahlreichen Material- und Verpackungskategorien. Für Hersteller mit mindestens zehn Tonnen Verpackungen pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat ist eine sehr detaillierte Differenzierung vorgesehen, unter anderem nach Glas, Papier/Pappe, Metallen, Holz/Kork sowie verschiedenen Kunststoffarten. Auch Unternehmen unterhalb von zehn Tonnen bleiben grundsätzlich berichtspflichtig, wenn auch in vereinfachter Form. Das zentrale Problem ist dabei nicht allein die Datentiefe, sondern die weiterhin nationale Organisation. Unterschiedliche Registrierungsportale, Formulare, Datenanforderungen und Meldeprozesse führen dazu, dass dieselben Unternehmens- und Verpackungsdaten mehrfach aufbereitet und in verschiedenen Systemen gepflegt werden müssen. Gerade für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen kann dies zu einer erheblichen Marktzugangshürde werden. Während große Unternehmen eigene Compliance-Abteilungen oder spezialisierte Dienstleister einsetzen können, stehen bei kleineren Unternehmen die Kosten für Registrierung, Bevollmächtigte, Systembeteiligung und laufende Mengenmeldungen häufig in keinem Verhältnis zum Umsatz in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Damit besteht die Gefahr, dass Unternehmen bestimmte EU-Märkte nicht mehr beliefern oder auf grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb verzichten. Dies widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes und kann den freien Warenverkehr faktisch einschränken. Aus unserer Sicht sollte daher eine zentrale europäische PPWR-Plattform geschaffen werden. Hersteller sollten sich einmalig auf EU-Ebene registrieren und eine einheitliche europäische Registrierungsnummer erhalten. Unternehmensstammdaten, Marken und Ansprechpartner müssten dann nur einmal gepflegt werden. Auch die Verpackungsmengen sollten zentral gemeldet werden. Die Unternehmen könnten ihre Mengen nach Mitgliedstaat und nach europaweit einheitlichen Materialkategorien erfassen. Die Plattform könnte diese Daten anschließend automatisiert an die zuständigen nationalen Behörden und Systeme weiterleiten. Ebenso sollte geprüft werden, ob anstelle mehrerer nationaler Bevollmächtigter eine einheitliche EU-weite Vertretungslösung möglich ist. Ziel sollte sein: eine Registrierung, einheitliche Datenformate, einheitliche Meldefristen, identische Mengenkategorien und eine zentrale technische Schnittstelle für alle Marktteilnehmer. Eine europäische Verordnung sollte auch europäisch einheitlich administriert werden. Nur so lässt sich vermeiden, dass die PPWR trotz ihrer Harmonisierungsziele neue bürokratische Grenzen innerhalb des Binnenmarktes schafft und insbesondere kleine und mittlere Unternehmen vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausschließt.", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), in particular strengthening the circular economy and better capturing packaging flows, are basically understandable. However, administrative implementation risks placing a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized enterprises in particular. The European Commission’s current draft of 6 August 2026 sets out extensive requirements for the registration of manufacturers. In addition to company, tax, register, brand and contact details, information on the fulfilment of extended producer responsibility must also be provided. In addition, for certain cross-border situations, authorised representatives in the respective Member State may be required. The draft provides for separate registration, tax, company and contact details for this purpose. For businesses selling goods in several EU Member States, this leads to a significant multiplication of administrative processes. They have to deal with different national registers, authorised representatives, producer responsibility organisations, contract structures and reporting procedures. The reporting of quantities is particularly problematic. The draft requires the reporting of packaging quantities by numerous material and packaging categories. A very detailed differentiation is foreseen for producers with at least 10 tonnes of packaging per year per Member State, including glass, paper/cardboard, metals, wood/rk and different types of plastics. Undertakings below 10 tonnes also remain in principle subject to reporting, albeit in a simplified form. The central problem here is not only the depth of the data, but the organisation which remains national. Different registration portals, forms, data requirements and reporting processes mean that the same company and packaging data have to be processed multiple times and maintained in different systems. This can become a significant barrier to market access, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. While large companies may use their own compliance departments or specialised service providers, for smaller companies the costs of registration, authorised representatives, system participation and ongoing volume reporting are often disproportionate to the turnover in individual Member States. This risks companies no longer supplying certain EU markets or refraining from cross-border direct selling. This runs counter to the basic idea of the European internal market and may de facto restrict the free movement of goods. In our view, a central European PPWR platform should therefore be created. Manufacturers should register once at EU level and be given a single European registration number. Company master data, brands and contact persons would then have to be maintained only once. The quantities of packaging should also be reported centrally. Companies would be able to record their quantities by Member State and by common material categories across Europe. The platform could then automatically forward this data to the relevant national authorities and systems. It should also be examined whether a single EU-wide representation solution is possible instead of multiple national authorised representatives. The aim should be to: a registration, uniform data formats, uniform reporting deadlines, identical categories of quantities and a single technical interface for all operators. A European regulation should also be administered uniformly at European level. This is the only way to prevent the PPWR, despite its harmonisation objectives, from creating new bureaucratic barriers within the internal market and, in particular, from excluding small and medium-sized enterprises from cross-border trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554627_en"}, {"id": 33554626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:48:12", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have a small business from Czechia, handmade and customized for each customer. Sometimes people from other EU countries reach to me, but I have to decline because with this new law I'd have to do so much bureaucracy and pay fees just to sell one package. There should be exemption for small businesses to allow them to easily sell in EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small business from Czechia, handmade and customized for each customer. Sometimes people from other EU countries reach to me, but I have to decline because with this new law I'd have to do so much bureaucracy and pay fees just to sell one package. There should be exemption for small businesses to allow them to easily sell in EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554626_en"}, {"id": 33553581, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:47:32", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "bitStork Technologies", "feedback": "The new EU directives (EPR & PPWR) represent a gross injustice. Until August 11, 2026, my company allowed me to support my family by selling a small number of shipments to the EU (only about 1 to 6 per country annually!). As of August 12, 2026, I was forced to halt sales. Chinese sellers, of course, continue trading with impunity. Meanwhile, we are required to comply with the law, which effectively means shutting down our small businesses and signing up for unemployment benefits. It is only a matter of time before other countries worldwide adopt similar measures, and then it will be the end. And all that will remain of us is a memory...", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU directives (EPR & PPWR) represent a gross injustice. Until August 11, 2026, my company allowed me to support my family by selling a small number of shipments to the EU (only about 1 to 6 per country annually!). As of August 12, 2026, I was forced to halt sales. Chinese sellers, of course, continue trading with impunity. Meanwhile, we are required to comply with the law, which effectively means shutting down our small businesses and signing up for unemployment benefits. It is only a matter of time before other countries worldwide adopt similar measures, and then it will be the end. And all that will remain of us is a memory...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553581_en"}, {"id": 33554624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:42:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Ich möchte auf die erheblichen praktischen Schwierigkeiten hinweisen, die sich aus der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) für Kleinstunternehmen und Solo-Selbstständige ergeben. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Verpackungen möglichst ressourcenschonend und recyclingfähig zu gestalten. Die damit verbundenen Anforderungen sind für sehr kleine Unternehmen jedoch teilweise unverhältnismäßig komplex und im betrieblichen Alltag nur schwer umsetzbar. Ich selbst führe ein Kleinstunternehmen ohne Mitarbeiter. Wie viele Solo-Selbstständige muss ich sämtliche Bereiche meines Unternehmens allein abdecken von Herstellung, Einkauf und Verkauf über Kundenservice und Buchhaltung bis hin zu Versand und der Umsetzung gesetzlicher Vorgaben. Kleinstunternehmen verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen noch über die personellen und finanziellen Ressourcen größerer Unternehmen. Dennoch müssen sie sich mit komplexen Begriffen und Pflichten wie Erzeuger, Hersteller, Konformitätsbewertung, technischer Dokumentation und erweiterter Herstellerverantwortung auseinandersetzen. Bereits die Frage, welche Pflichten beim einfachen Verpacken und Versenden eigener Produkte entstehen, ist ohne juristische Beratung kaum eindeutig zu beantworten. Wenn selbst Behörden, Entsorgungsdienstleister und Verpackungslieferanten umfangreiche Erläuterungen benötigen, kann von Kleinstunternehmen nicht erwartet werden, diese Vorgaben ohne Weiteres rechtssicher umzusetzen. Besonders problematisch ist der grenzüberschreitende Handel. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte gerade kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, unkompliziert an Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu verkaufen. Unterschiedliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und EPR-Anforderungen können jedoch dazu führen, dass kleine Händler auf den Versand in andere EU-Staaten verzichten. Aus meiner Sicht sind deshalb klare und einfach anzuwendende Ausnahmeregelungen bzw. deutliche Vereinfachungen für Kleinstunternehmen notwendig. Diese könnten beispielsweise für Unternehmen gelten, die keine Mitarbeiter beschäftigen, unterhalb einer festgelegten Umsatzgrenze liegen und nur geringe Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringen. Wer handelsübliche Verpackungen von europäischen Herstellern oder Händlern bezieht und diese lediglich für den Versand seiner Waren verwendet, sollte grundsätzlich auf deren Konformität und Dokumentation vertrauen dürfen. Umfangreiche eigene technische Dokumentationen oder komplizierte rechtliche Bewertungen sind für Solo-Selbstständige nicht verhältnismäßig. Für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand wäre zudem eine zentrale europäische Lösung wünschenswert. Eine einzige Registrierung bzw. Meldung für Kleinstunternehmen wäre wesentlich sinnvoller als unterschiedliche Verfahren in jedem Mitgliedstaat. Bürokratie trifft kleine Unternehmen überproportional: Eine zusätzliche Stunde Verwaltungsaufwand ist für einen Konzern kaum relevant. Für eine Solo-Selbstständige ist es eine Stunde, in der keine Produkte hergestellt, Bestellungen bearbeitet oder Kunden betreut werden können. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Solo-Selbstständige und Kleinstunternehmen nochmals ausdrücklich zu prüfen und echte Erleichterungen vorzusehen. Eine Bagatellgrenze nach Unternehmensgröße, Jahresumsatz und/oder Verpackungsmenge könnte die Ziele der Verordnung wahren, ohne kleinste Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig zu belasten. Europäische Regulierung sollte den Binnenmarkt vereinheitlichen und den Handel innerhalb Europas erleichtern nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen aus Sorge vor bürokratischen Fehlern auf den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten verzichten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to draw your attention to the significant practical difficulties for micro-enterprises and solo self-employed persons arising from the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR). In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making packaging as resource-efficient and recyclable as possible. However, the associated requirements are sometimes disproportionately complex for very small businesses and difficult to implement in day-to-day operations. I myself run a micro-enterprise without employees. Like many solo self-employed people, I have to cover all areas of my business alone, from manufacturing, purchasing and selling, to customer service and accounting, to shipping and implementation of legal requirements. Microenterprises do not have their own legal or compliance departments, nor do they have the human and financial resources of larger enterprises. Nevertheless, they have to deal with complex concepts and obligations such as producers, producers, conformity assessment, technical documentation and extended producer responsibility. Without legal advice, it is hardly possible to give a clear answer to the question of what obligations arise in the case of simple packaging and shipping of one’s own products. If even authorities, waste management service providers and packaging suppliers need extensive explanations, micro-enterprises cannot be expected to implement these requirements with legal certainty. Cross-border trade is particularly problematic. The European single market should enable small businesses in particular to sell easily to customers in other Member States. However, different registration, reporting and EPR requirements may lead to small traders refraining from shipping to other EU countries. In my view, therefore, there is a need for clear and easy-to-apply exemptions or clear simplifications for micro-enterprises. These could, for example, apply to companies that do not employ any employees, are below a defined turnover limit and place only small quantities of packaging on the market. Anyone who buys commercial packaging from European manufacturers or distributors and uses it only for shipping his goods should in principle be able to rely on its conformity and documentation. Extensive own technical documentation or complicated legal assessments are not proportionate for solo self-employed persons. A central European solution for cross-border transit would also be desirable. A single registration/notification for micro-enterprises would be much more appropriate than different procedures in each Member State. Red tape disproportionately affects small businesses: An additional hour of administrative work is hardly relevant for a group of companies. For a solo self-employed person, it is an hour when it is not possible to make products, process orders or take care of customers. I would therefore ask the European Commission to re-examine explicitly the impact of the PPWR on solo self-employed persons and micro-enterprises and to provide for genuine facilitations. A de minimis threshold based on company size, annual turnover and/or packaging volume could safeguard the objectives of the Regulation without imposing a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises. European regulation should unify the single market and should not make it easier for micro-enterprises to avoid selling to other EU Member States for fear of bureaucratic mistakes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554624_en"}, {"id": 33554623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:42:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "enywear Gbr", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der EU, enywear GbR, ein deutsches Klein-Unternehmen unter 500 k Jahresumsatz, hat pro Jahr ca. 50 Sendungen ins EU-Ausland, entspricht 5%. Aktuelle Märkte primär AT, der Plan ist F, IT verstärkt zu erreichen. Unser Produkt ist robuste, nachhaltige Arbeitskleidung aus 100% Pflanzenfasern. Sollte diese Verpackungsverordnung mit Länder-Registrierung & Vor-Ort-Beauftragten so kommen, müssen wir ad-hoc jegliche Aktivität ausserhalb DE komplett einstellen. Leider wird dann der Umsatz für unser Überleben als Start-up nicht ausreichen, Sie setzen also mit so einer Gesetzgebung den Todesstoss für faktisch alle Unternehmen, die ähnlich arbeiten wie wir. Sehr wohl verstehen wir, dass gerade Versandhandel extrem viel Müll verursacht. Vorschriften zu Papierverpackungen (plastikfrei) z.B. helfen der Umwelt, und sicher auch eine realistische Umsatzschwelle, die Kleinste-Unternehmen befreit. Sollte das nicht passieren, und alle Unternehmen gleich betroffen sein, führt das einzig zu einem weiteren Konzentrationsprozess für Gross-Unternehmen. Das wiederum verstärkt das latente Gefühl, die EU Arbeit nur für Lobbyisten.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen of the EU, enywear GbR, a German small enterprise with an annual turnover of less than 500 k, has approximately 50 consignments per year to other EU Member States, i.e. 5 %. Current markets primarily AT, the plan is F, IT to be reached more intensively. Our product is robust, sustainable workwear made of 100 % plant fibres. If this Ordinance on packaging with Länder registration and on-site representatives comes to fruition, we must stop all activity outside Germany on an ad hoc basis. Unfortunately, the turnover will then not be sufficient for our survival as a start-up, so with such legislation you are putting the death toll on de facto all companies that work in a similar way to us. We very much understand that mail order in particular generates extremely high levels of waste. Rules on (plastic-free) paper packaging, for example, help the environment, and certainly also a realistic turnover threshold that exempts micro-enterprises. If this does not happen and all companies are equally affected, this will only lead to a further concentration process for large companies. This in turn reinforces the latent feeling that the EU only works for lobbyists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554623_en"}, {"id": 33554622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:39:59", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As the owner of a sole proprietorship in Poland, where I create artistic products, I believe that the current EPR requirements can place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses. Selling small quantities of products to customers in different EU Member States may require compliance with different regulations, registrations, and reporting obligations in multiple countries. For a small-scale business, the associated costs and administrative requirements may exceed the value of the sales themselves, especially when it is impossible to know in advance which country the customer will be located in. Simplified rules are needed for the smallest businesses, such as a single EU-wide registration system or exemptions from certain obligations below a clearly defined threshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a sole proprietorship in Poland, where I create artistic products, I believe that the current EPR requirements can place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses. Selling small quantities of products to customers in different EU Member States may require compliance with different regulations, registrations, and reporting obligations in multiple countries. For a small-scale business, the associated costs and administrative requirements may exceed the value of the sales themselves, especially when it is impossible to know in advance which country the customer will be located in. Simplified rules are needed for the smallest businesses, such as a single EU-wide registration system or exemptions from certain obligations below a clearly defined threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554622_en"}, {"id": 33554621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:38:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Yannic Lorenz", "feedback": "Es ist wieder einmal eine extrem bürokratische Regelung geschaffen worden, die es insbesondere kleinen und neuen Unternehmen finanziell und zeitlich immer schwerer macht, Produkte innerhalb der EU zu verkaufen. Dabei soll die Europäische Union eigentlich einen gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt ermöglichen. Das Problem ist nicht unbedingt, dass es überhaupt Regeln gibt. Das Problem ist die Art und Weise, wie solche Regelungen umgesetzt werden. Es gäbe bereits bestehende Systeme, an denen man sich orientieren könnte beispielsweise das OSS-Verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer. Damit hätte man zumindest versuchen können, eine zentrale und praktikable Lösung zu schaffen, über die Unternehmen ihre Verpflichtungen für mehrere EU-Länder gebündelt erfüllen können. Stattdessen entsteht erneut ein kompliziertes System, bei dem sich jedes Unternehmen selbst durch unterschiedliche Anforderungen und Zuständigkeiten kämpfen muss. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen ist das ein enormes Problem. Während große Unternehmen eigene Rechtsabteilungen, Compliance-Mitarbeiter oder externe Berater beschäftigen können, muss sich ein kleiner Unternehmer neben seinem eigentlichen Geschäft selbst mit immer neuen Vorschriften auseinandersetzen. Die Zeit, die eigentlich dafür genutzt werden sollte, Produkte weiterzuentwickeln, Kunden zu gewinnen, Prozesse zu verbessern oder das Unternehmen wachsen zu lassen, geht stattdessen dafür drauf, herauszufinden, welche Regelung in welchem Land gilt, wie sie ausgelegt wird und welche zusätzlichen Registrierungen, Meldungen oder Gebühren notwendig sind. Hinzu kommt häufig eine schlechte und unübersichtliche Kommunikation der gesetzlichen Anforderungen. Schon herauszufinden, was konkret getan werden muss, ist enorm aufwendig. Gleichzeitig können selbst vergleichsweise kleine Fehler hohe Bußgelder, Abmahnungen oder im schlimmsten Fall Vertriebsverbote nach sich ziehen. Damit entsteht eine vollkommen falsche Situation: Unternehmen sollen europaweit handeln und vom EU-Binnenmarkt profitieren, gleichzeitig werden die administrativen Hürden so hoch, dass sich der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich überhaupt nicht mehr lohnt. Seit Jahren wird gleichzeitig darüber gesprochen, dass die Wirtschaft schwächelt, Unternehmensgründungen gefördert und Bürokratie abgebaut werden müssten. In der Praxis erleben viele Unternehmer jedoch das Gegenteil. Die Anforderungen werden umfangreicher, komplizierter und zeitaufwendiger. Irgendwann muss man deshalb auch die Frage stellen, wie junge Menschen motiviert werden sollen, Unternehmen zu gründen, Risiken einzugehen und eigene Produkte aufzubauen, wenn ihnen immer mehr administrative und finanzielle Hürden in den Weg gestellt werden. Wer ständig behauptet, junge Menschen seien zu bequem, wollten nicht mehr arbeiten oder hätten kein Interesse an Selbstständigkeit, sollte sich deshalb auch ansehen, unter welchen Bedingungen eine Selbstständigkeit heute überhaupt aufgebaut werden muss. Unternehmertum braucht Regeln und Verbraucherschutz. Aber Regeln müssen verhältnismäßig, verständlich und insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen praktisch umsetzbar sein. Eine Regulierung, die hauptsächlich große Unternehmen problemlos bewältigen können, während kleine Händler faktisch aus dem europäischen Markt gedrängt werden, kann nicht das Ziel eines funktionierenden Binnenmarktes sein. Genau hier muss dringend nachgebessert werden: weniger nationale Einzellösungen, mehr zentrale EU-Verfahren, klare Kommunikation, einfache digitale Systeme und Regelungen, die auch ein kleines Unternehmen ohne eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilung realistisch erfüllen kann. Und es geht dabei nicht nur um Nerven - und Zeitaufwand, sonder auch um Kosten von MINIMUM 7.000 PRO JAHR (gerne bis 20.000 PRO JAHR), nur für die Erlaubnis in das EU-Ausland verkaufen zu dürfen. Wie soll ein kleines- oder neues Unternehmen dies bezahlen? Bürokratisch und finanziell ist das einfach nurnoch lächerlich.", "feedbackEnglish": "Once again, an extremely bureaucratic system has been put in place, making it increasingly difficult, financially and over time, especially for small and new businesses, to sell products within the EU. In doing so, the European Union is supposed to enable a single market. The problem is not necessarily that there are rules at all. The problem is the way in which such rules are implemented. There are already existing systems that could be used as a reference, for example the OSS procedure for VAT. This could at least have attempted to create a central and workable solution that would allow companies to fulfil their obligations for several EU countries collectively. Instead, a complex system is once again emerging, in which each company has to deal with itself through different requirements and responsibilities. This is a huge problem, especially for small businesses. While large companies can employ their own legal departments, compliance staff or external consultants, a small entrepreneur has to deal with ever-new regulations in addition to their actual business. Instead, the time that should be used to further develop products, attract customers, improve processes or let the company grow is used to find out which rules apply in which country, how they are interpreted and what additional registrations, notifications or fees are needed. This is often compounded by poor and confusing communication of legal requirements. It is extremely cumbersome to find out what needs to be done in practice. At the same time, even relatively small errors can lead to high fines, warnings or, in the worst case scenario, sales bans. This creates a completely wrong situation: Businesses should act across Europe and benefit from the EU’s single market, while administrative hurdles are increasing to such an extent that cross-border sales are no longer economically viable for small businesses. For years, at the same time, there have been discussions about the need to weaken the economy, encourage business start-ups and cut red tape. In practice, however, many entrepreneurs experience the opposite. The requirements become more extensive, complicated and time-consuming. At some point, therefore, one also needs to ask how to motivate young people to start up businesses, take risks and build their own products when faced with more and more administrative and financial barriers. Those who constantly claim that young people are too convenient, do not want to work anymore or do not have an interest in self-employment should therefore also look at the conditions under which self-employment must be built up today. Entrepreneurship needs rules and consumer protection. But rules must be proportionate, understandable and practically implementable, especially for small businesses. Regulation that can be easily dealt with mainly by large companies, while effectively pushing small traders out of the European market, cannot be the goal of a functioning internal market. This is precisely where there is an urgent need to improve: fewer individual national solutions, more centralised EU procedures, clear communication, simple digital systems and arrangements that a small company without its own legal and compliance function can realistically fulfil. And it is not only about nerves – and time spent – but also about the costs of MINIMUM 7000 PRO YEAR (up to 20.000 PRO YEAR) to be allowed to sell abroad in the EU only for the purposes of authorisation. How should a small or new company pay for this? Administratively and financially, this is simply ridiculous.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554621_en"}, {"id": 33554620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:37:54", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "With this new law we are essentially punishing small businesses, many small businesses make handmade and ethically made goods compared to the big companies, who definitely can afford and should take more accountability. Many small businesses already use eco friendly packaging unlike most big businesses. I have already seen countless businesses post they now no longer can send to the EU due to the new law as they simply cant afford to yet the big companies we want to take accountability just pay the fees without even looking at the price and continue to work like they always have? This is only harming small businesses by the looks of it. Personally I love shopping handmade art and ethically made clothes yet most of the businesses I follow now no longer have the funds to ship to me or others in the EU. We are essentially made to only support the big brands as the small shops cant pay the many fees to ship to each country who have their own registrations fees. Personally I go out of my way to support handmade art and ethically made clothes, but this is going to make it hard to do so as most businesses now cant ship to me. This is stopping the sharing of art and letting big brands dominate the market. Small businesses cannot justify spending that much to be able to send to each country and it will make them close and already have. Please harmonise the registration or exempt small businesses from registering because its a disproportionate burden on small businesses that cannot hire or afford to hire someone to do it for them. This also goes against the free movement of goods because what's the effect of this law? This law will make sure that the small businesses go bankrupt or that small businesses cannot ship anymore within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this new law we are essentially punishing small businesses, many small businesses make handmade and ethically made goods compared to the big companies, who definitely can afford and should take more accountability. Many small businesses already use eco friendly packaging unlike most big businesses. I have already seen countless businesses post they now no longer can send to the EU due to the new law as they simply cant afford to yet the big companies we want to take accountability just pay the fees without even looking at the price and continue to work like they always have? This is only harming small businesses by the looks of it. Personally I love shopping handmade art and ethically made clothes yet most of the businesses I follow now no longer have the funds to ship to me or others in the EU. We are essentially made to only support the big brands as the small shops cant pay the many fees to ship to each country who have their own registrations fees. Personally I go out of my way to support handmade art and ethically made clothes, but this is going to make it hard to do so as most businesses now cant ship to me. This is stopping the sharing of art and letting big brands dominate the market. Small businesses cannot justify spending that much to be able to send to each country and it will make them close and already have. Please harmonise the registration or exempt small businesses from registering because its a disproportionate burden on small businesses that cannot hire or afford to hire someone to do it for them. This also goes against the free movement of goods because what's the effect of this law? This law will make sure that the small businesses go bankrupt or that small businesses cannot ship anymore within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554620_en"}, {"id": 33554619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:28:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TMR Warenhandel", "feedback": "Für mich als kleiner Onlinehändler sind diese extrem hohen Kosten und Aufwand nicht möglich wie für Großkonzerne. Ich bin gezwungen alle EU-Länder zu deaktivieren und den Versand in die EU Länder nicht mehr anzubieten.", "feedbackEnglish": "For me, as a small online retailer, these extremely high costs and burdens are not possible in the same way as for large corporations. I am forced to disable all EU countries and stop offering shipments to EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554619_en"}, {"id": 33554618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:28:34", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "EPU", "feedback": "Hallo EU, ich bin ein EPU aus einem deiner Mitgliedsländer. Wie so viele andere, betrifft mich die neue Verordnung auch und lässt mich teils verzweifelt, ratlos und wütend zurück. Ich verstehe den Grundgedanken dieser Verordnung zwar, die Umsetzung ist allerdings nicht gelungen. Wir kleine Unternehmen arbeiten teils eh schon am Limit um Aufträge und Bestellungen zu erledigen, Rechnungen/Angebote oder Buchhaltung zu schreiben oder bei der Recherche um die etlichen Gesetzesänderung/Neuregelungen und Bestimmungen auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben. Ich sitze zum Beispiel hier und wühle mich in den letzten Tagen und Wochen durch die PPWR, Chatgpt, Internetseiten mit Infos, telefoniere mit Wirtschaftskammern oder Seiten die Bevollmächtigte und Services anbieten. Meine eigentliche Arbeit bleibt deshalb zur Zeit aber liegen. Niemand kann oder will mir sagen, was ich speziell in meinem Fall jetzt zu tun habe, bzw. wird es teils so, teils anders gesagt. Verbindliche Antworten will keiner geben, da sie es selbst nicht wissen. Zum Beispiel das Thema, schon benutzter Pappkartons/auf Lager liegende Pappkartons. Ich sammle und benutze gerne Kartons, die schon im Umlauf waren (teilweise Frage ich bei einer Drogeriekette in der Nähe, ob ich deren Kartons aus dem Müll haben darf). Manchmal bekomme ich von Kunden etwas geschickt und sende meine Dienstleistungen im selben Karton/Versandtasche zurück. Manchmal geht es sogar soweit, dass das selbe Paket 4-6 mal hin und her geschickt wird. Der Grundgedanke der Verordnung ist ja die Reduktion von Müll, meiner Meinung nach habe ich damit viel Müll einsparen können. Leider wird mir das nicht mehr möglich sein, da ich ja jetzt nachweisen muss, dass die Pakete PPWR konform sind. Wie soll ich diese Nachweise erbringen? Ich habe ein ganzes Lager voller gesammelter Kartons die ich jetzt alle wegschmeißen muss. Somit erzeuge ich doch viel mehr Müll! Auch bei meinen \"neuen\" Kartons (ein halbes Jahr alt) bin ich mir nicht sicher ob ich sie verwenden darf. Ich habe den Hersteller angeschrieben, bin mir aber nicht sicher, ob er mir irgendwelche Unterlagen zukommen lässt. Ich könnte noch viele Beispiele hier anbringen, aber das würde den Rahmen sprengen und zum Glück schreiben auch andere Betroffene. Zusammengefasst lässt sich folgendes Sagen: Es war von euch gut gemeint, aber schlecht umgesetzt. Es muss auf jeden Fall nachgearbeitet werden, damit kleine Unternehmen entlastet werden, sowohl bürokratisch als auch auf der Kostenseite. Europa sollte zusammen rücken, nicht durch diese Verordnung gespalten werden. Liebe EU, Lasst uns nicht im Stich! Eure Tanja", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello EU, I am an EPU from one of your member countries. Like so many others, the new regulation affects me and leaves me in some cases desperate, futile and angry. While I understand the rationale of this Regulation, its implementation has not been successful. In some cases, we small businesses are already working at the limit to fulfil orders and orders, to write invoices/offers or accounts, or to keep abreast of the numerous legislative changes/new regulations and provisions. I am seated here, for example, and in recent days and weeks I feel that the PPWR, ChatGPT, websites with information, telephone calls to chambers of commerce or pages offering proxies and services. My actual work therefore remains at this stage. No one can or wants to tell me what I have to do now, especially in my case, or is sometimes said in this way or in other words. They do not want to give binding answers because they do not know it themselves. For example, the topic, cardboard boxes already in use/cardboard boxes in stock. I am glad to collect and use cartons that were already in circulation (sometimes I ask a chemistry chain nearby whether I can have their cartons out of the rubbish). Sometimes I get something sent by customers and send back my services in the same carton/bag. Sometimes even the same package is sent 4-6 times back and forth. The basic idea of the Regulation is to reduce waste, which in my opinion has enabled me to save a lot of waste. Unfortunately, I will no longer be able to do so, as I now have to prove that the PPWR packages are compliant. How should I provide this evidence? I have an entire warehouse full of collected boxes, which I now have to throw away all of them. So I’m producing much more waste! Even in the case of my ‘new’ cartons (aged half a year), I am not sure whether I can use them. I wrote to the manufacturer, but I am not sure that he will send me any documents. I could give many examples here, but that would go beyond the framework and, fortunately, other people would also write. In summary, the following observations can be made: It was well understood by you, but poorly implemented. In any case, work needs to be done to reduce the burden on small businesses, both administratively and on the cost side. Europe should come together, not be divided by this regulation. Dear EU, Don’t let us sit down! Your Tanja", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554618_en"}, {"id": 33554617, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:27:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Swen Jancke", "feedback": "Guten Tag, als sehr kleiner Händler haben wir bereits Frankreich und Österreich nicht mehr beliefert (aufgrund der undurchdachten Auflagen), ab Mitte August beliefern wir nun kein einziges EU-Land mehr außerhalb von Deutschland. Selbstverständlich wird der Rest der Welt außerhalb der EU weiterhin beliefert. Bitte führen Sie DRINGEND eine Mindermengenregelung ein, so das Kleinst- und Kleinhändler diesen Bürokratiewahnsinn nicht mitmachen müssen. Unter anderem Verkaufen wir z.B. Sammlerbriefmarken, diese werden in einem Briefumschlag versendet, das ist uns in der EU durch den teuren Obmannquatsch nun nicht mehr möglich.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, as a very small trader, we have already stopped supplying France and Austria (due to the imprudent requirements), and as of mid-August we are no longer supplying any EU country outside Germany. It goes without saying that the rest of the world continues to be supplied outside the EU. As a matter of urgency, please introduce a system of reduced quantities, so that micro and small traders do not have to take this red tape into account. Among other things, we sell collector’s stamps, which are sent in envelopes. This is no longer possible in the EU as a result of the expensive observatory.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554617_en"}, {"id": 33554616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:26:54", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I make handmade ceramics. For me, this is more than a hobby it is a creative process through which I find freedom of expression, meaning, and a way to cope with stress. I sell a small number of my creations on Etsy. This provides me with a modest additional income that, in practice, allows me to continue pursuing my creative work. However, the new PPWR rules have proved too complex and disproportionate for a business as small as mine. Because of the new requirements, I have already had to stop offering delivery to many EU countries. Like many other small entrepreneurs and makers of handmade products, I sincerely ask for these rules to be made simpler and more accessible for micro-businesses. For example, it would be possible to: - introduce a small de minimis threshold below which registration would not be required; - create one simple registration system for small-scale sales to different EU countries; - establish a genuine one-stop shop instead of separate procedures in each country; - provide simple rules specifically for people who sell only a few items through online marketplaces. I support the objectives of the PPWR and I want to comply with the rules. But the rules should recognise the huge difference between a large company and an individual who makes and sells a few handmade products each month.", "feedbackEnglish": "I make handmade ceramics. For me, this is more than a hobby it is a creative process through which I find freedom of expression, meaning, and a way to cope with stress. I sell a small number of my creations on Etsy. This provides me with a modest additional income that, in practice, allows me to continue pursuing my creative work. However, the new PPWR rules have proved too complex and disproportionate for a business as small as mine. Because of the new requirements, I have already had to stop offering delivery to many EU countries. Like many other small entrepreneurs and makers of handmade products, I sincerely ask for these rules to be made simpler and more accessible for micro-businesses. For example, it would be possible to: - introduce a small de minimis threshold below which registration would not be required; - create one simple registration system for small-scale sales to different EU countries; - establish a genuine one-stop shop instead of separate procedures in each country; - provide simple rules specifically for people who sell only a few items through online marketplaces. I support the objectives of the PPWR and I want to comply with the rules. But the rules should recognise the huge difference between a large company and an individual who makes and sells a few handmade products each month.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554616_en"}, {"id": 33554615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:22:10", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an illustrator & visual artist I can tell you that the new EU packaging regulation will definitely affect artists/micro business owners. The costs will be unmanageable for small businesses. These new taxes will be more than what we get paid for let's say that one small print & 3 stickers people buy from us. I get the need for packaging waste regulations but I don't think the costs are fair for micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an illustrator & visual artist I can tell you that the new EU packaging regulation will definitely affect artists/micro business owners. The costs will be unmanageable for small businesses. These new taxes will be more than what we get paid for let's say that one small print & 3 stickers people buy from us. I get the need for packaging waste regulations but I don't think the costs are fair for micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554615_en"}, {"id": 33554614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:20:44", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Natacha Peyrot", "feedback": "Bonjour, cette loi ne tient pas compte de la réalité de très petites entreprises qui ne pourront pas assumer le coût de mise en pratique. J'ai une activité en micro entreprise, qui génère de faibles revenus, je ne pourrais pas appliquer cette réglementation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this law does not take into account the reality of very small businesses that will not be able to bear the cost of putting them into practice. I have a micro business activity, which generates low income, I would not be able to apply this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554614_en"}, {"id": 33554613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:16:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen online Shop in dem vor allem Bildbände verkauft werden. Neben Deutschland gehören Österreich, Belgien, Luxemburg und die Niederlande zu meinen EU Kunden. Das Volumen, dass ich in diese Länder verkaufen steht nur leider in keinem Verhältnis zu den Kosten für eine Registrierung und den Unterhalt einer rechtlichen Vertretung in besagten Ländern. Darüber hinaus müssen diese Kosten blind im voraus geleistet werden ohne, dass ich auch nur ansatzweise absehen kann ob ich sie in dem Jahr wieder einnehmen kann. Das zusammen macht einen Versand in das europäische Ausland für mich wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar. Dadurch wird der freie Binnenmarkt ad absurdum geführt. Es gibt schon Ausnahmen für Kleinstunternehmen (unter 10 Mitarbeitern, unter 2 Mio. Umsatz/ Jahr) Im Sinne des Bürokratie Abbaus und dem erhalt des europäischen Binnenmarktes plädiere ich dafür diese Regelung auf die gesamte Verpackungsordnung auszuweiten. Das würde den inner-europäischen Handel stärken, Startups fördern und das vertrauen in die EU und ihre Institutionen stärken. Im übrigen möchte ich erwähnen, dass ich es etwas traurig finde, dass durch diese Regelung aktuell der Versand in die Schweiz bedeutend einfacher ist als in den Rest von Europa. Bürokratie, die Menschen ihrer Existenzgrundlage beraubt fördert leider nicht das Vertrauen in die EU. Und eigentlich bin ich ein großer Fan unseres Staatenbundes. Von ganzem Herzen und mit volkswirtschaftlichem Sachverstand.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small online shop selling mainly picture books. In addition to Germany, my EU customers include Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the volume I sell to these countries bears no relation to the cost of registering and maintaining legal representation in these countries. Moreover, these costs must be paid blindly in advance, without I being able to predict whether I will be able to bear them again in the year. This together makes sending abroad in Europe economically unsustainable for me. This renders the free internal market absurd. There are already exemptions for micro-enterprises (less than 10 employees, less than 2 million turnover per year). In the interests of cutting red tape and preserving the European internal market, I would call for this provision to be extended to the entire packaging system. This would strengthen intra-EU trade, boost start-ups and strengthen trust in the EU and its institutions. I would also point out that I find it somewhat sad that, as a result of these rules, dispatch to Switzerland is currently considerably easier than to the rest of Europe. Unfortunately, bureaucracy that deprives people of their livelihoods does not foster trust in the EU. And I am a great fan of our union of states. From the heart and with economic expertise.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554613_en"}, {"id": 33554610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:11:57", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Redhead e.U.", "feedback": "Liebes europäische Kommision, Ich möchte Ihnen die Auswirkungen der neuen Regelungen aus Sicht eines österreichischen Kleinstunternehmens schildern. Ich betreibe ein kleines Handmade-Label in Österreich und fertige meine Produkte in Handarbeit. Bei meiner Arbeit lege ich ganz bewusst Wert auf Langlebigkeit, hochwertige Materialien, Bio-Stoffe und einen möglichst verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Ressourcen. Umweltschutz und eine korrekte Entsorgung von Verpackungen sind für mich keine lästige Verpflichtung, sondern selbstverständlich. Ich beteilige mich bereits seit Jahren an den vorgeschriebenen Sammel- und Verwertungssystemen und bezahle in jenen Ländern, in die ich versende, für die Verpackungen, die dort als Abfall anfallen. Gerade deshalb fällt trifft es mich, nun für keinen zusätzlichen ökologischen Nutzen die verpflichtende Bestellung eines kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat noch einmal aufzuzahlen, bei einem Bestellaufkommen von ca. 500 Bestellungen/Jahr. Ich verschicke nicht in einem Bereich von 10.000 Paketen im Jahr. Genau hier sehe ich ein grundsätzliches Problem: Viele kleine europäische Labels wurden aus Überzeugung gegründet. Wir möchten eine Alternative zu kurzlebigen Billigprodukten und anonymer Massenware großer internationaler Plattformen anbieten. Wir verwenden hochwertige Materialien, produzieren kleine Stückzahlen, reparieren, beraten persönlich, entwickeln langlebige Produkte und gehen in vielen Bereichen bereits freiwillig die sprichwörtliche Extrameile. Doch ausgerechnet diese kleinen Unternehmen werden nun mit zusätzlichen Fixkosten und nationalen Hürden konfrontiert, die dazu führen können, dass sie den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einstellen müssen. In einer EU, die eigentlich den Handel untereinander erleichtern wollte, tauchen fortschreitend neue Hürden auf. Die großen Marktteilnehmer spüren diese Kosten kaum. Im Gegenteil: Wenn kleine Anbieter aus anderen Mitgliedstaaten ihre Lieferungen einstellen müssen, profitieren jene großen Plattformen und Konzerne, deren Strukturen solche zusätzlichen Anforderungen problemlos auffangen können. Die Auswirkungen betreffen außerdem nicht nur meinen Verkauf. Auch ich bin Kundin anderer kleiner europäischer Unternehmen. Ich kaufe beispielsweise hochwertige Rohmaterialien bewusst bei spezialisierten deutschen Shops, die ähnliche Werte vertreten wie mein eigenes Unternehmen. Einige dieser kleinen Händler haben ihre Lieferungen nach Österreich nun ebenfalls eingestellt, weil sich die zusätzlichen Verpflichtungen für wenige grenzüberschreitende Bestellungen wirtschaftlich nicht mehr rechnen. Damit wird nicht nur mein Absatzmarkt kleiner auch die Auswahl meiner Bezugsquellen schrumpft. Für kleine nachhaltige Unternehmen wird es dadurch schwieriger, überhaupt noch Lieferanten innerhalb Europas zu finden, die dieselben Qualitäts-, Umwelt- und Produktionsstandards vertreten. Am Ende besteht die Gefahr, dass ausgerechnet günstige Großanbieter mit internationaler Infrastruktur gestärkt werden. Das kann aus meiner Sicht nicht das Ziel europäischer Umweltpolitik sein. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher dringend, die Verhältnismäßigkeit dieser Regelungen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen noch einmal zu prüfen. Mögliche Lösungen wären beispielsweise eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung, die gegenseitige Anerkennung der Registrierung im Sitzstaat, Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Verpackungsmengen oder eine Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Kleinstunternehmen, die ihre Verpackungen bereits ordnungsgemäß melden, lizenzieren und finanzieren. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Michaela Siebert", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I would like to tell you about the impact of the new rules from the point of view of an Austrian micro-enterprise. I operate a small handmade label in Austria and make my products by hand. In my work, I am conscious of the importance of durability, high-quality materials, bio-materials and the most responsible use of resources. Protecting the environment and properly disposing of packaging is not an inconvenient obligation for me, but a self-evident one. I have been involved in the mandatory collection and recovery systems for years and pay for the packaging produced as waste in the countries I send to. It is precisely for this reason that I feel obliged to list once again, for no additional environmental benefit, the mandatory appointment of a fee-paying authorised representative in each Member State, with an order volume of around 500 orders per year. I do not send in 10.000 parcels per year. This is precisely where I see a fundamental problem: Many small European labels were born out of conviction. We want to offer an alternative to short-lived low-cost products and anonymous mass-produced products from major international platforms. We use high-quality materials, produce small quantities, repair, personally advise, develop durable products and, in many areas, already voluntarily go the proverbial extra mile. However, these small businesses are now faced with additional fixed costs and national hurdles, which can lead to them having to stop cross-border trade. In an EU that really wanted to facilitate trade between itself, new hurdles are gradually emerging. These costs are hardly felt by large market players. To the contrary: If small suppliers from other Member States have to stop their deliveries, large platforms and groups benefit, and their structures can easily absorb such additional requirements. Moreover, the impact is not limited to my sale. I am also a customer of other small European companies. For example, I deliberately buy high-quality raw materials from specialised German shops that share similar values to my own business. Some of these small traders have now also stopped deliveries to Austria because the additional obligations are no longer economically viable for a small number of cross-border orders. This not only reduces my sales market, but also reduces my choice of sources of supply. This makes it more difficult for small sustainable companies to find suppliers within Europe that share the same quality, environmental and production standards. In the end, there is a risk that very cheap large suppliers with international infrastructure will be strengthened. In my view, this cannot be the objective of European environmental policy. I would therefore urge the European Commission to re-examine the proportionality of these rules for micro and small enterprises. Possible solutions could be, for example, a centralised EU-wide registration, mutual recognition of registration in the country of establishment, de minimis thresholds for small quantities of packaging, or an exemption from the obligation to have an authorised representative for micro-enterprises that already duly report, license and finance their packaging. Yours sincerely, Michaela Siebert", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554610_en"}, {"id": 33553522, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:11:19", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "the intent of this is welcome, but the regulation needs to be common across the single market and easier for the small business to sell their goods across the single market. I don't want to be only able to buy mass produced goods from multi nationals. Being from a small country it is to often hard enough to buy goods in the EU. seeing this regulation causing a lot of small businesses stop selling outside their country, when i find they are often already reusing packaging and being treated the same as multinationals isn't what this regualtion should be addressing", "feedbackEnglish": "the intent of this is welcome, but the regulation needs to be common across the single market and easier for the small business to sell their goods across the single market. I don't want to be only able to buy mass produced goods from multi nationals. Being from a small country it is to often hard enough to buy goods in the EU. seeing this regulation causing a lot of small businesses stop selling outside their country, when i find they are often already reusing packaging and being treated the same as multinationals isn't what this regualtion should be addressing", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553522_en"}, {"id": 33554609, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:11:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PhalanxPrints", "feedback": "This has such a huge effect on small businesses. While we all agree with the environmental issues, this will cull small businesses and stop them from expanding. We are not all global mega corporations and should not be punished for this. The little guy is always the one hurt the most when decisions like this are made.", "feedbackEnglish": "This has such a huge effect on small businesses. While we all agree with the environmental issues, this will cull small businesses and stop them from expanding. We are not all global mega corporations and should not be punished for this. The little guy is always the one hurt the most when decisions like this are made.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554609_en"}, {"id": 33554608, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:04:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Geschäftsführer eines deutschen Kleinstunternehmens. Seit dem 12. August 2026 haben wir den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten eingestellt. Nicht weil wir nicht in diese Länder verkaufen möchten, sondern weil die administrativen Anforderungen für einen Kleinstbetrieb wirtschaftlich nicht mehr tragbar sind. Schon der Versand einzelner Pakete in andere Mitgliedstaaten führt zu nationalen Pflichten im Bereich der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung. Wir müssten uns in den jeweiligen Ländern registrieren, dort die Entsorgung unserer Verpackungen finanzieren, Mengen melden und gegebenenfalls nationale Bevollmächtigte bzw. Dienstleister einschalten. Hinzu kommen umfangreiche Anforderungen an die Versandverpackung selbst, einschließlich technischer Dokumentation und Konformitätsnachweisen. Für große Unternehmen sind solche Fixkosten und Verwaltungsaufgaben verkraftbar. Für Kleinstunternehmen stehen sie jedoch in keinerlei Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in einem Mitgliedstaat erzielten Umsätzen. Wenn ein kleines Unternehmen in einem Land nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr versendet, können allein die Kosten für Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und Verwaltung den gesamten dort erzielten Gewinn übersteigen. Die praktische Konsequenz ist bereits jetzt sichtbar: Wir haben den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten eingestellt. Das kann nicht das Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt sollte es gerade kleinen europäischen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu erreichen. Stattdessen entstehen erneut nationale Markteintrittsbarrieren. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission deshalb dringend um eine verhältnismäßige Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen: Eine einzige zentrale EU-Registrierung anstelle nationaler Registrierungen in jedem Mitgliedstaat. Keine Verpflichtung zu einem eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat für innerhalb der EU ansässige Kleinstunternehmen. Eine echte Bagatellgrenze oder vereinfachte Regelung für geringe Verpackungsmengen und geringe grenzüberschreitende Umsätze. Eine zentrale EU-Mengenmeldung, deren Daten anschließend an die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten verteilt werden. Ein einfaches, digitales One-Stop-Shop-System nach dem Vorbild anderer EU-Verfahren. Umweltschutz und Herstellerverantwortung sind wichtige Ziele. Sie dürfen aber nicht so umgesetzt werden, dass gerade kleine europäische Unternehmen faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Bitte nutzen Sie diese Gelegenheit, um aus 27 nationalen Systemen tatsächlich ein europäisches System zu machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am managing director of a German micro-enterprise. Since 12 August 2026, we have stopped selling to other EU Member States. Not because we do not want to sell to these countries, but because the administrative requirements for a micro-enterprise are no longer economically viable. Sending individual packages to other Member States already leads to national extended producer responsibility obligations. We would have to register in the respective countries, finance the disposal of our packaging there, report quantities and, if necessary, use national authorised representatives or service providers. There are also extensive requirements for the shipping packaging itself, including technical documentation and proof of conformity. For large companies, such fixed costs and administrative tasks are manageable. However, for micro-enterprises, they bear no relation to the actual turnover achieved in a Member State. If a small company sends only a few parcels per year in a country, the costs of registration, authorisation and administration alone may exceed the total profit made there. The practical consequence is already visible: We have stopped selling to other EU Member States. This cannot be the aim of the European single market. A single market should enable small European companies in particular to reach customers in other Member States. Instead, national barriers to entry are re-emerging. I would therefore urge the European Commission to find a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises: A single central EU registration instead of national registrations in each Member State. No obligation for micro-enterprises established within the EU to have their own authorised representative in each Member State. A real de minimis threshold or simplified regime for small quantities of packaging and small cross-border transactions. A central EU quantitative declaration, the data of which are then distributed to the respective Member States. A simple, digital one-stop-shop system, modelled on other EU procedures. Environmental protection and producer responsibility are important objectives. However, they must not be implemented in such a way that small European companies in particular are effectively excluded from the cross-border internal market. Please use this opportunity to turn 27 national systems into a truly European system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554608_en"}, {"id": 33554597, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 09:00:23", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small webshop owner from Hungary. Since August 12th, I have stopped shipping to all EU countries except Hungary because the cost of PPWR compliance exceeds the expected annual revenue from every single target market. This is not a threat. This already happened. My analytics show Italian, German and Austrian customers abandoning their carts today, after seeing that shipping to their country is no longer available. But I need to raise something this forum has largely ignored. While 4,000+ small business owners write here in desperation, a coalition of over 200 large companies including Amcor, Mondi, IKEA, Aldi and LyondellBasell formally urged the European Commission NOT to reopen or delay the PPWR. These are packaging manufacturers and large distributors. For them, the complexity of this regulation is not a burden it is a competitive advantage. Every small webshop that stops shipping is one less competitor. Every micro-business priced out of compliance is one more customer pushed toward Amazon and Temu. Source: packagingeurope.com \"Coalition of 200 companies urges EU Commission not to reopen the PPWR\" This is documented, public corporate lobbying working directly against small businesses and the EU Single Market. I have been contacting journalists, MPs, and MEPs. I have documented the damage with real analytics data. I will continue because this regulation, in its current form, is not environmental policy. It is a market consolidation tool dressed up as environmental policy. The compliance cost exceeds the environmental benefit. That is not my opinion. That is the conclusion that follows from the numbers every single person in this forum has provided. I have followed this forum for three days. The tone shift is alarming. On August 11th, people wrote politely. By August 13th, long-time EU supporters business owners who built their livelihoods around the single market are openly questioning whether the EU has any purpose at all. A Swedish commenter asked: \"do we need this union at all?\" A Dutch commenter called the EU \"incredibly corrupt.\" A Czech artist wrote that the PPWR has \"destroyed the European Union, destroyed everything.\" These are not eurosceptics. These are people who always believed in the European project. When they say this, it is a warning not a fringe reaction. The far right across Europe does not need to invent arguments. This forum is providing them with everything they need. Every comment here 3,600 of them and rising is ammunition for those who want to dismantle European institutions entirely. The difference between reform and collapse is whether decision-makers act now or wait until October. Contact your MP and MEP today. The October discussions will be too late. Source for the 200-company coalition letter: https://packagingeurope.com/news/coalition-of-200-companies-urges-eu-commission-not-to-reopen-the-ppwr/14345.article #PPWRkillssmallbiz #PPWRreform #SMEsolidarity", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small webshop owner from Hungary. Since August 12th, I have stopped shipping to all EU countries except Hungary because the cost of PPWR compliance exceeds the expected annual revenue from every single target market. This is not a threat. This already happened. My analytics show Italian, German and Austrian customers abandoning their carts today, after seeing that shipping to their country is no longer available. But I need to raise something this forum has largely ignored. While 4,000+ small business owners write here in desperation, a coalition of over 200 large companies including Amcor, Mondi, IKEA, Aldi and LyondellBasell formally urged the European Commission NOT to reopen or delay the PPWR. These are packaging manufacturers and large distributors. For them, the complexity of this regulation is not a burden it is a competitive advantage. Every small webshop that stops shipping is one less competitor. Every micro-business priced out of compliance is one more customer pushed toward Amazon and Temu. Source: packagingeurope.com \"Coalition of 200 companies urges EU Commission not to reopen the PPWR\" This is documented, public corporate lobbying working directly against small businesses and the EU Single Market. I have been contacting journalists, MPs, and MEPs. I have documented the damage with real analytics data. I will continue because this regulation, in its current form, is not environmental policy. It is a market consolidation tool dressed up as environmental policy. The compliance cost exceeds the environmental benefit. That is not my opinion. That is the conclusion that follows from the numbers every single person in this forum has provided. I have followed this forum for three days. The tone shift is alarming. On August 11th, people wrote politely. By August 13th, long-time EU supporters business owners who built their livelihoods around the single market are openly questioning whether the EU has any purpose at all. A Swedish commenter asked: \"do we need this union at all?\" A Dutch commenter called the EU \"incredibly corrupt.\" A Czech artist wrote that the PPWR has \"destroyed the European Union, destroyed everything.\" These are not eurosceptics. These are people who always believed in the European project. When they say this, it is a warning not a fringe reaction. The far right across Europe does not need to invent arguments. This forum is providing them with everything they need. Every comment here 3,600 of them and rising is ammunition for those who want to dismantle European institutions entirely. The difference between reform and collapse is whether decision-makers act now or wait until October. Contact your MP and MEP today. The October discussions will be too late. Source for the 200-company coalition letter: https://packagingeurope.com/news/coalition-of-200-companies-urges-eu-commission-not-to-reopen-the-ppwr/14345.article #PPWRkillssmallbiz #PPWRreform #SMEsolidarity", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554597_en"}, {"id": 33554606, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:59:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Casida GmbH", "feedback": "Der freie EU-Binnenmarkt wird durch die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) stark gefährdet. Statt Bürokratie abzubauen, schottet die Regulierung die nationalen Märkte ab. Die Hauptprobleme für den Mittelstand: Unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten: Die Pflicht zu lokalen Bevollmächtigten und Registrierungen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedsland verursacht Fixkosten von mehreren tausend Euro. Bei Kleinstmengen steht dies in keinem Verhältnis zum Umsatz und zwingt Händler zum Rückzug aus einzelnen EU-Ländern. Bürokratischer Patchwork-Teppich: Es fehlen pragmatische Ausnahmen für KMU sowie eine zentrale Anlaufstelle. Der Binnenmarkt zerfällt in 27 Einzelmärkte. Wettbewerbsnachteil: KMU müssen knappe Ressourcen für Formulare und externe Dienstleister aufwenden, statt in Innovation und Arbeitsplätze zu investieren. Unsere Forderungen: Bagatellgrenzen einführen: Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinstmengen im grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel schaffen. Echten One-Stop-Shop etablieren: Eine zentrale europäische Melde- und Lizenzierungsplattform analog zum OSS bei der Umsatzsteuer umsetzen. Prinzip Think Small First anwenden: Die PPWR so gestalten, dass der Binnenmarkt auch für kleine Händler praktisch nutzbar bleibt. Wir wollen ein starkes, gemeinsames Europa jedoch nicht unter Bedingungen, die den Binnenmarkt für den Mittelstand faktisch unbenutzbar machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current design of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) poses a serious threat to the free EU internal market. Instead of cutting red tape, regulation closes national markets. The main problems for small and medium-sized enterprises are: Disproportionate fixed costs: The obligation to have local agents and registrations in each Member State generates fixed costs of several thousand euros. In the case of small quantities, this is disproportionate to turnover and forces traders to withdraw from individual EU countries. Bureaucratic patchwork carpet: There is a lack of pragmatic exemptions for SMEs and a one-stop shop. The single market is broken down into 27 individual markets. Competitive disadvantage: SMEs need to dedicate scarce resources to forms and external service providers rather than investing in innovation and jobs. What we are asking for Introduce de minimis thresholds: Create exemptions for micro-volumes in EU cross-border trade. Establish a genuine one-stop shop: Implement a European central reporting and licensing platform similar to the OSS for VAT. Apply the Think Small First principle: Design the PPWR in such a way that the internal market remains practically usable also for small traders. However, we do not want a strong, common Europe under conditions that make the single market de facto unusable for small and medium-sized enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554606_en"}, {"id": 33554605, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:59:53", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nadezhda Artiushina – individual business activity", "feedback": "Hello! I am a self-employed micro-business owner in Lithuania, manufacturing handmade products and selling directly to customers across the EU. I fully support EPR and I am willing to pay the recycling costs for every kilogram of packaging I place on the market. The problem is not the recycling fee, but disproportionate administrative costs and mandatory intermediaries. My annual packaging volume may be only around 2 kg in Germany and 0.5 kg in France or Austria. Paying the actual recycling fees for these amounts is completely reasonable. Paying hundreds of euros per country for registrations and mandatory authorised representatives is not. For a micro-business, such fixed costs make cross-border EU trade economically impossible. An authorised representative does not make my 0.5 kg of packaging more recyclable. It simply adds a large administrative cost completely unrelated to the amount of waste produced. I already use the EU VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) to report cross-border sales and pay VAT due in different Member States. EPR should work in a similar way: one EU portal where micro-businesses can report packaging volumes by country and pay the appropriate recycling fees. Please introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for very small packaging volumes, an EU-wide EPR One Stop Shop, and remove the requirement for mandatory authorised representatives for EU-established micro-businesses. We are not asking to avoid paying for recycling. We are asking for a proportionate system that allows us to pay for recycling without being forced to pay expensive intermediaries whose cost can be hundreds of times higher than the recycling fee itself. Without such changes, many micro-businesses will simply stop selling to customers in smaller EU markets. This does not improve recycling, it creates new barriers within the EU Single Market. Thank you for taking the realities faced by EU micro-businesses into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! I am a self-employed micro-business owner in Lithuania, manufacturing handmade products and selling directly to customers across the EU. I fully support EPR and I am willing to pay the recycling costs for every kilogram of packaging I place on the market. The problem is not the recycling fee, but disproportionate administrative costs and mandatory intermediaries. My annual packaging volume may be only around 2 kg in Germany and 0.5 kg in France or Austria. Paying the actual recycling fees for these amounts is completely reasonable. Paying hundreds of euros per country for registrations and mandatory authorised representatives is not. For a micro-business, such fixed costs make cross-border EU trade economically impossible. An authorised representative does not make my 0.5 kg of packaging more recyclable. It simply adds a large administrative cost completely unrelated to the amount of waste produced. I already use the EU VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) to report cross-border sales and pay VAT due in different Member States. EPR should work in a similar way: one EU portal where micro-businesses can report packaging volumes by country and pay the appropriate recycling fees. Please introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for very small packaging volumes, an EU-wide EPR One Stop Shop, and remove the requirement for mandatory authorised representatives for EU-established micro-businesses. We are not asking to avoid paying for recycling. We are asking for a proportionate system that allows us to pay for recycling without being forced to pay expensive intermediaries whose cost can be hundreds of times higher than the recycling fee itself. Without such changes, many micro-businesses will simply stop selling to customers in smaller EU markets. This does not improve recycling, it creates new barriers within the EU Single Market. Thank you for taking the realities faced by EU micro-businesses into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554605_en"}, {"id": 33554604, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:54:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Blitz-Idee24", "feedback": "Werte Damen und Herren, ich verstehe die Ziele der Verordnung, jedoch für mich als Solounternehmen ist es ein nicht zu bewältigendes Mammutprojekt. Die finanziellen Mehraufwendungen stehen in keinerlei Relation zu den gegenwärtigen und wahrscheinlich auch zukünftigen Einnahmen meiner kleinen Firma. Ganz abgesehen von dem gewaltigen bürokratischen Aufwand den man bewältigen muss um schon erstmal diesen Gesetzesdschungel zu durchforsten und zu verstehen. Große Globalplayer haben ihre Rechtsabteilung, stellen jemand speziell für die Organisation der Abläufe ein und zahlen alles aus der Portokasse. Ich kann nun nur meine ab und zu erzielten Verkäufe an Kunden im europäischen Ausland abschreiben, weil ich dorthin nicht mehr liefern kann. Es sollte nicht so sein das Millionen kleine Unternehmen in ihrer Existenz bedroht werden damit die großen am markt noch ein paar Krümel mehr abbekommen. Lasst uns überleben und auch weiterhin ein Bestandteil des bunten Bildes am Marktplatz sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I understand the objectives of the Regulation, but for me as a solo company it is an unmanageable mammoth project. The additional financial costs are in no way related to my small firm’s current and probably future income. Quite apart from the huge amount of red tape that needs to be dealt with in order to explore and understand this legislative jungle for the first time. Large global players have their legal department, hire someone specifically to organise the process and pay everything out of the postage. I can only write off my sales from and to customers in other European countries because I can no longer supply them there. It should not be the case that the existence of the millions of small businesses is threatened, so that the big ones on the market get a few more crumbs off the market. Let’s survive and continue to be part of the colourful picture on the marketplace.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554604_en"}, {"id": 33554603, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:50:15", "country": "CHE", "language": "DE", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag. Die neue Verpackungsregulierung wird eine sehr grosse Zahl von Künstler:innen und Kunstgalerien vom gesamten europäischen Markt ausschliessen. Die Vorgaben sind für die meisten von ihnen finanziell und administrativ nicht zu leisten. Sie können künftig nur noch im eigenen Land und Overseas Sammler und Kunstinteressierte beliefern. Für die EU heisst das kulturelle Verarmung, für Künstler:innen der Schritt in die Prekarität und für viele Galerien das Ende. Wie kann man einen gesellschaftlich derart wichtigen Sektor, der kaum zum ökologischen Desaster beiträgt, durch eine gut gemeinte, jedoch äusserst grobschlächtige Regulierung einfach vom EU Markt ausschliessen? Eine sehr schnelle Anpassung tut hier not. Bevor es definitiv zu spät ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon. The new packaging regulation will exclude a very large number of artists and art galleries from the entire European market. Most of them are financially and administratively unaffordable. They will only be able to supply in their own country and overseas collectors and people interested in art. For the EU, cultural impoverishment, for artists, the move towards precariousness and for many galleries are coming to an end. How can such a socially important sector, which hardly contributes to the ecological disaster, simply be excluded from the EU market by means of well-intentioned but extremely gross regulation? This needs to be adapted very quickly. Before it is definitely too late.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554603_en"}, {"id": 33554602, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:50:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinunternehmen", "feedback": "Die neue EU Verordnung betrifft mich als kleiner Onlinehändler(Kleinunternehmer) sehr. Ich verkaufe über verschiedene Auktionsplattformen Artikel aus dem Sammlerbereich (Briefmarken, Postkarten usw.) Viele Sammler in Europa haben schon bei mir in den letzten 25 Jahren eingekauft. Für den Versand nutze ich gebrauchte Verpackung, die von anderen Unternehmen stammen und dort sonst entsorgt würden. Die jetzt vorgeschriebene Registrierung in allen betreffenden Ländern und die damit verbundenen Kosten und der bürokratische Aufwand stehen in keiner Relation zum erwartenden Umsatz bzw. Gewinn. Darum habe ich vorerst alle Angebote, die den europäischen Markt betreffen, eingestellt. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, das die neue Verordnung zu diesem Zweck geschaffen wurde.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU regulation affects me very much as a small online retailer (small entrepreneur). I sell collectors’ items (stamps, postcards, etc.) through various auction platforms. Many collectors in Europe have already purchased from me over the past 25 years. I use used packaging for shipping, which comes from other companies and would otherwise be disposed of there. The registration now required in all the countries concerned, and the associated costs and red tape, bear no relation to the expected turnover or profit. That is why, for the time being, I have stopped all offers concerning the European market. I cannot imagine that the new regulation was created for this purpose.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554602_en"}, {"id": 33554601, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:45:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Morrock Moon ", "feedback": "Die neue EU-Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle wird es uns unmöglich machen, innerhalb der EU weiter Geschäfte zu tätigen. Das Verfahren ist für ein kleines Unternehmen zu kompliziert, und die Kosten sind viel zu hoch. So wird man an kleinen Unternehmen ein exempel statuiert und diese ausgelöscht. Eine kleine Freimenge oder ein Portal was für alle EU Länder bevollmächtigte sicher wäre sinnvoll. Vielleicht auch in kleinem Rahmen damit kleine Unternehmen nicht am EU Binnenmarkt ausgelöscht werden. Überall wird man dafür bestraft nicht so groß zu dein wie Temu und Amazon die absolut nicht unter sowas leiden und die sicher auch Wege finden das zu umgehen. Wie immer. Schützt kleine Betriebe! Nicht die Konzernriesen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU regulation on packaging and packaging waste will make it impossible for us to continue doing business within the EU. The procedure is too complicated for a small company and the costs are far too high. This makes small businesses exemplified and erased. A small allowance or a portal, which would certainly be authorised for all EU countries, would be useful. Perhaps even on a small scale, so that small businesses are not eliminated from the EU’s internal market. Everywhere, you are not punished as much as Temu and Amazon, who do not suffer so much, and who certainly find ways to circumvent it. As always. Protects small businesses! Not the giants of the group.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554601_en"}, {"id": 33554600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:44:52", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Michiel Verbeke - Spoor52", "feedback": "We have been active and operational as a micro-business since 2017. The new regulations make it impossible for us to compete in the EU market. Adapting towards a more environmental friendly way of packing and shipping is mandatory. But the administrative burden and financial requirements to remain operational within the EU market are disproportionate compared to our individual impact within the problem these regulations are aiming to adapt. We face the same requirements and administrative obligations as large corporations who ship more parcels every hour than we've shipped in our entire career. This creates an environment of unfair competition and small micro-businesses are unable to reply and act accordingly.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have been active and operational as a micro-business since 2017. The new regulations make it impossible for us to compete in the EU market. Adapting towards a more environmental friendly way of packing and shipping is mandatory. But the administrative burden and financial requirements to remain operational within the EU market are disproportionate compared to our individual impact within the problem these regulations are aiming to adapt. We face the same requirements and administrative obligations as large corporations who ship more parcels every hour than we've shipped in our entire career. This creates an environment of unfair competition and small micro-businesses are unable to reply and act accordingly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554600_en"}, {"id": 33554599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:44:45", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independent artist", "feedback": "As an artist based in the Netherlands, I am concerned that the current approach to national producer registration and EPR requirements creates a disproportionate burden for micro and small businesses selling across EU borders. I sell photographic prints directly to private end-buyers in other EU Member States. To generate a modest but viable income, I need access to customers across the EU. Under the current framework, I may potentially need to register and comply with separate EPR systems in each Member State where I sell. This can involve registration fees, reporting, administration, and understanding different national rules. For a micro-business like mine, this is economically disproportionate. I may sell only a few dozen prints per year, with the total amount of packaging measured in kilograms rather than tonnes. Nevertheless, the fixed costs and administrative burden of multiple national EPR systems can exceed the value of the sales themselves. I cannot know in which Member State the eventual buyer will be located. I therefore cannot realistically determine in advance which national registrations may be required. Registering in every possible destination country before being able to sell would make cross-border sales economically unviable. This creates a significant barrier to the EU Single Market for independent artists and other micro-businesses. A business selling a few dozen low-value products per year should not have to maintain numerous national EPR registrations simply to access EU customers. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and am willing to take responsibility for the packaging I use. In my case, the packaging is primarily paper and cardboard and the quantities are extremely small. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to introduce a simple, harmonised and proportionate solution for micro and very small businesses, such as an EU-wide low-volume exemption, a single EU-wide registration, or a simplified system without national registration fees below a clearly defined packaging threshold. The environmental objectives should not unintentionally create an administrative and financial barrier that prevents artists and other micro-enterprises from participating in the EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist based in the Netherlands, I am concerned that the current approach to national producer registration and EPR requirements creates a disproportionate burden for micro and small businesses selling across EU borders. I sell photographic prints directly to private end-buyers in other EU Member States. To generate a modest but viable income, I need access to customers across the EU. Under the current framework, I may potentially need to register and comply with separate EPR systems in each Member State where I sell. This can involve registration fees, reporting, administration, and understanding different national rules. For a micro-business like mine, this is economically disproportionate. I may sell only a few dozen prints per year, with the total amount of packaging measured in kilograms rather than tonnes. Nevertheless, the fixed costs and administrative burden of multiple national EPR systems can exceed the value of the sales themselves. I cannot know in which Member State the eventual buyer will be located. I therefore cannot realistically determine in advance which national registrations may be required. Registering in every possible destination country before being able to sell would make cross-border sales economically unviable. This creates a significant barrier to the EU Single Market for independent artists and other micro-businesses. A business selling a few dozen low-value products per year should not have to maintain numerous national EPR registrations simply to access EU customers. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and am willing to take responsibility for the packaging I use. In my case, the packaging is primarily paper and cardboard and the quantities are extremely small. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to introduce a simple, harmonised and proportionate solution for micro and very small businesses, such as an EU-wide low-volume exemption, a single EU-wide registration, or a simplified system without national registration fees below a clearly defined packaging threshold. The environmental objectives should not unintentionally create an administrative and financial barrier that prevents artists and other micro-enterprises from participating in the EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554599_en"}, {"id": 33554598, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:41:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Art Shop ", "feedback": "I strongly support the EU's goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I am very concerned about the disproportionate administrative burden that the PPWR may place on micro-businesses and very small craft businesses. I run a very small craft business and ship approximately **10 parcels per year**. The amount of packaging I place on the market is therefore extremely small. For a business of this size, having to deal with registrations, reporting requirements and potentially different administrative procedures when occasionally selling to customers in other EU Member States is completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. Small craft businesses are not industrial producers. Many of us are individual makers producing handmade goods in very small quantities. Cross-border online sales give us the opportunity to reach customers throughout Europe and are one of the practical benefits of the EU Single Market. If selling a handful of products to customers in another Member State creates additional registrations, fees or administrative obligations, the realistic consequence will be that many micro-businesses simply stop selling across borders. This would not meaningfully reduce packaging waste. Instead, it would create barriers within the Single Market and disproportionately affect the smallest European businesses. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a **clear de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market**, or alternatively to establish one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of multiple national administrative requirements. Environmental regulation should be ambitious, but it should also be proportionate. A craft business shipping around 10 parcels per year should not face the same administrative framework as companies placing thousands or millions of packages on the European market. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR protects the environment **without making cross-border trade practically impossible for Europe's smallest businesses and independent craftspeople**.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EU's goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I am very concerned about the disproportionate administrative burden that the PPWR may place on micro-businesses and very small craft businesses. I run a very small craft business and ship approximately **10 parcels per year**. The amount of packaging I place on the market is therefore extremely small. For a business of this size, having to deal with registrations, reporting requirements and potentially different administrative procedures when occasionally selling to customers in other EU Member States is completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. Small craft businesses are not industrial producers. Many of us are individual makers producing handmade goods in very small quantities. Cross-border online sales give us the opportunity to reach customers throughout Europe and are one of the practical benefits of the EU Single Market. If selling a handful of products to customers in another Member State creates additional registrations, fees or administrative obligations, the realistic consequence will be that many micro-businesses simply stop selling across borders. This would not meaningfully reduce packaging waste. Instead, it would create barriers within the Single Market and disproportionately affect the smallest European businesses. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a **clear de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market**, or alternatively to establish one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of multiple national administrative requirements. Environmental regulation should be ambitious, but it should also be proportionate. A craft business shipping around 10 parcels per year should not face the same administrative framework as companies placing thousands or millions of packages on the European market. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR protects the environment **without making cross-border trade practically impossible for Europe's smallest businesses and independent craftspeople**.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554598_en"}, {"id": 33554596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:40:34", "country": "HRV", "language": "HR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Poštovani, kreativac sam i umjetnik koji svoja djela prodaje online u cijeloj EU. Moja zarada ne omogućuje mi da slijedim vaša nova pravila o pakiranju i slanju proizvoda unutar zemalja EU. Molim vas razmotrite svoju odluku i omogućite i nama malima da i dalje sudjelujemo u trgovini umjetničkih i unikatnih, ručno rađenih predmeta unutar zemalja EU. Hvala na razumijevanju!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear, I am a creative and artist who sells his works online across the EU. My earnings do not allow me to follow your new rules on packaging and sending products within EU countries. I would be grateful if you could reconsider your decision and allow us small to continue to participate in the trade of works of art and unicorns, handmade items, within the EU. Thank you for your understanding.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554596_en"}, {"id": 33554543, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:32:17", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kapitel Zwei Wine", "feedback": "I understand the goals of PPWR, but the outcome is too extreme for businesses like mine where I am selling 500-1000 bottles of organic wine per year. I can easily declare that my glass bottles, labels, corks, wax and boxes are sustainable and recyclable, but the suppliers who produce these materials need to have the DoC available for me to download. The challenges I see are two fold: 1. The DoCs are not available and for small suppliers will be challenging. For example, my wine labels are produced on a 1954 Heidelberg Press in Vienna. The owner is unlikely to produce a DoC for me. 2. The web tools that are being produced are charging 30-50 EUR per month to maintain this data, which in my business cuts my profits to zero since I ship 50 bottles to EU countries per year. The tool to manage PPWR should be developed by the EU and available for free. Lastly, the idea of me having a representative in every country I ship to is unattainable. I ship 5 bottles to Denmark per year, what kind of profit will I make if I have to pay a local rep? Microbusinesses need to be exempt so we can grow into businesses that qualify for these rules. If we are a grapevine, you are essentially preventing water from reaching our roots to make us strong enough to grow. I hope you reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the goals of PPWR, but the outcome is too extreme for businesses like mine where I am selling 500-1000 bottles of organic wine per year. I can easily declare that my glass bottles, labels, corks, wax and boxes are sustainable and recyclable, but the suppliers who produce these materials need to have the DoC available for me to download. The challenges I see are two fold: 1. The DoCs are not available and for small suppliers will be challenging. For example, my wine labels are produced on a 1954 Heidelberg Press in Vienna. The owner is unlikely to produce a DoC for me. 2. The web tools that are being produced are charging 30-50 EUR per month to maintain this data, which in my business cuts my profits to zero since I ship 50 bottles to EU countries per year. The tool to manage PPWR should be developed by the EU and available for free. Lastly, the idea of me having a representative in every country I ship to is unattainable. I ship 5 bottles to Denmark per year, what kind of profit will I make if I have to pay a local rep? Microbusinesses need to be exempt so we can grow into businesses that qualify for these rules. If we are a grapevine, you are essentially preventing water from reaching our roots to make us strong enough to grow. I hope you reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554543_en"}, {"id": 33554413, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:25:18", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Łukasz Pieczykolan Spinning Jesus", "feedback": "Regarding articles 44 and 45 of the regulation: Requering a legal representative in every single EU country is basically a paywall for small businesses and artisans. First thing - going through EPR and representative registration 27 times just to be able to sell to EU countries is expensive, time consuming and most os online shops run by a single person won't be able to comply. We just don't earn that much. Second - wasn't EU supposed to be an open trade organisation? EU has already put an effort to preserving national identities (crafts, cuisine, etc.), and now introduces a law that effectively not just punishes small creators - it destroys their ability to function in international space. What's the point of EU then? You must realise that this kind of law won't stop Temu, or Shein, or Amazon from introducing cheap crap into EU market because they can afford the costs and logistics of complying with the new PPWR regulations. Small local shops can't, so this bill directly attacks the EU market. You will se millions of Euros in destroyed businesses that won't be replaced. Please introduce exemptions for small business, simplify the procedures and just rethink what you just have done with this new law.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regarding articles 44 and 45 of the regulation: Requering a legal representative in every single EU country is basically a paywall for small businesses and artisans. First thing - going through EPR and representative registration 27 times just to be able to sell to EU countries is expensive, time consuming and most os online shops run by a single person won't be able to comply. We just don't earn that much. Second - wasn't EU supposed to be an open trade organisation? EU has already put an effort to preserving national identities (crafts, cuisine, etc.), and now introduces a law that effectively not just punishes small creators - it destroys their ability to function in international space. What's the point of EU then? You must realise that this kind of law won't stop Temu, or Shein, or Amazon from introducing cheap crap into EU market because they can afford the costs and logistics of complying with the new PPWR regulations. Small local shops can't, so this bill directly attacks the EU market. You will se millions of Euros in destroyed businesses that won't be replaced. Please introduce exemptions for small business, simplify the procedures and just rethink what you just have done with this new law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554413_en"}, {"id": 33554406, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:24:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU new PPWR will make it impossible for me to continue doing business Within the EU. The process is too complicated for a small business, the cost is inaccceptable and in the end I shall pay for the same waste 27 times - I would have to pay for 5 kg of paper waste 27 times approximately 150 Euro minimum fee, which makes using a carton more expensive that whats inside the carton. My B2B customers are impacted as well, this nee regulation will lead to less Choices for the customers , less competition, higher prices and potentially negative view on the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU new PPWR will make it impossible for me to continue doing business Within the EU. The process is too complicated for a small business, the cost is inaccceptable and in the end I shall pay for the same waste 27 times - I would have to pay for 5 kg of paper waste 27 times approximately 150 Euro minimum fee, which makes using a carton more expensive that whats inside the carton. My B2B customers are impacted as well, this nee regulation will lead to less Choices for the customers , less competition, higher prices and potentially negative view on the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554406_en"}, {"id": 33554405, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:19:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen kleinen Handmade-Betrieb und verkaufe meine Produkte über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Im vergangenen Jahr hatte ich knapp 100 Bestellungen aus 21 verschiedenen EU-Ländern. Der gesamte Umsatz daraus lag bei gerade einmal rund 1.200 Euro. Trotz dieser geringen Mengen müsste ich mich bei einem Versand in die jeweiligen Länder mit den dort geltenden Verpackungsvorgaben auseinandersetzen und je nach nationaler Regelung Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigte organisieren. Schon die laufenden Kosten für die Bevollmächtigten können sich auf mehrere hundert Euro pro Land und Jahr belaufen. Rechnet man beispielhaft mit 300 Euro pro Land, wären allein für die 26 EU-Länder außerhalb Deutschlands rund 7.800 Euro jährlich fällig. Kosten für Registrierungen und die eigentliche Verpackungsentsorgung sind dabei noch nicht berücksichtigt. Bei einem Auslandsumsatz von etwa 1.200 Euro steht dieser Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Geschäft. Für mich war die Konsequenz deshalb, den Versand in andere EU-Länder einzustellen. Der Entwurf wird unter REFIT als Vereinfachung geführt. Für Kleinstunternehmen entsteht jedoch ein erheblicher zusätzlicher Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand. Statt einer einheitlichen Lösung muss ich mich mit den jeweiligen nationalen Registern, Verfahren und Kosten auseinandersetzen. Das gilt unabhängig davon, ob ich in einem Land einige wenige Pakete oder regelmäßig große Mengen versende. Ich halte deshalb zwei Änderungen für notwendig: eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden, und ein zentrales EU-Register, über das die Anforderungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten abgewickelt werden können. In der jetzigen Form kann die Regelung dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen ihre Produkte nicht mehr in andere EU-Länder versenden, weil der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand den erzielten Umsatz übersteigt. Damit wird der Zugang zum europäischen Binnenmarkt für Kleinstbetriebe unnötig erschwert. Vielen Dank für Ihre Mühe und Ihr Verständnis. Mit besten Grüßen, Roxana Hildebrandt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell my products through an online marketplace. Last year, I had almost 100 orders from 21 different EU countries. The total turnover from this was just around EUR 1200. Despite these small quantities, if dispatched to the respective Länder, I would have to deal with the packaging requirements applicable there and, depending on the national rules, organise registrations and authorised representatives. The running costs of plenipotentiaries can amount to several hundred euros per country per year. By way of example, assuming EUR 300 per country, around EUR 7800 per year would be due for the 26 EU countries outside Germany alone. Costs for registration and proper packaging disposal are not yet included. With a foreign turnover of around EUR 1200, this expense is disproportionate to the actual transaction. For me, therefore, the consequence was to stop shipping to other EU countries. The draft is listed as a simplification under REFIT. However, micro-enterprises face significant additional administrative and cost burdens. Instead of a one-size-fits-all solution, I have to deal with the respective national registers, procedures and costs. This applies regardless of whether I send a small number of parcels in a country or regularly send large quantities. I therefore consider that two amendments are necessary: an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempted from registration and the obligation to have authorised representatives, and a central EU register through which the requirements can be completed for all Member States. In its current form, the scheme may result in small businesses no longer sending their products to other EU countries because the administrative and financial burden exceeds the turnover generated. This makes it unnecessarily difficult for micro-enterprises to access the European single market. Thank you for your effort and understanding. Best regards, Roxana Hildebrandt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554405_en"}, {"id": 33554402, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:12:06", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alina Hurava", "feedback": "I am a small business owner based in Poland producing handmade jewellery. This business is my sole source of income. I am deeply concerned that the new Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, particularly the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where products are sold, place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. As a small seller, I may have only a few sales in one Member State and a few in another. I simply do not have the financial or administrative capacity to appoint and manage representatives in multiple countries for such small quantities of packaging. The absence of any meaningful de minimis threshold based on the quantity of packaging placed on a national market makes these requirements particularly disproportionate for micro-businesses. The obligations are essentially the same regardless of whether a business places several tonnes of packaging on a market or only a few kilograms. For a business of my size, compliance costs can easily exceed the revenue generated from cross-border sales, making these markets commercially unviable. In practice, this forces small entrepreneurs to stop selling to customers in other EU countries or potentially to abandon their businesses altogether. I believe that environmental objectives should be pursued in a way that is proportionate to the scale and actual environmental impact of the business concerned. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold and simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, particularly for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on a Member State's market. There are thousands of small entrepreneurs across the EU in a similar position. A regulation intended to improve environmental protection should not unintentionally exclude micro-businesses from the Single Market and deprive them of their livelihoods.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner based in Poland producing handmade jewellery. This business is my sole source of income. I am deeply concerned that the new Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, particularly the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where products are sold, place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. As a small seller, I may have only a few sales in one Member State and a few in another. I simply do not have the financial or administrative capacity to appoint and manage representatives in multiple countries for such small quantities of packaging. The absence of any meaningful de minimis threshold based on the quantity of packaging placed on a national market makes these requirements particularly disproportionate for micro-businesses. The obligations are essentially the same regardless of whether a business places several tonnes of packaging on a market or only a few kilograms. For a business of my size, compliance costs can easily exceed the revenue generated from cross-border sales, making these markets commercially unviable. In practice, this forces small entrepreneurs to stop selling to customers in other EU countries or potentially to abandon their businesses altogether. I believe that environmental objectives should be pursued in a way that is proportionate to the scale and actual environmental impact of the business concerned. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold and simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, particularly for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on a Member State's market. There are thousands of small entrepreneurs across the EU in a similar position. A regulation intended to improve environmental protection should not unintentionally exclude micro-businesses from the Single Market and deprive them of their livelihoods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554402_en"}, {"id": 33554401, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 08:11:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Guggenheimer GmbH", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, For our small company, the European Single Market has effectively ceased to exist. Until recently, we sold small quantities of our products directly to customers in several EU Member States. However, due to the combination of fragmented national packaging and EPR rules and the new requirements under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, we have now been forced to discontinue all cross-border EU sales through our online shop. Sending even a single parcel to another Member State can trigger a separate national registration, membership in a national recycling scheme, minimum fees, reporting obligations and the appointment of a local authorised representative. These requirements can create several hundred euros in annual fixed compliance costs per destination country, regardless of whether a company sends one parcel or thousands. For a small business, the administrative costs frequently exceed the entire profit generated in that country. We had already stopped direct sales to France and Denmark. We have now also disabled sales to all remaining EU countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands, despite their comparatively higher national packaging thresholds. This is no longer a theoretical warning. The damage has already occurred: we have lost access to our European customers, and our customers can no longer purchase directly from us. A company with one, five or ten employees is effectively subjected to the same fundamental country-by-country compliance structure as a multinational corporation. This is disproportionate and contradicts the very purpose of the European Single Market. Our company is not an isolated case. In recent weeks, many small businesses have publicly announced that they are ending cross-border EU sales for precisely the same reason. A video by one small German design company explaining its withdrawal from numerous EU markets received more than 700,000 views on Instagram. It is therefore plausible that tens of thousands of businesses in Germany and potentially hundreds of thousands across Europe are affected. We fully support extended producer responsibility, recycling and the polluter-pays principle. However, compliance obligations and costs must be proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on a national market. We therefore urgently request: 1. An immediate EU-wide de minimis threshold of 500 kg of packaging per destination Member State and calendar year. 2. Below this threshold, only internal record-keeping should be requiredwithout national registration, minimum fees, separate system contracts, national reporting or authorised representatives. 3. Until this threshold is introduced, the disproportionate registration, reporting and authorised-representative obligations for small cross-border volumes should be suspended. 4. In the medium term, the EU should establish a European EPR One-Stop Shop: one registration, one annual declaration and one payment, with contributions automatically allocated to the relevant Member States. The EU has already demonstrated that such a model works. Since 1 July 2021, the VAT One-Stop Shop has allowed businesses to declare and pay VAT for cross-border sales through a single national portal. We have used this system for years and can confirm that it works reliably. There is no convincing reason why the same principle cannot be applied to packaging and recycling contributions. We are strong supporters of the European Union and the European idea. That is precisely why this development is so alarming. A Single Market cannot exist in practice if a small company must navigate 27 different packaging registers, contracts, reporting systems and authorised representatives. For us, the European Single Market is already gone. We urge the European Commission, Parliament and Member States to act immediately before many more small businesses are forced to abandon their European customers. Yours faithfully, Patrick Povel", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, For our small company, the European Single Market has effectively ceased to exist. Until recently, we sold small quantities of our products directly to customers in several EU Member States. However, due to the combination of fragmented national packaging and EPR rules and the new requirements under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, we have now been forced to discontinue all cross-border EU sales through our online shop. Sending even a single parcel to another Member State can trigger a separate national registration, membership in a national recycling scheme, minimum fees, reporting obligations and the appointment of a local authorised representative. These requirements can create several hundred euros in annual fixed compliance costs per destination country, regardless of whether a company sends one parcel or thousands. For a small business, the administrative costs frequently exceed the entire profit generated in that country. We had already stopped direct sales to France and Denmark. We have now also disabled sales to all remaining EU countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands, despite their comparatively higher national packaging thresholds. This is no longer a theoretical warning. The damage has already occurred: we have lost access to our European customers, and our customers can no longer purchase directly from us. A company with one, five or ten employees is effectively subjected to the same fundamental country-by-country compliance structure as a multinational corporation. This is disproportionate and contradicts the very purpose of the European Single Market. Our company is not an isolated case. In recent weeks, many small businesses have publicly announced that they are ending cross-border EU sales for precisely the same reason. A video by one small German design company explaining its withdrawal from numerous EU markets received more than 700,000 views on Instagram. It is therefore plausible that tens of thousands of businesses in Germany and potentially hundreds of thousands across Europe are affected. We fully support extended producer responsibility, recycling and the polluter-pays principle. However, compliance obligations and costs must be proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on a national market. We therefore urgently request: 1. An immediate EU-wide de minimis threshold of 500 kg of packaging per destination Member State and calendar year. 2. Below this threshold, only internal record-keeping should be requiredwithout national registration, minimum fees, separate system contracts, national reporting or authorised representatives. 3. Until this threshold is introduced, the disproportionate registration, reporting and authorised-representative obligations for small cross-border volumes should be suspended. 4. In the medium term, the EU should establish a European EPR One-Stop Shop: one registration, one annual declaration and one payment, with contributions automatically allocated to the relevant Member States. The EU has already demonstrated that such a model works. Since 1 July 2021, the VAT One-Stop Shop has allowed businesses to declare and pay VAT for cross-border sales through a single national portal. We have used this system for years and can confirm that it works reliably. There is no convincing reason why the same principle cannot be applied to packaging and recycling contributions. We are strong supporters of the European Union and the European idea. That is precisely why this development is so alarming. A Single Market cannot exist in practice if a small company must navigate 27 different packaging registers, contracts, reporting systems and authorised representatives. For us, the European Single Market is already gone. We urge the European Commission, Parliament and Member States to act immediately before many more small businesses are forced to abandon their European customers. Yours faithfully, Patrick Povel", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554401_en"}, {"id": 33554398, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:55:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handwersbetrieb", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Einzelunternehmerin mit einem kleinen Handwerksbetrieb in Deutschland kann ich finanziell gerade so meinen Lebensunterhalt erwirtschaften. Mir fehlt die Zeit, den bürokratischen Aufwand dieses Gesetzes zu bewältigen und ich verstehe noch nichtmal meine neuen Pflichten als Betriebsinhaberin, nachdem ich einen ganzen Arbeitstag dazu verwendet habe, mich über das neue Gesetz zu informieren. An diesem Tag habe ich nichts produzieren können um es zu verkaufen und Geld zu erwirtschaften. Das ist schon das erste wirtschaftliche Problem, dass dieses Gesetz vermutlich auch noch vielen anderen kleinen BetriebsinhaberInnen bereitet. Ich bin absolut dafür, Verpackungen einzusparen und bin ein EU-Fan, aber dieses Verpackungsgesetz führt nur zu mehr Bürokratie, nicht zu weniger Verpackungsmüll. Bitte, bitte bessern Sie es nach, damit es bürokratisch umsetzbar wird und wirklich dazu beiträgt, Müll zu vermeiden, statt neue Kosten und Arbeit zu verursachen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, eine verzagte Töpferin", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a sole trader with a small craft business in Germany, I can earn my living in this way financially. I do not have the time to deal with the bureaucratic burden of this law and I do not even understand my new obligations as a farmer after having spent a full working day informing me about the new law. On that day, I was unable to produce anything to sell it and generate money. This is the first economic problem that this law is likely to affect many other small farmers. I am absolutely in favour of saving packaging and I am an EU fan, but this packaging law only leads to more bureaucracy, not less packaging waste. Please improve it so that it becomes bureaucratic and really helps to avoid waste instead of creating new costs and work. Yours sincerely, a braised potter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554398_en"}, {"id": 33554397, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:51:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehändler", "feedback": "Guten Morgen, ich betreibe ein Nebengewerbe und versende gebrauchte Schallplatten (Kulturgut) von Deutschland ins EU Ausland. Menge wird ungefähr bei ca. 100 im Jahr liegen, verteilt auf ca. 12 EU-Länder. Dadurch habe ich sehr viele schöne und nette Kontakte erhalten. Die neue Regelung ist viel zu kosten- und zeitintensiv für mich. Deshalb habe ich den Versand ab heute eingestellt. Sehr schade.Meine Bekannten handeln entsprechend. Was ist aus dem Binnenmarkt geworden? Der bricht in diesem Segment ein. Bitte überdenken Sie dies nochmal.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, I run a secondary business and send second-hand records (cultural goods) from Germany to other EU countries. The volume will be around 100 per year, spread over around 12 EU countries. As a result, I got a lot of beautiful and nice contacts. The new rules are far too costly and time-consuming for me. That is why I stopped sending it from today. My acquaintances act accordingly. What has come out of the single market? The breaks down in this segment. Please reconsider this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554397_en"}, {"id": 33554396, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:50:01", "country": "LUX", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Patrice.Coffee", "feedback": "This law makes the European market into 27 small markets, where only the big players, that often don't pay any taxes here or only very little, are allowed to operate. What you are saying with this law is, that you like to help conglomerates like Amazon, but the small business owner has no right to sell into all European countries. This is supposed to be a union with free circulation of goods and services. At least that's what I learned in school. A fact, that actually made me proud and very thankful to live in the EU. You are effectively walking back the Schengen Accord. If you want this law to actually make any kind of sense, there needs to be a focus on the big players FIRST, who are responsible for most of the packaging waste. While you're at it, also take a look at how Amazon & Co. are treating return, they do not only create packaging waste! ONLY THEN should you start looking at how the small business owners can and should contribute to the recycling. With small businesses not having the money and resources to evade taxation, we already do contribute to the recycling in our home countries. Amazon on the other hand, doesn't \"need\" to pay taxes, so let's tax them a different way. Just imagine we would tax the rich... all of us small income households would need to pay so much less in taxes. Let's please stop to try and follow in the footsteps of the capitalist bigshot in the world, the US. We are all seeing what it leads to. Maybe it is time to look at how WE want the EU to work without always running behind the US and having them as a role model.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law makes the European market into 27 small markets, where only the big players, that often don't pay any taxes here or only very little, are allowed to operate. What you are saying with this law is, that you like to help conglomerates like Amazon, but the small business owner has no right to sell into all European countries. This is supposed to be a union with free circulation of goods and services. At least that's what I learned in school. A fact, that actually made me proud and very thankful to live in the EU. You are effectively walking back the Schengen Accord. If you want this law to actually make any kind of sense, there needs to be a focus on the big players FIRST, who are responsible for most of the packaging waste. While you're at it, also take a look at how Amazon & Co. are treating return, they do not only create packaging waste! ONLY THEN should you start looking at how the small business owners can and should contribute to the recycling. With small businesses not having the money and resources to evade taxation, we already do contribute to the recycling in our home countries. Amazon on the other hand, doesn't \"need\" to pay taxes, so let's tax them a different way. Just imagine we would tax the rich... all of us small income households would need to pay so much less in taxes. Let's please stop to try and follow in the footsteps of the capitalist bigshot in the world, the US. We are all seeing what it leads to. Maybe it is time to look at how WE want the EU to work without always running behind the US and having them as a role model.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554396_en"}, {"id": 33554394, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:48:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kleinunternehmer, die es gegen die Großkonzerne immer schon schwer hatten werden durch diese arrogante Brüssler Verordnung nun zur Aufgabe gezwungen. Die EU ruiniert kleinste und kleine Unternehmen ganz systematisch. Ein Schelm der dabei Böses denkt. Viele ursprünglich kleine Unternehmen sind zu großen Konzernen geworden, aber nur ohne harte Regulierungen. Die EU verhindert das bereits im Ansatz. Ich wünsche allen Parlamentariern der EU, die für diese, für sie natürlich konsequenzlose Verordnung verantwortlich sind, einen Niedergang wie sie es bereits bei kleinen Händlern in die Wege geleitet haben. Das Ganze zeigt mal wieder die grenzenlose Arroganz dieser empathielosen Leute. Scham war gestern, heute zählt nur noch Arroganz und Selbstversorgung. Irgendwann, in nicht allzu weiter Zeit, gibt es nur noch Regulierer, aber niemanden mehr der die finanziert. WEITER SO!", "feedbackEnglish": "This arrogant Brüssler Regulation now forces small businesses, which have always struggled with big corporations, to give up. The EU is systematically ruining micro and small businesses. A smell of evil. Many originally small companies have become big corporations, but only without hard regulation. The EU is already preventing this from happening. I wish all EU parliamentarians who are responsible for this regulation, which of course has no consequences, a decline as they have already initiated for small traders. The whole shows once again the borderless arrogance of these empathless people. Shame was yesterday, nowadays only arrogance and self-sufficiency count. At some point, not too long ago, there are only regulators, but no longer anyone who finances the. KEEP IT UP!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554394_en"}, {"id": 33554393, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:47:45", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm an EU customer and the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders! You are literally ending those businesses! All the small businesess I bought from, they all used recycable cardboard boxes, no bubble wrap!", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an EU customer and the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders! You are literally ending those businesses! All the small businesess I bought from, they all used recycable cardboard boxes, no bubble wrap!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554393_en"}, {"id": 33554392, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:46:26", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, ayant une micro entreprise depuis moins d'un an et voulant m'ouvrir à l'union européenne afin de rentabiliser mon activité. Votre proposition de loi me refroidi énormément. Les petites et moyennes entreprises vendant très peu dans l'union européenne ne devrait pas être sous le même régime que les multinationales. Les frais et les démarches engendré par ce texte pour les petites entreprises vont tous simplement détruire le petit artisanat au profit des multinationales.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, having a micro company for less than a year and wanting to open up to the European Union in order to make my business profitable. Your bill has cooled me enormously. Small and medium-sized enterprises selling very little in the EU should not be under the same regime as multinationals. The costs and procedures created by this text for small businesses will all simply destroy small crafts to the benefit of multinationals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554392_en"}, {"id": 33554391, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:39:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Xeel GmbH", "feedback": "Ihr seid dem Kontrollwahn völlig verfallen - und macht die kleinen Händler damit kaputt. Habt Ihr Bestechungsgelder von Amazon in die eigene Tasche gesteckt? Denn das ist der HAUPTPROFITEUR des sich schon jetzt abzeichnenden Händlersterbens. Und verdammt noch mal - wie war das noch mal mit dem Abbau der Bürokratie in der EU? Ihr packt immer noch mehr drauf ! Aber 20.000 Bürokraten bei Euch wollen ja beschäftigt sein - und sie müssen ja die Suppe nicht auslöffeln die sie Anderen eingebrockt haben. Hauptsache deren Gehalt fließt zuverlässig. (Wie lange noch?) Und dem freien Warenverkehr in der EU habt Ihr einen Bärendienst erwiesen. WAS WOLLT IHR EIGENTLICH ??? Selbstschädigung per exellence. War ich deutlich genug?", "feedbackEnglish": "You are completely ruined by the need to check – and this is breaking the small traders. Did you put your bribes in Amazon’s own pocket? This is because this is the main profit of the already emerging trader’s death. And once again, what happened to cutting red tape in the EU? You are still packed with more! But 20.000 of your bureaucrats want to be employed – and they don’t need to trigger the soup they have dryed out to others. Their salary is the main source of reliable information. (For how long?) And you have a bear service for the free movement of goods in the EU. WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? Self-harm per exellence. Was I clear enough?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554391_en"}, {"id": 33554390, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:38:13", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a very small one-person business selling vintage and handmade items online, I am extremely concerned about the administrative burden these requirements would create. For micro-businesses like mine, complying with complex registration, reporting and packaging-data requirements would not simply be difficult it could be practically impossible. A one-person seller does not have a compliance department, specialist software or the resources to analyse and report the exact composition and weight of every type of packaging used. This risks forcing thousands of small handmade and vintage sellers to stop selling across EU borders altogether. These businesses give a second life to existing products, support reuse and circularity, and allow individual makers to sell creative, unique products. Regulation intended to improve sustainability should not inadvertently eliminate precisely these kinds of small-scale activities. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuine exemption or a very simple, proportionate regime for micro-businesses and sellers operating below a meaningful turnover or packaging-volume threshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a very small one-person business selling vintage and handmade items online, I am extremely concerned about the administrative burden these requirements would create. For micro-businesses like mine, complying with complex registration, reporting and packaging-data requirements would not simply be difficult it could be practically impossible. A one-person seller does not have a compliance department, specialist software or the resources to analyse and report the exact composition and weight of every type of packaging used. This risks forcing thousands of small handmade and vintage sellers to stop selling across EU borders altogether. These businesses give a second life to existing products, support reuse and circularity, and allow individual makers to sell creative, unique products. Regulation intended to improve sustainability should not inadvertently eliminate precisely these kinds of small-scale activities. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuine exemption or a very simple, proportionate regime for micro-businesses and sellers operating below a meaningful turnover or packaging-volume threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554390_en"}, {"id": 33554091, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:25:05", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tinkerbells Kawaii ", "feedback": "As Small business owner this law need a regulation based on the type of the shop, the quantities of the package and waste, ita not fair to put in all the businesses at the same consequences, we dont have the same impact like Amazon for example. Also we need a unified official organization with all the EU countries where u go easly login and regulate all at once without any representation with extra cost only the payments of the waste itself, to have all in order in the same place. Please, check this law consequences for small businesses like me, we need that this law is regulated accordingly our real waste, we want to recycle and be responsible with that, but we can't afford the same plan as big companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "As Small business owner this law need a regulation based on the type of the shop, the quantities of the package and waste, ita not fair to put in all the businesses at the same consequences, we dont have the same impact like Amazon for example. Also we need a unified official organization with all the EU countries where u go easly login and regulate all at once without any representation with extra cost only the payments of the waste itself, to have all in order in the same place. Please, check this law consequences for small businesses like me, we need that this law is regulated accordingly our real waste, we want to recycle and be responsible with that, but we can't afford the same plan as big companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554091_en"}, {"id": 33554087, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:21:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Konterholz", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, durch die neuen Vorgaben, nach denen Verpackungen in jedem einzelnen Land registriert bzw. lizenziert werden müssen und teilweise zusätzlich ein vor Ort ansässiger Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist, entstehen insbesondere für Solo-Selbstständige und kleine Unternehmen erhebliche zusätzliche Kosten und ein enormer bürokratischer Aufwand. Das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren, ist grundsätzlich nachvollziehbar. Die aktuelle Umsetzung führt jedoch dazu, dass viele kleine Unternehmen den Versand in andere EU-Länder vollständig einstellen. Die anfallenden Fixkosten stehen insbesondere bei geringen Umsätzen in keinem wirtschaftlich sinnvollen Verhältnis zu den dort erzielten Erlösen. Hinzu kommt, dass die Regelungen sehr undurchsichtig sind. Durch die unterschiedlichen nationalen Systeme entsteht ein erheblicher bürokratischer Mehraufwand, den viele kleine Unternehmen weder personell noch finanziell bewältigen können. Diese Regelungen erschweren damit nicht nur den bestehenden grenzüberschreitenden Handel kleiner und junger Unternehmen, sondern stellen auch eine erhebliche Hürde für zukünftige Unternehmensgründungen dar. Viele Unternehmer werden sich aufgrund der hohen Fixkosten nicht mehr trauen, ein neues EU-Land zunächst als Absatzmarkt zu testen. Unser Vorschlag: Um kleine Unternehmen und zukünftige Geschäftsideen zu schützen und ein faktisches Handelshemmnis durch die Hintertür zu vermeiden, schlagen wir die Einführung einer angemessenen Freigrenze vor. Die vorherige Regelung war zweifellos einfacher und mit geringeren Kosten verbunden. Unter den aktuellen Voraussetzungen wäre jedoch bereits viel gewonnen, wenn Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten beziehungsweise entsprechende Abgaben erst ab einer bestimmten Umsatz- oder Verpackungsmenge greifen würden. So könnten kleine Unternehmen weiterhin neue europäische Absatzmärkte erschließen, ohne bereits bei geringen Umsätzen mit unverhältnismäßig hohen Fixkosten belastet zu werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Konterholz Philipp Konter", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the new requirements for packaging to be registered/licensed in each country and, in some cases, for an authorised representative to be established locally, entail considerable additional costs and red tape, particularly for solo self-employed persons and small businesses. The objective of reducing packaging waste is in principle understandable. However, the current implementation results in many small businesses completely stop shipping to other EU countries. The fixed costs incurred, especially in the case of low turnover, are not economically reasonable in relation to the revenues generated there. In addition, the rules are very opaque. The different national systems create a significant additional bureaucratic burden that many small businesses cannot cope with, either in terms of staff or financial resources. These rules therefore not only complicate the existing cross-border trade of small and young enterprises, but also represent a significant barrier to future business start-ups. Many entrepreneurs will no longer trust that a new EU country will first be tested as an outlet because of the high fixed costs. Our proposal will: In order to protect small businesses and future business ideas and to avoid a de facto barrier to trade through the back door, we propose the introduction of an appropriate exemption threshold. The previous regime was undoubtedly simpler and less costly. Under the current conditions, however, much would already be gained if registration, licensing and authorised representative obligations or corresponding duties applied only above a certain amount of turnover or packaging. This would allow small businesses to continue to enter new European markets without incurring disproportionate fixed costs even in the case of low turnover. Yours sincerely, Konterholz Philipp konter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554087_en"}, {"id": 33554010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:13:33", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MCNL", "feedback": "As the owner of a small business in the Netherlands, started when I was 18 years old and I am now 36, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact these registration requirements will have on small businesses. We will soon be paying the same fixed costs for registration and representation in multiple Member States as large multinationals, even though our volumes and margins are entirely different. In practice, this means small businesses can no longer grow, or are forced to stop cross-border sales altogether, while large players like Amazon and Temu can absorb these costs without any difficulty. This is not the level playing field this regulation is supposed to create, but rather the opposite. What makes this especially frustrating is that, as a small business, we have for years been genuinely committed to sustainable shipping practices, exactly the kind of behaviour this regulation should be encouraging. We use no plastic in our packaging, only reused material from incoming parcels. We cut all our boxes to size, reuse every box we receive ourselves, and actively encourage our customers to do the same. We already take this responsibility seriously, without needing a system of 27 national registers to force us to. I join the many other small business owners here in calling for an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, or a single centralised EU register instead of 27 separate national procedures. Taking responsibility for packaging waste is reasonable and important, but the administrative burden should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Otherwise, this law achieves the opposite of its goal: small, sustainable businesses get pushed out by the very companies that care the least about sustainability.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small business in the Netherlands, started when I was 18 years old and I am now 36, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact these registration requirements will have on small businesses. We will soon be paying the same fixed costs for registration and representation in multiple Member States as large multinationals, even though our volumes and margins are entirely different. In practice, this means small businesses can no longer grow, or are forced to stop cross-border sales altogether, while large players like Amazon and Temu can absorb these costs without any difficulty. This is not the level playing field this regulation is supposed to create, but rather the opposite. What makes this especially frustrating is that, as a small business, we have for years been genuinely committed to sustainable shipping practices, exactly the kind of behaviour this regulation should be encouraging. We use no plastic in our packaging, only reused material from incoming parcels. We cut all our boxes to size, reuse every box we receive ourselves, and actively encourage our customers to do the same. We already take this responsibility seriously, without needing a system of 27 national registers to force us to. I join the many other small business owners here in calling for an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, or a single centralised EU register instead of 27 separate national procedures. Taking responsibility for packaging waste is reasonable and important, but the administrative burden should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Otherwise, this law achieves the opposite of its goal: small, sustainable businesses get pushed out by the very companies that care the least about sustainability.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554010_en"}, {"id": 33554038, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 07:13:12", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I am on board with efforts to protect climate (even if it costs on another side) and I am all for streamlining, I am worried this does more bad than it does good - mainly by not being bold enough. We are talking about a single capital market, unifying regulation and simplifying business operation, but then go on to introduce new rules that require businesses to register and file paperwork in 27 jurisdictions instead of having a single, unified, simple way of doing it. This would have been a very good opportunity to show we are moving closer together too, showing we can not only harmonise incoherence but really harmonise and move towards a SINGLE market. Moreover, I am worried this disproportionately hurts smaller markets. A seller will always prioritise large market like France, Germany, Poland etc., judging burdens of entry as an acceptable cost of doing business there. Indeed, those markets are powerful enough to have local vendors providing an alternative to larger vendors who might not want to go through the hassle of compliance. But smaller markets don't have that luxury. Here in Romania for instance, I am worried this will prompt many small and medium businesses to just decide the margins are not large enough in this market to go through the bother of filing compliance paperwork, hiring lawyers and consultants, registering and jumping through hoops just to struggle to break even. And local vendors are rarely there to fill that gap in the market, leading to customers in these smaller markets facing either just not having supply match their demand or highly balooned costs associated with going through middlemen (e.g. buy in Germany via middleman and have it shipped to you - 50eur spent just on shipping)", "feedbackEnglish": "While I am on board with efforts to protect climate (even if it costs on another side) and I am all for streamlining, I am worried this does more bad than it does good - mainly by not being bold enough. We are talking about a single capital market, unifying regulation and simplifying business operation, but then go on to introduce new rules that require businesses to register and file paperwork in 27 jurisdictions instead of having a single, unified, simple way of doing it. This would have been a very good opportunity to show we are moving closer together too, showing we can not only harmonise incoherence but really harmonise and move towards a SINGLE market. Moreover, I am worried this disproportionately hurts smaller markets. A seller will always prioritise large market like France, Germany, Poland etc., judging burdens of entry as an acceptable cost of doing business there. Indeed, those markets are powerful enough to have local vendors providing an alternative to larger vendors who might not want to go through the hassle of compliance. But smaller markets don't have that luxury. Here in Romania for instance, I am worried this will prompt many small and medium businesses to just decide the margins are not large enough in this market to go through the bother of filing compliance paperwork, hiring lawyers and consultants, registering and jumping through hoops just to struggle to break even. And local vendors are rarely there to fill that gap in the market, leading to customers in these smaller markets facing either just not having supply match their demand or highly balooned costs associated with going through middlemen (e.g. buy in Germany via middleman and have it shipped to you - 50eur spent just on shipping)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554038_en"}, {"id": 33553723, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 06:59:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "3D ZEIT", "feedback": "Meine Rückmeldung zur Umsetzung der neuen Verpackungsvorschriften Das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Recycling zu verbessern, halte ich grundsätzlich für sinnvoll. Problematisch sehe ich jedoch den erheblichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand, insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen. Mein Vorschlag wäre deshalb, die Recyclingkosten möglichst direkt an den tatsächlichen Versand einer Sendung zu koppeln. Paketdienste und Speditionen übernehmen bereits heute einen großen Teil der praktischen Abwicklung eines Versandvorgangs. Diese bestehende Infrastruktur könnte genutzt werden: Der Versanddienstleister könnte pro Paket bzw. anhand der verwendeten Verpackung einen festgelegten Recyclingbeitrag berechnen und an das zuständige Recycling- bzw. Herstellerverantwortungssystem abführen. Dadurch würden die Kosten direkt dort erfasst, wo Verpackungen tatsächlich in den Versand gelangen. Unternehmen müssten nicht für jeden einzelnen Mitgliedstaat eigene komplizierte Verfahren aufbauen. Vorteile wären insbesondere: * deutlich weniger Registrierungs- und Meldeaufwand, * besser kalkulierbare Kosten, * weniger unterschiedliche nationale Verpflichtungen, * eine erhebliche Entlastung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, * und eine einfachere Abwicklung des grenzüberschreitenden EU-Versands. Die Herstellerverantwortung könnte dabei weiterhin bestehen bleiben. Lediglich die Erfassung und Abrechnung der Recyclingkosten würde über die bereits vorhandene Versandinfrastruktur erfolgen. Ich bitte die EU-Kommission deshalb zu prüfen, ob ein europaweit einheitliches, versandbezogenes Abrechnungssystem über Paketdienste und Speditionen möglich ist. Ein solches System könnte die Ziele der Verpackungsverordnung erfüllen und gleichzeitig die Bürokratie und Kosten für Unternehmen erheblich reduzieren.", "feedbackEnglish": "My feedback on the implementation of the new packaging rules The objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling seems to me to be useful in principle. However, I see a problem with the considerable bureaucratic and financial burden, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. My proposal would therefore be to link recycling costs as directly as possible to the actual shipment of a consignment. Parcel operators and freight forwarders already take over a large part of the practical handling of a transit operation. This existing infrastructure could be used: The shipping service provider could calculate a defined recycling contribution per parcel or packaging used and pay it to the relevant recycling or producer responsibility scheme. This would allow costs to be recorded directly where packaging actually ends up in transit. Companies would not have to set up complex procedures for each individual Member State. In particular, it would be beneficial to: * significantly less registration and reporting burden, * more predictable costs, * less divergent national obligations, * a significant reduction for small and medium-sized enterprises, * and easier handling of EU cross-border transit. Producer responsibility could remain in place. Only the collection and billing of recycling costs would be done via the already existing shipping infrastructure. I would therefore ask the European Commission to examine whether a Europe-wide uniform dispatch-based billing system via parcel services and freight forwarders is possible. Such a system could meet the objectives of the Packaging Regulation while significantly reducing red tape and costs for businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553723_en"}, {"id": 33553626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 06:51:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "PUBLIC_AUTHORITY", "companySize": "LARGE", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Every normal person in europe", "feedback": "This is the dumbest shit ever. The world would be better if you people would not exist at all", "feedbackEnglish": "This is the dumbest shit ever. The world would be better if you people would not exist at all", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553626_en"}, {"id": 33553625, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 06:45:33", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The draft creates more bureaucracy than it removes. It claims to reduce burden through a common format, yet imposes an extremely granular matrix (dozens of plastic sub-types, weight of every material in composites, separate components, system splits). This is the opposite of simplification. The detail is disproportionate and unnecessary. Article 44 only requires data sufficient to monitor EPR compliance and recycling targets. Broad material groups plus a few priority items (beverage bottles/cans) are enough. The current level of granularity is overkill. Data simply does not exist for most companies. Forcing precise material-by-material weights from technical documentation will produce either huge costs or low-quality estimates, especially for SMEs and importers. This undermines the systems reliability. The 10-tonne simplified regime is still too heavy. Even Part B retains material splits and special beverage lines. It fails to properly protect smaller operators. No evidence of necessity or SME impact. The Commission has not shown that this level of detail is the minimum required, nor has it quantified the administrative burden. This breaches Better Regulation principles. Demand: Scrap the excessive sub-categories and mandatory full material-weight breakdowns. Limit reporting to what is strictly necessary for EPR fees and targets. Raise the simplification threshold and provide a proper burden assessment before adoption.", "feedbackEnglish": "The draft creates more bureaucracy than it removes. It claims to reduce burden through a common format, yet imposes an extremely granular matrix (dozens of plastic sub-types, weight of every material in composites, separate components, system splits). This is the opposite of simplification. The detail is disproportionate and unnecessary. Article 44 only requires data sufficient to monitor EPR compliance and recycling targets. Broad material groups plus a few priority items (beverage bottles/cans) are enough. The current level of granularity is overkill. Data simply does not exist for most companies. Forcing precise material-by-material weights from technical documentation will produce either huge costs or low-quality estimates, especially for SMEs and importers. This undermines the systems reliability. The 10-tonne simplified regime is still too heavy. Even Part B retains material splits and special beverage lines. It fails to properly protect smaller operators. No evidence of necessity or SME impact. The Commission has not shown that this level of detail is the minimum required, nor has it quantified the administrative burden. This breaches Better Regulation principles. Demand: Scrap the excessive sub-categories and mandatory full material-weight breakdowns. Limit reporting to what is strictly necessary for EPR fees and targets. Raise the simplification threshold and provide a proper burden assessment before adoption.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553625_en"}, {"id": 33553622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 06:00:00", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ichbinich", "feedback": "Als Kleinstunternehmerin im kunsthandwerklichen Bereich möchte ich meine Produkte EU-weit versenden können. Die derzeit vorgesehenen Pflichten, insbesondere die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Land, sind für Kleinstunternehmen unverhältnismäßig und machen einen EU-weiten Versand wirtschaftlich kaum möglich. Dadurch werden Kleinunternehmen faktisch auf den nationalen Markt beschränkt. Ich fordere daher eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen oder eine einfache, einmalige EU-weite Registrierung statt einer Registrierung bzw. eines Bevollmächtigten pro Mitgliedstaat.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur in the artisanal sector, I want to be able to send my products across the EU. The current obligations, in particular the appointment of an authorised representative in each EU country, are disproportionate for micro-enterprises and make EU-wide shipping hardly economically feasible. This effectively limits small businesses to the national market. I therefore call for a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises or a simple, one-off EU-wide registration instead of a registration or an authorised representative per Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553622_en"}, {"id": 33553621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 05:12:00", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SIA LAFA", "feedback": "In the time of increased energycost, geppolitical instability and tradewars with US and China, you decide that it would be a good idea to bankrupt small business owners and add to \"red tape\" that we so desperatly are combating in theory at least. When I thought that US was run by complete morons, you rushed in to join the club and prove me wrong", "feedbackEnglish": "In the time of increased energycost, geppolitical instability and tradewars with US and China, you decide that it would be a good idea to bankrupt small business owners and add to \"red tape\" that we so desperatly are combating in theory at least. When I thought that US was run by complete morons, you rushed in to join the club and prove me wrong", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553621_en"}, {"id": 33553620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 04:33:27", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EC, as a long time self-employed entrepreneur I would like to provide feedback regarding the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and related Extended Producer Responsibility requirements on micro businesses selling products across the European Union. Environmental objective behind the legislation is understandable but I am concerned about proportionality. As a small business I only sell a few of products to customers in a particular Member State, but to sell directly to consumers it is required of me to understand, register for, report under, and pay for separate national packaging EPR systems creating a significant barrier for me to ship my products within EU. I am specialised in a relatively rare profession of hatmaking in a country that does not have any factories making the supplies I need for my profession. As this field mostly consists of small independent entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises even the material manufacturers and -retailers are themselves small or micro businesses. In addition for me not to be able to sell my products cross-border it will more alarmingly make it nearly impossible for me to acquire materials for my profession. It is my believe the PPWR is risking already rare and near extinct fields of handicraft professions to go extinct. I would therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider a genuinely simplified system for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Small European manufacturers should be encouraged to sell across the EU, rather than being discouraged from cross-border trade by administrative complexity.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EC, as a long time self-employed entrepreneur I would like to provide feedback regarding the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and related Extended Producer Responsibility requirements on micro businesses selling products across the European Union. Environmental objective behind the legislation is understandable but I am concerned about proportionality. As a small business I only sell a few of products to customers in a particular Member State, but to sell directly to consumers it is required of me to understand, register for, report under, and pay for separate national packaging EPR systems creating a significant barrier for me to ship my products within EU. I am specialised in a relatively rare profession of hatmaking in a country that does not have any factories making the supplies I need for my profession. As this field mostly consists of small independent entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises even the material manufacturers and -retailers are themselves small or micro businesses. In addition for me not to be able to sell my products cross-border it will more alarmingly make it nearly impossible for me to acquire materials for my profession. It is my believe the PPWR is risking already rare and near extinct fields of handicraft professions to go extinct. I would therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider a genuinely simplified system for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Small European manufacturers should be encouraged to sell across the EU, rather than being discouraged from cross-border trade by administrative complexity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553620_en"}, {"id": 33553618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 03:50:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "GbR", "feedback": "Die Verordnung schafft nicht nur mehr Bürokratiewahn, sie bedeutet das Aus für kleine Unternehmen aus dem Binnenmarkt. Wer in ein andereres EU-Land pro Jahr nur eine handvoll Warensendungen versendet, kann dies nicht wirtschaftlich tun, da die Kosten den Umsatz um ein Vielfaches übersteigen. Auch ist der Aufwand immens. Ein Kleinunternehmer kann auch nicht prüfen, wo ein Karton oder eine Versandtasche ursprünglich hergekommen ist. Letztlich erreicht das Gesetz nur eine Marktbereinigung zugunsten der großen US-Konzerne. Grundsätzlich sollten Kleinunternehmen komplett von diesen Regellungen ausgenommen werden. Eigentlich diese Regellungen selber auf den Prüfstand.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulation not only creates more red tape, it puts small businesses out of the single market. A person who sends only one handful of consignments of goods per year to another EU country cannot do so economically, as the costs are many times higher than the turnover. The burden is also immense. Nor can a small trader check where a carton or bag originally came from. Ultimately, the Act only achieves market rebalancing in favour of the major US companies. In principle, small enterprises should be completely exempted from these rules. In fact, these regulations themselves are being tested.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553618_en"}, {"id": 33553617, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 03:26:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea affects all small businesses way way too much, the only thing this agreement is doing is making sure consumers will pay more for worse quality and dont even get the option to pay for high quality products from small businesses because they are now all refusing to ship to the EU. Please make sure this agreement does not pass.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea affects all small businesses way way too much, the only thing this agreement is doing is making sure consumers will pay more for worse quality and dont even get the option to pay for high quality products from small businesses because they are now all refusing to ship to the EU. Please make sure this agreement does not pass.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553617_en"}, {"id": 33553600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 02:14:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jessie‘s Creative Corner", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr nur einzelne Pakete in andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei < 50 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich einen wesentlich höheren Preis pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send only individual parcels to other EU countries each year. My turnover from these countries is < EUR 50. I expect to pay a much higher price per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries This draft is under REFIT, i.e. under simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553600_en"}, {"id": 33553599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:49:04", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Curious Goblin", "feedback": "The PPWR is a poorly conceived regulation that places a disproportionate burden on small businesses, forcing them to navigate costly and confusing bureaucracy simply to trade across European borders. Instead of creating a genuine single market, it fragments Europe further, discourages competition and protects large corporations that can afford dedicated compliance departments. It is difficult to reconcile this with the EUs supposed commitment to free trade and a thriving internal market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is a poorly conceived regulation that places a disproportionate burden on small businesses, forcing them to navigate costly and confusing bureaucracy simply to trade across European borders. Instead of creating a genuine single market, it fragments Europe further, discourages competition and protects large corporations that can afford dedicated compliance departments. It is difficult to reconcile this with the EUs supposed commitment to free trade and a thriving internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553599_en"}, {"id": 33553597, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:34:16", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mar Pallarès", "feedback": "I am a sole trader and microbusiness based in Spain, selling handmade products online directly to consumers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and I already comply with Extended Producer Responsibility requirements in my home country. I also register and pay for packaging compliance in Germany. However, the new requirements for cross-border sales are creating a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for very small businesses. For example, during the last 12 months I received only 37 orders from Germany. Despite placing only a very small amount of packaging on the German market, I am now required to appoint an authorised representative. The service I have been offered costs 274 per year, in addition to the packaging licensing costs I already pay. The main problem is not contributing towards the recycling of the packaging we place on the market. I believe that is reasonable. The problem is having fixed registration, representation and administrative costs in every Member State regardless of the extremely small quantities involved. A small handmade business may receive only one or two orders per year from some EU countries. It is economically impossible to pay hundreds of euros per country in order to send such a small number of parcels. As a result, many microbusinesses are considering stopping cross-border sales to other EU Member States altogether. This seems contrary to the principle of a European Single Market and disproportionately disadvantages microbusinesses compared with large companies. I strongly ask the Commission to consider a meaningful de minimis threshold for microbusinesses, simplified EU-wide registration, or a single authorised representative valid across the EU. Small businesses should contribute fairly to packaging waste management, but compliance requirements should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging they place on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader and microbusiness based in Spain, selling handmade products online directly to consumers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and I already comply with Extended Producer Responsibility requirements in my home country. I also register and pay for packaging compliance in Germany. However, the new requirements for cross-border sales are creating a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for very small businesses. For example, during the last 12 months I received only 37 orders from Germany. Despite placing only a very small amount of packaging on the German market, I am now required to appoint an authorised representative. The service I have been offered costs 274 per year, in addition to the packaging licensing costs I already pay. The main problem is not contributing towards the recycling of the packaging we place on the market. I believe that is reasonable. The problem is having fixed registration, representation and administrative costs in every Member State regardless of the extremely small quantities involved. A small handmade business may receive only one or two orders per year from some EU countries. It is economically impossible to pay hundreds of euros per country in order to send such a small number of parcels. As a result, many microbusinesses are considering stopping cross-border sales to other EU Member States altogether. This seems contrary to the principle of a European Single Market and disproportionately disadvantages microbusinesses compared with large companies. I strongly ask the Commission to consider a meaningful de minimis threshold for microbusinesses, simplified EU-wide registration, or a single authorised representative valid across the EU. Small businesses should contribute fairly to packaging waste management, but compliance requirements should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging they place on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553597_en"}, {"id": 33553596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:32:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regelung ist für kleine Händler nicht umsetzbar. Guter Grundgedanke aber entgegen der Idee der freien Warenwirtschaft umgesetzt. Man hat das Gefühl es sollen kleine Unternehmen zu Gunsten grosser Konzerne ausradiert werden. Warum wird nicht vor dem Beschluss solcher Gesetze die Praxistauglichkeit für alle Betroffenen geprüft? Wen wundert es noch dass immer mehr Menschen die EU in Frage stellen wenn das Leben und die Arbeit normaler Bürger immer mehr reguliert und erschwert werden?", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule is not feasible for small traders. However, this is a good idea, contrary to the idea of the free movement of goods. There is a feeling that small businesses should be wiped out to the benefit of large corporations. Why is practicality not checked for all concerned before such laws are adopted? How wonderful is it that more and more people are questioning the EU when the lives and work of ordinary citizens are becoming more and more regulated and difficult?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553596_en"}, {"id": 33553595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:29:27", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner and also a customer of such small businesses, and Im really concerned about this new law. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross border bureaucracy will make it impossible for small businesses to sell across EU borders, and at the same time wont be an issue in the slightest for the big companies like amazon or temu. You introduced tariffs on them by saying that you want to protect small local businesses, but it doesnt seem like thats the case with how much youre doing to kill independent sellers. You should either introduce an exception for small independent businesses or a simplified one stop shop system. Prove that you actually care about local businesses and that it wasnt all just a lie.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner and also a customer of such small businesses, and Im really concerned about this new law. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross border bureaucracy will make it impossible for small businesses to sell across EU borders, and at the same time wont be an issue in the slightest for the big companies like amazon or temu. You introduced tariffs on them by saying that you want to protect small local businesses, but it doesnt seem like thats the case with how much youre doing to kill independent sellers. You should either introduce an exception for small independent businesses or a simplified one stop shop system. Prove that you actually care about local businesses and that it wasnt all just a lie.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553595_en"}, {"id": 33553594, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:27:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner in the EU, I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), but I am deeply concerned about its severe impact on small enterprises. The disproportionate financial and administrative costs of compliance, combined with complex supplier requirements and fragmented national rules that threaten the free movement of goods across borders, place an overwhelming burden on small businesses. To protect the backbone of the European economy, I urge the Commission to introduce simplified compliance pathways for SMEs, ensure strict harmonization across member states to prevent market fragmentation, and provide realistic transition periods.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner in the EU, I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), but I am deeply concerned about its severe impact on small enterprises. The disproportionate financial and administrative costs of compliance, combined with complex supplier requirements and fragmented national rules that threaten the free movement of goods across borders, place an overwhelming burden on small businesses. To protect the backbone of the European economy, I urge the Commission to introduce simplified compliance pathways for SMEs, ensure strict harmonization across member states to prevent market fragmentation, and provide realistic transition periods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553594_en"}, {"id": 33553593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:23:35", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling across the EU. However, the current approach places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses and small independent sellers. Requiring small businesses to deal with different national registrations, procedures, reporting requirements and potential representative fees simply because they occasionally sell a product to customers in another EU country is excessive and risks making cross-border trade impossible for the smallest businesses. The rules should distinguish between large-scale producers and micro-businesses with very limited packaging volumes. A simple EU-wide registration and reporting system, or a meaningful exemption for very small operators, would achieve the environmental objectives without creating unnecessary bureaucracy and costs. The EU should support small businesses and independent creators, not create barriers that only large companies can realistically afford to overcome. Best regards", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling across the EU. However, the current approach places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses and small independent sellers. Requiring small businesses to deal with different national registrations, procedures, reporting requirements and potential representative fees simply because they occasionally sell a product to customers in another EU country is excessive and risks making cross-border trade impossible for the smallest businesses. The rules should distinguish between large-scale producers and micro-businesses with very limited packaging volumes. A simple EU-wide registration and reporting system, or a meaningful exemption for very small operators, would achieve the environmental objectives without creating unnecessary bureaucracy and costs. The EU should support small businesses and independent creators, not create barriers that only large companies can realistically afford to overcome. Best regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553593_en"}, {"id": 33553592, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:23:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU regulations require businesses to pay for a representative in 27 different countries, which is something a micro enterprise simply cannot afford. Even if I only ship a single order to another country in an entire year, I would still have to pay hundreds out of pocket. My only other option is to raise my prices so high that no one would ever buy from me. It is genuinely disgusting, because this clearly has very little to do with the environment. The massive mega corporations producing all the waste can easily afford it. Instead, this legislation only punishes the most vulnerable citizens in Europe. It hurts so many disabled people who have no choice but to start something on their own just to survive. This is going to destroy almost every small business, especially when we already pay so much in taxes. The law is disproportionate, inhumane, and seems designed purely to benefit corporate giants while squeezing out the people who are already struggling. I live in the Netherlands. How am I supposed to make a living selling exclusively to such a tiny country? The European Union just looks incredibly corrupt to me at this stage. We will protest heavily, just like how the farmers in the Netherlands did if this law passes the way it stands.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU regulations require businesses to pay for a representative in 27 different countries, which is something a micro enterprise simply cannot afford. Even if I only ship a single order to another country in an entire year, I would still have to pay hundreds out of pocket. My only other option is to raise my prices so high that no one would ever buy from me. It is genuinely disgusting, because this clearly has very little to do with the environment. The massive mega corporations producing all the waste can easily afford it. Instead, this legislation only punishes the most vulnerable citizens in Europe. It hurts so many disabled people who have no choice but to start something on their own just to survive. This is going to destroy almost every small business, especially when we already pay so much in taxes. The law is disproportionate, inhumane, and seems designed purely to benefit corporate giants while squeezing out the people who are already struggling. I live in the Netherlands. How am I supposed to make a living selling exclusively to such a tiny country? The European Union just looks incredibly corrupt to me at this stage. We will protest heavily, just like how the farmers in the Netherlands did if this law passes the way it stands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553592_en"}, {"id": 33553591, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:23:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Armeeverkauf ", "feedback": "Guten Abend, die Idee entstehenden Müll zu verringern aufgrund auferlegter Kosten halte ich für korrekt. In unserem eigenen Betrieb sind die Kosten für Erfassung und Anmeldungen und Vertretungen in diversen Ländern jedoch wesentlich höher als die eigentlichen Müllgebühren. Eine große Anzahl von Firmen wird mit zusätzlicher Arbeit belegt. Eine Erfassung und Abrechnung bei Herstellern/Importeuren wäre wesentlich wünschenswerter. Die einfachste Methode wäre steigende Entsorgungskosten für Endverbraucher, diesen Schritt scheint man aber nicht zu wagen. Viele Gewerbetreibende fühlen sich von der EU enttäuscht und ausgenommen. Bitte ändern Sie dies, nur ein gemeinsames Europa wird auch zukünftig gegen äußere Angriffe standhalten. Vielen Dank Thomas Liebold", "feedbackEnglish": "Good evening, I think the idea of reducing waste due to imposed costs is correct. In our own business, however, the costs of registration and registration and representation in various countries are much higher than the actual waste collection fees. A large number of firms are burdened with additional work. Recording and billing of manufacturers/importers would be much more desirable. The simplest method would be to increase disposal costs for end-users, but this does not seem to be a step. Many traders feel disappointed and excluded by the EU. Please change this, only a common Europe will continue to resist external attacks in the future. Thank you Thomas Liebold", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553591_en"}, {"id": 33553590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:21:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schäfer & Morante Desgn GbR", "feedback": "Im a small/micro business owner and while we only offer freelance service (graphic design), we always thought about opening a little web store for offering our own (non commissioned) creations as prints etc. In the last week my entire social media feed was dominated by fellow artists, illustrators & artisans who were trying to figure out how to deal with this new regulations. Most of them decided to only accept new orders from their own respective countries because it would ruin their enterprise to fulfill these demands now whenever they have an order from a new country. While I understand the direction and aim of this regulation I am afraid that it will wipe out a whole segment of internationally linked culture, subculture and other niche markets that are simply not catered to by big corporations and mainstream shopping platforms. The complete disregard for the reality of small and micro businesses with 1-4 people, for start-ups and young people with limited resources who seek to turn their ideas and skills into self-determined sources of income is scary. I really hope for a clearer explanation and an implementation of a sort of de minimis threshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a small/micro business owner and while we only offer freelance service (graphic design), we always thought about opening a little web store for offering our own (non commissioned) creations as prints etc. In the last week my entire social media feed was dominated by fellow artists, illustrators & artisans who were trying to figure out how to deal with this new regulations. Most of them decided to only accept new orders from their own respective countries because it would ruin their enterprise to fulfill these demands now whenever they have an order from a new country. While I understand the direction and aim of this regulation I am afraid that it will wipe out a whole segment of internationally linked culture, subculture and other niche markets that are simply not catered to by big corporations and mainstream shopping platforms. The complete disregard for the reality of small and micro businesses with 1-4 people, for start-ups and young people with limited resources who seek to turn their ideas and skills into self-determined sources of income is scary. I really hope for a clearer explanation and an implementation of a sort of de minimis threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553590_en"}, {"id": 33553589, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:20:06", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Briefly explain that you are a small business owner / creator / customer and that mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. Demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. I am a small business owner and also a customer of such small businesses, and Im really concerned about this new law. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross border bureaucracy will make it impossible for small businesses to sell across EU borders, and at the same time wont be an issue in the slightest for the big companies like amazon or temu. You introduced tariffs on them by saying that you want to protect small local businesses, but it doesnt seem like thats the case with how much youre doing to kill independent sellers. You should either introduce an exception for small independent businesses or a simplified one stop shop system. Prove that you actually care about local businesses and that it wasnt all just a lie.", "feedbackEnglish": "Briefly explain that you are a small business owner / creator / customer and that mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. Demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. I am a small business owner and also a customer of such small businesses, and Im really concerned about this new law. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross border bureaucracy will make it impossible for small businesses to sell across EU borders, and at the same time wont be an issue in the slightest for the big companies like amazon or temu. You introduced tariffs on them by saying that you want to protect small local businesses, but it doesnt seem like thats the case with how much youre doing to kill independent sellers. You should either introduce an exception for small independent businesses or a simplified one stop shop system. Prove that you actually care about local businesses and that it wasnt all just a lie.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553589_en"}, {"id": 33553588, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 01:03:43", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will damage all small buismesess that dont operate on big scales. for this to work properly you need to base this on income of said buisness. right now it does not work because to send a 10$ package you need to pay the same amount of money as if you were sending 100 of them. i propose that you should not have to be registered in a country to whitch you are sending your package if your buisness does not overcome a yearly profit treshold. if this will be as it is right now its going to be really damaging for a loot of people and will bring unstatisfacory results. please consider also the option of it working this way- you need to be registered if you send (for example) more than 20 packages to one country, this would ensure that small buisnesess can still operate freely but buisnesess that are medium sized and big, whitch send more packages do have to pay for this. also increasing the price of sending a singular package by something like 4$ works just fine. thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will damage all small buismesess that dont operate on big scales. for this to work properly you need to base this on income of said buisness. right now it does not work because to send a 10$ package you need to pay the same amount of money as if you were sending 100 of them. i propose that you should not have to be registered in a country to whitch you are sending your package if your buisness does not overcome a yearly profit treshold. if this will be as it is right now its going to be really damaging for a loot of people and will bring unstatisfacory results. please consider also the option of it working this way- you need to be registered if you send (for example) more than 20 packages to one country, this would ensure that small buisnesess can still operate freely but buisnesess that are medium sized and big, whitch send more packages do have to pay for this. also increasing the price of sending a singular package by something like 4$ works just fine. thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553588_en"}, {"id": 33553587, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:47:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich wollte meine Bücker und Kunst, Drucke und auch Print on demand Produkte mit meinen Werken darauf in einem Shop anbieten, das kann ich mir nicht leisten noch kann ich den ganzen bürokratischen Wahnsinn in jedem Land sich anzumelden hinbekommen. Es geht gerade allen Autoren, kleinen Künstlern, Kreativen gleich: alle streichen EU weiten Verkauf. Aber nicht nur sie, auch kleine bis mittlere Firmen wie Märklin (Modell-Eisenbahnen) tun das. Verpackungen überarbeiten, gute Idee. Dann macht es zum Gold-Standard, dass Verpackumgsmaterial biologisch abbaubar ist. Das kleine Leute bis mittlere Unternehmen die nur so was anbieten, das nicht zahlen müssen. Wird anderes Material genutzt, dann sollen sich die Leute registrieren- an einer zentralen Stelle für die gesamte EU. Große Versandhändler müssen sich immer registrieren, und sie zahlen andere Preise - angepasst an Versandmaterial, versendete Menge.", "feedbackEnglish": "I wanted to offer my brothers and art, prints and print on demand products with my works on them in a shop. I cannot afford this, nor can I get to grips with all the bureaucratic madness in every country. It is exactly the same for all authors, small artists and creators: all delete EU wide selling. But not only they, but also small to medium-sized companies such as Märklin (model railways) do so. Revise packaging, good idea. Then it becomes the gold standard that packaging material is biodegradable. The small to medium-sized enterprise, which only offers what it does not have to pay. If other material is used, people should register – at a central point for the whole EU. Large distance sellers must always register and pay different prices – adapted to shipping material, quantity shipped.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553587_en"}, {"id": 33553586, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:47:25", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly oppose Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR). Currently the law is disproportionate to small businesses, which cannot afford such high registration costs. The result is counterproductive as it accelerates the market concentration in favour of the largest companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR). Currently the law is disproportionate to small businesses, which cannot afford such high registration costs. The result is counterproductive as it accelerates the market concentration in favour of the largest companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553586_en"}, {"id": 33553584, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:37:44", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a freshly graduated fashion design student who is planning on starting her own business based in London, I find this new law rather daunting as it poses a direct threat to my financial ability to realise my business plan. I care for the environment greatly and plan to centre my brand around sustainability, longevity, and recyclability. Reused materials will be a key part of my craft alongside the packaging my creations will be sent out in. Micro business already contribute to the counteraction against huge retailers and corporations producing unsustainable packaging and products en masse, and, furthermore, globalisation. This new law places an unfair administrative and financial burden on small businesses, effectively eliminating individual competition from the market and allowing dominant brands to secure their absolute control. We absolutely do need a new system monitoring and requiring adequate disposal of and processing of waste packaging materials, however, to use a uniform meter on both micro and macro business creates an unfair environment and subsequently contributes to the elimination of peoples financial independence as self-sustaining entrepreneurs. This defeats the purpose of a joint free marker in the EU sector, sanctions those already environmentally conscious while barely deterring large polluters from any direct environmental initiative. It is absolutely imperative that the law is reconsidered and restructured to more fairly approach small business without forcing them out of the market, especially during these times of cost of living crisis when every single cent matters.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a freshly graduated fashion design student who is planning on starting her own business based in London, I find this new law rather daunting as it poses a direct threat to my financial ability to realise my business plan. I care for the environment greatly and plan to centre my brand around sustainability, longevity, and recyclability. Reused materials will be a key part of my craft alongside the packaging my creations will be sent out in. Micro business already contribute to the counteraction against huge retailers and corporations producing unsustainable packaging and products en masse, and, furthermore, globalisation. This new law places an unfair administrative and financial burden on small businesses, effectively eliminating individual competition from the market and allowing dominant brands to secure their absolute control. We absolutely do need a new system monitoring and requiring adequate disposal of and processing of waste packaging materials, however, to use a uniform meter on both micro and macro business creates an unfair environment and subsequently contributes to the elimination of peoples financial independence as self-sustaining entrepreneurs. This defeats the purpose of a joint free marker in the EU sector, sanctions those already environmentally conscious while barely deterring large polluters from any direct environmental initiative. It is absolutely imperative that the law is reconsidered and restructured to more fairly approach small business without forcing them out of the market, especially during these times of cost of living crisis when every single cent matters.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553584_en"}, {"id": 33553578, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:33:08", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LTM Terrain Studio", "feedback": "Aktualnie wprowadzane regulacje są absurdalnie nie przemyślane, deklasują i niszczą mikro/małe firmy i osoby prywatne zarabiający na rękodziele. Osobiście nie stać mnie na opłacenie pośredników w każdym kraju UE którzy u mojego już byłego pośrednika wynoszą około 275 EUR za kraj. Dorabiając do swojego studenckiego budżetu przez rok aktualnie muszę zamknąć swój sklep na całą UE. Apeluje nie tylko ja tylko wszyscy mali rękodzielnicy o wyłączenie z EPR i PPWR małych podmiotów ! Rozumiem takie ograniczenia na paczki spoza UE ale żeby w ramach pustych sloganów o ekologi zamykać biznesy mniejsze czy większe swoich obywateli ? Jestem bardziej ekologiczny od tych przepisów wysyłając swoje makiety w pudełkach z drugiego obiegu, użytych już wcześniej ... Nawet jakbym opłacił pośredników to co potem ? Opłacanie certyfikatów na pudełka i taśme ? Absurd !", "feedbackEnglish": "Current regulations are absurdly unthinkable, declarating and destroying micro/small companies and individuals earning money on handicrafts. Personally, I cannot afford to pay intermediaries in every EU country, which at my former intermediary amount to around EUR 275 per country. When I get back to my student budget for one year, I now have to close my shop across the EU. Not only do I call on all small handicraftsmen to exclude small players from the EPR and PPWR! I understand such restrictions on parcels from outside the EU, but to close down smaller or larger businesses in empty green slogans? I am greener than these rules by sending my mock-ups in second-circulation boxes used before... Even if I paid the intermediaries what happened afterwards? Paying certificates for boxes and tapes? Absurd!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553578_en"}, {"id": 33553583, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:31:52", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, as an EU consumer, I am concerned about the unintended consequences of the current EPR framework for very small businesses located outside the EU. I purchase special-edition books from small independent UK businesses. Some of these businesses have now announced that they will stop shipping to the EU entirely because complying with packaging EPR requirements across multiple Member States is too administratively complex and expensive. The problem appears to be less about the actual amount of packaging placed on the market and more about the fixed costs of registration, reporting, authorised representatives and compliance in individual Member States. This creates a disproportionate situation for very small volumes. A business may have only two, five or ten customers in one EU country, yet still face fixed compliance costs that make serving those customers financially unviable. As a result, EU consumers are losing access to small international businesses and are being offered alternatives such as UK forwarding services, which can cost 3040 or more for a single parcel. In my own situation, this could amount to several hundred euros in additional shipping costs per year. I do not believe that reducing packaging waste should require small businesses to withdraw from the EU market altogether. I would strongly encourage the Commission to consider: * a genuinely simplified EU-wide registration system for micro and small businesses; * one registration or representative covering multiple Member States rather than separate arrangements in every country; * proportionate or de minimis thresholds for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on a national market; * simplified reporting for very small volumes; * reasonable caps or reduced compliance fees for microbusinesses; * clearer guidance specifically designed for small non-EU businesses selling directly to EU consumers. A harmonised system would still allow producers to contribute fairly to packaging waste management while avoiding disproportionate administrative costs. The current situation risks creating an unintended barrier to cross-border trade, reducing consumer choice and disproportionately affecting small independent businesses while larger companies can absorb these fixed costs much more easily. I hope the final implementing rules will achieve the environmental goals of the regulation while also applying the principle of proportionality to very small businesses and very low packaging volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, as an EU consumer, I am concerned about the unintended consequences of the current EPR framework for very small businesses located outside the EU. I purchase special-edition books from small independent UK businesses. Some of these businesses have now announced that they will stop shipping to the EU entirely because complying with packaging EPR requirements across multiple Member States is too administratively complex and expensive. The problem appears to be less about the actual amount of packaging placed on the market and more about the fixed costs of registration, reporting, authorised representatives and compliance in individual Member States. This creates a disproportionate situation for very small volumes. A business may have only two, five or ten customers in one EU country, yet still face fixed compliance costs that make serving those customers financially unviable. As a result, EU consumers are losing access to small international businesses and are being offered alternatives such as UK forwarding services, which can cost 3040 or more for a single parcel. In my own situation, this could amount to several hundred euros in additional shipping costs per year. I do not believe that reducing packaging waste should require small businesses to withdraw from the EU market altogether. I would strongly encourage the Commission to consider: * a genuinely simplified EU-wide registration system for micro and small businesses; * one registration or representative covering multiple Member States rather than separate arrangements in every country; * proportionate or de minimis thresholds for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on a national market; * simplified reporting for very small volumes; * reasonable caps or reduced compliance fees for microbusinesses; * clearer guidance specifically designed for small non-EU businesses selling directly to EU consumers. A harmonised system would still allow producers to contribute fairly to packaging waste management while avoiding disproportionate administrative costs. The current situation risks creating an unintended barrier to cross-border trade, reducing consumer choice and disproportionately affecting small independent businesses while larger companies can absorb these fixed costs much more easily. I hope the final implementing rules will achieve the environmental goals of the regulation while also applying the principle of proportionality to very small businesses and very low packaging volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553583_en"}, {"id": 33553582, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:30:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dejama home interiors ", "feedback": "We are Dejama Home Interiors, a family business run by my partner and me from Rotterdam. We sell one product motion-activated singing bird boxes through our own webshop, singingbirdbox.shop, to customers across Europe, Germany included. Under 60,000 in annual profit. Here is the whole problem in two numbers. The eco-fees we genuinely owe on our packaging a printed carton and a mailer come to about 50 a year. Complying with Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, in force since 12 August 2026, will cost us over 10,000 a year. Two hundred times the environmental obligation it exists to administer. That is because the article requires an authorised representative in every member state where our packaging reaches a customer: up to 26 mandates, 26 registers, 26 fee schedules and 26 reporting cycles, with no EU-wide single desk and no size threshold at all. Our fixed cost per country is identical to that of a company a thousand times our size. Several national procedures are still being finalised the registers need not be operational until October 2027 yet the duty already applies. We cannot run 26 parallel fee-based procedures whose requirements are still taking shape. So we are cutting EU shipping. A two-person family business leaving the single market for administrative reasons, not environmental ones, over 50 of packaging fees. I would ask you to support the micro and small enterprise carve-out on Article 45(3) in the ENVI report on COM(2025) 982, and to press for the fastest possible route to plenary the obligation is already biting. In the Circular Economy Act, please push for a single point of registration and a de minimis volume below which a simple declaration replaces a mandated local intermediary. We are not asking to stop paying for our packaging. We will happily pay the 50. We are asking to pay it once, through one procedure. Our quotes and figures are available on request. Yours sincerely, Victor", "feedbackEnglish": "We are Dejama Home Interiors, a family business run by my partner and me from Rotterdam. We sell one product motion-activated singing bird boxes through our own webshop, singingbirdbox.shop, to customers across Europe, Germany included. Under 60,000 in annual profit. Here is the whole problem in two numbers. The eco-fees we genuinely owe on our packaging a printed carton and a mailer come to about 50 a year. Complying with Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, in force since 12 August 2026, will cost us over 10,000 a year. Two hundred times the environmental obligation it exists to administer. That is because the article requires an authorised representative in every member state where our packaging reaches a customer: up to 26 mandates, 26 registers, 26 fee schedules and 26 reporting cycles, with no EU-wide single desk and no size threshold at all. Our fixed cost per country is identical to that of a company a thousand times our size. Several national procedures are still being finalised the registers need not be operational until October 2027 yet the duty already applies. We cannot run 26 parallel fee-based procedures whose requirements are still taking shape. So we are cutting EU shipping. A two-person family business leaving the single market for administrative reasons, not environmental ones, over 50 of packaging fees. I would ask you to support the micro and small enterprise carve-out on Article 45(3) in the ENVI report on COM(2025) 982, and to press for the fastest possible route to plenary the obligation is already biting. In the Circular Economy Act, please push for a single point of registration and a de minimis volume below which a simple declaration replaces a mandated local intermediary. We are not asking to stop paying for our packaging. We will happily pay the 50. We are asking to pay it once, through one procedure. Our quotes and figures are available on request. Yours sincerely, Victor", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553582_en"}, {"id": 33553580, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:23:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Probe Networks", "feedback": "This proposed law is absurd. It hinders small business to ship to other EU countries and causes alot more paperwork. The fees to arrange PPWR contacts in all EU countries are enormous and only allow large sellers like amazon etc to successfully sell in the whole EU. This must be stopped, we need less paperwork.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposed law is absurd. It hinders small business to ship to other EU countries and causes alot more paperwork. The fees to arrange PPWR contacts in all EU countries are enormous and only allow large sellers like amazon etc to successfully sell in the whole EU. This must be stopped, we need less paperwork.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553580_en"}, {"id": 33553579, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:19:40", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses, entrepreneurs and artisans are the most environmentally conscious and ethic parties when it comes to packaging materials and shipping service options for their customers; unfortunately, this is the only group that will suffer the negative consequences from the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) act. Multiple registration fees for each country (for the value of 100~200 per registration) will make it impossible for EU citizens to embark on a new enterprise and maintain it, destroying thousands of small businesses, meanwhile big corporations will continue to freely pollute the environment because that kind of money has the same value of a few cents to them. This act is going to defeat its very own purpose. There should be a unified and centralised hub that lets businesses file a single registration fee valid for all EU countries, for an affordable price, ideally aimed at big corporations that produce tons of plastic packaging and waste, and not small businesses and artisans who, once again, are the most environmentally conscious that usually rely on recycled and/or reusable materials. I would like to start my own business, which in turn would mean contributing to my countrys economy and taxes payment in a useful manner, but because of the PPWR act I will not be able to afford to do so. I will reiterate this: this act is in direct opposition of EUs socio-economic interests, it will destroy thousands of small businesses and will only be an easier gateway for corporations like Amazon, Shein, Temu, etc. to dominate the market, all while freely continuing to create waste and pollution. I am begging the parties responsible for this act to reconsider it and resign it, because not only it is not going to be helpful, but it is going to be actively harmful, to both EUs citizens and the environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses, entrepreneurs and artisans are the most environmentally conscious and ethic parties when it comes to packaging materials and shipping service options for their customers; unfortunately, this is the only group that will suffer the negative consequences from the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) act. Multiple registration fees for each country (for the value of 100~200 per registration) will make it impossible for EU citizens to embark on a new enterprise and maintain it, destroying thousands of small businesses, meanwhile big corporations will continue to freely pollute the environment because that kind of money has the same value of a few cents to them. This act is going to defeat its very own purpose. There should be a unified and centralised hub that lets businesses file a single registration fee valid for all EU countries, for an affordable price, ideally aimed at big corporations that produce tons of plastic packaging and waste, and not small businesses and artisans who, once again, are the most environmentally conscious that usually rely on recycled and/or reusable materials. I would like to start my own business, which in turn would mean contributing to my countrys economy and taxes payment in a useful manner, but because of the PPWR act I will not be able to afford to do so. I will reiterate this: this act is in direct opposition of EUs socio-economic interests, it will destroy thousands of small businesses and will only be an easier gateway for corporations like Amazon, Shein, Temu, etc. to dominate the market, all while freely continuing to create waste and pollution. I am begging the parties responsible for this act to reconsider it and resign it, because not only it is not going to be helpful, but it is going to be actively harmful, to both EUs citizens and the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553579_en"}, {"id": 33553577, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 00:11:00", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I welcome the Commissions work to harmonise national producer registers under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR). However, harmonising 27 separate registers does not solve the underlying proportionality problem for micro-enterprises engaged in low-volume cross-border trade. Virtually every physical e-commerce transaction requires transport packaging. A micro-enterprise established in one Member State may therefore become subject to producer registration and EPR obligations in several other Member States even if it makes only a handful sales there per year. The environmental contribution associated with a few kilograms of packaging may be very small, while the fixed compliance burden may include registration, producer responsibility organisation participation, annual fees, reporting, authorised representation, record-keeping and professional compliance assistance. For a SME, these fixed costs may exceed the value or profit generated by the sales concerned. A business making only a few hundred euros of annual sales in a Member State should not face several hundred euros of fixed compliance costs merely because a small number of transactions cross an internal EU border. This creates a serious Single Market problem. Large companies can spread compliance costs across substantial volumes. SME cannot. Small businesses may therefore be forced to refuse orders from certain Member States, restrict their websites or withdraw from cross-border trade entirely. Harmonisation should mean more than requiring similar information in 27 separate systems. The Commission should consider: -one EU producer identifier recognised in all Member States; -a central EU registration interface; -simplified or centralised reporting for very-low-volume producers; -an EU-wide de minimis or simplified-compliance threshold based on packaging weight, transaction volume or turnover; -an explicit proportionality safeguard ensuring that fixed compliance costs do not make otherwise viable low-volume transactions loss-making; -a transaction-based alternative for very-low-volume cross-border sellers, allowing the relevant packaging contribution to be paid per shipment rather than requiring permanent registration infrastructure in every destination country. A courier-, postal- or customs-based mechanism could also be considered. The sender could declare the principal packaging material and approximate weight, while reasonable default values could be used for standard parcel formats. The corresponding EPR contribution could then be collected as part of the shipment and transferred to the destination Member State. The framework should also address the risk of duplicated EPR financing. Packaging may already have generated an EPR contribution when first sold in one Member State and then generate another contribution when the same physical packaging is used for a cross-border shipment, even though it becomes waste only in the destination country. Another concern is the impact on EU SMEs importing small quantities from suppliers outside the EU. A third-country supplier with only a few or small volume EU customers may simply stop shipping to Europe rather than undertake complex registration and representation obligations. The direct consequence may be that the EU SMEs loses access to essential materials or components. A simplified mechanism could be a way forward too. Until a harmonised and proportionate system is operational, the Commission should consider transitional protection for SMEs and very-low-volume operators. The objective should not be to exempt small businesses from environmental responsibility. It should be to ensure that the administrative cost of collecting an environmental contribution remains proportionate to the actual environmental impact. The implementing rules should therefore use this opportunity to create a producer-registration system that is interoperable, proportionate and compatible with the functioning of the Single Market", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the Commissions work to harmonise national producer registers under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR). However, harmonising 27 separate registers does not solve the underlying proportionality problem for micro-enterprises engaged in low-volume cross-border trade. Virtually every physical e-commerce transaction requires transport packaging. A micro-enterprise established in one Member State may therefore become subject to producer registration and EPR obligations in several other Member States even if it makes only a handful sales there per year. The environmental contribution associated with a few kilograms of packaging may be very small, while the fixed compliance burden may include registration, producer responsibility organisation participation, annual fees, reporting, authorised representation, record-keeping and professional compliance assistance. For a SME, these fixed costs may exceed the value or profit generated by the sales concerned. A business making only a few hundred euros of annual sales in a Member State should not face several hundred euros of fixed compliance costs merely because a small number of transactions cross an internal EU border. This creates a serious Single Market problem. Large companies can spread compliance costs across substantial volumes. SME cannot. Small businesses may therefore be forced to refuse orders from certain Member States, restrict their websites or withdraw from cross-border trade entirely. Harmonisation should mean more than requiring similar information in 27 separate systems. The Commission should consider: -one EU producer identifier recognised in all Member States; -a central EU registration interface; -simplified or centralised reporting for very-low-volume producers; -an EU-wide de minimis or simplified-compliance threshold based on packaging weight, transaction volume or turnover; -an explicit proportionality safeguard ensuring that fixed compliance costs do not make otherwise viable low-volume transactions loss-making; -a transaction-based alternative for very-low-volume cross-border sellers, allowing the relevant packaging contribution to be paid per shipment rather than requiring permanent registration infrastructure in every destination country. A courier-, postal- or customs-based mechanism could also be considered. The sender could declare the principal packaging material and approximate weight, while reasonable default values could be used for standard parcel formats. The corresponding EPR contribution could then be collected as part of the shipment and transferred to the destination Member State. The framework should also address the risk of duplicated EPR financing. Packaging may already have generated an EPR contribution when first sold in one Member State and then generate another contribution when the same physical packaging is used for a cross-border shipment, even though it becomes waste only in the destination country. Another concern is the impact on EU SMEs importing small quantities from suppliers outside the EU. A third-country supplier with only a few or small volume EU customers may simply stop shipping to Europe rather than undertake complex registration and representation obligations. The direct consequence may be that the EU SMEs loses access to essential materials or components. A simplified mechanism could be a way forward too. Until a harmonised and proportionate system is operational, the Commission should consider transitional protection for SMEs and very-low-volume operators. The objective should not be to exempt small businesses from environmental responsibility. It should be to ensure that the administrative cost of collecting an environmental contribution remains proportionate to the actual environmental impact. The implementing rules should therefore use this opportunity to create a producer-registration system that is interoperable, proportionate and compatible with the functioning of the Single Market", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553577_en"}, {"id": 33553576, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:59:39", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dorabiając sobie do studenckiego budżetu, produkuję makiety do gier bitewnych, wraz z 12 sierpnia nie stać mnie na opłacanie w każdym kraju Uni pośrednika prawnego nie mówiąc już o samym pośredniku od recyklingu wprowadzonych opakowań (za absurdalne 275 EUR za jeden kraj u mojego już byłego pośrednika od recyklingu w Niemczech czyli Reclay), czasem mam 1 przesyłkę czasem dwie czasem może nawet 4 do jednego kraju w skali roku. Uważam za absurdalne wprowadzać przepisy na których przestrzeganie nie mogą sobie pozwolić finansowo mikro i małe firmy w całej Europie jak i osoby prywatne z działalnością niezarejestrowaną w Polsce. Zarabiając w skali roku 3 razy mniej niż w ogóle potrzeba na opłacenie pośredników prawnych i recyklingowych. Proszę i apeluję o wyłączenia z systemu EPR jak i PPWR małe firmy i osoby prywatne ! Nie stać ich na to aktualnie, zostałem bez własnego źródła dochodu w ciągu jednego dnia ! Jestem bardziej ekologiczny od nowych przepisów używając opakowań i foli bąbelkowej z drugiego obiegu czyli wprowadzam pudełka które już były wykorzystane i użyte !!!! Myśląc że jestem ekologiczny nagle dowiaduję się że nie stać mnie na ekologie w wydaniu Uni Europejskiej.", "feedbackEnglish": "By making myself into the student budget, I produce beaten-game mock-ups and, on 12 August, I cannot afford to pay for a legal intermediary in every EU country, let alone a legal intermediary for the recycling of the packaging that I put in place (for an absurd EUR 275 per country at my former recycling intermediary in Germany, Reclay), sometimes I have 1 consignment, sometimes two times up to 4 per country per year. I find it absurd to introduce rules that micro and small businesses across Europe, as well as individuals with activities not registered in Poland, cannot afford to comply with. Earning 3 times less per year than it does at all to pay for legal and recycling intermediaries. I call for small businesses and individuals to be excluded from the EPR and PPWR systems! They cannot afford them now, I have been left without my own source of income in one day! I am greener than the new rules using packaging and bubble film from the second circuit, i.e. I introduce boxes that have already been used and used! When I think I am green, I suddenly find out that I cannot afford to be green in the European Union edition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553576_en"}, {"id": 33553575, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:50:13", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mudei-me de Portugal para a Alemanha e quero adaptar o meu pequeno negócio à minha nova morada. Apesar de ter uma grande consciência ambiental e de reduzir ao máximo o impacto que o meu packaging possa ter, acredito que esta medida é completamente desproporcional. Colocar os pequenos negócios no mesmo saco que empresas gigantes é no mínimo irrisório. Sou a favor de uma taxa anual única que servisse para cobrir todos os países da UE. Não faz qualquer sentido dividir esta questão quando devíamos ser todos um e facilitar uma série de assuntos. Como cidadã de um país que vive num outro estado membro, acho importante manter o acesso ao meu negócio em ambos e expandir aos demais sem ter que pensar nos custos altíssimos que isso possa trazer. Todos beneficiamos quando há uma troca entre culturas através da venda ou compra. Termos as portas de todos os mercados da UE abertos traz expansão sem o fardo de pagar taxas que não sabemos se serão compensadas por vendas. Pedir a um pequeno negócio que adivinhe quantos envios fará para determinado país é assustar e limitar. Todos vão optar por se fecharem nos próprios países com receio das taxas. É um caso de reavaliação extremamente importante porque se não for alterado muitos pequenos negócios morrerão. E a verdade é que os pequenos negócios, na sua maioria, têm muito mais consciência ambiental e cuidados com o planeta do que as grandes empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "I moved from Portugal to Germany and I want to adapt my small business to my new address. Despite being very environmentally conscious and minimising the impact that my packaging may have, I believe that this measure is completely disproportionate. Putting small businesses in the same bag as giant companies is at least derisory. I am in favour of a single annual fee to cover all EU countries. It makes no sense to split this issue when we should all be one and facilitate a number of issues. As a citizen of a country living in another member state, I think it is important to keep access to my business in both countries and expand to others without having to think about the huge costs that this can bring. We all benefit when there is an exchange between crops through sale or purchase. We have the gates of all open EU markets to expand without the burden of paying fees that we do not know if they will be compensated by sales. Asking a small business to guess how many items it will send to a particular country is frightening and limiting. Everyone will choose to close in their own countries for fear of fees. This is an extremely important revaluation case because if many small businesses are not changed, they will die. And the truth is that most small businesses are much more environmentally conscious and care for the planet than big companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553575_en"}, {"id": 33553574, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:44:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Triebel GmbH", "feedback": "Wir sind ein Kleinunternehmen mit weniger als 10 Mitarbeitern. Die Angebote für ERP Bevollmächtigte beginnen bei 250 für jedes Land pro Jahr bei \"kleinen Mengen\". Wir machen weniger als 250 Rohertrag in 1/3 der EU Länder. Wir wissen vorher nicht, in welchen. Das ändert sich jährlich, da wir Endverbraucher beliefern. Kleine Versandmenge sind bei den Bevollmächtigten-Anbietern mehrere hundert, dann einige tausend, dann viele tausend und mehr Pakete pro Jahr. Wir haben jedoch EU Länder mit weniger als 20 Pakete pro Jahr. Das ist dann Micro? Dafür gibt es kein Angebot. Das beste Nachbarland hat weniger als 500 Pakete pro Jahr. Sie wollen weniger Auflagen, falls man weniger als 10 Tonnen Verpackung in einem Staat einführt. Wir kaufen weniger als 1 Tonne neue Verpackungen, die wir bisher in Deutschland lizensieren. Stattdessen versenden wir zu 70% die Pakete, mit denen wir selber beliefert werden. Diese Pakete stammen von deutschen Großhändlern und Herstellern oder deren Importe. Wir packen eng und klein, damit unsere Waren nicht zerstört werden. Wir haben weniger als 3% Retouren, da wir vorab beraten und so liefern wie beschrieben und somit die Kunden nicht enttäuschen. Unsere Produkte funktionieren oft mehrere Jahrzehnte, weil wir diese reparieren. Wir können die Auflagen des PWRR nicht erfüllen, weder ökonomisch die Bevollmächtigten noch zeitlich die Dokumentation. Wir leben zum Glück in Deutschland und haben dort 90% unserer Kunden. Doch wie sieht es in kleinen Ländern wie Estland oder Österreich? Werden die Händler und Endverbraucher auf die Märkte außerhalb der EU ausweichen? Denn wir können sie nicht mehr beliefern.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small enterprise with fewer than 10 employees. Tenders for ERP authorised representatives start at 250 for each country per year for ‘small quantities’. We produce less than 250 raw materials in 1/3 of the EU countries. We do not know before which ones. This changes every year as we supply final consumers. Small quantities are several hundred, then a few thousand, then many thousand and more parcels per year at authorised suppliers. However, we have EU countries with less than 20 packages per year. That’s Micro? There is no offer for this. The best neighbour has less than 500 parcels per year. They want fewer requirements if less than 10 tonnes of packaging are imported into a country. We buy less than 1 tonne of new packaging, which we have so far licensed in Germany. Instead, we send 70 % of the parcels we receive ourselves. These parcels originate from German wholesalers and manufacturers or their imports. We are working hard and small so that our goods are not destroyed. We have less than 3 % returns, as we give prior advice and deliver as described and thus do not disappoint customers. Our products often work for several decades because we repair them. We cannot meet the requirements of the WFD, neither economically nor temporally. Fortunately, we live in Germany, where we have 90 % of our customers. But what about small countries like Estonia or Austria? Will traders and end-users switch to markets outside the EU? Because we can no longer supply them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553574_en"}, {"id": 33553573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:41:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Exile On Mainstream Records", "feedback": "I have always been a glowing supporter of the idea of the EU. I appreciate what weve achieved with it, and I will remain a supporter. But truth be told this is bollocks. Its not thought through, its poorly executed, and it makes the EU administration look like a lemonade stand. What are you thinking? How can you actively put small businesses under such pressure? Im not only talking about the laws behind it. Im talking about the uncertainty and the fact that even officials dont seem to know important details or are unable to provide clear guidance. Small independent businesses like mine are under scrutiny already and this is the coffin nail to us - both, administrational effort and costs coming with it do not level up in any feasible way. You are killing my business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have always been a glowing supporter of the idea of the EU. I appreciate what weve achieved with it, and I will remain a supporter. But truth be told this is bollocks. Its not thought through, its poorly executed, and it makes the EU administration look like a lemonade stand. What are you thinking? How can you actively put small businesses under such pressure? Im not only talking about the laws behind it. Im talking about the uncertainty and the fact that even officials dont seem to know important details or are unable to provide clear guidance. Small independent businesses like mine are under scrutiny already and this is the coffin nail to us - both, administrational effort and costs coming with it do not level up in any feasible way. You are killing my business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553573_en"}, {"id": 33553572, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:33:46", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Possum Print", "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including reducing unnecessary packaging, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable packaging design. However, I am concerned that the proposed framework for national registers of producers could impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on European micro-businesses engaged in small-scale cross-border distance selling. I operate a very small home-based business in Poland producing handmade 3D-printed computer components. I sell approximately 60 products per year to customers across Europe, with total revenue of approximately 150 per month. My total annual packaging consumption is approximately 7 kg. Despite this extremely small scale, cross-border sales can potentially trigger producer-registration and extended producer responsibility obligations in multiple Member States. The problem is not the environmental cost of my packaging, which is negligible. The problem is the administrative infrastructure required to comply with potentially different national registration systems, EPR schemes, reporting requirements and representative requirements. For a micro-business generating only a few thousand euros per year, these fixed compliance costs can exceed the profit generated by cross-border sales altogether. This creates a disproportionate barrier to the EU single market. A small manufacturer in Poland should be able to sell a handmade product to a customer in another Member State without effectively having to establish a separate compliance operation in every country where it happens to receive an order. The current approach risks making cross-border trade economically viable only for businesses large enough to absorb substantial administrative overhead. I therefore believe the rules on national registers should include significantly stronger provisions for micro-producers and occasional distance sellers. In particular, I would encourage the Commission to consider: A meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging quantities and/or turnover, below which producers would be exempt from registration and EPR obligations. A genuinely harmonised EU registration system allowing a micro-producer established in one Member State to complete a single registration covering its small-scale cross-border activities, rather than navigating multiple national systems. A simplified registration and reporting procedure for micro-producers, with minimal data requirements and no obligation to appoint costly representatives where the quantities involved are negligible. A proportionality test for national EPR requirements, ensuring that the administrative cost imposed on a producer is reasonably related to the quantity of packaging placed on the market and its actual environmental impact. Specific consideration for occasional distance sales, where a producer may sell only a few products per year to customers in a particular Member State. Clear EU-level guidance preventing national systems from creating unnecessary barriers to intra-EU trade. The purpose of the single market should be to make it possible for European citizens and small businesses to trade across borders. Environmental regulation should achieve its environmental objectives without unintentionally excluding micro-businesses from cross-border commerce. I believe the EU can achieve both objectives. Large producers placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market should carry substantial producer-responsibility obligations. A micro-producer placing a few kilograms of packaging on the market each year should not face a comparable administrative burden. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the rules on national registers provide a clear, practical and genuinely harmonised de minimis regime for micro-producers, while maintaining robust obligations for businesses whose packaging volumes have a material environmental impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including reducing unnecessary packaging, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable packaging design. However, I am concerned that the proposed framework for national registers of producers could impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on European micro-businesses engaged in small-scale cross-border distance selling. I operate a very small home-based business in Poland producing handmade 3D-printed computer components. I sell approximately 60 products per year to customers across Europe, with total revenue of approximately 150 per month. My total annual packaging consumption is approximately 7 kg. Despite this extremely small scale, cross-border sales can potentially trigger producer-registration and extended producer responsibility obligations in multiple Member States. The problem is not the environmental cost of my packaging, which is negligible. The problem is the administrative infrastructure required to comply with potentially different national registration systems, EPR schemes, reporting requirements and representative requirements. For a micro-business generating only a few thousand euros per year, these fixed compliance costs can exceed the profit generated by cross-border sales altogether. This creates a disproportionate barrier to the EU single market. A small manufacturer in Poland should be able to sell a handmade product to a customer in another Member State without effectively having to establish a separate compliance operation in every country where it happens to receive an order. The current approach risks making cross-border trade economically viable only for businesses large enough to absorb substantial administrative overhead. I therefore believe the rules on national registers should include significantly stronger provisions for micro-producers and occasional distance sellers. In particular, I would encourage the Commission to consider: A meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging quantities and/or turnover, below which producers would be exempt from registration and EPR obligations. A genuinely harmonised EU registration system allowing a micro-producer established in one Member State to complete a single registration covering its small-scale cross-border activities, rather than navigating multiple national systems. A simplified registration and reporting procedure for micro-producers, with minimal data requirements and no obligation to appoint costly representatives where the quantities involved are negligible. A proportionality test for national EPR requirements, ensuring that the administrative cost imposed on a producer is reasonably related to the quantity of packaging placed on the market and its actual environmental impact. Specific consideration for occasional distance sales, where a producer may sell only a few products per year to customers in a particular Member State. Clear EU-level guidance preventing national systems from creating unnecessary barriers to intra-EU trade. The purpose of the single market should be to make it possible for European citizens and small businesses to trade across borders. Environmental regulation should achieve its environmental objectives without unintentionally excluding micro-businesses from cross-border commerce. I believe the EU can achieve both objectives. Large producers placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market should carry substantial producer-responsibility obligations. A micro-producer placing a few kilograms of packaging on the market each year should not face a comparable administrative burden. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the rules on national registers provide a clear, practical and genuinely harmonised de minimis regime for micro-producers, while maintaining robust obligations for businesses whose packaging volumes have a material environmental impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553572_en"}, {"id": 33553571, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:31:22", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ambinor AB", "feedback": "Ambinor AB is a small Swedish design company producing lighting products in Sweden. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system has had a very real and negative consequence for our business: we can no longer reasonably sell and ship our products to customers outside Sweden. As a micro business, we may only receive a small number of orders from each individual EU Member State. Nevertheless, selling even a few products to customers in another country can create requirements for separate registrations, reporting, fees and national compliance procedures. For a company of our size, the administrative work and fixed costs associated with complying in multiple Member States can easily exceed the value of the sales made in those countries. As a result, we have had to make the decision to restrict our sales to Sweden. This is particularly frustrating because one of the greatest opportunities for a small European design company is the European Single Market. Our website can reach customers across Europe, our products can be shipped across the EU without customs barriers, and consumers in other Member States may want to buy from us. Yet the complexity and cost of packaging compliance makes accepting those orders commercially unrealistic. The issue is not that we are unwilling to take responsibility for our packaging. We already comply with producer responsibility requirements in Sweden and pay for the packaging we place on the Swedish market. We would gladly do the same for packaging sent to customers elsewhere in the EU. What makes cross-border sales difficult is having to deal with separate national systems for what may amount to only a handful of packages in each country. For a micro business, sending five packages to Denmark, three to Germany and two to Finland should not require separate compliance arrangements in three additional countries. We strongly encourage the European Commission to create a harmonised EU-wide solution for small cross-border producers. A system similar to the VAT One Stop Shop could allow a company to register once, report the packaging placed on each national market, pay the appropriate environmental fees, and have those fees distributed to the relevant Member States. This would not remove environmental responsibility. It would simply make compliance proportionate and practical. The current situation is effectively creating a regulatory barrier inside the European Single Market. In our case, that barrier has already resulted in a Swedish micro business choosing not to sell to customers elsewhere in the EU. We believe the PPWR should encourage responsible cross-border trade, not make withdrawing from the European market the simplest option for small businesses. Ambinor AB Sweden", "feedbackEnglish": "Ambinor AB is a small Swedish design company producing lighting products in Sweden. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system has had a very real and negative consequence for our business: we can no longer reasonably sell and ship our products to customers outside Sweden. As a micro business, we may only receive a small number of orders from each individual EU Member State. Nevertheless, selling even a few products to customers in another country can create requirements for separate registrations, reporting, fees and national compliance procedures. For a company of our size, the administrative work and fixed costs associated with complying in multiple Member States can easily exceed the value of the sales made in those countries. As a result, we have had to make the decision to restrict our sales to Sweden. This is particularly frustrating because one of the greatest opportunities for a small European design company is the European Single Market. Our website can reach customers across Europe, our products can be shipped across the EU without customs barriers, and consumers in other Member States may want to buy from us. Yet the complexity and cost of packaging compliance makes accepting those orders commercially unrealistic. The issue is not that we are unwilling to take responsibility for our packaging. We already comply with producer responsibility requirements in Sweden and pay for the packaging we place on the Swedish market. We would gladly do the same for packaging sent to customers elsewhere in the EU. What makes cross-border sales difficult is having to deal with separate national systems for what may amount to only a handful of packages in each country. For a micro business, sending five packages to Denmark, three to Germany and two to Finland should not require separate compliance arrangements in three additional countries. We strongly encourage the European Commission to create a harmonised EU-wide solution for small cross-border producers. A system similar to the VAT One Stop Shop could allow a company to register once, report the packaging placed on each national market, pay the appropriate environmental fees, and have those fees distributed to the relevant Member States. This would not remove environmental responsibility. It would simply make compliance proportionate and practical. The current situation is effectively creating a regulatory barrier inside the European Single Market. In our case, that barrier has already resulted in a Swedish micro business choosing not to sell to customers elsewhere in the EU. We believe the PPWR should encourage responsible cross-border trade, not make withdrawing from the European market the simplest option for small businesses. Ambinor AB Sweden", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553571_en"}, {"id": 33553570, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:29:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This framework is an extraordinary example of regulation defeating the very purpose of the European Single Market. A small retailer established legally in one EU Member State should be able to sell to consumers across the Union without having to recreate a miniature compliance department in every country to which it ships a parcel. Yet that is effectively what the fragmented implementation of packaging EPR requires: separate registrations, separate reporting systems, separate payment arrangements, different national rules and, in some cases, additional local representation. This is not meaningful environmental policy. It is bureaucratic duplication on an industrial scale. The environmental objective of making producers contribute to the cost of the packaging waste they generate is entirely reasonable. What is indefensible is implementing that objective through 27 parallel national administrative systems rather than through a genuinely European mechanism. A retailer selling a few thousand euros' worth of products into a Member State can face compliance costs that are grossly disproportionate to both its turnover in that country and the actual cost of recycling the packaging concerned. A few kilograms of cardboard and plastic can trigger hundreds or thousands of euros in fixed administrative expenditure. At that point, the policy is no longer applying the \"polluter pays\" principle. It is imposing a market-access charge. The predictable consequence is that small and medium-sized retailers will simply stop serving smaller EU markets. Large multinational companies will absorb the fixed costs; smaller European businesses will not. Consumers in smaller Member States will have less choice, smaller retailers will lose access to customers, and market share will become further concentrated among Amazon-scale platforms and large incumbents. It is difficult to imagine a policy outcome more contrary to the stated objectives of the Single Market. The system also creates an entire layer of compliance intermediaries whose fees can exceed the environmental contributions themselves. When the administrative machinery required to collect a recycling contribution costs many times more than the contribution, the system should be recognised as badly designed rather than defended as necessary complexity. The EU has spent decades attempting to remove national barriers to cross-border trade. Requiring an ecommerce business to establish and maintain separate packaging-compliance arrangements for potentially 27 jurisdictions reconstructs those barriers in regulatory form. There is an obvious alternative: one EU registration, one harmonised reporting format, one portal and one payment mechanism, with the relevant amounts automatically allocated to Member States according to where packaging is placed on the market. The underlying EPR contribution could remain destination-based without forcing businesses to interact separately with every national bureaucracy. That is exactly the kind of administrative problem for which a supranational European system should exist. Instead, the current approach effectively tells a small European retailer: \"You may trade freely throughout the Single Market, provided you first register, report, pay and administer your activity separately in every country.\" That is not a functioning Single Market. The Commission and Member States should urgently replace fragmented national packaging EPR compliance for cross-border sellers with a single EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism, introduce meaningful de minimis thresholds for very small volumes, and eliminate redundant representative and administrative requirements. Environmental regulation should make businesses pay for environmental externalities. It should not make them pay thousands of euros in bureaucracy to account for a few euros' worth of recycling.", "feedbackEnglish": "This framework is an extraordinary example of regulation defeating the very purpose of the European Single Market. A small retailer established legally in one EU Member State should be able to sell to consumers across the Union without having to recreate a miniature compliance department in every country to which it ships a parcel. Yet that is effectively what the fragmented implementation of packaging EPR requires: separate registrations, separate reporting systems, separate payment arrangements, different national rules and, in some cases, additional local representation. This is not meaningful environmental policy. It is bureaucratic duplication on an industrial scale. The environmental objective of making producers contribute to the cost of the packaging waste they generate is entirely reasonable. What is indefensible is implementing that objective through 27 parallel national administrative systems rather than through a genuinely European mechanism. A retailer selling a few thousand euros' worth of products into a Member State can face compliance costs that are grossly disproportionate to both its turnover in that country and the actual cost of recycling the packaging concerned. A few kilograms of cardboard and plastic can trigger hundreds or thousands of euros in fixed administrative expenditure. At that point, the policy is no longer applying the \"polluter pays\" principle. It is imposing a market-access charge. The predictable consequence is that small and medium-sized retailers will simply stop serving smaller EU markets. Large multinational companies will absorb the fixed costs; smaller European businesses will not. Consumers in smaller Member States will have less choice, smaller retailers will lose access to customers, and market share will become further concentrated among Amazon-scale platforms and large incumbents. It is difficult to imagine a policy outcome more contrary to the stated objectives of the Single Market. The system also creates an entire layer of compliance intermediaries whose fees can exceed the environmental contributions themselves. When the administrative machinery required to collect a recycling contribution costs many times more than the contribution, the system should be recognised as badly designed rather than defended as necessary complexity. The EU has spent decades attempting to remove national barriers to cross-border trade. Requiring an ecommerce business to establish and maintain separate packaging-compliance arrangements for potentially 27 jurisdictions reconstructs those barriers in regulatory form. There is an obvious alternative: one EU registration, one harmonised reporting format, one portal and one payment mechanism, with the relevant amounts automatically allocated to Member States according to where packaging is placed on the market. The underlying EPR contribution could remain destination-based without forcing businesses to interact separately with every national bureaucracy. That is exactly the kind of administrative problem for which a supranational European system should exist. Instead, the current approach effectively tells a small European retailer: \"You may trade freely throughout the Single Market, provided you first register, report, pay and administer your activity separately in every country.\" That is not a functioning Single Market. The Commission and Member States should urgently replace fragmented national packaging EPR compliance for cross-border sellers with a single EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism, introduce meaningful de minimis thresholds for very small volumes, and eliminate redundant representative and administrative requirements. Environmental regulation should make businesses pay for environmental externalities. It should not make them pay thousands of euros in bureaucracy to account for a few euros' worth of recycling.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553570_en"}, {"id": 33553569, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:28:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "einzelgesellschaft", "feedback": "Ich vermute stark, dass nicht dieser bürokratiewahnsinn den müll reduziert sondern weil zehntausende kleine händler ihren eu internen versand aufgeben müssen. Gegenvorschlag: erst ab 10 mitarbeiter und über 100kg versandmaterial pro land. Der aufwand ist für kleine händler unter keinen umständen handhabbar. Sie zerstören damit zehntausende existenzen und beschädigen die eu. Die eu sollte grenzen abbauen und den handel erleichtern, das hier ist das totale gegenteil. Schon jetzt ist es einfacher, ausserhalb der eu zu verkaufen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly suspect that it is not this red tape that reduces waste, but because tens of thousands of small traders have to give up their internal shipments. Counter-proposal: only 10 employees and more than 100 kg of shipped material per country. It is not manageable for small traders under any circumstances. They are destroying tens of thousands of livelihoods and damaging the EU. The EU should reduce borders and facilitate trade, which is the opposite. It is already easier to sell outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553569_en"}, {"id": 33553568, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:21:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I always thought growing up in the EU was the best. I voted for EU parties. Now I've come to regret that decision. As a small business owner who is still in its beginning phase, I cannot believer the insane regulations that have been put into place. Not only is this law destroying small businesses like mine, encouraging people to buy their products from unethical, unsustainable and more distant sources instead, it is also encouraging small businesses within the EU to stop selling to EU countries, and instead focus on a market that is far more unfriendly to the environment the EU pretends to be so desperate to save. There are plenty of difficulties already in place for normal people with simple dreams. I am so saddened and disappointed by the fact that the EU is now stomping their boot on its own people. If this regulation doesn't change, there is no pretending for the EU to be a place where individuals can dream and grow. I am not even writing this from a business standpoint. I am writing this as an EU-citizen who believes in freedom, hard work paying off, and the challenge to grow as an individual. None of this aligns with the current legislation. My heart goes out to all other people with a dream who are struck by this ridiculous set of rules, seemingly meant to squeeze money out of the little man while rewarding billionaires.", "feedbackEnglish": "I always thought growing up in the EU was the best. I voted for EU parties. Now I've come to regret that decision. As a small business owner who is still in its beginning phase, I cannot believer the insane regulations that have been put into place. Not only is this law destroying small businesses like mine, encouraging people to buy their products from unethical, unsustainable and more distant sources instead, it is also encouraging small businesses within the EU to stop selling to EU countries, and instead focus on a market that is far more unfriendly to the environment the EU pretends to be so desperate to save. There are plenty of difficulties already in place for normal people with simple dreams. I am so saddened and disappointed by the fact that the EU is now stomping their boot on its own people. If this regulation doesn't change, there is no pretending for the EU to be a place where individuals can dream and grow. I am not even writing this from a business standpoint. I am writing this as an EU-citizen who believes in freedom, hard work paying off, and the challenge to grow as an individual. None of this aligns with the current legislation. My heart goes out to all other people with a dream who are struck by this ridiculous set of rules, seemingly meant to squeeze money out of the little man while rewarding billionaires.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553568_en"}, {"id": 33553567, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:19:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have many friends who are small business owners/creators and the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy makes it now impossible for them to sell across EU borders, effectively working towards destroying their livelihoods (while its just a minor inconvenience for big corporations with their own legal department etc.) If you ship wares for 200 a year to a country you cant afford to pay 300 in legal fees for that! What is urgently needed is a de minimis exemption and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have many friends who are small business owners/creators and the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy makes it now impossible for them to sell across EU borders, effectively working towards destroying their livelihoods (while its just a minor inconvenience for big corporations with their own legal department etc.) If you ship wares for 200 a year to a country you cant afford to pay 300 in legal fees for that! What is urgently needed is a de minimis exemption and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553567_en"}, {"id": 33553566, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:13:12", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guadagno 100 al mese se va bene e dovrei pagare non si sa quanti soldi per spedire delle lettere? Non mi pare corretto messere allo stesso livello di Amazon, Shein, ecc", "feedbackEnglish": "Gain 100 per month if I go well and should pay, don’t I know how much money to send letters? It does not seem to me correct to be at the same level as Amazon, Shein, etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553566_en"}, {"id": 33553565, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:10:06", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU market is supposed to UNITED us to our brothers and sisters of our fellow European countries, instead, all this new law does, is making it impossible to get ANYTHING shipped to any of our EU countries! Not every person or small business can afford thousands of euros to pay in fees for this new law/keep up to date with all these rules and regulations. Whilst I encourage the idea of saving packaging materials in order to protect the world we live in, in its current form, this legislation has a negative effect on small businesses who are massively suffering already under bureaucratic hurdles. If this legislation stays in place, the winners are the multinational players at the cost of destroying small businesses. This cant be happening! Let us save small businesses that want to ship to us in the EU, let us stay united and change these rules as soon as possible, to make sure we keep small businesses afloat! Make the rules easier and drop the massive fees for small businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU market is supposed to UNITED us to our brothers and sisters of our fellow European countries, instead, all this new law does, is making it impossible to get ANYTHING shipped to any of our EU countries! Not every person or small business can afford thousands of euros to pay in fees for this new law/keep up to date with all these rules and regulations. Whilst I encourage the idea of saving packaging materials in order to protect the world we live in, in its current form, this legislation has a negative effect on small businesses who are massively suffering already under bureaucratic hurdles. If this legislation stays in place, the winners are the multinational players at the cost of destroying small businesses. This cant be happening! Let us save small businesses that want to ship to us in the EU, let us stay united and change these rules as soon as possible, to make sure we keep small businesses afloat! Make the rules easier and drop the massive fees for small businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553565_en"}, {"id": 33553564, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:09:35", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Vous êtes en train de tuer les petites entreprises. Sil vous plait retrouvez le sens commun et arrêtez de favoriser le monopole des grandes entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are killing small businesses. SIL would like you to regain the common sense and stop favouring the monopoly of large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553564_en"}, {"id": 33553563, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:08:14", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent artist, I would like to tell you just one thing: you are putting my atheism to the ultimate test. I would like to believe again. I would like to believe that hell exists. Because if it does, there is a special place there for you in a cauldron of melted tape, heated with recycled cardboard and paperwork from registration obligations that all of us are now expected to fulfill in 27 different countries. Registration obligations that, of course, many of us simply will not fulfill, because in many cases the cost of registration alone will exceed our entire annual turnover in a given national market. The largest corporations will merely smile at what you have introduced. For them, this is nothing. For small businesses, independent artists and micro-entrepreneurs who have spent decades building the European Union, this means death, the end of their businesses, and a spit in the face. You have ultimately destroyed the European Union. You have destroyed the single market. You have destroyed everything. May hell consume you.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent artist, I would like to tell you just one thing: you are putting my atheism to the ultimate test. I would like to believe again. I would like to believe that hell exists. Because if it does, there is a special place there for you in a cauldron of melted tape, heated with recycled cardboard and paperwork from registration obligations that all of us are now expected to fulfill in 27 different countries. Registration obligations that, of course, many of us simply will not fulfill, because in many cases the cost of registration alone will exceed our entire annual turnover in a given national market. The largest corporations will merely smile at what you have introduced. For them, this is nothing. For small businesses, independent artists and micro-entrepreneurs who have spent decades building the European Union, this means death, the end of their businesses, and a spit in the face. You have ultimately destroyed the European Union. You have destroyed the single market. You have destroyed everything. May hell consume you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553563_en"}, {"id": 33553562, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:03:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Moving Furniture Records", "feedback": "Beste mensen, Ik heb met zeer grote schrik het nieuws tot mij genomen over de nieuwe regels onder de PPWR. Ik heb een klein bedrijfje, naast een vaste baan, waarmee ik ongeveer 25 pakketjes per maand verstuurd. Echter met deze nieuwe regels wordt dit mij eigenlijk onmogelijk gemaakt. Het moeten registreren en betalen voor alles is voor een kleine ZZPer niet te doen, en dan de dreiging met boetes maakt het eigenlijk dat ik moet stoppen mijn eigen bedrijf. Ik ben het volledig eens dat er iets moet worden gedaan aan de gigantische impact van verpakkingen op het milieu. Ik gebruik daarom bijv veel verpakking waarbij geen extra plastic bubble wrap nodig is, en als dat toch nodig is gebruik ik biologisch afbreekbare bubble wrap, of hergebruik ik oud verpakkingsmateriaal van eigen ontvangen pakketjes. MAAR, de plannen zoals nu gepresenteerd zijn totaal niet doordacht en zijn een grote klap voor alle kleine ondernemingen, zoals de mijne. En de grote ondernemingen zijn de lagende derde, want die zien alle kleine concurrentie door de EU de nek omgedraaid. Daarom verzoek ik u om de huidge plannen volledig terug te draaien en terug te gaan naar tekentafel om met een plan te komen dat wel werkt voor kleine ondernemers, en niet alleen voor grote bedrijven. Hoogachtend, Sietse van Erve Moving Furniture Records", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear people, I was very afraid to take the news about the new rules under the PPWR. I have a small business, in addition to a permanent job, with which I send around 25 parcels per month. However, these new rules actually make this impossible for me. Having to register and pay for everything is not for a small ZZPer to do, and then the threat of fines actually means that I have to stop my own business. I fully agree that the enormous impact of packaging on the environment needs to be addressed. I therefore use, for example, a lot of packaging that does not require additional plastic bubble wrap, and if necessary I use biodegradable bubble wrap, or reuse old packaging material from my own received packages. But the plans as presented today are completely ill-conceived and are a big blow to all small businesses, such as mine. And big companies are the worst third, as they see all small competition from the EU reversed. I would therefore ask you to completely reverse the current plans and go back to the drawing table to come up with a plan that does work for small entrepreneurs, not just for large companies. Yours sincerely, Sietse van Erve Moving Furniture Records", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553562_en"}, {"id": 33553561, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 23:00:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmer, der über einen Onlineshop hochwertige Töpferwaren europaweit vertreibt, sehe ich mich durch diese Verordnung in existenzbedrohender Weise betroffen und möchte hiermit deutlichen Widerspruch anmelden. Umweltschutz ist mir persönlich ein zentrales Anliegen. Ich verpacke bereits heute ausschließlich mit plastikfreien Materialien aus Recyclingstoffen und optimiere jede Sendung auf minimalen Leerraum nicht wegen gesetzlicher Vorgaben, sondern weil es sowohl ökologisch sinnvoll als auch wirtschaftlich vernünftig ist. Genau das zeigt: Verantwortungsbewusstes Verpacken entsteht aus eigenem Antrieb und wirtschaftlicher Logik, nicht durch Zwang. Diese Verordnung ist damit für Unternehmen wie mich schlicht überflüssig. Statt Nutzen zu bringen, erzeugt das Gesetz einen bürokratischen Aufwand, der für Kleinunternehmer nicht zu bewältigen ist. Ich habe erhebliche Arbeitszeit investiert, um die komplexen Regelungen zu den nationalen Herstellerregistern überhaupt zu verstehen mit dem Ergebnis, dass selbst nach intensiver Recherche kaum Klarheit besteht. Ein Gesetz, das seine eigenen Adressaten nicht verstehen können, ist ein gescheitertes Gesetz. Die praktische Konsequenz: Ich kann meine Produkte nicht mehr ins EU-Ausland versenden, da die Registrierungspflichten in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedsstaat weder finanziell noch zeitlich zu stemmen sind. Damit trifft diese Verordnung nicht die großen Versandkonzerne, die sich Compliance-Abteilungen leisten können, sondern gezielt die kleinen, lokal verwurzelten Betriebe. Das Ergebnis ist eine schleichende Monopolisierung des europäischen Marktes zugunsten weniger Großanbieter das exakte Gegenteil eines fairen Binnenmarktes. Europa wurde als Raum des freien Handels, der wirtschaftlichen Chancengleichheit und der Offenheit gegründet. Diese Verordnung untergräbt genau diese Grundwerte, indem sie kleine und mittlere Unternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel verdrängt. Sie ist wirtschaftsfeindlich, überregulierend und richtet in ihrer aktuellen Form erheblichen Schaden für die europäischen Bürger an. Meine Forderung: Diese Verordnung sollte in ihrer jetzigen Form vollständig zurückgenommen werden. Wenn Umweltschutz das Ziel ist, braucht es praxisnahe, verhältnismäßige Lösungen nicht bürokratische Hürden, die kleine Unternehmen aus dem Binnenmarkt drängen und am Ende nur den großen Playern nützen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business selling high-quality pottery across Europe via an online shop, I see this regulation as affecting my existence and would like to lodge a clear objection. Protecting the environment is a key concern for me personally. I already package only plastic-free materials made of recycled materials and opt for each consignment to have a minimum empty space, not because of legal requirements, but because it makes both ecological and economic sense. This is precisely what we can see: Responsible packaging is the result of self-motivation and economic logic, not of coercion. This regulation is therefore simply superfluous for companies like me. Rather than bringing benefits, the law creates a bureaucratic burden that is unmanageable for small businesses. I have invested considerable working time in understanding the complex rules on national producer registers at all, with the result that, even after intensive research, there is little clarity. A law that cannot be understood by its own addressees is a failed law. The practical consequence: I can no longer send my products abroad in the EU, as the registration obligations in each individual Member State cannot be met either financially or in time. This means that this Regulation does not affect large shipping companies, which can afford compliance departments, but rather small, locally rooted businesses. The result is a creeping monopolisation of the European market in favour of fewer large suppliers, which is exactly the opposite of a fair internal market. Europe was founded as an area of free trade, equal economic opportunities and openness. This Regulation undermines precisely these fundamental values by displacing small and medium-sized enterprises from cross-border trade. It is anti-economic, over-regulating and, in its current form, causes considerable harm to European citizens. My request: This Regulation should be withdrawn in its current form in its entirety. If the aim is to protect the environment, practical, proportionate solutions do not need bureaucratic hurdles that push small businesses out of the single market and ultimately benefit only the big players.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553561_en"}, {"id": 33553549, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:59:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear sirs and madams, it is with great worries that I write to you regarding the new packaging and packaging waste regulations that became effective on August 12th 2026. In the past days or rather weeks I have come across countless owners of micro/small businesses on the Internet who announced that they will be forced to stop shipping within the EU due to these new regulations altogether. With probably many many more to follow. It is, undoubtedly, important and a respectable goal to try to reduce waste as much as possible. However, as a concerned EU citizen I am of the firm opinion that the PPWR-rule MUST be adapted to protect the aforementioned micro/small businesses and to secure their future. The fact that PPWR in its current form heavily impacts free trade within the EU - or rather makes it nigh impossible except for big corporations that, ironically if not absurdedly, are the main producers of packaging waste - cannot be tolerated. Impacting trade between EU countries in this way absolutely is against everything the EU stands for - among other things as a union against trade borders on our continent. Thus like thousands of other EU citizens I implore you, the elected representatives of the European people, to find a solution for this problem. To protect micro/small local businesses and the free European trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear sirs and madams, it is with great worries that I write to you regarding the new packaging and packaging waste regulations that became effective on August 12th 2026. In the past days or rather weeks I have come across countless owners of micro/small businesses on the Internet who announced that they will be forced to stop shipping within the EU due to these new regulations altogether. With probably many many more to follow. It is, undoubtedly, important and a respectable goal to try to reduce waste as much as possible. However, as a concerned EU citizen I am of the firm opinion that the PPWR-rule MUST be adapted to protect the aforementioned micro/small businesses and to secure their future. The fact that PPWR in its current form heavily impacts free trade within the EU - or rather makes it nigh impossible except for big corporations that, ironically if not absurdedly, are the main producers of packaging waste - cannot be tolerated. Impacting trade between EU countries in this way absolutely is against everything the EU stands for - among other things as a union against trade borders on our continent. Thus like thousands of other EU citizens I implore you, the elected representatives of the European people, to find a solution for this problem. To protect micro/small local businesses and the free European trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553549_en"}, {"id": 33553560, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:57:39", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "kleine stores unbedingt ausnehmen von dieser regelung, mittlere am besten auch.", "feedbackEnglish": "exempt small stores from this rule, and best for medium-sized stores.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553560_en"}, {"id": 33553559, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:57:15", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The requirement to have a legal rep in every country is ridiculous for SMEs. A common EU-wide system (similar to VAT one stop shop) would be way simpler and allow SMEs to continue serving all countries. The current implementation favors shipping to 3rd countries instead of the EU market which simply is ludicrous - if I now want to order from a German SME as Austrian it is not possible since the Austrian market is too small for most SMEs to cover cost of legal rep. Seems like this law was lobbied by the legal reps", "feedbackEnglish": "The requirement to have a legal rep in every country is ridiculous for SMEs. A common EU-wide system (similar to VAT one stop shop) would be way simpler and allow SMEs to continue serving all countries. The current implementation favors shipping to 3rd countries instead of the EU market which simply is ludicrous - if I now want to order from a German SME as Austrian it is not possible since the Austrian market is too small for most SMEs to cover cost of legal rep. Seems like this law was lobbied by the legal reps", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553559_en"}, {"id": 33553558, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:53:24", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, Wanting to reduce unnecessary or harmful packaging is a noble goal. As a business owner having to pay a little fee to aid in recycling is offcource not what we would prefer but still reasonable. However for small or micro businesses having to register in each country is totally ridiculous. Small businesses have to spend many, many, many times more on compliance costs by having to register in every EU country and hiring and Authorised representative. Than we actually spend on the recycling fee itself. The current requirements disproportionately hit small and micro businesses very hard. Because of this lots of small businesses have to close shipping to most EU countries, this totally goes against the EU's goal of a free market. As a current measure I propose an exemption for small and micro business from having to register and hiring an authorised representative. Until a better permanent solution could be found. Maybe a system where you have to register ones on the EU-wide level instead of in every country. The law in it's current form costs a fortune in compliance, is very complicated, and takes a lot of time. Every minute/ euro that is spend complying could be spend on productive activities instead like growing our businesses. I appreciate you taking time to read my message, and hopefully taking it to heart Regards, Robbe Van Caekenberghe RVC Collectibles BV", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, Wanting to reduce unnecessary or harmful packaging is a noble goal. As a business owner having to pay a little fee to aid in recycling is offcource not what we would prefer but still reasonable. However for small or micro businesses having to register in each country is totally ridiculous. Small businesses have to spend many, many, many times more on compliance costs by having to register in every EU country and hiring and Authorised representative. Than we actually spend on the recycling fee itself. The current requirements disproportionately hit small and micro businesses very hard. Because of this lots of small businesses have to close shipping to most EU countries, this totally goes against the EU's goal of a free market. As a current measure I propose an exemption for small and micro business from having to register and hiring an authorised representative. Until a better permanent solution could be found. Maybe a system where you have to register ones on the EU-wide level instead of in every country. The law in it's current form costs a fortune in compliance, is very complicated, and takes a lot of time. Every minute/ euro that is spend complying could be spend on productive activities instead like growing our businesses. I appreciate you taking time to read my message, and hopefully taking it to heart Regards, Robbe Van Caekenberghe RVC Collectibles BV", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553558_en"}, {"id": 33553557, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:46:52", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small independent vintage seller, and these new requirements are honestly extremely discouraging. I send only a small number of parcels to different EU countries, often reusing old boxes and packaging. Yet I may now be expected to register, pay fees and even appoint representatives in multiple countries just to send a few parcels there. How is a micro-business supposed to manage this? Instead of helping the environment, this will simply push many small sellers to stop selling across the EU. It feels completely disproportionate and goes against the idea of a Single Market. Please create a simple EU-wide system or an exemption for micro-businesses and very small packaging volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent vintage seller, and these new requirements are honestly extremely discouraging. I send only a small number of parcels to different EU countries, often reusing old boxes and packaging. Yet I may now be expected to register, pay fees and even appoint representatives in multiple countries just to send a few parcels there. How is a micro-business supposed to manage this? Instead of helping the environment, this will simply push many small sellers to stop selling across the EU. It feels completely disproportionate and goes against the idea of a Single Market. Please create a simple EU-wide system or an exemption for micro-businesses and very small packaging volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553557_en"}, {"id": 33553556, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:44:52", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta norma, que estackaramente pensada para controlar a los grandes marketplaces, lo único que va a hacer a las microempresas es cerrarlas. Una micro empresa que subsiste de vender 2 cosas a un país y 3 a otro no puede permitirse ni llevar toda la documentación que exigen al día ni por supuesto pagar ni buscar representante en cada país. Esto es lo mismo sean de la ue o de fuera. Y como consumidor lo que consigue es destrozar la competencia de las pequeñas De las cosas que yo compro para mi hobby (hacer belenes), a empresas que suelen ser una persona o dos, ya han anunciado todas que dejan de enviar fuera de su pais", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule, which is designed to control large marketplaces, will only close them down for micro-enterprises. A micro company that still sells 2 items to one country and 3 to another cannot afford to carry all the documentation they require every day, nor of course pay or find a representative in each country. This is the same whether from the EU or from outside. And as a consumer, what you manage to do is destroy the competition of small businesses. Of the things I buy for my hobby (do belenes), businesses that are usually one person or two have already all announced that they stop sending outside their country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553556_en"}, {"id": 33553555, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:40:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Müllt Online-Shops einfach nur zu und macht diese unübersichtlich. Das Dokument hat viel zu viel Text, was sich kein Endkunde durchliest. Ein Hinweis in der Bestellbestigung ist vollkommen ausreichend!", "feedbackEnglish": "Simply wastes online shops and makes them confusing. The document has far too much text, which no final customer can read. An indication in the order form is entirely sufficient!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553555_en"}, {"id": 33553554, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:40:09", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is highly concerning how small business owners are being negatively impacted more than large companies or corporations, in spite of the fact that the volume of waste they create is negligible by comparison. In the past several days I have already seen multiple such businesses announcing that they will stop providing shipping to EU countries due to the extra costs and red tape involved. Please reconsider the requirements for small businesses, as in the long term they are not sustainable.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is highly concerning how small business owners are being negatively impacted more than large companies or corporations, in spite of the fact that the volume of waste they create is negligible by comparison. In the past several days I have already seen multiple such businesses announcing that they will stop providing shipping to EU countries due to the extra costs and red tape involved. Please reconsider the requirements for small businesses, as in the long term they are not sustainable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553554_en"}, {"id": 33553553, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:39:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette nouvelle loi proposée a un défaut flagrant : le manque de considération pour les commerces locaux et les petites entreprises. Une multinationale peut entièrement se permettre de dépenser pour respecter les nouvelles exigences, mais demander du jour au lendemain une somme qui à leur échelle est absolument exorbitante rien que pour pouvoir continuer leur activité aura un impact néfaste sur les petites entreprises et les indépendants. Au revers de cela, cette loi mériterait d'être plus exigeante avec les entreprises de très grande envergure telles que la Coca-Cola company ou Nestlé, qui à ce jour sont de réelles menaces pour notre planète rien qu'à elles toutes seules", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposed new law has a blatant flaw: lack of consideration for local shops and small businesses. A multinational can afford to spend entirely on meeting the new requirements, but asking overnight for a sum that is absolutely exorbitant on their scale just to be able to continue their business will have a detrimental impact on small businesses and the self-employed. At the other end of the scale, this law would deserve to be more demanding with very large companies such as the Coca-Cola company or Nestlé, which to date are real threats to our planet alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553553_en"}, {"id": 33553552, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:36:05", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear representatives, I am beyond baffled how on Earth such vital law was implemented without taking into account one of the main values of the EU - interconnectivity across the free markets and giving a chance to small enterprises to develop by accessing the entire EU market. I have had small businesses in two other European countries and I am now in the process of setting up a small company in Bulgaria, making sustainable and extremely durable dog leashes that will outlive the cheap Chinese alternatives by a decade - preventing waste and creating value here in Europe. And now you want me to spend thousands of EUR and hundreds of hours on administration, just to be able to send my already compostable and reusable packages to other EU countries. Sure, Chinese platforms and big retailers should be made to comply. But to put barriers to businesses run by just one or two persons and essentially sink them, I don't think that's what we voted for in any election. I am asking you to please reconsider how you treat small European business that want to do well and prevent waste. Best regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear representatives, I am beyond baffled how on Earth such vital law was implemented without taking into account one of the main values of the EU - interconnectivity across the free markets and giving a chance to small enterprises to develop by accessing the entire EU market. I have had small businesses in two other European countries and I am now in the process of setting up a small company in Bulgaria, making sustainable and extremely durable dog leashes that will outlive the cheap Chinese alternatives by a decade - preventing waste and creating value here in Europe. And now you want me to spend thousands of EUR and hundreds of hours on administration, just to be able to send my already compostable and reusable packages to other EU countries. Sure, Chinese platforms and big retailers should be made to comply. But to put barriers to businesses run by just one or two persons and essentially sink them, I don't think that's what we voted for in any election. I am asking you to please reconsider how you treat small European business that want to do well and prevent waste. Best regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553552_en"}, {"id": 33553551, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:31:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe ein sehr kleines Unternehmen in Deutschland und stelle hochspezialisierte Nischenprodukte in kleinen Stückzahlen her. Meine Kunden sitzen teilweise in ganz Europa. Genau für solche kleinen Unternehmen kann die aktuelle Umsetzung der PPWR zu einem ernsthaften Problem werden. Das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Recycling zu verbessern, halte ich grundsätzlich für richtig. Ich habe auch kein Problem damit, für die Verpackungen, die ich tatsächlich in Verkehr bringe, einen angemessenen Entsorgungsbeitrag zu bezahlen. Was ich aber für völlig unverhältnismäßig halte, ist der bürokratische Aufwand, der bereits bei wenigen einzelnen Sendungen in andere EU-Länder entstehen kann. Wenn ich vielleicht ein oder zwei Pakete im Jahr nach Belgien, Portugal, Polen oder in ein anderes Mitgliedsland verschicke, reden wir über wenige Kilogramm Karton und Polstermaterial. Trotzdem können dafür nationale Registrierungen, unterschiedliche Systeme, Meldungen, laufende Pflichten und teilweise zusätzliche Dienstleister notwendig werden. Die eigentlichen Entsorgungskosten für diese wenigen Kilogramm Verpackung dürften minimal sein. Der Verwaltungsaufwand und die möglichen Fixkosten können dagegen ein Vielfaches davon betragen. Für einen großen Versandhändler mit zehntausenden oder hunderttausenden Sendungen pro Jahr ist das ein zusätzlicher Compliance-Prozess, der automatisiert und von eigenen Mitarbeitern abgewickelt wird. Für einen Kleinstunternehmer kann derselbe grundlegende Aufwand dazu führen, dass sich eine einzige Bestellung aus einem bestimmten EU-Land wirtschaftlich nicht mehr lohnt. Das ist nicht nur lästig. Für kleine Unternehmen kann das existenzielle Auswirkungen haben. Die logische Konsequenz wird für viele kleine Händler und Hersteller sein, den Versand in bestimmte EU-Länder vollständig einzustellen. Nicht weil sie die Entsorgung ihrer Verpackungen nicht bezahlen wollen, sondern weil sich der Verwaltungsaufwand für wenige Sendungen schlicht nicht mehr rechtfertigen lässt. Damit trifft die Regelung ausgerechnet diejenigen besonders stark, die keine eigenen Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen haben. Große Versandkonzerne können diese Kosten problemlos verteilen. Kleine Anbieter verlieren dagegen Märkte oder müssen ganz auf grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe verzichten. Am Ende führt eine solche Regelung damit möglicherweise sogar zu weniger Wettbewerb. Große Marktteilnehmer werden stärker, während kleine spezialisierte Anbieter aus einzelnen Ländern verschwinden. Das kann nicht das Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Gerade bei Kleinstunternehmen muss der Aufwand in einem vernünftigen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Eine sinnvolle Lösung wäre beispielsweise eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze oder ein zentrales europäisches Registrierungssystem. Ein kleines Unternehmen könnte sich einmal registrieren, jährlich die tatsächlich versendeten Verpackungsmengen je Mitgliedstaat melden und die entsprechenden Beiträge bezahlen. Die Verteilung an die einzelnen Länder könnte anschließend zentral erfolgen. Ich möchte meinen Beitrag zur Vermeidung und Entsorgung von Verpackungsabfällen leisten. Aber Umweltpolitik sollte kleine Unternehmen nicht durch Verwaltungsaufwand aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt drängen. Wenn wenige Kilogramm Verpackung dazu führen können, dass ein Kleinstunternehmen in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten eigene Registrierungen und Verwaltungsstrukturen benötigt, stimmt das Verhältnis zwischen Ziel und Umsetzung nicht mehr.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a very small business in Germany and produce highly specialised niche products in small quantities. My customers are partly located across Europe. It is precisely for such small companies that the current implementation of the PPWR can become a serious problem. I consider the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling to be fundamentally correct. Nor do I have any problems in paying an appropriate disposal contribution for the packaging I actually place on the market. What I consider to be completely disproportionate, however, is the bureaucratic burden that can arise from a small number of individual consignments to other EU countries. If I send one or two parcels a year to Belgium, Portugal, Poland or another Member State, we talk about a few kilograms of cardboard and upholstery. Nevertheless, this may require national registrations, different systems, notifications, ongoing obligations and, in some cases, additional service providers. The actual disposal costs for this few kilograms of packaging are expected to be minimal. The administrative burden and possible fixed costs, on the other hand, can be many times higher. For a large mail order company with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of consignments per year, this is an additional compliance process that is automated and handled by its own staff. For a micro-entrepreneur, the same basic effort may mean that a single order from a given EU country is no longer economically worthwhile. This is not just annoying. For small businesses, this can have an existential impact. The logical consequence will be for many small traders and manufacturers to completely stop shipping to certain EU countries. Not because they do not want to pay for the disposal of their packaging, but because the administrative burden for a few consignments can simply no longer be justified. This makes the provision particularly severe for those who do not have their own legal or compliance departments. Large shipping companies can easily spread these costs. Small suppliers, on the other hand, lose markets or have to forgo cross-border sales altogether. Ultimately, such a system may even lead to less competition. Large market players are becoming stronger, while small specialised suppliers from individual countries disappear. This cannot be the goal of a common European internal market. Especially in the case of micro-enterprises, the burden must be reasonable in relation to the amount of packaging actually produced. A useful solution would be, for example, an EU-wide de minimis threshold or a central European registration system. A small company could register once, report annually the actual quantities of packaging shipped per Member State and pay the relevant contributions. The distribution to the individual countries could then be centralised. I want to contribute to the prevention and disposal of packaging waste. But environmental policy should not push small businesses out of the European single market through administrative burdens. If a few kilograms of packaging can lead to a micro-enterprise needing its own registrations and administrative structures in several Member States, the relationship between target and implementation is no longer correct.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553551_en"}, {"id": 33553547, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:20:06", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HappyMade Crafts by Evija", "feedback": "I run a very small business in Sweden where I make handmade leather goods and sell directly to customers in Sweden, the EU and other countries. I fully understand why PPWR and EPR are needed, and I want to do the right thing. I already use cardboard boxes, tissue paper and as little plastic as possible. I also try to make sure there is very little empty space in my packages. My problem is the amount of administration and cost for a very small business selling across the EU. I understand that I may need to register and follow EPR rules in each country where I sell, and potentially pay fees and use representatives. For a micro-business, this is simply too expensive and complicated. Some countries I only sell to once or a few times per year. My sales also change a lot, so I cannot just choose one or two EU countries to sell to. Because of these new requirements, I have had to stop shipping to EU countries. This means losing around 30% of my sales. I really hope there can be a simpler solution for micro-businesses. For example, a system similar to the VAT OSS, where we could register and report in one EU system instead of dealing with many different national systems. I am not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. I just want the rules to be realistic for very small businesses. Small businesses want to comply, but we need a system that makes it possible for us to do so.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a very small business in Sweden where I make handmade leather goods and sell directly to customers in Sweden, the EU and other countries. I fully understand why PPWR and EPR are needed, and I want to do the right thing. I already use cardboard boxes, tissue paper and as little plastic as possible. I also try to make sure there is very little empty space in my packages. My problem is the amount of administration and cost for a very small business selling across the EU. I understand that I may need to register and follow EPR rules in each country where I sell, and potentially pay fees and use representatives. For a micro-business, this is simply too expensive and complicated. Some countries I only sell to once or a few times per year. My sales also change a lot, so I cannot just choose one or two EU countries to sell to. Because of these new requirements, I have had to stop shipping to EU countries. This means losing around 30% of my sales. I really hope there can be a simpler solution for micro-businesses. For example, a system similar to the VAT OSS, where we could register and report in one EU system instead of dealing with many different national systems. I am not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. I just want the rules to be realistic for very small businesses. Small businesses want to comply, but we need a system that makes it possible for us to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553547_en"}, {"id": 33553546, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:19:25", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, I ask the European Commission to reconsider how producer registration, EPR and Authorised Representative requirements apply to micro-enterprises and very small cross-border sellers. I run a small creative business established in Latvia, selling craft supplies online to customers across the EU. We already comply with packaging EPR requirements where applicable and are willing to pay a fair contribution towards recycling the packaging we place on the market. The problem is not the environmental contribution itself, but the disproportionate fixed administrative cost of complying separately in every Member State. Our real figures illustrate this clearly. In 2025 we sent approximately 659 parcels to Germany, representing around EUR 18,600 in sales and only about 7.6 kg of shipping envelopes for the entire year. And this is our largest market in the EU. France represented about 3.75 kg of shipping envelopes, Italy about 1.07 kg and the Netherlands less than 1 kg. In many other EU countries our annual packaging volume is only 200 grams to 1 kg. And we are not even the smallest type of micro-seller. There are thousands of artisans, Etsy sellers and small creative businesses that may make only a few sales per year to a particular EU country. Such a seller might place only 100500 grams of packaging on that national market. Requiring these businesses to maintain separate registrations, reporting systems, compliance schemes and potentially Authorised Representatives in many Member States is completely disproportionate to their environmental impact. The actual EPR contribution for 500 grams or 1 kg of packaging may be tiny, while registration, administration and representation can cost hundreds of euros per country. These fixed costs can easily exceed the entire profit a micro-business earns from that market. The result will not necessarily be better recycling. Small EU businesses will simply stop selling to customers in smaller Member States, while large companies can easily absorb these costs. This creates a barrier to cross-border trade within the Single Market. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate EU-wide regime for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes. For example, producers placing less than 10 kg of packaging per year on the market of a Member State could have: * one EU registration instead of separate national registrations; * one simplified annual declaration showing quantities by destination country; * no mandatory local Authorised Representative for EU-established micro-enterprises; * EPR contributions based on actual packaging quantities without disproportionate minimum fees. If 10 kg is considered too high, a lower threshold could be established. But a business placing 200 grams, 1 kg or 5 kg of packaging on a national market should not face the same fixed compliance infrastructure as a producer placing tonnes of packaging there. We are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. Micro-businesses can report their packaging and pay EPR contributions proportionate to the actual quantities they place on each market. The EU Single Market has allowed small artisans and creative businesses to reach customers throughout Europe. Environmental legislation should encourage us to reduce packaging, not force us to stop selling across EU borders because the administrative cost of placing a few hundred grams of packaging on a market exceeds the value of the sales themselves. Please consider a harmonised and proportionate micro-producer regime before these requirements make cross-border EU trade economically impossible for many small creative businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, I ask the European Commission to reconsider how producer registration, EPR and Authorised Representative requirements apply to micro-enterprises and very small cross-border sellers. I run a small creative business established in Latvia, selling craft supplies online to customers across the EU. We already comply with packaging EPR requirements where applicable and are willing to pay a fair contribution towards recycling the packaging we place on the market. The problem is not the environmental contribution itself, but the disproportionate fixed administrative cost of complying separately in every Member State. Our real figures illustrate this clearly. In 2025 we sent approximately 659 parcels to Germany, representing around EUR 18,600 in sales and only about 7.6 kg of shipping envelopes for the entire year. And this is our largest market in the EU. France represented about 3.75 kg of shipping envelopes, Italy about 1.07 kg and the Netherlands less than 1 kg. In many other EU countries our annual packaging volume is only 200 grams to 1 kg. And we are not even the smallest type of micro-seller. There are thousands of artisans, Etsy sellers and small creative businesses that may make only a few sales per year to a particular EU country. Such a seller might place only 100500 grams of packaging on that national market. Requiring these businesses to maintain separate registrations, reporting systems, compliance schemes and potentially Authorised Representatives in many Member States is completely disproportionate to their environmental impact. The actual EPR contribution for 500 grams or 1 kg of packaging may be tiny, while registration, administration and representation can cost hundreds of euros per country. These fixed costs can easily exceed the entire profit a micro-business earns from that market. The result will not necessarily be better recycling. Small EU businesses will simply stop selling to customers in smaller Member States, while large companies can easily absorb these costs. This creates a barrier to cross-border trade within the Single Market. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate EU-wide regime for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes. For example, producers placing less than 10 kg of packaging per year on the market of a Member State could have: * one EU registration instead of separate national registrations; * one simplified annual declaration showing quantities by destination country; * no mandatory local Authorised Representative for EU-established micro-enterprises; * EPR contributions based on actual packaging quantities without disproportionate minimum fees. If 10 kg is considered too high, a lower threshold could be established. But a business placing 200 grams, 1 kg or 5 kg of packaging on a national market should not face the same fixed compliance infrastructure as a producer placing tonnes of packaging there. We are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. Micro-businesses can report their packaging and pay EPR contributions proportionate to the actual quantities they place on each market. The EU Single Market has allowed small artisans and creative businesses to reach customers throughout Europe. Environmental legislation should encourage us to reduce packaging, not force us to stop selling across EU borders because the administrative cost of placing a few hundred grams of packaging on a market exceeds the value of the sales themselves. Please consider a harmonised and proportionate micro-producer regime before these requirements make cross-border EU trade economically impossible for many small creative businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553546_en"}, {"id": 33553545, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:15:09", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist ", "feedback": "I am an artist and this regulation, as much as I agree with fighting packaging waste (I mostly use recycled packaging), is threatening my existence. To me and many other micro businesses, it equals a ban to sell to other EU countries and I don't know how to explain to my customers that from now on, it is possible for big companies like Temu to flood our markets, but I won't be able to sell a handmade piece of art to a neighbouring country anymore. This is destroying a lot of trade, connections, relations. It is creating new borders. It is sad, and in my opinion this goes against the idea of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist and this regulation, as much as I agree with fighting packaging waste (I mostly use recycled packaging), is threatening my existence. To me and many other micro businesses, it equals a ban to sell to other EU countries and I don't know how to explain to my customers that from now on, it is possible for big companies like Temu to flood our markets, but I won't be able to sell a handmade piece of art to a neighbouring country anymore. This is destroying a lot of trade, connections, relations. It is creating new borders. It is sad, and in my opinion this goes against the idea of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553545_en"}, {"id": 33553544, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:14:30", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Est une nouvelle loi pour poser des frontières, invisible, mais bien bien réelles ? Ceci contre ces dispositions visant à obliger les créateurs, les petits créateurs à payer une personne tierce afin quelle puisse aller vendre, ses œuvres en Europe", "feedbackEnglish": "Est une nouvelle loi pour poser des frontières, invisible, mais bien bien réelles ? Ceci contre ces dispositions visant à obliger les créateurs, les petits créateurs à payer une personne tierce afin quelle puisse aller vendre, ses œuvres en Europe", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553544_en"}, {"id": 33553543, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:14:25", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think that this bill isn't narrowed down enough when it comes to small and micro businesses, and the sudden bureaucracy will severly restrict or kill existent small/micro business, or deter any new ones from appearing. I think the bill is good and needed, but it should have a more streamlined process: - Have 1 rep in the country of origin that deals with applying to all of the different countries you need to ship to on your behalf. When looking at how businesses operate right now where they put together a website and then anyone can buy from them. You don't actually know beforehand where your buyer will be located. Being expected to sign up with ALL european countries just in case is excessive and most people don't have that kind of capital upfront. If this isn't possible, then make it so there is one application form you need to fill in, that you upload to one website or system where everyone else can extract the information from. - Narrow down the weight threshold in the bill. Make rules for small number of kilograms, rather than tonnes, that ALL countries have to use as guidelines. Whilst you wouldn't be able to dictate prices and such because each country has its own economy, tighter guidelines would go a long way. The best option for people that sell, say.. 5 stickers a year, for example, would probably be to give them an exemption, but if it's not possible, then please keep them in mind when considering amendments to this new policy! Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "I think that this bill isn't narrowed down enough when it comes to small and micro businesses, and the sudden bureaucracy will severly restrict or kill existent small/micro business, or deter any new ones from appearing. I think the bill is good and needed, but it should have a more streamlined process: - Have 1 rep in the country of origin that deals with applying to all of the different countries you need to ship to on your behalf. When looking at how businesses operate right now where they put together a website and then anyone can buy from them. You don't actually know beforehand where your buyer will be located. Being expected to sign up with ALL european countries just in case is excessive and most people don't have that kind of capital upfront. If this isn't possible, then make it so there is one application form you need to fill in, that you upload to one website or system where everyone else can extract the information from. - Narrow down the weight threshold in the bill. Make rules for small number of kilograms, rather than tonnes, that ALL countries have to use as guidelines. Whilst you wouldn't be able to dictate prices and such because each country has its own economy, tighter guidelines would go a long way. The best option for people that sell, say.. 5 stickers a year, for example, would probably be to give them an exemption, but if it's not possible, then please keep them in mind when considering amendments to this new policy! Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553543_en"}, {"id": 33553542, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:12:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Abgeordnete, sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der Europäischen Kommission, als engagierte Kleinunternehmerin wende ich mich heute mit großer Sorge und nach einer zutiefst ernüchternden Erfahrung an Sie. Ich unterstütze das Ziel der Europäischen Union, Verpackungsabfälle nachhaltig zu reduzieren und Verpackungen kreislauffähig zu gestalten, aus voller Überzeugung. In meinem eigenen Unternehmen widme ich mich seit jeher der Nutzung rezyklierbarer Materialien und der konsequenten Vermeidung unnötiger Kunststoffabfälle. Umweltschutz und nachhaltiges Wirtschaften sind für mich keine Pflichtaufgabe, sondern gelebte Unternehmenspraxis. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung und handwerkliche Umsetzung der Regelungen zur Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) sowie die grenzüberschreitenden bürokratischen Pflichten stehen jedoch in eklatantem Widerspruch zu den Grundprinzipien der Europäischen Union: dem freien Warenverkehr und der Förderung eines fairen, wettbewerbsfähigen Binnenmarktes. 1. Bürokratischer Kollaps statt funktionierender Infrastruktur Ausschlaggebend für dieses Schreiben war eine beispiellose Odyssey durch Behörden und Beratungsstellen. An einem einzigen Tag habe ich mich intensiv um Klärung bemüht: Ich habe Telefonate mit Ministerien in Deutschland geführt, Anwaltskanzleien, Gewerkschaften und Wirtschaftsverbände kontaktiert sowie die offiziellen Hotlines und Spezial-Hotlines der Europäischen Union konsultiert. Das schockierende Ergebnis: Keine einzige Stelle, kein einziger Ansprechpartner war in der Lage, konkrete Fragen zur praktischen Umsetzung des Gesetzes zu beantworten oder verständlich zu erklären, wie die Einhaltung rechtssicher funktionieren soll. Noch gravierender ist, dass in mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten schlichtweg die digitale oder organisatorische Infrastruktur fehlt, um Kleinstunternehmen eine zugängliche Registrierung zu ermöglichen. Wenn Gesetze verabschiedet werden, bei denen selbst ausführende Stellen und EU-Hotlines keine Antwort auf die praktische Umsetzung wissen, verliert die Politik jegliche Glaubwürdigkeit bei den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern. 2. Unverhältnismäßige Belastung und Verzerrung des Wettbewerbs Während Großkonzerne und Plattformgiganten wie Amazon über ganze Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen verfügen, um landesspezifische Registrierungs-, Berichterstattungs- und Vertretungspflichten abzuwickeln, bedeuten diese Anforderungen für Kleinstunternehmen den administrativen und finanziellen Ruin. Wenn ich als Kleinunternehmerin nur geringe Stückzahlen grenzüberschreitend in ein anderes EU-Land liefere, stehen die Kosten für Registrierungsgebühren, nationale Bevollmächtigte und länderspezifische Berichterstattungen in absolut keinem Verhältnis mehr zum Umsatz oder Wert dieser Bestellungen. Die Konsequenz ist fatal: Ich und viele andere kleine Händler werden faktisch dazu gezwungen, den Verkauf an Kunden in bestimmten EU-Ländern einzustellen. Nicht etwa, weil es uns am Willen zur Nachhaltigkeit fehlt, sondern weil die Erfüllung der Vorgaben wirtschaftlich schlicht unmöglich ist. Dies verzerrt den Wettbewerb massiv, drängt kleine Anbieter aus dem Markt und stärkt die Marktposition internationaler Großkonzerne weiter. 3. Konkrete Forderungen an die Politik Umwelt- und Klimaschutz dürfen nicht gegen den europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgespielt werden. Wenn Sie verhindern wollen, dass europäische Gewerbetreibende das Vertrauen in die Handlungsfähigkeit der Europäischen Union verlieren, müssen umgehend praxistaugliche Ausnahmen und Vereinfachungen geschaffen werden. Ich fordere die Europäische Kommission und das Europäische Parlament daher nachdrücklich auf: Ein zentrales EU-weites Registrierungssystem: Ein zentraler Single-Point-of-Entry, anstelle von 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Bürokratiewegen und Registrierungsstellen. Praxisnahe Mindestschwellenwert / De-minimis-Regelung: Befreiung oder drastische Vereinfachung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, die nur sehr kleine Verpackungsmeng", "feedbackEnglish": "Honourable Members, ladies and gentlemen of the European Commission, as a committed small entrepreneur, I am writing to you today with great concern and after a deeply sobering experience. I fully support the European Union’s objective of sustainably reducing packaging waste and making packaging circular. In my own company, I have always been dedicated to the use of recyclable materials and the consistent prevention of unnecessary plastic waste. For me, environmental protection and sustainable business management are not a mandatory task, but real business practice. However, the current design and artisanal implementation of the provisions of the Packaging Ordinance (PPWR) and the cross-border bureaucratic obligations are in blatant contradiction with the fundamental principles of the European Union: the free movement of goods and the promotion of a fair and competitive internal market. 1. Bureaucratic collapse instead of functioning infrastructure was the key to this letter, an unprecedented odyssey by public authorities and advisory bodies. On a single day, I worked hard to clarify: I have telephoned ministries in Germany, contacted law firms, trade unions and business associations, and consulted the official hotlines and special helplines of the European Union. The shocking result: No single body, no single interlocutor was able to answer specific questions on the practical implementation of the law or explain in an understandable way how compliance would work with legal certainty. Even more importantly, several EU Member States simply lack the digital or organisational infrastructure to allow micro-enterprises to register in an accessible way. When laws are adopted where self-executing bodies and EU hotlines do not know how to implement them in practice, politics loses all credibility with citizens. 2. Disproportionate burden and distortion of competition While large corporations and platform giants such as Amazon have entire legal and compliance departments to deal with country-specific registration, reporting and representation obligations, these requirements represent administrative and financial ruin for micro-enterprises. If, as a small entrepreneur, I deliver only small quantities cross-border to another EU country, the costs of registration fees, national representatives and country-specific reporting are completely disproportionate to the turnover or value of these orders. The consequence is fatal: I and many other small traders are de facto forced to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. Not because we do not want sustainability, but because it is simply impossible from an economic point of view to meet the requirements. This severely distorts competition, pushes small suppliers out of the market and further strengthens the market position of large international companies. 3. Specific demands for environmental and climate protection policy must not be used against the European single market. If you want to prevent European traders from losing confidence in the European Union’s capacity to act, it is essential that practical exceptions and simplifications are put in place without delay. I therefore urge the European Commission and the European Parliament to: A centralised EU-wide registration system: A single point of entry, instead of 27 different national bureaucratic paths and registrars. Practical minimum threshold/de minimis rule: Exemption or drastic simplification for micro and small enterprises with very small packaging volumes", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553542_en"}, {"id": 33553541, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:12:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verordnung wirft Kleinunternehmer und internationale Konzerne in einen Topf und berücksichtigt nicht, das es sich bei Kleinunternehmern meist um Ein-Frau-Unternehmen handelt, di sich die enormen Kosten für den Versand ins EU Ausland nicht leistn können. Diese Verordnung steht, meiner Ansicht nach, den Freihandel in der EU entgegen und benachteiligt Künstler, Kunsthandwerker und Kleinunternehmer und verdrängt uns aus dem Markt. Gleichzeitig läßt die EU zu, das Billiganbieter den Markt fluten und echtem, einheimischem Handwerk das Wasser abgraben. Das ist Ungerecht und muß geändert werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation puts small businesses and international groups in a pot and does not take into account the fact that small businesses are mostly one-woman businesses, which cannot afford the huge costs of shipping abroad to the EU. In my view, this regulation hinders free trade in the EU and puts artists, craftsmen and small entrepreneurs at a disadvantage and drives us out of the market. At the same time, the EU allows the low-cost supplier to flood the market and digg up genuine, local craftsmanship. This is unfair and needs to be changed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553541_en"}, {"id": 33553540, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:12:11", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pots by Cb", "feedback": "I am the owner and operator of a micro business in the Czech Republic. I make and sell pottery. I use only recycled packing materials. I am a micro business, I am the only employee. It is impossible for me to register with and pay all the fees now necessary to ship within the EU. These laws were made to regulate giant companies and are screwing over small artisans like myself. I ask you to please amend the law to not include micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner and operator of a micro business in the Czech Republic. I make and sell pottery. I use only recycled packing materials. I am a micro business, I am the only employee. It is impossible for me to register with and pay all the fees now necessary to ship within the EU. These laws were made to regulate giant companies and are screwing over small artisans like myself. I ask you to please amend the law to not include micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553540_en"}, {"id": 33553539, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:11:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Viele meiner Studienfreunde mit kleinen, umweltbewussten made in europe Design-Micro-Businesses sehen sich von der neuen Regelung in ihrer Existenz bedroht. Wie hier vielfach dargestellt, wären ihre Betriebe komplett unrentabel, wenn hier nicht nachgearbeitet wird! Bitte verhindern Sie das! Diese Betriebe haben bisher für den europäischen Binnenmarkt gearbeitet und fühlen sich finanziell und administrativ überfordert und zugunsten von Großunternehmen übersehen. Eine zentrale Stelle zur Anmeldung solcher kleinen Unternehmen mit Umsatz-bezogenen niedrigen Pauschalbeträgen wäre eventuell eine Lösung - denn an sich sind ALLE diese Freunde grundsätzlich FÜR eine Regelung, die den Müll reduziert.", "feedbackEnglish": "Many of my students with small, eco-conscious made in europe design micro-businesses see their existence threatened by the new rules. As explained many times here, their businesses would be completely unprofitable if they were not reworked here! Please prevent this! These businesses have so far worked for the European single market and feel overwhelmed financially and administratively and overlooked for the benefit of large companies. A central point for registering such small businesses with low flat rates based on turnover might be a solution – because ALL these friends are in principle in favour of a scheme that reduces waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553539_en"}, {"id": 33553538, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:11:21", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Natalia Fürst Art", "feedback": "Soy una artista que trabaja de forma artesanal, comprometida personalmente con la protección del medioambiente. Es imposible para mí, como para muchos otros pequeños negocios, afrontar los gastos y la burocracia necesarios para vender en el resto de la UE, siendo que ésta ha sido pensada originariamente como un mercado común. Considero que esta medida no solo no ataca de raíz al problema que pretende solucionar, sino que penaliza a los pequeños negocios, sentenciándolos a la destrucción y posible desaparición en muchos casos. Mientras tanto favorece a las grandes corporaciones que sí son las culpables del desastre medioambiental. No podemos seguir siendo los ciudadanos comunes quienes paguemos por los daños causados por las empresas multinacionales que no solo no tributan en nuestros países sino que destruyen el comercio local.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist working artisanally, personally committed to protecting the environment. It is impossible for me, as for many other small businesses, to cope with the costs and bureaucracy necessary to sell in the rest of the EU, which was originally conceived as a common market. I consider that this measure not only fails to tackle at its root the problem it is intended to solve, but also penalises small businesses, sentencing them to destruction and possible disappearance in many cases. In the meantime, it favours large corporations that are guilty of the environmental disaster. We cannot continue to be the common citizens who pay for the damage caused by multinational companies that not only do not pay taxes in our countries but also destroy local trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553538_en"}, {"id": 33553537, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:10:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Werdauer Holzspielzeug", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Kartons sind nicht nur für einmalige Nutzung haltbar. Wir verwenden seit Jahren bereits \"gelaufene\" Kartons um diese an unsere Kunden zu versenden. Zum Teil Kartons die wir von unseren Lieferanten mit Ware erhalten, aber auch Kartons, die wir von Nachbarn oder Freunden bekommen. Dies ist nicht nur eine günstige Form der Verpackung, sondern auch besonders umweltfreundlich und ressourcenschonend. Warum soll ich einen weiterhin und ggf. mehrere Male nutzbaren Karton in den Müll geben. Leider gibt es für diese Art der Nutzung keine Erwähnung in der vorliegenden Verordnung. Bitte beachten Sie diese Form der Abfallvermeidung.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, cardboard boxes are not only durable for one-off use. For years, we have been using ‘running’ cartons to send them to our customers. Some of the cartons we receive from our suppliers with goods, but also cartons we receive from neighbours or friends. This is not only a favorable form of packaging, but also a particularly environmentally friendly and resource-efficient form of packaging. Why should I put a cardboard box in the rubbish that can continue to be used and can be used several times? Unfortunately, there is no mention of this type of use in this Regulation. Please note this form of waste prevention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553537_en"}, {"id": 33553536, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:09:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ihr Ansinnen Müll zu minimieren ist sehr lobenswert. Wir machen das bereits seit Jahren, in dem wir gebrauchte Kartons verwenden. Wir haben uns anlässlich des Verpackungsgesetzes ordnungsgemäß beim dualen System in Deutschland registriert und zahlen regelmäßig Gebühren. Solch ein Prozedere für alle anderen europäischen Länder durchzuführen ist für kleine Shops wie uns, weder organisatorisch noch finanziell zu stemmen. Durch ihre neue Regelung sind wir de facto seit heute vom europäischen Markt ausgeschlossen. Wir sind nur einer von sehr vielen kleinen Händlern, die alle den europäischen Markt nicht mehr bedienen können. Nur die wirklich umsatzstärkste Händler sind in der Lage, diese neue europäische Regelung organisatorisch und finanziell umzusetzen. Für viele kleine Händler ist das PPWR existenzbedrohend. Daher muss das PPWR dringend überarbeitet werden, besonders im Hinblick auf die kleineren Unternehmen. Die Kunden, die bei uns bestellen, verstehen im übrigen überhaupt nicht, warum sie zukünftig von uns nicht mehr beliefert werden können. Handeln sie im Sinne der Unternehmen und des Wettbewerbs und entschärfen sie die Situation schnellstmöglich.", "feedbackEnglish": "Your desire to minimise waste is very laudable. We have been using used cartons for years. We duly registered with the dual system in Germany on the occasion of the Packaging Act and regularly pay fees. Such a procedure for all other European countries does not have to be carried out for small shops like us, either organisationally or financially. As a result of its new rules, we have been de facto excluded from the European market since today. We are only one of a very large number of small traders, all of whom can no longer serve the European market. Only the traders with the most significant turnover will be able to implement this new European scheme in organisational and financial terms. For many small traders, the PPWR threatens their existence. Therefore, there is an urgent need to revise the PPWR, especially with regard to smaller companies. Moreover, the customers who order from us do not at all understand why we will no longer be able to supply them in the future. They act in the spirit of business and competition and mitigate the situation as quickly as possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553536_en"}, {"id": 33553535, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 22:08:49", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative not just destroys any possible small business who could pay taxes and stuff but also rising question if we need this union at all if all it gives is a stupid regulations, fees and troubles, if we, people, getting nothing in return in our day-to-day life", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative not just destroys any possible small business who could pay taxes and stuff but also rising question if we need this union at all if all it gives is a stupid regulations, fees and troubles, if we, people, getting nothing in return in our day-to-day life", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553535_en"}, {"id": 33553534, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:57:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Dear politicians, As a Small Business owner I simply cant comprehend how a law Like this could have ever been drawn up, let alone been passed. Treating small Businesses and Amazon the Same is Beyond absurd. No Small Business can afford the absolute Nightmare in paperwork Thats required now. Passing a law that strictly opposes one of the founding reasons for the european Union itself, namely free Trade between member states, is absolute Peak insanity. The fact that Today we phoned every ministry in Germany Even slightly related to the new law, law offices, including Trade Unions, Offices from the european Union Hotline AND the specific Hotline owned by the european Union for questions regarding laws, and not a Single Person was able to help or Even explain how its supposed to work, Especially for countries that dont Even have the Infrastructure in Place to Register, is absurd. If you want people to believe the european Parliament is absolutely useless, you Are at least doing a good Job in that regard. Laws you cant Even follow, because no one who drew them up has any idea How to follow them, is Peak Humor. As it is now I have to ask now Whats the Point of the european parliament at all, when all it does is passing nonsensical laws that at Best do nothing and at worst makes the life of its citizens needlessly complicated because it either Passes laws without Realizing its implications or it doesnt care to think about them beforehand. Today was a Sobering Experience. Rest assured i Go to bed With a different opinion about the european Union than I woke up With this Morning. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear politicians, As a Small Business owner I simply cant comprehend how a law Like this could have ever been drawn up, let alone been passed. Treating small Businesses and Amazon the Same is Beyond absurd. No Small Business can afford the absolute Nightmare in paperwork Thats required now. Passing a law that strictly opposes one of the founding reasons for the european Union itself, namely free Trade between member states, is absolute Peak insanity. The fact that Today we phoned every ministry in Germany Even slightly related to the new law, law offices, including Trade Unions, Offices from the european Union Hotline AND the specific Hotline owned by the european Union for questions regarding laws, and not a Single Person was able to help or Even explain how its supposed to work, Especially for countries that dont Even have the Infrastructure in Place to Register, is absurd. If you want people to believe the european Parliament is absolutely useless, you Are at least doing a good Job in that regard. Laws you cant Even follow, because no one who drew them up has any idea How to follow them, is Peak Humor. As it is now I have to ask now Whats the Point of the european parliament at all, when all it does is passing nonsensical laws that at Best do nothing and at worst makes the life of its citizens needlessly complicated because it either Passes laws without Realizing its implications or it doesnt care to think about them beforehand. Today was a Sobering Experience. Rest assured i Go to bed With a different opinion about the european Union than I woke up With this Morning. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553534_en"}, {"id": 33553533, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:46:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to ask the European Commission to reconsider the impact of the PPWR on very small businesses like mine. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. In my own business, I always pay attention to using recyclable materials wherever possible and to reducing unnecessary plastic waste in my packaging. However, for a small business, the costs of registration, reporting, compliance, and possible fees in different EU countries can simply become unaffordable. I sell only a relatively small number of products across borders, and I do not have the financial resources or administrative capacity of a large company. If I have to register and pay separate fees in several countries, the cost can quickly become disproportionate to the value of the orders I receive from those countries. I am concerned that this could force me to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries, not because I do not care about sustainability, but because compliance would no longer be economically possible for my business. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider simpler and more affordable rules for micro and small businesses, such as an EU-wide registration system, simplified reporting, minimum thresholds, or exemptions for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. I believe environmental protection and a strong European Single Market should go hand in hand. Small businesses that already make an effort to reduce waste and use more sustainable materials should be supported, not pushed out of cross-border trade by disproportionate compliance costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to ask the European Commission to reconsider the impact of the PPWR on very small businesses like mine. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. In my own business, I always pay attention to using recyclable materials wherever possible and to reducing unnecessary plastic waste in my packaging. However, for a small business, the costs of registration, reporting, compliance, and possible fees in different EU countries can simply become unaffordable. I sell only a relatively small number of products across borders, and I do not have the financial resources or administrative capacity of a large company. If I have to register and pay separate fees in several countries, the cost can quickly become disproportionate to the value of the orders I receive from those countries. I am concerned that this could force me to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries, not because I do not care about sustainability, but because compliance would no longer be economically possible for my business. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider simpler and more affordable rules for micro and small businesses, such as an EU-wide registration system, simplified reporting, minimum thresholds, or exemptions for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. I believe environmental protection and a strong European Single Market should go hand in hand. Small businesses that already make an effort to reduce waste and use more sustainable materials should be supported, not pushed out of cross-border trade by disproportionate compliance costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553533_en"}, {"id": 33553532, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:38:22", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new parcel regulations risk having a deeply damaging effect on small businesses. Increased shipping costs, administrative requirements, and compliance burdens will hit micro-businesses and small online sellers disproportionately, while large corporations are far better equipped to absorb these costs. For many small businesses, even modest additional costs can make products uncompetitive or the entire business model unviable. These regulations could therefore force small sellers out of the market, reduce competition, and further strengthen the position of large companies. I urge the Commission to reconsider these measures and ensure that small businesses are not disproportionately burdened by regulations designed for much larger market participants.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new parcel regulations risk having a deeply damaging effect on small businesses. Increased shipping costs, administrative requirements, and compliance burdens will hit micro-businesses and small online sellers disproportionately, while large corporations are far better equipped to absorb these costs. For many small businesses, even modest additional costs can make products uncompetitive or the entire business model unviable. These regulations could therefore force small sellers out of the market, reduce competition, and further strengthen the position of large companies. I urge the Commission to reconsider these measures and ensure that small businesses are not disproportionately burdened by regulations designed for much larger market participants.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553532_en"}, {"id": 33553531, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:35:12", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative seems like a good start for the environment but the effects on the small and micro business seem really harsh and I am very concerned it could spell the end for a lot of them or minimizing the amount of markets that they will be able to send their good to which in turn destroys the premise of the single market EU is supposed to have. I have enjoyed being able to buy from across Europe and support smaller, genuine businesses and I want to be able to keep doing that. Therefor I ask that the initiative is revisioned and made fair towards small and micro businesses and keep the economic environment we have. I do not want the market to be dominated even more by big companies either.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative seems like a good start for the environment but the effects on the small and micro business seem really harsh and I am very concerned it could spell the end for a lot of them or minimizing the amount of markets that they will be able to send their good to which in turn destroys the premise of the single market EU is supposed to have. I have enjoyed being able to buy from across Europe and support smaller, genuine businesses and I want to be able to keep doing that. Therefor I ask that the initiative is revisioned and made fair towards small and micro businesses and keep the economic environment we have. I do not want the market to be dominated even more by big companies either.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553531_en"}, {"id": 33553530, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:32:13", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express my strong opposition to this initiative. Let me be clear: I am not against sensible nature conservation, but I completely reject this kind of \"greenwashing\" and fake environmentalism. The current proposal is completely disconnected from the reality of small businesses. Instead of targeting real environmental issues, it imposes a crushing and disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small creators. As a small business owner, I handle everything myselffrom production and marketing to accounting and shipping. I simply do not have the financial resources or the legal staff to handle complex, individual registration, fees, and reporting requirements across multiple countries. The costs associated with these compliance efforts are entirely disproportionate to the scale of my business. This regulation creates an unfair playing field. It treats a small, independent creator sending a few parcels a year the exact same way it treats global retail giants. While these large corporations can easily absorb these financial and administrative costs as a drop in the ocean, for a small business, these fees are a direct threat to survival. It is deeply frustrating that this policy targets small entrepreneurs, while large supermarket chains and retail giants continue their massive, business-as-usual plastic consumption, hiding behind administrative reports. I urge you to reject or fundamentally revise this approach. True nature conservation requires sensible, systemic changes, not punishing small businesses with red tape and heavy costs that do nothing real for the environment while pushing independent creators out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my strong opposition to this initiative. Let me be clear: I am not against sensible nature conservation, but I completely reject this kind of \"greenwashing\" and fake environmentalism. The current proposal is completely disconnected from the reality of small businesses. Instead of targeting real environmental issues, it imposes a crushing and disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small creators. As a small business owner, I handle everything myselffrom production and marketing to accounting and shipping. I simply do not have the financial resources or the legal staff to handle complex, individual registration, fees, and reporting requirements across multiple countries. The costs associated with these compliance efforts are entirely disproportionate to the scale of my business. This regulation creates an unfair playing field. It treats a small, independent creator sending a few parcels a year the exact same way it treats global retail giants. While these large corporations can easily absorb these financial and administrative costs as a drop in the ocean, for a small business, these fees are a direct threat to survival. It is deeply frustrating that this policy targets small entrepreneurs, while large supermarket chains and retail giants continue their massive, business-as-usual plastic consumption, hiding behind administrative reports. I urge you to reject or fundamentally revise this approach. True nature conservation requires sensible, systemic changes, not punishing small businesses with red tape and heavy costs that do nothing real for the environment while pushing independent creators out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553530_en"}, {"id": 33553529, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:26:40", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Arts and Daydreams", "feedback": "Als kleiner Kunsthandwerksbetrieb trifft mich die neue Regelung hart. Ich kann es mir nicht leisten, Bevollmächtigte in anderen EU-Ländern zu bezahlen und kann daher mein Kunsthandwerk nur noch in Österreich anbieten. Alles, was ich schreibe, wurde schon von anderen gesagt. Und dennoch kann ich nur darum bitten: Erlasst uns Kleinstunternehmen die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht. Sorgt für leistbare Lizenzierungen. Am besten wäre eine EU-einheitliche Lösung. Ein System, für dessen Beteiligung man bezahlt. Nicht für jedes Land ein eigenes. So, wie die Regelung es derzeit vorsieht, dass man einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land braucht, in das man verschickt und wo man keinen Firmensitz hat, wird einem das Leben als Einpersonenunternehmer:in schwer gemacht, während es für große Firmen wahrscheinlich gar kein Problem darstellt, diese Kosten zu begleichen. Ich hoffe, bete, bitte inständig darum, dass nach einer Lösung gesucht wird, die uns kleinen Unternehmen den Rücken stärkt statt uns vor unschaffbare bürokratische und finanzielle Hürden zu stellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small handicraft company, the new rules hit me hard. I cannot afford to pay agents in other EU countries and can therefore only offer my handicrafts in Austria. Everything I am writing has already been said by others. And yet I can only ask for: Makes it compulsory for micro-enterprises to appoint representatives. Ensures affordable licensing. The best solution would be a one-size-fits-all EU solution. A system that is paid for its participation. Not a country-by-country approach. As the legislation currently provides for the need of an authorised representative in every country to which you are sent and where you do not have a registered office, life as a one-person entrepreneur is made difficult for one, while for large firms it is unlikely to be a problem to pay these costs. I hope, boldly, that a solution will be found that empowers small businesses rather than creating incredible bureaucratic and financial hurdles.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553529_en"}, {"id": 33553528, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:18:49", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich melde mich als selbstständige Grafikdesignerin, Siebdruckerin und Illustratorin aus Österreich zu Wort, weil die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) meine berufliche Existenz in ihrer jetzigen Form unmöglich macht. Ich arbeite allein, in Kleinstauflage, und verschicke meine handgedruckten und illustrierten Produkte auch an Kund:innen in anderen EU-Ländern. Genau das wird mir durch die PPWR verunmöglicht: Es gibt keine Bagatellgrenze. Schon ein einziges Paket in ein anderes EU-Land macht mich dort zur Erzeugerin der Verpackung mit der Pflicht, mich in jedem einzelnen Zielland zu registrieren, einen Vertrag mit der jeweiligen nationalen Rücknahmeorganisation abzuschließen und einen Bevollmächtigten vor Ort zu bestellen. Für eine einzelne Kunstschaffende, die im Monat vielleicht ein paar Dutzend Pakete verschickt, ist das administrativ und finanziell schlicht nicht zu stemmen. Große Konzerne können diese Kosten auf Millionen Sendungen verteilen ich müsste sie auf einzelne, oft ohnehin knapp kalkulierte Kunstwerke umlegen. Das Ergebnis ist absehbar: Ich werde den Versand ins EU-Ausland einstellen müssen. Damit verliere ich nicht nur Einkommen, sondern auch den Zugang zu einem Publikum, das über Grenzen hinweg an unabhängiger, handgefertigter Kunst interessiert ist genau jener kulturellen Vielfalt, die Europa eigentlich schützen möchte. Kreative wie ich sind keine industriellen Verpackungsproduzentinnen. Wir sind Einzelpersonen, die mit einem Blatt Papier, einer Druckvorlage und einem neutralen Versandkarton arbeiten. Uns mit denselben Pflichten wie multinationale Konzerne zu belegen, trifft nicht die Verursacher von Verpackungsmüll, sondern zerstört die kleinsten und ressourcenschonendsten Akteur:innen im Markt. Ich fordere daher: eine klare Bagatell-/Schwellenregelung für Kleinst- und Einzelunternehmer:innen, unterhalb derer die Registrierungs-, PRO- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten pro Zielland entfallen, eine vereinfachte, EU-weit einheitliche Anlaufstelle statt 27 nationaler Einzelregistrierungen für Kleinstmengen, eine Übergangsregelung, die es Einzelkreativen erlaubt, weiterhin grenzüberschreitend zu verkaufen, ohne wirtschaftlich existenzbedrohende Bürokratie. Eine Verordnung, die de facto nur noch große Player im EU-Binnenmarkt handlungsfähig lässt, widerspricht dem Grundgedanken eines offenen europäischen Marktes und trifft am härtesten jene, die am wenigsten zum Verpackungsproblem beitragen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to speak as a self-employed graphic designer, screen printer and illustrator from Austria because the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) makes my professional existence in its current form impossible. I work alone, in a small print run, and also send my hand-printed and illustrated products to customers in other EU countries. This is precisely what the PPWR prevents me from doing: There is no de minimis limit. A single package to another EU country makes me the producer of the packaging there, with the obligation to register me in each country of destination, conclude a contract with the respective national take-back organisation and appoint a local authorised representative. For a single artist, who may send a few dozen packages a month, this is simply administratively and financially impossible. Large corporations can spread these costs over millions of programmes. I would have to pass them on to individual works of art, which are often priced very tightly anyway. The outcome is foreseeable: I will have to stop shipping to another EU country. This deprives me not only of income, but also of access to an audience interested in independent, handmade art across borders, precisely the cultural diversity that Europe really wants to protect. Creative like me are not industrial packaging producers. We are individuals working with a sheet of paper, a printing template and a neutral shipping box. Imposing the same obligations on us as on multinationals does not affect the polluters of packaging waste, but destroys the smallest and most resource-efficient players on the market. I therefore call for: a clear de minimis/threshold regime for micro-enterprises and sole traders below which the registration, PRO and authorised representative obligations per destination country are removed, a simplified, EU-wide one-stop-shop instead of 27 national individual registrations for micro-quantities, a transitional regime allowing individual creators to continue selling cross-border without economically threatening bureaucracy. A regulation that de facto leaves only large players in the EU’s internal market to act runs counter to the idea of an open European market and hits those who contribute least to the packaging problem the hardest. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553528_en"}, {"id": 33553527, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:13:53", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Moja sprawa", "feedback": "I have been reading through all these comments and I keep wondering what will happen a few years from now. First: create yet another problem for businesses. Then, for months or years, explain why it is absolutely necessary for our own good, the environment, safety and sustainability. Businesses will complain. Amendments, exceptions and simplifications will eventually appear. And then the European Commission will announce a great success: \"we have solved the problem we created ourselves\". And I suppose we should all applaud.. Because we have seen this pattern before. Over the last 1520 years, running an online business in Europe has gone from relatively straightforward selling to something that increasingly resembles a small consulting firm whose main activity is regulatory compliance. LOL. First came increasingly detailed consumer and distance-selling requirements. Then cookies and consent mechanisms (what for?) Then GDPR. PSD2 and additional payment requirements. Geoblocking and new rules for cross-border sales. VAT e-commerce, OSS, IOSS and increasingly complex cross-border VAT compliance. The Omnibus Directive; pricing, reviews and additional information requirements. GPSR- product safety, traceability and new obligations for online sellers. The DSA and additional obligations surrounding platforms and marketplaces. DAC7 - reporting sellers and transactions to tax authorities. The European Accessibility Act. BDO (in PL) and various extended producer responsibility systems. EPR for more and more categories of products. And now PPWR - another layer of obligations concerning packaging. Before someone says, But some of these rules simplify other things - yea, of course. Some genuinely do... That is not the point. Every new simplification is simply added on top of everything that came before it. And that is how we arrive at the absurd situation where someone starts a one-person online business to manufacture, sell and serve customers; and after a few years is expected to be an accountant, VAT specialist, consumer-law expert, GDPR specialist, product-safety expert, cybersecurity specialist, packaging and waste expert, EPR specialist, marketplace compliance officer and cross-border legal adviser. All so they can legally do what they wanted to do in the first place: 'Sell a product to another person.' And this is why I read these comments with a certain amount of disbelief... Because I can almost predict what happens next. PPWR will eventually require corrections. More exceptions will appear. Some obligations may be reduced. The Commission will announce that it has listened to businesses, reduced administrative burdens and found a proportionate solution. And we will be GRATEFUL. Grateful because a wall was built around us- and then a few bricks were generously removed. That is not regulatory simplification. That is managing the consequences of overregulation. So perhaps we should ask a more fundamental question: How much regulation can a small European business absorb before running a business stops being a business and becomes an exercise in regulatory compliance?? European competitiveness does not die overnight... It dies gradually. One registration. One declaration. One fee. One representative. One information requirement. One new system. And another. And another. And then someone in Brussels announces that European businesses remain competitive. Really? Maybe instead of spending every few years fixing problems created by the previous wave of regulation, we should finally ask how many of these regulations needed to exist in the first place... Because entrepreneurs do not need another set of light handcuffs. They need something much more radical: The freedom to actually run their businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been reading through all these comments and I keep wondering what will happen a few years from now. First: create yet another problem for businesses. Then, for months or years, explain why it is absolutely necessary for our own good, the environment, safety and sustainability. Businesses will complain. Amendments, exceptions and simplifications will eventually appear. And then the European Commission will announce a great success: \"we have solved the problem we created ourselves\". And I suppose we should all applaud.. Because we have seen this pattern before. Over the last 1520 years, running an online business in Europe has gone from relatively straightforward selling to something that increasingly resembles a small consulting firm whose main activity is regulatory compliance. LOL. First came increasingly detailed consumer and distance-selling requirements. Then cookies and consent mechanisms (what for?) Then GDPR. PSD2 and additional payment requirements. Geoblocking and new rules for cross-border sales. VAT e-commerce, OSS, IOSS and increasingly complex cross-border VAT compliance. The Omnibus Directive; pricing, reviews and additional information requirements. GPSR- product safety, traceability and new obligations for online sellers. The DSA and additional obligations surrounding platforms and marketplaces. DAC7 - reporting sellers and transactions to tax authorities. The European Accessibility Act. BDO (in PL) and various extended producer responsibility systems. EPR for more and more categories of products. And now PPWR - another layer of obligations concerning packaging. Before someone says, But some of these rules simplify other things - yea, of course. Some genuinely do... That is not the point. Every new simplification is simply added on top of everything that came before it. And that is how we arrive at the absurd situation where someone starts a one-person online business to manufacture, sell and serve customers; and after a few years is expected to be an accountant, VAT specialist, consumer-law expert, GDPR specialist, product-safety expert, cybersecurity specialist, packaging and waste expert, EPR specialist, marketplace compliance officer and cross-border legal adviser. All so they can legally do what they wanted to do in the first place: 'Sell a product to another person.' And this is why I read these comments with a certain amount of disbelief... Because I can almost predict what happens next. PPWR will eventually require corrections. More exceptions will appear. Some obligations may be reduced. The Commission will announce that it has listened to businesses, reduced administrative burdens and found a proportionate solution. And we will be GRATEFUL. Grateful because a wall was built around us- and then a few bricks were generously removed. That is not regulatory simplification. That is managing the consequences of overregulation. So perhaps we should ask a more fundamental question: How much regulation can a small European business absorb before running a business stops being a business and becomes an exercise in regulatory compliance?? European competitiveness does not die overnight... It dies gradually. One registration. One declaration. One fee. One representative. One information requirement. One new system. And another. And another. And then someone in Brussels announces that European businesses remain competitive. Really? Maybe instead of spending every few years fixing problems created by the previous wave of regulation, we should finally ask how many of these regulations needed to exist in the first place... Because entrepreneurs do not need another set of light handcuffs. They need something much more radical: The freedom to actually run their businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553527_en"}, {"id": 33553526, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:10:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren und alle dazwischen und außerhalb, als Bürger und kleiner Unternehmer in Deutschland ist diese Verordnung nicht nachvollziehbar und Verhältnismäßig. Wir nutzen seit über 20 Jahren überwiegend gebrauchte Kartonagen und versenden relativ wenig außerhalb von Deutschland. Auch das bisschen müssen wir jetzt einstellen aufgrund der Verordnung und der damit einhergehenden Bürokratie. Warum macht man so etwas nicht europaweit einheitlich und holt sich die gelder direkt von den tatsächlichen Erzeugern. Meiner von meinen Kollegen stellt Kartonagen selbst her. Diese Auslegung ich absolut nicht nachvollziehbar. Mfg Johannes Bohnert", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen and all those in between and outside, as citizens and small businesses in Germany, this Regulation is not comprehensible and proportionate. We have been using mostly used cartons for over 20 years and send relatively little outside Germany. We also have to put an end to this bit now because of the regulation and the associated bureaucracy. Why is this not done uniformly across Europe and the money is collected directly from the actual producers? My colleagues produce cardboard boxes themselves. I do not understand that interpretation at all. MFG Johannes Bohnert", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553526_en"}, {"id": 33553525, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:09:55", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A immature proposition that does not take in consideration small business. It is outrageous that bigger companies wont be affected as much as smaller enterprises. It is absurd to know about this regulation through social media instead of official channels. Horrible.", "feedbackEnglish": "A immature proposition that does not take in consideration small business. It is outrageous that bigger companies wont be affected as much as smaller enterprises. It is absurd to know about this regulation through social media instead of official channels. Horrible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553525_en"}, {"id": 33553524, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:03:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hannah Stollenwerk", "feedback": "Dear Madam or Sir, having a small online shop for my art and handmade pieces has always been my dream. Without an artistic role model or anyone in my circle who works freelance, this shop was just a heart project for a long time. The fact that I was finally able to bring it to life on my own shows me how important it is to turn ideas youre passionate about into something tangible. Knowing that my creations travel across borders and find a place in other peoples homes to be part of their daily lives means the absolute world to me. I am endlessly grateful for every single order. With the new EU packaging regulations (PPWR) that came into effect today, it is no longer possible for me to keep my art accessible for other EU countries outside of Germany. While reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment is a fantastic goal, the execution completely overlooks independent artists and small businesses like mine. Instead of targeting massive corporations that generate the bulk of packaging waste, these rules hit small shops hard. To ship legally across the EU, I would need to register, pay yearly fees, and handle complicated bureaucracy and legal representations in every single EU countrywhether I send thousands of packages there or just one a year. As a one-woman business with no legal team and a tiny budget, this is simply impossible to afford or manage. Which means I (and countless other small businesses) had to suspend shipping to all EU countries outside of Germany. For these reasons, I urge you to amend the new packaging law so that it is realistic for (micro) businesses to comply with. Thank you in advance, and best regards Hannah Stollenwerk", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Madam or Sir, having a small online shop for my art and handmade pieces has always been my dream. Without an artistic role model or anyone in my circle who works freelance, this shop was just a heart project for a long time. The fact that I was finally able to bring it to life on my own shows me how important it is to turn ideas youre passionate about into something tangible. Knowing that my creations travel across borders and find a place in other peoples homes to be part of their daily lives means the absolute world to me. I am endlessly grateful for every single order. With the new EU packaging regulations (PPWR) that came into effect today, it is no longer possible for me to keep my art accessible for other EU countries outside of Germany. While reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment is a fantastic goal, the execution completely overlooks independent artists and small businesses like mine. Instead of targeting massive corporations that generate the bulk of packaging waste, these rules hit small shops hard. To ship legally across the EU, I would need to register, pay yearly fees, and handle complicated bureaucracy and legal representations in every single EU countrywhether I send thousands of packages there or just one a year. As a one-woman business with no legal team and a tiny budget, this is simply impossible to afford or manage. Which means I (and countless other small businesses) had to suspend shipping to all EU countries outside of Germany. For these reasons, I urge you to amend the new packaging law so that it is realistic for (micro) businesses to comply with. Thank you in advance, and best regards Hannah Stollenwerk", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553524_en"}, {"id": 33553523, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 21:00:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support measures to reduce packaging waste. However, the way these rules are currently being implemented is simply not workable for micro-businesses, like mine. I run a very small independent design business and send only a limited number of parcels each year. Maybe 50 packages in a year. Zero plastic. Sometimes there may be just one or two customers in a particular EU country. The amount of packaging involved is literally tiniest it can be. Despite this, I would be expected to register separately in every Member State I ship to, understand different national systems, submit separate reports, pay multiple fees and, in some countries, appoint an authorised representative. I simply cannot afford this. It will make me close my business as the costs exceed what I earn after all the taxes I have to pay. The compliance costs will be higher than the profit from the 1-2 orders sent to that country. It makes no sense to pay hundreds of euros in fees and administration in order to send one or two parcels containing only a small cardboard box, as I do not use plastic, literally just paper and box, 10g of paper and 50g of box. If the rules are applied this way, I will have no realistic choice but to stop shipping to customers within the EU. The absurd result is that I could continue sending orders outside the EU, but not to customers inside the European Single Market. Why should I pay the same amout for one package as the giant warehouse which send out milions of packages? Micro-businesses should not be required to pay for separate representatives and registrations in every country. Without a practical solution, many artists, fashion designers, makers, handmade shops and small independent businesses will simply stop selling across EU borders. Large companies can absorb these costs. Very small businesses cannot. Please do not turn environmental legislation into a barrier that removes and destroys micro and small European businesses from their own Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support measures to reduce packaging waste. However, the way these rules are currently being implemented is simply not workable for micro-businesses, like mine. I run a very small independent design business and send only a limited number of parcels each year. Maybe 50 packages in a year. Zero plastic. Sometimes there may be just one or two customers in a particular EU country. The amount of packaging involved is literally tiniest it can be. Despite this, I would be expected to register separately in every Member State I ship to, understand different national systems, submit separate reports, pay multiple fees and, in some countries, appoint an authorised representative. I simply cannot afford this. It will make me close my business as the costs exceed what I earn after all the taxes I have to pay. The compliance costs will be higher than the profit from the 1-2 orders sent to that country. It makes no sense to pay hundreds of euros in fees and administration in order to send one or two parcels containing only a small cardboard box, as I do not use plastic, literally just paper and box, 10g of paper and 50g of box. If the rules are applied this way, I will have no realistic choice but to stop shipping to customers within the EU. The absurd result is that I could continue sending orders outside the EU, but not to customers inside the European Single Market. Why should I pay the same amout for one package as the giant warehouse which send out milions of packages? Micro-businesses should not be required to pay for separate representatives and registrations in every country. Without a practical solution, many artists, fashion designers, makers, handmade shops and small independent businesses will simply stop selling across EU borders. Large companies can absorb these costs. Very small businesses cannot. Please do not turn environmental legislation into a barrier that removes and destroys micro and small European businesses from their own Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553523_en"}, {"id": 33553521, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:49:34", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Luyana Skincare I/S", "feedback": "I am writing as the co-founder of Luyana Skincare, a small EU-based skincare brand formulated in Copenhagen, to share my experience with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which came into effect on 12 August 2026, and to add my voice to the growing number of small business owners asking for a more equitable application of this policy. I support the intent behind PPWR. Reducing packaging waste and holding producers accountable is the right goal, and one I share personally. Sustainability was never a compliance decision for us. It was our foundation. We chose amber glass, aluminium tin, and biodegradable packing materials from day one, long before this regulation existed. That is exactly why the current implementation feels so unfair. The compliance burden does not scale with a company's size or actual environmental impact. A one or two-person brand shipping a handful of orders a year must register, pay fees, and file reports in every country it ships to the same obligations a company shipping at industrial scale must meet. A multinational with a legal department absorbs these costs easily. A small, genuinely sustainable business is forced to choose between limiting the markets it serves or closing. I have had to make that choice myself. Because of the cost and administrative burden of registering across multiple EU countries, we have had to narrow our markets rather than grow into the ones we hoped to reach. This is not hypothetical it is what my business is navigating right now, and I know from other small brand owners across Europe that this experience is widely shared. The irony is hard to ignore: a regulation meant to hold big polluters accountable is, as applied, hardest on the small businesses already doing the right thing while larger producers of packaging waste continue operating freely across all 27 member states. I would ask the Commission and Parliament to consider: An EU-wide de minimis threshold exempting small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from the full weight of cross-border packaging compliance, proportionate to actual impact. A genuine one-stop-shop registration system, so small businesses are not required to register, pay, and report separately in every member state. A transition period or moratorium on enforcement for micro-businesses while these structural issues are addressed. The Single Market was built to help small, independent businesses reach customers across borders. As applied, PPWR is having the opposite effect on the smallest businesses within it the ones often already leading on sustainability. I would welcome the opportunity to see this regulation refined to reflect the scale and actual impact of the businesses it governs. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the co-founder of Luyana Skincare, a small EU-based skincare brand formulated in Copenhagen, to share my experience with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which came into effect on 12 August 2026, and to add my voice to the growing number of small business owners asking for a more equitable application of this policy. I support the intent behind PPWR. Reducing packaging waste and holding producers accountable is the right goal, and one I share personally. Sustainability was never a compliance decision for us. It was our foundation. We chose amber glass, aluminium tin, and biodegradable packing materials from day one, long before this regulation existed. That is exactly why the current implementation feels so unfair. The compliance burden does not scale with a company's size or actual environmental impact. A one or two-person brand shipping a handful of orders a year must register, pay fees, and file reports in every country it ships to the same obligations a company shipping at industrial scale must meet. A multinational with a legal department absorbs these costs easily. A small, genuinely sustainable business is forced to choose between limiting the markets it serves or closing. I have had to make that choice myself. Because of the cost and administrative burden of registering across multiple EU countries, we have had to narrow our markets rather than grow into the ones we hoped to reach. This is not hypothetical it is what my business is navigating right now, and I know from other small brand owners across Europe that this experience is widely shared. The irony is hard to ignore: a regulation meant to hold big polluters accountable is, as applied, hardest on the small businesses already doing the right thing while larger producers of packaging waste continue operating freely across all 27 member states. I would ask the Commission and Parliament to consider: An EU-wide de minimis threshold exempting small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from the full weight of cross-border packaging compliance, proportionate to actual impact. A genuine one-stop-shop registration system, so small businesses are not required to register, pay, and report separately in every member state. A transition period or moratorium on enforcement for micro-businesses while these structural issues are addressed. The Single Market was built to help small, independent businesses reach customers across borders. As applied, PPWR is having the opposite effect on the smallest businesses within it the ones often already leading on sustainability. I would welcome the opportunity to see this regulation refined to reflect the scale and actual impact of the businesses it governs. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553521_en"}, {"id": 33553520, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:49:09", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please place an exemption for small businesses. Many that I know have simply stopped selling to EU customers now.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please place an exemption for small businesses. Many that I know have simply stopped selling to EU customers now.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553520_en"}, {"id": 33553518, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:47:50", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although its amazing that the EU wants to reduce packaging and for it to be more sustainable. The big corporations will find a way and citizens will pay for it. Which is fine were all responsible to do better for our earth. But for micro en small business this is devastating. I see a lot of my favorite eu small businesses being rather uncertain of their future do to the high impact of all the separate registrations and fees across all the eu nations or theyre closing down that cannot be the intend of this new law. I love shopping small and local but also shop from talented people within the EU. Please find a way thats easy and reasonable for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although its amazing that the EU wants to reduce packaging and for it to be more sustainable. The big corporations will find a way and citizens will pay for it. Which is fine were all responsible to do better for our earth. But for micro en small business this is devastating. I see a lot of my favorite eu small businesses being rather uncertain of their future do to the high impact of all the separate registrations and fees across all the eu nations or theyre closing down that cannot be the intend of this new law. I love shopping small and local but also shop from talented people within the EU. Please find a way thats easy and reasonable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553518_en"}, {"id": 33553517, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:33:54", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Shóna Hanley Design Studio", "feedback": "This regulation is welcomed in terms of the intent - the large businesses that are putting literally tonnes of waste into the market. But there MUST be a smooth, affordable process for micro enterprises - my business has ceased overnight because of this. You are putting thousands of small businesses out of the market overnight! This creates a monopoly for large enterprises who can afford the cost of this initiative", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is welcomed in terms of the intent - the large businesses that are putting literally tonnes of waste into the market. But there MUST be a smooth, affordable process for micro enterprises - my business has ceased overnight because of this. You are putting thousands of small businesses out of the market overnight! This creates a monopoly for large enterprises who can afford the cost of this initiative", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553517_en"}, {"id": 33553516, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:32:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am totally for environmental protection, but this new law is killing small businesses all over Europe. We need to support and protect European small businesses and artists instead of big corporations. We need another way to implement packaging laws and protect the environment without killing small businesses. Millions of artists and small businesses across Europe are losing their income and their passion, which is unacceptable and truly heartbreaking. You need to take action and help them instead of punishing them. We need to support local businesses and artists and protect them at all costs! Please do something. Its urgent! Louisa Lange from Berlin, Germany", "feedbackEnglish": "I am totally for environmental protection, but this new law is killing small businesses all over Europe. We need to support and protect European small businesses and artists instead of big corporations. We need another way to implement packaging laws and protect the environment without killing small businesses. Millions of artists and small businesses across Europe are losing their income and their passion, which is unacceptable and truly heartbreaking. You need to take action and help them instead of punishing them. We need to support local businesses and artists and protect them at all costs! Please do something. Its urgent! Louisa Lange from Berlin, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553516_en"}, {"id": 33553515, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:18:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The companies that create most of the pollution this law means to address are the same companies that can afford the exorbitant fees this enforces. Small businesses have no chance of competing and end up being entirely curtailed in terms of not only profit, but previous and current clientele that they have desperately depended on. This law will hardly affect large corporations that are causing the environmental damage that this aims to address. It will, however, entirely gut a great majority of small and microbusiness owners. Please consider: A) the format of the national registers: 1 (one ) registration instead of 27. A uniform data format is the right start, the aim must be to register once with mutual recognition, not 27 times the same form. B) An EU-wide binding minimum threshold for micro-quantities: simplified registration, no mandatory agent, no minimum fees. C) Make alleviations mandatory for micro-quantities, not as an option for Member States. D) Make fees proportional to volume. The basic and minimum fees are proposterous for small quantities. E) Free forma with identical fields in all Member States, so that a one-man operation can automate it instead of operating 27 portals manually. Please, we do not ask for an exception to the protection of the environment. Just that this is not the end of small businesses nor free trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "The companies that create most of the pollution this law means to address are the same companies that can afford the exorbitant fees this enforces. Small businesses have no chance of competing and end up being entirely curtailed in terms of not only profit, but previous and current clientele that they have desperately depended on. This law will hardly affect large corporations that are causing the environmental damage that this aims to address. It will, however, entirely gut a great majority of small and microbusiness owners. Please consider: A) the format of the national registers: 1 (one ) registration instead of 27. A uniform data format is the right start, the aim must be to register once with mutual recognition, not 27 times the same form. B) An EU-wide binding minimum threshold for micro-quantities: simplified registration, no mandatory agent, no minimum fees. C) Make alleviations mandatory for micro-quantities, not as an option for Member States. D) Make fees proportional to volume. The basic and minimum fees are proposterous for small quantities. E) Free forma with identical fields in all Member States, so that a one-man operation can automate it instead of operating 27 portals manually. Please, we do not ask for an exception to the protection of the environment. Just that this is not the end of small businesses nor free trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553515_en"}, {"id": 33553514, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:17:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LichtFest", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die ökologische Zielsetzung der Verordnung, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft zu stärken, wird ausdrücklich unterstützt. Die Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung erzeugt jedoch unbeabsichtigte, aber verheerende Effekte auf den europäischen Binnenmarkt und die Existenz von Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sowie internationalen Kleinanbietern. Die Kernprobleme im Detail: 1. Exorbitante Fixkosten durch 27 nationale Bevollmächtigte: Die Pflicht zur Benennung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaat verursacht jährliche Fixkosten von oft mehreren hundert bis tausend Euro. Für Kleinstbetriebe, Kunsthandwerk, Nischenanbieter und den spezialisierten E-Commerce stehen diese Kosten in keinem Verhältnis zu den erzielten Umsätzen im jeweiligen Zielstaat. Hinzu kommen unkalkulierbare Mindestgebühren bei nationalen Rücknahmesystemen. 2. Bürokratische Fragmentierung statt Binnenmarkt: Anstelle eines harmonisierten Raums sehen sich Betriebe mit 27 unterschiedlichen Registrierungsportalen, Meldepflichten und Materialdefinitionen konfrontiert. Dies widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des freien europäischen Binnenmarktes. 3. Inadäquate Belastung im Vergleich zu Großkonzernen: Ein Ein-Personen-Betrieb, der vereinzelt Pakete in ein Nachbarland versendet, wird regulatorisch auf dieselbe Stufe gestellt wie ein multinationaler Konzern mit Millionen Verpackungseinheiten. Es fehlt an jeglicher Verhältnimäßigkeit und der Berücksichtigung des EU-Prinzips Think Small First. Die Folgen: Unzählige Kleinstbetriebe innerhalb und außerhalb der EU stellen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand in die EU bzw. in andere EU-Mitgliedsstaaten schlichtweg ein. Dies reduziert das Angebot für Verbraucher, schwächt die Vielfalt und belohnt einseitig marktbeherrschende Großkonzerne und Monopolstrukturen, die diese Fixkosten mühelos skalieren können. Meine Forderungen für die Ausgestaltung der Durchführungsbestimmungen: 1. EU-weite De-minimis-Schwelle: Freistellung von Kleinstunternehmen von der Pflicht zur Benennung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten bei Unterschreiten einer festgelegten Mengen- oder Umsatzgrenze im Zielland. 2. Zentrales EU-Register: Aufbau einer zentralen europäischen Plattform zur EPR-Registrierung und Mengenmeldung, um Mehrfachregistrierungen in 27 Ländern zu vermeiden. 3. Pauschaliertes One-Stop-Shop-Modell: Schaffung einer unbürokratischen Abwicklungsoption für Kleinstmengen im B2C-Direktversand (analog zum Tax-OSS-System bei der Mehrwertsteuer). Umweltschutz und ein fairer Binnenmarkt dürfen nicht im Widerspruch stehen. Ich appelliere eindringlich an die Europäische Kommission, pragmatische und verhältnismäßige Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinstunternehmen umzusetzen, um das Aussterben des kleinen, unabhängigen Handels zu verhindern. Freundliche Grüße Ann-Kathrin Fest", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we strongly support the Regulation’s environmental objective of reducing packaging waste and strengthening the circular economy. However, the design of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has unintended but devastating effects on the European single market and the existence of micro and small enterprises and international small suppliers. The key issues in detail: 1. Exorbitant fixed costs by 27 national agents: The obligation to appoint a local agent in each EU Member State often generates fixed annual costs of several hundred to thousands of euros. For micro-enterprises, handicrafts, niche providers and specialised e-commerce, these costs are disproportionate to the turnover generated in the targeted country. There are also incalculable minimum fees for national take-back schemes. 2. Bureaucratic fragmentation instead of the single market: Instead of a harmonised space, establishments face 27 different registration portals, reporting obligations and material definitions. This runs counter to the basic idea of a free European internal market. 3. Inadequate burden compared to large groups: A one-person company that occasionally sends parcels to a neighbouring country is placed on the same regulatory footing as a multinational group with millions of packaging units. There is a lack of proportionality and of consideration for the EU’s Think Small First principle. The consequences are as follows: Countless micro-enterprises within and outside the EU are simply stopping cross-border shipments to the EU or other EU Member States. This reduces consumer choice, weakens diversity and unilaterally rewards dominant large corporations and monopoly structures that can easily scale these fixed costs. My demands for the design of the implementing rules are as follows: 1. EU-wide de minimis threshold: Exempting micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint a local agent if they fall below a fixed volume or turnover limit in the country of destination. 2. EU central register: Establish a central European platform for EPR registration and volume reporting to avoid multiple registrations in 27 countries. 3. One-stop-shop flat-rate model: Creation of a non-bureaucratic resolution option for small quantities in B2C direct mail (similar to the VAT OSS system). Environmental protection and a fair internal market must not be in conflict. I urge the European Commission to implement pragmatic and proportionate exemptions for micro-enterprises to prevent the extinction of small, independent trade. Best regards, Ann-Kathrin Fest", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553514_en"}, {"id": 33553511, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 20:02:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese neue Regelung ist eine Katastrophe für Kleinunternehmer, Manufakturen, mittelständische Unternehmen und Betriebe. Für all den bürokratischen Aufwand müsste teilweise eine extra Person angestellt werden. Und wenn das - wie in den meisten Fällen - nicht möglich ist, wird Zeit mit Bürokratie vergeudet, in der wichtigere Dinge getan werden könnten. Gerade diese Unternehmen handeln bereits nachhaltig und achten auf die Verpackung. Für einen deutschen Kleinsthersteller ist es zukünftig billiger, aus Europa hinaus zu liefern als innerhalb Europas. Ökologisch gewinnt dabei niemand. Das neue Gesetz ist eine Schande und sollte dringend sofort überarbeitet werden! Wer denkt sich so etwas aus? Warum spricht man nicht mit echten Unternehmen jeder Größe, jedes Landes? Das würde die Demokratie und Europa einen. So trennt es uns alle eher.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new scheme is a catastrophe for small businesses, manufacturers, small and medium-sized enterprises and businesses. In some cases, one extra person would have to be hired to deal with all the red tape involved. And if this is not possible – as in most cases – time is wasted with bureaucracy, where more important things could be done. It is precisely these companies that already act sustainably and pay attention to packaging. It will in future be cheaper for a German micro-manufacturer to deliver from outside Europe than within Europe. No one wins ecologically. The new law is a shame and should be urgently revised immediately! Who thinks of this? Why are we not talking about real companies of all sizes, every country? This would unite democracy and Europe. This is what makes us all more segregated.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553511_en"}, {"id": 33553510, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:42:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Manaminani", "feedback": "The companies that create the pollution that this is meant to address are also the companies that can afford the exorbitant fees this enforces. Small businesses have no chance of competing and end up being entirely curtailed in terms of not only profit, but previous and current clientele that they have desperately depended on. My wife and I are both small business owners and this decision will cull her audience down from world-wide to solely The Netherlands which eliminates over 99% of her clientele as an artist. This law will hardly affect large corporations that are causing the environmental damage that this aims to address. It will, however, entirely gut a great majority of small and microbusiness owners across the EU and the world. Please, please reconsider this law in the hopes of maintaining some sort of living opportunity for the working class. If not, this law alone will strangle nearly every microbusiness across the EU and desperately damage those who trade with the EU. Please enact a moratorium for micro and small businesses. I am attaching the screenshot of a Change.org petition with nearly 50k signatures that will likely triple by the time anyone reads my comment.", "feedbackEnglish": "The companies that create the pollution that this is meant to address are also the companies that can afford the exorbitant fees this enforces. Small businesses have no chance of competing and end up being entirely curtailed in terms of not only profit, but previous and current clientele that they have desperately depended on. My wife and I are both small business owners and this decision will cull her audience down from world-wide to solely The Netherlands which eliminates over 99% of her clientele as an artist. This law will hardly affect large corporations that are causing the environmental damage that this aims to address. It will, however, entirely gut a great majority of small and microbusiness owners across the EU and the world. Please, please reconsider this law in the hopes of maintaining some sort of living opportunity for the working class. If not, this law alone will strangle nearly every microbusiness across the EU and desperately damage those who trade with the EU. Please enact a moratorium for micro and small businesses. I am attaching the screenshot of a Change.org petition with nearly 50k signatures that will likely triple by the time anyone reads my comment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553510_en"}, {"id": 33553509, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:34:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "3d-Druck, Frederik Schatz", "feedback": "Ich bin Frederik, Einzelunternehmer aus Deutschland. Ich fertige Schutzhüllen für Tauchcomputer und Höhlentauch-Ausrüstung gedruckt auf 17 kleinen 3D-Druckern in meiner eigenen Werkstatt. Kein Lager in Fernost, keine Container, keine Paletten. Ich bin Produktion, Versand, Buchhaltung und Rechtsabteilung in einer Person. Mein Unternehmen ist gerade erst im Aufbau. Meine Kunden sind Taucher. Menschen, die mit eigenen Augen sehen, was auf dem Meeresgrund liegt. Deshalb habe ich meine Verpackung freiwillig, ohne jede gesetzliche Pflicht, auf reine Pappe reduziert: kein Blister, keine Folie, kein Polybeutel, kein Plastik-Füllmaterial. Ein Faltkarton, Papierklebeband, fertig. Gemessen an dem Ziel, das diese Verordnung verfolgt, bin ich bereits angekommen. Und ausgerechnet mich wird sie vom Markt nehmen. Denn das Herstellerregister fragt nicht, wie viel Verpackung ich verursache. Es fragt nur, in wie vielen Ländern. Mein Geschäftsmodell ist genau das, wofür der Binnenmarkt gedacht war: sehr kleine Mengen in sehr viele Mitgliedstaaten. In manche Länder gehen drei, vier, fünf Sendungen im Jahr. Für diese fünf Kartons soll ich mich künftig in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat separat registrieren eigenes Portal, eigene Sprache, eigene Kennnummer, eigene Meldefristen, eigene Jahresmeldung, eigene Mindestgebühr. Und weil ich dort nicht niedergelassen bin, zusätzlich in jedem Land einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung, der jedes Jahr Geld kostet völlig gleichgültig, ob ich dort 5 Kilogramm oder 5 Tonnen Verpackung in Verkehr bringe. Rechnen wir nüchtern: Registrierung plus Bevollmächtigter plus Mindestgebühr kosten konservativ 300800 pro Land und Jahr. Bei 20 Ländern sind das 6.000 bis 16.000 jährlich für Kartonage, deren Gesamtgewicht über alle diese Länder zusammen unter einer halben Tonne liegt. Das ist ein Vielfaches meines Gewinns. Das ist kein Kostenfaktor, das ist das Ende. Ich werde deshalb tun, was jeder in meiner Lage tun muss: die EU-Länder außerhalb Deutschlands abschalten. Was mir bleibt, ist der Export nach UK, in die Schweiz, in die USA, nach Australien weil ein Paket ans andere Ende der Welt mich weniger Bürokratie kostet als ein Paket nach Portugal. Das ist die Wirklichkeit, in die mich diese Regelung schiebt: Für einen deutschen Kleinsthersteller wird es billiger, aus Europa hinaus zu liefern als innerhalb Europas. Ökologisch gewinnt dabei niemand. Mein Pappkarton verschwindet nicht er wird ersetzt durch einen Direktimport im Blister, verschickt von einem Anbieter, den kein nationales Register je erreicht. Ich bitte Sie deshalb, beim Format der nationalen Register mitzudenken: 1. Eine Registrierung statt 27. Ein einheitliches Datenformat ist der richtige Anfang das Ziel muss die einmalige Registrierung mit gegenseitiger Anerkennung sein, nicht 27-mal dasselbe Formular. 2. Eine EU-weit einheitliche, verbindliche Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen: vereinfachte Registrierung, kein Pflicht-Bevollmächtigter, keine Mindestgebühren. 3. Erleichterungen für Kleinstmengen verbindlich ausgestalten, nicht als Option der Mitgliedstaaten. Was optional ist, existiert für mich in 27 Rechtsordnungen faktisch nicht. 4. Gebühren strikt mengenproportional. Grund- und Mindestgebühren belasten Kleinstmengen mit dem Hundertfachen. 5. Kostenfreie, maschinenlesbare Meldung (CSV/API) mit identischen Feldern in allen Mitgliedstaaten, damit ein Ein-Mann-Betrieb sie automatisieren kann statt 27 Portale von Hand zu bedienen. Ich bitte nicht um eine Ausnahme vom Umweltschutz. Ich bitte darum, dass gemessen wird, wer Verpackung verursacht in Kilogramm, nicht in Ländergrenzen. Meinen Teil habe ich längst getan: Meine Verpackung ist Pappe. Bitte machen Sie mich dafür nicht zum Rechtsfall in 27 Staaten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am Frederik, a sole trader from Germany. I make protective covers for diving computers and cave diving equipment printed on 17 small 3D printers in my own workshop. No warehouse in the Far East, no containers, no pallets. I am the production, shipping, accounting and legal department of one person. My company is in the process of being set up. My customers are divers. People who see with their own eyes what lies on the seabed. That is why I voluntarily reduced my packaging to pure cardboard, without any legal obligation: No blister, film, polybag, plastic filler. A folding cardboard box, paper adhesive tape, finished. In the light of the objective pursued by that regulation, I have already arrived. And I will take it off the market. This is because the register of producers does not ask how much packaging I produce. It only asks in how many countries. My business model is exactly what the Single Market was designed for: very small quantities in a large number of Member States. Some countries receive three, four, five consignments a year. For these five boxes, I will register separately in each Member State my own portal, language, identification number, reporting deadlines, annual report, minimum fee. And because I am not established there, I also have an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in each country, who costs money every year, regardless of whether I place 5 kilograms or 5 tonnes of packaging on the market there. Let’s take a sober look: Registration plus authorised representative plus minimum fee costs conservatively 300800 per country per year. For 20 countries, between 6000 and 16.000 a year are for cartonboard, the total weight of which is less than half a tonne over all of these countries. This is a multiple of my profit. This is not a cost, it is the end. I will therefore do what everyone in my position needs to do: shut down EU countries outside Germany. What remains is exporting to the UK, Switzerland, the USA and Australia because a package to the other end of the world costs me less bureaucracy than a package to Portugal. That is the reality that this rule pushes me into: It will be cheaper for a German micro-manufacturer to deliver from outside Europe than within Europe. No one wins ecologically. My cardboard box does not disappear and is replaced by a direct import in the blister sent by a provider who never reaches a national register. I would therefore ask you to bear in mind the format of the national registers: 1. A registration instead of 27. A uniform data format is the right start, the aim must be to register once with mutual recognition, not 27 times the same form. 2. An EU-wide binding minimum threshold for micro-quantities: simplified registration, no mandatory agent, no minimum fees. 3. Make alleviations mandatory for micro-quantities, not as an option for Member States. What is optional does not actually exist for me in 27 legal systems. 4. Fees strictly proportional to volume. The basic and minimum fees are 100 times more onerous for very small quantities. 5. Free, machine-readable message (CSV/API) with identical fields in all Member States, so that a one-man operation can automate it instead of operating 27 portals manually. I do not ask for an exception to the protection of the environment. I would ask that it be measured who is responsible for packaging in kilograms, not in national borders. I have done my part long ago: My packaging is cardboard. Please do not make me a legal case in 27 countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553509_en"}, {"id": 33553508, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:32:52", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please don't harm small businesses! Some of my favourite ones from other EU countries are already shutting down shipping to the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please don't harm small businesses! Some of my favourite ones from other EU countries are already shutting down shipping to the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553508_en"}, {"id": 33553507, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:32:41", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly disagree with the direction of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I understand and support the EUs goal of reducing unnecessary packaging and improving recycling, I believe the current approach places a disproportionate burden on small businesses, independent sellers and consumers without adequately considering the practical and economic consequences. The PPWR introduces increasingly complex requirements around packaging, reuse, labelling and producer responsibility. For large corporations, these requirements may be manageable because they have dedicated compliance departments, legal teams and significant financial resources. Small businesses and independent sellers do not have these advantages. Additional registration requirements, packaging rules, fees and administrative obligations can become a substantial cost of doing business. This is particularly concerning for small-scale and online businesses that sell relatively small quantities. The additional costs will ultimately have to be absorbed by the seller or passed on to the consumer. This risks making products more expensive while making it harder for small businesses to compete with large companies. I am also concerned about the effect these rules can have on European consumers purchasing products from businesses outside their own Member State. The EU should be careful not to create a system where ordinary consumers face increasingly high costs simply because they purchase products online or from smaller independent businesses. I also question whether every additional requirement is proportionate to its environmental benefit. Rather than placing the majority of the responsibility and financial burden on businesses that simply use packaging to sell or ship their products, the EU should place greater responsibility on the companies that manufacture and produce the packaging itself. These companies are in a much stronger position to reduce unnecessary packaging, develop more sustainable materials and invest in recyclable or reusable alternatives at the source. Environmental policy should target the point in the supply chain where the greatest environmental impact can actually be reduced. Broad requirements that place additional costs and administrative burdens on small businesses and independent sellers may do little to address the underlying problem while making it significantly more expensive to operate a small business. A more effective approach would hold packaging manufacturers accountable for the environmental impact of the materials they produce and encourage them to develop genuinely sustainable packaging solutions. I support the objective of reducing packaging waste. However, environmental policy should not unintentionally eliminate small businesses, increase consumer prices, reduce consumer choice or make cross-border commerce unnecessarily complicated. I therefore urge the European Union to reconsider the implementation of the PPWR and introduce substantially more proportionate rules for small businesses and independent sellers. Environmental protection and economic sustainability should not be treated as mutually exclusive. The EU should create regulations that achieve meaningful environmental improvements without placing an unreasonable financial and administrative burden on the smallest economic actors.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly disagree with the direction of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I understand and support the EUs goal of reducing unnecessary packaging and improving recycling, I believe the current approach places a disproportionate burden on small businesses, independent sellers and consumers without adequately considering the practical and economic consequences. The PPWR introduces increasingly complex requirements around packaging, reuse, labelling and producer responsibility. For large corporations, these requirements may be manageable because they have dedicated compliance departments, legal teams and significant financial resources. Small businesses and independent sellers do not have these advantages. Additional registration requirements, packaging rules, fees and administrative obligations can become a substantial cost of doing business. This is particularly concerning for small-scale and online businesses that sell relatively small quantities. The additional costs will ultimately have to be absorbed by the seller or passed on to the consumer. This risks making products more expensive while making it harder for small businesses to compete with large companies. I am also concerned about the effect these rules can have on European consumers purchasing products from businesses outside their own Member State. The EU should be careful not to create a system where ordinary consumers face increasingly high costs simply because they purchase products online or from smaller independent businesses. I also question whether every additional requirement is proportionate to its environmental benefit. Rather than placing the majority of the responsibility and financial burden on businesses that simply use packaging to sell or ship their products, the EU should place greater responsibility on the companies that manufacture and produce the packaging itself. These companies are in a much stronger position to reduce unnecessary packaging, develop more sustainable materials and invest in recyclable or reusable alternatives at the source. Environmental policy should target the point in the supply chain where the greatest environmental impact can actually be reduced. Broad requirements that place additional costs and administrative burdens on small businesses and independent sellers may do little to address the underlying problem while making it significantly more expensive to operate a small business. A more effective approach would hold packaging manufacturers accountable for the environmental impact of the materials they produce and encourage them to develop genuinely sustainable packaging solutions. I support the objective of reducing packaging waste. However, environmental policy should not unintentionally eliminate small businesses, increase consumer prices, reduce consumer choice or make cross-border commerce unnecessarily complicated. I therefore urge the European Union to reconsider the implementation of the PPWR and introduce substantially more proportionate rules for small businesses and independent sellers. Environmental protection and economic sustainability should not be treated as mutually exclusive. The EU should create regulations that achieve meaningful environmental improvements without placing an unreasonable financial and administrative burden on the smallest economic actors.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553507_en"}, {"id": 33553506, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:26:29", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed regulation on packaging and national producer registers may appear to be a technical step toward harmonisation, but in reality it poses a serious threat to the European economy. Not because the goal of reducing packaging waste is wrong, but because the chosen approach is fundamentally disproportionate, economically damaging, and socially blind to the realities of Europes smallest businesses. Microentrepreneurs, artisans, small online shops, creators, and independent makers are not the source of Europes packaging problem yet they are the ones who will bear the heaviest burden. The regulation treats them as if they operate on the same scale as multinational corporations, imposing identical reporting obligations, identical registration requirements, and identical financial costs. This is not just unrealistic; it is destructive. For many small businesses, the cost of compliance will exceed their annual profit. They do not have compliance departments, legal teams, or administrative staff. They have one person often working from home, often parttime, often earning modest income. For these people, the proposed system is not merely inconvenient; it is existential. It will force them to stop crossborder sales, shut down their operations, and lose the income they rely on. This is not a hypothetical scenario. It is the predictable outcome of a regulation that ignores scale, ignores economic reality, and ignores the vital role small businesses play in Europes cultural and economic fabric. When thousands of microbusinesses are pushed out of the market, Europe loses diversity, creativity, innovation, local production, and social cohesion. It becomes a marketplace dominated by large corporations the only actors with the resources to absorb these costs. The regulation also fails on practical grounds. By requiring separate national registers and separate reporting systems for each Member State, it creates fragmentation rather than harmonisation. Instead of simplifying the internal market, it erects new administrative barriers that disproportionately harm the smallest players. A system intended to streamline environmental responsibility ends up creating bureaucratic chaos. And most importantly: this approach does not meaningfully advance the environmental goal it claims to serve. The overwhelming majority of packaging waste comes from largescale producers and highvolume distributors. Microbusinesses contribute a negligible fraction of the total. Burdening them with heavy compliance obligations does nothing to reduce Europes waste problem it only reduces Europes entrepreneurial landscape. I urge the Commission to reconsider this regulation in its current form. Sustainability is essential, but it must be pursued intelligently, proportionally, and with respect for the economic ecosystem it affects. A fair system would differentiate between largescale producers and microenterprises, reduce administrative complexity, and focus efforts where the environmental impact is truly significant. Europe cannot afford to sacrifice its smallest businesses in the name of environmental policy that does not actually address the core of the problem. A sustainable future must also be a fair and economically viable one.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed regulation on packaging and national producer registers may appear to be a technical step toward harmonisation, but in reality it poses a serious threat to the European economy. Not because the goal of reducing packaging waste is wrong, but because the chosen approach is fundamentally disproportionate, economically damaging, and socially blind to the realities of Europes smallest businesses. Microentrepreneurs, artisans, small online shops, creators, and independent makers are not the source of Europes packaging problem yet they are the ones who will bear the heaviest burden. The regulation treats them as if they operate on the same scale as multinational corporations, imposing identical reporting obligations, identical registration requirements, and identical financial costs. This is not just unrealistic; it is destructive. For many small businesses, the cost of compliance will exceed their annual profit. They do not have compliance departments, legal teams, or administrative staff. They have one person often working from home, often parttime, often earning modest income. For these people, the proposed system is not merely inconvenient; it is existential. It will force them to stop crossborder sales, shut down their operations, and lose the income they rely on. This is not a hypothetical scenario. It is the predictable outcome of a regulation that ignores scale, ignores economic reality, and ignores the vital role small businesses play in Europes cultural and economic fabric. When thousands of microbusinesses are pushed out of the market, Europe loses diversity, creativity, innovation, local production, and social cohesion. It becomes a marketplace dominated by large corporations the only actors with the resources to absorb these costs. The regulation also fails on practical grounds. By requiring separate national registers and separate reporting systems for each Member State, it creates fragmentation rather than harmonisation. Instead of simplifying the internal market, it erects new administrative barriers that disproportionately harm the smallest players. A system intended to streamline environmental responsibility ends up creating bureaucratic chaos. And most importantly: this approach does not meaningfully advance the environmental goal it claims to serve. The overwhelming majority of packaging waste comes from largescale producers and highvolume distributors. Microbusinesses contribute a negligible fraction of the total. Burdening them with heavy compliance obligations does nothing to reduce Europes waste problem it only reduces Europes entrepreneurial landscape. I urge the Commission to reconsider this regulation in its current form. Sustainability is essential, but it must be pursued intelligently, proportionally, and with respect for the economic ecosystem it affects. A fair system would differentiate between largescale producers and microenterprises, reduce administrative complexity, and focus efforts where the environmental impact is truly significant. Europe cannot afford to sacrifice its smallest businesses in the name of environmental policy that does not actually address the core of the problem. A sustainable future must also be a fair and economically viable one.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553506_en"}, {"id": 33553505, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:25:44", "country": "LUX", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich wohne in Luxemburg. 90 % meiner Bestellungen (Einkäufe) kommen aus dem EU Ausland, vor allem Deutschland und Österreich. Ich habe ein kleines Handmade Label ( habe keine Angestellten, mache alles selber) . Versende aber nur innerhalb von Luxemburg. Durch die neue Reglung bekomme ich fast keine Ware mehr aus dem Ausland. Bis jetzt habe ich selber oft benutzte Verpackungen verwendet um meine Ware in Luxemburg zu versenden. Ein besseres Recycling kann man ja fast nicht machen? Die frage die ich mir jetzt stelle, darf ich das noch? Ich bitte sie die Reglung um einen bevollmächtigten Vertreter pro Land vorzusehen, für kleine Handwerksunternehmer ab. Wenn eine kleine Firma pro Jahr bis zu 6000 zahlen muss damit er in jedes Land der EU liefern darf, dann sind ja die kleinen Unternehmer bald alle weg. Bitte sehen sie eine Erleichterung vor, wie in Bezug auf die Erzeugerrolle. Das würde vielen schon sehr viel helfen. Diese Reglung betrifft mich sowohl als Privatperson wie auch als kleines Handwerklabe. Mit freudlichen Grüssen aus Luxemburg", "feedbackEnglish": "I live in Luxembourg. 90 % of my orders (purchases) come from other EU countries, mainly Germany and Austria. I have a small handmade label (I don’t have any employees, I do everything myself). Send only within Luxembourg. As a result of the new rules, I will receive almost no goods from abroad. So far, I have used frequently used packaging myself to ship my goods to Luxembourg. Is it almost impossible to improve recycling? The question I am asking now, can I still? I would ask you to provide for one authorised representative per country for small craft businesses. If a small company has to pay up to 6000 per year in order to be able to deliver to any EU country, then the small entrepreneurs will soon all disappear. Please provide for a simplification, as in the case of the producer role. This would already be of great help to many. This rule affects me both as a private individual and as a small craftsman’s rennet. Greetings from Luxembourg", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553505_en"}, {"id": 33553504, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:25:30", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Wygoda Design ", "feedback": "As the owner of a small handmade business based in Poland, I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the goal of improving packaging recycling. However, the new cross-border EPR requirements create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses selling small quantities to consumers in other EU countries. I sell handmade textile products through an online marketplace. In some EU countries, I may have only a few orders per year. Nevertheless, I may be required to register, report packaging and appoint an authorised EPR representative in each individual country. The cost of compliance can easily exceed the value of the packaging itself and can make selling across the EU economically unviable for a micro-business. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses based on packaging quantities or turnover; a simplified, centralised EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system; the possibility for online marketplaces such as Etsy to handle EPR obligations collectively on behalf of small sellers; proportionate rules that do not require a micro-business to appoint and pay a separate representative in every Member State when only a very small quantity of packaging is placed on that market. Small businesses should be encouraged to participate in the European Single Market, not discouraged by compliance costs that are disproportionate to their environmental impact. I ask the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR protects both the environment and the viability of European micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small handmade business based in Poland, I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the goal of improving packaging recycling. However, the new cross-border EPR requirements create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses selling small quantities to consumers in other EU countries. I sell handmade textile products through an online marketplace. In some EU countries, I may have only a few orders per year. Nevertheless, I may be required to register, report packaging and appoint an authorised EPR representative in each individual country. The cost of compliance can easily exceed the value of the packaging itself and can make selling across the EU economically unviable for a micro-business. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses based on packaging quantities or turnover; a simplified, centralised EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system; the possibility for online marketplaces such as Etsy to handle EPR obligations collectively on behalf of small sellers; proportionate rules that do not require a micro-business to appoint and pay a separate representative in every Member State when only a very small quantity of packaging is placed on that market. Small businesses should be encouraged to participate in the European Single Market, not discouraged by compliance costs that are disproportionate to their environmental impact. I ask the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR protects both the environment and the viability of European micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553504_en"}, {"id": 33553503, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:22:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MABA Ceramic Studio", "feedback": "**Ergänzung zu meiner zuvor eingereichten Rückmeldung:** Europa versteht sich als Gemeinschaft. Und wie in einer Familie sollte es darum gehen, Verbindungen zu ermöglichen und Zusammenhalt zu fördern nicht darum, dass bürokratische Hürden dazu führen, dass wir uns voneinander abgrenzen. Ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt sollte sich auch für die Kleinsten unter uns wie ein gemeinsamer Markt anfühlen. Madlen Baumann MABA Ceramic Studio, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "**Complementary to my previous feedback:** Europe is a community. And like in a family, it should be about enabling connections and fostering cohesion, not about bureaucratic hurdles dividing us apart. A common internal market should also feel like a common market for the smallest of us. Madlen Baumann MABA Ceramic Studio, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553503_en"}, {"id": 33553502, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:19:32", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "What an anti-unified Europe way to go about things. The same EU that stands for \"One Europe, One Market\" has managed in one fell swoop to splinter its market into 27 little enclaves and to also drown a whole swath of microenterprises in the appointee taxes. The free market became pay to play because of the way this is implemented. All while causing absolute confusion and mayhem. I guess reducing trade altogether will indeed result in less packaging waste", "feedbackEnglish": "What an anti-unified Europe way to go about things. The same EU that stands for \"One Europe, One Market\" has managed in one fell swoop to splinter its market into 27 little enclaves and to also drown a whole swath of microenterprises in the appointee taxes. The free market became pay to play because of the way this is implemented. All while causing absolute confusion and mayhem. I guess reducing trade altogether will indeed result in less packaging waste", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553502_en"}, {"id": 33553501, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:16:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A small business in no way contributes to packaging waste in the same way a multi million dollar business does, and lumping them together with no distinction and expecting the people who run a small business to be able to pay hundreds of euros to ship to EU countries, even countries that are part of the EU, just discourages those businesses from shipping to the EU, harming both the business and its consumers.", "feedbackEnglish": "A small business in no way contributes to packaging waste in the same way a multi million dollar business does, and lumping them together with no distinction and expecting the people who run a small business to be able to pay hundreds of euros to ship to EU countries, even countries that are part of the EU, just discourages those businesses from shipping to the EU, harming both the business and its consumers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553501_en"}, {"id": 33553500, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:15:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MABA Ceramic Studio", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland ein sehr kleines Unternehmen und stelle meine Keramik selbst her. Ich möchte einen Vorschlag zur Vereinfachung der Verpackungspflichten bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen innerhalb der EU machen. Mir geht es ausdrücklich nicht darum, weniger Verantwortung für Verpackungen zu übernehmen. Auch kleine Unternehmen sollen für die Verpackungen bezahlen, die sie tatsächlich in andere Mitgliedstaaten versenden. Aber vielleicht könnte es viel einfacher sein, wenn wir aufhören, innerhalb einer europäischen Familie so kompliziert zu denken. Mein Vorschlag: eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle. Eine Registrierung. Eine Meldung. Eine Zahlung. Ein Punkt ist dabei entscheidend: Zielländer und Verpackungsmengen dürfen NICHT im Voraus angegeben werden müssen. Erst am Ende des Meldezeitraums wird gemeldet, wohin tatsächlich versendet wurde und welche Verpackungsmengen tatsächlich angefallen sind. Als Kleinstunternehmen weiß ich nicht, aus welchem Land morgen jemand bestellt. Ich habe weder eine Marketingabteilung noch Geld für Marktanalysen. Vielleicht kommen drei Bestellungen aus Österreich, eine aus Frankreich und keine aus Italien. Das weiß ich erst, wenn es passiert ist. Gerade wenn man nur wenige Produkte selbst herstellt, entsteht Wachstum nicht nach einer Prognose. Ein Mensch entdeckt ein Produkt, mag es und bestellt es. Warum sollte ich vorher Länder auswählen und Verpflichtungen für Verkäufe organisieren, die vielleicht niemals stattfinden? Die einfache Lösung: erst verkaufen am Ende des Meldezeitraums die Realität melden. Zum Beispiel: Österreich: 3 Sendungen / tatsächliche Verpackungsmenge Frankreich: 1 Sendung / tatsächliche Verpackungsmenge Irland: 1 Sendung / tatsächliche Verpackungsmenge Die zentrale Stelle berechnet daraus die Beiträge. Der Händler bezahlt einmal. Sie verteilt das Geld anschließend an die jeweiligen Länder bzw. Systeme. Keine Prognosen, keine vorsorglichen Anmeldungen. Gemeldet und bezahlt wird nach Ende des Meldezeitraums anhand der tatsächlich erfolgten Sendungen und Mengen. Zusätzliche nationale Registrierungen oder Bevollmächtigte sollten nicht erforderlich sein, wenn die Pflichten über diese zentrale Stelle erfüllt werden. Die Umweltverantwortung bleibt bestehen nur die Bürokratie findet dort statt, wo sie effizienter erledigt werden kann: zwischen den zuständigen Systemen. Die Systeme sollten miteinander kommunizieren nicht jeder einzelne Kleinstunternehmer mit zahlreichen verschiedenen Systemen. Ich habe früher einzelne Bestellungen aus anderen EU-Ländern und dem Ausland erhalten. Es waren nicht viele. Aber es war ein schönes Gefühl zu wissen: Irgendwo in Irland steht heute ein Kerzenhalter, den ich mit meinen eigenen Händen in meiner kleinen Werkstatt hergestellt habe. Genau solche kleinen Verkäufe machen für mich den europäischen Binnenmarkt lebendig. Wenn jedoch schon eine einzige Bestellung aus einem neuen Mitgliedstaat unverhältnismäßige Kosten und Verwaltung auslösen kann, bleibt kleinen Unternehmen irgendwann nur, nicht mehr dorthin zu liefern. Wachstum wird verhindert, bevor überhaupt bekannt ist, ob dort ein Markt entstehen könnte. Europa ist eine Gemeinschaft und ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt. Warum schaffen wir nicht auch eine gemeinsame Schnittstelle für diese Verantwortung? Es könnte so einfach sein: Einmal zentral registrieren. Innerhalb der EU verkaufen, ohne vorher Zielländer festzulegen. Am Ende des Meldezeitraums die tatsächlichen Mengen je tatsächlich beliefertem Land melden. Einmal bezahlen. Die zentrale Stelle verteilt die Beiträge. Fertig. Kein Umweltschutz würde dadurch verloren gehen und kein Land müsste auf Beiträge verzichten. Aber auch sehr kleine Unternehmen könnten am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilnehmen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission, die Schaffung einer solchen zentralen europäischen Anlaufstelle zu prüfen. Mit freundlichsten Grüßen Madlen Baumann MABA Ceramic Studio, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a very small business in Germany and produce my ceramics myself. I want to make a proposal to simplify the packaging obligations for cross-border sales within the EU. I am expressly not seeking to take less responsibility for packaging. Small companies are also supposed to pay for the packaging they actually send to other Member States. But perhaps it could be much easier if we stop thinking so complicated within a European family. My proposal: a European one-stop shop. A registration. A notification. One payment. One point is crucial: Countries of destination and quantities of packaging must NOT be indicated in advance. It is only at the end of the reporting period that the actual place of dispatch and the actual quantities of packaging are reported. As a micro-enterprise, I don’t know which country will appoint someone tomorrow. I do not have a marketing department or money for market analysis. Perhaps three orders come from Austria, one from France and none from Italy. I don’t know that until it happens. It is precisely when only a few products are produced by oneself that growth does not arise on the basis of a forecast. A person discovers a product, whatever it may be and orders it. Why should I first select countries and organise commitments for sales that may never take place? The simple solution: only sell the reality at the end of the reporting period. For example: Belgium: 3 consignments/actual quantity of packaging France: 1 consignment/actual quantity of packaging Ireland: 1 Consignment/Actual quantity of packaging The central body calculates the contributions from this. The trader pays once. It then distributes the money to the respective countries or systems. No forecasts, no precautionary declarations. Declared and paid after the end of the reporting period on the basis of actual consignments and quantities. Additional national registrations or authorised representatives should not be required where the obligations are fulfilled through that single entity. Environmental responsibility continues to exist only where bureaucracy can be carried out more efficiently: between competent systems. The systems should not communicate with each individual micro-entrepreneur with many different systems. I have previously received individual orders from other EU countries and from abroad. There were not many. But it was a nice feeling to know: Somewhere in Ireland today there is a candle holder, which I made with my own hands in my small workshop. It is precisely such small sales that make the European single market alive for me. However, if a single order from a new Member State can trigger disproportionate costs and administration, small businesses will at some point only be unable to deliver to that new Member State. Growth is prevented before it is even known whether a market could be created there. Europe is a community and a single market. Why are we not also creating a common interface for this responsibility? It could be so simple: Register once centrally. Sell within the EU without pre-defining target countries. Report at the end of the reporting period the actual quantities per country actually supplied. Pay once. The central body distributes the contributions. Finished. No environmental protection would be lost and no country would have to forego contributions. However, very small businesses could also participate in the European single market. I invite the European Commission to explore the creation of such a European one-stop shop. Best regards, Madlen Baumann MABA Ceramic Studio, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553500_en"}, {"id": 33553497, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:10:53", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will only harm small businesses, artists and independent brands. Meanwhile, large companies that are generating most of the waste will have no problem at all paying all the fees and representatives to continue shipping. For small business owners, the fees to be able to ship to EU countries will be higher than the profit the business makes off orders from each individual country. The fact is, those profits are vital to them. This law helps the corporations who are causing the most harm to the environment and creating the most waste capitalize, while hurting independent artists and entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will only harm small businesses, artists and independent brands. Meanwhile, large companies that are generating most of the waste will have no problem at all paying all the fees and representatives to continue shipping. For small business owners, the fees to be able to ship to EU countries will be higher than the profit the business makes off orders from each individual country. The fact is, those profits are vital to them. This law helps the corporations who are causing the most harm to the environment and creating the most waste capitalize, while hurting independent artists and entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553497_en"}, {"id": 33553496, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:08:56", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I can understand, trying to reduce at all costs the packaging waste in all member states, it makes sense. The biggest retailer companies like Amazon and Zara to name a couple, are using 100% recyclable packaging for delivery for a while now, these multimillion companies have the means to do this, so in order to be fair for every commercial transaction, could the EU invest in making all these recyclable materials available for everyone? So that everything can be 100% recycled?", "feedbackEnglish": "I can understand, trying to reduce at all costs the packaging waste in all member states, it makes sense. The biggest retailer companies like Amazon and Zara to name a couple, are using 100% recyclable packaging for delivery for a while now, these multimillion companies have the means to do this, so in order to be fair for every commercial transaction, could the EU invest in making all these recyclable materials available for everyone? So that everything can be 100% recycled?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553496_en"}, {"id": 33553495, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:04:42", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will kill micro and small online busineses. The cost of registration and representation are unbearable for a sole proprietorship like me and bear no relation to the volume actually sold. Being a member of the European Union used to be a privilege, now we are suffocating being treated as big companies. A system where packaging license fees can be paid via a central hub would be a great solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will kill micro and small online busineses. The cost of registration and representation are unbearable for a sole proprietorship like me and bear no relation to the volume actually sold. Being a member of the European Union used to be a privilege, now we are suffocating being treated as big companies. A system where packaging license fees can be paid via a central hub would be a great solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553495_en"}, {"id": 33553494, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:03:53", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation will hurt small and medium size businesses which do not have the capacity or capital to adjust to the new parameters. Businesses like crafting workshops and artists will be severely impacted and most of them already stopped all transactions with any EU country. Please reconsider and add some exceptions based on total revenue or employee number. There's no need for them to go out of business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation will hurt small and medium size businesses which do not have the capacity or capital to adjust to the new parameters. Businesses like crafting workshops and artists will be severely impacted and most of them already stopped all transactions with any EU country. Please reconsider and add some exceptions based on total revenue or employee number. There's no need for them to go out of business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553494_en"}, {"id": 33553493, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 19:00:16", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sister", "feedback": "Treating every business equally, rather than proportionately, does not create a level playing field. In practice, it means that small businesses will once again bear a disproportionate burden, ultimately resulting in reduced competition and less choice for European consumers. This initiative does not adequately account for the wider economic, social and cultural impact it could have on small businesses across the EU. Speaking from the experience of my own business, and having read the comments and concerns raised by many others here, small businesses trading across EU borders contribute far more than simply the products they sell. Many support local craftsmanship, preserve cultural traditions, sustain family-run businesses and encourage entrepreneurship and self-employment. By allowing independent businesses to reach consumers throughout Europe, they also contribute to genuine competition and greater consumer choice. Introducing barriers that small businesses cannot reasonably absorb, risks creating a market in which cross-border trade is increasingly accessible ONLY to large corporations with the financial resources and administrative capacity to comply. The businesses at risk are not abstract statistics. It is the independent jeweller on a Mediterranean island. It is the ceramicist in Portugal. It is the leather worker in Florence. These are European businesses, creating European products and contributing to the cultural and economic diversity that the single market should enable, not restrict. If regulation makes it increasingly difficult for these businesses to reach customers across Europe, consumers will inevitably be left with fewer choices, while larger corporations gain an even greater share of the market. This risks undermining entrepreneurship, competition and the very diversity that makes the European marketplace valuable. Imagine a Europe where only the largest corporations have the resources to trade easily across borders, while independent makers and family businesses are effectively excluded. The solution? A One Stop Shop for packaging/recycling tax, declared at the END of each year via an official report provided by our shipping provider(s) and packaging supplier(s). That report can be standardised to include dimensions, materials and country of destination.", "feedbackEnglish": "Treating every business equally, rather than proportionately, does not create a level playing field. In practice, it means that small businesses will once again bear a disproportionate burden, ultimately resulting in reduced competition and less choice for European consumers. This initiative does not adequately account for the wider economic, social and cultural impact it could have on small businesses across the EU. Speaking from the experience of my own business, and having read the comments and concerns raised by many others here, small businesses trading across EU borders contribute far more than simply the products they sell. Many support local craftsmanship, preserve cultural traditions, sustain family-run businesses and encourage entrepreneurship and self-employment. By allowing independent businesses to reach consumers throughout Europe, they also contribute to genuine competition and greater consumer choice. Introducing barriers that small businesses cannot reasonably absorb, risks creating a market in which cross-border trade is increasingly accessible ONLY to large corporations with the financial resources and administrative capacity to comply. The businesses at risk are not abstract statistics. It is the independent jeweller on a Mediterranean island. It is the ceramicist in Portugal. It is the leather worker in Florence. These are European businesses, creating European products and contributing to the cultural and economic diversity that the single market should enable, not restrict. If regulation makes it increasingly difficult for these businesses to reach customers across Europe, consumers will inevitably be left with fewer choices, while larger corporations gain an even greater share of the market. This risks undermining entrepreneurship, competition and the very diversity that makes the European marketplace valuable. Imagine a Europe where only the largest corporations have the resources to trade easily across borders, while independent makers and family businesses are effectively excluded. The solution? A One Stop Shop for packaging/recycling tax, declared at the END of each year via an official report provided by our shipping provider(s) and packaging supplier(s). That report can be standardised to include dimensions, materials and country of destination.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553493_en"}, {"id": 33553492, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:57:01", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have recently started running a niche webstore. Most of my orders are domestic, but I have occasional international clients. I had already limited my business to European countries to avoid expensive shipping and unexpected fees. With these new regulations I would be forced pay fees to every country in the EU separately, which in not only a lot of bureaucracy, but the costs would far exceed the profits I make. This puts my store in a position where I have to either close it completely or stop all international sales and only work domestically. Even shipping to different continents is now more feasible than doing business with my neighbours. A lot of small businesses are in a similar position. A lot of jobs are at stake. This might result in niche markets disappearing from the EU and the more approachable alternative for consumers would be to make orders from cheap foreign vendors such as Temu or AliExpress. This also breeds the conditions for larger vendors in the EU that can afford these fees to get closer to a monopoly status.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have recently started running a niche webstore. Most of my orders are domestic, but I have occasional international clients. I had already limited my business to European countries to avoid expensive shipping and unexpected fees. With these new regulations I would be forced pay fees to every country in the EU separately, which in not only a lot of bureaucracy, but the costs would far exceed the profits I make. This puts my store in a position where I have to either close it completely or stop all international sales and only work domestically. Even shipping to different continents is now more feasible than doing business with my neighbours. A lot of small businesses are in a similar position. A lot of jobs are at stake. This might result in niche markets disappearing from the EU and the more approachable alternative for consumers would be to make orders from cheap foreign vendors such as Temu or AliExpress. This also breeds the conditions for larger vendors in the EU that can afford these fees to get closer to a monopoly status.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553492_en"}, {"id": 33553491, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:56:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to share my concerns regarding the potential impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro and small businesses operating within the European Union. While I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability, I am concerned that the financial and administrative burden created by the current requirements could disproportionately affect very small businesses. For a small shop, particularly one that is just starting out, additional registration requirements, compliance obligations and fees can represent a significant proportion of the business's operating costs. These costs may ultimately make it economically unviable for small businesses to sell their products across EU borders. This is particularly concerning because the PPWR could unintentionally weaken rather than strengthen the European internal market. If small businesses have to comply with different registration requirements and administrative procedures in each Member State, selling to customers in other EU countries becomes considerably more complicated and expensive. Larger companies are generally better equipped to absorb these costs, whereas micro and small businesses may be forced to restrict their sales to their home country or abandon cross-border trade altogether. I therefore kindly ask the European Commission to consider the following measures: 1. Exempt micro and small businesses from extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations where appropriate, or introduce proportionate requirements that take their limited resources into account. 2. Harmonise registration requirements across the EU, so that small businesses are not required to navigate separate national registration systems when selling across borders. Alternatively, very small businesses should be exempt from registration requirements. 3. Ensure that the implementation of the PPWR does not create disproportionate financial barriers to cross-border trade. The free movement of goods is a fundamental principle of the European Union, and regulatory requirements should not unintentionally make it more difficult for small businesses to participate in the European market. I strongly believe that environmental protection and a strong European internal market do not have to be conflicting goals. However, the specific circumstances of micro and small businesses need to be taken into account to ensure that the PPWR does not unintentionally disadvantage the very businesses that contribute to the diversity and vitality of the European market. Thank you for considering this feedback. Kind regards Jinane Housni", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to share my concerns regarding the potential impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro and small businesses operating within the European Union. While I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability, I am concerned that the financial and administrative burden created by the current requirements could disproportionately affect very small businesses. For a small shop, particularly one that is just starting out, additional registration requirements, compliance obligations and fees can represent a significant proportion of the business's operating costs. These costs may ultimately make it economically unviable for small businesses to sell their products across EU borders. This is particularly concerning because the PPWR could unintentionally weaken rather than strengthen the European internal market. If small businesses have to comply with different registration requirements and administrative procedures in each Member State, selling to customers in other EU countries becomes considerably more complicated and expensive. Larger companies are generally better equipped to absorb these costs, whereas micro and small businesses may be forced to restrict their sales to their home country or abandon cross-border trade altogether. I therefore kindly ask the European Commission to consider the following measures: 1. Exempt micro and small businesses from extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations where appropriate, or introduce proportionate requirements that take their limited resources into account. 2. Harmonise registration requirements across the EU, so that small businesses are not required to navigate separate national registration systems when selling across borders. Alternatively, very small businesses should be exempt from registration requirements. 3. Ensure that the implementation of the PPWR does not create disproportionate financial barriers to cross-border trade. The free movement of goods is a fundamental principle of the European Union, and regulatory requirements should not unintentionally make it more difficult for small businesses to participate in the European market. I strongly believe that environmental protection and a strong European internal market do not have to be conflicting goals. However, the specific circumstances of micro and small businesses need to be taken into account to ensure that the PPWR does not unintentionally disadvantage the very businesses that contribute to the diversity and vitality of the European market. Thank you for considering this feedback. Kind regards Jinane Housni", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553491_en"}, {"id": 33553489, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:52:41", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a piece of incomplete legislation that will affect dramatically all micro, small, and medium sized businesses. Be them craft workshops, small productions, niche, or starting enterprises with potential but not enough financial and HR stability to endeavour navigating 27 different national registrations. This is a badly designed law that will lead to the closure of Micro, small and medium businesses leaving the Eu single market in tatters. The inequality it creates, is a direct contradiction of Eu rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a piece of incomplete legislation that will affect dramatically all micro, small, and medium sized businesses. Be them craft workshops, small productions, niche, or starting enterprises with potential but not enough financial and HR stability to endeavour navigating 27 different national registrations. This is a badly designed law that will lead to the closure of Micro, small and medium businesses leaving the Eu single market in tatters. The inequality it creates, is a direct contradiction of Eu rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553489_en"}, {"id": 33553488, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:52:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ideenwirbel Atelier", "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich bin seit 2007 Kunsthandwerkerin. In den letzten Jahren konnte ich meine Unikate wegen der Lizenzierung/Registrierung von Verpackungen nur innerhalb Deutschlands und Nicht-EU-Länder anbieten, weil nicht genügend Bestellungen aus EU-Ländern zusammen kommen, um die Gebühren in den einzelnen EU-Ländern zu decken. Dennoch bekomme ich immer wieder enttäuschte Anfragen von Interessenten. Für ein kleines Unternehmen wäre es Existenz sichernd, auch diese Anfragen befriedigen zu können. Da nun heute mit der PPWR ein neue Verpackungsordnung in Kraft tritt, möchte ich darum bitten, daß für die neue Verpackungsordnung überdacht wird, eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinunternehmen einzuführen hinsichtlich: 1. Erzeuger / Hersteller Rolle (laut der Zentralen Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR) Deutschlands wird man bereits zum Erzeuger mit allen Pflichten, wenn man innerhalb BRD Verpackungen bezieht, diese befüllt und mit Klebestreifen/Versandlabel versieht und innerhalb BRD verschickt) 2. hinsichtlich Versand in EU-Länder und dem Bedarf für jedes EU-Land einen Beauftragten für die Verpackungsordnung zu beauftragen. Als Kleinunternehmen fehlen für die Dokumentation der Konformitätspflichten die zeitlichen Kapazitäten und ebenso die finanziellen Mittel Beauftragte und andere Dienstleister zu beschäftigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have been a craftsman since 2007. In recent years, because of the licensing/registration of packaging, I have been able to offer my unicellants only within Germany and non-EU countries because there are not enough orders from EU countries to cover the fees in each EU country. Nevertheless, I repeatedly receive disappointing requests from interested parties. For a small company, it would be vital to be able to meet these requests as well. As a new packaging regulation now enters into force with the PPWR, I would like to ask that consideration be given to introducing a de minimis threshold for small businesses for: 1. Producer/manufacturer Role (according to the Central Packaging Register Office (ZSVR) in Germany, it is already becoming the producer with all the obligations if packaging is purchased within the Federal Republic of Germany, filled in and labelled with adhesive tape/dispatch label and sent within the Federal Republic of Germany) 2. as regards dispatch to EU countries and the need for each EU country, a representative for the Packaging Order is appointed. As small enterprises, there is a lack of time capacity to document compliance obligations, as well as a lack of financial resources to employ agents and other service providers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553488_en"}, {"id": 33553487, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:47:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Weingut Dönnhoff ", "feedback": "We are a family-owned winery in Germany, Weingut Dönnhoff, exporting our wines throughout Europe and around the world. Every year we hear political commitments to reduce bureaucracy, strengthen SMEs and improve European competitiveness. Yet, in practice, we experience the opposite: new registrations, reporting obligations and administrative procedures are constantly being added. The PPWR is another example. We fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, we seriously question whether this entire system of registrations and reporting obligations for companies using packaging is necessary at all. In our view, the simpler and more effective approach would be to impose clear environmental, recyclability and material standards directly on manufacturers and importers of packaging. Glass bottles, cardboard boxes, closures and other packaging placed on the European market should comply with these standards. Once compliant packaging has been legally placed on the European market, why should every winery, brewery, food producer or other business using it create another layer of registrations, calculations and reports? We produce wine. We do not manufacture glass bottles or cardboard boxes. Packaging manufacturers already know the weight, material and composition of their products. A glass bottle does not become more environmentally friendly because its weight is calculated and reported again by every winery filling it. Bureaucracy itself does not recycle a single bottle. The situation becomes even more unreasonable when trading across borders within the EU. A German winery selling wine in several Member States can face separate national registrations, reporting obligations and, in certain circumstances, requirements concerning authorised representatives. How can this be reconciled with the idea of a European Single Market? We are a European company selling European products within the European Union. We should not need separate administrative structures simply because a customer is located on the other side of an internal EU border. For SMEs, this administrative burden is becoming increasingly disproportionate. We do not have departments dedicated to packaging compliance. We grow grapes, cultivate vineyards, produce wine, employ people and sell our products. The main thing increasingly produced by regulations like these is not environmental progress, but unnecessary administrative costs. We are regulating ourselves to death with requirements that consume time and money, stand in the way of our actual work and often provide no tangible environmental benefit. Our preferred solution is therefore fundamental: abolish unnecessary downstream registration and reporting obligations and regulate packaging primarily where it is manufactured or first imported into the EU. Set strict and sensible environmental and recycling standards there, and then allow businesses to use compliant packaging without creating another enormous reporting system around it. If reporting obligations nevertheless remain necessary, there should at least be one central European registration and reporting system, no unnecessary national representatives, and meaningful simplifications or exemptions for SMEs and small quantities. Europe cannot continue promising bureaucracy reduction while creating new layers of bureaucracy at the same time. At some point, we have to ask whether policymakers in Brussels have lost touch with the practical reality of running a small or medium-sized business. Set clear environmental standards for packaging at the source. Make packaging manufacturers and importers responsible for meeting them. Avoid unnecessary downstream reporting. And where reporting is genuinely unavoidable: one European market, one registration, one reporting system. Cornelius Dönnhoff Weingut Dönnhoff, Germany", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a family-owned winery in Germany, Weingut Dönnhoff, exporting our wines throughout Europe and around the world. Every year we hear political commitments to reduce bureaucracy, strengthen SMEs and improve European competitiveness. Yet, in practice, we experience the opposite: new registrations, reporting obligations and administrative procedures are constantly being added. The PPWR is another example. We fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, we seriously question whether this entire system of registrations and reporting obligations for companies using packaging is necessary at all. In our view, the simpler and more effective approach would be to impose clear environmental, recyclability and material standards directly on manufacturers and importers of packaging. Glass bottles, cardboard boxes, closures and other packaging placed on the European market should comply with these standards. Once compliant packaging has been legally placed on the European market, why should every winery, brewery, food producer or other business using it create another layer of registrations, calculations and reports? We produce wine. We do not manufacture glass bottles or cardboard boxes. Packaging manufacturers already know the weight, material and composition of their products. A glass bottle does not become more environmentally friendly because its weight is calculated and reported again by every winery filling it. Bureaucracy itself does not recycle a single bottle. The situation becomes even more unreasonable when trading across borders within the EU. A German winery selling wine in several Member States can face separate national registrations, reporting obligations and, in certain circumstances, requirements concerning authorised representatives. How can this be reconciled with the idea of a European Single Market? We are a European company selling European products within the European Union. We should not need separate administrative structures simply because a customer is located on the other side of an internal EU border. For SMEs, this administrative burden is becoming increasingly disproportionate. We do not have departments dedicated to packaging compliance. We grow grapes, cultivate vineyards, produce wine, employ people and sell our products. The main thing increasingly produced by regulations like these is not environmental progress, but unnecessary administrative costs. We are regulating ourselves to death with requirements that consume time and money, stand in the way of our actual work and often provide no tangible environmental benefit. Our preferred solution is therefore fundamental: abolish unnecessary downstream registration and reporting obligations and regulate packaging primarily where it is manufactured or first imported into the EU. Set strict and sensible environmental and recycling standards there, and then allow businesses to use compliant packaging without creating another enormous reporting system around it. If reporting obligations nevertheless remain necessary, there should at least be one central European registration and reporting system, no unnecessary national representatives, and meaningful simplifications or exemptions for SMEs and small quantities. Europe cannot continue promising bureaucracy reduction while creating new layers of bureaucracy at the same time. At some point, we have to ask whether policymakers in Brussels have lost touch with the practical reality of running a small or medium-sized business. Set clear environmental standards for packaging at the source. Make packaging manufacturers and importers responsible for meeting them. Avoid unnecessary downstream reporting. And where reporting is genuinely unavoidable: one European market, one registration, one reporting system. Cornelius Dönnhoff Weingut Dönnhoff, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553487_en"}, {"id": 33553486, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:43:12", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small business ", "feedback": "This new law is aiming to kill small businesses. From position of an artist, it makes it impossible to sell my products abroad, because fees for just one country would eat my monthly incomes, let alone more countries. As far as I want out environment to be safer from human impact, its not pro-environmental law. Its pro-corporations law. For big companies those will be negligible fees, for small businesses those will be end-of-operating fees", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is aiming to kill small businesses. From position of an artist, it makes it impossible to sell my products abroad, because fees for just one country would eat my monthly incomes, let alone more countries. As far as I want out environment to be safer from human impact, its not pro-environmental law. Its pro-corporations law. For big companies those will be negligible fees, for small businesses those will be end-of-operating fees", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553486_en"}, {"id": 33553485, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:38:18", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Small business owner", "feedback": "This is insanity. I have heard it said it will cost £7000 to register and comply with these rules. My small business doesn't even make £7000 a year. This will cripple and destroy so many small business the world over, mine and my friends included. There needs to be some sort of allowance and exception for small businesses. We'll ignore the fact putting the onus of protecting the climate from single use packaging is being put on individuals and not the big 5 global polluters and assume this law is in good faith; there are better ways to protect the environment. In order to make any money at all these days we often have to go with whatever packaging is cheapest and sometimes that means there is simply reasonable way for a small business to track the origins of their packing. I myself use recycled boxes from Amazon, how can I verify that Amazon's boxes meet EU requirements? There are simply not enough hours in the day to chase down every bit of paper or cardboard to make sure it's compliant, especially when a lot of small businesses I know are already doing their part to reduce waste by recycling packagings. I live in northern Ireland, there are already a plethora of hoops to jump through just to get things sent to Ireland, a country that is literally open boarder trade. The EU should be making things easier to facilitate trade between countries,not harder.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is insanity. I have heard it said it will cost £7000 to register and comply with these rules. My small business doesn't even make £7000 a year. This will cripple and destroy so many small business the world over, mine and my friends included. There needs to be some sort of allowance and exception for small businesses. We'll ignore the fact putting the onus of protecting the climate from single use packaging is being put on individuals and not the big 5 global polluters and assume this law is in good faith; there are better ways to protect the environment. In order to make any money at all these days we often have to go with whatever packaging is cheapest and sometimes that means there is simply reasonable way for a small business to track the origins of their packing. I myself use recycled boxes from Amazon, how can I verify that Amazon's boxes meet EU requirements? There are simply not enough hours in the day to chase down every bit of paper or cardboard to make sure it's compliant, especially when a lot of small businesses I know are already doing their part to reduce waste by recycling packagings. I live in northern Ireland, there are already a plethora of hoops to jump through just to get things sent to Ireland, a country that is literally open boarder trade. The EU should be making things easier to facilitate trade between countries,not harder.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553485_en"}, {"id": 33553484, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:38:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SecondSoulFactory", "feedback": "Dear EU Commission, I am fully in favor of greater sustainability and the avoidance of unnecessary packaging, especially regarding recyclability. I run a solo textil-upcycling business where I already prioritize sustainable packaging choices. I do consider many aspects of the new PPWR to be a very positive development. However. With this PPWR you are effectively destroying small, independent labels, the kind where every single sale counts and every customer is appreciated, where customers aren't just numbers as they are at Amazon, Temu, or Alibaba. It is not right to treat small family businesses or one-woman operations the same way as the big players when it comes to the requirement for authorized representatives to enforce packaging regulations in other countries and the associated costs. The economic climate is already tough, this regulation only makes things way more difficult. I would like to see a system where packaging license fees can be paid via a central hub and then distributed to the respective countries, for example. Please revise this legislation to ensure that small businesses still have a place in the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU Commission, I am fully in favor of greater sustainability and the avoidance of unnecessary packaging, especially regarding recyclability. I run a solo textil-upcycling business where I already prioritize sustainable packaging choices. I do consider many aspects of the new PPWR to be a very positive development. However. With this PPWR you are effectively destroying small, independent labels, the kind where every single sale counts and every customer is appreciated, where customers aren't just numbers as they are at Amazon, Temu, or Alibaba. It is not right to treat small family businesses or one-woman operations the same way as the big players when it comes to the requirement for authorized representatives to enforce packaging regulations in other countries and the associated costs. The economic climate is already tough, this regulation only makes things way more difficult. I would like to see a system where packaging license fees can be paid via a central hub and then distributed to the respective countries, for example. Please revise this legislation to ensure that small businesses still have a place in the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553484_en"}, {"id": 33553483, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:35:57", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will kill small online commerce: the fixed costs of registration and representation, multiplied country by country, are unbearable for a small business and bear no relation to the volume actually sold. The first casualty will be the range of products available in the smallest markets, Czechia, Slovakia and others, too often treated as secondary: sellers will simply stop shipping there rather than take on disproportionate compliance. This is the very opposite of the European idea, which promised a single market open to all, not one reserved for those who can afford a compliance department.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will kill small online commerce: the fixed costs of registration and representation, multiplied country by country, are unbearable for a small business and bear no relation to the volume actually sold. The first casualty will be the range of products available in the smallest markets, Czechia, Slovakia and others, too often treated as secondary: sellers will simply stop shipping there rather than take on disproportionate compliance. This is the very opposite of the European idea, which promised a single market open to all, not one reserved for those who can afford a compliance department.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553483_en"}, {"id": 33553478, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:35:05", "country": "TUR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Every year, Europe sends at least 40-45% of its total waste (as far as we know) to Turkey. Despite this, as a small business, I have to obtain permission from every European country just to use 1 meter of bubble wrap and 1 meter of stretch film for packaging. EU bureaucrats and politicians are so smart! Youve really made global tradeand small business tradesuper greatcongratulations! Of course, my last few sentences were meant ironically.", "feedbackEnglish": "Every year, Europe sends at least 40-45% of its total waste (as far as we know) to Turkey. Despite this, as a small business, I have to obtain permission from every European country just to use 1 meter of bubble wrap and 1 meter of stretch film for packaging. EU bureaucrats and politicians are so smart! Youve really made global tradeand small business tradesuper greatcongratulations! Of course, my last few sentences were meant ironically.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553478_en"}, {"id": 33553480, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:33:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die in Kraft tretende Regelung führt wegen der vorgesehenen Notwendigkeit von (teils kostenpflichtigen) Registrierungen in allen Ländern, in die man Produkte verkauft, zu einer unverhältnismäßigen Belastung für Kleinstunternehmer mit internationalem Klientel. Dies gilt vor allem für Künstler und Kunsthandwerker, welche auf Privatkunden mit unvorhersehbarem Standort angewiesen sind und die jährlich nur eine kleine Anzahl an handgefertigten Werken produzieren. Um bei Bedarf Zugang zur Gesamtheit der EU-Märkte zu haben, müssen Mitglieder dieser Berufsgruppen nicht unerhebliche jährliche Mehrkosten aufzubringen, welche aber nicht garantiert durch höhere Umsätze gedeckt werden. Des weiteren übersteigt für sie der Kostenaufwand für den Zugang zu EU-Märkten bei weitem die Gebühren, welche für in Umlauf gebrachte Verpackungsmaterialien zu entrichten sind. Versprechungen geringeren bürokratischen Aufwands und geringerer Gebühren aufgrund geringeren Eintrags von Verpackungen sind für Künstler, Kunsthandwerker und andere Kleinstunternehmer also kein Trost, sondern nur Ausdruck der Tatsache, dass sie übersehen werden. Die Folgen machen sich bereits bemerkbar, viele Künstler und Kunsthandwerker kündigen zur Zeit an, den Verkauf ihrer Werke an Kunden in der EU vollständig einzustellen. Daher empfehle ich, zu errechnen, wie hoch die tatsächlichen Kosten für den EPR-gemäßen Zugang zur Gesamtheit der EU-Märkte sind und Unternehmen (Staaten-spezifische Registrierungskosten und Bestellung von Repräsentanten in den einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten), deren prognostizierter Eintrag von Verpackungsmaterialien mit Gebühren belastet ist, welche geringer sind als die errechneten Kosten von der Regelung zu befreien. Stattdessen könnten solche Kleinstunternehmen beispielsweise zur Abgabe jährlicher Berichte in digitaler Form über ein simples Onlineformular (auf EU-Ebene) verpflichtet werden, auf deren Grundlage sie dann pauschale Gebühren zahlen müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Die in Kraft tretende Regelung führt wegen der vorgesehenen Notwendigkeit von (teils kostenpflichtigen) Registrierungen in allen Ländern, in die man Produkte verkauft, zu einer unverhältnismäßigen Belastung für Kleinstunternehmer mit internationalem Klientel. Dies gilt vor allem für Künstler und Kunsthandwerker, welche auf Privatkunden mit unvorhersehbarem Standort angewiesen sind und die jährlich nur eine kleine Anzahl an handgefertigten Werken produzieren. Um bei Bedarf Zugang zur Gesamtheit der EU-Märkte zu haben, müssen Mitglieder dieser Berufsgruppen nicht unerhebliche jährliche Mehrkosten aufzubringen, welche aber nicht garantiert durch höhere Umsätze gedeckt werden. Des weiteren übersteigt für sie der Kostenaufwand für den Zugang zu EU-Märkten bei weitem die Gebühren, welche für in Umlauf gebrachte Verpackungsmaterialien zu entrichten sind. Versprechungen geringeren bürokratischen Aufwands und geringerer Gebühren aufgrund geringeren Eintrags von Verpackungen sind für Künstler, Kunsthandwerker und andere Kleinstunternehmer also kein Trost, sondern nur Ausdruck der Tatsache, dass sie übersehen werden. Die Folgen machen sich bereits bemerkbar, viele Künstler und Kunsthandwerker kündigen zur Zeit an, den Verkauf ihrer Werke an Kunden in der EU vollständig einzustellen. Daher empfehle ich, zu errechnen, wie hoch die tatsächlichen Kosten für den EPR-gemäßen Zugang zur Gesamtheit der EU-Märkte sind und Unternehmen (Staaten-spezifische Registrierungskosten und Bestellung von Repräsentanten in den einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten), deren prognostizierter Eintrag von Verpackungsmaterialien mit Gebühren belastet ist, welche geringer sind als die errechneten Kosten von der Regelung zu befreien. Stattdessen könnten solche Kleinstunternehmen beispielsweise zur Abgabe jährlicher Berichte in digitaler Form über ein simples Onlineformular (auf EU-Ebene) verpflichtet werden, auf deren Grundlage sie dann pauschale Gebühren zahlen müssen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553480_en"}, {"id": 33553482, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:32:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ruby Rainbows Susanne Schmidt und Thomas Muntaner GbR", "feedback": "While the idea is great for large companies and bad actors, it's terrible for smaller companies. As a micro business looking to expand into other sectors, we were disappointed to see this law come up. It makes it impossible for us to ship physical products to customers across the EU, even if the amount of packaging is extremely low. You have prevented us from experimenting with new products and trying new business ideas. This law would effectively destroy most micro/small businesses and make the EU less competitive on a global scale. Only companies with the resources to have representatives in ever EU country and pay their fees would be able to survive. How will we foster entrepreneurs and enable smaller businesses to scale? Please consider lessening the requirements for small/micro businesses, and/or centralize the reporting requirements and fees to a single entity on a EU level.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the idea is great for large companies and bad actors, it's terrible for smaller companies. As a micro business looking to expand into other sectors, we were disappointed to see this law come up. It makes it impossible for us to ship physical products to customers across the EU, even if the amount of packaging is extremely low. You have prevented us from experimenting with new products and trying new business ideas. This law would effectively destroy most micro/small businesses and make the EU less competitive on a global scale. Only companies with the resources to have representatives in ever EU country and pay their fees would be able to survive. How will we foster entrepreneurs and enable smaller businesses to scale? Please consider lessening the requirements for small/micro businesses, and/or centralize the reporting requirements and fees to a single entity on a EU level.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553482_en"}, {"id": 33553479, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:19:57", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as a sole proprietor and micro-business owner based in Canada, selling small, low-volume paper and gift products to EU consumers through online marketplaces. I fully support the environmental goals behind the PPWR and the move toward harmonized producer registers. In principle, a single EU-wide platform for registration and reporting is a welcome simplification compared to navigating up to 27 separate national systems, and I would encourage the Commission to keep that single-entry-point design as central to the final implementing rules. However, as currently framed, these registration and reporting obligations apply uniformly regardless of business size, and this creates a disproportionate burden for micro and small sellers compared to large corporations, who have dedicated compliance staff and can absorb registration, reporting, and per-country EPR fees as a normal cost of doing business. For a one-person shop selling small paper goods in small volumes, the same administrative and financial burden that is minor for a large company can be prohibitive, and risks pushing micro-sellers out of the EU market entirely, leaving it to the very corporations best equipped to shift compliance costs elsewhere. I would ask the Commission to consider the following in finalizing this initiative: 1. A de minimis or tiered threshold for micro/small producers (e.g., based on annual packaging volume or revenue), similar to thresholds already used in some Member State EPR schemes, so registration and fee obligations scale with business size. 2. Shifting more of the compliance burden toward packaging material suppliers/manufacturers rather than the small end-seller who purchases already-compliant packaging materials, since suppliers are far better positioned to standardize reporting than thousands of individual micro-sellers. 3. Recognition of good-faith sustainable practices already undertaken by small sellers (e.g., use of recyclable or home-compostable mailers) as a mitigating factor in obligations or fees. 4. A genuinely simple, low-cost single registration path for non-EU micro-businesses, since the value of harmonization is lost if the \"single platform\" still requires per-country fee payments and reporting that a solo business owner cannot reasonably manage without hiring outside compliance help. Small and micro sellers want to do our part for sustainability, and many of us already are. But rules that apply equal administrative weight to a one-person shop and a multinational corporation do not serve the goal of a more sustainable packaging market; they simply consolidate that market into fewer, larger hands. I would urge the Commission to build proportionality into the register and reporting design before it is finalized.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a sole proprietor and micro-business owner based in Canada, selling small, low-volume paper and gift products to EU consumers through online marketplaces. I fully support the environmental goals behind the PPWR and the move toward harmonized producer registers. In principle, a single EU-wide platform for registration and reporting is a welcome simplification compared to navigating up to 27 separate national systems, and I would encourage the Commission to keep that single-entry-point design as central to the final implementing rules. However, as currently framed, these registration and reporting obligations apply uniformly regardless of business size, and this creates a disproportionate burden for micro and small sellers compared to large corporations, who have dedicated compliance staff and can absorb registration, reporting, and per-country EPR fees as a normal cost of doing business. For a one-person shop selling small paper goods in small volumes, the same administrative and financial burden that is minor for a large company can be prohibitive, and risks pushing micro-sellers out of the EU market entirely, leaving it to the very corporations best equipped to shift compliance costs elsewhere. I would ask the Commission to consider the following in finalizing this initiative: 1. A de minimis or tiered threshold for micro/small producers (e.g., based on annual packaging volume or revenue), similar to thresholds already used in some Member State EPR schemes, so registration and fee obligations scale with business size. 2. Shifting more of the compliance burden toward packaging material suppliers/manufacturers rather than the small end-seller who purchases already-compliant packaging materials, since suppliers are far better positioned to standardize reporting than thousands of individual micro-sellers. 3. Recognition of good-faith sustainable practices already undertaken by small sellers (e.g., use of recyclable or home-compostable mailers) as a mitigating factor in obligations or fees. 4. A genuinely simple, low-cost single registration path for non-EU micro-businesses, since the value of harmonization is lost if the \"single platform\" still requires per-country fee payments and reporting that a solo business owner cannot reasonably manage without hiring outside compliance help. Small and micro sellers want to do our part for sustainability, and many of us already are. But rules that apply equal administrative weight to a one-person shop and a multinational corporation do not serve the goal of a more sustainable packaging market; they simply consolidate that market into fewer, larger hands. I would urge the Commission to build proportionality into the register and reporting design before it is finalized.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553479_en"}, {"id": 33553477, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:16:56", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Very badly structured initiative and hard to comprehend. I strongly question whether the environmental benefit of this approach is proportionate to the administrative burden being imposed on micro-businesses, particularly those producing small quantities and already operating with minimal environmental impact. If the objective is genuinely to reduce packaging waste and encourage sustainable practices, then regulation should be designed around that objective not around creating an administrative system that treats a one-person craft business in essentially the same way as a multinational producer. There must be a more proportionate approach. Small creators should not be pushed out of the European market because they cannot afford the administrative infrastructure required to comply with increasingly complex regulations. I urge the European Commission to reconsider the impact of this regulation on micro-enterprises and individual creators, and to introduce meaningful proportionality, simplified compliance mechanisms, appropriate thresholds, and exemptions or reduced requirements where the scale and environmental impact of the business clearly justify them. European environmental objectives should not come at the cost of destroying the very small businesses, craftspeople, and local creators that Europe claims to support. Regulation should protect the environment without making small businesses collateral damage.", "feedbackEnglish": "Very badly structured initiative and hard to comprehend. I strongly question whether the environmental benefit of this approach is proportionate to the administrative burden being imposed on micro-businesses, particularly those producing small quantities and already operating with minimal environmental impact. If the objective is genuinely to reduce packaging waste and encourage sustainable practices, then regulation should be designed around that objective not around creating an administrative system that treats a one-person craft business in essentially the same way as a multinational producer. There must be a more proportionate approach. Small creators should not be pushed out of the European market because they cannot afford the administrative infrastructure required to comply with increasingly complex regulations. I urge the European Commission to reconsider the impact of this regulation on micro-enterprises and individual creators, and to introduce meaningful proportionality, simplified compliance mechanisms, appropriate thresholds, and exemptions or reduced requirements where the scale and environmental impact of the business clearly justify them. European environmental objectives should not come at the cost of destroying the very small businesses, craftspeople, and local creators that Europe claims to support. Regulation should protect the environment without making small businesses collateral damage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553477_en"}, {"id": 33553475, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:13:51", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please make an exception for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please make an exception for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553475_en"}, {"id": 33553461, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:04:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ehrlich gesagt ist zur PPWR eigentlich bereits alles gesagt, und aus meiner Sicht ist das Kind längst in den Brunnen gefallen. Auch ich betreibe ein kleines Nebengewerbe und verschicke pro Jahr lediglich etwa 10-20 Pakete ins Ausland. Im vergangenen Jahr habe ich insgesamt nicht einmal 0,5 kg Karton und 0,5 kg Kunststoff als Verpackungsmaterial in den Versand gebracht. Vor diesem Hintergrund halte ich die Vorstellung, für jeden EU-Mitgliedstaat eigene Lizenzgeber und Bevollmächtigte benötigen zu müssen, für völlig unverhältnismäßig. Wer auch immer diese Strukturen entwickelt hat, sollte den entsprechenden Prozess vielleicht einmal selbst als kleiner Unternehmer durchlaufen. Die Europäische Union ist ursprünglich angetreten, bürokratische Hürden abzubauen und den Handel innerhalb der EU zu vereinfachen. Stattdessen entstehen immer neue Regelungen und zusätzliche bürokratische Anforderungen, die insbesondere kleine Unternehmen vor erhebliche Herausforderungen stellen. Von einer tatsächlichen Vereinfachung kann dabei leider kaum die Rede sein. Dabei möchte ich ausdrücklich betonen, dass ich gerne EU-Bürger bin und das eigentliche Ziel der PPWR die Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen und die Förderung eines nachhaltigeren Umgangs mit Verpackungen grundsätzlich unterstütze. Die konkrete Umsetzung halte ich jedoch für äußerst problematisch und unnötig kompliziert. Warum gibt es beispielsweise keine zentrale Stelle auf EU-Ebene, über die eine entsprechende Lizenz bzw. Registrierung für den gesamten europäischen Binnenmarkt erworben werden kann? Für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollte es zudem angemessene Ausnahmen oder deutlich vereinfachte Verfahren geben. Auch die Notwendigkeit, in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten zusätzliche Bevollmächtigte einzusetzen, erscheint mir unnötig. Eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle sollte aus meiner Sicht vollkommen ausreichen. Die derzeitige Regelung gefährdet nicht nur den innergemeinschaftlichen Handel und macht diesen für kleinere Unternehmen teilweise faktisch unmöglich. Sie erschwert auch den Bezug von Waren und Komponenten aus Nicht-EU-Ländern. Unsere Geschäftspartner außerhalb der EU haben häufig weder die Kapazitäten noch die Bereitschaft, sich mit den komplexen und je nach Mitgliedstaat unterschiedlichen Anforderungen auseinanderzusetzen. Die Konsequenz ist absehbar: Unternehmen werden nicht mehr beliefert, können bestimmte Komponenten nicht mehr beziehen und sind dadurch unter Umständen nicht mehr in der Lage, ihre eigenen Produkte herzustellen. Das kann kaum im Sinne eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Ich möchte daher dringend darum bitten, die derzeitige Umsetzung noch einmal grundlegend zu überdenken. Schaffen Sie angemessene Ausnahmen und vereinfachte Verfahren für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen und etablieren Sie einen zentralen, einheitlichen europäischen Weg für die Registrierung und Lizenzierung. Wenn das Ziel tatsächlich darin besteht, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und gleichzeitig den europäischen Handel zu stärken, sollte die Umsetzung dieses Ziels nicht dazu führen, dass gerade kleine Unternehmen durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie vom europäischen und internationalen Handel ausgeschlossen werden. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür, dass Handel innerhalb der EU und der Bezug von Waren und Komponenten aus dem Nicht-EU-Ausland auch für kleine Unternehmen weiterhin praktikabel und möglich bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Honestly, everything has already been said about the PPWR and, in my view, the child has fallen into the wells for a long time. I also operate a small secondary sector and send only around 10-20 parcels abroad each year. Last year, I shipped a total of less than 0.5 kg of cardboard and 0.5 kg of plastic as packaging material. Against this background, I consider the idea of having to have separate licensors and authorised representatives for each EU Member State to be completely disproportionate. Anyone who has developed these structures should perhaps go through the process themselves as a small entrepreneur. The European Union was originally set up to cut red tape and facilitate intra-EU trade. Instead, new regulations and additional bureaucratic requirements are constantly emerging, posing significant challenges, especially for small businesses. Unfortunately, it is hardly possible to speak of any real simplification. I would like to stress that I am an EU citizen and that the ultimate aim of the PPWR is to reduce packaging waste and promote a more sustainable use of packaging. However, I consider the practical implementation to be extremely problematic and unnecessarily complicated. Why, for example, is there no central body at EU level through which such a licence or registration can be obtained for the entire European internal market? Micro and small enterprises should also benefit from appropriate exemptions or significantly simplified procedures. The need to appoint additional agents in individual Member States also seems to me to be unnecessary. A European one-stop shop should, in my view, be entirely sufficient. The current regime not only jeopardises intra-Community trade and makes it in some cases de facto impossible for smaller companies. It also makes it difficult to source goods and components from non-EU countries. Our non-EU business partners often have neither the capacity nor the willingness to deal with the complex requirements that vary from one Member State to another. The consequences are foreseeable: Companies are no longer supplied, can no longer source certain components and may therefore no longer be able to produce their own products. This can hardly be in the sense of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore urge you to fundamentally reconsider the current implementation. Create appropriate exemptions and simplified procedures for small and micro-enterprises and establish a central, unified European pathway for registration and licensing. If the objective is indeed to reduce packaging waste while strengthening European trade, the implementation of this objective should not lead to the exclusion of small businesses from European and international trade through disproportionate bureaucracy. Please ensure that intra-EU trade and sourcing goods and components from outside the EU remain practical and possible also for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553461_en"}, {"id": 33553472, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:03:08", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ana Sara Muralha Garcêz e Sousa", "feedback": "Apoio plenamente os objetivos ambientais da União Europeia e a necessidade de reduzir os resíduos de embalagens, promover a reutilização, a reciclagem e uma economia verdadeiramente circular. No entanto, acredito que estes objetivos só serão justos e eficazes se a legislação tiver em consideração a enorme diferença existente entre grandes produtores industriais e microempresas, artistas e artesãos independentes. Para um pequeno produtor, vender algumas peças por ano para diferentes países da União Europeia pode significar alcançar pessoas que valorizam o seu trabalho e permitir a continuidade da sua atividade. Porém, se cada venda transfronteiriça implicar diferentes registos nacionais, taxas, obrigações administrativas e procedimentos complexos, aquilo que deveria ser uma oportunidade proporcionada pelo Mercado Único Europeu pode tornar-se económica e administrativamente impossível. O impacto vai muito além da perda de algumas vendas. Muitas das artes e ofícios que ainda hoje praticamos transportam consigo conhecimento acumulado durante gerações, técnicas, identidade cultural, expressão artística e uma relação profundamente humana com os materiais. Numa era dominada pela produção em massa e pela crescente industrialização, manter estes saberes vivos já é difícil. Criar novas barreiras desproporcionadas para quem produz em pequena escala pode tornar essa continuidade ainda mais difícil ou simplesmente impossível. Um artesão que envia algumas dezenas de encomendas por ano não pode ser tratado administrativamente como uma empresa que coloca milhões de produtos e embalagens no mercado europeu. Muitos pequenos produtores são, aliás, precisamente aqueles que procuram embalagens reutilizadas, recicláveis, compostáveis ou de baixo impacto ambiental. Queremos fazer parte da solução. Mas para isso precisamos de regras que nos permitam continuar a existir. Peço, por isso, que a implementação dos registos de produtores respeite o princípio da proporcionalidade e contemple soluções específicas para microempresas, artesãos e produtores de muito baixo volume, tais como procedimentos simplificados, custos proporcionais às quantidades efetivamente colocadas no mercado e, idealmente, um sistema harmonizado ou um registo único que evite múltiplas obrigações administrativas em diferentes Estados-Membros. A transição ecológica não deve significar apenas tornar as grandes indústrias mais sustentáveis. Deve também proteger aqueles que produzem pouco, localmente, manualmente e com intenção de preservar recursos. Proteger o ambiente e proteger o património artesanal europeu não são objetivos opostos. Devem fazer parte da mesma visão de futuro.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the European Union’s environmental objectives and the need to reduce packaging waste, promote reuse, recycling and a truly circular economy. However, I believe that these objectives will only be fair and effective if the legislation takes into account the huge difference between large industrial producers and microenterprises, artists and independent craftsmen. For a small producer, selling some pieces per year to different countries in the European Union can mean reaching people who value their work and allowing their business to continue. However, if each cross-border sale involves different national registers, fees, administrative obligations and complex procedures, what should be an opportunity offered by the European Single Market may become economically and administratively impossible. The impact goes well beyond the loss of some sales. Many of the arts and crafts that we still practise today carry with them knowledge that has accumulated for generations, techniques, cultural identity, artistic expression and a deeply human relationship with materials. In an era dominated by mass production and growing industrialisation, keeping these know-how alive is already difficult. Creating new disproportionate barriers for small-scale producers can make such continuity even more difficult or simply impossible. A craftsman sending a few dozen parcels per year cannot be treated administratively as a company placing millions of products and packaging on the European market. In fact, many small producers are precisely those seeking reused, recyclable, compostable or low environmental impact packaging. We want to be part of the solution. But to do so we need rules that allow us to continue to exist. I therefore call for the implementation of producer registers to respect the principle of proportionality and include specific solutions for micro-enterprises, craftsmen and very low-volume producers, such as simplified procedures, costs proportional to the quantities actually placed on the market and ideally a harmonised system or a single register that avoids multiple administrative obligations in different Member States. The green transition should not only mean making large industries more sustainable. It should also protect those who produce little, locally, manually and with the intention of preserving resources. Protecting the environment and protecting Europe’s artisanal heritage are not conflicting objectives. They should be part of the same vision for the future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553472_en"}, {"id": 33553471, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 18:00:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business based in the south of France. I am obligated to close down shop for the rest of Europe because the new laws are not realistic for my situation. I make at most 800 on a good month using pre-used cardboard boxes and various methods to keep my business as sustainable as possible. I am used to sending a small amount of packages in other countries per year but I do not have a specific target country audience aside from my own country. Paying anything else aside from all the fees I'm already processing would mean the end of my accomplishment. Currently, I have nothing else I can rely on but this small business I've created. I am severely disabled and this is more than anything a work of passion to keep me going, the only thing I have left to look forward to. Each year, new rules, new laws are added, more fees and less ability to share my work with the world. I won't be able to purchase authentically made materials from other countries either if they decide to exclude my country as well for similar reasons (a lot of small businesses are also independent material providers on a smaller scale). Us small businesses feel forgotten and penalized based on more and more unrealistic requirements. Many of us are artists, crafters, makers who had to close down shops before this law was presented to us, seen as the last nail on the coffin by many. I've seen countless colleagues and fellow artists making the same decision as I, removing Europe altogether from their shops, unsure if they will be able to keep going. And a lot are like me, already struggling being a single person doing everything, accountability, finding clean raw materials, dealing with social communication, packaging, creation, sales, laws and in my case several debilitating disabilities (including neurodevelopmental) that make understanding these requirements even more so challenging and difficult. And so I implore you to consider the situation in a new light, my experience is but a very common one. I've already lost a lot of customers when the USA made shipping basically impossible too for a small business like mine. Losing Europe will end many other independent shops and artists' careers. We want to be recognized and considered more when it comes to our future being decided. If you listen to feedbacks, and even take a single look on social medias, you will notice thousands of small businesses like mine are fearing for their future.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business based in the south of France. I am obligated to close down shop for the rest of Europe because the new laws are not realistic for my situation. I make at most 800 on a good month using pre-used cardboard boxes and various methods to keep my business as sustainable as possible. I am used to sending a small amount of packages in other countries per year but I do not have a specific target country audience aside from my own country. Paying anything else aside from all the fees I'm already processing would mean the end of my accomplishment. Currently, I have nothing else I can rely on but this small business I've created. I am severely disabled and this is more than anything a work of passion to keep me going, the only thing I have left to look forward to. Each year, new rules, new laws are added, more fees and less ability to share my work with the world. I won't be able to purchase authentically made materials from other countries either if they decide to exclude my country as well for similar reasons (a lot of small businesses are also independent material providers on a smaller scale). Us small businesses feel forgotten and penalized based on more and more unrealistic requirements. Many of us are artists, crafters, makers who had to close down shops before this law was presented to us, seen as the last nail on the coffin by many. I've seen countless colleagues and fellow artists making the same decision as I, removing Europe altogether from their shops, unsure if they will be able to keep going. And a lot are like me, already struggling being a single person doing everything, accountability, finding clean raw materials, dealing with social communication, packaging, creation, sales, laws and in my case several debilitating disabilities (including neurodevelopmental) that make understanding these requirements even more so challenging and difficult. And so I implore you to consider the situation in a new light, my experience is but a very common one. I've already lost a lot of customers when the USA made shipping basically impossible too for a small business like mine. Losing Europe will end many other independent shops and artists' careers. We want to be recognized and considered more when it comes to our future being decided. If you listen to feedbacks, and even take a single look on social medias, you will notice thousands of small businesses like mine are fearing for their future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553471_en"}, {"id": 33553470, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:57:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung trifft kleine Händler besonders hart, denn wer europaweit verkauft, muss sich mit zusätzlichen Registrierungs, Nachweis und EPR Pflichten in den jeweiligen Absatzmärkten auseinandersetzen: Registrierung im jeweiligen Zielland Erfüllung der jeweiligen nationalen EPR und Verpackungspflichten Bevollmächtigten im jeweiligen Zielland bestellen, soweit vorgeschrieben Teilnahme an einem zugelassenen Verpackungsrücknahme und Recyclingsystem Verpackungsmengen erfassen und regelmäßig melden Nachweise und Dokumentation führen Gebühren für Registrierung, EPR Systeme und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigte bezahlen Diese Anforderungen für jedes EU Zielland separat prüfen und erfüllen. Während große Konzerne wie Amazon & co diese Kosten problemlos tragen können, sind sie für kleine Händler existenzbedrohend und verdrängen sie zunehmend vom Markt. Statt Umweltfreundlichkeit zu fördern, werden dadurch Handelswege abgeschnitten und kleine Unternehmen systematisch vernichtet. Der Weg wird immer schwerer, undurchsichtiger und Amazon & Temu zahlen das aus der Portokassa!!! Wieder werden hier die kleinen unabhängigen Labels geschädigt, statt gefördert. Bitte nehmen Sie darauf Rücksicht, damit diese Regelung nicht die kleinen Unternehmen und kleinen Käufer trifft!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU Packaging Regulation hits small traders particularly hard, as those selling across Europe have to deal with additional registration, proof and EPR obligations in their respective markets: Registration in the respective country of destination Compliance with the respective national EPR and packaging obligations Appoint authorised representatives in the respective country of destination, where participation in an authorised packaging take-back and recycling system is required to record packaging quantities and regularly report evidence and documentation. Fees for registration, EPR systems and, where applicable, authorised representatives pay. These requirements are checked and met separately for each EU country of destination. While large corporations such as Amazon & co can easily bear these costs, they threaten the existence of small traders and increasingly drive them out of the market. Instead of promoting environmental friendliness, it cuts trade routes and systematically destroys small businesses. The road is becoming increasingly difficult, opaque and Amazon & Temu are paying for it from the Portokassa! Here again, small independent labels are damaged rather than promoted. Please take this into account so that this rule does not affect small businesses and small buyers!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553470_en"}, {"id": 33553469, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:56:44", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new initiative will wipe out countless small businesses in the blink of an eye. I am developing my own small business (with just myself as the sole proprietor and sole employee) and this may mean I can no longer invest in it and will need to shut down. How are we to be considered the European Union if we are limiting the free flow of goods and services? This will be a disaster for so many entrepreneurs and push us out of the EU. I am an EU Permanent Resident and soon-to-be citizen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new initiative will wipe out countless small businesses in the blink of an eye. I am developing my own small business (with just myself as the sole proprietor and sole employee) and this may mean I can no longer invest in it and will need to shut down. How are we to be considered the European Union if we are limiting the free flow of goods and services? This will be a disaster for so many entrepreneurs and push us out of the EU. I am an EU Permanent Resident and soon-to-be citizen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553469_en"}, {"id": 33553465, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:53:38", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MLS", "feedback": "Je ne comprends pas que cette loi ne prenne pas en compte le volume des envois. Je suis artisane Française et j'envoie quelques colis dans plusieurs pays européens. C'est une activité que j'aurais aimé développer, mais si je dois payer un mandataire par pays, ça ne va pas être rentable pour moi... Je vous demande donc de prendre cela en considération et mettre des plafonds de nombre de colis envoyés dans chaque pays pour éviter de continuer à faire mourir les petites entreprises avec des frais de plus en plus importants (argent, temps passé, complication de administratif) Vous devriez une fois de plus faire des lois pour les grosses structures qui ont beaucoup de débit de colis. Merci.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not understand that this law does not take into account the volume of consignments. I am a French craft and I send a few parcels to several European countries. This is an activity I would have liked to develop, but if I have to pay one agent per country, it will not be profitable for me... I would therefore ask you to take this into account and to set ceilings on the number of parcels sent to each country in order to avoid continuing to cause the death of small businesses with increasing costs (money, time spent, administrative complications). You should once again make laws for large structures with high parcel throughput. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553465_en"}, {"id": 33553463, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:53:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette règle ne devrait pas être observée par des micro-entreprises qui ont du mal à faire du chiffre d'affaires avec des créations artistiques. De plus nous utilisons des cartons d'emballages qui ont déjà servi. Souhaitez vous la mort des petits artisans? Nous ne sommes pas des TEMU, AMAZON .........", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule should not be observed by micro-enterprises that struggle to make turnover with artistic creations. We also use boxes of packaging that have already been used. Want the death of small craftsmen? We are not TEMU, AMAZON.........", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553463_en"}, {"id": 33553462, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:52:52", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This has to be first tested and developed. For now its just a big mess. As Im selling products all around EU. And i dont know how many and from wich countries I will have orders. If I have lets say 5 small orders from Austria then I have to go through all of the paperwork and pay 5 times what the orders are worth. I cant belive that EU even has accepted something like this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This has to be first tested and developed. For now its just a big mess. As Im selling products all around EU. And i dont know how many and from wich countries I will have orders. If I have lets say 5 small orders from Austria then I have to go through all of the paperwork and pay 5 times what the orders are worth. I cant belive that EU even has accepted something like this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553462_en"}, {"id": 33553460, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:47:06", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi so lowkey this helps no one and its super unfair of you to treat small businesses and financial giants the same way. Not sincerely, bye", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi so lowkey this helps no one and its super unfair of you to treat small businesses and financial giants the same way. Not sincerely, bye", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553460_en"}, {"id": 33553459, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:46:50", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Abiskus Anna Brzozowska S.L.", "feedback": "I run a small, EU-registered independent music business (Spain) selling physical CDs and vinyl directly to fans worldwide, including across the EU. I support the underlying goal of extended producer responsibility, packaging waste is a real problem, and producers should bear the cost of it. My concern is with how this regulation implements that goal for small businesses. The core issue is that PPWR's Article 45 authorised representative requirement is structured as a flat, per-country fee rather than one proportional to actual packaging volume or environmental impact. This means a business shipping a handful of parcels a year into a given member state pays close to the same fixed cost as one shipping tens of thousands. For a large producer, that fee is negligible against revenue. For a micro business, it can exceed the entire margin earned in that market. The result is a mechanism that doesn't scale with the problem it claims to solve. It scales with how many countries a business happens to sell into, regardless of how much packaging that actually represents. This creates a second, more fundamental problem: the European Union is supposed to be a single market. Instead, this regulation requires a separate registration, a separate authorised representative, and a separate fee in every one of the 27 member states, with no shared threshold and no unified process. A small producer based in one member state now faces more friction selling to a neighbouring EU country than to the US, UK, or anywhere outside the EU entirely. That is the opposite of what a trading union should produce. It is also nearly impossible to plan for in practice: a business selling openly online has no reliable way to know in advance which countries it will end up shipping to, yet this framework effectively requires pre-emptive registration everywhere to stay compliant. I would ask the Commission to consider two changes: first, replace the flat per-country authorised representative fee with a cost structure proportional to packaging volume, so small producers are not paying corporate-scale fixed costs for a fraction of the impact. Second, and more importantly, build a genuine EU-wide registration mechanism, a single appointment and a single point of compliance that covers all member states, rather than 27 parallel systems. If the Union wants to be a functioning single market, compliance with a market-wide packaging rule should not require the exact opposite of unification.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small, EU-registered independent music business (Spain) selling physical CDs and vinyl directly to fans worldwide, including across the EU. I support the underlying goal of extended producer responsibility, packaging waste is a real problem, and producers should bear the cost of it. My concern is with how this regulation implements that goal for small businesses. The core issue is that PPWR's Article 45 authorised representative requirement is structured as a flat, per-country fee rather than one proportional to actual packaging volume or environmental impact. This means a business shipping a handful of parcels a year into a given member state pays close to the same fixed cost as one shipping tens of thousands. For a large producer, that fee is negligible against revenue. For a micro business, it can exceed the entire margin earned in that market. The result is a mechanism that doesn't scale with the problem it claims to solve. It scales with how many countries a business happens to sell into, regardless of how much packaging that actually represents. This creates a second, more fundamental problem: the European Union is supposed to be a single market. Instead, this regulation requires a separate registration, a separate authorised representative, and a separate fee in every one of the 27 member states, with no shared threshold and no unified process. A small producer based in one member state now faces more friction selling to a neighbouring EU country than to the US, UK, or anywhere outside the EU entirely. That is the opposite of what a trading union should produce. It is also nearly impossible to plan for in practice: a business selling openly online has no reliable way to know in advance which countries it will end up shipping to, yet this framework effectively requires pre-emptive registration everywhere to stay compliant. I would ask the Commission to consider two changes: first, replace the flat per-country authorised representative fee with a cost structure proportional to packaging volume, so small producers are not paying corporate-scale fixed costs for a fraction of the impact. Second, and more importantly, build a genuine EU-wide registration mechanism, a single appointment and a single point of compliance that covers all member states, rather than 27 parallel systems. If the Union wants to be a functioning single market, compliance with a market-wide packaging rule should not require the exact opposite of unification.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553459_en"}, {"id": 33553458, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:46:06", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Limit Records", "feedback": "This legislation goes directly against the first reason for starting the EEG by creating obstacles to trade among countries. With every country setting it's own fees, this is completely ridiculous to a so-called Union. It attacks all small businesses that want to trade within the EU, while big business will pay the fee and continue wiping out small businesses, that put their heart and soul in. This will have many effects, like losing culture and identity, because small crafts and artists will disappear. Also it's very questionable if a legislation like this will help in reducing waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation goes directly against the first reason for starting the EEG by creating obstacles to trade among countries. With every country setting it's own fees, this is completely ridiculous to a so-called Union. It attacks all small businesses that want to trade within the EU, while big business will pay the fee and continue wiping out small businesses, that put their heart and soul in. This will have many effects, like losing culture and identity, because small crafts and artists will disappear. Also it's very questionable if a legislation like this will help in reducing waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553458_en"}, {"id": 33553457, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:42:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: Stellungnahme zur PPWR Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Kleingewerben sichern Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der Europäischen Kommission, wir unterstützen das Ziel einer gestärkten Kreislaufwirtschaft in der EU. Dennoch sehen wir in der aktuellen Ausgestaltung der Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) eine erhebliche Gefahr für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Kleingewerben und Kleinbetrieben. Während Großunternehmen über spezialisierte Abteilungen und das nötige Kapital verfügen, um komplexe Vorgaben umzusetzen, treffen die Regelungen Kleingewerbe existenziell: 1. Bürokratieüberlastung statt Kerngeschäft: Umfangreiche Kennzeichnungs-, Nachweis- und Dokumentationspflichten binden bei kleinen Teams wertvolle Ressourcen. Die administrativen Hürden stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu den ökologischen Einspareffekten bei kleinen Binnenmarktakteuren. 2. Unverhältnismäßige Investitionskosten: Starre Vorgaben für Mehrwegsysteme sowie hohe Anforderungen an den Rezyklateinsatz erfordern teure Prozess- und Systemumstellungen. Für Kleingewerbe führen diese Fixkosten zu massiven Wettbewerbsnachteilen gegenüber Großkonzernen. 3. Fehlende Rohstoffverfügbarkeit und Preisdruck: Kleingewerbe haben am Markt kaum Verhandlungsmacht, um an die ohnehin knappen, qualitativ hochwertigen Rezyklate zu gelangen. Dies treibt die Materialkosten für Kleinbetriebe überproportional in die Höhe. 4. Praxisfern bei Spezial- und Kleinserien: Pauschale Beschränkungen und Verbote von Verpackungsformaten berücksichtigen nicht die Flexibilität, die Kleingewerbe bei individuellen Produkten und Kleinserien benötigen. Unsere Forderung an die Kommission: Um den Nährboden der europäischen Wirtschaft nicht zu schwächen, fordern wir: Echte Entlastung und Bagatellgrenzen: Spürbare Ausnahmen und vereinfachte Nachweispflichten für Kleingewerbe. Längere Übergangsfristen: Ausreichend Zeit für bezahlbare, marktkonforme Anpassungen. Verhältnismäßigkeit sichern: Ökologische Vorgaben müssen auch für kleine Betriebe ohne Existenzgefährdung umsetzbar sein. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Konstantin Melchger", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Opinion on the PPWR Competitiveness of small businesses Dear Sir/Madam from the European Commission, we support the objective of a stronger circular economy in the EU. Nevertheless, we see the current design of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) as a significant threat to the competitiveness of small businesses and small businesses. While large companies have specialised departments and the necessary capital to implement complex requirements, the rules apply to small businesses: 1. Red tape instead of core business: Extensive labelling, evidence and documentation requirements require valuable resources from small teams. The administrative hurdles are disproportionate to the environmental savings for small single market actors. 2. Disproportionate investment costs: Rigid requirements for reusable systems and high requirements for the use of recycled materials require costly process and system changes. For small businesses, these fixed costs result in massive competitive disadvantages compared to large corporations. 3. Lack of raw material availability and price pressure: Small businesses have little bargaining power on the market to get access to the already scarce, high-quality recyclates. This disproportionately increases the cost of materials for small businesses. 4. Specialist and small series: Blanket restrictions and bans on packaging formats do not take into account the flexibility that small businesses need for individual products and small series. Our call on the Commission to: In order not to weaken the breeding ground of the European economy, we call for: Real relief and de minimis thresholds: Noticeable exceptions and simplified evidentiary requirements for small businesses. Longer transition periods: Sufficient time for affordable, market-conform adaptations. Ensuring proportionality: Ecological requirements must also be feasible for small farms without endangering their existence. Yours sincerely, Konstantin Melchger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553457_en"}, {"id": 33553456, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:38:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte meine Bedenken hinsichtlich der neuen Verpackungsregulierung zum Ausdruck bringen, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Auswirkungen auf kleine Unternehmen und sogenannte One-Person-Businesses. Für große Unternehmen mögen die zusätzlichen Anforderungen und Kosten möglicherweise leichter zu bewältigen sein. Für kleine Selbstständige, die ihre Produkte allein herstellen, verpacken und versenden, stellen diese Regelungen jedoch eine erhebliche zusätzliche finanzielle und bürokratische Belastung dar. Insbesondere der Versand in andere EU-Länder wird dadurch für kleine Unternehmen zunehmend unattraktiv bzw. teilweise wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Die Kosten und der administrative Aufwand für die Einhaltung der unterschiedlichen Verpackungsvorschriften in den einzelnen Ländern können in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum Umsatz eines kleinen Unternehmens stehen. Für einen One-Person-Business-Owner kann es dadurch schlicht nicht mehr möglich sein, Produkte außerhalb Deutschlands zu verkaufen und zu verschicken, obwohl der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich gerade kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen sollte, Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern zu erreichen. Ich möchte Sie daher dringend bitten, bei der Umsetzung und weiteren Entwicklung der Verpackungsregulierung die Situation von Kleinstunternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Es braucht einfache, bezahlbare und verhältnismäßige Lösungen, damit kleine Unternehmen nicht faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU ausgeschlossen werden. Die Ziele der Verpackungsregulierung insbesondere weniger Verpackungsmüll und mehr Nachhaltigkeit sind grundsätzlich nachvollziehbar und wichtig. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine und allein geführte Unternehmen aufgrund der Kosten und Bürokratie keine Möglichkeit mehr haben, innerhalb der EU zu verkaufen. Ich hoffe sehr, dass die Perspektive von Kleinstunternehmen bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Regelungen berücksichtigt wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Marlene Lethaus", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my concerns about the new packaging regulation, in particular as regards its impact on small businesses and so-called one-person businesses. For large companies, the additional requirements and costs may be easier to manage. However, for small self-employed who produce, package and dispatch their products on their own, these schemes represent a significant additional financial and bureaucratic burden. This makes shipping to other EU countries in particular increasingly unattractive or, in some cases, economically impossible for small businesses. The cost and administrative burden of complying with different packaging rules in different countries cannot be proportionate to the turnover of a small enterprise. For a one-person business owner, it can simply no longer be possible to sell and ship products outside Germany, even though the European single market should actually enable small businesses to reach customers in other EU countries. I would therefore urge you to take greater account of the situation of micro-enterprises when implementing and further developing packaging regulation. Simple, affordable and proportionate solutions are needed to ensure that small businesses are not effectively excluded from cross-border trade within the EU. The objectives of packaging regulation, in particular reducing packaging waste and increasing sustainability, are basically understandable and important. However, implementation should not make it impossible for small and single-run companies to sell within the EU due to costs and red tape. I very much hope that the perspective of micro-enterprises will be taken into account in the further development of the rules. Yours sincerely, Marlene Lethaus", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553456_en"}, {"id": 33553455, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:37:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bermaro GmbH", "feedback": "Wir betreiben seit mehreren Jahren einen spezialisierten Onlinehandel für Lackierbedarf (lackierbedarf.info) mit 4 Mitarbeitern und einem erheblichen Anteil an B2B-Kunden, die bei uns für ihren beruflichen Bedarf wichtige und teils zeitkritische Produkte bestellen. Bislang haben wir EU-weit geliefert, mit Schwerpunkten in Österreich, Frankreich, Italien, Belgien und den Niederlanden sowie in die Schweiz. Durch die neuen Vorgaben der Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) sind wir verpflichtet, in jedem einzelnen EU-Zielland einen eigenen bevollmächtigten Vertreter (Authorized Representative) zu benennen und dort jeweils separate Lizenzgebühren mit hohen Mindestpauschalen zu entrichten. Allein für die fünf genannten Länder entstehen uns dadurch bürokratische Fixkosten von rund 300 bis 500 Euro pro Jahr und Land, hinzu kommt ein erheblicher Zeitaufwand für die getrennten Meldepflichten in jedem einzelnen Markt. Diese Fixkosten stehen in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zu den tatsächlichen, oft geringen Paketmengen, die wir in diese Länder versenden. Da wir uns als Kleinstunternehmen weder die Vervielfachung dieser Fixkosten auf alle 27 EU-Mitgliedstaaten leisten können noch das rechtliche Risiko von Abmahnungen bei unvollständiger Registrierung eingehen wollen, haben wir uns gezwungen gesehen, den Versand in sämtliche betroffenen EU-Staaten vollständig einzustellen. Wir beliefern seither ausschließlich noch Deutschland und die Nicht-EU-Schweiz. Für uns als kleinen, spezialisierten Fachhändler mit wichtigen B2B-Kunden im europäischen Ausland ist der Binnenmarkt dadurch faktisch nicht mehr nutzbar. Wir bitten die Kommission dringend, die Verhältnismäßigkeit dieser Regelung für Kleinstunternehmen zu überdenken. Eine Regelung, die pro Zielland eigene Bevollmächtigte und Lizenzgebühren verlangt, unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Sendungsvolumen, trifft kleine Fachhändler ungleich härter als große Konzerne und führt faktisch zu einer Abschottung des Binnenmarkts für den Mittelstand. Wir fordern eine praktikable, umsatz- oder volumenabhängige Lösung, die es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglicht, ihre EU-Kunden weiterhin rechtssicher und wirtschaftlich tragbar zu beliefern.", "feedbackEnglish": "For several years we have been operating a specialised online shop for painting supplies (lackierbedarf.info) with 4 employees and a significant proportion of B2B customers who order important and sometimes time-critical products from us for their professional needs. So far, we have delivered across the EU, with a focus on Austria, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as Switzerland. The new provisions of the Packaging Ordinance (PPWR) oblige us to appoint a separate authorised representative in each EU country of destination and to pay separate royalties with high minimum flat rates. For the five countries mentioned alone, this means that we incur fixed bureaucratic costs of around EUR 300 to EUR 500 per year per country, plus a considerable amount of time for the separate reporting requirements in each individual market. These fixed costs are not economically justifiable in relation to the actual, often low, volumes of parcels we send to these countries. Since we, as micro-enterprises, cannot afford to multiply these fixed costs to all 27 EU Member States, nor do we want to take the legal risk of warnings in the event of incomplete registration, we have been forced to stop sending them completely to all the EU Member States concerned. Since then, we have been supplying only Germany and non-EU Switzerland. For us, as small specialised traders with important B2B customers in other European countries, the internal market is therefore de facto no longer usable. We urge the Commission to reconsider the proportionality of this regime for micro-enterprises. A rule requiring separate agents and licence fees for each country of destination, irrespective of the actual volume of mailings, affects small specialist traders more than large groups and leads to a de facto partitioning of the internal market for small and medium-sized enterprises. We call for a workable, turnover- or volume-based solution that also allows small businesses to continue to supply their EU customers in a legally certain and economically viable manner.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553455_en"}, {"id": 33553454, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:36:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Not only is this rule completely useless, giving the fact that big companies, that actually contribute the most to the packaging problem, have enough funds and infrastructure to just go with those regulations, while small businesses selling a few packages a month to a few other eu countries don't have that luxury, it is also exactly this problem that does not aline with the general understanding i and many others have about what the eu is, was or should be. how can a predominantly financial union, with the same currency and the ability to live, travel and work freely within the member countries justify it's reason to exist after making it harder then ever to do business between those said member countries? a customer can be as little as 100 kilometers away and not be able to order goods because the so called \"union\" is trying it's best to divide it's members. the world is filled with talented people and the eu is no exception to that, talented people with passions and a driving force to change the world by doing what they love. from clothing, to art and many other handcrafted items we see especially the younger generation, growing up with the seemingly endless possibilities of online marketing and distribution chasing the new age dream of building their own communities and businesses from scratch. in my opinion this should be the main reason for something like the eu to even exist. but in reality we are now seeing that this isn't just not supported but actively suppressed with rulings like this passing as easily as it has been passed. if we don't use the foundation of a economical union to make sure that citizens of said union can interact and share their goods on a realistic base of bureaucracy and investment but only the big corporations, the very ones that contribute the most for the waste of packaging get to still do that in the same intensity just for a slightly bigger price tag, then this union has failed us as individuals and serves no one but the corporate greed and exploitation of the highest 1%. we have so many individuals to whom sky's the limit and that are kept down with rulings as irresponsible as this one. we cannot afford to lose the main reason for such a union and make it even harder then it already is for small businesses to grow.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not only is this rule completely useless, giving the fact that big companies, that actually contribute the most to the packaging problem, have enough funds and infrastructure to just go with those regulations, while small businesses selling a few packages a month to a few other eu countries don't have that luxury, it is also exactly this problem that does not aline with the general understanding i and many others have about what the eu is, was or should be. how can a predominantly financial union, with the same currency and the ability to live, travel and work freely within the member countries justify it's reason to exist after making it harder then ever to do business between those said member countries? a customer can be as little as 100 kilometers away and not be able to order goods because the so called \"union\" is trying it's best to divide it's members. the world is filled with talented people and the eu is no exception to that, talented people with passions and a driving force to change the world by doing what they love. from clothing, to art and many other handcrafted items we see especially the younger generation, growing up with the seemingly endless possibilities of online marketing and distribution chasing the new age dream of building their own communities and businesses from scratch. in my opinion this should be the main reason for something like the eu to even exist. but in reality we are now seeing that this isn't just not supported but actively suppressed with rulings like this passing as easily as it has been passed. if we don't use the foundation of a economical union to make sure that citizens of said union can interact and share their goods on a realistic base of bureaucracy and investment but only the big corporations, the very ones that contribute the most for the waste of packaging get to still do that in the same intensity just for a slightly bigger price tag, then this union has failed us as individuals and serves no one but the corporate greed and exploitation of the highest 1%. we have so many individuals to whom sky's the limit and that are kept down with rulings as irresponsible as this one. we cannot afford to lose the main reason for such a union and make it even harder then it already is for small businesses to grow.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553454_en"}, {"id": 33553453, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:36:17", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative needs major restructuring to be clear or alternatively simplified for small businesses and/or sole traders -- there is absolutely no need for businesses that simply ship products to be affected by having to navigate this regulation, when the EU is meant to be the easiest to do business in, rather than not.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative needs major restructuring to be clear or alternatively simplified for small businesses and/or sole traders -- there is absolutely no need for businesses that simply ship products to be affected by having to navigate this regulation, when the EU is meant to be the easiest to do business in, rather than not.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553453_en"}, {"id": 33553452, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:35:05", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am classified as a micro enterprise. Last year I sent 11 parcels to Germany, 30 to France and 1,s and 2s to a handful of EU member states. All using recycled packaging. A good amount of extra money for me which I pay tax on. Totally insignificant in terms of my carbon footprint. Under the new rules I would have to register and pay fees in all member states I trade in. This cost would wipe out any profit I make from my art. I dont sell for monetary gail although thats a nice extras I do it for the love of creation and the new rules would see an end to that and many others like me. With all the micro enterprises closing, where will you get the lost tax revenue from? Please reconsider this insane set up", "feedbackEnglish": "I am classified as a micro enterprise. Last year I sent 11 parcels to Germany, 30 to France and 1,s and 2s to a handful of EU member states. All using recycled packaging. A good amount of extra money for me which I pay tax on. Totally insignificant in terms of my carbon footprint. Under the new rules I would have to register and pay fees in all member states I trade in. This cost would wipe out any profit I make from my art. I dont sell for monetary gail although thats a nice extras I do it for the love of creation and the new rules would see an end to that and many others like me. With all the micro enterprises closing, where will you get the lost tax revenue from? Please reconsider this insane set up", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553452_en"}, {"id": 33553449, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:33:42", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm in the UK and voted to 'Remain' in the EU back in 2016. Now after this latest abomination from the EU regarding packaging which actively appears to be driving small companies/ artists out of business, I have changed my mind. It's a cynical move, nothing to do with improving the environment, which could have been drawn up by the likes of Amazon- in fact the WORST culprits for excessive packaging. Shame on you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm in the UK and voted to 'Remain' in the EU back in 2016. Now after this latest abomination from the EU regarding packaging which actively appears to be driving small companies/ artists out of business, I have changed my mind. It's a cynical move, nothing to do with improving the environment, which could have been drawn up by the likes of Amazon- in fact the WORST culprits for excessive packaging. Shame on you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553449_en"}, {"id": 33553448, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:32:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While tighter regulations to reduce waste are always a good object, it's unreasonable to expect multi-million-dollar corporations and small businesses to operate under the exact same standards. Registration in up to 27 national registries, and paid authorized representatives is not something a small business selling handcrafted items can afford. The current EPR rules Version will Destroy micro business, close local shops, and end livelihoods. The result will be more customers turning to mega corporations instead. Already we started to see a decline of small shops offering shipping to my home country Germany or to the EU altogether. It is devastating to see a law in the making that will destroy the idea behind the Single European Market. Please find a solution that will be supporting your local businesses and small entrepreneurs instead of creating new barriers within the Single Market that will ultimately strengthen mega non-European companies such as temu, aliexpress, and the like.", "feedbackEnglish": "While tighter regulations to reduce waste are always a good object, it's unreasonable to expect multi-million-dollar corporations and small businesses to operate under the exact same standards. Registration in up to 27 national registries, and paid authorized representatives is not something a small business selling handcrafted items can afford. The current EPR rules Version will Destroy micro business, close local shops, and end livelihoods. The result will be more customers turning to mega corporations instead. Already we started to see a decline of small shops offering shipping to my home country Germany or to the EU altogether. It is devastating to see a law in the making that will destroy the idea behind the Single European Market. Please find a solution that will be supporting your local businesses and small entrepreneurs instead of creating new barriers within the Single Market that will ultimately strengthen mega non-European companies such as temu, aliexpress, and the like.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553448_en"}, {"id": 33553447, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:32:12", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is at best confusing meaning small businesses have to spend limited time and resources investigating what compliance means, and at worst will result in small businesses stopping all together, or stopping trading to other countries in the EU while they find out what is needed to comply with the regulations. In practice, the packaging that the vast majority of small businesses use is to a great extent recyclable - cardboard boxes and paper. Greater clarity concerning what compliance means for small businesses is needed. Registration in each of different countries is not a viable option for many small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is at best confusing meaning small businesses have to spend limited time and resources investigating what compliance means, and at worst will result in small businesses stopping all together, or stopping trading to other countries in the EU while they find out what is needed to comply with the regulations. In practice, the packaging that the vast majority of small businesses use is to a great extent recyclable - cardboard boxes and paper. Greater clarity concerning what compliance means for small businesses is needed. Registration in each of different countries is not a viable option for many small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553447_en"}, {"id": 33553446, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:31:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estoy en proceso de abrir un negocio de artesanía propio, pequeño pero con objetivo de crecer, por supuesto. Me uno a todas las normativas para el mayor cuidado al medio ambiente, es mi modo de vida. Pero tratar a una pequeña empresa con una sola persona al cargo de todo igual que cualquier otra empresa grande, es eliminar directamente nuestro futuro.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am in the process of opening up a craft business of my own, small but with the aim of growing, of course. I join all the regulations for the best care of the environment, it’s my way of life. But dealing with a small company with one person in charge of everything like any other large company, is to directly eliminate our future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553446_en"}, {"id": 33553445, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:29:54", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "house of hümør", "feedback": "As a small business owner who has an own label tea brand and a store in a small community in the Baltic Sea, who sells only European made products. Im faced with two problems from the PPWR requirements. 1. is I can never enter another EU market to see if my teas will sell there because the costs will be too high to register in that market if it doesnt work out. 2. I cannot find and sell products from micro businesses because the registration fee will be too high for them to sell to Denmark. So essentially that leaves me with only buying in products from danish makers and from big manufacturers possibly even from outside of the EU, and I cannot attempt to grow my tea business outside of Denmark. I will most likely not have a business in a years time if this doesnt change, because I do not want to buy in products from big brands or from outside of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner who has an own label tea brand and a store in a small community in the Baltic Sea, who sells only European made products. Im faced with two problems from the PPWR requirements. 1. is I can never enter another EU market to see if my teas will sell there because the costs will be too high to register in that market if it doesnt work out. 2. I cannot find and sell products from micro businesses because the registration fee will be too high for them to sell to Denmark. So essentially that leaves me with only buying in products from danish makers and from big manufacturers possibly even from outside of the EU, and I cannot attempt to grow my tea business outside of Denmark. I will most likely not have a business in a years time if this doesnt change, because I do not want to buy in products from big brands or from outside of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553445_en"}, {"id": 33553444, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:28:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleingewerbe Betreibende", "feedback": "Ich habe einen sehr kleines Gewerbe und handle über eine Verkaufsplattform mit vintage Geschirr und gebrauchten Design-Gegenständen. Ich verschicke dabei wenige Pakete im Jahr in verschiedene Länder im europäischen Ausland. Sollte die Verordnung in der vorliegenden Form verabschiedet werden, wäre ich gezwungen mich auf Deutschland zu beschränken oder mein Gewerbe sogar ganz aufzugeben. Als Kleinunternehmerin ist es für mich finanziell und organisatorisch unmöglich die Vorgaben der vorliegenden Verordnung zu erfüllen. Bitte bedenken Sie bei ihren Entscheidungen auch die Belange kleiner Händler.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a very small business and operate through a sales platform with vintage tableware and used design objects. I send a small number of parcels a year to different countries abroad in Europe. If the regulation were adopted as it stands, I would be forced to restrict myself to Germany or even abandon my business altogether. As a small businessman, it is financially and organisationally impossible for me to meet the requirements of this Regulation. Please also consider the interests of small traders when making your decisions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553444_en"}, {"id": 33553443, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:26:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die PPWR zerstört dei Vollendung des Binnenmarktes anstelle ihn zu fördern. Wer im Inland Kartonage kauft, die vom Hersteller an ein Recycler gemeldet und die Gebühren bezahlt wurden, muss bei einem Versand ins Ausland unverhältnismäßig aufwendig einen Beauftragten finden, Anmelden und das Recycling erneut bezahlen. Sinnvoller wäre, einmal im Inland bezahltes Recycling führt zur Versandbarkeit in alle EU Länder. Über Zeit gleichen sich die Unterschiede aus, denn es werden ebenso aus dem Ausland nach Deutschland (größter Einzelmarkt) Verpackungen versendet wie von DE ins Ausland. Der unfassbare Bürokratische Aufwand unterstützt nur wieder amerikanische Großkonzerne wie Amazon mit Neiderlassungen in allen Ländern und behindert den Mittelstand massiv.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PWWR destroys rather than promotes the completion of the internal market. If you buy cartonboard in Germany, which has been declared by the manufacturer to a recycler and the fees have been paid, you will have to find a disproportionately burdensome agent to re-pay for registration and recycling if you are shipped abroad. Once the recycling has been paid for domestically, it would make more sense for it to be re-dispatchable to all EU countries. Over time, the differences offset each other, as packaging is shipped from abroad to Germany (the largest single market) in the same way as it is sent from Germany to other countries. The incredible bureaucratic burden only once again supports American large corporations such as Amazon, which have been ridden in all countries, and severely hinders small and medium-sized enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553443_en"}, {"id": 33553442, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:20:40", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In the past few days I have seen several small businesses announce that they will no longer ship to other EU countries due to those new rules and the costs that are involved. As these businesses often sell unique products, it makes me sad that not only I will no longer be able to obtain their products, but also to see that some of them will loose profits or may even have to close. Isnt one of the purposes of the EU to facilitate doing business instead of limiting it?", "feedbackEnglish": "In the past few days I have seen several small businesses announce that they will no longer ship to other EU countries due to those new rules and the costs that are involved. As these businesses often sell unique products, it makes me sad that not only I will no longer be able to obtain their products, but also to see that some of them will loose profits or may even have to close. Isnt one of the purposes of the EU to facilitate doing business instead of limiting it?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553442_en"}, {"id": 33553441, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:20:31", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi nest pas adaptée aux petits artisans. Merci de la réviser pour préserver ces emplois et leurs savoirs-faires.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is not suitable for small craftsmen. Thank you for revising it to preserve these jobs and their skills.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553441_en"}, {"id": 33553440, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:19:16", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette règlementation pose problème car elle impacte les petits artisans ayant peu de moyens plutôt que les grandes entreprises polluantes. Il n'est pas cohérent de faire payer aux petits artisans une taxe pour chaque pays, plutôt qu'une taxe globale symbolique pour l'ensemble du territoire européen. En raison de cette règlementation, plusieurs des petits artisans européens auprès desquels je fais régulièrement des commandes ne pourront plus expédier mes futures commandes.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is problematic because it affects small craftsmen with little means rather than large polluting companies. It is inconsistent to make small craftsmen pay a tax for each country, rather than a symbolic global tax for the whole of Europe. As a result of these rules, several of the small European craftsmen to whom I regularly place orders will no longer be able to send my future orders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553440_en"}, {"id": 33553439, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:16:44", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "i make small, individual sculptures. these laws cripple me", "feedbackEnglish": "i make small, individual sculptures. these laws cripple me", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553439_en"}, {"id": 33553437, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:15:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Good: - recycling is important and I agree that businesses should be responsible for their waste - the idea behind the new regulations is good Criticism: - no centralized platform for the whole EU - the lack of exemption limits is damaging to small companies and sole proprietors - the requirement for an authorized representative for each country hurts small businesses - the regulations seem to push Europe based companies off the market (especially countries with smaller markets might suffer) - the implementation of the new regulations seem lacking", "feedbackEnglish": "Good: - recycling is important and I agree that businesses should be responsible for their waste - the idea behind the new regulations is good Criticism: - no centralized platform for the whole EU - the lack of exemption limits is damaging to small companies and sole proprietors - the requirement for an authorized representative for each country hurts small businesses - the regulations seem to push Europe based companies off the market (especially countries with smaller markets might suffer) - the implementation of the new regulations seem lacking", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553437_en"}, {"id": 33553436, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:15:09", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a European citizen and customer of small businesses I believe this rule is against what the European Union is about as facilitating and even encouraging the business and comercial movement between the members. Small businesses do not have the capacity or the resources to find out and comply with this rule that makes sense for big corporations and it could be carried differently and by different entities in each country member of the union ( this is nonsense). The rule should be revisited and have exemptions for small businesses/micro businesses. If this continues and this rule is not reevaluated the small businesses will disappear as this will not allow them to sell to other countries as it would become hard and expensive but it also hurts the customers as we would not be able to keep supporting small companies from other countries members of the European Union. I really hope the European Union considers revisiting and making revision to this rule in the matter of small businesses. Please keep small businesses open, running and being able to send their goods and items to any country in the European Union without this punishment that in many cases will force them to close. Protect and keep the small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "As a European citizen and customer of small businesses I believe this rule is against what the European Union is about as facilitating and even encouraging the business and comercial movement between the members. Small businesses do not have the capacity or the resources to find out and comply with this rule that makes sense for big corporations and it could be carried differently and by different entities in each country member of the union ( this is nonsense). The rule should be revisited and have exemptions for small businesses/micro businesses. If this continues and this rule is not reevaluated the small businesses will disappear as this will not allow them to sell to other countries as it would become hard and expensive but it also hurts the customers as we would not be able to keep supporting small companies from other countries members of the European Union. I really hope the European Union considers revisiting and making revision to this rule in the matter of small businesses. Please keep small businesses open, running and being able to send their goods and items to any country in the European Union without this punishment that in many cases will force them to close. Protect and keep the small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553436_en"}, {"id": 33553434, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:14:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelfirma Handel", "feedback": "Kein Versand in Länder der Europäischen Union: Die Bürokraten in der EU haben beschlossen, dass alle Händler, die in Länder der Europäischen Union versenden, in jedem Land eine Registrierungsnummer und einen Bevollmächtigten haben muss. Für diese Registrierung werden im jedem Land mehrere hundert Euro jährliche Gebühren verlangt. Das summiert sich auf mehr als 10000 Euro Gebühren pro Jahr. Das kann sich keiner der kleineren Händler mehr leisten. Der \"freie Warenhandel in der EU\" ist für uns kleine Händler gestorben. Schon für ein einziges kleines Paket drohen uns 100000 Strafe. Wir dürfen unsere Artikel nur noch an Adressen innerhalb von Deutschland versenden. Oder in die Schweiz. Oder in alle Länder außerhalb der Europäischen Union. Der freie Warenhandel in der EU ist TOT. Wann werden dann die Landesgrenzen in der EU auch wieder geschlossen?", "feedbackEnglish": "No shipment to countries of the European Union: EU bureaucrats have decided that all traders shipping to countries in the European Union must have a registration number and an authorised representative in each country. This registration is subject to several hundred euros of annual fees in each country. This amounts to more than EUR 10000 per year. None of the smaller traders can afford this anymore. “Free trade in goods in the EU” has died for us small traders. Even a small package threatens us with 100000 penalties. We can only send our articles to addresses within Germany. Or to Switzerland. Or to any country outside the European Union. Free trade in goods in the EU is TOT. When will national borders in the EU be closed again?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553434_en"}, {"id": 33553433, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:13:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neuen Vorgaben der EU-Verpackungsverordnung haben für mein kleines Unternehmen eine sehr konkrete Folge: Innerhalb der EU werde ich künftig nur noch nach Deutschland versenden. Nicht, weil ich nicht in andere EU-Länder verkaufen möchte, sondern weil die damit verbundene Bürokratie für einen kleinen Betrieb kaum noch zu bewältigen ist. Ständig kommen neue Vorgaben, Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten hinzu. Bei diesem bürokratischen Wahnsinn ist es inzwischen selbst dann schwierig, den Überblick zu behalten, wenn man sich intensiv damit beschäftigt und alles korrekt umsetzen möchte. Besonders ärgert mich, dass solche Regelungen kleine Unternehmen wesentlich härter treffen als große Firmen. Ich kann weder eine Rechtsabteilung beschäftigen noch jemanden damit beauftragen, sich ausschließlich mit den unterschiedlichen Anforderungen der einzelnen Länder auseinanderzusetzen. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, unkompliziert innerhalb der EU zu handeln. Wenn die Bürokratie stattdessen dazu führt, dass ich meinen Versand auf Deutschland beschränken muss, läuft aus meiner Sicht etwas grundsätzlich falsch.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new requirements of the EU Packaging Regulation have a very concrete impact on my small business: Within the EU, I will only send to Germany in the future. Not because I don’t want to sell to other EU countries, but because the red tape involved is hardly manageable for a small business. New requirements, registration and reporting obligations are constantly being added. With this bureaucratic madness, it is now difficult to keep track even if you want to work intensively on it and implement everything correctly. I am particularly angry that such rules affect small companies much harder than large ones. I cannot employ a legal department or ask someone to deal exclusively with the different requirements of the individual countries. A European single market should also allow small businesses to trade easily within the EU. If, instead, the bureaucracy means that I have to limit my mailing to Germany, I think something fundamentally wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553433_en"}, {"id": 33553432, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:11:06", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a small business owner. These changes make it impossible for me and other businesses to work. We don't know how many parcels we will send to which country and the costs for having someone to represent us even in only few countries are huge, too big for businesses run by one person. I've seen so many people close their shops because of this and it's heartbreaking. We will all loose a large part of our incomes if not whole, while the giant companies won't be even touched by this law. It's but a small fee for them and they can continue to create the waste. For us it's a big amount of money and bureaucracy. And it's the small businesses that do care about recycling and reusing old packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a small business owner. These changes make it impossible for me and other businesses to work. We don't know how many parcels we will send to which country and the costs for having someone to represent us even in only few countries are huge, too big for businesses run by one person. I've seen so many people close their shops because of this and it's heartbreaking. We will all loose a large part of our incomes if not whole, while the giant companies won't be even touched by this law. It's but a small fee for them and they can continue to create the waste. For us it's a big amount of money and bureaucracy. And it's the small businesses that do care about recycling and reusing old packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553432_en"}, {"id": 33553431, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:11:06", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the European Unions important environmental goals to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling standards across the Single Market. However, as an independent small artist selling handmade goods to customers across EU borders, I must raise serious concerns that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU 2025/40), as currently structured, makes cross-border trade economically unviable and effectively inaccessible for micro-businesses like mine. Despite being presented as a unified EU-wide framework, there is no centralised registration system. Instead, I am required to register separately in every single Member State where I wish to sell, each with its own forms, deadlines, fees, reporting rules and procedures. This fragmented system creates an administrative burden that is completely unmanageable for a one-person operation, and the costs are charged as flat rates rather than scaled to actual usage, meaning I face nearly the same compliance expenses as much larger businesses even though my total packaging use is negligible. There is no small-seller exemption or minimum threshold even sending one parcel to another country triggers full registration obligations. As someone shipping from outside the EU, I am also required to appoint an authorised representative in every individual country I sell to, adding yet another layer of prohibitive cost that EU-based sellers do not face. The level of detailed tracking required for every single component of every parcel is vastly out of proportion to the scale of my business, and soon major online platforms will block me from selling entirely if I cannot provide multiple national registration numbers. The outcome is already clear: many small creators are simply ceasing all cross-border EU sales, leaving customers with less choice and harming the very diversity the Single Market should support. I urge you to introduce a single EU-wide registration valid across all Member States, a sensible exemption or reduced scheme for low-volume sellers, fees based on actual packaging used rather than flat rates, and relief from representative requirements for micro-businesses. This regulation can then achieve its vital environmental aims without destroying the smallest independent traders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the European Unions important environmental goals to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling standards across the Single Market. However, as an independent small artist selling handmade goods to customers across EU borders, I must raise serious concerns that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU 2025/40), as currently structured, makes cross-border trade economically unviable and effectively inaccessible for micro-businesses like mine. Despite being presented as a unified EU-wide framework, there is no centralised registration system. Instead, I am required to register separately in every single Member State where I wish to sell, each with its own forms, deadlines, fees, reporting rules and procedures. This fragmented system creates an administrative burden that is completely unmanageable for a one-person operation, and the costs are charged as flat rates rather than scaled to actual usage, meaning I face nearly the same compliance expenses as much larger businesses even though my total packaging use is negligible. There is no small-seller exemption or minimum threshold even sending one parcel to another country triggers full registration obligations. As someone shipping from outside the EU, I am also required to appoint an authorised representative in every individual country I sell to, adding yet another layer of prohibitive cost that EU-based sellers do not face. The level of detailed tracking required for every single component of every parcel is vastly out of proportion to the scale of my business, and soon major online platforms will block me from selling entirely if I cannot provide multiple national registration numbers. The outcome is already clear: many small creators are simply ceasing all cross-border EU sales, leaving customers with less choice and harming the very diversity the Single Market should support. I urge you to introduce a single EU-wide registration valid across all Member States, a sensible exemption or reduced scheme for low-volume sellers, fees based on actual packaging used rather than flat rates, and relief from representative requirements for micro-businesses. This regulation can then achieve its vital environmental aims without destroying the smallest independent traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553431_en"}, {"id": 33553430, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:10:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Elena Arones Gomez", "feedback": "Die PPWR wurde offensichtlich beschlossen, ohne ausreichend zu berücksichtigen, wie kleine Unternehmen die neuen Vorgaben praktisch und finanziell umsetzen sollen. Wer nur ein einziges Paket pro Jahr in ein anderes EU-Land versendet, kann nicht für jedes Zielland einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten finanzieren zusätzlich zu Registrierung, Lizenzierung und Entsorgungsgebühren. Damit werden kleine Unternehmen faktisch gezwungen, den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einzustellen oder ihre Selbstständigkeit ganz aufzugeben. Das belastet letztlich auch Wirtschaft und Sozialsystem. Gleichzeitig widerspricht diese Bürokratie dem Grundgedanken der EU als gemeinsamem Binnenmarkt und erschwert einen fairen Wettbewerb. Wir fordern die Verantwortlichen auf, die praktische Umsetzung zu überarbeiten und verhältnismäßige Ausnahmen oder eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen einzuführen. Europäischer Handel muss auch für kleine Betriebe wirtschaftlich möglich bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR appears to have been adopted without taking sufficient account of how small companies will implement the new requirements in practice and financially. A person who sends only one package per year to another EU country cannot finance a paid agent for each destination country in addition to registration, licensing and disposal fees. This effectively forces small businesses to stop selling cross-border or abandon their self-employment altogether. Ultimately, this also puts a strain on the economy and the social system. At the same time, this bureaucracy runs counter to the basic idea of the EU as a common internal market and makes fair competition more difficult. We call on those responsible to revise the practical implementation and introduce proportionate exemptions or a centralised EU-wide registration for small and micro enterprises. European trade must also remain economically viable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553430_en"}, {"id": 33553429, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:09:54", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "There was really no point to these new EU regulations. Temu, AliExpress and Shein are still flooding the EU market anyway. I just placed two AliExpress orders specifically to test this. They are being shipped in packaging that isnt recyclable, and one piece of jewellery is wrapped in six layers of plastic. Now China has even taken over the EU customs costs as part of a promotion. Meanwhile, because of these new regulations, countless companies no longer ship to the EU including companies whose products were essential for our businesses to operate. As a result, I will actually have to order more from China instead of the UK from now on. You have once again achieved absolutely the opposite of what you intended, just like with the attached bottle caps. A growing number of bookshops and book companies wont ship here anymore either. I can still order the same products through a forwarding service, but I have to pay twice as much. That means I have less money left to spend at local small businesses. At the same time, Italy is transporting hazardous waste to Hungary and dumping it here, while people are throwing their rubbish into nature because the new waste regulations have made everything so complicated and because some people are simply too lazy to follow the rules. I constantly end up picking up other peoples rubbish from the playground. Whoever came up with these new rules clearly has no idea what they are doing. They are hurting normal small businesses while simultaneously increasing Chinas influence in Europe. It is becoming increasingly awful to live in the EU because of this level of overregulation, while environmental protection is actually getting worse rather than better. In Hungary, forests are constantly being cut down, including Natura 2000 areas, and the wood is being burned in power plants. The new trees that are planted often just dry out and die. Instead of endlessly creating complicated new regulations, perhaps the EU should introduce meaningful EU-wide restrictions on deforestation and actually enforce them.", "feedbackEnglish": "There was really no point to these new EU regulations. Temu, AliExpress and Shein are still flooding the EU market anyway. I just placed two AliExpress orders specifically to test this. They are being shipped in packaging that isnt recyclable, and one piece of jewellery is wrapped in six layers of plastic. Now China has even taken over the EU customs costs as part of a promotion. Meanwhile, because of these new regulations, countless companies no longer ship to the EU including companies whose products were essential for our businesses to operate. As a result, I will actually have to order more from China instead of the UK from now on. You have once again achieved absolutely the opposite of what you intended, just like with the attached bottle caps. A growing number of bookshops and book companies wont ship here anymore either. I can still order the same products through a forwarding service, but I have to pay twice as much. That means I have less money left to spend at local small businesses. At the same time, Italy is transporting hazardous waste to Hungary and dumping it here, while people are throwing their rubbish into nature because the new waste regulations have made everything so complicated and because some people are simply too lazy to follow the rules. I constantly end up picking up other peoples rubbish from the playground. Whoever came up with these new rules clearly has no idea what they are doing. They are hurting normal small businesses while simultaneously increasing Chinas influence in Europe. It is becoming increasingly awful to live in the EU because of this level of overregulation, while environmental protection is actually getting worse rather than better. In Hungary, forests are constantly being cut down, including Natura 2000 areas, and the wood is being burned in power plants. The new trees that are planted often just dry out and die. Instead of endlessly creating complicated new regulations, perhaps the EU should introduce meaningful EU-wide restrictions on deforestation and actually enforce them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553429_en"}, {"id": 33553428, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:08:54", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am commenting as a customer. I am subscribed to different book boxes that no longer can send their books to EU countries. Its so sad for the small businesses that have to make this decision now when they no longer can afford to ship to the EU. Please change these restrictive rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am commenting as a customer. I am subscribed to different book boxes that no longer can send their books to EU countries. Its so sad for the small businesses that have to make this decision now when they no longer can afford to ship to the EU. Please change these restrictive rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553428_en"}, {"id": 33553427, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:07:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This needlessly punishes small businesses that are already struggling to make ends meet. I run a small jewelry business that relies on small parcel shipments, which I package in compostable or recyclable materials. We shouldnt be lumped in with big corporations like Amazon who commit the vast majority of unsustainable and polluting shipping practices.", "feedbackEnglish": "This needlessly punishes small businesses that are already struggling to make ends meet. I run a small jewelry business that relies on small parcel shipments, which I package in compostable or recyclable materials. We shouldnt be lumped in with big corporations like Amazon who commit the vast majority of unsustainable and polluting shipping practices.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553427_en"}, {"id": 33553426, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:05:41", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Richter Studio OU", "feedback": "I am a small business Based in Estonia who is mostly sells digital products, but this year we decided to also sell physical products all around Europe. Now with this new regulation, it is basically impossible... Please take into consideration talking to small businesses as well, not just big corporations. This new rule will wipe out most of us and leave no place for growth...", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business Based in Estonia who is mostly sells digital products, but this year we decided to also sell physical products all around Europe. Now with this new regulation, it is basically impossible... Please take into consideration talking to small businesses as well, not just big corporations. This new rule will wipe out most of us and leave no place for growth...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553426_en"}, {"id": 33553425, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:05:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Engelsliebe Stoffatelier", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe in Deutschland einen kleinen Stoffhandel mit Onlineshop und versende nur in sehr geringem Umfang Bestellungen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Ziele der PPWR Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Recycling sowie nachhaltige Verpackungen zu fördern unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Problematisch ist jedoch die administrative und finanzielle Belastung, die durch unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungs-, Melde- und EPR-Pflichten für Kleinstunternehmen entstehen kann. Bei wenigen Paketen pro Jahr stehen feste Gebühren, Registrierungen und gegebenenfalls die Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen und den damit erzielten Umsätzen. Für mein Unternehmen bedeutet dies ganz konkret, dass ich den Versand in einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müsste, weil die Compliance-Kosten höher sein können als der wirtschaftliche Nutzen des gesamten Jahresgeschäfts mit Kunden in diesen Ländern. Das kann aus meiner Sicht nicht das Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Gerade Kleinstunternehmen sollten weiterhin die Möglichkeit haben, grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU zu handeln. Ich bitte daher darum, für Kleinst- und Kleinstmengenversender eine EU-weit einheitliche, einfache und verhältnismäßige Lösung vorzusehen beispielsweise Bagatellgrenzen, vereinfachte Meldepflichten oder eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung anstelle mehrfacher nationaler Verfahren. Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtige Ziele. Ihre Umsetzung sollte jedoch so ausgestaltet sein, dass kleine Unternehmen nicht faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel ausgeschlossen werden. Vielen Dank, dass Sie die Auswirkungen dieser Regelung auf Kleinstunternehmen und den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Sónia da Costa,", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I sell small quantities of textiles online in Germany and send only very small quantities of orders to other EU Member States. I strongly support the objectives of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and promote recycling and sustainable packaging. However, the administrative and financial burden that different national registration, reporting and EPR obligations may impose on micro-enterprises is problematic. For a few packages per year, fixed fees, registrations and, where applicable, the cost of an authorised representative are disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market and the turnover generated by it. For my company, this means very concretely that I would have to stop shipping to individual EU Member States because the compliance costs can be higher than the economic benefits of the entire annual business with customers in those countries. In my view, this cannot be the aim of a common European internal market. Micro-enterprises in particular should continue to be able to trade across borders within the EU. I would therefore ask you to provide a uniform, simple and proportionate EU-wide solution for micro- and micro-volume consignors, such as de minimis thresholds, simplified reporting obligations or a single EU-wide registration instead of multiple national procedures. Environmental protection and the circular economy are important objectives. However, their implementation should be designed in such a way that small businesses are not effectively excluded from cross-border EU trade. Thank you for taking into account the impact of this scheme on micro-enterprises and cross-border trade within the EU. Yours sincerely, Sónia da Costa,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553425_en"}, {"id": 33553423, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 17:04:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DevilDeerns ", "feedback": "Diese neueVetpackungsverordnung zerstört viele kleine deutsche Unternehmen, da man sich den benötigten Bevollmächtige.ächtigten finanzielle als Kleinst-Unternehmen nicht leisten kann! Es gibt doch bereits genug Behörden, die dies im EU-Land übernehmen könnten & nicht noch weitere Kosten verursachen!", "feedbackEnglish": "This new Vetpackungsverordnung destroys many small German companies, as they cannot afford the representatives they need. There are already enough authorities that could do this in the EU country & do not generate further costs!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553423_en"}, {"id": 33553422, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:55:30", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "RUA AS", "feedback": "I am the founder of a small skincare brand based in Norway (an EEA member). We are a micro-business that relies on every sale that comes our way, with an established customer base across the EU, both B2B and D2C. In 2026, we were recognised with Eco-Awards for Best Circular Beauty Brand and Best Recyclable Beauty Brand. On a budget nowhere near comparable to corporate revenue, we choose sustainability and local EU production for both our packaging and our skincare manufacturing. I ask that the new EPR regulations exempt micro-businesses, EU and EEA alike, and focus enforcement on the real polluters: the corporations flooding our waste systems with toxic, oil-based packaging (plastics). The technologies for infinite recycling, plastic-free, paper-free packaging are all available. Businesses choosing these alternatives deserve relief, not penalties. As a business owner, I am glad to contribute responsibly to the waste we generate, but request a cost-efficient, streamlined system, not fragmentation of country-by-country registration. The EU must stand with the people, small businesses, not the mega-corporations!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder of a small skincare brand based in Norway (an EEA member). We are a micro-business that relies on every sale that comes our way, with an established customer base across the EU, both B2B and D2C. In 2026, we were recognised with Eco-Awards for Best Circular Beauty Brand and Best Recyclable Beauty Brand. On a budget nowhere near comparable to corporate revenue, we choose sustainability and local EU production for both our packaging and our skincare manufacturing. I ask that the new EPR regulations exempt micro-businesses, EU and EEA alike, and focus enforcement on the real polluters: the corporations flooding our waste systems with toxic, oil-based packaging (plastics). The technologies for infinite recycling, plastic-free, paper-free packaging are all available. Businesses choosing these alternatives deserve relief, not penalties. As a business owner, I am glad to contribute responsibly to the waste we generate, but request a cost-efficient, streamlined system, not fragmentation of country-by-country registration. The EU must stand with the people, small businesses, not the mega-corporations!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553422_en"}, {"id": 33553421, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:54:09", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "With this new law, I can no longer order boardgames from shops in other countries than Denmark. This makes it much more expensive to maintain my hobby, and stifles competition between companies. This will leave EU behind other countries, since it will hamper EU based growth. Also, I can only use more expensive uncompetitive Danish shops. If thw law needs to exist, it should also regulate the packaging concept across nations. Otherwise upu are introducing inflexible and business hostile rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this new law, I can no longer order boardgames from shops in other countries than Denmark. This makes it much more expensive to maintain my hobby, and stifles competition between companies. This will leave EU behind other countries, since it will hamper EU based growth. Also, I can only use more expensive uncompetitive Danish shops. If thw law needs to exist, it should also regulate the packaging concept across nations. Otherwise upu are introducing inflexible and business hostile rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553421_en"}, {"id": 33553420, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:53:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DVO Druck und Verlag Obermayer GmbH", "feedback": "So kann man den kompletten europäischen Handel von Nicht-Konzernen lahmlegen und mit Füßen treten. Warum redet ihr eigentlich nicht mit uns Profis, die tagtäglich ihrem E-Commerce-Business nachgehen? Da werden Dinge beschlossen, die hinten und vorne völlig undurchdacht sind. Wenn ihr wollt, dass wir KMUs aufhören sollen, müsst ihr es nur sagen. Wer außer den großen Konzernen soll sich das leisten können? Wir haben vielleicht 10 Pakete nach Belgien. Soll ich dafür 400 für einen dubiosen Bevollmächtigten ausgeben, von dem ich nicht einmal transparent weiß, was der den ganzen Tag so macht? Da zahlen wir drauf und hören einfach auf mit dem Mist. Vor ein paar Jahren habt ihr die GEO-Sperre eingeführt, sodass wir EU-weit versenden mussten, und nun diese bescheuerte Vorgabe. Was denkt man sich denn, wenn man sowas beschließt? Diesen Prozess hätte ich so unglaublich gern begleitet. Jede Sitzung miterlebt. Vermutlich wäre das aber nicht gut für meinen Nacken gewesen, weil ich aus dem Kopfschütteln gar nicht mehr herausgekommen wäre. MEIN VORSCHLAG: Das Thema an sich ist ja wichtig. Also macht das, wofür ihr da seid: Es gibt EINE Stelle in Brüssel, bei der ich meine Tonnen (naja, vielleicht eher kg) an Verpackung für jedes Land melde, und ihr schiebt den fälligen Betrag dann an jedes Land weiter. So geht Bürokratieabbau der Wirtschaft und den Bürgern es einfacher machen und nicht immer noch komplizierter. Da braucht ihr euch echt nicht wundern, wenn man keine Lust mehr auf die EU hat. Ihr könntet so viel bewegen... aber nein, ihr bewegt die EU immer mehr zurück statt vorwärts.", "feedbackEnglish": "In this way, the entire European trade of non-groups can be paralysed and truncated. Why don’t you really talk to us professionals who do their e-commerce business on a daily basis? This is where things are decided that are completely unthinkable at the back and at the front. If you want us to stop SMEs, you just have to say it. Who, apart from the big corporations, should be able to afford this? We may have 10 packages to Belgium. Should I spend 400 on this for a dubious plenipotentiary of whom I do not even know transparently what they do all day round? We are paying up and simply stopping with the dung. A few years ago, you introduced the GEO ban, so we had to send out across the EU, and now this awkward target. What do you think if you decide so? I would have liked to accompany this process so incredibly. See each session. Presumably, however, this would not have been good for my neck, because I would not have escaped the head shaking at all. MY PROPOSAL: The issue itself is important. So it does what you are there for: There is ONE office in Brussels where I declare my tonnes (naja, perhaps rather kg) of packaging for each country and you then forward the amount due to each country. This will make it easier and not always more complicated for businesses and citizens to cut red tape. You don’t need to be surprised if you don’t want the EU anymore. You could move so much... but no, you are increasingly moving the EU backwards rather than forwards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553420_en"}, {"id": 33553419, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:48:03", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich begrüße grundsätzlich die Bemühungen Verpackungsmaterial zu reduzieren und bin auch dafür dass eine einheitliche Regelung sinnvoll wäre. Gleichzeitig ist es problematisch dass die neue Verordnung nicht zwischen kleinen 1-2 Personen Unternehmen und großen Konzernen wie etwa Amazon/Temu unterscheidet. Ich bestelle lieber bei kleinen Unternehmen aus EU-Ländern als bei großen Konzernen wie Amazon oder Temu. Dies wird mir jedoch wegen der neuen Verordnung nicht mehr möglich sein, da viele der kleinen Geschäfte aufgrund der hohen Kosten und NICHT einheitlichen Regelungen für alle EU Länder, nicht mehr außerhalb des eigenen Landes oder zumindest nicht mehr nach Österreich senden können. Unzählige kleine Unternehmer:innen stehen im Gefahr ihr Unternehmen schließen zu müssen. Es ist mir unverständlich, dass das Einkaufen innerhalb der EU nicht gefördert sondern gehindert wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen D.B", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I welcome in principle the efforts to reduce packaging material and I am also in favour of a uniform regulation. At the same time, it is problematic that the new regulation does not distinguish between small 1-2 persons companies and large groups such as Amazon/Temu. I prefer to order from small companies from EU countries rather than from large companies such as Amazon or Temu. However, I will no longer be able to do so because of the new Regulation, as many of the small shops can no longer send to Austria outside their own country or at least can no longer do so because of the high costs and NOT uniform rules for all EU countries. Countless small entrepreneurs are at risk of closing their businesses. I do not understand that intra-EU shopping is not encouraged but prevented. Yours sincerely, D.B.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553419_en"}, {"id": 33553417, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:39:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Raubdruckerin Productions", "feedback": "Wir betreiben seit 10 Jahren einen kleinen online shop und haben Kunden weltweit. Unsere in Berlin handbedruckten T-shirts versenden wir schon immer komplett plastikfrei in einfachen Versandtaschen aus recycling Papier. Mit dem neuen EU Verpackungs-Gesetzt entsteht uns ein solch erheblicher Mehraufwand, sowohl bürokratisch als auch finanziell - dass wir uns ernsthaft fragen müssen ob der Versand von unter Paketen im Jahr in EU Länder Sinn macht. Obwohl wir uns intensiv mit dem Thema Versandverpackung beschäftigt haben und eine Verpackung nutzen, die so klein wie möglich ist und komplett in den Papierrecycling gehen kann. Die großen Herausforderung eines kleinen unabhängigen Kreativunternehmens werden dadurch leider noch verstärkt. Kleine Unternehmen, die schon nachhaltig arbeiten, sollten mit neuen Gesetzgebungen einen Vorteil bekommen gegenüber mega-onlineshops. Und nicht das Gegenteil. Wir haben unser Geschät mit Blick auf EU-weiten Versand aufgebaut und viel in die Infrastruktur, die dafür notwendig ist investiert mit einer (vermeintlich) nachhaltigen und langfristigen Strategie. Mit diesem Gesetz wird unser Geschäftsmodell in seiner Existenz bedroht und unsere Bemühungen ökologisch zu handeln überhaupt nicht berücksichtigt.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have run a small online shop for 10 years and have customers worldwide. We have always sent our hand-printed T-shirts in Berlin completely plastic-free bags made of recycled paper. With the new EU Packaging Act, we are facing such a significant additional burden, both bureaucratic and financial – that we must seriously ask ourselves whether sending parcels to EU countries every year makes sense. Although we have worked intensively on the issue of shipping packaging and use packaging that is as small as possible and can go entirely into paper recycling. Unfortunately, this adds to the great challenge of a small independent creative company. New legislation should give small businesses that already work sustainably an advantage over mega-online shops. And not the opposite. We have built up our work with a view to EU-wide shipping, and we have invested a lot in the infrastructure needed for this with a (perceived) sustainable and long-term strategy. This law threatens the very existence of our business model and completely ignores our efforts to act ecologically.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553417_en"}, {"id": 33553416, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:38:31", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Die Reduzierung von Verpackungsmüll ist ein unterstützenswertes Ziel! Die durch gegenständliche Richtlinie gesetzten Maßnahmen mögen dazu beitragen, dieses Ziel zu erreichen, führen jedoch in ihrer gegenwärtigen Ausprägung zu einem unverhältnismäßigen Nebeneffekt. Aus meinem näheren Umfeld, insbesondere im Kleinhandel im Kreativ- und Kunstbereich, nehme ich wahr, dass zahlreiche kleine Unternehmen notgedrungen ihren innereuropäischen Versand eingestellt haben, da sie sich nicht im Stande sehen, die Auflagen zu erfüllen. Hingegen stellen die neuen Regularien für die global-player wie Amazon und co. Selbstredend keine größere Hürde dar. In Konsequenz leidet der Binnenmarkt und trifft die Richtlinie insbesondere Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen am Empfindlichsten, gerade also jene, die Unterstützung verdienen. So fern dieser Umstand mitbedacht wurde und es eine Lösung für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen gibt, sollte diese medienwirksam durch die Union kommuniziert werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir, Madam, Reducing packaging waste is a worth supporting! The measures introduced by this Directive may help to achieve this objective, but, in their current form, lead to a disproportionate side-effect. From my immediate circle, especially in the small-scale creative and artistic sector, I understand that many small businesses have forcibly stopped shipping within Europe, as they are unable to meet the requirements. On the other hand, the new rules are not a major hurdle for global players such as Amazon and co. As a result, the internal market suffers and the Directive particularly affects small and micro-enterprises, especially those that deserve support. As long as this situation has been taken into account and there is a solution for small and micro-enterprises, it should be communicated through the media by the Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553416_en"}, {"id": 33553415, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:38:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a SME business owner it is very difficult, time consuming and costly, to obtain registrations in all 27 EU countries. Many countries only provide access to those systems in their native language. That is 24 languages to navigate before the first package can be sent. I suggest using a one stop shop (OSS ) system, similar to OSS for VAT. This would at least only require registering in the home country and submitting all data in one place. Also, we have been re-using packaging material in the past. With PPWR now in place, we have to throw out all packaging material we receive as we can not guarantee conformity. This in itself will create a huge waste in all of EU, in total contrast to what the regulation was to solve for in the first place.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a SME business owner it is very difficult, time consuming and costly, to obtain registrations in all 27 EU countries. Many countries only provide access to those systems in their native language. That is 24 languages to navigate before the first package can be sent. I suggest using a one stop shop (OSS ) system, similar to OSS for VAT. This would at least only require registering in the home country and submitting all data in one place. Also, we have been re-using packaging material in the past. With PPWR now in place, we have to throw out all packaging material we receive as we can not guarantee conformity. This in itself will create a huge waste in all of EU, in total contrast to what the regulation was to solve for in the first place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553415_en"}, {"id": 33553412, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:34:22", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tierra y Fuego Ceramica", "feedback": "As a one person, disable small ceramic business owner making a few hundred a month in total it would force me to close the only activity I have. The EU is meant to unite, facilitate and support business across EU countries and be enticing for people in the EU. This rule forces micro business, artisans, artist and so many more to go out of business or to sell only in their Country making the whole concept of the EU useless. We need a law that exonerates small business. Especially considering that the very majority of small businesses already recycle and take good care of packaging. There has to be an exemption or it will collapse EU trade, in great favor for estra EU businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one person, disable small ceramic business owner making a few hundred a month in total it would force me to close the only activity I have. The EU is meant to unite, facilitate and support business across EU countries and be enticing for people in the EU. This rule forces micro business, artisans, artist and so many more to go out of business or to sell only in their Country making the whole concept of the EU useless. We need a law that exonerates small business. Especially considering that the very majority of small businesses already recycle and take good care of packaging. There has to be an exemption or it will collapse EU trade, in great favor for estra EU businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553412_en"}, {"id": 33553411, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:32:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Shamrock - Whiskyshop24.de", "feedback": "Als kleiner Händler ist es mir aufgrund der Vorgaben für Registrierung und Vertreter vor Ort in jedem Lieferland nicht mehr möglich, EU-weit zu versenden. Es lohnt sich für wenige Pakete einfach nicht, während große Versandhändler, insbesondere mit Sitz außerhalb der EU, hier riesige Vorteile haben. Das Nachsehen haben kleine Händler und vor allem Bürger aus anderen EU Ländern, die nicht mehr grenzüberschreitend einkaufen können. Zudem sind die Regeln und Vorgaben so kompliziert, undurchsichtig und an jeder Lebenswirklichkeit vorbei geschaffen, dass man ohne Rechtsberatung unmöglich konform bleiben kann. Auch diese Kosten belasten vor allem kleine Marktteilnehmer unverhältnismäßig. Völlig verrückt wird es, wenn durch die neuen Vorgaben auf einmal der kleine Händler für die Beschaffenheit von eingekauften Verpackungsmaterial verantwortlich sein soll, ohne dass er irgendwelche Änderungen daran vornimmt und sie lediglich bestimmungskonform verwendet, nämlich Waren hineinzutun und zu versenden. Beschaffenheit und Konformität müssen bereits die Produkthersteller prüfen und belegen. Nur weil ein Karton mit Versandlabel oder Paketklebeband versehen wird, ändert sich nichts an der Beschaffenheit des Kartons und auch nicht am Klebeband. Beide Artikel sind dafür bestimmt, zusammen verwendet zu werden. Welchen Vorteil soll es irgend einem Bürger der EU bringen, wenn der Versender hier nochmal Nachweise erstellen und vorhalten zu muss? Welchen Effekt haben diese Nachweise auf die Entsorgung bzw. das Recycling der Verpackung? Wohlgemerkt, für Artikel, die bereits vom Produkthersteller geprüft und zertifiziert wurden. Das sind alles nur Kosten, die auf die Käufer und damit die EU-Bürger umgelegt werden müssen. Ohne jeglichen Gewinn für die Umwelt, den Bürger oder den Wettbewerb.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small trader, I am no longer able to send EU-wide because of the requirements for registration and local representatives in each supplier country. It is simply not worthwhile for a few parcels, while large distance sellers, especially those based outside the EU, have huge advantages here. Small traders and, above all, citizens from other EU countries who can no longer shop cross-border lose out. Moreover, the rules and requirements are so complicated, opaque and bypassed in every real life that it is impossible to remain compliant without legal advice. These costs also place a disproportionate burden on small operators in particular. It is completely crazy if, under the new rules, the small trader is at once to be responsible for the nature of the packaging material purchased, without making any changes to it and merely using it in accordance with its intended purpose, i.e. importing and shipping goods. The nature and conformity must already be checked and demonstrated by the product manufacturers. The mere fact that a cardboard box bears a shipping label or a packet adhesive tape does not change the nature of the cardboard box or the adhesive tape. Both articles are intended to be used together. What advantage should it bring to any EU citizen if the consignor has to create and keep evidence again here? What is the effect of this evidence on the disposal/recycling of the packaging? It should be noted that items that have already been tested and certified by the manufacturer of the product. These are all costs that need to be passed on to buyers and therefore to EU citizens. Without any benefit to the environment, citizens or competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553411_en"}, {"id": 33553410, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:32:28", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run my own small independent business as a self-employed illustrator and my main source of income is posting my artwork to different countries, the majority of which are in Europe. I´ve taken many hits to my income in the last few years with Brexit, constantly rising postage costs & Trump´s tariffs and I´m now barely able to keep my head above water. While I appreciate the sustainabililty aims contained within this new law, I have to emphasise that grouping small businesses in with corporate giants leads me to believe that it has not been fully thought through. Paying fees to register in each of the 27 countries contained within the E.U, not to mention the bureaucracy and time involved with the paperwork will likely cripple my business and financial situation as I simply cannot afford it on my income. Companies like Temu and Amazon can easliy afford these fees and have teams of people to handle the documents, whereas I work alone and could never understand the multi-faceted complexities of the rules. I am witnessing an absolute uproar from the creative community about this and I believe that if it is not reversed, then many people will lose their jobs, livlihood, dignity and ability to lives their lives in a free manner. I am hereby imploring you that some measures are taken to reverse this law for small business owners whose income depends on using the postal service to feed their families, pay their rent and bills.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run my own small independent business as a self-employed illustrator and my main source of income is posting my artwork to different countries, the majority of which are in Europe. I´ve taken many hits to my income in the last few years with Brexit, constantly rising postage costs & Trump´s tariffs and I´m now barely able to keep my head above water. While I appreciate the sustainabililty aims contained within this new law, I have to emphasise that grouping small businesses in with corporate giants leads me to believe that it has not been fully thought through. Paying fees to register in each of the 27 countries contained within the E.U, not to mention the bureaucracy and time involved with the paperwork will likely cripple my business and financial situation as I simply cannot afford it on my income. Companies like Temu and Amazon can easliy afford these fees and have teams of people to handle the documents, whereas I work alone and could never understand the multi-faceted complexities of the rules. I am witnessing an absolute uproar from the creative community about this and I believe that if it is not reversed, then many people will lose their jobs, livlihood, dignity and ability to lives their lives in a free manner. I am hereby imploring you that some measures are taken to reverse this law for small business owners whose income depends on using the postal service to feed their families, pay their rent and bills.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553410_en"}, {"id": 33553408, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:31:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Handwerker", "feedback": "Hallo , für was sollen wir den nun noch alles zahlen , wo ist da eine Union , es wird immer komplizierter,undurchschaubar,bürokratischer. gibts es noch mehr Schimpfwörter , ich denke , wer vertritt und Handwerker und Kleinunternehmer denn , haben die Abgeordneten jemals uns gefraget , wissen die den überhaupt was das Leben kostet. Es gibt das Sprichwort : Handwerk hat Golden Boden , Es sollte wohl eher nun heißen Handwerk ein Faß ohne Boden .", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, what we should pay for, where there is a Union, it is becoming increasingly complicated, opaque, bureaucratic, there are even more shamewords, I think who represents craftsmen and small businesses, because MEPs have ever questioned us, who know what life costs. There is the proverb: Craftsmanship has Golden Boden. It is more likely that craftsmanship should be called a barrel without ground.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553408_en"}, {"id": 33553407, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:28:12", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Chiara Meloni", "feedback": "As an independent artist and small online business owner I can't afford the high cost of this new requirements. Small businesses like mine are already barely surviving and this is really gonna damage us.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent artist and small online business owner I can't afford the high cost of this new requirements. Small businesses like mine are already barely surviving and this is really gonna damage us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553407_en"}, {"id": 33553405, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:27:27", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Druck und Deko", "feedback": "Ich habe ein ganz kleines Online Unternehmen in Österreich. Mein Gewinn pro Jahr beträgt ca 4000 Euro. Im Jahr 2025 habe ich innerhalb von Österreich 150 Pakete verschickt und nach Deutschland 2 Stück. Die Verpackungen hab ich aus Umwelt Gründen immer wieder verwendet. Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, jemals einen Karton gekauft zu haben. Ich habe bis jetzt alle Lizenzen. Aber was da jetzt an Kosten dazu kommt, ist eine Frechheit. Hat bei euch eigentlich auch irgend jemand an die Kleinen gedacht? Es ist doch eine Frechheit was ihr da mit uns macht.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a very small online company in Austria. My annual profit is around EUR 4000. In 2025, I sent 150 parcels within Austria and two to Germany. I have used the packaging repeatedly for environmental reasons. I cannot remember that I have ever bought a carton. I have all licences so far. But what now comes at a cost is a bribe. Did anyone think of the little ones in your mind? It’s a brittle thing you do with us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553405_en"}, {"id": 33553404, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:25:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Solu & Me A", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe meine Produkte über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich liefere derzeit nur in sehr geringem Umfang nach Österreich: etwa 5 Pakete pro Jahr. Mein Umsatz aus Österreich liegt bei ca. 1.000 Euro brutto pro Jahr. Ich liefere meine Produkte unverpackt an ein österreichisches Fachgeschäft. Bei einer derart geringen Versandmenge sollte für Kleinstunternehmen sichergestellt sein, dass keine unverhältnismäßigen Registrierungs-, Melde- oder Bevollmächtigtenkosten entstehen. Schon der mögliche Verwaltungsaufwand für einen grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf kann bei Kleinstunternehmen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umfang des Geschäfts stehen. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er jedoch teilweise das Gegenteil: Nationale Register und unterschiedliche Verfahren können für sehr kleine Unternehmen einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand verursachen unabhängig von der tatsächlichen Versandmenge. Ich bitte daher um eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen bei sehr geringen Mengen von unverhältnismäßigen Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten befreit sind. Zusätzlich sollte ein zentrales EU-Register bzw. ein einheitliches EU-Verfahren geschaffen werden, anstatt Kleinstunternehmen mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Verfahren zu belasten. Die Regelungen sollten die tatsächliche Größe des Unternehmens und die tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge berücksichtigen. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass Kleinstbetriebe den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen einstellen müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe meine Produkte über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich liefere derzeit nur in sehr geringem Umfang nach Österreich: etwa 5 Pakete pro Jahr. Mein Umsatz aus Österreich liegt bei ca. 1.000 Euro brutto pro Jahr. Ich liefere meine Produkte unverpackt an ein österreichisches Fachgeschäft. Bei einer derart geringen Versandmenge sollte für Kleinstunternehmen sichergestellt sein, dass keine unverhältnismäßigen Registrierungs-, Melde- oder Bevollmächtigtenkosten entstehen. Schon der mögliche Verwaltungsaufwand für einen grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf kann bei Kleinstunternehmen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umfang des Geschäfts stehen. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er jedoch teilweise das Gegenteil: Nationale Register und unterschiedliche Verfahren können für sehr kleine Unternehmen einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand verursachen unabhängig von der tatsächlichen Versandmenge. Ich bitte daher um eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen bei sehr geringen Mengen von unverhältnismäßigen Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten befreit sind. Zusätzlich sollte ein zentrales EU-Register bzw. ein einheitliches EU-Verfahren geschaffen werden, anstatt Kleinstunternehmen mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Verfahren zu belasten. Die Regelungen sollten die tatsächliche Größe des Unternehmens und die tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge berücksichtigen. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass Kleinstbetriebe den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen einstellen müssen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553404_en"}, {"id": 33553402, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:23:19", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Oblaka Sp z o o", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small business that sells products to customers across different EU countries. Mandatory EPR registrations, fixed fees, and the requirement to comply with separate administrative procedures in each country create a disproportionate financial and bureaucratic burden for micro-businesses. With only a small number of orders in each country, these costs effectively make cross-border trade economically unviable. We support the environmental goals of EPR, but the rules must take the size of a business into account. I urge the EU to introduce a single de minimis exemption for micro-businesses or create a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop system, allowing businesses to meet all EPR requirements through a single registration and one reporting system for the entire EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small business that sells products to customers across different EU countries. Mandatory EPR registrations, fixed fees, and the requirement to comply with separate administrative procedures in each country create a disproportionate financial and bureaucratic burden for micro-businesses. With only a small number of orders in each country, these costs effectively make cross-border trade economically unviable. We support the environmental goals of EPR, but the rules must take the size of a business into account. I urge the EU to introduce a single de minimis exemption for micro-businesses or create a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop system, allowing businesses to meet all EPR requirements through a single registration and one reporting system for the entire EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553402_en"}, {"id": 33553401, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:19:54", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a ridiculous law to apply on small businesses as well... they are not available to afford this new law. Yes maybe big businesses are able to but you're excluding the small self owned businesses from creating stuff for us. I think you should all be ashamed for applying this to every buisness. Why are we not supporting small buisness in 2026? Because from my standpoint small businesses are more careful for the environment then big businesses. This way there is a monopoly on being a buisness and being able to share your creatings to other countries. Isn't the EU there to unite us? Then why are you making it impossible for small businesses to unite people with their creations? Shame on you", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a ridiculous law to apply on small businesses as well... they are not available to afford this new law. Yes maybe big businesses are able to but you're excluding the small self owned businesses from creating stuff for us. I think you should all be ashamed for applying this to every buisness. Why are we not supporting small buisness in 2026? Because from my standpoint small businesses are more careful for the environment then big businesses. This way there is a monopoly on being a buisness and being able to share your creatings to other countries. Isn't the EU there to unite us? Then why are you making it impossible for small businesses to unite people with their creations? Shame on you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553401_en"}, {"id": 33553400, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:19:07", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Parnaramarama", "feedback": "This is a horrible, expensive and time consuming piece of legislation for micro businessss already struggling with tariffs.Whilst I appreciate the intent to minimise waste and packaging this legislation is unnecessarily burdensome for small businesses... different rules and prices and paperwork for each EU country?it beggers believe that the EU is implementing this. By all means address the waste caused by large companies such as Shein and temu etc. But as usual its the small fish that are being made to.pay the price", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a horrible, expensive and time consuming piece of legislation for micro businessss already struggling with tariffs.Whilst I appreciate the intent to minimise waste and packaging this legislation is unnecessarily burdensome for small businesses... different rules and prices and paperwork for each EU country?it beggers believe that the EU is implementing this. By all means address the waste caused by large companies such as Shein and temu etc. But as usual its the small fish that are being made to.pay the price", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553400_en"}, {"id": 33553399, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:18:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mira Lou", "feedback": "Ich bin als Illustratorin mit meiner Kunst selbstständig und verkaufe über meinen Shop Kunstdrucke, Postkarten, Sticker und andere Produkte. Davon produziere ich die meisten Papierprodukte selbst, in kleiner Auflage, nach Bestellung. So entsteht möglichst wenig Müll. Meine Verpackung ist recycled und besteht ausschließlich aus Papier und Pappe. Nach dem ich seit den Änderungen in den USA schon dort fast die Hälfte meiner Kundschaft verloren habe, ist mein Markt jetzt ausschließlich auf Deutschland begrenzt. Damit kann ich mich nicht mehr über meinen Shop finanzieren und muss im Ernstfall meine Tätigkeit einstellen, von der ich die letzten 8 Jahre gut leben konnte. Ich bin grundsätzlich für mehr Transparenz und Verpflichtungen für Unternehmen sich um die durch sie entstandenen Verpackungen zu kümmern und die Branche so nachhaltiger zu machen. Der Ansatz ist sehr wichtig und gut. Das Abschaffen jeglicher Bagatellgrenzen, die es vorher in einigen Ländern gab, halte ich für falsch. Die großen Unternehmen haben die Personenkraft und finanziellen Mittel ganz einfach mit den neuen Richtlinien mitzuhalten. Aber kleine Unternehmen und Einzelpersonen, wie auch ich, scheitern nun daran, obwohl die Anzahl an Verpackungen, die von uns in den Umlauf gebracht werden, Kleinstmengen sind. Unzählige kleine Unternehmen, denen die Qualität ihrer Produkte am Herzen liegen und die jetzt schon darauf achten, Verpackung wieder zu verwenden und möglichst ökonomisch zu handeln, werden vom Markt verschwinden. Was bleibt, sind die big player, denen es nur um Profit geht, die sich nur um Nachhaltigkeit kümmern, wenn es vorgegeben wird und die Stück für Stück Monopole im Handel einnehmen. Abschließend kommen grade diese Regeln von der EU sehr unerwartet. Das Ziel der EU, mehr Austausch, mehr Vernetzung, mehr Zusammenhalt und freien Handel zu ermöglichen, wird mit den neuen Regelungen komplett verfehlt. Der Handel wird eingeschränkt und Unternehmen werden kaputt gemacht. Das schwächt auch die Wirtschaft der einzelnen Länder. Bitte überdenken Sie die Regelungen und führen Sie Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen ein, die entweder unter einem gewissen jährlichen Umsatz bleiben oder unter einer kg Menge an Verpackung.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an illustrator, I am self-employed with my art and sell art prints, postcards, stickers and other products through my shop. Of these, I produce most paper products myself, in small print, after ordering them. This minimises waste generation. My packaging is recycled and consists exclusively of paper and cardboard. After having lost almost half of my customers in the USA since the changes, my market is now confined exclusively to Germany. This means that I can no longer finance myself through my shop and, in the event of an emergency, I have to stop my activity, from which I have been able to live well for the last 8 years. In principle, I am in favour of more transparency and obligations for companies to take care of the packaging they produce, making the sector more sustainable. The approach is very important and good. I think it is wrong to abolish any de minimis thresholds that existed previously in some countries. Large companies simply have to keep up with the new directives in terms of human and financial resources. But small businesses and individuals, like me, are now failing, even though the amount of packaging we put into circulation is very small. Countless small businesses that care about the quality of their products and are already looking to re-use packaging and act as economically as possible will disappear from the market. What remains are the big players, who are only concerned with profit, who are only concerned with sustainability if it is imposed and who are sometimes monopolies in trade. Finally, grades come very unexpectedly from the EU. The new rules completely fail to achieve the EU’s objective of enabling more exchanges, more connectivity, more cohesion and free trade. Trade will be restricted and businesses will be broken. This also weakens national economies. Please reconsider the rules and introduce de minimis thresholds for small businesses that either remain below a certain annual turnover or below a kg of packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553399_en"}, {"id": 33553398, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:18:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Upright Songs GmbH", "feedback": "Es ist unfassbar! Warum keine elegante, pragmatische Lösung? Einfach einen kleinen Obolus pro Verpackung zentral aufschlagen und die EU verteilt die Gelder? Das Geld wird ja eh nicht für den eigentlichen Zweck genutzt... So ist es Selbstmord für jeden kleinen Händler ohne Millionen-Gewinne! Umständlich, teuer und über zwielichtige Dritte, wo keiner weiss, wo das Geld landet. Herzlichen Dank, aber so vorbei an der Praxis kann wohl nur die EU beschliessen.", "feedbackEnglish": "It’s incomprehensible! Why not an elegant, pragmatic solution? Just cut a small amount of obolus per package centrally and the EU distributes the money? The money is not used for the very purpose... This is suicide for every small trader without millions of profits! Cumbersome, expensive, and over ambiguous third parties, where none knows where the money ends up. Thank you very much, but only the EU can decide.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553398_en"}, {"id": 33553397, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:17:47", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Protect small businesses, protect Europe The transition towards a more sustainable economy and the reduction of packaging waste are goals we should all support. We need to reduce pollution, promote recycling and ensure that those who generate the greatest environmental impact take greater responsibility. However, good intentions should not become a disproportionate burden for those with the least capacity to bear it. The new European rules on packaging and packaging waste, including requirements concerning national registers of producers, raise an important concern: we cannot impose the same level of bureaucracy, costs and administrative obligations on a small business as on a large multinational corporation. For a large company, legal, administrative and compliance departments are part of its normal structure. For a small shop, microenterprise or self-employed person, every new registration, declaration, fee or administrative procedure means additional time and costs that can seriously affect their ability to operate. We must ask ourselves: do we really want to strengthen the European Single Market, or are we gradually creating a system in which trading within the EU becomes so complex that small businesses simply stop doing it? We cannot allow physical borders to disappear while they reappear in the form of bureaucracy. Europe needs competitive businesses, innovation, employment and a strong internal market. At a time when the European Union must strengthen its position against major economic powers such as the United States and Asian economies, it seems contradictory to make it increasingly difficult for our own businesses to trade within Europe. Sustainability must be a goal, but it must also be socially and economically sustainable. It is not reasonable for a small business that occasionally sends a product to another Member State to face obligations comparable to those of a company placing thousands or millions of packages on the European market. Nor is it fair to expect small businesses to bear a disproportionate share of the environmental costs generated by large-scale production and distribution. The principle should be simple: the greater the environmental impact, the greater the responsibility. I therefore believe that the implementation of these measures should be reviewed to ensure genuine proportionality. The EU should: * minimise bureaucracy for microenterprises and small businesses; * establish costs and obligations proportional to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market; * simplify cross-border procedures and avoid unnecessary fragmentation between Member States; * provide exemptions or simplified procedures for businesses with very low volumes; and This is not about opposing environmental protection. It is about protecting the people and businesses that sustain our economy. Small businesses are not a problem that Europe needs to solve. They are part of the solution. They create employment, support local communities, encourage innovation and contribute to a diverse and resilient European economy. If we continue adding taxes, fees, registrations and administrative barriers, we risk achieving the opposite of what we intend: small businesses may stop trading across European borders, competition may decrease, and the market may become increasingly concentrated in the hands of large companies that can more easily absorb regulatory costs. This benefits neither consumers, nor the environment, nor the European economy. Let us protect the environment, but let us also protect small businesses. Protecting small businesses means protecting Europes economic and social fabric. Europe should make it easier for a small European business to sell to its European neighboursnot harder than competing with products travelling thousands of kilometres from outside the EU. A stronger Europe needs a sustainable economy, but it also needs a thriving small-business sector. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Protect small businesses, protect Europe The transition towards a more sustainable economy and the reduction of packaging waste are goals we should all support. We need to reduce pollution, promote recycling and ensure that those who generate the greatest environmental impact take greater responsibility. However, good intentions should not become a disproportionate burden for those with the least capacity to bear it. The new European rules on packaging and packaging waste, including requirements concerning national registers of producers, raise an important concern: we cannot impose the same level of bureaucracy, costs and administrative obligations on a small business as on a large multinational corporation. For a large company, legal, administrative and compliance departments are part of its normal structure. For a small shop, microenterprise or self-employed person, every new registration, declaration, fee or administrative procedure means additional time and costs that can seriously affect their ability to operate. We must ask ourselves: do we really want to strengthen the European Single Market, or are we gradually creating a system in which trading within the EU becomes so complex that small businesses simply stop doing it? We cannot allow physical borders to disappear while they reappear in the form of bureaucracy. Europe needs competitive businesses, innovation, employment and a strong internal market. At a time when the European Union must strengthen its position against major economic powers such as the United States and Asian economies, it seems contradictory to make it increasingly difficult for our own businesses to trade within Europe. Sustainability must be a goal, but it must also be socially and economically sustainable. It is not reasonable for a small business that occasionally sends a product to another Member State to face obligations comparable to those of a company placing thousands or millions of packages on the European market. Nor is it fair to expect small businesses to bear a disproportionate share of the environmental costs generated by large-scale production and distribution. The principle should be simple: the greater the environmental impact, the greater the responsibility. I therefore believe that the implementation of these measures should be reviewed to ensure genuine proportionality. The EU should: * minimise bureaucracy for microenterprises and small businesses; * establish costs and obligations proportional to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market; * simplify cross-border procedures and avoid unnecessary fragmentation between Member States; * provide exemptions or simplified procedures for businesses with very low volumes; and This is not about opposing environmental protection. It is about protecting the people and businesses that sustain our economy. Small businesses are not a problem that Europe needs to solve. They are part of the solution. They create employment, support local communities, encourage innovation and contribute to a diverse and resilient European economy. If we continue adding taxes, fees, registrations and administrative barriers, we risk achieving the opposite of what we intend: small businesses may stop trading across European borders, competition may decrease, and the market may become increasingly concentrated in the hands of large companies that can more easily absorb regulatory costs. This benefits neither consumers, nor the environment, nor the European economy. Let us protect the environment, but let us also protect small businesses. Protecting small businesses means protecting Europes economic and social fabric. Europe should make it easier for a small European business to sell to its European neighboursnot harder than competing with products travelling thousands of kilometres from outside the EU. A stronger Europe needs a sustainable economy, but it also needs a thriving small-business sector. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553397_en"}, {"id": 33553395, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:11:04", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich kann nicht begreifen, wie in diesem System kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen überleben sollen? Lizenzen für jedes einzelne Land innerhalb der EU und eine vertretende Person? Wie soll man sich das leisten können, wenn man vielleicht nur 5 Pakete pro Jahre in manche Länder schickt, seine Kundschaft aber auch nicht im Regen stehen lassen will? Ich bin schockiert über die Kurzsichtigkeit dieses Beschlusses. Wenn wir wollen, dass es in kürzester Zeit nur mehr Amazon gibt, dann weiter so.", "feedbackEnglish": "I cannot understand how small and medium-sized enterprises should survive in this system? Licences for each individual country within the EU and one representative? How can you afford this if you may send only 5 packages per year to some countries, but also if you do not want to leave your customers in the rain? I am shocked by the short-sightedness of this decision. If we want there to be only Amazon in the shortest possible time, then the same way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553395_en"}, {"id": 33553394, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:06:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das ist faktisch eine Steuer um Arbeiten zu dürfen. Im Vorfeld zu entrichten, ohne Gewähr ob die Leistung vom Markt überhaupt gefordert werden wird. Zugunsten privater Dienstleister. Wettbewerbsrecht war gestern - allein eu-seitig erfundene Beauftragte werden prosperieren, während gleichzeitig der Markt aus dem Rest der Welt geflutet wird. Ohne Beauftragte , ohne Zoll, ohne UST, CE und was es sonst noch alles an Regulierung gibt. Der Sinn von Europa erschließt sich mir nicht mehr. Bürokratiemonster zu Lasten der eigenen, aktiven Bürger war das Ziel, so weit ich mich erinnere, nicht. Mir drängt sich zunehmend der Eindruck eines korrumptiven, dummen und lebensfremden Verwaltungsapparat auf. Man kann viel erreichen und ändern, wenn man die bestehenden Mechanismen überprüft und erfolgreich macht. Eine neue Regel nach der anderen, die man nicht gegenüber aussereuropäischen Marktteilnehmern durchsetzen kann, die lösen diesen Eindruck aus. Nach der Urheberrechtsnovelle (Datamining) der zweite Schlag in meine Existenz. Für finanzielle Vorteile Dritter ausgeführt.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is in fact a tax on work. To be paid upfront without any guarantee that the service will actually be required by the market. For the benefit of private service providers. Competition law was yesterday – EU-invented agents alone will thrive while flooding the market from the rest of the world. Without an authorised representative, without customs, without VAT, CE, and what else is there to regulate. The meaning of Europe is no longer clear to me. Administrative monsters at the expense of their own active citizens, as far as I remember, were not the aim. I increasingly get the impression of a corrupt, dummy and unrealistic administration. A lot can be achieved and changed by reviewing and making successful the existing mechanisms. One new rule after the other, which cannot be imposed on non-European operators, gives rise to this impression. After the copyright amendment (datamining), the second blow to my existence. For financial benefits to third parties.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553394_en"}, {"id": 33553393, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:05:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Oberlandla", "feedback": "Aus einem gemeinsam-europäischen Binnenmarkt, der mal die Ursprungsidee der Europäischen Union war, macht dieses Bürokratiemonster wieder nationale, lokal isolierte Märkte. Faktisch stellen die PPWR-Kosten eine Markteintrittsgebühr dar für jedes einzelne Zielland. Der durch die PPWR verursachte Aufwand (sowohl organisatorischer Zeitaufwand, als auch finanzieller Kostenaufwand), machen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für viele kleine und mittelständische Betriebe unwirtschaftlich. Aus einem geeinten Europa wird dadurch wieder ein separiertes Europa. Zumindest in wirtschaftlicher Hinsicht.", "feedbackEnglish": "From a common European internal market, which was once the original idea of the European Union, this bureaucratic monster turns national, locally isolated markets back into national markets. In fact, the PPWR costs constitute a market entry fee for each individual target country. The costs caused by the PPWR (both organisational time and financial costs) make cross-border trade uneconomic for many small and medium-sized enterprises. This turns a united Europe back into a segregated Europe. At least from an economic point of view.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553393_en"}, {"id": 33553392, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 16:04:21", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "What artist can support such an entry barrier? The majority of artists barely make any money at all, basically, and now the EU wants to introduce a law that will simply price them out of the market, and in the end we'll only be left with big chains. This hurts all of us, and it's contradictory to the single market and the stance of our union, as it will create a lot of fragmentation. We're already seeing major differences with countries like Germany, which only require a small fee, contrasting with countries like Spain, which require registration and the hire of an authorised local representative, which increases operating costs in the hundreds of euros category for Spain alone! Why are you shooting yourselves in the foot this way? Our entire union is standing on the shoulders of a successful, stable, unified single market, and our single market's already more fragmented than it should be. You should know that the compass you published about wanting to make the EU the best place for artists to reside is worth nothing if you don't protect the ways certain artists have to make money. I urge you all to reconsider and/or revise this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "What artist can support such an entry barrier? The majority of artists barely make any money at all, basically, and now the EU wants to introduce a law that will simply price them out of the market, and in the end we'll only be left with big chains. This hurts all of us, and it's contradictory to the single market and the stance of our union, as it will create a lot of fragmentation. We're already seeing major differences with countries like Germany, which only require a small fee, contrasting with countries like Spain, which require registration and the hire of an authorised local representative, which increases operating costs in the hundreds of euros category for Spain alone! Why are you shooting yourselves in the foot this way? Our entire union is standing on the shoulders of a successful, stable, unified single market, and our single market's already more fragmented than it should be. You should know that the compass you published about wanting to make the EU the best place for artists to reside is worth nothing if you don't protect the ways certain artists have to make money. I urge you all to reconsider and/or revise this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553392_en"}, {"id": 33553391, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:54:23", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation borders on the draconian and will kill many micro businesses whilst propping up giants like Amazon and Temu, who can absorb the costs of the epr registration. So, either create exceptions for small businesses or stop classifying the businesses that pack products in boxes as package producers. If I buy a box from my local post office and place a cd in there to ship to a costumer, the post offices box manufacturer should be the package producer, not me, as I dont contribute in the least to the creation of the package. Please review the wording of what a package producer is or create exceptions for micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation borders on the draconian and will kill many micro businesses whilst propping up giants like Amazon and Temu, who can absorb the costs of the epr registration. So, either create exceptions for small businesses or stop classifying the businesses that pack products in boxes as package producers. If I buy a box from my local post office and place a cd in there to ship to a costumer, the post offices box manufacturer should be the package producer, not me, as I dont contribute in the least to the creation of the package. Please review the wording of what a package producer is or create exceptions for micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553391_en"}, {"id": 33553390, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:52:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jennifer Mustermann ", "feedback": "Als kleines Unternehmen mit Fokus auf EU Herstellung und Kreislauffähigkeit ist es wichtig eine Chance auf dem EU Markt zu bekommen. Bevollmächtigte in jedem Land abzustellen und zu bezahlen ist schlichtweg nicht möglich und führt zu unfairen Bedingungen größeren Unternehmen gegenüber, die dadurch einen Wettbewerbsvorteil haben. Lösungen wären zB ab einer bestimmten Menge an Paketen in ein EU Land diese Verordnung Pflicht werden zu lassen. Sodass es sich lohnt und auch kleine Unternehmen es sich leisten können. Außerdem eine Liste an Ansprechpartnern, an die man sich wenden kann um Bevollmächtigte zu finden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business focused on EU manufacturing and circularity, it is important to have an opportunity on the EU market. It is simply not possible to place and pay tied agents in every country, and this leads to unfair conditions for larger companies, which thus have a competitive advantage. Solutions would be, for example, to make this regulation mandatory above a certain amount of parcels to an EU country. This makes it worthwhile and small businesses can also afford it. In addition, a list of contact persons who can be contacted to find authorised representatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553390_en"}, {"id": 33553389, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:48:28", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Let us stop pretending that this is environmental policy and apply some basic logic. A micro-business buys packaging from a manufacturer or distributor. That packaging has already been manufactured and placed on the market. The manufacturer and other actors in the supply chain are already subject to environmental and packaging obligations. The micro-business does not manufacture the cardboard. It does not create new packaging simply by buying an existing box or mailer and using it to ship a product. Yet under the EUs logic, that same micro-business can suddenly become responsible for placing packaging on the market in another Member State requiring another registration, another EPR scheme, another declaration, another fee and potentially another local representative. And then the customer who receives the package is already paying for waste collection and waste management through the system of their own country. So let us ask the question nobody seems particularly interested in answering: How many times is the same packaging supposed to generate a payment? The manufacturer pays. The seller is charged again. The final consumer pays into the waste-management system. And apparently this is still not enough. This is what polluter pays has become: everyone pays, preferably through different systems, in different countries, with different registrations, fees and intermediaries. And then comes the great European promise of the Single Market. Apparently, the Single Market now means that a one-person business can sell a product across an internal EU border but must potentially become an expert in the packaging legislation of 27 different national systems. One market. Twenty-seven bureaucracies. What a spectacular achievement. And here is another uncomfortable question: who is actually represented in the organisations administering and shaping these EPR systems? Take Refashion in France. Refashions own governance information lists major industry players including H&M and Decathlon among its members. In June 2026, Decathlon was also elected to Refashions 13-member Board of Directors. There is nothing inherently wrong with industry participation. But where is the voice of the one-person business? A multinational can employ lawyers, compliance departments, sustainability teams and consultants. Another EPR registration is simply a corporate expense. For a micro-business, another foreign registration, another representative and another annual fee can make selling into that market economically irrational. So when the EU calls these systems proportionate and claims they support the Single Market, proportional to whom? To H&M? To Decathlon? To multinational retailers? Or to the person running a one-person business with no legal department, no compliance officer and no Brussels lobbyist? And please do not answer with the polluter pays. That slogan does not explain why responsibility and costs are repeatedly pushed down the supply chain. It does not explain why already-existing packaging apparently needs to generate another compliance obligation simply because it crossed an EU border. And it certainly does not explain why the smallest operators should carry the administrative burden of fragmented national systems. At some point, the bureaucracy becomes larger than the environmental problem it claims to solve. That is a compliance industry created by regulation and financed disproportionately by those least able to afford it. If the EU genuinely believes in proportionality, introduce a real EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and negligible quantities of packaging. Stop treating a one-person business like a multinational corporation. Because if your environmental solution requires a one-person business to hire intermediaries and navigate foreign EPR systems just to sell a product legally, perhaps the problem is no longer the packaging. Perhaps the problem is the regulation itself.", "feedbackEnglish": "Let us stop pretending that this is environmental policy and apply some basic logic. A micro-business buys packaging from a manufacturer or distributor. That packaging has already been manufactured and placed on the market. The manufacturer and other actors in the supply chain are already subject to environmental and packaging obligations. The micro-business does not manufacture the cardboard. It does not create new packaging simply by buying an existing box or mailer and using it to ship a product. Yet under the EUs logic, that same micro-business can suddenly become responsible for placing packaging on the market in another Member State requiring another registration, another EPR scheme, another declaration, another fee and potentially another local representative. And then the customer who receives the package is already paying for waste collection and waste management through the system of their own country. So let us ask the question nobody seems particularly interested in answering: How many times is the same packaging supposed to generate a payment? The manufacturer pays. The seller is charged again. The final consumer pays into the waste-management system. And apparently this is still not enough. This is what polluter pays has become: everyone pays, preferably through different systems, in different countries, with different registrations, fees and intermediaries. And then comes the great European promise of the Single Market. Apparently, the Single Market now means that a one-person business can sell a product across an internal EU border but must potentially become an expert in the packaging legislation of 27 different national systems. One market. Twenty-seven bureaucracies. What a spectacular achievement. And here is another uncomfortable question: who is actually represented in the organisations administering and shaping these EPR systems? Take Refashion in France. Refashions own governance information lists major industry players including H&M and Decathlon among its members. In June 2026, Decathlon was also elected to Refashions 13-member Board of Directors. There is nothing inherently wrong with industry participation. But where is the voice of the one-person business? A multinational can employ lawyers, compliance departments, sustainability teams and consultants. Another EPR registration is simply a corporate expense. For a micro-business, another foreign registration, another representative and another annual fee can make selling into that market economically irrational. So when the EU calls these systems proportionate and claims they support the Single Market, proportional to whom? To H&M? To Decathlon? To multinational retailers? Or to the person running a one-person business with no legal department, no compliance officer and no Brussels lobbyist? And please do not answer with the polluter pays. That slogan does not explain why responsibility and costs are repeatedly pushed down the supply chain. It does not explain why already-existing packaging apparently needs to generate another compliance obligation simply because it crossed an EU border. And it certainly does not explain why the smallest operators should carry the administrative burden of fragmented national systems. At some point, the bureaucracy becomes larger than the environmental problem it claims to solve. That is a compliance industry created by regulation and financed disproportionately by those least able to afford it. If the EU genuinely believes in proportionality, introduce a real EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and negligible quantities of packaging. Stop treating a one-person business like a multinational corporation. Because if your environmental solution requires a one-person business to hire intermediaries and navigate foreign EPR systems just to sell a product legally, perhaps the problem is no longer the packaging. Perhaps the problem is the regulation itself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553389_en"}, {"id": 33553387, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:47:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Musikalien", "feedback": "Leider für ein kleines Unternehmen wie unseres mit vielleicht 5-10 Paketen je EU Land im Jahr weder finanzierbar noch umsetzbar. Habe über Linzezero mal die Kosten angefragt und wenn ich das Jahr 2025 als Grundlage nehme würde ich bei 9 belieferten EU Ländern ca 3000 jährlich zahlen, ohne den Zusatzaufwand zu kalkulieren. Klar mein Hauptgeschäft ist Deutschland aber ohne die Zusatzverkäufe im EU-Ausland wird es immer schwieriger. In den letzten Jahren sind immer mehr Verordnungen und neue Regeln erlassen worden, die im Verhältnis unfair kleinen Unternehmen gegenüber sind. Wie soll ich wachsen wenn mir schon zu Beginn alle Wege versperrt werden. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen dass dieses Gesetz durch ein Gremium gegangen ist welches alle Schichten des Binnenmarkt besetzt. Fazit: Dieses Gesetz ist für viele Handelstreibende in seiner Umsetzung schlimmer als Corona und die ohnehin aktuell schwierige Lage durch die Ost- und Iran-Krise. Wir schließen nun den Versand in EU Länder aus, wohlwissend, dass wir teilweise der einzige Anbieter mancher Produkte in Europa sind - wo soll das hinführen? MfG Kolja Starkowski", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, a small company like ours, with perhaps 5-10 packages per EU country per year, cannot be funded or implemented. I asked about the costs via Linzezero and, if I used 2025 as a basis, I would pay around 3000 per year for nine EU countries supplied, without calculating the additional costs. It is clear that my main business is Germany, but without the additional sales in other EU countries, it is becoming increasingly difficult. In recent years, more and more regulations and new rules have been adopted which are unfair to small businesses. How should I grow if I am blocked from all paths right from the start? I cannot imagine that this law was passed by a body that filled all layers of the internal market. My conclusion: Its implementation is worse for many traders than the COVID-19 pandemic and the already difficult situation caused by the East and Iran crises. We now exclude shipping to EU countries, knowing that we are sometimes the only supplier of some products in Europe – where is this supposed to be? MFG Kolya Starkowski", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553387_en"}, {"id": 33553388, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:46:36", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Rozszerzona odpowiedzialność producenta powinna realizować prostą zasadę: podmiot wprowadzający opakowania lub produkty na rynek powinien uczestniczyć w kosztach zagospodarowania powstających z nich odpadów. Obecny system coraz bardziej oddala się jednak od tej zasady. Dla mikroprzedsiębiorcy największym kosztem często nie jest rzeczywista opłata związana z ilością wprowadzonych opakowań, lecz sama możliwość spełnienia formalnych wymogów. Rejestracja, obowiązkowe umowy z organizacjami odpowiedzialności producenta, raportowanie, obsługa administracyjna, a w niektórych państwach także płatny autoryzowany przedstawiciel generują setki euro stałych kosztów niezależnie od skali sprzedaży. Może więc dojść do sytuacji, w której firma sprzeda w danym państwie produkty zawierające kilka kilogramów opakowań, a koszt formalnej obsługi EPR będzie wielokrotnie wyższy od kosztu ich rzeczywistego zagospodarowania. Trudno uznać taki mechanizm za proporcjonalny instrument ochrony środowiska. System tworzy jednocześnie popyt na obowiązkowe usługi organizacji EPR, przedstawicieli i wyspecjalizowanych firm compliance. W efekcie znaczna część wydatków małego przedsiębiorcy może finansować nie recykling, lecz administrację stworzoną wokół obowiązku recyklingowego. Szczególnie problematyczne jest mnożenie tych samych obowiązków w każdym państwie UE oraz dla kolejnych kategorii, takich jak opakowania, elektronika czy baterie. Ochrona środowiska nie staje się skuteczniejsza tylko dlatego, że przedsiębiorca musi wielokrotnie przekazywać podobne dane do różnych systemów. PPWR powinno być okazją do zmiany tego modelu. Dla mikroprzedsiębiorstw potrzebny jest wysoki próg zwolnienia lub maksymalnie uproszczone rozliczenie zależne od faktycznej ilości wprowadzonych produktów i opakowań. Docelowo jeden europejski system powinien umożliwiać zgłoszenie danych i wniesienie należnych opłat, a następnie automatycznie rozdzielać je pomiędzy państwa członkowskie. Skuteczność polityki środowiskowej należy mierzyć ilością ograniczonych i zagospodarowanych odpadów, a nie liczbą rejestracji, formularzy, pośredników i opłat administracyjnych, które przedsiębiorca musi obsłużyć.", "feedbackEnglish": "Extended Producer Responsibility should follow a simple principle: the operator placing packaging or products on the market should contribute to the costs of managing the resulting waste. However, the current system is moving further away from this principle. For micro-entrepreneurs, the greatest cost is often not the actual charge related to the amount of packaging put in, but the mere possibility of complying with formal requirements. Registration, mandatory contracts with producer responsibility organisations, reporting, administration and, in some countries, a paying authorised representative generate hundreds of euros of fixed costs regardless of the scale of sales. There may therefore be a situation where a company sells products containing several kilograms of packaging in a given country and the cost of formal handling of EPR is many times higher than the cost of actual handling. Such a mechanism can hardly be regarded as a proportionate instrument for the protection of the environment. At the same time, the system creates demand for the mandatory services of EPR organisations, agents and specialised compliance companies. As a result, a significant part of the expenditure of a small entrepreneur may not finance recycling, but the administration created around the recycling obligation. It is particularly problematic to multiply the same obligations in each EU country and for further categories such as packaging, electronics or batteries. Environmental protection does not become more effective simply because the trader has to provide similar data to different systems on several occasions. The PPWR should be an opportunity to change this model. A high exemption threshold or a maximum simplified settlement depending on the actual quantity of products and packaging introduced is needed for micro-enterprises. Ultimately, a single European system should make it possible to report the data and pay the fees due and then distribute them automatically among the Member States. The effectiveness of environmental policy should be measured by the amount of limited and managed waste, not by the number of registrations, forms, intermediaries and administrative fees that the trader has to handle.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553388_en"}, {"id": 33553385, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:45:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Enchanted by Ayree", "feedback": "Als Inhaberin eines kleinen Ein-Personen-Unternehmens unterstütze ich ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die tatsächlich entstehenden Entsorgungskosten verursachergerecht zu finanzieren. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung stellt Kleinstunternehmen, Kunsthandwerker und kleine Onlinehändler jedoch vor unverhältnismäßige Belastungen. Wer nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr in verschiedene EU-Mitgliedstaaten verschickt, muss sich dennoch mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern, Systembeteiligungen, Gebühren, Meldezeiträumen und teilweise zusätzlichen Bevollmächtigten auseinandersetzen. Dabei stehen die tatsächlichen Verpackungsmengen kleiner Betriebe häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den Registrierungs-, Verwaltungs- und Dienstleistungskosten. Besonders problematisch ist, dass keine europaweit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze besteht. Schon eine einzelne Sendung kann Verpflichtungen auslösen, deren Kosten den Wert der versandten Ware deutlich übersteigen. Für Ein-Personen-Unternehmen ist nicht nur die finanzielle Belastung entscheidend. Auch der Zeitaufwand für Recherche, Registrierung, Mengenschätzung, Dokumentation und Meldungen in mehreren nationalen Systemen ist kaum zu bewältigen. Kleine Händler können diese Aufgaben nicht an eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen delegieren. In der Praxis führt dies dazu, dass viele den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen. Damit wird der europäische Binnenmarkt gerade für kleine und kreative Unternehmen faktisch eingeschränkt. Ich bitte daher um eine wirklich zentrale und verbindliche europäische Lösung: ein einziges EU-Register mit einer einheitlichen Registrierung, Meldung und Abrechnung für alle Mitgliedstaaten. Kleinstunternehmen sollten ihre tatsächlich versandten Verpackungsmengen nachträglich melden können und darauf basierend eine transparente Rechnung erhalten, anstatt Mengen im Voraus für jedes Land einzeln schätzen und lizenzieren zu müssen. Zusätzlich sollte eine angemessene EU-weite Bagatellgrenze oder zumindest ein stark vereinfachtes Verfahren mit verhältnismäßigen Mindestgebühren für Kleinstmengen geschaffen werden. Umweltschutz und Herstellerverantwortung sind wichtig. Die Umsetzung muss jedoch nach Unternehmensgröße und tatsächlicher Verpackungsmenge verhältnismäßig sein, damit nachhaltige Regulierung nicht unbeabsichtigt kleine Unternehmen vom europäischen Markt verdrängt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Yvonne Bertelsbeck aus Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small one-person company, I expressly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and financing the actual disposal costs in a polluter-pays-friendly manner. However, the current design of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) places disproportionate burdens on micro-enterprises, artisans and small online traders. Those who send only a few consignments per year to different EU Member States still have to deal with different national registers, system participations, fees, reporting periods and, in some cases, additional authorised representatives. The actual packaging volumes of small establishments are often disproportionate to the registration, administrative and service costs. It is particularly problematic that there is no single de minimis threshold across Europe. A single consignment may trigger obligations whose cost significantly exceeds the value of the goods shipped. For one-person companies, it is not only the financial burden that matters. It is also difficult to manage the time spent on searching, registering, estimating quantities, documenting and reporting in several national systems. Small traders cannot delegate these tasks to their own legal or compliance departments. In practice, this means that many have to stop shipping to other EU countries. This effectively restricts the European single market, especially for small and creative businesses. I would therefore ask for a truly central and binding European solution: a single EU register with a single registration, notification and settlement for all Member States. Micro-enterprises should be able to report their actual quantities of packaging shipped ex-post and receive a transparent invoice based on this, instead of having to estimate and license quantities in advance for each country individually. In addition, an appropriate EU-wide de minimis threshold, or at least a very simplified procedure with proportionate minimum fees for micro-quantities, should be established. Environmental protection and producer responsibility are important. However, implementation must be proportionate to the size of the company and the actual amount of packaging, so that sustainable regulation does not unintentionally drive small businesses out of the European market. Yours sincerely Yvonne Bertelsbeck from Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553385_en"}, {"id": 33553384, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:44:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kunsthandwerkerin ", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr ca 20-30 Pakete in 4-5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei unter 1500,- Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte NUR für diese 5 Länder müsste ich voraussichtlich 4.800 Euro pro Jahr bezahlen. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz so massive übersteigen würden, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder leider komplett einstellen müssen. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Das sorgt dafür, das ich und andere kleine Unternehmen ihre Selbstständigkeit sogar aufgeben müssen. Es ist in der heutigen Zeit auch so schon schwer genug, Menschen für das eigene Produkt zu begeistern und gesehen zu werden. Dies erschwert es nur den kleinen Händlern und macht die großen Konzerne noch reicher. Ich bitte sie von Herzen, dies nicht zu zu lassen!", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send around 20-30 parcels a year to 4-5 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is less than EUR 1500. For registration and plenipotentiary ONLY for these 5 countries, I would probably have to pay EUR 4800 per year. Because the fixed costs would exceed my foreign turnover so massively, I have unfortunately had to stop shipping to other EU countries altogether. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. This means that I and other small businesses will even have to give up their self-employment. It is also so difficult in today’s world to attract and see people for their own product. This makes it difficult only for small traders and makes the large groups even richer. I urge her not to let this happen!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553384_en"}, {"id": 33553383, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:39:07", "country": "LUX", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "2day Sarl", "feedback": "Feedback zur EU Verpackungsverordnung PPWR aus der Sicht eines kleinen Onlinehändlers Seit dem 12. August 2026 gilt die neue EU Verpackungsverordnung PPWR unmittelbar in allen Mitgliedstaaten. Mit diesem Schreiben möchte ich als Betreiberin eines kleinen Onlineshops meine Rückmeldung zu dieser Verordnung geben, weil sie in der Praxis genau die Betriebe hart trifft, die eigentlich am wenigsten zum Verpackungsmüll beitragen. Das Ziel der Verordnung kann ich voll nachvollziehen. Weniger Verpackungsmüll, bessere Recyclingfähigkeit und mehr Wiederverwendung sind Ziele, die auch mir persönlich wichtig sind und die ich in meinem eigenen Geschäft schon lange mitdenke. Mir ist auch bewusst, dass es schon länger die Möglichkeit gab, sich auf diese Umstellung vorzubereiten. Das Problem liegt daher nicht im Ziel der Verordnung, sondern in der konkreten Umsetzung und darin, wen sie am Ende wirklich trifft. Ich lebe in einer Grenzregion und verkaufe von hier aus nach Luxembourg selber, nach Deutschland, in die Niederlande, nach Belgien und nach Frankreich. Genau das war bisher einer der großen Vorteile des freien Binnenmarkts. Durch die PPWR ist dieser grenznahe Verkauf jetzt faktisch nicht mehr möglich, weil ich für jedes einzelne dieser Länder einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten vor Ort benennen müsste, sofern ich dort keine eigene Niederlassung habe. Es gibt dafür keine Mindestmenge. Die Pflicht greift bereits beim Versand eines einzigen Pakets. Rein finanziell betrachtet ist das für einen kleinen Onlineshop der Todesstoß. Ein Bevollmächtigter kostet je nach Land mehrere hundert Euro pro Jahr. Wenn ich weiterhin in meine direkten Nachbarländer verkaufen möchte, addieren sich diese Kosten sofort auf mehrere tausend Euro im Jahr, obwohl ich pro Land oft nur wenige Pakete im Jahr verschicke. Dazu kommen die Kosten für technische Dokumentation, Konformitätserklärungen und die Kennzeichnung der Verpackung selbst. In keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umsatz eines kleinen Betriebs. Das Ergebnis ist paradox. Große Konzerne wie Amazon können diese Kosten problemlos auf tausende Bestellungen verteilen und ihre bestehende Infrastruktur nutzen. Kleine Händlerinnen und Händler wie ich müssen dieselben Pflichten erfüllen, obwohl wir nur einen winzigen Bruchteil des Verpackungsmülls verursachen. Am Ende bleibt vielen von uns nur die Wahl, den Versand in die Nachbarländer ganz einzustellen. Der freie Binnenmarkt, der eigentlich ein Kernversprechen der EU ist, wird für kleine Unternehmen faktisch abgeschafft, während er für große Player weiterhin offen bleibt. Ich bitte die zuständigen Stellen, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinst und Kleinunternehmen einzuführen, wie sie in einigen Ländern bereits vorher existierte. Eine zentrale, EU weite Registrierung statt eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten pro Land würde die Bürokratie deutlich reduzieren, ohne die eigentlichen Umweltziele der Verordnung aufzugeben. So wie die PPWR aktuell umgesetzt wird, trifft sie vor allem die Falschen und gefährdet die Existenz genau der kleinen, oft sehr nachhaltig arbeitenden Betriebe, die sie eigentlich mitnehmen sollte.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the EU Packaging Regulation PPWR from the perspective of a small online trader Since 12 August 2026, the new EU Packaging Regulation PPWR applies directly in all Member States. With this letter, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to give my feedback on this Regulation because, in practice, it hits precisely those businesses that actually contribute the least to packaging waste. I fully understand the objective of the Regulation. Reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and increasing reuse are objectives that are also important to me personally and which I have been thinking about for a long time in my own business. I am also aware that there has long been an opportunity to prepare for this change. The problem is therefore not the aim of the Regulation, but its actual implementation and who actually hits it in the end. I live in a border region and sell from there to Luxembourg myself, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. This has been one of the great benefits of the free single market so far. As a result of the PPWR, this close-to-border sale is now de facto no longer possible, because I would have to appoint a local authorised representative for each of these countries, unless I have my own branch there. There is no minimum quantity for this. The obligation already applies when a single parcel is sent. From a purely financial point of view, this is the fatality of a small online shop. An authorised representative costs several hundred euros per year, depending on the country. If I want to continue selling to my immediate neighbours, these costs immediately add up to several thousand euros per year, although I often send only a few parcels per country per year. There are also the costs of technical documentation, declarations of conformity and the labelling of the packaging itself. Disproportionate to the actual turnover of a small holding. The result is paradoxical. Large corporations such as Amazon can easily spread these costs over thousands of orders and use their existing infrastructure. Small traders like me have to fulfil the same obligations, even though we generate only a tiny fraction of packaging waste. In the end, many of us have no choice but to stop shipping to neighbouring countries altogether. The free single market, which is in fact a core promise of the EU, is de facto abolished for small businesses, while it remains open to large players. I would ask the competent authorities, when further developing the PPWR, to introduce a de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, as was already the case in some Länder. A centralised, EU-wide registration instead of a separate representative per country would significantly reduce bureaucracy without abandoning the actual environmental objectives of the Regulation. Just as the PPWR is currently being implemented, it hits the wrongs first and puts at risk the very existence of the small, often very sustainable, farms that it was supposed to take with it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553383_en"}, {"id": 33553382, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:37:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schäfereigenossenschaft Finkhof eG", "feedback": "Wir unterstützen grundsätzlich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung der Anforderungen stellt kleine und mittlere Versandhändler jedoch vor erhebliche praktische und finanzielle Probleme. Wir versenden als deutsches Unternehmen seit vielen Jahren direkt an Kundinnen und Kunden in nahezu alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Durch die neuen Anforderungen entstehen nun in zahlreichen Ländern zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Vertretungspflichten. Für jedes einzelne Zielland müssen unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren geprüft, Dienstleister beauftragt und laufende Kosten getragen werden. Wie erheblich diese Belastung werden kann, zeigt ein konkretes Angebot, das uns von einem deutschen Recycling- und Compliance-Dienstleister vorliegt: Für die EPR-Registrierung für Verpackungen in EU-Ländern werden 1.050 Euro pro Land und Jahr berechnet. Bei einem Versand in nahezu alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten können allein für diese Dienstleistung Kosten von mehreren Zehntausend Euro jährlich entstehen zusätzlich zu Lizenzierungsgebühren, Systembeteiligungen und unserem internen Verwaltungsaufwand. Gerade bei Ländern, in die wir nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr versenden, steht dieser Aufwand in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Versandvolumen. Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen wird der grenzüberschreitende Versand dadurch wirtschaftlich teilweise kaum noch sinnvoll darstellbar. Die Konsequenz ist bei uns bereits konkret: Wir haben den Versand an Privatkunden in andere EU-Länder derzeit vollständig eingestellt, bis die rechtlichen und organisatorischen Voraussetzungen geklärt und umgesetzt sind. Damit verlieren nicht nur wir als Händler Umsatz und Kunden. Auch Verbraucher innerhalb der EU können unser Sortiment derzeit nicht mehr bestellen. Aus unserer Sicht braucht es deshalb dringend eine stärker harmonisierte, zentrale und verhältnismäßige Lösung. Eine einheitliche EU-Registrierung oder zumindest ein zentraler Ansprechpartner für mehrere Mitgliedstaaten würde den Verwaltungsaufwand erheblich reduzieren. Ebenso sollten vereinfachte Verfahren oder angemessene Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Versandmengen vorgesehen werden. Ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern, ohne dafür in nahezu jedem Land eigene kostenintensive Verwaltungsstrukturen aufbauen zu müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, we support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers more accountable. However, the current design of the requirements poses significant practical and financial problems for small and medium-sized distance sellers. As a German company, we have been sending directly to customers in almost all EU Member States for many years. The new requirements now create additional registration, reporting and representation obligations in many countries. For each country of destination, different national procedures have to be examined, service providers have to be contracted and running costs have to be borne. A concrete offer from a German recycling and compliance service provider shows how much this burden can become: For EPR registration for packaging in EU countries, EUR 1050 is charged per country per year. Shipping to almost all EU Member States alone can cost tens of thousands of euros per year for this service, in addition to licensing fees, system contributions and our internal administrative burden. Especially in countries where we send only a few orders per year, this effort is disproportionate to the actual volume of mailings. For small and medium-sized enterprises, cross-border shipping is therefore, in some cases, hardly feasible from an economic point of view. The consequence is already concrete in our case: We have now completely stopped shipping to private customers in other EU countries until the legal and organisational conditions are clarified and implemented. This means not only that we, as traders, lose sales and customers. Consumers within the EU are no longer able to order our product range. In our view, therefore, there is an urgent need for a more harmonised, central and proportionate solution. A single EU registration or at least a single point of contact for several Member States would significantly reduce the administrative burden. Similarly, simplified procedures or appropriate de minimis thresholds for small consignments should be provided for. A single European market should also allow small and medium-sized enterprises to supply customers in other Member States without having to set up their own costly administrative structures in almost every country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553382_en"}, {"id": 33553381, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:37:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der Europäischen Kommission, ich führe ein kleines, auf seltene und wissenschaftliche Bücher spezialisiertes Antiquariat in München, das wie viele andere Buchhandlungen aufgrund der Digitalisierung und Internationalisierung des Marktes die meisten Bücher über den Versandhandel verkauft. Die am 12. August in Kraft tretende Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) und die darin geplanten Maßnahmen zur erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) bedrohen massiv die Existenz der Antiquariate und vieler anderer kleiner Händler in Europa! Auch wenn die Idee den Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und nachhaltiger zu werden grundsätzlich gut und richtig ist, wird es für viele kleine Unternehmen gänzlich unrentabel noch ins europäische Ausland zu verschicken wo ja gerade die Idee eines freien Binnenmarktes der Ursprung der Europäischen Union war und in Zukunft auch sein sollte! Allein die Registrierung in jedem auch nur potenziellen Versandland, die dafür anfallenden Gebühren, die Abgaben für die Beteiligung am Entsorgungssystem sowie die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten vor Ort führen pro Land zu Mehrkosten von 75,- bis 300,- Euro und das bei kaum höheren Umsätzen in diesen Ländern. Für große Versandunternehmen für die Nachhaltigkeit meist ein Fremdwort ist sind das vernachlässigbare Beträge, für kleine Unternehmen aber existenzielle Kosten! Wir tragen als Antiquariate und Buchhandlungen maßgeblich dazu bei, das Buch als europäisches Kulturgut ersten Ranges zu erhalten und Wissen im KI-Zeitalter weiterhin für alle frei zugänglich zu machen und möchten dies auch gerne weiterhin tun. Ebenso stehen wir in besonderem Maße für Nachhaltigkeit und Ressourcenschonung, da wir Bücher wieder in den Verkehr bringen, die schon vor langer Zeit gedruckt wurden. Die aktuelle Verpackungsverordnung muss dringend überarbeitet und auch an die Bedürfnisse der unzähligen kleinen Händler in Europa angepasst werden. Es braucht jetzt ein faires, europaweit einheitliches Lizenz- und Registrierungssystem für die Entsorgung von Verpackungen sowie eine Bagatellgrenze für kleine Unternehmen, die pro Jahr in die meisten europäischen Länder nur wenige Sendungen mit wenigen Kilo meist aus Recyclingmaterial produziertem Verpackungsmaterial verschicken!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen of the European Commission, I have a small antiquaria specialising in rare and scientific books in Munich, which, like many other bookshops, sells most books via mail order as a result of the digitisation and internationalisation of the market. The Packaging Regulation (PPWR), which will enter into force on 12 August, and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) measures it envisages, pose a massive threat to the existence of antiquariates and many other small traders in Europe! Although the idea of reducing packaging waste and making it more sustainable is fundamentally good and right, it will be completely unprofitable for many small businesses to send it abroad in Europe, where the very idea of a free internal market was and should be the origin of the European Union! Only registration in each country of dispatch, even potential, the associated fees, the fees for participation in the disposal system and the appointment of a local agent lead to additional costs of between EUR 75 and EUR 300 per country, with little increase in turnover in these countries. For large shipping companies, sustainability is mostly a foreign word, this is negligible amounts, but for small businesses it is an existential cost! As antiquariates and bookshops, we play an important role in preserving the book as a first-class European cultural good and continuing to make knowledge freely accessible to all in the AI era, and would like to continue to do so. We are also particularly committed to sustainability and resource conservation, as we put back on the market books that were printed a long time ago. The current Packaging Regulation urgently needs to be revised and also adapted to the needs of the myriad small traders in Europe. There is now a need for a fair, Europe-wide uniform licensing and registration system for the disposal of packaging, as well as a de minimis threshold for small businesses, which send only a few consignments per year to most European countries with a few kilograms of packaging material, mostly made from recycled materials!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553381_en"}, {"id": 33553380, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:36:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das Ziel soll laut Gesetz eine Vereinheitlichung sein, dass Ergebnis ist jedoch das Gegenteil: Jedes noch so kleine Gewerbe braucht in jedem einzelnen Land einen Ansprechpartner - unabhängig davon, ob es eins oder 1000 Pakete pro Jahr in dieses Land verschickt. Die Folge ist bereits jetzt, dass viele Kleinstunternehmen überhaupt nicht mehr innerhalb der EU verschicken - weltweit jedoch schon, weil Kosten und Reglementierungen aktuell mehr oder weniger überall übersichtlicher sind als innerhalb der EU - ein krasser Kontrast zum gerne verkündeten europäischen Gedanken. Ich bin grundsätzlich ein großer Anhänger des europäischen Gedankens, aber Ausformungen wie diese sorgen dafür, dass das Argumentieren Pro-EU immer schwerer fällt. Der Eindruck, der hier entsteht, ist der, dass Großverdienern à la Amazon oder Temu die Konkurrenten ausgeschaltet werden sollen, und das weite Teile der EU-Bürokratie das mittragen, weil sie keinerlei Bezug zur einfachen Bevölkerung haben. Das ist ein alarmierendes Signal.", "feedbackEnglish": "The aim, according to the law, is to achieve uniformity, but the result is the opposite: Every small business, however small, needs a contact person in each country – regardless of whether it sends one or 1000 parcels per year to that country. The result is already that many micro-enterprises no longer send out anywhere in the EU – but worldwide because costs and regulations are currently more or less clear everywhere than within the EU – a stark contrast to the European idea that has been proclaimed. In principle, I am a great supporter of the European idea, but forms such as these make Pro-EU increasingly difficult to argue. The impression here is that large-income earners, à la Amazon or Temu, are to be cut off from competitors, and much of the EU bureaucracy supports this because they have no connection with the ordinary population. This is an alarming signal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553380_en"}, {"id": 33553373, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:35:48", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation contradicts the principles upon which the European Union was founded. As an artisan and a consumer, I am witnessing with disappointment what appears to be the end of the single market. This new regulation will mean the closure of most small businesses that cannot compete with large multinationals, for whom this tax will be a negligible expense. However, for those who send only four or five packages a year, it makes it impossible to pay. I hope for a correction that demonstrates that the government is acting in the best interests of all European citizens and not to further favor the monopoly of a few.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation contradicts the principles upon which the European Union was founded. As an artisan and a consumer, I am witnessing with disappointment what appears to be the end of the single market. This new regulation will mean the closure of most small businesses that cannot compete with large multinationals, for whom this tax will be a negligible expense. However, for those who send only four or five packages a year, it makes it impossible to pay. I hope for a correction that demonstrates that the government is acting in the best interests of all European citizens and not to further favor the monopoly of a few.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553373_en"}, {"id": 33553372, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:35:11", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jako mikroprzedsiębiorca prowadzący transgraniczny e-commerce popieram cele środowiskowe PPWR. Jednak obecny model EPR tworzy nieproporcjonalną barierę administracyjną i finansową dla małych przedsiębiorstw działających na jednolitym rynku UE. Współczesne platformy internetowe radykalnie obniżyły koszty wejścia na inne rynki UE. Dzisiaj przedsiębiorstwo z jednego państwa może łatwo docierać do konsumentów w całej UE bez fizycznych sieci dystrybucji w każdym kraju. Paradoksalnie, podczas gdy technologia usunęła te bariery, rozdrobniony system EPR ponownie tworzy granice krajowe poprzez regulacje. Mały sprzedawca chcący obsługiwać klientów w całej Unii Europejskiej jest zmuszony do korzystania z licznych krajowych rejestrów, organizacji odpowiedzialności producenta, systemów raportowania, procedur oraz, w niektórych państwach, autoryzowanych przedstawicieli. Obowiązki te dodatkowo się mnożą w przypadku opakowań, elektroniki i baterii. W praktyce rejestracja i obsługa compliance mogą kosztować około 500-1000 EUR rocznie na jeden kraj. Przy koszcie 1000 EUR na państwo działalność we wszystkich 27 krajach UE oznaczałaby 27 000 EUR rocznie, jeszcze przed uwzględnieniem innych kategorii EPR oraz wewnętrznych kosztów zbierania danych i sporządzania wielu raportów krajowych. Duże korporacje posiadające wyspecjalizowane działy compliance mogą takie koszty udźwignąć, ale dla mikroprzedsiębiorstw mogą one uczynić handel transgraniczny ekonomicznie nieopłacalnym. Skutki ponoszą nie tylko przedsiębiorcy, lecz również konsumenci. Mali sprzedawcy są skłaniani do wycofywania się z mniejszych rynków lub ograniczania dostaw transgranicznych. Konsumenci tracą dostęp do sprzedawców z innych państw, szerszego asortymentu oraz większej konkurencji cenowej. Jednolity rynek, na którym tylko duże firmy mogą pozwolić sobie na regulacyjne koszty sprzedaży w całej UE, nie jest prawdziwym jednolitym rynkiem. Dlatego należy rozważyć bezwarunkowe zwolnienie dla mikroprzedsiębiorstw poniżej odpowiedniego progu obrotów w UE oraz znacznie uproszczony system EPR w całym ugrupowaniu integracyjnym. Co ważniejsze, Unia Europejska powinna stworzyć rzeczywisty EPR One Stop Shop, na wzór skutecznego systemu VAT OSS. Producent powinien rejestrować się jeden raz, otrzymywać jeden europejski numer EPR, składać jedno ujednolicone sprawozdanie i uiszczać odpowiednie opłaty środowiskowe poprzez jeden portal. System mógłby następnie rozdzielać dane i opłaty pomiędzy państwa członkowskie. Nieproporcjonalne jest również wymaganie od przedsiębiorstwa mającego siedzibę w UE ustanawiania odrębnych autoryzowanych przedstawicieli w innych państwach członkowskich tylko dlatego, że sprzedaje tam towary konsumentom. Firma legalnie działająca w Polsce, Francji czy innym państwie członkowskim jest przedsiębiorstwem funkcjonującym w ramach tego samego ugrupowania integracyjnego i tego samego jednolitego rynku. Odpowiedzialność środowiskowa jest uzasadnionym celem, ale obowiązki muszą pozostać proporcjonalne. Unia Europejska nie powinna zastępować granic usuniętych przez jednolity rynek i handel cyfrowy nowymi granicami administracyjnymi. Wdrożenie PPWR powinno oznaczać jedną rejestrację, jeden europejski numer EPR, jeden portal raportowy i rzeczywiście uproszczone obowiązki dla mikroprzedsiębiorstw. Jako osobie, której szczególnie zależy na tworzeniu w Unii Europejskiej warunków sprzyjających rozwojowi mikroprzedsiębiorstw i rzeczywistemu funkcjonowaniu jednolitego rynku, zależy mi również na zwróceniu uwagi osób odpowiedzialnych za kształtowanie tych regulacji na ich praktyczne konsekwencje. W razie potrzeby chętnie przedstawię dodatkowe informacje wynikające z mojego doświadczenia w transgranicznym handlu elektronicznym, w tym rzeczywiste koszty rejestracji i obsługi systemów EPR w poszczególnych państwach członkowskich, nakład pracy związany z obowiązkami sprawozdawczymi oraz wpływ tych wymogów na decyzje małych przedsiębiorstw dotyczące wejścia na poszczególne rynki UE.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur operating cross-border e-commerce, I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, the current EPR model creates a disproportionate administrative and financial barrier for small businesses operating in the EU single market. Modern online platforms have drastically reduced the cost of entering other EU markets. Today, a company from one country can easily reach consumers across the EU without physical distribution networks in any country. Paradoxically, while technology has removed these barriers, the fragmented EPR system re-establishes national borders through regulation. A small seller willing to serve customers across the European Union is forced to use numerous national registers, producer responsibility organisations, reporting systems, procedures and, in some countries, authorised representatives. These obligations are further multiplied for packaging, electronics and batteries. In practice, registration and compliance can cost around EUR 500-1 000 per year and per country. At a cost of EUR 1000 per country, operating in all 27 EU countries would mean EUR 27000 per year, before including other EPR categories and internal costs of data collection and many country reports. Large corporations with specialised compliance departments can bear such costs, but they can make cross-border trade economically unviable for micro-enterprises. The impact is not only on businesses but also on consumers. Small sellers are tempted to exit smaller markets or limit cross-border supply. Consumers are losing access to sellers from other countries, a wider range of products and greater price competition. A single market where only large companies can afford regulatory selling costs across the EU is not a true single market. Therefore, an unconditional exemption for micro-enterprises below the relevant EU turnover threshold and a significantly simplified EPR regime across the integration group should be considered. More importantly, the European Union should create a genuine EPR One Stop Shop, similar to the efficient VAT OSS system. The manufacturer should register once, receive a single European EPR number, submit a single consolidated report and pay the relevant environmental fees through a single portal. The system could then distribute the data and fees among the Member States. It is also disproportionate to require an undertaking established in the EU to establish separate authorised representatives in other Member States simply because it sells goods there to consumers. A company legally operating in Poland, France or another Member State is a company operating within the same integration group and the same single market. Environmental liability is a legitimate objective, but obligations must remain proportionate. The European Union should not replace the borders removed by the single market and digital trade with new administrative borders. The implementation of the PPWR should mean a single registration, a single European EPR number, a single reporting portal and genuinely simplified obligations for micro-enterprises. As a person with a particular interest in creating an environment conducive to the development of micro-enterprises in the European Union and the effective functioning of the single market, I also want to draw the attention of those responsible for shaping these regulations to their practical consequences. If necessary, I would be happy to provide additional information based on my experience in cross-border e-commerce, including the actual costs of registering and operating EPR systems in individual Member States, the workload related to reporting obligations and the impact of these requirements on small businesses’ decisions to enter individual EU markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553372_en"}, {"id": 33553371, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:31:30", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I think this being aimed at large corporations and companies is good, it seems to be killing the idea of a single market for small and micro businesses. Entities like that should not be expected to register and pay a fee in every country they ship to. Imagine being a one-person company, just selling trinkets, or artworks, or anything specialised, sending maybe one or two packages a week to a neighbouring country within the EU - this just killed that market for them, because being expected to find a representative and pay the fee is simply speaking ridiculous. Good intentions for the law, absolutely terrible execution.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I think this being aimed at large corporations and companies is good, it seems to be killing the idea of a single market for small and micro businesses. Entities like that should not be expected to register and pay a fee in every country they ship to. Imagine being a one-person company, just selling trinkets, or artworks, or anything specialised, sending maybe one or two packages a week to a neighbouring country within the EU - this just killed that market for them, because being expected to find a representative and pay the fee is simply speaking ridiculous. Good intentions for the law, absolutely terrible execution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553371_en"}, {"id": 33553370, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:30:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Als kleiner Händler und Betreiber eines Online-Shops stelle ich mir zunehmend die Frage, wie viel bürokratische Last ein kleiner Betrieb tatsächlich noch bewältigen kann. Wurde diese neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung jemals aus der Perspektive von Handwerksbetrieben, Händlers oder Online-Shops betrachtet? Unternehmen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung? Ich stelle nicht infrage, dass Umwelt- und Recyclingziele von großer Bedeutung sind, allerdings müssten Regelungen auch verständlich, verhältnismäßig und praktisch umsetzbar sein. Das neue Gesetz steht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Nutzen, es besteht grundlegender Handlungsbedarf.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small trader and operator of an online shop, I am increasingly wondering how much bureaucratic burden a small business can actually still cope with. Has this new EU Packaging Regulation ever been viewed from the perspective of craft businesses, traders or online shops? Companies without their own legal department? I do not question the importance of environmental and recycling targets, but rules must also be understandable, proportionate and practically implementable. The new law is disproportionate to the actual benefits and fundamental action is needed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553370_en"}, {"id": 33553369, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:30:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In todays world, small businesses and independent artists are struggling enough as it is, why impede their chances for reaching their European customers? Making it harder for independent businesses and artists to ship their work within the EU seems to counter exactly what the EU was designed for.", "feedbackEnglish": "In todays world, small businesses and independent artists are struggling enough as it is, why impede their chances for reaching their European customers? Making it harder for independent businesses and artists to ship their work within the EU seems to counter exactly what the EU was designed for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553369_en"}, {"id": 33553285, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:25:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Beverly Smart", "feedback": "This new ruling will mean I will have to discontinue selling to any country outside my own (France). In 2025 I sold 3623 of goods to EU countries. The new expense and extra time involved in managing this new ruling makes it a loss making exercise for me, a micro business. It's crazy that the same ruling is applied to small businesses as to huge ones like Amazon and Shein.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new ruling will mean I will have to discontinue selling to any country outside my own (France). In 2025 I sold 3623 of goods to EU countries. The new expense and extra time involved in managing this new ruling makes it a loss making exercise for me, a micro business. It's crazy that the same ruling is applied to small businesses as to huge ones like Amazon and Shein.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553285_en"}, {"id": 33553228, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:23:19", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please take in consideration small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "Please take in consideration small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553228_en"}, {"id": 33553197, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:22:04", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "con la presente desidero esprimere una profonda preoccupazione e un netto dissenso riguardo all'attuazione del Regolamento (UE) 2025/40, che impone obblighi EPR e di conformità documentale indiscriminati, indipendentemente dalla scala operativa del merchant. In quanto titolare di una micro-impresa e-commerce, operante nel settore della vendita di minuteria e collezionismo, mi vedo costretto a sottolineare come questa normativa rischi di paralizzare, se non di decretare la chiusura, di migliaia di piccole realtà europee, già quotidianamente in difficoltà nel competere con colossi multinazionali dotati di reparti legali e logistici strutturati. Le motivazioni che rendono tale impianto normativo inapplicabile e iniquo sono le seguenti: 1. Disparità competitiva: Imporre alle micro-imprese i medesimi oneri burocratici di una multinazionale significa ignorare la realtà economica. Una piccola attività non può sostenere i costi fissi e i tempi di gestione di una conformità così complessa; tale normativa finisce paradossalmente per favorire i grandi gruppi, che hanno la capacità di assorbire i costi, eliminando dal mercato i piccoli operatori indipendenti. 2. Frammentazione burocratica (L'impossibilità di 29 registrazioni): È inaccettabile che, in un mercato unico europeo, un operatore debba affrontare 29 registrazioni EPR diverse, con 29 regimi tariffari e burocratici differenti. La mancanza di uno sportello unico europeo per la compliance rende di fatto impossibile lattività transfrontaliera per chi non dispone di una struttura dedicata. 3. Assenza di gradualità e comunicazione: L'impatto di tali obblighi appresi da molti operatori solo a ridosso dell'entrata in vigore dimostra una carenza gravissima nella comunicazione e nella pianificazione. Non è possibile imporre regole di tale portata senza prevedere un adeguato periodo di transizione, né un supporto concreto per i piccoli operatori. Si è scelto di creare regole estremamente complesse senza aver prima predisposto una struttura europea semplificata per facilitarne l'adempimento. Si richiede, pertanto, una revisione urgente che preveda: Soglie di esenzione o regimi semplificati per le micro-imprese che operano con volumi ridotti. Listituzione di un portale di registrazione unico a livello UE, che permetta di assolvere agli obblighi EPR senza dover interagire con 29 enti nazionali distinti. Un periodo di moratoria per consentire alle piccole imprese di adeguarsi, evitando che la conformità diventi un barriera all'ingresso che uccide l'imprenditoria indipendente. La trasparenza ambientale non può essere costruita sulle ceneri delle piccole imprese europee. Chiediamo una normativa che sia figlia di una conoscenza reale dei processi lavorativi quotidiani e non solo di astratti principi burocratici. Cordiali saluti,", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my deep concern and disagreement with the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, which imposes indiscriminate EPR and document compliance obligations, regardless of the merchant’s operating scale. As owner of a micro-e-commerce business operating in the retail and collection sector, I feel compelled to point out that this legislation risks paralysing, if not closing down, thousands of small European businesses, which are already struggling on a daily basis to compete with multinational giants with structured legal and logistical units. The reasons why this regulatory framework is unenforceable and unfair are as follows: 1. Competitive disparity: Imposing the same bureaucratic burden on micro-enterprises as a multinational company ignores the economic reality. A small activity cannot bear the fixed costs and time of managing such a complex compliance; this legislation paradoxically favours large groups, which have the capacity to absorb costs, by removing small independent operators from the market. 2. Bureaucratic fragmentation (29 registrations not possible): It is unacceptable that, in a single European market, an operator has to deal with 29 different EPR registrations, with 29 different tariff and bureaucratic regimes. The lack of a European one-stop-shop for compliance makes it de facto impossible for those without a dedicated structure to operate across borders. 3. Lack of graduation and communication: The impact of these obligations learned by many operators only just before the entry into force demonstrates a very serious lack of reporting and planning. It is not possible to impose such far-reaching rules without providing for an adequate transition period or concrete support for small operators. It was decided to create extremely complex rules without having first put in place a simplified European structure to make them easier to comply with. We therefore call for an urgent revision that provides for: Exemption thresholds or simplified regimes for micro enterprises operating with low volumes. Establishment of a single registration portal at EU level, allowing EPR obligations to be fulfilled without the need to interact with 29 separate national entities. A moratorium period to allow small businesses to adapt, avoiding compliance becoming a barrier to entry that kills independent entrepreneurship. Environmental transparency cannot be built on the ashes of small European companies. We call for legislation that reflects real knowledge of daily work processes and not just abstract bureaucratic principles. Yours sincerely", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553197_en"}, {"id": 33553156, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:20:19", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The bureaucratic and administrative burden is disproportionate to the intended benefits. This is particularly true given that most packaging materials, such as paper and plastic, already have an inherent value in the recycling market. Providing disposal and sorting instructions for end consumers is certainly a measure which makes sense. However, EPR schemes and registration requirements that may differ from one Member State to another do little to support the fundamental objectives of packaging waste prevention, proper collection, and the increased use of recycled-content materials. Instead, a single EU-wide register and the introduction of mandatory recycled-content requirements would be a simpler, more effective, and more solution-oriented approach. Such measures would reduce administrative complexity, improve harmonisation across the internal market, and directly contribute to the circular economy objectives of the PPWR.", "feedbackEnglish": "The bureaucratic and administrative burden is disproportionate to the intended benefits. This is particularly true given that most packaging materials, such as paper and plastic, already have an inherent value in the recycling market. Providing disposal and sorting instructions for end consumers is certainly a measure which makes sense. However, EPR schemes and registration requirements that may differ from one Member State to another do little to support the fundamental objectives of packaging waste prevention, proper collection, and the increased use of recycled-content materials. Instead, a single EU-wide register and the introduction of mandatory recycled-content requirements would be a simpler, more effective, and more solution-oriented approach. Such measures would reduce administrative complexity, improve harmonisation across the internal market, and directly contribute to the circular economy objectives of the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553156_en"}, {"id": 33553149, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:20:05", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "UK Micro business.", "feedback": "Regardless of when the PWPR was first passed, the fact so many businesses are only finding out about it on the week of its enforcement is in itself a testament to how poorly this has been considered and subsequently executed. Lack of clear, plain-language explanation of requirements, no cohesion in the process of registration, excessive unexpected costs for small businesses and sole traders and the enforcement to hire additional 3rd parties to line their pockets while emptying ours is asinine. This bill must be recalled and reassessed to consider all persons who rely on the EU free market for their livelihoods, especially as we persist to live in a so called 'cost of living CRISIS' that you would risk people's income with unclear procedure and certainly un-unionised procedure. People will loose their rent money on this, people will go hungry because of the loss of business from yet another unsurmountable trade barrier, and not just the business owners. IOSS and GPSR reps aren't needed if you can't ship to the EU. This entire regulation takes a job from one person and hands on to someone else. - Those who have already paid for these services cannot just get them refunded now the EU has closed its boarders for all of their trade, even internally (wild decision btw). We ask for immediate suspension of all enforcement, the public distribution of the terms in plain, comprehensive language for the millions of us who cannot understand 30page documents of legislative jargon, a single harmonised system to be created and made available to all before any enforcement is resumed, and considerable revision of obligations to allow for competition from sole traders, micro, small and even medium enterprise. Direct these regulations towards the billionaire giants who do contribute the most waste to the market, instead of uprooting the entire market for everyone except those who can easily cover the fines imposed upon them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regardless of when the PWPR was first passed, the fact so many businesses are only finding out about it on the week of its enforcement is in itself a testament to how poorly this has been considered and subsequently executed. Lack of clear, plain-language explanation of requirements, no cohesion in the process of registration, excessive unexpected costs for small businesses and sole traders and the enforcement to hire additional 3rd parties to line their pockets while emptying ours is asinine. This bill must be recalled and reassessed to consider all persons who rely on the EU free market for their livelihoods, especially as we persist to live in a so called 'cost of living CRISIS' that you would risk people's income with unclear procedure and certainly un-unionised procedure. People will loose their rent money on this, people will go hungry because of the loss of business from yet another unsurmountable trade barrier, and not just the business owners. IOSS and GPSR reps aren't needed if you can't ship to the EU. This entire regulation takes a job from one person and hands on to someone else. - Those who have already paid for these services cannot just get them refunded now the EU has closed its boarders for all of their trade, even internally (wild decision btw). We ask for immediate suspension of all enforcement, the public distribution of the terms in plain, comprehensive language for the millions of us who cannot understand 30page documents of legislative jargon, a single harmonised system to be created and made available to all before any enforcement is resumed, and considerable revision of obligations to allow for competition from sole traders, micro, small and even medium enterprise. Direct these regulations towards the billionaire giants who do contribute the most waste to the market, instead of uprooting the entire market for everyone except those who can easily cover the fines imposed upon them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553149_en"}, {"id": 33553148, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:20:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Verordnung hilft lediglich Amazon und bedeutet das Aus für viele Webshops in der gesamten EU. Beispiel Versandkosten: eine CD nach Spanien - vorher 3,30 Großbrief international mit Sendungsverfolgung. Jetzt Päckchen XS, ohne Verfolgung und Haftung 6,99 . Eine deutliche Verschlimmbesserung, die leider wieder einmal zeigt, wie weit entfernt man in der EU - Kommission von der Realität ist. MfG", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation only helps Amazon and puts a stop to many web shops across the EU. Example of shipping costs: a CD to Spain – previously 3.30 large letter internationally with track and trace. Now packets XS, without persecution and liability 6.99. A clear improvement of the situation, which unfortunately shows once again how far one is from reality in the EU Commission. MFG", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553148_en"}, {"id": 33552811, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:18:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NEWSEED GmbH", "feedback": "Ich kann nicht glauben, dass die Politik nicht bedacht hat, was die Neuerungen für kleine Betriebe bedeuten und wem sie letztendlich helfen. Amazon & Co und billig China Anbieter, die sich weiterhin wahrscheinlich an nichts halten werden sind wieder die Gewinner, obwohl sie eigentlich Grund für eine standardisierte Verordnung sind. Im Gegensatz dazu retten wir jedes Jahr Tonnenweise Abfall aus Deutschland und auch aus anderen EU Ländern und sind jetzt mit der Verordnung gezwungen als kleiner Onlinehändler zur Aufgabe des Versands in andere europäische Länder, das wegen nur ein paar Paketen. Es ist einfach nur traurig, dass man mit harter Arbeit und dem Willen etwas Gutes zu tun immer das Nachsehen hat.", "feedbackEnglish": "I cannot believe that the policy has not taken into account what the innovations mean for small farms and to whom they ultimately help. Amazon & Co and cheap China vendors, which are likely to remain silent, are again the winners, even though they are actually the reason for a standardised regulation. In contrast, every year we save tonnes of waste from Germany and also from other EU countries and are now forced by the Regulation, as small online traders, to abandon shipping to other European countries because of just a few parcels. It is simply sad that you always lose out on hard work and the will to do something good.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552811_en"}, {"id": 33553031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:15:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553031_en"}, {"id": 33553004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:13:57", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am heartbroken and its not easy to form any coherent feedback on this. I myself an a small artist. My whole life the biggest dream I had was to make a living out of art. I worked really hard to get to the place where I am now, that is selling my works on conventions around country. I still have to work a day 9-5 job to be able to pay the bills and devote all my free time to developing my small artistic business. And just when everything was slowly coming together, EU enforces a law that destroys it all. I usuall have to send few packages abroad in a month. And I cant. My options as small busness owner become highly limited, I loose customers and get back to the place I was couple years ago. All my very hard work goes down the drain. I worked my hands to the bone to make my dream come true and with all due respect, you managed to shatter that. As for ecological impact it's not that fining small business for using packaging will impact the environment. For my whole life I've been by all means \"green\" not eating meat, saving up gas, water and electricity, recycling. All this knowing that what I do has a meagre impact, because it's the big companies that are cooking the planet and flooding it with waste. Another case is that this law is tremenously unfair. It should be corporate giants and large companies that pay for the waste they generate, they have money for that and not small business for whom this means their end and bunkrupcy. If EU cares about environment in any way we should ban usade of AI and forbid building any AI data centres which pollute the water, use up more water than anything ever and generate enormous amounts of waste and heat, but I am sure there are people who are specialists in that, like ecologists? People who with their wast knoweledge decided that killing small business is the best we can do for the environment? Right?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am heartbroken and its not easy to form any coherent feedback on this. I myself an a small artist. My whole life the biggest dream I had was to make a living out of art. I worked really hard to get to the place where I am now, that is selling my works on conventions around country. I still have to work a day 9-5 job to be able to pay the bills and devote all my free time to developing my small artistic business. And just when everything was slowly coming together, EU enforces a law that destroys it all. I usuall have to send few packages abroad in a month. And I cant. My options as small busness owner become highly limited, I loose customers and get back to the place I was couple years ago. All my very hard work goes down the drain. I worked my hands to the bone to make my dream come true and with all due respect, you managed to shatter that. As for ecological impact it's not that fining small business for using packaging will impact the environment. For my whole life I've been by all means \"green\" not eating meat, saving up gas, water and electricity, recycling. All this knowing that what I do has a meagre impact, because it's the big companies that are cooking the planet and flooding it with waste. Another case is that this law is tremenously unfair. It should be corporate giants and large companies that pay for the waste they generate, they have money for that and not small business for whom this means their end and bunkrupcy. If EU cares about environment in any way we should ban usade of AI and forbid building any AI data centres which pollute the water, use up more water than anything ever and generate enormous amounts of waste and heat, but I am sure there are people who are specialists in that, like ecologists? People who with their wast knoweledge decided that killing small business is the best we can do for the environment? Right?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33553004_en"}, {"id": 33552914, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:10:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "studio du. / Susann Koschmieder", "feedback": "Betreff: Stellungnahme zur EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) Dringender Anpassungsbedarf für Kleinstunternehmen Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinstunternehmen mit weniger als 10 Mitarbeitern unterstützen wir die ökologischen Ziele der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung ausdrücklich. In der aktuellen Ausgestaltung stellt uns die Verordnung jedoch vor administrative und finanzielle Hürden, die für ein Unternehmen unserer Größe existenzbedrohend sind. Als kleiner Betrieb besitzen wir keine eigenen Abteilungen für Rechtsfragen oder Nachhaltigkeitsdokumentation. Die umfassenden Nachweis-, Kennzeichnungs- und Konformitätspflichten binden wertvolle Ressourcen, die uns im täglichen Kerngeschäft fehlen. Besonders schwer wiegen die Regelungen zum grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU: Die Pflicht, in jedem einzelnen Zielland eigene Bevollmächtigte für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) zu benennen und separate Registrierungen zu pflegen, ist für uns wirtschaftlich nicht darstellbar. Dies zwingt uns faktisch dazu, den Vertrieb in andere EU-Staaten einzustellen, was den freien europäischen Binnenmarkt konterkariert. Wir fordern daher dringend: Konsequente Bagatellgrenzen: Komplette Ausnahmen oder stark vereinfachte Verfahren für Mikro- und Kleinstunternehmen (unter 10 Mitarbeiter) bei den bürokratischen Dokumentations- und Meldepflichten.Zentrale EU-Lösung: Die sofortige Einführung eines digitalen \"One-Stop-Shops\" für die EPR-Registrierung, um den bürokratischen Aufwand beim EU-weiten Vertrieb zu minimieren. Vorschriften zum Umweltschutz dürfen nicht dazu führen, dass die kleinste Säule der Wirtschaft der inhabergeführte Mittelstand aus dem Markt gedrängt wird. Wir bitten Sie eindringlich, die Verhältnismäßigkeit für Kleinstbetriebe in den nationalen Auslegungen und Leitfäden zu wahren. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Susann Koschmieder studio du. Berlin", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Opinion on the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) Urgent adaptation needs for micro-enterprises Dear Sir/Madam, as micro-enterprises with fewer than 10 employees, we strongly support the environmental objectives of the new EU Packaging Regulation. However, in its current form, the Regulation presents us with administrative and financial hurdles that threaten the very existence of a company of our size. As a small business, we do not have dedicated departments for legal affairs or sustainability documentation. The extensive evidentiary, labelling and compliance obligations tie in valuable resources that we lack in our daily core business. The rules on intra-EU cross-border trade are particularly harsh: The obligation to appoint their own extended producer responsibility (EPR) representatives and to maintain separate registrations in each individual target country is not economically feasible for us. This effectively forces us to stop selling to other EU countries, which runs counter to the free European single market. We therefore urge: Strict de minimis thresholds: Complete exemptions or greatly simplified procedures for micro- and micro-enterprises (under 10 employees) from bureaucratic documentation and reporting requirements. The immediate introduction of a digital ‘one-stop shop’ for EPR registration to minimise the bureaucratic burden of distribution across the EU. Environmental protection rules must not lead to the smallest pillar of the economy being pushed out of the market by the owner-run small and medium-sized enterprises. We urge you to ensure proportionality for micro-entities in national interpretations and guidance documents. Yours sincerely, Susann Koschmieder studio you. Berlin", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552914_en"}, {"id": 33552854, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:07:38", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Standardizing the rules can be positive, but this is going to standardize to a set of rules that are very detrimental towards small companies, imposing more bureacracy and higher costs that don't allow for low volume exceptions and simplifications. Marketplaces have more and more severe rules on how much you are allowed to sell as a private seller yet this imposes extreme costs on becoming a 'professional' seller. In the world of collectibles this directly discourage trading, i find this extremely negative.", "feedbackEnglish": "Standardizing the rules can be positive, but this is going to standardize to a set of rules that are very detrimental towards small companies, imposing more bureacracy and higher costs that don't allow for low volume exceptions and simplifications. Marketplaces have more and more severe rules on how much you are allowed to sell as a private seller yet this imposes extreme costs on becoming a 'professional' seller. In the world of collectibles this directly discourage trading, i find this extremely negative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552854_en"}, {"id": 33552851, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:07:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "ich verstehe nicht, welchen Zweck ein Bevollmächtigter hat. Als Kunde bin ich für die Entsorgung oder Recycling von Verpackungen verantwortlich. Nicht der Händler bei dem ich bestelle. Warum sollen also kleine Unternehmen viel Geld für etwas oder jemanden bezahlen, das oder der keinerlei Einfluss auf die Reduzierung von Verpackungsmüll hat.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not understand the purpose of an authorised representative. As a customer, I am responsible for the disposal or recycling of packaging. Not the trader from whom I order. So why should small businesses pay a lot of money for something or someone who has no influence whatsoever on the reduction of packaging waste?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552851_en"}, {"id": 33552807, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:05:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Neupert & Wegener GbR", "feedback": "The regulation is confusing, unclear, badly documented and seems to involve a huge regulatory burden for a two-people enterprise. I need to focus on daily operations and R&D work, not compliance. We are sending about 50 small packages per year to B2B and B2C customers in the EU. Our packaging is 100% cardboard and paper. We extensively re-use packaging which we receive from shipments of our supply by using it in our own shipments. Regulation like this must be clear, concise, EU-wide uniform and very low in additional workload for manufacturers. We are all in support for environmentally friendly packaging. Direct reuse beats all other options. We can't research, register and pay for every EU country independently, this is not viable. Same with the WEEE rules, they are not suitable, make sure these schemes are easy to fulfil.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulation is confusing, unclear, badly documented and seems to involve a huge regulatory burden for a two-people enterprise. I need to focus on daily operations and R&D work, not compliance. We are sending about 50 small packages per year to B2B and B2C customers in the EU. Our packaging is 100% cardboard and paper. We extensively re-use packaging which we receive from shipments of our supply by using it in our own shipments. Regulation like this must be clear, concise, EU-wide uniform and very low in additional workload for manufacturers. We are all in support for environmentally friendly packaging. Direct reuse beats all other options. We can't research, register and pay for every EU country independently, this is not viable. Same with the WEEE rules, they are not suitable, make sure these schemes are easy to fulfil.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552807_en"}, {"id": 33552794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:05:12", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new rules penalize small business owners and creators, forcing them to pay absurd amount of money for small transactions. Either exempt small creators or trash the new rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules penalize small business owners and creators, forcing them to pay absurd amount of money for small transactions. Either exempt small creators or trash the new rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552794_en"}, {"id": 33552776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:04:29", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Charging small businesses hundreds of euros for sending packages across Europe is putting an end to those small businesses that produce locally, support small business owners instead of billionaires, and giving away the little business that we have in Europe to the big groups! This is not the open and fair Europe that we would like to see in ou EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "Charging small businesses hundreds of euros for sending packages across Europe is putting an end to those small businesses that produce locally, support small business owners instead of billionaires, and giving away the little business that we have in Europe to the big groups! This is not the open and fair Europe that we would like to see in ou EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552776_en"}, {"id": 33552769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:04:14", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner who sells hats and other clothing on my website this is terrible news. It makes no sense that small businesses have the to pay and follow the same rules as massive corporations who are making up the vast majority of pollution and toxic waste when it comes to packaging. They can easily afford the fines/licenses without seeing a change in their yearly income, for us small business owners who are getting up to 50-100 orders a month it would either kill our business completely or we would have to be paying out of our own pocket to keep things running. At the end the rich and wealthy benefit from this change by eliminating competition and paying a small fine, and the small upcoming businesses have to close down. Please change this, so it's more fair for everyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner who sells hats and other clothing on my website this is terrible news. It makes no sense that small businesses have the to pay and follow the same rules as massive corporations who are making up the vast majority of pollution and toxic waste when it comes to packaging. They can easily afford the fines/licenses without seeing a change in their yearly income, for us small business owners who are getting up to 50-100 orders a month it would either kill our business completely or we would have to be paying out of our own pocket to keep things running. At the end the rich and wealthy benefit from this change by eliminating competition and paying a small fine, and the small upcoming businesses have to close down. Please change this, so it's more fair for everyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552769_en"}, {"id": 33552740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:03:02", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Estrela Jewelry Studio", "feedback": "As a micro-business, the authorized representative costs are far too high for me to manage. The upfront and annual costs are so high that it is a complete barrier to continue selling my meaningful art to people across the EU. This kind of barrier will bankrupt businesses like mine. Please make a unified registration with a reasonable registration fee. My packaging is already compliant, I have the DOCs. But I can't afford to register. I'm happy to pay the ongoing fees based on volume entering the market, but the auth reps costs are going to bankrupt me. This is a law that doesn't consider the many small businesses that create culture, art, meaning for people and only benefit the big corporations who are the biggest offenders of packaging waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-business, the authorized representative costs are far too high for me to manage. The upfront and annual costs are so high that it is a complete barrier to continue selling my meaningful art to people across the EU. This kind of barrier will bankrupt businesses like mine. Please make a unified registration with a reasonable registration fee. My packaging is already compliant, I have the DOCs. But I can't afford to register. I'm happy to pay the ongoing fees based on volume entering the market, but the auth reps costs are going to bankrupt me. This is a law that doesn't consider the many small businesses that create culture, art, meaning for people and only benefit the big corporations who are the biggest offenders of packaging waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552740_en"}, {"id": 33552683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 15:00:39", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses simply cannot afford to pay the same as large corporations. Treating them as if they have the same financial capacity effectively puts small businesses at risk of being pushed out of the market. For craftsmen, artists, and independent creators, these costs can become an unbearable burden. A large corporation may barely notice the additional costs, while for a small artisan or family-owned business, they can mean the difference between surviving and closing down. It is also unfair that a small business sending just 200 shipments across Europe per year could face the same costs or obligations as a large company sending thousands of shipments. A business operating on a small scale simply does not have the same financial capacity as a corporation operating on a massive scale. I am willing to pay my fair share. But the system must take into account the size of the business, its actual revenue, and the volume of shipments. Treating everyone the same on paper does not always mean treating everyone fairly in reality. Fairness means taking into account what each business can realistically afford. If these costs continue to rise without considering the size and income of a business, small businesses, craftsmen, and artists will be pushed out of the market while large corporations may barely feel the impact. Small businesses are not the problem. They are the backbone of our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses simply cannot afford to pay the same as large corporations. Treating them as if they have the same financial capacity effectively puts small businesses at risk of being pushed out of the market. For craftsmen, artists, and independent creators, these costs can become an unbearable burden. A large corporation may barely notice the additional costs, while for a small artisan or family-owned business, they can mean the difference between surviving and closing down. It is also unfair that a small business sending just 200 shipments across Europe per year could face the same costs or obligations as a large company sending thousands of shipments. A business operating on a small scale simply does not have the same financial capacity as a corporation operating on a massive scale. I am willing to pay my fair share. But the system must take into account the size of the business, its actual revenue, and the volume of shipments. Treating everyone the same on paper does not always mean treating everyone fairly in reality. Fairness means taking into account what each business can realistically afford. If these costs continue to rise without considering the size and income of a business, small businesses, craftsmen, and artists will be pushed out of the market while large corporations may barely feel the impact. Small businesses are not the problem. They are the backbone of our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552683_en"}, {"id": 33552667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:59:58", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro business owner and artist, my plans for my small art web shop have been shattered by the rules that have been introduced surrounding the PPWR. Even though I am a resident of the EU I can no longer afford to ship outside of the Netherlands, making my market suffocatingly small. The starting rates most countries set and the fees for representatives are astronomical! These costs are no problem for retail giants but for microbusinesses who will maybe only sell 1 package a year to certain countries, these costs are unpayable and extortionate. To make the system more proportionate and EU spirited I think it should include: - A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. -De minimis threshold based on annual turnover or packaging volume to support micro businesses that put very little waste onto the market. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of the market altogether. It is now, in this time, that the European Commission and European Parliament and the 27 states that fall beneath them need to come together and support each, not shut each other out. Knowing the true spirit of the EU and the unity it stands for, I sincerely hope that this situation can be reviewed so that micro businesses can continue to trade internationally instead of becoming their own islands.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner and artist, my plans for my small art web shop have been shattered by the rules that have been introduced surrounding the PPWR. Even though I am a resident of the EU I can no longer afford to ship outside of the Netherlands, making my market suffocatingly small. The starting rates most countries set and the fees for representatives are astronomical! These costs are no problem for retail giants but for microbusinesses who will maybe only sell 1 package a year to certain countries, these costs are unpayable and extortionate. To make the system more proportionate and EU spirited I think it should include: - A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. -De minimis threshold based on annual turnover or packaging volume to support micro businesses that put very little waste onto the market. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of the market altogether. It is now, in this time, that the European Commission and European Parliament and the 27 states that fall beneath them need to come together and support each, not shut each other out. Knowing the true spirit of the EU and the unity it stands for, I sincerely hope that this situation can be reviewed so that micro businesses can continue to trade internationally instead of becoming their own islands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552667_en"}, {"id": 33552648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:59:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Horsefashion Shop Pia Fertig", "feedback": "Ich bin eines der wohl vielen kleinen Unternehmen, die durch diese Regelung, die eine Registrierung in jedem Land, in das geliefert/ potenziell geliefert wird und entsprechende Zahlungen in jedem Land keine Möglichkeit mehr sieht, außerhalb D in der Eu zu versenden. Herzlichen Glückwunsch *Ironie off* Alleine für Österreich würden neben dem Verwaltungsaufwand (Registrierung/Meldungen) kanpp 300 Euro im Jahr anfallen an Zusatzkosten, für vielleicht 30 Sendungen, in diesem Rahmen und weniger bewegen sich die Sendungen nach Spanien, Italien, Niederlande, Dänemark, Belgien, Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen ... ich liefere (bisher) weltweit individuelle Reitsportartikel, in fast die komplette EU, da sist nun vorbei. Das es keine einheitliche, zentrale Lösung gibt zur Einführung ist ja schlimm genug - für 300 Pakete wäre ja 300 Euro im Jahr noch vertretbar, wenn eben nur einmal registriert werden muss für die Gesamtmenge der Verpackungen (und ich nutze schon ausschließlich Karton, Papier). Aber das man nicht mal bis eine Lösung dafür besteht eine Regelung für die Kleinstunternehmen gefunden hat ist schon wirklich traurig. Bisher war ich ja durchaus Befürworter der EU . ..", "feedbackEnglish": "I am one of the arguably many small businesses that no longer sees any possibility of shipping outside D in the EU as a result of this scheme, which provides for registration in each country to which delivery/potential delivery takes place and corresponding payments in each country. Congratulations *Ironie off* Only for Austria, in addition to the administrative burden (registration/reporting), there would be an additional cost of EUR 300 per year, for perhaps 30 items, in this context, and fewer items are going to Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, France, Hungary, Poland... I (so far) supply individual equestrian sports articles worldwide, to almost the entire EU, as we are now missing. This is not a uniform, central solution to the introduction – 300 packages would be worth EUR 300 a year if the total amount of packaging had to be registered only once (and I already use only cardboard and paper). But not even until a solution has been found for this, a regulation for micro-enterprises is really sad. So far, I have been very much in favour of the EU. ..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552648_en"}, {"id": 33552573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:58:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NE-Metallhandels Unternehmen", "feedback": "Die PPWR-Richtlinie stellt in Ihrer jetzigen Form ein nicht hinnehmbares innereuropäisches Handelshemmnis dar. Durch die verpflichtende und uneinheitlich geregelte Ernennung von Bevollmächtigten in jedem der 27 EU Mitgliedsstaaten, werden für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen unverhältnismäßige Hürden durch enorme jährliche Kosten und unzumutbaren Verwaltungsaufwand errichtet. Hierdurch werden EU weit noch mehr Umsätze und Steuereinahmen bei KMUs wegbrechen oder zu Großkonzernen und Händlern aus Drittländern verlagert. Dies kann sicherlich nicht im Sinne der EU sein. Unser Unternehmen besteht aus 6 Mitarbeitern, durch die hohen Rohstoffpreise werden wir jedoch deutlich höhere Jahresumsätze erzielen als 2mio EUR, bei gleichzeitig sehr geringen Handelsmargen. Der Bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand ist für uns schlicht nicht darstellbar. Die Konsequenz ist eine Verkleinerung des Unternehmens und Stellenabbau. Wir erwarten eine Rücknahme der derzeitigen Richtlinie und das Ersetzen durch eine sinvolle, EU-weit einheitliche Regelung.", "feedbackEnglish": "In its current form, the PPWR Directive constitutes an unacceptable barrier to intra-European trade. The mandatory and inconsistent appointment of proxies in each of the 27 EU Member States creates disproportionate hurdles for small and medium-sized enterprises, with huge annual costs and excessive administrative burdens. As a result, the EU will lose far more turnover and tax revenues from SMEs or be relocated to large corporations and traders from third countries. This certainly cannot be in the EU’s interest. Our company is made up of 6 employees, but the high prices of raw materials mean that we will have much higher annual turnovers than EUR 2 m while at the same time having very low trade margins. The bureaucratic and financial burden is simply unimaginable for us. The result is a reduction in the size of the company and a reduction in the number of jobs. We expect the current directive to be withdrawn and replaced by a meaningful, uniform EU-wide regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552573_en"}, {"id": 33552615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:57:52", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Rückmeldung zur neuen Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) Als Kleinunternehmer begrüße ich das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Recycling zu fördern. Die praktische Umsetzung der neuen Verpackungsverordnung bereitet jedoch erhebliche Probleme: Die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten unterscheiden sich von Mitgliedstaat zu Mitgliedstaat, wodurch der grenzüberschreitende Versand innerhalb des Binnenmarkts für kleine Betriebe unverhältnismäßig aufwändig und kostspielig wird. Viele Kleinunternehmer berichten bereits öffentlich, dass sie den Versand in andere EU-Länder aus diesem Grund eingestellt haben. Ich fordere bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung und nationalen Umsetzung der Verordnung stärker auf einheitliche, unbürokratische Verfahren für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zu achten etwa durch eine zentrale, EU-weite Registrierungsstelle statt nationaler Einzellösungen. Nur so kann der Binnenmarkt für kleine Händler tatsächlich praktikabel bleiben, ohne das eigentlich sinnvolle Ziel der Verordnung zu gefährden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the new Packaging Regulation (PPWR) As a small business, I welcome the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting recycling. However, the practical implementation of the new Packaging Regulation poses significant problems: Registration and reporting obligations vary from one Member State to another, making cross-border dispatch within the internal market disproportionately burdensome and costly for small businesses. Many small traders already publicly report that they have stopped shipping to other EU countries for this reason. I call for greater attention to be paid to uniform, unbureaucratic procedures for small and medium-sized enterprises in the further development and national implementation of the Regulation, for example through a central, EU-wide registration body rather than individual national solutions. This is the only way to ensure that the internal market remains workable for small traders without jeopardising the very purpose of the Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552615_en"}, {"id": 33552560, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:55:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Foam Wig Dreams", "feedback": "Ich habe vor 4 Jahren damit begonnen, in einem absoluten Nischenumfeld mich zu etablieren, dh ich stelle Perücken für Shows und Events her. Dieses produziere ich von Grund auf alleine bei mir Zuhause. Dieses Projekt ist eine Herzensangelegenheit von mir. Ich stelle nur Auftragsarbeiten her und versende eben diese. Ich habe kein Geschäft, weil ich mir das nicht leisten kann. Die Gebühren, welche ich bereits in Deutschland bezahlen muss (IHK, LUCID, Grüner Punkt, Steuern...) sind bereits eine sehr hohe Belastung. Onlinehandel ist der einzige Weg um meine Ware zu verkaufen. Meine Ware wird saisonal weltweit angefragt. Deswegen würde die PPWR dazu führen, dass ich meinen Gewerbe abmelden muss und Deutschland bzw die EU kein Ort für Gründer ist. Die neue Verordnung ist ein \"Geschenk\" für Grossunternehmer, weil die Politik uns kleinen Business Owner vom Markt drängt. Lt dem deutschen Steuergesetz, bin ich dazu verpflichtet positiv zu wirtschaften, doch dieses wird mir nach der neue Bürokratiewelle nicht möglich sein, denn ich müsste sehr viel Zeit in die Administration legen und könnte keine Ware produzieren. Weswegen muss es eigentlich in jedem Land eine eigene Anmeldung geben, die EU sollte als eine Einheit handeln und auftreten. Ich bitte Sie, die kleinen Unternehmen, welche sich was aufbauen wollen nicht abzustrafen und das Feld der Big Playern (amazon, H&M, IKEA etc) zu überlassen. Kreative Köpfe braucht das Land und es beflügelt und belebt Städte, und Gemeinden. Ich möchte arbeiten und nicht verwalten. Ich möchte den Umsatz den ich erwirtschafte auch auf meinem Konto sehen, damit ich weiss ich kann in die Zukunft investieren und evtl. Arbeitsplätze anbieten, aber mit der neuen Verordnung, werde ich trotz Umsätzen nur negative Bilanzen vorzeigen können. Durch so ein gewaltiges Bürokratiemonster, vernichten sie Existenzen, Lebensfreuden, Motivationen und Eigeninitiativen zum Altersversorgung. Mit freundliche Grüssen Daniel Hewer", "feedbackEnglish": "I started to establish myself in an absolute niche environment 4 years ago, i.e. I create wigs for shows and events. I produce this from scratch with me at home alone. This project is a matter of my heart. I only produce contract work and send it out. I do not have a shop because I cannot afford it. The fees I already have to pay in Germany (IHK, LUCID, Grüner Punkt, Steuer...) are already a very heavy burden. Online selling is the only way to sell my product. My product is requested worldwide on a seasonal basis. Therefore, the PPWR would require me to deregister my business and Germany or the EU is not a place for founders. The new regulation is a ‘gift’ for big business owners, because politicians are pushing small business owners out of the market. LT under the German Tax Act, I am obliged to do so positively, but this will not be possible after the new wave of red tape, because I would have to spend a lot of time in the administration and would not be able to produce any goods. This is why there must be a separate declaration in each country, and the EU should act and act as one. I would ask you not to penalise the small companies that want to build up what and to leave the field to the big players (amazon, H & M, IKEA, etc.). Creative minds need the countryside and it invigorates and invigorates cities, towns and municipalities. I want to work and not manage. I want to see the turnover that I also generate on my account so that I know I can invest in the future and possibly offer jobs, but with the new regulation I will only be able to show negative balances despite the turnover. As a result of this huge bureaucratic monster, they destroy livelihoods, life-friends, motivations and self-initiatives in pension provision. Yours sincerely, Daniel Hewer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552560_en"}, {"id": 33552523, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:54:46", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A small bike shop", "feedback": "To the European Commission: The current PPWR and EPR laws are creating fear and uncertainty in small and middle size companies within the EU and push them for more administrative tasks and additional costs. I own and run a small bike store and I rely on exports from Austria to the EU internal market, because I sell specialty bike parts that are extremely hard to find anywhere else. With this new legislation I am effectively robbed from my markets because the fees of having an authorized representative named for each country and declaration of the packaging leaves me with lots of admin work and costs that are over 7000 euro as of today. That amount of money is not within my manageable costs for this and I am considering closing my business. I generate tens of thousands of VAT income for the EU countries I sell too which would be missed. What we need is a de minimis amount of packaging that small businesses (under 10 employees and 5mio turnover, for example) can use. We also need a centralized, true one stop shop for packaging declaration and licensing for the whole EU, not to each country individually with simple amounts and e.g. 300kg free thresholds per country. Same applies to the authorized representative, it is a massive burden for small companies like mine to deal with that, yet alone to understand what is required. I ask you to consider introducing bagatelle thresholds for small businesses in all aspects of the packaging laws - declaration of packaging material and authorized representatives. Respectfully, AT", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission: The current PPWR and EPR laws are creating fear and uncertainty in small and middle size companies within the EU and push them for more administrative tasks and additional costs. I own and run a small bike store and I rely on exports from Austria to the EU internal market, because I sell specialty bike parts that are extremely hard to find anywhere else. With this new legislation I am effectively robbed from my markets because the fees of having an authorized representative named for each country and declaration of the packaging leaves me with lots of admin work and costs that are over 7000 euro as of today. That amount of money is not within my manageable costs for this and I am considering closing my business. I generate tens of thousands of VAT income for the EU countries I sell too which would be missed. What we need is a de minimis amount of packaging that small businesses (under 10 employees and 5mio turnover, for example) can use. We also need a centralized, true one stop shop for packaging declaration and licensing for the whole EU, not to each country individually with simple amounts and e.g. 300kg free thresholds per country. Same applies to the authorized representative, it is a massive burden for small companies like mine to deal with that, yet alone to understand what is required. I ask you to consider introducing bagatelle thresholds for small businesses in all aspects of the packaging laws - declaration of packaging material and authorized representatives. Respectfully, AT", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552523_en"}, {"id": 33552415, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:49:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nolvenn ", "feedback": "I'm agree that packaging needs to be controlled, specially with big companies as Amazon but did you forgot small business don't play in the same yard? I'm an artist, I hardly can survive from my work. Little sales (5 maximum per year in different countries of Europe) can make a big impact in my economy. My packaging is fully created with recycled material. Now you will force me to buy new packaging materials and there is no way I can afford to pay the taxes if I only ship 1 or 2 little piece of artwork (around 150) per year. Only big companies can afford the new taxes and small artists and artisans like me will disappear.... Art and \"savoir vivre\" created by artisans is a big economic motor for Europe, it needs to be protected.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm agree that packaging needs to be controlled, specially with big companies as Amazon but did you forgot small business don't play in the same yard? I'm an artist, I hardly can survive from my work. Little sales (5 maximum per year in different countries of Europe) can make a big impact in my economy. My packaging is fully created with recycled material. Now you will force me to buy new packaging materials and there is no way I can afford to pay the taxes if I only ship 1 or 2 little piece of artwork (around 150) per year. Only big companies can afford the new taxes and small artists and artisans like me will disappear.... Art and \"savoir vivre\" created by artisans is a big economic motor for Europe, it needs to be protected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552415_en"}, {"id": 33552377, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:47:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Geschäftsführung", "feedback": "Kurz und knapp: Ich kann nur meine Verachtung gegenüber der EU aussprechen. Sie zwingen mich als kleiner Onlinehändler zur Aufgabe des Versands in andere europäische Länder. Profitieren wird Amazon und Co. sowie ALLE chinesischen Händler, die sich Null an Gesetze halten. Lobbyarbeit wirkt. Mit was oder wieviel wurde Überzeugungsarbeit geleistet? Anders ist der Wahnsinn nicht zu erklären. Ich hoffe, dass Deutschland hier Konsequenzen zieht, GB hat es vorgemacht. Hochachtungsvoll Jacqueline Elze", "feedbackEnglish": "Plain and simple: I can only express my contempt for the EU. They force me, as a small online trader, to abandon shipping to other European countries. Amazon and Co., as well as ALL Chinese zero-law traders, will benefit. Lobbying works. What or how much persuasion was done? The madness cannot be explained otherwise. I hope that Germany will draw the consequences here, as GB has done. Yours faithfully, Jacqueline Elze", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552377_en"}, {"id": 33552317, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:45:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich nutze schon wenig und Recycelte Verpackungsware aus Deutschland und beziehe Ökostrom und kümmere mich so gut es geht darum Verpackungsmüll zu vermeiden. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I already make little use of recycled packaging from Germany and purchase green electricity and take care of packaging waste as well as possible. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552317_en"}, {"id": 33552310, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:44:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die geplanten Vorschriften zu nationalen Herstellerregistern stellen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen eine unverhältnismäßige zusätzliche Belastung dar. Für große Unternehmen mögen zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten leichter zu bewältigen sein. Für kleine Betriebe bedeuten sie jedoch zusätzlichen bürokratischen Aufwand, mehr Kosten und noch mehr Zeit, die nicht für das eigentliche Geschäft zur Verfügung steht. Insbesondere kleine Händler, Online-Shops und Familienunternehmen haben häufig keine eigenen Mitarbeiter oder Abteilungen, die sich ausschließlich um solche regulatorischen Anforderungen kümmern können. Jede zusätzliche Registrierung, Meldung oder Anpassung an unterschiedliche nationale Anforderungen verursacht daher einen erheblichen Aufwand. Wenn die EU den Binnenmarkt stärken möchte, sollte sie nicht immer neue bürokratische Hürden schaffen, die gerade kleine Unternehmen besonders stark treffen. Einheitliche und möglichst einfache europäische Regeln wären sinnvoller als zusätzliche nationale Register und komplizierte Verfahren. In der aktuellen Form besteht aus meiner Sicht die Gefahr, dass diese Regelungen kleinen Unternehmen das Leben unnötig schwer machen, Kosten erhöhen und manche Betriebe sogar dazu zwingen, bestimmte Produkte oder Märkte aufzugeben. Die EU sollte deshalb die Auswirkungen auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen deutlich stärker berücksichtigen und die Anforderungen so weit wie möglich vereinfachen und vereinheitlichen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The planned rules on national registers of producers impose a disproportionate additional burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. For large companies, additional registration, reporting and documentation requirements may be easier to manage. For small businesses, however, they mean additional red tape, more costs and even more time that is not available for the actual business. In particular, small traders, online shops and family businesses often do not have their own employees or departments that can only deal with such regulatory requirements. Any additional registration, notification or adaptation to different national requirements therefore creates a significant burden. If the EU wants to strengthen the single market, it should not always create new bureaucratic hurdles that particularly affect small businesses. Uniform and as simple as possible European rules would make more sense than additional national registers and complicated procedures. In my view, in the current form, these rules risk making life unnecessarily difficult for small businesses, increasing costs and even forcing some businesses to give up certain products or markets. The EU should therefore take much greater account of the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises and simplify and standardise requirements as much as possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552310_en"}, {"id": 33552309, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:42:51", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Repeal the PPWR Regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Repeal the PPWR Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552309_en"}, {"id": 33552307, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:38:36", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm an artist making ceramics in Lithuania, hearing about this is heartbreaking, I have only recently started thinking about selling outside my own country, to be able to support myself. But it seems like that may no longer be possible, I cannot understand why small businesses are not exempt from this law. I hope there is still time for things to change, European market should not be closed off to small creators, because of impossible costs!", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an artist making ceramics in Lithuania, hearing about this is heartbreaking, I have only recently started thinking about selling outside my own country, to be able to support myself. But it seems like that may no longer be possible, I cannot understand why small businesses are not exempt from this law. I hope there is still time for things to change, European market should not be closed off to small creators, because of impossible costs!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552307_en"}, {"id": 33552308, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:38:28", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU regulation lately seem like designed by an outside force trying to destroy EU from the inside. Turning EU into privacy nightmare, imposing new taxes on purchases for regular people, often on items that have no replacement within the EU, so not really giving anything to the EU other than a cash grab and now this. The whole idea of the European Single Market was that as businesses sell items within EU, you can sell it to any EU nation as if it was your own. The whole idea was to make it simple and follow one rule for all states. And now you need to pay separate fees for each EU state? That's exactly the opposite of what it meant to be. If selling outside of EU is easier than within, you failed at your simplest job. Additionally not providing a differentiator between small and big business makes it look like you're taking bribes from the latter. Cause how else you explain that companies like Amazon have the same burden and obligations as a small painter, producer of t-shirts or someone who makes a couple of hundreds or if lucky, thousands a month. For big companies paying few hundreds per EU state is nothing, not even pocket money. For someone that makes a sale for 200 Euro to Poland or any other single state, it means loss. Therefore they'll stop shipping and/or go out of business. And there are thousands among thousands of them. As a result we'll end up with unemployed people and companies like Amazon that are fine with that burden, paying absolute minimum in wages and taxes (if any). When people like me, a big fan of EU, looking how you're screwing ordinary people and small businesses, while doing nothing about the Amazons and Googles, are worried and start thinking this whole EU may implode and maybe it's good when it will if that's the direction you're taking, you should be worried. Causing more Brexits, destabilizing Europe, opening it to influence of foreign powers like Russia. All that cause you forget who are the ordinary people are. You're putting unnecessary, huge burdens in small and micro business, which last time I checked are 99% (sic!) of business in EU, while prompting up the 1% who find ways around it or will find it as mild annoyance or spin up subsidiary who will take cost and blame, cause they can afford it.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU regulation lately seem like designed by an outside force trying to destroy EU from the inside. Turning EU into privacy nightmare, imposing new taxes on purchases for regular people, often on items that have no replacement within the EU, so not really giving anything to the EU other than a cash grab and now this. The whole idea of the European Single Market was that as businesses sell items within EU, you can sell it to any EU nation as if it was your own. The whole idea was to make it simple and follow one rule for all states. And now you need to pay separate fees for each EU state? That's exactly the opposite of what it meant to be. If selling outside of EU is easier than within, you failed at your simplest job. Additionally not providing a differentiator between small and big business makes it look like you're taking bribes from the latter. Cause how else you explain that companies like Amazon have the same burden and obligations as a small painter, producer of t-shirts or someone who makes a couple of hundreds or if lucky, thousands a month. For big companies paying few hundreds per EU state is nothing, not even pocket money. For someone that makes a sale for 200 Euro to Poland or any other single state, it means loss. Therefore they'll stop shipping and/or go out of business. And there are thousands among thousands of them. As a result we'll end up with unemployed people and companies like Amazon that are fine with that burden, paying absolute minimum in wages and taxes (if any). When people like me, a big fan of EU, looking how you're screwing ordinary people and small businesses, while doing nothing about the Amazons and Googles, are worried and start thinking this whole EU may implode and maybe it's good when it will if that's the direction you're taking, you should be worried. Causing more Brexits, destabilizing Europe, opening it to influence of foreign powers like Russia. All that cause you forget who are the ordinary people are. You're putting unnecessary, huge burdens in small and micro business, which last time I checked are 99% (sic!) of business in EU, while prompting up the 1% who find ways around it or will find it as mild annoyance or spin up subsidiary who will take cost and blame, cause they can afford it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552308_en"}, {"id": 33552306, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:36:50", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für Kleinstbetriebe, EPU Unternehmen ist es nicht mehr möglich in die EU zu versenden. Die Hürden und die Kosten sind gegenüber den Einnahmen nicht verhältnismäßig und viel zu aufwändig. Ich versende kaum und wenn dann sowieso nur mit bereits gebrauchten Materialien da es ein Upccling Unternehmen ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "For micro-enterprises, EPU companies, it is no longer possible to send them to the EU. The hurdles and costs are not proportionate to revenues and are far too burdensome. I send hardly, and in any case only with used materials, as it is an upccling company.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552306_en"}, {"id": 33552305, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:35:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AQUARUS Stone Development&Tools Kreuzer", "feedback": "Hallo EU Kommission, ich unterstütze gerne den Grundgedanken der Abfallreduzierung und Vermeidung. Aus meiner Sicht sind alle Beschlüsse und aktuellen Verpackungsverordnungen für kleinere Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig und nicht wirtschaftlich. Ich nutze bereits seit Jahren die Kartons und Füllstoffe von meinen Lieferanten für den Weiterversand. Ich möchte dringend dazu anraten, die Beschlüsse für kleinere Unternehmen zu überarbeiten. Wünschenswert wäre eine Zentralemelde- und Zahlstelle und nicht 27 einzelne. Die Kosten und Bürokratie ist für kleinere Unternehmen nicht tragbar. Damit auch weiterhin innerhalb der EU ein guter Handelsaustausch erhalten bleibt, ist ein Vereinfachung und Kostenreduzierung bei der Verpackungsverordnung absolut notwendig.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am happy to support the basic idea of waste reduction and prevention. In my view, all decisions and current packaging regulations are disproportionate and not cost-effective for smaller companies. I have been using my suppliers’ cartons and fillers for re-dispatching for years. I would urge you to revise the decisions for smaller companies. It would be desirable to have a central reporting and paying agency rather than 27 individual ones. Costs and red tape are not sustainable for smaller companies. In order to maintain good intra-EU trade, simplification and cost reduction of the Packaging Regulation is absolutely necessary.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552305_en"}, {"id": 33552304, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:35:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe in Deutschland einen kleinen Handmade-Betrieb und verkaufe meine Produkte über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Im vergangenen Jahr habe ich rund 200 Pakete in andere EU-Länder verschickt und auch dabei bereits bewusst nur in Länder, in denen für Kleinstunternehmen Bagatellgrenzen bzw. vereinfachte Regelungen galten, beispielsweise Italien oder die Niederlande. Mit dem Wegfall dieser Ausnahmen wird der Versand innerhalb der EU für mich als Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich nicht mehr tragbar. Die Kosten und der bürokratische Aufwand für Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und nationale Verpackungsvorschriften stehen in keinem sinnvollen Verhältnis zu meinem geringen Auslandsumsatz. Besonders problematisch finde ich, dass dieser Entwurf unter dem Namen REFIT eigentlich eine Vereinfachung und Entlastung bewirken soll. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er jedoch das Gegenteil: Wer in mehrere EU-Länder versendet, sieht sich mit zahlreichen nationalen Registern, unterschiedlichen Verfahren und zusätzlichen Fixkosten konfrontiert unabhängig davon, ob er dort einige wenige Pakete oder tausende Sendungen pro Jahr verschickt. Die Konsequenz ist für mich bereits absehbar: Der Versand in andere EU-Länder lohnt sich wirtschaftlich nicht mehr und wird von mir eingestellt werden müssen. Damit wird der europäische Binnenmarkt gerade für kleine und kreative Unternehmen faktisch unzugänglicher. Ich bitte daher dringend um zwei Änderungen: 1. Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten ausgenommen werden. 2. Ein zentrales EU-weites Register anstelle von 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Registrierungsverfahren. Die derzeitige Regelung führt aus meiner Sicht nicht zu einer Stärkung des europäischen Binnenmarktes, sondern dazu, dass sich kleine Unternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel zurückziehen. Der europäische Onlinehandel wird dadurch zunehmend den großen Plattformen und Unternehmen überlassen, die die zusätzlichen Fixkosten leichter tragen können. Ich bitte Sie daher, die tatsächlichen Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Verordnung zu berücksichtigen und entsprechende Ausnahmen bzw. Vereinfachungen vorzusehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Anika Wolff", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell my products via an online marketplace. Last year, I sent around 200 packages to other EU countries, and even so deliberately only to countries where micro-enterprises were subject to de minimis thresholds or simplified rules, such as Italy or the Netherlands. With the removal of these exceptions, shipping within the EU will no longer be economically viable for me as a micro-enterprise. The costs and red tape involved in registrations, authorised representatives and national packaging rules are disproportionate to my small turnover abroad. I find it particularly problematic that this draft, known as REFIT, is actually intended to bring about simplification and relief. For micro-enterprises, however, it has the opposite effect: Those who send to several EU countries face numerous national registers, different procedures and additional fixed costs, regardless of whether they send a few parcels or thousands of items per year. The consequence is already foreseeable for me: Shipping to other EU countries is no longer economically worthwhile and will have to be stopped by me. This makes the European single market de facto more inaccessible to small and creative businesses in particular. I would therefore urge you to make two changes: 1. An EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempted from registration and authorised representative obligations. 2. A central EU-wide register instead of 27 different national registration procedures. In my view, the current rules do not lead to a strengthening of the European internal market, but rather to the withdrawal of small businesses from cross-border trade. As a result, European e-commerce is increasingly left to large platforms and businesses, which can more easily bear the additional fixed costs. I would therefore ask you to take account of the actual impact on micro-enterprises in the further development of the Regulation and to provide for appropriate exemptions or simplifications. Yours sincerely, Anika Wolff", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552304_en"}, {"id": 33552303, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:34:53", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cîme", "feedback": "EU directive 2025/40 goes against the EU's commissions' ambitions to remove internal trade barriers and to reduce administrative hurdles for small and medium companies. It imposes unneccesarily high administrative and financial burdens, especially so for small companies, in comparison to the rather minimalistic goals as stated in the directive. It delegates the set up of producer's registry to national competent authorities, requires the nomination of \"foreign\" respresentatives for export and registration per \"foreign\" (inside EU!) country. For a small company like ours this becomes unbearable. We would rather stop exporting if this regulation were to be maintained as it is.", "feedbackEnglish": "EU directive 2025/40 goes against the EU's commissions' ambitions to remove internal trade barriers and to reduce administrative hurdles for small and medium companies. It imposes unneccesarily high administrative and financial burdens, especially so for small companies, in comparison to the rather minimalistic goals as stated in the directive. It delegates the set up of producer's registry to national competent authorities, requires the nomination of \"foreign\" respresentatives for export and registration per \"foreign\" (inside EU!) country. For a small company like ours this becomes unbearable. We would rather stop exporting if this regulation were to be maintained as it is.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552303_en"}, {"id": 33552301, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:34:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Online Shop eWerk-kreativ ", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlineshop in Deutschland. Ich verkaufe Vintage Ware, überwiegend Porzellan und Geschirr weltweit. Bisher wurde die Möglichkeit innerhalb der EU zu versenden, durch Regelung der einzelnen EU Staaten schon sehr eingeschränkt. Die neuen Regelungen zur Verpackung, die ab 12.8.2026 gültig sind, bringen nun mein Geschäft in die EU vollständig zum Erliegen. Ich bin mit meinem kleinen Unternehmen nicht in der Lage, Bevollmächtigte für jedes Land der EU einzeln zu bezahlen. Circa 300 je EU Land und pro Jahr sind für kleine Unternehmen wie meins, aber auch etwas größere nicht zu stemmen. Selbst wenn ich nur zwei oder drei EU Länder auswählen würde, wäre das finanziell kaum möglich aber auch ein Glücksspiel, da die Registrierung und Bestellung vor dem ersten Verkauf stattfinden muss. Hinzukommt der bürokratische Aufwand, der für mich mit meinem ein-Personen Unternehmen nicht leistbar ist. Große Händler haben dieses Problem nicht und werden durch die EU eindeutig bevorzugt, finanziell haben sie kein Problem und auch personell nicht. Ich befürchte, dass sich shein, Temu, Alibaba, Amazon und ähnliche Player einfach nur ins Fäustchen lachen. Kleine Händler wie ich, die gebrauchte Ware versenden, das Olivenöl aus Griechenland nach Deutschland schicken wollen oder den Wein aus Frankreich werden eiskalt von der EU aus dem EU Handel ausgesperrt. Kein Europäer kann mehr bei einem kleinen Label einkaufen und kein kleines europäisches Label kann mehr in ein anderes Land verkaufen. Zumindest wenn man sich an Rechnung gesetzt hält. Ist das die Intention der EU? Ist die EU nicht angetreten, freien Handel in Europa möglich zu machen? Natürlich will ich auch meinen Beitrag im Sinne des Umweltschutzes leisten. Aus diesem Grund versende ich oft in gebrauchten Kartons. Was jetzt ausgesprochen schwierig wird und im Grunde nicht mehr möglich ist. Eine einheitliche Stelle für die gesamte EU, die für die Regelungen, der der Verpackung zuständig ist wäre die einzig sinnvolle Vorgehensweise. Außerdem wünschen sich viele kleine Händler, die nur wenige Pakete verschicken Mindestgrenzen, hinsichtlich des WarenWertes oder der Verpackungsmenge. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn meine Anregung und die viele andere Onlinehändler Eingang in die Gesetzgebung finden würde und sie eine Lösung finden, die uns den freien Handeln in der EU wieder möglich macht", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small online shop in Germany. I sell vintage goods, mainly porcelain and tableware, all over the world. Until now, the possibility of shipping within the EU has already been severely restricted by the individual EU Member States. The new rules on packaging, which will apply from 12.8.2026, will bring my business to the EU to a complete standstill. With my small business, I am not able to pay proxies for each EU country individually. Around 300 per EU country per year are unaffordable for small businesses like mys, but also for slightly larger ones. Even if I chose only two or three EU countries, this would be hardly financially possible, but it would also be a game of chance, as registration and ordering must take place before the first sale. In addition, there is the bureaucratic burden that I cannot afford with my one-person company. Large traders do not have this problem and are clearly favoured by the EU, they do not have a financial problem, nor are they staffed. I am afraid that Shein, Temu, Alibaba, Amazon and similar players are simply laughing. Small traders like me who send second-hand goods, who want to send olive oil from Greece to Germany, or who ice-cream the wine from France, are banned from EU trade by the EU. No European can buy a small label anymore and no small European label can sell to another country. At least if taken into account. Is this the intention of the EU? Has the EU not embarked on making free trade possible in Europe? Of course, I also want to contribute to the protection of the environment. This is why I often send in used cartons. This is now going to be very difficult and is basically no longer possible. A single body for the whole of the EU, responsible for the rules on packaging, would be the only sensible way forward. In addition, many small traders who send only a few parcels would like to see minimum thresholds in terms of value of goods or quantity of packaging. I would be delighted if my suggestion and that of many other online traders could be incorporated into the legislation and find a solution that would allow us to act freely in the EU again.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552301_en"}, {"id": 33552300, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:32:30", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Good Company Bookstore", "feedback": "For artisans and small businesses, PPWR effectively means the end of the European single market. Like many who have shared feedback, we are a small independent business (a bookstore). We invested heavily in digital infrastructure to be able to offer EU customers an alternative to Amazon and the like for books. The PPWR legislation has required us to stop selling outside of our home country of Portugal from August 12, 2026. The fact is that the laws as they currently exist are opaque; nobody has clarity about where they fall or what is actually required. Even our national EPR entities don't seem to know what's going on. Most of us are trying to do our best to be compliant, but as we understand the law this means paying thousands of Euros in fees, or limiting our market, or potentially paying thousands of Euros in penalties. Any way you cut it, this legislation hurts us badly. For big corporations, with cashflow, good margins, and an army of lawyers, this is all manageable; for artisans and small businesses like us this is simply impossible. This legislation is forcing artisans and small businesses, who are already overburdened by taxes and bureaucracy, and who are already invested in sustainability and impact reduction by the very nature of our work, to bear the responsibility of a problem caused by multinational corporations. The real effect of this legislation is a significant reduction to our livelihoods and those of our employees, as well as the effective end of the European single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "For artisans and small businesses, PPWR effectively means the end of the European single market. Like many who have shared feedback, we are a small independent business (a bookstore). We invested heavily in digital infrastructure to be able to offer EU customers an alternative to Amazon and the like for books. The PPWR legislation has required us to stop selling outside of our home country of Portugal from August 12, 2026. The fact is that the laws as they currently exist are opaque; nobody has clarity about where they fall or what is actually required. Even our national EPR entities don't seem to know what's going on. Most of us are trying to do our best to be compliant, but as we understand the law this means paying thousands of Euros in fees, or limiting our market, or potentially paying thousands of Euros in penalties. Any way you cut it, this legislation hurts us badly. For big corporations, with cashflow, good margins, and an army of lawyers, this is all manageable; for artisans and small businesses like us this is simply impossible. This legislation is forcing artisans and small businesses, who are already overburdened by taxes and bureaucracy, and who are already invested in sustainability and impact reduction by the very nature of our work, to bear the responsibility of a problem caused by multinational corporations. The real effect of this legislation is a significant reduction to our livelihoods and those of our employees, as well as the effective end of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552300_en"}, {"id": 33552299, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:26:54", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent fashion designer from Lithuania. I work on made-to-order basis - no stock, minimized waste, I use recyclable and biodegradeble materials and packaging. Sustainability is one of the keypoints of my design philosophy. My business consists of one person - myself. Since I just started out couple months ago, invested almost all of my money at the time in starting this business with a hope, that EU will be my main market the new law regarding packaging waste managing makes selling in EU IMPOSSIBLE. I wholeheartedly support the decision and efforts but to manage the packaging problem that big conglomerates create. But it is deeply unfair to force small businesses to stop sending in EU because we can not do that financially. Being an artist and making living as an artist is already hard. The orders are not consistent, the market is unpredictable. This law endangers small businesses. Many of them will close due to the narrowing of the countries they can ship to. Myself personally - I don't know how long I can try to make it in markets outside of EU. I believe in my art - but also the bills need to be paid. Therefore, I demand de minimis exemption for small businesses. This law is not only endangering many artists financially - it is about endangering art as a profession. I believe we have bright and intelligent peoplen in the EU parlaiment. I hope we will reach through.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent fashion designer from Lithuania. I work on made-to-order basis - no stock, minimized waste, I use recyclable and biodegradeble materials and packaging. Sustainability is one of the keypoints of my design philosophy. My business consists of one person - myself. Since I just started out couple months ago, invested almost all of my money at the time in starting this business with a hope, that EU will be my main market the new law regarding packaging waste managing makes selling in EU IMPOSSIBLE. I wholeheartedly support the decision and efforts but to manage the packaging problem that big conglomerates create. But it is deeply unfair to force small businesses to stop sending in EU because we can not do that financially. Being an artist and making living as an artist is already hard. The orders are not consistent, the market is unpredictable. This law endangers small businesses. Many of them will close due to the narrowing of the countries they can ship to. Myself personally - I don't know how long I can try to make it in markets outside of EU. I believe in my art - but also the bills need to be paid. Therefore, I demand de minimis exemption for small businesses. This law is not only endangering many artists financially - it is about endangering art as a profession. I believe we have bright and intelligent peoplen in the EU parlaiment. I hope we will reach through.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552299_en"}, {"id": 33552298, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:26:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Weingut Christmann GbR", "feedback": "Wie hören seit Jahren von Entbürokratisierung, doch Gegenteil ist der Fall. PPWR treibt es in absurde neue Höhen. Der Aufwand ist enorm. Selbst für ganz einfach von jedem zu identifizierenden Materialien wie Glas, oder Karton müssen umfängliche Bescheinigungen zusammengetragen werden und daraus Konformitätserklärungen erstellt. Dabei unterscheiden sich teilweise unterschiedliche Verpackungsgrößen je nach Zulieferer. So kommen bei einem kleinen Weinbaubetrieb wie unserem mit auch älteren jahrgängen hunderte von unterscheidlichen Bescheinigungen, die jeweils bei Lieferantenwechsel fortgeschrieben werden müssen. Unvermischte Standardmaterialien wie Glas Karton und Kork sollten wenn überhaupt das ganze nötig ist, pauschaliert angegeben werden können. Auch muss die Ausnahme Kleinbetrieb am besten zur Freistellung führen, zumindest muss bei einem grenznahen Unternehmen, wie unserem unbedingt auch auf Einkäufe aus dem EU Nachbarland erweitert werden und dadurch nicht Barrieren errichtet werden, die uns dazu veranlasst wieder nur noch in Deutschland einzukaufen gegen de europäischen Gedanken. Wir leben diesen und lange haben wir die EU verteidigt. Doch das nimmt nun wirklich absurde Züge an.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have heard of de-bureaucratisation for years, but the opposite is true. PPWR drives it to absurd new heights. The burden is enormous. Even for easy-to-identify materials such as glass or cardboard, comprehensive certificates must be collected and declarations of conformity drawn up from them. In some cases, packaging sizes differ from one supplier to another. For example, in the case of a small wine-growing holding such as ours, with even older vintages, there are hundreds of separate certificates, which must be updated in each case in the event of a change of supplier. Standard unmixed materials such as glass cardboard and cork should be able to be labelled on a flat-rate basis, if at all necessary. The exemption for small businesses must also best lead to exemption; at least in the case of a company close to a border, as in our case, it must also be extended to purchases from the EU neighbouring country, thereby avoiding the creation of barriers that would lead us to buy again only in Germany against the European idea. We live this and for a long time we have defended the EU. But that’s really absurd.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552298_en"}, {"id": 33552297, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:24:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Peter Kopak", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Eine Idee wäre es ähnlich wie das aktuelle OSS Verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer zu gestalten. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen.Ich kenne so viele Händler, die nun ihren EU Weiten Versand einstellen, selbst mit hohen 6 oder 7 stelligen Jahresumsätzen. Die aktuelle Umsetzung führt dazu, dass lediglich noch die Big Plyer verkaufen und kleine vom Markt verdrängt werden. Und das alles wegen einer Verpackungsverordnung... BITTE ändert was!", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. One idea would be to make it similar to the current OSS procedure for VAT. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of the packaging rules should not lead to small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales.I know so many traders now stopping their EU wide shipping, even with high 6-digit or 7-digit annual turnovers. The current implementation means that only the Big Plyer are still selling and small ones are being pushed out of the market. And all this because of a packaging regulation... Please change what!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552297_en"}, {"id": 33552296, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:24:25", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the objectives of the new packaging rules: reducing packaging waste, improving recycling, and making businesses responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact of the current implementation on micro-enterprises and independent e-commerce businesses. I run a very small webshop in the Netherlands selling unique second-hand products. I have invested thousands of euros and thousands of hours in building my own independent webshop. My sales are spread across many EU Member States: I may have only a handful of orders per country each year, but collectively the EU represents approximately 70% of my sales. Separate national registrations, reporting requirements, minimum fees and potentially local representatives make serving these markets economically unviable. I previously registered in Germany, but cancelled my registration when the minimum cost increased substantially, as I was sending fewer than ten parcels per year there. France presents a similar problem. Commercial EU-wide compliance services can cost around 5,000 per year, which is simply impossible for a business of my size. This is not merely an administrative inconvenience. It undermines one of the foundations of the European Union: the free movement of goods and the European Single Market. A business may technically be free to sell across EU borders, while the cost and complexity of doing so makes that freedom economically meaningless. The problem also creates a barrier for new entrepreneurs who want to expand beyond their domestic market. Instead of helping small businesses grow across Europe, the current framework risks making cross-border trade accessible primarily to companies large enough to absorb the fixed compliance costs. There is also a serious unintended competitive consequence. Independent webshops may be forced either to stop selling across borders or to abandon their independence and move to large platforms such as Amazon, eBay or Bol.com, which can centralize compliance costs across thousands of sellers. This risks giving large platforms an unintended competitive advantage over independent European businesses. I therefore urge the European Commission to act quickly and decisively. Every day the current system remains in place puts additional pressure on small businesses already struggling to remain viable. I recommend: 1. A genuine EU-wide EPR One-Stop Shop with one registration, one report and one payment, while allowing national waste-management systems to remain in place. 2. A meaningful de-minimis regime for micro-enterprises, with costs proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market and without disproportionate minimum fees. 3. An immediate reduction of national administrative duplication** and unnecessary representation requirements. I am not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am willing to register, report and pay a fair contribution for the packaging I use. What I cannot reasonably do is maintain separate compliance systems and pay substantial fixed costs in numerous Member States for a handful of orders per country. The European Single Market should make it easier for a small business to grow across Europe, not make cross-border trade a privilege reserved for businesses large enough to absorb the administrative burden. I strongly urge the Commission to address this issue as a matter of urgency, before more independent European businesses are forced to withdraw from cross-border trade or leave the market altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objectives of the new packaging rules: reducing packaging waste, improving recycling, and making businesses responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact of the current implementation on micro-enterprises and independent e-commerce businesses. I run a very small webshop in the Netherlands selling unique second-hand products. I have invested thousands of euros and thousands of hours in building my own independent webshop. My sales are spread across many EU Member States: I may have only a handful of orders per country each year, but collectively the EU represents approximately 70% of my sales. Separate national registrations, reporting requirements, minimum fees and potentially local representatives make serving these markets economically unviable. I previously registered in Germany, but cancelled my registration when the minimum cost increased substantially, as I was sending fewer than ten parcels per year there. France presents a similar problem. Commercial EU-wide compliance services can cost around 5,000 per year, which is simply impossible for a business of my size. This is not merely an administrative inconvenience. It undermines one of the foundations of the European Union: the free movement of goods and the European Single Market. A business may technically be free to sell across EU borders, while the cost and complexity of doing so makes that freedom economically meaningless. The problem also creates a barrier for new entrepreneurs who want to expand beyond their domestic market. Instead of helping small businesses grow across Europe, the current framework risks making cross-border trade accessible primarily to companies large enough to absorb the fixed compliance costs. There is also a serious unintended competitive consequence. Independent webshops may be forced either to stop selling across borders or to abandon their independence and move to large platforms such as Amazon, eBay or Bol.com, which can centralize compliance costs across thousands of sellers. This risks giving large platforms an unintended competitive advantage over independent European businesses. I therefore urge the European Commission to act quickly and decisively. Every day the current system remains in place puts additional pressure on small businesses already struggling to remain viable. I recommend: 1. A genuine EU-wide EPR One-Stop Shop with one registration, one report and one payment, while allowing national waste-management systems to remain in place. 2. A meaningful de-minimis regime for micro-enterprises, with costs proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market and without disproportionate minimum fees. 3. An immediate reduction of national administrative duplication** and unnecessary representation requirements. I am not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am willing to register, report and pay a fair contribution for the packaging I use. What I cannot reasonably do is maintain separate compliance systems and pay substantial fixed costs in numerous Member States for a handful of orders per country. The European Single Market should make it easier for a small business to grow across Europe, not make cross-border trade a privilege reserved for businesses large enough to absorb the administrative burden. I strongly urge the Commission to address this issue as a matter of urgency, before more independent European businesses are forced to withdraw from cross-border trade or leave the market altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552296_en"}, {"id": 33552295, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:24:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Die kleine Kartenstube", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich finde es grundsätzlichgut, dass weniger Müll produziert wird. Deshalb, verwende ich kartons von gekaufter Ware wieder. Da bin ich ganz bestimmt nicht die einzige. Ich verschicke im Jahr etwa 6 - 8 Päckchen in 2 EU -Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei ca. 10Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich einen so großen Betrag pro Jahr, der sehrwahrscheinlich einen Großteil meines Umsatzes verschlingt. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz dermaßen übersteigen werden, habe ich mich dafür entschieden, nur in Deutschland zu versenden. Für uns Kleinstunternehmer bewirkt der ganze Auffand nur das Gegenteil : zu viel Bürokratie, 27 nationale Register, bedeuten 27 Vefahren und Kostenblöcke , unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um 2 Änderungen. 1. Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmer von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigten zu befreien sind. 2. Ein zentrales EU-Register, statt 27 nationale Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I think it is basically good that less waste is produced. That is why I use cartons of purchased goods again. I am certainly not the only one. I send around 6 – 8 parcels per year to 2 EU countries. My turnover from these countries is around EUR 10. For registration and plenipotentiaries in these countries, I expect to pay such a large amount per year, which most probably wastes a large part of my turnover. Because the fixed costs will exceed my foreign turnover to such an extent, I have chosen to send only in Germany. For us micro-entrepreneurs, the whole thing is the opposite: too much bureaucracy, 27 national registers, means 27 procedures and cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. 1. An EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-entrepreneurs must be exempted from registration and authorised representatives. 2. A central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552295_en"}, {"id": 33552294, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:21:51", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am dissapointed in this directive. I run a small fabric business - I am an only emloyee, selling within the EU. I myself source, package, ship the fabrics myself, as well as running the social media, paying the taxes, etc for the busness. This new administrative burden is too much, both in time it would take me to do everything and in exorbitant fees. By doing this, yu are killing the small businesses and paving more way for the likes of shein and temu to flood the EU with tat. Crazy!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am dissapointed in this directive. I run a small fabric business - I am an only emloyee, selling within the EU. I myself source, package, ship the fabrics myself, as well as running the social media, paying the taxes, etc for the busness. This new administrative burden is too much, both in time it would take me to do everything and in exorbitant fees. By doing this, yu are killing the small businesses and paving more way for the likes of shein and temu to flood the EU with tat. Crazy!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552294_en"}, {"id": 33552293, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:16:01", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BabaBarock Ltd", "feedback": "As a small studio in Ireland, employing four people including myself, we have put a lot of effort over many years into building up customers across Europe. However, these regulations are making it impossible for us to sell to most EU countries as the admin and financial cost is simply too high. As another poster suggests, the EU should as a matter of urgency introduce a usable EU-wide de minimis threshold based on business size and/or annual packaging volumes. Below this threshold, micro businesses like ours should be exempt from the most burdensome PPWR requirements, including the obligation to appoint an authorized representative in each Member State. We are very much in favour of green initiatives and we use almost entirely recyclable packaging because of our own ethics and sense of responsibility. However, now seeing our business hit badly by these ridiculously ill-thought-out regulations is simply heartbreaking.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small studio in Ireland, employing four people including myself, we have put a lot of effort over many years into building up customers across Europe. However, these regulations are making it impossible for us to sell to most EU countries as the admin and financial cost is simply too high. As another poster suggests, the EU should as a matter of urgency introduce a usable EU-wide de minimis threshold based on business size and/or annual packaging volumes. Below this threshold, micro businesses like ours should be exempt from the most burdensome PPWR requirements, including the obligation to appoint an authorized representative in each Member State. We are very much in favour of green initiatives and we use almost entirely recyclable packaging because of our own ethics and sense of responsibility. However, now seeing our business hit badly by these ridiculously ill-thought-out regulations is simply heartbreaking.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552293_en"}, {"id": 33552291, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:14:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current EPR requirements place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. In particular, the requirement to appoint an Authorised Representative (AR) in another EU Member State can be extremely difficult and costly for small businesses to comply with. For businesses with very low sales volumes, the costs and administrative effort of finding, appointing and maintaining an AR can be completely disproportionate to their actual environmental impact. I therefore strongly support the introduction of EU-wide de minimis thresholds for micro and small businesses and very low volumes of packaging. Businesses below these thresholds should be exempt from certain EPR obligations, including the obligation to appoint an Authorised Representative, or benefit from a simple and affordable alternative. EPR rules should achieve their environmental objectives without creating barriers that disproportionately affect small businesses and discourage entrepreneurship.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current EPR requirements place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. In particular, the requirement to appoint an Authorised Representative (AR) in another EU Member State can be extremely difficult and costly for small businesses to comply with. For businesses with very low sales volumes, the costs and administrative effort of finding, appointing and maintaining an AR can be completely disproportionate to their actual environmental impact. I therefore strongly support the introduction of EU-wide de minimis thresholds for micro and small businesses and very low volumes of packaging. Businesses below these thresholds should be exempt from certain EPR obligations, including the obligation to appoint an Authorised Representative, or benefit from a simple and affordable alternative. EPR rules should achieve their environmental objectives without creating barriers that disproportionately affect small businesses and discourage entrepreneurship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552291_en"}, {"id": 33552290, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:13:52", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the owner of a micro-enterprise in Portugal producing handmade crochet products, selling in small volumes to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and already minimise and reuse packaging wherever possible. I am concerned that the current national producer-registration framework is disproportionate for micro-enterprises with negligible packaging volumes. Sending a handful of parcels a year to other Member States exposes me, in principle, to the same registration obligations as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. Having to register separately, and potentially pay fees, in every Member State where I make occasional sales is not administratively or financially sustainable for a business of my size, and risks pushing micro-enterprises out of cross-border trade altogether. I ask the Commission to: (1) introduce a genuine de minimis exemption, or a simplified single EU-wide registration point, for micro-enterprises with very low packaging volumes; (2) ensure any registration fees for such businesses are capped or waived, reflecting the negligible administrative and environmental cost they represent; (3) fast-track the harmonised registration format under Article 44(14) so producers are not left navigating separate national systems in the meantime. Environmental protection and a functioning internal market for micro-enterprises should not be in tension. A proportionate, workable system for the smallest producers would let businesses like mine keep supporting EU customers without undermining the Regulation's environmental goals.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a micro-enterprise in Portugal producing handmade crochet products, selling in small volumes to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and already minimise and reuse packaging wherever possible. I am concerned that the current national producer-registration framework is disproportionate for micro-enterprises with negligible packaging volumes. Sending a handful of parcels a year to other Member States exposes me, in principle, to the same registration obligations as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. Having to register separately, and potentially pay fees, in every Member State where I make occasional sales is not administratively or financially sustainable for a business of my size, and risks pushing micro-enterprises out of cross-border trade altogether. I ask the Commission to: (1) introduce a genuine de minimis exemption, or a simplified single EU-wide registration point, for micro-enterprises with very low packaging volumes; (2) ensure any registration fees for such businesses are capped or waived, reflecting the negligible administrative and environmental cost they represent; (3) fast-track the harmonised registration format under Article 44(14) so producers are not left navigating separate national systems in the meantime. Environmental protection and a functioning internal market for micro-enterprises should not be in tension. A proportionate, workable system for the smallest producers would let businesses like mine keep supporting EU customers without undermining the Regulation's environmental goals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552290_en"}, {"id": 33552288, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:10:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Walton & Mortimer", "feedback": "Sorry but did the EU just destroy every small online shop within the EU?, registering this costs a company 1000s of euro's for maintaining this including representatives, I already have weeks of work for the \"1 stop shop\" VAT registration and now this? good green packaging is fine but this is absurd, and why on such short notice? , i haven't heard anything of this? now my complete business is on hold because i do not want to risk any high fines.", "feedbackEnglish": "Sorry but did the EU just destroy every small online shop within the EU?, registering this costs a company 1000s of euro's for maintaining this including representatives, I already have weeks of work for the \"1 stop shop\" VAT registration and now this? good green packaging is fine but this is absurd, and why on such short notice? , i haven't heard anything of this? now my complete business is on hold because i do not want to risk any high fines.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552288_en"}, {"id": 33552286, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:09:32", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "company name upon request (micro d.o.o.)", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I fully support the EU's efforts to make Europe cleaner and reduce packaging waste. However, as a very small business owner in Slovenia producing artisan lamps, I am concerned about the impact of the new PPWR requirements on micro businesses like mine. We sell only 1 to 50 lamps per year to customers in each individual EU country. We use as little packaging as possible and, whenever practical, use recycled or reused cardboard to avoid creating additional waste. The potential EPR registration, fees and compliance costs in different EU countries could amount to several thousand euros per year. This would be greater than the entire profit generated by our EU sales. In my view, this is highly disproportionate to the very small amount of packaging and waste involved. Regulations designed for large producers should not make it economically impossible for small artisan businesses to sell a few products across the EU. I strongly support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but I believe that micro businesses with negligible amounts of packaging need a simple and proportionate approach. Kind regards, Tilen", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I fully support the EU's efforts to make Europe cleaner and reduce packaging waste. However, as a very small business owner in Slovenia producing artisan lamps, I am concerned about the impact of the new PPWR requirements on micro businesses like mine. We sell only 1 to 50 lamps per year to customers in each individual EU country. We use as little packaging as possible and, whenever practical, use recycled or reused cardboard to avoid creating additional waste. The potential EPR registration, fees and compliance costs in different EU countries could amount to several thousand euros per year. This would be greater than the entire profit generated by our EU sales. In my view, this is highly disproportionate to the very small amount of packaging and waste involved. Regulations designed for large producers should not make it economically impossible for small artisan businesses to sell a few products across the EU. I strongly support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but I believe that micro businesses with negligible amounts of packaging need a simple and proportionate approach. Kind regards, Tilen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552286_en"}, {"id": 33552287, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:09:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Wi-La-No", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte EU-Kommission, Verpackungsmüll einzudämmen und zu regulieren, ist einerseits sinnvoll. Aber es ist nicht sinnvoll, mit einem Bürokratiemonster wie der PPWR uns kleine, kreative Solo-Unternehmen in die Knie und sogar zur Aufgabe zu zwingen. Sie zerstören mit der PPWR die Vielfalt des Unternehmertums und lassen den großen Konzernen zugleich freie Bahn! Bessern Sie dringend nach und sorgen Sie dafür, dass es uns Kleinunternehmen weiterhin möglich ist, innerhalb der EU unsere individuellen, liebevoll gestalteten und produzierten Produkte zu versenden, ohne übermäßige Kosten für sogenannte Bevollmächtigte tragen zu müssen und zusätzlich in jedem Land separat unsere Verpackungen anzumelden bzw. Gebühren zu zahlen. Das alles steht in keiner Relation zur (im Vergleich zu Großunternehmen) geringen Anzahl der Sendungen. Es wäre schön, wenn die EU es uns erleichtern statt erschweren würde, ein kleines Business zu führen. Wir sind viele! Freundliche Grüße, Anette Pörtner / Diplom-Designerin / Inhaberin Wi-La-No P.S.: Billige Massenware aus China sollte eingedämmt werden. Oder sinnlose Plastikprodukte und -verpackungen, wie z.B. diese Kinderzeitschriften mit billigem Plastikspielzeug darauf in Plastikfolie verpackt - oder auch diese Billig-Shops, die fast nur Schrott verkaufen. Die Liste ist lang", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, On the one hand, it makes sense to contain and regulate packaging waste. But it makes no sense to use a bureaucratic monster like the PPWR to force small, creative solo companies into their knees and even to abandon them. With the PPWR, they are destroying the diversity of entrepreneurship and at the same time leaving the big corporations free! Urgently improve and ensure that we continue to allow small businesses to send our individual, lovingly designed and produced products within the EU, without incurring excessive costs for so-called authorised representatives and, in addition, registering our packaging or paying fees separately in each country. All this bears no relation to the small number of consignments (compared to large companies). It would be nice if the EU made it easier rather than more difficult for us to do a small business. We are many! Kind regards, Anette Pörtner/Diplom-Designer/Holder Wi-La-No P.S.: Cheap, bulk goods from China should be contained. Or useless plastic products and packaging, such as these children’s magazines with cheap plastic toys packed on them in plastic foil – or even these low-cost shops that sell almost only scrap. The list is long", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552287_en"}, {"id": 33552284, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:03:20", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This ruling takes an impossible slice from small independent businesses income, affecting tremendously and disproportionately those who have the less impact on waste and often the ones that, from the start, are more careful and intentional about using sustainable materials in their packaging, and more ethical methods of shipping. These are also businesses run by actual people, with few to no employees, which makes this even more unfathomably ill-planned. Alterations should be set in place: an exemption, or adaptation of the rates for small businesses where they could pay one fee for the whole EU, proportional to their sales. Small retailers that work with worldwide independent/small brands, should be considered part of this category, since they bring ethical accessibility both to those small brands and to the EU consumers to products wed otherwise not get to access, since the big conglomerates dont see profit in them, and platforms like Amazon willingly drown them out in counterfeits. There should be a free legal processing platform provided by the EU for small businesses and small retailers only, circumventing the need for them to have legal representation in each country. These rules should target big companies which are, as is well know, the ones with a terrible impact on the environment , not let them pay away a fake sense of sustainability while destroying small businesses and families livelihoods entirely. As a consumer of curated, independent creatives and brands, who makes a point of making ethical purchases, wanting to support small businesses and their families the actual backbone of commerce I find this beyond discriminatory, and in direct contradiction of the EU free market stance.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling takes an impossible slice from small independent businesses income, affecting tremendously and disproportionately those who have the less impact on waste and often the ones that, from the start, are more careful and intentional about using sustainable materials in their packaging, and more ethical methods of shipping. These are also businesses run by actual people, with few to no employees, which makes this even more unfathomably ill-planned. Alterations should be set in place: an exemption, or adaptation of the rates for small businesses where they could pay one fee for the whole EU, proportional to their sales. Small retailers that work with worldwide independent/small brands, should be considered part of this category, since they bring ethical accessibility both to those small brands and to the EU consumers to products wed otherwise not get to access, since the big conglomerates dont see profit in them, and platforms like Amazon willingly drown them out in counterfeits. There should be a free legal processing platform provided by the EU for small businesses and small retailers only, circumventing the need for them to have legal representation in each country. These rules should target big companies which are, as is well know, the ones with a terrible impact on the environment , not let them pay away a fake sense of sustainability while destroying small businesses and families livelihoods entirely. As a consumer of curated, independent creatives and brands, who makes a point of making ethical purchases, wanting to support small businesses and their families the actual backbone of commerce I find this beyond discriminatory, and in direct contradiction of the EU free market stance.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552284_en"}, {"id": 33552283, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 14:03:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Linde Design", "feedback": "Micro-enterprise impact of PPWR Article 45 and fragmented EPR registrations Although I fully support the attempt to be more environmentally friendly and Im happy to pay for my packaging waste, these new laws are sadly killing all small businesses. It would be helpful if: 1. Centralized Information & Payment: There would be 1 single EU portal where we could register and pay for all packaging waste fees, or at least 1 centralized official directory linking directly to correct national government registries to prevent scams and platform confusion. 2. Micro-Business Exemption for Authorized Representatives: Micro-businesses within the EU Single Market must be explicitly exempt from needing an Authorized Representative (AR) to ship across borders. These costs (5001,500+ per country) are unsustainable for sole proprietors, and finding reliable representatives is nearly impossible. Most small artisans and independent makers have already been forced to stop shipping to other EU member states. Large corporations and non-EU mass producers can easily afford these administrative overheads, meaning this law is effectively forcing small European makers off the market while foreign, less environmentally conscious sellers continue operating. Kind regards, Melanie van der Linde Sole Proprietor | Owner & Maker, Linde Designs The Netherlands", "feedbackEnglish": "Micro-enterprise impact of PPWR Article 45 and fragmented EPR registrations Although I fully support the attempt to be more environmentally friendly and Im happy to pay for my packaging waste, these new laws are sadly killing all small businesses. It would be helpful if: 1. Centralized Information & Payment: There would be 1 single EU portal where we could register and pay for all packaging waste fees, or at least 1 centralized official directory linking directly to correct national government registries to prevent scams and platform confusion. 2. Micro-Business Exemption for Authorized Representatives: Micro-businesses within the EU Single Market must be explicitly exempt from needing an Authorized Representative (AR) to ship across borders. These costs (5001,500+ per country) are unsustainable for sole proprietors, and finding reliable representatives is nearly impossible. Most small artisans and independent makers have already been forced to stop shipping to other EU member states. Large corporations and non-EU mass producers can easily afford these administrative overheads, meaning this law is effectively forcing small European makers off the market while foreign, less environmentally conscious sellers continue operating. Kind regards, Melanie van der Linde Sole Proprietor | Owner & Maker, Linde Designs The Netherlands", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552283_en"}, {"id": 33552281, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:58:54", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This reform makes it impossible for small local businesses to survive, while not impacting huge corporations which are the main cause for the accumulating waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "This reform makes it impossible for small local businesses to survive, while not impacting huge corporations which are the main cause for the accumulating waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552281_en"}, {"id": 33552280, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:54:48", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "THE LITTLE BIKERS", "feedback": "I am a small business owner on Etsy, and the current implementation of the PPWR risks forcing me to withdraw from cross-border sales because the fixed compliance costs are completely disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging I place on the market. Is this really your goal? To force small businesses like mine to stop selling to customers in other EU countries? Behind every small business, there is an entire family. When you make it impossible for small businesses to survive, you are also putting those families at risk. The EU should introduce a meaningful, EU-wide de minimis threshold based on business size and/or annual packaging volumes. Below this threshold, microbusinesses should be exempt from the most burdensome PPWR requirements, including the obligation to appoint an authorized representative in each Member State. We want to comply with environmental requirements. We want to reduce waste and use more sustainable packaging. But please do not make compliance so costly and complicated that the smallest businesses are forced out of the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner on Etsy, and the current implementation of the PPWR risks forcing me to withdraw from cross-border sales because the fixed compliance costs are completely disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging I place on the market. Is this really your goal? To force small businesses like mine to stop selling to customers in other EU countries? Behind every small business, there is an entire family. When you make it impossible for small businesses to survive, you are also putting those families at risk. The EU should introduce a meaningful, EU-wide de minimis threshold based on business size and/or annual packaging volumes. Below this threshold, microbusinesses should be exempt from the most burdensome PPWR requirements, including the obligation to appoint an authorized representative in each Member State. We want to comply with environmental requirements. We want to reduce waste and use more sustainable packaging. But please do not make compliance so costly and complicated that the smallest businesses are forced out of the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552280_en"}, {"id": 33552278, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:54:07", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich habe meine komplette Künstler existenz als Neue Selbstständige in Österreich ein Jahr lang auf Englisch aufgebaut um International agieren zu können. Vor kurzem konnte ich nach harter Arbeit endlich meine ersten Verkäufe in jeweils 3 unterschiedliche EU Länder verzeichnen. Jetzt wurde mir dieses Geschäft, auf welches ich momentan baue entzogen und ich habe rein Objektiv betrachtet keine andere sinnvolle Möglichkeit für den Erhalt meines Business. Mir wurde buchstäblich der Boden unter den Füßen weggerissen und ein Jahr harte Arbeit weggeworfen. Natürlich ist es ein absolut gutes Projekt für die Umwelt und wenn man an große Global versendende Unternehmen denkt absolut gerechtfertigt, jedoch wurde das Leben der kleinen Selbstständigen nochmal erschwert oder so wie bei mir und vielen anderen (Quelle: Social Media) gar beendet. Ich bin furchtbar enttäuscht, dass es den kleinen von Anfang an schwer gemacht wird und das bestehen dieser Herausforderungen weiter bestraft wird, während Großkonzerne diese Umstellung Bürokratisch sowie Logistisch einfach stemmen können. Des weiteren waren Informationen zu der Regulierung schwer erreichbar und sus irgend einem Grund ist es zu mir nur durch andere Content Creator durchgedrungen. Sonst hätte ich davon erst durch ein Mahn schreiben erfahren.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have built my entire artist’s existence as a new self-employed person in Austria in English for one year in order to be able to operate internationally. Recently, after hard work, I was finally able to record my first sales to each of three different EU countries. Now this business, on which I am currently building, has been taken away from me and, from a purely objective point of view, I have no other meaningful way of maintaining my business. I was literally torn under the feet and thrown away a year of hard work. Of course, it is an absolutely good project for the environment, and if one thinks of big companies shipping globally, it is absolutely justified, but the lives of the small self-employed have been made even more difficult, or in the same way as for me and many others (source: Social Media) even finished. I am frightened that the small ones will be made difficult from the outset and that these challenges will continue to be penalised, while large corporations will be able to manage this transition in a bureaucratic and logistically simple way. Furthermore, information on regulation was difficult to obtain and, for some reason, it only penetrated me through other content creators. Otherwise, I would only have been informed of this by means of a reminder.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552278_en"}, {"id": 33552277, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:54:04", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "From a practical perspective, I am particularly concerned that SMEs are being disproportionately affected by the PPWR. In many cases, smaller companies have already been highly conscious of their environmental responsibilities for decades, keeping packaging volumes and material use as low as possible. They were often not the companies causing the packaging waste problem in the first place. Yet they are now facing a significant administrative burden that large corporations can absorb much more easily due to their financial and human resources. This risks penalising precisely those businesses that have already acted responsibly. I sincerely hope this is not the intended outcome. However, if regulation becomes so complex and costly that increasing numbers of small businesses can no longer compete, it inevitably raises the concern that the current approach may unintentionally contribute to further market concentration and strengthen the position of large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "From a practical perspective, I am particularly concerned that SMEs are being disproportionately affected by the PPWR. In many cases, smaller companies have already been highly conscious of their environmental responsibilities for decades, keeping packaging volumes and material use as low as possible. They were often not the companies causing the packaging waste problem in the first place. Yet they are now facing a significant administrative burden that large corporations can absorb much more easily due to their financial and human resources. This risks penalising precisely those businesses that have already acted responsibly. I sincerely hope this is not the intended outcome. However, if regulation becomes so complex and costly that increasing numbers of small businesses can no longer compete, it inevitably raises the concern that the current approach may unintentionally contribute to further market concentration and strengthen the position of large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552277_en"}, {"id": 33552276, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:47:23", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gruber Karton Kreativ GmbH", "feedback": "Wir sind ein österreichisches Produktionsunternehmen und stellen Verpackungen aus Karton und Wellpappe her. Grundsätzlich begrüßen wir die Ziele der PPWR: weniger Verpackungsabfälle, mehr Recycling und eine funktionierende Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtige und notwendige Ziele. Die derzeitige Umsetzung bereitet uns jedoch große Sorge. Wir sind als Verpackungshersteller in bestimmten Konstellationen im Sinne der Verordnung als Lieferant und nicht als Produzent einzustufen und daher nicht unmittelbar von sämtlichen Pflichten betroffen. Dennoch spüren wir die Auswirkungen massiv. Unsere Kunden sind mit neuen Anforderungen, Dokumentationspflichten und zahlreichen offenen Fragen konfrontiert. Diese Unsicherheit wird zwangsläufig an uns weitergegeben und verursacht auch bei uns erheblichen administrativen Aufwand. Für ein kleines Unternehmen mit einer großen Anzahl unterschiedlicher Verpackungsartikel ist dieser Aufwand wirtschaftlich kaum darstellbar. Dies geschieht zudem in einer Zeit, in der viele Unternehmen aufgrund der vergangenen Krisen, geopolitischer Konflikte, hoher Energie- und Personalkosten und einer allgemein schwierigen Wirtschaftslage ohnehin stark unter Druck stehen. Besonders problematisch ist die fehlende Rechtssicherheit. In der Praxis ist häufig nicht eindeutig, welche Informationen in welcher Form tatsächlich benötigt werden. Teilweise erhalten Unternehmen unterschiedliche Auskünfte oder es entsteht der Eindruck, dass auch zuständige Stellen selbst noch keine ausreichende Klarheit über die praktische Anwendung einzelner Bestimmungen haben. Unternehmen können jedoch nicht dauerhaft erhebliche Ressourcen dafür aufwenden, neue Vorschriften zu interpretieren und gleichzeitig das Risiko tragen, dass deren Auslegung später wieder geändert wird. Aus unserer Sicht fehlt es außerdem an ausreichender Verhältnismäßigkeit. Karton und Wellpappe werden in Österreich seit Jahrzehnten erfolgreich gesammelt und recycelt. Es bestehen etablierte Sammel- und Verwertungssysteme. Der Verpackungsabfall aus diesem Werkstoff ist daher nicht mit jenen Verpackungsströmen vergleichbar, bei denen Recycling tatsächlich ein ungelöstes Problem darstellt. Wir fragen uns daher, ob es sinnvoll ist, einen umfassenden Regulierungsansatz in gleicher Weise über sämtliche Materialien und Unternehmen zu legen. Ein bestehendes, funktionierendes System sollte verbessert und weiterentwickelt werden nicht durch zusätzliche Bürokratie unnötig verkompliziert werden. Regulierung sollte sich stärker am tatsächlichen ökologischen Nutzen orientieren. Gleichzeitig sehen wir einen erheblichen Wettbewerbsnachteil für europäische Unternehmen. Während europäische Unternehmen immer umfangreichere regulatorische und administrative Anforderungen erfüllen müssen, ist fraglich, in welchem Ausmaß dieselben Standards bei importierten Produkten aus Drittstaaten tatsächlich kontrolliert und durchgesetzt werden. Eine schriftliche Bestätigung eines außereuropäischen Lieferanten ersetzt aus unserer Sicht keine wirksame Kontrolle. Wenn die Einhaltung europäischer Standards nicht entsprechend überprüft wird, trifft die zusätzliche Bürokratie letztlich vor allem jene Unternehmen, die innerhalb der EU produzieren. Wir würden daher einen schrittweisen Ansatz für sinnvoller halten: Zunächst sollten die größten Verpackungsströme und jene Unternehmen adressiert werden, bei denen der größte ökologische Hebel besteht. Große Marktteilnehmer verfügen zudem über wesentlich mehr Ressourcen, um entsprechende Systeme aufzubauen und Erfahrungen zu sammeln. Diese Erfahrungen könnten anschließend genutzt werden, um Anforderungen schrittweise auch auf kleinere Unternehmen auszuweiten. Gleichzeitig hätten Behörden die Möglichkeit, praxistaugliche Auslegungshilfen und funktionierende Prozesse zu entwickeln. Unser Anliegen ist daher nicht, die Ziele der PPWR infrage zu stellen. Wir wünschen uns vielmehr eine verhältnismäßige, praxistaugliche und wirtschaftlich tragfähige Umsetzung!", "feedbackEnglish": "We are an Austrian manufacturing company producing packaging made of cardboard and corrugated board. In principle, we welcome the objectives of the PPWR: reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making the circular economy work are important and necessary objectives. However, the current implementation is of great concern to us. As packaging producers in certain situations within the meaning of the Regulation, we are to be classified as a supplier and not as a producer and are therefore not directly affected by all obligations. However, we are feeling the impact massively. Our customers are faced with new requirements, documentation obligations and many open questions. This uncertainty is inevitably passed on to us and is also a major administrative burden for us. For a small company with a large number of different packaging items, this effort is hardly economically feasible. This is also happening at a time when many companies are already under severe pressure due to past crises, geopolitical conflicts, high energy and labour costs and a generally difficult economic situation. The lack of legal certainty is particularly problematic. In practice, it is often unclear what information is actually needed and in what form. In some cases, businesses receive different information or the impression is created that competent authorities themselves do not yet have sufficient clarity on the practical application of certain provisions. However, businesses cannot dedicate significant resources to interpreting new rules on a permanent basis, while at the same time bearing the risk that their interpretation will be changed at a later stage. In our view, there is also a lack of sufficient proportionality. Cardboard and corrugated board have been successfully collected and recycled in Austria for decades. Well-established collection and recovery systems are in place. Packaging waste from this material is therefore not comparable to those packaging streams where recycling is indeed an unresolved problem. We therefore wonder whether it makes sense to put a comprehensive regulatory approach on all materials and companies in the same way. An existing and functioning system should be improved and further developed without being unnecessarily complicated by additional bureaucracy. Regulation should be based more on actual environmental benefits. At the same time, we see a significant competitive disadvantage for European companies. While European companies have to comply with ever-increasing regulatory and administrative requirements, it is questionable to what extent the same standards are effectively controlled and enforced for imported products from third countries. In our view, a written confirmation from a non-European supplier does not replace effective control. If compliance with European standards is not properly checked, the additional red tape will ultimately primarily affect those companies that produce within the EU. We would therefore consider a step-by-step approach more appropriate: First of all, the largest packaging flows and companies with the largest environmental lever should be addressed. Large market players also have much more resources to build up such systems and gain experience. This experience could then be used to gradually extend requirements to smaller companies. At the same time, public authorities would be able to develop practical design aids and workable processes. Our concern is therefore not to question the objectives of the PPWR. Rather, we want a proportionate, workable and economically viable implementation!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552276_en"}, {"id": 33552274, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:42:14", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ostaladon ", "feedback": "I welcome the objective of harmonising certain elements of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for packaging across the European Union. A clearer and more coherent framework can help reduce administrative fragmentation and support environmental objectives. However, I would like to draw attention to the disproportionate impact that EPR obligations can have on micro-enterprises, independent artists, craftspeople and small cultural producers. I write from the perspective of an independent artist. For artists, cross-border circulation is not only a commercial activity. It is also part of cultural exchange, artistic visibility, professional development and access to the European cultural space. Artists do not send works abroad only for direct sales. They also need to send artworks to galleries, exhibitions, art fairs, curators, cultural institutions, residencies, competitions and professional partners in other Member States. These shipments may not generate immediate income. In the cultural and artistic sector, cross-border movements of works are often temporary, speculative or non-commercial. Artworks may be sent for exhibitions, gallery review, curatorial selection, competitions, residencies, art fairs, institutional projects, portfolio assessments or consignment arrangements. In many cases, the work may return unsold, the artist may receive no immediate payment, and the shipment serves primarily to enable visibility, professional recognition, cultural participation and future opportunities. This economic reality distinguishes artistic circulation from ordinary mass-market distribution and should be reflected in the proportionality of EPR obligations. If EPR obligations create excessive costs, national registrations, complex reporting duties or legal uncertainty for every country to which an artwork may be sent, independent artists may simply be unable to participate in cross-border exhibitions or gallery opportunities. If independent artists cannot afford or manage to send their works to galleries, exhibitions or curators in other Member States, then the European cultural space becomes accessible mainly to larger operators with sufficient financial, legal and administrative resources. This is not a minor administrative inconvenience. It weakens Europes cultural diversity, restricts artistic mobility, limits artistic freedom in practice and contradicts the Unions commitment to an open, diverse and inclusive cultural space. When an artwork is sent to a collector, gallery, exhibition space or cultural partner in another Member State, it should not be considered merely as a standard consumer product moving through a mass-market supply chain. Art is not ordinary merchandise. It is a cultural good, often unique, fragile and produced in very small quantities. Its circulation within Europe contributes to cultural diversity, artistic freedom and cultural exchange, and should not be hindered by disproportionate administrative obligations designed for mass-market distribution. A single original artwork, a prototype, a portfolio, or a small limited edition should not be treated in the same way as large-scale commercial distribution involving thousands of parcels. For very small operators, especially those sending only a limited number of parcels per year to customers, collectors, galleries or cultural partners in other EU Member States, the administrative burden can be excessive. Registration requirements, reporting obligations, national procedures, language barriers, minimum fees and potential compliance costs may become disproportionate when compared to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. This situation is particularly problematic for artists and small creators. The current fragmentation of EPR obligations does not merely create a risk; in practice, it amounts to a de facto exclusion of independent artist", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the objective of harmonising certain elements of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for packaging across the European Union. A clearer and more coherent framework can help reduce administrative fragmentation and support environmental objectives. However, I would like to draw attention to the disproportionate impact that EPR obligations can have on micro-enterprises, independent artists, craftspeople and small cultural producers. I write from the perspective of an independent artist. For artists, cross-border circulation is not only a commercial activity. It is also part of cultural exchange, artistic visibility, professional development and access to the European cultural space. Artists do not send works abroad only for direct sales. They also need to send artworks to galleries, exhibitions, art fairs, curators, cultural institutions, residencies, competitions and professional partners in other Member States. These shipments may not generate immediate income. In the cultural and artistic sector, cross-border movements of works are often temporary, speculative or non-commercial. Artworks may be sent for exhibitions, gallery review, curatorial selection, competitions, residencies, art fairs, institutional projects, portfolio assessments or consignment arrangements. In many cases, the work may return unsold, the artist may receive no immediate payment, and the shipment serves primarily to enable visibility, professional recognition, cultural participation and future opportunities. This economic reality distinguishes artistic circulation from ordinary mass-market distribution and should be reflected in the proportionality of EPR obligations. If EPR obligations create excessive costs, national registrations, complex reporting duties or legal uncertainty for every country to which an artwork may be sent, independent artists may simply be unable to participate in cross-border exhibitions or gallery opportunities. If independent artists cannot afford or manage to send their works to galleries, exhibitions or curators in other Member States, then the European cultural space becomes accessible mainly to larger operators with sufficient financial, legal and administrative resources. This is not a minor administrative inconvenience. It weakens Europes cultural diversity, restricts artistic mobility, limits artistic freedom in practice and contradicts the Unions commitment to an open, diverse and inclusive cultural space. When an artwork is sent to a collector, gallery, exhibition space or cultural partner in another Member State, it should not be considered merely as a standard consumer product moving through a mass-market supply chain. Art is not ordinary merchandise. It is a cultural good, often unique, fragile and produced in very small quantities. Its circulation within Europe contributes to cultural diversity, artistic freedom and cultural exchange, and should not be hindered by disproportionate administrative obligations designed for mass-market distribution. A single original artwork, a prototype, a portfolio, or a small limited edition should not be treated in the same way as large-scale commercial distribution involving thousands of parcels. For very small operators, especially those sending only a limited number of parcels per year to customers, collectors, galleries or cultural partners in other EU Member States, the administrative burden can be excessive. Registration requirements, reporting obligations, national procedures, language barriers, minimum fees and potential compliance costs may become disproportionate when compared to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. This situation is particularly problematic for artists and small creators. The current fragmentation of EPR obligations does not merely create a risk; in practice, it amounts to a de facto exclusion of independent artist", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552274_en"}, {"id": 33552273, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:39:41", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Handcutworldcoins", "feedback": "I am a Dutch micro-enterprise planning to sell handmade sterling-silver jewellery through my own webshop. I expect fewer than 50 B2C cross-border sales per year and use only a few kilograms of paper/cardboard packaging (no plastics). The fixed costs and administrative burden of potentially having to register and appoint representatives in multiple Member States are completely disproportionate to the environmental impact and to the scale of my business. I support a meaningful de-minimis threshold and/or a single simplified EU-wide EPR procedure for micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Dutch micro-enterprise planning to sell handmade sterling-silver jewellery through my own webshop. I expect fewer than 50 B2C cross-border sales per year and use only a few kilograms of paper/cardboard packaging (no plastics). The fixed costs and administrative burden of potentially having to register and appoint representatives in multiple Member States are completely disproportionate to the environmental impact and to the scale of my business. I support a meaningful de-minimis threshold and/or a single simplified EU-wide EPR procedure for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552273_en"}, {"id": 33552272, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:38:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dicha GmbH", "feedback": "Feedback zur PPWR Bürokratieabbau für den EU-Binnenmarkt durch eine zentrale Anlaufstelle Die Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) verfolgt wichtige und richtige Umweltziele. Als kleines Unternehmen, das vor Kurzem den Schritt vom deutschen Markt in den EU-weiten Vertrieb gewagt hat, möchte ich jedoch eine dringende Rückmeldung zur praktischen Umsetzung geben. Die Europäische Union ist nicht nur eine Wertegemeinschaft, sondern vor allem ein Binnenmarkt und eine Wirtschaftsunion. Ein echter Markt ohne Grenzen zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass auch kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) ohne unverhältnismäßigen administrativen Aufwand grenzüberschreitend handeln können. Derzeit bedeutet die Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) für jedes einzelne EU-Land separate Registrierungen, unterschiedliche nationale Stellen, individuelle Meldefristen und länderspezifische Vertretungen. Für ein kleines Team ist dieser bürokratische Wust kaum zu bewältigen. Mein Vorschlag: Ich bin vollkommen bereit, alle anfallenden Umweltgebühren und Lizenzentgelte ordnungsgemäß zu bezahlen. Was wir dringend brauchen, ist eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle nach dem Vorbild des One-Stop-Shop-Verfahrens (OSS) bei der Umsatzsteuer. Ein System, bei dem kleine Unternehmen ihre Verpackungsmengen zentral an einer Stelle melden und die Gebühren gesammelt entrichten können, würde: die Einhaltung der PPWR-Vorgaben massiv erhöhen, KMU vor verhandlungsunfähigen Fixkosten für nationale Vertretungen schützen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt für kleine Händler überhaupt erst praktisch nutzbar machen. Bitte setzen Sie sich für eine vereinfachte, zentrale Abwicklung ein für ein Europa, das im Handel keine künstlichen Grenzen aufbaut.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the PPWR to cut red tape for the EU single market through a one-stop shop The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) pursues important and correct environmental objectives. However, as a small company that has recently taken the step from the German market to EU-wide distribution, I would like to provide urgent feedback on the practical implementation. The European Union is not only a community of values, but above all a single market and an economic union. A genuine borderless market is characterised by the fact that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can also trade across borders without disproportionate administrative burdens. Currently, the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) means separate registrations for each EU country, different national bodies, individual notification deadlines and country-specific representations. For a small team, this bureaucratic desire is difficult to overcome. My proposal: I am fully prepared to pay all applicable environmental and licensing fees properly. What we urgently need is a European one-stop shop for VAT, along the lines of the One-Stop Shop (OSS). A system where small businesses can report their packaging volumes centrally in one place and pay the fees collectively would: massively increase compliance with PPWR requirements, protect SMEs from unnegotiable fixed costs for national representations, and make the European single market work for small traders in the first place. Please advocate for a simplified, centralised settlement for a Europe that does not build artificial borders in trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552272_en"}, {"id": 33552271, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:37:56", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new rule has been absolutely disastrous on small businesses. All of this is just favouring large corporations and large polluters that can afford to pay whatever fee you put on them, but small businesses have to pay hundreds of euros to fullfill only a handful of orders! There should be an exemption for small businesses and an EU wide fee!! This is just favouring people to buy crap from overseas instead of buying from European businesses! If this rule affected small businesses only outside of the EU it would already be bad but partially understandable but now an Italian business cannot ship to France or Spain due to excessive fees!! Shame on you for favouring large corporations as always, cleanse the parliament of lobbies", "feedbackEnglish": "This new rule has been absolutely disastrous on small businesses. All of this is just favouring large corporations and large polluters that can afford to pay whatever fee you put on them, but small businesses have to pay hundreds of euros to fullfill only a handful of orders! There should be an exemption for small businesses and an EU wide fee!! This is just favouring people to buy crap from overseas instead of buying from European businesses! If this rule affected small businesses only outside of the EU it would already be bad but partially understandable but now an Italian business cannot ship to France or Spain due to excessive fees!! Shame on you for favouring large corporations as always, cleanse the parliament of lobbies", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552271_en"}, {"id": 33552270, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:36:12", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinstunternehmer im Bereich handgefertigter Produkte möchte ich meine große Sorge über die geplante EU Vorschrift zu den nationalen Herstellerregistern für Verpackungen ausdrücken. Die vorgesehenen Regelungen sind für mein wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar und gefährden unmittelbar meine Existenz. Die Pflicht, sich künftig in jedem EU Mitgliedstaat zu registrieren, sobald theoretisch ein Paket dorthin versendet werden könnte, ist für mich nicht umsetzbar. Viele Mitgliedstaaten verlangen zudem mehrere Registrierungen bei unterschiedlichen Stellen, was die Kosten weiter vervielfacht. Für kleine Betriebe bedeutet dies jährliche Belastungen, die sich schnell auf mehrere Tausend bis Zehntausend Euro summieren können. Dies zahle ich an Leute die gar nichts machen für mich! Ich selbst mache nicht annähernd so viel Umsatz, um solche Gebühren zu finanzieren. Die geplante Regelung führt dazu, dass ich gezwungen werde, den Versand in die EU einzustellen. Damit werden wir vom Markt ausgeschlossen, während große Konzerne wie Amazon oder Temu problemlos weiter in alle Länder liefern können. Das führt zu einer massiven Wettbewerbsverzerrung und widerspricht dem Grundgedanken eines fairen Binnenmarktes. Zudem wird das Müllproblem dadurch nicht gelöst. Kleine Betriebe verursachen im Vergleich zu internationalen Großversendern nur einen minimalen Anteil des Verpackungsaufkommens. Die geplante Regelung trifft also genau jene, die ohnehin kaum zur Gesamtmenge beitragen, während die größten Verursacher weiterhin ungehindert agieren können. Ich bitte die Europäische Union daher dringend, diese Vorschrift zu überdenken und eine Lösung zu finden, die Kleinstunternehmen nicht in den Ruin treibt. Notwendig wären: eine EU weite zentrale Registrierung, statt 27 einzelner Systeme Ausnahmen oder stark reduzierte Pflichten für Kleinstunternehmen eine realistische Kostenstruktur, die kleine Betriebe nicht ausschließt klare Vereinfachungen, die den Verwaltungsaufwand minimieren Nur so kann verhindert werden, dass tausende kleine Unternehmen ihre Tätigkeit einstellen müssen und der europäische Markt weiter zugunsten großer Konzerne kippt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as micro-entrepreneurs in the handmade products sector, I would like to express my deep concern about the planned EU legislation on national registers of manufacturers of packaging. The arrangements provided for are not economically viable for me and pose a direct threat to my existence. The obligation to register in each EU Member State in the future, as soon as a package could theoretically be sent there, is not feasible for me. Many Member States also require multiple registrations with different entities, which further multiplies costs. For small farms, this means an annual burden that can quickly add up to several thousand to tens of thousands of euros. I pay this to people who do nothing for me! I myself do not almost as much turnover to finance such fees. The proposed rules will force me to stop shipping to the EU. This excludes us from the market, while big companies like Amazon or Temu can easily continue supplying all countries. This leads to a massive distortion of competition and runs counter to the idea of a fair internal market. Moreover, it does not solve the waste problem. Small businesses generate only a minimal proportion of packaging compared to large international shippers. The planned scheme therefore affects precisely those who in any case make little contribution to the total quantity, while the largest polluters can continue to operate unhindered. I therefore urge the European Union to reconsider this provision and find a solution that does not ruin micro-enterprises. It would be necessary to: an EU-wide centralised registration, instead of 27 individual systems, exemptions or greatly reduced obligations for micro-enterprises; a realistic cost structure that does not exclude small businesses; clear simplifications that minimise the administrative burden; this is the only way to avoid thousands of small businesses having to cease their activities and the European market continuing to tip in favour of large groups. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552270_en"}, {"id": 33552269, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:36:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich glaube, es war einmal das Ziel, in der EU für alle EU-Bürger und Unternehmen einen gemeinsamen Wirtschaftsraum zu schaffen. Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren ist sinnvoll und soll auch Kosten einsparen. Die Regelung zur Pflicht von Bevollmächtigten in jedem bedienten EU-Land zerstört jedoch das Geschäft tausender kleiner Unternehmen. Deren Umsätze werden natürlich gerne von multinationalen bzw. EU-weit operierenden Unternehmen übernommen. War das vielleicht die eigentlich Idee hinter dieser Regelung? Wer hat sich diese EU-feindliche, Arbeitsplatz-zerstörende und Amazon-freundliche Idee ausgedacht? ********************** I believe the original aim was to create a single economic area within the EU for all EU citizens and businesses. Reducing packaging waste makes sense and is also intended to save costs. However, the regulation requiring authorised representatives in every EU country where a business operates is destroying the livelihoods of thousands of small businesses. Their turnover is, of course, readily taken over by multinationals or companies operating across the EU. Was that perhaps the real idea behind this regulation? Who came up with this anti-EU, job-destroying and Amazon-friendly idea?", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that the aim was once to create a common economic space in the EU for all EU citizens and businesses. Reducing packaging waste makes sense and is also intended to save costs. However, the regulation of authorised representatives in each EU country served destroys the business of thousands of small businesses. Their turnover is, of course, likely to be taken over by multinational or EU-scale companies. Was that perhaps the real idea behind this rule? Who thought about this anti-EU, job-destructive and Amazon-friendly idea? ********************** I believe the original aim was to create a single economic area within the EU for all EU citizens and businesses. Reducing packaging waste makes sense and is therefore intended to save costs. However, the regulation requires authorised representatives in every EU country where a business operates is destroying the livelihoods of thousands of small businesses. Their turnover is, of course, readily taken over by multinationals or companies operating across the EU. What that perhaps the real idea behind this regulation? Who came up with this anti-EU, job-destroying and Amazon-friendly idea?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552269_en"}, {"id": 33552268, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:35:25", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette nouvelle réglementation est injuste envers les petites et micro entreprises qui n'ont pas les memes moyens que les petites entreprises. C'est aussi une entrave a la libre circulation des marchandises dans l'union.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is unfair towards small and micro enterprises that do not have the same means as small enterprises. It is also an obstacle to the free movement of goods within the Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552268_en"}, {"id": 33552267, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:33:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handel", "feedback": "Hallo ich ein kleiner Vintage Händler ( Gebrauchte Designklassiker im Mid-Century Bereich ) in einem Ein-Mann-Betrieb und machen das seit über 20Jahren mit Leidenschaft Der Nachhaltigkeits Gedanke steht beim Designklassiker zu 100% im Fokus - Möbel die wir verkaufen sind aus den 60er - 70er und werden von dem neuen Besitzer sicher die nächsten 50Jahre weiter genutzt. Die Verpackungsverortnung trifft uns als Vintage Händler sehr. Zb.Unsere Möbel Sessel, Sofas Lampen Kunstgegestände sind alle sehr Individuell in der Form so das diese nicht in einen Standart Karton passen - bedeutete das wir jedes Teil einen Karton anfertigen lassen müssten ( was nicht bezahltbar ist ) oder ihn wie jetzt auch aus mehreren Karton zusammen setzen ( dann sind wir aber Hersteller - mit allen Pflichten - was auch nicht leistbar ist ) Wir sind schon seit über 20Jahren nachhaltig - wir benutzten gebrauchte Kartons - zum auspolstern Zeitungspapier - Wir benutzen wo es geht auch gern noch Umweltfreundlicherer Materialien..... das Angebot und alternativen wird sicher wachsen - wir sind auch gern bereit umzudenken - aber zerstört nicht die kleinen Individuellen Unternehmen - die sich Sonderlösungen in der Verpackungswelt nicht leisten können ! Wir als kleine Vintage Händler können uns keinen Verpackungsentwickler leisten der für uns Sonderlösungen entwirft - bei uns ist jedes Stück anders, andere Formen, andere Masse, machen Stücke sind unförmig bis 200cm Hoch da geht es nur mit einer Individuelen Lösung und die müssen wir selbst machen zum teil dauert das Verpacken im Extremfall 2 Stunden - es soll ja auch heile ankommen beim Kunden. Zum Team Registierungen in den 27 EU Länderen Ich bin Registiert in Deutschland, Österreich ( Österreich in diesem Jahr 3 Pakete ), und bei Lucid wenn ich mich jetzt noch bei allen anderen EU Ländern anmelden muss - mit all dem Bürokartischen Auswand - Seiten zum Teil in den Landessprachen die wird nicht sprechen - mit und ohne Bevollmächtigen ist das einfach für uns als Ein-Mann-Unternehmen nicht machbar. Auch Finanziell nicht machbar - um Zahlen zunehnnen - neben dem Einzelhandel ( der auch von Jahr zu Jahr schwieriger wird ) den wir betreiben versenden wir ca. 40-50 Pakette zb. Vasen / Möbelstücke im Jahr - das macht je nach Jahr einen prozentualen von 40% des Umsatz aus und wir sprechen hier nicht von Reichtümern die wir Erwirtschaften - wie gesagt wir machen das mit Leidenschaft und Herzblut - wir wollen das unsere Designklassiker noch Jahrzehnte von Kunden genutzt werden das ist unsere Ziel! Für uns würde das bedeuten 40% weniger Umsatz weil wir uns die Umsetzung des Gesetz in dieser Form nicht Leisten können - wir können nicht mehrere 1000 bezahlen für die 40-50 Pakete im Jahr, von denen von die Hälfte ins nicht EU Ausland geht und nach Deutschland - wie soll das gehen. Deshalb eine bitte an euch Europa Abgeordnete - lasst dieses Gesetzt nicht so wie es ist - habt bitte die kleinen Unternehmen im Blick - die ihre Geschäfte mit Leidenschaft und Herzblut betreiben - überlasst nicht Amazon, Temu und den anderen Großkonzernen den Markt für die sind zusätzlichen Kosten nicht das Problem bei den hohen Versandstückzahlen. Der Handel - Europa lebt von der Vielfalt - und nicht von Großkonzernen. Gerade die Menschen die bei kleinen Labeln kaufen, die Vintage Designklassiker kaufen sind die Menschen die sich über Nachhaltigkeit Gedanken machen - es sind nicht die Menschen die Fastfasion, bei Amazon, Temu oder Alibarba usw. kaufen. Wenn die kleinen Geschäfte die kleinen Label verschwinden dann geht auch ein Stück Selbstbestimmung und ja auch Kultur verloren in EUROPA und auch der Europäische Gedanke geht verloren - nur noch Ausländischen Konzerne bestimmen den Handel. Wenn das das Ziel ist was mit diesem Gesetz ereicht werden soll - dann ist das nicht mein EUROPA. Lasst die kleinen in Ruhe, führt eine Mindermengen Regelung ein - wenn auch mit Kontrolle - bis zur Überscheitung der Mindermenge an einer Zentralenstelle.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small vintage trader (used design classifiers in the mid-century sector) in a one-person company and have been passionate about this for over 20 years. The idea of sustainability has been the focus of 100 % of the design classic – furniture we sell from the 60s to 70s and will certainly continue to be used by the new owner for the next 50 years. Packaging location hits us very hard as vintage traders. E.g. Our furniture armchairs, sofa’s lamps, art stands are all very individual in the form that they do not fit into a stand-up cardboard box – meant that we would have to have each part made of a cardboard box (which is not paid for) or, as is now the case, made up of several cardboard boxes (then we are manufacturers – with all obligations – which is also unaffordable). We have been sustainable for over 20 years – we used used used cartons – for outpolishing newsprint – we are also interested in using more environmentally friendly materials... the offer and alternative materials will certainly grow – we are also willing to rethink – but we are not destroying the small individual companies – which cannot afford special solutions in the packaging world! As a small vintage dealer, we cannot afford a packaging developer who designs special solutions for us – in our case, each piece is different, different shapes, different masses, pieces are shaped up to 200 cm high. There is only one individual solution at stake here, and we have to do some of the packaging itself, sometimes taking two hours – it should also be healing to the customer. I travelled to Germany, Austria (Austria this year 3 packages) and Lucid, if I still have to register with all the other EU countries – with all the office cart excursion – some pages in the national languages will not speak that – with and without authorised representatives, this is simply not feasible for us as a one-person company. Not financially feasible – to increase numbers – in addition to the retail sector (which is also becoming more difficult year after year), which we send out around 40-50 parcels, e.g. Vases/furniture items per year – this accounts for 40 % of turnover, depending on the year, and we are not talking here about the wealth we generate – as we said with passion and heart blood – we want our design classics to be used by customers for decades to come! For us, this would mean 40 % less turnover because we cannot afford to implement the law in this form – we cannot pay several thousand for the 40-50 parcels a year, half of which go outside the EU and half of which go to Germany – how should this go? Therefore, if you are a Member of the European Parliament – and this law does not read as it is – please keep in mind the small companies – which do their business with passion and heart blood – that do not leave the market open to Amazon, Temu and the other majors for the extra costs that are not the problem with the high number of parcels. Trade – Europe lives with diversity – not big corporations. People who buy small labels, vintage design classics are people who think about sustainability – it is not people who buy fast fashion, from Amazon, Temu or Alibarba, etc. If small shops lose their small labels, they lose some self-determination and even culture in EUROPA, and the European idea is lost – only foreign corporations determine trade. If the aim is what this law is intended to achieve, then that is not my EUROPA. If the smallest are left calm, a small quantity is introduced – albeit with control – until the small quantity is covered at a central point.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552267_en"}, {"id": 33552266, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:29:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Metamorph GmbH", "feedback": "Unabhängig von der guten Intention ist die Regelung in der aktuellen Form total daneben. Nachdem in jedem zweiten Statement betont wird, wie wichtig es ist, dass die EU enger zusammenrückt, Bürokratie abgebaut wird und der Binnenmarkt vollendet werden soll, werden solche verrückten Regelungen erlassen, die dem diametral entgegenstehen und das absolute Gegenteil bewirken. Die EU ist eine wirklich große Errungenschaft, aber durch solche undurchdachten Maßnahmen verliert sie selbst bei den größten Befürwortern Akzeptanz - und am Ende ist es nicht nur für viele kleine und mittlere Unternehmen schädlich, sondern auch für Verbraucher, die in ihren einzelnen Ländern so eine geringere Auswahl haben und noch weiter zu den großen Plattformen getrieben werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Irrespective of the good intentions, the provision in its current form is completely secondary. After every second statement stressed the importance of bringing the EU closer together, cutting red tape and completing the single market, such crazy rules were adopted, which were diametrically opposed and had the opposite effect. The EU is a truly great achievement, but such imprudent measures make it less acceptable even for the biggest proponents – and in the end it is harmful not only for many small and medium-sized enterprises, but also for consumers, who have less choice in their individual countries and are pushed even further into the big platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552266_en"}, {"id": 33552265, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:29:37", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I ship a small of number of my books globally each year including at least 15 countries within the EU, as well as also being a regular consumer of independent European artists' products. I am asking you to please reconsider how you are rolling out these regulations. I, like many other Europeans, am of course in agreement with the intention behind these regulations. However, this initiative places so much of a financial and administrative burden on small businesses that it makes it impossible for us to continue selling within the EU. How am I supposed to afford individual registration fees and authorised legal representatives that are unique to each country despite only selling a handful of books to that country every year? The outcome of this is not that we will all move helpfully toward sustainable safe packaging, it is that all of our creative and independent European artists will be forced out of the market. A large corporation contributing thousands of tonnes of waste to the market each year can and should bear an appropriate amount of the financial burden as well as ethical compliance with these regulations. They also have the benefit of full compliance departments who can monitor this. In my case, and the case of many other creatives/artists/authors across Europe, the ratio of compliance cost to product profit means I have no option but to stop selling immediately. Please consider an exemption for micro enterprises. Please also consider having a unified approach so that we only have to register once and submit administrative compliance records to one place (digitally) in order to sell within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I ship a small of number of my books globally each year including at least 15 countries within the EU, as well as also being a regular consumer of independent European artists' products. I am asking you to please reconsider how you are rolling out these regulations. I, like many other Europeans, am of course in agreement with the intention behind these regulations. However, this initiative places so much of a financial and administrative burden on small businesses that it makes it impossible for us to continue selling within the EU. How am I supposed to afford individual registration fees and authorised legal representatives that are unique to each country despite only selling a handful of books to that country every year? The outcome of this is not that we will all move helpfully toward sustainable safe packaging, it is that all of our creative and independent European artists will be forced out of the market. A large corporation contributing thousands of tonnes of waste to the market each year can and should bear an appropriate amount of the financial burden as well as ethical compliance with these regulations. They also have the benefit of full compliance departments who can monitor this. In my case, and the case of many other creatives/artists/authors across Europe, the ratio of compliance cost to product profit means I have no option but to stop selling immediately. Please consider an exemption for micro enterprises. Please also consider having a unified approach so that we only have to register once and submit administrative compliance records to one place (digitally) in order to sell within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552265_en"}, {"id": 33552264, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:29:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Additive Manufaktur Kay Fischer", "feedback": "Feedback zur Umsetzung der PPWR Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel der EU, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und Unternehmen stärker für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen verantwortlich zu machen. Der Umweltgedanke hinter der PPWR ist für mich nachvollziehbar und grundsätzlich richtig. Als kleines Unternehmen versende ich jedoch nur sehr wenige Sendungen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten, teilweise weniger als 5 Sendungen pro Jahr in einzelne Mitgliedsländer. Die dabei anfallenden Verpackungsmengen sind entsprechend gering. Die vorgesehenen Anforderungen an Registrierung, Meldung und gegebenenfalls die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten stehen aus meiner Sicht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu diesen geringen Mengen und Umsätzen. Die hierfür entstehenden Kosten und der administrative Aufwand können einen erheblichen Teil der mit den Verkäufen erzielten Gewinne aufzehren. Bei sehr kleinen Unternehmen kann dies dazu führen, dass sich der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf wirtschaftlich nicht mehr lohnt und damit im Extremfall existenzbedrohend wird. Ich möchte daher ausdrücklich keine Aufweichung der Umweltziele fordern, sondern eine verhältnismäßige und praktikable Umsetzung für Kleinstunternehmen. Ich schlage insbesondere folgende Lösungen vor: Ein zentrales EU-Register nach dem Vorbild des One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Registrierung, Meldung der Verpackungsmengen und gegebenenfalls Zahlung der entsprechenden Gebühren sollten zentral über ein einheitliches europäisches System möglich sein. Eine EU-weit einheitliche Freigrenze für Kleinstmengen: Bis zu einer klar definierten Menge an Verpackungen bzw. einem angemessenen Schwellenwert sollte für Kleinstunternehmen keine Verpflichtung bestehen, in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Proportionalität der Anforderungen: Der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand sollte sich an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge und deren Umweltrelevanz orientieren. Damit könnten die Umweltziele der PPWR weiterhin erreicht werden, ohne kleine und kleinste Unternehmen durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie und Kosten vom europäischen Binnenmarkt auszuschließen. Aus meiner Sicht sollte es auch für Kleinstunternehmen weiterhin möglich sein, gelegentlich Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern, ohne dass der hierfür notwendige Compliance-Aufwand die wirtschaftliche Grundlage dieser Verkäufe übersteigt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the implementation of the PPWR I strongly support the EU’s objective to reduce packaging waste, promote recycling and make companies more responsible for the packaging they place on the market. The environmental rationale behind the PPWR is clear to me and fundamentally correct. However, as a small company, I send very few consignments to other EU Member States, sometimes less than 5 consignments per year to individual Member States. The resulting packaging volumes are correspondingly low. In my view, the requirements laid down for registration, notification and, where appropriate, the appointment of an authorised representative in individual Member States are disproportionate to those small quantities and transactions. The related costs and administrative burden may deplete a significant part of the profits generated by the sales. In the case of very small businesses, this may mean that cross-border sales are no longer economically worthwhile and thus, in extreme cases, threaten their very existence. I would therefore like to explicitly not call for a weakening of environmental objectives, but for a proportionate and workable implementation for micro-enterprises. In particular, I propose the following solutions: A central EU register, modelled on the One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Registration, reporting of packaging quantities and, where appropriate, payment of related fees should be possible centrally through a single European system. An EU-wide harmonised exemption threshold for micro-quantities: Up to a clearly defined amount of packaging or an appropriate threshold, micro-enterprises should not be required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State. Proportionality of the requirements: The administrative and financial burden should be based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market and its environmental relevance. This would allow the environmental objectives of the PPWR to continue to be achieved without excluding small and micro-enterprises from the European single market through disproportionate bureaucracy and costs. In my view, it should also remain possible for micro-enterprises to occasionally supply customers in other EU Member States without the necessary compliance burden exceeding the economic basis of these sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552264_en"}, {"id": 33552263, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:27:22", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a Polish sole trader who has been running a small clothing business for around 20 years. My business is genuinely small, with around 100-150 parcels per month in total, shipped to different countries around the world. I am one person, not a multinational corporation with legal, accounting, and compliance departments. What I am seeing after 20 years of running a business is deeply worrying. Every year, there seem to be more regulations, more registrations, more reporting, more fees, and more administrative obligations. For a small business, every new obligation means time and money that cannot simply be absorbed by a huge turnover. PPWR and cross-border EPR are perfect examples. A small European business selling a few dozen parcels a month across several EU countries can potentially face separate registrations, EPR systems, reporting requirements, fees, and (depending on the final rules) the need for representatives in individual countries. This is not creating a genuine Single Market. It is creating 27 different administrative systems inside one supposedly unified market. And this is where the problem becomes much bigger than packaging. After 20 years in business, I have watched small independent shops and businesses disappear while large chains and multinational corporations continue to grow. Small businesses simply cannot carry the same fixed administrative burden as corporations operating at a completely different scale. A 1,000, 5,000, or 10,000 compliance cost may be insignificant for a large company selling hundreds of thousands of products. For a micro-business, it can make an entire market unprofitable. And we should also ask who is actually shaping some of these EPR systems. France is a particularly interesting example. Refashion, the French textile EPR organisation, includes major corporations among its members, including Decathlon and Kiabi. Decathlon is also represented on Refashion's Board of Directors... It raises a very legitimate question: are the interests of micro-businesses adequately represented when the organisations responsible for implementing EPR are governed by some of the largest companies in the industry? Because the reality on the ground is simple: Large corporations can absorb bureaucracy. Micro-businesses cannot. I used to be strongly supportive of the European Union. After two decades of actually running a small business, however, my experience has changed my view. Too often, the EU seems to create new obligations and restrictions without properly considering what they mean for the smallest businesses. A regulation can have a good environmental objective and still be completely disproportionate in practice. What we need is not another layer of bureaucracy. We need: - meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-businesses, - a genuinely unified EU-wide EPR system instead of 27 national systems, - simple and affordable cross-border compliance, - proportionality between the amount of packaging placed on the market and the administrative burden imposed, - real representation of micro and small businesses in the systems that regulate them. If the EU wants small businesses to survive and participate in the Single Market, it needs to stop treating a one-person business like a multinational corporation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Polish sole trader who has been running a small clothing business for around 20 years. My business is genuinely small, with around 100-150 parcels per month in total, shipped to different countries around the world. I am one person, not a multinational corporation with legal, accounting, and compliance departments. What I am seeing after 20 years of running a business is deeply worrying. Every year, there seem to be more regulations, more registrations, more reporting, more fees, and more administrative obligations. For a small business, every new obligation means time and money that cannot simply be absorbed by a huge turnover. PPWR and cross-border EPR are perfect examples. A small European business selling a few dozen parcels a month across several EU countries can potentially face separate registrations, EPR systems, reporting requirements, fees, and (depending on the final rules) the need for representatives in individual countries. This is not creating a genuine Single Market. It is creating 27 different administrative systems inside one supposedly unified market. And this is where the problem becomes much bigger than packaging. After 20 years in business, I have watched small independent shops and businesses disappear while large chains and multinational corporations continue to grow. Small businesses simply cannot carry the same fixed administrative burden as corporations operating at a completely different scale. A 1,000, 5,000, or 10,000 compliance cost may be insignificant for a large company selling hundreds of thousands of products. For a micro-business, it can make an entire market unprofitable. And we should also ask who is actually shaping some of these EPR systems. France is a particularly interesting example. Refashion, the French textile EPR organisation, includes major corporations among its members, including Decathlon and Kiabi. Decathlon is also represented on Refashion's Board of Directors... It raises a very legitimate question: are the interests of micro-businesses adequately represented when the organisations responsible for implementing EPR are governed by some of the largest companies in the industry? Because the reality on the ground is simple: Large corporations can absorb bureaucracy. Micro-businesses cannot. I used to be strongly supportive of the European Union. After two decades of actually running a small business, however, my experience has changed my view. Too often, the EU seems to create new obligations and restrictions without properly considering what they mean for the smallest businesses. A regulation can have a good environmental objective and still be completely disproportionate in practice. What we need is not another layer of bureaucracy. We need: - meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-businesses, - a genuinely unified EU-wide EPR system instead of 27 national systems, - simple and affordable cross-border compliance, - proportionality between the amount of packaging placed on the market and the administrative burden imposed, - real representation of micro and small businesses in the systems that regulate them. If the EU wants small businesses to survive and participate in the Single Market, it needs to stop treating a one-person business like a multinational corporation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552263_en"}, {"id": 33552262, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:26:51", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Marta Miguel ARte", "feedback": "I am a self-employed illustrator and small business owner based in Spain. I sell physical products through Printful and Printumo, where products are manufactured and shipped directly to customers, and I also ship printed and textile products directly from Spain. The new PPWR and EPR requirements create a significant burden for a one-person business. For a solopreneur the time and financial cost of managing multiple national registrations can make cross-border sales economically unviable. I fully support recycling and environmental responsibility, but the system should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market, and the cost for us to register in each UE country. I ask the EU to consider a single EU-wide registration and reporting system for microbusinesses, allowing a business established in one Member State to register once and sell across the EU without having to navigate multiple national EPR systems. Thank you so much, Marta from martamiguelarte (dot) com", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed illustrator and small business owner based in Spain. I sell physical products through Printful and Printumo, where products are manufactured and shipped directly to customers, and I also ship printed and textile products directly from Spain. The new PPWR and EPR requirements create a significant burden for a one-person business. For a solopreneur the time and financial cost of managing multiple national registrations can make cross-border sales economically unviable. I fully support recycling and environmental responsibility, but the system should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market, and the cost for us to register in each UE country. I ask the EU to consider a single EU-wide registration and reporting system for microbusinesses, allowing a business established in one Member State to register once and sell across the EU without having to navigate multiple national EPR systems. Thank you so much, Marta from martamiguelarte (dot) com", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552262_en"}, {"id": 33552261, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:26:36", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative aims to bury small and individual sellers under disproportionate bureaucracy and costs while handing yet another competitive advantage to large corporations that can easily afford compliance departments. It sets out rules that effectively dismantle the EU single market for the smallest businesses by forcing sellers to navigate separate national systems simply because a customer lives across an internal EU border. The predictable result is not harmonisation. It is fragmentation. Small sellers will stop shipping to countries where a handful of sales cannot justify the administrative burden and fees. Consumers will have fewer independent sellers to choose from, smaller EU markets will be disproportionately abandoned, and more business will be pushed towards large corporations. A regulation presented as harmonisation should not make trading across EU borders harder than it was before. If compliance is only simple and affordable when you are a large company, then the system is fundamentally hostile to small business and directly undermines the idea of a functioning EU single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative aims to bury small and individual sellers under disproportionate bureaucracy and costs while handing yet another competitive advantage to large corporations that can easily afford compliance departments. It sets out rules that effectively dismantle the EU single market for the smallest businesses by forcing sellers to navigate separate national systems simply because a customer lives across an internal EU border. The predictable result is not harmonisation. It is fragmentation. Small sellers will stop shipping to countries where a handful of sales cannot justify the administrative burden and fees. Consumers will have fewer independent sellers to choose from, smaller EU markets will be disproportionately abandoned, and more business will be pushed towards large corporations. A regulation presented as harmonisation should not make trading across EU borders harder than it was before. If compliance is only simple and affordable when you are a large company, then the system is fundamentally hostile to small business and directly undermines the idea of a functioning EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552261_en"}, {"id": 33552259, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:23:22", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Micro empresa", "feedback": "Estando de acuerdo con impulsar la reducción de residuos, estoy en desacuerdo de que esta sea la manera. Según datos de Eurostat en Europa hay 34,7 millones de empresas: 93% are micro enterprises (0-9 persons employed) 6% are small enterprises (10-49 persons employed) 0,8% are medium enterprises (50-249 persons employed) 0,2% are large enterprises (>249 persons employed) ¿Cuantas de las 93% micro (e incluso del 6% de las pequeñas) empresas son capaces de afrontar la nueva normativa del Reglamento Europeo de Envases y Residuos de envases? NINGUNA. Porque son inviables los costes de su aplicación tanto económicos como de tiempo necesario en burocracia infinita. Es discriminatoria simplemente por los medios en personal necesarios para aplicarla. Ademas de ser profundamente injusta porque no guarda relación con la huella ambiental real. Las ventas entre países europeos de pequeños emprendedores significa muchas veces la diferencia de que un proyecto de micro empresa sea posible o tenga que cerrar. Ya es prácticamente imposible con los requerimientos nacionales como para multiplicar x27. El ejemplo del Brexit ya sirvió para ver que ha pasado con muchas empresas en UK y especialmente para las siempre más vulnerables, las micro y pequeñas, que cerraron. No pongamos más fronteras burocráticas en Europa, eso la debilita. Cada paquete que sale de una micro empresa a cualquier destino europeo es un logro muy difícil de conseguir, no lo hagan imposible ni tener que elegir a que países, restringiendo posibilidades futuras de crecimiento. Si el plan final es beneficiar solo a las grandes empresas Europa va en el buen camino ¿cómo?: 1. Fase de Asfixia Burocrática: 1.1. Obligación de registro local, cada microempresa se ve obligada a contratar un \"Representante Autorizado\" legal en los 27 países para poder vender un solo producto. 1.2.Hiperregulación de envases (EPR): Las tasas de reciclaje transfronterizas fijas superan el margen de ganancia de los pedidos pequeños, haciendo inviable el envío internacional de bajo volumen. 2. Fase de Apagón Digital y Logístico 2.1.Exclusión de Marketplaces, cierre de webs, etc. 2.2.Costes logísticos prohibitivos. La normativa ya hace que suban los costes más aún. 3. Fase de Colapso y Absorción (Extinción Total) 3.1.Retorno al mercado puramente local: El 70% de las microempresas exportadoras cesan sus ventas exteriores de forma inmediata para refugiarse en sus mercados domésticos saturados. 3.2.Quiebra sistémica: Incapaces de amortizar los costes fijos con el mercado local, más del 40% de las microempresas afectadas cierran en los primeros 12 meses. 3.3.Monopolización: El espacio comercial transfronterizo abandonado por las microempresas es absorbido en su totalidad por corporaciones multinacionales y grandes cadenas de distribución con capacidad financiera para gestionar la burocracia fragmentada. EUROPA NECESITA TODO LO CONTRARIO, es decir: - Facilitar la compra y venta en Europa para y entre micro y pequeñas empresas mediante regulaciones efectivas, no punitivas. -Los embalajes ya son reutilizables, reciclables y ecológicos al límite de las posibilidades de las micro y pequeñas empresas. Pongan el foco en las grandes empresas de producción de embalajes, no en la pequeña escala. Favorezcan el reciclado real al cliente final mediante recogida efectiva de los residuos, cosa que en muchos casos no sucede y hace que todos los procesos anteriores no sirvan de nada. - Ayudas al transporte de mercancía via tren y camión (dentro de Europa) para esta tipología de empresas, premiando su escaso impacto ecológico, ya que las sucesivas subidas ya recibidas en este area, ya han reducido las ventas y la viabilidad de los proyectos. Nuevamente toda la normativa aumenta los costes aun más. - El reconocimiento y apoyo a los proyectos de empresas, artesanos y artistas que definen Europa mediante su creatividad, diseño y calidad. Europa debe apostar por ello para diferenciarse.", "feedbackEnglish": "Agreeing to push for waste reduction, I disagree that this is the way. According to Eurostat data, there are 34.7 million enterprises in Europe: 93 % are micro enterprises (0-9 persons employed) 6 % are small enterprises (10-49 persons employed) 0.8 % are medium enterprises (50-249 persons employed) 0.2 % are large enterprises (> 249 persons employed) How many of the 93 % micro enterprises (and even 6 % of small enterprises) are able to cope with the new rules of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation? NONE. Because the costs of its implementation are unfeasible, as well as the time needed for infinite bureaucracy. It is discriminatory simply because of the staff resources needed to implement it. It is also deeply unfair because it bears no relation to the actual environmental footprint. Sales between European countries by small entrepreneurs often mean the difference between whether a micro business project is possible or has to close down. It is already practically impossible with national requirements to multiply x27. The example of Brexit already served to see that it has passed with many companies in the UK and especially for the always most vulnerable ones, micro and small, which closed down. Let’s not introduce more bureaucratic borders in Europe, which weakens it. Every package that leaves a micro company to any European destination is a very difficult achievement to achieve, not making it impossible or having to choose from countries, restricting future growth possibilities. If the final plan is to benefit only large companies, Europe is on the right track how: 1. Bureaucratic Asphyxiation Phase: 1.1. Local registration obligation, each micro-enterprise is obliged to contract a legal “Authorised Representative” in all 27 countries to be able to sell a single product. 1.2.Hyperregulation of packaging (EPR): Fixed cross-border recycling rates exceed the profit margin for small orders, making international low-volume shipping unviable. 2. Digital and Logistics Apagon Phase 2.1.Exclusion of Marketplaces, closure of websites, etc. 2.2.prohibitive logistical costs. The rules already drive up costs even further. 3. Collapse and Absorption phase (Total Extinction) 3.1.Return to the purely local market: 70 % of exporting micro-enterprises immediately cease their foreign sales to shelter in their saturated home markets. 3.2.Systemic debt: Unable to recoup fixed costs with the local market, more than 40 % of affected micro-enterprises close in the first 12 months. 3.3.Monopolisation: The cross-border business space abandoned by micro-enterprises is entirely absorbed by multinational corporations and large distribution chains with the financial capacity to manage fragmented bureaucracy. Europe WITH ALL CONTRACT, i.e.: — Facilitate buying and selling in Europe for and between micro and small enterprises through effective, non-punitive regulations. — Packaging is already reusable, recyclable and environmentally friendly to the limit of the possibilities of micro and small enterprises. Focus on large packaging production companies, not on the small scale. Favour actual recycling to the final customer through effective waste collection, which in many cases is not the case and makes all previous processes useless. Support for the transport of goods by train and lorry (within Europe) for this type of company, rewarding its low environmental impact, since successive increases already received in this area have already reduced sales and the viability of projects. Again, all regulation increases costs even more. — The recognition and support of projects by companies, craftsmen and artists that define Europe through its creativity, design and quality. Europe must commit to this in order to differentiate itself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552259_en"}, {"id": 33552258, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:22:34", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Merrygorounduk ltd", "feedback": "Although I agree with EPR in principle the fact that there is a requirement to register, record and pay fees for EVERY EU country is not only very time consuming but also expensive and difficult for a small business to cope with. I feel the EU should have a threshold that any sales below in the country does not need to do EPR or there is a system where all EU countries can be covered in one EPR registration system.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I agree with EPR in principle the fact that there is a requirement to register, record and pay fees for EVERY EU country is not only very time consuming but also expensive and difficult for a small business to cope with. I feel the EU should have a threshold that any sales below in the country does not need to do EPR or there is a system where all EU countries can be covered in one EPR registration system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552258_en"}, {"id": 33552257, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:21:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese neue Regelung fördert die großen Unternehmen extrem und behindert kleine Betriebe dafür ungemein. Nicht nur, dass das auch einen EU-weiten Binnenmarkt für kleinere Betriebe unmöglich macht, es verhindert auch Diversität im Angebot. Temu, Shein etc. produzieren schlecht, unethisch und mit für KonsumentInnen vorher meist gar nicht bzw. oft nicht tatsächlich einsehbaren Materialien. Amazon verkauft bzw. vermittelt viel, das genauso produziert wird, und bei dem die Angaben nicht stimmen. Wünschenswert wäre, wenn hier schon eingegriffen werden muss, dass man bei den großen und extrem \"billigen\" Anbietern ansetzt, und nicht den Markt für kleine und kleinste Betriebe innerhalb der EU sperrt, die ohnehin schon schwer zu kämpfen haben, da immer weitere Billigstanbieter, die irgendwo produzieren, wo weder Kinder-, noch Arbeits- und schon gar nicht Umweltschutz für die Produzenten auch nur irgendeine Rolle spielen. Ich ersuche dringend darum, diese Richtlinie zu überdenken und statt dessen zu einer Lösung zu finden, die kleine individuelle Betriebe in der EU, und damit ihr Handwerk, ihre Kunst und ihr Design zu fördern, und statt dessen mehr Kontrolle über großen und riesigen Billiganbieter (die ja auch gar nicht einmal wirklich in der EU sitzen) auszuüben, was Qualität (Materialien) und Herstellung unter denselben Gesichtspunkten angeht, die hier gelten: Arbeitsschutz, Kinderschutz, Menschenrechte und Umweltschutz.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new scheme is extremely favourable to large companies and severely hinders small businesses in this respect. Not only does this make an EU-wide internal market impossible for smaller businesses, it also prevents diversity in supply. Temu, Shein, etc. produce poorly, unethically and with materials previously not at all or often not actually visible to consumers. Amazon sells or mediates a lot that is produced in the same way and for which the information is incorrect. It would be desirable if action were to be taken here to start with the large and extremely ‘cheap’ suppliers and not to block the market for small and micro-enterprises within the EU, which are already struggling to cope with, since ever more low-cost suppliers, which produce somewhere in which neither child nor labour protection, nor even environmental protection, play any role for producers. I urge you to rethink this directive and instead find a solution to promote small individual businesses in the EU, and thus their crafts, arts and design, and instead to exercise more control over large and huge low-cost suppliers (who are not even actually in the EU) in terms of quality (materials) and production with the same characteristics as here: Labour protection, child protection, human rights and environmental protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552257_en"}, {"id": 33552256, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:20:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gelato di Cocco", "feedback": "Subject: PPWR Implementation Is Failing the SMEs the EU Claims to Protect To the European Commission, I am the founder of a small, women-led fashion business operating across the EU, writing to formally object to how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has been implemented and communicated to the businesses it governs. This is a stick in the wheel of the SMEs that are supposed to be the engine of the European economy. We are the businesses the EU champions in every speech about growth and entrepreneurship, yet I discovered a regulation carrying fines up to 200,000 through Instagram posts from other small business owners, not through any official channel. NO ONE TOLD US. Not our e-commerce platforms, who seem just as unprepared as we are, not our chambers of commerce nor our national and local authorities. A regulation of this scale deserves proactive communication with clear checklists and deadlines and not a silent obligation we are expected to have divined ourselves. Second, this regulation is creating exactly the fragmentation the EU was built to dismantle. The single market means citizens travel, work, study and trade freely across borders. Instead, having to register separately with a different national scheme in every member state, with no minimum volume threshold, forces small businesses into an impossible choice: absorb disproportionate admin and it's corresponding cost for a handful of orders, or stop shipping to smaller markets altogether. I am now cutting EU countries from my own shipping map, not because I don't want those customers, but because compliance cost makes serving them just not worth it, which, to me, is the opposite of a single market. That is the EU manufacturing inequality between its own member states through sheer administration. Third, this is yet another unfunded obligation piled onto entrepreneurs, who are already doing the job of ten people. I did not start my business to become a full-time compliance officer. Every hour spent decoding EPR portals and chasing registration is an hour not spent designing, producing, or serving my mostly EU customers. The EU cannot treat SMEs as though we have the same legal and compliance resources as multinational corporations. I am not opposed to sustainable packaging (we actually have minimal packaging in recycled and recycable carton and use NO plastic, but I object to a regulation rolled out with real financial teeth and zero support infrastructure (or time to implement it!!) for those required to comply. I urge the Commission to: 1. Mandate proactive, direct communication to SMEs before enforcement, not after. 2. Provide a genuinely simplified, harmonized EU-wide registration pathway for small businesses. 3. Introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for low-volume markets. 4. Fund practical guidance through chambers of commerce and national SME bodies, rather than leaving businesses to learn of major obligations through social media. The EU is supposed to make cross-border business easier for the people who make up its economic backbone. Right now, this regulation does the opposite. Sincerely, Maria Founder, Gingham Palace", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: PPWR Implementation Is Failing the SMEs the EU Claims to Protect To the European Commission, I am the founder of a small, women-led fashion business operating across the EU, writing to formally object to how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has been implemented and communicated to the businesses it governs. This is a stick in the wheel of the SMEs that are supposed to be the engine of the European economy. We are the businesses the EU champions in every speech about growth and entrepreneurship, yet I discovered a regulation carrying fines up to 200,000 through Instagram posts from other small business owners, not through any official channel. NO ONE TOLD US. Not our e-commerce platforms, who seem just as unprepared as we are, not our chambers of commerce nor our national and local authorities. A regulation of this scale deserves proactive communication with clear checklists and deadlines and not a silent obligation we are expected to have divined ourselves. Second, this regulation is creating exactly the fragmentation the EU was built to dismantle. The single market means citizens travel, work, study and trade freely across borders. Instead, having to register separately with a different national scheme in every member state, with no minimum volume threshold, forces small businesses into an impossible choice: absorb disproportionate admin and it's corresponding cost for a handful of orders, or stop shipping to smaller markets altogether. I am now cutting EU countries from my own shipping map, not because I don't want those customers, but because compliance cost makes serving them just not worth it, which, to me, is the opposite of a single market. That is the EU manufacturing inequality between its own member states through sheer administration. Third, this is yet another unfunded obligation piled onto entrepreneurs, who are already doing the job of ten people. I did not start my business to become a full-time compliance officer. Every hour spent decoding EPR portals and chasing registration is an hour not spent designing, producing, or serving my mostly EU customers. The EU cannot treat SMEs as though we have the same legal and compliance resources as multinational corporations. I am not opposed to sustainable packaging (we actually have minimal packaging in recycled and recycable carton and use NO plastic, but I object to a regulation rolled out with real financial teeth and zero support infrastructure (or time to implement it!!) for those required to comply. I urge the Commission to: 1. Mandate proactive, direct communication to SMEs before enforcement, not after. 2. Provide a genuinely simplified, harmonized EU-wide registration pathway for small businesses. 3. Introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for low-volume markets. 4. Fund practical guidance through chambers of commerce and national SME bodies, rather than leaving businesses to learn of major obligations through social media. The EU is supposed to make cross-border business easier for the people who make up its economic backbone. Right now, this regulation does the opposite. Sincerely, Maria Founder, Gingham Palace", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552256_en"}, {"id": 33552255, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:20:04", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Eu como microempresa (somente eu) que produz e vende pequenas quantidades de peças de vestuário feitas por mim, reutilizo frequentemente caixas de cartão recebidas de fornecedores ou de outras entregas para enviar o meu trabalho aos clientes. Esta prática reduz significativamente os resíduos de embalagem e evita a compra desnecessária de novas embalagens. Preocupa-me que o formato de reporte proposto possa criar uma carga administrativa desproporcionada para produtores de muito pequena dimensão, sobretudo no que diz respeito a embalagens reutilizadas. Quando é reutilizada uma caixa de cartão existente, uma microempresa não tem acesso à documentação técnica original, à composição exata dos materiais ou às especificações da embalagem necessárias para um reporte detalhado. Obter ou reconstruir essa informação para um número muito reduzido de envios seria impraticável. O sistema de reporte deveria reconhecer explicitamente esta situação e garantir que a reutilização de embalagens existentes é incentivada, e não involuntariamente penalizada. Sugiro, por isso, um método de reporte simplificado ou uma dispensa do reporte detalhado por material para microempresas que utilizem quantidades muito pequenas de embalagens e, em particular, para embalagens que estejam a ser reutilizadas em vez de colocadas em circulação pela primeira vez. Uma abordagem deste tipo estaria alinhada com os objetivos de prevenção de resíduos, reutilização e proporcionalidade do Regulamento, evitando ao mesmo tempo requisitos administrativos que poderiam, paradoxalmente, incentivar pequenas empresas a comprar embalagens novas e normalizadas apenas por serem mais fáceis de documentar. No mínimo, o formato final de reporte deveria esclarecer de forma explícita como devem ser declaradas, pelas microempresas, embalagens previamente utilizadas para as quais o produtor não dispõe de documentação técnica.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a microenterprise (I only) that produces and sells small quantities of clothes made by me, I often reuse cardboard boxes received from suppliers or other deliveries to send my work to customers. This practice significantly reduces packaging waste and avoids unnecessary purchase of new packaging. I am concerned that the proposed reporting format could create a disproportionate administrative burden for very small producers, especially for reused packaging. When an existing cardboard box is reused, a micro-enterprise does not have access to the original technical documentation, the exact composition of the materials or the packaging specifications necessary for a detailed reporting. Obtaining or reconstructing such information for a very small number of items would be impractical. The reporting system should explicitly recognise this and ensure that reuse of existing packaging is encouraged, not unintentionally penalised. I therefore suggest a simplified reporting method or a derogation from reporting detailed by material for micro-enterprises using very small quantities of packaging and, in particular, for packaging that is being reused instead of being put into circulation for the first time. Such an approach would align with the objectives of waste prevention, reuse and proportionality of the Regulation, while avoiding administrative requirements that could paradoxically incentivise small businesses to buy new and standardised packaging just because it is easier to document. As a minimum, the final reporting format should explicitly clarify how pre-used packaging for which the producer does not have the technical documentation should be declared by microenterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552255_en"}, {"id": 33552109, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:19:09", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU decision-makers. You have allowed Chinese and other non-European giants to enter the EU. And you have provided them with loopholes that allow them to pay minimal taxes. These companies are huge waste producers. And these companies have a huge routine of evading responsibility. They employ entire legal departments for this purpose. They practically sell garbage. Whether in terms of equipment (temu) or mass-produced clothing, I could go on and on. These are billion-euro businesses. And they are introducing PPWR and EPR regulations that these companies can easily solve or circumvent. But all smaller webshops (up to 1-2 million EUR in annual revenue) are subject to the same regulations. Just a quick calculation. I had to minimize my profit margin in price competition with the Chinese and other giants that were allowed in. Due to other EU rules, my operating costs are also much higher than those of a Chinese giant. So my profit percentage is very low. That's why I tried to increase the attractiveness of my webshop with additional services and education. I provided the products in the webshop with correct descriptions and although I used AI solutions, I defined the content myself and made sure that the technical content was professionally accurate. I translated it into several languages. I developed the webshop myself. It is so fast and precise that I have never seen anything like it on the market. Yes, I put my heart and soul into it. But the product is a niche product, because with a mass product it is no longer possible to appear on the webshop market. And of course I see how Chinese competing companies copy my descriptions or educational materials. I see how they come to my website to get information but go to a Chinese giant to buy because they might save 1-2 euros. I could still accept that. Price competition. We are struggling. But now I can't even ship to a single EU country. ... Why should I keep the translations? Why should I create multilingual descriptions and educational materials? The benefits of my heart-and-soul work will be reaped by Chinese and other non-EU giants. And now you have introduced a regulation that will practically kill this entire branch. I calculated that, for example, in order to be able to sell in Austria, my turnover to the country must reach 6 thousand EUR. This is just what covers the PPWR-related costs. No. I don't sell that much to Austria. And I don't even need to look into the registration process. I don't care anymore, because the basic cost already made further investigation pointless. I simply closed shipping to that country in all my webshops. I had several returning customers from there. But I will inform them separately about who and what they can thank for this. And yes. This is true for all EU countries. So in the coming days I will inform my former customers and visitors about this widely. I can't help it. And then I haven't even talked about the mandatory EU guarantee-related parcel deliveries. Was there even one lawmaker who had this in mind??? I can't believe that this clearly disproportionate and discriminatory regulation is not intentionally aimed at strangling small companies. It's simply unbelievable, they are protecting the interests of huge Chinese and non-EU companies. All this AGAINST the interests of EU citizens. Why aren't we protected against them? The majority of the commenters are asking and begging for this regulation to be suspended and reconsidered. Small companies will fall for this by October. This cannot wait until October. Especially because the busiest time of the year will be out. So if there is no immediate improvement, it will set back smaller companies by about half a year, which these companies will mostly not survive and will appear as unemployed in their countries instead of paying taxes.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU decision-makers. You have allowed Chinese and other non-European giants to enter the EU. And you have provided them with loopholes that allow them to pay minimal taxes. These companies are huge waste producers. And these companies have a huge routine of evading responsibility. They employ entire legal departments for this purpose. They practically sell garbage. Whether in terms of equipment (temu) or mass-produced clothing, I could go on and on. These are billion-euro businesses. And they are introducing PPWR and EPR regulations that these companies can easily solve or circumvent. But all smaller webshops (up to 1-2 million EUR in annual revenue) are subject to the same regulations. Just a quick calculation. I had to minimize my profit margin in price competition with the Chinese and other giants that were allowed in. Due to other EU rules, my operating costs are also much higher than those of a Chinese giant. So my profit percentage is very low. That's why I tried to increase the attractiveness of my webshop with additional services and education. I provided the products in the webshop with correct descriptions and although I used AI solutions, I defined the content myself and made sure that the technical content was professionally accurate. I translated it into several languages. I developed the webshop myself. It is so fast and precise that I have never seen anything like it on the market. Yes, I put my heart and soul into it. But the product is a niche product, because with a mass product it is no longer possible to appear on the webshop market. And of course I see how Chinese competing companies copy my descriptions or educational materials. I see how they come to my website to get information but go to a Chinese giant to buy because they might save 1-2 euros. I could still accept that. Price competition. We are struggling. But now I can't even ship to a single EU country. ... Why should I keep the translations? Why should I create multilingual descriptions and educational materials? The benefits of my heart-and-soul work will be reaped by Chinese and other non-EU giants. And now you have introduced a regulation that will practically kill this entire branch. I calculated that, for example, in order to be able to sell in Austria, my turnover to the country must reach 6 thousand EUR. This is just what covers the PPWR-related costs. No. I don't sell that much to Austria. And I don't even need to look into the registration process. I don't care anymore, because the basic cost already made further investigation pointless. I simply closed shipping to that country in all my webshops. I had several returning customers from there. But I will inform them separately about who and what they can thank for this. And yes. This is true for all EU countries. So in the coming days I will inform my former customers and visitors about this widely. I can't help it. And then I haven't even talked about the mandatory EU guarantee-related parcel deliveries. Was there even one lawmaker who had this in mind??? I can't believe that this clearly disproportionate and discriminatory regulation is not intentionally aimed at strangling small companies. It's simply unbelievable, they are protecting the interests of huge Chinese and non-EU companies. All this AGAINST the interests of EU citizens. Why aren't we protected against them? The majority of the commenters are asking and begging for this regulation to be suspended and reconsidered. Small companies will fall for this by October. This cannot wait until October. Especially because the busiest time of the year will be out. So if there is no immediate improvement, it will set back smaller companies by about half a year, which these companies will mostly not survive and will appear as unemployed in their countries instead of paying taxes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552109_en"}, {"id": 33552254, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:18:41", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Make exemptions for small businesses or low volumes. Small businesses based on shipping physical goods to different countries within the EU can not afford to follow these regulations. This would destroy business for for example artists selling prints, paintings, crafts, etc. and allow only mass produced products to thrive on the market. Make exemptions for products where the packaging can be considered part of the product, for example for video games, films and music. Collectors buy physical media not just for the media itself but also the box and cover art to look at and display in a shelf for example as well as protecting the media from damage and preventing small media such as Nintendo Switch game cards from getting lost. Game cards also need packaging that is much bigger than the card itself in order to be displayed properly in stores and to keep track of them at home. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Make exemptions for small businesses or low volumes. Small businesses based on shipping physical goods to different countries within the EU can not afford to follow these regulations. This would destroy business for for example artists selling prints, paintings, crafts, etc. and allow only mass produced products to thrive on the market. Make exemptions for products where the packaging can be considered part of the product, for example for video games, films and music. Collectors buy physical media not just for the media itself but also the box and cover art to look at and display in a shelf for example as well as protecting the media from damage and preventing small media such as Nintendo Switch game cards from getting lost. Game cards also need packaging that is much bigger than the card itself in order to be displayed properly in stores and to keep track of them at home. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552254_en"}, {"id": 33552253, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:16:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, This new rule is not fair and is harming small business while they are the ones leaving smallest footprint compared to giants with millions of turnover. Please update exceptionsx small art and crafts studio run by a single person cannot and should not be treated the same as multimillion companies with a dedicated departments for such implementations. There must be an exception for any businesses that has <10 employees or up to 50 000-100 000 EUR turnover. DO NOT KILL INDEPENDANT CREATIVES!! SURELY THIS IS NOT WHAT EUROPEANS WANTS AND NEEDS.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, This new rule is not fair and is harming small business while they are the ones leaving smallest footprint compared to giants with millions of turnover. Please update exceptionsx small art and crafts studio run by a single person cannot and should not be treated the same as multimillion companies with a dedicated departments for such implementations. There must be an exception for any businesses that has <10 employees or up to 50 000-100 000 EUR turnover. DO NOT KILL INDEPENDANT CREATIVES!! SURELY THIS IS NOT WHAT EUROPEANS WANTS AND NEEDS.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552253_en"}, {"id": 33552252, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:15:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Regelung schadet einzig und allein den kleinen Händlern, da diese sich den Aufwand für jedes Land einen Beauftragten abzustellen schlichtweg nicht leisten können. Großkonzerne werden dadurch in keinster Weise beeinträchtigt und noch mehr Marktmacht erlangen. Ein Vorteil für die Umwelt entsteht dadurch nicht, da der Großteil der Verpackungen ohnehin von Konzernen ausgeht.", "feedbackEnglish": "The provision is detrimental only to small traders, as they simply cannot afford to use an agent for each Land. Large corporations will not be affected in any way and will gain even more market power. There is no environmental benefit as most of the packaging comes from groups of companies anyway.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552252_en"}, {"id": 33552251, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:13:26", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SIA A.T Fishing Lures", "feedback": "Subject: Feedback from an micro-enterprise: Disproportionate financial and administrative burden of current EPR/packaging regulations on cross-border e-commerceTo whom it may concern,I am writing to share feedback from the perspective of a micro-enterprise based in Latvia. We primarily operate locally, but occasionally receive low-volume orders from other EU member states (typically fewer than 10 shipments per month in total across the EU).While we fully support the green transition and have no objections to paying environmental taxes on the materials we use within our home country, the current decentralized implementation of packaging and EPR regulations creates an insurmountable barrier for small businesses.To illustrate the severity of this issue: over the past six months, we received just 2 orders from Estonia, with a total value of 60. Under the current regulations, to legally ship these items, we are required to register in Estonia's national system and pay a registration fee of 150. Scaling this requirement across all 26 other EU member states is financially and operationally impossible for a business of our size. The compliance costs vastly exceed our total cross-border revenue.We strongly urge policy makers to consider the following solutions to protect micro-enterprises and ensure a true EU Single Market:A Unified EU Portal: Instead of 27 separate national registries, a single European platform should be established. Micro-enterprises should be able to report data and pay environmental/packaging taxes for all member states in one place, similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) system.De Minimis Thresholds: Introduce a unified, EU-wide minimum threshold for small volumes. Businesses shipping below a certain weight or monetary value per country annually should be exempt from complex registration fees and administrative duties.Elimination of Fixed Registration Fees: Fixed compliance and registration fees should be banned or subsidized for micro-businesses, ensuring that taxes are strictly proportional to the actual volume of materials placed on the market.The current system fragments the Single Market and punishes small businesses that wish to engage in cross-border trade. We hope future revisions will focus on simplification and fair proportionality. Sincerely Andis Tiļčiks", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Feedback from an micro-enterprise: Disproportionate financial and administrative burden of current EPR/packaging regulations on cross-border e-commerceTo whom it may concern,I am writing to share feedback from the perspective of a micro-enterprise based in Latvia. We primarily operate locally, but occasionally receive low-volume orders from other EU member states (typically fewer than 10 shipments per month in total across the EU).While we fully support the green transition and have no objections to paying environmental taxes on the materials we use within our home country, the current decentralized implementation of packaging and EPR regulations creates an insurmountable barrier for small businesses.To illustrate the severity of this issue: over the past six months, we received just 2 orders from Estonia, with a total value of 60. Under the current regulations, to legally ship these items, we are required to register in Estonia's national system and pay a registration fee of 150. Scaling this requirement across all 26 other EU member states is financially and operationally impossible for a business of our size. The compliance costs vastly exceed our total cross-border revenue.We strongly urge policy makers to consider the following solutions to protect micro-enterprises and ensure a true EU Single Market:A Unified EU Portal: Instead of 27 separate national registries, a single European platform should be established. Micro-enterprises should be able to report data and pay environmental/packaging taxes for all member states in one place, similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) system.De Minimis Thresholds: Introduce a unified, EU-wide minimum threshold for small volumes. Businesses shipping below a certain weight or monetary value per country annually should be exempt from complex registration fees and administrative duties.Elimination of Fixed Registration Fees: Fixed compliance and registration fees should be banned or subsidized for micro-businesses, ensuring that taxes are strictly proportional to the actual volume of materials placed on the market.The current system fragments the Single Market and punishes small businesses that wish to engage in cross-border trade. We hope future revisions will focus on simplification and fair proportionality. Sincerely Andis Tiļčiks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552251_en"}, {"id": 33552250, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:11:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist", "feedback": "Hello, I'm a german artist and I would like to still be able to sell my paintings and prints within the EU in the future. Small businesses simply cannot afford what the new PPWR regulation wants from them. Please, don't let small businesses, art and culture in Europe die! We want to work into the direction of a strong, self sufficient Europe, don't we, so it doesn't make any sense to make it impossible for us small businesses to trade with our neighboring countries. I'm asking for two things: First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and the requirement to appoint an authorized representative. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. Please help. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I'm a german artist and I would like to still be able to sell my paintings and prints within the EU in the future. Small businesses simply cannot afford what the new PPWR regulation wants from them. Please, don't let small businesses, art and culture in Europe die! We want to work into the direction of a strong, self sufficient Europe, don't we, so it doesn't make any sense to make it impossible for us small businesses to trade with our neighboring countries. I'm asking for two things: First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and the requirement to appoint an authorized representative. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. Please help. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552250_en"}, {"id": 33552249, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:10:37", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "En ole aikaisemmin kommentoinut toisinaan torsoina syntyviä EU-direktiivejä, mutta nyt koen pakolliseksi. Tämä jätedirektiivi, jos hyväksytään sellaisenaan, pakottaa monet pien- ja mikroyritykset lopettamaan toimintansa, koska lisääntyvä byrokratia, rekisteröitymismaksut sun muut tekijät tulevat haittaamaan toimintaansa merkittävästi. Lähestyn tätä intohimoisen metallimusiikin harrastajan näkökulmasta, joka viimeisen 20+ vuoden aikana on ostanut valtaosan kokoelmastaan ympäri Eurooppaa pieniltä lafkoilta, joita pyörittävät kaltaiseni intohimoiset marginaalimusiikin harrastajat. Sivutoimisena harrastuksena, joka useimmiten maksaa toimijoille enemmän kuin varsinaisesti tuottaa. Nykypäivän kurjassa markkinatilanteessa, jossa kuluttajilla on entistä vähemmän rahaa ja musiikin kulutus siirtyy digitaalisiin kanaviin, alati kasvavista postimaksuista puhumattakaan, tällaisten mikrolafkojen toiminta on jo nyt vaikeaa. Olen viimeisten vuosien aikana hankkinut valtavia määriä levyjä erilaisten pienoislafkojen loppuunmyynneistä, kun pelkkä \"rakkaudesta lajiin\"-näkökulma ei enää riitä toiminnalle. Jo nyt sosiaalisten medioideni feedit täyttyvät erilaisten pienlevy-yhtiöiden ilmoituksista, joissa mainitaan EU:n sisäisten lähetysten loppumisesta tähän päivämäärään. Tätä tapahtuu Suomessa, Saksassa, Italiassa, Tsekeissä ja Puolassa, vain niitä mainitakseni joita olen tässä aamukahvin ja lounaan välisenä aikana jo nähnyt. Ei siis liene kenenkään etu, että alati kurjistuvassa maailmassa, jossa tekoälyn osuus kaikenlaisessa taiteessa lisääntyy, ihmisten tekemän taiteen elinedellytykset heikkenevät. Sillä tämä ei koske pelkästään musiikkialaa, vaan kaikkia käsityöläis-/artesaanityöläisiä, jotka esim. Etsyssä kaupittelevat tuotoksiaan. Vetoankin siis jokaiseen MEPpiin joka täältä Härmästä on Brysseliin päässyt, että viette tämän asian uudelleen tarkasteluun ja järkeistätte byrokratiaa sekä kustannuksia. On aivan oikein ja tähdellistä työskennellä puhtaamman ympäristön eteen, mutta sen tekeminen sillä hinnalla, että samalla kuristaa hengiltä lukemattomia mikro- ja pienyrityksiä ympäri Eurooppaa ei voi olla oikea tapa. - Ville Pirttinen", "feedbackEnglish": "I have not commented on EU directives that sometimes arise in torso in the past, but now I feel obliged to do so. This waste directive, if adopted as it stands, will force many small and micro-enterprises to close down, as increasing bureaucracy, registration fees and other factors will significantly hamper their operations. I approach this from the perspective of an enthusiastic music enthusiast who, over the last 20+ years, has bought most of his collection across Europe from small scholarships run by enthusiastic marginal music enthusiasts like me. As a part-time hobby, which in most cases costs operators more than it actually produces. In today’s tight market conditions, where consumers have less money and music consumption is shifting to digital channels, not to mention ever-increasing postal charges, it is already difficult to operate such microflocks. Over the past few years, I have acquired a huge number of discs from the end-of-life sales of various widgets, when a mere ‘flammatory-to-species’ perspective is no longer sufficient. Already today, my social media feeds are filled in with declarations from various low-disk companies mentioning the end of intra-EU shipments to this date. This happens in Finland, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Poland, just to mention what I have already seen between the morning and lunch. It is not, therefore, in the interest of anyone that, in an ever-increasing world in which the share of AI in all kinds of art is increasing, the living conditions of human art will deteriorate. This applies not only to the music sector, but to all artisans/artesians who, for example in Etsy, are trading in their outputs. So I call on each MEP to come to Brussels from this shame to re-examine this issue and to rationalise bureaucracy and costs. It is right and important to work for a cleaner environment, but doing so at a cost that simultaneously disciplines countless micro and small businesses across Europe cannot be the right way. — Ville Pirttinen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552249_en"}, {"id": 33552248, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:09:34", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Détruire les petits commerces au nom de l'écologie au lieu de regarder les grandes industries...logique.", "feedbackEnglish": "Destroying small businesses in the name of ecology instead of watching big industries... logical.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552248_en"}, {"id": 33552243, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:08:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "beathebeadmaker.com", "feedback": "Ich begrüße grundsätzlich das Ziel der EU, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller an den entstehenden Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. Für Kleinstunternehmen und insbesondere für sehr kleine grenzüberschreitende Versandmengen ist die derzeit vorgesehene Umsetzung jedoch unverhältnismäßig kompliziert und teuer. Ich betreibe ein kleines Kunsthandwerksunternehmen in Deutschland und versende meine handgefertigten Produkte überwiegend innerhalb Deutschlands. Lieferungen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten kommen bislang nur sehr selten vor. Insgesamt bringe ich lediglich etwa 3 kg Versandverpackungen aus Papier und Kunststoff pro Jahr in Verkehr. Trotz dieser äußerst geringen Mengen müsste ich mich für einzelne Lieferungen mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registrierungssystemen, Lizenzierungsanforderungen und gegebenenfalls weiteren nationalen Verpflichtungen auseinandersetzen. Der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand steht damit in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Besonders problematisch ist dies für Kleinstunternehmen, die ihren Kundenkreis innerhalb der Europäischen Union erst aufbauen möchten. Ich möchte künftig mehr Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten erreichen. Die derzeitigen Anforderungen schaffen jedoch einen erheblichen wirtschaftlichen Anreiz, Lieferungen in andere EU-Länder vollständig auszuschließen. Für mein Unternehmen führt dies zu einer widersprüchlichen Situation: Ich kann meine handgefertigten Produkte an Kunden in Drittstaaten wie den USA, Kanada oder Australien verkaufen und versenden. Der gelegentliche Verkauf an einen Kunden in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat kann dagegen mit unverhältnismäßig hohen Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs- und Verwaltungspflichten verbunden sein. Es sollte für ein europäisches Kleinstunternehmen nicht administrativ schwieriger sein, eine einzelne Bestellung innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarkts zu versenden als eine Bestellung in die USA, nach Kanada oder nach Australien. Eine solche Regelung läuft dem Grundgedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarkts entgegen und benachteiligt insbesondere kleine, unabhängige Unternehmen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine einzige zentrale, EU-weite Registrierung und Lizenzierungsmöglichkeit für Kleinstunternehmen. Über ein solches System könnten die tatsächlich in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen zentral gemeldet und die entsprechenden Gebühren abgeführt werden. Die Verteilung der Einnahmen auf die jeweiligen nationalen Systeme könnte anschließend auf EU-Ebene erfolgen. Die Kosten sollten sich dabei an den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen orientieren. Bei einem Unternehmen mit beispielsweise nur wenigen Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial pro Jahr darf der administrative Aufwand nicht höher sein als die eigentliche ökologische und wirtschaftliche Relevanz dieser Verpackungsmengen. Eine zentrale EU-Lösung würde die Ziele der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung nicht schwächen. Im Gegenteil: Sie würde es auch Kleinstunternehmen ermöglichen, ihre Verpflichtungen vollständig und rechtssicher zu erfüllen, ohne den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen einstellen zu müssen. Ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt sollte auch für Kleinstunternehmen praktisch nutzbar sein. 27 unterschiedliche nationale Systeme sind dafür keine geeignete Lösung. Eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung, Meldung und mengenabhängige Lizenzierung wäre aus meiner Sicht der richtige Weg.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I welcome the EU’s objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute to the costs incurred in disposing of it. However, for micro-enterprises and especially for very small cross-border shipments, the implementation currently foreseen is disproportionately complicated and costly. I operate a small handicraft business in Germany and send my handicraft products mostly within Germany. Deliveries to other EU Member States have so far been very rare. In total, I place only around 3 kg of paper and plastic shipping packaging on the market per year. Despite these very small quantities, I would have to deal with different national registration systems, licensing requirements and possibly other national obligations for individual deliveries. The administrative and financial burden is therefore disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. This is particularly problematic for micro-enterprises wishing to develop their customer base within the European Union. I want to reach more customers in other EU Member States in the future. However, the current requirements create a significant economic incentive to completely exclude supplies to other EU countries. For my company, this leads to a contradictory situation: I can sell and ship my handmade products to customers in third countries such as the US, Canada or Australia. Occasional selling to a customer in another EU Member State, on the other hand, may entail disproportionate registration, licensing and administrative obligations. It should not be administratively more difficult for a European micro-enterprise to send an individual order within the EU internal market than to send an order to the US, Canada or Australia. Such a rule runs counter to the very idea of a common European internal market and puts small, independent undertakings at a particular disadvantage. I would therefore like to see a single central, EU-wide registration and licensing facility for micro-enterprises. Such a system would enable the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market in each Member State to be reported centrally and the corresponding fees to be paid. The distribution of revenues between the respective national systems could then be done at EU level. The costs should be based on the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. For a company with, for example, only a few kilograms of packaging material per year, the administrative burden must not exceed the actual environmental and economic relevance of these packaging quantities. A central EU solution would not weaken the EPR objectives. To the contrary: It would also allow micro-enterprises to fully and legally fulfil their obligations without having to stop selling cross-border within the EU for economic reasons. A common internal market should also be practically usable for micro-enterprises. 27 different national systems are not an appropriate solution. In my view, centralised EU-wide registration, notification and volume-based licensing would be the right way forward.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552243_en"}, {"id": 33552247, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:08:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: The New Packaging Rules Risk Making Cross-Border Trade Impossible for Small businesses I strongly support the goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the way the new packaging requirements are affecting micro-enterprises and small online businesses. The current system places a disproportionate administrative, financial and legal burden on small businesses that sell products to customers in other EU Member States. For a small business, selling a limited number of products to customers across the EU can now mean having to understand and comply with multiple national EPR systems, registrations, packaging declarations, reporting obligations, fees and, in some countries, requirements involving local authorised representatives. Each country can have different rules, thresholds, procedures and costs. This creates a situation in which a small business selling only a handful of products to a particular EU country may face almost the same regulatory complexity as a significantly larger company with thousands or millions of shipments. The issue is not that small businesses should be exempt from environmental responsibility. We absolutely should contribute to the recycling and proper management of the packaging we place on the market. The problem is that the current compliance system is not proportionate to the scale of the business or the actual environmental impact involved. For a micro-business, spending hundreds of euros on registrations, licences, representatives and administrative compliance in order to make a relatively small number of shipments to a country can make those sales economically impossible. This forces small businesses to either stop selling to certain EU countries, increase prices substantially, or abandon international sales altogether. This is particularly concerning because it undermines the principles of the EU Single Market. Cross-border trade should not become practically inaccessible to small entrepreneurs simply because they cannot afford to maintain separate compliance structures in every Member State. I therefore strongly urge policymakers to introduce a genuinely simplified and harmonised system for micro-enterprises and small businesses, including: * meaningful EU-wide thresholds based on actual quantities and environmental impact; * simplified registration and reporting procedures for very small sellers; * affordable or free compliance solutions for micro-enterprises; * greater harmonisation between Member States; * a system that avoids requiring small businesses to navigate fundamentally different national procedures for relatively small volumes; * and, where authorised representatives are required, a proportionate and affordable solution for micro-enterprises. Environmental protection and responsible packaging management are important goals. However, regulation should not unintentionally create a situation where only large companies can afford to participate in the European market. If the administrative and financial burden continues to grow in this way, the result will not simply be more responsible packaging. The result will be thousands of small businesses withdrawing from cross-border trade because compliance is too complex and too expensive. Small businesses should not have to choose between complying with the law and being able to afford to stay in business. The EU should create a packaging compliance system that is environmentally effective, but also simple, proportionate, affordable and genuinely accessible to micro-enterprises and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: The New Packaging Rules Risk Making Cross-Border Trade Impossible for Small businesses I strongly support the goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the way the new packaging requirements are affecting micro-enterprises and small online businesses. The current system places a disproportionate administrative, financial and legal burden on small businesses that sell products to customers in other EU Member States. For a small business, selling a limited number of products to customers across the EU can now mean having to understand and comply with multiple national EPR systems, registrations, packaging declarations, reporting obligations, fees and, in some countries, requirements involving local authorised representatives. Each country can have different rules, thresholds, procedures and costs. This creates a situation in which a small business selling only a handful of products to a particular EU country may face almost the same regulatory complexity as a significantly larger company with thousands or millions of shipments. The issue is not that small businesses should be exempt from environmental responsibility. We absolutely should contribute to the recycling and proper management of the packaging we place on the market. The problem is that the current compliance system is not proportionate to the scale of the business or the actual environmental impact involved. For a micro-business, spending hundreds of euros on registrations, licences, representatives and administrative compliance in order to make a relatively small number of shipments to a country can make those sales economically impossible. This forces small businesses to either stop selling to certain EU countries, increase prices substantially, or abandon international sales altogether. This is particularly concerning because it undermines the principles of the EU Single Market. Cross-border trade should not become practically inaccessible to small entrepreneurs simply because they cannot afford to maintain separate compliance structures in every Member State. I therefore strongly urge policymakers to introduce a genuinely simplified and harmonised system for micro-enterprises and small businesses, including: * meaningful EU-wide thresholds based on actual quantities and environmental impact; * simplified registration and reporting procedures for very small sellers; * affordable or free compliance solutions for micro-enterprises; * greater harmonisation between Member States; * a system that avoids requiring small businesses to navigate fundamentally different national procedures for relatively small volumes; * and, where authorised representatives are required, a proportionate and affordable solution for micro-enterprises. Environmental protection and responsible packaging management are important goals. However, regulation should not unintentionally create a situation where only large companies can afford to participate in the European market. If the administrative and financial burden continues to grow in this way, the result will not simply be more responsible packaging. The result will be thousands of small businesses withdrawing from cross-border trade because compliance is too complex and too expensive. Small businesses should not have to choose between complying with the law and being able to afford to stay in business. The EU should create a packaging compliance system that is environmentally effective, but also simple, proportionate, affordable and genuinely accessible to micro-enterprises and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552247_en"}, {"id": 33552246, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:07:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "redfries", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Europäische Kommission, die Idee hinter der EU-Verpackungsverordnung PPWR Verpackungsmüll verringern, Kreislaufwirtschaft stärken finde ich grundsätzlich gut. Ich unterstütze die Umweltziele der EU uneingeschränkt. Bei den Vorgaben wurden Einzelunternehmen wie das meine jedoch komplett übergangen. Als Einzelunternehmerin verkaufe ich Papeterieartikel und habe nur wenige Verkäufe in andere EU-Länder teils nur einzelne Bestellungen pro Jahr in bestimmten Ländern. Von einem Ein-Personen-Unternehmen zu verlangen, sich möglicherweise zu registrieren, Meldungen abzugeben, Gebühren zu zahlen und einen Bevollmächtigten für separate Verpackungssysteme in mehreren Ländern zu benennen, steht für derart geringe Mengen in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Umweltwirkung oder wirtschaftlichen Aktivität. Große Unternehmen können sich Fachkräfte für Recht, Buchhaltung und Compliance leisten. Kleinstunternehmen können das nicht. Für mich übersteigt der Zeit- und Kostenaufwand für die Einhaltung mehrerer nationaler Systeme den Wert der betroffenen Verkäufe deutlich. Die praktische Folge ist, dass ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen werde, allein weil die Compliance wirtschaftlich nicht rentabel ist. Dies gefährdet den europäischen Binnenmarkt gerade für die kleinen, unabhängigen Unternehmen und Unternehmer, die er eigentlich unterstützen sollte. Ich fordere keine Abschwächung der Umweltstandards, sondern verhältnismäßige Regeln. Ich bitte die Kommission, eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinunternehmen einzuführen und eine zentrale Stelle zu schaffen, die den Aufwand und die Kosten der Registrierung erheblich mindert. Ein EU-weiter Schwellenwert für geringe Volumina oder ein zentralisiertes EU-Compliance-System könnten die Umwelt schützen, ohne Kleinstunternehmen faktisch vom Binnenmarkt auszuschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I generally welcome the idea behind the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) of reducing packaging waste and strengthening the circular economy. I fully support the EU’s environmental objectives. However, individual companies such as mys were completely omitted from the requirements. As a sole trader, I sell wallpaper items and have few sales to other EU countries, sometimes only individual orders per year in certain countries. Requiring a one-person company to possibly register, submit notifications, pay fees and appoint an authorised representative for separate packaging systems in several countries is disproportionate to the actual environmental impact or economic activity for such small quantities. Large companies can afford legal, accounting and compliance professionals. Micro-enterprises cannot. In my view, the time and cost involved in complying with several national systems significantly exceeds the value of the sales concerned. The practical consequence is that I will stop shipping to other EU countries simply because compliance is not economically viable. This puts the European single market at risk, especially for the small, independent businesses and entrepreneurs it should support. I do not call for weakening environmental standards, but for proportionate rules. I would ask the Commission to introduce a de minimis threshold for small businesses and to create a central body that significantly reduces the burden and costs of registration. An EU-wide threshold for small volumes or a centralised EU compliance system could protect the environment without effectively excluding micro-enterprises from the internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552246_en"}, {"id": 33552241, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:06:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich verwende hier eine Vorlage der IT-Recht-Kanzlei und schließe mich vollumfänglich den Argumenten an. Der Versand in EU-Länder ist für ALLE Klein- und 1-Frau/Mann-Unternehmen weder zu finanzieren und noch zu bewältigen. Im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für uns kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist (für ALLE Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen), dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen. Neben der Registrierung entstehen beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung. Ich empfehle daher DRINGEND, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie nur irgend möglich reduziert werden. Die erforderlichen Angaben müssen auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, müssen auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus muss geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt muss es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften dürfen nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen müssen. weil die Vorschriften nicht mehr bewältigbar sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "I refer here to a submission from the IT Law Registry and I fully agree with the arguments put forward. Shipments to EU countries are neither funded nor manageable for ALL small and 1-female/man companies. As part of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this imposes on small online traders. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic (for ALL small and micro-enterprises) that even small sales to another Member State trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct sales incur in particular costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore urge that the new requirements for producer registers reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required must be limited to what is strictly necessary, must be uniform in all Member States and must be provided in accordance with the same procedure. Information that has already been provided for a register of producers must also be able to be used for registration in other Member States. In addition, it must be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market must also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The cost and administrative burden of the packaging rules must not lead to small businesses having to restrict or stop cross-border sales altogether, because the rules are no longer manageable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552241_en"}, {"id": 33552245, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:05:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KleinTreu", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel der Verpackungsverordnung, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und Verpackungen nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Gleichzeitig halte ich die derzeitige Ausgestaltung für Kleinstunternehmen und insbesondere für Ein-Personen-Unternehmen sowie kleine Handmade-Betriebe für unverhältnismäßig belastend. Die Anforderungen der PPWR stehen für diese Betriebe in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu ihrem tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und ihrer wirtschaftlichen Leistungsfähigkeit. Kleinstunternehmen verfügen in der Regel über keine eigenen Compliance-Strukturen. Jede zusätzliche Pflicht wie Registrierung, Dokumentation oder Meldung muss direkt von der Unternehmerin oder dem Unternehmer selbst erledigt werden und geht zulasten von Produktion, Kundenservice und Weiterentwicklung. Besonders problematisch ist der hohe Verwaltungsaufwand im Verhältnis zu sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen. Auch bei minimalem Verpackungsaufkommen können umfangreiche Pflichten entstehen, deren Erfüllung zeitlich und organisatorisch deutlich schwerer wiegt als die eigentliche Verpackung selbst. Dadurch entstehen unverhältnismäßige Belastungen im Alltag kleiner Betriebe. Hinzu kommt eine strukturelle Ungleichheit: Große Unternehmen können diese Kosten auf hohe Stückzahlen verteilen und Fachabteilungen einsetzen, während bei Kleinstunternehmen jede Aufgabe unmittelbar bei einer Person liegt. Dadurch entstehen deutlich höhere relative Belastungen pro verkauftem Produkt. Kritisch ist zudem, dass die Regelungen die tatsächliche Unternehmensgröße und das geringe Verpackungsaufkommen nicht ausreichend berücksichtigen. Eine differenzierte Behandlung nach realen Mengen ist notwendig, um Kleinstunternehmen nicht mit industriellen Strukturen gleichzusetzen. Die PPWR sollte daher dringend um eine praxistaugliche Bagatellregelung ergänzt werden. Für sehr kleine Mengen sollten vereinfachte Verfahren gelten, etwa reduzierte Meldepflichten, pauschale Angaben oder klare Schwellenwerte, unterhalb derer bestimmte Dokumentations- und Nachweispflichten entfallen. Ein weiteres Problem ist die hohe Komplexität und teilweise unklare Ausgestaltung der Anforderungen. Für Kleinstunternehmen entsteht dadurch Rechtsunsicherheit, da sie sich keine dauerhafte juristische Beratung leisten können. Dies erhöht das Risiko von Fehlern und zusätzlicher Belastung. Die Folgen können erheblich sein: Wenn Aufwand und Kosten zu hoch werden, besteht die Gefahr, dass kleine Unternehmen ihr Angebot reduzieren oder ihre Tätigkeit ganz einstellen. Dies würde insbesondere regionale, handwerkliche und nachhaltige Anbieter treffen und die Vielfalt im Binnenmarkt schwächen. Erforderlich sind daher insbesondere: - eine klare und spürbare Entlastung von Kleinstunternehmen, - realistische Schwellenwerte nach tatsächlichem Verpackungsaufkommen, - vereinfachte Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten, - Verzicht auf unverhältnismäßige Nachweispflichten bei sehr geringen Mengen, - verständliche und eindeutige Regelungen ohne Beratungszwang, - ausreichende Übergangsfristen, - eine zentrale, kostenfreie Informationsstelle, - konsequente Prüfung der Verhältnismäßigkeit jeder neuen Pflicht. Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtige Ziele. Sie dürfen jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen durch übermäßige Bürokratie wirtschaftlich überfordert werden. Nachhaltigkeit muss auch für Kleinstunternehmen praktisch umsetzbar bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I support the aim of the Packaging Regulation to reduce packaging waste, promote recycling and make packaging more sustainable. At the same time, I consider the current set-up to be disproportionately burdensome for micro-enterprises and in particular for one-person enterprises and small handmade enterprises. The requirements of the PPWR for these establishments are not proportionate to their actual packaging volume and economic performance. Micro-enterprises generally do not have their own compliance structures. Any additional obligation such as registration, documentation or notification must be carried out directly by the trader itself and is to the detriment of production, customer service and further development. The high administrative burden in relation to very small quantities of packaging is particularly problematic. Even with minimal packaging volume, extensive obligations may arise, the fulfilment of which over time and organisationally significantly outweighs the actual packaging itself. This creates disproportionate burdens in the daily life of small businesses. This is compounded by structural inequality: Large companies can spread these costs over large numbers and use specialised departments, while for micro-enterprises each task is directly assigned to one person. This results in significantly higher relative burdens per product sold. It is also critical that the rules do not take sufficient account of the actual size of the company and the low packaging volume. Differentiated treatment on the basis of real quantities is necessary in order not to equate micro-enterprises with industrial structures. The PPWR should therefore be supplemented as a matter of urgency with a de minimis rule that is fit for purpose. For very small quantities, simplified procedures should apply, such as reduced reporting requirements, blanket declarations or clear thresholds below which certain documentation and evidence requirements are not required. Another problem is the high complexity and sometimes unclear design of the requirements. This creates legal uncertainty for micro-enterprises as they cannot afford permanent legal advice. This increases the risk of errors and additional burden. The consequences can be significant: If the burden and costs become too high, there is a risk that small businesses will reduce their offer or cease their activities altogether. This would particularly affect regional, artisanal and sustainable providers and weaken diversity in the Single Market. It is therefore necessary, in particular, to: — a clear and substantial reduction in the burden on micro-enterprises, – realistic thresholds based on actual packaging volumes, – simplified notification and documentation requirements, – no disproportionate burden of proof in the case of very small quantities, – clear and unambiguous rules without mandatory consultation, – sufficient transitional periods, – a central, free-of-charge information point, – consistent examination of the proportionality of any new obligation. Environmental protection and the circular economy are important objectives. However, they must not lead to small businesses being overwhelmed by excessive bureaucracy. Sustainability must also remain practical for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552245_en"}, {"id": 33552242, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 13:02:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "papier+ideen Jordan GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Wir betreiben in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Kreativ-Bereich und verkaufe hauptsächlich über einen eigenen Onlineshop. Wir verschicken im Jahr ca. 270 Pakete in 17 andere EU-Länder. Unser Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 23.000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in alle diese Ländern zahlen wir voraussichtlich ca. 10.000 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten unseren Auslandsumsatz dadurch fast um die Hälfte aufbrauchen, werde ich den Versand auf ein EU-Land mit der zahlreichsten Kundschaft einschränken müssen. Das EU-Programm läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt es das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen: 1. Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. 2. Ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Da mir durch diese Regelung fast die Hälfte des EU-Umsatzes wegbricht, ist unser Unternehmen von der Schließung bedroht. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we operate a micro-business in the creative sector in Germany and sell mainly through our own online shop. We send around 270 parcels a year to 17 other EU countries. Our turnover from these countries is EUR 23.000. We expect to pay around EUR 10.000 per year for registration and plenipotentiaries in all these countries. Because this means that the fixed costs will almost halve our turnover abroad, I will have to limit shipping to an EU country with the largest number of customers. The EU programme operates under REFIT, i.e. under simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would like to ask for two changes: 1. An EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. 2. A central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. As this rule will cause me to lose almost half of the EU’s turnover, our company is at risk of closure. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552242_en"}, {"id": 33552240, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:59:38", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This proposal makes it hard for minor sellers or for sellers to send small quantities to other countries as it adds a lot of admin work etc. Example: i want to buy a band tshirt from Germany, but as they don't get many orders from Sweden, they have stopped taking orders as it takes too much work and money to comply with this regulation. The regulation has implications on fair competition as it favours bigger sellers. And therefore implications for me as I get locked out of certain markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal makes it hard for minor sellers or for sellers to send small quantities to other countries as it adds a lot of admin work etc. Example: i want to buy a band tshirt from Germany, but as they don't get many orders from Sweden, they have stopped taking orders as it takes too much work and money to comply with this regulation. The regulation has implications on fair competition as it favours bigger sellers. And therefore implications for me as I get locked out of certain markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552240_en"}, {"id": 33552239, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:57:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Theben Smart Energy GmbH", "feedback": "Die Theben Smart Energy GmbH begrüßt die Zielsetzung der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 und unterstützt insbesondere eine wirksame Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR), eine hohe Transparenz bei Verpackungsmengendaten sowie die Sicherstellung eines reibungslos funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts. Bei der Umsetzung der nationalen Herstellerregister sollte jedoch darauf geachtet werden, dass keine zusätzlichen Hürden für den grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU entstehen. Unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungsverfahren, separate Meldeportale, abweichende Datenanforderungen, Fristen, Sprachvorgaben oder die Verpflichtung zur Benennung nationaler Bevollmächtigter können insbesondere dann einen unverhältnismäßigen Verwaltungsaufwand verursachen, wenn in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten nur geringe Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr gebracht werden. Mögliche Erleichterungen sollten daher nicht ausschließlich an die Größe eines Unternehmens gekoppelt werden. Auch mittelständische oder größere Unternehmen vertreiben in manchen Mitgliedstaaten lediglich geringe Verpackungsmengen. Aus unserer Sicht sollte deshalb die tatsächlich pro Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge das maßgebliche Kriterium für vereinfachte Verfahren sein. Die Theben Smart Energy GmbH spricht sich für die Schaffung eines zentralen digitalen EU-Zugangs aus, der eine einmalige Registrierung von Stammdaten ermöglicht. Ergänzend sollten eine EU-weit einheitliche Herstellerkennung, harmonisierte Datenstrukturen, maschinenlesbare Formate sowie die konsequente Anwendung des Once-Only-Prinzips vorgesehen werden. Die erfassten Informationen könnten anschließend automatisiert an die jeweils zuständigen nationalen Register weitergeleitet werden. Für Unternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen sollten vereinfachte Melde- und Registrierungsverfahren gelten. Darüber hinaus sollten zusätzliche nationale Vertreterpflichten für innerhalb der EU ansässige Unternehmen, soweit rechtlich zulässig, unterhalb angemessener Mengenschwellen vermieden werden. Ein solcher Ansatz würde die Effizienz der EPR-Systeme erhöhen, die Datenqualität verbessern, Mehrfachmeldungen reduzieren und gleichzeitig die rechtssichere Belieferung von Kunden im europäischen Binnenmarkt erleichtern.", "feedbackEnglish": "Theben Smart Energy GmbH welcomes the objective of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 and supports, in particular, an effective design of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), high transparency of packaging volume data and ensuring a well-functioning European internal market. However, when implementing the national registers of producers, care should be taken not to create additional barriers to the cross-border movement of goods within the EU. Different national registration procedures, separate notification portals, different data requirements, deadlines, language requirements or the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives may create a disproportionate administrative burden, in particular where only small quantities of packaging are placed on the market in individual Member States. Possible alleviations should therefore not be linked solely to the size of a company. Medium-sized or larger companies also sell only small quantities of packaging in some Member States. In our view, therefore, the relevant criterion for simplified procedures should be the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market per Member State. Theben Smart Energy GmbH is in favour of the creation of a central EU digital access enabling the unique registration of master data. This should be complemented by an EU-wide unique manufacturer identifier, harmonised data structures, machine-readable formats and the consistent application of the once-only principle. The information collected could then be automatically transferred to the relevant national registers. Simplified notification and registration procedures should apply to undertakings with small quantities of packaging. In addition, additional national representative obligations for companies established within the EU should be avoided, where legally permissible, below appropriate volume thresholds. Such an approach would increase the efficiency of EPR systems, improve data quality and reduce multiple reporting, while facilitating legal certainty of delivery to customers in the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552239_en"}, {"id": 33552237, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:54:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The goal of reducing packaging waste is important. However, the current approach creates a disproportionate burden for small and micro-businesses selling across Europe. Many small businesses ship only a few packages per year to individual EU countries. Separate registrations, fees, reporting and representatives can make these few sales economically impossible. We need a system that reflects the actual amount of packaging a business uses: * One simple EU-wide system * Reasonable thresholds for micro-businesses * Costs based on actual packaging volumes * No expensive representatives required in every country Otherwise, small European businesses may find it easier to sell to the US or Asia than within the EU. This cannot be the goal of a strong European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal of reducing packaging waste is important. However, the current approach creates a disproportionate burden for small and micro-businesses selling across Europe. Many small businesses ship only a few packages per year to individual EU countries. Separate registrations, fees, reporting and representatives can make these few sales economically impossible. We need a system that reflects the actual amount of packaging a business uses: * One simple EU-wide system * Reasonable thresholds for micro-businesses * Costs based on actual packaging volumes * No expensive representatives required in every country Otherwise, small European businesses may find it easier to sell to the US or Asia than within the EU. This cannot be the goal of a strong European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552237_en"}, {"id": 33552236, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:54:37", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the EUs environmental objectives, but the current cross-border EPR system risks creating a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses through multiple registrations, fees, reporting requirements and national systems. These costs can make cross-border sales economically unviable for small European businesses, undermining the Single Market, entrepreneurship and consumer choice. I urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate regime, including meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, EU-wide thresholds and a single, harmonised registration and reporting system. The EU should not unintentionally create a barrier to the Single Market in pursuing its environmental ambitions. Environmental responsibility and a thriving European small-business sector canand shouldgo hand in hand.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EUs environmental objectives, but the current cross-border EPR system risks creating a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses through multiple registrations, fees, reporting requirements and national systems. These costs can make cross-border sales economically unviable for small European businesses, undermining the Single Market, entrepreneurship and consumer choice. I urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate regime, including meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, EU-wide thresholds and a single, harmonised registration and reporting system. The EU should not unintentionally create a barrier to the Single Market in pursuing its environmental ambitions. Environmental responsibility and a thriving European small-business sector canand shouldgo hand in hand.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552236_en"}, {"id": 33552235, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:54:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handwerksbetrieb", "feedback": "Hallo - ich bin ein kleines Handwerks-Unternehmen und One-Woman-Show und bin es endgültig satt! Diese und viele weitere Regelungen brechen uns Kleinstunternehmen das Genick, wir verbrauchen Zeit um all das zu bürokratisieren, in der Zeit hätte man Umsatz machen und entsprechend Steuern für den Staat einnehmen können. Man könnte meinen, es werde systematisch von Theoretikern, die nicht einen Tag lang ums finanzielle Überleben kämpfen mussten alle kleinen Geschäft zerstört um nur noch \"große Riesen\" zu haben - die bringen noch mehr Steuereinnahmen, wenige GROSSE wären auch viel leichter zu kontrollieren als unzählig viele Kleine... und so weiter... Wenn kulturelle und einzigartige Dinge unser Leben weiterhin bereichern sollen und nicht nur fernost-produzierter Billigscheiß im Umlauf sein soll, dann bitte hört endlich auf mit Verordnungen wie diesen!!! Es ist zum Kotzen!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello – I am a small craftsman and a one-woman show and it’s definitely sat! These and many other rules break the genocide of micro-enterprises, we take time to red tape, in time we could have generated turnover and collected corresponding taxes for the state. It might be thought that it is systematically being destroyed by theorists who have not had to fight for financial survival for one day all small businesses in order to have only ‘big giants’ – which bring even more tax revenue, few GROSSEs would also be much easier to control than a myriad of small ones... and so on... If cultural and unique things are to continue enriching our lives, and not just low-cost, Far East-produced ones, please stop with regulations like these! It’s sweeping!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552235_en"}, {"id": 33552233, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:52:05", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As citizen from small country, this brings me back in time, when communism fell and most shops didn't ship to my place from EU. It was miserable, market was limited and I couldn't get goods that were easily available in every other country. With this change, many hobbyist and small business will suffer. For example as plant enthusiast, our local selection of rare plants is always limited and incredibly expensive. This was not an issue since many small trusted NL or SH or DE based shops were shipping to my place. After This new rule, I am out of luck and my hobby is crippled. EU was supposed to remove borders and make international trade easier for us, now it's doing opposite. This is exactly what should NEVER happened.", "feedbackEnglish": "As citizen from small country, this brings me back in time, when communism fell and most shops didn't ship to my place from EU. It was miserable, market was limited and I couldn't get goods that were easily available in every other country. With this change, many hobbyist and small business will suffer. For example as plant enthusiast, our local selection of rare plants is always limited and incredibly expensive. This was not an issue since many small trusted NL or SH or DE based shops were shipping to my place. After This new rule, I am out of luck and my hobby is crippled. EU was supposed to remove borders and make international trade easier for us, now it's doing opposite. This is exactly what should NEVER happened.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552233_en"}, {"id": 33552232, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:51:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bavarian House GmbH / vineola.de - Weine aus Italien", "feedback": "Grundsätzlich ist die übergeordnete Zielsetzung der Verordnung zu begrüßen, jedoch erweist sich die praktische Ausgestaltung in der Umsetzung als hochgradig dysfunktional. Als Betreiber des Online-Handels für italienische Weine und Feinkost unter www.vineola.de sehen wir uns direkt mit unüberwindbaren regulatorischen Hürden konfrontiert. Die aktuellen Vorgaben gefährden eine der elementaren Säulen der Europäischen Union den freien Waren- und Dienstleistungsverkehr. Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) sind die bürokratischen und finanziellen Belastungen wirtschaftlich kaum tragbar. Für unseren Betrieb konkret befürchten wir dadurch einen existenzbedrohenden Umsatzverlust von 20 bis 30 Prozent. In der Gesamtkonsequenz droht eine erhebliche Marktkonzentration, die die Marktposition marktbeherrschender Großunternehmen weiter stärkt und zu einer massiven Wettbewerbsverzerrung zuungunsten des Mittelstands führt.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, the overall objective of the Regulation is to be welcomed, but the practical arrangements for its implementation prove to be highly dysfunctional. As an operator of online sales for Italian wines and fine foods at www.vineola.de, we are directly confronted with insurmountable regulatory hurdles. The current rules jeopardise one of the fundamental pillars of the European Union, namely the free movement of goods and services. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), bureaucratic and financial burdens are hardly economically viable. Specifically for our business, we fear that this will result in a loss of turnover of between 20 % and 30 %, which threatens our very existence. As a result, there is a risk of significant market concentration, which further strengthens the market position of dominant large companies and leads to a massive distortion of competition to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552232_en"}, {"id": 33552231, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:51:10", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, as a citizen I do appreciate that you made efforts to reduce landfill and protect the environment. However, as a citizen I also believe that these efforts must be as coordinated and orderly as possible. 27 different normatives are not orderly and coordinated, also they hurt mostly small business and in this economic situation small business can and should be protected (not everything should pass through big middlemen such as Amazon- and we know that to give even more power to the powerful leads to undemocratic and dangerous situations). So please, act reasonably and in defense of the idea of a citizen friendly Union. Kind regards, A concerned European", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, as a citizen I do appreciate that you made efforts to reduce landfill and protect the environment. However, as a citizen I also believe that these efforts must be as coordinated and orderly as possible. 27 different normatives are not orderly and coordinated, also they hurt mostly small business and in this economic situation small business can and should be protected (not everything should pass through big middlemen such as Amazon- and we know that to give even more power to the powerful leads to undemocratic and dangerous situations). So please, act reasonably and in defense of the idea of a citizen friendly Union. Kind regards, A concerned European", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552231_en"}, {"id": 33552229, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:48:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als kleines europäisches Designatelier unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und recyclingfähige Verpackungen zu fördern. Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der Regelung führt jedoch dazu, dass kleine Hersteller und Manufakturen den Versand in viele EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Für Kleinunternehmen mit wenigen Sendungen pro Jahr stehen der bürokratische Aufwand, nationale Registrierungen und laufende Gebühren in keinem Verhältnis zum erzielten Umsatz. Während große Unternehmen eigene Compliance-Abteilungen haben, müssen kleine Betriebe denselben Aufwand als Einzelunternehmer/in oder mit wenigen Mitarbeitern bewältigen. Die Folge ist nicht mehr Nachhaltigkeit, sondern eine Einschränkung des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Kleine Hersteller verzichten zunehmend auf den Versand in andere EU-Länder, obwohl dort Nachfrage nach regionalen, langlebigen und nachhaltig produzierten Produkten besteht. Ich schlage deshalb eine europaweit einheitliche Bagatellregelung vor. Beispielsweise sollten Unternehmen bis zu einem bestimmten Jahresumsatz oder einer bestimmten Verpackungsmenge pro Mitgliedstaat (z. B. 5.000 oder 10.000 Euro Umsatz oder eine definierte Verpackungsmenge) von den nationalen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten ausgenommen oder in einem vereinfachten Verfahren erfasst werden. Alternativ wäre ein zentrales EU-weites One-Stop-Shop-System sinnvoll, über das kleine Unternehmen ihre Verpackungsmengen einmalig für alle Mitgliedstaaten melden können. So würden die Umweltziele erhalten bleiben, ohne den grenzüberschreitenden Handel kleiner europäischer Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig zu belasten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small European design studio, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting recyclable packaging. However, the current design of the scheme means that small producers and manufacturers will have to stop shipping to many EU Member States. For small businesses with few consignments per year, the bureaucratic burden, national registrations and ongoing fees are disproportionate to the turnover generated. While large companies have their own compliance departments, small businesses face the same burden as sole traders or with few employees. The result is no longer sustainability, but a limitation of the European single market. Small producers are increasingly refraining from shipping to other EU countries, despite the demand for regional, long-lasting and sustainably produced products. I therefore propose a single Europe-wide de minimis rule. For example, companies up to a certain annual turnover or a certain amount of packaging per Member State (e.g. 5000 or EUR 10.000 turnover or a defined amount of packaging) should be exempted from national registration and reporting obligations or covered by a simplified procedure. Alternatively, a centralised EU-wide one-stop-shop system would be useful, allowing small businesses to report their packaging volumes once for all Member States. This would preserve environmental objectives without imposing a disproportionate burden on the cross-border trade of small European companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552229_en"}, {"id": 33552228, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:46:19", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Home of Saudade", "feedback": "I run a small Portuguese brand of personalised products, based in the Azores, operating on a made-to-order basis. We hold no stock. Each order is produced and dispatched by production partners located in different Member States and reaches the customer in a simple cardboard or paper mailer. The draft leaves genuine practical questions unanswered for this model. It is not clear who the \"producer\" is when the packaging is bought and applied by a production partner established in another Member State, nor how to prevent the same packaging unit being declared twice, once by the partner and once by the brand. The risk of double registration and double contribution is real, and it falls on the smallest party in the chain, who is also the least able to obtain a ruling on the point. I ask that the implementing act clarify unambiguously how the registration obligation is allocated in made-to-order and direct-dispatch chains; allow the obligation to be discharged by the operator that actually places the packaging on the national market, without duplication; and provide a simplified regime with a de minimis threshold for operators with residual volumes in a given market. One further point of context. We operate from an outermost region, where the local market has no scale and online sales to the rest of the Union are the only path to growth. Rules designed for large operators, applied with no proportionality threshold at all, will not make us compliant. They will make us stop shipping to the EU, which is already the stated intention of many small sellers commenting on this consultation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small Portuguese brand of personalised products, based in the Azores, operating on a made-to-order basis. We hold no stock. Each order is produced and dispatched by production partners located in different Member States and reaches the customer in a simple cardboard or paper mailer. The draft leaves genuine practical questions unanswered for this model. It is not clear who the \"producer\" is when the packaging is bought and applied by a production partner established in another Member State, nor how to prevent the same packaging unit being declared twice, once by the partner and once by the brand. The risk of double registration and double contribution is real, and it falls on the smallest party in the chain, who is also the least able to obtain a ruling on the point. I ask that the implementing act clarify unambiguously how the registration obligation is allocated in made-to-order and direct-dispatch chains; allow the obligation to be discharged by the operator that actually places the packaging on the national market, without duplication; and provide a simplified regime with a de minimis threshold for operators with residual volumes in a given market. One further point of context. We operate from an outermost region, where the local market has no scale and online sales to the rest of the Union are the only path to growth. Rules designed for large operators, applied with no proportionality threshold at all, will not make us compliant. They will make us stop shipping to the EU, which is already the stated intention of many small sellers commenting on this consultation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552228_en"}, {"id": 33552225, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:45:08", "country": "FRA", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LAKMIL®", "feedback": "Wir bekommen täglich wichtige Lebensmittelrohstoffe und Waren geliefert, die wir für unsere Kunden in Europa und weltweit, zur Herstellung wichtiger Endprodukte nutzen. Lt. ihrer Gesetzgebung sind wir ab heute nicht mehr in der Lage die Herstellung zu garantieren, da wir noch keine Lösung für unsere Zulieferer haben. (90% kleine zertifizierte Betriebe) Ebenso betrifft es unsere Lieferungen in die EU. Wir haben uns das Netz in 3 Jahren stetig aufgebaut und in jedes Land investiert, um unser Produkt jedem zugänglich machen zu können. Damit ist seit heute auch erst einmal Schluss! Wie wäre es mit einer umgehenden Kehrtwende und einer möglichen Gesamtumsatzgrenze von netto 10.000 pro Land? Macht es allen etwas leichter und bewahrt vor kolosalen wirtschaftlichen, unternehmerischen und vorallem menschlichen Zusammenbrüchen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We receive essential food raw materials and goods every day, which we use for our European and global customers to produce key end products. According to its legislation, we are no longer able to guarantee production as of today, as we do not yet have a solution for our suppliers. (90 % small certified farms) Similarly, it concerns our supplies to the EU. We have built the network steadily in 3 years and invested in every country to make our product accessible to everyone. This has come to an end for the first time now! What about an immediate turnaround and a possible total turnover limit of net 10.000 per country? Makes it slightly easier for everyone and protects them from colossal economic, business and human collapses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552225_en"}, {"id": 33552227, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:45:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "private", "feedback": "Das Gesetz ist ganz offensichtlich von Juristen, aber nicht von Praktikern gemacht. Warum gibt man Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen nicht die Möglichkeit, die verwendeten Verpackungsmengen beim beauftragten Versanddienstleister (z.B. DHL, Deutsche Post) zu deklarieren und die Entsorgungskosten dort für jeden Einzelfall direkt zu bezahlen, zusammen mit den Versandgebühren. Gegebenenfalls mit kleinen Aufschlag für die Dienstleistung. Wir reden bei einer Verpackungsmenge von z.B. 100 g Karton über Entsorgungskosten von etwa 0,02 . Das Bestimmungsland ist dem Versanddienstleister beim Checkout bekannt. Er ist auch aufgrund seiner Größe in der Lage, das administrativ ordentlich umzusetzen, inklusiv Weiterleitung der Gelder an das Bestimmungsland. Wenn das dann auf diesem Wege 0,05 kostet (0,03 Marge für den Versanddienstleister), ist mir das 1000 mal lieber als mich als Einzelkämpfer mit 27 verschiedenen Regelungen auseinanderzusetzen, mich bei 27 verschiedenen Ländern zu registrieren, bei 27 verschiedenen Ländern periodisch Meldungen abzugeben oder mich mit hohen Fixkosten für relativ geringe Volumina in jedem einzelnen Land zu registrieren. Der Versanddienstleister verdient sicher nicht ungern auch etwas daran. Und der Binnennmarkt für Kleinunternehmen ist gerettet, bei gleichzeitig ordentlicher Abführung der Entsorgungsgebühren.", "feedbackEnglish": "The law is obviously made by lawyers, but not by practitioners. Why is it not possible for small and micro-enterprises to declare the quantities of packaging used to the contracted shipping service provider (e.g. DHL, Deutsche Post) and pay the disposal costs there directly for each individual case, together with the shipping fees? With a small mark-up for the service, if applicable. We are talking about disposal costs of around 0.02 for a quantity of packaging of e.g. 100 g of cardboard. The country of destination is known to the shipping service provider at check-out. Due to its size, it is also able to properly implement the administratively correct transfer of funds to the country of destination, including the transfer of funds to the country of destination. If this then costs 0.05 (0.03 margin for the shipping service provider), it is 1000 times more preferable for me than for me as a single fighter to deal with 27 different rules, register with 27 different countries, submit periodic reports to 27 different countries or register with high fixed costs for relatively small volumes in each country. The shipping service provider is certainly not reluctant to do anything about this. And the single market for small businesses is saved, with proper payment of disposal fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552227_en"}, {"id": 33552226, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:43:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Monse Onlline GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Holger Schaarschmidt Monse Online GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether. (Complimentary close) Holger Schaarschmidt Monse Online GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552226_en"}, {"id": 33552224, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:41:46", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hot Properties Espana", "feedback": "This is insane to have different systems within EU countries for packaging. Surely the benefit of us all being in the EU is to share the same system? Further, to charge an annual fee per country is ridiculous. Why can it not work like the VAT system? This will stop small businesses from operating within the EU, they will become restricted to trading solely within their own country. How can it be easier to trade in the USA, Africa and the Far East than to trade in the country next door?", "feedbackEnglish": "This is insane to have different systems within EU countries for packaging. Surely the benefit of us all being in the EU is to share the same system? Further, to charge an annual fee per country is ridiculous. Why can it not work like the VAT system? This will stop small businesses from operating within the EU, they will become restricted to trading solely within their own country. How can it be easier to trade in the USA, Africa and the Far East than to trade in the country next door?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552224_en"}, {"id": 33552223, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:40:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Wollzeit", "feedback": "Als kleiner Onlinehändler sehe ich die neuen Anforderungen an Registrierung und erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in den einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten mit großer Sorge. Die ökologische Zielsetzung unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Selbstverständlich müssen auch kleine Unternehmen Verantwortung für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen übernehmen. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung ist jedoch unverhältnismäßig und führt für kleine Onlinehändler faktisch zu einem Ausschluss vom grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel. Wir beliefern Kunden in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, teilweise jedoch nur mit wenigen Sendungen pro Jahr. Trotzdem entstehen je Land Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs- und Meldepflichten sowie teilweise zusätzliche Kosten für Bevollmächtigte und Dienstleister. Die daraus resultierenden Fixkosten übersteigen den Umsatz, den ein kleiner Händler in einem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat erzielt, deutlich. Für uns bedeutet dies ganz konkret, dass wir den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Damit verlieren wir einen relevanten Teil unseres Auslandsumsatzes, den wir nicht einfach auf anderen Märkten ersetzen können. Unsere laufenden Kosten für Personal, Lager, IT und andere betriebliche Aufwendungen bleiben jedoch bestehen. Besonders problematisch ist die Wettbewerbswirkung: Große Unternehmen und internationale Konzerne können Compliancekosten auf hunderttausende oder Millionen Sendungen verteilen. Ein kleiner Händler mit wenigen Sendungen in ein bestimmtes Land kann das nicht. Eine formal gleiche Verpflichtung führt damit wirtschaftlich zu einer extrem ungleichen Belastung. Kleine Händler werden aus Märkten gedrängt, während große Unternehmen und Plattformen zusätzlich gestärkt werden. Dies steht für mich im fundamentalen Widerspruch zum europäischen Binnenmarkt. Eine der großen Errungenschaften der EU ist der freie Warenverkehr. Ein kleiner Händler sollte einen Kunden in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat unkompliziert beliefern können. Wenn dafür faktisch zahlreiche nationale Registrierungen, Verträge, Gebühren und Meldesysteme erforderlich sind, wird dieser Grundgedanke zunehmend ausgehöhlt. Als junger Unternehmer empfinde ich diese Entwicklung als äußerst frustrierend. Seit Jahren wird über Bürokratieabbau, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und die Entlastung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen gesprochen. In der Praxis werden jedoch immer neue administrative Verpflichtungen geschaffen, deren Fixkosten gerade kleine Unternehmen überproportional treffen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher dringend um eine zeitnahe Korrektur und echte Verhältnismäßigkeit. Sinnvoll wäre eine großzügige, EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze, die insbesondere die tatsächlich in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge bzw. den dort erzielten Umsatz berücksichtigt. Wer beispielsweise nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr in ein Land verschickt, darf nicht denselben administrativen Grundaufwand tragen müssen wie ein Unternehmen mit Millionen Sendungen. Noch besser wäre ein zentraler europäischer One-Stop-Shop: eine Registrierung, eine zentrale Meldung der Verpackungsmengen je Mitgliedstaat und eine zentrale Abwicklung der Beiträge. So ließe sich Umweltschutz gewährleisten, ohne den Binnenmarkt durch zahlreiche nationale Systeme zu fragmentieren. Ohne eine solche Bagatellregelung oder zentrale EU-Lösung ist die Konsequenz vorhersehbar: Kleine Onlinehändler werden den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Staaten einstellen. Verbraucher haben weniger Auswahl, der grenzüberschreitende Wettbewerb nimmt ab und große Plattformen und Konzerne gewinnen weitere Marktanteile. Das kann weder das Ziel europäischer Umweltpolitik noch eines funktionierenden Binnenmarktes sein. Ich bitte die Kommission deshalb nachdrücklich, kurzfristig eine praktikable und verhältnismäßige Lösung zu schaffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small online trader, I am deeply concerned about the new registration and extended producer responsibility requirements in each EU Member State. I expressly support the environmental objective. It goes without saying that small businesses must also take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the specific design is disproportionate and effectively excludes small online traders from cross-border EU trade. We supply customers in different EU Member States, but sometimes with only a few consignments per year. Nevertheless, there are registration, licensing and reporting obligations per country, as well as some additional costs for authorised representatives and service providers. The resulting fixed costs significantly exceed the turnover of a small trader in a single Member State. For us, this means very concretely that we have to stop shipping to many EU Member States. This means that we lose a relevant part of our foreign turnover, which we cannot simply replace in other markets. However, our running costs for staff, warehouses, IT and other operational expenses remain. The competitive impact is particularly problematic: Large companies and international corporations can spread compliance costs over hundreds of thousands or millions of shipments. A small trader with few consignments to a specific country cannot. A formally identical obligation therefore results in an extremely unequal economic burden. Small traders are pushed out of markets, while large companies and platforms are further strengthened. For me, this is fundamentally at odds with the European single market. One of the EU’s great achievements is the free movement of goods. A small trader should be able to easily supply a customer in another Member State. If this effectively requires numerous national registrations, contracts, fees and reporting systems, this rationale is increasingly undermined. As a young entrepreneur, I find this development extremely frustrating. For years, there have been discussions about cutting red tape, competitiveness and reducing the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. In practice, however, new administrative obligations are being created, the fixed costs of which are borne disproportionately by small businesses. I therefore urge the European Commission to correct this situation promptly and ensure that it is genuinely proportionate. A generous EU-wide de minimis threshold would be useful, taking into account in particular the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market in a Member State or the turnover achieved there. For example, a person who sends only a few items per year to a country may not have to bear the same basic administrative costs as a company with millions of items. A central European one-stop shop would be even better: a registration, a central reporting of the quantities of packaging per Member State and a central processing of the contributions. This would ensure environmental protection without fragmenting the internal market through numerous national systems. Without such a de minimis rule or a central EU solution, the consequence is predictable: Small e-commerce traders will stop shipping to many EU countries. Consumers have less choice, cross-border competition is decreasing and large platforms and groups gain more market share. This cannot be the aim of European environmental policy or of a functioning internal market. I therefore urge the Commission to come up with a workable and proportionate solution in the short term.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552223_en"}, {"id": 33552222, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:38:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wissen Sie eigentlich, was Sie da angerichtet haben?Millionen \"kleine\" Versandhändler werden zwischen 10 und 50 % des Umsatzes genommen, egal womit gehandelt wird. Ich verkaufe gebrauchte Tonträger seit Jahren (weltweit) und nun kann ich das nicht mehr tun, weil ich für jedes EU Land einen Bevollmächtigten haben muss, was mich für alle EU Länder ein paar tausend Euro kosten würde. Ich vermute mal, das die Kosten sogar größer sind als der Umsatz. Hilft keinem außer den ganz Großen. Lieben Dank dafür.", "feedbackEnglish": "Do you really know what you have done about it?Millions of ‘small’ mail-order traders are taken between 10 % and 50 % of turnover, no matter what is traded. I have been selling second-hand phonograms for years (worldwide) and now I can no longer do so because I have to have an authorised representative for each EU country, which would cost me a few thousand euros for all EU countries. I suspect that the costs are even higher than the turnover. Does not help anyone other than the big ones. Thank you for that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552222_en"}, {"id": 33552221, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:36:29", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tens of thousands of small one-man businesses across Europe are devastated by this new regulation. You are forcing us to close down. You are giving unneeded advantage to big corporations while destroying the lives of artists and small family-owned businesses run from our living rooms and backyard sheds. We are devastated. Either this inhumane regulation has to be abolished or the EU altogether needs to be abolished for good.", "feedbackEnglish": "Tens of thousands of small one-man businesses across Europe are devastated by this new regulation. You are forcing us to close down. You are giving unneeded advantage to big corporations while destroying the lives of artists and small family-owned businesses run from our living rooms and backyard sheds. We are devastated. Either this inhumane regulation has to be abolished or the EU altogether needs to be abolished for good.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552221_en"}, {"id": 33552220, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:35:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Marleys Vintage", "feedback": "The rule itself to reduce waste on packaging is not the problem, thats good. But to register in every country, with too high costs of 300 plus per country for a business that relies on international business to other countries thats not what the EU stands for. It should help us to grow and not to destroy business with laws that are standing in the ways of the businesses. This law as it stands now must be stopped immediately or thousands of businesses will have to go out of business as soon as possible. And as every country now is there are no businesses, there are no taxes for them to earn.", "feedbackEnglish": "The rule itself to reduce waste on packaging is not the problem, thats good. But to register in every country, with too high costs of 300 plus per country for a business that relies on international business to other countries thats not what the EU stands for. It should help us to grow and not to destroy business with laws that are standing in the ways of the businesses. This law as it stands now must be stopped immediately or thousands of businesses will have to go out of business as soon as possible. And as every country now is there are no businesses, there are no taxes for them to earn.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552220_en"}, {"id": 33552219, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:35:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a micro-enterprise in Germany and sell handmade silk ribbons and silk cords across borders to both private and business customers. My business customers are predominantly small businesses that incorporate my silk ribbons into their own products. My products are extremely lightweight: one silk cord weighs less than 1 g and one sewn silk ribbon approximately 1 g. They are not fragile, require very little protective packaging and can be compressed to a very small volume. A typical order of 30 silk cords, worth approximately EUR 77, requires only around 29 g of packaging. I also avoid plastic packaging wherever possible. From January to July 2026, I shipped 160 orders to customers in 20 other EU Member States, generating total net sales of EUR 6,440.81. These sales are spread across many small markets. Even Spain, my strongest EU market, accounted for only EUR 1,377.51. The corresponding figures were EUR 269.48 for Austria, EUR 71.36 for Sweden, EUR 31.09 for Denmark and EUR 28.08 for Finland. This is precisely the value of the European Single Market for a micro-enterprise: no individual national market needs to be large. It is the combination of many small markets that makes cross-border trade economically viable. The problem is not paying quantity-based recycling fees for the few grams or kilograms of packaging I actually place on the market. The problem is the fixed costs and administrative obligations arising separately in every Member State. The appointment of an authorised representative alone can cost several hundred euros per country per year, in addition to national registration, EPR scheme participation and packaging fees. Handling everything without external assistance is not a realistic alternative. A one-person micro-enterprise cannot continuously research and manage different registration procedures, authorities, reporting obligations, deadlines and changing requirements across numerous Member States. The draft's reporting category of less than 10 tonnes does not reflect genuinely small quantities. My cross-border packaging quantities are not measured in tonnes but, depending on the Member State, in a few kilograms or even less. A business placing a few hundred grams on the market and one placing almost 10,000 kg therefore fall within the same reporting category. The consequences are already real. I have stopped selling to other EU Member States. My online shop was specifically developed for the European Single Market. In addition to German and English, it was fully available in Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch, while Danish, Swedish and Polish were close to completion. I have now deactivated the four EU-language versions and stopped the additional translations, devaluing substantial work and investment already made in the Single Market. I support Extended Producer Responsibility and am willing to pay for the packaging I actually place on the market. What is missing is a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and genuinely small packaging quantities in cross-border trade. The EU One Stop Shop principle could serve as a model: one central registration, one declaration of packaging quantities by Member State and one central payment, with data and payments then allocated to the respective Member States. Environmental responsibility would remain intact without requiring a separate costly administrative structure in every country for a few grams or kilograms of packaging. Without such a solution, the Single Market will effectively be divided back into separate national markets for many micro-enterprises. The result will not be better participation in packaging waste costs, but withdrawal from cross-border EU trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro-enterprise in Germany and sell handmade silk ribbons and silk cords across borders to both private and business customers. My business customers are predominantly small businesses that incorporate my silk ribbons into their own products. My products are extremely lightweight: one silk cord weighs less than 1 g and one sewn silk ribbon approximately 1 g. They are not fragile, require very little protective packaging and can be compressed to a very small volume. A typical order of 30 silk cords, worth approximately EUR 77, requires only around 29 g of packaging. I also avoid plastic packaging wherever possible. From January to July 2026, I shipped 160 orders to customers in 20 other EU Member States, generating total net sales of EUR 6,440.81. These sales are spread across many small markets. Even Spain, my strongest EU market, accounted for only EUR 1,377.51. The corresponding figures were EUR 269.48 for Austria, EUR 71.36 for Sweden, EUR 31.09 for Denmark and EUR 28.08 for Finland. This is precisely the value of the European Single Market for a micro-enterprise: no individual national market needs to be large. It is the combination of many small markets that makes cross-border trade economically viable. The problem is not paying quantity-based recycling fees for the few grams or kilograms of packaging I actually place on the market. The problem is the fixed costs and administrative obligations arising separately in every Member State. The appointment of an authorised representative alone can cost several hundred euros per country per year, in addition to national registration, EPR scheme participation and packaging fees. Handling everything without external assistance is not a realistic alternative. A one-person micro-enterprise cannot continuously research and manage different registration procedures, authorities, reporting obligations, deadlines and changing requirements across numerous Member States. The draft's reporting category of less than 10 tonnes does not reflect genuinely small quantities. My cross-border packaging quantities are not measured in tonnes but, depending on the Member State, in a few kilograms or even less. A business placing a few hundred grams on the market and one placing almost 10,000 kg therefore fall within the same reporting category. The consequences are already real. I have stopped selling to other EU Member States. My online shop was specifically developed for the European Single Market. In addition to German and English, it was fully available in Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch, while Danish, Swedish and Polish were close to completion. I have now deactivated the four EU-language versions and stopped the additional translations, devaluing substantial work and investment already made in the Single Market. I support Extended Producer Responsibility and am willing to pay for the packaging I actually place on the market. What is missing is a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and genuinely small packaging quantities in cross-border trade. The EU One Stop Shop principle could serve as a model: one central registration, one declaration of packaging quantities by Member State and one central payment, with data and payments then allocated to the respective Member States. Environmental responsibility would remain intact without requiring a separate costly administrative structure in every country for a few grams or kilograms of packaging. Without such a solution, the Single Market will effectively be divided back into separate national markets for many micro-enterprises. The result will not be better participation in packaging waste costs, but withdrawal from cross-border EU trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552219_en"}, {"id": 33552218, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:31:54", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Vintage audio store ", "feedback": "Het is diep en diep triest deze regelgeving Ik heb nu ruim 16 jaar een klein bedrijfje wat 2 e hands audio apparatuur verkoopt. Ik verkoop dit op de Duitse eBay Door deze regelgeving ben ik genoodzaakt om van de 27 landen in de eu te stoppen met 23 landen ! Simpelweg omdat de kosten niet op staan tegen wat het mij gaat opbrengen in die landen als ik er zou blijven verkopen.minimaal 300/600 per jaar per land.sommige landen zijn bv 10 pakketten per jaar en n dan moet ik het zelfde gaan betalen als een bedrijf met 100000 pakketten waar slaat dit op? Jullie maken alle kleine ondernemers kapot! Dank je wel EU!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "It is deeply and deeply saddened by this regulation I now have a small company for over 16 years that sells 2 of the hand audio equipment. I sell this on the German eBay. This regulation forces me to stop 27 of the 23 countries in the EU! Simply because the costs do not stand up to what I would pay in those countries if I continued to sell there. At least 300/600 per year per country.Some countries are e.g. 10 parcels per year and n then should I pay the same as a company with 100000 parcels where this happens? You are destroying all small entrepreneurs! Thank you for the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552218_en"}, {"id": 33552217, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:31:31", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta regulación es totalmente injusta para los pequeños comercios y lo único que conseguirá es que terminen cerrando UE, recapacita y valora esos pequeños negocios que una vez más se ven afectados frente a las grandes empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is totally unfair to small businesses and the only thing it will achieve is that they will eventually close down the EU, recapitalise and value these small businesses that are once again affected vis-à-vis large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552217_en"}, {"id": 33552216, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:29:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WollTraum", "feedback": "In meiner Vorstellung sollte die EU die Abläufe zwischen den einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten vereinfachen. Das ist hier nicht der Fall. Im Gegenteil - es führt dazu, dass kleineren Händlerinnen ein Teil ihres Umsatzes und damit auch der Sichtbarkeit im Ausland wegbricht. Bitte sorgen Sie für ein einheitliches System der Verpackungslizenzierung für alle Länder und die Ausnahme der Beauftragten für kleine Firmen. Ich bin auf alle Fälle dafür, dass die durch den Onlineversand auftretende Verpackungsflut eingedämmt wird. Das erreicht man aber eher mit einem europaweiten, wiederverwendbaren Versandsystem. Die Firmen dafür gibt es schon. Überraschen Sie uns doch mit Innovation. Die Klimakrise erfordert das. Vielen Dank, Susanne Scheibler vom WollTraum in Aschaffenburg, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "In my view, the EU should simplify procedures between Member States. This is not the case here. On the contrary, it results in smaller traders losing part of their turnover and thus also of their visibility abroad. Please ensure a uniform system of packaging licensing for all countries and the exemption of representatives for small firms. I am definitely in favour of reducing the packaging flood caused by online shipping. However, this is more likely to be achieved with a Europe-wide re-usable transit system. The companies already exist for this. Let’s be surprised by innovation. The climate crisis requires this. Thank you, Susanne Scheibler of the WollTraum in Aschaffenburg, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552216_en"}, {"id": 33552215, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:28:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fe", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zu den EU-Verpackungs- und EPR-Pflichten für Kleinstunternehmen Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und nachhaltigere Verpackungen zu fördern. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung der grenzüberschreitenden EPR- und Verpackungspflichten halte ich für Kleinstunternehmen jedoch für unverhältnismäßig. Als kleines Online-Unternehmen mit Sitz in Deutschland möchte ich den europäischen Binnenmarkt nutzen und meine Produkte auch an Verbraucher in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen können. Durch die aktuellen Regelungen bedeutet der Versand in andere EU-Länder jedoch, dass sich ein kleines Unternehmen mit unterschiedlichen nationalen EPR-Systemen, Registrierungen, Lizenzierungen, Meldepflichten und teilweise zusätzlich mit kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten auseinandersetzen muss. Dabei spielt es teilweise kaum eine Rolle, ob ein Unternehmen Tausende Pakete in ein Land verschickt oder lediglich einige wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr erhält. Genau darin sehe ich das Problem. Wenn ich beispielsweise nur 20 oder 50 Pakete im Jahr in einen bestimmten Mitgliedstaat versende, können Registrierungs-, EPR-, Lizenzierungs- und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigtenkosten den Gewinn aus diesen Verkäufen vollständig übersteigen. Die Konsequenz ist dann nicht, dass weniger Verpackungsmüll entsteht. Die Konsequenz ist, dass kleine Unternehmen den Versand in diese EU-Länder einstellen. Die Kundinnen und Kunden werden deshalb nicht zwangsläufig weniger konsumieren. Stattdessen bestellen sie möglicherweise bei großen Unternehmen und internationalen Konzernen, für die einige hundert oder tausend Euro zusätzliche Compliance-Kosten kaum eine Rolle spielen. Damit entsteht eine Situation, in der eine Regelung mit einem sinnvollen Umweltziel unbeabsichtigt große Unternehmen begünstigt und kleinen Unternehmen den Zugang zum europäischen Binnenmarkt erschwert. Ich halte deshalb eine echte Bagatellgrenze für notwendig. Kleinstunternehmen, die nur sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr bringen, sollten von nationalen EPR-Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten befreit sein oder zumindest ein stark vereinfachtes, EU-weites Verfahren nutzen können. Es sollte einen deutlichen Unterschied zwischen einem kleinen Unternehmen geben, das beispielsweise 30 Pakete pro Jahr in ein Land verschickt, und einem Konzern, der dort Hunderttausende oder Millionen Produkte in Verkehr bringt. Eine mögliche Lösung wäre eine EU-weite De-minimis-Grenze, unterhalb der für Kleinstmengen keine separate nationale EPR-Registrierung erforderlich ist. Alternativ sollte es ein einziges zentrales EU-System geben. Ein Unternehmen könnte sich einmal registrieren und dort seine Verpackungsmengen für die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten melden, anstatt sich mit zahlreichen unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen auseinandersetzen zu müssen. Auch die Verpflichtung, zusätzlich in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten lokale Bevollmächtigte zu bestellen, sollte für Unternehmen, die bereits innerhalb der Europäischen Union niedergelassen sind, entfallen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es gerade kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in der gesamten Europäischen Union zu erreichen. Wenn ein Kleinstunternehmen aufgrund von Fixkosten und Bürokratie entscheiden muss, nur noch innerhalb seines eigenen Landes zu verkaufen, entstehen faktisch wieder nationale Grenzen innerhalb eines Marktes, dessen grundlegendes Ziel gerade deren Abbau war. Umweltschutz ist wichtig. Die dafür geschaffenen Regeln müssen jedoch verhältnismäßig sein. Große Verpackungsmengen sollten entsprechende Verantwortung und Kosten mit sich bringen. Bei Kleinstmengen sollte es dagegen angemessene Schwellenwerte und vereinfachte Regelungen geben, damit kleine europäische Unternehmen nicht vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausgeschlossen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on EU packaging and EPR obligations for micro-enterprises I support in principle the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging. However, I consider the current design of the cross-border EPR and packaging obligations to be disproportionate for micro-enterprises. As a small online company based in Germany, I want to benefit from the European single market and be able to sell my products to consumers in other EU Member States. However, the current rules mean that a small business has to deal with different national EPR systems, registrations, licensing, reporting obligations and, in some cases, also with paying agents. In some cases, it makes little difference whether a company sends thousands of parcels to a country or receives only a few orders per year. That is precisely what I see as the problem. For example, if I send only 20 or 50 parcels per year to a specific Member State, registration, EPR, licensing and, where applicable, authorised representatives costs can fully exceed the profit from these sales. The consequence is not that less packaging waste is generated. As a result, small businesses stop shipping to these EU countries. Customers will therefore not necessarily consume less. Instead, they may order from large companies and international groups, for which some hundreds or thousands of euros of additional compliance costs play little role. This creates a situation where regulation with a meaningful environmental objective unintentionally favours large companies and makes it more difficult for small companies to access the European single market. I therefore consider a real de minimis threshold to be necessary. Micro-enterprises that place very small quantities of packaging on the market of a Member State should be exempted from national EPR registration, licensing and authorised representative obligations or at least be able to use a very simplified EU-wide procedure. There should be a clear difference between a small company that, for example, sends 30 parcels per year to a country and a group that markets hundreds of thousands or millions of products there. A possible solution would be an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which a separate national EPR registration is not required for small quantities. Alternatively, there should be a single centralised EU system. A company could register once and report its packaging volumes for the respective Member States instead of having to deal with many different national systems. The obligation to additionally appoint local authorised representatives in different Member States should also be removed for companies already established within the European Union. The European single market should enable small businesses in particular to reach customers throughout the European Union. If, as a result of fixed costs and red tape, a micro-enterprise has to decide to sell only within its own country, national borders are de facto re-emerging within a market whose fundamental aim was precisely to reduce them. Environmental protection is important. However, the rules established for that purpose must be proportionate. Large quantities of packaging should entail appropriate responsibilities and costs. On the other hand, there should be appropriate thresholds and simplified rules for micro-volumes, so that small European companies are not excluded from cross-border trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552215_en"}, {"id": 33552214, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:25:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen in Deutschland", "feedback": "I am running a small onlineshop in Germany since 2003 with one co-worker. The PPWR will affect our business deeply and comprises an extreme amount of bureaucracy and cost that does not stand in any reasonable proportion to its true objective. It creates new limitations within the EU and creates an extraordinary amount of extra work especially for the huge amount of small businesses. It is these small businesses that normally have already a relatively high level of environmental orientation. In many cases because they truly believe in sustainability and environmental protection and in others because out of pure necessity they use only recycled cardboard-boxes, pre-used cushioning etc.. Hence I believe that this regulation stands in direct contrast to the fundamental ideas of the European Union of free internal trade, reduction of bureaucracy and general support for small businesses. I strongly believe in sustainability and environmental protection. Therefore I would recommend a system where only companies from a certain sales volume (10 million EUR) and a certain amount of personnel (20 co-workers) are required to observe these regulations and shoulder the inherent bureaucracy. For smaller companies and all other actors I would recommend an EU-wide fund, where a fixed amount is to be paid by everybody that wants to trade to all countries of the EU. Maybe even with two levels to divide between super-micro businesses (i. e. 200 EUR per year) and slightly bigger micro-businesses (i.e. 1000 EUR per year). This money can be divided between the countries based on fixed criterias. It would create way less bureaucracy on either side and I believe it would help the environment much more than the current EU directive.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am running a small onlineshop in Germany since 2003 with one co-worker. The PPWR will affect our business deeply and comprises an extreme amount of bureaucracy and cost that does not stand in any reasonable proportion to its true objective. It creates new limitations within the EU and creates an extraordinary amount of extra work especially for the huge amount of small businesses. It is these small businesses that normally have already a relatively high level of environmental orientation. In many cases because they truly believe in sustainability and environmental protection and in others because out of pure necessity they use only recycled cardboard-boxes, pre-used cushioning etc.. Hence I believe that this regulation stands in direct contrast to the fundamental ideas of the European Union of free internal trade, reduction of bureaucracy and general support for small businesses. I strongly believe in sustainability and environmental protection. Therefore I would recommend a system where only companies from a certain sales volume (10 million EUR) and a certain amount of personnel (20 co-workers) are required to observe these regulations and shoulder the inherent bureaucracy. For smaller companies and all other actors I would recommend an EU-wide fund, where a fixed amount is to be paid by everybody that wants to trade to all countries of the EU. Maybe even with two levels to divide between super-micro businesses (i. e. 200 EUR per year) and slightly bigger micro-businesses (i.e. 1000 EUR per year). This money can be divided between the countries based on fixed criterias. It would create way less bureaucracy on either side and I believe it would help the environment much more than the current EU directive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552214_en"}, {"id": 33552212, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:22:40", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Requiring a small cross-border seller to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State is disproportionate and undermines the logic of the Single Market. A much more sensible model would be similar to the VAT system: businesses should deal with their home Member State below a certain cross-border threshold, and once that threshold is exceeded, use a single EU-wide mechanism instead of appointing representatives country by country. The current approach creates fixed compliance costs for every national market, regardless of whether a business sells thousands of products there or only a few. For micro-enterprises, that can make cross-border sales economically irrational. In practice, this mainly creates demand for companies selling authorised-representative and compliance services, while adding little environmental value. The EU has already shown with VAT OSS that cross-border obligations can be centralised and reported through one Member State. Packaging compliance for small businesses should follow the same principle: one home-country system below a threshold and one EU-wide system above it, rather than 27 separate representatives.", "feedbackEnglish": "Requiring a small cross-border seller to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State is disproportionate and undermines the logic of the Single Market. A much more sensible model would be similar to the VAT system: businesses should deal with their home Member State below a certain cross-border threshold, and once that threshold is exceeded, use a single EU-wide mechanism instead of appointing representatives country by country. The current approach creates fixed compliance costs for every national market, regardless of whether a business sells thousands of products there or only a few. For micro-enterprises, that can make cross-border sales economically irrational. In practice, this mainly creates demand for companies selling authorised-representative and compliance services, while adding little environmental value. The EU has already shown with VAT OSS that cross-border obligations can be centralised and reported through one Member State. Packaging compliance for small businesses should follow the same principle: one home-country system below a threshold and one EU-wide system above it, rather than 27 separate representatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552212_en"}, {"id": 33552211, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:21:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "RosnicDesign ", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr ca. 10-12 Pakete in 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei ca. 600 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern würde ich voraussichtlich mindestens 650 Euro pro Jahr bezahlen. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt und auf Deutschland beschränkt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Vielen Dank !", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send around 10-12 parcels a year to 5 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is around EUR 600. I would probably pay at least EUR 650 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my foreign turnover, I stopped shipping to other EU countries and limited it to Germany. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552211_en"}, {"id": 33552210, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:20:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Elfen & Helden", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich die Ziele der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu verbessern und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Aus Sicht eines kleinen Unternehmens sehe ich jedoch erheblichen Handlungsbedarf bei der praktischen Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung und der nationalen Herstellerregister. Kleine Unternehmen verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- noch Compliance-Abteilungen. Registrierung, Systembeteiligung, Mengenmeldungen und die Prüfung unterschiedlicher nationaler Anforderungen müssen zusätzlich zum eigentlichen Geschäft bewältigt werden. Besonders problematisch ist der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb der EU. Eine unmittelbar geltende EU-Verordnung sollte aus meiner Sicht nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen weiterhin für einzelne Mitgliedstaaten unterschiedliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigungspflichten erfüllen müssen. Bereits wenige Bestellungen in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können dadurch einen administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand verursachen, der in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum dort erzielten Umsatz steht. Dies betrifft nicht nur Importe aus Drittstaaten. Betroffen sind ebenso kleine Händler, Manufakturen und Hersteller, die Produkte innerhalb der EU beziehen oder ihre eigenen Produkte und Kreationen grenzüberschreitend verkaufen. Die Folge kann sein, dass kleine Unternehmen ihren Versand auf den eigenen Mitgliedstaat beschränken. Das widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes und benachteiligt gerade kleine Marktteilnehmer. Gleichzeitig stehen europäische Unternehmen im Wettbewerb mit einem enormen Volumen an Direktlieferungen aus Drittstaaten. Die Europäische Kommission selbst hat auf Probleme mit nicht konformen Produkten, Umweltbelastungen und Wettbewerbsnachteilen für regelkonform arbeitende europäische Unternehmen hingewiesen. Es muss sichergestellt werden, dass neue Anforderungen nicht vor allem diejenigen belasten, die innerhalb der EU bereits registriert sind und ihre Verpflichtungen erfüllen. Ich wünsche mir daher eine konsequente Harmonisierung: eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung bzw. einen echten One-Stop-Shop, über den Unternehmen ihre Verpackungsmengen nach Zielland melden und die jeweiligen EPR-Beiträge entrichten können. Zusätzlich sollten verhältnismäßige Vereinfachungen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sowie sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Mengen geschaffen werden. Umweltschutz und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt dürfen keine Gegensätze sein. Die PPWR kann ihre Ziele langfristig nur erreichen, wenn ihre Anforderungen auch für kleine Unternehmen verständlich, administrativ beherrschbar und wirtschaftlich verhältnismäßig sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the PPWR’s objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and making producers more accountable. However, from the point of view of a small business, I see a significant need for action in the practical implementation of extended producer responsibility and national producer registers. Small enterprises do not have their own legal or compliance departments. Registration, system participation, volume reporting and verification of different national requirements have to be handled in addition to the actual business. Cross-border trade within the EU is particularly problematic. In my view, a directly applicable EU regulation should not result in small businesses still having to comply with different registration, notification and, where appropriate, authorisation obligations for individual Member States. As a result, even a small number of orders to another Member State may create an administrative and financial burden which is disproportionate to the turnover generated there. This does not only concern imports from third countries. It also affects small traders, manufacturers and manufacturers who buy products within the EU or sell their own products and creations cross-border. As a result, small businesses may limit their dispatch to their own Member State. In my view, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European internal market and penalises small operators in particular. At the same time, European companies are competing with a huge volume of direct deliveries from third countries. The European Commission itself has highlighted problems with non-compliant products, environmental pressures and competitive disadvantages for compliant European companies. It is important to ensure that new requirements do not place a particular burden on those already registered and fulfilling their obligations within the EU. I would therefore like to see consistent harmonisation: a single EU-wide registration or a genuine one-stop shop where companies can report their packaging volumes by country of destination and pay the respective EPR contributions. In addition, proportionate simplifications should be introduced for micro and small enterprises and very small cross-border volumes. The protection of the environment and the functioning of the internal market must not be contradictory. The PPWR can only achieve its objectives in the long term if its requirements are understandable, administratively manageable and economically proportionate, including for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552210_en"}, {"id": 33552209, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:17:22", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Considero que esta regulacion va a afectar a muchísimos pequeños comercios, y que deberia aplicarse solo a las grandes empresas con grandes volumenes de ventas. El objetivo de la union europea es unirmos, y no separarnos, y creo que esto es un claro retroceso si los comercios tienen que hacer unos papeles y pagar unas tasas para cada pais miembro al que quieran enviar. Esto va a traducirse en que sobre todo los pequeños negocios no puedan enviar a todos los paises de la unión europea.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that this regulation will affect a very large number of small businesses, and that it should apply only to large companies with large sales volumes. The goal of the European union is to unite, not separate, and I think this is a clear step backwards if shops have to do some roles and pay some fees for each member country they want to send to. This will mean that small businesses in particular will not be able to send to all the countries of the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552209_en"}, {"id": 33552208, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:16:14", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Main point: If environmental regulation causes a small manufacturer already using wood and recycled cardboard to leave a market, while the consumer simply buys a more plastic-intensive alternative from a corporation large enough to afford the compliance costs, then I believe it is worth asking whether the regulation is achieving its intended purpose. I am a small EU manufacturer whose business is based on developing durable wooden alternatives to climbing and training products that are traditionally made from plastics and polyurethane resins. Environmental considerations have therefore been part of my business model from the beginning. We manufacture mainly from wood, avoid unnecessary plastics and ship almost exclusively in recycled cardboard packaging. This is why I find the practical consequences of the new packaging rules deeply paradoxical. I fully understand and support measures aimed at reducing excessive packaging. Regulation makes clear sense where products are deliberately sold in unnecessarily large or complex packaging, for example to increase their visual presence on a retail shelf. However, the situation is very different for a small manufacturer shipping a limited number of products directly to consumers across the EU. For businesses like mine, the main consequence is not that we will suddenly use less packaging. The same product will still be shipped in the same recycled cardboard box. Instead, we face additional registrations, EPR schemes, reporting requirements and, in some Member States, the need to appoint authorised representatives. When only a few parcels are shipped to a particular country each year, these fixed compliance costs can easily exceed the profit generated by that market. In practice, the rational business decision is therefore to stop selling to that Member State altogether. This creates a serious paradox: regulation intended to make consumption more sustainable may push small, environmentally conscious manufacturers and handcrafters out of the Single Market. Consumers will not necessarily stop buying these products. They may simply buy alternatives from much larger corporations that can easily absorb compliance costs, already have subsidiaries across Europe and often operate at a vastly greater scale in terms of packaging, plastics and overall environmental impact. In such a case, the environmental benefit is difficult to identify. The small manufacturer still uses the same environmentally responsible packaging, but now has to pay intermediaries, compliance providers and companies selling registrations, licences or representation services in multiple countries or withdraw from those markets. This risks creating a system in which bureaucracy disproportionately affects the smallest and often most environmentally conscious businesses, while the largest market participants can treat the same obligations as a relatively minor operating cost. I am strongly pro-European and consider the Single Market one of the EU's greatest achievements. The ability of a small manufacturer in one Member State to sell directly to a customer in another should be one of its fundamental strengths. It is therefore particularly disappointing when environmental regulation unintentionally recreates national barriers and makes cross-border trade economically viable mainly for larger companies. I believe the Commission should seriously consider meaningful de minimis thresholds, exemptions or simplified EU-wide registration and reporting procedures for micro-enterprises with very small packaging volumes in individual Member States. I am aware that one submission is unlikely to change the legislation. Nevertheless, I wanted to use the opportunity to express my view democratically as an EU citizen and small entrepreneur directly affected by these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "Main point: If environmental regulation causes a small manufacturer already using wood and recycled cardboard to leave a market, while the consumer simply buys a more plastic-intensive alternative from a corporation large enough to afford the compliance costs, then I believe it is worth asking whether the regulation is achieving its intended purpose. I am a small EU manufacturer whose business is based on developing durable wooden alternatives to climbing and training products that are traditionally made from plastics and polyurethane resins. Environmental considerations have therefore been part of my business model from the beginning. We manufacture mainly from wood, avoid unnecessary plastics and ship almost exclusively in recycled cardboard packaging. This is why I find the practical consequences of the new packaging rules deeply paradoxical. I fully understand and support measures aimed at reducing excessive packaging. Regulation makes clear sense where products are deliberately sold in unnecessarily large or complex packaging, for example to increase their visual presence on a retail shelf. However, the situation is very different for a small manufacturer shipping a limited number of products directly to consumers across the EU. For businesses like mine, the main consequence is not that we will suddenly use less packaging. The same product will still be shipped in the same recycled cardboard box. Instead, we face additional registrations, EPR schemes, reporting requirements and, in some Member States, the need to appoint authorised representatives. When only a few parcels are shipped to a particular country each year, these fixed compliance costs can easily exceed the profit generated by that market. In practice, the rational business decision is therefore to stop selling to that Member State altogether. This creates a serious paradox: regulation intended to make consumption more sustainable may push small, environmentally conscious manufacturers and handcrafters out of the Single Market. Consumers will not necessarily stop buying these products. They may simply buy alternatives from much larger corporations that can easily absorb compliance costs, already have subsidiaries across Europe and often operate at a vastly greater scale in terms of packaging, plastics and overall environmental impact. In such a case, the environmental benefit is difficult to identify. The small manufacturer still uses the same environmentally responsible packaging, but now has to pay intermediaries, compliance providers and companies selling registrations, licences or representation services in multiple countries or withdraw from those markets. This risks creating a system in which bureaucracy disproportionately affects the smallest and often most environmentally conscious businesses, while the largest market participants can treat the same obligations as a relatively minor operating cost. I am strongly pro-European and consider the Single Market one of the EU's greatest achievements. The ability of a small manufacturer in one Member State to sell directly to a customer in another should be one of its fundamental strengths. It is therefore particularly disappointing when environmental regulation unintentionally recreates national barriers and makes cross-border trade economically viable mainly for larger companies. I believe the Commission should seriously consider meaningful de minimis thresholds, exemptions or simplified EU-wide registration and reporting procedures for micro-enterprises with very small packaging volumes in individual Member States. I am aware that one submission is unlikely to change the legislation. Nevertheless, I wanted to use the opportunity to express my view democratically as an EU citizen and small entrepreneur directly affected by these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552208_en"}, {"id": 33552207, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:15:03", "country": "RUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU resident and consumer, I want to express my solidarity with small entrepreneurs and businesses across the European Union. It appears that this legislation will critically harm them while also undermining one of the EUs core principles: a single, unified economic and trading area.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU resident and consumer, I want to express my solidarity with small entrepreneurs and businesses across the European Union. It appears that this legislation will critically harm them while also undermining one of the EUs core principles: a single, unified economic and trading area.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552207_en"}, {"id": 33552206, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:10:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KALOS Lederwaren", "feedback": "Als kleiner europäischer Handwerksbetrieb unterstützen wir das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und recyclingfähige Verpackungen zu fördern. Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der Regelung führt jedoch dazu, dass kleine Hersteller und Manufakturen den Versand in viele EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Für Unternehmen mit wenigen Sendungen pro Jahr stehen der bürokratische Aufwand, nationale Registrierungen und laufende Gebühren in keinem Verhältnis zum erzielten Umsatz. Während große Unternehmen eigene Compliance-Abteilungen haben, müssen kleine Betriebe denselben Aufwand mit wenigen Mitarbeitern bewältigen. Die Folge ist nicht mehr Nachhaltigkeit, sondern eine Einschränkung des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Kleine Hersteller verzichten zunehmend auf den Versand in andere EU-Länder, obwohl dort Nachfrage nach regionalen, langlebigen und nachhaltig produzierten Produkten besteht. Wir schlagen deshalb eine europaweit einheitliche Bagatellregelung vor. Beispielsweise sollten Unternehmen bis zu einem bestimmten Jahresumsatz oder einer bestimmten Verpackungsmenge pro Mitgliedstaat (z. B. 5.000 oder 10.000 Euro Umsatz oder eine definierte Verpackungsmenge) von den nationalen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten ausgenommen oder in einem vereinfachten Verfahren erfasst werden. Alternativ wäre ein zentrales EU-weites One-Stop-Shop-System sinnvoll, über das kleine Unternehmen ihre Verpackungsmengen einmalig für alle Mitgliedstaaten melden können. So würden die Umweltziele erhalten bleiben, ohne den grenzüberschreitenden Handel kleiner europäischer Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig zu belasten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small European craft company, we support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting recyclable packaging. However, the current design of the scheme means that small producers and manufacturers will have to stop shipping to many EU Member States. For companies with few consignments per year, the bureaucratic burden, national registrations and ongoing fees are disproportionate to the turnover generated. While large companies have their own compliance departments, small businesses face the same burden with few employees. The result is no longer sustainability, but a limitation of the European single market. Small producers are increasingly refraining from shipping to other EU countries, despite the demand for regional, long-lasting and sustainably produced products. We therefore propose a single Europe-wide de minimis rule. For example, companies up to a certain annual turnover or a certain amount of packaging per Member State (e.g. 5000 or EUR 10.000 turnover or a defined amount of packaging) should be exempted from national registration and reporting obligations or covered by a simplified procedure. Alternatively, a centralised EU-wide one-stop-shop system would be useful, allowing small businesses to report their packaging volumes once for all Member States. This would preserve environmental objectives without imposing a disproportionate burden on the cross-border trade of small European companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552206_en"}, {"id": 33552205, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:10:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Emma Céline", "feedback": "I am a one-person business in the Netherlands. For six years I have worked hard on setting up a business where I design and hand-craft safety harnesses for cats, each one custom and tailor made on order for the individual animal. I support the objective behind these rules. Producers should pay for the waste they place on the market, and cross-border sellers should not free-ride on systems that domestic companies fund. I want to pay my share. My concern is proportionality, and it is arithmetic rather than principle. I place approximately 20 kg of packaging on the market per year in total, across every country I ship to. Single-wall cardboard and paper tape FSC certified perfectly fitted around the product. Per country that is very often less than five kilograms. My largest export countries receive fewer than fifteen orders a year. To be compliant across the EU I would have to register in every member state where I send a single parcel. In several of those the registration threshold is zero grams. The cost of registering, reporting and appointing an authorised representative is essentially fixed: it is the same whether I ship ten parcels or ten million. At my volumes, the administrative cost per kilogram of packaging is many times higher in cost in relation to actually collecting and recycling that packaging. The practical result is that I will have to withdraw from most of the EU. Not because I object to paying, but because the administration and paperwork costs incredibly more than the sale. My customers are spread thinly across many countries. No single market sustains me alone, so withdrawing from them is not a reduction in my business, it means the end of it... I would ask the Commission to use this implementing act where it can: 1. Include a harmonised de minimis category in the standardised format. A simplified registration and reporting route for producers placing very small quantities on a national market, for example, under one tonne per year. Several member states already operate weight thresholds. The problem is that they are inconsistent, and that others have none at all. 2. Make interoperability mean something in practice. If national registers share a standardised format, a producer should be able to register once in their member state of establishment and have that recognised elsewhere. A common data format that still requires 27 separate submissions moves the burden rather than removing it. 3. Operationalise the micro-enterprise provisions already in the Regulation. The PPWR already contemplates lighter administrative treatment for micro-enterprises and for producers below ten tonnes. The design of the registers is where that becomes real or stays theoretical. I understand the obligation to appoint an authorised representative falls outside the scope of this act. But the design of the registers determines how much of the remaining burden lands on the smallest producers, and that is decided here. Micro-enterprises are the least equipped to absorb these costs and the least responsible for the problem they address. I would like to keep selling across Europe and to pay for the waste I create. As the rules currently work, I have to give up the first in order to manage the second. That means giving up six years of work and investments, and giving up a product that gives safe freedom to cats.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one-person business in the Netherlands. For six years I have worked hard on setting up a business where I design and hand-craft safety harnesses for cats, each one custom and tailor made on order for the individual animal. I support the objective behind these rules. Producers should pay for the waste they place on the market, and cross-border sellers should not free-ride on systems that domestic companies fund. I want to pay my share. My concern is proportionality, and it is arithmetic rather than principle. I place approximately 20 kg of packaging on the market per year in total, across every country I ship to. Single-wall cardboard and paper tape FSC certified perfectly fitted around the product. Per country that is very often less than five kilograms. My largest export countries receive fewer than fifteen orders a year. To be compliant across the EU I would have to register in every member state where I send a single parcel. In several of those the registration threshold is zero grams. The cost of registering, reporting and appointing an authorised representative is essentially fixed: it is the same whether I ship ten parcels or ten million. At my volumes, the administrative cost per kilogram of packaging is many times higher in cost in relation to actually collecting and recycling that packaging. The practical result is that I will have to withdraw from most of the EU. Not because I object to paying, but because the administration and paperwork costs incredibly more than the sale. My customers are spread thinly across many countries. No single market sustains me alone, so withdrawing from them is not a reduction in my business, it means the end of it... I would ask the Commission to use this implementing act where it can: 1. Include a harmonised de minimis category in the standardised format. A simplified registration and reporting route for producers placing very small quantities on a national market, for example, under one tonne per year. Several member states already operate weight thresholds. The problem is that they are inconsistent, and that others have none at all. 2. Make interoperability mean something in practice. If national registers share a standardised format, a producer should be able to register once in their member state of establishment and have that recognised elsewhere. A common data format that still requires 27 separate submissions moves the burden rather than removing it. 3. Operationalise the micro-enterprise provisions already in the Regulation. The PPWR already contemplates lighter administrative treatment for micro-enterprises and for producers below ten tonnes. The design of the registers is where that becomes real or stays theoretical. I understand the obligation to appoint an authorised representative falls outside the scope of this act. But the design of the registers determines how much of the remaining burden lands on the smallest producers, and that is decided here. Micro-enterprises are the least equipped to absorb these costs and the least responsible for the problem they address. I would like to keep selling across Europe and to pay for the waste I create. As the rules currently work, I have to give up the first in order to manage the second. That means giving up six years of work and investments, and giving up a product that gives safe freedom to cats.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552205_en"}, {"id": 33552204, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:09:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "e-commerce for board games", "feedback": "Dear EU team, while I am a big fan of recycling and sustainability and believe it is the utmost import thing we need to do for our planet I have huge problems with this new act: Being a small ecommerce shop I have stopped all EU activities and from now on only ship nationally - I cannot afford to register in all those countries where in some I might be delivering 5 in other 10 and in other 25 products over the course of the year. Yes I am a small business but with this new regulation the EU is not only harming my business it is preventing me to grow and offer my products in our EU - united Europe feels different? I get that large comanies need to do this and it makes sense but for me it is just a complete showstopper for this business and that makes me sad because EU wants the right thing but this act just drives it wrong.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU team, while I am a big fan of recycling and sustainability and believe it is the utmost import thing we need to do for our planet I have huge problems with this new act: Being a small ecommerce shop I have stopped all EU activities and from now on only ship nationally - I cannot afford to register in all those countries where in some I might be delivering 5 in other 10 and in other 25 products over the course of the year. Yes I am a small business but with this new regulation the EU is not only harming my business it is preventing me to grow and offer my products in our EU - united Europe feels different? I get that large comanies need to do this and it makes sense but for me it is just a complete showstopper for this business and that makes me sad because EU wants the right thing but this act just drives it wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552204_en"}, {"id": 33552203, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:08:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Der europäische Onlinehandel darf nicht zum Bürokratiefalle werden! Unser Geschäftsmodell ist grundsätzlich genau das, was die Europäische Union fördern sollte: Wir sind ein kleines europäisches Unternehmen, schaffen Arbeitsplätze, zahlen Steuern und verkaufen unsere Produkte innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir sind innovativ, wir arbeiten für unseren Lebensunterhalt und für ein schönes, vielfältiges Europa! Unser Onlinehandel ermöglicht es uns überhaupt erst, Kunden in Frankreich, Österreich, Italien, Spanien, den Niederlanden, Belgien und anderen EU-Staaten zu erreichen. Der digitale Binnenmarkt sollte kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, europaweit zu verkaufen. Das ist doch die Leitidee von Europa, die Menschen und den Binnenmarkt zusammenzudenken! Stattdessen entsteht zunehmend der Eindruck, dass jeder grenzüberschreitende Verkauf eine neue Ebene von Registrierungen, Nachweisen, Gebühren und Verwaltungsaufwand auslöst, während gleichzeitig chinesische Plattformen Schlupflöcher ausnutzen und den europäischen Markt noch mehr beschädigen! Das ist kein fairer Wettbewerb! Es kann nicht das Ziel einer nachhaltigen europäischen Wirtschaft sein, kleine Unternehmen mit immer mehr Verwaltungsarbeit zu beschäftigen, anstatt ihnen Zeit und finanzielle Mittel für echte ökologische Verbesserungen zu lassen. Europäische Unternehmen dürfen nicht durch immer höhere regulatorische Kosten geschwächt werden, während internationale Anbieter gleichzeitig mit enormen Skaleneffekten oder anderen Wettbewerbsvorteilen auf den europäischen Markt drängen. Wir fordern keine Abschaffung der PPWR Wir wollen ausdrücklich klarstellen: Wir fordern nicht die Abschaffung des Umweltschutzes. Wir fordern auch keine Rückkehr zu unnötigen Einwegverpackungen oder verantwortungslosem Umgang mit Ressourcen. Wir fordern vielmehr eine realistische und mittelstandsfreundliche Umsetzung der PPWR. Europa spricht regelmäßig davon, den Mittelstand zu stärken. Europa spricht von Digitalisierung, Innovation, Unternehmertum und einem starken Binnenmarkt. Doch Unternehmertum braucht vor allem eines: Zeit und finanzielle Ressourcen für das eigentliche Geschäft. Wenn ein kleiner Unternehmer einen immer größeren Teil seiner Arbeitszeit damit verbringen muss, regulatorische Anforderungen zu verstehen, Formulare auszufüllen, Registrierungen vorzunehmen und Nachweise zu verwalten, fehlt diese Zeit für Innovation, Kundenservice, neue Produkte und Arbeitsplätze. Unser Appell: Wir appellieren deshalb an die Europäische Kommission, das Europäische Parlament und die nationalen politischen Entscheidungsträger: Hören Sie den kleinen Unternehmen zu, bevor weitere Bürokratie geschaffen wird! Sprechen Sie nicht nur mit den großen Verbänden und Konzernen! Auch Lobbyverbände bilden vornehmlich die Interessen der großen Unternehmen ab!", "feedbackEnglish": "European e-commerce must not become a bureaucratic trap! Our business model is fundamentally exactly what the European Union should promote: We are a small European company, creating jobs, paying taxes and selling our products within the European single market. We are innovative, we work for our livelihood and for a beautiful, diverse Europe! Our online sales enable us to reach customers in France, Austria, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and other EU countries. The Digital Single Market should allow small businesses to sell across Europe. This is the guiding idea of Europe to unite people and the single market! Instead, there is a growing impression that every cross-border sale triggers a new layer of registrations, evidence, fees and administrative burdens, while Chinese platforms exploit loopholes and further damage the European market! This is not fair competition! It cannot be the goal of a sustainable European economy to employ small businesses with more and more administrative work instead of giving them time and financial resources to make real environmental improvements. European companies must not be weakened by ever-increasing regulatory costs, while international providers are pushing the European market with huge economies of scale or other competitive advantages. We do not call for the abolition of the PPWR We want to make it explicitly clear: We do not call for the abolition of environmental protection. We also do not call for a return to unnecessary single-use packaging or irresponsible use of resources. Rather, we call for a realistic and SME-friendly implementation of the PPWR. Europe regularly speaks of strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises. Europe speaks of digitalisation, innovation, entrepreneurship and a strong single market. But entrepreneurship above all needs one thing: Time and financial resources for the actual business. If a small entrepreneur has to spend an increasing part of their working time on understanding regulatory requirements, filling in forms, registering and managing evidence, this time is missing for innovation, customer service, new products and jobs. Our appeal: We therefore call on the European Commission, the European Parliament and national policy-makers to: Listen to small businesses before creating more bureaucracy! Talk not only to the big associations and corporations! Lobby organisations also primarily represent the interests of large companies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552203_en"}, {"id": 33552202, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:05:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, Ich finde, dass durch diesen Ansatz unverhältnismäßig viele kleine Unternehmen viel zu stark eingeschränkt werden. Es entstehen zu große Hürden, Kosten und Bedingungen die Kleinunternehmer nicht konkurrenzfähig machen. Zugleich wird der Marktzugang für neue und expandierende Unternehmen immens erschwert. Der EU entgehen hierdurch große Einnahme- und Wachstumschancen und schwächt seinen Binnenmarkt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I think that this approach disproportionately restricts a disproportionate number of small businesses. There are too many hurdles, costs and conditions that make small businesses uncompetitive. At the same time, market access for new and growing companies is immensely hampered. This deprives the EU of major revenue and growth opportunities and weakens its internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552202_en"}, {"id": 33552201, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:05:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für Kleinunternehmen und Menschen, die nur wenige Produkte im Monat, teils nur 10 Stück oder weniger, verkaufen, sollten diese Regelungen nicht gelten.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small enterprises and people selling only a few products per month, sometimes only 10 items or less, should not be covered by these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552201_en"}, {"id": 33552195, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:04:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ist hier ein Fehler in der Timeline? Entwurf veröffentlich1: Q3/2026 (aktuell) Annahme durch Kommission geplant: Q1/2026 (in der Vergangenheit ?!?)", "feedbackEnglish": "Is this an error in the timeline? Draft published1: Q3/2026 (currently) Commission adoption planned: Q1/2026 (in the past?!?)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552195_en"}, {"id": 33552194, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:03:03", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "NorthCam", "feedback": "1. The PPWR should clarify that the return shipment of a consumers own repaired property does not fall within producer-responsibility obligations where the business is providing a repair service and is not placing a new product on the market. 2. The PPWR should clarify that a micro repair business is not considered a producer and therefore is not subject to national producer-registration requirements when using new, generic, unbranded and non-personalised transport packaging solely to safely return a customers own repaired product. 3. The PPWR should introduce an exemption or simplified threshold for micro-businesses based on the number of parcels shipped, rather than requiring businesses to track and report the precise weight of packaging materials used. This significantly reduces the administrative burden and cost for very small businesses while maintaining a proportionate approach to producer responsibility.", "feedbackEnglish": "1. The PPWR should clarify that the return shipment of a consumers own repaired property does not fall within producer-responsibility obligations where the business is providing a repair service and is not placing a new product on the market. 2. The PPWR should clarify that a micro repair business is not considered a producer and therefore is not subject to national producer-registration requirements when using new, generic, unbranded and non-personalised transport packaging solely to safely return a customers own repaired product. 3. The PPWR should introduce an exemption or simplified threshold for micro-businesses based on the number of parcels shipped, rather than requiring businesses to track and report the precise weight of packaging materials used. This significantly reduces the administrative burden and cost for very small businesses while maintaining a proportionate approach to producer responsibility.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552194_en"}, {"id": 33552193, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:02:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "    Microbusiness / self-employed / SME ", "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that national producer registration requirements can create for microbusinesses and very small producers selling across the EU. I am a small independent creator based in Germany preparing to sell a physical product in relatively small quantities. Like many European microbusinesses, the internet allows us to reach customers throughout the EU. A business may sell only one or two products to customers in a particular Member State in an entire year. Under a system requiring separate compliance with national producer registers and national EPR requirements, receiving a single order from another EU country can potentially trigger registration, reporting and other administrative obligations in that country. For a microbusiness, the cost and time required to comply can easily exceed the value or profit of the products actually sold there. This creates a strong incentive for small businesses to stop selling to consumers in other EU Member States altogether. This seems contrary to the fundamental idea of the European Single Market! A multinational company selling thousands or millions of products can distribute these compliance costs across enormous sales volumes. A microbusiness selling a handful of products cannot. Treating these situations in essentially the same way therefore creates a highly disproportionate burden. I urge the Commission to use the implementation of the PPWR to create a genuinely harmonised and simple EU-wide system for microbusinesses. In particular, I would strongly support: * one EU registration through a single digital portal, rather than separate registrations in every Member State; * one harmonised reporting process that is valid throughout the EU; * meaningful exemptions, simplified obligations or de minimis thresholds for microbusinesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State; * fees that are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market, rather than fixed administrative costs that make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible; * avoiding requirements for separate authorised representatives or intermediaries in multiple Member States where these create disproportionate costs for very small producers. Environmental responsibility and access to the Single Market should not be mutually exclusive. A system can ensure that producers contribute fairly to packaging waste management without creating a situation where a small European business has to decide whether accepting a 50 or 60 order from a customer in another Member State is worth potentially incurring registration costs and administrative obligations there. Please ensure that the final rules explicitly take account of microbusinesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. Without meaningful simplification and proportionality, these requirements risk creating new barriers within the Single Market and disproportionately benefiting large companies that have the resources to manage compliance in 27 different national systems. The EU should be making sustainable cross-border trade easier for small European businesses, not making it economically impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that national producer registration requirements can create for microbusinesses and very small producers selling across the EU. I am a small independent creator based in Germany preparing to sell a physical product in relatively small quantities. Like many European microbusinesses, the internet allows us to reach customers throughout the EU. A business may sell only one or two products to customers in a particular Member State in an entire year. Under a system requiring separate compliance with national producer registers and national EPR requirements, receiving a single order from another EU country can potentially trigger registration, reporting and other administrative obligations in that country. For a microbusiness, the cost and time required to comply can easily exceed the value or profit of the products actually sold there. This creates a strong incentive for small businesses to stop selling to consumers in other EU Member States altogether. This seems contrary to the fundamental idea of the European Single Market! A multinational company selling thousands or millions of products can distribute these compliance costs across enormous sales volumes. A microbusiness selling a handful of products cannot. Treating these situations in essentially the same way therefore creates a highly disproportionate burden. I urge the Commission to use the implementation of the PPWR to create a genuinely harmonised and simple EU-wide system for microbusinesses. In particular, I would strongly support: * one EU registration through a single digital portal, rather than separate registrations in every Member State; * one harmonised reporting process that is valid throughout the EU; * meaningful exemptions, simplified obligations or de minimis thresholds for microbusinesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State; * fees that are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market, rather than fixed administrative costs that make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible; * avoiding requirements for separate authorised representatives or intermediaries in multiple Member States where these create disproportionate costs for very small producers. Environmental responsibility and access to the Single Market should not be mutually exclusive. A system can ensure that producers contribute fairly to packaging waste management without creating a situation where a small European business has to decide whether accepting a 50 or 60 order from a customer in another Member State is worth potentially incurring registration costs and administrative obligations there. Please ensure that the final rules explicitly take account of microbusinesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. Without meaningful simplification and proportionality, these requirements risk creating new barriers within the Single Market and disproportionately benefiting large companies that have the resources to manage compliance in 27 different national systems. The EU should be making sustainable cross-border trade easier for small European businesses, not making it economically impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552193_en"}, {"id": 33552191, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 12:01:57", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Home of Saudade", "feedback": "I am the owner of a micro-enterprise in the Azores, Portugal, with a small team. We sell made-to-order products online to customers in several Member States. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and I am not asking to be excused from paying for the packaging we place on the market. My objection is to how the fixed costs of compliance fall. A registration fee, an annual filing and an authorised representative cost broadly the same whether you place 200 kg or 200 tonnes of packaging on a national market. In the first case that cost can exceed the entire margin generated in that country. Multiplied across the Member States where we have customers, it exceeds what we could ever owe in proportionate contributions by an order of magnitude. The draft already accepts this logic in part, by providing a different reporting format for producers below ten tonnes per year. I ask the Commission to carry that principle to its conclusion: A quantitative de minimis threshold, by weight or number of consignments per Member State, below which the obligation is met by a single standardised annual declaration. No fixed entry or membership fees for producers below that threshold - contributions strictly proportional to declared weight. A single European registration and reporting portal, on the model of the VAT One-Stop-Shop, which already solved exactly this fragmentation problem for small cross-border sellers. Removal of the authorised representative requirement of Article 45 for producers already established in the Union. A company established in Portugal does not need a paid intermediary to be reachable by an authority in another Member State. The SME test for this act should model a seller with very low volumes present in more than ten Member States. That is the profile at risk, and not for lack of willingness to comply.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a micro-enterprise in the Azores, Portugal, with a small team. We sell made-to-order products online to customers in several Member States. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and I am not asking to be excused from paying for the packaging we place on the market. My objection is to how the fixed costs of compliance fall. A registration fee, an annual filing and an authorised representative cost broadly the same whether you place 200 kg or 200 tonnes of packaging on a national market. In the first case that cost can exceed the entire margin generated in that country. Multiplied across the Member States where we have customers, it exceeds what we could ever owe in proportionate contributions by an order of magnitude. The draft already accepts this logic in part, by providing a different reporting format for producers below ten tonnes per year. I ask the Commission to carry that principle to its conclusion: A quantitative de minimis threshold, by weight or number of consignments per Member State, below which the obligation is met by a single standardised annual declaration. No fixed entry or membership fees for producers below that threshold - contributions strictly proportional to declared weight. A single European registration and reporting portal, on the model of the VAT One-Stop-Shop, which already solved exactly this fragmentation problem for small cross-border sellers. Removal of the authorised representative requirement of Article 45 for producers already established in the Union. A company established in Portugal does not need a paid intermediary to be reachable by an authority in another Member State. The SME test for this act should model a seller with very low volumes present in more than ten Member States. That is the profile at risk, and not for lack of willingness to comply.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552191_en"}, {"id": 33552188, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:59:18", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not agree with the packaging act being enforced on small businesses on 12th August. I think small companies should have different packaging for shipment rules, it is not fair at all!", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with the packaging act being enforced on small businesses on 12th August. I think small companies should have different packaging for shipment rules, it is not fair at all!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552188_en"}, {"id": 33552187, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:58:32", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Home of Saudade", "feedback": "Feedback from a micro-enterprise in e-commerce based on Terceira Island, in the Azores. The question I would like the Commission to weigh is simple. What is the marginal environmental benefit of requiring an operator who places a few hundred kilos of paper and cardboard on a national market to enter a national register, pay entry and maintenance fees, file annual reports and, in several Member States, retain a paid authorised representative? In our case the sum of these charges, multiplied by the markets where we have customers, is many times larger than the contributions that would correspond to the actual weight of our packaging. This is not a question of finding compliance difficult. It is a question of compliance costs making cross-border selling economically pointless. The predictable result is not more recycling. It is the concentration of online sales in large operators able to absorb fixed costs, and the retreat of micro-enterprises to their domestic markets the exact opposite of what the Single Market exists to guarantee. Environmental legislation should not rebuild the national barriers the Union spent decades removing. Concretely, I ask for: A per-Member-State de minimis threshold below which registration is simplified and free of fixed charges. A single EU entry point, with mutual recognition through interoperability of the Article 44 registers. Withdrawal of the authorised representative requirement for producers established in the Union. Specific regard for outermost regions under Article 349 TFEU, where cross-border online selling is not an expansion strategy but the basic condition for any business selling goods. I support the objectives of this Regulation. I am asking only that its implementation distinguish between those who create the problem at scale and those who simply want to keep selling.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from a micro-enterprise in e-commerce based on Terceira Island, in the Azores. The question I would like the Commission to weigh is simple. What is the marginal environmental benefit of requiring an operator who places a few hundred kilos of paper and cardboard on a national market to enter a national register, pay entry and maintenance fees, file annual reports and, in several Member States, retain a paid authorised representative? In our case the sum of these charges, multiplied by the markets where we have customers, is many times larger than the contributions that would correspond to the actual weight of our packaging. This is not a question of finding compliance difficult. It is a question of compliance costs making cross-border selling economically pointless. The predictable result is not more recycling. It is the concentration of online sales in large operators able to absorb fixed costs, and the retreat of micro-enterprises to their domestic markets the exact opposite of what the Single Market exists to guarantee. Environmental legislation should not rebuild the national barriers the Union spent decades removing. Concretely, I ask for: A per-Member-State de minimis threshold below which registration is simplified and free of fixed charges. A single EU entry point, with mutual recognition through interoperability of the Article 44 registers. Withdrawal of the authorised representative requirement for producers established in the Union. Specific regard for outermost regions under Article 349 TFEU, where cross-border online selling is not an expansion strategy but the basic condition for any business selling goods. I support the objectives of this Regulation. I am asking only that its implementation distinguish between those who create the problem at scale and those who simply want to keep selling.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552187_en"}, {"id": 33552186, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:57:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission,we are writing to you as an amateur music band from Germany. We create and sell our music and merchandise (CDs, vinyl, t-shirts) to a small community of fans via platforms like Bandcamp. We operate completely on a non-profit, hobby basis. Our revenue is low, meaning we are legally exempt from VAT and trade taxes in our home country. With the entry into force of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), we are now facing a devastating bureaucratic barrier. Because there is no de minimis limit (Bagatellgrenze) or exemption for micro-entities, artists, and hobbyists, sending a single t-shirt or vinyl record to a fan in France, Austria, or Spain makes us legally responsible for packaging registration in that specific country. The requirement to register with individual national databases, pay annual flat-rate recycling fees, and potentially appoint an authorized representative in multiple EU member states is financially and logistically impossible for an amateur band. The compliance costs vastly exceed our total annual merchandise revenue.As a direct consequence, we along with thousands of other independent artists and small cultural projects across Europe have been forced to immediately stop shipping physical goods to fans in other EU countries.The current regulation is deeply disproportionate. Instead of targeting major polluters, it is killing the diversity of European independent culture and effectively destroying the European single market for small creators. We urgently request the European Commission to introduce a mandatory, EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro-businesses, hobbyists, and cultural entities with low packaging volumes, and to eliminate the local authorized representative requirement for small-scale cross-border shipping. Sincerely, Carsten Walter", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission,we are writing to you as an amateur music band from Germany. We create and sell our music and merchandise (CDs, vinyl, t-shirts) to a small community of fans via platforms like Bandcamp. We operate completely on a non-profit, hobby basis. Our revenue is low, meaning we are legally exempt from VAT and trade taxes in our home country. With the entry into force of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), we are now facing a devastating bureaucratic barrier. Because there is no de minimis limit (Bagatellgrenze) or exemption for micro-entities, artists, and hobbyists, sending a single t-shirt or vinyl record to a fan in France, Austria, or Spain makes us legally responsible for packaging registration in that specific country. The requirement to register with individual national databases, pay annual flat-rate recycling fees, and potentially appoint an authorized representative in multiple EU member states is financially and logistically impossible for an amateur band. The compliance costs vastly exceed our total annual merchandise revenue.As a direct consequence, we along with thousands of other independent artists and small cultural projects across Europe have been forced to immediately stop shipping physical goods to fans in other EU countries.The current regulation is deeply disproportionate. Instead of targeting major polluters, it is killing the diversity of European independent culture and effectively destroying the European single market for small creators. We urgently request the European Commission to introduce a mandatory, EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro-businesses, hobbyists, and cultural entities with low packaging volumes, and to eliminate the local authorized representative requirement for small-scale cross-border shipping. Sincerely, Carsten Walter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552186_en"}, {"id": 33552184, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:55:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Many small businesses are not able to hold the costs of international EU shipping. The EU was once a place were we could connect easily, this law is making it harder. The connection of EU countries is getting smaller and smaller. The feeling of Unity is getting repressed by laws that punish regular people most. There are people who regularly order from small businesses who now they have to look for alternatives. It is causing stress and is killing small businesses which have it hard enough. Please make EU shipping affordable for small business (who are NOT even close to being responsible for the huge level of pollution earth is experiencing at this moment) again!", "feedbackEnglish": "Many small businesses are not able to hold the costs of international EU shipping. The EU was once a place were we could connect easily, this law is making it harder. The connection of EU countries is getting smaller and smaller. The feeling of Unity is getting repressed by laws that punish regular people most. There are people who regularly order from small businesses who now they have to look for alternatives. It is causing stress and is killing small businesses which have it hard enough. Please make EU shipping affordable for small business (who are NOT even close to being responsible for the huge level of pollution earth is experiencing at this moment) again!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552184_en"}, {"id": 33552183, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:54:49", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The legislation is destructive for small \"hobby\" businesses. I'm running a side private enterprise so I can legally sell my hobby products and tax them. I produce maybe 5kg of paper packaging EU/wide, which I would have no problem paying for recycling, but right now it would mean registering and reporting to 27 countries and paying flat registration fee. The result is, that as EU based business, I deliver worldwide EXCEPT EU, which is absolutely bizzare. Please either find a way to unify the legislation so that there's single point to register with and report to, or exempt small producers from the legislation entirely - with turnover in single thousands of euro, we're not going to register anyway and the negliable amount of packaging material we produce isn't going to fill the landfills.", "feedbackEnglish": "The legislation is destructive for small \"hobby\" businesses. I'm running a side private enterprise so I can legally sell my hobby products and tax them. I produce maybe 5kg of paper packaging EU/wide, which I would have no problem paying for recycling, but right now it would mean registering and reporting to 27 countries and paying flat registration fee. The result is, that as EU based business, I deliver worldwide EXCEPT EU, which is absolutely bizzare. Please either find a way to unify the legislation so that there's single point to register with and report to, or exempt small producers from the legislation entirely - with turnover in single thousands of euro, we're not going to register anyway and the negliable amount of packaging material we produce isn't going to fill the landfills.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552183_en"}, {"id": 33552182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:54:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": ".Why is there no central EU system for packaging? The current rules are already killing small businesses that cannot afford to sign up for 27 different recycling systems. In addition, the regulations were not clarified before coming into effect, confusing many market participants. The EU began as a liberal project, but with rules like this, the EU Parliament is actively building barriers to trade within Europe. As is so often the case, this makes life easy for big incumbents while making compliance costs impossible for small businesses to bear.", "feedbackEnglish": ".Why is there no central EU system for packaging? The current rules are already killing small businesses that cannot afford to sign up for 27 different recycling systems. In addition, the regulations were not clarified before coming into effect, confusing many market participants. The EU began as a liberal project, but with rules like this, the EU Parliament is actively building barriers to trade within Europe. As is so often the case, this makes life easy for big incumbents while making compliance costs impossible for small businesses to bear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552182_en"}, {"id": 33552181, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:52:28", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is making it impossible for consumers to support and appreciate small and medium sized businesses. It adds too many hurdles and we lose an entire market to greedy corporations. This is causing loss of creativity, individualism and independence. This law benefits no one and in all honesty it seems like it only serves to promote dependence on avaricious companies. It is a shame the EU thinks this was a good step to take when all it does is damage thousands of businesses and limit consumers. Completely unethical.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is making it impossible for consumers to support and appreciate small and medium sized businesses. It adds too many hurdles and we lose an entire market to greedy corporations. This is causing loss of creativity, individualism and independence. This law benefits no one and in all honesty it seems like it only serves to promote dependence on avaricious companies. It is a shame the EU thinks this was a good step to take when all it does is damage thousands of businesses and limit consumers. Completely unethical.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552181_en"}, {"id": 33552180, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:52:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Carolin Dieler", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die PPWR verfolgt zweifellos wichtige ökologische Ziele. In ihrer aktuellen Ausgestaltung trifft sie jedoch Ein-Personen-Unternehmen und Kleinbetriebe unverhältnismäßig hart. Die Anforderungen an Dokumentation, Recyclingquoten und Kennzeichnungspflichten setzen personelle und finanzielle Ressourcen voraus, die uns schlichtweg fehlen. Was für große Konzerne ein marginaler Verwaltungsaufwand ist, bedeutet für mich als Alleinunternehmerin eine Last, die ich neben Produktion und Vertrieb kaum bewältigen kann. Besonders gravierend ist, dass mir der Versand ins EU-Ausland praktisch unmöglich wird. Damit verliere ich den Zugang zum gesamteuropäischen Binnenmarkt und einen geschätzen Teil meiner Kund*innenschaft für mein Label ein großer Rückschlag. Dass ein in Berlin ansässiges Unternehmen nicht mehr innerhalb der EU liefern kann, widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher um eine vollständige Befreiung von Dokumentationspflichten für Unternehmen unter zehn Beschäftigten, eine ausreichend lange Übergangsfrist von mindestens 24 Monaten sowie eine einheitliche Anlaufstelle für Kleinstunternehmen, anstatt 27 nationaler Meldestellen. Ohne derartige Ausnahmeregelungen riskiert Europa nicht nur den Verlust tausender Arbeitsplätze im Handwerk, sondern auch kulturelle und wirtschaftliche Vielfalt. Ich bitte Sie eindringlich, die Perspektive kleiner Labels bei der finalen Ausgestaltung zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Carolin Kleineberg", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the PPWR undoubtedly pursues important environmental objectives. However, in its current form, it disproportionately affects one-person companies and small businesses. The requirements for documentation, recycling rates and labelling requirements require human and financial resources, which we simply lack. What constitutes a marginal administrative burden for large corporations means for me, as sole entrepreneur, a burden that I can hardly cope with alongside production and distribution. What is particularly serious is that it will be practically impossible for me to send the goods to other EU countries. This deprives me of access to the pan-European single market and a valued part of my customer base for my label a big setback. The fact that a company based in Berlin can no longer supply within the EU is contrary to the very idea of the European single market. I would therefore ask the European Commission for a complete exemption from documentation requirements for companies with fewer than 10 employees, a sufficiently long transitional period of at least 24 months and a one-stop shop for micro-enterprises instead of 27 national hotlines. Without such derogations, Europe risks losing not only thousands of jobs in the craft sector, but also cultural and economic diversity. I urge you to take into account the perspective of small labels in the final design. Yours sincerely, Carolin Kleineberg", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552180_en"}, {"id": 33552179, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:51:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonym", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Vorab möchte ich jedoch noch eine allgemeine Anmerkung abgeben: Bereits seit Januar 2023 war es Pflicht für den Versand von Deutschland nach Österreich einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, was wir zum damaligen Zeitpunkt bereits getan haben. Die Bestellung dieses Bevollmächtigten musste notariell beglaubigt werden, was neben den laufenden Gebühren für den \"Service\" auch einen finanziellen Faktor dargestellt hat. Nun stellen viele deutsche Händler JETZT, im Zuge der PPWR, den Versand nach Österreich ein, weil sie keinen Bevollmächtigten bestellen möchten. Im Umkehrschluss bedeutet das, wir haben nun 3 Jahre lang die Gebühren für den Bevollmächtigten bezahlt UND diesen notariell beglaubigen lassen, während andere Händler ohne Bevollmächtigten und somit ohne zusätzliche Kosten einfach weiter versendet haben - ein ernomer Wettbewerbsnachteil, wenn es offenbar niemanden auffällt, dass eindeutige Regelungen nicht eingehalten werden. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Ergänzend, um noch einmal die Anmerkung zu Beginn aufzugreifen: Die Umsetzung der PPWR, egal wie diese nun auch ausfallen mag, sollte dann jedoch auch kontrolliert werden um keine Wettbewerbsnachteile entstehen zu lassen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, on the planned requirements for the national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. First of all, however, I would like to make a general remark: Since January 2023, it has been mandatory to appoint an authorised representative for shipments from Germany to Austria, which we had already done at the time. The appointment of this agent had to be certified by a notary, which, in addition to the ongoing fees for the ‘service’, was also a financial factor. Now many German traders stop sending JETZT, under the PPWR, to Austria because they do not want to appoint an authorised representative. Conversely, we have now paid the fees for the authorised representative for 3 years AND have them certified by a notary, while other traders without an authorised representative, and thus at no additional cost, have simply re-sent – an erratic competitive disadvantage if nobody seems to notice that clear rules are not being complied with. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether. In addition, to repeat the comment made at the beginning: However, the implementation of the PPWR, however it may be, should then also be monitored in order not to create competitive disadvantages.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552179_en"}, {"id": 33552178, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:50:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "EU-Bürger", "feedback": "Praxisferner Bürokratiewahn zerstört Kleinstunternehmen und vernichtet den EU-Binnenmarkt Stellungnahme: Die vorliegende Regelung zur Verpackungsverordnung illustriert eindringlich das fortschreitende Versagen bürokratischer Regulierung in der Europäischen Union. Was offiziell als Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz verkauft wird, entpuppt sich in der Praxis als ein massives Marktregulierungsinstrument zugunsten von Großkonzernen zu Lasten von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU), Kleinstbetrieben und gemeinnützigen Vereinen. Die Schwachstellen und Absurditäten dieser Verordnung auf einen Blick: Bürokratischer Overkill statt Umweltschutz: Ein kleiner Verein oder Online-Shop, der gelegentlich ein Paket über eine Binnengrenze versendet, wird mit denselben Lizenzierungs-, Registrierungs- und Vertretungspflichten belastet wie ein weltweiter Logistikkonzern. Die administrativen Fixkosten stehen in keinerlei logischem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Zerstörung des freien EU-Binnenmarktes: Anstatt den freien Warenverkehr innerhalb Europas zu fördern, führt diese Gesetzgebung zu einer Re-Nationalisierung des Handels. Kleinstbetriebe stellen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand schlichtweg ein, weil die Einhaltung der Formvorschriften die Marge um ein Vielfaches übersteigt. Gezielte Marktbereinigung: Großkonzerne fangen diese Hürden mit eigenen Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen mühelos ab. Für kleine Marktteilnehmer wirkt die Verordnung hingegen wie ein faktisches Berufs- und Vertriebsverbot. Das ist keine nachhaltige Politik, sondern gezielte Marktbereinigung zugunsten oligopolistischer Strukturen. Null ökologischer Mehrwert: Durch das Einstellen des Versands kleiner Akteure wird nicht ein einziger Gramm Verpackungsmüll nachhaltig eingespart es wird lediglich die wirtschaftliche Existenz der Kleinen vernichtet und die Monopolstellung der Großen gestärkt. Forderung: Eine Gesetzgebung, die die Kleinen vernichtet und die Großen schützt, ist handwerklich unbrauchbar und politisch verfehlt. Es braucht umgehend: Eine unbürokratische Bagatellgrenze (De-minimis-Regelung) für Umsätze und Verpackungsmengen von Kleinstunternehmen und gemeinnützigen Organisationen. Einheitliche, zentrale EU-Register statt 27 individueller nationaler Bürokratie-Hürden und kostenpflichtiger Bevollmächtigter. Wer die Vielfalt der europäischen Wirtschaft und den europäischen Binnenmarkt sichern will, muss diesen administrativen Irrsinn sofort stoppen und praxisnah nachbessern.", "feedbackEnglish": "Distant red tape destroys micro-enterprises and destroys the EU’s internal market Opinion: The present regulation on the Packaging Ordinance is a stark illustration of the progressive failure of bureaucratic regulation in the European Union. What is officially sold as environmental and consumer protection emerges in practice as a massive market regulation instrument in favour of large corporations to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), micro-enterprises and non-profit associations. The weaknesses and absurdities of this Regulation at a glance: Bureaucratic overkill instead of environmental protection: A small club or online shop that occasionally sends a parcel across an internal border is subject to the same licensing, registration and representation obligations as a global logistics group. The fixed administrative costs bear no logical relation to the actual packaging volume. Destroying the EU’s free single market: Instead of promoting the free movement of goods within Europe, this legislation leads to a re-nationalisation of trade. Micro-enterprises simply stop cross-border shipping because compliance with formalities exceeds the margin many times. Targeted market adjustment: Large corporations manage these hurdles easily with their own legal and compliance departments. For small operators, on the other hand, the Regulation acts as a de facto prohibition on the exercise of professional and distribution activities. This is not a sustainable policy, but a targeted market adjustment in favour of oligopolistic structures. Zero environmental added value: Discontinuing the shipment of small operators will not save a single gram of packaging waste in a sustainable way, it will only destroy the economic existence of the small operators and strengthen the monopolistic position of the big ones. Debit item: Legislation that destroys the small and protects the big is manually unusable and politically misguided. There is an immediate need for: A non-bureaucratic de minimis rule for turnover and packaging volumes of micro-enterprises and non-profit organisations. Single, centralised EU registers instead of 27 individual national bureaucratic hurdles and paid representatives. Those who want to safeguard the diversity of the European economy and the European single market must immediately stop this administrative error and improve it in practice.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552178_en"}, {"id": 33552177, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:50:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BIERZEUG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlineshop in Ihrem Wahlkreis. Die EU-Verpackungsverordnung gilt ab dem 12. August 2026. Ich verschicke im Jahr 100 Pakete in hundert andere EU-Länder. Für jedes dieser Länder brauche ich eine eigene Registrierung und einen Bevollmächtigten. Kosten: mehrere hundert Euro pro Jahr und Land. Mein gesamter Auslandsumsatz liegt bei 4000 Euro im Jahr. Eine Bagatellgrenze gibt es nicht. Ich stelle den Versand ins EU-Ausland deshalb ein. Der Bundestag hat das Durchführungsgesetz am 11.06.2026 beschlossen. In der Anhörung des Umweltausschusses am 06.05.2026 war kein Vertreter des kleinteiligen Onlinehandels geladen. Werden Sie sich dafür einsetzen, dass bei der für Herbst 2026 angekündigten EU-Überprüfung eine verbindliche Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen kommt? Bitte ja oder nein.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run a small online shop in your constituency. The EU Packaging Regulation will apply from 12 August 2026. I send 100 parcels per year to hundreds of other EU countries. I need a separate registration and an authorised representative for each of these countries. Expenses: several hundred euros per year per country. My total foreign turnover is EUR 4000 per year. There is no de minimis limit. I therefore stop shipping to another EU country. The Bundestag adopted the implementing law on 11 June 2026. At the hearing of the Committee on the Environment on 6 May 2026, no representative of the small-scale online trade was invited. Will you push for a binding de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises in the EU review announced for autumn 2026? Please answer yes or no.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552177_en"}, {"id": 33552176, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:50:06", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Commissioners, This regulation does not appear to align with the idea of a united Europe. It proposes creating a disproportionate burden for small creative businesses trying to earn a modest income. I run a very small studio in the Netherlands, with humble turnover and extremely limited amounts of packaging. I want to comply with the regulation, but the costs and administrative requirements I am encountering while trying to understand my obligations are simply unaffordable. I fully support reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, compliance should be proportionate. A system that makes it economically unviable for a tiny business to sell a few products to customers in other EU countries risks shutting small creators out of the European market altogether. Please consider meaningful exemptions or simplified, low-cost compliance mechanisms for microbusinesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commissioners, This regulation does not appear to align with the idea of a united Europe. It proposes creating a disproportionate burden for small creative businesses trying to earn a modest income. I run a very small studio in the Netherlands, with humble turnover and extremely limited amounts of packaging. I want to comply with the regulation, but the costs and administrative requirements I am encountering while trying to understand my obligations are simply unaffordable. I fully support reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, compliance should be proportionate. A system that makes it economically unviable for a tiny business to sell a few products to customers in other EU countries risks shutting small creators out of the European market altogether. Please consider meaningful exemptions or simplified, low-cost compliance mechanisms for microbusinesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552176_en"}, {"id": 33552175, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:50:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business that places only a limited volume of packaging on the market in a small number of EU countries, we are concerned that the draft rules, as currently framed, do not adequately account for the disproportionate administrative and financial burden they will place on businesses of our size. 1. Disproportionate cost burden for small businesses with limited cross-border activity For a small business shipping only occasional or low-volume consignments to a handful of EU Member States, the cost of registering and reporting separately in each national register including translation, local representation, IT integration, and recurring compliance fees is disproportionate to the actual environmental impact or packaging volume involved. These costs do not scale down for small shippers in the way the administrative requirements do, meaning a business sending a few packages a year to two or three countries can face nearly the same fixed compliance cost as a much larger producer. We ask the Commission to introduce a proportionate, low-volume registration route with reduced fees and simplified data requirements for producers below a defined threshold of packaging volume or number of Member States served. 2. Duplicated registration and reporting across Member States Under the current draft, a producer selling into multiple Member States must register and report separately in each national register, even where the underlying data (packaging types, materials, and volumes) is identical. We recommend that the implementing act require a genuinely interoperable, single data submission that can be routed to all relevant national registers, rather than repeated national submissions in different formats or portals. 3. Reporting by separate waste management system The requirement for producers whose packaging is assigned to several waste management systems to register and report separately for each system adds further complexity that is difficult for a small business to absorb without dedicated compliance staff. We would welcome a consolidated submission option, with allocation across systems handled by the national register itself rather than by the producer. We fully support the underlying environmental goals of the PPWR and the principle of extended producer responsibility. Our concern is solely that the practical implementation of the national registers, as currently drafted, risks imposing compliance costs on small businesses that are out of proportion to their packaging footprint, potentially discouraging small producers from continuing to trade across the EU single market. We would welcome the opportunity to provide further evidence on the cost impact for small businesses and would appreciate the Commission's consideration of a proportionate compliance route for low-volume, multi-country producers. Thank you for considering our feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business that places only a limited volume of packaging on the market in a small number of EU countries, we are concerned that the draft rules, as currently framed, do not adequately account for the disproportionate administrative and financial burden they will place on businesses of our size. 1. Disproportionate cost burden for small businesses with limited cross-border activity For a small business shipping only occasional or low-volume consignments to a handful of EU Member States, the cost of registering and reporting separately in each national register including translation, local representation, IT integration, and recurring compliance fees is disproportionate to the actual environmental impact or packaging volume involved. These costs do not scale down for small shippers in the way the administrative requirements do, meaning a business sending a few packages a year to two or three countries can face nearly the same fixed compliance cost as a much larger producer. We ask the Commission to introduce a proportionate, low-volume registration route with reduced fees and simplified data requirements for producers below a defined threshold of packaging volume or number of Member States served. 2. Duplicated registration and reporting across Member States Under the current draft, a producer selling into multiple Member States must register and report separately in each national register, even where the underlying data (packaging types, materials, and volumes) is identical. We recommend that the implementing act require a genuinely interoperable, single data submission that can be routed to all relevant national registers, rather than repeated national submissions in different formats or portals. 3. Reporting by separate waste management system The requirement for producers whose packaging is assigned to several waste management systems to register and report separately for each system adds further complexity that is difficult for a small business to absorb without dedicated compliance staff. We would welcome a consolidated submission option, with allocation across systems handled by the national register itself rather than by the producer. We fully support the underlying environmental goals of the PPWR and the principle of extended producer responsibility. Our concern is solely that the practical implementation of the national registers, as currently drafted, risks imposing compliance costs on small businesses that are out of proportion to their packaging footprint, potentially discouraging small producers from continuing to trade across the EU single market. We would welcome the opportunity to provide further evidence on the cost impact for small businesses and would appreciate the Commission's consideration of a proportionate compliance route for low-volume, multi-country producers. Thank you for considering our feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552175_en"}, {"id": 33552174, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:49:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My feedback about this packaging waste regulation is absolutely negative. As an individual who worked in the music field, this regulation would mark the end for many small business: small record labels, record stores, and so on. And it obviously goes against small creators, artisans, and many, many other categories of artists and small/medium entrepreneurs. I'm sincerely worried about this and hope you reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "My feedback about this packaging waste regulation is absolutely negative. As an individual who worked in the music field, this regulation would mark the end for many small business: small record labels, record stores, and so on. And it obviously goes against small creators, artisans, and many, many other categories of artists and small/medium entrepreneurs. I'm sincerely worried about this and hope you reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552174_en"}, {"id": 33552173, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:49:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Scifi-Trader Inh. Sven Mansberg", "feedback": "Durch diese tolle Regelung wurde der EU Binnenmarkt faktisch aufgelöst da es keinem Unternehmen zuzumuten ist jeden Monat eine 4 stellige Summe nur an Vertretern zu bezahlen damit die Verpackungsrichtlinie eventuell überwacht wird. Es gibt soviele bessere Wege das Ziel zu erreichen als diese Anordnung die von Leuten geschrieben wurde die noch nie ein kleines Unternehmen betrieben haben. Dank dieser Richtlinie werden große Unternehmen noch mehr bevorzugt als dem eingehalt geboten wird und die Kleinen Unternehmen ersticken in weiterer Bürokratie oder stellen den Versand ins Ausland ein was dann faktisch einem Geo Blocking gleichzusetzen ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "This great arrangement effectively dissolved the EU internal market, as no company can be expected to pay a 4-digit sum every month only to representatives, so that the Packaging Directive may possibly be monitored. There are as many better ways to achieve the objective as this order was written by people who have never operated a small business. Thanks to this directive, large companies are even more favoured than those that are held back, and small businesses suffocate into further bureaucracy or stop sending abroad, which is then effectively equivalent to geo-blocking.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552173_en"}, {"id": 33552172, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:49:14", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Home of Saudade", "feedback": "I run a micro-business on Terceira Island in the Azores, an outermost region of the European Union. We sell personalised products online, mostly to the Portuguese diaspora living across the Member States. For a company based on an island in the middle of the Atlantic, online sales to the rest of the EU are not one channel among several. They are the only way to reach a market large enough to survive. Our local market is a few tens of thousands of people. The internet and the Single Market are, quite literally, the way out of our geography. Article 349 TFEU requires EU measures to take account of the structural constraints of these regions, and I would ask the Commission to apply that principle here. As drafted, the rules treat a business shipping a few hundred parcels a year in cardboard mailers exactly like one placing hundreds of tonnes of packaging on the market. Registering in every national register where we have a single customer, paying fixed registration and membership fees, filing annual reports, and appointing an authorised representative under Article 45 in each country produces a cost that has no relationship to our actual environmental footprint. For us these are fixed costs that cannot be spread over volume, because we have no volume that is the whole point. I ask that the implementing act provide: a de minimis threshold below which registration is a single simplified declaration; mutual recognition of that declaration through interoperability of the Article 44 registers, so that one registration serves the whole Union; and explicit consideration of outermost regions, where the alternative to cross-border e-commerce is not selling at all. Without this, the practical outcome will not be less packaging waste. It will be the removal of peripheral micro-businesses from the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro-business on Terceira Island in the Azores, an outermost region of the European Union. We sell personalised products online, mostly to the Portuguese diaspora living across the Member States. For a company based on an island in the middle of the Atlantic, online sales to the rest of the EU are not one channel among several. They are the only way to reach a market large enough to survive. Our local market is a few tens of thousands of people. The internet and the Single Market are, quite literally, the way out of our geography. Article 349 TFEU requires EU measures to take account of the structural constraints of these regions, and I would ask the Commission to apply that principle here. As drafted, the rules treat a business shipping a few hundred parcels a year in cardboard mailers exactly like one placing hundreds of tonnes of packaging on the market. Registering in every national register where we have a single customer, paying fixed registration and membership fees, filing annual reports, and appointing an authorised representative under Article 45 in each country produces a cost that has no relationship to our actual environmental footprint. For us these are fixed costs that cannot be spread over volume, because we have no volume that is the whole point. I ask that the implementing act provide: a de minimis threshold below which registration is a single simplified declaration; mutual recognition of that declaration through interoperability of the Article 44 registers, so that one registration serves the whole Union; and explicit consideration of outermost regions, where the alternative to cross-border e-commerce is not selling at all. Without this, the practical outcome will not be less packaging waste. It will be the removal of peripheral micro-businesses from the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552172_en"}, {"id": 33552171, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:48:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen kleinen Onlinehandel mit historischen Originaldrucken und verkaufe über Etsy. Mein Unternehmen besteht nur aus mir selbst. Im vergangenen Jahr habe ich insgesamt nur etwa 70 Sendungen in verschiedene andere EU-Länder verschickt. Trotzdem müsste ich mich für den weiteren Verkauf in diese Länder mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registrierungsverfahren, laufenden Pflichten und teilweise der Bestellung kostenpflichtiger Bevollmächtigter auseinandersetzen. Für einen Kleinstbetrieb stehen dieser administrative Aufwand und die entstehenden Fixkosten in keinem Verhältnis zu den geringen Versandmengen und Umsätzen in den einzelnen Ländern. Die Konsequenz habe ich bereits gezogen: Ich habe den Versand in andere EU-Länder vollständig eingestellt und verkaufe derzeit nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands. Damit bewirkt eine Regelung, die für den europäischen Binnenmarkt gelten soll, in meinem Fall genau das Gegenteil: Sie verhindert meinen grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU. Besonders problematisch ist, dass die Pflichten nicht ausreichend zwischen großen Unternehmen mit tausenden Sendungen und Kleinstunternehmen mit wenigen Paketen unterscheiden. Für einen kleinen Händler können bereits wenige Bestellungen aus einem Mitgliedstaat Registrierungs- und Folgekosten auslösen, die in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum dort erzielten Umsatz stehen. Der Entwurf läuft unter REFIT und soll Vorschriften vereinfachen. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er jedoch das Gegenteil: Bis zu 27 nationale Register bedeuten unterschiedliche Verfahren und Kostenblöcke unabhängig davon, ob ein Unternehmen tausende Pakete oder nur einzelne Sendungen in ein Land verschickt. Ich bitte deshalb um zwei konkrete Änderungen: Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Versandmengen, unterhalb derer keine Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat besteht. Ein zentrales EU-weites Registrierungsverfahren, sodass eine einzige Registrierung für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der Europäischen Union ausreicht. Umwelt- und Verpackungsziele sind sinnvoll. Die dafür eingesetzten Instrumente müssen jedoch verhältnismäßig sein. Wenn ein Kleinstunternehmen wegen 70 Sendungen pro Jahr den Versand in andere EU-Staaten einstellen muss, läuft etwas grundsätzlich falsch. Die jetzigen Vorschriften führen dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt zurückziehen, während größere Unternehmen die zusätzlichen administrativen und finanziellen Belastungen wesentlich leichter tragen können. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen zu berücksichtigen und eine praktikable EU-weite Bagatellregelung sowie eine zentrale europäische Registrierung vorzusehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small online shop in Germany with original historical prints and sell through Etsy. My company is only myself. Last year, I sent a total of only around 70 consignments to various other EU countries. Nevertheless, in order to continue selling to these countries, I would have to deal with different national registration procedures, ongoing obligations and, in some cases, the appointment of paid agents. For a micro-enterprise, this administrative burden and the fixed costs incurred are disproportionate to the low volumes of shipments and turnover in the individual countries. I have already drawn the following conclusion: I have completely stopped shipping to other EU countries and are currently selling only within Germany. In my case, therefore, the effect of a rule intended to apply to the European internal market is exactly the opposite: It prevents my cross-border trade within the EU. It is particularly problematic that the obligations do not sufficiently distinguish between large companies with thousands of consignments and micro-enterprises with few parcels. For a small trader, few orders from a Member State can trigger registration and follow-up costs that are disproportionate to the turnover generated there. The draft is under REFIT and aims to simplify rules. For micro-enterprises, however, it has the opposite effect: Up to 27 national registers mean different procedures and cost blocks regardless of whether a company sends thousands of parcels or only individual consignments to a country. I would therefore ask for two specific changes: An EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and small volumes of shipments, below which there is no obligation to register and appoint authorised representatives in each individual Member State. A centralised EU-wide registration procedure, so that a single registration is sufficient for cross-border transit within the European Union. Environmental and packaging objectives make sense. However, the tools used must be proportionate. If a micro-enterprise has to stop shipping to other EU countries because of 70 consignments per year, something is fundamentally wrong. The current rules mean that micro-enterprises will withdraw from the European single market, while larger companies will be able to bear the additional administrative and financial burdens much more easily. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take into account the impact on micro-enterprises and to provide for a workable EU-wide de minimis rule and a centralised European registration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552171_en"}, {"id": 33552168, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:47:32", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Un sacco di piccoli commercianti e artigiani di cui apprezzo i prodotti si sono trovati costretti a interrompere la vendita in paesi europei diversi dal loro. Questa nuova regolamentazione mi impedirà quindi di supportare questi commercianti, di avere prodotti europei che mi piacciono, senza darmi alternative.", "feedbackEnglish": "A bag of small traders and craftsmen whose products I appreciate were forced to stop selling in European countries other than their own. This new regulation will therefore prevent me from supporting these traders, from having European products that I like, without giving me alternatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552168_en"}, {"id": 33552167, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:47:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "moniy", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, für kleine Unternehmen ist es praktisch unmöglich, Ihre Verpackungsanforderungen zu erfüllen. Der bürokratische Aufwand und die Kosten sind immens - bei vergleichsweise geringen Verpackungsmengen. Die Kosten überschreiten in meinem Fall deutlich die Gewinne - bei 1 bis 10 Päckchen pro EU-Land. Zudem ist es nahezu unmöglich als Einzelunternehmen einen Bevollmächtigten für jedes einzelne Land zu installieren oder die unterschiedlichen Auslegungen und Prozedere in jedem Land zu durchdringen. Die bürokratischen Hürden und Kosten für einen EU-weiten Versand sind für kleine Unternehmen nicht zu stemmen. Dies führt zwangsweise dazu, dass Kleinunternehmen den Versand auf das eigene Land beschränken oder den Verkauf ganz aufgeben. Dies führt zu einem weiteren extremen Wettbewerbsnachteil gegenüber großen Unternehmen, für die sich die Kosten bei hohen Bestellmengen sehr sehr schnell amortisieren und bei der eine Rechtsabteilung mit Leichtigkeit um dieses Thema kümmern kann. Ihre Verpackungsverordnung benachteiligt Kleinunternehmen in hohem Maße und macht den grenzüberschreitenden Versand für sie unmöglich. Dies schwächt die EU und stärkt internationale Konzerne. Ich begrüße ausdrücklich, dass das Thema Verpackungsmüll behandelt wird und die Verursacher in die Verantwortung genommen werden. Aber es muss eine Lösung gefunden werden, die die tatsächlichen (!) Kosten proportional zur Verpackungsmenge hält und den Aufwand bei Kleinstmengen auf ein Minimum beschränkt - dazu gehört auch, dass die Verordnung in jedem Lang gleich angewendet werden muss oder es zentral geregelt wird. Für mich als Kunsthandwerkerin ist es mit dieser Verordnung nicht möglich in die EU zu versenden. Ob ich weiterhin in Deutschland versenden kann (wo die Vorgaben sehr krude ausgelegt werden), weiß ich nicht. In der angespannten wirtschaftlichen Lage aktuell ist das der Sargnagel für mein Kleinunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, it is practically impossible for small businesses to meet your packaging requirements. Red tape and costs are immense – with relatively small quantities of packaging. In my case, the costs significantly exceed the profits – between 1 and 10 parcels per EU country. In addition, it is almost impossible as a single company to install an authorised representative for each country or to penetrate the different interpretations and procedures in each country. The bureaucratic hurdles and costs of EU-wide shipping cannot be met by small businesses. As a result, small businesses are compulsorily restricting shipping to their own country or abandoning sales altogether. This leads to a further extreme competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis large companies, for which costs can be recouped very quickly in high order volumes and where a legal department can easily deal with this issue. Its Packaging Regulation puts small businesses at a great disadvantage and makes cross-border shipping impossible for them. This weakens the EU and strengthens international corporations. I very much welcome the fact that the issue of packaging waste is being addressed and that polluters are being held accountable. But a solution must be found that keeps the actual (!) costs proportional to the amount of packaging and minimises the burden of micro-quantities – including the need to apply the Regulation in the same way in every long time or to regulate it centrally. As a craftsman, it is not possible to send me to the EU with this Regulation. I do not know whether I can continue to send in Germany (where the rules are interpreted very carefully). In the current difficult economic situation, this is the coffin for my small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552167_en"}, {"id": 33552164, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:46:48", "country": "FRA", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich führte bis heute ein wunderbares und hilfreiches Unternehmen, welches NUR von dem Versand in alle EU Länder existiert. Ab heute werden wir \"pausieren\", bis sie begreifen, dass die Umsetzung dieser Gesetze zum heutigen Datum, eine grob fahrlässige Aktion war. Sie zerstören nicht nur Unternehmen, sondern Existenzen. Auf dem Arbeitsmarkt gibt es sowieso schon zu wenige Jobangebote, jetzt auch noch die Unternehmen stürzen, die den ein oder anderen Arbeitnehmer mit \"durchfüttern\". Es ist mit großen Strafen zu belegen, solch ein Gesetz entworfen und durchgesetzt zu haben. Jede Regierung jedes Landes ist dafür in Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Denken sie nach, bevor sie solche Entscheidung unter dem Deckmantel des Umweltschutz treffen. Es ist unglaubwürdig und falsch.", "feedbackEnglish": "To date, I have run a wonderful and helpful business, which exists ONLY from shipping to all EU countries. As of today, we will “pause” until they realise that the implementation of these laws today was a grossly negligent action. They destroy not only businesses, but livelihoods. In any case, there are already too few job offers on the labour market, and now also companies that ‘feed through’ one or other worker. Having drafted and enforced such a law is subject to heavy penalties. Each government in each country must be held accountable for this. Think before taking such a decision under the guise of environmental protection. It is unreliable and false.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552164_en"}, {"id": 33552166, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:46:33", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Obliger au recyclage ou réglementer la qualité des emballages pour qu'ils soient 100% recyclables et recyclés ou réutilisés au maximum est une bonne chose Par contre cela devrait être un service public moyennant une contribution modique et unique pour l ensemble de l UE, et surtout proportionnée aux volumes et valeurs de vente Obliger la totalité des entreprises y compris les petits artisans et les artistes à payer un mandataire dans chaque pays où il réalise des ventes va leur rendre la vente dans un autre pays non rentable. C'est totalement contraire à l esprit du marché unique Européen. Cela va complètement favoriser les gros acteurs économiques à la production de masse standardisée, ainsi que des opportunistes qui vont s engouffrer dans l opportunité avec les risques de fraudes que cela implique, au détriment de ce qui fait la force d un marché interne pour tous les citoyens Européens : la diversité, les petites productions artisanales et artistiques indépendantes et les échanges culturels et associatifs qui vont avec. Cette mesure totalement technocratique va encore éloigner les citoyens de l Europe, au moment où on a tellement besoin d être unis face aux défis extérieurs", "feedbackEnglish": "Requiring recycling or regulating the quality of packaging to make it 100 % recyclable and recycled or reused at maximum is a good thing. However, this should be a public service with a small and unique contribution for the EU as a whole, and above all proportionate to sales volumes and values. Enforcing all businesses, including small craftsmen and artists, to pay an agent in each country where they make sales will make them unprofitable to sell in another country. This is completely contrary to the spirit of the European single market. This will completely favour the major economic players involved in standardised mass production, as well as free-riders who will engender an opportunity with the risks of fraud that this entails, to the detriment of what makes an internal market strong for all European citizens: diversity, small independent craft and artistic productions and the cultural and associative exchanges that go with them. This completely technocratic measure will further alienate citizens from Europe, at a time when we so much need to be united in the face of external challenges.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552166_en"}, {"id": 33552165, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:45:48", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Race Day Kft", "feedback": "This regulation drives small businesses out of business, because a small business will have no resources to make all the administration this regulation requires. Basically a one-person micro business, such as mine, have to make the same admin as a large, multi-million euro business. It is impossible to register my business in 27 member state countries, all are different forms, some require a local representative, too. This gives a competitive advantage to large businesses against micro businesses. Also, this is against the free trade, free movement of goods principle of the EU. Also, the EU suppose to support small local businesses rather than make their lives impossible. The EU VAT rule is a good solution. It has a limit of 10000 turnover and even beyond that there is a one stop shop registration with quarterly declaration of VAT. That is perfectly manageable. I agree with environment protection objectives and I am happy to pay my fees. I just ask for a simplified administrative process for small businesses. Thanks.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation drives small businesses out of business, because a small business will have no resources to make all the administration this regulation requires. Basically a one-person micro business, such as mine, have to make the same admin as a large, multi-million euro business. It is impossible to register my business in 27 member state countries, all are different forms, some require a local representative, too. This gives a competitive advantage to large businesses against micro businesses. Also, this is against the free trade, free movement of goods principle of the EU. Also, the EU suppose to support small local businesses rather than make their lives impossible. The EU VAT rule is a good solution. It has a limit of 10000 turnover and even beyond that there is a one stop shop registration with quarterly declaration of VAT. That is perfectly manageable. I agree with environment protection objectives and I am happy to pay my fees. I just ask for a simplified administrative process for small businesses. Thanks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552165_en"}, {"id": 33552163, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:44:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I do support taxing giant corporations I fear that this act will absolutely kill small businesses, all the new costs would be so disproportionate to the income of a small business that many will have no choice but to just shut down completely and that while buying from a small business will most often be environmentally and ethically better than buying from a mega corporation. Maybe there could be a way to edit the law that if a business sells under a certain number of orders a year/month they could be exempt?", "feedbackEnglish": "While I do support taxing giant corporations I fear that this act will absolutely kill small businesses, all the new costs would be so disproportionate to the income of a small business that many will have no choice but to just shut down completely and that while buying from a small business will most often be environmentally and ethically better than buying from a mega corporation. Maybe there could be a way to edit the law that if a business sells under a certain number of orders a year/month they could be exempt?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552163_en"}, {"id": 33552162, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:44:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KKO Ingenieurbüro für Oldtimertechnik und Entwicklung GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, sehr geehrte Abgeordnete des Europäischen Parlaments, als kleines, inhabergeführtes Unternehmen mit gerade einmal 8 Vollzeitangestellten sehen wir uns durch die aktuellen und in der Praxis völlig entgrenzten Vorgaben der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (Erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung / EPR) in unserer wirtschaftlichen Existenz bedroht. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich den Umweltschutz und die Reduzierung von Verpackungsmüll. Was jedoch im Rahmen der nationalen Umsetzung der EU-Vorgaben für den grenzüberschreitenden E-Commerce verlangt wird, steht in keinem Verhältnis mehr zur Realität kleiner Betriebe und droht den innereuropäischen Handel für KMU komplett abzuwürgen. Unsere Situation in Zahlen: Unternehmensgröße: 8 Mitarbeiter gesamt. Versandvolumen: ca. 1.500 Pakete pro Monat. Kosten für Bevollmächtigte: Allein für die obligatorischen Bevollmächtigten in den wichtigsten EU-Zielländern fallen jährliche Fixkosten von ca. 3.300 an. Personeller Aufwand: Die granulare Erfassung, Pflege und monatliche/jährliche Meldung der Verpackungsmengen für jedes einzelne Zielland verursacht interne Personalkosten von mindestens 5.000 pro Jahr. Konkrete bürokratische Hürden an den Landesgrenzen: Die Registrierung und Lizenzierung in den verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten gleicht einem administrativen Spießrutenlauf mit völlig überzogenen, diskriminierenden Formalitäten: Österreich: Es wird eine notariell beglaubigte Vollmacht für den Bevollmächtigten gefordert ein massiver formaler und finanzieller Aufwand. Italien: Es wird die Einreichung von privaten Lichtbildausweisen der Geschäftsführung verlangt. Polen: Es wird ein amtlicher Nachweis über die Vergabe einer Steuernummer im Heimatland gefordert, der aufwendig übersetzt und verifiziert werden muss. Fazit & Appell Für einen Kleinbetrieb mit 1.500 Paketen im Monat summieren sich die Fixkosten für Compliance und Bürokratie auf Beträge, die unsere Gewinnmargen komplett auffressen. Die Verordnung schützt in ihrer aktuellen Form nicht die Umwelt, sondern schottet die nationalen Märkte ab und bestraft kleine Händler, die nicht über eine eigene Rechtsabteilung verfügen. Wir fordern das Europäische Parlament dringend auf, hier nachzubessern: Einführung einer EU-weiten, einheitlichen Anlaufstelle (One-Stop-Shop): Eine Registrierung und Meldung über ein einziges zentrales Portal für alle EU-Länder. Bagatellgrenzen / Ausnahmen für Kleinstunternehmen und KMU: Unternehmen mit geringem Versandvolumen müssen von diesen extremen Kosten- und Formalitäten-Lasten befreit werden. Standardisierung und Entbürokratisierung: Der Wegfall nationaler Sonderwege wie Notarurkunden, Ausweiskopien oder Übersetzungen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Klemens Krumm", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, as a small owner-run company with just eight full-time employees, we see our economic existence threatened by the current and in practice completely delimited provisions of the EU Packaging Regulation (Extended Producer Responsibility – EPR). We strongly support the protection of the environment and the reduction of packaging waste. However, what is required as part of the national implementation of the EU requirements for cross-border e-commerce no longer bears any relation to the reality of small businesses and threatens to completely stifle intra-European trade for SMEs. Our situation in numbers: Enterprise size: 8 employees in total. Shipping volume: approx. 1500 packages per month. Costs of authorised representatives: Only the mandatory plenipotentiaries in the main EU destination countries incur fixed annual costs of approximately 3300. Human resources: The granular collection, maintenance and monthly/annual reporting of packaging quantities for each individual target country generates internal staff costs of at least 5000 per year. Specific bureaucratic hurdles at national borders: Registration and licensing in the different EU Member States resembles an administrative swamp run with completely excessive and discriminatory formalities: Belgium: A notarially certified power of attorney for the authorised representative is required. Italy: The submission of private photographic cards issued by the management is required. Poland. An official document proving that a tax number has been issued in the home country is required, which must be translated and verified at great expense. Conclusion & appeal For a small business with 1500 parcels per month, the fixed costs of compliance and bureaucracy add up to amounts that fully absorb our profit margins. In its current form, the Regulation does not protect the environment, but partitions national markets and penalises small traders who do not have their own legal department. We urge the European Parliament to improve this: Introduction of an EU-wide one-stop-shop: A registration and notification via a single central portal for all EU countries. De minimis thresholds/exemptions for micro-enterprises and SMEs: Companies with low volumes of shipments must be exempted from these extreme costs and formalities. Standardisation and de-bureaucratisation: The abolition of national special channels such as notarial deeds, photocopies of identity cards or translations. Yours sincerely, Klemens Krumm", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552162_en"}, {"id": 33552161, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:44:08", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will destroy any small business that would like to do business outside it's own country, ridiculous idea.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will destroy any small business that would like to do business outside it's own country, ridiculous idea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552161_en"}, {"id": 33552160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:41:27", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR as it currently stands is a bureaucratic monstrosity that does serious damage to small and medium-sized EU businesses. The financial and administrative burden of compliance is prohibitive for anyone shipping to EU countries beyond their home market. Article 45 is the worst of it. From today, 12 August 2026, a producer must designate an authorised representative for EPR in every single Member State it sells into. One per country, with no single window. Registering packaging with national compliance schemes was already challenging enough for tiny volumes of just a handful of parcels a year. Now every cross-border seller needs a paid representative in each market on top of it. The regulation recognises that micro-enterprises should not carry disproportionate obligations. It exempts them from technical documentation under Article 4 and then hands them the full EPR registration and representation burden anyway. That is incoherent. If the intention was to hurt or even destroy Europe's small and medium-sized businesses, then the PPWR is a resounding success. To make this bearable and genuinely help SMEs, the EU must set up a platform analogous to the IOSS: a single portal through which a company registers once, reports once, and pays its packaging waste fees for the whole Union, without separate contracts with every national scheme and without an expensive authorised representative in each Member State. The Article 44 producer registers should be interoperable and reachable through that one entry point. The labelling regime needs the same treatment before it applies in 2028. Requiring individual marking on e-commerce packaging, while transport packaging is exempt, penalises exactly the small distance sellers this regulation should be protecting. That provision and other disproportionate requirements must be reworked. Please stop this madness and restore the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR as it currently stands is a bureaucratic monstrosity that does serious damage to small and medium-sized EU businesses. The financial and administrative burden of compliance is prohibitive for anyone shipping to EU countries beyond their home market. Article 45 is the worst of it. From today, 12 August 2026, a producer must designate an authorised representative for EPR in every single Member State it sells into. One per country, with no single window. Registering packaging with national compliance schemes was already challenging enough for tiny volumes of just a handful of parcels a year. Now every cross-border seller needs a paid representative in each market on top of it. The regulation recognises that micro-enterprises should not carry disproportionate obligations. It exempts them from technical documentation under Article 4 and then hands them the full EPR registration and representation burden anyway. That is incoherent. If the intention was to hurt or even destroy Europe's small and medium-sized businesses, then the PPWR is a resounding success. To make this bearable and genuinely help SMEs, the EU must set up a platform analogous to the IOSS: a single portal through which a company registers once, reports once, and pays its packaging waste fees for the whole Union, without separate contracts with every national scheme and without an expensive authorised representative in each Member State. The Article 44 producer registers should be interoperable and reachable through that one entry point. The labelling regime needs the same treatment before it applies in 2028. Requiring individual marking on e-commerce packaging, while transport packaging is exempt, penalises exactly the small distance sellers this regulation should be protecting. That provision and other disproportionate requirements must be reworked. Please stop this madness and restore the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552160_en"}, {"id": 33552158, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:36:30", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Falcon Eye", "feedback": "We will have to stop selling to the other european countries, and probably end my business", "feedbackEnglish": "We will have to stop selling to the other european countries, and probably end my business", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552158_en"}, {"id": 33552157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:35:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Künstlerin und Kunsthandwerkerin kommt es immer wieder auch vor, dass ich meine Arbeiten in andere europäische Länder versende. Hierbei bin ich aufgrund eingeschränkter Kapazitäten (ich habe keine Angestellten und wickle als Solounternehmerin alle Prozesse allein ab) auf einen möglichst geringen finanziellen und zeitlichen Aufwand für diese Versendungen angewiesen. Bitte verunmöglichen Sie kreativen Kleinstbetrieben wie meinem nicht die Überlebensfähigkeit und schaffen Sie entsprechende Ausnahmegenehmigungen für einen einfachen und kostengünstigen Versand von handgefertigten Unikaten innerhalb der EU. Vielen Dank für die Berücksichtigung meines Kommentars! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefanie Heidmann", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist and craftsman, I often send my work to other European countries. Due to limited capacity (I do not have any employees and, as a solo entrepreneur, I handle all processes alone), I need to spend as little money and time as possible on these dispatches. Please do not make it impossible for creative micro-enterprises such as myself to survive and create corresponding derogations for easy and inexpensive shipping of handmade uniforms within the EU. Thank you for taking my comment into account! (Complimentary close) Stefanie Heidmann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552157_en"}, {"id": 33552155, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:33:57", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the environmental goals of the new EU packaging requirements, but I am concerned that they will disproportionately affect very small businesses, sole traders, artists and other microbusinesses selling small quantities across EU countries. For a one-person business, dealing with multiple national registration, reporting and compliance requirements can be extremely costly and time-consuming, even when the actual amount of packaging involved is tiny. Some small businesses are already considering stopping sales within the EU because they simply cannot afford the additional burden. I would strongly encourage the Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions or much simpler rules for microbusinesses and businesses generating very small amounts of packaging waste, so that the regulation achieves its environmental goals without pushing small traders out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the environmental goals of the new EU packaging requirements, but I am concerned that they will disproportionately affect very small businesses, sole traders, artists and other microbusinesses selling small quantities across EU countries. For a one-person business, dealing with multiple national registration, reporting and compliance requirements can be extremely costly and time-consuming, even when the actual amount of packaging involved is tiny. Some small businesses are already considering stopping sales within the EU because they simply cannot afford the additional burden. I would strongly encourage the Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions or much simpler rules for microbusinesses and businesses generating very small amounts of packaging waste, so that the regulation achieves its environmental goals without pushing small traders out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552155_en"}, {"id": 33552154, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:33:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich bitte Sie, dieses Gesetz noch einmal zu überdenken oder zu überarbeiten, da durch die Registrierung für den Verkäufer in jedem einzelnen EU Land der Versand für kleine Unternehmen unwirtschaftlich wird. Fällt aber der Versand in EU Länder durch kleine Unternehmen weg, fällt auch für uns Verbraucher die Vielfalt auf dem Markt weg und uns bleiben nur noch die großen Versandunternehmen übrig, was doch nicht in ihrem Sinne sein kann. Oder ist es von Ihnen gewollt, dass der Markt nur noch von ein paar wenigen Großkonzerne bestimmt wird, die sich diese Kosten problemlos leisten können? Aktuell bin ich sehr unglücklich über dieses neue Gesetz und ich zähle auf sie, dass sie Kleinunternehmen und somit die Vielfalt nicht auf diese Weise vom EU Markt verschwinden lassen wollen. Dies betrifft in meinem konkreten Fall den Kauf von z.B. Kunsthandwerk wie Schmuck, Kunst, Handarbeit, etc., kurz gesagt, schöne Dinge, die nicht allein dem Überleben und dem Alltag dienen, sondern, die das Leben bereichern. Es kann nicht im Sinne der Verbraucher, noch der Anbieter sein, dass dieser Markt komplett wegfallen soll. Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre Bemühungen im Voraus und verbleibe mit freundlichen Grüßen Silvia Heukerott", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would ask you to reconsider or revise this law, as registration in each EU country makes shipping uneconomic for small businesses. But if small businesses stop shipping to EU countries, we also lose the diversity of the market for our consumers, leaving us only with the big shipping companies, which cannot be in their interest. Or do you want the market to be determined only by a few large companies that can easily afford these costs? I am currently very unhappy with this new law and I count on it that they do not want to let small businesses, and thus diversity, disappear from the EU market in this way. In my specific case, this concerns the purchase of, for example, handicrafts such as jewellery, art, handicrafts, etc., in short, beautiful things that serve not only survival and daily life, but also enrich life. It cannot be in the interests of consumers or the supplier that this market should be completely eliminated. Thank you in advance for your efforts. Yours sincerely, Silvia Heukerott", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552154_en"}, {"id": 33552153, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:30:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonym", "feedback": "Aus meiner Sicht steht der erforderliche Aufwand insbesondere für Kleinstunternehmen und Handwerksbetriebe in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu Aufträgen mit geringem Wert. Dies betrifft vor allem die notwendige Recherche der jeweils unterschiedlichen Regelungen in den einzelnen Ländern sowie gegebenenfalls die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten. Die dadurch entstehenden organisatorischen und finanziellen Belastungen sind bei kleinen oder nur gelegentlichen Lieferungen ins EU-Ausland wirtschaftlich kaum vertretbar. Hier sehe ich eine eindeutige Verletzung des offenen EU Binnenmarktes, da in Konsequenz diese Lieferaufträge nicht mehr angenommen werden können.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my view, the effort required, particularly for micro-enterprises and craft businesses, is disproportionate to low-value contracts. This concerns in particular the necessary research into the different regulations in the individual Länder and, where appropriate, the appointment of an authorised representative. The resulting organisational and financial burdens are hardly economically justifiable in the case of small or occasional deliveries to other EU countries. I see a clear breach of the open EU internal market here, since as a result these supply contracts can no longer be accepted.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552153_en"}, {"id": 33552152, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:26:10", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonym", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen österreichischen Onlineshop und stehe grundsätzlich hinter dem Ziel, Verpackungen zu reduzieren und Recycling zu fördern. Die Umsetzung darf aber nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen durch Bürokratie vom europäischen Handel ausgeschlossen werden. Für den Versand in unterschiedliche EU-Länder muss ich mich mit verschiedenen Registrierungen, Verpackungssystemen, Meldungen und Gebühren auseinandersetzen. Bei wenigen Bestellungen in einzelne Länder steht dieser Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis mehr zum Umsatz. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Abteilung, die sich mit solchen Vorschriften beschäftigt. Ich muss mich selbst durch Verordnungen und nationale Anforderungen arbeiten Zeit, die mir für meine Produkte, kreative Ideen und meine Kundinnen und Kunden fehlt. Die Konsequenz haben wir bereits gezogen: Wir beschränken unseren Versand künftig auf Österreich, Deutschland und die Schweiz und beliefern andere EU-Länder nicht mehr. Das widerspricht für mich dem Gedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine einfache, zentrale EU-weite Registrierung und Meldung sowie sinnvolle Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen und geringe Versandmengen. Recycling und Umweltschutz sind wichtig aber die Umsetzung muss auch für kleine Unternehmen machbar und wirtschaftlich verhältnismäßig bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small Austrian online shop and am fundamentally committed to reducing packaging and promoting recycling. However, implementation must not lead to small businesses being excluded from European trade by red tape. For shipping to different EU countries, I have to deal with different registrations, packaging systems, notifications and fees. In the case of a small number of orders in individual countries, this expenditure is no longer proportionate to turnover. As a small business, I do not have a dedicated department dealing with such rules. I have to work time myself through regulations and national requirements, which is missing for my products, creative ideas and my customers. We have already drawn the consequences: We will limit our dispatch to Austria, Germany and Switzerland and will no longer supply other EU countries. For me, this runs counter to the idea of a common European internal market. I would therefore like to see simple, centralised EU-wide registration and notification, as well as meaningful de minimis thresholds for small businesses and small volumes of shipments. Recycling and environmental protection are important, but implementation must also remain feasible and economically proportionate for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552152_en"}, {"id": 33552150, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:24:46", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wird hier absichtlich versucht Kleinunternehmerinnen zu sabotieren?Anders kann ich mir nicht erklären wie so eine Verordnung zu Stande kommt. Der bürokratische Aufwand ist weder finanziell noch organisatorisch zu stemmen und führt doch die ganze EU ab absurdum. Das Ziel der Verordnung mag ja begrüßenswert sein, ich frage mich allerdings was für weltfremde Menschen die Umsetzung ausarbeiten, diese Kurzsichtigkeit enttäuscht mich als Kundin maßlos. Ich meide Versandriesen wie Amazon bewusst und erlebe jetzt schon mit wie kleine Händlerinnen ihren Versand einstellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Is there a deliberate attempt to sabotage small female entrepreneurs, or can I not explain how a regulation comes about? The bureaucratic burden is neither financial nor organisational and makes the whole of the EU absurd. The aim of the regulation may be welcome, but I wonder what implementation is being prepared for people from outside the world; this short-sightedness disappoints me as a customer. I am not conscious of shipping giants such as Amazon and I am already seeing small traders stop shipping.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552150_en"}, {"id": 33552149, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:24:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR und EPR Das hat nichts mehr mit den Grundwerten der EU zu tun. Ja, sie werden dadurch ganz sicher Müll vermeiden, weil sie es auch vermeiden. Sie schaffen alleine in Deutschland ca. 3,5 Millionen Kleingewerbe ab. Dieses signifikante Wachstum der EU wäre nicht ohne ca. 23 Millionen klein- und mittlere Unternehmen denkbar gewesen. Zudem macht das den Großteil der Unternehmen aus. Die Entscheidung, die heute in Kraft tritt, wurde nicht bis zu Ende gedacht. Es werden nicht nur Kleinunternehmen zerstört, sondern auch die Zulieferer werden den Vertrieb einstellen. Man nehme sie alle mal weg, kein Material, keine Ware im Land, Regale und Messen leer. Das ist keine Entscheidung die pausiert gehört, sondern komplett entfernt. Die EU hatte Werte und Visionen und Ziele, mittlerweile scheint es in jedem anderen Verbund der Welt \"etwas glücklicher\" zuzugehen. Alle die, die jetzt zerstört werden, liegen der EU und den Ländern nicht auf der Tasche, weil sie keine staatliche Unterstützung bekommen, WENN sie ihre Firma verlieren. Es wird vielleicht das Gesundheitswesen überlasten, so viele Menschen mit Existensängsten und Depressionen gab es dann noch nie. Wer alles Verliert und keinen Ausweg sieht, wo soll er damit hin außer in eine Klinik oder in den T...! Es war eine FEHLENTSCHEIDUNG! In der EU sollte das klar sein, wenn es schon die Politiker in ihren Ämtern nicht verstehen, weil sie für diese Ämter zu wenig Ahnung haben. Kehren sie um, bevor es zu spät ist. Ich habe 2 Kleinunternehmen und lebe von allen 27 EU-Ländern! Ab heute nicht mehr. Es bleibt mir 1 Land, das wird mir meine Existenz rauben und meine Familie zerstören. Ich habe ihnen nämlich 3 neue Steuerzahler geboren und somit \"geliefert\". Besser ich hätte das nicht getan, denn ihre Zukunft ist mit solchen Aktionen besiegelt. Eine wütende Unternehmerin und Mutter kurz vor dem aus.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR and EPR This has nothing to do with the EU’s fundamental values. Yes, they will certainly avoid waste because they will also avoid it. They sell around 3.5 million small businesses in Germany alone. This significant growth of the EU would not have been possible without some 23 million small and medium-sized enterprises. It also accounts for the majority of businesses. The decision, which enters into force today, was not conceived to come to an end. Not only will small businesses be destroyed, but suppliers will also stop selling. Take them out, no material, no goods in the country, shelves and fairs empty. This is not a decision that has been suspended, but completely removed. The EU had values and visions and goals, but it now seems ‘somewhat happier’ in any other union in the world. All those who are now being destroyed are not in the pocket of the EU and the countries because they do not receive state support if they lose their business. The health sector may be overwhelmed, as there have never been so many people with fears of exile and depression. Anyone who sees everything lost and no way out should use it to go to a clinic or the T...! It was a wrong decision! In the EU, this should be clear if politicians in their offices do not understand it, because they have too little regard for them. Turn around before it is too late. I have 2 small businesses and I live in all 27 EU countries! No longer as of today. I still have one country, which will deprive me of my existence and destroy my family. I gave them three new taxpayers and ‘delivered’ them. I would not have done so better, because their future is sealed by such actions. An angry entrepreneur and mother just before.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552149_en"}, {"id": 33552148, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:24:17", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the EUs environmental ambitions and the need to reduce packaging waste. But I am concerned that the new packaging regulations risk creating an unintended consequence: making it increasingly difficult and expensive for small and independent businesses to sell across Europe, while large multinational companies can easily absorb the administrative burden. Environmental regulation should reward businesses that make responsible choices, not simply those with the largest compliance departments. For a small company, selling modest quantities across several EU countries can mean separate registrations, reporting requirements, producer responsibility schemes, fees and potentially authorised representatives in multiple markets. The cost and complexity can become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. A company shipping a few hundred carefully made products to another EU country should not face a compliance structure designed for businesses placing millions of units on the market. This risks producing the opposite of what European environmental policy should encourage. Small brands may stop selling into certain EU countries because compliance costs exceed their sales. Retailers may become reluctant to buy from smaller suppliers. Consumers will have less choice. Meanwhile, the largest global companies will continue operating because they have the legal teams, consultants and infrastructure to manage the requirements. The EU was built in large part around making trade between European markets easier. Environmental legislation should not inadvertently recreate national barriers that the Single Market was designed to remove. I would like to see an EU-wide, proportionate system that rewards the behaviours we actually want to encourage: Less packaging and packaging reduction Durable, reusable and refillable products Recyclable and easily separable materials Short and transparent supply chains Responsible manufacturing and fair labour Repairability and long product life Small-scale and slow production Businesses placing genuinely low volumes of packaging on the market Most importantly, small businesses need a simplified compliance route. There should be meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds based on the quantity or weight of packaging placed on a market. Micro and small businesses below those thresholds should have simplified registration and reporting requirements with proportionate fees. The EU should also consider a single European registration and reporting portal rather than requiring businesses to navigate different systems, fees and representatives country by country. A company complying with harmonised EU packaging rules should be able to sell throughout the Single Market without rebuilding its compliance infrastructure every time it gains a customer in another Member State. Fees should reflect actual environmental impact. A business using minimal packaging and selling 500 units should not shoulder a compliance burden comparable to a multinational placing millions of heavily packaged products on the European market. I do not want less environmental regulation. I want better environmental regulation. I want regulation that makes wasteful mass production less attractive and responsible production more competitive. I want regulation that encourages businesses to remove unnecessary packaging rather than simply generating another layer of paperwork. Environmental responsibility should be measured by environmental impact, not by a company's ability to pay consultants and administrative fees. Europe has an extraordinary tradition of independent makers, designers, family businesses and small brands. They should be part of Europe's transition toward a sustainable economy, not collateral damage from it. Please ensure that implementation of the new packaging rules protects the Single Market, provides meaningful simplified obligations for low-volume businesses,", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EUs environmental ambitions and the need to reduce packaging waste. But I am concerned that the new packaging regulations risk creating an unintended consequence: making it increasingly difficult and expensive for small and independent businesses to sell across Europe, while large multinational companies can easily absorb the administrative burden. Environmental regulation should reward businesses that make responsible choices, not simply those with the largest compliance departments. For a small company, selling modest quantities across several EU countries can mean separate registrations, reporting requirements, producer responsibility schemes, fees and potentially authorised representatives in multiple markets. The cost and complexity can become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. A company shipping a few hundred carefully made products to another EU country should not face a compliance structure designed for businesses placing millions of units on the market. This risks producing the opposite of what European environmental policy should encourage. Small brands may stop selling into certain EU countries because compliance costs exceed their sales. Retailers may become reluctant to buy from smaller suppliers. Consumers will have less choice. Meanwhile, the largest global companies will continue operating because they have the legal teams, consultants and infrastructure to manage the requirements. The EU was built in large part around making trade between European markets easier. Environmental legislation should not inadvertently recreate national barriers that the Single Market was designed to remove. I would like to see an EU-wide, proportionate system that rewards the behaviours we actually want to encourage: Less packaging and packaging reduction Durable, reusable and refillable products Recyclable and easily separable materials Short and transparent supply chains Responsible manufacturing and fair labour Repairability and long product life Small-scale and slow production Businesses placing genuinely low volumes of packaging on the market Most importantly, small businesses need a simplified compliance route. There should be meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds based on the quantity or weight of packaging placed on a market. Micro and small businesses below those thresholds should have simplified registration and reporting requirements with proportionate fees. The EU should also consider a single European registration and reporting portal rather than requiring businesses to navigate different systems, fees and representatives country by country. A company complying with harmonised EU packaging rules should be able to sell throughout the Single Market without rebuilding its compliance infrastructure every time it gains a customer in another Member State. Fees should reflect actual environmental impact. A business using minimal packaging and selling 500 units should not shoulder a compliance burden comparable to a multinational placing millions of heavily packaged products on the European market. I do not want less environmental regulation. I want better environmental regulation. I want regulation that makes wasteful mass production less attractive and responsible production more competitive. I want regulation that encourages businesses to remove unnecessary packaging rather than simply generating another layer of paperwork. Environmental responsibility should be measured by environmental impact, not by a company's ability to pay consultants and administrative fees. Europe has an extraordinary tradition of independent makers, designers, family businesses and small brands. They should be part of Europe's transition toward a sustainable economy, not collateral damage from it. Please ensure that implementation of the new packaging rules protects the Single Market, provides meaningful simplified obligations for low-volume businesses,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552148_en"}, {"id": 33552147, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:24:03", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "PR DESIGN WORKS", "feedback": "Cette initiative est une couche administrative supplémentare et qui va générer des coûts insupportables pour les artistes et les TPE européens. Lart de se couper la main ( et dengraisser les parasites qui ne produisent rien et qui adorent collecter les données) dans un contexte déjà compliqué. Cest une règlementation inutile en tous points qui devrait être abrogée.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative is a complementary administrative layer and will generate unbearable costs for European artists and VSEs. Dare to cut off hands (and throw away parasites that produce nothing and love collecting data) in an already complicated context. This is a completely unnecessary regulation that should be repealed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552147_en"}, {"id": 33552146, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:23:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regel erzeugt eine neue Art von Grenze innerhalb eines eigentlich grenzenlosen Binnenmarktes und diese Grenze trifft Kleine wesentlich härter als Große. Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel der EU, Verpackungen zu reduzieren, Recycling zu verbessern und unsere Umwelt zu schützen. Die konkrete Umsetzung der neuen Verpackungsregelung sehe ich jedoch kritisch insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen, Künstler und Manufakturen, die grenzüberschreitend verkaufen. Wer Produkte direkt an Endkunden in andere EU-Länder verkauft, hat zusätzliche Registrierungs- und EPR-Pflichten. Je nach Land können dafür auch Bevollmächtigte erforderlich sein. Für ein kleines Unternehmen, das nur wenige Pakete im Jahr in ein bestimmtes EU-Land verschickt, kann dieser zusätzliche bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand unverhältnismäßig werden. Die aktuelle Umsetzung kann damit kleine grenzüberschreitende Händler faktisch aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt drängen. Für Amazon und andere große Unternehmen sind solche zusätzlichen Kosten und Verwaltungsstrukturen problemlos tragbar. Für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen können sie dagegen bedeuten: Dann verkaufe ich eben nicht mehr ins EU-Ausland. Das schafft eine Wettbewerbsverschiebung zugunsten der Großen. Was für einen Konzern ein überschaubarer Kostenblock ist, kann für ein Kleinstunternehmen darüber entscheiden, ob es überhaupt noch grenzüberschreitend verkaufen kann. Und das betrifft auch uns als Verbraucher. Vielleicht möchten wir weiterhin handgefärbte Wolle aus Portugal, Keramik aus Italien oder Stoffe aus Frankreich bei kleinen, individuellen Unternehmen bestellen. Genau dieser Austausch über Grenzen hinweg und die Vielfalt kleiner europäischer Unternehmen sind für mich ein wichtiger Teil dessen, was Europa ausmacht. Das ist aus meiner Sicht nicht der europäische Gedanke. Europa sollte Grenzen abbauen und den Austausch zwischen Menschen, Unternehmen und Kulturen ermöglichen nicht durch Bürokratie und finanzielle Belastungen neue wirtschaftliche Grenzen schaffen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb einfache, verhältnismäßige und möglichst EU-weit einheitliche Lösungen für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr kleine Versandmengen. Umweltschutz und ein starker, vielfältiger Binnenmarkt sollten kein Widerspruch sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule creates a new type of border within a truly borderless internal market, and this border hits small people much harder than large ones. In principle, I support the EU’s objective of reducing packaging, improving recycling and protecting our environment. However, I am critical of the concrete implementation of the new packaging regime, especially for small businesses, artists and manufacturers selling across borders. If you sell products directly to end-users in other EU countries, you have additional registration and EPR obligations. Depending on the country, authorised representatives may also be required. For a small company that sends only a few parcels per year to a specific EU country, this additional bureaucratic and financial burden may become disproportionate. The current implementation can thus effectively push small cross-border traders out of the European single market. Amazon and other large companies can easily bear such additional costs and administrative structures. For a one-person company, on the other hand, they may mean: Then I will no longer sell to another EU country. This creates a shift in competition in favour of the big ones. What is a manageable block of costs for a group of companies can be decided for a micro-enterprise whether it can still sell cross-border at all. And this also affects us as consumers. We may still want to order hand-dyed wool from Portugal, ceramics from Italy or fabrics from France from small, individual companies. It is precisely these cross-border exchanges and the diversity of small European companies that make up an important part of what makes Europe. In my view, this is not the European idea. Europe should break down borders and exchange between people, businesses and cultures should not create new economic borders through bureaucracy and financial burdens. I would therefore like to see simple, proportionate and, as far as possible, EU-wide uniform solutions for micro-enterprises and very small consignments. Environmental protection and a strong and diverse internal market should not be contradictory.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552146_en"}, {"id": 33552145, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:23:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Shoshanahandart ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte kurz Stellung beziehen zu der neuen Verpackungsverordnung. Ich selber habe einen Kleingewerbe eher ein Kleingewerbe und habe zur Zeit eher ein Umsatz von circa 1000 . Daher ist es für mich nicht möglich, die Voraussetzung für die neue Verpackungsverordnung zu erfüllen, und schädigt somit meinem Unternehmen. Kann verstehen, dass Umweltschutz sehr hoch geschrieben ist und auch da hinsichtlich Verpackung darauf geachtet werden soll. Aber als Gewerbe zahlt man bereits in Deutschland für die Entsorgung der entsprechenden Verpackungen und daher kann ichs nicht verstehen, warum das nun für jedes einzelne Land erfüllt werden soll sowie auch noch mit einem entsprechenden Person, die auch noch zusätzlich Kosten verursacht, da ich diese als Notar in einem fremden Land für mich finden muss. Man hat das Gefühl, das kleinere Unternehmen zerstört werden sollen und diese nicht gewünscht werden, obwohl sie eine so große Vielfalt in der großen Welt bringen. Ich fand es immer schön mit anderen Menschen in Kontakt zu geraten und ich fand es Mega toll dass diese dann auch meine Produkte mögen geliebt haben und auch ich selber immer die Möglichkeit hatte, bei kleineren Unternehmen zu bestellen und das auf der ganzen Welt. Diese Vielfalt wird mir nun genommen da viele Unternehmen dieses nicht mehr umsetzen können und und dadurch auch riesige Einbußen in ihren Umsätzen haben und somit irgendwann einfach von der Fläche verschwinden. Für den Kunden wird damit auch eine große Vielfalt genommen und ich denke wir sind mittlerweile in einer Welt angekommen wo Vielfalt wichtig ist. Daher meine Frage an Sie. Warum zerstören Sie kleine Unternehmen und machens denen immer wieder schwer? Ich finde gewisse Regeln für sinnvoll, aber gerade für kleinere Unternehmen ist die Umsetzung so gut wie gar nicht möglich warum wird eine Monopolherrschaft gefördert? All diese Fragen gehen durch den Kopf und machen ein sehr nachdenklich Kann ich nur eine Bitte aussprechen, dass sie das alles noch mal prüfen und überlegen ob kleine Unternehmen wirklich das Problem sind bei der Verpackung oder ob nicht eher die größeren damit eine Chance sehen, alles zu umgehen Ich verbleibe mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to comment briefly on the new Packaging Regulation. I myself have a small business rather than a small business and currently have a turnover of around 1000. Therefore, it is not possible for me to meet the condition for the new Packaging Ordinance and therefore harms my company. Understands that environmental protection is very well written and that care should also be taken with regard to packaging. But as a trade, you are already paying in Germany for the disposal of the relevant packaging, so I do not understand why this should now be done for each individual country and with a corresponding person, who also incurs additional costs, as I have to find them as a notary in a foreign country for me. There is a feeling that smaller companies are to be destroyed and that they are not desirable, despite the fact that they bring such a great diversity to the world. I always found it nice to get in touch with other people, and I found it mega great that they then loved my products too, and I too always had the opportunity to order from smaller companies, all over the world. This diversity is now being taken away from me, as many companies are no longer able to implement it and as a result have huge losses in their turnover and thus simply disappear from the land at some point. It also takes a great deal of diversity for the customer and I think we have now arrived in a world where diversity matters. So my question to you. Why are you destroying small businesses and making them difficult? I find certain rules useful, but especially for smaller companies, implementation is hardly possible at all, why is monopolistic dominance promoted? All these questions go through the head and make a very thoughtful one. Can I just ask you to check everything again and consider whether small businesses are really the problem with packaging or whether they rather see the bigger ones as a chance to avoid everything? Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552145_en"}, {"id": 33552144, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:23:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte EU-Kommission, Die neuen Verpackungsregeln sind ein Schritt in die falsche Richtung, sofern sie für jeden Verkäufer in EU-Ländern gelten. Ich kaufe sehr gerne bei selbstständigen Künstler*innen oder Kleingewerben ein und musste in den letzten Tagen mit Schrecken feststellen, dass diese durch die neuen Regelungen nun fast alle planen ihre Online-Shops zu schließen, da ein Versand ins EU-Ausland für sie nun beinahe unmöglich ist. Für Einzelpersonen, die Fanart und kleine Mengen anbieten und teilweise nur eine einzelne Sendung pro Jahr bspw. Von Deutschland nach Polen verschicken ist es nicht möglich in jedem Land ihre Verpackungsmaterialien per Notar für mehrere hundert Euro zertifizieren zu lassen, während Großhändler wie Amazon diese Preise aus der Portokasse bezahlen können. Die Regelung verfehlt daher jegliche Realität und zerstört für viele Selbstständige die Lebensgrundlage. Bitte nehmen Sie die Entscheidung zurück bzw. Passen die Texte so an, dass eine Ausnahme unter einem gewissen Jahresumsatz möglich ist. Vielen Dank!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, The new packaging rules are a step in the wrong direction, as long as they apply to every seller in EU countries. I am very happy to shop with self-employed artists or small businesses and, in recent days, I have been horrified to see that, with the new rules, almost all of them are now planning to close their online shops, as sending them to other EU countries is now almost impossible for them. For individuals offering fan species and small quantities and sometimes only one single consignment per year, e.g.: It is not possible in every country to have their packaging materials certified by a notary for several hundred euros from Germany to Poland, while wholesalers such as Amazon can pay these prices out of the postage. The scheme therefore misses any reality and destroys the livelihoods of many self-employed people. Please withdraw the decision or adapt the texts to allow for an exception below a certain annual turnover. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552144_en"}, {"id": 33552143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:22:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die nötige Benennung von Verantwortlichen in jedem EU Land stellt eine riesige Markteintrittsbarriere für Startups dar. Auch etablierte Kleinunternehmen können dies nicht leisten. Für Kleinunternehmen, die sowieso nicht große Abfallmengen erzeugen, sollten Ausnahmeregeln eingeführt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The need to appoint managers in each EU country is a huge barrier for start-ups to enter the market. Even established small businesses cannot afford this. Derogations should be introduced for small enterprises which in any case do not produce large quantities of waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552143_en"}, {"id": 33552142, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:20:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Cosic Fashion", "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmerin und Studentin, die ein sehr kleines kreatives Business aus Berlin heraus führt, bin ich extrem besorgt über die praktischen und finanziellen Auswirkungen der Verpackungsanforderungen auf Kleinstunternehmen, die innerhalb der EU verkaufen. Ich unterstütze die ökologischen Ziele der Regulierung voll und ganz und glaube fest daran, dass Unternehmen Verantwortung für die von ihnen in Umlauf gebrachten Verpackungen übernehmen sollten. Allerdings ist es für ein Ein-Personen-Business schlichtweg nicht wirtschaftlich oder praktisch machbar, sich durch mehrere nationale Registrierungssysteme zu navigieren, separate Registrierungs- und Compliance-Gebühren zu zahlen und für jedes einzelne Land unterschiedliche administrative Auflagen und Berichtspflichten zu erfüllen. Als Designerin fertige ich handgemachte Einzelstücke für Kundinnen und Kunden weltweit an und mache alles in Handarbeit. Ich schicke im gesamten Jahr vielleicht nur zwei oder drei Pakete in Länder wie Frankreich, Belgien oder die Niederlande, und nutze dabei fast ausschließlich gebrauchte Kartons und Second-Hand-Verpackungen. Dennoch stehen die Kosten und der bürokratische Aufwand für die Einhaltung der jeweiligen nationalen Systeme in absolut keinem Verhältnis zur Menge der tatsächlich genutzten Verpackungen. Ich kann es mir absolut nicht leisten, mehrere hundert oder sogar tausend Euro pro Jahr zu zahlen, nur um innerhalb der EU versenden zu dürfen. Wenn ein winziges Label, das 20 Pakete im Jahr aus wiederverwendeten Kartons verschickt, finanziell ähnlich behandelt wird wie Großkonzerne wie Zara oder Amazon, führt das zu einer massiven Ungerechtigkeit. Diese Entwicklung birgt das reale Risiko, dass nur noch große Konzerne es sich leisten können, EU-weit zu verkaufen, während kleine unabhängige Maker, Künstlerinnen und kreative Micro-Businesses aus dem Markt gedrängt werden. Für mich als Studentin bedeutet diese zusätzliche finanzielle und bürokratische Last, dass ich schlichtweg nicht weitermachen kann oder gezwungen bin, nur noch außerhalb der EU zu versenden was das globale Verpackungsproblem ehrlich gesagt eher verschlimmert als löst. Dadurch würde die Vielfalt an handgemachten, individuellen und lokal hergestellten Produkten auf dem europäischen Markt drastisch verringert. Ich bin der festen Überzeugung, dass das System dringend an Kleinstunternehmen angepasst werden muss. Registrierungs- und Compliance-Kosten müssen proportional zum Umsatz sowie zu den tatsächlich genutzten Kleinstmengen an Verpackung skaliert werden. Vor allem sollte es ein einfaches, zentrales EU-weites Registrierungssystem geben, über das ein Kleinstunternehmen seine Verpackungen einmalig melden kann, anstatt sich durch zahlreiche separate nationale Systeme kämpfen zu müssen. Umweltverantwortung muss für Unternehmen jeder Größe machbar sein. Ein System, das den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für die Kleinsten praktisch unmöglich macht, zerstört genau die Vielfalt und Zugänglichkeit, die der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich fördern sollte.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small entrepreneur and student running a very small creative business from Berlin, I am extremely concerned about the practical and financial impact of packaging requirements on micro-enterprises selling within the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of regulation and strongly believe that companies should take responsibility for the packaging they put into circulation. However, it is simply not economically or practically feasible for a one-person business to navigate through multiple national registration systems, pay separate registration and compliance fees, and comply with different administrative and reporting requirements for each country. As a designer, I make handmade pieces for customers around the world and do everything in hand. I may send only two or three parcels throughout the year to countries such as France, Belgium or the Netherlands, using almost exclusively used cartons and second-hand packaging. Nevertheless, the cost and administrative burden of complying with the respective national systems is totally disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually used. I cannot afford to pay hundreds or even thousands of euros per year just to be allowed to send within the EU. If a tiny label that sends 20 packages per year from reused boxes is treated in a financially similar way to large corporations such as Zara or Amazon, this leads to massive injustice. This development entails a real risk that only large corporations will be able to afford to sell across the EU, while small independent makers, artists and creative micro-businesses will be forced out of the market. For me as a student, this additional financial and bureaucratic burden means that I simply cannot continue or I am forced to send only outside the EU, which honestly makes the global packaging problem worse rather than solves it. This would drastically reduce the variety of hand-made, individual and locally produced products on the European market. I strongly believe that there is an urgent need to adapt the system to micro-enterprises. Registration and compliance costs must be scaled in proportion to turnover and to the minimum quantities of packaging actually used. In particular, there should be a simple, centralised EU-wide registration system through which a micro-enterprise can report its packaging once instead of having to navigate through numerous separate national systems. Environmental responsibility must be feasible for companies of all sizes. A system that makes cross-border trade practically impossible for the very smallest destroys the diversity and accessibility that the European single market should actually promote.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552142_en"}, {"id": 33552141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:17:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Oldities SAS", "feedback": "My husband and I run a second hand goods shop online which ships all over the world. We are very conscious of the ecological impact of consumer goods in general which is a huge part of why we chose to sell second hand products. In keeping with this spirit, 90% of the packaging we use is from packaging we receive, as we know that reusing is ecologically optimal. This initiative forces us to spend money and time we don't have for the 10% of new packaging that we use and frankly it's frustrating to be lumped together with huge corporations who couldn't care less about the environment and have to be forced to consider more eco-responsible measures. Furthermore, if it is a EU wide rule, why do we have to register then in every single market separately? It doesn't make sense. Why does it not have any nuance in the type of packaging used or the type of business ?", "feedbackEnglish": "My husband and I run a second hand goods shop online which ships all over the world. We are very conscious of the ecological impact of consumer goods in general which is a huge part of why we chose to sell second hand products. In keeping with this spirit, 90% of the packaging we use is from packaging we receive, as we know that reusing is ecologically optimal. This initiative forces us to spend money and time we don't have for the 10% of new packaging that we use and frankly it's frustrating to be lumped together with huge corporations who couldn't care less about the environment and have to be forced to consider more eco-responsible measures. Furthermore, if it is a EU wide rule, why do we have to register then in every single market separately? It doesn't make sense. Why does it not have any nuance in the type of packaging used or the type of business ?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552141_en"}, {"id": 33552140, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:16:48", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Emmy Design AB", "feedback": "Sustainabillity and slowing the climat crisis is on top of all priorities and I believe small businesses are the ones who cares the most! We do need strong regulations for the large companies who uses upp all resurces and creates massive waste for products that is not even good for the planet in the first place. But making laws that also creates hindrance for small businesses will not be a solution, only forces us all into becoming slaves of the larger companies! The must be some levels and minimums to ensure that we can all survive and florish. Smller compnaies are usully not even interested in becoming huge, we just want to be able to create and share our creativity and be able to make a living of it, not greedily grow larger and larger to become richer than neccecary.", "feedbackEnglish": "Sustainabillity and slowing the climat crisis is on top of all priorities and I believe small businesses are the ones who cares the most! We do need strong regulations for the large companies who uses upp all resurces and creates massive waste for products that is not even good for the planet in the first place. But making laws that also creates hindrance for small businesses will not be a solution, only forces us all into becoming slaves of the larger companies! The must be some levels and minimums to ensure that we can all survive and florish. Smller compnaies are usully not even interested in becoming huge, we just want to be able to create and share our creativity and be able to make a living of it, not greedily grow larger and larger to become richer than neccecary.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552140_en"}, {"id": 33552139, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:15:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, erst kürzlich habe ich einen kleinen Etsyshop eröffnet, über den ich liebevoll gewählte Vintage Wohnacessoires verkaufe. Oft sind es z.B. Porzellanelemente bekannter alter Serien. Liebhaber aus der ganzen Welt, auch aus der EU natürlich insbesondere suchen diese Stücke. Ich verkaufe nicht mehr als 40 Stücke pro Jahr und nehme daher entsprechend wenig ein. Die neue Verpackungsverordnung bedeutet ein Aus für meinen Shop. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür dass kleine Händler ausgenommen werden. Es sollte nur eine EU-Registrierungsplattform geben und sehr einfache Formulare. Für Kleinstbetriebe übersteigen die Kosten und der Aufwand sonst die Einnahmen und das hätte zur Folge, dass es keinen freien Warenverkehr zwischen kleinen Unternehmen und EU Bürger:innen mehr gibt. Es würde die Abhängigkeit Europas von transnationalen großen Unternehmen noch weiter verstärken. Bitte setzen Sie sich für eine Anpassung des Gesetzes an, auch für den freien Warenverkehr. Dass sich die EU für weniger Abfallerzeugung einsetzt, ist super! Aber Anforderungen müssen realistisch und umsetzbar bleiben. Vielen Dank für Ihre Arbeit!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I recently opened a small etsyshop, through which I sell dearly elected Vintage Wohnacessoires. They are often, for example, porcelain elements of well-known old series. Lovers from all over the world, including from the EU, of course, are looking for these pieces in particular. I do not sell more than 40 units per year and therefore I do little. The new Packaging Ordinance is an end for my shop. Please make sure that small traders are excluded. There should be only one EU registration platform and very simple forms. For micro-enterprises, costs and burdens would otherwise exceed revenues and this would mean that there would no longer be free movement of goods between small businesses and EU citizens. It would further increase Europe’s dependence on large transnational companies. Please advocate for an adaptation of the law, including for the free movement of goods. The EU’s commitment to reducing waste generation is great! But requirements must remain realistic and feasible. Thank you for your work!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552139_en"}, {"id": 33552111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:14:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Specialty Diagnostix GmbH", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, It is virtually impossible to meet your packaging requirements. The bureaucratic burden for small companies with low packaging volumes is immense. For example, our company only markets cardboard boxes, plastic bottles containing IVD products, and shipping packaging. Even for very small quantities under 1 kg, we sometimes have to pay more than the revenue generated in that country. Each country implements the requirements individually. Aside from the fact that its absolutely ridiculous to need an authorized representative for small quantities just to be able to sell important diagnostic tests in that country. And in every country! The costs are immense, and the language barrier is sometimes insurmountable (e.g., registration with the BDO in Poland in Polish simply ridiculous and nearly impossible to manage even with translation software). Then you also have to register with a recycling system and/or a central registry. I can understand that you had good intentions to reduce packaging waste. But only the manufacturer can do that, not the importer or distributor. And the resulting costs across 26 countries are immense. It would have been better to have the end consumer, who actually disposes of the waste, pay the fees and grant percentage discounts from the seller via the invoices. That would have eliminated the need for authorized representatives and participation in 26 recycling systems. Of course, a free registration in an EU-wide central registry could be required so that its possible to track how much waste is imported into each country. And of course, Im referring primarily to common household waste, such as cardboard, plastic, and glass. I also advise against labeling with harmonized symbols. There simply isnt enough space for them on many small packages, such as calibrators. Instead, a QR code could be used to provide information on country-specific recycling requirements. Sincerely Nadja Waniek", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, It is virtually impossible to meet your packaging requirements. The bureaucratic burden for small companies with low packaging volumes is immense. For example, our company only markets cardboard boxes, plastic bottles containing IVD products, and shipping packaging. Even for very small quantities under 1 kg, we sometimes have to pay more than the revenue generated in that country. Each country implements the requirements individually. Aside from the fact that its absolutely ridiculous to need an authorized representative for small quantities just to be able to sell important diagnostic tests in that country. And in every country! The costs are immense, and the language barrier is sometimes insurmountable (e.g., registration with the BDO in Poland in Polish simply ridiculous and nearly impossible to manage even with translation software). Then you also have to register with a recycling system and/or a central registry. I can understand that you had good intentions to reduce packaging waste. But only the manufacturer can do that, not the importer or distributor. And the resulting costs across 26 countries are immense. It would have been better to have the end consumer, who actually disposes of the waste, pay the fees and grant percentage discounts from the seller via the invoices. That would have eliminated the need for authorized representatives and participation in 26 recycling systems. Of course, a free registration in an EU-wide central registry could be required so that its possible to track how much waste is imported into each country. And of course, Im referring primarily to common household waste, such as cardboard, plastic, and glass. I also advise against labeling with harmonized symbols. There simply isnt enough space for them on many small packages, such as calibrators. Instead, a QR code could be used to provide information on country-specific recycling requirements. Sincerely Nadja Waniek", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552111_en"}, {"id": 33552137, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:14:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cirer Manufaktur", "feedback": "Ich betreibe eine kleine Schmuckmanufaktur in Berlin und fertige Schmuck und Eheringe in Handarbeit und auf Bestellung. Unser Hauptmarkt ist Deutschland, vereinzelt versenden wir auch in andere EU-Länder. Die neuen Verpackungsregelungen stellen für Kleinstunternehmen eine unverhältnismäßige finanzielle und administrative Belastung dar. Nach Frankreich versenden wir beispielsweise nur etwa 10 Pakete pro Jahr. Die Kosten für einen erforderlichen Bevollmächtigten übersteigen den Gewinn aus diesen Verkäufen um ein Vielfaches. Hinzu kommen unterschiedliche Registrierungen und Meldepflichten in den einzelnen EU-Ländern. Ich wünsche mir deshalb Freimengen bzw. Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen: Wer nur geringe Mengen versendet, sollte von teuren Bevollmächtigten und mehrfachen Registrierungen befreit werden. Außerdem brauchen wir ein einziges EU-weites Portal mit einer zentralen Registrierung und einfachen, einheitlichen Formularen statt bis zu 27 unterschiedlicher Verfahren. Umweltschutz ist wichtig, darf aber nicht dazu führen, dass sich der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich nicht mehr lohnt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small jewellery shop in Berlin and make jewellery and wedding rings by hand and on order. Our main market is Germany, and we occasionally send it to other EU countries. The new packaging rules impose a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on micro-enterprises. For example, we send only around 10 parcels per year to France. The cost of a required agent is many times higher than the profit from these sales. This is compounded by different registrations and reporting obligations in different EU countries. I would therefore like to see allowances or de minimis thresholds for small businesses: Those shipping small quantities should be exempted from expensive authorised representatives and multiple registrations. We also need a single EU-wide portal with a single registration and simple, uniform forms instead of up to 27 different procedures. Protecting the environment is important, but it must not make the European single market economically unviable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552137_en"}, {"id": 33552136, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:13:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU regulators, I run a small creative ceramics shop and make all of my products myself by hand. I sell them through Etsy. My business is not an industrial operation with its own legal or compliance department. It is a small craft business. Due to the new requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the related national obligations, the administrative and financial burden has become impossible for me to manage in an economically viable way. Registration requirements, different national systems and the associated costs are simply disproportionate to the revenue that a small business like mine can generate in individual EU countries. The consequence is already a reality for me: I have had to stop shipping my products to EU countries. This is particularly disappointing because the European Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier. Instead, it has now become easier in some cases for a small manufacturer like me to sell products to customers outside Europe than to customers within the EU. I fully support the goals of recycling, waste reduction and more sustainable packaging. However, the way these rules are implemented must not result in small craft businesses being effectively excluded from the European market. I therefore ask for a practical exemption, or at the very least significantly simplified rules, for micro-enterprises and small manufacturers. Regulatory requirements should take into account the size of a business, the actual amount of packaging it places on the market and its financial and administrative capacity. Otherwise, the main beneficiaries will be large companies and mass producers that can spread regulatory costs across huge volumes of products. Small creative businesses, independent makers and craftspeople, on the other hand, will lose access to their European customers. Regulation that is intended to promote sustainability should not unintentionally disadvantage precisely those small businesses that produce locally, in small quantities and with a high level of craftsmanship. Please create a solution that takes both environmental protection and the realities of small businesses into account.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU regulators, I run a small creative ceramics shop and make all of my products myself by hand. I sell them through Etsy. My business is not an industrial operation with its own legal or compliance department. It is a small craft business. Due to the new requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the related national obligations, the administrative and financial burden has become impossible for me to manage in an economically viable way. Registration requirements, different national systems and the associated costs are simply disproportionate to the revenue that a small business like mine can generate in individual EU countries. The consequence is already a reality for me: I have had to stop shipping my products to EU countries. This is particularly disappointing because the European Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier. Instead, it has now become easier in some cases for a small manufacturer like me to sell products to customers outside Europe than to customers within the EU. I fully support the goals of recycling, waste reduction and more sustainable packaging. However, the way these rules are implemented must not result in small craft businesses being effectively excluded from the European market. I therefore ask for a practical exemption, or at the very least significantly simplified rules, for micro-enterprises and small manufacturers. Regulatory requirements should take into account the size of a business, the actual amount of packaging it places on the market and its financial and administrative capacity. Otherwise, the main beneficiaries will be large companies and mass producers that can spread regulatory costs across huge volumes of products. Small creative businesses, independent makers and craftspeople, on the other hand, will lose access to their European customers. Regulation that is intended to promote sustainability should not unintentionally disadvantage precisely those small businesses that produce locally, in small quantities and with a high level of craftsmanship. Please create a solution that takes both environmental protection and the realities of small businesses into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552136_en"}, {"id": 33552135, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:11:38", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenos días: Me parece adecuada una normativa para disminuir los residuos del embalaje pero con igualdad de condiciones para todos. Creo que se debería diferenciar entre grandes empresas y el pequeño comercio. Creo que con estas normas se ven muy perjudicados y discriminados, se debería tener en cuenta, para que no suponga un sobre coste extremo, y poder adaptarse a la normativa. Según está planteado, será imposible poder realizar envíos fuera de su país y se verán obligados a cerrar. Agradezco su atención.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I believe that legislation to reduce packaging waste, but with a level playing field for all, is appropriate. I believe that a distinction should be made between large companies and small businesses. I believe that with these rules they are severely disadvantaged and discriminated against, they should be taken into account, so that they do not represent an extreme cost, and be able to adapt to the rules. As you plan, it will be impossible to send items outside your country and they will be forced to close down. Thank you for your attention,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552135_en"}, {"id": 33552134, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:11:37", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "i believe this is going to disproportionately affect small artists and businesses, many of whom are already planning to stop doing their business within the EU because they cannot afford to comply with the new regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "i believe this is going to disproportionately affect small artists and businesses, many of whom are already planning to stop doing their business within the EU because they cannot afford to comply with the new regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552134_en"}, {"id": 33552132, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:09:19", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "N.Nickells", "feedback": "Its like your doing your very best to kill small traders at the precise time europe needs to be competing more. All these schemes should be scrapped. This will result in many companies and individual traders from just not bothering to try. It will also lose more tax than it generates while creating more pointless business that just charges to run the schemes.", "feedbackEnglish": "Its like your doing your very best to kill small traders at the precise time europe needs to be competing more. All these schemes should be scrapped. This will result in many companies and individual traders from just not bothering to try. It will also lose more tax than it generates while creating more pointless business that just charges to run the schemes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552132_en"}, {"id": 33552131, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:09:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MoKiMon", "feedback": "Sehr geehrtes EU Komitee Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen neuen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich wollte in Zukunft wenige (geschätzt 10-50 pro Jahr) Pakete andere EU-Länder verschicken. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei geschätzten 50 - 250 Euro. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, werde ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder nicht starten. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Besten Dank und freundliche Grüße Johanna Strube-Knyrim", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU Committee I operate a new micro-business in Germany in the handmade sector and sell through an online marketplace. I wanted to send a few packages (estimated at 10-50 per year) to other EU countries in the future. My turnover from these countries is estimated at EUR 50-250. Because the fixed costs exceed my foreign turnover, I will not start shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. Thank you very much and best regards, Johanna Strube-Knyrim", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552131_en"}, {"id": 33552130, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:07:36", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Elwood Craft Grzegorz Bors", "feedback": "This regulation is literally killing micro-businesses that sell only a couple of products per country across the EU. There is a surprising number of very small, family-run businesses selling niche products to just a few customers in each EU country. An exemption should be available either on a country-by-country basis or across the EU as a whole. For example, businesses producing less than 1,000 kg of packaging waste per year could be exempt from the requirement to appoint an EPR representative. This would save 99% of micro-businesses that have a negligible impact on the environment from unnecessary administrative costs and bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is literally killing micro-businesses that sell only a couple of products per country across the EU. There is a surprising number of very small, family-run businesses selling niche products to just a few customers in each EU country. An exemption should be available either on a country-by-country basis or across the EU as a whole. For example, businesses producing less than 1,000 kg of packaging waste per year could be exempt from the requirement to appoint an EPR representative. This would save 99% of micro-businesses that have a negligible impact on the environment from unnecessary administrative costs and bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552130_en"}, {"id": 33552129, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:06:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als kleine Manufaktur ist für mich der im Zusammenhang mit der neuen Verordnung stehende Verwaltungsaufwand und die damit verbundenen Kosten (Ansprechpartner in jedem EU-Land) nicht tragbar und ich müsste den Versand meiner Artikel auf nationale Kunden beschränken. Eine Bagatellgrenze für kleine Unternehmen (z.B. maximal versendete Pakete) wäre zu begrüßen!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business, the administrative burden and costs associated with the new regulation (contact point in each EU country) are unacceptable to me and I would have to limit the sending of my articles to national customers. A de minimis threshold for small businesses (e.g. maximum number of parcels sent) would be welcome!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552129_en"}, {"id": 33552128, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:06:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ars Vivendi OHG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Wir haben pro Jahr höchstens 5 Pakete pro EU-Land. In Summe verzichten aber auf einen Monatsumsatz und dies entscheidet, ob wir Gewinn oder Verlust haben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mario Wegner Ars Vivendi OHG", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether. We have a maximum of 5 parcels per EU country per year. In total, however, we do not have a monthly turnover and this determines whether we have a profit or a loss. Yours sincerely, Mario Wegner Ars Vivendi OHG", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552128_en"}, {"id": 33552123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:05:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sentient Stories", "feedback": "As a sole trader running a very small creative business with a smaller annual turnover, I am extremely concerned about the practical and financial impact of the new packaging requirements on microbusinesses selling across the EU. I fully support the environmental aims of the regulation and believe that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, requiring a one-person business to navigate multiple national registration systems, pay separate registration and compliance fees, and undertake different administrative and reporting requirements for each country is simply not economically or practically feasible at this scale. I (based in Germany) may only send a handful of parcels to countries such as France, Belgium or the Netherlands in an entire year, yet the cost and administrative burden of complying with each country's system can be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. This risks creating a situation in which only larger businesses can afford to sell across the EU, while small independent makers, artists and creative businesses are forced to withdraw from international markets. This would significantly reduce the diversity of small, handmade and independently produced goods available to European consumers. I strongly believe that the system needs to be adapted for microbusinesses, with registration and compliance costs scaled proportionately to turnover and/or the very small quantities of packaging involved. Most importantly, there should be a simple, central EU-wide registration system through which a microbusiness can declare its packaging once, rather than having to navigate numerous separate national systems. Environmental responsibility should be achievable for businesses of every size; a system that makes cross-border trade practically impossible for the smallest businesses risks undermining the diversity and accessibility of the very European marketplace it seeks to improve.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader running a very small creative business with a smaller annual turnover, I am extremely concerned about the practical and financial impact of the new packaging requirements on microbusinesses selling across the EU. I fully support the environmental aims of the regulation and believe that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, requiring a one-person business to navigate multiple national registration systems, pay separate registration and compliance fees, and undertake different administrative and reporting requirements for each country is simply not economically or practically feasible at this scale. I (based in Germany) may only send a handful of parcels to countries such as France, Belgium or the Netherlands in an entire year, yet the cost and administrative burden of complying with each country's system can be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. This risks creating a situation in which only larger businesses can afford to sell across the EU, while small independent makers, artists and creative businesses are forced to withdraw from international markets. This would significantly reduce the diversity of small, handmade and independently produced goods available to European consumers. I strongly believe that the system needs to be adapted for microbusinesses, with registration and compliance costs scaled proportionately to turnover and/or the very small quantities of packaging involved. Most importantly, there should be a simple, central EU-wide registration system through which a microbusiness can declare its packaging once, rather than having to navigate numerous separate national systems. Environmental responsibility should be achievable for businesses of every size; a system that makes cross-border trade practically impossible for the smallest businesses risks undermining the diversity and accessibility of the very European marketplace it seeks to improve.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552123_en"}, {"id": 33552126, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 11:05:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maria Malki Cosmetics", "feedback": "Goedemorgen beste European commissie, Hoewel ik begrijp dat grote bedrijven als Amazon hiermee hun directe concurrentie uitschakelen en de eu commissie dit soort grote bedrijven een hand boven het hoofd houdt, is dit onacceptabel. Hoe verwacht u dat een kleine onderneming over 10.000 per jaar kan betalen om alle eu landen te dekken ? U zet hiermee direct een streep door vele kleine ondernemers en stopt hiermee een groot deel van handarbeiders die hun eigen producten creëren en verkopen. Dit is ONACCEPTABEL!!! Wij gebruiken al jaren de verpakkingen van onze leveranciers, hergebruiken alles deze nieuwe regelen gaat dus totaal het doel voorbij! Graag herziening van deze belachelijke maatregel!", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning Best European Commission, Although I understand that this eliminates direct competition from big companies like Amazon and keeps the EU Commission in control of this kind of big companies, this is unacceptable. How do you expect a small enterprise to be able to pay in 10.000 per year to cover all EU countries? You are putting a direct stop to many small entrepreneurs and stopping a large proportion of manual workers who create and sell their own products. This is unacceptable! We have been using the packaging of our suppliers for many years, so all these new rules are reused, so the goal is completely missed! Please review this ridiculous measure!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552126_en"}, {"id": 33552122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:58:15", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is of the highest importance to reduce the use of plastics and waste ingeneral. Too little has been done too late, and we are intoxicating the environment and ourselves with all this pollution. However - this law will damage first and foremost small businesses, who will be unable to cope with the massive restrictions and regulations imposed, and only the big corporates will be benefited from it, due to the destruction of the concurrence in small enterprises an business. How on earth can a small to medium business afford all what is being demanded here? This smells like lobbying from the big dogs, and it is unacceptable. Where is the concept of one single market? Are you kidding us, now you have to have representatives in each country you ship to? Absolutely insane, what a way to destroy entrepreneurship and people from starting businesses. Madness, it goes totally against the basic principles of the EU. I strongly ask the commission to make a simple, specific carve out to protect small EU businesses. As an EU citizen, consumer, and potential small business owner, I dont want to live in a Europe where Im increasingly forced to buy from big corporate - and those corporates are not even european (does Amazon and co ring a bell?). This is a shot in the feet of the EU economics and does not do any good to us. Please stop it!", "feedbackEnglish": "It is of the highest importance to reduce the use of plastics and waste ingeneral. Too little has been done too late, and we are intoxicating the environment and ourselves with all this pollution. However - this law will damage first and foremost small businesses, who will be unable to cope with the massive restrictions and regulations imposed, and only the big corporates will be benefited from it, due to the destruction of the concurrence in small enterprises an business. How on earth can a small to medium business afford all what is being demanded here? This smells like lobbying from the big dogs, and it is unacceptable. Where is the concept of one single market? Are you kidding us, now you have to have representatives in each country you ship to? Absolutely insane, what a way to destroy entrepreneurship and people from starting businesses. Madness, it goes totally against the basic principles of the EU. I strongly ask the commission to make a simple, specific carve out to protect small EU businesses. As an EU citizen, consumer, and potential small business owner, I dont want to live in a Europe where Im increasingly forced to buy from big corporate - and those corporates are not even european (does Amazon and co ring a bell?). This is a shot in the feet of the EU economics and does not do any good to us. Please stop it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552122_en"}, {"id": 33552121, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:56:50", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Demagica", "feedback": "Dear EU Regulators, I run a small craft business selling my products through marketplaces (Etsy) and my website worldwide. My business cannot survive this enormous regulatory burden. I must stop selling my products to EU countries due to the costs associated with compliance and joining all national waste management systems. These costs can exceed the profits I make in those countries. I have always believed that the EU's best feature is its free market and lack of tariffs. However, it is now easier for me to sell my products to the US than to the EU due to the increasing number of regulations. My proposal is to free small businesses from regulatory obligations. Without this solution, small craft businesses that strive to sell high-quality products will begin to disappear in the EU. China will take over the entire market, exploiting economies of scale and mass production.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU Regulators, I run a small craft business selling my products through marketplaces (Etsy) and my website worldwide. My business cannot survive this enormous regulatory burden. I must stop selling my products to EU countries due to the costs associated with compliance and joining all national waste management systems. These costs can exceed the profits I make in those countries. I have always believed that the EU's best feature is its free market and lack of tariffs. However, it is now easier for me to sell my products to the US than to the EU due to the increasing number of regulations. My proposal is to free small businesses from regulatory obligations. Without this solution, small craft businesses that strive to sell high-quality products will begin to disappear in the EU. China will take over the entire market, exploiting economies of scale and mass production.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552121_en"}, {"id": 33552120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:55:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WildKrautWelt", "feedback": "Ich bin erst seit letztem Jahr keine Kleinunternehmerin mehr. Mein Versandaufkommen in EU Länder liegt deutlich unter der OSS Grenze. Vielleicht sind es insgesamt 100 Päckchen an alle Länder. Der bürokratische Aufwand, überall LUCID zu beantragen übersteigt meinen Nutzen überdimensional. Dazu kann ich schlicht keinen Bevollmächtigten Ansprechpartner in all diesen Ländern stellen... zB nach Italien oder Slowenien sende ich pro Jahr ca. 5 Päckchen. (Im Wert von je 25) Bitte legt eine Grenze an Paketen fest, unter der diese Regeln nicht gelten, um kleine Betriebe zu schützen! Oder zumindest 1 EU-Portal, über das man alles gemeinsam regeln kann. Herzlich, Alessa Panarotto", "feedbackEnglish": "I have not been a small businessman since last year. My volume of shipments to EU countries is well below the OSS border. Perhaps there are a total of 100 parcels to all countries. The red tape involved in applying for LUCID everywhere outweighs my benefits. I simply cannot provide an authorised contact person in all these countries... For example, I send around five parcels per year to Italy or Slovenia. (Worth 25 each) Please set a limit on parcels below which these rules do not apply in order to protect small farms! Or at least 1 EU portal where everything can be regulated together. Warmly, Alessa Panarotto", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552120_en"}, {"id": 33552118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:54:37", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi dear EU decision makers, I am usually a fan of making matters more environmentally friendly but this new guideline is unfortunately not possible for small businesses (too expensive), meaning they will stop sending parcels to other European countries. As someone who tries to support small businesses over giants like amazon and temu, it makes most of the European market simply inaccessible and takes away many European options, meaning the market is now even more dependent on giants and big corporations. Please reconsider and find either exemptions for small businesses or another way of keeping the possibility of sending to other EU countries economically a possibility for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi dear EU decision makers, I am usually a fan of making matters more environmentally friendly but this new guideline is unfortunately not possible for small businesses (too expensive), meaning they will stop sending parcels to other European countries. As someone who tries to support small businesses over giants like amazon and temu, it makes most of the European market simply inaccessible and takes away many European options, meaning the market is now even more dependent on giants and big corporations. Please reconsider and find either exemptions for small businesses or another way of keeping the possibility of sending to other EU countries economically a possibility for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552118_en"}, {"id": 33552117, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:51:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Gegen Verpackungsmüll vorzugehen ist generell ein wichtiger und richtiger Ansatz. Allerdings bin ich besorgt, da gerade kleinere Unternehmen dadurch höhere Kosten zu bewältigen haben und viele bereits angekündigt haben, nicht mehr ins Ausland liefern zu können. Dabei sind es oftmals gerade diese kleinen Unternehmen, die auf Nachhaltigkeit setzen im Gegensatz zu großen Lieferdiensten. Die Gefahr ist, dass dann immer mehr Menschen dahin abwandern, wenn sie ihre Produkte nicht mehr von Manufakturen aus dem EU-Ausland geliefert bekommen...", "feedbackEnglish": "Tackling packaging waste is generally an important and correct approach. However, I am concerned that smaller companies in particular face higher costs as a result and many have already announced that they will no longer be able to deliver abroad. It is often these small businesses that rely on sustainability as opposed to large delivery services. There is a risk that more and more people will migrate if their products are no longer supplied from outside the EU...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552117_en"}, {"id": 33552116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:50:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist", "feedback": "Subject: Disproportionate EPR burden on micro-producers I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should contribute to the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, the current EPR system can create a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for very small manufacturers and individual producers engaged in occasional cross-border sales. I am a small individual manufacturer based in Germany. I sell only a few dozen products per year, with sales to some other EU Member States amounting to only one or two orders per country. The packaging involved consists mainly of small amounts of paper and cardboard, often only a few kilograms per year in total. Nevertheless, a single sale to another Member State may potentially require separate registration, EPR arrangements, reporting, fees and possibly an authorised representative. The administrative and fixed costs can therefore be many times higher than the actual cost of recycling the packaging. For a micro-producer, it is neither economically nor practically realistic to maintain separate EPR arrangements in 27 Member States simply because an occasional consumer may place an order. I therefore ask the Commission to consider: a genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-producers; a simplified EU-wide registration and reporting system for occasional cross-border sales; no disproportionate minimum annual fees where only very small quantities of packaging are placed on the market; and clear, harmonised and proportionate rules concerning authorised representatives. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important, but compliance costs should be proportionate to the quantity of packaging and the actual environmental impact, particularly for micro-enterprises and individual producers. The PPWR should promote environmental responsibility without making small-scale cross-border trade practically or economically unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Disproportionate EPR burden on micro-producers I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should contribute to the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, the current EPR system can create a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for very small manufacturers and individual producers engaged in occasional cross-border sales. I am a small individual manufacturer based in Germany. I sell only a few dozen products per year, with sales to some other EU Member States amounting to only one or two orders per country. The packaging involved consists mainly of small amounts of paper and cardboard, often only a few kilograms per year in total. Nevertheless, a single sale to another Member State may potentially require separate registration, EPR arrangements, reporting, fees and possibly an authorised representative. The administrative and fixed costs can therefore be many times higher than the actual cost of recycling the packaging. For a micro-producer, it is neither economically nor practically realistic to maintain separate EPR arrangements in 27 Member States simply because an occasional consumer may place an order. I therefore ask the Commission to consider: a genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-producers; a simplified EU-wide registration and reporting system for occasional cross-border sales; no disproportionate minimum annual fees where only very small quantities of packaging are placed on the market; and clear, harmonised and proportionate rules concerning authorised representatives. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important, but compliance costs should be proportionate to the quantity of packaging and the actual environmental impact, particularly for micro-enterprises and individual producers. The PPWR should promote environmental responsibility without making small-scale cross-border trade practically or economically unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552116_en"}, {"id": 33552090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:48:24", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Aktepe Ltd (T/A The Croft House)", "feedback": "**Respondent: The Crofthouse Knitwear / Aktepe Ltd UK micro-business and B Corp certified business** We welcome the EU's efforts to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and establish a consistent Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework. As a small, sustainability-focused business, we support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Taking responsibility for packaging placed on the market aligns with our values and B Corp commitments. However, we are concerned that the proposed administrative requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses selling extremely small quantities into individual EU Member States. The Crofthouse is a small UK-based knitwear business. Our products are manufactured in the UK and we deliberately minimise packaging, using recycled, recyclable or biodegradable materials wherever possible. **In each EU Member State, we expect to place less than 1 kg of packaging on the market per year.** Despite these very small quantities, businesses such as ours may need to register with national EPR authorities, comply with different national systems, maintain reporting arrangements and potentially appoint an authorised representative in each relevant Member State. For The Crofthouse, registering with multiple national EPR organisations and appointing authorised representatives across the EU is **not commercially viable**. The fixed administrative costs can greatly exceed the environmental contribution associated with less than 1 kg of recyclable packaging. We fully support businesses contributing appropriately to packaging waste management. Our concern is the disproportionate administrative burden. A business placing less than 1 kg of recyclable packaging on a national market should not face the same compliance requirements as a multinational placing thousands of tonnes on that market. This is particularly concerning for a **B Corp certified micro-business** committed to responsible production, sustainable materials and minimising environmental impact. It would be counterproductive if environmental legislation forced sustainable small businesses to withdraw from EU markets because of compliance costs rather than environmental impact. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a meaningful **de minimis threshold** for micro and small businesses, based on packaging volumes. Below that threshold, businesses should be able to use simplified annual reporting rather than full registration and mandatory authorised representatives. We would support a meaningful packaging-weight threshold, simplified reporting below that threshold, no mandatory authorised representative below the threshold, and ideally a simplified EU-wide registration mechanism rather than separate registration in every Member State. **The Crofthouse fully supports the environmental objectives of the PPWR. We ask that the final framework achieves those objectives through proportionate regulation that does not unintentionally exclude small, sustainable businesses from the European market.**", "feedbackEnglish": "**Respondent: The Crofthouse Knitwear / Aktepe Ltd UK micro-business and B Corp certified business** We welcome the EU's efforts to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and establish a consistent Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework. As a small, sustainability-focused business, we support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Taking responsibility for packaging placed on the market aligns with our values and B Corp commitments. However, we are concerned that the proposed administrative requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses selling extremely small quantities into individual EU Member States. The Crofthouse is a small UK-based knitwear business. Our products are manufactured in the UK and we deliberately minimise packaging, using recycled, recyclable or biodegradable materials wherever possible. **In each EU Member State, we expect to place less than 1 kg of packaging on the market per year.** Despite these very small quantities, businesses such as ours may need to register with national EPR authorities, comply with different national systems, maintain reporting arrangements and potentially appoint an authorised representative in each relevant Member State. For The Crofthouse, registering with multiple national EPR organisations and appointing authorised representatives across the EU is **not commercially viable**. The fixed administrative costs can greatly exceed the environmental contribution associated with less than 1 kg of recyclable packaging. We fully support businesses contributing appropriately to packaging waste management. Our concern is the disproportionate administrative burden. A business placing less than 1 kg of recyclable packaging on a national market should not face the same compliance requirements as a multinational placing thousands of tonnes on that market. This is particularly concerning for a **B Corp certified micro-business** committed to responsible production, sustainable materials and minimising environmental impact. It would be counterproductive if environmental legislation forced sustainable small businesses to withdraw from EU markets because of compliance costs rather than environmental impact. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a meaningful **de minimis threshold** for micro and small businesses, based on packaging volumes. Below that threshold, businesses should be able to use simplified annual reporting rather than full registration and mandatory authorised representatives. We would support a meaningful packaging-weight threshold, simplified reporting below that threshold, no mandatory authorised representative below the threshold, and ideally a simplified EU-wide registration mechanism rather than separate registration in every Member State. **The Crofthouse fully supports the environmental objectives of the PPWR. We ask that the final framework achieves those objectives through proportionate regulation that does not unintentionally exclude small, sustainable businesses from the European market.**", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552090_en"}, {"id": 33552115, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:48:01", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Door het implementeren van deze wetgeving worden de kleine ondernemers allemaal buiten spel gezet. Ik spreek even voor mijn eigen zaak (illustraties en stationary). Ik onderneem al enorm veel stappen om de afvalberg te verkleinen: herbruiken van verzendmaterialen, no plastics, optimale verpakking. Mijn producten worden zelfs op recycled materialen gemaakt. Dankzij de nieuwe regeling kan ik echter alleen nog maar in België verzenden. Het is gewoonweg te duur voor mij om alles in orde te krijgen. Ik betaal al enorme hoge verzendkosten vanuit België naar andere EU landen, deze extra kost erbij maakt het voor mij onmogelijk. Grote bedrijven hebben de omzet en mankracht om dit allemaal in orde te zetten, kleine bedrijven worden zo de dupe van een regelgeving die uiteindelijk bedoeld is om de Sheins van deze wereld minder slagkracht te geven. Niet alleen moet ik als illustrator vechten tegen het stelen van mijn beelden door deze bedrijven, nu wandelen ze doodleuk weg met alle omzet. EU is een Europese Unie. Waar we naar een verenigd Europa streven en elkeen een bloeiende economie gunnen. Ik steun andere makers van illustraties binnen de EU we zitten nu allemaal met de handen letterlijk in het haar. Weg omzet, weg met onze droom.", "feedbackEnglish": "The implementation of this legislation will put all small entrepreneurs out of business. I speak for my own case (illustrations and stationary). I am already taking a huge number of steps to reduce the waste heap: reuse of shipping materials, no plastics, optimal packaging. My products are even made on recycled materials. However, thanks to the new rules, I can only send in Belgium. It is simply too expensive for me to get everything in order. I already pay huge shipping costs from Belgium to other EU countries, this extra cost makes it impossible for me. Large companies have the turnover and manpower to put all of this in order, so small companies will suffer from a regulation that ultimately aims to make the Sheins of this world less powerful. Not only should I fight as an illustrator against the stealing of my images by these companies, now they walk away with all turnover. EU is a European Union. Where we strive for a united Europe and grant each one a thriving economy. I support other illustrators within the EU, we are now all in the hair with the hands literally. Turn away, move away with our dream.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552115_en"}, {"id": 33552114, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:46:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This does not eliminate bureaucracy; rather, it creates insurmountable hurdles for small businesses. This cannot be in the EUs interest. There must be regulations for small businesses so that European diversity is not left solely in the hands of large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "This does not eliminate bureaucracy; rather, it creates insurmountable hurdles for small businesses. This cannot be in the EUs interest. There must be regulations for small businesses so that European diversity is not left solely in the hands of large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552114_en"}, {"id": 33552113, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:46:35", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "An exemption for small companies selling on websites is necessary and urgent, as otherwise the internet business of many thousands of small entrepreneurs and artists will be blocked. I am surprised the EU Commission has apparently not already foreseen such an exemption.", "feedbackEnglish": "An exemption for small companies selling on websites is necessary and urgent, as otherwise the internet business of many thousands of small entrepreneurs and artists will be blocked. I am surprised the EU Commission has apparently not already foreseen such an exemption.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552113_en"}, {"id": 33552112, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:44:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an immigrant to the Netherlands, I was excited to bring my business here, until I learned I would need to pay fees on almost every item I make. I've had to reformulate products and pay upwards of 200 to 300 per item for testing already done, far more affordably, in my home country. These rules do not account for micro businesses. Large corporations absorb testing, compliance staff, and legal review as routine costs. A small artisan cannot. This is not a level playing field protecting consumers and the environment; it is a structural advantage for companies with resources to navigate the system, and a growing barrier for people making products by hand in small batches. Testing fees were already steep now introduce EPR and PPWR, now this extends into packaging too. I made sure my packaging was compliant from the start, i buy eco packaging with all the required labels already printed on it, but even paying simply to confirm that compliance is a burden that falls hardest on the smallest producers, while larger manufacturers absorb it as a rounding error. What makes this harder to accept is that enforcement does not match the burden placed on small producers. Many imported perfumes and goods brought in by large conglomerates appear to be sitting on shelves without meeting the same standards artisans are held to. They slap a sticker over the original packaging and call it a day. A maker who reformulates and retests a product, paying hundreds of euros per item, is being held to a stricter standard than mass produced imports sitting beside their work at market. If compliance is not enforced equally, these rules are not protecting consumers or the environment; they are filtering out the smallest, most transparent producers while larger importers operate with far less scrutiny. EPR and PPWR need to be part of this conversation, but should not be the end of it. Other compliance costs, testing fees, registration fees, packaging verification, need pricing structures that scale to business size. A flat fee does not affect a large manufacturer the way it affects a solo maker. If the EU is serious about the environment, it should focus on quality goods within it's borders and make if a fair playing field for artisans to grow and provide the items our customers are importing, the pricing itself must be revised, not treated as a fixed cost everyone absorbs equally regardless of scale. Crafts like perfumery deserve protection, but current rules do not distinguish them from mass manufacturing, and enforcement does not appear to either. I have seen this firsthand at markets and artisan fairs, where stalls that once featured handmade goods are increasingly filled with AliExpress and Temu merchandise, much of which likely would not meet the standards a compliant artisan must meet. Amazon is also full of imported cheap goods from these same companies. I would urge the EU to create a dedicated framework for small scale artisans: perfumers, painters, woodworkers, metalsmiths, and similar trades. This could take the form of a revenue or volume based exemption threshold, a simplified compliance tier, or a designated advocate role. Pricing for testing and compliance under EPR and PPWR should be reviewed and scaled so it does not disproportionately burden the smallest producers. Enforcement must also extend to large scale importers currently operating outside these standards, so compliance is not something only small, visible artisans are held to while larger supply chains go unchecked. Protecting these makers keeps European markets producing quality goods instead of the disposable, sometimes non compliant, imports these regulations were meant to discourage.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an immigrant to the Netherlands, I was excited to bring my business here, until I learned I would need to pay fees on almost every item I make. I've had to reformulate products and pay upwards of 200 to 300 per item for testing already done, far more affordably, in my home country. These rules do not account for micro businesses. Large corporations absorb testing, compliance staff, and legal review as routine costs. A small artisan cannot. This is not a level playing field protecting consumers and the environment; it is a structural advantage for companies with resources to navigate the system, and a growing barrier for people making products by hand in small batches. Testing fees were already steep now introduce EPR and PPWR, now this extends into packaging too. I made sure my packaging was compliant from the start, i buy eco packaging with all the required labels already printed on it, but even paying simply to confirm that compliance is a burden that falls hardest on the smallest producers, while larger manufacturers absorb it as a rounding error. What makes this harder to accept is that enforcement does not match the burden placed on small producers. Many imported perfumes and goods brought in by large conglomerates appear to be sitting on shelves without meeting the same standards artisans are held to. They slap a sticker over the original packaging and call it a day. A maker who reformulates and retests a product, paying hundreds of euros per item, is being held to a stricter standard than mass produced imports sitting beside their work at market. If compliance is not enforced equally, these rules are not protecting consumers or the environment; they are filtering out the smallest, most transparent producers while larger importers operate with far less scrutiny. EPR and PPWR need to be part of this conversation, but should not be the end of it. Other compliance costs, testing fees, registration fees, packaging verification, need pricing structures that scale to business size. A flat fee does not affect a large manufacturer the way it affects a solo maker. If the EU is serious about the environment, it should focus on quality goods within it's borders and make if a fair playing field for artisans to grow and provide the items our customers are importing, the pricing itself must be revised, not treated as a fixed cost everyone absorbs equally regardless of scale. Crafts like perfumery deserve protection, but current rules do not distinguish them from mass manufacturing, and enforcement does not appear to either. I have seen this firsthand at markets and artisan fairs, where stalls that once featured handmade goods are increasingly filled with AliExpress and Temu merchandise, much of which likely would not meet the standards a compliant artisan must meet. Amazon is also full of imported cheap goods from these same companies. I would urge the EU to create a dedicated framework for small scale artisans: perfumers, painters, woodworkers, metalsmiths, and similar trades. This could take the form of a revenue or volume based exemption threshold, a simplified compliance tier, or a designated advocate role. Pricing for testing and compliance under EPR and PPWR should be reviewed and scaled so it does not disproportionately burden the smallest producers. Enforcement must also extend to large scale importers currently operating outside these standards, so compliance is not something only small, visible artisans are held to while larger supply chains go unchecked. Protecting these makers keeps European markets producing quality goods instead of the disposable, sometimes non compliant, imports these regulations were meant to discourage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552112_en"}, {"id": 33552108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:40:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I appreciate the initiative to take action against packaging waste - and think it should be pursued aggressively for large international sellers, who profit massively from access to the EU market. However, this law will have a disproportionate and harmful impact on small EU businesses and the many of us who want to support them (usually with the goal of supporting jobs, a diverse market, locally-made products, and craftsmanship). In my experience, these small businesses are often the ones that already take the most care about making their packaging and shipping reusable, recyclable, or re-using by-products from their manufacturing processes. Ive already seen several (5+) of the local businesses I support cease to ship to other EU countries because of the unsustainable costs and bureaucracy this new law relative to their operations. I myself was also planning to start my own small handcrafted goods business - now Im not sure if I will, since I cannot foresee being able to grow or sustain the business under these regulations. It is already hard to run a small business - this will make it even more challenging and work against the EUs goals, giving even more market dominance to foreign and large businesses who can easily absorb these costs and administrative burdens - and are the largest polluters, across their entire supply, distribution, and post-sale chain. I urge the commission to make a simple, specific carve out to protect small EU businesses. As an EU citizen, consumer, and aspiring small business owner, I dont want to live in a Europe where Im increasingly forced to buy from Shein, Temu, Amazon, etc. because small EU businesses have to shut down (or dont even start) because they cannot access the EU market without high costs and admin relative to their revenue.", "feedbackEnglish": "I appreciate the initiative to take action against packaging waste - and think it should be pursued aggressively for large international sellers, who profit massively from access to the EU market. However, this law will have a disproportionate and harmful impact on small EU businesses and the many of us who want to support them (usually with the goal of supporting jobs, a diverse market, locally-made products, and craftsmanship). In my experience, these small businesses are often the ones that already take the most care about making their packaging and shipping reusable, recyclable, or re-using by-products from their manufacturing processes. Ive already seen several (5+) of the local businesses I support cease to ship to other EU countries because of the unsustainable costs and bureaucracy this new law relative to their operations. I myself was also planning to start my own small handcrafted goods business - now Im not sure if I will, since I cannot foresee being able to grow or sustain the business under these regulations. It is already hard to run a small business - this will make it even more challenging and work against the EUs goals, giving even more market dominance to foreign and large businesses who can easily absorb these costs and administrative burdens - and are the largest polluters, across their entire supply, distribution, and post-sale chain. I urge the commission to make a simple, specific carve out to protect small EU businesses. As an EU citizen, consumer, and aspiring small business owner, I dont want to live in a Europe where Im increasingly forced to buy from Shein, Temu, Amazon, etc. because small EU businesses have to shut down (or dont even start) because they cannot access the EU market without high costs and admin relative to their revenue.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552108_en"}, {"id": 33552107, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:39:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "this charming man records", "feedback": "Guten Tag, mit diesem Gesetz haben Sie es geschafft, praktisch alle Kleinstunternehmerinnen aus dem europäischen online Buisness zu kicken. Ersteinmal herzlichen Glückwunsch dazu. Deutlicher an den eigentlichen guten Zielen vorbei zu regieren, ist kaum möglich. In meinem Umfeld kenne ich niemanden, der unter diesem Gesetz seinen europäischen Handel aufrecht erhalten kann. Auf dass Amazon und Co. noch größer werden und die diversität im Onlinehandel noch geringer wird! MfG TCM Rec.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, with this law you managed to kick off virtually all micro-entrepreneurs from the European online buisness. Congratulations on this for the first time. It is hardly possible to rule more clearly bypassing the very good objectives. In my circle, I do not know anyone who can maintain European trade under this law. Amazon and Co. are becoming even larger and the diversity of online sales is becoming even less diverse! MFG TCM Rec.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552107_en"}, {"id": 33552106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:39:36", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law makes no sense; it makes no sense to impose the same requirements on a small business as on a big corporation. This law spells death for all small businesses, what is the point of being in the EU if we create obstacles instead of offering help? I repeat: this law makes sense FOR BIG COMPANIES, as they are the ones that pollute the most and generate the most waste!! Help and protect small businesses!!! not big companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law makes no sense; it makes no sense to impose the same requirements on a small business as on a big corporation. This law spells death for all small businesses, what is the point of being in the EU if we create obstacles instead of offering help? I repeat: this law makes sense FOR BIG COMPANIES, as they are the ones that pollute the most and generate the most waste!! Help and protect small businesses!!! not big companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552106_en"}, {"id": 33552105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:39:14", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express my grave concern regarding the practical consequences of the proposed rules on national registers of producers. While I fully support the environmental goals of the European Union, the current framework creates an insurmountable barrier for small businesses and entrepreneurs. The Single Market is intended to promote trade and growth; however, for many smaller entities, this regulatory burden acts as a dead end. By requiring fragmented, national-level compliance, the current approach disproportionately penalizes smaller players, effectively pricing them out of the market. The result of this policy is not merely administrative; it is the closure of businesses, the loss of livelihoods, and the destruction of entrepreneurial dreams. From a consumer perspective, this creates a market where one is forced to choose between shopping only at extremely local vendors or turning to a handful of massive corporations that can afford to absorb these costs. I strongly urge you to halt the implementation of this rule effective immediately and develop a more streamlined, centralized system. Protecting businesses and jobs must be a primary concern when drafting policy. We need a system that supports environmental objectives without sacrificing the economic diversity that makes the Single Market vibrant.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my grave concern regarding the practical consequences of the proposed rules on national registers of producers. While I fully support the environmental goals of the European Union, the current framework creates an insurmountable barrier for small businesses and entrepreneurs. The Single Market is intended to promote trade and growth; however, for many smaller entities, this regulatory burden acts as a dead end. By requiring fragmented, national-level compliance, the current approach disproportionately penalizes smaller players, effectively pricing them out of the market. The result of this policy is not merely administrative; it is the closure of businesses, the loss of livelihoods, and the destruction of entrepreneurial dreams. From a consumer perspective, this creates a market where one is forced to choose between shopping only at extremely local vendors or turning to a handful of massive corporations that can afford to absorb these costs. I strongly urge you to halt the implementation of this rule effective immediately and develop a more streamlined, centralized system. Protecting businesses and jobs must be a primary concern when drafting policy. We need a system that supports environmental objectives without sacrificing the economic diversity that makes the Single Market vibrant.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552105_en"}, {"id": 33552104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:39:10", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Está ley está perjudicando a pequeños comercios en unos niveles insospechados. Tiendas online en las que con anterioridad compraba, ya no van a poder enviar a mi país y ese será el caso de muchas personas. Cómo consecuencia, van a tener que cerrar si otros clientes de otros países tampoco pueden comprar. Espero que de considere esta decisión por el bienestar de los pequeños negocios.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is harming small shops at unsuspected levels. Online shops where I previously bought will no longer be able to send to my country and this will be the case for many people. As a result, they will have to close if other customers from other countries cannot buy either. I hope you will consider this decision for the well-being of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552104_en"}, {"id": 33552101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:37:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleiner Handarbeitsbetrieb/Versandhandel", "feedback": "Ich verwende hier eine Vorlage der IT-Recht-Kanzlei und schließe mich vollumfängliche den Argumenten an. Der Versand in EU-Länder ist für uns Klein- und 1-Frau/Mann-Unternehmen nicht zu finanzieren und auch nicht zu bewältigen. Im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen.\"", "feedbackEnglish": "I refer here to a submission from the IT Law Registry and I fully agree with the arguments put forward. For us, shipping to EU countries is neither finance nor manageable for small and 1-women/man companies. As part of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may impose on small online traders. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of the packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales.”", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552101_en"}, {"id": 33552102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:37:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik sta zeker achter het verminderen van afval, zeker voor grote bedrijven. Ik vind het alleen zeer jammer dat al de kleine bedrijven verplicht zijn hun webshops te sluiten omdat de kosten veel te hoog zijn. Hun verpakkingen, in mijn ervaringen, zijn meestal eco-vriendelijk. Dus asjeblieft, denk aan de kleine eenmanszaken die unieke, creatieve handgemaakte werken verkopen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I definitely support reducing waste, especially for big companies. I only find it very regrettable that all small businesses are obliged to close their webshops because the costs are far too high. Their packaging, in my experience, is mostly eco-friendly. So please, think of the small sole traders selling unique, creative handmade works.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552102_en"}, {"id": 33552100, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:36:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "UrbanTails Dog Gear", "feedback": "As Single Female Owner of a Small Business creating and selling dog gear. For me those new measures- paying from 100-500 a year per country, and finding a representative in those countries (which of course also wont be for free) are unbearable. I just started and of course I need to collaborate with some creators in different countries, I need to send promotions to different dog shops. Smth what is planned in my budget. How is it possible to grow and even eventually make a profit when I might require to spend additional per year just to be able to sell???? You cant treat small businesses as Amazon or Temu!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "As Single Female Owner of a Small Business creating and selling dog gear. For me those new measures- paying from 100-500 a year per country, and finding a representative in those countries (which of course also wont be for free) are unbearable. I just started and of course I need to collaborate with some creators in different countries, I need to send promotions to different dog shops. Smth what is planned in my budget. How is it possible to grow and even eventually make a profit when I might require to spend additional per year just to be able to sell???? You cant treat small businesses as Amazon or Temu!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552100_en"}, {"id": 33552099, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:34:21", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KATRA Studio", "feedback": "As a one-person company and independent artist just starting to build sales, these new rules are absolutely crippling and absurd. Under this regulation, I am forced to manage a magnitude more legal representatives, reports, and bureaucracy than I do for my entire first-year startup. The financial burden falling on my small business is enormous: up to 300+ for Germany, 550+ for Sweden, and 650+ for Denmark. How do regulators expect a one-person startup with no profit to cover these mounting costs? This legislation actively hinders any possible market development. As a new business, I need the opportunity to explore markets and test products - not the obligation to hire a legal representative and secure a contract with a packaging responsibility company in every single EU country just to ship a few packages. Right now, I have had to halt all EU shipping entirely. Because I am still discovering where my market is, I have no viable way to sell my product under these new rules. I fully support the push for better packaging, but the current regulations are completely unsuitable for micro-businesses like mine. For an established company with employees and a profit margin, this is just another expense and administrative hurdle to clear. But for me, and countless other artists, this is an intensely limiting and destructive regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one-person company and independent artist just starting to build sales, these new rules are absolutely crippling and absurd. Under this regulation, I am forced to manage a magnitude more legal representatives, reports, and bureaucracy than I do for my entire first-year startup. The financial burden falling on my small business is enormous: up to 300+ for Germany, 550+ for Sweden, and 650+ for Denmark. How do regulators expect a one-person startup with no profit to cover these mounting costs? This legislation actively hinders any possible market development. As a new business, I need the opportunity to explore markets and test products - not the obligation to hire a legal representative and secure a contract with a packaging responsibility company in every single EU country just to ship a few packages. Right now, I have had to halt all EU shipping entirely. Because I am still discovering where my market is, I have no viable way to sell my product under these new rules. I fully support the push for better packaging, but the current regulations are completely unsuitable for micro-businesses like mine. For an established company with employees and a profit margin, this is just another expense and administrative hurdle to clear. But for me, and countless other artists, this is an intensely limiting and destructive regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552099_en"}, {"id": 33552098, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:33:03", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I planned to finally pursue my calling and start developing my small art & collectible design business in 2026, but the new rules heavily discourage me from doing so with the unreasonably heavy cost and logistics load. Businesses in the creative field are already small-scale, often one-person, they are fragile and require support, not additional pressure. I suggest there should be a threshold that would free the smaller companies with low volume of sales from this requirement. For someone who is just transitioning from a full time employment towards selling paintings, prints, and small art objects - as often as a few times per month or year, the burden introduced is non proportional.", "feedbackEnglish": "I planned to finally pursue my calling and start developing my small art & collectible design business in 2026, but the new rules heavily discourage me from doing so with the unreasonably heavy cost and logistics load. Businesses in the creative field are already small-scale, often one-person, they are fragile and require support, not additional pressure. I suggest there should be a threshold that would free the smaller companies with low volume of sales from this requirement. For someone who is just transitioning from a full time employment towards selling paintings, prints, and small art objects - as often as a few times per month or year, the burden introduced is non proportional.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552098_en"}, {"id": 33552097, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:29:16", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Finding a representative for every country in the EU is extremely expensive for small businesses, While I dont own one myself, There's great panic and unclarity in what to do right now. This law cannot be intended in this way, small companies should be promoted to sell within the EU, not this. This harms none of the companies that make up the bulk of the problem, Temu and the likes, they will pay their duties, but smaller business cannot afford this, you are ending them. I have faith in the European Union as a master of trade, but this is deeply dissapointing and I hope it is rectified quickly, before any others come to harm or lose their livelyhoods. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "Finding a representative for every country in the EU is extremely expensive for small businesses, While I dont own one myself, There's great panic and unclarity in what to do right now. This law cannot be intended in this way, small companies should be promoted to sell within the EU, not this. This harms none of the companies that make up the bulk of the problem, Temu and the likes, they will pay their duties, but smaller business cannot afford this, you are ending them. I have faith in the European Union as a master of trade, but this is deeply dissapointing and I hope it is rectified quickly, before any others come to harm or lose their livelyhoods. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552097_en"}, {"id": 33552096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:26:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I generally support the objectives of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and harmonise registration and reporting requirements. The draft itself states that one of its aims is to reduce the administrative burden on businesses. However, for micro-enterprises, the actual administrative and financial burden may still be disproportionate. I run a small one-person business selling handmade jewellery online and ship only very small quantities of packaging. Nevertheless, selling to different EU Member States can require separate registrations, fees and, in some cases, the appointment of national authorised representatives. The draft distinguishes between producers placing more or less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market, but businesses below 10 tonnes are still subject to reporting requirements. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuine de minimis threshold or a significantly simplified EU-wide procedure for micro-enterprises and very small packaging quantities. A business placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market in a Member State should not face administrative requirements comparable to those of a company placing several tonnes on that market. The costs of registration and national representatives can make it economically impossible for small businesses to continue selling to certain EU countries, even where there is genuine customer demand. There is also a wider unintended consequence: European small businesses are increasingly being pushed to redirect their sales, marketing budgets and growth efforts towards non-EU markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, where these specific EU-wide packaging compliance barriers do not apply in the same way. This is particularly concerning for the European internal market. It should not become easier for a small European business to sell to customers in the US or UK than to customers in another EU Member State. If compliance costs make EU cross-border sales unattractive while non-EU markets become comparatively easier, European businesses are effectively being incentivised to invest outside the EU. The PPWR should achieve its environmental objectives without making cross-border trade within the EU disproportionately difficult for micro-enterprises or unintentionally encouraging them to shift their business and investment towards non-EU markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "I generally support the objectives of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and harmonise registration and reporting requirements. The draft itself states that one of its aims is to reduce the administrative burden on businesses. However, for micro-enterprises, the actual administrative and financial burden may still be disproportionate. I run a small one-person business selling handmade jewellery online and ship only very small quantities of packaging. Nevertheless, selling to different EU Member States can require separate registrations, fees and, in some cases, the appointment of national authorised representatives. The draft distinguishes between producers placing more or less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market, but businesses below 10 tonnes are still subject to reporting requirements. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuine de minimis threshold or a significantly simplified EU-wide procedure for micro-enterprises and very small packaging quantities. A business placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market in a Member State should not face administrative requirements comparable to those of a company placing several tonnes on that market. The costs of registration and national representatives can make it economically impossible for small businesses to continue selling to certain EU countries, even where there is genuine customer demand. There is also a wider unintended consequence: European small businesses are increasingly being pushed to redirect their sales, marketing budgets and growth efforts towards non-EU markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, where these specific EU-wide packaging compliance barriers do not apply in the same way. This is particularly concerning for the European internal market. It should not become easier for a small European business to sell to customers in the US or UK than to customers in another EU Member State. If compliance costs make EU cross-border sales unattractive while non-EU markets become comparatively easier, European businesses are effectively being incentivised to invest outside the EU. The PPWR should achieve its environmental objectives without making cross-border trade within the EU disproportionately difficult for micro-enterprises or unintentionally encouraging them to shift their business and investment towards non-EU markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552096_en"}, {"id": 33552095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:26:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel mit einem großen Anteil Made in Germany und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Unsere Produkte sind im Ausland auch sehr beliebt, trotzdem handelt es sich vielleicht nur um 30-50 Sendungen weltweit im Jahr. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. I have a small online shop with a large proportion of Made in Germany and would like to sell my products also to customers in other EU Member States. Our products are also very popular abroad, but they are perhaps only 30-50 items a year worldwide. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552095_en"}, {"id": 33552093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:23:09", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin wegen meiner Behinderung auf den Versand zahlreicher Artikel aus dem EU-Ausland angewiesen, die es im stationären Handel nicht gibt, und deren Versand mit dem 12.08 eingestellt wird. Ausserdem sind viele Betriebe im lokalen Bereich nicht barrierefrei, weswegen mir nur die Bestellung im Onlinehandel bleibt. Ich verstehe ihr Anliegen mit dieser Vorschrift, die Umsetzung ist allerdings weder verbraucherfreundlich, noch wirtschaftsfördernd, diskriminierend und nicht der UNBRK entsprechend umgesetzt. Ich ersuche sie um Aussetzung der jetzigen Verordnung, Vereinfachung und Vereinheitlichung nach dem Fairnessprinzip auch für Drittstaaten und einem Qualitätsmanagement bei der Ausarbeitung diverser bürokratischer Hürden für uns EU-Bürger. mfg", "feedbackEnglish": "Because of my disability, I am dependent on sending numerous items from other EU countries, which do not exist in brick-and-mortar shops, and the sending of these items will cease on 12 August. In addition, many businesses in the local area are not accessible, which is why I only have to place orders online. I understand your request to be based on this provision, but the transposition is neither consumer-friendly, nor business-promoting, discriminatory and not implemented in accordance with the UNCRPD. I would ask you to suspend the current Regulation, to simplify and standardise it in accordance with the principle of fairness, including for third countries, and to ensure quality management in the development of various bureaucratic hurdles for our EU citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552093_en"}, {"id": 33552092, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:23:07", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mit dem natürlich zu begrüßenden Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren, wurden hier für kleine Unternehmen existenzgefährdende bürokratische Hürden aufgebaut. In der Praxis drängt dieses Gesetz kleine Onlineshops zu einem vollständigen Rückzug aus dem EU-Ausland. Enttäuschten Kund*innen bleibt nur noch die Option, bei Großhändlern zu bestellen, die über die finanziellen und personellen Ressourcen verfügen, den Versand ins EU-Ausland trotzdem weiter anzubieten. Das ist paradox, zumal es ja genau diese Unternehmen sind, die den meisten Verpackungsmüll verursachen. Es braucht unbedingt Ausnahmen für kleine Unternehmen!", "feedbackEnglish": "With the aim of reducing packaging waste, which is of course to be welcomed, bureaucratic hurdles to the survival of small businesses have been created. In practice, this law pushes small online shops to withdraw completely from other EU countries. Disappointed customers will only have the option of ordering wholesalers with the financial and human resources to continue to offer shipments to other EU countries. This is paradoxical, especially as it is precisely these companies that generate most packaging waste. Exemptions for small businesses are essential!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552092_en"}, {"id": 33552091, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:22:31", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small one man business in Denmark, it is impossible to and unfeasible to follow it without bankrupting myself. My business is open to any EU Member state people, it is entirely hand made and in small quantities, there is no way to scale enough as one person to maintain the costs of paying for a representative in every EU Member State. It is already extensive expensive in Denmark for what would be a reported amount yearly less than 20 euros. We need trivial limit for companies with less than 5 employees or a centralized web system where small companies can self report and pay either with SEPA or Card, even if there is a small company fee for this it will be much much cheaper than the current suggested setup.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small one man business in Denmark, it is impossible to and unfeasible to follow it without bankrupting myself. My business is open to any EU Member state people, it is entirely hand made and in small quantities, there is no way to scale enough as one person to maintain the costs of paying for a representative in every EU Member State. It is already extensive expensive in Denmark for what would be a reported amount yearly less than 20 euros. We need trivial limit for companies with less than 5 employees or a centralized web system where small companies can self report and pay either with SEPA or Card, even if there is a small company fee for this it will be much much cheaper than the current suggested setup.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552091_en"}, {"id": 33552088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:13:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I hereby give voice to the small businesses and artists who are going to heavily suffer from this act. While the idea of the rule itself is good, we believe it shouldn't apply to small businesses who are already trying to stay afloat, and perhaps instead heavier regulations should apply to large businesses such as Amazon. Setting this act into motion as it currently stands will cause a potential extinction of small business activity in the EU, which could harm the economy on untold levels. It would also make shipping within the EU much harder than necessary, which could cause harm not only to small businesses but also to individuals selling secondhand products online. We highly encourage the European Parliament to have a second look into these new regulations and speak with small business owners to learn how it affects them, and what the EU parliament can do for them to keep them running, and our economy strong. If you must implement these regulations, direct them to large scale businesses who make a lot of profit while polluting the environment with excessive packaging and stealing from real artists like fast fashion brands and large warehouses like, as mentioned before, Amazon. We thank you for taking feedback on this regulation, and hope to see change in the near future, because as it stands, we cannot keep up with the costs, and artists and small businesses should be allowed to have a fair chance in the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I hereby give voice to the small businesses and artists who are going to heavily suffer from this act. While the idea of the rule itself is good, we believe it shouldn't apply to small businesses who are already trying to stay afloat, and perhaps instead heavier regulations should apply to large businesses such as Amazon. Setting this act into motion as it currently stands will cause a potential extinction of small business activity in the EU, which could harm the economy on untold levels. It would also make shipping within the EU much harder than necessary, which could cause harm not only to small businesses but also to individuals selling secondhand products online. We highly encourage the European Parliament to have a second look into these new regulations and speak with small business owners to learn how it affects them, and what the EU parliament can do for them to keep them running, and our economy strong. If you must implement these regulations, direct them to large scale businesses who make a lot of profit while polluting the environment with excessive packaging and stealing from real artists like fast fashion brands and large warehouses like, as mentioned before, Amazon. We thank you for taking feedback on this regulation, and hope to see change in the near future, because as it stands, we cannot keep up with the costs, and artists and small businesses should be allowed to have a fair chance in the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552088_en"}, {"id": 33552087, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:11:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Trovo che sia un'idea svantaggiosa per qualsiasi artista indipendente che voglia poter commerciare in EU, perché mettere in difficoltà i piccoli commercianti se si continua a parlare di valorizzare il lavoro artigianale? Piuttosto di fare una cosa del genere che siano valorizzati certi lavori invece di far pagare ulteriormente per spedire in EU. (come se le spedizioni non avessero già dei costi di per sé) Se non vogliamo più scambio di ARTE e oggetti ARTIGIANALI in EU continuate pure così! :)", "feedbackEnglish": "I find it a disadvantageous idea for any independent artist who wants to be able to trade in the EU, why make it difficult for small traders if we continue to talk about valuing craft work? Rather than making such a thing that certain jobs are valued instead of having to pay extra for shipping to the EU. (as if the shipments did not already have costs per se) If we no longer want to exchange ARTE and ARTIGIANAL objects in the EU, continue the same way! )", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552087_en"}, {"id": 33552084, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:05:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Solo-Selbstständige unterstütze ich den Umweltschutz vollkommen. Die geplante bürokratische Umsetzung der PPWR ist in der Praxis für Ein-Personen-Betriebe jedoch absolut untragbar. Es ist völlig unverhältnismäßig, dass für Kleinstunternehmer dieselben Nachweis- und Registrierungspflichten gelten sollen wie für Großkonzerne mit eigenen Rechtsabteilungen. Wenn bereits ein einzelner Sticker zu einem riesigen Verwaltungsaufwand führt, steht das in keinem Verhältnis mehr zum tatsächlichen Ertrag oder Umweltnutzen. Ich fordere die EU-Kommission dringend auf, pragmatische Freigrenzen für geringe Mengen einzuführen und unbürokratische Lösungen für Kleinstbetriebe zu schaffen. Regulierungen müssen praxisnah bleiben und dürfen kleine Selbstständige nicht aus dem Markt drängen. Immer mehr Unternehmen schließen weil sie dem Ganzen nicht mehr gewachsen sind!!! Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as solo self-employed, I fully support the protection of the environment. However, the planned bureaucratic implementation of the PPWR is absolutely untenable in practice for one-person companies. It is completely disproportionate that micro-enterprises should be subject to the same burden of proof and registration as large groups with their own legal departments. If a single sticker leads to a huge administrative burden, this is disproportionate to the actual yield or environmental benefits. I urge the European Commission to introduce pragmatic exemption thresholds for small quantities and to create non-bureaucratic solutions for micro-enterprises. Regulations must remain practical and must not push small self-employed people out of the market. More and more companies are closing down because they are no longer fit for purpose! (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552084_en"}, {"id": 33552037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:59", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This in its current form is a death blow to the single-person company. It is not the solitary artesan eking out a living sending one parcel at a time who is shitting up EU's recycling system, yet your new law affects unreasonably severely the EU-based micro company trading within the EU. You must offer reasonable exemptions to micro companies and companies already using recycled materials and materials produced in the EU. The EU also urgently needs to offer a single well-translated website for a company to handle all its in-EU shipping materials recycling compensation registrations, reports and payments. The shipping requirements as they now are are much too uncentralised and incoherent and therefore impose a much-too-large demand of paid working hours and mental energy to learn of and meet. The risk of running into fake mediators and companies online, or mistranslating a piece of foreign-language info on them and paying for that error, is also left wholly to the micro company owner to handle on their own time and at their own expense. It is not reasonable for what was supposed to be their \"trade union\" to plunge a solitary artesan - who may ship a single parcel a year to say Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania & Croatia, and who already, just to manage costs, obviously uses recycled shipping materials in their packing - into a jungle of foreign-language recycling company websites (if those countries even offer them) and fraudulent website, user agreement, verification, e-payment detail & method, reporting and declaring requirements. The EU clearly designed the cost of surviving that gauntlet in money, time and mental stress to be borne by much larger multi-employee companies dividing work between accountants, legal advisors, translators and managers. But what if you are the only one at work, every day, taking care of everything and trying to make the hours last so it's still somehow profitable. Are you not also my trade union? Are you wanting only large (and non-European) corporations to survive in the EU, and EU citisens to only be able to work as labourers for such companies? Why are you doing this with so little thought to the single entrepeneur? This shambles of a shipping registration demand (and EU's recent demand of sellers paying up to 27% in value added tax to countries they ship to but have no political representation in) will in no way shake mass shippers-in of trash like Temu, Shein or Amazon. It does however add up to wipe out the profit and point from the efforts of the single-person, homegrown, already-recycling in-EU company. You must offer a meaningful exemption from these requirements that allows the solitary, law-abiding entrepeneur to still make a living.", "feedbackEnglish": "This in its current form is a death blow to the single-person company. It is not the solitary artesan eking out a living sending one parcel at a time who is shitting up EU's recycling system, yet your new law affects unreasonably severely the EU-based micro company trading within the EU. You must offer reasonable exemptions to micro companies and companies already using recycled materials and materials produced in the EU. The EU also urgently needs to offer a single well-translated website for a company to handle all its in-EU shipping materials recycling compensation registrations, reports and payments. The shipping requirements as they now are are much too uncentralised and incoherent and therefore impose a much-too-large demand of paid working hours and mental energy to learn of and meet. The risk of running into fake mediators and companies online, or mistranslating a piece of foreign-language info on them and paying for that error, is also left wholly to the micro company owner to handle on their own time and at their own expense. It is not reasonable for what was supposed to be their \"trade union\" to plunge a solitary artesan - who may ship a single parcel a year to say Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania & Croatia, and who already, just to manage costs, obviously uses recycled shipping materials in their packing - into a jungle of foreign-language recycling company websites (if those countries even offer them) and fraudulent website, user agreement, verification, e-payment detail & method, reporting and declaring requirements. The EU clearly designed the cost of surviving that gauntlet in money, time and mental stress to be borne by much larger multi-employee companies dividing work between accountants, legal advisors, translators and managers. But what if you are the only one at work, every day, taking care of everything and trying to make the hours last so it's still somehow profitable. Are you not also my trade union? Are you wanting only large (and non-European) corporations to survive in the EU, and EU citisens to only be able to work as labourers for such companies? Why are you doing this with so little thought to the single entrepeneur? This shambles of a shipping registration demand (and EU's recent demand of sellers paying up to 27% in value added tax to countries they ship to but have no political representation in) will in no way shake mass shippers-in of trash like Temu, Shein or Amazon. It does however add up to wipe out the profit and point from the efforts of the single-person, homegrown, already-recycling in-EU company. You must offer a meaningful exemption from these requirements that allows the solitary, law-abiding entrepeneur to still make a living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552037_en"}, {"id": 33552082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:54", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour vous avez décidé de tuer les petites entreprises bravo, vous avez réussi. Moi même et 12 de mes amies entrepreneuses fermons notre boutique définitivement grâce à la facture électronique et à cette nouvelle loi sur les emballages. Et nous sommes certaines que bien d autres vont faire comme nous. C est terminé pour nous, vous avez détruit non seulement des savoir faire mais aussi des passions et des vies. La plupart de notre clientèle étant en Europe les taxes supplémentaires infligées ne nous permettent pas de poursuivre notre activité. Au lieu de permettre le libre échange et de créer un lien entre européens vous imposez un dictat de taxes et de lois toutes aussi affligeantes les unes que les autres. Ceux qui veulent entreprendre et créer sont condamnés et sacrifiés, c est à croire que vous ne désirez que des européens sans idées, idiots et chômeurs. Grand bien vous fasse mais nous ne vous remercions pas", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello you decided to kill the small bravo companies, you succeeded. I and 12 of my entrepreneurial friends close our shop permanently thanks to the e-invoice and this new packaging law. And we are sure that many more will do the same as we do. It’s over for us, you have destroyed not only know-how but also passions and lives. As most of our customers are in Europe, the additional taxes imposed do not allow us to continue our business. Instead of allowing free trade and creating a link between Europeans, you impose a dictat of taxes and laws that are just as divisive as each other. Those who want to do business and create are condemned and sacrificed, it is to be believed that you only want Europeans without ideas, daughters and unemployed people. Very well done, but thank you very much.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552082_en"}, {"id": 33552081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:30", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think some changes have to be done in this regulation for small and micro businesses. Im an artist and live from my art, with this regulation I will not be able to continue, the costs are too high for people like me, this will affect mostly artisans, artists and small producers. While for big corporations that make most of the packaging waste it will not change anything. I really hope that European Commission will review this regulation. Otherwise there will be lot of new homeless people in the streets.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think some changes have to be done in this regulation for small and micro businesses. Im an artist and live from my art, with this regulation I will not be able to continue, the costs are too high for people like me, this will affect mostly artisans, artists and small producers. While for big corporations that make most of the packaging waste it will not change anything. I really hope that European Commission will review this regulation. Otherwise there will be lot of new homeless people in the streets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552081_en"}, {"id": 33552080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:26", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small independent business owner (based in Lithuania, producing handmade goods), I want to express serious concern about the mandatory EPR registration requirements under the PPWR. Under the current rules, I would need to register separately, appoint an Authorised Representative, and pay ongoing fees in every EU country I wish to sell to regardless of how few units I actually ship there. For a micro-business or solo creator, this can mean 1,000 or more per country per year, simply to be legally allowed to sell even a handful of items across a border. This cost is completely disconnected from actual sales volume or environmental impact, and it makes cross-border trade within the EU's own single market effectively impossible for small, independent producers while large platforms and high-volume sellers absorb these costs easily. This directly undermines the spirit of the EU single market, which is supposed to make it easier, not harder, for small businesses to reach customers across borders. I strongly urge the introduction of: A de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers, based on packaging weight or revenue thresholds, so small creators aren't forced into the same compliance regime as multinational retailers. A simplified One Stop Shop (OSS) system for micro-entrepreneurs, allowing a single EU-wide registration and reporting process instead of requiring separate registration, representation, and fees in every member state. The current framework, however well-intentioned in its environmental goals, is placing a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses it should be supporting. Please consider proportional rules that protect both the environment and the ability of small European producers to trade freely within their own union.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent business owner (based in Lithuania, producing handmade goods), I want to express serious concern about the mandatory EPR registration requirements under the PPWR. Under the current rules, I would need to register separately, appoint an Authorised Representative, and pay ongoing fees in every EU country I wish to sell to regardless of how few units I actually ship there. For a micro-business or solo creator, this can mean 1,000 or more per country per year, simply to be legally allowed to sell even a handful of items across a border. This cost is completely disconnected from actual sales volume or environmental impact, and it makes cross-border trade within the EU's own single market effectively impossible for small, independent producers while large platforms and high-volume sellers absorb these costs easily. This directly undermines the spirit of the EU single market, which is supposed to make it easier, not harder, for small businesses to reach customers across borders. I strongly urge the introduction of: A de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers, based on packaging weight or revenue thresholds, so small creators aren't forced into the same compliance regime as multinational retailers. A simplified One Stop Shop (OSS) system for micro-entrepreneurs, allowing a single EU-wide registration and reporting process instead of requiring separate registration, representation, and fees in every member state. The current framework, however well-intentioned in its environmental goals, is placing a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses it should be supporting. Please consider proportional rules that protect both the environment and the ability of small European producers to trade freely within their own union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552080_en"}, {"id": 33552079, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Leider wird diese Verordnung auf dem Rücken der Kleinen ausgetragen. Große Händler wie Amazon, Temu und Co haben kein Problem damit, es sind die unzähligen Kleinst- und KleinunternehmerInnen, die bestraft werden und für die es sich finanziell nicht auszahlt, weiterhin innnerhalb der Eu zu verschicken. Dabei sind sie es, die nachhaltige und lokal produzierte Waren anbieten. Wir brauchen DRINGEND eine Möglichkeit dass Kleine Unternehmen weiterhin freien Warenaustausch anbieten können.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, this regulation is carried out on the back of the smallest. Large traders such as Amazon, Temu and Co have no problem with this; it is the countless micro and small entrepreneurs who are penalised and for whom it does not pay financially to continue shipping within the EU. They offer sustainable and locally produced goods. As a matter of urgency, we need a possibility for small businesses to continue to offer free trade in goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552079_en"}, {"id": 33552078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist mir als Kleinunternehmerin / Künstlerin einfach nicht möglich, nach den neuen Regeln weiter zu existieren. Diese Regelung bedeutet das Aus für meine Auslandsverkäufe und bricht kleinen Unternehmen das Genick. Hat das jemand bei der Entscheidung bedacht, dass es auch Existenzen gibt, die 1. kaum Müll beim versenden produzieren, da sie so weit es geht wiederverwerten. 2. Einzelpersonen oder Kleinbetriebe sind, die mit dieser Regelung zur Aufgabe gezwungen werden. 3. es zu Folge hat das der Markt in Zukunft nur noch von großen Unternehmen bestückt wird und somit Vielfalt und Exklusivität verschwindet . Ist das das Ziel dieser Entscheidung?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small entrepreneur/artist, it is simply not possible for me to continue to exist under the new rules. This rule stops my foreign sales and breaks the genocide of small businesses. When making the decision, someone has taken into account the fact that there are also existences which (1) produce barely any waste when shipping, as they recycle as far as possible. 2. Are individuals or small businesses forced to give up under this scheme. As a result, the market will only be occupied by large companies in the future, thus eliminating diversity and exclusivity. Is this the aim of this decision?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552078_en"}, {"id": 33552077, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:04:04", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fluxmotion BV", "feedback": "We support the EU's objective to reduce packaging waste and increase recycling. However, the current system of national producer registers and packaging fees creates a disproportionate burden for small businesses like ours. There is no uniform European system. Each country has different registration procedures, reporting requirements and fees. These costs can become disproportionately high for small companies and, in some cases, can even exceed the turnover generated from sales in a particular country. This directly threatens our ability to operate across Europe and will ultimately lead to higher prices for consumers and, for some businesses, even closure or bankruptcy. We already actively reduce our packaging impact. For every product, we select packaging that fits as closely as possible to its size and weight. This reduces unnecessary packaging material, filling material and transport volume. We also take volumetric weight into account because shipping companies use this to calculate transport costs. In addition, we reuse packaging materials from our suppliers and other sources whenever possible. Boxes and protective materials that are still suitable are reused instead of becoming waste immediately. These efforts reduce waste and resource consumption, but there is currently too little recognition of such practical measures in the regulatory framework. We ask the EU to create one simple and harmonised system across Europe, with fees that are proportionate to the actual packaging placed on the market and the size of the business. Companies that actively reduce, reuse and recycle packaging should not be penalised by complex national systems and disproportionate fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the EU's objective to reduce packaging waste and increase recycling. However, the current system of national producer registers and packaging fees creates a disproportionate burden for small businesses like ours. There is no uniform European system. Each country has different registration procedures, reporting requirements and fees. These costs can become disproportionately high for small companies and, in some cases, can even exceed the turnover generated from sales in a particular country. This directly threatens our ability to operate across Europe and will ultimately lead to higher prices for consumers and, for some businesses, even closure or bankruptcy. We already actively reduce our packaging impact. For every product, we select packaging that fits as closely as possible to its size and weight. This reduces unnecessary packaging material, filling material and transport volume. We also take volumetric weight into account because shipping companies use this to calculate transport costs. In addition, we reuse packaging materials from our suppliers and other sources whenever possible. Boxes and protective materials that are still suitable are reused instead of becoming waste immediately. These efforts reduce waste and resource consumption, but there is currently too little recognition of such practical measures in the regulatory framework. We ask the EU to create one simple and harmonised system across Europe, with fees that are proportionate to the actual packaging placed on the market and the size of the business. Companies that actively reduce, reuse and recycle packaging should not be penalised by complex national systems and disproportionate fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552077_en"}, {"id": 33552076, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:03:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "IUNICORN CREATION", "feedback": "Aujourd'hui, comme beaucoup de petits artisans de France et d'Europe, je suis en colère et dépitée . Le 12 Août 2026, la loi européenne PPWR entre en vigueur. le but de cette loi? améliorer le recyclage des emballages. U nbut noble me direz-vous... Mais dans la réalité, pour les petites entreprises comme la mienne, ouverte il y a moins dun an : cest un nouveau coup dur. Entre l'obligation de recevoir et envoyer les factures par email via une plateforme qui transmet mes informations confidentielles de facturation à l'état, le paiement de la taxe foncière des entreprises alors que je n'ai pas de local et la nouvelle inscription obligatoire au CITEO, c'est plus de la moitié de mon bénéfice 2025 qui va s'évaporer. Je ne parle même pas des formalités administratives et de leur coût financier si je devais envoyer 1 colis à l'étranger. L'UE continue son travail de sape pour étrangler les TPE qui tentent simplement de survivre.", "feedbackEnglish": "Today, like many small craftsmen from France and Europe, I am angry and busy. On 12 August 2026, the European PPWR Law entered into force. If you’re noble, you’ll tell me... But in reality, for small businesses like mine, open less than a year ago: this is another hard blow. Between the obligation to receive and send invoices by email via a platform that transmits my confidential billing information to the state, the payment of business property tax when I have no premises and the new compulsory registration in CITEO, more than half of my profit 2025 will evaporate. I don’t even talk about red tape and its financial cost if I had to send 1 parcels abroad. The EU continues its work of undermining and strangling VSEs that simply try to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552076_en"}, {"id": 33552075, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:03:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I welcome the PPWRs environmental objectives and its aim to harmonise packaging rules across the EU internal market. However, as currently implemented, the regulations EPR and registration framework imposes disproportionate costs and administrative burdens on small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), particularly lowvolume ecommerce sellers. This risks undermining the single markets core principles by favouring large operators and marketplaces over independent SMEs. Core issue: percountry EPR fees multiply across 27 Member States The PPWR applies to all packaging placed on the EU market, with no general exemption for small or micro businesses. While annual EPR fees for a lowvolume seller in a single country can be modest (often in the range of 20150/year for small volumes), SMEs selling across borders must register and report in each Member State where they place packaging. Market data for 2026 shows typical percountry annual costs for packaging EPR/compliance services ranging from roughly 360 to 1,485 depending on the country and provider, with even lowercost options still requiring hundreds of euros per country per year. Because these fees are per country, they multiply quickly for SMEs selling EUwide. Illustrative cost scenarios for a small ecommerce brand: Scenario A 10 EU countries: Assumption: 360900 per country/year (midrange of available pricing). Annual cost: 3,6009,000. For a microbrand with 200,000 annual revenue and 3% net margin (6,000 profit), this compliance cost alone could consume 60150% of annual profit. Scenario B 20 EU countries: Assumption: 500 average per country/year. Annual cost: ~10,000. For a small business with 300,000 revenue and 4% net margin (12,000 profit), this represents ~83% of annual profit. Scenario C EUwide (27 countries): Assumption: 600 average per country/year. Annual cost: ~16,200. For an SME with 500,000 revenue and 5% net margin (25,000 profit), this is ~65% of annual profit, before any packaging redesign or material cost increases. These figures exclude additional costs such as packaging redesign, material substitution, and internal staff time for multicountry reporting, which can add thousands more per year. This is unfair to SMEs and distorts the internal market. Fixed registration and reporting obligations apply regardless of company size, making the perunit and perrevenue cost far higher for SMEs than for large firms that can spread costs over huge volumes.Microenterprises receive limited relief on technical documentation, but core EPR registration and reporting obligations remain, with no sizebased exemption. It clearly provide advantage to large players and marketplaces: Large companies and platforms can internalise compliance, negotiate better rates, and verify compliance at scale, while independent SMEs bear the full complexity and cost of 27 different national systems. The need to register and pay in each Member State discourages SMEs from selling beyond their home market, contradicting the single markets goal of enabling free movement of goods and fair competition. To align the PPWR with the EUs internal market principles and protect SMEs, I respectfully suggest: Introduce an EUwide onestop EPR registration and reporting portal for packaging, so SMEs can comply once for the entire EU instead of 27 separate systems. Create a meaningful SME/microenterprise threshold or exemption for lowvolume sellers (e.g., below a defined annual packaging weight or number of parcels), at least for the first years of implementation. Cap or scale percountry fees for lowvolume sellers to ensure that total EUwide compliance costs remain proportionate to revenue and packaging volume. Provide transitional support and guidance for SMEs, including subsidised compliance services or templates for multicountry reporting, to reduce the administrative burden during the initial implementation phase.", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the PPWRs environmental objectives and its aim to harmonise packaging rules across the EU internal market. However, as currently implemented, the regulations EPR and registration framework imposes disproportionate costs and administrative burdens on small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), particularly lowvolume ecommerce sellers. This risks undermining the single markets core principles by favouring large operators and marketplaces over independent SMEs. Core issue: percountry EPR fees multiply across 27 Member States The PPWR applies to all packaging placed on the EU market, with no general exemption for small or micro businesses. While annual EPR fees for a lowvolume seller in a single country can be modest (often in the range of 20150/year for small volumes), SMEs selling across borders must register and report in each Member State where they place packaging. Market data for 2026 shows typical percountry annual costs for packaging EPR/compliance services ranging from roughly 360 to 1,485 depending on the country and provider, with even lowercost options still requiring hundreds of euros per country per year. Because these fees are per country, they multiply quickly for SMEs selling EUwide. Illustrative cost scenarios for a small ecommerce brand: Scenario A 10 EU countries: Assumption: 360900 per country/year (midrange of available pricing). Annual cost: 3,6009,000. For a microbrand with 200,000 annual revenue and 3% net margin (6,000 profit), this compliance cost alone could consume 60150% of annual profit. Scenario B 20 EU countries: Assumption: 500 average per country/year. Annual cost: ~10,000. For a small business with 300,000 revenue and 4% net margin (12,000 profit), this represents ~83% of annual profit. Scenario C EUwide (27 countries): Assumption: 600 average per country/year. Annual cost: ~16,200. For an SME with 500,000 revenue and 5% net margin (25,000 profit), this is ~65% of annual profit, before any packaging redesign or material cost increases. These figures exclude additional costs such as packaging redesign, material substitution, and internal staff time for multicountry reporting, which can add thousands more per year. This is unfair to SMEs and distorts the internal market. Fixed registration and reporting obligations apply regardless of company size, making the perunit and perrevenue cost far higher for SMEs than for large firms that can spread costs over huge volumes.Microenterprises receive limited relief on technical documentation, but core EPR registration and reporting obligations remain, with no sizebased exemption. It clearly provide advantage to large players and marketplaces: Large companies and platforms can internalise compliance, negotiate better rates, and verify compliance at scale, while independent SMEs bear the full complexity and cost of 27 different national systems. The need to register and pay in each Member State discourages SMEs from selling beyond their home market, contradicting the single markets goal of enabling free movement of goods and fair competition. To align the PPWR with the EUs internal market principles and protect SMEs, I respectfully suggest: Introduce an EUwide onestop EPR registration and reporting portal for packaging, so SMEs can comply once for the entire EU instead of 27 separate systems. Create a meaningful SME/microenterprise threshold or exemption for lowvolume sellers (e.g., below a defined annual packaging weight or number of parcels), at least for the first years of implementation. Cap or scale percountry fees for lowvolume sellers to ensure that total EUwide compliance costs remain proportionate to revenue and packaging volume. Provide transitional support and guidance for SMEs, including subsidised compliance services or templates for multicountry reporting, to reduce the administrative burden during the initial implementation phase.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552075_en"}, {"id": 33552074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:02:54", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro business based in the Netherlands I see that this law being introduced locks me out of trading to the rest of the EU. I cannot afford 10000+ euros in fees for an authorized representative in each EU country, and that is without the actual packaging recycling contribution. The bureaucratic burden for this is also significant. Under this regulation shipping abroad to US and UK becomes easier than it is to trade within EU borders as a EU business. Please stop destroying the micro businesses of EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business based in the Netherlands I see that this law being introduced locks me out of trading to the rest of the EU. I cannot afford 10000+ euros in fees for an authorized representative in each EU country, and that is without the actual packaging recycling contribution. The bureaucratic burden for this is also significant. Under this regulation shipping abroad to US and UK becomes easier than it is to trade within EU borders as a EU business. Please stop destroying the micro businesses of EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552074_en"}, {"id": 33552073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:02:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to support European small businesses whenever I can, and I think they should have different, easier rules than actual big businesses. This would kill so many small businesses, because they are not able anymore to send anything to other Eu-countries. Europe is supposed to be about unision, helping each other, and sharing. Today it is more important than ever to have an easy and unite Eu-market. Big businesses can handle this change, but the small ones can't. I hope you change this law so that small businesses can handle the workload and cost of this law change.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to support European small businesses whenever I can, and I think they should have different, easier rules than actual big businesses. This would kill so many small businesses, because they are not able anymore to send anything to other Eu-countries. Europe is supposed to be about unision, helping each other, and sharing. Today it is more important than ever to have an easy and unite Eu-market. Big businesses can handle this change, but the small ones can't. I hope you change this law so that small businesses can handle the workload and cost of this law change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552073_en"}, {"id": 33552071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:01:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pokm toolsmarket ", "feedback": "Pro-environmental solutions are necessary, and reducing packaging waste is absolutely the right direction. However, this should not come at the cost of disproportionate administrative and financial burdens for small businesses. For a company selling cross-border within the EU, the new obligations mean navigating different national requirements, registering with multiple systems, signing separate contracts, submitting reports and, in many cases, appointing authorised representatives. This creates significant additional costs and bureaucracy sometimes even for countries where a business only ships a small number of parcels. What is the purpose of the EU Single Market if a small business has to go through a separate registration and compliance process in every Member State just to sell its products across the EU? The EU has already shown with the OSS system that cross-border obligations can be centralised and simplified. We need a similar approach for packaging: one registration, one reporting system and clear rules applicable across the European Union. The problem is not the environmental objective itself, but the way these rules are being implemented. Large corporations have legal and compliance departments and the budgets to manage dozens of national systems. Small and medium-sized businesses do not. The result may be the exact opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve: small businesses will simply stop selling to certain EU countries, while large corporations and platforms will continue to expand and strengthen their position. Sustainability yes. Producer responsibility yes. But not at the cost of unnecessary bureaucracy that does not reduce packaging waste and instead makes it increasingly difficult for small European businesses to operate across borders. We need a European solution for a European market not 27 different procedures.", "feedbackEnglish": "Pro-environmental solutions are necessary, and reducing packaging waste is absolutely the right direction. However, this should not come at the cost of disproportionate administrative and financial burdens for small businesses. For a company selling cross-border within the EU, the new obligations mean navigating different national requirements, registering with multiple systems, signing separate contracts, submitting reports and, in many cases, appointing authorised representatives. This creates significant additional costs and bureaucracy sometimes even for countries where a business only ships a small number of parcels. What is the purpose of the EU Single Market if a small business has to go through a separate registration and compliance process in every Member State just to sell its products across the EU? The EU has already shown with the OSS system that cross-border obligations can be centralised and simplified. We need a similar approach for packaging: one registration, one reporting system and clear rules applicable across the European Union. The problem is not the environmental objective itself, but the way these rules are being implemented. Large corporations have legal and compliance departments and the budgets to manage dozens of national systems. Small and medium-sized businesses do not. The result may be the exact opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve: small businesses will simply stop selling to certain EU countries, while large corporations and platforms will continue to expand and strengthen their position. Sustainability yes. Producer responsibility yes. But not at the cost of unnecessary bureaucracy that does not reduce packaging waste and instead makes it increasingly difficult for small European businesses to operate across borders. We need a European solution for a European market not 27 different procedures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552071_en"}, {"id": 33552070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:01:01", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing as the owner of a small Irish art-print business to express my concerns about the practical impact of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro-businesses and small businesses selling across EU borders. I want to make clear that I fully support the environmental objectives of these regulations. I support reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and encouraging businesses to use more sustainable packaging. My own business already uses paper envelopes, cardboard tubes and compostable protective sleeves. My concern is that the compliance requirements are becoming disproportionate for very small businesses. A small business selling a limited number of products to customers in other EU countries may potentially have to understand different national EPR systems, registration requirements, reporting obligations, fees and, in some circumstances, authorised representative arrangements. For a large multinational company, these costs can be absorbed by dedicated compliance departments. For a micro-business, they can represent a significant proportion of the profit from international sales. This creates a serious issue of proportionality. A small independent artist selling a 30 print in recyclable packaging should not face a compliance burden comparable to a major company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market. I am also concerned about the effect this has on the EU Single Market. One of the major benefits of being an EU business is being able to sell to customers across Europe. However, if small businesses face potentially different registration systems, fees, reporting requirements and representative arrangements in multiple Member States, cross-border trade becomes increasingly complicated and expensive. The result may be that small businesses simply stop selling to certain EU countries because the administrative and financial burden is not worthwhile. That is already a consideration for my own business. EU sales represent less than 15% of my total sales, and the uncertainty and potential compliance costs have made me temporarily stopping EU sales altogether. I believe this is an unintended consequence that the EU should take seriously. Environmental regulation should not unintentionally create a competitive advantage for large businesses, simply because they have the resources to employ compliance specialists and absorb fixed regulatory costs. I am not asking for environmental standards to be removed. I am asking for them to be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. I respectfully ask the European Commission and Member States to consider: A meaningful de minimis exemption or simplified system for micro-businesses with very small packaging volumes. A single EU-wide registration and reporting system rather than multiple national systems. A simple, low-cost method for small businesses to meet EPR obligations across the EU. Protection against disproportionate authorised-representative costs. Clear and consistent guidance explaining exactly what small businesses are required to do. A reasonable transition period and proportionate enforcement while businesses adapt. I believe the EU can achieve both strong environmental protection and a thriving Single Market. Small businesses should be encouraged to trade across European borders, not discouraged from doing so because compliance costs and administrative requirements make small transactions commercially unviable. I support the objectives of the PPWR. I simply believe that the implementation must recognise that one size does not fit all. I respectfully ask the European Commission to review the practical impact of these rules on micro-businesses and introduce proportionate, affordable and genuinely workable arrangements for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing as the owner of a small Irish art-print business to express my concerns about the practical impact of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro-businesses and small businesses selling across EU borders. I want to make clear that I fully support the environmental objectives of these regulations. I support reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and encouraging businesses to use more sustainable packaging. My own business already uses paper envelopes, cardboard tubes and compostable protective sleeves. My concern is that the compliance requirements are becoming disproportionate for very small businesses. A small business selling a limited number of products to customers in other EU countries may potentially have to understand different national EPR systems, registration requirements, reporting obligations, fees and, in some circumstances, authorised representative arrangements. For a large multinational company, these costs can be absorbed by dedicated compliance departments. For a micro-business, they can represent a significant proportion of the profit from international sales. This creates a serious issue of proportionality. A small independent artist selling a 30 print in recyclable packaging should not face a compliance burden comparable to a major company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market. I am also concerned about the effect this has on the EU Single Market. One of the major benefits of being an EU business is being able to sell to customers across Europe. However, if small businesses face potentially different registration systems, fees, reporting requirements and representative arrangements in multiple Member States, cross-border trade becomes increasingly complicated and expensive. The result may be that small businesses simply stop selling to certain EU countries because the administrative and financial burden is not worthwhile. That is already a consideration for my own business. EU sales represent less than 15% of my total sales, and the uncertainty and potential compliance costs have made me temporarily stopping EU sales altogether. I believe this is an unintended consequence that the EU should take seriously. Environmental regulation should not unintentionally create a competitive advantage for large businesses, simply because they have the resources to employ compliance specialists and absorb fixed regulatory costs. I am not asking for environmental standards to be removed. I am asking for them to be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. I respectfully ask the European Commission and Member States to consider: A meaningful de minimis exemption or simplified system for micro-businesses with very small packaging volumes. A single EU-wide registration and reporting system rather than multiple national systems. A simple, low-cost method for small businesses to meet EPR obligations across the EU. Protection against disproportionate authorised-representative costs. Clear and consistent guidance explaining exactly what small businesses are required to do. A reasonable transition period and proportionate enforcement while businesses adapt. I believe the EU can achieve both strong environmental protection and a thriving Single Market. Small businesses should be encouraged to trade across European borders, not discouraged from doing so because compliance costs and administrative requirements make small transactions commercially unviable. I support the objectives of the PPWR. I simply believe that the implementation must recognise that one size does not fit all. I respectfully ask the European Commission to review the practical impact of these rules on micro-businesses and introduce proportionate, affordable and genuinely workable arrangements for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552070_en"}, {"id": 33552069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:00:42", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback on the Impact of EU Regulation on Micro-Businesses and Independent Artists Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Ștefana, Im a law graduate and mediator that also is trying to open a small art business in Italy. I am writing to express my concern about the impact that the general application of this regulation may have on micro-businesses, independent artists and small artisans. I find the law generality very discriminating because is imposing the same standards for all the sellers in the European Union. When you are not thinking about the small artists, artisans, people that are already struggling being affected by the increased amount of generative ai art and on top of that you impose more taxes on an income that can be sometimes be just hundred of euros per month, you force them to close their businesses (snail mail, small prints or sticker and other illustrated goods). Additional taxes, fees or compliance costs can therefore represent a significant percentage of their actual income and, in some cases, may make the business financially unsustainable. This small business represents the identity of European Union and this act contributes to their extinction. They represent the cultural identity and diversity of the European Union by preserving individual creativity, local traditions, illustration, craftsmanship and independent artistic production. If the regulatory burden becomes too high, many of these businesses may simply disappear. While I understand the importance of protecting the environment and reducing the packaging waste, I find it very unfair. My proposal is to individually indicate different categories of sellers and to make some exceptions (based on income, avarage number of packages sent per country) as: @annual turnover or income; @the average number of packages sent per @month or per year; @the scale of the business; @the number of employees; @ appropriate exemptions or reduced obligations for very small sellers. A small independent artist should not be treated the same way as a multinational corporation simply because both sell products online. Equal treatment does not always mean identical treatment; proportionality should also be taken into consideration. Dont put an equal sign between a corporation like Amazon and a small independent business! Thank you for your attention and I hope my feedback would be taken into consideration. Kind regards, Stefana", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the Impact of EU Regulation on Micro-Businesses and Independent Artists Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Ștefana, Im a law graduate and mediator that also is trying to open a small art business in Italy. I am writing to express my concern about the impact that the general application of this regulation may have on micro-businesses, independent artists and small artisans. I find the law generality very discriminating because is imposing the same standards for all the sellers in the European Union. When you are not thinking about the small artists, artisans, people that are already struggling being affected by the increased amount of generative ai art and on top of that you impose more taxes on an income that can be sometimes be just hundred of euros per month, you force them to close their businesses (snail mail, small prints or sticker and other illustrated goods). Additional taxes, fees or compliance costs can therefore represent a significant percentage of their actual income and, in some cases, may make the business financially unsustainable. This small business represents the identity of European Union and this act contributes to their extinction. They represent the cultural identity and diversity of the European Union by preserving individual creativity, local traditions, illustration, craftsmanship and independent artistic production. If the regulatory burden becomes too high, many of these businesses may simply disappear. While I understand the importance of protecting the environment and reducing the packaging waste, I find it very unfair. My proposal is to individually indicate different categories of sellers and to make some exceptions (based on income, avarage number of packages sent per country) as: @annual turnover or income; @the average number of packages sent per @month or per year; @the scale of the business; @the number of employees; @ appropriate exemptions or reduced obligations for very small sellers. A small independent artist should not be treated the same way as a multinational corporation simply because both sell products online. Equal treatment does not always mean identical treatment; proportionality should also be taken into consideration. Dont put an equal sign between a corporation like Amazon and a small independent business! Thank you for your attention and I hope my feedback would be taken into consideration. Kind regards, Stefana", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552069_en"}, {"id": 33552068, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 10:00:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich die Umweltziele der europäischen Verpackungsvorschriften. Die aktuelle Umsetzung führt für Kleinstunternehmen und kleine Onlinehändler jedoch zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand beim grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU. Als kleiner deutscher Onlinehändler habe ich bisher gelegentlich Bestellungen in verschiedene EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet. Unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungen, Systeme der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung, Meldepflichten, Gebühren und länderspezifische Vorgaben machen solche gelegentlichen Verkäufe für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich kaum noch sinnvoll. Die Folge ist, dass Kleinstunternehmen faktisch dazu gedrängt werden, den Versand in andere EU-Länder vollständig einzustellen. Genau das ist bei mir inzwischen der Fall: Ich habe den Versand ins EU-Ausland eingestellt, weil Aufwand, Kosten und rechtliche Unsicherheit in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zu den sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen stehen, die ich in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten überhaupt in Verkehr bringe. Damit entsteht ausgerechnet innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes eine neue Hürde für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Umweltverantwortung darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen für wenige Pakete pro Jahr in mehreren Staaten eigene Registrierungen, Verträge und Meldungen durchführen müssen. Ich halte deshalb insbesondere folgende Verbesserungen für notwendig: eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip, eine gemeinsame jährliche Meldung statt separater Meldungen in jedem Mitgliedstaat, eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen, deutlich vereinfachte Vorgaben für gelegentlichen grenzüberschreitenden Versand, Gebühren, die sich tatsächlich an den in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen orientieren, eine stärkere gegenseitige Anerkennung von Registrierungen und Meldepflichten innerhalb der EU. Ein kleiner Händler, der beispielsweise nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr nach Frankreich, Österreich oder in die Niederlande versendet, sollte nicht mit nahezu denselben administrativen Anforderungen belastet werden wie große Unternehmen mit erheblichen Verpackungsmengen. Eine einheitliche digitale EU-Lösung könnte den Verwaltungsaufwand erheblich reduzieren und gleichzeitig sicherstellen, dass Verpackungsmengen ordnungsgemäß erfasst und Umweltpflichten erfüllt werden. Die derzeitige Situation schwächt insbesondere Kleinstunternehmen und steht aus meiner Sicht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes entgegen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I support the environmental objectives of the European packaging legislation. However, the current implementation results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises and small online traders when trading cross-border within the EU. As a small German online trader, I have so far occasionally sent orders to various EU Member States. Different national registrations, extended producer responsibility schemes, reporting obligations, fees and country-specific requirements make such occasional sales hardly viable for small businesses. As a result, micro-enterprises are de facto pushed to completely stop shipping to other EU countries. This is what I am now doing: I have stopped shipping to other EU countries because the effort, cost and legal uncertainty are disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging I put on the market in individual Member States. This creates a new barrier to cross-border trade within the European internal market. Environmental responsibility must not lead to small businesses having to make their own registrations, contracts and notifications for a small number of parcels per year in several countries. I therefore believe that the following improvements are particularly necessary: a centralised EU-wide one-stop-shop registration, a common annual notification instead of separate notifications in each Member State, a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging, significantly simplified requirements for occasional cross-border shipments, fees actually based on the quantities of packaging placed on the market, greater mutual recognition of registrations and reporting obligations within the EU. A small trader sending, for example, only a few parcels per year to France, Austria or the Netherlands should not be burdened with almost the same administrative requirements as large companies with significant packaging volumes. A single EU digital solution could significantly reduce the administrative burden, while ensuring that packaging quantities are properly recorded and environmental obligations are met. The current situation weakens micro-enterprises in particular and, in my view, runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552068_en"}, {"id": 33552067, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:59:55", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BernieceDreads", "feedback": "Chciałabym wyrazić swoje ogromne zaniepokojenie i sprzeciw wobec nowych zasad dotyczących opodatkowania małych przedsiębiorców sprzedających swoje produkty na terenie Unii Europejskiej. Prowadzę mały biznes, który jest moim źródłem utrzymania. Całą pracę wykonuję samodzielnie od przygotowania produktów, przez kontakt z klientami, po pakowanie i wysyłkę zamówień. Nie jest to duża firma, która może bez problemu ponieść dodatkowe, wysokie koszty. Każde zwiększenie obciążeń podatkowych i administracyjnych ma dla mnie ogromne znaczenie. Wprowadzenie tak wysokich kosztów może sprawić, że prowadzenie małej działalności przestanie być opłacalne. W mojej sytuacji oznaczałoby to konieczność zamknięcia firmy, mimo że przez lata budowałam swoją markę, bazę klientów i legalnie rozwijałam swoją działalność. Obawiam się również, że nie jestem jedyną osobą w takiej sytuacji. Dla wielu małych przedsiębiorców, rękodzielników i osób prowadzących jednoosobowe działalności gospodarcze takie zmiany mogą oznaczać konieczność ograniczenia działalności lub całkowitego jej zamknięcia. Uważam, że przepisy powinny uwzględniać realną sytuację małych przedsiębiorców i nie stawiać ich na równi z dużymi firmami, które dysponują znacznie większymi możliwościami finansowymi i administracyjnymi. Bardzo proszę o ponowne przeanalizowanie tych regulacji oraz rozważenie rozwiązań, które pozwolą małym przedsiębiorcom nadal legalnie prowadzić swoje działalności bez ponoszenia kosztów, których nie są w stanie udźwignąć. Chcę móc dalej rozwijać swoją małą firmę, pracować i utrzymywać się z własnej działalności, a nie być zmuszona do jej zamknięcia z powodu nowych, nadmiernych obciążeń. Pozdrawiam Veronika Koval", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my great concern and opposition to the new rules on the taxation of small businesses selling their products within the European Union. I lead a small business which is my livelihood. I do all my work myself, from product preparation, to contacting customers, to packaging and sending orders. It is not a large company that can easily incur additional, high costs. Any increase in the tax and administrative burden is of great importance to me. The introduction of such high costs may render small activities unprofitable. In my situation, this would mean closing down the company, even though I built my brand, customer base and legally developed my business over the years. I am also afraid that I am not the only person in such a situation. For many small entrepreneurs, handicrafters and sole traders, such changes may require a reduction or complete closure of the business. I believe that the rules should take into account the real situation of small entrepreneurs and not put them on an equal footing with large companies, which have much greater financial and administrative capacity. I would be grateful if you could re-examine these rules and consider solutions that will allow small businesses to continue to operate legally without incurring costs that they are unable to bear. I want to be able to further develop my small business, work and survive myself, rather than being forced to close it because of new, excessive burdens. Best regards to Veronika Koval", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552067_en"}, {"id": 33552066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:59:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinunternehmen", "feedback": "Ich glaube, dass der Versuch, Abfall zu verringern, ein sehr wichtiger Schritt nach vorn ist, für eine nachhaltigere Zukunft. Aber diese Initiative zerstört kleine Unternehmen in ganz Europa. Die Verpflichtung ist viel zu teuer und zu kompliziert für ein Kleinunternehmen. Eine, wie auch immer geartete Befreiungsschwelle, wäre eine perfekte Lösung, da kleine Unternehmen weiterhin in der Lage wären, den internationalen Versand zu tragen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that trying to reduce waste is a very important step forward for a more sustainable future. But this initiative destroys small businesses across Europe. The obligation is far too expensive and too complicated for a small business. An exemption threshold of any kind would be a perfect solution, as small businesses would still be able to carry the international transit.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552066_en"}, {"id": 33552065, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:58:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PETSAM", "feedback": "PPWR ein Bürokratie- und Kostenmonster auf dem Rücken kleiner Unternehmen! Für JEDES EU-Land neue Registrierungen, Gebühren, Meldungen und teure Beauftragte selbst wenn man dorthin nur 1 Paket versendet. Großkonzerne zahlen das aus der Portokasse, kleine Händler werden aus dem EU-Handel gedrängt. So zerstört man Unternehmen statt Verpackungsmüll! Ist das wirklich so gewollt????", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR: an administrative and cost monster on the back of small businesses! For EACH EU country, new registrations, fees, notifications and expensive agents, even if only 1 package is sent there. Large corporations pay this out of the Portokasse, small traders are pushed out of EU trade. This destroys businesses rather than packaging waste! Is that really the intention?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552065_en"}, {"id": 33552064, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:58:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Künstler", "feedback": "Als freischaffender Künstler ist es mir durch die neuen Regularien nicht mehr möglich meine Kunst in der gesamten EU anzubieten, da ich den bürokratischen und wirtschaftlichen Aufwand der Anmeldung in 27 verschiedenen Systemen plus eine Authorisierte Person in jedem Mitgliedsland schlicht nicht leisten kann. Eine Ausnahmeregel für Klein und Kleinstunternehmen wäre wünschenswert. Es kann nicht sein, dass das löbliche Ziel der vermeidung unnötigen Verpackungsmüll dazu führt, dass etliche Kunst und Kulturschaffende EU weit den Betrieb enstellen. Diesen Verlust kann auch die EU Kommission unmöglich wollen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a freelance artist, the new rules make it no longer possible for me to offer my art throughout the EU, as I simply cannot afford the bureaucratic and economic burden of registering in 27 different systems plus one authorised person in each Member State. A derogation for small and micro-enterprises would be desirable. It cannot be that the laudable objective of avoiding unnecessary packaging waste results in a large number of arts and cultural professionals in the EU ceasing to operate. This loss can also be impossible for the European Commission.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552064_en"}, {"id": 33552063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:58:33", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tamashii", "feedback": "We are a small Belgian online shop selling vintage and second-hand goods to customers across the EU. We support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but the current cross-border EPR requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses. A small online shop may send only a few parcels per year to a particular Member State, yet still face separate registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially the appointment of a local authorised representative in each country. The administrative costs can therefore amount to hundreds of euros for a market in which only a handful of sales are made. This risks forcing small businesses to restrict sales to their home country, which goes against the principle of the European Single Market. For sellers of vintage and second-hand goods, this is particularly frustrating, as our activities actively contribute to reuse and the circular economy. We therefore ask for a proportionate solution for micro-businesses: a meaningful de minimis threshold, one simplified EU-wide registration, or a single EPR system for cross-border sales within the EU. The European Single Market should not become 27 separate markets again for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small Belgian online shop selling vintage and second-hand goods to customers across the EU. We support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but the current cross-border EPR requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses. A small online shop may send only a few parcels per year to a particular Member State, yet still face separate registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially the appointment of a local authorised representative in each country. The administrative costs can therefore amount to hundreds of euros for a market in which only a handful of sales are made. This risks forcing small businesses to restrict sales to their home country, which goes against the principle of the European Single Market. For sellers of vintage and second-hand goods, this is particularly frustrating, as our activities actively contribute to reuse and the circular economy. We therefore ask for a proportionate solution for micro-businesses: a meaningful de minimis threshold, one simplified EU-wide registration, or a single EPR system for cross-border sales within the EU. The European Single Market should not become 27 separate markets again for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552063_en"}, {"id": 33552062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:56:55", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "TMK", "feedback": "I strongly support the initiative to create a harmonised and simplified EPR system for small businesses as part of a broader joint initiative by entrepreneurs. The current EPR framework is unnecessarily complicated, fragmented and, in many cases, unfair to small businesses. Companies selling relatively small quantities across different European markets are often expected to deal with separate registrations, reporting requirements, fees and administrative procedures in each country. The cost and administrative burden can be completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging or products placed on the market. In practice, large companies have dedicated compliance teams and sufficient resources to manage these requirements, while small businesses are forced to spend significant amounts of time and money navigating multiple national systems. This creates an unnecessary barrier to cross-border trade and puts smaller companies at a clear disadvantage. I therefore strongly support a single, harmonised and proportionate EPR framework for small businesses, ideally with simplified registration, reporting and payment procedures across the EU. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system should be practical, transparent and proportionate to the scale of a company's activities. A common solution developed with the involvement of entrepreneurs would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy while still achieving the environmental objectives of EPR.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the initiative to create a harmonised and simplified EPR system for small businesses as part of a broader joint initiative by entrepreneurs. The current EPR framework is unnecessarily complicated, fragmented and, in many cases, unfair to small businesses. Companies selling relatively small quantities across different European markets are often expected to deal with separate registrations, reporting requirements, fees and administrative procedures in each country. The cost and administrative burden can be completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging or products placed on the market. In practice, large companies have dedicated compliance teams and sufficient resources to manage these requirements, while small businesses are forced to spend significant amounts of time and money navigating multiple national systems. This creates an unnecessary barrier to cross-border trade and puts smaller companies at a clear disadvantage. I therefore strongly support a single, harmonised and proportionate EPR framework for small businesses, ideally with simplified registration, reporting and payment procedures across the EU. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system should be practical, transparent and proportionate to the scale of a company's activities. A common solution developed with the involvement of entrepreneurs would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy while still achieving the environmental objectives of EPR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552062_en"}, {"id": 33552061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:55:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Studio Maan & Mos", "feedback": "As a small creative business, we want to share our concerns about how the proposed PPWR would affect microbusinesses like ours. We fully support the environmental goals behind this regulation. Reducing packaging waste and moving toward a more circular economy are things we believe in, and we already try to reflect that in how we work. Our concern is that the current proposal does not sufficiently distinguish between large producers and very small businesses when it comes to compliance capacity. Our business is run by just two people. We simply do not have the administrative capacity to manage the reporting, registration, and compliance obligations the PPWR would introduce, especially the requirement to register separately in each EU member state where our products are sold. For a business our size, this is not a proportional cost. It is an exponential one. Every new country means a new registration process, new fees, and new compliance work, no matter how few products we actually sell there. In practice, this would mean we are forced to stop selling outside the Netherlands. We would ask that the final regulation include simplified compliance path for microenterprises, so the burden of implementation actually scales with the size and environmental footprint of the business rather than applying the same way to everyone. Without that, we worry the real effect of the PPWR will be for a lot of small-business, artists, and other creators will have to shut down their businesses, while the packaging practices of the largest producers, who create the vast majority of packaging waste, stay largely unaffected.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small creative business, we want to share our concerns about how the proposed PPWR would affect microbusinesses like ours. We fully support the environmental goals behind this regulation. Reducing packaging waste and moving toward a more circular economy are things we believe in, and we already try to reflect that in how we work. Our concern is that the current proposal does not sufficiently distinguish between large producers and very small businesses when it comes to compliance capacity. Our business is run by just two people. We simply do not have the administrative capacity to manage the reporting, registration, and compliance obligations the PPWR would introduce, especially the requirement to register separately in each EU member state where our products are sold. For a business our size, this is not a proportional cost. It is an exponential one. Every new country means a new registration process, new fees, and new compliance work, no matter how few products we actually sell there. In practice, this would mean we are forced to stop selling outside the Netherlands. We would ask that the final regulation include simplified compliance path for microenterprises, so the burden of implementation actually scales with the size and environmental footprint of the business rather than applying the same way to everyone. Without that, we worry the real effect of the PPWR will be for a lot of small-business, artists, and other creators will have to shut down their businesses, while the packaging practices of the largest producers, who create the vast majority of packaging waste, stay largely unaffected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552061_en"}, {"id": 33552058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:54:49", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am extremely concerned about the impact that the new EU packaging regulations are having on micro-businesses and independent artists. My social media feeds are increasingly filled with small artists, independent record labels, craftspeople and other micro-businesses announcing that they can no longer afford to ship their products to customers in other European countries because of the administrative and financial burden associated with packaging compliance. This cannot be the intended outcome of EU environmental legislation. An independent artist or micro-business sending a handful of records, prints or handmade products to customers in another EU Member State should not face complex registration procedures, administrative obligations and disproportionate costs simply because a small amount of packaging crosses an internal EU border. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of packaging. However, these obligations need to be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. The regulation itself recognises the importance of facilitating compliance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. In practice, however, very small businesses can face a burden that is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they generate. The EU single market should make it easier for small European businesses and independent creators to reach customers across Europe, not create barriers that make them stop selling across borders altogether. I strongly urge the European Commission and Member States to introduce genuinely simple, affordable and proportionate compliance mechanisms for micro-businesses, including appropriate exemptions, de minimis thresholds or simplified EU-wide registration and reporting for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental protection and support for Europe's smallest businesses should not be mutually exclusive. The rules should target packaging waste effectively without making cross-border trade economically impossible for independent artists and micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am extremely concerned about the impact that the new EU packaging regulations are having on micro-businesses and independent artists. My social media feeds are increasingly filled with small artists, independent record labels, craftspeople and other micro-businesses announcing that they can no longer afford to ship their products to customers in other European countries because of the administrative and financial burden associated with packaging compliance. This cannot be the intended outcome of EU environmental legislation. An independent artist or micro-business sending a handful of records, prints or handmade products to customers in another EU Member State should not face complex registration procedures, administrative obligations and disproportionate costs simply because a small amount of packaging crosses an internal EU border. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of packaging. However, these obligations need to be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. The regulation itself recognises the importance of facilitating compliance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. In practice, however, very small businesses can face a burden that is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they generate. The EU single market should make it easier for small European businesses and independent creators to reach customers across Europe, not create barriers that make them stop selling across borders altogether. I strongly urge the European Commission and Member States to introduce genuinely simple, affordable and proportionate compliance mechanisms for micro-businesses, including appropriate exemptions, de minimis thresholds or simplified EU-wide registration and reporting for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental protection and support for Europe's smallest businesses should not be mutually exclusive. The rules should target packaging waste effectively without making cross-border trade economically impossible for independent artists and micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552058_en"}, {"id": 33552054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:49:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR regulation unintentionally harms smaller businesses more than larger businesses, whom the law is supposed to be targeting. This law is causing many local businesses to stop shipping to the EU, due to the excessive fines, which simply leads to more money going to bigger corporations instead of circulating through the community.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regulation unintentionally harms smaller businesses more than larger businesses, whom the law is supposed to be targeting. This law is causing many local businesses to stop shipping to the EU, due to the excessive fines, which simply leads to more money going to bigger corporations instead of circulating through the community.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552054_en"}, {"id": 33552057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:48:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Matrivita e.U.", "feedback": "Als Kleinstunternehmerin und Kunsthandwerkerin aus Österreich schränkt mich die neue Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) massiv ein. Dass es keine Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Shops gibt und wir für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand im B2C-Bereich hunderte Euro jährliche Fixkosten für bürokratische 'Bevollmächtigte' im Zielland zahlen müssen, zerstört den freien EU-Binnenmarkt für kleine Betriebe völlig. Wir wollen umweltfreundlich verpacken, aber wir können uns die länderspezifischen Bürokratie-Gebühren nicht leisten. Bitte führen Sie dringend eine europaweit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze für Kleinunternehmer ein!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur and artist from Austria, I am severely restricted by the new Packaging Ordinance (PPWR). The fact that there are no de minimis limits for small shops and that we have to pay hundreds of euros per year in fixed costs for bureaucratic ‘authorised representatives’ in the destination country for cross-border B2C shipping completely destroys the free EU internal market for small businesses. We want to package in an environmentally friendly way, but we cannot afford the country-specific administrative fees. Please urgently introduce a single Europe-wide de minimis threshold for small traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552057_en"}, {"id": 33552056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:48:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je suis totalement contre C'est laisser la place uniquement aux grands groupes qui auront toujours les moyens Les petits artisans sont encore une fois impactés en cette période difficile. Le prix sera également fortement impacté. C'est la mort à petit feu des petits commerces petit artisans petites entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am totally against this, leaving space only for the large groups that will always have the means. Small craftsmen are once again affected in this difficult period. The price will also be significantly affected. This is the death by fire of small small craft businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552056_en"}, {"id": 33552055, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:47:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "ich führe seit nunmehr 12 jahren als kleinstunternehmer einen erfolgreichen onlinehandel mit second hand tonträgern, mit dem heutigen tage musste ich den verkauf ins EU ausland leider komplett einstellen, da der aufwand und die kosten in keinem verhältnis mehr zum erwartbaren umsatz stehen, die folge: weniger einnahmen für mich, weniger einnahmen für die von mir genutzten versanddienstleister und nicht zuletzt weniger steuereinahmen für den deutschen staat... so much winning!", "feedbackEnglish": "for 12 years now I have been running a successful online trade in second hand phonograms as a micro-enterprise. On this day I unfortunately had to stop selling to other EU countries altogether, as this is costly and no longer proportionate to the expected turnover, which follows: less revenue for me, less revenue for the shipping service providers I use and, last but not least, less tax revenue for the German state... so much winning!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552055_en"}, {"id": 33552052, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:45:42", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "La implementación actual del Reglamento de Envases y Residuos de Envases (PPWR) y la Responsabilidad Ampliada del Productor (EPR) impone una carga administrativa y económica desproporcionada sobre las microempresas y los pequeños creadores. La exigencia de tramitar registros individuales en los 27 Estados miembros y la obligación de contratar representantes autorizados locales sin un umbral mínimo de exención (de minimis) transforman un objetivo medioambiental legítimo en una barrera proteccionista al libre comercio intracomunitario e internacional. Este marco regulatorio fragmentado genera costes fijos inasumibles para pequeños volúmenes de venta, desincentiva la innovación artesanal y fuerza el bloqueo geográfico dentro del mercado único. Para cumplir con los principios de proporcionalidad y eficiencia del Derecho de la Unión, es imprescindible establecer de inmediato una ventanilla única centralizada a nivel europeo y eximir o simplificar los trámites para las pequeñas y microempresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) imposes a disproportionate administrative and economic burden on micro and small manufacturers. The requirement to process individual registrations in all 27 Member States and the obligation to contract local authorised representatives without a minimum exemption threshold (de minimis) transform a legitimate environmental objective into a protectionist barrier to free intra-Community and international trade. This fragmented regulatory framework generates unbearable fixed costs for small sales volumes, discourages artisanal innovation and drives geo-blocking within the single market. In order to comply with the principles of proportionality and efficiency of Union law, it is imperative to immediately establish a centralised one-stop shop at European level and to exempt or simplify formalities for small and micro enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552052_en"}, {"id": 33552051, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:45:39", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to support European small businesses whenever I can, and I think they should have different, easier rules than actual big businesses. This would kill so many small businesses, and I could basically no longer buy anything I want, unless they are located in my tiny country! Europe is supposed to be about unision, helping each other, and sharing, and I want that to be true in the future too, in regards to buying goods from other european countries! Big businesses can handle this change, but the small ones can't. I hope you change this law so that small businesses can handle the workload and cost of this law change.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to support European small businesses whenever I can, and I think they should have different, easier rules than actual big businesses. This would kill so many small businesses, and I could basically no longer buy anything I want, unless they are located in my tiny country! Europe is supposed to be about unision, helping each other, and sharing, and I want that to be true in the future too, in regards to buying goods from other european countries! Big businesses can handle this change, but the small ones can't. I hope you change this law so that small businesses can handle the workload and cost of this law change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552051_en"}, {"id": 33552048, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:43:55", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe trying to reduce waste is a very important step forward for a more sustainable future. But this initiative is wiping out small businesses all across Europe. The obligation are far too expensive and complicated for one-man small businesses to face. An exemption threshold of some kind would be perfect as a solution to this, small businesses would still be able to sell and keep their heads above water.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe trying to reduce waste is a very important step forward for a more sustainable future. But this initiative is wiping out small businesses all across Europe. The obligation are far too expensive and complicated for one-man small businesses to face. An exemption threshold of some kind would be perfect as a solution to this, small businesses would still be able to sell and keep their heads above water.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552048_en"}, {"id": 33552047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:41:57", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "FM", "feedback": "Seems to me this new and bureaucratic regulation didn't even consider small businesses. As much as I'm keen to protect the environment, this is not an ideal way to go, making it harder for small producers and people that chase special materials and packaging to call themselves sustainable when in reality huge corporations like Amazon, Temu, Shein and so many others are the real ones polluting. My take would be to land this paperwork onto the couriers hands. Producers/Makers/Crafters/Designers fill out a standardised, simple form explaining what they are using in the packaging and codes to represent their materials. This way we keep this form with the same info since it's always the same parcel we ship, and upload to the couriers website before generating a label. They are the ones to sort it on their end and charge a tiny fee of us, based on which material is used. If it's single use thick plastic it's one fee, if it's recycled paper it's another fee. This will allow small businesses to continue shipping all over Europe - not giving up because of huge costs and awful paperwork or having to hire a professional, that simply won't do - and still care for the environment and not give up selling to people outside our countries. This tactic binds us instead of allowing us to promote our products, brand and creations to other customers. Last take: Do not put a heavy burden on people that make less than £50k a year when companies that make $41 billion are the real issue. Make this a democratic choice and work with businesses to make sure this new regulation works well and doesn't harm us.", "feedbackEnglish": "Seems to me this new and bureaucratic regulation didn't even consider small businesses. As much as I'm keen to protect the environment, this is not an ideal way to go, making it harder for small producers and people that chase special materials and packaging to call themselves sustainable when in reality huge corporations like Amazon, Temu, Shein and so many others are the real ones polluting. My take would be to land this paperwork onto the couriers hands. Producers/Makers/Crafters/Designers fill out a standardised, simple form explaining what they are using in the packaging and codes to represent their materials. This way we keep this form with the same info since it's always the same parcel we ship, and upload to the couriers website before generating a label. They are the ones to sort it on their end and charge a tiny fee of us, based on which material is used. If it's single use thick plastic it's one fee, if it's recycled paper it's another fee. This will allow small businesses to continue shipping all over Europe - not giving up because of huge costs and awful paperwork or having to hire a professional, that simply won't do - and still care for the environment and not give up selling to people outside our countries. This tactic binds us instead of allowing us to promote our products, brand and creations to other customers. Last take: Do not put a heavy burden on people that make less than £50k a year when companies that make $41 billion are the real issue. Make this a democratic choice and work with businesses to make sure this new regulation works well and doesn't harm us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552047_en"}, {"id": 33552046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:41:44", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While understanding how important environmental issues are in our current society, I firmly believe these regulations are severely detrimental for micro and small businesses. The way these rules are currently set out, these businesses, usually run by artistic individuals that embody true responsible creation and consumption, would be crippled by the amount of money they would have to invest to be able to continue selling their products in the EU. This would mean loosing access to many tiny shops which sell hand-made products, designed by humans, sold by real artists and not at all mass produced, as they would find it almost impossible to cover the fees. Having to register in each individual country, paying individual fees, having individual representatives is making it a nightmare for these individuals and harmonising or unifying these rules would greatly help them.", "feedbackEnglish": "While understanding how important environmental issues are in our current society, I firmly believe these regulations are severely detrimental for micro and small businesses. The way these rules are currently set out, these businesses, usually run by artistic individuals that embody true responsible creation and consumption, would be crippled by the amount of money they would have to invest to be able to continue selling their products in the EU. This would mean loosing access to many tiny shops which sell hand-made products, designed by humans, sold by real artists and not at all mass produced, as they would find it almost impossible to cover the fees. Having to register in each individual country, paying individual fees, having individual representatives is making it a nightmare for these individuals and harmonising or unifying these rules would greatly help them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552046_en"}, {"id": 33552045, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:41:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tapes4you - Felix Gabriel", "feedback": "I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to recycling and waste management. However, the current implementation creates a completely disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises and small online retailers. I operate a small business in Germany and ship fewer than 1,000 parcels per year to customers in other EU Member States. Under the new PPWR requirements, continuing to sell to customers throughout the EU may require separate registrations and, where applicable, the appointment of authorised representatives in multiple Member States. For my small business, the annual costs for authorised representatives alone would exceed 5,000 per year if I wanted to continue shipping to all EU Member States. This does not even include registration fees, recycling fees, reporting obligations and the administrative time required to comply with different national systems. These costs bear no reasonable relationship to the amount of packaging I actually place on the market. A micro-enterprise sending perhaps 10, 20 or 50 parcels per year to a particular Member State should not face hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs simply to continue serving a handful of customers there. The practical consequence is that small businesses will stop shipping to many EU countries. Large companies can absorb these fixed costs, while micro-enterprises cannot. This creates a significant competitive disadvantage for small European businesses and undermines the idea of the EU Single Market. Instead of facilitating cross-border trade within the European Union, these rules risk creating 27 separate administrative barriers. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. Possible solutions could include: an EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of separate national procedures; an exemption from the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for micro-enterprises; EU-wide de minimis thresholds based on packaging quantities or the number of parcels shipped to a Member State; simplified reporting requirements for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on a national market; or a single authorised representative valid throughout the entire European Union. Environmental responsibility is important, and small businesses should contribute to the costs of recycling the packaging they place on the market. However, compliance costs should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging introduced. For a business shipping fewer than 1,000 cross-border parcels per year, paying more than 5,000 annually just for authorised representatives is not proportionate. It effectively turns access to the EU Single Market into something that only larger companies can afford. Please ensure that the PPWR protects the environment without forcing micro-enterprises out of cross-border EU trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to recycling and waste management. However, the current implementation creates a completely disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises and small online retailers. I operate a small business in Germany and ship fewer than 1,000 parcels per year to customers in other EU Member States. Under the new PPWR requirements, continuing to sell to customers throughout the EU may require separate registrations and, where applicable, the appointment of authorised representatives in multiple Member States. For my small business, the annual costs for authorised representatives alone would exceed 5,000 per year if I wanted to continue shipping to all EU Member States. This does not even include registration fees, recycling fees, reporting obligations and the administrative time required to comply with different national systems. These costs bear no reasonable relationship to the amount of packaging I actually place on the market. A micro-enterprise sending perhaps 10, 20 or 50 parcels per year to a particular Member State should not face hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs simply to continue serving a handful of customers there. The practical consequence is that small businesses will stop shipping to many EU countries. Large companies can absorb these fixed costs, while micro-enterprises cannot. This creates a significant competitive disadvantage for small European businesses and undermines the idea of the EU Single Market. Instead of facilitating cross-border trade within the European Union, these rules risk creating 27 separate administrative barriers. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. Possible solutions could include: an EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of separate national procedures; an exemption from the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for micro-enterprises; EU-wide de minimis thresholds based on packaging quantities or the number of parcels shipped to a Member State; simplified reporting requirements for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on a national market; or a single authorised representative valid throughout the entire European Union. Environmental responsibility is important, and small businesses should contribute to the costs of recycling the packaging they place on the market. However, compliance costs should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging introduced. For a business shipping fewer than 1,000 cross-border parcels per year, paying more than 5,000 annually just for authorised representatives is not proportionate. It effectively turns access to the EU Single Market into something that only larger companies can afford. Please ensure that the PPWR protects the environment without forcing micro-enterprises out of cross-border EU trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552045_en"}, {"id": 33552044, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:40:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinstunternehmen Kunsthandwerk", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr ca. 30 Pakete in 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei x Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich über 1000,- Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send around 30 parcels a year to 5 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is EUR x. I am expected to pay more than EUR 1000 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552044_en"}, {"id": 33552043, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:35:22", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Certain Death Publishing", "feedback": "PPWR means I have to stop shipping into Europe. Full stop, end of story. I run a microbusiness, making and selling things from my home (in the UK). The administrative burden of PPWR is so overwhelming that I cannot possibly comply, therefore I cannot possibly sell to Europeans. I'm set up to comply with GPSR. I can just about absorb the 3 tariff on every package. This is too much. I know that you don't care about the health of a business outside the EU (I voted Remain, for what it's worth) but Europeans do actually want to buy my products. You're the second-biggest market for this stuff outside the USA, and I can't export to there *either* because of the orange idiot and and his random tariffs. Please walk this legislation back. The intention is good, the implementation is *spectacularly* bad.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR means I have to stop shipping into Europe. Full stop, end of story. I run a microbusiness, making and selling things from my home (in the UK). The administrative burden of PPWR is so overwhelming that I cannot possibly comply, therefore I cannot possibly sell to Europeans. I'm set up to comply with GPSR. I can just about absorb the 3 tariff on every package. This is too much. I know that you don't care about the health of a business outside the EU (I voted Remain, for what it's worth) but Europeans do actually want to buy my products. You're the second-biggest market for this stuff outside the USA, and I can't export to there *either* because of the orange idiot and and his random tariffs. Please walk this legislation back. The intention is good, the implementation is *spectacularly* bad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552043_en"}, {"id": 33552042, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:34:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Grafikdesignerin arbeite ich täglich mit kleinen Unternehmen zusammen und sehe hautnah, wie die neuen EU-Verpackungsvorschriften deren Existenz bedrohen. Obwohl die Umweltziele verständlich sind, verfehlt die Umsetzung völlig ihren Zweck: Die Pflicht, für jedes EU-Land teure lokale Bevollmächtigte und separate Registrierungen zu finanzieren, ist für Großkonzerne ein Klacks, ruiniert aber den grenzüberschreitenden Kleinhandel. Für den Umweltschutz bringt das nachweislich keinen Mehrwert, da Kunden ihre Bestellungen bei einem Wegfall kleiner Nischenshops einfach zu Online-Giganten verlagern. Die Müllmenge bleibt exakt gleich, während die Vielfalt auf dem Markt zerstört wird. Diese Gesetze fördern pure Monopole und entziehen am Ende nicht nur den Händlern, sondern auch uns Kreativen und Dienstleistern die Lebensgrundlage. Die Politik muss dringend nachbessern und faire Ausnahmen oder digitale Einheitslösungen für Kleinunternehmen schaffen, statt unabhängige Betriebe durch maßlose Bürokratie aus dem Markt zu drängen. Stattdessen könnte man z.B. eine EU-weite digitale Einheitsplattform einführen, über die Kleinunternehmen alle Verpackungsmeldungen unkompliziert zentral und ohne teure lokale Bevollmächtigte abwickeln können oder eine faire Freigrenze oder gezielte Ausnahmen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen (SMEs) beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand schaffen, um unabhängige Betriebe vor dem Aus zu bewahren. Oder wie wäre es z.B. wenn das Gesetz nur auf Plastikverpackungen zutreffen würde und nicht auf Verpackungen aus Recycling Papier? Es gibt so viele Lösungen, die der Umwelt helfen würden, ohne die Wirtschaft komplett zu zerstören und Kleinunternehmer in die Arbeitslosigkeit zu treiben. Es besorgt mich zutiefst, dass in Ihrer Reihe von Experten, die dieses Gesetz über Monate bearbeitet haben, niemandem aufgefallen ist, dass dieses Gesetz nicht der Umwelt hilft, sondern nur Großunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a graphic designer, I work daily with small businesses and see first-hand how the new EU packaging rules threaten their existence. Although the environmental objectives are understandable, the implementation is completely not fit for purpose: The obligation to finance expensive local proxies and separate registrations for each EU country is a crack for large corporations, but ruins cross-border small-scale trade. This has been shown to have no added value in terms of environmental protection, as customers simply shift their orders to online giants in the event of the disappearance of small niche shops. The amount of waste remains exactly the same, while the diversity on the market is being destroyed. These laws promote pure monopolies and ultimately deprive not only traders but also our creators and service providers of their livelihoods. There is an urgent need for policymakers to improve and create fair exemptions or digital one-size-fits-all solutions for small businesses, rather than pushing independent businesses out of the market through excessive bureaucracy. Instead, one could for example introduce an EU-wide digital one-stop-shop platform where small businesses can easily complete all packaging notifications centrally and without expensive local authorised representatives, or create a fair exemption threshold or targeted exemptions for micro and small enterprises (SMEs) in cross-border shipping to protect independent businesses from exiting. Or, for example, how would the law apply only to plastic packaging and not to recycled paper packaging? There are so many solutions that would help the environment without completely destroying the economy and driving small businesses into unemployment. I am deeply concerned that nobody in your group of experts who have worked on this law for months has noticed that this law does not help the environment, but only large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552042_en"}, {"id": 33552041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:33:48", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While reducing pollution is a noble cause it should not come at the expense of driving European micro-businesses to ruin. Self-employed artists, creators and artisans cannot afford monumental costs that come with new procedures and would be forced to close their businesses or stop shipping their goods to other EU countries. EU should protect its citizens, their interests and their businesses. Micro-businesses already use sustainable recyclable packaging, so new regulations should mostly target biggest polluters and corporations, not ruin businesses of local artisans who want to trade their hand-made goods within the EU. Please consider adjusting the regulations for small businesses so they can still operate within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "While reducing pollution is a noble cause it should not come at the expense of driving European micro-businesses to ruin. Self-employed artists, creators and artisans cannot afford monumental costs that come with new procedures and would be forced to close their businesses or stop shipping their goods to other EU countries. EU should protect its citizens, their interests and their businesses. Micro-businesses already use sustainable recyclable packaging, so new regulations should mostly target biggest polluters and corporations, not ruin businesses of local artisans who want to trade their hand-made goods within the EU. Please consider adjusting the regulations for small businesses so they can still operate within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552041_en"}, {"id": 33552039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:27:41", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sole trader", "feedback": "I am a UK sole trader selling a low-volume consumer object direct to end users in the EU. My total packaging placed on the Union market is under 20 kilograms a year across all Member States combined. A harmonised format is a genuine improvement, but it reduces only the marginal cost of each filing. For the smallest producers the binding constraint is fixed, not marginal. Article 44 registration and Article 45 representation both apply per Member State and neither scales with volume. Commercial representation alone runs from EUR 190 to EUR 500 per country per year. The waste management cost being recovered in my case is under one euro. Annex II Part B recognises a sub-ten-tonne reporting tier, but a producer at 0.02 tonnes is treated identically to one at 9.9, and only after the prohibitive registration step has been taken. The rational response is to stop supplying the Union. The consumer loses access to niche non-EU goods and high-volume sellers gain a competitive advantage. The remedy exists in outline already. The Import One-Stop Shop collects VAT on low-value consignments through a single registration. A small flat packaging levy per consignment, collected the same way and remitted to the destination national scheme, would cover producers below a Union-wide de minimis of one tonne per year with no per-country registration and no authorised representative. Polluter pays is preserved. The disproportionate barrier is not.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a UK sole trader selling a low-volume consumer object direct to end users in the EU. My total packaging placed on the Union market is under 20 kilograms a year across all Member States combined. A harmonised format is a genuine improvement, but it reduces only the marginal cost of each filing. For the smallest producers the binding constraint is fixed, not marginal. Article 44 registration and Article 45 representation both apply per Member State and neither scales with volume. Commercial representation alone runs from EUR 190 to EUR 500 per country per year. The waste management cost being recovered in my case is under one euro. Annex II Part B recognises a sub-ten-tonne reporting tier, but a producer at 0.02 tonnes is treated identically to one at 9.9, and only after the prohibitive registration step has been taken. The rational response is to stop supplying the Union. The consumer loses access to niche non-EU goods and high-volume sellers gain a competitive advantage. The remedy exists in outline already. The Import One-Stop Shop collects VAT on low-value consignments through a single registration. A small flat packaging levy per consignment, collected the same way and remitted to the destination national scheme, would cover producers below a Union-wide de minimis of one tonne per year with no per-country registration and no authorised representative. Polluter pays is preserved. The disproportionate barrier is not.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552039_en"}, {"id": 33552038, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:26:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Katharina Gruber", "feedback": "PPWR, Kleinstunternehmen und der Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatz Praxisbeispiel: 26 Pakete bis zu 17.055 Compliance-Kosten Welche Auswirkungen hat die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) der PPWR auf Kleinstunternehmen? Ein bewusst extremes, aber realistisches Beispiel zeigt das Problem: Ein österreichisches Kleinstunternehmen verkauft innerhalb eines Jahres jeweils nur ein einziges verpacktes Produkt an einen Endkunden in jedem der 26 anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten insgesamt nur 26 Auslandspakete. Keine generelle Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen Die PPWR knüpft die EPR grundsätzlich an den Mitgliedstaat, in dem Verpackungen oder verpackte Produkte erstmals bereitgestellt werden. Bei grenzüberschreitenden Direktverkäufen können daher Pflichten im jeweiligen Zielland entstehen. Die EU-Kommission stellt in ihren im August 2026 aktualisierten FAQ ausdrücklich fest: Es gibt keine allgemeine Befreiung von den EPR-Pflichten für Kleinstunternehmen. Produzenten müssen grundsätzlich im jeweiligen Produzentenregister registriert sein. Für weniger als 10 Tonnen Verpackungen pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat gelten reduzierte Berichtspflichten eine Befreiung von EPR ist diese Grenze jedoch nicht. Gleichzeitig betont die Kommission ausdrücklich, dass kleinen Produzenten keine unverhältnismäßigen Belastungen auferlegt werden dürfen. Wenige Gramm Verpackung hunderte Euro Fixkosten Bei nur einem Paket entsteht in einem Zielland lediglich eine Verpackungsmenge von wenigen hundert Gramm. Die mengenabhängigen Recyclingkosten wären entsprechend gering. Das Problem sind die Fixkosten: Registrierung, nationale Rücknahmesysteme, Mindestbeiträge, Meldungen, Verwaltung und gegebenenfalls ein EPR-Bevollmächtigter. Diese Kosten können entstehen, egal ob ein Unternehmen ein Paket oder tausende Pakete versendet. Ein 2026 veröffentlichtes europaweites Compliance-Angebot nennt für die Verpackungs-EPR Komplettpreise zwischen 360 und 1.485 pro Land. Für alle 26 EU-Zielländer ergeben sich im ersten Jahr: 17.055 für nur 26 Pakete rund 656 Compliance-Kosten pro Paket. Ein weiterer Anbieter verlangt für kleine Mengen 449 je Land im ersten Jahr. Für 26 Länder wären das bereits 11.674 , wobei nationale Lizenzentgelte und gegebenenfalls erforderliche Bevollmächtigte laut Anbieter noch hinzukommen. Wo bleibt die Verhältnismäßigkeit? Die FAQ enthält keine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze. Es gibt keine allgemeine Regel wie unter 100 Paketen oder unter 10 kg Verpackung entfällt EPR. Damit bleibt eine entscheidende Frage offen: Wie soll der ausdrücklich verlangte Schutz kleiner Produzenten vor unverhältnismäßigen Belastungen funktionieren, wenn wegen weniger hundert Gramm Verpackung mehrere hundert Euro Fixkosten in einem Mitgliedstaat entstehen können? Wirtschaftlich bleibt einem Kleinstunternehmen unter Umständen nur eine Konsequenz: den Verkauf in dieses EU-Land einzustellen. Der EPR-Bevollmächtigte verschärft das Problem Artikel 45 Absatz 3 PPWR sieht für bestimmte grenzüberschreitende Produzenten zusätzlich einen EPR-Bevollmächtigten im jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat vor. Die EU-Kommission hat inzwischen selbst vorgeschlagen, diese Pflicht bis 1. Januar 2035 auszusetzen. Der Vorschlag ist mit Stand 12. August 2026 jedoch noch nicht verabschiedet. Selbst eine Aussetzung löst das Grundproblem nur teilweise: Nationale Registrierungs-, Systembeteiligungs-, Melde- und Mindestkosten können weiterhin bestehen. Fazit Das Ziel der EPR ist nachvollziehbar: Wer Verpackungen auf einen Markt bringt, soll sich an Sammlung und Recycling beteiligen. Doch die administrative Belastung muss in einem vernünftigen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Ist ein System noch verhältnismäßig, wenn die Verwaltung der Herstellerverantwortung ein Vielfaches der tatsächlichen Sammlung und Verwertung des verursachten Verpackungsabfalls kostet?", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR, micro-enterprises and the principle of proportionality 26 packages of up to 17.055 compliance costs What is the impact of the PPWR Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on micro-enterprises? A deliberately extreme but realistic example shows the problem: An Austrian micro-enterprise only sells a single packaged product to a final customer in each of the 26 other EU Member States in a year, in total only 26 foreign packages. No general exemption for micro-enterprises The PPWR in principle links the EPR to the Member State where packaging or packaged products are made available for the first time. In the case of cross-border direct sales, obligations may therefore arise in the respective country of destination. In its FAQs updated in August 2026, the European Commission explicitly states: There is no general exemption from EPR obligations for micro-enterprises. Producers must in principle be registered in the relevant producer register. However, for less than 10 tonnes of packaging per year per Member State, reduced reporting requirements apply an EPR exemption is not this limit. At the same time, the Commission explicitly stresses that disproportionate burdens should not be imposed on small producers. A few grams of packaging hundreds of euro Fixed costs Only one package produces just a few hundred grams of packaging in one destination country. The recycling costs would be correspondingly low, depending on the quantity. The problem is the fixed costs: Registration, national take-back schemes, minimum contributions, notifications, administration and, where applicable, an EPR authorised representative. These costs can arise regardless of whether a company sends a parcel or thousands of parcels. A pan-European compliance offer published in 2026 provides full prices for packaging EPRs ranging from 360 to 1485 per country. For all 26 EU target countries, the first year will result in: 17.055 for only 26 parcels, around 656 compliance costs per parcel. Another supplier charges 449 for small quantities per country in the first year. For 26 countries, this would already amount to 11.674, with the addition of national licensing fees and, where applicable, required proxies according to the provider. Where does proportionality remain? The FAQ does not contain an EU-wide de minimis threshold. There is no general rule such as below 100 packages or below 10 kg of packaging EPR is not applicable. This leaves a crucial question open: How should the expressly required protection of small producers against disproportionate burdens work if several hundred euros of fixed costs can be incurred in a Member State because of less than one hundred grams of packaging? In economic terms, a micro-enterprise may only have one consequence: stop selling to this EU country. The EPR representative exacerbates the problem of Article 45(3) PPWR, which also provides for an EPR representative in the respective Member State for certain cross-border producers. The European Commission has now itself proposed to suspend this obligation until 1 January 2035. However, as of 12 August 2026, the proposal has not yet been adopted. Even a suspension only partially solves the basic problem: National registration, system participation, reporting and minimum costs may continue to exist. Conclusion The aim of the EPR is understandable: Anyone placing packaging on a market should participate in collection and recycling. However, the administrative burden must be reasonable in relation to the amount of packaging actually produced. Is a system still proportionate if the management of producer responsibility costs a multiple of the actual collection and recovery of the packaging waste generated?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552038_en"}, {"id": 33552035, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:23:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Addressing waste is a legitimate goal, but this regulation, as currently drafted, imposes disproportionate burdens on small, internet-based businesses and undermines free trade within the EU. Following closely on the disruption caused by US tariffs, it risks delivering a final blow to many local businesses. Surely the intent is not to eliminate an entire ecosystem of small enterprises and further entrench the dominance of large online retailers. Proportionate, affordable measures are needed to protect small businesses while still meeting the regulation's environmental goals.", "feedbackEnglish": "Addressing waste is a legitimate goal, but this regulation, as currently drafted, imposes disproportionate burdens on small, internet-based businesses and undermines free trade within the EU. Following closely on the disruption caused by US tariffs, it risks delivering a final blow to many local businesses. Surely the intent is not to eliminate an entire ecosystem of small enterprises and further entrench the dominance of large online retailers. Proportionate, affordable measures are needed to protect small businesses while still meeting the regulation's environmental goals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552035_en"}, {"id": 33552034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:23:29", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CheapOutdoor", "feedback": "Kan het niet bij de leveranciers van de verpakkingen worden neergelegd dat die een fee afdragen aan de lokale overheid en dat dat in een Europese pot wordt gestopt en verdeeld over de landen? Dan wordt dit wel weer doorbelast naar de importeurs van de goederen. De leveranciers van de verpakkingen weten ook veel beter alle gewichten etc. Of een globaal systeem voor heel Europa, wij zijn nu als kleine webshop de dupe van dit systeem, wij zijn gestopt met batterijen, elektronische apparaten in Duitsland, verkoop naar Spanje omdat je in die landen een reprecentive nodig hebt a 2000,- en dat voor 20 zaklampen die je verkoopt in zo'n land. Wij gaan stoppen met Zweden en Polen omdat we een fee moeten betalen voor een paar honderd euro voor verpakkingen terwijl we over het jaar genomen maar een paar pakketjes versturen die kant op. Het is niet in verhouding. In Frankrijk betaal je eerst 75,- omdat je weinig omzet daar hebt en een jaar later wordt er 250,- gerekend, en dan ook voor elk onderdeel, dus 750,- voor alle EPR onderdelen omdat je het goed geregeld wil hebben, maar dit is niet goed dat het van 225,- naar 750,- gaat omdat de overheid dit wil. Er zal of een regeling moeten zijn dat je net als bij de OSS regeling, of voor kleine bedrijven dat je een vast bedrag afspreekt voor heel europa. Of een opgave van je totale verpakkingen voor heel Europa. Het uitzoeken welk land je hoeveel hebt gedaan is ook bijna onbegonnen werk voor elke ondernemer.", "feedbackEnglish": "Can it not be imposed on packaging suppliers that they pay a fee to the local authority and that that fee is placed in a European pot and distributed among the countries? This is then passed on to the importers of the goods. The suppliers of the packaging also know much better all the weights, etc. Or a global system for the whole of Europe, we are now the victim of this system as a small online shop, we have stopped using batteries, electronic devices in Germany, selling to Spain because you need a reprecentive in those countries a 2000, and that for 20 torches that you sell in such a country. We will stop Sweden and Poland because we have to pay a fee for a few hundred euros for packaging when we send only a few parcels over the year, and it is disproportionate. In France, you first pay 75, because you have little turnover there and 250, a year later, and therefore for each component, i.e. 750, for all EPR components because you want to have it well arranged, but this is not good that it is from 225 to 750, because the government wants it. There will or will have to be a scheme that you agree with the OSS scheme, or for small businesses that you agree on a fixed amount for the whole of Europe. Or an indication of your total packaging for the whole of Europe. Finding out which country you have done how much is also almost unstarted work for each entrepreneur.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552034_en"}, {"id": 33552033, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:22:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Representatives, I have a small business in Austria and ship my products worldwide. It is an upcycling business, so sustainability and eco-conscious packaging have always been important factors for me. I use as little packaging as possible, and the packaging I do use is reusable or recyclable. I fully support the changes toward a more sustainable packaging law, but there must be an easier and more realistic way to implement them. With flat fees and representatives for all 27 EU countries, the costs are not proportionate to the amount of waste that small businesses actually create. Even with the lowest amount licensed in some countries, this would mean licensing more packaging than I would need for all countries combined over several years. And there are also countries outside the EU included! Please consider the following points: Create a single point where businesses can register and license packaging for all 27 EU countries. Create a threshold for small businesses, below which they can be exempt from this law. Make it transparent what is actually being done for the environment with the money collected. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses and for working toward a system that is both sustainable and realistic.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Representatives, I have a small business in Austria and ship my products worldwide. It is an upcycling business, so sustainability and eco-conscious packaging have always been important factors for me. I use as little packaging as possible, and the packaging I do use is reusable or recyclable. I fully support the changes toward a more sustainable packaging law, but there must be an easier and more realistic way to implement them. With flat fees and representatives for all 27 EU countries, the costs are not proportionate to the amount of waste that small businesses actually create. Even with the lowest amount licensed in some countries, this would mean licensing more packaging than I would need for all countries combined over several years. And there are also countries outside the EU included! Please consider the following points: Create a single point where businesses can register and license packaging for all 27 EU countries. Create a threshold for small businesses, below which they can be exempt from this law. Make it transparent what is actually being done for the environment with the money collected. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses and for working toward a system that is both sustainable and realistic.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552033_en"}, {"id": 33552031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:21:42", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is an awfull law. Like always the european union is trying to destroy its citizens and small business. This law will only benefit the stores like Temu and Alibaba. EU bussiness should be exempt from this if they use european produced goods. The factory that make the products should be responisble for the waste. Even if you buy european produced boxes to ship your goods. You shouldn't be handling all this kind of administration. Are we turning into the USSR????", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is an awfull law. Like always the european union is trying to destroy its citizens and small business. This law will only benefit the stores like Temu and Alibaba. EU bussiness should be exempt from this if they use european produced goods. The factory that make the products should be responisble for the waste. Even if you buy european produced boxes to ship your goods. You shouldn't be handling all this kind of administration. Are we turning into the USSR????", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552031_en"}, {"id": 33552030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:18:01", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) Eingereicht von wesakakids, nachhaltiges Baby- und Kindermodelabel, Österreich Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mein Name ist Sandra, ich bin Gründerin von wesakakids, einem kleinen Label für Baby- und Kindermode aus Österreich. Ich verarbeite ausschließlich Bio- bzw. GOTS-zertifizierte Stoffe, fertige alles von Hand, entwickle gemütliche Schnitte und neutrale Designs, gedacht für ein langes Leben getragen von einem Kind, dann von Geschwistern, Nichten, Cousins, weitergegeben an Bekannte, bevor es überhaupt an Qualität verliert. Ich schreibe Ihnen, weil ich glaube, dass die PPWR in ihrer aktuellen Ausgestaltung genau jene Unternehmen benachteiligt, die ihre Ziele bereits seit Jahren leben. Meine Kollektionen sind bewusst das Gegenteil von Fast Fashion: keine wöchentlichen Trend-Launches, sondern Schnitte, die mit einem Kind mitwachsen. Materialien, die auch nach vielen Wäschen halten. Kleidung, in die man investiert, weil man sie lange tragen will nicht, weil sie billig ist. Genau das ist die Antwort auf eine Branche, die auf Kosten von Billiglohn-Arbeiter:innen und auf Kosten unseres Planeten produziert, der bereits in Textilabfällen erstickt. Für kleine Unternehmen bedeutet das Wer verpackte Ware an Endkunden in einem anderen EU-Land versendet, benötigt einen Bevollmächtigten in genau diesem Land unabhängig vom Volumen. Es gibt keine Bagatellgrenze ein einziges Paket nach Frankreich löst bereits die Registrierungspflicht dort aus. Für ein Unternehmen wie wesakakids, das im Jahr nur wenige Pakete nach Deutschland, Frankreich oder Italien verschickt, bedeutet das: In jedem dieser Länder müsste ich einen kostenpflichtigen Ansprechpartner beauftragen Kosten, die in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Warenvolumen stehen. Für einen Konzern ist das eine Randnotiz im Budget. Für einen Ein-Personen-Betrieb ist es eine Wachstumsbremse, die im Zweifel über die Marktfähigkeit entscheidet. Bemerkenswert ist zudem: Die Europäische Kommission selbst hatte Ende 2025 im Rahmen des Omnibus VIII-Vereinfachungspakets vorgeschlagen, die Pflicht zur Benennung nationaler Bevollmächtigter für in der EU niedergelassene Unternehmen bis 2035 auszusetzen. Dieser Vorschlag wurde vom Rat nicht weiterverfolgt. Ich möchte an dieser Stelle ausdrücklich dafür plädieren, eine solche Erleichterung erneut zu prüfen zumindest für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen mit nachweislich geringem grenzüberschreitendem Sendungsvolumen. Warum das der Sache selbst schadet Die PPWR verfolgt Ziele, die ich zu hundert Prozent teile: weniger Verpackungsmüll, mehr Wiederverwendung, bessere Recyclingfähigkeit. Aber eine Regelung, die in der praktischen Umsetzung nur von großen, ressourcenstarken Fast-Fashion-Betrieben unbürokratisch erfüllt werden kann, während kleine nachhaltige Marken an genau dieser Hürde scheitern, konterkariert ihr eigenes Ziel. Es sind nicht die kleinen, bewusst wirtschaftenden Labels, die Europas Textilabfallberge verursachen. Wenn Vielfalt und nachhaltiges Unternehmertum aus dem Markt gedrängt werden, weil sie sich die Compliance-Struktur nicht leisten können, gewinnt am Ende genau jenes System, das die Verordnung eigentlich eindämmen will. Ich bitte Sie, im Rahmen der weiteren Ausgestaltung und Überprüfung der PPWR: eine Bagatell- bzw. Mengenschwelle für die Pflicht zur Benennung nationaler Bevollmächtigter für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen einzuführen, praktikable, kostengünstige Sammellösungen für kleine, grenzüberschreitend tätige Unternehmen zu schaffen (z. B. eine zentrale statt länderweise Anlaufstelle), die 2025 vorgeschlagene Aussetzung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für in der EU niedergelassene Kleinstunternehmen erneut zu prüfen. Nachhaltige Mode braucht Vielfalt und kleine, engagierte Betriebe, die bewusst in Bio- und zertifizierte Materialien investieren. Ich würde mir wünschen, dass die PPWR diese Betriebe stärkt, statt sie zu verdrängen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sandra Wenger", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) Submitted by wesakakids, sustainable baby and child fashion labels, Austria Dear Sir/Madam, my name is Sandra, I am the founder of wesakakids, a small label for baby and child fashion from Austria. I only process organic or GOTS-certified substances, do everything by hand, develop cosy cuts and neutral designs, thought for a long life worn by a child, then by siblings, nieces, cousins, passed on to acquaintances before it even loses quality. I am writing to you because I believe that the current design of the PPWR puts at a disadvantage precisely those companies that have been living their targets for years. My collections are deliberately the opposite of fast fashion: not weekly trend lunches, but cuts that grow with a child. Materials that hold after many washes. Clothes you invest in because you don’t want to wear them for a long time because they are cheap. This is precisely the answer to a sector that produces at the expense of low-cost workers and at the expense of the planet, which is already stifling in textile waste. For small businesses, the person who sends packaged goods to end customers in another EU country needs an authorised representative in exactly that country, regardless of the volume. There is no de minimis threshold for a single parcel to France, which already triggers the obligation to register there. For a company like wesakakids, which sends only a few parcels per year to Germany, France or Italy, this means: In each of these countries, I would have to contract a fee-paying contact person for costs that are disproportionate to the actual volume of goods. For a group of companies, this is a marginal note in the budget. For a one-person operation, it is a brake on growth which, in case of doubt, determines marketability. It is also worth noting that: At the end of 2025, as part of the Omnibus VIII simplification package, the European Commission itself proposed to suspend the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives for companies established in the EU until 2035. The Council did not follow through with this proposal. At this point, I would like to urge that such facilitation be re-examined, at least for micro and small enterprises with proven low cross-border volumes. Why does this harm the case itself The PPWR pursues objectives which I share 100 % of: less packaging waste, more reuse, better recyclability. However, a rule which, in practical terms, can only be achieved unbureaucraticly by large, resource-intensive fast fashion businesses, while small sustainable brands fail on precisely this hurdle, runs counter to their own objective. It is not the small, consciously-managed labels that cause Europe’s textile waste mountains. If diversity and sustainable entrepreneurship are pushed out of the market because they cannot afford the compliance structure, the system that the regulation is supposed to contain will ultimately gain. As part of the further development and review of the PPWR, I would ask you to: introduce a de minimis or volume threshold for the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives for micro and small enterprises, create workable, cost-effective collection solutions for small businesses operating cross-border (e.g. a one-stop-shop instead of a country-by-country contact point), re-examine the proposed suspension of the authorised representative obligation for micro-enterprises established in the EU in 2025. Sustainable fashion needs diversity and small, committed businesses that deliberately invest in organic and certified materials. I would like the PPWR to strengthen these farms instead of displacing them. (Complimentary close) Sandra Wenger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552030_en"}, {"id": 33552029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:15:58", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please make a threshold for small businesses at least ! It makes no sense to have amazon pay the same fees as someone making prints in their rooms. Many small business have already stopped shipping to the EU thanks to this law. It will never have the impact desired as giants will be able to pay the fees and continue creating packaging and waste without a single indent into their profits. Worse, now they will have monopoly in the EU. Its disheartening, please reconsider this law !", "feedbackEnglish": "Please make a threshold for small businesses at least ! It makes no sense to have amazon pay the same fees as someone making prints in their rooms. Many small business have already stopped shipping to the EU thanks to this law. It will never have the impact desired as giants will be able to pay the fees and continue creating packaging and waste without a single indent into their profits. Worse, now they will have monopoly in the EU. Its disheartening, please reconsider this law !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552029_en"}, {"id": 33552028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:15:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "POWERGAP AG", "feedback": "Ein weiterer Schritt der EU, bei dem sich der Rest des Welthandels todlacht und wir Europäer noch schlechter gestellt werden. Ich bin Online-Shopsystem-Anbieter und meine Kunden werden mit jeder neuen EU Regelung vor immer neue Aufgaben gestellt. Dieses hier kann nur ein sehr großer Händler überhaupt bewältigen. Jeder kleinere wird einmal mehr daran gehindert zu wachsen. Ja zu überleben. Sie sollten sich schämen, was sie mit Europa hier machen. Punkt.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is another step forward for the EU, where the rest of world trade is deadly and we Europeans are even worse off. I am an online store system provider and my customers will be faced with new tasks with every new EU rule. Only a very large trader can cope with this in the first place. Every smaller person is once again prevented from growing. Yes, to survive. They should be ashamed of what they do with Europe here. Point", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552028_en"}, {"id": 33552026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:13:48", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the EUs aim to reduce packaging waste and improve environmental sustainability. However, I am very concerned about the impact the new packaging requirements will have on micro and small businesses. As a very small business selling low-value products in small quantities across the EU, having to register, pay fees and potentially appoint representatives or meet separate requirements in multiple Member States creates costs and administrative burdens that are completely disproportionate to the tiny amount of packaging I place on the market. These costs could make it financially impossible for businesses like mine to continue selling to customers across the EU. I strongly urge the EU to introduce a simple, affordable EU-wide system for micro-businesses, or an exemption/de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility should be achievable without unintentionally forcing the smallest businesses out of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EUs aim to reduce packaging waste and improve environmental sustainability. However, I am very concerned about the impact the new packaging requirements will have on micro and small businesses. As a very small business selling low-value products in small quantities across the EU, having to register, pay fees and potentially appoint representatives or meet separate requirements in multiple Member States creates costs and administrative burdens that are completely disproportionate to the tiny amount of packaging I place on the market. These costs could make it financially impossible for businesses like mine to continue selling to customers across the EU. I strongly urge the EU to introduce a simple, affordable EU-wide system for micro-businesses, or an exemption/de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility should be achievable without unintentionally forcing the smallest businesses out of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552026_en"}, {"id": 33552025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:09:07", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "On paper, PPWR makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately the system in place is confusing, complicated and expensive, with a substantial disproportionate burden on sole traders, micro businesses and SMEs. A far simpler system for smaller businesses that would actually raise FAR more money to cover waste as well as ensure compliance would have been to mandate that couriers and mail carriers collect a fee while buying postage, for example, 1 small package, 2 medium and 5 large. With an additional surcharge for packages containing WEEE and batteries. Where some countries charge as little as 0.0017 per kg for paper and cardboard waste, upto 5 per package would far exceed the actual charged amount, would put the burden on distribution of fees on couriers and mail carriers, who have the expertise to navigate this complex system while allowing small businesses to be compliant and still paying for the waste produced. It boggles my mind that nobody in the EU gave a seconds thought for the millions of individuals making up a massive proportion of the world wide economy, let alone within Europe. Instead creating a system that the giant polluters, Amazon, temu, shien etc can easily and affordably navigate to further create their economic dominance. The EU must work fast to produce a system thats fair for small enterprise while still generating money to pay for waste created.", "feedbackEnglish": "On paper, PPWR makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately the system in place is confusing, complicated and expensive, with a substantial disproportionate burden on sole traders, micro businesses and SMEs. A far simpler system for smaller businesses that would actually raise FAR more money to cover waste as well as ensure compliance would have been to mandate that couriers and mail carriers collect a fee while buying postage, for example, 1 small package, 2 medium and 5 large. With an additional surcharge for packages containing WEEE and batteries. Where some countries charge as little as 0.0017 per kg for paper and cardboard waste, upto 5 per package would far exceed the actual charged amount, would put the burden on distribution of fees on couriers and mail carriers, who have the expertise to navigate this complex system while allowing small businesses to be compliant and still paying for the waste produced. It boggles my mind that nobody in the EU gave a seconds thought for the millions of individuals making up a massive proportion of the world wide economy, let alone within Europe. Instead creating a system that the giant polluters, Amazon, temu, shien etc can easily and affordably navigate to further create their economic dominance. The EU must work fast to produce a system thats fair for small enterprise while still generating money to pay for waste created.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552025_en"}, {"id": 33552024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:07:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law needs to be reviewed and there needs to be a regulation regarding small businesses - they cant afford EU shipping in so many EU countries anymore even if theyre shipping from the EU!!!! This law is killing small businesses. Please take action to offer proportionate measures depending on the business size. Small businesses cant have the same regulations as big ones. This is also contra-productive in the end because people are going to consume more from the big unethical brands as from the small responsible businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law needs to be reviewed and there needs to be a regulation regarding small businesses - they cant afford EU shipping in so many EU countries anymore even if theyre shipping from the EU!!!! This law is killing small businesses. Please take action to offer proportionate measures depending on the business size. Small businesses cant have the same regulations as big ones. This is also contra-productive in the end because people are going to consume more from the big unethical brands as from the small responsible businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552024_en"}, {"id": 33552023, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:05:20", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als bewusste Kundin bestelle ich NUR bei regionalen - sprich: EUROPÄISCHEN Online-Shops! Ich bestelle NICHT bei Temu & Co! Nun bekomme ich laufend von den diversen Online-Shops, bei denen ich bisher in Deutschland und anderen EU-Ländern - z.B. über Etsy - bestellt habe, die Information, dass sie mich hier in Österreich leider aufgrund dieser neuen EU-Verpackungs-Verordnung nicht mehr beliefern können. Ich frage mich, was das soll?! Soll damit der Pakete-Flut aus China und von Amazon noch mehr der europäische Boden aufbereitet werden, während viele kleine regionale Online-Shops mit persönlich produzierten Produkten etc. nicht mehr ins EU-Umland verschickt werden können, weil diese neue Verpackungs-Verordnung keine Rücksicht auf EPU und KMU nimmt!!! Ich war bisher eine Befürworterin der EU, doch nun frage ich mich ernsthaft, was das soll, dass damit dem regionalen EU-Binnenmarkt hinsichtlich all der vielen kleinen Online-Händlerinnen und Händler der Garaus gemacht wird und die Großen, die hier keine Steuern zahlen, noch mehr als schon bisher den ganzen \"Müll\" hierher senden können! Es braucht DRINGEND und SCHNELL eine praktikable Lösung für die EPU und KMU, weil ich will als Kundin in Österreich auch in Zukunft bei den regionalen, europäischen Online-Shops bestellen können!!! Diese Wertschöpfung MUSS in Europa bleiben und nicht noch mehr als schon bisher nach China oder Amerika transformiert werden aufgrund dieser Verpackungsverordnung, bei der offenbar niemand an die kleinen Unternehmen gedacht hat oder jemand bewusst versucht, diese von der europäischen Markt-Fläche zum Verschwinden zu bringen - dafür hab ich nicht für die EU gestimmt!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a conscious customer, I ONLY appoint from regional – i.e.: European online shops! I do NOT order from Temu & Co! I am now constantly receiving information from the various online shops from which I have so far ordered in Germany and other EU countries – e.g. via Etsy – that they are unfortunately no longer able to supply me here in Austria due to this new EU Packaging Regulation. I wonder what this should be? Is the parcel flow from China and Amazon to be made even more European soil, while many small regional online shops with personally produced products, etc., can no longer be sent to the EU countryside because this new packaging regulation takes no account of EPUs and SMEs? I have been a supporter of the EU so far, but now I have serious questions about what this should mean for the regional EU single market with regard to all the many small online traders, and for the big people who do not pay taxes here to be able to send the whole ‘waste’ here even more than before! Urgent and SCHNELL need a workable solution for EPUs and SMEs because, as a customer in Austria, I want to continue to be able to order from regional, European online shops! This added value MUST remain in Europe and will not be further transformed into China or America as a result of this packaging regulation, in which nobody seems to have thought of small businesses or deliberately tried to get them out of the European market area – I did not vote for it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552023_en"}, {"id": 33552022, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:05:09", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Las pequeñas marcas y productores independientes necesitamos que existan exenciones, umbrales o procedimientos simplificados realmente adaptados a microempresas y autónomos. Que se tenga en cuenta el tamaño y la realidad de cada negocio. Lo que no puede ser es que las normas ambientales terminen convirtiéndose en otra barrera de entrada que favorezca, indirectamente, a quienes tienen más capacidad económica. A quienes dictan estas normas: Deberían probar a ser micro emprendedores durante un mes y cumplir con todas ellas. Después, que nos cuenten como se ve desde el outro lado. Gracias", "feedbackEnglish": "Small brands and independent producers need exemptions, thresholds or simplified procedures that are genuinely tailored to micro-enterprises and the self-employed. The size and reality of each business should be taken into account. What cannot be said is that environmental standards end up becoming another barrier to entry that indirectly favours those who have the most economic capacity. To those who dictate these rules: They should try to become micro entrepreneurs for one month and comply with all of them. Then tell us how you see from the other side. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552022_en"}, {"id": 33552021, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:04:02", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am someone who would like to start a business to sell my art alongside working full time. It means that I would likely send a handful of parcels out per month at most. And yet it now seems impossible for me to ship within the EU, because I can not afford the costs of paying for an AR in any countries, nor the time of dealing with the adminstrative work PPWR and EPR regulations are now creating.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am someone who would like to start a business to sell my art alongside working full time. It means that I would likely send a handful of parcels out per month at most. And yet it now seems impossible for me to ship within the EU, because I can not afford the costs of paying for an AR in any countries, nor the time of dealing with the adminstrative work PPWR and EPR regulations are now creating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552021_en"}, {"id": 33552020, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:02:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "APOrtha Deutschland GmbH", "feedback": "Die Ziele der PPWR sind sehr gut - das Gesetz mehr als mangelhaft. Es führt zum Tod vieler kleiner Einzelhändler, schwächst den EU-Binnenmarkt, schränkt faktisch die Warenverkehrsfreiheit ein und führt zu enormen finanziellen und personellen Belastungen. Folgende Änderungsvorschläge sollten aufgenommen werden. Einiges wird im OSS bereits auf steuerlicher ebene praktiziert. 1. Einführung eines zentralen Melderegisters, wo man die Mengenmeldungen je Land selber eintragen kann. 2. Europaweiter ersatzloses Streichen der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht. 3. Einführung von Bagatellgrenzen je Land für die Mengen - Wenn man unter der Bagatellgrenze bleibt wird nur eine zentrale Abgabe fällig, die dann nach einem Schlüssel auf die einzelnen Zielländer übertragen wird. Erst bei Überschreitung der Bagatellgrenze ist eine eigene Registirerung bei einem nationalen Entsorger vorgesehen. 4. keine nationalen Abweichungen mehr", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the PPWR are very good – the law is more than deficient. It leads to the death of many small retailers, weakens the EU’s internal market, effectively restricts the free movement of goods and imposes enormous financial and human burdens. The following amendments should be included. A number of things are already being done at the tax level in the OSS. 1. Introduction of a central population register, where the volume declarations per country can be entered. 2. Removal of the obligation to appoint a representative throughout Europe without replacement. 3. Introduction of de minimis limits per country for quantities – if you stay below the de minimis limit, only one central levy is due, which is then transferred to the individual target countries according to a key. It is only when the de minimis limit is exceeded that provision is made for a national waste disposal operator to have its own rules. 4. No more national deviations", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552020_en"}, {"id": 33552019, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:01:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TALI e.K.", "feedback": "Die aktuellen Regelungen stellen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen eine erhebliche Belastung dar und werden den grenzüberschreitenden Handel in der EU stark einschränken. Für den Versand in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten müssen wir uns in jedem einzelnen Land separat registrieren, unterschiedliche Gebühren bezahlen und länderspezifische Meldepflichten erfüllen. Hinzu kommen unterschiedliche nationale Anforderungen und Verwaltungsverfahren. Der damit verbundene bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand steht für kleine Unternehmen in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Besonders problematisch ist, dass bereits das Anbringen eines eigenen Etiketts auf einer handelsüblichen Standardverpackung umfangreiche Dokumentationspflichten auslösen kann. Für jede Verpackungskombination aus Standardverpackung und Etikett müssen technische Datenblätter, Lieferantennachweise und Konformitätserklärungen erstellt und verwaltet werden. Für kleine Unternehmen bedeutet dies einen enormen administrativen Aufwand, obwohl die Daten bereits von den Lieferanten/Herstellern bereitgestellt wurden. Zusätzlich erschweren unterschiedliche nationale Kennzeichnungs- und Recyclingvorgaben den europaweiten Handel. Einheitliche Verpackungen können häufig nicht in allen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden, sodass Verpackungen oder Etiketten länderspezifisch angepasst werden müssen. Dies verursacht zusätzliche Kosten und erhöht die Komplexität erheblich, obwohl das Ziel der PPWR eigentlich die Harmonisierung des Binnenmarktes ist. Die PPWR sieht zwar ein harmonisiertes Regelwerk für Verpackungen vor, die praktische Umsetzung über nationale Register und Verfahren führt jedoch weiterhin zu erheblichen Unterschieden zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten. Die Konsequenz für unser Unternehmen ist leider, dass wir den Versand in nahezu alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen mussten. Nicht die Verpackungen selbst sind das Problem, sondern der unverhältnismäßige Verwaltungsaufwand, der insbesondere kleine Unternehmen davon abhält, am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher, die Einführung eines einheitlichen EU-weiten Herstellerregisters, harmonisierte Meldeverfahren sowie deutliche Vereinfachungen oder Ausnahmen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen zu prüfen. Nur so können die Umweltziele der PPWR erreicht werden, ohne gleichzeitig kleine Unternehmen vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU auszuschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current rules place a significant burden on small and medium-sized enterprises and will severely restrict cross-border trade within the EU. For shipments to several EU Member States, we need to register separately in each country, pay different fees and comply with country-specific reporting requirements. In addition, there are different national requirements and administrative procedures. The associated bureaucratic and financial burden for small businesses is disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. It is particularly problematic that the mere affixing of a separate label to standard commercial packaging can trigger extensive documentation obligations. Technical data sheets, supplier’s certificates and declarations of conformity shall be drawn up and managed for each package combination of standard packaging and label. For small businesses, this represents a huge administrative burden, although the data has already been provided by the suppliers/manufacturers. In addition, different national labelling and recycling requirements make trade across Europe more difficult. Uniform packaging can often not be used in all Member States, so packaging or labels need to be adapted country-by-country. This generates additional costs and significantly increases complexity, although the aim of the PPWR is actually to harmonise the internal market. While the PPWR provides for a harmonised set of rules for packaging, practical implementation through national registers and procedures continues to lead to significant differences between Member States. Unfortunately, the consequence for our company is that we had to stop shipping to almost all EU Member States. It is not the packaging itself that is the problem, but the disproportionate administrative burden that discourages small businesses in particular from participating in the European single market. We would therefore ask the European Commission to examine the introduction of a single EU-wide register of producers, harmonised notification procedures and clear simplifications or exemptions for micro and small enterprises. This is the only way to achieve the environmental objectives of the PPWR without excluding small businesses from cross-border trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552019_en"}, {"id": 33552018, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 09:01:17", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "sikeliacraft", "feedback": "I am a European micro-enterprise selling small quantities of handmade products online across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. However, requiring a micro-enterprise to deal with separate registrations, reporting systems and administrative costs in every Member State where it sends even a few parcels is clearly disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Simplified reporting below 10 tonnes is not enough if businesses must still manage multiple national systems. I strongly ask the Commission to protect micro-enterprises through a de minimis threshold or a genuinely simplified system, ideally a single EU registration and reporting procedure similar to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). Micro-enterprises should contribute fairly to packaging waste management, but a few parcels sold across EU borders should not create 27 different administrative burdens. Without a proportionate solution, many small businesses will simply stop selling cross-border, creating new barriers within the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a European micro-enterprise selling small quantities of handmade products online across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. However, requiring a micro-enterprise to deal with separate registrations, reporting systems and administrative costs in every Member State where it sends even a few parcels is clearly disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Simplified reporting below 10 tonnes is not enough if businesses must still manage multiple national systems. I strongly ask the Commission to protect micro-enterprises through a de minimis threshold or a genuinely simplified system, ideally a single EU registration and reporting procedure similar to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). Micro-enterprises should contribute fairly to packaging waste management, but a few parcels sold across EU borders should not create 27 different administrative burdens. Without a proportionate solution, many small businesses will simply stop selling cross-border, creating new barriers within the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552018_en"}, {"id": 33552017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:59:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Künstlerin Dozentin ", "feedback": "Es ist selbstverständlich, dass wir alle auf umweltbewusste Verpackungen achten müssen, wenn es um den Versand geht, aber hierfür neue komplizierte Bürokratie einzuführen und hohe Kosten, ist für uns Kleinunternehmen nicht handelbar. Wir haben uns jahrelang unser Unternehmen mit Herzblut aufgebaut und mit ständig neuen Verordnung machen Sie alles nicht handelbar. Man ist froh und stolz, wenn andere Länder etwas bei uns kaufen und jetzt muss man alles einstellen, weil es nicht umsetzbar ist und die Kosten zu hoch. Wie bitten um Ihr Verständnis", "feedbackEnglish": "It is self-evident that we all need to pay attention to environmentally-conscious packaging when it comes to shipping, but for this we cannot trade small businesses with new complicated bureaucracy and high costs. We have built our company with heart blood for years and with constantly new regulation you make everything unnegotiable. You are happy and proud if other countries buy something from us and now you have to stop everything because it is not feasible and the costs are too high. How do you understand it?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552017_en"}, {"id": 33552016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:56:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "www.kipitan.de", "feedback": "Ich verstehe nicht wie leichtfertig die EU quasi allen klein und Kleinstunternehmen das Verkaufen innerhalb der EU verbietet, da Aufwand und Kosten für die PPWR in keinem Verhältnis stehen. Mein Fazit: Löblicher Gedanke der Nachhaltigkeit aber grob Fahrlässig und nicht zu Ende Gedacht für kleine Unternehmen. So macht EU leider keinen Spaß und bremst Innovation und kreative Produkte und Produzenten aus.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not understand how frivolous the EU is for almost all small businesses and forbids micro-enterprises from selling within the EU, as the burden and costs for PPWR are disproportionate. My conclusion: However, the laudable idea of sustainability is reckless and not at the end of the day a concern for small businesses. Unfortunately, the EU is not fun and is holding back innovation and creative products and producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552016_en"}, {"id": 33552014, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:52:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz, sowie über meinen eigenen Onlineshop. Ich verschicke im Jahr 30-50 Pakete in über 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei ca. 1000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich über 2.000 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace, as well as through my own online shop. I send 30-50 packages to more than 5 other EU countries in the year. My turnover from these countries is around EUR 1000. I am expected to pay more than EUR 2000 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552014_en"}, {"id": 33552013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:49:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to express my concern regarding the implementation of the PPWR, particularly the requirements for national packaging registers and authorised representatives. For small and medium-sized businesses selling from Germany to customers in other EU countries, these requirements can create significant administrative and financial burdens. Having to register in multiple countries and potentially appoint authorised representatives, even for relatively small quantities, seems disproportionate and contrary to the goal of a harmonised EU single market. I therefore kindly ask the European Commission to clarify why there is no simple EU-wide registration system or meaningful exemption for smaller quantities and businesses. The current requirements risk making cross-border trade unnecessarily complicated and expensive for small and medium-sized businesses. I would appreciate your response and clarification on this matter. Kind regards,", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to express my concern regarding the implementation of the PPWR, particularly the requirements for national packaging registers and authorised representatives. For small and medium-sized businesses selling from Germany to customers in other EU countries, these requirements can create significant administrative and financial burdens. Having to register in multiple countries and potentially appoint authorised representatives, even for relatively small quantities, seems disproportionate and contrary to the goal of a harmonised EU single market. I therefore kindly ask the European Commission to clarify why there is no simple EU-wide registration system or meaningful exemption for smaller quantities and businesses. The current requirements risk making cross-border trade unnecessarily complicated and expensive for small and medium-sized businesses. I would appreciate your response and clarification on this matter. Kind regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552013_en"}, {"id": 33552012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:47:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support reducing packaging waste, but I am very worried that the current requirements will have an unintended consequence: pushing small and independent businesses out of the EU market. For large corporations, additional registrations, fees and administrative work are manageable. For small businesses, they make selling to another EU country simply no longer viable. This cannot be the goal of the PPWR. Small businesses should not have to choose between stopping cross-border sales and facing excessive costs and bureaucracy. Please urgently introduce proportionate exemptions or meaningful thresholds for small businesses and small packaging volumes. We can reduce packaging waste without sacrificing the diversity of European businesses and consumers freedom to buy from them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support reducing packaging waste, but I am very worried that the current requirements will have an unintended consequence: pushing small and independent businesses out of the EU market. For large corporations, additional registrations, fees and administrative work are manageable. For small businesses, they make selling to another EU country simply no longer viable. This cannot be the goal of the PPWR. Small businesses should not have to choose between stopping cross-border sales and facing excessive costs and bureaucracy. Please urgently introduce proportionate exemptions or meaningful thresholds for small businesses and small packaging volumes. We can reduce packaging waste without sacrificing the diversity of European businesses and consumers freedom to buy from them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552012_en"}, {"id": 33552011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:46:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a huge fan of the EU but this new rule is possibly the worst example ever of well meant, badly done.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a huge fan of the EU but this new rule is possibly the worst example ever of well meant, badly done.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552011_en"}, {"id": 33552010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:45:34", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer I see that this regulation is killing small businesses. I love supporting brands Ive gotten to know on my travels and with this regulation ordering from Austria is now impossible with most of them.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer I see that this regulation is killing small businesses. I love supporting brands Ive gotten to know on my travels and with this regulation ordering from Austria is now impossible with most of them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552010_en"}, {"id": 33552008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:41:16", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Silliker Iberica", "feedback": "While standard point-of-sale labels are generally considered \"integrated components\" without altering EPR allocation under Art. 3(15)(a), large adhesive labels applied at processing plants or retail stores create technical challenges: Recyclability (Art. 6): Large labels covering significant surface area or using non-washable adhesives/dark inks can disrupt NIR optical sorting and degrade the packaging's recyclability grade.Substances of Concern (Art. 5): Inks, varnishes, or adhesives on large labels affect the chemical safety evaluation of the entire unit.Article 21 PPWR: It remains unclear whether applying a large label constitutes a conformity-altering modification that reclassifies the operator applying the label as the \"manufacturer\".2. The Regulatory GapPPWR lacks objective quantitative criteria (e.g., label-to-body surface coverage ratio, adhesive wash-off standards, or mass thresholds) to distinguish between a minor integrated label (where EPR stays with the empty packaging supplier) and a compliance-altering modification that triggers Art. 21. 3. Requests for GuidanceWe respectfully request that DG ENV address the following points:Thresholds: Will specific numerical thresholds (e.g., % surface coverage, material compatibility, adhesive washability) be established to define when a label alters technical conformity?Art. 21 Application: What criteria should Market Surveillance Authorities use to determine if adding a large label \"affects compliance\" under Art. 21?Declaration of Conformity (DoC): If a downstream label degrades the recyclability grade of an otherwise compliant base packaging, does the entity applying the label become responsible for issuing a new DoC under Art. 15/21?", "feedbackEnglish": "While standard point-of-sale labels are generally considered \"integrated components\" without altering EPR allocation under Art. 3(15)(a), large adhesive labels applied at processing plants or retail stores create technical challenges: Recyclability (Art. 6): Large labels covering significant surface area or using non-washable adhesives/dark inks can disrupt NIR optical sorting and degrade the packaging's recyclability grade.Substances of Concern (Art. 5): Inks, varnishes, or adhesives on large labels affect the chemical safety evaluation of the entire unit.Article 21 PPWR: It remains unclear whether applying a large label constitutes a conformity-altering modification that reclassifies the operator applying the label as the \"manufacturer\".2. The Regulatory GapPPWR lacks objective quantitative criteria (e.g., label-to-body surface coverage ratio, adhesive wash-off standards, or mass thresholds) to distinguish between a minor integrated label (where EPR stays with the empty packaging supplier) and a compliance-altering modification that triggers Art. 21. 3. Requests for GuidanceWe respectfully request that DG ENV address the following points:Thresholds: Will specific numerical thresholds (e.g., % surface coverage, material compatibility, adhesive washability) be established to define when a label alters technical conformity?Art. 21 Application: What criteria should Market Surveillance Authorities use to determine if adding a large label \"affects compliance\" under Art. 21?Declaration of Conformity (DoC): If a downstream label degrades the recyclability grade of an otherwise compliant base packaging, does the entity applying the label become responsible for issuing a new DoC under Art. 15/21?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552008_en"}, {"id": 33552007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:37:20", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "One EU. One registration. Fair rules for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "One EU. One registration. Fair rules for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552007_en"}, {"id": 33552006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:29:57", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Why let micro businesses and small businesses pay every year for each country they send to in the eu? That means a lot of businesses can't get a change anymore. Meanwhile big companies have nog problem and i think the china businesses that are on aliexpress and temu and sucha will find a way around it. Why not do a flat fee for every package the 3 euro you wanted above a certaint rate or do it because of weight. At least make 1 for the whole euro zone and 1 place to pay this not every country. I life in the EU and i love to support small and micro businesses. For all kind of things, instead to always buy from the big sellers like h&m, zara en mango. Let us keep diversity intact instead of letting them pay 15000+ euro every year to send to every 27 countries. Insane!!", "feedbackEnglish": "Why let micro businesses and small businesses pay every year for each country they send to in the eu? That means a lot of businesses can't get a change anymore. Meanwhile big companies have nog problem and i think the china businesses that are on aliexpress and temu and sucha will find a way around it. Why not do a flat fee for every package the 3 euro you wanted above a certaint rate or do it because of weight. At least make 1 for the whole euro zone and 1 place to pay this not every country. I life in the EU and i love to support small and micro businesses. For all kind of things, instead to always buy from the big sellers like h&m, zara en mango. Let us keep diversity intact instead of letting them pay 15000+ euro every year to send to every 27 countries. Insane!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552006_en"}, {"id": 33552005, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:27:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jain", "feedback": "As a small business owner sending products to many EU customers in different countries, I have to say that mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses like me to sell across EU borders.If our businesses generating tax money are to survive, we need a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs urgently. Otherwise only the big players will survive which cannot be in the interest of the people in Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner sending products to many EU customers in different countries, I have to say that mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses like me to sell across EU borders.If our businesses generating tax money are to survive, we need a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs urgently. Otherwise only the big players will survive which cannot be in the interest of the people in Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552005_en"}, {"id": 33552004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:25:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neu eingeführten Gesetze führen zu einer weiteren Monopolisierung der größten E-Commerce Händler innerhalb der EU (Amazon, ebay etc.) und zu einem mmer größer werdenden Aussterben kleinerer Unternehmen im EU-Gebiet. Noch dazu stehen die neuen Gesetze/Regulierungen in keinem Zusammenhang mit dem eigebrachten Nutzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The newly introduced laws lead to a further monopolisation of the largest e-commerce traders within the EU (Amazon, ebay, etc.) and to an increasing extinction of smaller companies in the EU territory. In addition, the new laws/regulations are unrelated to the benefits they bring.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552004_en"}, {"id": 33552003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:25:21", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "VIEL DESIGN", "feedback": "With this law you will kill the small business. This is simply a robbery. We, the internet businesses pay the most of taxes and fees of all businesses as we are all clean. Now you plan to kill us all!", "feedbackEnglish": "With this law you will kill the small business. This is simply a robbery. We, the internet businesses pay the most of taxes and fees of all businesses as we are all clean. Now you plan to kill us all!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552003_en"}, {"id": 33552002, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:23:06", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The intent of this new set of rules is noble when applied to big companies but it seems not to be keeping in consideration the existence of many small and micro businesses that make a living off shipping throughout all EU: they have the right not to be suppressed because of big companies shipping thousands of packages a day. The difference must be considered and different rules should be applied as the two situations are very much different: Excluding small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford, as they do not have the same amount of resources the big companies have Harmonizing the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many small and micro businesses, which are absolutely not contributing to pollution as much as the big companies do, hence the rule for them should be differentiated.", "feedbackEnglish": "The intent of this new set of rules is noble when applied to big companies but it seems not to be keeping in consideration the existence of many small and micro businesses that make a living off shipping throughout all EU: they have the right not to be suppressed because of big companies shipping thousands of packages a day. The difference must be considered and different rules should be applied as the two situations are very much different: Excluding small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford, as they do not have the same amount of resources the big companies have Harmonizing the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many small and micro businesses, which are absolutely not contributing to pollution as much as the big companies do, hence the rule for them should be differentiated.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552002_en"}, {"id": 33552001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:23:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das neue Verpackungsgesetz ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht für Kleine Unternehmen. Grundsätzlich kann man die Anstrengung sich für den Umweltschutz einzusetzen loben, aber die neuen Auflagen und Bürokratisierung trifft besonders kleine Unternehmen mit geringem Umsatz. Unternehmen, die oft nicht nur einen wirtschaftlichen sondern auch künstlerischen und demokratischen Auftrag verfolgen, können sich die Auflagenerfüllung nicht leisten und stellen nun den EU Versand komplett ein. Das führt nicht nur dazu, dass auf einmal das versenden ins weitere Ausland attraktiver wird, als Kunden in der EU zu verfolgen, sondern oftmals zum finanziellen Ruin. Kleinunternehmen demokratisieren den Markt und werden durch verkomplizierung einfach ausgesiebt, währen Giganten wie Amazon, die den meisten Müll und Leid verursachen lachen, denn finanzielle Maßnahmen sind für jene kleine Fische. Es ist wichtig das kleine und 1- Personen Unternehmen auch am Markt teilnehmen dürfen und können. Denn sonst liest sich das Gesetz wie Lobbyismus im Deckmantel von Umweltschutz.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law on packaging is a blow to the face for small businesses. In principle, the effort to protect the environment can be praised, but the new requirements and bureaucratisation particularly affect small businesses with a low turnover. Companies, which often have not only an economic but also an artistic and democratic mission, cannot afford to comply with the requirements and are now abandoning EU shipping altogether. This not only makes sending abroad more attractive than tracking customers in the EU at once, but often leads to financial ruin. Small businesses are democratising the market and are simply being squeezed out by complications, while giants such as Amazon, who laugh most of the waste and suffering, are taking financial measures for those small fish. It is important that small and one-person companies are also allowed and able to participate in the market. Otherwise, the law reads like lobbying in the guise of environmental protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552001_en"}, {"id": 33552000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:22:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist ein enormer Aufwand, der es vor allem kleineren Unternehmen kaum noch möglich macht, Waren innerhalb der EU zu verschicken. Als Unternehmen, das Waren ausschließlich in Kartons verschickt und alte Kartons schreddert, um diese als Füllmaterial zu verwenden, fehlt uns das Verständnis für die PPWR.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a huge burden that makes it hardly possible for companies, especially smaller ones, to ship goods within the EU. As an undertaking which sends goods exclusively in cartons and shreds old cartons in order to use them as stuffing material, we do not understand the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552000_en"}, {"id": 33551999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:21:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Verlierer dieser Regelung werden Kleingewerbetreibende sein, die diese Vorschrift allein personalmässig und finanziell nicht umsetzen können. Dadurch werden sie vom Markt verdrängt und Individualität, Kreativität und Vielfalt werden verloren gehen. Großkonzerne werden weiter wachsen und bestimmen die Märkte. Das kann und darf nicht das Ziel sein. Ich fordere Überarbeitung der Maßnahmen und Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleingewerbetreibende", "feedbackEnglish": "The losers of this rule will be small traders, who alone cannot implement this provision in terms of staff and finances. As a result, they will be driven out of the market and individuality, creativity and diversity will be lost. Large corporations will continue to grow and determine markets. This cannot and must not be the aim. I call for a review of the measures and exemptions for small traders", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551999_en"}, {"id": 33551998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:15:46", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The European Union is built upon the principles of free trade between its member states and the free movement of goods and people. Yet this new law appears to place another heavy burden on small businesses already struggling to survive, despite the fact that we already contribute through taxes. Our shop is not our main occupation, but a small side business we have built with great effort and dedication. These new rules may be the final nail in the coffin for us. We simply cannot afford to comply with the requirements, and doing so could force us to close the business we have worked so hard to establish, leaving us facing serious financial losses. As a small independent business moving an insignificant amount of physical goods, our environmental impact is negligible compared with that of large corporations responsible for the vast majority of packaging waste. Independent creators and micro-labels have also long practiced genuine recycling, routinely reusing cardboard boxes, mailers and envelopes until they literally fall apart. Small businesses make up the overwhelming majority in terms of numbers, yet regulations like this place a disproportionate burden on us while doing little to address the biggest polluters. A revision is urgently required. Without common-sense adjustments, you are not targeting the major polluters - you are simply forcing small independent artists, labels and businesses to abandon cross-border trade altogether. Once again, it feels as though those already powerful and wealthy are being protected while the small operators trying to build something of their own are being crushed.", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Union is built upon the principles of free trade between its member states and the free movement of goods and people. Yet this new law appears to place another heavy burden on small businesses already struggling to survive, despite the fact that we already contribute through taxes. Our shop is not our main occupation, but a small side business we have built with great effort and dedication. These new rules may be the final nail in the coffin for us. We simply cannot afford to comply with the requirements, and doing so could force us to close the business we have worked so hard to establish, leaving us facing serious financial losses. As a small independent business moving an insignificant amount of physical goods, our environmental impact is negligible compared with that of large corporations responsible for the vast majority of packaging waste. Independent creators and micro-labels have also long practiced genuine recycling, routinely reusing cardboard boxes, mailers and envelopes until they literally fall apart. Small businesses make up the overwhelming majority in terms of numbers, yet regulations like this place a disproportionate burden on us while doing little to address the biggest polluters. A revision is urgently required. Without common-sense adjustments, you are not targeting the major polluters - you are simply forcing small independent artists, labels and businesses to abandon cross-border trade altogether. Once again, it feels as though those already powerful and wealthy are being protected while the small operators trying to build something of their own are being crushed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551998_en"}, {"id": 33551997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:12:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Segger &Huppertz gbr", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr ca 20 Pakete in 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 1500Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich ca.850 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten und der Bürokratieaufwand für diesen Auslandsumsatz deutlich zu hoch sind im Vergleichzum Ertrag, stelle ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder ein. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send around 20 packages a year to 5 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is EUR 1500. I expect to pay around EUR 850 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs and red tape involved in this cross-border transaction are far too high compared to the revenue, I stop shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551997_en"}, {"id": 33551995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:10:01", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU packaging rules place a completely disproportionate burden on small online businesses. Requiring separate registrations, contracts, fees and in some cases authorised representatives in multiple EU countries simply because a small company ships a handful of parcels across borders undermines the entire idea of the EU single market. Large companies can absorb this bureaucracy; small businesses cannot. The result will be fewer small businesses selling across borders, less consumer choice and more advantage for large corporations. There should be a meaningful small-business exemption or, at minimum, one central EU-wide registration and reporting system.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU packaging rules place a completely disproportionate burden on small online businesses. Requiring separate registrations, contracts, fees and in some cases authorised representatives in multiple EU countries simply because a small company ships a handful of parcels across borders undermines the entire idea of the EU single market. Large companies can absorb this bureaucracy; small businesses cannot. The result will be fewer small businesses selling across borders, less consumer choice and more advantage for large corporations. There should be a meaningful small-business exemption or, at minimum, one central EU-wide registration and reporting system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551995_en"}, {"id": 33551994, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:08:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Evermore Atelier", "feedback": "De nieuwe wet maakt het voor micro/kleine bedrijven disproportioneel moeilijk om door te blijven gaan, het zou beter zijn als hier een uitzondering voor komt, of kleinere maatregelen. Ik ben bijvoorbeeld net begonnen met mijn bedrijf en verzend per jaar maximaal 10 pakketjes naar eu landen buiten Nederland. Verder is een van de doelen van de EU om vrij te kunnen handelen, deze wet staat daar lijnrecht tegenover.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law makes it disproportionately difficult for micro/small businesses to continue, it would be better to have an exception or smaller measures. For example, I just started my business and send up to 10 parcels a year to EU countries outside the Netherlands. Furthermore, one of the EU’s aims is to be able to act freely, and this law is diametrically opposed to this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551994_en"}, {"id": 33551992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:06:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independent maker/artist craft sector", "feedback": "I give my feedback as an independent maker/artist who lives in Northern Ireland on the border and who voted against brexit. Due to the fact that I cannot afford to register or have AR in various countries, I will now have to stop shipping to the EU. This includes my neighbours who live a few minutes away in ROI. This legislation does not give due consideration to the financial AND administrative burden placed on micro businesses. I fully support the overarching aim of the legislation and through my workshop practices and packaging choices am able to proactively work to support environmental protection. Being an independent maker in the craft sector facilitates low impact production and environmental protection. This legislation when applied in blanket fashion disproportionately adversely affects the craft sector and cultural and intangible heritage. Unfortunately, I no longer have an MEP to advocate on behalf of makers in NI. The administrative and financial burden placed on micro businesses is disproportionate to the amount of packaging we use and reuse. Micro businesses should be exempt across the EU. There should be a single point of registration specifically for micro businesses where a declaration of micro business status can be made. The lack of consideration for micro makers/artists in the rollout of this legislation decimates the culture of making and craft throughout the EU and beyond. Diversity of craft and making is something to be celebrated not to be subsumed solely into a business focused approach. It will be heartbreaking to no longer be able to share my Irish cultural and local heritage through my work with my clients in the EU. Please amend as a matter of urgency. Additionally it would be helpful to have Northern Ireland as an option in your list of countries especially as the Isle of Man is listed.", "feedbackEnglish": "I give my feedback as an independent maker/artist who lives in Northern Ireland on the border and who voted against brexit. Due to the fact that I cannot afford to register or have AR in various countries, I will now have to stop shipping to the EU. This includes my neighbours who live a few minutes away in ROI. This legislation does not give due consideration to the financial AND administrative burden placed on micro businesses. I fully support the overarching aim of the legislation and through my workshop practices and packaging choices am able to proactively work to support environmental protection. Being an independent maker in the craft sector facilitates low impact production and environmental protection. This legislation when applied in blanket fashion disproportionately adversely affects the craft sector and cultural and intangible heritage. Unfortunately, I no longer have an MEP to advocate on behalf of makers in NI. The administrative and financial burden placed on micro businesses is disproportionate to the amount of packaging we use and reuse. Micro businesses should be exempt across the EU. There should be a single point of registration specifically for micro businesses where a declaration of micro business status can be made. The lack of consideration for micro makers/artists in the rollout of this legislation decimates the culture of making and craft throughout the EU and beyond. Diversity of craft and making is something to be celebrated not to be subsumed solely into a business focused approach. It will be heartbreaking to no longer be able to share my Irish cultural and local heritage through my work with my clients in the EU. Please amend as a matter of urgency. Additionally it would be helpful to have Northern Ireland as an option in your list of countries especially as the Isle of Man is listed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551992_en"}, {"id": 33551991, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 08:00:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für mich als Solo Selbstständige ist der Mehraufwand und die damit verbundenen Kosten nicht tragbar. Ich verwende gebrauchtes Verpackungsmaterial, um nachhaltig zu arbeiten, die Kartongrößen kann ich nicht immer genau auf den Inhalt anpassen. Ich bitte darum, zu prüfen, ob eine Freigrenze für eine bestimmte Paketmenge pro Jahr realisierbar wäre. Durch die neue Verordnung werden kleine Unternehmen wie meines aus dem EU Markt verdrängt!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a solo self-employed person, I cannot afford the extra expense and associated costs. I use used packaging material to work sustainably, I cannot always accurately adapt the cardboard sizes to the content. I would ask you to examine whether an exemption threshold for a certain volume of parcels per year would be feasible. The new regulation will drive small businesses like myself out of the EU market!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551991_en"}, {"id": 33551990, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:59:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I understand the ultimate goal, as is, the law is offering a pay-to-play options to the biggest polluter. Not only they have teams to follow the rules and set-up everything using third parties in all countries, they also have the means to pay for the fines. However, when it comes to small and micro businesses it practically becomes impossible to set everything up for all EU countries, putting a disproportionate admin and cost burden on the shoulders of companies with such few volumes. Adding to the irony that it becomes easier and cheaper to send across the globe rather than to a neighboring country! If the packaging legislation are done EU wide, then the systems behind it need to support a EU wide registration and fee, taking into consideration volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand the ultimate goal, as is, the law is offering a pay-to-play options to the biggest polluter. Not only they have teams to follow the rules and set-up everything using third parties in all countries, they also have the means to pay for the fines. However, when it comes to small and micro businesses it practically becomes impossible to set everything up for all EU countries, putting a disproportionate admin and cost burden on the shoulders of companies with such few volumes. Adding to the irony that it becomes easier and cheaper to send across the globe rather than to a neighboring country! If the packaging legislation are done EU wide, then the systems behind it need to support a EU wide registration and fee, taking into consideration volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551990_en"}, {"id": 33551989, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:56:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Camila Maldonado", "feedback": "This new regulation does not take small businesses into account. It is impossible for us to pay management fees plus an annual fee for every country in the EU, regardless of whether I send 2 or 200 packages a year. Despite its good intentions, this measure could push many small and medium-sized businesses out of the market. Why not set a threshold? Or why not make the registration process simpler through a single platform? Are you telling me that to actually manage this, I have to hire a third party? This rule really does not consider the smaller players who sustain communities and create jobs. Very sad.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation does not take small businesses into account. It is impossible for us to pay management fees plus an annual fee for every country in the EU, regardless of whether I send 2 or 200 packages a year. Despite its good intentions, this measure could push many small and medium-sized businesses out of the market. Why not set a threshold? Or why not make the registration process simpler through a single platform? Are you telling me that to actually manage this, I have to hire a third party? This rule really does not consider the smaller players who sustain communities and create jobs. Very sad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551989_en"}, {"id": 33551988, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:48:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Inhaberin eines kleinen österreichischen E-Commerce-Unternehmens im Bereich Kinderprodukte, das regelmäßig grenzüberschreitend an Endkunden in mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet, weise ich auf die gravierenden praktischen Folgen der geplanten Regelung zu den nationalen Herstellerregistern hin. 1. Fehlendes zentrales Register führt zu unverhältnismäßigem Aufwand. Art. 44 PPWR verpflichtet Hersteller, sich in JEDEM Mitgliedstaat, in dem sie Verpackungen oder verpackte Produkte erstmals bereitstellen, einzeln zu registrieren mit eigenen Formularen, eigenen Behörden und oft der Pflicht, einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen. Ein zentrales EU-weites \"One-Stop-Shop\"-Register ist nicht vorgesehen; die nationalen Register sollen laut Verordnung nur untereinander verlinkt werden, eine Datenübernahme ist nicht geplant. Für ein KMU, das Ware in 15 bis 20 Mitgliedstaaten versendet, bedeutet das ebenso viele getrennte Registrierungs- und Meldeverfahren mit jeweils eigenen Fristen, Formaten und laufenden Kosten (u. a. für Bevollmächtigte) ein Aufwand, der mit den Ressourcen eines Kleinunternehmens nicht mehr zu bewältigen ist. 2. Rechtsunsicherheit durch verspätete Durchführungsrechtsakte. Der in Art. 44 Abs. 14 vorgesehene Durchführungsrechtsakt zur Harmonisierung von Registrierungs- und Meldeformat war gesetzlich bis 12. Februar 2026 fällig und wurde bis heute nicht erlassen. Unternehmen müssen sich parallel mit unterschiedlichen, teils noch im Aufbau befindlichen nationalen Systemen auseinandersetzen, ohne verlässliche Planungsgrundlage für ihre Compliance-Investitionen. 3. Konkrete wirtschaftliche Folge: Rückzug aus dem EU-Versandhandel. Die Kombination aus Registrierungspflicht in jedem Zielland, Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, laufenden Meldepflichten (u. a. jährliche Mengenmeldung bis 1. Juni) und ungeklärten Formatanforderungen führt dazu, dass der Versand in viele EU-Länder für kleinere Unternehmen schlicht nicht mehr wirtschaftlich sinnvoll ist. Der Aufwand pro Zielland steht in keinem Verhältnis zu den dort erzielten Umsätzen, besonders bei Ländern mit geringerem Bestellvolumen. Die absehbare Folge: KMU reduzieren ihren Versand auf wenige Kernmärkte oder stellen ihn ganz ein mit geringerer Auswahl und höheren Preisen für Verbraucher in den betroffenen Ländern und einem klaren Wettbewerbsvorteil für Großkonzerne, die sich die Verwaltung von 20+ nationalen Registrierungen leisten können. Das widerspricht dem Ziel des Binnenmarkts, freien Warenverkehr und faire Bedingungen für Unternehmen jeder Größe zu sichern. 4. Konkrete Forderungen: - Einrichtung eines echten EU-weiten zentralen Registers (One-Stop-Shop) mit einer einzigen Registrierung, die in allen Mitgliedstaaten anerkannt wird, statt 27 getrennter nationaler Systeme. - Klare, verbindliche und vereinfachte Schwellenwerte bzw. Ausnahmeregelungen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sowie für geringe Versandmengen pro Zielland, um den Verwaltungsaufwand proportional zum tatsächlichen Umweltrisiko zu halten. - Sofortiger Erlass des überfälligen Durchführungsrechtsakts nach Art. 44 Abs. 14 mit einem einheitlichen, digital automatisierbaren Format, das eine einmalige Dateneingabe für alle Zielländer ermöglicht (z. B. über eine API-Schnittstelle zu bestehender Shop- und Buchhaltungssoftware). - Ausreichende Übergangsfristen nach endgültiger Festlegung des Formats, damit Unternehmen ihre Prozesse anpassen können, ohne den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf zwischenzeitlich einstellen zu müssen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission, diese Rückmeldung bei der weiteren Ausarbeitung der Durchführungsbestimmungen zu berücksichtigen. Ziel sollte ein Regelwerk sein, das Herstellerverantwortung und Umweltschutz sicherstellt, ohne kleine und mittlere Unternehmen faktisch vom EU-weiten Binnenmarkt auszuschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small Austrian e-commerce company in the field of child products, which regularly sends out cross-border to final customers in several EU Member States, I would like to draw your attention to the serious practical consequences of the planned rules on national producer registers. 1. The lack of a central register leads to a disproportionate burden. Article 44 of the PPWR requires manufacturers to register individually in each Member State in which they make packaging or packaged products available for the first time, using their own forms, their own authorities and often the obligation to appoint a local authorised representative. There is no provision for a central EU-wide one-stop-shop register; according to the Regulation, the national registers should only be linked to each other and there are no plans to take over the data. For an SME shipping goods to 15 to 20 Member States, this means an equal number of separate registration and reporting procedures, each with its own deadlines, formats and running costs (including for authorised representatives), a burden that can no longer be met with the resources of a small enterprise. 2. Legal uncertainty due to late implementing acts. The implementing act to harmonise the registration and reporting format provided for in Article 44(14) was legally due by 12 February 2026 and has not yet been adopted. Companies have to deal in parallel with different national systems, some of which are still being developed, without a reliable planning basis for their compliance investments. 3. Concrete economic impact: Withdrawal from EU transit trade. The combination of the obligation to register in each destination country, the obligation to appoint a representative, ongoing reporting obligations (including annual reporting of quantities by 1 June) and unexplained format requirements means that shipping to many EU countries simply no longer makes economic sense for smaller companies. The cost per destination country is disproportionate to the turnover generated there, especially for countries with smaller order volumes. The foreseeable consequence: SMEs reduce their shipping to a few core markets or provide it with less choice and higher prices for consumers in the countries concerned and a clear competitive advantage for large corporations that can afford to manage 20+ national registrations. This runs counter to the single market’s objective of ensuring the free movement of goods and fair conditions for companies of all sizes. 4. Specific requests: — Establishment of a genuine EU-wide central register (one-stop-shop) with a single registration recognised in all Member States, instead of 27 separate national systems. — Clear, mandatory and simplified thresholds or derogations for small and medium-sized enterprises and for small quantities of shipments per destination country, in order to keep the administrative burden proportionate to the actual environmental risk. — Immediate adoption of the overdue implementing act under Article 44(14) with a uniform, digitally automatable format allowing single data entry for all destination countries (e.g. via an API interface to existing shopping and accounting software). — Sufficient transitional periods once the format has been finalised to allow companies to adapt their processes without having to stop cross-border sales in the meantime. I would ask the European Commission to take this feedback into account when further elaborating the implementing rules. The aim should be a set of rules ensuring producer responsibility and environmental protection, without effectively excluding small and medium-sized enterprises from the EU-wide internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551988_en"}, {"id": 33551987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:46:45", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative will kill small businesses and deprive thousands of people of their income.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will kill small businesses and deprive thousands of people of their income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551987_en"}, {"id": 33551986, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:42:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bertram Huspeka E.U.", "feedback": "Leider wurden die Klein- und Ein-Personen- Unternehmen hier komplett vergessen - oder es wird bewusst versucht die ganz kleinen Händler aus dem Markt zu vertreiben. Wenn nun für mich als kleiner Shop die ersten Länder zur Expansion UK und Schweiz sind, weil innerhalb der EU zu viel Bürokratie und Kosten dagegen sprechen, führt das den Gedanken der EU für mich ad absurdum. Was noch schlimmer ist, die großen Konzerne und große Händler aus Drittländern zahlen das Ganze aus der Portokasse und decken den zusätzlichen Bürokratieaufwand wohl locker ab, werden also keinen großen Nachteil davon haben, während viele kleine Shops in der EU schließen oder sich auf 1-2 Länder beschränken müssen. Ich persönlich führe meinen Onlineshop trotz Defizits in der Hoffnung dass er sich in der Zukunft einmal trägt. Das kann ich mir gerade so leisten, mehr Ausgaben und Aufwand geht dann nicht mehr.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, small and one-person businesses have been completely forgotten here – or there is a deliberate attempt to remove the very small traders from the market. If, as a small shop for me, the first countries to expand are the UK and Switzerland, because there is too much red tape and costs within the EU that militate against it, this makes the idea of the EU absurd for me. Even worse, large corporations and large traders from third countries pay the whole out of the postage fund and arguably cover the additional administrative burden less easily, so they will not suffer much from it, while many small shops in the EU have to close down or be limited to 1-2 countries. I personally run my online shop, despite a deficit, in the hope that it will be self-sustaining in the future. This is precisely what I can afford to do. More expenditure and effort will then no longer be involved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551986_en"}, {"id": 33551985, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:41:13", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative will kill small businesses and deprive thousands of people of their livelihoods. I will also lose my business, and consequently, my livelihood, and many of those around me will too.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will kill small businesses and deprive thousands of people of their livelihoods. I will also lose my business, and consequently, my livelihood, and many of those around me will too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551985_en"}, {"id": 33551984, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:40:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die EU berücksichtigt in vielen Ihrer Entscheidungen anscheinend nur große Millionen- und Milliardenkonzerne. Was vielleicht als Regularie für Shop-Riesen wie Temu Shein und Amazon gedacht ist trifft kleine und mittlere Unternehmen finanziell hart. Ich höre aus meinem Umfeld, dass sich aufgrund dieser Regulierungen Selbstständige und kleine Familienunternehmen in ihrer Existenz bedroht sehen. Wenn die lokalen, nachhaltigen Alternativen im Markt (die kleinen Unternehmen) weiter verschwinden wird letztendlich den Riesen wie Temu und Co wieder in die Hände gespielt. Bitte berücksichtigen Sie bei Ihren Regularien alle Betroffenen und schützen und bewahren Sie die Vielfalt am Markt, denn das ist Ihre Aufgabe. DANKE", "feedbackEnglish": "In many of your decisions, the EU seems to take into account only large groups of millions and billions. What might be meant as a regulation for shop giants such as Temu Shein and Amazon hits small and medium-sized enterprises hard financially. I hear from my circle that these regulations threaten the very existence of self-employed people and small family businesses. If the local, sustainable alternatives on the market (the small businesses) continue to disappear, the giants such as Temu and Co will ultimately be played back into their hands. Please make sure that your rules take into account all those affected and protect and preserve the diversity of the market, because this is your task. THANKS", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551984_en"}, {"id": 33551983, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:40:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Grundidee ist nicht verkehrt, die Umwelt soll geschützt werden. Allerdings scheitert es wieder an der Umsetzung. Als Händler versende ich weltweit Pakete. Die EU-Staaten sind dabei ein Großteil meiner Kunden. Beim Versuch die Regularien vereinzelter Staaten zu verstehen, stand ich vor vielen Hürden und gab schlussendlich auf. Nach Sprachbarrieren, scheitert es an zu vielen unterschiedlichen Herangehensweisen. Durch Recherche kam ich auf Anbieter, die die Meldung für einen in diversen Ländern übernehmen würden. Die Preise sind aber dermaßen hoch, dass die pauschalen Fixkosten für mehrere Staaten meine Einnahmen deutlich überschreiten. Ich sehe hier keine EU, die zusammenhält. Jeder mit seinen Regularien, keine einfache zentrale Meldung. Kleine Händler sind hier deutlich im Nachteil und Existenzgefährdet. Bitte um eine Nachbesserung der Regularien. Umweltschutz ja, aber mit einfachen und sinnvollen Maßnahmen. Nicht jeder kann Bevollmächtigte in mehreren Ländern haben. Zusätzlich sollte ein Versandlabel auf dem Karton den Versender nicht als Erzeuger des Karton automatisch machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The basic idea is not overlooked, the environment should be protected. However, implementation is again failing. As a trader, I send parcels around the world. EU countries are a major part of my customers. When trying to understand the rules of individual countries, I faced many hurdles and eventually abandoned. Language barriers mean that too many different approaches fail. As a result of my research, I came to the attention of providers who would take over the notification for one in various countries. However, prices are so high that the flat-rate fixed costs for several countries significantly exceed my income. I see no EU that stands together. Everyone with their rules, not a simple central reporting. Small traders are at a significant disadvantage here and at risk of survival. Request for improvement of the rules. Environmental protection yes, but with simple and meaningful measures. Not everyone can have authorised representatives in more than one country. In addition, a shipping label on the carton should not automatically make the consignor the producer of the carton.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551983_en"}, {"id": 33551979, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:38:14", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fosc Production", "feedback": "The changes that are forced upon us on August 12th are a death sentence for the majority of small sellers in Europe. The majority of us who want to support small businesses within the EU now cannot do that because small businesses are closing their door to the EU because of the incredibly high cost of these changes, and those of us who want to sell to the EU are forced to close our shipping and focus on countries outside of the EU to avoid fines. Micro businesses cannot afford 5000+ yearly euros needed to comply with these rules and, by leaving them as they are, the EU is actively supporting the destruction of small sellers in favor of large corporations like Amazon, Temu, etc. who do the most harm to the environment and will not have an issue paying their way out of this situation. Most of us have no issue complying with eco-friendly initiatives (most of us, in fact, already care about those), but we cannot bear the prices these changes push upon as they are larger than our entire yearly sales sometimes. We need an exemption for small sellers, abolishment of representatives requirement, and a central hub where registration can be done in the first place. The EU is supposed to be a unity. It's supposed to make business and travel easier for the members. Today, it feels like we're less united than we are to the rest of the world. Please stop supporting the destruction of small sellers in favor of mega corporations under the guise of \"an eco initiative\".", "feedbackEnglish": "The changes that are forced upon us on August 12th are a death sentence for the majority of small sellers in Europe. The majority of us who want to support small businesses within the EU now cannot do that because small businesses are closing their door to the EU because of the incredibly high cost of these changes, and those of us who want to sell to the EU are forced to close our shipping and focus on countries outside of the EU to avoid fines. Micro businesses cannot afford 5000+ yearly euros needed to comply with these rules and, by leaving them as they are, the EU is actively supporting the destruction of small sellers in favor of large corporations like Amazon, Temu, etc. who do the most harm to the environment and will not have an issue paying their way out of this situation. Most of us have no issue complying with eco-friendly initiatives (most of us, in fact, already care about those), but we cannot bear the prices these changes push upon as they are larger than our entire yearly sales sometimes. We need an exemption for small sellers, abolishment of representatives requirement, and a central hub where registration can be done in the first place. The EU is supposed to be a unity. It's supposed to make business and travel easier for the members. Today, it feels like we're less united than we are to the rest of the world. Please stop supporting the destruction of small sellers in favor of mega corporations under the guise of \"an eco initiative\".", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551979_en"}, {"id": 33551982, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:35:02", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sebastian Gansrigler", "feedback": "While I fully support the EUs environmental objectives to reduce packaging waste and advance a circular economy, the implementation framework of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates an existential threat to micro-enterprises, artisans, and small e-commerce businesses. Instead of creating a unified green transition, the current rules risk forcing small businesses out of cross-border trade entirely due to five critical structural barriers: 1. **Fragmentation Across 27 National Registers** Although PPWR is an EU-wide regulation intended to harmonize rules, businesses selling across Member States must navigate 27 distinct national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes, administration portals, and fee structures. The financial and administrative cost of managing multiple national registrations is unfeasible for small-volume sellers. 2. **Prohibitive Compliance Costs vs. Low Volume** Fixed minimum fees, membership charges, and mandatory Authorized Representative (AR) requirements in foreign EU Member States quickly exceed thousands of euros annuallyoften far surpassing the profit generated from small-scale sales in those markets. 3. **Complex Administrative Obligations** Requirements such as producing detailed EU Declarations of Conformity (DoC), maintaining technical documentation for 510 years, auditing empty-space ratios, and tracking recycled content across multiple product lines demand dedicated legal and compliance overhead that only large corporations possess. 4. **Undermining the EU Single Market** Rather than facilitating free trade, the current framework forces small businesses to geo-block EU Member States or restrict sales exclusively to their local market. This fragmentation harms EU consumers, limits market choice, and stifles small business growth. 5. **Disproportionate Competitive Advantage for Large Corporations** Multinational enterprises can absorb fixed compliance costs across millions of shipments. For micro-businesses selling low volumes (e.g., handmade crafts, niche specialty items, small-scale artisan products), these rules act as a de facto trade ban. To protect small businesses while maintaining high environmental standards, I urge the European Commission to introduce: * **A Centralized One-Stop-Shop Register:** Implement a single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (similar to the OSS VAT system) so businesses only register once to sell across all 27 Member States. * **A De Minimis Exemption or Tiered Threshold:** Introduce threshold-based exemptions or simplified flat-rate rules for micro-enterprises placing small packaging volumes on the market (e.g., under 1,000 kg annually or below specific revenue thresholds). * **Elimination of Mandatory Local Authorized Representatives:** Allow EU-based or small non-EU businesses to register directly in national portals without forcing expensive local agent contracts for low-volume sales. * **Standardized Documentation Templates:** Provide standardized, lightweight digital compliance templates for Declarations of Conformity tailored specifically to micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I fully support the EUs environmental objectives to reduce packaging waste and advance a circular economy, the implementation framework of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates an existential threat to micro-enterprises, artisans, and small e-commerce businesses. Instead of creating a unified green transition, the current rules risk forcing small businesses out of cross-border trade entirely due to five critical structural barriers: 1. **Fragmentation Across 27 National Registers** Although PPWR is an EU-wide regulation intended to harmonize rules, businesses selling across Member States must navigate 27 distinct national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes, administration portals, and fee structures. The financial and administrative cost of managing multiple national registrations is unfeasible for small-volume sellers. 2. **Prohibitive Compliance Costs vs. Low Volume** Fixed minimum fees, membership charges, and mandatory Authorized Representative (AR) requirements in foreign EU Member States quickly exceed thousands of euros annuallyoften far surpassing the profit generated from small-scale sales in those markets. 3. **Complex Administrative Obligations** Requirements such as producing detailed EU Declarations of Conformity (DoC), maintaining technical documentation for 510 years, auditing empty-space ratios, and tracking recycled content across multiple product lines demand dedicated legal and compliance overhead that only large corporations possess. 4. **Undermining the EU Single Market** Rather than facilitating free trade, the current framework forces small businesses to geo-block EU Member States or restrict sales exclusively to their local market. This fragmentation harms EU consumers, limits market choice, and stifles small business growth. 5. **Disproportionate Competitive Advantage for Large Corporations** Multinational enterprises can absorb fixed compliance costs across millions of shipments. For micro-businesses selling low volumes (e.g., handmade crafts, niche specialty items, small-scale artisan products), these rules act as a de facto trade ban. To protect small businesses while maintaining high environmental standards, I urge the European Commission to introduce: * **A Centralized One-Stop-Shop Register:** Implement a single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (similar to the OSS VAT system) so businesses only register once to sell across all 27 Member States. * **A De Minimis Exemption or Tiered Threshold:** Introduce threshold-based exemptions or simplified flat-rate rules for micro-enterprises placing small packaging volumes on the market (e.g., under 1,000 kg annually or below specific revenue thresholds). * **Elimination of Mandatory Local Authorized Representatives:** Allow EU-based or small non-EU businesses to register directly in national portals without forcing expensive local agent contracts for low-volume sales. * **Standardized Documentation Templates:** Provide standardized, lightweight digital compliance templates for Declarations of Conformity tailored specifically to micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551982_en"}, {"id": 33551981, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:33:08", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "From my local network of entrepreneurs and small business owners, this regulation appears to make it effectively illegal for a small business to sell anything to EU end users, both from outside and within the EU. I work with a small US based business. We have a few EU customers every year - think 1-5 packages to on average 10-15 EU countries every year. This means we ship product in on average around 50g-2000g (2kg) worth of cardbord boxes to those 10-15 countries, for a revenue of around $50-1000USD per country, but around $200 on average, per year, per country. If we'd have to hire a local representative to ensure the correct disposal of our plan brown cardboard boxes, it would cost us around 400-1200EUR per country - around $800 on average. In other words - it would cost far more to be in compliance under this regulation, than we could hope to earn. Even if we sold at 10 times higher volumes - compliance would cost our entire profit margin in fees and expenses. As a result - any small business is effectively locked out of selling within the EU and to the EU from the outside. This does not affect huge corporations as much, as they are more likely to already have offices in most countries. As such, this regulation is the greatest gift to megacorporations that could possibly exist - because it forces small and micro businesses to sell exclusively through huge corporations, which will inevitably create unwanted monopolies. It's effectively illegal for a small business to sell to the EU - and as such, it's effectively illegal for EU citizens to import anything from a small business - even from within other EU countries - because the fees would cause markups in the range of 1.000%-10.000% (one thousand to ten thousand percent) in come cases. I'm a freelance artist - If I print my art on a post-card sized canvas and ship it in an envelope from Denmark to Sweden - without registering and filing a ton of paperwork, and hiring a Swedish representative - I'd technically be in violation of this regulation. While this regulation clearly targets reducing plastic waste - in its current format it effectively outlaws small business in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "From my local network of entrepreneurs and small business owners, this regulation appears to make it effectively illegal for a small business to sell anything to EU end users, both from outside and within the EU. I work with a small US based business. We have a few EU customers every year - think 1-5 packages to on average 10-15 EU countries every year. This means we ship product in on average around 50g-2000g (2kg) worth of cardbord boxes to those 10-15 countries, for a revenue of around $50-1000USD per country, but around $200 on average, per year, per country. If we'd have to hire a local representative to ensure the correct disposal of our plan brown cardboard boxes, it would cost us around 400-1200EUR per country - around $800 on average. In other words - it would cost far more to be in compliance under this regulation, than we could hope to earn. Even if we sold at 10 times higher volumes - compliance would cost our entire profit margin in fees and expenses. As a result - any small business is effectively locked out of selling within the EU and to the EU from the outside. This does not affect huge corporations as much, as they are more likely to already have offices in most countries. As such, this regulation is the greatest gift to megacorporations that could possibly exist - because it forces small and micro businesses to sell exclusively through huge corporations, which will inevitably create unwanted monopolies. It's effectively illegal for a small business to sell to the EU - and as such, it's effectively illegal for EU citizens to import anything from a small business - even from within other EU countries - because the fees would cause markups in the range of 1.000%-10.000% (one thousand to ten thousand percent) in come cases. I'm a freelance artist - If I print my art on a post-card sized canvas and ship it in an envelope from Denmark to Sweden - without registering and filing a ton of paperwork, and hiring a Swedish representative - I'd technically be in violation of this regulation. While this regulation clearly targets reducing plastic waste - in its current format it effectively outlaws small business in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551981_en"}, {"id": 33551980, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:32:38", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Waut", "feedback": "Recycling, contributing and awareness is great. However for small businesses this rule is impossible. It is not clear/transparant. It should be EU wide not per country. It is very costly (to register etc) and time consuming (and also costly). And simply not easy accessible as it is very fragmented information and lots of it is unclear and difficult to find. For my business it means stopping orders as it would cost too much (time and resources)", "feedbackEnglish": "Recycling, contributing and awareness is great. However for small businesses this rule is impossible. It is not clear/transparant. It should be EU wide not per country. It is very costly (to register etc) and time consuming (and also costly). And simply not easy accessible as it is very fragmented information and lots of it is unclear and difficult to find. For my business it means stopping orders as it would cost too much (time and resources)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551980_en"}, {"id": 33551978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:26:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Warum gibt es keine Ausnahmeregeku. G für kleine Unternehmen? Eigentlich will man Bürokratie abbauen. So werden kleine Unternehmen kaputt gemacht!", "feedbackEnglish": "Why are there no exceptions? G for small enterprises? The aim is to cut red tape. This is how small businesses are broken up!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551978_en"}, {"id": 33551976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:23:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I read about this new law in the newspaper. And it is a bad idea for smal bussiness. I sometimes buy high quality handmade products or second hand products on sites as etsy. And they might be stop selling to some or all EU countries. I read that that you have to register for each country. It sounds al terrible. We should have less rules not more rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "I read about this new law in the newspaper. And it is a bad idea for smal bussiness. I sometimes buy high quality handmade products or second hand products on sites as etsy. And they might be stop selling to some or all EU countries. I read that that you have to register for each country. It sounds al terrible. We should have less rules not more rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551976_en"}, {"id": 33551975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:21:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Verpackungsverordnung zeigt wieder die Regulierungswut der EU. Getroffen werden davon nicht große Unternehmen wie Amazon z.B., es sind die kleinen Einzelunternehmen, die bereits jetzt schon Verpackungen recyceln und Wiederverwenden. Hier stehen Kosten im Raum die ein kleines Unternehmen nicht tragen kann. Mir als Kunden nimmt es die Möglichkeit im Ausland zu bestellen, viele Unternehmen haben den Versand ihre Waren ins Ausland eingestellt. Was im nächsten Schritt dazu führt, dass sie aufgeben werden und Ihre Existenzgrundlage verlieren. Die Verordnung ist ein weiterer Schritt, um die europäische Wirtschaft weiter in den Abgrund zu treiben. Die Bürokratie wächst ungebremst und der Freihandel in der EU wird immer weiter eingeschränkt. Dabei sollte die EU genau das erleichtern, habe ich jedenfalls in der Schule gelernt.", "feedbackEnglish": "This Packaging Regulation is a reminder of the EU’s regulatory anger. This does not affect large companies such as Amazon, for example. It is the small individual companies that already recycle and reuse packaging. There are costs here that a small company cannot bear. As a customer, it deprives me of the possibility of ordering abroad, and many companies have stopped shipping their goods abroad. As a next step, they will give up and lose their livelihoods. The Regulation is a further step in pushing the European economy further into the abyss. Bureaucracy is growing unchecked and free trade in the EU is increasingly restricted. This is exactly what the EU should facilitate, and I have learned at school.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551975_en"}, {"id": 33551974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:20:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "digitalsubstrat GmbH", "feedback": "Kleinunternehmen werden durch die Vorgaben faktisch aus dem EU-Markt ausgeschlossen. Die Registrierung in jedem Land ist häufig nur in der jeweiligen Landessprache möglich und die Kosten für die Bestellung von Beauftragten je Land und zusätzlich die Kosten je Land für den Beitritt zu einem Entsorgungsunternehmen übersteigen jeden tragbaren Rahmen (nicht nur bei Verpackungen sondern auch bestehenden und künftigen Herstellerverantwortungs-Themen wie Texil, etc.). Aus meiner Sicht gibt es nur zwei mögliche Lösungswege, wobei der zweite eigentlich der sinnvollste ist: 1. Registrierung, Mengenmeldung und Abgabenzahlung über eine einheitliche zentrale Stelle im eigenen Land ohne zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Abgabepflichten oder Entsorgungs-Beitrittspflichten 2. Umlage der Kosten auf die Mülltonnen an die Endverbraucher (wie auch bei Restmüll). Hierbei zahlen die Endverbraucher die lokalen Entsorgungsgebühren direkt in ihrer Stadt, passend zu den örtlichen Entsorgungskosten. Vorteile: -Kein Kostenunterschied für Verbraucher, da die Abgaben derzeit von Herstellern und Händlern auf die Produktpreise umgelegt werden. - Entlastung der Wirtschaft von Verwaltungsaufwand für Unternehmen. - Entfall aller Kosten für EU-weit alle zentralen Verpackungsregister - Stärkung der Eigenverantwortung der Verbraucher, da diese die Kosten selber beeinflussen können, indem sie nur Produkte mit wenig Verpackungsmüll kaufen und somit kleinere Abfalltonnen je Fraktion zahlen müssen. - Förderung der EU-Wirtschaft durch Entfall von Vorschriften. - Entfall von Prüfaufwand der Registrierungen von Nicht-EU-Unternehmen (auf welche, besonders bei kleinen Unternehmen, rechtlich in den meisten Fällen sowieso nicht zugegriffen werden kann) und die sich somit den Registrierungen entziehen und die EU-Unternehmen somit benachteiligen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The requirements effectively exclude small businesses from the EU market. Registration in each country is often only possible in the national language and the costs of appointing agents per country and, in addition, the costs per country for joining a waste management company exceed any acceptable framework (not only for packaging, but also existing and future producer responsibility issues such as Texil, etc.). In my view, there are only two possible solutions, with the second actually being the most sensible: 1. Registration, quantity reporting and payment of duties via a single central body in their own country, with no additional registration, surrender or waste accession obligations 2. Passing on costs to end-users (as in the case of residual waste). In this case, final consumers pay the local disposal fees directly in their city, in line with the local disposal costs. Advantages: —There is no difference in costs for consumers, as the levies are currently passed on in product prices by manufacturers and distributors. — Reducing the administrative burden on businesses. — Eliminating all costs for all central packaging registers across the EU – empowering consumers as they can influence costs by buying only products with low packaging waste and thus paying smaller waste bins per political group. — Promoting the EU economy by removing regulations. — Removing the burden of checking the registrations of non-EU companies (which in most cases cannot legally be accessed, especially for small companies) and thus avoiding registrations, thereby placing EU companies at a disadvantage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551974_en"}, {"id": 33551973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:18:22", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Studio2 ", "feedback": "I am co-owner of a small business founded in may 2026. We recently wanted to try selling physical products of our designs. however the new packaging regulation makes it literally impossible to even try. Even though we would only be using paper envelopes in small quantities. This regulation either was never really thought through properly or distinctively tries to kill international acting sme. Also the information distribution is a nightmare. Where to get information, that then does not oppose another source is an impossible task. That there is no collective system for the whole of EU with the start of this regulation is another massive oversight.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am co-owner of a small business founded in may 2026. We recently wanted to try selling physical products of our designs. however the new packaging regulation makes it literally impossible to even try. Even though we would only be using paper envelopes in small quantities. This regulation either was never really thought through properly or distinctively tries to kill international acting sme. Also the information distribution is a nightmare. Where to get information, that then does not oppose another source is an impossible task. That there is no collective system for the whole of EU with the start of this regulation is another massive oversight.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551973_en"}, {"id": 33551972, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:11:21", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including the reduction of packaging waste, improved recyclability, circularity and a more sustainable internal market. However, I am concerned that its practical implementation may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises and very small businesses. The issue is not the environmental objective itself, but the proportionality of regulatory requirements in relation to the size, resources and actual environmental impact of the business concerned. For a micro-enterprise, packaging compliance may involve registration, reporting, documentation, producer-responsibility obligations, material and recyclability requirements, labelling, data collection and changes to packaging materials or suppliers. These obligations may require specialist knowledge, external consultants or additional administrative capacity. While a large corporation can absorb such costs within an established compliance structure, they can represent a substantial operating cost for a business with only one or a few employees. This creates a serious risk of regulatory asymmetry: the same formal obligation may apply to a multinational corporation and a micro-business, while its economic and administrative impact is fundamentally different. I therefore believe that the implementation of the PPWR should incorporate a much stronger SME and micro-enterprise proportionality principle. In particular, the Commission and Member States should consider: * simplified registration, reporting and documentation requirements for micro-enterprises; * meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds where appropriate; * reduced administrative frequency for very small operators; * clear, standardised and easily accessible compliance guidance in all EU languages; * affordable compliance mechanisms that do not require micro-enterprises to hire external specialists; * avoidance of duplicative reporting requirements across Member States; and * sufficient transition periods where compliance requires changes to established packaging, suppliers or business processes. The principle of Think Small First should apply not only when EU legislation is drafted, but also during its implementation and the development of subsequent guidance. Environmental regulation can be ambitious while still recognising the very different compliance capacities of businesses. There is also a broader internal-market concern. If compliance costs become disproportionately high for micro-enterprises, smaller businesses may be forced to discontinue products, reduce their market presence, withdraw from cross-border sales or leave the market altogether. This could unintentionally reduce competition and favour larger market participants that are better equipped to absorb regulatory costs. This is particularly concerning where the environmental benefit achieved by imposing additional obligations on the smallest operators is marginal compared with the resulting compliance cost and administrative effort. I therefore urge the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR remains proportionate, SME-friendly and genuinely supportive of the EUs micro-business sector. Environmental regulation should encourage sustainable innovation rather than create a situation in which compliance itself becomes an existential barrier for the smallest businesses. The EU needs both ambitious environmental policy and a healthy, diverse internal market. Micro-enterprises should not be treated as scaled-down versions of large corporations when assessing regulatory compliance costs and administrative capacity.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), including the reduction of packaging waste, improved recyclability, circularity and a more sustainable internal market. However, I am concerned that its practical implementation may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises and very small businesses. The issue is not the environmental objective itself, but the proportionality of regulatory requirements in relation to the size, resources and actual environmental impact of the business concerned. For a micro-enterprise, packaging compliance may involve registration, reporting, documentation, producer-responsibility obligations, material and recyclability requirements, labelling, data collection and changes to packaging materials or suppliers. These obligations may require specialist knowledge, external consultants or additional administrative capacity. While a large corporation can absorb such costs within an established compliance structure, they can represent a substantial operating cost for a business with only one or a few employees. This creates a serious risk of regulatory asymmetry: the same formal obligation may apply to a multinational corporation and a micro-business, while its economic and administrative impact is fundamentally different. I therefore believe that the implementation of the PPWR should incorporate a much stronger SME and micro-enterprise proportionality principle. In particular, the Commission and Member States should consider: * simplified registration, reporting and documentation requirements for micro-enterprises; * meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds where appropriate; * reduced administrative frequency for very small operators; * clear, standardised and easily accessible compliance guidance in all EU languages; * affordable compliance mechanisms that do not require micro-enterprises to hire external specialists; * avoidance of duplicative reporting requirements across Member States; and * sufficient transition periods where compliance requires changes to established packaging, suppliers or business processes. The principle of Think Small First should apply not only when EU legislation is drafted, but also during its implementation and the development of subsequent guidance. Environmental regulation can be ambitious while still recognising the very different compliance capacities of businesses. There is also a broader internal-market concern. If compliance costs become disproportionately high for micro-enterprises, smaller businesses may be forced to discontinue products, reduce their market presence, withdraw from cross-border sales or leave the market altogether. This could unintentionally reduce competition and favour larger market participants that are better equipped to absorb regulatory costs. This is particularly concerning where the environmental benefit achieved by imposing additional obligations on the smallest operators is marginal compared with the resulting compliance cost and administrative effort. I therefore urge the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR remains proportionate, SME-friendly and genuinely supportive of the EUs micro-business sector. Environmental regulation should encourage sustainable innovation rather than create a situation in which compliance itself becomes an existential barrier for the smallest businesses. The EU needs both ambitious environmental policy and a healthy, diverse internal market. Micro-enterprises should not be treated as scaled-down versions of large corporations when assessing regulatory compliance costs and administrative capacity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551972_en"}, {"id": 33551971, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:08:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Uns wird durch unfähige Politiker in der EU das Leben im Onlinehandel nur schwer gemacht. Ich bitte daher um umgehende Abschaffung dieses unnötigen Bürokratiemonsters. Vielen Dank.", "feedbackEnglish": "Incapacitated politicians in the EU make it difficult for us to live online. I would therefore ask that this unnecessary red tape be abolished as a matter of urgency. Many thanks,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551971_en"}, {"id": 33551970, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:05:10", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a self-employed shop owner based in Italy. Im the only one working for my, I do the whole job. My revenue varies from 6,000 to 10,000 before taxes. As an example, I full fill less than 15 orders per year to France and Germany, 2 for Spain. Im being requested to sign an EPR for each country with a minimum 110 fee because Im under 5 tons of packaging and stationery per year: 5 tons!!!. The real weight of my shipments packaging and stationery is as much as 5 kilos per year. I dislike at all this EPR options, it sounds more like business than real waste disposal. EPR subscriptions affects me not only financially but adds bureaucratic procedures to manage. I support the environmental objectives, but their implementation must be proportionate to the quantity of waste of the company and its actual environmental impact. I urge the Commission to introduce a unique local EPR for all the EU, to consider exemptions, simplified requirements, or appropriate thresholds according to our real annual revenue.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a self-employed shop owner based in Italy. Im the only one working for my, I do the whole job. My revenue varies from 6,000 to 10,000 before taxes. As an example, I full fill less than 15 orders per year to France and Germany, 2 for Spain. Im being requested to sign an EPR for each country with a minimum 110 fee because Im under 5 tons of packaging and stationery per year: 5 tons!!!. The real weight of my shipments packaging and stationery is as much as 5 kilos per year. I dislike at all this EPR options, it sounds more like business than real waste disposal. EPR subscriptions affects me not only financially but adds bureaucratic procedures to manage. I support the environmental objectives, but their implementation must be proportionate to the quantity of waste of the company and its actual environmental impact. I urge the Commission to introduce a unique local EPR for all the EU, to consider exemptions, simplified requirements, or appropriate thresholds according to our real annual revenue.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551970_en"}, {"id": 33551969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 07:04:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neuen Verpackungsregelungen führen aus meiner Sicht zu einem erheblichen zusätzlichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand, der insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Nutzen steht. Gerade kleinere Betriebe verfügen häufig weder über die personellen noch über die zeitlichen Ressourcen, um immer umfangreichere Dokumentations-, Melde- und Registrierungspflichten zu erfüllen. Jede zusätzliche Vorgabe bedeutet für diese Unternehmen einen erheblichen organisatorischen Aufwand, der letztlich Zeit und Geld bindet. Besonders problematisch ist dies für kleine Unternehmen, die ihre Waren auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten versenden. Je nach Land können zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Systembeteiligungs- bzw. Lizenzierungskosten sowie Kosten für Bevollmächtigte und laufende Meldepflichten entstehen. Diese Kosten können auch dann erheblich sein, wenn in dem jeweiligen Land nur ein sehr geringer Umsatz erzielt wird. Für ein kleines Unternehmen kann der bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand damit schnell in einem völlig unverhältnismäßigen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Geschäftsvolumen stehen. Hinzu kommt, dass die zusätzlichen Kosten letztlich nicht beim Unternehmen bleiben. Sie müssen in die Kalkulation einfließen und werden damit zumindest teilweise an die Verbraucher weitergegeben. Produkte werden dadurch teurer und gerade bei kleineren oder nicht alltäglichen Anschaffungen kann ein zusätzlicher Kostenanstieg dazu führen, dass Verbraucher sich sehr gut überlegen, ob sie ein Produkt überhaupt noch kaufen. Das neue System erscheint mir daher nicht nur unverhältnismäßig, sondern schlicht nicht praktikabel. Kleine Unternehmen müssen sich mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Regelungen, Registrierungen, Gebühren und Meldepflichten auseinandersetzen, obwohl der tatsächliche Umfang ihrer Geschäftstätigkeit in dem jeweiligen Land teilweise äußerst gering ist. Der bürokratische Aufwand steht dabei in vielen Fällen in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum erzielten Umweltmehrwert. Aus meiner Sicht sollte dieses System daher in seiner ab heute geltenden Form abgeschafft und grundlegend durch eine einfache, praktikable und europaweit möglichst einheitliche Lösung ersetzt werden. Eine Regelung sollte so gestaltet sein, dass sie auch von kleinen Unternehmen ohne unverhältnismäßigen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand umgesetzt werden kann. Umweltschutz und die Reduzierung von Verpackungsmüll sind selbstverständlich wichtige Ziele. Dafür braucht es jedoch Lösungen, die tatsächlich praktikabel sind und ihren Zweck effizient erfüllen und nicht ein System, bei dem der bürokratische Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen und die daraus entstehenden Mehrkosten für Verbraucher in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Nutzen stehen. Es muss daher eine praktikable, verhältnismäßige und für kleine Unternehmen umsetzbare Lösung gefunden werden, anstatt immer weitere bürokratische Hürden aufzubauen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my view, the new packaging rules lead to a considerable additional bureaucratic and financial burden which is disproportionate to the actual benefits, especially for small businesses. Smaller businesses in particular often do not have the human or time resources to meet ever-increasing documentation, notification and registration obligations. Any additional requirement imposes a considerable organisational burden on these companies, which ultimately takes time and money. This is particularly problematic for small businesses that also send their goods to other EU Member States. Depending on the country, there may be additional registration, system participation or licensing costs, as well as costs for authorised representatives and ongoing reporting obligations. These costs can be significant even if the country’s turnover is very low. For a small company, the bureaucratic and financial burden can therefore quickly be completely disproportionate to the actual volume of business. In addition, the additional costs ultimately do not remain with the company. They must be included in the calculation and are thus at least partly passed on to consumers. As a result, products become more expensive and, especially in the case of smaller or non-daily purchases, an additional increase in costs can make consumers think very carefully whether they are buying a product at all. The new system therefore seems to me not only disproportionate, but simply unworkable. Small businesses have to deal with different national regulations, registrations, fees and reporting obligations, although the actual scale of their business in the country is sometimes extremely low. The administrative burden is in many cases disproportionate to the environmental added value achieved. In my view, this system should therefore be abolished in its current form and fundamentally replaced by a simple, workable and as uniform as possible throughout Europe. A scheme should be designed in such a way that it can also be implemented by small businesses without disproportionate bureaucratic and financial burdens. Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are of course important objectives. However, this requires solutions that are truly workable and efficient, rather than a system where the bureaucratic burden for small businesses and the resulting additional costs for consumers are disproportionate to the actual benefits. It is therefore necessary to find a workable, proportionate and feasible solution for small businesses, rather than creating ever more bureaucratic hurdles.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551969_en"}, {"id": 33551968, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 06:47:57", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Verordnung ist ein Schlag für alle Klein(st)-Unternehmen, die es ihnen unmöglich macht, europaweit tätig zu sein (u.a aufgrund der hohen lizentkosten), v.a. da viele bisher schon recyletes verpackungsmaterial verwendet haben. Meines Erachtens nach widerspricht dies dem europäischen Binnenmarkt. Ich bitte Sie dringend dieses Gesetzt zu überarbeiten und sinnvoll anzupassen, sodass Kleinunternehmen weiterhin im europäischen Sinn wirtschaftlich tätig sein können! Es ist mir wichtig, diese europäische Vielfalt nicht zu behindern und den Markt wenigen größeren Unternehmen zu Überlassen!", "feedbackEnglish": "This Regulation is a blow to all small (most) companies, making it impossible for them to operate across Europe (due in particular to the high cost of licencing), especially as many have already used recycled packaging material. In my view, this is contrary to the European internal market. I would urge you to revise this law and make appropriate adjustments so that small businesses can continue to operate economically in the European sense. It is important for me not to hinder this European diversity and to leave the market to a few larger companies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551968_en"}, {"id": 33551965, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 06:40:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Entlastung kleiner Unternehmen bei Verpackungsvorschriften Die aktuellen Verpackungsvorschriften und Registrierungspflichten beim grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel überfordern viele kleine Unternehmen durch hohe Kosten (z. B. für Bevollmächtigte) und bürokratischen Aufwand. Forderungen für eine effektive Entlastung: Einheitlichkeit: Gleiche, auf das Notwendige beschränkte Anforderungen und Verfahren in allen EU-Mitgliedstaaten sowie die Wiederverwendbarkeit einmal gemachter Angaben. Ausnahmen: Weitergehende Erleichterungen für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen. Zentralisierung: Langfristige Etablierung einer zentralen europäischen Anlaufstelle für sämtliche Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten. Ziel: Den grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb für Kleinunternehmen im Binnenmarkt ohne wirtschaftliche Hürden ermöglichen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Reducing the burden on small businesses with regard to packaging rules The current packaging rules and registration requirements for cross-border EU trade overburden many small businesses with high costs (e.g. for authorised representatives) and red tape. Calls for effective discharge: Uniformity: Same requirements and procedures in all EU Member States, limited to what is necessary, as well as the reusability of once provided information. Exceptions: Further facilitation for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. Centralisation: Long-term establishment of a European one-stop-shop for all registration and reporting obligations. Goal: Enable cross-border direct sales for small businesses in the single market without economic barriers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551965_en"}, {"id": 33551964, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 06:40:05", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik ben bezorgd dat deze eisen een onevenredige financiële en administratieve last zullen leggen op kleine en microbedrijven. Ik steun de milieudoelstellingen, maar de implementatie moet in verhouding staan tot de omvang van een bedrijf en de werkelijke milieu-impact. Ik dring er bij de Commissie op aan om vrijstellingen, vereenvoudigde eisen of passende drempels in te voeren voor kleine bedrijven die slechts kleine hoeveelheden verpakkingen op de markt brengen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that these requirements will impose a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro businesses. I support environmental objectives, but implementation must be proportionate to the size of a business and the actual environmental impact. I urge the Commission to introduce exemptions, simplified requirements or appropriate thresholds for small businesses that place only small quantities of packaging on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551964_en"}, {"id": 33551963, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 06:37:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a person who loves art and wants to support small artists and at the same time tries to avoid shopping with big companies as much as possible - the new regulations make no sense to me. Most packages Ive received from small artists or shops already used recycled packaging wherever possible; objecting them to register and pay extra for shipping materials that need to be produced and delivered to them means a disproportionally higher cost for small businesses - and at the same time more new packagings being produced and more resources being wasted. Please adapt the regulations, maybe exempt small businesses or allow direct reuse of packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a person who loves art and wants to support small artists and at the same time tries to avoid shopping with big companies as much as possible - the new regulations make no sense to me. Most packages Ive received from small artists or shops already used recycled packaging wherever possible; objecting them to register and pay extra for shipping materials that need to be produced and delivered to them means a disproportionally higher cost for small businesses - and at the same time more new packagings being produced and more resources being wasted. Please adapt the regulations, maybe exempt small businesses or allow direct reuse of packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551963_en"}, {"id": 33551962, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 06:36:25", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551962_en"}, {"id": 33551957, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 06:29:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gundi Arts", "feedback": "Ja, **das gehört unbedingt rein**, weil es die zweite Seite des Binnenmarkt-Problems zeigt: Du kannst nicht nur schlechter **hinausverkaufen**, sondern wirst auch beim **Einkauf aus anderen EU-Staaten** eingeschränkt. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, as the owner of a small business, I am extremely concerned about the administrative burden that the current system of Extended Producer Responsibility places on small companies trading within the EU. The European Single Market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across borders. In practice, packaging regulation is increasingly achieving the opposite. A small German business wishing to send even a very limited number of parcels to customers in other EU Member States may face different national registrations, reporting requirements, compliance schemes, fees and, in some countries, requirements for authorised representatives. The administrative cost can easily exceed the profit generated by sales in that country. The consequence in my own business is simple: **we have decided to stop shipping to customers in other EU countries.** But the problem also affects trade in the opposite direction. Because of the additional responsibility and documentation requirements associated with packaging of products sourced directly from suppliers in other EU Member States, I have also decided to **stop selling products that I purchase directly from suppliers in other EU countries where I would assume additional packaging responsibilities as the importer.** For example, I am removing products sourced from a French supplier from my assortment. The products themselves are perfectly legal and have previously been sold within the European Single Market. Nevertheless, continuing to sell them is no longer economically reasonable for my small business because of the additional packaging compliance burden. This means that the regulation is restricting the Single Market for my business **in both directions**: I can no longer economically sell to customers in other Member States, and I am discouraged from purchasing products directly from suppliers in other Member States. This cannot be the intended result of European legislation. Large corporations can employ compliance departments, legal advisers and specialised service providers. A small business owner has to deal with the same regulatory complexity personally. A requirement that represents a minor administrative expense for a multinational company can make cross-border trade economically pointless for a micro-enterprise. The same problem arises with documentation requirements. Small businesses are required to obtain and maintain increasingly detailed information concerning packaging and its components. In practice, suppliers particularly suppliers of older products or packaging may never have been asked for such documentation and may simply not possess it. Environmental protection is important. Reducing packaging waste is important. Producer responsibility is reasonable. But regulation must also be **proportionate**. The EU should therefore use this opportunity to create a genuinely harmonised European EPR system: **one registration, one reporting system and one set of rules valid throughout the European Union**, combined with meaningful simplifications or thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small quantities. Twenty-seven national systems are not a functioning Single Market for small businesses. If European regulation causes small companies to stop selling across EU borders, stop sourcing products from suppliers in other EU Member States, and withdraw products from their assortments, while large corporations can simply absorb the additional compliance costs, it does not strengthen the Single Market. It weakens competition and disproportionately benefits large businesses. Please make environmental regulation workable for the smallest companies", "feedbackEnglish": "Ja, **das gehört unbedingt rein**, weil es die zweite Seite des Binnenmarkt-Problems zeigt: Du kannst nicht nur schlechter **hinausverkaufen**, sondern wirst auch beim **Einkauf aus anderen EU-Staaten** eingeschränkt. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, as the owner of a small business, I am extremely concerned about the administrative burden that the current system of Extended Producer Responsibility places on small companies trading within the EU. The European Single Market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across borders. In practice, packaging regulation is increasingly achieving the opposite. A small German business wishing to send even a very limited number of parcels to customers in other EU Member States may face different national registrations, reporting requirements, compliance schemes, fees and, in some countries, requirements for authorised representatives. The administrative cost can easily exceed the profit generated by sales in that country. The consequence in my own business is simple: **we have decided to stop shipping to customers in other EU countries.** But the problem also affects trade in the opposite direction. Because of the additional responsibility and documentation requirements associated with packaging of products sourced directly from suppliers in other EU Member States, I have also decided to **stop selling products that I purchase directly from suppliers in other EU countries where I would assume additional packaging responsibilities as the importer.** For example, I am removing products sourced from a French supplier from my assortment. The products themselves are perfectly legal and have previously been sold within the European Single Market. Nevertheless, continuing to sell them is no longer economically reasonable for my small business because of the additional packaging compliance burden. This means that the regulation is restricting the Single Market for my business **in both directions**: I can no longer economically sell to customers in other Member States, and I am discouraged from purchasing products directly from suppliers in other Member States. This cannot be the intended result of European legislation. Large corporations can employ compliance departments, legal advisers and specialised service providers. A small business owner has to deal with the same regulatory complexity personally. A requirement that represents a minor administrative expense for a multinational company can make cross-border trade economically pointless for a micro-enterprise. The same problem arises with documentation requirements. Small businesses are required to obtain and maintain increasingly detailed information concerning packaging and its components. In practice, suppliers particularly suppliers of older products or packaging may never have been asked for such documentation and may simply not possess it. Environmental protection is important. Reducing packaging waste is important. Producer responsibility is reasonable. But regulation must also be **proportionate**. The EU should therefore use this opportunity to create a genuinely harmonised European EPR system: **one registration, one reporting system and one set of rules valid throughout the European Union**, combined with meaningful simplifications or thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small quantities. Twenty-seven national systems are not a functioning Single Market for small businesses. If European regulation causes small companies to stop selling across EU borders, stop sourcing products from suppliers in other EU Member States, and withdraw products from their assortments, while large corporations can simply absorb the additional compliance costs, it does not strengthen the Single Market. It weakens competition and disproportionately benefits large businesses. Please make environmental regulation workable for the smallest companies", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551957_en"}, {"id": 33551377, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 05:31:13", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Human Threads Studio ", "feedback": "Starting August 12th, new EU packaging regulations (PPWR) require registration, local representation, and recycling fee payments in every individual country you ship to. For a small creative business selling just one painting a month to different destinations, this overhead makes selling within the EU completely unsustainable. My wife and I are based in Lithuania and want to ship our handmade artwork across the EU, but these fixed compliance costs far exceed our profit margin. This system effectively jeopardizes micro-businesses and independent creators who rely on occasional international sales.", "feedbackEnglish": "Starting August 12th, new EU packaging regulations (PPWR) require registration, local representation, and recycling fee payments in every individual country you ship to. For a small creative business selling just one painting a month to different destinations, this overhead makes selling within the EU completely unsustainable. My wife and I are based in Lithuania and want to ship our handmade artwork across the EU, but these fixed compliance costs far exceed our profit margin. This system effectively jeopardizes micro-businesses and independent creators who rely on occasional international sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33551377_en"}, {"id": 33550999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 05:07:11", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tímto zákonem zlikvidujete malé tvůrce a ještě víc otevřete trh asijským tržištím. Je absurdní, abych nemohla nakoupit ze sousedního Rakouska nebo Slovenska jen proto, že si drobný tvůrce nemůže dovolit zaplatit výpalné za obaly! Přitom řada z nich posílá výrobky v recyklovaných obalech. Je na konečném spotřebiteli, aby byl schopný obaly ekologicky zlikvidovat. Jako novinář jsem byla v několika slumech v Keni a je tam znát chybějící edukace v této oblasti, místo vody v řece mají smradlavý odpad. U nás se ale většina chová zodpovědně. Vypracujte výjimku pro malé tvůrce, dokud ještě nějací ve vašem byrokratickém pekle zvládají fungovat! Na co žijeme v jednotném evropském prostoru, když v každé zemi budou jiné odpadní tarify? Proč nemůžu nakoupit od souseda na Slovensku, ale nekvalitní, neetické zboží z Asie mám dostupné pořád?! Je smutné, kam nás směřujete ve více oblastech, ale toho jde vyloženě proti občanům EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this law, you will destroy small creators and open the market even more to Asian marketplaces. It is absurd that I cannot buy from neighbouring Austria or Slovakia just because a small creator cannot afford to pay for the wasteful packaging! Many of them send products in recycled packaging. It is up to the final consumer to be able to dispose of the packaging organically. As a journalist, I was in several slums in Kenya and there is a knowledge of the lack of education in the area; instead of water in the river, there is a frightening waste. But most of us act responsibly. Make an exception for small creators as long as they are still working in your bureaucratic peg! What do we live in a single European area when there are different waste tariffs in each country? Why can't I buy from a neighbour in Slovakia, but I still have low-quality, unethical goods from Asia? It is sad to see where you are heading in more than one area, but this is clearly against EU citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550999_en"}, {"id": 33550997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 03:43:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "De nuevo, paga el nuevo comercio las tasas. Es injusto, no son necesarias, como siempre, beneficia a las grandes empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "Once again, the new trade pays the fees. It is unfair, they are not necessary, as always, to the benefit of large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550997_en"}, {"id": 33550994, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:53:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This bureaucratic monster can only be shaken unconsciously. Hundreds of thousands of small consignors can no longer ship within the EU. Sending 2 to 5 parcels per month to some EU countries is a beautiful thing. But if I pay 27 representatives and have to apply for 27 memberships with waste disposal operators, this is far too expensive. In my view: extremely anti-competitive and anti-European. Customers in Greece already do not understand why I have to exclude them. Only very large suppliers can make and pay for this effort. Hundreds of thousands of small suppliers and their European customers are excluded from the European market due to this policies. This Kind of bureaucracies does not help the great idea of the EU. Please make Trade in the EU easy and possible for every citizen.Unfortunately, the packaging order with 27 representatives is not the right thing to do and ihad to cancelled in the interests of Europe. With European greetings", "feedbackEnglish": "This bureaucratic monster can only be shaken unconsciously. Hundreds of thousands of small consignors can no longer ship within the EU. Sending 2 to 5 parcels per month to some EU countries is a beautiful thing. But if I pay 27 representatives and have to apply for 27 memberships with waste disposal operators, this is far too expensive. In my view: extremely anti-competitive and anti-European. Customers in Greece already do not understand why I have to exclude them. Only very large suppliers can make and pay for this effort. Hundreds of thousands of small suppliers and their European customers are excluded from the European market due to this policies. This Kind of bureaucracies does not help the great idea of the EU. Please make Trade in the EU easy and possible for every citizen.Unfortunately, the packaging order with 27 representatives is not the right thing to do and ihad to cancelled in the interests of Europe. With European greetings", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550994_en"}, {"id": 33550900, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:32:01", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": " ", "feedback": "Should this come into play, it would create a compensation based monopoly where big corporations get to keep selling while hundreds of micro businesses will be forced into closure. The majority of my orders come from inside Europe, and if I kept my shop open then I'd have to pay more than I make in a year just to ship everything out. This clearly hasn't been thought out in the slightest because the companies worth billions of Euros that this is apparently meant to target wouldn't even blink at the price of the new shipping costs. This will essentially just kill all small European businesses without touching the big issue you claim this is about.", "feedbackEnglish": "Should this come into play, it would create a compensation based monopoly where big corporations get to keep selling while hundreds of micro businesses will be forced into closure. The majority of my orders come from inside Europe, and if I kept my shop open then I'd have to pay more than I make in a year just to ship everything out. This clearly hasn't been thought out in the slightest because the companies worth billions of Euros that this is apparently meant to target wouldn't even blink at the price of the new shipping costs. This will essentially just kill all small European businesses without touching the big issue you claim this is about.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550900_en"}, {"id": 33550892, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:30:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will do more harm than good. Small business owners don't produce as much packaging waste as big companies, so why should they pay the same amount? Small business owners will not be able to pay the fees, while big companies get a monopoly. All EU citizens of smaller countries will be effected, since small business owners of niche markets will likely stop sending to these countries entirely. We should be united as the EU, not devided.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will do more harm than good. Small business owners don't produce as much packaging waste as big companies, so why should they pay the same amount? Small business owners will not be able to pay the fees, while big companies get a monopoly. All EU citizens of smaller countries will be effected, since small business owners of niche markets will likely stop sending to these countries entirely. We should be united as the EU, not devided.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550892_en"}, {"id": 33550712, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:21:18", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation directly impacts small- and micro businesses negatively, helping only those already at the summit of economic monopoly and power. Furthermore, the citizens of small or isolated countries will have little to no access to many beneficial services and products following this law, effectively killing entrepreneurship and funneling customers to large conglomerates over small independent businesses. This legislation needs to be revised to reflect the actual actors responsible for environmental damage over independent citizens trying to make a living bearing the brunt and responsibility of these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation directly impacts small- and micro businesses negatively, helping only those already at the summit of economic monopoly and power. Furthermore, the citizens of small or isolated countries will have little to no access to many beneficial services and products following this law, effectively killing entrepreneurship and funneling customers to large conglomerates over small independent businesses. This legislation needs to be revised to reflect the actual actors responsible for environmental damage over independent citizens trying to make a living bearing the brunt and responsibility of these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550712_en"}, {"id": 33550358, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:03:12", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "VOID VISUALS", "feedback": "This regulation seems like insanity - it is impossible to follow for any small businesses. The only option is to remove certain EU countries for shipping, which hurts all small businesses and the economy. I really wonder what kind of disconnected people come up and greenlight these kind of ideas.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation seems like insanity - it is impossible to follow for any small businesses. The only option is to remove certain EU countries for shipping, which hurts all small businesses and the economy. I really wonder what kind of disconnected people come up and greenlight these kind of ideas.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550358_en"}, {"id": 33550322, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:01:28", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello. As a customer and a young proffesional, I feel I must bring your attention to this. Whilst I feel deeply about the importance of protecting the enviornment and keeping businesses accountable, this regulation makes it impossible for smaller businesses to ship their products abroad. This prices small businesses out, whilst maintaining a monopoly of a few big companies. Moreover, in some parts of Europe that means consumers won't be able to access certain goods at all anymore which further maintains the inequality of resource distribution within Europe. Please make an exception for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. As a customer and a young proffesional, I feel I must bring your attention to this. Whilst I feel deeply about the importance of protecting the enviornment and keeping businesses accountable, this regulation makes it impossible for smaller businesses to ship their products abroad. This prices small businesses out, whilst maintaining a monopoly of a few big companies. Moreover, in some parts of Europe that means consumers won't be able to access certain goods at all anymore which further maintains the inequality of resource distribution within Europe. Please make an exception for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550322_en"}, {"id": 33550314, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 02:01:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting a more sustainable economy. However, I believe the way this rule is being implemented is concerning and could have harmful consequences for small businesses. Small businesses, particularly those operating with very limited profit margins, should not be subject to the same financial and administrative burdens as large corporations. For many small businesses, the accumulation of registrations, fees, and compliance obligations across multiple Member States could make selling to European consumers economically unviable, ultimately reducing competition and limiting the diversity of products available within the EU. In my view, it would make sense for all businesses, regardless of their size, to declare the packaging they place on the market. This information is valuable for monitoring packaging waste and supporting effective environmental policies. However, micro and small enterprises should benefit from a simplified regime, including exemptions from, or significant reductions in, fees and administrative requirements, at least up to certain turnover or packaging volume thresholds. Furthermore, if the objective is to strengthen the European Single Market, it would be far more logical to establish a single EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of multiple national systems. This would significantly reduce compliance costs while maintaining the environmental objectives of the legislation and preventing small businesses from withdrawing from the European market due to unnecessary administrative complexity. An effective environmental regulation should protect the environment while also ensuring that small businesses can continue to innovate, grow, and serve consumers across the European Union. A proportional and harmonised approach would achieve both objectives more effectively.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting a more sustainable economy. However, I believe the way this rule is being implemented is concerning and could have harmful consequences for small businesses. Small businesses, particularly those operating with very limited profit margins, should not be subject to the same financial and administrative burdens as large corporations. For many small businesses, the accumulation of registrations, fees, and compliance obligations across multiple Member States could make selling to European consumers economically unviable, ultimately reducing competition and limiting the diversity of products available within the EU. In my view, it would make sense for all businesses, regardless of their size, to declare the packaging they place on the market. This information is valuable for monitoring packaging waste and supporting effective environmental policies. However, micro and small enterprises should benefit from a simplified regime, including exemptions from, or significant reductions in, fees and administrative requirements, at least up to certain turnover or packaging volume thresholds. Furthermore, if the objective is to strengthen the European Single Market, it would be far more logical to establish a single EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of multiple national systems. This would significantly reduce compliance costs while maintaining the environmental objectives of the legislation and preventing small businesses from withdrawing from the European market due to unnecessary administrative complexity. An effective environmental regulation should protect the environment while also ensuring that small businesses can continue to innovate, grow, and serve consumers across the European Union. A proportional and harmonised approach would achieve both objectives more effectively.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550314_en"}, {"id": 33550264, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:58:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stickfinchen", "feedback": "I am the owner of a very small, one-person business where I personally make and sell handmade, personalised products. I have been running my business for many years and have no employees. I fully support the objectives of the PPWR, particularly the reduction of packaging waste and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned that the registration, reporting and administrative requirements could place a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises with very small quantities of packaging. As a small business, I ship only a limited number of parcels. The packaging I use consists mainly of simple, lightweight shipping materials. Compared with large retailers and manufacturers, the amount of packaging I place on the market is extremely small. Cross-border sales within the EU are a particular concern. If a small business sells individual orders to customers in several EU Member States, this can potentially result in additional registrations, reporting obligations, fees and, in some cases, the need to appoint authorised representatives in different countries. For a one-person business, the administrative and financial burden can quickly become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. In practice, these requirements could make occasional sales to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. This would create a significant disadvantage for small businesses compared with large companies and could discourage small manufacturers, craftspeople and online retailers from participating in the European Single Market. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider: 1. A genuinely centralised EU registration system that avoids multiple registrations in individual Member States. 2. A clear de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. 3. Simplified reporting requirements for micro-enterprises, proportionate to the actual quantities of packaging placed on the market. 4. No obligation for a micro-enterprise to appoint a costly authorised representative in every individual Member State when only very small quantities are involved. 5. A simple and affordable solution for micro-enterprises making only occasional cross-border sales. Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are important goals. However, achieving these goals should not result in micro-enterprises being subjected to administrative requirements comparable to those faced by large corporations. I therefore ask the European Commission to take the practical reality of one-person businesses, small craft businesses and small online retailers into account when designing the registration and reporting procedures under the PPWR. Small businesses need proportionate rules. They should not be forced to abandon cross-border trade because the administrative burden is greater than the environmental impact of the packaging they use.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a very small, one-person business where I personally make and sell handmade, personalised products. I have been running my business for many years and have no employees. I fully support the objectives of the PPWR, particularly the reduction of packaging waste and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned that the registration, reporting and administrative requirements could place a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises with very small quantities of packaging. As a small business, I ship only a limited number of parcels. The packaging I use consists mainly of simple, lightweight shipping materials. Compared with large retailers and manufacturers, the amount of packaging I place on the market is extremely small. Cross-border sales within the EU are a particular concern. If a small business sells individual orders to customers in several EU Member States, this can potentially result in additional registrations, reporting obligations, fees and, in some cases, the need to appoint authorised representatives in different countries. For a one-person business, the administrative and financial burden can quickly become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. In practice, these requirements could make occasional sales to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. This would create a significant disadvantage for small businesses compared with large companies and could discourage small manufacturers, craftspeople and online retailers from participating in the European Single Market. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider: 1. A genuinely centralised EU registration system that avoids multiple registrations in individual Member States. 2. A clear de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. 3. Simplified reporting requirements for micro-enterprises, proportionate to the actual quantities of packaging placed on the market. 4. No obligation for a micro-enterprise to appoint a costly authorised representative in every individual Member State when only very small quantities are involved. 5. A simple and affordable solution for micro-enterprises making only occasional cross-border sales. Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are important goals. However, achieving these goals should not result in micro-enterprises being subjected to administrative requirements comparable to those faced by large corporations. I therefore ask the European Commission to take the practical reality of one-person businesses, small craft businesses and small online retailers into account when designing the registration and reporting procedures under the PPWR. Small businesses need proportionate rules. They should not be forced to abandon cross-border trade because the administrative burden is greater than the environmental impact of the packaging they use.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550264_en"}, {"id": 33550197, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:47:29", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small independent artists that ships a very small amount of packages a year through Europe. This new law hurts my growth as it takes the money i worked so hard to earn. And other artists are in the same situation. It insensitive to artists and other professionals, many with disabilities, that work from home doing what they can to do a living gets step on by unnecessary laws that punish us by government members, members who are clearly disconnected from reality. Listen to small businesses. Go after the big companies that do the horrible wastes, not those that barely ship less of 100 or 200 packages in a year.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent artists that ships a very small amount of packages a year through Europe. This new law hurts my growth as it takes the money i worked so hard to earn. And other artists are in the same situation. It insensitive to artists and other professionals, many with disabilities, that work from home doing what they can to do a living gets step on by unnecessary laws that punish us by government members, members who are clearly disconnected from reality. Listen to small businesses. Go after the big companies that do the horrible wastes, not those that barely ship less of 100 or 200 packages in a year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550197_en"}, {"id": 33550196, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:46:00", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The way this is made right now, is just going to kill any small businesses who cannot afford to do this in every eu country, and make ways for giant polluters like shein and temu who can absolutely afford this measure so what good is it really supposed to do. Take into account small businesses and make exemptions for them, they are not the polluters and everyone knows it", "feedbackEnglish": "The way this is made right now, is just going to kill any small businesses who cannot afford to do this in every eu country, and make ways for giant polluters like shein and temu who can absolutely afford this measure so what good is it really supposed to do. Take into account small businesses and make exemptions for them, they are not the polluters and everyone knows it", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550196_en"}, {"id": 33550194, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:30:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A draconian measure considering all that the European Union stands for: free trade between the constituting states and freedom of movement, spawned upon unsuspecting citizens and inhabitants who contribute with taxes in the midst of an economic fallout. As an artist moving an insignificant number of physical goods, the implementation of this new regulation will destroy our entire community. It needs to be said that independent creators and micro-labels have always been at the forefront of true recycling by systematically reusing cardboard boxes, mailers, and envelopes until they fall apart. We constitute the majority in terms of business numbers, while the biggest offenders are large enterprises producing the vast majority of packaging waste. A revision of this regulation is urgently required. To make this law realistic and fair, the EU must implement the following changes: [1] EXCEPTIONS FOR LOWER QUANTITIES: Small-scale creators and micro-enterprises moving minimal amounts of goods should be completely exempt from registration and fees. [2] DEREGULATE THE BUREAUCRATIC BURDEN: Eliminate the overwhelming paperwork that one-person enterprises simply do not have the time or administrative resources to fulfil. [3] A SINGLE EU-WIDE REGISTRATION: Replace the ruinous requirement to register across 27 separate national systems with a single, centralised registration point for all EU member states. [4] SCRAP LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE COSTS: Stop forcing small cross-border shippers to pay for expensive legal \"Authorised Representatives\" in every individual country they mail a package to. [5] LET ONLINE MARKETPLACES HANDLE IT: Allow online sales platforms and digital marketplaces to offer a collective system where they manage the reporting automatically at the point of sale, taking the weight off solo creators. Without these common-sense adjustments, you are not targeting polluters; you are simply forcing small independent artists to stop cross-border trade entirely.", "feedbackEnglish": "A draconian measure considering all that the European Union stands for: free trade between the constituting states and freedom of movement, spawned upon unsuspecting citizens and inhabitants who contribute with taxes in the midst of an economic fallout. As an artist moving an insignificant number of physical goods, the implementation of this new regulation will destroy our entire community. It needs to be said that independent creators and micro-labels have always been at the forefront of true recycling by systematically reusing cardboard boxes, mailers, and envelopes until they fall apart. We constitute the majority in terms of business numbers, while the biggest offenders are large enterprises producing the vast majority of packaging waste. A revision of this regulation is urgently required. To make this law realistic and fair, the EU must implement the following changes: [1] EXCEPTIONS FOR LOWER QUANTITIES: Small-scale creators and micro-enterprises moving minimal amounts of goods should be completely exempt from registration and fees. [2] DEREGULATE THE BUREAUCRATIC BURDEN: Eliminate the overwhelming paperwork that one-person enterprises simply do not have the time or administrative resources to fulfil. [3] A SINGLE EU-WIDE REGISTRATION: Replace the ruinous requirement to register across 27 separate national systems with a single, centralised registration point for all EU member states. [4] SCRAP LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE COSTS: Stop forcing small cross-border shippers to pay for expensive legal \"Authorised Representatives\" in every individual country they mail a package to. [5] LET ONLINE MARKETPLACES HANDLE IT: Allow online sales platforms and digital marketplaces to offer a collective system where they manage the reporting automatically at the point of sale, taking the weight off solo creators. Without these common-sense adjustments, you are not targeting polluters; you are simply forcing small independent artists to stop cross-border trade entirely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550194_en"}, {"id": 33550193, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:29:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rietveld Fijnhout", "feedback": "Hierbij wil ik bezwaar maken tegen de nieuwe wet PPWR. Ik ben een kleine startende ondernemer. Ik upcycle ambachtelijk afgedankte meubels van hout naar nieuwe niche producten. Die verzend ik met verpakkingsmateriaal dat ik ook verzamel en hergebruik. Voor deze niche producten heb ik de EU regio nodig om voldoende afzetmarkt te realiseren. De kans is groot dat ik mijn bedrijf moet stoppen door extra PPWR registratiekosten en registratietijd. Ik plijr daarom voor Europese vrijstelling van kleine ondernemers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I hereby object to the new PPWR Act. I am a small start-up entrepreneur. I upcycle artisanal discarded furniture from wood to new niche products. I send it with packaging material that I also collect and reuse. For these niche products, I need the EU region to achieve sufficient market outlets. There is a high risk that I will have to stop my business due to additional PPWR registration fees and registration time. I am therefore in favour of a European exemption for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550193_en"}, {"id": 33550192, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:25:38", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Royisamess ", "feedback": "These new rules and regulations will be fatal for so many small businesses! Its not just the cost of it but also how unclear and vague it all is.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules and regulations will be fatal for so many small businesses! Its not just the cost of it but also how unclear and vague it all is.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550192_en"}, {"id": 33550191, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:10:49", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will be impossible for small business owners. Please create an exemption for them.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will be impossible for small business owners. Please create an exemption for them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550191_en"}, {"id": 33550190, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:03:18", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I don't really like where this rules are heading to, because instead of limiting big companies, micro businesses are on the verge of extinction, they can't adapt to this changes but big companies can. So I think its targeting the wrong group and should be reviewed again. Microbrands and small companies should have an advantage and big companies a disadvantage.", "feedbackEnglish": "I don't really like where this rules are heading to, because instead of limiting big companies, micro businesses are on the verge of extinction, they can't adapt to this changes but big companies can. So I think its targeting the wrong group and should be reviewed again. Microbrands and small companies should have an advantage and big companies a disadvantage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550190_en"}, {"id": 33550189, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 01:02:23", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nie zgadzam się na PPWR. Zniszczy to małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa. To nie będzie służyło poprawie prowadzenia biznesu i dojdzie w ten sposób na monopol. Dla niektórych firm wydatek na PPWR przekroczy dochód.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with the PPWR. This will destroy small and medium-sized enterprises. This will not serve to improve business conduct and thus create a monopoly. For some companies, expenditure on PPWR will exceed income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550189_en"}, {"id": 33550187, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:45:04", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please keep in mind the feedback that has already been given by small business owners, who have been explaining how the way these rules have been set up is damaging them despite theirI can be sure more significant than those of big corporationsefforts to reduce packaging waste. As a EU citizen I would not want small European businesses to stop selling to me due to this, as I like to support them from time to time.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please keep in mind the feedback that has already been given by small business owners, who have been explaining how the way these rules have been set up is damaging them despite theirI can be sure more significant than those of big corporationsefforts to reduce packaging waste. As a EU citizen I would not want small European businesses to stop selling to me due to this, as I like to support them from time to time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550187_en"}, {"id": 33550186, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:41:08", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dzień dobry Szanowni Państwo. Chciałabym odpowiedzieć na ostatnie zasady wprowadzone związane z PPWR. Od lat prowadzę działalność jednoosobową i takie nowe zasady niestety pokonają moją firmę i innych moich kolegów. Płacę wszelkie podatki, opłaty związane z segregacją śmieci i wszystko zgodnie z każdym wymaganiem. Ale niestety wyboru mi i moim kolegom nie zostanie, jedynie zostaje zamknąć firmę. Nie jedna nie dwie a myślę że tysięcy i nawet więcej firm. Wysyłanie 10 paczek do UE miesięcznie może mi nawet nie pokryć opłat związanych z PPWR. Serdecznie proszę o przemyśleniu decyzji.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to respond to the latest rules introduced in relation to the PPWR. I have been working as a sole trader for years and these new rules unfortunately defeat my business and other colleagues. I pay all taxes, charges related to the segregation of rubbish and everything as required. But unfortunately, I and my colleagues will not be selected, but simply close down the company. Not one but two, I think thousands and even more companies. Sending 10 parcels to the EU per month may not even cover PPWR fees. I would be grateful if you could reconsider your decision.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550186_en"}, {"id": 33550184, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:23:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sebastiaan Schild", "feedback": "As a small independent business owner, I strongly object to the requirement to register separately as a producer in every single EU member state under the PPWR. For large companies this is a manageable administrative task. For a micro or one-person business, it means navigating a separate registration process, in a foreign language, with fees unrelated to actual business size, in every country you sell to. In practice this forces small entrepreneurs to either stop selling cross-border or pay third parties just to stay compliant costs that are completely disproportionate to our turnover.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent business owner, I strongly object to the requirement to register separately as a producer in every single EU member state under the PPWR. For large companies this is a manageable administrative task. For a micro or one-person business, it means navigating a separate registration process, in a foreign language, with fees unrelated to actual business size, in every country you sell to. In practice this forces small entrepreneurs to either stop selling cross-border or pay third parties just to stay compliant costs that are completely disproportionate to our turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550184_en"}, {"id": 33550183, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:22:20", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Liliecrea", "feedback": "Je suis à la tête dune très petite entreprise française que je gère seule. Je vends mes créations en ligne et jexpédie ponctuellement des commandes dans différents pays de lUnion européenne. Je suis favorable aux objectifs environnementaux du PPWR et au principe de responsabilité élargie du producteur. Mon inquiétude concerne sa mise en œuvre pour les micro et petites entreprises qui réalisent de faibles volumes de ventes transfrontalières. Le marché est européen, mais les démarches restent largement nationales. Pour quelques commandes annuelles dans un pays, une petite entreprise peut devoir comprendre un nouveau registre, effectuer des déclarations, adhérer à un organisme, supporter des frais fixes et, selon les règles applicables, désigner un mandataire local. Je viens den avoir un exemple très concret avec lAllemagne. Pour moins de 1 kg demballages mis sur le marché par an, je payais jusquà présent environ 16 de participation. On mindique désormais quun mandataire serait nécessaire et le service qui mest proposé représente 274 par an supplémentaires. Un tel niveau de coût fixe nest pas proportionné à quelques ventes. Il peut conduire une petite entreprise à cesser tout simplement de vendre dans certains États membres, non parce quelle refuse ses responsabilités environnementales, mais parce que le coût administratif devient supérieur à lactivité réalisée dans le pays concerné. Cest un paradoxe pour le marché unique européen. Une réglementation environnementale européenne ne devrait pas avoir pour conséquence pratique de fragmenter le marché des plus petites entreprises. Les micro et petites entreprises constituent une part essentielle du tissu économique européen. Elles créent de lactivité, des emplois, de la valeur locale, de linnovation et maintiennent une grande diversité doffres et de savoir-faire. Affaiblir leur capacité à vendre au-delà de leurs frontières revient aussi à affaiblir une partie du dynamisme économique des États membres et du marché intérieur. La Commission a elle-même identifié la charge administrative et financière liée à la désignation de mandataires dans plusieurs États membres. Cela montre que le problème est réel. Tant quune simplification effective nest pas adoptée, les plus petites structures restent pourtant confrontées à ces obligations et à leurs coûts. Pour les micro et petites entreprises et pour les très faibles volumes, je souhaiterais donc : - un véritable guichet européen unique pour lenregistrement et les déclarations REP - des informations harmonisées et facilement accessibles dans tous les États membres - des seuils ou exemptions adaptés aux très faibles volumes - des contributions réellement proportionnelles aux quantités mises sur le marché - labsence de frais fixes ou de mandataire obligatoire lorsque ceux-ci sont manifestement disproportionnés par rapport au volume concerné - une période transitoire réaliste permettant aux petites entreprises de comprendre et de mettre en place leurs obligations. Nous sommes nombreux à vouloir réduire nos emballages, privilégier le recyclé et le réemploi lorsque cela est possible, et contribuer à leur collecte et à leur recyclage. La question nest pas de refuser une réglementation environnementale. Il sagit de faire en sorte quelle soit réellement applicable en pratique par une entreprise dune personne autant que par un grand groupe. Sans simplification et harmonisation réelles, certaines petites entreprises européennes réduiront leurs ventes transfrontalières simplement parce quelles ne disposent ni des moyens humains ni des moyens financiers nécessaires pour gérer plusieurs systèmes nationaux. Jespère que la future organisation des registres et des obligations REP tiendra réellement compte de cette réalité économique et de la nécessité de préserver laccès des plus petites entreprises au marché unique européen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the head of a very small French company that I run alone. I sell my creations online and occasionally place orders in different countries of the European Union. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of extended producer responsibility. My concern is about its implementation for micro and small enterprises with low volumes of cross-border sales. The market is European, but action remains largely national. For some annual orders in a country, a small enterprise may need to include a new register, make declarations, join an organisation, incur fixed costs and, depending on the applicable rules, appoint a local representative. I have just had a very concrete example with Germany. For less than 1 kg of packaging placed on the market per year, I paid so far around 16 contributions. It is now minimal that an agent would be needed and the service offered amounts to an additional 274 per year. Such a fixed cost level is not proportionate to a few sales. It may lead to a small business simply ceasing to sell in some Member States, not because it refuses its environmental responsibilities, but because the administrative cost becomes higher than the activity carried out in the country concerned. This is a paradox for the European single market. European environmental regulation should not have the practical consequence of fragmenting the market of the smallest companies. Micro and small enterprises are an essential part of the European economic fabric. They create activity, jobs, local value, innovation and maintain a wide diversity of skills and know-how. Weakening their ability to sell across borders also weakens part of the economic dynamism of Member States and the internal market. The Commission itself has identified the administrative and financial burden of appointing trustees in several Member States. This shows that the problem is real. As long as effective simplification is not adopted, the smallest structures still face these obligations and their costs. For micro and small enterprises and for very small volumes, I would therefore like to: — a true European one-stop-shop for EPR registration and reporting – harmonised and easily accessible information in all Member States – thresholds or exemptions adapted to very small volumes – contributions genuinely proportional to the quantities placed on the market – absence of fixed fees or mandatory agent where these are manifestly disproportionate to the volume concerned – a realistic transitional period for small enterprises to understand and implement their obligations. Many of us want to reduce our packaging, prioritise recycling and reuse where possible, and help collect and recycle it. The issue is not to refuse environmental regulation. It is about making sure that what is actually applicable in practice by a company of a person as much as by a large group. Without real simplification and harmonisation, some small European companies will reduce their cross-border sales simply because they do not have the human and financial resources to manage several national systems. Jhopes that the future organisation of EPR registers and obligations will take real account of this economic reality and of the need to preserve access for the smallest companies to the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550183_en"}, {"id": 33550182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:22:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Darkness in Chains ", "feedback": "We are a small business from Germany, creating and selling handmade jewellery online. Like many others we now have to stop shipping to other EU countries since the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. It cannot be in the sense of the EU that crossborder trade stops and big corporations and countries outside the EU benefit from this regulation and small businesses are destroyed.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small business from Germany, creating and selling handmade jewellery online. Like many others we now have to stop shipping to other EU countries since the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. It cannot be in the sense of the EU that crossborder trade stops and big corporations and countries outside the EU benefit from this regulation and small businesses are destroyed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550182_en"}, {"id": 33550181, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:18:25", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Filipa Oliveira Marques da Cruz", "feedback": "The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. What we demand from the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. Create a true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. What we demand from the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. Create a true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550181_en"}, {"id": 33550180, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:16:49", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although the intention behind the regulation is a good one, the implementation for artists, craftsperson, small and micro-businesses seems impossible. The weight of the registration fee per country would mean having to stop selling my ceramics online as I have currently been doing, B2B & B2C. I could not afford the time to go through all the regulations in each country nor afford the fees. I have been using recycled and recyclable packaging materials for years, as most craftspeople - and ceramicists having a profound connection with environmental ethics- do. I do support the idea but the current proposal does not take into account the reality on the field. This can lead to : - stop selling online - stop shipping B2B orders internationally - having to sell directly at fairs/in our studio - completely rethink my profession that is my main and only income.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although the intention behind the regulation is a good one, the implementation for artists, craftsperson, small and micro-businesses seems impossible. The weight of the registration fee per country would mean having to stop selling my ceramics online as I have currently been doing, B2B & B2C. I could not afford the time to go through all the regulations in each country nor afford the fees. I have been using recycled and recyclable packaging materials for years, as most craftspeople - and ceramicists having a profound connection with environmental ethics- do. I do support the idea but the current proposal does not take into account the reality on the field. This can lead to : - stop selling online - stop shipping B2B orders internationally - having to sell directly at fairs/in our studio - completely rethink my profession that is my main and only income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550180_en"}, {"id": 33550179, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:13:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Leider werden die neuen Regelungen verhindern, dass ich mit meinem Kleinstunternehmen in andere EU-Länder versenden werde. Die Kosten übersteigen den erwarteten Umsatz enorm. Zudem sind die Regelungen schwer verständlich, ich habe noch nicht verstanden, was zb mit Versandkartons ist, die von uns weiter verwendet werden (Kartons welche ich geschickt bekommen habe müssen nicht in den Müll, diese kann ich weiter verwenden statt neue zu kaufen). Als Kleinstunternehmer vergeht einem die Lust. Zumal sämtliche Regelungen für uns bedeuten, wesentlich mehr Müll produzieren zu müssen statt ihn zu vermeiden (korrektes Verpackungsmaterial, Etikettierung und Kennzeichnung der Ware). Profitieren werden hier wieder die Großkonzerne, die für all diese Regelungen Fachexperten im Betrieb eingestellt haben, die sich mit solchen Themen beschäftigen können. Da mein Unternehmen nur im Nebenerwerb läuft, entfällt leider viel Zeit auf das Studieren, Verstehen und Umsetzen der Verordnungen statt kreativ produzieren zu können. Ich würde mir Ausnahmen oder Sonderregelungen für Kleinstbetriebe oder Gewerbe in Nebenerwerb wünschen, damit wir uns wieder mehr mit der Arbeit beschäftigen können, weshalb wir das Unternehmen gegründet haben!", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, the new rules will prevent me from sending my micro-enterprise to other EU countries. The costs greatly exceed the expected turnover. Moreover, the rules are difficult to understand, I have not yet understood what is meant, for example, by shipping boxes that we continue to use (cartons that I have sent out do not have to go into the rubbish, I can continue to use them instead of buying new ones). As a micro-entrepreneur, one misses the love. All the rules mean that we have to produce much more waste instead of avoiding it (correct packaging material, labelling and marking of the product). This will once again benefit large corporations, which have recruited specialists for all these schemes who can deal with such issues. Unfortunately, as my business is only a side business, it takes a lot of time to study, understand and implement the regulations instead of being able to produce creatively. I would like to see exemptions or special rules for micro-enterprises or businesses as part-time businesses, so that we can get back to work, which is why we founded the company!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550179_en"}, {"id": 33550178, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:13:52", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. What should the European Commission do immediately: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. Create a true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. What should the European Commission do immediately: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. Create a true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550178_en"}, {"id": 33550177, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:12:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Madame George ", "feedback": "En tant que créatrice en micro-entreprise , vendant quasi exclusivement en ligne, je suis directement impactée par ces lois PPWR. Si la nécessité de réguler le flot de colis et les multiples gâchis qu'il implique ne fait pas débat, une fois de plus des lois sorties de nulle part prennent le problème à l'envers, sans aucune considération pour les petites entreprises. Aucune petite entreprise comme la mienne ne peut absorber charges financières et administratives induites par une telle réforme. Ces lois totalement absurdes vont tuer des centaines de petites entreprises, au profit toujours des grands groupes qui, eux, ont l'argent et le bataillon de comptables et avocats spécialisés qu'il faut pour faire face sans heurts. Il est inconcevable qu'une telle réforme mette à mal la libre circulation commerciale pourtant parmi les principes fondamentaux de l'UE. Tant de petites structures vont simplement mourir sous l'insurmontable surcoût que cela implique. La protection de notre planète ne devrait pas se faire au détriment de la diversité, de la créativité, de l'entreprenariat. Pourquoi ne pas organiser une plate-forme centralisée accessible aux petits entrepreneurs, pour leur permettre de contribuer à l'effort environnemental nécessaire, à leur échelle, tout en leur permettant de continuer d'envoyer librement leurs colis au sein de l'UE ?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a creator of micro-businesses, selling almost exclusively online, I am directly affected by these PPWR laws. While there is no debate about the need to regulate the parcel flow and the many wasted items that it entails, once again laws that have been removed from nowhere take the problem upside down, without any consideration for small businesses. No small enterprise like mine can absorb the financial and administrative burden of such a reform. These totally absurd laws will kill hundreds of small businesses, always to the benefit of the big groups that have the money and the battalion of accountants and specialised lawyers they need to deal with smoothly. It is inconceivable that such a reform would undermine the free movement of trade, despite the fact that it is one of the fundamental principles of the EU. So many small structures will simply die under the insurmountable additional costs that this entails. Protecting our planet should not come at the expense of diversity, creativity, entrepreneurship. Why not organise a centralised platform accessible to small entrepreneurs, to enable them to contribute to the necessary environmental effort, at their scale, while allowing them to continue to send their parcels freely within the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550177_en"}, {"id": 33550176, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:12:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe seit Ende 2024 einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen und Probleme. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen sehr schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Mein Unternehmen soll stetig wachsen und perspektivisch Arbeitsplätze schaffen. Die derzeit absehbaren zusätzlichen Pflichten und Kosten stellen jedoch eine erhebliche Belastung dar und könnten die weitere Entwicklung meines Unternehmens und die Verwirklichung dieser Ziele deutlich erschweren. Mit freundlichen Grüßen B.K.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. Since the end of 2024, I have been a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR cause me great concerns and problems. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is very difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether. My business is set to grow steadily and create jobs in the future. However, the additional obligations and costs currently foreseen represent a significant burden and could make the further development of my business and the achievement of these objectives significantly more difficult. Yours sincerely, B.K.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550176_en"}, {"id": 33550175, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:05:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Orniello ", "feedback": "Ich bin Kleinunternehmer und diese Regelung bedeutet für die meisten von uns unüberwindbare finanzielle Hürden. Zuerst ist es sehr gut, dass Konzerne und auch die Lebensmittelindustrie endlich einmal in die Pflicht genommen werden mit ihren sinnlosen und sinnlos vielen Verpackungen. Wir Kleinunternehmer schauen jedoch nicht nur aus Überzeugung auf Nachhaltigkeit, für uns kostet auch jedes Blatt Papier echtes Geld. Wozu wir einen Bevollmächtigten brauchen, ist uns schleierhaft, bisher haben wir das für wenig Geld beispielsweise in 10 Minuten Arbeit selbst erledigen können (zB von Österreich nach Deutschland), und auch sonst konnte mir noch niemand erklären, was er eigentlich wirklich tut für sein vieles Geld und wohin das restliche Geld geht. Die 300+ pro Land sind nun unerschwinglich geworden, bei Massen von 0-50 Paketen im Jahr/Land. Als jemand, der sich keine Juristen und Übersetzer für sein Geschäft leisten kann, hätten wir uns auch über eine einzige Anlaufstelle in einer Sprache gefreut, stattdessen müssen wir noch wieder 27 verschiedene Vorschriften in mehreren uns unbekannten Sprachen verstehen lernen (unbezahlt, versteht sich). Kleine Länder und Kleinunternehmer sind aber oft abhängig von Versand ins Ausland. Wir produzieren oft Nischenprodukte, die sonst auch nicht zu haben sind! Die letzte Änderung, bei der Österreich bereits einen Bevollmächtigten gefordert hat, hat bereits dazu geführt, dass kaum kleine Händler mehr nach Österreich liefern, und wir Österreicher sind von China und den Konzernen abhängiger geworden. Abgesehen davon würde der Versand nun so teuer werden, dass wir als Kunde drei Mal überlegen, ob wir etwas in der EU oder im EU-Ausland bestellen oder überhaupt bestellen. Die EU steht angeblich für die Stärkung des Binnenmarktes - dieses Gesetz erreicht genau das Gegenteil. Es tötet Kleinunternehmen, und das sind die, die sich selbst ihre Jobs schaffen, und führt zu einem großen Vertrauensverlust in die EU. Wir Kleinunternehmer sind jedenfalls sehr enttäuscht darüber, wie wir über einen Kamm mit Konzernen geschoren werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small businessman and this arrangement poses insurmountable financial hurdles for most of us. First of all, it is very good that corporations, including the food industry, are finally held accountable with their useless and pointless many packages. However, we small entrepreneurs not only look for sustainability with convictions, but every piece of paper also costs us real money. What we need an authorised representative is creeping, so far we have been able to do it ourselves for a small amount of money, e.g. in 10 minutes’ work (e.g. from Austria to Germany), and nobody else has been able to explain to me what it really does for its much money and where the rest of the money goes. The 300+ per country has now become unaffordable, with masses of 0-50 parcels per year/country. As someone who cannot afford lawyers and translators for their business, we would also have liked to have a one-stop shop in one language, but we still need to understand 27 different rules in several languages we do not know (unpaid, it goes without saying). However, small countries and small businesses are often dependent on sending abroad. We often produce niche products that otherwise are not available! The latest change, where Austria has already requested an authorised representative, has already resulted in hardly any more small traders delivering to Austria, and we Austrians have become more dependent on China and the groups. Apart from that, shipping would now become so expensive that, as a customer, we consider three times whether to order in the EU or abroad, or even to order at all. The EU allegedly stands for strengthening the internal market – this law achieves exactly the opposite. It kills small businesses, those who create their own jobs, and leads to a huge loss of trust in the EU. In any case, we small businesses are very disappointed with how we are organised around a clamp with groups of companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550175_en"}, {"id": 33550174, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/12 00:01:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The requirement for a seller to sign up in all EU Member States separately results in a lot of unfeasible bureaucracy and costs, which will hinder the ability for especially small businesses and artists who would never have enough money to sign up in all member states. As of such, the regulation should be changed such that there is a single Europe-wide place a seller should sign up (without or with very minimal sign-up costs required, such as a one-time 15 fee at most). This sign-up and full system should have a threshold for small businesses not to need to pay below a certain amount of packaging created/revenue. Furthermore, the system should be very easy to use such that there will be no need for further expenditure for e.g. lawyers or consultants to handle this process", "feedbackEnglish": "The requirement for a seller to sign up in all EU Member States separately results in a lot of unfeasible bureaucracy and costs, which will hinder the ability for especially small businesses and artists who would never have enough money to sign up in all member states. As of such, the regulation should be changed such that there is a single Europe-wide place a seller should sign up (without or with very minimal sign-up costs required, such as a one-time 15 fee at most). This sign-up and full system should have a threshold for small businesses not to need to pay below a certain amount of packaging created/revenue. Furthermore, the system should be very easy to use such that there will be no need for further expenditure for e.g. lawyers or consultants to handle this process", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550174_en"}, {"id": 33550173, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:53:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich habe seit 3 Jahren ein Kleingewerbe in der Textilverarbeitung mit einem Onlineshop auf Etsy. Bisher versende ich nur innerhalb Deutschlands. Um auch wachsen zu können, würde ich meine selbstgenähten Produkte auch gerne in der EU verkaufen wollen. Mit der neuen Verpackungsverordnung sind mir aber aus Kostengründen massive Steine in den Weg gelegt worden. Selbst wenn ich nur ein Paket ins EU-Ausland verschicke, muss ich vorher einen Bevollmächtigten bestellen und für jedes Land einen separaten. In Deutschland bin ich bereits bei Lucid registriert und bin im Grundprinzip für eine Verpackungsverordnung. Das ist wichtig für unsere Umwelt. Die \"Lösung\" für einzelne Bevollmächtigten, oder dass es überhaupt nötig ist einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, verhindert, dass kleine Unternehmen wachsen können. Es könnte verschiedene Möglichkeiten geben, dass von der PPWR nicht nur die Großen Unternehmen profitieren, da die kleinen alle wegfallen, sondern der Markt weiterhin von allen belebt wird. Eine Möglichkeit wäre, dass es eine Staffelung - gemessen an Umsatz oder Firmengröße gibt. Wenn es nötig ist, dass es für die gesamte EU nur einen Bevollmächtigten gibt, den ich beauftragen müsste, auch hier könnte man das in Abhängigkeit des Jahresumsatzes der Firma bringen. Als beste Lösung fände ich aber EIN zentrales europaweites Register, in dem man sich registriert, wenn man EU-weit versenden möchte. Erzeuger sind in meinen Augen weiterhin die Verpackungshersteller, die z. B. Kartons aus Pappe/Papier produzieren, auch wenn es für meine Firma personalisiert werden würde. Ich wäre dann Inverkehrbringerin und müsste das anmelden. Von dem Verpackungshersteller bekomme ich die benötigten Erklärungen zur Verpackung und zur Entsorgung, die im besten Fall schon auf der Verpackung aufgedruckt/eingestanzt sind. Wie bei LUCID (Deutschland) wird angegeben wieviel Verpackung der entsprechenden Sorten (z.B. Papier, Pappe, Plastik, Glas etc.) pro Jahr versendet wird. An dieser Meldung berechnet sich der zu leistende Betrag. So kann auch transparent erkannt werden, wer was versendet. Hier könnte auch die Menge pro EU-Land angegeben werden, damit das jeweilige Land auch diese Gebühr erhalten kann. Die jeweilige Landesbehörde bekommt für ihre Meldungen den Zugang, um auch Kontrollen/Stichproben durchführen zu können. Die Bestimmung kann ja sein, dass die Verpackung, die innerhalb der EU verschickt werden soll auch in der EU produziert worden sein muss. Somit wäre weiterhin der durchaus wichtige Umweltfaktor berücksichtigt und gestaffelt nach Verpackungsmenge können die unterschiedlichen Firmengrößen den Betrag auch stemmen und weiter wachsen. Bitte überlassen Sie nicht den Global Playern das Feld und ebenen den Weg für einen fairen Handel auch für kleine - und Kleinstunternehmen. Wir bereichern den Markt und schaffen individuelle Stücke mit Handwerk und viel Herzblut. Umwelt- und Klimaschutz sind sehr wichtig, müssen aber auch für kleine Unternehmen stemmbar sein. Der daraus resultierende Wachstum stärkt auch den europäischen Markt und kann weiterhin mit Amerika und Asien konkurrieren. Über eine überarbeitete und für den kleinen und Mittelstand realisierbare Lösung freue nicht nur ich mich. Mit freundlichen Grüßen und in tiefer Verbundenheit zur EU und unserer Umwelt. Stephanie Schure", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have had a small textile processing business with an online shop on Etsy for three years. So far, I am sending only within Germany. In order to be able to grow, I would also like to sell my own products in the EU. However, the new Packaging Ordinance has put massive obstacles in my way for reasons of cost. Even if I send only one parcel to another EU country, I have to appoint an authorised representative beforehand and a separate representative for each country. In Germany, I am already registered with Lucid and I am basically in favour of a Packaging Ordinance. This is important for our environment. The ‘solution’ for individual authorised representatives, or the need to appoint an authorised representative at all, prevents small businesses from growing. There could be different ways in which the PPWR will not only benefit the big companies, as the small ones will all disappear, but the market will continue to be stimulated by all. One possibility would be that there is a differentiation in terms of turnover or firm size. If it is necessary for the EU as a whole to have only one authorised representative, which I would have to appoint, this could also be done here, depending on the company’s annual turnover. However, the best solution would be to have a central pan-European register in which to register if you want to send across the EU. In my view, producers continue to be the packaging producers who, for example, produce cardboard/paper cartons, even if it would be personalised for my company. I would then be placing the product on the market and would have to register it. I receive from the packaging manufacturer the necessary declarations on packaging and disposal, which at best have already been printed/stamped on the packaging. As in the case of LUCID (Germany), it is indicated how much packaging of the relevant varieties (e.g. paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, etc.) is shipped per year. This declaration calculates the amount to be paid. This also makes it possible to identify in a transparent manner who sends what. The amount per EU country could also be indicated here, so that the country can also receive this fee. The relevant Land authority is given access to its notifications so that it can also carry out checks/samples. The provision may be that the packaging to be shipped within the EU must also have been produced in the EU. The environmental factor, which is very important, would therefore still have to be taken into account and the different sizes of the company, broken down according to the quantity of packaging, could also cover the amount and continue to grow. Please do not leave the field open to global players and pave the way for fair trade, including for small and micro-enterprises. We enrich the market and create individual pieces with handicrafts and a lot of heart blood. Environmental protection and climate protection are very important, but they must also be manageable for small businesses. The resulting growth also strengthens the European market and can continue to compete with America and Asia. I am not alone looking forward to a revised solution that is feasible for small and medium-sized enterprises. Yours sincerely and deeply connected to the EU and our environment. Stephanie Shoe", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550173_en"}, {"id": 33550172, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:51:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich kaufe viel bei kleinen Shops in der EU oder auch England, die Sachen herstellen, die es sonst nicht so zu kaufen gibt. Seit der Ankündigung haben diese Shops alle verkündet in Zukunft nicht mehr bzw. nur noch sehr eingeschränkt versenden zu können, da sie für sie die Registrierung nicht lohnt. Es kann ja wirklich nicht, dass Ziel sein hier kleine Geschäfte derart zu benachteiligen, bzw. Sie quasi zum aufgeben zu bringen. Für große Unternehmen sind die Kosten ein Witz, für kleine Existenz bedrohlich. Bei aller Liebe zur Umwelt, dass kann nicht das Ziel sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "I buy a lot from small shops in the EU, or even England, which produce things that would not otherwise be available. Since the announcement, all of these shops have no longer been able to send out announcements, or have been able to send them only to a very limited extent, as they are not worth registering for them. It cannot really be the case that the aim here is to put small businesses at such a disadvantage or to abandon them. For large companies, costs are a joke, and for small businesses, they are a threat. With all love for the environment, that cannot be the goal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550172_en"}, {"id": 33550171, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:47:15", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the initiative esp. to force giant retailers like SHEIN to take responsibility for their packaging; however, I believe there should either be an exemption for small businesses like eg. Niche independently owned makeup brands or at least the system should be simplified for them, so that they could register once for entire EU and for one fee. Few Hundred euro per country x 27 is nothing for a corporation and a way bigger part of an income for a small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the initiative esp. to force giant retailers like SHEIN to take responsibility for their packaging; however, I believe there should either be an exemption for small businesses like eg. Niche independently owned makeup brands or at least the system should be simplified for them, so that they could register once for entire EU and for one fee. Few Hundred euro per country x 27 is nothing for a corporation and a way bigger part of an income for a small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550171_en"}, {"id": 33550170, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:47:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich halte die vorgesehenen Regelungen in ihrer derzeitigen Form insbesondere für Kleinstunternehmen und kleine Onlinehändler für nicht sinnvoll und unverhältnismäßig. Ich betreibe selbst einen kleinen Onlineshop in Deutschland und habe den Versand an Privatkunden in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten inzwischen eingestellt. Der Grund ist nicht mangelnde Nachfrage, sondern der erhebliche finanzielle und administrative Aufwand der jeweiligen nationalen Verpackungs- und Registrierungssysteme. Wenn für den Versand bereits weniger oder einzelner Pakete in ein anderes EU-Land Registrierungen, Meldungen und Kosten von mehreren hundert bis teilweise über tausend Euro pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat entstehen können, steht dieser Aufwand in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zum erzielbaren Umsatz. Gerade für Kleinstunternehmen führt dies dazu, dass der europäische Binnenmarkt faktisch nicht mehr als gemeinsamer Markt genutzt werden kann. Große Unternehmen können diese Fixkosten und den administrativen Aufwand auf hohe Verkaufszahlen verteilen. Kleine Händler können das nicht. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller und Händler angemessen an den tatsächlichen Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch verhältnismäßig sein. Aus meiner Sicht braucht es deshalb eine EU-weit einheitliche und zentrale Registrierung sowie ein einfaches Meldesystem. Für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen sollten außerdem angemessene Bagatellgrenzen oder deutlich vereinfachte Verfahren gelten. Die Kosten sollten sich an den tatsächlich in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen orientieren und nicht durch hohe jährliche Mindest- oder Fixkosten geprägt sein. Eine europäische Regelung sollte den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU erleichtern und nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen ihre Lieferungen in andere Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Genau das ist bei meinem Unternehmen bereits geschehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not consider the proposed rules in their current form to be useful and disproportionate, especially for micro-enterprises and small online traders. I myself run a small online shop in Germany and have since stopped shipping to private customers in other EU Member States. The reason is not a lack of demand, but the considerable financial and administrative burden of the respective national packaging and registration systems. If fewer or individual parcels can already be shipped to another EU country with registrations, notifications and costs of several hundred to sometimes more than a thousand euros per year per Member State, this effort is not economically justifiable in relation to the turnover that can be achieved. For micro-enterprises in particular, this means that the European single market can in fact no longer be used as a common market. Large companies can spread these fixed costs and administrative burden over high sales. Small traders cannot. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring a fair share of the actual disposal costs for producers and distributors. However, the implementation should be proportionate. In my view, there is therefore a need for a single, centralised registration throughout the EU and a simple notification system. Micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging should also be subject to appropriate de minimis thresholds or significantly simplified procedures. The costs should be based on the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market in a Member State and should not be characterised by high minimum or fixed annual costs. European regulation should facilitate cross-border trade within the EU and should not lead to small businesses having to stop deliveries to other Member States. This is exactly what has already happened to my company.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550170_en"}, {"id": 33550169, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:43:00", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FUTURE LITE IND. GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel in Innsbruck (AT) und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Walterscheid-Müller Co-Founder Future Lite Ind. GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. I have a small online shop in Innsbruck (AT) and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether. Yours sincerely, Peter Walterscheid-Müller Co-Founder Future Lite Ind. GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550169_en"}, {"id": 33550168, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:42:42", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sono una cittadina europea, fiera di esserlo, sono sempre a favore nel cercare di salvaguardare l'ambiente, però oggi quì in Europa abbiamo davvero toccato il fondo. Non era l'Europa l'unione di tutti gli stati europei che in armonia con tutte le loro diversità avrebbe dovuto connetterci? Mercato unico dove? a cosa serve il parlamento Europeo se poi crea più burocrazia in nome di che cosa? leggi chiare? non credo, leggi sull'ecologia? nemmeno quello! io sono un'artista con partita IVA iniziata questo anno, faccio scultura e mi tocca vendere in USA con dazi improponibili piuttosto che vendere ad un mercato di cittadini europei perchè l'imballaggio (che già è reciclato perchè mi premuro sempre di usare pacchi e materiali reciclati) è un rifiuto. Praticamente dovrei spendere migliaia di euro l'anno solo per spedire dei pacchi ai miei vicini francesi o tedeschi (per non parlare di quello che già pago di tasse in Italia). Sono da sola, creo sculture con plastica riciclata, imballo con il riciclaggio e mi sento tradita, perchè? perchè invece di chiedere a chi produce tanto una tassa giusta per i rifiuti che vengono fatti, veniamo presi noi tutti persone comuni che già pagano ogni giorno, quote impossibili. Mi viene da pensare che forse sia il caso di andarmene da quì e fare una vita da un'altra parte perchè l'EU non è come dovrebbe essere, le interessa solo trovare la soluzione più veloce (e sbagliata) per far vedere che fa qualcosa. La cosa più divertente è che non siete nemmeno stati capaci di pensarla un minimo bene: se dovevate creare una tassa sui rifiuti, almeno, fatelo a livello Europeo, non a singoli stati. Chiedete un prezzo medio per le piccole medie imprese per mandare pacchi in tutti gli stati membri e non solo ai singoli paesi come adesso, aumentate il prezzo verso chi produce di più tipo Amazon e/o affini, non a TUTTI! Infine, vorrei sottolineare che se veramente l'EU si perderà in questi dettagli invece di connetterci di più e di creare veramente un mercato unico ci perderemo e non saremo mai uniti.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a European citizen, I am proud to be a European citizen, I am always in favour of trying to safeguard the environment, but today in Europe we have really touched the ground. Was Europe not the union of all European states that should have connected us in harmony with all their diversity? Single Market where? What is needed by the European Parliament if it then creates more bureaucracy in the name of what? Clear laws? Do I not believe that laws on ecology? That is not the case! I am an artist with a VAT number that began this year, I sculpture and want to sell in the USA with tariffs that cannot be avoided rather than selling to a market of European citizens because packaging (which is already severed because I always want to use sealed parcels and materials) is waste. I would almost have to spend thousands of euros a year just to send parcels to my French or German neighbours (not to mention what I already pay taxes in Italy). I am alone, I create sculptures with recycled plastic, I am packaging with recycling, and I feel betrayed, because? because instead of asking those who produce so much of the right tax for the waste that is being done, we are all taken on board by ordinary people who already pay every day, quotas that are impossible. It seems to me that perhaps it is the case of leaving from there and making a life from another side because the EU is not like it should be, it is only interested in finding the quickest (and wrong) solution to show that it does something. The most fun thing is that you have not even been able to think about it a little well: if you had to create a waste tax, at least, do so at European level, not to individual states. Ask for an average price for small and medium-sized enterprises to send parcels in all Member States and not just to individual countries as now, increase the price to those who produce more Amazon and/or related products, not to ALL! Finally, I would like to stress that if we really lose the EU in these details instead of connecting more and creating a truly single market, we will lose ourselves and never be united.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550168_en"}, {"id": 33550167, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:37:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I buy most of my fashion and art from independent designers, individual craftspeople and micro businesses from all across Europe. Within the last days, most of them announced that they cannot afford selling to other European countries anymore due to the financial burden that this regulation places on them. Please protect these small businesses by revising the regulation. I deeply care about them and I want to live in a European Union where individuals get to earn a living from selling their handcrafted products.", "feedbackEnglish": "I buy most of my fashion and art from independent designers, individual craftspeople and micro businesses from all across Europe. Within the last days, most of them announced that they cannot afford selling to other European countries anymore due to the financial burden that this regulation places on them. Please protect these small businesses by revising the regulation. I deeply care about them and I want to live in a European Union where individuals get to earn a living from selling their handcrafted products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550167_en"}, {"id": 33550166, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:37:06", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The law in its current suggested form penalizes small and micro businesses in a huge way, while bigger companies will be able to continue to operate without any significant problems. This in turn will restrict the movement of goods within the EU and lead to bigger companies having even more of a monopoly, and leaving small and micro businesses without access to the EU market, a market they may well need to survive. Small and micro businesses need to be excluded from the A.R rule, or be provided with other measurements that they can afford. In addition, registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states need to be harmonized for small and micro businesses as it is near impossible to keep up with both the monetary cost and the paperwork needed to register per state.", "feedbackEnglish": "The law in its current suggested form penalizes small and micro businesses in a huge way, while bigger companies will be able to continue to operate without any significant problems. This in turn will restrict the movement of goods within the EU and lead to bigger companies having even more of a monopoly, and leaving small and micro businesses without access to the EU market, a market they may well need to survive. Small and micro businesses need to be excluded from the A.R rule, or be provided with other measurements that they can afford. In addition, registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states need to be harmonized for small and micro businesses as it is near impossible to keep up with both the monetary cost and the paperwork needed to register per state.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550166_en"}, {"id": 33550165, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:34:58", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tchissola", "feedback": "I run a small EU-based business selling online across the Single Market. I support EPR and the principle that businesses should contribute to the cost of managing packaging waste. However, requiring separate registrations, authorised representatives and fixed compliance costs in multiple Member States creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses making occasional cross-border sales. Please introduce a de minimis threshold and/or a simple EU-wide registration system for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small EU-based business selling online across the Single Market. I support EPR and the principle that businesses should contribute to the cost of managing packaging waste. However, requiring separate registrations, authorised representatives and fixed compliance costs in multiple Member States creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses making occasional cross-border sales. Please introduce a de minimis threshold and/or a simple EU-wide registration system for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550165_en"}, {"id": 33550164, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:34:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Online-Handel Bruschkat", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im An- und Verkaufsbereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 500 Pakete in 6-10 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei nicht einmal 1000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich ca 2500 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellen müssen. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a micro-business in Germany in the buying and selling sector and sell through an online marketplace. I send 500 parcels per year to 6-10 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is less than EUR 1000. I expect to pay around EUR 2500 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have had to stop shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550164_en"}, {"id": 33550163, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:34:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Saposium GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten bereiten mir jedoch große Sorgen. Als kleines Unternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und muss mich dennoch beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit den Vorgaben verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen. Schon die Feststellung, welche Pflichten für welche Verpackung gelten, ist für kleine Unternehmen schwierig. Besonders problematisch ist für mich, dass bereits geringe Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Pflichten auslösen können. Neben der Registrierung können beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb insbesondere Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung entstehen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb, dass die neuen Vorgaben für die Herstellerregister den Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen so weit wie möglich reduzieren. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt, in allen Mitgliedstaaten einheitlich und nach demselben Verfahren übermittelbar sein. Angaben, die bereits für ein Herstellerregister gemacht wurden, sollten möglichst auch für die Registrierung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. Darüber hinaus sollte geprüft werden, ob für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen weitergehende Erleichterungen geschaffen werden können. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für die Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten eine erhebliche Entlastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Durch eine europäische Markenanmeldung bin ich zur Nutzung dieser Marke in Europa sogar verpflichtet, dort überall geschäftliche Kontakte zu knüpfen und Verkäufe zu tätigen, damit die Marke in Europa weiterhin von mir genutzt werden kann. Dies ist am schlüssigsten mit dem Endkundengeschäft, das durch die PPWR wie oben beschrieben nicht mehr möglich ist. Einen weiteren Punkt empfinde ich als Benachteiligung von europäischen Unternehmen, wenn Händler aus Fernost oder dem außereuropäischen Ausland Waren nach Europa liefern. Da diese rechtlich sehr schlecht zu belangen sind, bin ich überzeugt, dass diesen Händler keine Folgen auferlegt werden können und der innereuropäische Händler den entsprechenden Aufwand und die Kosten tragen muss. Bitte überdenken Sie die PPWR somit für KMU im Sinne der gesetzlichen Festlegung und erleichtern auch kleinen Unternehmen wieder, am wirtschaftlichen Wachstum teilzunehmen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Daniela Fabian Saposium GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the burdens this may entail for small online traders. I am a small e-commerce business and would like to sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, I am deeply concerned about the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and still have to deal with the requirements of different Member States when selling cross-border. It is difficult for small businesses to determine which obligations apply to which packaging. It is particularly problematic for me that even small sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct selling may, in particular, incur costs for an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will reduce the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary, should be uniform in all Member States and should be transmitted in accordance with the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided for a register of producers should also be available for registration in other Member States. In addition, it should be examined whether further facilitations can be provided for very small quantities of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a European one-stop-shop for the fulfilment of registration and reporting obligations would be a significant relief. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden of packaging rules should not result in small traders restricting or stopping cross-border sales altogether. By filing a European trade mark application, I am even obliged to make business contacts and sales anywhere in Europe in order to continue to use the trade mark in Europe. This is most consistent with the retail business, which is no longer possible due to the PPWR as described above. Another issue I consider to be a disadvantage for European companies when traders from the Far East or from outside Europe deliver goods to Europe. As these are very difficult to answer from a legal point of view, I am convinced that no consequences can be imposed on these traders and that the intra-European trader has to bear the corresponding burden and costs. Please reconsider the PPWR for SMEs as defined by law and make it easier for small companies to participate in economic growth. Yours sincerely, Daniela Fabian Saposium GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550163_en"}, {"id": 33550162, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:33:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We are a small startup manufacturing quality goods in Germany, with a worldwide customer base. To demonstrate the absurdity of this regulation (if put into action as intended and not put on hold last minute): -It is currently more cost effective for our business to send a package almost fully consisting of non-recyclable materials to Australia than it is to send a fully recyclable, PPWR-compliant package to France. And not just by a little. -Moving our entire manufacturing business (machines, re-hiring personnel, everything) to a non-EU country would roughly pay for itself within two years given the absurd (recurring!) fees and workload this initiative brings with it. -The initiative in our opinion isn't even designed in any way to reduce waste and pollution, however way you want to look at it. Very clearly, and not for the first time with EU legislation, it bears the marks of successful lobbying by large corporations, dealing yet another damaging blow to EU institutions' credibility and hindering true European integration by pushing one out-of-touch regulation after the other. Way to go. Finally, on a more personal note: If your intent was to alienate your citizens and especially your businesses, well done. If you intent was for high quality, sustainable, well designed packaging and a great customer experience to go away and be replaced by mass produced, anonymous and often impractical designs- well done. If there is any trust to be won back, this initiative needs to be turned on it's head and revisioned, with the biggest waste contributors, aka the big international logistics companies, put at the forefront of responsibility, and exemptions or a streamlined process for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small startup manufacturing quality goods in Germany, with a worldwide customer base. To demonstrate the absurdity of this regulation (if put into action as intended and not put on hold last minute): -It is currently more cost effective for our business to send a package almost fully consisting of non-recyclable materials to Australia than it is to send a fully recyclable, PPWR-compliant package to France. And not just by a little. -Moving our entire manufacturing business (machines, re-hiring personnel, everything) to a non-EU country would roughly pay for itself within two years given the absurd (recurring!) fees and workload this initiative brings with it. -The initiative in our opinion isn't even designed in any way to reduce waste and pollution, however way you want to look at it. Very clearly, and not for the first time with EU legislation, it bears the marks of successful lobbying by large corporations, dealing yet another damaging blow to EU institutions' credibility and hindering true European integration by pushing one out-of-touch regulation after the other. Way to go. Finally, on a more personal note: If your intent was to alienate your citizens and especially your businesses, well done. If you intent was for high quality, sustainable, well designed packaging and a great customer experience to go away and be replaced by mass produced, anonymous and often impractical designs- well done. If there is any trust to be won back, this initiative needs to be turned on it's head and revisioned, with the biggest waste contributors, aka the big international logistics companies, put at the forefront of responsibility, and exemptions or a streamlined process for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550162_en"}, {"id": 33550161, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:32:09", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the goal of reducing packaging waste, but I strongly believe that these measures will mainly affect small and micro businesses (and their customers) while large companies (amazon, temu, etc) who are the main producers of waste will not be affected, as the costs for implementing these regulations will be nothing to them. Small and micro businesses will struggle to make up for the financial burden (let's not forget that EU has 27 countries and each one could have different regulations) this initiative will cause them, probably many will decide to stop selling outside their country or will have to close altogether. This feels like an attack against European Single Market, in favour of big industries. Also, it's absurd that EU businesses will be unable to ship to other EU countries: this should be made easier not impossible! Please, revise the measures to make them realistically affordable for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the goal of reducing packaging waste, but I strongly believe that these measures will mainly affect small and micro businesses (and their customers) while large companies (amazon, temu, etc) who are the main producers of waste will not be affected, as the costs for implementing these regulations will be nothing to them. Small and micro businesses will struggle to make up for the financial burden (let's not forget that EU has 27 countries and each one could have different regulations) this initiative will cause them, probably many will decide to stop selling outside their country or will have to close altogether. This feels like an attack against European Single Market, in favour of big industries. Also, it's absurd that EU businesses will be unable to ship to other EU countries: this should be made easier not impossible! Please, revise the measures to make them realistically affordable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550161_en"}, {"id": 33550160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:28:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "the tasche ", "feedback": "They call it \"environmental policy,\" but let's be real- this has nothing to do with saving the planet and everything to do with crushing small businesses. The insane packaging requirements and mountain of paperwork won't stop climate change. They will just force local shops, family businesses, and craft producers to close down because we can't afford the legal team or the millions needed to change every piece of packaging overnight. Meanwhile, huge corporations will barely feel a bump and just swallow up the entire market. It's a total disaster wrapped in greenwashing, and its going to wipe out small businesses completely if nobody stops it.", "feedbackEnglish": "They call it \"environmental policy,\" but let's be real- this has nothing to do with saving the planet and everything to do with crushing small businesses. The insane packaging requirements and mountain of paperwork won't stop climate change. They will just force local shops, family businesses, and craft producers to close down because we can't afford the legal team or the millions needed to change every piece of packaging overnight. Meanwhile, huge corporations will barely feel a bump and just swallow up the entire market. It's a total disaster wrapped in greenwashing, and its going to wipe out small businesses completely if nobody stops it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550160_en"}, {"id": 33550159, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:23:04", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "AC noises", "feedback": "Creating at least one sustainable flat rate that is aligned across all member countries for micro and small businesses or, better yet, exempting them entirely from these new requirements, is the bare minimum, in my opinion. This insane way of handling the situation would mark the end of Europes small businesses. Please realize how paradoxical this is: its as if we were being forced to pay outrageous tariffs even though we are shipping goods within the same community. This is not the Europe we want, nor the Europe we deserve.", "feedbackEnglish": "Creating at least one sustainable flat rate that is aligned across all member countries for micro and small businesses or, better yet, exempting them entirely from these new requirements, is the bare minimum, in my opinion. This insane way of handling the situation would mark the end of Europes small businesses. Please realize how paradoxical this is: its as if we were being forced to pay outrageous tariffs even though we are shipping goods within the same community. This is not the Europe we want, nor the Europe we deserve.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550159_en"}, {"id": 33550156, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:21:24", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This makes things very difficult for small, one-person, artisan businesses like mine. We already face a disproportionately high administrative and tax burden relative to our production and shipping volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "This makes things very difficult for small, one-person, artisan businesses like mine. We already face a disproportionately high administrative and tax burden relative to our production and shipping volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550156_en"}, {"id": 33550158, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:19:38", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I purchase regularly from a number of small sellers across the EU and quite a few of them have posted breakdowns of the costs from this legislation that show it would be prohibitive for them to continue shipping to many countries. Some of them only ship a handful of packages to any given country in a year, so the new costs can be several times their profit margin. I think large business like Amazon should definitely be targeted by legislation like this, but there needs to be some consideration or carve out for small businesses or this is going to kill many of them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I purchase regularly from a number of small sellers across the EU and quite a few of them have posted breakdowns of the costs from this legislation that show it would be prohibitive for them to continue shipping to many countries. Some of them only ship a handful of packages to any given country in a year, so the new costs can be several times their profit margin. I think large business like Amazon should definitely be targeted by legislation like this, but there needs to be some consideration or carve out for small businesses or this is going to kill many of them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550158_en"}, {"id": 33550157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:17:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gomazing ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Abgeordnete des Europäischen Parlaments, wir schreiben Ihnen als mittelständisches Online-Handelsunternehmen aus Münster, das seit Jahren Pool- und Wasserfreizeitprodukte sowie Spiele über eigene Shops und Marktplätze wie eBay, Amazon, Otto und Kaufland vertreibt. Die neue Verpackungsverordnung PPWR, die seit dem 12. August 2026 in ersten Teilen gilt, gefährdet unser Geschäft und das vieler vergleichbarer KMU in Europa massiv ### Bürokratie statt Entlastung Die PPWR verpflichtet Händler, in jedem EU-Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und umfassende technische Dokumentationen zu Verpackungen vorzuhalten. Das Problem: Handelsbetriebe haben meist keinen Zugang zu diesen Unterlagen, da sie von Herstellern außerhalb der EU stammen. Der EU-Rat hat zudem kurz vor Inkrafttreten Erleichterungen bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht abgelehnt, sodass der versprochene Bürokratieabbau ausbleibt. Für uns bedeutet das: Ab dem ersten Paket ins EU-Ausland fallen hohe Abgaben und Verwaltungsaufwand für Sammel- und Verwertungssysteme sowie Bevollmächtigte an unabhängig von Unternehmensgröße. Es gibt keine Bagatellgrenze, keine Übergangslösung für kleine Betriebe. Genau das trifft Unternehmen wie unseres besonders hart, da wir mit spitzen Kalkulationen gegen große Plattformen und außereuropäische Anbieter konkurrieren. ### Wirtschaftliche Folgen sind real Für viele KMU wird der Rückzug aus einzelnen EU-Auslandsmärkten die einzig wirtschaftlich vernünftige Option, wie der Handelsverband bereits warnt. Konkret bedeutet das: - Weniger grenzüberschreitender Umsatz, da Auslandsversand unwirtschaftlich wird - Steigende Preise für Kunden durch eingepreiste Bevollmächtigten- und Dokumentationskosten - Wegfall von Arbeitsplätzen in Logistik, Kundenservice und Verwaltung - Unzufriedene Kunden, die Produkte in bestimmten Ländern plötzlich nicht mehr bestellen können Das ist keine theoretische Befürchtung: Ab August 2026 wird jedes EU-Auslandspaket zur Kostenfalle, weil Händler ohne Mindestmenge teure Bevollmächtigte je Zielland finanzieren müssen. Branchenkommentatoren sprechen bereits von einer \"Zerstörung des Händlermarktes\" [8], und auch kritische Stimmen bezeichnen die Verordnung als Angriff auf Kleinunternehmen, da sie weder Nachhaltigkeits- noch Entbürokratisierungsziele erreicht. ### Unser Appell Wir unterstützen die Ziele von mehr Recycling und weniger Verpackungsmüll ausdrücklich. Doch die praktische Umsetzung der PPWR überfrachtet kleine Online-Händler mit Bürokratie, für die uns die Ressourcen großer Konzerne fehlen. Erfreulich ist, dass die EU-Kommission in Randfragen wie der Erzeugereigenschaft bei Versandlabeln zugunsten der Händler klargestellt hat das ändert jedoch nichts an der grundsätzlichen Schieflage. Wir fordern das Europäische Parlament auf: - Eine praxisnahe Bagatellgrenze für kleine Sendungsmengen einzuführen - Die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht zu vereinfachen oder zu zentralisieren - Realistische Übergangsfristen für KMU statt sofortiger Vollanwendung vorzusehen - Dokumentationspflichten an tatsächlich verfügbare Herstellerinformationen anzupassen Die derzeitige PPWR ist aus unserer Sicht eine Fehlplanung, die den europäischen Online-Handel schwächt, statt ihn zukunftsfähig zu machen. Wir bitten Sie dringend um Nachbesserung, bevor weitere Arbeitsplätze und Umsätze in Europa verloren gehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Nicolas", "feedbackEnglish": "Honourable Members of the European Parliament, we are writing to you as a medium-sized online trading company from Münster, which has for years sold pool and water-recreational products and games through its own shops and marketplaces, such as eBay, Amazon, Otto and Kaufland. The new Packaging Regulation (PPWR), in its first parts applicable since 12 August 2026, puts our business and that of many comparable SMEs in Europe at serious risk ### bureaucracy instead of relief. The PPWR obliges dealers to appoint an authorised representative in each EU destination country and to keep comprehensive technical documentation on packaging. The underlying problem: In most cases, retailers do not have access to these documents, as they come from producers outside the EU. Shortly before it entered into force, the EU Council also refused to simplify the obligation to appoint representatives, thereby failing to cut red tape as promised. For us, this means: From the first package onwards, large charges and administrative burdens will be imposed on collection and recovery systems and authorised representatives, regardless of the size of the company. There is no de minimis limit, no transitional solution for small farms. This is what hits companies like ours particularly hard, as we are competing with big platforms and non-European providers with sharp calculations. ### Economic impacts are real For many SMEs, withdrawing from individual EU foreign markets will be the only economically viable option, as the trade association has already warned. Concretely: — Less cross-border turnover as shipping abroad becomes uneconomic – rising prices for customers due to priced-in agency and documentation costs – loss of jobs in logistics, customer service and administration – unsatisfied customers suddenly unable to order products in certain countries. This is not a theoretical fear: As of August 2026, each EU cross-border package will become a cost trap, as traders will have to finance expensive proxies per destination country without a minimum volume. Industry commentators already speak of a ‘disruption of the dealer market’ [8], and critical voices also call the regulation an attack on small businesses, as it does not achieve any sustainability or de-bureaucratisation goals. ### Our call strongly supports the objectives of more recycling and less packaging waste. But the practical implementation of the PPWR is overburdening small online traders with bureaucracy, for which we lack the resources of big corporations. It is encouraging to note that the European Commission has made it clear to traders in fringe issues such as producer status in shipping labels, but this does not change the fundamental imbalance. We call on the European Parliament to: — To introduce a practical de minimis limit for small consignments – to simplify or centralise the obligation of authorised representatives – to provide for real transitional periods for SMEs instead of immediate full application – to adapt documentation requirements to actual manufacturer information available. In our view, the current PPWR is a misplanning that weakens European online trade rather than making it fit for the future. We urge you to improve before further jobs and sales in Europe are lost. Yours sincerely, Nicolas", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550157_en"}, {"id": 33550155, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:12:23", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "\"In my view, this regulation is disproportionate and appears to benefit only large corporations outside the EU at the expense of small retailers. This represents a clear injustice.\"", "feedbackEnglish": "\"In my view, this regulation is disproportionate and appears to benefit only large corporations outside the EU at the expense of small retailers. This represents a clear injustice.\"", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550155_en"}, {"id": 33550154, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:09:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Greetings from Bonn, Germany. As much as I'm all for reducing waste, this rule presents a huge problem for many small or even tiny businesses. I'm a self-employed sound engineer; my clients are artists or labels shipping CDs, LPs and merch EU-wide and worldwide. The quantities are often way below 100 packages per year. From what I'm witnessing right now, everyone is in panicking mode and has stopped shipping entirely for the time being. This is disastrous for those businesses, and it's only a matter of time before this problem impacts my wife, who is also a self-employed service provider (communication design), and me. The worst part of this new law is that even the smallest businesses have to pay for licenses in every EU country! Why is there an EU if you can't find a joint solution for a basically important measure to reduce waste? I hope you can solve this issue soon, Thank you for your time, Stephan Mathieu", "feedbackEnglish": "Greetings from Bonn, Germany. As much as I'm all for reducing waste, this rule presents a huge problem for many small or even tiny businesses. I'm a self-employed sound engineer; my clients are artists or labels shipping CDs, LPs and merch EU-wide and worldwide. The quantities are often way below 100 packages per year. From what I'm witnessing right now, everyone is in panicking mode and has stopped shipping entirely for the time being. This is disastrous for those businesses, and it's only a matter of time before this problem impacts my wife, who is also a self-employed service provider (communication design), and me. The worst part of this new law is that even the smallest businesses have to pay for licenses in every EU country! Why is there an EU if you can't find a joint solution for a basically important measure to reduce waste? I hope you can solve this issue soon, Thank you for your time, Stephan Mathieu", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550154_en"}, {"id": 33550153, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:06:15", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "artist", "feedback": "These new regulations are completely not thought through enough, were any of the EU small/local businesses kept in mind at all when implementing this? Big corporations like amazon, temu and shein need to be taxed i 100% agree, but not the small businesses who rely on each individual order to sustain themselves. As a full time artist who relies on online sales for my own livelihood this will kill my very small pool of local customers in the EU. Some EU countries I dont ship enough to even cover these fees which is unbalanced and unfair. What happened to the core of Europe and free travel of goods? These regulations will do nothing but hurt small business such as myself, tax the rich and not the everyday folk!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations are completely not thought through enough, were any of the EU small/local businesses kept in mind at all when implementing this? Big corporations like amazon, temu and shein need to be taxed i 100% agree, but not the small businesses who rely on each individual order to sustain themselves. As a full time artist who relies on online sales for my own livelihood this will kill my very small pool of local customers in the EU. Some EU countries I dont ship enough to even cover these fees which is unbalanced and unfair. What happened to the core of Europe and free travel of goods? These regulations will do nothing but hurt small business such as myself, tax the rich and not the everyday folk!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550153_en"}, {"id": 33550152, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:03:34", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea is good, but the execution makes me seriously question the judgment of whoever decided not to unify the registration process across 27 states.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea is good, but the execution makes me seriously question the judgment of whoever decided not to unify the registration process across 27 states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550152_en"}, {"id": 33550150, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 23:02:29", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In my opinion, this is being done deliberately to hurt small businesses and companies by imposing additional fees. Even worse, it also affects us as customers because we may lose the ability to shop from other countries. There are more and more fees and restrictions, and I don't believe they are introduced for our benefit. Instead, they seem to be designed mainly to generate more money from both businesses outside the European Union and ordinary people living within it.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my opinion, this is being done deliberately to hurt small businesses and companies by imposing additional fees. Even worse, it also affects us as customers because we may lose the ability to shop from other countries. There are more and more fees and restrictions, and I don't believe they are introduced for our benefit. Instead, they seem to be designed mainly to generate more money from both businesses outside the European Union and ordinary people living within it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550150_en"}, {"id": 33550149, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:57:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Is this a joke? More senseless bureaucracy? This will kill small business and leave everything to Amazon & Co. Great job! Keep pushing this and thereby actively support the populists and Europe-haters.", "feedbackEnglish": "Is this a joke? More senseless bureaucracy? This will kill small business and leave everything to Amazon & Co. Great job! Keep pushing this and thereby actively support the populists and Europe-haters.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550149_en"}, {"id": 33550148, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:54:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "My husband and I run a micro business that makes sculptures for painters and collectors. We have been active for 2 years, and our main public is in the EU. We sell small amounts, but to many countries. We cannot afford the different registrations, representants at the countries that require them. Nor financially or administratively: the system is too complex, and expensive. It is an aberration to the free circulation of goods in the EU, and a death sentence to business like ours. It will be killing the talent and initiative of many europeans, and threaten their way of living. The costs of shipping to the whole EU are giant in comparison to what a company like ours can make: the law gives no choice but to close business, or go rogue. That cannot be what EU stands for! We want also to point out, with these rules we cannot reuse packaging matherial we get ourselves. We have always reused boxes, bubble wrap, plastics, flamingo and all the necessary to protect and ship our products. From now on, we understand that we have to throw all of this away, and buy new matherials, to make sure they comply? That sounds like the oppossite of ecology, and it is expensive for a small business. From tomorrow, our shop is closed to orders from all the EU countries, like many micro business run by artists and other creators. What else can we do? We are counting on our clients overseas to survive: it is a scandal that this is happening in Europe. We are contacting in hope to be heard, and soon. This measure is disproportional for micro and small bussiness. We need a minimum threshold within reasonable limits, that gives small business exemption, or an unified european registration, and costs according to the benefits or the size of these companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "My husband and I run a micro business that makes sculptures for painters and collectors. We have been active for 2 years, and our main public is in the EU. We sell small amounts, but to many countries. We cannot afford the different registrations, representants at the countries that require them. Nor financially or administratively: the system is too complex, and expensive. It is an aberration to the free circulation of goods in the EU, and a death sentence to business like ours. It will be killing the talent and initiative of many europeans, and threaten their way of living. The costs of shipping to the whole EU are giant in comparison to what a company like ours can make: the law gives no choice but to close business, or go rogue. That cannot be what EU stands for! We want also to point out, with these rules we cannot reuse packaging matherial we get ourselves. We have always reused boxes, bubble wrap, plastics, flamingo and all the necessary to protect and ship our products. From now on, we understand that we have to throw all of this away, and buy new matherials, to make sure they comply? That sounds like the oppossite of ecology, and it is expensive for a small business. From tomorrow, our shop is closed to orders from all the EU countries, like many micro business run by artists and other creators. What else can we do? We are counting on our clients overseas to survive: it is a scandal that this is happening in Europe. We are contacting in hope to be heard, and soon. This measure is disproportional for micro and small bussiness. We need a minimum threshold within reasonable limits, that gives small business exemption, or an unified european registration, and costs according to the benefits or the size of these companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550148_en"}, {"id": 33550147, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:52:30", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These demented rules around extra fees in trade hurt only consumers and small businesses, while not impacting big companies at all. It seems like protecting EU based small businesses and EU consumers became less important to EU than catering to large foreign companies. (This and the Temu law does nothing but that)", "feedbackEnglish": "These demented rules around extra fees in trade hurt only consumers and small businesses, while not impacting big companies at all. It seems like protecting EU based small businesses and EU consumers became less important to EU than catering to large foreign companies. (This and the Temu law does nothing but that)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550147_en"}, {"id": 33550146, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:51:41", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please find a way to make the packaging and packing rules work without harming small business. I'm from Bulgaria, I'm just a consumer, I'm not even big on ordering things from outside my country mainly because I don't have a lot of money and I have to choose wisely what I spend it on but I still like to \"window shop\" every now and than and just scroll around, admire people's work. I think we in Bulgaria don't have a big culture of independent \"small\" artists selling outside of our country and after reading about the fees - I can't help but think how many people will not be able to afford them. For me this is going to demotivate people to create art and share it with the world or the very least it will slow down their creative growth because at the and of the day money do help with this. And how do you make enough to create what you want to create if now you have to pay a considerable fee for each country you might have potential buyers in? There must be a way for this to work without crushing the light out of small business. Please think about everyone and find a way to make it work so that everyone will have a fair opportunity to sell their things and develop their art without struggling, the world is shit as it is, let's not suffocate art and creativity even more.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please find a way to make the packaging and packing rules work without harming small business. I'm from Bulgaria, I'm just a consumer, I'm not even big on ordering things from outside my country mainly because I don't have a lot of money and I have to choose wisely what I spend it on but I still like to \"window shop\" every now and than and just scroll around, admire people's work. I think we in Bulgaria don't have a big culture of independent \"small\" artists selling outside of our country and after reading about the fees - I can't help but think how many people will not be able to afford them. For me this is going to demotivate people to create art and share it with the world or the very least it will slow down their creative growth because at the and of the day money do help with this. And how do you make enough to create what you want to create if now you have to pay a considerable fee for each country you might have potential buyers in? There must be a way for this to work without crushing the light out of small business. Please think about everyone and find a way to make it work so that everyone will have a fair opportunity to sell their things and develop their art without struggling, the world is shit as it is, let's not suffocate art and creativity even more.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550146_en"}, {"id": 33550145, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:50:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jess Was Here", "feedback": "While I support the goal of reducing packaging waste, I strongly believe that the initiative requires greater consideration for micro and small businesses. This will severely impact and damage micro businesses that can't justify and absorb the costs involved. And beyond the financial burden, there is also significant administrative complexity in managing such a system, particularly given that many of the businesses concerned are operated by a single individual. Large companies will be able to adapt with no issues. Micro and small businesses will lose part of their market and ultimately be forced to close down. Also, as an Italian citizen currently resident outside the European Union, I am disheartened to see a law that speaks against the European Single Market. EU businesses are unable to ship to follow EU countries. Please provide measures that small businesses can realistically afford and manage.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support the goal of reducing packaging waste, I strongly believe that the initiative requires greater consideration for micro and small businesses. This will severely impact and damage micro businesses that can't justify and absorb the costs involved. And beyond the financial burden, there is also significant administrative complexity in managing such a system, particularly given that many of the businesses concerned are operated by a single individual. Large companies will be able to adapt with no issues. Micro and small businesses will lose part of their market and ultimately be forced to close down. Also, as an Italian citizen currently resident outside the European Union, I am disheartened to see a law that speaks against the European Single Market. EU businesses are unable to ship to follow EU countries. Please provide measures that small businesses can realistically afford and manage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550145_en"}, {"id": 33550144, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:49:01", "country": "BLR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I always support ecological initiative and as sure that environmental and sustainability issues must be a priority for every country. However, the suggested measures seem to have more negative effect on small and medium businesses than positive one on the environment. It is already extremely difficult for them to compete with huge brands, and this law makes it almost impossible. Why some individual entrepreneur that may sell a couple of items per month should pay the same fee that an international mass-market brand with millions of turnover. Also, if the packaging is reused later (which can happen), how can it be treated as single-usage? It's not possible to track that, then why must it be the first seller who pays the fee? It would make more sense to finess existing measures, because a lot of places still put straws into drinks by default, stores wrap individual fruits into plastic, many people still not separating their litter and spoil recyclable paper with organic waste. I have a feeling that these law would mostly be spent on bureaucrats' paychecks and not on significant ecological improvements.", "feedbackEnglish": "I always support ecological initiative and as sure that environmental and sustainability issues must be a priority for every country. However, the suggested measures seem to have more negative effect on small and medium businesses than positive one on the environment. It is already extremely difficult for them to compete with huge brands, and this law makes it almost impossible. Why some individual entrepreneur that may sell a couple of items per month should pay the same fee that an international mass-market brand with millions of turnover. Also, if the packaging is reused later (which can happen), how can it be treated as single-usage? It's not possible to track that, then why must it be the first seller who pays the fee? It would make more sense to finess existing measures, because a lot of places still put straws into drinks by default, stores wrap individual fruits into plastic, many people still not separating their litter and spoil recyclable paper with organic waste. I have a feeling that these law would mostly be spent on bureaucrats' paychecks and not on significant ecological improvements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550144_en"}, {"id": 33550139, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:47:57", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small Crafter", "feedback": "I have been running a small, sole-proprietorship art business for many years. Selling through Etsy and the ability to ship my products to various European countries has so far been one of the main ways to grow my brand and share my passion with others. The new PPWR regulations completely exclude me from this growth; the proposed solutions are unmanageable for small businesses. The EU has created such a complicated system that leads to: a) wasting a vast amount of time on bureaucracy and paperwork instead of actual creative work, b) colossal costs that no small business can afford. I request the consideration of an amendment that would exempt small businesses from this law if they realistically ship only a dozen to a few dozen small packages to a given country per year. The EU should support its citizens, giving them opportunities to grow rather than constantly making it harder for us to operate on the European market. Caring for the environment and recycling are very important to me. As a small business, I have implemented many eco-friendly steps in my operations, but the new regulations are not a step forward for environmental protection.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been running a small, sole-proprietorship art business for many years. Selling through Etsy and the ability to ship my products to various European countries has so far been one of the main ways to grow my brand and share my passion with others. The new PPWR regulations completely exclude me from this growth; the proposed solutions are unmanageable for small businesses. The EU has created such a complicated system that leads to: a) wasting a vast amount of time on bureaucracy and paperwork instead of actual creative work, b) colossal costs that no small business can afford. I request the consideration of an amendment that would exempt small businesses from this law if they realistically ship only a dozen to a few dozen small packages to a given country per year. The EU should support its citizens, giving them opportunities to grow rather than constantly making it harder for us to operate on the European market. Caring for the environment and recycling are very important to me. As a small business, I have implemented many eco-friendly steps in my operations, but the new regulations are not a step forward for environmental protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550139_en"}, {"id": 33550143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:47:57", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a new small business owner I am very disappointed. The his has been my dream to create art and share it with people. I have nothing against environment and I would like to support it, but this law makes it impossible for a small business to survive. At least make some kind of portal where we can pay a yearly fee for all 27 countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a new small business owner I am very disappointed. The his has been my dream to create art and share it with people. I have nothing against environment and I would like to support it, but this law makes it impossible for a small business to survive. At least make some kind of portal where we can pay a yearly fee for all 27 countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550143_en"}, {"id": 33550142, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:44:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nachhaltigkeit hat für mich oberste Priorität, und die Hauptverantwortung für Verpackungsabfälle gehört ganz klar auf die Seite der Großindustrie. Die aktuelle PPWR-Verordnung erweist sich jedoch als existenzbedrohende Hürde für selbstständige Kreative, das Handwerk und Kleinstbetriebe. Für ein kleines Unternehmen, das lediglich vereinzelte Sendungen über die Landesgrenzen hinweg verschickt, ist der administrative Aufwand unbezahlbar. Die Pflicht, sich durch 27 unterschiedliche nationale Bürokrien zu kämpfen und vor Ort Repräsentanten zu finanzieren, ist in der Praxis nicht umsetzbar. Damit wird der europäische Grundsatz Vorfahrt für KMU komplett ignoriert. Das Gesetz hebelt den freien europäischen Binnenmarkt faktisch aus. Um nicht pleitezugehen, sehen sich kleine Anbieter gezwungen, den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU komplett einzustellen. Das schadet der Produktauswahl für die Konsumenten und raubt vielen Menschen ihre finanzielle Basis. Ein Einschreiten der Kommission ist dringend erforderlich: Kleinstunternehmen benötigen umgehend einen Aufschub bei der Durchsetzung sowie eine realistische, europaweit einheitliche Freigrenze für kleine Versandvolumen. Der Schutz unseres Planeten darf nicht als Vorwand dienen, um das Fundament des europäischen Mittelstands zu zerschlagen!", "feedbackEnglish": "Sustainability is my top priority and the primary responsibility for packaging waste is clearly on the side of the large industry. However, the current PPWR Regulation is proving to be a existential barrier for self-employed creators, craftsmen and micro-enterprises. For a small company which only sends isolated consignments across national borders, the administrative burden is unaffordable. The obligation to fight through 27 different national critics and to finance local representatives is not feasible in practice. This completely ignores the European principle of “think small first”. The law effectively undermines the free European internal market. Small traders are forced to stop all intra-EU cross-border trade in order to avoid bankruptcy. This harms the choice of products for consumers and deprives many people of their financial base. There is an urgent need for the Commission to intervene: Micro-enterprises urgently need a delay in enforcement and a realistic Europe-wide exemption threshold for small volumes of shipments. Protecting our planet must not be used as a pretext for breaking the foundations of Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550142_en"}, {"id": 33550141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:44:28", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The recent news regarding packaging laws have been heartbreaking. As someone who is highly interested in the creative fields and with an appreciation for unique, hand made items seeing the posts of thousands of affected artisans has been soulcrushing. Years of their work and effort, gone in the snap of a finger. You are actively making it impossible for us to support small, independent creators who simply cannot afford to pay the packaging taxes for every single EU country every single year - regardless of how many orders from there they actually get. All the indie packages I've ever received have used recycled material and virtually no plastic - which cannot be said about any Amazon, temu, shein, etc. package but you are essentially leaving those huge conglomerates, with zero concern for the environment or the creative integrity of the individual, to reign free. Make no mistake, this will be the only result of the new packaging laws. I used to think the EU stood for creativity and supporting unique, small business - evidently not. Please rethink how this entire debacle works, it's the most counterintuitive decision ever and both the small indie creators and the consumers within the EU are suffering because of it.", "feedbackEnglish": "The recent news regarding packaging laws have been heartbreaking. As someone who is highly interested in the creative fields and with an appreciation for unique, hand made items seeing the posts of thousands of affected artisans has been soulcrushing. Years of their work and effort, gone in the snap of a finger. You are actively making it impossible for us to support small, independent creators who simply cannot afford to pay the packaging taxes for every single EU country every single year - regardless of how many orders from there they actually get. All the indie packages I've ever received have used recycled material and virtually no plastic - which cannot be said about any Amazon, temu, shein, etc. package but you are essentially leaving those huge conglomerates, with zero concern for the environment or the creative integrity of the individual, to reign free. Make no mistake, this will be the only result of the new packaging laws. I used to think the EU stood for creativity and supporting unique, small business - evidently not. Please rethink how this entire debacle works, it's the most counterintuitive decision ever and both the small indie creators and the consumers within the EU are suffering because of it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550141_en"}, {"id": 33550140, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:44:25", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is deeply frustrating to watch the EU propose rules that actively hurt small, conscious businesses while doing nothing to stop mega-corporations from polluting. Independent designers operate on a tiny scale, using eco-friendly materials and mindful production. Forcing them to deal with 27 separate national registries is completely overwhelming and unfair.Fast-fashion giants like Shein churn out millions of synthetic garments that pollute our oceans and ecosystems, yet your system lets them pay a fee to keep doing business as usual. This regulation acts against people and local craftspeople, leaving the market entirely to massive corporate monopolies. Please reconsider and protect independent small brands.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is deeply frustrating to watch the EU propose rules that actively hurt small, conscious businesses while doing nothing to stop mega-corporations from polluting. Independent designers operate on a tiny scale, using eco-friendly materials and mindful production. Forcing them to deal with 27 separate national registries is completely overwhelming and unfair.Fast-fashion giants like Shein churn out millions of synthetic garments that pollute our oceans and ecosystems, yet your system lets them pay a fee to keep doing business as usual. This regulation acts against people and local craftspeople, leaving the market entirely to massive corporate monopolies. Please reconsider and protect independent small brands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550140_en"}, {"id": 33550138, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:44:13", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of a one-person business in Finland to tell you, plainly, that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) in its current form is an act of quiet destruction against Europe's smallest companies. The PPWR was sold as harmonisation: one market, one set of rules, fewer barriers. What you have actually built is 27 separate walls. From 12 August 2026, a business like mine must register with a separate packaging registry in every member state it ships to, report to each of them in their own language and on their own schedule, pay each of them, and appoint and pay an authorised representative in each country. There is no EU-wide one-stop shop. There is no de minimis threshold. A single parcel sent to Estonia or Portugal triggers the full machinery. Do the arithmetic you evidently did not. Per-country compliance and representation runs on the order of 1,000 per country per year. Selling into just seven EU markets therefore costs upward of 7,000 a year in fixed fees alone before a cent of eco-fees, before lab testing, before the days of my own unpaid time lost to 27 sets of forms. Reaching the whole single market costs several times that. For a company of one, this is not a line item. It is the difference between existing and not. And here is the part that should embarrass you: these costs do not scale with size. A multinational with a legal department spreads them across millions of units fractions of a cent per package. I spread them across a few dozen. The regulation you designed to protect the environment functions, in practice, as a subsidy to your largest incumbents and a tax on everyone trying to compete with them. It raises the drawbridge on new entrants, punishes cross-border experimentation, and kills exactly the small-scale innovation the EU claims to champion. This is not just a bad policy, it contradicts your own stated principles. The 'Think Small First' principle, anchored in the Small Business Act for Europe, requires that legislation be designed from the small business's point of view, on the explicit recognition that rules built for large companies impose disproportionate, if not unbearable, burdens on the smallest. Your own 2025 Single Market Strategy names the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation directly as an act whose burden on smaller companies must be reconsidered, and commits to dismantling the 'Terrible Ten' barriers that arise as the unintended consequence of otherwise legitimate policy. The PPWR, as applied to micro-enterprises, is exactly such a barrier. You have already diagnosed the disease. I am asking you to administer the cure before the patient dies. You know this. The Commission itself proposed suspending the authorised-representative requirement for EU-established firms until 2035, and the Parliament is now debating a micro-enterprise exemption but the first reading is not scheduled until October 2026, two months after the rules bite. You have built a problem, admitted it is a problem, and scheduled the fix for after the damage is done. In the meantime, small sellers across Europe are simply switching off shipping to other member states or going bankrupt. That is the single market working in reverse, and you did it to yourselves. I am asking for three things, urgently: 1. An immediate enforcement moratorium on cross-border EPR registration and authorised-representative requirements for micro-enterprises until reform is in force. 2. A genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold, so low-volume sellers are not dragged into 27 national bureaucracies over a handful of parcels. 3. A real one-stop shop: one registration, one report, one payment, for the entire Union the thing 'harmonisation' was supposed to mean in the first place. Fix this.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of a one-person business in Finland to tell you, plainly, that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) in its current form is an act of quiet destruction against Europe's smallest companies. The PPWR was sold as harmonisation: one market, one set of rules, fewer barriers. What you have actually built is 27 separate walls. From 12 August 2026, a business like mine must register with a separate packaging registry in every member state it ships to, report to each of them in their own language and on their own schedule, pay each of them, and appoint and pay an authorised representative in each country. There is no EU-wide one-stop shop. There is no de minimis threshold. A single parcel sent to Estonia or Portugal triggers the full machinery. Do the arithmetic you evidently did not. Per-country compliance and representation runs on the order of 1,000 per country per year. Selling into just seven EU markets therefore costs upward of 7,000 a year in fixed fees alone before a cent of eco-fees, before lab testing, before the days of my own unpaid time lost to 27 sets of forms. Reaching the whole single market costs several times that. For a company of one, this is not a line item. It is the difference between existing and not. And here is the part that should embarrass you: these costs do not scale with size. A multinational with a legal department spreads them across millions of units fractions of a cent per package. I spread them across a few dozen. The regulation you designed to protect the environment functions, in practice, as a subsidy to your largest incumbents and a tax on everyone trying to compete with them. It raises the drawbridge on new entrants, punishes cross-border experimentation, and kills exactly the small-scale innovation the EU claims to champion. This is not just a bad policy, it contradicts your own stated principles. The 'Think Small First' principle, anchored in the Small Business Act for Europe, requires that legislation be designed from the small business's point of view, on the explicit recognition that rules built for large companies impose disproportionate, if not unbearable, burdens on the smallest. Your own 2025 Single Market Strategy names the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation directly as an act whose burden on smaller companies must be reconsidered, and commits to dismantling the 'Terrible Ten' barriers that arise as the unintended consequence of otherwise legitimate policy. The PPWR, as applied to micro-enterprises, is exactly such a barrier. You have already diagnosed the disease. I am asking you to administer the cure before the patient dies. You know this. The Commission itself proposed suspending the authorised-representative requirement for EU-established firms until 2035, and the Parliament is now debating a micro-enterprise exemption but the first reading is not scheduled until October 2026, two months after the rules bite. You have built a problem, admitted it is a problem, and scheduled the fix for after the damage is done. In the meantime, small sellers across Europe are simply switching off shipping to other member states or going bankrupt. That is the single market working in reverse, and you did it to yourselves. I am asking for three things, urgently: 1. An immediate enforcement moratorium on cross-border EPR registration and authorised-representative requirements for micro-enterprises until reform is in force. 2. A genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold, so low-volume sellers are not dragged into 27 national bureaucracies over a handful of parcels. 3. A real one-stop shop: one registration, one report, one payment, for the entire Union the thing 'harmonisation' was supposed to mean in the first place. Fix this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550138_en"}, {"id": 33550137, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:42:46", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to point out that this new legislation will harm small buisnesses that are trying hard to provide eco-friendly and cruelty-free Products. Those regulations will probably help with demolishing those brans in favour of large corporations, that can pay their way around this legislation. I am highly against this new regulation for small buisnesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to point out that this new legislation will harm small buisnesses that are trying hard to provide eco-friendly and cruelty-free Products. Those regulations will probably help with demolishing those brans in favour of large corporations, that can pay their way around this legislation. I am highly against this new regulation for small buisnesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550137_en"}, {"id": 33550136, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:42:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I love art and craftmenship from small businesses and don't want them to close their shops. EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: * A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. * A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "I love art and craftmenship from small businesses and don't want them to close their shops. EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: * A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. * A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550136_en"}, {"id": 33550135, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:39:44", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a French customer ordering from small companies in the UK, I find it hard to understand why there isn't either a threshold for small producers/companies to be exempted from this, or that there isn't a single portal/signed registration needed covering for all EU countries. As it stands now, small companies must make the difficult choice to stop selling in EU countries. I totally understand why this new regulation has been implemented, but there must be a way for small companies to be able to comply to it while not having to pay such amount of money/appoint representatives in every country they ship to. Please find a way for them to still be able to ship in EU! We need small businesses, not only big international companies!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a French customer ordering from small companies in the UK, I find it hard to understand why there isn't either a threshold for small producers/companies to be exempted from this, or that there isn't a single portal/signed registration needed covering for all EU countries. As it stands now, small companies must make the difficult choice to stop selling in EU countries. I totally understand why this new regulation has been implemented, but there must be a way for small companies to be able to comply to it while not having to pay such amount of money/appoint representatives in every country they ship to. Please find a way for them to still be able to ship in EU! We need small businesses, not only big international companies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550135_en"}, {"id": 33550134, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:39:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I've seen so many small business getting rid of their online shops because the new rules will make it impossible for them to ship items. Meanwhile big businesses like Temu won't give a shit...is this what we want? I urge you to set different rules for small sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I've seen so many small business getting rid of their online shops because the new rules will make it impossible for them to ship items. Meanwhile big businesses like Temu won't give a shit...is this what we want? I urge you to set different rules for small sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550134_en"}, {"id": 33550133, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:38:20", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Detta initiativ borde under _inga_ omständigheter påverka de konstnärliga småföretagare som redan går på knäna för att få det att gå runt rent ekonomiskt. Det är helt orimligt att dessa artister nu har valt att dra in sina tjänster av att sända MÅLNINGAR OCH DYLIKT till oss kunder pågrund av att ni vill minska vårdslös handel FRÅN KINA. Hur i hela världen är det rimligt att knäcka en redan skör småindustri där folk köper och sänder konstnärliga artiklar som vi behåller livet ut och har enormt värde från artistens perspektiv till de som inhandlar dessa artiklar. Det är under all kritik att de som ensam person ska punga ut ytterligare kostnader för att ens begripa detta initiativ, till att hyra professionell hjälp för att arbeta enligt reglerna för att inte nämna prishöjningarna som påverkar artister i redan svårt ekonomiskt påverkade länder vars inkomst påverkas något så enormt av kunder med starkare valuta! Skäms! Detta får ni göra om och göra rätt! Värna om våra konstnärer!", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative should, under _inga_ circumstances, affect those small artistic entrepreneurs who are already on the knees to get it around in purely financial terms. It is completely unreasonable that these artists have now chosen to withdraw their services from sending paintings AND similar to us customers because you want to reduce negligent trade from KINA. How in the world it makes sense to crack an already fragile small industry where people buy and broadcast artistic articles that we keep alive and are of immense value from the artist’s perspective to those who buy these articles. It is critical that, as a single person, they should pay additional costs to even understand this initiative, to rent professional help to work according to the rules, not to mention the price increases affecting artists in already heavily economically affected countries whose income is so heavily affected by customers with stronger currency! For shame! You can do this again and do the right thing! Protect our artists!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550133_en"}, {"id": 33550132, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:35:46", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the intent is noble, the implement will kill all cross-border micro-business trade. I am a sole artisanal producer, making artistic gifts, home decor and upcycled clothing, based in Portugal. Under the new PPWR regulation, the fees associated with being able to send a single package to any other EU member state will exceed my ENTIRE ANNUAL PROFIT. Obviously, as with all micro-producers, I am extremely conscious of costs, and re-use all packaging material I receive. As such, I do not \"create\" packaging material. Please reconsider the impact of the regulation on owner-operator micro-businesses like mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the intent is noble, the implement will kill all cross-border micro-business trade. I am a sole artisanal producer, making artistic gifts, home decor and upcycled clothing, based in Portugal. Under the new PPWR regulation, the fees associated with being able to send a single package to any other EU member state will exceed my ENTIRE ANNUAL PROFIT. Obviously, as with all micro-producers, I am extremely conscious of costs, and re-use all packaging material I receive. As such, I do not \"create\" packaging material. Please reconsider the impact of the regulation on owner-operator micro-businesses like mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550132_en"}, {"id": 33550129, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:32:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kleine Unternehmen von dieser Regelung nicht auszunehmen, ist ein Todesstoß für KMUs, die ihren Verkauf in andere Länder der EU deswegen einstellen müssen, weil sie sich weder den bürokratischen Aufwand noch die Kosten für 27 EU-Mitgliedsstaaten leisten können. Schauen Sie sich mal auf Social Media um, wie viele kleine Unternehmen bereits angekündigt haben, ihre Verkäufe in andere Länder einzustellen! Das ist sowohl für Unternehmen als auch Endkunden ein massiver Rückschritt, was freien Handel angeht. Das Gesetz festigt, so wie es aktuell konzipiert ist, die Monopolstellung großer Unternehmen, reduziert Innovationsgeist und erreicht das Gegenteil von dem, wofür die EU steht - nämlich grenzübergreifenden Handel zu ermöglichen bzw. einfacher zu machen. Während China und die USA ihre Wirtschaft immer weiter ausbauen, sorgt die EU dafür, dass Europa als Wirtschaftsstandort für Unternehmen zunehmend unattraktiv wird. Und das in Zeiten, in denen KI sowieso schon immer mehr Jobs kostet. Umweltschutz ist wichtig - aber warum nicht lieber mit positiven Anreizen fördern? Oder wenn man schon keine bessere Idee hat als so ein System zu schaffen, kann man dann nicht wenigstens ein zentrales, länder-übergreifendes System auf die Beine stellen - mit einer einzigen Anlaufstelle und überschaubaren Kosten für KMUs? Oder KMUs eben gleich von dieser Regelung ausnehmen? Ich ertrinke jetzt schon als kleines 1-Personen-Unternehmen, das international verkauft, in den Kosten und dem Zeitaufwand, den man für Bürokratie aufwenden muss. Abgesehen davon wird diese Regelung bei den großen Unternehmen dazu führen, dass diese die höheren Kosten einfach an den Verbraucher weitergeben - also zahlt am Ende trotzdem der normale Bürger (so wie er es auch jetzt schon über die Abfallentsorgungsgebühren) tut und wird dadurch doppelt belastet.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not exempting small businesses from this rule is a deadly event for SMEs that have to stop selling to other EU countries because they cannot afford the bureaucratic burden or the costs for 27 EU Member States. Take a look at social media to see how many small businesses have already announced that they will stop selling to other countries! This represents a massive step backwards in terms of free trade for both businesses and end-users. The law, as it is currently conceived, consolidates the monopoly position of large companies, reduces the spirit of innovation and achieves the opposite of what the EU stands for – enabling or facilitating cross-border trade. While China and the US are expanding their economies, the EU is making Europe an increasingly unattractive place to do business. And this at a time when AI is costing more and more jobs anyway. Environmental protection matters – but why not promote it with positive incentives? Or if you don’t have a better idea than creating a system, cann’t you create at least one central, cross-border system – with a one-stop-shop and manageable costs for SMEs? Or just exempt SMEs from this scheme? As a small one-person company selling internationally, I already drown into the cost and time spent on red tape. Apart from that, for large companies, the result will be that they simply pass on the higher costs to the consumer – in other words, in the end, the ordinary citizen still pays (as he already does via the waste disposal charges) and is thus burdened twice.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550129_en"}, {"id": 33550128, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:30:06", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I DO NOT want this rule to be implemented.", "feedbackEnglish": "I DO NOT want this rule to be implemented.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550128_en"}, {"id": 33550125, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:10:04", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small business and sell to customers in different EU countries. I understand the aim of the new packaging rules, and I am willing to pay a fair contribution towards recycling the packaging I place on the market. The problem is not the recycling contribution itself. The problem is having to deal with a separate registration and reporting system in every country. For a small seller, separate registrations, reports, contracts, fees and local representatives create more work and fixed costs than many of the sales are worth. I do not have a compliance department. The only realistic option is to stop accepting orders from customers in other Member States. That cannot be the intended result of legislation for the European Single Market. Using the same reporting format in every country would help, but it is not enough. Businesses would still have to register country by country, maintain several accounts and registration numbers, and follow different national procedures. Please create a genuine EU one-stop system similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop. A small business should be able to register once, receive one EU registration number, submit one annual report showing packaging by destination country, and make one payment. The system could then distribute the information and contributions to the relevant national authorities. If an authorised representative is required, it should be possible to appoint one representative for the whole EU instead of one in every country. Until such a system is available, small businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers need a simple reporting regime and a reasonable grace period. Member States should not be allowed to add extra forms and administrative requirements beyond the common EU rules. I am not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. I am asking for a practical and proportionate way to comply. Without a genuine one-stop system, these rules will force small businesses out of cross-border trade and leave the market to large companies. In my case, I will have to stop selling across borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business and sell to customers in different EU countries. I understand the aim of the new packaging rules, and I am willing to pay a fair contribution towards recycling the packaging I place on the market. The problem is not the recycling contribution itself. The problem is having to deal with a separate registration and reporting system in every country. For a small seller, separate registrations, reports, contracts, fees and local representatives create more work and fixed costs than many of the sales are worth. I do not have a compliance department. The only realistic option is to stop accepting orders from customers in other Member States. That cannot be the intended result of legislation for the European Single Market. Using the same reporting format in every country would help, but it is not enough. Businesses would still have to register country by country, maintain several accounts and registration numbers, and follow different national procedures. Please create a genuine EU one-stop system similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop. A small business should be able to register once, receive one EU registration number, submit one annual report showing packaging by destination country, and make one payment. The system could then distribute the information and contributions to the relevant national authorities. If an authorised representative is required, it should be possible to appoint one representative for the whole EU instead of one in every country. Until such a system is available, small businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers need a simple reporting regime and a reasonable grace period. Member States should not be allowed to add extra forms and administrative requirements beyond the common EU rules. I am not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. I am asking for a practical and proportionate way to comply. Without a genuine one-stop system, these rules will force small businesses out of cross-border trade and leave the market to large companies. In my case, I will have to stop selling across borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550125_en"}, {"id": 33550124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:07:47", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que consommatrice d'art et d'artisanat, je trouve cette loi aberrante. Depuis quelques jours je vois des messages de mes amis artisans et un nombre incalculable d'autres petites boutiques informant que désormais, ils ne pourront plus expédier leurs créations hors de leur pays, car se mettre en conformité leur couterait beaucoup trop cher, bien plus que leur chiffre d'affaire. Certains devront complètement arrêter et perdre leur travail, leur principale clientèle se trouvant à l'étranger. Le principe de l'Union Européenne était de faciliter les échange entre états membres, c'est aujourd'hui totalement l'inverse que nous propose cette loi, écrasant une fois de plus les petites entreprises et empêchant les produits de qualité fabriqués en Europe de circuler Une règle contre la pollution des emballages devrait principalement s'appliquer aux entreprises les plus polluantes, pas à des artisans qui envoient 10 colis par mois.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer of art and crafts, I find this law aberrant. In the last few days I have seen messages from my craftsmen and countless other small shops saying that they will no longer be able to send their creations out of their country, because complying would cost them far more than their turnover. Some will have to stop and lose their jobs completely, as their main customers are abroad. The principle of the European Union was to facilitate trade between Member States, the opposite is now proposed by this law, once again crushing small businesses and preventing quality products manufactured in Europe from circulating. A rule against packaging pollution should apply mainly to the most polluting companies, not to craftsmen who send 10 packages per month.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550124_en"}, {"id": 33550123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:06:04", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The goal to reduce waste and packaging is of course a good one, but the way this initiative was drafted is extremely damaging for microbusiness and small businesses. It needs to be simplified and encourage sending less packages, if possible, and encourage sustainable packaging. There should be a better way that more specifically targets larger and more wasteful businesses over an artist wanting to send some stickers to another EU country.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal to reduce waste and packaging is of course a good one, but the way this initiative was drafted is extremely damaging for microbusiness and small businesses. It needs to be simplified and encourage sending less packages, if possible, and encourage sustainable packaging. There should be a better way that more specifically targets larger and more wasteful businesses over an artist wanting to send some stickers to another EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550123_en"}, {"id": 33550122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:03:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es wirkt fast wie innereuropäischer Zoll und wiederspricht dem, für was die EU steht. Große Firmen werden wieder keinen Schaden davontragen, aber gerade die kleinen Unternehmen wird es richtig hart treffen, genauso wie die Konsumenten, die manchmal einfach nur etwas kleines von einer kleinen Familien-Maufaktur oder einem Einzelunternehmen kaufen möchten. Unternehmertum und Selbstständigkeit wird einem heutzutage auch in der EU wirklich schwer gemacht, da müssen nicht noch mehr Hürden auf die Leute abgeladen werden. Vielleicht gäbe es ja mal sinnvolle Regelungen, die es den Menschen leichter macht zu Leben und vor allem zu Überleben.", "feedbackEnglish": "It works almost like intra-European customs, reiterating what the EU stands for. Large firms will not suffer any damage again, but small businesses in particular will be hit quite hard, as will consumers, who sometimes simply want to buy a little little from a small family bill or a sole trader. Entrepreneurship and self-employment are nowadays becoming really difficult, even in the EU, as there is no need to remove more hurdles from people. Perhaps there are useful rules that make it easier for people to live and, above all, survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550122_en"}, {"id": 33550121, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:03:26", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new rule will severly impact and destroy small and micro European businesses, which is something the EU should sought to protect. They should either be exempt from this rule or be provided with choices they cann afford. The law speaks against the free movement of goods withing the EU and will impact it's citizens as much as it's culture and reputation. This law should ne primarily directed at big corporations that actually do harm as opposed to regular citizens trying to make a living. The EU should also harmonize the legislation for PPWR/EPR in EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new rule will severly impact and destroy small and micro European businesses, which is something the EU should sought to protect. They should either be exempt from this rule or be provided with choices they cann afford. The law speaks against the free movement of goods withing the EU and will impact it's citizens as much as it's culture and reputation. This law should ne primarily directed at big corporations that actually do harm as opposed to regular citizens trying to make a living. The EU should also harmonize the legislation for PPWR/EPR in EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550121_en"}, {"id": 33550120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 22:00:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que cliente fidèle de petits créateurs européens sous le statut de micro entreprise, cela me fait vraiment mal au cœur de les voir fermer leur commerce en ligne un par un car cette législation est trop compliquée administrativement et engendre des coûts ubuesque pour les plus petits commerces. Rien n'est fait ni pensé pour les micro entreprises et/ou TPE. j'espère que l'Europe a à cœur de soutenir TOUTES les entreprises de son territoire et prévoira un cadre simplifié (et beaucoup moins coûteux, ou même une exemption) pour ces entreprises qui parfois produisent moins de 20, voir 10 kg de déchets par an.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a faithful customer of small European creators with the status of micro enterprise, it really makes it hard for me to see them shut down their online trade one by one, as this legislation is too administratively complicated and creates ubuesque costs for smaller businesses. Nothing is done or thought out for micro enterprises and/or micro-enterprises. I hope that Europe is keen to support ALL enterprises in its territory and will provide a simplified framework (and much less costly, or even an exemption) for these enterprises, which sometimes produce less than 20, or even 10 kg of waste per year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550120_en"}, {"id": 33550119, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:56:24", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Punishing small creators just like you should the big ones. Stopping a few cardboard boxes instead of a container full of plastic. This will only lead to more non-sense bureaucracy. If this law comes through- it will only prove people that the only thing that matters for you all is money. Not the waste, not a green planet or a bright future.", "feedbackEnglish": "Punishing small creators just like you should the big ones. Stopping a few cardboard boxes instead of a container full of plastic. This will only lead to more non-sense bureaucracy. If this law comes through- it will only prove people that the only thing that matters for you all is money. Not the waste, not a green planet or a bright future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550119_en"}, {"id": 33550118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:53:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cela punit durement les petits producteurs, et semble diminuer l'union de l'europe, et l'intérêt de l'espace Schengen. Le seul avantage que je pourrais voir est la protection de nos agriculteurs et agricultrices français, mais je n'en suis même pas certain.", "feedbackEnglish": "This severely punishes small producers, and seems to diminish the union of Europe, and the interest of the Schengen area. The only benefit I could see is the protection of our French farmers, but I am not even sure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550118_en"}, {"id": 33550117, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:52:35", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stefan Mayer IT", "feedback": "Leider bedeutet diese Regelung eine unbeschreibliche Verbürokratisierung und enorme Kosten für unser kleines Unternehmen, das in den letzten Jahren in erster Linie mit gebrauchten Ersatzteile für EDV-Geräte gehandelt hat, vor allem aber enorme Kosten, die einen weiteren Betrieb wirtschaftlich nicht mehr sinnvoll ermöglicht. Auch bei Verpackungen lag unser Augenmerk auf der Wiederverwendung von bereits verwendeten Verpackungsmaterialien, wie zb Versandkartons, die wir selber bekommen haben oder von benachbarten Firmen erhalten haben - und alleine dadurch haben wir einige Tonnen Müll vermieden. Pro 1000 Bestellungen waren es etwa 3-5 kg neues Verpackungsmaterial, davon etwa die Hälfte simple Briefkuverts. Das dürfen wir jetzt nicht mehr. Leider wurden die Bagatellgrenzen für Firmen mit weniger als 10 Angestellten bzw 2 Millionen Umsatz, oder 100 Kilo oder sonstiger Kleinmengen abgeschafft. Es war auch in der Vergangenheit ein bissi kompliziert, aber da war es eine Hand voller Länder - jetzt sind es 27. Leider muss ich nun Personal abbauen, wertvolle Ersatzteile, die geholfen hätten, alte Geräte länger am Leben zu halten, entsorgen und mich von eine guten Idee verabschieden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, this arrangement represents an incredible bureaucratic burden and huge costs for our small company, which in recent years has mainly traded in second-hand spare parts for computer equipment, but above all huge costs, which no longer make it economically viable to continue operating. In the case of packaging, too, our focus has been on the reuse of packaging materials already in use, such as shipping boxes, which we have received ourselves or have received from neighbouring companies – and this alone has avoided some tons of waste. For every 1000 orders, there were about 3-5 kg of new packaging material, of which about half were simple letter kuverts. We can no longer do this now. Unfortunately, the de minimis thresholds have been abolished for firms with fewer than 10 employees or 2 million turnover, or 100 kilos or other small quantities. It was also a bit complicated in the past, but it was a handful of countries – now it is 27. Unfortunately, I now have to cut staff, dispose of valuable spare parts that would have helped keep old devices alive for longer and accept a good idea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550117_en"}, {"id": 33550116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:51:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "freischaffende Künstlerin", "feedback": "\"Dear Sir or Madam, As part of the consultation on the planned requirements for national manufacturer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw attention to the burdens this may place on small online retailers. I am an artist in Germany and run a small online business; I would like to be able also in future to offer and sell my products all of which are hand-painted, one-off pieces to customers in other EU Member States as well. Since 12 August 2026, this has no longer been legally possible for me, which is why I have had to stop selling to those markets. For me whose income is already only just above the minimum wage this means a loss of annual profit equivalent to one months net salary (i.e. after deduction of business costs, tax and social security contributions, etc.). Nevertheless, for nearly 20 years now, I have managed to support myself without relying on state assistance and am not a burden on anyone, even though I am really living on the poverty line. However, the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR are a major cause for concern. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department, yet I still have to deal with the full range of requirements of each individual Member State when it comes to cross-border sales. Even determining which obligations apply to which types of packaging is difficult for small businesses. I find it particularly problematic that even a small volume of sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct sales may, in particular, incur costs for appointing an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will minimise the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is absolutely essential, and should be standardised across all Member States and submitted using the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided to one producer register should also be usable for registration in other Member States. Furthermore, consideration should be given to whether further simplifications can be introduced for very small volumes of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a central European point of contact for fulfilling registration and reporting obligations would provide significant relief. The European single market should enable even small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden associated with packaging regulations should not result in small retailers restricting or ceasing cross-border sales altogether. Please spare me and my fellow small business owners this insurmountable hurdle. Thank you..", "feedbackEnglish": "\"Dear Sir or Madam, As part of the consultation on the planned requirements for national manufacturer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw attention to the burdens this may place on small online retailers. I am an artist in Germany and run a small online business; I would like to be able also in future to offer and sell my products all of which are hand-painted, one-off pieces to customers in other EU Member States as well. Since 12 August 2026, this has no longer been legally possible for me, which is why I have had to stop selling to those markets. For me whose income is already only just above the minimum wage this means a loss of annual profit equivalent to one months net salary (i.e. after deduction of business costs, tax and social security contributions, etc.). Nevertheless, for nearly 20 years now, I have managed to support myself without relying on state assistance and am not a burden on anyone, even though I am really living on the poverty line. However, the registration and reporting obligations associated with the PPWR are a major cause for concern. As a small business, I do not have my own legal or compliance department, yet I still have to deal with the full range of requirements of each individual Member State when it comes to cross-border sales. Even determining which obligations apply to which types of packaging is difficult for small businesses. I find it particularly problematic that even a small volume of sales to another Member State can trigger additional obligations. In addition to registration, cross-border direct sales may, in particular, incur costs for appointing an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. I therefore hope that the new requirements for producer registers will minimise the burden on small businesses as much as possible. The information required should be limited to what is absolutely essential, and should be standardised across all Member States and submitted using the same procedure. Where possible, information already provided to one producer register should also be usable for registration in other Member States. Furthermore, consideration should be given to whether further simplifications can be introduced for very small volumes of cross-border packaging. In the long term, a central European point of contact for fulfilling registration and reporting obligations would provide significant relief. The European single market should enable even small businesses to supply customers in other Member States. The costs and administrative burden associated with packaging regulations should not result in small retailers restricting or ceasing cross-border sales altogether. Please spare me and my fellow small business owners this insurmountable hurdle. Thank you..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550116_en"}, {"id": 33550115, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:50:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the goal of reducing packaging waste, but the current rules place a disproportionate burden on small businesses. Requiring separate registrations and local representatives in every EU country makes cross-border trade unnecessarily expensive and discourages small businesses from selling across the EU. Please consider exemptions or simplified rules for small businesses and low-volume sellers. The EU single market should make it easier (not harder) for small businesses to trade across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the goal of reducing packaging waste, but the current rules place a disproportionate burden on small businesses. Requiring separate registrations and local representatives in every EU country makes cross-border trade unnecessarily expensive and discourages small businesses from selling across the EU. Please consider exemptions or simplified rules for small businesses and low-volume sellers. The EU single market should make it easier (not harder) for small businesses to trade across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550115_en"}, {"id": 33550114, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:46:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "deutscher Online Händler", "feedback": "Liebe EU-Kommission, als Online-Händler versuche ich ständig meine Pakete möglichst umweltbewusst zu packen, meine Retourenquote zu senken und Kartons mehrfach zu verwenden. Und ich bin absolut dafür, dass sich jeder Händler dafür einsetzt. Mit dem PPWR-Gesetz wurde allerdings ein bürokratisches Monster geschaffen, dass es kleinen Händlern wie mir noch schwerer macht neben den großen Playern bestehen zu können. Für Amazon etc. wird die Registrierung in jedem Land aus der Portokasse bezahlt. Und meine Kunden aus dem EU-Ausland werden zu Händlern aus China etc. abwandern. Das kann doch nicht im Ernst gewollt sein? Ich bitte daher das Gesetz grds. zu überdenken. MfG, M. Blatt", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, as an online trader, I am constantly trying to package my packages as environmentally friendly as possible, to reduce my return rate and to use boxes several times. And I am absolutely in favour of every trader working for it. However, the PPWR law created a bureaucratic monster that makes it even harder for small traders like me to survive alongside the big players. For Amazon, etc., registration is paid for from the postage receipt in each country. And my customers from other EU countries will migrate to traders from China, etc. That cannot really be the intention? I would therefore ask you to reconsider the law as a matter of course. MFG, M. Blatt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550114_en"}, {"id": 33550113, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:42:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU was build to make trading with each other easier. It was build to reduce paperwork, to make things easier. How is it possible that they make everything more complicated and so expensive that small businesses and artists can not even trade to other countries anymore? They make shipping impossible and rob us of our livelihood. Not one of the new regulatons was made with smaller or single person shops in mind. It would have been right to have one place to register and pay a reasonable amount for everyone, but no! Every country has to do theire own thing, why? The extra regulations for labeling packaging, overcomplicate things massively and are not clear at all. Why? Also you are endangering single person shops that opperate from home in forceing them to put their address on every single item! There is so much wrong with everything that was decided over the last years... It is important to reduce trash, yes. To make packaging as recicleable as possible, definetly important. But this? The big Companies will shrug that off. Small businesses on the other hand are closeing down entirely or reducing their shipping to their country. because they do not have a choice. That is againste veryting the EU stands for.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU was build to make trading with each other easier. It was build to reduce paperwork, to make things easier. How is it possible that they make everything more complicated and so expensive that small businesses and artists can not even trade to other countries anymore? They make shipping impossible and rob us of our livelihood. Not one of the new regulatons was made with smaller or single person shops in mind. It would have been right to have one place to register and pay a reasonable amount for everyone, but no! Every country has to do theire own thing, why? The extra regulations for labeling packaging, overcomplicate things massively and are not clear at all. Why? Also you are endangering single person shops that opperate from home in forceing them to put their address on every single item! There is so much wrong with everything that was decided over the last years... It is important to reduce trash, yes. To make packaging as recicleable as possible, definetly important. But this? The big Companies will shrug that off. Small businesses on the other hand are closeing down entirely or reducing their shipping to their country. because they do not have a choice. That is againste veryting the EU stands for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550113_en"}, {"id": 33550112, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:40:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Uwe Rustenbeck Photography", "feedback": "Die am 11.02.2025 in Kraft getretene Verordnung 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) führt ab 12.08.2026 zu erheblichen zusätzlichen Pflichten für Unternehmen, die Verpackungen in Verkehr bringen. Für Kleinstunternehmen (weniger als 10 Beschäftigte und Jahresumsatz 2 Mio. ) gibt es zwar in einzelnen Bereichen Erleichterungen (z. B. bei der Verantwortung des Lieferanten bei im selben Mitgliedstaat ansässigen Lieferungen), jedoch besteht keine konsequente, EUweit einheitliche Ausnahme für Unternehmen mit sehr geringem Jahresumsatz bzw. sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen. Dies führt dazu, dass Kleinunternehmer:innen etwa im Handwerk, im lokalen Einzelhandel oder bei kleinen OnlineShops unverhältnismäßig hohe administrative Lasten tragen (Registrierung in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten, technische Dokumentation, EPRPflichten, Berichtspflichten), die ihre wirtschaftliche Existenz gefährden können, ohne dass ein entsprechender ökologischer Mehrwert entsteht. Ich bitte das Europäische Parlament daher, die Europäische Kommission aufzufordern, im Rahmen der PPWR eine EUweite, verbindliche Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen zu schaffen, die auf einem klaren Jahresumsatz und/oder VerpackungsmengenSchwellenwert basiert (z. B. 2 Mio. Jahresumsatz und/oder 1.000 kg Verpackungen pro Jahr). Diese Ausnahme sollte insbesondere die Pflicht zur Registrierung in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten, umfangreiche technische Dokumentationen und bestimmte WiederverwendungsZielvorgaben betreffen, während grundlegende Umweltanforderungen (z. B. Verbot bestimmter Schadstoffe, Recyclingfähigkeit) weiterhin gelten. Ziel ist es, die Verhältnismäßigkeit zu wahren, Bürokratie für Kleinstbetriebe abzubauen und lokale Anbieter zu erhalten, ohne die Umweltziele der PPWR zu unterlaufen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulation 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), which entered into force on 11 February 2025, will impose significant additional obligations on businesses placing packaging on the market from 12 August 2026. Micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees and 2 million annual turnover) benefit from lighter regimes in certain areas (e.g. supplier’s responsibility for supplies located in the same Member State), but there is no consistent EU-wide exemption for companies with very low annual turnover or very low packaging volumes. As a result, small businesses in crafts, local retail or small online shops, for example, face disproportionately high administrative burdens (registration in several Member States, technical documentation, EPRP obligations, reporting obligations), which can jeopardise their economic existence without creating corresponding environmental added value. I would therefore ask the European Parliament to call on the European Commission to create an EU-wide mandatory exemption for micro-enterprises under the PPWR, based on a clear annual turnover and/or packaging volume threshold (e.g. 2 million annual turnover and/or 1 000 kg packaging per year). This exemption should concern in particular the obligation to register in several Member States, extensive technical documentation and certain re-use targets, while essential environmental requirements (e.g. prohibition of certain pollutants, recyclability) continue to apply. The aim is to maintain proportionality, reduce red tape for micro-enterprises and preserve local suppliers without undermining the environmental objectives of the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550112_en"}, {"id": 33550111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:40:19", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law mainly affects the small businesses of under 10 people, especially the single-owned businesses as they will be unable to expand or sutain their markets they already had abroad, which at the end of the day simply hurts their busineses. The reason it affects the businesses is mainly due to finacnial reasons, as each country demands a different amount and some countries which are already penalized due to the high amount of taxes and transfer within the EU (such as Malta and Cypurs where items need to be transported there by plane), demand even higher amounts of money to reach those markets. This especially does not only affect the businesses, but also the consumers as many consumers like I, who live in these countries will be unable to support small businesses or find things within the criteria based on their own values and wants. The cypriot market especially is already small and has so little things that are usually generalised or the most popular, so anyone who wants something a bit different or a bit more special is now basically barred from buying so, as most businesses due to this new law have stopped shipping to Cyprus. And additonally, most small businesses in the country usually sell similar products of popularity thus usually being a choice for people who like something common but want to support small businesses, instead of people who try to find somthing out of the opular market. At the end of the day this law does not only affect small businesses as the amount of money that they have to give is substanically a much bigger perecentage of their profits compared to big companies,but it also bars and limits many consumers from finding aand being able to buy the things they want or need , which oftentimes are difficult to find and much more expensive compared to buying it from abroad initially or simply making it impossible to find it in the first place. I am aware that this law was creating with sustainability in mind, but the \"equality\" of payment to all companies does not equal the impact on the environment that small businesses do compared to big companies. Many small companies are closing down due to this, yet for big companies this amount of money is almost nothing. This law should be in effect for meidum or big companies who actually cause an impact with their unsastainable actions.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law mainly affects the small businesses of under 10 people, especially the single-owned businesses as they will be unable to expand or sutain their markets they already had abroad, which at the end of the day simply hurts their busineses. The reason it affects the businesses is mainly due to finacnial reasons, as each country demands a different amount and some countries which are already penalized due to the high amount of taxes and transfer within the EU (such as Malta and Cypurs where items need to be transported there by plane), demand even higher amounts of money to reach those markets. This especially does not only affect the businesses, but also the consumers as many consumers like I, who live in these countries will be unable to support small businesses or find things within the criteria based on their own values and wants. The cypriot market especially is already small and has so little things that are usually generalised or the most popular, so anyone who wants something a bit different or a bit more special is now basically barred from buying so, as most businesses due to this new law have stopped shipping to Cyprus. And additonally, most small businesses in the country usually sell similar products of popularity thus usually being a choice for people who like something common but want to support small businesses, instead of people who try to find somthing out of the opular market. At the end of the day this law does not only affect small businesses as the amount of money that they have to give is substanically a much bigger perecentage of their profits compared to big companies,but it also bars and limits many consumers from finding aand being able to buy the things they want or need , which oftentimes are difficult to find and much more expensive compared to buying it from abroad initially or simply making it impossible to find it in the first place. I am aware that this law was creating with sustainability in mind, but the \"equality\" of payment to all companies does not equal the impact on the environment that small businesses do compared to big companies. Many small companies are closing down due to this, yet for big companies this amount of money is almost nothing. This law should be in effect for meidum or big companies who actually cause an impact with their unsastainable actions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550111_en"}, {"id": 33550110, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:38:02", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jarganic Ltd", "feedback": "When coming up with laws, does anybody think about the unnecessary complexity, administrative burden, and costs that it adds to small businesses in the EU? The EPR tax (because this is what it is; it's not a fee) is one of the most abusive taxes ever put on small businesses in the world, under the pretext that we have a responsibility to do good for the planet. So you honestly want to tell me that taxing carton packaging does good for the planet? Do you ever look at the US and China and wonder how their businesses of all sizes thrive and beat the crap out of EU businesses? That's because they have smart people in power who think about everybody when making laws (and taxes). Here's an example. The US wanted to simplify sales tax (similar to EU's VAT) collection for ecommerce. So they made marketplaces responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax on behalf of sellers. Now, let's compare that to the EU, which also wanted to simplify VAT, but instead made it more complex. You need to read a user guide to understand how the OSS works, and then you have to hire somebody to do it (aka cost). Do you see the difference between them? US: 0 cost, no user guide to learn, just 1 sentence: marketplace collects and remits VAT for sellers. What could be simpler than that? EU: thousands of EUR per year + Learning curve to understand how it works. The funny thing is that they made VAT easier for non-EU companies. Marketplaces collect and remit VAT for non-EU companies (which means lower costs; not 0 because you still have to file), but for EU companies they loaded them with costs and admin burden. So obviously, EU sellers started selling through non-EU companies to simplify things. So, while the US and China are focusing on what actually matters- sales, marketing, production- we focus on learning new laws... each year! And the same is true with the EPR. You have now increased our costs hugely and put us to work unnecessarily. If you want to do good for the planet, stop the production of combustion cars immediately. Start using heat pumps and solar immediately, and stop buying gas. But don't sell us this crap that a tax on paper packaging for products sold by small sellers is gonna save the planet. My suggestion is to abolish this law, at least for small and medium-sized businesses. We just can't afford it", "feedbackEnglish": "When coming up with laws, does anybody think about the unnecessary complexity, administrative burden, and costs that it adds to small businesses in the EU? The EPR tax (because this is what it is; it's not a fee) is one of the most abusive taxes ever put on small businesses in the world, under the pretext that we have a responsibility to do good for the planet. So you honestly want to tell me that taxing carton packaging does good for the planet? Do you ever look at the US and China and wonder how their businesses of all sizes thrive and beat the crap out of EU businesses? That's because they have smart people in power who think about everybody when making laws (and taxes). Here's an example. The US wanted to simplify sales tax (similar to EU's VAT) collection for ecommerce. So they made marketplaces responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax on behalf of sellers. Now, let's compare that to the EU, which also wanted to simplify VAT, but instead made it more complex. You need to read a user guide to understand how the OSS works, and then you have to hire somebody to do it (aka cost). Do you see the difference between them? US: 0 cost, no user guide to learn, just 1 sentence: marketplace collects and remits VAT for sellers. What could be simpler than that? EU: thousands of EUR per year + Learning curve to understand how it works. The funny thing is that they made VAT easier for non-EU companies. Marketplaces collect and remit VAT for non-EU companies (which means lower costs; not 0 because you still have to file), but for EU companies they loaded them with costs and admin burden. So obviously, EU sellers started selling through non-EU companies to simplify things. So, while the US and China are focusing on what actually matters- sales, marketing, production- we focus on learning new laws... each year! And the same is true with the EPR. You have now increased our costs hugely and put us to work unnecessarily. If you want to do good for the planet, stop the production of combustion cars immediately. Start using heat pumps and solar immediately, and stop buying gas. But don't sell us this crap that a tax on paper packaging for products sold by small sellers is gonna save the planet. My suggestion is to abolish this law, at least for small and medium-sized businesses. We just can't afford it", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550110_en"}, {"id": 33550109, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:36:36", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Die geplante Regelung verunmöglicht kleineren Lieferant:innen den Versand in EU-Länder und schränkt den Austausch und Handel europäischer Erzeugnisse innerhalb der EU ein. Profitieren können nur jene Großunternehmen, die sich den deutlichen bürokratischen Mehraufwand wie auch die hohen Zusatzkosten pro Land, in das versendet wird - ungeachtet dessen, ob nur 2 oder 100 Pakete pro Jahr in dieses Land versendet werden - leisten können. Für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen besteht diese Möglichkeit in Zukunft nicht mehr und wir sind mit einer Flut an generellen Onlineshopschließungen bzw. Versandbeschränkungen auf das Herkunftsland des Unternehmens konfrontiert. Dadurch wird der innereuropäische Handel eher zerstört denn gefördert. Dies ist existenzbedrohend für viele Unternehmen und unverhältnismäßig. Darüber hinaus versenden viele kleine Unternehmen auch mit recycelter Verpackung wie Schuhkartons, bereits benutzten Versandtaschen, Zeitungspapier etc. und ohne neuen Müll zu produzieren. Bitte begutachten Sie die Verordnung unter diesen Gesichtspunkten erneut. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mag. Julia Fischer", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir, Madam, The proposed rules make it impossible for smaller suppliers to ship to EU countries and restrict the exchange and trade of European products within the EU. Only large companies that can afford the considerable additional bureaucratic burden and the high additional costs per country to which they send – regardless of whether only 2 or 100 parcels per year are sent to that country – can benefit. For small and micro-enterprises, this possibility will no longer exist in the future and we are faced with a flood of general online shop closures or shipping restrictions to the company’s country of origin. This destroys rather than promotes intra-European trade. This threatens the existence of many companies and is disproportionate. In addition, many small businesses also send with recycled packaging such as shoe boxes, used shipping bags, newsprint, etc. and do not produce new waste. Please re-assess the Regulation from these points of view. [Complimentary close] Julia Fischer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550109_en"}, {"id": 33550108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:35:45", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "European Union was established to get rid of the trade barriers ,to make it easier ro trade in europe .Today it looks like the european commision and legislation makers are turning into a barrier that actually stops the core of this whole union.Get a grip on yourselves ,stop wasting taxpayers money on all these pointless policies.Help people out thats your job.", "feedbackEnglish": "European Union was established to get rid of the trade barriers ,to make it easier ro trade in europe .Today it looks like the european commision and legislation makers are turning into a barrier that actually stops the core of this whole union.Get a grip on yourselves ,stop wasting taxpayers money on all these pointless policies.Help people out thats your job.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550108_en"}, {"id": 33550106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:34:21", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Přeji vám krásný den. Rád bych napsal svůj názor v rámci této velmi aktuální situace. Jedná se o zákon o odesílání do jiných zemí EU, než je země odesílatele a produkování odpadu během toho. Momentálně bude vcházet do platnosti, že jakmile odesílatel bude zásilku posilat do jakékoliv země EU, než té své, musí za to hradit poplatek v dané zemi, který je často v hodnotě několika stovek eur. Tento zákon nejvíce zasáhne malé podnikatele, kteří si takovéto částky zkrátka vůbec nemůžou dovolit. Pokud by měl malý živnostník zaplatit poplatek do veškerých zemí, do kterých doposavad zasílal své zboží, i kdyby jenom jednou za celou dobu, zůstal by na konci roku v mínusu. Mnozí přesně z tohoto důvodu momentálně velmi striktně omezují země, do kterých budou posílat i nadále, nebo své obchody uzavírají zcela. Už teď v rámci této situace desítky tisíc živnostíků podepisují petice a nahlas mluví o tom, jak destruktivní následky to pro ně přináší. Rozumím, že chcete tímto omezit produkování odpadu. Ale většina malých obchodníku mnohdy to, v čem zboží odesílají, recyklují, aby právě odpadu zamezili. Také se tímto zákonem docílí toho, že budou běžní zákaznící omezení jen a pouze na čínské platformy, jako jsou Shien, Temu a podobně. Věřím, že bojujete právě hlavně proti takovýmto velkým korporacím, které odpadu produkují nejvíce, primárně kvůli Fast Fashion. Z tohoto důvodu vás velice žádám se pořádně zamyslet nad tím, kam vlastně chcete změnami tohoto zákona směřovat. Pokud nabydou momentální změny platnosti, s největší pravděpodobnosti vymizí veškeré malé obchody a trh postupně uvadne a bude strádat. Předem děkuji za to, že se nad veškerou problematikou situace vážně zamyslíte.", "feedbackEnglish": "I wish you a beautiful day. I would like to make my point of view in this very timely situation. This is the law on the dispatch to EU countries other than that of the consignor and the generation of waste during that time. As things stand, once a sender sends a consignment to any EU country rather than his own, he must pay a charge in that country, often worth several hundreds of euros. This law will hit small businesses hardest, who simply cannot afford such sums. If a small trader were to pay a fee to all the countries to which he has now shipped his goods, even if only once in the whole period, he would be left in minus at the end of the year. For this very reason, many are currently imposing very strict restrictions on the countries to which they will continue to send or close their shops completely. As part of this situation, tens of thousands of trades are already signing petitions and talking loudly about the destructive consequences for them. I understand that you want to limit the generation of waste here. But most small traders often recycle what they send in to avoid waste. The law will also make normal customer restrictions only and only on Chinese platforms such as Shien, Temu and the like. I believe that you are mainly fighting against such large corporations that generate the most waste, primarily because of Fast Fashion. For this reason, I am very much asking you to reflect on where you really want to move forward with the amendments to this law. With the current changes in validity, it is most likely that all small shops will disappear and the market will gradually consider and spend. Thank you in advance for taking a serious look at all the issues at stake.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550106_en"}, {"id": 33550105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:34:03", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Scrap by Chareta", "feedback": "We are a small family-run scrapbooking and craft supplies business based in Spain, operating since 2013. As a micro-business that occasionally sells to customers across the European Union, we are increasingly concerned about how the PPWR and the different national EPR requirements will work in practice for businesses of our size. Our European cross-border activity is very small. We currently ship an average of approximately two international orders per week in total, distributed between countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and other European destinations. In some Member States, we may only have a few customers and therefore send only a handful of parcels over the course of an entire year. We completely understand and support the principle that businesses should contribute to the environmental cost of the packaging they place on the market. Paying a reasonable recycling contribution based on the actual amount of packaging we send abroad is not the issue. The difficulty is the system surrounding that contribution. Having to deal with different registrations, organisations, reporting procedures and potentially authorised representatives in every individual Member State creates a fixed administrative cost that bears very little relation to the environmental impact of a micro-business like ours. A small cardboard box sent occasionally to a customer in another EU country should obviously contribute to its recycling cost. But it is difficult to understand how requiring a small retailer to spend hundreds of euros on registration, representation and administration in order to send a very limited number of parcels can be considered proportionate. For us, this is already becoming a real business decision rather than a hypothetical concern. We are having to evaluate whether we should stop accepting orders from customers in certain EU countries simply because complying with the individual national systems could cost more than the annual sales we make in those markets. That outcome would be particularly disappointing within the European Union. One of the great advantages of the Single Market for small European businesses has always been the possibility of reaching customers beyond our own national borders. A system that unintentionally makes cross-border trade economically viable only for larger businesses risks moving in the opposite direction. We believe there are practical ways to achieve the environmental objectives of the PPWR without creating this barrier for micro-businesses. A single European registration system for small cross-border sellers would make an enormous difference. We could report the number or weight of packaging sent to each Member State through one portal and pay the corresponding environmental contributions, which could then be distributed between the countries concerned. We would also strongly support an EU-wide de minimis threshold so that businesses placing extremely small quantities of packaging on a national market are not subject to disproportionate fixed registration and representation costs. Finally, micro-businesses should have access to a genuinely simplified compliance system, particularly when only a very small number of parcels are sent to another Member State each year. We want to comply. We want to contribute to recycling. And we are perfectly willing to pay our fair share based on the packaging we actually use. What is difficult to accept is a system where sending a few kilograms of cardboard to another EU country can potentially generate hundreds of euros in administrative costs. For a small family business, that does not encourage more sustainable trade it simply makes cross-border trade impossible. We sincerely hope that the European Commission will take the reality of micro-businesses into account and ensure that environmental responsibility is implemented in a way that is proportionate, simple and compatible with the principles of the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small family-run scrapbooking and craft supplies business based in Spain, operating since 2013. As a micro-business that occasionally sells to customers across the European Union, we are increasingly concerned about how the PPWR and the different national EPR requirements will work in practice for businesses of our size. Our European cross-border activity is very small. We currently ship an average of approximately two international orders per week in total, distributed between countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and other European destinations. In some Member States, we may only have a few customers and therefore send only a handful of parcels over the course of an entire year. We completely understand and support the principle that businesses should contribute to the environmental cost of the packaging they place on the market. Paying a reasonable recycling contribution based on the actual amount of packaging we send abroad is not the issue. The difficulty is the system surrounding that contribution. Having to deal with different registrations, organisations, reporting procedures and potentially authorised representatives in every individual Member State creates a fixed administrative cost that bears very little relation to the environmental impact of a micro-business like ours. A small cardboard box sent occasionally to a customer in another EU country should obviously contribute to its recycling cost. But it is difficult to understand how requiring a small retailer to spend hundreds of euros on registration, representation and administration in order to send a very limited number of parcels can be considered proportionate. For us, this is already becoming a real business decision rather than a hypothetical concern. We are having to evaluate whether we should stop accepting orders from customers in certain EU countries simply because complying with the individual national systems could cost more than the annual sales we make in those markets. That outcome would be particularly disappointing within the European Union. One of the great advantages of the Single Market for small European businesses has always been the possibility of reaching customers beyond our own national borders. A system that unintentionally makes cross-border trade economically viable only for larger businesses risks moving in the opposite direction. We believe there are practical ways to achieve the environmental objectives of the PPWR without creating this barrier for micro-businesses. A single European registration system for small cross-border sellers would make an enormous difference. We could report the number or weight of packaging sent to each Member State through one portal and pay the corresponding environmental contributions, which could then be distributed between the countries concerned. We would also strongly support an EU-wide de minimis threshold so that businesses placing extremely small quantities of packaging on a national market are not subject to disproportionate fixed registration and representation costs. Finally, micro-businesses should have access to a genuinely simplified compliance system, particularly when only a very small number of parcels are sent to another Member State each year. We want to comply. We want to contribute to recycling. And we are perfectly willing to pay our fair share based on the packaging we actually use. What is difficult to accept is a system where sending a few kilograms of cardboard to another EU country can potentially generate hundreds of euros in administrative costs. For a small family business, that does not encourage more sustainable trade it simply makes cross-border trade impossible. We sincerely hope that the European Commission will take the reality of micro-businesses into account and ensure that environmental responsibility is implemented in a way that is proportionate, simple and compatible with the principles of the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550105_en"}, {"id": 33550104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:33:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Felicitas Seidler", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich, dass Kleinstunternehmen in die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung für Verpackungen einbezogen werden. Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung sprengt jedoch den finanziellen und administrativen Rahmen für die kleinsten Marktteilnehmer. Ein Kleinstunternehmen mit wenigen Einzelsendungen in andere EU-Staaten im Jahr kann nicht mit einem großen Onlinehändler oder internationalen Marktplatz gleichgesetzt werden weder in der Umweltwirkung noch in der Fähigkeit, Registrierungen und Meldepflichten in mehreren EU-Staaten inkl. der jeweils notwendigen Bevollmächtigten zu stemmen. Für unabhängige Hersteller mit eigenem Onlineshop stehen feste Gebühren oft in keinem Verhältnis zu Umsatz und tatsächlich genutzter Verpackungsmenge. Für ein Unternehmen mit z. B. 510 Sendungen pro Jahr in verschiedene EU-Länder ist das weder praktikabel noch finanziell tragbar und droht viele Kleinstunternehmen zur Aufgabe des EU-Verkaufs oder des Geschäfts insgesamt zu zwingen ein Verlust für einen Wirtschaftsbereich, der Innovation, Einkommen und Vielfalt jenseits von Massenware schafft.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the inclusion of micro-enterprises in EPR for packaging. However, the current design goes beyond the financial and administrative framework for the smallest market participants. A micro-enterprise with few individual consignments per year to other EU countries cannot be equated with a large online trader or international marketplace, neither in terms of its environmental impact nor in terms of its capacity to handle registrations and reporting obligations in several EU countries, including the necessary authorised representatives in each case. For independent producers with their own online shop, fixed fees are often disproportionate to the turnover and the amount of packaging actually used. For a company with e.g. 510 consignments per year to different EU countries, this is neither feasible nor financially viable and threatens to force many micro-enterprises to abandon EU sales or business as a whole for a loss for an economic sector that creates innovation, income and diversity beyond mass-produced goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550104_en"}, {"id": 33550103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:31:52", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new rules would negatively impact a lot of smaller creators, stores, artists and other indie businesses all over Europe. For many of them it will be impossible to comply with all those rules, therefore the directive will drive them out of business. I find it incredibly unfair that new laws would have such dire and wide negative effects on small business owners who I do my best to support whenever possible. I've already seen a number of small stores I regularly shop at announce that once the new rules come into effect, the shops will effectively close. Please amend the rules to make them proportional to smaller business owners!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules would negatively impact a lot of smaller creators, stores, artists and other indie businesses all over Europe. For many of them it will be impossible to comply with all those rules, therefore the directive will drive them out of business. I find it incredibly unfair that new laws would have such dire and wide negative effects on small business owners who I do my best to support whenever possible. I've already seen a number of small stores I regularly shop at announce that once the new rules come into effect, the shops will effectively close. Please amend the rules to make them proportional to smaller business owners!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550103_en"}, {"id": 33550102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:30:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Verordnung ist für kleine Unternehmen absolut nicht tragbar und fördert mangels Alternativen zukünftig wohl die Bestellungen bei Amazon, Temu und Co. Die EU sollte für den Abbau von Hürden stehen, nicht für möglichst komplizierte und existenzbedrohende Regelungen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is completely unsustainable for small businesses and, in the absence of alternatives, is likely to encourage orders to Amazon, Temu and Co. The EU should stand for the removal of barriers, not for the most complicated and existential regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550102_en"}, {"id": 33550101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:30:36", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "ENVIRONMENTAL_ORGANISATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "European Commission – Packaging and packaging waste / national producer registers⁠", "feedback": "Feedback from an EU micro-business I am the owner of a one-person knitwear and hand-dyed yarn business based in Denmark, selling directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Sustainability is already an important part of my business. I deliberately minimise packaging and primarily use simple recycled paper-based packaging. As a very small business, the actual amount of packaging I place on the market in individual EU countries is extremely small. My concern is not the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, but the administrative and financial burden created by having to comply separately in multiple Member States. A micro-business like mine may send only a small number of parcels to a particular country each year. If selling to that country requires separate registration, reporting, fees and potentially the appointment of an authorised representative, the compliance cost can easily become disproportionate to both the value of the sales and the tiny amount of packaging involved. The practical result is that micro-businesses will have to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. This is particularly concerning because the European Single Market should make it easier for small European businesses to trade across borders, not create a situation where only larger companies can afford the administrative infrastructure required to do so. A company shipping millions of products and a one-person craft business shipping a handful of paper parcels should not face essentially the same compliance structure. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a proportionate solution for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. This could include: an EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging weight or turnover in each Member State; a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises; one central EU registration and reporting system instead of separate national registrations; the possibility of declaring packaging placed on the market in different Member States through one EU portal, similar in principle to the VAT OSS system; removal of authorised-representative requirements for micro and small EU businesses where these requirements create disproportionate fixed costs. I am not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am asking for proportionality. Small independent businesses, craftspeople, designers and makers should be able to contribute fairly to packaging recycling without being effectively excluded from cross-border EU trade. Please ensure that implementation of the PPWR protects the environment without creating barriers to the Single Market for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from an EU micro-business I am the owner of a one-person knitwear and hand-dyed yarn business based in Denmark, selling directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Sustainability is already an important part of my business. I deliberately minimise packaging and primarily use simple recycled paper-based packaging. As a very small business, the actual amount of packaging I place on the market in individual EU countries is extremely small. My concern is not the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, but the administrative and financial burden created by having to comply separately in multiple Member States. A micro-business like mine may send only a small number of parcels to a particular country each year. If selling to that country requires separate registration, reporting, fees and potentially the appointment of an authorised representative, the compliance cost can easily become disproportionate to both the value of the sales and the tiny amount of packaging involved. The practical result is that micro-businesses will have to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. This is particularly concerning because the European Single Market should make it easier for small European businesses to trade across borders, not create a situation where only larger companies can afford the administrative infrastructure required to do so. A company shipping millions of products and a one-person craft business shipping a handful of paper parcels should not face essentially the same compliance structure. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a proportionate solution for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. This could include: an EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging weight or turnover in each Member State; a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises; one central EU registration and reporting system instead of separate national registrations; the possibility of declaring packaging placed on the market in different Member States through one EU portal, similar in principle to the VAT OSS system; removal of authorised-representative requirements for micro and small EU businesses where these requirements create disproportionate fixed costs. I am not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am asking for proportionality. Small independent businesses, craftspeople, designers and makers should be able to contribute fairly to packaging recycling without being effectively excluded from cross-border EU trade. Please ensure that implementation of the PPWR protects the environment without creating barriers to the Single Market for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550101_en"}, {"id": 33550099, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:30:00", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "La Foret Bohemia ", "feedback": "This new law has a great goal but was VERY badly executed and is weakening the EU and its commerce relations. With the ongoing tariffs happening with the US, right now is a pivotal time for EU commerce and consumers to stand together and help each other out, but instead this new law is dividing the union. This new law is only hurting small businesses who arent even the big problem when it comes to packaging waste. The large industries who are the main pollutants are the ones who can afford the registration fee per country, but a small family-run business cant afford to pay that amount, and this will only force consumers to buy more from these large industries like Amazon instead of supporting small businesses. Small businesses need your help so badly right now instead of forcing businesses to have a national representative regardless of their number of sales in that country, I nominate to have a 200 order minimum per country before requiring a representative OR to have a unified EPR system for all of the EU considered this is the European UNION", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law has a great goal but was VERY badly executed and is weakening the EU and its commerce relations. With the ongoing tariffs happening with the US, right now is a pivotal time for EU commerce and consumers to stand together and help each other out, but instead this new law is dividing the union. This new law is only hurting small businesses who arent even the big problem when it comes to packaging waste. The large industries who are the main pollutants are the ones who can afford the registration fee per country, but a small family-run business cant afford to pay that amount, and this will only force consumers to buy more from these large industries like Amazon instead of supporting small businesses. Small businesses need your help so badly right now instead of forcing businesses to have a national representative regardless of their number of sales in that country, I nominate to have a 200 order minimum per country before requiring a representative OR to have a unified EPR system for all of the EU considered this is the European UNION", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550099_en"}, {"id": 33550098, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:27:12", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ICONS GENESIS", "feedback": "As the owner of a small, family-run handmade business in Greece (handcrafted Byzantine icons and artwork), I am directly concerned about the practical impact of this initiative on micro-businesses like mine. I regularly ship orders to customers in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and several other EU member states. I fully support the EU's goals of reducing packaging waste and promoting responsible recycling. However, requiring separate registration in each individual country where I occasionally ship a handful of orders is simply not proportionate for a business of my size. For many of these countries, my total sales volume is low sometimes just a few parcels per year. Being required to register, appoint local representatives, and pay compliance fees separately in each country would mean the administrative and financial cost of compliance ends up exceeding the actual revenue I generate from those sales. This is not a theoretical concern it is simply irrational to force a business to pay more in bureaucratic fees than it earns from the sales those fees are supposed to cover. This would effectively force small independent sellers like me to stop shipping to entire EU countries altogether reducing consumer choice and undermining the very idea of a unified European Single Market, while larger corporations can easily absorb these costs and continue operating without disruption. I strongly urge the Commission to consider: An EU-wide de minimis threshold, fully exempting micro and small businesses from registration requirements in countries where their sales volume or packaging quantity falls below a reasonable minimum. A single, centralized EU registration portal, allowing small businesses to report and pay recycling fees once, rather than navigating up to 27 different national systems with disproportionate fixed costs. Environmental responsibility and the survival of small European craft businesses should not be in conflict. A proportionate, common-sense approach would allow us to keep contributing to sustainability goals while remaining able to serve customers across Europe without being priced out of markets where our sales barely cover the shipping cost, let alone new bureaucratic fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small, family-run handmade business in Greece (handcrafted Byzantine icons and artwork), I am directly concerned about the practical impact of this initiative on micro-businesses like mine. I regularly ship orders to customers in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and several other EU member states. I fully support the EU's goals of reducing packaging waste and promoting responsible recycling. However, requiring separate registration in each individual country where I occasionally ship a handful of orders is simply not proportionate for a business of my size. For many of these countries, my total sales volume is low sometimes just a few parcels per year. Being required to register, appoint local representatives, and pay compliance fees separately in each country would mean the administrative and financial cost of compliance ends up exceeding the actual revenue I generate from those sales. This is not a theoretical concern it is simply irrational to force a business to pay more in bureaucratic fees than it earns from the sales those fees are supposed to cover. This would effectively force small independent sellers like me to stop shipping to entire EU countries altogether reducing consumer choice and undermining the very idea of a unified European Single Market, while larger corporations can easily absorb these costs and continue operating without disruption. I strongly urge the Commission to consider: An EU-wide de minimis threshold, fully exempting micro and small businesses from registration requirements in countries where their sales volume or packaging quantity falls below a reasonable minimum. A single, centralized EU registration portal, allowing small businesses to report and pay recycling fees once, rather than navigating up to 27 different national systems with disproportionate fixed costs. Environmental responsibility and the survival of small European craft businesses should not be in conflict. A proportionate, common-sense approach would allow us to keep contributing to sustainability goals while remaining able to serve customers across Europe without being priced out of markets where our sales barely cover the shipping cost, let alone new bureaucratic fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550098_en"}, {"id": 33550097, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:26:13", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze die Ziele der PPWR ausdrücklich: weniger Verpackungsmüll, mehr Recycling und mehr Wiederverwendung. Als freischaffende Künstlerin und Kleinstunternehmerin sehe ich jedoch ein großes Problem bei der praktischen Umsetzung. Ich verkaufe selbst hergestellte Originalkunstwerke und rechne mit nur wenigen internationalen Bestellungen pro Jahr. Trotzdem können grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungen, EPR-Systeme, Meldungen, Gebühren und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigte auslösen. Bei wenigen Sendungen stehen diese Kosten und der bürokratische Aufwand schnell in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge. Ich fordere daher: EU-weite Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen. Ein einheitliches EU-Registrierungs- und Meldesystem statt unterschiedlicher nationaler Systeme. Keine unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten: Bei Kleinstmengen sollten Unternehmen grundsätzlich nur die tatsächlich anfallenden Recyclingkosten tragen. Klare Regeln für Wiederverwendung: Bereits systembeteiligte Verpackungen sollten bei nachweislicher Wiederverwendung nicht erneut vollständig belastet werden. Dafür braucht es einen einfachen EU-weiten Nachweis. Vereinfachungen für Künstler, Handwerker und andere Unternehmen, die einzelne selbst hergestellte Produkte verkaufen. Eine klare Lösung für Fulfillment: Wenn ein Dienstleister Verpackung und Versand übernimmt, sollte er die damit verbundenen EPR-Pflichten vollständig übernehmen können. Die PPWR sollte kleine Unternehmen nicht davon abhalten, innerhalb Europas zu verkaufen. Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht bedeuten, dass ein Unternehmen mit fünf internationalen Sendungen denselben administrativen Aufwand bewältigen muss wie ein Konzern mit Millionen von Paketen. Ich möchte nachhaltig verpacken und Verpackungen wiederverwenden. Ich brauche dafür aber einfache, einheitliche und verhältnismäßige Regeln.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the objectives of the PPWR: less packaging waste, more recycling and more reuse. However, as a freelance artist and micro-entrepreneur, I see a major problem with practical implementation. I sell original works of art myself and expect only a few international orders per year. Nevertheless, cross-border sales may trigger different national registrations, EPR systems, notifications, fees and, where applicable, authorised representatives. In the case of a small number of consignments, these costs and red tape are quickly disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually produced. I therefore call for: EU-wide de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. A single EU registration and reporting system instead of different national systems. No disproportionate fixed costs: In the case of micro-quantities, companies should in principle only bear the actual recycling costs incurred. Clear rules on reuse: Packaging already involved in the system should not be fully loaded again if it is proven that it has been reused. This requires a simple EU-wide proof. Simplifications for artists, craftsmen and other companies selling individual home-made products. A clear solution for fulfilment: When a service provider takes over packaging and shipping, it should be able to fully assume the related EPR obligations. The PPWR should not prevent small businesses from selling within Europe. Sustainability must not mean that a company with five international shipments has to deal with the same administrative burden as a group with millions of parcels. I want to be sustainably packed and reused. But I need simple, uniform and proportionate rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550097_en"}, {"id": 33550096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:25:18", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freelance photographer", "feedback": "Every big or medium company started out small, stop killing small/micro businesses. Stop robbing artists, musicians and creators from a livelihood. How about the small publishers, the zine makers, the artist selling work without being robbed by a middle man? Thinking about the environment is a great cause and all for it but the problem is a big business problem. Small businesses and artists take care of and pride in their products. Stop this madness.", "feedbackEnglish": "Every big or medium company started out small, stop killing small/micro businesses. Stop robbing artists, musicians and creators from a livelihood. How about the small publishers, the zine makers, the artist selling work without being robbed by a middle man? Thinking about the environment is a great cause and all for it but the problem is a big business problem. Small businesses and artists take care of and pride in their products. Stop this madness.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550096_en"}, {"id": 33550095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:20:32", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is devastating for small businesses and goes against the EUs core purpose: creating a barrier-free single market and supporting local economies. Please repeal or revise these rulesor, at the very least, make the registration process consistent across the EU, straightforward, and affordable for small businesses, which are currently expected to meet the same requirements as multinational corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is devastating for small businesses and goes against the EUs core purpose: creating a barrier-free single market and supporting local economies. Please repeal or revise these rulesor, at the very least, make the registration process consistent across the EU, straightforward, and affordable for small businesses, which are currently expected to meet the same requirements as multinational corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550095_en"}, {"id": 33550094, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:19:18", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As many before me have already stated: This hurts small businesses more than anything else. Additionally, since small businesses are going to be hesitant about delivering outside of their own country now, consumers like are going to be forced to buy from somewhere else, usually outside of the EU, resulting in more emissions from transporting goods and hurting the environment. SMEs are especially important to my country (Austria), and to the EU in general, therefore we need an exemption or more relaxed rules for those.", "feedbackEnglish": "As many before me have already stated: This hurts small businesses more than anything else. Additionally, since small businesses are going to be hesitant about delivering outside of their own country now, consumers like are going to be forced to buy from somewhere else, usually outside of the EU, resulting in more emissions from transporting goods and hurting the environment. SMEs are especially important to my country (Austria), and to the EU in general, therefore we need an exemption or more relaxed rules for those.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550094_en"}, {"id": 33550093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:16:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die vorgesehenen nationalen Herstellerregister stellen in ihrer derzeitigen Form eine erhebliche finanzielle Belastung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen dar. Die Pflicht, sich in bis zu 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern anzumelden, führt zu hohen und wiederkehrenden Kosten, die in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur Größe kleiner Betriebe stehen. Neben den jeweiligen Registrierungsgebühren entstehen zusätzliche Kosten durch regelmäßige Meldungen, unterschiedliche Berichtsanforderungen und Fristen in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Für kleine Unternehmen ist es zudem häufig notwendig, externe Beratungs- oder Compliance-Dienstleistungen in Anspruch zu nehmen, da die erforderliche Bürokratie ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen kaum zu bewältigen ist. Dadurch werden finanzielle und personelle Ressourcen gebunden, die kleinen Betrieben ohnehin nur begrenzt zur Verfügung stehen. Diese Belastung steht zudem im Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Anstatt einen einheitlichen und effizienten Rahmen zu schaffen, droht ein System aus zahlreichen nationalen und kostenpflichtigen Regelungen zu entstehen. Dadurch wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen erschwert und wirtschaftlich unattraktiver. Daher ist eine wirksame finanzielle Entlastung für Kleinunternehmen und KMU dringend erforderlich. Denkbar wären beispielsweise gestaffelte Gebühren oder Ausnahmen, die sich nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder der Menge der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen richten. Ohne eine solche Entlastung besteht die Gefahr, dass die Registrierungspflichten zu einer erheblichen Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen führen. Gerade diese Unternehmen dürfen durch zusätzliche Bürokratie und unverhältnismäßige Kosten nicht gegenüber finanzstärkeren Großunternehmen benachteiligt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Die vorgesehenen nationalen Herstellerregister stellen in ihrer derzeitigen Form eine erhebliche finanzielle Belastung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen dar. Die Pflicht, sich in bis zu 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern anzumelden, führt zu hohen und wiederkehrenden Kosten, die in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur Größe kleiner Betriebe stehen. Neben den jeweiligen Registrierungsgebühren entstehen zusätzliche Kosten durch regelmäßige Meldungen, unterschiedliche Berichtsanforderungen und Fristen in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Für kleine Unternehmen ist es zudem häufig notwendig, externe Beratungs- oder Compliance-Dienstleistungen in Anspruch zu nehmen, da die erforderliche Bürokratie ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen kaum zu bewältigen ist. Dadurch werden finanzielle und personelle Ressourcen gebunden, die kleinen Betrieben ohnehin nur begrenzt zur Verfügung stehen. Diese Belastung steht zudem im Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Anstatt einen einheitlichen und effizienten Rahmen zu schaffen, droht ein System aus zahlreichen nationalen und kostenpflichtigen Regelungen zu entstehen. Dadurch wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen erschwert und wirtschaftlich unattraktiver. Daher ist eine wirksame finanzielle Entlastung für Kleinunternehmen und KMU dringend erforderlich. Denkbar wären beispielsweise gestaffelte Gebühren oder Ausnahmen, die sich nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder der Menge der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen richten. Ohne eine solche Entlastung besteht die Gefahr, dass die Registrierungspflichten zu einer erheblichen Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen führen. Gerade diese Unternehmen dürfen durch zusätzliche Bürokratie und unverhältnismäßige Kosten nicht gegenüber finanzstärkeren Großunternehmen benachteiligt werden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550093_en"}, {"id": 33550092, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:14:53", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please introduce a proportionate, simplified EU-wide EPR regime for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Extended Producer Responsibility is important, but responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. Under the current country-by-country system, a micro-enterprise selling across the EU can face separate registrations, reporting obligations, EPR schemes and potentially authorised representatives in multiple Member States even if it sends only a handful of orders and a few hundred grams of packaging to each country. For large corporations, these requirements can be managed by dedicated compliance teams and their fixed costs distributed across millions of products. For micro-enterprises, the same administrative architecture can make cross-border trade economically unviable. This creates a paradox: the businesses placing the smallest quantities of packaging on the market can face the greatest administrative burden per kilogram of packaging. The consequences extend far beyond inconvenience for small businesses. They affect competition, consumer choice and market diversity. If only businesses with sufficient financial and administrative resources can afford compliance across many Member States, smaller makers, designers, specialist retailers and innovative brands will increasingly restrict where they sell. European consumers will have access to fewer independent European products, while regulation unintentionally strengthens the position of large corporations. This also conflicts with the fundamental idea of the European Single Market. EU membership should make cross-border trade within Europe easier, not create 27 separate administrative barriers. It is particularly difficult to justify a system in which selling a low-value product to another EU Member State may create more ongoing administrative obligations than selling the same product to a customer outside the EU. Cross-border trade within the EU should not become easier for large corporations while becoming economically impractical for micro-enterprises. A better system could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging quantities and, below that threshold: one EU registration instead of multiple national registrations; one simplified annual packaging report; one EU-wide EPR contribution, distributed between Member States as appropriate; no requirement for separate authorised representatives in every Member State. This would not exempt micro-enterprises from environmental responsibility. They would still report their packaging and financially contribute to its collection and recycling. It would simply make compliance proportionate to the environmental impact created. The PPWR is an opportunity not only to harmonise packaging rules, but to ensure that environmental legislation does not unintentionally fragment the Single Market for the smallest European businesses. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact not to the number of Member States in which a business happens to have customers. Please ensure that EPR implementation does not create a European Single Market that only businesses with sufficient administrative and financial resources can afford to access.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please introduce a proportionate, simplified EU-wide EPR regime for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Extended Producer Responsibility is important, but responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. Under the current country-by-country system, a micro-enterprise selling across the EU can face separate registrations, reporting obligations, EPR schemes and potentially authorised representatives in multiple Member States even if it sends only a handful of orders and a few hundred grams of packaging to each country. For large corporations, these requirements can be managed by dedicated compliance teams and their fixed costs distributed across millions of products. For micro-enterprises, the same administrative architecture can make cross-border trade economically unviable. This creates a paradox: the businesses placing the smallest quantities of packaging on the market can face the greatest administrative burden per kilogram of packaging. The consequences extend far beyond inconvenience for small businesses. They affect competition, consumer choice and market diversity. If only businesses with sufficient financial and administrative resources can afford compliance across many Member States, smaller makers, designers, specialist retailers and innovative brands will increasingly restrict where they sell. European consumers will have access to fewer independent European products, while regulation unintentionally strengthens the position of large corporations. This also conflicts with the fundamental idea of the European Single Market. EU membership should make cross-border trade within Europe easier, not create 27 separate administrative barriers. It is particularly difficult to justify a system in which selling a low-value product to another EU Member State may create more ongoing administrative obligations than selling the same product to a customer outside the EU. Cross-border trade within the EU should not become easier for large corporations while becoming economically impractical for micro-enterprises. A better system could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging quantities and, below that threshold: one EU registration instead of multiple national registrations; one simplified annual packaging report; one EU-wide EPR contribution, distributed between Member States as appropriate; no requirement for separate authorised representatives in every Member State. This would not exempt micro-enterprises from environmental responsibility. They would still report their packaging and financially contribute to its collection and recycling. It would simply make compliance proportionate to the environmental impact created. The PPWR is an opportunity not only to harmonise packaging rules, but to ensure that environmental legislation does not unintentionally fragment the Single Market for the smallest European businesses. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact not to the number of Member States in which a business happens to have customers. Please ensure that EPR implementation does not create a European Single Market that only businesses with sufficient administrative and financial resources can afford to access.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550092_en"}, {"id": 33550091, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:13:29", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The following article summarizes the disadvantages of this calculation very well. While it has no advantages whatsoever. You can read the article at this website: medium.com/@dandy_shimmer_shark_520 medium.com/@dandy_shimmer_shark_520/the-kiss-of-death-how-eu-regulation-is-banning-small-webshops-275c1bbb9415", "feedbackEnglish": "The following article summarizes the disadvantages of this calculation very well. While it has no advantages whatsoever. You can read the article at this website: medium.com/@dandy_shimmer_shark_520 medium.com/@dandy_shimmer_shark_520/the-kiss-of-death-how-eu-regulation-is-banning-small-webshops-275c1bbb9415", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550091_en"}, {"id": 33550090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:13:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Wunder & Werk GbR", "feedback": "Als kleiner lokaler Laden mit Onlineshop ist die neue PPWR-Regelung eine Katastrophe für die Sendungen in andere EU-Länder. Wir versenden ca. 20 Pakete im Jahr ins europäische Ausland. Insgesamt. Nach Österreich, in die Schweiz, nach Frankreich, aber alles sehr selten. Einen Bevollmächtigten für jedes dieser Länder zu bestellen und zu bezahlen, steht in keinem Verhältnis zu unserer geringen Menge an Sendungen. Wir fordern Freimengen für kleine Betriebe und ein einziges EU-Portal für die Registrierung! In Deutschland sind wir selbstverständlich registriert, wenn wir das nur ein einziges Mal für die ganze EU tun müssten, wäre das ein großer Fortschritt zur jetzigen Situation. Es gibt sonst bald nur noch große Konzerne, die europaweit verschicken können, weil alle anderen sich diesen Irrsinn nicht leisten können - es ist im Moment sowieso keine gute Zeit für kleine Läden/Labels. Eine Gleichschaltung ist unserer Meinung nach nicht erstrebenswert!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small local shop with an online shop, the new PPWR scheme is a catastrophe for shipments to other EU countries. We send around 20 parcels a year to other European countries. Total. Austria, Switzerland, France, but very rarely. Appointing and paying an authorised representative for each of these countries is disproportionate to our small volume of consignments. We call for allowances for small businesses and for a single EU portal for registration! We are, of course, registered in Germany if we would have to do this only once for the whole EU, this would be a big step forward on the current situation. Otherwise, there will soon be only large corporations that can send across Europe, because all the others cannot afford this perverse – it is no good time for small shops/labels anyway at the moment. In our opinion, it is not desirable to be assimilated!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550090_en"}, {"id": 33550089, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:06:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MH Management & Design International UG", "feedback": "As the owner of a micro business in Germany, I fully support environmental protection and sustainable packaging. However, the current implementation of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR) regarding national producer registers is creating insurmountable barriers for small European businesses like mine. Selling just a handful of parcels per year to customers in another EU Member State now requires registering with individual national authorities, hiring local representatives, and paying disproportionate fixed compliance fees in every single country. The financial and administrative burden vastly exceeds the revenue generated in those markets. As a direct consequence, I am forced to stop shipping to private customers in other EU Member States. This is not a theoretical problemit is already crippling small-scale cross-border trade. While large international corporations can easily absorb compliance costs, micro businesses are pushed out of the European Single Market. This harms small independent businesses, reduces consumer choice, and undermines the very core of European trade. We urgently need a practical, proportionate, and harmonised solution for micro and small businesses: EU-wide De Minimis Thresholds: Exemption or simplified rules for low sales volumes or small packaging quantities per Member State. A Single EU Registration Portal: A centralized, harmonised system where small businesses can report and pay recycling fees once, rather than navigating 27 different national systems. Environmental sustainability and a functioning European Single Market must go hand in hand. Please remove these administrative barriers so that small businesses can continue to survive and serve customers across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a micro business in Germany, I fully support environmental protection and sustainable packaging. However, the current implementation of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR) regarding national producer registers is creating insurmountable barriers for small European businesses like mine. Selling just a handful of parcels per year to customers in another EU Member State now requires registering with individual national authorities, hiring local representatives, and paying disproportionate fixed compliance fees in every single country. The financial and administrative burden vastly exceeds the revenue generated in those markets. As a direct consequence, I am forced to stop shipping to private customers in other EU Member States. This is not a theoretical problemit is already crippling small-scale cross-border trade. While large international corporations can easily absorb compliance costs, micro businesses are pushed out of the European Single Market. This harms small independent businesses, reduces consumer choice, and undermines the very core of European trade. We urgently need a practical, proportionate, and harmonised solution for micro and small businesses: EU-wide De Minimis Thresholds: Exemption or simplified rules for low sales volumes or small packaging quantities per Member State. A Single EU Registration Portal: A centralized, harmonised system where small businesses can report and pay recycling fees once, rather than navigating 27 different national systems. Environmental sustainability and a functioning European Single Market must go hand in hand. Please remove these administrative barriers so that small businesses can continue to survive and serve customers across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550089_en"}, {"id": 33550088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:05:37", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "STOP KILLING SMALL BUSINESS. Why are you doing this???? Are you trying to sabotage EU??? How can you work directly against European people???", "feedbackEnglish": "STOP KILLING SMALL BUSINESS. Why are you doing this???? Are you trying to sabotage EU??? How can you work directly against European people???", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550088_en"}, {"id": 33550087, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:04:36", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Broken Mill", "feedback": "I'm very happy to see that steps are taken to reduce pollution from packaging. As someone who runs a one-person business on the side, I wouldn't mind paying an appropriate amount, but registering separately for each country is not practical for maybe 1 or 2 sales in a year. We're one EU, and pollution doesn't see borders, so there should be one entity handling this for the entire EU. There also seems to be a lack of clarity right now, so please work on it to make it easy to understand and easy to do. Lastly, please make a clear distinction between paper and glass, which are biodegradable/infinitely recyclable, and plastic, which can only be recycled a limited number of times.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm very happy to see that steps are taken to reduce pollution from packaging. As someone who runs a one-person business on the side, I wouldn't mind paying an appropriate amount, but registering separately for each country is not practical for maybe 1 or 2 sales in a year. We're one EU, and pollution doesn't see borders, so there should be one entity handling this for the entire EU. There also seems to be a lack of clarity right now, so please work on it to make it easy to understand and easy to do. Lastly, please make a clear distinction between paper and glass, which are biodegradable/infinitely recyclable, and plastic, which can only be recycled a limited number of times.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550087_en"}, {"id": 33550086, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:04:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinestore", "feedback": "As the owner of a micro business in Germany, I am directly and significantly affected by the new European packaging requirements. I fully support environmental protection, recycling and the responsible use of packaging. Small businesses should contribute to these goals. However, the obligations must be proportionate, affordable and practically manageable. For my business, this is no longer the case. I have customers in several EU Member States, but in some countries I only send a few parcels per year. The costs and administrative burden associated with different national registrations, recycling schemes, reporting requirements and other obligations are completely disproportionate to the revenue I generate in those countries. As a direct consequence, it is no longer economically viable for me to continue shipping to private customers in other EU Member States. I am therefore being forced to stop these shipments. I am not alone. I am currently seeing many other small businesses and online retailers facing the same problem and announcing that they will restrict or stop shipping to other EU countries. This should be a serious warning sign. It cannot be the intended outcome of the European Single Market. Large corporations and international platforms can employ compliance departments and spread these costs across hundreds of thousands or millions of shipments. A micro business cannot. This does not create a level playing field. Instead, it disadvantages small European businesses and may ultimately strengthen large international platforms. Consumers also lose access to specialised products from small independent businesses in other Member States. Choice, competition and cross border trade within Europe are reduced. I am not asking for micro businesses to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I reuse packaging wherever possible, minimise unnecessary packaging and I am willing to pay a reasonable contribution towards the collection and recycling of the packaging I actually place on the market. What I cannot afford are disproportionate fixed costs and administrative obligations in numerous individual countries when I may only send a handful of parcels there each year. We urgently need a proportionate solution for micro and small businesses. This should include meaningful de minimis thresholds based on packaging quantities or sales in each Member State. Even better would be a single EU wide registration and reporting system. Small businesses could report their packaging centrally and pay an appropriate contribution instead of having to deal with numerous national systems. For my business, this is not a theoretical concern. The consequence is real: I am stopping shipments to private customers in other EU Member States because continuing to do so is no longer economically viable. If increasing numbers of small businesses are forced to make the same decision, the European Commission should urgently reconsider whether the practical implementation of these rules is achieving the desired result. Sustainability, proportionality and a functioning European Single Market must be compatible. Please create a simple, affordable and genuinely harmonised EU wide solution for micro and small businesses. The European Single Market should remove barriers, not create new ones.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a micro business in Germany, I am directly and significantly affected by the new European packaging requirements. I fully support environmental protection, recycling and the responsible use of packaging. Small businesses should contribute to these goals. However, the obligations must be proportionate, affordable and practically manageable. For my business, this is no longer the case. I have customers in several EU Member States, but in some countries I only send a few parcels per year. The costs and administrative burden associated with different national registrations, recycling schemes, reporting requirements and other obligations are completely disproportionate to the revenue I generate in those countries. As a direct consequence, it is no longer economically viable for me to continue shipping to private customers in other EU Member States. I am therefore being forced to stop these shipments. I am not alone. I am currently seeing many other small businesses and online retailers facing the same problem and announcing that they will restrict or stop shipping to other EU countries. This should be a serious warning sign. It cannot be the intended outcome of the European Single Market. Large corporations and international platforms can employ compliance departments and spread these costs across hundreds of thousands or millions of shipments. A micro business cannot. This does not create a level playing field. Instead, it disadvantages small European businesses and may ultimately strengthen large international platforms. Consumers also lose access to specialised products from small independent businesses in other Member States. Choice, competition and cross border trade within Europe are reduced. I am not asking for micro businesses to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I reuse packaging wherever possible, minimise unnecessary packaging and I am willing to pay a reasonable contribution towards the collection and recycling of the packaging I actually place on the market. What I cannot afford are disproportionate fixed costs and administrative obligations in numerous individual countries when I may only send a handful of parcels there each year. We urgently need a proportionate solution for micro and small businesses. This should include meaningful de minimis thresholds based on packaging quantities or sales in each Member State. Even better would be a single EU wide registration and reporting system. Small businesses could report their packaging centrally and pay an appropriate contribution instead of having to deal with numerous national systems. For my business, this is not a theoretical concern. The consequence is real: I am stopping shipments to private customers in other EU Member States because continuing to do so is no longer economically viable. If increasing numbers of small businesses are forced to make the same decision, the European Commission should urgently reconsider whether the practical implementation of these rules is achieving the desired result. Sustainability, proportionality and a functioning European Single Market must be compatible. Please create a simple, affordable and genuinely harmonised EU wide solution for micro and small businesses. The European Single Market should remove barriers, not create new ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550086_en"}, {"id": 33550085, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:03:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich möchte als Bürgerin und aus meiner beruflichen Erfahrung im Umfeld eines kleinen Handelsunternehmens auf die praktischen Auswirkungen der geplanten Regelungen aufmerksam machen. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich die Ziele der Europäischen Union, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und die Verantwortung für Verpackungen klar zu regeln. Gleichzeitig halte ich die derzeit vorgesehenen bzw. bestehenden Anforderungen für kleine und Kleinstunternehmen teilweise für unverhältnismäßig. Aus meiner beruflichen Erfahrung kenne ich einen kleinen stationären Fachhandel, der zusätzlich in begrenztem Umfang Waren online verkauft und an Kunden versendet. Die dabei anfallenden Mengen an Versandverpackungen sind sehr gering. Dennoch entstehen umfangreiche administrative Pflichten: Registrierung, Auswahl und Beauftragung eines dualen Systems, Ermittlung und Dokumentation der Verpackungsmengen sowie entsprechende Meldungen. Für einen kleinen Betrieb mit wenigen Versandpaketen stehen dieser Verwaltungsaufwand und die damit verbundenen Kosten aus meiner Sicht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich anfallenden Verpackungsmenge und zum daraus resultierenden ökologischen Nutzen. Ich halte es deshalb für wichtig, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der europäischen Regelungen die besondere Situation von Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Aus meiner Sicht sollten insbesondere folgende Punkte geprüft werden: Vereinfachte Verfahren für Kleinstunternehmen und Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen Eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer zumindest vereinfachte Registrierungs-, Dokumentations- und Meldepflichten gelten Eine einfache jährliche Meldung, anstatt kleine Händler mit umfangreichen laufenden Berechnungen und Dokumentationspflichten zu belasten Ein europaweit einheitliches Registrierungssystem, das grenzüberschreitend tätigen kleinen Unternehmen den Zugang erleichtert und unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren möglichst vermeidet Das Once Only-Prinzip: Verpackungsdaten sollten möglichst nur einmal an eine zentrale Stelle übermittelt werden müssen, anstatt mehrfach an verschiedene nationale Systeme Eine angemessene Differenzierung nach Unternehmensgröße und Versandvolumen: Ein kleiner stationärer Händler mit gelegentlichem Onlineversand sollte nicht denselben administrativen Anforderungen unterliegen wie ein professioneller Onlinehändler mit mehreren tausend Sendungen täglich. Mir ist bewusst, dass auch kleine Mengen in ihrer Gesamtheit relevant sind und dass Unternehmen Verantwortung für die von ihnen verursachten Verpackungen übernehmen müssen. Es sollte jedoch ein angemessenes Verhältnis zwischen ökologischer Wirkung und bürokratischem Aufwand bestehen. Gerade kleine Unternehmen verfügen häufig weder über eigene Verwaltungsabteilungen noch über die personellen Ressourcen, um immer komplexer werdende Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten neben dem eigentlichen Geschäftsbetrieb zu erfüllen. Mein Anliegen richtet sich daher nicht gegen die Ziele der Verpackungspolitik, sondern gegen eine unverhältnismäßige administrative Belastung der kleinsten Marktteilnehmer. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Regelungen eine einfache, verhältnismäßige und tatsächlich europaweit einheitliche Lösung für Kleinst- und Kleinversender sicherzustellen. Carola Pfeifle", "feedbackEnglish": "As a citizen and from my professional experience in the context of a small business, I would like to draw attention to the practical implications of the planned rules. In principle, I support the European Union’s objectives of reducing packaging waste, promoting recycling and clearly regulating responsibility for packaging. At the same time, I consider that the current or existing requirements for small and micro-enterprises are in part disproportionate. From my professional experience, I know of a small specialised brick-and-mortar shop which additionally sells and dispatches a limited amount of goods online to customers. The amounts of shipping packaging involved are very small. However, there are considerable administrative obligations: Registration, selection and commissioning of a dual system, identification, documentation and reporting of packaging quantities. In my view, for a small company with few shipping packages, this administrative burden and the associated costs are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated and the resulting environmental benefits. I therefore consider it important to take greater account of the specific situation of micro and small enterprises when further developing European rules. In my view, the following points in particular should be examined: Simplified procedures for micro-enterprises and undertakings with very small quantities of packaging An appropriate de minimis threshold below which at least simplified registration, documentation and reporting obligations apply A simple annual notification, instead of burdening small traders with extensive ongoing calculations and documentation obligations A Europe-wide uniform registration system that facilitates access for small undertakings operating across borders and minimises divergent national procedures The Once Only principle: Packaging data should preferably be sent only once to a single point, rather than multiple times to different national systems Appropriate differentiation according to company size and shipping volume: A small brick-and-mortar trader with occasional online mailing should not be subject to the same administrative requirements as a professional online trader with several thousand items per day. I am aware that small quantities are also relevant in their entirety and that companies have to take responsibility for the packaging they produce. However, there should be an appropriate balance between environmental impact and red tape. Small businesses in particular often do not have their own administrative departments or human resources to meet increasingly complex reporting and documentation obligations alongside the actual business. My concern is therefore not directed against the objectives of the packaging policy, but against a disproportionate administrative burden on the smallest operators. I would ask the European Commission, when further developing the rules, to ensure a simple, proportionate and truly Europe-wide uniform solution for micro- and small-scale senders. Carola Pfeifle", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550085_en"}, {"id": 33550084, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:03:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This idea only hurts the small businesses. How are they supposed to survive this? Wasn't the EU all about making everything easier accessible within the EU? This will only lead to people to start ordering more from Amazon because easier and cheaper yet again. You only hurt your own economy with this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This idea only hurts the small businesses. How are they supposed to survive this? Wasn't the EU all about making everything easier accessible within the EU? This will only lead to people to start ordering more from Amazon because easier and cheaper yet again. You only hurt your own economy with this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550084_en"}, {"id": 33550083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:01:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehändler", "feedback": "Dieses ganze Gesetz ist ein Bürokratiemonster. Für mich als kleiner Einzelunternehmer ist es ab dem 12.8. nicht mehr möglich in EU Länder zu versenden. Ich habe früher ca. 10-20 Bestellungen im Monat aus verschiedenen EU-Ländern gehabt. Eine Registrierung in allen EU Ländern und die Bereitstellung eines Bevollmächtigen würde mich ca. 6000 / Jahr kosten. Das macht wirtschaftlich überhaupt keinen Sinn. Sollte die EU nicht den Binnenhandel erleichtern ? Das Gegenteil ist jetzt passiert. Massenhaft melden sich kleine Unternehmen vom EU Handel ab und versenden nur noch innerhalb Ihres eigenen Landes. Nur große Unternehmen wie Amazon usw. können sich so etwas leisten. Hier wird wieder einmal der Mittelstand benachteiligt. Danke für nichts - Das beste wäre der Austritt aus der EU oder Auswandern in ein Nicht-EU Land.", "feedbackEnglish": "This entire law is a monster of bureaucracy. As a small sole trader, it will no longer be possible for me to send consignments to EU countries from 12.8. I used to have around 10-20 orders per month from different EU countries. Registering in all EU countries and providing a proxy would cost me around 6000 per year. This makes no economic sense at all. Should the EU not facilitate internal trade? The opposite has now happened. Small businesses divest themselves of EU trade on a massive scale and only send out within your own country. Only big companies like Amazon, etc. can afford this. Once again, small and medium-sized enterprises are disadvantaged. Thank you for nothing – the best thing would be to leave the EU or emigrate to a non-EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550083_en"}, {"id": 33550082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 21:01:09", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Microbusinesses should be fully exempt from packaging EPR obligations This initiative does not adequately consider its impact on microbusinesses, including independent makers and small companies inside and outside the EU that sell to European customers. A microbusiness sending a limited number of individually packaged orders cannot reasonably be treated in the same way as a major retailer, manufacturer, or international marketplace placing enormous quantities of packaging on the EU market. Their environmental impact is not comparable, yet the administrative and financial burden can be devastating for the smallest businesses. Microbusinesses do not have legal departments, compliance specialists, or employees who can manage registrations and reports in multiple countries. For an independent maker, every hour spent trying to understand an unclear and fragmented system is an hour taken away from producing and selling their work. Fixed registration and compliance fees may also be completely disproportionate to both their income and the tiny amount of packaging they use. As a result, many small businesses will be forced to stop selling to EU customers, and some may be forced to close entirely. This would damage one of the most valuable parts of the economy. Microbusinesses are where new ideas, products, and future larger companies are born. They provide income, generate tax revenue, support local communities, and offer consumers alternatives to mass-produced goods. Responsibility for packaging compliance in cross-border e-commerce should instead be placed on large marketplaces and online platforms. These companies already have the infrastructure, financial resources, sales data, and technical capacity required to register, report packaging volumes, and collect the necessary fees centrally. They are in a far better position to fulfil these obligations than thousands of individual microbusinesses around the world. The legislation should therefore provide a complete exemption for microbusinesses from packaging EPR registration, reporting, and payment obligations. When products are sold through a large marketplace or online platform, the platform should assume responsibility for compliance. Environmental legislation should focus on companies placing packaging on the market at scale. It should not create an insurmountable administrative and financial barrier for independent makers and other microbusinesses whose individual environmental impact is minimal.", "feedbackEnglish": "Microbusinesses should be fully exempt from packaging EPR obligations This initiative does not adequately consider its impact on microbusinesses, including independent makers and small companies inside and outside the EU that sell to European customers. A microbusiness sending a limited number of individually packaged orders cannot reasonably be treated in the same way as a major retailer, manufacturer, or international marketplace placing enormous quantities of packaging on the EU market. Their environmental impact is not comparable, yet the administrative and financial burden can be devastating for the smallest businesses. Microbusinesses do not have legal departments, compliance specialists, or employees who can manage registrations and reports in multiple countries. For an independent maker, every hour spent trying to understand an unclear and fragmented system is an hour taken away from producing and selling their work. Fixed registration and compliance fees may also be completely disproportionate to both their income and the tiny amount of packaging they use. As a result, many small businesses will be forced to stop selling to EU customers, and some may be forced to close entirely. This would damage one of the most valuable parts of the economy. Microbusinesses are where new ideas, products, and future larger companies are born. They provide income, generate tax revenue, support local communities, and offer consumers alternatives to mass-produced goods. Responsibility for packaging compliance in cross-border e-commerce should instead be placed on large marketplaces and online platforms. These companies already have the infrastructure, financial resources, sales data, and technical capacity required to register, report packaging volumes, and collect the necessary fees centrally. They are in a far better position to fulfil these obligations than thousands of individual microbusinesses around the world. The legislation should therefore provide a complete exemption for microbusinesses from packaging EPR registration, reporting, and payment obligations. When products are sold through a large marketplace or online platform, the platform should assume responsibility for compliance. Environmental legislation should focus on companies placing packaging on the market at scale. It should not create an insurmountable administrative and financial barrier for independent makers and other microbusinesses whose individual environmental impact is minimal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550082_en"}, {"id": 33550079, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:58:16", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation creates massive advantages for large companies and places smaller companies and independent retailers within the EU at an enormous disadvantage. It represents nothing short of a step towards the fracture of the Single Market, a foundational principle of the EU which surely needs to be preserved at all costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation creates massive advantages for large companies and places smaller companies and independent retailers within the EU at an enormous disadvantage. It represents nothing short of a step towards the fracture of the Single Market, a foundational principle of the EU which surely needs to be preserved at all costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550079_en"}, {"id": 33550078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:57:45", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, as much as I agree with reducing waste, these rules have not taken in consideration the existence of small and micro-businesses, single artist operations and similar. The rules are too complicated, the prices too steep for small artist, artisans and other creators. Many of which have to stop selling their craft to other EU countries, as the they cannot afford it. Many small artists are already reusing packaging and limiting their waste as much as they can. These rules will just push smaller EU creators out of the market and leave customers to go only to big corporations and Temu/Shein/Amazon marketplaces (which really do produce an enormous amount of waste). Please, rethink this plan - make it possible for small and micro-businesses to still sell in EU. Is it not one of its purposes? The shared market? Make the rules simple and affordable for the small people - it might be their whole living depending on it!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, as much as I agree with reducing waste, these rules have not taken in consideration the existence of small and micro-businesses, single artist operations and similar. The rules are too complicated, the prices too steep for small artist, artisans and other creators. Many of which have to stop selling their craft to other EU countries, as the they cannot afford it. Many small artists are already reusing packaging and limiting their waste as much as they can. These rules will just push smaller EU creators out of the market and leave customers to go only to big corporations and Temu/Shein/Amazon marketplaces (which really do produce an enormous amount of waste). Please, rethink this plan - make it possible for small and micro-businesses to still sell in EU. Is it not one of its purposes? The shared market? Make the rules simple and affordable for the small people - it might be their whole living depending on it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550078_en"}, {"id": 33550077, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:57:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "C'est la mort de nos toutes petites entreprises qui ont déjà beaucoup de difficultés à exister, en les privant de la clientèle européenne qui ne sera plus accesible à cause des frais exorbitants et des formalités compliquées, ça va les achever. Une toute petite entreprise ne peut pas avoir les mêmes règles que les grosses, c'est tellement injuste ... c'en sera fini pour moi, je ne pourrai plus travailler et devrai fermer ma boutique", "feedbackEnglish": "It is the death of our very small businesses, which already have many difficulties to exist, by depriving them of European customers, who will no longer be accessible because of exorbitant costs and complicated formalities, that will complete them. A very small company cannot have the same rules as big ones, it is so unfair... it will end up for me, I will not be able to work anymore and I will have to close my shop", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550077_en"}, {"id": 33550076, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:56:48", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como empresa unipersonal, esta medida perjudica y complica la viabilidad de proyectos de artesanía. El aumento de burocracia y tasas hace que la gestión de pequeños proyectos sea inviable. No es comparable el volumen de envíos a una gran multinacional, y aún así, se nos equipara en modelo de gestión. Ya con el brexit y las tasas a estados unidos perdimos mercados, ahora nos quedamos sin europa. Cada vez es más difícil gestionar un pequeño proyecto, los costes no paran de aumentar y cada vez es más difícil vender. No todos queremos ser macro empresas ni facturar millones. Parece que la intencionalidad sea que a costa de burocracia se pierdan las pequeñas empresas, solo dejando monopolios de macro corporaciones. Por otra parte, ya utilizamos embalaje reciclado, reciclable y reutilizable. Es una manera de ajustar costes, tenemos conciencia ecológica. Me parece absurdo controlar los pocos envios que puede hacer un autónomo al año, pero dejar que se creen macro granjas de datos, con consumos de agua masivos, o macro centros de logística. No entiendo nada.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one-person company, this measure harms and complicates the viability of craft projects. Increased bureaucracy and fees make the management of small projects unfeasible. The volume of items sent to a large multinational is not comparable and, even so, we are treated in the same way as a management model. Already with Brexit and charges to states united, we lost markets, now we are left without Europe. It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage a small project, costs are constantly increasing and it is becoming increasingly difficult to sell. Not all of us want to be big companies or bill millions. It seems that the intention is that small businesses will be lost at the expense of bureaucracy, leaving only macro corporation monopolies. Moreover, we already use recycled, recyclable and reusable packaging. This is a way to adjust costs, we are environmentally conscious. I find it absurd to control the few shipments that can be made by a freelancer per year, but let big data farms be created, with massive water consumption, or macro logistics centres. I do not understand anything.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550076_en"}, {"id": 33550075, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:49:52", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Because of these rules a lot of small businesses will be disadvantaged. In this small scale they will not be able to afford representatives. Exceptions should be made based on the yearly sales.", "feedbackEnglish": "Because of these rules a lot of small businesses will be disadvantaged. In this small scale they will not be able to afford representatives. Exceptions should be made based on the yearly sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550075_en"}, {"id": 33550074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:46:55", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich verstehe nicht warum jemand denkt dass das auch nur irgendwie eine gute Idee sein kann, jedes kleine Business ist damit dem Ende geweiht. Wer europäisch denkt kann das nicht unterstützen", "feedbackEnglish": "I don’t understand why someone thinks that can even be a good idea in some way, so every small business is in the end. Those who think European cannot support it", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550074_en"}, {"id": 33563619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:17:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag! Es ist wichtig und angemessen, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren. Doch vor allem die großen Onlinehandel-Plattformen wie Amazon sind für einen Großteil der Bestellungen und somit für den meisten Verpackungsmüll verantwortlich. Kleine Unternehmen und Solopreneure haben ein viel geringeres Versandvolumen zu verantworten. Sie arbeiten dementsprechend mit viel weniger Umsatz und können sich die geplanten Auflagen für den Versand ihrer Waren ins EU Ausland nicht leisten. Ein großes Unternehmen oder ein Konzern wird kein Problem und keine finanziellen Einbußen erleiden, wenn er Bevollmächtige bestimmen und die neuen Gebühren bezahlen muss. Für ein Mikrounternehmen ist dies schlicht nicht zu leisten. Insofern ist die geplante Maßnahme ungerecht und nicht zielführend. Bitte schaffen Sie sinnvolle Ausnahmen für Kleinstunternehmen, EinzelunternehmerInnen und Kreative. Vielen Dank!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, It is important and appropriate to reduce packaging waste. However, it is the major online trading platforms, such as Amazon, that are responsible for a large proportion of orders and thus for most packaging waste. Small businesses and solo operators are responsible for a much smaller volume of shipments. They therefore work with much less turnover and cannot afford the planned requirements for sending their goods abroad to the EU. A large company or group will not suffer any problem or financial loss if it has to appoint agents and pay the new fees. For a micro-enterprise, this simply cannot be done. The planned measure is therefore unfair and ineffective. Please create meaningful exemptions for micro-enterprises, sole proprietorships and creators. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563619_en"}, {"id": 33563618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:12:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "shwasy", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich an die Europäische Kommission, weil ich als Solo-Selbstständiger bzw. Kleinstunternehmer unmittelbar von den neuen Regelungen im Bereich Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle betroffen bin. Ich versende nur eine vergleichsweise geringe Anzahl von Paketen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Trotzdem bin ich mit Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren und weiteren Anforderungen konfrontiert. Für mich ist das keine theoretische Frage: Diese Bürokratie betrifft meinen Arbeitsalltag und die Wirtschaftlichkeit meines Unternehmens ganz konkret. Besonders problematisch ist die Vorgabe, für einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) zu bestellen. Wenn ein kleines Unternehmen Kunden in mehreren EU-Ländern beliefert, können dadurch in jedem dieser Länder zusätzliche Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand entstehen selbst wenn dorthin nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr versendet werden. Wie soll das für einen Solo-Selbstständigen wirtschaftlich funktionieren? Es muss einen Unterschied machen, ob ich beispielsweise 50 Pakete im Jahr grenzüberschreitend versende oder ein großer Händler 50.000 oder 500.000 Pakete. Bei wenigen Sendungen können die Kosten für Registrierung, Meldungen, Beteiligungssysteme und Bevollmächtigte schnell in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis mehr zu dem Umsatz stehen, den ich in dem jeweiligen Land überhaupt erziele. Große Unternehmen können dafür eigene Mitarbeiter, Abteilungen oder externe Dienstleister einsetzen und die Kosten auf enorme Versandmengen verteilen. Als Solo-Selbstständiger habe ich diese Möglichkeiten nicht. Ich muss mich zusätzlich zu meiner eigentlichen Arbeit selbst um diese Anforderungen kümmern und die Kosten aus wenigen Verkäufen finanzieren. Die Folge ist, dass ich mich inzwischen ernsthaft fragen muss, ob ich Kunden in bestimmten EU-Ländern überhaupt noch beliefern kann. Das widerspricht für mich dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Dieser sollte gerade auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu erreichen. Stattdessen besteht die Gefahr, dass Kleinstunternehmen aufgrund von Bürokratie und Fixkosten den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einschränken oder ganz einstellen, während große Unternehmen diese zusätzlichen Belastungen problemlos auffangen können. Ich fordere keine vollständige Befreiung von der Verantwortung für Verpackungen. Ich fordere eine faire und verhältnismäßige Kleinstunternehmerregelung. Es braucht EU-weite Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Verpackungsmengen oder Sendungszahlen, deutlich reduzierte Kosten und vereinfachte Meldepflichten. Vor allem sollte es für Kleinstunternehmen nicht notwendig sein, für wenige Sendungen in mehrere Mitgliedstaaten jeweils kostenpflichtige Bevollmächtigte bestellen zu müssen. Eine zentrale, EU-weit gültige Registrierung oder ein einziger Ansprechpartner wäre wesentlich sinnvoller. Ich möchte weiterhin Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern beliefern können. Europäische Regulierung darf aber nicht dazu führen, dass grenzüberschreitender Handel für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich unmöglich wird. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher dringend, die tatsächlichen Auswirkungen dieser Regelungen auf Solo-Selbstständige und Kleinstunternehmen zu überprüfen und konkrete Erleichterungen zu schaffen. 50 Pakete im Jahr sind nicht 50.000 Pakete. Dieser Unterschied muss sich auch bei Bürokratie, Pflichten und Kosten widerspiegeln. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Andreas Döbler", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to the European Commission because, as a solo self-employed person or micro-enterprise, I am directly affected by the new rules on packaging and packaging waste. I send only a comparatively small number of parcels to other EU Member States. Nevertheless, I face registrations, notifications, fees and other requirements. For me, this is not a theoretical question: This bureaucracy affects my day-to-day work and the viability of my business in a very concrete way. The requirement to appoint an authorised representative for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for individual EU Member States is particularly problematic. If a small company supplies customers in several EU countries, this can lead to additional costs and administrative burdens in each of these countries, even if only a few parcels are sent there per year. How will this work economically for a solo self-employed person? It needs to make a difference whether for example I send 50 parcels per year across borders or a large trader sends 50.000 or 500.000 parcels per year. In the case of a small number of consignments, the costs of registration, notifications, investment schemes and authorised representatives can quickly no longer be reasonable in relation to the turnover I actually achieve in the country in question. Large companies can use their own staff, departments or external service providers to do this and spread the costs over huge shipping volumes. As a solo self-employed person, I do not have these possibilities. In addition to my actual work, I have to take care of these requirements myself and finance the costs from a small number of sales. As a result, I now have to seriously ask myself whether I can still supply customers in certain EU countries at all. For me, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European single market. This should enable small businesses in particular to reach customers in other Member States. Instead, micro-enterprises risk reducing or stopping cross-border sales due to red tape and fixed costs, while large companies can easily absorb these additional burdens. I do not call for a total exemption from responsibility for packaging. I call for a fair and proportionate micro-enterprise regime. There is a need for EU-wide de minimis limits for small quantities of packaging or consignments, significantly reduced costs and simplified reporting requirements. In particular, it should not be necessary for micro-enterprises to have to appoint paid representatives for a small number of consignments to several Member States. A single EU-wide registration or single point of contact would be much more appropriate. I want to continue to be able to supply customers in other EU countries. However, European regulation must not make cross-border trade economically impossible for small businesses. I would therefore urge the European Commission to review the actual impact of these rules on solo self-employed persons and micro-enterprises and to make practical arrangements. 50 parcels per year are not 50.000 parcels. This difference must also be reflected in bureaucracy, obligations and costs. Yours sincerely, Andreas Döbler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563618_en"}, {"id": 33563617, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:10:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nain Trading GmbH", "feedback": "As a small German e-commerce company, we sell our products to customers across the EU. Requiring us to register, report packaging volumes and potentially appoint representatives separately in every Member State creates disproportionate bureaucracy and costs. Our bigger (international) competitors (e.g. from the US) get a clear advantage as they can cope easily with the new impediments and rules. For small businesses and start-ups, this makes selling to smaller EU markets economically unviable and therefore directly restricts the European Single Market. At a time when European competitiveness is more important than ever, packaging licensing should be handled through one central EU-wide registration and reporting system or at least a threshold level needs to be implemented. Otherwise, the PPWR risks becoming a serious barrier to cross-border trade for small European businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small German e-commerce company, we sell our products to customers across the EU. Requiring us to register, report packaging volumes and potentially appoint representatives separately in every Member State creates disproportionate bureaucracy and costs. Our bigger (international) competitors (e.g. from the US) get a clear advantage as they can cope easily with the new impediments and rules. For small businesses and start-ups, this makes selling to smaller EU markets economically unviable and therefore directly restricts the European Single Market. At a time when European competitiveness is more important than ever, packaging licensing should be handled through one central EU-wide registration and reporting system or at least a threshold level needs to be implemented. Otherwise, the PPWR risks becoming a serious barrier to cross-border trade for small European businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563617_en"}, {"id": 33563616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:08:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel Modellbau", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines Unternehmen und beliefern die ganze Welt. Jetzt mussten wir den Versand einstellen in die EU. Wir dürfen die ganze Weltbeliefern aber nicht unsere Nachbarländer, da sich ein Bevollmächtigter bei 10 - 20 Paketen im Jahr wirtschaftlich nicht rechnet. Wie kann man so etwas entscheiden? Warum gibt es keine kleine Pauschale für Kleinstmengen. Wir können solche Entscheidungen nicht mehr nachvollziehen und sie sind mit klarem Menschenverstand nicht mehr zu erklären. Wir würgen unseren eigenen EU Handel damit ab und zerstören kleine Händler, die auch auf Umsätze ins EU Ausland angewiesen sind. Ihnen fehlt jetzt der Umsatz um noch wirtschaftlich agieren zu können. Ich hoffe, dass unsere Rückmeldung etwas bewirkt und hier noch etwas geändert wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small business and supply the whole world. Now we had to stop shipping to the EU. However, we must not be allowed to supply the entire world to our neighbouring countries, as an authorised representative does not expect to be economically viable for 10-20 parcels a year. How to make such a decision? Why is there no small flat rate for micro-quantities? We can no longer understand such decisions and they can no longer be explained with a clear sense of common sense. We stifle our own EU trade and destroy small traders who also depend on sales to the EU abroad. They now lack turnover in order to be able to continue to operate economically. I hope that our feedback will make a difference and that something will be changed here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563616_en"}, {"id": 33563614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:03:32", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU commission The new PPWR initiative is not just and the consequences of its implementation will only benefit few companies in each state that will profit from facilitating this enforcement and divide EU community from the common EU idea that is already shaking. I am a small family business owner (2 employees) based within one of the EU states. This new directive has the result that I can no longer sell or ship to 26 of the EU countries as I can't afford the administrative costs and burdens. Moreover being so small I will also loose all my EU suppliers that my craft shop is proudly based on as a contrast to cheap imported products from China. This is most certainly against the fundamental idea of common EU market and European union. I want to express my strong disagreement with the initiative as it stands today.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU commission The new PPWR initiative is not just and the consequences of its implementation will only benefit few companies in each state that will profit from facilitating this enforcement and divide EU community from the common EU idea that is already shaking. I am a small family business owner (2 employees) based within one of the EU states. This new directive has the result that I can no longer sell or ship to 26 of the EU countries as I can't afford the administrative costs and burdens. Moreover being so small I will also loose all my EU suppliers that my craft shop is proudly based on as a contrast to cheap imported products from China. This is most certainly against the fundamental idea of common EU market and European union. I want to express my strong disagreement with the initiative as it stands today.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563614_en"}, {"id": 33563613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:03:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Produktdesignerin mit einem sehr kleinen Label, welches ich über 10 Jahre aufgebaut habe. Meine Kunden sind fast alle in der EU. Es wird einem kleinen Unternehmen unmöglich gemacht noch zu existieren. Wir brauchen dringend eine zentrale Stelle mit Bagatellgrenze, sonst bedeutet die neue Verordnung das Aus für MICH und viele ANDERE.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a product designer with a very small label that I built over 10 years. My customers are almost all in the EU. It is made impossible for a small enterprise to continue to exist. We urgently need a central body with a de minimis threshold, otherwise the new regulation will mean nothing for MICH and many others.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563613_en"}, {"id": 33563612, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:01:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GMBH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Bevollmächtigten Verträge müssen abgeschlossen werden, bevor überhaupt der 1. Auftrag voliegt! Da man im Vorfeld, nicht genau weiß wieviel Aufträge aus den einzelnen Ländern eingehen, muß man die Kosten erst mal zahlen und weiß erst im Nachhinein welcher Umsatz getätigt wurde! Mögicherweise gehen dann nur 2 Pakete in das Land, die die Kosten eines Bevollmächtigten in keiner Weise rechtfertigen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Wir zahlen ja bereits für die versendeten Pakete in Deutschland bei Grünen Punkt oder sonstigen Anbietern, Warum ist es nicht möglich, am Jahresende, wenn man die Gesamtzahl der Pakete und einzelnen Stoffe meldet dem Anbieter noch dazu die einzelnen Länder zu melden und der Grüne Punkt, gibt die Informaitonen an die einzelnen Länder weiter und teilt die Gebühren auf? Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Was ist eigentlich mit den chinesischen Plattformen wie Shein und Temu etc. ??? Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These plenipotentiaries must be concluded before the first Contract is on! As you do not know exactly how many orders are received from each country beforehand, you have to pay the costs first and only know after the event what turnover has been made! Maybe only two packages enter the country, which do not justify the costs of an authorised representative in any way. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. We already pay for the parcels sent in Germany at the Green Point or other providers. Why is it not possible at the end of the year to report the total number of parcels and individual substances to the provider in addition to the individual countries, and the Green Point, pass on the information to the individual countries and divide the fees? Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. What about the Chinese platforms such as Shein and Temu, etc.? (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563612_en"}, {"id": 33563611, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 10:00:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wie kann es sein, dass Mio. von Paketen von Themu, Shein usw. täglich in die EU eingeführt werden, lokalen Unternehmen aber solche Steine in den Weg gelegt werden? Immer mehr Kleinstunternehmen beliefern keine Kunden in der EU mehr. Da haben Schreibtischtäter und Bürokraten wieder überreguliert. So machen Sie Kleinstunternehmen kaputt! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Astrid Laban", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, how can it be that millions of parcels from Themu, Shein, etc. are imported into the EU on a daily basis, but that such stones are put in the way of local businesses? An increasing number of micro-enterprises no longer supply customers in the EU. There, deskmen and bureaucrats overregulated again. How to break micro-enterprises! Yours sincerely, Astrid Laban", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563611_en"}, {"id": 33563610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:56:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "spuelenprofi.de", "feedback": "Die geplante Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung trifft Kleinunternehmer beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf unverhältnismäßig hart durch separate Verträge, Gebühren und Meldewege pro Zielland. Unsere Konsequenz: wir beliefern Endgebraucher in den EU-Märkten nicht mehr. Fixkosten pro Land wirken wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle und behindern/verhindern den europäischen Binnenmarkt für uns kleine Händler. Vorschläge: (1) Ausnahmen für Kleinunternehmen mit einer Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland (2) Statt landesspezifischer Verträge: echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung mit zentraler Registrierung/Meldepflicht (3) Technisch standardisierte Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte/ zentrale Stelle. Kleine Unternehmen tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie Großhändler, jedoch bei deutlich geringerem Volumen, was sich betriebswirtschaftlich einfach nicht rechnet. Eine gerechte Ausgestaltung im Hinblick auf Kleinunternehmen würde uns ermöglichen, Käufer in den EU-Märkten zu beliefern - gehört doch die Errichtung eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarkts zu den grundlegenden Zielen der Europäischen Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "The planned obligation of authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility disproportionately affects small traders in cross-border sales through separate contracts, fees and reporting channels per destination country. Our Consequences: we no longer supply end-users in EU markets. Fixed costs per country act as a market entry threshold and hinder/prevent the European single market for small traders. Proposal to (1) Exemptions for small enterprises with a de minimis threshold per destination country (2) Instead of country-specific contracts: genuine one-stop-shop solution with central registration/reporting obligation (3) Technically standardised data transfer to authorised representative/central body. Small companies bear the same fixed costs as wholesalers, but with significantly lower volumes, which is simply not commercially viable. A fair design for small businesses would allow us to supply buyers in EU markets – the establishment of a common internal market is one of the fundamental objectives of the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563610_en"}, {"id": 33563608, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:42:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregistrierung wird meine Existenz bedrohen. Ich bin 66 Jahre alt und bin seit fast 40 Jahren selbstständig als Kleinunternehmer. Von meiner Rente kann ich nicht leben und wollte weiterhin von meinem online-shop leben. 50% der Bestellungen gehen ins EU-Ausland. Wenn diese Bestellungen wegfallen, kann ich von meinem online shop nicht mehr leben und müsste ihn wahrscheinlich schließen. Ich würde dann Grundsicherung beantragen. Ich würde vorschlagen: Kleine Unternehmen sollen von der Pflicht befreit werden, einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Für etwas größere Unternehmen soll es eine Grenze für kleine Versandmengen geben, unterhalb derer ebenfalls kein Bevollmächtigter nötig ist. Es soll eine zentrale Lösung für ganz Europa geben. Händler sollten nicht für jedes Land einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und extra bezahlen müssen. Die Verpackungsdaten sollen einheitlich erfasst und übermittelt werden, sodass Händler die gleichen Daten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereiten müssen. Hintergrund: Kleine Händler haben im Verhältnis viel höhere Fixkosten als große Unternehmen. Dadurch lohnt sich der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder für sie oft nicht. Ziel ist, dass kleine Unternehmen einfacher und günstiger in ganz Europa verkaufen können, anstatt sich auf den deutschen Markt beschränken zu müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, I. Heine", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the planned implementation of PPWR producer registration will threaten my existence. I am 66 years old and have been self-employed as a small entrepreneur for almost 40 years. I cannot live from my pension and I wanted to continue living from my online shop. 50 % of orders go to another EU country. If these orders cease to exist, I will no longer be able to live from my online shop and would probably have to close it. I would then apply for basic income support. I would propose: Small companies should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. For slightly larger companies, there should be a limit for small consignments, below which no authorised representative is required either. There should be a central solution for the whole of Europe. Traders should not have to conclude a separate contract for each country and pay extra. Packaging data should be collected and transmitted in a uniform manner, so that traders do not have to reprocess the same data for each country. Background: Small traders have proportionally much higher fixed costs than large companies. This often does not make it worthwhile to sell to other EU countries. The aim is to make it easier and cheaper for small businesses to sell across Europe, rather than being limited to the German market. Yours sincerely, I. Heine", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563608_en"}, {"id": 33563606, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:28:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CNC-Technik JD", "feedback": "Wie kann man so etwas verabschieden? Sie zerstören mit einer einzigen Regelung hunderte bis tausende kleine Unternehmen, meines eingeschlossen. Der Binnenmarkt war mal das Aushängeschild der EU und nun ist es als kleines Unternehmen nicht mehr möglich, daran teilzunehmen. Man könnte es die enshittification der EU nennen. Sie machen alles kaputt, wofür die EU steht und wundern sich dann, dass die EU Gegner immer mehr Zuspruch erhalten. Hoffentlich haben Sie sich als Politiker dafür zumindest gut von den großen Firmen dafür bezahlen lassen - auf Kosten aller anderen. Traurig.", "feedbackEnglish": "How can this be adopted? They destroy hundreds to thousands of small businesses, including myself, with a single rule. The single market has once been the EU’s flagship and now it is no longer possible to participate as a small business. One could call it the enshittification of the EU. They are shaking up everything the EU stands for and then wondering that the EU is getting more and more enthusiastic about opponents. Hopefully, as a politician, you have paid at least well for it from the big companies – at the expense of everyone else. Sad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563606_en"}, {"id": 33563605, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:20:06", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law destroys one of the core values of the EU. Under the guise of environmental protection, you're essentially killing any small business that trade freely across Europe. And the fact that there is no difference if you send a single item, or a cargo ship, the prices for all the paperwork stays the same. That facts alone really shows that it was never about the environment, only for the big corp to get richer by killing out any small competition.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law destroys one of the core values of the EU. Under the guise of environmental protection, you're essentially killing any small business that trade freely across Europe. And the fact that there is no difference if you send a single item, or a cargo ship, the prices for all the paperwork stays the same. That facts alone really shows that it was never about the environment, only for the big corp to get richer by killing out any small competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563605_en"}, {"id": 33563604, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:19:51", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kamena ", "feedback": "Hello, this new packaging regulations is causing unprecedented disruption to free trade in EU . As an owner of micro business, as many other small companies, I will not be able to continue shipping my handcrafted items outside of my country. The new law is constructed in a way that can be easily followed by big corporations and sellers like Amazon who have big teams, but for small ones its simply impossible to manage cost of fees of registration as well as time needed to proceed with all formal work required if registration and reporting in each Eu country as currently necessary. I believe that EU is about free borders and trade for everyone. I think that shops that ship up to certain amount of packages per year to particular country should be released (for example example up to 10 kg per year) from this obligations for now until one common system is introduced for all EU countries. I send just few packages to each of EU countries per year, I used only biodegradable materials for packing from years already, I report waste each year in my own country. I also suggest that you should oblige all companies to use only biodegradable materials for packing. I dont think that using plastic is legitimate anymore with very few exceptions.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this new packaging regulations is causing unprecedented disruption to free trade in EU . As an owner of micro business, as many other small companies, I will not be able to continue shipping my handcrafted items outside of my country. The new law is constructed in a way that can be easily followed by big corporations and sellers like Amazon who have big teams, but for small ones its simply impossible to manage cost of fees of registration as well as time needed to proceed with all formal work required if registration and reporting in each Eu country as currently necessary. I believe that EU is about free borders and trade for everyone. I think that shops that ship up to certain amount of packages per year to particular country should be released (for example example up to 10 kg per year) from this obligations for now until one common system is introduced for all EU countries. I send just few packages to each of EU countries per year, I used only biodegradable materials for packing from years already, I report waste each year in my own country. I also suggest that you should oblige all companies to use only biodegradable materials for packing. I dont think that using plastic is legitimate anymore with very few exceptions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563604_en"}, {"id": 33563603, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:18:10", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Whilst the primary directive of this regulation appears to be in the best interests of climate science, it is short sighted in nature. The necessitating of registration with individual member states in order to send out small packages from within the EU would put an obstacle to small businesses that want to trade. On a micro scale, I feel this is antithetical to the spirit of not only a Single Market, but one that wishes for fairness. Please consider an amendment to this regulation which allows for circumvention of registry fees for individuals who are earning under a certain threshold with their businesses or whose sent parcels are under a certain threshold in their declared totality for a fiscal year.", "feedbackEnglish": "Whilst the primary directive of this regulation appears to be in the best interests of climate science, it is short sighted in nature. The necessitating of registration with individual member states in order to send out small packages from within the EU would put an obstacle to small businesses that want to trade. On a micro scale, I feel this is antithetical to the spirit of not only a Single Market, but one that wishes for fairness. Please consider an amendment to this regulation which allows for circumvention of registry fees for individuals who are earning under a certain threshold with their businesses or whose sent parcels are under a certain threshold in their declared totality for a fiscal year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563603_en"}, {"id": 33563602, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:13:35", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner based within one of the EU states. This new directive has the result that I can no longer ship to 25 of the EU countries as the fees are too high. I have had to withdraw my customer base from any of the member states where sales were less than 1k per country. The fees would not make sales viable. As a consequence just imagine the loss of income to a small business. The directive mentions increased employment but certainly not for the thousands of small businesses now facing an uncertain future. The irony is that the EU wish to increase local sales, and promote small businesses. This legislation will only benefit medium to large companies. Do the maths.... Exclude the small business from this requirement.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner based within one of the EU states. This new directive has the result that I can no longer ship to 25 of the EU countries as the fees are too high. I have had to withdraw my customer base from any of the member states where sales were less than 1k per country. The fees would not make sales viable. As a consequence just imagine the loss of income to a small business. The directive mentions increased employment but certainly not for the thousands of small businesses now facing an uncertain future. The irony is that the EU wish to increase local sales, and promote small businesses. This legislation will only benefit medium to large companies. Do the maths.... Exclude the small business from this requirement.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563602_en"}, {"id": 33563601, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:09:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: PPWR unverhältnismäßige Belastung von Kleinstunternehmen Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin Kleinstunternehmer und versende Waren auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Ziele der PPWR zum Schutz der Umwelt unterstütze ich grundsätzlich. Die praktische Umsetzung stellt kleine Händler jedoch vor unverhältnismäßige bürokratische und finanzielle Belastungen. In manche EU-Länder versende ich lediglich wenige Pakete pro Jahr. Trotzdem muss ich mich dort mit unterschiedlichen Registrierungen, Meldungen, Entsorgungssystemen und teilweise Bevollmächtigten auseinandersetzen. Die Verfahren sind kompliziert und unübersichtlich. Selbst ein zentrales europäisches Verzeichnis der zuständigen Stellen und Ansprechpartner fehlt. Besonders unverständlich ist für mich die Rolle des sogenannten Bevollmächtigten. Für Kleinstunternehmen entstehen dadurch zusätzliche Kosten, ohne dass klar erkennbar ist, welche Aufgaben und Pflichten dieser tatsächlich übernimmt. Der europäische Binnenmarkt wurde geschaffen, um den grenzüberschreitenden Handel zu erleichtern. Inzwischen droht für kleine Händler das Gegenteil: Der Verkauf in andere EU-Staaten wird teilweise komplizierter als der Handel mit Ländern außerhalb der EU. Ich bitte daher dringend um eine praktikable Kleinunternehmerregelung bzw. Bagatellgrenze und möglichst eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung, anstatt Kleinstunternehmen mit nationalen Einzelverfahren zu belasten. Sollten die Regelungen in dieser Form bestehen bleiben, werde ich den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Damit würde die PPWR gerade bei kleinen Unternehmen zu einer Einschränkung des europäischen Binnenmarktes führen. Und bedenken Sie: Es geht nicht nur um mich und um meine Verkäufe. Es geht auch darum dass die Bürger in anderen Ländern etwas erwerben wollen. Und in meinem Fall sind dies alles 50 Jahre alte und noch ältere Produkte. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heinz Posingis", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: PPWR disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises Dear Sir/Madam, I am a micro-enterprise and I also send goods to other EU Member States. In principle, I support the objectives of the PPWR to protect the environment. However, practical implementation imposes disproportionate bureaucratic and financial burdens on small traders. I send only a few packages per year to some EU countries. Nevertheless, I have to deal there with different registrations, notifications, disposal systems and some authorised representatives. The procedures are complicated and confusing. Even a central European list of competent bodies and contact persons is missing. I find the role of the so-called plenipotentiary particularly incomprehensible. This creates additional costs for micro-enterprises, without it being clear what tasks and obligations they actually assume. The European single market was created to facilitate cross-border trade. In the meantime, small traders risk the opposite: Selling to other EU countries is sometimes more complicated than trading with countries outside the EU. I would therefore urge you to introduce a workable small business scheme or de minimis threshold and, as far as possible, central EU-wide registration, rather than burdening micro-enterprises with individual national procedures. If the rules continue in this form, I will have to stop selling to other EU Member States. In this way, the PPWR would lead to a restriction of the European internal market, especially for small businesses. And remember: It’s not just about me and my sales. It is also about citizens wanting to buy something in other countries. And in my case, these are all 50-year-old and older products. Yours sincerely, Heinz Posingis", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563601_en"}, {"id": 33563600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:04:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Killus Technik", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, sämtliche geltenden rechtlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Durch die PPWR verändert sich diese Ausgangslage erheblich: Sobald ich Waren in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf dazu führen, dass ich dort einen Bevollmächtigten benennen und bezahlen muss. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen somit zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich in dem jeweiligen Land fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten je Land stehen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden als betreiben. Dies widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, jedoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland als Auffanglösung gelten. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestehen. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Eine solche Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch weiterhin für jedes Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Erforderlich ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten bzw. an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes einzelne Land erneut aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional geringeren Pflichten. Sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, müssen diese jedoch auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diesen Umstand berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, anstatt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt beschränken zu müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rainer Killus", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a small businessman, sales to other EU countries have hitherto been an obvious step towards growth without a separate legal department, but with the aim of complying with all the applicable legal requirements. The PPWR is significantly changing this situation: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may require me to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. Ten or twenty relevant target markets thus create ten or twenty separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred in each country. These fixed costs per country are not proportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than to engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the European single market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but only send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should be considered as a fall-back solution. Below this threshold, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, such bundling already exists for dealers who continue to conclude a separate contract for each country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the quantity actually sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data has been collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each individual country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally lower obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but have to spread them over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European single market, rather than having to limit ourselves to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Rainer Killus", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563600_en"}, {"id": 33563599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 09:02:05", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I support the motives of this legislation, it will stop EU based small businesses from selling within the EU due to the requirement to separately register and pay within each member state. This is simply not affordable for many small and micro businesses. Please modify the rules of this legislation that stops free trade within the EU for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support the motives of this legislation, it will stop EU based small businesses from selling within the EU due to the requirement to separately register and pay within each member state. This is simply not affordable for many small and micro businesses. Please modify the rules of this legislation that stops free trade within the EU for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563599_en"}, {"id": 33563596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 08:49:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich zu einem Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung Stellung nehmen, der für Unternehmen meiner Größe darüber entscheidet, ob der europäische Binnenmarkt praktisch nutzbar bleibt: die Pflicht, für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Zur Einordnung der Größenordnung. Ich versende aus einem einzigen Lager in Deutschland, ohne Auslandslager. Von rund 42.000 Bestellungen in zwölf Monaten gehen 89 Prozent nach Deutschland und 5 Prozent nach Österreich; der gesamte Rest verteilt sich als dünner Schwanz über die übrigen Mitgliedstaaten. Nach Frankreich, meinem größten weiteren Markt, waren es im Jahr 2025 genau 360 Bestellungen mit 440 Verkaufseinheiten, überwiegend Briefsendungen mit wenigen Gramm Papier und Folie. Was das kostet. Der ökologisch begründete Teil, der nationale Verpackungsbeitrag, betrug dafür 75 Euro. Er richtet sich nicht einmal nach meiner Menge, sondern ist der Mindestbeitrag; meine tatsächliche Verpackungsmasse liegt darunter. Ein Bevollmächtigter kostet nach den Marktpreisen der einschlägigen Dienstleister etwa 270 bis 500 Euro pro Land und Jahr. Die Pflicht, die dem Umweltziel dient, ist also der kleinere Posten. Der größere Posten ist reine Verwaltung, und er fällt pro Land erneut an, unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert ankommen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege. Ich schildere das nicht als Befürchtung, sondern als bereits getroffene Entscheidung. Im August 2026 habe ich durchgerechnet, in welchen Mitgliedstaaten sich Registrierung und Bevollmächtigter tragen. Ergebnis: In sechs EU-Staaten liefere ich weiter, aus zwanzig ziehe ich mich zurück, sie sind in den Versandeinstellungen meiner Verkaufskanäle als Lieferland ausgeschlossen. Betroffen sind rund 0,2 Prozent meines Umsatzes und zugleich rund zwanzig Märkte. Ein Beispiel: In Schweden habe ich in einem Jahr für etwa 1.500 Euro verkauft; allein die dortige Systemgebühr liegt bei rund 227 Euro, der Bevollmächtigte käme obendrauf. Es gibt keine Rechnung, die das trägt. Für die Umwelt ändert das nichts. Die Sendungen werden nicht sparsamer verpackt, sie werden schlicht nicht mehr verschickt. Was sich ändert, ist die Auswahl für die Kundin in Malmö und die Frage, wer den europäischen Markt künftig beliefert. Hinzu kommt, dass die Sanktion in der Praxis nicht von einer Behörde kommt, sondern vom Marktplatz: Die Plattformen prüfen die nationale Registernummer und sperren das Angebot, wenn sie fehlt. Die Pflicht wirkt damit sofort und ohne Ermessensspielraum, lange bevor eine Aufsichtsbehörde überhaupt tätig würde. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens: Kleinstunternehmen von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausnehmen. Sinnvoll wären die bekannten Schwellenwerte für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzen überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter zu bestellen ist. Diese Grenze sollte an der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmasse ansetzen, nicht am Umsatz, denn die Verpackungsmasse ist der eigentliche Regelungsgegenstand. Wer unterhalb der Grenze bleibt, sollte den nationalen Beitrag weiterhin leisten, nur eben ohne den doppelt so teuren Verwaltungsüberbau. Zweitens: eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt gebündelter Einzelverträge. Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits; Händler schließen dafür aber nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der verkauften Menge. Der Dienstleister bündelt die Rechnung, nicht die Kosten. Notwendig ist eine zentrale Anlaufstelle, über die Reg", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to comment on one point of the planned implementation, which will determine for companies of my size whether the European single market remains usable in practice: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each target country. To categorise the order of magnitude. I am dispatched from a single camp in Germany, excluding foreign camps. Of around 42.000 orders in 12 months, 89 % go to Germany and 5 % to Austria; the rest is distributed as a thin tail across the other Member States. After France, my largest other market, in 2025 it was exactly 360 orders with 440 sales units, mostly letters with a few grams of paper and foil. The cost of doing so. The ecologically justified part, the national packaging contribution, was EUR 75. It does not even depend on my quantity, but is the minimum contribution; my actual packaging mass is below. An authorised representative costs approximately EUR 270 to EUR 500 per country per year, based on the market prices of the relevant service providers. The obligation that serves the environmental objective is therefore the smaller item. The larger post is purely administrative and comes back to each country, regardless of whether it receives five packages or five hundred. For ten or twenty target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels. I do not describe this as fear, but as a decision that has already been taken. In August 2026, I went through the Member States in which the registration and authorised representative are located. Outcome: I continue to supply in six EU countries, I withdraw from twenty, and they are excluded from the shipping settings of my sales channels as a supplier country. This affects around 0.2 % of my turnover and, at the same time, around twenty markets. To illustrate: In Sweden, I sold around EUR 1500 in one year; the system fee there alone is around EUR 227; the authorised representative would be at the top of the scale. There is no account to be taken of this. This does not change anything for the environment. The packages are not packed more sparingly; they are simply not sent anymore. What changes is the choice for the customer in Malmö and who will supply the European market in the future. In addition, in practice, the penalty does not come from a public authority, but from the marketplace: Platforms check the national registration number and block the offer if it is missing. The obligation therefore takes effect immediately and without any discretion, long before a supervisory authority would act at all. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First: Exempt micro-enterprises from the obligation of an authorised representative. The known thresholds for staff headcount and turnover would be useful. For companies that cross these borders but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should be used as a fall-back solution, below which no separate authorised representative is to be appointed. This limit should be based on the packaging mass placed on the market, not on turnover, as the packaging mass is the actual subject matter of the regulation. Those who remain below the threshold should continue to make the national contribution, only without the double-cost administrative overburden. Secondly: a real one-stop-shop solution instead of bundled specific contracts. The mere possibility of contracting central service providers is not sufficient in practice. This bundling already exists; However, traders still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the volume sold. The service provider bundles the invoice, not the costs. There is a need for a one-stop shop through which", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563596_en"}, {"id": 33563595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 08:48:32", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pyro Games ", "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of a UK micro-business that has previously sold products to customers throughout the European Union. I fully support the environmental aims of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. We already make considerable efforts to minimise our packaging, using appropriately sized cardboard boxes and paper packing materials, and despite 95% of our product packaging being compliant already, we have replaced our previous cellophane packaging around our affected products with a biodegradable alternative, meaning we are ready to ship to Europe right now. However, the way the new regulations affect very small businesses selling cross-border has put businesses like ours in an extremely difficult position. At present, we are faced with three choices, all of which carry potentially serious consequences. We can pay registration, licensing and other compliance costs across the EU before there is sufficient clarity about exactly what will ultimately be required of micro-businesses. For a large organisation these costs may be relatively insignificant; for a micro-business, they are not. If we spend potentially thousands of euros complying with requirements that are subsequently changed, simplified or exempted for micro-businesses, that money cannot simply be absorbed. It could cause genuine financial hardship. Alternatively, we can stop selling to EU customers while we wait for clarity. This is what we have reluctantly chosen to do. As a result, we are already turning away customers who actively want to purchase from us and losing revenue that is significant to a business of our size. Our EU customers also lose access to products they previously purchased from us. The third option is to continue trading without certainty that we are fully compliant, potentially exposing our small business to enforcement action or fines. That is simply not a risk we can responsibly take. This leaves micro-businesses being asked to choose between spending money they may not need to spend, losing valuable international trade, or risking penalties for non-compliance. None of these is a reasonable position for a very small business to be placed in. What makes this particularly frustrating is that our issue is not an unwillingness to improve our packaging. We are already doing that. The barrier to EU trade is increasingly the administrative and financial burden associated with complying separately across different Member States. The proportional impact also needs to be considered. A micro-business sending a relatively small number of carefully packaged parcels into a Member State faces administrative obligations that can make selling there commercially unviable. The cost of compliance can easily exceed the profit generated from sales to that country. The EU should not have to choose between achieving its environmental objectives and allowing micro-businesses to participate in the Single Market. Proportionate thresholds, simplified EU-wide registration, exemptions or significantly reduced requirements for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers could protect both. We urgently need clear, definitive and proportionate rules for micro-businesses. Until those rules are available, businesses like ours are being forced to withdraw from the EU market simply because we cannot afford to gamble our limited resources on an uncertain regulatory position. That cannot be the intended outcome of legislation designed to create a more sustainable and better-functioning European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of a UK micro-business that has previously sold products to customers throughout the European Union. I fully support the environmental aims of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. We already make considerable efforts to minimise our packaging, using appropriately sized cardboard boxes and paper packing materials, and despite 95% of our product packaging being compliant already, we have replaced our previous cellophane packaging around our affected products with a biodegradable alternative, meaning we are ready to ship to Europe right now. However, the way the new regulations affect very small businesses selling cross-border has put businesses like ours in an extremely difficult position. At present, we are faced with three choices, all of which carry potentially serious consequences. We can pay registration, licensing and other compliance costs across the EU before there is sufficient clarity about exactly what will ultimately be required of micro-businesses. For a large organisation these costs may be relatively insignificant; for a micro-business, they are not. If we spend potentially thousands of euros complying with requirements that are subsequently changed, simplified or exempted for micro-businesses, that money cannot simply be absorbed. It could cause genuine financial hardship. Alternatively, we can stop selling to EU customers while we wait for clarity. This is what we have reluctantly chosen to do. As a result, we are already turning away customers who actively want to purchase from us and losing revenue that is significant to a business of our size. Our EU customers also lose access to products they previously purchased from us. The third option is to continue trading without certainty that we are fully compliant, potentially exposing our small business to enforcement action or fines. That is simply not a risk we can responsibly take. This leaves micro-businesses being asked to choose between spending money they may not need to spend, losing valuable international trade, or risking penalties for non-compliance. None of these is a reasonable position for a very small business to be placed in. What makes this particularly frustrating is that our issue is not an unwillingness to improve our packaging. We are already doing that. The barrier to EU trade is increasingly the administrative and financial burden associated with complying separately across different Member States. The proportional impact also needs to be considered. A micro-business sending a relatively small number of carefully packaged parcels into a Member State faces administrative obligations that can make selling there commercially unviable. The cost of compliance can easily exceed the profit generated from sales to that country. The EU should not have to choose between achieving its environmental objectives and allowing micro-businesses to participate in the Single Market. Proportionate thresholds, simplified EU-wide registration, exemptions or significantly reduced requirements for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers could protect both. We urgently need clear, definitive and proportionate rules for micro-businesses. Until those rules are available, businesses like ours are being forced to withdraw from the EU market simply because we cannot afford to gamble our limited resources on an uncertain regulatory position. That cannot be the intended outcome of legislation designed to create a more sustainable and better-functioning European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563595_en"}, {"id": 33563590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 08:09:18", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Liquid Disco", "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Parliament, I am writing about the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules coming into effect on 12 August. I fully understand the goal: reducing unnecessary packaging and improving recycling. My concern is the disproportionate burden these rules place on very small businesses. I run Liquid Disco, a one-person creative business that is both my dream and my only source of income. In some European countries, I may sell only one or two products per year. Yet to continue selling across Europe, I may face separate registrations, fees, waste-management schemes, reporting requirements and, in some countries, the need for a local representative. For a multinational company, these costs can be absorbed by legal and compliance departments. For a one-person business, they can make selling into an entire country economically impossible. I strongly believe EPR rules should take the **scale and volume of a business into account**. A company sending millions of packages should not face the same administrative burden as a small business sending one or two. Europe needs regulation, but it also needs room for small, creative and innovative entrepreneurs to grow. I hope the European Parliament will consider proportionality and meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-businesses. This is not an abstract issue for me. Liquid Disco is my livelihood, and I would be devastated if I had to stop serving parts of Europe simply because compliance became financially and administratively unmanageable. I am a strong supporter of the European project and of what Europe stands for. I hope you will take this concern seriously. Thank you for your time and for your work. Kind regards, Ellen", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Parliament, I am writing about the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules coming into effect on 12 August. I fully understand the goal: reducing unnecessary packaging and improving recycling. My concern is the disproportionate burden these rules place on very small businesses. I run Liquid Disco, a one-person creative business that is both my dream and my only source of income. In some European countries, I may sell only one or two products per year. Yet to continue selling across Europe, I may face separate registrations, fees, waste-management schemes, reporting requirements and, in some countries, the need for a local representative. For a multinational company, these costs can be absorbed by legal and compliance departments. For a one-person business, they can make selling into an entire country economically impossible. I strongly believe EPR rules should take the **scale and volume of a business into account**. A company sending millions of packages should not face the same administrative burden as a small business sending one or two. Europe needs regulation, but it also needs room for small, creative and innovative entrepreneurs to grow. I hope the European Parliament will consider proportionality and meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-businesses. This is not an abstract issue for me. Liquid Disco is my livelihood, and I would be devastated if I had to stop serving parts of Europe simply because compliance became financially and administratively unmanageable. I am a strong supporter of the European project and of what Europe stands for. I hope you will take this concern seriously. Thank you for your time and for your work. Kind regards, Ellen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563590_en"}, {"id": 33563424, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 07:55:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "deli4you GmbH", "feedback": "Als kleiner Onlinehändler vertreibe ich meine Produkte auch in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Pflicht, für jedes einzelne Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, verursacht erhebliche laufende Kosten und zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand. Gerade in umsatzschwächeren Ländern stehen diese Kosten in keinem vertretbaren Verhältnis zu den dort erzielten Erlösen. Die Folge ist, dass ich meine grenzüberschreitenden Aktivitäten deutlich reduzieren oder den Verkauf in einzelne EU-Länder vollständig einstellen muss. Das Geschäft kleiner Händler wird durch diese Regelung faktisch abgewürgt, während große Unternehmen die zusätzlichen Kosten leichter tragen können. Ich unterstütze daher ausdrücklich die Abschaffung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für innerhalb der EU ansässige Unternehmen. Alternativ wäre zumindest eine echte, umsatzabhängige Bagatellgrenze sowie eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung erforderlich. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte kleinen Händlern den grenzüberschreitenden Handel ermöglichen und ihn nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten verhindern.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small online trader, I also sell my products in several EU Member States. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for each country generates significant running costs and additional administrative burden. Especially in lower-turnover countries, these costs are disproportionate to the revenues generated there. As a result, I have to significantly reduce my cross-border activities or completely stop selling to individual EU countries. The scheme effectively stifles the business of small traders, while large companies can more easily bear the additional costs. I therefore expressly support the abolition of the requirement for authorised representatives for companies established in the EU. Alternatively, at least a genuine turnover-based de minimis threshold and centralised EU-wide registration would be required. The European single market should allow small traders to trade cross-border and not prevent it by imposing disproportionate fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563424_en"}, {"id": 33563299, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 07:52:12", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an amazing project if you want to destroy most of the small businesses that send things to you customers. The idea to make everyone pay up to a few thousands euros in advance to be able to send any packages to Europe is truly impressive in its insanity. Small businesses are the backbone of the communities, but a lot of incredibly damaging laws has been passed in different European countries and this one is one of the worst. If you need money, tax the rich and huge corporations, change those laws. Truly shameful.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an amazing project if you want to destroy most of the small businesses that send things to you customers. The idea to make everyone pay up to a few thousands euros in advance to be able to send any packages to Europe is truly impressive in its insanity. Small businesses are the backbone of the communities, but a lot of incredibly damaging laws has been passed in different European countries and this one is one of the worst. If you need money, tax the rich and huge corporations, change those laws. Truly shameful.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563299_en"}, {"id": 33563195, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 07:46:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "CAPRICORN COMPOSITE GMBH", "feedback": "Als mittelständischer Industriezulieferer beschäftigen wir uns bereits intensiv mit der praktischen Umsetzung der PPWR und dem Aufbau entsprechender Verpackungsdaten. Dabei zeigt sich insbesondere bei der Abgrenzung der Verantwortlichkeiten zwischen Hersteller und EPR-Produzent, bei der Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Verpackungsvarianten sowie bei national unterschiedlichen Registrierungs- und Meldeanforderungen erheblicher Klärungsbedarf. Aus unserer Sicht sollten die zukünftigen Herstellerregister EU-weit einheitlich aufgebaut sein und dem Grundsatz einmal erfassen europaweit verwenden folgen. Unterschiedliche nationale Datenformate, zusätzliche Verpackungs-IDs oder separate Datensätze für geringfügige Verpackungsvarianten würden insbesondere für mittelständische Unternehmen einen erheblichen Verwaltungsaufwand verursachen, ohne einen entsprechenden ökologischen Mehrwert zu schaffen. Darüber hinaus sollten praktikable Toleranzen, Durchschnittswerte und Bagatellregelungen für sehr leichte Verpackungsbestandteile vorgesehen werden. Unternehmen benötigen außerdem eindeutige rechtliche und technische Vorgaben, bevor umfangreiche IT-, Dokumentations- und Kennzeichnungssysteme aufgebaut werden müssen. Unsere ausführliche Stellungnahme mit konkreten Beispielen und Vorschlägen aus der industriellen Praxis haben wir als Anlage beigefügt.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a medium-sized industrial supplier, we are already working intensively on the practical implementation of the PPWR and the development of corresponding packaging data. In particular, the division of responsibilities between the manufacturer and the EPR producer, the multiplicity of different packaging variants and nationally differing registration and reporting requirements require considerable clarification. In our view, the future registers of producers should have a uniform structure throughout the EU and apply the principle once across Europe. Different national data formats, additional packaging IDs or separate datasets for minor packaging variants would create a significant administrative burden, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises, without creating corresponding environmental added value. In addition, workable tolerances, averages and de minimis rules for very lightweight packaging components should be provided for. Businesses also need clear legal and technical requirements before extensive IT, documentation and labelling systems need to be put in place. We enclose our detailed opinion with concrete examples and proposals from industrial practice.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563195_en"}, {"id": 33563161, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 05:35:04", "country": "LVA", "language": "LV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kreps SIA", "feedback": "Es saprotu, ka Eiropai ir par maz naudas, lai uzturētu bēgļus, Ukrainas karu un citus mēslus, bet šis jau ir par traku. Esmu PVN maksātājs un godīgi nomaksāju visus nodokļus, bet šis jau ir par traku! Es kā mazais uzņēmējs, gadā apgrozu līdz 20000 un nevaru atļauties maksāt šo izspiešanas nodevu. Arī cenu pacelšana, lai nosegtu šo robu, nav variants, jo cilvēki vienkārši nepirks manas preces par tādu naudu. Gan jau jūs paši arī saprotat, ka T krekls par 60 nebūs objektīvi un neviens to nepirks. 12. septembrī pārtraukšu piegādes uz Vāciju, un tā notiks arī ar pārējām valstīm, kur tiks pieņemts šis likums. Gan jau es neesmu vienīgais mazais uzņēmums, ko iznīcināsiet! Varējāt kaut vai uzlikt kādu simbolisku procentu par katru iepakojumu, nevis kosmisku nodevu simtos un tūkstošos. Bija prieks sadarboties - sapņu zeme Eiropa! Joprojām ceru, ka nāksiet pie prāta un atcelsiet šo likumu! Būsim godīgi, pat samaksājot tūkstoš eiro nodevā, es kā pārdevējs, nevaru ietekmēt to, ka klients to iepakojumu pareizi utilizēs un tas nenonāks dabā, radot piesārņojumu!", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand that Europe has not enough money to support refugees, the war in Ukraine and other fertilisers, but this is already too bad. I am a taxable person for VAT and I pay all taxes fairly, but this is already too much! As a small businessman, I turn up to 20000 a year and cannot afford to pay this squeeze-out fee. Raising prices to cover this gap is also not an option, as people will simply not buy my goods for this money. But you also understand that the T-shirt of 60 will not be objective and will not be bought by anyone. On 12 September, I will stop deliveries to Germany, and this will also happen with the other countries where the law will be adopted. But I am not the only small business to destroy! You could even impose a symbolic percentage on each package rather than a space fee in hundreds and thousands. It was a pleasure to work together – a land of dreams for Europe! I still hope you will come to your mind and repeal this law! Let’s be honest, even when I pay a fee of one thousand euros, as a seller, I cannot influence the fact that the customer will dispose of their packaging correctly and that it will not end up in nature, causing pollution!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563161_en"}, {"id": 33563160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 05:32:38", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "None", "feedback": "I am the owner of a U.S.-based micro-business producing handmade jewelry, and I am writing as a directly affected small business owner. I support the European Unions objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting greater environmental responsibility. However, I am concerned that the proposed framework for national producer registers could create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses, particularly businesses established outside the EU that make occasional, low-volume sales to EU consumers. Under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, producers may be required to register in each Member State where they first make packaging or packaged products available. For a large international company operating at substantial volume, the fixed costs associated with registration, reporting and compliance can be distributed across millions of transactions. For a micro-business selling a small number of individually packaged handmade products, the same requirements can become disproportionate to both the volume of packaging involved and the economic value of the sales. For businesses established outside the EU, the burden may be further increased by additional requirements concerning authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility, as well as country-specific reporting and compliance obligations. This is not simply a question of fees. The cumulative burden can include registration, record keeping, reporting packaging quantities by weight, understanding different national systems, maintaining compliance, and potentially obtaining representation in individual Member States. There is also a potential market-access consequence. If compliance becomes too complex or expensive for micro-businesses, many may simply stop selling to EU customers. Large international companies and major online marketplaces are much better positioned to absorb fixed regulatory costs and administrative requirements. The result could unintentionally disadvantage independent artisans and micro-enterprises while strengthening the relative position of the largest commercial platforms. I therefore respectfully ask the Commission to consider the following safeguards during implementation: -Establish a meaningful de minimis threshold based on packaging volume, sales volume, or another appropriate measure, below which micro-businesses would have substantially simplified obligations or an exemption from registration. -Establish a single EU-wide registration mechanism for low-volume businesses, rather than requiring potentially multiple national registrations. -Ensure that fees and compliance costs are proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the EU market, with minimal fixed costs for very small businesses. -Provide a genuinely simplified compliance pathway for occasional and low-volume sellers, including businesses established outside the EU. -Ensure that implementation does not unintentionally create a competitive disadvantage for independent micro-businesses compared with large international companies. The European Union has rightly recognized the importance of minimizing unnecessary administrative burdens for smaller businesses. I respectfully ask that this principle be reflected in the practical operation of the producer-registration system. Environmental responsibility and support for small businesses do not have to be competing objectives. A proportionate, simple and affordable system could achieve both. A micro-business sending a small number of individually packaged handmade products to EU consumers should not be subject to a compliance structure designed around the realities of large-scale commercial distribution. I respectfully encourage the Commission to ensure that the final framework includes a meaningful and workable solution for micro and small businesses engaging in low-volume cross-border sales.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a U.S.-based micro-business producing handmade jewelry, and I am writing as a directly affected small business owner. I support the European Unions objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting greater environmental responsibility. However, I am concerned that the proposed framework for national producer registers could create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses, particularly businesses established outside the EU that make occasional, low-volume sales to EU consumers. Under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, producers may be required to register in each Member State where they first make packaging or packaged products available. For a large international company operating at substantial volume, the fixed costs associated with registration, reporting and compliance can be distributed across millions of transactions. For a micro-business selling a small number of individually packaged handmade products, the same requirements can become disproportionate to both the volume of packaging involved and the economic value of the sales. For businesses established outside the EU, the burden may be further increased by additional requirements concerning authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility, as well as country-specific reporting and compliance obligations. This is not simply a question of fees. The cumulative burden can include registration, record keeping, reporting packaging quantities by weight, understanding different national systems, maintaining compliance, and potentially obtaining representation in individual Member States. There is also a potential market-access consequence. If compliance becomes too complex or expensive for micro-businesses, many may simply stop selling to EU customers. Large international companies and major online marketplaces are much better positioned to absorb fixed regulatory costs and administrative requirements. The result could unintentionally disadvantage independent artisans and micro-enterprises while strengthening the relative position of the largest commercial platforms. I therefore respectfully ask the Commission to consider the following safeguards during implementation: -Establish a meaningful de minimis threshold based on packaging volume, sales volume, or another appropriate measure, below which micro-businesses would have substantially simplified obligations or an exemption from registration. -Establish a single EU-wide registration mechanism for low-volume businesses, rather than requiring potentially multiple national registrations. -Ensure that fees and compliance costs are proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the EU market, with minimal fixed costs for very small businesses. -Provide a genuinely simplified compliance pathway for occasional and low-volume sellers, including businesses established outside the EU. -Ensure that implementation does not unintentionally create a competitive disadvantage for independent micro-businesses compared with large international companies. The European Union has rightly recognized the importance of minimizing unnecessary administrative burdens for smaller businesses. I respectfully ask that this principle be reflected in the practical operation of the producer-registration system. Environmental responsibility and support for small businesses do not have to be competing objectives. A proportionate, simple and affordable system could achieve both. A micro-business sending a small number of individually packaged handmade products to EU consumers should not be subject to a compliance structure designed around the realities of large-scale commercial distribution. I respectfully encourage the Commission to ensure that the final framework includes a meaningful and workable solution for micro and small businesses engaging in low-volume cross-border sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563160_en"}, {"id": 33563159, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 04:27:15", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cardboard Investments", "feedback": "While the idea behind this is good on paper, in practice this will kill every micro business shipping internationally in the EU. It is next to impossible to manage registrations for 27 separate countries as a one-man business, and it is also completely economically unfeasible if you are only shipping a small amount of parcels annually. Please consider adding exemptions for small/micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the idea behind this is good on paper, in practice this will kill every micro business shipping internationally in the EU. It is next to impossible to manage registrations for 27 separate countries as a one-man business, and it is also completely economically unfeasible if you are only shipping a small amount of parcels annually. Please consider adding exemptions for small/micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563159_en"}, {"id": 33563158, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 03:47:00", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation while having the right intentions is incredibly misguided, and also doesn't generate a proper incentive structure would result in a positive climate impact. If this legislation were to be put in place it would only further weaken the EU's economy as it would result in smaller businesses being unable to cover all of the EU members. While big markets like Germany and France will certainly be covered by small businesses. Smaller markets like post soviet bloc countries such as Romania or Bulgaria will certainly not be covered in this situation. Plenty of niche and specialized products are not available through local retailers and must be acquired through smaller EU businesses. These specialist products would become unavailable to these markets once more, as the fees and bureaucracy required to enter these smaller markets would simply not be worth it. This would result in contraband becoming a thing once more and increase euroscepticism in these regions even more, as the main benefit of joining the EU for the average person will go away as the single market gets seemingly closed once more. Furthermore it may even serve in further destabilizing the demographic makeup of these regions, as young east european EU citizens might begin yet another large immigration wave in order to benefit from the full EU benefits that are getting removed. Finally, the main aim of this legislation, which is putting a stop to the selling of cheap low quality chinese products by resellers would not be achieved via this method. Most of them do not conduct businesses via their own personal shop but rather through large retailers like Amazon, which would not be affected by these change as they are a large enough business to afford servicing all EU markets. These packages, containing low quality products that will result in even more waste will still go out and might even increase in frequency as smaller markets are forced into only purchasing products via large retailers as they are the only ones still able to afford the fees. I humbly ask the EU commission in charge of designing this legislation to please reconsider the way they wish to proceed with it. The current draft is one that would not meet any of its aims despite the new packaging laws themselves being rather sensible as the bureaucratic and monetary requirements will instantly cripple small businesses. It also does not affect the main platforms responsible for the most waste and climate impact, as their revenue base would be large enough to cover the aforementioned ludicrous requirements. In a time of climate emergency, the last thing we need is division and further disruption of our supply chains to be created while the culprits responsible for most of the damage to our climate get to continue with nothing more than a weak slap on the wrist. I would also suggest that a requirement for paper tape to be put in place, as most shops still utilize plastic tape rather than the more biodegradable variant. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation while having the right intentions is incredibly misguided, and also doesn't generate a proper incentive structure would result in a positive climate impact. If this legislation were to be put in place it would only further weaken the EU's economy as it would result in smaller businesses being unable to cover all of the EU members. While big markets like Germany and France will certainly be covered by small businesses. Smaller markets like post soviet bloc countries such as Romania or Bulgaria will certainly not be covered in this situation. Plenty of niche and specialized products are not available through local retailers and must be acquired through smaller EU businesses. These specialist products would become unavailable to these markets once more, as the fees and bureaucracy required to enter these smaller markets would simply not be worth it. This would result in contraband becoming a thing once more and increase euroscepticism in these regions even more, as the main benefit of joining the EU for the average person will go away as the single market gets seemingly closed once more. Furthermore it may even serve in further destabilizing the demographic makeup of these regions, as young east european EU citizens might begin yet another large immigration wave in order to benefit from the full EU benefits that are getting removed. Finally, the main aim of this legislation, which is putting a stop to the selling of cheap low quality chinese products by resellers would not be achieved via this method. Most of them do not conduct businesses via their own personal shop but rather through large retailers like Amazon, which would not be affected by these change as they are a large enough business to afford servicing all EU markets. These packages, containing low quality products that will result in even more waste will still go out and might even increase in frequency as smaller markets are forced into only purchasing products via large retailers as they are the only ones still able to afford the fees. I humbly ask the EU commission in charge of designing this legislation to please reconsider the way they wish to proceed with it. The current draft is one that would not meet any of its aims despite the new packaging laws themselves being rather sensible as the bureaucratic and monetary requirements will instantly cripple small businesses. It also does not affect the main platforms responsible for the most waste and climate impact, as their revenue base would be large enough to cover the aforementioned ludicrous requirements. In a time of climate emergency, the last thing we need is division and further disruption of our supply chains to be created while the culprits responsible for most of the damage to our climate get to continue with nothing more than a weak slap on the wrist. I would also suggest that a requirement for paper tape to be put in place, as most shops still utilize plastic tape rather than the more biodegradable variant. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563158_en"}, {"id": 33563157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 02:27:44", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "How on earth can small businesses continue existing? How can all businesses be charged the same, no matter their sales? You are killing thousands of small businesses. You are strengthening the monopolies of Shein and Temu. Why be in EU if there is no free trade amongst us?", "feedbackEnglish": "How on earth can small businesses continue existing? How can all businesses be charged the same, no matter their sales? You are killing thousands of small businesses. You are strengthening the monopolies of Shein and Temu. Why be in EU if there is no free trade amongst us?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563157_en"}, {"id": 33563143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 01:16:55", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I dont live in the EU, packaging laws also affect me, as both a business and a customer. I have participated in Germanys program even though I never know if I will sell anything to Germany that year. I prefer to support my fellow artists over buying mass produced goods. Sadly I have already seen several businesses I have been a customer of shut down or plan to. The prospect of paperwork and fees for 27 countries is unreasonable expectation and expense for micro businesses - this includes a large range of creative individuals, who are often the people working to preserve their local traditional craft methods and culture - artists, crafters, woodworkers, weavers, tailors, jewelers, paint and art supply makers etc. These businesses: - dont employ extra employees to handle this work. - May not know which countries they will receive orders from each year, especially when starting out, but would be expected to pay the same flat fee. - Arent buying oversized packaging waste in bulk like Amazon/Shein etc. They have to be selective about what they use to reduce supply and shipping cost; sometimes using recycled packaging. - the effects are sudden loss of income, reduced choice for customers, less free movement of goods, allowing large wasteful companies to monopolize the market. Needed: A de minimis threshold, a unified one-stop system, fair and proportional fees that dont treat every size business the same.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I dont live in the EU, packaging laws also affect me, as both a business and a customer. I have participated in Germanys program even though I never know if I will sell anything to Germany that year. I prefer to support my fellow artists over buying mass produced goods. Sadly I have already seen several businesses I have been a customer of shut down or plan to. The prospect of paperwork and fees for 27 countries is unreasonable expectation and expense for micro businesses - this includes a large range of creative individuals, who are often the people working to preserve their local traditional craft methods and culture - artists, crafters, woodworkers, weavers, tailors, jewelers, paint and art supply makers etc. These businesses: - dont employ extra employees to handle this work. - May not know which countries they will receive orders from each year, especially when starting out, but would be expected to pay the same flat fee. - Arent buying oversized packaging waste in bulk like Amazon/Shein etc. They have to be selective about what they use to reduce supply and shipping cost; sometimes using recycled packaging. - the effects are sudden loss of income, reduced choice for customers, less free movement of goods, allowing large wasteful companies to monopolize the market. Needed: A de minimis threshold, a unified one-stop system, fair and proportional fees that dont treat every size business the same.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563143_en"}, {"id": 33563142, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 01:05:42", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Thanks to PPWR, many small EU stores where I shopped have been forced to stop shipping to my country. This means that instead of buying products from the EU, I'll be forced to buy equivalents from the US or China. This is devastating for small businesses in the EU and makes no economic sense for the entire European Union. Small businesses must be exempted immediately from this regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Thanks to PPWR, many small EU stores where I shopped have been forced to stop shipping to my country. This means that instead of buying products from the EU, I'll be forced to buy equivalents from the US or China. This is devastating for small businesses in the EU and makes no economic sense for the entire European Union. Small businesses must be exempted immediately from this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563142_en"}, {"id": 33563141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/17 00:59:37", "country": "DNK", "language": "DA", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jeg er selvstændig kunstner der lever af min kunst og er bosat og opvokset i Danmark. Jeg vil gerne meget stærkt bede EU genoverveje denne lov og ordenligt se på hvordan den har en alt for stor negativ effekt på mindre erhvervsdrivende som mig og andre bosat i EU. Jeg (som mange andre) er kun én person som driver min forretning. Vi er afhængige af at kunne sende vores varer rundt i EU til private og firmaer. EU burde være et frit marked, men denne nye lovgivning gør det utroligt svært for os at kunne blive ved med at drive vores forretninger og ikke være tvunget til at lukke ned. Det gør det ikke til et frit marked længere, men nærmere et \"pay to win\" marked som kun gigantiske firmaer såsom Amazon nemt kan betale sig igennem, mens resten af os mindre erhvervsdrivende bliver tvunget ud pga. manglende midler til at tilpasse os de nye reguleringer. Der er allerede meget papir arbejde og skatteregler vi skal overholde i forbindelse med at sende varer i EU, denne nye lovgivning sætter kun endnu mere pres på os selvstændige som ikke har bemandingen eller pengene til at hyre mænd nok til at holde styr på det hele. Oveni det, er ene erhvervsdrivende som mig selv og mange andre jeg kender tvunget til at skulle registrere os i adskillige lande for at kunne sende varer, og oveni det betale større afgifter ÅRLIGT for at beholde vores registrering, det løber utroligt hurtigt op i urimelige omkostninger som ingen af os ville kunne komme til at have råd til. Vi bliver simpelthen skubbet ud af markedet fordi vi ikke har op til 300 (eller mere) euro PER LAND i EU så vi stadig kan sende varer rundt. Jeg ser allerede utallige små erhvervsdrivende som har været nødsaget helt at lukke af for salg i alle EU lande undtaget deres eget, det er helt forfærdeligt at folk er blevet tvunget til det, og det bliver kun værre! Til sidst vil der kun være større firmaer tilbage, og ingen af os andre vil kunne køre forretning på den her måde. Jeg synes det er meget skuffende at mindre erhvervsdrivende er blevet fuldstændig glemt og fejet under tæppet med den her lovpakke. Jeg synes det er godt og gøre noget for klimaet, men det skal ikke ske på bekostning af de små som ikke engang udgør 1% af hvor meget de store firmaer totalt ødelægger vores klima. Det er dem der burde tages stærkest fat i og have langt strammere reguleringer, ikke os små. Jeg beder jer inderligt og ændre på denne lov og give mindre virksomheder og selvstændige erhvervsdrivende en undtagelse til at registrere os i hvert land og skulle have en repræsentant i hvert land også, indtil man når over en større grænse (hvor man faktisk matcher op med langt større firmaer og ikke er mindre længere) så vi ikke bliver skubbet ud af markedet og vores forretninger bliver tvunget til at lukke ned.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed artist living from my art, living and raised in Denmark. I would very strongly ask the EU to reconsider this law and properly look at how it has an excessively negative impact on small businesses like me and others living in the EU. I (like many others) are only one person doing my business. We depend on being able to send our goods across the EU to individuals and companies. The EU should be a free market, but this new legislation makes it extremely difficult for us to keep doing our business and not to be forced to shut down. This does not make it a free market anymore, but rather a ‘pay to win’ market, which only giant firms such as Amazon can easily pay off, while the rest of us smaller traders are forced out due to a lack of means to adapt to the new regulations. There is already a lot of paper work and tax rules we have to comply with when shipping goods in the EU, this new legislation puts even more pressure on us self-employed who do not have the staff or the money to hire men enough to keep track of everything. On top of that, one trader like myself and many others I know is forced to register in several countries in order to send goods and, on top of this, pay higher taxes YEARS to keep our registration, it incurs incredibly high costs that none of us would be able to afford. We are simply pushed out of the market because we don’t have up to EUR 300 (or more) PER COUNTRY in the EU so we can still send goods around. I already see countless small traders who have had to shut down sales completely in all EU countries except their own, it is terrible that people have been forced to do so, and it is only getting worse! In the end, only bigger firms will remain and none of us will be able to do business in this way. I find it very disappointing that smaller traders have been completely forgotten and celebrated during the carpet of this legislative package. I think it is good and do something for the climate, but it should not come at the expense of the small ones, who do not even represent 1 % of how much big firms totally destroy our climate. These are the ones that should be most strongly addressed and have much tighter regulations, not small ones. I warmly ask you to change this law and give small businesses and self-employed an exception to register in each country, and should have a representative in each country also until you reach a larger border (where you actually match up with much larger firms and are no longer smaller) so that we are not pushed out of the market and our businesses are forced to close down.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563141_en"}, {"id": 33563139, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 23:28:38", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Zaliwa", "feedback": "While I wholeheartedly agree with the overarching purpose of the initiative - plastic waste is a curse and should be eliminated - the process around this is completely unworkable for micro and small businesses. I do think micro and small businesses should look to use sustainable and minimal packaging but the true culprits in the waste creation problem are large companies such as coca cola not one person micro businesses. To avoid stifling these businesses it is imperative that the EU removes the necessity for these companies to register and certainly for them to register in every single EU state where they send parcels. Without this amendment new businesses will not look to ship to EU countries. It will be too expensive and time consuming. This is the situation - as the founder of a start up - I find myself in. I had hoped to ship my (goods made of entirely recycled material!) to a global market but I now think I cannot afford nor can I manage the logistics of shipping to any EU markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I wholeheartedly agree with the overarching purpose of the initiative - plastic waste is a curse and should be eliminated - the process around this is completely unworkable for micro and small businesses. I do think micro and small businesses should look to use sustainable and minimal packaging but the true culprits in the waste creation problem are large companies such as coca cola not one person micro businesses. To avoid stifling these businesses it is imperative that the EU removes the necessity for these companies to register and certainly for them to register in every single EU state where they send parcels. Without this amendment new businesses will not look to ship to EU countries. It will be too expensive and time consuming. This is the situation - as the founder of a start up - I find myself in. I had hoped to ship my (goods made of entirely recycled material!) to a global market but I now think I cannot afford nor can I manage the logistics of shipping to any EU markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563139_en"}, {"id": 33563137, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 23:25:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich habe einen kleinen LEGO online laden. ich verkaufe Einzelteile , damit Andere ihre alten Lego Sets vervollständigen können. Oft sind es nur 3 bis 4 teile, die fehlen um das Lego aus der Kindheit wieder zusammen zu haben. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich. Wie soll man das Stämmen können? die Kosten stehen doch in keinem Verhältnis zum Umsatz? Auch wenn mein Shop nicht der Wichtigste der Welt ist, für mich und meine Kunden (auch in der EU) ist er wichtig. ich dachte immer in der EU heißt es zusammenhalten und nicht den Reichen noch mehr Reichtum. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Viertens sollten sie den wieder gebrauch von bereits verwendeten Versandmaterialien irgendwie möglich machen, denn das liegt doch ganz in ihrem Sinne?! Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Wie haben sie sich das überhaupt vorgestellt? Muss ich jetzt Kartons kaufen mir Lizenz für Deutschland und ohne Lizenz für die EU? und wenn dann auch noch die Sache mit der Luft im Karton dazukommen soll, wie viele Kartons soll man den bevorraten? Und wenn ich kaum Luft drin haben soll und darum keine Standard Kartons benutzen kann, muss ich welche speziell machen lassen und bin dann gezwungen die Rolle des Herstellers zu übernehme. Und wie wollen sie das EU Recht den durchsetzen gegen Händler im nicht EU Ausland? das klingt alles ganz schön ungerecht, und man fragt sich doch wer sich diesen Wirrwarr ausgedacht hat. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Eva von Evebrixx", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have loaded a small LEGO online. I sell individual parts so that others can complete their old Lego sets. There are often only 3 to 4 people who are missing to reunite the lego from childhood. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly modifies this invoice. How can tribes be used? Does the cost bear no relation to turnover? Although my shop is not the most important in the world, it is important for me and my customers (including in the EU), and I always thought it was in the EU that it was standing together, not the rich. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Fourthly, they should make the re-use of already used shipping materials possible in some way, because that is in their own interest?! Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. How did they even imagine this? Do I now have to buy cartons for Germany and without a licence for the EU? If so, how many cartons should I stock with the air in the carton? And if I have little air and therefore cannot use standard cartons, I have to make them special and then have to take over the role of manufacturer. And how do they want EU law to be enforced against traders in non-EU countries? This sounds all very unjust, and one wonders who has thought of this economic shock. (Complimentary close) Eva von Evebrixx", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563137_en"}, {"id": 33563136, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:55:29", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The requirement to pay for an authorized representative in every single Member State is killing microbusinesses, hobby traders, and crafters who reach their customers online and through major e-commerce platforms. This creates absurd bureaucracy and unmanageable costs, forcing small sellers to pay hundreds of euros in fees per country even if they only send a few packages worth a few dozen euros there per year. It would be logical to exempt small traders, artisans, and micro-enterprises from having to appoint such representatives altogether. Ideally, a One-Stop Shop (OSS) system should be introduced, or a mandatory registration threshold based on order volume in each country. Right now, the most urgent priority is to halt the obligation to pay for authorized representatives before it is too late. This is severely damaging the Digital Single Market, as many small and medium-sized enterprises will simply refuse to register in countries with a relatively small customer base. Ultimately, smaller EU Member States will suffer the most, as their citizens face reduced product choice and fewer options to buy online from other EU Member States.", "feedbackEnglish": "The requirement to pay for an authorized representative in every single Member State is killing microbusinesses, hobby traders, and crafters who reach their customers online and through major e-commerce platforms. This creates absurd bureaucracy and unmanageable costs, forcing small sellers to pay hundreds of euros in fees per country even if they only send a few packages worth a few dozen euros there per year. It would be logical to exempt small traders, artisans, and micro-enterprises from having to appoint such representatives altogether. Ideally, a One-Stop Shop (OSS) system should be introduced, or a mandatory registration threshold based on order volume in each country. Right now, the most urgent priority is to halt the obligation to pay for authorized representatives before it is too late. This is severely damaging the Digital Single Market, as many small and medium-sized enterprises will simply refuse to register in countries with a relatively small customer base. Ultimately, smaller EU Member States will suffer the most, as their citizens face reduced product choice and fewer options to buy online from other EU Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563136_en"}, {"id": 33563135, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:36:53", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am submitting my feedback as a freelance artist/craftsperson based in Spain, selling both B2C and B2B throughout the EU market. Like most micro-businesses, especially those related to handmade crafts, I invest a lot of time and a sizable amount of my revenue into sourcing reused, reusable, recycled & recyclable packaging materials. This is to say that the importance of waste management and sustainability is obvious to me, as is the need for EU wide regulations in order to reach environmental targets as a community.I do however want to express my opposition to some of the rules that will disproportionately negatively impact micro businesses such as mine. We often sell minimal amounts of items to individual countries, and shipping 2 orders a year with a packaging material weight of less than 100g in total and a revenue of 50 could now result in the need of paying not only a recycling fee, but also several hundred euros for a local authorized representative in said country. This places a disproportionate administrative and economic burden on micro-enterprises such as mine, it will make intra-EU sales unviable for us and lead to even more monopolized and homogeneous markets in favor of large corporations, instead of fostering diverse and resilient ones. At this point the cost and complexity of compliance exceeds the value of our sales and, in short, make it unachievable. I call on the EU to establish meaningful exemptions, simplified rules & practical solutions for micro businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers. This means implementing: (1) an EU-wide minimum threshold (either revenue or shipping volume) below which businesses are exempt from registration and EPR fees, as well as reporting (2) fees that are proportional to the packaging placed on local markets (3) a simplified & centralised registration & reporting & payment system similar to the OSS", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting my feedback as a freelance artist/craftsperson based in Spain, selling both B2C and B2B throughout the EU market. Like most micro-businesses, especially those related to handmade crafts, I invest a lot of time and a sizable amount of my revenue into sourcing reused, reusable, recycled & recyclable packaging materials. This is to say that the importance of waste management and sustainability is obvious to me, as is the need for EU wide regulations in order to reach environmental targets as a community.I do however want to express my opposition to some of the rules that will disproportionately negatively impact micro businesses such as mine. We often sell minimal amounts of items to individual countries, and shipping 2 orders a year with a packaging material weight of less than 100g in total and a revenue of 50 could now result in the need of paying not only a recycling fee, but also several hundred euros for a local authorized representative in said country. This places a disproportionate administrative and economic burden on micro-enterprises such as mine, it will make intra-EU sales unviable for us and lead to even more monopolized and homogeneous markets in favor of large corporations, instead of fostering diverse and resilient ones. At this point the cost and complexity of compliance exceeds the value of our sales and, in short, make it unachievable. I call on the EU to establish meaningful exemptions, simplified rules & practical solutions for micro businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers. This means implementing: (1) an EU-wide minimum threshold (either revenue or shipping volume) below which businesses are exempt from registration and EPR fees, as well as reporting (2) fees that are proportional to the packaging placed on local markets (3) a simplified & centralised registration & reporting & payment system similar to the OSS", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563135_en"}, {"id": 33563134, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:28:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Driessen Music", "feedback": "Die Ziele der EU-Verpackungsverordnung, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Ressourcen zu schonen und die Wiederverwendung von Verpackungen zu fördern, sind ausdrücklich zu begrüßen. Die derzeit vorgesehene Umsetzung halte ich für Kleinst- und Ein-Personen-Unternehmen jedoch für unverhältnismäßig, praxisfern und in dieser Form kaum zumutbar. Kleinstunternehmen verfügen weder über eigene Rechtsabteilungen noch über Personal, das sich mit Registrierungen, Meldungen und Dokumentationspflichten beschäftigen kann. Besonders beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU entsteht ein erheblicher Aufwand, wenn unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Systeme und Gebühren der einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten berücksichtigt werden müssen. Dieser Aufwand steht bei Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Versandmengen in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Besonders widersprüchlich erscheint dies bei Reparatur- und Servicebetrieben, die vorhandene Verpackungen überwiegend wiederverwenden. Wenn beispielsweise ein Kundengerät in einem vorhandenen Karton zur Reparatur eingesendet und anschließend im selben Karton zurückgeschickt wird, sollte dieses ressourcenschonende Vorgehen gefördert und nicht mit zusätzlichen administrativen Pflichten belastet werden. Es kann aus meiner Sicht nicht verhältnismäßig sein, dass ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen mit wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Sendungen grundsätzlich mit ähnlichen Registrierungs- und Verwaltungspflichten konfrontiert wird wie Unternehmen, die jährlich große Mengen neuer Verpackungen in Verkehr bringen. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung sollte deshalb dringend überarbeitet werden. Notwendig sind europaweit einheitliche und einfach umsetzbare Regelungen, angemessene Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Verpackungsmengen und deutliche Erleichterungen für Kleinstunternehmen. Insbesondere die Wiederverwendung bereits vorhandener Verpackungen sollte möglichst unbürokratisch möglich sein. Andernfalls besteht die reale Gefahr, dass kleine Unternehmen den Versand in einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen oder grenzüberschreitende Geschäfte vollständig aufgeben. Eine europäische Regelung sollte nicht dazu führen, dass gerade die kleinsten Unternehmen aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger Bürokratie vom gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Die Ziele der Verordnung sind richtig. Die derzeit vorgesehene praktische Umsetzung für Kleinstunternehmen ist es aus meiner Sicht jedoch nicht und sollte dringend korrigiert werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the EU Packaging Regulation to reduce packaging waste, conserve resources and promote the reuse of packaging are strongly welcomed. However, I consider the implementation currently envisaged to be disproportionate for micro-enterprises and one-person enterprises, impractical and unlikely to be acceptable in this form. Microenterprises do not have their own legal departments or staff that can deal with registrations, notifications and documentation obligations. Particularly in the case of cross-border shipments within the EU, a significant burden arises when different registrations, systems and fees of different Member States need to be taken into account. This burden is disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market for undertakings with very low volumes of shipments. This seems particularly contradictory in the case of repairers and service providers who mainly reuse existing packaging. For example, if a customer device is sent in an existing carton for repair and then returned in the same carton, this resource-efficient approach should be encouraged and should not be burdened with additional administrative obligations. In my view, it cannot be proportionate for a one-person undertaking with few cross-border consignments to be faced, in principle, with similar registration and administrative obligations as undertakings placing large quantities of new packaging on the market each year. The current design should therefore be urgently revised. There is a need for uniform and easy-to-implement rules across Europe, appropriate de minimis thresholds for small quantities of packaging and clear simplification for micro-enterprises. In particular, it should be possible to reuse existing packaging in the least burdensome way. Otherwise, there is a real risk of small businesses ceasing shipping to individual EU Member States or abandoning cross-border business altogether. European regulation should not lead to the exclusion of the smallest companies from the single market due to disproportionate bureaucracy. The objectives of the Regulation are correct. However, in my view, the practical implementation currently envisaged for micro-enterprises is not and should be corrected as a matter of urgency.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563134_en"}, {"id": 33563133, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:14:37", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is extremely concerning for micro and small businesses. Unlike large companies, they often do not have the financial means, staff or legal expertise needed to navigate the complex PPWR and EPR requirements, with their multiple registrations, administrative obligations and fees in different EU countries. These rules risk placing a disproportionate burden on the very small businesses that are least able to absorb it. We are already seeing some businesses stop shipping to certain EU countries, while others are seriously considering closing their online shops altogether. A regulatory system designed without sufficient consideration for micro and small businesses could ultimately push many of them out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is extremely concerning for micro and small businesses. Unlike large companies, they often do not have the financial means, staff or legal expertise needed to navigate the complex PPWR and EPR requirements, with their multiple registrations, administrative obligations and fees in different EU countries. These rules risk placing a disproportionate burden on the very small businesses that are least able to absorb it. We are already seeing some businesses stop shipping to certain EU countries, while others are seriously considering closing their online shops altogether. A regulatory system designed without sufficient consideration for micro and small businesses could ultimately push many of them out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563133_en"}, {"id": 33563131, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:07:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kind Olive Jewellery", "feedback": "I am a tiny one-woman micro business. I have been running my jewellery online store for five years in Germany. I try to minimise my impact on the environment in every possible way. I only use recyclable cardboard packaging, and very minimally too. Whilst there are already very many bureaucratic demands and laws in Germany, and it feels that everything is against a small business, it has now become disastrously worse with the implementation of the new EPR law. How can the law possibly be the same for a tiny sole trader like me who sends a few kg of only cardboard packaging into the other EU countries per year, and a large company that sends tons, and also plastic and composite materials? The idea behind the law is wonderful and necessary, but the implementation is not. Like the OSS system for VAT that the EU managed to set up, they must create a similar central system and one central representative for the whole of the EU, not for each country. The contribution to be paid must be commensurate with the business' revenue (and this means low revenues too, not the ridiculous 1,000,000 that I saw mentioned as the threshold for a micro business), the kg of packaging that is shipped, and the kind of packaging that is shipped. Does the EU stand only for big corporations?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a tiny one-woman micro business. I have been running my jewellery online store for five years in Germany. I try to minimise my impact on the environment in every possible way. I only use recyclable cardboard packaging, and very minimally too. Whilst there are already very many bureaucratic demands and laws in Germany, and it feels that everything is against a small business, it has now become disastrously worse with the implementation of the new EPR law. How can the law possibly be the same for a tiny sole trader like me who sends a few kg of only cardboard packaging into the other EU countries per year, and a large company that sends tons, and also plastic and composite materials? The idea behind the law is wonderful and necessary, but the implementation is not. Like the OSS system for VAT that the EU managed to set up, they must create a similar central system and one central representative for the whole of the EU, not for each country. The contribution to be paid must be commensurate with the business' revenue (and this means low revenues too, not the ridiculous 1,000,000 that I saw mentioned as the threshold for a micro business), the kg of packaging that is shipped, and the kind of packaging that is shipped. Does the EU stand only for big corporations?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563131_en"}, {"id": 33563130, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:05:07", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed regulation Packaging and packaging waste rules on national registers of producers is critically flawed and demonstrates a profound lack of competence from the preparing department. Instead of promoting European entrepreneurship, it actively suffocates local small businesses with unworkable bureaucratic burdens. The complex reporting requirements and non-interoperable national registries create an impossible barrier for entrepreneurs sending small volumes of orders. Shockingly, this law creates a massive disparity by favoring giant foreign corporations that generate huge carbon footprints while paying minimal taxes. These multinational conglomerates can easily absorb the compliance costs, while local European shops face financial ruin. The immediate and unrealistic IT implementation timelines completely ignore the financial realities of small domestic enterprises. EU officials must stop designing adversarial policies that crush their own citizens and domestic markets. We demand an immediate rejection of this draft and an urgent shift toward frameworks that protect European entrepreneurship.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed regulation Packaging and packaging waste rules on national registers of producers is critically flawed and demonstrates a profound lack of competence from the preparing department. Instead of promoting European entrepreneurship, it actively suffocates local small businesses with unworkable bureaucratic burdens. The complex reporting requirements and non-interoperable national registries create an impossible barrier for entrepreneurs sending small volumes of orders. Shockingly, this law creates a massive disparity by favoring giant foreign corporations that generate huge carbon footprints while paying minimal taxes. These multinational conglomerates can easily absorb the compliance costs, while local European shops face financial ruin. The immediate and unrealistic IT implementation timelines completely ignore the financial realities of small domestic enterprises. EU officials must stop designing adversarial policies that crush their own citizens and domestic markets. We demand an immediate rejection of this draft and an urgent shift toward frameworks that protect European entrepreneurship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563130_en"}, {"id": 33563128, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 22:01:41", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "InoWaldo", "feedback": "I strongly support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I am deeply concerned about the impact that the implementation of PPWR and national EPR requirements will have on micro-businesses and start-ups selling small quantities across EU borders. I am a small European start-up, and if these regulations are implemented without meaningful exemptions or simplified rules for micro-businesses, I may have no choice but to close my business. For a very small company like mine, every order matters. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to some EU countries. Requiring me to register separately, pay fees, appoint representatives, submit reports, and navigate different national compliance systems simply to send a few packages makes cross-border trade financially and administratively unsustainable. A micro-business sending 5 or 10 parcels per year to a country should not face essentially the same administrative framework as a corporation placing thousands or millions of packages on that market. I started my business with the expectation that being part of the European Union and its Single Market would allow a small company to reach customers throughout Europe. These regulations risk doing the opposite. Instead of helping small European businesses grow, they may force businesses like mine to stop selling to other EU countries. For a start-up that depends on access to customers across Europe, losing those markets can mean losing the business entirely. Large corporations can employ compliance departments, lawyers and consultants and can easily absorb registration and administrative costs. A small workshop, craft business, Etsy seller or start-up cannot. The environmental impact of a micro-business sending a few parcels per year is tiny compared with that of large producers. The regulatory burden should therefore be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I respectfully ask the European Commission to introduce a practical solution for micro-businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers, such as: * An EU-wide minimum threshold below which registration and EPR fees are not required. * A simplified, single EU registration instead of separate registrations in every Member State. * Exemptions or drastically simplified reporting for businesses sending very small quantities of packaging. * Fees that are genuinely proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. Please do not create a system where it is easier for a small European business to stop selling within Europeor to close completelythan to comply with European packaging regulations. Environmental protection is important, but it should be possible to achieve it without destroying the smallest businesses that form part of Europes economy. I want to grow my business, employ people, pay taxes and sell products made in Europe to customers across Europe. I should not have to consider closing my start-up because the administrative cost of sending a handful of parcels across EU borders has become greater than the value of the sales themselves. Please protect both the environment and Europes micro-businesses, and ensure that PPWR/EPR implementation is genuinely proportionate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I am deeply concerned about the impact that the implementation of PPWR and national EPR requirements will have on micro-businesses and start-ups selling small quantities across EU borders. I am a small European start-up, and if these regulations are implemented without meaningful exemptions or simplified rules for micro-businesses, I may have no choice but to close my business. For a very small company like mine, every order matters. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to some EU countries. Requiring me to register separately, pay fees, appoint representatives, submit reports, and navigate different national compliance systems simply to send a few packages makes cross-border trade financially and administratively unsustainable. A micro-business sending 5 or 10 parcels per year to a country should not face essentially the same administrative framework as a corporation placing thousands or millions of packages on that market. I started my business with the expectation that being part of the European Union and its Single Market would allow a small company to reach customers throughout Europe. These regulations risk doing the opposite. Instead of helping small European businesses grow, they may force businesses like mine to stop selling to other EU countries. For a start-up that depends on access to customers across Europe, losing those markets can mean losing the business entirely. Large corporations can employ compliance departments, lawyers and consultants and can easily absorb registration and administrative costs. A small workshop, craft business, Etsy seller or start-up cannot. The environmental impact of a micro-business sending a few parcels per year is tiny compared with that of large producers. The regulatory burden should therefore be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I respectfully ask the European Commission to introduce a practical solution for micro-businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers, such as: * An EU-wide minimum threshold below which registration and EPR fees are not required. * A simplified, single EU registration instead of separate registrations in every Member State. * Exemptions or drastically simplified reporting for businesses sending very small quantities of packaging. * Fees that are genuinely proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. Please do not create a system where it is easier for a small European business to stop selling within Europeor to close completelythan to comply with European packaging regulations. Environmental protection is important, but it should be possible to achieve it without destroying the smallest businesses that form part of Europes economy. I want to grow my business, employ people, pay taxes and sell products made in Europe to customers across Europe. I should not have to consider closing my start-up because the administrative cost of sending a handful of parcels across EU borders has become greater than the value of the sales themselves. Please protect both the environment and Europes micro-businesses, and ensure that PPWR/EPR implementation is genuinely proportionate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563128_en"}, {"id": 33563127, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 21:59:07", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU packaging Rules are destroying my small wood engraving micro business that I have built for 10 years. I will become unemployed. Please make an exemption for micro business like mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU packaging Rules are destroying my small wood engraving micro business that I have built for 10 years. I will become unemployed. Please make an exemption for micro business like mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563127_en"}, {"id": 33563126, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 21:55:00", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regulation 2025/40 creates barriers for small businesses by introducing a heavy bureaucratic burden on those who want to sell to other EU Member States. Registering in each Member State to which the seller ships, appointing an authorised representative in each Member State, and continuously providing packaging information might prove impossible for businesses without dedicated personnel. This regulation favours big corporations and puts small businesses at a disadvantage. It goes against the idea of the European single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulation 2025/40 creates barriers for small businesses by introducing a heavy bureaucratic burden on those who want to sell to other EU Member States. Registering in each Member State to which the seller ships, appointing an authorised representative in each Member State, and continuously providing packaging information might prove impossible for businesses without dedicated personnel. This regulation favours big corporations and puts small businesses at a disadvantage. It goes against the idea of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563126_en"}, {"id": 33563125, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 21:52:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kerstin Otto ", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr aktuell noch keine Pakete in andere EU-Länder, aufgrund der aktuell geltenden Regelungen werde ich das allerdings finanziell auch in Zukunft nicht umsetzen können. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe wie mein eigener sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I am not yet sending packages to other EU countries this year, but due to the current rules I will not be able to do so financially in the future either. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises, like myself, withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade falls on the big platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563125_en"}, {"id": 33563124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 21:47:21", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This rule only hurts small companies. the kinds that have only few individuals working in them. these businesses cant afford the costs of this decision. the companies target by this, arent affected at all. its just a cost of business for them. but the small businesses and their customers are getting hurt. this is not going to reduce waste. this is only accelerating disruption of worse products that dont meet the standards of the customers and kills small businesses. this rule is backwards and doesnt do what you hope it does.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule only hurts small companies. the kinds that have only few individuals working in them. these businesses cant afford the costs of this decision. the companies target by this, arent affected at all. its just a cost of business for them. but the small businesses and their customers are getting hurt. this is not going to reduce waste. this is only accelerating disruption of worse products that dont meet the standards of the customers and kills small businesses. this rule is backwards and doesnt do what you hope it does.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563124_en"}, {"id": 33563123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:52:54", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DOGMA", "feedback": "I represent a Portuguese micro-business that designs and manufactures dog accessories in-house and sells directly to consumers across the EU. We support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should contribute to the management of the packaging waste they generate. We already aim to minimise packaging and use responsible materials. However, the proposed approach to national producer registers is unclear and unacceptable for micro-businesses, sole traders and independent craft makers. A micro-business may receive only one or two orders from a particular Member State in an entire year and send only a few hundred grams of cardboard packaging there. Nevertheless, these occasional sales can trigger national registration, reporting, recurring fees, participation in a national EPR scheme and the appointment of an authorised representative in that country. The fixed compliance costs can easily exceed both the value of the packaging and the total revenue generated in that Member State. It is entirely disproportionate to require almost the same administrative infrastructure from an independent maker sending two parcels as from a large company placing tonnes of packaging on the market. The proposed simplified reporting for producers below 10 tonnes does not solve this problem. There is an enormous difference between a business placing a few hundred grams of packaging on a market and one approaching 10 tonnes. Both may still be required to register and maintain separate compliance arrangements in every country. Harmonising the forms of national registers is not the same as harmonising the Single Market. Twenty-seven similar national systems are still twenty-seven registrations, authorities, representatives, fee structures and administrative relationships. The likely result is not a meaningful reduction in packaging waste. Micro-businesses will simply block deliveries to countries from which they receive only occasional orders. European consumers will lose access to independent makers and specialist products, while large marketplaces and corporations will strengthen their position because they can absorb these fixed costs. The rules are also insufficiently clear for a small business trying to understand its obligations. An individual maker should be able to determine, in plain language and before accepting an order, whether a single cross-border sale creates registration, representation, payment and reporting obligations. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce: - an EU-wide de minimis exemption based on the actual weight of packaging; - home-country-only compliance for micro-enterprises and individual makers with very low cross-border volumes; - no separate authorised representative requirement for occasional sales by an EU-established micro-business; - one EU registration and reporting interface, with quantities declared by destination country; - contributions proportionate to actual packaging quantities, without disproportionate recurring minimum fees; - clear guidance addressing one-off and occasional cross-border orders. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate to actual environmental impact. A Single Market in which a micro-business cannot legally accept one or two orders from another Member State without incurring costs greater than the sales themselves is neither fair nor functional. This initiative should not be adopted in its current form without effective protections for micro-businesses, sole traders and independent craft makers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I represent a Portuguese micro-business that designs and manufactures dog accessories in-house and sells directly to consumers across the EU. We support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should contribute to the management of the packaging waste they generate. We already aim to minimise packaging and use responsible materials. However, the proposed approach to national producer registers is unclear and unacceptable for micro-businesses, sole traders and independent craft makers. A micro-business may receive only one or two orders from a particular Member State in an entire year and send only a few hundred grams of cardboard packaging there. Nevertheless, these occasional sales can trigger national registration, reporting, recurring fees, participation in a national EPR scheme and the appointment of an authorised representative in that country. The fixed compliance costs can easily exceed both the value of the packaging and the total revenue generated in that Member State. It is entirely disproportionate to require almost the same administrative infrastructure from an independent maker sending two parcels as from a large company placing tonnes of packaging on the market. The proposed simplified reporting for producers below 10 tonnes does not solve this problem. There is an enormous difference between a business placing a few hundred grams of packaging on a market and one approaching 10 tonnes. Both may still be required to register and maintain separate compliance arrangements in every country. Harmonising the forms of national registers is not the same as harmonising the Single Market. Twenty-seven similar national systems are still twenty-seven registrations, authorities, representatives, fee structures and administrative relationships. The likely result is not a meaningful reduction in packaging waste. Micro-businesses will simply block deliveries to countries from which they receive only occasional orders. European consumers will lose access to independent makers and specialist products, while large marketplaces and corporations will strengthen their position because they can absorb these fixed costs. The rules are also insufficiently clear for a small business trying to understand its obligations. An individual maker should be able to determine, in plain language and before accepting an order, whether a single cross-border sale creates registration, representation, payment and reporting obligations. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce: - an EU-wide de minimis exemption based on the actual weight of packaging; - home-country-only compliance for micro-enterprises and individual makers with very low cross-border volumes; - no separate authorised representative requirement for occasional sales by an EU-established micro-business; - one EU registration and reporting interface, with quantities declared by destination country; - contributions proportionate to actual packaging quantities, without disproportionate recurring minimum fees; - clear guidance addressing one-off and occasional cross-border orders. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate to actual environmental impact. A Single Market in which a micro-business cannot legally accept one or two orders from another Member State without incurring costs greater than the sales themselves is neither fair nor functional. This initiative should not be adopted in its current form without effective protections for micro-businesses, sole traders and independent craft makers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563123_en"}, {"id": 33563122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:51:45", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have been reading through these comments and, honestly, there is something here that makes me proud. Since 6 August, this consultation appears to have grown to around 470 pages of public feedback! And look at where much of this anger is coming from: micro-businesses. We do not have trade unions representing us. We do not have armies of lawyers. We do not have corporate compliance departments or professional lobbyists sitting in Brussels. Most of us have something much less glamorous: a small business, a website, customers to deal with, orders to ship and bills to pay. Yet here we are, spending our own time explaining to the people who write these rules why they are making our lives increasingly difficult. And I am genuinely proud of that! We may not be able to march through the streets with thousands of people behind us. But we can still speak, and apparently we have a lot to say. And perhaps this is the part policymakers should pay attention to. This is not one angry entrepreneur complaining about one regulation.It is page after page after page of small businesses saying essentially the same thing: we are reaching the limit. And this is why I do not see PPWR as an isolated problem. It is part of a much bigger frustration with the direction in which European regulation has been moving (I can only speak from my experience in Poland, and I do not know whether small businesses in every EU country experience exactly the same thing. But here, bureaucracy and the practical burden of selling internationally have been getting heavier and more complicated, particularly for micro-businesses trying to operate across borders). PPWR is simply another example of that growing problem, not the whole problem.And every time another layer is added, we are told that it is necessary, proportionate and designed to make the market better. At some point, someone needs to ask whether this is really about helping small businesses and the environment, or whether European policy has become far too easy for large, well-organised interests to shape, while the smallest businesses are left to absorb the costs. If thousands of micro-businesses are telling you that something is wrong, perhaps the problem is not that they do not understand the regulation. Perhaps they understand perfectly well what it will cost them. And if this consultation really results in meaningful changes, I will gladly acknowledge it. But please do not expect applause for fixing a problem that should never have been created in the first place. Those responsible for policies that impose disproportionate burdens on Europes smallest businesses should not be rewarded for later repairing the damage. They should be held politically accountable for creating it in the first place.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been reading through these comments and, honestly, there is something here that makes me proud. Since 6 August, this consultation appears to have grown to around 470 pages of public feedback! And look at where much of this anger is coming from: micro-businesses. We do not have trade unions representing us. We do not have armies of lawyers. We do not have corporate compliance departments or professional lobbyists sitting in Brussels. Most of us have something much less glamorous: a small business, a website, customers to deal with, orders to ship and bills to pay. Yet here we are, spending our own time explaining to the people who write these rules why they are making our lives increasingly difficult. And I am genuinely proud of that! We may not be able to march through the streets with thousands of people behind us. But we can still speak, and apparently we have a lot to say. And perhaps this is the part policymakers should pay attention to. This is not one angry entrepreneur complaining about one regulation.It is page after page after page of small businesses saying essentially the same thing: we are reaching the limit. And this is why I do not see PPWR as an isolated problem. It is part of a much bigger frustration with the direction in which European regulation has been moving (I can only speak from my experience in Poland, and I do not know whether small businesses in every EU country experience exactly the same thing. But here, bureaucracy and the practical burden of selling internationally have been getting heavier and more complicated, particularly for micro-businesses trying to operate across borders). PPWR is simply another example of that growing problem, not the whole problem.And every time another layer is added, we are told that it is necessary, proportionate and designed to make the market better. At some point, someone needs to ask whether this is really about helping small businesses and the environment, or whether European policy has become far too easy for large, well-organised interests to shape, while the smallest businesses are left to absorb the costs. If thousands of micro-businesses are telling you that something is wrong, perhaps the problem is not that they do not understand the regulation. Perhaps they understand perfectly well what it will cost them. And if this consultation really results in meaningful changes, I will gladly acknowledge it. But please do not expect applause for fixing a problem that should never have been created in the first place. Those responsible for policies that impose disproportionate burdens on Europes smallest businesses should not be rewarded for later repairing the damage. They should be held politically accountable for creating it in the first place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563122_en"}, {"id": 33563121, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:49:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Marie Handwovens", "feedback": "Practicing a heritage weaving craft as a solo fiber artist is already demanding; these complex EU packaging rules make running a micro-business truly unsustainable and make me rethink my business and maybe will push me toward quitting altogether. Below is how this affects my work: 1/ Finding clear information across a non-centralized system is extremely difficult and time consuming. As a single person running every aspect of my business, navigating this bureaucracy takes vital time and energy directly away from my loom and art. 2/ Because I send very few packages, I always reuse boxes to keep costs down and reduce waste. The recycling fee on these reused boxes has already been paid, so forcing new fees on reused materials penalizes a genuinely sustainable practice. 4/ I am a small-scale craft creator, not a mass producer. Applying the same rules and registration demands as with bigger companies to ultra-low shipping volumes unfairly crushes micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "Practicing a heritage weaving craft as a solo fiber artist is already demanding; these complex EU packaging rules make running a micro-business truly unsustainable and make me rethink my business and maybe will push me toward quitting altogether. Below is how this affects my work: 1/ Finding clear information across a non-centralized system is extremely difficult and time consuming. As a single person running every aspect of my business, navigating this bureaucracy takes vital time and energy directly away from my loom and art. 2/ Because I send very few packages, I always reuse boxes to keep costs down and reduce waste. The recycling fee on these reused boxes has already been paid, so forcing new fees on reused materials penalizes a genuinely sustainable practice. 4/ I am a small-scale craft creator, not a mass producer. Applying the same rules and registration demands as with bigger companies to ultra-low shipping volumes unfairly crushes micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563121_en"}, {"id": 33563120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:45:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Hallo, leider ist die Verordnung im Grundgedanken der EU völlig gescheitert. KMU können nur noch aufgeben. Die ersten Denker eines offenen Marktes Robert Schuman,Konrad Adenauer, Jean Monnet, uvm., waren sehr bemüht den Grundgedanken zu stärken. Neuzeitliche Politiker wie François Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl und Jacques Delors haben es dann perfektioniert. Was in den letzten Jahren und speziell mit dieser Verordnung erreicht wird ist nur eine Stärkung der großen Marktplatzbetreiber. Die Mehrkosten werden natürlich großzügig auf den Kunden umgelegt. Bereits die vorangegangene EU-Verpackungsrichtlinie 94/62/EG war ein Schlag gegen die Wirtschaft. Der normale Handel muss sich mehr und um bürokratische Abläufe kümmern als um die Qualität der Beratung und Präsentation der Waren. Es gibt rund 2500 Namenhafte Kartonhersteller in Deutschland, die mit einer Gebühr die Kosten an die Händler hätten weiterleiten können, statt für 500.000 KMUs ein Bürokratiemonster zu erschaffen. Nach wie vor fahren die deutsche Abfall- und Recyclingwirtschaft, stätische und kommunale Unternehmen Millionengewinne ein, resultierend aus unseren stetig steigenden Abfallgebühren. Müll war eben schon immer ein gutes Geschäft. Die neuste Verordnung hätte man ebenfalls günstiger und unbürokratischer über die wenigen Transportdienstleister lösen können (DHL, GLS, usw). Hier die Gebühr für die Auslandspakete und diese direkt in den Ländern verteilen. Schauen Sie sich Ihre Ideen an, jedes Kind erkennt, dass Sie der Wirtschaft, die ja eh schon an allen Ecken und Kanten kränkelt noch weiter nach unten ziehen. Mir ist natürlich bewusst, dass Sie gar nichts ändern wollen. Wir haben daher unseren Betrieb nach 25 Jahren, stationär und online mit 600 Versendungen am Tag zum 30.07.2026 eigestellt. 12 Mitarbeiter die nun den Staat belasten. Früher hätte ich mich geschämt, heute denke ich, man erntet was man sät. Für alle beteiligten hoffe ich inständig, dass durch demokratische Wahlen die Geschichte sich nicht wiederholt und eine Neuordnung der Dinge erst nach einem Krieg stattfindet. Genauso hoffe ich für die alle Mitentscheider an solchen Gesetzen, dass Ihnen nicht ein kleines Teil an einem Gerät zerbricht und kein Handelsunternehmen dieses Teil in der EU versendet. Mit besten Grüßen aus Deutschland Tom", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, unfortunately, the basic idea of the EU is that the Regulation has completely failed. SMEs can only give up. The first thinkers of an open market, Robert Schuman, Konrad Adenauer, Jean Monnet, etc., were keen to strengthen the idea. Modern politicians such as François Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl and Jacques Delors then perfected it. What has been achieved in recent years, and with this Regulation in particular, is only a strengthening of the large marketplace operators. The additional costs are, of course, generously passed on to the customer. The previous EU Packaging Directive 94/62/EC was already a blow to the economy. Normal trade must deal more and more with bureaucratic procedures than with the quality of the advice and presentation of the goods. There are around 2500 named cartonboard producers in Germany who could have passed on the costs to the dealers with a fee instead of creating a bureaucratic monster for 500.000 SMEs. Germany’s waste and recycling industry, social and municipal businesses continue to make millions of profits as a result of our ever-increasing waste fees. Garbage has always been a good business. The most recent regulation could also have been solved cheaper and less bureaucratic by the few transport service providers (DHL, GLS, etc.). Here, the fee for cross-border packages is distributed directly in the Länder. Have a look at your ideas, every child realises that you are pushing the economy further down the corners and edges. I am of course aware that you do not want to change anything at all. We therefore set our farm up after 25 years, on-site and online, with 600 dispatches on the day of 30 July 2026. 12 employees now burdening the state. In the past, I would have been ashamed. Today, I think you are harvesting what you are sucking. For all those involved, I sincerely hope that democratic elections will not repeat history and that a reorganisation of things will only take place after a war. In the same vein, I hope for all the co-decision makers on such laws that you will not break a small part of a device and that no commercial company will ship this part in the EU. Best regards from Germany Tom", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563120_en"}, {"id": 33563119, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:32:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. Producers should contribute to the management of packaging waste, and packaging should become more sustainable and recyclable. My comments therefore do **not** argue against Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), but for a system that is proportionate, practical and supports the European Single Market. I own a one-person business in the Netherlands supplying lots of (business) customers throughout the EU. During the past few years I have gradually expanded internationally, and most of my new B2B customers now come from other Member States. This is exactly the type of cross-border trade that the Single Market is intended to encourage. I am **not** asking to avoid paying EPR fees. In fact, I would willingly pay a higher annual contribution into one European system, if it meant avoiding the need to register, maintain accounts, monitor deadlines and report separately in every Member State. The financial contribution is not the problem. The administrative fragmentation is. For a micro-business, the fixed administrative burden quickly becomes disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. The obligations for micro-businesses should therefore be proportionate to the volume of packaging they place on the market. A company that ships only one or two parcels per year to a Member State should not have to navigate the same level of administrative complexity as a company placing hundreds of thousands of packages on that market. Large multinational companies have dedicated legal, compliance and finance departments to manage these obligations. Micro-businesses do not. Every additional national registration, portal, deadline and reporting requirement must be handled by the business owner, taking time away from innovation, customer service and growth. The current approach also increases the risk of unintentional errors for entrepreneurs who do not have a legal or regulatory background but genuinely want to comply with the law. If Article 44 is intended to harmonise producer registration, harmonisation should mean more than requiring Member States to use similar data fields. The VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) is an excellent example of how European harmonisation can work in practice. Businesses submit one return through one portal, while the Member States handle the distribution behind the scenes. A harmonised producer register should follow the same principle. A harmonised register should feel like one European system, not 27 national systems that happen to use the same forms. I therefore encourage the Commission to maximise simplification by: * creating one EU-wide registration experience with a single login and user account; * allowing businesses to submit one annual report covering all Member States; * providing one payment interface, with revenues distributed to the relevant national schemes; * introducing simplified obligations or proportionate thresholds for micro-businesses with very small cross-border packaging volumes. These changes would reduce administrative costs without reducing environmental protection. On the contrary, they would make compliance achievable for thousands of small businesses that genuinely want to follow the rules. The recent proposal to suspend the mandatory authorised representative requirement demonstrates that the Commission recognises that certain obligations impose disproportionate burdens on SMEs. I welcome that proposal and encourage the Commission to continue along the same path by ensuring that producer registration under Article 44 is genuinely European, simple and proportionate. A well-functioning Single Market should encourage small businesses to grow across borders, not discourage them from serving customers in other Member States because of fragmented administrative procedures. Thank you for considering the practical perspective of Europe's smallest cross-border businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. Producers should contribute to the management of packaging waste, and packaging should become more sustainable and recyclable. My comments therefore do **not** argue against Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), but for a system that is proportionate, practical and supports the European Single Market. I own a one-person business in the Netherlands supplying lots of (business) customers throughout the EU. During the past few years I have gradually expanded internationally, and most of my new B2B customers now come from other Member States. This is exactly the type of cross-border trade that the Single Market is intended to encourage. I am **not** asking to avoid paying EPR fees. In fact, I would willingly pay a higher annual contribution into one European system, if it meant avoiding the need to register, maintain accounts, monitor deadlines and report separately in every Member State. The financial contribution is not the problem. The administrative fragmentation is. For a micro-business, the fixed administrative burden quickly becomes disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. The obligations for micro-businesses should therefore be proportionate to the volume of packaging they place on the market. A company that ships only one or two parcels per year to a Member State should not have to navigate the same level of administrative complexity as a company placing hundreds of thousands of packages on that market. Large multinational companies have dedicated legal, compliance and finance departments to manage these obligations. Micro-businesses do not. Every additional national registration, portal, deadline and reporting requirement must be handled by the business owner, taking time away from innovation, customer service and growth. The current approach also increases the risk of unintentional errors for entrepreneurs who do not have a legal or regulatory background but genuinely want to comply with the law. If Article 44 is intended to harmonise producer registration, harmonisation should mean more than requiring Member States to use similar data fields. The VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) is an excellent example of how European harmonisation can work in practice. Businesses submit one return through one portal, while the Member States handle the distribution behind the scenes. A harmonised producer register should follow the same principle. A harmonised register should feel like one European system, not 27 national systems that happen to use the same forms. I therefore encourage the Commission to maximise simplification by: * creating one EU-wide registration experience with a single login and user account; * allowing businesses to submit one annual report covering all Member States; * providing one payment interface, with revenues distributed to the relevant national schemes; * introducing simplified obligations or proportionate thresholds for micro-businesses with very small cross-border packaging volumes. These changes would reduce administrative costs without reducing environmental protection. On the contrary, they would make compliance achievable for thousands of small businesses that genuinely want to follow the rules. The recent proposal to suspend the mandatory authorised representative requirement demonstrates that the Commission recognises that certain obligations impose disproportionate burdens on SMEs. I welcome that proposal and encourage the Commission to continue along the same path by ensuring that producer registration under Article 44 is genuinely European, simple and proportionate. A well-functioning Single Market should encourage small businesses to grow across borders, not discourage them from serving customers in other Member States because of fragmented administrative procedures. Thank you for considering the practical perspective of Europe's smallest cross-border businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563119_en"}, {"id": 33563118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:22:20", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ANNA MORAITOU", "feedback": "s a very small EU-based business selling handmade products online, I fully support the objective of harmonising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes across EU Member States. However, the current situation can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses that make only occasional cross-border sales. For example, a small business may sell only one or two products per year to consumers in a particular EU country, while still being required to understand and comply with a completely different EPR registration, reporting, authorised representative and/or collective scheme system in that country. In such cases, the cost and administrative burden of compliance can be many times higher than the environmental contribution associated with the very small quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. I would therefore strongly recommend that the harmonised framework introduce: A clear EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and/or very small quantities of packaging. A simplified registration and reporting procedure for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on another Member State's market. A single EU-wide registration or reporting mechanism, rather than requiring a small business to register separately in every Member State. Clear and consistent rules for distance selling through online marketplaces such as Etsy. Proportionate rules regarding the appointment and cost of authorised representatives for businesses with only occasional cross-border sales. A simple and transparent way for micro-businesses to determine whether they are subject to EPR obligations in each Member State. The objective of EPR should be to ensure that producers contribute appropriately to the management of packaging waste. However, the system should also be proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. For a micro-business making an occasional sale involving a few hundred grams of packaging, requiring the same level of registration, administration and reporting as a business placing tonnes of packaging on the market is disproportionate and creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. I believe that a harmonised EU framework should specifically protect micro-businesses from unnecessary administrative complexity while maintaining the environmental objectives of EPR.", "feedbackEnglish": "s a very small EU-based business selling handmade products online, I fully support the objective of harmonising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes across EU Member States. However, the current situation can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses that make only occasional cross-border sales. For example, a small business may sell only one or two products per year to consumers in a particular EU country, while still being required to understand and comply with a completely different EPR registration, reporting, authorised representative and/or collective scheme system in that country. In such cases, the cost and administrative burden of compliance can be many times higher than the environmental contribution associated with the very small quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. I would therefore strongly recommend that the harmonised framework introduce: A clear EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and/or very small quantities of packaging. A simplified registration and reporting procedure for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on another Member State's market. A single EU-wide registration or reporting mechanism, rather than requiring a small business to register separately in every Member State. Clear and consistent rules for distance selling through online marketplaces such as Etsy. Proportionate rules regarding the appointment and cost of authorised representatives for businesses with only occasional cross-border sales. A simple and transparent way for micro-businesses to determine whether they are subject to EPR obligations in each Member State. The objective of EPR should be to ensure that producers contribute appropriately to the management of packaging waste. However, the system should also be proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. For a micro-business making an occasional sale involving a few hundred grams of packaging, requiring the same level of registration, administration and reporting as a business placing tonnes of packaging on the market is disproportionate and creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. I believe that a harmonised EU framework should specifically protect micro-businesses from unnecessary administrative complexity while maintaining the environmental objectives of EPR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563118_en"}, {"id": 33563117, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:18:34", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am submitting this feedback as an individual consumer living in Norway. My main concern is that these rules will make it less attractive for small producers and small online retailers in other European countries to sell and ship products to Norway. For a large multinational company, additional registration, reporting and administrative requirements may simply be another compliance cost. For a small producer selling limited quantities across borders, however, those same requirements can be enough to make the Norwegian market not worth serving at all. As a consumer, I am concerned that the practical result will be that more small and independent producers simply stop shipping to Norway. This would reduce consumer choice and make it harder to buy specialised, niche or independently produced goods that are not available from large domestic retailers. The rules therefore risk creating an unintended competitive advantage for the biggest companies. Large corporations have legal departments, compliance teams and sufficient sales volumes to absorb national registration costs. Small businesses do not. A regulatory system that is manageable for a multinational but uneconomic for a small producer will inevitably push consumers toward a smaller number of dominant companies. This is particularly concerning in a relatively small market such as Norway. If smaller foreign sellers withdraw, consumers may increasingly be left with only major platforms, large retailers and established distributors. In my view, environmental regulation should not have the unintended consequence of strengthening monopolies or highly concentrated markets. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the registration system does not create disproportionate barriers for small cross-border sellers. There should be very simple procedures, minimal costs and bureaucracy, and exemptions or strongly simplified requirements for producers sending only small quantities of packaged goods to a country. The objective of reducing packaging waste is important, but it should not be achieved through rules that effectively exclude small producers from smaller national markets and leave consumers with fewer choices and greater dependence on large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting this feedback as an individual consumer living in Norway. My main concern is that these rules will make it less attractive for small producers and small online retailers in other European countries to sell and ship products to Norway. For a large multinational company, additional registration, reporting and administrative requirements may simply be another compliance cost. For a small producer selling limited quantities across borders, however, those same requirements can be enough to make the Norwegian market not worth serving at all. As a consumer, I am concerned that the practical result will be that more small and independent producers simply stop shipping to Norway. This would reduce consumer choice and make it harder to buy specialised, niche or independently produced goods that are not available from large domestic retailers. The rules therefore risk creating an unintended competitive advantage for the biggest companies. Large corporations have legal departments, compliance teams and sufficient sales volumes to absorb national registration costs. Small businesses do not. A regulatory system that is manageable for a multinational but uneconomic for a small producer will inevitably push consumers toward a smaller number of dominant companies. This is particularly concerning in a relatively small market such as Norway. If smaller foreign sellers withdraw, consumers may increasingly be left with only major platforms, large retailers and established distributors. In my view, environmental regulation should not have the unintended consequence of strengthening monopolies or highly concentrated markets. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the registration system does not create disproportionate barriers for small cross-border sellers. There should be very simple procedures, minimal costs and bureaucracy, and exemptions or strongly simplified requirements for producers sending only small quantities of packaged goods to a country. The objective of reducing packaging waste is important, but it should not be achieved through rules that effectively exclude small producers from smaller national markets and leave consumers with fewer choices and greater dependence on large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563117_en"}, {"id": 33563116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:05:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a Germany-based artist and have been working on developing a new vintage boutique brand to increase sustainability in the fashion industry. As a micro-business, the EPR requirements place insurmountable barriers to entry to the European market to me, so even if I decide to launch, I will only ship to countries outside of the EU. The new regulation is incredibly discouraging to founders and small business owners and truly limits the economic realities of whether and how micro enterprises operate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Germany-based artist and have been working on developing a new vintage boutique brand to increase sustainability in the fashion industry. As a micro-business, the EPR requirements place insurmountable barriers to entry to the European market to me, so even if I decide to launch, I will only ship to countries outside of the EU. The new regulation is incredibly discouraging to founders and small business owners and truly limits the economic realities of whether and how micro enterprises operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563116_en"}, {"id": 33563115, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 20:05:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schilderhex", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber einer kleinen Gravurwerkstatt mit Online-Shop in Deutschland auf dem Land möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht 2 besonders kritische Punkte der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: 1. die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf und 2. das Anbringen einer Chargennummer auf den Kartons Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein EINZIGER Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts und hat den Anschein, als ob die EU-Regularien kleine Hersteller oder Händler aus unserem gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt drängen wollten! Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind KEINE verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. (was ich bereits mache, zum Unmut meiner österreichischen Kunden). Das kann es doch wirklich NICHT sein oder? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michaela Möller", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small engraving workshop with an online shop in Germany in the countryside, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be two particularly critical points in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: (1) the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales and (2) the affixing of a batch number on the cartons For me, as a small businessman, sales to other EU countries have hitherto been an obvious step forward without a separate legal department, but with the aim of complying with the applicable law. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a SINGLE sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the single market and appears to be an attempt by EU rules to push small manufacturers or traders out of our common single market! I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are NOT smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (what I have already done, to the discontent of my Austrian customers). That can really be NOT, or? (Complimentary close) Michaela Möller", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563115_en"}, {"id": 33563114, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:47:53", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is disastrous for micro and small business owners who have neither the financial resources nor the legal expertise that large companies have to comply with this onerous PPWR and EPR myriad of paperwork and fees for each EU country. This legal framework has been created not with the interests of micro and small businesses in mind clearly and I see now many closing shipping options to other EU countries and others considering closing their website stores completely. I was about to open a small e-commerce shop selling woven items but it's simply not now feasible financially or administratively to post outside Ireland with fees costing hundreds of Euro for each country when I may only post a few items to some! Please introduce a postponement of 12 to 24 months on this with immediate effect of PPWR and regulations requiring all member states to introduce packaging minimums without registration and Authorised Representatives. Thousands of micro businesses are going to close if these regulations are not withdrawn! The arts are a vital part of our European cultural heritage and are now put in jeopardy to satisfy this ill thought out and blatantly anti free trade legislation that is throwing up trade barriers across the EU for micro and small business owners!.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is disastrous for micro and small business owners who have neither the financial resources nor the legal expertise that large companies have to comply with this onerous PPWR and EPR myriad of paperwork and fees for each EU country. This legal framework has been created not with the interests of micro and small businesses in mind clearly and I see now many closing shipping options to other EU countries and others considering closing their website stores completely. I was about to open a small e-commerce shop selling woven items but it's simply not now feasible financially or administratively to post outside Ireland with fees costing hundreds of Euro for each country when I may only post a few items to some! Please introduce a postponement of 12 to 24 months on this with immediate effect of PPWR and regulations requiring all member states to introduce packaging minimums without registration and Authorised Representatives. Thousands of micro businesses are going to close if these regulations are not withdrawn! The arts are a vital part of our European cultural heritage and are now put in jeopardy to satisfy this ill thought out and blatantly anti free trade legislation that is throwing up trade barriers across the EU for micro and small business owners!.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563114_en"}, {"id": 33563113, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:39:57", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support reducing packaging waste, but the current requirements are completely disproportionate and in 99% cases simply impossible to meet for micro-businesses and independent creators. These rules will not make large corporations use less packaging. They will make small businesses stop selling across borders. A multinational company can absorb registrations, fees, representatives, and country-by-country reporting. A one-person business cannot. The result is a system where only large companies can realistically access the entire EU market. Consumers will pay the price too. People will not only stop being able to sell handmade, independent, and locally produced goods across Europe; they will also lose access to them as consumers. Instead, they will be pushed even further toward cheap mass-produced products from Amazon and Temu. The very kind of consumption this legislation should be discouraging. If a law intended to reduce waste makes sustainable, independent, and handmade products harder to buy while making cheap mass-produced imports the only practical option across much of Europe, it is defeating its own purpose. The EU should be removing barriers to entrepreneurship, competition, and cultural exchange, not creating rules that drive small creators out of business while ensuring that only large corporations can afford to continue selling across borders. The PPWR needs meaningful changes, exemptions, and drastic simplification for micro-businesses and low-volume sellers. Large corporations have the resources to absorb these costs; small businesses do not. They should not be forced to carry a disproportionate burden for a problem they did not create. Protect the environment without destroying businesses built on passion, creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural exchange. These are the businesses that give the European market its diversity and make the EU worth celebrating.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support reducing packaging waste, but the current requirements are completely disproportionate and in 99% cases simply impossible to meet for micro-businesses and independent creators. These rules will not make large corporations use less packaging. They will make small businesses stop selling across borders. A multinational company can absorb registrations, fees, representatives, and country-by-country reporting. A one-person business cannot. The result is a system where only large companies can realistically access the entire EU market. Consumers will pay the price too. People will not only stop being able to sell handmade, independent, and locally produced goods across Europe; they will also lose access to them as consumers. Instead, they will be pushed even further toward cheap mass-produced products from Amazon and Temu. The very kind of consumption this legislation should be discouraging. If a law intended to reduce waste makes sustainable, independent, and handmade products harder to buy while making cheap mass-produced imports the only practical option across much of Europe, it is defeating its own purpose. The EU should be removing barriers to entrepreneurship, competition, and cultural exchange, not creating rules that drive small creators out of business while ensuring that only large corporations can afford to continue selling across borders. The PPWR needs meaningful changes, exemptions, and drastic simplification for micro-businesses and low-volume sellers. Large corporations have the resources to absorb these costs; small businesses do not. They should not be forced to carry a disproportionate burden for a problem they did not create. Protect the environment without destroying businesses built on passion, creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural exchange. These are the businesses that give the European market its diversity and make the EU worth celebrating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563113_en"}, {"id": 33563111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:32:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Unfortunately the current implementation is a malicious step in the wrong direction. Let's take the chance to take a step back and create a real solution that works for everyone. 1. Replace 27 National Silos with a Single EU-Wide Register: Forcing businesses to navigate 27 distinct national registries (such as LUCID, Citeo, etc.), varied language barriers and national Authorized Representative mandates is fundamentally anti-European. It fragments the Single Market into 27 protected regulatory fiefdoms. The EU must implement a single, centralized EU One-Stop-Shop portal for packaging registration, reporting and clearance. 2. Establish a Meaningful De Minimis Exemption (< 1,000 kg/year): The current zero-threshold approach treats solo entrepreneurs, artisans and micro-enterprises with the same administrative burden as multinational logistics corporations. I ask the council to introduce a complete financial exemption for businesses placing under 1,000 kg of packaging on the market annually. That means also zero registration fees and zero dual-system/EPR licensing fees for qualifying micro-businesses. 3. Maintain Tracking and Strict Enforcement: To prevent abuse and maintain regulatory integrity, all economic operators should still register and declare their packaging volumes in the unified portal and document their actual use locally. Enforceability and penalties remain fully intact for non-compliance or fraudulent declarations, ensuring transparency without burdening micro-sellers with disproportionate financial overhead. 4. Protect the Single Market from De Facto Trade Barriers: When fixed compliance costs and administrative retainers in individual Member States exceed the profit margin of shipping a few parcels across a border, small businesses are forced to withdraw from intra-EU trade. This regulation currently acts as a protectionist, anti-competitive barrier that disproportionately punishes small creators under the guise of environmental protection. The Commission and Council must use this implementation phase to step back, dismantle the national administrative protectionism and deliver a streamlined system that supports both, environmental goals and free trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately the current implementation is a malicious step in the wrong direction. Let's take the chance to take a step back and create a real solution that works for everyone. 1. Replace 27 National Silos with a Single EU-Wide Register: Forcing businesses to navigate 27 distinct national registries (such as LUCID, Citeo, etc.), varied language barriers and national Authorized Representative mandates is fundamentally anti-European. It fragments the Single Market into 27 protected regulatory fiefdoms. The EU must implement a single, centralized EU One-Stop-Shop portal for packaging registration, reporting and clearance. 2. Establish a Meaningful De Minimis Exemption (< 1,000 kg/year): The current zero-threshold approach treats solo entrepreneurs, artisans and micro-enterprises with the same administrative burden as multinational logistics corporations. I ask the council to introduce a complete financial exemption for businesses placing under 1,000 kg of packaging on the market annually. That means also zero registration fees and zero dual-system/EPR licensing fees for qualifying micro-businesses. 3. Maintain Tracking and Strict Enforcement: To prevent abuse and maintain regulatory integrity, all economic operators should still register and declare their packaging volumes in the unified portal and document their actual use locally. Enforceability and penalties remain fully intact for non-compliance or fraudulent declarations, ensuring transparency without burdening micro-sellers with disproportionate financial overhead. 4. Protect the Single Market from De Facto Trade Barriers: When fixed compliance costs and administrative retainers in individual Member States exceed the profit margin of shipping a few parcels across a border, small businesses are forced to withdraw from intra-EU trade. This regulation currently acts as a protectionist, anti-competitive barrier that disproportionately punishes small creators under the guise of environmental protection. The Commission and Council must use this implementation phase to step back, dismantle the national administrative protectionism and deliver a streamlined system that supports both, environmental goals and free trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563111_en"}, {"id": 33563112, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:28:57", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm all for recycling and having new laws that enforce creating less waste. But as usual, I feel laws are not usually thought out to be applied in a proportionate manner. A small business will not produce as much waste in its lifetime as a big corporation in a year or two, yet we're always pushed to act the same way. Plus, most small businesses I see are much more environmentally conscious and already are using recycled and recyclable stuff. They're usually run by one or two people who already have to be their own team; it's not fair to add all of these to our plates. I wish you'd review these rules and keep in mind that a small business will not have the capacity to stay open with these laws as it is now; please review them to apply them in a smaller, more proportionate way than to big businesses and corporations. Thank you for your time, Patricia.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm all for recycling and having new laws that enforce creating less waste. But as usual, I feel laws are not usually thought out to be applied in a proportionate manner. A small business will not produce as much waste in its lifetime as a big corporation in a year or two, yet we're always pushed to act the same way. Plus, most small businesses I see are much more environmentally conscious and already are using recycled and recyclable stuff. They're usually run by one or two people who already have to be their own team; it's not fair to add all of these to our plates. I wish you'd review these rules and keep in mind that a small business will not have the capacity to stay open with these laws as it is now; please review them to apply them in a smaller, more proportionate way than to big businesses and corporations. Thank you for your time, Patricia.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563112_en"}, {"id": 33563110, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:18:15", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Having no Small Business Exemption will impact small creators massively, wipe out livelihoods, and reduce competition. Indeed, only the big companies will be able to afford to comply and retain their business with the 27 EU countries. Big companies will simply absorb the cost, and we'll be left with ever-strengthened monopolies (monopolies by companies that are already destroying individual creativity and small enterprise). Isn't this contrary to the very spirit of the EU?", "feedbackEnglish": "Having no Small Business Exemption will impact small creators massively, wipe out livelihoods, and reduce competition. Indeed, only the big companies will be able to afford to comply and retain their business with the 27 EU countries. Big companies will simply absorb the cost, and we'll be left with ever-strengthened monopolies (monopolies by companies that are already destroying individual creativity and small enterprise). Isn't this contrary to the very spirit of the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563110_en"}, {"id": 33563109, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:10:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bellmar Textil", "feedback": "Soy responsable de una pequeña empresa familiar en España que vende principalmente a clientes particulares. Apoyo plenamente el objetivo de reducir los residuos de envases y fomentar un sistema más sostenible. Sin embargo, la obligación de registrarse y cumplir diferentes sistemas de responsabilidad ampliada del productor (EPR) en cada Estado miembro supone una carga administrativa y económica desproporcionada para las microempresas. En nuestro caso, los envíos a otros países de la UE son todavía muy pocos y precisamente estábamos intentando desarrollar poco a poco estas ventas. Tener que asumir registros, cuotas y diferentes trámites en cada país puede hacer económicamente inviable vender a un cliente de otro Estado miembro por unos pocos pedidos al año. Esta situación perjudica especialmente a las pequeñas empresas y puede acabar favoreciendo a las grandes plataformas y compañías, que sí disponen de recursos para asumir esta burocracia. Solicito que se establezca una exención o un umbral mínimo razonable para las microempresas y para volúmenes muy pequeños de envíos, o bien un sistema único europeo, sencillo y proporcional, que permita cumplir las obligaciones mediante un solo registro para toda la Unión Europea. La protección del medio ambiente es necesaria, pero su aplicación no debería convertirse en una barrera para que las pequeñas empresas podamos vender dentro del mercado único europeo.", "feedbackEnglish": "Soy responsable de una pequeña empresa familiar en España que vende principalmente a clientes particulares. Apoyo plenamente el objetivo de reducir los residuos de envases y fomentar un sistema más sostenible. Sin embargo, la obligación de registrarse y cumplir diferentes sistemas de responsabilidad ampliada del productor (EPR) en cada Estado miembro supone una carga administrativa y económica desproporcionada para las microempresas. En nuestro caso, los envíos a otros países de la UE son todavía muy pocos y precisamente estábamos intentando desarrollar poco a poco estas ventas. Tener que asumir registros, cuotas y diferentes trámites en cada país puede hacer económicamente inviable vender a un cliente de otro Estado miembro por unos pocos pedidos al año. Esta situación perjudica especialmente a las pequeñas empresas y puede acabar favoreciendo a las grandes plataformas y compañías, que sí disponen de recursos para asumir esta burocracia. Solicito que se establezca una exención o un umbral mínimo razonable para las microempresas y para volúmenes muy pequeños de envíos, o bien un sistema único europeo, sencillo y proporcional, que permita cumplir las obligaciones mediante un solo registro para toda la Unión Europea. La protección del medio ambiente es necesaria, pero su aplicación no debería convertirse en una barrera para que las pequeñas empresas podamos vender dentro del mercado único europeo.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563109_en"}, {"id": 33563108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:09:50", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mit dieser Verordnung schafft die EU keinen funktionierenden Binnenmarkt, sondern ein Bürokratiemonster, das kleine und mittlere europäische Unternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängt. Ein kleines Unternehmen, das vielleicht einige wenige Pakete pro Jahr nach Deutschland, Italien, Belgien, Ungarn, Polen oder in andere EU-Staaten verschickt, soll sich mit unterschiedlichen Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren, Systemen und teilweise zusätzlichen Vertretungspflichten auseinandersetzen. Für Großkonzerne ist das lästig. Für kleine Unternehmen kann es existenzbedrohend sein. Große Unternehmen beschäftigen eigene Rechtsabteilungen und Compliance-Teams. Ein kleiner Hersteller soll dieselben komplexen Verpflichtungen neben Produktion, Verkauf, Buchhaltung und täglichem Geschäft bewältigen und das womöglich für einen Umsatz von ein paar hundert oder tausend Euro in einem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat. Und während europäischen Unternehmen immer neue Melde-, Dokumentations- und Kostenpflichten auferlegt werden, überschwemmen Billigplattformen und Händler aus Drittstaaten den europäischen Markt mit extrem günstigen Waren. Das Ergebnis ist geradezu absurd: Die Unternehmen, die in Europa produzieren, hier Arbeitsplätze schaffen, Steuern bezahlen und für Behörden unmittelbar greifbar sind, werden mit zusätzlicher Bürokratie und zusätzlichen Kosten belastet. Gleichzeitig wird es für Billiganbieter aus China noch leichter, über den Preis zu konkurrieren. Damit stärkt man im schlimmsten Fall genau jene Konkurrenz, über die sich Europa gleichzeitig wegen Billigimporten, Produktqualität und unfairer Wettbewerbsbedingungen beklagt. Was soll daran Förderung des europäischen Wirtschaftsstandorts sein? Wenn ein österreichisches Kleinunternehmen für den Verkauf seiner Waren innerhalb der EU erst prüfen muss, welche Registrierung, welches System, welche Gebühren und welche Vertretung es in jedem einzelnen Zielland benötigt, dann darf man durchaus fragen, was vom viel gepriesenen europäischen Binnenmarkt eigentlich noch übrig ist. Freier Warenverkehr bedeutet nicht: Du darfst überall verkaufen vorausgesetzt, du kannst dir die Bürokratie dafür leisten. So entsteht kein fairer Markt. So entsteht ein Markt, in dem Größe zum Wettbewerbsvorteil wird und Bürokratie zur Markteintrittsbarriere. Europa müsste seine kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen gegenüber dem globalen Wettbewerb stärken. Stattdessen beschäftigt man sie mit Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren und Papierkram und wundert sich anschließend, warum immer mehr Waren aus China kommen. Wer europäische Unternehmen schützen will, sollte ihnen das Wirtschaften erleichtern und sie nicht so lange regulieren, bis der Import aus China der einfachere Geschäftsweg ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this regulation, the EU is not creating a functioning single market, but a bureaucratic monster pushing small and medium-sized European companies out of cross-border trade. A small company that may send a few parcels per year to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Poland or other EU countries will have to deal with different registrations, notifications, fees, systems and, in some cases, additional representation obligations. For large corporations, this is harsh. It can threaten the existence of small businesses. Large companies have their own legal departments and compliance teams. A small producer will have to deal with the same complex obligations as production, sales, accounting and day-to-day business, possibly for a turnover of a few hundred or thousands euros in a single Member State. And while new reporting, documentation and cost obligations are being imposed on European companies, low-cost platforms and non-EU traders are flooding the European market with extremely cheap goods. The result is quite absurd: Businesses that produce in Europe, create jobs here, pay taxes and are immediately accessible to public authorities are burdened with additional bureaucracy and costs. At the same time, it will make it even easier for low-cost Chinese suppliers to compete on price. In the worst-case scenario, this strengthens the competition that Europe is complaining about at the same time because of cheap imports, product quality and unfair conditions of competition. What does it mean to promote Europe as a business location? If, in order to sell its goods within the EU, an Austrian small enterprise first has to check which registration, system, fees and representation it needs in each individual country of destination, it is quite legitimate to ask what is left of the much-praised European single market. Free movement of goods does not mean: You can sell anywhere, but you can do the red tape. This does not create a fair market. This creates a market where size becomes a competitive advantage and red tape becomes a barrier to market entry. Europe would need to strengthen its small and medium-sized enterprises vis-à-vis global competition. Instead, it deals with registrations, notifications, fees and paperwork, and then wonders why more and more goods come from China. Those who want to protect European companies should make it easier for them to do business and not regulate them until it is easier to import from China.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563108_en"}, {"id": 33563106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 19:02:14", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer I strongly oppose this legislation because its heavy administrative burden will devastate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The immense paperwork costs and excessive employee workloads required for compliance are impossible for small teams to manage. Ultimately, this regulation crushes independent local businesses while serving corporate benefits, as only large conglomerates have the capital and dedicated legal departments to absorb these compliance costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer I strongly oppose this legislation because its heavy administrative burden will devastate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The immense paperwork costs and excessive employee workloads required for compliance are impossible for small teams to manage. Ultimately, this regulation crushes independent local businesses while serving corporate benefits, as only large conglomerates have the capital and dedicated legal departments to absorb these compliance costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563106_en"}, {"id": 33563105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:49:59", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is such a flop of a regulation. Who came up with this? As much as I agree with trying to reduce waste, do we not want to try to support small businesses? It seems like EU is working against it's own ideals. How is it going to help? So much bureaucracy and red tape. Instead of supporting EU makers and small businesses you are doing everything to kill them off. And who will benefit? Big players - as usual. Sad and really upsetting to see such ideas being pushed through. Change it!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is such a flop of a regulation. Who came up with this? As much as I agree with trying to reduce waste, do we not want to try to support small businesses? It seems like EU is working against it's own ideals. How is it going to help? So much bureaucracy and red tape. Instead of supporting EU makers and small businesses you are doing everything to kill them off. And who will benefit? Big players - as usual. Sad and really upsetting to see such ideas being pushed through. Change it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563105_en"}, {"id": 33563103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:42:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tama Spa & Repair", "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I run Tama Spa & Repair, a micro-enterprise based in Germany. I design and manufacture small electronic accessories for Tamagotchi and similar virtual pets and offer specialist repairs. I aim to make my own products repairable, publish schematics where possible, reuse packaging and avoid unnecessary plastic. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and accept responsibility for the packaging I place on the market. I am already registered with LUCID and a dual system in Germany and am willing to register, report quantities and pay the applicable EPR fees in other Member States. For a micro-enterprise, however, the fixed administrative costs of cross-border compliance can be disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on each market. In 2025 my business had approximately 3,500 in turnover and 2,500 in profit. Commercial providers currently quote around 300 per year and country simply for an authorised representative for packaging, before registration, system, minimum and volume-based fees are added. For one additional Member State, that representative fee alone would equal around 12% of my entire 2025 annual profit. On a related note, the WEEE framework creates a similar fixed-cost burden for micro and small enterprises, which suggests that this may be a broader issue of proportionality in cross-border EPR compliance rather than one limited to the new PPWR. The PPWR obligations therefore would not make me recycle more packaging or operate more sustainably. Instead, it can make selling even very small quantities to customers in neighbouring EU countries economically unviable. Cross-border repairs also illustrate the practical uncertainty in my case: Customers often send me their devices in reused packaging. I deliberately reuse the same box for the return shipment wherever possible. With such customer-provided packaging, it is practically impossible for a small repair business to establish where and by whom that particular box was originally first placed on the market. This regulatory uncertainty can therefore create the counterproductive incentive to avoid reused packaging and instead use new packaging whose origin is easier to document. I believe EU-established producers should be allowed to fulfil their PPWR obligations directly with the competent authority in each Member State without being required to appoint a paid local authorised representative. Producers would remain subject to registration, reporting and EPR financing obligations. I would therefore strongly support: making authorised representatives voluntary for producers established in the EU, or at least exempting micro and small enterprises; proportionate de minimis thresholds or reduced administrative and minimum fees for very small quantities; harmonised registration and reporting requirements across Member States, ideally through a future EU-wide one-stop-shop or central registration system; and clear rules for customer-provided and genuinely reused packaging, particularly in cross-border repair services. These measures would not remove environmental responsibility. They would allow very small, repair-oriented and circular businesses to participate in the Single Market while still financing the waste they actually generate. Thank you for considering the perspective of a micro-enterprise directly affected by these rules. Best regards, Tama Spa & Repair", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I run Tama Spa & Repair, a micro-enterprise based in Germany. I design and manufacture small electronic accessories for Tamagotchi and similar virtual pets and offer specialist repairs. I aim to make my own products repairable, publish schematics where possible, reuse packaging and avoid unnecessary plastic. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and accept responsibility for the packaging I place on the market. I am already registered with LUCID and a dual system in Germany and am willing to register, report quantities and pay the applicable EPR fees in other Member States. For a micro-enterprise, however, the fixed administrative costs of cross-border compliance can be disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on each market. In 2025 my business had approximately 3,500 in turnover and 2,500 in profit. Commercial providers currently quote around 300 per year and country simply for an authorised representative for packaging, before registration, system, minimum and volume-based fees are added. For one additional Member State, that representative fee alone would equal around 12% of my entire 2025 annual profit. On a related note, the WEEE framework creates a similar fixed-cost burden for micro and small enterprises, which suggests that this may be a broader issue of proportionality in cross-border EPR compliance rather than one limited to the new PPWR. The PPWR obligations therefore would not make me recycle more packaging or operate more sustainably. Instead, it can make selling even very small quantities to customers in neighbouring EU countries economically unviable. Cross-border repairs also illustrate the practical uncertainty in my case: Customers often send me their devices in reused packaging. I deliberately reuse the same box for the return shipment wherever possible. With such customer-provided packaging, it is practically impossible for a small repair business to establish where and by whom that particular box was originally first placed on the market. This regulatory uncertainty can therefore create the counterproductive incentive to avoid reused packaging and instead use new packaging whose origin is easier to document. I believe EU-established producers should be allowed to fulfil their PPWR obligations directly with the competent authority in each Member State without being required to appoint a paid local authorised representative. Producers would remain subject to registration, reporting and EPR financing obligations. I would therefore strongly support: making authorised representatives voluntary for producers established in the EU, or at least exempting micro and small enterprises; proportionate de minimis thresholds or reduced administrative and minimum fees for very small quantities; harmonised registration and reporting requirements across Member States, ideally through a future EU-wide one-stop-shop or central registration system; and clear rules for customer-provided and genuinely reused packaging, particularly in cross-border repair services. These measures would not remove environmental responsibility. They would allow very small, repair-oriented and circular businesses to participate in the Single Market while still financing the waste they actually generate. Thank you for considering the perspective of a micro-enterprise directly affected by these rules. Best regards, Tama Spa & Repair", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563103_en"}, {"id": 33563104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:41:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hippe Traktaties", "feedback": "Als kleine onderneming die een paar pakketjes per maand naar België stuurt, is dit niet te doen. De kosten zijn dan veel hoger dan wat de winst op zon pakketje kan zijn. De grote jongens, bol,wenk amp, etc., zullen hier geen moeite mee hebben. Dit is funest voor kleine ondernemingen.", "feedbackEnglish": "If a small enterprise sends a few parcels per month to Belgium, this is not possible. The costs are then much higher than what the profit on sun packet can be. The big boys, bull, joke amp, etc., will have no trouble with this. This is detrimental to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563104_en"}, {"id": 33563101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:27:03", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer, I am very concerned about the lack of exemption or distinguishing rules for small businesses. Especially those that ship across borders. Unless such businesses are taken into account in these rules, I fear that it will be impossible for thousand of small online stores across the European Union to stay in business. This risk was even already identified before these rules came into effect. Why have such exemptions not been made?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer, I am very concerned about the lack of exemption or distinguishing rules for small businesses. Especially those that ship across borders. Unless such businesses are taken into account in these rules, I fear that it will be impossible for thousand of small online stores across the European Union to stay in business. This risk was even already identified before these rules came into effect. Why have such exemptions not been made?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563101_en"}, {"id": 33563100, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:20:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Acupictrix - Dr Jessica Grimm", "feedback": "Over the past years I had to completely revamp my small creative business several times due to outside factors. First, Brexit. Next, US tariffs. And now the new EU packaging rules. I am exhausted. Please protect one-woman small businesses like my own and exempt us from the new rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "Over the past years I had to completely revamp my small creative business several times due to outside factors. First, Brexit. Next, US tariffs. And now the new EU packaging rules. I am exhausted. Please protect one-woman small businesses like my own and exempt us from the new rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563100_en"}, {"id": 33563098, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:15:16", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Metashika OÜ", "feedback": "PPWR urgent need for a micro and small business exemption from national packaging EPR registration I am writing as a micro-business owner in Estonia who designs and makes jewelry and sells directly to consumers through an online shop. The application of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) from 12 August 2026 creates a disproportionate and potentially existential burden for businesses like mine that sell small quantities directly to consumers in other EU Member States. Under the current system, an Estonian micro-business selling a packaged product directly to a consumer in another Member State may become subject to that countrys packaging producer registration, reporting and EPR obligations. If the business sells to consumers in multiple Member States, it may therefore have to deal with multiple national registers, different administrative procedures, reporting requirements, compliance systems and fees. This is not a realistic compliance burden for a micro-business selling a few kilograms of packaging per year. For example, a small jewelry maker may send a cardboard jewelry box and a postal package to a customer in Finland, Germany, France or Sweden. The environmental impact of such a transaction is negligible compared with the administrative infrastructure now potentially required to make that sale legally. The result is that the EUs single market becomes effectively inaccessible to some of its smallest participants. A business may be legally capable of selling its product throughout the EU, yet economically unable to do so because the fixed cost of complying with 10, 20 or 27 national packaging systems can exceed the value of the cross-border sales themselves. This is particularly problematic because micro and small businesses are precisely the businesses least able to absorb fixed regulatory costs. A multinational placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the EU market and a one-person craft business sending 100 small parcels should not face fundamentally comparable administrative structures. I fully support the objectives of the PPWR: reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of packaging. My objection is not to those objectives. It is to a compliance architecture that is disproportionate to the scale of the business and the quantity of packaging involved. I therefore strongly urge the EU institutions and Member States to introduce an effective EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro and small businesses, covering at minimum: exemption from destination-country packaging producer registration where packaging volumes remain below a genuinely small threshold; exemption from recurring national EPR fees for such low-volume businesses; simplified or zero reporting requirements for very small quantities; a single EU-wide registration/payment mechanism as an alternative to multiple national systems; clear rules preventing businesses from being forced to establish separate compliance arrangements in every Member State simply because they make occasional direct online sales there. The threshold should be based on actual packaging quantities and designed specifically so that a micro-business selling handmade products is not forced into the same compliance framework as a large commercial producer. If the EU genuinely intends to preserve the benefits of the Single Market, cross-border online sales by micro and small businesses must remain economically viable. The current system risks producing the opposite result: small businesses will simply disable international shipping rather than undertake disproportionate compliance work and pay recurring fees in multiple Member States. That does not meaningfully reduce packaging waste. It reduces competition, consumer choice and opportunities for European micro-businesses. The environmental objective should remain. The disproportionate bureaucracy should not.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR urgent need for a micro and small business exemption from national packaging EPR registration I am writing as a micro-business owner in Estonia who designs and makes jewelry and sells directly to consumers through an online shop. The application of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) from 12 August 2026 creates a disproportionate and potentially existential burden for businesses like mine that sell small quantities directly to consumers in other EU Member States. Under the current system, an Estonian micro-business selling a packaged product directly to a consumer in another Member State may become subject to that countrys packaging producer registration, reporting and EPR obligations. If the business sells to consumers in multiple Member States, it may therefore have to deal with multiple national registers, different administrative procedures, reporting requirements, compliance systems and fees. This is not a realistic compliance burden for a micro-business selling a few kilograms of packaging per year. For example, a small jewelry maker may send a cardboard jewelry box and a postal package to a customer in Finland, Germany, France or Sweden. The environmental impact of such a transaction is negligible compared with the administrative infrastructure now potentially required to make that sale legally. The result is that the EUs single market becomes effectively inaccessible to some of its smallest participants. A business may be legally capable of selling its product throughout the EU, yet economically unable to do so because the fixed cost of complying with 10, 20 or 27 national packaging systems can exceed the value of the cross-border sales themselves. This is particularly problematic because micro and small businesses are precisely the businesses least able to absorb fixed regulatory costs. A multinational placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the EU market and a one-person craft business sending 100 small parcels should not face fundamentally comparable administrative structures. I fully support the objectives of the PPWR: reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of packaging. My objection is not to those objectives. It is to a compliance architecture that is disproportionate to the scale of the business and the quantity of packaging involved. I therefore strongly urge the EU institutions and Member States to introduce an effective EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro and small businesses, covering at minimum: exemption from destination-country packaging producer registration where packaging volumes remain below a genuinely small threshold; exemption from recurring national EPR fees for such low-volume businesses; simplified or zero reporting requirements for very small quantities; a single EU-wide registration/payment mechanism as an alternative to multiple national systems; clear rules preventing businesses from being forced to establish separate compliance arrangements in every Member State simply because they make occasional direct online sales there. The threshold should be based on actual packaging quantities and designed specifically so that a micro-business selling handmade products is not forced into the same compliance framework as a large commercial producer. If the EU genuinely intends to preserve the benefits of the Single Market, cross-border online sales by micro and small businesses must remain economically viable. The current system risks producing the opposite result: small businesses will simply disable international shipping rather than undertake disproportionate compliance work and pay recurring fees in multiple Member States. That does not meaningfully reduce packaging waste. It reduces competition, consumer choice and opportunities for European micro-businesses. The environmental objective should remain. The disproportionate bureaucracy should not.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563098_en"}, {"id": 33563097, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:12:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed legislation needs to be adjusted to offer an exception for small businesses and single traders who are already struggling to survive in the current climate. The legislation could be effective and have a positive impact on the environment when applied to larger businesses who are the largest producers of waste. As an independent artist and maker living in Ireland (an island) which has a relatively small population, I can see how punitively restrictive this legislation would be when selling to other European countries, and make my business exceedingly difficult.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed legislation needs to be adjusted to offer an exception for small businesses and single traders who are already struggling to survive in the current climate. The legislation could be effective and have a positive impact on the environment when applied to larger businesses who are the largest producers of waste. As an independent artist and maker living in Ireland (an island) which has a relatively small population, I can see how punitively restrictive this legislation would be when selling to other European countries, and make my business exceedingly difficult.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563097_en"}, {"id": 33563096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 18:00:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Vous tuez tous les petits commerces, en France nous sommes déjà écrasés par des taxes qui n'en finissent plus mais nous tenons bons. Mais cette taxe supplémentaire va nous obliger a réduire nos envois à notre seul territoire car nous ne pourrons pas absorber ces dépenses supplémentaires. Vous nous tuez, encore une fois les grands vont écraser les plus petits et l'Europe y contribue. Honte à vous.", "feedbackEnglish": "You kill all small businesses, in France we have already been crushed by taxes that no longer end, but we are doing well. But this additional tax will force us to reduce our shipments to our territory alone because we will not be able to absorb this additional expenditure. You kill us, once again the big ones will crush the smaller ones and Europe is contributing to this. Ashamed of you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563096_en"}, {"id": 33563095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:52:25", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buen día. Soy Ana Miranda, una persona intentando crecer con una pequeña empresa independiente de cerámica artesanal, establecida en España, vendo mis productos a clientes de distintos países de la UE. Apoyo plenamente los objetivos de reducir los residuos de envases y por eso ya utilizo embalajes reciclados y/o reciclables, cero plástico y rellenos biodegradables. Sin embargo, los actuales requisitos de EPR y los diferentes sistemas de registro de cada Estado miembro suponen una carga administrativa y económica totalmente desproporcionada para las microempresas como la mía. Los costos de registro y la obligación de contratar representantes autorizados en cada uno de los países donde puedo vender mis productos hacen que las ventas dentro de la Unión Europea sean totalmente inviables cuando el volumen de ventas es muy pequeño. Pido a la UE que establezca una exención de mínimos significativa para las microempresas, especialmente para aquellas que ya utilizan embalajes sostenibles, o alternativamente un sistema europeo simplificado de que permita a las pequeñas empresas cumplir sus obligaciones mediante un único registro y sistema de información. Las pequeñas empresas no deberían verse obligadas a abandonar mercados de la UE porque el costo y la complejidad del cumplimiento superen el valor de sus ventas.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good day. I am Ana Miranda, a person trying to grow with an independent small craft ceramics company, established in Spain, selling my products to customers in different EU countries. I fully support the targets to reduce packaging waste and therefore already use recycled or recyclable packaging, zero plastic and biodegradable refills. However, the current RPE requirements and the different registration systems in each Member State place a totally disproportionate administrative and economic burden on micro-enterprises such as mine. Registration costs and the obligation to hire authorised representatives in each of the countries where I can sell my products make sales within the European Union totally unviable when the volume of sales is very small. I call on the EU to establish a meaningful minimum exemption for micro-enterprises, especially those that already use sustainable packaging, or alternatively a simplified European system to allow small enterprises to fulfil their obligations through a single registration and reporting system. Small businesses should not be forced to leave EU markets because the cost and complexity of compliance exceeds the value of their sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563095_en"}, {"id": 33563094, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:43:31", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stoppez cette horreur tout de suite ! L'écologie punitive pour les TPE et PME ça suffit ! Vous voulez asphyxier les petits créateurs et artisans : bravo ! Vous êtes sur le bon chemin. Les gros commerçants et intermédiaires trouveront toujours une parade. Et en plus on perd notre temps à vous arrêter sur une idée complètement folle que vous n'auriez jamais du avoir. Cest une HONTE.", "feedbackEnglish": "Stop this horror right away! Punitive ecology for VSEs and SMEs is enough! You want to asphyxiate small designers and craftsmen: Bravo! You are on the right track. Large merchants and intermediaries will always find a parade. And in addition, we lose our time stopping you on a completely mad idea that you would never have had. This is a HONTE.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563094_en"}, {"id": 33563093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:42:31", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will make it impossible for small and micro businesses literally to sell anything within EU anymore. This will basically ruin creative industries or any small level artistic and other micro businesses. Whilst reducing packaging waste is absolutely needed measure, the registration to schemes and fees should not be applied to different size businesses on same level. All this means is that Amazon, temu etc will get even the last of the business within EU that some small businesses still have. Paying an annually fee separately to each country is simple impossible for most micro businesses, effectively destroying any EU trade especially for creative industries and art.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will make it impossible for small and micro businesses literally to sell anything within EU anymore. This will basically ruin creative industries or any small level artistic and other micro businesses. Whilst reducing packaging waste is absolutely needed measure, the registration to schemes and fees should not be applied to different size businesses on same level. All this means is that Amazon, temu etc will get even the last of the business within EU that some small businesses still have. Paying an annually fee separately to each country is simple impossible for most micro businesses, effectively destroying any EU trade especially for creative industries and art.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563093_en"}, {"id": 33563092, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:38:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is exactly of the kind that causes more bureaucracy and seems to be instigated by large companies hoping to achieve regulatory capture by imposing unachievable effort on small businesses. In particular for small businesses with a low volume of, say, below ten Million Euro, the status quo and a registration in the home country should be sufficient. A small shop sending a couple of bottles of wine or 3-D printed gizmos will effectively not be able to participate in the shared market, which is a large part of the purpose of the EU?", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is exactly of the kind that causes more bureaucracy and seems to be instigated by large companies hoping to achieve regulatory capture by imposing unachievable effort on small businesses. In particular for small businesses with a low volume of, say, below ten Million Euro, the status quo and a registration in the home country should be sufficient. A small shop sending a couple of bottles of wine or 3-D printed gizmos will effectively not be able to participate in the shared market, which is a large part of the purpose of the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563092_en"}, {"id": 33563090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:29:32", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Me, on my own.", "feedback": "The new PPWR rules are catastrophic for small businesses. How on Earth can we be expected to comply with such complicated and costly regulations to abide by? Did anyone even consider small businesses? It's hard enough as it is, trying to navigate the various VAT rules (designed with Amazon in mind in singularity), US tarrifs and individual marketplace rules, and now this added on top! This stifles competition and will put most creators out of business. I thought Europe was supposed to celebrate art and culture. All this will do is bury it under paperwork, return us back to the days of elitist gatekeeping over the accessibility and distribution of art and culture. How are independent authors supposed to sell their works? Artists? Craftspeople? While I support the reduction of waste, I doubt that clobbering the individual and small businesses in favour of leaving large corporations free to take over all market places was the intention when focusing so hard in curbing corporation packaging abuse, particlarly from China. I also find it completely hypocritical when the single use plastics industry is allowed to continue, which is the worst perpatrator!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR rules are catastrophic for small businesses. How on Earth can we be expected to comply with such complicated and costly regulations to abide by? Did anyone even consider small businesses? It's hard enough as it is, trying to navigate the various VAT rules (designed with Amazon in mind in singularity), US tarrifs and individual marketplace rules, and now this added on top! This stifles competition and will put most creators out of business. I thought Europe was supposed to celebrate art and culture. All this will do is bury it under paperwork, return us back to the days of elitist gatekeeping over the accessibility and distribution of art and culture. How are independent authors supposed to sell their works? Artists? Craftspeople? While I support the reduction of waste, I doubt that clobbering the individual and small businesses in favour of leaving large corporations free to take over all market places was the intention when focusing so hard in curbing corporation packaging abuse, particlarly from China. I also find it completely hypocritical when the single use plastics industry is allowed to continue, which is the worst perpatrator!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563090_en"}, {"id": 33563089, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:18:29", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is disgraceful!. The burden of this on small businesses, especially individual artist and crafts-people is unacceptable! They can't comply with this and it will leave the big non-EU companies like Amazon, Temu and Shein with an advantage. Can their not be an exemption for micro-businesses who make under a certain income a year?", "feedbackEnglish": "This is disgraceful!. The burden of this on small businesses, especially individual artist and crafts-people is unacceptable! They can't comply with this and it will leave the big non-EU companies like Amazon, Temu and Shein with an advantage. Can their not be an exemption for micro-businesses who make under a certain income a year?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563089_en"}, {"id": 33563088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:15:25", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Beauty Wellness Counter", "feedback": "This regulation is creating a market where only the giants can afford to remain. Large corporations have the money, legal teams and lobbying power to absorb the administrative burden. Small businesses do not have 20,000+ per year to register separately across EU countries, appoint representatives and manage compliance in every Member State where they might deliver even a single parcel. How is this a single market if a small EU business effectively needs separate registrations, fees and representatives just to sell to customers across the Union? Free movement of goods should mean that an EU company can access the EU market under proportionate and workable rules. Instead, the compliance cost risks becoming a barrier to entry that protects large incumbents and pushes smaller brands out. A free market that only large companies can afford to access is not a free market for everyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is creating a market where only the giants can afford to remain. Large corporations have the money, legal teams and lobbying power to absorb the administrative burden. Small businesses do not have 20,000+ per year to register separately across EU countries, appoint representatives and manage compliance in every Member State where they might deliver even a single parcel. How is this a single market if a small EU business effectively needs separate registrations, fees and representatives just to sell to customers across the Union? Free movement of goods should mean that an EU company can access the EU market under proportionate and workable rules. Instead, the compliance cost risks becoming a barrier to entry that protects large incumbents and pushes smaller brands out. A free market that only large companies can afford to access is not a free market for everyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563088_en"}, {"id": 33563086, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:13:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Julie Devoyer EI ", "feedback": "Je suis céramiste et artisane, et la grande majorité de mon chiffre daffaires est réalisée en vente directe, en France. Il marrive cependant de vendre à létranger, notamment à distance, en envoyant mes créations par voie postale. Je comprends parfaitement lobjectif de la réglementation européenne PPWR et je suis tout à fait favorable à lidée de contribuer davantage à la protection de lenvironnement et à une meilleure gestion des emballages. En revanche, je minterroge fortement sur la manière dont ces nouvelles obligations peuvent être appliquées aux très petites entreprises et aux artisans. Pour une petite activité comme la mienne, vendre ponctuellement dans plusieurs pays européens signifie potentiellement devoir sacquitter de démarches et de contributions différentes selon les pays. Lorsque les montants et les obligations deviennent trop importants par rapport à la valeur des ventes réalisées, cela peut tout simplement rendre ces ventes non rentables. Dans ce cas, je nai malheureusement pas dautre choix que de ne plus expédier mes créations dans l'union Européenne. Pourtant, même si les ventes internationales ne représentent pas la majorité de mon chiffre daffaires, elles constituent une part non négligeable de mon activité. Renoncer à cette part de chiffre daffaires représente donc une perte réelle pour une petite entreprise. Ce qui me préoccupe surtout, cest laccumulation de toutes ces obligations, taxes et démarches administratives. Pour une grande entreprise, ces coûts peuvent être absorbés par des volumes de vente importants et par des services administratifs dédiés. Pour un artisan qui fabrique lui-même ses produits, emballe ses commandes, gère sa comptabilité, ses expéditions et sa communication, chaque nouvelle obligation représente du temps et de largent supplémentaires. Je suis prête à contribuer à leffort écologique et je ne remets absolument pas en cause la nécessité de réduire notre impact environnemental. Mais il me semble essentiel que les réglementations soient pensées de manière proportionnée et quelles tiennent réellement compte de la réalité économique des petites entreprises. À force dajouter des taxes, des contributions et des démarches, le risque est de pousser les petits commerces et les artisans à renoncer à certaines ventes, voire à cesser leur activité parce quils ne peuvent plus être rentables. Ce serait particulièrement dommage, car les petites entreprises et lartisanat participent eux aussi à une économie locale, durable et diversifiée. Je souhaiterais donc que la mise en œuvre de la PPWR puisse prévoir des dispositifs réellement adaptés aux micro-entreprises et aux artisans, avec des obligations simplifiées et proportionnées à leur chiffre daffaires et à leur volume dexpédition. Lobjectif écologique est légitime et nécessaire. Mais pour quil soit durable, il faut aussi veiller à ce que les solutions mises en place ne fragilisent pas ceux qui ont le moins de moyens pour y faire face.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a ceramist and craftsman, and the vast majority of my turnover is sold directly in France. However, he married to sell abroad, particularly at a distance, by sending my creations by post. I fully understand the purpose of the European PPWR rules and I am fully in favour of making a greater contribution to the protection of the environment and better management of packaging. On the other hand, I will seriously question how these new obligations can be applied to very small businesses and craftsmen. For a small business like mine, selling occasionally in several European countries potentially means having to pay different fees and contributions depending on the country. Where the amounts and obligations become too large in relation to the value of sales made, this may simply render those sales unprofitable. Unfortunately, in this case, I have no choice but to stop sending my creations to the European Union. Yet, even if international sales do not represent the majority of my turnover, they form a significant part of my business. Giving up this share of turnover therefore represents a real loss for a small enterprise. What is of particular concern to me is the accumulation of all these obligations, taxes and administrative procedures. For a large company, these costs can be absorbed by large sales volumes and dedicated administrative services. For a craftsman who manufactures his products himself, packages his orders, manages his accounts, his dispatches and his communications, each new obligation represents additional time and enlarges. I am ready to contribute to ecological sustainability and I do not question at all the need to reduce our environmental impact. But I think it is essential that regulations are designed in a proportionate way and what really takes into account the economic reality of small businesses. In addition to taxes, contributions and procedures, there is a risk that small businesses and craftsmen will give up certain sales or even cease their activities because they can no longer be profitable. This would be particularly damaging, as small businesses and lartisanat also participate in a local, sustainable and diversified economy. I would therefore like the implementation of the PPWR to be able to provide for arrangements that are genuinely adapted to micro-enterprises and craftsmen, with simplified obligations that are proportionate to their turnover and volume of shipment. The ecological objective is legitimate and necessary. But for it to be sustainable, it must also be ensured that the solutions put in place do not undermine those who have the least means to deal with it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563086_en"}, {"id": 33563085, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:11:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing unnecessary packaging, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the waste they create are worthwhile goals. However, I am concerned that the implementation of producer responsibility requirements can create a disproportionate burden for very small businesses engaging in extremely low-volume cross-border sales. I recently encountered this issue as a consumer trying to purchase a specialist book directly from a small UK publisher. The book costs approximately £19. The publisher explained that they currently cannot ship to customers in the EU because of the packaging compliance requirements, including the potential need for registration and an authorised representative in individual Member States. They stated that the administrative and compliance costs associated with sending even very small quantities of packaging can make such sales economically unviable. This illustrates a fundamental proportionality problem. There is an important difference between a company placing millions of packages on the European market and a small specialist publisher sending a handful of books to individual customers. Both activities may legitimately fall within the same environmental framework, but treating them as though they present the same compliance problem is not necessarily fair or environmentally efficient. A system should distinguish between equality and proportionality. Applying the same obligations to very different scales of activity may appear equal on paper while producing very unequal consequences in practice. In this case, the environmental benefit of tracking one additional book mailer may be negligible, while the administrative burden can be large enough to prevent the transaction from taking place at all. I would therefore strongly encourage the Commission to establish genuinely simple, EU-wide exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-enterprises and extremely low-volume cross-border sellers. A sensible system could, for example, use a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the quantity of packaging placed on a national market, below which registration and representation requirements are substantially simplified or waived. Such a threshold should not mean that businesses are exempt from the environmental objectives of the regulation. Rather, it should recognise that regulatory compliance itself has costs, and that those costs should be proportionate to the environmental impact and economic scale of the activity being regulated. The current situation risks producing the opposite of the intended result: small businesses may simply stop selling to EU consumers rather than undertake disproportionate compliance procedures. This reduces consumer choice, disadvantages small specialist businesses compared with large companies that can absorb regulatory costs, and does not meaningfully reduce packaging waste. I fully support the environmental objective. I am asking for implementation that applies the basic principle of proportionality: the regulatory burden should be commensurate with the environmental impact and scale of the activity. Please ensure that the final implementation provides a genuinely practical route for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sales.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing unnecessary packaging, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the waste they create are worthwhile goals. However, I am concerned that the implementation of producer responsibility requirements can create a disproportionate burden for very small businesses engaging in extremely low-volume cross-border sales. I recently encountered this issue as a consumer trying to purchase a specialist book directly from a small UK publisher. The book costs approximately £19. The publisher explained that they currently cannot ship to customers in the EU because of the packaging compliance requirements, including the potential need for registration and an authorised representative in individual Member States. They stated that the administrative and compliance costs associated with sending even very small quantities of packaging can make such sales economically unviable. This illustrates a fundamental proportionality problem. There is an important difference between a company placing millions of packages on the European market and a small specialist publisher sending a handful of books to individual customers. Both activities may legitimately fall within the same environmental framework, but treating them as though they present the same compliance problem is not necessarily fair or environmentally efficient. A system should distinguish between equality and proportionality. Applying the same obligations to very different scales of activity may appear equal on paper while producing very unequal consequences in practice. In this case, the environmental benefit of tracking one additional book mailer may be negligible, while the administrative burden can be large enough to prevent the transaction from taking place at all. I would therefore strongly encourage the Commission to establish genuinely simple, EU-wide exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-enterprises and extremely low-volume cross-border sellers. A sensible system could, for example, use a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the quantity of packaging placed on a national market, below which registration and representation requirements are substantially simplified or waived. Such a threshold should not mean that businesses are exempt from the environmental objectives of the regulation. Rather, it should recognise that regulatory compliance itself has costs, and that those costs should be proportionate to the environmental impact and economic scale of the activity being regulated. The current situation risks producing the opposite of the intended result: small businesses may simply stop selling to EU consumers rather than undertake disproportionate compliance procedures. This reduces consumer choice, disadvantages small specialist businesses compared with large companies that can absorb regulatory costs, and does not meaningfully reduce packaging waste. I fully support the environmental objective. I am asking for implementation that applies the basic principle of proportionality: the regulatory burden should be commensurate with the environmental impact and scale of the activity. Please ensure that the final implementation provides a genuinely practical route for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563085_en"}, {"id": 33563084, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:04:34", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Really badly done law. Blocks small businesses but instead allows large foreign businesses like Amazon and Temu to take over the market even more. Does the EU commission really care about Europe? Or how much have they received in thier back pockets?", "feedbackEnglish": "Really badly done law. Blocks small businesses but instead allows large foreign businesses like Amazon and Temu to take over the market even more. Does the EU commission really care about Europe? Or how much have they received in thier back pockets?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563084_en"}, {"id": 33563083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 17:01:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DU NORD PROJECTS ", "feedback": "Dear reader, rulemaker, I have heavy concerns on how this regulation is being carried out and how heavy the effect is on especially micro businesses. Myself, a small independent retailer in textile garments, am already receiving messages from the independent makers I work with from outside the EU that they don't understand what this setup is. Creating situations where (small) businesses have to spend extra money to get representatives in each EU country in order to check and comply on PPWR is simply astounding. If the EU claims it's a central block, then someone developing this regulation clearly missed the memo. Your bureaucratic approach to making these type of regulation clearly show that no people \"from the field\" have been consulted. It is near impossible for small suppliers and small retailers to comply and arrange this properly. Then you also draft a different set of rules for \"micro businesses\". I don't even know where to start in explaining this to myself or suppliers. As often the case, the EU once again managed to make life and business harder for everyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear reader, rulemaker, I have heavy concerns on how this regulation is being carried out and how heavy the effect is on especially micro businesses. Myself, a small independent retailer in textile garments, am already receiving messages from the independent makers I work with from outside the EU that they don't understand what this setup is. Creating situations where (small) businesses have to spend extra money to get representatives in each EU country in order to check and comply on PPWR is simply astounding. If the EU claims it's a central block, then someone developing this regulation clearly missed the memo. Your bureaucratic approach to making these type of regulation clearly show that no people \"from the field\" have been consulted. It is near impossible for small suppliers and small retailers to comply and arrange this properly. Then you also draft a different set of rules for \"micro businesses\". I don't even know where to start in explaining this to myself or suppliers. As often the case, the EU once again managed to make life and business harder for everyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563083_en"}, {"id": 33563082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:57:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Olivas Stories ", "feedback": "I strongly oppose the planned implementation and the increasing requirements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) in its current form. While I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and promoting recycling, I believe the PPWR goes too far and does not sufficiently take the reality of small and medium-sized enterprises into account. In particular, small online retailers face significant additional administrative and financial burdens. For small businesses, these requirements are disproportionate to their actual impact on overall packaging waste. A small online shop shipping, for example, high-quality food products in necessary, safe, and transport-appropriate packaging cannot be compared to large corporations with massive packaging volumes. The PPWR should urgently be reviewed in terms of its real environmental impact, proportionality, and economic consequences for small businesses. Environmental protection yes but with practical solutions, fair conditions, and without placing disproportionate bureaucratic burdens on small companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose the planned implementation and the increasing requirements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) in its current form. While I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and promoting recycling, I believe the PPWR goes too far and does not sufficiently take the reality of small and medium-sized enterprises into account. In particular, small online retailers face significant additional administrative and financial burdens. For small businesses, these requirements are disproportionate to their actual impact on overall packaging waste. A small online shop shipping, for example, high-quality food products in necessary, safe, and transport-appropriate packaging cannot be compared to large corporations with massive packaging volumes. The PPWR should urgently be reviewed in terms of its real environmental impact, proportionality, and economic consequences for small businesses. Environmental protection yes but with practical solutions, fair conditions, and without placing disproportionate bureaucratic burdens on small companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563082_en"}, {"id": 33563081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:53:36", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FD 3D Designs", "feedback": "I own a micro-business that sells online in the majority of the member states. I have spent the whole day trying to register to the PRO's of each member state I sell and it is a nightmare. Many do not have translation or are poorly translated. In multiple of them there is no way to register immediately, you have to contact them via email. Some are on holiday, some do not work. One country dud require to get a registration number that you can only get by going to their consulate in my country by filling a form that is only in their language and in the end you still need a legal representative. For a micro-business that is made only by me that does this on the side with a full time job on top of it, is absolutely unmanageable. The only viable alternative to be compliant is to use a company that does everything for me, but the fees are crazy high and I can not afford them. This law was made to stop the big polluters, but is currently putting out of work all the small companies that are the actual heart of the EU and the single market. I do not understand how is it possible that nobody thought to introduce a system like the One Stop Shop for the VAT declaration. It is simple and effective, and helps quickly to pay all the taxes you need online and be compliant with all the rules. I do not want an exemption. I want a simple system that allows me to pay what I need to each state and be compliant with the law.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own a micro-business that sells online in the majority of the member states. I have spent the whole day trying to register to the PRO's of each member state I sell and it is a nightmare. Many do not have translation or are poorly translated. In multiple of them there is no way to register immediately, you have to contact them via email. Some are on holiday, some do not work. One country dud require to get a registration number that you can only get by going to their consulate in my country by filling a form that is only in their language and in the end you still need a legal representative. For a micro-business that is made only by me that does this on the side with a full time job on top of it, is absolutely unmanageable. The only viable alternative to be compliant is to use a company that does everything for me, but the fees are crazy high and I can not afford them. This law was made to stop the big polluters, but is currently putting out of work all the small companies that are the actual heart of the EU and the single market. I do not understand how is it possible that nobody thought to introduce a system like the One Stop Shop for the VAT declaration. It is simple and effective, and helps quickly to pay all the taxes you need online and be compliant with all the rules. I do not want an exemption. I want a simple system that allows me to pay what I need to each state and be compliant with the law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563081_en"}, {"id": 33563080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:52:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative seems designed to kill small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative seems designed to kill small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563080_en"}, {"id": 33563078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:48:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "aniProtec", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind ein kleiner Online Händler, dabei jedoch der exklusive Generalimporteur für konkurrenzlose medizinische Schutzmasken für Haustiere. Wir sind eigentlich seitens des Herstellers verpflichtet, die gesamte EU zu beliefern. Dabei ist neben Deutschland unser Hauptmarkt Österreich, Italien und Frankreich. Nachfragen aus anderen EU-Ländern belaufen sich zwischen 0-5 Verkäufe pro Jahr, da sich die Märkte nur langsam aufbauen. Hierfür bestand bisher ein schrittweiser Wachstumsplan, der anlässlich des neuen Verpackungsgesetzes und vor dem Hintergrund der überbordenenden und stetig zunehmenden Bürokratie nun nicht umgesetzt wird. Wir unterstützen aus Überzeugung jegliche Bemühung um Nachhaltigkeit. Allerdings erwarten wir, dass die Politik sinnvolle Gesetze erlässt. Im vorliegenden Fall des neuen Verpackungsgesetz handelt es sich um unnötige Aufblähung der Bürokratie für jedes Unternehmen. Statt produzierende oder importierende Verpackungshersteller mit einer Abgabe zu belasten (die diese in Ihren Preisen an die Händler weiterbelasten), wird ein Bürokratiemonster geschaffen, das besonders kleine Händler übermässig belastet. Statt eine sinnvolle Vereinheitlichung in der EU zu gewährleisten, werden ständig neue Einzelgesetze geschaffen bei denen es den Anschein hat, dass sich EU-Bürokraten profilieren wollen. So behindert man die Wirtschaft, schafft weitläufige Frustation und befördert den Zulauf für (mindestens so unfähige) rechtsnationale Parteien ! Konsequenz für unser Unternehmen: Wir werden die Entwicklung und den Verkauf in fast alle EU Märkte ausser unseren drei Hauptmärkten einstellen. Das hat unmittelbar zur Folge, dass wir einen Mitarbeiter entlassen und die geplante schrittweise Aufstockung der Arbeitsplätze nicht umsetzen. Schon heute ist der überwiegende Anteil der bei uns geleisteten Arbeitsstunden die Durchführung von staatlich vorgenschriebener Administration. Das ist absolut nicht mehr leistbar oder bezahlbar. Kunden der anderen EU-Länder müssten sich somit die Produkte zukünftig beim Hersteller in Australien oder aus den USA besorgen. Da Lieferzeiten dem kurzfristigen Bedarf nicht entsprechen, werden diese Produkte für einen Großteil der EU nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen. Ich hoffe, Sie überdenken dieses abstruse Gesetz ! Hochachtungsvoll Corinna Preuss / aniProtec", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are a small online trader, but the exclusive general importer of non-competition medical protective masks for pets. We are actually obliged by the manufacturer to supply the whole EU. In addition to Germany, our main market is Austria, Italy and France. Demand from other EU countries ranges from 0-5 sales per year due to slow market development. This has so far been the subject of a gradual growth plan, which is now not being implemented on the occasion of the new Packaging Act and in the context of the excessive and ever-increasing bureaucracy. We strongly support any effort towards sustainability. However, we expect politicians to make meaningful laws. The present case of the new Packaging Act is an unnecessary inflatation of bureaucracy for any undertaking. Instead of imposing a levy on producing or importing packaging manufacturers (which pass it on to distributors in their prices), a bureaucratic monster is created, which places an excessive burden on particularly small retailers. Instead of ensuring meaningful harmonisation across the EU, new individual laws are constantly being created where it appears that EU bureaucrats want to profile themselves. This hinders the economy, creates widespread frustration and encourages the entry of (at least as incapable) legal national parties! Consequence for our business: We will stop developing and selling in almost all EU markets apart from our three main markets. The immediate consequence of this is that we are dismissing an employee and not implementing the planned gradual increase in the number of jobs. Even today, the vast majority of the hours worked at us are performed by state-imposed administration. This is absolutely no longer affordable or affordable. Customers from other EU countries would therefore in future have to obtain the products from the manufacturer in Australia or from the USA. As delivery times do not meet short-term needs, these products will no longer be available for a large part of the EU. I hope you will reconsider this abstruse law! Yours faithfully, Corinna Preuss/aniProtec", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563078_en"}, {"id": 33563076, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:36:14", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR authorised representative requirement creates a disproportionate burden for startups and small businesses. For a large company shipping 100,000 packages per year, paying several hundred euros per country is insignificant. For a startup trying to test which EU markets actually have demand, paying hundreds of euros per country before even making the first sale is a serious barrier. A startup may have to spend thousands of euros just to make its webshop available across the EU, while its cash is already extremely limited. This goes against the idea of the EU Single Market. Small European businesses should be able to test demand across borders without paying for a separate representative in every Member State before knowing whether they will sell 1 product or 1,000. Cheers, Simon from Finland", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR authorised representative requirement creates a disproportionate burden for startups and small businesses. For a large company shipping 100,000 packages per year, paying several hundred euros per country is insignificant. For a startup trying to test which EU markets actually have demand, paying hundreds of euros per country before even making the first sale is a serious barrier. A startup may have to spend thousands of euros just to make its webshop available across the EU, while its cash is already extremely limited. This goes against the idea of the EU Single Market. Small European businesses should be able to test demand across borders without paying for a separate representative in every Member State before knowing whether they will sell 1 product or 1,000. Cheers, Simon from Finland", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563076_en"}, {"id": 33563074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:27:19", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A very poorly thought out at best, regulation that will lead to the closure of many small businesses, while having minimal impact on large corporations who are the main contributors to environmental waste. Small independent businesses operate on very small margins, expecting them to spend time and money registering and paying for this beaurocratic nightmare is completely disheartening. I have already seen many art creators online already state they won't be able to afford the cost and admin associated with these new regulations. I would urge the commission to pause these regulations, and explore ways to exempt small businesses entirely. Otherwise this is simply a way to increase business for large corporations while having no little to no impact on the climate. These are not the type of regulations that citizens of the EU endorse so please moving forward consider more carefully the ramifications these new rules have on everyday people.", "feedbackEnglish": "A very poorly thought out at best, regulation that will lead to the closure of many small businesses, while having minimal impact on large corporations who are the main contributors to environmental waste. Small independent businesses operate on very small margins, expecting them to spend time and money registering and paying for this beaurocratic nightmare is completely disheartening. I have already seen many art creators online already state they won't be able to afford the cost and admin associated with these new regulations. I would urge the commission to pause these regulations, and explore ways to exempt small businesses entirely. Otherwise this is simply a way to increase business for large corporations while having no little to no impact on the climate. These are not the type of regulations that citizens of the EU endorse so please moving forward consider more carefully the ramifications these new rules have on everyday people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563074_en"}, {"id": 33548970, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:25:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Andreas Schneider, (Einzelunternehmen)", "feedback": "Dear EU Commission and Dear members of the EU parliament ! Much has been written on yearly costs for obligatory EPR representatives for each separate EU country. What embarrasses me is that it takes thousands of Euros before we can participate in each separate national market. Its disproportionate. Bureaucracy costs outweigh recycling costs for a small company by far. Its a limitation in participating in a fair and free EU market. Its not always possible on selling platforms to pre-select single national markets and exclude others. And its restrictive, a mean gesture to be excluded. It affects us economically and beyond. Our families. Were not just small companies. Running such a kind of business means to develop into it, a mode of being. Like a violin player. Like craftsmen. We grew into a decentralized market; we adapted to it for 2 decades. Packing material is expensive in low quantities, right? Please compare! We use courier transport with the least amount of packing possible. Most customers find that a good idea, also allowing long life cycles for goods. We do that, selling historic design furniture. Did anyone in the parliament take our perspective? What kind of businesses did you consider in prospect? Big-Tech ones? Industry? They invested a great deal into this, which is good. But how shall we adapt? You are cutting the smaller rhizomes off in this decentralized economy. We built our company upon this basement. Its our ground! This is hostile towards small businesses, craftsmanship, and culture. Cutting out the small branches sheds more light on the big ones. Their roots grow deep and theyll have the rain and the sunlight for themselves; reduction of diversity, certainly many broke individuals. Will the consumers accommodate to waste reduction? They instead keep living in symbolic freedom, perfectly arranged for them by large companies, bureaucracy, and organizations. This slightly reminds me of a famous novel by Aldous Huxley, nudging things more into a Brave New World. This creates another step towards the installation of a bureaucratic surround. It distrusts individuals and prefers to arrange their responsibility. The member states interpose commercial institutions between them, us, and the problem itself. Costs rise. Whoever cant keep up gets excluded. I only use what is necessary for packing my goods which is historic design furniture. Delivered items are often packed in blankets of the courier only. The most economic solution often is the most ecological. Using only small amounts of packing material results in high prices per unit. It's intense for small businesses with a wide product range. EU law, transportation companies, and selling platforms set standards that we're obliged to secure. We are branches, getting our water from platforms and light from customers. We ourselves can't invent new materials for logistics. Small businesses are practically a very heterogeneous minority, with few rights and many duties. Small businesses don't influence elections. We're not influential. Proclaiming a Green Deal from the speaker's lectern in the parliament set the course for an unpragmatic regulatory way and deep cuts in the system. It's a higher demand put into law. The EU keeps its course in organizing responsibility by passing it over to companies and the creation of a \"bureaucratic surround\". The developments in artificial intelligence will further drive this. Machine learning will help organize, and what gets measured gets done. And a great deal of money applies for the installation of a control mechanism. But will it really alter consumer habits? Customers may argue they paid for it where we won't be able to pass over a substantial part of the costs. After years of increased pricing. Companies don't vote, right? Small companies have only very little influence on political decision-making. The more bureaucracy we face, the more we work for keeping our achievements of a decade alive.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU Commission and Dear members of the EU parliament ! Much has been written on yearly costs for obligatory EPR representatives for each separate EU country. What embarrasses me is that it takes thousands of Euros before we can participate in each separate national market. Its disproportionate. Bureaucracy costs outweigh recycling costs for a small company by far. Its a limitation in participating in a fair and free EU market. Its not always possible on selling platforms to pre-select single national markets and exclude others. And its restrictive, a mean gesture to be excluded. It affects us economically and beyond. Our families. Were not just small companies. Running such a kind of business means to develop into it, a mode of being. Like a violin player. Like craftsmen. We grew into a decentralized market; we adapted to it for 2 decades. Packing material is expensive in low quantities, right? Please compare! We use courier transport with the least amount of packing possible. Most customers find that a good idea, also allowing long life cycles for goods. We do that, selling historic design furniture. Did anyone in the parliament take our perspective? What kind of businesses did you consider in prospect? Big-Tech ones? Industry? They invested a great deal into this, which is good. But how shall we adapt? You are cutting the smaller rhizomes off in this decentralized economy. We built our company upon this basement. Its our ground! This is hostile towards small businesses, craftsmanship, and culture. Cutting out the small branches sheds more light on the big ones. Their roots grow deep and theyll have the rain and the sunlight for themselves; reduction of diversity, certainly many broke individuals. Will the consumers accommodate to waste reduction? They instead keep living in symbolic freedom, perfectly arranged for them by large companies, bureaucracy, and organizations. This slightly reminds me of a famous novel by Aldous Huxley, nudging things more into a Brave New World. This creates another step towards the installation of a bureaucratic surround. It distrusts individuals and prefers to arrange their responsibility. The member states interpose commercial institutions between them, us, and the problem itself. Costs rise. Whoever cant keep up gets excluded. I only use what is necessary for packing my goods which is historic design furniture. Delivered items are often packed in blankets of the courier only. The most economic solution often is the most ecological. Using only small amounts of packing material results in high prices per unit. It's intense for small businesses with a wide product range. EU law, transportation companies, and selling platforms set standards that we're obliged to secure. We are branches, getting our water from platforms and light from customers. We ourselves can't invent new materials for logistics. Small businesses are practically a very heterogeneous minority, with few rights and many duties. Small businesses don't influence elections. We're not influential. Proclaiming a Green Deal from the speaker's lectern in the parliament set the course for an unpragmatic regulatory way and deep cuts in the system. It's a higher demand put into law. The EU keeps its course in organizing responsibility by passing it over to companies and the creation of a \"bureaucratic surround\". The developments in artificial intelligence will further drive this. Machine learning will help organize, and what gets measured gets done. And a great deal of money applies for the installation of a control mechanism. But will it really alter consumer habits? Customers may argue they paid for it where we won't be able to pass over a substantial part of the costs. After years of increased pricing. Companies don't vote, right? Small companies have only very little influence on political decision-making. The more bureaucracy we face, the more we work for keeping our achievements of a decade alive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548970_en"}, {"id": 33563073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:19:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KE Business GbR", "feedback": "Es wird einem kleinen Unternehmen unmöglich gemacht noch zu existieren. Wir brauchen dringend eine zentrale Stelle mit Bagatellgrenze, sonst bedeutet die neue Verordnung das Aus für einen Teil des Mittelstandes. Und der Mittelstand trägt diese Land (noch).", "feedbackEnglish": "It is made impossible for a small enterprise to continue to exist. We urgently need a central body with a de minimis threshold, otherwise the new regulation will put an end to some of the small and medium-sized enterprises. And small and medium-sized enterprises are responsible for this country (still).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563073_en"}, {"id": 33563072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:17:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is set up in no way for small businesses/ micro businesses. Example: I purchase since years from apothaka.com in the UK products big companies are not able to provide. The business is already taking care of packaging (recycable containers, not oversized), but can't afford registration fees (as is right now). And these are always the same no matter how big the business is?? This regulation is destroying micro businesses. It seems to be a not very well thought of regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is set up in no way for small businesses/ micro businesses. Example: I purchase since years from apothaka.com in the UK products big companies are not able to provide. The business is already taking care of packaging (recycable containers, not oversized), but can't afford registration fees (as is right now). And these are always the same no matter how big the business is?? This regulation is destroying micro businesses. It seems to be a not very well thought of regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563072_en"}, {"id": 33563071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 16:14:25", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To the European Commission and relevant authorities, The introduced packaging and packaging waste rules and result in a requirement for businesses to register in up to 27 separate national producer registers, which is actively fragmenting the European Single Market. Forcing cross-border operators to navigate divergent administrative portals, incompatible reporting standards, and conflicting national procedures has introduced massive bureaucratic friction to intra-EU commerce. The financial burden is disproportionately damaging to small and medium-sized businesses. The cumulative cost of standalone registration fees and the mandate to appoint local Authorised Representatives in every destination country frequently exceeds the entire revenue generated from low-volume sales in those markets. This creates a severe structural penalty for smaller operators that only well-capitalized multinational corporations can afford to absorb. As a direct consequence, independent merchants and smaller manufacturers are being forced to withdraw from cross-border trade and halt shipping to other Member States altogether. This regulatory barrier restricts consumer choice, stifles competition, and undermines the foundational principle of the free movement of goods within the EU. For the above reasons, my feedback on this law is negative.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission and relevant authorities, The introduced packaging and packaging waste rules and result in a requirement for businesses to register in up to 27 separate national producer registers, which is actively fragmenting the European Single Market. Forcing cross-border operators to navigate divergent administrative portals, incompatible reporting standards, and conflicting national procedures has introduced massive bureaucratic friction to intra-EU commerce. The financial burden is disproportionately damaging to small and medium-sized businesses. The cumulative cost of standalone registration fees and the mandate to appoint local Authorised Representatives in every destination country frequently exceeds the entire revenue generated from low-volume sales in those markets. This creates a severe structural penalty for smaller operators that only well-capitalized multinational corporations can afford to absorb. As a direct consequence, independent merchants and smaller manufacturers are being forced to withdraw from cross-border trade and halt shipping to other Member States altogether. This regulatory barrier restricts consumer choice, stifles competition, and undermines the foundational principle of the free movement of goods within the EU. For the above reasons, my feedback on this law is negative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563071_en"}, {"id": 33563069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 15:52:54", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations have made it impossible for small businesses in the UK to sell items to the vast majority of EU member countries. The introduction of annual weight limits such as Ireland, Netherlands, and Belgium would ease the financial and administrative burden for small businesses such as the one I am employed at.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations have made it impossible for small businesses in the UK to sell items to the vast majority of EU member countries. The introduction of annual weight limits such as Ireland, Netherlands, and Belgium would ease the financial and administrative burden for small businesses such as the one I am employed at.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563069_en"}, {"id": 33563067, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 15:40:13", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an artist living in Swden sending perhaps 1 to 10 packages per year, this is a overhead of costs and burocracy that exceeds and arists ability to handle. I demand that you immediatley create exceptions for private persions, micobusineses and for very small volumes of packaging. This new law should olny apply for larges companies who ship thousands of packages per year.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist living in Swden sending perhaps 1 to 10 packages per year, this is a overhead of costs and burocracy that exceeds and arists ability to handle. I demand that you immediatley create exceptions for private persions, micobusineses and for very small volumes of packaging. This new law should olny apply for larges companies who ship thousands of packages per year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563067_en"}, {"id": 33563066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 15:17:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "Als Inhaber eines Kleinbetriebs im Onlinehandel unterstütze wir die ökologischen Ziele der europäischen Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) und des Verpackungsrecht-Durchführungsgesetzes (VerpackDG). Wir müssen Verpackungsabfälle reduzieren und Materialkreisläufe schließen. Meine Kritik betrifft die administrative Umsetzung: Kleinstunternehmen machen in Deutschland 84,9 % aller Unternehmen aus (Quelle: https://www.ifm-bonn.org/statistiken/mittelstand-im-einzelnen/unternehmensbestand). Die geplante Pflicht zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) drängt diese Betriebe aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt. Wer Pakete ins EU-Ausland versendet, braucht im Zielland einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten. Ein einziger Verkauf löst Fixkosten für Verträge und Meldewege aus. Große Konzerne legen diese Gebühren auf Millionen Artikel um. Kleine Händler zahlen denselben Betrag für minimale Stückzahlen. Die EPR-Vertretungspflicht wirkt als direkte Marktzutrittsschranke. Ich fordere den Gesetzgeber zu drei Anpassungen auf: 1. Führen Sie Bagatellgrenzen ein, die Kleinstunternehmen unterhalb definierter Versandmengen von der lokalen Vertretungspflicht befreien. 2. Schaffen Sie ein zentrales One-Stop-Shop-System (OSS), damit Händler ihre EPR-Pflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt und mit einer einzigen Fixgebühr abwickeln können. 3. Legen Sie europaweit einheitliche technische Standards für die Datenübermittlung fest, damit Händler ihre Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land in einem anderen Format aufbereiten müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small e-commerce business, we support the environmental objectives of the European Packaging Regulation (PPWR) and the Packaging Law Implementing Act (VerpackDG). We need to reduce packaging waste and close material loops. My criticism concerns administrative implementation: Micro-enterprises account for 84.9 % of all enterprises in Germany (source: https://www.ifm-bonn.org/statistiken/mittelstand-im-einzelnen/unternehmensbestand). The planned obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) pushes these establishments out of the European single market. Anyone who sends parcels abroad in the EU needs a local representative in the country of destination. A single sale triggers fixed costs for contracts and reporting channels. Large corporations convert these fees to millions of items. Small traders pay the same amount for minimal quantities. The EPR representation obligation acts as a direct barrier to market entry. I call on the legislator to make three adjustments: 1. Introduce de minimis thresholds that exempt micro-enterprises below defined shipping volumes from the local representation requirement. 2. Create a central one-stop-shop (OSS) system so that traders can bundle their EPR obligations for all Member States and process them with a single fixed fee. 3. Set common technical standards for data transmission across Europe so that traders do not have to prepare their packaging data in a different format for each country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563066_en"}, {"id": 33563065, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 15:15:37", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Birks Group", "feedback": "Dear EU Regulator, I'm the responsible for a e-commerce business in Canada, that sells mainly to Canadians and people in the US. However, we have some very loyal clients in Europe from different countries who order from us for about 40,000 euro per year. It's not a crucial part of our business, but we've been happily serving those clients in the past 10 years. À propos of your proposed regulations: we appreciate the effort to reduce packaging. In Canada, this is a priority too and the federal government is also working on their laws for this here. However, your proposed legislation would make it impossible for us to serve our EU clients. The cost for a representative in each country and all admin handling (including paying for recycling after the fact) would prohibit us to serve them. It's an honestly ridiculous amount of red tape and complications for a medium sized business like ours with a relatively small client base in Europe. The margin is just not there to continue. We ship maybe 2 packages to the same country per year, so we'd need a representative in 6 or 7 different countries for 1 or 2 shipments per year to each country? You may understand the absurdity of this ask. We're happy to provide you with the provenance of our packaging for each shipment, much as we provide you with information on the actual product. As a proposed simplification, why would you not charge a small percentage to each package coming into the EU, have the shipper pay this to the courier and the courier pass in on to you (much like DDP shipping) with a rate based on a certification? We can afford to have our packaging assessed once, and pay a small % based on that per shipment to offset the costs of recycling. You would also avoid completely shutting off your market for goods that you do not (or cannot) produce internally. Please do your consumers a favor, and review these restricting laws. They are maybe workable for major player exporting a lot to the EU to the same few countries, but they are not workable not for smaller B-2-C overseas shippers like us. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU Regulator, I'm the responsible for a e-commerce business in Canada, that sells mainly to Canadians and people in the US. However, we have some very loyal clients in Europe from different countries who order from us for about 40,000 euro per year. It's not a crucial part of our business, but we've been happily serving those clients in the past 10 years. À propos of your proposed regulations: we appreciate the effort to reduce packaging. In Canada, this is a priority too and the federal government is also working on their laws for this here. However, your proposed legislation would make it impossible for us to serve our EU clients. The cost for a representative in each country and all admin handling (including paying for recycling after the fact) would prohibit us to serve them. It's an honestly ridiculous amount of red tape and complications for a medium sized business like ours with a relatively small client base in Europe. The margin is just not there to continue. We ship maybe 2 packages to the same country per year, so we'd need a representative in 6 or 7 different countries for 1 or 2 shipments per year to each country? You may understand the absurdity of this ask. We're happy to provide you with the provenance of our packaging for each shipment, much as we provide you with information on the actual product. As a proposed simplification, why would you not charge a small percentage to each package coming into the EU, have the shipper pay this to the courier and the courier pass in on to you (much like DDP shipping) with a rate based on a certification? We can afford to have our packaging assessed once, and pay a small % based on that per shipment to offset the costs of recycling. You would also avoid completely shutting off your market for goods that you do not (or cannot) produce internally. Please do your consumers a favor, and review these restricting laws. They are maybe workable for major player exporting a lot to the EU to the same few countries, but they are not workable not for smaller B-2-C overseas shippers like us. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563065_en"}, {"id": 33563064, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 14:57:02", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who deeply cares for the planet, I share the mission of recycling and keeping our planet safer from pollution. However, I really hope you will rethink the new rule and costs on recycling packaging around Europe. Im just a small artisan. In a good year I might sell around 30 things and that money helps me buy more materials and keep creating. It makes no sense that I have to pay the same kind of recycling packaging costs as a company like, for example Amazon or ikea, which can send out a million packages in a day. How is that fair or sustainable to any small businesses? If artisans, craftpeople and artists keep getting hit with costs like this, many of us will simply have to stop selling and will disappear from the market. The market will be left with mass-produced products and plastic rubbish, while handmade and independent businesses are impossible to maintain. Please make these costs proportional to how much a business actually sells. A tiny artisan business and multi-billion euros companies are not the same, we don't produce, earn or pollute the same, and the rules shouldnt treat us as if we are. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Best, Melania Salvetti", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who deeply cares for the planet, I share the mission of recycling and keeping our planet safer from pollution. However, I really hope you will rethink the new rule and costs on recycling packaging around Europe. Im just a small artisan. In a good year I might sell around 30 things and that money helps me buy more materials and keep creating. It makes no sense that I have to pay the same kind of recycling packaging costs as a company like, for example Amazon or ikea, which can send out a million packages in a day. How is that fair or sustainable to any small businesses? If artisans, craftpeople and artists keep getting hit with costs like this, many of us will simply have to stop selling and will disappear from the market. The market will be left with mass-produced products and plastic rubbish, while handmade and independent businesses are impossible to maintain. Please make these costs proportional to how much a business actually sells. A tiny artisan business and multi-billion euros companies are not the same, we don't produce, earn or pollute the same, and the rules shouldnt treat us as if we are. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Best, Melania Salvetti", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563064_en"}, {"id": 33563063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 14:57:01", "country": "GTM", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a person who was planning on opening her own small company, this law feels as if the EU is playing against me. I dont see any real benefit of it and makes the process slower and stressful", "feedbackEnglish": "As a person who was planning on opening her own small company, this law feels as if the EU is playing against me. I dont see any real benefit of it and makes the process slower and stressful", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563063_en"}, {"id": 33563062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 14:32:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jazzafine", "feedback": "Eine unglaublich schlechte und wenig durchdachte Verordnung, die nur den Grossen zugute kommt und indem fair die Kleinen benachteiligt, ja vernichtet, den Großen zu noch mehr Umsatz und zu noch mehr Verpackung verhilft. Ich bin seit über 18 Jahren als selbstständige Handwerkskünstlerin tätig. Ich fertige mit Liebe zu Mensch und Umwelt Unikate und versende sie weltweit. Ich trage mit meinen Arbeiten dazu bei, dass getragene Kleidung und alte Stoffe wieder verwendet werden. Meine Arbeiten sorgen für Schönheit und Vielfalt. Nun muss ich nach 18 Jahren in denen ich auch wirtschaftliche Verantwortung für mich übernommen habe, steuern und Abgaben bezahlt habe, mein Geschäft schließen. Damit stirbt ein kleines Stück Freiheit, Selbstverantwortung, Unabhängigkeit und auch Vielfalt. Ich bin Mitglied der Grünen Partei und lebe möglichst nachhaltig. Ich engagiere mich für Umweltschutz. Gleichzeitig finde ich das friedliche Konzept der vereinten EU extrem wertvoll. Umso enttäuschender und undurchdachter erscheint mir diese Verordnung. Weltfremd, arrogant, bürokratisch. Schämen Sie sich für solch schlechte Arbeit , die die EU wirtschaftlich aber auch sozial zerstört.", "feedbackEnglish": "An incredibly bad and ill-thought-out regulation that benefits only the big ones and by putting the small ones at a fair disadvantage, or even destroying them, helps the big to achieve even more turnover and more packaging. I have been a self-employed artist for over 18 years. I work with love for people and the environment and I send them worldwide. Through my work, I contribute to the reuse of worn clothes and old clothes. My work creates beauty and diversity. Now, after 18 years in which I also assumed economic responsibility for me, I have to manage and pay taxes, I have to close my business. This causes a small amount of freedom, self-responsibility, independence and diversity to die. I am a member of the Green Party and I live as sustainably as possible. I am committed to protecting the environment. At the same time, I find the peaceful concept of a united EU extremely valuable. That regulation seems to me to be all the more disappointing and imprudent. Foreign, arrogant, bureaucratic. Be ashamed of such bad work, which destroys the EU both economically and socially.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563062_en"}, {"id": 33563061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 14:24:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro-entrepreneur based in France, I am concerned that the PPWR's producer registration requirements, applied without any de minimis threshold, place a disproportionate burden on micro and small enterprises. Requiring separate registration, national representatives, and fees in every single member state with no exemption based on business size or shipment volume makes cross-border trade within the EU practically impossible for individuals and small businesses. This contradicts the single market's founding principle of free movement of goods between member states. The administrative burden is especially unreasonable given that registration processes differ significantly by country (different fields, languages, and renewal requirements), creating costs that are manageable for large corporations but prohibitive for one-person or small operations. Micro-enterprises contribute meaningfully to the EU's tax base and often produce higher-quality, more sustainable, and more innovative goods than large-scale manufacturers. Suppressing their ability to trade across borders undermines both economic diversity and the environmental goals the regulation itself claims to support. On a personal note: I had been planning to launch two small businesses while living in France. If this regulation takes effect as currently written, I will choose not to pursue either of them. I believe many other aspiring entrepreneurs will make the same decision. This will have a real economic cost for France specifically: micro-entrepreneurs often contribute more to the tax system, relative to their income, than the same individuals would working minimum-wage jobs in factories precisely because entrepreneurship generates activity, turnover, and tax contributions that a minimum-wage salary does not. Discouraging people from starting businesses does not just harm the entrepreneurs themselves; it is a direct loss for the national economy. I also believe this regulation targets the wrong lever. A more effective way to reduce plastic and harmful substances in nature and water would be to invest in developing genuinely eco-friendly packaging materials, and in moral and environmental education for both children and adults, so that sustainable behavior comes from understanding rather than being forced through administrative burdens on the smallest economic actors. Punishing micro-entrepreneurs does little to address the actual sources of pollution, which lie far more in large-scale industrial packaging and consumer habits than in small artisanal production. I urge the Commission to introduce a de minimis threshold exempting micro-enterprises (as already proposed by Parliament) and to move toward a single, harmonized EU-wide registration system instead of 27 separate national ones.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur based in France, I am concerned that the PPWR's producer registration requirements, applied without any de minimis threshold, place a disproportionate burden on micro and small enterprises. Requiring separate registration, national representatives, and fees in every single member state with no exemption based on business size or shipment volume makes cross-border trade within the EU practically impossible for individuals and small businesses. This contradicts the single market's founding principle of free movement of goods between member states. The administrative burden is especially unreasonable given that registration processes differ significantly by country (different fields, languages, and renewal requirements), creating costs that are manageable for large corporations but prohibitive for one-person or small operations. Micro-enterprises contribute meaningfully to the EU's tax base and often produce higher-quality, more sustainable, and more innovative goods than large-scale manufacturers. Suppressing their ability to trade across borders undermines both economic diversity and the environmental goals the regulation itself claims to support. On a personal note: I had been planning to launch two small businesses while living in France. If this regulation takes effect as currently written, I will choose not to pursue either of them. I believe many other aspiring entrepreneurs will make the same decision. This will have a real economic cost for France specifically: micro-entrepreneurs often contribute more to the tax system, relative to their income, than the same individuals would working minimum-wage jobs in factories precisely because entrepreneurship generates activity, turnover, and tax contributions that a minimum-wage salary does not. Discouraging people from starting businesses does not just harm the entrepreneurs themselves; it is a direct loss for the national economy. I also believe this regulation targets the wrong lever. A more effective way to reduce plastic and harmful substances in nature and water would be to invest in developing genuinely eco-friendly packaging materials, and in moral and environmental education for both children and adults, so that sustainable behavior comes from understanding rather than being forced through administrative burdens on the smallest economic actors. Punishing micro-entrepreneurs does little to address the actual sources of pollution, which lie far more in large-scale industrial packaging and consumer habits than in small artisanal production. I urge the Commission to introduce a de minimis threshold exempting micro-enterprises (as already proposed by Parliament) and to move toward a single, harmonized EU-wide registration system instead of 27 separate national ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563061_en"}, {"id": 33563060, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 14:06:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the goal of the regulation is laudable, the impact on small and individual businesses is completely disproportional. At the very minimum, a size or business threshold that only applies to businesses doing more than a million euro, or similar, equivalent in each country would trigger the requirement. I strongly urge you not to implement the proposal in its current form! Additionally, the requirement that the registration is separate for each country seems badly designed to begin with -- why can the declaration not be performed once, and then be valid across the EU?", "feedbackEnglish": "While the goal of the regulation is laudable, the impact on small and individual businesses is completely disproportional. At the very minimum, a size or business threshold that only applies to businesses doing more than a million euro, or similar, equivalent in each country would trigger the requirement. I strongly urge you not to implement the proposal in its current form! Additionally, the requirement that the registration is separate for each country seems badly designed to begin with -- why can the declaration not be performed once, and then be valid across the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563060_en"}, {"id": 33550072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:44:34", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is very confusing and expensive. It effects small business around Europe quite badly as many are run by only one or two people and can't afford the additional fees of sending products to there customers in other countries. Bigger companies like Amazon can easily afford it but smaller ones can barely cope. There needs to be different regulations for smaller businesses who send under 100 or 200 packages. There should also be a single EU register. I am a disabled artist and was hoping to start a business to sell my art but this is making me very nervous. This could force small businesses to shut down and significantly reduce trade and collaboration between EU countries. Please readjust these regulations to better accommodate small businesses as they will be hurt by this the most, when bigger companies should be more targeted. Dispite all this however, I do appreciate the stance taken on helping the environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is very confusing and expensive. It effects small business around Europe quite badly as many are run by only one or two people and can't afford the additional fees of sending products to there customers in other countries. Bigger companies like Amazon can easily afford it but smaller ones can barely cope. There needs to be different regulations for smaller businesses who send under 100 or 200 packages. There should also be a single EU register. I am a disabled artist and was hoping to start a business to sell my art but this is making me very nervous. This could force small businesses to shut down and significantly reduce trade and collaboration between EU countries. Please readjust these regulations to better accommodate small businesses as they will be hurt by this the most, when bigger companies should be more targeted. Dispite all this however, I do appreciate the stance taken on helping the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550072_en"}, {"id": 33550071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:43:19", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Keine Angabe", "feedback": "Jahrelang haben wir unser Unternehmen aufgebaut und einzigartige Produkte für den Weltmarkt produziert und in fast alle Länder der Welt verkauft. Die EU führt nun die Pflicht ein, in jedem Mitgliedsland, in das man seine Produkte verkauft, einen Vertreter zu benennen und neben dem erheblichen bürokratischen Aufwand und der Verpackungsentsorgungsgebühr zig tausende Euros nur für diese Vertretung auszugeben unabhängig von der Anzahl der verkauften Produkte. Ob es nun zwei oder mehrere Millionen Einheiten pro Jahr sind, spielt dabei keine Rolle. Ehrlich gesagt habe ich das Gefühl, dass die EU kleine Unternehmen zerstören will - und das gelingt ihnen auch. Grob kalkuliert sind es über 10.000 Euro jährlich bei geschätzt 5 kg Karton und 0,5 kg Kunststoff je Land und das wobei 95% der Versandverpackungen bei uns wiederverwendete Verpackungen sind. D.h. für die Versandverpackungen hat schon jemand die Entsorgungsgebühr gezahlt, wir zahlen wieder und falls das Transportunternehmen die Lieferung gut behandelt u.U. geht die Verpackung noch einmal auf Reise bis schlussendlich diese erst in der Entsorgung landet. Also gleich 3x kassiert! Konformitätserklärung in 21 Sprachen obwohl der Shop nur in 2 Sprachen zur Verfügung steht - mit welcher logischen Erklärung? DSGVO, Widerrufsbutton, Informationspflichten, Dokumentationspflichten und vieles mehr haben den bürokratischen Aufwand bereits massiv erhöht. Jetzt kommen weitere Verpflichtungen hinzu, die für einen kleinen Händler absolut nicht zu bewältigen sind. Es geht hier nicht darum, Umweltschutz oder sinnvolle Verpackungsregeln abzulehnen. Es geht darum, dass die Politik endlich berücksichtigt, wie diese Vorschriften in der Realität bei kleinen Unternehmen umgesetzt werden sollen ohne dabei auf der Strecke zu bleiben. Wir sind übrigens ausdrücklich für Recycling, vernünftige Verpackungen und weniger Müll. Die Umsetzung derartiger EU-Gesetzte ist für kleinere Händler allerdings in dieser Form schlicht unmöglich! Eine gemeinsame europäische Regel sollte eigentlich dazu führen, dass der Handel innerhalb Europas einfacher wird und nicht den EU-Binnenmarkt tötet.", "feedbackEnglish": "For years, we have built our business and produced unique products for the global market and sold them to almost all countries in the world. The EU is now introducing the obligation to appoint a representative in each Member State to which it sells its products and to spend tens of thousands of euros only on this representative, regardless of the number of products sold, in addition to the considerable bureaucratic burden and the packaging disposal fee. Whether it is two or more million units per year is irrelevant. Honestly, I feel that the EU wants to destroy small businesses – and that is what they do. Roughly calculated, it is more than EUR 10.000 per year, with an estimated 5 kg of cardboard and 0.5 kg of plastic per country, and 95 % of shipping packaging is re-used packaging. This means that someone has already paid the disposal fee for the shipping packaging, we pay it again and, if the transport company treats the delivery well, the packaging may go on a journey again until it finally ends up in disposal. So it’s just 3 times! Declaration of conformity in 21 languages although the shop is only available in 2 languages – with which logical explanation? GDPR, withdrawal buttons, information requirements, documentation requirements and much more have already massively increased the bureaucratic burden. This comes on top of other obligations that are absolutely unmanageable for a small trader. It is not a question of rejecting environmental protection or sensible packaging rules. It is a question of policy finally taking into account how these rules are actually to be implemented in the case of small businesses, without being left behind. We are, by the way, explicitly in favour of recycling, reasonable packaging and less waste. However, it is simply impossible for smaller traders to implement such EU laws in this form! A common European rule should actually make it easier to trade within Europe and not kill the EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550071_en"}, {"id": 33550070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:41:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur Umsetzung der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) Ich betreibe in Deutschland ein kleines Handmade-Label als Ein-Personen-Unternehmen. Ich entwerfe und nähe meine Produkte selbst, betreibe meinen Onlineshop, kümmere mich um Kundenservice, Buchhaltung, Versand und sämtliche gesetzlichen Pflichten selbst. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Was mir jedoch große Sorgen bereitet, ist die zunehmende Summe an Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten insbesondere dann, wenn Waren innerhalb der Europäischen Union verkauft werden. Für Kleinstunternehmen wie meines steht der administrative Aufwand inzwischen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis mehr zur tatsächlichen Menge an Verpackungen, die wir in Verkehr bringen. Ich versende keine tausenden Pakete täglich. Teilweise handelt es sich bei Verkäufen in einzelne EU-Länder nur um wenige Bestellungen im Jahr. Trotzdem können dafür Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren und die Auseinandersetzung mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen notwendig werden. Für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen bedeutet jede zusätzliche Registrierung vor allem eines: Arbeitszeit, die nicht für die eigentliche wirtschaftliche Tätigkeit zur Verfügung steht. Ich bin gleichzeitig Designerin, Näherin, Einkauf, Marketing, Kundenservice, Versand und Verwaltung. Ich habe keine eigene Rechtsabteilung, keine Buchhaltungskraft und keine Mitarbeiterinnen oder Mitarbeiter, die sich ausschließlich mit Compliance beschäftigen können. Besonders problematisch ist für mich deshalb die Kombination vieler einzelner gesetzlicher Pflichten. Jede davon mag für sich betrachtet überschaubar erscheinen. In ihrer Summe werden sie für Kleinstunternehmen jedoch zu einer erheblichen Belastung. Die Folge darf nicht sein, dass kleine Unternehmen den europäischen Binnenmarkt faktisch nicht mehr nutzen können, weil sich der Verkauf von beispielsweise fünf oder zehn Bestellungen in ein anderes EU-Land aufgrund der damit verbundenen Bürokratie nicht mehr lohnt. Das widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Gedanken eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich wünsche mir deshalb ausdrücklich keine Befreiung von Umweltverantwortung. Auch kleine Unternehmen müssen ihren Beitrag leisten. Ich wünsche mir aber Verhältnismäßigkeit. Für Kleinst- und Kleinstmengenanbieter braucht es einfache, europaweit einheitliche Lösungen. Denkbar wären beispielsweise Bagatellgrenzen für sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen oder Umsätze, vereinfachte Meldepflichten für Kleinstunternehmen und vor allem eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung, anstatt Unternehmen mit verschiedenen nationalen Verfahren zu belasten. Ein kleines Handmade-Unternehmen darf regulatorisch nicht behandelt werden wie ein Unternehmen, das Millionen Produkte und Verpackungen auf den europäischen Markt bringt. Nachhaltigkeit bedeutet für mich nicht nur Recycling und Verpackungsvermeidung. Nachhaltigkeit bedeutet auch, Strukturen zu schaffen, in denen kleine, lokale und handwerklich arbeitende Unternehmen wirtschaftlich überleben können. Gerade diese Unternehmen produzieren häufig in kleinen Stückzahlen, reparieren, verwenden Materialien bewusst, vermeiden Überproduktion und arbeiten mit kurzen Lieferketten. Wenn europäische Regulierung dazu führt, dass solche Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einstellen müssen, während große Unternehmen die zusätzlichen administrativen Anforderungen problemlos durch eigene Abteilungen oder externe Dienstleister bewältigen können, entsteht eine Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten der Kleinsten. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR die Realität von Ein-Personen-Unternehmen und Kleinstunternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Wir brauchen keine Sonderbehandlung. Wir brauchen Regeln, die im Verhältnis zu unserer tatsächlichen wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit und den von uns verursachten Verpackungsmengen stehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on the implementation of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) I operate a small handmade label in Germany as a one-person company. I design and locate my products myself, run my online shop, take care of customer service, bookkeeping, shipping and all legal obligations myself. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers more accountable. However, what is of great concern to me is the increasing amount of registration, reporting and proof obligations, especially when goods are sold within the European Union. For micro-enterprises like myself, the administrative burden is no longer proportionate to the actual amount of packaging we place on the market. I do not send thousands of parcels every day. In some cases, sales to individual EU countries are only a few orders a year. Nevertheless, this may require registrations, notifications, fees and consideration of different national systems. For a one-person company, any additional registration means, in particular, one of the following: Working time not available for the actual economic activity. I am also a designer, facilitator, shopping, marketing, customer service, shipping and administration. I do not have my own legal department, accounting officer or staff who can only deal with compliance. The combination of many individual legal obligations is therefore particularly problematic for me. Each of these may seem manageable on its own. However, taken together, they become a significant burden for micro-enterprises. The result must not be that small businesses are de facto no longer able to take advantage of the European single market because, for example, selling five or ten orders to another EU country is no longer worthwhile because of the red tape involved. In my view, this runs counter to the idea of a functioning European internal market. I therefore expressly do not wish to be exempted from environmental responsibility. Small businesses also have to contribute. But I want proportionality. There is a need for simple, Europe-wide solutions for micro- and micro-volume providers. For example, de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging or turnover, simplified reporting obligations for micro-enterprises and, most importantly, centralised EU-wide registration, rather than burdening businesses with different national procedures. A small handmade company should not be treated in the same way as a company that places millions of products and packaging on the European market. Sustainability does not only mean recycling and packaging avoidance for me. Sustainability also means creating structures in which small, local and artisanal businesses can survive economically. These companies in particular often produce in small quantities, repair, deliberately use materials, avoid overproduction and work with short supply chains. If European regulation means that such companies have to stop selling cross-border, while large companies can easily cope with the additional administrative requirements through their own departments or external service providers, competition will be distorted to the detriment of the smallest. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take greater account of the reality of one-person and micro-enterprises in the further implementation of the PPWR. We do not need special treatment. We need rules that are proportionate to our actual economic activity and the quantities of packaging we produce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550070_en"}, {"id": 33550069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:41:06", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a sole trader selling ceramics. I don't understand that there are no exemptions for micro enterprises/small businesses who simply cannot absorb those atrocious costs to ship to EU countries. We are talking about hundred to thousands of euros PER country we intend to ship our products to. How was that not a consideration at all? Do we intend to kill small businesses in an attempt to get more money out of big corporations? Please revisit the proposition to take into consideration small businesses. You are taking away a massive chunk of their market with those new registration and compliance fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader selling ceramics. I don't understand that there are no exemptions for micro enterprises/small businesses who simply cannot absorb those atrocious costs to ship to EU countries. We are talking about hundred to thousands of euros PER country we intend to ship our products to. How was that not a consideration at all? Do we intend to kill small businesses in an attempt to get more money out of big corporations? Please revisit the proposition to take into consideration small businesses. You are taking away a massive chunk of their market with those new registration and compliance fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550069_en"}, {"id": 33550067, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:40:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte meine große Sorge über die Auswirkungen der neuen EU-Vorschriften im Bereich Verpackungen zum Ausdruck bringen. Grundsätzlich ist es richtig und wichtig, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Ressourcen zu schonen und nachhaltigere Verpackungslösungen zu fördern. Die derzeitige Entwicklung droht jedoch insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zu einer erheblichen zusätzlichen Belastung zu werden. Für kleine Unternehmen, Händler, Manufakturen und Versandunternehmen bedeutet die zunehmende Zahl an Vorgaben, Registrierungs-, Dokumentations- und Kennzeichnungspflichten einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Aufwand. Was für einen internationalen Konzern mit eigener Rechts-, Compliance- und Logistikabteilung vergleichsweise einfach umzusetzen ist, kann für einen kleinen Betrieb wirtschaftlich oder organisatorisch kaum noch zu bewältigen sein. Die Folge könnte sein, dass immer mehr kleine Anbieter den Versand ihrer Produkte einstellen müssen oder sich ganz aus bestimmten Märkten zurückziehen. Damit wird aus einer eigentlich ökologisch sinnvollen Regulierung ein Wettbewerbsproblem. Besonders kritisch sehe ich dabei, dass große Online-Plattformen und Konzerne von dieser Entwicklung profitieren könnten. Unternehmen wie Amazon und andere große Marktplätze verfügen über die notwendigen finanziellen und organisatorischen Ressourcen, um zusätzliche Verpackungsanforderungen, Dokumentationen und Compliance-Prozesse umzusetzen. Kleine Händler können diese Kosten dagegen häufig nicht in vergleichbarem Umfang auffangen. Dadurch besteht die Gefahr, dass die neuen Vorschriften nicht nur zu weniger Verpackungsmüll führen, sondern gleichzeitig zu einer weiteren Konzentration des Onlinehandels bei wenigen großen Plattformen. Ich bitte die EU daher dringend, bei der Umsetzung stärker zwischen multinationalen Konzernen und kleinen bzw. mittleren Unternehmen zu unterscheiden. Insbesondere sollten: - kleine Unternehmen deutlich von unnötiger Bürokratie entlastet werden, - die tatsächlichen Kosten und der administrative Aufwand für Kleinstunternehmen berücksichtigt werden, - verhältnismäßige und praktikable Übergangsfristen geschaffen werden, - einfache Lösungen für kleine Versandmengen ermöglicht werden, - Wettbewerbsverzerrungen zugunsten großer Onlineplattformen vermieden werden, - und vor Einführung neuer Pflichten geprüft werden, ob ein kleiner Betrieb diese wirtschaftlich überhaupt erfüllen kann. Umweltschutz darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus dem Markt gedrängt werden, während große Konzerne die zusätzlichen Anforderungen problemlos bewältigen und dadurch ihre Marktposition weiter ausbauen können. Eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft braucht nicht nur große Konzerne, sondern auch kleine Händler, Handwerksbetriebe, Hersteller und Familienunternehmen. Die europäische Gesetzgebung sollte diesen Unternehmen ermöglichen, nachhaltig zu wirtschaften, anstatt sie durch immer komplexere Vorschriften aus dem Wettbewerb zu drängen. Ich bitte Sie deshalb, die Auswirkungen der neuen Verpackungsvorschriften auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen ernsthaft zu überprüfen und die Regelungen entsprechend anzupassen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heiken Mittenzwei", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my deep concern about the impact of the new EU rules on packaging. In principle, it is right and important to reduce packaging waste, conserve resources and promote more sustainable packaging solutions. However, the current trend risks becoming a significant additional burden, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. For small businesses, traders, manufacturers and dispatchers, the increasing number of requirements, registration, documentation and labelling requirements represents a significant additional burden. What is relatively easy to implement for an international group with its own legal, compliance and logistics department can hardly be managed economically or organisationally for a small company. As a result, an increasing number of small suppliers may have to stop shipping their products or withdraw completely from certain markets. This turns regulation that is actually environmentally sound into a competition problem. I am particularly critical of the fact that large online platforms and corporations could benefit from this development. Companies such as Amazon and other major marketplaces have the necessary financial and organisational resources to implement additional packaging requirements, documentation and compliance processes. Small traders, on the other hand, are often unable to absorb these costs to a comparable extent. As a result, the new rules risk not only reducing packaging waste, but also further concentrating online trade on a few large platforms. I therefore urge the EU to make a stronger distinction in implementation between multinationals and small and medium-sized enterprises. In particular it should: — small businesses will be significantly relieved of unnecessary red tape, – the real costs and administrative burden for micro-enterprises will be taken into account, – proportionate and workable transition periods will be created, – simple solutions for small volumes of shipments will be made possible, – distortions of competition in favour of large online platforms will be avoided and, before introducing new obligations, it will be examined whether a small business can fulfil them economically at all. Environmental protection must not lead to small companies being pushed out of the market, while large corporations can easily cope with the additional requirements and thus further develop their market position. A sustainable economy requires not only large corporations, but also small traders, craft businesses, manufacturers and family businesses. European legislation should allow these companies to operate sustainably, rather than being forced out of competition by increasingly complex rules. I would therefore ask you to seriously assess the impact of the new packaging rules on small and medium-sized enterprises and to adapt the rules accordingly. Yours sincerely, Heiken Mittenzwei", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550067_en"}, {"id": 33550066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:39:26", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I am an artist from Poland aspiring to grow my business in the EU. I agree that environmental issues are important, but this directive is killing small businesses. It is really discouragingnot only the cost, but also the bureaucracy. How can I, as a starting company, keep up with registration in so many countries and deal with the cost? I insist on unifying the system so we can register in a single EU platform, and making exceptions for businesses that ship small amounts of packages and therefore produce little waste. This is shameful and against the vision of free trade in the EU. Who really profits from that, if not big companies?", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am an artist from Poland aspiring to grow my business in the EU. I agree that environmental issues are important, but this directive is killing small businesses. It is really discouragingnot only the cost, but also the bureaucracy. How can I, as a starting company, keep up with registration in so many countries and deal with the cost? I insist on unifying the system so we can register in a single EU platform, and making exceptions for businesses that ship small amounts of packages and therefore produce little waste. This is shameful and against the vision of free trade in the EU. Who really profits from that, if not big companies?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550066_en"}, {"id": 33550065, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:39:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Willach GbR", "feedback": "I run Blütenkonfetti, a German micro-enterprise producing natural dried flower confetti and handmade decorations, mainly for weddings. I sell through my own online shop and Etsy, including to customers in other EU countries. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and I am willing to register, report my packaging quantities and pay fair EPR contributions. However, the current system creates disproportionate costs for very small businesses. From January to July 2026, my total sales to France were only around EUR 728, while a first offer for the required packaging compliance amounted to approximately EUR 409 per year. These fixed costs can exceed the profit generated in that country. As a result, I have temporarily stopped shipping to other EU countries. This cannot be the intention of the European Single Market. I would strongly support one EU-wide digital EPR portal, with one registration and one simple annual declaration showing the packaging quantities sent to each Member State. The contributions could then be distributed automatically to the respective national systems. There should also be simplified rules or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and no requirement to appoint a separate costly authorised representative in every Member State for very small quantities. I am not asking for an exemption from environmental responsibility. I am asking for a proportionate system that allows micro-enterprises to remain part of the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run Blütenkonfetti, a German micro-enterprise producing natural dried flower confetti and handmade decorations, mainly for weddings. I sell through my own online shop and Etsy, including to customers in other EU countries. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and I am willing to register, report my packaging quantities and pay fair EPR contributions. However, the current system creates disproportionate costs for very small businesses. From January to July 2026, my total sales to France were only around EUR 728, while a first offer for the required packaging compliance amounted to approximately EUR 409 per year. These fixed costs can exceed the profit generated in that country. As a result, I have temporarily stopped shipping to other EU countries. This cannot be the intention of the European Single Market. I would strongly support one EU-wide digital EPR portal, with one registration and one simple annual declaration showing the packaging quantities sent to each Member State. The contributions could then be distributed automatically to the respective national systems. There should also be simplified rules or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and no requirement to appoint a separate costly authorised representative in every Member State for very small quantities. I am not asking for an exemption from environmental responsibility. I am asking for a proportionate system that allows micro-enterprises to remain part of the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550065_en"}, {"id": 33550064, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:36:05", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independent micro-entrepreneur", "feedback": "Please protect micro and small businesses from disproportionate packaging obligations! I am asking the European Commission to reconsider how these rules will affect micro and small businesses, especially independent makers, artists and craftspeople who sell their products online across the EU. I am one of them. I work alone, from home, creating and selling my own products. A business like mine may send only a very small amount of packaging to another EU country, yet we may face registration, reporting, EPR fees and administrative requirements in multiple Member States simply because a few customers happen to live there. For a large corporation selling thousands or millions of products across Europe, these costs and administrative requirements can be absorbed as part of doing business. For a person working alone from their home, they can make cross-border selling economically impossible. The environmental impact is not remotely comparable, so the burden should not be comparable either. Small creators already operate with extremely limited margins. Many of us have spent years developing our products, building our brands, purchasing equipment, learning our craft and slowly creating a customer base. For many, this is not a hobby. It is our livelihood. We have a gross annual income of less than 100,000. My gross annual income is less than 55,000. Is this fair? If complying with packaging rules in every country where we have an occasional customer costs more than the profit from those sales, the only realistic option will be to stop selling to those countries or to close the business entirely. This would not only hurt small businesses. It would undermine one of the fundamental advantages of the European Single Market: the ability of a small European business to reach customers throughout the EU. Every purchase counts for us. Environmental responsibility is essential, and businesses that generate large amounts of packaging waste should absolutely contribute to the cost of managing that waste. But regulation should be proportionate to the amount of waste actually generated and to the size and capacity of the business. A microbusiness sending a few parcels per month should not face the same administrative structure as a multinational company sending millions of parcels. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a meaningful exemption or EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses, based on packaging volume, weight or turnover. At the very least, there should be one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system for businesses operating below such a threshold, instead of separate administrative obligations in multiple Member States. Without proportionality, many independent makers, artists, craftspeople and other small online businesses may simply disappear. Years of work will be lost, businesses will close, and people who created their own source of income may lose their livelihood. Please do not regulate a person working alone from their kitchen table as if they were Amazon. We are not asking to have no environmental responsibility. We are asking for environmental responsibility that is fair, proportionate and realistically achievable for the smallest businesses. Please exempt micro and small businesses from disproportionate cross-border packaging obligations, or introduce thresholds and a genuinely simplified EU-wide system. Many of us are genuinely afraid that otherwise we will not be able to continue our businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please protect micro and small businesses from disproportionate packaging obligations! I am asking the European Commission to reconsider how these rules will affect micro and small businesses, especially independent makers, artists and craftspeople who sell their products online across the EU. I am one of them. I work alone, from home, creating and selling my own products. A business like mine may send only a very small amount of packaging to another EU country, yet we may face registration, reporting, EPR fees and administrative requirements in multiple Member States simply because a few customers happen to live there. For a large corporation selling thousands or millions of products across Europe, these costs and administrative requirements can be absorbed as part of doing business. For a person working alone from their home, they can make cross-border selling economically impossible. The environmental impact is not remotely comparable, so the burden should not be comparable either. Small creators already operate with extremely limited margins. Many of us have spent years developing our products, building our brands, purchasing equipment, learning our craft and slowly creating a customer base. For many, this is not a hobby. It is our livelihood. We have a gross annual income of less than 100,000. My gross annual income is less than 55,000. Is this fair? If complying with packaging rules in every country where we have an occasional customer costs more than the profit from those sales, the only realistic option will be to stop selling to those countries or to close the business entirely. This would not only hurt small businesses. It would undermine one of the fundamental advantages of the European Single Market: the ability of a small European business to reach customers throughout the EU. Every purchase counts for us. Environmental responsibility is essential, and businesses that generate large amounts of packaging waste should absolutely contribute to the cost of managing that waste. But regulation should be proportionate to the amount of waste actually generated and to the size and capacity of the business. A microbusiness sending a few parcels per month should not face the same administrative structure as a multinational company sending millions of parcels. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a meaningful exemption or EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses, based on packaging volume, weight or turnover. At the very least, there should be one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system for businesses operating below such a threshold, instead of separate administrative obligations in multiple Member States. Without proportionality, many independent makers, artists, craftspeople and other small online businesses may simply disappear. Years of work will be lost, businesses will close, and people who created their own source of income may lose their livelihood. Please do not regulate a person working alone from their kitchen table as if they were Amazon. We are not asking to have no environmental responsibility. We are asking for environmental responsibility that is fair, proportionate and realistically achievable for the smallest businesses. Please exempt micro and small businesses from disproportionate cross-border packaging obligations, or introduce thresholds and a genuinely simplified EU-wide system. Many of us are genuinely afraid that otherwise we will not be able to continue our businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550064_en"}, {"id": 33550063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:33:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "A la Siesta e.K.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die PPWR erfüllt viele Regelungen, die wir bereits seit unserer Gründung einhalten. Die Verpflichtung, diese Einhaltung nun durch kostenpflichtige Experten bzw. Beauftragte in jedem einzelnen EU-Land prüfen lassen zu müssen, verhindert zukünftig unsere Teilnahme als kleines Unternehmen (www.alasiesta.com) am EU-Binnenmarkt. Wir können nicht voraussehen, ob wir 1 oder 20 oder mehr Pakete nach Italien, Spanien oder jegliches andere EU-Land versenden werden. In jedem einzelnen Land soll dennoch vorsichtshalber eine Registrierung erfolgen, die erwarten lässt, dass die Kosten hierfür dafür unsere Gewinne aus den möglichen Bestellungen um ein vielfaches übersteigen werden. Als kleiner Spezialversand werden wir durch diese dezentrale Regelung aus den Märkten ausgeschlossen. Wir sehen in der EU eine Förderung des Binnenmarktes und nicht wie hierdurch verursacht, eine Schließung des Binnenmarktes für die kleineren Teilnehmer. Wir bitten um ein gesamteuropäisches, nachträglich nach Umsätzen abzurechnendes GESAMTREGISTER, das Bagazellgrenzen unter z.B. 10 Paketen je Jahr und Land vorsieht sowie z.B. eine Mengenregelung nach Anzahl versendeter Pakete. Wir würden uns freuen, wenn die Wirtschaft gefördert statt verhindert wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ute-Barbara Lück A la Siesta e.K.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the PPWR complies with many of the rules that we have complied with since our foundation. The obligation now to have this compliance checked by paid experts/agents in each individual EU country will prevent our participation in the EU internal market as a small company (www.alasiesta.com) in the future. We cannot predict whether we will send 1 or 20 or more parcels to Italy, Spain or any other EU country. In each individual country, however, as a matter of prudence, registration is to take place, which suggests that the cost of doing so will be many times higher than our profits from the possible orders. As a small specialised consignment, we are excluded from the markets by this decentralised regulation. We see in the EU a promotion of the single market and not, as it does, a closure of the single market for the smaller participants. We would ask for a pan-European comprehensive register, to be invoiced retrospectively on the basis of turnover, which sets thresholds below e.g. 10 parcels per year and country, as well as, for example, a quantitative rule based on the number of parcels sent. We would be delighted if the economy could be boosted rather than prevented. Yours sincerely, Ute-Barbara Lück A la Siesta e.K.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550063_en"}, {"id": 33550062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:33:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KITSCH KIOSK", "feedback": "I think the thought to reduce package waist ist amazing but unfortunately for our artistic jewelry business this kills every chance to do business in Europe. As many other small businesses we ship few packages per year to different European countries. We are two people doing everything on our own and just dont have enough resources (time, money) to deal with this new law. We and most of the small businesses are already doing everything as sustainable as possible and make sure to reduce waist. Please have a look into this because many small businesses are struggling with this idea right now. Other we can not make business in the EU but in America, Asia etc. I don't think that thats the interests for a strong European economy. We need: ONE simple EU-wide system reasonable rules for micro-businesses (maybe this rule applying from a certain amount of packaging shipped) costs based on actual packaging amounts no separate, expensive representatives required in every country", "feedbackEnglish": "I think the thought to reduce package waist is amazing but unfortunately for our artistic jewelry business this kills every chance to do business in Europe. As many other small businesses we ship few packages per year to different European countries. We are two people doing everything on our own and just dont have enough resources (time, money) to deal with this new law. We and most of the small businesses are already doing everything as sustainable as possible and make sure to reduce waist. Please have a look into this because many small businesses are struggling with this idea right now. Other we can not make business in the EU but in America, Asia, etc. I don't think that this the interests for a strong European economy. We need: One simple EU-wide system reasonable rules for micro-businesses (maybe this rule applying from a certain amount of packaging shipped) costs based on actual packaging amounts no separate, expensive representatives required in every country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550062_en"}, {"id": 33550061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:30:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Inhaberin eines kleinen Kunstgewerbe-Shops möchte ich gegen die geplanten Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister drastischen Einspruch erheben. Für Kleinstunternehmen und Kunstschaffende bedeuten diese Regelungen eine existenzbedrohende Hürde und eine massive Einschränkung des freien Warenverkehrs innerhalb der EU.Obwohl ich nur wenige Sendungen in andere EU-Länder verschicke, zwingt mich dieses System dazu, mich in jedem einzelnen Zielland separat zu registrieren und teils dreistellige Lizenzgebühren zu zahlen. Es ist wirtschaftlich absolut unmöglich und unfair, Kleinstunternehmen mit Großkonzernen wie Amazon über einen Kamm zu scheren. Große Konzerne stemmen diese bürokratischen und finanziellen Lasten mühelos, während kleine Shops systematisch vom europäischen Markt verdrängt werden.Ich lizensiere meine Verpackungen bereits ordnungsgemäß für Deutschland. Die Pflicht, dies nun für jedes EU-Land separat und zu extrem hohen Kosten zu tun, zerstört die Existenzgrundlage kleiner Online-Shops und behindert das Wachstum im Keim. Ich fordere dringend eine praxistaugliche Bagatellgrenze (Mindestmengen- oder Umsatzgrenze) für Kleinstunternehmen, um uns vor dem bürokratischen und finanziellen Ruin zu schützen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small arts shop, I would like to raise a drastic objection to the planned rules on national registers of producers. For micro-enterprises and artists, these rules represent a existential hurdle and a massive restriction on the free movement of goods within the EU. Although I send only a few consignments to other EU countries, this system forces me to register separately in each individual country of destination and sometimes pay three-digit royalties. It is absolutely economically impossible and unfair to squeeze micro-enterprises with large corporations such as Amazon. Large corporations are taking up these bureaucratic and financial burdens easily, while small shops are systematically being pushed out of the European market.I am already licensing my packaging properly for Germany. The obligation to do so now for each EU country separately and at extremely high costs destroys the livelihoods of small online shops and hampers growth. I urgently call for a practical de minimis limit (minimum volume or turnover limit) for micro-enterprises in order to protect us from bureaucratic and financial ruin.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550061_en"}, {"id": 33550060, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:30:02", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sole traders and micro businesses like myself working in the EU should not be affected by such a generalising and punishing law. Being environmentally conscious does not need to destroy people's incomes in this way. Totally against this.", "feedbackEnglish": "Sole traders and micro businesses like myself working in the EU should not be affected by such a generalising and punishing law. Being environmentally conscious does not need to destroy people's incomes in this way. Totally against this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550060_en"}, {"id": 33550059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:26:56", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, Keine Ahnung ob das überhaupt was bringt. Aber versuchen werde ich es trotzdem. Ich bin alleinerziehende Mama, mit einem Angestellten Job, nebenberuflich Energetikerin und habe die letzen Monate viel Geld in Material für Kunst gesteckt. Weil ich gerne ab und zu ein Original Bild verkaufen und natürlich versenden möchte. Mit dieser neuen wahnsinnigen Verpackungsverordnung ist das unmöglich und ich frage mich, ob man die kleinen extra zerstören möchte? Das kann doch echt nicht mehr sein. Wer hat sich diesen Schwachsinn Bitteschön ausgedacht? Ich hoffe es gibt bald eine Lösung für kleine Unternehmen. Herzlichen Dank Ramona Hehle", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I don't know if this will bring any benefits at all. But I will still try to do so. I am a lone-parent Mama, with an employee Job, a part-time energetic worker, and have invested a lot of money in art materials over the past months. Because I would like to sell from and to an original image and, of course, to send it. With this new mad packaging regulation, is this impossible and I wonder if you want to destroy the small extra? That can no longer be true. Who really thought about this weakness? I hope there will soon be a solution for small businesses. Thank you very much Ramona Hehle", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550059_en"}, {"id": 33550058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:24:41", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hanna´s Handmade Hanna Vires", "feedback": "PPWR & Small Business Reality I opened my online store to customers across Europe, but PPWR made crossborder selling unexpectedly difficult. Instead of one EUwide system, there are 27 different packaging responsibility schemes, each with its own registrations, fees and reporting. For a small business, this is not manageable. I already use minimal, plasticfree and fully recyclable packaging. Still, Im required to register and pay annual fees in countries where I dont even know if I will receive a single order. There is no way to budget or predict these costs. This does not support sustainability it simply limits small businesses from selling within the EU. Ive had to restrict my shop only to countries with reasonable bureaucracy and costs. This is not a choice; its a necessity. The EU internal market does not grow under this model; it shrinks. The EU needs one unified system: one registration, one report, one fee. The current model does not support small businesses, sustainability or crossborder commerce.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR & Small Business Reality I opened my online store to customers across Europe, but PPWR made crossborder selling unexpectedly difficult. Instead of one EUwide system, there are 27 different packaging responsibility schemes, each with its own registrations, fees and reporting. For a small business, this is not manageable. I already use minimal, plasticfree and fully recyclable packaging. Still, Im required to register and pay annual fees in countries where I dont even know if I will receive a single order. There is no way to budget or predict these costs. This does not support sustainability it simply limits small businesses from selling within the EU. Ive had to restrict my shop only to countries with reasonable bureaucracy and costs. This is not a choice; its a necessity. The EU internal market does not grow under this model; it shrinks. The EU needs one unified system: one registration, one report, one fee. The current model does not support small businesses, sustainability or crossborder commerce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550058_en"}, {"id": 33550057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:23:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is terrible. Instead of affecting businesses outside the EU, we, the EU, are being held accountable for it, which is unfair. Many small businesses will suffer as a result, especially those with only 15 employees. They dont have the necessary resources to implement all of this. This will result in the complete loss of their businesses and clear the way for large corporations. That must not happen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is terrible. Instead of affecting businesses outside the EU, we, the EU, are being held accountable for it, which is unfair. Many small businesses will suffer as a result, especially those with only 15 employees. They dont have the necessary resources to implement all of this. This will result in the complete loss of their businesses and clear the way for large corporations. That must not happen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550057_en"}, {"id": 33550056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:20:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin selbstständige Künstlerin in Deutschland und verkaufe individuell angefertigte Kunstwerke. Meine Bilder sind Einzelstücke, die ich auch an Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen europäischen Ländern versenden möchte. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller für die von ihnen verursachten Verpackungen in Verantwortung zu nehmen. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung darf jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass Solo-Selbstständige und Kleinstunternehmen faktisch vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Für mich kann ein Verkauf ins europäische Ausland bedeuten, dass ich lediglich ein oder zwei Kunstwerke pro Jahr in ein bestimmtes Land versende. Wenn ich mich dafür in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten registrieren, unterschiedliche Meldepflichten erfüllen und nationale Verfahren kennen muss, steht dieser Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge. Als selbstständige Künstlerin habe ich keine Rechts-, Compliance- oder Verwaltungsabteilung. Jede zusätzliche Vorschrift muss ich selbst recherchieren, verstehen, umsetzen und dauerhaft überwachen. Große Unternehmen können solche Aufgaben an spezialisierte Mitarbeiter oder Dienstleister übertragen. Für Solo-Selbstständige kann derselbe Aufwand dazu führen, dass sich ein Verkauf in einzelne EU-Länder schlicht nicht mehr lohnt. Damit entsteht ausgerechnet innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes eine neue Hürde für grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Kleine Unternehmen könnten gezwungen sein, ihren Versand auf wenige Länder oder sogar ausschließlich auf ihr Heimatland zu beschränken. Auch Verbraucher verlieren dadurch Zugang zu kleinen europäischen Marken, Manufakturen, Kunstschaffenden und individuellen Produkten. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine Lösung, die ökologische Verantwortung mit wirtschaftlicher Verhältnismäßigkeit verbindet. Sinnvoll wäre aus meiner Sicht ein einheitliches europäisches Herstellerregister mit einer zentralen Registrierung und Meldung für alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Zusätzlich sollte es für Solo-Selbstständige, Künstler und Kleinstunternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen eine Bagatellgrenze oder ein stark vereinfachtes Verfahren geben. Ich möchte Verantwortung für die Verpackungen übernehmen, die ich verwende. Ich möchte aber nicht entscheiden müssen, ob sich der Verkauf eines einzigen Kunstwerks in ein anderes EU-Land aufgrund der damit verbundenen Bürokratie überhaupt noch lohnt. Europa sollte es kleinen Unternehmen leichter machen, innerhalb Europas tätig zu sein nicht schwerer. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher ausdrücklich darum, die Situation von Solo-Selbstständigen, Künstlern und Kleinstunternehmen zu berücksichtigen und eine einfache, zentrale und verhältnismäßige Lösung zu schaffen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rena Reiner Selbstständige Künstlerin, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a self-employed artist in Germany and I sell individually produced works of art. My pictures are individual pieces that I would also like to send to customers in other European countries. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they produce. However, the specific design must not lead to the de facto exclusion of solo self-employed persons and micro-enterprises from the European internal market. For me, selling abroad in Europe can mean sending only one or two artworks per year to a specific country. If I have to register in different Member States, fulfil different reporting obligations and be aware of national procedures, this effort is disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually generated. As a self-employed artist, I do not have a legal, compliance or administrative department. Any additional requirement must be researched, understood, implemented and permanently monitored by me. Large undertakings may delegate such tasks to specialised staff or service providers. For solo self-employed people, the same effort can make selling to individual EU countries simply no longer worthwhile. This creates a new barrier to cross-border trade within the European internal market. Small businesses may be forced to limit their dispatch to a few countries or even to their home country only. It also deprives consumers of access to small European brands, manufactures, creators and individual products. I would therefore like to see a solution that combines environmental responsibility with economic proportionality. In my view, it would be useful to have a single European register of producers, with central registration and notification for all EU Member States. In addition, there should be a de minimis threshold or a very simplified procedure for solo self-employed persons, artists and micro-enterprises with very small quantities of packaging. I want to take responsibility for the packaging I use. However, I do not want to decide whether selling a single piece of art to another EU country is worthwhile at all because of the bureaucracy involved. Europe should make it easier for small businesses to operate within Europe. I would therefore urge the European Commission to take into account the situation of solo self-employed people, artists and micro-enterprises and to provide a simple, centralised and proportionate solution. Yours sincerely, Rena Reiner Self-employed Artist, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550056_en"}, {"id": 33550055, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:15:41", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please make united registry for new tax on packaging to make it easier. And hope there will be exemptions for small businesses so that artists dont have to go bankrupt just to send some small thing.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please make united registry for new tax on packaging to make it easier. And hope there will be exemptions for small businesses so that artists dont have to go bankrupt just to send some small thing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550055_en"}, {"id": 33550054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:15:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Beste, Mijn naam is Femke Buijs , ik ben onlangs afgestudeerd en sta aan de start van mijn carrière, de ingang van deze nieuwe regels op pakketjes heeft mijn dromen in één klap kapot gemaakt! Hoe moet ik als jong creatief persoon nog een kans hebben in deze wereld en nu dus ook in de Europese unie?? Ik heb een creatieve opleiding gedaan en ik stond op het punt een small business te beginnen en mijn zelf gemaakte duurzame kleding te verkopen met deze absurde nieuwe regels hebben jullie niet alleen mijn droom kapot gemaakt maar ook ontelbare kleine bedrijven terwijl de bedrijven die jullie willen bevechten gewoon doodleuk door kunnen gaan! Ik hoop dat er nog een keer gekeken kan worden naar hoe de grote bedrijven aangepakt kunnen worden in plaats van dat de kleine er voor moeten boeten! Als Europa moeten we naast elkaar staan maar nu worden we alleen maar tegen onze wil in verdeeld! Is het nog mogelijk om dromen te hebben in deze landen? Mijn toekomst ziet er namelijk op dit moment vrij uitzicht loos uit hier ik ben die diep diep teleurgesteld en ik hoop dat hier snel veranderingen in gemaakt worden. Alvast bedankt names mij en duizenden anderen en als jullie dit voort zetten, alvast succes met de extra uitkeringen die er aan komen", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear, My name is Femke Buijs, I have recently graduated and I am at the start of my career, the entrance of these new rules on parcels has broken my dreams in one blow! As a young creative person, how should I still have an opportunity in this world and now also in the European Union? I have had creative training and I was about to start a small business and sell my own sustainable clothes with these absurd new rules, you have not only broken my dream, but also countless small businesses, while the companies you want to fight can just go dead! I hope that it will be possible to look again at how to deal with the big companies, rather than penalising the small ones! As Europe, we have to stand side by side, but now we are only divided against our will! Is it still possible to dream in these countries? I am deeply disappointed at this point in time that my future is quite out of sight and I hope that it will change quickly. In the meantime, names thank me and thousands of others, and if you continue to do so, you will be successful with the additional benefits you will receive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550054_en"}, {"id": 33550053, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:15:15", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation severely affects small businesses and stands to currently put a lot of them out of business within the EU. From a sustainability standpoint, it is much better to support local and smaller businesses within the EU that do not have as large of an environmental impact as larger companies, such as Amazon, that send millions (if not billions) of packages every year. The current system of having to register in each member state and follow individual requirements and expensive local agents in some states is just plainly unfair on small businesses and producers and make the process excessively complicated. The innovation this regulation sets out to encourage seems to solely be for the benefit of large companies that have the budget and cause the majority of the waste while shuttering small and often more sustainable businesses that simply cannot afford the cost. There needs to be a single registration point and exemptions to protect small business and producers while holding the large corporations more responsible for the waste they create.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation severely affects small businesses and stands to currently put a lot of them out of business within the EU. From a sustainability standpoint, it is much better to support local and smaller businesses within the EU that do not have as large of an environmental impact as larger companies, such as Amazon, that send millions (if not billions) of packages every year. The current system of having to register in each member state and follow individual requirements and expensive local agents in some states is just plainly unfair on small businesses and producers and make the process excessively complicated. The innovation this regulation sets out to encourage seems to solely be for the benefit of large companies that have the budget and cause the majority of the waste while shuttering small and often more sustainable businesses that simply cannot afford the cost. There needs to be a single registration point and exemptions to protect small business and producers while holding the large corporations more responsible for the waste they create.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550053_en"}, {"id": 33550052, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:14:44", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "So dissapointing! Just the latest in self destruction - when will Europe wake up to the new world of the 21st century and how can you expect Europe to ever compete on the global stage like this? It's been almost 2 years since the Draghi report and an updated report would be even larger now! The whole point was to reduce barriers and regulations, not constantly add new ones (and this packaging one? is that really the biggest issue in Europe and the world right now - what box stuff is put in?) Of course, this is in addition to all the other acts and regulations that stiffle innovation and result in our best and brightest hopping across the pond and our continent as the only one without access to the latest technologies! Glad that's never been an issue Historically for anyone! And History is not quite done, no matter how much we might want that to still be the case! Please look at the world as it is now and act accordingly as the next few years might be the most consequential ones in decades or even centuries. And how big a cardboard box can be isn't really going to make affect our destiny all that much...", "feedbackEnglish": "So dissapointing! Just the latest in self destruction - when will Europe wake up to the new world of the 21st century and how can you expect Europe to ever compete on the global stage like this? It's been almost 2 years since the Draghi report and an updated report would be even larger now! The whole point was to reduce barriers and regulations, not constantly add new ones (and this packaging one? is that really the biggest issue in Europe and the world right now - what box stuff is put in?) Of course, this is in addition to all the other acts and regulations that stiffle innovation and result in our best and brightest hopping across the pond and our continent as the only one without access to the latest technologies! Glad that's never been an issue Historically for anyone! And History is not quite done, no matter how much we might want that to still be the case! Please look at the world as it is now and act accordingly as the next few years might be the most consequential ones in decades or even centuries. And how big a cardboard box can be isn't really going to make affect our destiny all that much...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550052_en"}, {"id": 33550051, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:09:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hört mit diesen Quatsch auf, wir haben die EU für freien Handel, dies macht alles viel zu kompliziert und umständlich und für viele Händler lohnt es sich dann garnicht mehr in ein anderes Land zu versenden. Ich bin gegen diese Beschränkungen! Freier Versand in EU Länder ohne Bevollmächtigen etc!", "feedbackEnglish": "Stops with this quest, we have the EU for free trade, this makes everything far too complicated and cumbersome, and for many traders it is no longer worth sending it to another country. I am against these restrictions! Free shipment to EU countries without authorised representatives, etc.!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550051_en"}, {"id": 33550050, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:09:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As owner of a small independent D.I.Y. label / mailorder with webshop I´m harshly affected by this new rules. Yes my main business is in Germany but I have some customers or D.I.Y. businesses I´m dealing with in several different EU countries and if I would follow all rules and requirements in the correct way, the costs would far exceed the sales / earnings. Resonable costs for reasonable sales would be fair for everyone. Better rules for small businesses would be great, I pay a lot of taxes even my one-man-company is far small and if I have to give up all this money would be lost for my country / state. Keep that in mind, it´s not only me, a lot of EU citizens / business owners are in the same position. Maybe less waste in the EU but a lot of lost tax money. A fair compromise for all is needed. I do my best to recycle, re-use material or not create new waste, but if I have to pay a reasonable extra fee or whatever in future I will do it, but extreme extra costs are not possible for me. Thanx !!!", "feedbackEnglish": "As owner of a small independent D.I.Y. label / mailorder with webshop I´m harshly affected by this new rules. Yes my main business is in Germany but I have some customers or D.I.Y. businesses I´m dealing with in several different EU countries and if I would follow all rules and requirements in the correct way, the costs would far exceed the sales / earnings. Resonable costs for reasonable sales would be fair for everyone. Better rules for small businesses would be great, I pay a lot of taxes even my one-man-company is far small and if I have to give up all this money would be lost for my country / state. Keep that in mind, it´s not only me, a lot of EU citizens / business owners are in the same position. Maybe less waste in the EU but a lot of lost tax money. A fair compromise for all is needed. I do my best to recycle, re-use material or not create new waste, but if I have to pay a reasonable extra fee or whatever in future I will do it, but extreme extra costs are not possible for me. Thanx !!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550050_en"}, {"id": 33550049, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:07:50", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the intention behind the environmental goal of this new regulation, but it's very poorly executed. We as small businesses take great care of our packaging by using as little to no spare space and using recyclable materials where possible, but mega corporations are able to chuck small items into the biggest packets and boxes they can find with lots of spare space, and suddenly we're the problem? For example, items shipped from China have packaging within packaging within packaging, which is a huge waste. Data centres use between 2.1M - 19M litres of water per day with horrendous noise pollution. Small businesses naturally have less orders to fulfill compared to big corporations yet they're now annoying everywhere on social media that they can no longer ship to the EU because it's no longer feasible. People want to be unique, handmade products from creative artisans, but this regulation will make them buy more from big corporations, especially those with poor working conditions. It doesn't make sense that it's easier to ship overseas to the US and Australia (for example) than to EU countries that are far closer to the UK and use less air miles. It completely goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. Paying expensive fees, registering and declaring packaging for every member state and hiring an authorised representative in some member states is not viable for small businesses, especially those who send less than 100 orders a year in a single EU member state - it adds an extra layer of complication and stress to something that should be really easy like it was years ago. Shipping becomes more expensive year over year, so any extra fees would make everything nearly impossible. I fully believe you are targeting entirely the wrong kinds of people. Tax the rich and let small businesses continue to make a living for themselves, and for that, I personally demand an exemption for small businesses that have less than 10 employees and an annual turnover of less than 900,000. Our impact is a miniscule fraction of the impact big corporations have on the environment. I hope you rethink your poor decision to technically eliminate thousands of not millions of small businesses whose simple overarching role is to create and sell products from the bottom of their hearts to people all over the world. None of this is fair to those whose EU customers take up the majority of the their customer base.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the intention behind the environmental goal of this new regulation, but it's very poorly executed. We as small businesses take great care of our packaging by using as little to no spare space and using recyclable materials where possible, but mega corporations are able to chuck small items into the biggest packets and boxes they can find with lots of spare space, and suddenly we're the problem? For example, items shipped from China have packaging within packaging within packaging, which is a huge waste. Data centres use between 2.1M - 19M litres of water per day with horrendous noise pollution. Small businesses naturally have less orders to fulfill compared to big corporations yet they're now annoying everywhere on social media that they can no longer ship to the EU because it's no longer feasible. People want to be unique, handmade products from creative artisans, but this regulation will make them buy more from big corporations, especially those with poor working conditions. It doesn't make sense that it's easier to ship overseas to the US and Australia (for example) than to EU countries that are far closer to the UK and use less air miles. It completely goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. Paying expensive fees, registering and declaring packaging for every member state and hiring an authorised representative in some member states is not viable for small businesses, especially those who send less than 100 orders a year in a single EU member state - it adds an extra layer of complication and stress to something that should be really easy like it was years ago. Shipping becomes more expensive year over year, so any extra fees would make everything nearly impossible. I fully believe you are targeting entirely the wrong kinds of people. Tax the rich and let small businesses continue to make a living for themselves, and for that, I personally demand an exemption for small businesses that have less than 10 employees and an annual turnover of less than 900,000. Our impact is a miniscule fraction of the impact big corporations have on the environment. I hope you rethink your poor decision to technically eliminate thousands of not millions of small businesses whose simple overarching role is to create and sell products from the bottom of their hearts to people all over the world. None of this is fair to those whose EU customers take up the majority of the their customer base.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550049_en"}, {"id": 33550040, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:07:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KITSCH KIOSK", "feedback": "I think the thought to reduce package waist ist amazing but unfortunately for our artistic jewelry business this kills every chance to do business in Europe. As many other small businesses we ship few packages per year to different European countries. We are two people doing everything on our own and just dont have enough resources (time, money) to deal with this new law. We and most of the small businesses are already doing everything as sustainable as possible and make sure to reduce waist. Please have a look into this because many small businesses are struggling with this idea right now. Other we can not make business in the EU but in America, Asia etc. I don't think that thats the interests for a strong European economy. We need: ONE simple EU-wide system reasonable rules for micro-businesses (maybe this rule applying from a certain amount of packaging shipped) costs based on actual packaging amounts no separate, expensive representatives required in every country", "feedbackEnglish": "I think the thought to reduce package waist ist amazing but unfortunately for our artistic jewelry business this kills every chance to do business in Europe. As many other small businesses we ship few packages per year to different European countries. We are two people doing everything on our own and just dont have enough resources (time, money) to deal with this new law. We and most of the small businesses are already doing everything as sustainable as possible and make sure to reduce waist. Please have a look into this because many small businesses are struggling with this idea right now. Other we can not make business in the EU but in America, Asia etc. I don't think that thats the interests for a strong European economy. We need: ONE simple EU-wide system reasonable rules for micro-businesses (maybe this rule applying from a certain amount of packaging shipped) costs based on actual packaging amounts no separate, expensive representatives required in every country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550040_en"}, {"id": 33550048, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:07:40", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Vermeidung von Verpackungsabfällen und der Übergang zu einer nachhaltigen Kreislaufwirtschaft sind ohne Zweifel essenzielle Ziele für die Zukunft Europas. Das Engagement der Kommission zur Bewältigung dieser Herausforderungen wird ausdrücklich begrüßt. Gleichwohl weisen die aktuellen Regelungen erhebliche praxisferne Hürden auf, die den europäischen Binnenmarkt belasten und das erklärte Ziel des Bürokratieabbaus konterkarieren. 1. Unverhältnismäßige finanzielle Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen Die Verpflichtung, in jedem Bestimmungsland außerhalb des eigenen Firmensitzes einen Bevollmächtigten (Authorised Representative) zu beauftragen, führt bei Kleinstunternehmen zu völlig disproportionalen Fixkosten. Kostenrelation: Während die reinen Entsorgungs- und Lizenzgebühren für ein kleines Handelsvolumen (beispielsweise für ein duales System in Deutschland) oft nur bei wenigen Euro etwa 6,40 EUR pro Jahr liegen, belaufen sich die Gesamtkosten durch Registrierungs-, Administrations- und Bevollmächtigtengebühren rasch auf über 150 EUR (zzgl. MwSt.) pro Mitgliedsstaat. Folge: Für Kleinstbetriebe führt dies zu einer faktischen Marktzugangssperre im grenzüberschreitenden B2C-Geschäft, da die bürokratischen Fixkosten die Marge kleinerer Lieferungen um ein Vielfaches übersteigen. 2. Zersplitterung des Binnenmarktes und Ineffizienz bei Sanktionen Dass jeder der 27 Mitgliedsstaaten eigene Sanktionsrahmen, nationale Register (z. B. LUCID in Deutschland, ARA in Österreich) und Meldeverfahren aufrechterhält, stellt einen Rückschritt für den freien Warenverkehr dar. Effizienzverlust: Dass nun 27 nationale Gremien parallel Zeit und Ressourcen aufwenden, um individuelle Straf- und Durchsetzungsregeln zu erarbeiten, widerspricht dem europäischen Anspruch auf Effizienzsteigerung und Vereinfachung. Vorschlag: Ein einheitlicher Sanktionsvorschlag der Kommission, der als Standardregelung (Default-Regelung) bei nicht fristgerechter nationaler Umsetzung greift, hätte für Rechtssicherheit gesorgt und bürokratischen Wildwuchs verhindert. 3. Pragmatischer Lösungsansatz: EU-weite Zentralisierung In der Praxis existieren bereits funktionierende Modelle, in denen Inverkehrbringer Haushaltsverpackungen pauschal oder zentral lizenzieren. Ein zukunftsorientierter, digitaler Binnenmarkt benötigt eine europäisch gedachte Lösung: Zentrales Meldeportal: Eine einzige EU-weite Mengenmeldung am Jahresende (One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip, analog zum OSS-Verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer). Finanzielle Verteilung: Die Verrechnung und der finanzielle Ausgleich der Entsorgungskosten zwischen den Mitgliedsstaaten sollte über zwischenstaatliche Ausgleichsmechanismen im Hintergrund erfolgen, anstatt diesen Verwaltungsaufwand auf die Kleinstbetriebe abzuwälzen. Fazit Eine echte Vereinfachung ist nicht nur für Kleinstunternehmen überlebenswichtig, sondern sichert auch die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der europäischen Wirtschaft insgesamt. Um den freien Binnenmarkt nicht zu beschädigen, wird die Kommission dringend gebeten, die Vorschriften zur Bevollmächtigung für Kleinstmengen zu überarbeiten und Schwellenwerte oder zentrale Vereinfachungen einzuführen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Prevention of packaging waste and the transition to a sustainable circular economy are undoubtedly essential objectives for the future of Europe. The Commission’s commitment to addressing these challenges is warmly welcomed. However, the current rules present significant practical obstacles that weigh on the European single market and run counter to the stated objective of cutting red tape. 1. Disproportionate financial burden for micro-enterprises The obligation to appoint an Authorised Representative in each country of destination outside their own registered office leads to completely disproportionate fixed costs for micro-enterprises. Cost ratio: While purely disposal and licence fees for a small volume of trade (e.g. for a dual system in Germany) are often only around EUR 6.40 per year, the total cost of registration, administration and agent fees quickly exceeds EUR 150 (excluding VAT) per Member State. Result: For micro-enterprises, this leads to a de facto market access barrier in cross-border B2C transactions, as the bureaucratic fixed costs are many times higher than the margin of smaller supplies. 2. Fragmentation of the internal market and inefficiency of sanctions The fact that each of the 27 Member States maintains its own sanctioning frameworks, national registers (e.g. LUCID in Germany, ARA in Austria) and notification procedures constitutes a step backwards for the free movement of goods. Loss of efficiency: The fact that 27 national bodies now dedicate time and resources in parallel to drawing up individual criminal and enforcement rules is contrary to the European claim for greater efficiency and simplification. Proposal: A uniform proposal for penalties by the Commission, acting as a default rule in the event of failure to transpose national legislation within the prescribed period, would have provided legal certainty and prevented bureaucratic proliferation. 3. Pragmatic approach: EU-wide centralisation In practice, there are already working models in which household packaging put on the market is licensed on a flat-rate or centralised basis. A future-oriented digital single market needs a European solution: Single Window: A single EU-wide end-of-year volume report (one-stop-shop principle, similar to the OSS procedure for VAT). Financial distribution: The offsetting and financial compensation of disposal costs between Member States should be carried out by means of intergovernmental compensation mechanisms in the background, rather than passing on this administrative burden to micro-enterprises. In conclusion, genuine simplification is not only vital for micro-enterprises, but also safeguards the competitiveness of the European economy as a whole. In order not to harm the free internal market, the Commission is urged to revise the rules on delegation of powers for micro-quantities and to introduce thresholds or key simplifications.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550048_en"}, {"id": 33550047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:07:31", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This bill will kill small businesses. This is clearly meant for big businesses and the thought is great, but there should be a floor on the business size or the fees or something; some consideration for small independant businesses who barely break even WITHOUT paying additional fees to every country they want to ship to.", "feedbackEnglish": "This bill will kill small businesses. This is clearly meant for big businesses and the thought is great, but there should be a floor on the business size or the fees or something; some consideration for small independant businesses who barely break even WITHOUT paying additional fees to every country they want to ship to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550047_en"}, {"id": 33550046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:05:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KIDDYCLIP e.U. ", "feedback": "Leider wurden die Klein- und Ein-Personen-Unternehmen hier komplett vergessen - oder es wird bewusst versucht die ganz kleinen Händler aus dem Markt zu vertreiben. Wenn nun für mich als kleiner Shop die ersten Länder zur Expansion UK und Schweiz sind, weil innerhalb der EU zu viel Bürokratie und Kosten dagegen sprechen, führt das den Gedanken der EU für mich ad absurdum. Was noch schlimmer ist, die großen Konzerne und große Händler aus Drittländern zahlen das Ganze aus der Portokasse und decken den zusätzlichen Bürokratieaufwand wohl locker ab, werden also keinen großen Nachteil davon haben, während viele kleine Shops in der EU schließen oder sich auf 1-2 Länder beschränken müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, small and one-person businesses have been completely forgotten here – or there is a deliberate attempt to remove the very small traders from the market. If, as a small shop for me, the first countries to expand are the UK and Switzerland, because there is too much red tape and costs within the EU that militate against it, this makes the idea of the EU absurd for me. Even worse, large corporations and large traders from third countries pay the whole out of the postage fund and arguably cover the additional administrative burden less easily, so they will not suffer much from it, while many small shops in the EU have to close down or be limited to 1-2 countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550046_en"}, {"id": 33550045, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:05:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik denk dat het onzin is in verband met kleine bedrijven die binnen de Eu willen verzenden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think it makes no sense in relation to small businesses wishing to send within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550045_en"}, {"id": 33550044, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:05:12", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, viele kleine Kunsthandwerksbetriebe und Händler teilen auf social media mit, dass sie wegen der neuen Verpackungsrichtlinien nicht mehr in der Lage sind ins (europäische) Ausland zu liefern. So geht eine weitere Chance verloren in solchen Kleinunternehmen zu kaufen. Die Kaufkraft fließt zu den großen Versandhändlern ab. Dies kann doch nicht das Ziel dieses Gesetzes sein. Ich bitte daher um Überarbeitung und Ausarbeitung von Ausnahmen für Kleinbetriebe. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Monika Gartner", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, many small craftsmen and dealers report on social media that they are no longer able to deliver to (European) countries because of the new packaging directives. For example, a further opportunity to buy in such small businesses is lost. The purchasing power is transferred to the major mail order companies. That cannot be the aim of that law. I would therefore ask for the revision and development of exemptions for small farms. Yours sincerely, Monika Gartner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550044_en"}, {"id": 33550043, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:04:17", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ewa-Marie Dahlgren", "feedback": "The new EU packaging rules risk creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses and sole traders. I run a very small handmade jewellery business in Sweden. My products are individually made and unique. I use minimal packaging, reuse packaging where possible, increasingly source materials from Swedish suppliers and reuse beads and components from vintage and second-hand jewellery. For a micro-business, having to register in another Member State before knowing whether a single customer there will ever place an order creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade. A more proportionate solution would be retrospective reporting for micro-businesses. At the end of each reporting period, businesses could declare which EU countries they actually shipped to and the actual amount and type of packaging sent. Any applicable environmental fees could then be calculated based on those real quantities. If I send two small jewellery parcels to another EU country during an entire year, my obligations should reflect those two parcels. I should not have to register and potentially incur fixed administrative costs in that country before accepting the first order. A single EU-wide digital reporting system could make this simple, transparent and measurable. Small European businesses should be able to take responsibility for the packaging they actually place on the market without facing administrative costs that may exceed the value of their cross-border sales. The Single Market should make it easier for small European businesses to trade across borders, not create a situation where the practical solution is to stop selling to customers in other Member States.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU packaging rules risk creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses and sole traders. I run a very small handmade jewellery business in Sweden. My products are individually made and unique. I use minimal packaging, reuse packaging where possible, increasingly source materials from Swedish suppliers and reuse beads and components from vintage and second-hand jewellery. For a micro-business, having to register in another Member State before knowing whether a single customer there will ever place an order creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade. A more proportionate solution would be retrospective reporting for micro-businesses. At the end of each reporting period, businesses could declare which EU countries they actually shipped to and the actual amount and type of packaging sent. Any applicable environmental fees could then be calculated based on those real quantities. If I send two small jewellery parcels to another EU country during an entire year, my obligations should reflect those two parcels. I should not have to register and potentially incur fixed administrative costs in that country before accepting the first order. A single EU-wide digital reporting system could make this simple, transparent and measurable. Small European businesses should be able to take responsibility for the packaging they actually place on the market without facing administrative costs that may exceed the value of their cross-border sales. The Single Market should make it easier for small European businesses to trade across borders, not create a situation where the practical solution is to stop selling to customers in other Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550043_en"}, {"id": 33550042, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:02:52", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: Call for the Protection of Micro-Businesses and Self-Employed Persons under the EPR System Dear Sir or Madam, As a citizen of the European Union, I support environmental protection, waste reduction, and the use of environmentally friendly and sustainable packaging. However, I believe it is necessary to address the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system may place on micro-businesses and self-employed persons. A micro-business may send only a few dozen to a few hundred parcels per year, while a large multinational corporation or online marketplace may ship thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of parcels every day. Applying essentially the same administrative framework to such fundamentally different scales of activity is disproportionate. What may be a minor cost and administrative task for a large corporation can become an existential financial and bureaucratic burden for a micro-business. A small European creator who produces locally, focuses on quality, and often uses environmentally friendly packaging may therefore be forced to restrict or close their business, while large corporations can simply absorb the same costs. This creates a paradoxical situation. Small European businesses may be pushed out of the Single Market, while large multinational companies and major online platforms continue to operate with little impact from the same costs and administrative requirements. Such a system may also indirectly favour the mass sale of cheap and often low-quality products containing large amounts of plastic and materials derived from fossil resources, transported over long distances and frequently packaged excessively. I am not calling for environmental regulations to be abolished. I am calling for proportionality. The European Union should create conditions that support local, high-quality and sustainable production, rather than a system that may push small European businesses out of the Single Market. I therefore call for: 1. An EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and self-employed persons, for example for businesses shipping no more than 200 parcels per year or using no more than 100 kg of packaging material per year. Businesses below this threshold should be exempt from EPR registration and reporting requirements. 2. One common European EPR system and one central reporting platform for the entire EU. If registration is mandatory even for the smallest businesses, they should not be required to register with numerous national systems, monitor different rules, or pay intermediaries or authorised representatives in individual countries. One business one registration one European system one report. The relevant data could then be automatically allocated to the appropriate Member States according to the destination of each shipment. Let us protect the environment while also protecting European self-employed persons, craftspeople, artists, and micro-businesses that create value in our communities. Let us not allow a legitimate environmental objective to create a system that, in practice, drives small European businesses out of the market while large corporations have sufficient resources to absorb the same burden. Yours faithfully, A Citizen of the European Union", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Call for the Protection of Micro-Businesses and Self-Employed Persons under the EPR System Dear Sir or Madam, As a citizen of the European Union, I support environmental protection, waste reduction, and the use of environmentally friendly and sustainable packaging. However, I believe it is necessary to address the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system may place on micro-businesses and self-employed persons. A micro-business may send only a few dozen to a few hundred parcels per year, while a large multinational corporation or online marketplace may ship thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of parcels every day. Applying essentially the same administrative framework to such fundamentally different scales of activity is disproportionate. What may be a minor cost and administrative task for a large corporation can become an existential financial and bureaucratic burden for a micro-business. A small European creator who produces locally, focuses on quality, and often uses environmentally friendly packaging may therefore be forced to restrict or close their business, while large corporations can simply absorb the same costs. This creates a paradoxical situation. Small European businesses may be pushed out of the Single Market, while large multinational companies and major online platforms continue to operate with little impact from the same costs and administrative requirements. Such a system may also indirectly favour the mass sale of cheap and often low-quality products containing large amounts of plastic and materials derived from fossil resources, transported over long distances and frequently packaged excessively. I am not calling for environmental regulations to be abolished. I am calling for proportionality. The European Union should create conditions that support local, high-quality and sustainable production, rather than a system that may push small European businesses out of the Single Market. I therefore call for: 1. An EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and self-employed persons, for example for businesses shipping no more than 200 parcels per year or using no more than 100 kg of packaging material per year. Businesses below this threshold should be exempt from EPR registration and reporting requirements. 2. One common European EPR system and one central reporting platform for the entire EU. If registration is mandatory even for the smallest businesses, they should not be required to register with numerous national systems, monitor different rules, or pay intermediaries or authorised representatives in individual countries. One business one registration one European system one report. The relevant data could then be automatically allocated to the appropriate Member States according to the destination of each shipment. Let us protect the environment while also protecting European self-employed persons, craftspeople, artists, and micro-businesses that create value in our communities. Let us not allow a legitimate environmental objective to create a system that, in practice, drives small European businesses out of the market while large corporations have sufficient resources to absorb the same burden. Yours faithfully, A Citizen of the European Union", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550042_en"}, {"id": 33550041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 20:00:53", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hannah Willow artist ", "feedback": "Hi Please consider small businesses that are struggling already (especially if sending from the UK in the EU) many small businesses which make up a high proportion of businesses, simply do not have the finances to pay for all that will be required, unlike the likes of Amazon and Temu who will carry on regardless. Please make it possible for small businesses to comply without needing finance we simply dont have, and without needing to understand the red tape and complexity of the regulations. Big businesses which can hire lawyers to make sure they comply, but small businesses will be unable to do this. Please help small businesses, many of who are heritage crafts , artists and creatives, to continue to survive and help the world be a better place.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi Please consider small businesses that are struggling already (especially if sending from the UK in the EU) many small businesses which make up a high proportion of businesses, simply do not have the finances to pay for all that will be required, unlike the likes of Amazon and Temu who will carry on regardless. Please make it possible for small businesses to comply without needing finance we simply dont have, and without needing to understand the red tape and complexity of the regulations. Big businesses which can hire lawyers to make sure they comply, but small businesses will be unable to do this. Please help small businesses, many of who are heritage crafts , artists and creatives, to continue to survive and help the world be a better place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550041_en"}, {"id": 33550039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:57:30", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Many small business I used to shop at will no longer ship to my country after August 12. I also personally know small business owners who will have to restrict their online shops due to the new regulation or who even say that their existence is threatened. I choose to shop at small European businesses to support the local economy, rather than using multinational corporations like Amazon or Temu. I worry that the diversity and competitiveness of European small and medium sized businesses, many of which are run by women and minorities, will be lost in favor of further strengthening large corporations from the US and China.", "feedbackEnglish": "Many small business I used to shop at will no longer ship to my country after August 12. I also personally know small business owners who will have to restrict their online shops due to the new regulation or who even say that their existence is threatened. I choose to shop at small European businesses to support the local economy, rather than using multinational corporations like Amazon or Temu. I worry that the diversity and competitiveness of European small and medium sized businesses, many of which are run by women and minorities, will be lost in favor of further strengthening large corporations from the US and China.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550039_en"}, {"id": 33550036, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:51:27", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is a move designed, as always, to favor multinational corporations, which generate far more waste than small businesses but have the means to cover all the bureaucratic costs. It is a total disgrace, and a mockery of the Single Market. Congratulations on crushing small creators and small businesses under the guise of protecting the environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a move designed, as always, to favor multinational corporations, which generate far more waste than small businesses but have the means to cover all the bureaucratic costs. It is a total disgrace, and a mockery of the Single Market. Congratulations on crushing small creators and small businesses under the guise of protecting the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550036_en"}, {"id": 33550037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:50:18", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This greatly affects small businesses and forces many to shut down!! The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "This greatly affects small businesses and forces many to shut down!! The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550037_en"}, {"id": 33550035, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:49:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Leider total an kleinen Shops vorbei gedacht. Einfach nur dumm. Sehr schade, denn so wird es immer schwerer EUweit kleine Verkäufer zu unterstützen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regrettably, you’ve completely missed out on small shops. It’s just odd. This will make it increasingly difficult to support small sellers across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550035_en"}, {"id": 33550034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:49:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative just creates barriers for internal trade especially for small companies. There are more logical ways to extract money from citizens. EU is best in class in many areas and sometimes you need to think about balance.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative just creates barriers for internal trade especially for small companies. There are more logical ways to extract money from citizens. EU is best in class in many areas and sometimes you need to think about balance.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550034_en"}, {"id": 33550033, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:48:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Look, I get it. Packaging waste is a real problem. Nobody wants to drown in plastic. I actually support the PPWR's environmental goals, genuinely. But here's the thing: this draft implementing regulation, the way it's currently written, is going to crush micro-enterprises. Not gently. Completely. I'm talking about the one-person Etsy shop. The ceramicist in Portugal shipping a mug to Sweden. The indie designer in Berlin selling three t-shirts a month to France. Under this draft, every single one of them becomes a \"producer\" who has to register in every Member State where a customer happens to live. Up to 27 registrations, 27 systems, 27 sets of fees. For what? Maybe 2 kilograms of cardboard and a bit of tape per year. That can't be right. The draft mentions a \"simplified reporting template\" for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market per year. Ten tonnes. TEN. Do you know how much packaging 10 tonnes is? That's not a micro-enterprise. That's not even a small business. That's a mid-sized company with a warehouse and employees and an actual compliance budget. A real micro-business, the kind I am, the kind most creative sellers are, might place 50, maybe 100 kilograms on any given market in a year. Sometimes less. The 10-tonne threshold might as well not exist for us. It doesn't help. At all. What we actually need is a tier that recognises reality. Under 500 kg per year per Member State: simple EU-wide registration, flat annual fee (something like 50), and that's it. No complex reporting. No joining a PRO in every country. Just a declaration of \"yes, I ship small amounts of packaging to your market, here's my flat contribution.\" 500 kg to 5 tonnes: simplified reporting with basic data. Total weight, main material categories. Done. Over 5 tonnes: full reporting as currently proposed. Fair. But 10 tonnes as the \"simplified\" cutoff? That's not proportionality. That's pretending to care about small businesses while actually ignoring them completely. The whole point of this regulation is supposed to be harmonising how producers register and report across the EU. Harmonising. Making things simpler. And yet the draft still forces producers to navigate up to 27 separate national registers, each with its own interface, language, fee structure, and reporting deadlines. How is that harmonisation? That's the opposite of harmonisation. That's fragmentation with extra steps. We already have the VAT One-Stop Shop. It works. You register once, you report once, the system distributes everything. Why can't packaging work the same way? One EU portal. One registration. You tick the boxes for which countries you ship to, you submit your data once a year, and the system handles the rest. Member States still get their information. Producers don't lose their minds. Everyone wins. The technology exists. The precedent exists. The only thing missing is the political will to build it. Even if registration gets fixed, there's still the money problem. Right now, a micro-business placing 3 kg of packaging on the German market can end up paying the same base EPR fee as a business placing 3 tonnes. That makes no sense. None. If the fee structure doesn't scale down to near-zero for tiny volumes, then micro-producers are effectively subsidising large corporations. We're paying for their waste management while generating almost none ourselves. How is that fair? The implementing act should require Member States to make fees genuinely proportional. A flat symbolic contribution for micro-producers under 500 kg. Not 200. Not 500. Something reasonable that reflects the actual negligible environmental impact of a few shipped orders per year. This isn't theoretical. I'm seeing it happen in real time. Indie brands I used to buy from in other EU countries have stopped shipping across borders. The", "feedbackEnglish": "Look, I get it. Packaging waste is a real problem. Nobody wants to drown in plastic. I actually support the PPWR's environmental goals, genuinely. But here's the thing: this draft implementing regulation, the way it's currently written, is going to crush micro-enterprises. Not gently. Completely. I'm talking about the one-person Etsy shop. The ceramicist in Portugal shipping a mug to Sweden. The indie designer in Berlin selling three t-shirts a month to France. Under this draft, every single one of them becomes a \"producer\" who has to register in every Member State where a customer happens to live. Up to 27 registrations, 27 systems, 27 sets of fees. For what? Maybe 2 kilograms of cardboard and a bit of tape per year. That can't be right. The draft mentions a \"simplified reporting template\" for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market per year. Ten tonnes. TEN. Do you know how much packaging 10 tonnes is? That's not a micro-enterprise. That's not even a small business. That's a mid-sized company with a warehouse and employees and an actual compliance budget. A real micro-business, the kind I am, the kind most creative sellers are, might place 50, maybe 100 kilograms on any given market in a year. Sometimes less. The 10-tonne threshold might as well not exist for us. It doesn't help. At all. What we actually need is a tier that recognises reality. Under 500 kg per year per Member State: simple EU-wide registration, flat annual fee (something like 50), and that's it. No complex reporting. No joining a PRO in every country. Just a declaration of \"yes, I ship small amounts of packaging to your market, here's my flat contribution.\" 500 kg to 5 tonnes: simplified reporting with basic data. Total weight, main material categories. Done. Over 5 tonnes: full reporting as currently proposed. Fair. But 10 tonnes as the \"simplified\" cutoff? That's not proportionality. That's pretending to care about small businesses while actually ignoring them completely. The whole point of this regulation is supposed to be harmonising how producers register and report across the EU. Harmonising. Making things simpler. And yet the draft still forces producers to navigate up to 27 separate national registers, each with its own interface, language, fee structure, and reporting deadlines. How is that harmonisation? That's the opposite of harmonisation. That's fragmentation with extra steps. We already have the VAT One-Stop Shop. It works. You register once, you report once, the system distributes everything. Why can't packaging work the same way? One EU portal. One registration. You tick the boxes for which countries you ship to, you submit your data once a year, and the system handles the rest. Member States still get their information. Producers don't lose their minds. Everyone wins. The technology exists. The precedent exists. The only thing missing is the political will to build it. Even if registration gets fixed, there's still the money problem. Right now, a micro-business placing 3 kg of packaging on the German market can end up paying the same base EPR fee as a business placing 3 tonnes. That makes no sense. None. If the fee structure doesn't scale down to near-zero for tiny volumes, then micro-producers are effectively subsidising large corporations. We're paying for their waste management while generating almost none ourselves. How is that fair? The implementing act should require Member States to make fees genuinely proportional. A flat symbolic contribution for micro-producers under 500 kg. Not 200. Not 500. Something reasonable that reflects the actual negligible environmental impact of a few shipped orders per year. This isn't theoretical. I'm seeing it happen in real time. Indie brands I used to buy from in other EU countries have stopped shipping across borders. The", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550033_en"}, {"id": 33550032, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:47:20", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback on the New EU Packaging Regulation Please Do Not Regulate Small Businesses Out of Europe I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider, simplify and significantly reduce the burden created by the new EU packaging requirements for small businesses, start-ups and micro-enterprises. I fully support protecting the environment, reducing unnecessary packaging and increasing recycling. However, environmental protection cannot come at the cost of making it increasingly difficult for small European businesses to survive. The problem is not necessarily the environmental objective. The problem is the enormous amount of bureaucracy, registration, reporting, fees and compliance obligations that small businesses are expected to manage. A multinational corporation has legal departments, compliance teams, accountants and millions of euros available to deal with new regulations. A small business may have one or two people doing everything: developing products, finding suppliers, managing the website, packing orders, answering customers, doing accounting, marketing and trying to understand increasingly complicated EU regulations. Yet both are expected to navigate the same regulatory environment. This is not proportional. A small European brand selling a few hundred products should not face a compliance structure designed for corporations selling millions of products. And the situation becomes even more difficult when a small online business wants to sell throughout the European Union. The EU constantly promotes the Single Market, yet small businesses can face different registrations, systems, fees and administrative requirements when selling products to consumers in different Member States. What kind of Single Market is this for a micro-business? If these rules are not simplified, many small businesses will eventually give up. And who benefits when small European businesses disappear? The biggest corporations and online marketplaces. Companies such as Amazon have enormous resources to deal with regulation. For them, another compliance requirement means another process for their legal or compliance department. For a person trying to build a small European brand, the same requirement can determine whether selling to a particular country is financially worthwhile at all. The irony is therefore obvious: regulations intended to create a more responsible European market can unintentionally make the largest global corporations even stronger. Europe should seriously ask itself: Who will take the market share when thousands of small European businesses decide that operating or selling across borders is simply no longer worth the bureaucracy and cost? It will not be another generation of European entrepreneurs. It will increasingly be the largest international corporations and platforms that already dominate e-commerce. At the same time, European citizens have repeatedly heard debates and concerns about how much tax multinational corporations ultimately contribute in individual European countries compared with the enormous revenues generated in the European market. Small businesses, meanwhile, pay their taxes, employ local people, purchase local services, rent local premises and contribute directly to their communities. Why should these businesses face regulatory costs that are completely disproportionate to their size? Environmental responsibility is important, but proportionality is equally important. A company placing a few hundred packages on the market should not be treated in the same way as a corporation placing millions upon millions of packages on the market. The European Commission should therefore introduce meaningful protections for micro and small businesses. There should be reasonable turnover or packaging-volume thresholds below which businesses benefit from significantly simplified requirements. And yes, as per your 1.000.000 laws that no one knows, the grammer on this text corrected by AI.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the New EU Packaging Regulation Please Do Not Regulate Small Businesses Out of Europe I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider, simplify and significantly reduce the burden created by the new EU packaging requirements for small businesses, start-ups and micro-enterprises. I fully support protecting the environment, reducing unnecessary packaging and increasing recycling. However, environmental protection cannot come at the cost of making it increasingly difficult for small European businesses to survive. The problem is not necessarily the environmental objective. The problem is the enormous amount of bureaucracy, registration, reporting, fees and compliance obligations that small businesses are expected to manage. A multinational corporation has legal departments, compliance teams, accountants and millions of euros available to deal with new regulations. A small business may have one or two people doing everything: developing products, finding suppliers, managing the website, packing orders, answering customers, doing accounting, marketing and trying to understand increasingly complicated EU regulations. Yet both are expected to navigate the same regulatory environment. This is not proportional. A small European brand selling a few hundred products should not face a compliance structure designed for corporations selling millions of products. And the situation becomes even more difficult when a small online business wants to sell throughout the European Union. The EU constantly promotes the Single Market, yet small businesses can face different registrations, systems, fees and administrative requirements when selling products to consumers in different Member States. What kind of Single Market is this for a micro-business? If these rules are not simplified, many small businesses will eventually give up. And who benefits when small European businesses disappear? The biggest corporations and online marketplaces. Companies such as Amazon have enormous resources to deal with regulation. For them, another compliance requirement means another process for their legal or compliance department. For a person trying to build a small European brand, the same requirement can determine whether selling to a particular country is financially worthwhile at all. The irony is therefore obvious: regulations intended to create a more responsible European market can unintentionally make the largest global corporations even stronger. Europe should seriously ask itself: Who will take the market share when thousands of small European businesses decide that operating or selling across borders is simply no longer worth the bureaucracy and cost? It will not be another generation of European entrepreneurs. It will increasingly be the largest international corporations and platforms that already dominate e-commerce. At the same time, European citizens have repeatedly heard debates and concerns about how much tax multinational corporations ultimately contribute in individual European countries compared with the enormous revenues generated in the European market. Small businesses, meanwhile, pay their taxes, employ local people, purchase local services, rent local premises and contribute directly to their communities. Why should these businesses face regulatory costs that are completely disproportionate to their size? Environmental responsibility is important, but proportionality is equally important. A company placing a few hundred packages on the market should not be treated in the same way as a corporation placing millions upon millions of packages on the market. The European Commission should therefore introduce meaningful protections for micro and small businesses. There should be reasonable turnover or packaging-volume thresholds below which businesses benefit from significantly simplified requirements. And yes, as per your 1.000.000 laws that no one knows, the grammer on this text corrected by AI.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550032_en"}, {"id": 33550031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:46:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Black Armada Games", "feedback": "This regulation is extremely problematic for small businesses who sell to EU member states. We might be selling in very small volumes and need to dedicate a lot of time - and, in many cases, fees - to register with all the member states we sell into and then report tiny amounts of packaging. It fails the principle of proportionality. Many small businesses (including mine) will be considering withdrawing their products from some or all EU states, because they will no longer be profitable for them. Setting a de minimis for either business size or quantity of waste, as some states have done (e.g. Ireland, the Netherlands), would be a great way to solve this. It would also be excellent if third party logistics (3PL) companies could register and report shipping packaging on behalf of their clients. This would reduce unnecessary proliferation of reporting, reducing the burden on both the member states themselves, and on business, while also making it much easier to enforce, and still limiting packaging waste as effectively as the current regulations. I support the effort to cut packaging waste. Please don't continue with regulations that achieve this by destroying small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is extremely problematic for small businesses who sell to EU member states. We might be selling in very small volumes and need to dedicate a lot of time - and, in many cases, fees - to register with all the member states we sell into and then report tiny amounts of packaging. It fails the principle of proportionality. Many small businesses (including mine) will be considering withdrawing their products from some or all EU states, because they will no longer be profitable for them. Setting a de minimis for either business size or quantity of waste, as some states have done (e.g. Ireland, the Netherlands), would be a great way to solve this. It would also be excellent if third party logistics (3PL) companies could register and report shipping packaging on behalf of their clients. This would reduce unnecessary proliferation of reporting, reducing the burden on both the member states themselves, and on business, while also making it much easier to enforce, and still limiting packaging waste as effectively as the current regulations. I support the effort to cut packaging waste. Please don't continue with regulations that achieve this by destroying small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550031_en"}, {"id": 33550030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:46:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Katja Werner Design", "feedback": "Man könnte meinen, dass die EU vor allem den grössten Verursachern mehr Transparenz und ökologische Verantwortung abverlangen möchte. Das ist gut. Kleinen Unternehmen und EinzelunternehmerInnen, zu denen auch KunsthandwerkerInnen und DesignerInnen gehören, wird ihre kreative Existenz durch zunehmende Bürokratie und Kosten verunmöglicht. Daher besteht der begründete Verdacht, dass die EU nur noch den grossen Playern eine Bühne bieten möchte. Wir sind auch Wirtschaft, aber vor allem ein Stück europäische Kultur. Wir schaffen Design, Kunst, Handwerk, Identität, Vielfalt, und machen Europa bunt und lebendig. Das zu erhalten und nicht in Bürokratie zu ersticken ist Wertschätzung von kultureller Identität. Ich bin fassungslos darüber, dass Europa bereit ist für seine Ziele künftig auf uns zu verzichten.", "feedbackEnglish": "It could be thought that the EU wants to demand more transparency and environmental responsibility, especially from the biggest polluters. That is good. Increasing bureaucracy and costs make it impossible for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs, including craftsmen and designers, to thrive. There are therefore reasonable grounds to suspect that the EU wishes to offer a stage only to the big players. We are also an economy, but above all a piece of European culture. We create design, art, crafts, identity, diversity and make Europe colourful and vibrant. Preserving this and not stifling it in bureaucracy is valorising cultural identity. I am unhappy that Europe is ready to give up on its ambitions in the future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550030_en"}, {"id": 33550029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:45:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Disproportionate burden on small businesses I am writing this feedback as the owner of a very small business in the European Union. For large companies, the new packaging requirements may represent another regulatory and administrative obligation. For micro-businesses like mine, however, they can become an existential threat. Small businesses operate with completely different financial and administrative resources than large companies. We do not have dedicated legal, compliance or sustainability departments. Every additional registration requirement, reporting obligation, fee and country-specific compliance process has to be understood, implemented and financed by the business owner personally. The financial burden is particularly concerning. For a small business selling comparatively low quantities of products, the costs associated with packaging compliance can be completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. What may be a negligible compliance cost for a large corporation can eliminate a significant part of the margin of a micro-business. Cross-border trade within the EU makes this even more difficult. One of the fundamental promises of the European Single Market is that businesses should be able to sell their products across European borders. Yet increasingly complex packaging obligations risk creating exactly the opposite effect: small businesses may be forced to stop selling to customers in other EU countries because compliance is simply too expensive and complicated. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, environmental regulation should not unintentionally eliminate the smallest and most vulnerable businesses while larger companies can absorb the additional costs. There needs to be genuine proportionality. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Compliance requirements and fees should be proportionate to the actual environmental impact and the size of the business. For my own small business, this is not an abstract political discussion. The accumulating regulatory and financial burden is reaching a point where I genuinely have to question whether continuing the business is economically viable. I have invested an enormous amount of time, effort and personal resources into building this business. Seeing its future threatened not because customers no longer want the products, but because regulatory compliance becomes financially and administratively impossible for a very small company, is deeply frustrating. I am submitting this feedback because I hope that the voices of micro-business owners will still be heard before more small European businesses disappear. For me personally, this may be one of the last opportunities to make that voice heard and to try to preserve the business I have built. Please ensure that sustainability legislation protects our environment without making entrepreneurship impossible for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Disproportionate burden on small businesses I am writing this feedback as the owner of a very small business in the European Union. For large companies, the new packaging requirements may represent another regulatory and administrative obligation. For micro-businesses like mine, but, they can become an existential threat. Small businesses operate with completely different financial and administrative resources than large companies. We do not have dedicated legal, compliance or sustainability departments. Any additional registration requirement, reporting obligation, fee and country-specific compliance process has to be understood, implemented and financed by the business owner personally. The financial burden is particularly concerning. For a small business selling comparatively low quantities of products, the costs associated with packaging compliance can be completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. What may be a negligible compliance cost for a large corporation can eliminate a significant part of the margin of a micro-business. Cross-border trade within the EU makes this even more difficult. One of the fundamental promises of the European Single Market is that businesses should be able to sell their products across European borders. Yet increasingly complex packaging obligations risk creating exactly the opposite effect: small businesses may be forced to stop selling to customers in other EU countries because compliance is simply too expensive and complicated. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. But, environmental regulation should not unintentionally eliminate the smallest and most vulnerable businesses while larger companies can absorb the additional costs. There needs to be genuine proportionality. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Compliance requirements and fees should be proportionate to the actual environmental impact and the size of the business. For my own small business, this is not an abstract political discussion. The accumulating regulatory and financial burden is reaching a point where I genuinely have to question whether continuing the business is economically viable. I have invested in an enormous amount of time, effort and personal resources into building this business. Seeding its future threatened not because customers no longer want the products, but because regulatory compliance becomes financially and administratively impossible for a very small company, is deeply frustrating. I am submitting this feedback because I hope that the voices of micro-business owners will still be heard before more small European businesses disappear. For me personally, this may be one of the last opportunities to make that voice heard and to try to preserve the business I have built. Please ensure that sustainability legislation protects our environment without making entrepreneurship impossible for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550029_en"}, {"id": 33550026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:43:21", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Studio MAK", "feedback": "Als zelfstandig keramist en eigenaar van een eenmanszaak steun ik de doelstelling van de PPWR: minder verpakkingsafval, meer hergebruik en een duurzamer verpakkingssysteem. Als kleine ondernemer wil ik daar ook daadwerkelijk aan bijdragen. Juist daarom maak ik mij zorgen over de manier waarop de uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid (EPR) momenteel wordt ingericht. Voor een eenmanszaak zijn vooral de kosten, administratieve lasten en enorme onduidelijkheid een probleem. Ik maak mijn producten zelf en verkoop ze rechtstreeks vanuit Nederland aan klanten, ook in andere EU-lidstaten. Mijn bedrijf is klein: ik heb geen juridische afdeling, geen administratieve medewerker en geen compliance-afdeling. Alles wat met regelgeving, administratie, verkoop, verzending en EPR te maken heeft, moet ik zelf uitzoeken en uitvoeren. Wanneer ik aan klanten in verschillende EU-landen verkoop, krijg ik te maken met verschillende nationale systemen, registratieverplichtingen, rapportages en mogelijk zelfs de verplichting om in andere lidstaten een vertegenwoordiger aan te stellen. Dat staat haaks op wat de Europese interne markt voor mij zou moeten betekenen. Als kleine ondernemer zou ik binnen de EU op een relatief eenvoudige manier aan klanten moeten kunnen verkopen. In de praktijk dreigt er echter achter die ene Europese markt een verzameling van tientallen verschillende administratieve systemen te ontstaan. Voor een multinational zijn dergelijke verplichtingen misschien vervelend, maar meestal beheersbaar. Voor een eenmanszaak ligt dat heel anders. Als ik uren moet besteden aan het uitzoeken van regelgeving per land, zijn dat uren waarin ik geen keramiek kan maken, geen bestellingen kan verwerken en geen nieuwe producten kan ontwikkelen. En het grootste probleem is dat het vaak niet eens duidelijk is waar ik precies aan moet voldoen. Welke verpakkingen moet ik registreren? In welke landen? Wanneer word ik beschouwd als producent? Wanneer moet ik rapporteren? Wanneer is een vertegenwoordiger verplicht? Welke hoeveelheden moet ik opgeven? Welke drempelwaarden gelden? En welke uitzonderingen zijn er per lidstaat? Voor een kleine ondernemer is het vrijwel onmogelijk om al die vragen zelfstandig en met zekerheid te beantwoorden. Daar komt bij dat ik vervolgens mogelijk externe partijen of vertegenwoordigers moet inschakelen om aan deze verplichtingen te kunnen voldoen. Ik wil best betalen voor de milieuschade die mijn verpakkingen veroorzaken. Dat vind ik redelijk. Maar de administratieve kosten die ontstaan doordat ik als kleine ondernemer in verschillende landen aan verschillende systemen moet voldoen, staan niet noodzakelijk in verhouding tot de daadwerkelijke milieubelasting van mijn verpakkingen. Daarmee dreigt het principe van de vervuiler betaalt te veranderen in: degene met de minste schaal betaalt relatief het meest voor de administratie. Dat vind ik niet proportioneel. Mijn eenmanszaak gebruikt enkele tientallen kilo's verpakkingsmateriaal die voor een groot deel al hergebruikt is vanuit verpakkingsmateriaal welke verstuurd is door grote bedrijven. Simpelweg om mijn eigen kosten laag te houden verzamel ik al gebruikt verpakkingsmateriaal om het her te gebruiken als ik objecten verstuur. De milieubelasting daarvan is beperkt in vergelijking met die van grote ondernemingen die miljoenen verpakkingen op de Europese markt brengen. Een sterke Europese interne markt zou juist ook ruimte moeten bieden aan kleine makers, ambachtslieden en eenmanszaken om over de grens te verkopen. Een proportioneel, eenvoudig en geharmoniseerd EPR-systeem is daarvoor essentieel.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a stand-alone ceramic and owner of a sole trader, I support the objective of the PPWR: less packaging waste, more reuse and a more sustainable packaging system. As a small entrepreneur, I really want to contribute to this. For this very reason, I am concerned about the current set-up of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). For a sole trader, costs, administrative burden and huge ambiguity are particularly problematic. I make my products myself and sell them directly from the Netherlands to customers, including in other EU Member States. My business is small: I do not have a legal department, an administrative assistant or a compliance department. I myself have to look out for and carry out everything that has to do with regulation, administration, sales, shipping and EPR. When I sell to customers in different EU countries, I get to deal with different national systems, registration obligations, reporting and possibly even the obligation to appoint a representative in other Member States. This is at odds with what the European single market should mean for me. As a small entrepreneur, I should be able to sell to customers in a relatively simple way within the EU. In practice, however, this single European market risks creating a collection of dozens of different administrative systems. For a multinational, such obligations may be burdensome, but are usually manageable. The situation is very different for a sole trader. If I have to spend hours looking for regulations per country, these are hours where I cannot make ceramics, process orders and develop new products. And the main problem is that it is often not even clear what exactly I have to comply with. Which packages do I need to register? In which countries? When will I be considered a producer? When should I report? When is a representative mandatory? What quantities do I have to declare? What are the thresholds? And what are the exceptions per Member State? It is almost impossible for a small trader to answer all those questions independently and with certainty. In addition, I may then need to engage external parties or representatives to meet these obligations. I want to pay best for the environmental damage caused by my packaging. I consider that to be reasonable. However, the administrative costs of having to comply with different systems in different countries as a small business are not necessarily proportionate to the actual environmental burden of my packaging. This risks changing the polluter pays principle into: those with the lowest scale pay relatively the most for the administration. I do not consider that to be proportionate. My sole trader uses several tens of kilograms of packaging material that has to a large extent already been reused from packaging material sent by large companies. Simply to keep my own costs low, I collect packaging already used to reuse it if I transfer objects. Their environmental impact is limited compared to that of large companies placing millions of packaging on the European market. A strong European single market should also allow small creators, craftsmen and one-person businesses to sell across borders. A proportionate, simple and harmonised EPR system is essential for this purpose.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550026_en"}, {"id": 33550028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:39:00", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am concerned that these requirements will place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro businesses. Costs and compliance obligations that large companies can easily absorb can be significant for small independent businesses, potentially forcing them to stop selling in certain EU countries or cease trading altogether. I support the environmental objectives of the regulation, but implementation should be proportionate to a businesss size and actual environmental impact. I urge the Commission to introduce exemptions, simplified requirements or appropriate thresholds for micro and small businesses placing only small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental regulation should promote sustainability without making cross-border trade economically unviable for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that these requirements will place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro businesses. Costs and compliance obligations that large companies can easily absorb can be significant for small independent businesses, potentially forcing them to stop selling in certain EU countries or cease trading altogether. I support the environmental objectives of the regulation, but implementation should be proportionate to a businesss size and actual environmental impact. I urge the Commission to introduce exemptions, simplified requirements or appropriate thresholds for micro and small businesses placing only small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental regulation should promote sustainability without making cross-border trade economically unviable for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550028_en"}, {"id": 33550027, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:36:31", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This seems to serve no purpose other than serving bureaucracy, and stepping on small business owners. Against.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems to serve no purpose other than serving bureaucracy, and stepping on small business owners. Against.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550027_en"}, {"id": 33550025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:35:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ein Akt der Überregulierung und gleichzeitig eine massive Demonstration der Kleinstaaterei. Verbesserung durch Zentralisierung, Wegfall von Grenzen und EU Vereinheitlichung waren die Stärken einer EU, die zu mehr Arbeitsplätzen und mehr Wohlstand geführt haben. Dies aber ist ein Musterbeispiel für das Gegenteil: Mehr Bürokratie, mehr Klein-Klein, mehr Grenze. Dagegen.", "feedbackEnglish": "An act of gold-plating and, at the same time, a massive demonstration of small-scale statehood. Improving by centralising, removing borders and unifying the EU were the strengths of an EU that led to more jobs and more prosperity. However, this is an example of the opposite: More bureaucracy, more small businesses, more borders. Against", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550025_en"}, {"id": 33550024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:31:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Concrete Current GmbH", "feedback": "Als Inhaber(in) eines Online-Shops wende ich mich heute mit ernster Sorge an Sie. Die aktuellen Regelungen des Verpackungsgesetzes (VerpackG) bedrohen die Existenz von Kleinstunternehmen und Start-ups in Deutschland. Die Umsetzung ist jedoch extrem bürokratie- und kostenintensiv. Kleine Betriebe, die nur Kleinstmengen an Verpackungen in den Umlauf bringen, werden mit denselben Pflichten belegt wie globale Großkonzerne:Systembeteiligungspflicht: Hohe Grundgebühren für minimale Verpackungsmengen.Registrierungspflicht (LUCID): Enormer bürokratischer und zeitlicher Aufwand.Abmahnrisiko: Existenzbedrohende Strafen bei minimalen Formalitätsfehlern.Diese Überregulierung führt zu Marktverzerrungen und drängt leidenschaftliche Kleinunternehmer aus dem Markt, während Großkonzerne diese Kosten mühelos abfedern. Es fehlt dringend eine Bagatellgrenze (De-minimis-Regelung) für Kleinunternehmen, wie sie in vielen anderen EU-Ländern erfolgreich praktiziert wird.Ich fordere Sie daher auf, sich für eine praxisnahe Nachbesserung des Verpackungsgesetzes und eine spürbare Entlastung des Mittelstands einzusetzen.Über eine persönliche Rückmeldung zu Ihren konkreten Plänen beim Bürokratieabbau würde ich mich sehr freuen.Mit freundlichen Grüßen,", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of an online shop, I am writing to you today with serious concern. The current rules of the Packaging Act (VerpackG) threaten the existence of micro-enterprises and start-ups in Germany. However, implementation is extremely bureaucratic and costly. Small businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market are subject to the same obligations as large global companies:system participation obligation: High basic fees for minimum quantities of packaging. Registration obligation (LUCID): Enormous bureaucratic and time-consuming work.Risk of warnings: This over-regulation distorts the market and pushes passionate small businesses out of the market, while large corporations easily cushion these costs. There is an urgent lack of a de minimis rule for small businesses, as is successfully practised in many other EU countries. I therefore call on you to work towards practical improvements to the Packaging Act and a tangible reduction in the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. I would be delighted to receive personal feedback on your specific plans to cut red tape. Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550024_en"}, {"id": 33550023, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:29:55", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law is destroying small businesses ability to ship to Europe. I order from small businesses almost all of them are gonna stop to ship to Europe because of this. Its really disappointing and really discouraging for many people to sell their own products knowing they wont be able to afford to ship to Europe. As a European myself who wanted to start a small business in the future this new law has discouraged me a lot and i would not want to start one with this law in place. I agree with that there is a lot of waste and packaging that is not good for the environment and that it needs to change but this is gonna destroy so many people who cant afford to pay for this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is destroying small businesses ability to ship to Europe. I order from small businesses almost all of them are gonna stop to ship to Europe because of this. Its really disappointing and really discouraging for many people to sell their own products knowing they wont be able to afford to ship to Europe. As a European myself who wanted to start a small business in the future this new law has discouraged me a lot and i would not want to start one with this law in place. I agree with that there is a lot of waste and packaging that is not good for the environment and that it needs to change but this is gonna destroy so many people who cant afford to pay for this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550023_en"}, {"id": 33550021, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:27:33", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Para los micronegocios y pequeños negocios o autónomos esta legislación es engorrosa y burocrática, sobre todo si tienes que hacer un trámite distinto por cada país a los que quieres enviar uno o dos paquetes al año. Por favor crear un registro único a nivel europeo y sencillo, porque la base o el espíritu de la ley está bien y con reglas claras y costes asumibles por los pequeños negocios que solo envían esa cantidad anual de paquetes", "feedbackEnglish": "For micro-businesses and small or self-employed businesses, this legislation is cumbersome and bureaucratic, especially if you have to go through a different procedure for each country to which you want to send one or two packages a year. Please create a single, simple register at European level, because the basis or spirit of the law is good and with clear rules and costs that can be borne by small businesses that only send this annual quantity of parcels.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550021_en"}, {"id": 33550020, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:22:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "RH", "feedback": "I strongly oppose the disproportionate burden that these new regulations place on micro-businesses. I am a one-person business. I design, create, package, manage orders, deal with customers, handle shipping, marketing, administration and absolutely everything else involved in running my business. There is no legal department, compliance team or administrative staff behind me. There is simply one person trying to make a living from a small handmade business. I completely understand the need to regulate large corporations and to hold companies that produce enormous quantities of packaging and waste accountable for their environmental impact. But treating a one-person micro-business in the same way is simply disproportionate. In fact, many small handmade businesses are already highly conscious of their environmental impact. We produce on a small scale, avoid unnecessary stock and waste, reuse materials whenever possible and carefully consider the packaging we use. We do not have the environmental footprint of a multinational corporation. Yet once again, the administrative and financial burden falls on the smallest businesses the ones least able to absorb it. The EU has spent years promoting the single market and encouraging entrepreneurship and cross-border trade. But regulations that make it increasingly complicated and expensive for a micro-business to sell to customers in other EU countries undermine that very principle. For me, this is not simply about another piece of paperwork. It can determine whether I can afford to continue selling to customers in other European countries at all. I support environmental responsibility. I support reducing waste. I support sensible regulation. What I do not support is a system that places disproportionate obligations on the smallest businesses while assuming that a one-person company has the same resources and impact as a multinational corporation. Micro-businesses should not be treated as miniature versions of giant corporations. We need proportionate rules, realistic thresholds and genuine consideration for the people who run their businesses alone. The European single market should work for small businesses too.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose the disproportionate burden that these new regulations place on micro-businesses. I am a one-person business. I design, create, package, manage orders, deal with customers, handle shipping, marketing, administration and absolutely everything else involved in running my business. There is no legal department, compliance team or administrative staff behind me. There is simply one person trying to make a living from a small handmade business. I completely understand the need to regulate large corporations and to hold companies that produce enormous quantities of packaging and waste accountable for their environmental impact. But treating a one-person micro-business in the same way is simply disproportionate. In fact, many small handmade businesses are already highly conscious of their environmental impact. We produce on a small scale, avoid unnecessary stock and waste, reuse materials whenever possible and carefully consider the packaging we use. We do not have the environmental footprint of a multinational corporation. Yet once again, the administrative and financial burden falls on the smallest businesses the ones least able to absorb it. The EU has spent years promoting the single market and encouraging entrepreneurship and cross-border trade. But regulations that make it increasingly complicated and expensive for a micro-business to sell to customers in other EU countries undermine that very principle. For me, this is not simply about another piece of paperwork. It can determine whether I can afford to continue selling to customers in other European countries at all. I support environmental responsibility. I support reducing waste. I support sensible regulation. What I do not support is a system that places disproportionate obligations on the smallest businesses while assuming that a one-person company has the same resources and impact as a multinational corporation. Micro-businesses should not be treated as miniature versions of giant corporations. We need proportionate rules, realistic thresholds and genuine consideration for the people who run their businesses alone. The European single market should work for small businesses too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550020_en"}, {"id": 33550018, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:22:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I support the recycling of materials and I understand that each country needs to handle this by individually ( maybe they should not? ) ; But this bureaucratic paperwork that comes with the PPWR system, different per country, some with generic prepayments . Adding a minimum cost for a few thousand euro's. This is hurting the small to medium shops / SME's, start ups . For the bigger companies this is peanuts, for everyone else a depressing burden. Then the added administration , not once, but for each registered country . If the system stays like it is , the small shops / SME will disappear and the bigger shops will grow even more. Less startups , less European innovation , slowly destroying the European Market . A Possible Solution : There is the VAT One Stop Shop platform already here, starting to working quite well . One could create a similar system for PPWR and no payment advances . A simplified approach for smaller companies with limited waste ( to start with) What happened to One Europe ? What good will come from it ? This type of division does not make ANY sense AT ALL. Can you imagine in the USA, that suddenly a companies selling their products have to submit reports to all states and pay yearly fees (even maybe they will sell in all states) . As an European do we want to 'intentionally' economically ruin the European (local) market? Please don't ! -- The Sig", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support the recycling of materials and I understand that each country needs to handle this by individually ( maybe they should not? ) ; But this bureaucratic paperwork that comes with the PPWR system, different per country, some with generic prepayments . Adding a minimum cost for a few thousand euro's. This is hurting the small to medium shops / SME's, start ups . For the bigger companies this is peanuts, for everyone else a depressing burden. Then the added administration , not once, but for each registered country . If the system stays like it is , the small shops / SME will disappear and the bigger shops will grow even more. Less startups , less European innovation , slowly destroying the European Market . A Possible Solution : There is the VAT One Stop Shop platform already here, starting to working quite well . One could create a similar system for PPWR and no payment advances . A simplified approach for smaller companies with limited waste ( to start with) What happened to One Europe ? What good will come from it ? This type of division does not make ANY sense AT ALL. Can you imagine in the USA, that suddenly a companies selling their products have to submit reports to all states and pay yearly fees (even maybe they will sell in all states) . As an European do we want to 'intentionally' economically ruin the European (local) market? Please don't ! -- The Sig", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550018_en"}, {"id": 33550019, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:22:08", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TinyForgeStore", "feedback": "As of yesterday myself and many other small businesses have had to completely suspend our services to the EU and its been terribly upsetting to see. I am a lone worker for my small online shop, working from home to provide for my disabled child and these new regulations will cripple our income as a significant portion of my orders come from EU countries. This decision will surely benefit big established businesses who have the resources to adapt to new rules, whilst throwing small independent traders overboard.", "feedbackEnglish": "As of yesterday myself and many other small businesses have had to completely suspend our services to the EU and its been terribly upsetting to see. I am a lone worker for my small online shop, working from home to provide for my disabled child and these new regulations will cripple our income as a significant portion of my orders come from EU countries. This decision will surely benefit big established businesses who have the resources to adapt to new rules, whilst throwing small independent traders overboard.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550019_en"}, {"id": 33550017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:18:43", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I agree with the sentiment of needing to reduce waste, but this will destroy small businesses who do not have enough resources etc. to comply. Many small stores I have ordered from are closing EU shipping completely in response to this! Big corporations definitely should take responsibility for their packaging waste since they are producing the majority of it, but that should not mean that all small stores should just stop! Please revise!", "feedbackEnglish": "I agree with the sentiment of needing to reduce waste, but this will destroy small businesses who do not have enough resources etc. to comply. Many small stores I have ordered from are closing EU shipping completely in response to this! Big corporations definitely should take responsibility for their packaging waste since they are producing the majority of it, but that should not mean that all small stores should just stop! Please revise!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550017_en"}, {"id": 33550016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:15:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Freelance Illustrator", "feedback": "This law is devastating blow to small businesses and sole traders- who are already struggling as it is. I am a one man business, creating and selling art prints. I am already using environmentally-conscious packaging. I will not be able to have a representative in each country, cannot afford to pay multiple annual fees, and do not have the time available in my work life to maintain all the necessary administrative duties. This law completely has completely cut off all my business to the EU- an abysmal change I am really going to feel in my income. There needs to be exceptions or alternatives made for small businesses, and everything needs to be a lot simpler.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is devastating blow to small businesses and sole traders- who are already struggling as it is. I am a one man business, creating and selling art prints. I am already using environmentally-conscious packaging. I will not be able to have a representative in each country, cannot afford to pay multiple annual fees, and do not have the time available in my work life to maintain all the necessary administrative duties. This law completely has completely cut off all my business to the EU- an abysmal change I am really going to feel in my income. There needs to be exceptions or alternatives made for small businesses, and everything needs to be a lot simpler.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550016_en"}, {"id": 33550015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:14:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Maddie Taylor Ceramics", "feedback": "I am writing as a German micro-business owner to express my serious concern about the practical impact of the PPWR and associated national EPR requirements on very small businesses selling across the EU. I fully support the environmental goals of this regulation. I run a one-person ceramics business and I use only biodegradable packaging. This is an intentional choice, and like many other small businesses, I accept the additional expense of sustainable packaging because I agree with the goal of reducing packaging waste. I am also registered with LUCID in Germany and pay into the German packaging recycling system. What I find extremely concerning is the disproportionate administrative burden created when a micro-business makes occasional sales to customers in other EU Member States. For example, I may sell a 75 ceramic mug to a customer in France, Denmark, Belgium, or the Netherlands. I may send only a handful of packages to that country in an entire year. The amount of packaging involved may be only a few kilograms. Yet the current interpretation of the rules can potentially require a micro-business to determine its obligations separately in every Member State, register with different national systems, potentially appoint authorised representatives, pay fees, and maintain separate reporting requirements. This is completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. A large corporation selling thousands or millions of packaged products can spread the cost of registration, legal advice, representatives and compliance staff across an enormous volume of sales. A one-person business cannot. For a micro-business, the administrative costs can exceed the value of the sales themselves. This is already having a real effect. I am seeing numerous artists, makers and other micro-businesses publicly announcing that they are stopping or restricting EU shipping because they cannot realistically take on these additional costs and administrative requirements. Some are considering closing their businesses altogether. This is not because these businesses oppose environmental regulation. Many of us are already paying more for biodegradable and sustainable packaging precisely because we support the environmental objective. The issue is that the administrative burden is not proportional to the environmental impact. If I send five packages containing a few kilograms of biodegradable cardboard and paper to another Member State over the course of a year, requiring me to establish a separate compliance relationship in that country provides essentially no meaningful environmental benefit, while creating a very real financial and administrative burden. I was encouraged to see the European Commission's recent PPWR guidance and FAQ provide more specific clarification around micro-enterprises and the distinction between packaging manufacturers and businesses that simply use commercially manufactured transport packaging. However, the continued confusion among small businesses demonstrates that the system is still not sufficiently clear or proportionate. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a simple, EU-wide de minimis threshold or genuinely simplified system for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes. A business sending a handful of packages to a particular Member State should not face the same administrative framework as a corporation placing tonnes of packaging on that market. At minimum, there should be: A meaningful EU-wide low-volume exemption or simplified procedure for micro-businesses. One simple EU-wide system rather than separate national processes. No expensive authorised representative requirement for businesses making only occasional sales. Clear, plain-language guidance specifically for sole traders and micro-businesses. Fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. Thank you for your time, and we all eagerly wait updates. Sincerely, Madison Ginn Maddie Taylor Ceramics", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a German micro-business owner to express my serious concern about the practical impact of the PPWR and associated national EPR requirements on very small businesses selling across the EU. I fully support the environmental goals of this regulation. I run a one-person ceramics business and I use only biodegradable packaging. This is an intentional choice, and like many other small businesses, I accept the additional expense of sustainable packaging because I agree with the goal of reducing packaging waste. I am also registered with LUCID in Germany and pay into the German packaging recycling system. What I find extremely concerning is the disproportionate administrative burden created when a micro-business makes occasional sales to customers in other EU Member States. For example, I may sell a 75 ceramic mug to a customer in France, Denmark, Belgium, or the Netherlands. I may send only a handful of packages to that country in an entire year. The amount of packaging involved may be only a few kilograms. Yet the current interpretation of the rules can potentially require a micro-business to determine its obligations separately in every Member State, register with different national systems, potentially appoint authorised representatives, pay fees, and maintain separate reporting requirements. This is completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. A large corporation selling thousands or millions of packaged products can spread the cost of registration, legal advice, representatives and compliance staff across an enormous volume of sales. A one-person business cannot. For a micro-business, the administrative costs can exceed the value of the sales themselves. This is already having a real effect. I am seeing numerous artists, makers and other micro-businesses publicly announcing that they are stopping or restricting EU shipping because they cannot realistically take on these additional costs and administrative requirements. Some are considering closing their businesses altogether. This is not because these businesses oppose environmental regulation. Many of us are already paying more for biodegradable and sustainable packaging precisely because we support the environmental objective. The issue is that the administrative burden is not proportional to the environmental impact. If I send five packages containing a few kilograms of biodegradable cardboard and paper to another Member State over the course of a year, requiring me to establish a separate compliance relationship in that country provides essentially no meaningful environmental benefit, while creating a very real financial and administrative burden. I was encouraged to see the European Commission's recent PPWR guidance and FAQ provide more specific clarification around micro-enterprises and the distinction between packaging manufacturers and businesses that simply use commercially manufactured transport packaging. However, the continued confusion among small businesses demonstrates that the system is still not sufficiently clear or proportionate. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a simple, EU-wide de minimis threshold or genuinely simplified system for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes. A business sending a handful of packages to a particular Member State should not face the same administrative framework as a corporation placing tonnes of packaging on that market. At minimum, there should be: A meaningful EU-wide low-volume exemption or simplified procedure for micro-businesses. One simple EU-wide system rather than separate national processes. No expensive authorised representative requirement for businesses making only occasional sales. Clear, plain-language guidance specifically for sole traders and micro-businesses. Fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. Thank you for your time, and we all eagerly wait updates. Sincerely, Madison Ginn Maddie Taylor Ceramics", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550015_en"}, {"id": 33550013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:12:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "La Commission européenne estime elle-même que cette réglementation entraînera environ 1,3 milliard d'euros de coûts administratifs supplémentaires chaque année. Mais en tant que citoyen européen, je pose une question très simple : qui va réellement payer ces 1,3 milliard d'euros ? Quel sera le coût annuel réel de cette réglementation pour une microentreprise ? Pour une petite entreprise qui vend dans plusieurs pays européens ? Pour un entrepreneur qui ne dispose ni d'un service juridique, ni d'un responsable conformité, ni d'une équipe dédiée aux questions environnementales ? Présenter des milliards d'euros de « bénéfices économiques » à l'échelle de l'Union européenne ne répond pas à cette question. Une économie macroéconomique théorique pour l'Europe ne signifie absolument pas qu'une petite entreprise qui doit payer de nouvelles contributions, effectuer de nouvelles démarches, collecter de nouveaux documents auprès de ses fournisseurs et consacrer du temps à de nouvelles obligations réglementaires réalisera elle-même une économie. C'est précisément là que se trouve le problème. Avant d'imposer de nouvelles obligations à des millions d'entreprises au nom de l'environnement, l'Union européenne devrait être capable de dire clairement : combien cela coûtera-t-il concrètement à une microentreprise ? Si une réglementation est réellement proportionnée, cette proportionnalité devrait pouvoir être démontrée avec des chiffres simples et compréhensibles. Les petites entreprises ne devraient pas avoir à financer une complexité réglementaire conçue à l'échelle d'un continent comme si elles disposaient des ressources d'une multinationale. L'Union européenne reconnaît elle-même la nécessité de faciliter la conformité des PME. Il faut maintenant aller au bout de cette logique : des seuils simples, de véritables exemptions pour les très petits volumes et des obligations proportionnelles à la quantité d'emballages réellement mise sur le marché. La protection de lenvironnement ne peut pas servir de prétexte pour imposer sans limite de nouvelles charges financières et administratives aux entreprises. Toute nouvelle contrainte présentée comme « écologique » devrait être justifiée par des bénéfices environnementaux concrets, mesurables et proportionnés aux coûts quelle impose.", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Commission itself estimates that this regulation will entail around EUR 1.3 billion in additional administrative costs each year. But as a European citizen, I ask a very simple question: who will actually pay the EUR 1.3 billion? What will be the actual annual cost of this regulation for a micro-enterprise? For a small business selling in more than one European country? For an entrepreneur who does not have a legal department, compliance officer or team dedicated to environmental issues? Presenting billions of euros of EU-wide “economic benefits” does not answer this question. A theoretical macroeconomic economy for Europe does not mean at all that a small enterprise that has to pay new contributions, take new steps, collect new documents from its suppliers and spend time on new regulatory obligations will make an economy itself. This is precisely where the problem lies. Before imposing new obligations on millions of companies in the name of the environment, the EU should be able to say clearly: how much will it cost a micro-enterprise in practice? If regulation is really proportionate, it should be possible to demonstrate this proportionality with simple and comprehensible figures. Small companies should not have to finance a continent-wide regulatory complexity as if they had the resources of a multinational. The EU itself recognises the need to facilitate compliance by SMEs. We must now move on to the end of this logic: simple thresholds, real exemptions for very small volumes and obligations proportional to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. Environmental protection cannot be used as a pretext for imposing new financial and administrative burdens on businesses without limit. Any new constraints presented as ‘green’ should be justified by concrete, measurable environmental benefits proportionate to the costs imposed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550013_en"}, {"id": 33550012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:11:53", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Twilight Designs", "feedback": "I strongly oppose the implementation of the PPWR in its current form because it places a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro-businesses, particularly those engaging in low-volume cross-border e-commerce. I fully support reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and encouraging businesses to use recyclable and responsibly sourced materials. However, the PPWR should not impose significant compliance costs on businesses where the environmental impact is negligible. For a small business selling products such as jewellery, an individual order may contain a small cardboard jewellery box, a cardboard outer box and a paper envelope. These materials may already be recycled, recyclable and responsibly sourced. Nevertheless, selling a small number of these products to consumers in another EU Member State can trigger additional national EPR obligations, registrations, reporting requirements and financial contributions. This is particularly problematic for businesses making only a handful of sales into a particular country. A business that sends 10, 20 or even 50 parcels to another Member State in an entire year should not be treated in essentially the same regulatory framework as a business placing hundreds of thousands or millions of packaged products on that market. The current approach risks creating a situation where a small business has to decide whether it is economically worthwhile to sell to customers in another EU country at all. The administrative cost of complying with multiple national EPR systems can exceed the environmental contribution being sought. This undermines one of the fundamental benefits of the European Single Market. Small businesses should be encouraged to sell across Europe, not discouraged from doing so because each additional Member State can introduce another layer of registration, reporting and cost. There should therefore be a clear and meaningful low-volume exemption for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. At a minimum, businesses placing only a very small quantity of packaging on another Member States market should be able to: * sell across EU borders without having to register separately in every Member State; * benefit from a genuinely EU-wide simplified EPR system; * have a significant exemption threshold based on packaging volume or environmental impact; * avoid fixed minimum contributions that are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market; * use a single EU registration and reporting mechanism rather than navigating different national systems; * have simplified requirements where the packaging is already recyclable, recycled and responsibly sourced. The purpose of environmental regulation should be to achieve meaningful environmental improvements while remaining proportionate and workable for businesses. A micro-business sending 20 small parcels containing recyclable paper and cardboard packaging into another Member State is fundamentally different from a multinational company placing millions of units of packaging on the market. The regulatory framework should recognise that difference. If the EU genuinely wants to support entrepreneurship, innovation and cross-border trade within the Single Market, it must ensure that environmental regulation does not unintentionally make international sales economically unviable for the smallest businesses. I therefore urge the EU institutions to reconsider the application of PPWR and related EPR requirements to very low-volume cross-border sellers and introduce a genuine, practical exemption or radically simplified system for micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. Regulation should not punish the smallest businesses for participating in the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose the implementation of the PPWR in its current form because it places a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro-businesses, particularly those engaging in low-volume cross-border e-commerce. I fully support reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and encouraging businesses to use recyclable and responsibly sourced materials. However, the PPWR should not impose significant compliance costs on businesses where the environmental impact is negligible. For a small business selling products such as jewellery, an individual order may contain a small cardboard jewellery box, a cardboard outer box and a paper envelope. These materials may already be recycled, recyclable and responsibly sourced. Nevertheless, selling a small number of these products to consumers in another EU Member State can trigger additional national EPR obligations, registrations, reporting requirements and financial contributions. This is particularly problematic for businesses making only a handful of sales into a particular country. A business that sends 10, 20 or even 50 parcels to another Member State in an entire year should not be treated in essentially the same regulatory framework as a business placing hundreds of thousands or millions of packaged products on that market. The current approach risks creating a situation where a small business has to decide whether it is economically worthwhile to sell to customers in another EU country at all. The administrative cost of complying with multiple national EPR systems can exceed the environmental contribution being sought. This undermines one of the fundamental benefits of the European Single Market. Small businesses should be encouraged to sell across Europe, not discouraged from doing so because each additional Member State can introduce another layer of registration, reporting and cost. There should therefore be a clear and meaningful low-volume exemption for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. At a minimum, businesses placing only a very small quantity of packaging on another Member States market should be able to: * sell across EU borders without having to register separately in every Member State; * benefit from a genuinely EU-wide simplified EPR system; * have a significant exemption threshold based on packaging volume or environmental impact; * avoid fixed minimum contributions that are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market; * use a single EU registration and reporting mechanism rather than navigating different national systems; * have simplified requirements where the packaging is already recyclable, recycled and responsibly sourced. The purpose of environmental regulation should be to achieve meaningful environmental improvements while remaining proportionate and workable for businesses. A micro-business sending 20 small parcels containing recyclable paper and cardboard packaging into another Member State is fundamentally different from a multinational company placing millions of units of packaging on the market. The regulatory framework should recognise that difference. If the EU genuinely wants to support entrepreneurship, innovation and cross-border trade within the Single Market, it must ensure that environmental regulation does not unintentionally make international sales economically unviable for the smallest businesses. I therefore urge the EU institutions to reconsider the application of PPWR and related EPR requirements to very low-volume cross-border sellers and introduce a genuine, practical exemption or radically simplified system for micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. Regulation should not punish the smallest businesses for participating in the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550012_en"}, {"id": 33550011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:11:45", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SmallPresents", "feedback": "I strongly support the objective of harmonising producer registration requirements across the EU. However, I am concerned that the current system will create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses selling products across EU borders, particularly small e-commerce businesses. I run a very small Dutch sole proprietorship selling handmade and small-scale products online. My products are sold directly to consumers in several EU Member States. Although the quantities of packaging involved are very small, I may still be required to comply with packaging EPR obligations in multiple countries. In practice, this can mean: * registering separately in each Member State; * providing different information to different national authorities or registers; * appointing an authorised representative or local contact person in certain countries; * entering into separate contracts with local compliance organisations; * paying separate registration, representation and/or EPR fees; * keeping separate records and reporting packaging data according to different national procedures. For a micro-business, these obligations can be far more significant than the actual environmental impact or amount of packaging placed on the market. For example, a small business may use only a few kilograms of cardboard and paper packaging for customers in another Member State during an entire year. Nevertheless, the business can face almost the same administrative structure as a much larger company selling and/or using many tonnes of packaging. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border e-commerce within the EU. It can even make it economically unviable for a very small business to sell to customers in certain Member States. **I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider the following:** 1. **Create a truly harmonised EU-wide registration system** where a business can register once and provide the required information for all Member States through one European portal. 2. **Introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses with very small quantities of packaging**, rather than merely simplifying reporting after the business has already had to register and appoint representatives. 3. **Establish EU-wide minimum thresholds** below which registration, authorised representation and/or EPR obligations would not apply, or would be substantially simplified. 4. **Avoid requiring a separate local authorised representative in every Member State** for very small businesses where the quantities involved are negligible. 5. **Harmonise reporting requirements, definitions, packaging categories and fee structures** as much as possible across Member States. 6. **Ensure that the administrative cost is proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market.** A business placing a few kilograms of packaging on a national market should not face disproportionate fixed costs simply because it sells cross-border. The purpose of the PPWR is to improve packaging sustainability and create a functioning internal market. I fully support these objectives. However, the implementation should not unintentionally discourage small businesses from participating in cross-border trade within the EU. For micro and small enterprises, the combination of multiple national registrations, local representatives, contracts, reporting obligations and fixed fees can become a much greater burden than the underlying packaging obligation itself. **I therefore ask the European Commission to ensure that the future rules provide a genuinely simple, affordable and harmonised system for micro-businesses and very small e-commerce sellers operating across EU borders.**", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the objective of harmonising producer registration requirements across the EU. However, I am concerned that the current system will create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses selling products across EU borders, particularly small e-commerce businesses. I run a very small Dutch sole proprietorship selling handmade and small-scale products online. My products are sold directly to consumers in several EU Member States. Although the quantities of packaging involved are very small, I may still be required to comply with packaging EPR obligations in multiple countries. In practice, this can mean: * registering separately in each Member State; * providing different information to different national authorities or registers; * appointing an authorised representative or local contact person in certain countries; * entering into separate contracts with local compliance organisations; * paying separate registration, representation and/or EPR fees; * keeping separate records and reporting packaging data according to different national procedures. For a micro-business, these obligations can be far more significant than the actual environmental impact or amount of packaging placed on the market. For example, a small business may use only a few kilograms of cardboard and paper packaging for customers in another Member State during an entire year. Nevertheless, the business can face almost the same administrative structure as a much larger company selling and/or using many tonnes of packaging. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border e-commerce within the EU. It can even make it economically unviable for a very small business to sell to customers in certain Member States. **I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider the following:** 1. **Create a truly harmonised EU-wide registration system** where a business can register once and provide the required information for all Member States through one European portal. 2. **Introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses with very small quantities of packaging**, rather than merely simplifying reporting after the business has already had to register and appoint representatives. 3. **Establish EU-wide minimum thresholds** below which registration, authorised representation and/or EPR obligations would not apply, or would be substantially simplified. 4. **Avoid requiring a separate local authorised representative in every Member State** for very small businesses where the quantities involved are negligible. 5. **Harmonise reporting requirements, definitions, packaging categories and fee structures** as much as possible across Member States. 6. **Ensure that the administrative cost is proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market.** A business placing a few kilograms of packaging on a national market should not face disproportionate fixed costs simply because it sells cross-border. The purpose of the PPWR is to improve packaging sustainability and create a functioning internal market. I fully support these objectives. However, the implementation should not unintentionally discourage small businesses from participating in cross-border trade within the EU. For micro and small enterprises, the combination of multiple national registrations, local representatives, contracts, reporting obligations and fixed fees can become a much greater burden than the underlying packaging obligation itself. **I therefore ask the European Commission to ensure that the future rules provide a genuinely simple, affordable and harmonised system for micro-businesses and very small e-commerce sellers operating across EU borders.**", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550011_en"}, {"id": 33550010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:09:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "EinziK-Art", "feedback": "Dank dieser neuen Verordnung ist es für mich als Schmuckdesignerin mit handgefertigten Unikaten mit einzelnen Stammkund*innen im EU Ausland unmöglich, diese weiter zu bedienen. Mein Umsatz wird dadurch gemindert, der über Jahre propagierte EU-Binnenmarkt ad acta gelegt. Es ist ein Armutszeugnis, dass kleine Unternehmen völlig aus dem Markt geworfen werden. Hier ist zu prüfen, inwiefern auch Wettbewerbsverzerrung vorliegt und inwiefern die EU haftbar ist. Das ist NICHT meine EU. Das ist NICHT Gemeinschaft!", "feedbackEnglish": "Thanks to this new regulation, it is impossible for me, as a jewellery designer with handmade unikates with individual core customers abroad in the EU, to continue to serve them. My turnover will be reduced as a result of the fact that the EU’s single market, which has been promoted for years, has been discontinued. It is a testament to poverty that small businesses are thrown out of the market altogether. It must be examined to what extent there is also distortion of competition and to what extent the EU is liable. This is NOT my EU. This is NOT a community!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550010_en"}, {"id": 33550009, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:06:53", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Primrose and Fern ", "feedback": "These new rules will be the end of many small/ micro businesses in Europe! I have worked in environmental education for the past 2 years and am in general very supportive of the new EU environmental regulations. But this one is a nightmare for micro businesses who, like myself, dont even make in one month what it costs to register for this new programme in a country. Small and micro businesses bring such amazing craft, connection and creativity across borders. For crafters who sell their art as individuals with no outside support from their bedrooms or kitchen tables, this price and admin fee will be too much to allow many to continue. Small businesses often care more about sustainable packaging. I would not be able to provide information about most of my packaging as it is all second hand- I use pre-used bubble wrap collected by myself, my family and friends for free. My backing cards for my handmade earrings are made each by hand with old pieces of cardboard and scrap paper. Its a shame to be penalised for already putting in the work to have more environmentally friendly packaging. I ask you please to reconsider these regulations for micro businesses for whom they will be the end of all inter European shipping. Environmental protection should absolutely be one of the main priorities of the eu, but it should not come at the expense of the livelihoods of 1 person micro businesses, Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules will be the end of many small/ micro businesses in Europe! I have worked in environmental education for the past 2 years and am in general very supportive of the new EU environmental regulations. But this one is a nightmare for micro businesses who, like myself, dont even make in one month what it costs to register for this new programme in a country. Small and micro businesses bring such amazing craft, connection and creativity across borders. For crafters who sell their art as individuals with no outside support from their bedrooms or kitchen tables, this price and admin fee will be too much to allow many to continue. Small businesses often care more about sustainable packaging. I would not be able to provide information about most of my packaging as it is all second hand- I use pre-used bubble wrap collected by myself, my family and friends for free. My backing cards for my handmade earrings are made each by hand with old pieces of cardboard and scrap paper. Its a shame to be penalised for already putting in the work to have more environmentally friendly packaging. I ask you please to reconsider these regulations for micro businesses for whom they will be the end of all inter European shipping. Environmental protection should absolutely be one of the main priorities of the eu, but it should not come at the expense of the livelihoods of 1 person micro businesses, Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550009_en"}, {"id": 33550008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:06:50", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Eu percebo e apoio que temos de reduzir o impacto ambiental do comércio internacional mas estas medidas afetam desproporcionalmente os negócios mais pequenos que não têm capacidade nem logística nem financeira de adaptação, e que concomitantemente não são os maiores contribuidores para a poluição provocada por dito comercio, enquanto que as grandes empresas, as amazon, temus e shein deste mundo, que efetivamente têm uma responsabilidade direta e acrescida nas consequências que todos sofremos, conseguem ajustar-se e sair impunes. Esta legislação tem impactos desproporcionais nos negócios mais pequenos e que não cumprem os princípios fundadores da fundação da União Europeia.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand and support that we need to reduce the environmental impact of international trade, but these measures disproportionately affect smaller businesses that do not have the logistical or financial capacity to adapt, and at the same time are not the biggest contributors to the pollution caused by that trade, while large companies, amazon, temus and Shein in this world, who do have a direct and increased responsibility for the consequences we all suffer, are able to adjust and go unpunished. This legislation has disproportionate impacts on smaller businesses that do not comply with the founding principles of the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550008_en"}, {"id": 33550007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:05:40", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "TrafegoXL Unip LDA", "feedback": "The way this ruling was elaborate reflects how unaware people in the EU parlament are when it comes to commerce on the European Union. Making people need to pay thousands to send things to multiple EU countries because there is no minimum, no centralized system like OSS and creating a new market for companies to represent you in each country is so bad. Not just the money, but all the administrative burden this ruling is putting on a small company between 1-5 employees just to be able to send 1-5 packages a year to x country inside of the EU, which is suppose to be free commerce zone, is beyond belief. A full revision needs to be done and just pause the current one until reasonable changes are not implemented. This type of actions are the ones that makes us being prepetually behind the US economy wise.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way this ruling was elaborate reflects how unaware people in the EU parlament are when it comes to commerce on the European Union. Making people need to pay thousands to send things to multiple EU countries because there is no minimum, no centralized system like OSS and creating a new market for companies to represent you in each country is so bad. Not just the money, but all the administrative burden this ruling is putting on a small company between 1-5 employees just to be able to send 1-5 packages a year to x country inside of the EU, which is suppose to be free commerce zone, is beyond belief. A full revision needs to be done and just pause the current one until reasonable changes are not implemented. This type of actions are the ones that makes us being prepetually behind the US economy wise.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550007_en"}, {"id": 33550006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:04:06", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KoesTeaching", "feedback": "The goal of these laws is good - making companies responsible for their contribution to waste. Unfortunately, the execution makes free trade within the European Union impossible for small businesses. The first big hurdle for small businesses is the registration. The law currently will require a different method of registration for every country. While the plan is to synchronize the EU, the practice is still divided. For a small business owner, this means 27 different registrations on different websites with different formats and different deadlines every year. A large company can employ a team to manage this, but for a small business run by 1-3 people, this will take hours of unpaid labor. There should instead be a centralized system for reporting waste. At minimum, there should be one website for all EU-members. The second hurdle with the new regulations is the requirement for an authorized representative (AR) in every single country. Every representative costs 50-150. That's potentially over 4000 in annual fees just for the chance to conduct business in the European Union. This does not include any registration fees or fees for removing packaging. You are currently not allowed to conduct business in a country without a local authorized representative. This cost is prohibitive for many small businesses that rely heavily on every business transaction. By not paying these annual fees, these businesses are restricted from trading in other EU countries. Their freedom of trade is essentially blocked. These laws create a financial threshold for operating outside of their own country and within the European Union. There should be either a threshold for reporting, or small businesses should be permitted to represent themselves in reporting their use of packaging. Finally, the last hurdle of the new regulations is the level of risk that it introduces to small businesses. The previous hurdles discussed introduce large investments of time and money. All producers are required to register in each country, follow their guidelines, and pay for the requirements before they can conduct business. It is not legal to offer your business in a country and do the aforementioned registrations/fees after you are guaranteed clients. Especially newer businesses and artisans who benefit greatly from every transaction will have wasted time and money if they don't do business in that country. The goals of the new law are admirable, but the execution blocks small businesses from trading within the EU. Everyone agrees that business should be held accountable for the waste they introduce into the system. As it is written now, it is not feasible for small businesses to participate in the EU market. Please make adjustments to allow small businesses to continue to participate in free trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal of these laws is good - making companies responsible for their contribution to waste. Unfortunately, the execution makes free trade within the European Union impossible for small businesses. The first big hurdle for small businesses is the registration. The law currently will require a different method of registration for every country. While the plan is to synchronize the EU, the practice is still divided. For a small business owner, this means 27 different registrations on different websites with different formats and different deadlines every year. A large company can employ a team to manage this, but for a small business run by 1-3 people, this will take hours of unpaid labor. There should instead be a centralized system for reporting waste. At minimum, there should be one website for all EU-members. The second hurdle with the new regulations is the requirement for an authorized representative (AR) in every single country. Every representative costs 50-150. That's potentially over 4000 in annual fees just for the chance to conduct business in the European Union. This does not include any registration fees or fees for removing packaging. You are currently not allowed to conduct business in a country without a local authorized representative. This cost is prohibitive for many small businesses that rely heavily on every business transaction. By not paying these annual fees, these businesses are restricted from trading in other EU countries. Their freedom of trade is essentially blocked. These laws create a financial threshold for operating outside of their own country and within the European Union. There should be either a threshold for reporting, or small businesses should be permitted to represent themselves in reporting their use of packaging. Finally, the last hurdle of the new regulations is the level of risk that it introduces to small businesses. The previous hurdles discussed introduce large investments of time and money. All producers are required to register in each country, follow their guidelines, and pay for the requirements before they can conduct business. It is not legal to offer your business in a country and do the aforementioned registrations/fees after you are guaranteed clients. Especially newer businesses and artisans who benefit greatly from every transaction will have wasted time and money if they don't do business in that country. The goals of the new law are admirable, but the execution blocks small businesses from trading within the EU. Everyone agrees that business should be held accountable for the waste they introduce into the system. As it is written now, it is not feasible for small businesses to participate in the EU market. Please make adjustments to allow small businesses to continue to participate in free trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550006_en"}, {"id": 33550005, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:00:56", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "company", "feedback": "What are you thinking with this nonsense regulation? In the most regulated part of the world, something that even you have expressed that is limiting Europe competition for companies, now you want to destroy all small businesses that need to ship to other countries? I think it is time to start being radically anti \"European Union\".", "feedbackEnglish": "What are you thinking with this nonsense regulation? In the most regulated part of the world, something that even you have expressed that is limiting Europe competition for companies, now you want to destroy all small businesses that need to ship to other countries? I think it is time to start being radically anti \"European Union\".", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550005_en"}, {"id": 33549999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:00:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A'F", "feedback": "While the general objective of protecting the environment is undoubtedly worth supporting, the current extent of the bureaucratic burden constitutes an unsustainable hurdle for small and micro-enterprises. It is simply not possible to meet these requirements in their current form. The core problem regarding online retail and shipping lies primarily with large corporations. These entities possess specialized teams and the personnel resources to effortlessly process regulatory requirements. For such global players, additional costs of, for example, 10,000 for shipping to each EU country are little more than a trifle. This cements a system where the primary contributors to environmental impact can buy their way out of responsibility through comparatively minor fees, while the existence of smaller actors is threatened. To secure cultural diversity and the continued existence of small businesses, this fee for micro-enterprises should be at most one-tenth of the current rate, or a complete exemption should be granted up to a certain company size. In its present form, the current regulation is damaging to business and almost evokes memories of the hostility toward progress seen in darker eras. It cannot be the goal of the European Union to destroy small and medium-sized enterprises through excessive bureaucracy, especially when the enforceability of these measures remains completely unclear. The long-term costs of this regulation for the fields of science, culture, and medical care will be devastating and threaten to cause negative impacts similar to those already observed internationally with other protectionist or misguided political decisions.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the general objective of protecting the environment is undoubtedly worth supporting, the current extent of the bureaucratic burden constitutes an unsustainable hurdle for small and micro-enterprises. It is simply not possible to meet these requirements in their current form. The core problem regarding online retail and shipping lies primarily with large corporations. These entities possess specialized teams and the personnel resources to effortlessly process regulatory requirements. For such global players, additional costs of, for example, 10,000 for shipping to each EU country are little more than a trifle. This cements a system where the primary contributors to environmental impact can buy their way out of responsibility through comparatively minor fees, while the existence of smaller actors is threatened. To secure cultural diversity and the continued existence of small businesses, this fee for micro-enterprises should be at most one-tenth of the current rate, or a complete exemption should be granted up to a certain company size. In its present form, the current regulation is damaging to business and almost evokes memories of the hostility toward progress seen in darker eras. It cannot be the goal of the European Union to destroy small and medium-sized enterprises through excessive bureaucracy, especially when the enforceability of these measures remains completely unclear. The long-term costs of this regulation for the fields of science, culture, and medical care will be devastating and threaten to cause negative impacts similar to those already observed internationally with other protectionist or misguided political decisions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549999_en"}, {"id": 33550003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 19:00:13", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette mesure va pénaliser les petites boutiques qui ne peuvent absolument pas supporter le surcoût ni l'usine à gaz administrative mise en place, mais ne gênera absolument pas les gros pollueurs comme amazon. Tous les petits créateurs que je suis cesse les envois en Europe mais on pourra continuer à acheter de la merde sur Shein ou Temu. Bravo.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure will penalise small shops which cannot bear the extra cost or the administrative gas plant set up, but will in no way hinder large polluters such as amazon. All the small designers I am no longer sending in Europe, but we will be able to continue buying merdees on Shein or Temu. Bravo.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550003_en"}, {"id": 33550001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:58:36", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Non sono d'accordo con quest'iniziativa perché trovo che possa danneggiare ulteriormente l'attività di piccoli artisti e artigiani che già hanno grandi difficoltà ad avere delle entrate economiche decenti. Per chi cerca di promuovere il proprio negozio online è soltanto un ostacolo e finirebbero sicuramente per essere costretti a smettere di spedire verso l'Europa ostacolando ulteriormente le proprie possibilità di avere delle entrate economiche.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with this initiative because I find it likely to further damage the activity of small artists and craftsmen who already have great difficulties in obtaining decent economic revenues. For those seeking to promote their online shop, it is only an obstacle and they would surely end up being forced to stop shipping to Europe, further hampering their chances of having economic revenues.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550001_en"}, {"id": 33550000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:58:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "missredfox", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die erheblichen Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus insbesondere für Kleinstunternehmen und 1-Person-Unternehmen ergeben. Ich betreibe in Deutschland allein einen kleinen Online-Handel, bin umsatzsteuerpflichtig und verkaufe überwiegend von mir handgefertigte Papeterie-Einzelstücke. Eine eigene Rechts-, Verwaltungs- oder Compliance-Abteilung habe ich nicht. Sämtliche Aufgaben - Herstellung, Einkauf, Versand, Kundenservice, Buchhaltung, rechtliche Pflichten etc. erledige ich selbst. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich die Ziele der PPWR, v.a. die Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen. Der entstehende Verwaltungs-, Dokumentations- und Kostenaufwand steht für ein Unternehmen meiner Größe jedoch aus meiner Sicht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich anfallenden Verpackungsmengen. Die Problematik besteht bereits beim Verkauf innerhalb Deutschlands. Ein konkretes Beispiel ist das Zusammenspiel mit der GPSR: Bei sehr kleinen Papeterieprodukten wie Bleistiften ist es praktisch unmöglich, sämtliche erforderlichen Herstellerangaben und Sicherheitshinweise lesbar direkt auf dem Produkt anzubringen. Diese Informationen müssen daher auf der Verpackung bzw. einem Begleitdokument bereitgestellt werden. Gleichzeitig möchte ich meine Verpackungen mit meinem Namen, meinem Markennamen, meinem Logo versehen. Für einen kleinen Online-Shop ist dies eine völlig normale Form der Kennzeichnung und insbesondere bei einem nicht anonymen Versand an Kunden selbstverständlich. Genau hier entsteht jedoch ein problematisches Zusammenspiel mit der PPWR: Die Kennzeichnung einer Verpackung mit dem eigenen Namen / Markenzeichen kann dazu führen, dass diese Verpackung dem Unternehmen im Rahmen der PPWR zugerechnet wird und zusätzliche Hersteller-/Produzentenpflichten ausgelöst werden. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen kann somit allein die normale Kennzeichnung der eigenen Verpackung erhebliche zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Dokumentations- und Nachweispflichten und Kosten verursachen. Das erscheint mir unverhältnismäßig. Ein Kleinstunternehmen sollte nicht faktisch vor die Wahl gestellt werden, entweder seine Verpackungen nicht angemessen mit seinem Namen und seiner Marke zu kennzeichnen oder dadurch umfangreiche zusätzliche Verpackungs-Compliance erfüllen zu müssen. Hinzu kommt, dass bei handgefertigten Einzelstücken keine Standard-Massenprodukte vorliegen. Verpackungen werden in kleinen Mengen und teilweise von unterschiedlichen Lieferanten bezogen. Die hierfür erforderlichen Informationen zu ermitteln, zu dokumentieren und nachzuweisen, verursacht einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Zeitaufwand bei gleichzeitig sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine deutlich stärkere Entlastung für Kleinstunternehmen. Die erforderlichen Angaben sollten auf das unbedingt Notwendige beschränkt und die Verfahren EU-weit möglichst einheitlich gestaltet werden. Insbesondere sollte für Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen eine echte Bagatellregelung geschaffen werden. Auch beim Auslands-Verkauf können bereits geringe Mengen zusätzliche Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten sowie Kosten, bspw. für Bevollmächtigte, auslösen. Diese Anforderungen sollten nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen einstellen müssen. Ich bitte daher darum, bei der Umsetzung der PPWR die tatsächliche Situation von Ein-Personen-Unternehmen zu berücksichtigen und insbesondere das Zusammenspiel mit den bereits bestehenden Kennzeichnungs- und Informationspflichten der GPSR zu prüfen. Die Umweltziele der PPWR sollten nicht dazu führen, dass ein Kleinstunternehmen mit wenigen handgefertigten Produkten und minimalen Verpackungsmengen unverhältnismäßig hohe Bürokratie- und Compliance-Kosten tragen muss. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ioana Golzke", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the considerable burdens this entails, in particular for micro-enterprises and one-person enterprises. I sell only a small online shop in Germany, I am subject to VAT and I sell mostly hand-made parpeterie items. I do not have a separate legal, administrative or compliance department. I carry out all the tasks – manufacturing, purchasing, shipping, customer service, accounting, legal obligations, etc. In principle, I support the objectives of the PPWR, in particular the reduction of packaging waste. However, in my view, the administrative, documentation and financial costs incurred by an undertaking of my size are disproportionate to the actual quantities of packaging involved. The problem already exists in the case of sales within Germany. A concrete example is the interplay with GPSR: For very small painting products, such as pencils, it is practically impossible to provide all the necessary manufacturer’s information and safety instructions legibly and directly on the product. This information must therefore be provided on the packaging or an accompanying document. At the same time, I would like to put my name, brand name, logo on my packaging. For a small online shop, this is a perfectly normal form of labelling and, in particular, for non-anonymous shipping to customers, of course. However, this is precisely where there is a problematic interaction with the PPWR: Labelling a packaging with its own name/brand may result in this packaging being attributed to the company under the PPWR and triggering additional producer/producer obligations. For a micro-enterprise, therefore, only the normal labelling of its own packaging can generate significant additional registration, documentation and evidence obligations and costs. That seems to me to be disproportionate. A micro-enterprise should not be faced with a de facto choice between not adequately labelling its packaging with its name and brand or having to comply with extensive additional packaging compliance. In addition, there are no standard mass products in the case of hand-made individual items. Packaging is purchased in small quantities and sometimes from different suppliers. Identifying, documenting and demonstrating the information required for this purpose involves considerable additional time and very small quantities of packaging at the same time. I would therefore like to see a much greater reduction in the burden on micro-enterprises. The information required should be limited to what is strictly necessary and procedures should be as uniform as possible across the EU. In particular, a real de minimis rule should be created for undertakings with very small quantities of packaging. Even in the case of cross-border sales, even small quantities can trigger additional registration and reporting obligations and costs, e.g. for authorised representatives. These requirements should not result in small businesses having to stop selling to other EU Member States for economic reasons. I would therefore ask that the actual situation of one-person companies be taken into account when implementing the PPWR and, in particular, that the interaction with the GPSR’s existing labelling and information requirements be examined. The environmental objectives of the PPWR should not result in a micro-enterprise having to bear disproportionately high administrative and compliance costs with few handmade products and minimal packaging volumes. Yours sincerely, Ioana Golzke", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33550000_en"}, {"id": 33549998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:56:31", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This must contain an exclusion for micro businesses. The directive will put an onerous administrative burden on micro businesses, especially small, artisanal business run by a single person, which are already struggling with lower sales and rising costs. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "This must contain an exclusion for micro businesses. The directive will put an onerous administrative burden on micro businesses, especially small, artisanal business run by a single person, which are already struggling with lower sales and rising costs. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549998_en"}, {"id": 33549997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:53:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I always believed, that the EU was created to facilitate and streamline the Inter-European market without borders. Well, this only seems to be the case for large entities. Small businesses seem to be erased by increasing bureocracy as well as unreasonable fees. I do agree, that unnecessary packaging should be avoided. It does not help, that reusing i.e. branded packages leads to additional charges. Please rethink this contraproductive regulation, facilitate it immensely and let small businesses thrive without being charged and burdened with unnecessary representatives. Otherwise you kill diversity, creativity, economy and much more.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I always believed, that the EU was created to facilitate and streamline the Inter-European market without borders. Well, this only seems to be the case for large entities. Small businesses seem to be erased by increasing bureocracy as well as unreasonable fees. I do agree, that unnecessary packaging should be avoided. It does not help, that reusing i.e. branded packages leads to additional charges. Please rethink this contraproductive regulation, facilitate it immensely and let small businesses thrive without being charged and burdened with unnecessary representatives. Otherwise you kill diversity, creativity, economy and much more.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549997_en"}, {"id": 33549996, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:49:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kunsthandel Pichler", "feedback": "I am an Austrian micro-enterprise and run a small retail shop and online store. I would like to highlight the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the current EPR requirements can create for very small businesses selling cross-border within the EU. For example, in 2025 I shipped only 32 orders to customers in Germany, resulting in approximately 1.6 kg of packaging waste. Nevertheless, I am required to register, participate in a national recycling scheme, report packaging quantities and, under the new rules, appoint an authorised representative in Germany. Similar obligations may arise separately in every EU country I sell to. For a micro-enterprise, the fixed costs and administrative effort involved can easily exceed the economic value of selling a handful of orders to another Member State. As a consequence, I am currently considering stopping cross-border EU shipping altogether, even though the European Single Market should make it easier for small businesses to sell across borders. I am concerned that requirements of this kind create substantial barriers for micro-enterprises, while larger companies can absorb these fixed costs and administrative requirements much more easily, ultimately putting small independent businesses at a significant competitive disadvantage. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and am willing to contribute fairly to the recycling costs of the packaging I place on the market. However, there should be a proportionate and harmonised solution for micro-enterprises and very small packaging quantities, such as an EU-wide registration, a simplified reporting system, a de minimis threshold or an exemption from the requirement to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State. Without such simplification, these rules risk discouraging small businesses from participating in the EU Single Market rather than improving environmental outcomes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an Austrian micro-enterprise and run a small retail shop and online store. I would like to highlight the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the current EPR requirements can create for very small businesses selling cross-border within the EU. For example, in 2025 I shipped only 32 orders to customers in Germany, resulting in approximately 1.6 kg of packaging waste. Nevertheless, I am required to register, participate in a national recycling scheme, report packaging quantities and, under the new rules, appoint an authorised representative in Germany. Similar obligations may arise separately in every EU country I sell to. For a micro-enterprise, the fixed costs and administrative effort involved can easily exceed the economic value of selling a handful of orders to another Member State. As a consequence, I am currently considering stopping cross-border EU shipping altogether, even though the European Single Market should make it easier for small businesses to sell across borders. I am concerned that requirements of this kind create substantial barriers for micro-enterprises, while larger companies can absorb these fixed costs and administrative requirements much more easily, ultimately putting small independent businesses at a significant competitive disadvantage. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and am willing to contribute fairly to the recycling costs of the packaging I place on the market. However, there should be a proportionate and harmonised solution for micro-enterprises and very small packaging quantities, such as an EU-wide registration, a simplified reporting system, a de minimis threshold or an exemption from the requirement to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State. Without such simplification, these rules risk Discouraging small businesses from participating in the EU Single Market rather than improving environmental outcomes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549996_en"}, {"id": 33549995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:48:31", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Literally every single small business that I follow from around Europe has had to stop sending their products outside of their own country. This is completely absurd. I have specifically looked for small indie brands within Europe because thats the kind of business that I want to support. And I can not find all of these products in my own country!! Everything from handmade jewelry, stickers, clothing, ceramics. These businesses are not bad for the environment and I want to be able to support them. Focus on the big brands and tax them based on all the waste they produce, DO NOT target the small indie brands within Europe. This is an insane thing to do. Not okay!!", "feedbackEnglish": "Literally every single small business that I follow from around Europe has had to stop sending their products outside of their own country. This is completely absurd. I have specifically looked for small indie brands within Europe because thats the kind of business that I want to support. And I can not find all of these products in my own country!! Everything from handmade jewelry, stickers, clothing, ceramics. These businesses are not bad for the environment and I want to be able to support them. Focus on the big brands and tax them based on all the waste they produce, DO NOT target the small indie brands within Europe. This is an insane thing to do. Not okay!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549995_en"}, {"id": 33549994, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:47:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I hate how i as someone who likes to listen to kpop now have to pay ALOT extra for things that simply dont really exist here!! And the people reselling these items overprice them from 15 going up to 40. Or my aesthetic is rather cutesy/anim like, the Things i like just dont get sold here :( As well as this will mostly affect small businesses and not the big corporations its targeted at. I would like some rules of exceptions. For small businesses and/or merchandise things. Also if you take away things, then provide alternatives if you want people happy please :)", "feedbackEnglish": "I hate how i as someone who likes to listen to kpop now have to pay ALOT extra for things that simply dont really exist here!! And the people reselling these items overprice them from 15 going up to 40. Or my aesthetic is rather cutesy/anim like, the Things i like just dont get sold here :( As well as this will mostly affect small businesses and not the big corporations its targeted at. I would like some rules of exceptions. For small businesses and/or merchandise things. Also if you take away things, then provide alternatives if you want people happy please :)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549994_en"}, {"id": 33549993, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:47:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous ", "feedback": "I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and improving recyclability. However, I strongly disagree with the approach being taken to achieve it. Adding further layers of bureaucracy, registration requirements, fees, reporting obligations, documentation, and compliance work is a lazy and insufficient way to address the underlying problemparticularly when these requirements are applied to micro and small businesses. For a large corporation with dedicated legal and compliance departments, these obligations may represent a relatively minor administrative cost. For a small business, the same requirements consume a disproportionately large amount of time, money, and attention. Every additional registration, report, fee, supplier declaration, and regulatory requirement takes resources away from actually running the business, employing people, developing better products, and remaining competitive. Environmental policy should focus on measurable environmental outcomes, not simply on creating additional administrative processes. Small businesses should be given meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures, or reasonable thresholds below which extensive reporting and compliance obligations do not apply. Reducing waste is a worthwhile objective. Burdening thousands of small businesses with additional bureaucracy is not, by itself, an effective environmental strategy. Regulation should be proportionate to the environmental impact of the business and should focus resources where they can produce the greatest real-world benefit.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and improving recyclability. However, I strongly disagree with the approach being taken to achieve it. Adding further layers of bureaucracy, registration requirements, fees, reporting obligations, documentation, and compliance work is a lazy and insufficient way to address the underlying problemparticularly when these requirements are applied to micro and small businesses. For a large corporation with dedicated legal and compliance departments, these obligations may represent a relatively minor administrative cost. For a small business, the same requirements consume a disproportionately large amount of time, money, and attention. Every additional registration, report, fee, supplier declaration, and regulatory requirement takes resources away from actually running the business, employing people, developing better products, and remaining competitive. Environmental policy should focus on measurable environmental outcomes, not simply on creating additional administrative processes. Small businesses should be given meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures, or reasonable thresholds below which extensive reporting and compliance obligations do not apply. Reducing waste is a worthwhile objective. Burdening thousands of small businesses with additional bureaucracy is not, by itself, an effective environmental strategy. Regulation should be proportionate to the environmental impact of the business and should focus resources where they can produce the greatest real-world benefit.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549993_en"}, {"id": 33549992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:44:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je ne vais absolument pas fournir d'arguments en béton appuyés par des chiffres pour dénoncer ce qui va constituer un casse-tête administratif et une perte d'argent et de temps pour les plus petites entreprises. Je ne suis sûrement pas la mieux placée pour parler à leur place mais je suis tout aussi inquiète quant à leur avenir sur le marché européen, voire leur avenir tout court. Entre autre passionnée de maquillage, je refuse de mettre mon argent dans les poches des mastodontes qui ne cherchent qu'à faire du profit et se foutent royalement des consommateurs. Cela fait deux jours que je vois passer des posts sur Instagram où les marques (européenne ou non) que je supporte pour leurs valeurs sociales et environnementales (!) annoncent mettre une pause dans leurs livraisons vers/au sein des pays de l'UE. C'est les priver d'une grande partie de leurs sources de revenu. Pour certaines, c'est signer leur mise à mort. Et bizarrement, Sephora Amazon et consort ne semblent pas se plaindre ouvertement... Vous tuez les petites entreprises. Vous n'encouragez en aucun cas ma génération à auto-entreprendre. J'étais membre active des Jeunes Européens. Je suis contente de ne plus en faire parti. Je ne suis plus capable de faire semblant et de promouvoir une telle institution. Nous citoyens voulons agir pour l'environnement. Mais nous n'en avons pas forcément les moyens. En revanche, Bernard Arnaut et consort doivent avoir assez de ressources pécuniaires pouvoir peser sur la balance. Que leurs entreprises plantent des arbres pour remplacer ceux qui ont brûlé cet été. Bien cordialement.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not going to provide any concrete arguments backed up by figures to denounce what will constitute an administrative headache and a loss of money and time for the smallest companies. I am certainly not best placed to speak for them, but I am equally worried about their future in the European market, or even their very short future. Among other things, passionate about make-up, I refuse to put my money in the pockets of mastodonts who only seek to make a profit and are royal fans of consumers. It has been two days since I saw posts on Instagram where the brands (European or not) I support for their social and environmental values (!) announce a pause in their deliveries to/within EU countries. This deprives them of a large part of their sources of income. For some, it means signing their killing. And bizarrely, Sephora Amazon and consort do not seem to complain openly... You kill small businesses. Under no circumstances do you encourage my generation to self-undertake. I was an active member of the Young Europeans. I am happy not to be part of it anymore. I am no longer able to make such an institution appear and promote it. We citizens want to act for the environment. But we do not necessarily have the means to do so. On the other hand, Bernard Arnaut and consort must have sufficient financial resources to be able to weigh on the balance. That their companies plant trees to replace those that burned this summer. Kind regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549992_en"}, {"id": 33549991, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:44:06", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am currently building a business directed towards the EU market. We are close to launch and recently found out that in order to sell our products to EU countries, we might face costs of thousands and thousands of euros in total. We are a small business of only 2 part-time employees in our twenties. We are trying to make a living out of this, and with youth unemployment at record numbers in my country (one in four), I am shocked to find out about this discouraging policy. We are hoping small businesses with only a few employees to be exempt. Otherwise innovation will suffer, as we and thousands of other startups won't be able to keep building and get on our feet and maybe build something bigger, contribute to economic growth, or at least employ ourselves. The EU is supposed to be a single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am currently building a business directed towards the EU market. We are close to launch and recently found out that in order to sell our products to EU countries, we might face costs of thousands and thousands of euros in total. We are a small business of only 2 part-time employees in our twenties. We are trying to make a living out of this, and with youth unemployment at record numbers in my country (one in four), I am shocked to find out about this discouraging policy. We are hoping small businesses with only a few employees to be exempt. Otherwise innovation will suffer, as we and thousands of other startups won't be able to keep building and get on our feet and maybe build something bigger, contribute to economic growth, or at least employ ourselves. The EU is supposed to be a single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549991_en"}, {"id": 33549990, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:41:21", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone just starting up as a small business owner, this has completely kneecapped my ability to sell to the EU. Drowning people in fees and admin will always harm small businesses more than massive companies, this must be overturned.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone just starting up as a small business owner, this has completely kneecapped my ability to sell to the EU. Drowning people in fees and admin will always harm small businesses more than massive companies, this must be overturned.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549990_en"}, {"id": 33549989, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:39:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "With small businesses, such as crafts people, it is literally one person. Their skill is in using their hands and imagination to create something interesting. Qualifying the provenance and material of packaging is out of proportion for the minuscule amount of material used and another potential hurdle in making a sale. This feels like using a hammer for every task rather than finding a more appropriate solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "With small businesses, such as crafts people, it is literally one person. Their skill is in using their hands and imagination to create something interesting. Qualifying the provenance and material of packaging is out of proportion for the minuscule amount of material used and another potential hurdle in making a sale. This feels like using a hammer for every task rather than finding a more appropriate solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549989_en"}, {"id": 33549988, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:37:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will have a devastating effect on artists who are just starting out and selling unique handmade wares! there should also be an exemption for small amounts of packaging and envelopes since the amount of trash generated is laughably minimal and close to 100% recyclable as paper! we're asking for an immediate moratorium for micro businesses until a better solution is found. it cannot be the goal of the EU for memberstates to be DIScourages from trading, unless this is to benefit large dropshipping suppliers overseas by ending all budding local businesses. honestly a quite OBVIOUS problem, you would think economists and elected representatives would have the professional capacity to think about this!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This will have a devastating effect on artists who are just starting out and selling unique handmade wares! there should also be an exemption for small amounts of packaging and envelopes since the amount of trash generated is laughably minimal and close to 100% recyclable as paper! we're asking for an immediate moratorium for micro businesses until a better solution is found. it cannot be the goal of the EU for memberstates to be DIScourages from trading, unless this is to benefit large dropshipping suppliers overseas by ending all budding local businesses. honestly a quite OBVIOUS problem, you would think economists and elected representatives would have the professional capacity to think about this!!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549988_en"}, {"id": 33549987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:35:40", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a death blow to small-scale and niche businesses. The administrative burden and associated fees are completely disproportionate, particularly for businesses handling relatively small volumes. At the very least, there should be sensible thresholds or simplified requirements to protect smaller businesses that do not benefit from the same economies of scale as larger companies. This regulation is far off target, and its consequences for European small businesses and entrepreneurship could be severe.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a death blow to small-scale and niche businesses. The administrative burden and associated fees are completely disproportionate, particularly for businesses handling relatively small volumes. At the very least, there should be sensible thresholds or simplified requirements to protect smaller businesses that do not benefit from the same economies of scale as larger companies. This regulation is far off target, and its consequences for European small businesses and entrepreneurship could be severe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549987_en"}, {"id": 33549986, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:34:07", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "One Man Business ", "feedback": "The PPWR is a textbook case of the EU adding another layer of bureaucracy that punishes the people who can least afford it: small, independent business owners. Instead of one simplified EU-wide system befitting a \"single market,\" we now face up to 27 separate national registrations, 27 different portals, and 27 sets of fees for the exact same obligation. A one-person business is expected to shoulder the same administrative burden as a multinational with entire legal and compliance departments. That is not proportionate, and no reasonable person could call it fair. This isn't an isolated case. It's part of a pattern: well-intentioned regulation designed at EU level without any real consideration for how it lands on the smallest operators. Micro and small businesses are the backbone of Europe's economy and its cultural diversity the family shops, the craft sellers, the one-person operations that make each country's market distinct. Every time Brussels adds another compliance layer without a genuine micro-enterprise exemption, it pushes these businesses toward one of two outcomes: stop selling cross-border, or shut down entirely. Meanwhile, large platforms and corporations absorb the cost as a rounding error, quietly consolidating even more market share as their smaller competitors disappear. At a moment when Europe's economy is already fragile and falling behind the US and Asia in growth, innovation, and competitiveness, this is exactly the wrong direction. Instead of freeing up entrepreneurs to trade freely across a \"single market,\" the EU is burying them in duplicate paperwork and fees that produce no environmental benefit proportional to their size. If the EU is serious about both its environmental goals and its economic survival, it needs a genuinely simplified, EU-wide compliance system or a real exemption for micro-enterprises before more small businesses are regulated out of existence.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is a textbook case of the EU adding another layer of bureaucracy that punishes the people who can least afford it: small, independent business owners. Instead of one simplified EU-wide system befitting a \"single market,\" we now face up to 27 separate national registrations, 27 different portals, and 27 sets of fees for the exact same obligation. A one-person business is expected to shoulder the same administrative burden as a multinational with entire legal and compliance departments. That is not proportionate, and no reasonable person could call it fair. This isn't an isolated case. It's part of a pattern: well-intentioned regulation designed at EU level without any real consideration for how it lands on the smallest operators. Micro and small businesses are the backbone of Europe's economy and its cultural diversity the family shops, the craft sellers, the one-person operations that make each country's market distinct. Every time Brussels adds another compliance layer without a genuine micro-enterprise exemption, it pushes these businesses toward one of two outcomes: stop selling cross-border, or shut down entirely. Meanwhile, large platforms and corporations absorb the cost as a rounding error, quietly consolidating even more market share as their smaller competitors disappear. At a moment when Europe's economy is already fragile and falling behind the US and Asia in growth, innovation, and competitiveness, this is exactly the wrong direction. Instead of freeing up entrepreneurs to trade freely across a \"single market,\" the EU is burying them in duplicate paperwork and fees that produce no environmental benefit proportional to their size. If the EU is serious about both its environmental goals and its economic survival, it needs a genuinely simplified, EU-wide compliance system or a real exemption for micro-enterprises before more small businesses are regulated out of existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549986_en"}, {"id": 33549985, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:33:16", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "With the EPR regulation and the financial burden opposed on small businesses with a fixed fee for a representative for each country, you make it impossible for a large number people to maintain their business. This regulation also seems to be discriminating towards consumers from smaller markets/countries, since they won't have access anymore to goods offered only from small shops who can't afford it to pay a representative in all 27 countries. The EU was supposed to be a single market of equality between all citizens and this regulations clearly contradicts the initial goal of the Union. It's a shame that you even recognized the problems already in december 2025 with Document 52025PC0982 and the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste COM/2025/982 final Article 2 Suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 The application of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 shall be suspended until 1 January 2035. Member States may either provide that producers established in third countries shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility when making packaging or packaged products available on their territory for the first time or ensure traceability and enforcement with regard to packaging producers established in third countries through alternative means", "feedbackEnglish": "With the EPR regulation and the financial burden opposed on small businesses with a fixed fee for a representative for each country, you make it impossible for a large number people to maintain their business. This regulation also seems to be discriminating towards consumers from smaller markets/countries, since they won't have access anymore to goods offered only from small shops who can't afford it to pay a representative in all 27 countries. The EU was supposed to be a single market of equality between all citizens and this regulations clearly contradicts the initial goal of the Union. It's a shame that you even recognized the problems already in december 2025 with Document 52025PC0982 and the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste COM/2025/982 final Article 2 Suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 The application of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 shall be suspended until 1 January 2035. Member States may either provide that producers established in third countries shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility when making packaging or packaged products available on their territory for the first time or ensure traceability and enforcement with regard to packaging producers established in third countries through alternative means", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549985_en"}, {"id": 33549984, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:32:41", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The goal behind this initiative is a good and worthwhile one, but as currently designed, the implementation places a disproportionate burden on small businesses and individual makers. As the owner of a small ceramics business, I would be required to register in each of the 27 member states in which I sell a bureaucratic burden that is simply not feasible for an operation of my size. On top of that, the added costs would make shipping prohibitively expensive for both me and my customers. I already take care to package and ship my work responsibly, and I rely on being able to reach customers across the EU to keep my small business viable. As it stands, this initiative risks shutting small, independent makers like myself out of cross-border trade entirely, while leaving the rules easily manageable for large corporations with the resources to comply. I would urge you to reconsider the implementation and introduce an exemption for small and medium-sized businesses and craftspeople who trade only occasionally or on a small scale. Without such an exemption, this well-intentioned initiative will end up harming the very people it should be supporting, while benefiting only the largest players in the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal behind this initiative is a good and worthwhile one, but as currently designed, the implementation places a disproportionate burden on small businesses and individual makers. As the owner of a small ceramics business, I would be required to register in each of the 27 member states in which I sell a bureaucratic burden that is simply not feasible for an operation of my size. On top of that, the added costs would make shipping prohibitively expensive for both me and my customers. I already take care to package and ship my work responsibly, and I rely on being able to reach customers across the EU to keep my small business viable. As it stands, this initiative risks shutting small, independent makers like myself out of cross-border trade entirely, while leaving the rules easily manageable for large corporations with the resources to comply. I would urge you to reconsider the implementation and introduce an exemption for small and medium-sized businesses and craftspeople who trade only occasionally or on a small scale. Without such an exemption, this well-intentioned initiative will end up harming the very people it should be supporting, while benefiting only the largest players in the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549984_en"}, {"id": 33549982, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:31:30", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Boll.IT", "feedback": "This new legislation is killing small businesses. I'm selling products across the EU, but the need to register in every country, without the possibility to do this without local representatives will cut all the margin I make. With a revenue of less than 20.000 , and the cost of these registrations running up in the thousands of euros if you count all countries, it's better to just stop. I'm all for responsible packaging and eco-friendliness, but there have to be better ways to implement this, for example with only a registration in your home country that is valid for the whole EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new legislation is killing small businesses. I'm selling products across the EU, but the need to register in every country, without the possibility to do this without local representatives will cut all the margin I make. With a revenue of less than 20.000 , and the cost of these registrations running up in the thousands of euros if you count all countries, it's better to just stop. I'm all for responsible packaging and eco-friendliness, but there have to be better ways to implement this, for example with only a registration in your home country that is valid for the whole EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549982_en"}, {"id": 33549981, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:31:02", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I feel that the new law does not take into consideration the damage it causes to all the small businesses. It creates an advantage for the big companies. Consumers are denied the right to have many choices and must limit their choices to only the giant companies that can afford the cost. I feel like I'm going back to my childhood, 30 years ago, when we had to choose between three companies and all the others we only saw on TV.", "feedbackEnglish": "I feel that the new law does not take into consideration the damage it causes to all the small businesses. It creates an advantage for the big companies. Consumers are denied the right to have many choices and must limit their choices to only the giant companies that can afford the cost. I feel like I'm going back to my childhood, 30 years ago, when we had to choose between three companies and all the others we only saw on TV.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549981_en"}, {"id": 33549980, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:28:28", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im generally very supportive of better environmental rules and reducing unnecessary waste and packaging. I think we absolutely should be doing more in Europe to make packaging more sustainable and make sure it is handled responsibly. What worries me about the PPWR rules, though, is how hard they are going to hit small businesses, independent sellers and craftspeople. Im from Denmark, and I often buy handmade, vintage or niche products from small sellers in other EU countries. These are not large companies with legal departments and employees who can spend time dealing with registrations and reporting in several different countries. For many of them, selling a few products to customers in Denmark or elsewhere in the EU is just a small part of their business. If the cost and administration involved in doing that becomes too high, I think many of them will simply stop selling across borders. In the end that means less choice for consumers, higher prices, and an advantage for the large companies that can afford to deal with all the bureaucracy. I dont think small businesses should have no responsibility at all when it comes to packaging and waste. But the rules should be proportional. There should be simpler requirements, sensible thresholds or exemptions for very small businesses, craftspeople and sellers who only do limited cross-border trade. Ideally, there should also be a much simpler EU-wide system instead of expecting a small seller to understand and register with different systems in every country where they happen to have a customer. I support the goal behind PPWR. I just dont think protecting the environment should come at the cost of making it practically impossible for small European businesses and independent sellers to trade with customers across the EU. I hope the EU will reconsider how these rules affect smaller businesses and find a solution that still protects the environment without putting an unreasonable burden on them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im generally very supportive of better environmental rules and reducing unnecessary waste and packaging. I think we absolutely should be doing more in Europe to make packaging more sustainable and make sure it is handled responsibly. What worries me about the PPWR rules, though, is how hard they are going to hit small businesses, independent sellers and craftspeople. Im from Denmark, and I often buy handmade, vintage or niche products from small sellers in other EU countries. These are not large companies with legal departments and employees who can spend time dealing with registrations and reporting in several different countries. For many of them, selling a few products to customers in Denmark or elsewhere in the EU is just a small part of their business. If the cost and administration involved in doing that becomes too high, I think many of them will simply stop selling across borders. In the end that means less choice for consumers, higher prices, and an advantage for the large companies that can afford to deal with all the bureaucracy. I dont think small businesses should have no responsibility at all when it comes to packaging and waste. But the rules should be proportional. There should be simpler requirements, sensible thresholds or exemptions for very small businesses, craftspeople and sellers who only do limited cross-border trade. Ideally, there should also be a much simpler EU-wide system instead of expecting a small seller to understand and register with different systems in every country where they happen to have a customer. I support the goal behind PPWR. I just dont think protecting the environment should come at the cost of making it practically impossible for small European businesses and independent sellers to trade with customers across the EU. I hope the EU will reconsider how these rules affect smaller businesses and find a solution that still protects the environment without putting an unreasonable burden on them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549980_en"}, {"id": 33549979, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:28:26", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to start saying that I feel the intentions behind this new regulation are admirable and I am grateful that you are taking our planet into consideration. However, in my opinion there are some instances where you should reevaluate: 1) the rule as it is is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Imagine a 1 person business, someone who sells their art or their handmade creations. How on earth can they compete with huge companies? They can't afford the costs by themselves, or to pay for an advisor. If this regulation goes into effect as it is, you are pretty much allowing these businesses to be destroyed and for mega corporations to remain the sole providers. 2) on the same principle, harmonize the PPWR rules and requirements for registration for small and micro businesses. 3) the new law goes against the principle of free movement of goods within the EU. I hope our words will be taken into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to start saying that I feel the intentions behind this new regulation are admirable and I am grateful that you are taking our planet into consideration. However, in my opinion there are some instances where you should reevaluate: 1) the rule as it is is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Imagine a 1 person business, someone who sells their art or their handmade creations. How on earth can they compete with huge companies? They can't afford the costs by themselves, or to pay for an advisor. If this regulation goes into effect as it is, you are pretty much allowing these businesses to be destroyed and for mega corporations to remain the sole providers. 2) on the same principle, harmonize the PPWR rules and requirements for registration for small and micro businesses. 3) the new law goes against the principle of free movement of goods within the EU. I hope our words will be taken into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549979_en"}, {"id": 33549978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:28:05", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Byte Foundry S.L.", "feedback": "You have to make regulation that favors the small businesses not the big corporations! The way this is planned to be implemented is the same administrative disaster as VAT-MOSS. Why the need to register with 27 individual member states. Make a central EU register that handles the complexity of the member states. One registration for the whole of the EU. This way you achieve the same thing but it is actually manageable for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "You have to make regulation that favors the small businesses not the big corporations! The way this is planned to be implemented is the same administrative disaster as VAT-MOSS. Why the need to register with 27 individual member states. Make a central EU register that handles the complexity of the member states. One registration for the whole of the EU. This way you achieve the same thing but it is actually manageable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549978_en"}, {"id": 33549977, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:27:12", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Lots of online shops of smaller businesses that I enjoy shopping from are stoping shipping to my country because of these changes, please reconsider or make this easy and not too costly for small businesses to continue being able to ship accross Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "Lots of online shops of smaller businesses that I enjoy shopping from are stoping shipping to my country because of these changes, please reconsider or make this easy and not too costly for small businesses to continue being able to ship accross Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549977_en"}, {"id": 33549976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:24:56", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, small businesses are working hard just to survive, to pay for food, housing, their children, and basic living expenses. We simply cannot afford such costs when representatives from each country are demanding 300 each. Just imagine how enormous this amount becomes over the course of a year for all countries. For many small businesses, this is not just an additional expense-it could mean the end. Thousands of businesses may be forced to close. Thousands of people could lose their jobs and their ability to support their families. People are trying. They are creating businesses, working hard, building something of their own, and paying their taxes honestly. They are doing everything they can to contribute to society. But now it feels as though Europe does not care about its own citizens and the small businesses that keep our communities alive. Please help small businesses. We need your support. Please reconsider this decision. Please change it. For many families and small business owners, this is not just about money. This is about their livelihoods, their future, and their ability to survive. We are begging you, please listen to us.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, small businesses are working hard just to survive, to pay for food, housing, their children, and basic living expenses. We simply cannot afford such costs when representatives from each country are demanding 300 each. Just imagine how enormous this amount becomes over the course of a year for all countries. For many small businesses, this is not just an additional expense-it could mean the end. Thousands of businesses may be forced to close. Thousands of people could lose their jobs and their ability to support their families. People are trying. They are creating businesses, working hard, building something of their own, and paying their taxes honestly. They are doing everything they can to contribute to society. But now it feels as though Europe does not care about its own citizens and the small businesses that keep our communities alive. Please help small businesses. We need your support. Please reconsider this decision. Please change it. For many families and small business owners, this is not just about money. This is about their livelihoods, their future, and their ability to survive. We are begging you, please listen to us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549976_en"}, {"id": 33549975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:24:56", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner, selling my own products, and I think that these new requirements are financial and administrative burden on small businesses. For large companies generating millions in revenue, these additional costs and administrative requirements may have little impact. Many small business owners are not running their businesses simply as a hobby. Their businesses are their main source of income and their livelihood. If the financial and bureaucratic burden becomes too high, many of them may be forced to close, leaving people without their source of income. Small businesses should be given an exemption or significantly simplified requirements under the PPWR. I think the EU institutions need to consider a specific exemption, simplified compliance requirements, or other proportional measures for small businesses, so we can sell in EU market freely.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner, selling my own products, and I think that these new requirements are financial and administrative burden on small businesses. For large companies generating millions in revenue, these additional costs and administrative requirements may have little impact. Many small business owners are not running their businesses simply as a hobby. Their businesses are their main source of income and their livelihood. If the financial and bureaucratic burden becomes too high, many of them may be forced to close, leaving people without their source of income. Small businesses should be given an exemption or significantly simplified requirements under the PPWR. I think the EU institutions need to consider a specific exemption, simplified compliance requirements, or other proportional measures for small businesses, so we can sell in EU market freely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549975_en"}, {"id": 33549974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:18:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Secret Foliage", "feedback": "### EPR en PPWR: disproportionele lasten voor microbedrijven en een bedreiging voor de interne markt Als eigenaar van een klein Nederlands bedrijf steun ik de doelstelling van de PPWR: minder verpakkingsafval, meer hergebruik en een duurzamer verpakkingssysteem. De manier waarop de uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid (EPR) momenteel wordt ingericht, baart mij echter grote zorgen. Voor een microbedrijf zijn vooral de **kosten, administratieve lasten en enorme onduidelijkheid** een probleem. Wij verkopen vanuit Nederland aan klanten in verschillende EU-lidstaten. Hierdoor krijgen wij te maken met verschillende nationale systemen, registratieverplichtingen, rapportages en mogelijke verplichtingen om in andere lidstaten een vertegenwoordiger aan te stellen. De Europese interne markt zou het voor een klein bedrijf juist eenvoudig moeten maken om binnen de EU te verkopen. In de praktijk dreigt het tegenovergestelde te gebeuren: achter één Europese markt ontstaan tientallen verschillende administratieve systemen. Voor een groot bedrijf zijn dergelijke verplichtingen vervelend, maar beheersbaar. Een microbedrijf heeft geen juridische afdeling, compliance-afdeling of medewerker die zich fulltime met EPR-regelgeving kan bezighouden. Wij moeten zelf uitzoeken wat in ieder land van ons wordt verwacht. En daar zit voor mij een fundamenteel probleem: **het is vaak niet eens duidelijk waar wij precies aan moeten voldoen.** Welke verpakkingen moeten worden geregistreerd? In welke landen? Wanneer ben je producent? Wanneer moet je rapporteren? Wanneer is een vertegenwoordiger verplicht? Welke hoeveelheden moeten worden opgegeven? En welke nationale uitzonderingen of drempelwaarden gelden? Om dit allemaal uit te zoeken, zijn kleine ondernemers vervolgens genoodzaakt om externe partijen of vertegenwoordigers in te schakelen. Daar kunnen bijvoorbeeld kosten van 100 of meer per land uit voortkomen. Maar dan vraag ik mij oprecht af: **Hoe wordt het milieu beter wanneer een microbedrijf 100 of meer moet betalen aan een vertegenwoordiger om administratieve verplichtingen af te handelen, in plaats van dat dit geld wordt besteed aan het verminderen van verpakkingsmateriaal, herbruikbare verpakkingen of andere verduurzaming?** Dit voelt niet als het toepassen van het principe \"de vervuiler betaalt\". Het risico bestaat dat het principe verandert in: **\"degene met de minste schaal betaalt relatief het meest voor administratie.\"** De milieubelasting van een kleine hoeveelheid verpakkingsmateriaal die door een microbedrijf op de markt wordt gebracht, is beperkt. De administratieve kosten kunnen daarentegen relatief enorm zijn. Een vaste registratie- of vertegenwoordigersvergoeding weegt voor een klein bedrijf veel zwaarder dan voor een multinational die miljoenen verpakkingen per jaar op de markt brengt. Daarmee ontstaat bovendien een concurrentienadeel voor Europese microbedrijven. Een klein bedrijf dat in meerdere EU-landen wil verkopen, wordt geconfronteerd met kosten en administratie die een bedrijf dat uitsluitend nationaal verkoopt niet heeft. Dit kan er zelfs toe leiden dat kleine ondernemingen besluiten **niet meer naar bepaalde EU-landen te verkopen**. Dat is niet alleen slecht voor kleine ondernemers, maar ook voor consumenten, concurrentie en uiteindelijk voor de Europese interne markt. Ik ben daarom van mening dat er voor microbedrijven een veel eenvoudiger en daadwerkelijk proportioneel systeem moet komen. Ik pleit onder andere voor: * één geharmoniseerd EU-systeem voor registratie en rapportage; * duidelijke en uniforme regels in alle lidstaten; * ruime, EU-brede drempelwaarden voor microbedrijven en zeer kleine verpakkingsvolumes; * geen verplichte betaalde vertegenwoordiger voor zeer kleine hoeveelheden; * aanzienlijk lagere of geen vaste kosten voor microbedrijven; * een eenvoudige digitale methode waarmee een ondernemer direct kan zien aan welke verplichtingen hij in ieder land moet voldoen; * een systeem waarbij d", "feedbackEnglish": "# # # EPR and PPWR: as owner of a small Dutch company, I support the objective of the PPWR: less packaging waste, more reuse and a more sustainable packaging system. However, I am deeply concerned about the current design of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). For a microenterprise, the * * costs, administrative burden and huge lack of clarity * * are particularly problematic. We sell from the Netherlands to customers in several EU Member States. As a result, we are confronted with different national systems, registration obligations, reporting obligations and possible obligations to appoint a representative in other Member States. On the contrary, the European single market should make it easy for a small business to sell within the EU. In practice, there is a risk of the opposite happening: dozens of different administrative systems emerge behind a single European market. For a large company, such obligations are burdensome but manageable. A microenterprise does not have a legal department, a compliance department or a staff member who can deal with EPR regulations on a full-time basis. It is up to us to find out what is expected of us in each country. And there is a fundamental problem for me: * * it is often not even clear what exactly we have to comply with. * * Which packaging should be registered? In which countries? When are you a producer? When should you report? When is a representative mandatory? What quantities should be declared? And which national exceptions or thresholds apply? To find out all this, small entrepreneurs are then forced to engage external parties or representatives. For example, this may result in costs of 100 or more per country. But then I sincerely wonder: * * how does the environment improve when a microenterprise has to pay 100 or more to a representative to deal with administrative obligations, rather than spending this money on reducing packaging material, reusable packaging or other sustainability? * * This does not seem like applying the polluter pays principle. There is a risk that the principle will change to: * * ‘those with the lowest scale pay relatively the most for administration.’ * * The environmental impact of a small amount of packaging placed on the market by a microenterprise is limited. Administrative costs, on the other hand, can be relatively high. A fixed registration or representative fee is much heavier for a small company than for a multinational company that markets millions of packaging per year. This also puts European microenterprises at a competitive disadvantage. A small company wishing to sell in several EU countries faces costs and administration that a company selling only domestically does not have. This may even lead small businesses to decide not to sell * * anymore to certain EU countries * *. This is bad not only for small businesses, but also for consumers, competition and ultimately for the European single market. I therefore believe that a much simpler and truly proportionate system should be put in place for micro-businesses. Among other things, I call for: * a single harmonised EU system for registration and reporting; * clear and uniform rules in all Member States; * broad EU-wide thresholds for microenterprises and very small packaging volumes; * no mandatory paid representative for very small quantities; * significantly lower or no fixed costs for micro-enterprises; * a simple digital method that allows an entrepreneur to directly see what obligations they have to comply with in each country; * a system where d", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549974_en"}, {"id": 33549973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:16:33", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mijn Platenzaak", "feedback": "I run a small vinyl shop in the Netherlands (1 person only) and ship only a few parcels per month to other EU countries. Under the new PPWR rules I would be required to register in every member state and pay multiple fees, even though my packaging footprint is rather small. Obviously this go for many, many other small shops as well. This is disproportional and impossible for micro-businesses to absorb. I do however support environmental goals but this PPWR urgently needs a simplified EU-wide system or an exemption for micro-enterprises. Without this, the regulation will harm small busnisses and limit cultural and economic diversity within the EU. The regulation barely affects large platforms, but it places a heavy and unequal burden on all micro-sellers which is unfair. We are supposed to operate within a single EU market. Having 27 different national systems for identical obligations undermines that principle.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small vinyl shop in the Netherlands (1 person only) and ship only a few parcels per month to other EU countries. Under the new PPWR rules I would be required to register in every member state and pay multiple fees, even though my packaging footprint is rather small. Obviously this go for many, many other small shops as well. This is disproportional and impossible for micro-businesses to absorb. I do however support environmental goals but this PPWR urgently needs a simplified EU-wide system or an exemption for micro-enterprises. Without this, the regulation will harm small busnisses and limit cultural and economic diversity within the EU. The regulation barely affects large platforms, but it places a heavy and unequal burden on all micro-sellers which is unfair. We are supposed to operate within a single EU market. Having 27 different national systems for identical obligations undermines that principle.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549973_en"}, {"id": 33549972, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:14:49", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea behind this initiative is good and praiseworthy but the implementation is biased against small businesses and individuals as it will drive the costs of shipping prohibitively for them (and the idea of registering the business in each of the 27 member-states is a bureaucratic nightmare for them). There should be an exemption for small- and medium-sized businesses and craftspeople who only do occasional trade. As a buyer of hand-crafted and vintage items from small, independent sellers across Europe who disposes of packaging responsibly, I see this initiative stopping trade across the Union and being of benefit only to large corporations. Please, reconsider this initiative!", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea behind this initiative is good and praiseworthy but the implementation is biased against small businesses and individuals as it will drive the costs of shipping prohibitively for them (and the idea of registering the business in each of the 27 member-states is a bureaucratic nightmare for them). There should be an exemption for small- and medium-sized businesses and craftspeople who only do occasional trade. As a buyer of hand-crafted and vintage items from small, independent sellers across Europe who disposes of packaging responsibly, I see this initiative stopping trade across the Union and being of benefit only to large corporations. Please, reconsider this initiative!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549972_en"}, {"id": 33549971, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:13:14", "country": "HUN", "language": "HU", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small business", "feedback": "A jelenlegi szervezet teljesen ellehetetleníti rengeteg kisvállalkozás életét és csakis a Temu, Shein terjedését és térhódítását segíti ismételten. Kérem a döntéshozókat, hogy gondolják újra a tervezetet, hogy sok unióban értékesítő kisvállalkozás ne kényszerüljön bezárásra a jelenlegi szabályozás életbe lépése miatt.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current organisation is completely disrupting the lives of many small businesses and is only once again helping to spread and spread Temu and Shein. I call on decision-makers to reconsider the draft so that many small businesses selling in the EU will not be forced to close due to the entry into force of the current rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549971_en"}, {"id": 33549970, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:09:48", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "All small businesses going to hell. This after we have only big corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "All small businesses going to hell. This after we have only big corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549970_en"}, {"id": 33549969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:08:32", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "C de Close contact", "feedback": "Bien sûr. Je te propose de garder le fond critique, mais de le formuler de manière suffisamment argumentée et constructive pour quil soit pris au sérieux dans une consultation européenne. Je regrette que cette nouvelle réglementation se traduise une fois encore par une charge administrative et financière disproportionnée pour les micro-entreprises, les indépendants, les artisans et les très petites structures. Lobjectif environnemental est évidemment légitime et nécessaire. Cependant, les plus petites entreprises ne sont pas nécessairement les principaux producteurs de déchets demballages. Beaucoup dartisans et de petits entrepreneurs sont dailleurs particulièrement attentifs à leur impact environnemental : utilisation de matériaux recyclés ou recyclables, limitation des emballages, réemploi et production en petites quantités. Pourtant, une entreprise qui nexpédie que quelques dizaines ou quelques centaines de colis par an peut se retrouver confrontée à des obligations administratives et à des coûts fixes sans commune mesure avec le volume réel demballages quelle met sur le marché. La difficulté est encore plus importante pour les petites entreprises souhaitant vendre dans plusieurs pays européens. Alors que cette réglementation est européenne, sa mise en œuvre oblige les professionnels à composer avec différents systèmes nationaux, organismes, inscriptions, déclarations et, dans certaines situations, représentants locaux. Cette organisation constitue un véritable frein au marché unique pour les plus petites entreprises. Pourquoi ne pas mettre en place un véritable guichet unique européen permettant à une micro-entreprise de senregistrer une seule fois, de déclarer ses volumes demballages par pays sur une plateforme commune et de payer une contribution proportionnelle à son impact réel ? Les contributions pourraient ensuite être réparties automatiquement entre les États membres concernés. Un tel système préserverait pleinement le principe de responsabilité environnementale, tout en évitant de transformer quelques dizaines de colis expédiés dans différents pays européens en un parcours administratif complexe et coûteux. LUnion européenne devrait permettre aux petites entreprises daccéder plus facilement au marché unique, et non créer des contraintes qui risquent de les conduire à limiter leurs ventes à leur marché national ou à renoncer au commerce transfrontalier. Une réglementation environnementale efficace doit être exigeante, mais également proportionnée, simple à appliquer et adaptée à la réalité économique des micro-entreprises. Je trouve surtout important davoir ajouté la proposition concrète du guichet unique européen : ton commentaire ne se contente ainsi pas de critiquer, il explique exactement comment le système pourrait être amélioré.", "feedbackEnglish": "Of course. I propose that you keep the substance critical, but formulate it in a sufficiently reasoned and constructive manner to ensure that it is taken seriously in a European consultation. I regret that this new regulation once again results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro, self-employed, craftsmen and very small structures. The environmental objective is of course legitimate and necessary. However, smaller companies are not necessarily the main producers of packaging waste. Many craftsmen and small entrepreneurs pay particular attention to their environmental impact: use of recycled or recyclable materials, packaging limitation, re-use and production in small quantities. However, a company that ships only a few tens or hundreds of parcels per year may face administrative obligations and fixed costs that are out of all proportion to the actual volume of packaging it places on the market. The difficulty is even greater for small businesses wishing to sell in more than one European country. While this regulation is European, its implementation requires professionals to deal with different national systems, bodies, registrations, declarations and, in certain situations, local representatives. This creates a real barrier to the single market for the smallest companies. Why not set up a true European one-stop-shop allowing a microenterprise to register once, report its packaging volumes per country on a common platform and pay a contribution proportional to its actual impact? Contributions could then be automatically distributed among the Member States concerned. Such a system would fully preserve the principle of environmental liability, while avoiding the transformation of dozens of parcels sent to different European countries into a complex and costly administrative journey. The EU should make it easier for small businesses to access the single market, and not create constraints that may lead them to limit their sales to their domestic market or to abandon cross-border trade. Effective environmental regulation must be demanding, but also proportionate, simple to apply and adapted to the economic reality of micro-enterprises. Most importantly, I find it important to have added the concrete proposal of the European Single Window: your comment does not just criticise, it explains exactly how the system could be improved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549969_en"}, {"id": 33549968, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:08:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law, at least the way it is now, will kill small business shipping to other EU business. One of the main goals of the EU was supporting economics EU wide and make trade and exchange easier. I urge you to reconsider passing this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law, at least the way it is now, will kill small business shipping to other EU business. One of the main goals of the EU was supporting economics EU wide and make trade and exchange easier. I urge you to reconsider passing this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549968_en"}, {"id": 33549967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 18:00:04", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do support the initial thought of this initiative. However, big multinational companies see major advantages compared to small, local, national companies. I see a lot of trusted local European companies that are not longer able to send parcels to customers. For me as an European citizen I want to see European companies, local companies with European citizens behind being supported and not multinational companies. It should be the goal of the EU to support local companies and citizens. Please reconsider and adapt the rules that are now destroying small companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do support the initial thought of this initiative. However, big multinational companies see major advantages compared to small, local, national companies. I see a lot of trusted local European companies that are not longer able to send parcels to customers. For me as an European citizen I want to see European companies, local companies with European citizens behind being supported and not multinational companies. It should be the goal of the EU to support local companies and citizens. Please reconsider and adapt the rules that are now destroying small companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549967_en"}, {"id": 33549966, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:59:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to keep shopping from small businesses cross countries, so this will be a major hindrance. Please hand us a useful law instead. Maybe include some anti nazi legislation soon, too, while you're at it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to keep shopping from small businesses cross countries, so this will be a major hindrance. Please hand us a useful law instead. Maybe include some anti nazi legislation soon, too, while you're at it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549966_en"}, {"id": 33549964, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:52:13", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I don't agree with this law at all. Many people depends on their own business to make a living, specially in this crisis economy. Lots of them depend on their business as a main salary to pay for what they need: groceries, child care, house bills... since they can get more money than if they work in a big company. They have full control on how to budget and get more to survive and support themselves in this world and now this law is making it difficult. Lots of them don't even have an alternative career to fall into once they close their small business. The items they sell are unique and good quality. The difference between big companies and small companies are the unique items you are not able to buy in big companies, example: customizacion items, or specific item to build from scratch. Please reconsider this. It goes against european values.", "feedbackEnglish": "I don't agree with this law at all. Many people depends on their own business to make a living, specially in this crisis economy. Lots of them depend on their business as a main salary to pay for what they need: groceries, child care, house bills... since they can get more money than if they work in a big company. They have full control on how to budget and get more to survive and support themselves in this world and now this law is making it difficult. Lots of them don't even have an alternative career to fall into once they close their small business. The items they sell are unique and good quality. The difference between big companies and small companies are the unique items you are not able to buy in big companies, example: customizacion items, or specific item to build from scratch. Please reconsider this. It goes against european values.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549964_en"}, {"id": 33549961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:48:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wir sind ein Kleinstunternehmen (LED-Beleuchtungstechnik, Onlinehandel) mit Kunden in praktisch allen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, überwiegend gewerbliche Endverwender (Installateure, Systemintegratoren für Veranstaltungstechnik). Die Pflicht, für jeden Zielstaat einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und ein eigenes Herstellerregister zu bedienen, steht in keinem Verhältnis zu unserer Unternehmensgröße. Konkrete Erfahrung: Für eine einzige Registrierung (Österreich) war eine notariell beglaubigte, apostillierte Vollmacht nötig; allein die Beglaubigung zog sich über zwei Monate. Die laufenden Kosten je Land liegen nach unserer Schätzung bei rund 1.600 /Jahr (Verpackungsregister plus separater WEEE-Bevollmächtigter für Elektrogeräte), zzgl. internem Zeitaufwand von mehreren Arbeitstagen je Land für Einrichtung und laufende Meldungen. Bei kleinteiligem, wechselndem Auslandsgeschäft (Projekte statt Dauerkunden je Land) lohnt sich eine Registrierung erst ab einem geschätzten Jahresumsatz von 5.0006.500 in diesem Land darunter übersteigen die Fixkosten den Ertrag. Konsequenz: Wir stellen den Versand in Länder unterhalb dieser Schwelle ein. Das bedeutet einen geschätzten Umsatzverzicht von 26.000 /Jahr auf 16 Länder nicht wegen fehlender Nachfrage, sondern wegen der Bürokratiekosten je Land. Vorschlag: Ein zentrales, EU-weites Herstellerregister (analog zum One-Stop-Shop bei der Umsatzsteuer) statt 27 getrennter nationaler Register mit je eigenem Bevollmächtigten würde die Bürokratielast für kleine grenzüberschreitend tätige Händler drastisch senken, ohne den Umweltzweck der Verordnung zu schwächen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a micro-enterprise (LED lighting technology, online trading) with customers in virtually all EU Member States, mostly commercial end-users (installers, system integrators for event technology). The obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative for each target country and to maintain a separate register of producers is disproportionate to our size. Concrete experience: For a single registration (Austria), a notarised, apostille power of attorney was required; the certification alone lasted for two months. We estimate the running costs per country to be around 1600/year (packaging register plus separate WEEE representative for electrical appliances), plus several working days’ internal time per country for installation and ongoing reporting. In the case of small-scale, changing foreign business (projects instead of permanent customers per country), it is only worth registering from an estimated annual turnover of 5.0006.500 in that country that the fixed costs exceed the yield. Consequence: We will stop shipping to countries below this threshold. This means an estimated drop in turnover from 26.000/year to 16 countries, not because of a lack of demand, but because of the administrative costs per country. Proposal: A central, EU-wide register of producers (similar to the one-stop shop for VAT) instead of 27 separate national registers, each with its own authorised representative, would drastically reduce the administrative burden for small cross-border traders without weakening the environmental purpose of the Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549961_en"}, {"id": 33549960, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:47:49", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mushrooms and Moths ", "feedback": "These new rules are already driving a lot of small businesses to quit shipping all over Europe, which will likely end these businesses all together. As union we should be considerate of artisans and craft persons who have to do business in other European countries. The fees are nothing for multimillion dollar enterprises with legal teams, but for the businesses run by one singular person this is completely undoable.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules are already driving a lot of small businesses to quit shipping all over Europe, which will likely end these businesses all together. As union we should be considerate of artisans and craft persons who have to do business in other European countries. The fees are nothing for multimillion dollar enterprises with legal teams, but for the businesses run by one singular person this is completely undoable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549960_en"}, {"id": 33549959, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:45:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung für die von ihnen verursachten Verpackungsmengen zu nehmen. Auch im privaten Alltag erlebe ich, welchen erheblichen Anteil Versandverpackungen am Abfallaufkommen haben. Ich halte es daher für richtig und wichtig, dass die Europäische Union hier handelt. Gleichzeitig mache ich mir große Sorgen über die Auswirkungen der vorgesehenen Registrierungs- und Verwaltungspflichten auf Kleinstunternehmen und selbstständige Künstlerinnen und Künstler. Ich kenne viele Menschen aus kleinen kreativen Gemeinschaften, die nebenberuflich handgefertigte Einzelstücke, Zeichnungen oder andere künstlerische Arbeiten an einen sehr kleinen Kundenkreis verkaufen. Dabei kann es sich um weniger als zehn Sendungen pro Jahr handeln, teilweise mit Warenwerten von unter 100 Euro. Einzelne dieser Sendungen gehen auch an Menschen in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Für solche Kleinstakteure können bereits geringe fixe Kosten unverhältnismäßig sein. Noch problematischer erscheint mir jedoch der administrative Aufwand: Wer nur gelegentlich in der Freizeit künstlerisch tätig ist, kann kaum Registrierungen und unterschiedliche Anforderungen in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten bewältigen oder hierfür spezialisierte Dienstleister beauftragen. Ich befürchte daher, dass viele dieser Menschen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf vollständig einstellen werden. Dadurch würden nicht nur wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten verloren gehen, sondern auch ein Teil des kulturellen und kreativen Austauschs zwischen Menschen innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Ich kann nicht beurteilen, ob eine Ausnahme anhand des Verpackungsvolumens, des Umsatzes, der Anzahl der Sendungen oder eines anderen Kriteriums die beste Lösung wäre. Ich möchte die Kommission jedoch ausdrücklich bitten, für Kleinstunternehmen und Personen mit sehr geringen Versandmengen eine einfache und verhältnismäßige Regelung vorzusehen. Idealerweise sollte für sie eine einmalige Registrierung im Heimatmitgliedstaat ausreichen, ohne zusätzliche Registrierungen, Vertretungspflichten oder vergleichbare fixe administrative Hürden in jedem Zielland. Das Ziel der Verpackungsverordnung und der Schutz kleiner europäischer Kreativschaffender sollten sich nicht widersprechen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung kann meines Erachtens beides ermöglichen: weniger Verpackungsabfall und zugleich einen europäischen Binnenmarkt, an dem auch die kleinsten Akteure weiterhin teilnehmen können.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers more responsible for the quantities of packaging they produce. In my everyday life, too, I learn about the significant share of shipping packaging in waste generation. I therefore consider it right and important that the European Union acts here. At the same time, I am deeply concerned about the impact of the envisaged registration and administrative obligations on micro-enterprises and self-employed artists. I know many people from small creative communities who sell handmade pieces, drawings or other artistic work to a very small customer base on a side-work basis. This can be less than 10 consignments per year, sometimes with a value of less than EUR 100. Some of these programmes are also sent to people in other EU Member States. For such micro-actors, even small fixed costs may be disproportionate. However, the administrative burden seems to me to be even more problematic: Those who only occasionally perform artistic work in leisure time can hardly cope with registrations and different requirements in several Member States or hire specialised service providers to do so. I am therefore afraid that many of these people will stop selling cross-border completely. As a result, not only economic opportunities would be lost, but also part of the cultural and creative exchanges between people within the European Union. I cannot assess whether an exception based on packaging volume, turnover, number of consignments or any other criterion would be the best solution. However, I would expressly ask the Commission to provide for a simple and proportionate regime for micro-enterprises and persons with very small volumes of shipments. Ideally, they should be able to register once in their home Member State, without additional registrations, representation obligations or similar fixed administrative hurdles in each destination country. The aim of the Packaging Regulation and the protection of small European creators should not be contradictory. A proportionate design can, in my view, allow both: reducing packaging waste and, at the same time, creating a single European market in which even the smallest players can continue to participate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549959_en"}, {"id": 33549958, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:44:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "J B", "feedback": "Die Grundidee hinter dem Gesetz ist unzweifelhaft gut, die aktuelle Umsetzung bedroht aber die Existenz abertausender Klein- und Kleinststunternehmen und die Kulturbranche als Ganzes. Sie führt außerdem die Idee des europäischen Binnenmarkts ad absurdum, denn dieser wird mit diesem Gesetz für den allergrößten Teil der Unternehmen in der EU praktisch verschlossen. Es ist essenziell, so schnell wie möglich eine EU-weit gültige Bagatellgrenze für KMUs festzulegen, damit der europäische Binnenmarkt, so wie wir ihn kennen, erhalten bleibt, und nicht unzählige Einzel- und Kleinunternehmen ihre Lebensgrundlage aufgeben müssen. Ich bin selbstständige Künstlerin und arbeite mit Unternehmen in der EU zusammen, hierfür müssen gelegentlich Pakete versandt werden. Ich versende auch in sehr kleinen Stückzahlen Kunst an Endkunden, die auf der ganzen Welt verteilt sind. Die absurd hohen Kosten einer Lizenzierung in den einzelnen europäischen Ländern, ganz zu schweigen vom Verwaltungsaufwand, würden mich dazu zwingen, einen Teil meines Geschäfts aufzugeben. Andere Menschen in meiner Branche müssten ganz aufhören zu arbeiten. Wir können als Kreative nicht an Menschen in der Nachbarschaft verkaufen, sondern finden unsere Kunden abhängig von deren Vorlieben - unabhängig von Ländergrenzen. Genau dasselbe Problem haben im Übrigen Kreative und KMUs, die von außerhalb der EU kommen und ihre Produkte zu uns schicken wollen. Es kann nicht sein, dass ein gut gemeintes, aber viel zu kurz gedachtes Gesetz auf einen Schlag so viel wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Schaden anrichtet.", "feedbackEnglish": "The basic idea behind the law is undoubtedly good, but the current implementation threatens the existence of thousands of micro and small enterprises and the cultural sector as a whole. It also makes the idea of the European single market absurd, as this law effectively closes it to the vast majority of businesses in the EU. It is essential to establish an EU-wide de minimis threshold for SMEs as soon as possible in order to preserve the European single market as we know it and to avoid the need for countless individual and small businesses to give up their livelihoods. I am a self-employed artist working with companies in the EU, for which parcels occasionally have to be sent. I also send art in very small numbers to end customers all over the world. The absurdly high costs of licensing in the individual European countries, not to mention the administrative burden, would force me to give up part of my business. Other people in my sector would have to stop working altogether. As creators, we cannot sell to people in the neighbourhood, but find our customers according to their preferences – regardless of national borders. It is precisely the same problem that creators and SMEs coming from outside the EU wanting to send their products to us. It cannot be the case that a well-meaning, but far too short, law causes so much economic and social damage at a stroke.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549958_en"}, {"id": 33549957, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:42:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new rules proposed are ridiculously biased against small businesses, particularly businesses in my local area who sell small goods such as stickers, prints, keyrings and other merchandise that they make themselves. Having a representative in every EU country means that the cost of the bureaucracy will be more than the profits of the sales of these tiny businesses, meaning they have no choice but to stop selling to the EU. Not only is this not particularly fair on the business, as they will lose sales, it's also not fair on EU citizens, who will no longer be able to buy small hand-crafted items from overseas. There doesn't appear to be a proportional or rational reason for this, either. Bigger businesses will swallow the cost of these new rules, it is the smaller businesses that will suffer needlessly- an outcome that I don't believe will benefit the EU or further your goal of creating more safe and sustainable packaging rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules proposed are ridiculously biased against small businesses, particularly businesses in my local area who sell small goods such as stickers, prints, keyrings and other merchandise that they make themselves. Having a representative in every EU country means that the cost of the bureaucracy will be more than the profits of the sales of these tiny businesses, meaning they have no choice but to stop selling to the EU. Not only is this not particularly fair on the business, as they will lose sales, it's also not fair on EU citizens, who will no longer be able to buy small hand-crafted items from overseas. There doesn't appear to be a proportional or rational reason for this, either. Bigger businesses will swallow the cost of these new rules, it is the smaller businesses that will suffer needlessly- an outcome that I don't believe will benefit the EU or further your goal of creating more safe and sustainable packaging rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549957_en"}, {"id": 33549956, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:41:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BLOW OUT GmbH", "feedback": "Wir begrüßen grundsätzlich einen einheitlichen europäischen Rechtsrahmen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt bietet gerade kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen große Chancen und sollte den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern. Bei der praktischen Umsetzung der neuen Verpackungsverordnung sehen wir jedoch erheblichen Handlungsbedarf. Insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen droht ein unverhältnismäßiger bürokratischer und finanzieller Aufwand. Dabei geht es uns ausdrücklich nicht darum, die Kosten für Recycling und Entsorgung zu vermeiden. Diese Kosten sollen selbstverständlich getragen werden. Entscheidend ist für uns jedoch, wie die Verantwortung und die damit verbundenen Gebühren organisiert werden. Wir halten es für sinnvoll, die Lizenzierungs- und Entsorgungsgebühren bereits beim europäischen Verpackungshersteller zu erfassen und abzuführen. Der Hersteller kennt die verwendeten Materialien und Mengen und kann die entsprechenden Kosten in seinen Verkaufspreis einrechnen. Damit würden die Kosten über die Lieferkette weitergegeben, ohne dass jedes nachgelagerte Unternehmen eigene Registrierungen und Meldungen durchführen muss. Ein Beispiel aus unserer Praxis zeigt das Problem: Wir beziehen unsere Versandkartons von einem deutschen Verpackungshersteller und lassen diese lediglich mit unserem Logo bedrucken. Der Hersteller kennt die Materialien, Produktionsmengen und Eigenschaften der Kartons und produziert vergleichbare Verpackungen auch für andere Kunden. Für uns ist daher schwer nachvollziehbar, warum allein durch die Individualisierung mit unserem Logo zusätzliche Hersteller- oder Registrierungspflichten entstehen sollen. Die relevanten Informationen liegen bereits beim Verpackungshersteller vor. Unser Vorschlag wäre deshalb ein möglichst einfaches Prinzip: Die Verpackung wird einmal erfasst, die entsprechende Gebühr einmal abgeführt und die Kosten über den Preis weitergegeben. Bei Verpackungen aus Drittstaaten, beispielsweise aus China, könnte geprüft werden, ob entsprechende Abgaben bereits bei der Einfuhr über den Zoll erhoben werden können. So würden auch diese Verpackungen erfasst, ohne kleine Unternehmen mit zusätzlichen komplexen Verfahren zu belasten. Die derzeitige Situation hat für uns bereits konkrete Auswirkungen. Aufgrund der bestehenden Unsicherheiten und des zusätzlichen Aufwands haben wir die Lieferung unserer Produkte in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten zunächst ausgesetzt. Das widerspricht eigentlich dem Gedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Neben den Gebühren selbst sind auch die zusätzlichen Verwaltungs- und Personalkosten für uns relevant. Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen bedeutet jeder zusätzliche Aufwand weniger Zeit und finanzielle Mittel für Investitionen, Digitalisierung, Innovation und Wachstum. Wir unterstützen die Ziele der PPWR, insbesondere die Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen, eine bessere Recyclingfähigkeit und die Stärkung der Kreislaufwirtschaft, ausdrücklich. Die Umsetzung muss jedoch einfach, europaweit möglichst einheitlich und für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen verhältnismäßig sein. Wir wünschen uns daher ein System, bei dem die Verantwortung und die notwendigen Daten möglichst dort gebündelt werden, wo die Verpackung hergestellt. So können die Ziele der PPWR erreicht werden, ohne Unternehmen mit unnötiger Bürokratie zu belasten.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, we welcome a uniform European legal framework. The European single market offers great opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in particular and should facilitate cross-border trade. However, we see a significant need for action in the practical implementation of the new Packaging Regulation. Small and medium-sized enterprises in particular are at risk of facing a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. We are explicitly not concerned with avoiding the costs of recycling and disposal. These costs should of course be borne. What matters to us, however, is how responsibility and the associated fees are organised. We consider it useful to already collect and pay licensing and disposal fees from the European packaging manufacturer. The manufacturer knows the materials and quantities used and can include the corresponding costs in its selling price. This would allow costs to be passed on through the supply chain without each downstream company having to carry out its own registrations and notifications. An example from our practice shows the problem: We purchase our shipping boxes from a German packaging manufacturer and only print them with our logo. The manufacturer knows the materials, production quantities and characteristics of the cartons and produces similar packaging also for other customers. We therefore find it difficult to understand why the individualisation with our logo alone should create additional producer or registration obligations. The relevant information is already available from the packaging manufacturer. Our proposal would therefore be as simple as possible: The packaging is recorded once, the corresponding fee is paid once and the costs are passed on in the price. In the case of packaging from third countries, such as China, it could be examined whether such duties can already be collected via customs at import. This would also cover such packaging without burdening small businesses with additional complex procedures. The current situation is already having a concrete impact on us. Due to the existing uncertainties and the additional burden, we initially suspended the delivery of our products to other EU Member States. This is actually at odds with the idea of the European single market. In addition to the fees themselves, the additional administrative and personnel costs are also relevant to us. For small and medium-sized enterprises, any additional burden will mean less time and financial resources for investment, digitalisation, innovation and growth. We strongly support the objectives of the PPWR, in particular reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and strengthening the circular economy. However, implementation must be simple, as uniform as possible across Europe and proportionate for small and medium-sized enterprises. We would therefore like to see a system in which responsibility and the necessary data are pooled as far as possible where the packaging is made. In this way, the objectives of the PPWR can be achieved without burdening businesses with unnecessary bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549956_en"}, {"id": 33549955, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:40:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Frollein Lücke ", "feedback": "Ich begrüße grundsätzlich das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und nachhaltigere Verpackungslösungen innerhalb der EU zu fördern. Als Kleinstunternehmerin möchte ich jedoch auf ein Problem aufmerksam machen, das insbesondere Unternehmen mit sehr kleinen Versandmengen betrifft. Ich betreibe ein kleines Papeterieunternehmen und versende meine Produkte ausschließlich in sehr kleinen Mengen an gewerbliche Händler. Ins EU-Ausland verschicke ich insgesamt nur etwa 10 Pakete pro Jahr. Dennoch können für solche wenigen Sendungen erhebliche zusätzliche Verpflichtungen entstehen, beispielsweise Registrierungen, Meldungen, Nachweispflichten und gegebenenfalls die Beauftragung von Bevollmächtigten in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Bei einer Versandmenge von lediglich etwa 10 Paketen pro Jahr stehen die dadurch entstehenden Kosten und der administrative Aufwand in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich entstehenden Menge an Verpackungsabfällen. Ich bitte daher um eine verhältnismäßige De-minimis- bzw. Kleinstmengenregelung für Kleinstunternehmen. Unternehmen, die nur sehr geringe Mengen an Verpackungen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollten beispielsweise von bestimmten Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten ausgenommen werden. Alternativ wäre ein einheitliches EU-weites Portal mit einem einfachen, einmaligen Formular sinnvoll, über das Kleinstunternehmen ihre gesamten EU-Verpackungsmengen zentral melden können, anstatt sich in jedem Mitgliedstaat einzeln registrieren und gegebenenfalls einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten beauftragen zu müssen. Die EU verfolgt zu Recht das Ziel, Bürokratie insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen zu reduzieren. Gerade bei Kleinstunternehmen mit nur wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Sendungen sollte deshalb der tatsächliche ökologische Nutzen den administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand rechtfertigen. Die PPWR sollte für Kleinstmengen einfacher, verhältnismäßiger und praxistauglicher gestaltet werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I generally welcome the objective of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and promote more sustainable packaging solutions within the EU. However, as a micro-enterprise, I would like to draw attention to a problem that particularly affects companies with very small volumes of shipments. I operate a small painting company and send my products only in very small quantities to professional dealers. In total, I send only around 10 parcels per year to other EU countries. Nevertheless, for such few consignments, significant additional obligations may arise, such as registrations, notifications, evidentiary obligations and, where appropriate, the use of authorised representatives in different EU Member States. With a shipment volume of only around 10 packages per year, the resulting costs and administrative burden are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging waste generated. I would therefore ask for a proportionate de minimis or micro-quantity scheme for micro-enterprises. For example, companies shipping very small quantities of packaging to other EU Member States should be exempted from certain registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations. Alternatively, it would be useful to have a single EU-wide portal with a simple, one-off form for micro-enterprises to report all their EU packaging volumes centrally, instead of having to register individually in each Member State and, if necessary, to appoint a paid authorised representative. The EU rightly aims to reduce red tape, especially for small businesses. Especially in the case of micro-enterprises with only a few cross-border consignments, the actual environmental benefit should therefore justify the administrative and financial burden. The PPWR should be made simpler, more proportionate and more practical for small quantities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549955_en"}, {"id": 33549953, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:40:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please dont make shipping within the EU more complicated and more expensive. Were already disconnected enough.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please dont make shipping within the EU more complicated and more expensive. Were already disconnected enough.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549953_en"}, {"id": 33549951, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:36:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This outrageous law is the death sentence for hundreds of small businesses especially across the EU which are simply not able to pay for representatives in every EU country and which are surely not the main contributors to packaging waste. On the contrary, small businesses are a stronghold against big companies flooding the market with cheap products and, therewith, really harming the environment. Change this law and introduce a excempt for small businesses, or see the diversity of independent, sustainable shops shrink drastically!", "feedbackEnglish": "This outrageous law is the death sentence for hundreds of small businesses especially across the EU which are simply not able to pay for representatives in every EU country and which are surely not the main contributors to packaging waste. On the contrary, small businesses are a stronghold against big companies flooding the market with cheap products and, therewith, really harming the environment. Change this law and introduce a excempt for small businesses, or see the diversity of independent, sustainable shops shrink drastically!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549951_en"}, {"id": 33549949, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:34:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze Regulierungen, die Umwelt, Natur und Klima schützen, aber wir dürfen kleine und kleinste Unternehmen nicht vergessen. Solche Regulierungen müssen da greifen, wo der große Unterschied gemacht werden kann und vorallem da.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support regulation that protects the environment, nature and climate, but we must not forget small and micro-enterprises. Such regulations must be effective where the big difference can be made and, above all, where it can be made.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549949_en"}, {"id": 33549947, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:33:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das Bestreben, Verpackungsmüll zu verhindern, ist großartig. Doch das darf nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinunternehmer / innen benachteiligt werden. Denn das hilft nur den marktbeherrschenden Unternehmen wie zB. Amazon. Diese handeln an vielen Stellen umweltschädlich, unter anderem durch ihren Umgang mit Retouren. In der jetzigen Form ist das Vorhaben schädlich und soll so nicht beschlossen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The desire to prevent packaging waste is great. But this must not put small businesses at a disadvantage. This only helps dominant undertakings such as: Amazon. They act in many places to the detriment of the environment, including by dealing with returns. As it stands, the project is harmful and should not be adopted.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549947_en"}, {"id": 33549946, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:32:39", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small business that ships small letters with things I make here in the US to countries in the EU. (Art, bookmarks, etc.) This law destroys my ability to ship to the EU, making it way too expensive and complicated for a business that might only send 5-50 letters per year to a European country. Please consider these changes to help small businesses inside and outside the EU to still stay in business: Have 1 simple, EU-wide system. Make regulations the same across the board to so it's much easier to manage shipping to the EU, rather than having individual rules for each country. Build an EU-wide management website / system for businesses to gain access to EU shipping where we can sign up, declare the countries we ship to and packaging amounts, and manage everything for every country from one system. Make complete or near complete exemptions for small/micro businesses and for small quantity shipping (say, less than 500kg per year per country). The filing fee is what's so expensive, paying 100 - 300 euros per country per year. Have costs be based on actual packaging amounts, scaling with quantity or weight (across the board). That way, if we are paying a fee, it's only based on the small amount we're sending every year. No separate, expensive representatives being required in every country.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business that ships small letters with things I make here in the US to countries in the EU. (Art, bookmarks, etc.) This law destroys my ability to ship to the EU, making it way too expensive and complicated for a business that might only send 5-50 letters per year to a European country. Please consider these changes to help small businesses inside and outside the EU to still stay in business: Have 1 simple, EU-wide system. Make regulations the same across the board to so it's much easier to manage shipping to the EU, rather than having individual rules for each country. Build an EU-wide management website / system for businesses to gain access to EU shipping where we can sign up, declare the countries we ship to and packaging amounts, and manage everything for every country from one system. Make complete or near complete exemptions for small/micro businesses and for small quantity shipping (say, less than 500kg per year per country). The filing fee is what's so expensive, paying 100 - 300 euros per country per year. Have costs be based on actual packaging amounts, scaling with quantity or weight (across the board). That way, if we are paying a fee, it's only based on the small amount we're sending every year. No separate, expensive representatives being required in every country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549946_en"}, {"id": 33549945, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:31:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung wurde in gutem Glauben erstellt, denn wir alle wollen etwas positives beitragen und die Situation verbessern. Leider werden durch die extremen Vorschriften kleine Unternehmen über alle Maßen belastet. Es ist kleinen Unternehmen nicht zumutbar diese enormen Kosten zu tragen, nur weil man im Jahr eine Handvoll Pakete ins Ausland schickt. Ich weiß jetzt nicht, wie ich die Kosten dafür erwirtschaften soll. Die einzige Lösung ist, auf den Auslandsumsatz zu verzichten kein nur noch innerhalb Deutschland zu versenden. Bitte ändern sie das Gesetz Dringend ab!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Regulation was drawn up in good faith, because we all want to make a positive contribution and improve the situation. Unfortunately, the extreme rules place an excessive burden on small businesses. It is not reasonable for small businesses to bear these enormous costs simply because a handful of parcels are sent abroad each year. I don't know how to generate the costs. The only solution is to dispense with foreign turnover and not to ship it only within Germany. Please change the law as a matter of urgency!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549945_en"}, {"id": 33549943, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:28:07", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pin Up Curl ", "feedback": "I'm a micro seller based in the UK with an average turnover of £37k. I run the business as a sole trader, and the EU is my 3rd biggest market. I've already lost customers since Brexit, and if micro businesses like myself aren't exempt from the new packaging regulations, I will lose all my EU customers. I simply cannot afford to pay for ARs in the country's that require them, cannot absorb the costs, and cannot pass the costs onto the consumer. This isn't even taking into consideration the administrative nightmare this would be, considering big businesses and corporations have whole departments to facilitate this. I barely send 10kg of (recyclable) packing to the EU, yet businesses like mine are grouped with companies that send tonnes of packaging into the EU. This is yet more bureaucracy that will kill many many businesses, and cut off much trade, particular goods from creative businesses , from consumers in the EU. There will be many people that lose their livliehoods if these regulations go ahead for micro businesses and low volume sellers. Please please reconsider these ill thought out regulations. Its tough enough for us as it is without this!", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a micro seller based in the UK with an average turnover of £37k. I run the business as a sole trader, and the EU is my 3rd biggest market. I've already lost customers since Brexit, and if micro businesses like myself aren't exempt from the new packaging regulations, I will lose all my EU customers. I simply cannot afford to pay for ARs in the country's that require them, cannot absorb the costs, and cannot pass the costs onto the consumer. This isn't even taking into consideration the administrative nightmare this would be, considering big businesses and corporations have whole departments to facilitate this. I barely send 10kg of (recyclable) packing to the EU, yet businesses like mine are grouped with companies that send tonnes of packaging into the EU. This is yet more bureaucracy that will kill many many businesses, and cut off much trade, particular goods from creative businesses , from consumers in the EU. There will be many people that lose their livliehoods if these regulations go ahead for micro businesses and low volume sellers. Please please reconsider these ill thought out regulations. Its tough enough for us as it is without this!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549943_en"}, {"id": 33549940, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:24:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: Flawed European packaging regulation. With this message, I officially submit my objection to the current implementation of the PPWR. The requirement for small businesses to go through separate bureaucratic registrations and pay fees in every single EU member state is a prime example of regulatory overreach. This policy does not just hurt businesses; it is a direct assault on the wallet and freedom of choice of the European consumer. The consequences in practice are unacceptable: 1. Reduction of choice: Unique, specialized online shops are mass-closing their digital doors to foreign customers because managing 27 separate administrative systems is impossible. 2. Price inflation: The absurd fixed overhead costs and minimum fees per country are directly passed on to the consumer. We are footing the bill for this bureaucracy. 3. End of the internal market: The core European principle of the free movement of goods is effectively being destroyed. Invisible trade barriers are being erected within Europe. Personally, I am already facing the consequences of this legislation: I can no longer order from my favorite online shop abroad. Green ambitions must never serve as a cover for creating an unworkable, fragmented bureaucratic monster. I demand that the European Commission and the European Parliament intervene immediately by implementing: A single central EU portal for all packaging declarations and fees, similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) system, and a strict exemptions threshold (de-minimis) for small businesses, ensuring that the unique European marketplace remains accessible to its citizens. Sincerely, Laura van Assen (situated in the Netherlands)", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Flawed European packaging regulation. With this message, I officially submit my objection to the current implementation of the PPWR. The requirement for small businesses to go through separate bureaucratic registrations and pay fees in every single EU member state is a prime example of regulatory overreach. This policy does not just hurt businesses; it is a direct assault on the wallet and freedom of choice of the European consumer. The consequences in practice are unacceptable: 1. Reduction of choice: Unique, specialized online shops are mass-closing their digital doors to foreign customers because managing 27 separate administrative systems is impossible. 2. Price inflation: The absurd fixed overhead costs and minimum fees per country are directly passed on to the consumer. We are footing the bill for this bureaucracy. 3. End of the internal market: The core European principle of the free movement of goods is effectively being destroyed. Invisible trade barriers are being erected within Europe. Personally, I am already facing the consequences of this legislation: I can no longer order from my favorite online shop abroad. Green ambitions must never serve as a cover for creating an unworkable, fragmented bureaucratic monster. I demand that the European Commission and the European Parliament intervene immediately by implementing: A single central EU portal for all packaging declarations and fees, similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) system, and a strict exemptions threshold (de-minimis) for small businesses, ensuring that the unique European marketplace remains accessible to its citizens. Sincerely, Laura van Assen (situated in the Netherlands)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549940_en"}, {"id": 33549939, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:22:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Klein- und Kleinstunternehmer MÜSSEN von diesen Regelungen ausgenommen werden. Diese können sich das finanziell einfach nicht leisten und für die meisten würde das wohl Konkurs bedeuten.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro-enterprises MUST be exempted from these rules. They simply cannot afford it financially and for most of them this would probably mean bankruptcy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549939_en"}, {"id": 33549937, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:22:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HITZEN audio", "feedback": "Hello! I just started a small business in Germany, specializing in restoring used instruments, and selling them with a small profit. So far 50% of my orders came from outside of Germany. I sold a few instruments to France, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, and Italy. Under the new regulation, I have to stop selling entirely to all EU countries outside of Germany because it's not financially sustainable. I can't pay license fees for all countries and only sell two or three instruments there. The EU just killed 50% of that income stream. Please revise and change the regulations for small business owners.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! I just started a small business in Germany, specializing in restoring used instruments, and selling them with a small profit. So far 50% of my orders came from outside of Germany. I sold a few instruments to France, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, and Italy. Under the new regulation, I have to stop selling entirely to all EU countries outside of Germany because it's not financially sustainable. I can't pay license fees for all countries and only sell two or three instruments there. The EU just killed 50% of that income stream. Please revise and change the regulations for small business owners.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549937_en"}, {"id": 33549938, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:21:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I 100% support environmental protection, and big corporations should absolutely pay for their waste. But this new PPWR is an absolute disaster for small creators, artisans, and sole traders. Forcing a tiny shop sending just a few parcels abroad to register in 27 different national systems and pay for local representatives is an impossible bureaucratic nightmare. It completely violates the EU's \"Think Small First\" principle. Instead of a free Single Market, this law forces small sellers to stop shipping to other EU countries just to survive. This kills market diversity for consumers and ruins livelihoods. The Commission must act now: we need an immediate enforcement moratorium for micro-businesses and a fair, EU-wide de minimis threshold for small volumes. Don't destroy Europes small business culture in the name of the environment!", "feedbackEnglish": "I 100% support environmental protection, and big corporations should absolutely pay for their waste. But this new PPWR is an absolute disaster for small creators, artisans, and sole traders. Forcing a tiny shop sending just a few parcels abroad to register in 27 different national systems and pay for local representatives is an impossible bureaucratic nightmare. It completely violates the EU's \"Think Small First\" principle. Instead of a free Single Market, this law forces small sellers to stop shipping to other EU countries just to survive. This kills market diversity for consumers and ruins livelihoods. The Commission must act now: we need an immediate enforcement moratorium for micro-businesses and a fair, EU-wide de minimis threshold for small volumes. Don't destroy Europes small business culture in the name of the environment!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549938_en"}, {"id": 33549936, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:19:24", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I started my small art business last year in hope that one day I'll be able to do this full-time. It all started with buying myself a printer. I love creating art, it's the only thing I do with love, care and passion. This is my biggest dream since childhood, I really want to be a worldwide known artist. I pack every order with care and when I get a feedback, that's the part when I'm truly happy. Because my art made someone else happy too and it reached another country. Just think about it, my art is in a different country, those stickers, keychains travelled so much to be part of someone else's life. That's huge for us artists! Please don't take our dreams away and think this through again. Small businesses can't afford to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to each country we ship to. Artists give something unique to the world and I want my family to be proud of me for doing what I really love. I know the idea is for a good cause and we have to protect the place we live in, but there should be separate rules for multi companies and small business owners.", "feedbackEnglish": "I started my small art business last year in hope that one day I'll be able to do this full-time. It all started with buying myself a printer. I love creating art, it's the only thing I do with love, care and passion. This is my biggest dream since childhood, I really want to be a worldwide known artist. I pack every order with care and when I get a feedback, that's the part when I'm truly happy. Because my art made someone else happy too and it reached another country. Just think about it, my art is in a different country, those stickers, keychains travelled so much to be part of someone else's life. That's huge for us artists! Please don't take our dreams away and think this through again. Small businesses can't afford to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to each country we ship to. Artists give something unique to the world and I want my family to be proud of me for doing what I really love. I know the idea is for a good cause and we have to protect the place we live in, but there should be separate rules for multi companies and small business owners.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549936_en"}, {"id": 33549934, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:16:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Vertreter*innen der Europäischen Kommission, hiermit möchte ich sehr gerne als normaler Bürger der EU mein Feedback / meine Bedenken zur PPWR / EU-Verpackungsverordnung mitteilen. Erstmal ist der Grundgedanke für weniger Verpackungsmüll zu sorgen nicht schlecht und wirklich auch löblich und Sinnvoll aber wie derzeit die PPWR umgesetzt werden soll, wird diese Verordnung besonders die kleineren Shops, welche auf unseren Binnenmarkt angewiesen sind, sehr hart treffen. Alleine schon, dass in jedem Land einzeln Anträge in der jeweiligen Amtssprache eingereicht werden muss, ist ein Aufwand welche sich Shops welche alleine oder in einem kleinen Team gemanaged werden kaum bis gar nicht zu stämmen. Vor allem mit den ganzen Gebühren. Während große Online-Shops sowas mit dessen Kapital solche Kosten aus den Ärmel schütteln können. Ich finde das wir um jeden Preis unseren Europäischen Binnenmarkt, um jeden Preis schützen sollten und dazu gehören zum großen Teil auch unsere kleinen Shops, die ganzen one man shows. Ich bitte Sie schnellstmöglich an einer Lösung zu arbeiten, um zum Beispiel Shops welche unter einem gewissen Jahresgewinn stehen diese aus dieser Verordnung auszuklammern. Lassen Sie es bitte nicht zu das unsere kleinen Shops nach und nach wegen zu großer Bürokratisierung das Handtuch schmeißen und wir wieder komplett auf die Großunternehmen angewiesen sind, sorgen Sie bitte weiterhin für fairen und vielfältigen Wettbewerb in unserem Binnenmarkt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dirk Viertel", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear representatives of the European Commission, I would like to share my feedback/concerns on the PPWR/EU Packaging Regulation as a normal EU citizen. First of all, the basic idea of reducing packaging waste is not bad and really also laudable and meaningful. However, as the PPWR is currently to be implemented, this regulation will hit particularly the smaller shops that depend on our internal market very hard. The mere fact that applications must be submitted individually in each country in the official language in question is an expense for shops which are managed on their own or in a small team. Above all with the full fees. While large online shops can shake such costs out of their sleeves with their capital. I find that at all costs we should protect our European Single Market at all costs, and to a large extent this includes our small shops, the whole one you show. I would ask you to work on a solution as soon as possible in order, for example, to exclude shops which make less than a certain annual profit from this Regulation. Please do not let our small shops shake the towel over too much red tape and we again rely entirely on large companies. Please continue to ensure fair and diverse competition in our internal market. Yours sincerely, Dirkviertel", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549934_en"}, {"id": 33549933, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:16:36", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrten Damen und Herren, Mit Respekt möchte ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass, meiner Meinung nach, die Regeln der neuen PPWR Verpackungsverordnung undurchdacht und problematisch sind. Regulationen für Verpackungsmaterial zu haben ist an sich eine tolle Sache, aber keine Ausnahmen bzw. Sonderregelungen für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen zu machen finde ich inakzeptabel. Ich habe in den letzten Tagen zahlreiche kleine Unternehmen aus der EU, ankündigen sehen, dass sie ab sofort nicht mehr ins EU Ausland senden können. Ich wäre bis vor Kurzem ebenfalls eine dieser Kleinunternehmerinnen gewesen. Der Online Shop meiner Marke ist aus unabhängigen Gründen geschlossen, mit der neuen Verordnung habe ich aber auch keine Option ihn eventuell wieder zu eröffnen. Das Problem für Kleinunternehmen besteht meiner Meinung nach aus zwei Punkten: Erstens, die Regulationen sind schwierig nachzuvollziehen, es gibt nicht ausreichend klare Informationen und Unterstützung, und das Anmelden in jedem Land extra bedeutet einen unglaublichen Arbeitsaufwand. Ich, sowohl wie einige meiner Freunde, stemmen unsere Unternehmen alleine, und es ist unmöglich diesen Arbeitsaufwand noch zusätzlich zu stemmen. Das zweite Problem sind die Kosten. Selbst wenn der Anmeldungsprozess einfacher wäre, würden die Kosten es mir und vielen Menschen in meiner Situation unmöglich machen den neuen Regeln zu folgen. Stattdessen müssen sich Kleinunternehmen dazu entscheiden nur mehr ins EU Ausland zu schicken, was eine gravierende Senkung des Einkommens bedeuten kann. Ich finde es unmöglich, dass die selben Regeln für Größt-Unternehmen wie Amazon gelten, wie für kleine unabhängige Unternehmen die vielleicht 5 Bestellen pro Jahr und Land in der EU versenden. Ich bitte also sehr darum, darüber nachzudenken besondere Regelungen für Kleinunternehmen einzuführen. Wenn das nicht passiert wird das das Ende vieler dieser Unternehmen sein, und ich möchte gerne weiter daran glauben, dass das der EU nicht vollkommen egal ist. Vielen Dank! Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, With respect, I would like to inform you that, in my view, the rules of the new PPWR Packaging Regulation are imprudent and problematic. Having regulations on packaging material is a great thing in itself, but I find it unacceptable to make no exceptions or special rules for small and micro-enterprises. In recent days, I have seen a large number of small EU companies announcing that from now on they will no longer be able to send abroad in the EU. Until recently, I would also have been one of these small entrepreneurs. My trade mark’s online shop is closed for independent reasons, but with the new regulation I also have no option to reopen it. The problem for small businesses is, in my view, twofold: First, the regulations are difficult to understand, there is not enough clear information and support and registration in each country is an incredible workload. I, like some of my friends, work alone for our companies, and it is impossible to add to this workload. The second problem is the cost. Even if the registration process were simpler, the costs would make it impossible for me and many people in my situation to follow the new rules. Instead, small businesses only have to choose to send abroad in the EU, which can mean a severe reduction in income. I find it impossible for the same rules to apply to the largest companies as Amazon, as for small independent companies, which may send 5 orders per year and country in the EU. I would therefore ask you to consider introducing special rules for small businesses. If this does not happen, it will be the end of many of these companies, and I would like to continue to believe that this is not completely irrelevant to the EU. Thank you! (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549933_en"}, {"id": 33549928, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:11:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Embersaw Gamingcraft", "feedback": "For a small business, the regulations stemming from the PPWR and EPR pose an insurmountable obstacle to operating in the European market. The costs associated with registration, designated contacts, and waste disposal services would currently far exceed the revenue generated by the few packages I ship to other EU countries. Consequently, serving the EU market is not economically viable for me. I am hearing the same thing from many other small business owners right now. In my view, reducing packaging waste and waste in general is both right and important, and I am already doing my best to implement this within my own company. However, a unified EU requires consistent and fair systems for the market. The current PPWR and EPR regulations prevent many small businesses from participating in the EU market or even threaten their very survival. My proposal for improvement is to establish a single EU reporting body and set minimum thresholds for small packaging volumes. This would significantly reduce the bureaucratic burden and give small businesses the opportunity to gain a foothold in the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "For a small business, the regulations stemming from the PPWR and EPR pose an insurmountable obstacle to operating in the European market. The costs associated with registration, designated contacts, and waste disposal services would currently far exceed the revenue generated by the few packages I ship to other EU countries. Consequently, serving the EU market is not economically viable for me. I am hearing the same thing from many other small business owners right now. In my view, reducing packaging waste and waste in general is both right and important, and I am already doing my best to implement this within my own company. However, a unified EU requires consistent and fair systems for the market. The current PPWR and EPR regulations prevent many small businesses from participating in the EU market or even threaten their very survival. My proposal for improvement is to establish a single EU reporting body and set minimum thresholds for small packaging volumes. This would significantly reduce the bureaucratic burden and give small businesses the opportunity to gain a foothold in the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549928_en"}, {"id": 33549931, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:10:38", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Illustration business", "feedback": "Dear all, I am a small independent creator and micro-business based in the EU, selling my own illustrated products mainly through Etsy. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste. Small creators like me often already make a significant effort to minimise their environmental impact. I reuse packaging materials whenever possible, choose recyclable materials and keep packaging to a minimum. However, the proposed system creates a completely disproportionate burden for very small businesses selling across EU borders. A small creator may send only a few parcels per year to customers in a particular Member State, yet still face registration, reporting requirements, fees and different national systems. For a large company, these costs are relatively easy to absorb. For an independent artist, craftsperson or micro-business, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This is especially frustrating because small creators often produce very little packaging waste and are highly conscious of sustainability, while large companies generating vastly more packaging waste will be much less affected by the administrative burden. The likely result is not simply less packaging waste. Many small creators may stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether. This would harm independent businesses and create another barrier within the European Single Market. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption or a highly simplified regime for micro-businesses and producers placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Ideally, there should also be a single EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of separate national procedures. Environmental legislation should be proportionate to actual environmental impact. A small creator sending a few recyclable parcels per year should not face essentially the same administrative framework as a major producer placing tonnes of packaging on the market. Best regards Katerina Mensikova", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear all, I am a small independent creator and micro-business based in the EU, selling my own illustrated products mainly through Etsy. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste. Small creators like me often already make a significant effort to minimise their environmental impact. I reuse packaging materials whenever possible, choose recyclable materials and keep packaging to a minimum. However, the proposed system creates a completely disproportionate burden for very small businesses selling across EU borders. A small creator may send only a few parcels per year to customers in a particular Member State, yet still face registration, reporting requirements, fees and different national systems. For a large company, these costs are relatively easy to absorb. For an independent artist, craftsperson or micro-business, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This is especially frustrating because small creators often produce very little packaging waste and are highly conscious of sustainability, while large companies generating vastly more packaging waste will be much less affected by the administrative burden. The likely result is not simply less packaging waste. Many small creators may stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether. This would harm independent businesses and create another barrier within the European Single Market. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption or a highly simplified regime for micro-businesses and producers placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Ideally, there should also be a single EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of separate national procedures. Environmental legislation should be proportionate to actual environmental impact. A small creator sending a few recyclable parcels per year should not face essentially the same administrative framework as a major producer placing tonnes of packaging on the market. Best regards Katerina Mensikova", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549931_en"}, {"id": 33549930, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:10:32", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lola Gaillard", "feedback": "Bonjour, Bien que je respecte l'initiative de chercher à réduire les déchets liés à l'envoi de marchandises, je trouve aberrant de loger les multinationales et les entreprises individuelles à la même enseigne. Je suis moi-même illustratrice en auto-entreprise ; l'entièreté de mon processus de création, d'impression et d'envoi des commandes est effectué par moi seule, avec mes moyens, et je gagne à peine assez pour vivre chaque mois. Je suis dans l'incapacité absolue de répondre au volume de taxes désormais nécessaire pour continuer à expédier mon travail à mes clients européens, et perdre cette source de revenus me fragiliserait énormément. Étant loin d'être la seule dans ce cas, je vous appelle à considérer urgemment la position de tous les petits créateurs dans ces nouvelles règles complètement déconnectées de notre réalité, et de mettre en place au minimum un seuil de chiffre d'affaire en-dessous duquel nous pourrions être exonérés de ces taxes. Merci, L.G.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, although I respect the initiative to seek to reduce the waste associated with the shipment of goods, I find it absurd to keep multinationals and individual companies in the same place. I am myself an illustrator in a self-enterprise; the whole process of creating, printing and sending orders is done by me alone, with my means, and I earn barely enough to live every month. I am absolutely unable to respond to the amount of taxes now needed to continue shipping my work to my European customers, and losing this source of income would put me at a huge risk. Far from being the only one in this case, I call on you to urgently consider the position of all small designers in these new rules that are completely disconnected from our reality, and to put in place at least a turnover threshold below which we could be exempted from these taxes. Thank you, L.G.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549930_en"}, {"id": 33549929, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:10:15", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Beatrice Frasl", "feedback": "Numerous small European online stores have to cease trading or stop shipping within the EU as of 12 August due to the new obligations introduced by the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). For small businesses, particularly sole proprietors and micro-enterprises, this creates a bureaucratic and financial burden that is completely disproportionate to the scale of their actual business activity and simply impossible to bear. One particularly serious problem is the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each respective Member State. The requirement applies from the very first package placed on the market, meaning that a small business shipping only a few parcels per month can face essentially the same obligations and fees as an international billion-euro corporation. A small beekeeping business, someone selling a few hand-knitted socks on Etsy, an artist running a small merchandise shop, or a jeweller shipping three parcels of jewellery per month is confronted with the same requirements as a corporation shipping thousands of parcels every day and generating enormous amounts of packaging waste. Costs of several hundred euros can arise per country. This is economically impossible for many small businesses. Numerous SMEs and sole proprietors are therefore already stopping shipments within the EU and limiting their sales to their domestic markets. The PPWR thus risks pushing precisely those small businesses that should benefit from the European single market out of cross-border trade. It also raises serious concerns regarding the principles of the free movement of goods and the European single market. The financial burden is compounded by an enormous bureaucratic maze. Businesses operating across borders are faced with 27 different national systems, each with its own registration, licensing and fee requirements. Many provisions remain unclear and information is sometimes contradictory. Official bodies themselves have indicated that some questions are difficult to understand even for legal professionals and may still require further legal clarification. Small businesses do not have legal departments and compliance officers like Amazon, Temu and other major corporations. This level of legal and financial uncertainty is simply not sustainable for businesses operating on narrow margins. The environmental impact is equally concerning. Small online shops have long tried to operate as resource-efficiently as possible, often for both financial and environmental reasons. Many of us reuse existing packaging and therefore generate no additional packaging waste. The PPWR, however, introduces additional requirements, including the need to purchase standardised packaging and obtain declarations of conformity from manufacturers. This may make the use of reused packaging considerably more difficult from a legal perspective. In the worst case, small businesses will be forced to use new packaging and thereby generate waste that would not otherwise have existed. It is not small European businesses that are responsible for the enormous quantities of packaging waste generated by international online retail. It is therefore deeply problematic if a regulation intended to promote sustainability ends up pushing small businesses out of the market while making their existing resource-efficient practices more difficult. I urge policymakers to urgently address these disproportionate effects of the PPWR on small businesses. Small businesses and micro-enterprises should be exempted from disproportionate obligations, particularly the requirement to appoint an authorised representative. There is also an urgent need for a genuinely harmonised EU-wide system instead of 27 different national systems, as well as clear, predictable and proportionate requirements for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Numerous small European online stores have to cease trading or stop shipping within the EU as of 12 August due to the new obligations introduced by the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). For small businesses, particularly sole proprietors and micro-enterprises, this creates a bureaucratic and financial burden that is completely disproportionate to the scale of their actual business activity and simply impossible to bear. One particularly serious problem is the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each respective Member State. The requirement applies from the very first package placed on the market, meaning that a small business shipping only a few parcels per month can face essentially the same obligations and fees as an international billion-euro corporation. A small beekeeping business, someone selling a few hand-knitted socks on Etsy, an artist running a small merchandise shop, or a jeweller shipping three parcels of jewellery per month is confronted with the same requirements as a corporation shipping thousands of parcels every day and generating enormous amounts of packaging waste. Costs of several hundred euros can arise per country. This is economically impossible for many small businesses. Numerous SMEs and sole proprietors are therefore already stopping shipments within the EU and limiting their sales to their domestic markets. The PPWR thus risks pushing precisely those small businesses that should benefit from the European single market out of cross-border trade. It also raises serious concerns regarding the principles of the free movement of goods and the European single market. The financial burden is compounded by an enormous bureaucratic maze. Businesses operating across borders are faced with 27 different national systems, each with its own registration, licensing and fee requirements. Many provisions remain unclear and information is sometimes contradictory. Official bodies themselves have indicated that some questions are difficult to understand even for legal professionals and may still require further legal clarification. Small businesses do not have legal departments and compliance officers like Amazon, Temu and other major corporations. This level of legal and financial uncertainty is simply not sustainable for businesses operating on narrow margins. The environmental impact is equally concerning. Small online shops have long tried to operate as resource-efficiently as possible, often for both financial and environmental reasons. Many of us reuse existing packaging and therefore generate no additional packaging waste. The PPWR, however, introduces additional requirements, including the need to purchase standardised packaging and obtain declarations of conformity from manufacturers. This may make the use of reused packaging considerably more difficult from a legal perspective. In the worst case, small businesses will be forced to use new packaging and thereby generate waste that would not otherwise have existed. It is not small European businesses that are responsible for the enormous quantities of packaging waste generated by international online retail. It is therefore deeply problematic if a regulation intended to promote sustainability ends up pushing small businesses out of the market while making their existing resource-efficient practices more difficult. I urge policymakers to urgently address these disproportionate effects of the PPWR on small businesses. Small businesses and micro-enterprises should be exempted from disproportionate obligations, particularly the requirement to appoint an authorised representative. There is also an urgent need for a genuinely harmonised EU-wide system instead of 27 different national systems, as well as clear, predictable and proportionate requirements for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549929_en"}, {"id": 33549927, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:09:59", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "The mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registration requirements under PPWR have made cross-border EU sales economically unviable for micro-entrepreneurs like myself. The regulation incentivizes consolidation, harming market diversity. Small businesses are not the target of PPWR large packaging producers are. We urge the Commission to implement exemptions for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "The mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registration requirements under PPWR have made cross-border EU sales economically unviable for micro-entrepreneurs like myself. The regulation incentivizes consolidation, harming market diversity. Small businesses are not the target of PPWR large packaging producers are. We urge the Commission to implement exemptions for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549927_en"}, {"id": 33549926, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:07:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wenn alle nur noch verwalten, kontrollieren, abmahnen und regulieren wollen, wer soll dann noch aufbauen, wirtschaften, werken und gründen?? Man bekommt richtig Lust ernstlich übers Auswandern nachzudenken. Aber am Ende ist es vielleicht auch noch so gewollt, könnte man so manchmal meinen.", "feedbackEnglish": "If everyone only wants to manage, control, warn and regulate, who should then build, operate, do and start up? There is a real desire to think seriously about emigration. But at the end of the day, it may even be so intended that one might sometimes think so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549926_en"}, {"id": 33549925, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:06:49", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "trovo che queste nuove tasse siano totalmente squilibrate poiché una tassa diversa per spedire in ogni paese dell'EU sono uguali tra multinazionali e piccoli e micro business. alle multinazionali queste tasse annuali non incidono praticamente di nulla, per un piccolo business invece sono totalmente insostenibili economicamente. credo che queste due categorie di business debbano essere esenti, è un bastone tra le ruote per l'economia europea, in che modo tassare ulteriormente le spedizioni verso ogni paese può agevolare l'economia? non lo fa. soprattutto dopo aver già tassato ogni oggetto per spedizione di 3 ordinati da Cina,UK e Stati uniti.", "feedbackEnglish": "trovo che queste nuove tasse siano totalmente squilibrate poiché una tassa diversa per spedire in ogni paese dell'EU sono uguali tra multinazionali e piccoli e micro business. alle multinazionali queste tasse annuali non incidono praticamente di nulla, per un piccolo business invece sono totalmente insostenibili economicamente. credo che queste due categorie di business debbano essere esenti, è un bastone tra le ruote per l'economia europea, in che modo tassare ulteriormente le spedizioni verso ogni paese può agevolare l'economia? non lo fa. soprattutto dopo aver già tassato ogni oggetto per spedizione di 3 ordinati da Cina,UK e Stati uniti.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549925_en"}, {"id": 33549923, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:04:34", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is very unfortunate to see how the new PPWR requirements may affect small businesses. I am a one-person business owner. No emloyees. I do everything by myself. This rule means I cannot afford to be self emloyed. It certainly does not correspond to what citizens and small businesses imagine with less bureaucracy. Please ensure that at least small enterprises are exempted from this rule. As a small business owner, the new PPWR will force me to make my decision very simple: It will no longer be worth either the time or expense to ship products to any EU countries except mine. This rule is making small businesses to close themselves.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is very unfortunate to see how the new PPWR requirements may affect small businesses. I am a one-person business owner. No emloyees. I do everything by myself. This rule means I cannot afford to be self emloyed. It certainly does not correspond to what citizens and small businesses imagine with less bureaucracy. Please ensure that at least small enterprises are exempted from this rule. As a small business owner, the new PPWR will force me to make my decision very simple: It will no longer be worth either the time or expense to ship products to any EU countries except mine. This rule is making small businesses to close themselves.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549923_en"}, {"id": 33549922, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:03:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mit dieser Verordnung wird den kleinen Händlern der EU Verkauf unmöglich gemacht. Ganz ehrlich - zum Kotzen!", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation makes it impossible for small EU traders to sell. Honestly, to put it down!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549922_en"}, {"id": 33549921, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:01:25", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My comment is based on the reported issues for online sellers and the reduction of available goods to consumers in each country that this regulation is projected to cause. An almost textbook example of unnecessary EU bureaucracy. On one side political rhetoric about deeper integration, and on the other side regulation with very little purpose other than to reduce the availability of EU goods for regular citizens. In Slovenia households already pay for recycling centers that handle waste from packaging. Irrespective if shifting the responsibility to the seller makes any sense - it doesnt, as the fee will get passed on to consumers anyway - why not introduce a common scheme? What kind of single market requires sellers to file paperwork for every single constituent country?", "feedbackEnglish": "My comment is based on the reported issues for online sellers and the reduction of available goods to consumers in each country that this regulation is projected to cause. An almost textbook example of unnecessary EU bureaucracy. On one side political rhetoric about deeper integration, and on the other side regulation with very little purpose other than to reduce the availability of EU goods for regular citizens. In Slovenia households already pay for recycling centers that handle waste from packaging. Irrespective if shifting the responsibility to the seller makes any sense - it doesnt, as the fee will get passed on to consumers anyway - why not introduce a common scheme? What kind of single market requires sellers to file paperwork for every single constituent country?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549921_en"}, {"id": 33549919, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:01:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Walkonthewildside", "feedback": "Ich frage mich, wie den Verfassern dieser Verordnung nicht bewusst sein konnte, dass sie damit einen großen Teil der europäischen Onlinehändler vom Binnenmarkt ausschließen. Wie entrückt kann die EU-Bürokratie von der Realität sein? Wir jedenfalls, werden den innereuropäischen Handel einstellen müssen, da uns dieser wahnsinnige regulatorische Aufwand in jeder Hinsicht die Luft zum Atmen nimmt. Wie soll man da als kleines Unternehmen wirtschaftlich und rechtssicher durchkommen? Gewinner werden große internationale Akteure sein, deren Rechtsabteilungen sich durch die Verordnung schummeln und über jedes Bußgeld kaputtlachen. All die wunderbaren Ideen, die uns einst zur Europäischen Union zusammenbrachten, werden mit solchen Verordnungen niedergerissen und sind Wasser auf die Mühlen derer, die die EU abschaffen wollen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I wonder how the authors of that regulation could not have been aware that they thereby excluded a large proportion of European online traders from the internal market. How can EU bureaucracy be detached from reality? In any case, we will have to stop intra-European trade, as this vexatious regulatory burden is breathing the air in every respect. How should you, as a small business, survive economically and with legal certainty? The winners will be major international players whose legal departments are blurred by the Regulation and frustrated by any fine. All the wonderful ideas that once brought us together on the European Union are torn down by such regulations and are water for the mills of those who want to abolish the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549919_en"}, {"id": 33549918, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:00:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich halte die zunehmende Bürokratisierung durch immer neue EU-Vorschriften für eine ernsthafte Belastung, insbesondere für kleine Onlinehändler, Künstler, Handwerksbetriebe und KMU. Die PPWR ist für mich ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, wie aus gut gemeinten Zielen immer komplexere Pflichten entstehen. Ein Unternehmen mit 5, 10 oder 20 Mitarbeitern hat keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung. Jede zusätzliche Registrierung, Dokumentation oder Kennzeichnung kostet Zeit und Geld, die dann für Produkte, Kunden, Investitionen und Arbeitsplätze fehlen. Besonders problematisch ist, wenn kleine Unternehmen aufgrund des bürokratischen Aufwands darauf verzichten, innerhalb der EU grenzüberschreitend zu verkaufen. Damit wird der europäische Binnenmarkt faktisch wieder komplizierter, genau das Gegenteil dessen, was die EU eigentlich erreichen sollte. Ich bin für Bürokratieabbau, nicht für immer neue Gesetze, durch die am Ende niemand mehr durchblickt. Natürlich brauchen wir sinnvolle Regeln und Umweltschutz. Aber Regulierung muss verhältnismäßig sein und darf nicht die wirtschaftliche Grundlage kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen schwächen. Wir brauchen dringend WENIGER Bürokratie, mehr Vertrauen und eine Politik, die Wirtschaft, Handwerk, Qualität, Innovation und Unternehmertum stärkt. Europa sollte Grenzen für Handel abbauen, nicht durch immer neue Vorschriften neue Grenzen schaffen. Wir sollten nicht zurück in nationale Kleinteiligkeit, sondern den europäischen Binnenmarkt gerade für kleine Unternehmen einfacher und attraktiver machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I consider the increasing bureaucratisation of ever-new EU rules to be a serious burden, especially for small online traders, artists, crafts and SMEs. For me, the PPWR is another example of how well-intentioned objectives give rise to increasingly complex obligations. An entity with 5, 10 or 20 employees does not have its own legal or compliance function. Any additional registration, documentation or labelling costs time and money, which is then missing for products, customers, investments and jobs. It is particularly problematic when small businesses refrain from selling cross-border within the EU due to red tape. This effectively complicates the European single market again, exactly the opposite of what the EU should actually achieve. I am in favour of cutting red tape, not always new laws that end up leaving no one behind. Of course, we need meaningful rules and environmental protection. But regulation must be proportionate and not weaken the economic base of small and medium-sized enterprises. We urgently need FREE bureaucracy, more trust and policies that strengthen the economy, crafts, quality, innovation and entrepreneurship. Europe should cut barriers to trade, not create new ones through ever-new rules. We should not go back to national fragmentation, but make the European single market simpler and more attractive, especially for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549918_en"}, {"id": 33549917, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:00:14", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Weirdstock", "feedback": "1. Business Context & Investment in EU Operations Weirdstock is an independent UK-based homewares and textile brand specialising in 100% organic cotton bedding. To ensure seamless, fully compliant trade with European customers, we have undertaken significant restructuring over the past two years: - Establishing an EU fulfillment partnership via a 3PL warehouse based in the Netherlands. - Registering for EU VAT and One Stop Shop (OSS) tax reporting. - Ensuring full compliance with the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). We currently process roughly 10 to 20 direct-to-consumer (DTC) orders per year across individual EU member states. We made this structural investment with the explicit goal of expanding our European presence. However, the emerging fragmentation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) administration across member states presents an insurmountable barrier to growth for micro-enterprises of our scale. 2. Environmental Alignment vs Regulatory Burden Ethics and sustainability are foundational to our brand identity. Weirdstock is a entirely plastic-free business: - Products are crafted from certified organic cotton. - Primary shipping packaging consists solely of recyclable cardboard mailer boxes and paper tape supplied directly by our Dutch 3PL. -We generate negligible packaging waste volume per member state. Imposing the same complex administrative structures on a sustainable micro-brand sending 10 parcels a year as those applied to high-volume industrial importers does not deliver an environmental benefit. Instead, it penalises young, innovative businesses actively trying to advance sustainable retail practices. 3. The Problem: Duplicated Overhead and Lack of Harmonisation Under current PPWR and national EPR frameworks, compliance requires separate registrations, differing portals, and local legal representation across individual member states. Fixed Costs on Micro-Volumes: Requiring an Authorised Representative or individual registration fee in every destination country creates a fixed financial penalty. Paying annual retainers or setup fees across multiple countries cannot be absorbed against 10 to 20 customer orders. Administrative Fragmentation: Each member state maintains unique data requirements and portals, many of which operate exclusively in local languages. Disproportionate Impact: The smallest producers bear a fixed administrative cost per country rather than a fee proportional to the volume of packaging placed on the market. The direct result of this architecture is that independent micro-businesses are forced to disable shipping to multiple EU member states entirely. 4. Policy Recommendation: A Harmonised Low-Volume Tier To protect cross-border trade for small businesses while maintaining environmental accountability, the European Commission should introduce a central, low-volume producer tier within the PPWR: Single Point of Registration: Allow micro-enterprises below defined turnover and packaging tonnage thresholds to submit a single, unified packaging report via one central EU portal. De Minimis Thresholds: Establish an exemption floor or tiered fee structure for low-volume producers, drawing on effective models such as US state EPR frameworks (e.g., Oregon, Colorado, California) where businesses below specific revenue or material weight thresholds are exempt from multi-jurisdiction registration fees and separate representative mandates. Harmonised Data Standards: Eliminate the requirement for country-by-country Authorised Representatives for micro-enterprises fulfilling cross-border orders directly to end consumers from an EU-based warehouse. A unified framework ensures the Commission receives accurate packaging data without imposing regulatory costs that force small, eco-conscious businesses out of the single market. Thank you for your consideration. Johanna", "feedbackEnglish": "1. Business Context & Investment in EU Operations Weirdstock is an independent UK-based homewares and textile brand specialising in 100% organic cotton bedding. To ensure seamless, fully compliant trade with European customers, we have undertaken significant restructuring over the past two years: - Establishing an EU fulfillment partnership via a 3PL warehouse based in the Netherlands. - Registering for EU VAT and One Stop Shop (OSS) tax reporting. - Ensuring full compliance with the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). We currently process roughly 10 to 20 direct-to-consumer (DTC) orders per year across individual EU member states. We made this structural investment with the explicit goal of expanding our European presence. However, the emerging fragmentation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) administration across member states presents an insurmountable barrier to growth for micro-enterprises of our scale. 2. Environmental Alignment vs Regulatory Burden Ethics and sustainability are foundational to our brand identity. Weirdstock is a entirely plastic-free business: - Products are crafted from certified organic cotton. - Primary shipping packaging consists solely of recyclable cardboard mailer boxes and paper tape supplied directly by our Dutch 3PL. -We generate negligible packaging waste volume per member state. Imposing the same complex administrative structures on a sustainable micro-brand sending 10 parcels a year as those applied to high-volume industrial importers does not deliver an environmental benefit. Instead, it penalises young, innovative businesses actively trying to advance sustainable retail practices. 3. The Problem: Duplicated Overhead and Lack of Harmonisation Under current PPWR and national EPR frameworks, compliance requires separate registrations, differing portals, and local legal representation across individual member states. Fixed Costs on Micro-Volumes: Requiring an Authorised Representative or individual registration fee in every destination country creates a fixed financial penalty. Paying annual retainers or setup fees across multiple countries cannot be absorbed against 10 to 20 customer orders. Administrative Fragmentation: Each member state maintains unique data requirements and portals, many of which operate exclusively in local languages. Disproportionate Impact: The smallest producers bear a fixed administrative cost per country rather than a fee proportional to the volume of packaging placed on the market. The direct result of this architecture is that independent micro-businesses are forced to disable shipping to multiple EU member states entirely. 4. Policy Recommendation: A Harmonised Low-Volume Tier To protect cross-border trade for small businesses while maintaining environmental accountability, the European Commission should introduce a central, low-volume producer tier within the PPWR: Single Point of Registration: Allow micro-enterprises below defined turnover and packaging tonnage thresholds to submit a single, unified packaging report via one central EU portal. De Minimis Thresholds: Establish an exemption floor or tiered fee structure for low-volume producers, drawing on effective models such as US state EPR frameworks (e.g., Oregon, Colorado, California) where businesses below specific revenue or material weight thresholds are exempt from multi-jurisdiction registration fees and separate representative mandates. Harmonised Data Standards: Eliminate the requirement for country-by-country Authorised Representatives for micro-enterprises fulfilling cross-border orders directly to end consumers from an EU-based warehouse. A unified framework ensures the Commission receives accurate packaging data without imposing regulatory costs that force small, eco-conscious businesses out of the single market. Thank you for your consideration. Johanna", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549917_en"}, {"id": 33549916, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 17:00:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "CreaDesign", "feedback": "Ich betreibe ein kleines, inhabergeführtes Unternehmen in Deutschland und stelle personalisierte Geschenkartikel her. In Deutschland bin ich im Verpackungsregister LUCID registriert und beteilige meine Versandverpackungen an einem dualen System. Die Ziele der europäischen Verpackungsverordnung weniger Verpackungsabfall, bessere Recyclingfähigkeit und eine angemessene Herstellerverantwortung unterstütze ich. Die praktische Umsetzung über einzelne nationale Herstellerregister belastet Kleinstunternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel jedoch unverhältnismäßig. Um künftig rechtssicher an Verbraucher in mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten liefern zu können, müssen sich kleine Unternehmen mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern, Registrierungsverfahren, Sprachen, Fristen, Meldesystemen und Nachweispflichten befassen. Je nach Mitgliedstaat können zusätzliche Kosten für Registrierung, Systembeteiligung, externe Beratung und einen Bevollmächtigten entstehen. Diese Fixkosten und Verwaltungsanforderungen fallen unabhängig davon an, ob ein Unternehmen regelmäßig in einen Mitgliedstaat liefert oder dort nur gelegentlich eine einzelne Bestellung erhält. Gerade bei kleinen Anbietern personalisierter Nischenprodukte lässt sich jedoch nicht vorhersehen, aus welchem Mitgliedstaat die nächste Bestellung eingehen wird. Es geht ausdrücklich nicht darum, angemessene Recyclingkosten zu vermeiden. Unternehmen sollen für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen Verantwortung übernehmen. Gebühren, die sich nachvollziehbar nach den tatsächlichen Verpackungsmengen richten, sind grundsätzlich vertretbar. Das Problem sind mehrfache nationale Fixkosten und Verwaltungsverfahren, die bereits bei sehr geringen Mengen entstehen können. Große Unternehmen können eigene Compliance-Abteilungen unterhalten oder europaweit tätige Dienstleister finanzieren. Für Kleinstunternehmen kann dagegen bereits der Zugang zu einem weiteren Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche jährliche Kosten und erheblichen Verwaltungsaufwand verursachen. Dieser Aufwand steht häufig in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zu den möglichen Bestellungen. Die praktische Konsequenz ist, dass kleine Unternehmen den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten vollständig einstellen oder stark begrenzen müssen. Verbraucher verlieren dadurch den Zugang zu individuellen Produkten kleiner europäischer Anbieter, während große Plattformen und Konzerne weiter an Marktmacht gewinnen. Diese Entwicklung widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Eine Europäische Union ohne Handelsgrenzen darf für kleine Unternehmen nicht bedeuten, dass für jedes Zielland ein eigenes Verwaltungs-, Melde- und Kostensystem bewältigt werden muss. Wenn Lieferungen in Drittstaaten organisatorisch einfacher sein können als Lieferungen innerhalb der EU, wird das Ziel eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes verfehlt. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission deshalb um: 1. ein zentrales EU-Registrierungsportal mit einer einmaligen, europaweit gültigen Registrierung, 2. einheitliche Datenfelder, Meldezeiträume und technische Schnittstellen, 3. eine EU-weit verbindliche Bagatellgrenze für geringe Verpackungsmengen und gelegentliche grenzüberschreitende Lieferungen, 4. ein stark vereinfachtes jährliches Meldeverfahren für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, 5. keine verpflichtenden kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten bei geringen Verpackungsmengen oder alternativ eine zentrale, kostengünstige europäische Lösung, 6. mengenabhängige Gebühren ohne unverhältnismäßige Mindest- und Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat. Umweltverantwortung und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt dürfen keine Gegensätze sein. Die Regelung muss Verpackungsabfälle reduzieren, ohne kleine europäische Unternehmen faktisch aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel zu verdrängen. Andernfalls entstehen weniger Vielfalt, weniger Wettbewerb und eine weitere Konzentration zugunsten großer Marktteilnehmer.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small owner-run business in Germany and produce personalised gift items. In Germany, I am registered in the LUCID packaging register and share my shipping packaging in a dual system. I support the objectives of the European Packaging Regulation to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclability and ensure appropriate producer responsibility. However, the practical implementation through individual national registers of producers places a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises in cross-border online sales. In order to be able to supply consumers in several EU Member States with legal certainty in the future, small businesses will have to deal with different national registers, registration procedures, languages, deadlines, notification systems and evidence requirements. Depending on the Member State, there may be additional costs for registration, system participation, external advice and an authorised representative. These fixed costs and administrative requirements arise regardless of whether a company regularly delivers to a Member State or only occasionally receives a single order there. However, especially for small providers of personalised niche products, it is not possible to predict from which Member State the next order will be received. It is explicitly not a question of avoiding reasonable recycling costs. Companies should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. Fees which clearly depend on the actual quantities of packaging are in principle justifiable. The problem is multiple national fixed costs and administrative procedures, which can occur even in very small quantities. Large companies can have their own compliance departments or finance pan-European service providers. Micro-enterprises, on the other hand, can already face additional annual costs and significant administrative burdens when accessing another Member State. This effort is often not economically justified in relation to the possible orders. The practical consequence is that small businesses will have to stop or severely limit shipments to other EU Member States. As a result, consumers lose access to individual products from small European suppliers, while large platforms and groups continue to gain market power. This development runs counter to the very idea of the European internal market. A European Union without trade frontiers must not mean that small businesses have to deal with a separate administrative, reporting and cost system for each destination country. If deliveries to third countries can be simpler in organisational terms than deliveries within the EU, the objective of a common internal market will not be achieved. I would therefore ask the European Commission to: A single EU registration portal with a single, Europe-wide registration, (2) uniform data fields, reporting periods and technical interfaces, (3) an EU-wide mandatory de minimis threshold for small packaging volumes and occasional cross-border deliveries, (4) a greatly simplified annual reporting procedure for micro and small enterprises, (5) no mandatory paid representatives for small packaging volumes or, alternatively, a centralised, cost-effective European solution, (6) volume-based charges without disproportionate minimum and fixed costs per Member State. Environmental responsibility and a functioning internal market must not be contradictory. The scheme must reduce packaging waste without effectively displacing small European companies from cross-border trade. Otherwise, there will be less diversity, less competition and further concentration in favour of large market players.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549916_en"}, {"id": 33549915, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:59:01", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PCT Patryk Pacewicz", "feedback": "The way PPWR changes things is deeply concerning and should be inspected by CJEU as it looks like a lobbied regulation to eliminate small companies from EU-wide ecommerce. I am not against raising environment responsibility and awarness, but it shouldn't look this way which promotes only big companies for which complying with those new regulations will be much more easier than for other smaller ones. F.e. few years back EU introduced VAT-OSS, where SME companies could register once for all 27 member states and use simplified reporting and payment systems. In 2025 EU introduced VAT SME Scheme which was great step for even smaller companies that use VAT exemption in a member state and want to have the same in other member states at small scale. Why PPWR couldn't do something similar for EPR systems in the first place where SME companies would just need to register in their local EPR system, but then report masses of waste packaging delivered to each member state and pay based on each country exchange rate? It would be a step into the future, but instead of that we have now millions of people that will waste a lot of time and money trying to comply with unreasonable regulation 2025/40. Why those EPR systems can't be unified before expecting companies to register? Why are companies obligated to have an authorised representative AR (I know this isn't new, but PPWR should ELIMINATE the need for local representative instead of enforcing one) in each country beside their own? This contradicts whole idea of EU, which was created for free trade across Europe. I would even dare to say that this regulation is completely violating foundations of EU and most probably more and more people will switch to country-EU-exit thinking after free trade is basically gone. Before PPWR it was already hard to enter most markets due to EPR (especially those that also wanted AR), but it was doable with all exemptions for small trade in many countries. Now, if somebody (consumer) f.e. from Belgium asks me, if I can ship something to them directly from Poland and I am not already compliant with Belgium EPR system then I will need to say \"no\" to them due to fact that before sending this one parcel (with 0,1-1kg of packaging) I will need to waste 1-2 workdays and probably 400-500 EUR just to meet new Belgium EPR (register, appoint AR, pay to AR and EPR etc.). This is SICK and MADNESS - I have no other words to describe it. If this is a product that is already OOO and that Belgian needs it they just won't get it, unless they are ready to travel to Poland (or any member state I will meet EPR obligations) to pick it up. Overregulation is worse than no regulations at all and PPWR is a great example of overregulation created by people who never worked in trade and logistics in their life. We need to regulate waste managament across member states, but please make this system unified and somehow easier to understand before expecting millions of people to comply with it. For the moment you are just killing foundations of EU which is REALLY, REALLY BAD in long term.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way PPWR changes things is deeply concerning and should be inspected by CJEU as it looks like a lobbied regulation to eliminate small companies from EU-wide ecommerce. I am not against raising environment responsibility and awarness, but it shouldn't look this way which promotes only big companies for which complying with those new regulations will be much more easier than for other smaller ones. F.e. few years back EU introduced VAT-OSS, where SME companies could register once for all 27 member states and use simplified reporting and payment systems. In 2025 EU introduced VAT SME Scheme which was great step for even smaller companies that use VAT exemption in a member state and want to have the same in other member states at small scale. Why PPWR couldn't do something similar for EPR systems in the first place where SME companies would just need to register in their local EPR system, but then report masses of waste packaging delivered to each member state and pay based on each country exchange rate? It would be a step into the future, but instead of that we have now millions of people that will waste a lot of time and money trying to comply with unreasonable regulation 2025/40. Why those EPR systems can't be unified before expecting companies to register? Why are companies obligated to have an authorised representative AR (I know this isn't new, but PPWR should ELIMINATE the need for local representative instead of enforcing one) in each country beside their own? This contradicts whole idea of EU, which was created for free trade across Europe. I would even dare to say that this regulation is completely violating foundations of EU and most probably more and more people will switch to country-EU-exit thinking after free trade is basically gone. Before PPWR it was already hard to enter most markets due to EPR (especially those that also wanted AR), but it was doable with all exemptions for small trade in many countries. Now, if somebody (consumer) f.e. from Belgium asks me, if I can ship something to them directly from Poland and I am not already compliant with Belgium EPR system then I will need to say \"no\" to them due to fact that before sending this one parcel (with 0,1-1kg of packaging) I will need to waste 1-2 workdays and probably 400-500 EUR just to meet new Belgium EPR (register, appoint AR, pay to AR and EPR etc.). This is SICK and MADNESS - I have no other words to describe it. If this is a product that is already OOO and that Belgian needs it they just won't get it, unless they are ready to travel to Poland (or any member state I will meet EPR obligations) to pick it up. Overregulation is worse than no regulations at all and PPWR is a great example of overregulation created by people who never worked in trade and logistics in their life. We need to regulate waste managament across member states, but please make this system unified and somehow easier to understand before expecting millions of people to comply with it. For the moment you are just killing foundations of EU which is REALLY, REALLY BAD in long term.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549915_en"}, {"id": 33549914, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:57:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je vous écrit entant quartiste, jétais à deux semaines douvrir ma boutique en ligne et de proposer différents produits mais cette nouvelle loi PPWR va tuer dans lœuf mon rêve. Jai été avertis y a peu de cette nouvelle lois qui ne semble pas prendre en compte les petit artisans, nous navons pas les moyens de payer des somme pareille beaucoup dentre nous ne gagnons même pas un smic avec notre art, de mon côté à lheure actuelle je ne gagne même pas 100 par moi. Vous avez pensez cette lois pour les grandes entreprises qui on les moyens de payées ces frais et avoir des représentant dans chaque pays. Jen appelle à votre pitié les temps sont dure pour nous artistes je ne souhaite pas abandonner mais cette lois est le coups de trop je perdrais beaucoup et pas uniquement de largent. Je vous en supplie adapté cette lois pour les petit artisans, merci", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you as a quartist, a two-week jest, and I’m dubious about my online shop and offering different products, but this new PPWR law will kill my dream in the egg. JAI was recently warned of this new law, which does not seem to take small craftsmen into account. We do not shy away from the means of paying such a lot of money between us. We do not even win a smic with our art. At present, I am not even earning 100 for me. You think of this law for large companies that have the means to pay these fees and have representatives in each country. Jen calls for your pity, the times are hard for our artists. I do not wish to abandon this law, but it is a blow to too much and not just to widen. I ask you to adapt this law for small craftsmen, thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549914_en"}, {"id": 33549912, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:57:01", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "J Kent, artist and print maker", "feedback": "British artist and screenprinter living in Germany. I am self employed, I make limited edition printed t-shirts and small artwork. The inability to ship throughout Europe would eliminate most of my income. I would have to register as unemployed. These rules are bad for all independent and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "British artist and screenprinter living in Germany. I am self employed, I make limited edition printed t-shirts and small artwork. The inability to ship throughout Europe would eliminate most of my income. I would have to register as unemployed. These rules are bad for all independent and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549912_en"}, {"id": 33549910, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:54:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin absolut dagegen und finde diese Regelung für kleine Unternehmen völlig unverhältnismäßig und ungerecht. Ich habe ein wirklich kleines Gewerbe. Ich musste alles offiziell anmelden und sämtliche gesetzlichen Vorgaben erfüllen, weil ich meine selbst gehäkelte Puppenkleidung verkaufen möchte. Im ganzen Jahr verkaufe ich vielleicht 10 Kleider und verdiene damit insgesamt ungefähr 200 Euro. Allein für die Verpackungslizenz in Deutschland zahle ich bereits das Minimum von etwa 35 Euro pro Jahr, obwohl ich tatsächlich deutlich weniger Verpackungsmaterial verbrauche. Weniger kann ich trotzdem nicht bezahlen. Und jetzt soll ich zusätzlich für jedes EU-Land, in das ich vielleicht ein einziges Mal im Jahr eine Bestellung verschicke, weitere Kosten und bürokratischen Aufwand tragen? Registrierung, Bevollmächtigte, Meldungen und zusätzliche Gebühren alles für ein paar Gramm Verpackung und vielleicht eine einzige Bestellung? Das steht doch in keinem Verhältnis mehr! Und genau hier frage ich mich: Wofür gibt es eigentlich den europäischen Binnenmarkt? Die EU wurde unter anderem geschaffen, um einen gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt zu ermöglichen, Handelshemmnisse abzubauen und den Handel zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten zu erleichtern. Es sollte doch gerade darum gehen, dass Unternehmen innerhalb der EU möglichst einfach Waren in andere Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen können. Stattdessen habe ich als Kleinstunternehmer das Gefühl, dass mir für jedes Land eine neue bürokratische Hürde in den Weg gestellt wird. Für ein großes Unternehmen mögen zusätzliche Registrierungen und Gebühren vielleicht kaum ins Gewicht fallen. Für ein Kleinstgewerbe, das im Jahr vielleicht 200 Euro mit seinen Produkten verdient, können solche zusätzlichen Fixkosten aber einen erheblichen Teil des gesamten Verdienstes auffressen. Wenn ich einmal im Jahr ein Kleid nach Frankreich verkaufe, soll ich dafür möglicherweise mehr Geld und Zeit für Verpackungs-EPR aufwenden, als ich mit diesem Verkauf überhaupt verdiene. Wie soll das bitte noch ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt sein? Ich unterstütze selbstverständlich den Gedanken, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Verpackungen ordnungsgemäß zu recyceln. Aber die Lösung kann doch nicht darin bestehen, Kleinstunternehmen mit immer neuen Gebühren, Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigten und bürokratischen Pflichten zu überhäufen. Diese Regelung trifft nicht nur große Unternehmen. Sie trifft vor allem diejenigen, die ohnehin nur sehr kleine Umsätze erzielen und jeden Euro zweimal umdrehen müssen. Es kann doch nicht der Sinn einer europäischen Regelung sein, dass ein Kleinstunternehmen irgendwann sagt: Dann verkaufe ich eben nicht mehr ins EU-Ausland, weil sich der Aufwand für eine einzige Bestellung nicht mehr lohnt. Damit wird genau das Gegenteil erreicht von dem, was ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt eigentlich bewirken sollte. Ich frage mich wirklich, wie kleine Unternehmen und Nebengewerbe unter solchen Bedingungen noch überleben sollen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am absolutely opposed to it and find it totally disproportionate and unfair for small businesses. I have a really small business. I had to declare everything officially and comply with all legal requirements because I wanted to sell my own dolls’ clothing. I may sell 10 dresses throughout the year, earning a total of around EUR 200. For the packaging licence in Germany alone, I already pay the minimum of around EUR 35 per year, even though I actually consume significantly less packaging material. I can’t pay less anyway. And now, for each EU country to which I may send an order once a year, should I bear additional costs and red tape? Registration, authorised representatives, notifications and additional fees all for a few grams of packaging and perhaps a single order? That’s disproportionate! And it is here that I wonder: What is the European single market? The EU was created inter alia to enable a common internal market, reduce barriers to trade and facilitate trade between Member States. The aim should be to make it as easy as possible for businesses to sell goods to other Member States within the EU. Instead, as a micro-entrepreneur, I feel that I am facing a new bureaucratic hurdle for each country. For a large company, additional registrations and fees may not be significant. However, for a micro-industry that may earn EUR 200 per year from its products, such additional fixed costs can absorb a significant part of total earnings. If I sell a dress to France once a year, I may need to spend more money and time on packaging EPR than I actually earn from this sale. How should this still be a functioning internal market? I of course support the idea of reducing packaging waste and properly recycling packaging. But the solution cannot be to overload micro-enterprises with ever-new fees, registrations, proxies and bureaucratic obligations. This rule does not only apply to large enterprises. It particularly affects those who, in any case, only have very small turnovers and have to turn every euro twice. It cannot be the point of a European regulation for a micro-enterprise to say at some point: Then I will no longer sell to another EU country because the cost of a single order is no longer worthwhile. This is exactly the opposite of what a single European market should achieve. I really wonder how small businesses and ancillary businesses should survive in such conditions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549910_en"}, {"id": 33549909, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:53:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das entspricht mit Sicherheit nicht dem, was der Bürger und die (kleinen) Unternehmen sich unter weniger Bürokratie vorstellen. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür, dass zumindest kleine Unternehmen von dieser Regel ausgenommen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "This certainly does not correspond to what citizens and (small) businesses imagine with less bureaucracy. Please ensure that at least small enterprises are exempted from this rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549909_en"}, {"id": 33549908, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:53:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ecommerce business", "feedback": "I support the environmental objective of making producers contribute fairly to packaging-waste costs. However, EPR as currently organised has become a serious obstacle to the EU Single Market. A small EU business selling cross-border may have to register separately in every Member State in which even a small quantity of packaged goods is sold, deal with different authorities and producer-responsibility organisations, pay separate fees and sometimes appoint local representatives. These fixed costs often bear little relation to the packaging concerned or its environmental impact. Selling a few parcels into another Member State can create more compliance cost than commercial revenue. The result is predictable: small businesses stop selling into certain Member States, restrict delivery to a few large markets, or avoid cross-border expansion. Large companies can absorb the fixed costs of multiple national systems; micro and small businesses often cannot. EPR therefore risks producing exactly the fragmentation the Single Market was created to remove. This is difficult to reconcile with the PPWR's purpose. The Regulation is based on Article 114 TFEU and seeks to improve the functioning of the internal market. Article 4 protects the free movement of compliant packaging. Yet Articles 4447 preserve a system in which a business faces separate registration, reporting and financial obligations merely because its customer lives across an internal EU border. The Commission itself has recognised divergent national EPR systems as a major barrier for cross-border businesses, particularly SMEs. This implementing act does not solve that problem. It harmonises the format of registration and reporting, but not registration itself. A common form submitted in 10, 20 or 27 Member States remains 10, 20 or 27 registrations. This risks standardising bureaucracy rather than creating a genuine Single Market. Reporting may also be disproportionate. Requiring details on constituent materials and separate components can mean weighing labels, closures, pouches, cartons, tape and other minor items. The EU should instead establish a genuine EPR One-Stop Shop, following the logic of VAT OSS/IOSS. An EU producer should register once, receive one EU EPR number, submit one annual report and make one payment through its Member State of establishment or an EU portal. Data and fees should then be allocated automatically to destination Member States. For intra-EU distance sales, there should be no second national registration, separate EPR number, local representative, separate producer-responsibility organisation contract or fixed national fee. Until a One-Stop Shop exists, home-state registration should be recognised throughout the EU. Further safeguards are needed: micro and small businesses below a meaningful EU-wide threshold should be exempt from separate national EPR administration and instead contribute through a simple proportionate charge; producers below 10 tonnes should report broad material totals only; standard or average packaging weights should be allowed; immaterial components should not require separate reporting; and national extra fields, audits and fixed fees should be tightly limited. The polluter-pays principle can justify requiring producers to contribute to waste-management costs. It does not justify rebuilding national administrative borders inside the EU. A parcel sent from one Member State to another does not cross an external border. Yet EPR increasingly treats such trade as though entry into each national market required a separate regulatory licence. The smaller the company, the stronger the incentive not to sell cross-border. The result is less competition, less consumer choice and a Single Market that works better for large companies than for small ones. Environmental protection does not require 27 separate compliance gateways. One Single Market should mean one route to EPR compliance.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objective of making producers contribute fairly to packaging-waste costs. However, EPR as currently organised has become a serious obstacle to the EU Single Market. A small EU business selling cross-border may have to register separately in every Member State in which even a small quantity of packaged goods is sold, deal with different authorities and producer-responsibility organisations, pay separate fees and sometimes appoint local representatives. These fixed costs often bear little relation to the packaging concerned or its environmental impact. Selling a few parcels into another Member State can create more compliance cost than commercial revenue. The result is predictable: small businesses stop selling into certain Member States, restrict delivery to a few large markets, or avoid cross-border expansion. Large companies can absorb the fixed costs of multiple national systems; micro and small businesses often cannot. EPR therefore risks producing exactly the fragmentation the Single Market was created to remove. This is difficult to reconcile with the PPWR's purpose. The Regulation is based on Article 114 TFEU and seeks to improve the functioning of the internal market. Article 4 protects the free movement of compliant packaging. Yet Articles 4447 preserve a system in which a business faces separate registration, reporting and financial obligations merely because its customer lives across an internal EU border. The Commission itself has recognised divergent national EPR systems as a major barrier for cross-border businesses, particularly SMEs. This implementing act does not solve that problem. It harmonises the format of registration and reporting, but not registration itself. A common form submitted in 10, 20 or 27 Member States remains 10, 20 or 27 registrations. This risks standardising bureaucracy rather than creating a genuine Single Market. Reporting may also be disproportionate. Requiring details on constituent materials and separate components can mean weighing labels, closures, pouches, cartons, tape and other minor items. The EU should instead establish a genuine EPR One-Stop Shop, following the logic of VAT OSS/IOSS. An EU producer should register once, receive one EU EPR number, submit one annual report and make one payment through its Member State of establishment or an EU portal. Data and fees should then be allocated automatically to destination Member States. For intra-EU distance sales, there should be no second national registration, separate EPR number, local representative, separate producer-responsibility organisation contract or fixed national fee. Until a One-Stop Shop exists, home-state registration should be recognised throughout the EU. Further safeguards are needed: micro and small businesses below a meaningful EU-wide threshold should be exempt from separate national EPR administration and instead contribute through a simple proportionate charge; producers below 10 tonnes should report broad material totals only; standard or average packaging weights should be allowed; immaterial components should not require separate reporting; and national extra fields, audits and fixed fees should be tightly limited. The polluter-pays principle can justify requiring producers to contribute to waste-management costs. It does not justify rebuilding national administrative borders inside the EU. A parcel sent from one Member State to another does not cross an external border. Yet EPR increasingly treats such trade as though entry into each national market required a separate regulatory licence. The smaller the company, the stronger the incentive not to sell cross-border. The result is less competition, less consumer choice and a Single Market that works better for large companies than for small ones. Environmental protection does not require 27 separate compliance gateways. One Single Market should mean one route to EPR compliance.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549908_en"}, {"id": 33549907, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:52:44", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Petra Bishai", "feedback": "While I fully support the European Unions green transition, the current framework suffers from a severe structural flaw: it treats a low-volume, independent artisan exactly the same as a multi-billion-dollar mass e-commerce corporation. As a sole trader in jewellery with a low volume studio the new rules make exporting any pieces to Europe unviable. The complexity and costs involved are unworkable. Please reconsider how this law can be applied to small businesses sending less than 25 items per year.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I fully support the European Unions green transition, the current framework suffers from a severe structural flaw: it treats a low-volume, independent artisan exactly the same as a multi-billion-dollar mass e-commerce corporation. As a sole trader in jewellery with a low volume studio the new rules make exporting any pieces to Europe unviable. The complexity and costs involved are unworkable. Please reconsider how this law can be applied to small businesses sending less than 25 items per year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549907_en"}, {"id": 33549906, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:51:58", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esteemed members of the European parliament. While I understand your concerns about the environment, you need to realize the damages this law will do to small businesses. Only huge companies with mass-produced articles will be able to register, making independent business who only sell a few hand crafted goods unable to continue their activity. I thought the point of the European Union was to all be united as a continent. What is the point then, if we can't share our craftsmanship with our neighbors? Only foreign products made in batches in factories will be able to reach us while European artisan will suffer the loss of their small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "Esteemed members of the European parliament. While I understand your concerns about the environment, you need to realize the damages this law will do to small businesses. Only huge companies with mass-produced articles will be able to register, making independent business who only sell a few hand crafted goods unable to continue their activity. I thought the point of the European Union was to all be united as a continent. What is the point then, if we can't share our craftsmanship with our neighbors? Only foreign products made in batches in factories will be able to reach us while European artisan will suffer the loss of their small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549906_en"}, {"id": 33549905, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:51:17", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is very unfortunate to see how the new PPWR requirements may affect small businesses. Many people have created their own jobs through small businesses, work honestly, pay taxes, and contribute to the economy. However, the new requirements can place a large financial and administrative burden on small handmade businesses. Instead of encouraging small businesses to sell within the EU single market, these requirements may force them to stop shipping to certain EU countries or, even worse, close their businesses. I strongly believe that appropriate thresholds and exemptions should be established for micro and small businesses. The EU should support small businesses and encourage cross-border trade within the single market, rather than creating requirements that are financially unsustainable for the smallest entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is very unfortunate to see how the new PPWR requirements may affect small businesses. Many people have created their own jobs through small businesses, work honestly, pay taxes, and contribute to the economy. However, the new requirements can place a large financial and administrative burden on small handmade businesses. Instead of encouraging small businesses to sell within the EU single market, these requirements may force them to stop shipping to certain EU countries or, even worse, close their businesses. I strongly believe that appropriate thresholds and exemptions should be established for micro and small businesses. The EU should support small businesses and encourage cross-border trade within the single market, rather than creating requirements that are financially unsustainable for the smallest entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549905_en"}, {"id": 33549903, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:50:25", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ute decker - sculptural artist jeweller", "feedback": "Urgent need for a de minimis threshold and simplified compliance for non-EU micro-businesses. As a UK micro-business creating contemporary jewellery, I am deeply concerned by the financial and administrative burdens of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I support the green transition, the framework treats low-volume independent artisans identically to multi-billion-dollar e-commerce giants. My studio exclusively uses 100% recycled packaging, minimizing my environmental footprint to near zero. Yet, because Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules lack a minimum volume threshold (de minimis), and national registries override commercial Incoterms (DAP) for direct-to-consumer sales, I face identical legal overheads to mass polluters. Implications for low-volume, non-commercial micro-studios: Financial Burdens: Non-EU businesses must appoint an Authorized Representative (AR) in every member state where a collector resides. AR fees and national registry costs escalate to thousands of Euros annually. For context, I sent 5 parcels to the EU with a total value of 7,000. For a business sending only a handful of lightweight, recycled packages a year, these compliance costs completely erase all profit margins. Forced Monopolisation: Large corporations absorb these costs effortlessly. Crushing administrative overhead forces small creators into an impossible choice: absorb unsustainable costs, stop selling to the EU, or migrate to predatory marketplaces like Amazon. Submitting to these platforms' fee structures accelerates corporate concentration and starves the independent creative economy, contradicting the regulation's goals. Loss of Cultural Heritage: The PPWR treats delicate studio art identically to mass-produced plastic junk. Burying small artists in corporate data demands suppresses the cross-border circulation of cultural objects. Fine art and studio jewellery are low-velocity, high-value assets. Suffocating them under standard waste red tape directly threatens independent cultural exchange and traditional craft heritage. Administrative Complexity: Non-harmonized AR regimes vary by country and require weeks of manual processing per market, making compliance structurally impossible for a solo artisan. Micro-businesses lack compliance departments to track granular packaging weights (down to the gram) across separate national EU systems. Failure of Monetary Thresholds: Fine craft operates on a low-velocity, high-value model. A single piece sold to an EU collector can command 3,000. Under a monetary cap, this single sale triggers full, expensive EPR obligations, even though the physical footprint is just one lightweight box under 200g. Forcing an artisan to pay thousands in cross-border fees for one parcel erases the profit from a year's skilled labor. The Commission must reject monetary thresholds and implement a material weight threshold (e.g., under 1015kg of packaging per year) to protect low-impact creators. Requested Amendments: Introduce a De Minimis Threshold: Exempt micro-enterprises sending low packaging volumes (e.g., under 1020kg per year) from mandatory registration and AR requirements. Establish a Unified EU Portal: Replace fragmented national registries with a single, centralised EU-wide reporting point for low-volume, non-EU businesses. Recognize Existing Sustainability: Create fast-track exemptions or zero-cost pathways for micro-enterprises certifying exclusive use of 100% recycled or circular packaging.Environmental regulations must be proportionate. Without these adjustments, the PPWR will inadvertently decimate the independent craft and art sector while shielding the corporate giants it aims to regulate.", "feedbackEnglish": "Urgent need for a de minimis threshold and simplified compliance for non-EU micro-businesses. As a UK micro-business creating contemporary jewellery, I am deeply concerned by the financial and administrative burdens of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I support the green transition, the framework treats low-volume independent artisans identically to multi-billion-dollar e-commerce giants. My studio exclusively uses 100% recycled packaging, minimizing my environmental footprint to near zero. Yet, because Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules lack a minimum volume threshold (de minimis), and national registries override commercial Incoterms (DAP) for direct-to-consumer sales, I face identical legal overheads to mass polluters. Implications for low-volume, non-commercial micro-studios: Financial Burdens: Non-EU businesses must appoint an Authorized Representative (AR) in every member state where a collector resides. AR fees and national registry costs escalate to thousands of Euros annually. For context, I sent 5 parcels to the EU with a total value of 7,000. For a business sending only a handful of lightweight, recycled packages a year, these compliance costs completely erase all profit margins. Forced Monopolisation: Large corporations absorb these costs effortlessly. Crushing administrative overhead forces small creators into an impossible choice: absorb unsustainable costs, stop selling to the EU, or migrate to predatory marketplaces like Amazon. Submitting to these platforms' fee structures accelerates corporate concentration and starves the independent creative economy, contradicting the regulation's goals. Loss of Cultural Heritage: The PPWR treats delicate studio art identically to mass-produced plastic junk. Burying small artists in corporate data demands suppresses the cross-border circulation of cultural objects. Fine art and studio jewellery are low-velocity, high-value assets. Suffocating them under standard waste red tape directly threatens independent cultural exchange and traditional craft heritage. Administrative Complexity: Non-harmonized AR regimes vary by country and require weeks of manual processing per market, making compliance structurally impossible for a solo artisan. Micro-businesses lack compliance departments to track granular packaging weights (down to the gram) across separate national EU systems. Failure of Monetary Thresholds: Fine craft operates on a low-velocity, high-value model. A single piece sold to an EU collector can command 3,000. Under a monetary cap, this single sale triggers full, expensive EPR obligations, even though the physical footprint is just one lightweight box under 200g. Forcing an artisan to pay thousands in cross-border fees for one parcel erases the profit from a year's skilled labor. The Commission must reject monetary thresholds and implement a material weight threshold (e.g., under 1015kg of packaging per year) to protect low-impact creators. Requested Amendments: Introduce a De Minimis Threshold: Exempt micro-enterprises sending low packaging volumes (e.g., under 1020kg per year) from mandatory registration and AR requirements. Establish a Unified EU Portal: Replace fragmented national registries with a single, centralised EU-wide reporting point for low-volume, non-EU businesses. Recognize Existing Sustainability: Create fast-track exemptions or zero-cost pathways for micro-enterprises certifying exclusive use of 100% recycled or circular packaging.Environmental regulations must be proportionate. Without these adjustments, the PPWR will inadvertently decimate the independent craft and art sector while shielding the corporate giants it aims to regulate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549903_en"}, {"id": 33549901, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:48:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bitte machen Sie das Gesetz so, dass kleine Betriebe unter 10 Mitarbeitenden nicht darunter fallen und machen Sie es bitte möglich, dass eine Registrierung im Heimatland für die EU ausreichend ist für kleinere Betriebe.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please make the law in such a way that small farms with fewer than 10 employees are not covered and make it possible that registration in the home country for the EU is sufficient for smaller farms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549901_en"}, {"id": 33549900, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:46:56", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "RLA", "feedback": "As a US-based artisan and small business owner, the new PPWR has made my decision very simple: It will no longer be worth either the time or expense to ship products to any EU countries outside of Germany. After today I will, with regret, be closing sales to the other 26 nations. Having discussed this with others artisans, I know I am far from alone in this decision.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a US-based artisan and small business owner, the new PPWR has made my decision very simple: It will no longer be worth either the time or expense to ship products to any EU countries outside of Germany. After today I will, with regret, be closing sales to the other 26 nations. Having discussed this with others artisans, I know I am far from alone in this decision.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549900_en"}, {"id": 33549897, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:44:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Soy autónoma española. Trabajo sola creando piezas artesanalmente, y vendiéndolas online a clientes tanto de dentro de la UE como de fuera. Aún no ha llegado el año en que mis ingresos netos alcancen el salario mínimo en mi país. Y procuro ser muy cuidadosa con el tipo de materiales que utilizo para enviar las piezas a mis clientes: utilizando cajas y papel reciclables, y a menudo reutilizando materiales que me llegan de pedidos que realizo (e incluso que recupero de los contenedores de reciclado de cartón si siguen en buen estado). Sé a ciencia cierta que no soy un caso aislado, conozco a muchos trabajadores por cuenta propia que no tienen empleados, venden sus creaciones por Internet y están en circunstancias similares a la mía. Puedo entender la premisa de la que parte este nuevo reglamento. Lo que no entiendo es que no aclare cómo va a aplicarse a micro empresas como la mía, y que se nos trate igual que se trata a las grandes empresas que, además de ser las que más contaminan, sí cuentan con los recursos humanos y económicos para adaptarse a medidas como ésta. Los costes administrativos y económicos que suponen, tal cual está expuesto el reglamento, provocarían el sufrimiento o incluso el cierre de multitud de micro empresas. Especialmente aquellas que dependen del mercado intracomunitario para sobrevivir. Esta norma reescribe (o más bien anula) la iniciativa de libre comercio en la que se cimenta la CEE y sobre la que se sustenta, en gran medida, la propia Unión Europea; especialmente para las micro y pequeñas empresas. Este reglamento supondrá un deterioro significativo de la diversidad de la oferta de productos, y del tejido laboral tanto en calidad como en cantidad. Esto, consecuentemente, reduciría también la competitividad de la propia UE como colectivo frente a otros grandes mercados internacionales. Los valores humanistas y ecológicos que enarbola la Unión Europea quedan en entredicho cuando, en lugar de proteger a sus trabajadores más vulnerables. Espero, por el bien de toda la Comunidad Europea, que se revise esta norma; y que se formulen, con claridad incuestionable, excepciones y concesiones tanto económicas como logísticas/administrativas para las microempresas, que hacen todo lo que pueden por crear diversidad y nutrir el entramado laboral europeo sin faltar a sus obligaciones legales.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am self-employed in Spain. I work alone by creating artisanal parts and selling them online to customers both inside and outside the EU. The year in which my net income reaches the minimum wage in my country has not yet come. And I try to be very careful with the type of materials I use to send the pieces to my clients: using recyclable boxes and paper, and often reusing materials that arrive from orders I place (and even recover from cardboard recycling containers if they are still in good condition). I know with certainty that I am not an isolated case, I know many self-employed people who have no employees, sell their creations online and are in circumstances similar to mine. I can understand the premiss on which that new regulation is based. What I do not understand is that it does not clarify how it will apply to micro undertakings such as mine, and that we are treated in the same way as large undertakings which, in addition to being the ones that pollute the most, do have the human and financial resources to adapt to measures such as this. The administrative and financial costs involved, as set out in the regulation, would cause the suffering or even the closure of a multitude of microenterprises. Especially those that depend on the intra-Community market to survive. This rule rewrites (or rather cancels) the free trade initiative on which the EEC is founded and on which the European Union itself is largely based; especially for micro and small enterprises. This regulation will lead to a significant deterioration in the diversity of product supply, and in the working environment in terms of both quality and quantity. As a result, this would also reduce the competitiveness of the EU itself as a collective vis-à-vis other major international markets. The humanist and ecological values of the European Union are called into question when, instead of protecting its most vulnerable workers. I hope, for the sake of the entire European Community, that this rule will be revised; and to formulate, with unquestionable clarity, exceptions and concessions, both economic and logistical/administrative, for micro-enterprises, which do everything they can to create diversity and nurture the European work environment without neglecting their legal obligations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549897_en"}, {"id": 33549896, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:44:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am submitting this feedback as a citizen. On the procedure Article 44(14) PPWR obliges the Commission to lay down a harmonised format for registration and reporting. The implementing act was due by 12 February 2026 and has still not been adopted, while the obligations apply from 12 August 2026. An institution that demands compliance with deadlines while overrunning its own, with third parties carrying the legal risk, damages its own authority. This is a legitimacy problem first and an administrative problem second. On the effect The obligations have no meaningful de minimis threshold. A single parcel triggers the same duties as a corporate consignment. Compliance therefore functions as a fixed cost block per country: registration, authorised representative, scheme participation, annual reporting. Fixed costs that do not scale with the size of the business act as a barrier to market entry a footnote for large operators, an existential question for small ones. Concentration is not a side effect here; it is the predictable consequence of the cost structure. Why this concerns me as a citizen I have an interest in being able to buy from small, specialised suppliers in other Member States. If they stop shipping across borders because registration in a country costs more than the revenue earned there, I lose choice, and what remains of the market belongs to those who can absorb 27 registrations out of petty cash. The Single Market is a citizens' right, not a business privilege. A trade barrier made of forms works like one made of tariffs. On whether the objective is met Registration bureaucracy does not generate a single additional tonne of recycled material. Environmental effect comes from design requirements, fees and eco-modulation, not from the number of data fields. Surveys count more than 60 divergent fields across the national registers. That divergence serves no environmental objective. On the integrity of the process Around every additional reporting requirement, a service industry of compliance providers, authorised representatives and scheme operators has grown up, whose revenue rises with the complexity of the rules and falls with their simplification. These actors have staff, associations and permanent access to consultations and expert groups; those bearing the highest relative costs do not. No bribery is required for such a process to go wrong asymmetric access is sufficient. Where those who make their living from complexity have disproportionate influence over how it is designed, the outcome is predictable regardless of the personal integrity of everyone involved. I therefore call for: - Disclosure of which compliance providers and scheme operators were involved in preparing this implementing act, with their commercial interest identified in the impact assessment. - A closed, EU-wide identical set of data fields; no additional national fields. - One registration with EU-wide effect via a single point of entry. - Free access, machine-readable and manual; no de facto obligation to engage paid intermediaries. - A simplified procedure with a de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises. - No authorised representative requirement for producers established in the Union. - A transition period running from the actual availability of the registers, not from adoption. I am not opposed to environmental regulation. I am opposed to a legitimate objective being used to justify a regulatory architecture whose burden does not scale with the size of the business, and which therefore systematically selects who is still permitted to take part in European trade. I call on those responsible to restore proportionality and to treat frictionless trade within Europe as a core task of this Union. Disclosure: I work in a micro-enterprise subject to these obligations. It does not change the assessment above it would be the same if I were writing purely as a consumer.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting this feedback as a citizen. On the procedure Article 44(14) PPWR obliges the Commission to lay down a harmonised format for registration and reporting. The implementing act was due by 12 February 2026 and has still not been adopted, while the obligations apply from 12 August 2026. An institution that demands compliance with deadlines while overrunning its own, with third parties carrying the legal risk, damages its own authority. This is a legitimacy problem first and an administrative problem second. On the effect The obligations have no meaningful de minimis threshold. A single parcel triggers the same duties as a corporate consignment. Compliance therefore functions as a fixed cost block per country: registration, authorised representative, scheme participation, annual reporting. Fixed costs that do not scale with the size of the business act as a barrier to market entry a footnote for large operators, an existential question for small ones. Concentration is not a side effect here; it is the predictable consequence of the cost structure. Why this concerns me as a citizen I have an interest in being able to buy from small, specialised suppliers in other Member States. If they stop shipping across borders because registration in a country costs more than the revenue earned there, I lose choice, and what remains of the market belongs to those who can absorb 27 registrations out of petty cash. The Single Market is a citizens' right, not a business privilege. A trade barrier made of forms works like one made of tariffs. On whether the objective is met Registration bureaucracy does not generate a single additional tonne of recycled material. Environmental effect comes from design requirements, fees and eco-modulation, not from the number of data fields. Surveys count more than 60 divergent fields across the national registers. That divergence serves no environmental objective. On the integrity of the process Around every additional reporting requirement, a service industry of compliance providers, authorised representatives and scheme operators has grown up, whose revenue rises with the complexity of the rules and falls with their simplification. These actors have staff, associations and permanent access to consultations and expert groups; those bearing the highest relative costs do not. No bribery is required for such a process to go wrong asymmetric access is sufficient. Where those who make their living from complexity have disproportionate influence over how it is designed, the outcome is predictable regardless of the personal integrity of everyone involved. I therefore call for: - Disclosure of which compliance providers and scheme operators were involved in preparing this implementing act, with their commercial interest identified in the impact assessment. - A closed, EU-wide identical set of data fields; no additional national fields. - One registration with EU-wide effect via a single point of entry. - Free access, machine-readable and manual; no de facto obligation to engage paid intermediaries. - A simplified procedure with a de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises. - No authorised representative requirement for producers established in the Union. - A transition period running from the actual availability of the registers, not from adoption. I am not opposed to environmental regulation. I am opposed to a legitimate objective being used to justify a regulatory architecture whose burden does not scale with the size of the business, and which therefore systematically selects who is still permitted to take part in European trade. I call on those responsible to restore proportionality and to treat frictionless trade within Europe as a core task of this Union. Disclosure: I work in a micro-enterprise subject to these obligations. It does not change the assessment above it would be the same if I were writing purely as a consumer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549896_en"}, {"id": 33549895, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:44:32", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Les cartes de Lulu ", "feedback": "Bonjour, Je pense que linitiative de base est louable, réduire les déchets et augmenter les packagings les plus « verts » possibles. Pour ce qui est de la provenance des packaging je suis pour. Peut être laisser un temps pour ceux qui ont encore des cartons pas en conformité car finalement ce serait pire pour lenvironnement de les jeter. De plus mettre en avant la réutilisation des cartons seraient selon moi une bonne idée, un carton peut avoir plusieurs vie, et faire plusieurs allés- retour avant de finir à la poubelle. Pour ce qui est dun représentant par pays et des formalités je pense que cest à revoir. Cest tout simplement impossible(et pas rentable) pour une majorité de TPE de payer un représentant par pays extérieur + ladministratif qui va avec quand on envoi parfois 2-3 commandes par an dans ces pays. Cela fermerait des ventes entre pays quand lEurope est censé mettre en avant le libre échange. Idée : un seuil à partir de x euros en export et avec un seul représentant pour tous les pays de lUnion européenne - en fonction de lentreprise par exemple exonération pour les entreprises qui font moins d1M de CA ou les TPE et PME. Sachant que nous réglons déjà CITEO en plus. Ladministratif pour toutes les petites entreprises est déjà tellement compliqué et prend déjà tellement de temps sil est possible de simplifier pour tout le monde, ce serait lidéal. Merci de votre écoute Lucie", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I think the basic initiative is commendable, reduce waste and increase the “greenest” packagings possible. As regards the origin of the packaging, I am in favour. May be allowed some time for those who still have boxes that are not compliant, as it would ultimately be worse for the environment to dispose of them. Moreover, I think it would be a good idea to highlight the reuse of cartons, since a carton can have several lives and make several trips back before ending up in the bin. With regard to one representative per country and formalities, I think this is to be reviewed. It is simply impossible (and not profitable) for a majority of VSEs to pay one representative per external country + the administrative authority that goes with sending sometimes 2-3 orders per year to these countries. This would close sales between countries when Europe is supposed to promote free trade. Idea: a threshold of EUR x for exports and with a single representative for all the countries of the European Union – depending on the company, for example, exemption for companies that do less than D1m of CA or VSEs and SMEs. Knowing that we are already dealing with CITEO in addition. Administrative for all small businesses is already so complicated and takes so long if it is possible to simplify for everyone, it would be lideal. Thank you for listening to Lucie", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549895_en"}, {"id": 33549893, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:43:54", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämä laki tuhoaa satoja tai tuhansia yhden ihmisen yrityksiä. Ajatus on kaunis mutta että voit lahettää toiseen maahan paketin sinun täytää palkata edusta että voit maksaa kierätysmaksun paketista on älytön. Varskin kierätys niin eritasoilla erimaissa. Tähän olisi varmaan pystytty järjestämään eu-alueen yhteinen toimija jonne kaikki olisi maksanut kierätys maksun lähetyksistään ja sieltä maksettu erimaille. Tämä ajaa erikokoiset yritykset eri arvoiseen asemaan ja koko eu alueella ei pysty kohta toimimaan kuin isot yritykset. Tämä ei ainenkaan paranna/muuta/auta talouskasvua Suomenkin kaltaisissa maissa. Missä on ollut talouskasvu miinus puoleista pitkään. Pitää muistaa että jokainen yritys on ollut pieni alunperin.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law destroys hundreds or thousands of one-person businesses. The idea is beautiful, but you can send a package to another country to fill in the benefit and pay a touring fee for the package is smart. Rotating Varska at such different levels in different countries. It would certainly have been possible to organise this by a common actor in the EU, all of whom would have paid for the tour of their shipments and paid for it to the different countries. This puts companies of different sizes in a different position and the EU as a whole is not able to operate than big companies. This will certainly not improve/modify/help economic growth in countries such as Finland. Where economic growth has been negative on both sides for a long time. It should be remembered that every company has been small in the first place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549893_en"}, {"id": 33549892, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:42:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Keramik", "feedback": "Die neue Regelung für den europäischen Versand gültig ab dem 12. August ist für das Kleingewerbe gelinde gesagt eine Zumutung. Ich habe meinen Onlineshop ab morgen für das EU Gebiet geschlossen! Die Einbußen im Versand gehen nicht in die Millionen. Aber ich lebe trotzdem davon. Gibt es denn niemanden, der sich darüber Gedanken macht wie Buchbinder, Keramiker und die ganzen anderen herstellenden Gewerke jetzt vom europäischen Markt verschwinden werden? Bitte, schalten Sie diesen Schwachsinn wieder ab!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules on European transit, which apply from 12 August, are, to put it mildly, acceptable for small businesses. I closed my online shop for the EU territory tomorrow! The losses in transit do not amount to millions. But I still live there. Is there nobody who is concerned about how book binders, ceramics and all other manufacturing trades will now disappear from the European market? Please, stop this weakness again!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549892_en"}, {"id": 33549889, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:40:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "CONSUMER_ORGANISATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jewelry bussiness elephant egg ", "feedback": "Horrible for small business who send 1/2 packages per each country, its not doable financially", "feedbackEnglish": "Horrible for small business who send 1/2 packages per each country, its not doable financially", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549889_en"}, {"id": 33549886, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:36:12", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. Rule as it is disproportionate. Or provide measurements that micro/small businesses can afford. Harmonise the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for micro and small businesses. The new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. Rule as it is disproportionate. Or provide measurements that micro/small businesses can afford. Harmonise the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for micro and small businesses. The new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549886_en"}, {"id": 33549885, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:36:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am shocked and disappointed that the new ruling is running roughshod over small creative businesses. I was in the process of applying for a German Kleingewerbe Licence, having spent the last two years preparing for the opening to sell my art across the EU- and my plans have had to stop entirely as under current new regulations I would lose 99% of my possible market, as a single artist cannot- and should not!- handle the administrative and financial burden caused by the failure to exclude micro businesses from the regulations. Moreover all 50 - fifty!- artists and small businesses I have been buying from across the EU for the last 20 years, all of them, have announced this week that they are closing all sales outside their own countries. Not only has my business plan collapsed, my supplies and my sources of art and craft work by European independent artists have completely gone in an instant.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am shocked and disappointed that the new ruling is running roughshod over small creative businesses. I was in the process of applying for a German Kleingewerbe Licence, having spent the last two years preparing for the opening to sell my art across the EU- and my plans have had to stop entirely as under current new regulations I would lose 99% of my possible market, as a single artist cannot- and should not!- handle the administrative and financial burden caused by the failure to exclude micro businesses from the regulations. Moreover all 50 - fifty!- artists and small businesses I have been buying from across the EU for the last 20 years, all of them, have announced this week that they are closing all sales outside their own countries. Not only has my business plan collapsed, my supplies and my sources of art and craft work by European independent artists have completely gone in an instant.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549885_en"}, {"id": 33549884, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:35:23", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR. However, the rules should be fair and proportionate for small businesses. Small retailers should not face different registrations, fees and representatives in every EU country for only small amounts of packaging. Please introduce one simple EU-wide system and reasonable thresholds for small businesses. Environmental protection and supporting small independent businesses should go hand in hand.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR. However, the rules should be fair and proportionate for small businesses. Small retailers should not face different registrations, fees and representatives in every EU country for only small amounts of packaging. Please introduce one simple EU-wide system and reasonable thresholds for small businesses. Environmental protection and supporting small independent businesses should go hand in hand.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549884_en"}, {"id": 33549883, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:34:51", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current changes affect heavily small bussines and essentially makes trade harder in the eu and deals a massive blow to all artist in the union. The purpose of the eu ans it's walls was always to unite us but this law does the absolute opposite. Sometimes the eu makes weird decisions but this time it is so so bad that it feels like a American and Bulgarian politician combined their empty brains to produce such an abomination. If this step is truly taken sooner or later we will end up just like the usa - pure capitalism and zero happiness of the people. I hope we will be able to preserve art ans beauty and not let them die in the hands of capitalism and bureaucracy", "feedbackEnglish": "The current changes affect heavily small bussines and essentially makes trade harder in the eu and deals a massive blow to all artist in the union. The purpose of the eu ans it's walls was always to unite us but this law does the absolute opposite. Sometimes the eu makes weird decisions but this time it is so so bad that it feels like a American and Bulgarian politician combined their empty brains to produce such an abomination. If this step is truly taken sooner or later we will end up just like the usa - pure capitalism and zero happiness of the people. I hope we will be able to preserve art ans beauty and not let them die in the hands of capitalism and bureaucracy", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549883_en"}, {"id": 33549882, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:32:01", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Useampi pieni yritys on ilmoittanut, että ei enää jatkossa voi toimittaa tuotteitaan Suomeen tai muihin EU maihin pakkausuudistuksen takia ja moni on ilmaissut, että on todennäköistä, että yritys lopettaa kokonaan toimintansa tämän takia. Yritykset ovat olleet suurimmaksi osaksi pieniä kosmetiikka- ja käsityöyrityksiä.", "feedbackEnglish": "Several small companies have indicated that they will no longer be able to supply Finland or other EU countries due to the packaging reform, and many have indicated that it is likely that the company will cease all activities as a result. The majority of companies have been small cosmetics and craft businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549882_en"}, {"id": 33549881, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:31:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich möchte mein Feedback ausdrücklich aus Sicht einer Verbraucherin und potenziellen Kleinstunternehmerin geben. Ich habe früher selbst einen kleinen Onlineshop betrieben und hatte konkret darüber nachgedacht, diesen wieder aufleben zu lassen. Nach meiner Beschäftigung mit den neuen Anforderungen und dem bürokratischen Aufwand, der insbesondere beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU entstehen kann, habe ich mich dagegen entschieden. Genau darin sehe ich ein großes Problem der derzeitigen Regelung. Für große Unternehmen sind Registrierungen, Meldungen, Bevollmächtigte und die damit verbundenen Kosten organisatorisch und finanziell zu bewältigen. Für Kleinstunternehmen, Manufakturen, Künstler und kleine Etsy-Shops können dieselben Anforderungen jedoch in keinem Verhältnis zu wenigen Bestellungen aus einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat stehen. Die Folge erlebe ich bereits jetzt als Verbraucherin: Kleine Shops aus Spanien, Italien, Frankreich und anderen EU-Ländern kündigen an, künftig nur noch innerhalb ihres eigenen Landes zu versenden. Andere stellen ihren Verkauf möglicherweise ganz ein und Menschen wie ich entscheiden sich womöglich dagegen, überhaupt einen kleinen Shop zu eröffnen. Damit wird aus meiner Sicht ein wesentlicher Vorteil des europäischen Binnenmarktes geschwächt. Gerade kleine Unternehmen haben durch den gemeinsamen Markt bisher die Möglichkeit, unkompliziert Kunden über die eigenen Landesgrenzen hinaus zu erreichen. Gleichzeitig profitieren Verbraucher von der Vielfalt kleiner europäischer Anbieter. Selbstverständlich halte ich es für richtig und wichtig, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Unternehmen dafür Verantwortung übernehmen zu lassen. Aber diese Verantwortung muss verhältnismäßig ausgestaltet sein. Ein Kleinstunternehmen, das nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat versendet, darf nicht mit einem administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand konfrontiert werden, der dazu führt, dass sich der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf schlicht nicht mehr lohnt. Ich wünsche mir deshalb dringend praktikable, EU-weit einheitliche und verhältnismäßige Lösungen für Kleinstunternehmen beispielsweise Bagatellgrenzen oder stark vereinfachte Verfahren für geringe Versandmengen. Ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte Grenzen abbauen und nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen sie aus wirtschaftlicher Not wieder selbst errichten müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to give my feedback explicitly from the point of view of a consumer and a potential micro-entrepreneur. I used to run a small online shop myself and had specifically considered reviving it. After dealing with the new requirements and the bureaucratic burden that may arise, especially in the case of cross-border shipments within the EU, I decided not to do so. That is precisely what I see as a major problem with the current system. For large companies, registrations, notifications, authorised representatives and the associated costs are organisationally and financially manageable. However, for micro-enterprises, manufacturers, artists and small Etsy shops, the same requirements can be disproportionate to a small number of orders from another EU Member State. I am already seeing the consequences as a consumer: Small shops from Spain, Italy, France and other EU countries announce that they will only send in their own country. Others may stop selling and people like me may decide not to open a small shop at all. In my view, this weakens a significant advantage of the European single market. Small businesses in particular have been able to easily reach customers beyond their own national borders thanks to the common market. At the same time, consumers benefit from the diversity of small European providers. Of course, I think it is right and important to reduce packaging waste and make companies responsible for it. But this responsibility must be proportionate. A micro-enterprise that sends only a few parcels per year to another Member State must not be faced with an administrative and financial burden that simply makes cross-border sales unprofitable. I would therefore like to see practical, EU-wide uniform and proportionate solutions for micro-enterprises, such as de minimis thresholds or greatly simplified procedures for small consignments. A common European internal market should reduce borders and not lead to small businesses having to rebuild them themselves out of economic hardship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549881_en"}, {"id": 33549880, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:31:16", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I am a small business owner based in Portugal and I would like to express my concerns about the new EU rules on packaging and packaging waste, particularly the obligations associated with selling to other EU Member States. I want to make it clear that I am not against environmental protection, recycling or waste reduction. Quite the opposite. In my small business, I actively try to reduce the environmental impact of my packaging by mainly using second-hand cardboard and paper, reusing materials whenever possible, and making use of leftover materials when preparing shipments of my artwork. My concern is the complexity and cost that these obligations can create for micro and small businesses that want to sell to customers in other EU countries. A small business wishing to send an order to another Member State may have to register with a national packaging responsibility system, comply with specific requirements and pay contributions. Each country has different systems and procedures, and the information currently available is not always clear or easily accessible. I have come across annual costs ranging from around 80 to 300, depending on the country and system involved. For a large company, these amounts may be relatively insignificant. For a microbusiness sending only a few orders per year, they can represent a substantial part of the profit, or even make certain sales economically unviable. I believe there should be a much more proportionate approach based on the size and volume of each business. A small artist or microbusiness occasionally sending an order to another country should not face a level of administrative burden comparable to that of a company placing large volumes of packaging on the market. This situation also seems at odds with the goal of facilitating trade within the European Single Market. In my own case, although there is interest in my products from customers in other countries, I currently do not ship outside Portugal because the growing complexity of these obligations and the associated bureaucracy make international expansion extremely difficult for such a small business. There should be a simpler and more harmonised system for micro and small businesses, ideally through a single European portal, with simplified rules or minimum thresholds for low-volume cross-border sales and contributions based on the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. I fully support environmental sustainability as an important goal. However, environmental protection should be compatible with a Single Market that remains accessible to small businesses. We should not reach a situation where a microbusiness stops selling to another European country not because there is no demand, but because the costs and bureaucracy involved in complying with different national systems make it impractical. I therefore hope that the implementation of these rules will take into account the reality of microbusinesses, artists, craftspeople and self-employed individuals, ensuring that the transition towards a more sustainable economy does not create disproportionate barriers to their ability to grow and participate in the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a small business owner based in Portugal and I would like to express my concerns about the new EU rules on packaging and packaging waste, particularly the obligations associated with selling to other EU Member States. I want to make it clear that I am not against environmental protection, recycling or waste reduction. Quite the opposite. In my small business, I actively try to reduce the environmental impact of my packaging by mainly using second-hand cardboard and paper, reusing materials whenever possible, and making use of leftover materials when preparing shipments of my artwork. My concern is the complexity and cost that these obligations can create for micro and small businesses that want to sell to customers in other EU countries. A small business wishing to send an order to another Member State may have to register with a national packaging responsibility system, comply with specific requirements and pay contributions. Each country has different systems and procedures, and the information currently available is not always clear or easily accessible. I have come across annual costs ranging from around 80 to 300, depending on the country and system involved. For a large company, these amounts may be relatively insignificant. For a microbusiness sending only a few orders per year, they can represent a substantial part of the profit, or even make certain sales economically unviable. I believe there should be a much more proportionate approach based on the size and volume of each business. A small artist or microbusiness occasionally sending an order to another country should not face a level of administrative burden comparable to that of a company placing large volumes of packaging on the market. This situation also seems at odds with the goal of facilitating trade within the European Single Market. In my own case, although there is interest in my products from customers in other countries, I currently do not ship outside Portugal because the growing complexity of these obligations and the associated bureaucracy make international expansion extremely difficult for such a small business. There should be a simpler and more harmonised system for micro and small businesses, ideally through a single European portal, with simplified rules or minimum thresholds for low-volume cross-border sales and contributions based on the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. I fully support environmental sustainability as an important goal. However, environmental protection should be compatible with a Single Market that remains accessible to small businesses. We should not reach a situation where a microbusiness stops selling to another European country not because there is no demand, but because the costs and bureaucracy involved in complying with different national systems make it impractical. I therefore hope that the implementation of these rules will take into account the reality of microbusinesses, artists, craftspeople and self-employed individuals, ensuring that the transition towards a more sustainable economy does not create disproportionate barriers to their ability to grow and participate in the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549880_en"}, {"id": 33549879, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:31:11", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi - Where can I submit feedback about the new PPWR regulations? I understand the intent is good, but here are there costs you are imposing on us small businesses. We are being asked to pay 250 minimum (most countries are chargeing 299 so far in my research) JUST to register for each country. As I see also, this is PER CATEGORY of product, so if we sell hats and sunglasses and scarves we have to pay 3 times this for EACH COUNTRY, to be able to ship there - that is about 750 per country. Now multiply this by 15 countries as an example and we have to PRE-pay 11,250 per year JUST to have access to each country for 3 product types, BEFORE we made a single sale. WHAT PART OF THIS MAKES ANY LOGICAL SENSE TO YOU GUYS? WE SHIP ABOUT 150 BOXES IN EUROPE IN ONE YEAR and this is the fee for us just have access to a supposed single unified market?! That is about 73 PER BOX THAT WE WOULD SHIP. This is so absurd, we have been running around for days to get quotes from various providers and will basically be shutting off all our EU shipping, and losing 32% of our sales. We use our sales to buy food for our kids. Thank you. Whatever group of geniuses in your parliament came up with this rule for small businesses are clearly totally out of touch with reality. You are essentially forcing small EU companies to NOT SELL IN THE EU anymore. Nicely done! You are failing your own residents.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi - Where can I submit feedback about the new PPWR regulations? I understand the intent is good, but here are there costs you are imposing on us small businesses. We are being asked to pay 250 minimum (most countries are chargeing 299 so far in my research) JUST to register for each country. As I see also, this is PER CATEGORY of product, so if we sell hats and sunglasses and scarves we have to pay 3 times this for EACH COUNTRY, to be able to ship there - that is about 750 per country. Now multiply this by 15 countries as an example and we have to PRE-pay 11,250 per year JUST to have access to each country for 3 product types, BEFORE we made a single sale. WHAT PART OF THIS MAKES ANY LOGICAL SENSE TO YOU GUYS? WE SHIP ABOUT 150 BOXES IN EUROPE IN ONE YEAR and this is the fee for us just have access to a supposed single unified market?! That is about 73 PER BOX THAT WE WOULD SHIP. This is so absurd, we have been running around for days to get quotes from various providers and will basically be shutting off all our EU shipping, and losing 32% of our sales. We use our sales to buy food for our kids. Thank you. Whatever group of geniuses in your parliament came up with this rule for small businesses are clearly totally out of touch with reality. You are essentially forcing small EU companies to NOT SELL IN THE EU anymore. Nicely done! You are failing your own residents.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549879_en"}, {"id": 33549878, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:28:45", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Achocco", "feedback": "This is killing my small business which is already struggling enough. Like many other small businesses, you're going to see them all close because of the burden of these requirements and the additional costs. Couldn't be more disappointed in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is killing my small business which is already struggling enough. Like many other small businesses, you're going to see them all close because of the burden of these requirements and the additional costs. Couldn't be more disappointed in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549878_en"}, {"id": 33549876, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:25:45", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the a.r rule as it is disproportionate towards micro and small businesses or provide measurements that small and micro businesses can afford as of current the ruling doesnt consider theses businesses types and will cause them to go out of business or stop them from shipping in the eu. Secondly the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the eu and will have severe consequences for many businesses. Thirdly harmonise the registration for ppwr/epr in eu states for small and micro businesses and possibly provide schemes which help small/micro businesses to afford sustainable packaging that follow the regulations and requirements.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the a.r rule as it is disproportionate towards micro and small businesses or provide measurements that small and micro businesses can afford as of current the ruling doesnt consider theses businesses types and will cause them to go out of business or stop them from shipping in the eu. Secondly the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the eu and will have severe consequences for many businesses. Thirdly harmonise the registration for ppwr/epr in eu states for small and micro businesses and possibly provide schemes which help small/micro businesses to afford sustainable packaging that follow the regulations and requirements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549876_en"}, {"id": 33549874, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:24:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Ziele der PPWR sind grundsätzlich sinnvoll. In ihrer derzeitigen Ausgestaltung stellt die Verordnung jedoch insbesondere für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen eine erhebliche Belastung dar. Der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf innerhalb der EU wird nicht erleichtert, sondern durch zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten deutlich komplizierter und teurer. Was für Großunternehmen mit eigenen Compliance-Abteilungen machbar ist, kann für kleine Betriebe schnell zu einem unverhältnismäßigen Kosten- und Verwaltungsaufwand werden. Besonders problematisch ist die Pflicht zur Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten. Für geringe Umsätze und kleine Versandmengen steht dieser Aufwand in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Geschäft. Kleine Unternehmen könnten dadurch gezwungen werden, Verkäufe in andere EU-Länder einzustellen. Die Bevollmächtigtenregelung sollte daher für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen abgeschafft oder durch klare Bagatellgrenzen ersetzt werden. Statt vieler nationaler Hürden braucht es eine einfache, europaweit einheitliche Lösung. Die PPWR darf nicht dazu führen, dass ausgerechnet kleine Unternehmen aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden. Für viele Betriebe kann die aktuelle Ausgestaltung wirtschaftlich tatsächlich zum Todesstoß werden!", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the PPWR are, in principle, reasonable. However, in its current form, the Regulation imposes a significant burden, especially on small and micro-enterprises. Cross-border sales within the EU are not made easier, but much more complicated and expensive through additional registration, reporting and evidence requirements in individual Member States. What is feasible for large companies with their own compliance departments can quickly become a disproportionate cost and administrative burden for small farms. The obligation to appoint authorised representatives is particularly problematic. For small turnovers and small shipping volumes, this effort is disproportionate to the actual transaction. This could force small businesses to stop selling to other EU countries. The system of authorised representatives should therefore be abolished for small and micro-enterprises or replaced by clear de minimis thresholds. Instead of many national hurdles, there is a need for a simple, Europe-wide one-size-fits-all solution. The PPWR must not have the effect of pushing all-small businesses out of the European single market. For many businesses, the current set-up can actually lead to death in economic terms!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549874_en"}, {"id": 33549873, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:24:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lucciana Art", "feedback": "The current implementation of the PPWR creates a significant burden for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs who want to ship products within Europe. For many small businesses, it is extremely difficult to understand which registrations, applications, reporting requirements, and fees apply in each individual country. The costs and administrative workload can quickly become disproportionate, especially for businesses that only ship small quantities of products. If these regulations are necessary, there should be a simple, uniform, Europe wide system. Small businesses should be able to register once, declare the total amount of packaging they place on the European market each year, and pay one standard fee covering all participating countries. A single European licence or registration would make compliance much more transparent, affordable, and manageable. Without such a solution, the current system risks making it impossible for many small businesses to sell and ship across Europe. I fully support responsible packaging regulations, but they must also be fair, practical, and accessible to small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current implementation of the PPWR creates a significant burden for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs who want to ship products within Europe. For many small businesses, it is extremely difficult to understand which registrations, applications, reporting requirements, and fees apply in each individual country. The costs and administrative workload can quickly become disproportionate, especially for businesses that only ship small quantities of products. If these regulations are necessary, there should be a simple, uniform, Europe wide system. Small businesses should be able to register once, declare the total amount of packaging they place on the European market each year, and pay one standard fee covering all participating countries. A single European licence or registration would make compliance much more transparent, affordable, and manageable. Without such a solution, the current system risks making it impossible for many small businesses to sell and ship across Europe. I fully support responsible packaging regulations, but they must also be fair, practical, and accessible to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549873_en"}, {"id": 33549872, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:20:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new Packaging Act (#PPWR / #VerpackDG) completely misses its mark and hurts the wrong people! While corporations smile away at the bureaucracy, small, sustainable indie brands (e.g., in the cosmetics sector) are being forced to stop shipping within the EU en masse. Why? Because it's impossible for micro-enterprises to register individually in 27 countries and pay fees for every single shipping box. For me as a consumer, this is an unacceptable step backward. I'm losing access to innovative products, and fair competition in the EU single market is being completely undermined. We urgently need unbureaucratic minimum thresholds for small businesses! #SMEs #ReducingBureaucracy #ConsumerRights", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Act (#PPWR / #VerpackDG) completely misses its mark and hurts the wrong people! While corporations smile away at the bureaucracy, small, sustainable indie brands (e.g., in the cosmetics sector) are being forced to stop shipping within the EU en masse. Why? Because it's impossible for micro-enterprises to register individually in 27 countries and pay fees for every single shipping box. For me as a consumer, this is an unacceptable step backward. I'm losing access to innovative products, and fair competition in the EU single market is being completely undermined. We urgently need unbureaucratic minimum thresholds for small businesses! #SMEs #ReducingBureaucracy #ConsumerRights", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549872_en"}, {"id": 33549870, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:18:22", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As much as I approve of regulations to make shipping more environmentally friendly and I am willing to pay extra duties for it, I cannot support this new law as it would destroy small businesses. As someone who loves supporting small indipendent artists and businesses this would make it impossible for me to do so, as they would have to sustain impossibly high fees for each EU country they ship to. Please reconsider!", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as I approve of regulations to make shipping more environmentally friendly and I am willing to pay extra duties for it, I cannot support this new law as it would destroy small businesses. As someone who loves supporting small indipendent artists and businesses this would make it impossible for me to do so, as they would have to sustain impossibly high fees for each EU country they ship to. Please reconsider!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549870_en"}, {"id": 33549869, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:12:37", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner and someone who regularly ships products between Europe and non-EU countries, I have to say that I am deeply concerned about these new regulations. Small businesses are already struggling with inflation, rising shipping costs, taxes, and an ever-growing number of regulations. Adding more fees, paperwork, and restrictions on international parcels makes it even harder for small businesses to survive and compete. I understand the need to protect consumers and ensure fair competition, but regulations should not come at the cost of destroying the very small businesses that create jobs and contribute to the European economy. For many small businesses, every additional 3, 5, or 10 matters. Margins are already extremely tight, and these additional costs can make international sales simply unprofitable. Please consider the impact these rules have on small businesses, not just large corporations and major e-commerce platforms. We need policies that support small businesses- not policies that make it impossible for them to survive. Stop making it harder for small businesses to operate.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner and someone who regularly ships products between Europe and non-EU countries, I have to say that I am deeply concerned about these new regulations. Small businesses are already struggling with inflation, rising shipping costs, taxes, and an ever-growing number of regulations. Adding more fees, paperwork, and restrictions on international parcels makes it even harder for small businesses to survive and compete. I understand the need to protect consumers and ensure fair competition, but regulations should not come at the cost of destroying the very small businesses that create jobs and contribute to the European economy. For many small businesses, every additional 3, 5, or 10 matters. Margins are already extremely tight, and these additional costs can make international sales simply unprofitable. Please consider the impact these rules have on small businesses, not just large corporations and major e-commerce platforms. We need policies that support small businesses- not policies that make it impossible for them to survive. Stop making it harder for small businesses to operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549869_en"}, {"id": 33549868, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:11:55", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Memento Amoris", "feedback": "As a small business with just one owner and worker, I cannot afford the cost of registrations in any Eu countries. This means I can now only ship within the Netherlands, where I am based. There must be a solution with exceptions for small businesses otherwise many will go bankrupt...", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business with just one owner and worker, I cannot afford the cost of registrations in any Eu countries. This means I can now only ship within the Netherlands, where I am based. There must be a solution with exceptions for small businesses otherwise many will go bankrupt...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549868_en"}, {"id": 33549867, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:10:00", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The way the EU is handling the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is deeply frustrating and frankly, unacceptable. I support reducing packaging waste, but creating a complex web of rules and obligations across different countries within the EU is not the solution. If PPWR is going to remain, then there must be one clear set of rules for the entire EU. No different requirements, interpretations or registration systems from one country to another. Europe is supposed to be a single market. So why are businesses being forced to navigate a maze of national regulations? There should be one European platform where businesses can register, report and manage everything related to PPWR. One system. One set of rules. No unnecessary bureaucracy. Small businesses should be exempt. A small company cannot be expected to carry the same administrative burden as a multinational corporation. If the EU cannot make PPWR simple, consistent and workable across Europe, then perhaps it is time to seriously consider scrapping it in its current form. Environmental responsibility is important. But so are common sense, proportionality and the survival of small businesses. One Europe should mean one set of rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way the EU is handling the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is deeply frustrating and frankly, unacceptable. I support reducing packaging waste, but creating a complex web of rules and obligations across different countries within the EU is not the solution. If PPWR is going to remain, then there must be one clear set of rules for the entire EU. No different requirements, interpretations or registration systems from one country to another. Europe is supposed to be a single market. So why are businesses being forced to navigate a maze of national regulations? There should be one European platform where businesses can register, report and manage everything related to PPWR. One system. One set of rules. No unnecessary bureaucracy. Small businesses should be exempt. A small company cannot be expected to carry the same administrative burden as a multinational corporation. If the EU cannot make PPWR simple, consistent and workable across Europe, then perhaps it is time to seriously consider scrapping it in its current form. Environmental responsibility is important. But so are common sense, proportionality and the survival of small businesses. One Europe should mean one set of rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549867_en"}, {"id": 33549866, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:09:17", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bold Blueprint SRL", "feedback": "To whom it may concern. As an entrepreneur from Romania, I view the EU single market as the most important advantage of belonging to the EU. Being able to buy products from various vendors across the union is extremely important to the cohesion of the EU, and as a seller of custom goods, having access to 450 million potential customers ensures a higher chance of success, contributes to the growth of the business, allowing future expansions, new hires, and new verticals being considered. However, the PPWR regulation - particularly the provision that a business needs to appoint an EPR in each of the EU markets is a burden that will prove too heavy for my business, as well as many other small businesses across the EU. The goal of PPWR is great, nobody wants more waste on our beautiful continent, but do not reduce waste by sacrificing thousands if not tens of thousands of entrepreneurs who will not have the time and knowledge to register as EPRs in all EU countries, or the money to pay for an aggregator. ±300 EUR/market before even being able to test the products in said market is a price so steep, we will be forced to reduce our footprint to local market and even resort to exporting outside the EU, which is now becoming easier than selling goods from one EU member state to another. This sort of initiative is precisely the reason why the US economy is doing so much better than EU's, so help protect the single market and the entrepreneurs that keep the EU alive. Regards, Paul", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern. As an entrepreneur from Romania, I view the EU single market as the most important advantage of belonging to the EU. Being able to buy products from various vendors across the union is extremely important to the cohesion of the EU, and as a seller of custom goods, having access to 450 million potential customers ensures a higher chance of success, contributes to the growth of the business, allowing future expansions, new hires, and new verticals being considered. However, the PPWR regulation - particularly the provision that a business needs to appoint an EPR in each of the EU markets is a burden that will prove too heavy for my business, as well as many other small businesses across the EU. The goal of PPWR is great, nobody wants more waste on our beautiful continent, but do not reduce waste by sacrificing thousands if not tens of thousands of entrepreneurs who will not have the time and knowledge to register as EPRs in all EU countries, or the money to pay for an aggregator. ±300 EUR/market before even being able to test the products in said market is a price so steep, we will be forced to reduce our footprint to local market and even resort to exporting outside the EU, which is now becoming easier than selling goods from one EU member state to another. This sort of initiative is precisely the reason why the US economy is doing so much better than EU's, so help protect the single market and the entrepreneurs that keep the EU alive. Regards, Paul", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549866_en"}, {"id": 33549865, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:09:11", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "E.I. AURORE SARRAZIN", "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis artisane bijoutière en France, entreprise individuelle sans salarié, j'expédie quelques colis par an vers d'autres États membres. L'article 45 §3 du règlement (UE) 2025/40 m'impose un prestataire rémunéré dans chaque État membre où un client commande. Je m'y oppose et soutiens la suspension prévue à l'article 2 de la COM(2025) 982, en demandant qu'elle devienne une suppression. Je ne conteste pas le principe pollueur-payeur : les articles 45 §1 et §2 sont légitimes et je paierai partout où j'expédie. Je conteste l'obligation d'acheter un service d'intermédiation pour avoir le droit de verser cette contribution. 1. LE MANDATAIRE NE TRAITE AUCUN DÉCHET. Il ne collecte rien, ne trie rien, ne recycle rien. Sa fonction est juridictionnelle : offrir une entité saisissable sur le territoire national. Le considérant 6 de la COM(2025) 982 le reconnaît en réservant le dispositif aux pays tiers, qui échappent aux mécanismes de coopération administrative et judiciaire de l'Union. L'argument se retourne pour une entreprise établie dans l'Union : je suis immatriculée, identifiée fiscalement, pleinement atteignable. 2. LE COÛT DÉPASSE L'ENJEU. Quelques centaines d'euros par pays et par an pour une contribution de quelques euros, souvent davantage que le chiffre d'affaires réalisé dans le pays. Aucun seuil aux articles 44 et 45, alors que le législateur a su en écrire à l'article 29 §13 (1 000 kg) et à l'article 44 §8 (10 tonnes). Cette dernière vise même « le producteur ou, le cas échéant, son mandataire » : le texte envisage un intermédiaire rémunéré pour déposer la déclaration allégée d'un opérateur négligeable, sans lui accorder de dispense. 3. LA RESPONSABILITÉ NE SE TRANSFÈRE PAS. L'article 3 §1 pt 20 désigne le mandataire « pour assurer le respect des obligations incombant audit producteur ». En cas d'erreur ou d'inaction de sa part, je reste redevable, sans recours praticable contre lui. Par contraste, l'article 17, relatif au mandataire de conformité facultatif , délimite ses tâches et ce qui ne peut lui être confié. Le mandataire obligatoire n'a aucun encadrement équivalent. 4. TRIPLE EFFET D'ÉVICTION, NON ÉVALUÉ. Je perds mes clients européens. Je perds mes fournisseurs européens : l'article 3 §1 pt 15 c), combiné au pt 23 définissant l'utilisateur final comme toute personne physique OU MORALE, fait du fournisseur d'emballages d'un autre État membre un producteur dans le pays de son client professionnel. Je perds enfin mes fournisseurs de pays tiers, souvent de très petits ateliers dont les produits n'ont pas d'équivalent européen, et pour lesquels la suspension ne s'applique pas. 5. UNE ENTRAVE DANS UN TEXTE ANTI-ENTRAVES. Le règlement est fondé sur l'article 114 TFUE et son article 4 s'intitule « Libre circulation ». Il crée pourtant une barrière par pays qui confine les très petites entreprises à leur marché national ce que la Commission qualifie elle-même d'obstacle majeur au marché intérieur (exposé des motifs ; considérants 3 et 4). PROPOSITION. La solution existe déjà : le guichet unique en matière de TVA. Depuis 2021, un vendeur s'enregistre une seule fois dans son pays, déclare ses ventes ventilées par destination et verse un montant global redistribué aux États membres. Aucune immatriculation ailleurs, aucun mandataire. L'article 44 §14 impose déjà un format interopérable, fondé sur des normes ouvertes et transférable sans dépendance à un fournisseur unique : la plomberie est prescrite, il ne manque que le guichet. La contribution resterait due dans chaque pays, l'éco-modulation préservée, la traçabilité renforcée, aucune recette perdue. Je demande en complément la règle de l'importateur pour les flux entre professionnels et les importations de pays tiers : la charge reposerait sur l'opérateur établi dans l'Union, seul réellement contrôlable. La contribution financière au recyclage, intégralement. L'obligation d'acheter un service pour la verser, non.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a homemade jewellery company in France, a solo company without employees, sending a few parcels a year to other Member States. Article 45 (3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 requires me to provide a service provider for remuneration in each Member State where a customer orders. I oppose this and support the suspension provided for in Article 2 of COM (2025) 982, calling for it to become a deletion. I do not dispute the polluter pays principle: Articles 45 (1) and (2) are legitimate and I will pay wherever I ship. I challenge the obligation to purchase an intermediation service in order to have the right to pay that contribution. 1. THE AGENT SHALL NOT TREAT ANY WASTE. It collects nothing, sorts nothing, recycles nothing. Its function is judicial: offer an entity that can be seized on national territory. Recital 6 of COM (2025) 982 recognises this by reserving the scheme to third countries, which are not subject to the Union’s administrative and judicial cooperation mechanisms. The argument turns on an EU-based company: I am registered, identified for tax purposes and fully achievable. 2. THE COST EXCEEDS WHAT IS AT STAKE. A few hundred euros per country per year for a contribution of a few euros, often more than the turnover achieved in the country. No threshold in Articles 44 and 45, whereas the legislator was able to write it in Article 29 (13) (1 000 kg) and Article 44 (8) (10 tonnes). The latter even refers to ‘the producer or, as the case may be, his authorised representative’: the text envisages a paid intermediary to lodge the simplified declaration of a negligible trader, without granting him a waiver. 3. RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT SHIFT. Article 3 (1) (20) designates the authorised representative ‘to ensure compliance with the obligations incumbent on that producer’. In the event of error or inaction on his part, I remain liable, without any actionable remedy against him. By contrast, Article 17, on the optional compliance representative, defines its tasks and what cannot be entrusted to it. The Mandatory Trustee has no equivalent framework. 4. TRIPLE CROWDING OUT EFFECT, NOT ASSESSED. I lose my European clients. I lose my European suppliers: Article 3 (1) (15) (c), read in conjunction with point 23, which defines the end user as any natural person OR MORALE, makes the supplier of packaging from another Member State a producer in the country of his professional customer. Finally, I lose my suppliers from third countries, often very small workshops whose products do not have a European equivalent, and for which the suspension does not apply. 5. AN OBSTACLE IN AN ANTI-ENTRAVES TEXT. The Regulation is based on Article 114 TFEU and its Article 4 is entitled “Free movement”. However, it creates a barrier by country which confines very small companies to their national market, which the Commission itself describes as a major obstacle to the internal market (explanatory memorandum; recitals 3 and 4). PROPOSAL. The solution already exists: the VAT One Stop Shop. Since 2021, a seller registers only once in his country, reports his sales broken down by destination and pays a global amount redistributed to the Member States. No registration elsewhere, no authorised representative. Article 44 (14) already requires an interoperable format, based on open and transferable standards without dependence on a single provider: plumbing is prescribed, only the counter is missing. The contribution would remain due in each country, eco-modulation would be preserved, traceability would be enhanced and no revenue would be lost. I would also like to ask for the importer rule for business-to-business flows and imports from third countries: the burden would rest on the operator established in the Union, which is the only one that can actually be controlled. The financial contribution to recycling, in full. The obligation to purchase a service to pay for it, no.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549865_en"}, {"id": 33549864, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:08:32", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich von den neuen Regelungen als Verbraucherin betroffen. Ich lebe in einem kleinen EU-Staat und war immer davon überzeugt, davon zu profitieren, eine EU-Bürgerin zu sein, und sehe mich gerne als Europäerin. Durch die neue Verpackungsregelung fühle ich mich in meinen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten bereits jetzt eingeschränkt, da es für viele kleine Onlineunternehmen nicht mehr lukrativ ist, in kleine Länder zu senden, und ich fühle mich gegenüber EU-Bürgern, die in größeren Ländern leben, benachteiligt. Ich finde es sehr enttäuschend, dass diese neue Regelung, die den Umweltschutz als Ziel haben soll, die Unterschiede der einzelnen EU- Länder hervorkehrt und obendrein kleinen Unternehmen schadet. Ich hoffe inständig, dass die neue Regelung geändert wird, sodass ein sinnvoller und unbürokratischerer Weg gefunden wird, Umweltschutz umzusetzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am affected by the new rules as a consumer. I live in a small EU country and have always been convinced to benefit from being an EU citizen and am happy to see me as a European. The new packaging regime already limits my ability to shop, as it is no longer profitable for many small online businesses to send to small countries, and I feel at a disadvantage compared to EU citizens living in larger countries. I find it very disappointing that this new scheme, which aims to protect the environment, highlights the differences between EU countries and, above all, harms small businesses. I sincerely hope that the new rules will be amended to find a meaningful and less bureaucratic way to implement environmental protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549864_en"}, {"id": 33549863, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:07:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Crazysane Records", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am a one-person micro-business based in Berlin, Germany, where I have lived and paid taxes for the past ten years. I run a small independent record label, distributing vinyl LPs and CDs. I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the reduction of packaging waste. However, the new packaging compliance requirements create a disproportionate burden for very small businesses with only minimal cross-border sales. I may sell only 100-200 records per year to customers in some EU countries. Requiring a one-person business to potentially register, report, pay fees and comply with separate packaging systems in multiple countries for such tiny volumes is not proportionate to the actual environmental impact or economic activity involved. Large companies can employ legal, accounting and compliance specialists. Micro-businesses cannot. For me, the administrative time and cost of complying with multiple national systems could easily exceed the value of the sales themselves. The practical consequence may be that I have to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries simply because compliance is too burdensome. This risks undermining the European Single Market for precisely the small independent businesses and entrepreneurs it should support. I am not asking for environmental standards to be weakened. I am asking for proportionate rules and meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses with very low cross-border volumes. An EU-wide low-volume threshold, simplified reporting, or a centralized EU compliance system could protect the environment without effectively excluding micro-businesses from the Single Market. Please consider the real-world impact of these rules on one-person businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am a one-person micro-business based in Berlin, Germany, where I have lived and paid taxes for the past ten years. I run a small independent record label, distributing vinyl LPs and CDs. I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the reduction of packaging waste. However, the new packaging compliance requirements create a disproportionate burden for very small businesses with only minimal cross-border sales. I may sell only 100-200 records per year to customers in some EU countries. Requiring a one-person business to potentially register, report, pay fees and comply with separate packaging systems in multiple countries for such tiny volumes is not proportionate to the actual environmental impact or economic activity involved. Large companies can employ legal, accounting and compliance specialists. Micro-businesses cannot. For me, the administrative time and cost of complying with multiple national systems could easily exceed the value of the sales themselves. The practical consequence may be that I have to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries simply because compliance is too burdensome. This risks undermining the European Single Market for precisely the small independent businesses and entrepreneurs it should support. I am not asking for environmental standards to be weakened. I am asking for proportionate rules and meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses with very low cross-border volumes. An EU-wide low-volume threshold, simplified reporting, or a centralized EU compliance system could protect the environment without effectively excluding micro-businesses from the Single Market. Please consider the real-world impact of these rules on one-person businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549863_en"}, {"id": 33549861, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:07:00", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small and micro businesses should be excluded from these regulations. I won't be able to cover the costs of introducing my few products to other EU countries. These regulations will simply kill already poorly performing businesses, burdened with new regulations every year. The EU should be helping its citizens, not strangle them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro businesses should be excluded from these regulations. I won't be able to cover the costs of introducing my few products to other EU countries. These regulations will simply kill already poorly performing businesses, burdened with new regulations every year. The EU should be helping its citizens, not strangle them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549861_en"}, {"id": 33549860, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:06:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Solo Unternehmerin kann ich die Kosten und den Aufwand für den Versand ins Europäische Ausland nicht mehr finanzieren. Ich betreibe meinen Shop als Nebengewerbe, aber er macht einen Teil meiner Identität aus, meiner Kreativität. Diese kleinstaatliche Regelung widerspricht dem Europäischen Gedanken und der Stärkung eines Europäischen Binnenmarktes. Der Grundgedanke das Recycling zu verankern ist gut, aber die Ausführung für viele kleine und Mittelständige Unternehmen oder Hersteller eine Katastrophe. Lizenzhändler verdienen sich eine goldene Nase (299,-- pro Land und Jahr). Eine Gebühr für ganz Europa, gestaffelt an die gemeldete Müllmenge, mit Freigrenzen für kleine und Mittelständige Unternehmen. Große Versandunternehmen (Amazon und Co. oder chinesische Firmen) zahlen das aus der Portokasse, aber viele der Künstler und Creativen werden den Handel einstellen. Der Markt wird verarmen und die Vielfalt stirbt.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a solo entrepreneur, I can no longer finance the costs and expenses of shipping to another European country. I run my shop as an ancillary business, but it makes up part of my identity, my creativity. This small-scale regulation runs counter to the European idea and the strengthening of a European internal market. Embedding recycling is a good idea, but it is a disaster for many small and medium-sized enterprises or manufacturers. Licensed dealers earn a golden nose (299 per country per year). A fee for the whole of Europe, staggered according to the reported amount of waste, with exemption thresholds for small and medium-sized enterprises. Large mail-order companies (Amazon and Co. or Chinese companies) pay this out of the Portokasse, but many of the artists and creatives will stop trading. The market will be impoverished and diversity will die.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549860_en"}, {"id": 33549859, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:05:03", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "We know you are more than capable to update the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states in order for small and Micro businesses to not go bankrupt. EU also stands for cooperation and open market. Please, provide a solution that aligns with those principles. In its current form, the registration for PPWR/EPR is a proof of DISunion, not European Union beliefs.", "feedbackEnglish": "We know you are more than capable to update the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states in order for small and Micro businesses to not go bankrupt. EU also stands for cooperation and open market. Please, provide a solution that aligns with those principles. In its current form, the registration for PPWR/EPR is a proof of DISunion, not European Union beliefs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549859_en"}, {"id": 33549858, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:04:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas tardes, Considero que la nueva normativa respecto a empaques es altamente perjudicial para el comercio, especialmente el de pequeño tamaño e independiente. Las grandes corporaciones no tienen ningún inconveniente en pagar las grandes tasas y seguir contaminando con sus productos de baja calidad mientras que los pequeños comercios independientes promueven un consumo responsable y local cuyos beneficios impactan directamente en las personas al cargo. Por ello considero que esta nueva imposición económica sólo debería afectar a las grandes corporaciones y conglomerados quedando exentas las pymes. Muchas gracias por su atención Conxita Auladell", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, I believe that the new rules on packaging are highly detrimental to trade, especially small and independent trade. Large corporations do not have any drawbacks in paying high fees and continuing to contaminate with their low-quality products, while small independent shops promote responsible and local consumption whose benefits have a direct impact on their dependants. I therefore consider that this new economic taxation should only affect large corporations and conglomerates, exempting SMEs. Thank you very much Conxita Auladell for your attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549858_en"}, {"id": 33549857, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:02:40", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the disastrous impact of cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees on EU micro-businesses, echoing the demands of a rapidly growing petition on Change.org that addresses this very regulation. For me, the single most absurd part of this regulation is that small businesses are being forced to pay different compliance fees and taxes for *each individual country* they sell to, rather than paying a single, global EU amount. By definition, the European Union was built to be a unified system where we can freely travel, trade, and do business across borders thanks to our shared agreements. Instead, this poorly designed law is throwing up artificial borders, making it easier and cheaper to ship a parcel across the globe than to a neighboring EU member state. As the Change.org petition rightly points out, this system has become a disproportionate barrier that heavily favors massive multinational corporations. Big companies have entire legal departments to handle registering in 27 different national registries and can easily absorb the costs. But for an independent artisan or a sole trader who might only ship a few items a year to another member state, its financially and administratively impossible. Furthermore, you must consider the compounding effect this will have. We aren't just talking about packaging fees in a vacuum. When you stack this massive new financial and administrative burden on top of all the other taxes and regulations small businesses already have to pay just to stay legally compliant, it becomes a death sentence. This regulation will inevitably kill off countless micro-enterprises that simply cannot afford the combined weight of all these costs. What is the direct result of shutting down thousands of independent shops and creative ventures? A completely avoidable and inevitable rise in unemployment across the EU. It is also a complete environmental paradox. The EPR was supposed to make big polluters pay, but it is currently punishing eco-friendly local makers. Meanwhile, mass-production giants just absorb the fees and continue flooding our markets with plastic waste. This regulation is actively destroying the livelihoods of European creators. Along with the tens of thousands of citizens who have signed the Change.org petition, I strongly urge the Commission to enact an immediate moratorium on these fees for micro-businesses, introduce a clear EU-wide exemption threshold, and create a centralized \"One-Stop Shop\" portal. It is time to protect independent European craft, prevent unnecessary job losses, and actually uphold the true spirit of the EU's single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the disastrous impact of cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees on EU micro-businesses, echoing the demands of a rapidly growing petition on Change.org that addresses this very regulation. For me, the single most absurd part of this regulation is that small businesses are being forced to pay different compliance fees and taxes for *each individual country* they sell to, rather than paying a single, global EU amount. By definition, the European Union was built to be a unified system where we can freely travel, trade, and do business across borders thanks to our shared agreements. Instead, this poorly designed law is throwing up artificial borders, making it easier and cheaper to ship a parcel across the globe than to a neighboring EU member state. As the Change.org petition rightly points out, this system has become a disproportionate barrier that heavily favors massive multinational corporations. Big companies have entire legal departments to handle registering in 27 different national registries and can easily absorb the costs. But for an independent artisan or a sole trader who might only ship a few items a year to another member state, its financially and administratively impossible. Furthermore, you must consider the compounding effect this will have. We aren't just talking about packaging fees in a vacuum. When you stack this massive new financial and administrative burden on top of all the other taxes and regulations small businesses already have to pay just to stay legally compliant, it becomes a death sentence. This regulation will inevitably kill off countless micro-enterprises that simply cannot afford the combined weight of all these costs. What is the direct result of shutting down thousands of independent shops and creative ventures? A completely avoidable and inevitable rise in unemployment across the EU. It is also a complete environmental paradox. The EPR was supposed to make big polluters pay, but it is currently punishing eco-friendly local makers. Meanwhile, mass-production giants just absorb the fees and continue flooding our markets with plastic waste. This regulation is actively destroying the livelihoods of European creators. Along with the tens of thousands of citizens who have signed the Change.org petition, I strongly urge the Commission to enact an immediate moratorium on these fees for micro-businesses, introduce a clear EU-wide exemption threshold, and create a centralized \"One-Stop Shop\" portal. It is time to protect independent European craft, prevent unnecessary job losses, and actually uphold the true spirit of the EU's single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549857_en"}, {"id": 33549856, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 16:01:25", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "HERKA GmbH", "feedback": "Die Grundidee ist sehr gut, aber es ist 1. Viel zu viel zeitlicher Aufwand. 2. Onlineshops, die in der EU produzierte Güter vertrieben und unter zB 2.000 Umsatz in einem EU Land erwirtschaften sollten für dieses Land ausgenommen sein. 3. Keine Bevollmächtigten, oder die EU Stellen in dem Land, oder Außenhandelsstellen stellen sich zur Verfügung. 4. Klarere Regeln. Wir führen beispielsweise Dispute mit einigen Lieferanten wer Erzeuger ist. 5. Aussetzen von Strafen für Unternehmen mit weniger als 10 Mio Umsatz und mehr auf Beratung setzen. DANKE. Hoffen, dass sich was lockert. Ist für sowieso schon schwierige Branchen echt herausfordernd. Will die EU, dass möglichst viel Know-how in Europa bleibt. Dann ERLEICHTERN sie uns das Wirtschaften. :-) Veronika aus Österreich für HERKA Frottier, eine der letzten Frottierwebereien (die noch selbst webt, färbt, näht) der EU. Übrigens EMAS zertifiziert seit 1999", "feedbackEnglish": "The basic idea is very good, but it is 1. Far too much time. 2. Online shops selling goods produced in the EU and generating less than 2000 sales in an EU country should be exempt for that country. 3. No authorised representatives, or EU agencies in the country, or foreign trade agencies are available. 4. Clearer rules. For example, we have disputes with some suppliers about who is a producer. 5. Suspend penalties for companies with a turnover of less than 10 million and more. THANKS. Hope that things will relax. Is truly challenging in any case for even difficult sectors. The EU wants to keep as much know-how as possible in Europe. Then they help us to do business. (−) Veronika from Austria for HERKA Frottier, one of the last terry weaving companies in the EU (still webbing, colouring, sewing). By the way, EMAS certified since 1999", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549856_en"}, {"id": 33549855, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:59:16", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses should be exempt from having an AR, as it constitutes a disproportionate spend for them and will encourage a mass closing of sales across the EU countries. The beauty of the EU is the ease of cross-border movement & distribution of goods; implementing this new obligation directly impacts the EU's values and benefits to its citizens.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses should be exempt from having an AR, as it constitutes a disproportionate spend for them and will encourage a mass closing of sales across the EU countries. The beauty of the EU is the ease of cross-border movement & distribution of goods; implementing this new obligation directly impacts the EU's values and benefits to its citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549855_en"}, {"id": 33549854, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:59:14", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will kill small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549854_en"}, {"id": 33549853, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:56:09", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "L'écologie c'est important. Vous essayez de punir les plates-formes chinoises mais 15000 pour s'enregistrer dans les 27 pays elles s'en fichent. Par contre ce système va tuer toutes les petites marques artisanales et priver certains pays d'accès à ces marques. Ça a été très mal réfléchi", "feedbackEnglish": "Ecology matters. You try to punish Chinese platforms but 15000 to register in all 27 countries. However, this system will kill all small craft brands and deprive some countries of access to them. It was very poorly thought out", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549853_en"}, {"id": 33549850, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:54:15", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HA", "feedback": "Esta normativa no distingue entre grandes compañías o microempresas o pequeños artistas que quieren vender sus productos, con esto solo favorecen que los pequeños negocios desaparezcan porque literalmente son incapaces de afrontar los costes de esta regulación, ni siquiera haciendo distinción si usas packaging biodegradable y comprado localmente, es absurdo. Esto no es favorable al medio ambiente y va a reducir considerablemente el consumo local y las ventas entre personas de a pie. Europa se supone que es una unión, pero en este caso parece cerrar las puertas a todo pequeño negocio. Debería realizarse una ley observando que se use packaging biodegradable, obtenido de empresas locales si quieres, aunque sea más caro, pero que no sea tan absurda que deje a los pequeños negocios \"fuera de liga\". Esto solo beneficiará a las grandes corporaciones, que son las que más contaminan a día de hoy.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation does not distinguish between large companies or micro-enterprises or small artists who want to sell their products, thereby only favouring the disappearance of small businesses because they are literally unable to meet the costs of this regulation, even making a distinction if they use biodegradable and locally purchased packaging, it is absurd. This is not environmentally friendly and will significantly reduce local consumption and peer-to-peer sales. Europe is supposed to be a union, but in this case it seems to close the doors to every small business. A law should be made observing that biodegradable packaging is used, obtained from local companies if you want, even if it is more expensive, but that it is not so absurd that it leaves small businesses ‘out of league’. This will only benefit large corporations, which are currently the most polluting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549850_en"}, {"id": 33549851, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:52:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ölmanufaktur Heumann", "feedback": "Wir sind froh, Teil der Europäischen Union zu sein. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen bietet Europa enorme Chancen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt ermöglicht es uns, Produkte zu entwickeln, herzustellen und in andere Mitgliedstaaten zu verkaufen, ohne dass wir dafür 27 völlig unterschiedliche Märkte betrachten müssen. Genau deshalb sehen wir die PPWR mit Sorge. Das Ziel einer stärkeren Harmonisierung unterstützen wir ausdrücklich. Die praktische Umsetzung führt aus unserer Sicht jedoch in die entgegengesetzte Richtung. Wenn ein Unternehmen für jedes Land einen Bevollmächtigten benötigt, sich in verschiedenen nationalen Registern anmelden muss, unterschiedliche Entsorgungssysteme berücksichtigen und für jedes Land eigene Unterlagen und Nachweise vorhalten muss, dann wird aus einem europäischen Binnenmarkt schnell wieder ein Flickenteppich nationaler Systeme. Für ein großes Unternehmen mag das organisatorisch lösbar sein, für ein Kleinstunternehmen ist es das oft nicht. Und genau hier liegt aus unserer Sicht das eigentliche Problem der Verordnung: Nicht die Kosten allein. Nicht einmal die Entsorgungskosten. Sondern die Komplexität. Denn was ein Kleinstunternehmen kaum kann, ist für jedes Land Europas ein eigenes Verfahren zu verstehen, Fristen zu überwachen, Register zu bedienen, Bevollmächtigte zu suchen und die entsprechenden Unterlagen zu verwalten. Das bindet Zeit und Geld, die dann nicht mehr für das zur Verfügung stehen, was Unternehmen eigentlich tun sollten: Produkte entwickeln, investieren, Arbeitsplätze schaffen und innerhalb Europas wirtschaften. Wir fragen uns deshalb, warum die Verantwortung nicht dort gebündelt wird, wo die notwendigen Informationen ohnehin vorhanden sind. Warum werden nicht die Hersteller und Importeure von Verpackungen direkt in die Verantwortung genommen? Der Hersteller einer Glasflasche weiß, wie viele Flaschen er produziert und aus welchem Material sie bestehen. Der Hersteller eines Kartons kennt seine Mengen und Materialien. Gleiches gilt für Hersteller von Beuteln, Folien, Etiketten und anderen Verpackungen. Diese Unternehmen könnten in einem einheitlichen europäischen Register geführt werden. Wir als Produzenten könnten dann ausschließlich bei registrierten und konformen Verpackungsherstellern und -importeuren einkaufen. Die Verpackung wäre bereits im System erfasst. Die notwendigen Informationen wären vorhanden. Die Entsorgungskosten würden dort anfallen, wo die Verpackung entsteht, und über die Lieferkette an uns weitergegeben werden. Wir würden diese Kosten weiterhin tragen und wir wollen uns dieser Verantwortung auch nicht entziehen. Wir möchten lediglich, dass sie dort organisiert wird, wo sie effizient und nachvollziehbar umgesetzt werden kann. Ein solches System hätte aus unserer Sicht einen weiteren entscheidenden Vorteil: Es wäre tatsächlich europäisch. Ein Unternehmen in Deutschland könnte Verpackungen aus Frankreich, Italien oder Polen beziehen und müsste nicht für jedes Land, in dem es seine Produkte verkauft, ein eigenes System mit eigenen Bevollmächtigten und Registrierungen aufbauen. Genau dafür gibt es die Europäische Union und den Binnenmarkt. Wir sind Produzenten und wir wollen produzieren. Wir wollen investieren. Wir wollen unsere Produkte und Rohstoffe in Europa(!) kaufen und -verkaufen. Wir wollen nicht für jedes Land Europas ein eigenes kleines Verpackungsamt in unserem Unternehmen betreiben müssen. Wenn die grundsätzliche Struktur der PPWR nicht mehr verändert werden kann, brauchen wir deshalb zumindest angemessene Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinstunternehmen und für Lieferungen in andere Mitgliedstaaten. Denn eine Regelung, die für einen multinationalen Konzern administrativ beherrschbar ist, kann für einen kleinen Betrieb bereits eine unüberwindbare Hürde darstellen. Das darf bei europäischer Gesetzgebung nicht übersehen werden!", "feedbackEnglish": "We are happy to be part of the European Union. For small businesses in particular, Europe offers tremendous opportunities. The European single market allows us to develop, manufacture and sell products to other Member States without having to look at 27 completely different markets. This is why we are concerned about the PPWR. We strongly support the objective of greater harmonisation. In our view, however, practical implementation leads in the opposite direction. If a company needs an authorised representative for each country, has to register in different national registers, has to take into account different disposal systems and has to keep separate documents and evidence for each country, then a European single market quickly becomes a patchwork of national systems again. For a large company, it may be organisationally resolvable; for a micro-enterprise, it is often not. And here, in our view, is the real problem with the Regulation: Not the costs alone. Not even the cost of disposal. It is the complexity. This is because what a microenterprise can hardly do is to understand a procedure specific to each European country, to monitor deadlines, to operate registers, to search for proxies and to manage the relevant documents. This binds time and money, which are then no longer available for what companies should actually do: Develop products, invest, create jobs and operate within Europe. We therefore wonder why responsibility is not pooled where the necessary information is already available. Why are manufacturers and importers of packaging not directly responsible? The manufacturer of a glass bottle knows how many bottles it produces and what material they consist of. The manufacturer of a carton knows its quantities and materials. The same applies to manufacturers of bags, films, labels and other packaging. These companies could be listed in a single European register. As producers, we could then only buy from registered and compliant packaging manufacturers and importers. The packaging would already be recorded in the system. The necessary information would be available. Disposal costs would be incurred where the packaging is produced and passed on to us through the supply chain. We would continue to bear these costs and we do not want to evade this responsibility. We simply want it to be organised where it can be implemented efficiently and comprehensibly. In our view, such a system would have another crucial advantage: It would indeed be European. A company in Germany could source packaging from France, Italy or Poland and would not have to set up a separate system with its own authorised representatives and registrations for each country where it sells its products. This is what the European Union and the single market are all about. We are producers and we want to produce. We want to invest. We want to buy and sell our products and raw materials in Europe(!). We do not want to have to run a small packaging office for every European country in our company. If the basic structure of the PPWR can no longer be changed, we therefore need at least appropriate de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and for deliveries to other Member States. This is because a rule that is administratively controllable for a multinational group can already constitute an insurmountable barrier for a small company. This must not be overlooked in European legislation!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549851_en"}, {"id": 33549849, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:51:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Petra Voithofer - my Horoskop", "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Hersteller für Verpackungsabfälle in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Die derzeitige Umsetzung der PPWR stellt jedoch für Kleinst- und Ein-Personen-Unternehmen eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung dar. Ich betreibe ein sehr kleines Unternehmen in Österreich und verkaufe selbst erstellte, personalisierte Bücher nur in geringer Stückzahl. Mein grenzüberschreitender Versand umfasst keine Tausenden Pakete, sondern lediglich wenige Sendungen pro Jahr. Die dafür verwendete Menge an Versandverpackung ist entsprechend gering. Trotzdem muss sich ein Kleinstunternehmen mit Registrierungen, unterschiedlichen nationalen Vorgaben, Meldepflichten und gegebenenfalls zusätzlichen Vertretungs- und Verwaltungskosten auseinandersetzen, sobald Waren an Kunden in andere EU-Mitgliedsstaaten versendet werden. Für große Unternehmen können solche Fixkosten und Verwaltungsaufgaben auf Tausende oder Millionen Sendungen verteilt werden. Für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen mit vielleicht wenigen Sendungen in einen Mitgliedsstaat ist das nicht möglich. Die Kosten und der Zeitaufwand können den Gewinn aus dem gesamten grenzüberschreitenden Jahresumsatz sogar übersteigen. Die Konsequenz ist nicht weniger Verpackungsmüll. Die Konsequenz ist, dass Kleinstunternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einstellen. Damit entsteht ein paradoxer Effekt: Gerade kleine, regionale und handwerkliche Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen werden aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt, während große Handelsunternehmen die zusätzlichen Kosten problemlos tragen können. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte es einer kleinen Unternehmerin in Österreich ermöglichen, einem Kunden in Deutschland ein personalisiertes Buch zu verkaufen, ohne dafür ein unverhältnismäßiges System aus nationalen Registrierungen und administrativen Verpflichtungen bewältigen zu müssen. Ich ersuche die Europäische Kommission daher dringend, bei den Regelungen zu den Herstellerregistern eine echte Verhältnismäßigkeit für Kleinstunternehmen vorzusehen. Sinnvoll wären insbesondere eine EU-weite zentrale Registrierung nach dem Vorbild des One-Stop-Shop-Prinzips sowie angemessene Bagatellgrenzen für sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen bzw. sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Versandzahlen. Umweltschutz darf nicht davon abhängen, wie groß ein Unternehmen ist. Aber auch Regulierung darf nicht dazu führen, dass ein Unternehmen mit wenigen Kilogramm Verpackungskartons im Jahr faktisch denselben administrativen Apparat benötigt wie ein Unternehmen, das Millionen Pakete versendet. Gerade Kleinst- und Nebengewerbe werden häufig von Menschen betrieben, die sich neben einer anderen Tätigkeit oder im Ruhestand mit ihrer Erfahrung, ihrem handwerklichen Können oder ihrer Kreativität ein zusätzliches Einkommen erwirtschaften. Diese kleinen Einkomme stärken die persönliche Kaufkraft und fließen wiederum in den Wirtschaftskreislauf zurück. Gleichzeitig entstehen vielfältige, individuelle Produkte und Dienstleistungen, die den europäischen Binnenmarkt bereichern. Wenn jedoch bereits wenige grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe zusätzliche Registrierungen, Vertretungspflichten und Fixkosten auslösen, lohnt sich dieser Handel für solche Kleinstunternehmen schlicht nicht mehr. Sie werden nicht umweltfreundlicher wirtschaften - sie werden aufhören, Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten zu beliefern. Bitte schützen Sie nicht nur die Umwelt, sondern auch die Vielfalt des europäischen Binnenmarktes und seine Kleinstunternehmen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Petra Voithofer Astrologin und Autorin", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for packaging waste. However, the current implementation of the PPWR imposes a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises and one-person enterprises. I run a very small business in Austria and sell my own personalised books only in small numbers. My cross-border shipment does not include thousands of parcels, but only a few items per year. The amount of shipping packaging used for this purpose is correspondingly low. Nevertheless, a micro-enterprise has to deal with registrations, different national requirements, reporting obligations and additional representation and administrative costs, if any, when goods are shipped to customers in other EU Member States. For large companies, such fixed costs and administrative tasks can be spread over thousands or millions of items. This is not possible for a one-person company with perhaps few consignments to a Member State. Costs and time may even exceed the profit from the total cross-border annual turnover. The result is no less packaging waste. The consequence is that micro-enterprises stop selling cross-border. This creates a paradoxical effect: Small, regional and artisanal companies with very small packaging volumes in particular are pushed out of the European single market, while large commercial companies can easily bear the additional costs. A European single market should allow a small entrepreneur in Austria to sell a personalised book to a customer in Germany without having to cope with a disproportionate system of national registrations and administrative obligations. I therefore urge the European Commission to provide for genuine proportionality in the rules on producer registers for micro-enterprises. In particular, an EU-wide central registration along the lines of the one-stop-shop principle and appropriate de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging or very small cross-border shipping numbers would be useful. Environmental protection must not depend on the size of a company. However, regulation must not mean that a company with a few kilograms of packaging boxes per year actually needs the same administrative equipment as a company that sends millions of parcels. Micro- and ancillary activities in particular are often carried out by people who, in addition to another job or in retirement, generate additional income from their experience, craftsmanship or creativity. These small incomes strengthen personal purchasing power and in turn feed back into the economic cycle. At the same time, diverse, individual products and services are emerging that enrich the European single market. However, if already few cross-border sales trigger additional registrations, representation obligations and fixed costs, this trade is simply no longer worthwhile for such micro-enterprises. They will not be greener – they will stop supplying customers in other EU Member States. Please protect not only the environment, but also the diversity of the European single market and its micro-enterprises. Yours sincerely, Petra Voithofer Astrologin and Author", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549849_en"}, {"id": 33549847, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:48:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Crimson Orchard", "feedback": "- please excempt small businesses from having an AR, because its a disproportionate measure towards us. We cannot justify the costs. - Please harmonise the registration or exempt us from registration, because its a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot afford to hire someone to do it for us, so we would have to do it ourselves - this goes against the movement of goods. Because the effect of this is that we go bankrupt by not being able to ship within the EU. From the perspective of a sole proprietor, the proposed EPR framework risks creating a de facto fragmentation of the EU Single Market. The administrative and financial burden appears out of all proportion for micro, small businesses and sole proprietors. In particular, the possibility of requiring businesses to appoint or maintain a representative in each of the 27 Member States could make cross-border activity prohibitively complex and expensive for the smallest operators, both in direct costs and administration time. This risks creating a situation where, instead of one European market, small businesses effectively face 27 separate national markets, each with additional obligations, administration and costs. Such a development would create a significant barrier to entrepreneurship, innovation and the ability of small organisations to scale across Europe. Rather than strengthening the European project, this risks encouraging a return to national fragmentation and protection precisely the opposite of the openness, competition, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that the Single Market was intended to promote. The impact on larger companies may be manageable, but for a sole proprietor or micro-business, these obligations can determine whether entering another EU market is viable at all. Businesses from small countries face an even more disadvantageous position. If implemented in its current form, the proposal risks weakening the competitiveness of European businesses and pushing Europe further behind other regions of the world economy, and is already fuelling anti-European sentiment. The framework should therefore be substantially simplified and proportionate, with particular protection for micro-enterprises and sole proprietors.", "feedbackEnglish": "- please excempt small businesses from having an AR, because its a disproportionate measure towards us. We cannot justify the costs. - Please harmonise the registration or exempt us from registration, because its a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot afford to hire someone to do it for us, so we would have to do it ourselves - this goes against the movement of goods. Because the effect of this is that we go bankrupt by not being able to ship within the EU. From the perspective of a sole proprietor, the proposed EPR framework risks creating a de facto fragmentation of the EU Single Market. The administrative and financial burden appears out of all proportion for micro, small businesses and sole proprietors. In particular, the possibility of requiring businesses to appoint or maintain a representative in each of the 27 Member States could make cross-border activity prohibitively complex and expensive for the smallest operators, both in direct costs and administration time. This risks creating a situation where, instead of one European market, small businesses effectively face 27 separate national markets, each with additional obligations, administration and costs. Such a development would create a significant barrier to entrepreneurship, innovation and the ability of small organisations to scale across Europe. Rather than strengthening the European project, this risks encouraging a return to national fragmentation and protection precisely the opposite of the openness, competition, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that the Single Market was intended to promote. The impact on larger companies may be manageable, but for a sole proprietor or micro-business, these obligations can determine whether entering another EU market is viable at all. Businesses from small countries face an even more disadvantageous position. If implemented in its current form, the proposal risks weakening the competitiveness of European businesses and pushing Europe further behind other regions of the world economy, and is already fuelling anti-European sentiment. The framework should therefore be substantially simplified and proportionate, with particular protection for micro-enterprises and sole proprietors.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549847_en"}, {"id": 33549846, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:47:58", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549846_en"}, {"id": 33549845, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:46:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Christoph Schröder", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die erheblichen Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus für kleine Online-Händler ergeben können. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine Produkte auch Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten anbieten. Die damit verbundenen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten stellen kleine Unternehmen jedoch vor große organisatorische und finanzielle Herausforderungen. Anders als große Unternehmen verfügen wir weder über eigene Rechts- noch Compliance-Abteilungen und müssen uns dennoch mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Vorgaben auseinandersetzen. Besonders problematisch ist, dass bereits sehr geringe Umsätze in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat erhebliche Fixkosten auslösen können. Ein konkretes Beispiel ist Österreich: Seit Jahresbeginn habe ich dort einen Netto-Umsatz von lediglich rund 359 Euro erzielt. Gleichzeitig entstehen mir Kosten von rund 450 Euro netto für Bevollmächtigten, Jahresgebühren und die Entsorgungspauschale für Verpackungsmengen unter 1.500 Kilogramm. Damit sind allein die regulatorischen Kosten höher als mein gesamter Umsatz in Österreich. Kosten für Ware, Verpackung, Versand, Personal und internen Verwaltungsaufwand sind dabei noch nicht berücksichtigt. Unter diesen Voraussetzungen stellt sich für einen kleinen Händler zwangsläufig die Frage, ob Lieferungen nach Österreich wirtschaftlich überhaupt noch angeboten werden können. Aus meiner Sicht muss deshalb bei der Umsetzung der PPWR stärker auf die Verhältnismäßigkeit geachtet werden. Die notwendigen Angaben und Verfahren sollten EU-weit möglichst einheitlich sein. Daten, die bereits in einem Mitgliedstaat hinterlegt wurden, sollten auch für Registrierungen in anderen Mitgliedstaaten genutzt werden können. Für sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen sollten zudem Erleichterungen vorgesehen werden, beispielsweise vereinfachte Meldeverfahren, Bagatellgrenzen oder reduzierte Gebühren. Hohe jährliche Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge treffen insbesondere kleine Händler unverhältnismäßig stark. Langfristig wäre eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle sinnvoll, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte auch kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern wirtschaftlich sinnvoll zu beliefern. Wenn bei 359 Euro Umsatz bereits rund 450 Euro regulatorische Kosten entstehen, besteht die reale Gefahr, dass kleine Händler einzelne Mitgliedstaaten aus ihrem Liefergebiet ausschließen. Ich bitte daher darum, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Vorgaben die Situation kleiner und kleinster Unternehmen ausdrücklich zu berücksichtigen und bürokratische sowie finanzielle Hürden auf das notwendige Maß zu begrenzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the significant burdens this may impose on small online traders. I am a small e-commerce trader and would like to offer my products to customers in other EU Member States. However, the associated registration, reporting and evidence requirements pose major organisational and financial challenges for small businesses. Unlike large companies, we do not have our own legal or compliance departments and still have to deal with different national requirements. It is particularly problematic that even very small turnovers in another Member State can trigger significant fixed costs. Austria is a concrete example: Since the beginning of the year, I have had a net turnover of only around EUR 359. At the same time, I incur costs of around EUR 450 net for authorised representatives, annual fees and the flat-rate disposal fee for packaging quantities under 1 500 kilograms. This means that the regulatory costs alone are higher than my total turnover in Austria. The costs of goods, packaging, shipping, staff and internal administrative costs are not yet included. In those circumstances, the question necessarily arises for a small trader as to whether supplies to Austria can still be offered economically at all. In my view, greater attention should therefore be paid to proportionality in the implementation of the PPWR. The necessary information and procedures should be as uniform as possible across the EU. Data already deposited in one Member State should also be able to be used for registrations in other Member States. For very small quantities of cross-border packaging, facilitations should also be provided, such as simplified notification procedures, de minimis thresholds or reduced fees. High annual fixed costs, irrespective of the amount of packaging actually placed on the market, disproportionately affect small traders in particular. In the long term, it would be useful to have a European one-stop-shop where registration and reporting obligations can be fulfilled for all Member States. The European single market should also allow small businesses to supply customers in other EU countries in an economically meaningful way. If around EUR 450 of regulatory costs are already incurred for a turnover of EUR 359, there is a real risk that small traders will exclude individual Member States from their supply area. I would therefore ask that the situation of small and micro-enterprises be explicitly taken into account in the further development of the requirements and that bureaucratic and financial obstacles be limited to what is necessary.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549845_en"}, {"id": 33549844, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:45:45", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fear new regulations will make small business in Europe unsustainable. We need an EU-based system, not something that requires a burdensome financial overhead for each EU country for micro and small businesses. Please try to keep their costs lower instead of higher so we can have beautiful art and handmade creations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fear new regulations will make small business in Europe unsustainable. We need an EU-based system, not something that requires a burdensome financial overhead for each EU country for micro and small businesses. Please try to keep their costs lower instead of higher so we can have beautiful art and handmade creations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549844_en"}, {"id": 33549843, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:41:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "I am a small ecommerce brand. Almost all of my orders are sold in Spain. I sell one or two orders per month to France, Belgium and Germany. There is no way I will pay for a packaging representative in those countries. I think the EU have no idea the burden they place on small businesses to comply with laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small ecommerce brand. Almost all of my orders are sold in Spain. I sell one or two orders per month to France, Belgium and Germany. There is no way I will pay for a packaging representative in those countries. I think the EU have no idea the burden they place on small businesses to comply with laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549843_en"}, {"id": 33549842, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:40:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as a one-person micro-business owner based in Germany to express my serious concern about the new packaging obligations coming into effect today. I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and understand the importance of reducing packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the current rules place a disproportionate burden on very small businesses with extremely limited cross-border sales. My business is based in Germany, where I have lived and paid taxes for the past ten years. Almost all of my business activity takes place here. I do occasionally sell to customers in other EU countries, but in some countries this may amount to only one to three sales per year. For a one-person business, having to potentially register, report, pay fees and deal with separate packaging compliance requirements in multiple countries for such tiny quantities is simply not proportionate to either the amount of packaging involved or the economic activity generated. Unlike a large company, I do not have legal, compliance or accounting departments. I handle everything myself. The time, administrative complexity and financial cost of understanding and complying with multiple national systems could easily exceed the value of the sales themselves. This leaves me with an impossible choice: absorb disproportionate costs and bureaucracy, stop selling to customers in those countries and lose legitimate income, or ultimately reconsider whether operating my business within the EU is economically viable. I am particularly concerned that this will damage the European micro-business ecosystem. Large corporations can absorb additional compliance costs and employ specialists to deal with bureaucracy. A one-person business cannot. If the practical result of these rules is that small businesses stop selling across borders, the European single market risks becoming increasingly accessible only to larger companies. I am originally from Canada, but I have lived in Germany for ten years and have built my business and my life here. I contribute to the German economy and pay my taxes here. If the cost and bureaucracy of operating a micro-business across EU borders becomes unmanageable, I may ultimately have to consider moving my business back to Canada and leaving the EU market altogether. That would be a very disappointing outcome. I am not asking for environmental responsibility to be removed. I am asking for regulation to be proportionate to the scale of the business and the quantities involved. I respectfully ask the Commission to consider meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses with very low volumes of cross-border sales. An EU-wide threshold based on packaging volume or turnover, simplified reporting, or a centralized EU compliance mechanism could allow small businesses to remain part of the single market without creating an unmanageable administrative burden. Environmental protection and a thriving European micro-business sector should not have to be mutually exclusive. I hope the Commission will consider the real-world impact of these rules on the smallest businesses and ensure that European entrepreneurs can continue to participate in the single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as a one-person micro-business owner based in Germany to express my serious concern about the new packaging obligations coming into effect today. I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and understand the importance of reducing packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the current rules place a disproportionate burden on very small businesses with extremely limited cross-border sales. My business is based in Germany, where I have lived and paid taxes for the past ten years. Almost all of my business activity takes place here. I do occasionally sell to customers in other EU countries, but in some countries this may amount to only one to three sales per year. For a one-person business, having to potentially register, report, pay fees and deal with separate packaging compliance requirements in multiple countries for such tiny quantities is simply not proportionate to either the amount of packaging involved or the economic activity generated. Unlike a large company, I do not have legal, compliance or accounting departments. I handle everything myself. The time, administrative complexity and financial cost of understanding and complying with multiple national systems could easily exceed the value of the sales themselves. This leaves me with an impossible choice: absorb disproportionate costs and bureaucracy, stop selling to customers in those countries and lose legitimate income, or ultimately reconsider whether operating my business within the EU is economically viable. I am particularly concerned that this will damage the European micro-business ecosystem. Large corporations can absorb additional compliance costs and employ specialists to deal with bureaucracy. A one-person business cannot. If the practical result of these rules is that small businesses stop selling across borders, the European single market risks becoming increasingly accessible only to larger companies. I am originally from Canada, but I have lived in Germany for ten years and have built my business and my life here. I contribute to the German economy and pay my taxes here. If the cost and bureaucracy of operating a micro-business across EU borders becomes unmanageable, I may ultimately have to consider moving my business back to Canada and leaving the EU market altogether. That would be a very disappointing outcome. I am not asking for environmental responsibility to be removed. I am asking for regulation to be proportionate to the scale of the business and the quantities involved. I respectfully ask the Commission to consider meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses with very low volumes of cross-border sales. An EU-wide threshold based on packaging volume or turnover, simplified reporting, or a centralized EU compliance mechanism could allow small businesses to remain part of the single market without creating an unmanageable administrative burden. Environmental protection and a thriving European micro-business sector should not have to be mutually exclusive. I hope the Commission will consider the real-world impact of these rules on the smallest businesses and ensure that European entrepreneurs can continue to participate in the single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549842_en"}, {"id": 33549841, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:40:05", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To rozporządzenie jest wyjątkowo krzywdzące w stosunku do mikroprzedsiębiorców, którzy nie będą w stanie prowadzić sprzedaży zagranicznej przy tego typu wymogach. Wytwórcy rękodzieła już zamykają sprzedaż do UE, ponieważ stopień komplikacji administracyjnej i dodatkowe opłaty sprawiają, że przestaje być to dla nich opłacalne. Nie rozumiem czemu w tych regulacjach nie znalazło się wykluczenia dla tego typu działalności. Aspekt ekologiczny jest dla mnie ważny, ale wydaje mi się, że wszystko powinno być dostosowane do możliwości konkretnych jednostek. Wpływ ekologiczny jak również możliwości finansowe poradzenia sobie z dodatkowymi płatnościami powinny być wzięte pod uwagę.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is extremely detrimental to micro-entrepreneurs who will not be able to sell cross-border under such requirements. Handicraft manufacturers are already closing sales to the EU, as the degree of administrative complication and additional charges make it unprofitable for them. I do not understand why these rules do not exclude this type of activity. The environmental aspect is important to me, but it seems to me that everything should be adapted to the capabilities of specific individuals. The environmental impact as well as the financial capacity to cope with the additional payments should be taken into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549841_en"}, {"id": 33549840, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:39:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Keramik-Kriese", "feedback": "Die Verordnungen zum Geoblocking und zur PPWR passen so gar nicht zusammen. Kleine Händler, Gewerbetreibende, Handwerker können unmöglich die Kosten und den Aufwand tragen, sich in allen EU-Ländern zu registrieren. 10 % meiner Bestellungen kommen aus dem Ausland, überwiegend ausder EU. Aber in manche Länder schicke ich oft nur 1 Paket pro Jahr z. B. Bulgarien. Und das weiß man ja nicht mal im Voraus. Ich bitte dringend, die Verordnung zugunsten der Kleinstunternehmen zu überarbeiten. Alle kleinenHändler sind gezwungen, die Lieferung in alle EU-Länder einzustellen. Das betrifft übrigens nicht nur den Verkauf, sondern den Einkauf.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulations on geo-blocking and PPWR do not fit in this way. It is impossible for small traders, traders and craftsmen to bear the costs and effort of registering in all EU countries. 10 % of my orders come from abroad, mostly from the EU. But in some countries I often send only 1 package per year, e.g. Bulgaria. And you don’t even know this in advance. I urge you to revise the regulation in favour of micro-enterprises. All small traders are forced to stop supplying all EU countries. This, moreover, applies not only to sales but also to purchases.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549840_en"}, {"id": 33549839, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:38:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jenny‘s Glas- und Schmuckatelier ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die neuen, geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR, sehe ich eher kritisch, gerade für Kleinstunternehmen, zu denen auch ich gehöre. Die zusätzlich anfallenden Kosten für den Versand in das entsprechende EU Land, in welches man versenden möchte nach der PPWR, sowie der enorme bürokratische Aufwand dahinter, kann ein Kleinstunternehmer kaum stemmen. Zumal das Verhältnis bei solch kleinen Unternehmen nicht passt. (Die Anzahl der Pakete, die man in ein entsprechendes Land versendet und den dazu anfallenden Kosten pro EU Land, in welches man versendet). Oft sind es nicht mal 10 Pakete pro Jahr. Ich würde mir wünschen, wenn auch an die Kleinstunternehmen gedacht wird und dafür eine entsprechende Lösung gefunden werden kann, wo diese entweder komplett rausgenommen werden oder die Kosten einmalig für alle EU Länder so angepasst werden, dass diese tragbar sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am rather critical of the new, planned requirements for the national producer registers under the PPWR, especially for micro-enterprises, of which I am one. A micro-entrepreneur can hardly bear the additional costs of shipping to the relevant EU country to which he wishes to send under the PPWR, as well as the enormous red tape involved. This is particularly true in the case of such small businesses. (The number of parcels sent to a given country and the associated costs per EU country to which they are sent). It is often less than 10 packages per year. I would like to see micro-enterprises also considered and a solution found where they are either completely removed or the costs are adjusted once for all EU countries so that they are sustainable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549839_en"}, {"id": 33549838, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:36:23", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Skinz N Hydez Leather Apparel ", "feedback": "This new initiative, although sounds like a good idea, is effectively going to kill small business. Ive been in business, shipping all over the world including the EU, for the past 18+ years. It will kill my small business. Im an artist/maker and cant afford the time nor the financial burden this will cause. Ive lost business and this has interrupted my shipping process already! This initiative will only allow large business and corporations to still conduct business in the EU - choking out artists, small businesses and entrepreneurs. Youre making it more difficult for the average Joe, the artists, the makers, the small time business owners to succeed in todays world. Youre only helping corporations become richer and more powerful.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new initiative, although sounds like a good idea, is effectively going to kill small business. Ive been in business, shipping all over the world including the EU, for the past 18+ years. It will kill my small business. Im an artist/maker and cant afford the time nor the financial burden this will cause. Ive lost business and this has interrupted my shipping process already! This initiative will only allow large business and corporations to still conduct business in the EU - choking out artists, small businesses and entrepreneurs. Youre making it more difficult for the average Joe, the artists, the makers, the small time business owners to succeed in todays world. Youre only helping corporations become richer and more powerful.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549838_en"}, {"id": 33549836, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:33:01", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Svaz chemického průmyslu ČR", "feedback": "Návrh navazuje na úsilí EU o rozvoj oběhového hospodářství a digitalizace. Reálně bude jeho přijetí znamenat že velké firmy budou muset investovat do IT systémů propojených se státními registry, což jim z dlouhodobého hlediska administrativní procesy pravděpodobně zjednoduší. Malým a středním podnikům naopak v značně zvýší administrativní zátěž, nejen kvůli nutnosti přesně zjišťovat materiálové složení obalů. Otázkou bude i vlastní realizace systému které ovlivní jeho využitelnost. Z hlediska technických chyb a nedostatku v textu a specifikacích návrhu, které by mohly komplikovat implementaci a správu registrů výrobců obalů upozorňujeme na: 1. Typografická chyba v definici datových vlastností (Annex II) V úvodní části Annex II, která definuje vlastnosti datových polí a technické identifikátory pro vývojáře registrů, se vyskytuje překlep is market with místo správného is marked with. Jelikož tento odstavec má závazný charakter, navrhujeme opravu tohoto překlepu, aby text neobsahoval jazykové chyby a byl jasný pro technické uživatele . 2. Logická chyba v číselném rozsahu kategorií plastů pro malé výrobce (Annex II, Part B) V části Annex II, Part B, která obsahuje tabulku pro výrobce uvádějící na trh méně než 10 tun obalů, je uveden hlavní povinný řádek pro běžné plasty s materiálovým kódem 8-19 Plastic. Pod tím je řádek pro jednorázové plastové lahve a kovové nádoby s kategoriemi 7.0, 10., 12.1, 14.1, 15.1. Tato struktura však způsobuje technickou chybu, protože kategorie 7.0 (rigidní PET lahve do 3 litrů) chybí v hlavním rozsahu, což znemožňuje malým výrobcům správné zařazení této kategorie. V ostatních částech přílohy je rozsah správně definován jako 7-19 nebo 7-18. Navrhujeme změnu označení rozsahu v hlavním řádku z 8-19 Plastic na 7-19 Plastic pro zajištění konzistence a správného reportování . 3. Nedostatečná technická specifikace pro realizaci hromadného ověřování (Čl. 1 odst. 3 vs. Annex I, Part C) Článek 1 odstavec 3 nařízení vyžaduje, aby elektronické systémy členských států podporovaly plně automatizovaný proces hromadného ověřování registračních čísel výrobců a digitálních certifikátů. Nicméně Annex I, Part C obsahuje pouze statická textová data bez technických parametrů potřebných pro strojové zpracování a automatizovanou validaci přes API. Doporučujeme doplnit do Annex I Part C povinná datová pole, jako je digitální identifikátor certifikátu (např. kryptografický hash) a unifikovaný ID kód organizace, aby byla umožněna reálná implementace hromadného ověřování .", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposal builds on the EU’s efforts to develop the circular economy and digitalisation. In reality, its adoption will mean that large firms will have to invest in IT systems linked to state registries, which is likely to simplify their administrative processes in the long run. On the contrary, it will considerably increase the administrative burden for SMEs, not only because of the need to accurately determine the material composition of packaging. The actual implementation of the system will also be a question, affecting its usability. In terms of technical errors and shortcomings in the text and specifications of the proposal, which could complicate the implementation and management of the packaging producer registers, we draw attention to: 1. A typographical error in the definition of data characteristics (Annex II) Introductory Part of Annex II, which defines the characteristics of data fields and technical identifiers for registry developers, a typo is market with place correct is marked with. As this paragraph is mandatory, we propose to correct this typo so that the text does not contain linguistic errors and is clear for technical users. 2. Logical error in the numerical scope of plastic categories for small producers (Annex II, Part B) In Part of Annex II, Part B, which contains a table for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market, a main mandatory row for conventional plastics with material code 8-19 Plastic is provided. Below is a row for single-use plastic bottles and metal containers with categories 7.0, 10., 12.1, 14.1, 15.1. However, this structure causes a technical error as category 7.0 (rigid PET bottles up to 3 litres) is missing in the main scope, making it impossible for small producers to correctly classify this category. In the other parts of the Annex, the scope is correctly defined as 7-19 or 7-18. We propose changing the scope designation in the main line from 8-19 Plastic to 7-19 Plastic to ensure consistency and correct reporting. 3. Insufficient technical specification for carrying out mass verification (Article 1(3) vs. Annex I, Part C) Article 1(3) of the Regulation requires Member States’ electronic systems to support a fully automated mass verification process of manufacturers’ registration numbers and digital certificates. However, Annex I, Part C contains only static text data without the technical parameters needed for machine processing and automated validation through API. We recommend adding mandatory data fields in Annex I Part C, such as a digital certificate identifier (e.g. a cryptographic hash) and a unified organisation code ID, to allow for a realistic implementation of mass verification.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549836_en"}, {"id": 33549835, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:32:54", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ces mesures sont totalement disproportionnées pour les micro-entreprises et autres entrepreneurs indépendants, qui seront sans aucun doute mis à mal par cette réglementation. Il faudrait exclure ce type dentreprises de ces mesures, ou à minima créer des mesures alternatives adaptées, qui ne pénaliseront pas des activités qui peinent déjà pour certaines à produire un quelconque bénéfice. Sans une révision de ces mesures, de nombreuses petites entreprises se verront contraintes de fermer car subissant les consequences dune taxe inadaptée à lenvergure de leur activité.", "feedbackEnglish": "These measures are totally disproportionate for micro-enterprises and other self-employed entrepreneurs, who will undoubtedly be affected by this regulation. This type of company should be excluded from these measures, or at least suitable alternative measures should be created, which will not penalise activities that some already struggle to generate any profit. Without a revision of these measures, many small businesses will be forced to close down as they will suffer from the consequences of a tax that is not adapted to the scale of their activity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549835_en"}, {"id": 33549834, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:32:07", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "For a small business operating on narrow margins, additional compliance costs and administrative work can make products significantly more expensive and reduce the ability to compete with larger companies. If the goal is genuinely to reduce waste and improve sustainability, policymakers should simplify the system, reduce disproportionate costs, and introduce exemptions or lighter requirements for smaller businesses rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all framework that may ultimately drive them out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "For a small business operating on narrow margins, additional compliance costs and administrative work can make products significantly more expensive and reduce the ability to compete with larger companies. If the goal is genuinely to reduce waste and improve sustainability, policymakers should simplify the system, reduce disproportionate costs, and introduce exemptions or lighter requirements for smaller businesses rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all framework that may ultimately drive them out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549834_en"}, {"id": 33549833, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:31:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für Kleinunternehmen stellen die zusätzlichen Anforderungen unverhältnismäßig hohe Zusatzkosten und -aufwand dar, welcher zu teureren Produkten führt, wodurch die Konkurrenzfähigkeit eingeschränkt wird!", "feedbackEnglish": "For small businesses, the additional requirements represent disproportionate additional costs and burdens, leading to more expensive products, thus limiting competitiveness!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549833_en"}, {"id": 33549832, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:30:58", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MioFi Art", "feedback": "I am a small business owner who just started selling my art and while I fully support the idea behind those new rules, I will also say that they are deeply unfair and will destroy many small businesses like mine while big companies will barely be affected by it. The fact that theres no harmonisation across the EU countries and that a one person business, like me, have to deal with this bureaucracy and fees the same way bigger companies have to is hardly manageable. This will be the death of a lot of small businesses if the rules dont change or evolve into something more fair. This should apply to bigger corporations and be exempted for small/micro businesses that simply cant afford it and because of those rules have to stop sending their craft to the EU. I hope that this will be reconsidered and a fairer treatment of small/micro businesses will apply.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner who just started selling my art and while I fully support the idea behind those new rules, I will also say that they are deeply unfair and will destroy many small businesses like mine while big companies will barely be affected by it. The fact that theres no harmonisation across the EU countries and that a one person business, like me, have to deal with this bureaucracy and fees the same way bigger companies have to is hardly manageable. This will be the death of a lot of small businesses if the rules dont change or evolve into something more fair. This should apply to bigger corporations and be exempted for small/micro businesses that simply cant afford it and because of those rules have to stop sending their craft to the EU. I hope that this will be reconsidered and a fairer treatment of small/micro businesses will apply.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549832_en"}, {"id": 33549830, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:27:10", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a photographer and sole trader running a small business that sells fine art prints and greeting cards to customers internationally, including within the European Union. I have spent years carefully developing and refining my products and business, and I have put considerable thought into the packaging I use. My packaging has been deliberately chosen with environmental considerations in mind, including recyclability, the use of recycled materials, minimising unnecessary packaging and encouraging customers to reuse or repurpose packaging wherever possible. As a very small business operating as a sole trader, I am concerned that the new packaging regulation will place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on businesses of my size. Complying with the various requirements would potentially involve countless hours of research, administration and record-keeping, as well as considerable additional costs. For a small creative business, these are not insignificant burdens. Unlike larger companies, I do not have dedicated staff or resources to manage regulatory compliance, packaging reporting and related administrative requirements. The time and money required to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory framework would have to be taken directly from the time and resources available for creating products, serving customers and developing the business. I am particularly concerned about the impact on international sales. If compliance becomes too complex or costly for a sole trader, the realistic consequence may be having to stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether. This would significantly restrict my business and international offering, despite the fact that I have already made considerable efforts to use environmentally responsible packaging. I strongly support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and encouraging more sustainable packaging practices. However, these objectives should be achieved in a way that is proportionate to the size and resources of the business concerned. I therefore urge policymakers to ensure that the implementation of the regulation includes meaningful exemptions, simplified requirements and practical, low-cost compliance mechanisms for micro-enterprises and sole traders. Small businesses that are already making conscious efforts to minimise their environmental impact should not be placed under the same administrative burden as large companies with dedicated compliance departments. The regulation should also take into account the cumulative effect of EU packaging requirements on very small businesses selling internationally. Without proportionate implementation and meaningful exemptions, the unintended consequence could be that small creative businesses withdraw from international markets altogether, reducing consumer choice and undermining years of entrepreneurial and creative work. I hope the implementation of the regulation will recognise the realities faced by micro-enterprises and allow small businesses to continue operating internationally without disproportionate cost and administrative burden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a photographer and sole trader running a small business that sells fine art prints and greeting cards to customers internationally, including within the European Union. I have spent years carefully developing and refining my products and business, and I have put considerable thought into the packaging I use. My packaging has been deliberately chosen with environmental considerations in mind, including recyclability, the use of recycled materials, minimising unnecessary packaging and encouraging customers to reuse or repurpose packaging wherever possible. As a very small business operating as a sole trader, I am concerned that the new packaging regulation will place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on businesses of my size. Complying with the various requirements would potentially involve countless hours of research, administration and record-keeping, as well as considerable additional costs. For a small creative business, these are not insignificant burdens. Unlike larger companies, I do not have dedicated staff or resources to manage regulatory compliance, packaging reporting and related administrative requirements. The time and money required to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory framework would have to be taken directly from the time and resources available for creating products, serving customers and developing the business. I am particularly concerned about the impact on international sales. If compliance becomes too complex or costly for a sole trader, the realistic consequence may be having to stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether. This would significantly restrict my business and international offering, despite the fact that I have already made considerable efforts to use environmentally responsible packaging. I strongly support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and encouraging more sustainable packaging practices. However, these objectives should be achieved in a way that is proportionate to the size and resources of the business concerned. I therefore urge policymakers to ensure that the implementation of the regulation includes meaningful exemptions, simplified requirements and practical, low-cost compliance mechanisms for micro-enterprises and sole traders. Small businesses that are already making conscious efforts to minimise their environmental impact should not be placed under the same administrative burden as large companies with dedicated compliance departments. The regulation should also take into account the cumulative effect of EU packaging requirements on very small businesses selling internationally. Without proportionate implementation and meaningful exemptions, the unintended consequence could be that small creative businesses withdraw from international markets altogether, reducing consumer choice and undermining years of entrepreneurial and creative work. I hope the implementation of the regulation will recognise the realities faced by micro-enterprises and allow small businesses to continue operating internationally without disproportionate cost and administrative burden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549830_en"}, {"id": 33549829, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:26:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, I'm a local self-employed musician. I irregularly send my music in physical format (vinyl, CD) to European customers. These online sales can range from sometimes 1 order per month to occasionally 200, when I release new music. I want my fans and people who like to support my music to continue to be able to order my albums, where ever on the globe they may be. Now, according to this new law, I'm facing local registration fees of min. 300 per European country. As a small independent artist, I simply can't afford to pay these fees in every country I ship my music to. It's out of the question. And just like me, thousands of other small businesses will cease to exist, if this law keeps on pushing completely irrational fees on people, who are already struggling to make ends meet. We need a dedicated law for businesses or self-employed workers, who are in most cases, not even scratching the surface of big business.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I'm a local self-employed musician. I irregularly send my music in physical format (vinyl, CD) to European customers. These online sales can range from sometimes 1 order per month to occasionally 200, when I release new music. I want my fans and people who like to support my music to continue to be able to order my albums, where ever on the globe they may be. Now, according to this new law, I'm facing local registration fees of min. 300 per European country. As a small independent artist, I simply can't afford to pay these fees in every country I ship my music to. It's out of the question. And just like me, thousands of other small businesses will cease to exist, if this law keeps on pushing completely irrational fees on people, who are already struggling to make ends meet. We need a dedicated law for businesses or self-employed workers, who are in most cases, not even scratching the surface of big business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549829_en"}, {"id": 33549828, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:25:03", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to formally submit a statement regarding the operational and financial impact of recent packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations on micro-enterprises and independent artisans operating within the European Union. In March 2026, I formally registered my sole proprietorship to ensure full transparency, tax compliance, and legal alignment for my creative practice. I operate as a micro-artisan, handcrafting crochet items at a low production volume of approximately one to two pieces per month. For all shipments, I exclusively use 100% biodegradable and recyclable cardboard packaging. My cross-border distribution within the EU is minimal, averaging four to six packages per year to any individual Member State. While I fully support initiatives aimed at environmental protection and waste reduction, the uniform application of packaging compliance rulesspecifically the requirement to engage foreign Authorized Representatives and pay flat-rate compliance feesplaces an unsustainable burden on micro-businesses. For an artisan shipping under ten items annually to a specific EU country, the cumulative cost of local representation, administrative fees, and currency conversion overheads vastly exceeds the total revenue generated from those sales. Rather than encouraging sustainability, this structure renders small-scale cross-border commerce financially unviable, effectively forcing micro-enterprises out of the European Single Market. Treating individual artisans and multinational corporations under the same regulatory framework creates an asymmetrical burden. Large entities easily absorb fixed compliance costs, whereas micro-enterprises face immediate financial loss on low-volume orders. As a producer utilizing solely biodegradable packaging, I am subjected to the same administrative barriers as high-volume plastic packaging distributors. The current system fails to distinguish between minimal eco-friendly packaging and mass industrial waste. Compliant, tax-paying small businesses are disproportionately penalised by fixed administrative overheads, contradicting the core principles of economic inclusion and support for micro-entrepreneurship within the EU. To safeguard the viability of small-scale artisan businesses while maintaining environmental standards, I respectfully request that regulatory authorities consider the following measures: Implementation of a De Minimis Threshold: Establish sales volume or packaging weight exemptions for micro-enterprises, waiving mandatory local representation requirements for minimal cross-border shipments. Unified EU Compliance Portal: Introduce a streamlined, single-point digital registration and reporting system for low-volume sales across Member States. Proportional Fee Structures: Scale compliance fees strictly in accordance with actual packaging volume and environmental impact. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter. I trust that policy-makers will consider adjustments to ensure that environmental regulations remain fair, proportional, and accessible to independent creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to formally submit a statement regarding the operational and financial impact of recent packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations on micro-enterprises and independent artisans operating within the European Union. In March 2026, I formally registered my sole proprietorship to ensure full transparency, tax compliance, and legal alignment for my creative practice. I operate as a micro-artisan, handcrafting crochet items at a low production volume of approximately one to two pieces per month. For all shipments, I exclusively use 100% biodegradable and recyclable cardboard packaging. My cross-border distribution within the EU is minimal, averaging four to six packages per year to any individual Member State. While I fully support initiatives aimed at environmental protection and waste reduction, the uniform application of packaging compliance rulesspecifically the requirement to engage foreign Authorized Representatives and pay flat-rate compliance feesplaces an unsustainable burden on micro-businesses. For an artisan shipping under ten items annually to a specific EU country, the cumulative cost of local representation, administrative fees, and currency conversion overheads vastly exceeds the total revenue generated from those sales. Rather than encouraging sustainability, this structure renders small-scale cross-border commerce financially unviable, effectively forcing micro-enterprises out of the European Single Market. Treating individual artisans and multinational corporations under the same regulatory framework creates an asymmetrical burden. Large entities easily absorb fixed compliance costs, whereas micro-enterprises face immediate financial loss on low-volume orders. As a producer utilizing solely biodegradable packaging, I am subjected to the same administrative barriers as high-volume plastic packaging distributors. The current system fails to distinguish between minimal eco-friendly packaging and mass industrial waste. Compliant, tax-paying small businesses are disproportionately penalised by fixed administrative overheads, contradicting the core principles of economic inclusion and support for micro-entrepreneurship within the EU. To safeguard the viability of small-scale artisan businesses while maintaining environmental standards, I respectfully request that regulatory authorities consider the following measures: Implementation of a De Minimis Threshold: Establish sales volume or packaging weight exemptions for micro-enterprises, waiving mandatory local representation requirements for minimal cross-border shipments. Unified EU Compliance Portal: Introduce a streamlined, single-point digital registration and reporting system for low-volume sales across Member States. Proportional Fee Structures: Scale compliance fees strictly in accordance with actual packaging volume and environmental impact. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter. I trust that policy-makers will consider adjustments to ensure that environmental regulations remain fair, proportional, and accessible to independent creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549828_en"}, {"id": 33549827, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:23:05", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I thought the EU wanted more citizens to buy within the EU, instead of buying from big corporations like Temu, and such. But with these new rules, you are forcing a lot of small businesses WITHIN THE EU to shut down, because it is way too expensive to send packages to EU countries.... This is exactly what we DON'T want to happen!", "feedbackEnglish": "I thought the EU wanted more citizens to buy within the EU, instead of buying from big corporations like Temu, and such. But with these new rules, you are forcing a lot of small businesses WITHIN THE EU to shut down, because it is way too expensive to send packages to EU countries.... This is exactly what we DON'T want to happen!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549827_en"}, {"id": 33549825, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:21:03", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Der freie Handel innerhalb der europäischen Union als Kleinunternehmerin (Einzel-Unternehmerin) ist der nun geforderte weitere logistische und zeitliche Mehraufwand weder leistbar noch durchführbar. Als kleine Unternehmen durch zu hohe Kosten des Standortes, der Preisdruck durch Konzerne, steigende Nebenkosten, Öffnungszeiten, Personalkosten, etc. als Ausweg und zweites Standbein den Internethandel für sich entdeckten, freuten sich die Wirtschaftskammern und Regierungen der einzelnen Länder und nun? Wenn es, da diese Vorschrift auch Karton und Papier betrifft, es schlicht um Geld geht, bittet doch einfach endlich Konzerne um Zahlungen der Steuern und verbietet und ahndet die gefürchteten Inhaltsstoffe in Verpackungen einfach.", "feedbackEnglish": "Free trade within the European Union as a small entrepreneur (individual entrepreneur) is neither affordable nor feasible, given the additional logistical and time required. As small businesses discovered e-commerce for themselves as a result of too high costs of location, price pressure from corporate groups, rising ancillary costs, opening hours, personnel costs, etc., and as a second step, were the chambers of commerce and the governments of the individual countries happy? If, as this provision also concerns cardboard and paper, it is simply a matter of money, it is simply a matter of asking corporations to pay taxes and simply prohibiting and punishing the feared contents in packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549825_en"}, {"id": 33549823, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:20:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lysander UG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ihr Vorjhaben, den Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren, kann ich nur befürworten. Die Durchführung allerdings nicht, denn: Wenn auch kleine Shops und Manufakturen denselben bürokratischen Aufwand und dieselben Kosten tragen müssen, wie die bigplayer, wird der Handel, das Handwerk und damit die kulturelle Vielfalt schleunigst Aussterben. Dies liesse sich vermeiden, in dem man die Restriktionen an die Größe des Unternehmens anpasst, oder gar Kleinunternehmer herausnimmt. Bitte berücksichtigen Sie dies in Ihrem Vorgehen. Mit freundlichen Grüße, Gesa Sander Lysander UG, Hamburg, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, your intention to reduce packaging waste is something I can only support. However, implementation does not take place, as: Even if small shops and shops have to bear the same bureaucratic burden and costs as big players, trade, craftsmanship and thus cultural diversity will rapidly disappear. This would avoid adjusting the restrictions to the size of the company or even excluding small entrepreneurs. Please take this into account in your approach. Yours sincerely, Gesa Sander Lysander UG, Hamburg, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549823_en"}, {"id": 33549822, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:20:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cosmetics", "feedback": "Eine Anmeldung der Verpackungen und Mengen ist derzeit bereits in Deutschland bei Organisationen wie Lucid vorgeschrieben. Sinn und Zweck einer EU sollte es nicht sein, im EU internen Handel weitere Handelshemmnisse oder zusätzliche Vorschriften, Regeln u.ä. zu erlassen. Gerade im Hinblick auf Zollproblematiken in USA etc. sollte es Ziel der EU sein, den EU Handel zu optimieren und zu erleichtern, um hier Anreize für Anbieter und Verbraucher zu schaffen, das Handelsvolumen zu erhöhen und Unabhängigkeiten zu schaffen. Dabei ist es kontraproduktiv, von Unternehmen jeglicher Art und Größe zu verlangen, in jedem EU Land, in dem Handel getrieben wird, separat bei dortigen nationalen Behörden Anmeldungen vorzunehmen. Dazu benötigt man dann im Umkehrschluss keine EU. Es sollte eine zentrale Anmeldung erfolgen. Punkt. Die Weiterleitung der Informationen an die Länder kann ggf. von dieser Zentrale erfolgen. Eine Umsetzung wie von Ihnen geplant baut weitere Hürden im innereuropäischen Handel auf und schadet insbesondere kleinere Unternehmen. Gerne würde ich nachvollziehen können, was bei einer solchen Anmeldung in jedem einzelnen Land der Vorteil einer EU an sich sein soll. Ausser einer überbordenden und komplizierenden Behördenstruktur, die an der Unternehmensrealität komplett vorbei agiert und EU Wirtschaft schädigt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Notification of packaging and quantities is currently already mandatory in Germany for organisations such as Lucid. The purpose of an EU should not be to impose further barriers to trade or additional rules, regulations, etc. in the EU’s internal trade. Especially with regard to customs problems in the USA, etc., the EU’s aim should be to optimise and facilitate EU trade in order to create incentives for suppliers and consumers to increase the volume of trade and create independence. It is counterproductive to require companies of all types and sizes to make separate declarations to national authorities in each EU country where trade takes place. Conversely, there is no need for the EU to do so. A single application should be made. Point If necessary, the information can be forwarded to the Länder by this office. Implementation as you are planning will create further barriers to intra-European trade and will particularly harm smaller companies. I would like to understand what would be the advantage of an EU in itself if such a registration were to take place in each country. Apart from an overburdening and complicating structure of the authorities, which completely ignores the reality of businesses and damages the EU economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549822_en"}, {"id": 33549821, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:19:56", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Even US president and other economists say that Europe is behind, that we are dependent on US and China and should invest into inside trading, production and real hand creations, not a trash from China that has no long term value. This packaging law is not only not helping to put Europe back on a world production and trade map, but completelly destroys any idea of free trade European Union was created for. The big mega companies like Amazon will not suffer, wont even notice while in the meantime, all people that care, that dont look for loopholes to pay taxes and create actual value will be forced to close... I fullheartedly ask to reconsider and exempt small businesses, that already care about environment and already use environment friendly packagins to be exempt of this new regulation. Let the small businesses florish and punish coorporations that do not care and not vice versa... Europe can do better, we can do better.", "feedbackEnglish": "Even US president and other economists say that Europe is behind, that we are dependent on US and China and should invest into inside trading, production and real hand creations, not a trash from China that has no long term value. This packaging law is not only not helping to put Europe back on a world production and trade map, but completelly destroys any idea of free trade European Union was created for. The big mega companies like Amazon will not suffer, wont even notice while in the meantime, all people that care, that dont look for loopholes to pay taxes and create actual value will be forced to close... I fullheartedly ask to reconsider and exempt small businesses, that already care about environment and already use environment friendly packagins to be exempt of this new regulation. Let the small businesses florish and punish coorporations that do not care and not vice versa... Europe can do better, we can do better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549821_en"}, {"id": 33549820, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:19:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Der EU-Binnenmarkt wird ad absurdum geführt und die Überregulation und Bürokratie führt dazu dass kleine Unternehmen sich nicht halten werden. Ich führe ein Unternehmen was gebrauchte Dinge, repariert, restauriert und vertreibt. Wir nutzen hauptsächlich recycelte Kartons und tragen somit zur Nachhaltigkeit bei. Ich bin durchaus bereit den Klimaschutz mitzutragen, aber ich bin mir nicht sicher ob es sich bei diesem Gesetz tatsächlich um ein Gesetz zum Klimaschutz oder ein gigantisches Lobby-Projekt für große Online-Retailer und Drop-Shipper handelt, für die dies kein Problem darstellen sollte. Liebe EU- Abgeordneten. Bitte macht Europa zu dem was Europa sein sollte. Ein freier Binnenmarkt voller verschiedener Creator, Kreativer und Schaffender, und kein Bürokratiemonster zum Nachteil der Kleinsten. Wenn dieses Gesetz keine Ausnahme für Kleine und Mittelständische Unternehmen bekommt, werden wir in Kosten und Bürokratieaufwand versinken und schließen müssen. Aber ich kann ja dann bei Temu im Lager anfangen...", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU’s single market is being run absurdly, and overregulation and red tape mean that small businesses will not survive. I run a business that repairs, restores and sells second-hand goods. We mainly use recycled cartons and thus contribute to sustainability. I am willing to support climate action, but I am not sure whether this law is actually a climate law or a huge lobbying project for big online retailers and drop-shippers, for which this should not be a problem. Dear Members of the European Parliament. Please make Europe what Europe should be. A free single market featuring diverse creators, creators and creators, and no bureaucratic monster to the detriment of the smallest. If this law is not exempt for small and medium-sized enterprises, we will have to cut costs and red tape and close down. But I can then start at Temu in the camp...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549820_en"}, {"id": 33549819, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:18:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Strobe Vintage", "feedback": "I am a German micro-business selling genuine vintage and second-hand clothing online. My business is extremely small, and the income from it is my only source of income. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. I have always tried to operate in an environmentally responsible way. I sell vintage and second-hand clothing, helping to keep existing garments in circulation rather than contributing to the production of new clothing. I also do not use plastic packaging for my shipments. I use ordinary cardboard boxes purchased from a German supplier. My concern is not with environmental responsibility. It is with the disproportionate cost and complexity being placed on micro-businesses. When I make a small number of sales to another EU country, I may potentially have to understand a separate national EPR system, register with that country's scheme and, most importantly, appoint and pay an authorised representative. I have already been quoted approximately 400 for representation in one country. For a multinational company, this may be a manageable administrative expense. For a one-person micro-business, it can be completely disproportionate. If I make only a few sales to a particular country, the cost of an authorised representative can exceed the total profit I could possibly make from that market. This is forcing me to consider switching off shipping to EU countries altogether. I have already stopped shipping to several EU destinations because I cannot afford to take on potentially hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs for occasional small orders. I find this particularly concerning because the system could unintentionally favour large corporations over small independent businesses. Large companies have the financial resources to employ compliance departments, lawyers and representatives in multiple countries. A micro-business does not. This risks pushing small businesses out of the European Single Market and reducing competition and diversity, while making it easier for larger companies to dominate markets. There is also an important environmental contradiction. Businesses like mine are part of the circular economy. I sell second-hand clothing, encourage reuse and avoid plastic packaging. Yet the cost and administrative burden of these requirements may force me to stop selling to European customers. I am not asking for environmental standards to be removed, nor am I asking micro-businesses to avoid reasonable responsibilities. I am asking for a system that is proportionate to the size, turnover and actual environmental impact of the business. I strongly urge the European Commission to consider: * A meaningful de minimis or low-volume threshold for micro-businesses. * Simplified EPR registration for businesses making only occasional cross-border sales. * A single EU-wide registration system rather than potentially 27 separate national systems. * No mandatory authorised representative for EU-based micro and small businesses below a reasonable threshold. * Clear, simple guidance specifically designed for micro-businesses rather than compliance systems designed primarily around large producers. A one-person business selling a few second-hand garments should not face the same administrative structure and fixed costs as a multinational company placing millions of packaged products on the European market. I strongly support the environmental goals of the PPWR. I simply ask that implementation does not unintentionally destroy the small, independent and environmentally conscious businesses that are already contributing to Europe's circular economy. Please make the system proportionate, affordable and genuinely accessible to Europe's micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a German micro-business selling genuine vintage and second-hand clothing online. My business is extremely small, and the income from it is my only source of income. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. I have always tried to operate in an environmentally responsible way. I sell vintage and second-hand clothing, helping to keep existing garments in circulation rather than contributing to the production of new clothing. I also do not use plastic packaging for my shipments. I use ordinary cardboard boxes purchased from a German supplier. My concern is not with environmental responsibility. It is with the disproportionate cost and complexity being placed on micro-businesses. When I make a small number of sales to another EU country, I may potentially have to understand a separate national EPR system, register with that country's scheme and, most importantly, appoint and pay an authorised representative. I have already been quoted approximately 400 for representation in one country. For a multinational company, this may be a manageable administrative expense. For a one-person micro-business, it can be completely disproportionate. If I make only a few sales to a particular country, the cost of an authorised representative can exceed the total profit I could possibly make from that market. This is forcing me to consider switching off shipping to EU countries altogether. I have already stopped shipping to several EU destinations because I cannot afford to take on potentially hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs for occasional small orders. I find this particularly concerning because the system could unintentionally favour large corporations over small independent businesses. Large companies have the financial resources to employ compliance departments, lawyers and representatives in multiple countries. A micro-business does not. This risks pushing small businesses out of the European Single Market and reducing competition and diversity, while making it easier for larger companies to dominate markets. There is also an important environmental contradiction. Businesses like mine are part of the circular economy. I sell second-hand clothing, encourage reuse and avoid plastic packaging. Yet the cost and administrative burden of these requirements may force me to stop selling to European customers. I am not asking for environmental standards to be removed, nor am I asking micro-businesses to avoid reasonable responsibilities. I am asking for a system that is proportionate to the size, turnover and actual environmental impact of the business. I strongly urge the European Commission to consider: * A meaningful de minimis or low-volume threshold for micro-businesses. * Simplified EPR registration for businesses making only occasional cross-border sales. * A single EU-wide registration system rather than potentially 27 separate national systems. * No mandatory authorised representative for EU-based micro and small businesses below a reasonable threshold. * Clear, simple guidance specifically designed for micro-businesses rather than compliance systems designed primarily around large producers. A one-person business selling a few second-hand garments should not face the same administrative structure and fixed costs as a multinational company placing millions of packaged products on the European market. I strongly support the environmental goals of the PPWR. I simply ask that implementation does not unintentionally destroy the small, independent and environmentally conscious businesses that are already contributing to Europe's circular economy. Please make the system proportionate, affordable and genuinely accessible to Europe's micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549819_en"}, {"id": 33549818, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:18:12", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I often shop from smaller indie brands and small independent shops that specialise for products i could not find elswere. These shops are now stopping their sales in my country Slovakia and they will not send to many other countries. I dispose of the packaging in an wnvirmentaly friendly way- we have recycling bins so the carboard and plastic gets recycled. I understand the need for envirnmental protection but i would like to point out that there are ways to dispose of waste in a responsible way and i dont understand how this extra fee would aply toward better disposal than what i am already doing.", "feedbackEnglish": "I often shop from smaller indie brands and small independent shops that specialise for products i could not find elswere. These shops are now stopping their sales in my country Slovakia and they will not send to many other countries. I dispose of the packaging in an wnvirmentaly friendly way- we have recycling bins so the carboard and plastic gets recycled. I understand the need for envirnmental protection but i would like to point out that there are ways to dispose of waste in a responsible way and i dont understand how this extra fee would aply toward better disposal than what i am already doing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549818_en"}, {"id": 33549814, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:14:59", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Aoife Soden Glass ", "feedback": "It is fair to say that most small and micro business have been taking the environmental impact of their packaging seriously for years. We recycle and re-use as much as possible many of us alerting customers to this and encouraging further use of the same packaging. These new regulations will disproportionally burden small makers who are already being overrun by increased red tape processes. Having pay to register and have representation in almost all of the EU countries is simply not realistic for a small business who send a small percentage of packages to other EU countries each year. At the same time, locking out these markets is a significant loss both from a current and future sales perspective. A system which creates 'one for all' regulations favours large companies and corporations and creates further monetary, time and energy demands on small single person businesses. Most small makers fully support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, the rules must remain proportionate to the size and reality of the businesses. Reasonable and proportionate rules for micro-businesses, with fees and obligations based on the actual quantity and weight of packaging placed on the market, rather than fixed costs that can be disproportionate for very small volumes. One simple EU-wide registration, reporting and payment system for packaging obligations, rather than having to navigate different national systems, registrations, fees and administrative procedures. A simplified system that allows very small businesses to continue selling across the EU without compliance costs threatening their ability to operate. A single EU market approach, consistent with the fundamental principle of the Single Market. The new rules risk pushing small European businesses out of cross-border trade and only contributes to making the EU market inaccessible to small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is fair to say that most small and micro business have been taking the environmental impact of their packaging seriously for years. We recycle and re-use as much as possible many of us alerting customers to this and encouraging further use of the same packaging. These new regulations will disproportionally burden small makers who are already being overrun by increased red tape processes. Having pay to register and have representation in almost all of the EU countries is simply not realistic for a small business who send a small percentage of packages to other EU countries each year. At the same time, locking out these markets is a significant loss both from a current and future sales perspective. A system which creates 'one for all' regulations favours large companies and corporations and creates further monetary, time and energy demands on small single person businesses. Most small makers fully support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, the rules must remain proportionate to the size and reality of the businesses. Reasonable and proportionate rules for micro-businesses, with fees and obligations based on the actual quantity and weight of packaging placed on the market, rather than fixed costs that can be disproportionate for very small volumes. One simple EU-wide registration, reporting and payment system for packaging obligations, rather than having to navigate different national systems, registrations, fees and administrative procedures. A simplified system that allows very small businesses to continue selling across the EU without compliance costs threatening their ability to operate. A single EU market approach, consistent with the fundamental principle of the Single Market. The new rules risk pushing small European businesses out of cross-border trade and only contributes to making the EU market inaccessible to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549814_en"}, {"id": 33549806, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:12:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "UCM.ONE GmbH", "feedback": "Der Binnenmarkt war eine tolle Idee und man konnte auch als kleines Unternehmen über einen Webstore Nischenprodukte an Kunden und Fans in der ganzen EU verkaufen. Toll! Die Betonung liegt allerdings auf \"war\". Inzwischen ist die Bürokratie, der Zeitaufwand für die Verwaltung und die Kosten, die neben den eigentlichen Kosten wie Herstellungen, Versand, Personal usw. entstehen, überhaupt nicht mehr im Verhältnis zu den Umsätzen. So entwickelt sich die EU immer mehr zum Killer für die kleinen Unternehmen. Um es einmal zu verdeutlichen; Bei wären die Kosten umgelegt ca. EUR 2 pro Päckchen bei Amazon EUR 0,0000000003. \"Wären\", weil wir jetzt umstellen müssen und nur noch an deutsche Besteller und Nicht-EU-Kunden verkaufen können. Gefühlt ist das genau das Gegenteil davon, wofür die EU einmal stand. Schade...", "feedbackEnglish": "The single market was a great idea and a small business was also able to sell niche products to customers and supporters across the EU via a webstore. Toll! However, the emphasis is on ‘was’. In the meantime, red tape, time spent on administration and the costs incurred in addition to the actual costs such as manufacturing, shipping, personnel, etc. are no longer proportionate to the turnover. For example, the EU is increasingly becoming a killer for small businesses. To make it clearer; The costs would be apportioned around EUR 2 per parcel at Amazon EUR 0,0000000003. ‘Would like’ because we now need to switch and can only sell to German buyers and non-EU customers. Feeling that is exactly the opposite of what the EU once stood for. Shame...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549806_en"}, {"id": 33549813, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:11:32", "country": "TUR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I want more clear information on the new EU regulations for tiny, micro and small buisnesses. There is a lot of speculations around and many are afraid or closing their shops to EU which is a huge financial backstep for many small artists. We want some excemption or some easier methods to comply new regulations. Best regards, Simge", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I want more clear information on the new EU regulations for tiny, micro and small buisnesses. There is a lot of speculations around and many are afraid or closing their shops to EU which is a huge financial backstep for many small artists. We want some excemption or some easier methods to comply new regulations. Best regards, Simge", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549813_en"}, {"id": 33549812, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:10:44", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The registration fee is currently flat regardless of company size. A large retailer like H&M pays roughly the same annual fee as a sole trader selling handmade goods. For the former this is pocket change. For the latter it can amount to a year's income. This is not a proportionate approach to regulating micro-enterprises. The fee is also fixed regardless of shipping volume. A business pays the same whether it sends 1 or 1 000 parcels to a given country in a year (with some variation between Member States, which only adds to the fragmentation problem above). This means a micro-business receiving just one or two orders a year from abroad still has to register and pay the full fee for every country involved, which can add up to 15 000-20 000 across the EU. A far more proportionate solution would be a per-package fee, similar to a customs duty, so cost actually reflects volume and impact. Imposing this burden on small businesses does little for the environment. Most small businesses already recycle, reuse materials, and minimise packaging simply because it saves them money, not because of regulation. The real source of packaging waste is large-scale producers, not micro-sellers. By squeezing out small businesses this way, the EU is also hurting its own economy. Once small businesses can't survive the compliance costs, consumers are left with large corporations and, increasingly, Chinese imports - the same imports the EU has been trying to discourage through import fees meant to protect local businesses. The current rules work directly against that goal. On a personal level, this also discourages me from starting my own business. Knowing that even a small-scale operation could face thousands of euros in registration costs before making a single meaningful sale is enough to make someone reconsider entrepreneurship altogether. Rules like this don't just burden existing small businesses, they deter new ones from ever getting started, which runs counter to the EU's own goals of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among its citizens.", "feedbackEnglish": "The registration fee is currently flat regardless of company size. A large retailer like H&M pays roughly the same annual fee as a sole trader selling handmade goods. For the former this is pocket change. For the latter it can amount to a year's income. This is not a proportionate approach to regulating micro-enterprises. The fee is also fixed regardless of shipping volume. A business pays the same whether it sends 1 or 1 000 parcels to a given country in a year (with some variation between Member States, which only adds to the fragmentation problem above). This means a micro-business receiving just one or two orders a year from abroad still has to register and pay the full fee for every country involved, which can add up to 15 000-20 000 across the EU. A far more proportionate solution would be a per-package fee, similar to a customs duty, so cost actually reflects volume and impact. Imposing this burden on small businesses does little for the environment. Most small businesses already recycle, reuse materials, and minimise packaging simply because it saves them money, not because of regulation. The real source of packaging waste is large-scale producers, not micro-sellers. By squeezing out small businesses this way, the EU is also hurting its own economy. Once small businesses can't survive the compliance costs, consumers are left with large corporations and, increasingly, Chinese imports - the same imports the EU has been trying to discourage through import fees meant to protect local businesses. The current rules work directly against that goal. On a personal level, this also discourages me from starting my own business. Knowing that even a small-scale operation could face thousands of euros in registration costs before making a single meaningful sale is enough to make someone reconsider entrepreneurship altogether. Rules like this don't just burden existing small businesses, they deter new ones from ever getting started, which runs counter to the EU's own goals of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among its citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549812_en"}, {"id": 33549811, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:09:39", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Rückmeldung zum Entwurf der Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2025/40 Der Entwurf verfolgt grundsätzlich das Ziel, die Registrierung und Berichterstattung über Verpackungen durch ein einheitliches digitales Format zu vereinfachen und den Verwaltungsaufwand zu reduzieren. Aus Sicht kleiner Handelsbetriebe bestehen jedoch erhebliche Bedenken, ob dieses Ziel in der Praxis erreicht wird. Besonders problematisch sind die umfangreichen Anforderungen an die zu meldenden Verpackungsdaten. Bei Verpackungen aus mehreren Materialien sollen die jeweiligen Materialmengen erfasst und teilweise einzelne Komponenten separat ausgewiesen werden. Die Angaben müssen auf technischen Unterlagen oder einer vollständigen Beschreibung der Verpackung beruhen. Für kleine Handelsunternehmen ist dies in der Praxis mit erheblichem Aufwand verbunden. Ein Händler, der ein fertig verpacktes Produkt von einem Hersteller oder Großhändler bezieht, kennt häufig weder die genaue Zusammensetzung noch das Gewicht der einzelnen Verpackungsmaterialien. Er hat die Verpackung nicht entwickelt und kann ihre Zusammensetzung nicht beeinflussen. Trotzdem müsste er gegebenenfalls die entsprechenden Informationen beschaffen, prüfen, dokumentieren und laufend aktualisieren. Auch die vorgesehene Grenze von 10 Tonnen stellt keine ausreichende Entlastung dar. Unternehmen unterhalb dieser Grenze unterliegen weiterhin einer eigenen Berichtspflicht. Gerade kleine Betriebe verfügen jedoch häufig nicht über eigene Compliance-, Nachhaltigkeits- oder IT-Abteilungen. Der administrative Aufwand steht daher in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur Unternehmensgröße. Die Digitalisierung allein löst dieses Problem nicht. Zwar soll die Datenübermittlung elektronisch und möglichst automatisiert erfolgen, der wesentliche Aufwand entsteht jedoch bereits bei der Beschaffung und Aufbereitung der erforderlichen Daten. Es besteht daher die Gefahr, dass die Verantwortung für Verpackungsdaten innerhalb der Lieferkette auf jene Unternehmen verlagert wird, die am wenigsten Einfluss auf die Verpackung haben. Die notwendigen Informationen liegen grundsätzlich beim Hersteller bzw. beimjenigen vor, der die Verpackung entwickelt oder erstmals in Verkehr bringt. Daher sollten folgende Punkte berücksichtigt werden: * Einführung einer echten Bagatell- bzw. KMU-Schwelle mit deutlich vereinfachten Pflichten. * Verpackungsdaten müssen vom Hersteller bzw. Lieferanten bereitgestellt werden. * Keine doppelte Erfassung bereits vorhandener Daten. * Keine Verpflichtung kleiner Händler, Verpackungen selbst zu analysieren oder einzelne Materialien zu verwiegen. * Klare Haftungsregelung für Daten, die vom Lieferanten übernommen wurden. * Ein tatsächlich einfacher One-Stop-Shop für Registrierung und Meldung. * Durchführung einer KMU-Folgenabschätzung vor Inkrafttreten. Eine elektronische Meldung stellt keine tatsächliche Bürokratieentlastung dar, wenn ein kleiner Handelsbetrieb die dafür erforderlichen Daten erst mit erheblichem Aufwand beschaffen und aufbereiten muss. Die Verantwortung für Verpackungsdaten sollte daher dort liegen, wo die Verpackung entsteht und ihre Zusammensetzung bekannt ist nicht beim kleinen Händler, der das fertig verpackte Produkt lediglich weiterverkauft.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the draft Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/40 The overall objective of the draft is to simplify the registration and reporting of packaging through a uniform digital format and to reduce the administrative burden. However, from the point of view of small traders, there are serious concerns as to whether this objective is being achieved in practice. The extensive requirements for the packaging data to be reported are particularly problematic. In the case of multi-material packaging, the respective quantities of materials should be recorded and, in some cases, individual components identified separately. The information shall be based on technical documentation or a full description of the packaging. In practice, this is very burdensome for small traders. A distributor who purchases a prepacked product from a manufacturer or wholesaler often does not know the exact composition or weight of each packaging material. It has not developed the packaging and cannot influence its composition. Nevertheless, it might need to obtain, review, document and keep up-to-date the relevant information. The proposed limit of 10 tonnes also does not provide sufficient relief. Companies below this threshold will continue to be subject to their own reporting obligation. However, small farms in particular often do not have their own compliance, sustainability or IT departments. The administrative burden is therefore disproportionate to the size of the company. Digitalisation alone does not solve this problem. Although the data should be transmitted electronically and, as far as possible, by automated means, the main burden is already incurred in obtaining and processing the necessary data. There is therefore a risk of shifting responsibility for packaging data within the supply chain to those companies that have the least influence on packaging. In principle, the necessary information is available to the manufacturer or the person who develops the packaging or places it on the market for the first time. Therefore, the following points should be taken into account: * Introduction of a real de minimis/SME threshold with significantly simplified obligations. * Packaging data must be provided by the manufacturer/supplier. * No duplication of existing data. * No obligation for small distributors to analyse packaging themselves or weigh individual materials. * Clear liability regime for data taken over from the supplier. * A truly simple one-stop shop for registration and reporting. * Carry out an SME impact assessment before entry into force. Electronic reporting does not represent a real reduction in red tape if a small trader has to acquire and process the data required for this purpose only with considerable effort. The responsibility for packaging data should therefore lie where the packaging is produced and its composition is known, not with the small distributor who merely resells the prepacked product.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549811_en"}, {"id": 33549809, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:08:06", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maker's Business Toolkit", "feedback": "I am a micro business based in the UK that has many customers in the EU. I have had to suspend shipping to the EU because the cost and time required to comply with the various packaging and waste-disposal regulations are unreasonable. At first glance, the new regulations seem like a step towards the standardisation across the EU that I had been hoping for, but instead of simplifying the process of paying for waste disposal, it just appears to have added an extra layer of bureaucracy and compliance. I send fewer than 100 parcels to the EU each year, and the amount of packaging I place into the EU annually is so small I could keep it in my kitchen cupboards. And yet I am subject to the same reporting requirements as companies a hundred times my size. My EU-based customers want to buy my products, and I want to sell to them. It is only the cost and time involved in complying with legislation that is preventing it from happening. We need: - One simple EU-wide system for packaging and waste management - Reasonable rules for micro businesses - Costs based on actual packaging amounts - not inflated by the high fixed costs of registrations and approvals - No separate expensive representative required in each country Paying for waste management should be simple, especially when the volumes are low. It should not be shutting down trade and putting people out of business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business based in the UK that has many customers in the EU. I have had to suspend shipping to the EU because the cost and time required to comply with the various packaging and waste-disposal regulations are unreasonable. At first glance, the new regulations seem like a step towards the standardisation across the EU that I had been hoping for, but instead of simplifying the process of paying for waste disposal, it just appears to have added an extra layer of bureaucracy and compliance. I send fewer than 100 parcels to the EU each year, and the amount of packaging I place into the EU annually is so small I could keep it in my kitchen cupboards. And yet I am subject to the same reporting requirements as companies a hundred times my size. My EU-based customers want to buy my products, and I want to sell to them. It is only the cost and time involved in complying with legislation that is preventing it from happening. We need: - One simple EU-wide system for packaging and waste management - Reasonable rules for micro businesses - Costs based on actual packaging amounts - not inflated by the high fixed costs of registrations and approvals - No separate expensive representative required in each country Paying for waste management should be simple, especially when the volumes are low. It should not be shutting down trade and putting people out of business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549809_en"}, {"id": 33549799, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:06:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SKTEC-Parts", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small, owner-managed business. We have no dedicated administrative or compliance staff. We fully support the goals of the EU Packaging Regulation, particularly reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, the increasing administrative requirements are becoming disproportionate for businesses of our size. We sell our own and purchased products, sourced from Germany, the EU and non-EU countries, and ship directly to private customers. This means we have to deal with complex requirements regarding registration, packaging quantities, system participation, imports, documentation and ongoing reporting. For a very small business, the time and financial costs involved are becoming increasingly difficult to justify in relation to the small quantities of packaging we actually put on the market. Every hour spent on administration is an hour that cannot be spent on customers, products and running the business. We therefore strongly urge the EU to introduce simplified procedures, meaningful exemptions and reasonable thresholds for micro and small businesses with low packaging volumes. Environmental protection is important to us. But the regulatory burden must remain proportionate and must not make it economically impossible for small, owner-managed businesses to continue operating. Sven Klapputh / SKTEC Parts", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small, owner-managed business. We have no dedicated administrative or compliance staff. We fully support the goals of the EU Packaging Regulation, particularly reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, the increasing administrative requirements are becoming disproportionate for businesses of our size. We sell our own and purchased products, sourced from Germany, the EU and non-EU countries, and ship directly to private customers. This means we have to deal with complex requirements regarding registration, packaging quantities, system participation, imports, documentation and ongoing reporting. For a very small business, the time and financial costs involved are becoming increasingly difficult to justify in relation to the small quantities of packaging we actually put on the market. Every hour spent on administration is an hour that cannot be spent on customers, products and running the business. We therefore strongly urge the EU to introduce simplified procedures, meaningful exemptions and reasonable thresholds for micro and small businesses with low packaging volumes. Environmental protection is important to us. But the regulatory burden must remain proportionate and must not make it economically impossible for small, owner-managed businesses to continue operating. Sven Klapputh / SKTEC Parts", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549799_en"}, {"id": 33549807, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:05:26", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation achieves nothing in terms of reducing environmental impact, it literally is little more than a punishment for everyone impacted. If the EU really needs extra funds that badly, how about we stop gifting money to foreign warmongers? Or pull the plug on stuff like Chat Control that nobody asked for and nobody wants? Or just take the salaries of Kaja Kallas and Roberta Metsola, those shouldn't be holding positions of power anyway", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation achieves nothing in terms of reducing environmental impact, it literally is little more than a punishment for everyone impacted. If the EU really needs extra funds that badly, how about we stop gifting money to foreign warmongers? Or pull the plug on stuff like Chat Control that nobody asked for and nobody wants? Or just take the salaries of Kaja Kallas and Roberta Metsola, those shouldn't be holding positions of power anyway", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549807_en"}, {"id": 33549805, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:05:14", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je trouve cette nouvelle loi réellement regrettable et pensée au détriment des petits créateurs et des micro-entreprises. Car oui, ce sont eux qui seront impactés avant tout. Ce qui ne sera quun faible montant à payer à léchelle dune multinationale peut coûter la vie dune micro-entreprise pour laquelle de tels montants représentent une part énorme du chiffre daffaires. En bref, à terme, cette loi va provoquer la fin dune multitude de petites entreprises et tout un pan de le-commerce sera grandement impacté. Jose le dire, cette réforme nuit à lentreprenariat et à ses petits créateurs, qui pour rappel, ne sont quun faible taux du niveau de pollution par les emballages. Parlant de ces emballages dailleurs, la démarche de suivi du trajet des déchets est très floue. On parle de calculer via tonnage mais qui peut, concrètement, surveiller où vont ces emballages une fois reçus par les clients : lun le réutilisera, lun le recyclera pour autre chose, le tri sélectif lui-même nest pas toujours respecté par les particuliers. Ce calcul à base de statistiques est incertain et pour cause : à moins de suivre à la trace les clients, on ne peut pas savoir à 100% ce quil advient de chaque emballage spécifique. Un autre point essentiel est le poids administratif de ces démarches : imaginez-vous la complexité de faire suivre chaque élément demballage reçu, de peser exactement le poids de ces éléments par colis, par commande ? Cest un travail titanesque pour des indépendants qui en général doivent tout faire seuls ou avec laide de seulement un ou deux employés. Je le rappelle, dailleurs, le vendeur nest ni le fabricant de ces emballages, ni celui qui les recycle à la fin, mais, de manière incompréhensible, cest pourtant à lui quil incombe de payer les frais autour de ces matériaux et de leur recyclage, ce que je ressens comme une profonde injustice. Il y a une démarche de suivre les déchets produits, daccord, mais cette loi et les démarches qui y sont lié sont au combien disproportionnées pour des créateurs aux faibles revenus. Cest une taxe qui impactera les personnes aux plus petits revenus et nuira une énième fois au pouvoir dachat de nos concitoyens. Car oui, léconomie de toute lUnion sen ressentira car non seulement les prix seront fortement touchés, mais les échanges internationaux entre les créateurs et les clients européens seront également ciblés. De même, la communication autour de cette loi est très faible et largement insuffisante. Nous voyons passer des pétitions dinitiative indépendante et quelques courtes vidéos mais aucun relais via les médias traditionnels, tout se trouve sur des pages cachées et dissimulées sur des sites remplis dinformations techniques et difficiles à lire et comprendre pour des personnes non-initiées. Or, ce sont énormément de petits créateurs mal renseignés qui seront impactés juste parce quils nont pas été prévenus correctement et se retrouveront impactées par manque de communication. Le droit à une information transparente est pourtant au cœur des valeurs clés de lUnion européenne. Dès lors, plusieurs questions se posent : qui paiera réellement le prix de cette nouvelle taxe ? Serez-vous capables de protéger les petites entreprises, daider à faire fructifier des créateurs indépendants qui vivent difficilement sur leurs créations sans ces nouveaux frais ? Comprenez-vous les conséquences désastreuses de cette nouvelle loi qui se feront sentir par extension sur le pouvoir dachat ? Je le revendique, cette nouvelle loi est extrêmement grave mais avant tout hautement injuste pour les créateurs qui se retrouvent punis par une loi quils nont pas demandée, qui renchérira grandement lUnion européenne et ses institutions, cest un fait, mais qui appauvrira la population qui doit être au cœur de vos priorités. Vous voulez changer les choses sur le plan écologique mais cette démarche est une mauvaise réponse à ces enjeux, et elle sera nuisible pour nous tous, vous inclus.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find this new law truly regrettable and thought-out to the detriment of small creators and micro-enterprises. Because yes, it is they who will be affected first and foremost. What will only be a small amount to be paid on a multinational scale can cost the life of a micro-enterprise for which such amounts represent a huge part of the turnover. In short, in the long run, this law will bring about the end of a multitude of small businesses and a whole range of businesses will be greatly affected. Jose said, this reform was detrimental to entrepreneurship and its small creators, who, as a reminder, were only a low level of pollution from packaging. When talking about such packaging from elsewhere, the approach to tracking the waste route is very unclear. We are talking about calculating by tonnage but who can, in practice, monitor where these packages go once they have been received by customers: one will reuse it, one will recycle it for something else, and the sorting itself is not always respected by individuals. This statistics-based calculation is uncertain and is due to: unless customers are traced, it is not possible to know 100 % what happens to each specific package. Another key point is the administrative burden of these steps: do you imagine the complexity of tracking each packaging item received, of weighing exactly the weight of these items per package, per order? This is titanium work for self-employed people who usually have to do everything alone or with the help of only one or two employees. I would point out, moreover, that the seller is neither the manufacturer of that packaging nor the person who recycles it at the end, but, incomprehensibly, it is nevertheless his responsibility to pay the costs relating to that material and its recycling, which I perceive as a profound injustice. There is an approach to tracking the waste produced, daccord, but this law and the related approaches are so disproportionate for low-income designers. This is a tax that will affect people on the smallest incomes and harm the purchasing power of our fellow citizens once again. Because yes, the economy across the EU will feel because not only will prices be strongly affected, but international exchanges between creators and European customers will also be targeted. Similarly, communication around this law is very weak and largely insufficient. We see independent own-initiative petitions and a few short videos, but no relays via traditional media, everything is on hidden and hidden pages on sites filled with technical information and difficult to read and understand for non-insiders. However, it is a huge number of poorly informed small designers who will be affected just because they have not been properly informed and will be affected by a lack of communication. However, the right to transparent information is at the heart of the European Union’s core values. Therefore, several questions arise: who will actually pay the price of this new tax? Will you be able to protect small businesses, help bring to fruition independent creators who find it difficult to live on their creations without these new costs? Do you understand the disastrous consequences of this new law which will be felt by extension on purchasing power? I claim that this new law is extremely serious, but above all highly unfair for creators who find themselves punished by a law that they have not asked for, which will make the European Union and its institutions much more expensive, which is a fact, but which will impoverish the population that must be at the heart of your priorities. You want to make a difference ecologically, but this is the wrong answer to these challenges, and it will be harmful to all of us, including you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549805_en"}, {"id": 33549804, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 15:02:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Handytreff GmbH", "feedback": "What kind of EU is this that is essentially destroying the single market with excessive regulation? Environmental protection and the Packaging Ordinance > All of this is right and important! But if there is a united EU, then there should also be a single registration authority within the EU! What is currently being done is an extreme restriction of the single market and definitely does not promote a pro-EU stancequite the opposite!", "feedbackEnglish": "What kind of EU is this that is essentially destroying the single market with excessive regulation? Environmental protection and the Packaging Ordinance > All of this is right and important! But if there is a united EU, then there should also be a single registration authority within the EU! What is currently being done is an extreme restriction of the single market and definitely does not promote a pro-EU stancequite the opposite!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549804_en"}, {"id": 33549803, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:59:32", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Despite intentions, this will ultimately punish consumers and small business owners who want to prioritize buying from inside EU, which is absolutely something we should encourage, because it makes it much easier to regulate work conditions and counteract the direction capitalist business structures are taking us.", "feedbackEnglish": "Despite intentions, this will ultimately punish consumers and small business owners who want to prioritize buying from inside EU, which is absolutely something we should encourage, because it makes it much easier to regulate work conditions and counteract the direction capitalist business structures are taking us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549803_en"}, {"id": 33549802, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:58:47", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Japprécie lidée de ces règles au niveau écologique, et jen vois lintérêt pour les grandes entreprises. Néanmoins, ces règles vont étouffer énormément de petites entreprises qui ne pourront plus vendre comme avant", "feedbackEnglish": "Jappreciate the ecological link between these rules and interest for large companies. However, these rules will stifle many small businesses who will no longer be able to sell as before.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549802_en"}, {"id": 33549801, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:58:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "teehaus.cöln", "feedback": "**Subject: Concerns Regarding the New EU Packaging Regulations and Their Impact on Small Businesses** I work for a small, independent business that has been operating for more than 40 years. Like many small businesses, we are facing increasingly difficult economic conditions. As inner city retail continues to decline in Germany, our online store has become an essential part of keeping the business viable. However, the new packaging regulations are creating a significant additional financial and administrative burden that we are struggling to manage. Under the current regulatory framework, we will likely have to stop shipping to a large number of EU member states because complying with the individual national requirements is simply not financially or logistically feasible for a small business of our size. This is not a decision we take lightly. Restricting our sales within the European single market directly threatens an important part of our livelihood and the future of a business that has existed for more than four decades. We fully acknowledge that packaging waste is a serious environmental issue and that appropriate regulation is necessary. However, the current approach does not adequately account for the enormous differences in resources and market power between small businesses and large corporations. The amount of packaging waste generated by a small specialist retailer is negligible compared with that generated by large supermarket chains and major e commerce corporations such as Amazon. Nevertheless, small businesses are increasingly expected to navigate essentially the same complex regulatory landscape, registration procedures and financial obligations as companies with entirely different levels of turnover, administrative capacity and legal resources. This creates a disproportionate burden on precisely those businesses that are least capable of absorbing it. The result is not simply additional bureaucracy. It can make cross border trade economically impossible for small businesses and effectively force them to withdraw from parts of the European single market. This also risks having broader consequences for the European economy. Smaller and economically weaker EU member states could be particularly affected. Their consumers may lose access to goods from small European businesses in other member states, while local businesses in those countries may simultaneously lose access to customers elsewhere in the EU. Rather than strengthening the European single market, a fragmented and administratively burdensome system risks creating new barriers to intra European trade. We therefore strongly urge the EU to reconsider how these regulations are implemented for small and micro enterprises. Environmental objectives should remain a priority, but regulation must be proportionate to the scale of the business and the actual environmental impact involved. In particular, we believe that the following measures should be considered: 1. Minimum thresholds based on turnover, shipment volume or quantity of packaging, below which simplified requirements would apply. 2. *A genuinely centralised EU registration and reporting system, allowing businesses to fulfil their obligations through a single European process rather than having to navigate separate national systems. The European single market should enable small businesses to reach customers across Europe, rather than making cross border trade accessible primarily to companies large enough to maintain dedicated legal, tax and compliance departments. We ask the European institutions to ensure that environmental regulation does not unintentionally become a mechanism that disadvantages small businesses and undermines the very European single market it is intended to support.", "feedbackEnglish": "**Subject: Concerns Regarding the New EU Packaging Regulations and Their Impact on Small Businesses** I work for a small, independent business that has been operating for more than 40 years. Like many small businesses, we are facing increasingly difficult economic conditions. As inner city retail continues to decline in Germany, our online store has become an essential part of keeping the business viable. However, the new packaging regulations are creating a significant additional financial and administrative burden that we are struggling to manage. Under the current regulatory framework, we will likely have to stop shipping to a large number of EU member states because complying with the individual national requirements is simply not financially or logistically feasible for a small business of our size. This is not a decision we take lightly. Restricting our sales within the European single market directly threatens an important part of our livelihood and the future of a business that has existed for more than four decades. We fully acknowledge that packaging waste is a serious environmental issue and that appropriate regulation is necessary. However, the current approach does not adequately account for the enormous differences in resources and market power between small businesses and large corporations. The amount of packaging waste generated by a small specialist retailer is negligible compared with that generated by large supermarket chains and major e commerce corporations such as Amazon. Nevertheless, small businesses are increasingly expected to navigate essentially the same complex regulatory landscape, registration procedures and financial obligations as companies with entirely different levels of turnover, administrative capacity and legal resources. This creates a disproportionate burden on precisely those businesses that are least capable of absorbing it. The result is not simply additional bureaucracy. It can make cross border trade economically impossible for small businesses and effectively force them to withdraw from parts of the European single market. This also risks having broader consequences for the European economy. Smaller and economically weaker EU member states could be particularly affected. Their consumers may lose access to goods from small European businesses in other member states, while local businesses in those countries may simultaneously lose access to customers elsewhere in the EU. Rather than strengthening the European single market, a fragmented and administratively burdensome system risks creating new barriers to intra European trade. We therefore strongly urge the EU to reconsider how these regulations are implemented for small and micro enterprises. Environmental objectives should remain a priority, but regulation must be proportionate to the scale of the business and the actual environmental impact involved. In particular, we believe that the following measures should be considered: 1. Minimum thresholds based on turnover, shipment volume or quantity of packaging, below which simplified requirements would apply. 2. *A genuinely centralised EU registration and reporting system, allowing businesses to fulfil their obligations through a single European process rather than having to navigate separate national systems. The European single market should enable small businesses to reach customers across Europe, rather than making cross border trade accessible primarily to companies large enough to maintain dedicated legal, tax and compliance departments. We ask the European institutions to ensure that environmental regulation does not unintentionally become a mechanism that disadvantages small businesses and undermines the very European single market it is intended to support.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549801_en"}, {"id": 33549800, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:57:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am in the process of starting a small 1-person business selling my handmade prints (in Germany) - ranging in price from 25-100 euro - and planning to sell within the EU & also the UK, as the category of my work (fine art) would not incur too high a VAT in the latter region. After acquiring packing materials (used, recycled & biodegradable), I'm now learning of the complex hurdles this new EU regulation has put before me. That I would have to register with a representative in each EU country where I might have a customer, makes me wonder whether (a) I'm really understanding this correctly, (b) the EU reps who support this are aware that small businesses actually exist, and (c) the nearly-no exemption ruling is to the benefit of large companies...and has this really not occurred to anybody (?) The financial and administrative costs are so far beyond any prospect of a possible sale and pose the irony that it's now more feasible to sell to post-Brexit Britain than within what is supposed to be a single economic market. I'm wondering how to go forward now, as the prospect of being mired in a potential administrative nightmare while making little or no profit isn't very motivating. Shouldn't there be practical solutions to recycling across borders that doesn't pose what seems (overwhelmingly, I must say) like pre-emptive punitive measures against those who can least afford them?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am in the process of starting a small 1-person business selling my handmade prints (in Germany) - ranging in price from 25-100 euro - and planning to sell within the EU & also the UK, as the category of my work (fine art) would not incur too high a VAT in the latter region. After acquiring packing materials (used, recycled & biodegradable), I'm now learning of the complex hurdles this new EU regulation has put before me. That I would have to register with a representative in each EU country where I might have a customer, makes me wonder whether (a) I'm really understanding this correctly, (b) the EU reps who support this are aware that small businesses actually exist, and (c) the nearly-no exemption ruling is to the benefit of large companies...and has this really not occurred to anybody (?) The financial and administrative costs are so far beyond any prospect of a possible sale and pose the irony that it's now more feasible to sell to post-Brexit Britain than within what is supposed to be a single economic market. I'm wondering how to go forward now, as the prospect of being mired in a potential administrative nightmare while making little or no profit isn't very motivating. Shouldn't there be practical solutions to recycling across borders that doesn't pose what seems (overwhelmingly, I must say) like pre-emptive punitive measures against those who can least afford them?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549800_en"}, {"id": 33549798, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:56:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: Flawed European packaging regulation (PPWR) penalizes consumers and destroys the internal market. With this message, I officially submit my objection to the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The requirement for small businesses to go through separate bureaucratic registrations and pay fees in every single EU member state is a prime example of regulatory overreach. This policy does not just hurt businesses; it is a direct assault on the wallet and freedom of choice of the European consumer. The consequences in practice are unacceptable: 1. Reduction of choice: Unique, specialized online shops are mass-closing their digital doors to foreign customers because managing 27 separate administrative systems is impossible. 2. Price inflation: The absurd fixed overhead costs and minimum fees per country are directly passed on to the consumer. We are footing the bill for this bureaucracy. 3. End of the internal market: The core European principle of the free movement of goods is effectively being destroyed. Invisible trade barriers are being erected within Europe. Personally, I am already facing the consequences of this legislation: I can no longer order from my favorite online shops abroad. Green ambitions must never serve as a cover for creating an unworkable, fragmented bureaucratic monster. I demand that the European Commission and the European Parliament intervene immediately by implementing: A single central EU portal for all packaging declarations and fees, similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) system, and a strict exemptions threshold (de-minimis) for small businesses, ensuring that the unique European marketplace remains accessible to its citizens. Sincerely, Cynthia Rombout", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Flawed European packaging regulation (PPWR) penalizes consumers and destroys the internal market. With this message, I officially submit my objection to the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The requirement for small businesses to go through separate bureaucratic registrations and pay fees in every single EU member state is a prime example of regulatory overreach. This policy does not just hurt businesses; it is a direct assault on the wallet and freedom of choice of the European consumer. The consequences in practice are unacceptable: 1. Reduction of choice: Unique, specialized online shops are mass-closing their digital doors to foreign customers because managing 27 separate administrative systems is impossible. 2. Price inflation: The absurd fixed overhead costs and minimum fees per country are directly passed on to the consumer. We are footing the bill for this bureaucracy. 3. End of the internal market: The core European principle of the free movement of goods is effectively being destroyed. Invisible trade barriers are being erected within Europe. Personally, I am already facing the consequences of this legislation: I can no longer order from my favorite online shops abroad. Green ambitions must never serve as a cover for creating an unworkable, fragmented bureaucratic monster. I demand that the European Commission and the European Parliament intervene immediately by implementing: A single central EU portal for all packaging declarations and fees, similar to the VAT One-Stop Shop (OSS) system, and a strict exemptions threshold (de-minimis) for small businesses, ensuring that the unique European marketplace remains accessible to its citizens. Sincerely, Cynthia Rombout", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549798_en"}, {"id": 33549794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:54:16", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "microentreprise Lodômbre", "feedback": "The absence of a unified system to keep a micro or small business in compliance with EPR in all european country places a burden on micro and small businesses that is simply a death sentence for many, and a drag to any aspiring creator. Only big corporations have the means to comply to this new plan. It is dangerous for small artist, creators and cultur creator all around europe. Not only businesses will dissapear but also endangered crafts and alternative skills, since this will cut ressources from small creators. We need a unified system and an upper thresholds for small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The absence of a unified system to keep a micro or small business in compliance with EPR in all european country places a burden on micro and small businesses that is simply a death sentence for many, and a drag to any aspiring creator. Only big corporations have the means to comply to this new plan. It is dangerous for small artist, creators and cultur creator all around europe. Not only businesses will dissapear but also endangered crafts and alternative skills, since this will cut ressources from small creators. We need a unified system and an upper thresholds for small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549794_en"}, {"id": 33549793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:52:44", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dustbunny-Studios", "feedback": "These new rules are unregulated, confusing and unfair will destroy many small business and barely affect large ones. A business that only sends maybe 2-5 packages a year to the eu should not be paying the same charges/taxes as a large company.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules are unregulated, confusing and unfair will destroy many small business and barely affect large ones. A business that only sends maybe 2-5 packages a year to the eu should not be paying the same charges/taxes as a large company.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549793_en"}, {"id": 33549792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:52:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner and independent designer who only recently started building my business, I fully support the idea that companies should take responsibility for the packaging waste they create. However, the way these new regulations are implemented creates an enormous burden for small businesses like mine. My work naturally reaches customers across Europe and internationally. Limiting my sales to Germany is simply not a realistic option and could ultimately mean having to close my business before it has even had the chance to grow. The biggest issue is the lack of one simple, harmonised EU-wide system. Having to understand different registration processes, requirements and fees for individual countries creates a level of bureaucracy and cost that a small business with relatively low sales can hardly manage. I strongly believe there should be proportionate solutions for micro and small businesses whether through exemptions, reasonable thresholds or one central EU-wide registration and payment system. Sustainability matters, and many small independent brands, artists and designers already make very conscious decisions about packaging and production. Regulation should encourage that responsibility without creating barriers that make it almost impossible for small creative businesses to sell across Europe. I sincerely hope the impact on micro businesses will be reconsidered and that a simpler, fairer solution will be introduced.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner and independent designer who only recently started building my business, I fully support the idea that companies should take responsibility for the packaging waste they create. However, the way these new regulations are implemented creates an enormous burden for small businesses like mine. My work naturally reaches customers across Europe and internationally. Limiting my sales to Germany is simply not a realistic option and could ultimately mean having to close my business before it has even had the chance to grow. The biggest issue is the lack of one simple, harmonised EU-wide system. Having to understand different registration processes, requirements and fees for individual countries creates a level of bureaucracy and cost that a small business with relatively low sales can hardly manage. I strongly believe there should be proportionate solutions for micro and small businesses whether through exemptions, reasonable thresholds or one central EU-wide registration and payment system. Sustainability matters, and many small independent brands, artists and designers already make very conscious decisions about packaging and production. Regulation should encourage that responsibility without creating barriers that make it almost impossible for small creative businesses to sell across Europe. I sincerely hope the impact on micro businesses will be reconsidered and that a simpler, fairer solution will be introduced.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549792_en"}, {"id": 33549791, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:51:48", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR regulation needs to better adapt small businesses whose livelihood depend on it. The rules and payments need to be the same in each country and targeted towards big corporations, not small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regulation needs to better adapt small businesses whose livelihood depend on it. The rules and payments need to be the same in each country and targeted towards big corporations, not small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549791_en"}, {"id": 33549790, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:50:58", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Beforeafter Jewelleru", "feedback": "As the owner of a small, one-person French jewellery brand, I fully support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, the rules must remain proportionate to the size and reality of micro-businesses. For a very small business sending a limited number of small parcels across Europe, the administrative and financial burden of complying with multiple national packaging systems can become disproportionate to the actual environmental impact of the packaging involved. I would therefore strongly support: * Reasonable and proportionate rules for micro-businesses, with fees and obligations based on the actual quantity and weight of packaging placed on the market, rather than fixed costs that can be disproportionate for very small volumes. * No requirement to appoint separate, costly representatives in every Member State for a micro-business simply because it sells small quantities cross-border. * One simple EU-wide registration, reporting and payment system for packaging obligations, rather than having to navigate different national systems, registrations, fees and administrative procedures. * A genuine de minimis or simplified regime for micro-businesses, so that very small businesses can continue selling across the EU without compliance costs threatening their ability to operate. * A clear one business, one EU market approach, consistent with the fundamental principle of the Single Market. As a one-person business, I want to comply with European environmental objectives and contribute to reducing packaging waste. But if the cost and complexity of compliance become higher than the value of the packaging itself, the rules risk unintentionally pushing small European businesses out of cross-border trade. The EU should make sustainable packaging easier to achieve, not make the Single Market inaccessible to micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small, one-person French jewellery brand, I fully support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, the rules must remain proportionate to the size and reality of micro-businesses. For a very small business sending a limited number of small parcels across Europe, the administrative and financial burden of complying with multiple national packaging systems can become disproportionate to the actual environmental impact of the packaging involved. I would therefore strongly support: * Reasonable and proportionate rules for micro-businesses, with fees and obligations based on the actual quantity and weight of packaging placed on the market, rather than fixed costs that can be disproportionate for very small volumes. * No requirement to appoint separate, costly representatives in every Member State for a micro-business simply because it sells small quantities cross-border. * One simple EU-wide registration, reporting and payment system for packaging obligations, rather than having to navigate different national systems, registrations, fees and administrative procedures. * A genuine de minimis or simplified regime for micro-businesses, so that very small businesses can continue selling across the EU without compliance costs threatening their ability to operate. * A clear one business, one EU market approach, consistent with the fundamental principle of the Single Market. As a one-person business, I want to comply with European environmental objectives and contribute to reducing packaging waste. But if the cost and complexity of compliance become higher than the value of the packaging itself, the rules risk unintentionally pushing small European businesses out of cross-border trade. The EU should make sustainable packaging easier to achieve, not make the Single Market inaccessible to micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549790_en"}, {"id": 33549789, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:50:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an small online store owner offering plastic free mending and sewing tools. I have been trying to encourage my customers all across Europe to repair their clothes to reduce unwanted textile waste since 2020. My products and packages are without plastic and I use the smallest cardboard boxes as possible. While I believe the idea and goal behind this new regulation is for a good cause, the fees we must pay for each country is unsustainable for small business/store owners like mine. We, all the store owners who are temporary pausing shipping to EU countries truly wish that there will be an considerable solution (exemption/reduction of fees for micro business) in the very near future.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an small online store owner offering plastic free mending and sewing tools. I have been trying to encourage my customers all across Europe to repair their clothes to reduce unwanted textile waste since 2020. My products and packages are without plastic and I use the smallest cardboard boxes as possible. While I believe the idea and goal behind this new regulation is for a good cause, the fees we must pay for each country is unsustainable for small business/store owners like mine. We, all the store owners who are temporary pausing shipping to EU countries truly wish that there will be an considerable solution (exemption/reduction of fees for micro business) in the very near future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549789_en"}, {"id": 33549788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:49:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ovatics GmbH", "feedback": "Wir sind ein Kleinstunternehmen aus Deutschland und verkaufen unsere Produkte über den Onlinehandel auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Für uns ist der 12.08.2026, das Geltungsdatum der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), ein Wendepunkt leider im negativen Sinne. Vorab: Die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung als solche stellen wir nicht in Frage. Dass wir für die Verpackungen zahlen, die wir tatsächlich in Verkehr bringen, halten wir für richtig und unterstützen es ausdrücklich. Unser Problem sind nicht die Entsorgungskosten, sondern die Struktur der Registrierungspflichten. Nach Art. 44 und 45 PPWR müssen wir uns in jedem Mitgliedstaat, in den wir liefern, in ein nationales Herstellerregister eintragen und dort, wo wir nicht niedergelassen sind, jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung benennen. Das bedeutet für ein Kleinstunternehmen im Extremfall bis zu 26 parallele Registrierungen, 26 Bevollmächtigte, 26 Meldeverfahren in unterschiedlichen Sprachen, Portalen und Formaten. Wir haben die Kosten kalkuliert: Allein in den ersten zwölf Monaten kämen auf uns über 10.000 an Registrierungsgebühren, Kosten für Bevollmächtigte, Notar- und Übersetzungskosten sowie Grundgebühren zu ohne dass darin auch nur ein einziges Gramm tatsächlich angefallenen Verpackungsabfalls bezahlt wäre. Diese Summe steht in keinem Verhältnis zu den Kleinstmengen, die wir in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten liefern. In manche Länder versenden wir wenige Pakete im Jahr; die Fixkosten der Registrierung übersteigen dort den Umsatz. Ein Kleinstunternehmen kann das nicht stemmen. Die wirtschaftlich einzig rationale Reaktion ist der Rückzug aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel also genau das Gegenteil dessen, was der Binnenmarkt und die europäische Idee erreichen wollen. Große Konzerne können diese Bürokratie abfedern, Kleinstunternehmen werden aus dem Markt gedrängt. Die Regelung wirkt damit faktisch als Marktzutrittsschranke und Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten der Kleinsten. Unser konstruktiver Vorschlag: Übernehmen Sie das bewährte Modell des One-Stop-Shop (OSS) aus dem Mehrwertsteuerrecht. Dort melden und zahlen wir zentral über eine einzige nationale Anlaufstelle im Inland, und die Beträge und Meldungen werden von dort an alle betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet. Dieses System funktioniert seit Jahren reibungslos und beweist, dass eine zentrale Registrierung mit nationaler Weiterverteilung technisch und administrativ möglich ist. Genau so sollte es auch bei den Herstellerregistern laufen: eine einzige Registrierung im Sitzland, eine einheitliche Meldung der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen je Zielland, zentrale Zahlung, automatische Weiterleitung an die jeweiligen nationalen Register und Systeme. Die Pflicht zur Benennung von Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat würde damit entfallen, ohne dass den Mitgliedstaaten Einnahmen entgehen oder die Umweltziele geschwächt würden. Im Gegenteil: Die Befolgungsquote würde steigen, weil Compliance für kleine Akteure überhaupt erst leistbar wird. Hilfsweise, falls ein OSS-Modell kurzfristig nicht umsetzbar ist: Schaffen Sie eine echte Ausnahme- bzw. De-minimis-Regelung für Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der Empfehlung 2003/361/EG, etwa unterhalb einer Bagatellgrenze an Verpackungsmenge oder Auslandsumsatz je Mitgliedstaat mit vereinfachter Registrierung ohne Bevollmächtigtenpflicht und pauschalierter Abgeltung. Beides zusammen wäre ideal: zentrale Meldung für alle, Vereinfachung für die Kleinsten. Wir bitten Sie eindringlich: Handeln Sie, bevor die Regelung greift. Die tatsächliche Finanzierung der Entsorgung tragen wir gern mit. Aber eine Bürokratie, die vor dem ersten Gramm Abfall fünfstellige Fixkosten erzeugt, zwingt Kleinstunternehmen aus dem europäischen Handel. Das kann nicht das Ziel der PPWR sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a micro-enterprise from Germany and sell our products online to customers in other EU Member States. For us, 12 August 2026, the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), is unfortunately a turning point in the negative sense. First: We do not question Extended Producer Responsibility as such. We believe that we pay for the packaging we actually place on the market and we strongly support it. Our problem is not the cost of disposal, but the structure of the registration obligations. Under Articles 44 and 45 of the PPWR, we must register in a national register of producers in each Member State to which we deliver and, where we are not established, appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility. For a microenterprise, this means in extreme cases up to 26 parallel registrations, 26 authorised representatives, 26 reporting procedures in different languages, portals and formats. We have calculated the costs: In the first 12 months alone, we would have to pay more than 10.000 registration fees, agent fees, notary and translation costs and basic fees, without paying even a single gram of packaging waste actually generated. This amount is disproportionate to the minimum quantities we deliver to individual Member States. We send a small number of parcels per year to some countries; the fixed costs of registration there exceed turnover. A microenterprise cannot cope with this. Thus, the only economically rational response is to withdraw from cross-border trade, which is exactly the opposite of what the single market and the European idea want to achieve. Large corporations can reduce this red tape and micro-enterprises are pushed out of the market. The provision thus effectively acts as a barrier to market entry and a distortion of competition to the detriment of the smallest. Our constructive proposal: Adopt the tried-and-tested VAT One-Stop-Shop (OSS) model. There we report and pay centrally through a national one-stop-shop in Germany and the amounts and reports are then forwarded from there to all the Member States concerned. This system has functioned smoothly for years and proves that centralised registration with national redistribution is technically and administratively possible. The same should apply to producer registers: a single registration in the country of establishment, a single declaration of the quantities of packaging placed on the market per country of destination, centralised payment, automatic redirection to the respective national registers and systems. This would remove the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in each Member State without depriving Member States of revenue or weakening environmental objectives. To the contrary: The compliance rate would increase because compliance becomes affordable for small actors in the first place. Alternatively, if an OSS model is not feasible in the short term: Create a genuine exemption or de minimis scheme for micro-enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC, for example below a de minimis limit on the quantity of packaging or foreign turnover per Member State, with simplified registration without the obligation to have an authorised representative and flat-rate compensation. The combination of the two would be ideal: one-stop reporting for all, simplification for the smallest. We urge you to: Act before the scheme comes into effect. We are happy to contribute to the actual financing of disposal. But red tape, which generates five-digit fixed costs before the first gram of waste, forces micro-enterprises from European trade. This cannot be the objective of the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549788_en"}, {"id": 33549779, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:49:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BTS GmbH", "feedback": "As a small business from Germany selling online, the cost (in the lower 5 digits per year) and administrative burden of this new regulation is unbearable for us. A small business simply cannot afford it. It goes against everything that the EU stands for. Instead of enabling free movement of goods across the economic union, it will cause small businesses and independent craftspeople to stop selling to most member states. It cuts the business of from the customers and the customers off from the product and services. This rule benefits no one. Pasting a shipping label on a box does not make one a manufacturer. It comes in effect tomorrow and starting from tomorrow, customers from 26 of the 27 member states will no longer be able to purchase from our company. It is a shame because EU-wide business is substantial for us. We support the idea to reduce packaging waste, any reasonable person does. But the way this law is implemented will only damage SMEs and increase imports from outside of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business from Germany selling online, the cost (in the lower 5 digits per year) and administrative burden of this new regulation is unbearable for us. A small business simply cannot afford it. It goes against everything that the EU stands for. Instead of enabling free movement of goods across the economic union, it will cause small businesses and independent craftspeople to stop selling to most member states. It cuts the business of from the customers and the customers off from the product and services. This rule benefits no one. Pasting a shipping label on a box does not make one a manufacturer. It comes in effect tomorrow and starting from tomorrow, customers from 26 of the 27 member states will no longer be able to purchase from our company. It is a shame because EU-wide business is substantial for us. We support the idea to reduce packaging waste, any reasonable person does. But the way this law is implemented will only damage SMEs and increase imports from outside of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549779_en"}, {"id": 33549787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:48:34", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tavast Eesti", "feedback": "We are an Estonian SME engaged in e-commerce and direct B2B sales across the EU. In 2026 alone, we have already received orders from customers in 25 EU Member States. This is not because we operate 25 national businesses it is simply how the Single Market works: customers find our website and place orders from across Europe. The proposed harmonised registration and reporting format is welcome. However, it does not solve the main problem for SMEs: cross-border sales may still require us to deal separately with national producer registers, EPR systems, producer responsibility organisations and, under the current PPWR rules, potentially authorised representatives in each destination Member State. For many countries we may have only a few orders per year. The fixed administrative and compliance cost can therefore be much higher than the value of the packaging concerned or even the profit generated from those sales. The likely result is that SMEs will simply stop delivering to smaller EU markets. Harmonising 27 national forms is not the same as creating a functioning Single Market. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to move towards: - a genuine EU-wide EPR one-stop-shop, similar to VAT OSS; - an EU-wide de minimis or simplified regime for occasional and very low-volume cross-border sales; - maximum reuse of company data across Member States and automated reporting; - reconsideration of the requirement for a locally established authorised representative for EU-based cross-border sellers. For us, dealing with up to 25 national EPR systems is not a hypothetical scenario it is the potential consequence of our actual 2026 sales pattern. The PPWR should make cross-border trade easier and more sustainable, not create an incentive for SMEs to disable delivery to other Member States.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are an Estonian SME engaged in e-commerce and direct B2B sales across the EU. In 2026 alone, we have already received orders from customers in 25 EU Member States. This is not because we operate 25 national businesses it is simply how the Single Market works: customers find our website and place orders from across Europe. The proposed harmonised registration and reporting format is welcome. However, it does not solve the main problem for SMEs: cross-border sales may still require us to deal separately with national producer registers, EPR systems, producer responsibility organisations and, under the current PPWR rules, potentially authorised representatives in each destination Member State. For many countries we may have only a few orders per year. The fixed administrative and compliance cost can therefore be much higher than the value of the packaging concerned or even the profit generated from those sales. The likely result is that SMEs will simply stop delivering to smaller EU markets. Harmonising 27 national forms is not the same as creating a functioning Single Market. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to move towards: - a genuine EU-wide EPR one-stop-shop, similar to VAT OSS; - an EU-wide de minimis or simplified regime for occasional and very low-volume cross-border sales; - maximum reuse of company data across Member States and automated reporting; - reconsideration of the requirement for a locally established authorised representative for EU-based cross-border sellers. For us, dealing with up to 25 national EPR systems is not a hypothetical scenario it is the potential consequence of our actual 2026 sales pattern. The PPWR should make cross-border trade easier and more sustainable, not create an incentive for SMEs to disable delivery to other Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549787_en"}, {"id": 33549786, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:48:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Graesslin Zeitschalttechnik GmbH", "feedback": "Die Grässlin Zeitschalttechnik GmbH begrüßt die mit der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 verfolgten Zielsetzungen. Dazu zählen insbesondere die Stärkung einer effektiven erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung, die transparente Erfassung von Verpackungsmengen sowie die Förderung eines reibungslos funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes. Bei der Ausgestaltung und Umsetzung nationaler Herstellerregister sollte jedoch sichergestellt werden, dass keine zusätzlichen bürokratischen Hürden für den grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU entstehen. Getrennte Registrierungsprozesse, verschiedene nationale Meldeplattformen, voneinander abweichende Datenanforderungen, Fristen, Sprachregelungen und Vorgaben zur Benennung von Bevollmächtigten führen insbesondere bei geringen Verpackungsmengen in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen Verwaltungsaufwand. Die Grässlin Zeitschalttechnik GmbH spricht sich daher für einen zentralen digitalen Zugang auf europäischer Ebene aus, der eine einmalige Erfassung der Unternehmensstammdaten ermöglicht. Ergänzt werden sollte dies durch eine EU-weit einheitliche Herstelleridentifikation, harmonisierte Datensätze, standardisierte maschinenlesbare Formate sowie die konsequente Anwendung des Once-Only-Prinzips. Die einmal erfassten Informationen sollten anschließend automatisiert an die jeweils zuständigen nationalen Register weitergeleitet werden können. Für Unternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen sollten vereinfachte Melde- und Registrierungsverfahren vorgesehen werden. Darüber hinaus sollten zusätzliche Verpflichtungen zur Bestellung nationaler Vertreter für bereits in der Europäischen Union ansässige Unternehmen unterhalb angemessener Mengenschwellen nach Möglichkeit entfallen. Ein derartiges System würde die Umsetzung der Ziele der PPWR wirksam unterstützen, die Qualität der erhobenen Daten erhöhen, den administrativen Aufwand verringern und redundante Meldungen vermeiden. Gleichzeitig würde es zur Stärkung des freien Warenverkehrs und der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes beitragen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Grässlin Zeitschalttechnik GmbH welcomes the objectives pursued by Regulation (EU) 2025/40. These include, in particular, strengthening effective Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), transparent collection of packaging quantities and promoting a well-functioning European internal market. However, the design and implementation of national registers of producers should ensure that there are no additional bureaucratic obstacles to the cross-border movement of goods within the EU. Separate registration processes, different national reporting platforms, diverging data requirements, deadlines, language arrangements and requirements to appoint authorised representatives lead to a disproportionate administrative burden, especially for small packaging volumes in individual Member States. Grässlin Zeitschalttechnik GmbH is therefore in favour of centralised digital access at European level, allowing for the unique recording of company master data. This should be complemented by EU-wide uniform manufacturer identification, harmonised datasets, standardised machine-readable formats and consistent application of the once-only principle. Once collected, it should then be possible to automatically forward the information to the relevant national registers. Simplified notification and registration procedures should be provided for companies with small quantities of packaging. In addition, additional obligations to appoint national representatives for undertakings already established in the European Union below appropriate volume thresholds should be removed where possible. Such a system would effectively support the implementation of the objectives of the PPWR, increase the quality of the data collected, reduce the administrative burden and avoid redundant reporting. At the same time, it would contribute to strengthening the free movement of goods and competitiveness within the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549786_en"}, {"id": 33549785, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:46:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue PWWR widerspricht meiner Ansicht nach dem Artikel 30 des AEUV, dort heißt es: \"Ein- und Ausfuhrzölle oder Abgaben gleicher Wirkung sind zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten verboten.\" Die PWWR entfaltet eine solche \"gleiche Wirkung\". Jeder Händler, der im Fernabsatz innerhalb der EU Waren verkaufen möchte, wird gezwungen, in jedem Land Verpackungsmeldungen zu erstellen und dafür einen entsprechenden Bevollmächtigten im jeweiligen Land mit der Abwicklung zu beauftagen. Alleine die jährlichen Fixkosten pro Land belaufen sich auf ca. 300 EUR, die eigene Arbeit sowie die tatsächlichen Gebühren für die Verpackungen noch nicht einmal eingerechnet. Bei 27 EU-Ländern kommen so mindestens 10.000 EUR Kosten pro Jahr zusammen, dies führt zu einer klaren Wettbewerbsverzerrung sowohl gegenüber lokalen Anbietern (im eigenen Land ist kein Bevollmächtigter erforderlich) als auch gegenüber größeren Anbietern, da die sich hohen Fixkosten bei entsprecheder Menge relativieren. Es ist verständlich, dass die Entsorgungskosten für Verpackungen von den Erzeugern innerhalb der EU getragen werden soll, allerdings wäre hierzu ein Verfahren ähnlich wie bei dem \"One-Stop-Shop\" bei der Umsatzsteuer besser geeignet. In einem solchen Portal könnten Händler ihre Jahresmengen pro Land eingeben, die entsprechenden Gebühren an diese eine Stelle zahlen, die diese wiederum innerhalb der EU an die einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten anteilig weiterleitet. Keine Fixkosten, keine unnötige Bürokratie, keine Kosten für Notare oder Bevollmächtigte oder Dienstleister, die bei der Abwicklung in 27 EU-Ländern helfen müssen. Ähnliches gilt übrigens für weitere EPR-Kategorien, wie Elektronik (WEEE) und Batterien, hier existieren ähnliche, verkrustete, bürokratische Strukturen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PWWR is, in my view, contrary to Article 30 TFEU, which states: ‘Customs duties on imports and exports or charges having equivalent effect shall be prohibited between Member States.’ The PWWR has such ‘equivalent effect’. Any trader wishing to sell goods at a distance within the EU will be forced to make packaging declarations in each country and to appoint an authorised representative in each country to deal with them. The annual fixed costs per country alone amount to approximately EUR 300, not even taking into account own work and the actual charges for the packaging. For 27 EU countries, this brings together at least EUR 10.000 per year, leading to a clear distortion of competition both vis-à-vis local providers (no authorised representative is required in their own country) and vis-à-vis larger providers, as the high fixed costs are tempered by an equivalent volume. It is understandable that the costs of disposing of packaging should be borne by producers within the EU, but a procedure similar to the one-stop shop for turnover tax would be more appropriate. In such a portal, traders could enter their annual volumes per country and pay the corresponding fees to a body, which in turn distributes them to each Member State on a pro rata basis within the EU. No fixed costs, no unnecessary red tape, no costs for notaries or agents or service providers who have to help with processing in 27 EU countries. The same applies to other EPR categories, such as electronics (WEEE) and batteries, where similar, rigid, bureaucratic structures exist.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549785_en"}, {"id": 33549784, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:46:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wir sind eine kleine Zwei-Mann-Feinkostmanufaktur in einer Touristengegend und verkaufen einen Großteil unserer Produkte an Urlauber (einige davon auch aus aller Welt). Einige wenige Urlauber aus dem Ausland bestellen diese auch dann von zu Hause aus bei uns. Jedoch handelt es sich hier um vielleicht max.2 Pakete je Land/Jahr (Warenwert zwischen 50-100 ) wodurch für uns die Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten von mehreren tausend Euro nicht tragbar wären. Die bittere Konsequenz: wir müssen den Handel ins Ausland stoppen. Durch die neue Verpackungsverordnung kappen Sie den Handel kleiner Einzelunternehmen ins Ausland und fördern, dass Marktgiganten mit großen Onlineplattformen nur noch ein beschränktes Angebot anbieten oder aber die Preise bestimmen. Kleine Einzelunternehmen, für die jeder Euro überlebenswichtig ist und versuchen ihre Produkte über Direktmarketing zu vertreiben stehen mit dem Rücken an der Wand und müssen auf Geschäfte ins Ausland verzichten. Für mich ist nicht nachvollziehbar, wieso wir kleinen Direktvermarkter/Kleinstunternehmer mit großen Onlineplattformen, die Millionenumsätzen generieren, gleich behandelt werden. Die Einführung der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) widerspricht für mein Verständnis dem Grundgedanken für einen freien europäischen Binnenmarkt. Es lähmt zudem die Wirtschaft auch im B2B-Handel. Denn wir beziehen z.B. für unsere Produktion spezielle Maschinen von einer kleinen Firma aus Italien, die nur dort hergestellt werden. Hierfür benötigen wir regelmäßig Ersatzteile oder neue Filter um unseren Produktionsprozess am Laufen zu halten.Wenn Kleinstunternehmen in anderen EU-Ländern aufgrund der bürokratischen Hürden ebenfalls den Export einstellen, erhalten wir keine Filter oder Ersatzteile mehr. Das bedroht akut unsere laufende Produktion. Es ist uns ein großes Anliegen zu betonen, dass wir den ökologischen Gedanken der Müllvermeidung voll unterstützen. In unserer Manufaktur arbeiten wir seit Jahren konsequent nachhaltig und verzichten komplett auf Plastikverpackungen. Zudem kommen wir unseren Pflichten in Deutschland bereits vollumfänglich nach: Wir sind im Verpackungsregister LUCID registriert, melden unsere Mengen ordnungsgemäß und zahlen dafür Entsorgungsgebühren. Warum werden uns nun für den Versand einzelner Pakete über die Landesgrenzen hinweg derart massive Steine in den Weg gelegt? Um einen fairen europäischen Wettbewerb zu gewährleisten und das Sterben kleiner Handwerksbetriebe und Manufakturen abzuwenden, fordere ich eine praxistaugliche Bagatellgrenze für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand, die Kleinstunternehmen mit geringem Paketaufkommen von der Pflicht eines ausländischen Bevollmächtigten befreit.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small two-man feminost manufacture in a tourist area, selling most of our products to holidaymakers (some of them from all over the world). A small number of holidaymakers from abroad also order them from our homes. However, these are perhaps max.2 parcels per country/year (goods value between 50-100), which would make the cost of an authorised representative of several thousand euros unsustainable for us. The bitter consequence: we need to stop trade abroad. With the new Packaging Ordinance, you are cutting off the trade of small individual companies abroad and encouraging market giants with large online platforms to offer only a limited offer or to set prices. Small individual companies, for whom every euro is vital for their survival and who try to sell their products through direct marketing, have their backs on the wall and have to refrain from doing business abroad. I do not understand why we treat small direct marketers/micro-entrepreneurs with large online platforms generating millions of turnover equally. In my view, the introduction of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) runs counter to the basic idea of a free European internal market. It is also paralysing the economy in business-to-business trade. This is because, for example, we buy machines for our production from a small company in Italy, which are only produced there. To do so, we regularly need spare parts or new filters to keep our production process running. If micro-enterprises in other EU countries also stop exporting because of the bureaucratic hurdles, we will no longer receive filters or spare parts. This is an acute threat to our current production. It is our great concern to stress that we fully support the ecological idea of waste prevention. In our manufacturing process, we have consistently been working sustainably for years and have completely abandoned plastic packaging. In addition, we are already fully complying with our obligations in Germany: We are registered in the packaging register LUCID, duly report our quantities and pay disposal fees for them. Why are we now facing such massive obstacles to sending individual parcels across national borders? In order to ensure fair European competition and prevent the death of small craft businesses and manufacturers, I call for a practical de minimis threshold for cross-border shipping, which exempts micro-enterprises with low volumes of parcels from the requirement of a foreign authorised representative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549784_en"}, {"id": 33549783, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:45:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Toorenburg F.C. Beheer", "feedback": "The upcoming changes to the EPR regulations will have a disastrous effect on micro and small businesses. I own a fulfilment house and distribution company serving a niche market, shipping from the Netherlands to customers throughout the EU. Under the new system, nearly 80% of our customers will no longer be able to ship within the EU at all, because of the additional administrative burden and the associated costs. It will also force our partners to decide which countries they will continue to do business with and which they will abandon, simply because it is no longer viable. Countries such as Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and many others will effectively lose access to these products, because serving them is no longer commercially feasible. If the scheme proceeds as currently designed, it will mean the unofficial end of the open market in the EU as we know it today. Systems such as GPSR and OSS were well designed: from a single point of contact, a business can arrange matters for the entire EU. The current EPR scheme takes us back to the old days, when you had to register for VAT in every individual member state. That is unworkable for businesses anywhere in the world. We understand the objective behind this scheme, and we recognise our responsibility to contribute to it. What we need, however, is a regulatory framework that either enables us to arrange compliance for all EU countries at once or, better still, provides a single regulated EU-wide system comparable to OSS, instead of the current privatised patchwork with unreliable operators in every individual member state. If the scheme takes effect in its present form, 80% of the businesses we work with will either cease trading or withdraw from Europe altogether. It would also mean that our own company, founded with every intention of supporting this niche, would go under. The current arrangement is at odds with the principle of European cooperation between companies; it creates deep and lasting divisions between member states. I would therefore strongly recommend that the following options be considered: 1. Create or integrate a one-stop shop, along the lines of OSS, through which companies register once and can then file for all EU countries at a reasonable cost. 2. Introduce an exemption for small companies falling below a defined turnover or volume threshold. 3. Make this part of the import process for goods, allowing payment for the entire EU at the point of origin. We appreciate that distributing the proceeds to the country of final destination is difficult, but it would eliminate countless administrative tasks. 4. Permit a more flexible approach that allows service partners to arrange compliance on behalf of businesses at a reasonable price. To reiterate: as matters stand, this will mean the end of micro and small businesses operating across Europe. It will also mean that smaller EU countries can no longer obtain products on the open market, and ultimately it will bring about the end of the open EU market itself. We urge the EU to adopt a European-first approach and to introduce legislation that works for small and micro-enterprises, as OSS does.", "feedbackEnglish": "The upcoming changes to the EPR regulations will have a disastrous effect on micro and small businesses. I own a fulfilment house and distribution company serving a niche market, shipping from the Netherlands to customers throughout the EU. Under the new system, nearly 80% of our customers will no longer be able to ship within the EU at all, because of the additional administrative burden and the associated costs. It will also force our partners to decide which countries they will continue to do business with and which they will abandon, simply because it is no longer viable. Countries such as Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and many others will effectively lose access to these products, because serving them is no longer commercially feasible. If the scheme proceeds as currently designed, it will mean the unofficial end of the open market in the EU as we know it today. Systems such as GPSR and OSS were well designed: from a single point of contact, a business can arrange matters for the entire EU. The current EPR scheme takes us back to the old days, when you had to register for VAT in every individual member state. That is unworkable for businesses anywhere in the world. We understand the objective behind this scheme, and we recognise our responsibility to contribute to it. What we need, however, is a regulatory framework that either enables us to arrange compliance for all EU countries at once or, better still, provides a single regulated EU-wide system comparable to OSS, instead of the current privatised patchwork with unreliable operators in every individual member state. If the scheme takes effect in its present form, 80% of the businesses we work with will either cease trading or withdraw from Europe altogether. It would also mean that our own company, founded with every intention of supporting this niche, would go under. The current arrangement is at odds with the principle of European cooperation between companies; it creates deep and lasting divisions between member states. I would therefore strongly recommend that the following options be considered: 1. Create or integrate a one-stop shop, along the lines of OSS, through which companies register once and can then file for all EU countries at a reasonable cost. 2. Introduce an exemption for small companies falling below a defined turnover or volume threshold. 3. Make this part of the import process for goods, allowing payment for the entire EU at the point of origin. We appreciate that distributing the proceeds to the country of final destination is difficult, but it would eliminate countless administrative tasks. 4. Permit a more flexible approach that allows service partners to arrange compliance on behalf of businesses at a reasonable price. To reiterate: as matters stand, this will mean the end of micro and small businesses operating across Europe. It will also mean that smaller EU countries can no longer obtain products on the open market, and ultimately it will bring about the end of the open EU market itself. We urge the EU to adopt a European-first approach and to introduce legislation that works for small and micro-enterprises, as OSS does.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549783_en"}, {"id": 33549782, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:45:19", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an absurd measure. Transferring this responsibility to small business owners is a terrible idea. There is NO WAY to keep this up as a one-person business, considering all the fees and administrative costs we would have to pay. This may make sense for big companies like Amazon, Temu, and others, because THEY ship thousands and thousands of items EVERY DAY. I, on the other hand, ship way less than one hundred items per year outside my country of residence! This needs to be reconsidered. The responsibility cannot be placed on the shoulders of small business owners who simply do not have the volume or financial capacity to absorb these additional costs and administrative burdens.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an absurd measure. Transfer this responsibility to small business owners is a Terrible idea. There is NO WAY to keep this up as a one-person business, considering all the fees and administrative costs we would have to pay. This may make sense for big companies like Amazon, Temu, and others, because they ship thousands and thousands of items EVERY DAY. I, on the other hand, ship way less than one hundred items per year outside my country of residence! This needs to be Reconsidered. The responsibility cannot be placed on the shoulders of small business owners who simply do not have the volume or financial capacity to absorb these additional costs and administrative burdens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549782_en"}, {"id": 33549699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:44:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Seit Jahrzehnten unterstütze ich die EU, die Idee dahinter und ihre Institutionen. In einem früheren Job war ich auch maßgeblich an der Einführung des Euro in Österreich beteiligt und stolz darauf. Als Grüner bin ich auch für alles zu haben, das unserer Umwelt hilft. Als Projektleiter und Organisator bin ich aber perplex wie unausgegoren und wirtschaftsfeindlich kompliziert diese Verordnung nach langen Jahren der Entstehung nun Gültigkeit erlangt. Das ist der Tod des kleinen Onlineshops in der ganzen EU. Das widerspricht dem grundlegenden Gedanken hinter der EU, gemeinsam mit allgemein gültigen Regeln unsere Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zu stärken. Es kann und darf eine derartige Regel nicht zu dieser hoch komplexen und extrem bürokratischen Geldvernichtung je Land führen. Der freie Handel innerhalb der EU ist damit für kleine Unternehmen ruiniert. Wir jedenfalls beenden unser Engagement im europäischen Onlinehandel und bieten unser innovatives Produkt ab 12.8.2026 nicht mehr an. Empfehlung nach Brüssel: die Regeln für kleine Onlineshops komplett und EU weit neu und allgemeingültig und praktikabel gestalten.", "feedbackEnglish": "For decades, I have supported the EU, the idea behind it and its institutions. In a previous job, I was also instrumental in and proud of the introduction of the euro in Austria. As a greener, I am also committed to everything that helps our environment. However, as project leader and organiser, I am perplexed by the lack of balance and the economic scepticism surrounding this regulation, which has been in place for many years. This is the death of the small online shop across the EU. This runs counter to the fundamental idea behind the EU of strengthening our economy and society together with universally applicable rules. Such a rule cannot and must not lead to this highly complex and extremely bureaucratic destruction of money per country. Free trade within the EU is therefore ruined for small businesses. In any case, we will stop our engagement in European online trade and stop offering our innovative product as of 12.8.2026. Recommendation to Brussels: make the rules for small online shops complete and the EU far new and universal and workable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549699_en"}, {"id": 33549781, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:44:18", "country": "LTU", "language": "LT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jeigu jūs teigiate, kad Europos sąjunga yra moderni, laisva ir palaikanti žmones, bei jų verslą, šis įstatymas tiesiog neigia visus jūsų teiginius. Daugelio verslas nukentės dėl šio įstatymo, nes tai yra per brangu, ne kiekvienas pajėgs tai sumokėti, o naujo verslo įkurti bus tiesiog neįmanoma dėl perteklinių lėšų.", "feedbackEnglish": "If you claim that the European Union is a modern, free and supportive union for people and their businesses, this law simply denies all your claims. Many businesses will suffer as a result of this law because it is too expensive, not everyone will be able to pay for it, and setting up a new business will simply be impossible due to overfunding.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549781_en"}, {"id": 33549780, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:42:21", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation is a death wish for small businesses. Implementing waste protocols for large delivery companies above a certain size could make sense. However, small businesses and artists not only tend to produce much less waste, but also recycle packaging materials, unlike large scale delivery systems. This setup will only lead to artisans having to quit and make way to mass produced goods!", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is a death wish for small businesses. Implementing waste protocols for large delivery companies above a certain size could make sense. However, small businesses and artists not only tend to produce much less waste, but also recycle packaging materials, unlike large scale delivery systems. This setup will only lead to artisans having to quit and make way to mass produced goods!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549780_en"}, {"id": 33549778, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:41:33", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Det nuvarande förslaget är inte anpassat för småföretagare. Arbetsbördan och kostnaderna som skulle krävas är alltför stor för små företag. Jag har redan sett flera småföretag såsom konstnärer och hantverkare pausa sina leveranser inom EU eftersom de inte har råd att anpassa sig efter detta system. Det är väldigt bra att införa regelverk kring paketering för miljö, men systemet måste anpassas för mindre företag såsom hantverkare och konstnärer.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current proposal is not adapted for small businesses. The workload and costs that would be required are too high for small businesses. I have already seen several small businesses such as artists and craftsmen pause their deliveries within the EU because they cannot afford to adapt to this system. It is very good to put in place a regulatory framework around environmental packaging, but the system needs to be adapted for smaller companies such as craftsmen and artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549778_en"}, {"id": 33549777, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:41:11", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We support some of the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, its implementation is creating a disproportionate level of bureaucracy, cost and legal uncertainty for micro and small enterprises. The issue goes far beyond EPR: packaging sourcing, supplier documentation, compliance declarations, traceability, reporting, national EPR registrations and, where applicable, Authorised Representatives create a cumulative compliance burden that is simply not proportionate for very small operators. The consequences are already being felt. Small businesses are reconsidering, restricting or suspending sales to other Member States because of uncertainty over their obligations and because compliance costs can exceed the value of the business conducted there. The risk of contraction of intra-EU trade is no longer theoretical. And this is not only a B2C problem. B2B trade is affected too. Small retailers, shops and distributors may reduce cross-border purchasing when buying from another Member State creates additional obligations, costs or legal uncertainty. This risks pushing both buyers and sellers back towards national markets exactly the opposite of what the Single Market was created to achieve. We cannot wait until October while businesses are already making decisions now. Companies need immediate legal certainty and workable transitional measures. Meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds are urgently needed, for both B2C and small B2B transactions. Negligible quantities of packaging cannot reasonably trigger disproportionate fixed compliance costs and national registration obligations. We urgently ask the European Commission to intervene now: suspend this disproportionate cross-border EPR and Authorised Representative obligations for micro and small enterprises until a genuinely harmonised EU system with meaningful thresholds is operational. This treatment towards micro and small companies iss simply unacceptable. The market is reacting now. Action cannot come after the damage has already been done. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support some of the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, its implementation is creating a disproportionate level of bureaucracy, cost and legal uncertainty for micro and small enterprises. The issue goes far beyond EPR: packaging sourcing, supplier documentation, compliance declarations, traceability, reporting, national EPR registrations and, where applicable, Authorised Representatives create a cumulative compliance burden that is simply not proportionate for very small operators. The consequences are already being felt. Small businesses are reconsidering, restricting or suspending sales to other Member States because of uncertainty over their obligations and because compliance costs can exceed the value of the business conducted there. The risk of contraction of intra-EU trade is no longer theoretical. And this is not only a B2C problem. B2B trade is affected too. Small retailers, shops and distributors may reduce cross-border purchasing when buying from another Member State creates additional obligations, costs or legal uncertainty. This risks pushing both buyers and sellers back towards national markets exactly the opposite of what the Single Market was created to achieve. We cannot wait until October while businesses are already making decisions now. Companies need immediate legal certainty and workable transitional measures. Meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds are urgently needed, for both B2C and small B2B transactions. Negligible quantities of packaging cannot reasonably trigger disproportionate fixed compliance costs and national registration obligations. We urgently ask the European Commission to intervene now: suspend this disproportionate cross-border EPR and Authorised Representative obligations for micro and small enterprises until a genuinely harmonised EU system with meaningful thresholds is operational. This treatment towards micro and small companies iss simply unacceptable. The market is reacting now. Action cannot come after the damage has already been done. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549777_en"}, {"id": 33549774, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:40:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tinwizard", "feedback": "Wir versuchen gerne Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und haben auch schon Verpackungslizenzen für Deutschland und Frankreich, wir zahlen auch gerne für weitere Im Rahmen der von uns versendeten Verpackungen für die jeweiligen länder, ich verstehe aber nicht für was man in jedem Land einen Ansprechpartner / Bevollmächtigten braucht? Man kann uns doch jederzeit per Email kontaktieren? Wenn es so wie geplant durchgesetzt wird können wir einfach in die meisten EU länder nichts mehr versenden.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are keen to reduce packaging waste and already have packaging licences for Germany and France. We are also happy to pay for other packaging we send for the respective countries, but I do not understand what you need a contact person/authorised representative in each country? Can we be contacted by email at any time? If it is enforced as planned, we simply cannot send anything to most EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549774_en"}, {"id": 33549776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:39:19", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Aunque entiendo las razones tras esta iniciativa, el hecho es que la normativa en sí pone en riesgo a muchísimos micro-negocios y autónomos, principalmente artistas y artesanos que, como yo, llevamos mucho tiempo y esfuerzo invertidos en salir adelante con nuestro trabajo. Para nosotros supone un cantidad de tiempo a invertir en hacer todos los trámites en los 27 países de la unión, y, sobre todo, una inversión de dinero en pagar las distintas cuotas que en muchísimos casos supera con creces nuestras ganancias reales. El artículo 45 (2) dice \"Los costes que se sufragarán se establecerán de una manera transparente, proporcional, no discriminatoria y eficiente\". No es así para artesanos y artistas. Esta normativa se ideó para compensar la huella contaminante de grandes empresas, pero no ha tenido en cuenta a las micro-empresas y autónomos a la hora de crearse. Pos esto mismo lo que surge es una barrera de pago desproporcionada que pone en riesgo la continuidad de estos pequeños negocios, mientras que, por otro lado, acaba favoreciendo a grandes compañías como Amazon, para quienes la burocracia necesaria y los costes no suponen un perjuicio, pues disponen de departamentos legales dedicados en exclusiva a estos trámites y su presupuesto, desde luego, no es el mismo que el nuestro. Además, que los trámites no estén unificados y deban realizarse por cada país por separado contraviene la idea misma de la Unión Europea y el libre mercado dentro ella, y la sencillez de trámites al ser ciudadano de la misma. Debría tenerse en cuenta el tamaño y ganancias reales de los negocios antes de aplicar la ley y debería hacer exenciones y excepciones para microempresas y autónomos que apenas generamos unos pocos kilos de deshechos al año y que, en muchos casos, ya utilizamos materiales biodegradables y ecológicos o reutilizables. En los últimos días he visto a numerosas compañeras y compañeros artesanos y artistas suspender sus envíos a Europa. Yo misma he tenido que hacerlo. No puedo afrontar los costes económicos que supone el registro en todos los países y, sin poder enviar pedidos, lo único que me queda es tener que cerrar el negocio por el que llevo luchando tanto tiempo en sacar adelante. Les ruego que tengan en cuenta los comentarios y revisen la normativa y nos den más facilidades para poder seguir adelante con nuestros proyectos.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I understand the reasons behind this initiative, the fact is that the legislation itself puts at risk many micro-businesses and self-employed people, mainly artists and craftsmen, who, like me, have spent a lot of time and effort on moving forward with our work. For us it takes a lot of time to invest in doing all the formalities in the 27 countries of the Union, and above all an investment of money in paying the different instalments which in many cases far exceeds our real gains. Article 45 (2) reads ‘The costs to be covered shall be established in a transparent, proportionate, non-discriminatory and efficient manner’. This is not the case for craftsmen and artists. This legislation was designed to compensate for the pollution footprint of large companies, but has not taken into account micro-companies and the self-employed when setting up. To the same end, what arises is a disproportionate payment barrier that jeopardises the continuation of these small businesses, while, on the other hand, it ultimately favours large companies such as Amazon, for which the necessary bureaucracy and costs are not detrimental, since they have legal departments dedicated exclusively to these procedures and their budget is, of course, not the same as ours. Moreover, the fact that the formalities are not unified and must be carried out by each country separately runs counter to the very idea of the European Union and the free market within it, and to the simplicity of formalities as a citizen of the Union. It ignored the actual size and profits of businesses before applying the law and should make exemptions and exceptions for micro-enterprises and the self-employed, which we generate only a few kilos of waste per year and which, in many cases, already use biodegradable and ecological or reusable materials. In recent days, I have seen many colleagues and artisans suspend their shipments to Europe. I have had to do it myself. I cannot cope with the economic costs of registration in all countries and, without being able to send orders, the only thing that remains for me is to have to close the business for which I have been struggling for so long. I would be grateful if you could take the comments into account and review the rules and make it easier for us to proceed with our projects.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549776_en"}, {"id": 33549775, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:38:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Neuregelung bzgl. Verpackungen hat auch Auswirkungen auf uns Konsumenten. Ich unterstütze gerne kleine Onlineshops, die ihr ganzes Herzblut dort reinstecken. Diese unterstütze ich lieber als große Versandketten, da ich dort oftmals auch durch Social Media die Person dahinter kenne. Durch die Neuregelung versenden viele dieser kleinen Shops nur noch in ihrem eigenen Land, weil die Gebühren für den Versand in alle oder mehrere EU-Länder zu hoch sind durch die neuen Vorgaben. Das schränkt uns Konsumenten ein, die gerne in small shops einkaufen und schädigt zugleich diese small shops, weil viele Käufer wegfallen. Bitte machen Sie nicht den Onlinehandel kaputt, indem nur noch große Player wirtschaftlich sein können durch die Neuregelung bei der Verpackung. Ich möchte weiterhin mit Liebe gefertigte und verpackte Dinge EU-weit kaufen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules on: Packaging also has an impact on our consumers. I love to support small online shops that cut their whole heart blood there. I prefer to support them rather than large mail-order chains, as I often know the person behind them through social media. As a result of the new rules, many of these small shops will only send in their own country because the fees for sending to all or several EU countries are too high as a result of the new rules. This limits consumers who like to shop in small shops and at the same time damages these small shops by eliminating many buyers. Please do not disrupt online trade, as only large players can be economically viable as a result of the new rules on packaging. I want to continue to buy things made and packaged with love across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549775_en"}, {"id": 33549773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:36:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Título: Un sistema proporcional y accesible para microempresas y autónomos Apoyo plenamente los objetivos europeos de reducir los residuos de envases y avanzar hacia una economía más circular. Sin embargo, su aplicación debe tener en cuenta la realidad de las microempresas y de los trabajadores autónomos. Soy artesana ceramista y dirijo un pequeño taller en Galicia, España. Produzco y envío piezas hechas a mano en cantidades muy reducidas. Debido a su fragilidad, necesitan un embalaje adecuado para llegar protegidas, aunque procuro minimizarlo, reutilizar materiales siempre que es posible y escoger opciones reciclables. La obligación de registrarse, declarar y asumir trámites diferentes en cada Estado miembro al que se realiza una venta puede resultar desproporcionada para negocios como el mío. El coste económico y administrativo de cumplir con múltiples sistemas nacionales puede superar ampliamente el valor de las pocas ventas realizadas en cada país. En la práctica, esto podría obligar a muchas microempresas a dejar de vender fuera de su Estado de origen, dificultando el comercio dentro del mercado único y favoreciendo a las empresas con mayor capacidad económica y administrativa. Por ello, solicito que las normas relativas a los registros nacionales contemplen: Exenciones o umbrales mínimos para microempresas y productores que introducen cantidades muy reducidas de envases. Un procedimiento simplificado y gratuito, con una única declaración anual. Un sistema europeo armonizado o una ventanilla única que evite tener que registrarse por separado en cada Estado miembro. El principio de solo una vez, de modo que los datos facilitados a una administración puedan compartirse entre los registros nacionales. Requisitos de información proporcionales al volumen real de envases introducidos en el mercado. Instrucciones claras, accesibles y disponibles en todas las lenguas de la Unión. La sostenibilidad ambiental no debería convertirse en una barrera de entrada al mercado europeo. Una regulación eficaz debe exigir responsabilidad, pero también reconocer la enorme diferencia entre una gran empresa que distribuye millones de productos y un taller artesanal que realiza unas pocas ventas transfronterizas al año. Necesitamos unas normas que protejan el medioambiente sin excluir a las microempresas, los autónomos y la artesanía del mercado único europeo.", "feedbackEnglish": "Title: A proportional and accessible system for micro-enterprises and self-employed fully supports the European objectives of reducing packaging waste and moving towards a more circular economy. However, its implementation must take into account the reality of micro-enterprises and the self-employed. I am a ceramist craftsman and I run a small workshop in Galicia, Spain. I produce and send handmade items in very small quantities. Due to their fragility, they need appropriate packaging to get protected, even if I try to minimise it, reuse materials whenever possible and choose recyclable options. The obligation to register, declare and take different steps in each Member State to which a sale is made may be disproportionate for businesses such as mine. The economic and administrative cost of complying with multiple national systems may well exceed the value of the few sales made in each country. In practice, this could force many micro-enterprises to stop selling outside their home state, making trade within the single market more difficult and favouring companies with greater economic and administrative capacity. I therefore request that the rules on national registers provide for: Exemptions or minimum thresholds for micro enterprises and producers introducing very small quantities of packaging. A simplified, free-of-charge procedure, with a single annual declaration. A harmonised European system or a one-stop shop that avoids having to register separately in each Member State. The once-only principle, so that data provided to an administration can be shared between national registries. Information requirements proportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market. Clear, accessible and available instructions in all EU languages. Environmental sustainability should not become a barrier to entry to the European market. Effective regulation must impose liability, but also recognise the huge difference between a large company that distributes millions of products and a craft garage that makes a few cross-border sales per year. We need rules that protect the environment without excluding micro-enterprises, the self-employed and crafts from the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549773_en"}, {"id": 33549772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:35:11", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Obawiam się, że ta ustawa ogranicza możliwość przetrwania małych kreatywnych biznesów, które żyją ze sprzedaży w Unii Europejskiej.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am afraid that this law limits the survival of small creative businesses who live out of sales in the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549772_en"}, {"id": 33549770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:34:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is absolutely a disaster for small businesses, which live for the business in EU. Please, be aware that this needed to be regulated to allow small businesses to keep on going!", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is absolutely a disaster for small businesses, which live for the business in EU. Please, be aware that this needed to be regulated to allow small businesses to keep on going!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549770_en"}, {"id": 33549769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:32:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese neue Regelung ist absolut unmöglich, da sie kleinen Betrieben die Möglichkeit nimmt, ins europäische Ausland zu versenden, und der Großhändler Amazon weitermachen kann und davon noch profitieren wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regime is absolutely impossible as it deprives small businesses of the possibility to send abroad in Europe and the wholesaler Amazon can continue and will continue to benefit from it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549769_en"}, {"id": 33549768, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:32:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Solo-Selbstständige und betreibe einen kleinen kreativen Online-Shop. Einen großen Teil meines Sortiments bilden digitale Produkte; ergänzend verkaufe ich in kleinen Stückzahlen selbst hergestellte physische Produkte und versende diese an meine Kundinnen und Kunden. Die Ziele der europäischen Verpackungsverordnung insbesondere Ressourcenschonung, Recycling und die Vermeidung unnötiger Verpackungen unterstütze ich grundsätzlich. Große Sorge bereitet mir jedoch der administrative Aufwand, der für Kleinstunternehmen durch Registrierungs-, Melde- und Berichtspflichten entstehen kann. In einem Ein-Personen-Unternehmen gibt es keine eigene Rechts-, Verwaltungs- oder Compliance-Abteilung. Ich bin gleichzeitig für Produktentwicklung, Herstellung, Kundenservice, Buchhaltung, Marketing, Versand und die Einhaltung sämtlicher gesetzlicher Vorgaben verantwortlich. Gerade beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU können unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren schnell zu einer erheblichen Belastung werden. Für Kleinstunternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen steht der bürokratische Aufwand dabei häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Die angestrebte Harmonisierung der nationalen Herstellerregister halte ich deshalb für sehr wichtig. Sie sollte jedoch nicht nur auf dem Papier zu einheitlicheren Regelungen führen, sondern für kleine Unternehmen tatsächlich eine Vereinfachung bewirken. Ich wünsche mir insbesondere europaweit möglichst einheitliche Registrierungs- und Berichtspflichten, einfache digitale Verfahren und klar verständliche Informationen. Für Kleinstunternehmen und Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen sollten außerdem verhältnismäßige Vereinfachungen, Bagatellgrenzen oder deutlich reduzierte Berichtspflichten vorgesehen werden. Besonders wichtig wäre aus meiner Sicht, Mehrfachregistrierungen und unterschiedliche nationale Meldeverfahren so weit wie möglich zu vermeiden. Ein zentraler oder weitgehend harmonisierter Prozess würde es kleinen Unternehmen wesentlich erleichtern, rechtssicher innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes tätig zu sein. Umwelt- und Ressourcenschutz dürfen nicht davon abhängen, wie groß ein Unternehmen ist. Die Art und der Umfang der administrativen Pflichten sollten jedoch berücksichtigen, ob ein internationaler Konzern große Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringt oder ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen nur wenige handgefertigte Produkte versendet. Kleine kreative Unternehmen tragen zu Vielfalt, Handwerk, Innovation und regionaler Wertschöpfung in Europa bei. Wenn der Aufwand für Registrierung, Dokumentation und Berichterstattung immer weiter wächst, trifft dies gerade diejenigen Unternehmen besonders stark, die weder Personal noch spezialisierte Abteilungen dafür haben. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, bei der Ausgestaltung der Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister die besondere Situation von Solo-Selbstständigen und Kleinstunternehmen ausdrücklich zu berücksichtigen und echte, praktisch spürbare Vereinfachungen zu schaffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am solo self-employed and run a small creative online shop. A large part of my portfolio is made up of digital products; in addition, I sell small quantities of my own manufactured physical products and send them to my customers. In principle, I support the objectives of the European Packaging Regulation, in particular to conserve resources, recycle and avoid unnecessary packaging. However, I am very concerned about the administrative burden that registration, reporting and reporting obligations can impose on micro-enterprises. A one-person company does not have its own legal, administrative or compliance department. I am also responsible for product development, manufacturing, customer service, accounting, marketing, shipping and compliance with all legal requirements. It is precisely in the case of cross-border sales within the EU that different national procedures can quickly become a significant burden. For micro-enterprises with very small quantities of packaging, the administrative burden is often disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I therefore consider the aim of harmonising national registers of producers to be very important. However, it should not only lead to more uniform rules on paper, but should actually simplify matters for small businesses. In particular, I would like to see Europe-wide registration and reporting requirements as uniform as possible, simple digital procedures and clear information. Proportionate simplifications, de minimis thresholds or significantly reduced reporting requirements should also be provided for micro-enterprises and undertakings with very low packaging volumes. In my view, it would be particularly important to avoid multiple registrations and different national notification procedures as much as possible. A centralised or largely harmonised process would make it much easier for small businesses to operate legally within the European single market. Environmental and resource protection must not depend on the size of a company. However, the nature and extent of administrative obligations should take into account whether an international group places large quantities of packaging on the market or a one-person company sends only a few handmade products. Small creative businesses contribute to diversity, crafts, innovation and regional value creation in Europe. If the burden of registration, documentation and reporting continues to grow, this particularly affects those companies that do not have staff or specialised departments to do so. I would therefore ask the European Commission to explicitly take into account the specific situation of solo self-employed persons and micro-enterprises when designing the rules on national producer registers and to create real, practically tangible simplifications.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549768_en"}, {"id": 33549767, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:31:25", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta nueva medida es una propuesta acorde con el criterio ecológico de reducir embalajes, pero no puede ser que se tenga que rellenar una documentación por cada país de la Unión Europea, es contradictorio eliminar los aranceles dentro de Europa y luego exigir a las empresas europeas documentaciones y registros distintos para cada país. Un registro que sirva para todos los países y una cuota unitaria, no que cada país ponga la suya, ya que eso no favorece el libre mercado dentro de Europa, solo favorece que haya más importación porque los productos que queremos no los podamos comprar en las empresas europeas, ya que no envíen a mi país por los costes que se les impone con esta nueva ley. Por favor, no hundamos la economía. Como europea estoy orgullosa de nuestros logros, pero el obligar a las empresas a hacer papeleos distintos por cada país constituye un paso hacia atrás. No nos convierte en un mercado unido y fuerte, sino que crea diferencias y no beneficia a nadie, insisto, además de hundirla economía porque tendremos que comprar fuera de Europa, a pesar de pagar más, porque no podamos encontrar lo que queremos adquirir ya que las empresas no pueden asumir los gastos individuales impuestos por cada país. Además de hundir a los pequeños artesanos.Favorezcamos la economía y el crecimiento europea, fortalezcamos Europa y sigamos comportándonos como un mercado único. Solo una tasa y un registro para poder enviar a toda Europa. Por favor.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new measure is a proposal in line with the ecological criterion of reducing packaging, but it cannot be necessary to fill in documentation for each EU country, it is contradictory to eliminate tariffs within Europe and then to require European companies to provide different documentation and records for each country. A register that serves all countries and a unitary quota, not for each country to put its own, as this does not favour the free market within Europe, only favours more imports because the products we want cannot be bought from European companies, as they do not send to my country for the costs imposed on them by this new law. Please do not collapse the economy. As a European, I am proud of our achievements, but forcing companies to make different paperwork for each country is a step backwards. It does not make us a united and strong market, but it creates differences and does not benefit anyone, I stress, as well as collapsing the economy because we will have to buy outside Europe, despite paying more, because we cannot find what we want to buy because companies cannot bear the individual costs imposed by each country. As well as collapsing small crafts.We promote the European economy and growth, we strengthen Europe and continue to behave as a single market. Only a fee and a register to be able to send across Europe. Please.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549767_en"}, {"id": 33549766, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:30:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I applaud the effort of trying to create a more sustainable approach to packaging and packaging waste, this initiative feels very much as if we're throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. Yes. Hold the big businesses accountable for their share in pollution. Yes, make businesses like Amazon and Shein and their like pay the price. But this also heavily impacts small businesses, local industries that are far more sustainable and that we should be encouraging. This will, however, be far more likely to be a death blow to many micro and small businesses. Many simply will not be able to afford to ship to countries within the EU, even when they themselves are withing the EU. I urge you to consider an exemption for these businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I applaud the effort of trying to create a more sustainable approach to packaging and packaging waste, this initiative feels very much as if we're throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. Yes. Hold the big businesses accountable for their share in pollution. Yes, make businesses like Amazon and Shein and their like pay the price. But this also heavily impacts small businesses, local industries that are far more sustainable and that we should be encouraging. This will, however, be far more likely to be a death blow to many micro and small businesses. Many simply will not be able to afford to ship to countries within the EU, even when they themselves are withing the EU. I urge you to consider an exemption for these businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549766_en"}, {"id": 33549765, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:29:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "einfach nähen", "feedback": "Die neue Verordnung trifft mich unverhältnismäßig hart. Ich bin Einzelunternehmerin / Kleinstunternehmerin und versende zur Unterstützung meiner digitalen Produkte in wenigen Fällen auch Material-Pakete ins EU-Ausland. Meine (blanko) Versandkartons beziehe ich sowohl aus Deutschland, als auch aus dem EU-Ausland. Es ist nun ein riesiger Aufwand, jede Bestellung hinsichtlich des genutzten Versandkartons und deren Herkunft zu tracken, um die konkreten Mengen der versendeten Verpackungen korrekt anzugeben. Außerdem fressen die Kosten für Anmeldung/Lizenzierung/Vertretung für jedes EU-Land AB DEM ERSTEN PAKET den Gewinn auf bzw. kostet es mich mehr, als ich in dem jeweiligen Land erwirtschafte. Eine Freigrenze oder zumindest ein EU-weites, zentrales Meldesystem ohne Einzelvertretungen (ähnlich wie das OSS-Verfahren) wäre hier zielführender gewesen. Die Idee der Müllreduzierung unterstütze ich! Ich achte schon seit Jahren darauf, möglichst plastikfreie Verpackungen zu versenden. Ich nutze immer den kleinstmöglichen Karton oder lege Bestellungen zusammen. Weil ich aber nicht so große Mengen an Paketen versende, zahle ich für meine Verpackungen ohnehin schon mehr als große Unternehmen, weil diese einfach über die Menge besser Preise für Versandmaterial bekommen als ich. Insoweit habe ich durch meine Größe bereits einen Wettbewerbsnachteil, der durch die PPWR enorm vergrößert wird. Es ist für mich auch unverständlich, warum es einen Unterschied macht, ob ich meine Kartons in Deutschland oder im EU-Ausland einkaufe. Die Umweltvorgaben für die Herstellung von Verpackungen sind meines Wissens innerhalb der EU gleich geregelt. Ich nutze ein ganz bestimmte Art von Kartons, die ich auf dem deutschen Markt garn nicht, nicht zu dem Preis oder nicht in der von mir benötigten niedrigen Stückzahl bekomme. Sofern das Material in der EU hergestellt wird, sollte dies bei der Erzeuger-Hersteller-Unterscheidung keinen Unterschied machen. Alternativ wären Freigrenzen sehr hilfreich. Ein weiterer Stolperstein ist es, dass die Registrierung LUCID und die tatsächliche Lizenzierung nicht verknüpft sind und ich die entsprechenden Angaben doppelt machen muss. Hier wäre es eine große Erleichterung, wenn eine automatische Meldung vom Lizenzgeber an die Registrierungsstelle erfolgen würde. Die Kosten sowie der bürokratische Aufwand, die mir durch die PPWR entstehen, beschränken mich enorm in meiner unternehmerischen Freiheit. Insgesamt ist ein Versand ins EU-Ausland für mich faktisch unmöglich geworden, so dass ich zum 12.08. meinen Versand an meine EU-Kunden einstellen muss.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation hits me disproportionately hard. I am a sole trader and in a few cases I also send material packages to other EU countries to support my digital products. I buy my (blank) shipping boxes both from Germany and from other EU countries. It is now a huge effort to track every order with regard to the shipping box used and its origin in order to correctly indicate the specific quantities of packaging shipped. In addition, the cost of registration/licensing/representation for each EU country as of THE FIRST PAKET pays the profit or costs me more than I earn in that country. An exemption threshold or at least an EU-wide central reporting system without individual representations (similar to the OSS procedure) would have been more appropriate here. I support the idea of reducing waste! I have been striving for years to send packaging that is as plastic-free as possible. I always use the smallest possible cardboard box or put orders together. However, because I do not send such large quantities of parcels, I already pay more than large companies for my packaging, because they simply get better prices for shipping materials than I do. In this respect, my size already puts me at a competitive disadvantage, which is greatly increased by the PPWR. It is also incomprehensible to me why it makes a difference whether I buy my cartons in Germany or abroad in the EU. To my knowledge, the environmental requirements for the production of packaging are regulated in the same way within the EU. I use a very specific type of carton that I do not get on the German market, do not get at the price or do not get in the small number of pieces I need. If the material is produced in the EU, this should not make a difference in the producer-producer distinction. Alternatively, exemption thresholds would be very helpful. Another stumbling block is that the registration LUCID and the actual licensing are not linked and I have to duplicate the corresponding information. An automatic notification from the licensor to the registration body would greatly facilitate this. The costs and red tape that PPWR imposes on me limit me enormously in my freedom to conduct a business. Overall, shipping to other EU countries has become practically impossible for me, so I will have to stop sending me to my EU customers on 12 August.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549765_en"}, {"id": 33549764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:29:29", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea of reducing waste and placing limits on the use of packaging and materials is a great one. Nonetheless, as it is currently written, it risks causing more harm than good to those who are generally already mindful of their environmental footprint: smaller creators and small-scale companies. Such drastic changes to the way small businesses handle shipping will be extremely difficult to manage, whether we consider the financial costs or the additional time required to figure out how to keep their businesses afloat. Requiring smaller companies to pay a separate fee for every country they ship to goes against this core principle of European strength and puts countless small creators at risk of bankruptcy. This rule must take into account the differences in scale between companies operating within and outside of Europe. Consider changing the requirements for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea of reducing waste and placing limits on the use of packaging and materials is a great one. Nonetheless, as it is currently written, it risks causing more harm than good to those who are generally already mindful of their environmental footprint: smaller creators and small-scale companies. Such drastic changes to the way small businesses handle shipping will be extremely difficult to manage, whether we consider the financial costs or the additional time required to figure out how to keep their businesses afloat. Requiring smaller companies to pay a separate fee for every country they ship to goes against this core principle of European strength and puts countless small creators at risk of bankruptcy. This rule must take into account the differences in scale between companies operating within and outside of Europe. Consider changing the requirements for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549764_en"}, {"id": 33549763, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:29:11", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AD GLOBAL TRADING", "feedback": "This new regulation is devestating to my small business. The minimum costs of registering and reporting in every single country is too high to be viable to small businesses. We don't have a problem with contributing to the recycling programmes, but to register in every country with high anual fees and authorised rep costs makes it impossible. Why don't you have one system for the whole of the EU, I thought that's the whole point of a union- working together. You are breaking us.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is devestating to my small business. The minimum costs of registering and reporting in every single country is too high to be viable to small businesses. We don't have a problem with contributing to the recycling programmes, but to register in every country with high anual fees and authorised rep costs makes it impossible. Why don't you have one system for the whole of the EU, I thought that's the whole point of a union- working together. You are breaking us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549763_en"}, {"id": 33549762, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:29:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die EU sollte eine gemeinsame Einheit sein und ein Single Market. Dass Versender sich in jedem EU-Land einzeln (teilweise in Landessprache) kostenpflichtig anmelden und berichten müssen ist ein unglaublicher Aufwand gerade für kleine Anbieter. Dieser werden im Vergleich zu Konzernen wie Amazon oder anderen großen Versendern dadurch benachteiligt. Es sollte möglich sein, sich im Land der Niederlassung zu registrieren und auch dort alle Abgaben zu entrichten und Berichte einzureichen. Wenn das für jedes EU-Land einzeln passieren muss führt das zu einer Zersplitterung des Marktes. Es muss auch sichergestellt werden, dass die realen Kosten pro Paket (inkl. aller Gebühren für Anmeldung) sich für alle Anbieter in der gleichen Größenordnung bewegen. Egal wie viele Pakete versendet werden. Wenn überhaupt sollten die realen Kosten bei größerem Volumen steigen, denn diese Anbieter haben auch den größten Einfluss.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU should be a common entity and a single market. The fact that shippers have to register and report individually (sometimes in the national language) in each EU country for a fee is an incredible burden, especially for small suppliers. This puts them at a disadvantage compared to groups such as Amazon or other large shippers. It should be possible to register and pay all taxes and submit reports in the country of establishment. If this has to happen for each EU country individually, it will fragment the market. It must also be ensured that the real cost per package (including all application fees) is of the same order of magnitude for all providers. No matter how many parcels are sent. If at all, real costs should increase with larger volumes, as these providers also have the greatest impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549762_en"}, {"id": 33549761, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:25:27", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a handmade business owner with health problems this is a complete disaster. How are we supposed to survive this law, to be able to afford representatives and registering to every country in EU. I'm sure you could think of other solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a handmade business owner with health problems this is a complete disaster. How are we supposed to survive this law, to be able to afford representatives and registering to every country in EU. I'm sure you could think of other solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549761_en"}, {"id": 33549759, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:24:04", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It's not fair that this thing impacts small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "It’s not fair that this thing impacts small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549759_en"}, {"id": 33549758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:22:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bordstein Streetwear", "feedback": "Moin! Sorry, das hier ist die endgültige Beschneidung des Freihandels. Konnten wir vor Jahren noch problemlos weltweit an unsere Kunden senden, wird es durch immer neue Regelungen weiter eingeschränkt. Mittlerweile sind wir ein kleines Unternehmen mit Schwerpunkt auf Kleidung mit Ostoldtimer-Motiven. Wir haben schon immer darauf geachtet, so wenig wie möglich Verpackungsmüll zu erzeugen. Ein sehr großer Anteil unserer Kartons wird von uns wiederverwendet. Früher haben wir 1-2 Mal die Woche bei stationären Schuhhändlern Leerkartons eingesammelt. Natürlich zahlen wir dafür auch für die Entsorgung, wie die Unternehmen, welche diese abgeben, es auch tun. Ansonsten kaufen wir relativ selten bestimmte Formate an Kartons ein, um hier keine Luft zu versenden. Füllmaterial nutzen wir zu 99% keines. Wenn es doch mal nötig ist, nutzen wir Schrenzpapier und ähnliches aus Lieferungen unserer Lieferanten an uns. Das wird alles gesammelt. Wir haben aktuell 2-3 Bestellungen im Jahr nach Skandinavien, in die Schweiz, wenige mehr nach Österreich und alle ein bis zwei Jahre mal eines oder zwei nach Tschechien, Ungarn, Frankreich oder Estland. Dafür lohnt es nicht, sich überhaupt noch Bürokratie ans Knie zu nageln, geschweige denn, zusätzliche Kosten zu generieren. Da kann man schnell zum Entschluss kommen: Na, die paar Bestellungen weniger tun euch dann auch nicht weh. Als kleines Unternehmen mit extrem viel Herzblut wollen wir gern unsere internationalen Fans glücklich machen und anständig beliefern. So wird das aber nichts. Im Übrigen bin ich nicht alleine, wenn ich mitteile, dass sehr viele Änderungen der letzten Jahre zwar einen Sinn dahinter erkennen lassen, aber die Umsetzung belastet, wie so oft, immer die kleinen Händler, welche sich meist eh an Gesetze halten und sauber arbeiten. Wir haben uns von sämtlichen Plattformen, wie Ebay, Amazon und Co vor wenigen Jahren zurückgezogen, da es als kleines/mittleres Unternehmen einfach kaum noch stemmbar ist, die ganzen Regeln und Willkürlichkeiten dieser zu bearbeiten. Mit jeder neuen Gesetzeslage wurde es immer schlimmer. Die meist asiatischen Mitbewerber dagegen können schalten und walten, ohne korrektes Impressum etc. Alle Bemühungen, so etwas zu ändern, haben am Ende dazu geführt, dass wir hier in der EU immer mehr Bürokratie aufgehalst bekommen haben. Ein unternehmerisches Handeln ist kaum noch möglich.", "feedbackEnglish": "Moin! Sorry, this is the final curtailment of free trade. If years ago we were still able to send our customers around the world without any problems, it will be further constrained by ever-new rules. We are now a small company focusing on clothes with Eastoldtime motifs. We have always taken care to minimise the generation of packaging waste. We reuse a very large proportion of our cartons. In the past, we collected empty boxes from stationary shoe retailers 1-2 times a week. Of course, we also pay for disposal, as do the companies that hand it over. Otherwise, we are relatively rarely buying certain formats of cartons to avoid sending air here. We do not use any filling material for 99 %. If necessary, we use jewellery paper and similar from supplies from our suppliers to us. All of this is collected. We currently have 2-3 orders a year to Scandinavia, Switzerland, a few more to Austria and once or twice a year to Czechia, Hungary, France or Estonia. For this, it is not worth naming red tape at all, let alone generating additional costs. You can quickly decide: N.A., the few orders you do less then don’t hurt you. As a small company with extremely high levels of heart blood, we are happy to make our international supporters happy and to supply them at all times. However, this is not going to happen. Moreover, I am not alone in telling you that, although a large number of changes in recent years make a sense of it, as is often the case, implementation is always burdensome for small traders, who tend to abide by the law and work cleanly. We withdrew from all platforms, such as Ebay, Amazon and Co, a few years ago, because, as a small/medium-sized company, it is simply hard to manage the full rules and arbitrariness of these. With each new piece of legislation, it became ever worse. The mostly Asian competitors, on the other hand, can switch and operate without a proper impression, etc. Every effort to change this has ultimately led to an increase in bureaucracy here in the EU. It is hardly possible to do business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549758_en"}, {"id": 33549757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:21:32", "country": "GRC", "language": "EL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ούσα η ίδια κάτοικος και πολίτης της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης έχω να αναφέρω αρκετούς λόγους για τους οποίους η έγκριση και νομιμοποίηση του PPWR είναι καταστροφική για την αγορά. Αρχικά ένας μεμονωμένος μικρός επιχειρηματίας δεν είναι δυνατόν να καταβάλει το ποσό που αναλογεί σε κάθε authorised representative. Επιπλέον είναι αφενός αδύνατο να γνωρίζει τα υλικά κατασκευής της συσκευασίας αποστολής, αφετέρου παρόλα αυτά γνωρίζω πως για περιβαλλοντικούς λόγους είναι απαραίτητο. Τέλος εάν είναι αναγκαίο πρέπει να συμφωνηθεί ένα συγκεκριμένο ποσό που θα καλύπτει ετήσια όλες τις χώρες της ευρωπαϊκής ένωσης. Το ποσό αυτό όμως πρέπει να είναι λογικό ώστε ένας νέος επιχειρηματίας να έχει την οικονομική δυνατότητα κάλυψης. Εν κατακλείδι, εάν το νομοσχέδιο αυτό μπει σε πλήρη εφαρμογή η οικονομία της χώρας θα διαλυθεί όλο και περισσότερο και η μονοπώλια θα αυξηθεί ακαριαία.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a resident and a citizen of the European Union, I have a number of reasons why the approval and legalisation of the PPWR is devastating for the market. Initially, it is not possible for an individual small operator to pay the amount corresponding to each authorised representative. Moreover, on the one hand, it is impossible to know the materials used to manufacture the shipping packaging and, on the other hand, I know that for environmental reasons it is necessary. Finally, if necessary, a specific amount covering each year all the countries of the European Union should be agreed. That amount must, however, be reasonable for a new operator to be able to afford cover. In conclusion, if this draft law is fully implemented, the country’s economy will be increasingly dismantled and monopolies will increase rapidly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549757_en"}, {"id": 33549756, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:21:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Effenberger Couture", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel eines solchen Gesetzes und halte eine stärkere Verantwortung für Verpackungen für sinnvoll. Für Kleinstunternehmen stellt die konkrete Umsetzung jedoch einen enormen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand dar. Ich führe ein Unternehmen mit lediglich zwei Personen, Ich und eine Angestellte. In einige EU-Länder versenden wir teilweise nur ein bis fünf Pakete pro Jahr. Der tatsächliche Gewinn aus diesen Bestellungen liegt nach Produktionskosten und Mehrwertsteuer teilweise nur bei etwa 20 bis 50 Euro. Wenn für diese wenigen Sendungen nun Registrierungen, EPR-Dienstleister oder Bevollmächtigte bezahlt werden müssen, übersteigen die Compliance-Kosten schnell den gesamten Gewinn, der mit diesen Verkäufen erzielt wird. Wir machen mit diesen Ländern also Minus. Gleichzeitig möchte ich diese Länder nicht einfach von der Belieferung ausschließen. Gerade der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden innerhalb der gesamten EU unkompliziert zu beliefern. Aus meiner Sicht braucht es daher dringend Ausnahmen, Bagatellgrenzen oder stark vereinfachte Regelungen für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Versandmengen sowohl hinsichtlich der finanziellen Belastung als auch des Verwaltungsaufwands. Auch sinnvoll wäre eine zentrale EU-weite Lösung: eine Registrierung, eine Meldestelle und ein einheitliches System für alle Mitgliedstaaten. Bereits das OSS-Verfahren hat den administrativen Aufwand deutlich erhöht, da Umsatzsteuer nun zentral für verschiedene Länder gemeldet werden muss und gleichzeitig zusätzliche Dokumentations- und Meldepflichten entstanden sind, die vorher in dieser Form nicht notwendig waren. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es umso schwerer nachvollziehbar, im Verpackungsbereich erneut eine dezentrale Struktur zu schaffen, bei der Unternehmen zahlreiche unterschiedliche nationale Systeme, Registrierungen und Anforderungen verwalten müssen. Man fragt sich dabei schon, wofür Europa in der Praxis eigentlich stehen soll, wenn der bürokratische Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen stetig weiter steigt. Für größere Unternehmen mit eigenen Compliance-, Finanz- oder Verwaltungsteams mag dies umsetzbar sein. Für ein Zwei-Personen-Unternehmen ist es kaum noch zu bewältigen. Ich werde mein Unternehmen voraussichtlich im Laufe des kommenden Jahres schließen. Ein wesentlicher Grund dafür ist, dass der ständig steigende administrative Aufwand für Kleinstunternehmen neben der eigentlichen unternehmerischen Tätigkeit kaum noch zu bewältigen ist. Ich finde es sehr schade, dass Regelungen mit grundsätzlich sinnvollen Zielen in ihrer praktischen Ausgestaltung dazu beitragen können, dass gerade kleine europäische Unternehmen aufgeben. Ich würde mir daher sehr wünschen, dass die Auswirkungen der Regelung auf Kleinstunternehmen nochmals geprüft und entsprechende Vereinfachungen oder Mindestschwellen eingeführt werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Sarah Effenberger Ich hänge Ihnen eine Excel Tabelle an mit den Verkäufen, welche ich in Europa erziele. Bitte machen Sie sich ein Bild um nachzuvollziehen wie sich diese Registrierung der Verpackungen in den einzelnen Ländern einfach nicht lohnt um Ihnen ein Einblick in die Kleinstunternehmer Realität zu geben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, in principle, I support the objective of such a law and consider that greater responsibility for packaging would be appropriate. For micro-enterprises, however, practical implementation is a huge bureaucratic and financial burden. I run a business with only two people, I and an employee. We sometimes send only one to five packages per year to some EU countries. The actual profit from these orders, after production costs and VAT, is in some cases only around EUR 20 to EUR 50. If registrations, EPR service providers or authorised representatives now have to be paid for these few consignments, the compliance costs quickly exceed the total profit generated by these sales. So we are doing less with these countries. At the same time, I do not simply want to exclude these countries from supply. The European single market in particular should allow small businesses to easily supply customers across the EU. In my view, there is therefore an urgent need for exceptions, de minimis thresholds or very simplified rules for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of shipments, both in terms of financial and administrative burden. A key EU-wide solution would also be useful: one registration, one reporting point and one single system for all Member States. The OSS procedure has already significantly increased the administrative burden, as VAT now has to be reported centrally for different countries and at the same time additional documentation and reporting obligations have arisen which were not previously necessary in this form. Against this background, it is all the more difficult to understand how to re-create a decentralised structure in the packaging sector, where businesses have to manage many different national systems, registrations and requirements. One wonders what Europe should actually stand for in practice if the bureaucratic burden on small businesses continues to increase. This may be feasible for larger companies with their own compliance, financial or administrative teams. It is difficult for a two-person company to cope with. I expect to close my company in the course of next year. A key reason for this is that the ever-increasing administrative burden on micro-enterprises, in addition to the actual business activity, is difficult to cope with. I find it very damaging that rules with fundamentally useful objectives can, in their practical form, help small European companies in particular to give up. I would therefore very much like to see the impact of the scheme on micro-enterprises re-examined and corresponding simplifications or minimum thresholds introduced. Best regards, Sarah Effenberger I enclose an Excel table with the sales I make in Europe. Please take a look at how this registration of packaging is simply not worthwhile in each country to give you an insight into the reality of micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549756_en"}, {"id": 33549755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:20:13", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small EU-based creative business selling products online, and I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making businesses responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current EPR system creates a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for microbusinesses selling cross-border within the EU. As a very small business, I may receive only a few orders per year from an individual Member State. The amount of packaging involved can be extremely small perhaps only a few cardboard boxes or mailers in an entire year. Yet selling these few products can require separate registrations, memberships, reporting procedures, minimum annual fees and, in some cases, additional compliance services in each Member State. The problem is not paying for recycling. I am happy to contribute based on the actual amount and type of packaging I place on the market. The problem is that the fixed costs of compliance in an individual country can be higher than the total profit I make from selling to that country. For a microbusiness, the economically rational response is therefore simple: stop selling to customers in that Member State. I am already seeing other small independent businesses and creators announcing that they will stop shipping to certain EU countries because they cannot justify the cost and complexity of separate EPR compliance for only a handful of orders. This is extremely sad and seems contrary to the idea of the European Single Market. A small creator in Denmark should be able to sell a unique product to a customer in France, Sweden, Germany or Spain without establishing what effectively becomes a separate compliance operation in every country. If this is not simplified, European consumers will lose access to handmade, artistic, niche and unique products made by independent European creators. Small businesses will increasingly restrict themselves to their domestic markets or become dependent on large fulfilment platforms. Meanwhile, large companies that can spread compliance costs across hundreds of thousands of orders will have a significant competitive advantage. This does not have to mean exempting small businesses from environmental responsibility. A much fairer solution would be an EU-wide EPR one-stop shop: register once, report how much packaging was sent to each Member State, pay according to the actual packaging quantities and materials, and let the system distribute the contributions to the relevant countries. At minimum, the EU should introduce a meaningful harmonised de minimis threshold or simplified microbusiness regime so that a business sending only a few kilograms of packaging to a country is not subject to disproportionate minimum fees and administrative requirements. Environmental regulation should make businesses responsible for the waste they actually generate. It should not make a handful of cross-border sales economically impossible. Without simplification, I fear the unintended result will be fewer small European businesses selling across borders, fewer unique European products available to European consumers, and a Single Market that is practically accessible only to businesses large enough to afford 27 different compliance systems. Please ensure that packaging EPR remains environmentally effective while also being proportionate to the actual amount of packaging and economic activity generated by microbusinesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small EU-based creative business selling products online, and I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making businesses responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current EPR system creates a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for microbusinesses selling cross-border within the EU. As a very small business, I may receive only a few orders per year from an individual Member State. The amount of packaging involved can be extremely small perhaps only a few cardboard boxes or mailers in an entire year. Yet selling these few products can require separate registrations, memberships, reporting procedures, minimum annual fees and, in some cases, additional compliance services in each Member State. The problem is not paying for recycling. I am happy to contribute based on the actual amount and type of packaging I place on the market. The problem is that the fixed costs of compliance in an individual country can be higher than the total profit I make from selling to that country. For a microbusiness, the economically rational response is therefore simple: stop selling to customers in that Member State. I am already seeing other small independent businesses and creators announcing that they will stop shipping to certain EU countries because they cannot justify the cost and complexity of separate EPR compliance for only a handful of orders. This is extremely sad and seems contrary to the idea of the European Single Market. A small creator in Denmark should be able to sell a unique product to a customer in France, Sweden, Germany or Spain without establishing what effectively becomes a separate compliance operation in every country. If this is not simplified, European consumers will lose access to handmade, artistic, niche and unique products made by independent European creators. Small businesses will increasingly restrict themselves to their domestic markets or become dependent on large fulfilment platforms. Meanwhile, large companies that can spread compliance costs across hundreds of thousands of orders will have a significant competitive advantage. This does not have to mean exempting small businesses from environmental responsibility. A much fairer solution would be an EU-wide EPR one-stop shop: register once, report how much packaging was sent to each Member State, pay according to the actual packaging quantities and materials, and let the system distribute the contributions to the relevant countries. At minimum, the EU should introduce a meaningful harmonised de minimis threshold or simplified microbusiness regime so that a business sending only a few kilograms of packaging to a country is not subject to disproportionate minimum fees and administrative requirements. Environmental regulation should make businesses responsible for the waste they actually generate. It should not make a handful of cross-border sales economically impossible. Without simplification, I fear the unintended result will be fewer small European businesses selling across borders, fewer unique European products available to European consumers, and a Single Market that is practically accessible only to businesses large enough to afford 27 different compliance systems. Please ensure that packaging EPR remains environmentally effective while also being proportionate to the actual amount of packaging and economic activity generated by microbusinesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549755_en"}, {"id": 33549753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:18:11", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Herman Design", "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. As a small independent business, I already make a conscious effort to minimise packaging, use recyclable materials, avoid unnecessary plastic and manage waste responsibly. I consider the environmental goals of the PPWR both important and justified. However, the current regulatory framework does not sufficiently reflect the business reality of micro-enterprises, independent artists, craftspeople and makers who sell very small quantities of goods across EU borders. My products are handmade, produced in small series and are relatively small. In some Member States, I may send only a few parcels per year, representing just a few kilograms of packaging. Despite this, even such limited sales may trigger separate national registrations, EPR obligations, contracts, reporting requirements, representation requirements and annual fees. For a micro-enterprise, these fixed compliance costs can easily exceed the profit generated in that market. Economic differences between Member States should also be considered when assessing proportionality. The same nominal annual compliance cost does not create the same burden for every European micro-enterprise. For a small business based in Croatia, a cost that may appear relatively limited in another economic environment can represent a significant share of the revenue or profit generated in a new market. Small businesses develop new markets gradually. One order may become five, then twenty, and only over time develop into a sustainable customer base. If substantial fixed compliance costs arise from the first few sales, a micro-enterprise may be forced to withdraw from that market before it has a genuine opportunity to grow. For this reason, proportionality should not be assessed only by the quantity of packaging expressed in tonnes. It should also take into account the actual administrative burden, fixed compliance costs, the size of the business and its economic capacity. Harmonised reporting formats alone are not sufficient if a micro-enterprise must still complete separate registrations, enter into separate contracts and comply with different national systems in every Member State where it has customers. I am not asking for micro-enterprises to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am willing to declare the quantities of packaging I place on each market and pay a fair contribution based on the actual quantities involved. I therefore respectfully ask the European Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate system for micro-enterprises: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small packaging quantities, a single EU registration and annual reporting mechanism, and EPR contributions based on actual quantities without disproportionate national minimum fees. A centralised EU mechanism could allow a micro-enterprise to report its packaging quantities once, while the relevant data and financial contributions are automatically allocated to the Member States concerned. Such an approach would preserve environmental responsibility while reducing unnecessary administrative duplication and preventing disproportionate barriers for the smallest businesses. The Single Market should enable small European businesses to grow gradually across borders, not place them in a situation where it becomes economically more rational to refuse a customer in another Member State than to comply with the requirements associated with sending a few small parcels. Environmental protection and the sustainable growth of Europes smallest businesses are not conflicting objectives. With a more proportionate regulatory framework, both can be achieved.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. As a small independent business, I already make a conscious effort to minimise packaging, use recyclable materials, avoid unnecessary plastic and manage waste responsibly. I consider the environmental goals of the PPWR both important and justified. However, the current regulatory framework does not sufficiently reflect the business reality of micro-enterprises, independent artists, craftspeople and makers who sell very small quantities of goods across EU borders. My products are handmade, produced in small series and are relatively small. In some Member States, I may send only a few parcels per year, representing just a few kilograms of packaging. Despite this, even such limited sales may trigger separate national registrations, EPR obligations, contracts, reporting requirements, representation requirements and annual fees. For a micro-enterprise, these fixed compliance costs can easily exceed the profit generated in that market. Economic differences between Member States should also be considered when assessing proportionality. The same nominal annual compliance cost does not create the same burden for every European micro-enterprise. For a small business based in Croatia, a cost that may appear relatively limited in another economic environment can represent a significant share of the revenue or profit generated in a new market. Small businesses develop new markets gradually. One order may become five, then twenty, and only over time develop into a sustainable customer base. If substantial fixed compliance costs arise from the first few sales, a micro-enterprise may be forced to withdraw from that market before it has a genuine opportunity to grow. For this reason, proportionality should not be assessed only by the quantity of packaging expressed in tonnes. It should also take into account the actual administrative burden, fixed compliance costs, the size of the business and its economic capacity. Harmonised reporting formats alone are not sufficient if a micro-enterprise must still complete separate registrations, enter into separate contracts and comply with different national systems in every Member State where it has customers. I am not asking for micro-enterprises to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am willing to declare the quantities of packaging I place on each market and pay a fair contribution based on the actual quantities involved. I therefore respectfully ask the European Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate system for micro-enterprises: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small packaging quantities, a single EU registration and annual reporting mechanism, and EPR contributions based on actual quantities without disproportionate national minimum fees. A centralised EU mechanism could allow a micro-enterprise to report its packaging quantities once, while the relevant data and financial contributions are automatically allocated to the Member States concerned. Such an approach would preserve environmental responsibility while reducing unnecessary administrative duplication and preventing disproportionate barriers for the smallest businesses. The Single Market should enable small European businesses to grow gradually across borders, not place them in a situation where it becomes economically more rational to refuse a customer in another Member State than to comply with the requirements associated with sending a few small parcels. Environmental protection and the sustainable growth of Europes smallest businesses are not conflicting objectives. With a more proportionate regulatory framework, both can be achieved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549753_en"}, {"id": 33549752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:16:21", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "walkon.me", "feedback": "Es kann nicht sinnvoll sein kleine Unternehmen mit solchen Anforderungen zu überfordern - finanziell, wie organisatorisch werden wir mit großen Konzernen gleichgestellt, die ganz andere Ressourcen haben (auch unverhältnismäßig mehr zum Müll-Thema beitragen!) - für uns kann das heißen, dass wir nicht mehr mitmachen können!!! Wenn das dass Ziel ist, ok, wenn nicht dann müsst ihr auch was anderes überlegen!", "feedbackEnglish": "It makes no sense to overburden its small business with such requirements – financially, how organisationally we are put on an equal footing with large corporations that have very different resources (also disproportionately contribute more to the waste issue!) – for us this can mean that we can no longer participate! If that is the aim, ok, if not then you will also have to think about something else!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549752_en"}, {"id": 33549751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:14:20", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea behind lowering waste and imposing limits on packaging use and material is a great one. Nonetheless, as it is currently written, it risks causing more harm than good to those who generally already try to be aware of their footprint : the smaller creators and small scale companies. Such drastic changes to the way small enterprises handle shipping will be close to impossible to handle, whether we look at monetary costs or extra time spent figuring how to keep the boat afloat. To be European is to be one, is to be gathered under the same banner, the same flag. One of the strengths of Europe is to facilitate commercial exchange. Imposing on companies to pay a separate fee for each country they ship to counters this core principle of European strength, and puts countless small creators at risk of bankruptcy. This rule must take into account the differences in scale companies working within, and outside of Europe, have. Consider a De minimis.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea behind lowering waste and imposing limits on packaging use and material is a great one. Nonetheless, as it is currently written, it risks causing more harm than good to those who generally already try to be aware of their footprint : the smaller creators and small scale companies. Such drastic changes to the way small enterprises handle shipping will be close to impossible to handle, whether we look at monetary costs or extra time spent figuring how to keep the boat afloat. To be European is to be one, is to be gathered under the same banner, the same flag. One of the strengths of Europe is to facilitate commercial exchange. Imposing on companies to pay a separate fee for each country they ship to counters this core principle of European strength, and puts countless small creators at risk of bankruptcy. This rule must take into account the differences in scale companies working within, and outside of Europe, have. Consider a De minimis.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549751_en"}, {"id": 33549749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:14:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "hussen.net", "feedback": "Environmental protection yes but it must remain manageable for small businesses I fully support the goals of the PPWR. Reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and using resources responsibly are important, and small businesses should also do their part. The problem, however, is the bureaucracy that comes with it. For large companies with dedicated staff for compliance and administration, registrations and reporting requirements are relatively easy to manage. For micro-businesses and one-person companies, the situation is very different. If I only send a few parcels per year to a certain EU country and place just a few kilograms of packaging on that market, the administrative effort can quickly become completely disproportionate. Multiple registrations, different national procedures, reporting obligations and possible fixed costs may simply make selling to customers in some EU countries no longer worthwhile. That cannot be the goal. I think it is absolutely reasonable that small businesses also contribute financially for the packaging they actually place on the market. But the rules need to be proportionate. What we need is a simple European solution: ideally one central registration, harmonised reporting and significantly simplified rules or de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging. Small businesses are not trying to avoid environmental and climate protection. Quite the opposite: many already make a real effort to use as little packaging as possible, reuse shipping boxes and avoid unnecessary plastic. But environmental protection must remain affordable and manageable even for the smallest businesses. It would be a shame if new EU rules ultimately resulted in small companies no longer being able to serve customers in other EU countries simply because the bureaucracy has become too complicated and too expensive.", "feedbackEnglish": "Environmental protection yes but it must remain manageable for small businesses I fully support the goals of the PPWR. Reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and using resources responsibly are important, and small businesses should also do their part. The problem, however, is the bureaucracy that comes with it. For large companies with dedicated staff for compliance and administration, registrations and reporting requirements are relatively easy to manage. For micro-businesses and one-person companies, the situation is very different. If I only send a few parcels per year to a certain EU country and place just a few kilograms of packaging on that market, the administrative effort can quickly become completely disproportionate. Multiple registrations, different national procedures, reporting obligations and possible fixed costs may simply make selling to customers in some EU countries no longer worthwhile. That cannot be the goal. I think it is absolutely reasonable that small businesses also contribute financially for the packaging they actually place on the market. But the rules need to be proportionate. What we need is a simple European solution: ideally one central registration, harmonised reporting and significantly simplified rules or de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging. Small businesses are not trying to avoid environmental and climate protection. Quite the opposite: many already make a real effort to use as little packaging as possible, reuse shipping boxes and avoid unnecessary plastic. But environmental protection must remain affordable and manageable even for the smallest businesses. It would be a shame if new EU rules ultimately resulted in small companies no longer being able to serve customers in other EU countries simply because the bureaucracy has become too complicated and too expensive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549749_en"}, {"id": 33549747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:10:55", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Librairie ancienne", "feedback": "En tant que micro entreprise (vente de livres anciens) basé en France, opérant actuellement 25% de mon chiffre en UE, cette mesure est calamiteuse. D'abord par son coût : ma librairie va réduire ses marchés nationaux en UE, de manière à ne conserver que les 1 ou 2 pour lesquels la balance chiffre d'affaire / dépenses induites pas la mesure, reste positive. J'évalue la diminution du volume d'affaire UE de 25% de mon CA à 10-12%. Puis par sa complexité : chaque pays a ses spécificités légales, auxquelles il convient de se soumettre en passant des des sites web parfois non gouvernementaux, souvent non traduits dans la langue de l'utilisateur. Il est invraisemblable de faire reposer la complexité d'une mesure aux répercussions aussi importantes pour les entreprises sur ces mêmes entreprises. L'absence d'un guichet européen unique est un bon indicateur de la décorrélation entre économie réelle et règlementation technocratique européenne. C'est une mesure mal conçue et injuste.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro enterprise (sale of old books) based in France, currently operating 25 % of my figure in the EU, this measure is disastrous. Firstly, in terms of its cost: my bookshop will reduce its national markets in the EU, so as to keep only the 1 or 2 for which the balance of turnover and expenditure generated by the measure remains positive. I estimate the decrease in the volume of EU cases from 25 % of my MB to 10-12 %. Then because of its complexity: each country has its own specific legal requirements, which must be met through sometimes non-governmental websites, which are often not translated into the user’s language. It is implausible to base the complexity of a measure on undertakings which have such a significant impact on them. The lack of a European one-stop-shop is a good indicator of the split between the real economy and European technocratic regulation. It is a poorly designed and unfair measure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549747_en"}, {"id": 33549746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:10:50", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I kindly ask you to reconsider applying these regulations on small businesses. I fully support the environmental goal of reducing packaging waste but the same rules and fees should not apply to large corporations that produce tons of waste each day as small businesses that already face a lot of financial and logistical struggles, it is simply not fair. I am not a business owner but my spouse has been planning on opening a small business of her own but these rules would effectively kill any plans she had as well as hundreds of other small businesses that rely on the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I kindly ask you to reconsider applying these regulations on small businesses. I fully support the environmental goal of reducing packaging waste but the same rules and fees should not apply to large corporations that produce tons of waste each day as small businesses that already face a lot of financial and logistical struggles, it is simply not fair. I am not a business owner but my spouse has been planning on opening a small business of her own but these rules would effectively kill any plans she had as well as hundreds of other small businesses that rely on the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549746_en"}, {"id": 33549745, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:10:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Rückmeldung zur Initiative Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister Grundsätzlich begrüße ich das Ziel der EU, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die Hersteller*innenverantwortung europaweit einheitlich zu regeln. Aus meiner Sicht muss jedoch deutlich stärker zwischen großen Konzernen und Kleinstunternehmen bzw. Soloselbstständigen unterschieden werden. Derzeit werden Unternehmen mit völlig unterschiedlichen Verpackungsmengen und wirtschaftlichen Möglichkeiten weitgehend gleich behandelt. Für einen internationalen Konzern mit großen Verpackungsmengen sind Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten etwas völlig anderes als für einen Solounternehmerin, die*der nur wenige Sendungen pro Woche verschickt. Ich betreibe als selbstständige Künstlerin einen sehr kleinen Onlinehandel und versende entsprechend geringe Mengen. Gleichzeitig bemühe ich mich bereits aktiv, Verpackungsabfälle zu vermeiden: Ich verwende Umschläge und Kartons mehrfach und nutze, wann immer möglich, bereits gebrauchte Versandverpackungen weiter. Ich wünsche mir daher eine deutlich stärkere Differenzierung nach Unternehmensgröße, Verpackungsmenge und tatsächlicher Umweltrelevanz. Für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen sollten vereinfachte und verhältnismäßige Regelungen gelten. Eine solche Differenzierung würde aus meiner Sicht nicht dem Umweltschutz entgegenstehen im Gegenteil: Sie würde die vorhandenen Ressourcen kleiner Unternehmen dort einsetzen, wo sie tatsächlich einen ökologischen Mehrwert schaffen, anstatt sie durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie zu binden. Die EU sollte daher sicherstellen, dass die Umsetzung der PPWR dem Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit folgt und Kleinstunternehmen nicht mit denselben Anforderungen belastet werden wie große internationale Unternehmen. Vielen Dank!", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Initiative Rules on national registers of producers In principle, I welcome the EU’s objective to reduce packaging waste and to regulate producer responsibility uniformly across Europe. In my view, however, a clearer distinction must be drawn between large groups and micro-enterprises or solo self-employed persons. At present, companies with completely different packaging volumes and economic opportunities are treated in the same way to a large extent. For an international group with large quantities of packaging, registration, reporting and proof requirements are completely different from those for a solo trader who sends only a few consignments per week. As a self-employed artist, I operate a very small online trade and send correspondingly small quantities. At the same time, I am already active in preventing packaging waste: I use envelopes and cartons several times and, whenever possible, reuse already used shipping packaging. I would therefore like to see a much greater differentiation based on company size, packaging volume and actual environmental relevance. Simplified and proportionate rules should apply to micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. In my view, such a differentiation would not, on the contrary, run counter to environmental protection: It would use the existing resources of small businesses where they actually create environmental added value, rather than locking them into disproportionate bureaucracy. The EU should therefore ensure that the implementation of the PPWR follows the principle of proportionality and that micro-enterprises are not burdened with the same requirements as large international companies. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549745_en"}, {"id": 33549744, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:07:21", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag! Die neue Verordnung ist der Todesstoß für alle Kleinen Händler! Die Kosten für eine solche Vertretung pro Jahr und EU Land, übersteigt bei weitem die ohnehin mageren Gewinne. Nicht nur, dass wir kleinen Unternehmen bereits unfairerweise bei den Recyclern viel zu hoch pauschaliert werden (Pauschale in Frankreich pro Jahr 150 ab 1 Paket), müssen wir jetzt noch eine Vertretung beauftragen, für die wenigen Pakete die wir senden? Gibt es eigentlich in der EU-Kommission irgendjemanden, der sich für kleine Unternehmen einsetzt? Mit diesem Gesetz wird die Vielfalt komplett vernichtet. Übrig bleiben Konzerne und Big Player. Es muss doch eine andere Lösung geben? MfG Alexandra Rath", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, The new regulation is the death toll for all small traders! The cost of such representation per year per EU country far exceeds the already dire profits. In addition to the fact that we are already unfairly over-charging small businesses among recyclers (a flat rate of 150 from 1 package per year in France), do we still need to appoint a representative for whom we send a few packages? Is there anyone in the European Commission who works for small businesses? This law completely destroys diversity. There are still groups of companies and big players. Must there be a different solution? MFG Alexandra Rath", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549744_en"}, {"id": 33549743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:06:00", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello my fellow Europeans, I've been startled by some of the recently discussed and passed legislation such as this one. Seeing the shock of all of the small business owner across the eu on social media has brought this to my attention. Especially the fact there is no special or proportional treatment of small businesses that usually have a very low environmental burden compared to huge corporations. It feels very strongly against the EU principles of fair trade and caring about every individual citizen. I'm deeply disappointed since i had a vision of maybe being a small business owner myself one day, but this system of fees for each country completely destroyed it. Why do small businesses have to pay sometimes more than they make from sales just to bw able to ship to all of EU? This is completely immoral and just strengthens monopolistic behaviour. I completely support banning unnecessary empty space in packages, plastic packaging etc. But making small businesses pay disproportionately more than big corporations that already made their profit off of this? Disappointing. I hope you hear my pleas and lift this unjust burden from small business in the name of European freedom, fair trade and quality products made with love by people who actually care. Thank you, Your citizen, Hugo Steiner", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello my fellow Europeans, I've been startled by some of the recently discussed and passed legislation such as this one. Seeing the shock of all of the small business owner across the eu on social media has brought this to my attention. Especially the fact there is no special or proportional treatment of small businesses that usually have a very low environmental burden compared to huge corporations. It feels very strongly against the EU principles of fair trade and caring about every individual citizen. I'm deeply disappointed since i had a vision of maybe being a small business owner myself one day, but this system of fees for each country completely destroyed it. Why do small businesses have to pay sometimes more than they make from sales just to bw able to ship to all of EU? This is completely immoral and just strengthens monopolistic behaviour. I completely support banning unnecessary empty space in packages, plastic packaging etc. But making small businesses pay disproportionately more than big corporations that already made their profit off of this? Disappointing. I hope you hear my pleas and lift this unjust burden from small business in the name of European freedom, fair trade and quality products made with love by people who actually care. Thank you, Your citizen, Hugo Steiner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549743_en"}, {"id": 33549742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:05:31", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "El.residu", "feedback": "As a slow fashion brand owner, running my small business alone, I truly think it is a good think there are now coming rules for packaging. I do my utmost already by choosing sustainable options in materials and for orders in NL I give my clients the option for reusable packaging as well. But this law will make it unable for me to continue shipping to other EU countries. I kindly ask you to to exempt micro and small businesses from the AR obligations. Please harmonise the registration requirements across EU or to exempt very small business from registration in order we can continue our businesses. And last I deeply ask you to protect the free movement of goods and viability of small businesses. Thank you for understanding and supporting so many small businesses by reconsidering this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a slow fashion brand owner, running my small business alone, I truly think it is a good think there are now coming rules for packaging. I do my utmost already by choosing sustainable options in materials and for orders in NL I give my clients the option for reusable packaging as well. But this law will make it unable for me to continue shipping to other EU countries. I kindly ask you to to exempt micro and small businesses from the AR obligations. Please harmonise the registration requirements across EU or to exempt very small business from registration in order we can continue our businesses. And last I deeply ask you to protect the free movement of goods and viability of small businesses. Thank you for understanding and supporting so many small businesses by reconsidering this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549742_en"}, {"id": 33549741, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:04:00", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I dont support these rules as they currently stand because Im worried they will make things unnecessarily difficult for micro businesses. Small businesses already have limited time, money, and staff, so extra registration, reporting, and paperwork can hit them much harder than larger companies. Im not a micro business owner myself, but I want to keep supporting small independent businesses and make sure they have a fair chance to survive and grow. Environmental rules are important, but they should be simple and proportionate, with lighter requirements for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I dont support these rules as they currently stand because Im worried they will make things unnecessarily difficult for micro businesses. Small businesses already have limited time, money, and staff, so extra registration, reporting, and paperwork can hit them much harder than larger companies. Im not a micro business owner myself, but I want to keep supporting small independent businesses and make sure they have a fair chance to survive and grow. Environmental rules are important, but they should be simple and proportionate, with lighter requirements for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549741_en"}, {"id": 33549740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:03:06", "country": "PER", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida no toma en cuenta a los pequeños emprendedores, los artistas ni los artesanos. Poniendo en riesgo sus negocios los cuales son su medio económico principal o único en muchos casos. Una posible solución seria que esta mediada sea implementada dependiendo del precio del pedido (por ejemplo un pedido superior s 1000 euros) ya que si no, no es rentable e imposibilita la expansión y subsistencia de estos pequeños emprendedores.", "feedbackEnglish": "Esta medida no toma en cuenta a los pequeños emprendedores, los artistas ni los artesanos. Poniendo en riesgo sus negocios los cuales son su medio económico principal o único en muchos casos. Una posible solución seria que esta mediada sea implementada dependiendo del precio del pedido (por ejemplo un pedido superior s 1000 euros) ya que si no, no es rentable e imposibilita la expansión y subsistencia de estos pequeños emprendedores.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549740_en"}, {"id": 33549739, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:01:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "kaos & company Illustration", "feedback": "Grundsätzlich finde ich gut, dass Verpackungsabfälle reduziert und Unternehmen hierfür zur Verantwortung gezogen werden. Allerdings empfinde ich es als grob fahrlässig, dass ALLE Unternehmen hierbei über einen Kamm geschert werden. Großkonzerne sind diejenigen, die den meisten Versand- und Verpackungsmüll in die Welt tragen. Diese sind es auch, die es sich ohne Probleme leisten können, den neuen, strengeren Anforderungen zu folgen. Für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen stellt die neue Verordnung jedoch eine unüberwindbare Hürde dar. Ich bin selbst Künstlerin. Meine Illustrationen verarbeite ich zu Produkten - und so gut es mir möglich ist, produziere ich meine Waren selbst (und bei den Waren, die ich nicht selbst herstellen kann, arbeite ich mit regionalen Dienstleistern zusammen). Genau so wie ich sind viele andere Solo-Selbstständige in der Kreativwirtschaft von Anfang an darauf bedacht, möglichst nachhaltig unsere Businesses zu führen. Bisher habe ich nur innerhalb Deutschlands versendet, weil die Lizensierung für andere EU-Länder mir zu kompliziert erschien. Als Ein-Personen-Unternehmen muss man sich schließlich um alles selbst kümmern. Zuletzt spielte ich noch mit dem Gedanken, zumindest im B2B-Bereich meine Produkte in andere Länder zu verkaufen. Meine Hoffnung für die neue Verordnung war, dass die TATSÄCHLICHEN Produzenten von Verpackungen verantwortlich gemacht und für kleine Unternehmen endlich eine Bagatellgrenze sowie ein zentrales Melderegister für die EU eingerichtet werden, ähnlich dem One-Stop Shop Verfahren (OSS). So hätte ich endlich die Möglichkeit gehabt, meine Kunst einer breiteren Zielgruppe anzubieten. Stattdessen passiert das Gegenteil: Sobald ich auch nur EINEN Umschlag mit Ware in ein anderes EU-Land versenden möchte, muss ich mich bei der jeweiligen Landeszentrale registrieren und ggf. noch notariell beglaubigte Bevollmächtigte vorweisen. Das ist finanziell für mich nicht tragbar. Selbst mein geplanter B2B-Handel ist unter den neuen Regelungen nicht mehr einfach so möglich. Viele meiner Kolleg*innen, die bereits vorher in andere EU-Länder versendet haben, stellen ihren EU-Versand nun ein, weil es finanziell überhaupt nicht stemmbar ist und ihre Unternehmen damit absolute Verluste einfahren würden. Das tun sie, obwohl viele von Ihnen auf die Umsätze außerhalb ihres Unternehmenssitz-Landes für ihre Wirtschaftlichkeit essentiell sind, um weiterhin ihrem Beruf nachgehen zu können. Diese völlig undifferenzierten Regelungen schaffen de facto einen EU-Binnenmarkt für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen komplett ab, sodass nur noch die Big Player übrig bleiben. Zusätzlich wird auch die Wirtschaft der einzelnen EU-Länder geschwächt, da kleine Unternehmen weniger Umsätze erwirtschaften oder teilweise sogar komplett schließen müssen, wodurch den einzelnen Ländern ebenfalls Steuereinnahmen entgehen. Wenn die Ziele Klimaschutz, ein nachhaltigerer Handel und eine Stärkung der EU sind, muss eine andere Regelung gefunden werden. Diese sollte den (i.d.R. ohnehin nachhaltigeren) Handel von kleinen Unternehmen innerhalb der Union stärken sowie bürokratisch entlasten, und gleichzeitig Großunternehmen stärker in die Verantwortung ziehen sowie zur Kasse bitten. Die Einführung von EU-weiten de minimis Bagatellgrenzen für den grenzüberschreitenden EU-Versand von Mikrounternehmen sowie ein vollständiger One-Stop Shop, bei dem auch die tatsächlich versendeten Verpackungsmengen in die jeweiligen EU-Länder erhoben werden, sind die Lösungen, die ich (und viele weitere Solo-Selbstständige aus der Kreativwirtschaft) fordern. Bis diese Regelungen eingeführt werden, sollten die neuen, strengeren Regeln für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen ausgesetzt werden. Hilfreich wäre auch eine Verpflichtung von TATSÄCHLICHEN VerpackungsERZEUGERN, die Größe der Unternehmen, die bei Ihnen einkaufen, zu erheben und entsprechend nur lizensierte Verpackungen zu verkaufen (inkl. verpflichtend bereitzustellenden Dokumentationen beim Kauf).", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I agree that packaging waste should be reduced and that companies should be held responsible for this. However, I find it grossly negligent that ALL companies are packed together in this process. Large corporations are the ones that carry most shipping and packaging waste around the world. It is also these who can easily afford to comply with the new, stricter requirements. However, the new regulation represents an insurmountable hurdle for small and micro-enterprises. I am an artist myself. I process my illustrations into products – and as much as I can, I produce my goods myself (and I work with regional service providers on the goods I cannot produce myself). Like me, many other solo self-employed people in the creative industries have been keen to manage our business as sustainably as possible from the outset. So far, I have only sent out within Germany because licensing for other EU countries seemed to me to be too complicated. Finally, as a one-person company, you have to take care of everything yourself. Finally, I was still thinking of selling my products to other countries, at least in the B2B area. My hope for the new regulation was that the ACTIVITIES producers of packaging would be held responsible and that a de minimis threshold and a central population register for the EU would finally be set up for small businesses, similar to the One-Stop Shop procedure (OSS). I would have finally had the opportunity to offer my art to a wider audience. Instead, the opposite happens: As soon as I just want to send ONE envelope containing goods to another EU country, I must register with the relevant regional office and, if necessary, provide a notarised representative. This is financially unsustainable for me. Even my planned B2B trade is no longer possible under the new rules. Many of my colleagues who have previously dispatched to other EU countries are now ceasing their EU transit because it is not financially viable at all and their companies would suffer absolute losses as a result. This is despite the fact that many of you rely on sales outside your country of establishment for their economic viability in order to be able to continue working. These completely undifferentiated rules de facto completely abolish an EU internal market for small and micro-enterprises, leaving only the big players. In addition, the economy of individual EU countries is also weakened, with small businesses having to reduce or even close down their sales, which also deprives individual countries of tax revenues. If the objectives are climate action, more sustainable trade and strengthening the EU, a different regime needs to be found. This should strengthen the (usually more sustainable) trade of small companies within the Union and reduce the administrative burden, while at the same time making large companies more accountable and financially responsible. The introduction of EU-wide de minimis de minimis thresholds for the cross-border transit of micro-enterprises within the EU, as well as a complete one-stop shop that also collects the actual quantities of packaging shipped to the respective EU countries, are the solutions I (and many other solo self-employed in the creative industries) are calling for. Until such schemes are put in place, the new, stricter rules for small and micro enterprises should be suspended. It would also be helpful to require ACTIVITIES OF Packaging PRODUCTS to collect the size of the companies that buy from you and accordingly only sell licensed packaging (including mandatory documentation at the time of purchase).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549739_en"}, {"id": 33549738, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 14:01:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "JamesBBarrow", "feedback": "These rules make it prohibitive for any small business to sell to the EU. I can see how this could be an attempt to enforce more sustainability and reduce waste, and I realise that someone has to pay for proper disposal of packaging, but the requirements of this are ridiculous for a small business. It clearly favours the large corporations who have vast funds and resources to be able to comply. Why this couldn't have been a simpler and centralised system, such as a tailored cost applied to individual packages in the same way customs fees are, is beyond me. I implore the Commission to open their eyes to the reality we all face as people and businesses. Rework this to account for the ridiculous amount of work and cost it will put on small businesses, or lose the faith and support of them across the world.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules make it prohibitive for any small business to sell to the EU. I can see how this could be an attempt to enforce more sustainability and reduce waste, and I realise that someone has to pay for proper disposal of packaging, but the requirements of this are ridiculous for a small business. It clearly favours the large corporations who have vast funds and resources to be able to comply. Why this couldn't have been a simpler and centralised system, such as a tailored cost applied to individual packages in the same way customs fees are, is beyond me. I implore the Commission to open their eyes to the reality we all face as people and businesses. Rework this to account for the ridiculous amount of work and cost it will put on small businesses, or lose the faith and support of them across the world.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549738_en"}, {"id": 33549737, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:59:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Coton & Mili Handmade", "feedback": "unverhältnismäßige Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe ein kleines Handmade-Unternehmen in Deutschland und verkaufe selbst angefertigte, personalisierte Produkte auch an Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Ziele der PPWR hinsichtlich Abfallvermeidung, Recycling und eines nachhaltigeren Umgangs mit Verpackungen unterstütze ich grundsätzlich. Große Sorgen bereitet mir jedoch die praktische Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung für Kleinstunternehmen. Als sehr kleines Unternehmen versende ich teilweise nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Trotzdem können für mich Registrierungs-, Melde- und weitere administrative Pflichten entstehen. Besonders problematisch sind Anforderungen, die in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten zusätzliche Registrierungen oder die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten erforderlich machen können. Für ein großes Unternehmen lassen sich solche Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwände auf tausende oder Millionen Sendungen verteilen. Für einen kleinen Handmade-Shop, der beispielsweise nur zwei oder drei Bestellungen pro Jahr in ein bestimmtes Land versendet, können dieselben Anforderungen dazu führen, dass ein grenzüberschreitender Verkauf wirtschaftlich nicht mehr sinnvoll ist. Dies widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Gedanken eines europäischen Binnenmarktes, in dem gerade auch kleine Unternehmen unkompliziert grenzüberschreitend tätig sein können sollten. Ich wünsche mir deshalb ausdrücklich eine verhältnismäßige Regelung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen. Denkbar wären beispielsweise Bagatellgrenzen anhand der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen, vereinfachte Meldeverfahren, eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung oder Ausnahmen von der Pflicht zur Bestellung kostenpflichtiger Bevollmächtigter bei sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen. Es sollte nicht dazu kommen, dass kleine europäische Handmade-Shops ihren Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen, weil die administrativen Kosten höher sind als der Umsatz, den sie dort erzielen. Nachhaltigkeit und Verpackungsvermeidung sind wichtige Ziele. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch so gestaltet werden, dass sie für Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich tragbar, verständlich und verhältnismäßig bleibt. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die besonderen Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe grenzüberschreitende Versandmengen bei der weiteren Umsetzung ausdrücklich zu berücksichtigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises Dear Sir/Madam, I operate a small handmade business in Germany and I sell homemade personalised products also to customers in other EU Member States. In principle, I support the objectives of the PPWR in terms of waste prevention, recycling and more sustainable use of packaging. However, I am very concerned about the practical implementation of EPR for micro-enterprises. As a very small company, I sometimes send only a few parcels per year to individual EU Member States. Nevertheless, registration, reporting and other administrative obligations may arise for me. Requirements that may require additional registrations or the appointment of an authorised representative in individual Member States are particularly problematic. For a large company, such costs and administrative burdens can be spread over thousands or millions of items. For a small handmade shop that, for example, sends only two or three orders per year to a specific country, the same requirements may make cross-border sales economically pointless. In my view, this runs counter to the idea of a European internal market in which small businesses in particular should be able to operate across borders easily. I therefore expressly wish for a proportionate regime for micro and small enterprises. For example, de minimis thresholds based on the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market, simplified notification procedures, centralised EU-wide registration or exemptions from the obligation to appoint paid authorised representatives for very small quantities of packaging could be envisaged. Small European handmade shops should not have to stop shipping to other EU countries because the administrative costs are higher than the turnover they generate there. Sustainability and packaging avoidance are important objectives. However, the implementation should be designed in such a way that it remains economically viable, understandable and proportionate for micro-enterprises. I would therefore ask the European Commission to explicitly take into account the specific impact of the PPWR on micro-enterprises and very small cross-border shipping volumes when further implementing it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549737_en"}, {"id": 33549736, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:58:35", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the objective of reducing unnecessary packaging and packaging waste in Europe. However, I am concerned that the new packaging rules place a disproportionate burden on small and micro-businesses. For a large company, adapting packaging, obtaining compliance information, changing suppliers, managing registrations and reporting requirements can be absorbed by dedicated legal, sustainability and administrative teams. For a small business, the same obligations fall on one or two people and will represent a significant cost in both time and money (and lets be honest our mental wellbeing). This risks creating an unintended competitive advantage for large companies. Small businesses often purchase packaging in very small quantities, have little negotiating power with suppliers and cannot afford bespoke compliant packaging or extensive administrative support. Environmental legislation should be ambitious, but it should also be proportionate and this fair. I would therefore strongly encourage the EU to introduce broader exemptions, simplified (or preferably no) reporting and longer transition periods for micro and small enterprises, while maintaining the environmental objectives for larger producers and high-volume packaging users. A regulation designed to reduce waste should not inadvertently reduce the richness of diversity of Europes small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of reducing unnecessary packaging and packaging waste in Europe. However, I am concerned that the new packaging rules place a disproportionate burden on small and micro-businesses. For a large company, adapting packaging, obtaining compliance information, changing suppliers, managing registrations and reporting requirements can be absorbed by dedicated legal, sustainability and administrative teams. For a small business, the same obligations fall on one or two people and will represent a significant cost in both time and money (and lets be honest our mental wellbeing). This risks creating an unintended competitive advantage for large companies. Small businesses often purchase packaging in very small quantities, have little negotiating power with suppliers and cannot afford bespoke compliant packaging or extensive administrative support. Environmental legislation should be ambitious, but it should also be proportionate and this fair. I would therefore strongly encourage the EU to introduce broader exemptions, simplified (or preferably no) reporting and longer transition periods for micro and small enterprises, while maintaining the environmental objectives for larger producers and high-volume packaging users. A regulation designed to reduce waste should not inadvertently reduce the richness of diversity of Europes small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549736_en"}, {"id": 33549734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:54:19", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Infra Taltiointi Oy", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small independent record label selling vinyl records directly to customers in several EU countries. I support the EUs environmental goals and already use minimal, recyclable cardboard packaging to protect records during transport. However, micro-enterprises should not be subject to packaging reporting obligations, registration requirements or additional packaging-related costs. For a very small business, even supposedly minor administrative requirements are significant. Independent labels already operate in a difficult market with low margins, limited staff and rising production, shipping and taxation costs. Adding further reporting, registrations, compliance services, fees or country-by-country obligations is not a minor inconvenience. It is economically destructive. A micro-enterprise may send only a handful of recyclable cardboard packages to a particular Member State each year. Requiring that business to register, report packaging quantities, pay fees or purchase compliance services creates an administrative burden completely disproportionate to its environmental impact. For a large corporation, these costs can be absorbed by dedicated staff and spread across millions of transactions. For a one-person company, artist, record label, publisher or craft business, they directly reduce the possibility of remaining in business. There should therefore be a clear EU-wide exemption for micro-enterprises from packaging reporting, registration fees, EPR administration costs and similar obligations. This exemption should be automatic and simple. A micro-enterprise should not have to complete additional paperwork or pay a service provider simply to prove that it qualifies for reduced paperwork. The purpose of environmental regulation should be to reduce waste, not to create administrative work that costs more than the environmental impact it is intended to address. My business already uses recyclable cardboard packaging. Imposing further costs and reporting requirements will not make that packaging more recyclable. It will simply make it more expensive and difficult for me to sell records to customers in other EU countries. The likely consequence is that many small businesses will stop shipping to certain Member States or stop cross-border sales altogether. This would weaken the Single Market and give larger companies an even greater competitive advantage. The EU should recognise that micro-enterprises operate on an entirely different scale from large producers. Regulation must reflect that difference. For micro-enterprises, there should be no packaging reporting requirements, no registration fees, no mandatory compliance service costs and no requirement to appoint representatives in different Member States. Any environmental contribution from businesses of this size is negligible compared with the administrative and economic damage caused by compliance requirements. Small entrepreneurs are already operating in a difficult environment. Adding more administration and fixed costs risks destroying businesses that are economically viable only because they keep their operations simple and efficient. I urge the EU to create a complete and meaningful exemption for micro-enterprises. Environmental policy should focus regulatory effort where the environmental impact is significant, rather than imposing disproportionate costs on the smallest businesses in Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small independent record label selling vinyl records directly to customers in several EU countries. I support the EUs environmental goals and already use minimal, recyclable cardboard packaging to protect records during transport. However, micro-enterprises should not be subject to packaging reporting obligations, registration requirements or additional packaging-related costs. For a very small business, even supposedly minor administrative requirements are significant. Independent labels already operate in a difficult market with low margins, limited staff and rising production, shipping and taxation costs. Adding further reporting, registrations, compliance services, fees or country-by-country obligations is not a minor inconvenience. It is economically destructive. A micro-enterprise may send only a handful of recyclable cardboard packages to a particular Member State each year. Requiring that business to register, report packaging quantities, pay fees or purchase compliance services creates an administrative burden completely disproportionate to its environmental impact. For a large corporation, these costs can be absorbed by dedicated staff and spread across millions of transactions. For a one-person company, artist, record label, publisher or craft business, they directly reduce the possibility of remaining in business. There should therefore be a clear EU-wide exemption for micro-enterprises from packaging reporting, registration fees, EPR administration costs and similar obligations. This exemption should be automatic and simple. A micro-enterprise should not have to complete additional paperwork or pay a service provider simply to prove that it qualifies for reduced paperwork. The purpose of environmental regulation should be to reduce waste, not to create administrative work that costs more than the environmental impact it is intended to address. My business already uses recyclable cardboard packaging. Imposing further costs and reporting requirements will not make that packaging more recyclable. It will simply make it more expensive and difficult for me to sell records to customers in other EU countries. The likely consequence is that many small businesses will stop shipping to certain Member States or stop cross-border sales altogether. This would weaken the Single Market and give larger companies an even greater competitive advantage. The EU should recognise that micro-enterprises operate on an entirely different scale from large producers. Regulation must reflect that difference. For micro-enterprises, there should be no packaging reporting requirements, no registration fees, no mandatory compliance service costs and no requirement to appoint representatives in different Member States. Any environmental contribution from businesses of this size is negligible compared with the administrative and economic damage caused by compliance requirements. Small entrepreneurs are already operating in a difficult environment. Adding more administration and fixed costs risks destroying businesses that are economically viable only because they keep their operations simple and efficient. I urge the EU to create a complete and meaningful exemption for micro-enterprises. Environmental policy should focus regulatory effort where the environmental impact is significant, rather than imposing disproportionate costs on the smallest businesses in Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549734_en"}, {"id": 33549733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:52:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FRANZISKA KLEE", "feedback": "Als Inhaberin einer kleinen regionalen Ledertaschen-Manufaktur vertreibe ich meine Produkte hauptsächlich in der DACH-Region. Über digitale Kanäle (z. B. Instagram) erreichen mich jedoch regelmäßig vereinzelte Anfragen von Kundinnen und Kunden aus anderen EU-Ländern. Die Mengen dieser Bestellungen sind so gering, dass der immense bürokratische Aufwand und die immensen Fixkosten, allen voran durch den Zwang zu lokalen Bevollmächtigten in Ländern wie Österreich, Spanien oder Dänemark, den wirtschaftlichen Nutzen für mein Unternehmen bei Weitem übersteigen. In der Praxis wird das größte Pfund der Europäischen Union - ein freier, grenzenloser Binnenmarkt - dadurch komplett ausgehebelt. Nicht nur ich, sondern sehr viele andere kleine Unternehmen sehen sich gezwungen, den B2C-Versand in fast alle anderen EU-Länder einzustellen und sich nur noch auf ihr Kernland zu beschränken, um keine Rechtsverstöße zu begehen. Die bisherige Implementierung der Verordnung verläuft leider chaotisch und schafft enorme Rechtsunsicherheit bei Kleinstbetrieben. Während große Plattformen und Konzerne die Bürokratie mühelos abbilden können, scheitern kleine regionale Betriebe an 27 unterschiedlichen Regelungen. Letztlich sind es doch gerade die kleinen, regionalen Manufakturen, die die Vielfalt, Qualität und Identität der EU ausmachen und nicht die großen Anbieter, die den Kontinent mit Plastik und Billigware fluten. Ich fordere im Rahmen der PPWR-Umsetzung: 1. Eine sofortige Aussetzung der Durchsetzung für B2C-Kleinstversender, bis eine wirklich einheitliche EU-Lösung vollumfänglich steht. 2. Eine praxisnahe Bagatellgrenze/Freimenge für kleine Unternehmen (z. B. unter 1 Tonne Verpackungsmüll pro Jahr), die kleine Manufakturen von der Beitrags- und Vertreterpflicht entlastet. 3. Den vollständigen Ersatz nationaler Bevollmächtigten-Pflichten innerhalb der EU durch ein zentrales EU-Registrierungsportal.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small regional leather bag factory, I sell my products mainly in the DACH region. However, through digital channels (e.g. Instagram), I regularly receive sporadic requests from customers from other EU countries. The quantities of these orders are so small that the immense bureaucratic burden and the immense fixed costs, first and foremost due to the need to appoint local agents in countries such as Austria, Spain or Denmark, far outweigh the economic benefits for my business. In practice, this completely eliminates the biggest pound in the European Union – a free, borderless internal market. Not only I, but a large number of other small businesses, are forced to stop B2C shipments to almost all other EU countries and to limit themselves to their main country in order not to break the law. Unfortunately, the implementation of the Regulation to date has been chaotic and creates enormous legal uncertainty for micro-enterprises. While large platforms and corporations can easily map red tape, small regional businesses fail to comply with 27 different regulations. Ultimately, it is precisely the small, regional manufacturers that make up the diversity, quality and identity of the EU, and not the big suppliers that flood the continent with plastic and cheap goods. As part of the PPWR implementation, I call for: 1. An immediate suspension of enforcement for B2C micro-consignors until a truly uniform EU solution is fully in place. 2. A practical de minimis limit/exemption for small businesses (e.g. less than 1 tonne of packaging waste per year), which relieves small manufacturers of the obligation to contribute and represent. 3. The full replacement of national authorised representatives’ obligations within the EU by a single EU registration portal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549733_en"}, {"id": 33549732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:51:40", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please re consider altering this directives, I sell home made masks, I want to earn a living doing this eventually right now I don't sell much, but with Trump's tariffs and now this regulation it is nearly impossible to keep selling my art online, people like \"Amazon\" and such should have this sort of policies applied to them but to us small creators is really killing our chances of shipping our art", "feedbackEnglish": "Please re consider altering this directives, I sell home made masks, I want to earn a living doing this eventually right now I don't sell much, but with Trump's tariffs and now this regulation it is nearly impossible to keep selling my art online, people like \"Amazon\" and such should have this sort of policies applied to them but to us small creators is really killing our chances of shipping our art", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549732_en"}, {"id": 33549731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:49:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jungwiealt ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines kleinen Unternehmens in Deutschland möchte ich meine große Sorge und meinen Unmut über die zunehmenden bürokratischen Anforderungen im Zusammenhang mit der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung und deren Umsetzung in Deutschland zum Ausdruck bringen. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und unsere Umwelt nachhaltig zu schützen. Als Kleinunternehmer habe ich jedoch zunehmend den Eindruck, dass die praktische Umsetzung dieser Ziele zu einer unverhältnismäßigen Belastung gerade für kleine Betriebe führt. Für einen großen Konzern bedeutet eine zusätzliche Registrierung, Dokumentation, Mengenmeldung oder rechtliche Prüfung möglicherweise nur einen weiteren Verwaltungsvorgang. Für einen Kleinbetrieb hingegen bedeuten solche Anforderungen zusätzlichen Zeitaufwand, Kosten und teilweise die Notwendigkeit, externe Dienstleister oder rechtliche Beratung in Anspruch zu nehmen. Besonders problematisch ist, dass auch Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen grundsätzlich umfangreichen verpackungsrechtlichen Pflichten unterliegen. Eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen fehlt. Damit werden kleine Unternehmen im Verhältnis zu ihrer tatsächlichen Umweltbelastung mit einem erheblichen bürokratischen Aufwand konfrontiert. Die neuen Regelungen führen zudem zu einer erheblichen Rechtsunsicherheit. Als Unternehmer muss ich nachvollziehen können, welche Verpackungen betroffen sind, wer jeweils als Verpflichteter gilt, welche Registrierungs-, Beteiligungs- und Meldepflichten bestehen und welche Änderungen sich durch die neue europäische Regelung ergeben. Diese Anforderungen sind für einen kleinen Betrieb ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung kaum nebenbei zu bewältigen. Ich bitte daher dringend darum, bei der weiteren Umsetzung des Verpackungsrechts die Situation von Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Aus meiner Sicht wären insbesondere folgende Maßnahmen erforderlich: Einführung angemessener Bagatell- bzw. Kleinmengenregelungen, deutliche Vereinfachung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für Kleinstunternehmen, verständliche und einheitliche Vorgaben ohne unnötige Doppelmeldungen, ausreichende Übergangs- und Umsetzungsfristen, kostenlose und leicht verständliche Beratungsmöglichkeiten für kleine Betriebe, Vermeidung unverhältnismäßiger Kosten und Sanktionen bei geringfügigen Verstößen, sowie eine stärkere Orientierung am tatsächlichen Umfang der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen. Umweltschutz darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen durch immer neue bürokratische Anforderungen wirtschaftlich geschwächt werden. Gerade kleine Unternehmen leisten einen wichtigen Beitrag zur regionalen Wirtschaft, zur Beschäftigung und zur Vielfalt des deutschen Wirtschaftsstandorts. Ich fordere daher eine verhältnismäßige und praxisnahe Umsetzung der neuen Verpackungsvorschriften, bei der die tatsächliche Größe und Verpackungsmenge eines Unternehmens berücksichtigt wird. Ich bitte Sie, die berechtigten Anliegen von Kleinunternehmern ernst zu nehmen und sich für eine deutliche Vereinfachung der Regelungen einzusetzen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Barbara Jung", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a small business in Germany, I would like to express my deep concern and dissatisfaction with the increasing bureaucratic requirements related to the new EU Packaging Regulation and its implementation in Germany. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste, promoting recycling and protecting our environment in a sustainable way. However, as a small business, I increasingly feel that the practical implementation of these objectives results in a disproportionate burden for small businesses in particular. For a large group, additional registration, documentation, volume reporting or legal verification may only mean one further administrative process. For a small business, on the other hand, such requirements entail additional time, costs and, in some cases, the need to use external service providers or legal advice. It is particularly problematic that undertakings with very small quantities of packaging are also in principle subject to extensive obligations under packaging law. There is no appropriate de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises. This places a considerable administrative burden on small businesses in relation to their actual environmental impact. The new rules also create considerable legal uncertainty. As a trader, I need to be able to understand which packaging is affected, who is considered an obliged entity in each case, the registration, participation and reporting obligations and the changes brought about by the new European rules. These requirements are difficult to cope with incidentally for a small business without its own legal or compliance department. I would therefore urge you to take greater account of the situation of small and micro-enterprises when further implementing packaging legislation. In my view, the following measures in particular would be necessary: Introduction of appropriate de minimis/small-volume rules, significant simplification of registration and reporting obligations for micro-enterprises, clear and uniform requirements without unnecessary duplication of reporting, sufficient transition and implementation deadlines, free and easy-to-understand advice for small businesses, avoidance of disproportionate costs and penalties for minor infringements, and a stronger focus on the actual level of packaging placed on the market. Environmental protection must not lead to small and medium-sized enterprises being economically weakened by ever-increasing bureaucratic requirements. Small businesses in particular make an important contribution to the regional economy, employment and the diversity of Germany’s business location. I therefore call for a proportionate and practical implementation of the new packaging rules, taking into account the actual size and packaging volume of an undertaking. I would ask you to take the legitimate concerns of small businesses seriously and to push for a significant simplification of the rules. Yours sincerely, Barbara Jung", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549731_en"}, {"id": 33549730, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:49:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Reliek Antiek ", "feedback": "Als deze wet doorgaat kan ik mijn bedrijf vrijwel gelijk stoppen. Ik verzend nu door heel Europa en daarbuiten antiek en vintage. Voor elk item heb ik compleet een ander soort verpakking nodig. Ik maak nu al jaren gebruik van oude dozen van supermarkten en andere bedrijven. Hetzelfde voor het opvul materiaal. Ik koop enkel het plakband nieuw. Door deze wetgeving die zou moeten zorgen dat er minder afval komt moet ik inplaats van gebruikte verpakkings materiaal het nieuw gaan kopen en hiermee dus juist meer afval maken. Ik kan niet bewijzen waar mijn verpakkings materiaal vandaan komt gezien dit overal en nergens is. Dan is er ook de regel dat je het verpakkings materiaal moet reduceren in het algemeen. Zou wel willen maar post bodes gooien met paketten. Ik moet veel lucht en opvul materiaal en dubbele dozen gebruiken om te zorgen dat breekbare dingen (dat is bijna alles wat ik verzend) heel aankomt. Als het kapot gaat dan gaat onstaat hiermee dus ook meer afval. Vervolgens moet er ook per land papierwerk gedaan worden en een groot bedrag betaald worden. Het enige land waar ik vaak aan verzend is belgie en dan heeft het nog zin. Alle andere landen zijn sporadisch en kan moeilijk op een paar klijne klanten deze kosten gaan verhalen. Dit zal betekenen dat ik alle verkoop kanalen zoals etsy, pomono, selency, whoppah enz zal moeten opgeven. Of als er iets op deze sites verkoopt de bestelling annuleren als het niet voor Nederland of België is bedoeld. De conclusie is dat kleine bedrijven niet langer Europees zullen ondernemen en het idee van een vrije markt in Europa alleen nog voor de grote bedrijven zal gelden. Grote bedrijven hebben al genoeg macht, geld, subsidies, markt aandeel enz. Met deze wetgeving is opnieuw duidelijk waar de prioriteiten van de Europese unie liggen. Niet bij kleine ondernemers maar bij de multinationals. Met deze wetgeving wordt een nieuwe vorm van belasting geïntroduceerd en niet een oplossing voor een betere en groenere wereld. Met deze wetgeving zal wederom Europa een ingewikkelde markt zijn met teveel regels waarbij de bedrijven niet langer het hoofd boven water kunnen houden en we het zullen afleggen tegen over de andere grootmachten .. dacht juist dat we het tegevenovergestelde wouden bekijken met een open markt... maar goed. Conclusie.... doe dit niet behalve als je kleine bedrijven kapot wilt maken en grote bedrijven alle macht wilt geven. Succes met uw besluit. Mvg Jeroen Maasdam", "feedbackEnglish": "If this law continues, I can stop my business almost equally. I am now sending antiques and vintage across Europe and beyond. For each item, I need a completely different type of packaging. I have been using old boxes from supermarkets and other companies for many years now. Same for the filling material. I only buy the adhesive tape new. As a result of this legislation, which is supposed to reduce the amount of waste, I have to replace used packaging materials with new ones and thus make more waste. I cannot prove where my packaging material comes from as this is everywhere and nowhere. There is also the rule that you must reduce packaging material in general. Would like to throw post messengers with packets. I need to use a lot of air and fill up materials and double boxes to ensure that breakable things (that is almost everything I send) arrive all the way. If it breaks down, this will also mean more waste. This is followed by paperwork on a country-by-country basis and the payment of a large amount. The only country I am often sent to is Belgium, and then it makes sense. All other countries are sporadic and difficult to recover these costs from a few fine customers. This will mean that I will have to declare all sales channels such as Etsy, pomono, selency, whoppah, etc. Or if something is sold on these sites cancel the order if it is not intended for the Netherlands or Belgium. The conclusion is that small companies will no longer do business in Europe and the idea of a free market in Europe will only apply to large companies. Big companies already have enough power, money, subsidies, market share, etc. This legislation once again shows where the priorities of the European Union lie. Not small entrepreneurs, but multinationals. This legislation introduces a new form of taxation and not a solution for a better and greener world. With this legislation, Europe will once again be a complex market with too many rules, where businesses will no longer be able to survive and we will struggle with the other great powers. On the contrary, we thought that we are looking at the beautiful forests with an open market... but good. Conclusion.... do not do this except if you want to destroy small businesses and give big companies full power. Success with your decision. MVG Jeroen Maasdam", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549730_en"}, {"id": 33549729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:47:49", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Chcę dać głos, że ta dyrektywa niesamowicie dotkliwie uderza w mniejszych przedsiębiorców. Jej skutkiem będzie (już jest) zamknięcie handlu mniejszych firm między granicami, co ideologicznie kłóci mi się z wizją Unii Europejskiej. Jestem bardzo przeciwna wynikającej z tego dalszej monopolizacji większych firm. Dodatkowo martwi mnie, że koszty dostosowania się do nowych przepisów klasycznie wylądują na konsumencie. Ustawa wydaje mi się nieprzemyślana. Alternatywnie, przemyślana w bardzo wyrachowany sposób.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to make it clear that this directive is incredibly hitting smaller businesses hard. It will (already) have the effect of shutting down the trade of smaller companies across borders, which is ideologically at odds with the vision of the European Union. I am very opposed to the resulting further monopolisation of larger companies. In addition, I am worried that the costs of adapting to the new rules are classic for consumers. The law seems to me to be ill-considered. Alternatively, thought through in a very calculated way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549729_en"}, {"id": 33549728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:46:13", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Percent Books", "feedback": "Absolutely ridiculous to put micro/small businesses to ransom like this. This will kill business done throughout the EU. It is not financially feasible nor logistically feasible to make you have a representative in every EU country you may want to do business with. I acknowledge that reducing waste is a good thing but for someone who may ship to a certain EU country once in a year to have to abide by the same laws as massive multinational companies who produce a lot more packaging and waste is ridiculous. Please do not implement this new law. It will be devastating.", "feedbackEnglish": "Absolutely ridiculous to put micro/small businesses to ransom like this. This will kill business done throughout the EU. It is not financially feasible nor logistically feasible to make you have a representative in every EU country you may want to do business with. I acknowledge that reducing waste is a good thing but for someone who may ship to a certain EU country once in a year to have to abide by the same laws as massive multinational companies who produce a lot more packaging and waste is ridiculous. Please do not implement this new law. It will be devastating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549728_en"}, {"id": 33549727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:43:08", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The World Anvil Publishing Srls", "feedback": "I sell books and tabletop gaming products all over the world. Mine is a small part-time operation that can't sustain a full-time employee year-round. However, I provide work for nearly ten freelance collaborators. Half of our sales occur in the U.S. Since the tariff issues, we have refocused on EU sales, which now account for about 40% of the total. This obligation would be completely unsustainable and would essentially put an end to my physical business. Besides the overhead, we ship one to ten packages to direct customers per year in some EU countries. This keeps us afloat, but not if I need a representative in each country. Please reconsider. One point of contact, one flat fee, and thresholds for microentrepreneurs are the only ways this can work.", "feedbackEnglish": "I sell books and tabletop gaming products all over the world. Mine is a small part-time operation that can't sustain a full-time employee year-round. However, I provide work for nearly ten freelance collaborators. Half of our sales occur in the U.S. Since the tariff issues, we have refocused on EU sales, which now account for about 40% of the total. This obligation would be completely unsustainable and would essentially put an end to my physical business. Besides the overhead, we ship one to ten packages to direct customers per year in some EU countries. This keeps us afloat, but not if I need a representative in each country. Please reconsider. One point of contact, one flat fee, and thresholds for microentrepreneurs are the only ways this can work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549727_en"}, {"id": 33549726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:43:04", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Monolith Shop GmbH", "feedback": "We are a small Swiss cosmetics retailer selling cross-border to consumers throughout the EU. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and extended producer responsibility. We believe that businesses placing packaging on the market should contribute fairly to the costs of its collection and recycling. However, the current implementation creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small cross-border businesses. Instead of one harmonised EU procedure, we are currently required to contact authorities, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives separately in numerous Member States. Each country has different registration procedures, reporting requirements, fees, deadlines and rules concerning authorised representatives. In some Member States, the annual administrative and authorised representative costs can amount to several hundred euros even where only a few kilograms of packaging are placed on that national market. For businesses established outside the EU, the requirement to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States can multiply these fixed costs even further. These costs arise regardless of whether a company places several tonnes or only a few kilograms of packaging on a national market. We are currently contacting Member States, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives individually in order to comply. The administrative effort and fixed costs involved bear little relation to the very small amount of packaging that a small cross-border retailer may actually place on an individual national market. This creates a real risk that small businesses will simply stop supplying consumers in smaller Member States because the fixed compliance costs exceed the value of the business conducted there. This would reduce cross-border trade and consumer choice without producing a proportionate environmental benefit. We strongly support a single EU-wide producer registration and reporting system, or at minimum a harmonised de-minimis threshold for small cross-border packaging volumes. A small company shipping only a few parcels to a Member State should not face essentially the same fixed administrative infrastructure as a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. A single EU registration, one harmonised annual declaration and one proportionate EPR payment mechanism would achieve the environmental objective while allowing small businesses to continue serving customers across Europe. Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the actual environmental impact. The objective should be to make companies contribute to recycling and waste management, not to create disproportionate fixed administrative costs that discourage small businesses from participating in cross-border trade. We therefore respectfully ask the European Commission to use the implementation of the PPWR to create a genuinely harmonised, proportionate and practical EPR system for small cross-border businesses. Thank you for giving businesses the opportunity to provide feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small Swiss cosmetics retailer selling cross-border to consumers throughout the EU. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and extended producer responsibility. We believe that businesses placing packaging on the market should contribute fairly to the costs of its collection and recycling. However, the current implementation creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small cross-border businesses. Instead of one harmonised EU procedure, we are currently required to contact authorities, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives separately in numerous Member States. Each country has different registration procedures, reporting requirements, fees, deadlines and rules concerning authorised representatives. In some Member States, the annual administrative and authorised representative costs can amount to several hundred euros even where only a few kilograms of packaging are placed on that national market. For businesses established outside the EU, the requirement to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States can multiply these fixed costs even further. These costs arise regardless of whether a company places several tonnes or only a few kilograms of packaging on a national market. We are currently contacting Member States, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives individually in order to comply. The administrative effort and fixed costs involved bear little relation to the very small amount of packaging that a small cross-border retailer may actually place on an individual national market. This creates a real risk that small businesses will simply stop supplying consumers in smaller Member States because the fixed compliance costs exceed the value of the business conducted there. This would reduce cross-border trade and consumer choice without producing a proportionate environmental benefit. We strongly support a single EU-wide producer registration and reporting system, or at minimum a harmonised de-minimis threshold for small cross-border packaging volumes. A small company shipping only a few parcels to a Member State should not face essentially the same fixed administrative infrastructure as a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. A single EU registration, one harmonised annual declaration and one proportionate EPR payment mechanism would achieve the environmental objective while allowing small businesses to continue serving customers across Europe. Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the actual environmental impact. The objective should be to make companies contribute to recycling and waste management, not to create disproportionate fixed administrative costs that discourage small businesses from participating in cross-border trade. We therefore respectfully ask the European Commission to use the implementation of the PPWR to create a genuinely harmonised, proportionate and practical EPR system for small cross-border businesses. Thank you for giving businesses the opportunity to provide feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549726_en"}, {"id": 33549725, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:41:54", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kashmir bijoux", "feedback": "Je fais partie des petites entreprises françaises. Je vends des bijoux en argent et pierres naturelles et vient, à mon tour, vous faire part de mon avis sur cette nouvelle réglementation à laquelle nous sommes soumis. Je suis ok sur le fait de réduire l'impact des déchets et n'ai pas attendu la loi pour l'appliquer au sein de mon entreprise. J'achète mes emballages chez un fournisseur français, mes cartons sont en matière 100% recyclés et recyclables et on la taille parfaite des produits que j'envoie. Je n'utilise pas de produit de calage, juste une feuille de papier de soie, je pense donc ne pas être trop polluante pour l'environnement. Je ne suis pas la seule à fonctionner de cette manière là car beaucoup de petites entreprises sont très soucieuses des questions environnementales et pourtant nous avons de très petits moyens financiers. Cette réglementation n'est pas du tout positive pour nous, les petites entreprises et un grand nombre d'entre nous, vont devoir soit bloquer les expéditions en dehors de leurs pays respectifs, soit fermer leur entreprise car le coût que cela engendre est trop lourd a supporter. Ne serait-il pas mieux de procéder a des aménagements pour nous, petites entreprises? (Simplification des formalités, guichet unique etc..). En tous cas cette loi telle qu'elle est presentée actuellement est en train de tuer une partie de l'entrepreneuriat européen malheureusement. Elle détruit beaucoup plus qu'elle ne construit. C'est contre productif!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am one of France’s small businesses. I sell jewellery made of silver and natural stone and, in my turn, share with you my views on this new regulation to which we are subject. I am ok about reducing the impact of waste and have not waited for the law to apply it within my company. I buy my packaging from a French supplier, my cartons are 100 % recycled and recyclable, and the exact size of the products I send. I do not use a tipping product, just a sheet of silk paper, so I think I am not too polluting for the environment. I am not the only one to operate in this way because many small businesses are very concerned about environmental issues and yet we have very small financial means. This regulation is not at all positive for us, small businesses and many of us, will either have to block shipments outside their respective countries or close their business because the cost is too high. Would it not be better to make adjustments for us, small businesses? (Simplification of formalities, one-stop shop, etc.). In any event, this law, as it stands at present, is unfortunately killing part of European entrepreneurship. It destroys much more than it builds. It is against production!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549725_en"}, {"id": 33549724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:41:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "No únicamente esta ley, sino múltiples de las cuales han sido llevadas acabo durante un corto período de tiempo nk hacen más que dificultar el día a día de los compradores y de las pequeñas marcas mientras que las grandes empresas, cuyo peso en el medio ambiente es profundamebte negativo no se ven realmente afectadas por ellas. Esto hará que suban los precios de los productos y se haga imposible acceder a mucha marcas que dejarán de comercializar en europa. Últimamente la experiencia de compra no deja de empeorar y vuestro interés por apoyar el monopolio es muy decepcionante.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not only does this law, but many of which have been taken over for a short period of time nk, make it more difficult for buyers and small brands to make everyday life, whereas large companies, whose weight in the environment is profoundly negative, are not really affected by it. This will drive up product prices and make it impossible to access many brands that will no longer be marketed in Europe. Recently, the shopping experience is getting worse and your interest in supporting the monopoly is very disappointing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549724_en"}, {"id": 33549723, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:39:44", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Art By Emily Hare", "feedback": "I am a solo business of 1, Im an artist and writer and I sell my art and books all over the world, EU included. However there is no way that I can afford to do so with these new rules. I already use only recycled and recyclable packaging, the environment is so important to me, but like others, this will end any business I had remaining after brexit. Please reverse this and save our businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a solo business of 1, Im an artist and writer and I sell my art and books all over the world, EU included. However there is no way that I can afford to do so with these new rules. I already use only recycled and recyclable packaging, the environment is so important to me, but like others, this will end any business I had remaining after brexit. Please reverse this and save our businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549723_en"}, {"id": 33549722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:39:34", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Terra Equine & Leather Co.", "feedback": "I support reducing packaging waste, I already reuse as much packaging as I can and purchase only new if I have to.. Yet this EU regulation risks favouring large corporations over the very small businesses that make Europe diverse. I am a one-person leatherwork artisan, using locally sourced leather to create high-quality products by hand, which I then sell to customers across Europe. I probably have fewer orders in an entire year than Amazon processes in a day. Yet I am expected to absorb much of the same admin, registration, reporting and compliance costs as businesses sending thousands or millions of low-cost products. Amazon and other large corporations can absorb this administration. A one-person craft business cannot. The result will be fewer small European businesses selling across Europe, but instead favour intercontinental customers, while consumers in Europe are left with and increasingly rely on large platforms and their imports from third countries that underlie no regulations whatsoever. We risk losing European craftsmanship, small brands and heritage in the process as well as the meaning of what Europe stands for. A single market, where trade is easy and has a small threshold. The regulation even work against its environmental goal. As mentioned before do I currently reuse around 80% of my shipping packaging, including boxes and packing materials I receive as a private person or from other businesses. If I have to document packaging, and its origin, it becomes easier to buy new, standardised packaging that I can measure and declare. That creates more waste, not less and the entities who suffer are the environment, the EU and small businesses. Why should it be easier and cheaper for a small EU business to sell outside the EU than to another EU country? We need a meaningful exemption or a single, simplified EU-wide system for micro-businesses and genuinely small packaging volumes. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. Otherwise, we are making it harder to produce locally and sell within Europe while handing an even greater advantage to the largest global companies that are not even based in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support reducing packaging waste, I already reuse as much packaging as I can and purchase only new if I have to.. Yet this EU regulation risks favouring large corporations over the very small businesses that make Europe diverse. I am a one-person leatherwork artisan, using locally sourced leather to create high-quality products by hand, which I then sell to customers across Europe. I probably have fewer orders in an entire year than Amazon processes in a day. Yet I am expected to absorb much of the same admin, registration, reporting and compliance costs as businesses sending thousands or millions of low-cost products. Amazon and other large corporations can absorb this administration. A one-person craft business cannot. The result will be fewer small European businesses selling across Europe, but instead favour intercontinental customers, while consumers in Europe are left with and increasingly rely on large platforms and their imports from third countries that underlie no regulations whatsoever. We risk losing European craftsmanship, small brands and heritage in the process as well as the meaning of what Europe stands for. A single market, where trade is easy and has a small threshold. The regulation even work against its environmental goal. As mentioned before do I currently reuse around 80% of my shipping packaging, including boxes and packing materials I receive as a private person or from other businesses. If I have to document packaging, and its origin, it becomes easier to buy new, standardised packaging that I can measure and declare. That creates more waste, not less and the entities who suffer are the environment, the EU and small businesses. Why should it be easier and cheaper for a small EU business to sell outside the EU than to another EU country? We need a meaningful exemption or a single, simplified EU-wide system for micro-businesses and genuinely small packaging volumes. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. Otherwise, we are making it harder to produce locally and sell within Europe while handing an even greater advantage to the largest global companies that are not even based in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549722_en"}, {"id": 33549721, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:39:05", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "- One simple EU Wide system - Reasonable rules for micro-business - costs based on actual packaging amounts - No separate, expensive representatives required in every country", "feedbackEnglish": "- One simple EU Wide system - Reasonable rules for micro-business - costs based on actual packaging amounts - No separate, expensive representatives required in every country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549721_en"}, {"id": 33549720, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:38:18", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a self employed artist with no employees with around 40 European small postal sales per year. It will be impossible for someone like me to administrate and pay the requirements of each and every EU country. The new rules need to be reconsidered for small enterprises like myself, as there is no way we will be able to survive. Sole traders can not be thrown into the same regulation expectations as giant businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a self employed artist with no employees with around 40 European small postal sales per year. It will be impossible for someone like me to administrate and pay the requirements of each and every EU country. The new rules need to be reconsidered for small enterprises like myself, as there is no way we will be able to survive. Sole traders can not be thrown into the same regulation expectations as giant businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549720_en"}, {"id": 33549719, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:36:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Caendytails", "feedback": "The current A.R. rule disproportionately affects micro and small businesses. These enterprises should either be exempt or offered financially feasible alternatives. Furthermore, the PPWR/EPR registration process needs to be harmonized across all EU member states to prevent unreasonable administrative hurdles. Ultimately, this new legislation contradicts the EU's core principle of the free movement of goods and threatens the survival of many small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current A.R. rule disproportionately affects micro and small businesses. These enterprises should either be exempt or offered financially feasible alternatives. Furthermore, the PPWR/EPR registration process needs to be harmonized across all EU member states to prevent unreasonable administrative hurdles. Ultimately, this new legislation contradicts the EU's core principle of the free movement of goods and threatens the survival of many small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549719_en"}, {"id": 33549718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:35:36", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR is brutally targeting micro-businesses across Europe, pushing many of them out of the market. It makes little to no sense for small businesses and seems to benefit only greedy politicians and large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR is brutally targeting micro-businesses across Europe, pushing many of them out of the market. It makes little to no sense for small businesses and seems to benefit only greedy politicians and large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549718_en"}, {"id": 33549717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:35:05", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "2 WAT vof", "feedback": "The regulation is unclear and thys cannot be executed or enforced. It seems to be aimed at hampering open trade cross-borders in Europe. Unclear if webshops who buy packaging for shipping products have to do anything. According to EU regulation, weshops cannot just point to terms and conditions, but have to specify in clear, understandable text. I say the EU must eat their own dogfood an do the same for this regulation. I do not know if I have to do anything, as a webshop owner, and if so: what and how? Try living in the actual real world for a change.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulation is unclear and thys cannot be executed or enforced. It seems to be aimed at hampering open trade cross-borders in Europe. Unclear if webshops who buy packaging for shipping products have to do anything. According to EU regulation, weshops cannot just point to terms and conditions, but have to specify in clear, understandable text. I say the EU must eat their own dogfood an do the same for this regulation. I do not know if I have to do anything, as a webshop owner, and if so: what and how? Try living in the actual real world for a change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549717_en"}, {"id": 33549716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:34:00", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jupiter Technologies Ltd", "feedback": "I support the European Unions goal of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable production and consumption. Businesses should reduce unnecessary packaging and use materials with a lower environmental impact. My concern is that the PPWR may create a disproportionate burden for micro, small and medium-sized businesses engaged in cross-border trade within the EU. A small online business may send only 68 orders per year to a particular Member State. Requiring that business to register separately, follow different national procedures, submit reports and pay administrative fees can easily cost more than the value of the sales themselves. The administrative burden is completely disproportionate to the small amount of packaging actually placed on that market. This risks creating a barrier to the Single Market. Many small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in Member States where compliance is too costly or complex. There is also an important imbalance. Small businesses are often among those that have voluntarily used recyclable, biodegradable or minimal packaging for years. Yet they do not have legal departments, compliance teams or the resources available to large corporations. The same regulatory obligation that is minor for a multinational company can be a serious burden for a micro-enterprise. I do not object to producer responsibility or reasonable environmental requirements. I object to a system where the administrative burden does not reflect the scale of the business or the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. The PPWR should therefore include a proportionate regime for micro and small businesses, such as: * an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; * a single EU registration instead of separate national registrations; * simplified reporting for businesses with very low sales volumes; * fees proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market; * simplified obligations for businesses already using minimal, recyclable or biodegradable packaging. Environmental protection should not unintentionally push small European businesses out of cross-border trade while having little measurable effect on packaging waste. The principle of proportionality should be central to the implementation of the PPWR. Environmental goals and access to the European Single Market can and should be protected at the same time. Yours faithfully, Simona Marinova", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the European Unions goal of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable production and consumption. Businesses should reduce unnecessary packaging and use materials with a lower environmental impact. My concern is that the PPWR may create a disproportionate burden for micro, small and medium-sized businesses engaged in cross-border trade within the EU. A small online business may send only 68 orders per year to a particular Member State. Requiring that business to register separately, follow different national procedures, submit reports and pay administrative fees can easily cost more than the value of the sales themselves. The administrative burden is completely disproportionate to the small amount of packaging actually placed on that market. This risks creating a barrier to the Single Market. Many small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in Member States where compliance is too costly or complex. There is also an important imbalance. Small businesses are often among those that have voluntarily used recyclable, biodegradable or minimal packaging for years. Yet they do not have legal departments, compliance teams or the resources available to large corporations. The same regulatory obligation that is minor for a multinational company can be a serious burden for a micro-enterprise. I do not object to producer responsibility or reasonable environmental requirements. I object to a system where the administrative burden does not reflect the scale of the business or the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. The PPWR should therefore include a proportionate regime for micro and small businesses, such as: * an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; * a single EU registration instead of separate national registrations; * simplified reporting for businesses with very low sales volumes; * fees proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market; * simplified obligations for businesses already using minimal, recyclable or biodegradable packaging. Environmental protection should not unintentionally push small European businesses out of cross-border trade while having little measurable effect on packaging waste. The principle of proportionality should be central to the implementation of the PPWR. Environmental goals and access to the European Single Market can and should be protected at the same time. Yours faithfully, Simona Marinova", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549716_en"}, {"id": 33549715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:33:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, as a small sustainable business I completely understand the need to hold businesses accountable for how they handle our planet with its people, animals and nature. But this is not the way. Small business tend to be more active in small crafts, vintage reselling and sustainable niches like vegan and cruelty-free products they make themselves or buy from other small businesses. Do we want these conscious initiatives to disappear only to benefit big, non-environmental players like Jeff Bezos' Amazon? We want to be strong as a European Union, but it will be impossible for small business to sell across borders inside their own EU. This is going completely against everything the EU should stand for. Especially with the macro threats we as a union and we as small businesses are already facing. Both the bureaucratic hassle and high costs are disproportionate for small businesses. We simply cannot cope with them, even if we wanted to. We do not make enough money in each individual country and margins are not big enough to soak up these extra costs. Please act now before small businesses go under. Do not wait for this to happen. Make a threshold for small businesses and give them a change to compete with big companies. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, as a small sustainable business I completely understand the need to hold businesses accountable for how they handle our planet with its people, animals and nature. But this is not the way. Small business tend to be more active in small crafts, vintage reselling and sustainable niches like vegan and cruelty-free products they make themselves or buy from other small businesses. Do we want these conscious initiatives to disappear only to benefit big, non-environmental players like Jeff Bezos' Amazon? We want to be strong as a European Union, but it will be impossible for small business to sell across borders inside their own EU. This is going completely against everything the EU should stand for. Especially with the macro threats we as a union and we as small businesses are already facing. Both the bureaucratic hassle and high costs are disproportionate for small businesses. We simply cannot cope with them, even if we wanted to. We do not make enough money in each individual country and margins are not big enough to soak up these extra costs. Please act now before small businesses go under. Do not wait for this to happen. Make a threshold for small businesses and give them a change to compete with big companies. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549715_en"}, {"id": 33549714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:33:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Instrument Maker", "feedback": "one person micro businesses who sell handmade niche products that are just profitable with eu-wide market are forced to end their business.", "feedbackEnglish": "one person micro businesses who sell handmade niche products that are just profitable with eu-wide market are forced to end their business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549714_en"}, {"id": 33549713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:31:48", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Who came up with this completely anti-EU law? First of all you implement the Chinese tariff that makes purchases from Temu, Shein, Aliexpress pointless under the guise of boosting European companies and their competitive abilities. You claim we are a European Union, then you divide us with this law? Now no small business can ship WITHIN the EU because of an insane out of touch law that goes directly against the UNION part of the EU? We have Schengen for easier transport and shipping just to absolutely murder its benefits? Then you implement this idiocy without any centralized unified entity to be responsible for it. So now do I have to learn Polish to ship to Poland as they barely speak English? All in all making Europe even further divided as now borders are essentially closed for all small businesses based and operating within Europe. Instead of ruining the domestic micro-economy you could charge the corporations actually polluting our continent. Re-consider this idiocy. Tax the big companies actually polluting. Open a dictionary and look up what the word union means. And stop shooting the European Union in the foot every 2 weeks with the most out of touch, anti-EU, anti-consumer and anti-business laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "Who came up with this completely anti-EU law? First of all you implement the Chinese tariff that makes purchases from Temu, Shein, Aliexpress pointless under the guise of boosting European companies and their competitive abilities. You claim we are a European Union, then you divide us with this law? Now no small business can ship WITHIN the EU because of an insane out of touch law that goes directly against the UNION part of the EU? We have Schengen for easier transport and shipping just to absolutely murder its benefits? Then you implement this idiocy without any centralized unified entity to be responsible for it. So now do I have to learn Polish to ship to Poland as they barely speak English? All in all making Europe even further divided as now borders are essentially closed for all small businesses based and operating within Europe. Instead of ruining the domestic micro-economy you could charge the corporations actually polluting our continent. Re-consider this idiocy. Tax the big companies actually polluting. Open a dictionary and look up what the word union means. And stop shooting the European Union in the foot every 2 weeks with the most out of touch, anti-EU, anti-consumer and anti-business laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549713_en"}, {"id": 33549712, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:31:45", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren. Die geplanten Regelungen treffen jedoch vor allem kleine Hersteller, Künstler, Manufakturen und Ein-Personen-Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig stark. Viele kleine Betriebe werden dadurch den Verkauf in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen und stellen diesen bereits ein! Ich ersuche daher, für Kleinstunternehmen praktikable Ausnahmen oder stark vereinfachte Verfahren vorzusehen. Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen und kreative Handwerksbetriebe durch Bürokratie benachteiligt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of reducing packaging waste. However, the proposed rules disproportionately affect small producers, artists, manufacturers and one-person companies in particular. As a result, many small businesses will have to stop selling to other EU countries and are already doing so! I would therefore like to ask for workable exemptions or greatly simplified procedures for micro-enterprises. Sustainability must not result in small businesses and creative craft businesses being penalised by red tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549712_en"}, {"id": 33549711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:30:31", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kameratori Oy", "feedback": "Jos raportointivelvollisuus koskee kaikkia maita, niin PPWR:n myötä pitää tarjota alusta, jossa voi raportoida pakkausmateriaalien käyttö kaikkiin maihin samasta paikasta. Tuottajayhteisöjen rekisteröityminen on hankalaa ihan omalla kielellä omassa maassa, saati että se pitäisi tehdä erikseen jokaiseen EU-maahan. Yrityksemme Kameratori Oy myy Suomesta verkkokaupan kautta tuotteita kaikkiin Euroopan maihin. Erillisen raportoinnin luominen jokaiseen maahan on ylivoimainen raportointivelvoite, kun verrataan vaikka arvonlisäverojen raportointiin OSS-järjestelmän kautta. PPWR velvoitteisiin olisi kohtuullista tuoda myös jokin minimi, jonka alle jääviä määriä ei tarvitse raportoida. Onko esimerkiksi tarkoituksenmukaista raportoida viiden myydyn lähetyksen jätepaino Luxemburgiin? Jos raportointi alkaisi esimerkiksi 1000kg kohdemaahan lähetetyistä pakkaustarvikkeista, niin se tarkoittaisi jo suht merkittävää volyymia.", "feedbackEnglish": "If the reporting obligation applies to all countries, the PPWR should provide a platform where the use of packaging materials can be reported to all countries in the same place. It is extremely difficult to register POs in their own language in their own country, let alone in each EU country. Our company, Kameratori Oy, sells products from Finland via e-commerce to all European countries. Creating separate reporting for each country is an overwhelming reporting obligation, even when compared to VAT reporting via the OSS. It would also be reasonable to introduce a minimum of PPWR obligations below which reporting is not required. For example, is it appropriate to report the waste weight of the five consignments sold to Luxembourg? For example, if the reporting started with 1 000 kg of packaging materials shipped to the country of destination, this would already represent a significant volume.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549711_en"}, {"id": 33549710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:29:30", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This endangers a multitude of small businesses while enabling big corporations like Amazon to further dominate the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This endangers a multitude of small businesses while enabling big corporations like Amazon to further dominate the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549710_en"}, {"id": 33549708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:25:44", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a Finnish micro-entrepreneur preparing to launch a small independent business selling ecological, handcrafted products directly to consumers across the EU. Environmental responsibility is already at the heart of everything I do. I carefully choose sustainable materials, minimise waste and packaging, and design my products and packaging with their entire life cycle in mind. I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR. However, the administrative burden created for micro-enterprises is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging we place on the market. Separate registrations, reporting systems, fees and potentially authorised representatives in each Member State can make selling even a single handmade product to a customer in another EU country economically impossible. This risks becoming a death blow to small-scale European craftsmanship and independent makers. Instead of strengthening the Single Market, it may force micro-enterprises to close their online shops to customers in other Member States. It is deeply contradictory that a regulation intended to promote sustainability can penalise the very small businesses that already produce locally, responsibly and with minimal packaging. Please create a genuinely proportionate, simple EU-wide system for micro-enterprises, with meaningful de minimis thresholds and without disproportionate country-by-country administrative costs. Sustainability and the European Single Market should strengthen each other not force small European makers back behind national borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Finnish micro-entrepreneur preparing to launch a small independent business selling ecological, handcrafted products directly to consumers across the EU. Environmental responsibility is already at the heart of everything I do. I carefully choose sustainable materials, minimise waste and packaging, and design my products and packaging with their entire life cycle in mind. I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR. However, the administrative burden created for micro-enterprises is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging we place on the market. Separate registrations, reporting systems, fees and potentially authorised representatives in each Member State can make selling even a single handmade product to a customer in another EU country economically impossible. This risks becoming a death blow to small-scale European craftsmanship and independent makers. Instead of strengthening the Single Market, it may force micro-enterprises to close their online shops to customers in other Member States. It is deeply contradictory that a regulation intended to promote sustainability can penalise the very small businesses that already produce locally, responsibly and with minimal packaging. Please create a genuinely proportionate, simple EU-wide system for micro-enterprises, with meaningful de minimis thresholds and without disproportionate country-by-country administrative costs. Sustainability and the European Single Market should strengthen each other not force small European makers back behind national borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549708_en"}, {"id": 33549705, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:18:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kaethe Butcher Art", "feedback": "This law goes against the Single Market benefits of the European Union and disrupts the small businesses and emerging businesses capacity to participate in the market. Every single citizen in the EU pays taxes including taxes related to waste management. The excessive bureaucracy and obscure fees of this legislation will force businesses to stop operating.Therefore we ask for: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law goes against the Single Market benefits of the European Union and disrupts the small businesses and emerging businesses capacity to participate in the market. Every single citizen in the EU pays taxes including taxes related to waste management. The excessive bureaucracy and obscure fees of this legislation will force businesses to stop operating.Therefore we ask for: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549705_en"}, {"id": 33549702, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:16:49", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "mokiko", "feedback": "Je viens de créer ma micro-entreprise et ma trésorerie n'a pas besoin de cette nouvelle taxe. Pour les toutes petites entreprises, cela représente une grosse somme par rapport aux chiffres d'affaires que nous arrivons à faire. Et pour moi qui n'ai pas encore commencé à vendre, c'est encore pire. D'autant plus que nous n'avons été prévenus par aucun organisme et que c'est la surprise totale. Merci de reconsidérer cette taxe en dessous d'un certain chiffre d'affaire.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have just set up my micro-enterprise and my treasury does not need this new tax. For all small businesses, this is a big sum compared to the turnover we manage to make. And for me, who has not yet started selling, it is even worse. All the more so as we have not been warned by any body and this is the total surprise. Please reconsider this tax below a certain turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549702_en"}, {"id": 33549704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:15:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bruxafol Folien GmbH", "feedback": "Guten Tag, diese Verordnung in Ihrer jetzigen Form ist ein reines Bürokratiemonster welches im Grunde den Marktzugang für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmer-inen beschränkt da sie sich die Kosten für Beauftragte in anderen Ländern als ihrem eigenen nicht leisten können. Wieso gibt es keine Zentralstelle wie z.B. die ECHA? Der Hintergrund der Verordnung ist gut die Umsetzung in der Realität aber nicht durchführbar dar es z.B. daran scheitert das der Eigentliche Verpackungsproduzent die Inhaltsstoffe seiner Verpackung dem Erzeuger nicht bereit stellt. Daher ist eine Angabe der Inhaltsstoffe auch bis 2030 für den Erzeuger nicht umsetzbar. da er die Informationen vom eigentlichen Produzent nicht bekommt. Dies sind nur einige Punkt dieserVerordnung welche dazu führen das o.g. Unternehmen aus dem Markt verdrängt werden und zu einem Sterben dieser unternehmen führen wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this Regulation in its current form is a mere bureaucratic monster which basically restricts market access for micro and small businesses, as they cannot afford the costs of agents in countries other than their own. Why is there no central body such as ECHA? However, the background to the Regulation is not realistically feasible because, for example, the original packaging producer does not make the contents of its packaging available to the producer. Therefore, even until 2030, it is not feasible for the producer to declare the ingredients, as he does not receive the information from the actual producer. These are just a few points of this Regulation which will lead to the above-mentioned company being forced out of the market and to the death of these companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549704_en"}, {"id": 33549703, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:15:53", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please create an exception for small businesses. I am an European citizen and like to purchase from small businesses and artists and this rule will block them to sell to me. This rule will also make many small businesses to close as they cannot afford the fees it imposes on them. Please improve this rule and ensure they will be exempt. Thank you Margarida Duarte", "feedbackEnglish": "Please create an exception for small businesses. I am an European citizen and like to purchase from small businesses and artists and this rule will block them to sell to me. This rule will also make many small businesses to close as they cannot afford the fees it imposes on them. Please improve this rule and ensure they will be exempt. Thank you Margarida Duarte", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549703_en"}, {"id": 33549701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:11:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Antonia Bernhardt", "feedback": "Als in Deutschland ansässige Schmuckdesignerin vertreibe ich meine Produkte hauptsächlich in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Die aktuellen und kommenden bürokratischen Hürden des EU-Binnenmarktes belasten mein Kleinstunternehmen jedoch massiv. Besonders paradox ist: Ich erfülle bereits seit jeher alle Kernziele dieser Verordnung freiwillig und aus eigener Überzeugung. Ich verwende umweltfreundliche, recycelbare Materialien und minimiere mein Verpackungsvolumen auf ein Minimum. Die PPWR bringt für die Umwelt in meinem Fall keinen Mehrwert sie schafft für mich lediglich einen existenzbedrohenden bürokratischen und finanziellen Mehraufwand. Wenn der Export in ein Nicht-EU-Land wie die Schweiz einfacher und kostengünstiger ist als der Versand in ein direktes EU-Nachbarland, konterkariert dies die Grundidee des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Folgende Punkte müssen dringend nachgebessert werden: 1. Wirtschaftliche Unverhältnismäßigkeit: Die Kosten für einen bevollmächtigten Vertreter in EU-Mitgliedstaaten (wie Österreich) übersteigen den Gewinn meiner dortigen Pakete um ein Vielfaches. Dies zwingt kleine Betriebe, den Versand in bestimmte EU-Länder komplett einzustellen. 2. Freimengen für Kleinstunternehmen (De-minimis-Regelung): Betriebe, die nur geringe Mengen an Verpackungen in andere EU-Länder einführen, müssen von der Pflicht teurer Auslandsbevollmächtigter und doppelter Registrierungen befreit werden. 3. Zentralisierung statt Bürokratie-Dschungel: Statt 27 nationaler Einzelanmeldungen und unterschiedlicher Portale muss ein einziges, zentrales EU-Portal mit einfachen, standardisierten Formularen geschaffen werden. Ich fordere die EU-Kommission auf, den Grundsatz Think Small First (Zuerst an die Kleinen denken) in der PPWR konsequent umzusetzen und das europäische Kunsthandwerk nicht durch bürokratische Überregulierung zu ersticken.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a jewellery designer based in Germany, I sell my products mainly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. However, the current and upcoming bureaucratic hurdles of the EU single market are placing a heavy burden on my micro-enterprise. The most paradoxical is: I have always fulfilled all the key objectives of this Regulation voluntarily and on my own conviction. I use eco-friendly, recyclable materials and minimise my packaging volume The PPWR does not bring any added value to the environment in my case, but merely creates an additional bureaucratic and financial burden for me that threatens my existence. If exporting to a non-EU country such as Switzerland is easier and cheaper than shipping to a direct EU neighbouring country, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European single market. The following points need to be urgently addressed: 1. Economic disproportionality: The cost of an authorised representative in EU Member States (such as Austria) is many times higher than the profit of my parcels there. This forces small businesses to stop sending consignments to certain EU countries altogether. 2. Allowances for micro-enterprises (de minimis rule): Companies importing small quantities of packaging into other EU countries must be exempted from the requirement of expensive foreign authorised representatives and double registrations. 3. Centralisation instead of red tape: Instead of 27 national individual applications and different portals, it is necessary to create a single, single EU portal with simple, standardised forms. I call on the European Commission to consistently implement the Think Small First principle in the PPWR and not to stifle Europe’s handicrafts by bureaucratic overregulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549701_en"}, {"id": 33549700, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:09:10", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Soy una pequeña empresaria autónoma y quiero expresar mi profunda preocupación por el impacto del Reglamento (UE) 2025/40 (PPWR) sobre los microempresarios, artesanos y pequeñas marcas de diseño. La obligación de registrarse en el sistema de Responsabilidad Ampliada del Productor de cada Estado miembro donde se pongan envases en el mercado y de designar un representante autorizado para las ventas directas a consumidores en otros países impone una carga administrativa y económica desproporcionada para quienes enviamos volúmenes mínimos, a veces un solo paquete al año a un país determinado. Mientras las grandes plataformas y multinacionales disponen de departamentos y recursos para gestionar 27 registros distintos, un autónomo debe asumir cuotas, trámites y costes de cumplimiento que no guardan ninguna proporción con su actividad real. El resultado previsible es que la mayoría de pequeños vendedores dejaremos de enviar dentro de la Unión Europea y nos limitaremos a nuestro propio país, vaciando de contenido el mercado único que la UE dice defender. Solicito que se establezca un umbral mínimo de exención o un régimen simplificado y proporcional para microempresas y autónomos, de modo que un objetivo ambiental legítimo no acabe expulsando del mercado europeo precisamente a los productores más sostenibles y de menor impacto.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small self-employed entrepreneur and I want to express my deep concern about the impact of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) on micro entrepreneurs, craftsmen and small design brands. The obligation to register in the Extended Producer Responsibility system of each Member State where packaging is placed on the market and to appoint an authorised representative for direct sales to consumers in other countries imposes a disproportionate administrative and economic burden on those who send minimum volumes, sometimes only one package per year to a given country. While large platforms and multinationals have departments and resources to manage 27 different registers, a self-employed person has to bear fees, formalities and compliance costs that are in no way proportionate to their actual activity. The foreseeable result is that most small sellers will stop sending within the European Union and limit ourselves to our own country, depriving the single market that the EU claims to defend of its substance. I call for the establishment of a minimum exemption threshold or a simplified and proportionate regime for micro-enterprises and the self-employed, so that a legitimate environmental objective does not end up driving the most sustainable and least impactful producers out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549700_en"}, {"id": 33549679, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:08:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Weinberger GmbH.", "feedback": "Sgduh, ich verstehe diese Verordnung nicht vollständig. Auch Juristen in Österreich geht das so. Also haben wir hochdotierte Juristen in der EU Kommission, die nicht klar formulieren können, und hoch dotierte Juristen in Österreich, die das nicht verstehen können, was Sie verordnen. Alles auf Kosten der Bevölkerung, die täglich arbeiten geht und Steuern bezahlt, die Sie verbrauchen. Als einzelner kann man sich ohnehin nicht mehr gegen diesen Verwaltungsüberfluss wehren. Selbst die Wirtschaftskammer scheint aufgegeben zu haben. Ich kann Ihnen nur sagen, dass Sie Europa einen schlechten Dienst erweisen, weil die offensichtliche Regulierungswut von EU-Politikern mit ihrem Beamtenstab meinem Empfinden nach ein Ausmaß angenommen hat, das dazu führen wird, dass selbst EU-Befürworter wie ich, sich von der EU abwenden. Weil ich nicht mehr sicher bin, ob nicht die Nachteile die Vorteile längst überwiegen. Damit überlassen Sie Europa den Lautesten. Und wenn die an die Macht kommen, ist die EU wirklich Geschichte, so wie dann auch Ihre Jobs. Also machen Sie bitte endlich ihre Arbeit die vor allem darauf abzielen sollte, das Regelwerk zu vereinfachen. Hürden abbauen. Die Wirtschaft von Bürokratismus entlasten, und nicht belasten. Sie scheinen hier etwas grundsätzlich falsch verstanden zu haben. Denn wir müssen uns immer mehr mit diesen volkswirtschaftlichen Null-Nummern auseinandersetzen, statt mit unserem Geschäft. (zB. Anfang August die neue Transportverordnung, die wiederum eine zusätzliche Belastung für mein Unternehmen darstellt). Gestern erst wieder in den Medien, dass 3 von 4 Industriebetrieben in Österreich überlegen, ihre Produktion ins Ausland zu verlegen. Danke, aber nein Danke zur dieser \"Regulierungswut\". Wenn wir so arbeiten würden, wie sich die Kommission präsentiert, dann wären wir als Betriebe längst pleite. Verärgert, mfg, Bruno Weinberger", "feedbackEnglish": "Sgduh, I do not fully understand this regulation. This is also the case for lawyers in Austria. So we have highly endowed lawyers in the EU Commission, who cannot write clearly, and highly endowed lawyers in Austria, who cannot understand what you prescribe. Everything at the expense of the population who works every day and pays the taxes you consume. As individuals, we can no longer defend ourselves against this administrative overload. Even the Chamber of Commerce seems to have abandoned. I can only tell you that you are doing a bad job for Europe because I feel that the apparent regulatory anger of EU politicians with their civil servants has reached a level that will lead even pro-EU citizens like me to turn away from the EU. Because I am no longer sure that the disadvantages will long outweigh the benefits. This is what makes Europe the noisiest. And when they come to power, the EU is truly history, just like your jobs. So please finally do your work, which should focus on simplifying the rulebook. Reduce hurdles. Reduce the burden of bureaucratism on the economy, not on it. You seem to have misunderstood something in principle here. Because we have to deal with these zero numbers more and more than with our business. (e.g. At the beginning of August, the new Transport Regulation, which in turn imposes an additional burden on my company). Yesterday it was only in the media that 3 out of 4 industrial companies in Austria were considering moving their production abroad. Thank you, but no thanks for this ‘regulatory anger’. If we were to work in the way the Commission is presenting itself, then we, as businesses, would be ruined for a long time. Annoyed, mfg, Bruno Weinberger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549679_en"}, {"id": 33549698, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:07:34", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I see many positives in this regulation, however, it is extremely damaging to small businesses and artists. As an artist myself, its saddens me to see artists, from outside the EU, suspend shipping to the EU due to these strict and expensive regulations. Instead of having each country have a representative, it should be an EU-wide system. No separate and expensive representative requirement in every country. The costs should be based on actual packaging amount. There should be simple and reasonable tules for micro-businesses. A single artist selling their art or products from outside the EU, should not have to follow the same strict rules as a multimillion euro company. A small business run by a single person or a small group would ship considerably less packages to their EU customers than these multimillion euro companies do. Please take smart artist businesses seriously.", "feedbackEnglish": "I see many positives in this regulation, however, it is extremely damaging to small businesses and artists. As an artist myself, its saddens me to see artists, from outside the EU, suspend shipping to the EU due to these strict and expensive regulations. Instead of having each country have a representative, it should be an EU-wide system. No separate and expensive representative requirement in every country. The costs should be based on actual packaging amount. There should be simple and reasonable tules for micro-businesses. A single artist selling their art or products from outside the EU, should not have to follow the same strict rules as a multimillion euro company. A small business run by a single person or a small group would ship considerably less packages to their EU customers than these multimillion euro companies do. Please take smart artist businesses seriously.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549698_en"}, {"id": 33549696, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:04:58", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business in the UK, selling collectable vintage glass, this has forced me to stop selling to the EU. I cannot possibly justify the staggering costs involved, as I only have a handful of sales to each EU country. I feel the costs should be scaled down depending on the size of the business and the amount of orders / packaging waste they send each year. So many small businesses will suffer because of this new regulation, at a time when we are already suffering for many other reasons.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business in the UK, selling collectable vintage glass, this has forced me to stop selling to the EU. I cannot possibly justify the staggering costs involved, as I only have a handful of sales to each EU country. I feel the costs should be scaled down depending on the size of the business and the amount of orders / packaging waste they send each year. So many small businesses will suffer because of this new regulation, at a time when we are already suffering for many other reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549696_en"}, {"id": 33549695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:04:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I urge the European Commission to urgently reform the current cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements, which place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses and sole traders. For a business selling only a handful of products across EU borders, multiple national registrations, local representatives, fees and reporting requirements can cost far more per item than for large corporations, creating a serious distortion of the Single Market. This discourages entrepreneurship, forces small creators to stop selling to other EU countries, and gives large multinational companies an unfair competitive advantage. The Commission should introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and create a genuine one-stop EU registration system to eliminate unnecessary national bureaucracy. Until these reforms are implemented, I strongly support an immediate moratorium on enforcement measures against micro-businesses facing disproportionate cross-border EPR obligations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I urge the European Commission to urgently reform the current cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements, which place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses and sole traders. For a business selling only a handful of products across EU borders, multiple national registrations, local representatives, fees and reporting requirements can cost far more per item than for large corporations, creating a serious distortion of the Single Market. This discourages entrepreneurship, forces small creators to stop selling to other EU countries, and gives large multinational companies an unfair competitive advantage. The Commission should introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and create a genuine one-stop EU registration system to eliminate unnecessary national bureaucracy. Until these reforms are implemented, I strongly support an immediate moratorium on enforcement measures against micro-businesses facing disproportionate cross-border EPR obligations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549695_en"}, {"id": 33549694, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:04:00", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of a very small business based in Italy. I would genuinely like to sell my products to customers throughout the European Union, but the current fragmentation of packaging EPR obligations makes this increasingly unrealistic. For a micro-business like mine, registering separately in multiple Member States, understanding different national systems, submitting multiple reports and potentially paying registration, compliance and intermediary fees is simply not economically sustainable. I cannot absorb hundreds of euros in administrative and compliance costs in several different countries just for the possibility of receiving a small number of orders from each of them. The inevitable consequence is not that I will become more sustainable. The consequence is that I will simply stop selling to consumers in those countries. And I know I am not alone. For large companies selling thousands or millions of products across Europe, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise that might receive only a handful of orders per year from a particular Member State, they can make cross-border trade economically impossible. This effectively destroys a large part of the potential customer base available to small European businesses. Instead of benefiting from a market of hundreds of millions of EU consumers, we are pushed back inside our national borders. That is extremely difficult to reconcile with the idea of a European Single Market. I fully understand and support the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. But environmental responsibility should not require every micro-business to navigate 27 different administrative systems simply because a customer happens to live across an internal EU border. If the objective of this initiative is genuine harmonisation, then the EU has an opportunity to solve this problem rather than merely standardise parts of an already fragmented system. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce: a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system, or a genuine one-stop shop; de minimis thresholds and radically simplified obligations for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes; reporting requirements proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on each national market; the possibility for marketplaces and e-commerce platforms to handle EPR obligations centrally on behalf of small sellers; genuinely harmonised rules, definitions and procedures throughout the EU. Without solutions of this kind, many small businesses will make the only economically rational choice available to them: restrict sales to their home country. That would be a terrible outcome for European entrepreneurship, consumers and the Single Market itself. Small businesses should not have to choose between complying with environmental legislation and having access to the European market. Please ensure that the final rules make cross-border trade realistically accessible not only to large corporations, but also to the smallest businesses that make up an important part of Europes economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of a very small business based in Italy. I would genuinely like to sell my products to customers throughout the European Union, but the current fragmentation of packaging EPR obligations makes this increasingly unrealistic. For a micro-business like mine, registering separately in multiple Member States, understanding different national systems, submitting multiple reports and potentially paying registration, compliance and intermediary fees is simply not economically sustainable. I cannot absorb hundreds of euros in administrative and compliance costs in several different countries just for the possibility of receiving a small number of orders from each of them. The inevitable consequence is not that I will become more sustainable. The consequence is that I will simply stop selling to consumers in those countries. And I know I am not alone. For large companies selling thousands or millions of products across Europe, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise that might receive only a handful of orders per year from a particular Member State, they can make cross-border trade economically impossible. This effectively destroys a large part of the potential customer base available to small European businesses. Instead of benefiting from a market of hundreds of millions of EU consumers, we are pushed back inside our national borders. That is extremely difficult to reconcile with the idea of a European Single Market. I fully understand and support the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. But environmental responsibility should not require every micro-business to navigate 27 different administrative systems simply because a customer happens to live across an internal EU border. If the objective of this initiative is genuine harmonisation, then the EU has an opportunity to solve this problem rather than merely standardise parts of an already fragmented system. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce: a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system, or a genuine one-stop shop; de minimis thresholds and radically simplified obligations for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes; reporting requirements proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on each national market; the possibility for marketplaces and e-commerce platforms to handle EPR obligations centrally on behalf of small sellers; genuinely harmonised rules, definitions and procedures throughout the EU. Without solutions of this kind, many small businesses will make the only economically rational choice available to them: restrict sales to their home country. That would be a terrible outcome for European entrepreneurship, consumers and the Single Market itself. Small businesses should not have to choose between complying with environmental legislation and having access to the European market. Please ensure that the final rules make cross-border trade realistically accessible not only to large corporations, but also to the smallest businesses that make up an important part of Europes economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549694_en"}, {"id": 33549693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:01:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WAV3D", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe ein kleines Unternehmen, in dem ich selbst entworfene 3D-gedruckte Produkte herstelle und an Privatkunden verkaufe. Mein Umsatz mit Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beträgt weniger als 10.000 Euro pro Jahr. Die dadurch entstehenden Verpackungsmengen sind entsprechend sehr gering. Die neuen Anforderungen der EU-Verpackungsverordnung und die damit verbundenen nationalen EPR-Pflichten stellen mich dennoch vor erhebliche zusätzliche Kosten und bürokratische Hürden. Für ein Unternehmen meiner Größe sind diese Kosten wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar. Die Folge ist, dass ich meinen Verkauf und Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müsste. Das kann aus meiner Sicht nicht das Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Die Anforderungen sollten zwischen einem Unternehmen mit sehr kleinen Verpackungsmengen und einem großen international tätigen Unternehmen verhältnismäßig unterscheiden. Ich bitte daher dringend um eine EU-weite Bagatellregelung für Kleinstunternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen und geringem grenzüberschreitendem Umsatz. Eine solche Regelung sollte es ermöglichen, kleine Mengen ohne unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten, mehrere nationale Registrierungen oder kostenpflichtige Bevollmächtigte zu versenden. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der Verpackungsverordnung und den Ausbau von Recycling und Kreislaufwirtschaft. Ich wünsche mir jedoch eine Regelung, die auch kleinen Unternehmen die Teilnahme am europäischen Binnenmarkt ermöglicht. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür, dass die neuen Verpackungsvorschriften nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen ihre EU-Kunden nicht mehr beliefern können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Kirill Novohatniy", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run a small business in which I myself produce and sell 3D-printed products to private customers. My turnover with customers in other EU Member States is less than EUR 10.000 per year. The resulting packaging volumes are therefore very low. Nevertheless, the new requirements of the EU Packaging Regulation and the related national EPR obligations impose significant additional costs and bureaucratic hurdles on me. For a company of my size, these costs are not economically viable. As a result, I would have to stop selling and shipping to other EU Member States. In my view, this cannot be the aim of the European single market. The requirements should distinguish proportionately between a company with very small quantities of packaging and a large company operating internationally. I would therefore urge you to introduce an EU-wide de minimis rule for micro-enterprises with very low packaging volumes and low cross-border turnover. Such a scheme should allow sending small quantities without disproportionate fixed costs, multiple national registrations or paid agents. I support the objectives of the Packaging Regulation and the expansion of recycling and the circular economy. However, I would like to see a regulation that would also allow small businesses to participate in the European single market. Please ensure that the new packaging rules do not prevent micro-enterprises from supplying their EU customers. Kind regards, Kirill Novohatniy", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549693_en"}, {"id": 33549692, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 13:01:00", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law goes against the Single Market benefits of the European Union and disrupts the small businesses and emerging businesses capacity to participate in the market. Every single citizen in the EU pays taxes including taxes related to waste management the excessive bureaucracy and obscure fees of this legislation will force businesses to operate only in the countries where they can afford the fees and deal with the registration duty the easiest creating disparity and capping the access to high quality goods for the citizens of the union. Therefore we ask for: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal and a single fee.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law goes against the Single Market benefits of the European Union and disrupts the small businesses and emerging businesses capacity to participate in the market. Every single citizen in the EU pays taxes including taxes related to waste management the excessive bureaucracy and obscure fees of this legislation will force businesses to operate only in the countries where they can afford the fees and deal with the registration duty the easiest creating disparity and capping the access to high quality goods for the citizens of the union. Therefore we ask for: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal and a single fee.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549692_en"}, {"id": 33549691, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:59:26", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This proposal utterly destroys one person operated/very small businesses. Many dont even make that much money to be able to purchase such licenses for each country, yet for massive businesses like Shein its nothing, and they still get away with a lot of package waste production, which makes the proposal an example of greenwashing. Many businesses are more likely to employ ethical packaging already, yet they are being punished here the most. Shipping to smaller countries like the Baltics will become impossible for these businesses. Not only outside EU, but inter-EU country shipping is going to be completely disrupted. Theres also a portion of people who sell second hand items and, and for these items to have a second life a bigger outreach is often a must. One country does not have what the other does, etc. EU is supposed to ease trade between European countries, now itd be failing to do even that. As a consumer, I dont want to buy low grade mass produced goods from huge corporations, and this feels like an attempt to force people into that, instead of buying high quality and much more environmentally friendly options. And as someone who considered opening a small business in the future, this proposal is incredibly demoralising. Its not thought out well at all and needs exemptions for small business owners or lots of rule corrections. Focus on applying strict rules on huge profit companies instead.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal utterly destroys one person operated/very small businesses. Many dont even make that much money to be able to purchase such licenses for each country, yet for massive businesses like Shein its nothing, and they still get away with a lot of package waste production, which makes the proposal an example of greenwashing. Many businesses are more likely to employ ethical packaging already, yet they are being punished here the most. Shipping to smaller countries like the Baltics will become impossible for these businesses. Not only outside EU, but inter-EU country shipping is going to be completely disrupted. Theres also a portion of people who sell second hand items and, and for these items to have a second life a bigger outreach is often a must. One country does not have what the other does, etc. EU is supposed to ease trade between European countries, now itd be failing to do even that. As a consumer, I dont want to buy low grade mass produced goods from huge corporations, and this feels like an attempt to force people into that, instead of buying high quality and much more environmentally friendly options. And as someone who considered opening a small business in the future, this proposal is incredibly demoralising. Its not thought out well at all and needs exemptions for small business owners or lots of rule corrections. Focus on applying strict rules on huge profit companies instead.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549691_en"}, {"id": 33549673, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:57:37", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Micro business", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as a micro-entrepreneur based in Belgium, sending only 2 - 5 shipments per month exclusively in reused packaging. While I fully support the environmental goals of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), I am deeply concerned that its current implementation is disproportionately harming the smallest businesses during a period of economic hardship and labour market instability. The core issue is the lack of a truly harmonized system. My business, with its negligible waste footprint, is nonetheless forced to navigate complex national schemes (like Fost Plus/Valipac in Belgium). This creates significant \"compliance anxiety\" for solo operators who are already minimizing waste by design. This anxiety is not proportionate to any actual environmental impact we might have. Crucially, this is a systemic issue. An Amazon-commissioned study by Implement Consulting Group confirms that fragmented EPR systems are imposing unnecessary administrative burdens across Europe, particularly on SMEs . While I understand that micro-enterprises (under 10 employees and 2 million turnover) may have some flexibilities, such as shifting documentation duties to an EU-based supplier, this does not solve the fundamental problem for a cross-border micro-seller like myself who is the direct producer . The obligation to register and understand the rules in every country we sell to remains a significant and unfair burden. I understand the Commission has announced a strategy to simplify the Single Market and address these exact barriers . However, the current Implementing Regulation does not yet reflect this ambition. The practical effect of these rules is that they penalize clarity-seeking small operators more than they penalize actual waste, and risk pushing micro-businesses out of cross-border trade entirely . Therefore, I urge the Commission to: Establish a genuine, EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and individual sellers to be exempt from these national registration requirements. Expedite the creation of a single, simplified, cross-border \"one-stop shop\" for registration and reporting, as proposed in your own strategy and called for by businesses . Provide consolidated, plain-language guidance that consolidates the fragmented information currently spread across national agency sites. We need a regulatory framework that supports our small businesses, not one that forces us to choose between going out of business or breaking the law. Please ensure that the Implementing Regulation and future Omnibus packages deliver on the promise of simplification. I support the regulation's environmental goals, but implementation currently penalizes clarity-seeking small operators more than it penalizes actual waste. I'd also note a much larger environmental problem going unaddressed: manufacturers rendering fully functional electronics unusable and unsellable through software obsolescence (discontinued OS/app compatibility). That destroys real value and creates genuine e-waste an order of magnitude worse than a reused cardboard box. Prioritizing hardware/software longevity would have far greater impact than adding paperwork for micro-sellers already reusing materials. Sincerely, Lala", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as a micro-entrepreneur based in Belgium, sending only 2 - 5 shipments per month exclusively in reused packaging. While I fully support the environmental goals of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), I am deeply concerned that its current implementation is disproportionately harming the smallest businesses during a period of economic hardship and labour market instability. The core issue is the lack of a truly harmonized system. My business, with its negligible waste footprint, is nonetheless forced to navigate complex national schemes (like Fost Plus/Valipac in Belgium). This creates significant \"compliance anxiety\" for solo operators who are already minimizing waste by design. This anxiety is not proportionate to any actual environmental impact we might have. Crucially, this is a systemic issue. An Amazon-commissioned study by Implement Consulting Group confirms that fragmented EPR systems are imposing unnecessary administrative burdens across Europe, particularly on SMEs . While I understand that micro-enterprises (under 10 employees and 2 million turnover) may have some flexibilities, such as shifting documentation duties to an EU-based supplier, this does not solve the fundamental problem for a cross-border micro-seller like myself who is the direct producer . The obligation to register and understand the rules in every country we sell to remains a significant and unfair burden. I understand the Commission has announced a strategy to simplify the Single Market and address these exact barriers . However, the current Implementing Regulation does not yet reflect this ambition. The practical effect of these rules is that they penalize clarity-seeking small operators more than they penalize actual waste, and risk pushing micro-businesses out of cross-border trade entirely . Therefore, I urge the Commission to: Establish a genuine, EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and individual sellers to be exempt from these national registration requirements. Expedite the creation of a single, simplified, cross-border \"one-stop shop\" for registration and reporting, as proposed in your own strategy and called for by businesses . Provide consolidated, plain-language guidance that consolidates the fragmented information currently spread across national agency sites. We need a regulatory framework that supports our small businesses, not one that forces us to choose between going out of business or breaking the law. Please ensure that the Implementing Regulation and future Omnibus packages deliver on the promise of simplification. I support the regulation's environmental goals, but implementation currently penalizes clarity-seeking small operators more than it penalizes actual waste. I'd also note a much larger environmental problem going unaddressed: manufacturers rendering fully functional electronics unusable and unsellable through software obsolescence (discontinued OS/app compatibility). That destroys real value and creates genuine e-waste an order of magnitude worse than a reused cardboard box. Prioritizing hardware/software longevity would have far greater impact than adding paperwork for micro-sellers already reusing materials. Sincerely, Lala", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549673_en"}, {"id": 33549690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:57:00", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "1. Fragmentation Even though the PPWR aims to create EU-wide harmonized rules, EPR registration remains decentralized. A business selling cross-border into multiple EU countries cannot submit a single registration. Instead, they must register separately in up to 27 national producer registers, pay 27 separate administrative fees, and report packaging data using different national portals. 2. The Heavy Burden of \"Authorised Representatives\" Under the Initiative 15352 if a seller (like an e-commerce merchant based in the UK, US, or an EU country other than the destination) sells directly to end consumers without a physical presence in that destination country, they are often required to appoint and pay a local Authorised Representative in each target market. For small-to-medium enterprises, these third-party management and legal fees easily outpace the actual environmental waste fees and it poses an existential threat to small enterprises. 3. Administrative Overhead for Micro-Sellers While large corporations have dedicated compliance teams to track packaging weight down to the gram (by plastic type, paperboard, metals, etc.), small sellers face severe administrative overhead. The complexity often leads small businesses to simply restrict or stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether. 4. Disproportionate Penalties and Marketplace Bans Under EU rules, online marketplaces (like Amazon, eBay, or Zalando) are legally obligated to check whether sellers have valid national EPR registration numbers in every EU country they sell to. If a registration is missing or incomplete, marketplaces must immediately block the seller's listings in that jurisdiction. 5. Absence of a Cross-Border \"De Minimis\" Threshold Unlike VAT (which features a 10,000 EU-wide micro-business threshold), packaging EPR rules contain no exemption for low-volume cross-border sellers. Requiring an artisan selling 20 items a year across the EU to pay thousands of Euros in Authorised Representative fees destroys micro-entrepreneurship and contradicts the principles of the Single Market. We urge the Commission to introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging or 10,000 in cross-border sales per year) or establish a single EU-wide registration portal.", "feedbackEnglish": "1. Fragmentation Even though the PPWR aims to create EU-wide harmonized rules, EPR registration remains decentralized. A business selling cross-border into multiple EU countries cannot submit a single registration. Instead, they must register separately in up to 27 national producer registers, pay 27 separate administrative fees, and report packaging data using different national portals. 2. The Heavy Burden of \"Authorised Representatives\" Under the Initiative 15352 if a seller (like an e-commerce merchant based in the UK, US, or an EU country other than the destination) sells directly to end consumers without a physical presence in that destination country, they are often required to appoint and pay a local Authorised Representative in each target market. For small-to-medium enterprises, these third-party management and legal fees easily outpace the actual environmental waste fees and it poses an existential threat to small enterprises. 3. Administrative Overhead for Micro-Sellers While large corporations have dedicated compliance teams to track packaging weight down to the gram (by plastic type, paperboard, metals, etc.), small sellers face severe administrative overhead. The complexity often leads small businesses to simply restrict or stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether. 4. Disproportionate Penalties and Marketplace Bans Under EU rules, online marketplaces (like Amazon, eBay, or Zalando) are legally obligated to check whether sellers have valid national EPR registration numbers in every EU country they sell to. If a registration is missing or incomplete, marketplaces must immediately block the seller's listings in that jurisdiction. 5. Absence of a Cross-Border \"De Minimis\" Threshold Unlike VAT (which features a 10,000 EU-wide micro-business threshold), packaging EPR rules contain no exemption for low-volume cross-border sellers. Requiring an artisan selling 20 items a year across the EU to pay thousands of Euros in Authorised Representative fees destroys micro-entrepreneurship and contradicts the principles of the Single Market. We urge the Commission to introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging or 10,000 in cross-border sales per year) or establish a single EU-wide registration portal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549690_en"}, {"id": 33549689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:55:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Baccus 6mm Ltd", "feedback": "This regulation is devastating for hundreds of thousands of micro businesses across the EU. We simply don't have the resources to handle the extra administration and the costs. It will put so many out of business and, very importantly, is a major barrier to the free movement of goods - surely a corner stone of EU policy? A cap on authorised representative fees for micro-enterprises based on turnover and/or waste volume must be added to the PPWR regulation. In addition, a separate model for micro-enterprises is needed, in which one registration and one representative (the entrepreneur themselves, if working in EU) covers all member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is devastating for hundreds of thousands of micro businesses across the EU. We simply don't have the resources to handle the extra administration and the costs. It will put so many out of business and, very importantly, is a major barrier to the free movement of goods - surely a corner stone of EU policy? A cap on authorised representative fees for micro-enterprises based on turnover and/or waste volume must be added to the PPWR regulation. In addition, a separate model for micro-enterprises is needed, in which one registration and one representative (the entrepreneur themselves, if working in EU) covers all member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549689_en"}, {"id": 33549688, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:55:45", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Planeta Tangerina", "feedback": "Somos uma editora independente e fazemos alguns envios para o estrangeiro (dentro e fora da União Europeia). Fizemos sempre um enorme esforço para que as embalagens em que seguem os livros tenham o menor impacto ambiental possível. Reutilizamos caixas de cartão, procuramos que as caixas sejam pouco volumosas, reutililizamos material de enchimento, etc. Estamos preocupados com esta lei porque, para uma pequena empresa pode significar um aumento de custos e/ou burocracia e enviabilzar o envio de livros por correio. Estas leis parecem-nos fazer sentido mas esperamos que a aplicação da lei não inviabilize o trabalho de criadores e pequenos produtores.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are an independent publisher and send some items abroad (inside and outside the European Union). We have always made a huge effort to ensure that the packaging in which you follow books has the lowest possible environmental impact. We reuse cardboard boxes, try to make the boxes small, reuse filling materials, etc. We are worried about this law because for a small company it can mean increased costs and/or bureaucracy and send books by post. These laws seem to make sense, but we hope that enforcement will not impede the work of breeders and small producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549688_en"}, {"id": 33549687, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:54:59", "country": "SVK", "language": "SK", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Zámer znížiť množstvo vyprodukovaného obalového odpadu je správny, ale toto nariadenie nie je vhodná cesta ako to docieliť. Ešte nevstúpilo do platnosti a už teraz je jasné, že mnoho malých handmade tvorcov bude kvôli tomu musieť zrušiť posielanie do zahraničia - a pre veľkú časť z nich môže byť toto obmedzenie devastačné. Ale rovnako devastačná je pre nich aj povinnosť registrácie a platenia nezmyselne vysokých poplatkov pre každú krajinu zvlášť, bez ohľadu na množstvo posielaného tovaru. Nariadenie je absolútne neférové a nedomyslené, pretože vôbec neberie do úvahy či ide o nadnárodnú korporáciu s miliónovým obratom a tímom advokátov na svojej strane, alebo o jedného človeka - napríklad umelca, ktorý predá a pošle jeden obraz mesačne.", "feedbackEnglish": "The intention to reduce the amount of packaging waste generated is the right one, but this regulation is not the right way to achieve this. It has not yet entered into force and it is already clear that many small Handmade creators will have to stop sending abroad because of this – and for many of them this restriction can be devastating. But it is equally devastating for them to be obliged to register and pay unreasonably high fees for each country separately, regardless of the quantity of goods sent. The regulation is totally unfair and ill-conceived, as it completely ignores whether it is a multinational corporation with millions of turnover and a team of lawyers on its side, or one human being – for example, an artist who sells and sends one image per month.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549687_en"}, {"id": 33549686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:54:32", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LURES", "feedback": "I am a microbusiness owner from Latvia, selling fishing lures as a oneperson independent entrepreneur. Mandatory EPR registration fees, separate national packaging systems, and complex crossborder compliance bureaucracy make it practically impossible for very small businesses and microenterprises to sell across EU borders. For businesses of my size, these administrative and financial burdens are disproportionate and effectively block participation in the Single Market. I strongly urge the EU to introduce a de minimis exemption or a simplified system for microentrepreneurs, so that small businesses can continue to operate, innovate, and sell legally within the European Union. At the same time, I fully support using greener, more sustainable packaging materials for shipping but such environmental goals must be achievable for microbusinesses without overwhelming regulatory costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a microbusiness owner from Latvia, selling fishing lures as a oneperson independent entrepreneur. Mandatory EPR registration fees, separate national packaging systems, and complex crossborder compliance bureaucracy make it practically impossible for very small businesses and microenterprises to sell across EU borders. For businesses of my size, these administrative and financial burdens are disproportionate and effectively block participation in the Single Market. I strongly urge the EU to introduce a de minimis exemption or a simplified system for microentrepreneurs, so that small businesses can continue to operate, innovate, and sell legally within the European Union. At the same time, I fully support using greener, more sustainable packaging materials for shipping but such environmental goals must be achievable for microbusinesses without overwhelming regulatory costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549686_en"}, {"id": 33549684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:52:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "LARGE", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Theben AG", "feedback": "Die Theben AG unterstützt die Ziele der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40, insbesondere wirksame erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung, transparente Verpackungsmengendaten und einen funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkt. Die Umsetzung der nationalen Herstellerregister sollte jedoch keine neuen Hindernisse für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel schaffen. Separate Registrierungen, unterschiedliche Portale, Datenfelder, Fristen, Sprachen und nationale Vertreterpflichten können unverhältnismäßig sein, wenn Unternehmen in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten nur geringe Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringen. Vereinfachungen sollten daher nicht nur an Unternehmensgröße anknüpfen. Auch mittelständische und größere Hersteller können in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten geringe Mengen vertreiben. Entscheidend sollte die tatsächlich je Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge sein. Die Theben AG empfiehlt einen zentralen EU-weiten digitalen Zugangspunkt mit einmaliger Stammdatenregistrierung, EU-Herstellerkennung, harmonisierten Datenfeldern, maschinenlesbaren Formaten und Once-Only-Prinzip. Die Daten könnten anschließend automatisch an die zuständigen nationalen Register übermittelt werden. Für geringe Mengen sollten vereinfachte Verfahren gelten; zusätzliche nationale Vertreterpflichten für EU-ansässige Unternehmen sollten unterhalb angemessener Bagatellgrenzen soweit rechtlich möglich vermieden werden. Dies würde EPR, Datenqualität und Vollzug stärken, Doppelmeldungen reduzieren und die rechtssichere Belieferung von Kunden im Binnenmarkt erleichtern.", "feedbackEnglish": "Theben AG supports the objectives of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, in particular effective extended producer responsibility, transparent packaging volume data and a functioning European internal market. However, the implementation of the national registers of producers should not create new barriers to cross-border trade. Separate registrations, different portals, data fields, deadlines, languages and national representative obligations can be disproportionate if companies place only small quantities of packaging on the market in individual Member States. Simplification should therefore not only be linked to the size of the company. Medium-sized and larger producers can also sell small quantities in individual Member States. The decisive factor should be the actual amount of packaging placed on the market per Member State. Theben AG recommends a central EU-wide digital access point with unique master data registration, EU manufacturer identifier, harmonised data fields, machine-readable formats and once-only principle. The data could then be automatically transmitted to the relevant national registers. Simplified procedures should apply to small quantities; additional national representative obligations for companies established in the EU should be avoided, to the extent legally possible, below appropriate de minimis thresholds. This would strengthen EPR, data quality and enforcement, reduce double reporting and facilitate the legal certainty of delivery to customers in the internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549684_en"}, {"id": 33549683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:51:39", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Artisan", "feedback": "La nouvelle réglementation PPWR vient s'ajouter à des contraintes déjà lourdes financièrement pour les artistes, artisans et micro-entrepreneurs. Nous payons déjà, chaque année, plusieurs centaines d'euros pour les emballages colis de notre propre pays. C'est difficilement gérable quand on peine à dégager un salaire n'atteignant souvent même pas le smic. Avec les nouvelles régulations PPWR, mises en place de façon très bancale et sans réflexion des conséquences sur l'ensemble des acteurs du secteur de la vente et du e-commerce, la majorité des micro-entrepreneurs vont perdre leur emploi. Ce n'est pas le but de cette mesure environnementale, mais ça en sera la conséquence, sans aucun impact positif sur la régulation des déchets car les micro-entreprises en génèrent déjà très peu et sont les seules à pratiquer l'upcycling d'emballage déjà utilisés. Des mesures cohérentes et viables doivent être prises le plus rapidement possible. Nous demandons un enregistrement uniforme et centralisé pour l'ensemble de l'UE, et non un enregistrement incohérent pays par pays; ainsi qu'une exonération pour les micro-entreprises qui n'envoient que très peu de colis en dehors de leur pays chaque année. Le marché états-unien nous a déjà été retiré de façon délétère et brutale, causant la chute de beaucoup de petits travailleurs. Protégeons au moins le marché européen, c'est en notre pouvoir: il suffit de prendre en compte les différents cas de figure et de soutenir les emplois des micro-entrepreneurs, artistes et artisans.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regulation comes on top of already financially burdensome constraints for artists, craftsmen and micro-entrepreneurs. We already pay several hundred euros every year for parcels in our own country. It is difficult to manage when you are struggling to earn a salary that often does not even reach the smic. With the new PPWR regulations, put in place in a very flawed manner and without reflection on the consequences for all players in the sales and e-commerce sector, the majority of micro-entrepreneurs will lose their jobs. This is not the aim of this environmental measure, but it will be the consequence, without any positive impact on the regulation of waste, as micro-enterprises already generate very little waste and are the only ones that upcycling packaging that has already been used. Coherent and sustainable measures need to be taken as soon as possible. We ask for a uniform and centralised registration for the whole EU, not an inconsistent registration on a country-by-country basis; and an exemption for micro-enterprises that send very few parcels outside their country each year. The US market has already been taken out of us in a devastating and brutal way, causing the fall of many small workers. Let us protect at least the European market, it is in our power: it is sufficient to take into account the different situations and to support the jobs of micro-entrepreneurs, artists and craftsmen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549683_en"}, {"id": 33549682, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:50:54", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We support some of the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, its implementation is creating a disproportionate level of bureaucracy, cost and legal uncertainty for micro and small enterprises. The issue goes far beyond EPR: packaging sourcing, supplier documentation, compliance declarations, traceability, reporting, national EPR registrations and, where applicable, Authorised Representatives create a cumulative compliance burden that is simply not proportionate for very small operators. The consequences are already being felt. Small businesses are reconsidering, restricting or suspending sales to other Member States because of uncertainty over their obligations and because compliance costs can exceed the value of the business conducted there. The risk of contraction of intra-EU trade is no longer theoretical. And this is not only a B2C problem. B2B trade is affected too. Small retailers, shops and distributors may reduce cross-border purchasing when buying from another Member State creates additional obligations, costs or legal uncertainty. This risks pushing both buyers and sellers back towards national markets exactly the opposite of what the Single Market was created to achieve. We cannot wait until October while businesses are already making decisions now. Companies need immediate legal certainty and workable transitional measures. Meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds are urgently needed, for both B2C and small B2B transactions. Negligible quantities of packaging cannot reasonably trigger disproportionate fixed compliance costs and national registration obligations. We urgently ask the European Commission to intervene now: suspend this disproportionate cross-border EPR and Authorised Representative obligations for micro and small enterprises until a genuinely harmonised EU system with meaningful thresholds is operational. It's simply unacceptable this treatment towards micro and small companies. The market is reacting now. Action cannot come after the damage has already been done. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support some of the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, its implementation is creating a disproportionate level of bureaucracy, cost and legal uncertainty for micro and small enterprises. The issue goes far beyond EPR: packaging sourcing, supplier documentation, compliance declarations, traceability, reporting, national EPR registrations and, where applicable, Authorised Representatives create a cumulative compliance burden that is simply not proportionate for very small operators. The consequences are already being felt. Small businesses are reconsidering, restricting or suspending sales to other Member States because of uncertainty over their obligations and because compliance costs can exceed the value of the business conducted there. The risk of contraction of intra-EU trade is no longer theoretical. And this is not only a B2C problem. B2B trade is affected too. Small retailers, shops and distributors may reduce cross-border purchasing when buying from another Member State creates additional obligations, costs or legal uncertainty. This risks pushing both buyers and sellers back towards national markets exactly the opposite of what the Single Market was created to achieve. We cannot wait until October while businesses are already making decisions now. Companies need immediate legal certainty and workable transitional measures. Meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds are urgently needed, for both B2C and small B2B transactions. Negligible quantities of packaging cannot reasonably trigger disproportionate fixed compliance costs and national registration obligations. We urgently ask the European Commission to intervene now: suspend this disproportionate cross-border EPR and Authorised Representative obligations for micro and small enterprises until a genuinely harmonised EU system with meaningful thresholds is operational. It's simply unacceptable this treatment towards micro and small companies. The market is reacting now. Action cannot come after the damage has already been done. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549682_en"}, {"id": 33549681, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:50:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "e1m1.de", "feedback": "I must express my huge disappointment in the work and decisions of the EU with respect to introducing PPWR. This initiative literally destroys the small business I created 18 months ago. I call upon you to take action and stop this nonsense. Do you want competition, or do you plan to strengthen the monopoly of a few large cooperations? Sincerely, but utterly disappointed.", "feedbackEnglish": "I must express my huge disappointment in the work and decisions of the EU with respect to introducing PPWR. This initiative literally destroys the small business I created 18 months ago. I call upon you to take action and stop this nonsense. Do you want competition, or do you plan to strengthen the monopoly of a few large cooperations? Sincerely, but utterly disappointed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549681_en"}, {"id": 33549680, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:50:43", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small business here in the EU, and while I completely get why we need better waste management and recycling, the way the current EPR packaging rules work in practice is honestly a nightmare for people like me. Expecting a single-person business shipping a few paper letters or art prints to register, pay fixed fees, and jump through bureaucratic hoops in every single EU country just doesn't make sense. In most cases, the annual registration fees for just one country end up costing way more than all the income I even make from subscribers living there. It defeats the whole point of the EU's open market, instead of making it easy to share our work across borders, it's literally forcing small creators to stop shipping to other European countries altogether. If the EU actually wants to support small independent creators instead of just big corporations who can easily afford these legal fees, there needs to be a common-sense solution. A simple threshold based on sales volume or weight - where tiny creators under a certain limit are exempt from crazy fees - would fix this overnight. Or even a single, streamlined portal (just like the VAT OSS system we already use) where we could report everything in one place instead of dealing with dozens of different national registries. It would mean we could actually focus on running our small creative businesses without feeling like we're being priced out of the European market just for using a paper envelope. The ultimate irony in all of this? Shipping a tiny paper envelope or art print outside the EU, like to the US, UK, or Canada, is completely fine and hassle-free. But shipping that exact same envelope to a neighbor within the European Union means facing a wall of national registries, mandatory legal representation fees, and endless paperwork per country. It almost feels like the system is telling small creators: Please only sell outside of Europe. The laws were written to stop giant e-commerce corporations from flooding countries with packaging waste, but without proper exemptions or thresholds, its tiny independent creators who are getting squeezed out of the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business here in the EU, and while I completely get why we need better waste management and recycling, the way the current EPR packaging rules work in practice is honestly a nightmare for people like me. Expecting a single-person business shipping a few paper letters or art prints to register, pay fixed fees, and jump through bureaucratic hoops in every single EU country just doesn't make sense. In most cases, the annual registration fees for just one country end up costing way more than all the income I even make from subscribers living there. It defeats the whole point of the EU's open market, instead of making it easy to share our work across borders, it's literally forcing small creators to stop shipping to other European countries altogether. If the EU actually wants to support small independent creators instead of just big corporations who can easily afford these legal fees, there needs to be a common-sense solution. A simple threshold based on sales volume or weight - where tiny creators under a certain limit are exempt from crazy fees - would fix this overnight. Or even a single, streamlined portal (just like the VAT OSS system we already use) where we could report everything in one place instead of dealing with dozens of different national registries. It would mean we could actually focus on running our small creative businesses without feeling like we're being priced out of the European market just for using a paper envelope. The ultimate irony in all of this? Shipping a tiny paper envelope or art print outside the EU, like to the US, UK, or Canada, is completely fine and hassle-free. But shipping that exact same envelope to a neighbor within the European Union means facing a wall of national registries, mandatory legal representation fees, and endless paperwork per country. It almost feels like the system is telling small creators: Please only sell outside of Europe. The laws were written to stop giant e-commerce corporations from flooding countries with packaging waste, but without proper exemptions or thresholds, its tiny independent creators who are getting squeezed out of the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549680_en"}, {"id": 33549678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:49:11", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Commission, The EU was founded in large part on the principle of a single market where citizens and businesses can trade freely across internal borders. Yet the new packaging rules risk making that principle increasingly difficult for small businesses to exercise in practice. I fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, imposing complex packaging compliance obligations on every small business selling to customers in other Member States can turn what should be a simple intra-EU sale into a costly regulatory exercise. For a large corporation, additional registrations, reporting, labelling and compliance costs may be manageable. For a small independent business, they can make selling to customers in other EU countries economically impossible. This creates a troubling contradiction: the EU is removing physical borders between its Member States while simultaneously creating regulatory barriers that make it harder for its own citizens to trade across those borders. Environmental regulation should not come at the cost of undermining the very single market it is supposed to strengthen. Small businesses should not be forced to choose between complying with multiple layers of packaging requirements and simply refusing to serve customers elsewhere in the EU. I urge the EU to introduce substantially simpler, proportionate and genuinely small business-friendly rules, particularly for micro businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers. Free movement should mean more than the absence of customs borders. It should mean that an EU citizen can realistically sell a product to another EU citizen without facing a regulatory burden that makes the transaction unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commission, The EU was founded in large part on the principle of a single market where citizens and businesses can trade freely across internal borders. Yet the new packaging rules risk making that principle increasingly difficult for small businesses to exercise in practice. I fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, imposing complex packaging compliance obligations on every small business selling to customers in other Member States can turn what should be a simple intra-EU sale into a costly regulatory exercise. For a large corporation, additional registrations, reporting, labelling and compliance costs may be manageable. For a small independent business, they can make selling to customers in other EU countries economically impossible. This creates a troubling contradiction: the EU is removing physical borders between its Member States while simultaneously creating regulatory barriers that make it harder for its own citizens to trade across those borders. Environmental regulation should not come at the cost of undermining the very single market it is supposed to strengthen. Small businesses should not be forced to choose between complying with multiple layers of packaging requirements and simply refusing to serve customers elsewhere in the EU. I urge the EU to introduce substantially simpler, proportionate and genuinely small business-friendly rules, particularly for micro businesses and low-volume cross-border sellers. Free movement should mean more than the absence of customs borders. It should mean that an EU citizen can realistically sell a product to another EU citizen without facing a regulatory burden that makes the transaction unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549678_en"}, {"id": 33549677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:46:01", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am someone who owns a small art business and also knows many others in the EU who have the same. This legislation will hamstring any hope for small businesses and artists to be able to survive as the fees and administration are unfathomable and confusing. I have customers all over the EU, how am I supposed to pay 1000s of euros to ship to those countries when I barely make that in a month? It's so frustrating. This should apply to larger businesses for sure, but for micro businesses with only 1 or 2 employees, this is unfair and will destroy our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am someone who owns a small art business and also knows many others in the EU who have the same. This legislation will hamstring any hope for small businesses and artists to be able to survive as the fees and administration are unfathomable and confusing. I have customers all over the EU, how am I supposed to pay 1000s of euros to ship to those countries when I barely make that in a month? It's so frustrating. This should apply to larger businesses for sure, but for micro businesses with only 1 or 2 employees, this is unfair and will destroy our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549677_en"}, {"id": 33549676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:45:15", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have stopped shipping in all my webshops with immediate effect. There is practically no EU country where the regulatory obligations are not higher than the expected profit. And all this in a market where Chinese giant trading companies that have settled in the EU (with the tacit support of the EU parliament) are already generating almost unsustainable price competition. I will write on the website that I had to suspend shipping due to the ill-considered PPWR regulation that puts small entrepreneurs at a disadvantage. I will immediately contact my MP and the EU MP and I urge all my fellow entrepreneurs to do the same. We are not alone. Even in Hungary, many thousands of small webshops are being suffocated by this regulation. We cannot afford to remain silent now. And I ask webshop owners in other EU countries to also contact their relevant parliamentarians and EU representatives. This is precisely the topic where we need to unite. And in the meantime, they should spread the discriminatory effect of this regulation on them as widely as possible. While this regulation does not represent a real disadvantage for large companies (Amazon, Temu, Etc.), especially if it eliminates the smaller webshops that currently function as competitors. By making it impossible for small webshops to continue operating, it will also have a negative impact on other businesses that closely cooperate with their businesses, because even a small webshop has business relations with several smaller businesses. It is especially strange that they want to negotiate about this in October, but the regulation is already in effect tomorrow. Many small businesses may close by October. All this at a time when the EU should be getting its act together.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have stopped shipping in all my webshops with immediate effect. There is practically no EU country where the regulatory obligations are not higher than the expected profit. And all this in a market where Chinese giant trading companies that have settled in the EU (with the tacit support of the EU parliament) are already generating almost unsustainable price competition. I will write on the website that I had to suspend shipping due to the ill-considered PPWR regulation that puts small entrepreneurs at a disadvantage. I will immediately contact my MP and the EU MP and I urge all my fellow entrepreneurs to do the same. We are not alone. Even in Hungary, many thousands of small webshops are being suffocated by this regulation. We cannot afford to remain silent now. And I ask webshop owners in other EU countries to also contact their relevant parliamentarians and EU representatives. This is precisely the topic where we need to unite. And in the meantime, they should spread the discriminatory effect of this regulation on them as widely as possible. While this regulation does not represent a real disadvantage for large companies (Amazon, Temu, Etc.), especially if it eliminates the smaller webshops that currently function as competitors. By making it impossible for small webshops to continue operating, it will also have a negative impact on other businesses that closely cooperate with their businesses, because even a small webshop has business relations with several smaller businesses. It is especially strange that they want to negotiate about this in October, but the regulation is already in effect tomorrow. Many small businesses may close by October. All this at a time when the EU should be getting its act together.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549676_en"}, {"id": 33549675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:44:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Europäische Kommission, ich bin sehr traurig, dass eine Regelung im Namen des Recyclings und der Abfallreduzierung umgesetzt wird, die sich insbesondere für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen negativ auf den Handel auszuwirken scheint. So viele Menschen sagen, dass sie es sich nicht mehr leisten können, hierhin zu schicken. Ich halte es für wichtig, Abfall zu verringern und dafür zu sorgen, dass das Recycling so weit wie möglich durchgeführt wird. Aber ich glaube auch, dass die Regeln um sie herum praktikabel sein müssen. Viele Kleinstunternehmen sind verwirrt, ebenso wie Rechtsanwälte, ebenso wie Personen, die prüfen müssen, ob diese neuen Vorschriften eingehalten werden. Regeln, die die meisten Menschen nicht verstehen, sind funktional wertlos. Ich verstehe, dass Gesetze vage zweckgerichtet formuliert sind. In diesem Fall scheinen sie jedoch zu vage zu sein, da verschiedene Sachverständige etwas anderes behaupten. Der Handel in Europa sollte nicht aufgrund bürokratischer Albträume zum Erliegen kommen. Ich wünsche mir, dass diese Vorschriften so ausgestaltet werden, dass sie verständlich sind, mögliche Widersprüche korrigiert und für alle Arten von Unternehmen handhabbar gemacht werden (z. B. Ausnahmen für Kleinstunternehmen oder Ähnliches). Ich bin KeramikKünstlerin und verkaufe nur hin und wieder ein Kunstwerk ins Ausland. Aber diese Verordnung machtves mir zu kompliziert in jedem Kand einen Vertriebspartner zu bezahlen, wenn ich wahrscheinlich nur wenige Stücke versende wenn überhaupt", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am very sad to see a scheme implemented in the name of recycling and waste reduction, which seems to have a negative impact on trade, especially for small and micro-enterprises. So many people say they can no longer afford to send here. I think it is important to reduce waste and ensure that recycling is carried out as much as possible. But I also believe that the rules around them must be workable. Many micro-enterprises are confused, as are lawyers, and people who need to check whether these new rules are being complied with. Rules that most people do not understand are functionally worthless. I understand that laws are formulated in vaguely targeted terms. In this case, however, they appear to be too vague, as different experts claim otherwise. Trade in Europe should not come to a standstill due to bureaucratic nightmares. I want these rules to be designed in a way that makes them understandable, corrects possible contradictions and makes them manageable for all types of businesses (e.g. exemptions for micro-enterprises or similar). I am a ceramic artist and only occasionally sell a work of art abroad. But this regulation makes it too complicated for me to pay a distributor in every candidacy if I probably send only a few pieces, if at all", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549675_en"}, {"id": 33549674, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:43:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schleifenfaenger Laura Hertel", "feedback": "Als kleines Unternehmen, das wenige Pakete pro Jahr ins europäische Ausland verschickt, ist es uns nicht möglich, eine bevollmächtigte Person zu zahlen und den bürokratischen Aufwand zu tragen. Wir fordern eine Ausnahmeregelung für kleine Unternehmen, die nur geringe Mengen und z.T. auch Recycling-Verpackungen in Umlauf bringen, die sonst ohnehin hätten entsorgt werden müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small company that sends few parcels a year abroad in Europe, we cannot pay an authorised person and bear the bureaucratic burden. We call for an exemption for small businesses that only sell small quantities and, in some cases, also recyclable packaging that would otherwise have had to be disposed of anyway.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549674_en"}, {"id": 33549672, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:42:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "pallia - Mittelalter hautnah", "feedback": "I am one of the many solo traders who will stop EU shipping with this. With a volume of less than 20 packages sent to other EU countries (in total, not per country) per year, this is more a customer service act than a source of revenue - especially as keeping up with regulations and postal fee changes already requires quite some time. I am so utterly disappointed that the quabbling whose national system is best made it not only impossible to find a common solution, but made the previous complex, confusing system even worse by adding an obligatory representative for each country. How is that making the internal market more open and easier to access? Why is it not possible to introduce at least a super-ridiculously low threshold of, say, 20 parcels per year to all other EU countries together out of the question? Ironically, especially the solo traders often welcome better sustainability regulations, and try hard to follow all the rules and conform to the law. Often they re-use packaging, re-licensing it within their national system because it is factually impossible to prove that it was already licensed. Typically, we also pay for larger amounts than we send out, as it's cheaper to register once for double the amount required than to do a top-up later: The base fees are much higher in relation to the actual licensing fees to make any other approach ineconomical. So we are really at a disadvantage all the way through. I am a staunch supporter of the EU in general, and feel happy each time I cross a border without controls, and am able to pay easily in one currency in many countries. But this complete disregard of the needs and problems of so many micro players makes me lose faith in the whole system.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am one of the many solo traders who will stop EU shipping with this. With a volume of less than 20 packages sent to other EU countries (in total, not per country) per year, this is more a customer service act than a source of revenue - especially as keeping up with regulations and postal fee changes already requires quite some time. I am so utterly disappointed that the quabbling whose national system is best made it not only impossible to find a common solution, but made the previous complex, confusing system even worse by adding an obligatory representative for each country. How is that making the internal market more open and easier to access? Why is it not possible to introduce at least a super-ridiculously low threshold of, say, 20 parcels per year to all other EU countries together out of the question? Ironically, especially the solo traders often welcome better sustainability regulations, and try hard to follow all the rules and conform to the law. Often they re-use packaging, re-licensing it within their national system because it is factually impossible to prove that it was already licensed. Typically, we also pay for larger amounts than we send out, as it's cheaper to register once for double the amount required than to do a top-up later: The base fees are much higher in relation to the actual licensing fees to make any other approach ineconomical. So we are really at a disadvantage all the way through. I am a staunch supporter of the EU in general, and feel happy each time I cross a border without controls, and am able to pay easily in one currency in many countries. But this complete disregard of the needs and problems of so many micro players makes me lose faith in the whole system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549672_en"}, {"id": 33549670, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:42:17", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to comment on the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro-enterprises and sole traders within the European Union. As a sole trader based in Austria, I have already had to significantly restrict the number of EU countries to which I sell. Even under the existing packaging-licensing requirements, compliance in many Member States has been disproportionately expensive and administratively burdensome for a very small business. The new requirements, particularly the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States, risk excluding many micro-enterprises from the European Single Market altogether. The cumulative costs and administrative duties may be manageable for large corporations, but they are simply not proportionate for sole traders and businesses sending only a small number of parcels to each country. Please do not misunderstand my position: I fully support the reduction of packaging waste and the EUs environmental objectives. We must build a greener and more sustainable future for our children. My own packaging has already been reduced to the absolute minimum: in most cases, I send my products in a simple A4 paper envelope. However, the current approach risks undermining its own environmental and economic objectives. It places European micro-enterprises at a serious competitive disadvantage while strengthening large international platforms and corporations such as Amazon, Temu and similar businesses. These companies can absorb compliance costs far more easily than small, locally rooted businesses. Instead of encouraging sustainable European production and strengthening local economies, the regulation may force small businesses to stop selling across borders or even to close. Consumers may consequently become more dependent on mass-produced goods imported from outside the EU. This would move us further away from sustainability, not closer to it. The European Single Market should also be accessible to sole traders and micro-enterprises. It cannot function as intended if small businesses are effectively excluded by fixed compliance costs, fragmented national procedures and excessive bureaucracy. I therefore urge the European Commission and the Member States to reopen the discussion and develop a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises. Possible measures could include: * meaningful turnover or packaging-volume thresholds; * exemptions or simplified obligations for very small quantities of packaging; * no requirement to appoint an authorised representative below a defined turnover or sales threshold; * an EU-wide, centralised registration and reporting system; * licensing of shipping materials directly by the packaging manufacturer or distributor, where appropriate; * a simple, affordable one-stop compliance procedure for sole traders and micro-enterprises. Environmental protection and a thriving European small-business economy must not be treated as opposing goals. Both can be achieved through proportionate, practical and harmonised rules. Small businesses are an essential part of Europes economic diversity, creativity and resilience. We should not be forced out of the Single Market by a bureaucratic burden that bears no reasonable relation to the minimal amount of packaging we place on the market. I respectfully ask the European institutions to reconsider the impact of the PPWR implementation on micro-enterprises and to introduce workable exemptions, thresholds and simplified procedures before irreversible damage is done to Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to comment on the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro-enterprises and sole traders within the European Union. As a sole trader based in Austria, I have already had to significantly restrict the number of EU countries to which I sell. Even under the existing packaging-licensing requirements, compliance in many Member States has been disproportionately expensive and administratively burdensome for a very small business. The new requirements, particularly the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States, risk excluding many micro-enterprises from the European Single Market altogether. The cumulative costs and administrative duties may be manageable for large corporations, but they are simply not proportionate for sole traders and businesses sending only a small number of parcels to each country. Please do not misunderstand my position: I fully support the reduction of packaging waste and the EUs environmental objectives. We must build a greener and more sustainable future for our children. My own packaging has already been reduced to the absolute minimum: in most cases, I send my products in a simple A4 paper envelope. However, the current approach risks undermining its own environmental and economic objectives. It places European micro-enterprises at a serious competitive disadvantage while strengthening large international platforms and corporations such as Amazon, Temu and similar businesses. These companies can absorb compliance costs far more easily than small, locally rooted businesses. Instead of encouraging sustainable European production and strengthening local economies, the regulation may force small businesses to stop selling across borders or even to close. Consumers may consequently become more dependent on mass-produced goods imported from outside the EU. This would move us further away from sustainability, not closer to it. The European Single Market should also be accessible to sole traders and micro-enterprises. It cannot function as intended if small businesses are effectively excluded by fixed compliance costs, fragmented national procedures and excessive bureaucracy. I therefore urge the European Commission and the Member States to reopen the discussion and develop a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises. Possible measures could include: * meaningful turnover or packaging-volume thresholds; * exemptions or simplified obligations for very small quantities of packaging; * no requirement to appoint an authorised representative below a defined turnover or sales threshold; * an EU-wide, centralised registration and reporting system; * licensing of shipping materials directly by the packaging manufacturer or distributor, where appropriate; * a simple, affordable one-stop compliance procedure for sole traders and micro-enterprises. Environmental protection and a thriving European small-business economy must not be treated as opposing goals. Both can be achieved through proportionate, practical and harmonised rules. Small businesses are an essential part of Europes economic diversity, creativity and resilience. We should not be forced out of the Single Market by a bureaucratic burden that bears no reasonable relation to the minimal amount of packaging we place on the market. I respectfully ask the European institutions to reconsider the impact of the PPWR implementation on micro-enterprises and to introduce workable exemptions, thresholds and simplified procedures before irreversible damage is done to Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549670_en"}, {"id": 33549671, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:42:06", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think this new regulation disproportionately harms small scale or handmade sellers. As a small Eu business owner in the creative industry, it is impossible to keep up with the bureaucracy and costs and I will be forced to stop selling my products in the EU. Requiring micro-enterprises to register, pay licensing fees and submit reports in each country separately even if they ship only one or a few packages per year in that country effectively forces the small businesses out of the European market. I think this new regulation will end a lot of small scale businesses and it will have an even greater negative impact on the environment as small artisans were actually the ones that were polluting the less .The EU single market was created to make it easier for businesses to trade goods across countries but this new Packaging and packaging waste regulation will make that impossible. Please consider adding a minimum threshold or separate regulations for micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think this new regulation disproportionately harms small scale or handmade sellers. As a small Eu business owner in the creative industry, it is impossible to keep up with the bureaucracy and costs and I will be forced to stop selling my products in the EU. Requiring micro-enterprises to register, pay licensing fees and submit reports in each country separately even if they ship only one or a few packages per year in that country effectively forces the small businesses out of the European market. I think this new regulation will end a lot of small scale businesses and it will have an even greater negative impact on the environment as small artisans were actually the ones that were polluting the less .The EU single market was created to make it easier for businesses to trade goods across countries but this new Packaging and packaging waste regulation will make that impossible. Please consider adding a minimum threshold or separate regulations for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549671_en"}, {"id": 33549661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:38:47", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "We fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and its aim to reduce packaging waste across the European Union. However, we are seriously concerned that its practical implementation may place a disproportionate and potentially devastating administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. We are a very small independent creative brand, Bonebrush Art, producing and selling small stationery and artistic products such as art prints, stickers and postcards. We already make significant efforts to minimise our environmental impact: we avoid unnecessary packaging, use materials responsibly, reuse and recycle materials, and package our products with environmental considerations in mind. Our concern is not the environmental objective of the regulation. The problem is the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created by different national EPR systems in individual EU Member States. For a micro-business, selling small quantities of lightweight paper products to customers in different EU countries may mean having to register in multiple national systems, comply with different reporting requirements, pay fees and potentially appoint local representatives. Yet the actual amount of packaging placed on the market by such a business may be only a few kilograms per year. The administrative requirements can therefore be almost as demanding as those faced by much larger companies, despite the vastly different environmental impact. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. A small European artist or creative entrepreneur should be able to sell a few prints, stickers or postcards to customers in another EU Member State without the costs and administrative burden associated with packaging making such sales economically unviable. In practice, this risks making the European single market much more accessible to large companies than to micro-businesses and independent creators. Small businesses may be forced to stop selling to other EU countries, reduce their participation in international events, significantly increase their prices, or even close their businesses. We therefore call for specific exemptions and simplified rules for micro and small businesses. The EU should consider in particular: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging placed on the market; a single and simplified European registration and reporting system, instead of multiple national systems; significantly reduced or zero EPR fees for businesses below a defined turnover or packaging threshold; simplified rules for very small quantities of products sold directly to final consumers; a simplified regime for occasional cross-border sales, such as at fairs, markets, festivals and conventions; an exemption from the requirement to appoint a local representative where the quantity of packaging placed on the market is negligible. Proportionality should be a fundamental principle of the implementation of the PPWR. A micro-business placing a few kilograms of paper and lightweight packaging on the European market should not face the same administrative burden as a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. Micro and small businesses should be supported in making their operations more sustainable, rather than being discouraged from participating in the European single market by disproportionate administrative and financial obligations. Small businesses are an important part of Europe's cultural, creative and economic diversity. Environmental regulation should help them become more sustainable not make it impossible for them to operate across European borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "We fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and its aim to reduce packaging waste across the European Union. However, we are seriously concerned that its practical implementation may place a disproportionate and potentially devastating administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. We are a very small independent creative brand, Bonebrush Art, producing and selling small stationery and artistic products such as art prints, stickers and postcards. We already make significant efforts to minimise our environmental impact: we avoid unnecessary packaging, use materials responsibly, reuse and recycle materials, and package our products with environmental considerations in mind. Our concern is not the environmental objective of the regulation. The problem is the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created by different national EPR systems in individual EU Member States. For a micro-business, selling small quantities of lightweight paper products to customers in different EU countries may mean having to register in multiple national systems, comply with different reporting requirements, pay fees and potentially appoint local representatives. Yet the actual amount of packaging placed on the market by such a business may be only a few kilograms per year. The administrative requirements can therefore be almost as demanding as those faced by much larger companies, despite the vastly different environmental impact. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. A small European artist or creative entrepreneur should be able to sell a few prints, stickers or postcards to customers in another EU Member State without the costs and administrative burden associated with packaging making such sales economically unviable. In practice, this risks making the European single market much more accessible to large companies than to micro-businesses and independent creators. Small businesses may be forced to stop selling to other EU countries, reduce their participation in international events, significantly increase their prices, or even close their businesses. We therefore call for specific exemptions and simplified rules for micro and small businesses. The EU should consider in particular: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging placed on the market; a single and simplified European registration and reporting system, instead of multiple national systems; significantly reduced or zero EPR fees for businesses below a defined turnover or packaging threshold; simplified rules for very small quantities of products sold directly to final consumers; a simplified regime for occasional cross-border sales, such as at fairs, markets, festivals and conventions; an exemption from the requirement to appoint a local representative where the quantity of packaging placed on the market is negligible. Proportionality should be a fundamental principle of the implementation of the PPWR. A micro-business placing a few kilograms of paper and lightweight packaging on the European market should not face the same administrative burden as a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. Micro and small businesses should be supported in making their operations more sustainable, rather than being discouraged from participating in the European single market by disproportionate administrative and financial obligations. Small businesses are an important part of Europe's cultural, creative and economic diversity. Environmental regulation should help them become more sustainable not make it impossible for them to operate across European borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549661_en"}, {"id": 33549668, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:37:52", "country": "HUN", "language": "HU", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tisztelt Uram/Hölgyem, Az új szabályozás hatalmas kárt okozna a kisebb vállalkozóknak akik külföldre is árulják termékeiket. Európai Uniónak az lenne a lényege hogy nincsenek határok és könnyebben lehet mozogni a határok közt de mégis lassan könnyebb küldeni csomagot az óceántúlra mint a szomszédos országokba. Felesleges szigorú szabályozásokat találnak ki miközben a mikrovállalkozók életét nehezítik meg miközben ők a legkevésbé természetszenyezők. Korlátozzák a multimilliárdos cégeket ne a kicsiket akik nem tudnak mit csinálni. Sok kis vállalkozó oda is figyel hogy kevés szemetet gyártson és nem is ők gyártsák a hulladékok nagy részét. Kérem ahelyett hogy megnehezítik életüket, inkább segítsék a kisvállalkozókat, adjanak konkrét könnyen érthető információt hogy lehet szabályosan adni el külföldre és támogassák őket. Az Unió az összefogásról szól de mostanában inkább az ellentétjét művelik és elzárják az országokat egymástól miközben szükségünk van egymásra. Ezért kérem töröljék az új szabályozást vagy javítsák mert az Unió többre képes. Köszönöm", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, The new rules would cause enormous damage to smaller operators who sell their products abroad. The essence of the European Union would be that there are no borders and it is easier to move across borders, but it is slowly easier to send parcels across the ocean than to neighbouring countries. They find unnecessary strict regulations while making life harder for micro-entrepreneurs, while they are the least natural breeders. Limit multi-billion firms to small ones who cannot do anything. Many small operators also focus on producing few waste and do not produce the majority of waste. Instead of making their lives more difficult, I ask you to help small businesses, provide concrete easy-to-understand information that can be regularly sold abroad and support them. The Union is about joining forces, but now it is more about cultivating the opposite and blocking countries from each other, while we need each other. Therefore, I would like to ask you to delete the new legislation or to improve it because the Union can do more. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549668_en"}, {"id": 33549667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:37:27", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a one-person business owner and artist from Poland. I ship custom items to my customers on very rare occasions, but with the proposed fees, I will have to stop shipments altogether, as the price of the fee rivals the price of my work. I also do not have a person to delegate to fulfilling the additional formalities. I would like You to consider that these regulations make it more difficult to survive for small business owners, craftsmen and artists who do not create a lot of packaging waste, and as such, are not the main source of the problem this regulation is trying to tackle. At a long run, it may reduce EU-wide market diversity and disincentivise creative work producing physical items, as only bigger companies will be able to afford the fees and time to fulfill the formalities. I kindly ask you to consider an exception from these requirements for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one-person business owner and artist from Poland. I ship custom items to my customers on very rare occasions, but with the proposed fees, I will have to stop shipments altogether, as the price of the fee rivals the price of my work. I also do not have a person to delegate to fulfilling the additional formalities. I would like You to consider that these regulations make it more difficult to survive for small business owners, craftsmen and artists who do not create a lot of packaging waste, and as such, are not the main source of the problem this regulation is trying to tackle. At a long run, it may reduce EU-wide market diversity and disincentivise creative work producing physical items, as only bigger companies will be able to afford the fees and time to fulfill the formalities. I kindly ask you to consider an exception from these requirements for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549667_en"}, {"id": 33549666, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:36:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung PPWR macht uns kleine Online-Shops kaputt! Ich verkaufe auf der Plattform \"ETSY\" Meine Produkte gehen zu 30% in das europäische Ausland. Der Verwaltungsaufwand mit einem Bevollmächtigen im einzelnem EU-Land, die Kosten dafür und die Kosten mit jedem einzelnen EU-Land einen Vertrag anzuschließen zu müssen ist viel zu kompliziert und kostet, wenn ich mit allen EU-Ländern einen Vertrag abschließe ca. 3000 . Ich habe für den Umweltschutz Verständnis und fordere eine Lösung für uns Soloselbstständige, wie eine einzige Anmeldestelle für alle EU-Länder und eine Lösung für kleine Onlinehändler. Vielen Dank, bitte zerstört nicht unsere Existenz.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Ordinance (PPWR) breaks down small online shops! I sell 30 % of my products abroad in Europe on the ‘Etsy’ platform. The administrative burden of having to sign a contract with an authorised representative in each EU country, the cost of doing so and the cost of having to sign a contract with each EU country is far too complicated and costs around 3000 if I sign a contract with all EU countries. I understand environmental protection and I call for a solution for our solo self-employed, such as a single registration point for all EU countries and a solution for small online traders. Thank you, please do not destroy our existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549666_en"}, {"id": 33549665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:32:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am very sad to see a rule being implemented, in the name of recycling and reducing waste, that seems to have a negative effect on the trade especially for small and micro businesses. So much so many people are saying they can no longer afford to send here. I do think it is important to reduce waste, and to make sure recycling gets done as much as possible. But i also believe the rules around it have to be practical. Many micro business are confused, so are lawyer, so are people who will need to check if these new rules are being adhered to. Rules that most people don't understand are functionally worthless. I understand that laws are written vaguely on purpose. But in this case they seem to be too vague, as different expert claim different things. Trade in Europe shouldn't halt because of bureaucratic nightmares. My wish for these rules to be worked over so they are understandable, potential contradictions are corrected and made manageable for all kinds of businesses (f.e. making exceptions for micro businesses or something similar).", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am very sad to see a rule being implemented, in the name of recycling and reducing waste, that seems to have a negative effect on the trade especially for small and micro businesses. So much so many people are saying they can no longer afford to send here. I do think it is important to reduce waste, and to make sure recycling gets done as much as possible. But i also believe the rules around it have to be practical. Many micro business are confused, so are lawyer, so are people who will need to check if these new rules are being adhered to. Rules that most people don't understand are functionally worthless. I understand that laws are written vaguely on purpose. But in this case they seem to be too vague, as different expert claim different things. Trade in Europe shouldn't halt because of bureaucratic nightmares. My wish for these rules to be worked over so they are understandable, potential contradictions are corrected and made manageable for all kinds of businesses (f.e. making exceptions for micro businesses or something similar).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549665_en"}, {"id": 33549664, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:31:22", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pretiosa AB", "feedback": "I am a one person business trading in vintage and antiques, and shipping very small amounts to different eu countries. I use a platform for this, with no possibility to restrict countries I can't sell to due to this regulation from others. And I can't afford to register in countries I might never sell to. So this will cut my entire possibility to sell anything other than to my own country. Is this free trade? Only for the giants. You are feeding mega capitalism and killing commerce.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one person business trading in vintage and antiques, and shipping very small amounts to different eu countries. I use a platform for this, with no possibility to restrict countries I can't sell to due to this regulation from others. And I can't afford to register in countries I might never sell to. So this will cut my entire possibility to sell anything other than to my own country. Is this free trade? Only for the giants. You are feeding mega capitalism and killing commerce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549664_en"}, {"id": 33549663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:30:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Drachenstein.biz", "feedback": "Mit der Ernennung eines bevollmächtigten in jedem eu Land in das ich versenden möchte, übersteigt der Aufwand durch die Kosten und Bürokratie, jedweden Gewinn. Es ist lachhaft für 500 Umsatz (nicht Gewinn), 200 an eine Person zu zahlen die was genau macht? Eine Zahl vergleichen? Unfassbar guter Lobbyismus von Amazon. Was sie dafür gezahlt haben und dadurch gewinnen, Respekt. Ehrlich. Der europäische Grundgedanke wurde dadurch vollständig vernichtet. Gratuliere.", "feedbackEnglish": "By appointing an authorised representative in each EU country I want to send to, the costs and bureaucracy go beyond any profit. It is laconic for 500 turnover (not profit) to pay 200 to a person who does exactly what? Compare a number? Amazon’s incredibly good lobbying. What they paid for and thereby win, respect. Honest. This completely destroyed the European idea. Congratulate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549663_en"}, {"id": 33549660, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:26:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "La plupart des entreprises souffrent déjà de cette crise financière qui n'en finit pas. C'est encore complexifier leur activité et les mener droit vers la faillite Depuis l'annonce de ce règlement des entrepreneurs autour de moi ont dû se priver d'une partie de leur activité en e-commerce en fermant leur site. Survivront ils avec le peu d'activité qui leur restera autorisé. C'est un péage caché, des nouvelles frontières economiques pour l'Union européenne", "feedbackEnglish": "Most companies are already suffering from this ongoing financial crisis. This makes their business even more complex and leads them to go bankrupt. Since the announcement of this regulation by entrepreneurs around me, they have had to shut down part of their e-commerce business by closing their premises. They will survive with the limited activity that will remain allowed. It is a hidden toll, new economic frontiers for the European Union", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549660_en"}, {"id": 33549658, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:25:51", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law should be applyed to the big companies not to the small ones. This law is killing small business, and other thing all this steps, diffrents rules...it should be the same for everyone. Your new law will kill small business and close boards for all. Shame on you", "feedbackEnglish": "This law should be applyed to the big companies not to the small ones. This law is killing small business, and other thing all this steps, diffrents rules...it should be the same for everyone. Your new law will kill small business and close boards for all. Shame on you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549658_en"}, {"id": 33549656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:22:03", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jestem osobą prowadzącą jednoosobową działalność gospodarczą - tworzę personalizowane produkty, które sprzedaję w UE i nie tylko. Proponowane regulacje wykluczają mnie z grona sprzedawców w UE, bo opłaty związane z rejestracją w każdym kraju UE oraz posiadaniem autoryzowanego przedstawiciela są niewyobrażalnie wysokie względem małego dochodu jaki generuję na niewielkiej ilości przesyłek. Zgadzam się, że temat śmieci związanych z e-commerce jest ważny i należy go uregulować, ale uważam że jednolite traktowanie osób wysyłających kilkanaście paczek miesięcznie i ogromnych firm wysyłających tysiące przesyłek, jest niesprawiedliwe i wpłynie negatywnie na rynek - pozbawi go różnorodności i atrakcyjności związanej z dostępem do rękodzieła naszych lokalnych europejskich twórców. UE jako wspólnota powinna wspierać swoich obywateli i pomagać w rozwoju, ułatwiać wymianę handlową w obrębie UE. Niestety te regulacje znacząco utrudniają pracę i wielu małym firmom uniemożliwiają ekspansję na rynki europejskie.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader – I create personalised products that I sell in the EU and beyond. The proposed rules exclude me from sellers in the EU because registration fees in each EU country and having an authorised representative are unimaginably high in relation to the small income I generate on a small number of items. I agree that the topic of e-commerce litter is important and should be regulated, but I believe that the uniform treatment of those who send more than a dozen parcels per month and huge companies who send thousands of items is unfair and will have a negative impact on the market, depriving it of the diversity and attractiveness of accessing the crafts of our local European creators. The EU as a community should support its citizens and help development, facilitate intra-EU trade. Unfortunately, these regulations make it much harder to work and many small businesses are preventing them from expanding into European markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549656_en"}, {"id": 33549655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:20:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lucile Dumont EI", "feedback": "Bonjour, Cette réglementation est une catastrophe pour toutes les petites entreprise, micro-entreprises et Artistes-Auteurs. Ces petites structures, souvent unipersonnelles, n'ont absolument pas les moyens de payer les frais dans chaque pays pour y envoyer peut-être un ou deux colis par an. De plus, ils sont souvent les premiers à réutiliser les cartons et calages reçus par leurs fournisseurs de matières premières : pas de facture pour ces cartons-là, c'est du zéro-déchet à l'état pur mais ça n'est pas prévu par cette loi (imaginons que le même carton est récupéré et réutilisé par plusieurs petites entreprises : il faut que la taxe soit payée à chaque envoi pour le même carton ?). La charge pollueur-payeur des emballages ne devrait être assumée que par les producteurs d'emballages (et entreprise faisant fabriquer à leurs critères des emballages personnalisés) mais pas par la suite de la chaîne : cela les pousserait d'autant plus à nous proposer des matériaux recyclables ou compostables, qu'on peine à trouver ! Par ailleurs, cette obligation de sacquitter d'un mandataire et de taxes dans chaque pays de l'UE où on exporte, en tant qu'entreprise étant située dans l'UE revient à fermer les frontières pour les petites entreprises. N'est-ce pas contradictoire avec le fonctionnement d'une Europe Unie ? Ne serait-il pas plus simple d'avoir un mandataire / une taxe à l'échelle de l'UE plutôt que de la découper en 27 dossiers et paiements ? En espérant qu'une solution soit trouvée pour garder la richesse de nos cultures et savoir-faire, et ne pas les laisser aux seules mains du dropshipping (conséquence immédiate déjà enclenchée).", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this regulation is a disaster for all small, micro and craft enterprises. These small, often one-person, structures do not have the means at all to pay the fees in each country to send possibly one or two parcels per year. Moreover, they are often the first to reuse cartons and tips received by their raw material suppliers: there is no invoice for these cartonboard, it is zero-waste in its pure state, but this is not provided for by this law (let us imagine that the same cardboard is recovered and reused by several small companies: must the tax be paid on each consignment for the same box?). The polluter-pays burden of packaging should only be borne by packaging producers (and the company that makes customised packaging according to their criteria) but not subsequently by the chain: this would make them even more likely to offer us recyclable or compostable materials, which are hard to find! In addition, the obligation to pay a trustee and taxes in each EU country to which you export, as a company located in the EU, means closing borders for small businesses. Is this not contradictory to the functioning of a united Europe? Would it not be easier to have an EU-wide agent/fee instead of splitting it into 27 files and payments? Hoping that a solution would be found to preserve the richness of our cultures and know-how and not leave them solely in the hands of dropshipping (an immediate consequence already triggered).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549655_en"}, {"id": 33549653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:18:02", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Barro Vivo", "feedback": "I have recently started a very small handmade ceramics business in Portugal. My sales volumes are still low, and the amount of packaging I place on the market is extremely small. I would like to sell my products to customers across the EU through my online shop. However, the packaging EPR requirements under the PPWR make this increasingly difficult for a microbusiness like mine. Having to understand, register and comply with separate systems in each Member State potentially including registration fees, reporting requirements, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives is simply disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. For a small maker, even one or two orders to another EU country can create administrative and financial obligations that are worth far more than the value of the sales themselves. As a direct result, I am now limiting the countries to which I sell. Instead of enabling a small European business to grow within the Single Market, these requirements are effectively creating barriers to cross-border trade. I strongly support environmental responsibility and I am willing to contribute fairly towards the packaging I place on the market. The issue is not the environmental contribution itself, but the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created by having to comply separately in every Member State. I believe there should be a simple EU-wide system for microbusinesses and small-volume sellers, or at minimum a meaningful de minimis threshold below which businesses can report and pay their packaging contribution through their home Member State. Without such a solution, many small makers and independent businesses will simply stop selling across EU borders. This limits their ability to grow and reduces choice for European consumers which seems contrary to the idea of a European Single Market. Please consider the practical impact of these rules on microbusinesses when implementing the PPWR.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have recently started a very small handmade ceramics business in Portugal. My sales volumes are still low, and the amount of packaging I place on the market is extremely small. I would like to sell my products to customers across the EU through my online shop. However, the packaging EPR requirements under the PPWR make this increasingly difficult for a microbusiness like mine. Having to understand, register and comply with separate systems in each Member State potentially including registration fees, reporting requirements, producer responsibility organisations and authorised representatives is simply disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. For a small maker, even one or two orders to another EU country can create administrative and financial obligations that are worth far more than the value of the sales themselves. As a direct result, I am now limiting the countries to which I sell. Instead of enabling a small European business to grow within the Single Market, these requirements are effectively creating barriers to cross-border trade. I strongly support environmental responsibility and I am willing to contribute fairly towards the packaging I place on the market. The issue is not the environmental contribution itself, but the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created by having to comply separately in every Member State. I believe there should be a simple EU-wide system for microbusinesses and small-volume sellers, or at minimum a meaningful de minimis threshold below which businesses can report and pay their packaging contribution through their home Member State. Without such a solution, many small makers and independent businesses will simply stop selling across EU borders. This limits their ability to grow and reduces choice for European consumers which seems contrary to the idea of a European Single Market. Please consider the practical impact of these rules on microbusinesses when implementing the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549653_en"}, {"id": 33549652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:17:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: PPWR and EPR: proportionality and the burden on European micro-businesses Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of a very small independent business in the Netherlands, and as one of many micro-business owners concerned about the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), particularly the extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements affecting small businesses selling directly to consumers across EU Member States. I want to begin by making clear that I support the objectives of the PPWR. Reducing unnecessary packaging, reducing waste and encouraging businesses to take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market are all worthwhile goals. Small businesses are not opposed to these objectives. In many cases, we already minimize packaging because it makes environmental and economic sense. My concern is the proportionality of the compliance system being created around those objectives. I have already experienced a relatively simple EPR registration process myself. For Germany, I registered through the Lucid system. The registration was straightforward and the fee was small enough that it presented no meaningful barrier to my business. I have no objection to this kind of reasonable, proportionate responsibility. The problem arises when this becomes a requirement to navigate multiple national systems, potentially pay substantial fixed fees in each Member State, comply with different registration and reporting procedures, and potentially appoint an authorised representative in every country in which a small business makes distance sales. For a micro-business, this is an enormous administrative and financial burden. In researching the requirements applicable to my business, I have encountered annual costs ranging from approximately 350 to more than 1,200 depending on the Member State, before considering additional administrative costs or the potential cost of authorised representatives. These are not costs proportional to the small quantity of packaging involved. They are largely fixed costs associated with accessing the market. A multinational retailer can absorb such costs through dedicated compliance departments, accountants and legal advisers. A micro-business cannot. For a sole trader or very small company, the owner is the designer, manufacturer, purchaser, inventory manager, marketer, customer-service department, accountant and compliance officer. Adding multiple national EPR systems does not simply create another form to complete. It can require a significant amount of time and money simply to remain legally able to make small numbers of sales to customers elsewhere in the EU. The distinction between a large retailer and a micro-business is particularly important here. The PPWR is addressing genuine problems associated with excessive packaging and large-scale commerce. We have all seen examples of products being shipped in packaging vastly larger than necessary, or of highly packaged retail goods. Those problems deserve attention. But the same compliance architecture can have very different consequences when applied to a small independent jeweller, leatherworker, gem cutter, designer, specialist supplier or other micro-enterprise. These businesses can be commercially successful without ever approaching the scale of a multinational retailer. Even a successful small design business such as my own would not have the financial or administrative capacity to absorb hundreds or more than a thousand euros in fixed EPR costs for every Member State in which it might have a customer. The result is a serious risk of discouraging exactly the kind of small cross-border commerce that the European single market is intended to facilitate. In my own case, the uncertainty and anticipated cost of compliance have contributed to my decision to place my online shop into vacation mode rather than continue selling under the current conditions. This is not because I object to resp", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: PPWR and EPR: proportionality and the burden on European micro-businesses Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of a very small independent business in the Netherlands, and as one of many micro-business owners concerned about the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), particularly the extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements affecting small businesses selling directly to consumers across EU Member States. I want to begin by making clear that I support the objectives of the PPWR. Reducing unnecessary packaging, reducing waste and encouraging businesses to take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market are all worthwhile goals. Small businesses are not opposed to these objectives. In many cases, we already minimize packaging because it makes environmental and economic sense. My concern is the proportionality of the compliance system being created around those objectives. I have already experienced a relatively simple EPR registration process myself. For Germany, I registered through the Lucid system. The registration was straightforward and the fee was small enough that it presented no meaningful barrier to my business. I have no objection to this kind of reasonable, proportionate responsibility. The problem arises when this becomes a requirement to navigate multiple national systems, potentially pay substantial fixed fees in each Member State, comply with different registration and reporting procedures, and potentially appoint an authorised representative in every country in which a small business makes distance sales. For a micro-business, this is an enormous administrative and financial burden. In researching the requirements applicable to my business, I have encountered annual costs ranging from approximately 350 to more than 1,200 depending on the Member State, before considering additional administrative costs or the potential cost of authorised representatives. These are not costs proportional to the small quantity of packaging involved. They are largely fixed costs associated with accessing the market. A multinational retailer can absorb such costs through dedicated compliance departments, accountants and legal advisers. A micro-business cannot. For a sole trader or very small company, the owner is the designer, manufacturer, purchaser, inventory manager, marketer, customer-service department, accountant and compliance officer. Adding multiple national EPR systems does not simply create another form to complete. It can require a significant amount of time and money simply to remain legally able to make small numbers of sales to customers elsewhere in the EU. The distinction between a large retailer and a micro-business is particularly important here. The PPWR is addressing genuine problems associated with excessive packaging and large-scale commerce. We have all seen examples of products being shipped in packaging vastly larger than necessary, or of highly packaged retail goods. Those problems deserve attention. But the same compliance architecture can have very different consequences when applied to a small independent jeweller, leatherworker, gem cutter, designer, specialist supplier or other micro-enterprise. These businesses can be commercially successful without ever approaching the scale of a multinational retailer. Even a successful small design business such as my own would not have the financial or administrative capacity to absorb hundreds or more than a thousand euros in fixed EPR costs for every Member State in which it might have a customer. The result is a serious risk of discouraging exactly the kind of small cross-border commerce that the European single market is intended to facilitate. In my own case, the uncertainty and anticipated cost of compliance have contributed to my decision to place my online shop into vacation mode rather than continue selling under the current conditions. This is not because I object to resp", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549652_en"}, {"id": 33549651, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:16:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rohwoll-Kampagne", "feedback": "Guten Tag, Auch ich habe ein Kleingewerbe, das nun durch das neue Verpackungsgesetz gezwungen ist, wie die meisten meiner Mitbewerber, den Versand in die EU -Staaten aufzugeben. Für uns Kleingewerbler ist es finanziell unmöglich, für jedes Land europaweit einen Bevollmächtigten zu bezahlen. Dabei ist die EU doch gegründet worden, um Handelsbarrieren abzuschaffen? Ich bitte sie, eine für die Kleingewerbler praxistaugliche Regelungen zu schaffen. Denn nur dadurch bleibt die kulturelle Vielfalt der regionalen Kleingewerbe erhalten. Vielen Dank, dass sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, meinen Einwand zu lesen. Freundliche Grüße, Katrin Sonnemann, Autorin \"Schafwolle Verarbeiten\", 2023, Ulmer Verlag", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I also have a small business, which is now forced by the new Packaging Act, like most of my competitors, to give up shipping to EU countries. For us small traders, it is financially impossible to pay an authorised representative for each country across Europe. Has the EU been set up to remove trade barriers? I would ask you to put in place practical arrangements for small-scale farmers. This is the only way to preserve the cultural diversity of regional small businesses. Thank you for taking the time to read my objection. Best regards, Katrin Sonnemann, Author “Sheepwool Processing”, 2023, Ulmer Verlag", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549651_en"}, {"id": 33549650, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:15:54", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Abysso Atelier Natalia Kołtun", "feedback": "I feel like these new regulations are being too harsh on small businesses, that send only a few packages a year to other eu countries and will no longer be able to profit from trading inside the eu. I already saw a lot of businesses closing their sales outside the borders of their home country, including myself. We're being expected to pay an enormous fee to sell in each country separately, so to be able to sell in all the eu it would cost thousands. For a big company it may be just a pocket change, but for an independent creator it feels like the borders are being closed for trade, so the whole purpose of the eu is now being lost. I would suggest unifying these systems across the eu, so the fee is only paid once, or exempting from the fee the sellers that don't produce as much packaging/make less than a certain amount from their trade and also somehow reward the ones, that only use biodegradable and reusable packaging. Or let traders from outside the eu pay those fees, and leave trade inside in eu open as it used to be.", "feedbackEnglish": "I feel like these new regulations are being too harsh on small businesses, that send only a few packages a year to other eu countries and will no longer be able to profit from trading inside the eu. I already saw a lot of businesses closing their sales outside the borders of their home country, including myself. We're being expected to pay an enormous fee to sell in each country separately, so to be able to sell in all the eu it would cost thousands. For a big company it may be just a pocket change, but for an independent creator it feels like the borders are being closed for trade, so the whole purpose of the eu is now being lost. I would suggest unifying these systems across the eu, so the fee is only paid once, or exempting from the fee the sellers that don't produce as much packaging/make less than a certain amount from their trade and also somehow reward the ones, that only use biodegradable and reusable packaging. Or let traders from outside the eu pay those fees, and leave trade inside in eu open as it used to be.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549650_en"}, {"id": 33549647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:14:31", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Illustrator in the UK", "feedback": "Im writing as a solo, self-employed illustrator running a small online shop that ships physical goods (prints, stickers, small paper products) to customers across many countries, including several EU member states. I want to flag the disproportionate impact this initiative will have on businesses like mine. The core problem: compliance scales with country count, not with size. Extended Producer Responsibility registration is designed with manufacturers and large-volume sellers in mind. But under the current proposal, any business placing packaged goods on the EU market, including a sole trader posting a handful of parcels a month, appears to need to register separately in each member state it ships to, each with its own portal, fee schedule, reporting cadence, and packaging-data format. For a business shipping to twenty customers in one country and two in another, the administrative burden per shipment is identical to a multinationals, but the revenue to absorb it is not. There is no proposed exemption for very low packaging volumes. A single-person creative business selling a few dozen small items a month internationally is treated procedurally the same as a company placing tonnes of packaging on the market. This is likely to push micro-sellers to simply stop shipping to the EU altogether, reducing consumer choice and harming the independent creator economy rather than meaningfully improving packaging circularity. In practice, I already spend meaningful unpaid time each month working out customs and compliance requirements for modest international orders. Multiplying that across a growing list of national registers, each requiring separate registration, potential local representation, and ongoing reporting, is not something a one-person business can realistically sustain. The likely outcome is not better compliance; its small EU-facing sellers withdrawing from the EU market entirely, which undermines the single market rather than strengthening it.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im writing as a solo, self-employed illustrator running a small online shop that ships physical goods (prints, stickers, small paper products) to customers across many countries, including several EU member states. I want to flag the disproportionate impact this initiative will have on businesses like mine. The core problem: compliance scales with country count, not with size. Extended Producer Responsibility registration is designed with manufacturers and large-volume sellers in mind. But under the current proposal, any business placing packaged goods on the EU market, including a sole trader posting a handful of parcels a month, appears to need to register separately in each member state it ships to, each with its own portal, fee schedule, reporting cadence, and packaging-data format. For a business shipping to twenty customers in one country and two in another, the administrative burden per shipment is identical to a multinationals, but the revenue to absorb it is not. There is no proposed exemption for very low packaging volumes. A single-person creative business selling a few dozen small items a month internationally is treated procedurally the same as a company placing tonnes of packaging on the market. This is likely to push micro-sellers to simply stop shipping to the EU altogether, reducing consumer choice and harming the independent creator economy rather than meaningfully improving packaging circularity. In practice, I already spend meaningful unpaid time each month working out customs and compliance requirements for modest international orders. Multiplying that across a growing list of national registers, each requiring separate registration, potential local representation, and ongoing reporting, is not something a one-person business can realistically sustain. The likely outcome is not better compliance; its small EU-facing sellers withdrawing from the EU market entirely, which undermines the single market rather than strengthening it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549647_en"}, {"id": 33549649, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:11:49", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Representatives of the European Commission, I am submitting this contribution as the spouse of a self-employed artisan who operates in the European Single Market through digital platforms (marketplaces). As an active participant in the day-to-day management and support of our households livelihood, I would like to express my deep concern and dissatisfaction with the current proposal for the PPWR technical regulation. It is essential to recognize that, in the post-COVID era, the economic landscape has changed radically. Instability in the labor market has led thousands of European citizens to reinvent themselves, turning to crafts, digital platforms, and small-scale e-commerce as a vital source of income for their families. While we fully share the European Unions environmental values, the current framework of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules for shipping packaging threatens to stifle these small family-run businesses. I formally request that the European Commission address the following urgent concerns before adopting this implementing act: 1. Financial Unfeasibility for Artisan Families: Requiring a small artisan to hire intermediaries or legal representatives, even if only for some of the 27 countries to which they make occasional shipments, is economically unsustainable. The required annual fixed costs would far exceed the profit generated by international sales, destroying a hard-earned family income. 2. Lack of a Fair Exemption Threshold (De Minimis): It is disproportionate for an independent micro-producer who makes sporadic, very low-volume shipments to face the same bureaucracy, fees, and obligations as a large multinational retailer. Without a minimum exemption threshold based on weight or annual order volume, the regulation severely penalizes those who are most vulnerable. 3. Paradoxical Penalization of Used Packaging Reuse: For thousands of European creators and micro-producers, the reuse of old boxes and third-party shipping materials has always been an absolute priority and a genuinely eco-friendly practice. However, the PPWR penalizes this circular economy practice. Without invoices from approved suppliers to prove prior registration and without the capacity to implement industrial reverse logistics systems, the law requires all micro-producers who use this reuse system to declare these used boxes as new single-use packaging. Additionally, future requirements for harmonized labeling make the use of recycled cardboard nearly impossible. This bureaucratic rigidity will, ironically, force the purchase of new boxes solely to comply with administrative requirements, generating more waste. 4. The Urgency of a Centralized and Delegated Solution: The implementing regulation must ensure that marketplaces assume the full administrative burden. Legal compliance must be achieved through delegation: platforms must record and report waste flows on an aggregated basis, allowing artisans to pay only the eco-tax proportional to their sales, without having to manage 27 different national registries individually. If the European Commission does not adopt a radical simplification for micro-businesses and artisans, the actual impact will be the opposite of what is intended: the destruction of local circular practices, the elimination of diversity in the digital market, and the forced closure of small family businesses created in the post-COVID era to ensure household livelihoods. I appreciate your attention to this appeal and sincerely hope that the European Commission will protect the families that depend on independent craftsmanship and support true sustainability.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Representatives of the European Commission, I am submitting this contribution as the spouse of a self-employed artisan who operates in the European Single Market through digital platforms (marketplaces). As an active participant in the day-to-day management and support of our households livelihood, I would like to express my deep concern and dissatisfaction with the current proposal for the PPWR technical regulation. It is essential to recognize that, in the post-COVID era, the economic landscape has changed radically. Instability in the labor market has led thousands of European citizens to reinvent themselves, turning to crafts, digital platforms, and small-scale e-commerce as a vital source of income for their families. While we fully share the European Unions environmental values, the current framework of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules for shipping packaging threatens to stifle these small family-run businesses. I formally request that the European Commission address the following urgent concerns before adopting this implementing act: 1. Financial Unfeasibility for Artisan Families: Requiring a small artisan to hire intermediaries or legal representatives, even if only for some of the 27 countries to which they make occasional shipments, is economically unsustainable. The required annual fixed costs would far exceed the profit generated by international sales, destroying a hard-earned family income. 2. Lack of a Fair Exemption Threshold (De Minimis): It is disproportionate for an independent micro-producer who makes sporadic, very low-volume shipments to face the same bureaucracy, fees, and obligations as a large multinational retailer. Without a minimum exemption threshold based on weight or annual order volume, the regulation severely penalizes those who are most vulnerable. 3. Paradoxical Penalization of Used Packaging Reuse: For thousands of European creators and micro-producers, the reuse of old boxes and third-party shipping materials has always been an absolute priority and a genuinely eco-friendly practice. However, the PPWR penalizes this circular economy practice. Without invoices from approved suppliers to prove prior registration and without the capacity to implement industrial reverse logistics systems, the law requires all micro-producers who use this reuse system to declare these used boxes as new single-use packaging. Additionally, future requirements for harmonized labeling make the use of recycled cardboard nearly impossible. This bureaucratic rigidity will, ironically, force the purchase of new boxes solely to comply with administrative requirements, generating more waste. 4. The Urgency of a Centralized and Delegated Solution: The implementing regulation must ensure that marketplaces assume the full administrative burden. Legal compliance must be achieved through delegation: platforms must record and report waste flows on an aggregated basis, allowing artisans to pay only the eco-tax proportional to their sales, without having to manage 27 different national registries individually. If the European Commission does not adopt a radical simplification for micro-businesses and artisans, the actual impact will be the opposite of what is intended: the destruction of local circular practices, the elimination of diversity in the digital market, and the forced closure of small family businesses created in the post-COVID era to ensure household livelihoods. I appreciate your attention to this appeal and sincerely hope that the European Commission will protect the families that depend on independent craftsmanship and support true sustainability.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549649_en"}, {"id": 33549648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:09:26", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "JeroDesigns", "feedback": "Feedback from a small cross-border EU business I am a small sole trader established in the Netherlands, selling my own products directly to consumers across the EU. My packaging quantities are extremely small, typically only a few kilograms per Member State per year. My main concern is the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in each Member State where this is required. For a micro-business, the fixed costs of these representatives can be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging placed on the market. For example, I am currently being quoted approximately 274 per year for an authorised representative in Germany alone, while I may only send a small number of parcels there each year. If similar costs apply across multiple Member States, selling throughout the EU could result in thousands of euros in annual compliance costs, despite placing only a few kilograms of packaging on each market. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade for micro-enterprises. A large company can absorb these fixed costs, while a small business may simply have to stop selling to consumers in other EU countries. I strongly encourage the Commission to consider a simplified or exempt regime for micro-producers, for example below 100 kg or 1 tonne of packaging per Member State, particularly regarding the requirement for separate authorised representatives. Alternatively, a single EU-wide authorised representative or centralised EU registration system would greatly reduce this burden. I support the environmental objectives of EPR, and I am willing to report my packaging quantities and pay appropriate recycling contributions. However, compliance costs should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market and should not make cross-border trade economically unviable for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from a small cross-border EU business I am a small sole trader established in the Netherlands, selling my own products directly to consumers across the EU. My packaging quantities are extremely small, typically only a few kilograms per Member State per year. My main concern is the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in each Member State where this is required. For a micro-business, the fixed costs of these representatives can be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging placed on the market. For example, I am currently being quoted approximately 274 per year for an authorised representative in Germany alone, while I may only send a small number of parcels there each year. If similar costs apply across multiple Member States, selling throughout the EU could result in thousands of euros in annual compliance costs, despite placing only a few kilograms of packaging on each market. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade for micro-enterprises. A large company can absorb these fixed costs, while a small business may simply have to stop selling to consumers in other EU countries. I strongly encourage the Commission to consider a simplified or exempt regime for micro-producers, for example below 100 kg or 1 tonne of packaging per Member State, particularly regarding the requirement for separate authorised representatives. Alternatively, a single EU-wide authorised representative or centralised EU registration system would greatly reduce this burden. I support the environmental objectives of EPR, and I am willing to report my packaging quantities and pay appropriate recycling contributions. However, compliance costs should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market and should not make cross-border trade economically unviable for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549648_en"}, {"id": 33549646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:07:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hallo, wir haben ein Kleinstunternehmen und Versenden unsere Produkte auch Europaweit. Durch diese neue Verordnung wird uns die möglichkeit genommen unsere Produkte weiter innerhalb Europa`s zuversenden. Ich habe das Gefühl das es von der EU es nicht gewollt ist, das Kleinstunternehmen weiter Exesetieren. Der EU Binnenmarkt wurde doch geschaffen, Unternehmen, egal welcher Art, den Warenhandel zuerleichtern. Leider werden, Verordnungen erlassen, die besonders klein/kleinst Unternehmen es fast unmöglich machen handel in Europa zu betreiben. leider wird es nichts ändern wenn man seine Bedanken dazu Äusert. Aber ich hoffe das es für klein/kleinstunternehmen Regelungen geben wird, die dies wieder ermöglichen. Denn diese Unternehmen sind sehr Wertvoll und erhaltenswert. In der Hoffnung auf Einsicht der EU Komission. Gruss helmut Krizsan", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, we have a micro-enterprise and we also send our products across Europe. With this new regulation, we will be deprived of the possibility of sending our products further within Europe. I have the feeling that the EU does not want the micro-enterprise to continue exeating. The EU single market was created to make it easier for businesses of all kinds to trade goods. Unfortunately, regulations are being adopted which make it almost impossible for small businesses to trade in Europe. But I hope there will be rules for small/small businesses to make this possible again. This is because these companies are very valuable and worth preserving. Hoping to see the European Commission. Gruss Helmut Krizsan", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549646_en"}, {"id": 33549643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:04:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Anja Lampert", "feedback": "Ich verfolge die neue PPWR seit ihrem Inkrafttreten im Februar 2025 und war seitdem in Sorge, was das für mich als Kleinunternehmerin und Onlinehändlerin bedeuten wird. Besonders hatte ich die Regelung mit dem verpflichtenden Bevollmächtigten für jedes EU-Land, in das ich Pakete versende, im Auge, in der Hoffnung, dass sich diesbezüglich noch etwas ändern würde bis zum Beginn der Geltung morgen am 12.8.2026. Leider war das nicht der Fall. Für mich im speziellen Fall bedeutet das, dass ich vorerst den Versand in alle EU-Staaten, in die ich bisher Versand angeboten habe, mit morgigem Datum einstellen werde. Falls bei der Abstimmung am 1.10.2026 keine Ausnahmeregelungen bezüglich der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Kleinunternehmer*innen beschlossen wird, werde ich wohl oder übel in den sauren Apfel beißen und die Ausgaben machen, die ich für den deutschen Markt brauche, um zumindest dorthin weiter verschicken zu können und nicht den Teil meines Umsatzes zu verlieren, den ich mit Kundinnen aus Deutschland mache (ca 15 % meines Umsatzes). Trotzdem verliere ich den Umsatz aus allen anderen EU Ländern auch für die Zukunft und zukünftige Marktentwicklungen. Es tut mir auch für meine Kund*innen leid - ich habe ein sehr spezialisiertes Angebot an Handstickerei- und Textilkunstmaterialien, für das ich teilweise die einzige Anbieterin in der EU bin. Meine Kund*innen werden also wieder selber in Japan oder den USA bestellen müssen, was abgesehen von den Kosten und dem Aufwand im Grunde mehr Verpackungsmüll produziert, wie wenn ich die Waren zentral importiere und von Österreich aus innerhalb der EU verschicke - mit minimalem Verpackungsmaterial, das ich sorgfältig auswähle, um meinen ökologischen Fußabdruck so klein wie möglich zu halten. Das war mir auch abseits der Verpackungsverordnung immer schon wichtig. Ich finde es wichtig, auf politischer Ebene dafür zu sorgen, das unnötiger Verpackungsmüll verringert wird und dass es Auflagen und Richtlinien gibt. Gleichzeitig denke ich auch, dass Verordnungen und Richtlinien so gestaltet werden müssen, dass Kleinunternehmer*innen eine realistische, praktische Chance haben, diese umzusetzen, und dass auch darauf Wert gelegt wird, dort den größten Hebel anzusetzen, wo die größten Probleme verursacht werden. Wir alle tragen unser Schärflein bei, keine Frage, aber große und riesige Firmen, die mehr Abfall produzieren und gleichzeitig sowohl budgetär als auch von der Mitarbeiteranzahl her mehr Möglichkeiten haben, die Ursachen zu verändern, die Gebühren (und Strafen) zu zahlen und den bürokratischen Aufwand zu handeln, haben momentan einen klaren Vorteil gegenüber uns allen EPU und KMU, und ich verstehe nicht, wie es so weit kommen konnte. De facto besteht für viele von uns EPU/KMU ab morgen kein freier Warenverkehr mehr in der EU, was doch einer der Grundpfeiler der Europäischen Idee ist und war. Es ist mir tatsächlich finanziell unmöglich, für jedes Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu finanzieren, vom Bürokratieaufwand ganz abgesehen (der auch schon in der Vorgängerversion der jetzigen Verpackungsverordnung nicht ohne war und mich auch einige Länder gekostet hat, in die ich gerne versendet hätte, aber aufgrund der bürokratischen Hürden dann aufgegeben habe. Die Länder mit Bagatellregelungen und/oder leichter zugänglichen Regelungen ausgenommen). Ich hoffe inständig, dass Sie für uns EPU und KMU ihre politische Kraft einsetzen, um zumindest die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht auszusetzen. Optimal wären auch Gebühren, die tatsächlichen Kleinstmengen entsprechen für die Entpflichtung wunderbar - ich habe über die letzten Jahre zig Tonnen Müll entpflichtet, den ich bis zu meiner Pensionierung nie erzeugen werde können mit meinem Betrieb. Da wäre auch eine zentrale Regelung (wie der EU OSS für die Ust), die tatsächliche Mengen vergebührt eigentlich eine wichtige Einrichtung.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been following the new PPWR since its entry into force in February 2025 and have been concerned about what this will mean for me as a small entrepreneur and online trader. I was particularly attentive to the system of mandatory plenipotentiaries for each EU country to which I send parcels, hoping that something would change in this regard by the start of application tomorrow, 12.8.2026. This was not the case, unfortunately. For me in the specific case, this means that for the time being I will stop shipping to all EU countries to which I have offered shipping to date. If, at the vote on 1 October 2026, no derogations are adopted from the obligation to appoint representatives for small businesses, I will arguably or badly place myself in the acid apple and make the expenses I need for the German market, at least to be able to continue there and not to lose the part of my turnover that I make with customers from Germany (approximately 15 % of my turnover). Nevertheless, I will lose sales from all other EU countries also for the future and future market developments. I am also sorry to my customers – I have a very specialised offer of hand embroidery and textile materials, some of which I am the only supplier in the EU. So my customers will have to order again themselves in Japan or the USA, which, apart from the costs and effort involved, essentially produces more packaging waste, as if I imported the goods centrally and ship them from Austria within the EU – with minimal packaging material, which I carefully select in order to minimise my environmental footprint. This has always been important to me beyond the Packaging Ordinance. I believe it is important to ensure at political level that unnecessary packaging waste is reduced and that there are requirements and directives. At the same time, I also think that regulations and directives must be designed in such a way that small businesses have a realistic and practical chance of implementing them, and that emphasis is also placed on using the greatest lever where the greatest problems are caused. We all contribute our strength, no question, but large and huge companies that produce more waste and at the same time have more possibilities, both in budgetary terms and in terms of staff numbers, to change the causes, pay the fees (and penalties) and act on the bureaucratic burden, currently have a clear advantage vis-à-vis all EPUs and SMEs, and I do not understand how far it has come. In fact, many of us EPU/SMEs will no longer have free movement of goods in the EU tomorrow, which is and has been one of the cornerstones of the European idea. It is in fact financially impossible for me to finance an authorised representative for each Land, quite apart from the bureaucratic burden (which was not without it even in the previous version of the current Packaging Ordinance and which also cost me some Länder to which I would have liked to send but which then abandoned due to the bureaucratic hurdles). Excluding countries with de minimis and/or more accessible rules). I sincerely hope that you will use your political power for us EPU and SMEs to suspend at least the obligation to have a proxy. Ideally, fees corresponding to actual very small quantities would also be wonderful for the exemption – over the last few years I have discharged tens of tonnes of waste that I will never be able to generate with my business until I retire. There would also be a centralised system (such as the EU OSS for the VAT), which actually charges a fee for actual quantities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549643_en"}, {"id": 33549642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:03:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going to prevent all the micro businesses, artists and creators with no big revenue who send small amounts of packages to other countries each year from doing business across borders. For those people the planned regulations are not reasonable, and I don't understand why there seems to be a total disregard of the inequity this is going to create. Small businesses need to be valued and cherished, because they are an important part of the exchange that makes the EU an actual union. Each one might be small, but the sum of them are an important part of our economy that you seem to ignore completely. Applying the same regulations to everyone with no regard to the circumstances will take out small businesses while huge companies just shrug it off, and I ask you to turn those plans into something that is fair for everyone. It's a good thing that we care about the waste that comes through packaging, but the rules must be reasonable for every size of business and I ask you to find a solution that allows everyone to sell their goods all over Europe without hurdles that put the smallest ones into disadvantage that's finally smashing them.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to prevent all the micro businesses, artists and creators with no big revenue who send small amounts of packages to other countries each year from doing business across borders. For those people the planned regulations are not reasonable, and I don't understand why there seems to be a total disregard of the inequity this is going to create. Small businesses need to be valued and cherished, because they are an important part of the exchange that makes the EU an actual union. Each one might be small, but the sum of them are an important part of our economy that you seem to ignore completely. Applying the same regulations to everyone with no regard to the circumstances will take out small businesses while huge companies just shrug it off, and I ask you to turn those plans into something that is fair for everyone. It’s a good thing that we care about the waste that comes through packaging, but the rules must be reasonable for every size of business and I ask you to find a solution that allows everyone to sell their goods all over Europe without Hurdles that put the smallest ones into disadvantage that’s finally smashing them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549642_en"}, {"id": 33549641, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:02:46", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please CONSIDER adding a minimum threshold or exemption, because I'm not operating on the same level as Amazon, Temu, Shein, Alibaba, AliExpress, and other multinational companies. I'm a small business owner, ONE PERSON handmaking and illustrating my products. I can't simply lay off employees or skip giving raises to cover registration and representative fees, because there is ONLY ME in my company. I don't have a legal or administrative department to handle registrations in every single country. I'm the only person running this business. I'm not effin Amazon or Temu with slaves. This is my job. This is my livelihood. This is what puts bread on my table and pays my bills, allowing me to live and work within the EU. The European Union was supposed to make it easier for citizens to do business, travel, and live across member states. Now, my future feels uncertain. If I want to comply with every requirement legally, the burden will become IMPOSSIBLE to handle. Until now, I have always tried to follow the rules. But the \"Packaging and Packaging Waste Rules on National Registers of Producers\" regulation is placing an overwhelming burden on me and many other small businesses, effectively CUTTING US OFF from selling to customers in other EU countries, our own neighbours... Insane. Please do not design regulations only with large corporations in mind. Small businesses and independent creators deserve a realistic path to compliance too... We, the small ones are the ones already recycling as much packages as we can....", "feedbackEnglish": "Please CONSIDER adding a minimum threshold or exemption, because I'm not operating on the same level as Amazon, Temu, Shein, Alibaba, AliExpress, and other multinational companies. I'm a small business owner, ONE PERSON handmaking and illustrating my products. I can't simply lay off employees or skip giving raises to cover registration and representative fees, because there is ONLY ME in my company. I don't have a legal or administrative department to handle registrations in every single country. I'm the only person running this business. I'm not effin Amazon or Temu with slaves. This is my job. This is my livelihood. This is what puts bread on my table and pays my bills, allowing me to live and work within the EU. The European Union was supposed to make it easier for citizens to do business, travel, and live across member states. Now, my future feels uncertain. If I want to comply with every requirement legally, the burden will become IMPOSSIBLE to handle. Until now, I have always tried to follow the rules. But the \"Packaging and Packaging Waste Rules on National Registers of Producers\" regulation is placing an overwhelming burden on me and many other small businesses, effectively CUTTING US OFF from selling to customers in other EU countries, our own neighbours... Insane. Please do not design regulations only with large corporations in mind. Small businesses and independent creators deserve a realistic path to compliance too... We, the small ones are the ones already recycling as much packages as we can....", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549641_en"}, {"id": 33549640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:02:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small jewelry-making business in the Netherlands. I am the artist and the maker and the sales person. Not long ago I opened a small shop in Amsterdam, to help city visitors find better souvenirs and help them to know the good sides of Amsterdam. My shop and my business depend on the orders that come from around the world. I have a few orders from every EU country every year. With this new legislation it stops making sense to serve people with my art. I do not know what the reason to create such burden on the creative people is. Huge companies, who can deal with this sort of extra cost and pressure, do not create art. They steal and reuse. We, the small people, create new things, from our childhood traumas and immigration experiences. It is insane to me that this law would treat the artists and the corporations the same.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small jewelry-making business in the Netherlands. I am the artist and the maker and the sales person. Not long ago I opened a small shop in Amsterdam, to help city visitors find better souvenirs and help them to know the good sides of Amsterdam. My shop and my business depend on the orders that come from around the world. I have a few orders from every EU country every year. With this new legislation it stops making sense to serve people with my art. I do not know what the reason to create such burden on the creative people is. Huge companies, who can deal with this sort of extra cost and pressure, do not create art. They steal and reuse. We, the small people, create new things, from our childhood traumas and immigration experiences. It is insane to me that this law would treat the artists and the corporations the same.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549640_en"}, {"id": 33549638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:01:26", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to highlight the burden for small business owners with this new regulation. Please reformulate an exception for those small businesses so they can still continue with their authentic craftsmanship.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to highlight the burden for small business owners with this new regulation. Please reformulate an exception for those small businesses so they can still continue with their authentic craftsmanship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549638_en"}, {"id": 33549637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 12:00:40", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fantasmagoria", "feedback": "I am writing as a small business owner based in Lithuania to express my serious concern about the practical impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and, in particular, the administrative burden its implementation places on small businesses selling across the European Union. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. Many small European businesses already make conscious choices to use recyclable, reusable, minimal, and environmentally responsible packaging. However, the regulatory system being created around these goals risks punishing precisely the businesses that are already trying to operate responsibly. For a small business, the amount of bureaucracy associated with packaging compliance is becoming disproportionate. Small companies do not have dedicated legal, environmental compliance, and administrative departments. Every hour spent researching national requirements, registering with different systems, submitting reports, paying separate fees, appointing representatives, and understanding different interpretations of EU rules is an hour taken away from designing products, producing them, serving customers, innovating, and creating economic value. The fundamental problem is fragmentation. If packaging is being regulated at EU level, businesses operating within the Single Market should not have to navigate a different administrative system in every Member State. The EU should create one harmonised registration, reporting, and compliance system valid throughout the European Union, particularly for micro and small businesses. The current approach risks undermining one of the fundamental advantages of the European Union: the Single Market. A small Lithuanian business should be able to sell a product to a customer in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, or any other Member State without effectively having to become an expert in 27 different packaging compliance regimes. The burden is also deeply disproportionate.A small business sending relatively small quantities of recyclable packaging across Europe cannot reasonably be expected to carry administrative obligations comparable to those of multinational corporations placing enormous volumes of packaging on the market. At the same time, European small businesses are competing with huge non-EU e-commerce platforms such as Temu and similar marketplaces. If European regulation makes it increasingly expensive and administratively difficult for a small EU producer to sell across borders while mass volumes of inexpensive goods from outside the EU continue to reach European consumers, we risk achieving the opposite of what European policy should encourage. Europe should be supporting its creators, craftspeople, designers, manufacturers, and small independent businessesnot gradually making participation in the Single Market economically unviable for them. Environmental regulation should focus on measurable environmental outcomes, not on creating layers of administration. A business using minimal, recyclable packaging should be encouraged to continue doing so rather than being required to spend an unreasonable amount of time proving its compliance repeatedly across different national systems. I therefore urge the European Commission, the European Parliament, national governments, and the authorities responsible for implementing PPWR to: Create a single EU-wide packaging registration and reporting system, rather than requiring separate registrations and procedures in individual Member States. Introduce meaningful simplifications, exemptions, or de minimis thresholds for micro and small businesses whose packaging volumes are very low. Ensure that requirements are proportionate to the actual amount and environmental impact of packaging placed on the market. Prevent Member States from creating unnecessarily different administrative procedures for businesses operating within the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a small business owner based in Lithuania to express my serious concern about the practical impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and, in particular, the administrative burden its implementation places on small businesses selling across the European Union. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. Many small European businesses already make conscious choices to use recyclable, reusable, minimal, and environmentally responsible packaging. However, the regulatory system being created around these goals risks punishing precisely the businesses that are already trying to operate responsibly. For a small business, the amount of bureaucracy associated with packaging compliance is becoming disproportionate. Small companies do not have dedicated legal, environmental compliance, and administrative departments. Every hour spent researching national requirements, registering with different systems, submitting reports, paying separate fees, appointing representatives, and understanding different interpretations of EU rules is an hour taken away from designing products, producing them, serving customers, innovating, and creating economic value. The fundamental problem is fragmentation. If packaging is being regulated at EU level, businesses operating within the Single Market should not have to navigate a different administrative system in every Member State. The EU should create one harmonised registration, reporting, and compliance system valid throughout the European Union, particularly for micro and small businesses. The current approach risks undermining one of the fundamental advantages of the European Union: the Single Market. A small Lithuanian business should be able to sell a product to a customer in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, or any other Member State without effectively having to become an expert in 27 different packaging compliance regimes. The burden is also deeply disproportionate.A small business sending relatively small quantities of recyclable packaging across Europe cannot reasonably be expected to carry administrative obligations comparable to those of multinational corporations placing enormous volumes of packaging on the market. At the same time, European small businesses are competing with huge non-EU e-commerce platforms such as Temu and similar marketplaces. If European regulation makes it increasingly expensive and administratively difficult for a small EU producer to sell across borders while mass volumes of inexpensive goods from outside the EU continue to reach European consumers, we risk achieving the opposite of what European policy should encourage. Europe should be supporting its creators, craftspeople, designers, manufacturers, and small independent businessesnot gradually making participation in the Single Market economically unviable for them. Environmental regulation should focus on measurable environmental outcomes, not on creating layers of administration. A business using minimal, recyclable packaging should be encouraged to continue doing so rather than being required to spend an unreasonable amount of time proving its compliance repeatedly across different national systems. I therefore urge the European Commission, the European Parliament, national governments, and the authorities responsible for implementing PPWR to: Create a single EU-wide packaging registration and reporting system, rather than requiring separate registrations and procedures in individual Member States. Introduce meaningful simplifications, exemptions, or de minimis thresholds for micro and small businesses whose packaging volumes are very low. Ensure that requirements are proportionate to the actual amount and environmental impact of packaging placed on the market. Prevent Member States from creating unnecessarily different administrative procedures for businesses operating within the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549637_en"}, {"id": 33549636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:58:32", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Meadow yarn", "feedback": "Its frankly impossible for most micro-businesses to comply with this and as a consequence most tiny (sustainable, eco friendly, artisan) EU and third country companies will stop shipping outside their own country and/or into the EU. This cant be the intention surely? Amazon/Temu/shein etc will navigate the process and continue to ship tonnes and tonnes of product (often badly made, badly packaged, not sustainable) but the thoughtful, sustainable, tiny businesses will be lost. This is what we think should happen: * one EV-wide registration * one unified fee * fee proportional to turnover * meaningful exemptions for micro-businesses * less bureaucracy for one-person business.", "feedbackEnglish": "Its frankly impossible for most micro-businesses to comply with this and as a consequence most tiny (sustainable, eco friendly, artisan) EU and third country companies will stop shipping outside their own country and/or into the EU. This cant be the intention surely? Amazon/Temu/shein etc will navigate the process and continue to ship tonnes and tonnes of product (often badly made, badly packaged, not sustainable) but the thoughtful, sustainable, tiny businesses will be lost. This is what we think should happen: * one EV-wide registration * one unified fee * fee proportional to turnover * meaningful exemptions for micro-businesses * less bureaucracy for one-person business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549636_en"}, {"id": 33549635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:58:12", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pyramid Cycle Design", "feedback": "My partner and I run a micro manufacturing business in the UK, making cycling components. A major part of our business is supplying EU-based national cycling federations, professional teams and amateur riders. Our margins are small, because we manufacture everything from scratch in the UK. The mandatory registration and reporting costs and administration time make it impossible for us to continue to sell into the EU, losing a major portion of our business. Please include a de minimis exemption from the EPR requirements for micro businesses, or set up a single registration entity to cover the whole EU, rather than relying on the patchwork of national registration portals.", "feedbackEnglish": "My partner and I run a micro manufacturing business in the UK, making cycling components. A major part of our business is supplying EU-based national cycling federations, professional teams and amateur riders. Our margins are small, because we manufacture everything from scratch in the UK. The mandatory registration and reporting costs and administration time make it impossible for us to continue to sell into the EU, losing a major portion of our business. Please include a de minimis exemption from the EPR requirements for micro businesses, or set up a single registration entity to cover the whole EU, rather than relying on the patchwork of national registration portals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549635_en"}, {"id": 33549634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:57:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "House of Homburg", "feedback": "Feedback zur Umsetzung der EU- Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) Wir sind ein Kleinunternehmen in Deutschland und handeln mit sorgfältig ausgewählten Vintage- und Designobjekten. Unsere Produkte sind überwiegend Einzelstücke, daher versenden wir nur vergleichsweise geringe Mengen und keine standardisierten Waren in großen Stückzahlen. Wir unterstützen die Ziele der PPWR, insbesondere die Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen und die Förderung von Recycling und Wiederverwendung. Die derzeitigen Anforderungen stellen für Kleinstunternehmen wie unseres jedoch eine unverhältnismäßige administrative und finanzielle Belastung dar. Wir sind in Deutschland im Verpackungsregister LUCID registriert und beteiligen unsere Verpackungen an einem dualen System, in unserem Fall \"Der Grüne Punkt\". Die entsprechenden Lizenzentgelte entrichten wir bereits in Deutschland. Beim Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten können jedoch zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde-, Lizenzierungs- und Vertreterpflichten entstehen. Für ein kleines Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Versandmengen bedeutet dies erhebliche zusätzliche Kosten und Bürokratie und kann dazu führen, dass dieselbe Verpackung innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes mehrfach finanziell belastet wird. Wir halten dies für unverhältnismäßig und wünschen uns eine EU-weite Lösung, die Doppelzahlungen und Mehrfachregistrierungen verhindert. Nahezu 70-80% unsere Versandkartons und Verpackungsmaterialien sind gebraucht und werden von und wiederverwandt. Die Wiederverwendung wird jedoch häufig durch großflächige Werbeaufdrucke sowie Aufkleber und Versandlabels erschwert, die sich nicht rückstandslos entfernen lassen. Wenn die EU die Wiederverwendung tatsächlich fördern möchte, sollte sie deshalb auch entsprechende Voraussetzungen schaffen. Verpackungen, Etiketten und Versandlabels sollten so gestaltet sein, dass sie leicht und rückstandslos entfernt werden können. Unsere Vorschläge Wir wünschen uns insbesondere: * vereinfachte Regeln bzw. Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Versandmengen; * keine Mehrfachbelastung derselben Verpackung innerhalb der EU, wenn bereits eine ordnungsgemäße Systembeteiligung erfolgt ist; * eine einzige zentrale EU-Registrierung statt unterschiedlicher nationaler Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten; * keine zusätzlichen Vertreterpflichten bei Kleinstmengen bzw. eine zentrale EU-Lösung hierfür; * konkrete Vorgaben zur Förderung der Wiederverwendung, insbesondere für leicht entfernbare Aufkleber, Versandlabels und Kennzeichnungen. Die zusätzlichen Kosten und der administrative Aufwand haben für uns bereits eine konkrete Konsequenz: Wir sehen uns gezwungen, den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einzustellen. Das ist keine freiwillige unternehmerische Entscheidung. Bei unserem Geschäftsmodell mit wenigen, individuellen Einzelverkäufen stehen die zusätzlichen Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand in keinem Verhältnis zu unseren Versandmengen und unseren Umsätzen. Wir möchten daher nicht weniger Umweltschutz, sondern eine verhältnismäßige, praktikable und für Kleintunternehmen umsetzbare Regulierung. Gerade kleine Unternehmen, die mit gebrauchten Produkten handeln und vorhandene Verpackungen wiederverwenden, sollten durch die PPWR nicht faktisch vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the implementation of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) We are a small business in Germany and trade in carefully selected vintage and design objects. Our products are mostly individual items, so we only send comparatively small quantities and do not send standardised goods in large quantities. We support the objectives of the PPWR, in particular the reduction of packaging waste and the promotion of recycling and reuse. However, the current requirements impose a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises such as ours. We are registered in Germany in the packaging register LUCID and participate in a dual system, in our case Der Grüne Punkt. We already pay the relevant licence fees in Germany. However, additional registration, reporting, licensing and representative obligations may arise when shipped to other EU Member States. For a small company with very small shipping volumes, this means significant additional costs and bureaucracy and can lead to multiple financial burdens on the same packaging within the European single market. We consider this disproportionate and would like to see an EU-wide solution that prevents double payments and multiple registrations. Almost 70-80 % of our shipping boxes and packaging materials are used and re-used by and from. However, reuse is often hampered by large-scale advertising, stickers and shipping labels that cannot be easily removed. Therefore, if the EU really wants to promote re-use, it should also create the right conditions. Packaging, labels and shipping labels should be designed to be easily and readily removable. In particular, we would like to see: * simplified rules or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and very low volumes of shipments; * No multiple loads on the same packaging within the EU if a proper system participation has already taken place; * a single central EU registration instead of different national registration and reporting obligations; * No additional representative duties for small quantities or a central EU solution for this; * specific requirements to promote reuse, in particular for easily removable stickers, shipping labels and labels. The additional costs and administrative burden already have a concrete consequence for us: We are forced to stop shipping to other EU Member States. This is not a voluntary business choice. In our business model with few individual individual sales, the additional costs and administrative burden are disproportionate to our shipping volumes and sales. We therefore do not want less environmental protection, but rather proportionate, workable regulation that can be implemented by small businesses. Small businesses trading in second-hand products and reusing existing packaging should not be de facto excluded from the European internal market by the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549634_en"}, {"id": 33549633, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:57:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich finde die Idee hinter dem PPWR gut aber die Umsetzung dieser Verordnung ist für kleine Händler schwer bis gar nicht umzusetzen..Den Versand in die EU z.B. werde ich ab dem 12.8.26 einstellen müssen da ich mir keine 27 Bevollmächtige und Lizenzen für tausende Euros leisten kann wenn ich nur 20 Pakete EU-Weit versende. Die Idee des gemeinsamen Binnenmarkts wird damit beerdigt, jedenfalls für Kleine und Mittlere Händler.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find the idea behind the PPWR good, but the implementation of this regulation is difficult or even impossible for small traders to implement.For example, I will have to stop shipping to the EU from 12.08.26, as I cannot afford 27 agents and licences for thousands of euros if I send only 20 packages of EU-Weit. The idea of a single market is thus buried, at least for small and medium-sized traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549633_en"}, {"id": 33549632, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:55:56", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sirs, I welcome the introduction of regulations on packaging, but they must be implemented correctly and in a way that is practicable. For example, regarding information on the components that make up the packaging, I believe that this information should be the sole responsibility of the companies that produce such packaging, and they should inform and advise customers to ensure that their consignments comply with the relevant standards. Furthermore, I send parcels on a personal basis and take care to reuse packaging and use recyclable materials; I never use plastic and intend to do the same with my future e-commerce business, but could you please explain to me how I will know what materials make up the packaging that I reuse, and will continue to reuse, in my parcels? How will I have access to this information?? And what about the red tape involved in every shipment? What exactly are they trying to achieve with these measures? To give more power to big companies and sweep the small ones under the carpet? And the fees to be paid in every country within the EU Im sorry, but it makes no sense at all. Does each country decide which rate to apply? Where are the rules when we need them? Who will protect us? With these measures, theyre slamming the door in our faces. We, European citizens and small business owners most of whom are self-sufficient will cease to exist in the face of these new obligations. Our business model was designed with our single market in mind, only for us now to be faced with a very serious setback. They are destroying the livelihoods of thousands of families. I have checked and confirmed that we are still Member States of the European Union, and I am going to remind you of a few points that we are entitled to, given that you seem to have forgotten them: - free movement between Member States - a single currency - equal rights - the single market. We will lose our single market, our economic strength will decline dramatically, and thousands of micro and small businesses will be destroyed, leading to a runaway rise in unemployment across the EU. Sirs, it will be easier and cheaper to send parcels outside the EU! Im in Portugal and if I need to send a parcel to Spain, its cheaper and easier for me to go there in person to deliver it. I was responsible for organising shipments all over the world; I implemented more sustainable solutions for these shipments, reducing waste and using recyclable materials. As a result, I know that it is easier and more cost-effective to ship to Australia and South Korea, for example, than it is to a neighbouring country within the so-called European Union, which makes no sense at all. I appeal to your reason, rationality and humanity. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sirs, I welcome the introduction of regulations on packaging, but they must be implemented correctly and in a way that is practicable. For example, regarding information on the components that make up the packaging, I believe that this information should be the sole responsibility of the companies that produce such packaging, and they should inform and advise customers to ensure that their consignments comply with the relevant standards. Furthermore, I send parcels on a personal basis and take care to reuse packaging and use recyclable materials; I never use plastic and intend to do the same with my future e-commerce business, but could you please explain to me how I will know what materials make up the packaging that I reuse, and will continue to reuse, in my parcels? How will I have access to this information?? And what about the red tape involved in every shipment? What exactly are they trying to achieve with these measures? To give more power to big companies and sweep the small ones under the carpet? And the fees to be paid in every country within the EU Im sorry, but it makes no sense at all. Does each country decide which rate to apply? Where are the rules when we need them? Who will protect us? With these measures, theyre slamming the door in our faces. We, European citizens and small business owners most of whom are self-sufficient will cease to exist in the face of these new obligations. Our business model was designed with our single market in mind, only for us now to be faced with a very serious setback. They are destroying the livelihoods of thousands of families. I have checked and confirmed that we are still Member States of the European Union, and I am going to remind you of a few points that we are entitled to, given that you seem to have forgotten them: - free movement between Member States - a single currency - equal rights - the single market. We will lose our single market, our economic strength will decline dramatically, and thousands of micro and small businesses will be destroyed, leading to a runaway rise in unemployment across the EU. Sirs, it will be easier and cheaper to send parcels outside the EU! Im in Portugal and if I need to send a parcel to Spain, its cheaper and easier for me to go there in person to deliver it. I was responsible for organising shipments all over the world; I implemented more sustainable solutions for these shipments, reducing waste and using recyclable materials. As a result, I know that it is easier and more cost-effective to ship to Australia and South Korea, for example, than it is to a neighbouring country within the so-called European Union, which makes no sense at all. I appeal to your reason, rationality and humanity. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549632_en"}, {"id": 33549631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:52:53", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law benefits big companies and will wipe out small businesses. It needs to be amended. Its ridiculous.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law benefits big companies and will wipe out small businesses. It needs to be amended. Its ridiculous.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549631_en"}, {"id": 33549630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:52:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Weingut Posthof Doll & Göth", "feedback": "Für ein kleines Weingut wie unseres ist die Verpackungsverordnung nicht umsetzbar. Die zusätzliche Bürokratie macht unsere EU Exporte komplett unrentabel, da die Bevollmächtigung für jedes EU Land den Gewinn übersteigt. Kleinen Betrieben wie unseren wird damit der Zugang zum EU Markt erschwert. Unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Krise der Weinwirtschaft ist das ein fatales Signal. Es sollte unbedingt eine Bagatellgrenze nach Umsatz, bzw. nach Mitarbeitern geben. Für Kleinstbetriebe ist die Verordnung nicht praktikabel.", "feedbackEnglish": "For a small vineyard such as ours, the Packaging Regulation cannot be implemented. The additional bureaucracy makes our EU exports completely unprofitable, as the delegation for each EU country exceeds the profit. This makes it difficult for small businesses such as ours to access the EU market. Taking into account the current crisis in the wine sector, this is a disastrous signal. There should be a de minimis threshold for turnover or for staff. For micro-enterprises, the Regulation is not practicable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549630_en"}, {"id": 33549628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:49:46", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DC SciArt", "feedback": "This law is an absolute catastrophe for small businesses, solopreneurs and freelancers, including their customers and clients, the economy of each of the european countries and more. While I understand the need for recycable packaging and more mindful handling of waste, bigger corporations usually cause much more harm in that area and small business owners will be forced to shut down their operations because of the bureaucracy and the additional fees that are impossible to pay. In addition the fear of being potentially fined and doing something wrong by accident will cause people to not even try to find alternatives to big, polluting corporations, not even try to start their own ventures to make a difference in the world. As an artist who wants to sell high quality original paintings to my clients this will make it very hard for me to survive. There is no need to burden the general population and small businesses while trying to control big businesses that pollute and waste materials. Please consider a differentiation and do not put all businesses into one pot. Just like there are categories in sports, competitions, tax paying etc, there should be categories for businesses as well. You ask me here in the feedback form to decide between micro-, small-, medium- and large business, so please have different regulations and laws for those businesses as well. The EU needs to support its citizens and foster connections and cooperation, NOT to divide its memberstates and people. This is not what we signed up for.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is an absolute catastrophe for small businesses, solopreneurs and freelancers, including their customers and clients, the economy of each of the european countries and more. While I understand the need for recycable packaging and more mindful handling of waste, bigger corporations usually cause much more harm in that area and small business owners will be forced to shut down their operations because of the bureaucracy and the additional fees that are impossible to pay. In addition the fear of being potentially fined and doing something wrong by accident will cause people to not even try to find alternatives to big, polluting corporations, not even try to start their own ventures to make a difference in the world. As an artist who wants to sell high quality original paintings to my clients this will make it very hard for me to survive. There is no need to burden the general population and small businesses while trying to control big businesses that pollute and waste materials. Please consider a differentiation and do not put all businesses into one pot. Just like there are categories in sports, competitions, tax paying etc, there should be categories for businesses as well. You ask me here in the feedback form to decide between micro-, small-, medium- and large business, so please have different regulations and laws for those businesses as well. The EU needs to support its citizens and foster connections and cooperation, NOT to divide its memberstates and people. This is not what we signed up for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549628_en"}, {"id": 33549627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:47:43", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand and support the push for more sustainable packaging, but this isn't the right way to do it. All you are doing is putting more pressure on small businesses (who often are more eco conscious, often choosing to spend more on sustainable packaging anyway). Honestly it feels more like a punishment of small companies that often have more sustainable practices in their business. Instead of encouraging more independent creative craftsman and businesses which would benefit the European market and consumers, these strict and expensive requirements now only allow the same big companies to compete. I am an independent jewellery maker and designer, just starting off this year, and as I have slowly seen more sales in Germany and France, I even followed the previous packaging guidelines and registered and paid for the individual packaging licenses which already was a push to my costs. But these new requirements just aren't feasible for me and unfortunately means I have to take my products off the EU market entirely. How can I justify 27 separate licenses and fees AND a representative in some of these countries??!! At least make a joint system to register under for all EU countries, and a separate (reasonable!) list of requirements for small micro businesses. If you really cared about encouraging sustainable packaging and practice, charging people more to do so is not the way to do it!", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand and support the push for more sustainable packaging, but this isn't the right way to do it. All you are doing is putting more pressure on small businesses (who often are more eco conscious, often choosing to spend more on sustainable packaging anyway). Honestly it feels more like a punishment of small companies that often have more sustainable practices in their business. Instead of encouraging more independent creative craftsman and businesses which would benefit the European market and consumers, these strict and expensive requirements now only allow the same big companies to compete. I am an independent jewellery maker and designer, just starting off this year, and as I have slowly seen more sales in Germany and France, I even followed the previous packaging guidelines and registered and paid for the individual packaging licenses which already was a push to my costs. But these new requirements just aren't feasible for me and unfortunately means I have to take my products off the EU market entirely. How can I justify 27 separate licenses and fees AND a representative in some of these countries??!! At least make a joint system to register under for all EU countries, and a separate (reasonable!) list of requirements for small micro businesses. If you really cared about encouraging sustainable packaging and practice, charging people more to do so is not the way to do it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549627_en"}, {"id": 33549625, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:46:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die EU sollte gerade den freien Markt stärken und hierbei insbesondere kleinen Unternehmen helfen, in der ganzen EU zu agieren. Die Anzahl an Vorschriften in der EU, die sich gerade hier als zunehmende verhindernd statt fördernd auswirken, nimmt besorgniserregend schnell zu. Großunternehmen mit eigenen Vertretungen können auf solche Vorschriften reagieren, kleine Unternehmen können dies nicht ermöglichen. Der Vorschlag sollte daher sich nur auf bestimmte Verpackungen beschränken und könnte z.B. für die Entsorgung unkritische Papp- und Papierverpackungen ausnehmen und damit jedem Marktteilnehmer durch Verpackungs- und Produktdesign ungehinderte Teilnahme am Binnenmarkt ermöglichen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU should strengthen the free market in particular by helping small businesses to operate across the EU. The number of regulations in the EU, which are increasingly preventing rather than encouraging, is growing alarmingly fast. Large companies with their own representative offices can react to such rules, but small companies cannot do so. The proposal should therefore be limited to certain packaging and could, for example, exempt non-critical cardboard and paper packaging for disposal, thereby allowing any operator to participate freely in the internal market through packaging and product design.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549625_en"}, {"id": 33549624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:45:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I find it quite sad that a good idea, namely forcing more environmentalresponsibility on merchants, is being translated into something that will kill small businesses (or at least make it considerably harder for them to survive) while big companies will only me marginally affected by this. It seems to be a common theme to have follow reciprocal laws: the hurdles to fight say environmental impact that are put in place scale as the inverse of the size of the business. That means that the impact on big businesses is negligible while it threatens the continuation of smaller ones. The irony is that the environmental impact itself is again opposite. A small ceramic business that ships orders of the magnitude of a couple 100 a year has a near zero negative impact in comparison to companies like Amazon or Aldi. In fact, I dare to say that the small business is even conscious about using only recyclable packagings while I know from experience that the big companies dont. So while the idea is great and needed, it feels like it is taxing the wrong people. Laws like these will push individual small art businesses out of the market and hence out of our society and keep only the big players in. The market will homogenize on a couple of big players and all individualism will be lost - or at least dictated by trends set in place by a few. I strongly belief that there are better ways to fight the ignorance of environmental responsibility. I appreciate the work you do and your engagement to fight the crusade on our environment and climate. But it is of utmost importance to see decisions through to the end with all side effects it will cause. In this case, the loss of so many artists and crafters that cannot finance the new shipping costs. Those artists and crafters shaped our culture and society like no other group. And it always has been the case that they are taxed the most under the mask of fighting for the good cause. Honesty is important; towards others but most of all to oneself. As a final remark I would like to add that I find it sad that this law follows the divide we see in the European Union as regulation can be locally decided however is globally enforced. This will lead to a manifold of different regulations (one for each country) and will add an absurd amount of bureaucracy which of course leads but to the same outcome: the small will fall, the big will simply carry on. Yours sincerely, Donald Huber-Youmans", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I find it quite sad that a good idea, namely forcing more environmentalresponsibility on merchants, is being translated into something that will kill small businesses (or at least make it considerably harder for them to survive) while big companies will only me marginally affected by this. It seems to be a common theme to have follow reciprocal laws: the hurdles to fight say environmental impact that are put in place scale as the inverse of the size of the business. That means that the impact on big businesses is negligible while it threatens the continuation of smaller ones. The irony is that the environmental impact itself is again opposite. A small ceramic business that ships orders of the magnitude of a couple 100 a year has a near zero negative impact in comparison to companies like Amazon or Aldi. In fact, I dare to say that the small business is even conscious about using only recyclable packagings while I know from experience that the big companies dont. So while the idea is great and needed, it feels like it is taxing the wrong people. Laws like these will push individual small art businesses out of the market and hence out of our society and keep only the big players in. The market will homogenize on a couple of big players and all individualism will be lost - or at least dictated by trends set in place by a few. I strongly belief that there are better ways to fight the ignorance of environmental responsibility. I appreciate the work you do and your engagement to fight the crusade on our environment and climate. But it is of utmost importance to see decisions through to the end with all side effects it will cause. In this case, the loss of so many artists and crafters that cannot finance the new shipping costs. Those artists and crafters shaped our culture and society like no other group. And it always has been the case that they are taxed the most under the mask of fighting for the good cause. Honesty is important; towards others but most of all to oneself. As a final remark I would like to add that I find it sad that this law follows the divide we see in the European Union as regulation can be locally decided however is globally enforced. This will lead to a manifold of different regulations (one for each country) and will add an absurd amount of bureaucracy which of course leads but to the same outcome: the small will fall, the big will simply carry on. Yours sincerely, Donald Huber-Youmans", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549624_en"}, {"id": 33549623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:44:10", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, I am deeply concerned about the impact of the new EU packaging regulations on micro-businesses and independent creators. For many of us, a business is literally a one-person operation. We are the designer, maker, photographer, marketer, customer service representative, accountant, packer and shipper all at once. Keeping up with new regulations, registrations, reporting requirements and administrative obligations is already extremely difficult, and the associated costs can be impossible for a very small business to absorb. The problem is not that small creators do not care about packaging waste. Quite the opposite. Many of us already consciously use recycled, recyclable, reused or minimal packaging because we genuinely care about the environmental impact of our businesses. We do this without needing complicated bureaucracy to tell us that unnecessary packaging is a problem. Yet increasingly complex regulations can result in a small creator being treated much like a large company, despite having completely different financial and administrative resources. What is particularly concerning is that discussions about possible solutions for small businesses under this regulation are only starting in October. This is simply too late. Some micro-businesses may not be able to keep operating until October. The regulation is coming into effect while many small businesses are still trying to understand exactly what they are required to do, what registrations are necessary, what fees they may have to pay and what administrative obligations they will face. For a one-person business, this cannot simply be added to the background. Every hour and every euro spent navigating complicated bureaucracy is taken directly away from designing, making, selling and actually running the business. Starting to discuss possible solutions months after the regulation comes into effect makes little sense. Some businesses may already have been forced to stop shipping, stop selling to certain countries, or even close entirely by the time solutions become available. This is particularly concerning for businesses selling internationally. Many small businesses have already had to stop shipping to the US because of tariffs, customs requirements and additional administrative burdens. If complying with EU packaging requirements becomes similarly expensive or complicated across multiple EU countries, some businesses may have no realistic option other than to stop shipping within the EU altogether or close their businesses entirely. This will not only hurt creators and small businesses. Customers will suffer too. People will lose access to independent brands, artists and makers they have discovered and supported. Businesses that remain open may also have to increase prices simply to cover compliance and administrative costs, at a time when customers are already facing inflation and rising living costs. Environmental responsibility should not become something only large companies can afford to comply with. The EU should introduce genuinely proportionate requirements for micro-businesses and sole traders, including simple, affordable and ideally centralised compliance systems, meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for the smallest businesses, and clear guidance that does not require professional legal or compliance support to understand. Most importantly, these solutions need to be available before small businesses are forced to close or stop shipping within the EU. Waiting until October to begin discussing how micro-businesses can realistically comply is not a workable solution for businesses already struggling to keep up. If the objective is to reduce packaging waste, the system should make it easier for small businesses to do the right thing not make responsible small businesses financially unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, I am deeply concerned about the impact of the new EU packaging regulations on micro-businesses and independent creators. For many of us, a business is literally a one-person operation. We are the designer, maker, photographer, marketer, customer service representative, accountant, packer and shipper all at once. Keeping up with new regulations, registrations, reporting requirements and administrative obligations is already extremely difficult, and the associated costs can be impossible for a very small business to absorb. The problem is not that small creators do not care about packaging waste. Quite the opposite. Many of us already consciously use recycled, recyclable, reused or minimal packaging because we genuinely care about the environmental impact of our businesses. We do this without needing complicated bureaucracy to tell us that unnecessary packaging is a problem. Yet increasingly complex regulations can result in a small creator being treated much like a large company, despite having completely different financial and administrative resources. What is particularly concerning is that discussions about possible solutions for small businesses under this regulation are only starting in October. This is simply too late. Some micro-businesses may not be able to keep operating until October. The regulation is coming into effect while many small businesses are still trying to understand exactly what they are required to do, what registrations are necessary, what fees they may have to pay and what administrative obligations they will face. For a one-person business, this cannot simply be added to the background. Every hour and every euro spent navigating complicated bureaucracy is taken directly away from designing, making, selling and actually running the business. Starting to discuss possible solutions months after the regulation comes into effect makes little sense. Some businesses may already have been forced to stop shipping, stop selling to certain countries, or even close entirely by the time solutions become available. This is particularly concerning for businesses selling internationally. Many small businesses have already had to stop shipping to the US because of tariffs, customs requirements and additional administrative burdens. If complying with EU packaging requirements becomes similarly expensive or complicated across multiple EU countries, some businesses may have no realistic option other than to stop shipping within the EU altogether or close their businesses entirely. This will not only hurt creators and small businesses. Customers will suffer too. People will lose access to independent brands, artists and makers they have discovered and supported. Businesses that remain open may also have to increase prices simply to cover compliance and administrative costs, at a time when customers are already facing inflation and rising living costs. Environmental responsibility should not become something only large companies can afford to comply with. The EU should introduce genuinely proportionate requirements for micro-businesses and sole traders, including simple, affordable and ideally centralised compliance systems, meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for the smallest businesses, and clear guidance that does not require professional legal or compliance support to understand. Most importantly, these solutions need to be available before small businesses are forced to close or stop shipping within the EU. Waiting until October to begin discussing how micro-businesses can realistically comply is not a workable solution for businesses already struggling to keep up. If the objective is to reduce packaging waste, the system should make it easier for small businesses to do the right thing not make responsible small businesses financially unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549623_en"}, {"id": 33549622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:41:25", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small stained glass craft business shipping to different countries at times .. my sales are only between £50-100/200 plus postage . I and fellow creatives in France and U.K. cannot afford to retain a representative in each EU country. This ruling seems designed to kill small creative businesses selling outwith their own country. Am I reading this correctly? I am also part of a rural Scottish shop/gallery/ateliers and occasionally we need to ship something back to a purchaser who is flying back home to the eu.. this is now impossible to honour unless the item was over 1500 to make it worthwhile .. however for most people this is not often a holiday purchase amount. please resolve this problem in a clear and fair manner for small businesses (we already get most of our packages by reusing paper, old bubble wrap, recycling it from our customers who bring us their old packaging and some who give us it from other businesses in good condition) I believe creatives should be exempt from these rules as we almost all are resourceful and careful about money and recycling. I have family in Germany and Spain who are subjected to this too, albeit different costs in each country..", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small stained glass craft business shipping to different countries at times .. my sales are only between £50-100/200 plus postage . I and fellow creatives in France and U.K. cannot afford to retain a representative in each EU country. This ruling seems designed to kill small creative businesses selling outwith their own country. Am I reading this correctly? I am also part of a rural Scottish shop/gallery/ateliers and occasionally we need to ship something back to a purchaser who is flying back home to the eu.. this is now impossible to honour unless the item was over 1500 to make it worthwhile .. however for most people this is not often a holiday purchase amount. please resolve this problem in a clear and fair manner for small businesses (we already get most of our packages by reusing paper, old bubble wrap, recycling it from our customers who bring us their old packaging and some who give us it from other businesses in good condition) I believe creatives should be exempt from these rules as we almost all are resourceful and careful about money and recycling. I have family in Germany and Spain who are subjected to this too, albeit different costs in each country..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549622_en"}, {"id": 33549621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:39:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Girassol Beads", "feedback": "I run a microbusiness in the Netherlands selling small craft supplies to customers in different EU countries. I already register where required and pay packaging recycling fees. I am not against EPR or paying for the packaging I put on the market. The problem is that every country has its own system. Even when a very small business only sends a small amount of packaging to a country, it can still need separate registrations, reporting and now also paid authorised representatives. These are fixed yearly costs and they can be much higher than the actual recycling fee for the packaging. For a microbusiness like mine this is a serious problem. If I have to pay separate authorised representative fees in several countries, I will probably have to stop selling to some EU countries completely. If enough important markets become too expensive to serve, it could threaten the viability of my business altogether. This also goes against the idea of the EU Single Market. Small businesses should be able to sell to customers in other EU countries without having to pay hundreds of euros in fixed administrative costs in every country, especially when the actual amount of packaging involved is very small. Larger companies can absorb these costs much more easily, while very small businesses cannot. I would like the Commission to simplify and harmonise producer registration and EPR compliance for micro and small businesses selling across EU borders. There could be one EU-wide registration, one authorised representative covering the EU, mutual recognition between Member States, or a reasonable exemption or threshold for very small packaging volumes. I am not asking to avoid recycling obligations or recycling fees. I am asking that the administrative requirements and especially the authorised representative costs are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging a small business puts on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a microbusiness in the Netherlands selling small craft supplies to customers in different EU countries. I already register where required and pay packaging recycling fees. I am not against EPR or paying for the packaging I put on the market. The problem is that every country has its own system. Even when a very small business only sends a small amount of packaging to a country, it can still need separate registrations, reporting and now also paid authorised representatives. These are fixed yearly costs and they can be much higher than the actual recycling fee for the packaging. For a microbusiness like mine this is a serious problem. If I have to pay separate authorised representative fees in several countries, I will probably have to stop selling to some EU countries completely. If enough important markets become too expensive to serve, it could threaten the viability of my business altogether. This also goes against the idea of the EU Single Market. Small businesses should be able to sell to customers in other EU countries without having to pay hundreds of euros in fixed administrative costs in every country, especially when the actual amount of packaging involved is very small. Larger companies can absorb these costs much more easily, while very small businesses cannot. I would like the Commission to simplify and harmonise producer registration and EPR compliance for micro and small businesses selling across EU borders. There could be one EU-wide registration, one authorised representative covering the EU, mutual recognition between Member States, or a reasonable exemption or threshold for very small packaging volumes. I am not asking to avoid recycling obligations or recycling fees. I am asking that the administrative requirements and especially the authorised representative costs are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging a small business puts on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549621_en"}, {"id": 33549620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:38:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Kunde kaufe ich regelmäßig bei EU-ansäßigen Mikro- und Kleinunternehmen. Viele dieser Betriebe haben jedoch jetzt schon den EU weiten Versand gestopped, weil die Bürokratie und die Kosten für die Verpackungsanmeldung in jedem einzelnen Land nicht tragbar sind. ​Das zerstört den EU-Binnenmarkt für kleine Händler anstelle diesen zu fördern, was dringend nötig wäre. Es braucht dringend eine einfache Ausnahmeregelungen speziell für Mikro- und Kleinunternehmen, damit sie weiterhin bezahlbar und unkompliziert in andere EU-Länder liefern können.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a customer, I regularly buy from micro and small businesses based in the EU. However, many of these businesses have already stopped shipping to a large extent to the EU because the bureaucracy and costs of packaging declaration in each individual country are unsustainable. ​This destroys the EU single market for small traders instead of promoting them, which would be urgently needed. There is an urgent need for simple derogations specifically for micro and small enterprises so that they can continue to deliver to other EU countries in a affordable and straightforward manner.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549620_en"}, {"id": 33549614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:37:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner, independent creator, and customer, I am directly affected by the current rules on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the EU. Mandatory EPR registration fees in each individual member state, combined with complex cross-border bureaucracy, make it practically impossible for small independent businesses and micro-entrepreneurs to sell across EU borders. These overlapping national requirements were designed for large corporations, but they now block the very smallest and most innovative businesses from participating in the Single Market. Instead of encouraging entrepreneurship and cultural diversity, the current system creates prohibitive costs, legal uncertainty, and administrative burdens that are completely disproportionate for micro-entrepreneurs. I therefore urgently call for either: a clear de minimis exemption for very small businesses, or a simplified EU-wide One Stop Shop system specifically designed for micro-entrepreneurs. Without such reforms, small independent businesses will remain shut out of cross-border trade within the EU, undermining both fairness and the idea of a truly single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, independent creator, and customer, I am directly affected by the current rules on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the EU. Mandatory EPR registration fees in each individual member state, combined with complex cross-border bureaucracy, make it practically impossible for small independent businesses and micro-entrepreneurs to sell across EU borders. These overlapping national requirements were designed for large corporations, but they now block the very smallest and most innovative businesses from participating in the Single Market. Instead of encouraging entrepreneurship and cultural diversity, the current system creates prohibitive costs, legal uncertainty, and administrative burdens that are completely disproportionate for micro-entrepreneurs. I therefore urgently call for either: a clear de minimis exemption for very small businesses, or a simplified EU-wide One Stop Shop system specifically designed for micro-entrepreneurs. Without such reforms, small independent businesses will remain shut out of cross-border trade within the EU, undermining both fairness and the idea of a truly single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549614_en"}, {"id": 33549619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:37:43", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Steffi Venturi ", "feedback": "As someone with a small art business, this change will impact me very negatively. I depend most of sales from EU based customers and these extra charges will not sustain many of us small artists. Please reconsider this decision and think about the thousands of small businesses that may no longer be with us due to this change.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone with a small art business, this change will impact me very negatively. I depend most of sales from EU based customers and these extra charges will not sustain many of us small artists. Please reconsider this decision and think about the thousands of small businesses that may no longer be with us due to this change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549619_en"}, {"id": 33549618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:37:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines Handmade-Unternehmen aus dem Rhein-Main-Gebiet und fertigen personalisierte Produkte wie Lasergravuren, Windlichter, Magnete und Geschenkartikel. Viele unserer Produkte sind Einzelstücke oder werden nur in sehr kleinen Stückzahlen verkauft. Grundsätzlich würden wir unsere Produkte gerne auch Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern anbieten. Für einen kleinen Betrieb wie unseren stehen die zusätzlichen Registrierungen, Gebühren und unterschiedlichen nationalen Vorgaben jedoch teilweise in keinem Verhältnis zu den wenigen Bestellungen, die wir aus einzelnen Ländern erhalten würden. Genau das führt am Ende dazu, dass kleine Unternehmen den Versand in bestimmte EU-Länder lieber ausschließen. Nicht weil wir dort nicht verkaufen möchten, sondern weil sich wenige Bestellungen wirtschaftlich schlicht nicht mehr rechnen. Was wir uns wünschen: Eine echte EU-weite Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen. Ein zentrales Portal, einheitliche Vorgaben und vor allem angemessene Freimengen bzw. Bagatellgrenzen für geringe Versandmengen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es kleinen Unternehmen leichter machen, europaweit zu verkaufen und nicht dazu führen, dass wir unsere Liefergebiete immer weiter einschränken müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small handmade company from the Rhine-Main area and ready-made personalised products such as laser engravings, wind lights, magnets and gift items. Many of our products are single items or are sold in very small quantities. In principle, we would also like to offer our products to customers in other EU countries. However, for a small business like ours, the additional registrations, fees and different national requirements are sometimes disproportionate to the few orders we would receive from individual countries. This is precisely what ultimately leads to small businesses preferring to exclude shipments to certain EU countries. Not because we do not want to sell there, but because few orders simply no longer count economically. What we want: A true EU-wide solution for micro-enterprises. A central portal, uniform requirements and, above all, appropriate duty-free allowances or de minimis limits for small consignments. The European single market should make it easier for small businesses to sell across Europe and not lead to ever more restrictions on our supply areas.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549618_en"}, {"id": 33549615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:35:54", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "innerSanctvm", "feedback": "From the perspective of a sole proprietor, the proposed EPR framework risks creating a de facto fragmentation of the EU Single Market. The administrative and financial burden appears out of all proportion for micro, small businesses and sole proprietors. In particular, the possibility of requiring businesses to appoint or maintain a representative in each of the 27 Member States could make cross-border activity prohibitively complex and expensive for the smallest operators, both in direct costs and administration time. This risks creating a situation where, instead of one European market, small businesses effectively face 27 separate national markets, each with additional obligations, administration and costs. Such a development would create a significant barrier to entrepreneurship, innovation and the ability of small organisations to scale across Europe. Rather than strengthening the European project, this risks encouraging a return to national fragmentation and protectionism, precisely the opposite of the openness, competition, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that the Single Market was intended to promote. The impact on larger companies may be manageable, but for a sole proprietor or micro-business, these obligations can determine whether entering another EU market is viable at all. Businesses from small countries face an even more disadvantageous position. If implemented in its current form, the proposal risks weakening the competitiveness of European businesses and pushing Europe further behind other regions of the world economy, and is already fuelling anti-European sentiment. The framework should therefore be substantially simplified and proportionate, with particular protection for micro-enterprises and sole proprietors.", "feedbackEnglish": "From the perspective of a sole proprietor, the proposed EPR framework risks creating a de facto fragmentation of the EU Single Market. The administrative and financial burden appears out of all proportion for micro, small businesses and sole proprietors. In particular, the possibility of requiring businesses to appoint or maintain a representative in each of the 27 Member States could make cross-border activity prohibitively complex and expensive for the smallest operators, both in direct costs and administration time. This risks creating a situation where, instead of one European market, small businesses effectively face 27 separate national markets, each with additional obligations, administration and costs. Such a development would create a significant barrier to entrepreneurship, innovation and the ability of small organisations to scale across Europe. Rather than strengthening the European project, this risks encouraging a return to national fragmentation and protectionism, precisely the opposite of the openness, competition, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that the Single Market was intended to promote. The impact on larger companies may be manageable, but for a sole proprietor or micro-business, these obligations can determine whether entering another EU market is viable at all. Businesses from small countries face an even more disadvantageous position. If implemented in its current form, the proposal risks weakening the competitiveness of European businesses and pushing Europe further behind other regions of the world economy, and is already fuelling anti-European sentiment. The framework should therefore be substantially simplified and proportionate, with particular protection for micro-enterprises and sole proprietors.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549615_en"}, {"id": 33549616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:34:50", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "With this rules you're just destroying people ability to make a living, as artisans and small makers. I'm an illustrator and I was about to open my small shop as I've been out of work for almost 2 years now. With all these regulations, as a micro-business, this means that I won't be able to do so as I simply cannot afford it. Think about it: I cannot afford to pay in order to be able to sell my work. This feels like an utter joke, especially seeing daily ads by Temu, Shein and the usual suspects. Protecting the environment is a priority, but so is allowing people to prosper.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this rules you're just destroying people ability to make a living, as artisans and small makers. I'm an illustrator and I was about to open my small shop as I've been out of work for almost 2 years now. With all these regulations, as a micro-business, this means that I won't be able to do so as I simply cannot afford it. Think about it: I cannot afford to pay in order to be able to sell my work. This feels like an utter joke, especially seeing daily ads by Temu, Shein and the usual suspects. Protecting the environment is a priority, but so is allowing people to prosper.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549616_en"}, {"id": 33549613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:31:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Recycling zu fördern. Aber die aktuellen Anforderungen treffen Kleinstunternehmen und große Konzerne nicht annähernd gleich. Für ein kleines Unternehmen, das nur wenige Pakete bzw. wenige Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial pro Jahr in ein anderes EU-Land versendet, können Registrierung, Gebühren und Bürokratie unverhältnismäßig teuer werden. Das führt in der Praxis dazu, dass kleine Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU einstellen. Die Folgen treffen auch die Verbraucher: Spezialteile, Kunst, handgemachte Produkte und andere Nischenprodukte kleiner Anbieter werden plötzlich nicht mehr in andere EU-Länder verkauft. Damit wird auch für private Kunden die Vielfalt des europäischen Binnenmarktes eingeschränkt. Welche Rechtfertigung gibt es dafür, dass ein Kleinstunternehmen wegen 1 kg Verpackung mit einem bürokratischen Aufwand und einer finanziellen Belastung konfrontiert wird, die in keinem Verhältnis zu einem Großunternehmen mit Tonnen an Verpackungen steht? Das ist keine faire Regulierung, sondern eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung für kleine Unternehmen. Umweltschutz darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus dem Binnenmarkt gedrängt und Verbraucher von dessen Vielfalt ausgeschlossen werden. Es braucht deshalb verhältnismäßige Schwellenwerte und deutlich vereinfachte Regeln für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen. Nicht alle Unternehmen können und dürfen über einen Kamm geschoren werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting recycling. However, the current requirements are not close to those of micro-enterprises and large groups. Registration, fees and bureaucracy can become disproportionately expensive for a small company that sends only a few parcels or a few kilograms of packaging material per year to another EU country. In practice, this leads to small businesses stopping cross-border shipments within the EU. The consequences also affect consumers: Specialty parts, art, handmade products and other niche products from small suppliers are suddenly no longer sold to other EU countries. This also limits the diversity of the European internal market for private customers. What is the justification for a micro-enterprise being faced with a bureaucratic and financial burden due to 1 kg of packaging that is disproportionate to a large company with tons of packaging? This is not fair regulation, but a disproportionate burden for small businesses. Environmental protection must not lead to small businesses being pushed out of the single market and consumers being excluded from its diversity. There is therefore a need for proportionate thresholds and significantly simplified rules for micro-enterprises and small quantities of packaging. Not all companies can and must be chamfered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549613_en"}, {"id": 33549612, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:30:37", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: Rückmeldung zur PPWR Existenzbedrohung für Kleinstgründer durch fehlende De-minimis-Grenzen und Bevollmächtigten-Zwang. Als österreichischer Staatsbürger, der kurz vor der Gründung eines kleinen E-Commerce-Unternehmens steht, muss ich schärfsten Protest gegen die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) einlegen. Die Absicht, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren, ist absolut unterstützenswert. Die reale bürokratische Umsetzung verhindert jedoch die Existenz von Kleinunternehmen im Keim. Konkret zwingt uns das Fehlen einer EU-weiten Geringfügigkeitsgrenze (De-minimis-Exemption), ab dem allerersten grenzüberschreitenden Paket in jedem einzelnen EU-Zielland kostspielige EPR-Registrierungen vorzunehmen. Schlimmer noch: Ohne physischen Sitz im Zielland verlangt das Gesetz die Benennung eines kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten (Authorized Representative). Die Fixkosten dafür belaufen sich auf hunderte Euro pro Land und Jahr. Bei 26 potenziellen Exportländern übersteigt diese bürokratische Hürde das gesamte Startkapital meines Kleinstunternehmens, noch bevor ein einziges Produkt verkauft wurde. Ich fordere die Kommission dringend auf, im Rahmen der Durchführungsrechtsakte eine EU-weit harmonisierte Kleinstunternehmer-Regelung einzuführen sowie ein zentrales \"One-Stop-Shop\"-Registrierungsportal bereitzustellen, um den unbezahlbaren bürokratischen Wildwuchs der nationalen Register zu stoppen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Feedback on the PPWR threat to the survival of micro-founders due to the absence of de minimis limits and plenipotentiary enforcement. As an Austrian citizen who is about to set up a small e-commerce company, I have to strongly protest against the current design of the Packaging Ordinance (PPWR). The intention to reduce packaging waste is entirely worthy of support. However, real bureaucratic implementation prevents the existence of small businesses in the germ. More specifically, the absence of an EU-wide de minimis exemption forces us to start costly EPR registrations in each EU country of destination from the very first cross-border parcel. What is worse, If there is no physical seat in the country of destination, the law requires the appointment of a paid representative. The fixed costs are hundreds of euros per country per year. For 26 potential exporting countries, this bureaucratic hurdle exceeds the total initial capital of my micro-enterprise even before a single product has been sold. I urge the Commission to introduce an EU-wide harmonised micro-entrepreneur scheme as part of the implementing acts, as well as to provide a single one-stop-shop registration portal to stop the unaffordable bureaucratic proliferation of national registers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549612_en"}, {"id": 33549611, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:29:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules might make sense for big corporations and businesses, but small businesses cannot keep up here. There needs to be an exception for small / micro businesses since the costs are not bearable and they will not be able to send out their wares within the EU. This is against the values of the EU as a connected continent. Small and micro businesses are struggling monetarily and customers are unsatisfied with this rule forcing these businesses to stop shipment outside of their own countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules might make sense for big corporations and businesses, but small businesses cannot keep up here. There needs to be an exception for small / micro businesses since the costs are not bearable and they will not be able to send out their wares within the EU. This is against the values of the EU as a connected continent. Small and micro businesses are struggling monetarily and customers are unsatisfied with this rule forcing these businesses to stop shipment outside of their own countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549611_en"}, {"id": 33549610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:27:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tamara Zamit | Wildblumen Atelier", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Kreativ-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr insg. 20 Pakete in 10 andere EU-Länder. Dabei fallen insgesamt weniger als 3 kg Pappe für die Entsorgung an. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei insg. 2000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich insg. 5000 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Unternehmen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a micro-enterprise in the creative sector in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send out totals each year 20 parcels to 10 other EU countries. A total of less than 3 kg of cardboard is produced for disposal. My turnover from these countries is total. EUR 2000. I am expected to pay totals for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. EUR 5000 per year. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade falls on large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549610_en"}, {"id": 33549609, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:27:48", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is killing small, independent businesses. At first, you made people pay for custom fees from the very first euro instead of twenty-two euros worth of goods in order to « encourage people to stop buying abroad and have them supporting businesses in the EU » or so it was said. So you made it much harder for people to support their favorite sellers abroad. But now, you are doing this to the very same sellers you claimed you wanted to « protect » from the « Asian marketplaces who are bad for environment »??? Just say you hate small business owners. This will only lead people to buy from SHEIN, Temu, AliExpress and Amazon who actively destroy the environment. Im all for sustainability and being careful with the environment but this thing will kill jobs, will ruin lives. Small business owners are not your enemy, big companies are, so dont make this mistake or you adjust this by either making one unique fee that is much smaller for small businesses or you exempt seller under a certain amount of earnings and then go up gradually with the money a business makes. The bigger the amount, the bigger the fee. Just like taxes in my country, not everyone pays the same because its related to how much a person makes a year. This thing should be the same and that fee should be paid once for all countries. The best would be to simple exempt small businesses because theyre usually managed by one person only but you are so greedy, you wont let that happen. Im a customer and I dont want my online purchase options to be SHEIN, Temu, AliExpress and Amazon. If you care about the people and jobs, then you will backpedal on this grotesquely ridiculous nonsense of a fee.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is killing small, independent businesses. At first, you made people pay for custom fees from the very first euro instead of twenty-two euros worth of goods in order to « encourage people to stop buying abroad and have them supporting businesses in the EU » or so it was said. So you made it much harder for people to support their favorite sellers abroad. But now, you are doing this to the very same sellers you claimed you wanted to « protect » from the « Asian marketplaces who are bad for environment »??? Just say you hate small business owners. This will only lead people to buy from SHEIN, Temu, AliExpress and Amazon who actively destroy the environment. Im all for sustainability and being careful with the environment but this thing will kill jobs, will ruin lives. Small business owners are not your enemy, big companies are, so dont make this mistake or you adjust this by either making one unique fee that is much smaller for small businesses or you exempt seller under a certain amount of earnings and then go up gradually with the money a business makes. The bigger the amount, the bigger the fee. Just like taxes in my country, not everyone pays the same because its related to how much a person makes a year. This thing should be the same and that fee should be paid once for all countries. The best would be to simple exempt small businesses because theyre usually managed by one person only but you are so greedy, you wont let that happen. Im a customer and I dont want my online purchase options to be SHEIN, Temu, AliExpress and Amazon. If you care about the people and jobs, then you will backpedal on this grotesquely ridiculous nonsense of a fee.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549609_en"}, {"id": 33549604, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:27:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kosmetikunternehmen", "feedback": "Bevollmächtigtenpflicht: unverhältnismäßige Belastung und faktische Marktzutrittshürde für Kleinstunternehmen Wir sind ein österreichischer Kosmetikhersteller mit zwei Beschäftigten und entwickeln, produzieren und füllen selbst ab. Unsere Hauptmärkte sind Österreich und Deutschland. In die übrigen Mitgliedstaaten liefern wir regelmäßig pro Land und Jahr zwischen einem und zwanzig kleinen, leichten und bewusst nachhaltig verpackten Paketen. Die Verpackungsmengen liegen dort im niedrigen einstelligen Kilogrammbereich. Das Verursacherprinzip stellen wir nicht in Frage. Wir sind bereit, die tatsächlichen Kosten der Sammlung und Verwertung unserer Verpackungsmengen zu tragen. Was wir ablehnen, ist ein System, in dem geringste Mengen in jedem Mitgliedstaat fixe Registrierungs-, Vertretungs- und Verwaltungskosten auslösen. Die PPWR erkennt selbst an, dass kleine Mengen eine vereinfachte Behandlung rechtfertigen: Artikel 44 Absatz 8 sieht für Hersteller unter 10 Tonnen pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat eine vereinfachte Meldung vor, und der vorliegende Entwurf greift diese Zweiteilung auf. Bei Registrierung und Bevollmächtigung fehlt eine vergleichbare Verhältnismäßigkeit vollständig. Das Problem wurde also bei der mengenabhängigen Meldung gesehen bei den weit belastenderen fixen Compliance-Kosten nicht. Für uns bedeutet das: Der Versand in zahlreiche Mitgliedstaaten wird unwirtschaftlich und muss eingestellt werden. Paradoxerweise entsteht damit gerade für kleine europäische Unternehmen eine neue Hürde im Binnenmarkt. Große Unternehmensgruppen wickeln diese Pflichten über bestehende Niederlassungen und Compliance-Strukturen ab und verteilen die Fixkosten auf wesentlich größere Umsätze. Für einen Betrieb mit zwei Beschäftigten sind dieselben Verpflichtungen eine faktische Marktzutrittshürde. Darunter leiden am Ende auch die Verbraucher, weil Marken in ihr Land nicht mehr liefern kleine Mitgliedstaaten trifft das am stärksten. Wir begrüßen daher den Vorschlag der Kommission, Artikel 45 Absatz 3 PPWR bis zum 1. Januar 2035 auszusetzen (COM(2025) 982, Verfahren 2025/0395(COD)), und ersuchen um zügige Beschlussfassung. Die Kommission stellt darin selbst fest, dass die gesonderte Benennung von Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat insbesondere für KMU eine erhebliche Kostenbelastung darstellt und der Verwaltungsaufwand in bis zu 26 Mitgliedstaaten die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der in der Union niedergelassenen Hersteller beeinträchtigt. Diese Einschätzung können wir aus der Praxis nur bestätigen. Zugleich sollte sichergestellt werden, dass Mitgliedstaaten während der Aussetzung dieselbe Pflicht nicht über parallele nationale Vorschriften aufrechterhalten. Andernfalls käme die Entlastung im Binnenmarkt nicht einheitlich an. Bestehende Regelungen wie die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht in Spanien zeigen, warum hier Rechtssicherheit nötig ist. Darüber hinaus sollte die anstehende EPR-Reform eine dauerhafte Lösung schaffen: eine EU-weite Registrierung im Sinne eines echten One-Stop-Shop sowie eine De-minimis-Regelung für sehr geringe Mengen. Die Harmonisierung allein der Meldeformate reicht nicht, solange ein Kleinstunternehmen dieselben Daten in bis zu 27 nationalen Systemen registrieren und melden muss. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es einem österreichischen Kleinstbetrieb ermöglichen, fünf Pakete im Jahr an Kunden in Finnland, Portugal oder Irland zu senden, ohne dass die administrativen Fixkosten den Wert dieser Geschäfte übersteigen. Der angekündigte Bürokratieabbau ist an dieser Stelle nicht angekommen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Obligation to act as an authorised representative: disproportionate burden and de facto barrier to entry for micro-enterprises We are an Austrian cosmetics manufacturer with two employees and develop, produce and fill themselves. Our main markets are Austria and Germany. In the remaining Member States, we regularly deliver between one and twenty small, light and intentionally sustainable packages per country per year. The quantities of packaging there are in the low single-digit kilogram range. We do not call into question the ‘polluter pays’ principle. We are ready to bear the actual costs of collecting and recycling our packaging. What we reject is a system where the smallest quantities in each Member State trigger fixed registration, representation and administrative costs. The PPWR itself recognises that small quantities justify simplified treatment: Article 44(8) provides for a simplified notification for producers below 10 tonnes per year per Member State and the current draft reflects this division. In the case of registration and authorisation, there is no comparable proportionality at all. The problem was therefore not seen in the case of volume-based reporting in the case of the much more onerous fixed compliance costs. For us, this means: Shipping to many Member States is becoming uneconomical and needs to be stopped. Paradoxically, this creates a new hurdle in the single market, especially for small European companies. Large groups of companies manage these obligations through existing branches and compliance structures and spread the fixed costs over much larger turnovers. For a company with two employees, the same obligations constitute a de facto barrier to market entry. This ultimately also affects consumers, as brands no longer deliver to their country, which is hitting small Member States hardest. We therefore welcome the Commission’s proposal to suspend Article 45(3) PPWR until 1 January 2035 (COM(2025) 982, procedure 2025/0395(COD)) and call for swift decision-making. The Commission itself notes that the separate designation of authorised representatives in each Member State represents a significant cost burden, in particular for SMEs, and that the administrative burden in up to 26 Member States affects the competitiveness of manufacturers established in the Union. We can only confirm this assessment in practice. At the same time, it should be ensured that Member States do not maintain the same obligation through parallel national rules during the suspension. Otherwise, the relief would not be uniform in the internal market. Existing rules, such as the obligation to appoint a representative in Spain, show why legal certainty is needed here. In addition, the upcoming EPR reform should provide a lasting solution: an EU-wide registration in the sense of a genuine one-stop shop and a de minimis rule for very small quantities. Harmonisation of reporting formats alone is not sufficient as long as a microenterprise has to register and report the same data in up to 27 national systems. The European single market should allow an Austrian micro-company to send five parcels per year to customers in Finland, Portugal or Ireland without the administrative fixed costs exceeding the value of these transactions. The announced reduction in red tape has not been achieved here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549604_en"}, {"id": 33549607, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:26:35", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand where this idea comes from, but it will not harm the ones you want to regulate. It will harm mostly small businesses who will be forced to close online shops because they cannot pay these high prices. I also don't understand how this legislation fits within the EU right of free transport of goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand where this idea comes from, but it will not harm the ones you want to regulate. It will harm mostly small businesses who will be forced to close online shops because they cannot pay these high prices. I also don't understand how this legislation fits within the EU right of free transport of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549607_en"}, {"id": 33549606, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:26:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Flinkhand Shop", "feedback": "Das ist das Ende des EU Binnenmarktes für kleine und mittlere Online Händler. Das PPWR und die Pflicht zu den nationalen Bevollmächtigen sind der faktische Ausschluss von Kleinst- und Kleinbetrieben aus dem EU Binnenmarkt. Ein mittlerer 4-Stelliger Betrag und haufenweise Bürokratie für in der EU ansässige, EU konform produzierende und in der EU Steuern zahlende Unternehmen widerspricht dem Grundgedanken der EU: Die Vereinfachung des Binnenmarktes. Ich versende ab sofort nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands, wie wahrscheinlich viele andere kleine Händler jetzt auch. Das schädigt die Wirtschaft, es ist völlig gegen den Geist der Europäischen Union und es erschwert Kunden massiv den Zugang zu Nieschenprodukten, die nicht bei Amazon verkauft werden. Außerdem halte ich die ganze Bevollmächtigerei für reine Geldschieberei. Jeder Endabnehmer wirft seine Verpackung in die eine oder andere Mülltonne vor seinem Haus, recycelbar oder nicht. Daran ändert kein Beauftragter für Verpackungsmüll etwas. Das wird ja nicht wirklich von den Bevollmächtigten eingesammelt. Die Mehrkosten zahlt dann auch nur wieder der Endabnehmer, weil die im Verkaufspreis / Verpackung und Versand mit eingepreist werden würden.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is the end of the EU’s single market for small and medium-sized online traders. The PPWR and the obligation to appoint national representatives are the de facto exclusion of micro and small enterprises from the EU internal market. An average 4-digit amount and red tape for EU-based businesses that produce in compliance with EU rules and pay taxes in the EU runs counter to the basic idea of the EU: The simplification of the internal market. I am now sending only within Germany, as many other small traders are likely to do now. This damages the economy, is completely against the spirit of the European Union and makes it massively difficult for customers to access riveting products that are not sold on Amazon. Moreover, I consider the entire power of attorney to be pure money-shifting. Each end user throws its packaging into a bin or bin in front of his house, recyclable or not. This is not altered by any packaging waste officer. This is not really collected by the plenipotentiaries. The additional costs are then only paid back to the final customer because they would be included in the selling price/packaging and dispatch.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549606_en"}, {"id": 33549605, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:25:51", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jewellery", "feedback": "I make handmade jewellery in silver and gold. I was going to provide worldwide shipping, but I guess it's no longer going to happen. I cannot justify paying hundreds of euro's to ship maybe once or twice a year to a single country. Let alone to 27 countries. This law only makes sense for big corporations like Zalando, Shein and AliExpress, but not to small or starting businesses such as mine. You are killing European innovation and the free market with this new law. You are demoralizing the youth, by letting them know you will not support them in their future endeavours. You are preventing the people from contributing and improving the European economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I make handmade jewellery in silver and gold. I was going to provide worldwide shipping, but I guess it's no longer going to happen. I cannot justify paying hundreds of euro's to ship maybe once or twice a year to a single country. Let alone to 27 countries. This law only makes sense for big corporations like Zalando, Shein and AliExpress, but not to small or starting businesses such as mine. You are killing European innovation and the free market with this new law. You are demoralizing the youth, by letting them know you will not support them in their future endeavours. You are preventing the people from contributing and improving the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549605_en"}, {"id": 33549603, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:24:32", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Plně podporuji environmentální cíle nařízení o obalech a obalových odpadech. Současný systém registrace výrobců však může pro malé podniky a jednotlivé producenty prodávající do více členských států představovat nepřiměřenou administrativní zátěž. Malý producent může být nucen pro každý stát zvlášť zjišťovat, do jakého registru se přihlásit, který EPR systém využít, jaké údaje vykazovat, jaké platí poplatky a jaké se na něj vztahují výjimky či limity. Kde je jednotný evropský registrační systém? Pokud není možné vytvořit jeden společný registr, měla by alespoň existovat oficiální evropská platforma, kde producent zadá svou zemi a státy, do nichž prodává, a okamžitě získá jasné informace o všech registračních a ohlašovacích povinnostech. Je nepřiměřené očekávat, že malý producent prodávající několik desítek výrobků do zahraničí bude samostatně studovat až 27 různých národních systémů. Nadnárodní společnosti mohou tyto povinnosti řešit prostřednictvím právních a administrativních oddělení. Jednotlivý výrobce takové možnosti nemá a náklady na administrativu mohou převýšit samotný environmentální poplatek. Proto je nezbytné zavést skutečně jednotný evropský registrační a informační systém, případně alespoň komplexní evropský portál propojující všechny relevantní národní systémy, a zároveň zajistit přiměřené a jednoduché podmínky pro mikro podniky a velmi malé producenty. Jednotný evropský trh by neměl znamenat, že malý výrobce musí být odborníkem na 27 národních administrativních systémů jen proto, že prodal několik výrobků za hranice. Environmentální odpovědnost má být sdílená. Administrativní složitost by však neměla být konkurenční výhodou velkých korporací. Obzvlášť v kontrastu s tím, že EU deklaruje podporu malých lokálních podnikatelů, tohle je naprostý opak.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the current system of producer registration may impose a disproportionate administrative burden on small businesses and individual producers selling to more than one Member State. A small producer may need to check separately for each country which register to register, which EPR system to use, which data to report, which fees to pay and which exemptions or thresholds apply. Where is the single European registration system? Where it is not possible to create a single common register, there should at least be an official European platform where the producer enters its country and the countries to which it sells and immediately obtains clear information on all registration and reporting obligations. It is unreasonable to expect a small producer selling several dozen products abroad to study up to 27 different national systems separately. Multinational companies can address these obligations through legal and administrative departments. The individual producer does not have such possibilities and the administrative costs may exceed the environmental charge itself. It is therefore necessary to establish a truly single European registration and information system, or at least a comprehensive European portal connecting all relevant national systems, while ensuring reasonable and simple conditions for micro-enterprises and very small producers. The European single market should not mean that a small producer has to be an expert in 27 national administrative systems simply because it has sold several products across borders. Environmental responsibility is to be shared. However, administrative complexity should not be a competitive advantage for large corporations. Especially in contrast to the EU’s statement of support for small local entrepreneurs, this is the opposite.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549603_en"}, {"id": 33549602, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:23:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "s.wert design", "feedback": "Als kleines Unternehmen und Künstlerin (s.wert) begrüße ich grundsätzlich das Ziel, Umweltstandards zu wahren und Systeme der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) zu harmonisieren. Allerdings möchte ich mit Nachdruck auf die immensen Hürden aufmerksam machen, die solche Regelungen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen mit sich bringen. Wir haben den eigenen Versand bereits eingestellt, da der bürokratische und administrative Aufwand insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit den Pflichten als Ersterzeuger bzw. Inverkehrbringer für ein kleines Team nicht mehr stemmbar ist. Jeder zusätzliche nationale Registrierungs- und Berichtsprozess bindet wertvolle Ressourcen, die im Tagesgeschäft fehlen. Um den Binnenmarkt nicht rein für Großkonzerne zu reservieren und kleine Betriebe nicht vollends aus dem Online- und Versandhandel zu drängen, fordere ich dringend folgende Nachbesserungen im Entwurf der Durchführungsverordnung: Einführung einer De-minimis- / Kleinunternehmerregelung: Bagatellgrenzen beim Verpackungsaufkommen sollten Kleinstunternehmen von komplexen Nachweis- und Berichtspflichten befreien oder diese auf ein absolutes Minimum reduzieren. Zentrale EU-Meldestelle (One-Stop-Shop): Statt dezentraler Pflichten gegenüber 27 verschiedenen nationalen Registern braucht es ein einziges zentrales europäisches Portal. Eine einmalige Berichterstattung an zentraler Stelle würde den Verwaltungsaufwand drastisch senken. Eine Harmonisierung darf nicht bedeuten, dass die Bürokratie EU-weit auf dem höchsten Niveau vereinheitlicht wird. Sie muss stattdessen Verhältnismäßigkeit schaffen und kleinen Unternehmen das Überleben im Binnenmarkt ermöglichen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business and artist (see), I generally welcome the objective of upholding environmental standards and harmonising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes. However, I would like to stress the immense hurdles that such schemes pose for micro and small enterprises. We have already discontinued our own dispatch, as the bureaucratic and administrative burden, in particular in connection with the obligations as original producer or distributor, is no longer manageable for a small team. Any additional national registration and reporting process commits valuable resources that are lacking in day-to-day operations. In order not to reserve the internal market solely for large corporations and not to push small businesses completely out of online and mail-order sales, I urgently call for the following improvements to be made to the draft implementing regulation: Introduction of a de minimis/small business scheme: De minimis packaging thresholds should exempt micro-enterprises from complex detection and reporting requirements or reduce them to an absolute minimum. EU One-Stop-Shop: Instead of decentralised obligations towards 27 different national registers, a single European single portal is needed. One-off reporting at a central point would drastically reduce the administrative burden. Harmonisation must not mean that bureaucracy is harmonised at the highest level across the EU. Instead, it must be proportionate and allow small businesses to survive in the single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549602_en"}, {"id": 33549600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:17:49", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new legislation will have a huge impact on not just small businesses but customers too. An example is that small business will not be able to afford the registrations so they will just stop selling in smaller EU countries. Also, bigger companies who have little sales in small countries will refuse to ship there meaning that customers will have fewer choices than they had before August 12th.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new legislation will have a huge impact on not just small businesses but customers too. An example is that small business will not be able to afford the registrations so they will just stop selling in smaller EU countries. Also, bigger companies who have little sales in small countries will refuse to ship there meaning that customers will have fewer choices than they had before August 12th.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549600_en"}, {"id": 33549599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:17:05", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Proszę Komisję o ponowne rozpatrzenie przepisów, które w domyśle miały działać na korzyść środowiska, a w praktyce będą oznaczały koniec działalności dla najmniejszych przedsiębiorców, którzy nie udźwigną tylu tak wysokich opłat i takiej biurokracji. A to właśnie my, mikroprzedsiębiorcy -artyści, rękodzielnicy, rzemieślnicy - zwykle to my dbamy o pakowanie przesyłek w ekologiczny sposób i nie zalewamy świata śmieciami tak, jak to robią wielcy gracze. Skala jest nieporównywalna!! Nie zabijajcie mikro biznesów.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would ask the Commission to re-examine the rules, which were supposed to benefit the environment and, in practice, will put an end to the activities of the smallest entrepreneurs, who will not be burdened by such high fees and red tape. It is precisely we, micro-entrepreneurs – artists, handicraftsmen and craftsmen – who usually care about packaging in an eco-friendly way and do not flood the world with rubbish as big players do. The scale is not comparable! Don’t kill micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549599_en"}, {"id": 33549598, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:14:57", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This feedback is about the new shipping and package policy in EU. While I understand this new rules for big corporation and fast fashion that pollute our planet . This new set of rules don't make an exception for small business that are already struggling monetary with the increase of material prices. This will kill a big part of these small European business, that could grow and help sustain our economy as well as create jobs and enrich our culture. There should be an exception or else we are contributing for the decline of artist and culture exchange between Europe countries, this will isolate even more each one of us.", "feedbackEnglish": "This feedback is about the new shipping and package policy in EU. While I understand this new rules for big corporation and fast fashion that pollute our planet . This new set of rules don't make an exception for small business that are already struggling monetary with the increase of material prices. This will kill a big part of these small European business, that could grow and help sustain our economy as well as create jobs and enrich our culture. There should be an exception or else we are contributing for the decline of artist and culture exchange between Europe countries, this will isolate even more each one of us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549598_en"}, {"id": 33549597, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:13:43", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es increíble que queráis aprobar esto que afectará irremediablemente a millones de pequeños negocios y freelance. No solo estáis haciendo desaparecer cultura, artesanía y diversidad sino abocando a la gente a ser súbditos de las mismas compañías de siempre, aunque creo que esto realmente es lo que queréis. La Unión europea ya no es más una unión de nada y el descrédito de vuestras instituciones tendrá consecuencias, porque muchos ya no estamos dispuestos a ser gobernados por sinvergüenzas que no pisan la calle y que solo gobiernan para sus amigos ricos.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is incredible that you want to approve this that will irretrievably affect millions of small and freelance businesses. You are not only disappearing culture, crafts and diversity, but also pushing people to be subjects of the same companies forever, although I think this is really what you want. The European Union is no longer a union of anything and the discrediting of your institutions will have consequences, because many are no longer willing to be governed by shadows who do not walk the street and only govern for their rich friends.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549597_en"}, {"id": 33549596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:13:36", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KNITED.studio", "feedback": "I am a micro-business owner running a handmade studio that creates handcrafted accessories from natural, high-quality materials. Unlike fast fashion, my products are made to last. I fully support the EU's environmental goals, but this new packaging regulation will unintentionally crush small artisans. My volume is tinyI send only 1 to 10 parcels a year to a single EU country. However, the proposed rules require me to register, report, and pay fees in every country I sell to. Forcing a small studio to hire expensive local Authorized Representatives and pay minimum flat fees across multiple countries for just a handful of packages is financially impossible. It acts as a massive barrier, effectively forcing us to stop selling across the EU. To ensure the regulation is fair, proportionate, and truly supports sustainability, I strongly urge the Commission to implement the following adjustments: 1. One simple EU-wide system: Establish a centralized, single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a \"One-Stop-Shop\" for EPR). Micro-businesses should be able to register and report their packaging data once, rather than navigating 27 different national registers with varying requirements and languages. 2. Reasonable rules for micro-businesses: Introduce a \"de minimis\" threshold or a specific simplified tier for micro-businesses and artisans. Businesses below a certain annual turnover or minimal packaging weight threshold should be exempt from complex EPR financial contributions or face significantly simplified reporting obligations. 3. Costs based on actual packaging amounts: Ensure that financial contributions are strictly pro-rata, based on the exact, minimal amount of packaging (in grams/kg) actually placed on the market. Abolish high minimum flat annual fees that penalize businesses sending only a handful of parcels a year. 4. No separate, expensive representatives required in every country: Micro-businesses must not be forced to hire an expensive local Authorized Representative in every destination country. A single Authorized Representative in the business's home Member State, or a centralized EU representative, should suffice for cross-border sales. Micro-businesses and handmade studios are at the heart of the European economy. We are not the cause of the packaging waste crisis, yet this regulation treats a studio shipping 5 recycled paper parcels a year the same as a multinational shipping millions of plastic packages. I sincerely hope our voices will be heard. The EU Single Market was built on the promise of freedom and opportunity for all, not just large corporations. Please do not create a system where only giants can survive, while independent artisans are pushed out. Adopt a proportionate, realistic framework that protects both the environment and the livelihoods of European micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business owner running a handmade studio that creates handcrafted accessories from natural, high-quality materials. Unlike fast fashion, my products are made to last. I fully support the EU's environmental goals, but this new packaging regulation will unintentionally crush small artisans. My volume is tinyI send only 1 to 10 parcels a year to a single EU country. However, the proposed rules require me to register, report, and pay fees in every country I sell to. Forcing a small studio to hire expensive local Authorized Representatives and pay minimum flat fees across multiple countries for just a handful of packages is financially impossible. It acts as a massive barrier, effectively forcing us to stop selling across the EU. To ensure the regulation is fair, proportionate, and truly supports sustainability, I strongly urge the Commission to implement the following adjustments: 1. One simple EU-wide system: Establish a centralized, single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a \"One-Stop-Shop\" for EPR). Micro-businesses should be able to register and report their packaging data once, rather than navigating 27 different national registers with varying requirements and languages. 2. Reasonable rules for micro-businesses: Introduce a \"de minimis\" threshold or a specific simplified tier for micro-businesses and artisans. Businesses below a certain annual turnover or minimal packaging weight threshold should be exempt from complex EPR financial contributions or face significantly simplified reporting obligations. 3. Costs based on actual packaging amounts: Ensure that financial contributions are strictly pro-rata, based on the exact, minimal amount of packaging (in grams/kg) actually placed on the market. Abolish high minimum flat annual fees that penalize businesses sending only a handful of parcels a year. 4. No separate, expensive representatives required in every country: Micro-businesses must not be forced to hire an expensive local Authorized Representative in every destination country. A single Authorized Representative in the business's home Member State, or a centralized EU representative, should suffice for cross-border sales. Micro-businesses and handmade studios are at the heart of the European economy. We are not the cause of the packaging waste crisis, yet this regulation treats a studio shipping 5 recycled paper parcels a year the same as a multinational shipping millions of plastic packages. I sincerely hope our voices will be heard. The EU Single Market was built on the promise of freedom and opportunity for all, not just large corporations. Please do not create a system where only giants can survive, while independent artisans are pushed out. Adopt a proportionate, realistic framework that protects both the environment and the livelihoods of European micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549596_en"}, {"id": 33549595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:13:07", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta iniciativa fortalece as empresas multimilionárias do costume - empresas com origem externa à EU que promovem o abuso de recursos, da natureza e das comunidades em busca de um crescimento desenfreado - para as quais os custos de compactuar com mais uma norma são negligíveis e rapidamente absorvidos, representando ao mesmo tempo mais um ingénuo (ou determinado?) passo dado no sentido da extinção das pequenas empresas, do comércio local, da arte e artesanato Europeus, para quem os custos são incomportáveis. Mais artesãos e artistas a fechar as portas e a ir trabalhar para o serviço de entregas dessas empresas bilionárias. Assim não!", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative strengthens custom billionaire companies – companies from outside the EU that promote the abuse of resources, nature and communities in search of rampant growth – for which the costs of compiling with another standard are neglectable and quickly absorbed, while representing yet another naive (or certain?) step towards the extinction of small businesses, local commerce, European art and crafts, for whom the costs are unaffordable. More craftsmen and artists closing doors and going to work for the delivery service of these billionaire companies. This is not the case!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549595_en"}, {"id": 33549594, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:12:30", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a Slovenian micro-business manufacturing reusable pet products and selling directly to EU consumers through my webshop and Etsy. I support reducing packaging waste and paying a fair contribution based on the packaging I place on the market. However, I oppose this draft because it does not make cross-border EPR proportionate or workable for micro-enterprises. Recital 1 claims harmonised formats will reduce administrative burdens. A common form is welcome, but submitting it to separate national registers is not genuine harmonisation. A distance seller may still need a separate registration, EPR scheme, report, payment and authorised representative in every destination Member State. Articles 1(2) and 2(2) preserve separate national waste-management systems, while recital 6 allows additional national reporting. This is 27 compliance systems wearing an EU label. The fixed costs bear no relation to environmental impact. If I receive one order from Belgium and send packaging weighing a few hundred grams, its recycling cost is measured in cents. Yet that order may trigger hundreds of euros in compliance costs. If representation and administration cost even EUR 300 per country, access to the other 26 Member States would cost EUR 7,800 per year. A multinational spreads this over millions of parcels; a micro-business may spread it over one or two orders. The 10-tonne distinction does not solve this. Part B of Annex II is less detailed, but a producer below 10 tonnes must still register and report. There is no meaningful de minimis exemption for a business placing only a few kilogramsor gramsof packaging on a national market. The draft also requires materials and separate components to be reported based on technical documentation or a complete description of each packaging unit. A small manufacturer using different mailers, boxes, tape, labels and protective materials for custom products must weigh and document many combinations. The predictable result is not better recycling. Small shops will disable countries with occasional orders. A Slovenian business cannot rely on a small domestic market like a business in a large Member State, creating unequal access to the Single Market. Consumers in smaller countries will lose niche products first. Large platforms will gain market share, while businesses trying to comply will be penalised compared with those ignoring the rules. I ask the Commission not to adopt the draft in its current form and to provide:An EU EPR One-Stop-Shop modelled on VAT OSS: one registration in the state of establishment, one annual report by material and destination, and one payment distributed to Member States. A meaningful EU-wide de minimis exemption based on packaging weight and turnover, covering registration, reporting and representationnot merely a simpler table below 10 tonnes. No separate authorised representatives for EU-established micro-enterprises; if representation remains, one representative must cover the whole EU. Fees proportionate to actual quantities, without national minimum fees or fixed charges exceeding the recycling contribution. Aggregate annual reporting and default weights for common packaging instead of component-level documentation for every parcel. One binding EU data set, free portal, deadline and guidance document, with no extra national fields and no penalties until all systems and clear distance-selling examples are available. If the current legal basis cannot deliver this, the Commission should urgently propose amendments to Articles 44 and 45 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40. Environmental responsibility must follow environmental impact. One small parcel crossing an internal EU border must not face the same compliance architecture as thousands of tonnes of packaging. Environmental law should not price Europes smallest businesses out of the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a Slovenian micro-business manufacturing reusable pet products and selling directly to EU consumers through my webshop and Etsy. I support reducing packaging waste and paying a fair contribution based on the packaging I place on the market. However, I oppose this draft because it does not make cross-border EPR proportionate or workable for micro-enterprises. Recital 1 claims harmonised formats will reduce administrative burdens. A common form is welcome, but submitting it to separate national registers is not genuine harmonisation. A distance seller may still need a separate registration, EPR scheme, report, payment and authorised representative in every destination Member State. Articles 1(2) and 2(2) preserve separate national waste-management systems, while recital 6 allows additional national reporting. This is 27 compliance systems wearing an EU label. The fixed costs bear no relation to environmental impact. If I receive one order from Belgium and send packaging weighing a few hundred grams, its recycling cost is measured in cents. Yet that order may trigger hundreds of euros in compliance costs. If representation and administration cost even EUR 300 per country, access to the other 26 Member States would cost EUR 7,800 per year. A multinational spreads this over millions of parcels; a micro-business may spread it over one or two orders. The 10-tonne distinction does not solve this. Part B of Annex II is less detailed, but a producer below 10 tonnes must still register and report. There is no meaningful de minimis exemption for a business placing only a few kilogramsor gramsof packaging on a national market. The draft also requires materials and separate components to be reported based on technical documentation or a complete description of each packaging unit. A small manufacturer using different mailers, boxes, tape, labels and protective materials for custom products must weigh and document many combinations. The predictable result is not better recycling. Small shops will disable countries with occasional orders. A Slovenian business cannot rely on a small domestic market like a business in a large Member State, creating unequal access to the Single Market. Consumers in smaller countries will lose niche products first. Large platforms will gain market share, while businesses trying to comply will be penalised compared with those ignoring the rules. I ask the Commission not to adopt the draft in its current form and to provide:An EU EPR One-Stop-Shop modelled on VAT OSS: one registration in the state of establishment, one annual report by material and destination, and one payment distributed to Member States. A meaningful EU-wide de minimis exemption based on packaging weight and turnover, covering registration, reporting and representationnot merely a simpler table below 10 tonnes. No separate authorised representatives for EU-established micro-enterprises; if representation remains, one representative must cover the whole EU. Fees proportionate to actual quantities, without national minimum fees or fixed charges exceeding the recycling contribution. Aggregate annual reporting and default weights for common packaging instead of component-level documentation for every parcel. One binding EU data set, free portal, deadline and guidance document, with no extra national fields and no penalties until all systems and clear distance-selling examples are available. If the current legal basis cannot deliver this, the Commission should urgently propose amendments to Articles 44 and 45 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40. Environmental responsibility must follow environmental impact. One small parcel crossing an internal EU border must not face the same compliance architecture as thousands of tonnes of packaging. Environmental law should not price Europes smallest businesses out of the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549594_en"}, {"id": 33549593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:12:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "No Shade UG", "feedback": "There is an urgent need to introduce a micro-enterprise and small-business exemption before this law moves forward. This legislation will disproportionately harm small businesses like mine that are already struggling to survive. The financial burden, combined with the administrative requirement to register in every EU member state, is simply impossible for businesses sending only a handful of parcels to some countries each year. We will be forced to stop shipping within the EU even though we are an EU-based business in a union built on free movement and trade. That is deeply contradictory and will prevent small creative businesses from growing across Europe. Micro-businesses, artists, and creatives are not comparable to large, profit-driven companies with dedicated departments to handle complex regulatory requirements. Many of us have spent years building small niche audiences and simply want to make a living from our work. We already reuse, recycle, minimise waste, and keep costs as low as possible because we have to. We cannot afford disproportionate registration and compliance costs for five or ten parcels a year. Please introduce a clear exemption for micro-enterprises before implementation. At the very least, scale fees and requirements according to shipping volume. A business sending 30 parcels a year should not face the same obligations as one shipping thousands of packages every month. Please do not destroy the small creative businesses that make Europes cultural and economic landscape so diverse. We want to grow within Europe. This legislation, as currently proposed, could stop us in our tracks.", "feedbackEnglish": "There is an urgent need to introduce a micro-enterprise and small-business exemption before this law moves forward. This legislation will disproportionately harm small businesses like mine that are already struggling to survive. The financial burden, combined with the administrative requirement to register in every EU member state, is simply impossible for businesses sending only a handful of parcels to some countries each year. We will be forced to stop shipping within the EU even though we are an EU-based business in a union built on free movement and trade. That is deeply contradictory and will prevent small creative businesses from growing across Europe. Micro-businesses, artists, and creatives are not comparable to large, profit-driven companies with dedicated departments to handle complex regulatory requirements. Many of us have spent years building small niche audiences and simply want to make a living from our work. We already reuse, recycle, minimise waste, and keep costs as low as possible because we have to. We cannot afford disproportionate registration and compliance costs for five or ten parcels a year. Please introduce a clear exemption for micro-enterprises before implementation. At the very least, scale fees and requirements according to shipping volume. A business sending 30 parcels a year should not face the same obligations as one shipping thousands of packages every month. Please do not destroy the small creative businesses that make Europes cultural and economic landscape so diverse. We want to grow within Europe. This legislation, as currently proposed, could stop us in our tracks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549593_en"}, {"id": 33549591, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:11:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Once again, we are faced with a regulation that may be well-intentioned but risks signing a death warrant for small businesses. The regulation imposes an obligation on businesses to appoint an authorised representative in each country in which they wish to do business. The GSPR contains a similar obligation; however, under the GSPR, a none-EU based business only needs to appoint one representative for the entire EU. It is important to note that this new obligation also applies to small businesses established within the EU. For every additional Member State to which a small business wishes to ship, it may need to appoint an additional representative. Such representation is by no means cost-free and could represent a significant financial burden for small businesses. The likely consequence is that many businesses will simply cease trading with customers in other EU Member States rather than bear the additional administrative and financial costs. It is therefore deeply concerning that such a provision has been adopted. How is this compatible with the fundamental principles of the EU's single market? The EU should be facilitating cross-border trade and supporting small EU-based businesses, not creating regulatory barriers that may effectively force them to withdraw from markets within the Union while larger business are able to offset these costs, creating less diversity on the market and potentially monopolising markets. A measure that makes it economically unviable for a small business to serve customers in another Member State risks undermining, rather than strengthening, the common market. The legislation should be revised to include to some sort of exceptions for EU based small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Once again, we are faced with a regulation that may be well-intentioned but risks signing a death warrant for small businesses. The regulation imposes an obligation on businesses to appoint an authorised representative in each country in which they wish to do business. The GSPR contains a similar obligation; however, under the GSPR, a none-EU based business only needs to appoint one representative for the entire EU. It is important to note that this new obligation also applies to small businesses established within the EU. For every additional Member State to which a small business wishes to ship, it may need to appoint an additional representative. Such representation is by no means cost-free and could represent a significant financial burden for small businesses. The likely consequence is that many businesses will simply cease trading with customers in other EU Member States rather than bear the additional administrative and financial costs. It is therefore deeply concerning that such a provision has been adopted. How is this compatible with the fundamental principles of the EU's single market? The EU should be facilitating cross-border trade and supporting small EU-based businesses, not creating regulatory barriers that may effectively force them to withdraw from markets within the Union while larger business are able to offset these costs, creating less diversity on the market and potentially monopolising markets. A measure that makes it economically unviable for a small business to serve customers in another Member State risks undermining, rather than strengthening, the common market. The legislation should be revised to include to some sort of exceptions for EU based small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549591_en"}, {"id": 33549592, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:09:51", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Are the highlords of EU trying to push people to buy from Temu and similiar Chinese shops? You are destroying small shops, microbussiness, who cannot fight big brands with a lot of money. What is the purpose of EU, if you are making trade impossible again? Big corps will swallow those regulation, but can a one-person-shop really pay all that money to 20+ countries, just to be able to sell 2-3 item there annually? Do your math and DO BETTER. You were supposed to be here for people, to make economy grow, for free trade. You are killing it with this rule. A lot of my favorite shops will not sell WITHIN the EU borders just because of this. I will not be able to sell to EU, because my potentional 10 handmade earrings will not be atractive if I slap more charges onto it.", "feedbackEnglish": "Are the highlords of EU trying to push people to buy from Temu and similiar Chinese shops? You are destroying small shops, microbussiness, who cannot fight big brands with a lot of money. What is the purpose of EU, if you are making trade impossible again? Big corps will swallow those regulation, but can a one-person-shop really pay all that money to 20+ countries, just to be able to sell 2-3 item there annually? Do your math and DO BETTER. You were supposed to be here for people, to make economy grow, for free trade. You are killing it with this rule. A lot of my favorite shops will not sell WITHIN the EU borders just because of this. I will not be able to sell to EU, because my potentional 10 handmade earrings will not be atractive if I slap more charges onto it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549592_en"}, {"id": 33549589, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:04:23", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going to affect so many businesses in a negative way. Registration for shipping in countries is way too expensive for anyone to profit from that. Essentially it will lead to ordering stuff only from big companies, killing the option to buy from small businesses. Coming from a smaller country, i know no one will register for shipping here", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to affect so many businesses in a negative way. Registration for shipping in countries is way too expensive for anyone to profit from that. Essentially it will lead to ordering stuff only from big companies, killing the option to buy from small businesses. Coming from a smaller country, i know no one will register for shipping here", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549589_en"}, {"id": 33549588, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:04:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Les nouvelles règles mises en place auront un impact économique catastrophique sur les petites et très petites entreprises qui ont une clientèle répartie sur plusieurs pays européens. Cela va créer des coûts supérieurs au chiffre d'affaire généré par les ventes à l'étranger, en particulier lorsqu'il y a peu de clients par pays. Le premier rôle de l'UE est de favoriser les échanges commerciaux entre pays membres or cette nouvelle réglementation va produire exactement l'effet inverse en empêchant les citoyens d'acheter des produits (en particulier les produits spécialisés, rares, artistiques, livres, etc.). Les seuls gagnants vont être, encore une fois, les grosses entreprises multinationales qui ont des chiffres d'affaire suffisamment élevés dans chaque pays pour se permettre d'embaucher du personnel pour répondre à cette réglementation. Cela entrainera à n'en pas douter de nombreuses défaillances de petites entreprises. D'autres solutions sont possibles et devraient être considérées.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules will have a catastrophic economic impact on small and very small businesses, which have customers in several European countries. This will create higher costs than the turnover generated by sales abroad, especially when there are few customers per country. The EU’s primary role is to promote trade between member countries, but this new regulation will have exactly the opposite effect by preventing citizens from buying products (especially specialised, rare, artistic, books, etc.). The only winners will, once again, be the large multinational companies that have sufficiently high turnover figures in each country to be able to hire staff to comply with these rules. This will undoubtedly lead to many failures on the part of small businesses. Other solutions are possible and should be considered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549588_en"}, {"id": 33549587, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:03:52", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Vivid Stash Lts", "feedback": "Feedback on the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation I am the owner of a small craft kit business based in Scotland, UK, and I am writing in support of the many small and microbusinesses, makers, artists and independent creative businesses across the EU who will be affected by these new packaging requirements. I fully support the aims of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and encouraging more sustainable packaging. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact these requirements could have on the smallest businesses. The problem is not simply additional paperwork. Requiring businesses to navigate separate national registration, reporting, fees and authorised-representative arrangements when selling into different EU Member States could make cross-border trade financially impossible for many microbusinesses. A large company can absorb the cost of multiple registrations and compliance systems. A one-person business, small craft producer, artist or independent maker often cannot. If a business receives only a handful of orders from a particular country, the cost of becoming compliant may exceed the profit from those sales. Many businesses may therefore have no choice but to stop selling to certain countries, or even stop selling internationally altogether. This risks removing small businesses from the European marketplace. That would be a significant loss, not just economically but culturally and creatively. Small and microbusinesses are an important part of Europe's creative economy. They allow customers to discover crafts, designs, traditions, skills and ideas from other countries. Cross-border trade between independent makers creates a valuable exchange of creativity and culture. A customer can discover a craft from another country, an artist can reach a new audience, and independent businesses can learn from and collaborate with one another. If compliance costs prevent these businesses from trading across borders, that creative exchange will diminish. The European marketplace could become less diverse and increasingly dominated by larger companies that can afford the administrative burden. I strongly urge the EU to consider the survival and viability of microbusinesses when implementing these requirements. There should be: One EU-wide registration for micro and small businesses selling across Member States. The ability to appoint one authorised representative covering the EU rather than separate arrangements in individual countries. One harmonised EU reporting system. A meaningful de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on a market. Simple and affordable compliance for businesses with very low turnover or packaging volumes. I am not opposed to environmental responsibility. Small businesses should absolutely play their part in reducing packaging waste and contributing to recycling. However, regulation must be proportionate to the scale of the business and the environmental impact involved. As a UK-based business, I am currently not selling into the EU, so this is not simply a complaint about the direct impact on my own business. I am raising this because I have fellow small-business owners and creative makers across Europe, and I am genuinely concerned that some may no longer be able to afford to trade with customers in other EU countries. The EU should be encouraging small businesses to grow, innovate, exchange ideas and trade across borders not unintentionally creating barriers that only larger companies can overcome. Please consider the very real possibility that these rules could force small businesses out of cross-border trade, reduce consumer choice and weaken the creative and cultural exchange that makes Europe's independent business community so valuable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation I am the owner of a small craft kit business based in Scotland, UK, and I am writing in support of the many small and microbusinesses, makers, artists and independent creative businesses across the EU who will be affected by these new packaging requirements. I fully support the aims of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and encouraging more sustainable packaging. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact these requirements could have on the smallest businesses. The problem is not simply additional paperwork. Requiring businesses to navigate separate national registration, reporting, fees and authorised-representative arrangements when selling into different EU Member States could make cross-border trade financially impossible for many microbusinesses. A large company can absorb the cost of multiple registrations and compliance systems. A one-person business, small craft producer, artist or independent maker often cannot. If a business receives only a handful of orders from a particular country, the cost of becoming compliant may exceed the profit from those sales. Many businesses may therefore have no choice but to stop selling to certain countries, or even stop selling internationally altogether. This risks removing small businesses from the European marketplace. That would be a significant loss, not just economically but culturally and creatively. Small and microbusinesses are an important part of Europe's creative economy. They allow customers to discover crafts, designs, traditions, skills and ideas from other countries. Cross-border trade between independent makers creates a valuable exchange of creativity and culture. A customer can discover a craft from another country, an artist can reach a new audience, and independent businesses can learn from and collaborate with one another. If compliance costs prevent these businesses from trading across borders, that creative exchange will diminish. The European marketplace could become less diverse and increasingly dominated by larger companies that can afford the administrative burden. I strongly urge the EU to consider the survival and viability of microbusinesses when implementing these requirements. There should be: One EU-wide registration for micro and small businesses selling across Member States. The ability to appoint one authorised representative covering the EU rather than separate arrangements in individual countries. One harmonised EU reporting system. A meaningful de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on a market. Simple and affordable compliance for businesses with very low turnover or packaging volumes. I am not opposed to environmental responsibility. Small businesses should absolutely play their part in reducing packaging waste and contributing to recycling. However, regulation must be proportionate to the scale of the business and the environmental impact involved. As a UK-based business, I am currently not selling into the EU, so this is not simply a complaint about the direct impact on my own business. I am raising this because I have fellow small-business owners and creative makers across Europe, and I am genuinely concerned that some may no longer be able to afford to trade with customers in other EU countries. The EU should be encouraging small businesses to grow, innovate, exchange ideas and trade across borders not unintentionally creating barriers that only larger companies can overcome. Please consider the very real possibility that these rules could force small businesses out of cross-border trade, reduce consumer choice and weaken the creative and cultural exchange that makes Europe's independent business community so valuable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549587_en"}, {"id": 33549586, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:03:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Initiative der EU, sich für die Reduzierung von Verpackungsmül und vermehrtes Recycling einzusetzen, ist grundsätzlich zu begrüßen. Die gegenwärtige Form der Umsetzung stellt jedoch kleine Unternehmen vor einen nicht zu bewältigenden finanziellen und bürokratischen Aufwand! Anstatt Handel und Austausch innerhalb der EU zu fördern, bedroht diese Richtlinie die Existenz zahlreicher kleiner, spezialisierter Anbieter und fördert so erneut große, multinationale Konzerne. Es ist daher dringend erforderlich, dass unverzüglich Ausnahmen für kleine Unternehmen (Mindestumsatz) und/oder Freimengen an Verpackungsmaterial eingeführt werden! Zudem ist die Pflicht, Repräsentanten in jedem einzelnen EU-Land zu benennen (und zu bezahlen!) zumindest kritisch zu überdenken. Sollte die Initiative tatsächlich in dieser Form umgesetzt werden, droht EU-weit ein Massensterben kleinerer Unternehmen, und der innergemeinschaftliche Handel wird enorm beschädigt werden!", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU’s initiative to promote the reduction of packaging and increased recycling is in principle to be welcomed. However, the current form of implementation creates an unmanageable financial and bureaucratic burden for small businesses! Instead of promoting intra-EU trade and exchanges, this Directive threatens the existence of many small, specialised suppliers and thus again promotes large, multinational corporations. It is therefore urgent that exemptions for small businesses (minimum turnover) and/or free quantities of packaging material are introduced without delay! In addition, the obligation to nominate (and pay!) representatives in each individual EU country must be at least critically reconsidered. If the initiative is indeed implemented in this form, there will be a risk of mass deaths of smaller businesses across the EU and huge damage to intra-Community trade!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549586_en"}, {"id": 33549585, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:02:36", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Whiteside Buchanan Limited", "feedback": "You urgently need to add a micro enterprise/small business exemption before continuing ahead with this law. This will destroy small businesses like mine. The administrative demands on top of the financial burden or registration in each EU member country is unviable. We will have to stop shipping to the EU. Thats crazy. Why would you want to destroy internal trade (the very opposite of the original goal of the EU). We are a sustainable, ethical jewelry company. Unlike large corporations that cause unnecessary packaging waste, We bend over backwards to reuse and recycle because it saves money (and the planet). We cannot afford to register in a country where we may only send 5 parcels a year. This law is disproportionately harmful for small businesses like mine. Make an exemption before you start. Increase fees based on shipping thresholds. Are you after 30 packages a year or 1000s per month? Please dont destroy creative businesses. We want and need to grow within Europe, this will stop us cold.", "feedbackEnglish": "You urgently need to add a micro enterprise/small business exemption before continuing ahead with this law. This will destroy small businesses like mine. The administrative demands on top of the financial burden or registration in each EU member country is unviable. We will have to stop shipping to the EU. Thats crazy. Why would you want to destroy internal trade (the very opposite of the original goal of the EU). We are a sustainable, ethical jewelry company. Unlike large corporations that cause unnecessary packaging waste, We bend over backwards to reuse and recycle because it saves money (and the planet). We cannot afford to register in a country where we may only send 5 parcels a year. This law is disproportionately harmful for small businesses like mine. Make an exemption before you start. Increase fees based on shipping thresholds. Are you after 30 packages a year or 1000s per month? Please dont destroy creative businesses. We want and need to grow within Europe, this will stop us cold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549585_en"}, {"id": 33549584, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:02:06", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There needs to be a simplified process or an exempt for really small businesses. Instead of opening the market for european artists to grow and develop their businesses, this regulation is fragmenting the market. It favours big international corporations that can afford separate registrations and legal representation in each country. Take me for example. I am a beginner jewellery maker living in Belgium. I sell just a handful of pieces a year and send them to different eu countries. Usually just one or two pieces going to a specific country.The profit i make on a piece is currently just 10-15. How am i supposed to pay the fees for registering in each eu country just for a small chance of actually selling anything there? As a part of unified block i believe we should be working on enabling cross-border opportunities instead of creating roadblocks for the most vulnerable businesses. I know my small business probably isnt that important to the eu politicians, but i believe that smaller, local creators have a huge potential and contribute a lot to european culture and encourage integration.", "feedbackEnglish": "There needs to be a simplified process or an exempt for really small businesses. Instead of opening the market for european artists to grow and develop their businesses, this regulation is fragmenting the market. It favours big international corporations that can afford separate registrations and legal representation in each country. Take me for example. I am a beginner jewellery maker living in Belgium. I sell just a handful of pieces a year and send them to different eu countries. Usually just one or two pieces going to a specific country.The profit i make on a piece is currently just 10-15. How am i supposed to pay the fees for registering in each eu country just for a small chance of actually selling anything there? As a part of unified block i believe we should be working on enabling cross-border opportunities instead of creating roadblocks for the most vulnerable businesses. I know my small business probably isnt that important to the eu politicians, but i believe that smaller, local creators have a huge potential and contribute a lot to european culture and encourage integration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549584_en"}, {"id": 33549583, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:02:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je souhaiterais que vous reconsidériez cette loi qui impactera fortement les petites entreprises sans affecter aucunement les grosses qui peuvent absorber le cout de taxes et amendes. Laissez-nous la possibilité d'acheter chez des artisans en Europe hors des frontières de notre propre pays sans que cela coûte à l'artisan et au client. Faites des lois qui ont du sens et taxez les Amazon, temu etc Merci!", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like you to reconsider this law, which will have a strong impact on small businesses without affecting in any way the big companies that can absorb the cost of taxes and fines. Allow us to buy from craftsmen in Europe outside the borders of our own country at no cost to the craftsman and the client. Make meaningful laws and tax Amazon, temu, etc. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549583_en"}, {"id": 33549582, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:01:15", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ridiculous....A small business owner who ships a few orders a year has to pay the same amount as multimillion companies... How is that fair? They will simply stop shipping orders within the EU and big companies will take over.. it's unaffordable... Promote sustainability but make it fair... Make business owners (small, medium or large) pay a proportional amount to the parcels they ship.. not a fixed amount...", "feedbackEnglish": "Ridiculous....A small business owner who ships a few orders a year has to pay the same amount as multimillion companies... How is that fair? They will simply stop shipping orders within the EU and big companies will take over.. it's unaffordable... Promote sustainability but make it fair... Make business owners (small, medium or large) pay a proportional amount to the parcels they ship.. not a fixed amount...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549582_en"}, {"id": 33549579, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 11:01:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Woidjuwel", "feedback": "Ich fertige in Handarbeit Schmuck, plastikfrei, nachhaltig, hochwertige Materialien. Beim Versand achte ich sehr auf die Umwelt, GoGreen Label, ebenso alles Kunststoff frei. Als Kleingewerbe ist es mir absolut nicht möglich, die Kosten für die Bevollmächtigten eines jeden EU-Landes zu tragen. Ich würde nur noch dafür arbeiten, um versenden zu können. Und Großkonzerne versenden trotzdem weiterhin ne Zahnbürste im Schuhkarton, da diese aufgrund Standorten in den Ländern ja nichtmal den Bevollmächtigten bestellen müssen. Es werden nur kleinen Händlern diese Kosten aufgedrückt, was rein nur dazu führt, dass der Markt in der EU künftig wohl nur noch aus Amazon, Temu usw bestehen wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "I handmade jewellery, plastic-free, sustainable, high-quality materials. When it comes to shipping, I pay great attention to the environment, GoGreen Label, as well as all plastic. As a small business, it is absolutely impossible for me to cover the costs of the representatives of each EU country. I would only work to be able to send. Large corporations nevertheless continue to send toothbrushes in shoe boxes, as they do not even have to appoint the authorised representative because of their locations in the Länder. Only small traders are pushed up these costs, which simply means that in the future the EU market will probably consist only of Amazon, Temu, etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549579_en"}, {"id": 33549581, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:59:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law is absolutely absurd and just benefits large corporations which can maneuver this jungle easily using their funds & manpower. We as a small business are on the verge of giving up because of this. We only ship a few packages to every EU country every year. The amount of money & bureaucracy involved in this is completely disproportionate to the sales volume. I have to speak up here, this is gonna end business for a lot of hopes, dreams and entrepreneurial efforts. I demand a reviewed law with exceptions for small and micro businesses with annual shipping volume under 5.000 parcels or 5 million Euros in revenue per year. We would accept a tax for bringing new plastic packaging packaging into the market but it should be fileable through one central channel. This law totally obliterates the EU's great advantage as a single market. This makes no sense whatsoever.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is absolutely absurd and just benefits large corporations which can maneuver this jungle easily using their funds & manpower. We as a small business are on the verge of giving up because of this. We only ship a few packages to every EU country every year. The amount of money & bureaucracy involved in this is completely disproportionate to the sales volume. I have to speak up here, this is gonna end business for a lot of hopes, dreams and entrepreneurial efforts. I demand a reviewed law with exceptions for small and micro businesses with annual shipping volume under 5.000 parcels or 5 million Euros in revenue per year. We would accept a tax for bringing new plastic packaging packaging into the market but it should be fileable through one central channel. This law totally obliterates the EU's great advantage as a single market. This makes no sense whatsoever.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549581_en"}, {"id": 33549580, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:58:48", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Une réglementation problématique pour toustes les artisans/artisanes et les micro-entreprises ! Cela fermerait les marchés européens de manière drastique, ce qui semble contraire aux principes mêmes de l'Europe", "feedbackEnglish": "Problematic regulation for craftsmen/crafts and micro-enterprises! This would drastically close European markets, which seems contrary to the very principles of Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549580_en"}, {"id": 33549572, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:56:56", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I understand the new law itself I feel that it's TOO extreme to the level that It will ruin small and even some medium businesses, and not only that but it'll ruin us as customers. This law is making it easier for big companies to thrive and just kill their competition that they have in small/medium businesses. We are hearing that we should support local and small businesses but how can we do that if they can't even ship to our countries cause they're SMALL and they can't simply afford this law? When EU was introducing the 3 per position on invoice law it was to stop big companies like Temu to overflow EU, but the truth is, after this law (packaging and packaging waste) you'll kill all small businesses that were available for eu citizens and that were a really good alternative to Temu. Because Temu is BIG and they'll be able to pay for having an authorized representative in every eu country separately, small business won't be able to do that. So In the end the Temu package overflow will either remain or be much bigger, cause people will just buy on sites like this cause only them will remain on the market. If you want to keep this law - help businesses that can't afford something like this, or change the law to make it easy and affordable for small & medium businesses, because for now the law is helping those you wanted to get rid of.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand the new law itself I feel that it's TOO extreme to the level that It will ruin small and even some medium businesses, and not only that but it'll ruin us as customers. This law is making it easier for big companies to thrive and just kill their competition that they have in small/medium businesses. We are hearing that we should support local and small businesses but how can we do that if they can't even ship to our countries cause they're SMALL and they can't simply afford this law? When EU was introducing the 3 per position on invoice law it was to stop big companies like Temu to overflow EU, but the truth is, after this law (packaging and packaging waste) you'll kill all small businesses that were available for eu citizens and that were a really good alternative to Temu. Because Temu is BIG and they'll be able to pay for having an authorized representative in every eu country separately, small business won't be able to do that. So In the end the Temu package overflow will either remain or be much bigger, cause people will just buy on sites like this cause only them will remain on the market. If you want to keep this law - help businesses that can't afford something like this, or change the law to make it easy and affordable for small & medium businesses, because for now the law is helping those you wanted to get rid of.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549572_en"}, {"id": 33549578, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:56:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KingBEAR Seifen & Bartpflege", "feedback": "Wir stellen im Manufakturbetrieb Naturseifen her. Die Kosmetikverordnung zwingt uns zwecks Deklaration der Inhaltsstoffe, eine Papierbanderole anzubringen. Die Neuregelung zu Verpackungen führt für unser gerade erst wachsendes EU-Binnenmarktgeschäft zu einem Abbruch desselben, während Mitbewerber aus dem Nicht-EU-Raum zunehmend mit angeblich nachhaltigen Produkten per Luftfracht aus Übersee in den Markt drängen. Ich halte das für absurd und verstehe nicht, warum eine Lizenzierung meiner Verpackungen im Ursprungsland nicht ausreicht. Fakt ist: unter den jetzigen Bedingungen können wir den EU-Markt nicht weiter beliefern, die Regelung begrenzt unser Wachstum massiv.", "feedbackEnglish": "We produce natural soaps in the manufacturing plant. The Cosmetics Regulation obliges us to affix a paper tape in order to declare the ingredients. The new rules on packaging mean that our EU internal market business, which is only just growing, is being disrupted, while competitors from outside the EU are increasingly entering the market with allegedly sustainable products by air freight from overseas. I find this absurd and do not understand why licensing my packaging in the country of origin is not sufficient. The fact is that: under the current conditions, we cannot continue to supply the EU market, and the scheme severely limits our growth.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549578_en"}, {"id": 33549577, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:54:26", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Organic Chemistry SAS", "feedback": "I am a small business owner in France. I am fully committed to complying with regulation, and I strongly support initiatives aimed at reducing packaging waste. I am also prepared to pay meaningful contributions toward the environmental cost of the packaging we place on the market. That being said, the current approach to EPR compliance for cross-border businesses is simply not workable. Requiring a small company selling across the EU to register, maintain accounts, submit declarations (and potentially appoint representatives!) across up to 27 separate national systems creates an administrative burden that is completely disproportionate to the environmental objective (the word I really want to use here, is \"absurd\") I cannot realistically create and maintain accounts on 27 different national portals. If VAT operated in the same way, I would simply stop selling outside my home country, except perhaps in 2 or 3 major markets. The success of VAT OSS demonstrates that the EU already knows how to solve exactly this type of problem. In my view, the practical (and urgent) options are therefore: - suspend the new cross-border administrative requirements until a workable system is available; - create a single EU-wide producer register and reporting portal; or - introduce an EPR equivalent of VAT OSS, whereby a business registers and reports through its home-country system, which then allocates declarations and contributions to the relevant Member States. An exemption for businesses below 2 million of turnover could provide temporary relief, but it would not solve the underlying problem. I do hope my own business will exceed 2 million in annual sales in 2027. But crossing that threshold would not suddenly give a small company the administrative capacity to maintain 27 different EPR registrations and reporting processes. European businesses should be encouraged to sell across the Single Market, not incentivised to restrict sales to a handful of Member States because regulatory compliance becomes more expensive and complex than the underlying environmental contributions themselves.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner in France. I am fully committed to complying with regulation, and I strongly support initiatives aimed at reducing packaging waste. I am also prepared to pay meaningful contributions toward the environmental cost of the packaging we place on the market. That being said, the current approach to EPR compliance for cross-border businesses is simply not workable. Requiring a small company selling across the EU to register, maintain accounts, submit declarations (and potentially appoint representatives!) across up to 27 separate national systems creates an administrative burden that is completely disproportionate to the environmental objective (the word I really want to use here, is \"absurd\") I cannot realistically create and maintain accounts on 27 different national portals. If VAT operated in the same way, I would simply stop selling outside my home country, except perhaps in 2 or 3 major markets. The success of VAT OSS demonstrates that the EU already knows how to solve exactly this type of problem. In my view, the practical (and urgent) options are therefore: - suspend the new cross-border administrative requirements until a workable system is available; - create a single EU-wide producer register and reporting portal; or - introduce an EPR equivalent of VAT OSS, whereby a business registers and reports through its home-country system, which then allocates declarations and contributions to the relevant Member States. An exemption for businesses below 2 million of turnover could provide temporary relief, but it would not solve the underlying problem. I do hope my own business will exceed 2 million in annual sales in 2027. But crossing that threshold would not suddenly give a small company the administrative capacity to maintain 27 different EPR registrations and reporting processes. European businesses should be encouraged to sell across the Single Market, not incentivised to restrict sales to a handful of Member States because regulatory compliance becomes more expensive and complex than the underlying environmental contributions themselves.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549577_en"}, {"id": 33549576, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:54:16", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Happenstance Books & Merch", "feedback": "Hi, I'm a small business, based in the EU, and only ship small quantities outside of the EU, and very little inside. Most of my products are drop-shipped by other companies. Small businesses such as mine already have so much to contend with because of many new EU laws, and this is just one more that makes life very complicated. Can you please give very clear guidance on what to do, and make the costs achievable. A blanket fee across the EU would be helpful, rather than multiple fees for different countries. Plus, I live in Portugal, and the advice I've received so far is hugely confusing. I have no idea who to register with, or even if I should. If this is going ahead, the process should be very clear first. Thanks, Tracey", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I'm a small business, based in the EU, and only ship small quantities outside of the EU, and very little inside. Most of my products are drop-shipped by other companies. Small businesses such as mine already have so much to contend with because of many new EU laws, and this is just one more that makes life very complicated. Can you please give very clear guidance on what to do, and make the costs achievable. A blanket fee across the EU would be helpful, rather than multiple fees for different countries. Plus, I live in Portugal, and the advice I've received so far is hugely confusing. I have no idea who to register with, or even if I should. If this is going ahead, the process should be very clear first. Thanks, Tracey", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549576_en"}, {"id": 33549573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:53:03", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Eureka Beauty srl", "feedback": "I have been working in cosmetics for 20 years. We were looking forward to this regulation to really make single market a reality by: - unifying labelling requirements for recycling for the whole of the EU - not done - unify packaging standards (so that France especially doesnt come up with random local rules) - not done Instead of prioritising what really matters to the companies to access the single market, the only thing that is basically enforced from the 12th of August is a new administrative burden for each business shipping WITHIN the single market - the EPR requirements. Weirdly with my ecommerce I can now ship to any US state but Im barred from shipping to EU states where I dont have an EPR. - its unacceptable that there is no unified system for all countries (IOSS was a success story) - its unacceptable that, for small businesses, the administrative burden of running 26 different EPR schemes will be higher than the actual tax paid to improve recycling in the EU. We are not paying into the community, we are paying into bureaucratic consultants for absolutely no reason. - the single market for start ups have instantly become a huge lie, because of unnecessary EU-mandated bureaucracy. I have been working in cosmetics for 2 decades and I know this law was in the making for a long time. The EU is also known for changing their mind the day before technical laws came into effect. And what do you do? You go ahead with the law in the middle of summer, whilst you have a discussion on the exemption for EU companies in October, after the parliament had their holiday season. You didnt do any of the homework for us to be able to sell a single product into the single market without changes. You just chose to create a bureaucratic nightmare for everyone. And if you couldnt foresee the consequences, I doubt the years of consultation had any value at all. You promised to be able to open a EU company in an hour, but yet Im not allowed to send a parcel across the border. Im disappointed, outraged and I feel like the EU parliament doesnt work for the European people or the businesses, but just to feed the bureaucratic apparatus under the pretence of environmental protection.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been working in cosmetics for 20 years. We were looking forward to this regulation to really make single market a reality by: - unifying labelling requirements for recycling for the whole of the EU - not done - unify packaging standards (so that France especially doesnt come up with random local rules) - not done Instead of prioritising what really matters to the companies to access the single market, the only thing that is basically enforced from the 12th of August is a new administrative burden for each business shipping WITHIN the single market - the EPR requirements. Weirdly with my ecommerce I can now ship to any US state but Im barred from shipping to EU states where I dont have an EPR. - its unacceptable that there is no unified system for all countries (IOSS was a success story) - its unacceptable that, for small businesses, the administrative burden of running 26 different EPR schemes will be higher than the actual tax paid to improve recycling in the EU. We are not paying into the community, we are paying into bureaucratic consultants for absolutely no reason. - the single market for start ups have instantly become a huge lie, because of unnecessary EU-mandated bureaucracy. I have been working in cosmetics for 2 decades and I know this law was in the making for a long time. The EU is also known for changing their mind the day before technical laws came into effect. And what do you do? You go ahead with the law in the middle of summer, whilst you have a discussion on the exemption for EU companies in October, after the parliament had their holiday season. You didnt do any of the homework for us to be able to sell a single product into the single market without changes. You just chose to create a bureaucratic nightmare for everyone. And if you couldnt foresee the consequences, I doubt the years of consultation had any value at all. You promised to be able to open a EU company in an hour, but yet Im not allowed to send a parcel across the border. Im disappointed, outraged and I feel like the EU parliament doesnt work for the European people or the businesses, but just to feed the bureaucratic apparatus under the pretence of environmental protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549573_en"}, {"id": 33549571, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:52:17", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mais uma vez a legislação vai estrangular os pequenos negócios, locais, de pessoas singulares ou familiares, tratando-os e taxando-os como se de grandes companhias fossem. São milhares os pequenos comerciantes que já anunciaram a cessação de vendas dentro da UE por não poderem sustentar estas taxas absurdas. Isto não é sustentabilidade. Isto é promoção dos grandes negócios de empresas milionárias, para as quais estas taxas são irrelevantes, não alterarão a sua conduta mais ou menos ambiental e, poderão agora, engolir os pequeninos nichos que os pequenos comerciantes começavam a conquistar. É uma vergonha! Taxe-se sem estrangular quem tenta sobreviver.", "feedbackEnglish": "Again, the legislation will strangle small, local businesses of individuals or family members, treating and taxing them as if they were large companies. Thousands of small traders have already announced the cessation of sales within the EU because they cannot sustain these absurd rates. This is not sustainability. This is to promote the big businesses of billionaire companies, for which these fees are irrelevant, will not change their more or less environmental conduct and may now swallow the small niches that the small merchants were starting to win. It’s a shame! Please rate yourself without strangulating those who try to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549571_en"}, {"id": 33549570, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:52:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Peter Ridder - P-R-M", "feedback": "Ich betreibe ein Kleingewerbe und produziere Hobbyartikel für RC-Modelle. https://buerokratieabbau.bvmw.de/iele Kunden kommen aus dem EU-Raum. Einmal abgesehen von der Frage ob man Erzeuger oder Hersteller ist, ist das Verfahren für die Anmeldung zur Teilnahme am nationalen Verpackungssystem in jedem Einzelstaat faktisch ein Ausschluss aller kleinen Unternehmen am Binnenmarkt und wird zur Einstellung des EU-Versands führen. Letztendlich fördert diese Richtlinie ohne Ausnahme für geringfügige Einbringung von Verpackungsmengen zu einer weiteren Zentralisierung von Großanbietern aus der EU und den asiatischen Ländern. Faktisch verkauft Niemand die von mir hergestellten Artikel auf großen Plattformen. IM Übrigen widerspricht dieses Regelung der Initiative zum Abbau von Bürokratie in der EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small business and produce hobby items for RC models. https://buerokratieabbau.bvmw.de/iele Customers come from the EU. Leaving aside the question of whether one is a producer or a producer, the procedure for notifying participation in the national packaging system in each Member State is de facto an exclusion of all small businesses from the internal market and will lead to the cessation of EU transit. Ultimately, this Directive promotes further centralisation of large-scale suppliers from the EU and Asian countries, without any exception for small-scale packaging. In fact, nobody sells the articles I produce on large platforms. Moreover, this rule runs counter to the initiative to cut red tape in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549570_en"}, {"id": 33549569, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:51:52", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ars Equitum", "feedback": "You are killing micro business inside EU. This is absolutely against the idea behind the free trade of Europe, which have been made for.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are killing micro business inside EU. This is absolutely against the idea behind the free trade of Europe, which have been made for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549569_en"}, {"id": 33549568, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:51:37", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR changes nothing for large corporations they already have legal entities across the EU. The burden falls entirely on small businesses. The authorised representative requirement creates a profitable layer of intermediaries with zero transparency. Why was a non-profit body with clear, standardized fees not established instead? From what Ive seen, one German provider charges 275/year 75 for representation and 200 in unexplained fees. Multiply that by 27 member states. This is not compliance. This is a tax on small business, dressed up as regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR changes nothing for large corporations they already have legal entities across the EU. The burden falls entirely on small businesses. The authorised representative requirement creates a profitable layer of intermediaries with zero transparency. Why was a non-profit body with clear, standardized fees not established instead? From what Ive seen, one German provider charges 275/year 75 for representation and 200 in unexplained fees. Multiply that by 27 member states. This is not compliance. This is a tax on small business, dressed up as regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549568_en"}, {"id": 33549567, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:51:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Versandhandel", "feedback": "Diese Regelung ist eine Katastrophe für kleine Online-Händler wie mich: ich versende ihn so gut wie alle EU Länder, zum Teil aber nur geringfügige Umsätze von wenigen 100 im Jahr. Wenn ich in all diesen Ländern eine Anmeldung mit einem Beauftragten machen müsste, Würde mich das etliche 1000 kosten, die in keinem Verhältnis zu den in den einzelnen Ländern gemachten Umsätzen stehen. Diese Regelung benachteiligt alle kleinen Händler und Gewerbetreibenden, und nutzt nur den großen Plattformen, für die solch eine Umsetzung problemlos machbar ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "This scheme is a catastrophe for small online traders like me: I send it almost to all EU countries, but sometimes only small turnovers of a few 100 per year. If I had to register with an agent in all these countries, this would cost me a number of 1000, disproportionate to the turnover achieved in each country. This rule puts all small traders and traders at a disadvantage and only uses the large platforms for which such implementation is easily feasible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549567_en"}, {"id": 33549566, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:49:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "il Etait Une Succulente", "feedback": "As a sole entrepreneur, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate burden the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) places on cross-border micro-enterprises. Micro-businesses are not the primary cause of packaging waste. We already practice genuine sustainability by reusing local boxes, using 100% recyclable paper, and custom-sizing every parcelunlike large platforms that regularly ship tiny items in oversized boxes. Requiring a micro-business to navigate registrations across 27 Member States and hire mandatory Authorized Representatives in each country creates an insurmountable financial barrier. Paying thousands of euros annually just to fulfill a few cross-border orders directly violates the EU principle of a free Single Market. It forces small merchants to restrict sales strictly to their home country or face closure. We urgently request: Single EU Portal: A unified, one-stop registration covering all 27 Member States. Representative Exemption: Making Authorized Representatives optional for micro-businesses (1 employee) and low-volume shippers. Proportional Thresholds: Standardized de minimis rules protecting small sellers from excessive compliance costs. Environmental regulations must remain fair and proportional so small, eco-conscious businesses can survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole entrepreneur, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate burden the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) places on cross-border micro-enterprises. Micro-businesses are not the primary cause of packaging waste. We already practice genuine sustainability by reusing local boxes, using 100% recyclable paper, and custom-sizing every parcelunlike large platforms that regularly ship tiny items in oversized boxes. Requiring a micro-business to navigate registrations across 27 Member States and hire mandatory Authorized Representatives in each country creates an insurmountable financial barrier. Paying thousands of euros annually just to fulfill a few cross-border orders directly violates the EU principle of a free Single Market. It forces small merchants to restrict sales strictly to their home country or face closure. We urgently request: Single EU Portal: A unified, one-stop registration covering all 27 Member States. Representative Exemption: Making Authorized Representatives optional for micro-businesses (1 employee) and low-volume shippers. Proportional Thresholds: Standardized de minimis rules protecting small sellers from excessive compliance costs. Environmental regulations must remain fair and proportional so small, eco-conscious businesses can survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549566_en"}, {"id": 33549565, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:49:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hic Sunt Monstra Di Simona Bonanni", "feedback": "As small business owner / creator I underline taht mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. This is alsso against the EU philosophy of a free market and common economy. So this also destrying one of the most important principle of EU. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "As small business owner / creator I underline taht mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. This is alsso against the EU philosophy of a free market and common economy. So this also destrying one of the most important principle of EU. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549565_en"}, {"id": 33549564, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:49:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sostenelle", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich begrüße grundsätzlich das Ziel der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, die Recyclingfähigkeit von Verpackungen zu verbessern und Unternehmen stärker in die Verantwortung für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen zu nehmen. Als Inhaberin eines kleinen, nachhaltigen Modeunternehmens möchte ich jedoch auf ein erhebliches Problem aufmerksam machen: Die Umsetzung der neuen Anforderungen kann für Kleinstunternehmen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu deren tatsächlichem Verpackungsaufkommen stehen. Mein Unternehmen Sostenelle ist ein sehr kleines Unternehmen mit entsprechend geringen Absatzmengen. Die Produkte werden überwiegend online verkauft und in vergleichsweise kleinen Mengen versendet. Trotzdem können durch die neuen Regelungen erhebliche zusätzliche Verpflichtungen entstehen insbesondere bei Verkäufen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen bedeutet dies nicht nur zusätzliche Kosten für Verpackungslizenzierung und Registrierung, sondern insbesondere einen erheblichen administrativen Aufwand: * Registrierung in unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen, * unterschiedliche nationale Anforderungen und Meldeverfahren, * gegebenenfalls Beauftragung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten, * zusätzliche laufende Dokumentations- und Berichtspflichten, * sowie Kosten, die unabhängig von der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge entstehen können. Für ein kleines Unternehmen mit wenigen Sendungen in einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten kann der Verwaltungsaufwand dadurch in einem extremen Missverhältnis zum tatsächlichen ökologischen Einfluss stehen. Die neue Regulierung droht damit insbesondere Unternehmen zu benachteiligen, die bewusst klein, nachhaltig und mit geringen Produktions- und Versandmengen arbeiten. Ein großer Konzern kann entsprechende Compliance-Kosten auf eine große Anzahl von Produkten und Verkäufen verteilen. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen können dieselben regulatorischen Fixkosten hingegen einen erheblichen Anteil der ohnehin geringen Marge ausmachen. Ich möchte daher folgende Verbesserungen anregen: 1. Eine EU-weit einheitliche Registrierungsmöglichkeit für Kleinstunternehmen, anstatt 27 unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren. 2. Deutliche Bagatellgrenzen, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von bestimmten Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigungspflichten ausgenommen werden. 3. Ein vereinfachtes Verfahren für Kleinstunternehmen, das sich am tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen orientiert. 4. Keine unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten, wenn lediglich geringe Mengen an Verpackungen in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebracht werden. 5. Eine zentrale europäische Plattform, über die Unternehmen ihre Verpackungsmengen einmal melden können und die Daten anschließend automatisch an die jeweils zuständigen nationalen Stellen übermittelt werden. 6. Eine besondere Berücksichtigung von Kleinstunternehmen und Start-ups, die häufig nur wenige Produkte und geringe Stückzahlen verkaufen und nicht über eigene Compliance-Abteilungen verfügen. Das Ziel einer nachhaltigeren Kreislaufwirtschaft unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Die Regulierung sollte jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine nachhaltige Unternehmen aufgrund des administrativen und finanziellen Aufwands gezwungen werden, den Verkauf innerhalb der EU einzuschränken oder einzustellen. Eine wirkungsvolle Verpackungspolitik sollte sowohl ökologische Ziele als auch das Prinzip der Verhältnismäßigkeit berücksichtigen. Ich bitte daher darum, die besonderen Auswirkungen der neuen Anforderungen auf Kleinstunternehmen bei der weiteren Umsetzung und Ausgestaltung der Regelungen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lisa Rometsch Sostenelle", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome in principle the aim of the new EU Packaging Regulation to reduce packaging waste, improve the recyclability of packaging and make companies more responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, as the owner of a small, sustainable fashion company, I would like to draw attention to a significant problem: The implementation of the new requirements may not be proportionate for micro-enterprises to their actual packaging volumes. My company Sostenelle is a very small company with correspondingly small sales volumes. The products are mostly sold online and shipped in comparatively small quantities. Nevertheless, the new rules may create significant additional obligations, in particular for sales to other EU Member States. For a micro-enterprise, this means not only additional costs for packaging licensing and registration, but in particular a significant administrative burden: * Registration in different national systems, * different national requirements and reporting procedures, * commissioning a local authorised representative where appropriate, * additional ongoing documentation and reporting obligations, * and costs that may arise regardless of the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. For a small company with few shipments to individual EU Member States, the administrative burden can be extremely disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. The new regulation therefore risks penalising companies that deliberately operate on a small scale, in a sustainable manner and with low production and shipping volumes. A large group can spread corresponding compliance costs across a large number of products and sales. By contrast, for a micro-enterprise, the same fixed regulatory costs may account for a significant proportion of the already small margin. I would therefore like to suggest the following improvements: 1. An EU-wide single registration option for micro-enterprises, instead of 27 different national procedures. 2. Clear de minimis thresholds below which micro-enterprises are exempted from certain registration, notification and authorisation requirements. 3. A simplified procedure for micro-enterprises based on actual packaging volumes. 4. No disproportionate fixed costs if only small quantities of packaging are placed on the market in another EU Member State. 5. A European central platform where companies can report their packaging quantities once and the data is then automatically transmitted to the relevant national competent bodies. 6. A special focus on micro-enterprises and start-ups, which often sell few products and small numbers of items and do not have their own compliance departments. I strongly support the objective of a more sustainable and circular economy. However, regulation should not force small sustainable businesses to restrict or stop sales within the EU due to administrative and financial burdens. An effective packaging policy should take into account both environmental objectives and the principle of proportionality. I would therefore ask that greater account be taken of the specific impact of the new requirements on micro-enterprises in the further implementation and design of the rules. Yours sincerely, Lisa Rometsch Sostenelle", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549564_en"}, {"id": 33549563, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:48:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have concerns that these regulations, as they are laid out now, will essentially kill off EU small businesses. As a regular customer of small businesses for years now I've seen some of the shifts that came as a result of varying regulations. Higher shipping costs and increased tariffs over the years have meant that buying from international small businesses has become a bit of a hurdle already. However, within the EU, thanks to our open borders and shared policies, things have remained relatively stable. This has been great for small business commerce within the EU. I worry that the regulations laid out in this proposal would destroy that, since small businesses cannot absorb the costs of these regulations the way big multi-nationals can. Many small business thrive within a niche of sustainably and ethically made goods, as opposed to the often cheap mass-manufactured goods sold by many multi-nationals. As a result the products of small businesses can be relatively expensive and thus not within everyone's budget, which is why many small business cannot rely on domestic sales alone, especially in smaller, less populated countries and areas. Many of the owners of the small businesses I shop at are entrepreneurs that recycle what would otherwise be waste materials into various items or people who are keeping craft traditions alive (which are often centuries old and have all but completely disappeared), who depend on cross-border sales to keep themselves, their business and often their family afloat. This also creates a much higher barrier to entry for new entrepreneurs to enter the market, as the up-front costs to starting a new business will be much greater than what a new business with no establishes customer-base can afford. We need to be uplifting small businesses rather than introducing new hurdles for them to overcome. I believe these regulations need to be revised to include, for example, a de minimis exemption, to prevent the destruction of micro-commerce across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have concerns that these regulations, as they are laid out now, will essentially kill off EU small businesses. As a regular customer of small businesses for years now I've seen some of the shifts that came as a result of varying regulations. Higher shipping costs and increased tariffs over the years have meant that buying from international small businesses has become a bit of a hurdle already. However, within the EU, thanks to our open borders and shared policies, things have remained relatively stable. This has been great for small business commerce within the EU. I worry that the regulations laid out in this proposal would destroy that, since small businesses cannot absorb the costs of these regulations the way big multi-nationals can. Many small business thrive within a niche of sustainably and ethically made goods, as opposed to the often cheap mass-manufactured goods sold by many multi-nationals. As a result the products of small businesses can be relatively expensive and thus not within everyone's budget, which is why many small business cannot rely on domestic sales alone, especially in smaller, less populated countries and areas. Many of the owners of the small businesses I shop at are entrepreneurs that recycle what would otherwise be waste materials into various items or people who are keeping craft traditions alive (which are often centuries old and have all but completely disappeared), who depend on cross-border sales to keep themselves, their business and often their family afloat. This also creates a much higher barrier to entry for new entrepreneurs to enter the market, as the up-front costs to starting a new business will be much greater than what a new business with no establishes customer-base can afford. We need to be uplifting small businesses rather than introducing new hurdles for them to overcome. I believe these regulations need to be revised to include, for example, a de minimis exemption, to prevent the destruction of micro-commerce across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549563_en"}, {"id": 33549562, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:48:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Yvi Creation", "feedback": "Ich finde die neue Regelung für Kleinstunternehmen besorgniserregend. Ein Bevollmächtigter in jedem EU-Land ist für kleine Unternehmen administrativ und finanziell nicht stemmbar. Erst bei mehreren hundert Bestellungen pro Jahr in einem Land, wären die Kosten eventuell Auffangbar. Kleine Unternehmen haben es generell bereits schwer gegen die großen \"Player\" anzukommen und mit einer solchen Verordnung hält man die Kleinen noch kleiner. Bitte führt Bagatellgrenzen ein, sodass wir kleinen Unternehmen auch eine Chance haben.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned about the new regime for micro-enterprises. An authorised representative in each EU country is administratively and financially unfeasible for small businesses. Only with several hundred orders per year in a country could the costs be absorbed. In general, small businesses are already struggling to deal with the big players, and with such a regulation the smaller ones will be even smaller. Please introduce de minimis thresholds so that we also have an opportunity for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549562_en"}, {"id": 33549561, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:47:58", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Denna nya lag förstör för alla småföretagare. Det är inte rimligt att små företag ska följa samma riktlinjer som de stora företagen. Det här är verkligen ett sätt att förstöra så att nybildade eller små företag rent ekonomiskt eller tidsmässigt inte kan ha kunder i något annat eu-land.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is destroying all small businesses. It makes no sense for small companies to follow the same guidelines as large companies. This is indeed a way of destroying that newly created or small companies cannot have customers in any other EU country in financial or temporal terms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549561_en"}, {"id": 33549560, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:47:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As part of my engagement with the practical impact of new EU packaging legislation, I worked through a concrete case: a young chemist considering setting up a business to distribute an environmentally friendly laundry detergent system refill concentrates plus a hygiene rinse, manufactured under contract. For the product itself, he would need to master the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (including the trilogue revision), the Detergents Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 and its planned recast (DetVO 2026/405), and the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the hygiene rinse. For online distribution: German accessibility legislation, the Empowering Consumers Directive, German disclosure rules under Section 5 DDG, and GDPR Articles 13/14. Product and online distribution are thus fully regulated manageable for a one-person business, because each requirement substantively concerns the venture and can be addressed with reasonable effort. Then comes packaging, and the same pattern repeats. A German carton manufacturer is willing to assume the manufacturer role under Article 3(1)(13)(b) PPWR for the shipping packaging. But as soon as a parcel is shipped directly to a customer in another EU Member State, one becomes a producer for extended producer responsibility purposes there under Article 3(1)(15) regardless of quantity or micro-enterprise status. Article 45(3) requires an authorised representative to be appointed in every such Member State where one is not established. Across the EU, that means up to 26 authorised representatives, 26 registrations, 26 recurring costs. The decisive difference to the other legislation listed above is not complexity but cost structure. REACH, CLP, and the detergents and biocides regimes require knowledge an effort that decreases with preparation. The cost under Article 45(3) PPWR is structural: it follows directly from the number of target countries and does not decrease with subject-matter competence. A business can be fully prepared in substance and still fail on the same fixed, volume-independent representative costs across up to 26 Member States. Article 46(5) requires producer responsibility organisations not to place a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises. This does not address the real obstacle, however: the obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each target country a cost independent of actual packaging volume and unrelated to anticipated turnover. The micro-enterprise exemption under Article 3(1)(13)(b) removes the producer obligation for the packaging itself, but the far more burdensome obligation registration as a producer in each target country remains fully in place. There is no EU-wide single register, no de-minimis threshold below which registration itself would not apply, and no shared authorised representative valid across several countries. Specific request to the Commission, to be examined in the context of this and future implementing acts: whether the micro-enterprise exemption under Article 3(1)(13)(b) could be extended to the producer/registration obligation under Articles 4447, rather than applying only to the manufacturer obligation; whether an EU-wide one-stop-shop procedure for producer registration could be introduced, comparable to the OSS procedure for VAT; whether a genuine de-minimis threshold for micro-quantities could be introduced, below which the registration obligation itself would not apply rather than merely reducing the level of reporting detail; whether, in addition to the administrative registration fee (Article 44(11)(d)), relief could also be considered for the cost of appointing an authorised representative for micro-enterprises below the 10-tonne threshold for instance through greater cost transparency or a targeted support instrument, without interfering with representatives' freedom to set their own prices.", "feedbackEnglish": "As part of my engagement with the practical impact of new EU packaging legislation, I worked through a concrete case: a young chemist considering setting up a business to distribute an environmentally friendly laundry detergent system refill concentrates plus a hygiene rinse, manufactured under contract. For the product itself, he would need to master the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (including the trilogue revision), the Detergents Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 and its planned recast (DetVO 2026/405), and the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the hygiene rinse. For online distribution: German accessibility legislation, the Empowering Consumers Directive, German disclosure rules under Section 5 DDG, and GDPR Articles 13/14. Product and online distribution are thus fully regulated manageable for a one-person business, because each requirement substantively concerns the venture and can be addressed with reasonable effort. Then comes packaging, and the same pattern repeats. A German carton manufacturer is willing to assume the manufacturer role under Article 3(1)(13)(b) PPWR for the shipping packaging. But as soon as a parcel is shipped directly to a customer in another EU Member State, one becomes a producer for extended producer responsibility purposes there under Article 3(1)(15) regardless of quantity or micro-enterprise status. Article 45(3) requires an authorised representative to be appointed in every such Member State where one is not established. Across the EU, that means up to 26 authorised representatives, 26 registrations, 26 recurring costs. The decisive difference to the other legislation listed above is not complexity but cost structure. REACH, CLP, and the detergents and biocides regimes require knowledge an effort that decreases with preparation. The cost under Article 45(3) PPWR is structural: it follows directly from the number of target countries and does not decrease with subject-matter competence. A business can be fully prepared in substance and still fail on the same fixed, volume-independent representative costs across up to 26 Member States. Article 46(5) requires producer responsibility organisations not to place a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises. This does not address the real obstacle, however: the obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each target country a cost independent of actual packaging volume and unrelated to anticipated turnover. The micro-enterprise exemption under Article 3(1)(13)(b) removes the producer obligation for the packaging itself, but the far more burdensome obligation registration as a producer in each target country remains fully in place. There is no EU-wide single register, no de-minimis threshold below which registration itself would not apply, and no shared authorised representative valid across several countries. Specific request to the Commission, to be examined in the context of this and future implementing acts: whether the micro-enterprise exemption under Article 3(1)(13)(b) could be extended to the producer/registration obligation under Articles 4447, rather than applying only to the manufacturer obligation; whether an EU-wide one-stop-shop procedure for producer registration could be introduced, comparable to the OSS procedure for VAT; whether a genuine de-minimis threshold for micro-quantities could be introduced, below which the registration obligation itself would not apply rather than merely reducing the level of reporting detail; whether, in addition to the administrative registration fee (Article 44(11)(d)), relief could also be considered for the cost of appointing an authorised representative for micro-enterprises below the 10-tonne threshold for instance through greater cost transparency or a targeted support instrument, without interfering with representatives' freedom to set their own prices.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549560_en"}, {"id": 33549559, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:45:31", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Do you really think it is fair to lump micro and small businesses in with Medium and Large businesses? So a small business has a turnover of £100k a profit of £20k. You want them to register and pay in 27 countries. I am in UK and have sold £5000 to Ireland, my quote to carry on £500 this totally wipes out any profit and therefore is totally not cost effective. An artisan producer sells even less. I think it is very short sighted that you with all your knowledge have not taken this into account. You literally are killing off micro, artisan and small businesses even those within the EU. Why would you not consider having a tiered system, therefore those that produce the most pay the most, those who make very little either are exempt or pay a small nominal amount. And what about the businesses who use recyclable packaging? again not exempt. Its a system that has not been thought out and as usual someone with zero sense of small busineses and who is in the market. I urge you to change this, immediately. If the businesses close then tax and vat receipts disappear aswell. More people claiming unemployment benefits and therefore are a drain on Governments instead of making a contribution.", "feedbackEnglish": "Do you really think it is fair to lump micro and small businesses in with Medium and Large businesses? So a small business has a turnover of £100k a profit of £20k. You want them to register and pay in 27 countries. I am in UK and have sold £5000 to Ireland, my quote to carry on £500 this totally wipes out any profit and therefore is totally not cost effective. An artisan producer sells even less. I think it is very short sighted that you with all your knowledge have not taken this into account. You literally are killing off micro, artisan and small businesses even those within the EU. Why would you not consider having a tiered system, therefore those that produce the most pay the most, those who make very little either are exempt or pay a small nominal amount. And what about the businesses who use recyclable packaging? again not exempt. Its a system that has not been thought out and as usual someone with zero sense of small busineses and who is in the market. I urge you to change this, immediately. If the businesses close then tax and vat receipts disappear aswell. More people claiming unemployment benefits and therefore are a drain on Governments instead of making a contribution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549559_en"}, {"id": 33549557, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:44:28", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Do not kill micro and small businesses in Europe in favour of big corporations. These regulations place a disproportionate burden on small businesses like mine that ship small quantities of packaging within EU member states, this means 0-5 orders per year to separate European countries. The small Irish ethical jewellery company that I work for lacks both the financial resources to pay several hundred euros per EU country for registration and the time to manage the administrative burden of complying with these regulations. As a result, we have had to suspend all sales to EU countries outside of Ireland until further notice. This will have a significant impact on revenue, ability to grow business and the ability to pay bills. Most small businesses worldwide are currently facing the same situation. Ultimately this law leads to fewer choices for consumers when shopping, which in turn will drive up the amount of packaging waste generated by large corporations like Amazon and companies in China, precisely the companies that already account for the majority of packaging waste. Do not penalize micro and small businesses that do not pose a problem when it comes to packaging waste. An exemption for micro-enterprises must be introduced immediately to ensure that small businesses can survive. We are all in favour of reducing packaging waste. Our company, along with many other small businesses, already reuse packaging materials as much as we can, large companies do not do this. Buying new boxes is also quite expensive, which is why we tend to reuse materials more often than large companies. We should not be the ones targeted by these new regulations as we are not contributing to the packaging waste in large effect. We need: One simple EU-wide system for registration and reporting. No separate, expensive representative required in each country. Cost based on actual package amounts per country. Add a micro-enterprise exemption and make small businesses exempt of fees if there are under 20 orders to a country per year. Incrementally increase the cost in regards to the amount of shipped packages and target the big corporations that are the real polluters. I am hopeful that the EU can come up with a system that will not kill small businesses. Artisans, artists and makers are the beating heart of Europe. They foster skill and share culture connecting us all. Enable us to keep shipping to other European countries. Do not kill our business. Pause the implementation and add a micro/small-enterprise exemption before continuing ahead with this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "Do not kill micro and small businesses in Europe in favour of big corporations. These regulations place a disproportionate burden on small businesses like mine that ship small quantities of packaging within EU member states, this means 0-5 orders per year to separate European countries. The small Irish ethical jewellery company that I work for lacks both the financial resources to pay several hundred euros per EU country for registration and the time to manage the administrative burden of complying with these regulations. As a result, we have had to suspend all sales to EU countries outside of Ireland until further notice. This will have a significant impact on revenue, ability to grow business and the ability to pay bills. Most small businesses worldwide are currently facing the same situation. Ultimately this law leads to fewer choices for consumers when shopping, which in turn will drive up the amount of packaging waste generated by large corporations like Amazon and companies in China, precisely the companies that already account for the majority of packaging waste. Do not penalize micro and small businesses that do not pose a problem when it comes to packaging waste. An exemption for micro-enterprises must be introduced immediately to ensure that small businesses can survive. We are all in favour of reducing packaging waste. Our company, along with many other small businesses, already reuse packaging materials as much as we can, large companies do not do this. Buying new boxes is also quite expensive, which is why we tend to reuse materials more often than large companies. We should not be the ones targeted by these new regulations as we are not contributing to the packaging waste in large effect. We need: One simple EU-wide system for registration and reporting. No separate, expensive representative required in each country. Cost based on actual package amounts per country. Add a micro-enterprise exemption and make small businesses exempt of fees if there are under 20 orders to a country per year. Incrementally increase the cost in regards to the amount of shipped packages and target the big corporations that are the real polluters. I am hopeful that the EU can come up with a system that will not kill small businesses. Artisans, artists and makers are the beating heart of Europe. They foster skill and share culture connecting us all. Enable us to keep shipping to other European countries. Do not kill our business. Pause the implementation and add a micro/small-enterprise exemption before continuing ahead with this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549557_en"}, {"id": 33549556, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:44:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Seit ich von diesem Erlass gehört habe, habe ich meinen Versand in die EU eingestellt. Ich bin Alleinunternehmer und kann mir noch mehr Abgaben einfach nicht leisten. 100 oder mehr Euro für 3 oder 4 Minipäckchen von nicht einmal 100 Gramm und das pro Jahr?Lachhaft. Wenn die EU solch eine Verordnung erlässt, warum dann so kompliziert? Warum zahlt man nicht an eine zentrale Stelle? Man gibt an, in welche Länder man wie viel versendet hat und diese erhalten dann ihren Teil vom Geld. Außerdem habe ich bis dato über Lucid und den grünen Punkt meine Mengenabgaben gemacht. Davon ist ein winziger Teil ins EU Ausland gegangen, dieser Teil bleibt hier übrig. Also zu viel gezahlt. Ich glaube, dass es auch andere Kleinstunternehmer in der EU gibt, die z.B. in AT ihren Anteil bezahlen und einen ebenso winzigen Teil nach DE senden. Zack, da ist der Ausgleich. Es muss doch möglich sein für Kleinstunternehmen, etwas zu regeln, was uns nicht so belastet. Dagegen spricht natürlich auch, dass ich mein Online Angebot überall zum Kauf angeben MUSS. Ihr kann dann aber einschränken, wohin ich versende. Was ist das für ein Quatsch?", "feedbackEnglish": "Since I heard of this decree, I have stopped sending me to the EU. I am a sole trader and I simply cannot afford more taxes. EUR 100 or more for 3 or 4 minip packets of less than 100 grams per year. If the EU adopts such a regulation, why is it so complicated? Why not pay to a central body? You indicate to which countries you have sent and how much, and they then get their share of the money. I have also paid my quantitative levies on Lucid and the green point to date. A tiny part of this has gone abroad to the EU, but this part remains here. That is to say, overpaid. I believe that there are also other micro-entrepreneurs in the EU who pay their share e.g. in AT and send an equally tiny part to DE. Zack, there is compensation. It must be possible for micro-enterprises to regulate something that is not so burdensome for us. Of course, the fact that I MUST declare my online offer everywhere for purchase also militates against this. But you can then restrict where I am going. What is this for a quetsch?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549556_en"}, {"id": 33549555, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:43:29", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Leah Van Meyer Ltd.", "feedback": "EPR compliance was alerady a buden on our small Amazon business. Now that it is being enforced in countries across the EU, with each country requiring it's own registration, this is a huge problem. It is costly and time consuming and promises very little reward. Larger companies can withstand these regulations, but for smaller companies already embattled by increased costs and taxation in the EU, it is just yet taking us closer to withdrawing our products from the EU. The very least the EU can do is work in unity and provide a simplified compliance method for all EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "EPR compliance was alerady a buden on our small Amazon business. Now that it is being enforced in countries across the EU, with each country requiring it's own registration, this is a huge problem. It is costly and time consuming and promises very little reward. Larger companies can withstand these regulations, but for smaller companies already embattled by increased costs and taxation in the EU, it is just yet taking us closer to withdrawing our products from the EU. The very least the EU can do is work in unity and provide a simplified compliance method for all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549555_en"}, {"id": 33549554, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:42:54", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an owner of manufacturing company supplying products to customers from numerous European Union Member States, I understand and support the European Unions efforts to reduce packaging waste and promote more efficient use of resources. Environmental protection is a legitimate objective, and the manufacturing sector must play its role in achieving it. At the same time, I must strongly emphasize that the requirements arising from the PPWR Regulation impose an exceptionally high administrative, personnel, and financial burden on businesses. Discussions surrounding the new legislation completely overlooked its real-world impact on companies. The challenge is not limited to packaging redesigns or one-time investments. PPWR creates ongoing obligations related to data collection, reporting, monitoring, documentation, and compliance management across multiple EU markets. This translates into significant costs for employees, external consultants, IT systems, legal support, and operational processes. While such requirements may be manageable for large multinational corporations, they represent a disproportionate burden for small and medium-sized enterprises. Companies employing only a few dozen people do not have dedicated departments for regulatory affairs, sustainability, or compliance. Every new reporting obligation means that owners and key employees must spend more time on administrative tasks instead of focusing on manufacturing, innovation and business itself. I firmly believe that the current scope of PPWR requirements does not adequately reflect the realities and capacities of SMEs. Regulation should be proportionate to the size and resources of businesses and should recognize that small and medium-sized enterprises form very important part of the European economy. I am concerned that the outcome may not only be improved environmental performance but also a further reduction in the competitiveness of European manufacturers, who are already facing high costs related to energy, labor, transportation, and compliance with numerous other regulations. European businesses cannot continue to absorb an ever-growing regulatory burden without negative consequences for investment, employment, and their ability to compete with manufacturers outside the EU. I support the goals of environmental protection. However, I cannot support a regulatory framework that seeks to achieve these goals through requirements whose complexity and cost are, in practice, unsustainable for thousands of European businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an owner of manufacturing company supplying products to customers from numerous European Union Member States, I understand and support the European Unions efforts to reduce packaging waste and promote more efficient use of resources. Environmental protection is a legitimate objective, and the manufacturing sector must play its role in achieving it. At the same time, I must strongly emphasize that the requirements arising from the PPWR Regulation impose an exceptionally high administrative, personnel, and financial burden on businesses. Discussions surrounding the new legislation completely overlooked its real-world impact on companies. The challenge is not limited to packaging redesigns or one-time investments. PPWR creates ongoing obligations related to data collection, reporting, monitoring, documentation, and compliance management across multiple EU markets. This translates into significant costs for employees, external consultants, IT systems, legal support, and operational processes. While such requirements may be manageable for large multinational corporations, they represent a disproportionate burden for small and medium-sized enterprises. Companies employing only a few dozen people do not have dedicated departments for regulatory affairs, sustainability, or compliance. Every new reporting obligation means that owners and key employees must spend more time on administrative tasks instead of focusing on manufacturing, innovation and business itself. I firmly believe that the current scope of PPWR requirements does not adequately reflect the realities and capacities of SMEs. Regulation should be proportionate to the size and resources of businesses and should recognize that small and medium-sized enterprises form very important part of the European economy. I am concerned that the outcome may not only be improved environmental performance but also a further reduction in the competitiveness of European manufacturers, who are already facing high costs related to energy, labor, transportation, and compliance with numerous other regulations. European businesses cannot continue to absorb an ever-growing regulatory burden without negative consequences for investment, employment, and their ability to compete with manufacturers outside the EU. I support the goals of environmental protection. However, I cannot support a regulatory framework that seeks to achieve these goals through requirements whose complexity and cost are, in practice, unsustainable for thousands of European businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549554_en"}, {"id": 33549553, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:37:31", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to share a concern about the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Right now it seems to favor big businesses, since they can easily absorb the cost of shipping and complying with packaging rules across multiple EU countries. Micro and niche businesses just can't do the same. Having to register and pay packaging fees to ship one or two items a year isn't something they can realistically afford. If this stays as is, I will end up killing off a lot of micro businesses that simply don't have the volume to justify those costs, even though they're not the ones creating large-scale packaging waste in the first place. I'd like to see some kind of exemption for low-volume or micro sellers, so the regulation can still meet its environmental goals without pricing small businesses out of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to share a concern about the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Right now it seems to favor big businesses, since they can easily absorb the cost of shipping and complying with packaging rules across multiple EU countries. Micro and niche businesses just can't do the same. Having to register and pay packaging fees to ship one or two items a year isn't something they can realistically afford. If this stays as is, I will end up killing off a lot of micro businesses that simply don't have the volume to justify those costs, even though they're not the ones creating large-scale packaging waste in the first place. I'd like to see some kind of exemption for low-volume or micro sellers, so the regulation can still meet its environmental goals without pricing small businesses out of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549553_en"}, {"id": 33549552, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:37:14", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run small hand-craft bussines, selling my products via e-shop to most of the EU countries. I havr status of small enterprise with -EX number, so I am not VAT payer. I am literally one woman show, doing everything on my own from crafting till accounting. I ship few parvels to each country. It is 0.5-2 kg of waste per year per country. And now imagine the amount of agenda and fees that will apply to be by this dorective. It is absolutelly devastating. If I stop to ship to those countries, my donestic market is too small and I have to close my bussiness completely. And this is exactly situation of thousands hand-crafters selling their own products via e-commerce. We are much more ecological compering to big e-commerce players but we are not able to keep such agenda. Please consider that and make law feasible slso for small enterprises across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run small hand-craft bussines, selling my products via e-shop to most of the EU countries. I havr status of small enterprise with -EX number, so I am not VAT payer. I am literally one woman show, doing everything on my own from crafting till accounting. I ship few parvels to each country. It is 0.5-2 kg of waste per year per country. And now imagine the amount of agenda and fees that will apply to be by this dorective. It is absolutelly devastating. If I stop to ship to those countries, my donestic market is too small and I have to close my bussiness completely. And this is exactly situation of thousands hand-crafters selling their own products via e-commerce. We are much more ecological compering to big e-commerce players but we are not able to keep such agenda. Please consider that and make law feasible slso for small enterprises across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549552_en"}, {"id": 33549551, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:34:32", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am concerned about the potential administrative and financial burden created by different national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for small businesses selling across the EU. For very small businesses and independent makers, having to register in multiple countries, appoint local representatives and potentially pay fixed fees for each market can be highly disproportionate, especially when only very small quantities of packaging are placed on the market. While the objective of reducing packaging waste is important and necessary, the regulatory burden should be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. A small business placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market should not face the same administrative requirements as a large company placing tonnes of packaging on the market. I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a genuinely simple and harmonised EU-wide approach for micro and small businesses, including meaningful de minimis thresholds and simplified registration, reporting and EPR requirements. The current fragmentation between Member States risks discouraging small businesses from selling across the EU and creates unnecessary barriers to the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned about the potential administrative and financial burden created by different national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for small businesses selling across the EU. For very small businesses and independent makers, having to register in multiple countries, appoint local representatives and potentially pay fixed fees for each market can be highly disproportionate, especially when only very small quantities of packaging are placed on the market. While the objective of reducing packaging waste is important and necessary, the regulatory burden should be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. A small business placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market should not face the same administrative requirements as a large company placing tonnes of packaging on the market. I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a genuinely simple and harmonised EU-wide approach for micro and small businesses, including meaningful de minimis thresholds and simplified registration, reporting and EPR requirements. The current fragmentation between Member States risks discouraging small businesses from selling across the EU and creates unnecessary barriers to the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549551_en"}, {"id": 33549550, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:32:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist klasse, dass die EU sich für weniger Verpackungsmüll einsetzt. Ich wähle für Waren und Verpackungen als Einzelunternehmerin umweltfreundliche und nachhaltige Materialien aus. Mein Unternehmen mit Sitz in Deutschland verschickt monatlich echte Briefe mit ermutigenden Sprüchen und Texten an Menschen, die sich über persönliche Zeilen freuen. Durch die neuen Verpackungsverordnungen droht mein kleines Unternehmen zu scheitern. Die Kosten für Bevollmächtigte übersteigen meinen Gewinn um ein Vielfaches. Pro Brief mache ich einen Gewinn von 2-3. Aktuell habe ich unzählige Anfragen aus Österreich, einige aus Spanien und Italien. Um mir eine Bevollmächtigen leisten zu können müsste mindestens 100-500 Kunden je Land haben und ich habe dann kaum noch Gewinn. Außerdem kann ich meine Briefe nicht mehr künstlerisch bedrucken, was meine Kunden besonderes geliebt haben, da ich sonst zum Erzeuger des Briefumschlags werde. Ich bin 100% für Umweltschutz. Aber ich bin auch 100% für Kunst und Menschlichkeit. Wir brauchen Kunst für unser emotionales Wohlbefinden. Deshalb wäre mein Lösungsvorschlag: 1. Freimengen für Kleinstbetriebe. Wer nur kleine Mengen verschickt sollte von teuren Auslandsvertretern und Doppelregistrierungen befreit werden. 2. Die Künstlerische Gestaltung einer Versandverpackung bewirkt nicht, dass man zum Erzeuger dessen wird. 3. Prozent in einziges EU-Portal und einfache Formulare statt 27 Einzelanmeldungen.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is classed that the EU is committed to reducing packaging waste. I select environmentally friendly and sustainable materials for goods and packaging as a sole trader My company, based in Germany, sends real monthly letters with encouraging slogans and texts to people looking forward to personal lines. As a result of the new packaging regulations, my small business risks failing. The cost of an agent is many times higher than my profit. I make a profit of 2-3 per letter. I currently have countless enquiries from Austria, some from Spain and Italy. In order to be able to provide me with a power of attorney, I would have to have at least 100-500 customers per country and then hardly make any profit. Moreover, I can no longer print my letters artistically, which my customers have loved in particular, otherwise I will become the producer of the envelope. I am 100 % in favour of environmental protection. But I am also 100 % in favour of art and humanity. We need art for our emotional well-being. Therefore, my proposed solution would be: 1. Allowances for micro-enterprises. Those who send only small quantities should be exempted from expensive foreign representatives and double registrations. 2. The artistic design of a shipping packaging does not make it the producer of it. 3. Percentage in single EU portal and simple forms instead of 27 individual applications.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549550_en"}, {"id": 33549549, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:30:29", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Deze maatregelen schaden kleine bedrijven met een markt binnen de eu buitenproportioneel. De registratiekosten per land wegen niet op tegen de omzet/winst. Hele niches van verzamelen worden zo verpest omdat al deze kleine bedrijven nu niet langer naar Nederland/EU verzenden. Zo versterk je de grote spelers (ook van buiten de EU) nog verder en belemmer je de kleine ondernemer/werkgelegenheid.", "feedbackEnglish": "These measures disproportionately harm small businesses with a market within the EU. The registration costs per country do not outweigh the turnover/profit. Whole niches of collection are so plagued because all these small businesses are no longer sending to the Netherlands/EU. In this way, you strengthen the big players (including from outside the EU) even further and challenge the small entrepreneur/job creation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549549_en"}, {"id": 33549548, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:29:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Cherry Picking GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich schreibe Ihnen als Künstlerin und Designerin, als Solo-Selbstständige und als Betreiberin eines kleinen unabhängigen Kreativunternehmens. Ich arbeite mit Limited Editions und kleinen Auflagen nicht mit Massenware. Meine Produkte entstehen mit viel persönlicher Arbeit. Ich bin für Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling und Verantwortung. Aber ich frage mich, ob die Regulierung für Kleinstunternehmen noch verhältnismäßig ist. Ich habe mich in den vergangenen Jahren aus Angst vor der zunehmenden Bürokratie bewusst auf Deutschland beschränkt. Österreich hat mir beispielsweise schon gereicht. Jetzt kommt mit der PPWR ein weiterer Teller auf einen bereits völlig überladenen Tisch. Wir jonglieren längst mit Widerrufsbutton, Kennzeichnung, Datenschutz, LUCID, Produktsicherheit, Steuern, Buchhaltung, Urheberrecht und ständig neuen Anforderungen. Jede einzelne Regel mag sinnvoll sein. Aber niemand betrachtet mehr die Summe. Wir bekommen keinen neuen Mitarbeiter, wenn eine neue EU-Verordnung kommt. Wir bekommen nur einen weiteren Teller, den wir irgendwie jonglieren müssen. Gleichzeitig sollen wir kreativ und innovativ sein, Produkte entwickeln, Kunden betreuen, Marketing machen und unser Unternehmen führen. Wie lange kann ein Mensch das noch alleine leisten? Die EU-Kommission berichtet für 2025 von knapp 5,9 Milliarden niedrigwertigen Artikeln; 93 % des Volumens entfielen auf China. Ich frage mich deshalb: Treffen wir mit unseren Maßnahmen wirklich die richtigen Verursacher und setzen wir die richtigen Anreize? Wenn Verpackungsmüll reduziert werden soll, sollte stärker dort angesetzt werden, wo die Verpackungsentscheidung getroffen wird: beim Verpackungshersteller, beim Hersteller bzw. Händler und beim Versandhandel. Unnötige, überdimensionierte oder schlecht recycelbare Verpackungen sollten stärker bepreist, ressourcenschonende Lösungen belohnt werden. Auch transparente Verpackungskosten könnten zu bewussteren Kaufentscheidungen beitragen. Ich möchte die Verantwortung nicht einfach auf den Verbraucher abwälzen. Ich wünsche mir, dass die gesamte Kette sinnvoll Verantwortung übernimmt, statt kleine Unternehmen mit immer mehr Registrierungen und Verwaltungsaufwand zu belasten. Denn wenn wir am Ende vor allem mehr Bürokratie produziert haben, aber keinen einzigen Karton weniger, haben wir unser Ziel verfehlt. Es geht um mehr als Wirtschaft. Wir Kreativen sind eine kulturelle Säule unserer Gesellschaft. Künstlerinnen, Designer, Illustratorinnen und kleine Manufakturen schaffen nicht nur Produkte, sondern Ideen, Identität und kulturelle Vielfalt. Wir sind Teil dessen, was Europa lebendig und einzigartig macht. Diese kreative Vielfalt darf nicht aussterben, weil sich kleine Unternehmen die Bürokratie nicht mehr leisten können. Und wir haben kaum Lobby. Keine Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen im Hintergrund. Wir machen unsere Arbeit und werden immer wieder mit neuen Pflichten belastet. Deshalb brauchen wir Verhältnismäßigkeit und eine starke politische Stimme für Kleine. Ich wünsche mir: ein einfaches, EU-weit einheitliches Verfahren, eine zentrale Registrierung statt vieler nationaler Systeme, angemessene Bagatellgrenzen für geringe grenzüberschreitende Mengen, verhältnismäßige Kosten, und eine Regulierung, die zwischen einem multinationalen Konzern und einer allein arbeitenden Künstlerin unterscheidet. Ich möchte nicht bevorzugt werden. Ich möchte verhältnismäßig behandelt werden. Wir kleinen Kreativen sind Teil der europäischen Wirtschaft aber ebenso Teil der europäischen Kultur. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür, dass wir den europäischen Binnenmarkt nicht aus Bürokratiegründen verlassen müssen. Umweltschutz: Ja. Verantwortung: Ja. Recycling: Ja. Kreativität und kulturelle Vielfalt: Ja. Bürokratie ohne Verhältnismäßigkeit: Nein. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Anke Gerdes-Swafing Künstlerin & Designerin Cherry Picking GmbH Wietmarschen, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to you as an artist and designer, as a solo self-employed person and as an operator of a small independent creative company. I do not work with bulk goods with limited editors and small print runs. My products are created with a lot of personal work. I am committed to sustainability, recycling and responsibility. But I wonder whether regulation for micro-enterprises is still proportionate. In recent years, I have deliberately confined myself to Germany for fear of increasing bureaucracy. Austria, for example, has already done me. Now, with the PPWR, another plate comes onto an already completely overloaded table. We have long gone through withdrawal buttons, labelling, data protection, LUCID, product safety, taxes, accounting, copyright and constantly new requirements. Each rule may be useful. But no longer looks at the sum. We will not get a new employee when a new EU regulation comes into being. We only get another plate, which we have to jungle somehow. At the same time, we want to be creative and innovative, develop products, look after customers, market and run our business. How long can a person still do it alone? The European Commission reports almost 5.9 billion low-value items in 2025; China accounted for 93 % of the volume. I therefore wonder: Do we really do the right polluters with our actions and do we set the right incentives? If packaging waste is to be reduced, more emphasis should be placed on where the packaging decision is taken: the packaging manufacturer, the manufacturer/distributor and the mail order company. Unnecessary, oversized or poorly recyclable packaging should be more priced and resource-efficient solutions rewarded. Transparent packaging costs could also contribute to more informed purchasing decisions. I do not want to simply shift the responsibility onto the consumer. I want the whole chain to take meaningful responsibility, rather than burdening small businesses with an increasing number of registrations and administrative burdens. Because if, in the end, we mainly produced more bureaucracy, but not a single box less, we have missed our target. It is about more than an economy. We creators are a cultural pillar of our society. Artists, designers, illustrators and small manufacturers create not only products, but ideas, identity and cultural diversity. We are part of what makes Europe alive and unique. This creative diversity must not disappear because small businesses can no longer afford bureaucracy. And we have little lobby. No legal or compliance departments in the background. We do our work and are constantly burdened with new obligations. That is why we need proportionality and a strong political voice for small people. I wish you: a simple, EU-wide uniform procedure, centralised registration instead of many national systems, appropriate de minimis thresholds for small cross-border volumes, proportionate costs, and regulation that differentiates between a multinational group and a single artist. I do not want to be preferred. I would like to be treated proportionately. We small creators are part of the European economy but also part of European culture. Please make sure that we do not have to leave the European single market for bureaucratic reasons. Environmental: Yes. Responsibility: Yes. Recycling: Yes. Creativity and cultural diversity: Yes. Red tape without proportionality: No. Yours sincerely, Anke Gerdes-Swafing Kunstin & Designerin Cherry Picking GmbH Wietmarschen, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549548_en"}, {"id": 33549545, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:26:30", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Petronela Oravcova Priadka", "feedback": "I am writing as a self-employed textile artist, a micro-business owner, and a single mother of three children. My business consists entirely of hand-knitting custom sweaters to order. I operate at a micro-scale, shipping approximately 50 parcels per year across the EUtypically just 1 to 2 packages per member state. While my transaction volume is tiny compared to large e-commerce corporations, this business is vital for my family; it allows me to pay my bills and provide for my children.Under the current and proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, continuing my cross-border sales will become impossible. If I am forced to comply with the rules in their current form, my entire annual turnover would be completely consumed by registration fees, leaving me with zero income.As a one-person business, I am the creator, the manager, and the packer. It is administratively impossible for a single individual to navigate the bureaucracy of 27 different national registries, file complex reports in multiple languages, and hire expensive local authorized representatives in every country. If I am forced to limit my sales to only a few countries to avoid this bureaucracy, my turnover will drop so drastically that I will no longer be able to support my family. I will be forced to shut down my business entirely.I strongly support environmental sustainability and ecological packaging. In fact, like many micro-crafters, I have been using strictly eco-friendly, sustainable packaging materials for many years. The issue here is not environmental responsibility; it is the disproportionate administrative and financial barrier.The current EPR system treats a solo artisan shipping one sweater to a country the exact same way it treats a multinational retailer shipping millions of plastic-wrapped items. This severely undermines the EU Single Market for small creators.Therefore, I urgently demand:A De Minimis Exemption: Introduce a reasonable, EU-wide threshold based on turnover or weight (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging per year) that completely exempts micro-businesses from registration and reporting requirements.A Simplified One-Stop Shop (OSS) System: If reporting is mandatory, create a unified, single EU portal where micro-entrepreneurs can report all packaging data at once in their native language and pay a single, proportionate fee distributed across the EU.Please protect micro-entrepreneurs and independent creators from being regulated out of existence.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a self-employed textile artist, a micro-business owner, and a single mother of three children. My business consists entirely of hand-knitting custom sweaters to order. I operate at a micro-scale, shipping approximately 50 parcels per year across the EUtypically just 1 to 2 packages per member state. While my transaction volume is tiny compared to large e-commerce corporations, this business is vital for my family; it allows me to pay my bills and provide for my children.Under the current and proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, continuing my cross-border sales will become impossible. If I am forced to comply with the rules in their current form, my entire annual turnover would be completely consumed by registration fees, leaving me with zero income.As a one-person business, I am the creator, the manager, and the packer. It is administratively impossible for a single individual to navigate the bureaucracy of 27 different national registries, file complex reports in multiple languages, and hire expensive local authorized representatives in every country. If I am forced to limit my sales to only a few countries to avoid this bureaucracy, my turnover will drop so drastically that I will no longer be able to support my family. I will be forced to shut down my business entirely.I strongly support environmental sustainability and ecological packaging. In fact, like many micro-crafters, I have been using strictly eco-friendly, sustainable packaging materials for many years. The issue here is not environmental responsibility; it is the disproportionate administrative and financial barrier.The current EPR system treats a solo artisan shipping one sweater to a country the exact same way it treats a multinational retailer shipping millions of plastic-wrapped items. This severely undermines the EU Single Market for small creators.Therefore, I urgently demand:A De Minimis Exemption: Introduce a reasonable, EU-wide threshold based on turnover or weight (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging per year) that completely exempts micro-businesses from registration and reporting requirements.A Simplified One-Stop Shop (OSS) System: If reporting is mandatory, create a unified, single EU portal where micro-entrepreneurs can report all packaging data at once in their native language and pay a single, proportionate fee distributed across the EU.Please protect micro-entrepreneurs and independent creators from being regulated out of existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549545_en"}, {"id": 33549544, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:24:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR and EPR regulations are extremely harmfuo to small and micro businesses, the plans should be changed to accomodate or even exclude them, they can't afford the prices that come with these regulations and many businesses had to stop shipping to most EU countries which is actively hurting their income", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR and EPR regulations are extremely harmfuo to small and micro businesses, the plans should be changed to accomodate or even exclude them, they can't afford the prices that come with these regulations and many businesses had to stop shipping to most EU countries which is actively hurting their income", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549544_en"}, {"id": 33549543, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:23:57", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Prosím, zamyslete se nad tím, jaký dopad to bude mít na malé prodejce, umělce, řemeslníky, sochaře etc. V jakém vesmíru je v pořádku po nich chtít tak obří a devastující poplatky? Chápu, že je potřeba hlídat giganty jako Amazon, Temu, Shein a podobně, ale pokud tento zákon zůstane nepozměněn, malí prodejci zaniknou a paradoxně to ty velké giganty jen posílí. Je toto váš záměr? Chcete EU, kde mezi jednotlivými státy nejsou schopni rukodělní a poctiví malí obchodníci skládající se z jedné osoby existovat? Myslela jsem, že EU je tu od toho, aby jednotlivé státy a lidi mezi nimi sbližovala a chránila malé umělce. Teď se mi zdá, že všem těm malým a šikovným prodejcům jen plive do obličeje a říká rukodělnou a tvrdě odvedenou práci nepotřebujeme, přivezme si vše z Asie!. Jsem zklamaná.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please think about the impact on small sellers, artists, craftsmen, sculptors, etc. What space do they need to pay so huge and devastating fees? I understand that there is a need to look after giants like Amazon, Temu, Shein and the like, but if this law remains unchanged, small sellers will disappear and paradoxically only strengthen those big giants. Is this your intention? Do you want an EU where single-person, handicraft and honest small traders are not able to exist between countries? I thought the EU was there to bring countries and people closer together and protect small artists. Now, it seems to me that all those small and skilful sellers just go to the face and say handicrafts and hard work is not needed, we will bring everything out of Asia! I am disappointed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549543_en"}, {"id": 33549542, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:23:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich habe eine kleine Töpferei und versende wenige Pakete im Jahr in andere europäische Länder. Die neue Regelung nimmt mir diese Möglichkeit, da es sich ein so kleiner Betrieb unmöglich leisten kann in jedem Land einzeln eine Registrierung zu bezahlen. Ich finde, dass gerade die kleinen Unternehmen in Europa einen sehr großen Beitrag zur Vielfalt des Handwerks und der Kunst beitragen. Es ist wirklich traurig, wenn wir Individualisten, die immer sehr um Ihr Einkommen kämpfen, jetzt an einer Verpackungsordnung scheitern müssen. Ich begrüße die Idee der Verpackungsmüllbegrenzung selbstverständlich, sie ist nur für kleine Betriebe finanziell in dieser Weise nicht stemmbar. Das ist definitiv eine Ungleichbehandlung im Vergleich zu größeren Firmen /Konzernen, für die eine Registrierung in mehreren Ländern kein Problem darstellen dürfte. Ich hoffe, dass für kleine und Kleinstbetriebe eine andere Lösung gefunden werden kann um unser Bestehen und die Vielfalt weiterhin zu fördern. Ich würde gerne, wie bisher, nicht nur meine eigenen Waren in die EU verkaufen, sondern auch selbst Waren von Kolleg*innen im Ausland kaufen und mich daran erfreuen. Ich bitte darum diese Regelung zugunsten kleiner Betriebe zu ändern, sonst geht die Vielfalt wieder ein Stück weit verloren und sehr viele kleine Werkstätten werden nicht überleben können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andrea Reicherzer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a small pottery and send a few parcels a year to other European countries. The new rules deprive me of this possibility, as it is impossible for such a small farm to pay for registration in each country individually. I believe that small businesses in Europe in particular make a very significant contribution to the diversity of crafts and the arts. It is really sad if we have to fail on a packing order now for individualists who are always very struggling for your income. I naturally welcome the idea of limiting packaging waste, which is financially impossible only for small businesses. This is definitely a difference in treatment compared to larger firms/groups, for which registration in several countries should not be a problem. I hope that a different solution can be found for small and micro-enterprises to further promote our existence and diversity. As before, I would like not only to sell my own goods to the EU, but also to buy goods myself from colleagues abroad and enjoy them. I would therefore ask that this rule be changed to the benefit of small businesses, otherwise the diversity will be lost to some extent and a large number of small workshops will not be able to survive. (Complimentary close) Andrea Reicherzer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549542_en"}, {"id": 33549536, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:21:03", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenos días. A día de hoy la nueva normativa, está perjudicando a artesanos, micro y pequeñas empresas, que ya invierten bastantes recursos en hacer sus envíos sostenibles, con materiales reciclados y reciclables. Añaden un clavo más a la tapa del ataúd para esas empresas y autónomos, que necesitan vender fuera de sus países para poder subsistir. Y ya están muy afectados por el brexit y los aranceles de Estados Unidos, si encima les ponen más costes, es inasumible. Estamos hablando de pequeñas empresas que necesitan esos envíos dentro de europa para sobrevivir y no pueden hacer frente a ese adelanto de dinero, encima sin saber cuanto van a vender a esos países. Cada país una tasa, hace imposible la viabilidad de esos negocios. Conozco muchas artesanas y artesanos de toda Europa, que a día de hoy tienen muy difícil poder subsistir sin sus ventas externas y como consumidora, siempre entendí que pertenecer a Europa haría que pudiera acceder a productos de todos los países sin tener que pagar tasas abusivas, cosa que ahora está sucediendo con esta medida. Están haciendo que las empresas pequeñas y artesanos no puedan competir con grandes conglomerados como Amazon. Deberían dar una vuelta a esta normativa y hacerla más justa. Quienes más tienen, más paguen y quienes menos tienen, paguen precios razonables. Quiero poder seguir apoyando a pequeñas empresas, ilustradoras, artesanas... De toda Europa.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, Today, the new rules are harming craftsmen, micro- and small businesses, who are already investing a lot of resources in making their shipments sustainable, with recycled and recyclable materials. They add a further clove to the coffin cover for those businesses and self-employed people, who need to sell outside their countries in order to survive. And they are already heavily affected by Brexit and US tariffs, if they put more costs on them, are unbearable. We are talking about small businesses that need such shipments inside Europe to survive and cannot cope with that advance money, above all without knowing what they are going to sell to those countries. Each country levies a fee, making these businesses unviable. I am familiar with many craftsmen and artisans from all over Europe, who today find it very difficult to survive without their external sales and as a consumer, I always understood that belonging to Europe would make it possible for them to access products from all countries without having to pay abusive fees, which is now happening with this measure. They are making small businesses and craftsmen unable to compete with large conglomerates such as Amazon. They should return to this regulation and make it fairer. Those who have more, pay more and those who have less, pay reasonable prices. I want to be able to continue supporting small businesses, illustrators, craftsmen... Of EU decision-makers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549536_en"}, {"id": 33549540, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:17:38", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kaamos Company Oy", "feedback": "Hi! As a small business owner and mother of young children, designing and producing products for a very niche audience, I greatly depend not only on my local market but also on customers across the EU. It is devastating to read about these new national registration requirements, as there is simply no way I have the time, resources or money to fulfil separate obligations in every EU country just to keep selling within the Union. I fully understand the importance of recyclable packaging and environmental responsibility, which is why I have put extra effort into sustainability from the very beginning of my business. However, the growing administrative burden is making cross-border trade increasingly difficult for micro-businesses like mine. There are many people across the EU who still want to support small independent businesses instead of TEMU, Amazon and other multinational corporations. If this development continues, soon they may have very few alternatives left. Please make EU environmental legislation proportionate and workable for micro-businesses, and help small European companies continue to sell across the Single Market rather than creating barriers that only the largest corporations can afford to overcome. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi! As a small business owner and mother of young children, designing and producing products for a very niche audience, I greatly depend not only on my local market but also on customers across the EU. It is devastating to read about these new national registration requirements, as there is simply no way I have the time, resources or money to fulfil separate obligations in every EU country just to keep selling within the Union. I fully understand the importance of recyclable packaging and environmental responsibility, which is why I have put extra effort into sustainability from the very beginning of my business. However, the growing administrative burden is making cross-border trade increasingly difficult for micro-businesses like mine. There are many people across the EU who still want to support small independent businesses instead of TEMU, Amazon and other multinational corporations. If this development continues, soon they may have very few alternatives left. Please make EU environmental legislation proportionate and workable for micro-businesses, and help small European companies continue to sell across the Single Market rather than creating barriers that only the largest corporations can afford to overcome. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549540_en"}, {"id": 33549539, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:16:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation repeats the mistakes that the WEEE implementation made and equals a de-facto sales ban for small businesses selling within the EU. There is no way to register centrally for a single entity, instead dozens of registration have to be made and kept up to date. No exemptions for small businesses, no exemptions for small sales numbers. Selling even a single item could lead costs magnitudes higher than the sale itself, which essentially bans that sale. Even if the sales numbers are high enough to justify a registration, it is a huge factor for costs, both monetary and in labor. For micro businesses, it makes it downright impossible to legally sell to other countries within the EU. It's laughable that it is easier to sell to North America than it is to a neighboring country. The EU rules should make it easier to sell to other member countries, not harder. This legislation will lead to small business stopping operations or stop selling to EU members that are unprofitable because of high fees or small sales volumes. It divides the EU instead of connecting it. Please reconsider the rules for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation repeats the mistakes that the WEEE implementation made and equals a de-facto sales ban for small businesses selling within the EU. There is no way to register centrally for a single entity, instead dozens of registration have to be made and kept up to date. No exemptions for small businesses, no exemptions for small sales numbers. Selling even a single item could lead costs magnitudes higher than the sale itself, which essentially bans that sale. Even if the sales numbers are high enough to justify a registration, it is a huge factor for costs, both monetary and in labor. For micro businesses, it makes it downright impossible to legally sell to other countries within the EU. It's laughable that it is easier to sell to North America than it is to a neighboring country. The EU rules should make it easier to sell to other member countries, not harder. This legislation will lead to small business stopping operations or stop selling to EU members that are unprofitable because of high fees or small sales volumes. It divides the EU instead of connecting it. Please reconsider the rules for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549539_en"}, {"id": 33549538, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:15:47", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees, and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. THIS LAW MUST HAVE FULL EXEMPTIONS FOR MICROENTERPRISES ADDED, AN EU-WIDE DE-MINIMIS THRESHOLD, AND A SINGLE CENTRALIZED EU PORTAL TO AVOID DEALING WITH 27 ENTIRELY SEPARATE SYSTEMS, FEES, AND REGISTRATIONS. The current state of this legislation ruins EU's unified market and destroys small businesses that send a small number of packages.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees, and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. THIS LAW MUST HAVE FULL EXEMPTIONS FOR MICROENTERPRISES ADDED, AN EU-WIDE DE-MINIMIS THRESHOLD, AND A SINGLE CENTRALIZED EU PORTAL TO AVOID DEALING WITH 27 ENTIRELY SEPARATE SYSTEMS, FEES, AND REGISTRATIONS. The current state of this legislation ruins EU's unified market and destroys small businesses that send a small number of packages.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549538_en"}, {"id": 33549537, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:15:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Firma", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,ich wende mich heute als Mitinhaberin eines deutschen Zwei-Personen-Familienunternehmens im Online-Handel an Sie. Wir betreiben unseren Shop mit hohem persönlichem Einsatz, arbeiten routinemäßig auch samstags und sonntags und opfern unsere gesamte Familienzeit. Ich erhebe hiermit formell Beschwerde gegen die unzumutbare bürokratische und finanzielle Überlastung durch die erweiterten EPR-Regelungen und die neuen Vorgaben ab dem 12.08.2026.Die aktuelle Gesetzgebung bewirkt genau das Gegenteil eines freien EU-Binnenmarktes: Sie zwingt uns dazu, den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in fast alle EU-Länder komplett einzustellen. Ab morgen werden wir nur noch in Drittländer und nach Österreich liefern. Der restliche EU-Markt ist für uns wirtschaftlich gestorben.Wir sind vollumfänglich registriert, halten Kennzeichnungspflichten ein und melden unsere Mengen ordnungsgemäß. Dennoch treiben uns die administrativen Hürden in die Knie:Der Irrsinn der bevollmächtigten Vertreter: In Ländern wie Österreich sind wir gesetzlich verpflichtet, einen teuren Bevollmächtigten zu bezahlen. Das Absurde daran: Die tatsächliche Daten- und Mengenmeldung muss ich dennoch selbst anfertigen. Die Gebühren für diese reine Briefkastenhülle stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu unseren Kleinstmengen und vernichten jegliche Marge.Keine echten Bagatellgrenzen, sondern Pauschalgebühren: Anstatt dass Kleinstmengen unbürokratisch befreit oder pauschal auf EU-Ebene abgolten werden, verlangt fast jedes EU-Land Mindestlizenzgebühren. Wir zahlen nicht für den Müll, den wir tatsächlich verursachen, sondern finanzieren starre, überhöhte Mindestpauschalen der nationalen Systeme. Eine Ausweitung auf alle 27 EU-Länder ist finanziell unbezahlbar.Sprachbarrieren im barrierefreien Binnenmarkt: Die Registrierungsportale und Datenmeldungen sind fast nie auf Deutsch verfügbar. Uns die Übermittlung hochkomplexer rechtlicher Daten in verschiedenen Landessprachen oder Fach-Englisch abzuverlangen, stellt eine massive Diskriminierung kleiner Betriebe dar.Kumulativer Bürokratie-Kollaps: Zu den EPR-Meldungen kommen immense Zusatzaufwände für die Erstellung von QR-Codes, digitalen Datenblättern und Kennzeichnungen. Ich bin keine Unternehmerin mehr, sondern eine unbezahlte Verwaltungsangestellte im Auftrag der EU-Bürokratie. Nach Abzug dieser Kosten, gefolgt von Steuerberatung und Finanzamt, bleibt uns kaum noch ein Ertrag zum Leben.Die EU betont stets die Bedeutung von KMU und Kleinstunternehmen als Rückgrat der Wirtschaft. In der Realität haben Sie jedoch Regelwerke geschaffen, die ausschließlich von Großkonzernen mit eigenen Rechtsabteilungen bewältigt werden können. Sie ersticken die Vielfalt des europäischen E-Commerce und treiben verzweifelte, hart arbeitende Menschen in den Ruin oder die Betriebsaufgabe.Wir fordern von den EU-Gremien:Eine sofortige, EU-weit einheitliche und unbürokratische Bagatellgrenze (De-minimis-Regelung) für Kleinstunternehmer bis zu einer realistischen Umsatz- oder Mengenschwelle.Die Abschaffung der Pflicht zur Benennung nationaler Bevollmächtigter für Kleinstmengen innerhalb des Binnenmarktes.Eine zentrale, kostenfreie EU-Plattform in allen Amtssprachen für die Meldung von Verpackungsmengen, statt 27 Einzellösungen.Bitte handeln Sie, bevor der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine Familienbetriebe endgültig aufhört zu existieren. Vielen Dank Tanja Breitner", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to you today as co-owner of a German two-person family business selling online. We run our shop with a lot of personal effort, we routinely also work on Saturdays and Sundays, and we sacrifice all our family time. I hereby lodge a formal complaint against the unacceptable bureaucratic and financial overburden caused by the extended EPR rules and the new requirements from 12 August 2026. The current legislation has the exact opposite effect of a free EU internal market: It forces us to stop selling cross-border to almost all EU countries altogether. As of tomorrow, we will only deliver to third countries and Austria. The rest of the EU market has died economically for us. We are fully registered, comply with labelling requirements and duly report our quantities. However, the administrative hurdles are pushing us to the knees:The mistakenness of the authorised representatives: In countries such as Austria, we are legally obliged to pay an expensive plenipotentiary. The absurdity of this: Nevertheless, I have to make the actual data and volume reporting myself. The fees for this pure letterbox envelope are disproportionate to our minimum volumes and destroy any margin.No real de minimis thresholds, but flat fees: Instead of exempting micro-volumes from red tape or paying them on a flat-rate basis at EU level, almost every EU country charges minimum licence fees. We do not pay for the waste we actually generate, but rather finance rigid, excessive minimum flat rates in national systems. An extension to all 27 EU countries is financially unaffordable.Language barriers in the barrier-free single market: Registration portals and data notifications are almost never available in German. Requiring us to provide highly complex legal data in various national languages or technical English constitutes massive discrimination against small businesses.Cumulative red tape: In addition to the EPR messages, there are immense additional expenses for the creation of QR codes, digital data sheets and markings. I am no longer an entrepreneur, but an unpaid administrative employee on behalf of EU bureaucracy. After deducting these costs, followed by tax advice and tax office, we have hardly any return on our lives.The EU always emphasises the importance of SMEs and micro-enterprises as the backbone of the economy. In reality, however, you have created rules that can only be handled by large corporations with their own legal departments. They stifle the diversity of European e-commerce and drive desperate, hard-working people into ruin or abandonment.We call on EU bodies:An immediate, EU-wide uniform and non-bureaucratic de minimis threshold (de minimis rule) for micro-enterprises, up to a realistic turnover or volume threshold.The abolition of the obligation to appoint national representatives for micro-enterprises within the single market.A central, free EU platform in all official languages for reporting packaging volumes, instead of 27 individual solutions.Please act before the European single market for small family businesses definitively ceases to exist. Thank you Tanja Breitner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549537_en"}, {"id": 33549535, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:12:57", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Las tasas dañan y terminan con pequeños negocios que viven de realizar envíos dentro de la Unión Europea y no se pueden permitir el gasto de cientos o incluso miles de euros al año con tal de seguir haciéndolo. Ruego que está ley contemple estos casos para seguir facilitándoles el negocio en lugar de dañarlo o imposibilitarlo totalmente.", "feedbackEnglish": "Fees damage and end up with small businesses that live from delivering within the European Union and hundreds or even thousands of euros per year cannot be allowed to be spent as long as they continue to do so. I would like to ask that this law provides for such cases in order to further facilitate the business instead of damaging it or making it completely impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549535_en"}, {"id": 33549534, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:10:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tres Trilingües Tigres", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr aktuell etwa 20 Pakete in momentan 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt zurzeit bei unter 400 Euro. Es is abzusehen, dass die Anzahl der EU-Länder, aus denen Bestellungen eintreffen, zukünftig weiter steigt. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 1.500 Euro pro Jahr, mit steigender Anzahl der Zielländer sogar 3.000 Euro oder mehr. Damit übersteigen die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz deutlich. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I am currently sending around 20 packages to 5 other EU countries each year. My turnover from these countries is currently below EUR 400. It is foreseeable that the number of EU countries from which orders are received will continue to increase in the future. I expect to pay EUR 1500 per year for registration and plenipotentiaries in these countries, and EUR 3000 or more as the number of target countries increases. This means that the fixed costs significantly exceed my foreign turnover. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549534_en"}, {"id": 33549533, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:09:29", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law serves only to make it harder for small artisans, artists, shops, and every other small and medium sized company. It makes it impossible to order anything from abroad because nobody can afford to ship anything anymore. it turns a common market into a 27 singular markets, which is the direct opposite of what the EU is supposed to do. It's easy for companies like Amazon and Temu because for them it's just paperwork. for everyone else it's prohibitive pressure and will lead to a lot of people losing their livelihood when they can no longer afford to trade outside their own country. Saving the environment is great but maybe let's do it at the cost of those that destroy it and not at the cost of those trying to survive a hostile economy. Instead of supporting the Amazons and Temus of the world, we should be supporting the millions of small traders that are having a hard enough time as is. I'm very disappointed that I no longer am able to shop abroad and buy the products I actually want, but I'm forced to use Amazon to order third rate quality.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law serves only to make it harder for small artisans, artists, shops, and every other small and medium sized company. It makes it impossible to order anything from abroad because nobody can afford to ship anything anymore. it turns a common market into a 27 singular markets, which is the direct opposite of what the EU is supposed to do. It's easy for companies like Amazon and Temu because for them it's just paperwork. for everyone else it's prohibitive pressure and will lead to a lot of people losing their livelihood when they can no longer afford to trade outside their own country. Saving the environment is great but maybe let's do it at the cost of those that destroy it and not at the cost of those trying to survive a hostile economy. Instead of supporting the Amazons and Temus of the world, we should be supporting the millions of small traders that are having a hard enough time as is. I'm very disappointed that I no longer am able to shop abroad and buy the products I actually want, but I'm forced to use Amazon to order third rate quality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549533_en"}, {"id": 33549532, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:08:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Botter Manufacturing", "feedback": "These regulations place a disproportionate burden on small businesses like mine that ship small quantities of packaging within EU member states. Small businesses like mine lack both the financial resources to pay several hundred euros per EU country for registration there and the time to manage the administrative burden of complying with these regulations. As a result, I have had to suspend all sales to EU countries outside of Germany until further notice. This has a significant impact on my revenue and my ability to pay my bills. Most small businesses worldwide are currently facing the same situation. Ultimately, this leads to fewer choices for consumers when shopping, which in turn will drive up the amount of packaging waste generated by large corporations like Amazon and companies in Chinaprecisely the companies that already account for the majority of packaging waste. To me, it makes no sense whatsoever to penalize precisely those small businesses that do not pose a problem when it comes to packaging waste. We believe that an exemption for micro-enterprises must be introduced to ensure that small businesses can survive. We are all in favor of reducing packaging wasteI myself, along with many other small businesses, already reuse packaging materials as much as we can, large companies do not do this. Buying new boxes is also quite expensive, which is why we tend to reuse materials more often than large companies. We should not be the ones targeted by these new regulations as we are not contributing to the packaging waste in large effect. Please retarget these regulations at the business who generate significant packaging waste within the EU, and do so by purchasing new packaging rather than recycled packaging. If a micro-enterprise exemption is not implemented, an alternative is to exempt small businesses that use recycled or once before used packaging. This can be much easier enforced and managed by small businesses than the current proposed regulations. Im sure the EU can come up with a system to ensure compliance with using recycled packing materials. In any case, these regulations are unfair for small businesses who already struggle with all the day to day activities needed to make ends meet. They need to be heavily reconsidered and clearly documented before implementation continues or occurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations place a disproportionate burden on small businesses like mine that ship small quantities of packaging within EU member states. Small businesses like mine lack both the financial resources to pay several hundred euros per EU country for registration there and the time to manage the administrative burden of complying with these regulations. As a result, I have had to suspend all sales to EU countries outside of Germany until further notice. This has a significant impact on my revenue and my ability to pay my bills. Most small businesses worldwide are currently facing the same situation. Ultimately, this leads to fewer choices for consumers when shopping, which in turn will drive up the amount of packaging waste generated by large corporations like Amazon and companies in Chinaprecisely the companies that already account for the majority of packaging waste. To me, it makes no sense whatsoever to penalize precisely those small businesses that do not pose a problem when it comes to packaging waste. We believe that an exemption for micro-enterprises must be introduced to ensure that small businesses can survive. We are all in favor of reducing packaging wasteI myself, along with many other small businesses, already reuse packaging materials as much as we can, large companies do not do this. Buying new boxes is also quite expensive, which is why we tend to reuse materials more often than large companies. We should not be the ones targeted by these new regulations as we are not contributing to the packaging waste in large effect. Please retarget these regulations at the business who generate significant packaging waste within the EU, and do so by purchasing new packaging rather than recycled packaging. If a micro-enterprise exemption is not implemented, an alternative is to exempt small businesses that use recycled or once before used packaging. This can be much easier enforced and managed by small businesses than the current proposed regulations. Im sure the EU can come up with a system to ensure compliance with using recycled packing materials. In any case, these regulations are unfair for small businesses who already struggle with all the day to day activities needed to make ends meet. They need to be heavily reconsidered and clearly documented before implementation continues or occurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549532_en"}, {"id": 33549531, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:07:32", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My father runs a micro business, he builds very small amount of radio receivers and delivers them to customers all around Europe and beyond. If these rules go into effect then it would cut out all of the margin, making the business unprofitable. My recommendation is making small businesses exempt from the fee. Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "My father runs a micro business, he builds very small amount of radio receivers and delivers them to customers all around Europe and beyond. If these rules go into effect then it would cut out all of the margin, making the business unprofitable. My recommendation is making small businesses exempt from the fee. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549531_en"}, {"id": 33549530, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:07:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fox And Rabbit Art", "feedback": "As a micro (one woman) business, the new regulations are a death blow to any business I have and could have outside of my own country, and I know a lot of small business owners who say the same. I do believe in the importance of a European community and making companies responsible for protecting our environment, and I already do my best to be sustainable with my products and packaging alike. I use responsibly sourced materials, I reuse what I can and get by without plastic or tons of filling material. But as a small business, there are limits to this, and not all costs can be passed on to the customer in the end because they will become too expensive for anyone to afford. I always loved how my business brought people from all places together. I have shipped my work to so many different countries. But now, it is simply financially not possible for me to keep doing that, because I don't sell the amount of items that would make up for the costs. And all that does is that it leaves me with no other option than to discontinue shipping my work anywhere other than my own country. It's sad for me, and it's sad for my (returning!) customers, too. Anyone who has bought at least once a year from me now doesn't get to do that anymore. I have no idea why these regulations have been implemented the way they did, and why there are no exceptions or alterations for small and micro businesses like mine, and so many others'. Maybe we are not contributing enough, financially, to be heard or taken care of - that is certainly how it feels. And it is disheartening. I can only hope there will be changes to this in the future. It makes me sad and it is crazy to think I cannot even ship to my direct neighbours anymore, countries that are only hours away from my hometown. It's hurting businesses, it's hurting customers and it certainly is hurting the idea of a European community that comes and stands together. Not everybody relies on large sellers for their goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro (one woman) business, the new regulations are a death blow to any business I have and could have outside of my own country, and I know a lot of small business owners who say the same. I do believe in the importance of a European community and making companies responsible for protecting our environment, and I already do my best to be sustainable with my products and packaging alike. I use responsibly sourced materials, I reuse what I can and get by without plastic or tons of filling material. But as a small business, there are limits to this, and not all costs can be passed on to the customer in the end because they will become too expensive for anyone to afford. I always loved how my business brought people from all places together. I have shipped my work to so many different countries. But now, it is simply financially not possible for me to keep doing that, because I don't sell the amount of items that would make up for the costs. And all that does is that it leaves me with no other option than to discontinue shipping my work anywhere other than my own country. It's sad for me, and it's sad for my (returning!) customers, too. Anyone who has bought at least once a year from me now doesn't get to do that anymore. I have no idea why these regulations have been implemented the way they did, and why there are no exceptions or alterations for small and micro businesses like mine, and so many others'. Maybe we are not contributing enough, financially, to be heard or taken care of - that is certainly how it feels. And it is disheartening. I can only hope there will be changes to this in the future. It makes me sad and it is crazy to think I cannot even ship to my direct neighbours anymore, countries that are only hours away from my hometown. It's hurting businesses, it's hurting customers and it certainly is hurting the idea of a European community that comes and stands together. Not everybody relies on large sellers for their goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549530_en"}, {"id": 33549529, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:03:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "girlstalkvintage ", "feedback": "I have been running an Etsy shop selling vintage Levis jeans for years and recently fulfilled my dream of launching my own online store. Due to the increasing bureaucratic burden of national EPR registrations, I have already had to stop shipping to several of my highest-revenue EU countries over the past few years. The unified EU-wide solution I had hoped for this August has failed to materialize. As a solo entrepreneur, the financial and administrative effort required to comply with 27 individual national systems is completely out of proportion to the profitespecially when it involves just a few shipments per year to certain countries. It is tragic that creative small business owners, who put so much love and passion into their work, are being pushed out of the European single market. Without unbureaucratic exemptions and real threshold limits, the market is simply being left to fast-fashion giants.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been running an Etsy shop selling vintage Levis jeans for years and recently fulfilled my dream of launching my own online store. Due to the increasing bureaucratic burden of national EPR registrations, I have already had to stop shipping to several of my highest-revenue EU countries over the past few years. The unified EU-wide solution I had hoped for this August has failed to materialize. As a solo entrepreneur, the financial and administrative effort required to comply with 27 individual national systems is completely out of proportion to the profitespecially when it involves just a few shipments per year to certain countries. It is tragic that creative small business owners, who put so much love and passion into their work, are being pushed out of the European single market. Without unbureaucratic exemptions and real threshold limits, the market is simply being left to fast-fashion giants.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549529_en"}, {"id": 33549528, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:02:16", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR and EPR: Information to consumers: YES Administrative efforts: NO In my opinion, the presented regulation is far too complicated. If a company introduces packaging material to the market, it has to be registered and it has to report the volume of material used - and pay for the collection/disposal \"in advance\" so to speak. If this happens in the State of operation this should be enough. EPR-systems - as administrative services - should be able to distribute the incoming payments among Member States. This approach would avoid the registration in several countries and reduce the administrative burden for companies. Also: There is already a commercial market for packaging waste. Paper, wood, plastics etc. are recycled already. Therefore, the material is already of value. However, the material and its value should therefore remain with the collecting companies who close the loop - and not with the EPR-systems. As only this approach makes sense. FINALLY: a thought to take away: as there is already a market for (most) packaging waste - why introduce a complicated system? The market closes the loop without intervention. Thank you for the opportunity to \"have my say\"", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR and EPR: Information to consumers: YES Administrative efforts: NO In my opinion, the presented regulation is far too complicated. If a company introduces packaging material to the market, it has to be registered and it has to report the volume of material used - and pay for the collection/disposal \"in advance\" so to speak. If this happens in the State of operation this should be enough. EPR-systems - as administrative services - should be able to distribute the incoming payments among Member States. This approach would avoid the registration in several countries and reduce the administrative burden for companies. Also: There is already a commercial market for packaging waste. Paper, wood, plastics etc. are recycled already. Therefore, the material is already of value. However, the material and its value should therefore remain with the collecting companies who close the loop - and not with the EPR-systems. As only this approach makes sense. FINALLY: a thought to take away: as there is already a market for (most) packaging waste - why introduce a complicated system? The market closes the loop without intervention. Thank you for the opportunity to \"have my say\"", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549528_en"}, {"id": 33549527, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:00:56", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buongiorno, io sono una sculturice, rientro nelle microimprese e vorrei poter aprire la mia attività all'estero, luogo in cui l'arte è apprezzata, ma in questo modo, con costi così alti e per ogni Paese, mi è impossibile avvicinarmi a questa scelta. Si parla di cifre dai 50 a Paese ai 600, dicendo mettere anche un referente. Per grandi aziende, sono costi irrisori, ma per micro artigiani, sono costi altissimi. Soprattutto di fronte a quantità di spedizioni esigue. In questo modo affossate l'artigiananato, per elevare le grandi aziende che sono quelle che, realmente, immettono materiali di imballaggio da inquinamento. Sotto un certo numero di spedizioni annuali, dovreste mettere costi accessibili e unici. Anche perché i micro artigiani come me, non riescono a gestire così tanta burocrazia. Grazie mille per l'attenzione. Barbara", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a sculpture, I return to microenterprises and I would like to be able to open my business abroad, where art is valued, but in this way, at such high costs and for each country, it is impossible for me to approach this choice. We are talking about figures ranging from 50 per country to 600, and we are also talking about a contact person. For large companies, these costs are negligible, but for micro craftsmen, they are very high. This is particularly the case for small quantities of shipments. In this way, hungry craftsmanship, to elevate the big companies that are the ones that actually inject pollution packaging materials. Under a number of annual shipments, you should make costs affordable and unique. This is also because micro craftsmen like me cannot manage so much bureaucracy. Thank you very much for your attention. Barbara", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549527_en"}, {"id": 33549526, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 10:00:07", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Österreich einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe meine Produkte über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich habe bisher jährlich rund 150 Pakete in sechs andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet. Der daraus erzielte Umsatz lag bei etwa 12.000 Euro pro Jahr. Für die erforderlichen Registrierungen sowie je nach Zielland Bevollmächtigte/Vertretungen fallen für mich voraussichtlich 6.000,- Euro pro Jahr an. Diese Fixkosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu meinem Auslandsumsatz und machen grenzüberschreitenden Versand für Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich untragbar. Ich habe den Versand in andere EU-Länder daher eingestellt. Die Initiative wird im Rahmen von REFIT als Vereinfachung vorgestellt. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt sie jedoch das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten in der Praxis 27 Verfahren, unterschiedliche Anforderungen und 27 Kostenblöcke unabhängig von der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Ich ersuche daher um zwei konkrete Anpassungen: Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze (z. B. nach Umsatz, Stückzahl oder Verpackungsgewicht), unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten ausgenommen sind. Ein zentrales EU-Register als einheitliche Anlaufstelle anstelle von 27 nationalen Registern, inklusive harmonisierter Meldeformate. In der derzeitigen Ausgestaltung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass sich Kleinstbetriebe faktisch aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen, während grenzüberschreitender Handel zunehmend großen Plattformen zufällt. Das widerspricht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden und fair zugänglichen Binnenmarkts. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Höckner Peter", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Austria and sell my products through an online marketplace. To date, I have sent around 150 packages per year to six other EU Member States. The resulting turnover was approximately EUR 12.000 per year. For the required registrations and, depending on the country of destination, authorised representatives/representations, I expect to have to pay EUR 6000 per year. These fixed costs are disproportionate to my cross-border turnover and make cross-border shipping economically unsustainable for micro-enterprises. I have therefore stopped shipping to other EU countries. The initiative is presented as a simplification under REFIT. For micro-enterprises, however, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean in practice 27 procedures, different requirements and 27 cost blocks regardless of the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I would therefore like to ask for two specific adjustments: An EU-wide de minimis threshold (e.g. by turnover, number of pieces or packaging weight) below which micro-enterprises are exempted from registration and authorised representative obligations. A single EU register as a one-stop shop instead of 27 national registers, including harmonised reporting formats. The current design of the rules leads to a de facto withdrawal of micro-entities from the internal market, while cross-border trade is increasingly taking place on large platforms. This runs counter to the objective of a functioning and fairly accessible internal market. Yours sincerely, Höckner Peter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549526_en"}, {"id": 33549525, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:58:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als eenmanszaak in handgeverfde wol in Nederland verstuur ik ongeveer 40 pakketjes per jaar naar België en 30 naar Duitsland. Door de onduidelijke exportregels en het gebrek aan een EU-brede ondergrens (de minimis) voor micro-ondernemingen, word ik nu gedwongen om mijn verzendingen naar andere EU-landen stop te zetten. De administratieve lasten en de kosten voor registraties per land wegen niet op tegen mijn kleine volumes. De PPWR en EPR vernietigen hiermee de interne markt voor kleine, ambachtelijke makers. Ik vraag dringend om een centrale One-Stop-Shop en een volledige vrijstelling voor micro-ondernemers met lage volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader in hand-dyed wool in the Netherlands, I send around 40 parcels a year to Belgium and 30 to Germany. The unclear export rules and the lack of an EU-wide floor (de minimis) for micro-enterprises now force me to stop my shipments to other EU countries. The administrative burden and costs for country-by-country registrations do not outweigh my small volumes. The PPWR and EPR are thereby destroying the internal market for small, artisanal creators. I urgently ask for a central One-Stop-Shop and a full exemption for micro-entrepreneurs with low volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549525_en"}, {"id": 33549524, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:58:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bitte dringend für die neue Verpackungsverordnung PPWR Kleinmengen ausschliessen! Es kann nicht sein das der ganze bürokratische Aufwand (und die damit verbundenen Kosten!) schon für wenige Pakete gelten soll. Das ist Existenzbedrohend für viele kleine Händler!", "feedbackEnglish": "Please urgently exclude small quantities for the new Packaging Ordinance (PPWR)! It cannot be that the entire bureaucratic burden (and the associated costs!) should apply to a small number of packages. This threatens the very existence of many small traders!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549524_en"}, {"id": 33549523, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:58:06", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a EU-consumer and as an artisan selling handmade products, I am concerned that the administrative and financial burden of registering and complying with national packaging producer rules can be disproportionate for very small businesses. 1. Disproportionate burden on small businesses For a small business, artist or artisan sending only a handful of parcels to other EU countries each year, the cost and administrative workload of complying with different national registration requirements can be disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. In practice, this risks making cross-border sales viable only for larger companies with the necessary administrative resources. 2. A barrier to the EU single market If small EU-based businesses are discouraged from selling across borders, consumers increasingly have fewer opportunities to buy from small European producers and may instead turn to large companies or suppliers from outside the EU. This can give non-EU producers, including large Chinese and US-based companies, an unintended competitive advantage. This seems contrary to the fundamental idea behind European cooperation and the EU single market: enabling trade between European countries and supporting European businesses. 3. Worse conditions for both consumers and small businesses The result is a less diverse market for consumers and poorer opportunities for small businesses, artists and craftspeople to reach customers elsewhere in the EU. This particularly affects businesses whose products are made in small quantities and sold directly to consumers. 4. Support for environmental goals but with proportionality I fully support controlling and reducing unnecessary packaging and packaging waste. Many small artisans already reuse cardboard boxes and other packaging materials and make a conscious effort to minimise waste. Their contribution to the overall volume of packaging waste is, however, extremely small compared with large-scale commercial distribution. Regulation should therefore take the actual volume and environmental impact into account. Conclusion and recommendation I strongly encourage the EU to introduce a de minimis threshold for very small quantities, for example exempting businesses sending fewer than 50100 parcels per year to other EU countries from national packaging registration requirements. This would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy for micro-businesses and artisans without undermining the environmental objectives of the legislation. A proportionate, volume-based approach would help preserve the benefits of the EU single market while ensuring that regulation is targeted where it can have a meaningful environmental impact. Sincerely Mette Andersson Copenhagen, Denmark", "feedbackEnglish": "As a EU-consumer and as an artisan selling handmade products, I am concerned that the administrative and financial burden of registering and complying with national packaging producer rules can be disproportionate for very small businesses. 1. Disproportionate burden on small businesses For a small business, artist or artisan sending only a handful of parcels to other EU countries each year, the cost and administrative workload of complying with different national registration requirements can be disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. In practice, this risks making cross-border sales viable only for larger companies with the necessary administrative resources. 2. A barrier to the EU single market If small EU-based businesses are discouraged from selling across borders, consumers increasingly have fewer opportunities to buy from small European producers and may instead turn to large companies or suppliers from outside the EU. This can give non-EU producers, including large Chinese and US-based companies, an unintended competitive advantage. This seems contrary to the fundamental idea behind European cooperation and the EU single market: enabling trade between European countries and supporting European businesses. 3. Worse conditions for both consumers and small businesses The result is a less diverse market for consumers and poorer opportunities for small businesses, artists and craftspeople to reach customers elsewhere in the EU. This particularly affects businesses whose products are made in small quantities and sold directly to consumers. 4. Support for environmental goals but with proportionality I fully support controlling and reducing unnecessary packaging and packaging waste. Many small artisans already reuse cardboard boxes and other packaging materials and make a conscious effort to minimise waste. Their contribution to the overall volume of packaging waste is, however, extremely small compared with large-scale commercial distribution. Regulation should therefore take the actual volume and environmental impact into account. Conclusion and recommendation I strongly encourage the EU to introduce a de minimis threshold for very small quantities, for example exempting businesses sending fewer than 50100 parcels per year to other EU countries from national packaging registration requirements. This would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy for micro-businesses and artisans without undermining the environmental objectives of the legislation. A proportionate, volume-based approach would help preserve the benefits of the EU single market while ensuring that regulation is targeted where it can have a meaningful environmental impact. Sincerely Mette Andersson Copenhagen, Denmark", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549523_en"}, {"id": 33549522, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:57:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HanDok Kaufcenter GmbH", "feedback": "To the European Commission / Members of the European Parliament, As a European e-commerce enterprise engaged in importing goods via container and selling them online across the European Union, we are writing to submit a formal objection and express our deep concern regarding the practical implementation and economic impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While we fully support environmental protection and sustainable business practices, we firmly believe that the current design of the PPWR creates severe economic disadvantages that far outweigh its anticipated ecological benefits. We respectfully request that the European institutions review the following key issues: Disproportionate Administrative and Financial Burden on SMEs Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) lack the dedicated legal, compliance, and administrative departments of large multinational corporations. The additional reporting duties, complex documentation requirements, and bureaucratic overhead introduced by the PPWR result in fixed costs that do not scale fairly. For many SMEs operating on tight margins, these burdens directly threaten their financial survival, offering negligible environmental gain in return. Obstruction of the Free Single Market A fundamental pillar of the European Union is the seamless movement of goods across borders. Rather than facilitating intra-EU trade, the regulatory hurdles and fragmented national interpretations arising from these measures hinder cross-border e-commerce within the Schengen and EU area. Loss of Global Competitiveness EU-based importers and retailers are placed at a severe competitive disadvantage compared to third-country competitors (particularly from Asia and the US). While European businesses are burdened with increasing compliance costs, non-EU vendors often operate under fewer constraints, eroding Europes economic standing and market share. Contradiction with EU Goals on De-bureaucratization The current provisions of the PPWR stand in direct conflict with the European Unions stated commitment to cut red tape, simplify administrative processes, and protect SMEs as the backbone of the European economy. Conclusion and Call to Action Rather than achieving meaningful environmental improvements, the regulation in its current form primary creates administrative barriers, stifles intra-EU trade, and weakens Europe's overall economic resilience. We strongly urge the European Commission and Parliament to reconsider these measures, introduce clear exemptions or simplified procedures for SMEs, and ensure a realistic balance between environmental objectives and economic feasibility. Sincerely, Samuel Lee", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission / Members of the European Parliament, As a European e-commerce enterprise engaged in importing goods via container and selling them online across the European Union, we are writing to submit a formal objection and express our deep concern regarding the practical implementation and economic impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While we fully support environmental protection and sustainable business practices, we firmly believe that the current design of the PPWR creates severe economic disadvantages that far outweigh its anticipated ecological benefits. We respectfully request that the European institutions review the following key issues: Disproportionate Administrative and Financial Burden on SMEs Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) lack the dedicated legal, compliance, and administrative departments of large multinational corporations. The additional reporting duties, complex documentation requirements, and bureaucratic overhead introduced by the PPWR result in fixed costs that do not scale fairly. For many SMEs operating on tight margins, these burdens directly threaten their financial survival, offering negligible environmental gain in return. Obstruction of the Free Single Market A fundamental pillar of the European Union is the seamless movement of goods across borders. Rather than facilitating intra-EU trade, the regulatory hurdles and fragmented national interpretations arising from these measures hinder cross-border e-commerce within the Schengen and EU area. Loss of Global Competitiveness EU-based importers and retailers are placed at a severe competitive disadvantage compared to third-country competitors (particularly from Asia and the US). While European businesses are burdened with increasing compliance costs, non-EU vendors often operate under fewer constraints, eroding Europes economic standing and market share. Contradiction with EU Goals on De-bureaucratization The current provisions of the PPWR stand in direct conflict with the European Unions stated commitment to cut red tape, simplify administrative processes, and protect SMEs as the backbone of the European economy. Conclusion and Call to Action Rather than achieving meaningful environmental improvements, the regulation in its current form primary creates administrative barriers, stifles intra-EU trade, and weakens Europe's overall economic resilience. We strongly urge the European Commission and Parliament to reconsider these measures, introduce clear exemptions or simplified procedures for SMEs, and ensure a realistic balance between environmental objectives and economic feasibility. Sincerely, Samuel Lee", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549522_en"}, {"id": 33549521, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:55:08", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regelung ist einfach nur schlecht für kleine Unternehmen. Damit werden solche Unternehmen, welche nur eine handvoll Pakete im Jahr verschicken, erheblich benachteiligt. Für solche ein-Frau (oder auch ein-Mann) Unternehmen ist es nicht wirklich zumutbar, die Regelungen für jedes Land einzeln zu eruieren und anderseits dann auch noch die Gebühren in jedem Land zu zahlen. Die Gebühren werden ja auch oft schon fällig, bevor überhaupt etwas verkauft wurde. So ist es schade zu sehen, dass viele kleine Betriebe ihre Shops in der EU schon eingestellt haben, für die \"großen\" (Amazon, etc.) ist es natürlich kein Problem, weiterhin zu agieren. Deshalb bin ich auch für eine Überarbeitung der Regulierung, damit auch kleine Unternehmen innerhalb der EU bestehen bleiben können. So wirkt diese Regelung zur Zeit gegen den eigentlichen Grundgedanken der EU, dass man frei handeln und agieren kann.", "feedbackEnglish": "This scheme is simply bad for small businesses. This puts such companies, which send only a handful of parcels per year, at a considerable disadvantage. For such one-man (or even one-man) companies, it is not really reasonable to explore the rules for each country individually and then also to pay the fees in each country. The fees are often due even before something has been sold at all. It is thus a pity to see that many small businesses have already closed their shops in the EU; for the ‘big’ (Amazon, etc.), of course, it is not a problem to continue to act. This is why I am also in favour of a revision of the regulation to allow small businesses to stay in the EU. For example, this rule currently runs counter to the very idea of the EU that one can act and act freely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549521_en"}, {"id": 33549520, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:54:45", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation does not affect big waste producers, but exclusively small independent sellers who want access to their right as a EU citizen to freely move goods. It's useless at best and very harmful at worst. An artisan who has pleasure in selling their work and has just recently figured out how to sell online will be very harmed, while Big Platform X will not even be slowed down by this. If the EU is our home, then we should not have these disproportionate measures towards people who just have the pleasure of sharing their work. This is reducing the amount of people who will share their production, leaving only Businesses that can easily afford an AR and a registration, and will make the EU a less colorful and diverse place.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation does not affect big waste producers, but exclusively small independent sellers who want access to their right as a EU citizen to freely move goods. It's useless at best and very harmful at worst. An artisan who has pleasure in selling their work and has just recently figured out how to sell online will be very harmed, while Big Platform X will not even be slowed down by this. If the EU is our home, then we should not have these disproportionate measures towards people who just have the pleasure of sharing their work. This is reducing the amount of people who will share their production, leaving only Businesses that can easily afford an AR and a registration, and will make the EU a less colorful and diverse place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549520_en"}, {"id": 33549519, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:54:23", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To the attention of the Members of the European comission. Please review this to exclude artisans and micro/small business that rely on the EU market and beyond to sustain their livehoods. Delivery wastes and enviroment is a real serious thing and this is something small business owners already know, most of them have been delivering their products with biodegradable products and reusing packagings for many years and their consumers are usually concerned about this and we do recycle and buy from trusted artisans that put their heart out in order to meet sustainability standards not by law requirements but because of their morals and values. So reconsider is in order to support the EU citizens and outside ones that rely on their businesses and pay their taxes. - Exclude small and micro businesses from A.R rule because of the disproportionate measures or provide affordble measures. - Harmonize registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and microbusiness. - Review and ammend the new law agains the free movements of goods within the EU because of the impact on the livelihoods of many citizens that are already struggling to make a living out of their business. As a EU supporter I think this divides us more and will not stop the big companies who happen to have a legion of attorneys ready to find out loops to skip the legislation but to strangle the average human that it's trying to make a living.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the attention of the Members of the European comission. Please review this to exclude artisans and micro/small business that rely on the EU market and beyond to sustain their livehoods. Delivery wastes and enviroment is a real serious thing and this is something small business owners already know, most of them have been delivering their products with biodegradable products and reusing packagings for many years and their consumers are usually concerned about this and we do recycle and buy from trusted artisans that put their heart out in order to meet sustainability standards not by law requirements but because of their morals and values. So reconsider is in order to support the EU citizens and outside ones that rely on their businesses and pay their taxes. - Exclude small and micro businesses from A.R rule because of the disproportionate measures or provide affordble measures. - Harmonize registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and microbusiness. - Review and ammend the new law agains the free movements of goods within the EU because of the impact on the livelihoods of many citizens that are already struggling to make a living out of their business. As a EU supporter I think this divides us more and will not stop the big companies who happen to have a legion of attorneys ready to find out loops to skip the legislation but to strangle the average human that it's trying to make a living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549519_en"}, {"id": 33549518, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:53:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "self-employed", "feedback": "As a self-employed person, I earn from performing at events and selling small amounts of merch online. For the latter, the order amounts are low, often sent to different EU- and non-EU countries maybe once or twice within a year. With the new PPWR regulations, these one-off orders would still mean going through extensive bureaucracy to register the packaging, as well as paying fees way beyond what I earn, to be able to ship to any given EU country. For example - I sell one cassette tape and one sticker to another EU member state in 2026, costing ca 10, which would require me to also pay ca 200 fees to have an authorised representative in all EU states I ship to. I cannot afford paying hundreds of euros to earn 10 or 20 from my goods a couple of times a year. I am someone who mainly reuses my packaging materials to keep costs down for customers as well as not waste already existing materials. The new regulation would require me to purchase all new virgin packaging and discard what I already have and use, which is not always viable (packaging materials' order minimums are often too high for what I need, throwing away usable bubble wrap seems wasteful and sends more plastic to be discarded). As reused packaging, this can not always be identified and registered. To transfer to packaging required by the PPWR as it is from August 12, 2026, I would need at least a 6-month period to first use up my already existing packaging to reasonably reduce what goes into waste. The PPWR, as it is now, is not viable for micro- and small businesses. We already work by minuscule margins and hundreds/thousands worth of administrative fees, as well as switching packaging options is something we simply cannot afford. I understand the idea of PPWR, and I think it can make a big difference when applied to bigger companies that produce the main percentage of packaging circulating in the EU (Amazon, AliExpress, Shein, Zalando etc), but the standards that can apply to them, do not work for small businesses that earn so much less. I cannot afford to pay the same fees that i.e. Amazon pays to keep EU-wide trade going. I would urge you to exempt all small and micro businesses from PPWR as is is now - we are otherwise simply having to close business. This would also burden the employment systems and unemployed persons rate in any EU member state, ending up more costly than implementing the packaging regulations. Moreover, with a mere few days until the 12th of August, I still see the PPWR is not complete and information is not sufficiently available. This just causes confusion, and I don't think any regulation that is not waterproof is ready to he implemented. There is especially a lack of sufficient info for small and micro businesses and how exactly they are supposed to proceed. I am also quite disappointed how little PPWR has been openly discussed or mentioned in open media as the info has gotten to most of us very late (in comparison to, for example, how the GPSR was handled). I'm hoping you can hear small businesses and help us stay afloat, the regulation as it is now does not work for us.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a self-employed person, I earn from performing at events and selling small amounts of merch online. For the latter, the order amounts are low, often sent to different EU- and non-EU countries maybe once or twice within a year. With the new PPWR regulations, these one-off orders would still mean going through extensive bureaucracy to register the packaging, as well as paying fees way beyond what I earn, to be able to ship to any given EU country. For example - I sell one cassette tape and one sticker to another EU member state in 2026, costing ca 10, which would require me to also pay ca 200 fees to have an authorised representative in all EU states I ship to. I cannot afford paying hundreds of euros to earn 10 or 20 from my goods a couple of times a year. I am someone who mainly reuses my packaging materials to keep costs down for customers as well as not waste already existing materials. The new regulation would require me to purchase all new virgin packaging and discard what I already have and use, which is not always viable (packaging materials' order minimums are often too high for what I need, throwing away usable bubble wrap seems wasteful and sends more plastic to be discarded). As reused packaging, this can not always be identified and registered. To transfer to packaging required by the PPWR as it is from August 12, 2026, I would need at least a 6-month period to first use up my already existing packaging to reasonably reduce what goes into waste. The PPWR, as it is now, is not viable for micro- and small businesses. We already work by minuscule margins and hundreds/thousands worth of administrative fees, as well as switching packaging options is something we simply cannot afford. I understand the idea of PPWR, and I think it can make a big difference when applied to bigger companies that produce the main percentage of packaging circulating in the EU (Amazon, AliExpress, Shein, Zalando etc), but the standards that can apply to them, do not work for small businesses that earn so much less. I cannot afford to pay the same fees that i.e. Amazon pays to keep EU-wide trade going. I would urge you to exempt all small and micro businesses from PPWR as is is now - we are otherwise simply having to close business. This would also burden the employment systems and unemployed persons rate in any EU member state, ending up more costly than implementing the packaging regulations. Moreover, with a mere few days until the 12th of August, I still see the PPWR is not complete and information is not sufficiently available. This just causes confusion, and I don't think any regulation that is not waterproof is ready to he implemented. There is especially a lack of sufficient info for small and micro businesses and how exactly they are supposed to proceed. I am also quite disappointed how little PPWR has been openly discussed or mentioned in open media as the info has gotten to most of us very late (in comparison to, for example, how the GPSR was handled). I'm hoping you can hear small businesses and help us stay afloat, the regulation as it is now does not work for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549518_en"}, {"id": 33549517, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:52:31", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ATD Trading Ltd.", "feedback": "I run a small e-commerce business based in Bulgaria, selling packaged goods to customers across the EU through online marketplaces. I want to share a practical concern about how the proposed harmonisation of national producer registers and reporting obligations affects businesses of my size. Selling the same product to customers in different EU Member States currently means dealing with a separate national EPR system for each one a different registration authority, different thresholds, different reporting formats, and sometimes a requirement to appoint a local authorised representative. None of this is standardised, and very little of it is explained clearly. For a company without an in-house legal or compliance team, figuring out what applies where takes far more time and money than the actual packaging volumes involved would justify. Because of this, we have made the decision to limit ourselves to only 4-5 of the largest EU markets, where the registration effort is worthwhile relative to the sales volume. For all other Member States, we simply do not make our products available, even though there is customer demand the administrative and financial cost of registering separately in each additional country is not proportionate to the small quantities of packaging involved. In practice, this means a large part of the EU single market is closed off to us, not because we chose to limit our business, but because the current system makes expansion impractical for a company our size. This is the core problem: compliance cost does not scale with environmental impact or sales volume. A small business faces nearly the same administrative workload per country as a much larger company, just to serve a fraction of the customers. That imbalance pushes small EU sellers to concentrate only on the biggest markets and quietly withdraw from or never enter the smaller ones, which runs counter to the idea of a single market. For this initiative to genuinely help rather than add friction, I would ask the Commission to focus on: Real harmonisation, not just aligned terminology the same core registration and reporting process should work the same way in every Member State. A single EU-level entry point where a business can check, in one place, exactly what it owes in each country it sells to, instead of researching 27 systems separately. Meaningful de minimis thresholds, so businesses moving small packaging volumes into a given market aren't pulled into the same obligations as large producers. Simpler onboarding for micro and small businesses, with registration steps that don't assume access to legal or compliance expertise. No mandatory paid local representatives for businesses whose packaging volumes and environmental footprint in a given market are minor. Clear guidance in all EU languages, written for business owners, not just compliance professionals. The single market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier for smaller companies, not harder. As it stands, EPR compliance is one of the main reasons a small business like mine sells in only a handful of EU countries instead of across the whole Union not because we disagree with the goal of producer responsibility, but because the process to fulfil it individually in each Member State is disproportionately complex for a business of our size.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small e-commerce business based in Bulgaria, selling packaged goods to customers across the EU through online marketplaces. I want to share a practical concern about how the proposed harmonisation of national producer registers and reporting obligations affects businesses of my size. Selling the same product to customers in different EU Member States currently means dealing with a separate national EPR system for each one a different registration authority, different thresholds, different reporting formats, and sometimes a requirement to appoint a local authorised representative. None of this is standardised, and very little of it is explained clearly. For a company without an in-house legal or compliance team, figuring out what applies where takes far more time and money than the actual packaging volumes involved would justify. Because of this, we have made the decision to limit ourselves to only 4-5 of the largest EU markets, where the registration effort is worthwhile relative to the sales volume. For all other Member States, we simply do not make our products available, even though there is customer demand the administrative and financial cost of registering separately in each additional country is not proportionate to the small quantities of packaging involved. In practice, this means a large part of the EU single market is closed off to us, not because we chose to limit our business, but because the current system makes expansion impractical for a company our size. This is the core problem: compliance cost does not scale with environmental impact or sales volume. A small business faces nearly the same administrative workload per country as a much larger company, just to serve a fraction of the customers. That imbalance pushes small EU sellers to concentrate only on the biggest markets and quietly withdraw from or never enter the smaller ones, which runs counter to the idea of a single market. For this initiative to genuinely help rather than add friction, I would ask the Commission to focus on: Real harmonisation, not just aligned terminology the same core registration and reporting process should work the same way in every Member State. A single EU-level entry point where a business can check, in one place, exactly what it owes in each country it sells to, instead of researching 27 systems separately. Meaningful de minimis thresholds, so businesses moving small packaging volumes into a given market aren't pulled into the same obligations as large producers. Simpler onboarding for micro and small businesses, with registration steps that don't assume access to legal or compliance expertise. No mandatory paid local representatives for businesses whose packaging volumes and environmental footprint in a given market are minor. Clear guidance in all EU languages, written for business owners, not just compliance professionals. The single market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier for smaller companies, not harder. As it stands, EPR compliance is one of the main reasons a small business like mine sells in only a handful of EU countries instead of across the whole Union not because we disagree with the goal of producer responsibility, but because the process to fulfil it individually in each Member State is disproportionately complex for a business of our size.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549517_en"}, {"id": 33549516, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:50:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello I am a fan of the EU and the idea of free movements and goods within. I am also someone who likes to buy things from small businesses within Europe, supporting our economy but also reducing transport emissions by not buying everything from Alibaba in China. Sustainability is important to me, but so are small businesses. This regulation makes it impossible for small businesses to participate in this free market, because they cannot afford this. They usually are already the ones being more mindful on resources. This will also endanger alot of the lifelyhood. I think small businesses should be exempt or get an easier solution offered", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I am a fan of the EU and the idea of free movements and goods within. I am also someone who likes to buy things from small businesses within Europe, supporting our economy but also reducing transport emissions by not buying everything from Alibaba in China. Sustainability is important to me, but so are small businesses. This regulation makes it impossible for small businesses to participate in this free market, because they cannot afford this. They usually are already the ones being more mindful on resources. This will also endanger alot of the lifelyhood. I think small businesses should be exempt or get an easier solution offered", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549516_en"}, {"id": 33549515, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:50:31", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It puts a strain on small companies as fees can be too big and disproportionate compared to a big companies. Also it defeats one of the main purposes of eu - free movement of goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "It puts a strain on small companies as fees can be too big and disproportionate compared to a big companies. Also it defeats one of the main purposes of eu - free movement of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549515_en"}, {"id": 33549513, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:48:35", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "En Kruka Keramik", "feedback": "I am a ceramicist, posting my work to a range of EU-countries. I am the sole and only person in my vompany. For each country my annual amount of orders is below 10. Your new rules means that my profit essentially dissappears, as administrative work (researching rules and reporting) and fees per market will exceed what I earn. I support reducing waste and recycling. But this way of implementing rules towards the goal will kill my business. I plead with you to do better. Regards, Heike/En Kruka Keramik", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a ceramicist, posting my work to a range of EU-countries. I am the sole and only person in my vompany. For each country my annual amount of orders is below 10. Your new rules means that my profit essentially dissappears, as administrative work (researching rules and reporting) and fees per market will exceed what I earn. I support reducing waste and recycling. But this way of implementing rules towards the goal will kill my business. I plead with you to do better. Regards, Heike/En Kruka Keramik", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549513_en"}, {"id": 33549511, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:47:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Beposie ", "feedback": "Hi iam just starting my online shop. beposie! beposie is a one-woman brand creating limited-edition products and apperal in small quantities. As a small independent business, I build everything myself, from design to production and fulfilment. 15% of every purchase is donated to meaningful social causes, leaving only a small margin to cover operating costs and growth. The additional administrative and financial burden of appointing authorised representatives across multiple EU countries makes it impossible for me to launch across Europe as originally planned. Instead, I am forced to start in Germany only, significantly limiting the reach and growth of my small business. The new packaging regulations and the requirement to appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States create costs and administrative complexity that small businesses cannot absorb, even if they are manageable for larger companies. As a result, I am unable to launch across Europe as planned and must limit beposie to Germany, significantly reducing its reach and early growth and the support I want to create. While I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, its current implementation places a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. I hope future rules will include simplified procedures and exemptions for micro / small enterprises, so that sustainability does not come at the expense of innovation and small European brands. Or maybe even cause a dream to stop! Thank you for your time ! I hope I can still dream about change Sharon", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi iam just starting my online shop. beposie! beposie is a one-woman brand creating limited-edition products and apperal in small quantities. As a small independent business, I build everything myself, from design to production and fulfilment. 15% of every purchase is donated to meaningful social causes, leaving only a small margin to cover operating costs and growth. The additional administrative and financial burden of appointing authorised representatives across multiple EU countries makes it impossible for me to launch across Europe as originally planned. Instead, I am forced to start in Germany only, significantly limiting the reach and growth of my small business. The new packaging regulations and the requirement to appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States create costs and administrative complexity that small businesses cannot absorb, even if they are manageable for larger companies. As a result, I am unable to launch across Europe as planned and must limit beposie to Germany, significantly reducing its reach and early growth and the support I want to create. While I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, its current implementation places a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. I hope future rules will include simplified procedures and exemptions for micro / small enterprises, so that sustainability does not come at the expense of innovation and small European brands. Or maybe even cause a dream to stop! Thank you for your time ! I hope I can still dream about change Sharon", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549511_en"}, {"id": 33549509, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:46:57", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the sustainability initiatives. HOWEVER, to not have any exceptions or differentiation for micro-enterprises and small-businesses will be fatal to most both within the EU and those who had the EU as a main market. Therefore, the Regulation does not target the main polluters, i.e. massive businesses and corporations, but the independents and artists. Also, the lack of infrastructure - not having a single registration and fees system - is untenable. The admin of even trying to find the correct information on each EU Member State's government website is near impossible, let alone the insurmountable costs of registry, PRO membership, fees, and authorised reps. Many EU Member States still have information up from two years or more ago, if any is available at all. It is entirely unclear of the Member States that do have de minimis thresholds currently, whether those thresholds remain or not. So in summary, construct the harmonised directory system first. Make compliance simple and centralised. Differentiate between business sizes - give micro-enterprises and small businesses a break - we're not the ones destroying the planet. Focus on adherence for manufacturers of packaging so that only the most sustainable options are available for purchase down the supply chain. Focus on massive corporations for this first phase. Then consult with micro-enterprises and small business to determine a feasible solution. Many of these small businesses are the heart and soul of local communities. We make art, keep endangered crafts alive, and many of us are extremely eco-conscious to start with. To continue with the Regulation as is will uplift corporations like Amazon who have egregiously dodged tax and climate responsibilities while punishing, and ultimately eliminating, businesses of hard-working individuals and family-run entities. This cannot be what the European Commission intended?", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the sustainability initiatives. HOWEVER, to not have any exceptions or differentiation for micro-enterprises and small-businesses will be fatal to most both within the EU and those who had the EU as a main market. Therefore, the Regulation does not target the main polluters, i.e. massive businesses and corporations, but the independents and artists. Also, the lack of infrastructure - not having a single registration and fees system - is untenable. The admin of even trying to find the correct information on each EU Member State's government website is near impossible, let alone the insurmountable costs of registry, PRO membership, fees, and authorised reps. Many EU Member States still have information up from two years or more ago, if any is available at all. It is entirely unclear of the Member States that do have de minimis thresholds currently, whether those thresholds remain or not. So in summary, construct the harmonised directory system first. Make compliance simple and centralised. Differentiate between business sizes - give micro-enterprises and small businesses a break - we're not the ones destroying the planet. Focus on adherence for manufacturers of packaging so that only the most sustainable options are available for purchase down the supply chain. Focus on massive corporations for this first phase. Then consult with micro-enterprises and small business to determine a feasible solution. Many of these small businesses are the heart and soul of local communities. We make art, keep endangered crafts alive, and many of us are extremely eco-conscious to start with. To continue with the Regulation as is will uplift corporations like Amazon who have egregiously dodged tax and climate responsibilities while punishing, and ultimately eliminating, businesses of hard-working individuals and family-run entities. This cannot be what the European Commission intended?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549509_en"}, {"id": 33549506, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:42:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Selbstständiger Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich begrüße ausdrücklich, dass die Europäische Union das Thema Verpackungen angeht und europaweit für mehr Nachhaltigkeit und klare Regeln sorgen möchte. Gleichzeitig möchte ich auf eine Entwicklung aufmerksam machen, die aus meiner Sicht politisch sehr problematisch ist: Die zunehmende Bürokratie kann gerade für kleine Online-Händlerinnen und -Händler zu einem erheblichen Wettbewerbsnachteil werden. Ich betreibe selbst einen kleinen Online-Shop und verschicke nur in sehr begrenztem Umfang in andere EU-Länder. Wenn ich beispielsweise fünf Pakete im Jahr nach Spanien und zehn nach Österreich versende, steht der dafür notwendige organisatorische Aufwand schnell in keinem Verhältnis mehr zur tatsächlichen Geschäftstätigkeit. Registrierungen, unterschiedliche nationale Anforderungen und insbesondere die Verpflichtung, in einzelnen Ländern einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen, können für einen kleinen Händler einen erheblichen Kosten- und Verwaltungsaufwand bedeuten. Für einen internationalen Konzern oder einen großen Marktplatz ist das kein ernsthaftes Hindernis. Für einen kleinen Handwerksbetrieb, einen nebenberuflichen Händler oder eine Ein-Personen-Unternehmung kann es dagegen dazu führen, dass sich der Versand in bestimmte EU-Länder schlicht nicht mehr lohnt. Das kann nicht das Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Wenn wir einerseits Unternehmertum, Handwerk, Gründungen und den europäischen Binnenmarkt fördern wollen, dürfen wir andererseits nicht Strukturen schaffen, die kleine Anbieter aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel herausdrängen. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine klare Kleinstmengenregelung. Bis zu einer bestimmten Versandmenge beispielsweise zehn, 50 oder 100 Sendungen pro Jahr und Land sollte es ein deutlich vereinfachtes Verfahren geben. Eine kleine Pauschale für diese Kleinstmengen halte ich durchaus für vertretbar. Entscheidend ist für mich aber, dass bei solchen geringen Mengen die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten entfällt. Ebenso wichtig ist eine europaweit einheitliche Regelung. Es kann nicht der Anspruch eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes sein, dass ein kleiner Händler für jedes einzelne EU-Land wieder andere Registrierungen, Ansprechpartner und Verfahren kennen und verwalten muss. Große Unternehmen können solche Strukturen aufbauen und bezahlen. Kleine Unternehmen können das häufig nicht. Genau deshalb sollte europäische Regulierung nicht nur für die großen Marktteilnehmer funktionieren, sondern auch für die vielen kleinen Unternehmen, Selbstständigen und Handwerksbetriebe, die Europa wirtschaftlich und kulturell ausmachen. Mein Appell ist daher: Regulieren Sie aber mit Augenmaß. Schaffen Sie eine einfache Kleinstmengenregelung, verzichten Sie bei sehr geringen Versandvolumen auf die Pflicht eines Bevollmächtigten und sorgen Sie für ein einheitliches Verfahren in der gesamten EU. Denn wenn ein Händler fünf oder zehn Pakete im Jahr in ein anderes EU-Land verschickt, sollte die Bürokratie nicht größer sein als das eigentliche Geschäft. Ich finde die Europäische Union grundsätzlich großartig und bin überzeugt davon, dass ein gemeinsamer europäischer Markt eine große Stärke ist. Genau deshalb wünsche ich mir Regelungen, die diese Stärke ausbauen und nicht unbeabsichtigt dazu führen, dass kleine Händler sich aus dem europäischen Handel zurückziehen. Vielen Dank für Ihre Arbeit und dafür, dass Sie auch die Perspektive kleiner Unternehmen und Selbstständiger berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Emanuel M.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I very much welcome the fact that the European Union is addressing the issue of packaging and wants to ensure greater sustainability and clear rules across Europe. At the same time, I would like to draw attention to a development which, in my view, is very politically problematic: Increasing bureaucracy can put small online traders at a significant competitive disadvantage. I myself operate a small online shop and send it to other EU countries only to a very limited extent. If, for example, I send five packages a year to Spain and ten to Austria, the organisational effort required for this is quickly disproportionate to the actual business activity. Registrations, different national requirements and, in particular, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in individual countries can impose a significant cost and administrative burden on a small trader. This is not a serious obstacle for an international group or a large marketplace. For a small craft business, a part-time trader or a one-person business, on the other hand, it can simply make shipping to certain EU countries no longer worthwhile. This cannot be the goal of a common European internal market. If, on the one hand, we want to promote entrepreneurship, crafts, start-ups and the European single market, on the other hand, we must not create structures that push small operators out of cross-border trade. I would therefore like to see a clear system of minimum quantities. Up to a certain volume of shipments, for example, 10, 50 or 100 consignments per year and country should be subject to a significantly simplified procedure. In my view, a small flat-rate for those minimum quantities is perfectly reasonable. However, what matters to me is that, in the case of such small quantities, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative does not apply. It is equally important to have uniform rules across Europe. It cannot be the ambition of a single market for a small trader to have to know and manage different registrations, contacts and procedures for each individual EU country. Large companies can set up and pay for such structures. This is often not possible for small businesses. It is precisely for this reason that European regulation should work not only for the big market players, but also for the many small businesses, the self-employed and craft businesses that make up Europe economically and culturally. My appeal is therefore: But don’t hesitate to regulate. Create a simple minimum volume regime, waive the obligation of an authorised representative for very small volumes and ensure a uniform procedure across the EU. Because if a trader sends 5 or 10 parcels per year to another EU country, the bureaucracy should not be bigger than the actual business. I find the European Union fundamentally great and I am convinced that a common European market is a great strength. It is precisely for this reason that I would like to see rules that strengthen this strength and do not unintentionally lead small traders to withdraw from European trade. Thank you for your work and for taking into account the perspective of small businesses and the self-employed. Yours sincerely, Emanuel M.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549506_en"}, {"id": 33549505, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:42:04", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Other ", "feedback": "This is disgraceful. We sell sustainable products that mostly derive from the EU we package them in compositible packaging. We have clients in the EU have spent up to six months specifying our products for their customers, taken their money and gone to place an order with us today for us to say Im so sorry we cannot ship to you now. All of the EU and Ireland. Have you any idea how hard it is running a small business, competing with large companies, the stress ! It was bad enough after Brexit now this. One form, 1 page to enter what you send and in what and getting an EPR number instantly for all EU countries would have been the way to do this. No fee! So we could have instantly carried on. I dont have time, capacity inclination and no way am I spending any more money on bureaucracy. Im so angry that even if you do change it now I dont want to look at the EU again! This is back to regime behaviour, controlling people. Where was the education on this? I found this out on ig I thought it was a hoax. Ive asked multiple businesses who are still sending as they thought I was making a fuss. Enough! Sort it out immediately. Ill send you a universal form to implement, it couldnt be more straight forward. Shame on you EU. We are done", "feedbackEnglish": "This is disgraceful. We sell sustainable products that mostly derive from the EU we package them in compositible packaging. We have clients in the EU have spent up to six months specifying our products for their customers, taken their money and gone to place an order with us today for us to say Im so sorry we cannot ship to you now. All of the EU and Ireland. Have you any idea how hard it is running a small business, competing with large companies, the stress ! It was bad enough after Brexit now this. One form, 1 page to enter what you send and in what and getting an EPR number instantly for all EU countries would have been the way to do this. No fee! So we could have instantly carried on. I dont have time, capacity inclination and no way am I spending any more money on bureaucracy. Im so angry that even if you do change it now I dont want to look at the EU again! This is back to regime behaviour, controlling people. Where was the education on this? I found this out on ig I thought it was a hoax. Ive asked multiple businesses who are still sending as they thought I was making a fuss. Enough! Sort it out immediately. Ill send you a universal form to implement, it couldnt be more straight forward. Shame on you EU. We are done", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549505_en"}, {"id": 33549504, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:41:49", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jaimy Louise Reisinger ", "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, I urge the European Commission to introduce a clear and meaningful exemption or substantially simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small businesses. I am a self-employed small business owner in Austria and also operate a small jewellery business. Businesses like mine place only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Nevertheless, the administrative obligations associated with producer registration, reporting and extended producer responsibility can create costs and complexity that are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated. For a micro-business selling handmade or small-volume products online, particularly across EU borders, having to understand and comply with different registration and EPR requirements in multiple Member States can become economically impossible. The fixed administrative and compliance costs are essentially the same regardless of whether a company places a few kilograms or thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. This risks forcing small European businesses to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States altogether. That would not meaningfully reduce packaging waste, but it would disadvantage micro-enterprises, limit cross-border trade and create an additional barrier within the European Single Market. I therefore strongly ask the Commission to introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. At the very least, there should be: * a meaningful exemption threshold for very small packaging quantities; * one simple EU-wide registration instead of separate administrative procedures in every Member State; * strongly simplified or exempted reporting requirements for micro-enterprises; * no disproportionate obligation to appoint separate authorised representatives in several Member States for very small cross-border sellers; and * EPR obligations and fees that are genuinely proportionate to the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Environmental regulation is important, but it should focus resources where they have the greatest environmental impact. A self-employed artisan or small online business shipping a limited number of parcels per year should not face an administrative system designed for large-scale producers and multinational companies. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR protects its environmental objectives without making cross-border trade economically unviable for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, I urge the European Commission to introduce a clear and meaningful exemption or substantially simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small businesses. I am a self-employed small business owner in Austria and also operate a small jewellery business. Businesses like mine place only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Nevertheless, the administrative obligations associated with producer registration, reporting and extended producer responsibility can create costs and complexity that are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated. For a micro-business selling handmade or small-volume products online, particularly across EU borders, having to understand and comply with different registration and EPR requirements in multiple Member States can become economically impossible. The fixed administrative and compliance costs are essentially the same regardless of whether a company places a few kilograms or thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. This risks forcing small European businesses to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States altogether. That would not meaningfully reduce packaging waste, but it would disadvantage micro-enterprises, limit cross-border trade and create an additional barrier within the European Single Market. I therefore strongly ask the Commission to introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. At the very least, there should be: * a meaningful exemption threshold for very small packaging quantities; * one simple EU-wide registration instead of separate administrative procedures in every Member State; * strongly simplified or exempted reporting requirements for micro-enterprises; * no disproportionate obligation to appoint separate authorised representatives in several Member States for very small cross-border sellers; and * EPR obligations and fees that are genuinely proportionate to the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Environmental regulation is important, but it should focus resources where they have the greatest environmental impact. A self-employed artisan or small online business shipping a limited number of parcels per year should not face an administrative system designed for large-scale producers and multinational companies. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR protects its environmental objectives without making cross-border trade economically unviable for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549504_en"}, {"id": 33549503, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:39:32", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Vastaskalda Kiisk Oü", "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Commission,I am writing to you as an independent sole trader running a small design and handicraft business, SolveCoagula design, based in Estonia. While I fully support the European Union's green transition, its circular economy goals, and the intent to curb mass-produced low-cost imports from outside the EU, the current execution of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is fundamentally flawed. In its current form, this legislation will unintentionally crush small, local EU-based artisans and micro-businesses.For a sole trader like myself, shipping approximately 50 to 100 packages per year to customers in a few neighboring EU Member States, the administrative and financial burden is insurmountable. I utilize simple, fully recyclable cardboard boxes and eco-friendly packaging that I already sort and recycle locally. Yet, under the current zero-threshold cross-border framework, I am expected to register, report, and pay separate compliance fees in every single country I ship to. Corporate lobbying from multinational conglomerates has successfully pushed for a \"one-size-fits-all\" framework where even the smallest sellers are treated like massive e-commerce corporations. For a business of my scale, paying up to 700 annually in fragmented registration fees and regulatory costs across different member states is a financial death blow. It does not reduce waste; it simply reduces the viability of honest, small-scale European entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this fragmented regulatory landscape is a direct violation of the fundamental principle of the EU Single Market: the free movement of goods. The core promise of the European Union has always been that a business established in one member state can seamlessly trade with citizens in another without border friction or discriminatory national barriers. By forcing micro-businesses to navigate 27 different complex national legal systems and pay localized commercial registration fees just to ship a few handmade items, the EU is effectively dismantling its own free trade zone for small creators. It forces us to artificially restrict our shipping destinations and partition the internal market, creating a structural disadvantage that benefits only giant multinational marketplaces and non-EU conglomerates. I welcome the Commission's recent acknowledgments regarding the need for simplification and the instructions given to national authorities to avoid heavy-handed sanctioning. However, temporary relief and warnings are not enough to save our businesses. I urgently request that the European Commission establishes:A clear EU-wide de minimis threshold: Micro-enterprises and artisan businesses producing minimal packaging volume (e.g., under 100 kg or 500 packages per year) must be completely exempt from cross-border EPR registration requirements. A true centralized EU One-Stop Shop (OSS): Small businesses should only have to register once in their home country (e.g., Estonia) to report all EU sales, rather than navigating 27 different complex national databases, portals, and third-party fees.Please protect the small businesses that form the cultural and economic backbone of Europe. Do not let well-intentioned environmental laws become an administrative execution of independent European creators. Sincerely, Jenni Kiiski, SolveCoagula design Estonia", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Commission,I am writing to you as an independent sole trader running a small design and handicraft business, SolveCoagula design, based in Estonia. While I fully support the European Union's green transition, its circular economy goals, and the intent to curb mass-produced low-cost imports from outside the EU, the current execution of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is fundamentally flawed. In its current form, this legislation will unintentionally crush small, local EU-based artisans and micro-businesses.For a sole trader like myself, shipping approximately 50 to 100 packages per year to customers in a few neighboring EU Member States, the administrative and financial burden is insurmountable. I utilize simple, fully recyclable cardboard boxes and eco-friendly packaging that I already sort and recycle locally. Yet, under the current zero-threshold cross-border framework, I am expected to register, report, and pay separate compliance fees in every single country I ship to. Corporate lobbying from multinational conglomerates has successfully pushed for a \"one-size-fits-all\" framework where even the smallest sellers are treated like massive e-commerce corporations. For a business of my scale, paying up to 700 annually in fragmented registration fees and regulatory costs across different member states is a financial death blow. It does not reduce waste; it simply reduces the viability of honest, small-scale European entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this fragmented regulatory landscape is a direct violation of the fundamental principle of the EU Single Market: the free movement of goods. The core promise of the European Union has always been that a business established in one member state can seamlessly trade with citizens in another without border friction or discriminatory national barriers. By forcing micro-businesses to navigate 27 different complex national legal systems and pay localized commercial registration fees just to ship a few handmade items, the EU is effectively dismantling its own free trade zone for small creators. It forces us to artificially restrict our shipping destinations and partition the internal market, creating a structural disadvantage that benefits only giant multinational marketplaces and non-EU conglomerates. I welcome the Commission's recent acknowledgments regarding the need for simplification and the instructions given to national authorities to avoid heavy-handed sanctioning. However, temporary relief and warnings are not enough to save our businesses. I urgently request that the European Commission establishes:A clear EU-wide de minimis threshold: Micro-enterprises and artisan businesses producing minimal packaging volume (e.g., under 100 kg or 500 packages per year) must be completely exempt from cross-border EPR registration requirements. A true centralized EU One-Stop Shop (OSS): Small businesses should only have to register once in their home country (e.g., Estonia) to report all EU sales, rather than navigating 27 different complex national databases, portals, and third-party fees.Please protect the small businesses that form the cultural and economic backbone of Europe. Do not let well-intentioned environmental laws become an administrative execution of independent European creators. Sincerely, Jenni Kiiski, SolveCoagula design Estonia", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549503_en"}, {"id": 33549502, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:38:38", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Small Business", "feedback": "*exclude small & micro businesses from the A.R. rules or provide measurements that small businesses can afford! *harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small& micro businesses! *the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses- especially small ones!", "feedbackEnglish": "*exclude small & micro businesses from the A.R. rules or provide measurements that small businesses can afford! *harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small& micro businesses! *the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses- especially small ones!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549502_en"}, {"id": 33549501, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:34:15", "country": "HRV", "language": "HR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Poštovani, od sutra 12.08.2026. na snagu stupa zakon o reciklaži za koji smo slučajno saznali. https://www.reddit.com/r/europeanunion/comments/1vbprrh/small_businesses_that_ship_products_in_packaging/?share_id=_JSO_oD1X0ULXQUqJuHIj&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=6 U Hrvatskoj nema službene obavijesti niti mediji o tome govore. Zakon se donio u potpunoj tišini. Po novom zakonu svaki samostalni umjetnik i mali poduzetnik stanovnik EU koji prodaje svoje radove unutar EU mora potpisati ugovor i platiti zbrinjavanje ambalaže sa svakom državom u EU u koju će prodavati svoje radove, ukupno 27 ugovora i troškova. Troškovi su ogromni. Ovaj zakon će uništiti malo poduzetništvo i samostalne umjenike. Biti će jeftinije slati pošiljke na druge kontinente nego u susjedne nam EU države. Kontinet na kojem živimo i radimo nas uništava. Mnoge će obitelji ostati bez prihoda. U ovom zakonu je potpuno odsustvo logike jer je broj pošiljki u pojedinačne države EU svega par komada godišnje, moje su pošiljke male 30-60 grama pa traženi iznosi za reciklažu višestruko premašuju stvarni trošak reciklaže. Izjednačili ste u financijskim obavezama male poduzetnike i korporacije. Osoba sam sa tjelesnim oštećenjem i web shopovi su mi jedini izvor prihoda. Od čega da sada živim!? Kako da se liječim!?", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear tomorrow, 12.8.2026, the recycling law of which we have incidentally become aware enters into force. https://www.reddit.com/r/europeanunion/comments/1vbprrh/small_businesses_that_ship_products_in_packaging/?share_id=_JSO_oD1X0ULXQUqJuHIj&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=6 In Croatia, there are no official announcements or speeches from the media. The law was adopted in full silence. Under the new law, every independent artist and small entrepreneur resident in the EU who sells his works within the EU must sign a contract and pay for the disposal of packaging with each EU country to which he will sell his works, a total of 27 contracts and costs. The costs are huge. This law shall destroy small businesses and independent assignees. It will be cheaper to send shipments to other continents than to neighbouring EU countries. The Continet on which we live and work destroys us. Many families will lose their income. In this law, the logic is totally absent, as the number of shipments to individual EU countries is only a few pieces per year, my shipments are small in number of 30-60 grams and the amounts claimed for recycling exceed many times the actual cost of recycling. You have equated your financial obligations with those of a small entrepreneur and a corporation. I am physically impaired and my web shops are my only source of income. What do I live in now? How do I get treatment?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549501_en"}, {"id": 33549500, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:33:47", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Quaintrelle of Sweden", "feedback": "I run a production-on-demand lingerie business from my studio in Stockholm. I want to be part of a positive change of the fashion industry, but the current implementation of the PPWR and the EPR is making it impossible for me to sell across internal EU borders. This implementation is hurting small businesses disproportionately, and you should implement a de minimus immediately while working towards a One Stop Shop. Please do better.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a production-on-demand lingerie business from my studio in Stockholm. I want to be part of a positive change of the fashion industry, but the current implementation of the PPWR and the EPR is making it impossible for me to sell across internal EU borders. This implementation is hurting small businesses disproportionately, and you should implement a de minimus immediately while working towards a One Stop Shop. Please do better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549500_en"}, {"id": 33549499, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:32:43", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi est nécessaire pour les très grandes entreprises, d'un point de vue économique et environnemental. Le problème est le décalage : considérer l'entièreté de la population comme Amazon, Shein ou Temu est une solution dévastatrice. Les petits commerces et surtout les petits créateurs se retrouvent menacés. Avec un chiffre d'affaire mensuel qui ne dépasse parfois pas les 200 euros (car oui les temps sont durs !) Je vous pose la question : comment fait-on ?", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is necessary for very large companies, from an economic and environmental point of view. The problem is the time lag: considering the entire population as Amazon, Shein or Temu is a devastating solution. Small businesses and especially small designers are at risk. With a monthly turnover that sometimes does not exceed EUR 200 (because time is hard!) I ask you: how is it done?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549499_en"}, {"id": 33549498, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:30:23", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a customer of small businesses, I saw a lot of them stating they will no longer be able to sell to EU countries. I think this will either kill small businesses that try to keep up and satisfy EU customers or just make them stop selling to us. The latest will eventually make people go back to big company with less ethics and concern about the environment, quality and craftsmanship of their products It kind of defeats the purpose There must be another way.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a customer of small businesses, I saw a lot of them stating they will no longer be able to sell to EU countries. I think this will either kill small businesses that try to keep up and satisfy EU customers or just make them stop selling to us. The latest will eventually make people go back to big company with less ethics and concern about the environment, quality and craftsmanship of their products It kind of defeats the purpose There must be another way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549498_en"}, {"id": 33549497, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:28:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Cozy Card Store", "feedback": "This is not sustaineble for small businesses. We dont have the resources to check every countries requirements and provide this information to each member of the EU separately. Free will of goods is a thing, we already pay for garbage disposal", "feedbackEnglish": "This is not sustaineble for small businesses. We dont have the resources to check every countries requirements and provide this information to each member of the EU separately. Free will of goods is a thing, we already pay for garbage disposal", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549497_en"}, {"id": 33549496, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:28:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I mainly shop with small independant shops, artists and creators from all over Europe, but because of this, most of them have announced they will no longer be able to ship outside of their own country. This is negatively impacting smaller independant businesses while big companies are more able to absorb the costs and added administrative work. It's killing diversity in offers and promoting a monopoly for giant corporations that I don't approve of. As a EU citizen, diversity and the possibility to buy from smaller companies and artists all over Europe is essential for me. Of course I support efforts for more sustainability but it should not come at this cost.", "feedbackEnglish": "I mainly shop with small independant shops, artists and creators from all over Europe, but because of this, most of them have announced they will no longer be able to ship outside of their own country. This is negatively impacting smaller independant businesses while big companies are more able to absorb the costs and added administrative work. It's killing diversity in offers and promoting a monopoly for giant corporations that I don't approve of. As a EU citizen, diversity and the possibility to buy from smaller companies and artists all over Europe is essential for me. Of course I support efforts for more sustainability but it should not come at this cost.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549496_en"}, {"id": 33549495, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:28:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "IT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dario Scapitta Design", "feedback": "Da piccolo imprenditore comprendo la necessità di dover regolare l'utilizzo dei materiali relativi all'imballaggio de prodotti che vengono spediti tra i 27 Paesi dell'EU e che si data la giusta attenzione al riciclaggio e alla sostenibilità. Tuttavia le attuali nuove regolamentazioni sono totalmente inadeguate per le piccole e medie imprese ed i lavoratori autonomi e tutte quelle attività che sono portate avanti da una singola persona. La quantità di materiale informativo richiesto da includere in ogni spedizione è insostenibile per un'attività portata avanti da una singola persona, e le differenti tariffe richieste per Paese comportano un esborso economico troppo elevato. Le regole attuali sono pressoché incomprensibili ed il livello burocratico esasperante. Come Comunità Economica Europea sarebbe gradita maggiore uniformità nella gestione di queste regole con tariffe uniche e soprattutto una netta scissione tra piccole/medie imprese e le multinazionali della grossa distribuzione, le quali, a differenza dei piccoli imprenditore, muovono quotidianamente tonnellate di materiale a livello internazionale. Ci aspettiamo una totale revisione delle attuali regole con correzioni effettive riguardanti le sopraindicate differenziazioni.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small entrepreneur, I understand the need to regulate the use of packaging materials for products that are shipped between the 27 EU countries and that due attention is given to recycling and sustainability. However, the current new regulations are totally inadequate for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed and all those activities that are carried out by a single person. The amount of information material required to be included in each shipment is unsustainable for an activity carried out by a single person, and the different fees required per country result in too high a financial outlay. The current rules are almost incomprehensible and the level of bureaucracy exasperating. As a European Economic Community, we would be grateful for greater uniformity in the management of these rules with single tariffs and, above all, a clear division between small and medium-sized enterprises and multinationals in large distribution, which, unlike small entrepreneurs, move tonnes of material internationally on a daily basis. We expect a complete revision of the current rules with real corrections concerning the above-mentioned differentiations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549495_en"}, {"id": 33549494, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:23:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich denke es wurde mittlerweile schon von genug Kleinst Unternehmern erklärt, warum diese Regelung diese besonders hart trifft und sowohl einigen ihre Existenz Grundlage nimmt als auch bereits dafür gesorgt hat, dass sehr viele den Versand in die EU in ihren Shops gestoppt haben. Ich fand es bisher immer toll, bei kleinen Künstler:innen weltweit besondere Dinge zu erstehen. Es hemmt den Austausch von Kunst und Kultur und spielt den Großhändlern, die doch das eigentliche Ziel der Regelung sein sollten, sogar noch in die Karten, da die kleinen Unternehmen verschwinden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think it has already been explained by enough micro-entrepreneurs why this rule is hitting them particularly hard, and why some have taken its foundation and have already ensured that a large number have stopped shipping to the EU in their shops. So far, I have always found it great to get to grips with special things with small artists around the world. It hinders the exchange of arts and culture and even plays into the cards of the wholesalers, who should be the real aim of the scheme, as the small businesses disappear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549494_en"}, {"id": 33549493, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:22:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absurd. These rules risk killing the very small businesses, artists and craftspeople that the European Union should be protecting. Please sit down calmly with your morning tea or coffee and consider what this actually means in practice. A small artisan who sends a handful of handmade products to customers elsewhere in the EU is not Amazon. A ceramicist, jewellery maker, illustrator, textile artist or independent craft business should not face the same type of fixed registration and compliance burden as a multinational company sending millions of parcels. If a small business sends one parcel to a country and must pay hundreds of euros simply to comply, that cost can make the sale impossible. A huge corporation can spread those administrative costs across hundreds of thousands or millions of transactions. That is not a level playing field. It does the opposite: it strengthens large businesses while pushing small independent traders out of cross-border commerce. Please consider where the overwhelming volume of packaging waste actually comes from. Mass-produced goods and enormous distribution networks generate vastly more packaging than an individual artist occasionally posting a handmade object to a customer. And yet it is the small maker who will feel the grip of EU legislation tightening around their neck. Another registration. Another fee. Another report. Another compliance requirement. Another reason not to sell something you have made with your own hands to someone across a European border. Tax us a little more. Regulate us a little more. Tighten the grip a little more. Many of us are already trying to survive in a world where one job is no longer enough. Now even the small freedom of making something beautiful and selling it to another person in Europe risks becoming wrapped in costs and bureaucracy. One of the great freedoms of the EU has been the ability of ordinary people and tiny businesses to trade across borders. An artist in Portugal can make something in a small studio and send it to someone in France, Germany, Romania or Spain. Please do not take that freedom away through compliance costs. The world needs artists. It needs craftspeople. It needs independent makers. It needs businesses consisting of one person, a pair of hands and a small studio not only enormous corporations with compliance departments, accountants and lawyers. If the cost of legally posting one handmade product to another EU country approaches the value of the product itself, we have reached an absurd situation. It may genuinely become cheaper for a maker to get on an EasyJet flight and deliver the parcel by hand than to post it. Bravo, EU. We have somehow managed to make that economically rational. Environmental legislation is necessary. But good environmental legislation should target waste proportionately. It should not place effectively disproportionate fixed compliance costs on the smallest producers while the largest producers can absorb those costs effortlessly. Please introduce a genuine microbusiness and small-producer exemption, or at minimum a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on turnover, packaging volume or number of parcels. Do not treat a person making twenty handmade objects in a studio as though they are Amazon. Protect the environment. But please stop squeezing the people who are simply trying to make something, sell something, and survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absurd. These rules risk killing the very small businesses, artists and craftspeople that the European Union should be protecting. Please sit down calmly with your morning tea or coffee and consider what this actually means in practice. A small artisan who sends a handful of handmade products to customers elsewhere in the EU is not Amazon. A ceramicist, jewellery maker, illustrator, textile artist or independent craft business should not face the same type of fixed registration and compliance burden as a multinational company sending millions of parcels. If a small business sends one parcel to a country and must pay hundreds of euros simply to comply, that cost can make the sale impossible. A huge corporation can spread those administrative costs across hundreds of thousands or millions of transactions. That is not a level playing field. It does the opposite: it strengthens large businesses while pushing small independent traders out of cross-border commerce. Please consider where the overwhelming volume of packaging waste actually comes from. Mass-produced goods and enormous distribution networks generate vastly more packaging than an individual artist occasionally posting a handmade object to a customer. And yet it is the small maker who will feel the grip of EU legislation tightening around their neck. Another registration. Another fee. Another report. Another compliance requirement. Another reason not to sell something you have made with your own hands to someone across a European border. Tax us a little more. Regulate us a little more. Tighten the grip a little more. Many of us are already trying to survive in a world where one job is no longer enough. Now even the small freedom of making something beautiful and selling it to another person in Europe risks becoming wrapped in costs and bureaucracy. One of the great freedoms of the EU has been the ability of ordinary people and tiny businesses to trade across borders. An artist in Portugal can make something in a small studio and send it to someone in France, Germany, Romania or Spain. Please do not take that freedom away through compliance costs. The world needs artists. It needs craftspeople. It needs independent makers. It needs businesses consisting of one person, a pair of hands and a small studio not only enormous corporations with compliance departments, accountants and lawyers. If the cost of legally posting one handmade product to another EU country approaches the value of the product itself, we have reached an absurd situation. It may genuinely become cheaper for a maker to get on an EasyJet flight and deliver the parcel by hand than to post it. Bravo, EU. We have somehow managed to make that economically rational. Environmental legislation is necessary. But good environmental legislation should target waste proportionately. It should not place effectively disproportionate fixed compliance costs on the smallest producers while the largest producers can absorb those costs effortlessly. Please introduce a genuine microbusiness and small-producer exemption, or at minimum a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on turnover, packaging volume or number of parcels. Do not treat a person making twenty handmade objects in a studio as though they are Amazon. Protect the environment. But please stop squeezing the people who are simply trying to make something, sell something, and survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549493_en"}, {"id": 33549492, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:21:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ItsNato", "feedback": "Ich bin selbstständiger Künstler und betreibe ein kleines Unternehmen innerhalb der EU, über das ich meine eigenen Kunstwerke und Merchandise verkaufe. Die Umweltziele hinter diesen Regelungen unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Unternehmen sollten Verantwortung für den Verpackungsmüll übernehmen, den sie verursachen. Gerade große Unternehmen, die enorme Mengen an Verpackungen in Umlauf bringen, sollten dafür zur Verantwortung gezogen werden. Aber eine Regulierung, die große Unternehmen kontrollieren soll, darf dabei nicht die kleinsten Unternehmen vernichten. Für einen Großkonzern sind Registrierungsgebühren, Meldepflichten und Bevollmächtigte zusätzliche Geschäftskosten. Diese Unternehmen verkaufen Tausende oder Millionen Produkte und haben Mitarbeiter, die sich um solche Anforderungen kümmern können. Für einen kleinen Betrieb hat dieselbe Verpflichtung völlig andere Auswirkungen. Es kann passieren, dass ich in einem ganzen Jahr nur EIN Paket an einen Kunden in einem bestimmten EU-Land verschicke. Wenn ich dafür das individuelle System dieses Landes verstehen, mich registrieren, Meldepflichten erfüllen, Gebühren bezahlen und möglicherweise einen Bevollmächtigten bestellen und bezahlen muss, gibt es keine wirtschaftlich sinnvolle Entscheidung mehr. Ich kann diesem Kunden schlicht nichts mehr verkaufen. Und dieses Problem multipliziert sich mit der Anzahl der EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Kleine Online-Unternehmen haben nicht Tausende Kunden in jedem Land. Vielleicht erhalten wir eine Bestellung aus einem Land, drei aus einem anderen und fünf aus dem nächsten. Trotzdem entstehen jeweils eigene Verpflichtungen, nur weil eine Person dort einen Sticker, Print oder ein handgefertigtes Produkt bei uns kaufen möchte. Kein Kleinstunternehmen kann Hunderte Euro für Registrierung, Bevollmächtigte und Compliance ausgeben, um wenige Pakete mit vielleicht 20, 50 oder 100 Euro Warenwert zu verschicken. Das macht grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen nicht einfach nur schwieriger. Es macht ihn ab einer bestimmten Unternehmensgröße unmöglich. Davon sind Menschen betroffen, die gerade versuchen, sich ein Unternehmen aufzubauen, selbstständige Künstler, Kunsthandwerker und auch kleine bis mittlere Unternehmen, die nicht über die Ressourcen internationaler Konzerne verfügen. Das Ergebnis ist paradox: Die großen Unternehmen, die stärker reguliert werden sollen, können sich die Einhaltung leisten. Unternehmen, die im Vergleich winzige Mengen an Verpackungsmüll verursachen, werden dagegen vollständig aus Teilen des europäischen Marktes gedrängt. Ein internationaler Großkonzern sieht eine weitere Compliance-Ausgabe. Ein kleiner Künstler sieht ein weiteres Land, in das er nicht mehr verkaufen kann. Wiederholt sich das in ganz Europa, verschwindet der europäische Binnenmarkt für uns faktisch. Wenn unabhängige Unternehmen nicht mehr grenzüberschreitend verkaufen können, werden Kunden zusätzlich stärker von Großkonzernen und großen Plattformen abhängig, die den Onlinehandel bereits dominieren. Kleine Anbieter verschwinden, während große Unternehmen ihre Position weiter stärken können. Ich möchte keine Ausnahme von der Verantwortung für meine Verpackungen. Ich bin bereit, meine Verpackungsmengen zu melden und einen angemessenen Beitrag für Recycling und Entsorgung zu zahlen. Aber diese Verantwortung muss im Verhältnis zu der Verpackungsmenge stehen, die ein Unternehmen tatsächlich in Umlauf bringt. Wir brauchen sinnvolle EU-weite Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen, stark vereinfachte Anforderungen oder ein zentrales europäisches System, über das kleine Unternehmen ihre grenzüberschreitenden Verpackungen registrieren, melden und finanzieren können. Es muss einen Unterschied machen, ob ein Konzern Millionen Pakete verschickt oder ein selbstständiger Künstler fünf. Umweltregulierung sollte große Produzenten zur Verantwortung ziehen. Sie darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Produzenten verschwinden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed artist and run a small business within the EU, through which I sell my own artworks and merchandise. I expressly support the environmental objectives behind these rules. Companies should take responsibility for the packaging waste they generate. Large companies in particular, which place huge amounts of packaging on the market, should be held responsible for this. But regulation aimed at controlling large companies must not destroy the smallest companies. For a large group, registration fees, reporting obligations and agents are additional business costs. These companies sell thousands or millions of products and have employees who can take care of such requirements. For a small holding, the same obligation has a completely different impact. It may happen that in a whole year I send only ONE parcel to a customer in a specific EU country. If I have to understand the individual system of that country, register me, fulfil reporting obligations, pay fees and possibly appoint and pay an authorised representative, there is no longer an economically sensible decision. I simply cannot sell anything to this customer anymore. And this problem is multiplied by the number of EU Member States. Small online businesses do not have thousands of customers in every country. We may receive an order from one country, three from another and five from the next. Nevertheless, individual obligations arise just because a person wants to buy a sticker, print or handmade product from us. No microenterprise can spend hundreds of euros on registration, proxy and compliance to send few parcels with perhaps 20, 50 or EUR 100 worth of goods. This does not simply make cross-border trade more difficult for small businesses. It makes it impossible above a certain size. This affects people who are trying to set up a business, self-employed artists, artisans and also small to medium-sized enterprises that do not have the resources of international corporations. The result is paradoxical: The big companies that are going to be more regulated can afford to comply. On the other hand, companies generating tiny amounts of packaging waste are being pushed out of parts of the European market altogether. A large international group sees another compliance issue. A small artist sees another country to which he can no longer sell. If this is repeated across Europe, the European single market is effectively disappearing for us. When independent companies can no longer sell cross-border, customers become even more dependent on large corporations and large platforms that already dominate online trade. Small suppliers disappear, while large companies can further strengthen their position. I do not want to exempt my packaging from responsibility. I am ready to report my packaging volumes and pay an appropriate contribution for recycling and disposal. But this responsibility must be proportionate to the amount of packaging that a company actually puts into circulation. We need meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging, super-simplified requirements or a centralised European system for small businesses to register, report and finance their cross-border packaging. It must make a difference whether a group sends millions of parcels or a self-employed artist sends five. Environmental regulation should hold large producers accountable. It must not lead to the disappearance of small producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549492_en"}, {"id": 33549490, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:17:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Die freche Göre", "feedback": "As a one-woman small business based in Germany, I am deeply concerned about the practical impact of the new PPWR and EPR requirements on micro-enterprises and small businesses selling products within the EU. The regulations are extremely difficult to understand and navigate, especially for businesses that do not have legal departments, compliance teams or the financial resources to hire consultants. The information available is often fragmented, difficult to interpret and differs from one Member State to another. The EU may have a single market, but when it comes to packaging EPR, it feels like there are 27 different systems, with different registration requirements, thresholds, reporting obligations, authorised representatives and national procedures. For a one-person business, understanding and complying with all of these systems can become disproportionally complex and expensive. This creates a situation where a small business may technically be able to sell to customers across the EU, but is practically discouraged from doing so because the administrative burden and potential compliance costs are simply too high. In my case, I have had to stop shipping to other EU countries because I cannot reasonably navigate and fulfil the different national requirements as a one-person business. This is particularly frustrating because the environmental impact of a micro-business is extremely small compared with larger companies, while the administrative burden can be almost the same. A business sending only a few kilograms of cardboard packaging to another Member State per year should not face a compliance framework that requires extensive research, registrations and potentially local representatives. If the goal of the PPWR and EPR systems is to create a more sustainable European economy, they should not unintentionally push small businesses out of the European single market. I strongly encourage the European Commission to: - create a genuinely harmonised EU-wide EPR system for micro and small businesses; - provide one central EU portal where businesses can determine exactly which obligations apply to them in each Member State; - introduce clear and meaningful de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging; - significantly simplify registration and reporting requirements for micro-enterprises; - avoid requiring small businesses to appoint costly authorised representatives where the environmental impact and packaging quantities are negligible; - provide clear, legally reliable and easy-to-understand guidance in all EU languages. Small businesses should not need specialist legal or compliance knowledge simply to understand whether they are allowed to send a small parcel containing a cardboard box to a customer in another EU country. The European single market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across Europe, not create 27 different administrative barriers that only larger companies can realistically manage.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one-woman small business based in Germany, I am deeply concerned about the practical impact of the new PPWR and EPR requirements on micro-enterprises and small businesses selling products within the EU. The regulations are extremely difficult to understand and navigate, especially for businesses that do not have legal departments, compliance teams or the financial resources to hire consultants. The information available is often fragmented, difficult to interpret and differs from one Member State to another. The EU may have a single market, but when it comes to packaging EPR, it feels like there are 27 different systems, with different registration requirements, thresholds, reporting obligations, authorised representatives and national procedures. For a one-person business, understanding and complying with all of these systems can become disproportionally complex and expensive. This creates a situation where a small business may technically be able to sell to customers across the EU, but is practically discouraged from doing so because the administrative burden and potential compliance costs are simply too high. In my case, I have had to stop shipping to other EU countries because I cannot reasonably navigate and fulfil the different national requirements as a one-person business. This is particularly frustrating because the environmental impact of a micro-business is extremely small compared with larger companies, while the administrative burden can be almost the same. A business sending only a few kilograms of cardboard packaging to another Member State per year should not face a compliance framework that requires extensive research, registrations and potentially local representatives. If the goal of the PPWR and EPR systems is to create a more sustainable European economy, they should not unintentionally push small businesses out of the European single market. I strongly encourage the European Commission to: - create a genuinely harmonised EU-wide EPR system for micro and small businesses; - provide one central EU portal where businesses can determine exactly which obligations apply to them in each Member State; - introduce clear and meaningful de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging; - significantly simplify registration and reporting requirements for micro-enterprises; - avoid requiring small businesses to appoint costly authorised representatives where the environmental impact and packaging quantities are negligible; - provide clear, legally reliable and easy-to-understand guidance in all EU languages. Small businesses should not need specialist legal or compliance knowledge simply to understand whether they are allowed to send a small parcel containing a cardboard box to a customer in another EU country. The European single market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across Europe, not create 27 different administrative barriers that only larger companies can realistically manage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549490_en"}, {"id": 33549489, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:13:36", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "since i was a kid, i always thought the EU gave good opportunities to everyone to make business. im no expert, but not charging customs for parcels is already a pretty cool thing and this union does SO much more. then why are you sabotaging all of us now? small businesses are going to disappear for good with these new regolations, and they ARE part of the peoples lives: they are a fundamental part of the communities. if someone should pay for their impact on the environment they are the big corporations. they seem to care about their customers, they pretend to, while making our lives shorter, manipulating citizens and threatening Earths well being.", "feedbackEnglish": "since i was a kid, i always thought the EU gave good opportunities to everyone to make business. im no expert, but not charging customs for parcels is already a pretty cool thing and this union does SO much more. then why are you sabotaging all of us now? small businesses are going to disappear for good with these new regolations, and they ARE part of the peoples lives: they are a fundamental part of the communities. if someone should pay for their impact on the environment they are the big corporations. they seem to care about their customers, they pretend to, while making our lives shorter, manipulating citizens and threatening Earths well being.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549489_en"}, {"id": 33549488, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:12:29", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Makli ApS", "feedback": "I am the founder of an EU marketplace for handmade goods. I write both as a producer subject to Article 45 and as an operator whose sellers are micro-producers across the EU. I support the overall harmonising of the producer registers and the objective of the PPWR. My concern is with the lack of distinction and practicality; that this will effectively ruin any competitive advantage that the EU may hold over any non-EU countries. It will completely destroy the innovative spirit that so many people living in the EU are afforded to have and explore, because they are now having to make up for a cost that bigger enterprises will not even have to think twice about. There needs to be a distinction between small businesses and large enterprises, there needs to be an easy way to register in one place, not individually in each country. Please do not force the people residing within the EU to pay for the privilege of selling to their neighbours. A Danish maker sending a parcel to Belgium should not face twenty-seven separate registrations to do what the single market was built to make ordinary. Mandate a single primary identifier, like the producer's EU VAT or EORI number, that every register must accept, so that one dataset can be filed twenty-seven times instead of twenty-seven datasets being assembled from scratch. Specify a simplified schema for low-volume producers, limited to total weight per material stream. This is a format question, and therefore squarely within what this act is empowered to decide. I also urge you to address the application of this regulation on small businesses in the forthcoming Circular Economy Omnibus. Progress towards a more sustainable future is great - doing it at the cost of everyday people and small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder of an EU marketplace for handmade goods. I write both as a producer subject to Article 45 and as an operator whose sellers are micro-producers across the EU. I support the overall harmonising of the producer registers and the objective of the PPWR. My concern is with the lack of distinction and practicality; that this will effectively ruin any competitive advantage that the EU may hold over any non-EU countries. It will completely destroy the innovative spirit that so many people living in the EU are afforded to have and explore, because they are now having to make up for a cost that bigger enterprises will not even have to think twice about. There needs to be a distinction between small businesses and large enterprises, there needs to be an easy way to register in one place, not individually in each country. Please do not force the people residing within the EU to pay for the privilege of selling to their neighbours. A Danish maker sending a parcel to Belgium should not face twenty-seven separate registrations to do what the single market was built to make ordinary. Mandate a single primary identifier, like the producer's EU VAT or EORI number, that every register must accept, so that one dataset can be filed twenty-seven times instead of twenty-seven datasets being assembled from scratch. Specify a simplified schema for low-volume producers, limited to total weight per material stream. This is a format question, and therefore squarely within what this act is empowered to decide. I also urge you to address the application of this regulation on small businesses in the forthcoming Circular Economy Omnibus. Progress towards a more sustainable future is great - doing it at the cost of everyday people and small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549488_en"}, {"id": 33549487, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:12:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Record Label", "feedback": "Hello I have a small one Man Business for over 30 years. For me this regulation means that I have to stop all selling/shipping outside of Germany. I cannot pay the fees that will appear for this as it is more costs then I gain. Also the more work for me is something I cannot do as a One Man Business. This is killing my business. And as I read on social Media many mamy more have this problem. Please stop this now! Sascha Wolff", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I have a small one Man Business for over 30 years. For me this regulation means that I have to stop all selling/shipping outside of Germany. I cannot pay the fees that will appear for this as it is more costs then I gain. Also the more work for me is something I cannot do as a One Man Business. This is killing my business. And as I read on social Media many mamy more have this problem. Please stop this now! Sascha Wolff", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549487_en"}, {"id": 33549486, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:08:09", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mani macrame", "feedback": "I am a one woman selfemployed artisan in Spain running a small online business selling my handmade macramé jewelry. I already use recycled and recyclable packaging materials and keep my packaging to a minimum. I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but in its current form it will severely harm micro and small businesses like mine. Handmade artisan products are not only economic activity; they are part of Europes cultural heritage and local identity. Many small workshops preserve traditional techniques and offer unique, sustainable products that mass production cannot replace. The same obligations apply to oneperson workshops as to large companies, creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Limited microenterprise relief is not enough: EPR fees, labelling, PFAS limits, minimisation rules and penalties still apply, with no real exemption. I urge the Commission to: Introduce a true microenterprise exemption from the most burdensome requirements for businesses below clear thresholds. Create a simplified, lowcost, EUwide compliance pathway (e.g., single EPR registration and flat fee for microoperators). Phase in obligations gradually for small businesses with later deadlines and simple, multilingual guidance. The PPWR should not eliminate small, sustainable, culturally valuable handmade businesses that already use recycled materials and minimal packaging. Please revise the rules to protect micro and small enterprises while meeting environmental goals.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one woman selfemployed artisan in Spain running a small online business selling my handmade macramé jewelry. I already use recycled and recyclable packaging materials and keep my packaging to a minimum. I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but in its current form it will severely harm micro and small businesses like mine. Handmade artisan products are not only economic activity; they are part of Europes cultural heritage and local identity. Many small workshops preserve traditional techniques and offer unique, sustainable products that mass production cannot replace. The same obligations apply to oneperson workshops as to large companies, creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Limited microenterprise relief is not enough: EPR fees, labelling, PFAS limits, minimisation rules and penalties still apply, with no real exemption. I urge the Commission to: Introduce a true microenterprise exemption from the most burdensome requirements for businesses below clear thresholds. Create a simplified, lowcost, EUwide compliance pathway (e.g., single EPR registration and flat fee for microoperators). Phase in obligations gradually for small businesses with later deadlines and simple, multilingual guidance. The PPWR should not eliminate small, sustainable, culturally valuable handmade businesses that already use recycled materials and minimal packaging. Please revise the rules to protect micro and small enterprises while meeting environmental goals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549486_en"}, {"id": 33549485, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:07:32", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "E commerce ", "feedback": "As a micro business owner this new regulations is absurd. This will hit all the small business hard and for meny to close down. I understand that the environment is important, but it is most the big companies that produce waste not the small micro business. Also I found it ridiculous that you politicians agree to this regulations when non of you take the train to work, Ive just witnessed the leader of the Swedish partie (socialdemokraterna) take the flight to another city in Sweden for election vote campaign. I have spend 2.5 years creating my business only to just start last month and Ive spent a lot of my savings to build this business just for you to ruin everything. Yes I am angry and so should I because for big companies they will manage and this will benefit them. For us (micro business) this is the worst that could happened. In fact I do not believe one bit that you even care about the environment, I believe you just dont want people to be free. This is what I see from this regulations to keep the rich rich and the regular people poor.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner this new regulations is absurd. This will hit all the small business hard and for meny to close down. I understand that the environment is important, but it is most the big companies that produce waste not the small micro business. Also I found it ridiculous that you politicians agree to this regulations when non of you take the train to work, Ive just witnessed the leader of the Swedish partie (socialdemokraterna) take the flight to another city in Sweden for election vote campaign. I have spend 2.5 years creating my business only to just start last month and Ive spent a lot of my savings to build this business just for you to ruin everything. Yes I am angry and so should I because for big companies they will manage and this will benefit them. For us (micro business) this is the worst that could happened. In fact I do not believe one bit that you even care about the environment, I believe you just dont want people to be free. This is what I see from this regulations to keep the rich rich and the regular people poor.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549485_en"}, {"id": 33549484, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:05:06", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "McFiddlydoo", "feedback": "This act inhibits the freedom of small businesses because registration is too complicated, costly and too much to bear. I have already seen small (EU) companies close their orders because they cannot keep up with registering in so many different countries. Exclude small businesses from this act. It is companies like Amazon that need to bear the weight of pollution.", "feedbackEnglish": "This act inhibits the freedom of small businesses because registration is too complicated, costly and too much to bear. I have already seen small (EU) companies close their orders because they cannot keep up with registering in so many different countries. Exclude small businesses from this act. It is companies like Amazon that need to bear the weight of pollution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549484_en"}, {"id": 33549483, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:04:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Aus Sicht eines kleinen Unternehmens besteht die erhebliche Gefahr, dass dieses Ziel in der praktischen Umsetzung nicht erreicht wird. Die Kombination aus nationalen Registrierungen, unterschiedlichen Portalen, Bevollmächtigungen, Gebühren, Meldepflichten und Dokumentationsanforderungen kann für kleine Unternehmen einen unverhältnismäßig hohen finanziellen und personellen Aufwand verursachen. 1. Echte Harmonisierung statt 27 nationale Verfahren Ein einheitliches Datenformat allein reicht nicht aus. Entscheidend ist, dass Unternehmen ihre Daten nicht in jedem Mitgliedstaat erneut erfassen, unterschiedliche Portale bedienen und jeweils eigene Verfahren und Ansprechpartner verwalten müssen. Für ein kleines Unternehmen bedeutet jede zusätzliche Registrierung einen erheblichen Aufwand, da keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung zur Verfügung steht. Wir fordern daher ein tatsächlich europäisches Verfahren nach dem Prinzip: Einmal registrieren einmal Daten erfassen EU-weit verwenden. 2. Vereinfachung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen Unternehmen mit einem geringen Verpackungsaufkommen müssen besonders geschützt werden. Die administrativen Fixkosten stehen ansonsten schnell in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Menge der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen. Für Unternehmen unterhalb der vorgesehenen 10-Tonnen-Schwelle sollte deshalb ein deutlich vereinfachtes Verfahren gelten: reduzierte Datenfelder, vereinfachte Registrierung, geringere Meldefrequenz, vereinfachte Nachweispflichten, keine unnötigen Mehrfachregistrierungen und eine verhältnismäßige Gebührenstruktur. 3. Die kumulierten Kosten sind für kleine Unternehmen existenzrelevant Die wirtschaftliche Belastung entsteht nicht durch eine einzelne Vorschrift, sondern durch die Summe aller Anforderungen: Registrierung, Gebühren, gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigung, laufende Meldungen, Datenaufbereitung, Dokumentation, IT-Anpassungen sowie die Überwachung unterschiedlicher nationaler Anforderungen. Für ein kleines Unternehmen können dadurch schnell mehrere tausend Euro zusätzliche Kosten pro Jahr entstehen. Je nach Anzahl der betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten und konkreter Ausgestaltung können allein Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und nationale Anforderungen schätzungsweise 1000 bis 1800 Euro jährlich ausmachen. Ohne den Arbeitsaufwand, der entweder durch eigene Mitarbeiter oder durch kostenpflichtige externe Dienstleister erbracht werden muss. Für einen Großkonzern mag dies ein überschaubarer Verwaltungsaufwand sein. Für ein kleines Unternehmen kann ein solcher Betrag jedoch einen erheblichen Teil des Gewinns aufzehren. 4. Gefahr des Rückzugs kleiner Unternehmen aus dem Binnenmarkt Wenn die Kosten und administrativen Pflichten in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und Umsatz stehen, kann dies dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen einzelne EU-Märkte nicht mehr bedienen. Viele Händler haben ihre Tätigkeit bereits eingestellt. Dies hätte eine unbeabsichtigte Folge: Die Regulierung könnte kleine Anbieter aus dem europäischen Markt drängen, während große Unternehmen die zusätzlichen Compliance-Kosten aufgrund ihrer größeren Strukturen leichter tragen können. Damit würde die PPWR unbeabsichtigt zu einer weiteren Konzentration des Marktes beitragen. 5. Forderung: Think Small First Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher dringend, bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR den Grundsatz Think Small First konsequent anzuwenden. Wir brauchen eine Umsetzung, die ökologisch wirksam, aber für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich und administrativ tragfähig ist. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, grenzüberschreitend tätig zu sein und sie nicht durch 27 unterschiedliche Registrierungs- und Compliance-Strukturen aus einzelnen Märkten verdrängen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on Regulation (EU) 2025/40 In the view of a small enterprise, there is a significant risk that this objective will not be achieved in practice. The combination of national registrations, different portals, authorisations, fees, reporting obligations and documentation requirements can impose a disproportionate financial and human burden on small businesses. 1. Real harmonisation instead of 27 national procedures A uniform data format alone is not sufficient. It is crucial that companies do not have to recollect their data in each Member State, use different portals and manage their own procedures and contacts. For a small enterprise, any additional registration involves a significant effort, as no dedicated legal or compliance function is available. We therefore call for a truly European procedure based on the principle: Once register data, use it EU-wide. 2. Simplification for micro and small enterprises Enterprises with a low packaging volume need special protection. Otherwise, the fixed administrative costs are quickly disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Undertakings below the envisaged 10 tonnes threshold should therefore be subject to a significantly simplified procedure: reduced data fields, simplified registration, reduced reporting frequency, simplified evidentiary requirements, no unnecessary multiple registrations and a proportionate fee structure. 3. The cumulative costs are relevant to the existence of small businesses. The economic burden does not arise from a single rule, but from the sum of all requirements: Registration, fees, power of attorney where applicable, ongoing reporting, data preparation, documentation, IT adjustments, and monitoring of different national requirements. For a small company, this can quickly result in several thousand euros of additional costs per year. Depending on the number of Member States concerned and the specific design, registration, authorisation and national requirements alone can be estimated at between EUR 1000 and EUR 1800 per year. Excluding the amount of work that has to be done either by own staff or by paid external service providers. For a large group, this may be a manageable administrative burden. However, for a small enterprise, such an amount may deplete a significant part of the profit. 4. Risk of withdrawal of small businesses from the internal market If costs and administrative obligations are disproportionate to actual packaging volumes and turnover, this may lead to small businesses no longer serving individual EU markets. Many traders have already ceased their activities. This would have an unintended consequence: Regulation could push small suppliers out of the European market, while large companies can more easily bear the additional compliance costs due to their larger structures. In doing so, the PPWR would inadvertently contribute to further market concentration. 5. Debit item: Think Small First, we therefore urge the European Commission to consistently apply the Think Small First principle in the further implementation of the PPWR. We need an implementation that is environmentally effective but economically and administratively viable for small businesses. A European single market should allow small businesses to operate across borders and not drive them out of individual markets through 27 different registration and compliance structures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549483_en"}, {"id": 33549482, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:04:38", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I've supported several small businesses over the years. They've shipped me wonderful products that are unique and I can't get them in my country or even the EU. It's terribly disappointing that the new law made me unable to support small businesses since they are no longer able to afford shipping. This law is ruining small businesses, plain and simple. It would be beneficial for all parties to change the law or put it on the back burner for a while.", "feedbackEnglish": "I've supported several small businesses over the years. They've shipped me wonderful products that are unique and I can't get them in my country or even the EU. It's terribly disappointing that the new law made me unable to support small businesses since they are no longer able to afford shipping. This law is ruining small businesses, plain and simple. It would be beneficial for all parties to change the law or put it on the back burner for a while.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549482_en"}, {"id": 33549481, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:03:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sandrine Guyat", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, erstmal vielen Dank, dass Sie Nachhaltigkeit so ernst nehmen und unsere Umwelt schützen wollen. Das ist ganz großartig. Das einzige, was nicht ganz so großartig ist, ist die Umsetzung dieser Richtlinie. So, wie sie jetzt ist, haben alle Unternehmen die gleichen Pflichten und das trifft, wie Sie sicher ahnen, vor allem die kleinen Unternehmen bzw. Soloselbstständigen. Darunter fallen vor allem Künstler*innen, Keramiker*innen oder generell Menschen, die mit ihrer Kreativität Geld verdienen wollen. Genau diese Menschen einzuschränken und so für weniger Kreativität und Persönlichkeit zu setzen, ist besonders in den Zeiten von KI ein Schritt in die falsche Richtung. Ich bitte Sie daher inständig, diese Richtlinie noch einmal zu überdenken und ganz besonders kleine Betreibe zu entlasten. Vielen Dank und viele Grüße Sandrine Guyat", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for taking sustainability so seriously and protecting our environment. This is great. The only thing that is not so great is the implementation of this Directive. As it is now, all companies have the same obligations and that is what you know, especially small companies or solo self-employed people. This includes, in particular, artists, ceramics or, more generally, people who want to earn money from their creativity. It is precisely these people who are being constrained, thus reducing their creativity and personality, that is a step in the wrong direction, especially in the times of AI. I would therefore urge you to reconsider this Directive and to ease the burden on particularly small operators. Thank you and best regards, Sandrine Guyat", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549481_en"}, {"id": 33549480, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:03:16", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "1. please extempt small independent businesses from having a A. R because its a disproportionate measure towards small businesses, we cannot justify the costs which in turn leads to either customer prices risisng 2, 3 times and no sales leading to option 2 the closing down of all small businesses. You can harmonize the registration or else extempt small businesses all together from it because it is a disproportaionate and unfair measure on small businesses which will not survive as we cannot afford it nor hire anyone else to deal with the matter due to limited finances as is. And finally it goes against the free movement of goods because the effect of law will lead to small businesses going bankrupt and or being unable to ship withing the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "1. please extempt small independent businesses from having a A. R because its a disproportionate measure towards small businesses, we cannot justify the costs which in turn leads to either customer prices risisng 2, 3 times and no sales leading to option 2 the closing down of all small businesses. You can harmonize the registration or else extempt small businesses all together from it because it is a disproportaionate and unfair measure on small businesses which will not survive as we cannot afford it nor hire anyone else to deal with the matter due to limited finances as is. And finally it goes against the free movement of goods because the effect of law will lead to small businesses going bankrupt and or being unable to ship withing the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549480_en"}, {"id": 33549479, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:02:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Renee Christine Fuchs", "feedback": "Leider wird das Gesetzt zu einem Ungleichgewicht zwischen riesigen Firmen und kleinen Künstlern und Manufakturen. Hier muss sich die Frage gestellt werden, ob kleine Händler, die noch schön und personalisiert verpacken wirklich ein Problem darstellen. Immer mehr Schönheit geht verloren und was bleibt sind riesige, herzlose Konzerne, die alles andere als unsere Umwelt im Fokus haben. Wenn man wirklich die Umwelt durch diese Verordnung schützen will, muss ein einheitliches EUROPÄISCHES System zur Erfassung bereitgestellt werden. Oder die Erfassung muss kostenlos sein. Den bürokratischen Aufwand, der nun vorgesehen ist, ist für kleine Labels nicht tragbar. Ich verzichte nun auf meinen Aufkleber auf der Verpackung und bin damit auch durch, da ich nur in Deutschland an Endkunden versende, aber viele kleine stoppen grade völlig den EU Versand. Viel Umsatz, der fürs das kleine Unternehmen wegfallen und somit wahrscheinlich 1:1 zu den Großen Playern wandert. EU sollte den Handel untereinander vereinfachen und nicht verstärken. Warum diese Reform nicht einfach für alle außerhalb der EU? Innerhalb der EU sollte kein Unterschied gemacht werden. Grade das sichert uns gegenüber den großen doch ab, deshalb sind wir doch eine europäische Gemeinschaft.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, the law is becoming an imbalance between huge companies and small artists and manufactures. The question here is whether small traders who are still beautiful and personalised are really a problem. More and more beauty is being lost and what remains are huge, heartless corporations that focus on anything other than our environment. If this regulation is really to protect the environment, a uniform European registration system must be provided. Or the collection must be free of charge. The red tape now envisaged is not sustainable for small labels. I now dispense with my sticker on the packaging and am therefore also perfected, as I only send to end customers in Germany, but many small grades stop EU shipping altogether. A lot of turnover that is lost for the small company and thus probably migrates 1:1 to the big players. The EU should facilitate rather than increase trade between itself. Why is this reform not easy for everyone outside the EU? No distinction should be made within the EU. To a certain extent, this protects us from the big ones, so we are a European community.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549479_en"}, {"id": 33549478, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 09:01:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "janahdraws", "feedback": "I fully support the EUs environmental goals, but the current cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework is destroying the single market for independent creators.As an artist in France, my packaging consists exclusively of 100% recyclable paper envelopes and paper inserts to ship low-volume artwork. Despite this zero-harm material, mailing even a single envelope to collectors in countries like Germany or Austria requires me to navigate complex, separate national registries and pay high fixed annual compliance fees.As a single-person business, I do not have the financial or administrative resources to manage 27 different national systems. This regulatory burden is forcing meand thousands of other European artiststo completely stop shipping to specific EU countries. This fragments the European Single Market and penalizes sustainable, small-scale creators. do not do this do small creators and bussinesses, this will destroy us.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EUs environmental goals, but the current cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework is destroying the single market for independent creators.As an artist in France, my packaging consists exclusively of 100% recyclable paper envelopes and paper inserts to ship low-volume artwork. Despite this zero-harm material, mailing even a single envelope to collectors in countries like Germany or Austria requires me to navigate complex, separate national registries and pay high fixed annual compliance fees.As a single-person business, I do not have the financial or administrative resources to manage 27 different national systems. This regulatory burden is forcing meand thousands of other European artiststo completely stop shipping to specific EU countries. This fragments the European Single Market and penalizes sustainable, small-scale creators. do not do this do small creators and bussinesses, this will destroy us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549478_en"}, {"id": 33549477, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:59:37", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed legislation fails to recognise the critical role that small businesses play within the European economy. According to the European Commission's Annual Report on European SMEs, SMEs represent 99.8% of all businesses in the EU, accounting for approximately 26 million enterprises, while Eurostat reports that micro and small businesses alone make up 99% of all EU enterprises and employ almost half of the EU workforce. Yet despite being the backbone of local economies, many small businesses are increasingly choosing to withdraw from cross-border trade because the cumulative cost of complying with multiple national reporting and registration schemes is simply too great. Similar regulatory burdens following Brexit led many smaller exporters to stop trading across borders altogether because the additional administration and compliance requirements could not be justified by their turnover. Sectors Team Consolidated Insights and Outlook February 2025 specifically notes that a number of smaller operators ceased exporting because the cost and administrative burden outweighed the commercial benefit. The reality is that a small artisan producer shipping a handful of products each month is being subjected to many of the same compliance obligations as multinational corporations that place millions of packaged items on the market every year. This is not a proportionate response to the environmental challenge. Large corporations have the resources to absorb these costs or pass them on to consumers; micro-businesses do not. The likely consequence will be fewer small businesses selling across EU borders, reduced consumer choice, and damage to the local economies that depend on these enterprises. There is also an apparent contradiction in current EU policy objectives. On one hand, measures such as customs duties and market protection mechanisms are introduced to create fairer competition and protect European businesses. On the other, additional regulatory obligations are being imposed that disproportionately affect the small businesses those policies are intended to support. Large corporations can absorb compliance costs or pass them on to consumers, whereas many small businesses simply cannot. Environmental responsibility should be based on the principle that the greatest burden falls on those who generate the greatest impact. A one-size-fits-all approach risks eliminating small businesses from cross-border trade while doing little to change the behaviour of the largest contributors to packaging waste. The proposal should therefore be fundamentally redesigned to include a meaningful exemption for micro-businesses or a single low-cost EU-wide compliance scheme for small producers, while imposing proportionately greater obligations on high-volume multinational corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed legislation fails to recognise the critical role that small businesses play within the European economy. According to the European Commission's Annual Report on European SMEs, SMEs represent 99.8% of all businesses in the EU, accounting for approximately 26 million enterprises, while Eurostat reports that micro and small businesses alone make up 99% of all EU enterprises and employ almost half of the EU workforce. Yet despite being the backbone of local economies, many small businesses are increasingly choosing to withdraw from cross-border trade because the cumulative cost of complying with multiple national reporting and registration schemes is simply too great. Similar regulatory burdens following Brexit led many smaller exporters to stop trading across borders altogether because the additional administration and compliance requirements could not be justified by their turnover. Sectors Team Consolidated Insights and Outlook February 2025 specifically notes that a number of smaller operators ceased exporting because the cost and administrative burden outweighed the commercial benefit. The reality is that a small artisan producer shipping a handful of products each month is being subjected to many of the same compliance obligations as multinational corporations that place millions of packaged items on the market every year. This is not a proportionate response to the environmental challenge. Large corporations have the resources to absorb these costs or pass them on to consumers; micro-businesses do not. The likely consequence will be fewer small businesses selling across EU borders, reduced consumer choice, and damage to the local economies that depend on these enterprises. There is also an apparent contradiction in current EU policy objectives. On one hand, measures such as customs duties and market protection mechanisms are introduced to create fairer competition and protect European businesses. On the other, additional regulatory obligations are being imposed that disproportionately affect the small businesses those policies are intended to support. Large corporations can absorb compliance costs or pass them on to consumers, whereas many small businesses simply cannot. Environmental responsibility should be based on the principle that the greatest burden falls on those who generate the greatest impact. A one-size-fits-all approach risks eliminating small businesses from cross-border trade while doing little to change the behaviour of the largest contributors to packaging waste. The proposal should therefore be fundamentally redesigned to include a meaningful exemption for micro-businesses or a single low-cost EU-wide compliance scheme for small producers, while imposing proportionately greater obligations on high-volume multinational corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549477_en"}, {"id": 33549476, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:57:19", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Olen suomalainen, uraansa aloitteleva kuvataiteilija. Olen saanut viimeaikoina kourallisen asiakkaita ympäri Eurooppaa, ja tämä uusi asetus pakkausjätteistä käytännössä tulee estämään kokonaan teosten lähettämisen EU maihin. Jos lähetän vuodessa noin 10 pakettia, joista melkein jokainen menee eri maihin, tämä tarkoittaa että minun pitäisi opiskella kymmenen eri maan yksittäiset ohjeet, selvittää mikä taho vastaa näistä pakkausasioista, maksaa rekisteröintimaksu ja tarvittaessa hoitaa paikallinen edustaja joka maahan. Olen yksi ihminen, joka pakkaa maalauksia makuuhuoneessa kierrätettyihin pahvilaatikoihin joita saan kaupasta. Minulla ei ole varaa maksaa satoja tai tuhansia euroja vuodessa jotta saan lähettää muutaman paketin EU:n sisällä, vaan tämä tarkoittaa minulle sitä, että menetän kaikki asiakkaani EU:ssa. Minulla ei ole lakiosastoa hoitamassa näitä sekvitystöitä, vaan hoidan itse kaiken teosten tekemisestä markkinointiin, sähköposteihin, verotusasioihin, pakkaamiseen yms. Lisäksi käyn osa-aikatyössä, jotta pystyn maksamaan laskuni. Teen nyt jo 60h työviikkoa, ja pelkkä ajatus siitä että lähden selvittämään näin sekavaa byrokratiaa yksin kymmenen paketin tähden tuntuu täysin järjettömältä. Olkaa ystävällisiä ja kohtuullistakaa näitä vaatimuksia pienyrittäjille. Tämä tarkoittaa monelle yksittäiselle ihmiselle kaiken EU:n sisäisen kaupan lopettamista ja asiakkaiden menettämistä. Pakkausjätteen vähentäminen on hyvä tavoite, mutta yksittäisiä ihmisiä jotka postittavat kourallisen paketteja vuodessa, ei voi asettaa samalle linjalle suuryritysten kanssa.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Finnish early-career visual artist. I have recently received a handful of customers across Europe and this new regulation on packaging waste will effectively prevent any transmission of works to EU countries. If I send around 10 parcels a year, almost each of which goes to different countries, this means that I should study the individual instructions of 10 different countries, find out who is responsible for these packaging matters, pay the registration fee and, if necessary, take care of a local representative in each country. I am one person who packs paintings in cartons recycled in the bedroom that I get from the shop. I cannot afford to pay hundreds or thousands of euros per year to send a few parcels within the EU, but this means that I lose all my customers in the EU. I do not have a legal department to carry out these sequencing work, but carry out all the work myself, from production to marketing, e-mails, taxation, packaging, etc. I am also working part-time so that I can pay my bills. I am already working for 60 weeks and the mere idea that I am going to look at such a confusing bureaucracy on the basis of 10 packages alone seems totally absurd. Be friendly and reasonable for small entrepreneurs. For many individuals, this means stopping all intra-EU trade and losing customers. Reducing packaging waste is a good objective, but individuals who post a handful of parcels each year cannot be put in line with large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549476_en"}, {"id": 33549475, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:56:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am submitting my formal feedback regarding the national producer registers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules. As a European small business owner, I urgently request the European Commission to centralize and harmonize this system across the Single Market. The current fragmented model creates insurmountable operational and financial barriers for small enterprises. Having to manage separate registrations, distinct reporting deadlines, foreign languages, and different fee structures across more than 20 individual Member States is completely unsustainable. On top of that, conflicting national demands for packaging logos and recycling labels force me to either manufacture costly country-specific packaging or handle impossible logistical complexity, which generates unnecessary waste instead of reducing it. Furthermore, as an importer, I already pay fees on the plastics I introduce into the European Union. Extended Producer Responsibility unfairly forces businesses like mine to pay in advance for a recycling process that ultimately depends on consumer action. Consumers must also be held accountable for their role in recycling, rather than placing the full burden on small companies. Due to the excessive cumulative costs of maintaining dozens of national registrations, legal advice, and local Authorized Representatives, I am being forced to consider stopping sales to certain EU countries altogether. Depriving European citizens of cross-border trade directly contradicts the purpose of the Single Market. These multiplied overhead costs cannot be absorbed by a small business and inevitably end up driving up final prices for consumers. I urge the Commission to implement a single European digital portal for EPR registration, establish unified labeling standards across all Member States, and introduce realistic exemption thresholds for SMEs. Sustainability must be achieved through single-market efficiency, not bureaucratic paralysis.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting my formal feedback regarding the national producer registers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules. As a European small business owner, I urgently request the European Commission to centralize and harmonize this system across the Single Market. The current fragmented model creates insurmountable operational and financial barriers for small enterprises. Having to manage separate registrations, distinct reporting deadlines, foreign languages, and different fee structures across more than 20 individual Member States is completely unsustainable. On top of that, conflicting national demands for packaging logos and recycling labels force me to either manufacture costly country-specific packaging or handle impossible logistical complexity, which generates unnecessary waste instead of reducing it. Furthermore, as an importer, I already pay fees on the plastics I introduce into the European Union. Extended Producer Responsibility unfairly forces businesses like mine to pay in advance for a recycling process that ultimately depends on consumer action. Consumers must also be held accountable for their role in recycling, rather than placing the full burden on small companies. Due to the excessive cumulative costs of maintaining dozens of national registrations, legal advice, and local Authorized Representatives, I am being forced to consider stopping sales to certain EU countries altogether. Depriving European citizens of cross-border trade directly contradicts the purpose of the Single Market. These multiplied overhead costs cannot be absorbed by a small business and inevitably end up driving up final prices for consumers. I urge the Commission to implement a single European digital portal for EPR registration, establish unified labeling standards across all Member States, and introduce realistic exemption thresholds for SMEs. Sustainability must be achieved through single-market efficiency, not bureaucratic paralysis.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549475_en"}, {"id": 33549474, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:56:44", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Poterie des hirondelles ", "feedback": "I have a small scale artisanal pottery business in SW France. I make artisanal pieces in small series. It's difficult to make a living as a craftsperson in the current climate. The new rules for packaging make it financially impossible for me to sell in the EU. A whole client market and possibility for development of my business online has just been eliminated as a result of the new regulations. Please review the regulations so they give small business a chance to ship to the EU, and not just larger corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small scale artisanal pottery business in SW France. I make artisanal pieces in small series. It's difficult to make a living as a craftsperson in the current climate. The new rules for packaging make it financially impossible for me to sell in the EU. A whole client market and possibility for development of my business online has just been eliminated as a result of the new regulations. Please review the regulations so they give small business a chance to ship to the EU, and not just larger corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549474_en"}, {"id": 33549473, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:56:05", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the EUs efforts to reduce packaging waste and improve environmental protection. However, I am concerned that the current and proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging may place a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses, particularly those selling across EU borders. For a one-person online business, selling a small number of products to customers in different Member States can already involve significant administrative work. Requiring such businesses to comply with separate national registration, reporting, fee and EPR systems in multiple countries can make cross-border sales economically unviable. The scale of the obligation is often completely disproportionate to the environmental impact involved. A small handmade business may place only a few kilograms of recyclable paper, cardboard or mailing materials on the market in a year. Nevertheless, it may face administrative and compliance costs that exceed the profit generated from sales in an individual Member State. Large corporations are better equipped to absorb these costs through dedicated compliance departments and economies of scale. A microbusiness operated by one person does not have the same resources. This also raises concerns about the functioning of the EU Single Market. If compliance becomes too complex or expensive, many small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in other Member States, restrict their activities to their domestic market, or close altogether. This would reduce competition and consumer choice while giving larger companies an additional competitive advantage. Such an outcome may also undermine the broader economic objectives of the EU. Small businesses and self-employed individuals contribute to local economies, generate taxable income and create economic activity across Member States. Making cross-border trade inaccessible to them risks reducing, rather than strengthening, economic participation within the Single Market. Simplified reporting requirements alone are not sufficient if microbusinesses must still register and interact with different national EPR systems. The administrative burden itself can be the main barrier. I therefore urge EU policymakers to consider a genuine de minimis exemption for microbusinesses below clearly defined packaging-volume and/or turnover thresholds. Businesses placing only negligible amounts of packaging on the market should not be subject to the same compliance framework as companies handling tonnes of packaging. Where an exemption is not considered appropriate, an EU-wide registration and reporting system should be established so that a microbusiness can fulfil its obligations through a single procedure rather than navigating separate systems in every Member State. The EUs environmental objectives and the interests of small businesses do not have to conflict. Effective regulation should reduce environmental harm while remaining proportionate to the scale and capacity of the businesses affected. I therefore ask you to ensure that the implementation of packaging EPR requirements does not create unnecessary barriers to cross-border trade for European microbusinesses and does not undermine the principles of the EU Single Market. Microbusinesses sending a handful of parcels each year should not be subjected to a compliance structure designed for companies placing tonnes of packaging on the European market. Thank you for considering the impact of these requirements on Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EUs efforts to reduce packaging waste and improve environmental protection. However, I am concerned that the current and proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging may place a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses, particularly those selling across EU borders. For a one-person online business, selling a small number of products to customers in different Member States can already involve significant administrative work. Requiring such businesses to comply with separate national registration, reporting, fee and EPR systems in multiple countries can make cross-border sales economically unviable. The scale of the obligation is often completely disproportionate to the environmental impact involved. A small handmade business may place only a few kilograms of recyclable paper, cardboard or mailing materials on the market in a year. Nevertheless, it may face administrative and compliance costs that exceed the profit generated from sales in an individual Member State. Large corporations are better equipped to absorb these costs through dedicated compliance departments and economies of scale. A microbusiness operated by one person does not have the same resources. This also raises concerns about the functioning of the EU Single Market. If compliance becomes too complex or expensive, many small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in other Member States, restrict their activities to their domestic market, or close altogether. This would reduce competition and consumer choice while giving larger companies an additional competitive advantage. Such an outcome may also undermine the broader economic objectives of the EU. Small businesses and self-employed individuals contribute to local economies, generate taxable income and create economic activity across Member States. Making cross-border trade inaccessible to them risks reducing, rather than strengthening, economic participation within the Single Market. Simplified reporting requirements alone are not sufficient if microbusinesses must still register and interact with different national EPR systems. The administrative burden itself can be the main barrier. I therefore urge EU policymakers to consider a genuine de minimis exemption for microbusinesses below clearly defined packaging-volume and/or turnover thresholds. Businesses placing only negligible amounts of packaging on the market should not be subject to the same compliance framework as companies handling tonnes of packaging. Where an exemption is not considered appropriate, an EU-wide registration and reporting system should be established so that a microbusiness can fulfil its obligations through a single procedure rather than navigating separate systems in every Member State. The EUs environmental objectives and the interests of small businesses do not have to conflict. Effective regulation should reduce environmental harm while remaining proportionate to the scale and capacity of the businesses affected. I therefore ask you to ensure that the implementation of packaging EPR requirements does not create unnecessary barriers to cross-border trade for European microbusinesses and does not undermine the principles of the EU Single Market. Microbusinesses sending a handful of parcels each year should not be subjected to a compliance structure designed for companies placing tonnes of packaging on the European market. Thank you for considering the impact of these requirements on Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549473_en"}, {"id": 33549472, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:55:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen sehr kleinen, inhabergeführten Handwerksbetrieb in Berlin. Ich habe ein angemeldetes Gewerbe, beschäftige derzeit jedoch keine festen Mitarbeiter und führe meinen Betrieb im Wesentlichen allein. Mein Unternehmen ist kein großer Versandhändler, sondern ein kleines Atelier mit handwerklicher Fertigung und Restaurierung. Die Produkte werden überwiegend in kleinen Stückzahlen bzw. auf Bestellung gefertigt, und auch der grenzüberschreitende Versand innerhalb der EU macht nur einen sehr kleinen Teil meines Geschäfts aus. Ich versende zudem keine Kunststoffprodukte. Meine Produkte bestehen überwiegend aus Leder, und auch meine Versandverpackungen sind vollständig plastikfrei. Ich verwende hauptsächlich Karton und Papier und bemühe mich bereits heute darum, meine Verpackungen möglichst ressourcenschonend zu gestalten. Wenn ich beispielsweise nur rund zehn Pakete pro Jahr in ein anderes EU-Land versende, stehen die damit verbundenen Fixkosten und der bükratische Aufwand in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich anfallenden, sehr geringen Verpackungsmenge. Gerade für sehr kleine Betriebe wie meinen ist es kaum nachvollziehbar, dass bereits bei wenigen Sendungen umfangreiche Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs- und teilweise Bevollmächtigtenpflichten entstehen können. Für mich hat diese Regelung nun eine ganz konkrete Konsequenz: Ab heute werde ich den Versand in EU-Länder zunächst vollständig einstellen, weil der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand für die wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Sendungen für meinen Betrieb nicht mehr verhältnismäßig ist. Zusätzlich halte ich es für dringend notwendig, die Registrierung innerhalb der EU wesentlich zu vereinfachen. Es sollte möglich sein, die erforderlichen Angaben für alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten über ein einziges nationales Portal, beispielsweise über LUCID in Deutschland, vorzunehmen. Von dort könnten die Daten an die jeweils zuständigen Stellen der anderen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet werden. Für einen Ein-Personen-Betrieb ist es kaum zu bewältigen, sich in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat separat zu registrieren, unterschiedliche Portale zu nutzen, nationale Regelungen zu verstehen und teilweise Verfahren in Sprachen durchzuführen, die man nicht spricht. Gerade diese Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Systeme stellt eine erhebliche Hürde für kleine Unternehmen dar. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern und nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Betriebe allein wegen unterschiedlicher nationaler Registrierungsverfahren auf Lieferungen in andere EU-Länder verzichten müssen. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und Unternehmen stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen. Die Regelungen sollten jedoch verhältnismäßig und für kleine Unternehmen praktisch umsetzbar sein. Ich wünsche mir deshalb dringend zwei konkrete Verbesserungen: Erstens eine europaweit einheitliche Kleinmengen-Ausnahme für sehr kleine Unternehmen, beispielsweise auf Basis einer geringen jährlichen Verpackungsmenge oder einer begrenzten Anzahl grenzüberschreitender Sendungen. Zweitens ein zentrales europäisches oder nationales One-Stop-Shop-System, über das Unternehmen ihre Verpackungsregistrierungen und Mengenmeldungen für alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt erledigen können. Eine solche Lösung würde kleinen Betrieben ermöglichen, weiterhin am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen, ohne die Umweltziele der Verpackungsverordnung wesentlich zu beeinträchtigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a very small owner-run craft business in Berlin. I have a registered trade but currently do not have any permanent employees and manage my business essentially on my own. My company is not a large mail-order trader, but a small workshop with artisanal manufacturing and restoration. The products are mostly made in small quantities or on order, and cross-border shipping within the EU is also only a very small part of my business. Moreover, I do not send any plastic products. My products are mostly made of leather and my shipping packaging is also completely plastic-free. I mainly use cardboard and paper and am already working to make my packaging as resource-efficient as possible. If, for example, I send only around 10 packages per year to another EU country, the associated fixed costs and the cost of bribery are disproportionate to the very small amount of packaging actually involved. It is hardly understandable, especially for very small establishments such as mys, that even a small number of consignments may be subject to extensive registration, licensing and, in some cases, authorised representatives obligations. For me, this rule now has a very concrete consequence: As of today, I will initially stop sending consignments to EU countries completely because the administrative and financial burden of the few cross-border consignments for my business is no longer proportionate. In addition, I believe there is an urgent need to significantly simplify registration within the EU. It should be possible to provide the required information for all EU Member States via a single national portal, for example via LUCID in Germany. From there, the data could be forwarded to the competent authorities of the other Member States. For a one-person company, it is difficult to register separately in each Member State, use different portals, understand national rules and sometimes carry out procedures in languages that are not spoken. It is precisely this multiplicity of different systems that represents a significant hurdle for small businesses. The European single market should facilitate cross-border trade and not lead to small businesses having to give up deliveries to other EU countries simply because of different national registration procedures. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making companies more accountable. However, the rules should be proportionate and practical for small businesses. I would therefore like to see two concrete improvements as a matter of urgency: First, a Europe-wide small volume exemption for very small businesses, for example based on a small annual packaging volume or a limited number of cross-border consignments. Second, a centralised European or national one-stop-shop system, which allows companies to carry out their packaging registrations and volume declarations for all EU Member States in one go. Such a solution would allow small businesses to continue to participate in the European single market without significantly harming the environmental objectives of the Packaging Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549472_en"}, {"id": 33549470, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:54:03", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business operating in the European Union, I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the rules governing national producer registers under the PPWR and EPR frameworks. The decision to maintain separate, non-harmonized national systems across over 20 Member States is undermining the very foundation of the European Single Market. Managing multiple national compliance platforms, distinct reporting metrics, local representation costs, and localized packaging requirements is an overwhelming administrative burden for a business of my size. Divergent labeling rules force me into producing country-specific product packaging, creating unnecessary logistics overhead and physical waste. To make matters worse, as an importer I am already paying duties and taxes on plastics brought into the EU. Being obliged to pay advance EPR fees holds my business financially responsible for waste management and recycling behavior that rests with the end consumer, who should also share in this responsibility. The reality of this multi-layered bureaucracy is that it severely hurts small business competitiveness. The ongoing compliance fees and administrative friction leave me with no choice but to withdraw my products from several EU Member States, limiting consumer choice and fragmenting the internal market. The remaining compliance expenses naturally translate into higher final prices for European consumers, contributing to inflation without providing any tangible environmental benefit. I call on the European Commission to streamline this process by launching a centralized EU one-stop-shop digital portal, harmonizing recycling symbols across all Member States, and introducing simplified rules for SMEs. We need practical, unified regulation that supports European commerce while achieving true environmental sustainability.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business operating in the European Union, I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the rules governing national producer registers under the PPWR and EPR frameworks. The decision to maintain separate, non-harmonized national systems across over 20 Member States is undermining the very foundation of the European Single Market. Managing multiple national compliance platforms, distinct reporting metrics, local representation costs, and localized packaging requirements is an overwhelming administrative burden for a business of my size. Divergent labeling rules force me into producing country-specific product packaging, creating unnecessary logistics overhead and physical waste. To make matters worse, as an importer I am already paying duties and taxes on plastics brought into the EU. Being obliged to pay advance EPR fees holds my business financially responsible for waste management and recycling behavior that rests with the end consumer, who should also share in this responsibility. The reality of this multi-layered bureaucracy is that it severely hurts small business competitiveness. The ongoing compliance fees and administrative friction leave me with no choice but to withdraw my products from several EU Member States, limiting consumer choice and fragmenting the internal market. The remaining compliance expenses naturally translate into higher final prices for European consumers, contributing to inflation without providing any tangible environmental benefit. I call on the European Commission to streamline this process by launching a centralized EU one-stop-shop digital portal, harmonizing recycling symbols across all Member States, and introducing simplified rules for SMEs. We need practical, unified regulation that supports European commerce while achieving true environmental sustainability.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549470_en"}, {"id": 33549469, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:53:33", "country": "MDA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will basically destroy small businesses. We want diversity in what we buy, and small businesses aren't able to follow these rules because they don't have the means to implement any of this. There aren't viable options on the market for small businesses who cannot invest in making new packaging. It's insane that this was proposed in an environment where Amazon, Shein, and the like thrive. Way to go, destroying small businesses, well done", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will basically destroy small businesses. We want diversity in what we buy, and small businesses aren't able to follow these rules because they don't have the means to implement any of this. There aren't viable options on the market for small businesses who cannot invest in making new packaging. It's insane that this was proposed in an environment where Amazon, Shein, and the like thrive. Way to go, destroying small businesses, well done", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549469_en"}, {"id": 33549468, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:53:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für Kleinunternehmer ist die Regelung, dass man sich in jedem Land als Hersteller registrieren muss, wenn man dorthin an Endabnehmer liefert nicht zumutbar. Hier muss es eine Regelung geben. Unternehmensgröße wäre das eine, Gewicht oder Art der Verpackung eine andere. Papier/Pappe vs Plastik o.ä. Eine Auslegung oder FAQ wäre wünschenswert. Wir sind nicht alle Juristen und die Formulierungen selten eindeutig. Da einige Länder noch keine Registrierungsstellen benannt haben und such kein System eingeführt haben, wäre es toll, wenn die bekannten Stellen auf einer EU-Seite bekannt gemacht und regelmäßig gepflegt würden.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small businesses, it is not reasonable to require registration as a producer in every country if it is supplied to end-users there. This needs to be regulated. The size of the company would be one, the weight or the type of packaging would be different. Paper/cardboard vs Plastic or similar An interpretation or FAQ would be desirable. We are not all lawyers and the wording is rarely clear. As some countries have not yet appointed registration bodies and are not looking for a system, it would be great if the known bodies were advertised on an EU site and regularly maintained.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549468_en"}, {"id": 33549467, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:51:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Raya Studio", "feedback": "As a small business owner, I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability. However, I am concerned that the current requirements place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses and sole traders. In my own case, I have only recently started my business and receive occasional online orders from customers in other EU countries. While these orders are welcome, they are not frequent enough to justify the significant upfront costs associated with registering and complying with packaging regulations in multiple countries. As a result, I have had to limit or reconsider shipping to some EU destinations because receiving a single order does not cover the compliance costs that must be paid in advance. This creates a barrier for both small businesses and customers who wish to purchase from them. One of the key benefits of the European Union is the principle of a single market, where goods can move freely and consumers have access to products from businesses across member states. However, the practical reality for many micro-businesses is that cross-border sales are becoming increasingly difficult due to administrative complexity and compliance costs. Large companies can spread these costs across thousands of orders, whereas a small business may receive only a handful of international orders each year. For someone just starting a business, these requirements can be impossible to absorb financially. Even for small businesses that have been operating for several years, the costs and administrative workload can be substantial. I encourage policymakers to consider simplified requirements, reduced fees, exemptions, or EU-wide solutions for micro-enterprises. Sustainability goals are important, but they should be implemented in a way that does not unintentionally restrict access to the EU market for the smallest businesses or limit consumer choice across member states. A truly unified European market should remain accessible not only to large corporations but also to independent creators, artisans, and small businesses who contribute to local economies, innovation, and cultural diversity throughout the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability. However, I am concerned that the current requirements place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses and sole traders. In my own case, I have only recently started my business and receive occasional online orders from customers in other EU countries. While these orders are welcome, they are not frequent enough to justify the significant upfront costs associated with registering and complying with packaging regulations in multiple countries. As a result, I have had to limit or reconsider shipping to some EU destinations because receiving a single order does not cover the compliance costs that must be paid in advance. This creates a barrier for both small businesses and customers who wish to purchase from them. One of the key benefits of the European Union is the principle of a single market, where goods can move freely and consumers have access to products from businesses across member states. However, the practical reality for many micro-businesses is that cross-border sales are becoming increasingly difficult due to administrative complexity and compliance costs. Large companies can spread these costs across thousands of orders, whereas a small business may receive only a handful of international orders each year. For someone just starting a business, these requirements can be impossible to absorb financially. Even for small businesses that have been operating for several years, the costs and administrative workload can be substantial. I encourage policymakers to consider simplified requirements, reduced fees, exemptions, or EU-wide solutions for micro-enterprises. Sustainability goals are important, but they should be implemented in a way that does not unintentionally restrict access to the EU market for the smallest businesses or limit consumer choice across member states. A truly unified European market should remain accessible not only to large corporations but also to independent creators, artisans, and small businesses who contribute to local economies, innovation, and cultural diversity throughout the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549467_en"}, {"id": 33549466, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:50:21", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would very much like to ask You to consider how the proposed legislation could affect small businesses and artists who sell their work as a supplementary source of income. The uncertainty, conspiracy theories and potentially devastating impact of this rules are spreading across the internet, and seriously damaging not only the original good intentions behind the proposed legislation, but also public trust in the European Union as a whole. Measures such as these can unfortunately hand ammunition to those who seek to undermine confidence in the EU, which is deeply regrettable. Given that we are not even \"at the eleventh hour\" anymore, I believe this issue deserves the immediate attention of those responsible for shaping and implementing this legislation. The reasons why the current proposal appears not to adequately take small businesses and independent artists into account have already been clearly expressed in numerous pieces of feedback from others. I would therefore strongly encourage decision-makers to focus primarily on the major producers of packaging and waste, who can reasonably be expected to have representatives or established structures in the countries where they operate and for whom compliance is therefore far more manageable. For individuals who send only a few parcels a year, however, the proposed requirements could represent an excessive and, in practice, unmanageable administrative and financial burden. They also create significant uncertainty and stress for people who rely on occasional sales as a modest supplementary income and may fear losing this opportunity altogether. As a beautiful Czech proverb says, It seems that we throw the baby out with the bathwater Thank you for taking the time to consider this perspective. I sincerely hope that common sense and the shared interest of European citizens will ultimately prevail. Kind regards, Kateřina Perglová", "feedbackEnglish": "I would very much like to ask You to consider how the proposed legislation could affect small businesses and artists who sell their work as a supplementary source of income. The uncertainty, conspiracy theories and potentially devastating impact of this rules are spreading across the internet, and seriously damaging not only the original good intentions behind the proposed legislation, but also public trust in the European Union as a whole. Measures such as these can unfortunately hand ammunition to those who seek to undermine confidence in the EU, which is deeply regrettable. Given that we are not even \"at the eleventh hour\" anymore, I believe this issue deserves the immediate attention of those responsible for shaping and implementing this legislation. The reasons why the current proposal appears not to adequately take small businesses and independent artists into account have already been clearly expressed in numerous pieces of feedback from others. I would therefore strongly encourage decision-makers to focus primarily on the major producers of packaging and waste, who can reasonably be expected to have representatives or established structures in the countries where they operate and for whom compliance is therefore far more manageable. For individuals who send only a few parcels a year, however, the proposed requirements could represent an excessive and, in practice, unmanageable administrative and financial burden. They also create significant uncertainty and stress for people who rely on occasional sales as a modest supplementary income and may fear losing this opportunity altogether. As a beautiful Czech proverb says, It seems that we throw the baby out with the bathwater Thank you for taking the time to consider this perspective. I sincerely hope that common sense and the shared interest of European citizens will ultimately prevail. Kind regards, Kateřina Perglová", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549466_en"}, {"id": 33549465, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:50:01", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This needs to have exemptions for small businesses. I live in Belgium and often purchase from tiny niche businesses in the EU, like a small perfume shop in Italy or a small stationery store in Germany, and I'm in Belgium. This means they maybe send one package every 6 months to Belgium. This law would literally mean that those small companies would drop the belgian market in one second, because it's just not worth the cost and the bother. Small businesses and small market citizens will be the first to fall off, while bol.com and amazon are going to make it out of this alive and well, while shady reshipping companies will start polluting everywhere, and lots of small artisans will just shut their doors to their passion project. It's SO depressing. I want to be able to continue shopping from small manufacturers, and to freely purchase from the EU, but this is just an unrealistic expectation to put on tiny businesses. They need to be exempted from this, otherwise it's a whole layer of the economy (once again the smallest people) who will just disappear.", "feedbackEnglish": "This needs to have exemptions for small businesses. I live in Belgium and often purchase from tiny niche businesses in the EU, like a small perfume shop in Italy or a small stationery store in Germany, and I'm in Belgium. This means they maybe send one package every 6 months to Belgium. This law would literally mean that those small companies would drop the belgian market in one second, because it's just not worth the cost and the bother. Small businesses and small market citizens will be the first to fall off, while bol.com and amazon are going to make it out of this alive and well, while shady reshipping companies will start polluting everywhere, and lots of small artisans will just shut their doors to their passion project. It's SO depressing. I want to be able to continue shopping from small manufacturers, and to freely purchase from the EU, but this is just an unrealistic expectation to put on tiny businesses. They need to be exempted from this, otherwise it's a whole layer of the economy (once again the smallest people) who will just disappear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549465_en"}, {"id": 33549464, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:49:18", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Não é que não concorde com a obrigatoriedade de utilizar materiais recicláveis sempre que possível e que empresas sejam responsabilizadas pelo lixo que produzem, no entanto, a forma como esta diretiva está a ser implementada vai matar completamente qualquer tipo de pequena empresa presente na União Europeia. Dentro da união europeia, já é difícil o suficiente abrir uma empresa - impostos relativamente altos para a faturação de pequenas empresas, nuances burocráticas que enfrentamos em muitos dos países da união, falta de apoios/incentivos financeiros - que, mais uma vez, não estejam debaixo de pilhas e pilhas de burocracia, onde, realisticamente, apenas empresas com capacidade financeira para ter equipas dedicadas a tentar sacar o máximo de dinheiro da UE, conseguem ter acesso. Passar esta diretiva seria essencialmente matar todas as pequenas empresas dentro da UE. Num período onde estamos constantemente a ficar para trás a nível de inovação, decidem aplicar medidas para matar ainda mais indivíduos que queiram arriscar e tentar criar algo com valor dentro da nossa união. Legitimamente, acho incompreensível, como é que, caso entre em efeito esta lista de medidas, ficaria mais fácil eu mandar algo para fora da união europeia do que para dentro. Existiria mais livre comércio entre Portugal e, por exemplo, Canadá, do que Portugal e Espanha!! Incentiva essencialmente à nao criação de pequenas empresas ou, o mercado paralelo dentro da união europeia. Eu acho que nenhum europeu tem problema em pagar impostos, desde que sejam sensatos e os benefícios sejam aparentes ao contribuidor, e, neste caso, o único benefício parece ir para os grandes monopólios que podem levar com este impacto financeiro e burocrático. Dizem para não atribuir por malícia o que se pode atribuir à estupidez (ou falta de competências), no entanto, parece que foi uma lei criada com mãozinha dos grandes agentes económicos, que querem tentar sobreviver num mundo em que estão a perder a sua relevância global para a China e outros mercados em ascensão. Se os pequenos países já achavam que eram prejudicados em relação a certos tópicos perante os grandes países da UE, agora ainda mais. Que interesse é que uma empresa tem em estar registada em países como Portugal? Para mandar o quê? Uma encomenda por mês, se tanto? Vai levar a que, os poucos negócios que decidam aderir às regras, foquem-se somente nos países que consomem mais, privando os cidadãos de países menos relevantes economicamente desses bens. Eu acredito na UE, aliás, eu vejo um futuro federalizado, no entanto, temos que voltar a ouvir e servir as pessoas, nãos os grandes interesses económicos. E sim, é possível ter crescimento económico sem ser pau mandado destas grandes empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "You do not agree with the obligation to use recyclable materials where possible and that companies are held accountable for the litter they produce, however, the way this Directive is being implemented will completely kill any type of small company present in the European Union. Within the European Union, it is already difficult enough to open up a business – relatively high taxes for small businesses, bureaucratic nuances we face in many of the union countries, lack of financial support/incentives – which again are not under stacks and stacks of bureaucracy, where realistically only companies with the financial capacity to have teams dedicated to trying to draw as much EU money as possible can access. Passing this directive would essentially kill all small businesses within the EU. At a time when we are constantly lagging behind in innovation, they decide to implement measures to kill even more individuals who want to risk and try to create something worth within our union. Rightfully, I find it incomprehensible how, if this list of measures were to come into effect, it would be easier for me to move something out of the European Union than inwards. There would be more free trade between Portugal and, for example, Canada than Portugal and Spain! It essentially encourages the non-creation of small businesses or the parallel market within the European Union. I think that no European has a problem paying taxes, as long as they are sensible and the benefits are apparent to the contributor, and in this case the only benefit seems to go to the big monopolies that can lead to this financial and bureaucratic impact. They say not to mishandle what can be attributed to stupidity (or lack of skills), however, it seems that it was a law created with the hands of big economic actors, who want to try to survive in a world where they are losing their global relevance to China and other rising markets. If small countries already felt that they were disadvantaged on certain topics vis-à-vis large EU countries, this is even more so. What interest does a company have in being registered in countries such as Portugal? To have what? One order per month, if so? It will result in the few businesses that decide to adhere to the rules focusing only on those countries that consume the most, depriving citizens of less economically significant countries of these goods. I believe in the EU, and indeed I see a federalised future, but we need to listen again and serve people, not the great economic interests. And yes, it is possible to have economic growth without these big companies having to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549464_en"}, {"id": 33549463, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:48:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die PPWR zerstört die europäische Wirtschaft und den europäischen Gedanken komplett. Welche kleine Firma kann da noch mithalten? In jedem Land einzeln für den Versand hohe Gebühren zu zahlen ist nicht möglich, geschweige denn wirtschaftlich. Die Gewinner stehen auf der anderen Seite und haben kein Problem entweder die Gebühren zu zahlen oder zu umgehen. Wenn aber kleine Handmade Labels mit mehreren hundert Verkäufen im Jahr behandelt werden wie multimillionenKonzerne, dann stimmt da etwas nicht. Wir können nicht mehr ins europäische Ausland verkaufen und versenden. Und so geht es kleinen Firmen in anderen Ländern auch. Wir können auch von europäischen Lieferanten nichts mehr kaufen, weil es den meisten zu teuer und zu bürokratisch ist. Forderung: Microunternehmen stärken durch Mindermengenregelungen einheitliche Stellen für die Registrierung, keine 27 Staaten Einzellösung - das können viele Einzelkämpfer nicht leisten. den Blick auch auf die Menschen behalten, die täglich versuchen über Wasser zu bleiben. Viele Mitstreitende sind verzweifelt, ein Blick in die sozialen Medien hilft vielleicht dabei, nicht den Kontakt zu den Menschen zu verlieren. Die Gewinner heißen Amazon und Temu - nicht Umwelt. Mit solchen Entscheidungen spülen Sie den rechtsradikalen Gruppen, die gegen Europa wettern, Wähler in die Netze. Dabei könnte es so einfach sein: Ausnahmeregelungen für kleine Firmen. Staffelungen nach Umsatz - nicht die Großen entlasten, sondern die Kleinen. Denn die kämpfen täglich ums Überleben.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR completely destroys the European economy and the European idea. Which small company can still keep up? It is not possible to pay high fees for shipping individually in each country, let alone economically. The winners stand on the other side and have no problem either paying the fees or bypassing them. But if small handmade labels with several hundred sales a year are treated like multimillion groups, then something is wrong. We can no longer sell and send abroad in Europe. And this is what small firms in other countries are doing. We can no longer buy anything from European suppliers either, because it is too expensive and too bureaucratic for most. Debit item: Micro-enterprises are strengthening single registration bodies by means of under-quantity regulations, not 27 countries acting individually – many individual fighters cannot afford this – and keep an eye on the people who try to stay afloat every day. Many participants are desperate, a social media glance may help to keep in touch with people. The winners are Amazon and Temu – not the environment. With such decisions, you rinse voters into the networks of radical right-wing groups that weather against Europe. It could be so simple: Exemptions for small firms. Graduations according to turnover – not the big ones, but the small ones. Because they are struggling to survive on a daily basis.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549463_en"}, {"id": 33549462, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:48:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "DS Custom", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small one-person manufacturing business based in Germany, selling specialised electronic products directly to consumers across the European Union. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle of extended producer responsibility. However, the current national implementation of EPR creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce. My company sells only small quantities into individual Member States. In some countries, this may amount to only a handful of shipments and a few kilograms of packaging per year. Nevertheless, such sales can result in separate national registration, reporting, producer responsibility organisation and potentially authorised representative requirements. In these cases, the administrative costs can be many times higher than the actual environmental or recycling costs associated with the packaging placed on the market. This creates a significant barrier to the Single Market for very small European manufacturers. Harmonising registration and reporting formats is therefore a welcome step. However, I would encourage the Commission to go further and consider a genuinely centralised or interoperable EU-wide system for cross-border EPR compliance. In particular, I would welcome: a single EU registration or one-stop-shop mechanism for producers selling cross-border within the EU; one central annual packaging report, with the relevant data distributed to the Member States concerned; proportionate simplified requirements or an EU-wide de minimis regime for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on the market in individual Member States; and avoiding the need for separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States for EU-established micro-enterprises where equivalent compliance can be ensured centrally. A system comparable in principle to the EU VAT One Stop Shop would significantly reduce administrative costs while maintaining producer responsibility and ensuring that the appropriate Member States receive the necessary data and contributions. For a one-person European manufacturer, the possibility to sell a small number of products to customers throughout the EU should not require maintaining numerous separate national registrations, contracts and reporting procedures. I therefore strongly support further harmonisation and would encourage the Commission to use the implementation of the PPWR to make cross-border EPR compliance genuinely accessible and proportionate for micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small one-person manufacturing business based in Germany, selling specialised electronic products directly to consumers across the European Union. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle of extended producer responsibility. However, the current national implementation of EPR creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce. My company sells only small quantities into individual Member States. In some countries, this may amount to only a handful of shipments and a few kilograms of packaging per year. Nevertheless, such sales can result in separate national registration, reporting, producer responsibility organisation and potentially authorised representative requirements. In these cases, the administrative costs can be many times higher than the actual environmental or recycling costs associated with the packaging placed on the market. This creates a significant barrier to the Single Market for very small European manufacturers. Harmonising registration and reporting formats is therefore a welcome step. However, I would encourage the Commission to go further and consider a genuinely centralised or interoperable EU-wide system for cross-border EPR compliance. In particular, I would welcome: a single EU registration or one-stop-shop mechanism for producers selling cross-border within the EU; one central annual packaging report, with the relevant data distributed to the Member States concerned; proportionate simplified requirements or an EU-wide de minimis regime for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on the market in individual Member States; and avoiding the need for separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States for EU-established micro-enterprises where equivalent compliance can be ensured centrally. A system comparable in principle to the EU VAT One Stop Shop would significantly reduce administrative costs while maintaining producer responsibility and ensuring that the appropriate Member States receive the necessary data and contributions. For a one-person European manufacturer, the possibility to sell a small number of products to customers throughout the EU should not require maintaining numerous separate national registrations, contracts and reporting procedures. I therefore strongly support further harmonisation and would encourage the Commission to use the implementation of the PPWR to make cross-border EPR compliance genuinely accessible and proportionate for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549462_en"}, {"id": 33549461, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:45:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Janine mayer", "feedback": "**EU-weite EPR-Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen** Ich betreibe ein kleines Handmade-Unternehmen in Deutschland und verkaufe meine selbst hergestellten Produkte online an Kunden innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich die Ziele der PPWR und bin selbstverständlich bereit, Verantwortung für meine Versandverpackungen zu übernehmen, die verwendeten Mengen zu melden und die entsprechenden Recyclingbeiträge zu bezahlen. Die derzeit vorgesehene Umsetzung über separate nationale Herstellerregister stellt Kleinstunternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel jedoch vor ein unverhältnismäßiges Problem. Ich verwende ausschließlich Papier und Karton als Versandverpackung. Selbst in Deutschland beträgt meine gesamte Verpackungsmenge nur etwa 100 kg pro Jahr. In alle anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten zusammen versende ich lediglich wenige Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial jährlich. In manche Mitgliedstaaten gehen nur zwei oder drei Bestellungen im gesamten Jahr. Dort bringe ich teilweise nur wenige hundert Gramm Karton jährlich in Verkehr. Trotz dieser minimalen Mengen können separate nationale Registrierungen, EPR-Systeme, Meldungen und teilweise die Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter erforderlich sein. Die dadurch entstehenden Fixkosten und der administrative Aufwand stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmengen und Recyclingkosten. Für Kleinstunternehmen bleibt damit als wirtschaftlich sinnvolle Konsequenz häufig nur, den Verkauf in Mitgliedstaaten mit wenigen Bestellungen vollständig einzustellen. Dies würde den europäischen Binnenmarkt gerade für kleine Händler, Handwerksbetriebe und Künstler erheblich einschränken und große Unternehmen mit hohen Verkaufszahlen begünstigen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher um eine verhältnismäßige EU-weite Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen und Unternehmen mit sehr geringen grenzüberschreitenden Verpackungsmengen. Eine mögliche Lösung wäre eine einzige EU-weite EPR-Registrierung für diese Unternehmen, verbunden mit einer jährlichen Meldung der Verpackungsmengen nach Material und Zielland. Die entsprechenden EPR-Beiträge könnten zentral erhoben und anschließend an die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten verteilt werden. Separate nationale Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigte wären bei Kleinstmengen dann nicht erforderlich. Alternativ könnten Online-Marktplätze die EPR-Beiträge für grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe zentral erfassen und abführen. Eine solche Regelung würde Kleinstunternehmen nicht von ihrer Umweltverantwortung befreien. Wir würden weiterhin unsere tatsächlichen Verpackungsmengen melden und die entsprechenden Beiträge bezahlen. Sie würde lediglich sicherstellen, dass der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge steht. Bitte stellen Sie sicher, dass die Umsetzung der PPWR nicht unbeabsichtigt dazu führt, dass Kleinstunternehmen aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger nationaler Fixkosten faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "**EU-wide EPR solution for very small packaging micro-enterprises** I operate a small handmade company in Germany and sell my own produced products online to customers within the European Union. I strongly support the objectives of the PPWR and I am of course ready to take responsibility for my shipping packaging, to report the quantities used and to pay the corresponding recycling contributions. However, the current implementation via separate national registers of producers poses a disproportionate problem for micro-enterprises in cross-border online sales. I use only paper and cardboard as shipping packaging. Even in Germany, my total packaging volume is only around 100 kg per year. I only send a few kilograms of packaging material per year to all other EU Member States together. In some Member States, only two or three orders are placed throughout the year. In some cases, I place only a few hundred grams of cartonboard on the market each year. Despite these minimal quantities, separate national registrations, EPR systems, notifications and, in some cases, the appointment of national authorised representatives may be required. The resulting fixed costs and administrative burden are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes and recycling costs incurred. For micro-enterprises, therefore, as an economically sensible consequence, it is often only possible to stop sales completely in Member States with few orders. This would significantly restrict the European single market, especially for small traders, craftsmen and artists, and favour large companies with high sales. I would therefore ask the European Commission to provide a proportionate EU-wide solution for micro-enterprises and companies with very small cross-border packaging volumes. A possible solution would be a single EU-wide EPR registration for these companies, coupled with an annual reporting of packaging volumes per material and destination country. The corresponding EPR contributions could be collected centrally and then distributed to the respective Member States. Separate national registrations and authorised representatives would then not be required for micro-quantities. Alternatively, online marketplaces could centralise and pay EPR contributions for cross-border sales. Such a scheme would not exempt micro-enterprises from their environmental responsibility. We would continue to report our actual packaging volumes and pay the corresponding contributions. It would only ensure that the administrative and financial burden is proportionate to the amount of packaging actually generated. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR does not inadvertently lead to the de facto exclusion of micro-enterprises from the European cross-border internal market due to disproportionate national fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549461_en"}, {"id": 33549460, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:45:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Corkin", "feedback": "This whole regulation goes against everything the EU is supposed to be. I can see that it will work well for large corporations, but it hurts small businesses in a deeply unfair way. The asymmetry is the problem. A large company spreads the cost of 27 registrations and 26 authorised representatives across millions of parcels. A small one spreads it across five. The same rule that is a rounding error for one business is a reason to stop trading for the other. I run a small Italian wine shop in Haarlem. This year we have had zero orders from other EU countries, and on 12 August we are switching off shipping to all 26 of them, because the cost of complying is many times any revenue we could realistically expect. That is not a theoretical effect. It is a single market getting smaller, one small business at a time. Many of the people I have spoken to are doing the same, and some are considering closing entirely. I also struggle to see how this can realistically be enforced against thousands of micro-sellers across the Union. That matters, because a rule that cannot be enforced evenly punishes the businesses that try to comply and rewards the ones that quietly ignore it. Three things could have been done differently. Why not create a single entity for the whole of Europe, instead of one per country, each with a different name and a different language? Almost everything else in this regulation was harmonised. Registration and authorised representatives were left national, which is the worst of both worlds: one set of product rules to follow, and twenty-seven administrative systems to join. Why not set a single EU-wide de minimis threshold, instead of leaving that decision to each member state? A seller shipping two parcels a year cannot reasonably be treated the same as one shipping two million. Why not place this obligation on the shipping company rather than on the sender? The carrier already records the weight, the destination and the sender for every single parcel it moves. It is far better placed to collect and report this data than a business shipping a handful of boxes a year, and it would give member states cleaner data than thousands of small self-declarations ever will. This law reads as though it was written without small cross-border sellers in mind. It hurts competition, it hurts trade, and it undermines the benefits of being in the EU, to the point where being a member feels no different from being outside it. I am fully in favour of regulation and I like clear rules, but this one is simply badly thought through.", "feedbackEnglish": "This whole regulation goes against everything the EU is supposed to be. I can see that it will work well for large corporations, but it hurts small businesses in a deeply unfair way. The asymmetry is the problem. A large company spreads the cost of 27 registrations and 26 authorised representatives across millions of parcels. A small one spreads it across five. The same rule that is a rounding error for one business is a reason to stop trading for the other. I run a small Italian wine shop in Haarlem. This year we have had zero orders from other EU countries, and on 12 August we are switching off shipping to all 26 of them, because the cost of complying is many times any revenue we could realistically expect. That is not a theoretical effect. It is a single market getting smaller, one small business at a time. Many of the people I have spoken to are doing the same, and some are considering closing entirely. I also struggle to see how this can realistically be enforced against thousands of micro-sellers across the Union. That matters, because a rule that cannot be enforced evenly punishes the businesses that try to comply and rewards the ones that quietly ignore it. Three things could have been done differently. Why not create a single entity for the whole of Europe, instead of one per country, each with a different name and a different language? Almost everything else in this regulation was harmonised. Registration and authorised representatives were left national, which is the worst of both worlds: one set of product rules to follow, and twenty-seven administrative systems to join. Why not set a single EU-wide de minimis threshold, instead of leaving that decision to each member state? A seller shipping two parcels a year cannot reasonably be treated the same as one shipping two million. Why not place this obligation on the shipping company rather than on the sender? The carrier already records the weight, the destination and the sender for every single parcel it moves. It is far better placed to collect and report this data than a business shipping a handful of boxes a year, and it would give member states cleaner data than thousands of small self-declarations ever will. This law reads as though it was written without small cross-border sellers in mind. It hurts competition, it hurts trade, and it undermines the benefits of being in the EU, to the point where being a member feels no different from being outside it. I am fully in favour of regulation and I like clear rules, but this one is simply badly thought through.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549460_en"}, {"id": 33549457, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:43:58", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "With all my respect this set of regulations seems to be not just a mistake, but rather a deliberate move to kill the small sized businesses within the EU and limit the European citizens and residents from buying the goods from all over the world, forcing them to choose the larger manufacturers and corporations with limited choice, price range and quality. That is, because with how the regulations are given at this moment, there is literally no way the average tiny entrepreneur could register in every single EU country and pay for it without going bankrupt. In my opinion, it's not even a mistake of a decision, but a deliberate lobbying for the large businesses and corporations to both monopolize and, probably, get new employees by force since the local EU enterpreteneurs would quickly go out of business if their specific category of production is targeted at all 27 countries. So, congratulations on making things worse in our part of the world, and instead of fighting against the unfair business and geopolitical practices coming from abroad, lining up with them. Greetings from the EU permanent resident in the Czech Republic", "feedbackEnglish": "With all my respect this set of regulations seems to be not just a mistake, but rather a deliberate move to kill the small sized businesses within the EU and limit the European citizens and residents from buying the goods from all over the world, forcing them to choose the larger manufacturers and corporations with limited choice, price range and quality. That is, because with how the regulations are given at this moment, there is literally no way the average tiny entrepreneur could register in every single EU country and pay for it without going bankrupt. In my opinion, it's not even a mistake of a decision, but a deliberate lobbying for the large businesses and corporations to both monopolize and, probably, get new employees by force since the local EU enterpreteneurs would quickly go out of business if their specific category of production is targeted at all 27 countries. So, congratulations on making things worse in our part of the world, and instead of fighting against the unfair business and geopolitical practices coming from abroad, lining up with them. Greetings from the EU permanent resident in the Czech Republic", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549457_en"}, {"id": 33549459, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:43:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I welcome the regulations concerning the environmental idea behind it, but it is killing small businesses in the long run. The fees for shipping in certain countries are extremely high, small businesses cannot afford to pay this up front - but they have to sell to other EU-countries in order to survive! This is outrageous! It does not hurt the big companies, which made this problem appear in the first place, but it will kill all small businesses out there barely surviving as it is!", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the regulations concerning the environmental idea behind it, but it is killing small businesses in the long run. The fees for shipping in certain countries are extremely high, small businesses cannot afford to pay this up front - but they have to sell to other EU-countries in order to survive! This is outrageous! It does not hurt the big companies, which made this problem appear in the first place, but it will kill all small businesses out there barely surviving as it is!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549459_en"}, {"id": 33549458, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:43:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Simone Spies, Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungs- und Verpackungsabfallverordnung (PPWR) verfolgt grundsätzlich wichtige und nachvollziehbare umweltpolitische Ziele. In ihrer praktischen Umsetzung besteht jedoch die Gefahr, dass insbesondere Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen vom europäischen Binnenmarkt faktisch ausgeschlossen werden. Für ein kleines Unternehmen, das nur geringe Mengen an Waren grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU verkauft, steht der Aufwand zur Erfüllung der Verpackungsvorschriften in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umfang des Handels. Obwohl die PPWR gerade eine Harmonisierung der Verpackungsvorschriften und die Vermeidung von Handelshemmnissen bezweckt, entstehen für Unternehmen, die Produkte in verschiedene Mitgliedstaaten versenden, erhebliche zusätzliche Anforderungen. Insbesondere die unterschiedlichen nationalen Systeme für Registrierung, erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung, Meldungen, Gebühren und gegebenenfalls die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten bzw. Vertreters führen in der Praxis zu einem erheblichen Verwaltungsaufwand. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen bedeutet dies: Für jeden zusätzlichen Mitgliedstaat, in den gelegentlich ein Produkt verkauft wird, müssen die jeweils geltenden Anforderungen geprüft, Registrierungen vorgenommen, gegebenenfalls Verträge mit entsprechenden Organisationen oder Vertretern geschlossen, Gebühren entrichtet und Meldungen abgegeben werden. Hinzu kommen Anforderungen an Kennzeichnung und Dokumentation. Dieser Aufwand fällt unabhängig davon an, ob ein Unternehmen beispielsweise wenige Produkte pro Jahr oder zehntausende Produkte in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat verkauft. Für einen großen international tätigen Konzern sind solche Kosten und Verwaltungsprozesse organisatorisch beherrschbar. Für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen oder einen kleinen Handwerksbetrieb können sie dagegen einen erheblichen Teil der möglichen Gewinnmarge aufzehren. Die Folge ist nicht lediglich ein höherer Verwaltungsaufwand. Der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf wird für viele Kleinunternehmen schlicht unwirtschaftlich. Ein Unternehmen muss dann entweder erhebliche zusätzliche Kosten auf sich nehmen, um einzelne Bestellungen in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten rechtskonform abzuwickeln, oder es muss den Versand in diese Länder einstellen. Damit entsteht faktisch eine neue Grenze innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes: Nicht Zölle oder Einfuhrbeschränkungen verhindern den Handel, sondern die kumulierten Kosten und administrativen Anforderungen der nationalen Verpackungsregime. Besonders problematisch ist dies für Unternehmen, deren Geschäftsmodell auf kleinen Stückzahlen, individuellen Produkten oder gelegentlichen Verkäufen in verschiedene EU-Länder basiert. Gerade solche Unternehmen können die Kosten der Compliance nicht auf eine große Anzahl von Verkäufen verteilen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher dringend zu prüfen, ob für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen verhältnismäßige und tatsächlich praktikable Vereinfachungen geschaffen werden können. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte gerade kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, ihre Produkte unkompliziert in anderen Mitgliedstaaten anzubieten. Wenn die Einhaltung von Verpackungsvorschriften für den Verkauf eines einzelnen oder weniger Produkte in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat wirtschaftlich nicht mehr darstellbar ist, wird dieses Ziel verfehlt. Aus meiner Sicht wären insbesondere folgende Maßnahmen erforderlich: -ein EU-weit einheitliches, einfaches Registrierungsverfahren für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen; eine zentrale EU-weite Meldestelle anstelle zahlreicher nationaler Verfahren; einheitliche und verhältnismäßige Bagatell- bzw. Schwellenwerte für Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen; eine Befreiung oder deutliche Vereinfachung der Pflichten bei nur gelegentlichen und mengenmäßig geringfügigen grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen; eine Vermeidung mehrfacher Registrierungs-, Vertretungs- und Meldepflichten für dieselbe Verpackung; möglichst eine EU-weite Lösung für Gebühren.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) pursues fundamentally important and understandable environmental policy objectives. However, their practical implementation risks de facto excluding micro and small enterprises in particular from the European single market. For a small company selling small quantities of goods cross-border within the EU, the burden of meeting the packaging requirements is disproportionate to the actual volume of trade. Although the aim of the PPWR is precisely to harmonise packaging rules and avoid barriers to trade, considerable additional requirements arise for companies shipping products to different Member States. In particular, the different national systems for registration, extended producer responsibility, notifications, fees and, where applicable, the appointment of an authorised representative create a significant administrative burden in practice. For a micro-enterprise, this means: For each additional Member State to which a product is occasionally sold, the applicable requirements must be checked, registrations made, contracts concluded with relevant organisations or representatives, fees paid and notifications made, as appropriate. There are also labelling and documentation requirements. This burden is incurred regardless of whether, for example, a company sells few products per year or tens of thousands of products in the respective Member State. For a large international group, such costs and administrative processes are organisationally manageable. For a one-person company or a small craftsman, on the other hand, they can use up a significant part of the possible profit margin. The result is not merely an increase in the administrative burden. Cross-border sales simply become uneconomical for many small businesses. A company will then either have to incur significant additional costs to make individual orders in other EU Member States in accordance with the law, or it will have to stop sending them to these countries. This effectively creates a new border within the European single market: It is not customs duties or import restrictions that prevent trade, but the cumulative costs and administrative requirements of the national packaging regimes. This is particularly problematic for companies whose business model is based on small volumes, individual products or occasional sales to different EU countries. It is precisely such companies that cannot spread the costs of compliance over a large number of sales. I would therefore urge the European Commission to look into the possibility of introducing proportionate and genuinely workable simplifications for micro and small enterprises. The European single market should enable small businesses in particular to easily offer their products in other Member States. If it is no longer economically feasible to comply with packaging requirements for the sale of an individual product or a smaller quantity of products in another Member State, that objective will not be achieved. In my view, the following measures in particular would be necessary: —a single, simple registration procedure for micro and small enterprises across the EU; a single EU-wide hotline instead of numerous national procedures; uniform and proportionate de minimis thresholds or thresholds for undertakings with very small quantities of packaging; an exemption or significant simplification of obligations for occasional and small cross-border sales; avoiding multiple registration, representation and reporting obligations for the same packaging; if possible, an EU-wide solution for fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549458_en"}, {"id": 33549456, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:41:41", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses should be excluded from this requirement since most of them cannot afford to comply with it. This law passing with require most of them to close down their practice which would not only be a huge cultural exchange loss as well as destroy the income of regular everyday people. These small businesses are not responsible for packaging waste in the way big corporations are, they mostly use recyclable or reusable materials. I'm now mentioning specifically small art businesses ran from artist's homes, which personally I love to support. There's absolutely no way the art exchange that happens so beautifully and creatively could survive such a requirement. Therefore, small businesses should absolutely be excluded from this.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses should be excluded from this requirement since most of them cannot afford to comply with it. This law passing with require most of them to close down their practice which would not only be a huge cultural exchange loss as well as destroy the income of regular everyday people. These small businesses are not responsible for packaging waste in the way big corporations are, they mostly use recyclable or reusable materials. I'm now mentioning specifically small art businesses ran from artist's homes, which personally I love to support. There's absolutely no way the art exchange that happens so beautifully and creatively could survive such a requirement. Therefore, small businesses should absolutely be excluded from this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549456_en"}, {"id": 33549455, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:39:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Indécis Shop ", "feedback": "Exclude artists, artisans and micro-businesses from this legislation as the cost and complicated paperwork is going to kill their already small margins. I agree that reducing packaging waste is crucial but the smallest businesses and artists usually use eco-friendly packaging as a selling point. The true perpetrators are multinationals and big corporations that have legal departments and can swallow the cost to register and the pay yearly fees in all 27 countries. This law will not only kill small businesses but also impede on the new generation of artists and artisans looking to make a living out of their art.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude artists, artisans and micro-businesses from this legislation as the cost and complicated paperwork is going to kill their already small margins. I agree that reducing packaging waste is crucial but the smallest businesses and artists usually use eco-friendly packaging as a selling point. The true perpetrators are multinationals and big corporations that have legal departments and can swallow the cost to register and the pay yearly fees in all 27 countries. This law will not only kill small businesses but also impede on the new generation of artists and artisans looking to make a living out of their art.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549455_en"}, {"id": 33549454, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:35:32", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Of course. Ive removed the hyphens and kept the message natural and firm. I strongly disagree with the way the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation impacts small businesses and cross border shopping within the EU. As someone who has spent years buying secondhand clothing and supporting small businesses from different European countries, I strongly support the idea of a European single market where people can easily buy from and sell to one another across borders. However, regulations like this risk doing the opposite. The additional administrative requirements and costs associated with selling and shipping across different EU countries can discourage small businesses from offering their products to customers elsewhere in Europe. Ultimately, this makes it harder for consumers to support small businesses and access secondhand and independent products from across the EU. I understand and support the underlying goal of reducing unnecessary packaging and tackling the environmental impact of excessive packaging. However, the regulation should be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. It seems unreasonable for a small business sending a few hundred carefully packaged orders per year to face requirements that can create significant administrative and financial burdens, while the largest fast fashion corporations such as Shein and Zara are responsible for a vastly greater amount of production, packaging and waste and are far better equipped financially to absorb additional compliance costs. I believe the EU should introduce much stronger exemptions or simplified requirements for micro businesses, independent sellers and secondhand businesses. In particular, the requirement to potentially register and pay fees separately in multiple EU countries should be reconsidered. This creates unnecessary barriers to cross border trade within the EU and undermines one of the key benefits of the European single market. A centralised EU wide registration system, or a system where small businesses can fulfil their obligations through one registration in their country of establishment, would be much more proportionate and would encourage rather than discourage cross border commerce. I am highly concerned that regulations intended to improve sustainability could unintentionally make it harder for people to buy secondhand, support independent businesses and participate in the European market. I strongly encourage policymakers to reconsider the burden placed on small businesses and ensure that future regulation targets the largest sources of packaging waste rather than disproportionately affecting the smallest sellers. I want an EU that makes it easier, not harder, for small businesses and consumers to trade, shop and support one another across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "Of course. Ive removed the hyphens and kept the message natural and firm. I strongly disagree with the way the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation impacts small businesses and cross border shopping within the EU. As someone who has spent years buying secondhand clothing and supporting small businesses from different European countries, I strongly support the idea of a European single market where people can easily buy from and sell to one another across borders. However, regulations like this risk doing the opposite. The additional administrative requirements and costs associated with selling and shipping across different EU countries can discourage small businesses from offering their products to customers elsewhere in Europe. Ultimately, this makes it harder for consumers to support small businesses and access secondhand and independent products from across the EU. I understand and support the underlying goal of reducing unnecessary packaging and tackling the environmental impact of excessive packaging. However, the regulation should be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business. It seems unreasonable for a small business sending a few hundred carefully packaged orders per year to face requirements that can create significant administrative and financial burdens, while the largest fast fashion corporations such as Shein and Zara are responsible for a vastly greater amount of production, packaging and waste and are far better equipped financially to absorb additional compliance costs. I believe the EU should introduce much stronger exemptions or simplified requirements for micro businesses, independent sellers and secondhand businesses. In particular, the requirement to potentially register and pay fees separately in multiple EU countries should be reconsidered. This creates unnecessary barriers to cross border trade within the EU and undermines one of the key benefits of the European single market. A centralised EU wide registration system, or a system where small businesses can fulfil their obligations through one registration in their country of establishment, would be much more proportionate and would encourage rather than discourage cross border commerce. I am highly concerned that regulations intended to improve sustainability could unintentionally make it harder for people to buy secondhand, support independent businesses and participate in the European market. I strongly encourage policymakers to reconsider the burden placed on small businesses and ensure that future regulation targets the largest sources of packaging waste rather than disproportionately affecting the smallest sellers. I want an EU that makes it easier, not harder, for small businesses and consumers to trade, shop and support one another across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549454_en"}, {"id": 33549453, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:33:14", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bluebellgray ", "feedback": "Submitted by: a small UK-based direct-to-consumer e-commerce business exporting to EU member states I am writing to share practical feedback on the implementation of PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) from the perspective of a small non-EU business trying, in good faith, to comply. 1. Simplify the information available to businesses Guidance on PPWR and EPR is currently scattered across the Regulation text, national producer registers, private compliance providers, and law firm explainers, each interpreting requirements slightly differently. For a small business without in-house legal counsel, this makes basic questions \"do I need to register?\", \"what counts as packaging?\", \"what is the fee based on?\" far harder to answer than they should be. I would strongly welcome a single, plain-language, regularly updated Commission resource that walks a business through its obligations step by step, with worked examples for common situations like distance selling. The FAQs published in March 2026 were a good start, but they arrived only months before the application date, leaving little time to act on them. 2. Streamline the compliance process across member states At present, complying with PPWR effectively means complying with 27 separate national systems layered underneath it each with its own producer register, reporting format, and fee structure (Germany's LUCID, France's CITEO, Italy's CONAI, Spain's ECOEMBES, and so on). For a business shipping modest volumes to multiple countries, the administrative burden is completely disproportionate to the environmental impact of that packaging. A harmonised reporting format and shared registration data across member states would let genuinely EU-wide rules function as EU-wide rules, rather than 27 rules wearing one label. 3. Allow a single EU Authorised Representative to cover all member states The current requirement to appoint a separate Authorised Representative in every member state where a business sells is, in my view, the single biggest obstacle for small non-EU sellers. It converts a straightforward compliance principle into a fixed cost that scales with the number of countries sold into rather than with sales volume, which disproportionately penalises smaller operators who sell modest quantities into many markets. Permitting one appointed EU representative to act on a producer's behalf across all member states similar to how a single EU Responsible Person can already work under other EU product legislation would preserve accountability while removing an unnecessary multiplication of cost and complexity. 4. Centralise where data needs to be submitted and held Producers currently have to submit overlapping packaging data (materials, weights, recyclability grades) separately to each national register. A single EU-level data submission point, from which national authorities can draw the information they need, would eliminate duplicate reporting, reduce error, and make compliance genuinely verifiable at EU level rather than fragmented across 27 databases that don't talk to each other.", "feedbackEnglish": "Submitted by: a small UK-based direct-to-consumer e-commerce business exporting to EU member states I am writing to share practical feedback on the implementation of PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) from the perspective of a small non-EU business trying, in good faith, to comply. 1. Simplify the information available to businesses Guidance on PPWR and EPR is currently scattered across the Regulation text, national producer registers, private compliance providers, and law firm explainers, each interpreting requirements slightly differently. For a small business without in-house legal counsel, this makes basic questions \"do I need to register?\", \"what counts as packaging?\", \"what is the fee based on?\" far harder to answer than they should be. I would strongly welcome a single, plain-language, regularly updated Commission resource that walks a business through its obligations step by step, with worked examples for common situations like distance selling. The FAQs published in March 2026 were a good start, but they arrived only months before the application date, leaving little time to act on them. 2. Streamline the compliance process across member states At present, complying with PPWR effectively means complying with 27 separate national systems layered underneath it each with its own producer register, reporting format, and fee structure (Germany's LUCID, France's CITEO, Italy's CONAI, Spain's ECOEMBES, and so on). For a business shipping modest volumes to multiple countries, the administrative burden is completely disproportionate to the environmental impact of that packaging. A harmonised reporting format and shared registration data across member states would let genuinely EU-wide rules function as EU-wide rules, rather than 27 rules wearing one label. 3. Allow a single EU Authorised Representative to cover all member states The current requirement to appoint a separate Authorised Representative in every member state where a business sells is, in my view, the single biggest obstacle for small non-EU sellers. It converts a straightforward compliance principle into a fixed cost that scales with the number of countries sold into rather than with sales volume, which disproportionately penalises smaller operators who sell modest quantities into many markets. Permitting one appointed EU representative to act on a producer's behalf across all member states similar to how a single EU Responsible Person can already work under other EU product legislation would preserve accountability while removing an unnecessary multiplication of cost and complexity. 4. Centralise where data needs to be submitted and held Producers currently have to submit overlapping packaging data (materials, weights, recyclability grades) separately to each national register. A single EU-level data submission point, from which national authorities can draw the information they need, would eliminate duplicate reporting, reduce error, and make compliance genuinely verifiable at EU level rather than fragmented across 27 databases that don't talk to each other.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549453_en"}, {"id": 33549452, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:32:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Scars Miniature Madness", "feedback": "Please look at small businesses, I trade to many different countries and this will kill my buisiness with them, I won't be able to afford these fees and this will kill my trade with my clients from other countries. I don't trade enough to pay these fees but I won't survive if I lose these clients... Please changes these regulations and make them proportional to the size of the businesses, don't punish the small because the big companies need more rules!", "feedbackEnglish": "Please look at small businesses, I trade to many different countries and this will kill my buisiness with them, I won't be able to afford these fees and this will kill my trade with my clients from other countries. I don't trade enough to pay these fees but I won't survive if I lose these clients... Please changes these regulations and make them proportional to the size of the businesses, don't punish the small because the big companies need more rules!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549452_en"}, {"id": 33549451, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:32:26", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The European Union risks creating a regulatory framework that, rather than supporting sustainability, could push thousands of small and micro businesses out of the European market. The PPWR was introduced with a legitimate environmental objective, but its implementation appears disproportionately complex and costly for small businesses. The regulation is difficult to interpret, and one issue is particularly concerning: there appears to be no meaningful exemption from packaging obligations for businesses placing only negligible quantities of packaging on the market. Even a trader shipping a single package have to comply with national registration and legal representative requirements. In practice, an online seller operating across the EU may have to register in multiple national packaging registers and appoint a legal representative, potentially paying hundreds of euros per country and eating away at their entire margin. Across 27 Member States, this can mean thousands of euros in administrative costs simply to comply with obligations whose actual packaging contribution may amount to only a few cents per country. This is a serious issue of proportionality. An artisan or micro-enterprise selling a handful of products across borders should not face essentially the same administrative burden as a multinational corporation placing millions of packages on the European market. The requirement to appoint a legal representative could become an additional sword of Damocles for small businesses, making cross-border sales economically unviable even where the quantities of packaging involved are negligible. The EU should not abandon its environmental objectives, but it must ensure that compliance is proportionate and compatible with the functioning of the Single Market. The Commission should therefore require Member States to reconsider disproportionate requirements such as mandatory legal representation for very small operators and adopt best practices from the simplest national systems, including the German model, rather than allowing 27 different and costly bureaucratic systems to develop. Environmental legislation should reduce environmental harm without creating disproportionate economic harm. Small businesses should not be treated like multinational corporations simply because they sell across an EU border. If the EU wants the PPWR to succeed, it must make compliance proportionate, affordable and genuinely harmonised. Otherwise, the regulation risks undermining the very Single Market the European Union is supposed to protect.", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Union risks creating a regulatory framework that, rather than supporting sustainability, could push thousands of small and micro businesses out of the European market. The PPWR was introduced with a legitimate environmental objective, but its implementation appears disproportionately complex and costly for small businesses. The regulation is difficult to interpret, and one issue is particularly concerning: there appears to be no meaningful exemption from packaging obligations for businesses placing only negligible quantities of packaging on the market. Even a trader shipping a single package have to comply with national registration and legal representative requirements. In practice, an online seller operating across the EU may have to register in multiple national packaging registers and appoint a legal representative, potentially paying hundreds of euros per country and eating away at their entire margin. Across 27 Member States, this can mean thousands of euros in administrative costs simply to comply with obligations whose actual packaging contribution may amount to only a few cents per country. This is a serious issue of proportionality. An artisan or micro-enterprise selling a handful of products across borders should not face essentially the same administrative burden as a multinational corporation placing millions of packages on the European market. The requirement to appoint a legal representative could become an additional sword of Damocles for small businesses, making cross-border sales economically unviable even where the quantities of packaging involved are negligible. The EU should not abandon its environmental objectives, but it must ensure that compliance is proportionate and compatible with the functioning of the Single Market. The Commission should therefore require Member States to reconsider disproportionate requirements such as mandatory legal representation for very small operators and adopt best practices from the simplest national systems, including the German model, rather than allowing 27 different and costly bureaucratic systems to develop. Environmental legislation should reduce environmental harm without creating disproportionate economic harm. Small businesses should not be treated like multinational corporations simply because they sell across an EU border. If the EU wants the PPWR to succeed, it must make compliance proportionate, affordable and genuinely harmonised. Otherwise, the regulation risks undermining the very Single Market the European Union is supposed to protect.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549451_en"}, {"id": 33549450, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:32:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU, It has come to my knowledge that there will be new shipping guidelines starting on the 12th of august 2026. I want to start a goldsmith business, and these new guidelines really discourage me, but also a lot of other already existing small businesses. Reducing packaging and making everything more sustainable is very good, its just not doable to have the same rules for a small business next to a big business, like Amazon. Therefore i am really against the new guidelines. I hope you take this, and the other messages youll receive from small businesses seriously and into account. Kind regards, Lieke Bodegom", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU, It has come to my knowledge that there will be new shipping guidelines starting on the 12th of august 2026. I want to start a goldsmith business, and these new guidelines really discourage me, but also a lot of other already existing small businesses. Reducing packaging and making everything more sustainable is very good, its just not doable to have the same rules for a small business next to a big business, like Amazon. Therefore i am really against the new guidelines. I hope you take this, and the other messages youll receive from small businesses seriously and into account. Kind regards, Lieke Bodegom", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549450_en"}, {"id": 33549449, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:26:45", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Edlitam Tattoo", "feedback": "Ik sta helemaal achter het feit dat verpakkingen voor verzendingen geminimaliseerd moeten worden, en dat hier veel bewuster mee omgegaan moet worden. Mijn grootste zorg is het feit dat we niet meer vrijuit kunnen verzenden binnen Europa, vanuit eender welke lidstaat. Ik heb een kleine webshop, voor mij is het onmogelijk om voor elk land apart een kost te moeten betalen om ernaartoe te mogen verzenden. Laat staan in elk land een \"representative\" te moeten hebben (en te moeten betalen). Dan ga ik simpelweg mijn webshop moeten sluiten voor alle landen buiten mijn thuisland, België. Net zoals vele andere webshops, aangezien ik onmogelijk de omzet kan maken om voor elk land deze aparte, sterk variërende kost te dekken! 1 duidelijk systeem met 1 duidelijke kost voor alle Europese lidstaten samen lijkt mij veel beter op zijn plaats.. Ik dacht dat de Europese Unie een UNIE was, maar deze regel zou dit echt wel tenietdoen lijkt mij. Er zou een uitzondering moeten zijn voor micro-bedrijven, eenmanszaken, zoals de mijne, of verschillende gradaties alleszins. Die naar sommige landen maar 1 verzending per jaar maakt. Vriendelijke groeten van een ambachtelijke maker, die verkoopt aan liefhebbers van handgemaakte items, die het gevoel heeft dat op deze manier de kleine spelers uit de markt worden gehaald, en zo enkel de grote namen met het grote geld deze nieuwe regels zullen overleven.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the need to minimise packaging for shipments and to be much more aware of it. My main concern is that we can no longer send freely within Europe, from any Member State. I have a small online shop, it is impossible for me to have to pay a cost for each country to be able to send it. Let alone have a representative in each country (and have to pay). Then I simply have to close my online shop for all countries outside my home country, Belgium. Like many other webshops, as I can make it impossible to cover this separate, highly variable cost for each country! 1 clear system with 1 clear costs for all European Member States together seems to me to be much better placed. I thought that the European Union was an UNION, but this rule would seem to me to do away with it. There should be an exception for micro-businesses, sole traders, such as mine, or various degrees. Which makes only 1 shipments per year to some countries. Kind regards by an artisan, who sells to lovers of handmade items, who feel that this will remove the small players from the market, so that only the big names with the big money will survive these new rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549449_en"}, {"id": 33549448, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:25:57", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The tariffs destroy small businesess. They are inconvenient and hurt EU citizens. They don't target the ones who benefit from item reselling. They're unreasonable and extremely expensive.", "feedbackEnglish": "The tariffs destroy small businesess. They are inconvenient and hurt EU citizens. They don't target the ones who benefit from item reselling. They're unreasonable and extremely expensive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549448_en"}, {"id": 33549447, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:25:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hey deer ceramics", "feedback": "I reject the planend rules for packaging as they are not feasable for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I reject the planend rules for packaging as they are not feasable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549447_en"}, {"id": 33549446, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:24:54", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dasas Pottery, Dasa Kogoj s.p. ", "feedback": "Dear EU legislators, This new law (PPWR) is damaging for my small business. I understand the need to control and regulate shipping (the materials and its contents) but the way you have gone about it is damaging for small businesses. I dont have the time to register with all EU countries and pay fees for every single one of them, since I ship to some only once a year. I further dont have time to find a representative in each country as this probably takes time and knowhow. Most of my time has to be dedicated to making ceramics, not more administrative tasks. I take great care with my shipping as the items are breakable, and also because my clients like when I ship with friendly materials such as paper and carton. I havent used any plastic in at least 4 years (I was using bubble wrap before to make sure my ceramics stays safe during shipping). As a small business, I dont make a lot of money, and adding to my expenses with this new law, I will probably lose a good proportion of my income, if I stop selling online to customers within the EU. Please find a way to manage this so that small businesses arent affected by this new law. The fees and all the administrative tasks are going to end a lot of small businesses and cause people loosing their income, therefore becoming a burden to the economy of the country theyre coming from. This is not helping, its damaging for countries economies, as there are a lot of small businesses within the EU. Please let our voices be heard and respected! Thank you. Dasa Kogoj (owner of Dasas Pottery from Slovenia : https://www.bizi.si/DASA-S-POTTERY-DASA-KOGOJ-S-P/)", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU legislators, This new law (PPWR) is damaging for my small business. I understand the need to control and regulate shipping (the materials and its contents) but the way you have gone about it is damaging for small businesses. I dont have the time to register with all EU countries and pay fees for every single one of them, since I ship to some only once a year. I further dont have time to find a representative in each country as this probably takes time and knowhow. Most of my time has to be dedicated to making ceramics, not more administrative tasks. I take great care with my shipping as the items are breakable, and also because my clients like when I ship with friendly materials such as paper and carton. I havent used any plastic in at least 4 years (I was using bubble wrap before to make sure my ceramics stays safe during shipping). As a small business, I dont make a lot of money, and adding to my expenses with this new law, I will probably lose a good proportion of my income, if I stop selling online to customers within the EU. Please find a way to manage this so that small businesses arent affected by this new law. The fees and all the administrative tasks are going to end a lot of small businesses and cause people loosing their income, therefore becoming a burden to the economy of the country theyre coming from. This is not helping, its damaging for countries economies, as there are a lot of small businesses within the EU. Please let our voices be heard and respected! Thank you. Dasa Kogoj (owner of Dasas Pottery from Slovenia : https://www.bizi.si/DASA-S-POTTERY-DASA-KOGOJ-S-P/)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549446_en"}, {"id": 33549445, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:24:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Besonders kleine Unternehmen bzw. Ein-Personen-Unternehmen leiden sehr unter dieser neuen Regelung. Viele dieser Unternehmen müssen dadurch den Verkauf in andere EU Länder einstellen oder gehen ganz unter. Die mit dieser Regelung verbundenen Kosten machen das Gründen eines Unternehmens deutlich unattraktiver. Kleine Unternehmen sollten von dieser Regelung ausgenommen werden, da es hier zu Existenzproblemen kommt, währen größere Unternehmen davon weniger bedroht werden. Außerdem werden diese Kosten ohnehin wieder auf den Endkonsumenten abgewälzt, was niemandem hilft.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses, or one-person businesses, are particularly affected by this new regime. As a result, many of these companies have to stop selling to other EU countries or go out of business altogether. The costs associated with this scheme make the rationale of a company much less attractive. Small companies should be excluded from this scheme because of the existence problems they face and the fact that larger companies are less threatened with it. Moreover, these costs will in any case be passed on to the final consumer, which will not help anyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549445_en"}, {"id": 33549444, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:24:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kerber & Lampe GmbH", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zum Entwurf der Durchführungsverordnung zum Format für Registrierung und Berichterstattung im Herstellerregister gemäß Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Als kleines Unternehmen, das Verpackungen in alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten liefert, begrüßen wir grundsätzlich das erklärte Ziel dieses Entwurfs, durch ein einheitliches Format den Verwaltungsaufwand für Registrierung und Berichterstattung zu senken (Erwägungsgrund 1). Wir sehen jedoch erheblichen Nachbesserungsbedarf, damit dieses Ziel für kleine Unternehmen tatsächlich erreicht wird: 1. Technische Interoperabilität statt nur formaler Harmonisierung Der Entwurf harmonisiert das Datenformat, nicht aber die IT-Systeme der 27 Mitgliedstaaten. Ohne ein verbindliches, maschinenlesbares Einheitsschema (z. B. ein gemeinsames XML/JSON-Schema mit einheitlicher API-Spezifikation) besteht die Gefahr, dass trotz \"einheitlichem Format\" 27 unterschiedliche nationale Portale mit je eigenen Uploadmasken und Zugangsvoraussetzungen entstehen. Wir fordern, dass die Kommission ein verbindliches technisches Schema vorgibt, das ein echtes \"einmal erfassen überall einreichen\" ermöglicht. 2. Vereinfachtes Format für Kleinstunternehmen unterhalb der 10-Tonnen-Schwelle Art. 2 Abs. 1 unterscheidet Teil A (10 t/Jahr) und Teil B (<10 t/Jahr) beim Reporting. Wir bitten darum, für Unternehmen unterhalb dieser Schwelle ein nochmals reduziertes Datenmodell und eine geringere Meldefrequenz vorzusehen, um den Aufwand in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Marktbedeutung zu halten. 3. Mehrfachregistrierung bei getrennten nationalen Systemen Art. 1 Abs. 2 verpflichtet Unternehmen, sich bei Mitgliedstaaten mit mehreren getrennten Systemen (z. B. Haushalt/Gewerbe) pro System separat zu registrieren. Für EU-weit tätige Kleinunternehmen vervielfacht dies den Verwaltungsaufwand zusätzlich. Wir bitten um Prüfung, ob eine gebündelte Registrierung mit systembezogener Kennzeichnung innerhalb einer einzigen Anmeldung möglich ist. Hinweis zu den Gesamtkosten der Registrierungspflicht Unabhängig vom vorliegenden Format-Entwurf möchten wir darauf hinweisen, dass die zugrunde liegende Pflicht aus Art. 44 der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 separate Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und Gebühren in jedem der 27 Mitgliedstaaten für kleine Unternehmen zu geschätzten Mehrkosten von 5.400 bis 16.200 Euro jährlich führt. Wir bitten die Kommission, dies bei künftigen Überprüfungen der Grundverordnung sowie bei der Ausgestaltung ergänzender delegierter Rechtsakte zu berücksichtigen, damit das REFIT-Ziel der Bürokratiereduzierung nicht durch einen Flickenteppich nationaler Einzelregistrierungen konterkariert wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Guido Kerber GF der Kerber & Lampe GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on the draft Implementing Regulation on the format for registration and reporting in the register of producers under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 As a small company delivering packaging to all EU Member States, we generally welcome the stated aim of this draft to reduce the administrative burden of registration and reporting through a uniform format (recital 1). However, we see a significant need for improvement to ensure that this target is met for small businesses: 1. Technical interoperability instead of only formal harmonisation. The draft harmonises the data format but not the IT systems of the 27 Member States. Without a binding, machine-readable unit schema (e.g. a common XML/JSON schema with a common API specification), there is a risk that 27 different national portals, each with their own upload masks and access requirements, will emerge, despite a ‘uniform format’. We call on the Commission to establish a binding technical scheme that allows for a real “report once everywhere”. 2. A simplified format for micro-enterprises below the 10 tonnes threshold in Article 2(1) distinguishes Part A (10 tonnes/year) and Part B (< 10 tonnes/year) for reporting purposes. We ask for a further reduced data model and reporting frequency for companies below this threshold in order to keep the burden proportionate to the actual market importance. 3. Multiple registration for separate national systems Article 1(2) obliges companies to register separately for Member States with several separate systems (e.g. household/commercial) per system. For small businesses operating across the EU, this adds to the administrative burden. We would ask you to check whether a bundled registration with system-related identification is possible within a single notification. Please note that the underlying obligation under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 – separate registration, authorisation and fees in each of the 27 Member States – results in estimated additional costs for small businesses of between EUR 5400 and EUR 16.200 per year. We ask the Commission to take this into account in future reviews of the Basic Regulation, as well as in the design of complementary delegated acts, so that the REFIT objective of cutting red tape is not undermined by a patchwork of national individual registrations. (Complimentary close) Guido Kerber GF von Kerber & Lampe GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549444_en"}, {"id": 33549443, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:18:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Viel Spass Studio", "feedback": "I dont know what youre doing with this. The EU was originally created to simplify trade among member states. But in recent years, more and more laws have been added that make our work harder. Youre destroying our economy and dont even realize it. Think about us small and medium-sized businesses. Why not make things easier for us instead of harder, and focus on making sure that Shein, Temu, and the like disappear from the scene!", "feedbackEnglish": "I dont know what youre doing with this. The EU was originally created to simplify trade among member states. But in recent years, more and more laws have been added that make our work harder. Youre destroying our economy and dont even realize it. Think about us small and medium-sized businesses. Why not make things easier for us instead of harder, and focus on making sure that Shein, Temu, and the like disappear from the scene!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549443_en"}, {"id": 33549442, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:15:23", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This rule will be the end of so many small- and microbusinesses. The rates to pay are disproportinate. Margins on, with love and care, handmade goods are small as it is. Please take care of the little ones.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule will be the end of so many small- and microbusinesses. The rates to pay are disproportinate. Margins on, with love and care, handmade goods are small as it is. Please take care of the little ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549442_en"}, {"id": 33549441, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:09:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Four Flames GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "The regulations to harmonize the responsibility in the EU are instead overcomplicating things. The goal should be to have a centralized platform to report amounts of packaging and other distributed materials for the whole EU territory and distribute fees to its country via the EU as central care-taker. This would emphasize the environmental aspect and strengthen inner-EU trade. With the current solution it strengthens imports from far east and other non-SME retailers who traditionally do not focus on environmental care at all. SME that focus especially on sustainability are affected the most by the current state of the regulations. For example reusing packaging should be rewarded. With the current solution enterprise scale retailers instead will focus on having licensed packaging per country leading to an overhead of production of additional packaging materials. For SME the economical most attractive variant is to sell outside of the EU and possibly domestically (their country) only and skip the EU due to the EPR requirements. As I tend to say: with these regulations it is more attractive to sell from Germany to Australia than to Austria. The exceptions once planned for discussion would strengthen EU SME. This should be the first step to solve the problems caused by the regulations. In a second step - with a centralized registration platform for packaging materials for the whole EU - the regulations could emphasize the topic its based on: environmental care. Giving SME the possibility to support the waste systems of the EU countries in a manageable way. The spirit of the EU once was about doing things together as a union instead of per-country. This should be kept in mind and is not honored by the current version of the regulations. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulations to harmonize the responsibility in the EU are instead overcomplicating things. The goal should be to have a centralized platform to report amounts of packaging and other distributed materials for the whole EU territory and distribute fees to its country via the EU as central care-taker. This would emphasize the environmental aspect and strengthen inner-EU trade. With the current solution it strengthens imports from far east and other non-SME retailers who traditionally do not focus on environmental care at all. SME that focus especially on sustainability are affected the most by the current state of the regulations. For example reusing packaging should be rewarded. With the current solution enterprise scale retailers instead will focus on having licensed packaging per country leading to an overhead of production of additional packaging materials. For SME the economical most attractive variant is to sell outside of the EU and possibly domestically (their country) only and skip the EU due to the EPR requirements. As I tend to say: with these regulations it is more attractive to sell from Germany to Australia than to Austria. The exceptions once planned for discussion would strengthen EU SME. This should be the first step to solve the problems caused by the regulations. In a second step - with a centralized registration platform for packaging materials for the whole EU - the regulations could emphasize the topic its based on: environmental care. Giving SME the possibility to support the waste systems of the EU countries in a manageable way. The spirit of the EU once was about doing things together as a union instead of per-country. This should be kept in mind and is not honored by the current version of the regulations. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549441_en"}, {"id": 33549440, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:09:12", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Alžbeta Andrášiková LANAJA", "feedback": "I am writing as the founder of LANAJA, a small family-owned brand from Slovakia. We handcraft custom-made, high-quality linen home textiles built to last for generations. We embody a responsible approach to crafting and naturewe sew to order, minimize material waste, and pack exclusively in recyclable paper boxes. Yet, under the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and national packaging registration framework, the EU Single Market has become completely inaccessible and financially unviable for micro-businesses like ours. We ship custom orders to customers in the Czech Republic in very small quantities. Our dream was to expand across the EU and bring our honest craft to more European homes. Today, this dream is hindered by excessive administrative complexity and disproportionate financial burdens. Administrative Absurdity: Requiring a micro-business sending 50 packages a year to register in separate national databases, navigate complex foreign rules, or pay hundreds of Euros for local authorized representatives in each EU Member State is completely out of proportion to the minimal packaging waste we generate. Paradox of Enforcement: While large ultra-fast-fashion platforms flood the EU market with cheap synthetic products and massive packaging waste, responsible European artisans who craft durable goods are being priced out by heavy compliance processes and fixed fees. A Threat to European Heritage: This regulation does not just hit our bottom lineit threatens thousands of independent artists, tailors, and family workshops across Europe who form the backbone of local culture and economy. We fully support environmental protection and waste reduction. However, without a mandatory, simplified EU-wide de minimis threshold (an exemption or simplified single-window registration for small-volume micro-enterprises), you are forcing small European creators to close their borders to fellow EU citizens. Please do not destroy the Single Market for those who practice responsible craftsmanship every day. Respectfully, LANAJA Slovak family craft studio", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the founder of LANAJA, a small family-owned brand from Slovakia. We handcraft custom-made, high-quality linen home textiles built to last for generations. We embody a responsible approach to crafting and naturewe sew to order, minimize material waste, and pack exclusively in recyclable paper boxes. Yet, under the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and national packaging registration framework, the EU Single Market has become completely inaccessible and financially unviable for micro-businesses like ours. We ship custom orders to customers in the Czech Republic in very small quantities. Our dream was to expand across the EU and bring our honest craft to more European homes. Today, this dream is hindered by excessive administrative complexity and disproportionate financial burdens. Administrative Absurdity: Requiring a micro-business sending 50 packages a year to register in separate national databases, navigate complex foreign rules, or pay hundreds of Euros for local authorized representatives in each EU Member State is completely out of proportion to the minimal packaging waste we generate. Paradox of Enforcement: While large ultra-fast-fashion platforms flood the EU market with cheap synthetic products and massive packaging waste, responsible European artisans who craft durable goods are being priced out by heavy compliance processes and fixed fees. A Threat to European Heritage: This regulation does not just hit our bottom lineit threatens thousands of independent artists, tailors, and family workshops across Europe who form the backbone of local culture and economy. We fully support environmental protection and waste reduction. However, without a mandatory, simplified EU-wide de minimis threshold (an exemption or simplified single-window registration for small-volume micro-enterprises), you are forcing small European creators to close their borders to fellow EU citizens. Please do not destroy the Single Market for those who practice responsible craftsmanship every day. Respectfully, LANAJA Slovak family craft studio", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549440_en"}, {"id": 33549439, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 08:02:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wie so viele Kleinunternehmer ist auch ich mein Microunternehmen von der neuen Verpackungsverordnung betroffen. Die finanziellen Folgen sind nicht tragbar. Die bürokratischen Auflagen inkl. Lizenzen für jedes EU Land fressen bereits viel vom Gewinn, ein Bevollmächtigter für jedes Land ist nicht mehr leistbar. Ich versende meine Ware umweltfreundlich vorwiegend in gebrauchten Kartons, die bereits in irgend einem Land lizensiert wurden. Ich war seinerzeit für einen EU Beitritt Österreichs, weil man uns einen grenzenlosen Warenverkehr im Binnenmarkt versprochen hat. Nun gilt das nur für Großkonzerne mit Millionenumsatz, die Kleinen werden sukzessive zerstört, während Amazon, Shein, Temu usw. den Markt mit Ramsch überschwemmen. ICH FORDERE SIE DAHER AUF, DAS GESETZ ZU ÜBERARBEITEN UND AUSNAHMEN FÜR KLEINSTUNTERNEHMER UND EPU'S ZU SCHAFFEN!", "feedbackEnglish": "Like so many small businesses, my micro-enterprise is affected by the new Packaging Regulation. The financial consequences are not sustainable. The bureaucratic requirements, including licences, for each EU country already take a lot of advantage, and an authorised representative for each country is no longer affordable. I send my product in an environmentally friendly manner mainly in used cartons that have already been licensed in any country. At the time, I was in favour of Austria joining the EU because we were promised borderless movement of goods in the internal market. Now this is only true for big companies with millions of turnover, the small ones are gradually destroyed, while Amazon, Shein, Temu, etc. flood the market with Ramsch. I THEREFORE CALL ON THEM TO REVISE THE LAW AND CREATE EXEMPTIONS FOR MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS AND EPU’S!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549439_en"}, {"id": 33549438, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:59:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "kleinstigkeiten", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich wollte mein Geschäft EU-weit erweitern. Weil die Fixkosten für den Versand ins EU-Ausland nun so gestiegen sind, kann ich meine Pläne zur Expansion nicht mehr umsetzen. Das gilt auch für meinen Zweitshop. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen oder gar nicht erst einsteigen können und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I wanted to expand my business across the EU. Because the fixed costs of shipping to other EU countries have so increased, I am no longer able to implement my plans to expand. This also applies to my second shop. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises can withdraw from the single market or cannot enter it at all, and that cross-border trade is the responsibility of large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549438_en"}, {"id": 33549437, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:59:09", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bayeux broderie ", "feedback": "Je découvre ce projet de loi en tant que petite entreprise française expédiant de temps en temps dans les pays de l'UE. Cette nouvelle a été un coup de massue. Je suis pour le fait qu'on ai a payer une taxe pour les déchets que l'on génère, ça me paraît normal. Mais il faut que ça reste proportionné au volume que l'on envoie !! Qu'une petite micro entreprise paye aussi cher pour envoyer deux colis dans le mois que pour une grosse entreprise qui en envoie des dizaines chaque jour, je ne trouve pas ça cohérent et totalement disproportionné. Je fais un effort pour limiter mes emballages au strict minimum, en utilisant uniquement des emballages français et recyclables, ce qui représente déjà un coût non négligeable pour mon entreprise. Aujourd'hui au vu de ces nouvelles directives, je vais devoir tout bonnement stopper mes envois vers L'UE, ne pouvant pas assumer financièrement ce coût énorme au vu de mon chiffre d'affaire. Je suis pour assumer ma part de responsabilité dans la prise en charge des déchets que generent mes expéditions mais il faut que ca soit cohérent par rapport au volume que j'envoie ! Je vous remercie de bien vouloir écouter tous les cris de détresse que cette mesure engendre", "feedbackEnglish": "I discover this draft law as a French small business shipping from time to time to EU countries. This news was a wake-up call. I think it’s normal for you to have to pay a tax for the waste you generate. But it must remain proportionate to the volume you send! I do not find it consistent and totally disproportionate that a small micro enterprise pays as much for sending two parcels within a month as for a large enterprise sending dozens of parcels every day. I am making an effort to limit my packaging to the bare minimum, using only French and recyclable packaging, which is already a significant cost for my business. Today, in view of these new directives, I will simply have to stop my shipments to the EU, as I cannot afford this huge cost given my turnover. I am responsible for my share of responsibility for handling the waste that my shipments are all about, but it must be consistent with the volume that I send! I would be grateful if you could listen to all the distress that this measure causes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549437_en"}, {"id": 33549436, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:57:58", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tge impact of what this law has ob small business is horrible. A big corporation will be able to pay the money upfront but a small one won't. This will jeprodize people's livelyhood. You cannot expect a them to have this kind of money. Even if they already use recycled or biodegradable materials. In my opinion this law skipped the nuisance of actually caring about the people...like chat control for example. We are tired of the Eu leaders acting like this, literally helping no-one just acting high and mighty.", "feedbackEnglish": "Tge impact of what this law has ob small business is horrible. A big corporation will be able to pay the money upfront but a small one won't. This will jeprodize people's livelyhood. You cannot expect a them to have this kind of money. Even if they already use recycled or biodegradable materials. In my opinion this law skipped the nuisance of actually caring about the people...like chat control for example. We are tired of the Eu leaders acting like this, literally helping no-one just acting high and mighty.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549436_en"}, {"id": 33549435, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:57:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "una Art & Design", "feedback": "Als kleine Keramikmanufaktur in Brandenburg, die als Einzelunternehmen geführt wird, übersteigen sowohl der bürokratische Aufwand als auch die Kosten für eine Vertretung im EU-Ausland meine Möglichkeiten einen Gewinn zu erzielen. In Zukunft müsste ich deshalb auf den Versand ausserhalb Deutschlands in einem großen Rahmen komplett verzichten und würde damit über 70% meines Geschäfts verlieren. Eine Freigrenze für kleine Unternehmen sowie ein zentralisiertes Erfassungssystem wären sinnvoll, damit Unternehmen wie meines nicht gegen Player wie Amazon endgültig keine Chance haben. Wenn Ihnen Nachhaltigkeit tatsächlich am Herzen liegt, dürfen Sie die kleinen Unternehmen nicht verschwinden lassen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small ceramic factory in Brandenburg, managed as a sole trader, both the bureaucratic burden and the costs of representation abroad in the EU exceed my ability to make a profit. In future, therefore, I would have to completely refrain from shipping outside Germany on a large scale and would thus lose more than 70 % of my business. An exemption threshold for small businesses and a centralised registration system would make sense so that companies such as myself do not have a definite chance against players such as Amazon. If you really care about sustainability, you must not let small businesses disappear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549435_en"}, {"id": 33549433, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:57:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Avery", "feedback": "As a small business owner, this new regulation will affect men a lot. I do not sell much during the year and only have a few customers spread in the EU, but they still exist, and this regulation would make it impossible. I and many others wouldnt be able to sell anymore and our customers, due to the high fees. And customers would be left without enjoying products and art from other people in a united Europe. Please reconsider the regulation; changing the law so small businesses wont be affected would help every small business all across the continent. We already lost connection to our fellow artists/small business owners in the UK and the US due to high fees. We do not want to be disconnected from our community, customers, artists, and creatives in a united Europe because of some fee! Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, this new regulation will affect men a lot. I do not sell much during the year and only have a few customers spread in the EU, but they still exist, and this regulation would make it impossible. I and many others wouldnt be able to sell anymore and our customers, due to the high fees. And customers would be left without enjoying products and art from other people in a united Europe. Please reconsider the regulation; changing the law so small businesses wont be affected would help every small business all across the continent. We already lost connection to our fellow artists/small business owners in the UK and the US due to high fees. We do not want to be disconnected from our community, customers, artists, and creatives in a united Europe because of some fee! Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549433_en"}, {"id": 33549434, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:56:30", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an environmentally-conscious consumer living in the EU, I am particularly sensitive to the topic of waste management and ensuring that waste is properly recycled. However, the new rule is unfair to small businesses and disproportionate to their ressources. Small businesses are not able to spend extra ressources to apply the new rule and therefore, this leads many of them to stop shipping to other EU countries because they simply cannot comply. This is incredibly disastrous, as it limits EU consumers' access to small businesses in other countries and disproportionately favours bigger companies, for which the new rule is easy to implement. Please consider making an exception for small businesses which are an essential part of the EU's cultural community and already promote a more sustainable way of consuming.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an environmentally-conscious consumer living in the EU, I am particularly sensitive to the topic of waste management and ensuring that waste is properly recycled. However, the new rule is unfair to small businesses and disproportionate to their ressources. Small businesses are not able to spend extra ressources to apply the new rule and therefore, this leads many of them to stop shipping to other EU countries because they simply cannot comply. This is incredibly disastrous, as it limits EU consumers' access to small businesses in other countries and disproportionately favours bigger companies, for which the new rule is easy to implement. Please consider making an exception for small businesses which are an essential part of the EU's cultural community and already promote a more sustainable way of consuming.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549434_en"}, {"id": 33549432, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:55:50", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation places a disproportionate burden on small businesses across Europe, many of which generate very little waste, while having a much smaller impact on large corporations that have the resources to absorb additional administrative and compliance costs. Please reconsider and amend the regulation in a way that protects small businesses rather than putting their survival at risk. Thousands of Europeans are building small businesses and pursuing their dreams, and regulations should not make it unnecessarily difficult for them to operate within the European market. When it is easier to send a package to the other side of the world than to a neighboring country, something is clearly wrong. I strongly urge you to reconsider the practical impact of these requirements on small businesses and introduce a more proportionate and accessible approach. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation places a disproportionate burden on small businesses across Europe, many of which generate very little waste, while having a much smaller impact on large corporations that have the resources to absorb additional administrative and compliance costs. Please reconsider and amend the regulation in a way that protects small businesses rather than putting their survival at risk. Thousands of Europeans are building small businesses and pursuing their dreams, and regulations should not make it unnecessarily difficult for them to operate within the European market. When it is easier to send a package to the other side of the world than to a neighboring country, something is clearly wrong. I strongly urge you to reconsider the practical impact of these requirements on small businesses and introduce a more proportionate and accessible approach. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549432_en"}, {"id": 33549431, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:52:37", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kiddus", "feedback": "I am submitting our formal feedback regarding the rules on national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks. As a European business, I strongly urge the European Commission to simplify, harmonize, and centralize this administrative system across the Single Market. The current fragmented approach poses severe operational, financial, and administrative challengesparticularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): 1. Disproportionate Administrative Burden and Fragmentation Navigating separate registration systems, reporting obligations, language barriers, and fee structures across more than 20 individual EU Member States is unsustainable. Expecting small companies to manage dozens of disparate national compliance schemes and bureaucratic frameworks completely undermines the principle of a frictionless European Single Market. 2. Packaging and Labeling Chaos Divergent national mandates regarding packaging logos, recycling icons, and localized instructions force businesses to either produce country-specific packaging variants or manage overly complex cross-border logistics. This creates unnecessary waste, increases production complexity, and creates artificial non-tariff barriers to trade within the EU. 3. Market Withdrawal and Reduced European Competitiveness The cumulative financial and administrative cost of maintaining 20+ individual registrations is forcing many SMEs to stop selling and shipping to specific EU Member States altogether. Depriving European consumers of access to products from other Member States directly contradicts the spirit of European integration. 4. Cost Escalation Passed Directly to Consumers Multiple compliance fees, local Authorized Representative costs, software systems, and legal advice significantly inflate fixed operational costs. Because small businesses cannot absorb these overheads, this regulatory burden directly drives up product prices for final consumers, fueling inflation without delivering any additional environmental benefit. 5. Call for Urgent Harmonization and a Single Digital Portal To achieve meaningful environmental objectives without penalizing European enterprise, we urgently request: A single, centralized EU digital portal (a \"one-stop shop\") for EPR producer registration and reporting. Unified labeling standards and recycling symbols recognized identically in all Member States. Simplified compliance frameworks and de minimis thresholds specifically designed to protect SMEs. Environmental sustainability must be built on efficiency and harmonization, not on multi-layered bureaucracy that stifles European small businesses. As producers or seller, I already pay a fee for the plastics introduced in the EU when I import products. Also, customers have to be aware of their obligations in terms of recycling, as a business I am paying in advance for a responsability that is not mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting our formal feedback regarding the rules on national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks. As a European business, I strongly urge the European Commission to simplify, harmonize, and centralize this administrative system across the Single Market. The current fragmented approach poses severe operational, financial, and administrative challengesparticularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): 1. Disproportionate Administrative Burden and Fragmentation Navigating separate registration systems, reporting obligations, language barriers, and fee structures across more than 20 individual EU Member States is unsustainable. Expecting small companies to manage dozens of disparate national compliance schemes and bureaucratic frameworks completely undermines the principle of a frictionless European Single Market. 2. Packaging and Labeling Chaos Divergent national mandates regarding packaging logos, recycling icons, and localized instructions force businesses to either produce country-specific packaging variants or manage overly complex cross-border logistics. This creates unnecessary waste, increases production complexity, and creates artificial non-tariff barriers to trade within the EU. 3. Market Withdrawal and Reduced European Competitiveness The cumulative financial and administrative cost of maintaining 20+ individual registrations is forcing many SMEs to stop selling and shipping to specific EU Member States altogether. Depriving European consumers of access to products from other Member States directly contradicts the spirit of European integration. 4. Cost Escalation Passed Directly to Consumers Multiple compliance fees, local Authorized Representative costs, software systems, and legal advice significantly inflate fixed operational costs. Because small businesses cannot absorb these overheads, this regulatory burden directly drives up product prices for final consumers, fueling inflation without delivering any additional environmental benefit. 5. Call for Urgent Harmonization and a Single Digital Portal To achieve meaningful environmental objectives without penalizing European enterprise, we urgently request: A single, centralized EU digital portal (a \"one-stop shop\") for EPR producer registration and reporting. Unified labeling standards and recycling symbols recognized identically in all Member States. Simplified compliance frameworks and de minimis thresholds specifically designed to protect SMEs. Environmental sustainability must be built on efficiency and harmonization, not on multi-layered bureaucracy that stifles European small businesses. As producers or seller, I already pay a fee for the plastics introduced in the EU when I import products. Also, customers have to be aware of their obligations in terms of recycling, as a business I am paying in advance for a responsability that is not mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549431_en"}, {"id": 33549430, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:48:56", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Omoi OY", "feedback": "I do not believe the current approach provides a practical solution to reducing packaging waste. Instead, for many small businesses, it risks becoming effectively a green tax, creating significant costs and administrative burdens without necessarily delivering a proportionate environmental benefit. This is particularly damaging for micro and small businesses trading across the EU. Having to register, report and potentially pay fees separately in multiple Member States creates considerable costs and administration. For a small company, complying with different national systems can become disproportionately expensive compared with the actual amount of packaging it places on the market. Before introducing legislation of this scale, the EU should consider not only the environmental objective, but also how businesses, particularly SMEs and microbusinesses can realistically comply with it. One of the fundamental principles of the EU Single Market is to facilitate the free movement of goods between Member States. However, increasingly fragmented national packaging and recycling requirements risk creating new barriers to cross-border trade. I believe the EU should work towards a single, harmonised system for packaging and recycling obligations. A centralised EU registration and reporting system, similar in principle to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS), would significantly reduce unnecessary administration while still allowing businesses to contribute towards recycling and waste-management costs. Labelling should also be harmonised. There should be one recognised set of recycling and material identification symbols across the EU rather than different national requirements. Requiring numerous country-specific recycling logos and instructions can result in larger and more complicated packaging, which can itself increase material use and waste which is the opposite of what this legislation is intended to achieve. Environmental protection is extremely important, and businesses should play their part. However, environmental legislation needs to provide practical solutions rather than simply adding costs and administrative obligations. The PPWR and related Extended Producer Responsibility requirements should therefore include meaningful simplification and proportionality for micro and small businesses, alongside a genuinely harmonised EU-wide registration, reporting and labelling system. The objective should be simple: reduce packaging waste while making it easier and not harder for small businesses to trade throughout the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not believe the current approach provides a practical solution to reducing packaging waste. Instead, for many small businesses, it risks becoming effectively a green tax, creating significant costs and administrative burdens without necessarily delivering a proportionate environmental benefit. This is particularly damaging for micro and small businesses trading across the EU. Having to register, report and potentially pay fees separately in multiple Member States creates considerable costs and administration. For a small company, complying with different national systems can become disproportionately expensive compared with the actual amount of packaging it places on the market. Before introducing legislation of this scale, the EU should consider not only the environmental objective, but also how businesses, particularly SMEs and microbusinesses can realistically comply with it. One of the fundamental principles of the EU Single Market is to facilitate the free movement of goods between Member States. However, increasingly fragmented national packaging and recycling requirements risk creating new barriers to cross-border trade. I believe the EU should work towards a single, harmonised system for packaging and recycling obligations. A centralised EU registration and reporting system, similar in principle to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS), would significantly reduce unnecessary administration while still allowing businesses to contribute towards recycling and waste-management costs. Labelling should also be harmonised. There should be one recognised set of recycling and material identification symbols across the EU rather than different national requirements. Requiring numerous country-specific recycling logos and instructions can result in larger and more complicated packaging, which can itself increase material use and waste which is the opposite of what this legislation is intended to achieve. Environmental protection is extremely important, and businesses should play their part. However, environmental legislation needs to provide practical solutions rather than simply adding costs and administrative obligations. The PPWR and related Extended Producer Responsibility requirements should therefore include meaningful simplification and proportionality for micro and small businesses, alongside a genuinely harmonised EU-wide registration, reporting and labelling system. The objective should be simple: reduce packaging waste while making it easier and not harder for small businesses to trade throughout the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549430_en"}, {"id": 33549427, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:38:58", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis une jeune acheteuse de petits commerçants, ces nouvelles règles sont complètement affreuse pour les petits commerces indépendants qui ne peuvent survivre seulement grâce au commerce international. Ces règles mises en places mettent une barrière pour l'envoi de colis et rendent donc ces petits business sans aucune issue de secours. Merci de soit:- assouplir les règles pour les petits commerçants qui ne peuvent pas, financièrement parlant se permettre d'envoyer dans le reste de l'UE à cause de cette règle. - tout simplement retirer cette règle Merci de votre écoute.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a young buyer of small traders, these new rules are completely stark for small independent traders who cannot survive only thanks to international trade. These rules put in place a barrier for sending parcels and therefore make these small businesses without any emergency exit. Please either: – relax the rules for small traders who cannot afford to send to the rest of the EU because of this rule. — simply remove this rule Thank you for listening.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549427_en"}, {"id": 33549425, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:32:52", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SIA Ozolins pottery", "feedback": "Im micro business owned and this regulation technically closed open EU market for me- Im not major exporter to any EU country and financial and bureaucratic burden for delivering 1-5 packages packages to 5-10 EU countries per year doesnt make any sense of any small business. I think there should be better and more streamlined solutions for this like yearly revenue threshold, centralized registration - something that supports idea of open market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im micro business owned and this regulation technically closed open EU market for me- Im not major exporter to any EU country and financial and bureaucratic burden for delivering 1-5 packages packages to 5-10 EU countries per year doesnt make any sense of any small business. I think there should be better and more streamlined solutions for this like yearly revenue threshold, centralized registration - something that supports idea of open market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549425_en"}, {"id": 33549424, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:32:14", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This proposal will absolutely destroy small businesses across the EU, as the fees for sending goods to another EU country are substantial for a small business budget and economy. A possible solution is that for example only businesses with a revenue over 100 000 pay fees, while those under are exempt. A core value of the union is to make it easier for the members to cooperate and move goods and wares between country borders, but the financial consequences for this law is in contradiction to that.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal will absolutely destroy small businesses across the EU, as the fees for sending goods to another EU country are substantial for a small business budget and economy. A possible solution is that for example only businesses with a revenue over 100 000 pay fees, while those under are exempt. A core value of the union is to make it easier for the members to cooperate and move goods and wares between country borders, but the financial consequences for this law is in contradiction to that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549424_en"}, {"id": 33549423, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:28:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: EU Packaging Rules Bureaucracy Is Destroying Cross-Border Trade for Small Businesses Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to express my strong criticism of the new EU rules concerning national packaging registers. I am a small German online entrepreneur and develop and manufacture my own products. Until now, I have also sold my products to customers throughout the EU. As a direct consequence of these new rules, I will stop shipping to other EU Member States from 12 August 2026. In the future, I will only ship to Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This is not because I do not want to sell to European customers. It is because I simply cannot see any reasonable purpose in having to deal with 27 different national systems in order to make a small number of cross-border sales. For every country, I have to find out: Which register? Which recycling system? What fees? What reporting requirements? What additional obligations? Do I need a local authorised representative? And what exactly is this representative actually going to do for me? I have looked at Austria as an example. According to my research, the costs for the recycling system and an authorised representative already amount to approximately 450. And Austria is only one of 27 EU Member States. Quite honestly: What is a small entrepreneur supposed to do with a system like this? I suspect only the people who designed these rules can understand the logic behind it. I have absolutely no problem paying for the recycling of my packaging. I am registered in Germany and properly pay for the recycling of the packaging I place on the German market. But why does the EU have to turn this into a bureaucratic patchwork of 27 national systems? A single European platform for all 27 Member States would have been perfectly possible: register once, report the packaging quantities once, pay one transparent fee done. That would have been a sensible European solution. Instead, small businesses are being made less and less able to participate in cross-border trade. A large corporation can employ legal departments, tax advisers and compliance teams to deal with this bureaucracy. A small online business cannot. I develop my products, manufacture them, run my online shop, handle marketing and customer service, pack the orders and ship them myself. The consequence of these rules is therefore completely absurd: The EU claims to want a European Single Market yet I am withdrawing from that Single Market because of European regulations. And I am certain that I am not the only one. Many small online shops will stop selling to other EU countries or will stop offering certain products altogether. This means less competition, less choice and ultimately greater market power for large platforms such as Amazon and eBay. I do not want to accuse the EU of deliberately intending this outcome. But the practical effect inevitably raises the question: Does the EU still want competition from thousands of small businesses, or is the market increasingly being shaped in favour of the large platforms? I fully support environmental protection and recycling. But regulation must be proportionate. Twenty-seven registrations, different national systems, different costs and potentially 27 authorised representatives are not a simplification of the Single Market for a small business they are a barrier to trade. I therefore call for a genuine European solution: One platform. One registration. One transparent procedure. Reasonable costs. The current system, in my view, achieves exactly the opposite of what the EU claims the Single Market is supposed to achieve. I want to sell to European customers. The EU is making it unnecessarily difficult. Yours faithfully, Jan Oerter", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: EU Packaging Rules Bureaucracy Is Destroying Cross-Border Trade for Small Businesses Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to express my strong criticism of the new EU rules concerning national packaging registers. I am a small German online entrepreneur and develop and manufacture my own products. Until now, I have also sold my products to customers throughout the EU. As a direct consequence of these new rules, I will stop shipping to other EU Member States from 12 August 2026. In the future, I will only ship to Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This is not because I do not want to sell to European customers. It is because I simply cannot see any reasonable purpose in having to deal with 27 different national systems in order to make a small number of cross-border sales. For every country, I have to find out: Which register? Which recycling system? What fees? What reporting requirements? What additional obligations? Do I need a local authorised representative? And what exactly is this representative actually going to do for me? I have looked at Austria as an example. According to my research, the costs for the recycling system and an authorised representative already amount to approximately 450. And Austria is only one of 27 EU Member States. Quite honestly: What is a small entrepreneur supposed to do with a system like this? I suspect only the people who designed these rules can understand the logic behind it. I have absolutely no problem paying for the recycling of my packaging. I am registered in Germany and properly pay for the recycling of the packaging I place on the German market. But why does the EU have to turn this into a bureaucratic patchwork of 27 national systems? A single European platform for all 27 Member States would have been perfectly possible: register once, report the packaging quantities once, pay one transparent fee done. That would have been a sensible European solution. Instead, small businesses are being made less and less able to participate in cross-border trade. A large corporation can employ legal departments, tax advisers and compliance teams to deal with this bureaucracy. A small online business cannot. I develop my products, manufacture them, run my online shop, handle marketing and customer service, pack the orders and ship them myself. The consequence of these rules is therefore completely absurd: The EU claims to want a European Single Market yet I am withdrawing from that Single Market because of European regulations. And I am certain that I am not the only one. Many small online shops will stop selling to other EU countries or will stop offering certain products altogether. This means less competition, less choice and ultimately greater market power for large platforms such as Amazon and eBay. I do not want to accuse the EU of deliberately intending this outcome. But the practical effect inevitably raises the question: Does the EU still want competition from thousands of small businesses, or is the market increasingly being shaped in favour of the large platforms? I fully support environmental protection and recycling. But regulation must be proportionate. Twenty-seven registrations, different national systems, different costs and potentially 27 authorised representatives are not a simplification of the Single Market for a small business they are a barrier to trade. I therefore call for a genuine European solution: One platform. One registration. One transparent procedure. Reasonable costs. The current system, in my view, achieves exactly the opposite of what the EU claims the Single Market is supposed to achieve. I want to sell to European customers. The EU is making it unnecessarily difficult. Yours faithfully, Jan Oerter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549423_en"}, {"id": 33549422, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:26:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fischer Lederwaren und Accessoires", "feedback": "Dieses neue Gesetz ist eine ernste Besrohung für meine Existenz als Kleinunternehmerin. Für jedes einzelne EU Land, in das ich versende, eine eigene Anmeldung, eigene Kosten. Der bürokratische Aufwand ist extrem hoch und bei den wenigen Bestellungen, die ich ins EU Ausland versend praktisch nicht machbar. Freimengen für kleine Unternehmen wie uns sowie eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sind zwingend notwendig, damit der Aufwand und die Belastung für kleine Unternehmen machbar bleibt. Sonst kann man nicht anders als von einer Bevorteilung von großen Unternehmen und einem gezielten Wettbewerbsabbau zu sprechen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is a serious threat to my existence as a small businessman. For each EU country I am sending to, a separate application, own costs. The bureaucratic burden is extremely high and practically unfeasible for the few orders I send abroad in the EU. Allowances for small businesses such as us, as well as a one-stop shop, are essential to keep the burden and burden on small businesses feasible. Otherwise, we can only speak of an advantage for large undertakings and a targeted reduction in competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549422_en"}, {"id": 33549421, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:26:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: EU-Verpackungsregeln Bürokratie zerstört den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte meine deutliche Kritik an den neuen EU-Regelungen zu den nationalen Verpackungsregistern zum Ausdruck bringen. Ich bin ein kleiner deutscher Onlineunternehmer und entwickle und produziere meine eigenen Produkte. Bisher habe ich meine Waren auch innerhalb der EU verkauft. Aufgrund dieser neuen Regelungen werde ich den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ab dem 12. August 2026 einstellen. Künftig versende ich nur noch nach Deutschland, in die Schweiz und nach Großbritannien. Nicht weil ich nicht nach Europa verkaufen möchte, sondern weil ich schlicht keinen vernünftigen Sinn darin sehe, mich für einen kleinen grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit 27 verschiedenen nationalen Systemen auseinanderzusetzen. Für jedes Land muss ich herausfinden: Welches Register? Welches Recycling-System? Welche Gebühren? Welche Meldungen? Welche zusätzlichen Verpflichtungen? Brauche ich einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten? Und was macht dieser überhaupt konkret für mich? Ich habe beispielsweise Österreich geprüft. Dort entstehen für mich nach meiner Recherche bereits ungefähr 450 Euro für Recycling-System und Bevollmächtigten. Und Österreich ist nur eines von 27 EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Ganz ehrlich: Was soll ein kleiner Unternehmer mit einem solchen System anfangen? Das versteht wahrscheinlich nur derjenige, der diese Regelungen entwickelt hat. Ich habe überhaupt kein Problem damit, für das Recycling meiner Verpackungen zu bezahlen. Ich registriere mich in Deutschland und bezahle dort ordnungsgemäß für meine Verpackungen. Aber warum muss die EU daraus einen bürokratischen Flickenteppich aus 27 nationalen Systemen machen? Eine einzige europäische Plattform für alle 27 Mitgliedstaaten wäre problemlos denkbar gewesen: einmal registrieren, Verpackungsmengen melden, eine transparente Gebühr bezahlen fertig. Das wäre eine sinnvolle europäische Lösung gewesen. Stattdessen wird kleinen Unternehmen der grenzüberschreitende Handel immer schwerer gemacht. Ein großer Konzern kann dafür Rechtsabteilungen, Steuerberater und Compliance-Abteilungen beschäftigen. Ein kleiner Onlinehändler kann das nicht. Ich entwickle meine Produkte, produziere sie, betreibe meinen Shop, mache Marketing, Kundenservice, Verpackung und Versand selbst. Die Konsequenz dieser Regelung ist deshalb völlig absurd: Die EU möchte einen europäischen Binnenmarkt schaffen und ich ziehe mich wegen europäischer Vorschriften aus diesem Binnenmarkt zurück. Und ich bin sicher, dass ich damit nicht allein bin. Viele kleine Onlineshops werden den Verkauf in andere EU-Länder einstellen oder bestimmte Produkte überhaupt nicht mehr anbieten. Das bedeutet weniger Wettbewerb, weniger Auswahl und letztlich höhere Marktmacht für die großen Plattformen wie Amazon und eBay. Ich möchte der EU nicht unterstellen, dass genau dies beabsichtigt ist. Aber der praktische Effekt lässt einen genau das fragen: Will die EU überhaupt noch Wettbewerb durch tausende kleine Unternehmen oder wird der Markt zunehmend für die großen Plattformen geschaffen? Ich unterstütze Umweltschutz und Recycling. Aber eine Regelung muss verhältnismäßig sein. 27 Registrierungen, unterschiedliche nationale Systeme, unterschiedliche Kosten und möglicherweise 27 Bevollmächtigte sind für einen kleinen Händler keine Vereinfachung des Binnenmarktes es ist eine Handelsbarriere. Ich fordere daher eine echte europäische Lösung: Eine Plattform. Eine Registrierung. Ein transparentes Verfahren. Angemessene Kosten. Die derzeitige Regelung erreicht aus meiner Sicht genau das Gegenteil dessen, was die EU mit dem Binnenmarkt eigentlich erreichen wollte. Ich möchte verkaufen. Die EU macht es mir unnötig schwer. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jan Oerter", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: EU packaging rules bureaucracy destroys cross-border trade for small businesses Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to express my strong criticism of the new EU rules on national packaging registers. I am a small German e-business, developing and producing my own products. So far, I have also sold my goods within the EU. Due to these new rules, I will stop shipping to other EU Member States as of 12 August 2026. In future, I will only send to Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Not because I don’t want to sell to Europe, but because I simply don’t think it makes sense to deal with 27 different national systems for a small cross-border sale. For each country, I have to find out: Which register? Which recycling scheme? What are the fees? Which notifications? What additional obligations? Do I need a local plenipotentiary? And what does this actually do for me? I have examined Austria, for example. According to my research, I already incur around EUR 450 for the recycling system and authorised representatives there. And Austria is only one of the 27 EU Member States. Honestly: What should a small entrepreneur start with such a system? That is likely to be understood only by the person who developed those rules. I have no problem paying for the recycling of my packaging I register in Germany and pay there correctly for my packaging. But why does the EU have to make this a bureaucratic patchwork of 27 national systems? A single European platform for all 27 Member States could easily have been envisaged: register once, report packaging volumes, pay a transparent fee. This would have been a sensible European solution. Instead, it makes cross-border trade increasingly difficult for small businesses. A large group can employ legal departments, tax advisors and compliance departments for this purpose. A small online trader cannot do this. I develop my products, produce them, run my shop, carry out marketing, customer service, packaging and shipping myself. The consequence of this rule is therefore completely absurd: The EU wants to create a European single market and I am withdrawing from it because of European rules. And I am sure that I am not alone. Many small online shops will stop selling to other EU countries or stop offering certain products at all. This means less competition, less choice and ultimately more market power for the big platforms such as Amazon and eBay. I do not want to presume to the EU that this is the intention. But the practical effect makes one question just that: Does the EU still want competition from thousands of small businesses at all, or is the market increasingly being created for the big platforms? I support environmental protection and recycling. But rules must be proportionate. 27 registrations, different national systems, different costs and possibly 27 authorised representatives are not a simplification of the internal market for a small trader. It is a barrier to trade. I therefore call for a genuine European solution: A platform. A registration. A transparent process. Reasonable costs. In my view, the current regime achieves exactly the opposite of what the EU intended to achieve with the single market. I want to sell. The EU makes it unnecessarily difficult for me. (Complimentary close) Jan Oerter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549421_en"}, {"id": 33549420, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:20:31", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Other Editions", "feedback": "This is going to crush small businesses. We dont have the staff or budget to deal with all this extra paperwork and proof-of-compliance stuff: its built for big companies, not people like us. Please add real exemptions or a simpler process for small businesses before you start enforcing this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to crush small businesses. We dont have the staff or budget to deal with all this extra paperwork and proof-of-compliance stuff: its built for big companies, not people like us. Please add real exemptions or a simpler process for small businesses before you start enforcing this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549420_en"}, {"id": 33549419, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:14:50", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please dont completely destroy small businesses. This new law wouldnt be a big deal for big companies, which are also the ones responsible for larger amounts of packaging, but it would be deadly for small, often one-person businesses that sell their art and handmade products. I really hope you can find a good solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please dont completely destroy small businesses. This new law wouldnt be a big deal for big companies, which are also the ones responsible for larger amounts of packaging, but it would be deadly for small, often one-person businesses that sell their art and handmade products. I really hope you can find a good solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549419_en"}, {"id": 33549418, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:01:53", "country": "DNK", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wir als kleiner Onlineshop versenden max. 5 Kilogramm im Jahr zwischen Deutschland und Dänemark So das wir mit dem neuen Gesetzt leider unseren Onlineshop schließen müssen. Das neue Gesetz kostet mich rund 300 in Dänemark und ich muss mich Anmelden. Um soviel Gewinnspanne zu haben habe ich erst bei über 1000 Pakete. Die Gebühren sind reine Abzocke und helfen nur dem Staat und nicht der Umwelt.Umweltfreundlich kennt man in DK nicht. Da die Gebühren im EU vergleich 300% teuerer sind. Eine Regelung für kleine Mengen bis 10 Kilogramm und die Eu einheitlich vom preis sind wären wünschenswert.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small online shop, we send a maximum of 5 kg per year between Germany and Denmark. Unfortunately, with the new law, we have to close our online shop. The new law costs me around 300 in Denmark and I have to register. In order to have such a profit margin, I only have more than 1000 parcels. The fees are purely sacrifices and only help the state and not the environment. Fees are 300 % more expensive than in the EU. A regulation for small quantities of up to 10 kilograms and the EU uniformly from the price would be desirable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549418_en"}, {"id": 33549417, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 07:00:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Atelier Quinze", "feedback": "Today I was horrified to read of yet another EU law change that will have an enormous and detrimental effect to my business. As if the obligatory electronic invoicing system was not bad enough for a small enterprise to have to sign up for, now this. As a micro entrepreneur based in France I thought, wrongly, that creating and selling my work within the EU would be straightforward and with minimal outside interference. How wrong could I be. This latest initiative will have no other effect than to put more small business owners out of business. What exactly is the point of the EU as an organisation if not to foster and encourage co-operation within member states? This latest bright idea will only serve to hammer the final nail into the coffins of so many small enterprises already struggling to stay in business. I will have to give serious consideration as to whether I can continue to stay in business. All hail the EU dream.", "feedbackEnglish": "Today I was horrified to read of yet another EU law change that will have an enormous and detrimental effect to my business. As if the obligatory electronic invoicing system was not bad enough for a small enterprise to have to sign up for, now this. As a micro entrepreneur based in France I thought, wrongly, that creating and selling my work within the EU would be straightforward and with minimal outside interference. How wrong could I be. This latest initiative will have no other effect than to put more small business owners out of business. What exactly is the point of the EU as an organisation if not to foster and encourage co-operation within member states? This latest bright idea will only serve to hammer the final nail into the coffins of so many small enterprises already struggling to stay in business. I will have to give serious consideration as to whether I can continue to stay in business. All hail the EU dream.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549417_en"}, {"id": 33549415, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:55:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verordnung bringt zu viel Bürokratie für kleine Unternehmen mit sich. Sie können es aufgrund von fehlendem Personal nicht stemmen oder es ist in Summe unwirtschaftlich. Bitte prüfen Sie, ob es möglich ist, für kleine Händler Freimengen einzuführen, um so die bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung erheblich zu reduzieren!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation creates too much red tape for small businesses. They cannot cope due to a lack of staff or it is overall uneconomic. Please check whether it is possible to introduce allowances for small traders in order to significantly reduce the administrative and financial burden!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549415_en"}, {"id": 33549414, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:43:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are killing small businesses. Most of us do not have the money to pay for it. I am one person company, selling my handmade goods and I can't afford it.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are killing small businesses. Most of us do not have the money to pay for it. I am one person company, selling my handmade goods and I can't afford it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549414_en"}, {"id": 33549413, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:42:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Illustratorin ", "feedback": "Es ist ein lobenswerter Ansatz Verpackungsmüll reduzieren zu wollen und ich habe kein Pronomen damit auf umweltfreundliche Kartonage zurück zu greifen. Aber wie sollen kleine Künstler wie ich uns das leisten können? Ich beliefere neben Deutschland 8 EU Länder regelmäßig, je nur kleine Umsätze teilweise weit unter 1000 im Jahr im gesamten aber lohnenswert. Das kann ich jetzt nicht mehr, ich stelle den Versand ein. Niederlande zB. kostet ab 299 im Jahr weil ich einen Vermittler einstellen muss. Ich muss um Voraus bezahlen obwohl ich noch gar nicht abschätzen kann wieviel ich wirklich versenden werde. Für uns Kleinen eine Katastrophe. Ich kann gar nicht in Worte fassen wie mich das aufwühlt. Ich sehe sich hunderte kleine Handarbeitsgeschäfte von ihren EU Kunden verabschieden weil sie es sich nicht leisten können. Es ist so traurig weil das hat die EU ausgemacht, der einfache Handel und die bunte Vielfalt über die Grenzen hinaus. Warum schafft man dann nicht ein einheitliches System? Oder eine Abrechnung am Geschäftsjahresende mit echten Zahlen und Fakten? Umweltschutz ist für mich Pfandflaschen, wie es sie in Deutschland gibt. Plastiktüten verbieten oder Plastikverpackung im Einzelhandel. Ich hoffe wirklich dass dieses Gesetz nochmal ordentlich durchdacht wird. Freundliche Grüße Melanie", "feedbackEnglish": "Reducing packaging waste is a laudable approach and I do not have a pronoun using eco-friendly cardboard. But how can small artists like me afford it? In addition to Germany, I regularly supply 8 EU countries, each with a small turnover, sometimes well below 1000 a year, but worthwhile overall. I can no longer do this, I will stop sending it. The Netherlands, for example, costs 299 a year or more because I have to hire an intermediary. I have to pay for it in advance, although I cannot yet estimate how much I will actually send. A catastrophe for our small people. I cannot say this in words at all, as I feel. I see hundreds of small handicraft shops being accepted by their EU customers because they cannot afford them. It’s so sad that the EU has found it easy to trade and its multifaceted diversity beyond its borders. Why not create a uniform system? Or a statement of accounts at the end of the financial year with real facts and figures? For me, environmental protection is a deposit bottle, as is the case in Germany. Ban plastic bags or retail plastic packaging. I really hope that this law will be properly rethought. Best regards, Melanie", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549413_en"}, {"id": 33549410, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:35:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, all over the internet I read about small businesses that cannot sell within the EU anymore, bands that can only sell merchandise within their own country due to the increased costs and bureaucracy. Creating more barriers and obstacles... Is this Europe? Not in my book. Best regards Eckhard Doll", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, all over the internet I read about small businesses that cannot sell within the EU anymore, bands that can only sell merchandise within their own country due to the increased costs and bureaucracy. Creating more barriers and obstacles... Is this Europe? Not in my book. Best regards Eckhard Doll", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549410_en"}, {"id": 33549409, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:30:14", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "JoLi Kriga AB", "feedback": "As a small business owner in Sweden, selling arts and crafts, we had plans to open up for sales within the EU. But these new rules make this impossible. With no sales today in other countries today we have no idea how much or little we will sell, but the fixed fees and administrational work alone would well surpass the income. We were happy to be able to sell within the EU, not even having to declare taxes in the different countries in the beginning when our sales are low. And when we do, we can use OSS. But now this came along and put that wall up between the EU countries again. We agree that the environment is important, but small companies are often already very conscious. What we are not is rich, or in an abundance of time. This will only add to the giant companies dominance and fight back the small ones. David vs. Goliat all over. Is this the world you want? Where AI and giants take over, and us small creators are pushed back and soon long gone due to not being able to survive in this world of giants?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner in Sweden, selling arts and crafts, we had plans to open up for sales within the EU. But these new rules make this impossible. With no sales today in other countries today we have no idea how much or little we will sell, but the fixed fees and administrational work alone would well surpass the income. We were happy to be able to sell within the EU, not even having to declare taxes in the different countries in the beginning when our sales are low. And when we do, we can use OSS. But now this came along and put that wall up between the EU countries again. We agree that the environment is important, but small companies are often already very conscious. What we are not is rich, or in an abundance of time. This will only add to the giant companies dominance and fight back the small ones. David vs. Goliat all over. Is this the world you want? Where AI and giants take over, and us small creators are pushed back and soon long gone due to not being able to survive in this world of giants?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549409_en"}, {"id": 33549408, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:28:48", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have a veey small business, barely enough to make a living, but since I opened it I have used plastic free shipping, from the carboard outside to the interior, I have so many other ways where I try to be sustainable, from the inks I use to the paper I print in. With this law you will make my small business disaapear, I do not drop ship, I am an artist, I sell my own art that takes months to complete, how am I suppose to compete in this economy anymore? Its impossible for me to even attempt it if this law comes. I already barely get a profit. Please focus in big companies, small business are not the ones making an issue", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a veey small business, barely enough to make a living, but since I opened it I have used plastic free shipping, from the carboard outside to the interior, I have so many other ways where I try to be sustainable, from the inks I use to the paper I print in. With this law you will make my small business disaapear, I do not drop ship, I am an artist, I sell my own art that takes months to complete, how am I suppose to compete in this economy anymore? Its impossible for me to even attempt it if this law comes. I already barely get a profit. Please focus in big companies, small business are not the ones making an issue", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549408_en"}, {"id": 33549407, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:27:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Flinkhand Shop", "feedback": "Guten Morgen, ich bin Solo-Selbständige Onlinehändlerin mit einem Jahresumsatz von 250.000 . Den Großteil meines Umsatzes mache ich in Deutschland. Ich habe aber monatlich ca. 5-10 Bestellungen aus dem EU Raum außerhalb Deutschlands, und zwar aus allen möglichen EU Ländern außer Österreich. Nach Österreich habe ich nicht mehr geliefert, seit das Land einen Bevollmächtigten für den Verpackungsmüll zur Verpflichtung gemacht hat. Meine Margen sind nicht sehr groß, und nach Corona musste ich mich finanziell massiv einschränken. Da kann ich keine 26 Beauftragten bezahlen, nur weil ein paar Pakete pro Jahr ins Ausland gehen. Wer soll denn das bezahlen? Das kostet zwischen 100 und 500 pro Land und Jahr. Ich kann das nicht stemmen, ich muss doch auch essen! Das ist gegen die Idee der EU und sorgt dafür, dass die kleinen Händler vom EU Markt verschwinden. Ich habe meinen Shop gestern umgestellt und versende ab sofort nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands. Ich denke auch nicht, dass diese Regulierung zu weniger Verpackungsmülll führt, sondern dass hier nur Gelder verschoben werden. Der Endkunde wirft seinen Müll weiterhin in die Mülltonnen, die vor seiner Tür stehen, egal, ob ich jetzt einen Bevollmächtigten dafür bezahle oder nicht. Das ist Geldschieberei, erhöht die Kosten bei den Händlern und senkt in keiner Weise die Anzahl an Versandkartons. Was allerdings passiert ist, dass Kunden, die Nieschenprodukte suchen, die es nicht bei Herrn Bezos zu kaufen gibt, ein Problem haben, weil die Händler sie niciht mehr beliefern. Auch die Definition von \"Erzeuger\" ist sehr schwammig. Danke, dass ich einen Aufkleber auf einen Karton kleben darf, ohne gleich als Erzeuger zu gelten. Das ist alles sehr kleinteilig kompliziert, was Sie sich da ausgedacht haben. Wenn ich jetzt einen Stempel auf meinen Außenkarton mache (und das habe ich bisher gemacht, für den Fall, dass das Etikett beim Versand abgerissen wird), bin ich dann schon Erzeuger?! Das ist doch Unsinn. Diese Regulierung führt nicht zu weniger Bürokratie sondern zu mehr. Sie führt nicht zu weniger Müll sondern zu mehr Verwaltung von Müll. Und sie verdrängt die kleine und mittleren Unternehmen vom EU Markt. Sorry Leute, aber das ist gegen die europäische Idee. Gruß aus Berlin, Claudia Deutscher", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, I am a solo self-employed online trader with an annual turnover of 250.000. I do most of my turnover in Germany. However, I have around 5-10 orders per month from the EU area outside Germany, from all possible EU countries except Austria. I have not delivered to Austria since Austria made an authorised representative for packaging waste an obligation. My margins are not very large, and after the COVID-19 pandemic I had to limit my finances massively. I cannot pay 26 agents just because a few parcels go abroad every year. Who should pay for it? This costs between 100 and 500 per country per year. I cannot do this, but I also have to eat! This is against the idea of the EU and makes small traders disappear from the EU market. I changed my shop yesterday and now send it only within Germany. Nor do I think that this regulation will lead to less packaging waste, but that only money will be shifted here. The final customer continues to throw his rubbish into the bins in front of his door, regardless of whether I now pay an agent for it or not. This is money-shifting, increases costs for traders and in no way reduces the number of shipping boxes. What happened, however, is that customers looking for riveting products that are not available to buy from Mr Bezos have a problem because traders do not supply them more. The definition of ‘producer’ is also very vague. Thank you for being allowed to stick a sticker on a carton without being considered as a producer. All of this is very complicated in a very small number of respects. If I stamp my outer carton now (and I have done so far, in case the label is demolished during shipping), am I already a producer?! That’s a sense of nonsense. This regulation does not lead to less bureaucracy, but to more. It does not lead to less waste, but to more waste management. And it drives small and medium-sized enterprises out of the EU market. Sorry people, but this is against the European idea. Greeting from Berlin, Claudia Deutscher", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549407_en"}, {"id": 33549406, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:09:38", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, including waste reduction, increased recyclability and the principle that producers should contribute to the costs of managing packaging waste. However, I am deeply concerned that the current cross-border EPR framework creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses operating within the EU Single Market. A micro-business established in one EU Member State may sell only a few products per year to customers in several other Member States. Under the current framework, such a business may be required to deal with separate national registrations, EPR schemes, reporting obligations and, in some cases, authorised representatives in each destination country. The environmental impact of a few kilograms of recyclable cardboard packaging can therefore result in hundreds or even thousands of euros of fixed compliance costs. This is not proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. More importantly, it creates an economic barrier to cross-border trade inside the European Union. A small Croatian business, for example, should not find it administratively easier to sell a product to a customer outside the EU than to customers in Austria, Germany, Slovenia or France. This is contrary to the practical idea of the EU Single Market. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a simplified EU-wide system for micro and small businesses. In particular, I propose: * an EU EPR One-Stop-Shop, similar to the VAT OSS system, where a business registers once in its Member State of establishment, reports packaging quantities by destination country and pays the corresponding fees through a single system; * removal of the requirement for micro and small businesses established within the EU to appoint separate authorised representatives in other Member States; * a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the actual amount or weight of packaging placed on a national market; * harmonised registration, reporting categories and deadlines throughout the EU; * EPR fees that are proportional to the actual quantity and type of packaging rather than high fixed administrative costs; * simplified reporting for businesses using very small quantities of fully recyclable paper and cardboard packaging. Environmental responsibility should be preserved, but compliance must be proportionate. A producer placing one kilogram of recyclable cardboard on the market should contribute appropriately to the cost of managing that kilogram of material. They should not face hundreds of euros of administrative costs simply because the customer happens to live in another EU Member State. The EU has already demonstrated with the VAT One-Stop-Shop that cross-border obligations can be administered centrally while revenues are allocated to the appropriate Member States. A similar approach to packaging EPR would protect environmental objectives without fragmenting the Single Market or discouraging small European businesses from selling across EU borders. I urge the Commission to address this issue before the current system forces micro-businesses to restrict sales to their domestic markets or stop selling to certain EU Member States altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, including waste reduction, increased recyclability and the principle that producers should contribute to the costs of managing packaging waste. However, I am deeply concerned that the current cross-border EPR framework creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses operating within the EU Single Market. A micro-business established in one EU Member State may sell only a few products per year to customers in several other Member States. Under the current framework, such a business may be required to deal with separate national registrations, EPR schemes, reporting obligations and, in some cases, authorised representatives in each destination country. The environmental impact of a few kilograms of recyclable cardboard packaging can therefore result in hundreds or even thousands of euros of fixed compliance costs. This is not proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. More importantly, it creates an economic barrier to cross-border trade inside the European Union. A small Croatian business, for example, should not find it administratively easier to sell a product to a customer outside the EU than to customers in Austria, Germany, Slovenia or France. This is contrary to the practical idea of the EU Single Market. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a simplified EU-wide system for micro and small businesses. In particular, I propose: * an EU EPR One-Stop-Shop, similar to the VAT OSS system, where a business registers once in its Member State of establishment, reports packaging quantities by destination country and pays the corresponding fees through a single system; * removal of the requirement for micro and small businesses established within the EU to appoint separate authorised representatives in other Member States; * a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the actual amount or weight of packaging placed on a national market; * harmonised registration, reporting categories and deadlines throughout the EU; * EPR fees that are proportional to the actual quantity and type of packaging rather than high fixed administrative costs; * simplified reporting for businesses using very small quantities of fully recyclable paper and cardboard packaging. Environmental responsibility should be preserved, but compliance must be proportionate. A producer placing one kilogram of recyclable cardboard on the market should contribute appropriately to the cost of managing that kilogram of material. They should not face hundreds of euros of administrative costs simply because the customer happens to live in another EU Member State. The EU has already demonstrated with the VAT One-Stop-Shop that cross-border obligations can be administered centrally while revenues are allocated to the appropriate Member States. A similar approach to packaging EPR would protect environmental objectives without fragmenting the Single Market or discouraging small European businesses from selling across EU borders. I urge the Commission to address this issue before the current system forces micro-businesses to restrict sales to their domestic markets or stop selling to certain EU Member States altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549406_en"}, {"id": 33549405, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 06:03:42", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Shoe designer", "feedback": "Please do not make the Single Market unaffordable for Europes smallest businesses Dear Madams & Sirs, I am the founder of a Swedish micro-enterprise. We design and sell custom made shoes made in Italy to customers across Europe. Sustainability is very important to us; Our business model is to only produce what we sell in order to minimize waste and energy. In several EU countries we sell fewer than 20 pairs per year, representing perhaps only 510 kg of packaging. I support the environmental ambitions of PPWR. But I am deeply concerned that its cross-border EPR requirements could have a devastating unintended consequence for businesses like mine. Separate registrations, EPR systems, fees, reporting requirements and potentially authorised representatives in every Member State may be manageable for large multinational companies. For a micro-enterprise selling ten ot twenty products into a country, these fixed costs can make selling there economically impossible. The rational response will be heartbreaking but unavoidable: we will have to stop selling to consumers in those EU countries. That is why this feels so contrary to what Europe has spent decades building. One of the greatest achievements of the EU is the Single Market. My business embodies that idea: a Swedish company selling products made in Italy freely to customers in Germany, France, Denmark, Poland, Greece and elsewhere in Europe. PPWR now risks creating new administrative borders where physical borders were removed. Large corporations will remain able to trade throughout Europe, while the smallest European businesses may be forced back into their domestic markets. Surely this cannot be the intended outcome. A micro-enterprise responsible for 5 kg of packaging should not face essentially the same cross-border compliance infrastructure as a multinational responsible for thousands of tonnes. I urge the EU to introduce genuine proportionality and meaningful protection for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border volumes. Please do not let legislation intended to protect our shared European environment unintentionally undermine another European ideal: a Single Market in which even the smallest European business has the freedom to trade across our borders. With hope that the ideal of a free EU market will survive, also for the small businesses, I thank you. Sincerely, MIA BENCKER Sweden", "feedbackEnglish": "Please do not make the Single Market unaffordable for Europes smallest businesses Dear Madams & Sirs, I am the founder of a Swedish micro-enterprise. We design and sell custom made shoes made in Italy to customers across Europe. Sustainability is very important to us; Our business model is to only produce what we sell in order to minimize waste and energy. In several EU countries we sell fewer than 20 pairs per year, representing perhaps only 510 kg of packaging. I support the environmental ambitions of PPWR. But I am deeply concerned that its cross-border EPR requirements could have a devastating unintended consequence for businesses like mine. Separate registrations, EPR systems, fees, reporting requirements and potentially authorised representatives in every Member State may be manageable for large multinational companies. For a micro-enterprise selling ten ot twenty products into a country, these fixed costs can make selling there economically impossible. The rational response will be heartbreaking but unavoidable: we will have to stop selling to consumers in those EU countries. That is why this feels so contrary to what Europe has spent decades building. One of the greatest achievements of the EU is the Single Market. My business embodies that idea: a Swedish company selling products made in Italy freely to customers in Germany, France, Denmark, Poland, Greece and elsewhere in Europe. PPWR now risks creating new administrative borders where physical borders were removed. Large corporations will remain able to trade throughout Europe, while the smallest European businesses may be forced back into their domestic markets. Surely this cannot be the intended outcome. A micro-enterprise responsible for 5 kg of packaging should not face essentially the same cross-border compliance infrastructure as a multinational responsible for thousands of tonnes. I urge the EU to introduce genuine proportionality and meaningful protection for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border volumes. Please do not let legislation intended to protect our shared European environment unintentionally undermine another European ideal: a Single Market in which even the smallest European business has the freedom to trade across our borders. With hope that the ideal of a free EU market will survive, also for the small businesses, I thank you. Sincerely, MIA BENCKER Sweden", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549405_en"}, {"id": 33549404, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 05:55:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Therapy Recycle and Exorcise ", "feedback": "As an EU-based micro-entrepreneur selling artisan products, I am writing to express my grave concern over the current and proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging regulations and national registration requirements. My business ships across EU borders only a few times a year, generating minimal packaging waste (and using only boxes I recover from neighbours in my city). However, under the current framework, I am expected to complete complex administrative registrations, hire authorized representatives, and pay disproportionate fixed fees in every individual EU member state where I shipregardless of whether I send 1 package or 10,000. - This structure is disproportionately damaging to small scale trade: Compliance fees and administrative charges in multiple countries far exceed the profit margins of occasional cross-border orders. - Navigating 27 distinct national registries and differing reporting requirements is an impossible administrative burden for a single-person business. - Instead of fostering frictionless trade across Europe, these rules effectively force micro-businesses to stop shipping to customers in other EU countries. The environment must be protected, but micro-enterprises should not be penalized for occasional cross-border sales. I urge the European Commission to implement: 1. A De Minimis Threshold / Exemption: Exempt micro-enterprises shipping small volumes or low total packaging weights from multi-country registration and fixed fees. 2. A Unified One-Stop-Shop (OSS) Register: Allow small businesses to register once in their home country to cover all cross-border packaging reporting within the EU. Without an exemption or simplified framework, cross-border sales for micro-entrepreneurs will cease to exist, directly undermining the spirit of the EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU-based micro-entrepreneur selling artisan products, I am writing to express my grave concern over the current and proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging regulations and national registration requirements. My business ships across EU borders only a few times a year, generating minimal packaging waste (and using only boxes I recover from neighbours in my city). However, under the current framework, I am expected to complete complex administrative registrations, hire authorized representatives, and pay disproportionate fixed fees in every individual EU member state where I shipregardless of whether I send 1 package or 10,000. - This structure is disproportionately damaging to small scale trade: Compliance fees and administrative charges in multiple countries far exceed the profit margins of occasional cross-border orders. - Navigating 27 distinct national registries and differing reporting requirements is an impossible administrative burden for a single-person business. - Instead of fostering frictionless trade across Europe, these rules effectively force micro-businesses to stop shipping to customers in other EU countries. The environment must be protected, but micro-enterprises should not be penalized for occasional cross-border sales. I urge the European Commission to implement: 1. A De Minimis Threshold / Exemption: Exempt micro-enterprises shipping small volumes or low total packaging weights from multi-country registration and fixed fees. 2. A Unified One-Stop-Shop (OSS) Register: Allow small businesses to register once in their home country to cover all cross-border packaging reporting within the EU. Without an exemption or simplified framework, cross-border sales for micro-entrepreneurs will cease to exist, directly undermining the spirit of the EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549404_en"}, {"id": 33549403, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 05:53:26", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nuppu Print Company", "feedback": "This regulation is a disaster for small businesses in Europe and will put an end to free trade and exports for small businesses. Thousands of small businesses have already announced that they will stop shipping orders to other EU countries. At the same time as small, responsible creative-sector businesses like ours are fighting against cheap Chinese imports and plagiarism, it feels very wrong the EU is making things even harder for us. I am an entrepreneur at a small Helsinki-based design company. We create our own patterns and print fabrics with them, and we make our own sewing books. All our production takes place within the EU, and we primarily use certified organic fabrics. We also operate as ecologically and responsibly as possible in every other aspect. All our packaging materials are sourced from Finland. Our main markets are Finland and Sweden, but we ship to other countries as well. We are a micro-enterprise: our annual turnover is approximately 300k500k, and we currently have two employees. The past few years have been challenging. Before the COVID pandemic, around half of our turnover came from event sales. During the pandemic, we reorganised our business, and just as we managed to get through that, the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis hit, causing people to start cutting back on spending. Since we do not sell essential goods, our products are among the things people can cut back on when money is tight. At the same time, Chinese discount marketplaces flooded the market with irresponsibly produced goods. At the beginning of this year, the situation started to improve somewhat, but then latest war put an end to that recovery. Our lifeline has been the Swedish market, which has not been as weak as Finlands, and gradually we have also started receiving more orders from elsewhere in Europe. This summer, things finally started to look a little better in Finland as well, and we sincerely hope that the overall economic situation improves, because at this rate, we will not be able to survive much longer. Now, however, the PPWR puts us in an impossible situation. Under the new extended producer responsibility requirements, we would have to register in every EU country to which we ship orders even before we have shipped a single order there. Let me break down what this would mean for us in euros, for each individual country: - The entrepreneur spends time familiarising themselves with the countrys system and finding the required partners (25 hours): 200 - We appoint an authorised representative, for example 200300 per year - We pay the registration fee for the producer responsibility scheme, approximately 15300 per year - We complete the required reporting (25 hours): 200 - We pay the waste management fee, approximately 5 (our waste management fee in Finland was around 15 last year, based on the amount of packaging waste reported, so in other EU countries the fee would probably be just a few euros) This means that, very roughly, we would have an average cost of around 800 for every EU country before we would even know whether we would make any sales there and that is despite the actual waste fee ultimately being only a few euros. We would immediately have to register in at least 67 countries, which would mean approximately 5,000 in costs, even though our annual sales to most of these countries amount to only a few hundred euros. That is why the PPWR feels like a slap in the face and completely contrary to the very idea of the EU single market. This kind of bureaucracy makes us consider giving up the business altogether. Just when we finally got the OSS system working to make selling to different countries easier, this effectively undermines its benefits. This regulation prevents small-scale exports and makes it extremely difficult for small businesses to even start exporting. Small businesses are being forced to stop exporting. That cannot be the EUs objective.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is a disaster for small businesses in Europe and will put an end to free trade and exports for small businesses. Thousands of small businesses have already announced that they will stop shipping orders to other EU countries. At the same time as small, responsible creative-sector businesses like ours are fighting against cheap Chinese imports and plagiarism, it feels very wrong the EU is making things even harder for us. I am an entrepreneur at a small Helsinki-based design company. We create our own patterns and print fabrics with them, and we make our own sewing books. All our production takes place within the EU, and we primarily use certified organic fabrics. We also operate as ecologically and responsibly as possible in every other aspect. All our packaging materials are sourced from Finland. Our main markets are Finland and Sweden, but we ship to other countries as well. We are a micro-enterprise: our annual turnover is approximately 300k500k, and we currently have two employees. The past few years have been challenging. Before the COVID pandemic, around half of our turnover came from event sales. During the pandemic, we reorganised our business, and just as we managed to get through that, the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis hit, causing people to start cutting back on spending. Since we do not sell essential goods, our products are among the things people can cut back on when money is tight. At the same time, Chinese discount marketplaces flooded the market with irresponsibly produced goods. At the beginning of this year, the situation started to improve somewhat, but then latest war put an end to that recovery. Our lifeline has been the Swedish market, which has not been as weak as Finlands, and gradually we have also started receiving more orders from elsewhere in Europe. This summer, things finally started to look a little better in Finland as well, and we sincerely hope that the overall economic situation improves, because at this rate, we will not be able to survive much longer. Now, however, the PPWR puts us in an impossible situation. Under the new extended producer responsibility requirements, we would have to register in every EU country to which we ship orders even before we have shipped a single order there. Let me break down what this would mean for us in euros, for each individual country: - The entrepreneur spends time familiarising themselves with the countrys system and finding the required partners (25 hours): 200 - We appoint an authorised representative, for example 200300 per year - We pay the registration fee for the producer responsibility scheme, approximately 15300 per year - We complete the required reporting (25 hours): 200 - We pay the waste management fee, approximately 5 (our waste management fee in Finland was around 15 last year, based on the amount of packaging waste reported, so in other EU countries the fee would probably be just a few euros) This means that, very roughly, we would have an average cost of around 800 for every EU country before we would even know whether we would make any sales there and that is despite the actual waste fee ultimately being only a few euros. We would immediately have to register in at least 67 countries, which would mean approximately 5,000 in costs, even though our annual sales to most of these countries amount to only a few hundred euros. That is why the PPWR feels like a slap in the face and completely contrary to the very idea of the EU single market. This kind of bureaucracy makes us consider giving up the business altogether. Just when we finally got the OSS system working to make selling to different countries easier, this effectively undermines its benefits. This regulation prevents small-scale exports and makes it extremely difficult for small businesses to even start exporting. Small businesses are being forced to stop exporting. That cannot be the EUs objective.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549403_en"}, {"id": 33549402, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 05:46:41", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not agree with the proposed approach. In my view, the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging could place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small businesses and micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the EU. A small online business may sell only a limited number of low-value products to customers in a particular EU Member State each year. Requiring such businesses to comply with separate EPR registration, reporting, labelling, and financial obligations in every Member State where they have occasional sales could create significant costs and administrative complexity that are not proportionate to the scale of their activities. Such requirements could discourage small businesses from selling across EU borders and may ultimately undermine the principles of the EU Single Market. I believe that the regulatory framework should take into account the size, turnover, and actual volume of packaging placed on the market by a business. A simplified and proportionate system, including reasonable thresholds or exemptions for micro-enterprises and businesses with very limited cross-border sales, would provide a more balanced approach while still supporting the objectives of the EPR framework and environmental protection.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with the proposed approach. In my view, the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging could place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small businesses and micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the EU. A small online business may sell only a limited number of low-value products to customers in a particular EU Member State each year. Requiring such businesses to comply with separate EPR registration, reporting, labelling, and financial obligations in every Member State where they have occasional sales could create significant costs and administrative complexity that are not proportionate to the scale of their activities. Such requirements could discourage small businesses from selling across EU borders and may ultimately undermine the principles of the EU Single Market. I believe that the regulatory framework should take into account the size, turnover, and actual volume of packaging placed on the market by a business. A simplified and proportionate system, including reasonable thresholds or exemptions for micro-enterprises and businesses with very limited cross-border sales, would provide a more balanced approach while still supporting the objectives of the EPR framework and environmental protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549402_en"}, {"id": 33549401, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 05:41:15", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SIA Beauty Republic", "feedback": "I do not agree with the proposed approach. I believe that the new requirements concerning Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging could create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small businesses and micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the EU. A small online business may sell only a few low-value orders per year to customers in a particular EU Member State. Requiring such a business to register separately, fulfil reporting obligations and potentially join an EPR scheme in every Member State where even a very small quantity of packaging is placed on the market would be disproportionate to its actual environmental impact. This could create significant barriers to the EU Single Market and discourage small businesses from selling across borders. In practice, businesses may simply stop shipping to countries where sales volumes are low because the compliance costs and administrative work exceed the value of the sales. I strongly support environmental responsibility and appropriate packaging waste management. However, the rules should be proportionate to the size and actual packaging volumes of a business. I therefore encourage the European Commission to introduce simplified requirements, EU-wide harmonised registration and reporting, and reasonable exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State. Environmental regulation should support sustainability without making cross-border trade economically unviable for small European businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with the proposed approach. I believe that the new requirements concerning Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging could create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small businesses and micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the EU. A small online business may sell only a few low-value orders per year to customers in a particular EU Member State. Requiring such a business to register separately, fulfil reporting obligations and potentially join an EPR scheme in every Member State where even a very small quantity of packaging is placed on the market would be disproportionate to its actual environmental impact. This could create significant barriers to the EU Single Market and discourage small businesses from selling across borders. In practice, businesses may simply stop shipping to countries where sales volumes are low because the compliance costs and administrative work exceed the value of the sales. I strongly support environmental responsibility and appropriate packaging waste management. However, the rules should be proportionate to the size and actual packaging volumes of a business. I therefore encourage the European Commission to introduce simplified requirements, EU-wide harmonised registration and reporting, and reasonable exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State. Environmental regulation should support sustainability without making cross-border trade economically unviable for small European businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549401_en"}, {"id": 33549400, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 05:36:36", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nuppu Print Company", "feedback": "Tämä sääntely on katastrofi pienyrityksille Euroopassa ja käytännössä lopettaa vapaan kaupan ja viennin pieniltä yrityksiltä. Jo tuhannet pienyritykset ovat ilmoittaneet lopettavansa tilausten toimittamisen muihin EU-maihin tai koko EU:hun. Harkitsemme myös itse samaa. Samaan aikaan, kun me pienet ja vastuulliset luovan alan yritykset taistelemme kiinalaista halpatuontia sekä plagiointia vastaan, EU laittaa kapuloita rattaisiin parhaansa mukaan. Olen yrittäjä Nuppu Print Companyssa, pienessä helsinkiläisessä designyrityksessä. Teemme omia kuoseja ja painatamme kankaita niistä, ja teemme omia kaavakirjoja. Kaikki tuotantomme on EU:ssa, ja käytämme pääosin sertifioituja luomukankaita ja toimimme muutenkin kaikin mahdollisin tavoin ekologisesti ja vastuullisesti. Tilaamme kaikki pakkausmateriaalimme Suomesta. Päämarkkinamme ovat Suomi ja Ruotsi, mutta toimitamme kaikkialle muuallekin. Olemme mikroyritys: liikevaihtomme on noin 300500k, meillä on tällä hetkellä kaksi työntekijää. Viime vuodet ovat olleet haastavia. Ennen koronaepidemiaa noin puolet liikevaihdostamme tuli tapahtumamyynnistä. Koronan aikana järjestimme liiketoiminnan uudestaan, ja kun selvisimme siitä, iski Ukrainan sota ja energiakriisi, ja ihmiset alkoivat säästää. Koska me emme myy välttämättömyystarvikkeita, meidän tuotteemme ovat niitä, joista voidaan karsia, jos rahasta on tiukkaa. Samaan aikaan kiinalaiset halpakaupat täyttivät markkinat vastuuttomilla tuotteillaan. Alkuvuodesta tilanne alkoi vähän parantua, mutta sitten uusin sota pilasi sen. Pelastuksemme on ollut Ruotsin markkina, joka ei ole ollut yhtä heikko kuin Suomen, ja myös muualta Euroopasta on vähitellen alkanut taas tulla tilauksia. Nyt kesällä alkoi vihdoin näyttää paremmalta myös Suomessa, ja toivomme kovasti, että yleinen taloustilanne paranee, sillä tätä menoa emme enää kauaa kestä. Nyt kuitenkin PPWR asettaa meidät mahdottomaaan tilanteeseen. Uuden tuottajavastuulain mukaan meidän pitäisi rekisteröityä jokaiseen EU-maahan, johon toimitamme tilauksia jo ennen kuin toimitamme sinne yhtään tilauksia. Avaan tähän, mitä se tarkoittaisi meidän kannalta euroissa, jokaisen maan osalta: - Yrittäjä perehtyy maan järjestelmään ja etsii vaaditut yhteistyötahot (25 h), 200 - Hankkimme valtuutetun edustajan, esimerkiksi 200300 /vuosi - Maksamme tuottajavastuujärjestelmään rekisteröitymisen, noin 15300 /vuosi - Teemme rapotoinnin (25 h), 200 - Maksamme jätemaksun, noin 5 (Suomen jätemaksumme oli raportoidun pakkausjätteen perusteella viime vuonna noin 15 , joten muiden EU-maiden osalta maksu olisi luultavasti muutamia euroja). Kuluja tulisi siis karkeasti laskettuna keskimäärin 800 jokaista EU-maata kohden ennen kuin meillä olisi mitään tietoa myynnistä, ja vaikka lopullinen jätemaksu olisi muutaman euron. Meidän pitäisi rekisteröityä heti ainakin 67 maahan, mikä tarkoittaisi noin 5000 kuluja, vaikka myyntiä suurimpaan osaan maista on vain muutama sata euroa vuodessa. Emme mitenkään voi ottaa sellaista lisäkulua tässä taloustilanteessa. Niinpä tässä taloustilanteessa tämä PPWR tuntuu iskulta vasten kasvoja, ja täysin päinvastaiselta EU:n yhden markkinan ajatusta vasten. Suoraan sanottuna tällainen byrokratia saa harkitsemaan koko yritystoiminnasta luopumista. Kun juuri saimme toimivan OSS-järjestelmän, jotta eri maihin myyminen helpottuisi, tämä kumoaa sen vaikutuksen. Pahinta on se, että yritys ei edes voi hoitaa tätä itse, vaan tarvitaan paikallinen edustaja eli konsultti, joka laskuttaa satasia lähes ei-mistään. Käytännössä tämä sääntely estää pienimuotoisen viennin ja sen aloittamisen. Se ei voi olla EU:n tavoite. Tavoite on toki ollut hyvä, pakkausjätteen kustannusten korvaaminen ja ympäristöystävällisten materiaalien käyttöön kannustaminen. Esimerkiksi kiinakaupan hillitsemiseksi tämä on aivan oikein. Mutta nyt tavoite kääntyy päälaelleen, sillä pienyritykset, jotka useimmiten toimivat hyvin vastuullisesti, joutuvat lopettamaan viennin.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is a catastrophe for small businesses in Europe and effectively puts an end to free trade and exports from small businesses. Thousands of small businesses have already announced that they will stop delivering orders to other EU countries or to the EU as a whole. We are also considering the same for ourselves. At the same time as we are small and responsible creative companies fighting against cheap Chinese imports and plagiarism, the EU is putting the capsules on the right track. I am an entrepreneur of Print Company, a small design company in Helski. We make our own strokes, print cloths and create our own zoning books. All of our production is in the EU, we use mainly certified organic fabrics and we do everything we can to be ecologically and responsibly. We order all our packaging material from Finland. Our main markets are Finland and Sweden, but we are delivering anywhere else. We are a microenterprise: our turnover is around 300500k, we currently have two employees. Recent years have been challenging. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, around half of our turnover came from the sale of events. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we reorganised the business and as we survived the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis, people started to save. Because we do not sell necessities, our products are those that can be cut off if the money is tough. At the same time, Chinese discount shops filled the market with irresponsible products. The situation started to improve slightly early in the year, but then the latest war shattered it. Our rescue has been a Swedish market that has not been as weak as Finland, and orders from other parts of Europe have gradually resumed. Now in summer, Finland finally started to look better, and we very much hope that the overall economic situation will improve, as we will no longer be able to withstand this expenditure. But now PPWR puts us in an impossible situation. Under the new Producer Responsibility Act, we should register in each EU country to which we place orders even before we place any orders there. Let me open what it would mean for us in euros, for each country: — The entrepreneur is familiar with the country’s system and is looking for the required partners (25h), 200 – We bought an authorised representative, e.g. 200300/year – We pay to register in the producer responsibility scheme, approx. 15300/year – We do a ramp-up (25h), 200 – We pay a waste fee, approx. 5 (Our Finnish waste fee, based on the reported packaging waste last year, was approx. 15, so for other EU countries the fee would probably be a few euros). This means that the average cost per EU country would be roughly 800 before we have any information about sales and even if the final waste fee is a few euros. We should register immediately in at least 67 countries, which would mean around 5000 costs, even though most countries sell only a few hundred euros per year. In this economic context, we cannot in any way take such an extra expense. Thus, in this economic context, this PPWR seems to be a blow against the face and diametrically opposed to the idea of a single EU market. To put it straight away, this bureaucracy makes it possible to consider abandoning all business activity. When we just got a functioning OSS to make it easier to sell across borders, this cancels out its effect. The worst thing is that this cannot even be done by the company itself, but rather by a local agent, i.e. a consultant, who invoices hundreds of almost none. In practice, this regulation prevents small-scale exports and their entry into service. It cannot be an objective of the EU. Of course, this objective has been good, reimbursing the costs of packaging waste and encouraging the use of environmentally friendly materials. For example, in order to curb the Chinese trade, this is right. But now the goal is turned on its head, as small businesses, which in most cases act very responsibly, are forced to stop exporting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549400_en"}, {"id": 33549396, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 04:50:31", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new packaging fee is absolutelly destroying small businesses and favoring big corporations. It seems that buying from small shops across europe will soon be impossible, because they have to register and pay for each EU coutry. This change must be reverted, switched for a different model or excemptions must be made for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new packaging fee is absolutelly destroying small businesses and favoring big corporations. It seems that buying from small shops across europe will soon be impossible, because they have to register and pay for each EU coutry. This change must be reverted, switched for a different model or excemptions must be made for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549396_en"}, {"id": 33549395, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 04:42:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik heb geen idee waar de EU mee bezig is , maar jullie vermoorden micro business. Alleen omdat jullie groen willen zijn , echt er zijn andere manieren. Maar dit is niet de manier . Een Amazon stuurt kleine pakketjes in dozen die 40x zo groot zijn", "feedbackEnglish": "I have no idea about what the EU is doing, but you murdered micro business. Just because you want to be green, there are really other ways. But this is not the way. An Amazon sends small packets in 40x sized boxes", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549395_en"}, {"id": 33549134, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 04:41:27", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Micro-businesses like mine, from across the world, and in other EU countries, cannot afford the compliance costs for lots of EU markets that Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR) stipulates. This is less so for countries like Denmark & Germany that have minimum quantities for EPR recycling fees, like by the kilo, but some countries start at 250 kg which is just beyond us. Various others handmade micro-business in EU countries can't afford to trade in the EU market just because of the Authorised Representative requirement, which start at 299 per country. This Regulation goes against the principles of the internal market that's supposed to reduce barriers to trade. We also can't afford the other options allowed for in the legislation like hiring a distributor or importer in each country as our volumes are so low. Please amend this directive to protect European art, crafts and enterpreurship that promote European trade. As a consumer I want to promote local European craftmanship, but clearly this will not be an option for me because all of these shops will not sell for the EU, meaning that I will have to import deom outside the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Micro-businesses like mine, from across the world, and in other EU countries, cannot afford the compliance costs for lots of EU markets that Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR) stipulates. This is less so for countries like Denmark & Germany that have minimum quantities for EPR recycling fees, like by the kilo, but some countries start at 250 kg which is just beyond us. Various others handmade micro-business in EU countries can't afford to trade in the EU market just because of the Authorised Representative requirement, which start at 299 per country. This Regulation goes against the principles of the internal market that's supposed to reduce barriers to trade. We also can't afford the other options allowed for in the legislation like hiring a distributor or importer in each country as our volumes are so low. Please amend this directive to protect European art, crafts and enterpreurship that promote European trade. As a consumer I want to promote local European craftmanship, but clearly this will not be an option for me because all of these shops will not sell for the EU, meaning that I will have to import deom outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549134_en"}, {"id": 33549393, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 04:22:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que future créatrice (j'ouvre ma micro entreprise en 2027), je prévois de vendre mes produits au plus près. Mes acheteurs seront français et européens, et je ne comprends pas encore l'ensemble des implications de cette nouvelle régulation. Cependant elle me semble plus que contraignante pour les petits / micro producteurs, avec des taxes qui ne sont pas clarifiées au lancement de la réglementation. Vendre en Europe, pour un européen, devrait être encouragé. La régulation associée aux déchets ne peut se faire en tuant les micro entreprises, qui sont largement moins consommatrices d'emballage que les plus grandes. Merci de tenir compte de cet avis, ainsi que de celui de nombres de petits producteurs qui sont très inquiets aujourd'hui.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a future creator (I open my micro business in 2027), I plan to sell my products as close as possible. My buyers will be French and European, and I do not yet understand all the implications of this new regulation. However, it seems to me to be more than binding on small/micro producers, with taxes that are not clarified when the rules are introduced. Selling in Europe, for a European, should be encouraged. Waste regulation cannot be achieved by killing micro companies, which consume much less packaging than larger ones. Thank you for taking into account this opinion, as well as the opinion of many small producers who are very worried today.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549393_en"}, {"id": 33549390, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 03:02:14", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new measure will kill small businesses. Start regulating and penalising plastic producers or fossil fuel companies instead.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new measure will kill small businesses. Start regulating and penalising plastic producers or fossil fuel companies instead.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549390_en"}, {"id": 33549389, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 02:57:43", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new PPWR and EPR regulations are disproportionately targeting small and micro businesses, while having hardly any impact on the mega corporations that were previously benefitting from the excluded import duties. Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. r provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses, so they don't have to register in all 27 countries separately against high fees. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. By implementing this law, one of the core European values and rights get lost into history.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new PPWR and EPR regulations are disproportionately targeting small and micro businesses, while having hardly any impact on the mega corporations that were previously benefitting from the excluded import duties. Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. r provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses, so they don't have to register in all 27 countries separately against high fees. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. By implementing this law, one of the core European values and rights get lost into history.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549389_en"}, {"id": 33549386, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 02:43:37", "country": "THA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independent Micro-Business Seller", "feedback": "PPWR is creating a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses and risks favouring large companies over small cross-border sellers. I am a micro-business outside the EU selling handmade products directly to EU consumers. I support PPWRs environmental objectives, but the current implementation is not proportionate or ready. My business has around 10 orders per year in Germany and fewer than 5 orders per year in several other Member States. The packaging volume is negligible, yet I may face separate EPR registration, reporting, authorised representatives and fixed fees in multiple countries. A large company can spread these fixed costs across thousands of orders. A micro-business cannot. This makes the system structurally favourable to large businesses and risks forcing micro-businesses out of the EU Single Market. A one-stop shop does not solve this if micro-businesses still have to pay substantial fixed compliance and AR costs. The EU needs a genuine EU-wide de minimis exemption based on packaging volume. Below a meaningful threshold, micro-businesses should be exempt from national registration, AR requirements, fixed compliance fees and full reporting, with a simple declaration where necessary. The implementation itself is also deeply concerning. The EU is proceeding with a 12 August 2026 application date while important practical details, national systems, costs and enforcement remain unclear and fragmented. If the system was not ready, why was it allowed to proceed as a hard deadline? Businesses should not bear the financial cost of regulatory uncertainty created by an unready implementation. At minimum, a genuine non-punitive transition period and the 12-month grace period requested by EuroCommerce are needed. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. A micro-business sending a few packages per year should not face a compliance structure designed around large commercial operators.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR is creating a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses and risks favouring large companies over small cross-border sellers. I am a micro-business outside the EU selling handmade products directly to EU consumers. I support PPWRs environmental objectives, but the current implementation is not proportionate or ready. My business has around 10 orders per year in Germany and fewer than 5 orders per year in several other Member States. The packaging volume is negligible, yet I may face separate EPR registration, reporting, authorised representatives and fixed fees in multiple countries. A large company can spread these fixed costs across thousands of orders. A micro-business cannot. This makes the system structurally favourable to large businesses and risks forcing micro-businesses out of the EU Single Market. A one-stop shop does not solve this if micro-businesses still have to pay substantial fixed compliance and AR costs. The EU needs a genuine EU-wide de minimis exemption based on packaging volume. Below a meaningful threshold, micro-businesses should be exempt from national registration, AR requirements, fixed compliance fees and full reporting, with a simple declaration where necessary. The implementation itself is also deeply concerning. The EU is proceeding with a 12 August 2026 application date while important practical details, national systems, costs and enforcement remain unclear and fragmented. If the system was not ready, why was it allowed to proceed as a hard deadline? Businesses should not bear the financial cost of regulatory uncertainty created by an unready implementation. At minimum, a genuine non-punitive transition period and the 12-month grace period requested by EuroCommerce are needed. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. A micro-business sending a few packages per year should not face a compliance structure designed around large commercial operators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549386_en"}, {"id": 33549385, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 02:20:14", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current system leverages an extreme burden for small business owners to have to register with every country and the limits for packing materials increases their cost significantly for shipping delicate items. They are not the mayor polluters that you should be going after. Amazon has systems that optimize by truck and inserts much larger packaging to prevent boxes to move inside their trucks. For them that saves money and they offload the burden of dealing with excess packaging to the consumer. Supermarket are notorious for excess packaging around their food for marketing purposes. There are large entities that should be hit by these laws. The small paint brushes company from the UK that I want to buy handmade kolinsky sable brushes because they have 30 people there with years of experience that cant be automated away is not the company that needs to have this excessive financial and regulatory burden Set a flexible limit based on sales or amount of boxes of when this effects them and let small business thrive while huge businesses actually contribute for their insane profits they reap from european people", "feedbackEnglish": "The current system leverages an extreme burden for small business owners to have to register with every country and the limits for packing materials increases their cost significantly for shipping delicate items. They are not the mayor polluters that you should be going after. Amazon has systems that optimize by truck and inserts much larger packaging to prevent boxes to move inside their trucks. For them that saves money and they offload the burden of dealing with excess packaging to the consumer. Supermarket are notorious for excess packaging around their food for marketing purposes. There are large entities that should be hit by these laws. The small paint brushes company from the UK that I want to buy handmade kolinsky sable brushes because they have 30 people there with years of experience that cant be automated away is not the company that needs to have this excessive financial and regulatory burden Set a flexible limit based on sales or amount of boxes of when this effects them and let small business thrive while huge businesses actually contribute for their insane profits they reap from european people", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549385_en"}, {"id": 33549384, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 02:15:44", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi est complètement injuste envers les petits commerces qui en paient le plus le prix alors qu'il faudrait réellement cibler les grandes entreprises responsables de l'immense majorité de la pollution. La situation économique est déjà bien assez compliquée en Europe, pour les petits commerces, micro entreprises et artistes indépendants pour que ces charges démesurées viennent aggraver les choses. Il faut absolument mettre en place en Europe un système de traitement des colis qui soit juste ; les prix d'envoi de colis dans des pays de l'UE sont souvent excessivement chers et injustifiés.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is completely unfair to the small businesses that pay the most for it, when the big companies responsible for the vast majority of the pollution should really be targeted. The economic situation is already quite complicated in Europe, for small businesses, micro enterprises and independent artists to make this excessive burden worse. It is essential to establish a fair parcel handling system in Europe; prices for sending parcels to EU countries are often excessively expensive and unjustified.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549384_en"}, {"id": 33549383, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 02:06:44", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "First of all I can't quite believe that this directive is to come into force tomorrow and nobody who drafted or reviewed it, has actually thought of the implications for micro business. Or have they? This situation is outrageous and begs the question whose interests the EU actually has at heart. As artists we are being let down by corporations, politicians and lawmakers and now also the very institution which should protect us in the common market. Our designs are being stolen and sold on asian platforms and the constant reporting is a full time job, then AI scraped our work without consent. Then our post offices banned all shipments to the US because of tariffs. Now the remaining nail to the coffin comes from the EU effectively closing the only market open to us besides our own country. Is the ultimate goal to allow even more copyright theft by the big players who can absorb the packaging regulation costs and sell EU-wide, meanwhile independent makers won't even be able to police the theft because of how products are positioned online - we won't be able to even see them being sold? The EU legistlative process needs urgent reform if millions of micro businesses are being forced to close down or limit trading overnight in what looks like a deliberate move to cull independent makers.", "feedbackEnglish": "First of all I can't quite believe that this directive is to come into force tomorrow and nobody who drafted or reviewed it, has actually thought of the implications for micro business. Or have they? This situation is outrageous and begs the question whose interests the EU actually has at heart. As artists we are being let down by corporations, politicians and lawmakers and now also the very institution which should protect us in the common market. Our designs are being stolen and sold on asian platforms and the constant reporting is a full time job, then AI scraped our work without consent. Then our post offices banned all shipments to the US because of tariffs. Now the remaining nail to the coffin comes from the EU effectively closing the only market open to us besides our own country. Is the ultimate goal to allow even more copyright theft by the big players who can absorb the packaging regulation costs and sell EU-wide, meanwhile independent makers won't even be able to police the theft because of how products are positioned online - we won't be able to even see them being sold? The EU legistlative process needs urgent reform if millions of micro businesses are being forced to close down or limit trading overnight in what looks like a deliberate move to cull independent makers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549383_en"}, {"id": 33549382, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:56:42", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Y!S & COMPANY", "feedback": "Bonjour, Cette nouvelle loi est une catastrophe pour les petits commerçants. Quand nous sommes seuls pour tout gérer, de ladministratif à la logistique, comment voulez vous quon puisse absorber cette montagne administrative complexe? Quand on envoie que quelques colis en Union européenne, notre CA est fortement imputé par les frais demandés en contribution par chaque pays. La plupart du temps, quand on envoie peu dans un pays spécifique, le montant du contenu des colis sera inférieur au montant de la contribution demandée! Cle montant tail de ces contributions se comptent en centaines voire milliers deuros annuels pour les 27 pays membres. Cest impossible à absorber. Comment pouvez vous mettre des petites entreprises avec 1 ou 2 salariés au même niveau que des multinationales pour qui tout cela ne sera quune simple formalité? Dailleurs: qui pollue le plus? Amazon, Temu, ou la société qui vends pour quelques milliers deuros par mois seulement, Voire même beaucoup moins! Cest une total aberration et vous mettez en péril des milliers dentreprise. Nous sommes dans lincompréhension la plus totale. Lannée 2026 est déjà difficile, et la cest vraiment le coup de massue.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this new law is a disaster for small traders. When we are alone in managing everything, from administration to logistics, how do you want to be able to absorb this complex administrative mountain? When only a few parcels are sent to the European Union, our MB is heavily charged by the costs requested as a contribution by each country. Most of the time, when you send a few parcels to a specific country, the amount of the package content will be less than the amount of the contribution requested! The amount of these contributions is in hundreds or even thousands of euros per year for the 27 Member States. It is impossible to absorb. How can you put small businesses with 1 or 2 employees at the same level as multinationals for whom all this will be just a formality? For the rest: who pollutes the most? Amazon, Temu, or the company that sells for just a few thousand euros a month, Voire even much less! This is a total aberration and you are putting thousands of businesses at risk. We are in the most comprehensive way. 2026 is already a difficult year, and the cest is really the blow.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549382_en"}, {"id": 33549380, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:51:44", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This measure will destroy small businesses while barely affecting corporations and superpowers. There has to be some form of adjustment for the scale of the enterprise. If we lose all smaller creators in favor of the huge superpowers, we lose what makes a capitalist sociaty function.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure will destroy small businesses while barely affecting corporations and superpowers. There has to be some form of adjustment for the scale of the enterprise. If we lose all smaller creators in favor of the huge superpowers, we lose what makes a capitalist sociaty function.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549380_en"}, {"id": 33549379, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:51:03", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estas novas regras relativas a embalagens e resíduos de embalagens são absurdas! Vão prejudicar imenso e acabar por matar os pequenos negócios em todos os países da União Europeia! Estou muito despontada, novamente, com as iniciativas (ecológicas) da União Europeia... podiam ter feito regras para banir as cápsulas e copos de café descartável em vez desta regra completamente inaceitável, que só as grandes empresas vão poder cumprir! Repito, estas regras são absurdas e vão esmagar os pequenos negócios europeus!", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules on packaging and packaging waste are absurd! They will cause huge damage and eventually kill small businesses in all countries of the European Union! I am very surprised again by the (green) initiatives of the European Union... they could have made rules to ban disposable coffee capsules and cups instead of this completely unacceptable rule, which only big companies will be able to comply with! I repeat, these rules are absurd and will crush Europe’s small businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549379_en"}, {"id": 33549375, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:34:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DigiTales Interactive UG", "feedback": "As a small German business trying to diversify by selling small amounts of merchandise to fans across Europe, these new rules are a death blow to our efforts. Is it truly possible that our lawmakers were unable to anticipate the consequences of this legislation or is even more corporate consolidation its true purpose? Nobody is happier to see these changes than the likes of Amazon and Shein, who are ready to take the remaining scraps of market share away from small European businesses now unable to feed the families that run them. Disgraceful.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small German business trying to diversify by selling small amounts of merchandise to fans across Europe, these new rules are a death blow to our efforts. Is it truly possible that our lawmakers were unable to anticipate the consequences of this legislation or is even more corporate consolidation its true purpose? Nobody is happier to see these changes than the likes of Amazon and Shein, who are ready to take the remaining scraps of market share away from small European businesses now unable to feed the families that run them. Disgraceful.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549375_en"}, {"id": 33549374, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:28:26", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I just learned about the new regulations coming into effect August 12. I am half of a very small videogame business (just 2 people) and an artist who felt lucky to be able to sell my work to people all over the world. I took all necessary steps to comply with previous regulations, despite the expense and time given the small handful of packages I send to various EU countries each year because am fully in favour of the ideas behind these regulations -- everyone using less packaging which is more recyclable is better for all of us and our planet. We all need to do our part to create a better future. But I am now faced with the reality that I must cease selling to European customers, as the cost of appointing a representative in dozens of countries in advance, just in case I sell something there this year, plus the cost to pre-pay for a lot of packaging I will not use, is prohibitive. My sales to the EU are too few to provide the profits necessary to support all these new costs, not to mention the time and effort to read through complicated outlines to ensure I am compliant in every country, as all the requirements are different. I love that people in the EU like my art, and want to show their love of my videogame to the world -- that brings me so much joy and is fundamentally part of what makes me want to continue to create. If I were rich, or a giant corporation, no doubt I would have no problem paying the costs, appointing the representatives and spending thousands of euros on thousands of kgs of packaging. That's probably a drop in the bucket. But for small businesses like mine, it's an ocean. We cannot compete in a world full of Amazons only, and moreover I doubt any of us actually want to live in that world. So I hope you will take all this feedback into consideration and seriously make some changes to the laws for small businesses. My urgent request is that the EU consider small businesses and artists both within the EU and around the world. These are my suggestions: -exemptions for very small businesses with low sales numbers. We just want to share our art with the world. -really, I don't think we mind paying for the packaging we use to be recycled (I sure don't!) -- just let us pay for the actual amount we use, and at the end of the year, rather than pre-paying without knowing what we'll really need -and I'd love to pay once, for all countries, rather than individually 27 times. This may be my main suggestion: a one-stop-shop website where this can be handled nicely, for every country. -Failing that, EU-wide regulations for consistency in all countries and as much support as possible to make compliance easy for everyone -EU-wide representatives, or ideally, exemptions again for very small businesses. These costs push compliance out of reach for many of us.", "feedbackEnglish": "I just learned about the new regulations coming into effect August 12. I am half of a very small videogame business (just 2 people) and an artist who felt lucky to be able to sell my work to people all over the world. I took all necessary steps to comply with previous regulations, despite the expense and time given the small handful of packages I send to various EU countries each year because am fully in favour of the ideas behind these regulations -- everyone using less packaging which is more recyclable is better for all of us and our planet. We all need to do our part to create a better future. But I am now faced with the reality that I must cease selling to European customers, as the cost of appointing a representative in dozens of countries in advance, just in case I sell something there this year, plus the cost to pre-pay for a lot of packaging I will not use, is prohibitive. My sales to the EU are too few to provide the profits necessary to support all these new costs, not to mention the time and effort to read through complicated outlines to ensure I am compliant in every country, as all the requirements are different. I love that people in the EU like my art, and want to show their love of my videogame to the world -- that brings me so much joy and is fundamentally part of what makes me want to continue to create. If I were rich, or a giant corporation, no doubt I would have no problem paying the costs, appointing the representatives and spending thousands of euros on thousands of kgs of packaging. That's probably a drop in the bucket. But for small businesses like mine, it's an ocean. We cannot compete in a world full of Amazons only, and moreover I doubt any of us actually want to live in that world. So I hope you will take all this feedback into consideration and seriously make some changes to the laws for small businesses. My urgent request is that the EU consider small businesses and artists both within the EU and around the world. These are my suggestions: -exemptions for very small businesses with low sales numbers. We just want to share our art with the world. -really, I don't think we mind paying for the packaging we use to be recycled (I sure don't!) -- just let us pay for the actual amount we use, and at the end of the year, rather than pre-paying without knowing what we'll really need -and I'd love to pay once, for all countries, rather than individually 27 times. This may be my main suggestion: a one-stop-shop website where this can be handled nicely, for every country. -Failing that, EU-wide regulations for consistency in all countries and as much support as possible to make compliance easy for everyone -EU-wide representatives, or ideally, exemptions again for very small businesses. These costs push compliance out of reach for many of us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549374_en"}, {"id": 33549373, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:24:08", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm an artist and designer that likes to follow and support other artists in their small businesses and this legislation has raised a lot of concerns. It will strangle these businesses while allowing giant corporations to thrive and expand their customers. In a time where we're fighting huge billionaire corporations like Amazon and Aliexpress (that often steal designs from said small businesses) to dominate the e-commerce, from an ethical point of view, it's a huge misstep to go forward with this legislation. We should aim to let the small businesses have a fair chance and should have a quote that's proportional to their financial capacities, not try and match unatainable fees. As many of these businesses are based in Europe I do believe EU has responsability to protect and create conditions for their entrepeneurial citizens. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an artist and designer that likes to follow and support other artists in their small businesses and this legislation has raised a lot of concerns. It will strangle these businesses while allowing giant corporations to thrive and expand their customers. In a time where we're fighting huge billionaire corporations like Amazon and Aliexpress (that often steal designs from said small businesses) to dominate the e-commerce, from an ethical point of view, it's a huge misstep to go forward with this legislation. We should aim to let the small businesses have a fair chance and should have a quote that's proportional to their financial capacities, not try and match unatainable fees. As many of these businesses are based in Europe I do believe EU has responsability to protect and create conditions for their entrepeneurial citizens. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549373_en"}, {"id": 33549372, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:20:51", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations are killing off micro-businesses without putting a brake on large companies, which can afford the time and money involved. I see a huge number of designers, craftspeople and artists having to stop selling their goods beyond their national borders. As a child, I experienced border controls, and then I saw the leap forward brought about by the Maastricht Treaty. But today I feel as though we are losing the European spirit, that borders are closing. Theres no longer any consideration for people who want to make a living from their small businesses, even though they really dont account for much when it comes to packaging and waste. Meanwhile, large companies get off scot-free. Please reconsider this legislation for small businesses. As a reminder, from the article 5 of the Treaty on European Union : \"Under the principle of proportionality, the content and form of Union action shall not exceed what is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Treaties\".", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations are killing off micro-businesses without putting a brake on large companies, which can afford the time and money involved. I see a huge number of designers, craftspeople and artists having to stop selling their goods beyond their national borders. As a child, I experienced border controls, and then I saw the leap forward brought about by the Maastricht Treaty. But today I feel as though we are losing the European spirit, that borders are closing. Theres no longer any consideration for people who want to make a living from their small businesses, even though they really dont account for much when it comes to packaging and waste. Meanwhile, large companies get off scot-free. Please reconsider this legislation for small businesses. As a reminder, from the article 5 of the Treaty on European Union : \"Under the principle of proportionality, the content and form of Union action shall not exceed what is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Treaties\".", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549372_en"}, {"id": 33549370, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:13:39", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law would put small businesses to a great disadvantage, adding up even more fees that could be detrimental to many, widening the gap between them and the big monopolies. More specifications based on the types of businesses would have to be made to avoid small establishments to be hurt as a by-product.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law would put small businesses to a great disadvantage, adding up even more fees that could be detrimental to many, widening the gap between them and the big monopolies. More specifications based on the types of businesses would have to be made to avoid small establishments to be hurt as a by-product.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549370_en"}, {"id": 33549369, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:12:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ASTRONUT — Atelier für Kunst und Design", "feedback": "Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung dieser Regelung bedroht die Existenz kleiner Unternehmen und Selbstständiger in Europa. Ich bin selbstständiger Künstler und verkaufe neben meinen Originalwerken auch Fine Art Prints meiner Kunst. Für mich bedeutet diese Regelung in ihrer jetzigen Form ganz konkret: Ich werde den Versand in zahlreiche andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Nicht, weil ich das möchte. Sondern weil die damit verbundenen Registrierungs-, Lizenzierungs-, Melde- und Verwaltungspflichten für Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich und organisatorisch nicht mehr verhältnismäßig sind. Eine Regelung, die einen einzelnen selbstständigen Künstler mit wenigen Sendungen pro Jahr faktisch mit ähnlichen grenzüberschreitenden Verpflichtungen konfrontiert wie Unternehmen mit tausenden oder Millionen Sendungen, verfehlt jedes vernünftige Maß an Verhältnismäßigkeit. Das Ergebnis ist vorhersehbar: Kleine Unternehmen werden den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU einschränken oder vollständig einstellen. Manche werden ihre Tätigkeit langfristig ganz aufgeben müssen. Das kann nicht das Ziel eines europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Europa spricht von einem gemeinsamen Markt, von der Förderung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen, von kultureller Vielfalt und davon, bürokratische Hürden abzubauen. Eine Regelung, die Kleinstunternehmen zwingt, sich für wenige Sendungen mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen, Gebühren und administrativen Pflichten auseinanderzusetzen, bewirkt das Gegenteil. Wer Vielfalt und wirtschaftliche Selbstständigkeit in Europa erhalten möchte, muss Kleinstunternehmen, Künstler, Solo-Selbstständige und Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Versandmengen durch klare Bagatellgrenzen oder Ausnahmeregelungen schützen. Das ist keine Forderung gegen Umwelt- oder Klimaschutz. Im Gegenteil: Sinnvolle Umweltpolitik braucht Akzeptanz und Verhältnismäßigkeit. Wenn jedoch der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand für wenige Verpackungen in keinem Verhältnis zu deren tatsächlicher Umweltwirkung steht, entsteht keine bessere Umweltpolitik, sondern Bürokratie. Ich fordere die verantwortlichen politischen Entscheidungsträger deshalb auf, die Auswirkungen dieser Regelung auf Kleinstunternehmen nicht nur zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, sondern zu handeln. Schaffen Sie europaweit einheitliche und ausreichend hohe Bagatellgrenzen. Vereinfachen Sie die Registrierung. Verhindern Sie, dass sich Kleinstunternehmen für minimale Versandmengen in zahlreichen nationalen Systemen registrieren und Gebühren entrichten müssen. Und unterscheiden Sie endlich zwischen einem Solo-Selbstständigen, der einige wenige Pakete verschickt, und Unternehmen, die hunderttausende Verpackungen in Verkehr bringen. Wenn diese Differenzierung ausbleibt, wird die Konsequenz nicht mehr Nachhaltigkeit sein. Die Konsequenz wird sein, dass kleine Anbieter den europäischen Binnenmarkt verlassen, Produkte nur noch national anbieten oder ihre wirtschaftliche Tätigkeit vollständig einstellen. Politische Verantwortung bedeutet auch, die realen Folgen einer Regelung anzuerkennen. Wenn eine Umweltgesetzgebung dazu führt, dass kleine, unabhängige Unternehmen ihre Kunden innerhalb Europas nicht mehr wirtschaftlich beliefern können, muss ihre Ausgestaltung korrigiert werden. Bitte handeln Sie, bevor aus vermeidbarer Bürokratie tatsächliche Existenzprobleme werden.Q", "feedbackEnglish": "The current design of this scheme threatens the existence of small businesses and the self-employed in Europe. I am a self-employed artist, selling Fine Art Prints of my art alongside my original works. For me, this rule in its current form means very concretely: I will have to stop shipping to many other EU Member States. Not because I want it. It is because the associated registration, licensing, reporting and administrative obligations for micro-enterprises are no longer economically and organisationally proportionate. A rule that effectively exposes a single self-employed artist with few broadcasts per year to similar cross-border obligations as companies with thousands or millions of broadcasts fails to achieve any reasonable degree of proportionality. The result is predictable: Small businesses will restrict or completely stop cross-border trade within the EU. Some will have to give up their activities altogether in the long term. This cannot be the goal of a European single market. Europe speaks of a common market, the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises, cultural diversity and cutting red tape. A rule which obliges micro-enterprises to deal with different national systems, fees and administrative obligations for a small number of consignments has the opposite effect. If you want to preserve diversity and economic self-employment in Europe, micro-enterprises, artists, solo self-employed people and companies with very small volumes of shipments must be protected by clear de minimis thresholds or exemptions. This is not a call for environmental or climate protection. To the contrary: Sound environmental policies need acceptance and proportionality. However, if the administrative and financial burden of a small amount of packaging is disproportionate to its actual environmental impact, there is no better environmental policy, but red tape. I therefore call on the responsible policy-makers not only to take note of the impact of this regime on micro-enterprises, but to act. Create uniform and sufficiently high de minimis thresholds across Europe. Make it easier to register. Avoid that micro-enterprises have to register and pay fees for minimum shipping volumes in many national systems. Finally, make a distinction between a solo self-employed person who sends a few parcels and companies who place hundreds of thousands of packaging on the market. If this differentiation is not made, the consequence will no longer be sustainability. As a result, small suppliers will leave the European single market, offer products only nationally or completely cease their economic activity. Political responsibility also means recognising the real consequences of regulation. If environmental legislation means that small, independent companies are no longer able to supply their customers economically within Europe, their design needs to be corrected. Please act before avoidable bureaucracy turns into real problems of existence.Q", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549369_en"}, {"id": 33549366, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:11:54", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Estúdio de Piercing", "feedback": "Boa noite, gostaria de dar feedback sobre esta regulamentação. Enquanto acho uma iniciativa com ótimas intenções e com uma enorme preocupação pelo ambiente, não posso deixar de demostrar a minha preocupação com o impacto que a mesma vai ter em pequenos negócios, como o meu estúdio. A ideia de um registo anual por país, para onde enviamos encomendas, poder custar de centenas até milhares de euros é simplesmente incomportável para um pequeno negócio. Supondo que o envio é feito para 10 países na União Europeia, é possível assumir os custos massivos que, certamente tão facilmente suportados por uma grande empresa, vão realmente ter em pequenos criadores / empresas e o real impacto financeiro que se sucederá - muitas destas pequenas empresas provavelmente ir-se-ão ver forçadas a cessar o envio para estes países, perdendo também mais uma fonte de rendimento que provavelmente tanto faz falta - como será o meu caso. A iniciativa parece-me ter as melhores intenções, mas creio que a sua execução terá de ser melhor pensada de modo a acomodar também pequenos empresários cuja nova regulamentação irá impactar severamente. Obrigada pela compreensão e atenção.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good evening, I would like to give feedback on this regulation. As I am an initiative with great intentions and great concern for the environment, I cannot but demonstrate my concern about the impact it will have on small businesses such as my studio. The idea of an annual register per country, to which we send orders, could cost hundreds up to thousands of euros is simply unaffordable for a small business. Assuming that the mailing is done to 10 countries in the European Union, it is possible to bear the massive costs that certainly so easily borne by a large company will actually have on small creators/companies and the real financial impact that will happen – many of these small companies are likely to be forced to stop sending to these countries, also losing another source of income that is probably so lacking – as will be my case. The initiative seems to me to have the best intentions, but I believe that its implementation will have to be better designed to accommodate also small entrepreneurs whose new regulation will have a severe impact. Thank you for your understanding and attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549366_en"}, {"id": 33549368, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:10:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "You need to exclude small businesses, or independent sellers from the A.R rule, it's unacceptable! This new regulations are not fair at all, I would be extremely disappointed as a buyer if no changes were made. You need to care for your members and the craftsmanship of goods, make things easier not harder!", "feedbackEnglish": "You need to exclude small businesses, or independent sellers from the A.R rule, it's unacceptable! This new regulations are not fair at all, I would be extremely disappointed as a buyer if no changes were made. You need to care for your members and the craftsmanship of goods, make things easier not harder!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549368_en"}, {"id": 33549367, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 01:07:55", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Říká se, že cesta do pekel je dlážděna dobrými úmysly. A přesně tento pocit mám z této aktuální normy. Ano, zodpovědné zacházení s obaly a odpady z nich by mělo být v zájmu každého z nás, ale aktuální podoba této PPWR jde proti zásadám volného evropského trhu a její drakonické podmínky jsou potecniálně likvidační pro drobné podnikatele, jako jsou živnostníci, mikropodniky, umělci, řemeslníci a další drobní tvůrci. Už jen povinnost registrovat se do systému správy odpadů v každé jednotlivé zemi EU, uhradit s tím spojené poplatky či si v každé této konkrétní zemi najímat svého zástupce pro plnění těchto povinností je pro drobného podnikatele zcela nepřekonatelnou finanční i administrativní překážkou. Pro velké podniky a nadnárodní korporace nebude problém se novým pravidlům přizpůsobit - mají na to finanční prostředky i týmy erudovaných odborníků ve všech dotčených oborech. Malý živnostník si ale nemůže dovolit platit tisíce EUR ročně za registrace a poplatky a najímání odborníků nebo sám pokrýt tak obrovský nárůst administrativy - a to ještě předtím, než vůbec pošle první balíček za hranice. Mnoho drobných živnostníků se tak z evropského trhu úplně stáhne. Mnoho živnostníků, kteří o expanzi za hranice své domovské země zatím jen uvažovali, se do ní vůbec nepustí. A někteří z nich dost možná budou muset úplně zavřít krám, protože jen jejich domácí trh jim k uživení stačit nebude. A ze světa nám zase ubude rozmanitosti, ubude tradičních řemesel. ubude umění, ubude individuality, ubude kreativity, ubude radosti, ubude lidí s vášní pro svou práci. O to smutnější to celé je, když vidím, že drobní podnikatelé nejen že produkují jen minimální množství obalových materiálů (třeba ve srovnání s čínskými internetovými tržišti nebo jinými nadnárodními korporacemi), ale sami často z vlastní vůle volí \"eco-friendly\" řešení jako je znovupoužívání obalů dokud to jejich vlastnosti dovolí (i to ale bude podle PPWR problém, pokud tomu dobře rozumím - ke znovupoužité krabici prohlášení o shodě nedostanu - tak ji budu muset vyhodit a koupit si novou? Není to tak trochu paradox?). Přimlouvám se za to, aby v souvislosti s obaly a odpady z nich byl jako priorita zřízen jednotný evropský systém pro registraci producentů obalů a aby byly podmínky ve všech evropských zemích sjednoceny, tak aby každému subjektu prodávajícímu do ostatních zemi EU stačila jedna registrace a jeden poplatek - a aby v rámci tohoto systému byly nastaveny spravedlivé výjimky pro živnostníky a mikropodniky.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is said that the road to the windscreen is paved with good intentions. And that is exactly what I feel from this current norm. Yes, it should be in everyone’s interest to handle packaging and packaging waste responsibly, but the current PPWR goes against the principles of a free European market and its draconian conditions are potently destructive for small entrepreneurs, such as sole traders, micro-enterprises, artists, craftsmen and other small-scale creators. The mere obligation to register with the waste management system in each EU country, to pay the associated fees or to hire a representative in each country to fulfil these obligations is an insurmountable financial and administrative obstacle for small businesses. Large companies and multinational corporations will find it hard to adapt to the new rules, with funding and teams of well-educated professionals in all relevant fields. However, a small trader cannot afford to pay thousands of euros per year for registrations and fees and hiring professionals, or to cover such a huge increase in administration – even before sending the first package across borders. As a result, many small traders will be completely removed from the European market. Many tradesmen who have so far only considered expanding beyond their home country are not allowed to do so at all. And some of them may have to close down completely because their home market alone will not be enough to feed them. And the world will lose diversity, traditional crafts, art, individuality, creativity, joy, people with a passion for their work. This is all the more sad when I see that small businesses not only produce minimal quantities of packaging materials (even when compared with Chinese online marketplaces or other multinational corporations), but often choose, of their own free will, ‘eco-friendly’ solutions such as reusing packaging for as long as their characteristics allow (but that will also be a problem under the PPWR, if I understand it well – I will not receive a new box for the declaration of conformity to be reused – so will I have to throw it away and buy a new one? This is not a bit paradox?). I am in favour of a single European registration system for packaging and packaging waste as a matter of priority, and of uniform conditions in all European countries, so that one registration and one fee is sufficient for every person selling to other EU countries – and fair exemptions for sole traders and micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549367_en"}, {"id": 33549363, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:59:17", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner on Etsy, and the current implementation of the PPWR risks forcing me to withdraw from cross-border sales because the fixed compliance costs are completely disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging I place on the market. Is this really your goal? To force small businesses like mine to stop selling to customers in other EU countries? Behind every small business, there is an entire family. When you make it impossible for small businesses to survive, you are also putting those families at risk. Is this really what you want? The EU should introduce a meaningful, EU-wide de minimis threshold based on business size and/or annual packaging volumes. Below this threshold, microbusinesses should be exempt from the most burdensome PPWR requirements, including the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State. We want to comply with environmental requirements. We want to reduce waste and use more sustainable packaging. But please do not make compliance so costly and complicated that the smallest businesses are forced out of the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner on Etsy, and the current implementation of the PPWR risks forcing me to withdraw from cross-border sales because the fixed compliance costs are completely disproportionate to the very small quantities of packaging I place on the market. Is this really your goal? To force small businesses like mine to stop selling to customers in other EU countries? Behind every small business, there is an entire family. When you make it impossible for small businesses to survive, you are also putting those families at risk. Is this really what you want? The EU should introduce a meaningful, EU-wide de minimis threshold based on business size and/or annual packaging volumes. Below this threshold, microbusinesses should be exempt from the most burdensome PPWR requirements, including the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State. We want to comply with environmental requirements. We want to reduce waste and use more sustainable packaging. But please do not make compliance so costly and complicated that the smallest businesses are forced out of the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549363_en"}, {"id": 33549362, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:55:42", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These proposals would disproportionately affect small businesses and may restrict their ability to operate. Meanwhile, large companies with a greater environmental impact in terms of waste produced will continue to operate and increase their market share as smaller businesses are squeezed out. Instead, there should be variations or even different expectations depending on the size of the business so that large businesses dont continue to produce the majority of packaging waste whilst small businesses cease to exist because of yet another increase in operating costs and hoops to jump through.", "feedbackEnglish": "These proposals would disproportionately affect small businesses and may restrict their ability to operate. Meanwhile, large companies with a greater environmental impact in terms of waste produced will continue to operate and increase their market share as smaller businesses are squeezed out. Instead, there should be variations or even different expectations depending on the size of the business so that large businesses dont continue to produce the majority of packaging waste whilst small businesses cease to exist because of yet another increase in operating costs and hoops to jump through.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549362_en"}, {"id": 33549359, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:48:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Was the EU not founded on the idea of a united market? Why make it more complicated and more expensive for small businesses in a time where Amazon is taking over everything? Why make it even easier for gigantic corporations to profit and for small ones to fail? This is -for me- the antithesis of what the EU should be doing and what it stands for. Should not be let through and definitely needs a lot of adjustment to be in any way acceptable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Was the EU not founded on the idea of a united market? Why make it more complicated and more expensive for small businesses in a time where Amazon is taking over everything? Why make it even easier for gigantic corporations to profit and for small ones to fail? This is -for me- the antithesis of what the EU should be doing and what it stands for. Should not be let through and definitely needs a lot of adjustment to be in any way acceptable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549359_en"}, {"id": 33549358, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:47:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Glowbag", "feedback": "The European Union was built on the idea of bringing countries closer together promoting peace, economic cohesion, solidarity and a strong Single Market without internal barriers. As a small European business owner, I am deeply concerned that we are currently moving in the opposite direction. With the new PPWR requirements and the different national EPR obligations, selling a simple product from one EU country to a customer in another is becoming increasingly bureaucratic, complex and expensive. For large corporations, these requirements may be manageable. For thousands of small businesses and independent online shops, they are not. We are now seeing small businesses restricting or completely stopping shipping to other EU Member States. My own small business is also being forced to temporarily stop shipping to most EU countries because we simply cannot manage the administrative and financial burden for every individual market. This cannot be the intention of a European Single Market. Instead of removing borders, we are effectively creating new ones for small businesses. Instead of encouraging European trade, entrepreneurship and economic cooperation, we are making cross-border commerce increasingly difficult. At the same time, an entire compliance industry is emerging, offering registrations, authorised representatives and administrative services for each individual country often at costs that are completely disproportionate to the turnover a small business generates in that market. Environmental responsibility is important. But regulation must remain proportionate, practical and economically viable, especially for SMEs and micro-businesses. I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider the administrative burden created by the current system and introduce a simple, centralised EU-wide solution for small businesses, instead of requiring them to navigate numerous national systems. Europe should make it easier for a small company in Germany to sell to a customer in France, Italy or Spain not harder. Please protect the idea of a real European Single Market and ensure that sustainability legislation does not unintentionally create new internal borders", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Union was built on the idea of bringing countries closer together promoting peace, economic cohesion, solidarity and a strong Single Market without internal barriers. As a small European business owner, I am deeply concerned that we are currently moving in the opposite direction. With the new PPWR requirements and the different national EPR obligations, selling a simple product from one EU country to a customer in another is becoming increasingly bureaucratic, complex and expensive. For large corporations, these requirements may be manageable. For thousands of small businesses and independent online shops, they are not. We are now seeing small businesses restricting or completely stopping shipping to other EU Member States. My own small business is also being forced to temporarily stop shipping to most EU countries because we simply cannot manage the administrative and financial burden for every individual market. This cannot be the intention of a European Single Market. Instead of removing borders, we are effectively creating new ones for small businesses. Instead of encouraging European trade, entrepreneurship and economic cooperation, we are making cross-border commerce increasingly difficult. At the same time, an entire compliance industry is emerging, offering registrations, authorised representatives and administrative services for each individual country often at costs that are completely disproportionate to the turnover a small business generates in that market. Environmental responsibility is important. But regulation must remain proportionate, practical and economically viable, especially for SMEs and micro-businesses. I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider the administrative burden created by the current system and introduce a simple, centralised EU-wide solution for small businesses, instead of requiring them to navigate numerous national systems. Europe should make it easier for a small company in Germany to sell to a customer in France, Italy or Spain not harder. Please protect the idea of a real European Single Market and ensure that sustainability legislation does not unintentionally create new internal borders", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549358_en"}, {"id": 33549352, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:43:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My colleague and I own and operate a mirco-business in Germany. We've built it up from nothing 16 years ago. Usually we love all the possibilities the EU market brings. Without it our business would not have been possible. However, this packaging regulation might actually be the end of it. We can't afford the fees for the respective representative in each country, but also can't afford (and don't want!) to lose our EU customers. As a hypothetical: lets say we ship 10 envelopes per year to one EU country. With the small margin we have on our handmade products we will earn 120 total of these shipments (before taxes, raw materials and production costs already subtracted). At the same time we have to pay 300 for a representative in this one country. How is that supposed to work?!", "feedbackEnglish": "My colleague and I own and operate a mirco-business in Germany. We've built it up from nothing 16 years ago. Usually we love all the possibilities the EU market brings. Without it our business would not have been possible. However, this packaging regulation might actually be the end of it. We can't afford the fees for the respective representative in each country, but also can't afford (and don't want!) to lose our EU customers. As a hypothetical: lets say we ship 10 envelopes per year to one EU country. With the small margin we have on our handmade products we will earn 120 total of these shipments (before taxes, raw materials and production costs already subtracted). At the same time we have to pay 300 for a representative in this one country. How is that supposed to work?!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549352_en"}, {"id": 33549351, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:42:16", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "L.Bakker", "feedback": "Exclude micro/small businesses as this new law is disproportionate towards micro/small businesses. Many if not all micro/small businesses cannot afford these fees. Harmonize the registration for this new law with one portal. This new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude micro/small businesses as this new law is disproportionate towards micro/small businesses. Many if not all micro/small businesses cannot afford these fees. Harmonize the registration for this new law with one portal. This new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549351_en"}, {"id": 33549349, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:34:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist unfassbar, dass es keine Bagatellregelungen für Kleinstanbieter gibt. Man kann nur den Eindruck gewinnen, dass die EU Kleinstanbieter mit diesem Bürokratiermonster zugunsten der großen Anbieter aus dem Markt drängen will. Hat Amazon ordentlich geschmiert? Haben die Verantwortlichen noch irgendeinen Kontakt zur Realität? Es ist einfach unfassbar. Es wird ständig über \"Bürokratieabbau\" fabuliert und dann so eine Unverschämtheit.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is inconceivable that there are no trivial rules for micro-vendors. One can only get the impression that the EU wants to push micro-vendors out of the market with this bureaucratic monster in favour of the big ones. Did Amazon lubricate properly? Do those responsible still have any contact with reality? It is simply incomprehensible. It is constantly fictitious about ‘cutting red tape’ and then insidious.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549349_en"}, {"id": 33549348, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:34:11", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rare Bindings", "feedback": "As someone who was on the verge of starting a small business, reading about this legeslation has immediately put that idea to bed. The EU was formed on the basis of a single market and all this is dojng is fracturing it and killing small businesses. Please reconsider this, or you will be killing what your entire legislation was communicated to be protecting.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who was on the verge of starting a small business, reading about this legeslation has immediately put that idea to bed. The EU was formed on the basis of a single market and all this is dojng is fracturing it and killing small businesses. Please reconsider this, or you will be killing what your entire legislation was communicated to be protecting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549348_en"}, {"id": 33549344, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:24:47", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "O que esta legislação propõe até pode fazer sentido. O que ela exige das micro empresas e dos pequenos empresários individuais é que está errado. O valor anual a pagar que se estima, para cada estado membro onde se quer mandar encomendas é proibitivo para os pequenos negocios. Assim a UE esta a beneficiar apenas as grandes empresas e a acabar com os pequenos. Exiigem-se escaloes e isenções para quem é pequeno e nao tem outra opção que nao seja incumprimento ou encerramento.", "feedbackEnglish": "What this legislation proposes may even make sense. What it requires from micro enterprises and small one-person entrepreneurs is that it is wrong. The estimated annual amount to be paid for each Member State in which orders are to be placed is prohibitive for small businesses. The EU therefore benefits only large companies and puts an end to small ones. Brackets and exemptions are required for those who are small and have no choice other than default or closure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549344_en"}, {"id": 33549343, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:23:51", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Small business owner ( to be)", "feedback": "I wanted to start a new small business, but after seeing this, im worried as million of small business owners throughout the EU are now cancelling shipping to othe EU contrôles because of this new régulation, its too expensive for small businesses to pay for these fées, specially représentation in every country they want to ship too, your killing free and easier commerce between the member states of the EU, and that was the main reasin for these fées EU, whats the point if EU businesses will pay and have as or more administrative thing to do now than non EU, chineses companies, how are we suppose to compète with those now?", "feedbackEnglish": "I wanted to start a new small business, but after seeing this, im worried as million of small business owners throughout the EU are now cancelling shipping to othe EU contrôles because of this new régulation, its too expensive for small businesses to pay for these fées, specially représentation in every country they want to ship too, your killing free and easier commerce between the member states of the EU, and that was the main reasin for these fées EU, whats the point if EU businesses will pay and have as or more administrative thing to do now than non EU, chineses companies, how are we suppose to compète with those now?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549343_en"}, {"id": 33549342, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:23:36", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The law will never have an impact and will kill all the small businesses around Europe . They will never survive and many of them have good packaging practices and are quite environmentally low impact . The same cannot be said of Amazon, Shien and all the big names . This measure will have no impact finally for them or will make their environmental practices better . This is a quite absurd law overall", "feedbackEnglish": "The law will never have an impact and will kill all the small businesses around Europe . They will never survive and many of them have good packaging practices and are quite environmentally low impact . The same cannot be said of Amazon, Shien and all the big names . This measure will have no impact finally for them or will make their environmental practices better . This is a quite absurd law overall", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549342_en"}, {"id": 33549341, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:23:32", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "S'il vous plaît ne faites pas ça... Vous êtes en train de tuer l'économie européenne. Imaginez le nombre d'artisans, commerçants, auto entrepreneurs qui croulent sous les taxes et voilà que vous voulez en rajouter. Le monde de l'emploi va mal. On essaie de s'en sortir en se lançant à notre compte et vous nous etouffez. Trouvez un autre moyen de renflouer vos caisses et laissez nous une chance de survivre. Je suis si triste et en colère...", "feedbackEnglish": "Please do not do that... You are killing the European economy. Imagine how many craftsmen, traders and auto-entrepreneurs rush under taxes and that’s what you want to add. The world of employment is bad. We try to get out of it by going to our account and you teach us. Find another way to bail out your funds and give us a chance to survive. I am so sad and angry...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549341_en"}, {"id": 33549340, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:20:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I think getting a tighter grip on packaging and waste laws in the EU is a good thing, they should be held against importers from OUTSIDE the EU and not make having a business WITHIN the EU a complete waste of time and money. I believed the EU would stand behind its citizens and support their values, I was wrong. These new regulations are needlessly complex and make adhering to them near impossible for smaller businesses. There have already been statements where companies halted their exports due to not wanting to act according to these laws or simpy not being able to. It is unfathomable that our ministers believe this is the right way to go and completely crushed my faith in the parliament. You disable the small people while giving strength to large companies which already enjoy tax benefits. I cincerely hope you will reconsider these regulations as it will ultimately make each consumer and small business holder suffer in the long run which will already be noticeable in the coming export rates. As it has been said before: you will certainly reduce waste if you reduce our exports altogether but it clearly cannot be in your interest to do so.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I think getting a tighter grip on packaging and waste laws in the EU is a good thing, they should be held against importers from OUTSIDE the EU and not make having a business WITHIN the EU a complete waste of time and money. I believed the EU would stand behind its citizens and support their values, I was wrong. These new regulations are needlessly complex and make adhering to them near impossible for smaller businesses. There have already been statements where companies halted their exports due to not wanting to act according to these laws or simpy not being able to. It is unfathomable that our ministers believe this is the right way to go and completely crushed my faith in the parliament. You disable the small people while giving strength to large companies which already enjoy tax benefits. I cincerely hope you will reconsider these regulations as it will ultimately make each consumer and small business holder suffer in the long run which will already be noticeable in the coming export rates. As it has been said before: you will certainly reduce waste if you reduce our exports altogether but it clearly cannot be in your interest to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549340_en"}, {"id": 33549339, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:18:29", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "How the fuck are independent artists expected to follow the EXACT same packaging laws as Jeff Bezos? Im all for sustainability. I want less plastic in the ocean, I want a greener world, and I support accountability for waste. What I DO NOT support is the insane unfairness of the EUs new PPWR/EPR rules. Under these regulations, a solo artist shipping 5 handmade mugs a year to Austria or Spain has to follow the same baseline bureaucracy as Amazon or Shein. To ship ONE cardboard box across a border, Im expected to: 1️ Weigh and log every single gram of cardboard, tape, and paper wrap. 2️ Hire and pay an \"Authorized Representative\" in that specific countrycosting anywhere from 150 to 500 EVERY SINGLE YEAR in retainers just to legally send a package there. No de minimis threshold. No exemption for micro-businesses or low-volume creators. Amazon has entire legal teams and millions of dollars to automate this overnight. For an independent maker? That yearly fee wipes out the profit of the entire order before it even leaves my desk. This isn't \"saving the planet.\" Its a corporate handout that forces independent makers to shut down cross-border shipping, locking us out of the Single Market while mega-corporations swallow up the rest of the pie. Rules need to scale with capacity. If you want a green transition, stop pricing small creators out of existence while letting billionaires buy their way out of the problem.", "feedbackEnglish": "How the fuck are independent artists expected to follow the EXACT same packaging laws as Jeff Bezos? Im all for sustainability. I want less plastic in the ocean, I want a greener world, and I support accountability for waste. What I DO NOT support is the insane unfairness of the EUs new PPWR/EPR rules. Under these regulations, a solo artist shipping 5 handmade mugs a year to Austria or Spain has to follow the same baseline bureaucracy as Amazon or Shein. To ship ONE cardboard box across a border, Im expected to: 1️ Weigh and log every single gram of cardboard, tape, and paper wrap. 2️ Hire and pay an \"Authorized Representative\" in that specific countrycosting anywhere from 150 to 500 EVERY SINGLE YEAR in retainers just to legally send a package there. No de minimis threshold. No exemption for micro-businesses or low-volume creators. Amazon has entire legal teams and millions of dollars to automate this overnight. For an independent maker? That yearly fee wipes out the profit of the entire order before it even leaves my desk. This isn't \"saving the planet.\" Its a corporate handout that forces independent makers to shut down cross-border shipping, locking us out of the Single Market while mega-corporations swallow up the rest of the pie. Rules need to scale with capacity. If you want a green transition, stop pricing small creators out of existence while letting billionaires buy their way out of the problem.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549339_en"}, {"id": 33549338, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:18:00", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Yet another completely unneeded bureaucratic nightmare targeted at small businesses. With the current proposal, it is completely unsustainable, and many small companies will have to close. If done through a central register, with exceptions for micro businesses and reasonable, capped tiers, it could work. Unfortunately, that was never the intended outcome of this blatant, corporation-backed attack on small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Yet another completely unneeded bureaucratic nightmare targeted at small businesses. With the current proposal, it is completely unsustainable, and many small companies will have to close. If done through a central register, with exceptions for micro businesses and reasonable, capped tiers, it could work. Unfortunately, that was never the intended outcome of this blatant, corporation-backed attack on small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549338_en"}, {"id": 33549337, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:16:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "huebner Informationselektronik", "feedback": "The current feedback shows what was obvious from the beginning - the decentralized approach requiring complex and expensive registrations and reporting from the first parcel on to be sent will mean the end for small enterprises. For sure we need to take measures to reduce waste and hazardous substanced in packaging, but a common goal requires a common, centralized register. Especially small enterprises will buy their packaging material from already certified sellers, so it should be more than enough for those parties to report the quantities used to a central instance.This would fulfill the intention of the PPWR, but also allow small business to remain active on the EU market. Long time, a relief for small businesses below 10 employees and below 2 Mio of yearly income was part of the discussiuon, but this has vanished in the end.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current feedback shows what was obvious from the beginning - the decentralized approach requiring complex and expensive registrations and reporting from the first parcel on to be sent will mean the end for small enterprises. For sure we need to take measures to reduce waste and hazardous substanced in packaging, but a common goal requires a common, centralized register. Especially small enterprises will buy their packaging material from already certified sellers, so it should be more than enough for those parties to report the quantities used to a central instance.This would fulfill the intention of the PPWR, but also allow small business to remain active on the EU market. Long time, a relief for small businesses below 10 employees and below 2 Mio of yearly income was part of the discussiuon, but this has vanished in the end.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549337_en"}, {"id": 33549332, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:13:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a one person shop selling handmade jewelry where most of my orders come from abroad, most of shops of my size where makers and artists make a living simply can not afford the fees and time this initiative creates. Whilst the goal is to make things more sustainable, this one treatment for all solution is the most unsustainable regulation. Because the result of it is killing small businesses, making more room for large companies who are the biggest polluter. The policy makers need to come down to earth and get their head out of the clouds, before dream up some big initiatives, this is simply laziness!", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a one person shop selling handmade jewelry where most of my orders come from abroad, most of shops of my size where makers and artists make a living simply can not afford the fees and time this initiative creates. Whilst the goal is to make things more sustainable, this one treatment for all solution is the most unsustainable regulation. Because the result of it is killing small businesses, making more room for large companies who are the biggest polluter. The policy makers need to come down to earth and get their head out of the clouds, before dream up some big initiatives, this is simply laziness!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549332_en"}, {"id": 33549331, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:12:00", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mary Brand", "feedback": "Why not find other solutions? Surely, we could add an EPR tax based on a percentage of sales or turnover in Europe, but not cut off the oxygen supply for small businesses? This isn't development of the European economic market, it's a concentration camp!", "feedbackEnglish": "Why not find other solutions? Surely, we could add an EPR tax based on a percentage of sales or turnover in Europe, but not cut off the oxygen supply for small businesses? This isn't development of the European economic market, it's a concentration camp!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549331_en"}, {"id": 33549319, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:10:35", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Noble goals, devastating execution. PPWR proposal in its current form will DESTROY tens of thousands of EU micro-enterprises! The European Unions environmental objectives are needed and I love that somebody is doing that, but... The mechanism (PPWR and EPR) represents a SYSTEMIC AND EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO SMALL AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES across the European Union! The current framework completely ignores the operational reality of small creators, artists, craftspeople, and independent e-commerce businesses: The Absurdity of the Authorized Representative Requirement: Mandating that cross-border B2C sellers retain and pay for a separate, local Authorized Representative for EPR in every single member state completely undermines the foundation of the EU Single Market. For a small business shipping a handful of packages annually to a given country, the fixed annual subscription fee for an Authorized Representative (100-500 EUR per country) renders cross-border sales entirely unviable. SMALL BUSINESSES WILL LOSE THEIR MEANS OF LIVING, PEOPLE THAT SPENT 10+ YEARS BUILDING THEIR POSITION! Especially after 2020 when the small consumer got even poorer they're struggling to survive. WHY DO YOU WANT TO EXTERMINATE THEM? The Absence of a De Minimis Threshold: Treating a solo ceramics studio, a painter shipping three artworks a year, or a small handmade shop on equal terms with multinational retail giants is a gross injustice. By demanding granular tracking for every single gram of tape or bubble wrap from micro-businesses, you are erecting an insurmountable bureaucratic barrier that cannot be managed without dedicated legal and administrative teams. BUT THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE MEANS WIL BE HANDLED NO PROBLEM BY BIG BUSINESSES!!! For them this money is laughable, for small businesses - THAT MEANS THE END OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD! The Fragmentation of the Single Market: Far from fostering the free movement of goods, these rules force tens of thousands of European micro-businesses to cut off shipping to most EU countries and retreat into their domestic markets. This is a massive step backward for the European economy. YOU'RE ERECTING RULES THAT WILL FORCE THE EU-BASED SELLERS TO SELL.............. OUTSIDE EU! THAT'S UTTER NONSESE!!! EXEMPT MICRO-BUSINESSES FROM THIS, BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE TENS OF THOUSAND INCREDIBLY TALENTED PEOPLE! We urgently demand the inclusion of the following amendments in the regulation: Establishment of an EU-wide De Minimis Threshold: Small businesses placing below a minimum annual volume of packaging (e.g., 200 kg) or generating low cross-border turnover in a given destination country must be fully exempt from the requirement to appoint an Authorized Representative. A Single Registration & Reporting System (EPR One-Stop-Shop): Creation of a centralized EU portal where businesses can report packaging weights for the entire Union in their native language and settle fees through a single point of entrymirroring the existing VAT-OSS framework.If these adjustments are not made, this regulation will fail to heal the environmentit will merely consolidate market power in the hands of corporate giants while wiping out tens of thousands of local European entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "Noble goals, devastating execution. PPWR proposal in its current form will DESTROY tens of thousands of EU micro-enterprises! The European Unions environmental objectives are needed and I love that somebody is doing that, but... The mechanism (PPWR and EPR) represents a SYSTEMIC AND EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO SMALL AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES across the European Union! The current framework completely ignores the operational reality of small creators, artists, craftspeople, and independent e-commerce businesses: The Absurdity of the Authorized Representative Requirement: Mandating that cross-border B2C sellers retain and pay for a separate, local Authorized Representative for EPR in every single member state completely undermines the foundation of the EU Single Market. For a small business shipping a handful of packages annually to a given country, the fixed annual subscription fee for an Authorized Representative (100-500 EUR per country) renders cross-border sales entirely unviable. SMALL BUSINESSES WILL LOSE THEIR MEANS OF LIVING, PEOPLE THAT SPENT 10+ YEARS BUILDING THEIR POSITION! Especially after 2020 when the small consumer got even poorer they're struggling to survive. WHY DO YOU WANT TO EXTERMINATE THEM? The Absence of a De Minimis Threshold: Treating a solo ceramics studio, a painter shipping three artworks a year, or a small handmade shop on equal terms with multinational retail giants is a gross injustice. By demanding granular tracking for every single gram of tape or bubble wrap from micro-businesses, you are erecting an insurmountable bureaucratic barrier that cannot be managed without dedicated legal and administrative teams. BUT THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE MEANS WIL BE HANDLED NO PROBLEM BY BIG BUSINESSES!!! For them this money is laughable, for small businesses - THAT MEANS THE END OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD! The Fragmentation of the Single Market: Far from fostering the free movement of goods, these rules force tens of thousands of European micro-businesses to cut off shipping to most EU countries and retreat into their domestic markets. This is a massive step backward for the European economy. YOU'RE ERECTING RULES THAT WILL FORCE THE EU-BASED SELLERS TO SELL.............. OUTSIDE EU! THAT'S UTTER NONSESE!!! EXEMPT MICRO-BUSINESSES FROM THIS, BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE TENS OF THOUSAND INCREDIBLY TALENTED PEOPLE! We urgently demand the inclusion of the following amendments in the regulation: Establishment of an EU-wide De Minimis Threshold: Small businesses placing below a minimum annual volume of packaging (e.g., 200 kg) or generating low cross-border turnover in a given destination country must be fully exempt from the requirement to appoint an Authorized Representative. A Single Registration & Reporting System (EPR One-Stop-Shop): Creation of a centralized EU portal where businesses can report packaging weights for the entire Union in their native language and settle fees through a single point of entrymirroring the existing VAT-OSS framework.If these adjustments are not made, this regulation will fail to heal the environmentit will merely consolidate market power in the hands of corporate giants while wiping out tens of thousands of local European entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549319_en"}, {"id": 33549330, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:06:42", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Me", "feedback": "This will kill my small business and thus you will not receive further taxes from me. I, within minutes, found numerous shops on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok that will not continue to do business within the EU due to this. This will make niche shops fade away slowly due to the high costs and outsource orders to China. If you don't think this will happen, you're detached from reality. Instead of advancing and being a stronger economy, you're killing all middle and small sized businesses. Good Job. If this passes, I will leave the EU and take my business elsewhere. The EU was made to make trading and trade of goods easier. This is the exact opposite of that fundamental idea. SET REASONABLE THRESHOLDS. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill my small business and thus you will not receive further taxes from me. I, within minutes, found numerous shops on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok that will not continue to do business within the EU due to this. This will make niche shops fade away slowly due to the high costs and outsource orders to China. If you don't think this will happen, you're detached from reality. Instead of advancing and being a stronger economy, you're killing all middle and small sized businesses. Good Job. If this passes, I will leave the EU and take my business elsewhere. The EU was made to make trading and trade of goods easier. This is the exact opposite of that fundamental idea. SET REASONABLE THRESHOLDS. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549330_en"}, {"id": 33549329, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:05:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed changes will force small business to stop shipping/selling within the EU. This cannot be the goal of the EU. The required registration and disposal fees with every member state is excessive. A central law imposed by a central government should also provide a central solution or in this case a central registry. I really do not know how you guys thought it was OK to expect any business to have seats or home offices in every member state to be able to ship goods to them. That is a central part here, a paper work nightmare. You require a Legally authorised person (the German translation indicates also with limited power of attorney) to personally handle your affairs in every EU country. This is an insurmountable hurdle for many small companies. The EU economy is contracting due to Covid and the effects of two wars. After the 12th we are going to see it contract again... There are so many better solutions that could have been implemented here that many people would have welcomed but you guys chose this... Why are there no EU wide reusable packaging solutions? Why did you not ask us before making such laws? Why can you not restrict which packaging types to import. Bags: only PET, PP or PLA Boxes: Paper cartons or reusable PP boxes Food Packaging: PET, PP, PLA, Paper / Waxed Paper No more composite packaging... Have everything marked with easy to read standard symbols. These are the things you should be doing. You should also try to find a way to penalise companies for using excessive packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed changes will force small business to stop shipping/selling within the EU. This cannot be the goal of the EU. The required registration and disposal fees with every member state is excessive. A central law imposed by a central government should also provide a central solution or in this case a central registry. I really do not know how you guys thought it was OK to expect any business to have seats or home offices in every member state to be able to ship goods to them. That is a central part here, a paper work nightmare. You require a Legally authorised person (the German translation indicates also with limited power of attorney) to personally handle your affairs in every EU country. This is an insurmountable hurdle for many small companies. The EU economy is contracting due to Covid and the effects of two wars. After the 12th we are going to see it contract again... There are so many better solutions that could have been implemented here that many people would have welcomed but you guys chose this... Why are there no EU wide reusable packaging solutions? Why did you not ask us before making such laws? Why can you not restrict which packaging types to import. Bags: only PET, PP or PLA Boxes: Paper cartons or reusable PP boxes Food Packaging: PET, PP, PLA, Paper / Waxed Paper No more composite packaging... Have everything marked with easy to read standard symbols. These are the things you should be doing. You should also try to find a way to penalise companies for using excessive packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549329_en"}, {"id": 33549320, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/11 00:00:18", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I agree with the objective of this act to cut down on packaging waste from companies. However, the collateral damage this will cause to any small business is immense and will further deter others from starting a business or selling art as transport will now be an even greater cost to factor in.", "feedbackEnglish": "I agree with the objective of this act to cut down on packaging waste from companies. However, the collateral damage this will cause to any small business is immense and will further deter others from starting a business or selling art as transport will now be an even greater cost to factor in.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549320_en"}, {"id": 33549315, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:54:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please do exclude small and micro businesses from this new regulation. The new regulations are impossible to meet by small businesses and sellers of handmade products, who sell a few items per year to different EU countries on platforms like etsy. We will struggle to pay the huge additional compliance costs to ship to each of the EU countries in accordance with these laws, and the involved paperwork is just ridiculous. As a result, it will no longer be possible to sell or buy handmade products from neighboring countries within the EU. It seems easier to ship products from Germany to Australia than to Austria, which is not conducive to either cohesion within the EU or the environment. Please revise the new PPWR laws, taking into account the interests of small businesses, artists, and sellers of handmade products.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please do exclude small and micro businesses from this new regulation. The new regulations are impossible to meet by small businesses and sellers of handmade products, who sell a few items per year to different EU countries on platforms like etsy. We will struggle to pay the huge additional compliance costs to ship to each of the EU countries in accordance with these laws, and the involved paperwork is just ridiculous. As a result, it will no longer be possible to sell or buy handmade products from neighboring countries within the EU. It seems easier to ship products from Germany to Australia than to Austria, which is not conducive to either cohesion within the EU or the environment. Please revise the new PPWR laws, taking into account the interests of small businesses, artists, and sellers of handmade products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549315_en"}, {"id": 33549314, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:51:30", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je suis une consommatrice de beaucoup de small bisness et vivant dans un coin avec peu de locomotion et pas de magazin ... je commande tres regulierement... Je suis atrister de voir une grande partie des produits que je consomme devenir inaccecible ... Je pense pouvoir dire que jaidais en quelque sorte les economie des plus petits ... Je vois encore une fois on ne fait que regarder ceux qui ramener le plus dargent en oubliant encore le peuple.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a consumer of a lot of small bisness and live in a corner with little locomotion and no magazine... I order regularly... I am afraid to see many of the products I consume become unaccectable... I think I can say that jaided in a way the economies of the smaller ones... I see once again that we are only looking at those who bring back the most money while still forgetting the people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549314_en"}, {"id": 33549313, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:50:55", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law do opposite of what it should, instead of supporting more sustainable small businesses, it makes it very hard for them to survive. It is unbelievable that small businesses have the same regulations as big companies. As an EU citizen i strongly request excluding small and micro businesses from the A. R rule. Or at least providing measurements they can afford. This law speaks against the free movement of goods within EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law do opposite of what it should, instead of supporting more sustainable small businesses, it makes it very hard for them to survive. It is unbelievable that small businesses have the same regulations as big companies. As an EU citizen i strongly request excluding small and micro businesses from the A. R rule. Or at least providing measurements they can afford. This law speaks against the free movement of goods within EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549313_en"}, {"id": 33549312, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:47:35", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Il est insensé de demander aux travailleurs indépendants de se conformer à ces exigences, quelle que soit leur localisation (Union Européenne ou non). Il sera impossible financièrement pour la plupart des petits entrepreneurs, notamment les artistes et artisans, de pouvoir continuer leur activité s'ils vivaient en grande partie grâce aux ventes à l'étranger. Je suis moi-même auto-entrepreneur et ne gagne financièrement simplement pas assez pour pouvoir survivre suite à la mise en place de ce genre de règlementations. Ces initiatives doivent cibler les réels producteurs de déchets de masse, ce que ne sont pas les petits entrepreneurs, qu'il est impossible de comparer à des entreprises et micronationales en terme d'impact écologique et économique. En l'état, ces lois vont simplement tuer les micro entrepreneurs, et ceux qui y survivront verront leur situation se précariser.", "feedbackEnglish": "It makes no sense to ask self-employed workers to comply with these requirements, regardless of where they are located (European Union or not). It will be financially impossible for most small entrepreneurs, including artists and craftsmen, to continue their activity if they lived largely thanks to sales abroad. I am myself a self-entrepreneur and I simply do not earn enough money to be able to survive as a result of the introduction of such regulations. These initiatives must target real mass waste producers, which are not small entrepreneurs, which cannot be compared to companies and micro-companies in terms of ecological and economic impact. As it stands, these laws will simply kill micro entrepreneurs, and those who survive will see their situation become more precarious.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549312_en"}, {"id": 33549309, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:41:43", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small micro business, sole trader. I craft gifts from wool ( another product which is classified as waste in Ireland). I correct my neighbors boxes i. Order to send an items that i manage to sell- via online platforms- export- as i have been advised and helped to do my the Irish dept of enterprise. I do not produce packaging. I REUSE other companies packing in order to ship my hand crafted woollen, sustainable and biodegradable items. You are asking me now to register with EACH individual country and PAY ( more than I might make in a year in that country) in registration fees. This is the same as amazon , zara and the rest. Please consider the impact this will have on craft business, the self employed, the creative industries.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small micro business, sole trader. I craft gifts from wool ( another product which is classified as waste in Ireland). I correct my neighbors boxes i. Order to send an items that i manage to sell- via online platforms- export- as i have been advised and helped to do my the Irish dept of enterprise. I do not produce packaging. I REUSE other companies packing in order to ship my hand crafted woollen, sustainable and biodegradable items. You are asking me now to register with EACH individual country and PAY ( more than I might make in a year in that country) in registration fees. This is the same as amazon , zara and the rest. Please consider the impact this will have on craft business, the self employed, the creative industries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549309_en"}, {"id": 33549299, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:41:36", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "FEMALE owned Micro Business ", "feedback": "This is an absolute disgrace! For small business located in UK (in fact all over europe) you expect me to not only have a responsible person, now we are expected to register with TWENTY SEVEN different agencies each costing between 100 to 500 pounds EACH . Many many people think you are just trying to kill SME business many of which are owned by women. SHAME IN YOU!! And I for one and thousands of other say NO THANKS. Put an immediate moratorium on this for small micro sellers!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an absolute disgrace! For small business located in UK (in fact all over europe) you expect me to not only have a responsible person, now we are expected to register with TWENTY SEVEN different agencies each costing between 100 to 500 pounds EACH . Many many people think you are just trying to kill SME business many of which are owned by women. SHAME IN YOU!! And I for one and thousands of other say NO THANKS. Put an immediate moratorium on this for small micro sellers!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549299_en"}, {"id": 33549303, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:34:04", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour. Je vous contact par rapport a la nouvelle lois PPWR. Je suis un client de plusieurs petites entreprises dans l'UE et a l'étranger. Votre idee global est bien mais tue les petites entreprises de l'union européenne ainsi que d'ailleurs... jai passé des pré-commande il y a plusieurs mois auprès de boutiques qui sont dans l'incapacité financière de payer vos taxes et donc qui sont obligé de supprimer toutes possibilité de livraison dans l'union européenne. Cependant les micro entreprises et petites entreprises respecter deja pour la grande majorité les restriction environnementales sur leurs emballages. Leurs faire payer la MEME taxe que les grosses entreprises est purement déloyale. Les entreprises tel que Temu, Shien et autres ne seront pas plus que ca impacter de cette taxe comparer aux micro-entreprises qui pour la majorité ne gagne meme pas ou a peine 12 000 euros à l'année. Ils sont donc dans l'incapacité totale de payer vos taxes. Vous devriez potentiellement faire en sorte de régler vos taxes par poids, taille, statut de l'entreprise ou ce genre de choses. Pas une seul taxe pour tous peut importe votre taille. Merci de prendre en compte nos messages, et arreter de tuer l'artisanat et les petites entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning. I am contacting you in relation to the new PPWR Act. I am a client of several small businesses in the EU and abroad. Your global idee is good, but kills small businesses in the European Union and indeed... I placed pre-orders several months ago with shops that are financially unable to pay your taxes and are therefore obliged to abolish all delivery options in the European Union. However, the vast majority of micro and small enterprises already comply with environmental restrictions on their packaging. Make them pay the SAME tax that large companies are purely unfair. Businesses such as Temu, shien and others will not be affected by this tax any more than micro-enterprises, the majority of which do not even earn or barely pay EUR 12 000 per year. They are therefore completely unable to pay your taxes. You should potentially arrange for your taxes to be paid by weight, size, company status or this kind of thing. Not a single tax for everyone can matter how big you are. Thank you for taking on board our messages, and stop killing crafts and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549303_en"}, {"id": 33549302, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:33:02", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Studioteka", "feedback": "The PPWR is one of the worst and most counterproductive pieces of regulation the EU has introduced. It creates an absurd level of bureaucracy and administrative burden for businesses while doing little to encourage actual growth, innovation, or competitiveness. This kind of policymaking is precisely why the EU continues to fall behind other major global economies. Instead of enabling businesses to grow, it makes operating in Europe increasingly unattractive. It is yet another reason for us to seriously consider moving our business and future investment outside the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is one of the worst and most counterproductive pieces of regulation the EU has introduced. It creates an absurd level of bureaucracy and administrative burden for businesses while doing little to encourage actual growth, innovation, or competitiveness. This kind of policymaking is precisely why the EU continues to fall behind other major global economies. Instead of enabling businesses to grow, it makes operating in Europe increasingly unattractive. It is yet another reason for us to seriously consider moving our business and future investment outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549302_en"}, {"id": 33549298, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:29:56", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sole trader", "feedback": "I am a small, one-person business, shipping perhaps 10 - 15 parcels per year to different EU countries. Although the income generated from these sales is not substantial, it still contributes to my business, and we have spent years building trust and developing a loyal clientele. I always try to be mindful of the sustainability of my packaging, using Eco-friendly products. However, this regulation is simply impossible to sustain for a small, independent business like mine. The costs and administrative burden of complying with these requirements would be higher than the earnings generated from selling our products within the EU. This would effectively force us to stop selling to EU customers altogether, meaning that small independent businesses like mine would lose access to the EU market. In practice, this regulation risks seriously harming and potentially forcing the closure of small businesses that simply cannot absorb the additional costs and administrative requirements. You are effectively making it impossible for many small businesses to continue serving EU customers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small, one-person business, shipping perhaps 10 - 15 parcels per year to different EU countries. Although the income generated from these sales is not substantial, it still contributes to my business, and we have spent years building trust and developing a loyal clientele. I always try to be mindful of the sustainability of my packaging, using Eco-friendly products. However, this regulation is simply impossible to sustain for a small, independent business like mine. The costs and administrative burden of complying with these requirements would be higher than the earnings generated from selling our products within the EU. This would effectively force us to stop selling to EU customers altogether, meaning that small independent businesses like mine would lose access to the EU market. In practice, this regulation risks seriously harming and potentially forcing the closure of small businesses that simply cannot absorb the additional costs and administrative requirements. You are effectively making it impossible for many small businesses to continue serving EU customers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549298_en"}, {"id": 33549301, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:29:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Gesetzgebung hat kleine Unternehmen und Selbstständige leider nicht berücksichtigt. Kein Selbstständiger kann es sich leisten 27 verschiedene Anträge zu stellen und Gebühren zu entrichten. Dies wird dazu führen, dass vielen Europäern der Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit nicht gelingt. Wenn sie überleben wollen, sind sie gezwungen sich an den außeräuropäischen Markt zu wenden, ebenso wie ihre ehemaligen Kunden. Zu einer EU, die Hürden innerhalb ihrer Grenzen doch eigentlich vermeiden will, passt diese Initiative daher nicht. Sie bevorzugt große Unternehmen und den außereuroäischen Markt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Diese Gesetzgebung hat kleine Unternehmen und Selbstständige leider nicht berücksichtigt. Kein Selbstständiger kann es sich leisten 27 verschiedene Anträge zu stellen und Gebühren zu entrichten. Dies wird dazu führen, dass vielen Europäern der Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit nicht gelingt. Wenn sie überleben wollen, sind sie gezwungen sich an den außeräuropäischen Markt zu wenden, ebenso wie ihre ehemaligen Kunden. Zu einer EU, die Hürden innerhalb ihrer Grenzen doch eigentlich vermeiden will, passt diese Initiative daher nicht. Sie bevorzugt große Unternehmen und den außereuroäischen Markt.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549301_en"}, {"id": 33549300, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:29:04", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Calla ", "feedback": "Please reconsider including micro and small businesses - this disproportionately hurts independent creatives and small businesses. Having to register in every EU country individually is an administrative nightmare. It should be centralized.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please reconsider including micro and small businesses - this disproportionately hurts independent creatives and small businesses. Having to register in every EU country individually is an administrative nightmare. It should be centralized.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549300_en"}, {"id": 33549297, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:26:31", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the objective is necessary, the solution is (ironically) not sustainable. 1. Small and microbusinesses cannot be expected to have this registration and management in every single member country, even if it's only 1 customer who ordered a handmade item for example. The financial and administrative burden is not sustainable. 2. Regardless of size, registration should be on EU level, not by member state. The benefit and goal of the EU is to simplify goods movement, not to complicate it. Why are we going backwards from unity to separation? The impact is shared, it doesn't stop at borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the objective is necessary, the solution is (ironically) not sustainable. 1. Small and microbusinesses cannot be expected to have this registration and management in every single member country, even if it's only 1 customer who ordered a handmade item for example. The financial and administrative burden is not sustainable. 2. Regardless of size, registration should be on EU level, not by member state. The benefit and goal of the EU is to simplify goods movement, not to complicate it. Why are we going backwards from unity to separation? The impact is shared, it doesn't stop at borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549297_en"}, {"id": 33549291, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:24:02", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tras informarme sobre la decisión de aplicar esta nueva normativa me veo en la obligación de mostrar mi inconformidad con la misma. No me parece correcto que se aplique la misma tasa tanto a grandes empresas, como a pequeños comercios o autónomos, siendo que la diferencia abismal en los ingresos anuales de unos y otros es inevitable. No me parece justo que haya que pagar una tasa por cada país al que se envía un producto, aunque sea en pocas cantidades. Debido a esta tasa, muchos comercios y autónomos están dejando de vender a Europa (muchos con clientes habituales), lo que puede influir inmensamente en sus ingresos y en que puedan seguir manteniendo su negocio en activo. Se habla de proteger a los vendedores locales y los pequeños comercios pero no se nos brinda ningún tipo de ayuda, sino que, al contrario, se nos asfixia en tasas e impuestos que no podemos permitirnos pagar. Este tipo de normativas, a largo plazo, no solo afectan al individuo, que tiene que cerrar su negocio, sino que afectan a la economía entera de un país. Por lo tanto, y espero de verdad que tomen la decisión correcta, estoy totalmente en contra de la aplicación de esta normativa.", "feedbackEnglish": "Having informed me of the decision to apply these new rules, I find myself obliged to show that I do not agree with them. It does not seem to me to be correct that the same tax should be applied to both large undertakings and small businesses or the self-employed, since the abrupt difference in annual revenue between them is inevitable. It does not seem fair to me that a fee should be paid for each country to which a product is shipped, even in small quantities. Due to this levy, many shops and self-employed are ceasing to sell to Europe (many with regular customers), which can have a huge impact on their income and on their ability to keep their business going. We are talking about protecting local sellers and small shops, but we are not given any help, but on the contrary we are suffocated by fees and taxes that we cannot afford to pay. Such long-term regulations not only affect the individual, who has to close his/her business, but also affect the entire economy of a country. Therefore, and I truly hope that they will take the right decision, I am totally against the application of this legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549291_en"}, {"id": 33549290, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:21:41", "country": "AZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There must be a simpler way to achieve the environmental goals without making it unnecessarily difficult for small creative businesses to sell within the EU. Its not fair at all when the reason of the pollution are big companies and factories .", "feedbackEnglish": "There must be a simpler way to achieve the environmental goals without making it unnecessarily difficult for small creative businesses to sell within the EU. Its not fair at all when the reason of the pollution are big companies and factories .", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549290_en"}, {"id": 33549289, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:21:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I just learned that the new packaging and packaging waste regulations are a disaster for many small and micro businesses in Europe, for example artists on Etsy who sell handmade items from one European country to another one. It's crazy to ask them to deal with paperwork and high fees for 27 different countries. Why can't there be one central place to go instead of 27 individual ones? Why is there no protection for micro businesses that just sell a handful of items to a country each year? It seems to me that the new rules will destroy many small business of European citizens, while it won't be a problem for huge companies. I think Europe should support small businesses shipping from one European country to another one, not make it impossible? Personally I am sad that I won't be able to support small businesses in other countries anymore by buying from them on Etsy - if they can't ship to Germany anymore - and I am devastated for these sellers, many of whom are vulnerable groups like women with small children, people with disabilities or people who live in rural areas where they created a small business because it's difficult or impossible to find a suitable job. I sincerely hope that you will address this problem and add necessary changes to the new rules. Kind regards from Germany", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I just learned that the new packaging and packaging waste regulations are a disaster for many small and micro businesses in Europe, for example artists on Etsy who sell handmade items from one European country to another one. It's crazy to ask them to deal with paperwork and high fees for 27 different countries. Why can't there be one central place to go instead of 27 individual ones? Why is there no protection for micro businesses that just sell a handful of items to a country each year? It seems to me that the new rules will destroy many small business of European citizens, while it won't be a problem for huge companies. I think Europe should support small businesses shipping from one European country to another one, not make it impossible? Personally I am sad that I won't be able to support small businesses in other countries anymore by buying from them on Etsy - if they can't ship to Germany anymore - and I am devastated for these sellers, many of whom are vulnerable groups like women with small children, people with disabilities or people who live in rural areas where they created a small business because it's difficult or impossible to find a suitable job. I sincerely hope that you will address this problem and add necessary changes to the new rules. Kind regards from Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549289_en"}, {"id": 33549288, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:20:15", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have already seen 2 small business who I regularly order from being impacted by no exemptions. One is a producer of decaf coffee, which is often times the only coffee someone with high blood pressure or pregnancy can drink. The other is a small artist. Especially artists must be able to ship internationally. Having exemptions for small businesses still accomplished the goals of this regulation but allows small business to survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have already seen 2 small business who I regularly order from being impacted by no exemptions. One is a producer of decaf coffee, which is often times the only coffee someone with high blood pressure or pregnancy can drink. The other is a small artist. Especially artists must be able to ship internationally. Having exemptions for small businesses still accomplished the goals of this regulation but allows small business to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549288_en"}, {"id": 33549287, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:16:46", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses - Individuals of certain countries such as my own, Malta, will no longer be able to access certain essential goods which cannot be found in their country. Things often sourced from small businesses, as they will be forced to close their sales completely if they cannot afford to remain open. Ex. Businesses who sell completely zero-waste and eco products, are generally very small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses - Individuals of certain countries such as my own, Malta, will no longer be able to access certain essential goods which cannot be found in their country. Things often sourced from small businesses, as they will be forced to close their sales completely if they cannot afford to remain open. Ex. Businesses who sell completely zero-waste and eco products, are generally very small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549287_en"}, {"id": 33549286, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:15:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist nicht mehr nachvollziehbar, was kleine Unternehmen noch alles bezahlen sollen. Es gibt für Hersteller eine WEEE Abgabe zur Entsorgung der in Verkehr gebrachten Elektrogeräte. Dieser wird bereits mehrfach erhoben. Auch wurde hier vor ein paar Jahren eine Trennung eingeführt zwischen >50cm und <50cm, so dass Kleinhersteller, die vorher nur eine Kategorie anmelden musste, nun zweimal die Mindestgebühr bezahlen müssen, also die doppelten Kosten pro Jahre. Nun folgt der nächste Streich, der kleine Unternehmen unnötig belastet, den Innereuropäischen Handel erschwert und einmal mehr sicherlich z.B. die Chinesen nicht im geringsten interessiert und auch nicht belastet. Es ist nicht mehr nachvollziehbar, wieso derartige Vorschriften nötig sind und vor allem, wieso für derartige neue Vorschriften schon wieder eine Art Selbstbedienungsladen aufgemacht wird, der die neu benötigten Bevollmächtigten in Lohn und Brot stellt. Großartig, diese EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is no longer clear what small businesses should still pay. There is a WEEE levy for producers to dispose of the electrical equipment placed on the market. This has already been collected several times. Here too, a few years ago, a separation between > 50 cm and < 50 cm was introduced, so that small manufacturers, who had to declare only one category beforehand, now have to pay the minimum fee twice, i.e. twice the cost per year. Now the next bunch follows, unnecessarily burdening small businesses, making intra-European trade more difficult and, once again, certainly not the Chinese, for example, least interested or burdened. It is no longer clear why such rules are necessary and, above all, why a kind of self-service shop is already being set up for such new rules, which puts the newly needed agents in employment and in bread. Great, this EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549286_en"}, {"id": 33549281, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:09:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "I run a one-person business in Germany and sell handmade stationery to customers across Europe. The biggest issue for me is the requirement to appoint and pay an authorised representative in each Member State where this is required. For a microbusiness shipping only small quantities of packaging to individual countries, these fixed costs are completely disproportionate. In practice, this has led me to pause shipping to other EU countries. I fully support producer responsibility, but there needs to be a meaningful threshold for very small businesses and low packaging volumes. Below this threshold, the requirement to appoint an authorised representative should not apply.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a one-person business in Germany and sell handmade stationery to customers across Europe. The biggest issue for me is the requirement to appoint and pay an authorised representative in each Member State where this is required. For a microbusiness shipping only small quantities of packaging to individual countries, these fixed costs are completely disproportionate. In practice, this has led me to pause shipping to other EU countries. I fully support producer responsibility, but there needs to be a meaningful threshold for very small businesses and low packaging volumes. Below this threshold, the requirement to appoint an authorised representative should not apply.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549281_en"}, {"id": 33549280, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:05:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "AXXIS", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, diese Regelung ist eine Katastrophe für kleine Bands wir wir. AXXIS sind seit 1989 im Geschäft und haben sich langsam eine kleine Fanbase auf der ganzen Welt aufgebaut. Wir verkaufen ab und zu unsere T-shirts, DVD's oder aber auch CD's nach Schweden, Norwegen, Spanien, Frankreich, Italien auch England und sehr selten USA. Unsere Musik wird weltweit vertreiben und hier und da bestellt ein Fan aus dem Ausland. Der Auslandsumsatz im ganzen Jahr kommt nicht an 400 heran, trotzdem ist das für uns wichtig in anderen europäischen Ländern unsere Fans zu bedienen. Diese EU Regelung hat zu Folge, dass wir nun direkt den Verkauf ins Ausland einstellen, da wir nun nicht mehr in der Lage sind unserer Merchandising ins Ausland zu verkaufen. Die Kosten und Aufwand stehen in keinen Verhältnis zu unseren unternehmerischen Risiko, welches wir als Kulturschaffende sowieso schon haben. Stichwort Urheberrechte usw. Und wieder hat die EU es geschafft ihre eigene Kulturszene zu schwächen und in diese einzugreifen. Weder gut für die Bands noch für die Fans noch für die EU. Schade.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, this arrangement is a disaster for small bands of us. AXXIS has been in business since 1989 and has slowly built up a small fan base around the world. We sell to and from our T-shirts, DVDs or CDs to Sweden, Norway, Spain, France, Italy, England and very rarely the USA. Our music will be distributed around the world and here and there will order a fan from abroad. Turnover from abroad does not reach 400 throughout the year, but it is important for us to serve our supporters in other European countries. As a result of this EU rule, we are now immediately stopping selling abroad, as we are no longer able to sell our merchandising abroad. The costs and efforts are disproportionate to our entrepreneurial risk, which we as cultural creators already have in any case. Copyright, etc. And again, the EU has succeeded in weakening and interfering with its own cultural scene. Neither good for bands, for supporters, nor good for the EU. Bad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549280_en"}, {"id": 33549277, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:03:51", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am all for sutainability and against waste of resources, so I welcome rules that try to reduce waste. BUT as always, the giants and multimillion/billion companies will barely be affected by this, whereas small companies (which are the ones we should be protecting above anything else!!) will be destroyed by it. These rules should apply to the big, wasteful, landfill-fodder-producing giants, and NOT to the little lady neighbour who makes crochet hats for a little pocket money, or the single mum who supporta her family thanks to her art prints, or the guy down the road who makes artisan leather belts. These rules will kill the very businessess that we should all be protecting, and again, the big ones will get even bigger. Small businesses give LIFE to families, to communities, to countriws and to Europe!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am all for sutainability and against waste of resources, so I welcome rules that try to reduce waste. BUT as always, the giants and multimillion/billion companies will barely be affected by this, whereas small companies (which are the ones we should be protecting above anything else!!) will be destroyed by it. These rules should apply to the big, wasteful, landfill-fodder-producing giants, and NOT to the little lady neighbour who makes crochet hats for a little pocket money, or the single mum who supporta her family thanks to her art prints, or the guy down the road who makes artisan leather belts. These rules will kill the very businessess that we should all be protecting, and again, the big ones will get even bigger. Small businesses give LIFE to families, to communities, to countriws and to Europe!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549277_en"}, {"id": 33549276, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:03:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Vous allez tuer les indépendants et les petites entreprises", "feedbackEnglish": "You are going to kill the self-employed and small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549276_en"}, {"id": 33549275, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:03:10", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The European Unions economy is dying under the weight of bureaucracy. This directive is yet another confirmation of that. It will lead to the end of free trade within the EU, or at least to discrimination against certain countries, because many small and medium-sized businesses will stop shipping to countries where doing so is no longer economically viable. As a small handmade shop, I simply cannot afford the financial burden of appointing an Authorised Representative (AR) and paying recycling fees in all EU member states. I purchase my packaging from a local store, and the packaging is 80% made from recycled materials. As a self-employed person, I cannot bear all the financial and administrative obligations arising from these requirements. The costs and administrative burden are simply disproportionate for a small business like mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Unions economy is dying under the weight of bureaucracy. This directive is yet another confirmation of that. It will lead to the end of free trade within the EU, or at least to discrimination against certain countries, because many small and medium-sized businesses will stop shipping to countries where doing so is no longer economically viable. As a small handmade shop, I simply cannot afford the financial burden of appointing an Authorised Representative (AR) and paying recycling fees in all EU member states. I purchase my packaging from a local store, and the packaging is 80% made from recycled materials. As a self-employed person, I cannot bear all the financial and administrative obligations arising from these requirements. The costs and administrative burden are simply disproportionate for a small business like mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549275_en"}, {"id": 33549274, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:02:35", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I genuinely do not understand this direction. European economies are already fragile, facing economic pressure, global competition and constant uncertainty. So why make life even more complicated for artisans, artists, freelancers and small businesses? We are not multinational corporations with massive legal, financial and administrative departments. We are individuals and small structures trying to create, produce, sell and make a living from our work. Meanwhile, platforms such as Temu, Amazon and AliExpress operate on an entirely different scale, with resources and infrastructures that small European businesses simply cannot compete with. If the European Union truly wants to support European entrepreneurship, creativity and local production, it should **reduce unnecessary administrative burdens, simplify regulations and protect small businesses from disproportionate costs** not add more layers of complexity. Europe should be making it easier to create and work, not harder. Please stop treating a one-person artist or artisan like a multinational corporation. We need support, simplification and fair competition not more bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I genuinely do not understand this direction. European economies are already fragile, facing economic pressure, global competition and constant uncertainty. So why make life even more complicated for artisans, artists, freelancers and small businesses? We are not multinational corporations with massive legal, financial and administrative departments. We are individuals and small structures trying to create, produce, sell and make a living from our work. Meanwhile, platforms such as Temu, Amazon and AliExpress operate on an entirely different scale, with resources and infrastructures that small European businesses simply cannot compete with. If the European Union truly wants to support European entrepreneurship, creativity and local production, it should **reduce unnecessary administrative burdens, simplify regulations and protect small businesses from disproportionate costs** not add more layers of complexity. Europe should be making it easier to create and work, not harder. Please stop treating a one-person artist or artisan like a multinational corporation. We need support, simplification and fair competition not more bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549274_en"}, {"id": 33549273, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:01:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dmitry Zarak", "feedback": "This regulation is a bureaucratic monster that will suffocate already struggling small enterprises. Do 2 things: 1. Except small enterprises from the regulation right now until you figure out how this thing exactly is supposed to work and which implications it will have. 2. Figure out a framework for a single centralized EU-wide recycling registry and centralized fee collection agency.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is a bureaucratic monster that will suffocate already struggling small enterprises. Do 2 things: 1. Except small enterprises from the regulation right now until you figure out how this thing exactly is supposed to work and which implications it will have. 2. Figure out a framework for a single centralized EU-wide recycling registry and centralized fee collection agency.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549273_en"}, {"id": 33549272, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:01:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wieder einmal wollte die EU eine sinnvolle Verordnung erlassen und hat es wieder einmal in den Sand gesetzt. Hat sich niemand darüber Gedanken gemacht, was es für den kleinen Kunstahndwerker, Künstler oder Designer bedeutet, wenn diese Regelung in Kraft tritt? Ich möchte glauben, dass viele engagierte Menschen in der EU arbeiten, die tatsächlich das Leben und Wirken für uns EU Bürger besser machen wollen, aber immer wieder greift man daneben und wirft gerade denen Knüppel zwischen die Beine, die eigentlich von der EU profitieren sollen. Mit dieser Regelung wird der Binnemarkt für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmer abgeschafft. Warum gibt es denn keine Regelung für Unternehmen die weniger als z.B.50 000 Euro im Jahr Unsatz haben? Das wieder einmal die kleinen Leute, \"bestraft\" werden für ihr Arbeiten, ist einfach ärgerlich. Wieder einmal fühlen sich Leute zurückgelassen. Wenn es schon einen Binnenmarkt gibt, sollte man auch davon profiteren können OHNE eine dicke Brieftasche. Ich hoffe, dass Ihnen klar wird, dass man da nachbessern muss und das vielen kleinen Kunsthandwerker nicht ruiniert werden. Denn nichts anderes wird passieren. Europa soll und muss Vielfalt sein. Ich hatte angenommen, dass in diesem Sinne Verordnungen entwickelt und erlassen werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Diana Baur", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the EU once again wanted to adopt a meaningful regulation and once again put it in the sand. Did nobody think about what it means for the small artist, artist or designer when this rule enters into force? I want to believe that there are many committed people working in the EU who really want to make our lives and work better for our EU citizens, but we are constantly approaching and throwing the links between the legs that are supposed to benefit from the EU. This scheme abolishes the internal market for small and micro-enterprises. Why is there no regulation for companies with a turnover of less than EUR 50 000 per year? Once again, the small people, who are ‘punished’ for their work, are simply angry. Once again, people feel left behind. If there is already a single market, you should also be able to profit from it NOT a thick wallet. I hope you will realise that there is a need to improve it and that the many small craftsmen will not be ruined. Because nothing else will happen. Europe should and must be diversity. I had assumed that regulations would be developed and adopted to that effect. Yours sincerely, Diana Baur", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549272_en"}, {"id": 33549271, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:01:10", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Laura Gompertz Art", "feedback": "I am a fine artist currently with a turnover of less than £5000 a year. I have recently decided to paint full-time and expand my business. Before Brexit I sold a few paintings to Europe and held solo shows in Europe. Brexit has made this difficult to maintain. Now the new packaging rules make it impossible to sell to Europe, just as I was hoping to expand my business and relaunch international shipping. If I expect to sell only 1 or 2 paintings a year in the EU each worth under £500, how can I pay fees to register on the vague possibility that I might make a sale? How do I know which countries I should register in? And all for 1 or 2 sales? How is it possible to cover my basic costs? The new packaging laws make it impossible for an emerging artist to even start selling in the EU. There should be a small business exemption for privately run micro businesses. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a fine artist currently with a turnover of less than £5000 a year. I have recently decided to paint full-time and expand my business. Before Brexit I sold a few paintings to Europe and held solo shows in Europe. Brexit has made this difficult to maintain. Now the new packaging rules make it impossible to sell to Europe, just as I was hoping to expand my business and relaunch international shipping. If I expect to sell only 1 or 2 paintings a year in the EU each worth under £500, how can I pay fees to register on the vague possibility that I might make a sale? How do I know which countries I should register in? And all for 1 or 2 sales? How is it possible to cover my basic costs? The new packaging laws make it impossible for an emerging artist to even start selling in the EU. There should be a small business exemption for privately run micro businesses. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549271_en"}, {"id": 33549270, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 23:00:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "veppe ", "feedback": "Um Startups und kleinen Unternehmen aus der EU einen barrierefreien Zugang zum EU Binnnenmarkt zu ermöglichen, wäre es nötig eine Bagatellmenge für Verpackungsmengen bzgl. der gestellten Anforderungen in die PPWR einzuführen, die dann in allen EU Ländern gleichermaßen gilt. Gerade bei neugegründeten Unternehmen würde dies ermöglichen, Waren in verschiedenen EU Ländern zu testen und neue Märkte zu erschließen. Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Weltlage, US Zöllen etc. sollte der EU Binnenmarkt für EU Firmen so attraktiv wie möglich sein. Das Ziel Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren könnte so dennoch erreicht werden, da die Vorschriften bei größeren Verpackungsmengen greifen würden.", "feedbackEnglish": "In order to provide EU start-ups and small businesses with barrier-free access to the EU internal market, it would be necessary to introduce a small quantity of packaging in the PPWR with regard to the requirements laid down, which would then apply equally in all EU countries. In the case of start-ups in particular, this would allow goods to be tested in different EU countries and new markets to be opened up. In the light of the current world situation, US tariffs, etc., the EU internal market should be as attractive as possible for EU firms. The objective of reducing packaging waste could still be achieved, as the rules would apply to larger quantities of packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549270_en"}, {"id": 33549265, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:53:45", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro-business selling my own work directly to customers, and I strongly object to the way the PPWR places the administrative burden of Extended Producer Responsibility on micro-businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce. I fully support the aim of reducing packaging waste. What I do not support is a system so badly designed that a business sending a tiny quantity of packaging into an EU Member State can potentially face registration, reporting, compliance and representation requirements simply because a customer there buys one of its products. This is wildly disproportionate. A micro-business might send only a handful of parcels per year to an individual Member State. The environmental impact of that packaging may amount to a few cardboard envelopes or boxes, yet the administrative obligations associated with those sales can be vastly greater than the environmental problem they are supposedly addressing. The inevitable result will not be meaningful reductions in packaging waste. It will be small businesses simply refusing to sell to customers in certain EU countries. That is a terrible outcome for everyone involved. European consumers lose access to independent makers and small businesses. Small businesses lose export markets. The Single Market becomes less accessible rather than more accessible. Meanwhile, the largest retailers - the businesses putting vastly greater quantities of packaging into the waste stream - have the staff, systems and financial resources to absorb this bureaucracy. A regulation based on the principle that the polluter pays should surely recognise the difference between a multinational placing millions of packages onto the market and a one-person business sending perhaps ten parcels a year to a particular country. Treating those businesses as though they present comparable regulatory problems is absurd. The most frustrating aspect is that this could be solved without abandoning the environmental objectives of the PPWR. Micro-enterprises should have a meaningful de minimis exemption from EPR registration and reporting requirements, based on the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Alternatively, there should be a single EU-wide registration and reporting system through which a micro-business can fulfil its obligations for all Member States. What is completely unreasonable is expecting the smallest businesses to navigate separate national systems, potentially in different languages, with different procedures, fees and administrative requirements. Environmental regulation needs public and business support to succeed. Regulation that is proportionate, comprehensible and practical can achieve that. Regulation that makes a business owner wonder whether accepting a 30 order from a customer in another European country is worth the resulting compliance burden does not. Please do not mistake administrative complexity for environmental action. The current approach needs to change. Introduce a genuine micro-enterprise/de minimis exemption and a single EU-wide registration system. Do not shut small independent businesses out of the European market in the name of reducing a negligible quantity of packaging waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business selling my own work directly to customers, and I strongly object to the way the PPWR places the administrative burden of Extended Producer Responsibility on micro-businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce. I fully support the aim of reducing packaging waste. What I do not support is a system so badly designed that a business sending a tiny quantity of packaging into an EU Member State can potentially face registration, reporting, compliance and representation requirements simply because a customer there buys one of its products. This is wildly disproportionate. A micro-business might send only a handful of parcels per year to an individual Member State. The environmental impact of that packaging may amount to a few cardboard envelopes or boxes, yet the administrative obligations associated with those sales can be vastly greater than the environmental problem they are supposedly addressing. The inevitable result will not be meaningful reductions in packaging waste. It will be small businesses simply refusing to sell to customers in certain EU countries. That is a terrible outcome for everyone involved. European consumers lose access to independent makers and small businesses. Small businesses lose export markets. The Single Market becomes less accessible rather than more accessible. Meanwhile, the largest retailers - the businesses putting vastly greater quantities of packaging into the waste stream - have the staff, systems and financial resources to absorb this bureaucracy. A regulation based on the principle that the polluter pays should surely recognise the difference between a multinational placing millions of packages onto the market and a one-person business sending perhaps ten parcels a year to a particular country. Treating those businesses as though they present comparable regulatory problems is absurd. The most frustrating aspect is that this could be solved without abandoning the environmental objectives of the PPWR. Micro-enterprises should have a meaningful de minimis exemption from EPR registration and reporting requirements, based on the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Alternatively, there should be a single EU-wide registration and reporting system through which a micro-business can fulfil its obligations for all Member States. What is completely unreasonable is expecting the smallest businesses to navigate separate national systems, potentially in different languages, with different procedures, fees and administrative requirements. Environmental regulation needs public and business support to succeed. Regulation that is proportionate, comprehensible and practical can achieve that. Regulation that makes a business owner wonder whether accepting a 30 order from a customer in another European country is worth the resulting compliance burden does not. Please do not mistake administrative complexity for environmental action. The current approach needs to change. Introduce a genuine micro-enterprise/de minimis exemption and a single EU-wide registration system. Do not shut small independent businesses out of the European market in the name of reducing a negligible quantity of packaging waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549265_en"}, {"id": 33549264, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:53:45", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I support regulation on packaging regarding waste on a general level, this is simply an utterly unacceptable way to go about it. It disproportionately affects small businesses and adds to the already very significant obstacles small business owners and individual artisans face, both in terms of finances and work. This will simply allow foreign multinational corporations to further displace already struggling local businesses, and harm the EU's economic sovereignty in the process.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support regulation on packaging regarding waste on a general level, this is simply an utterly unacceptable way to go about it. It disproportionately affects small businesses and adds to the already very significant obstacles small business owners and individual artisans face, both in terms of finances and work. This will simply allow foreign multinational corporations to further displace already struggling local businesses, and harm the EU's economic sovereignty in the process.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549264_en"}, {"id": 33549263, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:53:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I already know of two artists who will stop delivering their products outside their member state because of this regulation. It is crucial to have got exemptions for small producers, otherwise you kill small businesses. There is a ton of small artists who do their whole business a a one-person-show. Just think of services like Etsy. There need to be a category for people who create hand crafted goods or goods in really low quantity.", "feedbackEnglish": "I already know of two artists who will stop delivering their products outside their member state because of this regulation. It is crucial to have got exemptions for small producers, otherwise you kill small businesses. There is a ton of small artists who do their whole business a a one-person-show. Just think of services like Etsy. There need to be a category for people who create hand crafted goods or goods in really low quantity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549263_en"}, {"id": 33549262, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:52:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Merci. Merci de rendre ma vie encore plus difficile, moi le petit autoentrepreneur qui essaie de gagner sa vie sans rien demander à personne... Moi qui n'achète aucun emballage mais qui recycle ce qu'il trouve ça et là. Moi qui récupère et répare des objets qui autrement auraient fini en déchetterie, ou pire, dans la nature. Moi qui suis, après de longues années d'abus par des employeurs peu scrupuleux et étant autiste, incapable de reprendre une activité salariée de longue durée. Merci de me pousser un peu plus dans un fossé dans je ne pourrais certainement pas m'extraire. Merci.", "feedbackEnglish": "Thank you. Thank you for making my life even more difficult, I am the small self-entrepreneur trying to make a living without asking anyone... I do not buy any packaging but recycle what he finds that and where. I recover and repair objects that would otherwise have ended up in waste disposal, or worse, in nature. I am unable to return to long-term employment after many years of abuse by unscrupulous and autistic employers. Thank you for pushing me a little further into a gulf in I would certainly not be able to get me out. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549262_en"}, {"id": 33549261, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:52:06", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mantaraytu", "feedback": "As A Very Small Starter business who haven't even earned my start up fees home yet and so far ship out 15-20 package in a year to multiple different countries, this new law is crippling me! There absolutely should be an exemption for small private businesses so we can exist as well! Kind Regards. From the Owner and Only employee of the small Art Business Mantaraytu.", "feedbackEnglish": "As A Very Small Starter business who haven't even earned my start up fees home yet and so far ship out 15-20 package in a year to multiple different countries, this new law is crippling me! There absolutely should be an exemption for small private businesses so we can exist as well! Kind Regards. From the Owner and Only employee of the small Art Business Mantaraytu.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549261_en"}, {"id": 33549260, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:50:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small independent merchandise business, working mainly with artists, musicians and other creatives. We sell directly to customers across Europe. I understand that packaging waste is a growing problem, and I fully support businesses taking responsibility for the packaging they put on the market. My concern is not the goal. It is the practical implementation for small businesses. 1. From where I am sitting, I still see 27 registrations I appreciate that the Commission is trying to harmonise the registration and reporting format across Member States. That is a positive step. But after reading the proposal, my practical conclusion as a small business is still this: if I want to freely sell across the whole EU, I potentially have to deal with 27 national registrations and compliance systems. A common format helps, but it does not remove the administrative border. I have looked at our actual sales and order numbers by country. For some smaller markets, the additional administration simply does not make commercial sense. So I am seriously considering reducing the EU countries we serve from 27 to around five. Not because demand disappeared. Not because we cannot ship there. The administrative hurdle simply becomes bigger than the business behind that market. 2. Every national registration becomes a market-entry barrier For a small business, a new market often starts with one customer. Someone discovers something you make, places an order and tells somebody else. One customer becomes ten, and ten can eventually become a real market. This is especially visible in the creative sector, but it applies to small businesses generally. If I first have to justify registration, compliance costs and administration before serving those first few customers, the rational decision may simply become: Don't sell there. For a multinational, a relatively small national compliance cost may just be another expense. For a small business, it can determine whether that country is a market at all. 3. I refuse to believe it needs to be this complicated I already use OSS for VAT, and I happily do so. Packaging and VAT are different, of course. But OSS proves an important point: European obligations can be organised without making a small business experience every Member State as a separate administrative market. I am not asking to avoid responsibility. I am happy to report. I am happy to contribute. I am happy to comply. I just find it difficult to accept that doing so across one European Single Market should potentially require 27 separate registrations. Finally, there is a human side to this. Europe is supposed to bring us closer together. Yet I now have the uncomfortable feeling that I need to start leaving people out. I may have to tell someone who has supported one of our artists for years: \"Sorry, we don't ship to your country anymore.\" Not because I don't want their business. Not because we cannot send them a package. Simply because they happen to live in an EU Member State where serving a small number of customers no longer makes commercial sense. And strangely, doing business with someone outside the EU can sometimes feel more straightforward than doing business with our closest European neighbours. That feels backwards. Please think very carefully about the implementation. I understand what Europe is trying to achieve. But from the perspective of a small business looking at the current proposal, I still see potentially 27 registrations, 27 administrative entry barriers and a strong incentive to simply stop serving the smaller ones. I cannot believe that the intended way to reduce packaging waste is to make small businesses trade less with each other inside Europe. The Single Market should make it easier for us to say yes to our European neighbours, not give us more reasons to say no.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small independent merchandise business, working mainly with artists, musicians and other creatives. We sell directly to customers across Europe. I understand that packaging waste is a growing problem, and I fully support businesses taking responsibility for the packaging they put on the market. My concern is not the goal. It is the practical implementation for small businesses. 1. From where I am sitting, I still see 27 registrations I appreciate that the Commission is trying to harmonise the registration and reporting format across Member States. That is a positive step. But after reading the proposal, my practical conclusion as a small business is still this: if I want to freely sell across the whole EU, I potentially have to deal with 27 national registrations and compliance systems. A common format helps, but it does not remove the administrative border. I have looked at our actual sales and order numbers by country. For some smaller markets, the additional administration simply does not make commercial sense. So I am seriously considering reducing the EU countries we serve from 27 to around five. Not because demand disappeared. Not because we cannot ship there. The administrative hurdle simply becomes bigger than the business behind that market. 2. Every national registration becomes a market-entry barrier For a small business, a new market often starts with one customer. Someone discovers something you make, places an order and tells somebody else. One customer becomes ten, and ten can eventually become a real market. This is especially visible in the creative sector, but it applies to small businesses generally. If I first have to justify registration, compliance costs and administration before serving those first few customers, the rational decision may simply become: Don't sell there. For a multinational, a relatively small national compliance cost may just be another expense. For a small business, it can determine whether that country is a market at all. 3. I refuse to believe it needs to be this complicated I already use OSS for VAT, and I happily do so. Packaging and VAT are different, of course. But OSS proves an important point: European obligations can be organised without making a small business experience every Member State as a separate administrative market. I am not asking to avoid responsibility. I am happy to report. I am happy to contribute. I am happy to comply. I just find it difficult to accept that doing so across one European Single Market should potentially require 27 separate registrations. Finally, there is a human side to this. Europe is supposed to bring us closer together. Yet I now have the uncomfortable feeling that I need to start leaving people out. I may have to tell someone who has supported one of our artists for years: \"Sorry, we don't ship to your country anymore.\" Not because I don't want their business. Not because we cannot send them a package. Simply because they happen to live in an EU Member State where serving a small number of customers no longer makes commercial sense. And strangely, doing business with someone outside the EU can sometimes feel more straightforward than doing business with our closest European neighbours. That feels backwards. Please think very carefully about the implementation. I understand what Europe is trying to achieve. But from the perspective of a small business looking at the current proposal, I still see potentially 27 registrations, 27 administrative entry barriers and a strong incentive to simply stop serving the smaller ones. I cannot believe that the intended way to reduce packaging waste is to make small businesses trade less with each other inside Europe. The Single Market should make it easier for us to say yes to our European neighbours, not give us more reasons to say no.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549260_en"}, {"id": 33549259, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:50:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die aktuelle Form scheint mir problematisch für kleine Unternehmen und Selbständige. Sie erzeugt Bürokratie und Kosten, die in keinem darstellbaren Verhältnis zum möglichen Gewinn und der verfügbaren Arbeitskraft stehen, und für solche Unternehmen einem EU-Handelsverbot gleichkommen. Wir haben gerade solch ein kleines Unternehmen gegründet, welches auf Bestellung individuelle Produkte in Kleinserien produziert. Einige gehen ins EU-Ausland, aber oft nur einzelne oder wenige Stücke pro Land. Wir müssten für diese neue Regelung in solchen Fällen bis zu 50% auf den Einzelpreis aufschlagen. Der Zeitaufwand und eine unzumutbare Verlängerung der Lieferzeit käme noch hinzu. Dann können wir unser kleines Startup gleich wieder dichtmachen und Bürgergeld beantragen. Eine Bagatellgrenze ist dringend erforderlich, ebenso wie eine skalierbare EU-einheitliche Lösung, anstelle der vielen länderspezifischen Verfahren. Ich bin im Ganzen ein Unterstützer des EU-Gedankens, aber mit der vorliegenden Fassung würde das Gegenteil erreicht. Ich bin fassungslos. Solche EU-Politik habe ich nie gewählt. Handeln Sie im Sinne der Bürger!", "feedbackEnglish": "The current form seems to me to be problematic for small businesses and the self-employed. It generates red tape and costs that are disproportionate to the potential gain and the available labour force and amount to an EU trade ban for such companies. We have just set up such a small company that produces individual products in small series to order. Some go abroad in the EU, but often only one piece or a few pieces per country. We would have to add up to 50 % to the unit price for this new rule in such cases. The time required and an unreasonable extension of the delivery time would be added. Then we can immediately retighten our small start-up and claim citizen’s money. A de minimis threshold is urgently needed, as is a scalable EU-wide solution instead of the many country-specific procedures. Overall, I am a supporter of the EU idea, but the current version would achieve the opposite. I don’t speak. I have never chosen such an EU policy. Act in the interest of citizens!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549259_en"}, {"id": 33549258, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:50:24", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the whole recycling topic, and I support the idea. However this will destroy thousands of small and micro businesses trying to make a living off what they do. This should only apply to big corporations like Temu, Ali-express, Shein, Amazon ect. I am very disappointed in this decision because it will make online shopping basically unaccessible to anyone living in the EU. You're singlehandedly setting the EU back a couple of years because we won't have any online shops anymore, while the rest of the world does.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the whole recycling topic, and I support the idea. However this will destroy thousands of small and micro businesses trying to make a living off what they do. This should only apply to big corporations like Temu, Ali-express, Shein, Amazon ect. I am very disappointed in this decision because it will make online shopping basically unaccessible to anyone living in the EU. You're singlehandedly setting the EU back a couple of years because we won't have any online shops anymore, while the rest of the world does.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549258_en"}, {"id": 33549256, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:50:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AS", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) zerstört die geschäftliche Grundlage meines Onlineshops und gefährdet somit akut meine private Existenz. Ich bin Steuerzahler, Familienvater und Bürger Deutschlands und damit Bürger der Europäischen Union. Ich wende mich an Sie, weil die PPWR in ihrer aktuellen Ausgestaltung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) im grenzüberschreitenden E-Commerce eine bürokratische und finanzielle Katastrophe darstellt. 1. Die Absurdität der Mehrfach-LizenzierungIch kaufe mein PPK-Verpackungsmaterial regulär über einen zertifizierten deutschen Anbieter. Das Material ist somit bereits bei der Herstellung bezahlt und im Kreislauf registriert worden. Meiner rechtlichen Verpflichtung zu den jährlichen Datenmeldungen im deutschen LUCID-Register komme ich lückenlos nach. Dass ich nun exakt dieselbe Verpackung beim Überschreiten einer unsichtbaren EU-Binnengrenze in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat ein zweites Mal kostenpflichtig registrieren und lizenzieren muss, widerspricht jedem ökonomischen und ökologischen Menschenverstand. 2. Diskriminierung von KMU durch die BevollmächtigtenpflichtDer Zwang, für fast jedes europäische Land, in das ich auch nur ein einziges Paket an einen Endverbraucher sende, einen lokalen, ausländischen Bevollmächtigten bestellen zu müssen, ist für Kleinunternehmer unbezahlbar. Während Großkonzerne diese Pflicht über eigene Tochtergesellschaften im Ausland mühelos abfangen, werden kleine Händler gezwungen, private Agenturen einzuschalten. Fixkosten von 300 bis 500 Euro pro Land und Jahr (z. B. in Österreich oder Spanien) stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu Kleinmengen von 30 bis 50 Kilogramm Versandvolumen. Die PPWR zerstört hier die Chancengleichheit und drängt kleine Marktteilnehmer zugunsten von Monopolisten aus dem Markt. 3. Das Ende des europäischen Binnenmarktes Die PPWR sollte die Regeln harmonisieren. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Sie zwingt mich und Tausende andere kleine Händler dazu, den Versand in fast alle EU-Länder aus purem Selbstschutz komplett zu sperren. Anstatt den freien Warenverkehr zu fördern, errichten Sie digitale Mauern innerhalb Europas. Die direkten wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen für mein Unternehmen sind drastisch: Umsatzeinbußen und Standortschwächung: Der Verlust des EU-Auslandsgeschäfts führt zu weniger Umsatz, weniger Gewinn und dementsprechend zu sinkenden Steuereinnahmen für mein Heimatland. Arbeitsplatzabbau: Ich werde gezwungen sein, mein Lager zu verkleinern, Investitionen zu stoppen und Mitarbeiter zu entlassen, da diese Verluste nicht durch den Inlandsmarkt aufgefangen werden können. Existenzverlust: Im schlimmsten Fall bedeutet diese Überregulierung die vollständige Aufgabe meines Geschäfts. Die Konsequenz wäre der Gang zum Sozialamt finanziert durch die Allgemeinheit. Das ist kein theoretisches Szenario, sondern die unmittelbare Realität, die Sie mit der PPWR auf dem Rücken der kleinsten Marktteilnehmer beschlossen haben. Wer den Mittelstand durch Bürokratie erstickt, zerstört das Fundament der europäischen Wirtschaft. Ich fordere Sie dringend auf, im Rahmen der kommenden Auslegungsrichtlinien eine EU-weit einheitliche, unbürokratische Bagatellgrenze für Kleinunternehmer einzuführen und die ruinöse Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für den direkten B2C-Versand abzuschaffen. Herzlichen Dank für das Zerstören von kleinen Geschäften, kleinen Steuerzahlern, kleinen Familien und großen europäischen Idealen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) destroys the business basis of my online shop and therefore poses an acute threat to my private existence. I am a taxpayer, a family father and a citizen of Germany, and thus a citizen of the European Union. I am writing to you because the current PPWR is a bureaucratic and financial disaster for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in cross-border e-commerce. 1. The absurdity of multiple licensingI regularly buy my PPK packaging material from a certified German supplier. The material has therefore already been paid for during production and registered in the circuit. I fully comply with my legal obligation to submit annual data reports in the German LUCID register. The fact that I now have to register and license exactly the same packaging a second time for a fee when crossing an invisible EU internal border in another Member State is contrary to any economic and environmental common sense. 2. Discrimination against SMEs through the obligation to appoint an agentForcing almost every European country to which I send even a single package to a final consumer to appoint a local, foreign agent is unaffordable for small businesses. While large corporations easily intercept this obligation through their own subsidiaries abroad, small traders are forced to use private agencies. Fixed costs of between EUR 300 and EUR 500 per country per year (e.g. in Austria or Spain) are disproportionate to small volumes of between 30 and 50 kilograms of shipments. The PPWR destroys equal opportunities here and pushes small market players out of the market in favour of monopolists. 3. The end of the European single market The PPWR should harmonise the rules. The opposite is true: It forces me and thousands of other small traders to completely block shipments to almost all EU countries from purely self-protection. Instead of promoting the free movement of goods, build digital walls within Europe. The direct economic consequences for my business are dramatic: Loss of turnover and loss of location: The loss of foreign business in the EU leads to less turnover, less profit and, consequently, a reduction in tax revenue for my home country. Job losses: I will be forced to downsize my warehouse, stop investments and lay off staff, as these losses cannot be absorbed by the domestic market. Loss of livelihood: In the worst case scenario, this over-regulation means the complete abandonment of my business. The consequence would be the passage to the social welfare office financed by the general public. This is not a theoretical scenario, but the immediate reality you decided with the PPWR on the back of the smallest market players. Those who stifle small and medium-sized businesses through bureaucracy are destroying the foundations of the European economy. I urge you, as part of the forthcoming interpretative guidelines, to introduce an EU-wide, unbureaucratic de minimis threshold for small traders and to abolish the ruinous requirement for authorised representatives for direct B2C shipping. Thank you very much for the destruction of small businesses, small taxpayers, small families and big European ideals. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549256_en"}, {"id": 33549257, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:49:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue PPWR Gesetz ist der Tod des Einzelhandels in der EU. Unzählige Kleinbetriebe weltweit haben auf ihren Sozialen Medien bereits die Einstellung Versand nach und innerhalb der EU angekündigt oder umgesetzt. Für Kleinbetriebe sind die neuen Zahlungen unleistbar. Somit wird der freier Warenverkehr zu einem Stillstand gebracht und große Unternehmen erlangen die Überhand. Wenn sich die neuen Gesetze auf Kunststoffverpackungen fokussieren oder nur für Betriebe ab einer gewissen Einkommensgrenze gelten würden, dann würden sie wirklich größere Unternehmen behindern und ihren Zweck erfüllen. So, wie es jetzt ist, geht der europaweite Handel unter. Ich, wie auch eine Vielzahl anderer, bitte um Handlung.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR law is the death of the retail sector in the EU. Countless small businesses around the world have already announced or implemented on their social media the cessation of shipments to and within the EU. For small farms, the new payments are unaffordable. As a result, the free movement of goods is stalled and large companies gain control. If the new legislation focused on plastic packaging or applied only to farms above a certain income threshold, it would hinder truly larger companies and would be fit for purpose. As it is now, Europe-wide trade is eroding. I, like many others, ask for action.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549257_en"}, {"id": 33549255, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:46:56", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bouquinerie Culinaire", "feedback": "The environment needs to be protected, but this regulation does not consider the reality of small businesses that sell on platforms like eBay or Etsy. These businesses don't have the resources or sales volume to meet the demands of the regulation. Creating an exception for businesses that sell under a sales threshold (in number of parcels or amount) would be more appropriate.", "feedbackEnglish": "The environment needs to be protected, but this regulation does not consider the reality of small businesses that sell on platforms like eBay or Etsy. These businesses don't have the resources or sales volume to meet the demands of the regulation. Creating an exception for businesses that sell under a sales threshold (in number of parcels or amount) would be more appropriate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549255_en"}, {"id": 33549246, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:44:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and creating a more sustainable and transparent packaging system within the EU. However, I am deeply concerned that the practical implementation of these rules places a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses. One of my biggest concerns is packaging compliance throughout the supply chain. Small retailers frequently purchase finished products from wholesalers and have very limited influence over the packaging in which those products are supplied. Yet if packaging provided by a wholesaler does not comply with applicable labelling, QR code or other packaging requirements, the small retailer selling the product to the final consumer may ultimately be left carrying the practical compliance risk. This creates the wrong incentive. If responsibility is effectively passed down the supply chain, wholesalers and other upstream operators have less incentive to ensure that the packaging they provide is compliant. Small retailers are then left with an impossible choice: take the risk, manually inspect and potentially replace non-compliant packaging, or stop purchasing from that supplier. For a micro-business, checking every plastic bag, protective sleeve, tag, box or other packaging component received from multiple suppliers for the correct labels, QR codes and other requirements is simply not realistic. Small businesses do not have compliance departments or packaging specialists. They must be able to reasonably rely on wholesalers and other suppliers operating within the EU to comply with the obligations applicable to them and to provide clear evidence of compliance to their business customers. Otherwise, these rules may even create unnecessary additional waste. If a retailer has to remove and replace perfectly functional packaging simply because the supplier failed to provide the required labelling or compliance information, this contradicts the environmental objective of reducing packaging waste. Responsibility should therefore be clearly and effectively enforced at the appropriate point throughout the entire supply chain. A small retailer should not bear the consequences of an upstream operators failure when the retailer had no meaningful control over how the packaging was produced or labelled. There should also be a clear mechanism allowing downstream businesses to rely on documented compliance information provided by their suppliers. A second major issue is proportionality. Registration, representatives, reporting obligations and ongoing fees may be manageable for large companies, but the same fixed costs can make cross-border trade economically unviable for micro-businesses sending only a handful of parcels to another Member State. I have already seen numerous small businesses announcing that they will stop shipping to certain EU countries because the compliance costs and administrative burden cannot be justified for a small number of orders. This risks creating an unintended barrier within the Single Market while giving larger companies, which can easily absorb these costs, an additional competitive advantage. There should therefore be meaningful proportionality mechanisms for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on a market, such as de minimis thresholds, simplified registration and reporting, reduced fixed-cost obligations or a centralised EU-wide system. Environmental protection should not require micro-businesses to choose between taking compliance risks, replacing usable packaging, dramatically limiting their suppliers and markets, or stopping cross-border sales altogether. I strongly encourage policymakers to ensure that packaging and QR code compliance is enforced throughout the supply chain, that small downstream businesses can reasonably rely on their suppliers compliance, and that obligations and costs are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging a business places on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and creating a more sustainable and transparent packaging system within the EU. However, I am deeply concerned that the practical implementation of these rules places a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses. One of my biggest concerns is packaging compliance throughout the supply chain. Small retailers frequently purchase finished products from wholesalers and have very limited influence over the packaging in which those products are supplied. Yet if packaging provided by a wholesaler does not comply with applicable labelling, QR code or other packaging requirements, the small retailer selling the product to the final consumer may ultimately be left carrying the practical compliance risk. This creates the wrong incentive. If responsibility is effectively passed down the supply chain, wholesalers and other upstream operators have less incentive to ensure that the packaging they provide is compliant. Small retailers are then left with an impossible choice: take the risk, manually inspect and potentially replace non-compliant packaging, or stop purchasing from that supplier. For a micro-business, checking every plastic bag, protective sleeve, tag, box or other packaging component received from multiple suppliers for the correct labels, QR codes and other requirements is simply not realistic. Small businesses do not have compliance departments or packaging specialists. They must be able to reasonably rely on wholesalers and other suppliers operating within the EU to comply with the obligations applicable to them and to provide clear evidence of compliance to their business customers. Otherwise, these rules may even create unnecessary additional waste. If a retailer has to remove and replace perfectly functional packaging simply because the supplier failed to provide the required labelling or compliance information, this contradicts the environmental objective of reducing packaging waste. Responsibility should therefore be clearly and effectively enforced at the appropriate point throughout the entire supply chain. A small retailer should not bear the consequences of an upstream operators failure when the retailer had no meaningful control over how the packaging was produced or labelled. There should also be a clear mechanism allowing downstream businesses to rely on documented compliance information provided by their suppliers. A second major issue is proportionality. Registration, representatives, reporting obligations and ongoing fees may be manageable for large companies, but the same fixed costs can make cross-border trade economically unviable for micro-businesses sending only a handful of parcels to another Member State. I have already seen numerous small businesses announcing that they will stop shipping to certain EU countries because the compliance costs and administrative burden cannot be justified for a small number of orders. This risks creating an unintended barrier within the Single Market while giving larger companies, which can easily absorb these costs, an additional competitive advantage. There should therefore be meaningful proportionality mechanisms for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on a market, such as de minimis thresholds, simplified registration and reporting, reduced fixed-cost obligations or a centralised EU-wide system. Environmental protection should not require micro-businesses to choose between taking compliance risks, replacing usable packaging, dramatically limiting their suppliers and markets, or stopping cross-border sales altogether. I strongly encourage policymakers to ensure that packaging and QR code compliance is enforced throughout the supply chain, that small downstream businesses can reasonably rely on their suppliers compliance, and that obligations and costs are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging a business places on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549246_en"}, {"id": 33549245, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:43:52", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kiyoshi's Tarot & Spells", "feedback": "As the owner of a small, one-woman spiritual shop, I strongly oppose the disproportionate burden that the new PPWR and EPR requirements place on micro-businesses and independent makers. The lack of a meaningful de minimis threshold for cross-border sales means that even the smallest businesses will be subjected to separate registration, administrative requirements, fees and other compliance obligations in multiple EU Member States. For a small business selling handmade goods, this is not a minor inconvenience or an acceptable cost of doing business. The administrative and financial burden will exceed the value of the international sales themselves, making cross-border trade economically impossible. Small businesses are already responding by removing international shipping altogether, not because they want to, but because they cannot afford to comply with a system designed around businesses with dedicated administrative and legal departments. This regulation is actively pushing independent makers and micro-businesses out of the European single market. It threatens livelihoods, reduces consumer choice and gives large companies a structural advantage over the very small businesses the EU claims to support. I fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. In fact, I already reuse and recycle shipping boxes and packaging wherever possible, as do many of my fellow small business owners. However, environmental objectives cannot justify a system that places such a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. A clear and meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and independent makers, or a single, simple EU-wide system with proportionate costs and requirements, is urgently necessary. Without such an exemption, the PPWR will destroy viable small businesses and drive independent makers out of cross-border European trade altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small, one-woman spiritual shop, I strongly oppose the disproportionate burden that the new PPWR and EPR requirements place on micro-businesses and independent makers. The lack of a meaningful de minimis threshold for cross-border sales means that even the smallest businesses will be subjected to separate registration, administrative requirements, fees and other compliance obligations in multiple EU Member States. For a small business selling handmade goods, this is not a minor inconvenience or an acceptable cost of doing business. The administrative and financial burden will exceed the value of the international sales themselves, making cross-border trade economically impossible. Small businesses are already responding by removing international shipping altogether, not because they want to, but because they cannot afford to comply with a system designed around businesses with dedicated administrative and legal departments. This regulation is actively pushing independent makers and micro-businesses out of the European single market. It threatens livelihoods, reduces consumer choice and gives large companies a structural advantage over the very small businesses the EU claims to support. I fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. In fact, I already reuse and recycle shipping boxes and packaging wherever possible, as do many of my fellow small business owners. However, environmental objectives cannot justify a system that places such a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. A clear and meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and independent makers, or a single, simple EU-wide system with proportionate costs and requirements, is urgently necessary. Without such an exemption, the PPWR will destroy viable small businesses and drive independent makers out of cross-border European trade altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549245_en"}, {"id": 33549244, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:43:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Eckert und Mayer GbR", "feedback": "Da mein Unternehmen sehr klein ist (2 Personen GbR), wir eh schon extremst klein verpacken und nur Pappe verwenden und außerhalb von Deutschland innerhalb der EU zwischen 0 und 10 Paketen in die verschiedenen Ländern schicken, geht diese Regulierung leider völlig nach hinten los. Wir können uns für die meisten Länder die Lizensierungen nicht leisten und werden so in die Deutschland Landesgrenzen reingepresst. Noch dazu würde ein unglaublicher bürokratischer Zeitaufwand kommen. Daher würden wir uns sehr wünschen, dass eine Freigrenze, gerne mit Registrierung notfalls, aber zumindest keine Geldbelastung, pro EU-Land eingeführt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As my company is very small (2 persons GbR), we are already extremely small packers and only use cardboard and send between 0 and 10 parcels to the different countries outside Germany within the EU, unfortunately this regulation goes completely backwards. We cannot afford the licences for most of the Länder and are thus repressed into the borders of Germany. This would be compounded by an incredible amount of red tape. We would therefore very much like to see an exemption threshold introduced per EU country, if necessary with registration, but at least no financial burden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549244_en"}, {"id": 33549243, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:41:54", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Egregio signori, non so se mai nessuno leggerà questo commento, ma una norma così vuol dire la fine dei piccoli artigiani e delle piccole aziende che già devono combattere contro le multinazionali e le cineserie varie, adesso anche con chi dovrebbe sostenerci!! Ma scherziamo, un piccolo artigiano che fa in totale 20 spedizioni annue sparse in Europa in media su 3/5nazioni diverse dovrebbe pagare la media di 1500 di rappresentanti per smaltire 20 scatole (tra l'altro io uso delle scatole riciclate per una scelta ambientale ed economica) se sono fortunato con queste vendite incasso al massimo 3000 metà le dovrò pagare in tasse!!! Trovate una soluzione per le piccole aziende oppure mettete una piccola tassa su ogni pacco piuttosto. Altrimenti altri come me elimineranno le spedizioni oltre confine nazionale e cosi addio Europa e trattato di shengen. Fate una cosa sciogliete baracche e baracchelle e ridateci anche le monete nazionali!! Questa non è piu unione ma DIVISIONE EUROPEA!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear ladies and gentlemen, I do not know if anyone will read this comment, but a rule of this kind means the end of small craftsmen and small businesses who already have to fight against multinationals and various businesses, now even with those who should support us! But let’s watch, a small craftsman who makes a total of 20 shipments per year spread across Europe on average out of 3/5nazioni different would have to pay the average of 1500 representatives to dispose of 20 boxes (inter alia I use recycled boxes for an environmental and economic choice) if I am lucky with these collected sales up to 3000 half will have to pay taxes! Find a solution for small businesses or make a small tax on each parcel instead. Otherwise others like me will eliminate shipments across national borders and so come Europe and the Treaty of Shengen. Let’s dissolve baracches and baracchelles, and let us also use national currencies! This is no longer a union but a European DIVISION!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549243_en"}, {"id": 33549242, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:40:39", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am very in favor of regulations surrounding packing materials in the interest of combating waste and climate change. However, putting this impossible cost on the shoulders of small and independent businesses will have disproportionate effects. Many of the individuals I know who operate small operations are already doing a lot and within reason to curb waste. Responsibility should fall on the industries with the largest foot print (amazon, whole salers, military, universities, etc) and not the individual.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am very in favor of regulations surrounding packing materials in the interest of combating waste and climate change. However, putting this impossible cost on the shoulders of small and independent businesses will have disproportionate effects. Many of the individuals I know who operate small operations are already doing a lot and within reason to curb waste. Responsibility should fall on the industries with the largest foot print (amazon, whole salers, military, universities, etc) and not the individual.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549242_en"}, {"id": 33549241, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:40:35", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To say I am dissapointed more and more is like to say nothing. And don't get me wrong I am all for sustainbility but maybe go after Temu, Aliexpress, Amazon and for example fast fashion (we dont need new collection made of polyester every few weeks, they are the one who make most of trash and waste- small and micro business counts every cent with packages). Post after post now I see independant artists, makers and small shops(that are keeping creativity and new ideas alive) announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. So this is some things to think about if you want to support creativity, EU developpment, people living in EU( also if u would do it easier for small and micro busiinesses outside EU it would be nice especially that one who create something original i think in current world we shoul support ideas nad creativity) -Exclude small and micro businesses from A.R Rule as it is dispropotionate towards small and micro businesses. Or provide measurments that small businesses can afford -Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businessess -the new law speaks against the free movment of goods withing EU(well if u are big corporatation u wont even notice new rules and fees, right?) and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses and people lives -it also creates barrier to entry for new businessess.Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. we will be left with big corporations and plastic from temu The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. Make it easier and protect micro and small businesses people who build community, creativity and come with new ideas, who make events, convents and small little shops with itneresitng stuff. Focus on going after gigants like fashion industry, temu shein, aliexpress et cetera. Through EU we have a lot of micro and small business that can thrive becasue they can send to whole EU ( funny how now would be easier to send across the globe then to the same country in EU) what do u think will happend if many of them will be curshed under new fees and rules all the time( you should make it easier for them not harder) people will loose money and we also have work makret crisis so they wont find job immediately, that may push them to poverty, to loosing house/flat becasue rent will be to high, that will make dent in taxes because they will not bring salary and they will go for help to govs (if possible in country). That does not sound like good idea for anyone. Do better you should think and focus on EU people and businesses and so far there is punch afer punch, but waste form big corporation is as good as it can be.", "feedbackEnglish": "To say I am dissapointed more and more is like to say nothing. And don't get me wrong I am all for sustainbility but maybe go after Temu, Aliexpress, Amazon and for example fast fashion (we dont need new collection made of polyester every few weeks, they are the one who make most of trash and waste- small and micro business counts every cent with packages). Post after post now I see independant artists, makers and small shops(that are keeping creativity and new ideas alive) announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. So this is some things to think about if you want to support creativity, EU developpment, people living in EU( also if u would do it easier for small and micro busiinesses outside EU it would be nice especially that one who create something original i think in current world we shoul support ideas nad creativity) -Exclude small and micro businesses from A.R Rule as it is dispropotionate towards small and micro businesses. Or provide measurments that small businesses can afford -Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businessess -the new law speaks against the free movment of goods withing EU(well if u are big corporatation u wont even notice new rules and fees, right?) and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses and people lives -it also creates barrier to entry for new businessess.Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. we will be left with big corporations and plastic from temu The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. Make it easier and protect micro and small businesses people who build community, creativity and come with new ideas, who make events, convents and small little shops with itneresitng stuff. Focus on going after gigants like fashion industry, temu shein, aliexpress et cetera. Through EU we have a lot of micro and small business that can thrive becasue they can send to whole EU ( funny how now would be easier to send across the globe then to the same country in EU) what do u think will happend if many of them will be curshed under new fees and rules all the time( you should make it easier for them not harder) people will loose money and we also have work makret crisis so they wont find job immediately, that may push them to poverty, to loosing house/flat becasue rent will be to high, that will make dent in taxes because they will not bring salary and they will go for help to govs (if possible in country). That does not sound like good idea for anyone. Do better you should think and focus on EU people and businesses and so far there is punch afer punch, but waste form big corporation is as good as it can be.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549241_en"}, {"id": 33549240, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:40:03", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I am worried that these new rules could be too difficult and expensive for very small businesses. A business that sends only a few packages to another EU country should not have to deal with the same level of paperwork, registration, fees or representatives as a large company sending thousands or millions of packages. Small businesses often have very small profit margins. If they have to pay fees or spend a lot of time dealing with different rules in every country where they make a few sales, many may decide to stop selling outside their own country because it is simply not worth it. This could hurt small businesses, reduce choices for customers and make it harder for people to start and grow businesses in Europe. Some businesses may even be forced to close if the costs and paperwork keep increasing. Please consider having a much simpler system for very small businesses and for businesses that send only small amounts of packaging to another country. There should be clear low-volume limits, very simple reporting and little or no fixed cost for very small amounts. I believe we can protect the environment without making it so difficult for small businesses to survive and sell across Europe. The rules should be based not only on the size of the company, but also on how much packaging it actually puts into the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I am worried that these new rules could be too difficult and expensive for very small businesses. A business that sends only a few packages to another EU country should not have to deal with the same level of paperwork, registration, fees or representatives as a large company sending thousands or millions of packages. Small businesses often have very small profit margins. If they have to pay fees or spend a lot of time dealing with different rules in every country where they make a few sales, many may decide to stop selling outside their own country because it is simply not worth it. This could hurt small businesses, reduce choices for customers and make it harder for people to start and grow businesses in Europe. Some businesses may even be forced to close if the costs and paperwork keep increasing. Please consider having a much simpler system for very small businesses and for businesses that send only small amounts of packaging to another country. There should be clear low-volume limits, very simple reporting and little or no fixed cost for very small amounts. I believe we can protect the environment without making it so difficult for small businesses to survive and sell across Europe. The rules should be based not only on the size of the company, but also on how much packaging it actually puts into the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549240_en"}, {"id": 33549239, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:38:04", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estas tasas son un abuso para los negocios pequeños e imposibles de asumir.", "feedbackEnglish": "These fees are an abuse for small and unbearable businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549239_en"}, {"id": 33549238, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:35:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Again unnecessary and bureaucratic hassle. These regulations are unfortunately further reducing acceptance of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Again unnecessary and bureaucratic hassle. These regulations are unfortunately further reducing acceptance of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549238_en"}, {"id": 33549232, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:32:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "woollentwine fibrestudio", "feedback": "I strongly support reducing packaging waste and holding businesses accountable for the environmental impact they create. However, as the owner of a micro-enterprise trading across the EU, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of the PPWR and EPR obligations is fundamentally disproportionate and risks seriously damaging small cross-border businesses. Small businesses like mine are not the appropriate target for this level of regulatory complexity. A micro-enterprise sending relatively small quantities of products to customers across Europe can face separate national registrations, reporting systems, producer responsibility schemes and, depending on the Member State, authorised representatives. The fixed administrative cost can amount to hundreds or thousands of euros while the actual amount of packaging placed on a particular national market may be tiny. Meanwhile, large corporations can distribute exactly these compliance costs across millions of products. This is not proportionate environmental policy. It creates a regulatory advantage for large corporations while making European markets increasingly inaccessible to small independent businesses. Even more unacceptable is the catastrophic lack of clear, accessible information for affected businesses. The PPWR applies from August 2026, yet important technical and operational requirements still depend on delegated acts, implementing acts and harmonised standards that will be developed progressively. Small businesses are nevertheless expected to determine what applies to them, in which country, from which date and at what cost. It should not require expensive compliance consultants and extensive legal research for a one-person business to understand whether it may legally send a parcel to a customer in another EU Member State. This is a failure of regulatory communication and implementation. It also contradicts the fundamental idea of the European Union and its Single Market. The EU is supposed to facilitate the free movement of goods between Member States. Yet this system risks achieving precisely the opposite: small businesses will stop selling to certain EU countries because the fixed cost and administrative burden of accessing those markets is disproportionate to their sales there. A customer may live only a few hundred kilometres away, within the same Union and the same Single Market, yet serving that customer can require another registration, another system, another contract and potentially another representative. How is this a functioning Single Market? Environmental responsibility should reflect the actual environmental impact created. A micro-enterprise placing a few kilograms of recyclable paper packaging on a market should not face an administrative structure designed as though it were placing millions of packaged products on that market. The EU urgently needs meaningful de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises, radically simplified reporting and, above all, a single EU-wide registration and compliance mechanism instead of fragmented national bureaucracy. I am not asking for small businesses to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am asking for proportionality. If complying with EU packaging legislation costs a small business more than the environmental impact it is intended to address, something has gone badly wrong. And if the practical consequence of EU legislation is that small European businesses stop trading across EU borders while large corporations can simply absorb the compliance costs, the system is actively undermining the Single Market it is supposed to protect. This needs urgent reconsideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support reducing packaging waste and holding businesses accountable for the environmental impact they create. However, as the owner of a micro-enterprise trading across the EU, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of the PPWR and EPR obligations is fundamentally disproportionate and risks seriously damaging small cross-border businesses. Small businesses like mine are not the appropriate target for this level of regulatory complexity. A micro-enterprise sending relatively small quantities of products to customers across Europe can face separate national registrations, reporting systems, producer responsibility schemes and, depending on the Member State, authorised representatives. The fixed administrative cost can amount to hundreds or thousands of euros while the actual amount of packaging placed on a particular national market may be tiny. Meanwhile, large corporations can distribute exactly these compliance costs across millions of products. This is not proportionate environmental policy. It creates a regulatory advantage for large corporations while making European markets increasingly inaccessible to small independent businesses. Even more unacceptable is the catastrophic lack of clear, accessible information for affected businesses. The PPWR applies from August 2026, yet important technical and operational requirements still depend on delegated acts, implementing acts and harmonised standards that will be developed progressively. Small businesses are nevertheless expected to determine what applies to them, in which country, from which date and at what cost. It should not require expensive compliance consultants and extensive legal research for a one-person business to understand whether it may legally send a parcel to a customer in another EU Member State. This is a failure of regulatory communication and implementation. It also contradicts the fundamental idea of the European Union and its Single Market. The EU is supposed to facilitate the free movement of goods between Member States. Yet this system risks achieving precisely the opposite: small businesses will stop selling to certain EU countries because the fixed cost and administrative burden of accessing those markets is disproportionate to their sales there. A customer may live only a few hundred kilometres away, within the same Union and the same Single Market, yet serving that customer can require another registration, another system, another contract and potentially another representative. How is this a functioning Single Market? Environmental responsibility should reflect the actual environmental impact created. A micro-enterprise placing a few kilograms of recyclable paper packaging on a market should not face an administrative structure designed as though it were placing millions of packaged products on that market. The EU urgently needs meaningful de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises, radically simplified reporting and, above all, a single EU-wide registration and compliance mechanism instead of fragmented national bureaucracy. I am not asking for small businesses to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am asking for proportionality. If complying with EU packaging legislation costs a small business more than the environmental impact it is intended to address, something has gone badly wrong. And if the practical consequence of EU legislation is that small European businesses stop trading across EU borders while large corporations can simply absorb the compliance costs, the system is actively undermining the Single Market it is supposed to protect. This needs urgent reconsideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549232_en"}, {"id": 33549231, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:30:46", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "la perite mort", "feedback": "I am a small one person bussiness owner. But I have to work a second job to keep me and my business afloat. I can not afford to pay 15000 every year, when I don't even make that of my little bussiness. Moreover, it is the same amount of money o gigant corporation with millions in revanue every month. Only I make a few shipments in a year and they make thousands every single day. And usually, small creators like me are focused on sustainability, and should be charished for adding to the local economy, while the companies who can afford the tax are the ones who are making the gap between the rich and the poor bigger, contributing to polution and rejecting labour laws. I do not think anybody would put us in one category..", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small one person bussiness owner. But I have to work a second job to keep me and my business afloat. I can not afford to pay 15000 every year, when I don't even make that of my little bussiness. Moreover, it is the same amount of money o gigant corporation with millions in revanue every month. Only I make a few shipments in a year and they make thousands every single day. And usually, small creators like me are focused on sustainability, and should be charished for adding to the local economy, while the companies who can afford the tax are the ones who are making the gap between the rich and the poor bigger, contributing to polution and rejecting labour laws. I do not think anybody would put us in one category..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549231_en"}, {"id": 33549230, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:30:04", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A777design", "feedback": "**Feedback on the proposed rules for national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation** I support the objective of reducing packaging waste. However, I strongly believe that the proposed registration and reporting obligations should not apply to micro-enterprises and very small businesses whose environmental impact from packaging is negligible. A small self-employed person or micro-business may sell only a few handmade products per month. The total amount of packaging waste generated by such a business during an entire year may fit into a single bag. It is therefore disproportionate to impose on such a business the same type of registration, reporting and financial obligations as on a large company placing significant quantities of packaged products on the EU market. I would therefore strongly recommend introducing a **complete exemption from packaging producer-responsibility registration and related administrative obligations for micro-enterprises below a defined annual turnover threshold**, or alternatively for businesses placing less than a defined minimum quantity of packaging on the market. Such an exemption should be simple and automatic. A micro-business should not be required to register, submit regular reports or calculate packaging quantities merely because it occasionally sends a small parcel to a customer in another EU Member State. The purpose of environmental regulation should be to address significant environmental impacts. It makes little sense to impose substantial administrative costs on businesses whose entire annual packaging footprint may amount to only a few kilograms. Moreover, excessive administrative requirements can have a negative effect on the EU Single Market. A micro-business may simply decide not to sell to customers in other Member States because the compliance requirements are disproportionate to the value and volume of its sales. I therefore call for: * a **complete exemption for micro-enterprises below a clearly defined annual turnover threshold**; * alternatively, a **minimum packaging-volume threshold below which no registration or reporting is required**; * simple and automatic rules that do not require micro-businesses to register in every Member State; * a proportionality principle ensuring that administrative obligations correspond to the actual environmental impact of the business. **The EU should focus its regulatory effort where it can make a meaningful environmental difference. A micro-business whose annual packaging waste fits into a single bag should not be subject to the same compliance system as a large industrial producer.** Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are legitimate objectives. However, these objectives should not be pursued by imposing disproportionate bureaucracy on the smallest businesses in the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "**Feedback on the proposed rules for national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation** I support the objective of reducing packaging waste. However, I strongly believe that the proposed registration and reporting obligations should not apply to micro-enterprises and very small businesses whose environmental impact from packaging is negligible. A small self-employed person or micro-business may sell only a few handmade products per month. The total amount of packaging waste generated by such a business during an entire year may fit into a single bag. It is therefore disproportionate to impose on such a business the same type of registration, reporting and financial obligations as on a large company placing significant quantities of packaged products on the EU market. I would therefore strongly recommend introducing a **complete exemption from packaging producer-responsibility registration and related administrative obligations for micro-enterprises below a defined annual turnover threshold**, or alternatively for businesses placing less than a defined minimum quantity of packaging on the market. Such an exemption should be simple and automatic. A micro-business should not be required to register, submit regular reports or calculate packaging quantities merely because it occasionally sends a small parcel to a customer in another EU Member State. The purpose of environmental regulation should be to address significant environmental impacts. It makes little sense to impose substantial administrative costs on businesses whose entire annual packaging footprint may amount to only a few kilograms. Moreover, excessive administrative requirements can have a negative effect on the EU Single Market. A micro-business may simply decide not to sell to customers in other Member States because the compliance requirements are disproportionate to the value and volume of its sales. I therefore call for: * a **complete exemption for micro-enterprises below a clearly defined annual turnover threshold**; * alternatively, a **minimum packaging-volume threshold below which no registration or reporting is required**; * simple and automatic rules that do not require micro-businesses to register in every Member State; * a proportionality principle ensuring that administrative obligations correspond to the actual environmental impact of the business. **The EU should focus its regulatory effort where it can make a meaningful environmental difference. A micro-business whose annual packaging waste fits into a single bag should not be subject to the same compliance system as a large industrial producer.** Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are legitimate objectives. However, these objectives should not be pursued by imposing disproportionate bureaucracy on the smallest businesses in the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549230_en"}, {"id": 33549229, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:28:03", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "EU packaging rules are pushing small businesses out of the Single Market I am writing to express my profound anger and disappointment at the way the EU is implementing the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the obligations that come into force from 12 August 2026. The EU repeatedly claims that it wants to support small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurship, competition and the Single Market. Yet regulations such as these are creating the exact opposite reality for many micro-businesses and one-person companies. For a large corporation, registering in multiple countries, dealing with different national producer-responsibility systems, paying fees, appointing representatives and managing additional compliance paperwork may simply be another administrative task handled by a legal or compliance department. For a one-person business, it can mean the end of the business. This is the reality that policymakers seem to be failing to understand. A small independent artist, craft business, designer or online seller may make only a handful of sales to customers in another EU country. They do not have a compliance department. They do not have lawyers, accountants or administrative staff dedicated to EU regulatory requirements. They have one person doing everything: designing products, manufacturing them, photographing them, marketing them, packing orders, answering customers, handling accounting and shipping the products. When the cost and administrative burden of selling to another EU country becomes disproportionate to the value of the sales, the rational decision for a small business is simply to stop selling there. And that is exactly what worries me. Regulation that is supposedly designed to create a better and more sustainable European market can instead create a market where only large companies can realistically afford to participate. That is not a healthy Single Market. It is not meaningful competition. And it is certainly not support for European entrepreneurship. What makes this particularly frustrating is the broader consequence for consumers. Small businesses are not interchangeable with Amazon, Temu, Shein or Alibaba. They often offer handmade, independent, locally produced, ethical, sustainable, repairable or genuinely original products that cannot be found through mass-market platforms. If European regulation makes it financially and administratively impossible for these businesses to sell across borders, consumers will lose access to exactly the kind of independent businesses the EU claims to want to protect. Consumers will not necessarily stop buying. They will simply have fewer alternatives. And the companies with the resources to survive an increasingly complicated regulatory environment will be the largest corporations and platforms. This is deeply ironic. A European customer who wants to support a small independent business may soon find that the small business can no longer afford to sell to them while the giant international platforms remain perfectly capable of navigating the bureaucracy and absorbing the costs. That is not the outcome I believe European citizens want. I am also deeply concerned about the human consequences. Behind every small business is a person or a small group of people. For many of them, their business is not a hobby. It is their income, their independence and their livelihood. When a small company is forced to stop selling to parts of the EU because compliance costs are disproportionate, the consequence is not merely less trade. It can mean lost income. It can mean lost jobs. It can mean people abandoning businesses they have spent years building. It can mean fewer entrepreneurs willing to start businesses in the first place. And it can mean a European market that becomes less diverse, less competitive and increasingly dominated by companies that already have enormous financial and administrative resources.", "feedbackEnglish": "EU packaging rules are pushing small businesses out of the Single Market I am writing to express my profound anger and disappointment at the way the EU is implementing the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the obligations that come into force from 12 August 2026. The EU repeatedly claims that it wants to support small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurship, competition and the Single Market. Yet regulations such as these are creating the exact opposite reality for many micro-businesses and one-person companies. For a large corporation, registering in multiple countries, dealing with different national producer-responsibility systems, paying fees, appointing representatives and managing additional compliance paperwork may simply be another administrative task handled by a legal or compliance department. For a one-person business, it can mean the end of the business. This is the reality that policymakers seem to be failing to understand. A small independent artist, craft business, designer or online seller may make only a handful of sales to customers in another EU country. They do not have a compliance department. They do not have lawyers, accountants or administrative staff dedicated to EU regulatory requirements. They have one person doing everything: designing products, manufacturing them, photographing them, marketing them, packing orders, answering customers, handling accounting and shipping the products. When the cost and administrative burden of selling to another EU country becomes disproportionate to the value of the sales, the rational decision for a small business is simply to stop selling there. And that is exactly what worries me. Regulation that is supposedly designed to create a better and more sustainable European market can instead create a market where only large companies can realistically afford to participate. That is not a healthy Single Market. It is not meaningful competition. And it is certainly not support for European entrepreneurship. What makes this particularly frustrating is the broader consequence for consumers. Small businesses are not interchangeable with Amazon, Temu, Shein or Alibaba. They often offer handmade, independent, locally produced, ethical, sustainable, repairable or genuinely original products that cannot be found through mass-market platforms. If European regulation makes it financially and administratively impossible for these businesses to sell across borders, consumers will lose access to exactly the kind of independent businesses the EU claims to want to protect. Consumers will not necessarily stop buying. They will simply have fewer alternatives. And the companies with the resources to survive an increasingly complicated regulatory environment will be the largest corporations and platforms. This is deeply ironic. A European customer who wants to support a small independent business may soon find that the small business can no longer afford to sell to them while the giant international platforms remain perfectly capable of navigating the bureaucracy and absorbing the costs. That is not the outcome I believe European citizens want. I am also deeply concerned about the human consequences. Behind every small business is a person or a small group of people. For many of them, their business is not a hobby. It is their income, their independence and their livelihood. When a small company is forced to stop selling to parts of the EU because compliance costs are disproportionate, the consequence is not merely less trade. It can mean lost income. It can mean lost jobs. It can mean people abandoning businesses they have spent years building. It can mean fewer entrepreneurs willing to start businesses in the first place. And it can mean a European market that becomes less diverse, less competitive and increasingly dominated by companies that already have enormous financial and administrative resources.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549229_en"}, {"id": 33549221, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:25:04", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "this regulation fails to take into account the realities faced by small business owners and the significant costs that compliance would entail. for many of them, these additional costs could and will be unsustainable and ultimately force them to close their businesses. this regulation seems to have been designed primarily thinking about large corporations but most european small businesses could and, again, will disappear if the regulation is implemented in its current form!", "feedbackEnglish": "this regulation fails to take into account the realities faced by small business owners and the significant costs that compliance would entail. for many of them, these additional costs could and will be unsustainable and ultimately force them to close their businesses. this regulation seems to have been designed primarily thinking about large corporations but most european small businesses could and, again, will disappear if the regulation is implemented in its current form!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549221_en"}, {"id": 33549219, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:23:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es braucht unbedingt eine Anpassung dieses Gesetzes an die Bedürfnisse kleiner Unternehmen, denn ansonsten wird es viele von ihnen bald nicht mehr geben. Die bürokratische und finanzielle Last die kleinen Unternehmern damit auferlegt wird ist völlig unverhältnismäßig und schlicht nicht umsetzbar. Ich hoffe sehr, dass diese neue Verordnung nochmal angepasst und besser auf kleine Unternehmen abgestimmt wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is essential to adapt this law to the needs of small businesses, otherwise many of them will soon cease to exist. The bureaucratic and financial burden imposed on small entrepreneurs is completely disproportionate and simply impossible to implement. I very much hope that this new regulation will be further adapted and better adapted to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549219_en"}, {"id": 33549218, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:23:33", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Loin datteindre les grands groupes ciblés, cette mesure frappe de plein fouet les citoyens et les PME. En faisant grimper les prix des biens abordables, elle asphyxie les petits commerçants et contraint les vendeurs indépendants soit à vendre à perte, soit à retirer leurs produits bon marché du marché. En réalité, ce dispositif risque surtout de fragiliser le tissu économique local et de réduire la diversité de loffre. En limitant la capacité des petits acteurs à concurrencer les grandes entreprises, il affaiblit la concurrence et réduit les possibilités de choix pour les consommateurs. Cest un paradoxe flagrant : une décision des instances européennes en contradiction directe avec lidéal fondateur du projet européen, censé, au contraire, fluidifier et alléger le commerce communautaire.", "feedbackEnglish": "Far from dating back to the large target groups, this measure is having a major impact on citizens and SMEs. By pushing up the prices of affordable goods, it asphyxiates small traders and forces independent sellers either to sell at a loss or to withdraw their cheap products from the market. In reality, this mechanism risks, above all, weakening the local economic fabric and reducing the diversity of tenders. By limiting the ability of smaller players to compete with larger companies, it weakens competition and reduces choice for consumers. This is a blatant paradox: a decision taken by the European authorities in direct contradiction to the founding principle of the European project, which, on the contrary, is intended to make Community trade smoother and less cumbersome.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549218_en"}, {"id": 33549217, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:23:21", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Petit entreprise ", "feedback": "Je suis une petite entreprise qui a déjà du mal à gagner sa vie. Je n'ai pas les moyens de payer pour envoyer dans tout l'union européenne. De plus nous paierons les poubelles tous les mois en tant que particulier. Nous payons déjà pour recycler nos déchets. Et nous envoyons la plupart du temps à des particuliers. Cela devient trop compliqué alors que le statut de micro entreprise devait Être simple. Je suis seule dans mon entreprise", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business that is already struggling to earn a living. I do not have the means to pay to send across the European Union. In addition, we will pay the bins every month as an individual. We are already paying to recycle our waste. And we send most of the time to individuals. This becomes too complicated when micro enterprise status had to be simple. I am alone in my business", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549217_en"}, {"id": 33549216, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:21:21", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I commend the commitment to environmental protection. However, I am deeply concerned with how this will affect small businesses. These small and micro businesses, in general, strive for sustainability and have significantly less impact on the environment than large corporations. I am concerned that this will strain the EU market; small sustainable businesses are pausing all shipping, meaning that buyers have no choice but to opt for a bigger, less sustainable business. This will impact the livelihoods of small and micro business owners, as well as the environment. I hope there is a possible resolution, perhaps by revising this to have exceptions for businesses with a low volume of packages sent.", "feedbackEnglish": "I commend the commitment to environmental protection. However, I am deeply concerned with how this will affect small businesses. These small and micro businesses, in general, strive for sustainability and have significantly less impact on the environment than large corporations. I am concerned that this will strain the EU market; small sustainable businesses are pausing all shipping, meaning that buyers have no choice but to opt for a bigger, less sustainable business. This will impact the livelihoods of small and micro business owners, as well as the environment. I hope there is a possible resolution, perhaps by revising this to have exceptions for businesses with a low volume of packages sent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549216_en"}, {"id": 33549215, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:19:27", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation doesn't consider small business owners and the costs that these regulations would entail; many of them would need to close. This regulation seems to have been made having in mind big gigants as Amazon, but those of us who would rather buy from small European business owners will have a hard time, as many will disappear if this regulation is applied as it is right now.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation doesn't consider small business owners and the costs that these regulations would entail; many of them would need to close. This regulation seems to have been made having in mind big gigants as Amazon, but those of us who would rather buy from small European business owners will have a hard time, as many will disappear if this regulation is applied as it is right now.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549215_en"}, {"id": 33549214, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:18:19", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Keruzi Studio", "feedback": "I understand the core purpose of this law, but right now it is effectively blocking entrepreneurship in the EU, especially for micro and small businesses that want to grow. No small business has the starting capital to pay 300 to 1,500 for every single country they might ship to. It is simply impossible. For someone in Poland, this translates to several thousand PLN, while our median salary is around 5,000 PLN. These small companies will simply lose any chance of shipping goods abroad. As an artist, I strongly object to this. Paintings, illustrations, and posters often cost less than 150. This means I will either be unable to send my work to international buyers at all, or I will have to force them to pay much more, which heavily limits my customer base.The current legal framework does not hurt big corporations that produce massive amounts of waste. Instead, it crushes small creators who actually save every single gram of packaging just to keep their business alive and viable. Please reconsider if this law is not accidentally killing local businesses in many regions. Artists, writers, crafters, and small creators selling on Etsy are losing their market reach overnight. This will ruin their income and might fuel anti-EU movements. I am strongly pro-EU, but many people are already talking about the need to leave or dismantle the EU because of harmful laws like this, which take away the livelihood of the smallest entities.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the core purpose of this law, but right now it is effectively blocking entrepreneurship in the EU, especially for micro and small businesses that want to grow. No small business has the starting capital to pay 300 to 1,500 for every single country they might ship to. It is simply impossible. For someone in Poland, this translates to several thousand PLN, while our median salary is around 5,000 PLN. These small companies will simply lose any chance of shipping goods abroad. As an artist, I strongly object to this. Paintings, illustrations, and posters often cost less than 150. This means I will either be unable to send my work to international buyers at all, or I will have to force them to pay much more, which heavily limits my customer base.The current legal framework does not hurt big corporations that produce massive amounts of waste. Instead, it crushes small creators who actually save every single gram of packaging just to keep their business alive and viable. Please reconsider if this law is not accidentally killing local businesses in many regions. Artists, writers, crafters, and small creators selling on Etsy are losing their market reach overnight. This will ruin their income and might fuel anti-EU movements. I am strongly pro-EU, but many people are already talking about the need to leave or dismantle the EU because of harmful laws like this, which take away the livelihood of the smallest entities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549214_en"}, {"id": 33549213, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:18:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback zur PPWR unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie für Kleinstunternehmen Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Recycling zu verbessern. Die praktische Umsetzung bereitet mir als Kleinstunternehmerin jedoch große Sorgen. Ich verkaufe handgefertigten Schmuck in sehr kleinen Stückzahlen und versende inzwischen nahezu ausschließlich innerhalb Deutschlands. Meine Verpackungen beispielsweise kleine Kartons und Versandtaschen kaufe ich fertig bei entsprechenden Anbietern ein. Ich stelle diese Verpackungen nicht selbst her. Umso unverständlicher ist für mich, dass ich mich mit der Frage beschäftigen muss, ob ich durch das Befüllen einer gekauften Verpackung und das Anbringen eines Versandlabels plötzlich regulatorisch als Hersteller dieser Verpackung angesehen werde. Ich habe weder die Kartons hergestellt, noch deren Material, Konstruktion oder Recyclingfähigkeit bestimmt. Ich kaufe fertige Verpackungen von spezialisierten Herstellern. Trotzdem entstehen für mich als Kleinstunternehmen möglicherweise Pflichten, Dokumentationsaufwand und Verantwortlichkeiten, die in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich verwendeten Verpackungsmengen stehen. Genau hier fehlt mir die Verhältnismäßigkeit. Ein Kleinstunternehmen mit wenigen Sendungen kann nicht die gleichen administrativen Anforderungen bewältigen wie ein international tätiger Konzern. Große Unternehmen haben eigene Abteilungen für Compliance, Nachhaltigkeit und Recht. Ein kleines Ein-Personen-Unternehmen muss solche Anforderungen zusätzlich zum eigentlichen Geschäft bewältigen. Besonders problematisch empfinde ich, dass die Regelungen für kleine Unternehmen so kompliziert und schwer verständlich sind, dass selbst die Frage, wer überhaupt als Hersteller oder verantwortlicher Akteur gilt, nicht ohne intensive Auseinandersetzung mit der Verordnung eindeutig beantwortet werden kann. Ich versende meine Produkte überwiegend innerhalb Deutschlands. Trotzdem muss ich mich mit einem komplexen europäischen Regelwerk beschäftigen, das für mein sehr kleines Unternehmen einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand bedeuten kann. Mein Wunsch an die Europäische Kommission ist deshalb: Schaffen Sie eine klare, einfache und verhältnismäßige Regelung für Kleinstunternehmen. Wer geringe Mengen an Verpackungen verwendet und fertig produzierte, konforme Verpackungen von einem Lieferanten bezieht, sollte nicht durch komplizierte Herstellerdefinitionen und umfangreiche bürokratische Pflichten belastet werden. Umweltschutz und Ressourcenschonung sind wichtig. Aber Umweltschutz darf nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen ihre eigentliche Tätigkeit vor lauter Bürokratie kaum noch ausüben können. Die PPWR braucht mehr Augenmaß, klare Zuständigkeiten und eine echte Entlastung für Kleinstunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the PPWR disproportionate bureaucracy for micro-enterprises I support in principle the aim of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling. However, as a micro-entrepreneur, I am very concerned about the practical implementation. I sell handmade jewellery in very small quantities and now send it almost exclusively within Germany. I buy my packaging, for example small cartons and shipping bags, from the relevant suppliers. I do not manufacture this packaging myself. It is all the more incomprehensible to me that I must address the question whether, by filling a purchased packaging and affixing a shipping label, I am suddenly regarded as the manufacturer of that packaging for regulatory purposes. I did not manufacture the cartons, nor did I determine their material, construction or recyclability. I buy finished packaging from specialised manufacturers Nevertheless, as a micro-enterprise, I may face obligations, documentation burdens and responsibilities that are disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually used. It is precisely here that I am not proportionate. A micro-enterprise with few consignments cannot cope with the same administrative requirements as an internationally active group. Large companies have their own compliance, sustainability and legal departments. A small one-person company has to deal with such requirements in addition to the actual business. I find it particularly problematic that the rules are so complicated and difficult to understand for small businesses that even the question of who is considered to be the producer or the responsible actor at all cannot be answered unequivocally without an in-depth examination of the Regulation. I send my products mainly within Germany. Nevertheless, I have to deal with a complex set of European rules that can impose a significant additional administrative burden on my very small business. My wish to the European Commission is therefore: Create a clear, simple and proportionate regime for micro-enterprises. Those who use small quantities of packaging and buy ready-made compliant packaging from a supplier should not be burdened by complicated manufacturer definitions and heavy bureaucratic obligations. Environmental protection and resource conservation are important. But environmental protection must not make it harder for micro-enterprises to carry out their actual activities in the face of noisy bureaucracy. The PPWR needs more rigour, clear responsibilities and real relief for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549213_en"}, {"id": 33549203, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:14:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Druck Farm UG", "feedback": "This new set of rules makes it hard to scale small businesses in niche markets with little monthly transactions, so that new jobs can be created, bigger investments can be realized. Please make the rules applicable without imposing barriers to EU citizens. This regulatory setting is only helping big associations that can afford to increase prices on microscale. If someone already buys packaging materials from EU companies (taxes are earned), why do you impose additional fees? You make market entry for those selling products with small turnover impossible. These are laws protecting already the powerful - and the original idea of free trade within the EU is at risk.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new set of rules makes it hard to scale small businesses in niche markets with little monthly transactions, so that new jobs can be created, bigger investments can be realized. Please make the rules applicable without imposing barriers to EU citizens. This regulatory setting is only helping big associations that can afford to increase prices on microscale. If someone already buys packaging materials from EU companies (taxes are earned), why do you impose additional fees? You make market entry for those selling products with small turnover impossible. These are laws protecting already the powerful - and the original idea of free trade within the EU is at risk.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549203_en"}, {"id": 33549202, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:12:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Verordnung berücksichtigt in keinster Weise kleine Unternehmen und ihre Inhaber. Als jemand, der ein kleines kreatives Gewerbe betreibt, sehe ich mich gezwungen, meine Dienstleistungen nicht mehr in einem anderen EU Staat außer Deutschland anzubieten. Die Lizenzgebühren, die hier für mich anfallen würden, würden meinen kompletten Jahresumsatz auffressen. Die Lizenzen pro Land stehen in keinster Weise in Relation zu dem eigentlichen Verdienst von kleinen Unternehmern. Ich verstehe den Grundgedanken dieser Verordnung, aber leider schießt sie komplett am Ziel vorbei und schadet Kleinunternehmen, die sehr stark auf sämtliche Unterstützungen angewiesen sind. Sämtliche Geschäftsbeziehungen innerhalb der EU brechen somit für uns weg.", "feedbackEnglish": "This Regulation does not take into account in any way small enterprises and their owners. As someone who runs a small creative business, I feel compelled to stop offering my services in an EU country other than Germany. The royalties I would have to pay in this case would be absorbed by my entire annual turnover. Licences per country are in no way related to the actual earnings of small entrepreneurs. I understand the rationale behind this regulation, but unfortunately it completely misses the target and harms small businesses, which are heavily reliant on all support. All business relations within the EU are therefore breaking for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549202_en"}, {"id": 33549201, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:10:53", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small businesses from these requirements. This legislation has already caused a lot of harm to the amazing, creative people who create artworks, jewellery, pottery etc. and rely on online sales for their monthly income. They cannot afford paying those fees and hiring legal representatives in each country due to the high cost compared to their income, so they had to stop shipping to EU countries outside their own, or close their shops altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small businesses from these requirements. This legislation has already caused a lot of harm to the amazing, creative people who create artworks, jewellery, pottery etc. and rely on online sales for their monthly income. They cannot afford paying those fees and hiring legal representatives in each country due to the high cost compared to their income, so they had to stop shipping to EU countries outside their own, or close their shops altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549201_en"}, {"id": 33549200, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:08:45", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Alors, autant mettre en place ça pour les grosses entreprises qui pollue à foison.. Ma foi..OK. Mais les petits artisans? Les petites boutique ? Certaines ne peuvent même pas se dégager un salaire et vous voulez leur offrir une taxe supplémentaire ? Les tarifs de la poste sont déjà horriblement cher, certains Frais de ports poru ce genre de boutique sont exponentielle et nous oblige à passer par mondial relay ou autre... et vous voulez en plus brimer ce genre d'achat? Cela ne vas qu'encourager le peuple à se tourner vers les grosses entreprises hors UE tel que shein, temu et amazon qui ne sentiront même pas le prix de cette taxe dans leur capitaux...", "feedbackEnglish": "So, to put this in place for big companies that pollute heavily. My faith... OK. But small craftsmen? Small shops? Some of them cannot even earn a salary and do you want to offer them an extra tax? Postal charges are already horrific, some port charges for this kind of shop are exponential and force us to go through relay or other world routes... and do you also want to brimmer with this kind of purchase? This only encourages the people to turn to big non-EU companies such as Shein, temu and amazon who will not even feel the price of this tax in their capital...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549200_en"}, {"id": 33549199, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:08:42", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is ridiculous. It doesn't appear as if the plan was fully thought through or any small businesses were consulted. Aiming this towards large companies like Amazon (who presumably are driving a high percentage of the shipments) makes sense, but I am receiving numerous emails from small businesses around Europe that I can no longer order from because the cost incurred by this change will be too high for them. Is that the outcome wanted? Large companies can absorb this, small ones can't. As a consumer and a permanent EU resident, I am also in a worse spot than before as this initiative actually makes using larger (and known to be less sustainable) companies like Amazon more necessary because it limits my other options! Hardly the benefits one seeks in the \"one market\" promised by the EU and hardly in the spirit of what this initiative purports to achieve.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is ridiculous. It doesn't appear as if the plan was fully thought through or any small businesses were consulted. Aiming this towards large companies like Amazon (who presumably are driving a high percentage of the shipments) makes sense, but I am receiving numerous emails from small businesses around Europe that I can no longer order from because the cost incurred by this change will be too high for them. Is that the outcome wanted? Large companies can absorb this, small ones can't. As a consumer and a permanent EU resident, I am also in a worse spot than before as this initiative actually makes using larger (and known to be less sustainable) companies like Amazon more necessary because it limits my other options! Hardly the benefits one seeks in the \"one market\" promised by the EU and hardly in the spirit of what this initiative purports to achieve.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549199_en"}, {"id": 33549198, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:08:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Good evening, I am a customer of multiple small, independent sellers and am hoping to become one myself one day. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. Many of the sellers I buy from have already been forced to stop sales to my country (and most other EU countries) because of the financial and organizational burden the new rules imposes on them. I deeply disappointed that small business owners have not been considered and demand the implementation of a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. As you can see by this petition, many others demand the same: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees Best regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Good evening, I am a customer of multiple small, independent sellers and am hoping to become one myself one day. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. Many of the sellers I buy from have already been forced to stop sales to my country (and most other EU countries) because of the financial and organizational burden the new rules imposes on them. I deeply disappointed that small business owners have not been considered and demand the implementation of a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. As you can see by this petition, many others demand the same: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees Best regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549198_en"}, {"id": 33549197, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:05:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KMU", "feedback": "Es ist sinnvoll, mehr Recycling zu fördern und den Einsatz von Verpackungsmaterialien mit schädlichen Umweltwirkungen deutlich zu reduzieren. Diese Verordnung geht jedoch einen falschen Weg. Eine EU-Verordnung mit nationalen Registrierungen ist ein Widerspruch in sich. Es ist keine gute Idee, normale Versandkartons direkt über den Versender zu regulieren. Versandkartons sind jetzt schon recyclingfähig und haben üblicherweise keim PFAS-Risiko. Der Nachweis der Nutzung von Versandkartons, die vom Hersteller der Verpackung zertifiziert werden, ist der bessere Ansatz. Die Idee, mit dem Aufkleben eines Etiketts eine signifikante Veränderung zu verursachen ist verfehlt. Es gibt diverse andere Standardverpackungen, bei denen es ähnlich gehandhabt werden kann. Verordnungen dieser Art belasten kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen deutlich höher als große Unternehmen. Wie aktuell zu sehen ist, sind sehr kleine Versandhändler damit völlig überfordert. Hier ist die Verordnung handwerklich unzureichend. In meiner Firma (KMU Lebensmittelrohstoffe) werden z.T. Verpackungskartons des Lieferanten weiter genutzt. Nun muss umgepackt werden (kostet Arbeit) und die Originalverpackungen werden entsorgt (reduziert somit den vermeintlichen PFAS-Umlauf nicht) und neue Kartons müssen dann produziert werden. Offensichtlich scheinen die Verfasser der Verordnung keinen Überblick zu haben, mit welchem zeitlichen Vorlauf Verpackungen in manchen Branchen hergestellt und bedruckt werden. \"In Verkehr bringen\" der Ware vor dem Stichtag bedeutet dennoch, dass alte Verpackungen nicht konform sein könnten, weil man sie vor vielen Monaten schon ordern musste. Verpackungen, die vor dem 12.8. hergestellt wurden, sollten aufgebraucht werden können. Nach meiner Analyse müssen wir Konformitätserklärungen für ca. 1.800 Artikel erstellen, obwohl bei 1.600 davon Standardverpackungen benutzt werden, die mit aller höchster Wahrscheinlichkeit konform sein dürften. Wie oben beschrieben, sollte es Verpackungsherstellern möglich sein, ihr Produkt \"genehmigen zu lassen\", so dass sich in der weiteren Verwendung, die oft einen oder mehrere Hersteller und zusätzlich Händler betrifft, keine unendlichen Doppelarbeiten ergeben. Die EU steht bei Teilen der Bevölkerung unter dem Verdacht, erhöhte Bürokratie zu erzeugen. Leider bestätigt diese Verordnung diesen Eindruck.", "feedbackEnglish": "It makes sense to encourage more recycling and significantly reduce the use of packaging materials with harmful environmental effects. However, this regulation does not go in the right direction. An EU regulation with national registrations is a contradiction in itself. It is not a good idea to regulate normal shipping boxes directly via the consignor. Shipping cartons are already recyclable and usually have a germ PFAS risk. Proving the use of shipping boxes certified by the packaging manufacturer is the better approach. The idea of causing a significant change by affixing a label is misguided. There are various other standard packagings for which it can be handled in a similar way. Such regulations place a much heavier burden on small and medium-sized enterprises than on large enterprises. As can be seen at present, very small mail order traders are therefore completely overwhelmed. In this respect, the Regulation is inadequate from a manual point of view. In my company (SME food raw materials), some of the supplier’s packaging boxes continue to be used. It is now necessary to repackage (cost labour) and discard the original packaging (thus not reducing the supposed circulation of PFAS) and then produce new cartons. Obviously, the drafters of the Regulation do not seem to have an overview of the lead times at which packaging is produced and printed in some sectors. ‘Placing on the market’ of the good before the cut-off date still means that old packaging might not be in conformity because it had to be ordered many months ago. It should be possible to use up packaging produced before 12.8. According to my analysis, we have to draw up declarations of conformity for approximately 1800 items, although 1600 of them use standard packaging, which is most likely to be compliant. As described above, packaging manufacturers should be able to ‘have their product approved’ so that further use, which often concerns one or more manufacturers and additionally distributors, does not result in infinite duplication of effort. The EU is suspected of creating increased bureaucracy among parts of the population. Unfortunately, this Regulation confirms this impression.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549197_en"}, {"id": 33549196, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:05:31", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is deeply concerning and heartbreaking that this law is affecting Small Businesses instead of directing this problem to large corporations. Based on the studies made so far, the majority of Packaging Waste is produced by larger scale companies, like Shein, Temu, Amazon, etc and not small creators and small businesses. I think its important to note that most of the small businesses and companies nowadays have an extra attention to packaging waste and focus on eco packaging or better alternatives to environment. I think this law could be beneficial if we redirect it to larger scale companies, or if we come up with a mechanism that permits us to focus and target companies who really produce waste and not all companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is deeply concerning and heartbreaking that this law is affecting Small Businesses instead of directing this problem to large corporations. Based on the studies made so far, the majority of Packaging Waste is produced by larger scale companies, like Shein, Temu, Amazon, etc and not small creators and small businesses. I think its important to note that most of the small businesses and companies nowadays have an extra attention to packaging waste and focus on eco packaging or better alternatives to environment. I think this law could be beneficial if we redirect it to larger scale companies, or if we come up with a mechanism that permits us to focus and target companies who really produce waste and not all companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549196_en"}, {"id": 33549191, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:05:14", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello! The new law regarding packaging waste might seem is a good step towards a more sustainable future. However, small business cannot pay off multiple fees just to ship to a few countries in the European Union. Therefore, I am asking you to establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. Thank you! Regards, Diana Dawn", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! The new law regarding packaging waste might seem is a good step towards a more sustainable future. However, small business cannot pay off multiple fees just to ship to a few countries in the European Union. Therefore, I am asking you to establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states. Thank you! Regards, Diana Dawn", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549191_en"}, {"id": 33549186, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:04:09", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Prettylovelyjewelry", "feedback": "PPWR disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises I run a micro-business in the Netherlands selling jewellery online. I sell approximately 100 items per year in total to consumers across the EU. I fully support the goals of the PPWR: reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability. However, the current EPR requirements can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. With only around 100 shipments per year and a few kilograms of packaging, potentially having to deal with separate EPR registrations, reporting requirements and authorised representatives in multiple Member States is not proportionate to the actual environmental impact. The practical consequence for my business is significant: I am currently stopping sales to consumers in other EU countries because the complexity and potential compliance costs are too high compared with the scale of my business. This risks creating an unintended barrier to the EU Single Market and disproportionately affects micro-enterprises. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce: * a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging volume; * one simplified EU-wide registration for micro-enterprises; * exemptions or significant simplification of authorised-representative requirements for negligible volumes; * harmonised, simple reporting requirements across all Member States. Small businesses should be able to sell across the EU without having to navigate 27 different EPR systems for only a few kilograms of packaging. The PPWR should protect the environment without making cross-border trade economically or administratively unviable for micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises I run a micro-business in the Netherlands selling jewellery online. I sell approximately 100 items per year in total to consumers across the EU. I fully support the goals of the PPWR: reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability. However, the current EPR requirements can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. With only around 100 shipments per year and a few kilograms of packaging, potentially having to deal with separate EPR registrations, reporting requirements and authorised representatives in multiple Member States is not proportionate to the actual environmental impact. The practical consequence for my business is significant: I am currently stopping sales to consumers in other EU countries because the complexity and potential compliance costs are too high compared with the scale of my business. This risks creating an unintended barrier to the EU Single Market and disproportionately affects micro-enterprises. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce: * a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging volume; * one simplified EU-wide registration for micro-enterprises; * exemptions or significant simplification of authorised-representative requirements for negligible volumes; * harmonised, simple reporting requirements across all Member States. Small businesses should be able to sell across the EU without having to navigate 27 different EPR systems for only a few kilograms of packaging. The PPWR should protect the environment without making cross-border trade economically or administratively unviable for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549186_en"}, {"id": 33549185, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:03:14", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Current EPR rules impose a fixed compliance burden that micro-businesses cannot bear: registration in up to 27 national registries, paid authorized representatives, minimum annual fees, and multilingual reporting from the very first parcel shipped cross-border. For a sole trader sending a few packages a year, these costs exceed the sales themselves, so many small creators are simply stopping intra-EU shipping. This distorts the Single Market, favors large corporations, and undermines EPR's own environmental goals. I urge the Commission and Parliament to: 1. Suspend cross-border EPR enforcement for micro-enterprises while the framework is reviewed; 2. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for low-volume sellers; 3. Create a single EU registration portal, modeled on the VAT OSS. Proportionality is a core EU principle the current regime fails it for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Current EPR rules impose a fixed compliance burden that micro-businesses cannot bear: registration in up to 27 national registries, paid authorized representatives, minimum annual fees, and multilingual reporting from the very first parcel shipped cross-border. For a sole trader sending a few packages a year, these costs exceed the sales themselves, so many small creators are simply stopping intra-EU shipping. This distorts the Single Market, favors large corporations, and undermines EPR's own environmental goals. I urge the Commission and Parliament to: 1. Suspend cross-border EPR enforcement for micro-enterprises while the framework is reviewed; 2. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for low-volume sellers; 3. Create a single EU registration portal, modeled on the VAT OSS. Proportionality is a core EU principle the current regime fails it for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549185_en"}, {"id": 33549184, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:01:47", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "My own buiness ", "feedback": "This system is a disjointed, shambles, created by IDIOTS who have never ran a micro business. It is massively cost prohibitive, confusing, unfair when the chinese giants who pollute Europe have all the means and staff to be compliant. It unfairly effects sole traders, microbuinesses and SMEs of all sectors, it will directly cause your economy to fail, it will create unemployment, homelessness and suicides.", "feedbackEnglish": "This system is a disjointed, shambles, created by IDIOTS who have never ran a micro business. It is massively cost prohibitive, confusing, unfair when the chinese giants who pollute Europe have all the means and staff to be compliant. It unfairly effects sole traders, microbuinesses and SMEs of all sectors, it will directly cause your economy to fail, it will create unemployment, homelessness and suicides.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549184_en"}, {"id": 33549183, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 22:01:07", "country": "LTU", "language": "LT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "EU naujas įpareigojimas neatstovauja mažąjį verslą, o siekia jį panaikinti. Perteklinė biurokratija ir reguliavimas padaro eu nepatrauklia jokiam verslui. Tiesiog vykdomas smulkaus verslo naikinimas.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU’s new obligation does not represent a small business, but aims to remove it. Excessive bureaucracy and regulation make the EU unattractive for any business. Simply destroying a small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549183_en"}, {"id": 33549182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:58:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin besorgt um die ganzen kleinen Kunsthändler*innen, die ihr Kleingewerbe nicht mehr EU weit vertreiben können. Kleine Onlinestores (bspw. über etsy) stellen ihren Betrieb vorübergehend ein oder verschicken nur noch innerhalb des eigenen Landes und büßen so ihre Einnahmen ein. Wir brauchen konkrete Regelungen für diese Unternehmen, die sich die hohen Summen nicht leisten können, es schadet hauptsächlich den kleinen Geschäften.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am worried about all the small art dealers who are no longer able to sell their small businesses widely in the EU. Small online stores (e.g. via etsy) temporarily cease their operations or send them only within their own country, thus losing their revenues. We need specific rules for these companies, which cannot afford the large sums involved. It is mainly detrimental to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549182_en"}, {"id": 33549181, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:56:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Soulbirdee UG", "feedback": "Ich halte diese Verordnung in Bezug auf große in Verkehrbringer wie Temu etc. absolut wesentlich um Müllmengen zu reduzieren. Aber es muss ein Unterschied gemacht werden zu KMU Unternehmen wie uns, die bereits vor dem ersten Paket pro EU-Land, dass sie Inverkehrbringen sich bei jedem der 27 EU-Länder für Torres Geld anmelden müssen und die bürokratischen Auflagen, die je Land erfüllt werden müssen, sind zu umfangreich für kleine Händler. Ich bin Einzelunternehmer und seit neun Jahren im Markt. Wir liefern inzwischen nicht mehr in die EU nur noch nach Österreich und da hat es uns im ersten Jahr 850 gekostet, alle Auflagen zu erfüllen und uns für alles anzumelden. Diesen Aufwand können wir nicht noch 25 mal betreiben. Die Kunden aus den EU Ländern beklagen sich, weil sie zum Beispiel keine Weihnachtsdeko mehr von uns geliefert bekommen, die eins unserer besten Produkte war. So können wir auch an den Start kaum noch Steuern bezahlen und ich habe mir seit vier Monaten kein Gehalt mehr ausgezahlt und lebe von meinen Rücklagen. Alle unsere deutschen Lieferanten für hochwertige Textilien haben bereits geschlossen oder die Schließung zum Jahresende angekündigt. Diese ganze Gesetzgebung ruiniert den Mittelstand.", "feedbackEnglish": "I consider this regulation to be absolutely essential in order to reduce the amount of waste produced by large distributors such as Temu, etc. But there is a difference to be made with SMEs, companies like us, which, even before the first package per EU country, have to register for Torres with each of the 27 EU countries, and the bureaucratic requirements that have to be met per country are too heavy for small traders. I am a sole trader and have been on the market for nine years. We are no longer only delivering to Austria in the EU, and in the first year we cost us 850 to meet all the requirements and register for everything. We cannot do this up to 25 times. Customers from the EU countries complain because, for example, they are no longer supplied with Christmas deko by us, which was one of our best products. So even at the start, we can hardly pay any taxes anymore and I have not paid my salary for four months and live on my reserves. All our German suppliers of high-quality textiles have already closed or announced the closure at the end of the year. This entire legislation ruins small and medium-sized enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549181_en"}, {"id": 33549180, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:55:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stärkung der europäischen Wirtschaft, u. a. durch den Abbau bürokratischer Hürden das ist doch eigentlich ein erklärtes Hauptziel der EU. Mit diesem Gesetz wird meines Erachtens genau das Gegenteil erreicht. Es gibt durch die neuen Vorschriften erneut mehr Bürokratie und kleinen Unternehmen werden Gebühren auferlegt, die eine Weiterführung des Geschäftes zumindest in Frage stellen. Es ist unumstritten, dass wir Müll vermeiden müssen. Eine gute Idee ist es, die Kosten für den anfallenden Müll den jeweiligen Verursacher tragen zu lassen. Das Gesetz tut das aber gerade nicht. Es werden hohe pauschale Gebühren erhoben, auch wenn ein Unternehmen nur sehr wenig Verpackungsmüll verursacht. Die Gebühren, die ein großes Unternehmen aus der Portokasse zahlt, bedeuten für viele Kleinunternehmer ein riesiges Problem. Sie können ihre Produkte nicht mehr ins europäische Ausland verkaufen. Das schädigt den europäischen Binnenmarkt immens. Tausende Kleinunternehmer sind davon in hohem Maße betroffen. Hinzu kommt ein erneuter Vertrauensverlust der Bevölkerung in die Arbeit der EU. Sinnvoller wäre sicherlich eine Verständigung aller Länder der EU über eine einheitliche Vorgehensweise und europaweit einheitliche Gebührenregelungen gewesen. So hätte man viel Bürokratie vermeiden können. Auch die ebenfalls Kosten verursachenden lokalen Bevollmächtigten wären nicht notwendig gewesen. Mit dem jetzigen Gesetz müssen Unternehmen mit Tausenden von Euro in Vorlage treten, wollten sie sich die Möglichkeit offenhalten, weiterhin europaweit Produkte zu verkaufen. Für einen Kleinunternehmer ist das nicht machbar. Somit werden diese Unternehmen, wenn sie es sich leisten können, Ihre Waren nur noch im Inland sowie in Länder außerhalb der EU verkaufen. Schon allein dieser Satz wirkt grotesk angesichts der ursprünglichen Idee der EU. Wir brauchen dringend eine Korrektur des Gesetzes. Wenn schon kein Konsens zwischen den einzelnen Staaten, wie oben beschrieben, erreicht werden kann, müssen sich die erhobenen Gebühren an der Menge des anfallenden Mülls ausrichten. Kleinunternehmen, die nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr in ein anderes EU-Land versenden, sollten davon ganz ausgenommen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Strengthening the European economy, including by reducing bureaucratic hurdles, is in fact a stated key objective of the EU. In my view, that law achieves exactly the opposite. The new rules will once again increase red tape and impose charges on small businesses that at least call into question the continuation of business. It is undisputed that we need to avoid waste. A good idea is to have the polluter pays for the waste generated. However, the law does not do so. High flat-rate charges apply, even if a company generates very little packaging waste. The fees paid by a large company from the Portokasse are a huge problem for many small traders. They can no longer sell their products abroad in Europe. This is immensely damaging to the European single market. Thousands of small businesses are heavily affected. This is compounded by a renewed loss of public confidence in the work of the EU. It would certainly have been more appropriate for all EU countries to agree on a uniform approach and uniform charging rules across Europe. This would have allowed a lot of bureaucracy to be avoided. The local agents, who also incur costs, would not have been necessary either. With the current law, companies have to put forward thousands of euros if they want to keep open the possibility to continue selling products across Europe. This is not feasible for a small entrepreneur. Thus, if they can afford it, these companies will only sell their goods domestically and to countries outside the EU. This sentence alone is grotesque in view of the original idea of the EU. We urgently need a correction of the law. If a consensus cannot be reached between the individual countries, as described above, the fees charged must be based on the amount of waste generated. Small businesses sending only a few consignments per year to another EU country should be completely exempted.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549180_en"}, {"id": 33549175, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:53:47", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are ruining the small businesses. Most of them temporarly stopped or cancelled shipping already. Some countries have just small fees that accomodate the PPWR but for others, the small business cannot comply. For example in the Czech Republic the system is more complicated and you have to register via EKO-KOM company which basically has a monopol for the waste fees. And thats within EU. Sellers outside EU need a representative which cost more money. I dont care about Shein and Aliexpress you can tax them as much as you can but these companies have to money to comply. The small businesses cannot. For example I buy special edition books from the UK. It was already hard for the sellers to figure out the 3 EUR customs charge and now this. You are isolationg us from the rest of the world. As a person from former comunist country (although I was very young when the comunism fell, but I learn my history) we are going back to the times when we can only dream about the things the rest of the world has. I understand the intention but you cannot hold multi million corporations and small businesses to the same rules. For a small business only the intial registration within all EU can be lethal.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are ruining the small businesses. Most of them temporarly stopped or cancelled shipping already. Some countries have just small fees that accomodate the PPWR but for others, the small business cannot comply. For example in the Czech Republic the system is more complicated and you have to register via EKO-KOM company which basically has a monopol for the waste fees. And thats within EU. Sellers outside EU need a representative which cost more money. I dont care about Shein and Aliexpress you can tax them as much as you can but these companies have to money to comply. The small businesses cannot. For example I buy special edition books from the UK. It was already hard for the sellers to figure out the 3 EUR customs charge and now this. You are isolationg us from the rest of the world. As a person from former comunist country (although I was very young when the comunism fell, but I learn my history) we are going back to the times when we can only dream about the things the rest of the world has. I understand the intention but you cannot hold multi million corporations and small businesses to the same rules. For a small business only the intial registration within all EU can be lethal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549175_en"}, {"id": 33549174, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:53:18", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It has been my dream for over 10 years to start a small company that sells decorative items, but with this legislation would make this pretty much impossible to start a company due to the burden of having to manage the procedures and legislations for tens of countries, all without experience and knowledge how to do this, with the uncertainty of the total costs this would accumulate. As such I don't think creating any small individually owned e-shop would be possible. This would directly prevent me and other people like me from running an online store for the things we'd make", "feedbackEnglish": "It has been my dream for over 10 years to start a small company that sells decorative items, but with this legislation would make this pretty much impossible to start a company due to the burden of having to manage the procedures and legislations for tens of countries, all without experience and knowledge how to do this, with the uncertainty of the total costs this would accumulate. As such I don't think creating any small individually owned e-shop would be possible. This would directly prevent me and other people like me from running an online store for the things we'd make", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549174_en"}, {"id": 33549173, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:50:30", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a customer to several EU-based small business/micro-businesses and now they are all closing down shipping within EU!!!! Check Instagram & TikTok and it is full of posts saying they are shutting down totally. I cannot buy from anyone in EU except my home country, from mega-companies or outside EU. So now you force us customers to Amazon, Temu, Shein, etc... You did some serious mistake making the EPR/PPWR regulation totally missing the consequence analysis for these business owners!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a customer to several EU-based small business/micro-businesses and now they are all closing down shipping within EU!!!! Check Instagram & TikTok and it is full of posts saying they are shutting down totally. I cannot buy from anyone in EU except my home country, from mega-companies or outside EU. So now you force us customers to Amazon, Temu, Shein, etc... You did some serious mistake making the EPR/PPWR regulation totally missing the consequence analysis for these business owners!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549173_en"}, {"id": 33549172, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:49:39", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new regulations are once again dividing Europe and the people therein. What will you do about small businesses (often non-profit or small gains margins), letters or small gifts that are sent between people, families, and friends that live across European countries? This goes against the transport of goods and eventually also people (because tangible reminders in connections and relationships between people are so important, in order to feel real in a world that is becoming very virtual). Please do not let big players replace individual people or smaller business trying to pursue their passion. We all know smaller people and business have a much smaller impact on the waste that is supposed to be \"controlled\". These people are also more likely to actually reuse packaging instead of plastics or torn boxes that come from big players (e.g., Amazon, dropshippers). Postal prices have increased tremendously already for citizens (though this also depends on national regulations). Please do not create an extra barrier for EU citizens to stay connected through smaller things in life, thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations are once again dividing Europe and the people therein. What will you do about small businesses (often non-profit or small gains margins), letters or small gifts that are sent between people, families, and friends that live across European countries? This goes against the transport of goods and eventually also people (because tangible reminders in connections and relationships between people are so important, in order to feel real in a world that is becoming very virtual). Please do not let big players replace individual people or smaller business trying to pursue their passion. We all know smaller people and business have a much smaller impact on the waste that is supposed to be \"controlled\". These people are also more likely to actually reuse packaging instead of plastics or torn boxes that come from big players (e.g., Amazon, dropshippers). Postal prices have increased tremendously already for citizens (though this also depends on national regulations). Please do not create an extra barrier for EU citizens to stay connected through smaller things in life, thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549172_en"}, {"id": 33549171, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:49:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handmade Craftmanship", "feedback": "As a very small handmade business based in Poland, I strongly support the objective of reducing the administrative burden created by different national packaging producer registration systems across the EU. I sell handmade ceramics online to customers in different EU Member States. I fully support the environmental objective behind Extended Producer Responsibility and I understand that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system can be extremely disproportionate for micro-businesses. When I sell a single handmade mug from Poland to a customer in another EU country, I may have to investigate whether I am considered a producer in that country, whether registration is required, whether an authorised representative is needed, which national register or compliance scheme applies, what reporting obligations exist, and what fees have to be paid. These requirements can be completely different from one Member State to another. For a small artist or micro-business selling relatively small quantities of packaging, the administrative and financial burden can be far greater than the actual environmental impact of the packaging. This creates a situation where the EU Single Market allows me to sell my products freely across borders, but environmental compliance can effectively require me to navigate a separate system for every country in which I have a customer. For a large multinational company, this may be manageable through dedicated legal and compliance departments. For a one-person or very small business, it can become a significant barrier to cross-border trade. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider: a genuinely harmonised EU-wide registration or notification system for packaging EPR; a single EU portal through which a micro-business could register once and fulfil its basic packaging obligations across the EU; simplified reporting and payment procedures for micro and small businesses; meaningful low-volume thresholds or exemptions where the quantities of packaging placed on a national market are very small; recognition of the fact that occasional distance sales by micro-businesses are fundamentally different from large-scale commercial distribution. The environmental objective should remain strong, but compliance should also be proportionate to the size of the business and the amount of packaging involved. I want to comply with the rules. What is difficult is having to understand and potentially pay for many different national systems simply because one customer in another EU country buys one handmade product. A truly harmonised system would protect the environment while also making the EU Single Market work better for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a very small handmade business based in Poland, I strongly support the objective of reducing the administrative burden created by different national packaging producer registration systems across the EU. I sell handmade ceramics online to customers in different EU Member States. I fully support the environmental objective behind Extended Producer Responsibility and I understand that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system can be extremely disproportionate for micro-businesses. When I sell a single handmade mug from Poland to a customer in another EU country, I may have to investigate whether I am considered a producer in that country, whether registration is required, whether an authorised representative is needed, which national register or compliance scheme applies, what reporting obligations exist, and what fees have to be paid. These requirements can be completely different from one Member State to another. For a small artist or micro-business selling relatively small quantities of packaging, the administrative and financial burden can be far greater than the actual environmental impact of the packaging. This creates a situation where the EU Single Market allows me to sell my products freely across borders, but environmental compliance can effectively require me to navigate a separate system for every country in which I have a customer. For a large multinational company, this may be manageable through dedicated legal and compliance departments. For a one-person or very small business, it can become a significant barrier to cross-border trade. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider: a genuinely harmonised EU-wide registration or notification system for packaging EPR; a single EU portal through which a micro-business could register once and fulfil its basic packaging obligations across the EU; simplified reporting and payment procedures for micro and small businesses; meaningful low-volume thresholds or exemptions where the quantities of packaging placed on a national market are very small; recognition of the fact that occasional distance sales by micro-businesses are fundamentally different from large-scale commercial distribution. The environmental objective should remain strong, but compliance should also be proportionate to the size of the business and the amount of packaging involved. I want to comply with the rules. What is difficult is having to understand and potentially pay for many different national systems simply because one customer in another EU country buys one handmade product. A truly harmonised system would protect the environment while also making the EU Single Market work better for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549171_en"}, {"id": 33549170, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:48:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This rules will exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses; maybe It could be possibile to adjust them or to provide measurements that small businesses can afford. It could be also be an option to harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPRin EU states for small and micro businesses. Most importantly, this new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actuallyhave severe consequences for many businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rules will exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses; maybe It could be possibile to adjust them or to provide measurements that small businesses can afford. It could be also be an option to harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPRin EU states for small and micro businesses. Most importantly, this new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actuallyhave severe consequences for many businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549170_en"}, {"id": 33549169, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:48:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a frequent customer of many small and micro businesses I am heartbroken by the situation this law creates. While I support the idea of tighter regulation of packaging and waste management, I believe we must take into account the reality of what it means for small businesses. Because the PPWR lacks a de minimis volume threshold, small businesses face the impossible administrative and financial burden of registering with 27 individual national systems and hiring costly local Authorized Representatives even if they send very few packages outside of their country of residence. Consequently, small businesses across Europe are actively suspending cross-border EU shipping, severely fracturing the Single Market. I respectfully urge the European Commission and Parliament to introduce a legislative pause on enforcement for micro-businesses until a fair, proportionate solution is developed. Specifically, I ask for: - An immediate enforcement embargo on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) penalties for micro-sellers. - A uniform, EU-wide de minimis volume threshold exempting small-scale sellers. - A true, centralized EU One-Stop Shop portal to replace the 27 fragmented national registries.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a frequent customer of many small and micro businesses I am heartbroken by the situation this law creates. While I support the idea of tighter regulation of packaging and waste management, I believe we must take into account the reality of what it means for small businesses. Because the PPWR lacks a de minimis volume threshold, small businesses face the impossible administrative and financial burden of registering with 27 individual national systems and hiring costly local Authorized Representatives even if they send very few packages outside of their country of residence. Consequently, small businesses across Europe are actively suspending cross-border EU shipping, severely fracturing the Single Market. I respectfully urge the European Commission and Parliament to introduce a legislative pause on enforcement for micro-businesses until a fair, proportionate solution is developed. Specifically, I ask for: - An immediate enforcement embargo on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) penalties for micro-sellers. - A uniform, EU-wide de minimis volume threshold exempting small-scale sellers. - A true, centralized EU One-Stop Shop portal to replace the 27 fragmented national registries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549169_en"}, {"id": 33549168, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:47:23", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will hurt independent businesses within the EU and hinder trading within our own borders. Small businesses are expected to pay fees that are far too high for businesses that small to be able to anually maintain, and the consequence of that will be that they stop shipping to other countries within the EU or close down altogether because they cannot maintain their business without paying a price they cannot afford. I ask that micro and small businesses be excempt from this law, or that one representative for them to contact can be appointed for all the EU, instead of it's individual countries, at a price that is more reasonable for a self-sustaining business. Otherwise a lot of smaller businesses will have to shut down, which will cause many people to lose their means of making a living. This new law also goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. It will cause more issues than it will solve for us regular people. Please take all the pleas you hear into consideration, many people's sources of income, and passions are on the line. As an artist that has been thinking about getting into selling things myself, it would make my heart so much less heavy to know that that's a realistic possibility for me in the future, without it costing hundreds of euros. Thank you for listening.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will hurt independent businesses within the EU and hinder trading within our own borders. Small businesses are expected to pay fees that are far too high for businesses that small to be able to anually maintain, and the consequence of that will be that they stop shipping to other countries within the EU or close down altogether because they cannot maintain their business without paying a price they cannot afford. I ask that micro and small businesses be excempt from this law, or that one representative for them to contact can be appointed for all the EU, instead of it's individual countries, at a price that is more reasonable for a self-sustaining business. Otherwise a lot of smaller businesses will have to shut down, which will cause many people to lose their means of making a living. This new law also goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. It will cause more issues than it will solve for us regular people. Please take all the pleas you hear into consideration, many people's sources of income, and passions are on the line. As an artist that has been thinking about getting into selling things myself, it would make my heart so much less heavy to know that that's a realistic possibility for me in the future, without it costing hundreds of euros. Thank you for listening.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549168_en"}, {"id": 33549167, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:47:07", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe this legal framework to be completely absurd and senseless, appearing as deliberately targeted against the potential prosperity of small creative businesses, effectively obliterating any chance of them surviving on the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe this legal framework to be completely absurd and senseless, appearing as deliberately targeted against the potential prosperity of small creative businesses, effectively obliterating any chance of them surviving on the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549167_en"}, {"id": 33549166, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:46:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new rules makes total sense for large companies. But there are many micro businesses, many artists, that sell unique pieces across europe often only a few pieces per year per country. Their profit is often less than 50% per sale. They cant financially handle the extra costs for admistratives in each country. So very many small artists and labels that put love and craft into their work simply cannot sell their products in the EU anymore. They need a simple and financially affordable chance to meet the new regulations, that is the same for all countries. Otherwise very many small labels and artists will have to close their businesses and passionate projects that enrich cultural life in europe so much. One single platform for registering packages all across europe would be a great thing for example. Without countries doing their thing individually. And the costs have to depend on single deliveries instead of high basic costs for each country. At least up to a certain amount of deliveries.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new rules makes total sense for large companies. But there are many micro businesses, many artists, that sell unique pieces across europe often only a few pieces per year per country. Their profit is often less than 50% per sale. They cant financially handle the extra costs for admistratives in each country. So very many small artists and labels that put love and craft into their work simply cannot sell their products in the EU anymore. They need a simple and financially affordable chance to meet the new regulations, that is the same for all countries. Otherwise very many small labels and artists will have to close their businesses and passionate projects that enrich cultural life in europe so much. One single platform for registering packages all across europe would be a great thing for example. Without countries doing their thing individually. And the costs have to depend on single deliveries instead of high basic costs for each country. At least up to a certain amount of deliveries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549166_en"}, {"id": 33549165, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:46:14", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Marta Dinis", "feedback": "The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549165_en"}, {"id": 33549157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:44:37", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Les règles mises en place sont beaucoup trop contraignantes pour les petites entreprises.Pour un artisan ou un créateur indépendant, payer un forfait fixe pour expédier quelques dizaines de colis représente un coût disproportionné qui attaque directement ses marges (déjà faibles pour beaucoup). À l'inverse, pour une multinationale cette contribution est lissée sur des millions d'envois et ne représente qu'une fraction de centime par colis : l'impact financier est quasi inexistant. ​En voulant cibler le suremballage industriel, l'UE frappe aveuglément : sans exemption pour les très faibles volumes, ces règles vont couler l'artisanat et le commerce indépendant, le tout en renforçant le monopole des multinationales.", "feedbackEnglish": "The rules put in place are far too burdensome for small enterprises.For an independent craftsman or designer, paying a fixed fee to ship a few dozens of parcels represents a disproportionate cost that directly attacks his margins (already low for many). Conversely, for a multinational, this contribution is smoothed over millions of consignments and represents only a fraction of a cent per parcel: the financial impact is almost non-existent. ​ In trying to target industrial over-packaging, the EU blindly strikes: without an exemption for very small volumes, these rules will spill over into crafts and independent trade, while at the same time strengthening the monopoly of multinationals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549157_en"}, {"id": 33549156, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:44:09", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This measure is unacceptable. The EU exists allegedly to protect its citizens, not to create regimes that make the livelihood and access of many completely impossible. How are we to purchase from small businesses, when you create a tax that penalises small producers and sellers in comparison to big businesses and corporations? I only buy from small and independent businesses (clothes, books and pretty much everything) so in my case this new law makes it impossible for me to keep contributing to the circulation of capital, which I guess you're fine with.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure is unacceptable. The EU exists allegedly to protect its citizens, not to create regimes that make the livelihood and access of many completely impossible. How are we to purchase from small businesses, when you create a tax that penalises small producers and sellers in comparison to big businesses and corporations? I only buy from small and independent businesses (clothes, books and pretty much everything) so in my case this new law makes it impossible for me to keep contributing to the circulation of capital, which I guess you're fine with.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549156_en"}, {"id": 33549155, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:43:09", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR law will destroy small businesses. I understand concerns about the environment, but this can't happen at the cost of small businesses, artists, and small manufacturers. Their places will be taken over by huge corporations. It looks like a law that only companies like temu and amazon will benefit from", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR law will destroy small businesses. I understand concerns about the environment, but this can't happen at the cost of small businesses, artists, and small manufacturers. Their places will be taken over by huge corporations. It looks like a law that only companies like temu and amazon will benefit from", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549155_en"}, {"id": 33549154, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:43:06", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone leaving in Island Cyprus its already hard to receive packages from the brands I love. I feel excluded many times as many companies will be unluckily to choose a small island. Please reconsider your decision", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone leaving in Island Cyprus its already hard to receive packages from the brands I love. I feel excluded many times as many companies will be unluckily to choose a small island. Please reconsider your decision", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549154_en"}, {"id": 33549153, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:42:56", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello I am a small business owner, and these new fees are making it increasingly impossible for me to continue operating. There is simply no way I could afford to pay the set fees for each individual country. If this goes ahead, I will be forced to close my business and return to working minimum-wage jobs just to make a living. This is the reality you are actively creating for small businesses. I genuinely do not understand how this policy was considered a reasonable solution, or whether the people behind it have considered the real impact it will have on small business owners across the EU. These additional costs will not benefit people like me. They will make it harder for small businesses to survive, discourage entrepreneurship, and ultimately leave ordinary EU citizens with fewer opportunities. Please reconsider the impact of these fees on small businesses before moving forward with this approach.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I am a small business owner, and these new fees are making it increasingly impossible for me to continue operating. There is simply no way I could afford to pay the set fees for each individual country. If this goes ahead, I will be forced to close my business and return to working minimum-wage jobs just to make a living. This is the reality you are actively creating for small businesses. I genuinely do not understand how this policy was considered a reasonable solution, or whether the people behind it have considered the real impact it will have on small business owners across the EU. These additional costs will not benefit people like me. They will make it harder for small businesses to survive, discourage entrepreneurship, and ultimately leave ordinary EU citizens with fewer opportunities. Please reconsider the impact of these fees on small businesses before moving forward with this approach.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549153_en"}, {"id": 33549152, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:42:12", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rudolf Brandstoette", "feedback": "Diese Verordnung ist absolut krank für kleine Händler und ihr wisst das! Nehmen Sie diesen Schwachsinn sofort zurück", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is absolutely ill for small traders and you know that! Take back this weakness immediately", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549152_en"}, {"id": 33549151, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:41:01", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner, I'm horrified by the new EU packaging laws. Fair enough to make people register BUT having to register individually with every country and pay separate fees in every country is insane for an indepent artist or Sole Trader who makes sales in the EU. At my most successful, I barely made enough money to survive and worked crazy overtime on evenings and weekends. Please please do implement more taxes and restrictions on big businesses, but also protect handmade crafts and independent artists by making one universal registry, and consider proportional fees or exemptions for small businesses. I'm UK based but will be moving to the EU very soon.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, I'm horrified by the new EU packaging laws. Fair enough to make people register BUT having to register individually with every country and pay separate fees in every country is insane for an indepent artist or Sole Trader who makes sales in the EU. At my most successful, I barely made enough money to survive and worked crazy overtime on evenings and weekends. Please please do implement more taxes and restrictions on big businesses, but also protect handmade crafts and independent artists by making one universal registry, and consider proportional fees or exemptions for small businesses. I'm UK based but will be moving to the EU very soon.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549151_en"}, {"id": 33549150, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:40:19", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small woman handmade business, my annual turnover is 40,000 turnover, not profit. Of that, 20,000 comes from sales within the EU. After deducting around 60% for taxes, government contributions, raw materials, and operating expenses, how am I supposed to pay for EPR registration in all 27 EU countries, around aprox. 300 euros for AR and fees. This would mean that, from an annual profit of approximately 16,000, I would have to pay around 8,000 for EPR and PPWR compliance. That would leave me with only 6,000 per year, or just 500 in profit per month. How is a small business supposed to operate sustainably under these conditions?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small woman handmade business, my annual turnover is 40,000 turnover, not profit. Of that, 20,000 comes from sales within the EU. After deducting around 60% for taxes, government contributions, raw materials, and operating expenses, how am I supposed to pay for EPR registration in all 27 EU countries, around aprox. 300 euros for AR and fees. This would mean that, from an annual profit of approximately 16,000, I would have to pay around 8,000 for EPR and PPWR compliance. That would leave me with only 6,000 per year, or just 500 in profit per month. How is a small business supposed to operate sustainably under these conditions?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549150_en"}, {"id": 33549149, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:39:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A lot of small businesses, especially artists and independent creators will suffer from this, while big companies wont even feel the change in regulations one bit. There needs to be a different way to approach this problem. Its already so expensive for eu businesses to make products domestically and this will only make it more expensive, theres no way peopke will be able to compete with Amazon and Aliexpress at this point.", "feedbackEnglish": "A lot of small businesses, especially artists and independent creators will suffer from this, while big companies wont even feel the change in regulations one bit. There needs to be a different way to approach this problem. Its already so expensive for eu businesses to make products domestically and this will only make it more expensive, theres no way peopke will be able to compete with Amazon and Aliexpress at this point.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549149_en"}, {"id": 33549148, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:38:42", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A Chairde The new rules on packaging and packaging waste across the EU are a burden on small to medium sized business and on consumers and should be re-examined. In these times of increasing costs of living the burden placed on these business to implement and manage this rule are significant. Already many are halting sales to member states in which they don't reside while they assess the impact. This will result in loss of revenue and closures with a knock on effect of people losing their jobs. Especially affected are small artisans who are generally one or two person business with small turnovers and narrow margins. Businesses already affected by the introduction of the recent small goods fee and the constantly changing rules around tariffs and import duties. As a consumer I am disgusted that this regulation is placing such a burden on those who are trying to carve a meagre living. Surely there is a better solution. I am annoyed that I will again have to think twice about buying goods because of increased costs that can be managed in a much fairer way. Have the rule apply to business with larger turnovers. Make recyclable packaging the only type of packaging available across the EU, with sensible exceptions for medical and other necessary fields. Small businesses and ultimately consumers should not be paying the physical and moral price for the failure of the EU and our governments to act on climate change for decades. This is not the solution and will create more issues than it solves. As an Irish citizen we have already paid the price of the small goods charge restricting our ability to purchase goods a the UK is our closest trading partner. We really can't afford to have another egregious policy rip through our business communities.", "feedbackEnglish": "A Chairde The new rules on packaging and packaging waste across the EU are a burden on small to medium sized business and on consumers and should be re-examined. In these times of increasing costs of living the burden placed on these business to implement and manage this rule are significant. Already many are halting sales to member states in which they don't reside while they assess the impact. This will result in loss of revenue and closures with a knock on effect of people losing their jobs. Especially affected are small artisans who are generally one or two person business with small turnovers and narrow margins. Businesses already affected by the introduction of the recent small goods fee and the constantly changing rules around tariffs and import duties. As a consumer I am disgusted that this regulation is placing such a burden on those who are trying to carve a meagre living. Surely there is a better solution. I am annoyed that I will again have to think twice about buying goods because of increased costs that can be managed in a much fairer way. Have the rule apply to business with larger turnovers. Make recyclable packaging the only type of packaging available across the EU, with sensible exceptions for medical and other necessary fields. Small businesses and ultimately consumers should not be paying the physical and moral price for the failure of the EU and our governments to act on climate change for decades. This is not the solution and will create more issues than it solves. As an Irish citizen we have already paid the price of the small goods charge restricting our ability to purchase goods a the UK is our closest trading partner. We really can't afford to have another egregious policy rip through our business communities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549148_en"}, {"id": 33549135, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:37:12", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "We support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), but we believe the regulatory and financial obligations being introduced are disproportionate and should not apply to micro and small enterprises in the same way as they apply to large corporations. We are a Swedish company with four employees. We sell our products to customers and small businesses across the EU. Being able to do this easily is one of the fundamental benefits of the EU Single Market. For a company of our size, requirements to register as a producer in multiple Member States, join national producer responsibility schemes, pay separate fees, submit packaging reports and potentially appoint authorised representatives create an enormous burden compared with the very small quantities of packaging we actually place on each market. We believe micro and small enterprises should be exempt from these requirements. There is a fundamental difference between a multinational corporation placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on European markets and a four-person company sending boxes containing packaged products to customers in different EU countries. Applying the same regulatory structure to both is not proportionate. For a micro-enterprise, even relatively small fixed registration, compliance or representation fees multiplied across several Member States can become significant. The administrative burden is equally problematic. We do not have legal, environmental or compliance departments. Every additional registration, report and national system takes time directly away from producing our products, serving customers, employing people and developing our business. Most concerning is the effect this can have on the Single Market. A small company with customers in ten EU countries could potentially face obligations in ten different national systems simply because customers choose to purchase its products. This creates an incentive for small companies to stop selling to countries where sales volumes do not justify the compliance costs. Instead of making European trade easier, regulation could effectively recreate national borders for small businesses. Large corporations have the resources, packaging volumes, compliance teams and financial capacity to absorb these obligations. Micro and small enterprises do not. Regulation should recognise this difference. We therefore believe that producer registration, EPR fees, national reporting obligations and requirements to appoint authorised representatives in individual Member States should apply to large companies and businesses exceeding meaningful packaging-volume thresholds, rather than micro and small enterprises. Small businesses should instead be exempt, or at minimum have one very simple EU-level obligation in their country of establishment, without separate registrations, representatives or fees in every country where they happen to have customers. Environmental legislation should focus regulatory resources where they can have the greatest impact. Imposing substantial compliance obligations on thousands of very small European businesses placing comparatively tiny quantities of packaging on the market risks generating enormous administrative work while achieving limited additional environmental benefit. We ask the Commission to protect micro and small enterprises from disproportionate PPWR obligations and ensure that environmental regulation does not become a barrier preventing small European companies from participating in the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), but we believe the regulatory and financial obligations being introduced are disproportionate and should not apply to micro and small enterprises in the same way as they apply to large corporations. We are a Swedish company with four employees. We sell our products to customers and small businesses across the EU. Being able to do this easily is one of the fundamental benefits of the EU Single Market. For a company of our size, requirements to register as a producer in multiple Member States, join national producer responsibility schemes, pay separate fees, submit packaging reports and potentially appoint authorised representatives create an enormous burden compared with the very small quantities of packaging we actually place on each market. We believe micro and small enterprises should be exempt from these requirements. There is a fundamental difference between a multinational corporation placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on European markets and a four-person company sending boxes containing packaged products to customers in different EU countries. Applying the same regulatory structure to both is not proportionate. For a micro-enterprise, even relatively small fixed registration, compliance or representation fees multiplied across several Member States can become significant. The administrative burden is equally problematic. We do not have legal, environmental or compliance departments. Every additional registration, report and national system takes time directly away from producing our products, serving customers, employing people and developing our business. Most concerning is the effect this can have on the Single Market. A small company with customers in ten EU countries could potentially face obligations in ten different national systems simply because customers choose to purchase its products. This creates an incentive for small companies to stop selling to countries where sales volumes do not justify the compliance costs. Instead of making European trade easier, regulation could effectively recreate national borders for small businesses. Large corporations have the resources, packaging volumes, compliance teams and financial capacity to absorb these obligations. Micro and small enterprises do not. Regulation should recognise this difference. We therefore believe that producer registration, EPR fees, national reporting obligations and requirements to appoint authorised representatives in individual Member States should apply to large companies and businesses exceeding meaningful packaging-volume thresholds, rather than micro and small enterprises. Small businesses should instead be exempt, or at minimum have one very simple EU-level obligation in their country of establishment, without separate registrations, representatives or fees in every country where they happen to have customers. Environmental legislation should focus regulatory resources where they can have the greatest impact. Imposing substantial compliance obligations on thousands of very small European businesses placing comparatively tiny quantities of packaging on the market risks generating enormous administrative work while achieving limited additional environmental benefit. We ask the Commission to protect micro and small enterprises from disproportionate PPWR obligations and ensure that environmental regulation does not become a barrier preventing small European companies from participating in the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549135_en"}, {"id": 33549147, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:36:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "​I am writing as an individual micro-entrepreneur to demand an immediate moratorium on cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fee enforcement and a radical overhaul of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) obligations for sole traders. ​While the stated intent of the PPWR is to reduce waste, its practical implementation is achieving the exact opposite: it is choking small independent creators, destroying micro-businesses, and re-establishing artificial trade borders within the EU Single Market. ​1. The Single Market Illusion: 27 Administrative Barriers ​The core promise of the European Union is the free movement of goods. However, the current cross-border EPR framework completely undermines this for individual sellers. Expecting a single person shipping a few items a year to another Member State to register with 27 distinct national databases (such as LUCID in Germany or Citeo in France), hire expensive local Authorized Representatives, and submit complex reporting is completely unviable. ​Instead of a unified EU system, I am forced to face 27 distinct bureaucratic walls. The compliance fees aloneoften hundreds of euros per target countryfar exceed any profit I could make from cross-border sales in those markets. ​2. Disproportionate Penalization of Sole Traders ​I run my operations entirely by myself. I produce a negligible fraction of packaging waste, yet I bear a disproportionate administrative burden. Large multinational corporations have legal departments and accountants to manage compliance effortlessly. For a sole trader like me, these bureaucratic mandates consume hours of unpaid labor and create constant legal anxiety. ​Regulations intended to hold industrial packaging giants accountable are instead forcing small independent sellers off international platforms and out of business. ​3. Penalizing Sustainable, Small-Scale Operations ​As a small seller, I naturally practice sustainable packaging: I reuse clean cardboard boxes, use minimal biodegradable packing materials, and strictly avoid unnecessary waste. Yet, under rigid administrative rules, my sustainable micro-logistics are penalized simply because I cannot afford to register my reused boxes in every individual EU country. ​When compliance becomes financially impossible, my only option is to block sales to buyers in neighboring EU countries. This deprives European consumers of unique, local goods and pushes them toward mass-market platforms. ​My Demands as an Individual EU Micro-Entrepreneur: ​An Immediate Moratorium: Pause all account bans, market blocks, and fines on micro-enterprises selling cross-border within the EU until a fair system exists. ​A Universal De Minimis Exemption: Establish a clear EU-wide exemption for sole traders and micro-enterprises with low annual sales volume or fewer than 10 employees. ​A Single EU Central Portal: Replace 27 separate national EPR registrations with one single European portal where a seller registers once. ​Abolition of Authorized Representative Requirements within the EU: Remove the absurd mandate for EU-based individual sellers to hire foreign legal representatives just to ship a package across an internal EU border. ​The Single Market should empower independent European entrepreneurs, not force us out of business through bureaucratic overreach. I demand immediate, sensible action to protect micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "​I am writing as an individual micro-entrepreneur to demand an immediate moratorium on cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fee enforcement and a radical overhaul of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) obligations for sole traders. ​While the stated intent of the PPWR is to reduce waste, its practical implementation is achieving the exact opposite: it is choking small independent creators, destroying micro-businesses, and re-establishing artificial trade borders within the EU Single Market. ​1. The Single Market Illusion: 27 Administrative Barriers ​The core promise of the European Union is the free movement of goods. However, the current cross-border EPR framework completely undermines this for individual sellers. Expecting a single person shipping a few items a year to another Member State to register with 27 distinct national databases (such as LUCID in Germany or Citeo in France), hire expensive local Authorized Representatives, and submit complex reporting is completely unviable. ​Instead of a unified EU system, I am forced to face 27 distinct bureaucratic walls. The compliance fees aloneoften hundreds of euros per target countryfar exceed any profit I could make from cross-border sales in those markets. ​2. Disproportionate Penalization of Sole Traders ​I run my operations entirely by myself. I produce a negligible fraction of packaging waste, yet I bear a disproportionate administrative burden. Large multinational corporations have legal departments and accountants to manage compliance effortlessly. For a sole trader like me, these bureaucratic mandates consume hours of unpaid labor and create constant legal anxiety. ​Regulations intended to hold industrial packaging giants accountable are instead forcing small independent sellers off international platforms and out of business. ​3. Penalizing Sustainable, Small-Scale Operations ​As a small seller, I naturally practice sustainable packaging: I reuse clean cardboard boxes, use minimal biodegradable packing materials, and strictly avoid unnecessary waste. Yet, under rigid administrative rules, my sustainable micro-logistics are penalized simply because I cannot afford to register my reused boxes in every individual EU country. ​When compliance becomes financially impossible, my only option is to block sales to buyers in neighboring EU countries. This deprives European consumers of unique, local goods and pushes them toward mass-market platforms. ​My Demands as an Individual EU Micro-Entrepreneur: ​An Immediate Moratorium: Pause all account bans, market blocks, and fines on micro-enterprises selling cross-border within the EU until a fair system exists. ​A Universal De Minimis Exemption: Establish a clear EU-wide exemption for sole traders and micro-enterprises with low annual sales volume or fewer than 10 employees. ​A Single EU Central Portal: Replace 27 separate national EPR registrations with one single European portal where a seller registers once. ​Abolition of Authorized Representative Requirements within the EU: Remove the absurd mandate for EU-based individual sellers to hire foreign legal representatives just to ship a package across an internal EU border. ​The Single Market should empower independent European entrepreneurs, not force us out of business through bureaucratic overreach. I demand immediate, sensible action to protect micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549147_en"}, {"id": 33549136, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:34:46", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Autonomo", "feedback": "I am a self-employed micro-business owner based in Spain. I support EPR and responsible packaging waste management, but requiring separate registrations, reporting, fees and representatives in every EU country creates a disproportionate burden for small businesses. A small business may make only a few sales per year in a particular country, while compliance costs could exceed the revenue from those sales. This effectively prevents small businesses from benefiting from the EU Single Market. I strongly support a single EU-wide EPR registration system, simplified reporting and exemptions from mandatory representatives and disproportionate fixed fees for micro-businesses and low-volume sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed micro-business owner based in Spain. I support EPR and responsible packaging waste management, but requiring separate registrations, reporting, fees and representatives in every EU country creates a disproportionate burden for small businesses. A small business may make only a few sales per year in a particular country, while compliance costs could exceed the revenue from those sales. This effectively prevents small businesses from benefiting from the EU Single Market. I strongly support a single EU-wide EPR registration system, simplified reporting and exemptions from mandatory representatives and disproportionate fixed fees for micro-businesses and low-volume sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549136_en"}, {"id": 33549122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:30:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sulamith Gutwein Keramik", "feedback": "I am writing as a self-employed product designer and ceramic and glass artist based in Germany. I produce handmade, small-scale products and sell them directly to customers. Each year, I send only approximately 20-50 parcels to customers in other EU Member States, in addition to my domestic sales. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the need to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and promote more sustainable packaging solutions. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of the PPWR and associated national registration and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises like mine. My business is fundamentally different from a large manufacturer, retailer or e-commerce company handling thousands or millions of shipments. I am a one-person business producing unique handmade objects in very small quantities. Yet selling across EU borders may require compliance with multiple national systems, potentially involving registrations, reporting, fees and ongoing administrative obligations. For a business sending only 20-50 parcels per year to other EU countries, such fixed compliance costs can become entirely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. The result may be that small businesses simply have to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States. In my case, this would not meaningfully reduce packaging waste; it would effectively exclude a micro-enterprise from the European Single Market. This is particularly concerning for independent artists, craftspeople, designers and other small creative businesses. Many of us depend on access to customers across Europe because our domestic markets are too small to sustain highly specialised, handmade practices. The Single Market should enable small businesses to participate in cross-border trade, not make such trade economically inaccessible. I would also like to emphasise that, as a small maker, I already actively minimise packaging waste. I regularly reuse cardboard boxes that have previously been used for shipping, and I collect clean paper-based filling material from recycling bins when packing my products. Much of the packaging I use therefore already has a second life before it reaches my customers. This kind of small-scale, practical circularity should be recognised rather than treated in the same way as industrial-scale packaging flows. I therefore urge the European Commission and Member States to ensure that PPWR implementation is genuinely proportionate to the size, scale and environmental impact of the business concerned. In particular, I ask for: - meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-enterprises and very low-volume sellers; - a low-volume threshold below which cross-border packaging registration and reporting requirements are significantly simplified or waived; - a genuinely EU-wide, simple and affordable system for very small businesses, rather than multiple national systems; - minimal administrative requirements for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the EU market; and - reasonable and proportionate fees that reflect the tiny quantities involved. Environmental regulation should reduce packaging waste without inadvertently creating a barrier to cultural diversity, independent craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and participation in the European Single Market. A one-person studio sending a few dozen carefully packed handmade objects per year should not face compliance structures designed for industrial-scale producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a self-employed product designer and ceramic and glass artist based in Germany. I produce handmade, small-scale products and sell them directly to customers. Each year, I send only approximately 20-50 parcels to customers in other EU Member States, in addition to my domestic sales. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the need to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and promote more sustainable packaging solutions. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of the PPWR and associated national registration and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises like mine. My business is fundamentally different from a large manufacturer, retailer or e-commerce company handling thousands or millions of shipments. I am a one-person business producing unique handmade objects in very small quantities. Yet selling across EU borders may require compliance with multiple national systems, potentially involving registrations, reporting, fees and ongoing administrative obligations. For a business sending only 20-50 parcels per year to other EU countries, such fixed compliance costs can become entirely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. The result may be that small businesses simply have to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States. In my case, this would not meaningfully reduce packaging waste; it would effectively exclude a micro-enterprise from the European Single Market. This is particularly concerning for independent artists, craftspeople, designers and other small creative businesses. Many of us depend on access to customers across Europe because our domestic markets are too small to sustain highly specialised, handmade practices. The Single Market should enable small businesses to participate in cross-border trade, not make such trade economically inaccessible. I would also like to emphasise that, as a small maker, I already actively minimise packaging waste. I regularly reuse cardboard boxes that have previously been used for shipping, and I collect clean paper-based filling material from recycling bins when packing my products. Much of the packaging I use therefore already has a second life before it reaches my customers. This kind of small-scale, practical circularity should be recognised rather than treated in the same way as industrial-scale packaging flows. I therefore urge the European Commission and Member States to ensure that PPWR implementation is genuinely proportionate to the size, scale and environmental impact of the business concerned. In particular, I ask for: - meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-enterprises and very low-volume sellers; - a low-volume threshold below which cross-border packaging registration and reporting requirements are significantly simplified or waived; - a genuinely EU-wide, simple and affordable system for very small businesses, rather than multiple national systems; - minimal administrative requirements for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the EU market; and - reasonable and proportionate fees that reflect the tiny quantities involved. Environmental regulation should reduce packaging waste without inadvertently creating a barrier to cultural diversity, independent craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and participation in the European Single Market. A one-person studio sending a few dozen carefully packed handmade objects per year should not face compliance structures designed for industrial-scale producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549122_en"}, {"id": 33549133, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:30:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Auch wenn das Ziel dieses Gesetzes ein Gutes ist, wird es in dieser Ausgestaltung zahllosen Kleinunternehmen das Rückgrat brechen, die nicht über die finanziellen oder personellen Ressourcen verfügen, um die neuen Anforderungen zu erfüllen. Ich höre jetzt schon von zahlreichen kleinen Unternehmen, dass sie deshalb entweder ihr Geschäft aufgeben oder künftig darauf verzichten werden ihre Waren ins EU-Ausland zu liefern. Kleine und Einzelunternehmen werden durch dieses Gesetz im Übermaß belastet. Ich fordere eine angemessene Geringfügigkeitsgrenze für kleine Unternehmen, ansonsten befürchte ich ein Wegbrechen einer tragenden Säule der europäischen Binnenwirtschaft.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although the aim of this law is a good thing, it will break the backbone of countless small businesses that do not have the financial or human resources to meet the new requirements. I already hear from many small businesses that they will either give up their business or give up selling their goods abroad in the EU in the future. Small and sole proprietorships are overburdened by this law. I call for an appropriate de minimis threshold for small businesses, otherwise I am afraid that a key pillar of the European internal economy will be lost.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549133_en"}, {"id": 33549132, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:27:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Polly Paper", "feedback": "Guten Tag. Möchten Sie wirklich, dass wir bald nur noch Konzerne wie Amazon als internationale Handelsunternehmen haben? Mit diesem Gesetz werden kleine Unternehmen dermaßen benachteiligt, dass es ein Skandal ist! Wer soll sich denn einen Bevollmächtigen für Verpackungsfragen in einem anderen Land leisten können, wenn er in dieses Land nur zwei Pakete im Jahr schickt? Diese Verordnung ist sehr, sehr ungerecht gegenüber kleinen Unternehmen, die sich die Umsetzung weder finanziell noch zeitlich leisten können. Der EU-Binnenmarkt für kleine Produzent*innen und Händler*innen wird zerstört.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon. Do you really want to have soon only groups like Amazon as international trading companies? This law puts small businesses at a disadvantage to such an extent that it is a scandal! Who should be able to afford an authorised representative for packaging in another country if he sends only two packages per year to that country? This regulation is very, very unfair to small businesses, which cannot afford to implement it either financially or over time. The EU single market for small producers and traders will be destroyed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549132_en"}, {"id": 33549131, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:27:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "CHRIHOMA GmbH ", "feedback": "Die PPWR in der angekündigten Version ist nicht verhältnismäßig für Kleinstunternehmen. Die ohnehin schon geringen Gewinne für Kleinstunternehmen werden durch diese Verpackungsverordnung vernichtet. Daher stehen viele Kleinstunternehmen vor der Frage, ob sie überhaupt noch weitermachen sollen, oder ob sie den Betrieb einstellen. Wenn ein kleiner Betrieb seinen Betrieb einstellt geht Kreativität und Wissen verloren, das nur schwer wieder zurückzuholen ist. Auch kleine Betriebe kaufen Maschinen, kaufen Rohstoffe, schaffen Arbeitsplätze. All das gefährdet eine exakte Umsetzung der angekündigten PPWR. Daher meine dringende Bitte schaffen sie ein europaweites zentrales Register für Verpackungsmengen. In dieses Register muss sich jeder Unternehmer eintragen und die entsprechenden Gebühren einmalig an einer Zentrale Stelle abführen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR in the announced version is not proportionate for micro-enterprises. The already small profits for micro-enterprises will be destroyed by this Packaging Ordinance. As a result, many micro-enterprises are faced with the question of whether they should continue to operate at all or whether they should stop operating. When a small business ceases to operate, creativity and knowledge are lost, which is difficult to recover. Small businesses also buy machines, buy raw materials and create jobs. All this jeopardises the exact implementation of the announced PPWR. Therefore, I urge you to create a Europe-wide central register for packaging quantities. All traders must register in this register and pay the relevant fees once to a central office.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549131_en"}, {"id": 33549127, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:25:06", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Environmental policy should not come at the cost of destroying viable small businesses. This current policy will not achieve its intended purpose, as it once again adds another layer of regulation that favours large companies (which are the larger contributors to waste) while making it harder for small businesses to survive. I hope that policymakers will review how such regulations will affect both small EU and non-EU businesses, and choose to do the right thing.", "feedbackEnglish": "Environmental policy should not come at the cost of destroying viable small businesses. This current policy will not achieve its intended purpose, as it once again adds another layer of regulation that favours large companies (which are the larger contributors to waste) while making it harder for small businesses to survive. I hope that policymakers will review how such regulations will affect both small EU and non-EU businesses, and choose to do the right thing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549127_en"}, {"id": 33549124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:25:00", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jednoosobowa działalność", "feedback": "1. Powinna być jedna baza unijna do rejestracji firm, z jedną opłatą dla całej UE, a teraz każdy kraj ma swoje przepisy i swoje opłaty. 2. Opłaty powinny być doliczane tylko raz producentom foliopaków / pudełek / etykiet, obecnie to samo opakowanie jest wielokrotnie opodatkowane, a klient detaliczny na końcu i tak płaci potem ponownie za te same śmieci. 3. Konieczność posiadania przedstawiciela w każdym kraju to tylko czerpanie zysków za trochę biurokracji, bo przecież i tak nie zobaczą i nie zutylizują moich śmieci wysłanych klientom B2C. 4. Taka biurokracja blokuje tylko handel wewnątrzunijny, a nie ułatwia. 5. Małe przedsiębiorstwa powinny być zwolnione z wszelkich opłat. Mamy dokładnie taką samą biurokrację i raportowanie co firmy zatrudniające setki osób i wprowadzające setki ton odpadów. Wiele przedsiębiorstw tego nie udźwignie. Małe firmy, np. jednoosobowe, są przeciążone unijnymi przepisami utrudniającymi im działalność. Jest tego zbyt dużo na 1 pracującą osobę.", "feedbackEnglish": "1. There should be a single EU database for registering companies, with a single fee for the whole EU, and now each country has its own rules and fees. 2. Fees should be charged only once to producers of foliops/boxes/labels, now the same packaging is taxed several times, and the retail client pays again for the same garbage at the end of the day. 3. The need to have a representative in each country is only about making a profit for a bit of bureaucracy, because they will not see and dispose of my rubbish sent to B2C customers anyway. 4. Such bureaucracy only blocks intra-EU trade and does not facilitate it. 5. Small enterprises should be exempted from any fees. We have exactly the same bureaucracy and reporting as companies employing hundreds of people and introducing hundreds of tons of waste. Many companies will not bear this burden. Small businesses, such as one-person companies, are overwhelmed by EU rules that make it difficult for them to operate. This is too much for 1 person in work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549124_en"}, {"id": 33549123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:23:52", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Magdalena Lewiarz", "feedback": "This legislation is a direct attack of an insane beaurocratic system on artists and craftspeople across Europe. What we need is a One Stop Shop for EPR and exclusion for small businesses from legal representation in each country for this to work.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is a direct attack of an insane beaurocratic system on artists and craftspeople across Europe. What we need is a One Stop Shop for EPR and exclusion for small businesses from legal representation in each country for this to work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549123_en"}, {"id": 33549121, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:21:15", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I wish to submit my feedback on the updated regulations with respect to small businesses. While the intent is largely positive, the revised regulations will ultimately harm small business across Europe. In order to continue their business ventures and sustain outgoing sales, what small businesses need is the following: - one unified and simplified EU-wide system - reasonable (and affordable) rules for micro-businesses - costs reflecting actual packaging amounts - no separate (expensive) representative required in every country Many EU buyers make the conscious choice to purchase only within Europe, if not locally. To continue promoting such practices we need to keep business practices feasible and affordable for small business owners as well. Please consider revising the regulations to embrace our smallest businesses as they are bravely setting a strong example for future entrepreneurs. Thank you for your consideration. With kind regards, Alma", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I wish to submit my feedback on the updated regulations with respect to small businesses. While the intent is largely positive, the revised regulations will ultimately harm small business across Europe. In order to continue their business ventures and sustain outgoing sales, what small businesses need is the following: - one unified and simplified EU-wide system - reasonable (and affordable) rules for micro-businesses - costs reflecting actual packaging amounts - no separate (expensive) representative required in every country Many EU buyers make the conscious choice to purchase only within Europe, if not locally. To continue promoting such practices we need to keep business practices feasible and affordable for small business owners as well. Please consider revising the regulations to embrace our smallest businesses as they are bravely setting a strong example for future entrepreneurs. Thank you for your consideration. With kind regards, Alma", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549121_en"}, {"id": 33549119, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:19:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Unternehmen aus der Kreativwirtschaft", "feedback": "Als Kleinstunternehmen unterstützen wir das Ziel der PPWR für mehr Nachhaltigkeit vollkommen die derzeitige Ausgestaltung gefährdet jedoch unsere Existenz. Ohne pragmatische Bagatellgrenzen trifft uns die europäische Verpackungsverordnung mit voller Härte: Die Pflicht zur Registrierung, Mengenmeldung und Beauftragung lokaler Bevollmächtigter in jedem einzelnen EU-Bestimmungsland erzeugt einen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand, den kleine Betriebe ohne Compliance-Abteilungen nicht gestemmt bekommen. Um nicht aus dem grenzüberschreitenden EU-Binnenmarkt gedrängt zu werden, fordern wir spürbare Ausnahmeregelungen und echte bürokratische Entlastungen für Kleinstbetriebe", "feedbackEnglish": "As micro-enterprises, we fully support the PPWR’s objective of increasing sustainability, but the current design puts our existence at risk. Without pragmatic de minimis thresholds, the European Packaging Regulation is hitting us hard: The obligation to register, report quantities and appoint local representatives in each EU country of destination creates a bureaucratic and financial burden that small businesses without compliance departments do not have to cope with. In order not to be pushed out of the EU’s cross-border internal market, we call for tangible exemptions and genuine bureaucratic relief for micro-enterprises", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549119_en"}, {"id": 33549120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:19:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Polina Yefremova – Einzelunternehmen ", "feedback": "I am the owner of a micro-business based in Germany and I sell products online to customers in several EU Member States. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the current cross-border EPR framework creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. For a very small business, even a few sales per year into another Member State may require separate registration, reporting, fixed compliance fees and, in some cases, an authorised representative. These fixed costs can easily exceed the total revenue generated in that country. As a result, micro-businesses are effectively forced to stop selling to customers in certain EU Member States. This creates a serious barrier within the Single Market. A business located in one EU country should not face dozens of separate registration systems and fixed compliance costs simply because it serves customers across internal EU borders. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce: 1. An EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging placed on the market. 2. A genuine EU One-Stop Shop for packaging EPR, allowing businesses to register, report and fulfil their obligations through one central system instead of registering separately in every Member State. 3. Proportionate fees based primarily on the actual quantity of packaging placed on each national market, rather than high fixed administrative charges. 4. Simplified obligations for micro-enterprises, including relief from disproportionate authorised representative requirements. 5. Transitional protection or a temporary moratorium on disproportionate cross-border EPR enforcement until a workable EU-wide system is in place. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate and workable. Micro-businesses are willing to contribute to recycling and waste-management costs, but the compliance system must not cost more than the economic activity it is regulating. Without meaningful simplification, the current approach risks excluding thousands of micro-enterprises from cross-border e-commerce and undermining the EU Single Market itself. I strongly urge the Commission to use the upcoming implementing rules on national producer registers to create a harmonised, proportionate and practical system for micro-businesses. https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?recruiter=931544178&recruited_by_id=c1cf1ad7-fc3f-454a-aa50-cbf0f2433d40&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_promote_or_share&utm_term=53c413aba299457d95873e35933a788f&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=WDV7gkcMym", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a micro-business based in Germany and I sell products online to customers in several EU Member States. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the current cross-border EPR framework creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. For a very small business, even a few sales per year into another Member State may require separate registration, reporting, fixed compliance fees and, in some cases, an authorised representative. These fixed costs can easily exceed the total revenue generated in that country. As a result, micro-businesses are effectively forced to stop selling to customers in certain EU Member States. This creates a serious barrier within the Single Market. A business located in one EU country should not face dozens of separate registration systems and fixed compliance costs simply because it serves customers across internal EU borders. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce: 1. An EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging placed on the market. 2. A genuine EU One-Stop Shop for packaging EPR, allowing businesses to register, report and fulfil their obligations through one central system instead of registering separately in every Member State. 3. Proportionate fees based primarily on the actual quantity of packaging placed on each national market, rather than high fixed administrative charges. 4. Simplified obligations for micro-enterprises, including relief from disproportionate authorised representative requirements. 5. Transitional protection or a temporary moratorium on disproportionate cross-border EPR enforcement until a workable EU-wide system is in place. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate and workable. Micro-businesses are willing to contribute to recycling and waste-management costs, but the compliance system must not cost more than the economic activity it is regulating. Without meaningful simplification, the current approach risks excluding thousands of micro-enterprises from cross-border e-commerce and undermining the EU Single Market itself. I strongly urge the Commission to use the upcoming implementing rules on national producer registers to create a harmonised, proportionate and practical system for micro-businesses. https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?recruiter=931544178&recruited_by_id=c1cf1ad7-fc3f-454a-aa50-cbf0f2433d40&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_promote_or_share&utm_term=53c413aba299457d95873e35933a788f&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=WDV7gkcMym", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549120_en"}, {"id": 33549118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:16:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maya Kracht-Steen", "feedback": "Ik ben een kleine Nederlandse ondernemer en verkoop mijn eigen kaartendecks en boeken via mijn webshop en online verkoopplatforms. Mijn verkopen vinden voornamelijk plaats in Nederland en België. Ik begrijp het doel van de PPWR en vind het belangrijk dat we verantwoord omgaan met verpakkingen en verpakkingsafval. Het probleem is echter dat de uitvoering van deze nieuwe regelgeving voor kleine ondernemers zoals ik op dit moment zeer onduidelijk is. De nieuwe verplichtingen worden vanaf 12 augustus 2026 van toepassing. Ik probeer actief uit te zoeken wat ik precies moet regelen om mijn producten daarna legaal aan Belgische klanten te kunnen blijven verkopen. Ik heb inmiddels meerdere e-mails naar verschillende betrokken instanties en organisaties gestuurd met vragen over onder andere registratie, de uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid (EPR), de verplichte gemachtigde vertegenwoordiger, de kosten en verkoop via online verkoopplatforms. Op deze vragen heb ik tot op heden geen antwoorden ontvangen. Hierdoor kom ik als kleine ondernemer in een onmogelijke situatie terecht. Ik wil mij aan de wet houden, maar vlak voordat de nieuwe verplichtingen ingaan, weet ik nog steeds niet duidelijk waar en hoe ik mij moet registreren, hoe ik een gemachtigde moet aanstellen, welke kosten hieraan verbonden zijn en wat ik precies moet regelen om mijn verkopen voort te kunnen zetten. Uit voorzorg heb ik daarom mijn rechtstreekse verkoop via mijn webshop aan Belgische consumenten tijdelijk moeten stopzetten. Dit is inmiddels geen theoretisch probleem meer. Belgische klanten nemen contact met mij op omdat zij mijn producten willen bestellen, maar ik durf deze bestellingen momenteel niet aan te nemen omdat ik niet met zekerheid kan vaststellen dat ik aan alle nieuwe verplichtingen voldoe. Hierdoor loop ik nu daadwerkelijk omzet mis. Voor een kleine onderneming kunnen vaste registratie-, administratie- en vertegenwoordigingskosten per afzonderlijke lidstaat bovendien buiten verhouding staan tot de zeer kleine hoeveelheid verpakkingsmateriaal die daadwerkelijk in dat land op de markt wordt gebracht. Wanneer een kleine webshop binnen meerdere EU-landen wil verkopen en daarvoor per land afzonderlijke registraties, rapportages, EPR-verplichtingen en mogelijk vertegenwoordigers moet regelen, ontstaat er een grote administratieve en financiële drempel voor grensoverschrijdende verkoop. Ik verzoek de Europese Commissie daarom dringend om rekening te houden met micro- en kleine ondernemingen. Zorg voor een eenvoudige EU-brede registratie, duidelijke en tijdige informatie, kosten die in verhouding staan tot de werkelijk op de markt gebrachte hoeveelheid verpakkingen en een passende vrijstelling of sterk vereenvoudigde regeling voor ondernemingen die slechts kleine hoeveelheden verpakkingen op de markt brengen. Het belangrijkste is dat ondernemers vóórdat nieuwe wettelijke verplichtingen ingaan duidelijk moeten kunnen weten wat zij moeten doen om aan de wet te voldoen. De Europese interne markt zou kleine ondernemers juist de mogelijkheid moeten geven om klanten over de grens te bereiken. Bescherming van het milieu is belangrijk, maar de uitvoering daarvan mag er niet toe leiden dat kleine ondernemers noodgedwongen moeten stoppen met verkopen aan consumenten in andere EU-landen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small Dutch entrepreneur and sell my own card decks and books through my online shop and online sales platforms. My sales are mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium. I understand the purpose of the PPWR and consider it important that we handle packaging and packaging waste responsibly. However, the problem is that the implementation of this new regulation for small entrepreneurs like I am currently very unclear. The new obligations will apply from 12 August 2026. I actively try to find out what exactly I need to arrange in order to be able to continue selling my products legally to Belgian customers afterwards. I have now sent several emails to different authorities and organisations involved with questions such as registration, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), mandatory authorised representative, costs and sales via online sales platforms. To date, I have not received any answers to these questions. This puts me, as a small entrepreneur, in an impossible situation. I want to abide by the law, but just before the new obligations come into effect, I still do not know clearly where and how to register, how to appoint a representative, what the costs are and what exactly I have to arrange in order to be able to continue my sales. As a precautionary measure, I have therefore had to temporarily stop my direct sales via my online shop to Belgian consumers. This is no longer a theoretical problem. Belgian customers contact me because they want to order my products, but I do not currently dare to accept these orders because I cannot establish with certainty that I meet all the new obligations. As a result, I am actually missing out on turnover. Moreover, for a small enterprise, fixed registration, administration and representation costs per individual Member State may be disproportionate to the very small amount of packaging material actually placed on the market in that country. When a small online shop wants to sell within several EU countries and has to arrange for separate registrations, reports, EPR obligations and possibly representatives per country, there is a large administrative and financial threshold for cross-border sales. I therefore urge the European Commission to take into account micro and small enterprises. Ensure simple EU-wide registration, clear and timely information, costs proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market and an appropriate exemption or highly simplified scheme for businesses that place only small quantities of packaging on the market. Most importantly, before new legal obligations enter into force, entrepreneurs must be able to clearly know what to do to comply with the law. On the contrary, the European single market should allow small entrepreneurs to reach customers across borders. Environmental protection is important, but its implementation should not force small businesses to stop selling to consumers in other EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549118_en"}, {"id": 33549117, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:15:56", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I kindly ask you to consider an exemption for micro-businesses. We simply wont be able to comply with the new requirements, and this could lead to the closure of my business and many other small businesses like mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "I kindly ask you to consider an exemption for micro-businesses. We simply wont be able to comply with the new requirements, and this could lead to the closure of my business and many other small businesses like mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549117_en"}, {"id": 33549116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:15:40", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe that the proposed rules could have a disproportionately negative impact on small businesses. Small businesses often have fewer employees, fewer financial resources and less capacity to deal with additional administrative and packaging requirements. These obligations can therefore become a significant burden for small entrepreneurs, while larger companies are much better equipped to handle them. I believe the legislation should focus more strongly on large companies and producers that generate the largest amounts of packaging waste, rather than imposing the same requirements on small businesses. There should be simpler and more flexible rules or exemptions for small businesses, so that environmental protection does not come at the cost of making it harder for small entrepreneurs to operate and grow.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that the proposed rules could have a disproportionately negative impact on small businesses. Small businesses often have fewer employees, fewer financial resources and less capacity to deal with additional administrative and packaging requirements. These obligations can therefore become a significant burden for small entrepreneurs, while larger companies are much better equipped to handle them. I believe the legislation should focus more strongly on large companies and producers that generate the largest amounts of packaging waste, rather than imposing the same requirements on small businesses. There should be simpler and more flexible rules or exemptions for small businesses, so that environmental protection does not come at the cost of making it harder for small entrepreneurs to operate and grow.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549116_en"}, {"id": 33549112, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:15:12", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In the past couple of years the EU has implemented a number of measures that are completely destroying small businesses trading with the EU by implementing unachievable and expensive measures that only extemely large companies can abide by, thus creating market monopoly instead of allowing smaller businesses to grow and thrive. My personal experience is in relation to buying English language literature from outside the EU as EU companies are simply not offering competitive products and prices, and suddenly now books are no longer getting imported to the EU except for giant unethical companies with money to spare. There have to be measures for fair trade without crushing financial burden for businesses so that the people of the EU can keep being able to purchase culturally valuable products.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the past couple of years the EU has implemented a number of measures that are completely destroying small businesses trading with the EU by implementing unachievable and expensive measures that only extemely large companies can abide by, thus creating market monopoly instead of allowing smaller businesses to grow and thrive. My personal experience is in relation to buying English language literature from outside the EU as EU companies are simply not offering competitive products and prices, and suddenly now books are no longer getting imported to the EU except for giant unethical companies with money to spare. There have to be measures for fair trade without crushing financial burden for businesses so that the people of the EU can keep being able to purchase culturally valuable products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549112_en"}, {"id": 33549108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:12:51", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation damages small and emerging businesses. Harmonisation protects corporate margins instead of fostering a functional market. Regulatory overhead suppresses economic mobility while unemployment strains multiple member states. To prevent these barriers, compliance mechanisms must change. Fees should scale proportionally based on annual placing-on-market tonnage through pro rata volume tiers, exempting micro-enterprises. Payments should occur upon shipment rather than through lump-sum annual registration fees. Establishing unified digital clearing houses would also eliminate the need to pay local representative agencies in every separate member state.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation damages small and emerging businesses. Harmonisation protects corporate margins instead of fostering a functional market. Regulatory overhead suppresses economic mobility while unemployment strains multiple member states. To prevent these barriers, compliance mechanisms must change. Fees should scale proportionally based on annual placing-on-market tonnage through pro rata volume tiers, exempting micro-enterprises. Payments should occur upon shipment rather than through lump-sum annual registration fees. Establishing unified digital clearing houses would also eliminate the need to pay local representative agencies in every separate member state.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549108_en"}, {"id": 33549107, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:12:20", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This hurts small businesses that are not responsible for climate change and environmental impact, while the big ones are able to afford the change and continue to hurt the climate. Citizens and their bussines should come first, not big corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "This hurts small businesses that are not responsible for climate change and environmental impact, while the big ones are able to afford the change and continue to hurt the climate. Citizens and their bussines should come first, not big corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549107_en"}, {"id": 33549106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:12:17", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is causing major stress and hardship among small, upcoming, and micro businesses within the EU. This regulation will not be effective against corporate giants that produce a lot of waste such as Amazon, Shein, and Temu. It will instead completely destroy trade from artisans, individual hobbyists and start up entrepreneurs, who do not have the means to pay thousands in fees. Many of these small businesses already reuse and recycle packaging, and forcing them to pay thousands in fees for shipping less than 100 parcels a month is not going to encourage entrepreneurs to develop their businesses. If these regulations pass a lot of trade will cease in within the EU, it will cut off connections people will have to shipping within their own continent, and will incentivise to buy outside of the EU as many small local businesses will close down. This regulation is destructive for regular people while benefiting large corporations who can absorb these charges. Running a small business is difficult, and this regulation will ruin the innovations that small businesses bring to the table within the EU. Please change this law. Tax the large pollutants instead of punishing micro businesses and regular people who wish to support companies other than the giants who maintain large portions of the market. If you want to encourage people to buy from small businesses and reduce waste from mass produced items then we need to uplift these mini companies instead of destroying them.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is causing major stress and hardship among small, upcoming, and micro businesses within the EU. This regulation will not be effective against corporate giants that produce a lot of waste such as Amazon, Shein, and Temu. It will instead completely destroy trade from artisans, individual hobbyists and start up entrepreneurs, who do not have the means to pay thousands in fees. Many of these small businesses already reuse and recycle packaging, and forcing them to pay thousands in fees for shipping less than 100 parcels a month is not going to encourage entrepreneurs to develop their businesses. If these regulations pass a lot of trade will cease in within the EU, it will cut off connections people will have to shipping within their own continent, and will incentivise to buy outside of the EU as many small local businesses will close down. This regulation is destructive for regular people while benefiting large corporations who can absorb these charges. Running a small business is difficult, and this regulation will ruin the innovations that small businesses bring to the table within the EU. Please change this law. Tax the large pollutants instead of punishing micro businesses and regular people who wish to support companies other than the giants who maintain large portions of the market. If you want to encourage people to buy from small businesses and reduce waste from mass produced items then we need to uplift these mini companies instead of destroying them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549106_en"}, {"id": 33549105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:11:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich (Glasbläserei) und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich bin ein 1-Frau-Betrieb ohne Angestellte mit einem Umsatz von etwa 25000 Euro im Jahr. Ich verschicke im Jahr 20 Pakete in 10 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 500 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 2000 Euro pro Jahr. Ich war gerade dabei ,mir einen Kundenstamm in Italien,Frankreich ,Spanien und Irland aufzubauen. Diese KundInnen kann ich nun nicht mehr von meinen Artilkeln überzeugen. Gleichzeitig habe ich einen B2B Kunden in Dänemark. Dorthin habe ich bis jetzt jählich 1-2 Sendungen im Jahr im Wert von 800-900 Euro geschickt. Wenn jetzt bis zu 300 Euro für einen Bevollmachtigten dazu kommen ,kann ich die Umlage dem Kunden nicht zumuten. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Das ist wohl nicht im Sinne der EU kleine Unternehmen extrem zu benachteiligen. Es betrifft unzählige kleine Labels,die mit Herzblut ihr Unternehmen führen und einzigartige Artikel herstellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a micro-business in Germany in the handmade sector (glass blower) and sell through an online marketplace. I am a 1-woman business with no employees and a turnover of approximately EUR 25000 per year. I send 20 packages to 10 other EU countries in the year. My turnover from these countries is EUR 500. I expect to pay EUR 2,000 per year for registration and plenipotentiary in these countries. I was in the process of building a customer base in Italy, France, Spain and Ireland. I can no longer convince these customers of my artillery. At the same time, I have a B2B customer in Denmark. To date, I have sent you 1-2 consignments a year worth EUR 800-900. If there is now up to EUR 300 for an authorised representative, I cannot expect the customer to pay the levy. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. This does not seem to put small businesses at an extreme disadvantage in the EU’s interests. It concerns a myriad of small labels that run their business with heart blood and produce unique items.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549105_en"}, {"id": 33549104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:11:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, les achats vers la France sont fermés. Je ne peux plus acheter mes fournitures pour fabriquer mes créations, ni même faire des achats pour le plaisir. De plus, je suis une entrepreneuse naissante, je ne gagne pas encore d'argent avec mes créations. J'expedie peu, je privilégie les emballages de récup, et je ne peux pas faire encore plus de frais en payant de nouvelles taxes. Cette loi est faite pour tuer les petits créateurs et commerçants, et privilégier encore les gros qui pourront absorber les coûts. Concurrence déloyale. Je ne peux même pas acheter ce dont j'ai besoin en France car la mondialisation a tué nos industries et plus rien n'est produit ici. Donc après avoir ouvert la France à tous vents, créant notre chute et notre dépendance vis à vis de l'étranger, vous nous isoler maintenant. MERCI.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, purchases from France are closed. I can no longer buy my supplies to make my creations, or even buy for pleasure. Moreover, I am a nascent entrepreneur, I do not yet earn money with my creations. I do little, I prefer recovery packaging, and I cannot pay even more by paying new taxes. This law is designed to kill small designers and traders, and still favour large ones who will be able to absorb costs. Unfair competition. I cannot even buy what I need in France because globalisation has killed our industries and nothing is produced here. So after opening up France to all winds, creating our fall and dependence from abroad, you isolate us now. THANK YOU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549104_en"}, {"id": 33549103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:09:54", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules disproportionately target and punish small businesses, artists and the average EU customer.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules disproportionately target and punish small businesses, artists and the average EU customer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549103_en"}, {"id": 33549102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:09:14", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "All the new regulations are making way more difficult to EU residents to buy things from other countries and/or outside the EU. Are we not allowed to buy things? Is this a way to try to isolate the EU from the rest of the world or isolate countries? Most countries don't recycle in a way that majes this viable at all, and they won't. Also, small businesses are heavily compromised. This is not the way.", "feedbackEnglish": "All the new regulations are making way more difficult to EU residents to buy things from other countries and/or outside the EU. Are we not allowed to buy things? Is this a way to try to isolate the EU from the rest of the world or isolate countries? Most countries don't recycle in a way that majes this viable at all, and they won't. Also, small businesses are heavily compromised. This is not the way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549102_en"}, {"id": 33549101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:08:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmer im Nebenerwerb führt die neue Richtlinie leider dazu, dass keinerlei Versand ins EU Ausland mehr legal möglich ist. Ich versende Jährlich etwa 5 Pakete uns EU Ausland. Warum gibt es keinen Mindermengen Ausschluss für dieses komplexe Bürokratie Gesetz? Oder eine Option die Kosten am Wnde des Jahres für tatsächlich erfolgte Versände zu berechnen? Die Verpackungskosten sind in Deutschland ja schon einmal abgeführt. Die EU sollte in der Lage sein, das EU weit als übergeordnetes System mit einem gesamten Kostenbeitrag einzuführen und nicht eine weitere Bürokratische Hürde für die kleinsten zu erzeugen. Das hat mit Umweltschutz gar nichts mehr zu tun und fördert den Hass auf Europa. Unnötig und Schade.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, as a small business as a side business, the new directive means that it is no longer legally possible to send the goods abroad in the EU. I send around 5 parcels per year to us abroad in the EU. Why is there no minimum exclusion for this complex bureaucracy Act? Or an option to calculate the costs at the turn of the year for actual changes? Packaging costs have already been paid in Germany. The EU should be able to introduce the EU far as an overarching system with a full cost contribution and not to create another bureaucratic hurdle for the smallest. This has nothing to do with environmental protection and promotes hatred on Europe. Unnecessary and harmful.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549101_en"}, {"id": 33549100, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:08:10", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Even though I am not an EU citizen, I live in an EU member state and have small art business, on which my livelihood, and that of my family depend on. I strongly believe that the new PPWR and EPR requirements need to take into account the very different realities of micro and small businesses operating within the EU. 1. Exempt micro and small businesses, or introduce proportionate requirements The administrative and financial burden of EPR registration, reporting, packaging requirements and compliance can be completely disproportionate for micro-businesses and individual producers who sell very small quantities of products across EU borders. Small businesses should either be excluded from certain requirements or benefit from simplified, low-cost compliance procedures and reporting thresholds. The costs and administrative work involved should be proportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market. A small independent producer selling a few dozen or a few hundred products per year should not face essentially the same regulatory burden as a large company selling thousands or millions of products. 2. Harmonise PPWR/EPR registration across EU Member States There should be a simple, harmonised EU-wide system for PPWR/EPR compliance. At present, having to understand and register separately in different Member States creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade, particularly for micro and small businesses that do not have legal or administrative departments. A small business should ideally be able to register through one centralised EU system, with common definitions, thresholds, reporting requirements and procedures applicable across Member States. This would make compliance much more realistic for businesses operating on a small scale. 3. Protect the free movement of goods within the EU The current approach risks creating significant practical barriers to the free movement of goods within the EU. If every Member State imposes separate registration, reporting, fees and administrative obligations on a small business selling products to consumers in that country, cross-border sales can become disproportionately complicated and expensive. This particularly affects independent artists, designers, small manufacturers, online shops and other micro-businesses whose business model depends on being able to sell small quantities directly to customers across the EU. The EU should ensure that environmental objectives are achieved without unintentionally making cross-border trade economically or administratively impossible for the smallest businesses. I therefore strongly support a proportionate, harmonised and simplified EU-wide system, with meaningful exemptions or thresholds for micro and small businesses and a registration process that does not require a separate and costly compliance structure in every Member State.", "feedbackEnglish": "Even though I am not an EU citizen, I live in an EU member state and have small art business, on which my livelihood, and that of my family depend on. I strongly believe that the new PPWR and EPR requirements need to take into account the very different realities of micro and small businesses operating within the EU. 1. Exempt micro and small businesses, or introduce proportionate requirements The administrative and financial burden of EPR registration, reporting, packaging requirements and compliance can be completely disproportionate for micro-businesses and individual producers who sell very small quantities of products across EU borders. Small businesses should either be excluded from certain requirements or benefit from simplified, low-cost compliance procedures and reporting thresholds. The costs and administrative work involved should be proportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market. A small independent producer selling a few dozen or a few hundred products per year should not face essentially the same regulatory burden as a large company selling thousands or millions of products. 2. Harmonise PPWR/EPR registration across EU Member States There should be a simple, harmonised EU-wide system for PPWR/EPR compliance. At present, having to understand and register separately in different Member States creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade, particularly for micro and small businesses that do not have legal or administrative departments. A small business should ideally be able to register through one centralised EU system, with common definitions, thresholds, reporting requirements and procedures applicable across Member States. This would make compliance much more realistic for businesses operating on a small scale. 3. Protect the free movement of goods within the EU The current approach risks creating significant practical barriers to the free movement of goods within the EU. If every Member State imposes separate registration, reporting, fees and administrative obligations on a small business selling products to consumers in that country, cross-border sales can become disproportionately complicated and expensive. This particularly affects independent artists, designers, small manufacturers, online shops and other micro-businesses whose business model depends on being able to sell small quantities directly to customers across the EU. The EU should ensure that environmental objectives are achieved without unintentionally making cross-border trade economically or administratively impossible for the smallest businesses. I therefore strongly support a proportionate, harmonised and simplified EU-wide system, with meaningful exemptions or thresholds for micro and small businesses and a registration process that does not require a separate and costly compliance structure in every Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549100_en"}, {"id": 33549099, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:07:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Studio koter ", "feedback": "Studio Koter is a UK childrenswear brand. We sell wholesale and direct to consumer into 12 EU countries. Four are wholesale markets. In the other eight we average 14 direct to consumer orders per country per year. Total turnover is around £250,000, of which roughly 25% is EU. Most of the EU revenue is wholesale, on margins already tightened by post-Brexit duties. Registration is per country, and that is the problem. Article 44 requires registration in every Member State where a producer first places packaging on the market. Each country runs its own register, portal and process. Selling in ten countries means ten separate registrations, not one filing. A March 2026 study of ten Member States found 64 unique registration fields, with portals in eight of the ten available only in the local language. As a third-country producer, Article 45 also requires an authorised representative in each Member State where our packaging reaches users. For us that is 12 registrations and up to 12 representatives. In eight of those countries we ship 14 parcels a year. We are expanding (only 2 years old) and would like to offer shipping across EU. Even if we just look at where we sell today - No registration fee or representative retainer is recoverable against 14 orders. The rational response is to stop selling there. That is the outcome this framework produces, and it is not a packaging outcome. There is no relief for the smallest producers. PPWR exempts micro-enterprises from technical documentation, some reuse targets and some single-use bans. It provides no exemption from EPR registration. The smallest producer carries the same per-country cost as the largest, with none of the volume to spread it over. The cost is fixed, not proportional. A brand placing 40 kg of packaging in France faces the same registration and representative overhead as one placing 40 tonnes. Fixed cost on low volume is a barrier to entry, not an environmental incentive. The result is fewer small brands trading across borders. It is not less packaging. There is a working precedent. Every US state EPR law carries a de minimis tier. Oregon and Colorado exempt producers below roughly $5m global revenue or one metric ton of covered material a year. California exempts producers below $1m in state gross sales. Maine exempts below $2m revenue or one ton of packaging. Colorado also runs a low-volume producer tier above its exemption floor. A business our size is exempt in all of them, and still reports where required. Recommendation. Build a low-volume producer tier into the harmonised format itself. A producer below a defined tonnage and turnover threshold submits packaging composition and weight once, in a single register, in a format every Member State accepts, and is exempt from per-country registration fees and separate representatives. The data still arrives. The duplicated cost does not. Harmonising the format without addressing duplicated registration fixes the paperwork and leaves the bill. I am open to discuss the matter and our position further if it is helpful. Kindest Bliss", "feedbackEnglish": "Studio Koter is a UK childrenswear brand. We sell wholesale and direct to consumer into 12 EU countries. Four are wholesale markets. In the other eight we average 14 direct to consumer orders per country per year. Total turnover is around £250,000, of which roughly 25% is EU. Most of the EU revenue is wholesale, on margins already tightened by post-Brexit duties. Registration is per country, and that is the problem. Article 44 requires registration in every Member State where a producer first places packaging on the market. Each country runs its own register, portal and process. Selling in ten countries means ten separate registrations, not one filing. A March 2026 study of ten Member States found 64 unique registration fields, with portals in eight of the ten available only in the local language. As a third-country producer, Article 45 also requires an authorised representative in each Member State where our packaging reaches users. For us that is 12 registrations and up to 12 representatives. In eight of those countries we ship 14 parcels a year. We are expanding (only 2 years old) and would like to offer shipping across EU. Even if we just look at where we sell today - No registration fee or representative retainer is recoverable against 14 orders. The rational response is to stop selling there. That is the outcome this framework produces, and it is not a packaging outcome. There is no relief for the smallest producers. PPWR exempts micro-enterprises from technical documentation, some reuse targets and some single-use bans. It provides no exemption from EPR registration. The smallest producer carries the same per-country cost as the largest, with none of the volume to spread it over. The cost is fixed, not proportional. A brand placing 40 kg of packaging in France faces the same registration and representative overhead as one placing 40 tonnes. Fixed cost on low volume is a barrier to entry, not an environmental incentive. The result is fewer small brands trading across borders. It is not less packaging. There is a working precedent. Every US state EPR law carries a de minimis tier. Oregon and Colorado exempt producers below roughly $5m global revenue or one metric ton of covered material a year. California exempts producers below $1m in state gross sales. Maine exempts below $2m revenue or one ton of packaging. Colorado also runs a low-volume producer tier above its exemption floor. A business our size is exempt in all of them, and still reports where required. Recommendation. Build a low-volume producer tier into the harmonised format itself. A producer below a defined tonnage and turnover threshold submits packaging composition and weight once, in a single register, in a format every Member State accepts, and is exempt from per-country registration fees and separate representatives. The data still arrives. The duplicated cost does not. Harmonising the format without addressing duplicated registration fixes the paperwork and leaves the bill. I am open to discuss the matter and our position further if it is helpful. Kindest Bliss", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549099_en"}, {"id": 33549098, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:07:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Awen Nail Polish ", "feedback": "This legislation will single-handedly destroy thousands of small businesses (and countless dreams) in the EU. 1. Please exempt us small small business owners from having Authorized Representatives in each individual member country. It is a disproportionate measure for those of us who don't ship high volumes of packages to different countries and would be an enormous financial burden that most cannot afford. It will prevent us from making unique goods and items available to those who want to support our business and purchase our products. 2. Please harmonize the registration, or exempt us small businesses from registering. It is again a disproportionate financial burden to small-scale businesses. We cannot afford to hire others to do it, and the time, energy and costs are demanding to those of us trying to make ends meet and run our businesses alone. 3. This goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. It is unnecessarily restrictive and will only serve to harm individuals and families trying to make a living and provide goods to those who want them. Meanwhile, large businesses will be fine. They'll continue to carry on as usual, pay the fines they incur and continue doing business, packaging and shipping the way they please, while those of us (and I think the majority of small business owners will agree) want to reduce waste and use more recyclable materials in our packaging, both for products and for shipping. It is my sincere belief that many small businesses will be forced to close because they will be unable to meet the financial burdens that go along with this legislation, even if they are able to comply with the packaging/recycling requirements. Please find a way to make this process sustainable for us, instead of punishing us with red tape and costs we cannot shoulder. We all want to see big businesses rethink the way they package and ship, and we small businesses want to do the right thing too - just please make it easier for us to do so.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation will single-handedly destroy thousands of small businesses (and countless dreams) in the EU. 1. Please exempt us small small business owners from having Authorized Representatives in each individual member country. It is a disproportionate measure for those of us who don't ship high volumes of packages to different countries and would be an enormous financial burden that most cannot afford. It will prevent us from making unique goods and items available to those who want to support our business and purchase our products. 2. Please harmonize the registration, or exempt us small businesses from registering. It is again a disproportionate financial burden to small-scale businesses. We cannot afford to hire others to do it, and the time, energy and costs are demanding to those of us trying to make ends meet and run our businesses alone. 3. This goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. It is unnecessarily restrictive and will only serve to harm individuals and families trying to make a living and provide goods to those who want them. Meanwhile, large businesses will be fine. They'll continue to carry on as usual, pay the fines they incur and continue doing business, packaging and shipping the way they please, while those of us (and I think the majority of small business owners will agree) want to reduce waste and use more recyclable materials in our packaging, both for products and for shipping. It is my sincere belief that many small businesses will be forced to close because they will be unable to meet the financial burdens that go along with this legislation, even if they are able to comply with the packaging/recycling requirements. Please find a way to make this process sustainable for us, instead of punishing us with red tape and costs we cannot shoulder. We all want to see big businesses rethink the way they package and ship, and we small businesses want to do the right thing too - just please make it easier for us to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549098_en"}, {"id": 33549086, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:04:04", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BV Apiary Equipment Ltd", "feedback": "What happened to the concept of a single Market: a border-free internal market where goods, services, money, and people move freely. These regulations put up barriers to trade within the union. They may be small barriers to big businesses but they are insurmountable obstacles to micro enterprises. Micro enterprises that bring these benefits to the economy. Create economic activity Micro-enterprises generate income, pay taxes and contribute directly to GDP. Support other businesses They buy materials, equipment and services from other companies, creating a wider economic multiplier effect. Keep money circulating locally Small businesses often spend a greater proportion of their income within their local and regional economies. Create employment Even a business employing only one or two people contributes to overall employment. Encourage innovation Small businesses can experiment, develop new products and challenge established ways of doing things with relatively little bureaucracy. Turn skills into economic value They give individuals the opportunity to turn knowledge, experience and ideas into commercially useful products and services. Increase competition New and small businesses challenge established companies, encouraging better products, services and prices. Provide economic resilience A diverse economy made up of thousands of businesses is less dependent on the fortunes of a small number of large employers. Develop entrepreneurial skills Running a small business builds skills in management, sales, finance, manufacturing, marketing and problem-solving. Create the businesses of tomorrow Some micro-enterprises will grow into successful small, medium-sized or large companies. Take risks that larger companies may avoid Small businesses can pursue niche ideas and markets that would not justify investment by a large corporation. Fill market gaps They are often able to serve specialist or local needs that larger businesses cannot address economically. Provide a route into self-employment Micro-enterprises reduce the dependence of individuals and communities on large employers. Create value beyond their turnover Their true economic contribution includes the wider network of suppliers, customers, employees and businesses that they support. These regulations, in their current, form fly in the face of the EUs core purpose of frictionless trade and for this sector will cause it extensive damage. We cannot afford the fees, we do not have the resources to deal with the red tape. At the end of the day we will forced to trade within our own country and that much reduced market may well be the death of many startups and micro-enterprises. To illustrate. I'm start up in Northern Ireland and manufacture niche tools for beekeepers. I send about 50 packages per year to Ireland using approx 10kgs of packaging some of which is reused packaging from my suppliers, some off the shelf and some custom made. I applied to register with Repak in Ireland and found the fee for under 10tonnes was £453 per year while my actual contribution to the waste mountain was 10kg. If I were to pay only for my contribution that would equate to £0.435, the current system is clearly grossly unfair in this regard. The £435 fee also just about wipes out the profit on that trade. There are many excellent submissions in this feedback that make sensible recommendations to fix this. Please take them on board and implement a fix for the good of us little entrepreneurs and the wider economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "What happened to the concept of a single Market: a border-free internal market where goods, services, money, and people move freely. These regulations put up barriers to trade within the union. They may be small barriers to big businesses but they are insurmountable obstacles to micro enterprises. Micro enterprises that bring these benefits to the economy. Create economic activity Micro-enterprises generate income, pay taxes and contribute directly to GDP. Support other businesses They buy materials, equipment and services from other companies, creating a wider economic multiplier effect. Keep money circulating locally Small businesses often spend a greater proportion of their income within their local and regional economies. Create employment Even a business employing only one or two people contributes to overall employment. Encourage innovation Small businesses can experiment, develop new products and challenge established ways of doing things with relatively little bureaucracy. Turn skills into economic value They give individuals the opportunity to turn knowledge, experience and ideas into commercially useful products and services. Increase competition New and small businesses challenge established companies, encouraging better products, services and prices. Provide economic resilience A diverse economy made up of thousands of businesses is less dependent on the fortunes of a small number of large employers. Develop entrepreneurial skills Running a small business builds skills in management, sales, finance, manufacturing, marketing and problem-solving. Create the businesses of tomorrow Some micro-enterprises will grow into successful small, medium-sized or large companies. Take risks that larger companies may avoid Small businesses can pursue niche ideas and markets that would not justify investment by a large corporation. Fill market gaps They are often able to serve specialist or local needs that larger businesses cannot address economically. Provide a route into self-employment Micro-enterprises reduce the dependence of individuals and communities on large employers. Create value beyond their turnover Their true economic contribution includes the wider network of suppliers, customers, employees and businesses that they support. These regulations, in their current, form fly in the face of the EUs core purpose of frictionless trade and for this sector will cause it extensive damage. We cannot afford the fees, we do not have the resources to deal with the red tape. At the end of the day we will forced to trade within our own country and that much reduced market may well be the death of many startups and micro-enterprises. To illustrate. I'm start up in Northern Ireland and manufacture niche tools for beekeepers. I send about 50 packages per year to Ireland using approx 10kgs of packaging some of which is reused packaging from my suppliers, some off the shelf and some custom made. I applied to register with Repak in Ireland and found the fee for under 10tonnes was £453 per year while my actual contribution to the waste mountain was 10kg. If I were to pay only for my contribution that would equate to £0.435, the current system is clearly grossly unfair in this regard. The £435 fee also just about wipes out the profit on that trade. There are many excellent submissions in this feedback that make sensible recommendations to fix this. Please take them on board and implement a fix for the good of us little entrepreneurs and the wider economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549086_en"}, {"id": 33549085, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:03:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Studio Cravo", "feedback": "Ich bin seit 2024 Gründerin eines Kleinunternehmens im Bereich Heimtextilien. Ich habe mich erst vor wenigen Monaten neu ausgerichtet: international, ich wollte den europäischen Markt für mich gewinnen. Mit der neuen Verordnung ist das für mich als kleines Label kaum möglich, denn die ersten Bestellungen aus z.B Österreich, Niederlande, Frankreich und Spanien kommen bei mir an, jedoch um die 1-10 Stück, sodass ich es sich für mich aktuell finanziell nicht lohnt, offiziell - nach neuer Verordnung - in dieses Land zu versenden. Wie sollen kleine Labels so wachsen und ansatzweise mit größeren Konkurrieren?", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been the founder of a small company in the field of home textiles since 2024. It was only a few months ago that I changed my mind: internationally, I wanted to win the European market for me. With the new regulation, this is hardly possible for me as a small label, as the first orders from Austria, the Netherlands, France and Spain, for example, arrive with me, but around 1-10 pieces, so I do not currently find it financially worthwhile to send officially – under the new regulation – to this country. How should small labels grow and, in some cases, compete with larger ones?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549085_en"}, {"id": 33549084, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:01:46", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro seller with an Etsy shop based in Spain, and I am just trying to get my business going. This rule will destroy sole traders and micro sellers if we have to comply in the same way that massive corporations do. How can we pay for authorised representatives in every EU country? That is thousands of euro per year, when I am just barely breaking even as a new business. Of course we all want to do our best to help the environment (in fact I already use 100% recycled packaging), but please consider the impact this will have on sole traders. It will crush us.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro seller with an Etsy shop based in Spain, and I am just trying to get my business going. This rule will destroy sole traders and micro sellers if we have to comply in the same way that massive corporations do. How can we pay for authorised representatives in every EU country? That is thousands of euro per year, when I am just barely breaking even as a new business. Of course we all want to do our best to help the environment (in fact I already use 100% recycled packaging), but please consider the impact this will have on sole traders. It will crush us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549084_en"}, {"id": 33549083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 21:00:39", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations make it impossible to create a small business for creators (artists, painters etc) who want to sell small products with their art. Many artists will close these shops, even though they are already using the most recycled packaging. Big brands that are selling wide range of products will just pay these fees and continue selling and garbaging our planet with wasteful plastic products while small crafters and artists lose their business and couldnt pay taxes in their countries. Please make an exception for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations make it impossible to create a small business for creators (artists, painters etc) who want to sell small products with their art. Many artists will close these shops, even though they are already using the most recycled packaging. Big brands that are selling wide range of products will just pay these fees and continue selling and garbaging our planet with wasteful plastic products while small crafters and artists lose their business and couldnt pay taxes in their countries. Please make an exception for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549083_en"}, {"id": 33549082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:59:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Elenya Frost ", "feedback": "Die geplante EPR- und PPWR-Regulierung bedroht in ihrer aktuellen Form die Existenz von Kleinstunternehmen. Sie trifft vor allem eine besonders vulnerable und gleichzeitig schützenswerte Wirtschaftsgruppe: das traditionelle Handwerk sowie die zahlreichen kreativen, von Frauen und FLINTA geführten Kleinunternehmen (Creative Woman- / FLINTA-owned Businesses). Diese Betriebe bereichern den Markt mit nachhaltigen, lokalen und langlebigen Produkten, werden nun aber durch ein bürokratisches Monster erdrückt. Während große Konzerne über eigene Compliance-Abteilungen verfügen, um die komplexen Nachweis- und Registrierungspflichten mühelos zu erfüllen, stehen Kleinstbetriebe vor unüberwindbaren Hürden. Die fixen Verwaltungskosten und der enorme Zeitaufwand für die Lizenzierung stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu unseren geringen Produktionsmengen. Besonders bitter ist diese Entwicklung in Zeiten des rasanten Aufstiegs von generativer KI und globalen Ultra-Fast-Fashion-Giganten wie Shein. Wenn das lokale Handwerk und kreative FLINTA-Betriebe durch überbordende Bürokratie zum Aufgeben gezwungen werden, sterben die Vielfalt und die Seele unseres Marktes. Ein Sterben der Kleinstunternehmen spielt am Ende nur den ohnehin dominanten Großkonzernen in die Hände. Anstatt den Planeten zu schützen, fördert die Regulierung in ihrer jetzigen Form die Monopolisierung durch globale Massenproduzenten. Wir fordern daher dringend: * Umfassende Ausnahmen oder großzügige Bagatellgrenzen für Handwerksbetriebe und Kleinstunternehmen. * Eine drastische Vereinfachung der Meldewege, um die Verwaltungslast auf ein Minimum zu reduzieren. * Eine Regulierung, die an der Wurzel der Massenproduktion ansetzt, anstatt lokale, nachhaltige Kleinstrukturen zu vernichten. Mein Business wird daran, traurigerweise, vermutlich zugrunde gehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed EPR and PPWR regulation, in its current form, threatens the existence of micro-enterprises. It particularly affects a particularly vulnerable and at the same time vulnerable economic group: traditional crafts as well as the many creative small businesses led by women and FLINTA (Creative Woman/FLINTA-owned Businesses). These businesses enrich the market with sustainable, local and long-lasting products, but are now being stifled by a bureaucratic monster. While large corporations have their own compliance departments to easily comply with the complex documentation and registration requirements, micro-entities face insurmountable hurdles. The fixed administrative costs and the enormous time required for licensing are disproportionate to our small production volumes. This development is particularly bitter in times of rapid rise of generative AI and global ultra-fast fashion giants such as Shein. If local crafts and creative FLINTA businesses are forced to give up by excessive bureaucracy, the diversity and soul of our market will die. A death of micro-enterprises ends up in the hands of only the already dominant large corporations. Instead of protecting the planet, regulation in its current form promotes monopolisation by global mass producers. We therefore urge: * Broad exemptions or generous de minimis thresholds for craft businesses and micro-enterprises. * A drastic simplification of reporting channels in order to minimise the administrative burden. * A regulation that starts at the root of mass production instead of destroying local, sustainable small-scale structures. My business will presumably be based on it, sadly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549082_en"}, {"id": 33549081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:58:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Formfaktor 3D", "feedback": "I am a sole trader running a small 3D-printing business in Germany as a secondary occupation. I manufacture custom parts and prototypes, often as one-off orders or very small quantities. One of the things I value most about the EU Single Market is being able to accept unusual small projects from customers throughout the EU. A customer in another Member State may contact me for a single custom part worth perhaps 30-100. I manufacture it in Germany, package it and send it directly to them. I fully support Extended Producer Responsibility and have no objection to paying a proportionate contribution for the packaging waste I actually place on the market. The problem is the administrative structure, not the environmental responsibility. Under the current system, even one small order from another Member State can require separate national registration, participation in an EPR scheme, reporting, minimum annual fees and, in some countries, an authorised representative. For a micro-business sending perhaps one or two parcels per year to a particular country, these fixed costs can easily exceed the entire revenue generated there. I cannot reasonably maintain registrations, contracts and reporting procedures in up to 26 other Member States simply to accept occasional EU orders. The practical consequence is not that I will become a better recycler. It is that I will have to refuse customers solely because of the Member State they live in. This seems contrary to the purpose of the Single Market. A German micro-business should not need up to 26 separate compliance infrastructures simply to send occasional parcels elsewhere in the EU. I ask the Commission to ensure that packaging EPR is proportionate for micro-enterprises and very small packaging quantities. Possible solutions include an EU-wide one-stop registration and reporting system, a meaningful de minimis or simplified regime for micro-enterprises, one EU-level report instead of separate national procedures, removal of mandatory national EPR representatives for EU-established businesses, and contributions genuinely proportional to packaging quantities without disproportionate minimum fees. There should also be a simple way for a micro-business to declare and pay EPR contributions for an occasional shipment without establishing a permanent compliance structure in that country. I am not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am asking for a way to comply that is proportionate to my environmental impact. A few hundred grams of cardboard should result in a small recycling contribution, not hundreds of euros in fixed costs and hours of administration. Without such a solution, I will have to stop accepting many small orders from customers in other EU Member States. That would be a real loss for my business and those customers, while producing virtually no environmental benefit. Please ensure that the PPWR does not unintentionally exclude micro-businesses and sole traders from the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader running a small 3D-printing business in Germany as a secondary occupation. I manufacture custom parts and prototypes, often as one-off orders or very small quantities. One of the things I value most about the EU Single Market is being able to accept unusual small projects from customers throughout the EU. A customer in another Member State may contact me for a single custom part worth perhaps 30-100. I manufacture it in Germany, package it and send it directly to them. I fully support Extended Producer Responsibility and have no objection to paying a proportionate contribution for the packaging waste I actually place on the market. The problem is the administrative structure, not the environmental responsibility. Under the current system, even one small order from another Member State can require separate national registration, participation in an EPR scheme, reporting, minimum annual fees and, in some countries, an authorised representative. For a micro-business sending perhaps one or two parcels per year to a particular country, these fixed costs can easily exceed the entire revenue generated there. I cannot reasonably maintain registrations, contracts and reporting procedures in up to 26 other Member States simply to accept occasional EU orders. The practical consequence is not that I will become a better recycler. It is that I will have to refuse customers solely because of the Member State they live in. This seems contrary to the purpose of the Single Market. A German micro-business should not need up to 26 separate compliance infrastructures simply to send occasional parcels elsewhere in the EU. I ask the Commission to ensure that packaging EPR is proportionate for micro-enterprises and very small packaging quantities. Possible solutions include an EU-wide one-stop registration and reporting system, a meaningful de minimis or simplified regime for micro-enterprises, one EU-level report instead of separate national procedures, removal of mandatory national EPR representatives for EU-established businesses, and contributions genuinely proportional to packaging quantities without disproportionate minimum fees. There should also be a simple way for a micro-business to declare and pay EPR contributions for an occasional shipment without establishing a permanent compliance structure in that country. I am not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. I am asking for a way to comply that is proportionate to my environmental impact. A few hundred grams of cardboard should result in a small recycling contribution, not hundreds of euros in fixed costs and hours of administration. Without such a solution, I will have to stop accepting many small orders from customers in other EU Member States. That would be a real loss for my business and those customers, while producing virtually no environmental benefit. Please ensure that the PPWR does not unintentionally exclude micro-businesses and sole traders from the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549081_en"}, {"id": 33549080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:57:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hip-pie ", "feedback": "The current rules are very unclear and unnecessarily complicated. As far as I can tell at the moment, the costs are too high for small webshops, making it no longer worthwhile to ship to neighbouring countries. On top of that, businesses have to register separately in each country and deal with different rules and systems. Surely this could be organised much more efficiently through one EU-wide system? I have a physical store in a border region of the Netherlands, but I may now have to disappoint many of my Belgian customers because they will no longer be able to reorder from us online. Like many other small businesses, we already pay a lot of attention to packaging: we reuse packaging and filling materials, avoid shipping half-empty boxes, etc. It is good that we are being encouraged to do even more for the environment, but surely this should not come at the expense of the survival of small businesses?", "feedbackEnglish": "The current rules are very unclear and unnecessarily complicated. As far as I can tell at the moment, the costs are too high for small webshops, making it no longer worthwhile to ship to neighbouring countries. On top of that, businesses have to register separately in each country and deal with different rules and systems. Surely this could be organised much more efficiently through one EU-wide system? I have a physical store in a border region of the Netherlands, but I may now have to disappoint many of my Belgian customers because they will no longer be able to reorder from us online. Like many other small businesses, we already pay a lot of attention to packaging: we reuse packaging and filling materials, avoid shipping half-empty boxes, etc. It is good that we are being encouraged to do even more for the environment, but surely this should not come at the expense of the survival of small businesses?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549080_en"}, {"id": 33549079, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:56:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Marin et Marine", "feedback": "Wir sind ein Kleinunternehmen (Lederwaren) mit Sitz in Berlin. Produktion und Materialien stammen vollständig aus Deutschland, wir schaffen Arbeitsplätze im Inland und bemühen uns, alle Vorschriften einzuhalten. Unser Versand ins EU-Ausland ist minimal: maximal ca. 5 Pakete/Monat nach Frankreich, 5 nach Belgien keine Hunderte Pakete, wie es die Regelungen faktisch voraussetzen. Seit Pandemie und Krisen ist unsere wirtschaftliche Lage ohnehin angespannt. Problem: Die Kosten für Bevollmächtigte übersteigen den Gewinn unserer rund 10 Pakete zum Beispiel nach Frankreich um ein Vielfaches. Für Kleinstunternehmen ist der Markt dadurch nicht mehr wirtschaftlich zu bedienen. Unsere Forderungen: Freimengen für Kleinbetriebe: Befreiung von kostenpflichtigen Vertretern und Doppel-Registrierungen unterhalb klarer Schwellenwerte Ein einziges EU-Portal mit einfachen Formularen statt 27 Einzelanmeldungen Staffelung der Anforderungen nach Unternehmensgröße! Wer im eigenen Land (Deutschland) bereits alle Vorschriften erfüllt und registriert ist, sollte das nicht für jedes einzelne EU-Land wiederholen müssen (einmal prüfen, EU-weit gültig) Übergangsfrist/Bestandsschutz für Kleinstunternehmen: mehr Zeit zur Umsetzung, gerade für Betriebe ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung Temu verbieten anstatt Kleinunternehmer*innen die Arbeit immer schwerer und noch bürokratischer zu machen!", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small business (leather goods) based in Berlin. Production and materials come entirely from Germany, we create jobs domestically and we strive to comply with all rules. Our shipment to other EU countries is minimal: max. 5 parcels/month to France, 5 to Belgium, no hundreds of parcels, as the rules actually require. Since the pandemic and crises, our economic situation has been strained anyway. Problem: The cost of plenipotentiaries is many times higher than the profit of our 10 or so packages, for example to France. As a result, the market is no longer economically viable for micro-enterprises. What we are asking for Allowances for small holdings: Exemption of fee-paying representatives and double registrations below clear thresholds A single EU portal with simple forms instead of 27 individual notifications Differentiation of requirements according to company size! Whoever is already compliant and registered in their own country (Germany) should not have to repeat this for every single EU country (check once, valid EU-wide) transitional period/grandfathering for micro-enterprises: more time for implementation, especially for businesses without their own legal department Temu, instead of making work ever more difficult and bureaucratic for small entrepreneurs!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549079_en"}, {"id": 33549074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:52:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlineshop ", "feedback": "Als kleines, inhabergeführtes Stoffgeschäft mit Onlineshop bin ich auch in erheblichem Maße auf meine europäischen Kund*innen angewiesen. Eine Erfüllung der beschlossenen Auflagen ist für mich finanziell nicht mehr zu stemmen und ich fürchte, dass dieser Wegfall an Umsatz ein Weiterführen meines Geschäfts unmöglich macht. Grundsätzlich begrüße ich die Idee hinter dieser neuen gesetzlichen Regelung, wobei ich bereits seit Beginn meiner Tätigkeit auf einen ressourcenschonenden Umgang mit Verpackung, Transport und Abfallvermeidung achte. Dennoch, oder gerade deswegen, fühle ich mich als kleines Unternehmen hier ungerecht behandelt und wünsche mir dringend eine Lösung, die die kleinen Unternehmen nicht um ihre Existenz bringt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Kerstin Weichenhain", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, owner-run online shop for textiles, I also rely heavily on my European customers. I can no longer afford to meet the conditions laid down and fear that this loss of turnover will make it impossible for my business to continue. In principle, I welcome the idea behind this new legislation, which I have been working on since the beginning of my activity to ensure that packaging, transport and waste prevention are managed in a resource-efficient way. Nevertheless, or for that very reason, I feel that I am being treated unfairly here as a small business and I urgently want a solution that does not deprive small businesses of their existence. Yours sincerely, Kerstin Weichenhain", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549074_en"}, {"id": 33549073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:49:39", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mélodie Créations Oniriques", "feedback": "Je suis artisane créatrice et je dirige seule une microentreprise française de création de bijoux faits main. Je soutiens pleinement lobjectif de réduction des déchets demballages et la responsabilisation des entreprises. Cependant, les obligations prévues pour les ventes transfrontalières risquent davoir des conséquences disproportionnées pour les microentreprises comme la mienne. Mon activité est de très petite taille. Je vends aujourdhui essentiellement en France, mais Internet me permet dêtre découverte par des clients vivant dans dautres pays européens. Je pourrais, par exemple, recevoir seulement une ou deux commandes par an provenant de Belgique. Devoir menregistrer, effectuer des déclarations et éventuellement supporter des frais ou recourir à un représentant dans chaque État membre où un client souhaite acheter lune de mes créations représente une charge administrative et financière sans rapport avec les quelques grammes demballages concernés. Face à cette complexité, la solution la plus raisonnable pour une entreprise comme la mienne serait malheureusement de fermer les livraisons vers la majorité des pays européens. Cela empêcherait de petites entreprises artisanales de profiter du marché unique européen et empêcherait également les consommateurs européens dacheter auprès de petits créateurs situés dans dautres États membres. Je demande donc que la situation particulière des microentreprises et des très faibles volumes soit prise en compte, par exemple grâce à un seuil dexemption ou à un système européen unique, simple et proportionné permettant de déclarer et de contribuer sans avoir à effectuer des démarches séparées dans chaque pays. La protection de lenvironnement est essentielle, mais elle peut être conciliée avec la réalité économique et administrative des très petites entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a creative craftsman and I am the sole manager of a French micro-enterprise for the creation of handmade jewellery. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making businesses more accountable. However, the obligations laid down for cross-border sales are likely to have disproportionate consequences for micro-enterprises such as mine. My activity is very small. I am now selling mainly in France, but the Internet allows me to be discovered by customers living in other European countries. For example, I could receive only one or two orders per year from Belgium. It is an administrative and financial burden which is unrelated to the few grams of packaging concerned to have to carry out menregation, make declarations and possibly incur costs or have recourse to a representative in each Member State where a customer wishes to buy one of my creations. In view of this complexity, the most reasonable solution for a company like mine would unfortunately be to close deliveries to the majority of European countries. This would prevent small craft businesses from taking advantage of the European single market and would also prevent European consumers from buying from small creators located in other Member States. I therefore call for the specific situation of micro-enterprises and very small volumes to be taken into account, for example by means of an exemption threshold or a single, simple and proportionate European system that makes it possible to declare and contribute without having to carry out separate procedures in each country. Environmental protection is essential, but it can be reconciled with the economic and administrative reality of very small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549073_en"}, {"id": 33549072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:49:19", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Knappsmåla Gård", "feedback": "Hej. Jag är företagare och i företaget skapar jag olika sorters hantverk av trä. Nu när jag ska skicka dessa till övriga Europeiska länder så kommer den nya lagen försvåra möjligheten för mig att skicka dessa varor då jag behöver betala en avgift per land. Självklart tycker jag att det är viktigt med miljön och använder bara återvinningsbara förpacknings material. Jag kan tillochmed gå så långt att det kommer göra mitt arbete utanför Sverige omöjligt. Så på ett sätt strider denna lagen mot att det ska vara lättare att skicka varor inom EU Det kan finnas en kostnad för företag som har färre en 5 anställda eller en gemensam kostnad för hela EU eller helt enkelt att avgiften ligger på företaget som skapar förpackningen Vi kan tillochmed säga att om man omsätter mindre än 200000 euro så behöver man inte betala", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. I am an entrepreneur and in the company I create various kinds of crafts of wood. Now that I am going to send these to other European countries, the new law will make it more difficult for me to send these goods as I will have to pay a fee per country. Of course, I think the environment is important and only use recyclable packaging materials. I can also go so far that it will make my work outside Sweden impossible. In a way, this law runs counter to the aim of making it easier to send goods within the EU. There may be a cost for companies with fewer than 5 employees or a common cost for the whole EU or simply that the fee lies with the company that creates the packaging. We can add that if you sell less than EUR 200 000, you do not have to pay", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549072_en"}, {"id": 33549071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:47:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 200 Pakete in 15 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 35000Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 15000Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meine Auslandserlöse übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder auf nur wenige Länder reduziert. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send 200 packages to 15 other EU countries in 2000. My turnover from these countries is EUR 35000. I expect to pay EUR 15000 per year for registration and plenipotentiaries in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my foreign revenues, I have reduced shipping to other EU countries to just a few. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549071_en"}, {"id": 33549070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:46:25", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CS", "feedback": "These rules are completely disproportionate for micro and small businesses. A business shipping a few kilos of packaging to another EU country should not face hundreds of euros in fixed fees, separate registrations and mandatory local representatives. The EU is understandably trying to tackle the enormous environmental impact of companies like Shein and Temu, but in doing so you have created a system that can hurt the smallest European businesses the most. How did you forget about us? European micro businesses are not Shein or Temu. We are not putting millions of parcels and tonnes of packaging onto the European market. Yet we are being confronted with compliance costs that can exceed our entire annual sales in a Member State. Stop designing rules around giant companies and then applying the same administrative burden to tiny European businesses. Focus on supporting the European economy while holding the companies responsible for massive volumes of packaging accountable. Introduce meaningful microbusiness exemptions, realistic thresholds and one EU-wide registration system. And perhaps consider less day drinking while writing new legislation, because somehow trying to tackle giant polluters has resulted in making it harder for your own smallest businesses to trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are completely disproportionate for micro and small businesses. A business shipping a few kilos of packaging to another EU country should not face hundreds of euros in fixed fees, separate registrations and mandatory local representatives. The EU is understandably trying to tackle the enormous environmental impact of companies like Shein and Temu, but in doing so you have created a system that can hurt the smallest European businesses the most. How did you forget about us? European micro businesses are not Shein or Temu. We are not putting millions of parcels and tonnes of packaging onto the European market. Yet we are being confronted with compliance costs that can exceed our entire annual sales in a Member State. Stop designing rules around giant companies and then applying the same administrative burden to tiny European businesses. Focus on supporting the European economy while holding the companies responsible for massive volumes of packaging accountable. Introduce meaningful microbusiness exemptions, realistic thresholds and one EU-wide registration system. And perhaps consider less day drinking while writing new legislation, because somehow trying to tackle giant polluters has resulted in making it harder for your own smallest businesses to trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549070_en"}, {"id": 33549069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:46:21", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Chaos vintage", "feedback": "As a small second hand business I am all for recycling and sustainability. But as many others suggest this new law will kill so many small businesses. I would dare to say it will wreck the EU economy as we know it. It will completely destroy creative and sustainable businesses selling online. Large corporation will just pay their fee and keep polluting like they have always done. I think an exception made for small businesses is necessary if we want a thriving and sustainable economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small second hand business I am all for recycling and sustainability. But as many others suggest this new law will kill so many small businesses. I would dare to say it will wreck the EU economy as we know it. It will completely destroy creative and sustainable businesses selling online. Large corporation will just pay their fee and keep polluting like they have always done. I think an exception made for small businesses is necessary if we want a thriving and sustainable economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549069_en"}, {"id": 33549063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:44:48", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Every year I spend a hundreds, if not thousands of euros on books from small presses, jewellery and art from small creators. It makes me happy to support a person and not a faceless brand. I understand that your intention with this law is not to rob me of my joy, or to steal the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, but that is what is happening. I currently cannot order books from creators within the EU - a situation that has already become fraught in the last five years is only becoming more untenable - artists and writers I have supported in the past are shutting down support for other EU countries \"until.\" This is a situation that you have created. If your intention was to sow chaos and kill free trade across the EU for everyone except corporations large enough that jumping through your hoops is meaningless, then well done. You've gotten everything you've asked for. I'm sorry this is not constructive feedback. I don't believe anyone will actually read this, I guess. I just want to get this off my chest because my head hurts from how angry I am at all of you right now.", "feedbackEnglish": "Every year I spend a hundreds, if not thousands of euros on books from small presses, jewellery and art from small creators. It makes me happy to support a person and not a faceless brand. I understand that your intention with this law is not to rob me of my joy, or to steal the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, but that is what is happening. I currently cannot order books from creators within the EU - a situation that has already become fraught in the last five years is only becoming more untenable - artists and writers I have supported in the past are shutting down support for other EU countries \"until.\" This is a situation that you have created. If your intention was to sow chaos and kill free trade across the EU for everyone except corporations large enough that jumping through your hoops is meaningless, then well done. You've gotten everything you've asked for. I'm sorry this is not constructive feedback. I don't believe anyone will actually read this, I guess. I just want to get this off my chest because my head hurts from how angry I am at all of you right now.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549063_en"}, {"id": 33549062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:44:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Rückmeldung zur Umsetzung der neuen Verpackungsregelungen aus Sicht eines Kleinstunternehmens Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und nachhaltigere Verpackungslösungen zu fördern. Gleichzeitig sehe ich die zunehmenden Anforderungen an Kleinstunternehmen mit großer Sorge. Ich reiche diese Stellungnahme als EU-Bürgerin und zugleich als Inhaberin eines Kleinstunternehmens ein. Bereits die Auswahlmöglichkeiten in diesem Feedback-Formular zeigen aus meiner Sicht ein grundlegendes Problem: Für Solo-Selbstständige und Kleinstunternehmer:innen gibt es keine wirklich passende Kategorie. Man ist gleichzeitig Bürger:in und Unternehmer:in. Kleinstunternehmen bestehen häufig aus genau einer Person. Zusätzliche Anforderungen treffen daher unmittelbar den Menschen, der das Unternehmen führt. Dass diese Perspektive selbst bei einem Feedback-Verfahren nicht ausdrücklich berücksichtigt wird, vermittelt den Eindruck, dass Kleinstunternehmen in der europäischen Gesetzgebung zu wenig mitgedacht werden. Für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen sind zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren und unterschiedliche nationale Anforderungen keine Nebensache. Sie bedeuten Zeit und Kosten, die zulasten der eigentlichen unternehmerischen Tätigkeit gehen. Was ein großes Unternehmen durch eigene Verwaltungsabteilungen erledigen kann, muss ein Kleinstunternehmen selbst übernehmen oder teuer einkaufen. Für mich persönlich könnte dies zu einem erheblichen Hindernis werden, wenn ich mein Gewerbe weiter ausbauen und mehr physische Produkte verkaufen möchte. Die zusätzlichen Anforderungen könnten eine solche Geschäftserweiterung wirtschaftlich unattraktiv oder unmöglich machen. Besonders problematisch ist dies für Künstler:innen, Illustrator:innen, Designer:innen, Kunsthandwerker:innen, kleine Online-Shops und andere Solo-Selbstständige, die häufig mit sehr kleinen Umsätzen starten und erst nach und nach wachsen. Hohe Fixkosten und komplexe regulatorische Anforderungen können bereits vor dem eigentlichen Wachstum zu einer erheblichen Eintrittsbarriere werden. Die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen sollten deshalb nicht nur anhand der unmittelbaren Compliance-Kosten betrachtet werden. Ebenso wichtig sind die indirekten Folgen: Menschen könnten von einer Gründung absehen, bestehende Unternehmen könnten geplante Erweiterungen nicht umsetzen oder den Verkauf in bestimmte EU-Länder einstellen. Dadurch gehen nicht nur Umsätze verloren. Es werden auch Wachstum, Innovation, Vielfalt und wirtschaftliche Aktivität im europäischen Binnenmarkt verhindert. Gerade bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen können unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungssysteme, Gebühren und administrative Anforderungen für kleine Unternehmen problematisch werden. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte grenzüberschreitendes Unternehmertum erleichtern und nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen aufgrund des Verwaltungsaufwands auf bestimmte Märkte verzichten müssen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher ausdrücklich um klare Bagatell- bzw. De-minimis-Grenzen, vereinfachte Verfahren und verhältnismäßige Anforderungen für Kleinstunternehmen, insbesondere bei sehr kleinen Verpackungsmengen und geringen grenzüberschreitenden Umsätzen. Kleine Unternehmen sollten nicht vor die Wahl gestellt werden, entweder einen unverhältnismäßigen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand zu tragen oder ihre Tätigkeit einzuschränken. Die EU sollte Unternehmertum, Innovation und den Binnenmarkt stärken, nicht unbeabsichtigt zusätzliche Hürden für die kleinen Unternehmen schaffen, die für wirtschaftliche Vielfalt, Kreativität und lokale Wertschöpfung von großer Bedeutung sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the implementation of the new packaging rules from the perspective of a micro-enterprise I support in principle the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging solutions. At the same time, I am deeply concerned about the increasing demands on micro-enterprises. I am submitting this opinion both as an EU citizen and as the owner of a micro-enterprise. In my view, the choices made in this feedback form already reveal a fundamental problem: There is no really suitable category for solo self-employed persons and micro-entrepreneurs. You are both a citizen and an entrepreneur. Micro-enterprises often consist of just one person. Additional requirements therefore directly affect the person running the business. The fact that this perspective is not explicitly taken into account, even in a feedback process, gives the impression that micro-enterprises are not given enough consideration in European legislation. For a one-person company, additional registrations, notifications, fees and different national requirements are not ancillary. They mean time and costs at the expense of the actual business activity. What a large company can do through its own administrative departments must be taken over by a micro-enterprise or bought expensively. For me personally, this could become a significant obstacle if I want to further develop my business and sell more physical products. The additional requirements could make such business expansion economically unattractive or impossible. This is particularly problematic for artists, illustrators, designers, craftsmen, small online shops and other solo self-employed people, who often start with very small sales and only gradually grow. High fixed costs and complex regulatory requirements can become a significant entry barrier even before actual growth. The economic impact should therefore not be considered only in terms of direct compliance costs. Equally important are the indirect consequences: People may refrain from starting up, existing companies may not be able to implement planned expansions or stop selling to certain EU countries. As a result, not only sales are lost. It also prevents growth, innovation, diversity and economic activity in the European single market. In the case of cross-border sales in particular, different national registration systems, fees and administrative requirements can be problematic for small businesses. A European single market should facilitate cross-border entrepreneurship and should not lead to micro-enterprises having to forgo certain markets due to the administrative burden. I would therefore expressly ask the European Commission for clear de minimis or de minimis limits, simplified procedures and proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, in particular for very small quantities of packaging and small cross-border transactions. Small businesses should not be faced with the choice of either incurring a disproportionate administrative and financial burden or restricting their activities. The EU should strengthen entrepreneurship, innovation and the single market, not unintentionally create additional hurdles for small businesses, which are important for economic diversity, creativity and local value creation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549062_en"}, {"id": 33549061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:43:40", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "If you want to introduce similar regulation in the internal market, you are destroying its functioning to the extreme, although it should first and foremost be a single European market. For me, as a buyer of various small sellers from allied countries outside the EU (such as Australia, Canada, etc.), it is evident that it will be almost impossible for these sellers to send shipments to the European Union. Due to the absolutely disproportionate fees, which they must also pay individually in each country, instead of one system applying across the entire market, which should be uniform by the nature of the EU idea, it is absolutely not worth it for smaller sellers to import anything to us. The EU also loses taxes and duties that we would otherwise pay. At the same time, our family has direct experience with trade and sales abroad within the EU, usually to Germany, and the establishment of similar fees is also complete nonsense for us. These costs are always reflected in the final price and ultimately everything is borne by the consumer. I think it is nonsense to regulate waste in this way. The biggest polluters in the field of packaging are not small traders or EU countries, but large importers, especially from China, such as Temu and Shein, who do not care at all and will always find a loophole in the legislation. So why terrorize other sellers and importers who have nothing to do with it and use packaging in a reasonable amount? I absolutely cannot agree with the principle and introduction of such legislation.", "feedbackEnglish": "If you want to introduce similar regulation in the internal market, you are destroying its functioning to the extreme, although it should first and foremost be a single European market. For me, as a buyer of various small sellers from allied countries outside the EU (such as Australia, Canada, etc.), it is evident that it will be almost impossible for these sellers to send shipments to the European Union. Due to the absolutely disproportionate fees, which they must also pay individually in each country, instead of one system applying across the entire market, which should be uniform by the nature of the EU idea, it is absolutely not worth it for smaller sellers to import anything to us. The EU also loses taxes and duties that we would otherwise pay. At the same time, our family has direct experience with trade and sales abroad within the EU, usually to Germany, and the establishment of similar fees is also complete nonsense for us. These costs are always reflected in the final price and ultimately everything is borne by the consumer. I think it is nonsense to regulate waste in this way. The biggest polluters in the field of packaging are not small traders or EU countries, but large importers, especially from China, such as Temu and Shein, who do not care at all and will always find a loophole in the legislation. So why terrorize other sellers and importers who have nothing to do with it and use packaging in a reasonable amount? I absolutely cannot agree with the principle and introduction of such legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549061_en"}, {"id": 33549060, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:43:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Met deze brief wil ik mijn ernstige zorgen uiten over de Verordening verpakkingen en verpakkingsafval (PPWR), die vanaf 12 augustus 2026 rechtstreeks van toepassing wordt in alle EU-lidstaten. Deze verordening verplicht ondernemingen om zich per lidstaat waarin zij verkopen apart te registreren, vaak zonder minimumdrempel, en om in landen zonder eigen vestiging een gemachtigde vertegenwoordiger aan te stellen. Voor grote bedrijven met juridische afdelingen is dit een uitdaging. Voor micro-ondernemingen, zzp'ers en zelfstandige makers is dit vrijwel onmogelijk uit te voeren. De administratieve last en de kosten die hiermee gepaard gaan, staan volledig los van de omvang van de betrokken ondernemingen. Een kleine webshop of een individuele maker die slechts een handvol producten per jaar verkoopt in een ander EU-land, moet dezelfde registratieprocedures doorlopen als een multinational. De kosten van registratie, vertegenwoordiging en rapportage overtreffen in veel gevallen ruimschoots de omzet die met die verkoop wordt behaald. Daarnaast begrijp ik niet goed waarom deze verplichtingen per lidstaat verschillen. De Europese Unie is juist opgericht om één interne markt te vormen, met vrij verkeer van goederen tussen de lidstaten. Waarom bestaan er dan 27 verschillende nationale registratiesystemen, elk met eigen regels, formulieren en vertegenwoordigers, in plaats van één centrale, uniforme regeling voor de hele Unie? Deze versnippering lijkt lijnrecht in te gaan tegen het uitgangspunt van de interne markt, en maakt de regelgeving voor kleine ondernemers onnodig complex. Ik besef dat één uniforme regeling ook voor kleine ondernemingen niet per definitie goedkoop zal zijn, maar het zou de zaak in elk geval een stuk overzichtelijker en beter uitvoerbaar maken, en zou beter passen bij het doel van een echte gemeenschappelijke markt. Het gevolg van de huidige aanpak is voorspelbaar: kleine winkels, creatieve ondernemers en makers stoppen met grensoverschrijdende verkoop, of sluiten hun onderneming helemaal. Dit raakt niet alleen individuele ondernemers, maar ook de diversiteit en het karakter van de Europese interne markt, die juist gebaat is bij kleinschalig ondernemerschap en creativiteit. Ik vraag de Europese Commissie dringend om: Een duidelijke uitzondering of vereenvoudigde regeling in te voeren voor micro- en kleine ondernemingen, vergelijkbaar met bestaande drempels in andere EU-regelgeving; De registratieverplichtingen te harmoniseren tot één centraal EU-loket in plaats van 27 aparte nationale systemen, zoals bij een echte interne markt zou passen; De gevolgen van deze regelgeving voor het voortbestaan van kleine ondernemingen serieus te (her)evalueren voordat verdere handhaving plaatsvindt. Regelgeving die bedoeld is om het milieu te beschermen, mag niet als onbedoeld gevolg hebben dat kleinschalig en duurzaam ondernemerschap onmogelijk wordt gemaakt. Ik verzoek u dan ook met klem om deze zorgen mee te nemen bij de verdere uitvoering en eventuele herziening van de PPWR. Met vriendelijke groet, Irene Captijn", "feedbackEnglish": "With this letter, I would like to express my serious concerns about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which will become directly applicable in all EU Member States as of 12 August 2026. This Regulation requires companies to register separately for each Member State in which they sell, often without a minimum threshold, and to appoint an authorised representative in countries without their own establishment. This is a challenge for large companies with legal departments. For micro-enterprises, solo self-employed people and self-employed creators, this is almost impossible to implement. The administrative burden and associated costs are completely independent of the size of the undertakings concerned. A small online shop or an individual creator that sells only a handful of products per year in another EU country has to go through the same registration procedures as a multinational. Registration, representation and reporting costs in many cases far exceed the turnover generated by those sales. In addition, I find it difficult to understand why these obligations differ from one Member State to another. The European Union was created precisely to create a single internal market, with the free movement of goods between Member States. Why then are there 27 different national registration systems, each with its own rules, forms and representatives, instead of one central, uniform Union-wide regime? This fragmentation seems diametrically opposed to the single market approach and makes regulation unnecessarily complex for small businesses. I realise that a single uniform system will not necessarily be cheap for small businesses as well, but it would in any case make the case much easier to understand and implement, and would be better suited to the objective of a true common market. The impact of the current approach is predictable: small shops, creative entrepreneurs and creators stop selling cross-border, or close down their businesses altogether. This affects not only individual entrepreneurs, but also the diversity and nature of the European single market, which benefits from small-scale entrepreneurship and creativity. I urge the European Commission to: Introduce a clear exception or simplified regime for micro and small enterprises, similar to existing thresholds in other EU legislation; Harmonise registration obligations into a single EU point of single contact instead of 27 separate national systems, as would fit a true internal market; Seriously (re) assess the impact of these regulations on the survival of small businesses before further enforcement takes place. Regulations designed to protect the environment should not have the unintended effect of preventing small scale and sustainable entrepreneurship. I would therefore urge you to take these concerns into account in the further implementation and possible revision of the PPWR. Kind regards, Irene Captijn", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549060_en"}, {"id": 33549059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:42:53", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will affect all small businesses in EU. It will be impossible financially to ship our products. For many of us our small business is our only way to earn money. There are people with disabilities that can not work outside of their home. They can't have a regular job. We respect the environment and understand the concern of waste. This law goes against one of the most important pillars of EU. Free trade and free movement of goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will affect all small businesses in EU. It will be impossible financially to ship our products. For many of us our small business is our only way to earn money. There are people with disabilities that can not work outside of their home. They can't have a regular job. We respect the environment and understand the concern of waste. This law goes against one of the most important pillars of EU. Free trade and free movement of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549059_en"}, {"id": 33549058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:41:46", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Gerade kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen in der EU werden bereits heute mit umfangreichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten belastet. Weitere Vorgaben bedeuten zusätzliche Bürokratie, Kosten und Zeitaufwand. Besonders problematisch ist, dass europäische Händler diese Anforderungen zuverlässig erfüllen müssen, während große internationale Onlineplattformen und Händler aus Drittstaaten, beispielsweise über Temu oder Amazon Marketplace, aus Sicht vieler kleiner Händler nicht im gleichen Maße von der tatsächlichen Belastung und Durchsetzung betroffen sind. Dadurch entsteht ein erheblicher Wettbewerbsnachteil für Unternehmen, die innerhalb der EU ansässig sind und sich an sämtliche Vorschriften halten. Es kann nicht zielführend sein, immer neue Verpflichtungen für diejenigen einzuführen, die bereits gesetzeskonform handeln, während die effektive Kontrolle grenzüberschreitender Anbieter nicht gleichermaßen gewährleistet ist. Bevor neue Vorschriften und zusätzliche bürokratische Pflichten eingeführt werden, sollten zunächst die bestehenden Regeln konsequent und gleichermaßen gegenüber allen Marktteilnehmern durchgesetzt werden unabhängig davon, ob ein Händler seinen Sitz innerhalb oder außerhalb der EU hat.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU in particular are already subject to extensive registration, reporting and documentation requirements. Additional requirements mean additional bureaucracy, costs and time. It is particularly problematic that European traders have to reliably comply with these requirements, while large international online platforms and non-EU traders, for example via Temu or Amazon Marketplace, do not face the same level of actual burden and enforcement from the point of view of many small traders. This puts companies established within the EU and complying with all the rules at a significant competitive disadvantage. It cannot be expedient to always introduce new obligations for those who already act in accordance with the law, while the effective control of cross-border providers is not equally guaranteed. Before introducing new rules and additional bureaucratic obligations, the existing rules should first be enforced consistently and equally vis-à-vis all operators, regardless of whether a trader is established inside or outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549058_en"}, {"id": 33549057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:39:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Living in a small country like Austria many small and new businesses will decide that it is not worth it for them to ship to smaller market countries as it is taking too much of their time to research all the rules and register with every single EU country. Fighting waste is great but businesses below a certain sales volume should be exempt and rules should be uniform throughout the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Living in a small country like Austria many small and new businesses will decide that it is not worth it for them to ship to smaller market countries as it is taking too much of their time to research all the rules and register with every single EU country. Fighting waste is great but businesses below a certain sales volume should be exempt and rules should be uniform throughout the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549057_en"}, {"id": 33549056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:39:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich als selbstständige Unternehmerin und Betreiberin eines kleinen Unternehmens an das Europäische Parlament, weil ich mir große Sorgen über die praktischen Auswirkungen der neuen PPWR- und EPR-Vorgaben auf Kleinstunternehmen und den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU mache. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und nachhaltigere Verpackungen zu schaffen. Gleichzeitig darf die Umsetzung dieser Ziele nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Mein Unternehmen ist für seine Arbeit auf Produkte kleiner europäischer Kunsthandwerks- und Spezialbetriebe angewiesen. Dabei handelt es sich teilweise um Ein-Personen-Betriebe und Unternehmen, die individuelle, handgefertigte Produkte in sehr kleinen Stückzahlen herstellen. Gerade für solche Unternehmen ist der unkomplizierte grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb Europas von großer Bedeutung. Die neuen EPR-Anforderungen können jedoch dazu führen, dass selbst kleine Bestellungen zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren oder die Beauftragung von Vertretern in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten erforderlich machen. Der administrative Aufwand kann dadurch in keinem Verhältnis mehr zum Wert der eigentlichen Bestellung stehen. Ein handgefertigtes Produkt im Wert von beispielsweise 50, 100 oder 200 Euro kann nicht mit denselben administrativen Anforderungen behandelt werden wie der europaweite Vertrieb eines Großunternehmens mit tausenden Sendungen. Ich befürchte, dass kleine Kunsthandwerksbetriebe deshalb künftig bestimmte EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern oder grenzüberschreitende Bestellungen überhaupt nicht mehr annehmen werden. Gleichzeitig verlieren andere Kleinstunternehmen dadurch wichtige Lieferanten. Ausgerechnet der europäische Binnenmarkt würde für die kleinsten Marktteilnehmer dadurch komplizierter und unattraktiver. Besonders problematisch sind die unterschiedlichen nationalen Systeme und Anforderungen bei der Umsetzung der EPR. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen, das nur gelegentlich grenzüberschreitend handelt, ist es wirtschaftlich kaum realistisch, sich mit zahlreichen nationalen Registrierungs- und Meldeverfahren auseinanderzusetzen. Ich bitte Sie daher dringend, bei der Umsetzung und Weiterentwicklung der PPWR und EPR die Situation von Kleinstunternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Aus meiner Sicht sind insbesondere folgende Vereinfachungen notwendig: eine möglichst einheitliche EU-weite Registrierung und Meldung anstelle zahlreicher nationaler Verfahren, eine zentrale One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für grenzüberschreitend tätige Kleinstunternehmen, angemessene Bagatellgrenzen für sehr geringe Mengen und Umsätze, vereinfachte Nachweis-, Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten, sowie die Vermeidung unverhältnismäßiger Kosten für Bevollmächtigte und Registrierungen bei geringfügigem grenzüberschreitendem Handel. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte nicht nur für große Unternehmen funktionieren. Gerade kleine und kleinste Unternehmen sowie Kunsthandwerksbetriebe tragen erheblich zur Vielfalt und wirtschaftlichen Struktur Europas bei. Umweltschutz und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt müssen kein Widerspruch sein. Ich bitte Sie deshalb, für eine verhältnismäßige, praktikable und insbesondere für Kleinstunternehmen umsetzbare Ausgestaltung der PPWR und EPR einzutreten. Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit und die Berücksichtigung der Perspektive kleiner Unternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a self-employed entrepreneur and operator of a small business, I am writing to the European Parliament because I am deeply concerned about the practical impact of the new PPWR and EPR requirements on micro-enterprises and cross-border trade within the EU. I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste, promoting recycling and creating more sustainable packaging. At the same time, the implementation of these objectives must not lead to the exclusion of small businesses from the European single market through disproportionate bureaucracy. My company relies on the products of small European handicraft and specialty businesses for its work. Some of these are one-person companies and companies that produce individual handmade products in very small numbers. For such companies in particular, the ease of cross-border trade within Europe is of great importance. However, the new EPR requirements may mean that even small orders require additional registrations, notifications, fees or the use of representatives in different Member States. The administrative burden can therefore no longer be proportionate to the value of the order itself. A handmade product with a value of, for example, EUR 50, 100 or 200 cannot be treated with the same administrative requirements as the pan-European distribution of a large company with thousands of items. I am afraid that small craft businesses will no longer supply certain EU countries or accept cross-border orders at all. At the same time, other micro-enterprises are losing important suppliers. This would make the European single market more complicated and unattractive for the smallest market players. The different national systems and requirements in the implementation of the EPR are particularly problematic. For a micro-enterprise that only occasionally trades across borders, it is not economically realistic to deal with many national registration and reporting procedures. I would therefore urge you to take greater account of the situation of micro-enterprises when implementing and further developing the PPWR and EPR. In my view, the following simplifications are particularly necessary: making registration and reporting as uniform as possible across the EU instead of multiple national procedures, a one-stop-shop solution for micro-enterprises operating cross-border, appropriate de minimis thresholds for very small quantities and turnovers, simplified evidentiary, reporting and documentation obligations, and avoiding disproportionate costs for authorised representatives and registrations in cases of small cross-border trade. The European single market should not only work for large companies. Small and micro-enterprises and artisanal businesses in particular contribute significantly to Europe’s diversity and economic structure. Environmental protection and a functioning internal market do not need to be contradictory. I would therefore ask you to support a proportionate, workable design of the PPWR and EPR that can be implemented in particular for micro-enterprises. Thank you very much for your attention and for taking into account the perspective of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549056_en"}, {"id": 33549055, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:39:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as the founder of a small, independent creative business that I have built up since 2017. Like many solo artists and micro-enterprises across Europe, I have spent years growing a sustainable business through direct sales and exports to customers across the EU and beyond. The past year has already been extremely difficult for small creators like myself. The new US tariffs have significantly disrupted our export sales to one of our most important markets, cutting into margins that were already thin. On top of this, we are now facing a growing existential threat from AI-generated content, which is undermining the value of original, handmade and creative work at a pace we are struggling to keep up with. In this context, the PPWR feels like it could be the final blow for businesses like mine. The compliance costs associated with the new packaging requirements are simply not feasible for a one-person or micro-enterprise operation. Larger companies can absorb these costs; we cannot. The practical effect is that small producers who cannot afford compliance will be unable to ship packaged goods across the EU single market at all: creating what amounts to a de facto export ban for exactly the kind of small, independent businesses the EU claims to want to support. This runs directly counter to the goal of a functioning single market. Instead of harmonising trade, the PPWR risks fragmenting it further along the lines of \"which businesses can afford to comply\" - pushing out small and micro-enterprises while leaving only larger players able to trade freely across borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the founder of a small, independent creative business that I have built up since 2017. Like many solo artists and micro-enterprises across Europe, I have spent years growing a sustainable business through direct sales and exports to customers across the EU and beyond. The past year has already been extremely difficult for small creators like myself. The new US tariffs have significantly disrupted our export sales to one of our most important markets, cutting into margins that were already thin. On top of this, we are now facing a growing existential threat from AI-generated content, which is undermining the value of original, handmade and creative work at a pace we are struggling to keep up with. In this context, the PPWR feels like it could be the final blow for businesses like mine. The compliance costs associated with the new packaging requirements are simply not feasible for a one-person or micro-enterprise operation. Larger companies can absorb these costs; we cannot. The practical effect is that small producers who cannot afford compliance will be unable to ship packaged goods across the EU single market at all: creating what amounts to a de facto export ban for exactly the kind of small, independent businesses the EU claims to want to support. This runs directly counter to the goal of a functioning single market. Instead of harmonising trade, the PPWR risks fragmenting it further along the lines of \"which businesses can afford to comply\" - pushing out small and micro-enterprises while leaving only larger players able to trade freely across borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549055_en"}, {"id": 33549054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:39:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Ich betreibe ein kleines Schmucklabel in Deutschland. Ich habe keine Angestellten, keine eigene Rechtsabteilung und keine 7-stelligen Umsätze. Die neue Verpackungsverordnung hat gute Ansätze, leider trifft sie kleine Unternehmen wie meines unverhältnismässig hart. Wie soll mein Unternehmen wachsen, wie soll ich meinen Schmuck weiter vertreiben wenn ich bei bereits einem einzigen Paket einen solch finanziellen und bürokratischen Aufwand betreiben muss? Ich bin auch für Recycling. Ich bin auch dafür dass Plastik reduzieren Sinn macht. Ich registriere mich gerne, ich zahle gerne meinen Beitrag. ABER bitte in einem Verhältnis das stemmbar ist. Für Kleinunternehmen bis 1 Mio Umsatz/ Jahr wäre ich für eine Freigrenze an Versand ins EU- Ausland. Mit der neuen Gesetzesauslegung drohen tausende von kleine Unternehmen zu Verschwinden, gerade die, die besonders viel Herzblut in ihre Produkte stecken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen I operate a small jewellery label in Germany. I have no employees, no legal department of my own and no 7-digit turnover. The new Packaging Ordinance has good approaches, unfortunately it hits small businesses like me disproportionately hard. How should my company grow, how should I continue to sell my jewellery if I have to make such a financial and bureaucratic effort on a single package? I am also in favour of recycling. I am also in favour of reducing the sense of plastic. I am happy to register, I am happy to pay my contribution. But in a ratio that is manageable. For small businesses up to 1 million turnover/year, I would be in favour of an exemption for sending abroad to the EU. With the new interpretation of the law, thousands of small businesses are at risk of disappearing, especially those that have a particularly high level of heart blood in their products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549054_en"}, {"id": 33549053, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:38:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "les loops Christine Purnell", "feedback": "Ausnahmen und vereinfachte Regelungen für kleine Unternehmen Die Ziele der neuen Verpackungsverordnung sind grundsätzlich sinnvoll. Die Anforderungen müssen jedoch für kleine Unternehmen und Shops verhältnismäßig und praktikabel bleiben. Für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollte es daher klare Ausnahmeregelungen oder deutlich vereinfachte Anforderungen geben, insbesondere bei Registrierungs-, Dokumentations- und Meldepflichten. Der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand darf nicht in einem unverhältnismäßigen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen eines kleinen Unternehmens stehen. Ich plädiere daher für klare Schwellenwerte und vereinfachte Verfahren für Unternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen. So lassen sich die Ziele der Verpackungsverordnung erreichen, ohne kleine und nachhaltig wirtschaftende Unternehmen durch zusätzliche Bürokratie und Kosten unnötig zu belasten.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exemptions and simplified rules for small businesses The objectives of the new Packaging Regulation are in principle reasonable. However, the requirements must remain proportionate and workable for small businesses and shops. There should therefore be clear exemptions or significantly simplified requirements for micro and small enterprises, in particular for registration, documentation and reporting obligations. The administrative and financial burden shall not be disproportionate to the actual packaging volume of a small undertaking. I therefore advocate clear thresholds and simplified procedures for companies with low packaging volumes. In this way, the objectives of the Packaging Ordinance can be achieved without placing an unnecessary burden on small and sustainable businesses through additional bureaucracy and costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549053_en"}, {"id": 33549052, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:37:45", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bodorics Ádám EV", "feedback": "I run both two microbusinesses both focusing on historical craftsmanship. As it stands right now, based on the information available to us and our partners, these rules would make my businesses pay over 15K EUR yearly if I want both entities to be able to ship to the entire EU. To be blunt about it, that is not an acceptable fee, and it will force businesses even smaller than mine to either close up or to get \"creative\" with their shipping. Either way, it will likely incur strong anti-EU sentiments - it'll be hard to argue against \"EU is killing small businesses\" when small businesses will close directly because of what the EU does. That is honestly extremely frustrating given that I've been fervently pro-EU since I can remember. To be clear, I'm not against cutting down on waste by doing a kind of \"carrot and stick\", where something like this draft is the stick - but in its current form, this stick doesn't really hurt the massive polluters but us and I'm not seeing the carrot either. Please spend some more time actually thinking about the consequences of what you're doing - you have the power to destroy practically all traditional craftspeople because the majority doesn't have the reserves to allow them time to figure something out. I truly hope you'll do right by us, however if burying us IS your intent, at least do us the courtesy of being open and honest about it. Sincerely, Adam Bodorics", "feedbackEnglish": "I run both two microbusinesses both focusing on historical craftsmanship. As it stands right now, based on the information available to us and our partners, these rules would make my businesses pay over 15K EUR yearly if I want both entities to be able to ship to the entire EU. To be blunt about it, that is not an acceptable fee, and it will force businesses even smaller than mine to either close up or to get \"creative\" with their shipping. Either way, it will likely incur strong anti-EU sentiments - it'll be hard to argue against \"EU is killing small businesses\" when small businesses will close directly because of what the EU does. That is honestly extremely frustrating given that I've been fervently pro-EU since I can remember. To be clear, I'm not against cutting down on waste by doing a kind of \"carrot and stick\", where something like this draft is the stick - but in its current form, this stick doesn't really hurt the massive polluters but us and I'm not seeing the carrot either. Please spend some more time actually thinking about the consequences of what you're doing - you have the power to destroy practically all traditional craftspeople because the majority doesn't have the reserves to allow them time to figure something out. I truly hope you'll do right by us, however if burying us IS your intent, at least do us the courtesy of being open and honest about it. Sincerely, Adam Bodorics", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549052_en"}, {"id": 33549051, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:36:32", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida so vai estrangular mais os pequenos negócios enquanto os grandes, que são realmente o problema, continuam a passar por cima. Não podem existir as mesmas regras para cenários tão dispares. Num país como Portugal que já sofre tanto com burocracia, esta medida vai ser um caos e muitas micro empresas não vão aguentar. O mercado intracomunitario vai sofrer muito com isto.", "feedbackEnglish": "This strangulates smaller businesses even more, while the big ones, who are really the problem, continue to go up. There cannot be the same rules for such peer-to-peer scenarios. In a country like Portugal, which already suffers so much from bureaucracy, this measure will be chaos and many micro enterprises will not be hurting. The intra-Community market will suffer a lot from this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549051_en"}, {"id": 33549050, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:36:15", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Este é mais um passo para nos atrasarmos em relação ao resto do mundo, tornando a Europa cada vez menos competitiva, mais burocrática e mais difícil para quem tenta criar, produzir e vender. Com este projeto, estamos a condenar muitas pequenas e médias empresas, artesãos e artistas, bem como as suas vendas online. Um pequeno comerciante que realiza apenas algumas encomendas por ano para outros países europeus dificilmente consegue justificar os custos e ultrapassar todos os obstáculos burocráticos impostos por este tipo de regulamentação. Na prática, estamos a criar barreiras ao próprio comércio dentro da União Europeia. As grandes empresas, que têm departamentos jurídicos, administrativos e financeiros capazes de absorver estes custos, serão favorecidas, enquanto os pequenos negócios verão a sua capacidade de competir progressivamente destruída. E tudo isto sem falar da quantidade crescente de dados e informação que passa a ser recolhida sobre comerciantes e consumidores. Este não é o caminho para conseguirmos embalagens mais sustentáveis, nem para protegermos o mercado europeu da enorme entrada de produtos baratos provenientes de países terceiros. Pelo contrário: corremos o risco de dificultar a vida a quem produz e vende dentro da Europa enquanto tornamos os nossos próprios mercados ainda mais dependentes de grandes plataformas e importações. Enquanto cidadão da União Europeia, peço regras proporcionais à dimensão e ao volume de atividade de cada negócio, bem como isenções ou regimes simplificados para pequenas empresas, artesãos e artistas que realizam apenas um número reduzido de vendas por ano. A Europa deveria incentivar os seus pequenos negócios a crescer e a vender além-fronteiras, e não criar obstáculos que os façam desistir antes sequer de terem essa oportunidade.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is yet another step towards lagging behind the rest of the world, making Europe increasingly less competitive, more bureaucratic and more difficult for those trying to create, produce and sell. With this project, we are condemning many small and medium-sized enterprises, craftsmen and artists, as well as their online sales. A small trader who places only a few orders per year to other European countries can hardly justify the costs and overcome all the bureaucratic hurdles imposed by this type of regulation. In practice, we are creating barriers to trade within the European Union itself. Large companies, which have legal, administrative and financial departments capable of absorbing these costs, will be favoured, while small businesses will see their ability to compete progressively destroyed. And all of this, not to mention the increasing amount of data and information now being collected on traders and consumers. This is not the way to achieve more sustainable packaging, nor to protect the European market from the huge entry of cheap products from third countries. On the contrary: we risk making life harder for those who produce and sell within Europe while making our own markets even more dependent on large platforms and imports. As a citizen of the European Union, I ask for rules proportionate to the size and volume of activity of each business, as well as exemptions or simplified schemes for small businesses, craftsmen and artists who make only a small number of sales per year. Europe should encourage its small businesses to grow and sell across borders, not create obstacles to give them up before they have the chance to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549050_en"}, {"id": 33549042, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:33:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cactus Crafts", "feedback": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and encouraging sustainable packaging. However, I am concerned that these regulations creates a disproportionate burden for one-person businesses, independent makers and artists. Small businesses may send only a few packages per month and produce only a few kilograms of packaging waste per year. Most already use recyclable, compliant materials such as cardboard. Despite this very small environmental impact, businesses can face registration, reporting, recycling fees and authorised-representative costs in multiple EU countries. For a micro-business, these fixed costs can be far greater than the actual income and greater than the actual environmental impact of the packaging. This risks making cross-border sales economically impossible for small independent businesses. A regulation intended to protect the environment should not unintentionally force one-person businesses to stop selling across the EU or close altogether. I urge the Commission to introduce a meaningful threshold and simplified system for micro-enterprises, based on the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Businesses producing only a few kilograms of recyclable packaging should not face the same administrative burden as large companies producing tonnes of packaging. Please ensure that the regulations protects the environment without suffocating Europe's smallest businesses and independent creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and encouraging sustainable packaging. However, I am concerned that these regulations creates a disproportionate burden for one-person businesses, independent makers and artists. Small businesses may send only a few packages per month and produce only a few kilograms of packaging waste per year. Most already use recyclable, compliant materials such as cardboard. Despite this very small environmental impact, businesses can face registration, reporting, recycling fees and authorised-representative costs in multiple EU countries. For a micro-business, these fixed costs can be far greater than the actual income and greater than the actual environmental impact of the packaging. This risks making cross-border sales economically impossible for small independent businesses. A regulation intended to protect the environment should not unintentionally force one-person businesses to stop selling across the EU or close altogether. I urge the Commission to introduce a meaningful threshold and simplified system for micro-enterprises, based on the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Businesses producing only a few kilograms of recyclable packaging should not face the same administrative burden as large companies producing tonnes of packaging. Please ensure that the regulations protects the environment without suffocating Europe's smallest businesses and independent creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549042_en"}, {"id": 33549029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:32:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mit diesem Entwurf verurteilen Sie alle kleinen bis mittleren Unternehmen und Crafter (Künstler) und deren Onlinehandel zum Tod. Kein kleiner Händler kann es sich leisten all die bürokratischen Hürden in diesem Entwurf kostendeckend für wenige Pakete im Jahr zu überwinden. Damit wird der EUropaweite Handel von diesen Kleinstunternehmen quasi zum erliegen gebracht. Es werden die Großkonzerne gefördert und deren Konkurrenz wird dadurch direkt und langfristig zerstört. Ganz zu schweigen von den Daten, die Sie damit von den Kunden und allen anderen sammeln. Dies ist nicht der Weg zu weniger umweltschädlichen Verpackungen und besserem Schutz gegen die chinesische Flut aus Billigprodukten. Dies wird diesen Unternehmen und Ländern nur nutzen. Ich verlange als EU-Bürger besseren Schutz und Ausnahmeregeln für Kleinunternehmen und Künstler mit wenigen Sendungen im Jahr. Ich war bisher Fan vom Europäischen Handel und dessen Entwicklung. The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. See this: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?cs_tk=A2gXQYkMKCxGOGqMgWoAAHicq64FAAF1APlhMWE2NDk3MDQ5NjNmNTdlYjgxZGU2MDJjZTFhM", "feedbackEnglish": "With this draft, you condemn all small and medium-sized companies and crafters (artists) and their online sales to death. No small trader can afford to overcome all the bureaucratic hurdles in this draft to cover the costs of a few parcels a year. As a result, Europe-wide trade is virtually stifled by these micro-enterprises. Large corporations will be promoted and their competition will be destroyed directly and in the long term. Not to mention the data you collect from customers and everyone else. This is not the way to less polluting packaging and better protection against the Chinese flood of cheap products. This will only benefit these companies and countries. As an EU citizen, I demand better protection and exemption rules for small businesses and artists with a few programmes per year. I have been the fan of European trade and its development. The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorised representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempted from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. IF you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic Extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend – platform feeds are Flooded with posts from Independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroys thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. See this: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?cs_tk=A2gXQYkMKCxGOGqMgWoAAHicq64FAAF1APlhMWE2NDk3MDQ5NjNmNTdlYjgxZGU2MDJjZTFhM", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549029_en"}, {"id": 33549041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:29:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida, tal y como está planteada, resulta inviable para los pequeños negocios y autónomos. La acumulación de costes fijos de gestión e intermediación burocrática provoca una barrera de entrada insostenible para quienes manejan pequeños volúmenes de venta. Esto favorece la concentración del mercado en favor de grandes corporaciones y destruye la competitividad del pequeño comercio. En la práctica transfronteriza y en plataformas de venta en línea, la obligación de declarar de forma fragmentada genera costes administrativos fijos duplicados por cada transacción o vendedor, imposibilitando el escalado gradual. En economías con menor margen de consumo, como la española, esto no agilizará el mercado; al contrario, reducirá la oferta disponible, encarecerá los precios al consumo final y terminará empujando a parte del comercio hacia canales informales o no regulados para poder sobrevivir. Para que este Reglamento de Ejecución cumpla realmente su objetivo de armonización sin destruir el tejido empresarial más vulnerable, solicito: 1.Una exención por volumen (de minimis) para microempresas y pequeños vendedores transfronterizos. 2.Un registro centralizado y gratuito a nivel UE, evitando que el cumplimiento normativo dependa del pago de tarifas mínimas a intermediarios privados en cada país miembro.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure, as proposed, is unworkable for small businesses and the self-employed. The accumulation of fixed costs of management and bureaucratic intermediation causes an unsustainable entry barrier for those handling small sales volumes. This encourages market concentration in favour of large corporations and destroys the competitiveness of small businesses. In cross-border practice and on online sales platforms, the obligation to declare in a fragmented manner leads to duplicated fixed administrative costs for each transaction or seller, making gradual escalation impossible. In economies with lower consumption margins, such as Spain, this will not speed up the market; on the contrary, it will reduce available supply, increase final consumer prices and end up pushing part of the trade into informal or unregulated channels in order to survive. In order for this Implementing Regulation to genuinely meet its harmonisation objective without destroying the most vulnerable business fabric, I request: 1.A (de minimis) volume exemption for micro and small cross-border sellers. 2.Centralised registration free of charge at EU level, avoiding that regulatory compliance depends on the payment of minimum tariffs to private intermediaries in each Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549041_en"}, {"id": 33549024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:29:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kinase Logistics Europe GmbH", "feedback": "We are distributing laboratory reagents to research institutions, universities and pharmaceutical companies across Europe for cancer research. We have no private consumers and only place very small quantities of packaging on the market in each Member State often only a few kilograms of cardboard and plastic per year. Nevertheless, the current EPR framework requires separate registrations, reporting obligations, fees and, in some countries, and an authorised representative in every Member State in which we supply customers. For a micro-enterprise, the administrative and financial burden is completely disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. Across several Member States, these fixed compliance costs quickly reach several thousand euros annually. A large multinational distributor can absorb these costs across thousands of products and customers. A small company cannot. In practice, the system therefore creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade for small European businesses and may force companies to stop supplying markets altogether. I strongly support harmonised packaging rules and the principle of producer responsibility. However, I believe that micro-enterprises and companies placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market should be exempt from national EPR registration requirements, or at least benefit from a simple EU-wide de minimis threshold and a single registration system. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to the amount of packaging placed on the market. Requiring a small company to maintain registrations in many Member States for only a few kilograms of packaging does not meaningfully improve recycling, but it creates substantial administrative costs and discourages cross-border trade. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce an EU-wide exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are distributing laboratory reagents to research institutions, universities and pharmaceutical companies across Europe for cancer research. We have no private consumers and only place very small quantities of packaging on the market in each Member State often only a few kilograms of cardboard and plastic per year. Nevertheless, the current EPR framework requires separate registrations, reporting obligations, fees and, in some countries, and an authorised representative in every Member State in which we supply customers. For a micro-enterprise, the administrative and financial burden is completely disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. Across several Member States, these fixed compliance costs quickly reach several thousand euros annually. A large multinational distributor can absorb these costs across thousands of products and customers. A small company cannot. In practice, the system therefore creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade for small European businesses and may force companies to stop supplying markets altogether. I strongly support harmonised packaging rules and the principle of producer responsibility. However, I believe that micro-enterprises and companies placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market should be exempt from national EPR registration requirements, or at least benefit from a simple EU-wide de minimis threshold and a single registration system. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to the amount of packaging placed on the market. Requiring a small company to maintain registrations in many Member States for only a few kilograms of packaging does not meaningfully improve recycling, but it creates substantial administrative costs and discourages cross-border trade. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce an EU-wide exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549024_en"}, {"id": 33549040, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:29:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Madame Jordan  - Jordan & Rudolph GbR", "feedback": "Ich habe ein kleines Unternehmen mit 4 Mitarbeitern. Seit 2023 habe ich eine Lösung für Östereich, die mich ca. 150 im Jahr kostet. Dorthin vershcike ich auch ca. 30 Pakete im Jahr, was sich dann etwas lohnt. Im weiteren EU Ausland verschicke ich ca. 1-2 Pakete im Jahr. Oft schicken mir die Kunden auch Pakete, wo ich ihnen eine Anfertigung einer Babytrage nach ihren Wünsch draus fertige. Dies ist Europaweit ein sehr einmaliges Angebot und gerade für Frauen in großen Größen, mit Einschränkungen oder Zwillingen eine einmalige Lösung, die ihnen den Alltag so extrem erleichtert. Ich finde es schade so viele Frauen jetzt ausschliessen zu müssen und ihnen noch keine Lösung anzubieten, da es für mich einfach nicht lukrativ genug ist mich in jedem Land zu registrieren. Gut wäre eine Lösung für z.B. kleinere Paketmengen, wie ca. 10 Pakete je Land kostenfrei oder auch ein zentrales EU portal, wo man jedes Paket melden könnte und entsprechend eine Abgabe zahlt, also wie ein extra Porto.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small company with 4 employees Since 2023, I have had a solution for Austria that costs me around 150 a year. I also hide around 30 parcels a year there, which then makes a difference. In the rest of the EU, I send around 1-2 parcels a year. Customers often also send me parcels, where I make a baby carrier as they wish. This is a very unique offer across Europe and, especially for women of large sizes, with limitations or twins, a unique solution that makes their daily lives so much easier. I find it so bad to have to exclude so many women now and not yet offer them a solution, because it is simply not enough lucrative for me to register in every country. A good solution would be for smaller parcels, for example, such as around 10 parcels per country free of charge or a central EU portal where you could report each parcel and pay a levy accordingly, i.e. like an extra postage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549040_en"}, {"id": 33549039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:25:39", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a micro-enterprise selling directly to consumers across the EU. I place a few hundred kilograms of packaging on the market per year, split across several Member States. The problem is not the fees. It is the fixed cost of compliance per country. My environmental contribution is small and I do not dispute paying it. In one Member State the recycling fees on my volumes come to a few tens of euros; in another, the small-producer flat contribution is EUR 80. These amounts are proportionate and I support the polluter-pays principle behind them. The burden is everything attached to them. Registration in a separate national register for every Member State I ship to. A separate producer responsibility organisation contract in each. Separate reporting in different formats, on different deadlines, in different counting units: kilograms by material in one country, kilograms filed twice over in another, consumer sales units in a third. In one market, a nationally established representative. In another, potentially an authorised representative. For a business my size, representative and intermediary fees frequently exceed the eco-contribution itself by an order of magnitude. The cost of proving compliance is many times the cost of the externality being addressed. That is the definition of a disproportionate burden. Existing reliefs do not address this. Article 44(8) reduces data granularity for producers under 10 tonnes per Member State. Welcome, but marginal: it shortens a form without removing any of the registrations, contracts, representatives or separate filings that constitute the actual cost. The Commission has already accepted the relevant standard. Its own PPWR FAQ (DG ENV, 2nd edition, August 2026, section XVIII) states that Member States and producer responsibility organisations must not place disproportionate burdens on small producers. The current arrangement does not meet that standard, which remains declaratory rather than operative. Three proposals, in order of preference: 1. A single point of registration and reporting. Let a micro-enterprise register and report once, in its Member State of establishment, with fees allocated to destination Member States from the data submitted. Financial responsibility is preserved in full; only duplicated administration is removed. 2. Permanent exclusion of EU-established micro-enterprises from the authorised representative requirement, extending to equivalent national requirements. An EU-established company is already reachable through existing administrative cooperation. The requirement adds cost without adding enforceability. 3. A single harmonised simplified declaration for producers under 10 tonnes per Member State: common format, common counting unit, common deadline, usable without an intermediary. On timing: the Article 44(14) implementing act on harmonised registration and reporting, due by February 2026, appears unadopted. Micro-enterprises must comply with obligations whose harmonised form does not yet exist, while bearing the full cost of the unharmonised national versions. I am not asking for relief from environmental responsibility, only that the cost of demonstrating compliance bear some reasonable relation to the packaging involved. As designed, the framework makes cross-border direct-to-consumer selling uneconomic for the smallest businesses, which is the opposite of what a single market should produce.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro-enterprise selling directly to consumers across the EU. I place a few hundred kilograms of packaging on the market per year, split across several Member States. The problem is not the fees. It is the fixed cost of compliance per country. My environmental contribution is small and I do not dispute paying it. In one Member State the recycling fees on my volumes come to a few tens of euros; in another, the small-producer flat contribution is EUR 80. These amounts are proportionate and I support the polluter-pays principle behind them. The burden is everything attached to them. Registration in a separate national register for every Member State I ship to. A separate producer responsibility organisation contract in each. Separate reporting in different formats, on different deadlines, in different counting units: kilograms by material in one country, kilograms filed twice over in another, consumer sales units in a third. In one market, a nationally established representative. In another, potentially an authorised representative. For a business my size, representative and intermediary fees frequently exceed the eco-contribution itself by an order of magnitude. The cost of proving compliance is many times the cost of the externality being addressed. That is the definition of a disproportionate burden. Existing reliefs do not address this. Article 44(8) reduces data granularity for producers under 10 tonnes per Member State. Welcome, but marginal: it shortens a form without removing any of the registrations, contracts, representatives or separate filings that constitute the actual cost. The Commission has already accepted the relevant standard. Its own PPWR FAQ (DG ENV, 2nd edition, August 2026, section XVIII) states that Member States and producer responsibility organisations must not place disproportionate burdens on small producers. The current arrangement does not meet that standard, which remains declaratory rather than operative. Three proposals, in order of preference: 1. A single point of registration and reporting. Let a micro-enterprise register and report once, in its Member State of establishment, with fees allocated to destination Member States from the data submitted. Financial responsibility is preserved in full; only duplicated administration is removed. 2. Permanent exclusion of EU-established micro-enterprises from the authorised representative requirement, extending to equivalent national requirements. An EU-established company is already reachable through existing administrative cooperation. The requirement adds cost without adding enforceability. 3. A single harmonised simplified declaration for producers under 10 tonnes per Member State: common format, common counting unit, common deadline, usable without an intermediary. On timing: the Article 44(14) implementing act on harmonised registration and reporting, due by February 2026, appears unadopted. Micro-enterprises must comply with obligations whose harmonised form does not yet exist, while bearing the full cost of the unharmonised national versions. I am not asking for relief from environmental responsibility, only that the cost of demonstrating compliance bear some reasonable relation to the packaging involved. As designed, the framework makes cross-border direct-to-consumer selling uneconomic for the smallest businesses, which is the opposite of what a single market should produce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549039_en"}, {"id": 33549030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:24:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Make ma GmbH", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines, inhabergeführtes Unternehmen mit drei Mitarbeitenden und rund 1.640 Produkten im Sortiment. Über unseren Onlineshop verkaufen wir Produkte und Zubehör an Kundinnen und Kunden in Deutschland und anderen EU-Ländern. Wir unterstützen die Ziele der PPWR und die Verantwortung von Unternehmen für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen. Große Sorgen bereitet uns jedoch die weiterhin nationale und sehr unterschiedliche Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung. Für ein kleines Unternehmen bedeutet der EU-weite Handel derzeit: unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Meldesysteme, Gebühren, Verträge und teilweise zusätzliche Bevollmächtigte in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Selbst bei sehr kleinen Verpackungsmengen entstehen dadurch erhebliche Fixkosten und ein unverhältnismäßiger Verwaltungsaufwand. Die Folge ist paradox: Obwohl der europäische Binnenmarkt den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern soll, müssen kleine Händler ernsthaft darüber nachdenken, einzelne EU-Länder nicht mehr mit physischen Produkten zu beliefern. Deshalb begrüßen wir die Harmonisierung der Herstellerregister ausdrücklich. Sie sollte jedoch weiter gehen als lediglich einheitliche Formulare für weiterhin getrennte nationale Systeme. Wir wünschen uns: ein zentrales europäisches Registrierungsportal nach dem Once-only-Prinzip eine EU-weit gültige Hersteller- bzw. Registrierungsnummer einheitliche Materialkategorien, Mengeneinheiten und Meldezeiträume keine zusätzlichen nationalen Datenanforderungen vereinfachte Meldepflichten für kleine Unternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen eine automatische Weitergabe der Daten an die zuständigen Stellen der Mitgliedstaaten Ein kleines Unternehmen sollte nicht 27 unterschiedliche Verpackungssysteme verstehen und verwalten müssen, um innerhalb der Europäischen Union Waren zu verkaufen. Unsere Bitte an die Europäische Kommission: Schaffen Sie nicht 27 harmonisierte Formulare, sondern ein wirklich harmonisiertes europäisches System. Ökologische Verantwortung und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt sind kein Widerspruch. Eine einheitliche digitale Lösung würde Bürokratie reduzieren, die Einhaltung der Vorschriften erleichtern und verhindern, dass gerade kleine Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU einstellen müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small owner-run company with three employees and around 1640 products in the range. Through our online shop, we sell products and accessories to customers in Germany and other EU countries. We support the objectives of the PPWR and the responsibility of companies for the packaging they place on the market. However, we are very concerned about the continuing national and very divergent implementation of EPR. For a small company, EU-wide trade currently means: different registrations, reporting systems, fees, contracts and sometimes additional authorised representatives in different Member States. Even for very small quantities of packaging, this results in significant fixed costs and a disproportionate administrative burden. The consequence is paradoxical: Although the European single market is designed to facilitate cross-border trade, small traders need to seriously consider no longer supplying physical products to individual EU countries. We therefore very much welcome the harmonisation of producer registers. However, it should go further than just harmonised forms for national systems that remain separate. We would like to: a single European registration portal based on the ‘once-only’ principle: an EU-wide producer or registration number for uniform material categories, quantity units and reporting periods; no additional national data requirements; simplified reporting obligations for small businesses and small quantities of packaging; automatic sharing of data with the competent authorities of the Member States. A small business should not have to understand and manage 27 different packaging systems in order to sell goods within the European Union. Our request to the European Commission: Do not create 27 harmonised forms, but a truly harmonised European system. Environmental responsibility and a functioning internal market are not contradictory. A single digital solution would reduce red tape, facilitate compliance and prevent small businesses in particular from having to stop cross-border trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549030_en"}, {"id": 33549028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:23:35", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nowe zasady promują duże firmy i monopol, a uderzają w małych sprzedawców. Ten system powinien najpierw zająć się ustandaryzowaniem zasad rozliczania śmieci tak, żeby rejestracja i opłata w jednym kraju działała automatycznie we wszystkich krajach UE.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules promote large companies and monopolies and hit small sellers. This system should first seek to standardise waste accounting rules so that registration and payment in one country work automatically in all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549028_en"}, {"id": 33549027, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:23:21", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NoOrdinaryLeaf", "feedback": "I support environmental protection, but this system is completely disproportionate for microbusinesses. I am a sole trader sending approximately 1,000 parcels annually across the EU, mostly in simple cardboard packaging. Requiring separate registrations, reports, fees and authorised representatives in every Member State costs more than the profit earned from sales in those countries. Large companies can absorb these costs, one-person and family businesses cannot! Many will stop selling across the EU or close entirely. This destroys livelihoods, local craftsmanship and businesses intended to be passed to the next generation, without meaningfully reducing packaging waste. The EU should introduce one registration valid across all Member States, one annual report, a meaningful exemption for small packaging quantities and no mandatory local representatives for EU-established micro-enterprises. Environmental rules should reduce waste - not reserve the Single Market for large corporations and compliance providers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support environmental protection, but this system is completely disproportionate for microbusinesses. I am a sole trader sending approximately 1,000 parcels annually across the EU, mostly in simple cardboard packaging. Requiring separate registrations, reports, fees and authorised representatives in every Member State costs more than the profit earned from sales in those countries. Large companies can absorb these costs, one-person and family businesses cannot! Many will stop selling across the EU or close entirely. This destroys livelihoods, local craftsmanship and businesses intended to be passed to the next generation, without meaningfully reducing packaging waste. The EU should introduce one registration valid across all Member States, one annual report, a meaningful exemption for small packaging quantities and no mandatory local representatives for EU-established micro-enterprises. Environmental rules should reduce waste - not reserve the Single Market for large corporations and compliance providers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549027_en"}, {"id": 33549026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:21:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sophie Boner Illustration", "feedback": "Ich finde die Verordnung zu kompliziert und nicht durchführbar für Kleinunternehmer. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Etsy Shop. Ich versende alles in recycelter Verpackung, was ich jetzt aber nicht mehr darf. Die Kosten für eine Ansprechperson vor Ort übersteigen bei Weitem meinen Umsatz. Aktuell mache ich noch gar keinen Gewinn. So werde ich das auch nie machen können. Die neue Verordnung reduziert so keinen Müll und tötet kleine Unternehmen. Es muss möglich sein Verpackungen von anderen wiederzuverwenden und diese gebündelt für alle EU Länder anzumelden. Alles andere ist wettbewerbswidrig und begünstigt große Unternehmen. Sollte die Reform nicht verändert werden, muss ich meinen Shop schließen. Dann wird bald nur noch Ware von kleinsten und kleinen Unternehmen aus Nicht-EU Ländern verkauft. Das kann die EU nicht wollen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find the Regulation too complicated and unfeasible for small businesses. I run a small Etsy Shop. I send everything in recycled packaging, but I am no longer allowed to do so. The cost of a local contact far exceeds my turnover. At present, I am not making any profit at all. I will never be able to do so. The new regulation will not reduce waste and will kill small businesses. It must be possible to reuse packaging from others and register it collectively for all EU countries. Anything else is anti-competitive and favours large companies. If the reform is not changed, I will have to close my shop. As a result, only micro and small companies from non-EU countries will soon be selling goods. The EU cannot want this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549026_en"}, {"id": 33549025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:19:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handmade by SoulDream", "feedback": "Diese neue Regelung soll für Umweltschutz sorgen. Fakt ist aber das dies vielleicht bei Großen wirken was bewirkt. Bei uns kleinen Einzelkämpfern, die sowieso schauen das Verpackung bei ihnen so wenig wie möglich an Kosten verursacht, man immer den passenden Karton verwendet, und zum größten Teil bereits gebrauchte Kartons zu verwenden die sowieso schon mal lizenziert wurden, ist das neue Gesetz ein Bürokratisches und finanzielles Monster, das nicht zu stemmen und zu finanzieren ist. Zumal es auch absolut NICHT im Sinne der Nachhaltigkeit steht, NEUE Kartonagen und weiteres Verpackungsmaterial zu produzieren und in Umlauf zu bringen. Zwar versende ich nur deutschlandweit, doch es geibt genügend Mitbewerber und Partner, welche das tun und die sind jetzt mal so richtig am rödeln. Stellen reihenweise den EU-weiten Vversand ein mit teils enormen Umsatzeinbußen! Ich bin nicht die Einzige, das trifft ALLE kleinen Unternehmen, und bedeutet für sehr viele den Niedergang, und müssen aufgeben. In den Sozialen Medien ist aktuell ausnahmslos jeder Händler bei dem Thema, und sagt das er den EU Verand einstellt, oder ganz aufhört. Das gibt eine sehr große Welle an Geschäftsaufgaben und Insolvenzen. Und das nur weil sich hier Politiker keine Gedanken gemacht haben was sie da eigentlich tun. Thema Bürokratieabbau, es wird nicht weniger, sondern jedes Jahr exponentiell mehr. Das ist nicht der Gedanke der EU, das hat nichts mit offenen Binnenmarkt zu tun, das stärkt nur die Konzerne, da diese Kosten bei denen untergehen. Nicht-EU-Länder lachen sowas von drüber und machen weiter wie immer. Das darf nicht sein!", "feedbackEnglish": "This new scheme is designed to protect the environment. But the fact is that this may have a big impact. In the case of our small individual fighters, who in any case look as little as possible at the cost of packaging, always use the appropriate carton and, for the most part, already used cartons, which in any case have already been licensed, the new law is a bureaucratic and financial monster which cannot be financed. It is also NOT in the interests of sustainability to produce and distribute NEW cartons and other packaging material. Although I send only nationwide, there are enough competitors and partners who do this and they are now getting so right. There is a series of EU-wide dispatches, with sometimes huge losses in turnover! I am not the only one that affects ALL small businesses, and for many it means decline, and I have to give up. On social media, every trader is currently on the subject without exception, and he says that he is ceasing to export to the EU or is ceasing to do so. This gives rise to a very large wave of business tasks and bankruptcies. And this is just because politicians have not thought about what they actually do. The issue of cutting red tape is becoming exponentially more, not less. This is not the idea of the EU, it has nothing to do with an open internal market, it only strengthens groups of companies, as these costs are lost. Non-EU countries laugh about it and continue to do so as always. This must not be the case!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549025_en"}, {"id": 33549023, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:18:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die PPWR halbiert auf einen Schlag meinen Umsatz und bedroht meine Existenz. Ich verkaufe handgefertigte Geschenkartikel und habe bis gestern in verschiedene EU-Länder verkauft. Mein B2B-Geschäft habe ich mit viel Herzblut, Zeit und Ausdauer aufgebaut und viele meiner B2B-Kunden bestellen regelmäßig nach. Doch zum 12.08.26 bleibt mir keine andere Wahl, als meinen EU-Versand einzustellen. Die Kosten für die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten pro Lieferland ist für mich und mein Geschäftsmodell einfach nicht finanzierbar. Meine Kunden werden ab sofort ohne meine Produkte auskommen müssen. Es ist einfach unfassbar.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR halves my turnover in one go and threatens my existence. I sell handmade gifts and until yesterday I sold them in different EU countries. I have built my B2B business with a lot of heart blood, time and perseverance, and many of my B2B customers regularly order. On 12.08.26, however, I have no choice but to stop my EU transit. For me and my business model, it is simply impossible to finance the costs of appointing an authorised representative per supplier country. From now on, my customers will have to make ends meet without my products. It is simply incomprehensible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549023_en"}, {"id": 33549022, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:16:37", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a small independent business owner/artist, and I find the current EPR requirements extremely difficult to deal with. The registration fees, different rules and paperwork in each EU country make it very hard for small businesses like mine to sell to customers across Europe. The costs and bureaucracy can simply be too much compared to the size of the business. You cannot put this kind of burden on small businesses and independent artists. Many of us are already working with very small margins, and these extra costs and complicated requirements could force people to stop selling to other EU countries altogether. For some small businesses and artists, this could seriously damage or even ruin their business. There needs to be a de minimis exemption for very small businesses, or at least a much simpler One Stop Shop system where micro-businesses can deal with everything in one place instead of having to register and deal with different systems in every country. Small businesses and independent artists should not be treated like large companies. We need rules that are proportionate to the size of our businesses, otherwise the EU risks pushing many small creators and businesses out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a small independent business owner/artist, and I find the current EPR requirements extremely difficult to deal with. The registration fees, different rules and paperwork in each EU country make it very hard for small businesses like mine to sell to customers across Europe. The costs and bureaucracy can simply be too much compared to the size of the business. You cannot put this kind of burden on small businesses and independent artists. Many of us are already working with very small margins, and these extra costs and complicated requirements could force people to stop selling to other EU countries altogether. For some small businesses and artists, this could seriously damage or even ruin their business. There needs to be a de minimis exemption for very small businesses, or at least a much simpler One Stop Shop system where micro-businesses can deal with everything in one place instead of having to register and deal with different systems in every country. Small businesses and independent artists should not be treated like large companies. We need rules that are proportionate to the size of our businesses, otherwise the EU risks pushing many small creators and businesses out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549022_en"}, {"id": 33549021, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:16:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Relics of Envy GmbH", "feedback": "While I fully support environmental sustainability, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 creates an unfeasible barrier for micro-businesses in cross-border B2C trade. Requiring an authorized representative and separate EPR registration in every single EU country is financially impossible for small entrepreneurs. Just as a business does not need a separate legal notice (Imprint) for each member state, since the responsible person is already clearly identified there, requiring local representatives for packaging is completely disproportionate. These high fixed costs undermine the core idea of the EU single market, forcing micro-enterprises to restrict sales strictly to their home countries. We urgently request a pragmatic solution: a realistic de-minimis threshold for small volumes or a single EU-wide registration portal. Please do not close the single market to small entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I fully support environmental sustainability, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 creates an unfeasible barrier for micro-businesses in cross-border B2C trade. Requiring an authorized representative and separate EPR registration in every single EU country is financially impossible for small entrepreneurs. Just as a business does not need a separate legal notice (Imprint) for each member state, since the responsible person is already clearly identified there, requiring local representatives for packaging is completely disproportionate. These high fixed costs undermine the core idea of the EU single market, forcing micro-enterprises to restrict sales strictly to their home countries. We urgently request a pragmatic solution: a realistic de-minimis threshold for small volumes or a single EU-wide registration portal. Please do not close the single market to small entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549021_en"}, {"id": 33549016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:14:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation will spell the end for small and micro businesses. In doing so, we will also destroy diversity, free market choice, and cultural exchange within the EU. Not only does this regulation destroy businesses that have worked hard to build themselves up and poured their heart and soul into them, but it are precisely these businesses that pay attention to packaging and environmental protection. Meanwhile, the big companies, for whom the thousands of euros they have to pay more each year are no big deal, continue to drive up packaging consumption. It will only get worse, since there will then be only a few companies left from which to buy. Furthermore, since this regulation now applies within the EU as well and is effectively re-erecting borders within the EU, what is the point of the EU then? I love buying from and supporting small artists all over the world. This is also an important form of cultural exchange. But this will no longer be possible. Please exempt small and micro businesses and artists from this regulation. Preserve our cultural exchange, free market choice, etc. Dont destroy the lives of people who have poured so much sweat, heart, and blood into their work and continue to do so. And dont empower the mega-corporations, which are the biggest problem. If you dont change this regulation, diversity, free market choice, and cultural exchange in the EU will die out, and dissatisfaction and unemployment will rise.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation will spell the end for small and micro businesses. In doing so, we will also destroy diversity, free market choice, and cultural exchange within the EU. Not only does this regulation destroy businesses that have worked hard to build themselves up and poured their heart and soul into them, but it are precisely these businesses that pay attention to packaging and environmental protection. Meanwhile, the big companies, for whom the thousands of euros they have to pay more each year are no big deal, continue to drive up packaging consumption. It will only get worse, since there will then be only a few companies left from which to buy. Furthermore, since this regulation now applies within the EU as well and is effectively re-erecting borders within the EU, what is the point of the EU then? I love buying from and supporting small artists all over the world. This is also an important form of cultural exchange. But this will no longer be possible. Please exempt small and micro businesses and artists from this regulation. Preserve our cultural exchange, free market choice, etc. Dont destroy the lives of people who have poured so much sweat, heart, and blood into their work and continue to do so. And dont empower the mega-corporations, which are the biggest problem. If you dont change this regulation, diversity, free market choice, and cultural exchange in the EU will die out, and dissatisfaction and unemployment will rise.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549016_en"}, {"id": 33549015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:11:59", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jako początkująca rękodzielniczka chciałabym mieć możliwość legalnego rozwijania swojej działalności i sprzedaży własnych produktów również do innych krajów Unii Europejskiej. Niestety, planowane rozwiązania związane z obowiązkiem posiadania przedstawiciela w każdym kraju UE budzą moje ogromne obawy. Dla małego, jednoosobowego biznesu takie wymagania mogą oznaczać koszty i formalności, które całkowicie przekroczą możliwości początkującego przedsiębiorcy. W Polsce istnieje możliwość prowadzenia działalności nierejestrowanej, która została stworzona między innymi z myślą o osobach, które dopiero sprawdzają, czy ich pomysł na biznes ma szansę się sprawdzić, chcą dorobić lub stopniowo rozpocząć działalność gospodarczą. Jest to bardzo potrzebne rozwiązanie, ponieważ pozwala rozpocząć działalność na małą skalę, bez konieczności ponoszenia od początku wysokich kosztów i podejmowania ryzyka, na które nie każdego stać. Mały rękodzielnik nie jest jednak dużą firmą. Nie posiada działu prawnego, księgowego ani pracowników zajmujących się przepisami obowiązującymi w wielu krajach. Nie ma również możliwości zatrudnienia przedstawicieli w każdym państwie UE. Często nie zna języka ani szczegółowych regulacji obowiązujących w poszczególnych krajach. Co więcej, osoba dopiero rozpoczynająca działalność nie jest w stanie przewidzieć, do ilu krajów i w jakiej ilości będzie sprzedawać swoje produkty. W jednym miesiącu może wysłać do danego kraju zero produktów, w kolejnym jedną sztukę, a innym razem dziesięć. Ponoszenie stałych kosztów rejestracji, obsługi i reprezentacji w każdym państwie, niezależnie od rzeczywistej skali sprzedaży, może sprawić, że sprzedaż zagraniczna stanie się dla małych przedsiębiorców całkowicie nieopłacalna. Jednocześnie uważam, że zamiast tworzenia odrębnych obowiązków i kosztów w każdym państwie członkowskim powinien powstać jeden, wspólny system dla całej Unii Europejskiej, oparty na jednolitych zasadach, jednej rejestracji i przejrzystych, proporcjonalnych opłatach, tak aby mały przedsiębiorca mógł legalnie sprzedawać swoje produkty na terenie całej UE bez konieczności mierzenia się z osobnymi systemami w każdym kraju. Chcemy działać zgodnie z prawem. Chcemy płacić należne podatki, spełniać wymagania i rozwijać swoje małe biznesy. Prawo powinno jednak uwzględniać różnicę pomiędzy dużym przedsiębiorstwem a osobą prowadzącą niewielką działalność na własną rękę. Regulacje, które są możliwe do spełnienia przez duże firmy, mogą być nieproporcjonalnym obciążeniem dla mikroprzedsiębiorców i osób dopiero rozpoczynających działalność. Szczególnie dotyczy to rękodzielników. Nasza działalność często opiera się na zupełnie innym modelu niż masowa produkcja. Wykorzystujemy materiały dobrej jakości, produkujemy małe ilości, często dopiero po otrzymaniu zamówienia. Tworzymy rzeczy trwałe, indywidualne i przeznaczone do użytkowania przez lata, a nie produkty masowe, które po krótkim czasie stają się odpadami. Dlatego uważam, że przy tworzeniu przepisów mających realizować cele środowiskowe należy uwzględnić specyfikę małych producentów i rękodzielników. Ochrona środowiska jest ważnym celem, ale jej realizacja nie powinna odbywać się poprzez rozwiązania, które wykluczają z rynku osoby produkujące małoseryjnie, lokalnie i na zamówienie. Apeluję o wprowadzenie rozwiązań proporcjonalnych do skali działalności oraz o stworzenie uproszczonych zasad dla mikroprzedsiębiorców i działalności nierejestrowanej. Mały biznes powinien mieć możliwość legalnego rozwoju i sprzedaży na terenie całej Unii Europejskiej bez konieczności ponoszenia kosztów niewspółmiernych do osiąganych przychodów. Chcemy działać zgodnie z prawem i rozwijać nasze małe biznesy. Prawo nie powinno jednak sprawiać, że prowadzenie takiej działalności stanie się niemożliwe.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a beginning handicraft worker, I would like to be able to legally develop my business and sell my own products also to other countries of the European Union. Unfortunately, the planned arrangements for having a representative in each EU country are of great concern to me. For a small, one-person business, such requirements may entail costs and formalities that are totally beyond the capacity of a novice entrepreneur. In Poland, there is the possibility of carrying out undeclared activities, which have been created, among other things, for people who are still checking whether their business idea is likely to work, want to catch up or gradually start a business. This is a much-needed solution as it allows for a small-scale start-up, without having to incur high costs from the outset and take risks that not everyone can afford. However, a small handicraftsman is not a large company. It does not have a legal, accounting or multi-country law department. There is also no possibility to employ representatives in every EU country. He often does not know the language or the specific rules in force in each country. Moreover, it is impossible for a newcomer to predict how many countries and how much he will sell his products. He can send zero products to a country in one month, another one and ten. Bearing the fixed costs of registration, operation and representation in each country, regardless of the actual scale of sales, can make foreign sales completely unprofitable for small businesses. At the same time, I believe that instead of creating separate obligations and costs in each Member State, there should be a single, common system across the European Union, based on uniform rules, single registration and transparent, proportionate fees, so that a small entrepreneur can legally sell their products across the EU without having to deal with separate systems in each country. We want to act in accordance with the law. We want to pay our fair share of taxes, meet our requirements and develop our small businesses. However, the law should take into account the difference between a large company and a small self-employed person. Regulations that can be complied with by large companies can place a disproportionate burden on micro-entrepreneurs and new entrants. This is particularly true for handicraft workers. Our business is often based on a completely different model than mass production. We use good quality materials, we produce small quantities, often only when we receive an order. We create durable items, individual items and intended for use over the years, rather than mass products, which after a short period of time become waste. I therefore believe that the specific characteristics of small producers and handicraftsmen should be taken into account when drawing up legislation to achieve environmental objectives. Environmental protection is an important objective, but it should not be achieved through solutions that exclude small-scale, local and custom-made producers from the market. I call for solutions that are proportionate to the scale of activities and simplified rules for micro-entrepreneurs and undeclared activities. Small businesses should be able to legally develop and sell throughout the European Union without incurring costs disproportionate to their revenues. We want to act in accordance with the law and develop our small businesses. However, the law should not make it impossible to carry out such activities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549015_en"}, {"id": 33549013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:09:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please dont do this. Small businesses have it hard enough but also as a crafter or creative person its important we can keep ordering things for our hobbies, please dont make even more of our favorite things unaffordable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please dont do this. Small businesses have it hard enough but also as a crafter or creative person its important we can keep ordering things for our hobbies, please dont make even more of our favorite things unaffordable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549013_en"}, {"id": 33549012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:08:30", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm all for making the biggest polluters pay! But this is a dragnet propasal and a lot of tiny little fish are going to get caught in it and drown! Meaning the small businesses, who only employ one, maybe five, people, and who send less than 1000 packages per year. These businesses will have to stop shipping to the EU (outside of their home country, if that is in the EU) or go bankrupt. The big polluters can easily eat the extra cost and not even change their ways, but these small businesses cannot. There needs to be an exemption for business with less than X packages, and the rules need to be the same across the entire EU! Otherwise, why are we even a union? To be able to ship to one EU country should mean being able to ship to all of them. It's unfathomable that already it is easier for me to buy crap from Aliexpress in China, than from a small artist in the UK! Why are you trying to make that situation even worse! Next, it will be easier to buy from China than from Germany, of this comes to fruition.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm all for making the biggest polluters pay! But this is a dragnet propasal and a lot of tiny little fish are going to get caught in it and drown! Meaning the small businesses, who only employ one, maybe five, people, and who send less than 1000 packages per year. These businesses will have to stop shipping to the EU (outside of their home country, if that is in the EU) or go bankrupt. The big polluters can easily eat the extra cost and not even change their ways, but these small businesses cannot. There needs to be an exemption for business with less than X packages, and the rules need to be the same across the entire EU! Otherwise, why are we even a union? To be able to ship to one EU country should mean being able to ship to all of them. It's unfathomable that already it is easier for me to buy crap from Aliexpress in China, than from a small artist in the UK! Why are you trying to make that situation even worse! Next, it will be easier to buy from China than from Germany, of this comes to fruition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549012_en"}, {"id": 33549011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:08:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Well, as a small musician AND as a person about to open a small shop for small crochet plushies I have to admit this is not going to work. I will not open anything if you are going to proceed with this. You are destroying small and micro businesses with this law. Many of my friends and colleagues are debating on closing their shops. I cannot even ship vinyls and shirts of my band right now. Please don't do this. It's already hard as fu** out there. On top of that, I will probably lose my other job, because my boss cannot afford to pay your fees and my salary.", "feedbackEnglish": "Well, as a small musician AND as a person about to open a small shop for small crochet plushies I have to admit this is not going to work. I will not open anything if you are going to proceed with this. You are destroying small and micro businesses with this law. Many of my friends and colleagues are debating on closing their shops. I cannot even ship vinyls and shirts of my band right now. Please don't do this. It's already hard as fu** out there. On top of that, I will probably lose my other job, because my boss cannot afford to pay your fees and my salary.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549011_en"}, {"id": 33549008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:05:13", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the new A.R. rule as it's not possible for most of them to continue like that and they are forced to close their shops to EU countries. Or make different pricing fro them which they can afford. Harmonize registrations for PPWR/ EPR across EU for small/micro businesses. The new law speaks again free movement of good within EU and has severe conswquences for many businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the new A.R. rule as it's not possible for most of them to continue like that and they are forced to close their shops to EU countries. Or make different pricing fro them which they can afford. Harmonize registrations for PPWR/ EPR across EU for small/micro businesses. The new law speaks again free movement of good within EU and has severe conswquences for many businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549008_en"}, {"id": 33549003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:04:32", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "I run a small, one-person business in the UK. If this legislation goes ahead, from 12 August I will no longer be able to ship into the EU. As a small business, I have always used biodegradable and recyclable packaging and paper tape (with no plastic). I also produce all of my goods in small batches and am already doing everything I possibly can to be as environmentally friendly as possible, as I believe this is paramount. This legislation appears to completely disregard small businesses within the EU and businesses outside the EU that sell to customers within the EU. I simply cannot afford to register in 27 EU countries, pay all of the associated fees, and appoint representatives where required. The total cost would be between £15,000 and £20,000 per year. This is simply not something a small business can afford. This law completely disregards small and micro-businesses, and it appears that very little thought has been given to the impact this will have on us. There are some EU countries to which I ship fewer than a handful of items per year. It is completely disproportionate to expect a small business to undertake such costly and complex registration processes for such minimal trade. Please do not approve this legislation. It has the potential to force thousands of small EU and non-EU businesses that sell into the EU to stop doing so altogether. Many small businesses simply will not be able to absorb these additional costs, and this could have a devastating impact on small businesses across Europe and beyond. Thank you for taking the concerns of small and micro-businesses into consideration. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small, one-person business in the UK. If this legislation goes ahead, from 12 August I will no longer be able to ship into the EU. As a small business, I have always used biodegradable and recyclable packaging and paper tape (with no plastic). I also produce all of my goods in small batches and am already doing everything I possibly can to be as environmentally friendly as possible, as I believe this is paramount. This legislation appears to completely disregard small businesses within the EU and businesses outside the EU that sell to customers within the EU. I simply cannot afford to register in 27 EU countries, pay all of the associated fees, and appoint representatives where required. The total cost would be between £15,000 and £20,000 per year. This is simply not something a small business can afford. This law completely disregards small and micro-businesses, and it appears that very little thought has been given to the impact this will have on us. There are some EU countries to which I ship fewer than a handful of items per year. It is completely disproportionate to expect a small business to undertake such costly and complex registration processes for such minimal trade. Please do not approve this legislation. It has the potential to force thousands of small EU and non-EU businesses that sell into the EU to stop doing so altogether. Many small businesses simply will not be able to absorb these additional costs, and this could have a devastating impact on small businesses across Europe and beyond. Thank you for taking the concerns of small and micro-businesses into consideration. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549003_en"}, {"id": 33549004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:04:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, j'ai appris très tard comme beaucoup de ce projet de loi gravissime. Bien que le sujet des emballages est important, vous mettez en danger la profession des indépendants, à un stade où des artistes auprès de qui je suis client plusieurs fois par an viennent d'annoncer le retrait de leurs shops de tous les pays de l'UE. Leurs emballages sont déjà irréprochables, et vous décidez de mettre au même niveau, les multinationales qui ruinent ce monde face aux minuscules artisans du monde et d'Europe, qui apportent talent, art et réconfort. Qu'il s'agisse de bijoux, d'illustrations, de forge, le fait main est quelque chose que vous devez protéger à tout prix. Cette loi PPW est une catastrophe, épargnez les petites échoppes indépendantes, créez une exception d'artisanat. Vous mettez en danger la vie et le métier des personnes qui souffrent déjà des règles/taxes actuelles mais survivent, vous les condamnez. Attaquez-vous plutôt aux multinationales qui sont responsables des pollutions massives, de la fabrication, à l'emballage et au transport massif. Interdisez TEMU, interdisez SHEIN. Mettez fin au lobbyisme mercantile, sauvez l'intérêt général et l'art.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I learned very late like many of this gravely drafted law. Although the subject of packaging is important, you are putting the profession of freelancers at risk, at a stage when artists to whom I am a customer have just announced the withdrawal of their shops from all EU countries several times a year. Their packaging is already beyond reproach, and you decide to put on the same level multinationals who are ruining this world in the face of the tiny craftsmen of the world and of Europe, who bring talent, art and comfort. Whether it’s jewellery, illustrations, forging, the hand fact is something you must protect at all costs. This PPW is a disaster, spark small independent echoppes, create an exception for crafts. You put at risk the lives and jobs of people who are already suffering from the current rules/taxes but survive, you condemn them. Rather, focus on multinationals that are responsible for massive pollution, from manufacturing to packaging and mass transport. Ban TEMU, ban SHEIN. Put an end to mercantile lobbyism, save the general interest and art.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549004_en"}, {"id": 33549002, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:02:38", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Absolutely devastating for small businesses, especially for those from smaller eu member states. The free european market just became significantly less free. Please reconsider the legislation in its current form.", "feedbackEnglish": "Absolutely devastating for small businesses, especially for those from smaller eu member states. The free european market just became significantly less free. Please reconsider the legislation in its current form.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549002_en"}, {"id": 33549001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 20:01:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BLUEMEX Diamond Painting GmbH", "feedback": "Diese neue Regelung soll für Umweltschutz sorgen. Fakt ist aber das dies vielleicht bei Großen wirken was bewirkt. Bei uns kleinen Händlern, die sowieso schauen das Verpackung bei ihnen so wenig wie möglich an Kosten verursacht, man immer den passenden Karton verwendet, und zum größten Teil versucht bereits gebrauchte Kartons zu verwenden die sowieso schon mal lizenziert wurden, ist das neue Gesetz ein bürokratisches und finanzielles Monster, das nicht zu stemmen und zu finanzieren ist. Wenn ich jetzt für alle Länder den Aufwand und Kosten stemmen müsste, dann muss man über 6500 bezahlen. Das steht in keinem Verhältnis, und ich muss den Versand in die meisten EU Länder einstellen. Ich bin nicht der einzige,das trifft ALLE kleinen Unternehmen. In den Sozialen Medien ist aktuell ausnahmslos jeder Händler bei dem Thema, und sagt das er den EU Versand einstellt, oder ganz aufhört. Das gibt eine sehr große Welle an Geschäftsaufgaben und Insolvenzen. Und das nur weil sich hier Politiker keine Gedanken gemacht haben was sie da eigentlich tun. Thema Bürokratieabbau, es wird nicht weniger, sondern jedes Jahr exponentiell mehr. Das ist nicht der Gedanke der EU, das hat nichts mit offenen Binnenmarkt zu tun, das stärkt nur die Konzerne, da diese Kosten bei denen untergehen. Und der Chinese lacht drüber und macht weiter wie immer.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new scheme is designed to protect the environment. But the fact is that this may have a big impact. The new law is a bureaucratic and financial monster for small traders who, in any case, look as little as possible at the cost of packaging, always use the appropriate carton and, for the most part, try to use used cartons which have already been licensed anyway. If I would now have to bear the burden and costs for all countries, then you will have to pay more than 6500. This is disproportionate and I have to stop shipping to most EU countries. I am not the only one that affects ALL small businesses. On social media, all traders are currently dealing with the topic without exception, and they say that they are stopping sending the EU or are ceasing to do so altogether. This gives rise to a very large wave of business tasks and bankruptcies. And this is just because politicians have not thought about what they actually do. The issue of cutting red tape is becoming exponentially more, not less. This is not the idea of the EU, it has nothing to do with an open internal market, it only strengthens groups of companies, as these costs are lost. And the Chinese laughs over and continues as always.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549001_en"}, {"id": 33549000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:59:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rena Books & Art", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als selbständige Künstlerin und Kleinunternehmerin verhindert dieses Gesetz, dass ich weiterhin in der EU verkaufen kann. Tatsächlich ist es nun einfacher, meine Kunstwerke in das Nicht-EU Ausland zu verkaufen, als an meine direkten Nachbarländer. Finanziell ist dies für Kleinunternehmer nicht möglich. Das ist mehr als Schade und ist sicherlich nicht Sinn dieses Gesetzes. Ich hoffe sehr, dass es noch einmal überarbeitet wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a self-employed artist and small entrepreneur, this law prevents me from continuing to sell in the EU. In fact, it is now easier to sell my artworks to non-EU countries than to my immediate neighbours. This is not financially possible for small businesses. This is more than bad and certainly not the purpose of this law. I very much hope that it will be revised again. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33549000_en"}, {"id": 33548999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:58:03", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Este novo regulamento poderia ser bem aplicado para grandes corporações que esganam as pequenas empresas europeias e têm lucros astronómicos. Pequenos negócios por toda a Europa perderão uma grande quantidade de negócio por não disporem de lucros suficientes para ter um representante em todos os países em que possam ter clientes. Sou ilustradora de profissão, e apesar de não ter ainda loja online, este novo regulamento ajuda-me a não ter de decidir em vender a minha arte a outros países da UE, pois se para quem já tem negócio online estabelecido não consegue comportar os custos associados a esta medida, alguém que está a começar nem sempre terá a possibilidade desse investimento (eu sei que não). A Europa deveria ser um local de cruzamento de cultura, de arte e de bens que os seu cidadãos todos os dias criam e que ajudam no bem estar de toda a comunidade. Este tipo de medidas só irá colocar barreiras na partilha entre a nossa região. De barreiras e muros o mundo está cheio e não é nessa União Europeia que acredito. Espero que revejam a medida e desejo um bom trabalho a todos. Obrigada pela atenção.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation could be well implemented for large corporations that hide Europe’s small businesses and make astronomical profits. Small businesses across Europe will lose a lot of business because they do not have enough profits to have a representative in every country where they may have customers. I am an illustration of my profession, and although I do not yet have an online shop, this new regulation helps me not to have to decide to sell my art to other EU countries, because if for those who already have an established online business you cannot afford the costs associated with this measure, someone who is starting up will not always have the possibility to do so (I know it is not). Europe should be a place of intersection of culture, art and goods that its citizens create every day and that help the well-being of the whole community. Such measures will only create barriers to sharing between our region. Of barriers and walls, the world is full and it is not in that European Union that I believe. I hope they will review the measure and wish everyone a good job. Thank you for your attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548999_en"}, {"id": 33548998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:56:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the AR rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses or provide measurements that small businesses can afford! Harmonize the registration for Ppwr/per in EU states for small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the AR rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses or provide measurements that small businesses can afford! Harmonize the registration for Ppwr/per in EU states for small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548998_en"}, {"id": 33548997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:56:50", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am sending this feedback because I am deeply concerned about the impact of the new PPWR regulation on small and emerging businesses in the European Union. I am writing this not only as someone concerned about the general impact of this regulation, but also as a person who wants to start a small business in the EU and, if the business is successful, eventually expand into other EU markets. This is something I have been seriously considering and planning for. However, the introduction of increasingly complex and costly regulatory requirements is making me reconsider whether, as a small business owner, I will realistically be able to afford and manage expansion into other European markets. I understand the intention behind the regulation. Reducing unnecessary packaging waste and making businesses more environmentally responsible are important goals. However, I believe the way these requirements are being introduced can have the opposite effect from what the EU should want to achieve: instead of encouraging businesses to grow, innovate and operate across Europe, they can create barriers that are disproportionately difficult for small businesses to overcome. For an already established large company, additional packaging requirements, compliance procedures, documentation, testing and administrative costs may be manageable. Large corporations have legal teams, compliance departments, suppliers and significant financial resources that allow them to adapt to new regulations without fundamentally changing their ability to operate. Small businesses do not have those resources. For someone starting a small brand, every additional regulatory requirement represents a real cost in both money and time. A small business may have to change packaging, find new suppliers, order new minimum quantities, obtain additional documentation, understand additional compliance obligations and potentially deal with requirements across multiple EU markets. These costs can be significant when a business is still trying to establish itself and generate enough revenue to grow. This is exactly what concerns me as a future small business owner. I may be able to build a successful business in my own country, but when I start thinking about selling to customers in other EU countries, I now also have to consider whether I can afford the additional compliance, packaging and administrative requirements. What should be a natural next step in growing a European business can instead become a financial risk that a small entrepreneur may simply not be able to take. And if I am already reconsidering my own plans because of these costs and complexities, I believe it is important to consider how many other potential entrepreneurs may make the same decision before they even start. One of the biggest opportunities that the European Union is supposed to provide is access to a large common market. Someone should be able to start a small business in one EU country, develop a product, grow their brand and eventually sell it to customers in other EU countries without having to treat every country as an entirely separate market. Instead, increasingly complex regulations can make a small business owner look at expansion and think: \"I simply cannot afford this.\" I am already seeing small businesses consider stopping shipments to EU countries because complying with the growing number of requirements is becoming too complicated and expensive. This is especially concerning because these are not necessarily businesses that are creating significant environmental problems. They are often very small brands trying to establish themselves, while much larger companies have a far greater scale of production, packaging and consumption. This also raises an important question about the economic consequences. Small businesses are an important part of the economy. They create jobs, develop new products, introduce competition and give consumers more choice. Many successful companies begin", "feedbackEnglish": "I am sending this feedback because I am deeply concerned about the impact of the new PPWR regulation on small and emerging businesses in the European Union. I am writing this not only as someone concerned about the general impact of this regulation, but also as a person who wants to start a small business in the EU and, if the business is successful, eventually expand into other EU markets. This is something I have been seriously considering and planning for. However, the introduction of increasingly complex and costly regulatory requirements is making me reconsider whether, as a small business owner, I will realistically be able to afford and manage expansion into other European markets. I understand the intention behind the regulation. Reducing unnecessary packaging waste and making businesses more environmentally responsible are important goals. However, I believe the way these requirements are being introduced can have the opposite effect from what the EU should want to achieve: instead of encouraging businesses to grow, innovate and operate across Europe, they can create barriers that are disproportionately difficult for small businesses to overcome. For an already established large company, additional packaging requirements, compliance procedures, documentation, testing and administrative costs may be manageable. Large corporations have legal teams, compliance departments, suppliers and significant financial resources that allow them to adapt to new regulations without fundamentally changing their ability to operate. Small businesses do not have those resources. For someone starting a small brand, every additional regulatory requirement represents a real cost in both money and time. A small business may have to change packaging, find new suppliers, order new minimum quantities, obtain additional documentation, understand additional compliance obligations and potentially deal with requirements across multiple EU markets. These costs can be significant when a business is still trying to establish itself and generate enough revenue to grow. This is exactly what concerns me as a future small business owner. I may be able to build a successful business in my own country, but when I start thinking about selling to customers in other EU countries, I now also have to consider whether I can afford the additional compliance, packaging and administrative requirements. What should be a natural next step in growing a European business can instead become a financial risk that a small entrepreneur may simply not be able to take. And if I am already reconsidering my own plans because of these costs and complexities, I believe it is important to consider how many other potential entrepreneurs may make the same decision before they even start. One of the biggest opportunities that the European Union is supposed to provide is access to a large common market. Someone should be able to start a small business in one EU country, develop a product, grow their brand and eventually sell it to customers in other EU countries without having to treat every country as an entirely separate market. Instead, increasingly complex regulations can make a small business owner look at expansion and think: \"I simply cannot afford this.\" I am already seeing small businesses consider stopping shipments to EU countries because complying with the growing number of requirements is becoming too complicated and expensive. This is especially concerning because these are not necessarily businesses that are creating significant environmental problems. They are often very small brands trying to establish themselves, while much larger companies have a far greater scale of production, packaging and consumption. This also raises an important question about the economic consequences. Small businesses are an important part of the economy. They create jobs, develop new products, introduce competition and give consumers more choice. Many successful companies begin", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548997_en"}, {"id": 33548986, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:55:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sole proprietor ", "feedback": "Dear EU, As a small Spanish business that is about to launch its sales this month, the new law forces us to incredibly devastating amount of admin, compliance, and cost burden. Youre obliging us, micro businesses/ one person businesses / sole traders to go through the same amount of paperwork and obligations as big traders/corporations. This is impossible to comply, the costs are impossible to bear, this is against the EU values and the EU itself. You will eventually kill ALL small/micro/sole proprietorship businesses that operate within EU. We are asking you to make a threshold, exception, limitations that would apply to small businesses! Reconsider the law, support small businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU, As a small Spanish business that is about to launch its sales this month, the new law forces us to incredibly devastating amount of admin, compliance, and cost burden. Youre obliging us, micro businesses/ one person businesses / sole traders to go through the same amount of paperwork and obligations as big traders/corporations. This is impossible to comply, the costs are impossible to bear, this is against the EU values and the EU itself. You will eventually kill ALL small/micro/sole proprietorship businesses that operate within EU. We are asking you to make a threshold, exception, limitations that would apply to small businesses! Reconsider the law, support small businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548986_en"}, {"id": 33548996, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:55:34", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small bussiness is being destroyed, while huge corporation are basically unaffected. I would like to point out, that this kind of laws are the best fuel for anti-EU and far right elements.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small bussiness is being destroyed, while huge corporation are basically unaffected. I would like to point out, that this kind of laws are the best fuel for anti-EU and far right elements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548996_en"}, {"id": 33548995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:55:26", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is utterly disastrous for small businesses and therefore negatively impacts consumers- limiting choice and creating greater potentials for monopolies of the market. This totally undermines the market and while sustainable packaging is a great idea, you need to support businesses in doing this- such as the provision of a subsidy. This regulation provides clear preference and bias towards larger companies and conglomerates.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is utterly disastrous for small businesses and therefore negatively impacts consumers- limiting choice and creating greater potentials for monopolies of the market. This totally undermines the market and while sustainable packaging is a great idea, you need to support businesses in doing this- such as the provision of a subsidy. This regulation provides clear preference and bias towards larger companies and conglomerates.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548995_en"}, {"id": 33548985, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:52:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "FormFollowsBeauty", "feedback": "Diese Verordnung ist desaströs für mein Kleinstunternehmen. Ich verkaufe Keramiken, früher in alle Welt, inzwischen ist der Versand in die USA durch die Zollabwicklung nahezu unmöglich geworden und nun arbeitet auch die EU daran, mir den Binnenmarkt zu verschließen. Die Mengen, die ich versende, bewegen sich dabei in einem lächerlich geringen Bereich. Vielleicht 3 bis 5 Sendungen im Jahr pro anderes EU-Land. Ingesamt ca. 5 - 7 kg Pappe und Papier. Trotzdem sollen für mich die gleichen internationalen Melderegeln gelten wie für multinationale Konzerne? Ich dachte, die EU sollte für Freiheit, Vielfalt und die Iniative ihrer Bürger stehen. Stattdessen wird auch noch das kleinste selbstbetriebene Unternehmen mit Bürokratie erstickt. Ich fordere Sie daher auf, diese Regelung mit vernünftigen Bagatellgrenzen zu versehen, die kleinen Unternehmen Luft zum Atmen lassen!", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is disastrous for my micro-enterprise. I sell ceramics, formerly to all over the world, now that customs clearance has made it almost impossible to ship them to the US, the EU is also working to close the internal market. The quantities that I send are in a ridiculously low range. Perhaps 3 to 5 consignments per year per other EU country. A total of approx. 5-7 kg of cardboard and paper. Nevertheless, should I be subject to the same international reporting rules as multinationals? I thought that the EU should stand for freedom, diversity and the initiative of its citizens. Instead, bureaucracy stifles the smallest self-employed company. I therefore call on you to attach reasonable de minimis thresholds to this rule, which will allow small businesses to breathe air!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548985_en"}, {"id": 33548984, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:52:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin selbstständig als Goldschmiedin. Ich fertige Schmuck nach Kundenwunsch in Handarbeit. Aufträge ins Ausland sind selten, kommen aber durchaus vor. Die Kosten für eine Anmeldung aller möglichen EU-Länder übersteigt mein Einkommen allerdings bei weitem. Es wäre nicht wirtschaftlich. Dazu kommt, das ich bereits jetzt ohne Plastik und ausschließlich mit recycelten Materialien versende. Das Gesetz macht kleinen Unternehmen wie mir in Zeiten, in denen es ohnehin schon schwer ist über die Runden zu kommen, ein überleben fast unmöglich. Schon vorher waren viele alte Handwerke, wie auch meines, vom Aussterben bedroht. Das Gesetz wird das nur weiter befeuern. Ich bitte darum, das Sie prüfen wie sinnvoll es ist das gleiche Maß an Großkonzerne und Kleinunternehmer an zu legen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Carola Brochwitz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am self-employed as a goldsmith. I make jewellery by hand at the customer’s request. Cross-border orders are rare but do occur. However, the cost of registering all possible EU countries far exceeds my income. It would not be economic. What is more, I am already shipping without plastic and only with recycled materials. The law makes it almost impossible for small businesses like me to survive in times when it is already difficult to make ends meet. Many old crafts, like myself, were already threatened with extinction. The law will only further fuel this. I would ask you to examine how useful it is to set the same level of large companies and small businesses. Yours sincerely, Carola Brochwitz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548984_en"}, {"id": 33548983, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:51:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bacher ", "feedback": "While I do feel the importance to regulate the packaging waste with the increasing amount of shipped items, this regulation needs to be reasonable to the amount of packaging waste. Small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. If I am sending two packages to one country I should not have the same fixed rates and same registration obligations as a mega corporation shipping thousands of items. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. Just as we did with the VAT: a one stop shop system for the PPWR. I spend weeks trying to understand the situation and each state has its own regulations. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. This regulation just makes it economically impossible for small businesses and keeps them out of the EU market for good.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I do feel the importance to regulate the packaging waste with the increasing amount of shipped items, this regulation needs to be reasonable to the amount of packaging waste. Small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. If I am sending two packages to one country I should not have the same fixed rates and same registration obligations as a mega corporation shipping thousands of items. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. Just as we did with the VAT: a one stop shop system for the PPWR. I spend weeks trying to understand the situation and each state has its own regulations. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. This regulation just makes it economically impossible for small businesses and keeps them out of the EU market for good.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548983_en"}, {"id": 33548982, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:51:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Marin et Marine GbR ", "feedback": "DIE KOSTEN FÜR BEVOLLMÄCHTIGTE ÜBERSTEIGEN DEN GEWINN UNSERER WENIGEN PAKETE NACH FRANKREICH ODER ÖSTERREICH UM DAS VIELFACHE. WIR FORDERN FREIMENGEN FÜR KLEINE BETRIEBE: WER NUR KLEINE MENGEN INS EU-AUSLAND VERSCHICKT, SOLLTE VON TEUREN AUSLANDS-VERTRETERN UND DOPPEL-REGISTRIERUNGEN BEFREIT WERDEN! EIN EINZIGES EU-PORTAL + EINFACHERE FORMULARE ANSTATT VIELER EINZELANMELDUNGEN.", "feedbackEnglish": "THE COST OF PLENIPOTENTIARIES IS MANY TIMES HIGHER THAN THE PROFIT OF OUR FEW PARCELS TO FRANCE OR AUSTRIA. WE CALL FOR ALLOWANCES FOR SMALL FARMS: THOSE WHO ONLY SEND SMALL QUANTITIES TO OTHER EU COUNTRIES SHOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM EXPENSIVE FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES AND DOUBLE REGISTRATIONS! A SINGLE EU PORTAL + SIMPLER FORMS INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548982_en"}, {"id": 33548981, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:50:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Glass artist", "feedback": "I am the founder of a small, one-woman glass jewellery business based in the Netherlands, where every piece is handmade in my own atelier. Sustainability has been central to my practice from the start: I work to minimise the embodied energy in producing each piece, and I package everything using recycled paper, cardboard, and parcels collected from friends, family, and acquaintances. Reused, minimal, and as low-impact as I can make it. I am also currently completing a postgraduate degree in Sustainable Design Management, so I understand the systemic sustainability challenges the EU is trying to address with this regulation, and I support the underlying goal. However, the absence of a de minimis exemption for small businesses and independent artists is, in practice, counterproductive to that same goal. As a solo maker who already reuses and minimises packaging by hand, I do not have the resources to meet compliance requirements designed for industrial-scale producers. The direct consequence is that I will no longer be able to ship to most of my customers across Europe, customers who specifically choose small, sustainable, handmade goods over mass production. Beyond the immediate loss of business, this threatens my livelihood and my ability to continue working as an independent artist. I urge the Commission to introduce a proportionate exemption or simplified pathway for micro-enterprises and individual artisans, so that regulation aimed at systemic waste reduction does not end up penalising the very producers already practising it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder of a small, one-woman glass jewellery business based in the Netherlands, where every piece is handmade in my own atelier. Sustainability has been central to my practice from the start: I work to minimise the embodied energy in producing each piece, and I package everything using recycled paper, cardboard, and parcels collected from friends, family, and acquaintances. Reused, minimal, and as low-impact as I can make it. I am also currently completing a postgraduate degree in Sustainable Design Management, so I understand the systemic sustainability challenges the EU is trying to address with this regulation, and I support the underlying goal. However, the absence of a de minimis exemption for small businesses and independent artists is, in practice, counterproductive to that same goal. As a solo maker who already reuses and minimises packaging by hand, I do not have the resources to meet compliance requirements designed for industrial-scale producers. The direct consequence is that I will no longer be able to ship to most of my customers across Europe, customers who specifically choose small, sustainable, handmade goods over mass production. Beyond the immediate loss of business, this threatens my livelihood and my ability to continue working as an independent artist. I urge the Commission to introduce a proportionate exemption or simplified pathway for micro-enterprises and individual artisans, so that regulation aimed at systemic waste reduction does not end up penalising the very producers already practising it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548981_en"}, {"id": 33548980, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:49:05", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Design studio", "feedback": "This is unmanageable for small enterprises and will significantly affect the economies of all EU countries and trade between the EU and external countries. A more onerous and convoluted approach to business is hard to imagine. If the EU is about unity why not come up with a frictionless unified approach that actually makes business easier? Please re-think this it's crazy.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is unmanageable for small enterprises and will significantly affect the economies of all EU countries and trade between the EU and external countries. A more onerous and convoluted approach to business is hard to imagine. If the EU is about unity why not come up with a frictionless unified approach that actually makes business easier? Please re-think this it's crazy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548980_en"}, {"id": 33548979, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:48:34", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly oppose this initiative due to the disproportionate cost it puts on small, independent artists wishing to expand their business by allowing delivery of their physical products to other EU member states. To put the same tax upon independent artists and small businesses that are placed upon large scale businesses and monopolies that can absorb any tax, fine, or level of bureaucracy thrown at them is irresponsible to say the least. Such a move works to undermine some of the key aims of the European Union - to establish an internal market and to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity among EU countries (outlined in the Lisbon Treaty). For some the income they obtain through their art is all they have. We have all seen GoFundMe requests and pleas from artists unable to work, who can barely get by via the extra income from their art - their passion. To employ this proposal as is is guaranteed to cause untold, silent financial struggles and an ongoing dissuasion for upcoming artists to pursue their passion. To quash art is to quash freedom.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose this initiative due to the disproportionate cost it puts on small, independent artists wishing to expand their business by allowing delivery of their physical products to other EU member states. To put the same tax upon independent artists and small businesses that are placed upon large scale businesses and monopolies that can absorb any tax, fine, or level of bureaucracy thrown at them is irresponsible to say the least. Such a move works to undermine some of the key aims of the European Union - to establish an internal market and to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity among EU countries (outlined in the Lisbon Treaty). For some the income they obtain through their art is all they have. We have all seen GoFundMe requests and pleas from artists unable to work, who can barely get by via the extra income from their art - their passion. To employ this proposal as is is guaranteed to cause untold, silent financial struggles and an ongoing dissuasion for upcoming artists to pursue their passion. To quash art is to quash freedom.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548979_en"}, {"id": 33548978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:48:23", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Reader, Regarding this draft and initiative, I, as an EU citizen would like to request you to consider the impact of this piece legislation, on small and micro-sized businesses across the EU, especially in the artistic fields. Many creative business owners rely on the benefits given by the EU, to be able to run their businesses, as well as make online markets more colourful and sustainable. Since running a business as such already proves challenging, in today's economical climate, we can not afford to potentially lose a whole category of businesses, that provide long-lasting, hand-made crafts and uniquely wonderful art pieces, often inspired by their home country. Please reconsider this initiative and it's impacts, not just on the wider commerce and economical scene, but on a smaller, yet equally as importnant one, as well. Thank you for taking your time to read this and think about it.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Reader, Regarding this draft and initiative, I, as an EU citizen would like to request you to consider the impact of this piece legislation, on small and micro-sized businesses across the EU, especially in the artistic fields. Many creative business owners rely on the benefits given by the EU, to be able to run their businesses, as well as make online markets more colourful and sustainable. Since running a business as such already proves challenging, in today's economical climate, we can not afford to potentially lose a whole category of businesses, that provide long-lasting, hand-made crafts and uniquely wonderful art pieces, often inspired by their home country. Please reconsider this initiative and it's impacts, not just on the wider commerce and economical scene, but on a smaller, yet equally as importnant one, as well. Thank you for taking your time to read this and think about it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548978_en"}, {"id": 33548977, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:48:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Belanas Schatzkiste", "feedback": "**Stellungnahme zur Durchführungsverordnung über nationale Herstellerregister für Verpackungen (PPWR)** Ich betreibe als Kleinunternehmerin in Deutschland einen kleinen Online-Shop für handgefertigten historischen Schmuck. Meine Produkte werden in Handarbeit hergestellt und in sehr geringen Stückzahlen verkauft. Ich unterstütze die Ziele des Umwelt- und Ressourcenschutzes sowie die Vermeidung von Verpackungsabfällen. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung stellt jedoch für Kleinstunternehmen eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung dar. In viele EU-Mitgliedstaaten versende ich lediglich zwischen 10 und 20 Bestellungen pro Jahr. Trotzdem soll ich mich in jedem einzelnen Land registrieren, unterschiedliche nationale Vorschriften beachten, Gebühren zahlen und teilweise zusätzlich einen Bevollmächtigten benennen. Der Verwaltungsaufwand und die laufenden Kosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Die Folge ist, dass ich den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Länder einstellen musste beziehungsweise einstellen werde. Damit verlieren Verbraucher den Zugang zu den Produkten kleiner europäischer Handwerksbetriebe, während große internationale Plattformen und Konzerne die zusätzlichen Anforderungen wesentlich leichter bewältigen können. Die derzeitige Regelung benachteiligt damit ausgerechnet die kleinen Unternehmen, die den europäischen Binnenmarkt bereichern und oft besonders nachhaltig wirtschaften. Ich verwende nur geringe Mengen an Verpackungsmaterial und versende überwiegend kleine Briefsendungen. Der ökologische Nutzen einer länderspezifischen Registrierung für Unternehmen meiner Größe erscheint daher äußerst gering. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die Regelungen für Kleinstunternehmen zu überarbeiten. Aus meiner Sicht wären insbesondere folgende Maßnahmen sinnvoll: * Einführung einer EU-weit einheitlichen Registrierung anstelle nationaler Einzelregister. * Deutliche Bagatellgrenzen für Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Versandmengen. * Vereinfachte Meldepflichten für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen. * Verhältnismäßige Gebühren, die sich an den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen orientieren. * Abbau unnötiger Bürokratie, ohne die Umweltziele der Verordnung zu gefährden. Die Europäische Union sollte kleine Unternehmen und den grenzüberschreitenden Handel fördern, nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie erschweren. Die aktuellen Regelungen führen dazu, dass viele kleine Händler den Verkauf in andere EU-Länder aufgeben. Das schwächt den europäischen Binnenmarkt und schränkt die Auswahl für Verbraucher ein, ohne einen entsprechenden zusätzlichen Nutzen für den Umweltschutz zu schaffen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sabine Allgaier (Belanas Schatzkiste)", "feedbackEnglish": "**Opinion on the Implementing Regulation on national registers of manufacturers of packaging (PPWR)** I operate a small online shop for handmade historical jewellery in Germany as a small entrepreneur. My products are produced by hand and sold in very small quantities. I support the objectives of environmental and resource protection and prevention of packaging waste. However, the current design of EPR places a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises. In many EU Member States, I send only between 10 and 20 orders per year. Nevertheless, I have to register in each country, follow different national rules, pay fees and sometimes also appoint an authorised representative. The administrative burden and running costs are disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. As a result, I had to or will stop shipping to many EU countries. This means that consumers will lose access to the products of small European craft businesses, while large international platforms and corporations will be able to cope with the additional requirements much more easily. The current rules therefore penalise small businesses, which enrich the European single market and are often particularly sustainable. I use only small quantities of packaging material and send mostly small items of correspondence. The environmental benefits of country-by-country registration for companies of my size therefore appear to be extremely limited. I would therefore ask the European Commission to review the rules for micro-enterprises. In my view, the following measures would be particularly useful: * Introduce a single EU-wide registration instead of individual national registers. * Clear de minimis thresholds for companies with very low volumes of shipments. * Simplified reporting obligations for small and micro-enterprises. * Proportionate fees based on the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. * Reduce unnecessary bureaucracy without compromising the environmental objectives of the Regulation. The European Union should encourage small businesses and cross-border trade, not make it more difficult through disproportionate bureaucracy. The current rules result in many small traders ceasing to sell to other EU countries. This weakens the European single market and reduces consumer choice without creating corresponding environmental added value. Yours sincerely, Sabine Allgaier (Belana’s treasure box)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548977_en"}, {"id": 33548976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:48:05", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Havelock Studio", "feedback": "To treat all importers in exactly the same way is a total nonsense. Larger companies can easily absorb the cost of these fees whereas small and micro businesses simply cannot. As an artisan I personally rely on sending many products to the EU but now with the administration fees in each of the 27 countries this would be totally pointless. Clearly it is important to tackle waste but many small businesses are already extremely conscious of this. I personally ensure that no plastic is used at all - everything is cardboard, eco packaging, biodegradable and compostable. This legislation drastically affects my business and I know it would be a death sentence for many others. There needs to be an exemption for small businesses and a unified system that doesnt require 27 separate registrations.", "feedbackEnglish": "To treat all importers in exactly the same way is a total nonsense. Larger companies can easily absorb the cost of these fees whereas small and micro businesses simply cannot. As an artisan I personally rely on sending many products to the EU but now with the administration fees in each of the 27 countries this would be totally pointless. Clearly it is important to tackle waste but many small businesses are already extremely conscious of this. I personally ensure that no plastic is used at all - everything is cardboard, eco packaging, biodegradable and compostable. This legislation drastically affects my business and I know it would be a death sentence for many others. There needs to be an exemption for small businesses and a unified system that doesnt require 27 separate registrations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548976_en"}, {"id": 33548975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:47:40", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern. The upcoming PPWR and ERP regulations appear to disproportionately impact small and micro businesses. Implementing a centralized system across all EU member states would be a logical approach, aligning with the EUs goal of fostering coordination and efficiency. Currently, these regulations may create significant challenges for small and micro enterprises to remain financially viable due to increased compliance costs. Additionally, there are concerns that the new legislation could hinder the free movement of goods within the EU, which may have adverse effects on smaller businesses. While waste reduction policies are important and necessary, it is essential to recognize that the European market also includes numerous small and micro enterprises actively contributing to the economy. Thank you for your attention.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern. The upcoming PPWR and ERP regulations appear to disproportionately impact small and micro businesses. Implementing a centralized system across all EU member states would be a logical approach, aligning with the EUs goal of fostering coordination and efficiency. Currently, these regulations may create significant challenges for small and micro enterprises to remain financially viable due to increased compliance costs. Additionally, there are concerns that the new legislation could hinder the free movement of goods within the EU, which may have adverse effects on smaller businesses. While waste reduction policies are important and necessary, it is essential to recognize that the European market also includes numerous small and micro enterprises actively contributing to the economy. Thank you for your attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548975_en"}, {"id": 33548974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:47:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro-business based in Germany selling products online, and I am deeply concerned about the impact that the PPWR and the resulting national EPR requirements will have on micro and small businesses in the European Union. The proposed system risks creating a serious competitive disadvantage for the smallest businesses. For a large company selling thousands or millions of products across the EU, the fixed costs of national registrations, reporting obligations, compliance services and authorised representatives can be spread across a very large number of sales. A micro-business cannot do this. I may sell only a handful of products per year to customers in an individual EU Member State. If selling to that country requires separate registration, administration and potentially hundreds of euros per year in compliance or authorised representative costs, there is no realistic business case for continuing to sell there. My rational response will therefore be to stop selling to consumers in most other EU Member States and restrict my EU sales to Germany. This is particularly troubling because the EU Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade within the European Union easier. Instead, these requirements risk creating national administrative and financial barriers that small businesses cannot afford to cross. The burden is also fundamentally unequal. A fixed compliance cost of several hundred euros may be negligible to a multinational company. For a one-person business making only a few sales in a particular Member State, the same cost can exceed the entire annual revenue generated in that market. The consequence is predictable: larger companies can continue selling throughout the EU, while micro and small businesses withdraw from cross-border EU trade. This risks distorting competition in favour of large market participants, reducing consumer choice and making it harder for small European businesses to grow. I strongly urge the Commission to consider a genuinely proportionate approach for micro and small enterprises. This should include meaningful de minimis thresholds based on actual packaging quantities or sales, a single simplified EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism instead of separate national systems, and no requirement for an EU-established micro-business to appoint and pay for authorised representatives in other Member States. A regulatory system should not make it economically irrational for a German micro-business to sell a few products to customers in France, Denmark, Italy or another Member State. If the practical response for thousands of small businesses is simply to stop selling across EU borders, something has gone fundamentally wrong. Instead of strengthening the Single Market, the system will have created new barriers inside it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business based in Germany selling products online, and I am deeply concerned about the impact that the PPWR and the resulting national EPR requirements will have on micro and small businesses in the European Union. The proposed system risks creating a serious competitive disadvantage for the smallest businesses. For a large company selling thousands or millions of products across the EU, the fixed costs of national registrations, reporting obligations, compliance services and authorised representatives can be spread across a very large number of sales. A micro-business cannot do this. I may sell only a handful of products per year to customers in an individual EU Member State. If selling to that country requires separate registration, administration and potentially hundreds of euros per year in compliance or authorised representative costs, there is no realistic business case for continuing to sell there. My rational response will therefore be to stop selling to consumers in most other EU Member States and restrict my EU sales to Germany. This is particularly troubling because the EU Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade within the European Union easier. Instead, these requirements risk creating national administrative and financial barriers that small businesses cannot afford to cross. The burden is also fundamentally unequal. A fixed compliance cost of several hundred euros may be negligible to a multinational company. For a one-person business making only a few sales in a particular Member State, the same cost can exceed the entire annual revenue generated in that market. The consequence is predictable: larger companies can continue selling throughout the EU, while micro and small businesses withdraw from cross-border EU trade. This risks distorting competition in favour of large market participants, reducing consumer choice and making it harder for small European businesses to grow. I strongly urge the Commission to consider a genuinely proportionate approach for micro and small enterprises. This should include meaningful de minimis thresholds based on actual packaging quantities or sales, a single simplified EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism instead of separate national systems, and no requirement for an EU-established micro-business to appoint and pay for authorised representatives in other Member States. A regulatory system should not make it economically irrational for a German micro-business to sell a few products to customers in France, Denmark, Italy or another Member State. If the practical response for thousands of small businesses is simply to stop selling across EU borders, something has gone fundamentally wrong. Instead of strengthening the Single Market, the system will have created new barriers inside it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548974_en"}, {"id": 33548973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:46:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Aeonveil Games e. U. ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Diese Regulierung ist eine Auslöschung aller Mirco und Mini Betriebe in der EU. Ich arbeite selber seit Jahren an einem Brettspiel und habe mein ganzes Erspartes investiert. Wenn diese Regulierung genau so verabschiedet wird, ist es mir einfach nicht möglich mein Brettspiel in der EU zu verkaufen. Bitte überdenken Sie das nochmal. Vielen Dank, Stefan Ströbinger", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, this regulation is an extinction of all Mirco and mini-holdings in the EU. I have been working on a board game myself for years and have invested all my savings. If this regulation is adopted in exactly the same way, I will simply not be able to sell my board game in the EU. Please reconsider this. Thank you, Stefan Ströbinger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548973_en"}, {"id": 33548965, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:43:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "È un'idea orribile, va contro il concetto stesso di Europa. Per come è scritta adesso, UCCIDERÀ tutte le piccole imprese, i negozi, gli artisti e gli artigiani, seppellendoli sotto delle spese inaffrontabili. Resteranno solo le multinazionali.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a horrible idea, it goes against the very concept of Europe. As it is written now, it will kill all small businesses, shops, artists and craftsmen, burying them at an unbearable cost. Only multinationals will remain.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548965_en"}, {"id": 33548964, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:42:17", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent artist and sole trader based in the UK, selling my own handmade sculptures and artworks to collectors and galleries internationally, including within the European Union. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am very concerned that the administrative and financial burden of complying separately with packaging registration requirements in individual EU Member States will make it increasingly difficult for very small creative businesses like mine to sell to European customers. I am not a mass producer or retailer. I make my artworks individually by hand and sell only a relatively small number of pieces each year. A single artwork may be sent to a collector or gallery in one EU country, meaning that the amount of packaging I introduce into that countrys market can be extremely small. Requiring a micro-business in this situation to register separately in multiple countries, pay minimum registration fees and potentially appoint authorised representatives creates costs and administration that are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. For independent artists, craftspeople and other micro-businesses, these costs can make an individual European sale financially unviable. The result may simply be that small businesses outside a particular Member State stop selling to customers there. This would particularly disadvantage independent makers while larger companies, which place vastly greater quantities of packaging on the market, can much more easily absorb these compliance costs. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a simple, harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system, together with proportionate rules for micro-businesses and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Fees should reflect the actual amount of packaging introduced, and very small businesses should not be required to appoint separate, costly representatives in every Member State. Environmental regulation is important, but it should be proportionate. It should not unintentionally create barriers that prevent independent artists and small creative businesses from participating in the European market. Please ensure that the final system protects the environment while also preserving access to the EU market for micro-businesses, independent makers and artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent artist and sole trader based in the UK, selling my own handmade sculptures and artworks to collectors and galleries internationally, including within the European Union. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am very concerned that the administrative and financial burden of complying separately with packaging registration requirements in individual EU Member States will make it increasingly difficult for very small creative businesses like mine to sell to European customers. I am not a mass producer or retailer. I make my artworks individually by hand and sell only a relatively small number of pieces each year. A single artwork may be sent to a collector or gallery in one EU country, meaning that the amount of packaging I introduce into that countrys market can be extremely small. Requiring a micro-business in this situation to register separately in multiple countries, pay minimum registration fees and potentially appoint authorised representatives creates costs and administration that are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. For independent artists, craftspeople and other micro-businesses, these costs can make an individual European sale financially unviable. The result may simply be that small businesses outside a particular Member State stop selling to customers there. This would particularly disadvantage independent makers while larger companies, which place vastly greater quantities of packaging on the market, can much more easily absorb these compliance costs. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a simple, harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system, together with proportionate rules for micro-businesses and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Fees should reflect the actual amount of packaging introduced, and very small businesses should not be required to appoint separate, costly representatives in every Member State. Environmental regulation is important, but it should be proportionate. It should not unintentionally create barriers that prevent independent artists and small creative businesses from participating in the European market. Please ensure that the final system protects the environment while also preserving access to the EU market for micro-businesses, independent makers and artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548964_en"}, {"id": 33548963, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:41:00", "country": "VNM", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will kill mid- and small businesses in the EU, as well as restrict consumers choices. I would suggest: 1. exemption of mid-, small and microbusinesses (by introducing a minimum profit margin) 2. standardisation for ALL member states, as it is currently extremely expensive and comes with extreme bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses to be able to ship across the EU. 3. this would be in direct violation of the free movement of goods and services WITHIN the EU. At the end of the day, big corporations will not see a dent in their profits, but small businesses, who are usually one-person operations, will suffer greatly as it limits their customer base to only the country their business is in. Small businesses are generally much more environmentally conscious; are more likely to reduce waste, reuse and recycle their packing materials than big corporations. Which begs the question, what is this regulation aiming to achieve when so many negative effects are bound to happen and have been happening, seeing that countless small businesses not only across the EU, but also outside of the EU, have ceased shipping to customers within the EU??", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will kill mid- and small businesses in the EU, as well as restrict consumers choices. I would suggest: 1. exemption of mid-, small and microbusinesses (by introducing a minimum profit margin) 2. standardisation for ALL member states, as it is currently extremely expensive and comes with extreme bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses to be able to ship across the EU. 3. this would be in direct violation of the free movement of goods and services WITHIN the EU. At the end of the day, big corporations will not see a dent in their profits, but small businesses, who are usually one-person operations, will suffer greatly as it limits their customer base to only the country their business is in. Small businesses are generally much more environmentally conscious; are more likely to reduce waste, reuse and recycle their packing materials than big corporations. Which begs the question, what is this regulation aiming to achieve when so many negative effects are bound to happen and have been happening, seeing that countless small businesses not only across the EU, but also outside of the EU, have ceased shipping to customers within the EU??", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548963_en"}, {"id": 33548962, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:39:55", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "knifematerial.at", "feedback": "I run KnifeMaterial.at, a one-person webshop in Austria selling knifemaking materials to makers across the EU. From August 12, 2026, I'll have to register and pay fees separately in every EU country I sell to, no single EU-wide system exists. This could easily cost me thousands of euros more a year. Worse, many of my customers are small makers who buy my raw materials to build finished knives. They face the same registration burden in every country they sell to. That additional cost could be enough to force some of them to close, and I could lose a significant share of my customer base as a result. I support reducing packaging waste. But this rule, as written, risks pushing small EU businesses out on both ends of the supply chain while large companies absorb it easily. Please support a simplified EU-wide registration system for micro-enterprises, or a threshold based on actual sales volume. Keith Colby, KnifeMaterial.at, Austria", "feedbackEnglish": "I run KnifeMaterial.at, a one-person webshop in Austria selling knifemaking materials to makers across the EU. From August 12, 2026, I'll have to register and pay fees separately in every EU country I sell to, no single EU-wide system exists. This could easily cost me thousands of euros more a year. Worse, many of my customers are small makers who buy my raw materials to build finished knives. They face the same registration burden in every country they sell to. That additional cost could be enough to force some of them to close, and I could lose a significant share of my customer base as a result. I support reducing packaging waste. But this rule, as written, risks pushing small EU businesses out on both ends of the supply chain while large companies absorb it easily. Please support a simplified EU-wide registration system for micro-enterprises, or a threshold based on actual sales volume. Keith Colby, KnifeMaterial.at, Austria", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548962_en"}, {"id": 33548961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:38:44", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It doesn't make sense for small businesses to have to have a representative for each countries they send to. What will happen to small businesses if we go forward with this change? There needs to exist regulation but not at the cost of small business and not allowing more space for monopolies to exist. Big businesses are the culprit behind the unrestricted consumption and packaging and this will onlyallow them to profilterate uncontested", "feedbackEnglish": "It doesn't make sense for small businesses to have to have a representative for each countries they send to. What will happen to small businesses if we go forward with this change? There needs to exist regulation but not at the cost of small business and not allowing more space for monopolies to exist. Big businesses are the culprit behind the unrestricted consumption and packaging and this will onlyallow them to profilterate uncontested", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548961_en"}, {"id": 33548960, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:37:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Second Phase Archive", "feedback": "I was preparing to launch a one-person online vintage clothing business in Germany within the next few weeks. Renting a physical shop in my city is already unaffordable, so online sales are essential. I realistically expect to send fewer than 100 minimally packaged parcels in my first year. I am now unsure whether I can afford to launch at all. I have no objection to paying a proportionate recycling contribution. However, the greatest burden should fall on the largest producers and pollutersnot on microbusinesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on the market. My main concern is that a single sale into another Member State could require a separate registration, producer-responsibility organisation, reporting account and paid authorised representative. These fixed costs could be hundreds of times greater than the cost of recycling the packaging itself. My business depends on international marketplaces where I cannot always exclude individual EU countries or predict where customers will be located. I cannot afford to refuse sales, but cancelling orders when local compliance costs exceed the profit would damage my reputation and could destroy my business before it begins. This places me in an impossible position. As a neurodivergent person, I find complex and unclear bureaucracy particularly difficult to navigate. These requirements involve multiple national systems, languages, deadlines and conflicting sources of information. Even after extensive research, I still cannot confidently determine what is required before making a single sale. I have invested months of work and virtually all my savings in this business, without a financial cushion. If I cannot reach international customersor if compliance costs consume any profitI could lose a substantial amount of money, threatening my livelihood and even my ability to keep a roof over my head. This uncertainty has already had a severe effect on my mental wellbeing. Restricting sales to Germany is not commercially viable. Paying for registrations and representatives across numerous countries before knowing whether I will make even one sale there is equally impossible. This problem will disproportionately affect small-business owners, independent artists, designers, craftspeople, musicians, record labels, publishers and other small creative enterprises. They sell low volumes to specialist audiences across Europe. Excluding them from cross-border trade will damage livelihoods, restrict consumer choice and severely harm Europes independent and grassroots culture. Second-hand businesses also support the EUs circular-economy objectives by extending the life of existing products. Forcing small resale businesses out of the European market directly undermines those objectives. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. A one-person business sending fewer than 100 efficiently packed parcels should not face thousands of euros in fixed costs and dozens of administrative systems simply because its customers live across European borders. Microbusinesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on the market need a genuine exemption or a radically simplified and affordable EU-wide system. I ask the Commission to provide: 1. A meaningful de minimis exemption for microbusinesses and negligible packaging volumes. 2. One EU-wide registration for businesses above that exemption. 3. Charges based on actual packaging volumes, without unaffordable minimum fees. 4. One authorised representative covering the entire EU. 5. Clear and accessible requirements through one consistent source. 6. Country-level destination controls or collective compliance arrangements on online marketplaces. 7. Transitional protection until every system is operational, affordable and clearly explained.", "feedbackEnglish": "I was preparing to launch a one-person online vintage clothing business in Germany within the next few weeks. Renting a physical shop in my city is already unaffordable, so online sales are essential. I realistically expect to send fewer than 100 minimally packaged parcels in my first year. I am now unsure whether I can afford to launch at all. I have no objection to paying a proportionate recycling contribution. However, the greatest burden should fall on the largest producers and pollutersnot on microbusinesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on the market. My main concern is that a single sale into another Member State could require a separate registration, producer-responsibility organisation, reporting account and paid authorised representative. These fixed costs could be hundreds of times greater than the cost of recycling the packaging itself. My business depends on international marketplaces where I cannot always exclude individual EU countries or predict where customers will be located. I cannot afford to refuse sales, but cancelling orders when local compliance costs exceed the profit would damage my reputation and could destroy my business before it begins. This places me in an impossible position. As a neurodivergent person, I find complex and unclear bureaucracy particularly difficult to navigate. These requirements involve multiple national systems, languages, deadlines and conflicting sources of information. Even after extensive research, I still cannot confidently determine what is required before making a single sale. I have invested months of work and virtually all my savings in this business, without a financial cushion. If I cannot reach international customersor if compliance costs consume any profitI could lose a substantial amount of money, threatening my livelihood and even my ability to keep a roof over my head. This uncertainty has already had a severe effect on my mental wellbeing. Restricting sales to Germany is not commercially viable. Paying for registrations and representatives across numerous countries before knowing whether I will make even one sale there is equally impossible. This problem will disproportionately affect small-business owners, independent artists, designers, craftspeople, musicians, record labels, publishers and other small creative enterprises. They sell low volumes to specialist audiences across Europe. Excluding them from cross-border trade will damage livelihoods, restrict consumer choice and severely harm Europes independent and grassroots culture. Second-hand businesses also support the EUs circular-economy objectives by extending the life of existing products. Forcing small resale businesses out of the European market directly undermines those objectives. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. A one-person business sending fewer than 100 efficiently packed parcels should not face thousands of euros in fixed costs and dozens of administrative systems simply because its customers live across European borders. Microbusinesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on the market need a genuine exemption or a radically simplified and affordable EU-wide system. I ask the Commission to provide: 1. A meaningful de minimis exemption for microbusinesses and negligible packaging volumes. 2. One EU-wide registration for businesses above that exemption. 3. Charges based on actual packaging volumes, without unaffordable minimum fees. 4. One authorised representative covering the entire EU. 5. Clear and accessible requirements through one consistent source. 6. Country-level destination controls or collective compliance arrangements on online marketplaces. 7. Transitional protection until every system is operational, affordable and clearly explained.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548960_en"}, {"id": 33548956, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:35:08", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small business owner", "feedback": "I am a Danish micro-enterprise producing handmade jewellery in very small quantities and selling directly to consumers online. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to the cost of collecting and recycling the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned that the proposed implementation of producer registration and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) creates a disproportionate administrative burden for micro-enterprises engaged in occasional cross-border sales within the EU. For example, I may receive only one order from a customer in Germany during an entire year. A typical jewellery shipment might have a value of approximately 50100 and contain only 3050 grams of recyclable cardboard and paper packaging. Despite this extremely small environmental impact, selling that single item may require compliance with national registration requirements, participation in a national EPR scheme, reporting obligations and, under the PPWR framework, potentially the appointment of an authorised representative in the customers Member State. The administrative and financial cost of complying with these requirements can therefore exceed both the value of the packaging concerned and the profit from the sale by a very substantial margin. The practical consequence is not improved recycling. The rational response for a micro-enterprise is simply to stop selling to consumers in other EU Member States. This appears contrary to one of the fundamental purposes of the EU Single Market. A small Danish business should not face a significant regulatory barrier simply because a customer happens to live in Germany, Sweden, France or another Member State. I therefore encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. Possible solutions could include: A meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on annual packaging weight and/or cross-border turnover. A single EU registration for micro-enterprises rather than separate registration in every Member State. An EU-wide simplified reporting mechanism for producers placing only very small quantities of packaging on other Member States markets. Allowing online marketplaces such as Etsy, Amazon and similar platforms to report packaging quantities and collect EPR contributions on behalf of micro-sellers. The contribution could simply be collected as part of each transaction and transferred to the relevant Member State. Such an approach would preserve the producer pays principle while making the cost and administrative burden proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Without such simplification, the current system risks discouraging small businesses from cross-border trade and fragmenting rather than strengthening the EU Single Market. For a large company distributing millions of packaged products throughout Europe, national EPR compliance may represent a reasonable business obligation. For an individual craft producer sending a few grams of recyclable cardboard to an occasional customer in another Member State, requiring multiple national registrations, representatives, contracts and reports is not proportionate. I respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that the final implementing rules recognise this distinction and provide a simple, EU-wide mechanism for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. The environmental objective can be achieved without making occasional cross-border trade economically impossible for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Danish micro-enterprise producing handmade jewellery in very small quantities and selling directly to consumers online. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to the cost of collecting and recycling the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned that the proposed implementation of producer registration and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) creates a disproportionate administrative burden for micro-enterprises engaged in occasional cross-border sales within the EU. For example, I may receive only one order from a customer in Germany during an entire year. A typical jewellery shipment might have a value of approximately 50100 and contain only 3050 grams of recyclable cardboard and paper packaging. Despite this extremely small environmental impact, selling that single item may require compliance with national registration requirements, participation in a national EPR scheme, reporting obligations and, under the PPWR framework, potentially the appointment of an authorised representative in the customers Member State. The administrative and financial cost of complying with these requirements can therefore exceed both the value of the packaging concerned and the profit from the sale by a very substantial margin. The practical consequence is not improved recycling. The rational response for a micro-enterprise is simply to stop selling to consumers in other EU Member States. This appears contrary to one of the fundamental purposes of the EU Single Market. A small Danish business should not face a significant regulatory barrier simply because a customer happens to live in Germany, Sweden, France or another Member State. I therefore encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. Possible solutions could include: A meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold based on annual packaging weight and/or cross-border turnover. A single EU registration for micro-enterprises rather than separate registration in every Member State. An EU-wide simplified reporting mechanism for producers placing only very small quantities of packaging on other Member States markets. Allowing online marketplaces such as Etsy, Amazon and similar platforms to report packaging quantities and collect EPR contributions on behalf of micro-sellers. The contribution could simply be collected as part of each transaction and transferred to the relevant Member State. Such an approach would preserve the producer pays principle while making the cost and administrative burden proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. Without such simplification, the current system risks discouraging small businesses from cross-border trade and fragmenting rather than strengthening the EU Single Market. For a large company distributing millions of packaged products throughout Europe, national EPR compliance may represent a reasonable business obligation. For an individual craft producer sending a few grams of recyclable cardboard to an occasional customer in another Member State, requiring multiple national registrations, representatives, contracts and reports is not proportionate. I respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that the final implementing rules recognise this distinction and provide a simple, EU-wide mechanism for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. The environmental objective can be achieved without making occasional cross-border trade economically impossible for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548956_en"}, {"id": 33548951, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:29:33", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The lack of exemption for small businesses is absolutely disgraceful. It's estimated that the cost of registering with every individual EU country for this service will cost around 7000 euro per year. Small businesses simply cannot afford such a ridiculous amount. The EU is supposed to be protecting the single market and to encourage it's own businesses ahead of those from outside the EU, and yet by forcing every EU business to register for each other country one at a time with such insane costs and bureaucracy, you're putting thousands of small business owners completely out of business. You're making costs and online purchases prohibitively expensive, and for some smaller niche items, completely impossible for EU citizens. You must urgently exempt small businesses or provide a single, low cost alternative covering the entire EU, or you will be destroying the livelyhood of thousands of EU citizens. It is absolutely insane that you did not make any plans for this.", "feedbackEnglish": "The lack of exemption for small businesses is absolutely disgraceful. It's estimated that the cost of registering with every individual EU country for this service will cost around 7000 euro per year. Small businesses simply cannot afford such a ridiculous amount. The EU is supposed to be protecting the single market and to encourage it's own businesses ahead of those from outside the EU, and yet by forcing every EU business to register for each other country one at a time with such insane costs and bureaucracy, you're putting thousands of small business owners completely out of business. You're making costs and online purchases prohibitively expensive, and for some smaller niche items, completely impossible for EU citizens. You must urgently exempt small businesses or provide a single, low cost alternative covering the entire EU, or you will be destroying the livelyhood of thousands of EU citizens. It is absolutely insane that you did not make any plans for this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548951_en"}, {"id": 33548807, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:29:06", "country": "LUX", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independant Artist", "feedback": "I am an independent contemporary botanical artist based in Luxembourg, operating as a micro-enterprise within the Greater Region, where cross-border sales are part of everyday reality for a small operator. Environmental responsibility is already central to my practice. My creative work focuses primarily on locally sourced botanical matter, and I recycle the organic waste generated by my activity. I purchase less than 10% of the packaging I use, systematically reusing suitable packaging received from my suppliers. My priority is to avoid generating packaging waste at source, rather than managing it after the fact. As a one-person business handling every aspect of my activity artistic production, administration, compliance, sales and logistics the prospect of registering and reporting separately in multiple national producer registers for occasional cross-border sales creates an administrative burden entirely disproportionate to the negligible quantities of packaging involved. For a small business in a small Member State such as Luxembourg, cross-border access to clients is essential. Excessive compliance requirements could impose disproportionate administrative and financial costs, as well as considerable demands on time and resources. Faced with such complexity, the only rational response for many micro-enterprises may simply be to stop selling outside their home country creating an unintended barrier to the Single Market and to the circulation of artistic and creative work across Europe. There is also a fundamental question of scale. The packaging footprint of an independent artist, artisan or micro-enterprise placing very limited quantities of packaging on the market bears little meaningful comparison to that of large e-commerce operators such as Amazon, Zalando and other major companies distributing goods at industrial scale across Europe. It is crucial to distinguish between small-scale European creative production including handmade works produced and sold in very limited quantities and the mass distribution of industrially manufactured goods through global supply chains. Applying the same registration and reporting architecture regardless of the scale, nature and actual packaging footprint of these activities risks creating a serious mismatch between regulatory burden and environmental impact. A small operator actively reducing consumption, reusing packaging and minimising waste at source should not face a disproportionate administrative burden simply because a limited number of parcels cross national borders, nor should we bear a disproportionate regulatory burden designed to address environmental impacts generated at an entirely different scale. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce a genuine and meaningful de minimis exemption from producer registration and reporting obligations for independent artists, craftspeople, micro-enterprises and other very small operators placing only limited quantities of packaging on the market. Rather than imposing an arbitrary number of parcels, such an exemption should be based on clear and proportionate criteria reflecting the actual scale of the activity and the quantity of packaging placed on the market. It should apply consistently across the European Union, so that qualifying small operators are genuinely exempt from having to register and report separately in multiple Member States. This would not mean exemption from environmental responsibility, which small businesses like mine already practise daily. It would simply recognise that environmental regulation should be proportionate to actual impact and should focus administrative resources where they can produce meaningful environmental benefits. For independent artists and very small businesses, responsible cross-border activity should remain possible without administrative obligations designed for a fundamentally different scale of economic activity. Environmental responsibility, the European Single Mar", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent contemporary botanical artist based in Luxembourg, operating as a micro-enterprise within the Greater Region, where cross-border sales are part of everyday reality for a small operator. Environmental responsibility is already central to my practice. My creative work focuses primarily on locally sourced botanical matter, and I recycle the organic waste generated by my activity. I purchase less than 10% of the packaging I use, systematically reusing suitable packaging received from my suppliers. My priority is to avoid generating packaging waste at source, rather than managing it after the fact. As a one-person business handling every aspect of my activity artistic production, administration, compliance, sales and logistics the prospect of registering and reporting separately in multiple national producer registers for occasional cross-border sales creates an administrative burden entirely disproportionate to the negligible quantities of packaging involved. For a small business in a small Member State such as Luxembourg, cross-border access to clients is essential. Excessive compliance requirements could impose disproportionate administrative and financial costs, as well as considerable demands on time and resources. Faced with such complexity, the only rational response for many micro-enterprises may simply be to stop selling outside their home country creating an unintended barrier to the Single Market and to the circulation of artistic and creative work across Europe. There is also a fundamental question of scale. The packaging footprint of an independent artist, artisan or micro-enterprise placing very limited quantities of packaging on the market bears little meaningful comparison to that of large e-commerce operators such as Amazon, Zalando and other major companies distributing goods at industrial scale across Europe. It is crucial to distinguish between small-scale European creative production including handmade works produced and sold in very limited quantities and the mass distribution of industrially manufactured goods through global supply chains. Applying the same registration and reporting architecture regardless of the scale, nature and actual packaging footprint of these activities risks creating a serious mismatch between regulatory burden and environmental impact. A small operator actively reducing consumption, reusing packaging and minimising waste at source should not face a disproportionate administrative burden simply because a limited number of parcels cross national borders, nor should we bear a disproportionate regulatory burden designed to address environmental impacts generated at an entirely different scale. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce a genuine and meaningful de minimis exemption from producer registration and reporting obligations for independent artists, craftspeople, micro-enterprises and other very small operators placing only limited quantities of packaging on the market. Rather than imposing an arbitrary number of parcels, such an exemption should be based on clear and proportionate criteria reflecting the actual scale of the activity and the quantity of packaging placed on the market. It should apply consistently across the European Union, so that qualifying small operators are genuinely exempt from having to register and report separately in multiple Member States. This would not mean exemption from environmental responsibility, which small businesses like mine already practise daily. It would simply recognise that environmental regulation should be proportionate to actual impact and should focus administrative resources where they can produce meaningful environmental benefits. For independent artists and very small businesses, responsible cross-border activity should remain possible without administrative obligations designed for a fundamentally different scale of economic activity. Environmental responsibility, the European Single Mar", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548807_en"}, {"id": 33548950, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:28:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "vonLoni", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte mich bedanken , dass sie Gesetze zum Schutze der Umwelt erlassen. Dennoch ist es wichtig nicht alle Unternehmen gleichwertig zu behandeln. Kleine Unternehmen oder wie ich selbständige Frauen leben davon dass wir innerhalb der EU Kundschaft haben. Ehrlich gesagt lebt auch die EU davon, dass wir untereinander Waren und Dienstleistungen austauschen. Ich bitte sie zu überdenken, ob nicht Unterschiede nach Unternehmensgrößen in diesem Gesetz verankert werden sollten. Sie verhindern damit nicht nur wirtschaftliches Wachstum, sie benachteiligen auch Frauen damit. Frauen gründen eher kleine Unternehmen/Selbstständigkeiten die sich dieses Gesetz nicht leisten können. Müll und unnötige Verpackung soll vermieden werden aber doch bitte nicht auf Kosten kleiner Unternehmen geschweige denn auf den Rücken von Gründerinnen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for enacting laws to protect the environment. Nevertheless, it is not important to treat all companies equally. Small businesses or, like me, self-employed women live on the fact that we have customers within the EU. Honestly, the EU also lives on the exchange of goods and services between us. I would ask you to reconsider whether differences according to company size should not be enshrined in this law. This not only prevents economic growth, but also puts women at a disadvantage. Women are more likely to start small businesses/self-employment that cannot afford this law. Waste and unnecessary packaging should be avoided, but please do not at the expense of small businesses, let alone on the backs of founders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548950_en"}, {"id": 33548949, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:27:05", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses, it's disproportionate towards them. As someone with a dream of selling my small art items, this would stop me from ever financially being able to do that.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses, it's disproportionate towards them. As someone with a dream of selling my small art items, this would stop me from ever financially being able to do that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548949_en"}, {"id": 33548941, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:24:55", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner, who already suffers from high shipping costs that make selling online difficult, the PPWR will only suffocate my business even more by making it financially impossible for me to ship anything within the EU. How is it that a business that makes sustainable, handmade goods is put in the same category as companies which sell fast fashion or low quality items ? How can we ask businesses to pay the same tax when one ships out 10 packages per year and the other one 10 000 ? Small businesses need to be exempt from paying the PPWR as they simply wont survive it: we do not have the funds, nor the legal force to face such complicated and expensive restrictions. I understand that EU legislations are capitalistic but we need to adapt them in order to keep craftsmanship alive and support small makers that make each of their countries shine!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, who already suffers from high shipping costs that make selling online difficult, the PPWR will only suffocate my business even more by making it financially impossible for me to ship anything within the EU. How is it that a business that makes sustainable, handmade goods is put in the same category as companies which sell fast fashion or low quality items ? How can we ask businesses to pay the same tax when one ships out 10 packages per year and the other one 10 000 ? Small businesses need to be exempt from paying the PPWR as they simply wont survive it: we do not have the funds, nor the legal force to face such complicated and expensive restrictions. I understand that EU legislations are capitalistic but we need to adapt them in order to keep craftsmanship alive and support small makers that make each of their countries shine!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548941_en"}, {"id": 33548940, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:24:08", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "EVOLVING", "feedback": "As an EU-based micro/small enterprise selling e-commerce products, I strongly support the ecological goals of the PPWR and product circularity. However, the current framework mandating separate national registrations, fragmented reporting formats, and localized Authorized Representatives creates a completely disproportionate administrative and financial barrier. For a small business, paying hundreds of euros per country for a local compliance representative - simply to ship a low volume of parcels across borders - is economically unviable. It distorts the EU Single Market, restricts consumer choice, and forces small brands to stop exporting. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a centralized EU 'One-Stop Shop' registry for packaging data, alongside a complete exemption from localized Authorized Representative requirements for micro and small businesses established within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU-based micro/small enterprise selling e-commerce products, I strongly support the ecological goals of the PPWR and product circularity. However, the current framework mandating separate national registrations, fragmented reporting formats, and localized Authorized Representatives creates a completely disproportionate administrative and financial barrier. For a small business, paying hundreds of euros per country for a local compliance representative - simply to ship a low volume of parcels across borders - is economically unviable. It distorts the EU Single Market, restricts consumer choice, and forces small brands to stop exporting. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a centralized EU 'One-Stop Shop' registry for packaging data, alongside a complete exemption from localized Authorized Representative requirements for micro and small businesses established within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548940_en"}, {"id": 33548939, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:22:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Buns & Bobs (micro online store/artist)", "feedback": "I have a little Shop that I'm trying to get off the ground since last year and I had plans to expand my portfolio quite a bit. It's a one person side hustle with the wish to go full self employed one day. But I probably have to close down if this stays the state of the law. I don't have an income to speak off and can't just buy a licence for every country I might send to in the future. I sell mostly stationary and little trinkets. Even if I make more sales, I will probably have 2-5 kg of waste per year. So I would've to sell an unrealistic amount per country just to be able to sustain the licences. This ist harmful to all micro and small business. Please consider an exemption rule for small and micro businesses with only a small amount of waste. Or make it so that you can buy one licence for the whole EU for an affordable price. No micro or small business can pay fees that ad up to this kind of sum. Just for the potential of MAYBE selling to a country and be a sustainable source of income. This will destroy the last handmade/artistic/non-fast fashion niche.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a little Shop that I'm trying to get off the ground since last year and I had plans to expand my portfolio quite a bit. It's a one person side hustle with the wish to go full self employed one day. But I probably have to close down if this stays the state of the law. I don't have an income to speak off and can't just buy a licence for every country I might send to in the future. I sell mostly stationary and little trinkets. Even if I make more sales, I will probably have 2-5 kg of waste per year. So I would've to sell an unrealistic amount per country just to be able to sustain the licences. This ist harmful to all micro and small business. Please consider an exemption rule for small and micro businesses with only a small amount of waste. Or make it so that you can buy one licence for the whole EU for an affordable price. No micro or small business can pay fees that ad up to this kind of sum. Just for the potential of MAYBE selling to a country and be a sustainable source of income. This will destroy the last handmade/artistic/non-fast fashion niche.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548939_en"}, {"id": 33548938, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:21:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Illustrations & Prints", "feedback": "This initiative, in its current form, will kill small and micro-businesses operated by creatives and craftspeople. The fact that the proposed law does not meaningfully distinguish between companies like Amazon and a one-person creative business sending just a handful of orders per year to support a hobby or be a small source of income is a grave oversight. These businesses operate at completely different scales and have fundamentally different environmental impacts. Subjecting them to the same regulatory and fiscal burden is neither proportionate nor reasonable. I fully support strong packaging regulations for corporations responsible for pollution on an enormous scale. But applying the same burden to tiny creative businesses, many of which already choose the most sustainable packaging available, is a disproportionate measure. Small and micro-businesses need meaningful exemptions or radically simplified requirements. Regulation designed to address industrial-scale environmental damage should not destroy the smallest businesses in the process.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative, in its current form, will kill small and micro-businesses operated by creatives and craftspeople. The fact that the proposed law does not meaningfully distinguish between companies like Amazon and a one-person creative business sending just a handful of orders per year to support a hobby or be a small source of income is a grave oversight. These businesses operate at completely different scales and have fundamentally different environmental impacts. Subjecting them to the same regulatory and fiscal burden is neither proportionate nor reasonable. I fully support strong packaging regulations for corporations responsible for pollution on an enormous scale. But applying the same burden to tiny creative businesses, many of which already choose the most sustainable packaging available, is a disproportionate measure. Small and micro-businesses need meaningful exemptions or radically simplified requirements. Regulation designed to address industrial-scale environmental damage should not destroy the smallest businesses in the process.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548938_en"}, {"id": 33548937, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:21:02", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly oppose the proposed packaging requirements in their current form because they place a disproportionate burden on small and micro-enterprises. Large companies have the financial resources, compliance departments, legal support and purchasing power necessary to adapt to complex new packaging requirements. Small handmade businesses do not. For a one-person business, every additional requirement involving packaging design, documentation, material specifications, labelling, testing, registration or reporting creates significant costs and administrative work. The impact is particularly severe for small businesses producing handmade products in small quantities. We often reuse packaging, use recycled materials, minimise packaging waste and make packaging decisions based on the actual size and fragility of each order. These practices can be environmentally responsible, yet increasingly complex rules may make them more difficult or costly to continue. I am concerned that the cumulative effect of packaging regulation, product safety requirements and other EU compliance obligations will make it economically unviable for many micro-enterprises to operate legally. This risks reducing competition and diversity in the European market while favouring larger companies that can absorb the additional compliance costs. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, increasing recyclability and improving environmental sustainability. However, regulation must be proportionate and realistic for micro-enterprises. The EU should provide clear, simple and affordable rules, meaningful exemptions or simplified obligations for the smallest businesses, and avoid requirements that require specialist legal or technical knowledge to understand and implement. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of eliminating small, local and handmade businesses from the market. I urge the European Commission to reconsider the practical impact of these requirements on micro-enterprises and ensure that the final legislation is proportionate, workable and economically sustainable for them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose the proposed packaging requirements in their current form because they place a disproportionate burden on small and micro-enterprises. Large companies have the financial resources, compliance departments, legal support and purchasing power necessary to adapt to complex new packaging requirements. Small handmade businesses do not. For a one-person business, every additional requirement involving packaging design, documentation, material specifications, labelling, testing, registration or reporting creates significant costs and administrative work. The impact is particularly severe for small businesses producing handmade products in small quantities. We often reuse packaging, use recycled materials, minimise packaging waste and make packaging decisions based on the actual size and fragility of each order. These practices can be environmentally responsible, yet increasingly complex rules may make them more difficult or costly to continue. I am concerned that the cumulative effect of packaging regulation, product safety requirements and other EU compliance obligations will make it economically unviable for many micro-enterprises to operate legally. This risks reducing competition and diversity in the European market while favouring larger companies that can absorb the additional compliance costs. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, increasing recyclability and improving environmental sustainability. However, regulation must be proportionate and realistic for micro-enterprises. The EU should provide clear, simple and affordable rules, meaningful exemptions or simplified obligations for the smallest businesses, and avoid requirements that require specialist legal or technical knowledge to understand and implement. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of eliminating small, local and handmade businesses from the market. I urge the European Commission to reconsider the practical impact of these requirements on micro-enterprises and ensure that the final legislation is proportionate, workable and economically sustainable for them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548937_en"}, {"id": 33548936, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:20:15", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am one of many small business owners whose livelihood will be seriously put at risk with this law. It is unacceptable that it is easier and cheaper to ship all across the world than within the EU to our neighbours. All this will do is force consumers to purchase more and more from big corporations who are the primary polluters in the first place (and who, unlike us, can financially afford to comply with such law), as well as purchase from way further abroad. This makes the law completely counter-productive. I demand a de minimis exemption and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am one of many small business owners whose livelihood will be seriously put at risk with this law. It is unacceptable that it is easier and cheaper to ship all across the world than within the EU to our neighbours. All this will do is force consumers to purchase more and more from big corporations who are the primary polluters in the first place (and who, unlike us, can financially afford to comply with such law), as well as purchase from way further abroad. This makes the law completely counter-productive. I demand a de minimis exemption and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548936_en"}, {"id": 33548935, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:19:52", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Natacha Chohra Fine Art & Illustration ", "feedback": "I am writing as a very small, independent artist and business owner based in the UK who sells handmade and illustrated products directly to customers in the EU. I fully support the environmental aims behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable packaging are all important objectives, and I already make considerable efforts to minimise the environmental impact of my business. I use recycled, recyclable and biodegradable packaging wherever possible and avoid unnecessary packaging. However, I am extremely concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the new requirements place on very small businesses. I am not Amazon, Shein or Temu. I am one person running a small creative business. I send a very small number of parcels to EU customers each year, yet I am potentially expected to navigate packaging obligations across individual EU Member States, register with relevant national systems, pay fees, undertake reporting and, in some circumstances, appoint representatives. For a business of my size, the environmental benefit of imposing this level of administration is negligible, while the financial and practical burden is potentially enough to make selling into the EU completely unviable. This is particularly frustrating because the businesses least able to absorb these costs are often precisely the businesses that are already making conscious choices about sustainable packaging. A small artist sending a handful of carefully packaged orders should not face anything remotely comparable to the compliance burden of a multinational company placing millions of packages on the European market. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider how these rules are applied to microbusinesses and very low-volume sellers. There should be a meaningful, proportionate exemption or simplified system for businesses whose packaging volumes are genuinely minimal. At the very least, there should be a straightforward EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism, rather than requiring tiny businesses to navigate different systems, fees and representatives across multiple Member States. The current approach risks having an unintended consequence: small independent businesses simply withdrawing from the EU market altogether. That is exactly what I am now having to consider. I have reluctantly decided to pause EU shipping because I cannot justify potentially spending hundreds of euros and countless hours on compliance in order to send a small number of parcels each year. I sincerely hope the Commission will listen to the experiences of small businesses like mine and ensure that the transition to a more sustainable packaging system does not inadvertently drive small independent businesses out of the European market. Environmental responsibility is important. Proportionality is important too. Thank you for taking the experiences of small businesses into consideratio", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a very small, independent artist and business owner based in the UK who sells handmade and illustrated products directly to customers in the EU. I fully support the environmental aims behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable packaging are all important objectives, and I already make considerable efforts to minimise the environmental impact of my business. I use recycled, recyclable and biodegradable packaging wherever possible and avoid unnecessary packaging. However, I am extremely concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the new requirements place on very small businesses. I am not Amazon, Shein or Temu. I am one person running a small creative business. I send a very small number of parcels to EU customers each year, yet I am potentially expected to navigate packaging obligations across individual EU Member States, register with relevant national systems, pay fees, undertake reporting and, in some circumstances, appoint representatives. For a business of my size, the environmental benefit of imposing this level of administration is negligible, while the financial and practical burden is potentially enough to make selling into the EU completely unviable. This is particularly frustrating because the businesses least able to absorb these costs are often precisely the businesses that are already making conscious choices about sustainable packaging. A small artist sending a handful of carefully packaged orders should not face anything remotely comparable to the compliance burden of a multinational company placing millions of packages on the European market. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider how these rules are applied to microbusinesses and very low-volume sellers. There should be a meaningful, proportionate exemption or simplified system for businesses whose packaging volumes are genuinely minimal. At the very least, there should be a straightforward EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism, rather than requiring tiny businesses to navigate different systems, fees and representatives across multiple Member States. The current approach risks having an unintended consequence: small independent businesses simply withdrawing from the EU market altogether. That is exactly what I am now having to consider. I have reluctantly decided to pause EU shipping because I cannot justify potentially spending hundreds of euros and countless hours on compliance in order to send a small number of parcels each year. I sincerely hope the Commission will listen to the experiences of small businesses like mine and ensure that the transition to a more sustainable packaging system does not inadvertently drive small independent businesses out of the European market. Environmental responsibility is important. Proportionality is important too. Thank you for taking the experiences of small businesses into consideratio", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548935_en"}, {"id": 33548932, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:19:20", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous Micro Business", "feedback": "While the idea of reducing waste from large companies is well intentioned, the way it is being implemented right now is absolutely devastating for small and micro-businesses. Small and micro-businesses bring at least a little joy to everyday life, and they have a much greater cultural importance than many people realize. As far as I can see, even my own country sometimes seems to do everything it can to destroy small businesses, but these novelties coming from the top make me wonder whether the intention is the same. Many thanks for causing stress to hundreds of thousands of people and for making me spend a day without working, trying to understand what this actually means. For most small businesses, it is incredibly harmful to throw away not thousands, but even hundreds of euros that could instead be invested in improving the quality of our services. I sell reusable vintage products. I have always tried to make responsible choices: I specifically chose EU-made boxes for my products, made from recyclable materials. My new shipping boxes are made from recycled cardboard, and I have a large room filled with reused packaging materials that I use whenever possible. And yet I am expected to pay this fee? Please make the huge companies pay, especially those outside the EU that blatantly copy and profit from the ideas of original creators, rather than putting another burden on the people who actually form the foundation of our European culture and small-business economy. It is already enough to run a business in a country that not only does not seem to care about small business owners, but sometimes actively villainizes them, while simultaneously giving away funds to a select few. Small businesses should be encouraged to grow, create, preserve traditions, and contribute to society, not constantly punished with new costs and bureaucracy that have little to do with the actual environmental impact they are trying to address.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the idea of reducing waste from large companies is well intentioned, the way it is being implemented right now is absolutely devastating for small and micro-businesses. Small and micro-businesses bring at least a little joy to everyday life, and they have a much greater cultural importance than many people realize. As far as I can see, even my own country sometimes seems to do everything it can to destroy small businesses, but these novelties coming from the top make me wonder whether the intention is the same. Many thanks for causing stress to hundreds of thousands of people and for making me spend a day without working, trying to understand what this actually means. For most small businesses, it is incredibly harmful to throw away not thousands, but even hundreds of euros that could instead be invested in improving the quality of our services. I sell reusable vintage products. I have always tried to make responsible choices: I specifically chose EU-made boxes for my products, made from recyclable materials. My new shipping boxes are made from recycled cardboard, and I have a large room filled with reused packaging materials that I use whenever possible. And yet I am expected to pay this fee? Please make the huge companies pay, especially those outside the EU that blatantly copy and profit from the ideas of original creators, rather than putting another burden on the people who actually form the foundation of our European culture and small-business economy. It is already enough to run a business in a country that not only does not seem to care about small business owners, but sometimes actively villainizes them, while simultaneously giving away funds to a select few. Small businesses should be encouraged to grow, create, preserve traditions, and contribute to society, not constantly punished with new costs and bureaucracy that have little to do with the actual environmental impact they are trying to address.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548932_en"}, {"id": 33548934, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:19:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die aktuellen Regelungen zu nationalen Herstellerregistern stellen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen eine untragbare finanzielle Belastung dar. Statt eines einheitlichen Systems entstehen 27 parallele, kostenpflichtige Bürokratien, was den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erschwert. Für kleine Betriebe bedeutet die Anmeldung in mehreren Ländern hohe Kosten für Registrierungen, laufende Meldungen und unterschiedliche Berichtsformate. Externe Beratung wird fast unvermeidbar, da die Komplexität ohne eigene Ressourcen kaum zu bewältigen ist, was die Kosten zusätzlich erhöht. Für Großunternehmen stellen diese Ausgaben kein Problem dar, kleine Betriebe aber können durch die Summe der Kosten existenzbedroht werden. Es ist inakzeptabel, dass die EU durch diese Kosten kleine Unternehmen an den Rand des Ruins treibt, während große Marktteilnehmer die Belastung problemlos verkraften. Um den Mittelstand zu schützen, sind dringend Ausnahmen oder Kostenbefreiungen, etwa gestaffelt nach Umsatz oder Verpackungsmenge, notwendig. Ohne eine finanzielle Entlastung wird diese Verordnung den Wettbewerb verzerren und das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft gefährden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current rules on national producer registers impose an unacceptable financial burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. Instead of a uniform system, 27 parallel, costly red tape is created, making cross-border trade more difficult. For small farms, registration in several countries entails high costs for registrations, ongoing notifications and different reporting formats. External advice becomes almost inevitable as complexity is hardly manageable without own resources, adding to costs. For large companies, this expenditure is not a problem, but small farms can be threatened by the sum of costs. It is unacceptable that, through these costs, the EU pushes small businesses to the margins of the ruin, while large market players can easily cope with the burden. In order to protect small and medium-sized enterprises, exemptions or exemptions from costs, such as those based on turnover or packaging, are urgently needed. Without financial relief, this regulation will distort competition and put at risk the backbone of the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548934_en"}, {"id": 33548933, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:18:58", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "L'initiative est importante, mais encore une fois cela ne va nuire qu'aux micro-entreprises et petits commerces. Un.e artiste/artisan.e indépendant.e ne peut simplement pas payer un tel montant dans chaque pays où il.elle enverra peut-être deux ou trois colis sur l'année. C'est complètement irréalisable. Les frais d'envois inter-EU et même au sein d'un même pays sont déjà incroyablement élevés, ajouter de telles taxes va juste tuer toutes les petites entreprises. L'annonce de cette nouvelle réglementation a déjà eu un impact énorme sur la santé mentale de nombre de connaissances, des artistes indépendant qui peinent déjà à vivre de leur art et voient leur source de revenu réduite à peau de chagrin. En tant qu'indépendant nous sommes déjà soumis à plus de taxes qu'un.e salarié.e pour qui leur lieu de travail gère une partie, en étant parfois fort isolé.e et peu équipé.e administrativement pour tout comprendre au mieux. De plus, beaucoup de petites entreprises ont déjà une démarche de réduction des déchets, tout simplement car les emballages et packaging représentent déjà un coût important pour un.e petit.e artiste. En tant que cliente maintenant, j'aimerais pouvoir acheter des œuvres et objets d'art à n'importe qui, et pas seulement dans mon propre pays.", "feedbackEnglish": "The initiative is important, but again it will only harm micro and small businesses. An independent artist/craft.e simply cannot pay such an amount in every country where he/she may send two or three packages during the year. This is completely unfeasible. The costs of inter-EU and even within the same country are already incredibly high, adding such taxes will just kill all small businesses. The announcement of this new regulation has already had a huge impact on the mental health of many of the acquaintances, independent artists who are already struggling to live with their art and see their source of income shrunk. As a self-employed person, we are already subject to more taxes than an employee, for whom their place of work manages a part, sometimes with a high level of isolation and little administrative equipment to understand everything as well as possible. In addition, many small businesses already have a waste reduction approach, simply because packaging and packaging already represent a significant cost for a petit.e artist. As a customer now, I would like to be able to buy works of art from anyone, not just in my own country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548933_en"}, {"id": 33548931, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:17:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "EI Sanderson Max Thomas", "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I am writing to express my concern with the new conditions to be implemented in-line with the PPWR regulations for 2026. While the need to reduce the impacts of packaging, waste, pollution and excess is vital for a sustainable future that benefits all - the current regulations will have a disproportionate impact on micro - small business. For such businesses, sales are often unpredictable, making it impossible to reliably predict sale destination countries. I feel a centralized EU system of payment and registration of any eco contributions is the only viable options for small businesses. Registrations and payments to each individuel EU country is prohibitively burdensome and financially impossible for many micro/small businesses. Thank you for your consideration. Best, M Sanderson", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I am writing to express my concern with the new conditions to be implemented in-line with the PPWR regulations for 2026. While the need to reduce the impacts of packaging, waste, pollution and excess is vital for a sustainable future that benefits all - the current regulations will have a disproportionate impact on micro - small business. For such businesses, sales are often unpredictable, making it impossible to reliably predict sale destination countries. I feel a centralized EU system of payment and registration of any eco contributions is the only viable options for small businesses. Registrations and payments to each individuel EU country is prohibitively burdensome and financially impossible for many micro/small businesses. Thank you for your consideration. Best, M Sanderson", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548931_en"}, {"id": 33548930, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:17:28", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that businesses take responsibility for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am seriously concerned that these proposed registration, reporting and extended producer responsibility requirements could disproportionately harm micro and small businesses. Treating every business in the same way may appear fair, but in practice it is not. A multinational corporation with thousands of employees, dedicated compliance departments and substantial financial resources can absorb additional reporting requirements and costs with relatively little impact. For a small business, the same requirements could represent a significant financial and administrative burden. A small business owner may have to spend valuable time calculating packaging weights and materials, maintaining records, registering with multiple systems and ensuring compliance with complex requirements. They may have to pay external organisations or consultants to do this work because they do not have the expertise or resources themselves. These costs can represent a substantial proportion of a small businesss profits, whereas they may be almost insignificant to a large corporation. This creates an unfair competitive environment. Large companies already benefit from economies of scale. They can negotiate cheaper manufacturing, shipping and material costs and employ specialists to deal with regulatory requirements. If small businesses are additionally burdened with disproportionate compliance costs, they may be forced to increase prices, reduce their product range, stop selling certain products or even close altogether. The consequence could be that large corporations gain an even greater share of the market. When a small business disappears, its customers and market share do not disappear with it; they become available to larger competitors that are better able to absorb regulatory costs. A regulation intended to address environmental problems should not unintentionally contribute to market consolidation and make it harder for independent businesses and entrepreneurs to compete. The 10-tonne threshold proposed for reporting is therefore not sufficient on its own. A business operating far below this threshold can still be a very small enterprise for which registration, record-keeping and detailed packaging requirements are disproportionately burdensome. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to both the amount of packaging placed on the market and the resources of the business. A company responsible for millions of tonnes of packaging should carry a substantially greater regulatory and financial responsibility than a small business placing a few hundred kilograms on the market. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions or significantly simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, including a de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Small businesses above that threshold should benefit from simplified reporting, reasonable estimates and standardised packaging categories rather than complex material-by-material assessments where the environmental benefit does not justify the administrative burden. The EU should also consider business size, turnover, number of employees and quantity of packaging placed on the market when determining regulatory obligations. Small businesses should not be exempt from environmental responsibility, but they should not be placed at a competitive disadvantage simply because they lack the resources of multinational corporations. A regulation can treat every business equally on paper while producing profoundly unequal consequences in reality. We should reduce packaging waste and hold the largest producers accountable, but we should also protect competition, entrepreneurship and the ability of small businesses to grow.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that businesses take responsibility for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am seriously concerned that these proposed registration, reporting and extended producer responsibility requirements could disproportionately harm micro and small businesses. Treating every business in the same way may appear fair, but in practice it is not. A multinational corporation with thousands of employees, dedicated compliance departments and substantial financial resources can absorb additional reporting requirements and costs with relatively little impact. For a small business, the same requirements could represent a significant financial and administrative burden. A small business owner may have to spend valuable time calculating packaging weights and materials, maintaining records, registering with multiple systems and ensuring compliance with complex requirements. They may have to pay external organisations or consultants to do this work because they do not have the expertise or resources themselves. These costs can represent a substantial proportion of a small businesss profits, whereas they may be almost insignificant to a large corporation. This creates an unfair competitive environment. Large companies already benefit from economies of scale. They can negotiate cheaper manufacturing, shipping and material costs and employ specialists to deal with regulatory requirements. If small businesses are additionally burdened with disproportionate compliance costs, they may be forced to increase prices, reduce their product range, stop selling certain products or even close altogether. The consequence could be that large corporations gain an even greater share of the market. When a small business disappears, its customers and market share do not disappear with it; they become available to larger competitors that are better able to absorb regulatory costs. A regulation intended to address environmental problems should not unintentionally contribute to market consolidation and make it harder for independent businesses and entrepreneurs to compete. The 10-tonne threshold proposed for reporting is therefore not sufficient on its own. A business operating far below this threshold can still be a very small enterprise for which registration, record-keeping and detailed packaging requirements are disproportionately burdensome. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to both the amount of packaging placed on the market and the resources of the business. A company responsible for millions of tonnes of packaging should carry a substantially greater regulatory and financial responsibility than a small business placing a few hundred kilograms on the market. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions or significantly simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, including a de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Small businesses above that threshold should benefit from simplified reporting, reasonable estimates and standardised packaging categories rather than complex material-by-material assessments where the environmental benefit does not justify the administrative burden. The EU should also consider business size, turnover, number of employees and quantity of packaging placed on the market when determining regulatory obligations. Small businesses should not be exempt from environmental responsibility, but they should not be placed at a competitive disadvantage simply because they lack the resources of multinational corporations. A regulation can treat every business equally on paper while producing profoundly unequal consequences in reality. We should reduce packaging waste and hold the largest producers accountable, but we should also protect competition, entrepreneurship and the ability of small businesses to grow.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548930_en"}, {"id": 33548929, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:16:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren des EU-Parlaments, ich bin Kleinunternehmerin und lebe die EU mit ganzem Herzen. Mein Leben dreht sich um kleine Unternehmen und Manufakturen. Mein Obst bestelle ich direkt aus Spanien oder Italien vom Bauern. Den besten Käse, den ich je gegessen habe, kommt direkt aus Frankreich. Mein liebster Schmuck kommt von einer kleiner Künstlerin aus Tschechien. Kosmetik beziehe ich aus Deutschland, hergestellt in Zusammenarbeit mit Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen. Alle diese Unternehmen sind klein, haben keine große Rechtsabteilung sich intensiv mit ihren neuer PPWR auseinander zu setzen und erst recht nicht die finanziellen Mittel sich nun in jedes der 27 Länder mit einem Vertreter einzukaufen. Befreundete Künstler sind außer sich, da ihr Existenzgrundlage, der Verkauf ihrer Kunst, durch diese Regelung zu Nichte gemacht wurde. In vielen Projekten habe ich die Realität eines Einzelunternehmers hautnah erlebt. Diese Leute sind mit einer mitreißenden Leidenschaft gesegnet, das sollten sie mal erleben. Nun sehe ich in viele trostlose Gesichter. Von Leidenschaft ist nichts mehr zu sehen. Die Idee der EU ist doch Gemeinschaft und Vielfalt. Genau diese Werte leben hier so viele Menschen, die nun durch die PPWR ein rapides Ende erfahren. Ist das wirklich Ihre Intention wertes Parlament? Kleine Unternehmen und damit die Vielfalt in der EU bewusst zu töten?", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen of the European Parliament, I am a small entrepreneur and I live with the whole EU. My life is about small businesses and manufacturing. I order my fruit directly from Spain or Italy from the farmer. The best cheese I have ever eaten comes directly from France. My dearst jewellery comes from a small Czech artist. I buy cosmetics from Germany, manufactured in collaboration with people with disabilities. All these companies are small, they do not have a large legal department to deal intensively with their new PPWR and, a fortiori, they do not now have the financial means to buy in each of the 27 countries with a representative. Friendly artists are not self-sufficient, as their livelihood, the sale of their art, has been rendered nugatory by this rule. In many projects, I have experienced the reality of a sole trader first-hand. These people have sat with a passion and should experience it. Now I see many rustless faces. There is no longer any passion. The idea of the EU is community and diversity. It is precisely these values that so many people are living here, and they are now coming to a rapid end as a result of the PPWR. Is that really your intention a worthwhile Parliament? Deliberately kill small businesses and thus diversity in the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548929_en"}, {"id": 33548928, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:16:00", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Julie Michel", "feedback": "En tant que micro-entrepreneuse je suis très inquiète du poids que cette mesure va peser sur mon activité. Devoir souscrire à un tel service dans chaque pays dans lesquels j'envois des colis risque de me coûter bien trop cher pour que ce soit viable et me demander un temps infini, beaucoup d'énergie et beaucoup de stress dans une société qui n'est déjà pas très avantageuse pour les entreprises indépendantes, et j'ai peur que ce poids soit bien trop lourd pour que mon activité puisse le supporter. Surtout aux vues du nombre peu important de colis (- de 20/an) que j'envois en dehors du sol français mais toujours dans des pays différents, ce qui augmente drastiquement les frais par colis. Certaines souscriptions ne me serviront que pour un seul et unique colis dans l'année. Depuis le début j'ai toujours fait attention à l'emballage de mes colis en utilisant quasi exclusivement des emballages issus de récupération, je pense déjà faire ma part du travail pour réduire au maximum les déchets produit par mon activité et je trouve particulièrement injuste de me demander encore des efforts supplémentaires aussi importants au point de peut-être mettre un terme à mon activité pour laquelle je travaille d'arrache pied depuis plusieurs années. Et comme vous pouvez certainement le voir parmi les autres retours qui vous sont soumis ici, je suis loin d'être la seule à partager ce sentiment. Il serait donc bienvenu d'adapter cette mesure aux petites entreprises comme la mienne qui n'ont pas le même impacte ni les même moyens à accorder à la gestions des déchets sur le sol Européen que des multinationales.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur, I am very concerned about the impact this will have on my business. Having to subscribe to such a service in every country where I send parcels is likely to cost me far too much for it to be viable and to ask me for an infinite amount of time, energy and stress in a society that is already not very advantageous for independent companies, and I am afraid that this truck will be far too heavy for my business to bear. Especially in view of the small number of parcels (- 20/an) that I send out of France but still in different countries, which drastically increases the cost per parcel. Some subscriptions will be used by me for only one package in the year. From the outset, I have always paid attention to the packaging of my packages by using almost exclusively recovered packaging, I think I am already doing my part to minimise the waste produced by my activity and I find it particularly unfair to ask me to do so much more, perhaps to put an end to my activity, for which I have been working hard for several years. And as you can certainly see from the other feedback submitted to you here, I am far from being the only one to share this feeling. It would therefore be welcome to adapt this measure to small businesses such as mine, which do not have the same impact or the same resources to grant to waste management on European soil as multinationals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548928_en"}, {"id": 33548925, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:15:05", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "An absolutely disgraceful way to destroy all small businesses across europe. It is a necessary set of rules for mega corporarions like Amazon, Shein, Temu NOT small businesses. There should definetely be an income limit", "feedbackEnglish": "An absolutely disgraceful way to destroy all small businesses across europe. It is a necessary set of rules for mega corporarions like Amazon, Shein, Temu NOT small businesses. There should definetely be an income limit", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548925_en"}, {"id": 33548923, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:14:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Thank you for not making it easier for small companies. You sold out europe to the gigantic cooperations. This is economic suicide!", "feedbackEnglish": "Thank you for not making it easier for small companies. You sold out europe to the gigantic cooperations. This is economic suicide!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548923_en"}, {"id": 33548922, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:14:08", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jag utbildar mig till guldsmed och kommer om 1 år att börja starta upp mitt egna företag. Jag tycker att det är en bra tanke att det borde finnas regler kring hur postmaterial kan påverka miljön ska beräknas och ses över. Men i praktiken så innebär der här att småföretagare kommer ha det svårare att kunna sälja sina saker inom eu. Vissa länder inom eu har så mycket sämre statistik när der gälöer att återvinna förpackningar eller att panta flaskor på det sätt som vi har i sverige. Kan vi starta där och få övriga länder att ha lika bra återvinning som vi har i sverige. Om det är stora företag som producerar saker så tycker jag att dom kan få betala en avgift men om man är ett enmans företag som gör saker på beställning och intr maspriducerar så tycker inte jag att man ska behöva betala för ens paketering till alla länder man skickar till. Det är redan högt pris på att skicka saker privar elöer som flretag förutom via stora appar som tex vinted. och saker från china kommer in i eu mer och mer. Jag tycker att eu ska värna om samarbeten oxh handel inom länderna men det här kommer döda dom små företagarna", "feedbackEnglish": "I am training to become a golden man and I will start starting my own business in 1 years’ time. I think it is a good idea that there should be rules on how postal materials can have an impact on the environment to be calculated and reviewed. But in practice, this means that small businesses will find it harder to sell their products in the EU. Some countries in the EU have much worse statistics when it comes to recycling packaging or picking bottles as we have in Sweden. We can start there and make other countries recycle as well as we do in Sweden. If it is big companies that produce things, I think the court may have to pay a fee, but if you are a one-man company that does things to order and intrudes into mass cutting, I don’t think you should have to pay for your packaging to all the countries you send to. It is already a high price for sending things priced for electricity that flies apart from large apps such as winters, and things from china are entering eu more and more. I think the eu should protect cooperation and cross-border trade, but this will kill small entrepreneurs", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548922_en"}, {"id": 33548921, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:13:46", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tokyo Girl Designs", "feedback": "I am a small business in the United States who is highly affected by the PPWR & EPR regulation changes. I have many customers in EU countries who purchase and collect plushies that I create and sell. Small businesses like myself cannot afford the costs, and consumers in the EU will no longer be able to purchase from small businesses outside of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business in the United States who is highly affected by the PPWR & EPR regulation changes. I have many customers in EU countries who purchase and collect plushies that I create and sell. Small businesses like myself cannot afford the costs, and consumers in the EU will no longer be able to purchase from small businesses outside of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548921_en"}, {"id": 33548920, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:13:10", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not own a small business, but I buy from them all the time. I PREFER to buy from small businesses whenever possible. It is outrageous that is no exemption for small businesses from this legislation; it shows how little care legislators have for anyone who is not a big corporation. It is essential that an exemption be added. Small businesses are not the problem this legislation is aimed at fixing and should not suffer for it!", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not own a small business, but I buy from them all the time. I PREFER to buy from small businesses whenever possible. It is outrageous that is no exemption for small businesses from this legislation; it shows how little care legislators have for anyone who is not a big corporation. It is essential that an exemption be added. Small businesses are not the problem this legislation is aimed at fixing and should not suffer for it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548920_en"}, {"id": 33548919, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:13:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich als selbstständige Künstlerin und Betreiberin eines Ein-Frau-Unternehmens an Sie, weil die aktuellen Regelungen zur erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) für Verpackungen für Unternehmen meiner Größe unverhältnismäßig sind. Ich bin kein Großunternehmen. Ich habe keine Mitarbeiter, keine Rechtsabteilung und keine finanziellen Mittel, um mich durch unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungssysteme, Gebühren und bürokratische Anforderungen in verschiedenen EU-Ländern zu arbeiten. Mein Unternehmen erwirtschaftet insgesamt nur etwa 4.00010.000 Euro im Jahr. Trotzdem werde ich beim Versand kleiner Mengen in andere EU-Länder mit Anforderungen konfrontiert, die faktisch für Unternehmen mit völlig anderen Größenordnungen tragbar sind. Wenn ich beispielsweise nur wenige Pakete im Jahr in ein bestimmtes Land verschicke, können Registrierung, Gebühren, Meldungen und weitere Verpflichtungen ein Vielfaches dessen kosten, was ich mit diesen Verkäufen überhaupt verdiene. Das bedeutet für mich konkret: Ich muss Märkte innerhalb der EU aufgeben. Ab dem 12. August kann ich voraussichtlich nicht mehr außerhalb Deutschlands versenden, weil die damit verbundenen Anforderungen für mich wirtschaftlich und administrativ nicht tragbar sind. Das ist besonders problematisch, weil Künstlerinnen und Künstler ohnehin massiv unter Druck stehen. Meine Existenz als unabhängige Künstlerin ist bereits durch KI-generierte Kunst bedroht. Aufträge und Einnahmen werden unsicherer und der Wettbewerb nimmt enorm zu. Gleichzeitig werden uns durch zusätzliche Bürokratie weitere Absatzmärkte genommen. Wie kann es verhältnismäßig sein, ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen mit vielleicht 10.000 Euro Jahresumsatz im Prinzip mit Anforderungen zu belasten, die auch für Unternehmen mit Millionenumsätzen gelten? Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel von EPR: Verpackungsmüll muss reduziert werden und Unternehmen sollen Verantwortung für ihre Umweltbelastung übernehmen. Aber eine Regelung, die große Verursacher zur Verantwortung ziehen soll, darf nicht dazu führen, dass die kleinsten Marktteilnehmer aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden. Es macht einen erheblichen Unterschied, ob ein multinationaler Konzern Millionen von Verpackungen in Umlauf bringt oder eine einzelne Künstlerin wenige kleine Pakete an Kunden verschickt. Die Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand stehen bei Kleinstunternehmen in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Menge und Umweltbelastung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte kleinen Unternehmen neue Möglichkeiten eröffnen. Stattdessen entstehen durch unterschiedliche nationale Systeme faktisch neue Grenzen innerhalb Europas. Ich bitte Sie daher dringend um verhältnismäßige und praktikable Regelungen für Kleinstunternehmen und Solo-Selbstständige, insbesondere: eine echte Bagatellgrenze für sehr kleine Versandmengen und Umsätze, vereinfachte Verfahren für Kleinstunternehmen, möglichst ein einheitliches EU-weites System statt vieler nationaler Einzelregistrierungen, und eine klare Unterscheidung zwischen multinationalen Konzernen und Ein-Personen-Unternehmen. Wir kleinen Kreativen sind nicht die großen Umweltverschmutzer. Wir sind Menschen, die versuchen, mit unserer Arbeit unseren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Wenn ich aufgrund dieser Bürokratie nicht mehr an Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern verkaufen kann, verliere ich einen Teil meiner Existenzgrundlage. Ich bitte Sie deshalb, die Auswirkungen dieser Regelungen auf Künstler, Handwerker, Solo-Selbstständige und andere Kleinstunternehmen ernst zu nehmen. Umweltschutz darf nicht bedeuten, dass die kleinsten Unternehmen sich den europäischen Binnenmarkt nicht mehr leisten können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a self-employed artist and one-woman company operator, I am writing to you because the current extended producer responsibility (EPR) rules for packaging are disproportionate for companies of my size. I am not a large company. I have no staff, legal department or financial resources to work through different national registration systems, fees and bureaucratic requirements in different EU countries. My company generates a total of only around EUR 00010 per year. Nevertheless, when shipping small quantities to other EU countries, I face requirements that are de facto bearable for companies of completely different sizes. For example, if I send only a few parcels per year to a specific country, registration, fees, notifications and other obligations can cost many times more than I actually earn from these sales. This means, in concrete terms, for me: I have to abandon markets within the EU. As of 12 August, I will probably no longer be able to send out outside Germany because the associated requirements are economically and administratively unsustainable for me. This is particularly problematic because artists are already under massive pressure. My existence as an independent artist is already threatened by AI-generated art. Orders and revenues are becoming more uncertain and competition is growing tremendously. At the same time, additional red tape deprives us of further outlets. How can it be proportionate to impose, in principle, requirements on a one-person company with an annual turnover of perhaps EUR 10.000, which also apply to companies with millions of turnover? In principle, I support the EPR’s objective: Packaging waste needs to be reduced and companies should take responsibility for their environmental impact. But a system designed to hold large polluters accountable must not lead to the smallest market players being pushed out of the European single market. It makes a significant difference whether a multinational company puts millions of packages into circulation or a single artist sends few small packages to customers. The costs and administrative burden for micro-enterprises are disproportionate to the actual volume and environmental impact. The European single market should open up new opportunities for small businesses. Instead, different national systems create de facto new borders within Europe. I would therefore urge you to adopt proportionate and workable rules for micro-enterprises and solo self-employed persons, in particular: a real de minimis threshold for very small volumes and transactions, simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, possibly a single EU-wide system instead of many national individual registrations, and a clear distinction between multinationals and one-person companies. We small creators are not the big polluters. We are people who try to earn a living from our work. If, as a result of this bureaucracy, I can no longer sell to customers in other EU countries, I lose part of my livelihood. I would therefore ask you to take seriously the impact of these rules on artists, craftsmen, solo self-employed persons and other micro-enterprises. Environmental protection must not mean that the smallest companies can no longer afford the European single market. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548919_en"}, {"id": 33548918, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:12:05", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We are a very small business with only two people, operating in Slovakia. We fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental responsibility. However, the current and proposed national registration requirements create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. Our business is part of a small European supply chain. We purchase components and materials for our products from other small businesses within the EU, and we also sell our finished products to customers in other EU Member States. The current system makes this increasingly difficult. As a small company, we are expected to navigate different national registration requirements, packaging obligations and administrative procedures in each country where we sell or source products. We simply do not have the financial or human resources to maintain a separate administrative function or hire external specialists for every EU market. This has a very real impact on our business. We are a young, newly established company, and these additional administrative obligations and costs are already putting our business close to the point where cross-border sales are no longer economically viable. We are not a multinational corporation with legal, tax and compliance departments. We are two people trying to build a small business within the European Single Market. The irony is that the Single Market should make it possible for small European businesses to trade across borders, yet increasingly complex and fragmented national requirements are making this practically impossible for micro-enterprises. We strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely simplified, harmonised system for micro and small businesses, including a single EU-wide registration or reporting mechanism wherever possible, clear thresholds below which obligations are significantly reduced, and substantially simpler procedures for businesses selling only small quantities across borders. European legislation should not unintentionally create a situation where only large companies can afford to participate in the Single Market. For small businesses like ours, this is not merely an administrative inconvenience. It can determine whether we are able to continue operating and selling across the EU at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a very small business with only two people, operating in Slovakia. We fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental responsibility. However, the current and proposed national registration requirements create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. Our business is part of a small European supply chain. We purchase components and materials for our products from other small businesses within the EU, and we also sell our finished products to customers in other EU Member States. The current system makes this increasingly difficult. As a small company, we are expected to navigate different national registration requirements, packaging obligations and administrative procedures in each country where we sell or source products. We simply do not have the financial or human resources to maintain a separate administrative function or hire external specialists for every EU market. This has a very real impact on our business. We are a young, newly established company, and these additional administrative obligations and costs are already putting our business close to the point where cross-border sales are no longer economically viable. We are not a multinational corporation with legal, tax and compliance departments. We are two people trying to build a small business within the European Single Market. The irony is that the Single Market should make it possible for small European businesses to trade across borders, yet increasingly complex and fragmented national requirements are making this practically impossible for micro-enterprises. We strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely simplified, harmonised system for micro and small businesses, including a single EU-wide registration or reporting mechanism wherever possible, clear thresholds below which obligations are significantly reduced, and substantially simpler procedures for businesses selling only small quantities across borders. European legislation should not unintentionally create a situation where only large companies can afford to participate in the Single Market. For small businesses like ours, this is not merely an administrative inconvenience. It can determine whether we are able to continue operating and selling across the EU at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548918_en"}, {"id": 33548917, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:11:43", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an active customer of creative small- and micro businesses and I plan to start my own small business in the future. The new EU packaging regulations just completely shattered this dream, and of many other existing small businesses. These new regulations is the end of small businesses. It is impossible for small businesses to continue selling within the EU because of the ridiculously high fees they are forced to pay. These fees are completely out of proportion to their revenue and the size of their businesses. Why do micro- and small businesses have to comply with the same fees and regulations as large corporations? It is inexplicable why a small business should pay the same amount in fees as a million dollar company for which these fees are insignificant. I understand the EU must take responsibility for packaging waste, but these regulations only punish small businesses, not even big corporations that actually generate the waste. It cannot be justified that it is easier to ship a package to the United States than to our neighboring country. The consequences of these regulations are in no way sustainable. Furthermore, the EU is supposed to stimulate and support the free movement of goods. This is one of the four fundamental values created by The European Union. These new regulations contradict these values and significantly impede the Free movement of goods. I strongly urge that micro- and small businesses be exempted from these regulations, or that the regulations will be altered with the size a business taken into account. These regulations should target large companies that generate substantial amounts of waste, not small businesses that are, in fact, supposed to be supported by the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an active customer of creative small- and micro businesses and I plan to start my own small business in the future. The new EU packaging regulations just completely shattered this dream, and of many other existing small businesses. These new regulations is the end of small businesses. It is impossible for small businesses to continue selling within the EU because of the ridiculously high fees they are forced to pay. These fees are completely out of proportion to their revenue and the size of their businesses. Why do micro- and small businesses have to comply with the same fees and regulations as large corporations? It is inexplicable why a small business should pay the same amount in fees as a million dollar company for which these fees are insignificant. I understand the EU must take responsibility for packaging waste, but these regulations only punish small businesses, not even big corporations that actually generate the waste. It cannot be justified that it is easier to ship a package to the United States than to our neighboring country. The consequences of these regulations are in no way sustainable. Furthermore, the EU is supposed to stimulate and support the free movement of goods. This is one of the four fundamental values created by The European Union. These new regulations contradict these values and significantly impede the Free movement of goods. I strongly urge that micro- and small businesses be exempted from these regulations, or that the regulations will be altered with the size a business taken into account. These regulations should target large companies that generate substantial amounts of waste, not small businesses that are, in fact, supposed to be supported by the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548917_en"}, {"id": 33548916, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:11:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Eine absolute Katastrophe und Frechheit! Geeintes Europa ? Wohl viel mehr geteiltes Europa ! Dieses Gesetzt zerstört jeden Kleinunternehmer und befürwortet die Gigakonzerne! Wie kann so etwas überhaupt verabschiedet werden , dass KLUs / Neuunternehmertum systematisch unter dem Denkmantel einer Umweltauflage vereitelt wird. Dem verschwenderischen Umgang mit Ressourcen eines zb Amazon wird mit diesem Gesetz nicht entgegengewirkt, ganz im Gegenteil! Der kleine Unternehmer kann sich die undifferenzierten Forderungen und Auflagen überhaupt nicht leisten in der Form wie sie da stehen. Der Markt wird dadurch Konkurrenzlos wenn die KLUs aufgeben müssen mit diesen untragbaren Kosten und nur die Konglomerate überbleiben. Die EU sollte die Monopole auflösen nicht vorantreiben. Es muss eine Regelung her die verhältnismäßig ist !", "feedbackEnglish": "An absolute catastrophe and brittleness! United Europe? Arguably much more divided Europe! This law destroys every small businessman and supports the giga-companies! How can it be assumed at all that inclusive/new entrepreneurship is systematically thwarted under the guise of an environmental requirement? This law does not prevent the wasteful use of Amazon resources, quite the contrary! The small trader cannot afford the undifferentiated demands and requirements at all in the form in which they stand. This makes the market uncompetitive if the bloc has to give up with these prohibitive costs and only the conglomerates are left behind. The EU should not move away from monopolies. Rules must be proportionate!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548916_en"}, {"id": 33548915, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:10:47", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lou Durin EI", "feedback": "I run a small business since 2 years. I mostly sell my miniature products (200 units/year) in France, and rarely in Europe (20 units/year). The turnover I get is around 5k/year and I already have 60% of charges and tax. To package my items I use thick copy paper and I reuse cardboards I already have thanks to the items I personally buy. Paying several hundreds of euros only to be compliant for selling within EU is simply out of reach for my business. Please consider setting up a mesurable thresholds of sold units/year or a minimum turnover to reach before having to pay such new taxes. Otherwise, small businesses will shut down and clients, who won't stop to buy because of that, will decide to buy China stuff instead. Which is neither good for the economy, nor the environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business since 2 years. I mostly sell my miniature products (200 units/year) in France, and rarely in Europe (20 units/year). The turnover I get is around 5k/year and I already have 60% of charges and tax. To package my items I use thick copy paper and I reuse cardboards I already have thanks to the items I personally buy. Paying several hundreds of euros only to be compliant for selling within EU is simply out of reach for my business. Please consider setting up a mesurable thresholds of sold units/year or a minimum turnover to reach before having to pay such new taxes. Otherwise, small businesses will shut down and clients, who won't stop to buy because of that, will decide to buy China stuff instead. Which is neither good for the economy, nor the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548915_en"}, {"id": 33548914, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:09:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There is a clear need for a regulation about packaging overuse, especially for huge sellers like Amazon. However, the law as is currently written will kill each and every single business. A solution must be found for the very small companies that are below the 30k sales revenue threshold, either by exempting, or by giving a single reasonable tax such as 100 to ship to all other European countries, so that they participate to the effort without suffering too much on that tax. Please be aware that the average net income for such kind of company is 9k yearly, therefore this law will force them to simply shut down as their complete net revenue will just cover the tax. Please think again about this text, protect the very small companies, they are making the force and the charm of the EU showing how talented we are.", "feedbackEnglish": "There is a clear need for a regulation about packaging overuse, especially for huge sellers like Amazon. However, the law as is currently written will kill each and every single business. A solution must be found for the very small companies that are below the 30k sales revenue threshold, either by exempting, or by giving a single reasonable tax such as 100 to ship to all other European countries, so that they participate to the effort without suffering too much on that tax. Please be aware that the average net income for such kind of company is 9k yearly, therefore this law will force them to simply shut down as their complete net revenue will just cover the tax. Please think again about this text, protect the very small companies, they are making the force and the charm of the EU showing how talented we are.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548914_en"}, {"id": 33548912, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:09:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "So viele kleine Händler haben in den letzten Wochen angekündigt, außerhalb ihrer eigenen Länder keinen Versand mehr in andere europäische Länder anzubieten, da sie sich nicht für jedes Land einen Verpackungsrepräsentanten leisten können. Ich rede hier von Künstlern, Handwerkern, Leuten die kleine Onlineshops für selbst hergestellte Produkte betreiben. Dieser bürokratische Aufwand verbessert nicht die Umweltsituation, sondern er spaltet im wahrsten Sinne Europa! Ist das die europäische Idee? Ja, es muss etwas gegen Verpackungsmüll und Ressourcenverschwendung unternommen werden. Aber dazu tragen die großen Versandhändler bei, nicht die kleinen. Dieses Gesetz muss unbedingt geändert werden, damit es an der richtigen Stelle greift und nicht Europäer von Europäern trennt.", "feedbackEnglish": "So many small retailers have announced in recent weeks that they will no longer be able to offer shipments to other European countries outside their own countries, as they cannot afford to have a packaging representative for each country. I am talking here about artists, craftsmen, people running small online shops for own-made products. This bureaucratic effort does not improve the environmental situation but, in the true sense, divides Europe! Is this the European idea? Yes, there is a need to tackle packaging waste and waste of resources. But the big mail-order companies, not the small ones, contribute to this. It is essential to change this law so that it works in the right place and does not separate Europeans from Europeans.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548912_en"}, {"id": 33548911, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:09:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small Art Business", "feedback": "I am an artist and run a very small business in Germany. Like many other artists and small businesses, I sell my products on a very small scale and sometimes have customers from other EU countries. I understand and support the goal of the PPWR. Reducing packaging waste is important, and I am happy to do my part. My concern is the amount of bureaucracy and cost that the new requirements can create for very small businesses. As a small business, I simply cannot predict where my customers will come from. I might have a few sales to customers in another EU country one year and none the next. Having to deal with different registration requirements, fees and other obligations for countries where I may only make a handful of sales can be completely disproportionate to the actual turnover and environmental impact involved. For a large company, these costs and administrative tasks can be spread across thousands of sales. For a small artist or micro-business, they can easily make selling to customers in another EU country no longer worthwhile. In some cases, the administrative costs could even be higher than the profit from the sales themselves. This is particularly concerning because it seems to work against one of the fundamental ideas of the European Union: making trade between EU countries easier and allowing businesses to operate across borders without unnecessary barriers. If a small business has to think twice about whether it can afford to sell to a customer in another EU country because of the additional packaging requirements and costs, this creates a new barrier to exactly the kind of cross-border trade the EU is supposed to encourage. I am not asking for packaging requirements to be removed. I am asking for the requirements to be proportionate to the size of the business and the amount of packaging involved. There should be a simple and affordable solution for micro-businesses with very small or occasional cross-border sales. In particular, I believe there should be a meaningful threshold below which the administrative and financial burden is significantly reduced. I hope the impact on artists, independent creators and other very small businesses will be taken into account. We want to comply with the rules and contribute to reducing packaging waste, but we should not be put in a situation where selling a few products to customers in another EU country becomes financially or administratively impossible. The PPWR should help create a more sustainable European market without unintentionally creating new barriers within that market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist and run a very small business in Germany. Like many other artists and small businesses, I sell my products on a very small scale and sometimes have customers from other EU countries. I understand and support the goal of the PPWR. Reducing packaging waste is important, and I am happy to do my part. My concern is the amount of bureaucracy and cost that the new requirements can create for very small businesses. As a small business, I simply cannot predict where my customers will come from. I might have a few sales to customers in another EU country one year and none the next. Having to deal with different registration requirements, fees and other obligations for countries where I may only make a handful of sales can be completely disproportionate to the actual turnover and environmental impact involved. For a large company, these costs and administrative tasks can be spread across thousands of sales. For a small artist or micro-business, they can easily make selling to customers in another EU country no longer worthwhile. In some cases, the administrative costs could even be higher than the profit from the sales themselves. This is particularly concerning because it seems to work against one of the fundamental ideas of the European Union: making trade between EU countries easier and allowing businesses to operate across borders without unnecessary barriers. If a small business has to think twice about whether it can afford to sell to a customer in another EU country because of the additional packaging requirements and costs, this creates a new barrier to exactly the kind of cross-border trade the EU is supposed to encourage. I am not asking for packaging requirements to be removed. I am asking for the requirements to be proportionate to the size of the business and the amount of packaging involved. There should be a simple and affordable solution for micro-businesses with very small or occasional cross-border sales. In particular, I believe there should be a meaningful threshold below which the administrative and financial burden is significantly reduced. I hope the impact on artists, independent creators and other very small businesses will be taken into account. We want to comply with the rules and contribute to reducing packaging waste, but we should not be put in a situation where selling a few products to customers in another EU country becomes financially or administratively impossible. The PPWR should help create a more sustainable European market without unintentionally creating new barriers within that market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548911_en"}, {"id": 33548910, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:07:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Minuk", "feedback": "I have been running a small business for 15 years, and it has provided me with a good living. However, the new Packaging Regulation is preventing small businesses like mine from continuing to grow. As a small business, I cannot bear the costs and administrative burden of appointing an authorised representative in every EU country, as well as fulfilling registration and reporting obligations. The consequences go far beyond individual cases: * Existing B2B relationships are breaking down because small businesses can no longer easily work with suppliers from other EU countries. * Owner-managed, particularly women-led, small businesses are losing important sources of supply and business opportunities as a result. * Material costs from within the EU are rising, assuming the products we have traditionally relied on are still available at all. * Diversity in European trade is declining small, independent businesses are disappearing while large companies are strengthening their market power. * The costs and administrative burden are disproportionate for micro-enterprises and much easier for large companies to absorb. * Ultimately, even more goods from China and other non-EU countries could enter the EU, because large platforms and corporations are better equipped to meet the new requirements. I fully support the objectives of the regulation but it must be in a way that does not push small businesses out of the European single market. We, the small businesses of Europe, urge you to reconsider the Packaging Regulation and adapt it so that cross-border trade within Europe remains possible for micro-enterprises up to certain thresholds (e.g. based on profit or shipping volume).", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been running a small business for 15 years, and it has provided me with a good living. However, the new Packaging Regulation is preventing small businesses like mine from continuing to grow. As a small business, I cannot bear the costs and administrative burden of appointing an authorised representative in every EU country, as well as fulfilling registration and reporting obligations. The consequences go far beyond individual cases: * Existing B2B relationships are breaking down because small businesses can no longer easily work with suppliers from other EU countries. * Owner-managed, particularly women-led, small businesses are losing important sources of supply and business opportunities as a result. * Material costs from within the EU are rising, assuming the products we have traditionally relied on are still available at all. * Diversity in European trade is declining small, independent businesses are disappearing while large companies are strengthening their market power. * The costs and administrative burden are disproportionate for micro-enterprises and much easier for large companies to absorb. * Ultimately, even more goods from China and other non-EU countries could enter the EU, because large platforms and corporations are better equipped to meet the new requirements. I fully support the objectives of the regulation but it must be in a way that does not push small businesses out of the European single market. We, the small businesses of Europe, urge you to reconsider the Packaging Regulation and adapt it so that cross-border trade within Europe remains possible for micro-enterprises up to certain thresholds (e.g. based on profit or shipping volume).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548910_en"}, {"id": 33548909, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:07:04", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I confirming this rules you are damaging small business forcing them to quit selling on EU markets as they cannot afford to provide what is demanded by these rules. The small businesses should not be included in these sanctions.", "feedbackEnglish": "I confirming this rules you are damaging small business forcing them to quit selling on EU markets as they cannot afford to provide what is demanded by these rules. The small businesses should not be included in these sanctions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548909_en"}, {"id": 33548901, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:05:05", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative effectively cripples small business oweners and/or hand made sellers. On the other hand, corporates who can handle the costs will largely remain unaffected or have other, simpler, ways to adapt to this change. And if the goal is to protect the European market from Chinese Temu/ Aliexpress/ Shein sellers, they always find a way around. Please reconsider and adapt changes, that will lead to protection of small businesses in the EU, because this way, we will regulate ourselves straight to hell.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative effectively cripples small business oweners and/or hand made sellers. On the other hand, corporates who can handle the costs will largely remain unaffected or have other, simpler, ways to adapt to this change. And if the goal is to protect the European market from Chinese Temu/ Aliexpress/ Shein sellers, they always find a way around. Please reconsider and adapt changes, that will lead to protection of small businesses in the EU, because this way, we will regulate ourselves straight to hell.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548901_en"}, {"id": 33548899, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:03:27", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule as it is disproportionate towards them, or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. This act will sink small businesses at a time when costs are already exceptionally high. This will favour the big corporations. I am a solo freelancer, creating art for the benefit of my family.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule as it is disproportionate towards them, or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. This act will sink small businesses at a time when costs are already exceptionally high. This will favour the big corporations. I am a solo freelancer, creating art for the benefit of my family.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548899_en"}, {"id": 33548898, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:03:23", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would urge the European Commission to reconsider the proposed changes concerning national registers of producers and the associated obligations for businesses. While I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental responsibility across the European Union, I am concerned that the proposed requirements could place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro-businesses. For a large company, an additional annual cost of 1,000 may be relatively minor. For a small business, however, 1,000 can represent a significant share of annual profit and can directly affect the financial stability of a household when the business provides an important part of that households income. These costs cannot simply be absorbed by many small businesses; they may instead result in higher prices, reduced investment, fewer product offerings, or businesses being forced to close altogether. There is also a risk that such requirements could have unintended consequences for the quality and diversity of goods available to European consumers. Small businesses often provide specialised, carefully produced, or niche products that are not offered by larger companies. If compliance costs become too high, these businesses may have to reduce the quality of their packaging or products, increase prices substantially, or stop selling within certain EU markets altogether. I therefore believe that the implementation of these requirements should take into account the very different capacities of large corporations and small businesses. A uniform financial or administrative burden can have a very different impact depending on the size and income of the business. I would strongly encourage the Commission to consider exemptions, substantially reduced fees, simplified registration procedures, or other proportional measures for micro-enterprises and very small businesses. Environmental objectives are important, but they should be pursued in a way that does not unintentionally undermine the economic viability of the small businesses and households that contribute to the diversity, quality, and resilience of the European economy. I hope the Commission will carefully reconsider the proportionality of these measures and assess their potential impact on small businesses before introducing additional obligations and costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would urge the European Commission to reconsider the proposed changes concerning national registers of producers and the associated obligations for businesses. While I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental responsibility across the European Union, I am concerned that the proposed requirements could place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small and micro-businesses. For a large company, an additional annual cost of 1,000 may be relatively minor. For a small business, however, 1,000 can represent a significant share of annual profit and can directly affect the financial stability of a household when the business provides an important part of that households income. These costs cannot simply be absorbed by many small businesses; they may instead result in higher prices, reduced investment, fewer product offerings, or businesses being forced to close altogether. There is also a risk that such requirements could have unintended consequences for the quality and diversity of goods available to European consumers. Small businesses often provide specialised, carefully produced, or niche products that are not offered by larger companies. If compliance costs become too high, these businesses may have to reduce the quality of their packaging or products, increase prices substantially, or stop selling within certain EU markets altogether. I therefore believe that the implementation of these requirements should take into account the very different capacities of large corporations and small businesses. A uniform financial or administrative burden can have a very different impact depending on the size and income of the business. I would strongly encourage the Commission to consider exemptions, substantially reduced fees, simplified registration procedures, or other proportional measures for micro-enterprises and very small businesses. Environmental objectives are important, but they should be pursued in a way that does not unintentionally undermine the economic viability of the small businesses and households that contribute to the diversity, quality, and resilience of the European economy. I hope the Commission will carefully reconsider the proportionality of these measures and assess their potential impact on small businesses before introducing additional obligations and costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548898_en"}, {"id": 33548897, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 19:03:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stellungnahme gegen die Ausgestaltung der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) für Kleinstunternehmer und Kunsthandwerk: Die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) schießt in ihrer aktuellen Form weit über das Ziel hinaus. Während der Kampf gegen Verpackungsmüll und für mehr Nachhaltigkeit absolut notwendig ist, führt die konkrete Umsetzung im grenzüberschreitenden Versand zu einer existenzbedrohenden Bürokratiewelle für Kleinstunternehmer, Kunsthandwerker (z. B. auf Plattformen wie Etsy) und Nebengewerbe. Hauptkritikpunkte: Unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie und Kosten: Die Verpflichtung, ab dem allerersten Paket in jedem EU-Zielland einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten benennen zu müssen, erzeugt immense Fixkosten. Für Händler, die nur wenige Pakete im Jahr ins Ausland schicken, stehen diese Gebühren in keinem Verhältnis zum Umsatz.Fehlende Bagatellgrenzen: Im Gegensatz zu anderen Steuer- und Zollregelungen fehlen in der PPWR faire Freigrenzen für Kleinunternehmer nach Umsatz oder Verpackungsvolumen. Ein Einmannbetrieb wird rechtlich genauso behandelt wie ein multinationaler Großkonzern.Zerstörung des europäischen Binnenmarktes: Da die bürokratischen Hürden für kleine Shops unbezahlbar sind, schränken immer mehr Kreative ihren Versand radikal auf das Inland ein. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken eines freien, gemeinsamen europäischen Marktes und vernichtet die Vielfalt im Online-Handel. Forderung: Wir fordern eine dringend notwendige Nachbesserung der Verordnung: Es muss eine EU-weit einheitliche, unbürokratische Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmer eingeführt werden. Zudem sollte eine zentrale, kostenfreie EU-Meldestelle die nationalen Bevollmächtigten für Kleinbetriebe ersetzen. Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht bedeuten, dass die Existenz von kleinen, lokalen Kreativschaffenden zugunsten von Großkonzernen geopfert wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion against the design of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) for micro-entrepreneurs and crafts: The new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR), in its current form, goes well beyond its objective. While the fight against packaging waste and for greater sustainability is absolutely necessary, practical implementation in cross-border shipping leads to a wave of red tape threatening the very existence of micro-entrepreneurs, craftsmen (e.g. on platforms such as Etsy) and ancillary businesses. Main criticisms: Disproportionate bureaucracy and costs: The obligation to appoint a paid agent from the very first package in each EU country of destination generates immense fixed costs. For traders who send only a few parcels a year abroad, these fees are disproportionate to the turnover.Lack of de minimis thresholds: Unlike other tax and customs regimes, the PPWR lacks fair exemption thresholds for small traders based on turnover or packaging volume. Single-person operations are legally treated in the same way as a large multinational.Destruction of the European single market: As the bureaucratic hurdles are unaffordable for small shops, more and more creators are radically restricting their dispatch to the national territory. This runs counter to the idea of a free, common European market and destroys the diversity of e-commerce. Debit item: We call for an urgent improvement of the Regulation: There is a need to introduce an EU-wide, unbureaucratic de minimis threshold for micro-entrepreneurs. In addition, a central, free-of-charge EU hotline should replace national representatives for small businesses. Sustainability must not mean sacrificing the existence of small, local creators to the benefit of large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548897_en"}, {"id": 33548893, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:59:05", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Choisi", "feedback": "Generally, I love this idea. It's great and I for my company I buy all my boxes and plastic from certified and traceable producers. I mostly also reuse all of my packaging, which is even better, BUT why do I have, as a tiny one woman business, to register my company for being able to send parcels to all EU states? I ship, at max. 10-20 weborders outside of my residential country (Denmark) and I can't possibly afford all of the fees that the handling fees are costing? I maybe can just sign up for Germany or Sweden, but then what are our \"open trading borders\" then for?? I want to contribute positively, I sell ceramics and glass respectfully sourced things and I really DO care about these initiatives. Just make it easier for small businesses to actually be able to compete on fair requirements. idea 1: you make a place where a sole business can register for ALL of the waste handling - let it cost 200-300 EUR - that's fine. But it's totally far out that I have to register for each of the countries that I'd like to ship to. idea 2: Make it revenue based!!! I have a small business, it's good and I contribute with handmade danish and local things, my revenue is small but enough for a sole business to survive. For Amazon, Zalando, Zara, Ikea and the likes, that literally gives nothing for the climate or for waste reduction, you made it so easy: they have a massive team of people just doing and handling this for them and then pays the fees. Great for them, but completely unreasonable that we small businesses have to pay the kind of same fee (I know it's not exactly the same, but there's apparently not a lot of difference)? We, small businesses, are certainly NOT the same as those, so don't make it seem like that. I want to pay my taxes, fees and climate contribution, but I also want to have a business on fair terms - this doesn't seem fair at all. It's hard to standardize, but please, let it always consider the small risk-takers instead of the big multi-corps. idea 3: make it amount based - if a business sends under 25/30/40/50 orders a year to other EU states, make them register in a different way than the gigantic corporations or extempt them all together. idea 4: you make it extremely clear WHAT we need to do, this is a law. but we are just single person businesses that are trying our best, we don't have legal teams and shit to do this. I have spent so long on just finding out what I actually need to do and there's no easy, one stop portal for all of this. Please please please make it easier for the ones that have to understand and follow these rules, to actually comply with them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Generally, I love this idea. It's great and I for my company I buy all my boxes and plastic from certified and traceable producers. I mostly also reuse all of my packaging, which is even better, BUT why do I have, as a tiny one woman business, to register my company for being able to send parcels to all EU states? I ship, at max. 10-20 weborders outside of my residential country (Denmark) and I can't possibly afford all of the fees that the handling fees are costing? I maybe can just sign up for Germany or Sweden, but then what are our \"open trading borders\" then for?? I want to contribute positively, I sell ceramics and glass respectfully sourced things and I really DO care about these initiatives. Just make it easier for small businesses to actually be able to compete on fair requirements. idea 1: you make a place where a sole business can register for ALL of the waste handling - let it cost 200-300 EUR - that's fine. But it's totally far out that I have to register for each of the countries that I'd like to ship to. idea 2: Make it revenue based!!! I have a small business, it's good and I contribute with handmade danish and local things, my revenue is small but enough for a sole business to survive. For Amazon, Zalando, Zara, Ikea and the likes, that literally gives nothing for the climate or for waste reduction, you made it so easy: they have a massive team of people just doing and handling this for them and then pays the fees. Great for them, but completely unreasonable that we small businesses have to pay the kind of same fee (I know it's not exactly the same, but there's apparently not a lot of difference)? We, small businesses, are certainly NOT the same as those, so don't make it seem like that. I want to pay my taxes, fees and climate contribution, but I also want to have a business on fair terms - this doesn't seem fair at all. It's hard to standardize, but please, let it always consider the small risk-takers instead of the big multi-corps. idea 3: make it amount based - if a business sends under 25/30/40/50 orders a year to other EU states, make them register in a different way than the gigantic corporations or extempt them all together. idea 4: you make it extremely clear WHAT we need to do, this is a law. but we are just single person businesses that are trying our best, we don't have legal teams and shit to do this. I have spent so long on just finding out what I actually need to do and there's no easy, one stop portal for all of this. Please please please make it easier for the ones that have to understand and follow these rules, to actually comply with them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548893_en"}, {"id": 33548896, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:58:46", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello there, There is a clear need for a regulation about packaging overuse, especially for huge sellers like Amazon. However, the law under the current circumstances will kill each and every single businesses. A solution must be found for the very small companies that are far below the 2M sales revenue threshold, either exempt them purely under a certain threshold, giving a single reasonable tax such as 100 to ship all other Europe, so that they participate to the effort while not suffering to much on that tax. Please be aware that the average net income for such kind of company is 9k yearly, therefore this law will enforce them to simply shut down as their complete net revenue will just cover the tax. Please think again about this text, protect the very small companies, they are making the force and the charm of the EU showing how talented we are.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello there, There is a clear need for a regulation about packaging overuse, especially for huge sellers like Amazon. However, the law under the current circumstances will kill each and every single businesses. A solution must be found for the very small companies that are far below the 2M sales revenue threshold, either exempt them purely under a certain threshold, giving a single reasonable tax such as 100 to ship all other Europe, so that they participate to the effort while not suffering to much on that tax. Please be aware that the average net income for such kind of company is 9k yearly, therefore this law will enforce them to simply shut down as their complete net revenue will just cover the tax. Please think again about this text, protect the very small companies, they are making the force and the charm of the EU showing how talented we are.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548896_en"}, {"id": 33548895, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:57:11", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Since 2018, Ive had the dream to open a small online jewelry shop with handmade products. I spent so much time, money, and resources building a tiny studio, improving my craft and skills, and learning accounting so I could have everything ready to start in Sept-Oct 2026. The new PPWR rules made all my efforts go to waste, effectively killing my business before it even opened. In fact, Im waiting for supplies Ill most likely never get to use as I write this. Im devastated for myself and every creator affected by these regulations. I agree that now, more than ever, its extremely important to find ways to reduce waste and protect the environment; however, the PPWR measures make no distinction between micro/small/medium businesses and large companies such as Temu, Shein, AliExpress, or Amazon - the real culprits behind the mass production of waste. Unlike these companies - which have large legal and financial teams -, most micro and small businesses are ran by one or two people who simply cannot afford to spend so much money and time registering separately in 27 different countries and appointing representatives in them. In fact, most of us work on a very tight budget, so we already make conscious choices with our packaging, opting for recycled materials and avoiding single-use plastics, if any at all. Not to mention, in my case specifically, most of my suppliers are also small businesses. As it stands, the new PPWR regulations make no sense and go against everything the European Union claims it stands for. The consequences will be absolutely disastrous: - traditional art forms in the brink of extinction will disappear completely; - well become dependent solely on large (international) companies; - most importantly, our livelihoods will be gone. Please reconsider: leave micro and small businesses out of this.", "feedbackEnglish": "Since 2018, Ive had the dream to open a small online jewelry shop with handmade products. I spent so much time, money, and resources building a tiny studio, improving my craft and skills, and learning accounting so I could have everything ready to start in Sept-Oct 2026. The new PPWR rules made all my efforts go to waste, effectively killing my business before it even opened. In fact, Im waiting for supplies Ill most likely never get to use as I write this. Im devastated for myself and every creator affected by these regulations. I agree that now, more than ever, its extremely important to find ways to reduce waste and protect the environment; however, the PPWR measures make no distinction between micro/small/medium businesses and large companies such as Temu, Shein, AliExpress, or Amazon - the real culprits behind the mass production of waste. Unlike these companies - which have large legal and financial teams -, most micro and small businesses are ran by one or two people who simply cannot afford to spend so much money and time registering separately in 27 different countries and appointing representatives in them. In fact, most of us work on a very tight budget, so we already make conscious choices with our packaging, opting for recycled materials and avoiding single-use plastics, if any at all. Not to mention, in my case specifically, most of my suppliers are also small businesses. As it stands, the new PPWR regulations make no sense and go against everything the European Union claims it stands for. The consequences will be absolutely disastrous: - traditional art forms in the brink of extinction will disappear completely; - well become dependent solely on large (international) companies; - most importantly, our livelihoods will be gone. Please reconsider: leave micro and small businesses out of this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548895_en"}, {"id": 33548894, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:56:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für kleine und Einzelunternehmen ist das eine absolute Katastrophe - ihr macht es Selbstständigen somit nur noch schwerer, sich erfolgreich ein Business aufzubauen. Das muss geändert werden!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an absolute disaster for small and individual businesses, making it even more difficult for self-employed people to successfully build a business. This needs to be changed!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548894_en"}, {"id": 33548882, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:54:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Self employed handmade seller", "feedback": "I'm an EU citizen and this new law literally makes it impossibe to sell my products within the EU. I'm a handmade seller from Spain and sell my products to other countries. Yearly I have 10-50 orders/country in the EU, and sell at least to 12 countries. I work alone, have no employees. My packaging waste/county is 1-2 kg/year. Please make micro businesses excempt of this new law, or offer similar to the German Lucid system and payment.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an EU citizen and this new law literally makes it impossibe to sell my products within the EU. I'm a handmade seller from Spain and sell my products to other countries. Yearly I have 10-50 orders/country in the EU, and sell at least to 12 countries. I work alone, have no employees. My packaging waste/county is 1-2 kg/year. Please make micro businesses excempt of this new law, or offer similar to the German Lucid system and payment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548882_en"}, {"id": 33548881, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:53:39", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Le modifiche ai regolamenti che la UE vuole apportare segneranno la fine per un quantitativo incredibile di piccoli e piccolissimi negozi che vendono i loro prodotti da paesi extra Schengen/UE verso la comunità europea. Infatti, il solo risultato che si otterrà sarà di facilitare la vendita di prodotti fast fashion/creati in massa, a discapito di tutti quegli artigiani che, con passione, impegno e dedizione ed i pochi mezzi a loro disposizione, creano pezzi unici o piccoli lotti. Come possono queste attività fare fronte a tutte le vostre nuove regole?", "feedbackEnglish": "The changes to the regulations that the EU wants to make will mark the end of an incredible number of small and very small shops selling their products from non-Schengen/EU countries to the European community. The only result will be to facilitate the sale of fast-fashion/mass-produced products, to the detriment of all those craftsmen who, with passion, commitment and dedication and the few means at their disposal, create unique pieces or small lots. How can these activities cope with all your new rules?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548881_en"}, {"id": 33548880, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:53:34", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Great Circle Commerce LTD", "feedback": "Feedback on the EU EPR Regulation I fully support the PRINCIPLE of EPR and the objective of reducing environmental impact. HOWEVER, the current country-by-country EPR requirements place a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized businesses. Having to register separately in each EU Member State, with different systems, extortiante fees, reporting requirements and administrative obligations, is exceptionally expensive and time-consuming. For many SMEs, the cost of compliance simply makes selling into smaller EU markets commercially unviable. The unintended consequence is that only larger companies will be able to justify and absorb these costs. This is bad for consumers and for the European economy. It will lead to: Less competition, as smaller businesses withdraw from markets. Less consumer choice, particularly of specialist and unique products. Higher barriers to entry for new and innovative businesses. Greater market concentration among large companies. Small businesses are exactly the businesses Europe should be encouraging. They often offer products that are more specialised, innovative and distinctive, and consumers increasingly value the choice they provide. I therefore believe the EPR framework needs to be much more proportionate for SMEs. There should be greater harmonisation across the EU, a genuinely simplified registration process, and significantly reduced costs and administrative requirements for smaller businesses. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation should not unintentionally create a system where only the largest companies can afford to sell across the European Single Market. The objective should be to improve environmental outcomes without sacrificing competition, consumer choice and the ability of small businesses to grow and operate across Europe. What my business is having to do: I cannot afford to comply in each EU country, so I've had to stop selling in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium, NL, Czech, Poland, Greece..... the list goes on and on. In fact, the only countries I can realistically justify still selling in are Germany, France and maybe Ireland and Austria (though that's borderline!). That's literally hundreds and hundreds of lost sales. This is a real impact on my business and therefore my young family who rely on it, whilst massive corporations will step in to scoop up the money. Is that really what you want to be encouraging? My suggestion: 1. One registration for the whole of the EU. One platform to log into. One, more reasonable fee. Less admin and paperwork. 2. The business submits the recycling quantities for each material for each country each year. 3. It pays for what it contriubutes Note - Germany has had it sorted for years. LUCID is great. Free to sign up as an EU/UK company. Pay simply for the packaging sold I don't think it is difficult to see that a more harmonised and simplified approach is the way forward. It would be simpler and significantly cheaper for businesses, particularly SMEs, allowing more companies to sell into more EU countries rather than withdrawing from smaller markets because of the cost of compliance. It would also encourage greater compliance. If the system is straightforward and affordable, businesses are far more likely to comply fully rather than decide that the cost and administration involved make a particular market unviable. Ultimately, this should also benefit Member States. A system that makes it easier and more affordable for businesses to operate across the EU will result in more businesses participating, a broader tax and EPR contribution base, and therefore potentially more revenue for individual countries. In short, a simpler system = lower costs for businesses, greater compliance, more businesses operating across Europe, more consumer choice and, ultimately, more revenue for Member States. It seems a far more effective outcome than a system that unintentionally discourages SMEs from entering EU markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the EU EPR Regulation I fully support the PRINCIPLE of EPR and the objective of reducing environmental impact. HOWEVER, the current country-by-country EPR requirements place a disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized businesses. Having to register separately in each EU Member State, with different systems, extortiante fees, reporting requirements and administrative obligations, is exceptionally expensive and time-consuming. For many SMEs, the cost of compliance simply makes selling into smaller EU markets commercially unviable. The unintended consequence is that only larger companies will be able to justify and absorb these costs. This is bad for consumers and for the European economy. It will lead to: Less competition, as smaller businesses withdraw from markets. Less consumer choice, particularly of specialist and unique products. Higher barriers to entry for new and innovative businesses. Greater market concentration among large companies. Small businesses are exactly the businesses Europe should be encouraging. They often offer products that are more specialised, innovative and distinctive, and consumers increasingly value the choice they provide. I therefore believe the EPR framework needs to be much more proportionate for SMEs. There should be greater harmonisation across the EU, a genuinely simplified registration process, and significantly reduced costs and administrative requirements for smaller businesses. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation should not unintentionally create a system where only the largest companies can afford to sell across the European Single Market. The objective should be to improve environmental outcomes without sacrificing competition, consumer choice and the ability of small businesses to grow and operate across Europe. What my business is having to do: I cannot afford to comply in each EU country, so I've had to stop selling in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium, NL, Czech, Poland, Greece..... the list goes on and on. In fact, the only countries I can realistically justify still selling in are Germany, France and maybe Ireland and Austria (though that's borderline!). That's literally hundreds and hundreds of lost sales. This is a real impact on my business and therefore my young family who rely on it, whilst massive corporations will step in to scoop up the money. Is that really what you want to be encouraging? My suggestion: 1. One registration for the whole of the EU. One platform to log into. One, more reasonable fee. Less admin and paperwork. 2. The business submits the recycling quantities for each material for each country each year. 3. It pays for what it contriubutes Note - Germany has had it sorted for years. LUCID is great. Free to sign up as an EU/UK company. Pay simply for the packaging sold I don't think it is difficult to see that a more harmonised and simplified approach is the way forward. It would be simpler and significantly cheaper for businesses, particularly SMEs, allowing more companies to sell into more EU countries rather than withdrawing from smaller markets because of the cost of compliance. It would also encourage greater compliance. If the system is straightforward and affordable, businesses are far more likely to comply fully rather than decide that the cost and administration involved make a particular market unviable. Ultimately, this should also benefit Member States. A system that makes it easier and more affordable for businesses to operate across the EU will result in more businesses participating, a broader tax and EPR contribution base, and therefore potentially more revenue for individual countries. In short, a simpler system = lower costs for businesses, greater compliance, more businesses operating across Europe, more consumer choice and, ultimately, more revenue for Member States. It seems a far more effective outcome than a system that unintentionally discourages SMEs from entering EU markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548880_en"}, {"id": 33548879, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:52:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Gabriele Perdomo Fajardo", "feedback": "Betreff: PPWR Dringende Notwendigkeit von Freigrenzen und Entfall der Pflicht für Bevollmächtigte bei KMU und Kleinunternehmern Als Kleinunternehmer unterstütze ich die Ziele des Umweltschutzes und der Abfallvermeidung vollkommen. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung der PPWR führt in der Praxis jedoch zu einer massiven Verzerrung des EU-Binnenmarktes zulasten von Kleinstunternehmen und selbstständigen Künstlern. Ich bitte Sie dringend, folgende Punkte im Regelwerk anzupassen: Einführung einer praxistauglichen Freigrenze: Es braucht eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze (z. B. gekoppelt an die Paketanzahl pro Zielland oder eine Bagatellgrenze analog zum OSS-System beim Umsatz), unterhalb derer keine Registrierungs- und Lizenzierungspflicht besteht. Ohne eine solche Grenze stehen die Fixkosten für Meldungen und Systembeteiligungen in keinem Verhältnis zum Ertrag bei Kleinstmengen. Abschaffung des Zwangs zu nationalen Bevollmächtigten: Der Zwang, in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaat einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten (Authorized Representative) benennen zu müssen, erzeugt immense jährliche Fixkosten für Dienstleister. Ein EU-Bürger bzw. ein EU-Unternehmen muss in der Lage sein, Registrierungen direkt und ohne Zwischenhändler in jedem Mitgliedsstaat vorzunehmen. Der gegenwärtige Zwang widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des EU-Binnenmarktes. Fazit: Ohne diese Anpassungen werden kleine Händler gezwungen, den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU einzustellen. Das schadet der Vielfalt im Binnenmarkt und stärkt lediglich Großkonzerne sowie Plattformen aus Drittstaaten, während der eigentliche Lenkungseffekt bezüglich Abfallvermeidung verfehlt wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: PPWR Urgent need for exemption thresholds and removal of the obligation for authorised representatives for SMEs and small entrepreneurs As small entrepreneurs, I fully support the objectives of environmental protection and waste prevention. However, the current design of the PPWR leads in practice to a massive distortion of the EU internal market to the detriment of micro-enterprises and self-employed artists. I would urge you to adapt the following points in the rules: Introduction of a practical exemption threshold: There is a need for an EU-wide de minimis threshold (e.g. linked to the number of parcels per destination country or a de minimis threshold similar to the OSS system for turnover) below which there is no registration and licensing obligation. Without such a limit, the fixed costs of reporting and system contributions are disproportionate to the yield of minimum quantities. Abolition of coercion into national plenipotentiaries: The obligation to appoint a local Authorised Representative in each EU Member State generates immense annual fixed costs for service providers. An EU citizen or company must be able to register directly and without intermediaries in any Member State. The current coercion runs counter to the very idea of the EU’s internal market. My conclusion: Without these adjustments, small traders will be forced to stop selling cross-border within the EU. This harms the diversity of the internal market and only strengthens large corporations and platforms from third countries, while the actual steering effect on waste prevention is missed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548879_en"}, {"id": 33548878, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:50:40", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is causing major stress among small and micro businesses within the EU. This regulation will not be effective against corporate giants that produce a lot of waste such as Amazon, Shein, and Temu. It will instead completely destroy trade from artisans, individual hobbyists and start up entrepreneurs, who do not have the means to pay thousands in fees. Many of these small businesses already reuse and recycle packaging, and forcing them to pay thousands in fees for shipping less than 100 parcels a month is not going to encourage entrepreneurs to develop their businesses. If these regulations pass a lot of trade will cease in within the EU, it will cut off connections people will have to shipping within their own continent, and will incentivise to buy outside of the EU as many small local businesses will close down. This regulation is destructive for regular people while benefiting large corporations who can absorb these charges. Running a small business is difficult, and this regulation will ruin the innovations that small businesses bring to the table within the EU. Please change this law. Tax the large pollutants instead of punishing micro businesses and regular people who wish to support companies other than the giants who maintain large portions of the market. If you want to encourage people to buy from small businesses and reduce waste from mass produced items then we need to uplift these mini companies instead of destroying them.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is causing major stress among small and micro businesses within the EU. This regulation will not be effective against corporate giants that produce a lot of waste such as Amazon, Shein, and Temu. It will instead completely destroy trade from artisans, individual hobbyists and start up entrepreneurs, who do not have the means to pay thousands in fees. Many of these small businesses already reuse and recycle packaging, and forcing them to pay thousands in fees for shipping less than 100 parcels a month is not going to encourage entrepreneurs to develop their businesses. If these regulations pass a lot of trade will cease in within the EU, it will cut off connections people will have to shipping within their own continent, and will incentivise to buy outside of the EU as many small local businesses will close down. This regulation is destructive for regular people while benefiting large corporations who can absorb these charges. Running a small business is difficult, and this regulation will ruin the innovations that small businesses bring to the table within the EU. Please change this law. Tax the large pollutants instead of punishing micro businesses and regular people who wish to support companies other than the giants who maintain large portions of the market. If you want to encourage people to buy from small businesses and reduce waste from mass produced items then we need to uplift these mini companies instead of destroying them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548878_en"}, {"id": 33548877, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:50:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Drawberry Milkshake", "feedback": "I am a small business based in the UK, and I have been trying to provide EU shipping for my Etsy customers for about a year now. The changes to GPSR have already made this an extremely difficult, expensive and admin-heavy task, so I have been researching thoroughly and working to find an EU representative so that my business can be compliant. These new changes will throw a whole new spanner in the works and not only will it render all of my work and research from the previous year essentially useless, I will most likely have to give up on the idea of ever opening EU shipping. I am a sole trader- which means I am the only person running my business and I will not be able to absorb the cost or the workload of these proposed changes. For similar traders who have already invested money in becoming GPSR compliant, this will be hundreds if not thousands of GBP gone to waste as I know very few people in a similar position to me who can justify complying with the proposed changes. People in the EU will lose access to an extortionate amount of trade and there will be an inevitable uptake of citizens resorting to large retail corporations (eg. Amazon, shein, temu) as these are the only companies able to absorb the cost. Given that the aim of this initiative is to make businesses take responsibility for their waste and reduce packaging waste in the process, it seems illogical and obscene that the law should favour these large corporations who generate exceptional amounts of waste, fossil fuel emissions and abuse unethical labour. I fear the knock on effect globally will be quite the opposite of what was originally intended. On the other hand, many small businesses and individual makers such as myself are already making an effort to use recycled/more sustainable packaging solutions. It makes no sense for all businesses to be penalised the same way; I would personally propose that sole traders and small businesses below a certain scale should be exempt from this ruling. For the UK, I think this exemption should apply at least to traders operating below the VAT threshold. I currently ship fewer than 100 parcels to UK households per year as most of my trade is at in-person events. I cannot understand the reasoning behind forcing me to pay the same rates as a billion dollar conglomerate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business based in the UK, and I have been trying to provide EU shipping for my Etsy customers for about a year now. The changes to GPSR have already made this an extremely difficult, expensive and admin-heavy task, so I have been researching thoroughly and working to find an EU representative so that my business can be compliant. These new changes will throw a whole new spanner in the works and not only will it render all of my work and research from the previous year essentially useless, I will most likely have to give up on the idea of ever opening EU shipping. I am a sole trader- which means I am the only person running my business and I will not be able to absorb the cost or the workload of these proposed changes. For similar traders who have already invested money in becoming GPSR compliant, this will be hundreds if not thousands of GBP gone to waste as I know very few people in a similar position to me who can justify complying with the proposed changes. People in the EU will lose access to an extortionate amount of trade and there will be an inevitable uptake of citizens resorting to large retail corporations (eg. Amazon, shein, temu) as these are the only companies able to absorb the cost. Given that the aim of this initiative is to make businesses take responsibility for their waste and reduce packaging waste in the process, it seems illogical and obscene that the law should favour these large corporations who generate exceptional amounts of waste, fossil fuel emissions and abuse unethical labour. I fear the knock on effect globally will be quite the opposite of what was originally intended. On the other hand, many small businesses and individual makers such as myself are already making an effort to use recycled/more sustainable packaging solutions. It makes no sense for all businesses to be penalised the same way; I would personally propose that sole traders and small businesses below a certain scale should be exempt from this ruling. For the UK, I think this exemption should apply at least to traders operating below the VAT threshold. I currently ship fewer than 100 parcels to UK households per year as most of my trade is at in-person events. I cannot understand the reasoning behind forcing me to pay the same rates as a billion dollar conglomerate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548877_en"}, {"id": 33548876, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:49:51", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule as it is disproportionate towards them, or provide measurements that small businesses can afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule as it is disproportionate towards them, or provide measurements that small businesses can afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548876_en"}, {"id": 33548875, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:49:50", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Liebe EU, ich musste als Hobbiist ein Gewerbe anmelden, da sonst eine Strafe droht, sollte ich etwas verkaufen. Okay gemacht, 180 Kammerkosten, erwarteter Gewinn pro Jahr bei Max 500 . Ich bin Umsatzsteuerbefreit, weil ich so klein bin. Wie soll ich zukünftig etwas innerhalb der EU versenden? Garnicht, da ich mir die Kosten nicht leisten kann, somit bleibe ich Regional und habe keinerlei Chance auf Entwicklung! Es muss doch möglich sein, das es eine Bagatellgrenze gibt - zum Beispiel, wie in meinem Fall, Umsatzsteuerbefreite Unternehmen - oder ist es der Plan das die ganzen Kleinunternehmer vor die Hunde gehen? Nachhaltig und Umweltbewusst, kein Thema - da bin ich dafür, zertifizierte Verpackungen kaufen - absolut möglich und erwünscht..aber der Rest?! Bitte Bagatellgrenzen einarbeiten - so sterben alle EPU! Dieses Unternehmersterben (KMU) verursachen weit mehr Kosten durch Arbeitslosigkeit und geschwächter Einkaufsleistung, als was so durch diese Verordnung eingenommen werden kann! Bitte Bagatellgrenzen einführen! Die großen trifft es so oder so nicht! Danke!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU, I had to register a business as a hobbiist, otherwise I would face a penalty if I were to sell something. Okay, 180 chamber costs, expected profit per year at Max 500. I am exempt from VAT because I am so small. How should I send something within the EU in the future? Not at all, as I cannot afford the costs, so I remain regional and have no chance of development! Must it be possible to have a de minimis limit – for example, as in my case, VAT-exempt businesses – or is it the plan that all small businesses take over the dogs? Sustainable and environmentally conscious, no topic – I am in favour of buying certified packaging – is absolutely possible and desirable, but the rest?! Please include de minimis thresholds – so all EPUs die! This extinction of entrepreneurs (SMEs) generates far more costs from unemployment and weakened purchasing performance than can be covered by this regulation! Please introduce de minimis thresholds! The big don’t do it like that! Thanks!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548875_en"}, {"id": 33548874, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:49:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To Whom It May Concern,I am writing to formally express my concern regarding the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations and the disproportionate burden they place on small businesses and independent creators across the EU.For an independent artist selling only a handful of handmade products, the costs of registration, reporting, and associated fees can amount to hundreds of euros. While large corporations can readily absorb such expenses, small creators cannot. If these measures proceed as currently outlined, the sector of small shops and independent artists risks being eliminated entirely, leaving only large corporations to dominate the EU market.This would not only devastate the creative scene but also cut off European citizens from the internal and global creative markets. It is worth noting that small businesses are not the primary source of the significant pollution and environmental harm these regulations aim to addressthat responsibility lies with large corporations. Furthermore, the resulting closures would lead to widespread job losses and considerable economic harm.I respectfully urge policymakers to consider exemptions or scaled fees based on business size and environmental impact, ensuring that environmental objectives are met without penalizing those least responsible for the harm.Thank you for your attention to this matter.", "feedbackEnglish": "To Whom It May Concern,I am writing to formally express my concern regarding the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations and the disproportionate burden they place on small businesses and independent creators across the EU.For an independent artist selling only a handful of handmade products, the costs of registration, reporting, and associated fees can amount to hundreds of euros. While large corporations can readily absorb such expenses, small creators cannot. If these measures proceed as currently outlined, the sector of small shops and independent artists risks being eliminated entirely, leaving only large corporations to dominate the EU market.This would not only devastate the creative scene but also cut off European citizens from the internal and global creative markets. It is worth noting that small businesses are not the primary source of the significant pollution and environmental harm these regulations aim to addressthat responsibility lies with large corporations. Furthermore, the resulting closures would lead to widespread job losses and considerable economic harm.I respectfully urge policymakers to consider exemptions or scaled fees based on business size and environmental impact, ensuring that environmental objectives are met without penalizing those least responsible for the harm.Thank you for your attention to this matter.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548874_en"}, {"id": 33548873, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:49:47", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pocket Sandwich Studio", "feedback": "I am a micro business who depends on intracommunity purchases to create my products, and I prefer to support fellow small businesses. Being from a small island nation, I fear suppliers and small businesses will stop shipping to my country because of these initiatives, further isolating us. It would also gravely limit the ability to grow into neighbouring EU markets, as the cost would far outweigh the potential gain.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business who depends on intracommunity purchases to create my products, and I prefer to support fellow small businesses. Being from a small island nation, I fear suppliers and small businesses will stop shipping to my country because of these initiatives, further isolating us. It would also gravely limit the ability to grow into neighbouring EU markets, as the cost would far outweigh the potential gain.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548873_en"}, {"id": 33548872, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:49:22", "country": "RUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will put unproportional strain on small businesses in the EU and bankrupt them while drawing more customers in to the big fast producers like Temu. It is not viable for many of the small businesses to pay a yearly fee for recycling and for a personal representative in every country they ship to.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will put unproportional strain on small businesses in the EU and bankrupt them while drawing more customers in to the big fast producers like Temu. It is not viable for many of the small businesses to pay a yearly fee for recycling and for a personal representative in every country they ship to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548872_en"}, {"id": 33548871, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:48:41", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am concerned that the proposed registration and reporting requirements are still disproportionate for micro enterprises and individual artisans. The draft distinguishes between producers placing 10 tonnes or more of packaging on the market and those placing less than 10 tonnes, but this does not provide a real de minimis exemption. An artisan may place only a few kilograms or even a few hundred grams of packaging on the market per year and still be subject to registration and reporting requirements. A small business selling handmade products to customers in different EU Member States could potentially face registration, reporting procedures and related costs in several countries, despite placing only a negligible amount of packaging on the market. A business placing a few kilograms of packaging on the market should not face the same administrative framework as a company placing several tonnes on the market. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle of producer responsibility. However, the system should be genuinely proportionate. I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a clear, harmonised EU wide de minimis threshold for micro enterprises and very small producers, below which registration and reporting obligations would either not apply or would be reduced to a simple and low cost procedure. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making it impractical for European artisans and micro businesses to sell across borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that the proposed registration and reporting requirements are still disproportionate for micro enterprises and individual artisans. The draft distinguishes between producers placing 10 tonnes or more of packaging on the market and those placing less than 10 tonnes, but this does not provide a real de minimis exemption. An artisan may place only a few kilograms or even a few hundred grams of packaging on the market per year and still be subject to registration and reporting requirements. A small business selling handmade products to customers in different EU Member States could potentially face registration, reporting procedures and related costs in several countries, despite placing only a negligible amount of packaging on the market. A business placing a few kilograms of packaging on the market should not face the same administrative framework as a company placing several tonnes on the market. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle of producer responsibility. However, the system should be genuinely proportionate. I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a clear, harmonised EU wide de minimis threshold for micro enterprises and very small producers, below which registration and reporting obligations would either not apply or would be reduced to a simple and low cost procedure. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making it impractical for European artisans and micro businesses to sell across borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548871_en"}, {"id": 33548870, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:48:22", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Não faz sentido aplicar as mesmas responsabilidades e os mesmos custos a grandes empresas e a pequenas empresas e empresários , muitos dos quais artesãos e que dependem do envio para o estrangeiro das suas criações. Nesse sentido, esta legislação só se deveria aplicar a grandes empresas (de acordo com definição do nível de faturação)", "feedbackEnglish": "It makes no sense to apply the same responsibilities and costs to large companies and to small companies and entrepreneurs, many of whom are craftsmen and depend on their creations being sent abroad. In this sense, this legislation should only apply to large companies (according to the definition of the level of invoicing)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548870_en"}, {"id": 33548869, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:48:02", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tuft Supplies GmbH", "feedback": "We are a small Austrian company selling craft supplies and creative materials to customers across the European Union. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, the current country-by-country system for EPR registration, reporting, licensing and authorised representatives creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses. A small company may only have a few orders per year in a particular Member State, while still potentially facing fixed registration fees, annual compliance costs and the cost of appointing an authorised representative. When these obligations are multiplied across several EU countries, cross-border trade quickly becomes economically impossible. This is directly contrary to the idea of a functioning European Single Market. Small businesses are already considering restricting or completely stopping sales to many Member States simply because compliance costs are higher than the revenue generated in those countries. We therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce one of the following solutions: 1. Exemption for micro and small businesses Micro and small enterprises below a meaningful threshold should be exempt from country-by-country EPR registration and authorised representative requirements. The threshold could be based on packaging quantities, turnover or the number/value of sales made in the respective Member State. OR 2. One central EU-wide system If a general exemption is not possible, there should be one central EU-wide producer registration and reporting system. A business registered in one EU Member State should be able to fulfil its obligations for the entire European Union through one registration, one reporting process and transparent, proportionate and affordable fees. EU-established micro and small businesses should not be required to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State. A system where a business has to manage potentially 27 different registrations, contracts, reporting requirements and representatives is not realistic for small companies. Large corporations have dedicated compliance departments and can absorb these costs. Micro and small businesses cannot. Without meaningful simplification, the PPWR risks fragmenting the Single Market, reducing consumer choice and disproportionately harming independent European businesses without delivering a proportionate environmental benefit. We respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR remains environmentally ambitious while also being practically and financially workable for micro and small enterprises. Either exempt small businesses below a meaningful threshold, or provide one simple and affordable EU-wide compliance system. Kind regards, Tuft Supplies GmbH Vienna, Austria", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small Austrian company selling craft supplies and creative materials to customers across the European Union. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, the current country-by-country system for EPR registration, reporting, licensing and authorised representatives creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses. A small company may only have a few orders per year in a particular Member State, while still potentially facing fixed registration fees, annual compliance costs and the cost of appointing an authorised representative. When these obligations are multiplied across several EU countries, cross-border trade quickly becomes economically impossible. This is directly contrary to the idea of a functioning European Single Market. Small businesses are already considering restricting or completely stopping sales to many Member States simply because compliance costs are higher than the revenue generated in those countries. We therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce one of the following solutions: 1. Exemption for micro and small businesses Micro and small enterprises below a meaningful threshold should be exempt from country-by-country EPR registration and authorised representative requirements. The threshold could be based on packaging quantities, turnover or the number/value of sales made in the respective Member State. OR 2. One central EU-wide system If a general exemption is not possible, there should be one central EU-wide producer registration and reporting system. A business registered in one EU Member State should be able to fulfil its obligations for the entire European Union through one registration, one reporting process and transparent, proportionate and affordable fees. EU-established micro and small businesses should not be required to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State. A system where a business has to manage potentially 27 different registrations, contracts, reporting requirements and representatives is not realistic for small companies. Large corporations have dedicated compliance departments and can absorb these costs. Micro and small businesses cannot. Without meaningful simplification, the PPWR risks fragmenting the Single Market, reducing consumer choice and disproportionately harming independent European businesses without delivering a proportionate environmental benefit. We respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR remains environmentally ambitious while also being practically and financially workable for micro and small enterprises. Either exempt small businesses below a meaningful threshold, or provide one simple and affordable EU-wide compliance system. Kind regards, Tuft Supplies GmbH Vienna, Austria", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548869_en"}, {"id": 33548868, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:47:32", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I got a package for my birthday of literally STATIONARY and BOOKS from a FRIEND and I had to pay more than the gift was for. So I basically overpaid for my own BIRTHDAY GIFT. This is DISGRACEFUL. If I could vote to leave the EU like the brits did I would. If your objective is to screw over your citizens, congratulations. Money hungry schemers. You KNOW this never works out. Do my taxes pay for four idiots to come up with these ideas? I wish you could get fired.", "feedbackEnglish": "I got a package for my birthday of literally STATIONARY and BOOKS from a FRIEND and I had to pay more than the gift was for. So I basically overpaid for my own BIRTHDAY GIFT. This is DISGRACEFUL. If I could vote to leave the EU like the brits did I would. If your objective is to screw over your citizens, congratulations. Money hungry schemers. You KNOW this never works out. Do my taxes pay for four idiots to come up with these ideas? I wish you could get fired.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548868_en"}, {"id": 33548867, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:47:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Isn't the EU meant to be a partnership between countries, to help with trading and where people can buy things easily across these countries. So why make it that small to medium businesses are put behind a massive paywall with unnecessary paperwork, meanwhile they just want others to enjoy their product and earn a living? Just say you wanna help out the big corporations and don't hide it under \"Packaging waste\". First the 3 tax to keep trade within EU and now this contradiction, quite a new level of audacity.", "feedbackEnglish": "Isn't the EU meant to be a partnership between countries, to help with trading and where people can buy things easily across these countries. So why make it that small to medium businesses are put behind a massive paywall with unnecessary paperwork, meanwhile they just want others to enjoy their product and earn a living? Just say you wanna help out the big corporations and don't hide it under \"Packaging waste\". First the 3 tax to keep trade within EU and now this contradiction, quite a new level of audacity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548867_en"}, {"id": 33548866, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:46:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Aunque el objetivo de reducir los residuos y mejorar el reciclaje puede ser positivo, estas nuevas obligaciones pueden suponer una carga económica y administrativa importante para las pequeñas y medianas empresas. Una gran empresa puede asumir con relativa facilidad los costes de registro, declaraciones, asesoramiento y adaptación de sus envases. Para una PYME, en cambio, estos gastos pueden representar una parte significativa de sus recursos. No solo tendrá que pagar por la gestión de los envases que pone en el mercado, sino que también tendrá que dedicar tiempo y personal a cumplir con trámites y obligaciones adicionales. Además, existe el riesgo de que estos costes terminen repercutiéndose en el precio final de los productos, haciendo que las pequeñas empresas sean menos competitivas frente a grandes compañías que tienen mayor capacidad económica para absorberlos. La protección del medio ambiente es necesaria, pero las medidas deberían aplicarse de manera proporcional al tamaño y capacidad de cada empresa, evitando que una normativa diseñada para solucionar un problema ambiental termine convirtiéndose en una barrera más para las PYMES. En definitiva, el problema no es que se quiera reducir los residuos, sino que el coste de hacerlo no recaiga de manera desproporcionada sobre quienes tienen menos recursos para afrontarlo.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the objective of reducing waste and improving recycling can be positive, these new obligations can impose a significant economic and administrative burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. A large company can relatively easily bear the costs of registering, declaring, advising and adapting its packaging. For an SME, on the other hand, these costs may represent a significant part of its resources. Not only will you have to pay for the management of the packaging you place on the market, but you will also have to dedicate time and staff to comply with additional formalities and obligations. In addition, there is a risk that these costs will end up being passed on in the final price of products, making small companies less competitive vis-à-vis large companies that have greater economic capacity to absorb them. Environmental protection is necessary, but the measures should be applied proportionately to the size and capacity of each company, preventing legislation designed to solve an environmental problem from becoming an additional barrier for SMEs. In short, the problem is not that we want to reduce waste, but that the cost of doing so does not fall disproportionately on those who have the least resources to deal with it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548866_en"}, {"id": 33548857, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:44:31", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sysleriget", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, I am concerned about the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro and small businesses. For large companies, additional registrations, reporting requirements and compliance obligations may be manageable. For a small business, however, the same requirements can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Small businesses often have very limited resources and may sell only a small number of products to customers in different EU countries. Having to understand and comply with different national packaging registration and producer-responsibility systems can make cross-border sales practically impossible. I've now seen many cases, in which the additional requirements have forced businesses to stop shipping to EU countries outside their home country. This means that a regulation intended to create a more sustainable and harmonised European market is unintentionally making it harder for small businesses to participate in that market at all. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider: * meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, * a proportionate threshold based on turnover, shipment volume or packaging volume, * a simple EU-wide registration system instead of multiple national obligations, * significantly reduced administrative requirements for businesses with very small packaging volumes, * and practical transition periods that give small businesses enough time to adapt. Environmental protection and a strong European single market should not come at the cost of excluding small businesses and independent creators from cross-border trade. We want to be part of a more sustainable Europe. We simply need regulations that allow small businesses to survive while contributing to that goal. Thank you for listening to the concerns. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, I am concerned about the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro and small businesses. For large companies, additional registrations, reporting requirements and compliance obligations may be manageable. For a small business, however, the same requirements can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Small businesses often have very limited resources and may sell only a small number of products to customers in different EU countries. Having to understand and comply with different national packaging registration and producer-responsibility systems can make cross-border sales practically impossible. I've now seen many cases, in which the additional requirements have forced businesses to stop shipping to EU countries outside their home country. This means that a regulation intended to create a more sustainable and harmonised European market is unintentionally making it harder for small businesses to participate in that market at all. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider: * meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, * a proportionate threshold based on turnover, shipment volume or packaging volume, * a simple EU-wide registration system instead of multiple national obligations, * significantly reduced administrative requirements for businesses with very small packaging volumes, * and practical transition periods that give small businesses enough time to adapt. Environmental protection and a strong European single market should not come at the cost of excluding small businesses and independent creators from cross-border trade. We want to be part of a more sustainable Europe. We simply need regulations that allow small businesses to survive while contributing to that goal. Thank you for listening to the concerns. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548857_en"}, {"id": 33548856, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:44:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schneepardi Creations", "feedback": "So gut die Intentionen dieses Gesetzes ein mögen, kleine Unternehmen werden dadurch in den Ruin getrieben. In potentiell 27 EU Ländern soll man einen Verpackungsbeauftragen bezahlen, wer soll sich das leisten können? Die großen Unternehmen zahlen das nebenbei oder haben sowieso Zweigstellen dort, aber mit meinem Umsatz/Gewinn im Jahr lohnt das gar nicht und ich kann den Verkauf ins EU Ausland direkt einstellen. Finanziell sowie bürokratisch eine unüberwindbare Hürde und jedes Land kocht wieder sein eigenes Süppchen. Wer soll dass durchschauen? Wir wollen arbeiten und nicht in Bürokratie ersticken. Wo ist der Bürokratieabbau von dem immer berichtet wird? Ich bin Soloselbstständige, ich habe keine Rechtsabteilung die mir zur Seite stehen kann. Der Gedanke der Handelsfreiheit in der Europäischen UNION ist damit dahin. Wenn man nicht in der Lage ist in seiner eigenen Wirtschaftsgemeinschauft, auf dem eigenen Kontinent zu versenden. Wenn innerhalb der EU die Leute nichts mehr in einem anderen Land einkaufen können, werden sie doch erst recht weiter in China einkaufen. Es wäre daher von großer Wichtigkeit kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen zu entlasten und Ausnahmen zu schaffen. Ich bitte darum die Kleinstunternehmerregelung anzuwenden. Auch Deutschland und Österreich, in denen das vorher schon galt, nachträglich wieder herauszunehmen. Wie oft habe ich die letzten Tage gelesen, dass der EU Versand eingestellt wird oder Unternehmen ganz aufhören bzw. Gründer die Idee verwerfen. Viele Selbstständige verlieren die Lebensgrundlage. Das schadet der EU Wirtschaft massivst.", "feedbackEnglish": "As good as the intentions of this law may be, it will ruin small businesses. In potentially 27 EU countries, one should pay a packaging commissioner, who should be able to afford it? The large companies pay this incidentally or in any case have branches there, but my annual turnover/profit does not make this worthwhile and I can stop selling abroad directly. Financially and bureaucratically, there is an insurmountable hurdle and each country once again cooks its own scourge. Who should look through? We want to work and not stifle bureaucracy. Where is cutting red tape always reported on? I am a solo self-employed person, I do not have a legal department that can assist me. The idea of free trade in the European Union is therefore that. If you are unable, in your own economic sphere, to ship on your own continent. If people can no longer shop in another country within the EU, they will even more continue to shop in China. It would therefore be of great importance to relieve the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises and create exceptions. I would therefore ask you to apply the micro-enterprise scheme. Germany and Austria, where this was already the case, should also be removed retroactively. How often have I read the last few days that EU shipping is being stopped or businesses are ceasing or founders are discarding the idea? Many self-employed people are losing their livelihoods. This is causing massive damage to the EU economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548856_en"}, {"id": 33548855, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:43:43", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The intention seems to be great but the execution is horrible . The little creators and small businesses will suffer the most. We need more authenticity in a world of AI and misinformation.", "feedbackEnglish": "The intention seems to be great but the execution is horrible . The little creators and small businesses will suffer the most. We need more authenticity in a world of AI and misinformation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548855_en"}, {"id": 33548854, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:41:58", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This decision damages thousands of small businesses that shouldn't have to pay the same price massive businesses like Amazon and Temu do. Many small businesses are already shutting down all business within Europe because of this decision. Please reconsider!", "feedbackEnglish": "This decision damages thousands of small businesses that shouldn't have to pay the same price massive businesses like Amazon and Temu do. Many small businesses are already shutting down all business within Europe because of this decision. Please reconsider!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548854_en"}, {"id": 33548853, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:41:24", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the reasoning for the initiative, but the way the EU is going about it is only thinking about large businesses, not about any small ones nor any consumers. Many people will lose most of their costumer base this way, and I the costumer, will lose the ability to order from small businesses I have been loyal to for years. EU is a free market, and this doesnt align with it, since small businesses cannot afford to buy a license in every single country they would have a costumer in. I would be deeply saddened if this were to be the case, since Ive already seen businesses cancel orders and tellings us they cannot ship anymore.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the reasoning for the initiative, but the way the EU is going about it is only thinking about large businesses, not about any small ones nor any consumers. Many people will lose most of their costumer base this way, and I the costumer, will lose the ability to order from small businesses I have been loyal to for years. EU is a free market, and this doesnt align with it, since small businesses cannot afford to buy a license in every single country they would have a costumer in. I would be deeply saddened if this were to be the case, since Ive already seen businesses cancel orders and tellings us they cannot ship anymore.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548853_en"}, {"id": 33548852, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:38:28", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, As this law is coming into effect, we are seeing a lot of small businesses having to either shut down or stop shipments to other eu countries as enabling shipments to all eu countries would cost between 5-10k euros per year which is not feasible for small businesses that dont ship more than a few hundred packages a year. I kindly ask you to review this law and find a way to exempt certain businesses from paying registration fees or even reduced fees. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, As this law is coming into effect, we are seeing a lot of small businesses having to either shut down or stop shipments to other eu countries as enabling shipments to all eu countries would cost between 5-10k euros per year which is not feasible for small businesses that dont ship more than a few hundred packages a year. I kindly ask you to review this law and find a way to exempt certain businesses from paying registration fees or even reduced fees. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548852_en"}, {"id": 33548851, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:38:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "vestido AG", "feedback": "Unverhältnismäßiger bürokratischer Aufwand Existenzgefährdung für kleine Unternehmen und Mikrobetriebe Stellungnahme: Die vorliegenden Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister im Rahmen der Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) schießen weit über das Ziel hinaus. In der aktuellen Form sind die Anforderungen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) sowie Kleinstbetriebe schlichtweg nicht leistbar. Die Hauptkritikpunkte im Einzelnen: Bürokratischer Overkill statt Binnenmarkt: Statt eines unkomplizierten, zentralen EU-weiten Registers (One-Stop-Shop) werden Hürden durch zersplitterte nationale Register aufgebaut. Für kleine Unternehmen, die grenzüberschreitend in mehrere EU-Länder liefern, bedeutet dies ein undurchdringliches Geflecht aus unterschiedlichen Anmelde-, Berichts- und Nachweispflichten. Unverhältnismäßigkeit der Ressourcen: Kleinstunternehmen haben keine eigenen Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen. Der finanzielle und zeitliche Aufwand für die Registrierung, Datenerfassung und wiederkehrende Berichterstattung steht in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Umlauf gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Die administrativen Kosten übersteigen in vielen Fällen die eigentlichen Lizenzgebühren um ein Vielfaches. Wettbewerbsnachteil für KMU: Während Großkonzerne diese zusätzlichen Verwaltungskosten problemlos auffangen und automatisieren können, führt dieser Bürokratiewahnsinn bei kleinen Händlern, Handwerksbetrieben und Start-ups zur Einschränkung des grenzüberschreitenden Handels oder im schlimmsten Fall zur Aufgabe von Geschäftsfeldern. Geforderte Nachbesserungen: Einführung von Bagatellgrenzen (De-minimis-Regelung): Kleinstinverkehrbringer unterhalb bestimmter Mengenschwellen müssen von detaillierten Melde- und Registrierungspflichten ausgenommen oder stark vereinfacht behandelt werden. Echte Harmonisierung & Single-Entry-Point: Eine einzige zentrale digitale EU-Schnittstelle, über die Registrierungen und Meldungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten mit minimalem Aufwand abgewickelt werden können. Pauschalisierte Meldemöglichkeiten: Vereinfachte Schätzungen statt bürokratischer Einzelverfolgung für Kleinstmengen. Fazit: Umweltschutz und Ressourcenschonung sind wichtig, dürfen aber nicht durch bürokratischen Wildwuchs auf dem Rücken kleiner Betriebe ausgetragen werden. Wenn die EU den Mittelstand nicht ersticken will, muss diese Verordnung drastisch vereinfacht werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Disproportionate bureaucratic burden threatening the livelihood of small businesses and micro-enterprises The present rules on national registers of producers under the Packaging Ordinance (PPWR) go far beyond the objective. In its current form, the requirements for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises are simply unaffordable. The main criticisms are as follows: Bureaucratic overkill instead of internal market: Instead of a simple, central EU-wide register (one-stop-shop), hurdles are being created by fragmented national registers. For small businesses supplying cross-border to several EU countries, this means an impenetrable web of different registration, reporting and evidence obligations. Disproportionate resources: Micro-enterprises do not have their own legal or compliance departments. The cost and time required for registration, data collection and periodic reporting is disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually put into circulation. In many cases, the administrative costs are many times higher than the actual licence fees. Competitive disadvantage for SMEs: While large corporations can easily absorb and automate these additional administrative costs, this red tape leads small traders, craft businesses and start-ups to restrict cross-border trade or, in the worst case scenario, to the abandonment of business activities. Repairs required: Introduction of de minimis thresholds: Micro-distributors below certain thresholds need to be exempted from detailed reporting and registration obligations or treated in a very simplified way. Real Harmonisation & Single Entry Point: A single EU digital single interface through which registrations and notifications can be processed with minimal effort for all Member States. Flat-rate reporting possibilities: Simplified estimates instead of bureaucratic individual tracking for micro-quantities. My conclusion: Environmental protection and resource conservation are important, but must not be carried out by bureaucratic proliferation on the back of small farms. If the EU is not to stifle small and medium-sized enterprises, this regulation must be drastically simplified.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548851_en"}, {"id": 33548850, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:37:06", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Me.", "feedback": "Hello. I do understand the reasons, and goals, of such an initiative. A thorough management of waste, recycling, haardous products, is long time needed. Really, I do. However: The way it is implemented will kill small businesses. Pure and simple. Notwithstanding the lack of clarity as to where/how/what to do, the very fact that a business has to pay a membership/fee for each country to which one's goods are sold represents a burden that independent craftsmen like me, and many, many of my friends and colleagues, will be unable to bear. Not to mention the amount of extra administrative work such a thing could amount to. I, and many others, represent traditional arts and crafts - I am, myself, a swordsmith, having learned the trade over the course of many years, and I can say without shame or pride that I am an international leading expert on that topic ; it was, after all, the subject of my PhD. Yet I barely break even. And this measure, the way it is implemented - blatantly ignoring the reality of life for small-businesses and independant craftsmen or artists - will end us. Is that what you want ? Please do better. Please do not kill us.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. I do understand the reasons, and goals, of such an initiative. A thorough management of waste, recycling, haardous products, is long time needed. Really, I do. However: The way it is implemented will kill small businesses. Pure and simple. Notwithstanding the lack of clarity as to where/how/what to do, the very fact that a business has to pay a membership/fee for each country to which one's goods are sold represents a burden that independent craftsmen like me, and many, many of my friends and colleagues, will be unable to bear. Not to mention the amount of extra administrative work such a thing could amount to. I, and many others, represent traditional arts and crafts - I am, myself, a swordsmith, having learned the trade over the course of many years, and I can say without shame or pride that I am an international leading expert on that topic ; it was, after all, the subject of my PhD. Yet I barely break even. And this measure, the way it is implemented - blatantly ignoring the reality of life for small-businesses and independant craftsmen or artists - will end us. Is that what you want ? Please do better. Please do not kill us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548850_en"}, {"id": 33548840, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:34:11", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "la boite a rabiots", "feedback": "Bonjour c'est une réglementation qui n'a absolument aucun sens. Tout les acteurs du commerce sont concernés du plus petit au plus gros. Je vends sur ebay et c'est mon activité principale je fait environ 20000 euros de CA sur un an, avec votre mesure je vais devoir débourser plus de 2000 euros pour continuer à vendre dans les pays de l'UE qui représente 40% de mon chiffre d'affaire. 10% de mon CA pour quoi ? pour des organismes qui devront soit disant faire des actions de recyclages??? vous allez tuer les petits commerçants et artisans au profit des grosses entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, it is a regulation that makes absolutely no sense. All those involved in trade are affected from the smallest to the largest. I sell on ebay and it is my main activity that I do about EUR 20 000 in CA over a year, with your measure I will have to pay more than EUR 2 000 to continue selling in EU countries that accounts for 40 % of my turnover. 10 % of my turnover for what? for organisations that will have to say that they are recycling? You will kill small traders and craftsmen to the benefit of large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548840_en"}, {"id": 33548839, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:33:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, I am concerned about the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro and small businesses. For large companies, additional registrations, reporting requirements and compliance obligations may be manageable. For a small business, however, the same requirements can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Small businesses often have very limited resources and may sell only a small number of products to customers in different EU countries. Having to understand and comply with different national packaging registration and producer-responsibility systems can make cross-border sales practically impossible. I've now seen many cases, in which the additional requirements have forced businesses to stop shipping to EU countries outside their home country. This means that a regulation intended to create a more sustainable and harmonised European market is unintentionally making it harder for small businesses to participate in that market at all. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider: * meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, * a proportionate threshold based on turnover, shipment volume or packaging volume, * a simple EU-wide registration system instead of multiple national obligations, * significantly reduced administrative requirements for businesses with very small packaging volumes, * and practical transition periods that give small businesses enough time to adapt. Environmental protection and a strong European single market should not come at the cost of excluding small businesses and independent creators from cross-border trade. We want to be part of a more sustainable Europe. We simply need regulations that allow small businesses to survive while contributing to that goal. Thank you for listening to the concerns. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable. However, I am concerned about the impact of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on micro and small businesses. For large companies, additional registrations, reporting requirements and compliance obligations may be manageable. For a small business, however, the same requirements can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Small businesses often have very limited resources and may sell only a small number of products to customers in different EU countries. Having to understand and comply with different national packaging registration and producer-responsibility systems can make cross-border sales practically impossible. I've now seen many cases, in which the additional requirements have forced businesses to stop shipping to EU countries outside their home country. This means that a regulation intended to create a more sustainable and harmonised European market is unintentionally making it harder for small businesses to participate in that market at all. I therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider: * meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for micro and small businesses, * a proportionate threshold based on turnover, shipment volume or packaging volume, * a simple EU-wide registration system instead of multiple national obligations, * significantly reduced administrative requirements for businesses with very small packaging volumes, * and practical transition periods that give small businesses enough time to adapt. Environmental protection and a strong European single market should not come at the cost of excluding small businesses and independent creators from cross-border trade. We want to be part of a more sustainable Europe. We simply need regulations that allow small businesses to survive while contributing to that goal. Thank you for listening to the concerns. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548839_en"}, {"id": 33548838, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:33:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das neue Gesetz ist UNGERECHT. Ich habe seit 22 Jahren einen Laden für fair produzierte Mode und Homeaccessoires in Berlin. Anhängend seit 6 Jahren einen Onlineshop. Mir ist Umweltschutz sehr wichtig und ich verstehe, dass man für Müll, den man in die Welt bringt, auch zahlen muss. Viele kleine Läden arbeiten mit Kartons und Verpackungen, die mehrmals benutzt werden. Recycling und wenig Verpackung - das bringen wir unseren Kindern bei. Die kleinen Läden, die jeden Urlaub zu einem Erlebnis werden lassen machen das Gesicht einer Stadt aus. Neben dem stationären Handel sind sie auch auf den Onlinemarkt angewiesen. Und der bricht nun einfach weg. Kosten-Nutzen ist ein Irrsinn. Das neue Gesetz ist UNGERECHT. Wer sind denn die Gewinner von diesem Gesetz? Die, die sowieso den meisten Müll produzieren! Und das können sie nun weiterhin machen, sogar noch fleissiger, da eine Vielzahl von kleinen Konkurrent*innen wegfällt. Ich fordere Sie auf, die Stellschrauben neu zu justieren. Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Elle von WWW.HIT-IN.TV", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law is unfair. I have had a shop for fair fashion and home accessories in Berlin for 22 years. Followed for 6 years by an online shop. Environmental protection is very important to me and I understand that you have to pay for the waste you bring to the world. Many small shops use cartons and packaging that are used several times. Recycling and little packaging is what we bring to our children. The small shops that make every holiday an experience are the face of a city. In addition to brick-and-mortar shops, they also depend on the online market. And that is just breaking away. Cost-benefit is irrational. The new law is unfair. Who are the winners of this law? Those who, in any case, produce the most waste! And they can now continue to do so, even more so, as a large number of small competitors disappear. I call on you to recalibrate the bolts. Yours sincerely, honoured by WWW.HIT-IN.TV", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548838_en"}, {"id": 33548837, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:33:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Regelung benötigt dringend eine Freigrenze unter der eine Registrierung nicht anfällt. Selbstständige Künstler*innen, klein- und mittelständige Geschäfte können die Registrierungsgebühr schlicht und ergreifend nicht aufbringen. Man kann dies entweder an eine Anzahl von Lieferungen pro Jahr pro Land binden oder an den Warenwert pro Jahr, wobei die erste Variante wohl besser ist, um Temu und Co. einzudämmen. Bitte recherchieren Sie ausreichend wo diese Grenze liegen sollte! Wenn sie zu niedrig ist, schränkt sie trotzdem Kleinunternehmen ein, wenn die zu hoch ist, ist sie nutzlos. So wie die Vorlage jetzt ist, zerstört sie jedoch kleinen Händlern die Grundlage, während Riesenunternehmen, die hauptsächlich an der Müllflut Schuld sind, die Gebühren mit einem müden Lächeln zahlen.", "feedbackEnglish": "There is an urgent need for an exemption threshold below which registration does not arise. Self-employed artists, small and medium-sized businesses simply cannot pay the registration fee. This can be linked either to a number of deliveries per country per year or to the value of the goods per year, with the first variant arguably better to contain Temu and Co. Please research sufficiently where this limit should be! If it is too low, it still restricts small businesses if it is too high, making it useless. However, as the reference is now, it destroys the basis for small traders, while giant companies, mainly responsible for the waste flood, pay the fees with a tiring smile.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548837_en"}, {"id": 33548836, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:30:34", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Offkut Studio Ltd", "feedback": "Feedback on EU EPR Requirements for Small UK Businesses Selling to EU Consumers I support the objectives of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and understand the importance of ensuring that businesses contribute towards the collection and recycling of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the current implementation of EPR requirements across EU Member States can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on very small businesses based outside the EU. I run a small independent UK clothing business. We manufacture on a small scale and sell directly to consumers through our website. Our EU sales are relatively low, and in some individual Member States we receive fewer than 10 orders per month. Despite these very small volumes, we are expected to understand and comply with different EPR systems, registration requirements, reporting obligations, fees and, in some countries, Authorised Representative requirements. For a small business, the cost and administrative burden of appointing representatives and maintaining separate registrations can be significant compared with the amount of packaging actually being introduced into the relevant market. Concerns I would like the European Commission to consider 1. A proportionate threshold for micro-businesses There should be a meaningful EU-wide threshold below which very small businesses are exempt from full EPR registration and reporting requirements, particularly where the quantity of packaging placed on the market is extremely small. The current situation can mean that a business selling only a handful of orders into a particular country faces similar compliance obligations to a much larger business selling thousands of products there. 2. Greater harmonisation between Member States The differences between national EPR systems make cross-border compliance particularly difficult for small businesses. A business selling the same product in several EU countries may have to determine different registration requirements, use different systems, appoint different representatives and submit different reports in each country. A more harmonised EU-wide approach would significantly reduce administrative costs while still achieving the environmental objectives of EPR. 3. More proportionate Authorised Representative requirements Where an Authorised Representative is required for businesses established outside the EU, the cost can be disproportionate for businesses with very low sales volumes. There should be consideration of whether an exemption, simplified process or lower-cost mechanism could apply to micro-businesses below a defined packaging threshold. 4. Consideration of actual packaging quantities EPR obligations should take into account the very small quantities of packaging involved in many micro-business transactions. For example, a small clothing business may send one garment to a consumer using a lightweight mailing bag, a small amount of tissue paper and a cardboard invoice or label. The environmental impact is very different from that of a large business placing substantial quantities of packaging on the market. The administrative requirements should reflect this difference. 5. A simple EU-wide compliance route for small businesses I would strongly support the creation of a simplified EU-wide EPR registration/reporting mechanism for micro-businesses selling directly to consumers across borders. For example, a business could report its total packaging placed on the EU market through one central system, with the relevant fees distributed between Member States. This would make compliance much more realistic for small businesses while still ensuring that producers contribute financially to packaging waste management. Overall feedback I want to comply with the relevant EPR requirements and support the underlying environmental objectives. However, the current system can make it extremely difficult for a very small business to understand wh", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on EU EPR Requirements for Small UK Businesses Selling to EU Consumers I support the objectives of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and understand the importance of ensuring that businesses contribute towards the collection and recycling of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the current implementation of EPR requirements across EU Member States can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on very small businesses based outside the EU. I run a small independent UK clothing business. We manufacture on a small scale and sell directly to consumers through our website. Our EU sales are relatively low, and in some individual Member States we receive fewer than 10 orders per month. Despite these very small volumes, we are expected to understand and comply with different EPR systems, registration requirements, reporting obligations, fees and, in some countries, Authorised Representative requirements. For a small business, the cost and administrative burden of appointing representatives and maintaining separate registrations can be significant compared with the amount of packaging actually being introduced into the relevant market. Concerns I would like the European Commission to consider 1. A proportionate threshold for micro-businesses There should be a meaningful EU-wide threshold below which very small businesses are exempt from full EPR registration and reporting requirements, particularly where the quantity of packaging placed on the market is extremely small. The current situation can mean that a business selling only a handful of orders into a particular country faces similar compliance obligations to a much larger business selling thousands of products there. 2. Greater harmonisation between Member States The differences between national EPR systems make cross-border compliance particularly difficult for small businesses. A business selling the same product in several EU countries may have to determine different registration requirements, use different systems, appoint different representatives and submit different reports in each country. A more harmonised EU-wide approach would significantly reduce administrative costs while still achieving the environmental objectives of EPR. 3. More proportionate Authorised Representative requirements Where an Authorised Representative is required for businesses established outside the EU, the cost can be disproportionate for businesses with very low sales volumes. There should be consideration of whether an exemption, simplified process or lower-cost mechanism could apply to micro-businesses below a defined packaging threshold. 4. Consideration of actual packaging quantities EPR obligations should take into account the very small quantities of packaging involved in many micro-business transactions. For example, a small clothing business may send one garment to a consumer using a lightweight mailing bag, a small amount of tissue paper and a cardboard invoice or label. The environmental impact is very different from that of a large business placing substantial quantities of packaging on the market. The administrative requirements should reflect this difference. 5. A simple EU-wide compliance route for small businesses I would strongly support the creation of a simplified EU-wide EPR registration/reporting mechanism for micro-businesses selling directly to consumers across borders. For example, a business could report its total packaging placed on the EU market through one central system, with the relevant fees distributed between Member States. This would make compliance much more realistic for small businesses while still ensuring that producers contribute financially to packaging waste management. Overall feedback I want to comply with the relevant EPR requirements and support the underlying environmental objectives. However, the current system can make it extremely difficult for a very small business to understand wh", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548836_en"}, {"id": 33548835, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:30:30", "country": "NGA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is horrible and sincerely a war on small businesses. It makes literally no sense to do this. Small businesses are already being squeezed by constant pressures and this is just an added difficulty for no reason. This should not stand!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is horrible and sincerely a war on small businesses. It makes literally no sense to do this. Small businesses are already being squeezed by constant pressures and this is just an added difficulty for no reason. This should not stand!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548835_en"}, {"id": 33548834, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:30:03", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Peterokii", "feedback": "Cette régulation est la mort des petits commerces en ligne et la fin de la liberté d'échange entre les pays de l'Union Européenne. Là où l'UE devrait être une force qui soutient ses petits entrepreneurs et les talents de leurs pays ainsi que leur pouvoir commercial grâce à un système privilégié, l'UE décide de rendre impossible les échanges commerciaux, en saignant les microentreprises de par des frais qui ne peuvent être couverts que par de grosses entreprises. Là où les petits commerces européens sont les moins polluants et plus respectueux des normes, ils sont écrasés par cette nouvelle régulation! Des boutiques telles que la miennes vendent moins de 300 commandes par an, avec des CA en dessous de 15K/an brut, tout en contribuant à l'économie de l'UE, mais l'UE décide de tuer mon commerce plutôt que de le protéger, alors que les petits entrepreneurs comme moi font tourner l'économie européenne. Cette régulation doit être adapté pour les microentreprises, car nous avons encore une fois été négligé par les régulations européennes au profit de grosses entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is the death of small online shops and the end of freedom of exchange between the countries of the European Union. Where the EU should be a force that supports its small entrepreneurs and the talents of their countries as well as their business power through a privileged system, the EU decides to make trade impossible, blaming micro-enterprises for costs that can only be covered by large companies. Where small European businesses are the least polluting and more compliant, they are overwhelmed by this new regulation! Shops like mine sell less than 300 orders per year, with ACs below 15K/year gross, while contributing to the EU economy, but the EU decides to kill my business rather than protect it, while small entrepreneurs like me run the European economy. This regulation needs to be adapted for micro-enterprises, as we have once again been neglected by European regulations to the benefit of large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548834_en"}, {"id": 33548833, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:29:26", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tsiogkas Athanasios ", "feedback": "I am a part of a small bussines in Greece, selling mostly on online markets, as our own market is very limited. Even though we see the goal of reducing waste and we align with it, we strongly believe the means to do it are very disproportionate when it comes to the impact created for micro businesses. We are currently placing under 100 products per year on the entire European market and while we are trying to support the economy within the European space by increasing those numbers and encouraging trading between European countries, the new regulations might have the opposite effect. On groups and forums many micro businesses owners are taking into consideration the idea of placing products in one or two of these countries, because they simply cannot afford (cost wise) the financial risk of paying taxes to several countries, when we might place no more than 3 or 4 products per year in those respctives markets. On the other hand, for the same reason resources might be limited, as others might not find it viable delivering to the countries we are a part of. It's a domino effect that creates devastating consequences for small bussineses. Another issue is not having a unitary system over the E.U. and having to deal with different administrations and their respective requirements. It is important to be equitable when it comes to the value of the taxes being proportional with the number/quantity of packaging materials placed on the EU market and having a general system which allows as to fill a simplified form, not 27 different ones. Like this we could focus a lot more on developing our products and raising value of the EU market overall reported to other economies, rather than constantly dealing with new documents/forms/reports to fill and higher taxes to pay.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a part of a small bussines in Greece, selling mostly on online markets, as our own market is very limited. Even though we see the goal of reducing waste and we align with it, we strongly believe the means to do it are very disproportionate when it comes to the impact created for micro businesses. We are currently placing under 100 products per year on the entire European market and while we are trying to support the economy within the European space by increasing those numbers and encouraging trading between European countries, the new regulations might have the opposite effect. On groups and forums many micro businesses owners are taking into consideration the idea of placing products in one or two of these countries, because they simply cannot afford (cost wise) the financial risk of paying taxes to several countries, when we might place no more than 3 or 4 products per year in those respctives markets. On the other hand, for the same reason resources might be limited, as others might not find it viable delivering to the countries we are a part of. It's a domino effect that creates devastating consequences for small bussineses. Another issue is not having a unitary system over the E.U. and having to deal with different administrations and their respective requirements. It is important to be equitable when it comes to the value of the taxes being proportional with the number/quantity of packaging materials placed on the EU market and having a general system which allows as to fill a simplified form, not 27 different ones. Like this we could focus a lot more on developing our products and raising value of the EU market overall reported to other economies, rather than constantly dealing with new documents/forms/reports to fill and higher taxes to pay.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548833_en"}, {"id": 33548832, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:27:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die geplanten Vorgaben für nationale Herstellerregister belasten kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) finanziell und bürokratisch massiv. Was eigentlich die Nachverfolgbarkeit von Verpackungen verbessern soll, führt in der Praxis zu einem teuren, unübersichtlichen Bürokratie-Flickenteppich. ​1. Unverhältnismäßig hohe Kosten ​Die Pflicht, sich in bis zu 27 verschiedenen EU-Ländern anzumelden, erzeugt extrem hohe Ausgaben, die in keinem Verhältnis zur Betriebsgröße stehen: ​Mehrfache Gebühren: In jedem Land, in dem Ware verkauft wird, fallen wiederkehrende Anmelde- und Registrierungsgebühren an. ​Hoher Aufwand: Abweichende Berichtsformate, Fristen und Vorgaben binden wertvolle Arbeitszeit und Finanzen. ​Zusatzkosten für Beratung: Ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung sind kleine Betriebe gezwungen, teure externe Dienstleister zu beauftragen. ​Während Großkonzerne diese Kosten problemlos über ihr hohes Verkaufsvolumen auffangen, fressen sie bei Kleinbetrieben einen spürbaren Teil des Gewinns auf und bedrohen im schlimmsten Fall deren Existenz. ​2. Widerspruch zum EU-Binnenmarkt ​Statt den freien Handel innerhalb Europas zu fördern, schafft die Regelung 27 parallele, kostenpflichtige Bürokratiesysteme. Für kleine Unternehmen wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel dadurch finanziell unattraktiv oder gar unmöglich gemacht. ​3. Dringende Forderung nach Entlastung ​Um eine massive Wettbewerbsverzerrung zu Lasten des Mittelstands zu verhindern, braucht es dringend Ausnahmeregelungen oder Kostenbefreiungen für KMU beispielsweise gestaffelt nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder der tatsächlichen Verpackungsmenge. Ohne diese Entlastungen werden genau die Betriebe geschädigt, die das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft bilden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The planned requirements for national producer registers place a heavy financial and bureaucratic burden on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). What is actually meant to improve the traceability of packaging results in a costly and confusing patchwork of bureaucracy in practice. ​1. Disproportionate costs ​The obligation to register in up to 27 different EU countries generates extremely high expenses that are disproportionate to the size of the farm: ​Multiple fees: Recurrent application and registration fees apply in each country where goods are sold. ​Heavy effort: Different reporting formats, deadlines and requirements tie valuable working time and finances. ​Additional costs for consultancy: Without a dedicated legal department, small businesses are forced to hire expensive external service providers. ​While large corporations easily absorb these costs through their high sales volumes, they absorb a significant part of the profit for small businesses and, in the worst case scenario, threaten their existence. ​2. Contrary to the EU’s internal market ​Instead of promoting free trade within Europe, the rule creates 27 parallel, fee-based bureaucratic systems. This makes cross-border trade financially unattractive or even impossible for small businesses. ​3. Urgent demand for relief ​In order to prevent a massive distortion of competition to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises, there is an urgent need for derogations or exemptions from costs for SMEs, for example on a staggered basis according to turnover, number of employees or actual packaging volume. Without these reductions, it is precisely the businesses that are the backbone of the European economy that will suffer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548832_en"}, {"id": 33548831, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:26:22", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Enquanto pequeno artesão, considero que estas obrigações deveriam ter em conta a dimensão e o volume real de cada atividade. Quem vende apenas algumas peças por ano e coloca no mercado uma quantidade mínima de embalagens não deveria estar sujeito às mesmas exigências administrativas que empresas que comercializam milhares ou milhões de produtos. Para pequenos artesãos e microempresas, o peso burocrático e os custos associados podem tornar-se completamente desproporcionais face ao impacto ambiental efetivamente gerado. Aliás, já existem pequenos negócios e artesãos que optam por deixar de vender e enviar os seus produtos para determinados países da União Europeia devido à complexidade das obrigações relacionadas com embalagens. É realmente esse o resultado que se pretende alcançar? Tornar o mercado europeu tão complexo e burocrático que os pequenos negócios deixem simplesmente de conseguir vender para outros Estados-Membros? Concordo com a necessidade de responsabilizar quem coloca grandes quantidades de embalagens no mercado, mas deveriam existir limites mínimos, isenções ou procedimentos verdadeiramente simplificados para pequenos produtores e atividades com volumes residuais. A legislação ambiental deve ser eficaz, mas também proporcional. Não podemos criar regras que, na prática, acabam por penalizar um artesão que envia meia dúzia de encomendas por ano da mesma forma que operadores que colocam milhares de embalagens no mercado. Proteger o ambiente não deve significar tornar inviável a atividade dos pequenos negócios e artesãos europeus. Como artesão portuguesa que envia encomendas para países da UE, esta medida irá \"destruir\" o meu negócio e a minha capacidade de operar.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small craftsman, I believe that these obligations should take into account the size and actual volume of each activity. Whoever sells only a few pieces a year and places a minimum amount of packaging on the market should not be subject to the same administrative requirements as companies marketing billions or millions of products. For small craftsmen and micro-enterprises, the bureaucratic burden and associated costs may become completely disproportionate to the actual environmental impact generated. In fact, there are already small businesses and craftsmen who choose to stop selling and sending their products to certain EU countries because of the complexity of packaging obligations. Is that really the result to be achieved? Making the European market so complex and bureaucratic that small businesses simply stop being able to sell to other Member States? I agree with the need to hold accountable those who place large quantities of packaging on the market, but there should be minimum limits, exemptions or truly simplified procedures for small producers and activities with residual volumes. Environmental legislation should be effective but also proportionate. We cannot create rules that effectively penalise a craftsman who sends half a dozen parcels per year in the same way as operators who place thousands of packages on the market. Protecting the environment should not mean making European small businesses and craftsmen unviable. As a Portuguese craftsman sending parcels to EU countries, this measure will ‘destroy’ my business and ability to operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548831_en"}, {"id": 33548826, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:25:24", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hapa Design GmbH", "feedback": "This proposal is another example of EU regulation becoming increasingly detached from the reality of small and medium-sized businesses. For a small company such as HAPA Design, selling products across the European Union should be one of the main benefits of the Single Market. In practice, however, every new national registration requirement, reporting obligation, fee, portal, deadline and administrative procedure creates another barrier to cross-border trade. A large multinational corporation can employ entire compliance departments to deal with these obligations. A small business cannot. The same rules therefore do not create equal conditions they disproportionately punish smaller companies. Packaging compliance is a perfect example. Instead of having one simple EU-wide system, companies selling across several Member States can be confronted with different national registers, different procedures, different reporting systems, different service providers and additional costs in every country. Even where only very small quantities of packaging are placed on a particular national market, the administrative burden can be almost the same as for a company selling millions of units. This is completely disproportionate. The EU repeatedly speaks about reducing bureaucracy, strengthening SMEs and improving the competitiveness of European businesses. At the same time, regulations are being introduced that force small companies to spend more and more time and money on administration instead of product development, customer service, investment and job creation. The European Union cannot seriously promote a Single Market while recreating 27 administrative borders through compliance obligations. For companies such as ours, the problem is not the principle of environmental responsibility. We fully understand that packaging waste must be reduced, collected and recycled. The problem is the unnecessarily fragmented and bureaucratic implementation. What is needed is: one EU-wide producer registration instead of separate national registrations; one harmonised reporting system and data format; one central EU portal; automatic recognition of registration throughout all Member States; meaningful de minimis thresholds for small quantities; significantly simplified obligations for SMEs and micro-enterprises; fees that are genuinely proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. A company selling a few products into another Member State should not need legal advisers, compliance consultants and multiple national registrations simply to serve a customer across an internal EU border. If European policymakers continue adding layers of administrative complexity, the predictable result will be that small European companies withdraw from cross-border markets, while large corporations and major online platforms become even stronger. That is the exact opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Environmental regulation must be effective, but it must also be proportionate. The current direction risks turning compliance itself into a barrier to competition. Please design this system for the thousands of real small businesses operating in Europe not only for multinational corporations with dedicated legal and compliance departments.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal is another example of EU regulation becoming increasingly detached from the reality of small and medium-sized businesses. For a small company such as HAPA Design, selling products across the European Union should be one of the main benefits of the Single Market. In practice, however, every new national registration requirement, reporting obligation, fee, portal, deadline and administrative procedure creates another barrier to cross-border trade. A large multinational corporation can employ entire compliance departments to deal with these obligations. A small business cannot. The same rules therefore do not create equal conditions they disproportionately punish smaller companies. Packaging compliance is a perfect example. Instead of having one simple EU-wide system, companies selling across several Member States can be confronted with different national registers, different procedures, different reporting systems, different service providers and additional costs in every country. Even where only very small quantities of packaging are placed on a particular national market, the administrative burden can be almost the same as for a company selling millions of units. This is completely disproportionate. The EU repeatedly speaks about reducing bureaucracy, strengthening SMEs and improving the competitiveness of European businesses. At the same time, regulations are being introduced that force small companies to spend more and more time and money on administration instead of product development, customer service, investment and job creation. The European Union cannot seriously promote a Single Market while recreating 27 administrative borders through compliance obligations. For companies such as ours, the problem is not the principle of environmental responsibility. We fully understand that packaging waste must be reduced, collected and recycled. The problem is the unnecessarily fragmented and bureaucratic implementation. What is needed is: one EU-wide producer registration instead of separate national registrations; one harmonised reporting system and data format; one central EU portal; automatic recognition of registration throughout all Member States; meaningful de minimis thresholds for small quantities; significantly simplified obligations for SMEs and micro-enterprises; fees that are genuinely proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. A company selling a few products into another Member State should not need legal advisers, compliance consultants and multiple national registrations simply to serve a customer across an internal EU border. If European policymakers continue adding layers of administrative complexity, the predictable result will be that small European companies withdraw from cross-border markets, while large corporations and major online platforms become even stronger. That is the exact opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Environmental regulation must be effective, but it must also be proportionate. The current direction risks turning compliance itself into a barrier to competition. Please design this system for the thousands of real small businesses operating in Europe not only for multinational corporations with dedicated legal and compliance departments.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548826_en"}, {"id": 33548817, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:24:51", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I feel like this idea of a law punishes small businesses while allowing for big businesses to create a monopoly over being the only ones able to afford paying these fees. Furthermore it punishes the consumer and regulates us to buy from big brands that care less about the environment and gets away with doing so by paying off various institutions and people. Its a horrible idea to not have a high yearly income level to not pay that amount, something like 4 times the cost of selling in all the EU countries. Theres other ways to reinforce environmental sustainability, this is likely going to have the opposite effect, especially when small businesses often choose the more sustainable alternatives already. Small businesses AND consumers will suffer, as will the environment as a result. Kindly rethink this.", "feedbackEnglish": "I feel like this idea of a law punishes small businesses while allowing for big businesses to create a monopoly over being the only ones able to afford paying these fees. Furthermore it punishes the consumer and regulates us to buy from big brands that care less about the environment and gets away with doing so by paying off various institutions and people. Its a horrible idea to not have a high yearly income level to not pay that amount, something like 4 times the cost of selling in all the EU countries. Theres other ways to reinforce environmental sustainability, this is likely going to have the opposite effect, especially when small businesses often choose the more sustainable alternatives already. Small businesses AND consumers will suffer, as will the environment as a result. Kindly rethink this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548817_en"}, {"id": 33548816, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:24:46", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Over the past few months my husband and I have been planning to start a small business, targeting mostly online markets, as we live in a small European city that already faces economical issues. Researching more on what taxes, tariffs and now the new financial regulations regarding the limit of waste would mean, it already becomes incredibly overwhelming thinking if we have an actual chance. While we both agree on the idea of limiting waste, the financial burden placed on small businesses is just crushing. Maybe an alternative could be a general fee applied to all E.U. countries, but taking into consideration the number of products placed on the market. Please let's focus on the main goals of the E.U., some of them being precisely economic integration (free movement of goods!!! not constantly being blocked by new taxes and commissions of all kinds and loads of paperwork). Micro businesses are already struggling. Do not make what should be a good cause contribute to already existing problems.", "feedbackEnglish": "Over the past few months my husband and I have been planning to start a small business, targeting mostly online markets, as we live in a small European city that already faces economical issues. Researching more on what taxes, tariffs and now the new financial regulations regarding the limit of waste would mean, it already becomes incredibly overwhelming thinking if we have an actual chance. While we both agree on the idea of limiting waste, the financial burden placed on small businesses is just crushing. Maybe an alternative could be a general fee applied to all E.U. countries, but taking into consideration the number of products placed on the market. Please let's focus on the main goals of the E.U., some of them being precisely economic integration (free movement of goods!!! not constantly being blocked by new taxes and commissions of all kinds and loads of paperwork). Micro businesses are already struggling. Do not make what should be a good cause contribute to already existing problems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548816_en"}, {"id": 33548815, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:23:54", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Whats the point of the European Union if you cant even send parcels to your fellow partner countries?? Itll be easier to send things overseas than it is to send things to my own neighbours.", "feedbackEnglish": "Whats the point of the European Union if you cant even send parcels to your fellow partner countries?? Itll be easier to send things overseas than it is to send things to my own neighbours.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548815_en"}, {"id": 33548814, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:22:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin bildende Künstlerin, betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 7 Pakete in 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 2000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern würden meine Einnahmen nicht ausreichen. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen wie mich bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a visual artist, operating a micro-business in Germany and selling through an online marketplace. I send 7 packages to 5 other EU countries in the year. My turnover from these countries is EUR 2000. My income would not be sufficient for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises like me, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548814_en"}, {"id": 33548813, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:21:03", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will not be taxing the big companies harming the environment with their trash and pollution and will kill micro and small businesses entirely in the EU. That's why I think small businesses should be entirely exempt from this ridiculous circus. Small businesses try their best at staying green even with limited resources and are often handcrafters, artists, and artisans that need that income badly and need the free market of the rest of Europe to make a proper living. These regulations won't even effect big polluters that harshly.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will not be taxing the big companies harming the environment with their trash and pollution and will kill micro and small businesses entirely in the EU. That's why I think small businesses should be entirely exempt from this ridiculous circus. Small businesses try their best at staying green even with limited resources and are often handcrafters, artists, and artisans that need that income badly and need the free market of the rest of Europe to make a proper living. These regulations won't even effect big polluters that harshly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548813_en"}, {"id": 33548812, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:19:39", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ABC", "feedback": "I am concerned that the proposed requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small and micro-businesses. A small business selling relatively low volumes of packaged products across several EU Member States may be required to register separately in multiple countries, appoint authorised representatives where applicable, pay registration and compliance fees, maintain country-specific reporting, and deal with different national systems and procedures. For a small seller, the cost of administration and professional compliance services can easily become disproportionate to both the value of sales and the very small quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. This risks creating a significant barrier to cross-border trade within the Single Market. Large companies can absorb these fixed compliance costs across millions of products, while a small business may face similar registration and administrative costs despite placing only a tiny amount of packaging on the market. This does not appear proportionate to the environmental objective of the regulation. I strongly recommend introducing a clear EU-wide exemption or meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, based on annual packaging volume and/or turnover in each Member State. Businesses below that threshold should either be exempt from producer registration or have access to a single, greatly simplified EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation should be proportionate. The system should focus resources on producers responsible for meaningful quantities of packaging waste rather than creating substantial fixed costs and administrative barriers for small businesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that the proposed requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small and micro-businesses. A small business selling relatively low volumes of packaged products across several EU Member States may be required to register separately in multiple countries, appoint authorised representatives where applicable, pay registration and compliance fees, maintain country-specific reporting, and deal with different national systems and procedures. For a small seller, the cost of administration and professional compliance services can easily become disproportionate to both the value of sales and the very small quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. This risks creating a significant barrier to cross-border trade within the Single Market. Large companies can absorb these fixed compliance costs across millions of products, while a small business may face similar registration and administrative costs despite placing only a tiny amount of packaging on the market. This does not appear proportionate to the environmental objective of the regulation. I strongly recommend introducing a clear EU-wide exemption or meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, based on annual packaging volume and/or turnover in each Member State. Businesses below that threshold should either be exempt from producer registration or have access to a single, greatly simplified EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation should be proportionate. The system should focus resources on producers responsible for meaningful quantities of packaging waste rather than creating substantial fixed costs and administrative barriers for small businesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548812_en"}, {"id": 33548811, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:19:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am not against the idea of charging large corporations that can generate a lot of packaging material to help pay for the recycling and/or disposal of the materials. However, the way this has been done is anti-European. There is supposed to a free market, but by forcing independent and small businesses to register - and in a lot of cases pay a substantial fee - in each and every country this actually results in the opposite. This also interferes in the of the well established free movement of goods. If a registration is required it should only be required ONCE and it MUST be valid for all member states (principal of mutual recognition). Same as with a chamber of commerce registration is only required in the origin country and you get a VAT number that is valid for use within the entire EU. However, do not burden independent and small businesses with administrative overhead. If there is little do no gain then exclude them from the start. By now the damage has already been done and a lot of creators have stopped selling to other member states. Also please take steps in preventing from introducing legislation like this in the future. This can be done by ensuing small businesses are represented and not just the big multinationals. The EU should represent and support it's people.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not against the idea of charging large corporations that can generate a lot of packaging material to help pay for the recycling and/or disposal of the materials. However, the way this has been done is anti-European. There is supposed to a free market, but by forcing independent and small businesses to register - and in a lot of cases pay a substantial fee - in each and every country this actually results in the opposite. This also interferes in the of the well established free movement of goods. If a registration is required it should only be required ONCE and it MUST be valid for all member states (principal of mutual recognition). Same as with a chamber of commerce registration is only required in the origin country and you get a VAT number that is valid for use within the entire EU. However, do not burden independent and small businesses with administrative overhead. If there is little do no gain then exclude them from the start. By now the damage has already been done and a lot of creators have stopped selling to other member states. Also please take steps in preventing from introducing legislation like this in the future. This can be done by ensuing small businesses are represented and not just the big multinationals. The EU should represent and support it's people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548811_en"}, {"id": 33548810, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:18:35", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates an unfair financial and administrative burden on small businesses by applying strict corporate rules to micro-enterprises. Requiring small online sellers to register in 27 different national systems and produce complex technical paperworkeven for basic items like clothing tagsdrains their limited time and resources. High compliance costs and local registration fees quickly destroy small profit margins, making it almost impossible for independent brands to sell products across EU borders. Without urgent exemptions for small businesses and a single EU portal, this heavy bureaucracy will force thousands of European companies to shut down or move outside the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates an unfair financial and administrative burden on small businesses by applying strict corporate rules to micro-enterprises. Requiring small online sellers to register in 27 different national systems and produce complex technical paperworkeven for basic items like clothing tagsdrains their limited time and resources. High compliance costs and local registration fees quickly destroy small profit margins, making it almost impossible for independent brands to sell products across EU borders. Without urgent exemptions for small businesses and a single EU portal, this heavy bureaucracy will force thousands of European companies to shut down or move outside the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548810_en"}, {"id": 33548809, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:18:34", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Krama GmbH", "feedback": "S.g. Damen und Herren Neben den Kosten und dass wir als kleiner Online-Händler für Fahrrad-Ersatzteile, den internationalen Versand in die meisten Länder einstellen müssen, was doch schmerzt und ev. einen Stellenabbau mit sich zieht, ist die größte Hürde, der anfallende Bürokratie-Aufwand. Wir haben ca. 8000 Ersatzteile im Sortiment. D.h. wir müssen von all unseren Lieferanten zu jeder Artikelverpackung die Daten einholen.... Die meisten Lieferanten können diese Daten nicht zur Verfügung stellen, tw. selbst von EU-Lieferanten stehen diese Daten noch nicht zur Verfügung. Der weitere Bürokratieaufwand macht für einen großteil unseres Sortimentes den zukünftigen Handel unrentabel. Wir müssen zukünftig den Handel von Kleinteilen einstellen, da runrentabel. Daraus folgt, auch andere Anbieter werden dies erkennen, dass in Zukunft vermehrt Komponenten wegen fehlenden Kleinst-Ersatzteilen im Centbereich nicht mehr repariert werden und somit still gelegt werden... Es wird damit die Müllvermeidung kontakariert! Der Gedanke der EU sollte doch sein, den Handel in Europa zu forcieren, Handelsbeschränkungen ab zu bauen. Nun schaffen Sie neue Hürden mit nationalen Vorgaben, nationalen Bevollmächtigen....statt Bürokratieaufbau würden sie den EU-Binenhandel ab.... Wir forden: eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung statt zahlreicher nationaler Portale ein Once-only-Lizensierung, keine Mehrfach-Lizensierungen bei Export in ein neues EU-Land (und dem Zusatzaufwand im Inland die Lizensierungskosten zurück zu fordern) verbindliche Bagatellgrenzen für Klein und -Kleinstmengen proportionale Gebühren statt unverhältnismäßiger Länder-Fixkosten keine neuen EU-Pflichten zusätzlich zu den bestehenden nationalen Systemen mfg Kratzer Manfred", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen In addition to the costs and the fact that, as a small online trader for spare parts for bicycles, we have to stop international shipping to most countries, which is painful and may lead to job cuts, the biggest hurdle is the administrative burden involved. We have around 8000 spare parts in our range. In other words, we need to collect the data from all our suppliers on each item packaging.... Most suppliers cannot provide this data, and in some cases even EU suppliers do not yet have this data. The additional red tape is making future trade unprofitable for a large part of our range. We will have to stop trading small parts in the future, because it is profitable. It follows that other suppliers will also see that in future more components will no longer be repaired due to missing micro spare parts in the cent range and will therefore be decommissioned... This undermines the prevention of waste! The EU’s idea should be to boost trade in Europe, to break down trade restrictions. Now you are creating new hurdles with national requirements, national representatives...rather than increasing bureaucracy, they would start trading within the EU.... We call for: a centralised EU-wide registration instead of numerous national portals, one-only licensing, no multiple licensing when exporting to a new EU country (and the additional burden of reclaiming licensing costs domestically), binding de minimis thresholds for small and micro-volumes proportional fees instead of disproportionate country-specific fixed costs, no new EU obligations in addition to the existing national systems mfg Kratzer Manfred", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548809_en"}, {"id": 33548808, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:18:19", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esteemed members of the European Parliament, I would like to express my concern with the new PPWR and EPR regulations. The current state of overconsumption requires urgent action, that is true, the companies mainly responsible for the vast amount of waste and packaging have reached a peak and everyday people have to suffer the consequences. Regulating the market and providing a legal framework for sustainable shipments is an important step towards balancing the scales. However, it is exactly these companies that will remain mostly unaffected as they make record profits, year after year. On the other hand, small businesses already struggle to remain competitiveand the new regulations will only exacerbate these conditions. Many small and micro businesses often rely on international shipments to make ends meet. The new PPWR/ EWR regulations may have been conceived to treat all businesses equally, but there is considerable risk for small creative businesses in particular. I sincerely ask that you reconsider the current draft at the behest of all artists and small business owners and make the following amendments: Either exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R. rule as its disproportionate towards micro businesses; or provide measurements that scales according to the size of the business.", "feedbackEnglish": "Esteemed members of the European Parliament, I would like to express my concern with the new PPWR and EPR regulations. The current state of overconsumption requires urgent action, that is true, the companies mainly responsible for the vast amount of waste and packaging have reached a peak and everyday people have to suffer the consequences. Regulating the market and providing a legal framework for sustainable shipments is an important step towards balancing the scales. However, it is exactly these companies that will remain mostly unaffected as they make record profits, year after year. On the other hand, small businesses already struggle to remain competitiveand the new regulations will only exacerbate these conditions. Many small and micro businesses often rely on international shipments to make ends meet. The new PPWR/ EWR regulations may have been conceived to treat all businesses equally, but there is considerable risk for small creative businesses in particular. I sincerely ask that you reconsider the current draft at the behest of all artists and small business owners and make the following amendments: Either exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R. rule as its disproportionate towards micro businesses; or provide measurements that scales according to the size of the business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548808_en"}, {"id": 33548806, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:17:32", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta ley puede significar la muerte de montones de negocios pequeños/medianos en el mercado europeo si entra en vigor tal y como está ahora. Grandes empresas como Amazon o Temu pueden hacer frente a tasas de 300 a 1500 por año y por país, pero los negocios pequeños/medianos no pueden. Es simplemente insostenible. Necesitamos excepciones a esto para las pequeñas y medianas empresas, o una solución alternativa completa a la configuración actual.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law can lead to the death of small/medium-sized businesses on the European market if it enters into force as it is now. Large companies such as Amazon or Temu can face rates from 300 to 1500 per year and per country, but small/medium-sized businesses cannot. It is simply unsustainable. We need exceptions to this for small and medium-sized enterprises, or a complete alternative solution to the current set-up.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548806_en"}, {"id": 33548805, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:17:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nonita Jewelry", "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548805_en"}, {"id": 33548804, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:16:04", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Está lei vai arruinar todos os micro negócios e torna impossível que os artesãos e artista continuem a vender o seu trabalho. A informação é quase inexistente e os custos impossíveis de suportar para micro empresas ou artistas. Tem de ser revertido. As micro empresas têm de ter regras diferentes da grandes empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is law that will ruin all micro businesses and make it impossible for craftsmen and artist to continue selling their work. Information is almost non-existent and the costs for micro companies or artists are impossible to bear. It must be reversed. Micro companies have to have different rules than large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548804_en"}, {"id": 33548794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:14:52", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ho una microimpresa di prodotti artigianali e vendita al dettaglio che vende sia in Italia sia in alcuni Paesi europei. Fino ad ora ho sempre cercato di fare la mia parte e di rispettare gli obblighi ambientali. Sono iscritta, ad esempio, al LUCID tedesco e pago la quota prevista anche se in alcuni anni non ho spedito neppure un pacco in Germania. Inoltre, cerco di riutilizzare per le mie spedizioni le scatole e gli imballaggi che ricevo dai miei fornitori, perché credo che ognuno debba fare la propria parte per il bene del pianeta e che, quando possibile, sia meglio riutilizzare un imballaggio piuttosto che trasformarlo immediatamente in un rifiuto. Tuttavia, il sistema che si sta creando rende sempre più difficile, e in molti casi praticamente impossibile, continuare a vendere in altri Paesi dell'Unione Europea. I costi non sono soltanto quelli economici, ma anche quelli in termini di tempo e di burocrazia. Per una microimpresa come la mia, che si regge interamente sul lavoro di una sola persona, dover affrontare sistemi diversi, registrazioni, dichiarazioni, pagamenti e rappresentanti nei diversi Paesi europei significa sostenere un peso che non è proporzionato alle dimensioni dell'attività né alle quantità di imballaggi effettivamente immesse sul mercato. Spero che si possa introdurre una soglia minima di esenzione per le microimprese, oppure un'unica quota annuale forfettaria, molto bassa e proporzionata alle quantità di imballaggi, valida per l'intera Unione Europea. Credo sia sbagliato non considerare l'impatto che questa normativa possa avere sulle microimprese rispetto alle grandi realtà. L'Unione Europea dovrebbe tutelare tutti i venditori secondo un principio di proporzionalità ed equità, tenendo conto delle dimensioni e delle reali possibilità economiche delle imprese. Non si possono creare norme pensate per affrontare i problemi causati dalle grandi aziende senza considerare l'effetto che le stesse norme avranno sulle attività più piccole. In questo modo, molte microimprese finiranno per essere costrette a rinunciare alle vendite transfrontaliere o, nei casi peggiori, a chiudere. Noi piccoli cercheremo di tenere duro e di continuare a fare la nostra parte, ma se il sistema non verrà modificato rapidamente, per molte piccole attività il destino sarà già segnato. La tutela dell'ambiente è fondamentale, ma deve essere possibile perseguirla senza eliminare dal Mercato Unico proprio quelle piccole imprese che, con risorse limitatissime, cercano ogni giorno di fare la propria parte.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a micro artisanal product and retail business that sells both in Italy and in some European countries. So far, I have always tried to do my part and comply with environmental obligations. I am registered with, for example, the German Lucid and I pay the quota even though in some years I have not even sent a parcel to Germany. Moreover, I try to reuse the boxes and packaging I receive from my suppliers for my shipments, because I believe that everyone has to do their part for the good of the planet and that, whenever possible, it is better to reuse a packaging than to turn it immediately into waste. However, the system that is being put in place makes it increasingly difficult, and in many cases practically impossible, to continue selling in other EU countries. The costs are not only economic, but also time and bureaucracy. For a micro-enterprise like myself, which relies entirely on the work of one person, having to deal with different systems, registrations, declarations, payments and representatives in different European countries means bearing a weight that is not proportionate to the size of the activity or the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. I hope that it will be possible to introduce a minimum exemption threshold for micro-enterprises, or a single flat-rate annual quota, very low and proportionate to the quantities of packaging, valid for the whole of the European Union. I think it is wrong not to consider the impact that this legislation may have on micro-enterprises compared to the big realities. The European Union should protect all sellers in accordance with the principle of proportionality and fairness, taking into account the size and real economic possibilities of businesses. Rules designed to address problems caused by large companies cannot be created without considering the effect that the same rules will have on smaller businesses. In this way, many micro-enterprises will end up being forced to abandon cross-border sales or, in the worst cases, to close down. We kids will try to keep hard and continue to do our part, but if the system is not changed quickly, for many small activities the destiny will already be marked. Environmental protection is essential, but it must be possible to pursue it without removing from the single market precisely those small businesses which, with very limited resources, try every day to play their part.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548794_en"}, {"id": 33548793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:13:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "After August 12th, it will be easier to send goods to Trumps Tariff-Madness America, than sending a package to your neighboring country. While I welcome the thought of reducing waste, this law was butchered to favor big companies and will kill off small and micro businesses across the EU. You had the chance to provide a single platform for all EU countries, with requirements that are not only targeted to giant sellers like Amazon, and you butchered it completely. The Idea of the European Union is the concept of free movement of goods and people across borders. But this law means a \"Brexit\" for small and micro-businesses. You just kick them out of the whole market by demanding fees that are not sustainable for smaller businesses, who already try their best to use minimal packaging; While the big players don't care about polluting the planet, because they have enough money and manpower to handle every fee you put on them. People in the EU WANT to buy from people located in the EU, but with every new change the European Commission makes it harder for small businesses, and now with this new law gives the final death blow. Please reconsider this ridiculous law in favor to all EU citicens.", "feedbackEnglish": "After August 12th, it will be easier to send goods to Trumps Tariff-Madness America, than sending a package to your neighboring country. While I welcome the thought of reducing waste, this law was butchered to favor big companies and will kill off small and micro businesses across the EU. You had the chance to provide a single platform for all EU countries, with requirements that are not only targeted to giant sellers like Amazon, and you butchered it completely. The Idea of the European Union is the concept of free movement of goods and people across borders. But this law means a \"Brexit\" for small and micro-businesses. You just kick them out of the whole market by demanding fees that are not sustainable for smaller businesses, who already try their best to use minimal packaging; While the big players don't care about polluting the planet, because they have enough money and manpower to handle every fee you put on them. People in the EU WANT to buy from people located in the EU, but with every new change the European Commission makes it harder for small businesses, and now with this new law gives the final death blow. Please reconsider this ridiculous law in favor to all EU citicens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548793_en"}, {"id": 33548792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:12:56", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "artist", "feedback": "I am not registered as a business, but I sell my physical media such as music cassettes, tshirts, vinyl records, and this will seriously compromise any sales. This whole legistlation seems to be designed for big ugly corporations like ebay and amazon to monopolize even more and undermine independent small vendors who are just trying to sell their music and art. Please consider how this will affect independent creators such as myself.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not registered as a business, but I sell my physical media such as music cassettes, tshirts, vinyl records, and this will seriously compromise any sales. This whole legistlation seems to be designed for big ugly corporations like ebay and amazon to monopolize even more and undermine independent small vendors who are just trying to sell their music and art. Please consider how this will affect independent creators such as myself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548792_en"}, {"id": 33548791, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:12:13", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Really Simple Ideas (t/a SnoozeShade)", "feedback": "I run a small British business. I've sold into the EU happily for years, and from 12 August this legislation ends that. Not because I don't care about packaging waste, but because the way you've built this makes it impossible for a business my size to comply. To keep selling into the EU I now have to register for packaging EPR separately in every country I reach, and because I'm in the UK I also have to appoint and pay an authorised representative in each one. There is no exemption for small or micro businesses. A company shipping a few dozen parcels a year is treated exactly the same as a multinational shipping millions. The fees, per country, dwarf the trade. What makes this genuinely maddening is that a working solution already exists and you're throwing it away. Marketplaces like Amazon already run pay-on-behalf schemes. They know exactly what every seller ships, into which country, down to the parcel. They already collect and remit the contribution for us. That is the obvious, efficient, already-built way to capture small-seller packaging. Instead of using it, this rule sidelines it and forces each of us to register and pay intermediaries country by country. More cost, more admin, more headache, for no environmental gain. So I'll do the only thing that makes sense. I'll stop selling to the EU completely. EU consumers lose access to good products, small businesses lose a market they've sold into for years, and the only winners are the compliance firms charging us for the privilege of existing. If you actually want small sellers to comply, let the marketplaces collect through pay-on-behalf, and put in a real exemption based on volume. Otherwise you're not protecting the environment. You're just burying the smallest businesses in paperwork and calling it progress.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small British business. I've sold into the EU happily for years, and from 12 August this legislation ends that. Not because I don't care about packaging waste, but because the way you've built this makes it impossible for a business my size to comply. To keep selling into the EU I now have to register for packaging EPR separately in every country I reach, and because I'm in the UK I also have to appoint and pay an authorised representative in each one. There is no exemption for small or micro businesses. A company shipping a few dozen parcels a year is treated exactly the same as a multinational shipping millions. The fees, per country, dwarf the trade. What makes this genuinely maddening is that a working solution already exists and you're throwing it away. Marketplaces like Amazon already run pay-on-behalf schemes. They know exactly what every seller ships, into which country, down to the parcel. They already collect and remit the contribution for us. That is the obvious, efficient, already-built way to capture small-seller packaging. Instead of using it, this rule sidelines it and forces each of us to register and pay intermediaries country by country. More cost, more admin, more headache, for no environmental gain. So I'll do the only thing that makes sense. I'll stop selling to the EU completely. EU consumers lose access to good products, small businesses lose a market they've sold into for years, and the only winners are the compliance firms charging us for the privilege of existing. If you actually want small sellers to comply, let the marketplaces collect through pay-on-behalf, and put in a real exemption based on volume. Otherwise you're not protecting the environment. You're just burying the smallest businesses in paperwork and calling it progress.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548791_en"}, {"id": 33548790, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:11:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Roampacks ", "feedback": "Ohne eine Ausnahmeregelung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sowie eine proportionale Erhöhung der Kosten auf Basis der Menge an Verpackungen, untergräbt diese Verordnung den freien Zugang zum europäischen Markt für den kleinen Handel. In der Form ist diese Verordnung für eine große Menge von kleinen Unternehmen nicht umsetzbar und führt zu erheblichen Umsatzeinbußen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Without a derogation for micro and small enterprises and a proportional increase in costs based on the amount of packaging, this Regulation undermines free access to the European small trade market. In its form, this Regulation is not feasible for a large number of small enterprises and leads to a significant loss of turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548790_en"}, {"id": 33548789, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:11:07", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KJ", "feedback": "This regulation has been constructed in a way that subverts a core advantage of EU membership - the open market, for a large % of EU entrepreneurs. As of the introduction of this regulation, it is now an easier and less involved process for an ecom business to ship an order to a non-eu country, than a fellow member state. This can only be described as laughable. This legislation has to be amended so that the costs and the burden of the beaurocracy involved is proportional to the actual impact of the business in question.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation has been constructed in a way that subverts a core advantage of EU membership - the open market, for a large % of EU entrepreneurs. As of the introduction of this regulation, it is now an easier and less involved process for an ecom business to ship an order to a non-eu country, than a fellow member state. This can only be described as laughable. This legislation has to be amended so that the costs and the burden of the beaurocracy involved is proportional to the actual impact of the business in question.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548789_en"}, {"id": 33548788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:09:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bestelle regelmässig Vinylplatten/CD bei kleinen europäischen Mailorder-Webshops oder direkt bei den Bands. All diese kleinschaligen Vertriebe versenden nicht mehr in europäische Nachbarländer aufgrund dieser neuen Verordnung-das ist kompletter Wahnsinn (und dann dürfen sich europäische parlamentarische Vertreter über Politikverdrossenheit wirklich nicht wundern)", "feedbackEnglish": "I regularly order vinyl discs/CDs from small European Mailorder webshops or directly from the bands. All these small-shelled displaced people are no longer sending to neighbouring countries in Europe because of this new regulation – that’s all the madness (and then European parliamentary representatives must really not be surprised about political disenchantment).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548788_en"}, {"id": 33548787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:09:18", "country": "BEL", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Durch die Verpflichtung, für jedes (Versand)land eine eigene Gebühr zu entrichten und einen eigenen Ansprechpartner zu benennen, befürchte ich, dass nur noch wenige Onlineshops bereit sind, Ware in kleine Länder zu verschicken. Das führt dazu, dass ich seltener bei Shops in meiner Muttersprache (Deutsch) einkaufen kann, die in mein Heimatland (Belgien) verschicken. Schon jetzt wird der Versand in kleinere Länder der EU weniger häufig angeboten. Dazu kommen Aufwand und Kosten für die Händler, unabhängig vom Umsatz. Freier Warenverkehr sieht anderes aus...", "feedbackEnglish": "By obliging each (dispatching) country to pay its own fee and appoint its own contact person, I am afraid that only a few online shops are willing to send goods to small countries. As a result, I am less likely to shop in my mother tongue (German) and send it to my home country (Belgium). Shipments to smaller EU countries are already less common. There are also costs and expenses for traders, regardless of turnover. The free movement of goods is different...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548787_en"}, {"id": 33548786, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:08:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule, as it is disproportionate and places an excessive burden on micro businesses. Alternatively, provide measurement and compliance requirements that small businesses can realistically afford. Harmonize the registration process for PPWR/EPR across EU Member States, especially for small and micro businesses. The new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule, as it is disproportionate and places an excessive burden on micro businesses. Alternatively, provide measurement and compliance requirements that small businesses can realistically afford. Harmonize the registration process for PPWR/EPR across EU Member States, especially for small and micro businesses. The new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548786_en"}, {"id": 33548785, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:07:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das ist absolut nicht okay und nicht konstruktiv. Ich supporte Umweltschutz, lebe selbst sehr umweltfreundlich doch diese Regelung ist zu verallgemeinernd. Die meisten meiner Produkte/Kleidung usw beziehe ich eben aus Gründen der Umweltfreundlichkeit ausschließlich von kleinen Unternehmen, da diese nicht einmal in Ansatz den Müll produzieren wie es Großkonzerne tun. Diese Regelung nimmt mir nun die Umweltfreundlichkeit und zwingt mich, mehr Müll und Schaden zu produzieren. Es ist unverständlich, wie dies jemals durchgehen konnte. Auch wird diese Regelung die Existenzgrundlage vieler vieler Menschen zerstören.", "feedbackEnglish": "Das ist absolut nicht okay und nicht konstruktiv. Ich supporte Umweltschutz, lebe selbst sehr umweltfreundlich doch diese Regelung ist zu verallgemeinernd. Die meisten meiner Produkte/Kleidung usw beziehe ich eben aus Gründen der Umweltfreundlichkeit ausschließlich von kleinen Unternehmen, da diese nicht einmal in Ansatz den Müll produzieren wie es Großkonzerne tun. Diese Regelung nimmt mir nun die Umweltfreundlichkeit und zwingt mich, mehr Müll und Schaden zu produzieren. Es ist unverständlich, wie dies jemals durchgehen konnte. Auch wird diese Regelung die Existenzgrundlage vieler vieler Menschen zerstören.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548785_en"}, {"id": 33548784, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:06:50", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Uważam, że nowe prawa nakazujące firmom rejestrację w krajach Unii Europejskiej, w sprawie recyklingu i opakowań, w przypadku wysyłania nawet niewielkiej ilości paczek znacząco utrudni funkcjonowanie mniejszym biznesom, początkującym i młodym przedsiębiorcom oraz twórcom rękodzieła. Narazi to małe firmy na dodatkowe koszta i skutecznie zniechęci młodych przedsiębiorców do zakładania firm. W przypadku biznesów o niskich przychodach powinny zostać zastosowane ulgi finansowe związane z kosztami, które muszą ponieść firmy rejestrujące się w krajach Unii Europejskiej, gdzie prowadzą eksport.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that new laws requiring companies to register in EU countries on recycling and packaging, if even small quantities of parcels are shipped, will make it much harder for smaller businesses, start-ups, young entrepreneurs and handicraft creators to operate. This will expose small businesses to additional costs and effectively discourage young entrepreneurs from setting up businesses. In the case of low-income businesses, financial relief should be granted for the costs that companies registered in the European Union countries where they export have to bear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548784_en"}, {"id": 33548772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:06:46", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Matona", "feedback": "Wir einen Onlineshop, in dem wir selbst designte Kleidung herstellen lassen und versenden. Die neue Verpackungsverordnung stellt kleine Betriebe wie unseren vor unglaubliche Herausforderungen, und macht es unmöglich weiter zu bestehen. Die Kosten für die Bürokratie zum Versenden in einzelne Länder übersteigen die Gewinne deutlich. Wir verkaufen deutlich unter 10 Pakete pro Jahr in einzelne EU Länder. Die Kosten für die Bevollmächtigung und Registrierung würden den Gewinn deutlich übersteigen. Wir fordern eine Ausnahme dieses Gesetztes für kleine Unternehmen, ebenso eine einzelne EU-weite Registrierungsstelle. Es ist absurd, dass man sich in 27 Ländern einzeln registrieren muss und überall Gebühren bezahlt. Damit wird es für kleine Betriebe unmöglich, im EU-Binnenmarkt Waren zu verkaufen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have an online shop where we produce and send designed clothes. The new Packaging Regulation poses incredible challenges for small businesses such as ours and makes it impossible to continue to exist. The cost of red tape for sending to individual countries significantly exceeds profits. We sell well below 10 parcels per year to individual EU countries. The costs of authorisation and registration would significantly exceed the profit. We call for this law to be exempt for small businesses, as well as for a single EU-wide registration body. It is absurd to have to register individually in 27 countries and pay fees everywhere. This makes it impossible for small businesses to sell goods in the EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548772_en"}, {"id": 33548775, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:03:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bien que l'intention soit bonne et qu'il faut indéniablement prendre des mesures pour l'écologie, cette loi porte détriment aux petits artistes et pourrait couler beaucoup d'indépendants qui n'ont pas les moyens des grandes entreprises, il serait plus juste de réévaluer les taxes selon les revenus/la taille de l'entreprise pour rééquilibrer les choses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although the intention is good and measures for ecology are undeniably needed, this law is detrimental to small artists and could spill over many self-employed who do not have the means of large companies, it would be fairer to revalue taxes according to the income/size of the company to rebalance things.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548775_en"}, {"id": 33548774, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:02:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will KILL small, independent, artisanal businesses! I completely support minimizing waste but this initiative is way too broad: these same rules cannot be applied to, say, a business such as Amazon and my friend who sells beautiful artwork. This is disproportionate. We NEED more small businesses. Make rules for companies like Amazon, make rules so small businesses can flourish!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This will KILL small, independent, artisanal businesses! I completely support minimizing waste but this initiative is way too broad: these same rules cannot be applied to, say, a business such as Amazon and my friend who sells beautiful artwork. This is disproportionate. We NEED more small businesses. Make rules for companies like Amazon, make rules so small businesses can flourish!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548774_en"}, {"id": 33548773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:01:52", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new ruling will effectively remove micro and small businesses out of shipping orders into the EU. My business only uses recyclable packaging, and meets all the criteria set out in the legislation but having to register EPR with each country plus all the other conformity that we have to implement is not affordable (and disproportionate to the value of business we undertake with countries in the EU) for a micro business such as ours. This legislation removes independent, honest businesses from the market and makes way for larger corporations only to remain. This is not what the consumer market in the EU wants, they want to buy from authentic, dedicated smaller businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new ruling will effectively remove micro and small businesses out of shipping orders into the EU. My business only uses recyclable packaging, and meets all the criteria set out in the legislation but having to register EPR with each country plus all the other conformity that we have to implement is not affordable (and disproportionate to the value of business we undertake with countries in the EU) for a micro business such as ours. This legislation removes independent, honest businesses from the market and makes way for larger corporations only to remain. This is not what the consumer market in the EU wants, they want to buy from authentic, dedicated smaller businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548773_en"}, {"id": 33548771, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:01:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "katschinka.com", "feedback": "Diese Regelung ist für kleine Unternehmen schlicht nicht tragbar. Die Vorstellung, dass ein kleines Unternehmen in jedem einzelnen EU-Land, in das es verkauft, einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten benötigt, ist völlig unverhältnismäßig. Eine solche Vorgabe fördert den europäischen Binnenmarkt nicht sie errichtet neue Grenzen innerhalb der EU und macht grenzüberschreitenden Handel für viele kleine Händler faktisch unmöglich. Bitte setzen Sie diese Regelung so nicht um. Gerade Kleinunternehmen, Manufakturen, Kunsthandwerker und selbstständige Händler können weder für jedes EU-Land zusätzliche Vertreter beauftragen noch unterschiedliche Gebühren, Registrierungen und Verwaltungsverfahren finanzieren. Für große Konzerne mögen solche Kosten verkraftbar sein. Für einen kleinen Betrieb können sie darüber entscheiden, ob der Verkauf ins europäische Ausland überhaupt noch möglich ist. Damit werden ausgerechnet diejenigen belastet, die nicht das Hauptproblem verursachen. Wenn das Ziel darin besteht, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und große Abfallmengen zu vermeiden, dann müssen die Regelungen insbesondere dort ansetzen, wo diese Mengen tatsächlich entstehen: bei großen Handelskonzernen und Unternehmen mit entsprechend hohen Verkaufs- und Verpackungsvolumen. Es ist weder verhältnismäßig noch sinnvoll, einen kleinen Hersteller handgefertigter Produkte mit nahezu denselben bürokratischen Strukturen zu belasten wie einen internationalen Großkonzern. Besonders absurd ist, dass jedes Land eigene Gebühren und Anforderungen vorsehen kann. Ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt darf nicht bedeuten, dass kleine Unternehmen für 27 Mitgliedstaaten 27 unterschiedliche Systeme bewältigen müssen. Wir sind stolz auf Europa, auf offene Grenzen und auf einen gemeinsamen Markt. Der Grundgedanke der Europäischen Union sollte sein, Handel zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten zu erleichtern und nicht durch immer neue nationale Bürokratie praktisch wieder Grenzen aufzubauen. Die Konsequenz dieser Politik ist außerdem fatal: Europäische Kleinunternehmen werden geschwächt, während große außereuropäische Plattformen und Anbieter wie Temu von ihrer Größe und ihren Strukturen profitieren können. Das kann nicht das Ziel europäischer Regulierung sein. Eine Umweltgesetzgebung, die europäische Kleinunternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängt, während internationale Massenanbieter weiter wachsen, verfehlt ihren Zweck. Wir brauchen verhältnismäßige Regeln, Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Verkaufs- und Verpackungsmengen und vor allem eine europaweit einheitliche Lösung anstelle von 27 unterschiedlichen Systemen. Bitte schützen Sie den europäischen Binnenmarkt und unsere kleinen Unternehmen, statt ihnen neue bürokratische Grenzen aufzuerlegen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule is simply not sustainable for small businesses. The idea that a small company needs its own authorised representative in each EU country to which it sells is completely disproportionate. Such a requirement does not promote the European single market, it creates new borders within the EU and makes cross-border trade practically impossible for many small traders. Please do not implement this rule. Small businesses, manufacturers, craftsmen and self-employed traders in particular cannot hire additional representatives for each EU country, nor can they finance different fees, registrations and administrative procedures. For large groups, such costs may be bearable. For a small business, they can decide whether it is still possible to sell abroad in Europe. This places a burden on those who do not cause the main problem. If the aim is to reduce packaging waste and avoid large quantities of waste, then the rules must focus in particular on where these quantities actually arise: large trading groups and companies with correspondingly high sales and packaging volumes. It is neither proportionate nor reasonable to burden a small manufacturer of handmade products with almost the same bureaucratic structures as a large international group. It is particularly absurd that each country may impose its own fees and requirements. A single European market must not mean that small businesses have to deal with 27 different systems for 27 Member States. We are proud of Europe, open borders and a common market. The basic idea of the European Union should be to facilitate trade between Member States and not to practically rebuild borders through ever-new national bureaucracy. The consequence of this policy is also fatal: European small businesses are weakened, while large non-European platforms and providers such as Temu can benefit from their size and structures. This cannot be the aim of European regulation. Environmental legislation that pushes European small businesses out of cross-border trade, while international mass providers continue to grow, is not fit for purpose. We need proportionate rules, de minimis thresholds for small quantities of sales and packaging, and above all a Europe-wide one-size-fits-all solution instead of 27 different systems. Please protect the European single market and our small businesses instead of imposing new bureaucratic limits on them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548771_en"}, {"id": 33548770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:00:49", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "La bande à Rozenn ", "feedback": "I have a small shop and this would kill my business all together. This isnt a fair rule for small shop who are sharing their art with the rest of Europe!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small shop and this would kill my business all together. This isnt a fair rule for small shop who are sharing their art with the rest of Europe!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548770_en"}, {"id": 33548769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 18:00:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freischaffende Künstlerin", "feedback": "As an artist living in Germany, I sold my art to approximately six different countries during the last twelve months. I will now have to stop selling to European countries as the administrative and financial burden of individual registrations, flat fees, and compliance reporting in every single country completely outweighs the revenue from small-scale sales. The EU single market was meant to enable seamless cross-border trade, but current regulations effectively kill it for micro-businesses and independent creators. Today, it is literally easier, cheaper, and less bureaucratic for me to ship my paintings to the US or Canada than to a neighboring EU country. Without micro-business thresholds or unified, simplified reporting, small creators are systematically priced out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist living in Germany, I sold my art to approximately six different countries during the last twelve months. I will now have to stop selling to European countries as the administrative and financial burden of individual registrations, flat fees, and compliance reporting in every single country completely outweighs the revenue from small-scale sales. The EU single market was meant to enable seamless cross-border trade, but current regulations effectively kill it for micro-businesses and independent creators. Today, it is literally easier, cheaper, and less bureaucratic for me to ship my paintings to the US or Canada than to a neighboring EU country. Without micro-business thresholds or unified, simplified reporting, small creators are systematically priced out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548769_en"}, {"id": 33548768, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:59:42", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "small business selling to EU", "feedback": "This law is a travesty! It penalizes small entrepreneurs who are the backbone of the European economy. This law establishes heavy commercial tariffs and will render void many businesses built over the past 2 decades. It effectively ends free trade for all but large multinationals, many of them from overseas. I urge you to provide a sensible exception for micro-sellers and shippers, so that they are not forced out of business. Not doing so will force many out of business to the detriment of EU citizens, consumers, and member states who will have to carry the burden of the social impact this will have.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is a travesty! It penalizes small entrepreneurs who are the backbone of the European economy. This law establishes heavy commercial tariffs and will render void many businesses built over the past 2 decades. It effectively ends free trade for all but large multinationals, many of them from overseas. I urge you to provide a sensible exception for micro-sellers and shippers, so that they are not forced out of business. Not doing so will force many out of business to the detriment of EU citizens, consumers, and member states who will have to carry the burden of the social impact this will have.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548768_en"}, {"id": 33548767, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:59:09", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I don't agree with this initiative because it damages the free circulation of good and small businesses will suffer and be forced to not ship outside their country. I have to wonder who this benefits? Amazon and other big corporations. Why do we still want to make these oligarchs even richer and further exploit people for profit?", "feedbackEnglish": "I don't agree with this initiative because it damages the free circulation of good and small businesses will suffer and be forced to not ship outside their country. I have to wonder who this benefits? Amazon and other big corporations. Why do we still want to make these oligarchs even richer and further exploit people for profit?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548767_en"}, {"id": 33548766, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:58:32", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a United States based professional illustrator,I recently had the opportunity to ship my very first international piece to France. Something incredibly exciting for my twenty year career. I was shocked to discover that shipping to Europe has changed in the last few years. It is no longer a simple process. And was even more shocked to discover that my art was subjected to a $110 customs fee on top of shipping. A fee that added too much expense to my piece and deterred the customer from buying because neither one of us were able to pay the fee. Upon learning about this I stumbled upon more recent issues with small businesses in EU, now being subjected to fees of hundreds of dollars per year along with packaging rules. If the goal is to shut down all small businesses and creators then this new series of laws are spectacular! Who wants small businesses to actually be successful? Certainly not the EU nor the US. You are on the right track to creating a world where nothing unique nor created by a human can be shared due to cost barriers in a world that is already interconnected. There will be backlash and there will be a complete economic crash as less people will be spending their money with big and small businesses due to these new laws. Less money means, less creators, less unique hand made items, and more cheap mass production from Amazon and Temu and companies like Walmart or Target who import goods from Jeiyang China! The only thing these laws due is smother those who worked hard to build their success, while allowing the only types of items to be purchased from shitty companies like Amazon.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a United States based professional illustrator,I recently had the opportunity to ship my very first international piece to France. Something incredibly exciting for my twenty year career. I was shocked to discover that shipping to Europe has changed in the last few years. It is no longer a simple process. And was even more shocked to discover that my art was subjected to a $110 customs fee on top of shipping. A fee that added too much expense to my piece and deterred the customer from buying because neither one of us were able to pay the fee. Upon learning about this I stumbled upon more recent issues with small businesses in EU, now being subjected to fees of hundreds of dollars per year along with packaging rules. If the goal is to shut down all small businesses and creators then this new series of laws are spectacular! Who wants small businesses to actually be successful? Certainly not the EU nor the US. You are on the right track to creating a world where nothing unique nor created by a human can be shared due to cost barriers in a world that is already interconnected. There will be backlash and there will be a complete economic crash as less people will be spending their money with big and small businesses due to these new laws. Less money means, less creators, less unique hand made items, and more cheap mass production from Amazon and Temu and companies like Walmart or Target who import goods from Jeiyang China! The only thing these laws due is smother those who worked hard to build their success, while allowing the only types of items to be purchased from shitty companies like Amazon.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548766_en"}, {"id": 33548765, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:58:16", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Totally ridiculous, what is the point of the EU if it is not functioning as a union to ease complications and difficulties for businesses, especially small independent ones. I make one off pieces of jewelry, with a very, very small turnover, and will now not be able to sell in Europe because of the need for a representative in each country. Even sending a piece to a non commercial exhibition in another EU country will now require as much paperwork as sending to the US! Thanks for that you idiots.", "feedbackEnglish": "Totally ridiculous, what is the point of the EU if it is not functioning as a union to ease complications and difficulties for businesses, especially small independent ones. I make one off pieces of jewelry, with a very, very small turnover, and will now not be able to sell in Europe because of the need for a representative in each country. Even sending a piece to a non commercial exhibition in another EU country will now require as much paperwork as sending to the US! Thanks for that you idiots.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548765_en"}, {"id": 33548764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:57:27", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small and micro businesses should be excluded from this law as this cost would be too high for them to continue their business in general. This would force people to shut down their businesses and will lead to consumers to buy from big non-EU businesses instead with the new AND cheaper import tax. Its too unclear what needs to be paid and the amount needed to be paid. Businesses now need to contact these countrys representatives independently to figure out what needs to be paid. This is time consuming and unclear. The EU should harmonize taxes like that. The EU was partially formed to bring a harmonized market where import and export would be made easier and now its way harder with this law than in non-EU countries shipping to EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro businesses should be excluded from this law as this cost would be too high for them to continue their business in general. This would force people to shut down their businesses and will lead to consumers to buy from big non-EU businesses instead with the new AND cheaper import tax. Its too unclear what needs to be paid and the amount needed to be paid. Businesses now need to contact these countrys representatives independently to figure out what needs to be paid. This is time consuming and unclear. The EU should harmonize taxes like that. The EU was partially formed to bring a harmonized market where import and export would be made easier and now its way harder with this law than in non-EU countries shipping to EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548764_en"}, {"id": 33548763, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:55:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "One thing I love about being part of the EU is being able to support small businesses from all over. This initiative will make it prohibitory expensive for small businesses to sell outside of their own country. Which will lead to the closure of many small businesses. To me this doesn't sound like what the EU should strive for.", "feedbackEnglish": "One thing I love about being part of the EU is being able to support small businesses from all over. This initiative will make it prohibitory expensive for small businesses to sell outside of their own country. Which will lead to the closure of many small businesses. To me this doesn't sound like what the EU should strive for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548763_en"}, {"id": 33548762, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:55:20", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Best music.ie", "feedback": "My current understanding is that to ship to another EU country I must pay a representative in that member state to verify my packing. For a small company who has to sign up for this it would cripple our business. Our largest competitor turns over 1.5Billion, so no issue for them but it creates an unbalanced market place ensuring that only those who can afford these charges can now control even more of the market and therefore reduce competition/choice for consumers. There should be a threshold of turnover within a member state and those who ship more packages should pay the bulk of the cost rather than squeezing the smaller independent companies out.", "feedbackEnglish": "My current understanding is that to ship to another EU country I must pay a representative in that member state to verify my packing. For a small company who has to sign up for this it would cripple our business. Our largest competitor turns over 1.5Billion, so no issue for them but it creates an unbalanced market place ensuring that only those who can afford these charges can now control even more of the market and therefore reduce competition/choice for consumers. There should be a threshold of turnover within a member state and those who ship more packages should pay the bulk of the cost rather than squeezing the smaller independent companies out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548762_en"}, {"id": 33548754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:54:47", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Por favor, no aprobéis esta normativa. Arruinará a cualquier pequeño negocio que intente vender artículos (hechos a mano). Vayan tras las grandes empresas comerciales de la UE, que generan casi todos los residuos. No tiene sentido imponer estas normas a los pequeños empresarios, que NO son el problema. Estamos intentando que las artesanías, que son valores culturales y patrimonio inmaterial, no desaparezcan. Estamos orgullosos de todos nuestros pequeños negocios en la UE; nuestras fronteras abiertas existen por una razón y queremos apoyar a los pequeños empresarios, tanto a nivel local como internacional. Al hacer esto, solo se otorga más monopolio a las grandes empresas en la UE y se reducen las opciones para la gente. Al menos, hagan que las normas tengan sentido aplicándolas solo a las grandes empresas que venden millones de paquetes al mes/año.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please do not approve these rules. It will ruin any small business trying to sell items (handmade). Go behind large commercial companies in the EU, which generate almost all waste. It makes no sense to impose these rules on small entrepreneurs, who are NOT the problem. We are trying to ensure that crafts, which are cultural values and intangible heritage, do not disappear. We are proud of all our small businesses in the EU; our open borders exist for one reason and we want to support small entrepreneurs, both locally and internationally. By doing so, only large companies in the EU are given more monopoly and choices for people are reduced. At least make the rules meaningful by applying them only to large companies selling millions of parcels per month/year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548754_en"}, {"id": 33548753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:54:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "the Hampstead TEa & COffee CO Ltd", "feedback": "I am all for tracking the supply chain for the packaging that we use but this is an example of a truly European bureaucratic act that really doesnt help anyone. it will create more cost for the consumer in an already challenging environment for no real benefit suppressing enterpreneurship and risk takig seems to be the goal of the EU", "feedbackEnglish": "I am all for tracking the supply chain for the packaging that we use but this is an example of a truly European bureaucratic act that really doesnt help anyone. it will create more cost for the consumer in an already challenging environment for no real benefit suppressing enterpreneurship and risk takig seems to be the goal of the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548753_en"}, {"id": 33548752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:54:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who lives a zero waste lifestyle and runs a zero waste business I fully support the mission behind this regulation, however, the lack of exceptions for micro businesses means that even eco friendly businesses like our own cannot possibly abuse by the regulations. The companies who are producing waste will hardly be affected but we may be out out of business as a result. There need to be exceptions for micro businesses like our own.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who lives a zero waste lifestyle and runs a zero waste business I fully support the mission behind this regulation, however, the lack of exceptions for micro businesses means that even eco friendly businesses like our own cannot possibly abuse by the regulations. The companies who are producing waste will hardly be affected but we may be out out of business as a result. There need to be exceptions for micro businesses like our own.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548752_en"}, {"id": 33548751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:54:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As many others have expressed, i am worried that these rules will negatively impact alot of small businesses and independent sellers that operate internationally. I support the idea of strict regulations on large companies that mass produce their products and the packaging they use. But applying the same rules to smaller businesses who passionately made and want to sell their crafts online, whenever it is a hobby or a job is unfair to them. They might only sell their crafts to a specific country perhaps once or twice in a year which makes it unmanageable to pay a fee of over 100euros on every country in the EU that they want to ship to. This alone will most likely cause many of small businesses to stop selling or discourage anyone who plans to start a small business for their craft to even start to begin with. Wasn't it supposed to be easy for people in the EU to easily ship within the EU? Why now must these rules make it much more difficult to do so? Which why i cannot support this new law to be implemented into the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As many others have expressed, i am worried that these rules will negatively impact alot of small businesses and independent sellers that operate internationally. I support the idea of strict regulations on large companies that mass produce their products and the packaging they use. But applying the same rules to smaller businesses who passionately made and want to sell their crafts online, whenever it is a hobby or a job is unfair to them. They might only sell their crafts to a specific country perhaps once or twice in a year which makes it unmanageable to pay a fee of over 100euros on every country in the EU that they want to ship to. This alone will most likely cause many of small businesses to stop selling or discourage anyone who plans to start a small business for their craft to even start to begin with. Wasn't it supposed to be easy for people in the EU to easily ship within the EU? Why now must these rules make it much more difficult to do so? Which why i cannot support this new law to be implemented into the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548751_en"}, {"id": 33548750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:54:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es una regulación que afecta a los pequeños emprendimientos y que debería ser solo para las grandes compañías que pueden costearlo", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a regulation that affects small businesses and should only be for large companies that can pay for it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548750_en"}, {"id": 33548749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:52:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, hiermit möchte ich meine erhebliche Kritik an der praktischen Umsetzung der europäischen Verpackungsvorgaben und insbesondere der PPWR zum Ausdruck bringen. Die grundsätzlichen Ziele weniger Verpackungsabfälle, bessere Recyclingfähigkeit und einheitlichere Umweltstandards unterstützen wir ausdrücklich. Die derzeitige Umsetzung führt für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen jedoch zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand. Unser Unternehmen verkauft Waren von Deutschland aus in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Obwohl die EU einen gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt bildet, müssen wir für Verpackungen in zahlreichen Ländern separate Anforderungen prüfen und erfüllen. Dazu gehören unter anderem nationale Registrierungen, Lizenzierungsverträge, Mengenmeldungen, unterschiedliche Verpackungskategorien, Kennzeichnungspflichten und teilweise die Bestellung eines nationalen Bevollmächtigten. Wir mussten bzw. müssen uns beispielsweise separat mit den Regelungen in Frankreich, Belgien, den Niederlanden, Griechenland, Italien, Irland, Polen, Tschechien, Schweden, Spanien und Österreich auseinandersetzen. Besonders problematisch ist die Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten. In einigen Mitgliedstaaten sind geeignete Anbieter nur schwer zu finden oder die praktische Umsetzung der neuen Anforderungen ist noch nicht eindeutig geklärt. Gleichzeitig wird von Unternehmen erwartet, dass sie sämtliche Vorgaben fristgerecht und vollständig erfüllen. Hinzu kommt die umfangreiche technische Dokumentation der Verpackungen. Für Kartons, Kunststoffbeutel, Folien, Etiketten und weitere Verpackungsbestandteile müssen Informationen zu Materialart, Gewicht, Recyclingfähigkeit, Rezyklatanteilen und weiteren Eigenschaften eingeholt und dokumentiert werden. Als Händler sind wir hierbei auf unsere Hersteller und Lieferanten angewiesen. Gerade bei internationalen Lieferketten liegen diese Informationen oftmals nicht vollständig oder nicht in der geforderten Form vor. Für uns entsteht dadurch erheblicher zusätzlicher Aufwand für Lieferantenkommunikation, Datenpflege, Registrierungen, Beratung, Dienstleister und interne Arbeitszeit. Besonders kritisch ist, dass der europäische Binnenmarkt im Verpackungsbereich weiterhin aus zahlreichen unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen besteht. Eine europäische Verordnung sollte eigentlich zu Harmonisierung und Vereinfachung führen. In der Praxis entsteht jedoch der Eindruck, dass zusätzliche europäische Anforderungen auf bereits bestehende nationale Systeme aufgesetzt werden. Für kleine und mittelständische Händler können die Fixkosten für Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und Verwaltung schnell höher sein als der wirtschaftliche Nutzen des Verkaufs in kleineren EU-Märkten. Dadurch besteht die Gefahr, dass Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel mit einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten einstellen. Dies widerspricht aus unserer Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir fordern daher insbesondere: * eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung, * eine einheitliche europäische Mengenmeldung, * einheitliche Verpackungskategorien und Definitionen, * eine zentrale bzw. EU-weit anerkannte Bevollmächtigung, * einheitliche Kennzeichnungsanforderungen, * standardisierte technische Dokumentationen, * klare Übergangsfristen, * Kleinmengen- bzw. Bagatellregelungen, * angemessene Nachbesserungsfristen vor Sanktionen. Umweltschutz und Recyclingziele sind wichtig. Die dafür eingesetzten Regelungen müssen jedoch für Unternehmen verständlich, verhältnismäßig und praktisch umsetzbar bleiben. Derzeit fließen erhebliche personelle und finanzielle Ressourcen nicht in nachhaltigere Verpackungen oder Produktentwicklung, sondern in Registrierungen, nationale Dienstleister und die Interpretation unterschiedlicher Vorschriften. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mathias Radden M&M Smartek", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my strong criticism of the practical implementation of the European packaging requirements and in particular the PPWR. We strongly support the fundamental objectives of less packaging waste, better recyclability and more uniform environmental standards. However, the current implementation results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small and medium-sized enterprises. Our company sells goods from Germany to several EU Member States. Although the EU is a single market, we need to test and meet separate requirements for packaging in many countries. This includes, but is not limited to, national registrations, licensing contracts, quantity declarations, different packaging categories, labelling obligations and, in some cases, the appointment of a national authorised representative. For example, we had to deal separately with the rules in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Spain and Austria. The appointment of authorised representatives is particularly problematic. In some Member States, it is difficult to find suitable providers or the practical implementation of the new requirements is not yet clearly clarified. At the same time, companies are expected to meet all the requirements in a timely and complete manner. There is also the extensive technical documentation of the packaging. For cartons, plastic bags, films, labels and other packaging components, information on material type, weight, recyclability, recycled content and other properties must be collected and documented. As traders, we depend on our manufacturers and suppliers for this. Particularly in the case of international supply chains, this information is often not complete or in the form required. For us, this creates a considerable additional burden in terms of supplier communication, data maintenance, registrations, advice, service providers and internal working time. What is particularly critical is that the European single market in packaging continues to be made up of many different national systems. A European regulation should actually lead to harmonisation and simplification. In practice, however, there is the impression that additional European requirements are being imposed on pre-existing national systems. For small and medium-sized traders, the fixed costs of registration, agency and administration can quickly be higher than the economic benefits of selling in smaller EU markets. As a result, there is a risk that companies will stop trading cross-border with individual Member States. In our view, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European single market. We therefore call in particular for: * a centralised EU-wide registration, * a single European quantitative declaration, * uniform packaging categories and definitions, * a centralised or EU-wide recognised authorisation, * uniform labelling requirements, * standardised technical documentation, * clear transition periods, * small volume/de minimis rules, * appropriate repair periods before penalties. Environmental protection and recycling targets are important. However, the rules used for this must remain understandable, proportionate and practically implementable for businesses. Currently, significant human and financial resources do not go to more sustainable packaging or product development, but to registrations, national service providers and the interpretation of different rules. Yours sincerely, Mathias Radden M & M Smartek", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548749_en"}, {"id": 33548748, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:51:12", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mallonum", "feedback": "The law seems to be more relevant for bigger businesses. Many smaller businesses or freelance workers and artists can be heavily impacted with the taxes to pay in order to have the right to ship packages in other EU countries where sometimes they only get to ship a couple of packages a year towards specific countries, and having to pay dozens of even hundreds of euros to be able to ship maybe 3 packages in one country feels unfair. Maybe there should be some ways to distinguish smaller businesses? Having a more uniform way of handling packages and forcing recyclable materials and prevent too big packages for their content are great ideas, but having to pay taxes to ship in other EU countries seems odd when we don't have anything to pay in non EU countries, shouldn't the EU facilitate processes between the EU countries? And even those processes are all different between countries, I would at least imagine a way to have the same everywhere, or a single tax for all EU. Hoping this comes of help, being personally an artist and knowing many of them which could be very badly impacted. Thanks for your attention.", "feedbackEnglish": "The law seems to be more relevant for bigger businesses. Many smaller businesses or freelance workers and artists can be heavily impacted with the taxes to pay in order to have the right to ship packages in other EU countries where sometimes they only get to ship a couple of packages a year towards specific countries, and having to pay dozens of even hundreds of euros to be able to ship maybe 3 packages in one country feels unfair. Maybe there should be some ways to distinguish smaller businesses? Having a more uniform way of handling packages and forcing recyclable materials and prevent too big packages for their content are great ideas, but having to pay taxes to ship in other EU countries seems odd when we don't have anything to pay in non EU countries, shouldn't the EU facilitate processes between the EU countries? And even those processes are all different between countries, I would at least imagine a way to have the same everywhere, or a single tax for all EU. Hoping this comes of help, being personally an artist and knowing many of them which could be very badly impacted. Thanks for your attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548748_en"}, {"id": 33548747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:50:42", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an appalling, hamfisted approach that penalizes small shops, new ventures and artists. You MUST revise this initiative to provide a sensible exception for micro-sellers and shippers, so that they are not forced out of business. You are lawmaking against the very reason we made the EU: trade with no borders. You are re-erecting borders for the weak, while giving big companies nothing to worry about as they make token payment for their continued pollution. I am deeply ashamed as an EU citizen that you thought this could fly. You are preventing vulnerable people like women, local craftsmen, brick and mortar shops and young people to thrive on the market, and are preventing clients to reach the product they want with an unreasonable barrier of red tape.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an appalling, hamfisted approach that penalizes small shops, new ventures and artists. You MUST revise this initiative to provide a sensible exception for micro-sellers and shippers, so that they are not forced out of business. You are lawmaking against the very reason we made the EU: trade with no borders. You are re-erecting borders for the weak, while giving big companies nothing to worry about as they make token payment for their continued pollution. I am deeply ashamed as an EU citizen that you thought this could fly. You are preventing vulnerable people like women, local craftsmen, brick and mortar shops and young people to thrive on the market, and are preventing clients to reach the product they want with an unreasonable barrier of red tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548747_en"}, {"id": 33548746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:50:06", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "La nouvelle loi punit les petits créateurs, qui vont devoir supprimer leurs livraisons en UE. En prime, elle bloqué l'accès au habitants de l'UE à l'art internationale. Il faut absolument la réadapter car cela représente une menace pour les petits entrepreneurs", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law punishes small designers, who will have to stop delivering to the EU. Above all, it stops EU residents from gaining access to international art. It is absolutely necessary to readapt it, as this poses a threat to small entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548746_en"}, {"id": 33548745, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:49:59", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please don't do this. It will ruin any small business who are trying to sell (handmade) items. Go after the big EU commercial entities who make up almost all of the waste. It makes no sense to push these rules onto small business owners who are NOT the problem. Especially with the different fees per country. It feels really anti consumer and it only punishes the wrong people. We are proud of all of our small businesses in the EU, our open borders are there for a reason and we want to support small people local and international! By doing this only gives bigger companies more monopoly in the EU, and it gives people less options. Atleast make the rules make sense by only applying it to the big compagnies who sells millions of packages a month/year.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please don't do this. It will ruin any small business who are trying to sell (handmade) items. Go after the big EU commercial entities who make up almost all of the waste. It makes no sense to push these rules onto small business owners who are NOT the problem. Especially with the different fees per country. It feels really anti consumer and it only punishes the wrong people. We are proud of all of our small businesses in the EU, our open borders are there for a reason and we want to support small people local and international! By doing this only gives bigger companies more monopoly in the EU, and it gives people less options. Atleast make the rules make sense by only applying it to the big compagnies who sells millions of packages a month/year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548745_en"}, {"id": 33548743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:49:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fly Style Jewelry", "feedback": "Ich betreibe seit 2003 das deutsche Kleinstunternehmen Fly-Style Jewelry mit rund sieben Beschäftigten und verkaufe Schmuck und Piercingartikel innerhalb der EU. Ich begrüße das Ziel, die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR zu harmonisieren. Entscheidend ist jedoch, dass daraus echte Entlastung entsteht. Es reicht nicht, in vielen nationalen Registern dieselben Datenfelder vorzuschreiben, wenn Unternehmen weiterhin separate Portale, Registrierungen, Verträge, Meldungen, Ansprechpartner und Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat bewältigen müssen. Unser Praxisfall zeigt die Dimension: 2025 erzielten wir in 17 kleineren EU-Zielländern mit 436 Bestellungen insgesamt nur 10.498,39 EUR Nettoumsatz. Geschätzte feste Dienstleistungs- und Compliancekosten von rund 299 EUR je Land würden ca. 5.083 EUR pro Jahr ausmachen - fast 48 % des betroffenen Umsatzes, nicht des Gewinns. In manchen Ländern versenden wir nur 10 bis 30 kleine Schmucksendungen pro Jahr, meist in sehr kleinen Luftpolsterumschlägen oder Mini-Kartonagen. Die Situation ist akut: Nur zwei Tage vor dem allgemeinen Anwendungstermin der PPWR am 12. August 2026 besteht für kleine grenzüberschreitend tätige Unternehmen weiterhin erhebliche Rechts- und Planungsunsicherheit. Sollte keine praktikable und rechtssichere Lösung bestehen, müssen wir voraussichtlich den Versand in zahlreiche, möglicherweise bis zu 17 EU-Zielländer einstellen. Eine spätere Wiederaufnahme ist wirtschaftlich nicht selbstverständlich; sie käme für uns erst infrage, wenn die Compliance dauerhaft einfach und verhältnismäßig wird. Die derzeitige Struktur gefährdet damit nicht nur bestehenden Umsatz, sondern auch zukünftiges Wachstum im Binnenmarkt. Für den vorliegenden Durchführungsrechtsakt bitte ich insbesondere um: 1. ein echtes Once-only-Prinzip: Unternehmensdaten nur einmal erfassen und zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten elektronisch austauschen; 2. einen zentralen EU-Zugangspunkt bzw. möglichst eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung; 3. keine zusätzlichen nationalen Datenfelder und Nachweise, sofern sie nicht zwingend erforderlich sind; 4. einheitliche digitale Schnittstellen und automatisierbare Meldungen; 5. verbindliche De-minimis-/Bagatellregelungen für Kleinstmengen sowie proportionale Gebühren und Meldepflichten; 6. die ausdrückliche Vorgabe, dass die Harmonisierung bestehende nationale Bürokratie abbaut und keine zusätzliche EU-Ebene auf bestehende Systeme aufsetzt. Die umstrittene Pflicht zu länderspezifischen EPR-Bevollmächtigten wird in einem anderen Verfahren behandelt, zeigt aber besonders deutlich, welche Folgen die Zersplitterung hat: Ein kleiner EU-Händler kann aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen aus Teilen des Binnenmarktes gedrängt werden, obwohl die tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge minimal ist. Eine ausführliche Darstellung unseres konkreten Praxisfalls und unserer Vorschläge habe ich als Anlage beigefügt. Ein Binnenmarkt funktioniert für Kleinstunternehmen nur, wenn grenzüberschreitender Handel nicht zu einer Vielzahl paralleler Registrierungen, Fixkosten und wiederholter Dateneingaben führt. Ich bitte die Kommission dringend, diese praktische Realität bei der endgültigen Ausgestaltung des Durchführungsrechtsakts zu berücksichtigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Since 2003, I have operated the German micro-enterprise Fly-Style Jewelry with around seven employees and sold jewellery and piercing items within the EU. I welcome the objective of harmonising national producer registers under the PPWR. What is crucial, however, is that it provides real relief. It is not enough to impose the same data fields in many national registers if companies still have to manage separate portals, registrations, contracts, notifications, contact points and fixed costs per Member State. Our practical case shows the dimension: In 2025, we generated a net turnover of only EUR 10498,39 in 17 smaller EU destination countries, with 436 orders in total. Estimated fixed service and compliance costs of around EUR 299 per country would amount to around EUR 5083 per year – almost 48 % of affected turnover, not profit. In some countries, we only send 10 to 30 small items of jewellery per year, mostly in very small bubble envelopes or mini-cartonages. The situation is acute: Only two days before the general date of application of the PPWR on 12 August 2026, significant legal and planning uncertainty persists for small cross-border businesses. If there is no workable and legally certain solution, we are likely to have to stop shipping to many, possibly up to 17, EU destination countries. A subsequent resumption is not economically self-evident; we would not consider it until compliance becomes simple and proportionate on a permanent basis. The current structure therefore jeopardises not only existing turnover but also future growth in the internal market. For the purposes of this implementing act, I would ask you in particular to: A true once-only principle: Collect business data only once and exchange them electronically between Member States; (2) a single EU access point or, if possible, a single EU-wide registration; (3) no additional national data fields and supporting documents, unless they are strictly necessary; (4) Uniform Digital Interfaces and Automable Messages; Mandatory de minimis/de minimis rules for micro-quantities and proportional fees and reporting obligations; (6) the explicit requirement that harmonisation reduces existing national bureaucracy and does not build an additional EU level on existing systems. The controversial obligation to have country-specific EPR representatives is dealt with in a different procedure, but it is particularly clear what the consequences of fragmentation are: A small EU trader can be pushed out of parts of the internal market for economic reasons, even though the amount of packaging actually placed on the market is minimal. I enclose a detailed description of our specific case and our proposals. A single market for micro-enterprises only works if cross-border trade does not lead to a multitude of parallel registrations, fixed costs and repeated data entries. I urge the Commission to take this practical reality into account when finalising the implementing act.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548743_en"}, {"id": 33548742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:46:20", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a citizen of EU, I think this is a awful with how this law will put thousands of small business across the EU states into bankruptsy because of how many of them won't be able to send to other countries. This law should be directed instead towards shipping companies, big companies like Temu, Shein and Amazon who constantly use plastics and chemicals that are harmful to both people and the enviroment. It should also be more directed towards the actual companies that make packaging or shipping companies. Small business are not part of any this as their income goes only directly towards their bills and products, they only have to buy the shipping packages that are always produced by the packaging-making companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a citizen of EU, I think this is a awful with how this law will put thousands of small business across the EU states into bankruptsy because of how many of them won't be able to send to other countries. This law should be directed instead towards shipping companies, big companies like Temu, Shein and Amazon who constantly use plastics and chemicals that are harmful to both people and the enviroment. It should also be more directed towards the actual companies that make packaging or shipping companies. Small business are not part of any this as their income goes only directly towards their bills and products, they only have to buy the shipping packages that are always produced by the packaging-making companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548742_en"}, {"id": 33548741, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:45:55", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I understand and support the efforts of the EU to tackle the environmental damage caused by packaging, the ppwr law as it has been devised by the EU at this moment is unnecessarilly complicated, hard to navigate and, most importantly, extremely diproportionally detrimental to small (micro) businesses around the world. The rules, regulations and fees that are required through this law are impossible to hadle for most small businesses and will force most to stop shipping to or within the EU all together (very apparant in the number of small businesses already having stopped shipping to the EU because of the upcoming regulations). Small business has, for obvious reasons, very little inpact on the environmental damage done by packing materials compared to large corporations, and it is therefore incredibly unfair to enforce upon them the exact same rules and fees. If the EU wants to fairly uphold the idea of a single market that is diverse and free, they will have to revise this law immediately to include exemptions for small (micro) businesses or, at the very least, implement regulations and fees that are in proportion to the impact the business in question has on environmental damage done by the amount of packaging used.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand and support the efforts of the EU to tackle the environmental damage caused by packaging, the ppwr law as it has been devised by the EU at this moment is unnecessarilly complicated, hard to navigate and, most importantly, extremely diproportionally detrimental to small (micro) businesses around the world. The rules, regulations and fees that are required through this law are impossible to hadle for most small businesses and will force most to stop shipping to or within the EU all together (very apparant in the number of small businesses already having stopped shipping to the EU because of the upcoming regulations). Small business has, for obvious reasons, very little inpact on the environmental damage done by packing materials compared to large corporations, and it is therefore incredibly unfair to enforce upon them the exact same rules and fees. If the EU wants to fairly uphold the idea of a single market that is diverse and free, they will have to revise this law immediately to include exemptions for small (micro) businesses or, at the very least, implement regulations and fees that are in proportion to the impact the business in question has on environmental damage done by the amount of packaging used.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548741_en"}, {"id": 33548740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:45:33", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner this law will make it impossible for my business to function along with thousands of other small to medium companies. Our laws should be more inclusive favouring eu based companies and supporting them instead of implementing yet another law that will make it impossible to function while big companies will easily cover the costs and continue without noticing the impact. Can we please start to support local businesses and allow us to thrive. Such regulations should really factor in the company size and yearly turnover.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner this law will make it impossible for my business to function along with thousands of other small to medium companies. Our laws should be more inclusive favouring eu based companies and supporting them instead of implementing yet another law that will make it impossible to function while big companies will easily cover the costs and continue without noticing the impact. Can we please start to support local businesses and allow us to thrive. Such regulations should really factor in the company size and yearly turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548740_en"}, {"id": 33548731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:44:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BHG GmbH", "feedback": "We are an organisation importing household goods and we wanted to sell across the EU. With the new PPWR, making us register in each of the countries we would like to sell to makes actually no sense, maybe starting from a certain volume that would make a bit of a sense. But you cannot make same rules for each company as there exists different types and sizes of businesses. Would be very nice if the EU would reconsider the regulation and make it fair for everybody. Thanks!", "feedbackEnglish": "We are an organisation importing household goods and we wanted to sell across the EU. With the new PPWR, making us register in each of the countries we would like to sell to makes actually no sense, maybe starting from a certain volume that would make a bit of a sense. But you cannot make same rules for each company as there exists different types and sizes of businesses. Would be very nice if the EU would reconsider the regulation and make it fair for everybody. Thanks!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548731_en"}, {"id": 33548730, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:44:23", "country": "FIN", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jag kan förstå viljan att övervaka och regulera förpackningar inom EU, för att minska miljöpåverkan och ge en bättre översikt över vilka material som används i Europa. Tyvärr tycker jag att detta är en klumpig lösning på problemet, en som inte tar i beaktande miljöpåverkan och hållbarhet på en djupare nivå. Den här typen av åtgärd är en som utan tvekan kommer att drabba små företag och självständiga näringsidkare mer än stora företag. Det är helt orimligt att företag med få anställda eller liten omsättning ska ekonomiska resurser och tid att slutföra den dokumentation som framöver kommer krävas för varje land de vill frakta till, för att inte tala om det juridiska ombud som det finns villkor på att ha. Det är paradoxalt att många av de näringsidkare som i framtiden inte kommer ha möjlighet att sälja över landsgränserna också är personer som livnär sig på att sälja sina egna hantverk och sätter mycket tid på att utöva sitt yrke och skaffa material på ett hållbart sätt. Ser man till total miljöpåverkan finns det många mindre företag och företagare som säljer mer hållbara och miljövänliga produkter än de stora koncerner som inte kommer påverkas ekonomiskt eller resursmässigt av denna lag. Jag undrar om det inte skulle vara möjligt med en mera gradvis lösning, där regulationerna skulle vara mildare eller annorlunda för företag med mindre omsättning, personal och kundkrets. Om inte, och om denna lag träder i full kraft, befarar jag att det kommer vara ett hårt slag mot kreativitet, konst och egenföretagande inom EU, ett redan hårt drabbat område som vi borde stötta, uppmuntra och stärka istället för att kväva.", "feedbackEnglish": "I can understand the willingness to monitor and regulate packaging within the EU, in order to reduce the environmental impact and provide a better overview of the materials used in Europe. Unfortunately, I think this is a clumsy solution to the problem, one that fails to take into account environmental impacts and sustainability at a deeper level. This type of measure will undoubtedly affect small enterprises and self-employed traders more than large enterprises. It is completely unreasonable that companies with few employees or little turnover should be required to have the financial resources and time to complete the documentation that will be required in the future for each country they wish to transport to, not to mention the legal representative that is required to have. It is paradoxical that many of the traders who will not be able to sell cross-border in the future are also people who feed on selling their own crafts and spend a lot of time practising their profession and obtaining materials in a sustainable way. In terms of overall environmental impact, there are many smaller companies and entrepreneurs selling more sustainable and environmentally friendly products than the large groups that will not be financially or resourcefully affected by this law. I wonder whether it would not be possible to adopt a more gradual approach, in which the rules would be lighter or different for undertakings with less turnover, staff and customers. If not, and if this law enters into full force, I fear that it will be a heavy blow to creativity, art and self-employment in the EU, an already hard-hit area that we should support, encourage and strengthen instead of suffocating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548730_en"}, {"id": 33548729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:44:22", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EUs new packaging regulations coming into effect on 12 August are another example of how well-intentioned regulation can crush the smallest businesses. A multinational can hire lawyers, consultants and compliance teams. A one-person business cannot. For a micro-business, every new documentation requirement, packaging restriction and compliance cost means more time, more money and higher prices. The irony? The EU claims to support entrepreneurship and sustainability while making it harder for small businesses to survive. Environmental protection matters. But treating a small Etsy seller or independent producer like Amazon isnt sustainability, its bureaucracy. If the EU really wants to support small businesses, regulation needs to be proportional to their size and environmental impact. Otherwise, the smallest businesses will simply disappear.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EUs new packaging regulations coming into effect on 12 August are another example of how well-intentioned regulation can crush the smallest businesses. A multinational can hire lawyers, consultants and compliance teams. A one-person business cannot. For a micro-business, every new documentation requirement, packaging restriction and compliance cost means more time, more money and higher prices. The irony? The EU claims to support entrepreneurship and sustainability while making it harder for small businesses to survive. Environmental protection matters. But treating a small Etsy seller or independent producer like Amazon isnt sustainability, its bureaucracy. If the EU really wants to support small businesses, regulation needs to be proportional to their size and environmental impact. Otherwise, the smallest businesses will simply disappear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548729_en"}, {"id": 33548728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:44:03", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Title: Full Exemption for Second-Hand Goods, Low-Volume De Minimis, and Pre-Paid Packaging under PPWR 1. Context & Micro-Footprint I run a small independent vintage store in Sweden, selling pre-owned clothing across the EU. I handle around 200-300 orders/year using reused boxes and lightweight recycled bags (3 to 5 g each). My total packaging footprint for an entire year of cross-border EU trade is under 2 kg. 2. Second-Hand Goods Should Be Fully Exempt Applying Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to vintage sellers is fundamentally flawed: No New Production: Second-hand items are already in circulation; reselling them adds zero new products to the economy. Absurd Overhead: Forcing a seller generating under 2 kg of packaging waste annually to register in up to 27 national producer registers and pay fixed annual fees results in compliance costs thousands of times higher than the packagings environmental impact. 3. The Environmental & Economic Paradox Forced Overseas Exports: Multi-country bureaucracy forces EU micro-sellers to stop selling to neighboring EU states and export outside the EU (e.g., North America/Asia), increasing transport emissions. Handing the Market to Ultra-Fast Fashion: While European circular sellers using 1.5 kg of packaging a year are squeezed out, giant overseas platforms (like Temu or Shein) shipping millions of cheap parcels continue to dominate. 4. Demands & Concrete Solutions Full Exemption: Exempt pre-owned goods sold by micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging registrations. De Minimis Threshold: Create an EU-wide exemption for low volumes. Pre-Paid Certified Packaging: Allow sellers to buy EU-certified bags/boxes with the EPR fee included in the price, automatically satisfying EU-wide compliance without individual national registrations. One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Establish a single digital portal for centralized reporting. Petition on this matter signed by 22,500+ citizens and micro-businesses: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees", "feedbackEnglish": "Title: Full Exemption for Second-Hand Goods, Low-Volume De Minimis, and Pre-Paid Packaging under PPWR 1. Context & Micro-Footprint I run a small independent vintage store in Sweden, selling pre-owned clothing across the EU. I handle around 200-300 orders/year using reused boxes and lightweight recycled bags (3 to 5 g each). My total packaging footprint for an entire year of cross-border EU trade is under 2 kg. 2. Second-Hand Goods Should Be Fully Exempt Applying Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to vintage sellers is fundamentally flawed: No New Production: Second-hand items are already in circulation; reselling them adds zero new products to the economy. Absurd Overhead: Forcing a seller generating under 2 kg of packaging waste annually to register in up to 27 national producer registers and pay fixed annual fees results in compliance costs thousands of times higher than the packagings environmental impact. 3. The Environmental & Economic Paradox Forced Overseas Exports: Multi-country bureaucracy forces EU micro-sellers to stop selling to neighboring EU states and export outside the EU (e.g., North America/Asia), increasing transport emissions. Handing the Market to Ultra-Fast Fashion: While European circular sellers using 1.5 kg of packaging a year are squeezed out, giant overseas platforms (like Temu or Shein) shipping millions of cheap parcels continue to dominate. 4. Demands & Concrete Solutions Full Exemption: Exempt pre-owned goods sold by micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging registrations. De Minimis Threshold: Create an EU-wide exemption for low volumes. Pre-Paid Certified Packaging: Allow sellers to buy EU-certified bags/boxes with the EPR fee included in the price, automatically satisfying EU-wide compliance without individual national registrations. One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Establish a single digital portal for centralized reporting. Petition on this matter signed by 22,500+ citizens and micro-businesses: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548728_en"}, {"id": 33548727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:43:53", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Liquid Nature - Online Shop OG", "feedback": "As a micro-business owner based in Austria, I fully support the European Union's efforts to enhance environmental standards and promote a circular economy. I am more than willing to pay my fair share for environmental compliance and fulfill my Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in my primary markets, such as Austria and Germany. However, the current fragmentation of national EPR systems creates an insurmountable bureaucratic and financial barrier for small and micro-enterprises engaging in cross-border e-commerce within the Single Market. Under the current framework, sending as few as 1 to 3 parcels per year to a specific EU Member State requires registering with that country's national producer register, paying minimum annual administration fees, signing contracts with local dual systems, and in some cases appointing expensive authorized representatives. This administrative burden disproportionately impacts micro-sellers and renders micro-volume cross-border sales completely unviable. To safeguard the EU Single Market and protect small businesses from being forced out of cross-border trade, I urge the European Commission to implement the following solutions: Establish De Minimis Thresholds: Introduce harmonized EU-wide exemption limits (e.g., based on annual parcel count or annual revenue per destination country) below which micro-enterprises are exempt from individual national registrations and representative requirements. Implement a Centralized EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for EPR: Similar to the successful EU One-Stop-Shop system for VAT, establish a single digital platform where micro-enterprises can report all cross-border packaging volumes in one place and pay a single, proportional fee. Proportionality is essential. Environmental regulation should target the actual volume of waste generated by large-scale market actors rather than penalizing micro-entrepreneurs with fragmented bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-business owner based in Austria, I fully support the European Union's efforts to enhance environmental standards and promote a circular economy. I am more than willing to pay my fair share for environmental compliance and fulfill my Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in my primary markets, such as Austria and Germany. However, the current fragmentation of national EPR systems creates an insurmountable bureaucratic and financial barrier for small and micro-enterprises engaging in cross-border e-commerce within the Single Market. Under the current framework, sending as few as 1 to 3 parcels per year to a specific EU Member State requires registering with that country's national producer register, paying minimum annual administration fees, signing contracts with local dual systems, and in some cases appointing expensive authorized representatives. This administrative burden disproportionately impacts micro-sellers and renders micro-volume cross-border sales completely unviable. To safeguard the EU Single Market and protect small businesses from being forced out of cross-border trade, I urge the European Commission to implement the following solutions: Establish De Minimis Thresholds: Introduce harmonized EU-wide exemption limits (e.g., based on annual parcel count or annual revenue per destination country) below which micro-enterprises are exempt from individual national registrations and representative requirements. Implement a Centralized EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for EPR: Similar to the successful EU One-Stop-Shop system for VAT, establish a single digital platform where micro-enterprises can report all cross-border packaging volumes in one place and pay a single, proportional fee. Proportionality is essential. Environmental regulation should target the actual volume of waste generated by large-scale market actors rather than penalizing micro-entrepreneurs with fragmented bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548727_en"}, {"id": 33548726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:42:40", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Marc Del", "feedback": "I am a French micro-entrepreneur running a very small e-commerce business, and I would like to highlight what I believe is a major unintended consequence of the PPWR for micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border trade within the EU. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. The problem is not the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility itself. The problem is the administrative and financial burden created when these obligations have to be fulfilled separately in every Member State. Belgium, for example, represents a significant part of my business, so complying with Belgian EPR requirements can reasonably be considered part of the cost of accessing that market. However, I also occasionally receive orders from customers in other EU countries. In some Member States, I may ship only one, two or three parcels in an entire year. Requiring a micro-enterprise to register separately, understand different national procedures, submit declarations and potentially appoint and pay an authorised representative in each of those countries creates fixed compliance costs that can be many times greater than the revenue generated there. A 30 or 50 sale should not create hundreds of euros of annual compliance costs simply because the customer happens to live in another Member State. The rational response for a micro-enterprise is therefore not to become more environmentally responsible. It is simply to stop selling to customers in those countries. This is particularly problematic because it creates a barrier to the EU Single Market. Large companies can absorb the cost of registrations, compliance departments and representatives across 27 Member States. A one-person business cannot. The environmental impact of a micro-enterprise sending a handful of parcels to a Member State is also fundamentally different from that of a company placing tonnes or millions of units of packaging on that market. Yet fixed administrative costs can affect the smallest producer far more severely than the largest one. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate system for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. This could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold, simplified reporting for very small quantities, a single EU registration or declaration covering cross-border sales, or a mechanism allowing a producer established in one Member State to fulfil its obligations centrally without appointing representatives in every other Member State. Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. It should not become a fixed administrative cost that effectively prevents micro-enterprises from participating in cross-border EU trade. Without such proportionality, these rules risk consolidating the market in favour of large companies while pushing micro-enterprises back behind national borders. I believe this outcome would be contrary both to the objectives of the Single Market and to the EU's stated objective of reducing unnecessary administrative burdens for SMEs. Kind regards, GRANDEMANGE Sophie", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a French micro-entrepreneur running a very small e-commerce business, and I would like to highlight what I believe is a major unintended consequence of the PPWR for micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border trade within the EU. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. The problem is not the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility itself. The problem is the administrative and financial burden created when these obligations have to be fulfilled separately in every Member State. Belgium, for example, represents a significant part of my business, so complying with Belgian EPR requirements can reasonably be considered part of the cost of accessing that market. However, I also occasionally receive orders from customers in other EU countries. In some Member States, I may ship only one, two or three parcels in an entire year. Requiring a micro-enterprise to register separately, understand different national procedures, submit declarations and potentially appoint and pay an authorised representative in each of those countries creates fixed compliance costs that can be many times greater than the revenue generated there. A 30 or 50 sale should not create hundreds of euros of annual compliance costs simply because the customer happens to live in another Member State. The rational response for a micro-enterprise is therefore not to become more environmentally responsible. It is simply to stop selling to customers in those countries. This is particularly problematic because it creates a barrier to the EU Single Market. Large companies can absorb the cost of registrations, compliance departments and representatives across 27 Member States. A one-person business cannot. The environmental impact of a micro-enterprise sending a handful of parcels to a Member State is also fundamentally different from that of a company placing tonnes or millions of units of packaging on that market. Yet fixed administrative costs can affect the smallest producer far more severely than the largest one. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate system for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. This could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold, simplified reporting for very small quantities, a single EU registration or declaration covering cross-border sales, or a mechanism allowing a producer established in one Member State to fulfil its obligations centrally without appointing representatives in every other Member State. Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. It should not become a fixed administrative cost that effectively prevents micro-enterprises from participating in cross-border EU trade. Without such proportionality, these rules risk consolidating the market in favour of large companies while pushing micro-enterprises back behind national borders. I believe this outcome would be contrary both to the objectives of the Single Market and to the EU's stated objective of reducing unnecessary administrative burdens for SMEs. Kind regards, GRANDEMANGE Sophie", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548726_en"}, {"id": 33548725, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:41:43", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This bill is already very negatively affecting small and micro businesses, most of whom are creatives like artists and who rely on shipping to other countries to earn money to live and support themselves. Please consider lifting this requirement from independent, small businesses, as this will kill most if not all of them. I know countless people who are already irritated by this decision, as well as frustrated artists who have to give up a majority of their income because it wouldnt be feasible to abide by the rules and regulations and pay the needed permits to continue operating their business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This bill is already very negatively affecting small and micro businesses, most of whom are creatives like artists and who rely on shipping to other countries to earn money to live and support themselves. Please consider lifting this requirement from independent, small businesses, as this will kill most if not all of them. I know countless people who are already irritated by this decision, as well as frustrated artists who have to give up a majority of their income because it wouldnt be feasible to abide by the rules and regulations and pay the needed permits to continue operating their business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548725_en"}, {"id": 33548724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:40:55", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Does the EU want to kill small businesses? Does the EU not want the tax revenue and jobs that small businesses create? By not giving exemptions to small businesses, how many will be forced to close, leading to more unemployment? It is unacceptable that it could become easier to send packages across oceans than to neighbouring countries. This will force EU citizens to buy even more from non-EU countries and goes against everything the EU stands for.", "feedbackEnglish": "Does the EU want to kill small businesses? Does the EU not want the tax revenue and jobs that small businesses create? By not giving exemptions to small businesses, how many will be forced to close, leading to more unemployment? It is unacceptable that it could become easier to send packages across oceans than to neighbouring countries. This will force EU citizens to buy even more from non-EU countries and goes against everything the EU stands for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548724_en"}, {"id": 33548723, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:40:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wo bleiben Ausmahmeregelungen für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen? Ich baue mir gerade ein Geschäft im Onlinehandel auf und halte es für einen Witz, dass die EU nicht länderübergreifend für eine Regelung sorgen kann. Der gesamte Onlinehandel wird sich verändern bzw. verändert sich aktuell und die großen wie Amazon machen munter weiter, für die ist es kein Problem, da sitzen einfach 50 Leute mehr im Büro sich um diese Bürokratie zu kümmern. Ich wünsche mir von der EU eine EU-weite Regelung zum Herstellerregister der Verpackungen und nicht eine Lösung, in der ich für jedes Land einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten brauche - warum überhaupt, bin ich selbst nicht gut genug? Firmen wie beispielsweise Lizenzero lassen aktuell die Sektkorken knallen, so gutes Geschäft haben die seit langem nicht mehr gemacht!", "feedbackEnglish": "Where do exemption schemes for small and micro-enterprises remain? I am in the process of setting up an online shop and consider it a joke that the EU cannot regulate across borders. All online trade will change or be changing, and the big ones, such as Amazon, sometimes continue to do so, for which it is not a problem, as just 50 more people are seated in the office to deal with this bureaucracy. I want the EU to have an EU-wide regulation on the register of manufacturers of packaging, not a solution in which I need an authorised representative for each country – why am I not good enough myself? Firms such as Lizenzero are currently cracking the rectangles, so good business has not been done for a long time!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548723_en"}, {"id": 33548722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:40:00", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que citoyen je suis pour cette nouvelle loi PPWR pour les entreprises. Par contre en tant que Micro-entreprise, je vais devoir fermer boutique car le prix pour avoir un représentant dans chaque pays dans lequel j'envoie représente plus que mon chiffre d'affaire annuel.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a citizen, I am in favour of this new PPWR law for businesses. On the other hand, as a micro-company, I will have to close a shop because the price for having a representative in each country to which I send represents more than my annual turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548722_en"}, {"id": 33548721, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:38:57", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questa idea era fruibile dal punto di vista di grandi aziende, ma per i piccoli business non gli aiuta affatto, infatti la maggior parte di essi hanno chiuso. Pagano più di quello che guadagnano e non gli aiuta per nulla. Inviterei a rivedere la legge per aiutare i piccoli business e non lasciarli indietro.", "feedbackEnglish": "This idea was available from the point of view of large companies, but for small businesses it does not help them at all, as most of them have closed down. They pay more than they earn and do not help them at all. I would invite you to review the law to help small businesses and not leave them behind.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548721_en"}, {"id": 33548711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:38:37", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although I applaud the EU for taking measures to reduce waste, these measures disproportionally affect small businesses. As a former small business owner I know how much work goes into running a small business. These are makers, creators, artists, illustrators whose entire existence has come to depend on a market outside their own country. Small businesses are not the ones responsible for major packaging waste; many use very small packages, and recycle their packaging material to cut costs and to limit waste. Please, create an exemption for them, and focus on larger companies that produce large amounts of waste. Also, create one single point of registration so businesses do not need to register separately for 27 countries. This takes up precious time and is detrimental to the survival of small businesses in the EU. Now, more than ever, is a time to support small makers. They are the antidote to mass production, the pillars of their communities, the outside-the-box-thinkers, and the ones to distribute beauty and smiles in the face of a fast-changing world that is being heavily impacted by large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I applaud the EU for taking measures to reduce waste, these measures disproportionally affect small businesses. As a former small business owner I know how much work goes into running a small business. These are makers, creators, artists, illustrators whose entire existence has come to depend on a market outside their own country. Small businesses are not the ones responsible for major packaging waste; many use very small packages, and recycle their packaging material to cut costs and to limit waste. Please, create an exemption for them, and focus on larger companies that produce large amounts of waste. Also, create one single point of registration so businesses do not need to register separately for 27 countries. This takes up precious time and is detrimental to the survival of small businesses in the EU. Now, more than ever, is a time to support small makers. They are the antidote to mass production, the pillars of their communities, the outside-the-box-thinkers, and the ones to distribute beauty and smiles in the face of a fast-changing world that is being heavily impacted by large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548711_en"}, {"id": 33548720, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:38:12", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "1) The European Union was built on the idealized concept of the free movement of goods and people, often at the expense of small-scale producers and sectors, whose livelihoods were dismantled for the sake of the common good. Countries, and above all individuals, made concessions with the vision of a better Europe. 2) Thousands of major commercial entities continue to evade local and international laws to turn a profit by exploiting legislative loopholes; they use their earnings to hire armies of legal experts to circumvent regulations and exploit whatever benefits them, all at the expense of the general public, consumers, the environment, the economy, and justice. 3) Meanwhile, small producers, independent artists, small business owners, and people working literally just to survive find themselves constantly swallowed up by major economic interests against which they cannot compete. There are thousands of people who, due to this mindless approach to lawmaking, will no longer be able to support themselves, victims of a law that ought to be targeting major polluters instead. Let us focus on what truly matters: major economic groups, the crazy rise of AI, data centers, global warming, and the lack of preparedness among member states for the weather-related calamities that will increasingly affect both the world and Europe. Please reconsider how this legislation is implemented and the impact it has on those who rely on their small businesses to survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "1) The European Union was built on the idealized concept of the free movement of goods and people, often at the expense of small-scale producers and sectors, whose livelihoods were dismantled for the sake of the common good. Countries, and above all individuals, made concessions with the vision of a better Europe. 2) Thousands of major commercial entities continue to evade local and international laws to turn a profit by exploiting legislative loopholes; they use their earnings to hire armies of legal experts to circumvent regulations and exploit whatever benefits them, all at the expense of the general public, consumers, the environment, the economy, and justice. 3) Meanwhile, small producers, independent artists, small business owners, and people working literally just to survive find themselves constantly swallowed up by major economic interests against which they cannot compete. There are thousands of people who, due to this mindless approach to lawmaking, will no longer be able to support themselves, victims of a law that ought to be targeting major polluters instead. Let us focus on what truly matters: major economic groups, the crazy rise of AI, data centers, global warming, and the lack of preparedness among member states for the weather-related calamities that will increasingly affect both the world and Europe. Please reconsider how this legislation is implemented and the impact it has on those who rely on their small businesses to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548720_en"}, {"id": 33548719, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:37:46", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Feathered Phoenix", "feedback": "This makes NO sense what so ever as a law being equally applied to everyone right down to micro businesses. The administration and monetary burden on small traders and sole traders is totally disproportionate cost wise. Only companies like Amazon, Temu et-al can afford it. I've seen quotes of 6K + to register in all 27 member states and that is BEFORE we've even sold a single product. I sell under a 100 products to the EU a year, registering for even One country destroys my profit margin. Please create a single point of registration for the entire EU and abolish fees for small and micro businesses. 99% of us recycle and use recyclable packaging already as we firmly believe in saving the environment. One other observation regarding Temu. They are offering a one stop shop for their traders to trade into the EU. The site that is known for hosting intellectual property theft sellers is offering these sellers an easy way to sell products and art that they have stolen and the original artists can't even afford to trade in the countries let alone compete. I've had to suspend all trade to the EU because of this. It has severely impacted my business Many thanks for your time and attention.", "feedbackEnglish": "This makes NO sense what so ever as a law being equally applied to everyone right down to micro businesses. The administration and monetary burden on small traders and sole traders is totally disproportionate cost wise. Only companies like Amazon, Temu et-al can afford it. I've seen quotes of 6K + to register in all 27 member states and that is BEFORE we've even sold a single product. I sell under a 100 products to the EU a year, registering for even One country destroys my profit margin. Please create a single point of registration for the entire EU and abolish fees for small and micro businesses. 99% of us recycle and use recyclable packaging already as we firmly believe in saving the environment. One other observation regarding Temu. They are offering a one stop shop for their traders to trade into the EU. The site that is known for hosting intellectual property theft sellers is offering these sellers an easy way to sell products and art that they have stolen and the original artists can't even afford to trade in the countries let alone compete. I've had to suspend all trade to the EU because of this. It has severely impacted my business Many thanks for your time and attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548719_en"}, {"id": 33548714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:34:55", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LindenShieldARTs", "feedback": "I am one of many small businesses owners whose livelihood will be seriously put at risk with this law. It is unacceptable that it is easier and cheaper to ship all across the world than within the EU to our neighbours. All this will do is force consumers to purchase more and more from big corporations who are the primary polluters in the first place, as well as purchase from way further abroad. This makes the law completely counter-productive. I demand a de minimis exemption and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am one of many small businesses owners whose livelihood will be seriously put at risk with this law. It is unacceptable that it is easier and cheaper to ship all across the world than within the EU to our neighbours. All this will do is force consumers to purchase more and more from big corporations who are the primary polluters in the first place, as well as purchase from way further abroad. This makes the law completely counter-productive. I demand a de minimis exemption and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548714_en"}, {"id": 33548713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:34:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The objectives of the EU should be clear: make living in different countries and interacting with other to be as seamless as possible. Reducing bureaucracy and simplifying procedures is fundamental for this purpose, having single documents for all countries, single EU-wide registers, etc. Big companies, the worst offenders when it comes to waste and the ability to deal with petty fines are not affected by this measure while it severely limits the options of small businesses and single professionals to make money all around the Union, treating them as if they were sending thousands of parcel each month. The law has to treat different entities differently in order to guarantee a level playing field and not lose small artisans, artists and other professionals due to legislation that forgets about them.", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the EU should be clear: make living in different countries and interacting with other to be as seamless as possible. Reducing bureaucracy and simplifying procedures is fundamental for this purpose, having single documents for all countries, single EU-wide registers, etc. Big companies, the worst offenders when it comes to waste and the ability to deal with petty fines are not affected by this measure while it severely limits the options of small businesses and single professionals to make money all around the Union, treating them as if they were sending thousands of parcel each month. The law has to treat different entities differently in order to guarantee a level playing field and not lose small artisans, artists and other professionals due to legislation that forgets about them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548713_en"}, {"id": 33548712, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:34:28", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I feel this law disproportionally affects small businesses while the big international players like amazon, bol, shein etc can just throw money at it. It is not sustainable for a small business to have a representative in every country. Small business usually already do alot to reduce waste by reusing filling and packaging materials. I think this law will benefit from a revision. Making the paperwork seperate for every country also adds to it. It being unified in one form could be helpfull.", "feedbackEnglish": "I feel this law disproportionally affects small businesses while the big international players like amazon, bol, shein etc can just throw money at it. It is not sustainable for a small business to have a representative in every country. Small business usually already do alot to reduce waste by reusing filling and packaging materials. I think this law will benefit from a revision. Making the paperwork seperate for every country also adds to it. It being unified in one form could be helpfull.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548712_en"}, {"id": 33548710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:32:49", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While these rules are a positive step toward overall waste reduction, as they are now written, they will significantly impact small businesses, local artisans, producers of local specialties, and, in general, anyone wishing to open a business within the world's largest free market. In an ideal world, small entrepreneurs with an annual turnover below a certain threshold, such as 100,000, should be exempt from these rules, as their annual sales would unlikely generate more waste than a typical European household. That said, it's still fair to contribute to waste recycling, but the fees must be clear and appropriate for the size of the business to which they apply. Furthermore, the idea of ​​having multiple representatives for each European country is simply unsustainable: if a small artisan sends three packages a year to a country like Austria, does it make sense for their earnings to be almost completely eliminated due to the need to pay a representative? This only reduces the customer base because the cost of remaining compliant exceeds the earnings, and this goes against the spirit of free movement of goods within the European Union. The ideal solution for small businesses would be to remove representatives or adopt a single entity for all European countries and a flat tax covering all EU countries. Small businesses want to continue operating, even if it means paying a few euros more, but as they are currently written, these regulations equates small businesses with large corporations that create thousands of tons of waste every day. If the commission's goal is to destroy small businesses, benefit large holding companies, and ignore real environmental issues, then it is on the right track.", "feedbackEnglish": "While these rules are a positive step toward overall waste reduction, as they are now written, they will significantly impact small businesses, local artisans, producers of local Specialties, and, in general, anyone wishing to open a business within the world’s largest free market. In an ideal world, small entrepreneurs with an annual turnover below a certain threshold, such as 100,000, should be exempted from these rules, as their annual sales would unlikely generate more waste than a typical European household. That said, it’s still fair to contribute to waste recycling, but the fees must be clear and appropriate for the size of the business to which they apply. Furthermore, the idea of ​ ​ having multiple representatives for each European country is simply Unsustainable: if a small artisan sends three packages a year to a country like Austria, does it make sense for their earnings to be almost completely eliminated due to the need to pay a representative? This only reduces the customer base because the cost of remaining compliant exceeds the earnings, and this goes against the spirit of free movement of goods within the European Union. The ideal solution for small businesses would be to remove representatives or adopt a single entity for all European countries and a flat tax covering all EU countries. Small businesses want to continue operating, even if it means paying a few euros more, but as they are currently written, these regulations equates small businesses with large corporations that create thousands of tons of waste every day. If the Commission’s goal is to destroy small businesses, benefit large holding companies, and ignore real environmental issues, then it is on the right track.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548710_en"}, {"id": 33548709, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:32:21", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In my opinion, this rule is very poorly designed and will affect small and newly established businesses the most. If a small online shop sells only a few products per year in a particular country, it makes no sense for it to pay hundreds of euros for registrations, local representation and other related obligations. In some countries, these costs may even be higher than the profit generated from sales there. If the European Union wants to support the Single Market, it should not create a system in which cross-border sales are realistically accessible mainly to large companies. In its current form, I consider this system disproportionate and highly damaging to small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my opinion, this rule is very poorly designed and will affect small and newly established businesses the most. If a small online shop sells only a few products per year in a particular country, it makes no sense for it to pay hundreds of euros for registrations, local representation and other related obligations. In some countries, these costs may even be higher than the profit generated from sales there. If the European Union wants to support the Single Market, it should not create a system in which cross-border sales are realistically accessible mainly to large companies. In its current form, I consider this system disproportionate and highly damaging to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548709_en"}, {"id": 33548708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:32:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Handelsvertrieb", "feedback": "Feedback zur PPWR Bürokratie bremst den europäischen Binnenmarkt Die aktuelle Umsetzung der PPWR sorgt bei vielen Händlern für großes Unverständnis und erhebliche Unsicherheit. Bereits mit dem OSS-Verfahren wurden Unternehmen verpflichtet, ihre Umsatzsteuer korrekt in die jeweiligen EU-Mitgliedstaaten abzuführen. Die dafür notwendigen Anpassungen in Warenwirtschaft, Buchhaltung und Webshops waren insbesondere für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen mit erheblichem Aufwand und Kosten verbunden. Dennoch haben viele Händler diese Anforderungen umgesetzt und damit den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU weitergeführt. Mit der PPWR entsteht nun eine weitere erhebliche bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung. Die Folge ist bereits absehbar: Händler prüfen, einzelne EU-Länder nicht mehr zu beliefern oder den EU-Auslandsversand vollständig einzustellen. Damit wird aus unserer Sicht genau das Gegenteil dessen erreicht, was ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt leisten sollte. Weniger grenzüberschreitender Handel bedeutet weniger Auswahl für Verbraucher, weniger Wettbewerb, weniger Wachstum und letztlich auch weniger Umsatzsteuereinnahmen über OSS in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten. Besonders problematisch ist, dass sich Registrierung, laufende Gebühren und administrativer Aufwand bei kleineren Versandmengen wirtschaftlich kaum noch darstellen lassen. Unternehmen haben damit nur drei Möglichkeiten: zusätzliche Kosten selbst tragen, diese an die Verbraucher weitergeben oder den Verkauf in bestimmte EU-Länder einstellen. Keine dieser Lösungen stärkt den europäischen Binnenmarkt. Es darf nicht wirtschaftlich einfacher und attraktiver werden, Kunden außerhalb der Europäischen Union zu beliefern als Kunden innerhalb der EU. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und europaweit sinnvolle Umweltstandards zu schaffen. Die praktische Umsetzung muss jedoch verhältnismäßig, einheitlich und insbesondere für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen wirtschaftlich tragbar sein. Wir appellieren daher an die Verantwortlichen in Brüssel, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf den grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel nochmals kritisch zu prüfen. Europa braucht Regelungen, die Umweltschutz und wirtschaftliches Wachstum miteinander verbinden und keine zusätzliche Bürokratie, die Unternehmen dazu bewegt, den Handel innerhalb der EU einzuschränken. Unser Wunsch ist klar: ein einheitliches, einfaches und zentralisiertes Verfahren für die gesamte EU, anstatt unterschiedlicher Registrierungen, Gebühren und administrativer Anforderungen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on PPWR bureaucracy is holding back the European single market. The current implementation of the PPWR creates a lot of incomprehension and uncertainty for many traders. The OSS procedure already required businesses to pay their VAT correctly to the relevant EU Member States. The necessary adaptations in goods management, accounting and webshops involved considerable effort and costs, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. Nevertheless, many traders have implemented these requirements, continuing cross-border trade within the EU. With the PPWR, there is now another significant bureaucratic and financial burden. The consequences are already foreseeable: Traders check to stop supplying individual EU countries or stop sending goods abroad in the EU completely. In our view, this achieves exactly the opposite of what a common European single market should do. Less cross-border trade means less choice for consumers, less competition, less growth and ultimately less VAT revenue through OSS in the respective Member States. It is particularly problematic that registration, ongoing fees and administrative burdens can hardly be presented in economic terms for smaller volumes of shipments. This means that companies have only three options: bear additional costs themselves, pass them on to consumers or stop selling to certain EU countries. None of these solutions strengthens the European single market. It must not become economically easier and more attractive to supply customers outside the European Union than customers within the EU. We strongly support the objective of reducing packaging and packaging waste and creating meaningful environmental standards across Europe. However, practical implementation must be proportionate, uniform and economically viable, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. We therefore call on those responsible in Brussels to critically re-examine the impact of the PPWR on cross-border online trade. Europe needs regulations that combine environmental protection and economic growth, and not additional red tape that pushes companies to restrict intra-EU trade. Our desire is clear: a single, simple and centralised procedure for the whole EU, instead of different registrations, fees and administrative requirements in each individual Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548708_en"}, {"id": 33548707, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:32:00", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly believe that packaging compliance needs to become significantly more harmonised at EU level. One of the fundamental purposes of the European Union and the Single Market is to allow businesses to trade across Member States without unnecessary administrative barriers. However, the current situation regarding packaging obligations often creates the opposite experience. A small business wishing to sell to customers in several EU countries must understand different national registration systems, different requirements, different fees and different procedures in each Member State. The complexity is disproportionate, particularly for micro and small businesses, and creates a feeling of fragmentation rather than of operating within a genuine Single Market. There should be a single, harmonised EU system, or at the very least a common EU registration framework with the same basic rules and procedures across all Member States. A business should not need to independently research and interpret the packaging legislation of every individual country in which it makes a relatively small number of sales. There should also be much greater proportionality based on the size and actual activity of a business in each Member State. For example, turnover thresholds such as up to 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 or higher per country could be combined with corresponding thresholds based on the actual quantity or weight of packaging placed on that market. It is not proportionate to subject a micro-enterprise selling a few thousand euros of products per year into a Member State to essentially the same administrative structure as a company placing millions of euros and enormous quantities of packaging on that market. Small businesses should contribute to packaging waste management, but their obligations and costs should be proportionate to their actual environmental impact and economic activity. The requirement for an Authorised Representative is particularly problematic. For small cross-border businesses, appointing representatives in multiple Member States can be confusing, administratively burdensome and disproportionately expensive compared with the value of the goods actually sold in those countries. Businesses should be able to take responsibility for declaring their packaging quantities correctly themselves through a harmonised European system, without having to appoint separate representatives in multiple Member States. A single EU-wide procedure would also make compliance easier to understand and therefore easier for small businesses to follow correctly. Finally, the rules regarding B2B sales need to be clarified and harmonised. When products are sold to an independent retail store in another Member State, that store is not necessarily the end user of the product. The legislation should clearly establish who is responsible for the packaging obligations in B2B transactions and at what stage responsibility transfers within the supply chain. Environmental regulation is necessary, but it should not unintentionally discourage small European businesses from trading across borders. The objective should be environmental responsibility combined with a simple, proportionate and genuinely European compliance system. A harmonised framework would encourage compliance, reduce unnecessary administrative costs and strengthen rather than fragment the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly believe that packaging compliance needs to become significantly more harmonised at EU level. One of the fundamental purposes of the European Union and the Single Market is to allow businesses to trade across Member States without unnecessary administrative barriers. However, the current situation regarding packaging obligations often creates the opposite experience. A small business wishing to sell to customers in several EU countries must understand different national registration systems, different requirements, different fees and different procedures in each Member State. The complexity is disproportionate, particularly for micro and small businesses, and creates a feeling of fragmentation rather than of operating within a genuine Single Market. There should be a single, harmonised EU system, or at the very least a common EU registration framework with the same basic rules and procedures across all Member States. A business should not need to independently research and interpret the packaging legislation of every individual country in which it makes a relatively small number of sales. There should also be much greater proportionality based on the size and actual activity of a business in each Member State. For example, turnover thresholds such as up to 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 or higher per country could be combined with corresponding thresholds based on the actual quantity or weight of packaging placed on that market. It is not proportionate to subject a micro-enterprise selling a few thousand euros of products per year into a Member State to essentially the same administrative structure as a company placing millions of euros and enormous quantities of packaging on that market. Small businesses should contribute to packaging waste management, but their obligations and costs should be proportionate to their actual environmental impact and economic activity. The requirement for an Authorised Representative is particularly problematic. For small cross-border businesses, appointing representatives in multiple Member States can be confusing, administratively burdensome and disproportionately expensive compared with the value of the goods actually sold in those countries. Businesses should be able to take responsibility for declaring their packaging quantities correctly themselves through a harmonised European system, without having to appoint separate representatives in multiple Member States. A single EU-wide procedure would also make compliance easier to understand and therefore easier for small businesses to follow correctly. Finally, the rules regarding B2B sales need to be clarified and harmonised. When products are sold to an independent retail store in another Member State, that store is not necessarily the end user of the product. The legislation should clearly establish who is responsible for the packaging obligations in B2B transactions and at what stage responsibility transfers within the supply chain. Environmental regulation is necessary, but it should not unintentionally discourage small European businesses from trading across borders. The objective should be environmental responsibility combined with a simple, proportionate and genuinely European compliance system. A harmonised framework would encourage compliance, reduce unnecessary administrative costs and strengthen rather than fragment the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548707_en"}, {"id": 33548706, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:31:23", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new regulations are completely non-sensical for small business, and will drive them to complete extension. The EU is supposed to stand as a collective, yet this law and the obligation to register and report in every single country completely erases that. Furthermore it fails to entirely address small business owners who are already only using recycled packaging and not producing new one or ordering it from suppliers. The financial and logistical burden will be too great on small businesses. I was planning to start one, but I will have to rethink if I can start one at all, since these regulations will suffocate me and limit my customer range greatly. 12th August will be a dark day for Europe and I hope the review in October will be able to revert all the damage that will ensue in the following months.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulations are completely non-sensical for small business, and will drive them to complete extension. The EU is supposed to stand as a collective, yet this law and the obligation to register and report in every single country completely erases that. Furthermore it fails to entirely address small business owners who are already only using recycled packaging and not producing new one or ordering it from suppliers. The financial and logistical burden will be too great on small businesses. I was planning to start one, but I will have to rethink if I can start one at all, since these regulations will suffocate me and limit my customer range greatly. 12th August will be a dark day for Europe and I hope the review in October will be able to revert all the damage that will ensue in the following months.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548706_en"}, {"id": 33548705, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:29:09", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation risks disproportionately affecting small businesses, independent makers and local artisans, while large and medium sized companies are much better equipped to absorb the additional administrative and financial burden. For a one person business, complying with packaging producer responsibility requirements across multiple EU countries can become disproportionately expensive and complicated. Registration, reporting and compliance costs can make selling to customers in other EU countries financially unviable, particularly for businesses with relatively low sales volumes. I am already seeing small businesses announcing that they will stop shipping to customers within the EU because the cost and administrative burden is simply too high. This is deeply concerning. If small independent businesses are forced to withdraw from parts of the European market, consumers will increasingly be left with large international corporations and marketplaces as their main options. This also risks something that goes beyond economics: the loss of local artisans, independent makers and traditional crafts. Small businesses are often the very businesses keeping these skills, products and traditions alive. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving packaging recycling. But the solution should not unintentionally push small, sustainable businesses out of the European market. Please reconsider how these requirements apply to micro businesses and small enterprises. Introduce meaningful exemptions or substantially reduced registration and compliance costs for very small businesses, and create a simple EU-wide registration or reporting system that allows them to sell across the Single Market without having to navigate disproportionate national requirements. If the EU wants a strong, diverse and sustainable internal market, small businesses and independent artisans need to be part of it. They should not be the ones carrying a disproportionate share of the administrative cost of achieving these environmental goals.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation risks disproportionately affecting small businesses, independent makers and local artisans, while large and medium sized companies are much better equipped to absorb the additional administrative and financial burden. For a one person business, complying with packaging producer responsibility requirements across multiple EU countries can become disproportionately expensive and complicated. Registration, reporting and compliance costs can make selling to customers in other EU countries financially unviable, particularly for businesses with relatively low sales volumes. I am already seeing small businesses announcing that they will stop shipping to customers within the EU because the cost and administrative burden is simply too high. This is deeply concerning. If small independent businesses are forced to withdraw from parts of the European market, consumers will increasingly be left with large international corporations and marketplaces as their main options. This also risks something that goes beyond economics: the loss of local artisans, independent makers and traditional crafts. Small businesses are often the very businesses keeping these skills, products and traditions alive. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving packaging recycling. But the solution should not unintentionally push small, sustainable businesses out of the European market. Please reconsider how these requirements apply to micro businesses and small enterprises. Introduce meaningful exemptions or substantially reduced registration and compliance costs for very small businesses, and create a simple EU-wide registration or reporting system that allows them to sell across the Single Market without having to navigate disproportionate national requirements. If the EU wants a strong, diverse and sustainable internal market, small businesses and independent artisans need to be part of it. They should not be the ones carrying a disproportionate share of the administrative cost of achieving these environmental goals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548705_en"}, {"id": 33548704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:28:48", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although this might seem like a good law for big businesses, this is absolutely killing small creators, artists, micro/small/and even medium size businesses. Its impossible to compete. The biggest waste that is affecting the environment are caused by the gigantic corporations, and not the consumers nor small businesses. Please reconsider this! The EU has already passed a few laws that made it difficult for said small businesses and artists in the last, this is the nail in the coffin. Please rethink and change this law so that its not harmful for anyone besides big corporations. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "Although this might seem like a good law for big businesses, this is absolutely killing small creators, artists, micro/small/and even medium size businesses. Its impossible to compete. The biggest waste that is affecting the environment are caused by the gigantic corporations, and not the consumers nor small businesses. Please reconsider this! The EU has already passed a few laws that made it difficult for said small businesses and artists in the last, this is the nail in the coffin. Please rethink and change this law so that its not harmful for anyone besides big corporations. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548704_en"}, {"id": 33548703, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:27:36", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please, stop destroying EU micro-businesses. While this regulation makes absolute sense in waste reduction and responsibilities, the bureaucratic burden and associated fees imposes intolerable cost to micro-businesses, of which many are artisans and self-employed crafters; the real heroes who with their craft and skills help us consumers to fight against the flood of mass produced trash. As a result numerous small-businesses will, and already have, been forced to stop their EU wide sales, and will face their livelihood threatened. This surely has not been meaning of this regulation. There is petition on change.org (https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees) that has gathered 29000+ signatures just in few days about this issue, which illustrates how destructive demands this regulation throws on them and how vast is impact on creative community. Micro-businesses need an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees and bureaucracy on such level it can sensibly managed by small scale businesses/self-employees.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please, stop destroying EU micro-businesses. While this regulation makes absolute sense in waste reduction and responsibilities, the bureaucratic burden and associated fees imposes intolerable cost to micro-businesses, of which many are artisans and self-employed crafters; the real heroes who with their craft and skills help us consumers to fight against the flood of mass produced trash. As a result numerous small-businesses will, and already have, been forced to stop their EU wide sales, and will face their livelihood threatened. This surely has not been meaning of this regulation. There is petition on change.org (https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees) that has gathered 29000+ signatures just in few days about this issue, which illustrates how destructive demands this regulation throws on them and how vast is impact on creative community. Micro-businesses need an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees and bureaucracy on such level it can sensibly managed by small scale businesses/self-employees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548703_en"}, {"id": 33548702, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:27:33", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "After almost 2 years of pausing shipping to my customers in the EU due to the GPSRs being introduced, we finally signed a contract with a representative to allow us to ship to the EU again, only to learn about the new PPWR. There were already so many hurdles to get there, and how discouraging to learn that there will be more hoops to jump through and more fees to deal with, constantly making it difficult to sell to our customers in the EU. This is incredibly discouraging to us and our customers, and while I support reducing waste and increasing sustainability, it should be accessible to all.", "feedbackEnglish": "After almost 2 years of pausing shipping to my customers in the EU due to the GPSRs being introduced, we finally signed a contract with a representative to allow us to ship to the EU again, only to learn about the new PPWR. There were already so many hurdles to get there, and how discouraging to learn that there will be more hoops to jump through and more fees to deal with, constantly making it difficult to sell to our customers in the EU. This is incredibly discouraging to us and our customers, and while I support reducing waste and increasing sustainability, it should be accessible to all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548702_en"}, {"id": 33548701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:27:02", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I live in Finland and have been preparing to start a very small sole-trader business selling houseplants and handmade concrete plant pots online. I hoped eventually to send occasional orders to customers in other EU countries. However, after learning about the separate national producer registration and extended producer responsibility requirements, I am now seriously considering not starting the business at all. I fully support recycling, reducing packaging waste and making businesses responsible for the packaging they use. I also intend to minimise packaging and use reusable or recyclable materials whenever possible. The problem is not environmental responsibility, but the disproportionate administrative and financial burden placed on microbusinesses. At the beginning, a small seller may send only one or two parcels per year to a particular Member State and introduce only a very small amount of cardboard, paper, tape and protective material there. Requiring separate registration, national procedures, reports, fees and potentially a separate authorised representative in every destination country makes such occasional sales economically impossible. The compliance costs could easily be many times higher than the total value of the sales made in that country. This effectively prevents microbusinesses from using the EU Single Market. A large company can employ compliance specialists and absorb fixed national fees. A sole trader cannot. The realistic result will be that many small sellers never start their businesses, stop selling across borders or restrict sales to their home country. I therefore ask the European Commission to create: - one EU portal, one registration and one producer identification number valid throughout the EU; - one harmonised annual report, with the information automatically transferred to the relevant national registers; - identical definitions, packaging categories, reporting deadlines and data requirements in all Member States; - a genuinely simplified regime for microbusinesses and low-volume producers; - no separate national authorised representatives, audits, quarterly reports or minimum fixed fees for microbusinesses; - registration and EPR fees based on the actual quantity and type of packaging placed on the market, with reasonable de minimis thresholds; - the possibility to add new destination countries through the same EU account without completing an entirely new registration process. If the current Regulation does not allow a fully centralised EU system, I ask the Commission to use this implementing act to eliminate as much duplication as legally possible and to propose the necessary amendments. Environmental rules must be practical enough for honest businesses to follow. One EU system - one registration, one portal and one report - would protect the environment without excluding the smallest entrepreneurs from the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I live in Finland and have been preparing to start a very small sole-trader business selling houseplants and handmade concrete plant pots online. I hoped eventually to send occasional orders to customers in other EU countries. However, after learning about the separate national producer registration and extended producer responsibility requirements, I am now seriously considering not starting the business at all. I fully support recycling, reducing packaging waste and making businesses responsible for the packaging they use. I also intend to minimise packaging and use reusable or recyclable materials whenever possible. The problem is not environmental responsibility, but the disproportionate administrative and financial burden placed on microbusinesses. At the beginning, a small seller may send only one or two parcels per year to a particular Member State and introduce only a very small amount of cardboard, paper, tape and protective material there. Requiring separate registration, national procedures, reports, fees and potentially a separate authorised representative in every destination country makes such occasional sales economically impossible. The compliance costs could easily be many times higher than the total value of the sales made in that country. This effectively prevents microbusinesses from using the EU Single Market. A large company can employ compliance specialists and absorb fixed national fees. A sole trader cannot. The realistic result will be that many small sellers never start their businesses, stop selling across borders or restrict sales to their home country. I therefore ask the European Commission to create: - one EU portal, one registration and one producer identification number valid throughout the EU; - one harmonised annual report, with the information automatically transferred to the relevant national registers; - identical definitions, packaging categories, reporting deadlines and data requirements in all Member States; - a genuinely simplified regime for microbusinesses and low-volume producers; - no separate national authorised representatives, audits, quarterly reports or minimum fixed fees for microbusinesses; - registration and EPR fees based on the actual quantity and type of packaging placed on the market, with reasonable de minimis thresholds; - the possibility to add new destination countries through the same EU account without completing an entirely new registration process. If the current Regulation does not allow a fully centralised EU system, I ask the Commission to use this implementing act to eliminate as much duplication as legally possible and to propose the necessary amendments. Environmental rules must be practical enough for honest businesses to follow. One EU system - one registration, one portal and one report - would protect the environment without excluding the smallest entrepreneurs from the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548701_en"}, {"id": 33548700, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:25:42", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a European I am writing to express deep concerns regarding the operational and financial impact of the current and proposed packaging and packaging waste producer registry rules. While I fully support the EUs environmental and sustainability objectives, the execution of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registration system creates severe market barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).I urge the Commission to address the following business-critical issues in the final regulations: 1. Disproportionate Administrative Burdens: For micro-businesses and sole traders, navigating, registering, and reporting across 27 distinct national registries is a logistical impossibility. They do not have compliance departments, yet they face the same administrative hurdles as multinational corporations. 2.Fragmentation of the Single Market: The current system of fragmented national registers actively penalizes cross-border e-commerce. Many small businesses are being forced to stop shipping to specific EU member states entirely because the compliance costs in those countries far outweigh the sales revenue generated. 3. Prohibitive Compliance Costs: Minimum annual fees, localized auditing requirements, and mandatory local authorized representatives create an unsustainable financial drain on low-volume sellers. Proposed Solutions: An EU-Wide De Minimis Threshold: Introduce a standardized exemption for micro-enterprises and low-volume packaging exporters across all member states to protect small-scale trade. A Centralized One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, unified EU portal for packaging registration and fee remittance, mirroring the successful VAT One-Stop Shop model. Without these vital safeguards, these regulations will inadvertently crush independent European retail while favoring giant global marketplaces.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a European I am writing to express deep concerns regarding the operational and financial impact of the current and proposed packaging and packaging waste producer registry rules. While I fully support the EUs environmental and sustainability objectives, the execution of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registration system creates severe market barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).I urge the Commission to address the following business-critical issues in the final regulations: 1. Disproportionate Administrative Burdens: For micro-businesses and sole traders, navigating, registering, and reporting across 27 distinct national registries is a logistical impossibility. They do not have compliance departments, yet they face the same administrative hurdles as multinational corporations. 2.Fragmentation of the Single Market: The current system of fragmented national registers actively penalizes cross-border e-commerce. Many small businesses are being forced to stop shipping to specific EU member states entirely because the compliance costs in those countries far outweigh the sales revenue generated. 3. Prohibitive Compliance Costs: Minimum annual fees, localized auditing requirements, and mandatory local authorized representatives create an unsustainable financial drain on low-volume sellers. Proposed Solutions: An EU-Wide De Minimis Threshold: Introduce a standardized exemption for micro-enterprises and low-volume packaging exporters across all member states to protect small-scale trade. A Centralized One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, unified EU portal for packaging registration and fee remittance, mirroring the successful VAT One-Stop Shop model. Without these vital safeguards, these regulations will inadvertently crush independent European retail while favoring giant global marketplaces.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548700_en"}, {"id": 33548691, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:21:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik heb het gevoel dat deze nieuwe wet kleine bedrijven kapot gaat maken. Kleine bedrijven hebben geen geld om voor elk land een representative te bemachtigen en een vergunning. Ik snap de wet om klimaat vriendelijkere oplossingen te bedenken, maar voor kleine bedrijven is dit geen goede oplossing. De EU is er juist on makkelijk over de landgrenzen te gaan en pakketen sneller en makkelijker te laten gaan. Deze wet maakt dit compleet kapot. Er moet een andere oplossing komen. Althans andere regels voor grote en kleine bedrijven.", "feedbackEnglish": "I feel that this new law will destroy small businesses. Small businesses have no money to obtain a representative and a licence for each country. I read the law to come up with more climate-friendly solutions, but for small businesses this is not a good solution. On the contrary, the EU is making it easy to cross land borders and make packages quicker and easier. This law completely destroys this. A different solution is needed. At least different rules for large and small companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548691_en"}, {"id": 33548690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:20:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kazanian's Emporium", "feedback": "Despite such lofty intentions as the reduction of waste and single use packaging this legislation will have a catastrophic impact on individual families and the wider economy. The administrative and financial burden for my business when I ship less than 100 orders per year to even my biggest EU market is simply untenable so I will no longer be able to sell to most other EU countries. A OSS for licences and the removal of the obligation to have an AR in every country for those operating under a minimum quantity or weight per year is nothing less than common sense. The very worst offenders of the kind of packaging that these regs are supposed to address will not be impacted, they have the money and manpower to register with every country and pay the fees. Micro businesses are the ONLY losers in this scenario. Shame on you EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Despite such lofty intentions as the reduction of waste and single use packaging this legislation will have a catastrophic impact on individual families and the wider economy. The administrative and financial burden for my business when I ship less than 100 orders per year to even my biggest EU market is simply untenable so I will no longer be able to sell to most other EU countries. A OSS for licences and the removal of the obligation to have an AR in every country for those operating under a minimum quantity or weight per year is nothing less than common sense. The very worst offenders of the kind of packaging that these regs are supposed to address will not be impacted, they have the money and manpower to register with every country and pay the fees. Micro businesses are the ONLY losers in this scenario. Shame on you EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548690_en"}, {"id": 33548683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:20:45", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Deze wetgeving gaat het onmogelijk maken om voor kleine EU bedrijven binnen de EU grenzen te leveren aan andere landen. Laat staan dat dit nog betaalbaar en overzichtelijk zal blijven. Je moet dus per land een ander bedrag betalen en daar bovenop nog eens een legale verantwoordelijke hebben in dit land. Weten jullie niet hoeveel dat dat allemaal gaat kosten voor een klein bedrijf en met doorvoer ook de cliënten. Laat staan dat de ondernemingen de kosten kunnen slikken of doorrekenen en niet failliet gaan omdat het onbetaalbaar wordt hierdoor. Maak gewoon 1 bedrag over de hele EU handelszone gebaseerd op opbrengst. Daarnaast zorg ervoor dat de registratie voor Europese handelszone bedrijven gratis online kan gebeuren en dat je maar 1 keer ergens moet aanmelden voor de hele EU zone. Als je dit niet doet, dan zal je gewoon alle kleine handelaars uit de EU drijven. Dit is toch hetgeen wat jullie wouden tegengaan met de import kost per categorie van producten die buiten de EU komen? Jullie zijn jezelf gewoon in je eigen vel aan het snijden met deze regelgeving.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation will make it impossible for small EU companies to supply borders within the EU to other countries. Let us not forget that this will remain affordable and easy to understand. You will therefore have to pay a different amount per country and have a legal responsible person in this country. You do not know how much that will all cost for a small business and with transit also the clients. Let alone that companies can swallow or pass on the costs and do not go bankrupt because this makes it unaffordable. Just make 1 amount across the EU trading zone based on yield. In addition, make sure that registration for the European trade zone is free of charge for businesses online and that you only have to register 1 times for the entire EU zone. If you do not, you will simply drive all small traders out of the EU. This is, however, what does your forest control with the import cost per category of products coming from outside the EU? You are simply cutting yourself into your own pocket with these regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548683_en"}, {"id": 33548689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:20:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law disproportionately affects small operations and businesses in a way that will kill many of them, leading to a loss of local artisans and potentially even the extinction of some heritage crafts. Large and midsize companies can absorb the costs of registration easily. A single person store cannot afford to register for every single country within the EU, it is beyond expensive. It will so severely affect their bottom line many stores are now stopping their sales to the European Union entirely. Customers within the EU will now have to rely on big corporations like Amazon or even shein and temu. I've seen dozens of videos from different stores announcing their closure for European orders. It's beyond bizarre to me that they have to register for every single country separately, I thought the EU was supposed to operate as an economic block? And especially small business within the EU should not be affected by this law. This law is aimed at reducing waste and making the recycling of shipping materials easier and more streamlined, small businesses are often already doing all they can by reusing existing packaging or paying more for biodegradable materials. Please, please edit/rework this law so that there are exceptions for small businesses and/or lower registration fees that allow shipping for the whole of the EU so that (at least for small businesses) it once again becomes a union that they can sell to.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law disproportionately affects small operations and businesses in a way that will kill many of them, leading to a loss of local artisans and potentially even the extinction of some heritage crafts. Large and midsize companies can absorb the costs of registration easily. A single person store cannot afford to register for every single country within the EU, it is beyond expensive. It will so severely affect their bottom line many stores are now stopping their sales to the European Union entirely. Customers within the EU will now have to rely on big corporations like Amazon or even shein and temu. I've seen dozens of videos from different stores announcing their closure for European orders. It's beyond bizarre to me that they have to register for every single country separately, I thought the EU was supposed to operate as an economic block? And especially small business within the EU should not be affected by this law. This law is aimed at reducing waste and making the recycling of shipping materials easier and more streamlined, small businesses are often already doing all they can by reusing existing packaging or paying more for biodegradable materials. Please, please edit/rework this law so that there are exceptions for small businesses and/or lower registration fees that allow shipping for the whole of the EU so that (at least for small businesses) it once again becomes a union that they can sell to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548689_en"}, {"id": 33548688, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:19:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Every new rule regarding international shipping just seems to have the goal to make it harder for small businesses and artists to stay afloat, while huge, low quality, landfill-type businesses barely notice, since they can easily afford it. Since this rule has been announced, I've seen dozens of independent artists devastated as they cannot afford to ship to EU countries anymore, and will lose a big part of their customers. It makes no sense to punish exchange of goods especially WITHIN the Eau. Aren't we a Union? This kills creativity and makes it even harder to follow ones passions. Every profession related to art and creativity is slowly destroyed. Please crack down on those who actually contribute to pollution and landfill, instead of punishing those who make less and reward those who are rich. That is, if you truly care about the goal you claim to have set yourselves.", "feedbackEnglish": "Every new rule regarding international shipping just seems to have the goal to make it harder for small businesses and artists to stay afloat, while huge, low quality, landfill-type businesses barely notice, since they can easily afford it. Since this rule has been announced, I've seen dozens of independent artists devastated as they cannot afford to ship to EU countries anymore, and will lose a big part of their customers. It makes no sense to punish exchange of goods especially WITHIN the Eau. Aren't we a Union? This kills creativity and makes it even harder to follow ones passions. Every profession related to art and creativity is slowly destroyed. Please crack down on those who actually contribute to pollution and landfill, instead of punishing those who make less and reward those who are rich. That is, if you truly care about the goal you claim to have set yourselves.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548688_en"}, {"id": 33548687, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:18:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für mich als deutsche Kleinunternehmerin war es seit der Einführungen der Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in der EU nur noch möglich, nach Belgien zu versenden, da diese eine Bagatellgrenze von 300 kg Verpackung berücksichtigten. Da diese nun auch wegfallen soll, wird auch das letzte Land innerhalb der EU für den Versand wegfallen. Die Kosten, die die Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten für jedes der 27 Mitgliedsstaaten mit sich bringen, übersteigt bei weitem meinen Erlös, bei nur wenigen Sendungen im Jahr. Auch wenn es keine große Anzahl an Sendungen in jedes einzelne EU Land ist, wirkt sich das trotzdem negativ auf meinen Umsatz aus. Ich kann ohne Weiteres z. B. nach Kanada versenden, aber es ist mir wegen des Kostenaufwandes nicht möglich, in angrenzende Nachbarländer wie Österreich oder Frankreich (die beiden EU-Länder, in denen ich denen ich nach Deutschland den meisten Umsatz machte) zu verschicken. Zudem ist der Bürokratieaufwand erheblich. Um den Versand nach Österreich aufrecht zu erhalten, brauchte ich eine notarielle Beauftragung, was mit weiteren zusätzlichen Kosten verbunden war. Ich habe bisher immer meine Gebühren für das Recycling der Verpackungen bezahlt und auch eine für mich günstige Lösung für Österreich gefunden. Dies kann ich auch mit Nachweisen belegen. Weshalb es nun extra einen \"Beauftragten\" braucht, erschließt sich mir nicht. Es wird immer von Entbürokratisierung gesprochen, aber der Bürokratiewahnsinn innerhalb der EU wird leider immer mehr. Es ist schon schlimm genug, dass ein Versand in die USA wegen der Zölle und den damit verbundenen Zollbestimmungen mit der Deutschen Post für kleine Artikel, wie meine, kaum möglich oder nur mit immensen Portokosten zu bewerkstelligen ist. Müssen den Kleinunternehmern jetzt auch innerhalb der EU zusätzliche Knüppel zwischen die Beine geworfen werden? Wäre es nicht möglich, eine Bagatellgrenze, wie sie bisher in Belgien galt, für alle Mitgliedsstaaten einzuführen? Ich verstehe, dass die EU mit Zöllen und Abgaben die Flut von Waren aus China eindämmen will, dass sie aber gleichzeitig die kleinen Händler in den Mitgliedsländern zusätzlich abstraft, erschließt sich mir nicht. Das wird das Aus für viele kleine Gewerbetreibende sein. Es scheint fast so, als wollte die EU nur noch Lobbyarbeit leisten und Großkonzerne unterstützen, den kleinen Schaffenden jedoch den Todesstoß versetzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Since the introduction of the authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility in the EU, it has only been possible for me, as a German small entrepreneur, to send to Belgium, as they took into account a de minimis limit of 300 kg of packaging. As this is now to be abolished, the last country within the EU will also be removed for transit. The cost of appointing an authorised representative for each of the 27 Member States far exceeds my revenue, with only a few consignments per year. Although it is not a large number of consignments to every single EU country, this still has a negative impact on my turnover. I can easily send to Canada, for example, but because of the costs involved I cannot send to neighbouring countries such as Austria or France (the two EU countries where I made the most sales to Germany). In addition, the administrative burden is considerable. In order to continue shipping to Austria, I needed a notary’s order, which entailed further additional costs. I have always paid my fees for recycling the packaging and have also found a favourable solution for Austria. I can also provide evidence of this. I do not see why an ‘agent’ is now needed. There is always talk of de-bureaucratisation, but unfortunately there is a growing sense of red tape within the EU. It is already bad enough that, because of the customs duties and the associated customs provisions with Deutsche Post for small items, shipping to the USA is hardly possible or can only be achieved with immense postage costs. Do small businesses now also have to be thrown extra links between their legs within the EU? Would it not be possible to introduce a de minimis threshold for all Member States, as was previously the case in Belgium? I understand that the EU is seeking to reduce the flow of goods from China by means of customs duties and taxes, but at the same time it is also penalising small traders in the Member States, which I do not understand. This will be the end for many small traders. It seems almost as if the EU only wanted to lobby and support big corporations while letting small creators die.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548687_en"}, {"id": 33548686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:17:39", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "È una legge che intacca tantissimi small businesses, bisognerebbe applicare queste leggi alle grandi aziende, non alle persone private che cercano di sbarcare il lunario con la loro piccola attività. In quanto fruitore di piccoli artisti e come artista emergente io stesso, vorrei che questa legge venisse cancellata con effetto immediato, o ancor meglio che si tassino i ricchi invece di colpire sempre i poveri.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a law that affects so many small businesses, and these laws should be applied to big companies, not to private individuals who try to disembark the lunchtime with their small business. As a user of small artists and as an emerging artist I myself, I would like this law to be deleted with immediate effect, or even better so that the rich are taxed instead of always targeting the poor.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548686_en"}, {"id": 33548685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:17:34", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To the European Commissioners and Representatives, I am an EU citizen living in Romania and own a microbusiness with my life partner. Bureaucracy and the costs involved are higher year by year. We thought that the EU would not only open new markets, but also simplify bureaucracy at the European level and at the country level. You say Think Small First is your policy approach. How is imposing this impossible-to-comply rule for a microbusiness respecting the Think Small First policy approach? Even complying with home-country rules is becoming harder and more expensive day by day for a microbusiness. We do not have legal teams to translate and counsel us regarding necessary rules to comply in all the rest of the EU states, should we have the good fortune to have a client from a different state! Sometimes its even hard to keep up with home legislation that changes too often. Not to mention the fees for each country, which are simply prohibitive, even more so when you are just starting and testing the market. For many of us, a microbusiness is the only thing we have left to survive as the job market shrinks daily with the advance of AI. We dont want to beg for social assistance; we only want to work, earn enough to make a decent living from what we produce and create, and pay what we have to pay - taxes, fees, and bills. We dont dream of yachts or fancy private jets, just a decent enough life as European citizens. We like to create, think, and do beautiful products with our own brains and hands that can bring joy to others. How could a traditional original illustration made on high-quality European watercolor paper with traditional, environmentally friendly European watercolor and sent in a cardboard envelope be considered to pollute as much as a big corporation product?! How can it be cheaper and easier to send an illustration to the United States of America than in a nearby European country?! For a cleaner environment, you impose the same fees for a microbusiness as for a corporation. Not to mention all the related paperwork! How is this Think Small First?! You are not only killing micro and small businesses, but you are basically killing the core values that we thought the EU stands for! And with it, throwing to waste the last hopes of many of your citizens! You are turning the European dream into a nightmare. Please make the necessary corrections to this law before it is too late and bring back our trust in the EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commissioners and Representatives, I am an EU citizen living in Romania and own a microbusiness with my life partner. Bureaucracy and the costs involved are higher year by year. We thought that the EU would not only open new markets, but also simplify bureaucracy at the European level and at the country level. You say Think Small First is your policy approach. How is imposing this impossible-to-comply rule for a microbusiness respecting the Think Small First policy approach? Even complying with home-country rules is becoming harder and more expensive day by day for a microbusiness. We do not have legal teams to translate and counsel us regarding necessary rules to comply in all the rest of the EU states, should we have the good fortune to have a client from a different state! Sometimes its even hard to keep up with home legislation that changes too often. Not to mention the fees for each country, which are simply prohibitive, even more so when you are just starting and testing the market. For many of us, a microbusiness is the only thing we have left to survive as the job market shrinks daily with the advance of AI. We dont want to beg for social assistance; we only want to work, earn enough to make a decent living from what we produce and create, and pay what we have to pay - taxes, fees, and bills. We dont dream of yachts or fancy private jets, just a decent enough life as European citizens. We like to create, think, and do beautiful products with our own brains and hands that can bring joy to others. How could a traditional original illustration made on high-quality European watercolor paper with traditional, environmentally friendly European watercolor and sent in a cardboard envelope be considered to pollute as much as a big corporation product?! How can it be cheaper and easier to send an illustration to the United States of America than in a nearby European country?! For a cleaner environment, you impose the same fees for a microbusiness as for a corporation. Not to mention all the related paperwork! How is this Think Small First?! You are not only killing micro and small businesses, but you are basically killing the core values that we thought the EU stands for! And with it, throwing to waste the last hopes of many of your citizens! You are turning the European dream into a nightmare. Please make the necessary corrections to this law before it is too late and bring back our trust in the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548685_en"}, {"id": 33548684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:16:41", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "this new regulation is going to kill small creators with extra fees, please reconsider that.", "feedbackEnglish": "this new regulation is going to kill small creators with extra fees, please reconsider that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548684_en"}, {"id": 33548680, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:14:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Pour ma part cette loi m'affecte en tant que consommatrice et en tant qu'artisan vendant ses créations à l'international. Dans mon activité, qui connaît de réelles difficultés dans le contexte économique actuel, l'envoie à l'étranger est une nécessitée. Cependant mes envoies se font majoritairement à l'étranger et dans de nombreux pays. Avoir des frais fixes de plusieurs centaines d'euros par an rend les choses bien plus complexes voir inenvisageable. Je vend régulièrement dans 5 pays européens, cependant j'ai quelques ventes ponctuelles dans les autres pays membre de l'UE qui ne sont pas négligeable dans mon chiffre d'affaire. Cependant si la vente dans un pays me rapporte entre 0 et 150 par an alors il n'est plus envisageable d'y vendre si des frais fixes de 50 ou plus tombent car j'y perdrai de l'argent ou je serais obligé d'y pratiquer des prix gonflés y rendant la vente également impossible. Et les seuils ne sont absolument pas adaptés. Pour certains pays les frais fixes sont de 50 pour moins de 10 000 envoies. Il est nécessaire de mieux prévoir les micro entreprise en ajoutant plus de progressivité (sur les contraintes et sur les prix) voir une exonération. De plus l'ampleur du travail administratif annuel est inutilement compliqué. Il est nécessaire de faire une double inscription (administrative + organisme agrée pour la gestion de l'écoparticipation) dans chaque pays membre de l'union européenne où l'on vend, voir d'avoir un mandataire local supplémentaire et ensuite d'ajouter les déclaration du grammage de chaque emballage dans chaque pays voir d'effectuer une déclaration supplémentaire du grammage prévu pour l'année suivante. Il y a un besoin de simplification et d'unification, au moins d'avoir à disposition un guichet unique européen pour centraliser ces éléments. En tant que \"consommatrice\" je vois un grand nombre d'artistes européens, que je suit et chez qui j'achète, qui annoncent déjà arrêter de vendre dans mon pays. A terme cela limitera ma façon de consommer en Europe en limitant les acteurs accessibles ou en rendant ces petits créateurs encore moins compétitif vis à vis des entreprises plus conséquentes pour qui ces coûts sont dérisoires. Autrement dit on rend l'art et la culture moins accessible au profit des grosses entreprises / productions industrielles.", "feedbackEnglish": "For my part, this law affects me as a consumer and as a craftsman selling his creations internationally. In my business, which is experiencing real difficulties in the current economic context, sending it abroad is a necessity. However, the majority of my journeys take place abroad and in many countries. Having fixed costs of several hundred euros per year makes things much more complex or inconceivable. I regularly sell in 5 European countries, but I have some one-off sales in other EU countries that are not negligible in my turnover. However, if the sale in a country brings me between 0 and 150 per year, it is no longer possible to sell there if fixed costs of 50 or more fall, because I will lose money there or I would be obliged to charge inflated prices there, making it impossible to sell there as well. And the thresholds are completely inadequate. For some countries, the fixed costs are 50 for fewer than 10 000 lanes. There is a need to better predict micro enterprises by adding more progressivity (on constraints and on prices) or an exemption. Moreover, the scale of the annual administrative work is unnecessarily complicated. It is necessary to register twice (administrative + approved body for the management of eco-participation) in each Member State of the European Union where you sell, see that you have an additional local agent and then add the grammage declaration for each package in each country, see that you make an additional grammage declaration for the following year. There is a need for simplification and unification, at least to have a European one-stop-shop to centralise these elements. As a ‘consumer’, I see a large number of European artists, whom I follow and from whom I buy, who are already announcing to stop selling in my country. In the long term, this will limit the way I consume in Europe by limiting the players that can be reached or by making these small creators even less competitive with larger companies for whom these costs are derisory. In other words, art and culture are made less accessible for the benefit of large industrial enterprises/productions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548680_en"}, {"id": 33548679, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:14:00", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questo tipo di legge renderà impossibile commerciare per tutti quei piccoli commercianti che lavorano spedendo i loro prodotti in giro per l'Europa, andando così contro uno dei più basici e importanti pilastri che hanno fondato l'Unione: il libero commercio e la libera circolazione delle merci.", "feedbackEnglish": "This type of law will make it impossible for all those small traders who work by shipping their products around Europe to trade, thus going against one of the most basic and important pillars that have founded the Union: free trade and free movement of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548679_en"}, {"id": 33548678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:11:29", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While understandable wanting to minimize waste, once again the biggest cost to bear falls onto small and independen businesses that cannot reasonibly bear this cost, neither short- nor longterm. Meanwhile, big corporations are barely impacted at all since they already earn insane amounts of money. Small businesses will close down en masse and cannot sprout anew, killing any and all competition on the market. Ideally, small and independed businessed would either be exempt from this, or the cost would be SEVERELY reduced, or it would be dependent on the companies actual earnings. In any case, the current iteration of this proposed law is very much illogical to continue with.", "feedbackEnglish": "While understandable wanting to minimize waste, once again the biggest cost to bear falls onto small and independen businesses that cannot reasonibly bear this cost, neither short- nor longterm. Meanwhile, big corporations are barely impacted at all since they already earn insane amounts of money. Small businesses will close down en masse and cannot sprout anew, killing any and all competition on the market. Ideally, small and independed businessed would either be exempt from this, or the cost would be SEVERELY reduced, or it would be dependent on the companies actual earnings. In any case, the current iteration of this proposed law is very much illogical to continue with.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548678_en"}, {"id": 33548677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:11:21", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Non mi sembra affatto giusto che piccoli e grandi produttori debbano essere trattati allo stesso modo. Venditori che spediscono piccole quantità e producono pochi rifiuti non vanno trattati alla stessa stregua della grande distribuzione - anche perché la spesa potrebbe far loro rischiare la chiusura.", "feedbackEnglish": "It does not seem to me to be right that small and large producers should be treated in the same way. Sellers who ship small quantities and produce little waste should not be treated in the same way as large retailers – also because spending could put them at risk of closure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548677_en"}, {"id": 33548676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:10:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the waste they generate. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of the PPWR will impose a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses, independent artists and small online shops selling across EU borders. An independent artist may send only a handful of parcels to a particular Member State each year. Requiring that person to navigate separate registration systems, fees, reporting requirements and potentially representatives in multiple countries creates costs and administrative work entirely disproportionate to the packaging waste generated. Simplified reporting does not solve the fundamental problem. A one-person business cannot reasonably manage compliance systems across numerous Member States simply because customers happen to live there. This risks undermining one of the EUs greatest achievements: the Single Market. Artists and small businesses are already discussing restricting sales to their home countries because EU-wide compliance would be financially or administratively impossible. Instead of connecting European businesses and consumers, these rules risk recreating national barriers to trade. The consequences are also anti-competitive. Large multinational retailers and marketplaces can spread compliance costs across millions of transactions and employ dedicated compliance teams. A self-employed illustrator selling 20 prints cannot. Companies such as Amazon, Temu and SHEIN have the scale and resources to absorb these requirements, while small European competitors may simply stop selling across borders. Consumers may consequently become even more dependent on large platforms and mass-produced goods. This is particularly damaging to Europes creative industries. Artists, illustrators, designers, craftspeople, zine publishers and other independent creators increasingly rely on direct online sales. Their audiences are often geographically dispersed, making access to the European market especially important. Many creative professionals are already facing economic disruption from generative AI and the copying or reproduction of their work. EU policy should support European creativity and independent entrepreneurship, not make these livelihoods less viable. The rules may also discourage people from starting businesses at all. Someone opening a tiny online shop should be able to test whether Europeans want their work without first navigating compliance systems in numerous countries. I urge the Commission to create a genuinely proportionate system, including: - one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system rather than separate national processes - meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes - no requirement for costly representatives in every Member State for very small cross-border sellers - fees based on actual packaging quantities rather than disproportionate fixed costs - simple, standardised procedures that do not require specialist compliance services. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. A system in which a small European artist becomes economically unable to send a recycled-cardboard parcel to a customer elsewhere in the EU, while multinational mass retailers can easily absorb the compliance costs, does not serve sustainability, fair competition or the Single Market. The EU should make it easier for Europeans to buy directly from independent European creators while ensuring that businesses contribute fairly to the waste they actually generate. These goals are entirely compatible.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the waste they generate. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of the PPWR will impose a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses, independent artists and small online shops selling across EU borders. An independent artist may send only a handful of parcels to a particular Member State each year. Requiring that person to navigate separate registration systems, fees, reporting requirements and potentially representatives in multiple countries creates costs and administrative work entirely disproportionate to the packaging waste generated. Simplified reporting does not solve the fundamental problem. A one-person business cannot reasonably manage compliance systems across numerous Member States simply because customers happen to live there. This risks undermining one of the EUs greatest achievements: the Single Market. Artists and small businesses are already discussing restricting sales to their home countries because EU-wide compliance would be financially or administratively impossible. Instead of connecting European businesses and consumers, these rules risk recreating national barriers to trade. The consequences are also anti-competitive. Large multinational retailers and marketplaces can spread compliance costs across millions of transactions and employ dedicated compliance teams. A self-employed illustrator selling 20 prints cannot. Companies such as Amazon, Temu and SHEIN have the scale and resources to absorb these requirements, while small European competitors may simply stop selling across borders. Consumers may consequently become even more dependent on large platforms and mass-produced goods. This is particularly damaging to Europes creative industries. Artists, illustrators, designers, craftspeople, zine publishers and other independent creators increasingly rely on direct online sales. Their audiences are often geographically dispersed, making access to the European market especially important. Many creative professionals are already facing economic disruption from generative AI and the copying or reproduction of their work. EU policy should support European creativity and independent entrepreneurship, not make these livelihoods less viable. The rules may also discourage people from starting businesses at all. Someone opening a tiny online shop should be able to test whether Europeans want their work without first navigating compliance systems in numerous countries. I urge the Commission to create a genuinely proportionate system, including: - one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system rather than separate national processes - meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes - no requirement for costly representatives in every Member State for very small cross-border sellers - fees based on actual packaging quantities rather than disproportionate fixed costs - simple, standardised procedures that do not require specialist compliance services. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. A system in which a small European artist becomes economically unable to send a recycled-cardboard parcel to a customer elsewhere in the EU, while multinational mass retailers can easily absorb the compliance costs, does not serve sustainability, fair competition or the Single Market. The EU should make it easier for Europeans to buy directly from independent European creators while ensuring that businesses contribute fairly to the waste they actually generate. These goals are entirely compatible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548676_en"}, {"id": 33548675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:10:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Linie", "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and believe businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, as a one-person micro-business based in Germany, I am deeply concerned that the current cross-border EPR system is creating a completely disproportionate burden for the smallest businesses. I run a very small online vintage business selling one-off objects in low volumes. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in a particular EU Member State. Yet under the current system, selling to even a small number of customers in another country can require separate registration, administration and an authorised representative in that Member State. For a large company, these are compliance costs that can be spread across thousands or millions of sales. For a micro-business, a few hundred euros per country can wipe out the profit from that market entirely. This is not merely an inconvenience. Many micro-businesses provide real household income. The money lost to disproportionate fixed compliance costs is money that would otherwise contribute to rent, food, health insurance, childcare and other everyday living expenses. The practical result is that many very small businesses are considering stopping cross-border sales within the EU altogether. That is extremely difficult to reconcile with the principle of the EU Single Market. A business legally established in one Member State should not face a new fixed administrative and financial barrier every time a customer happens to live across another internal EU border. The current structure also creates a significant competitive imbalance. Large businesses can afford legal departments, compliance providers and multiple national representatives. Small businesses cannot. The practical effect is therefore to give larger companies a structural advantage and to push micro-businesses out of cross-border trade. This is particularly disproportionate where the actual environmental impact is extremely small. A micro-business sending a few dozen parcels per year should not face comparable fixed compliance structures to a company placing hundreds of thousands of packaged products on the market. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate solution for EU-established micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. This could include: * an exemption from the destination-country authorised representative requirement for EU-established micro-enterprises; * a meaningful de minimis threshold based on packaging volume, turnover or number of units supplied; * or a single EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of separate national arrangements. Environmental regulation should make businesses responsible in proportion to their environmental impact. It should not create a system in which the smallest businesses face the highest compliance cost per parcel and are effectively forced out of the European Single Market. For many micro-business owners, this is about more than administration. It is about whether we can continue earning a living from our businesses at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and believe businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, as a one-person micro-business based in Germany, I am deeply concerned that the current cross-border EPR system is creating a completely disproportionate burden for the smallest businesses. I run a very small online vintage business selling one-off objects in low volumes. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in a particular EU Member State. Yet under the current system, selling to even a small number of customers in another country can require separate registration, administration and an authorised representative in that Member State. For a large company, these are compliance costs that can be spread across thousands or millions of sales. For a micro-business, a few hundred euros per country can wipe out the profit from that market entirely. This is not merely an inconvenience. Many micro-businesses provide real household income. The money lost to disproportionate fixed compliance costs is money that would otherwise contribute to rent, food, health insurance, childcare and other everyday living expenses. The practical result is that many very small businesses are considering stopping cross-border sales within the EU altogether. That is extremely difficult to reconcile with the principle of the EU Single Market. A business legally established in one Member State should not face a new fixed administrative and financial barrier every time a customer happens to live across another internal EU border. The current structure also creates a significant competitive imbalance. Large businesses can afford legal departments, compliance providers and multiple national representatives. Small businesses cannot. The practical effect is therefore to give larger companies a structural advantage and to push micro-businesses out of cross-border trade. This is particularly disproportionate where the actual environmental impact is extremely small. A micro-business sending a few dozen parcels per year should not face comparable fixed compliance structures to a company placing hundreds of thousands of packaged products on the market. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate solution for EU-established micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. This could include: * an exemption from the destination-country authorised representative requirement for EU-established micro-enterprises; * a meaningful de minimis threshold based on packaging volume, turnover or number of units supplied; * or a single EU-wide registration and reporting system instead of separate national arrangements. Environmental regulation should make businesses responsible in proportion to their environmental impact. It should not create a system in which the smallest businesses face the highest compliance cost per parcel and are effectively forced out of the European Single Market. For many micro-business owners, this is about more than administration. It is about whether we can continue earning a living from our businesses at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548675_en"}, {"id": 33548674, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:08:49", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Christine De Torck", "feedback": "Ik begrijp en steun de doelstellingen achter dit initiatief, met name de verantwoordelijkheid voor verpakkingen en de impact ervan op het milieu. De administratieve en financiële lasten die de regelgeving met zich meebrengt voor zeer kleine ondernemingen, zijn echter buitenproportioneel. Voor een kleine zelfstandige is het niet realistisch om zich afzonderlijk te moeten registreren, rapporteren en eventueel bijdragen te betalen in elk EU-land waarnaar zelfs maar een beperkt aantal producten wordt verzonden. In sommige landen gaat het misschien maar om enkele klanten of enkele pakketten per jaar. De kosten en administratie kunnen daardoor al snel hoger worden dan de waarde van de verkopen zelf. Dit zorgt voor een groot nadeel voor kleine en zelfstandige ondernemingen. Middelgrote en grote bedrijven kunnen dergelijke registraties, bijdragen en administratieve verplichtingen relatief eenvoudig opnemen in hun normale werking. Voor een kleine onderneming kunnen diezelfde verplichtingen echter voldoende zijn om verkoop aan klanten in andere EU-landen economisch onhaalbaar te maken. Dit is vooral problematisch voor ondernemingen uit kleinere EU-lidstaten, zoals België. De Europese interne markt zou kleine ondernemingen juist de mogelijkheid moeten bieden om klanten te bereiken buiten hun relatief kleine thuismarkt. Door voor elk land afzonderlijke administratieve verplichtingen op te leggen, ontstaan in de praktijk opnieuw grenzen binnen die interne markt. Het gevolg is dat kleine ondernemingen bepaalde EU-landen niet langer zullen beleveren. Niet omdat er geen klanten zijn, maar omdat het voor enkele bestellingen per jaar financieel en administratief niet haalbaar is. Ook consumenten worden hierdoor benadeeld: zij krijgen minder toegang tot producten van kleine en onafhankelijke Europese ondernemingen. Daarom zou er een duidelijke Europese vrijstellingsdrempel voor micro- en kleine ondernemingen moeten bestaan, bijvoorbeeld op basis van omzet of het aantal of de waarde van de verkopen in een bepaald land. Onder die drempel zouden ondernemingen vrijgesteld moeten zijn van afzonderlijke nationale registraties en bijdragen. Een andere mogelijkheid is één eenvoudig Europees registratie- en rapporteringssysteem, in plaats van afzonderlijke systemen per lidstaat. Milieuverantwoordelijkheid is belangrijk, maar de regelgeving moet proportioneel blijven. Europese wetgeving mag er niet onbedoeld toe leiden dat de interne markt alleen nog praktisch toegankelijk is voor ondernemingen die groot genoeg zijn om alle administratieve lasten te kunnen dragen. Voor een kleine zelfstandige is dit geen kleine administratieve hinder. Het kan uiteindelijk bepalen of verkopen aan klanten in andere EU-landen überhaupt nog mogelijk is.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand and support the objectives behind this initiative, in particular the responsibility for packaging and its impact on the environment. However, the administrative and financial burden that regulation imposes on very small businesses is disproportionate. For a small self-employed person, it is not realistic to have to register, report and possibly pay contributions separately in each EU country to which even a limited number of products are shipped. In some countries, it may be only a few customers or a few parcels per year. As a result, costs and administration can easily exceed the value of sales themselves. This puts small and independent enterprises at a major disadvantage. Medium-sized and large companies can relatively easily include such registrations, contributions and administrative obligations in their normal operations. However, for a small enterprise, the same obligations may be sufficient to make selling to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. This is particularly problematic for companies from smaller EU Member States, such as Belgium. On the contrary, the European single market should allow small businesses to reach customers outside their relatively small home market. In practice, the imposition of separate administrative obligations for each country creates new borders within that internal market. As a result, small businesses will no longer supply certain EU countries. Not because there are no customers, but because it is not financially and administratively feasible for some orders per year. It also puts consumers at a disadvantage: they will have less access to products from small and independent European companies. Therefore, there should be a clear European exemption threshold for micro and small enterprises, for example based on turnover or the number or value of sales in a given country. Below that threshold, undertakings should be exempt from individual national registrations and contributions. Another option would be a single, simple European registration and reporting system, rather than separate systems per Member State. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation must remain proportionate. European legislation must not inadvertently mean that the single market is only accessible in practice to businesses that are large enough to be able to bear all the administrative burdens. For a self-employed small person, this is not a minor administrative burden. It can ultimately determine whether it is still possible to sell to customers in other EU countries at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548674_en"}, {"id": 33563059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 13:54:54", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a sole trader in Belgium under the bijberoep regime, making handmade bracelets. My total sales to date are eight items: four to Ukraine, two to India, one to the United States, one to Poland. I write as a micro-enterprise directly affected by the registration architecture this act will define. The problem Registration under Art. 44 and authorised representation under Art. 45 are fixed costs per Member State. They do not scale with volume. One cross-border parcel a year earns me around EUR 300; quoted rates for authorised representation run from roughly EUR 190 to EUR 5,000 per country per year. Even at the low end, compliance in a Member State costs more than that Member State earns me. I have therefore stopped offering delivery to other EU Member States. I still ship to Ukraine, India and the United States, where no equivalent registration applies to me. I am an EU micro-enterprise for which selling outside the single market is now simpler than selling within it. Why this act The obligation to register comes from the Regulation, not from this act, and I am not asking for it to be removed. My point concerns what this act does govern: the data set, the format and the interoperability of national registers. The burden is duplication, not the fee. Registering once is manageable. Registering twenty-six times, in twenty-six portals, languages, documentary regimes and reporting cycles, is not. Requests 1. Mutual recognition. Where a producer is registered in one Member State, the harmonised data set should suffice elsewhere without re-submitting the same documentation. 2. Single point of entry. The Single Market Strategy of 21 May 2025 commits to addressing EPR fragmentation through a digital single entry point for information, registration and reporting. The schema adopted now determines whether that remains feasible. Please design it so that one submission can be routed to all relevant registers. Producer responsibility organisations have themselves argued that multiple national registers add cost and complexity without environmental benefit. 3. Proportionality. Art. 44(8) already provides lighter reporting below ten tonnes a year. The same principle should apply to the registration data set: a producer placing a few kilograms on a market should not file what a producer placing thousands of tonnes files. 4. Language. Accept the harmonised format in English or in the producer's own language across all registers. For a one-person business this barrier is independent of the fee. On free-riding Proposals to relieve small operators have been resisted as inviting free-riding by third-country sellers. None of the above creates that risk. Mutual recognition, a single entry point and a common multilingual format do not reduce the number of producers registered, the traceability of their packaging, or the fees they pay. They reduce only how many times the same information must be entered. A system that operators can realistically comply with is easier to enforce, not harder. Conclusion For micro-enterprises selling cross-border at distance, the present architecture makes intra-EU trade the most burdensome option available to us and third-country markets the straightforward one. This act can correct that at no cost to any environmental objective.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader in Belgium under the bijberoep regime, making handmade bracelets. My total sales to date are eight items: four to Ukraine, two to India, one to the United States, one to Poland. I write as a micro-enterprise directly affected by the registration architecture this act will define. The problem Registration under Art. 44 and authorised representation under Art. 45 are fixed costs per Member State. They do not scale with volume. One cross-border parcel a year earns me around EUR 300; quoted rates for authorised representation run from roughly EUR 190 to EUR 5,000 per country per year. Even at the low end, compliance in a Member State costs more than that Member State earns me. I have therefore stopped offering delivery to other EU Member States. I still ship to Ukraine, India and the United States, where no equivalent registration applies to me. I am an EU micro-enterprise for which selling outside the single market is now simpler than selling within it. Why this act The obligation to register comes from the Regulation, not from this act, and I am not asking for it to be removed. My point concerns what this act does govern: the data set, the format and the interoperability of national registers. The burden is duplication, not the fee. Registering once is manageable. Registering twenty-six times, in twenty-six portals, languages, documentary regimes and reporting cycles, is not. Requests 1. Mutual recognition. Where a producer is registered in one Member State, the harmonised data set should suffice elsewhere without re-submitting the same documentation. 2. Single point of entry. The Single Market Strategy of 21 May 2025 commits to addressing EPR fragmentation through a digital single entry point for information, registration and reporting. The schema adopted now determines whether that remains feasible. Please design it so that one submission can be routed to all relevant registers. Producer responsibility organisations have themselves argued that multiple national registers add cost and complexity without environmental benefit. 3. Proportionality. Art. 44(8) already provides lighter reporting below ten tonnes a year. The same principle should apply to the registration data set: a producer placing a few kilograms on a market should not file what a producer placing thousands of tonnes files. 4. Language. Accept the harmonised format in English or in the producer's own language across all registers. For a one-person business this barrier is independent of the fee. On free-riding Proposals to relieve small operators have been resisted as inviting free-riding by third-country sellers. None of the above creates that risk. Mutual recognition, a single entry point and a common multilingual format do not reduce the number of producers registered, the traceability of their packaging, or the fees they pay. They reduce only how many times the same information must be entered. A system that operators can realistically comply with is easier to enforce, not harder. Conclusion For micro-enterprises selling cross-border at distance, the present architecture makes intra-EU trade the most burdensome option available to us and third-country markets the straightforward one. This act can correct that at no cost to any environmental objective.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563059_en"}, {"id": 33563057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 13:41:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich empfinde den Grundgedanken des PPWR Gesetzes eigentlich lobenwert. Nur werden so kleine Unternehmen wie meins, so stark eingeschränkt, das es auf Dauer den Handel innerhalb der EU zerstören wird. Warum wird nicht nach Paketmengen skaliert? Warum gibt es nicht eine Anmeldung, anstatt diese in jedem Land tätigen zu müssen? Diese Ausübung des Gesetzes funktioniert in diesem Zusammenhan nicht und wird dafür sorgen das der Handel, gerade im Feinkostbereich, zu einem Stillstand kommen wird. Ich freue mich über eine Antwort und Stellungsnahme. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Oliver Kiurina", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I really find the rationale of the PPWR law laudable. Only small businesses like myself will be restricted to the extent that it will permanently destroy intra-EU trade. Why is it not scaled by parcel volumes? Why not register instead of having to do it in every country? This exercise of the law does not work in this context and will lead to a halt to trade, particularly in the area of fine food. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Oliver Kiurina", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563057_en"}, {"id": 33563056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 13:40:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is another thoughtless and unprofessional document from officials who only receive huge salaries and have no connection with reality, no idea about the lives of ordinary people, which will finally kill small businesses and handicrafts. I'm closing my small business selling vintage items and making jewelry and getting a job at the European Parliament.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is another thoughtless and unprofessional document from officials who only receive huge salaries and have no connection with reality, no idea about the lives of ordinary people, which will finally kill small businesses and handicrafts. I'm closing my small business selling vintage items and making jewelry and getting a job at the European Parliament.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563056_en"}, {"id": 33563054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 13:21:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Angestellte", "feedback": "Betreff: Feedback zur PPWR Massive Benachteiligung von Kleinunternehmen durch Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht und unklare HerstellerdefinitionSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,als Inhaber eines kleinen Online-Handelsunternehmens unterstütze ich die ökologischen Ziele der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) ausdrücklich. Die Schonung von Ressourcen, die Minimierung von Leerraum sowie der Einsatz kreislauffähiger Verpackungen sind für mich selbstverständlich. Ich verwende bereits ausschließlich zertifizierte, recyclebare Standard-Versandkartons von etablierten Herstellern und achte penibel darauf, so wenig Verpackungsmaterial wie möglich zu verbrauchen. Ich halte mich vollumfänglich an alle Umweltvorgaben.Die Pflicht zur Benennung eines notariell beglaubigten, lokalen Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaat (wie z. B. in Österreich) stellt für Kleinstunternehmen wie meines jedoch eine unüberwindbare bürokratische und finanzielle Hürde dar. Für wenige Pakete im Monat stehen die Kosten für Notare, Bevollmächtigten-Dienstleister und die länderspezifische Bürokratie in absolut keinem Verhältnis zum Umsatz. Große Konzerne können diese Kosten und den administrativen Aufwand über eigene Rechtsabteilungen problemlos abfedern. Für kleine Händler bedeutet diese Regelung im Ergebnis jedoch das wirtschaftliche Aus für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarktes. Ich war bereits gezwungen, den Versand in Nachbarländer einzustellen.Zudem sorgt die Unklarheit bei der Definition des \"Erzeugers\" bzw. \"Herstellers\" für massive Rechtsunsicherheit im Alltag. Es muss im Gesetzgebungsverfahren unmissverständlich klargestellt werden, dass der bloße Einsatz von bedruckten Verpackungsbändern, Klebebändern oder Marken-Aufklebern auf einem ansonsten zugekauften Standard-Karton eines Drittherstellers einen kleinen Händler nicht automatisch rechtlich zum Hersteller der gesamten Verpackung hochstuft. Wenn ein KMU Standard-Kartons nutzt, liegt die primäre Verantwortung für die Materialkonformität beim eigentlichen Kartonproduzenten. Kleine Händler wegen eines simplen Logo-Klebebands mit der vollen bürokratischen Last der technischen Dokumentation zu belegen, ist völlig realitätsfern und erzeugt nur neue, unüberwindbare Hürden.Die Pflicht zur Bevollmächtigung schützt nicht die Umwelt, sondern sie schafft lediglich existenzbedrohende Bürokratie für kleine Händler. Ich fordere daher dringend eine De-minimis-Regelung (Bagatellgrenze) oder eine vollständige Befreiung von der Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen, sofern diese bereits recyclingfähige Standardverpackungen nutzen. Zudem bedarf es einer unbürokratischen Klarstellung bei gebrandeten Hilfsmitteln wie Klebebändern, damit diese kleine Betriebe nicht ungewollt in die Herstellerhaftung drängen.Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Daniela Larkin, Firma Lavitio Sichtschutzsysteme", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Feedback on the PPWR Massive Disadvantage of small businesses due to the obligation to have an authorised representative and unclear definition of the manufacturerDear Sir/Madam, as owner of a small online trading company, I expressly support the environmental objectives of the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR). The conservation of resources, the minimisation of empty space and the use of circular packaging are self-evident for me. I already use only certified, recyclable standard shipping cartons from established manufacturers and take great care to minimise the use of packaging material. I fully comply with all environmental requirements. However, the obligation to appoint a notary-certified local authorised representative in each individual EU Member State (such as in Austria) represents an insurmountable bureaucratic and financial hurdle for micro-enterprises such as myself. For a few packages per month, the costs for notaries, proxy service providers and country-specific bureaucracy are completely disproportionate to turnover. Large corporations can easily absorb these costs and the administrative burden through their own legal departments. For small traders, however, the result of this arrangement is the economic outflow for cross-border trade within the EU’s internal market. I have already been forced to stop shipping to neighbouring countries, and the ambiguity surrounding the definition of ‘producer’ creates massive legal uncertainty in everyday life. It must be made unequivocally clear in the legislative procedure that the mere use of printed packaging tapes, adhesive tapes or brand stickers on an otherwise purchased standard carton of a third-party manufacturer does not automatically rank a small trader legally as the manufacturer of the entire packaging. If an SME uses standard cartons, the primary responsibility for material compliance lies with the actual carton producer. Imposing the full bureaucratic burden of technical documentation on small dealers because of a simple logo tape is completely unrealistic and only creates new, insurmountable hurdles. The obligation to authorise does not protect the environment, but merely creates bureaucracy that threatens the very existence of small dealers. I therefore urgently call for a de minimis rule (de minimis threshold) or a complete exemption from the obligation to appoint representatives for small and micro enterprises, provided that they already use standard recyclable packaging. There is also a need for unbureaucratic clarification with regard to burnt aids, such as adhesive tapes, so that these small businesses do not inadvertently impose liability on manufacturers. Yours sincerely, Daniela Larkin, Lavitio Visual Protection Systems", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563054_en"}, {"id": 33563053, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 13:21:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bessere Verpackungsregeln, welche Unternehmen zwingen besser zu handlen sind wichtig, allerdings muss es machbar sein für Einzelhändler immer noch ihr Geschäft zu machen. Derzeit ist der Gesetzesentwurf nicht gut genug dafür.", "feedbackEnglish": "Better packaging rules that force companies to do better are important, but it must still be feasible for retailers to do business. At present, the draft law is not good enough for this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563053_en"}, {"id": 33563050, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:58:16", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a private citizen, as I understand it, I am very concerned by the barriers and unfairness this new regulation introduces, particularly with the red tape and the ERP registers. It drowns SMEs, and especially micro enterprises which usually are much more concerned with environmental sustainability than large and multinational ones, might I add in red tape and, worse still, in extra costs of such entity that it could break them. It also goes against the principles of the single market and Schengen agreements. It even goes against the aim of the regulation itself. The ERP register is the biggest concern here: you have to register to each singular EU country, with fees attached and more red tape. This register should be EUROPEAN, easy to use and utterly free of charge. Small businesses are the life and soul of many countries, they're a cornerstone of economic resilience, creativity and innovation. In many cases, they're paying a big cut of the taxes. Not to mention they contribute to the preservation of artisanal crafts. It is a terrible thing morally and financially to choke them into non existence with blow after blow of red tape. The aim of the regulation is noble, and I support it, but it is probably best achieved by not burdening a huge part of the economy like that. As single countries, we've sacrificed a lot of autonomy to belong in something bigger and build European fraternity. One big part of it was the single market and free movement of goods. Europe should make things fairer and easier, and in many ways it has, and the purpose of regulations is to unify, not create more diversified red tape. The EU should walk back the more onerous part of the regulation, introduce more comprehensive thresholds for exemptions, introduce more realistic timelines for packaging users (it's the actual manufacturers who actually tip the scale anyway), make sanctions truly progressive (otherwise small companies might be taken out by a simple non compliance issue, while large ones might avoid compliance and see the fines as simply the cost of doing business) and take into account the reality of small businesses everywhere in the Union and not just in the richer EU countries (a microbusiness in Italy probably doesn't pull the same profits as one in a richer country), and regulate actual manufacturing of packaging and not the people who simply use it. ESPECIALLY on the ERP registers. As it is, this regulation seems very unaware of the real world. And it is frankly a really bad look for this otherwise great project of international unity. The EU hinges on the will of its people. Do not damage their support with blunders like this.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a private citizen, as I understand it, I am very concerned by the barriers and unfairness this new regulation introduces, particularly with the red tape and the ERP registers. It drowns SMEs, and especially micro enterprises which usually are much more concerned with environmental sustainability than large and multinational ones, might I add in red tape and, worse still, in extra costs of such entity that it could break them. It also goes against the principles of the single market and Schengen agreements. It even goes against the aim of the regulation itself. The ERP register is the biggest concern here: you have to register to each singular EU country, with fees attached and more red tape. This register should be EUROPEAN, easy to use and utterly free of charge. Small businesses are the life and soul of many countries, they're a cornerstone of economic resilience, creativity and innovation. In many cases, they're paying a big cut of the taxes. Not to mention they contribute to the preservation of artisanal crafts. It is a terrible thing morally and financially to choke them into non existence with blow after blow of red tape. The aim of the regulation is noble, and I support it, but it is probably best achieved by not burdening a huge part of the economy like that. As single countries, we've sacrificed a lot of autonomy to belong in something bigger and build European fraternity. One big part of it was the single market and free movement of goods. Europe should make things fairer and easier, and in many ways it has, and the purpose of regulations is to unify, not create more diversified red tape. The EU should walk back the more onerous part of the regulation, introduce more comprehensive thresholds for exemptions, introduce more realistic timelines for packaging users (it's the actual manufacturers who actually tip the scale anyway), make sanctions truly progressive (otherwise small companies might be taken out by a simple non compliance issue, while large ones might avoid compliance and see the fines as simply the cost of doing business) and take into account the reality of small businesses everywhere in the Union and not just in the richer EU countries (a microbusiness in Italy probably doesn't pull the same profits as one in a richer country), and regulate actual manufacturing of packaging and not the people who simply use it. ESPECIALLY on the ERP registers. As it is, this regulation seems very unaware of the real world. And it is frankly a really bad look for this otherwise great project of international unity. The EU hinges on the will of its people. Do not damage their support with blunders like this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563050_en"}, {"id": 33563049, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:58:13", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EUs ban on PFAS in packaging is a welcome and necessary step to protect public health and the environment. Reducing exposure to these harmful substances aligns with the EUs commitment to sustainability and consumer safety. However, the current implementation of PPWR undermines these goals by fragmenting the Single Market. Requiring businesses to register separately in each of the 27 member stateswith associated fees and complex compliance rulescontradicts the very principle of a unified EU market. This approach disproportionately burdens small and medium-sized businesses, which lack the resources to navigate such bureaucracy. A centralized EU-wide system is the solution: - Replace 27 separate registrations with a single, streamlined portal for cross-border compliance. - Exempt micro-businesses from unnecessary administrative costs to ensure they can compete fairly. - Align PPWR with the Single Markets core values: simplicity, accessibility, and equal opportunity. The EU must preserve its environmental ambitions while fixing the anti-EU bureaucracy that threatens small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EUs ban on PFAS in packaging is a welcome and necessary step to protect public health and the environment. Reducing exposure to these harmful substances aligns with the EUs commitment to sustainability and consumer safety. However, the current implementation of PPWR undermines these goals by fragmenting the Single Market. Requiring businesses to register separately in each of the 27 member stateswith associated fees and complex compliance rulescontradicts the very principle of a unified EU market. This approach disproportionately burdens small and medium-sized businesses, which lack the resources to navigate such bureaucracy. A centralized EU-wide system is the solution: - Replace 27 separate registrations with a single, streamlined portal for cross-border compliance. - Exempt micro-businesses from unnecessary administrative costs to ensure they can compete fairly. - Align PPWR with the Single Markets core values: simplicity, accessibility, and equal opportunity. The EU must preserve its environmental ambitions while fixing the anti-EU bureaucracy that threatens small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563049_en"}, {"id": 33563048, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:45:53", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an EU citizen concerned that the proposed system may create unnecessary barriers for small businesses, reduce consumer choice and favour companies large enough to absorb complex compliance requirements. Simplified reporting must be genuinely simple for low-volume producers. The distinction between producers placing less or more than 10 tonnes of packaging on a market is welcome, but the burden on low-volume producers remains substantial. Even below 10 tonnes, businesses may still need detailed information on packaging materials and components, including constituent material weights for multi-material packaging. For a micro-enterprise sending only a few parcels to a Member State, collecting and maintaining this data can require disproportionate administrative effort. A system should distinguish meaningfully between a producer placing a few hundred grams on a market and one approaching 10 tonnes. Simplification should apply not only to the reporting form, but also to the data very low-volume producers must collect and maintain. Harmonised forms do not necessarily mean a harmonised Single Market. Common reporting formats are positive, but similar forms in 27 countries do not solve the underlying problem if businesses must still register and manage compliance separately in different Member States. For a small business, 27 harmonised national systems are still 27 systems. A European approach should reduce the number of separate administrative relationships, not merely standardise the information each one requests. The system may reduce consumer choice and cross-border trade. A small online business can receive an unexpected 50 or 100 order from another Member State without deliberately establishing a presence there. If occasional orders create registration, representation, reporting and ongoing compliance obligations, the rational response may be to stop shipping to that country. Consumers may then lose access to smaller European businesses, while large companies with compliance departments can continue serving every market. Regulation should not unintentionally make the Single Market easier to use for large companies than for small ones. Fixed obligations should reflect actual environmental impact. Producers should contribute to the cost of the packaging waste they generate. However, fixed administrative costs are inherently more burdensome for low-volume producers. The polluter pays principle should also imply proportionality. A business placing a few hundred grams of packaging on a Member State's market should not need almost the same compliance infrastructure as one placing tonnes there. The authorised representative requirement is a clear example. Requiring an EU-established business to contract with another entity in each relevant Member State adds fixed costs and bureaucracy even where only a handful of parcels are sold there. The EU should pursue a true one-stop system. Instead of 27 harmonised national entry points, the objective should be one European interface through which an EU business can register once, report packaging quantities by destination Member State and fulfil the relevant financial obligations. Very low packaging volumes should also benefit from meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds and genuinely simplified reporting. Environmental responsibility does not require administrative fragmentation. Small producers should be able to declare what they place on the market and pay their proportionate share without making cross-border sales economically irrational. The success of these rules should be judged not only by the quality of data collected, but by whether environmental objectives are achieved without creating avoidable barriers between businesses and consumers within the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an EU citizen concerned that the proposed system may create unnecessary barriers for small businesses, reduce consumer choice and favour companies large enough to absorb complex compliance requirements. Simplified reporting must be genuinely simple for low-volume producers. The distinction between producers placing less or more than 10 tonnes of packaging on a market is welcome, but the burden on low-volume producers remains substantial. Even below 10 tonnes, businesses may still need detailed information on packaging materials and components, including constituent material weights for multi-material packaging. For a micro-enterprise sending only a few parcels to a Member State, collecting and maintaining this data can require disproportionate administrative effort. A system should distinguish meaningfully between a producer placing a few hundred grams on a market and one approaching 10 tonnes. Simplification should apply not only to the reporting form, but also to the data very low-volume producers must collect and maintain. Harmonised forms do not necessarily mean a harmonised Single Market. Common reporting formats are positive, but similar forms in 27 countries do not solve the underlying problem if businesses must still register and manage compliance separately in different Member States. For a small business, 27 harmonised national systems are still 27 systems. A European approach should reduce the number of separate administrative relationships, not merely standardise the information each one requests. The system may reduce consumer choice and cross-border trade. A small online business can receive an unexpected 50 or 100 order from another Member State without deliberately establishing a presence there. If occasional orders create registration, representation, reporting and ongoing compliance obligations, the rational response may be to stop shipping to that country. Consumers may then lose access to smaller European businesses, while large companies with compliance departments can continue serving every market. Regulation should not unintentionally make the Single Market easier to use for large companies than for small ones. Fixed obligations should reflect actual environmental impact. Producers should contribute to the cost of the packaging waste they generate. However, fixed administrative costs are inherently more burdensome for low-volume producers. The polluter pays principle should also imply proportionality. A business placing a few hundred grams of packaging on a Member State's market should not need almost the same compliance infrastructure as one placing tonnes there. The authorised representative requirement is a clear example. Requiring an EU-established business to contract with another entity in each relevant Member State adds fixed costs and bureaucracy even where only a handful of parcels are sold there. The EU should pursue a true one-stop system. Instead of 27 harmonised national entry points, the objective should be one European interface through which an EU business can register once, report packaging quantities by destination Member State and fulfil the relevant financial obligations. Very low packaging volumes should also benefit from meaningful EU-wide de minimis thresholds and genuinely simplified reporting. Environmental responsibility does not require administrative fragmentation. Small producers should be able to declare what they place on the market and pay their proportionate share without making cross-border sales economically irrational. The success of these rules should be judged not only by the quality of data collected, but by whether environmental objectives are achieved without creating avoidable barriers between businesses and consumers within the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563048_en"}, {"id": 33563047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:41:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "# PPWR: Falsche Prioritäten und unverhältnismäßige Folgen Ich halte die PPWR in ihrer jetzigen Form für ein Beispiel dafür, wie Regulierung durch falsche Prioritäten und unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie erheblichen wirtschaftlichen Schaden verursachen kann. Wenn die EU Verpackungen reguliert, sollte sie dort ansetzen, wo die größten ökologischen Probleme entstehen und nicht Kleinstunternehmen durch fixe Compliancekosten aus dem Binnenmarkt drängen. Meine Frau betreibt einen kleinen Etsy-Shop und stellt ihre Produkte selbst her. Verkauft sie einen Fascinator nach Belgien in einem neutralen Wellpappkarton, wird sie zwar nicht zur Herstellerin dieses Kartons. Für die EPR kann sie im Empfängerland dennoch als Producer gelten. Die Klarstellung der Herstellerdefinition löst das Problem kleiner Onlinehändler daher nicht. Vielmehr öffnet die EU-Kommission nun die Türe für Abmahnanwälte. **1. Europa braucht keine 27 Compliance-Systeme** Die PPWR ist unmittelbar geltendes EU-Recht. Trotzdem wird die EPR über nationale Register organisiert. Europa vereinheitlicht das Recht und zwingt Unternehmen gleichzeitig in nationale Systeme. Das widerspricht dem Gedanken des Binnenmarktes. **2. Die ökologischen Prioritäten stimmen nicht** Ein neutraler Transportkarton aus Wellpappe ist gut recyclingfähig. Problematischer sind nach Marketinggesichtspunkten gestaltete Produktverpackungen: Kunststoffbeschichtungen, Lackierungen, Folien, Sichtfenster und Verbundmaterialien. Die PPWR adressiert Recyclingfähigkeit zwar grundsätzlich, wesentliche Design-for-Recycling-Anforderungen greifen aber erst schrittweise. Warum trifft die Bürokratie heute den Versender eines schlichten Wellpappkartons, statt zuerst die größten Verpackungsmengen und problematischsten Verpackungen? **3. Flat Fees wirken wie Binnenzölle** Europaweite Basisregistrierungen können mehrere Tausend Euro kosten; mit externer Compliance können 10.000 Euro erreicht werden bevor ein Euro Umsatz erzielt wurde. Das ist keine verursachergerechte Umweltabgabe. Wer 10.000 Tonnen Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt, soll dafür bezahlen. Wer zehn Kilogramm in Verkehr bringt, für zehn Kilogramm. Fixkosten sind für Amazon, Otto, Temu oder Shein kalkulierbar und werden auf Verbraucher umgelegt. Für eine Kunsthandwerkerin können sie den Ausschluss vom europäischen Markt bedeuten. Ökonomisch wirken sie wie **Binnenzölle**. **4. Die PPWR kann sogar Nachhaltigkeit verhindern** Ich fahre einen seltenen britischen Oldtimer und bin für dessen Erhalt auf spezialisierte Ersatzteilhändler in Großbritannien angewiesen. Einige stellen den Versand in die EU wegen des regulatorischen Aufwands ein. Damit kann ein vorhandenes Produkt nicht mehr repariert und weitergenutzt werden, weil der Versand eines Ersatzteils regulatorisch unwirtschaftlich wird. Das widerspricht Repair, Reuse und Kreislaufwirtschaft. **Was ich von der EU-Kommission erwarte:** Eine europäische EPR-Registrierung statt nationaler Registrierungen. Einen One-Stop-Shop. Eine Bagatellregelung für Kleinstmengen. Keine Flat Fees, sondern Gebühren proportional zur Verpackungsmenge. Und einen Fokus auf große Verpackungsmengen und tatsächlich problematische, schlecht recyclingfähige Produktverpackungen. Wenn zehn Kartons nach Belgien gehen, soll der belgische Entsorgungsbeitrag für zehn Kartons bezahlt werden. Wie diese wenigen Euro nach Belgien gelangen, muss Aufgabe europäischer Verwaltung sein **nicht das Compliance-Projekt einer Kunsthandwerkerin.** Ein Binnenmarkt, den sich aufgrund fixer nationaler Eintrittskosten nur große Unternehmen leisten können, ist kein funktionierender Binnenmarkt. **Wenn die EU die PPWR für notwendig hält, muss sie proportional, ökologisch zielgerichtet und binnenmarkttauglich sein. In ihrer jetzigen Form ist sie das nicht. Aus der Sicht des einzelnen Bürgers ist die heutige PPWR ein Ergebnis des Lobbyismus von Großunternehmen, die noch nicht einmal Steuern in der EU bezahlen**", "feedbackEnglish": "# PPWR: Wrong priorities and disproportionate consequences I consider the current PPWR as an example of how regulation through wrong priorities and disproportionate bureaucracy can cause significant economic damage. When regulating packaging, the EU should address where the greatest environmental problems arise and not push micro-enterprises out of the single market through fixed compliance costs. My wife runs a small Etsy shop and produces her products herself. It is true that when it sells a drum cinator to Belgium in a neutral cardboard box, it does not become the manufacturer of that box. For EPR, it can still be considered as a producer in the recipient country. The clarification of the definition of manufacturer therefore does not solve the problem of small online traders. On the contrary, the European Commission is now opening the door to warning lawyers. **1. Europe does not need 27 compliance systems** The PPWR is directly applicable EU law. Nevertheless, the EPR is organised through national registers. Europe unifies the law while forcing companies into national systems. This runs counter to the idea of the internal market. **2. Environmental priorities are not correct** A neutral corrugated board transport box is well recyclable. Product packaging designed from a marketing point of view is more problematic: Plastic coatings, varnishes, films, viewing windows and composite materials. Although the PPWR addresses recyclability in principle, essential design-for-recycling requirements only take effect gradually. Why is bureaucracy now affecting the sender of a simple corrugated cardboard box, rather than first the largest quantities of packaging and the most problematic packaging? **3. Flat fees have the same effect as internal tariffs** Europe-wide basic registrations can cost several thousand euros; with external compliance, EUR 10.000 can be achieved before one euro of turnover has been achieved. This is not a polluter-pays-based environmental levy. If you place 10.000 tonnes of packaging on the market, you will have to pay for it. Any person who places 10 kilograms on the market shall do so for 10 kilograms. Fixed costs can be calculated for Amazon, Otto, Temu or Shein and are passed on to consumers. For a craftsman, they can mean exclusion from the European market. They have the same economic impact as **internal tariffs**. **4. The PPWR can even prevent sustainability** I drive a rare British vintage and rely on specialised spare parts dealers in the UK to obtain it. Some stop shipping to the EU due to regulatory burden. This means that an existing product can no longer be repaired and reused because sending a spare part becomes regulatoryly uneconomical. This contradicts repair, reuse and the circular economy. **As I expect from the European Commission:** A European EPR registration instead of national registrations. A one-stop shop. A de minimis rule for micro-quantities. No flat fees, but charges proportional to the quantity of packaging. And a focus on large quantities of packaging and actually problematic, poorly recyclable product packaging. If 10 boxes go to Belgium, the Belgian disposal contribution is to be paid for 10 boxes. How these few euros go to Belgium must be the task of the European administration **not the compliance project of a craftsman.** A single market that only large companies can afford due to fixed national entry costs is not a functioning single market. **If the EU considers the PPWR to be necessary, it must be proportional, environmentally targeted and fit for the internal market. In its current form, it is not. From the point of view of the individual citizen, today’s PPWR is a result of lobbying by large companies that do not even pay taxes in the EU**", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563047_en"}, {"id": 33563043, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:24:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stolz Computertechnik GmbH", "feedback": "Wir fragen uns inzwischen ernsthaft, wie eine solche Regelung auf europäischer Ebene überhaupt beschlossen werden konnte. Wie kann man ein derart absurdes bürokratisches Monster schaffen und gleichzeitig davon sprechen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt stärken zu wollen? Für kleine Unternehmen ist kaum nachvollziehbar, warum für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Ansprechpartner, Bevollmächtigte, Meldungen und Kosten in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten erforderlich sind. Warum wurde nicht eine einzige zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle geschaffen? - Eine Registrierung. - Ein Portal. - Ein Ansprechpartner. - Einheitliche Regeln für alle EU Mitgliedstaaten. - Überschaubare und angemessene Kosten. Genau dafür sollte eine Europäische Union eigentlich stehen. Stattdessen wird ein Unternehmen dafür bestraft, dass es Kunden in anderen EU Ländern beliefern möchte. Das muss man sich einmal vor Augen führen: Innerhalb eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel für kleine Unternehmen durch Bürokratie und zusätzliche Kosten so unattraktiv gemacht, dass sie sich aus diesem Markt zurückziehen. Wir haben deshalb inzwischen eine Konsequenz gezogen: Wir haben den Versand an Endkunden in andere EU Länder bei https://camperstolz.de vollständig eingestellt. Die Schweiz und Großbritannien können wir weiterhin beliefern. Ausgerechnet Kunden innerhalb der Europäischen Union beliefern wir dagegen nicht mehr. Wenn das das Ergebnis europäischer Wirtschaftspolitik sein soll, dann ist etwas gewaltig schiefgelaufen. Wir sind sicherlich nicht das einzige kleine Unternehmen, das diese Konsequenz zieht. Damit schadet diese Politik nicht nur einzelnen Händlern und Herstellern, sondern auch den Verbrauchern und letztendlich der gesamten europäischen Wirtschaft. Und genau deshalb ist unsere Verärgerung so groß. Statt den europäischen Binnenmarkt einfacher, einheitlicher und attraktiver zu machen, werden neue bürokratische Hürden geschaffen. Gleichzeitig wundert man sich darüber, warum Unternehmen über zu viel Bürokratie klagen und die Akzeptanz der Europäischen Union in Teilen der Bevölkerung sinkt. Man muss sich bei solchen Entscheidungen tatsächlich fragen, ob den Verantwortlichen bewusst ist, welche praktischen Auswirkungen ihre Regelungen auf kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen haben. Unser Vorschlag wäre denkbar einfach: Schaffen Sie eine zentrale europäische Registrierungsstelle für Verpackungen und EPR, die für sämtliche EU Mitgliedstaaten gilt. Ein zentrales Portal nach dem Prinzip einer einheitlichen europäischen Anlaufstelle wäre günstiger, transparenter, effizienter und würde den Verwaltungsaufwand sowohl für Unternehmen als auch für Behörden erheblich reduzieren. Europa braucht weniger Bürokratie und mehr gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt. Mit Regelungen wie diesen erreicht man leider genau das Gegenteil. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu einer Regelung, die es geschafft hat, dass wir Kunden außerhalb der EU weiterhin beliefern können, Kunden innerhalb der EU jedoch nicht mehr. Vielleicht sollte genau dieses Ergebnis Anlass genug sein, die Regelung noch einmal grundsätzlich zu überdenken. Aber bitte schnell, bevor noch mehr Schaden entsteht und ein Brexit auch in anderen Ländern lauter wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are now seriously wondering how such a regulation could be adopted at European level in the first place. How can we create such an absurd bureaucratic monster and at the same time talk about strengthening the European single market? It is difficult for small businesses to understand why cross-border shipments within the EU require different registrations, contact persons, authorised representatives, notifications and costs in different Member States. Why was not a European one-stop shop created? — A registration. — A portal. — A contact person. — Uniform rules for all EU Member States. — Reasonable and reasonable costs. This is exactly what a European Union should stand for. Instead, a company is penalised for wanting to supply customers in other EU countries. This has to be borne in mind: Within a single European market, red tape and additional costs make cross-border trade so unattractive for small businesses that they withdraw from this market. This is why we have now come to a conclusion: We have completely stopped shipping to final customers in other EU countries at https://camperstolz.de. We can continue to supply Switzerland and the UK. On the other hand, we no longer supply customers within the European Union. If this is to be the result of European economic policy, then it has gone a bit wrong. We are certainly not the only small enterprise to draw this consequence. This policy therefore harms not only individual traders and producers, but also consumers and ultimately the European economy as a whole. And that is why our anger is so great. Instead of making the European single market simpler, more uniform and more attractive, new bureaucratic hurdles are created. At the same time, it is wonderful why businesses complain about too much bureaucracy and why the acceptance of the European Union is decreasing in parts of the population. When making such decisions, it is really necessary to ask whether those responsible are aware of the practical implications of their rules for small and medium-sized enterprises. Our proposal would be very simple: Create a single European registration point for packaging and EPR, valid for all EU Member States. A single portal based on the principle of a European one-stop shop would be cheaper, more transparent, more efficient and would significantly reduce the administrative burden for both businesses and public authorities. Europe needs less bureaucracy and more single market. Unfortunately, rules such as these achieve exactly the opposite. Congratulations on a scheme that has allowed us to continue to supply customers outside the EU, but no longer to supply customers inside the EU. It is perhaps precisely this result that should be enough to fundamentally rethink the scheme. But please do so quickly before more damage is caused and Brexit becomes louder in other countries too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563043_en"}, {"id": 33563045, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:16:02", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed framework creates a disproportionate administrative burden for SMEs and low-volume producers. Although the draft distinguishes between producers placing more or less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market, producers below this threshold are still required to report packaging quantities across multiple material categories. This means that even very small businesses may need to collect and maintain detailed packaging data despite having limited administrative resources. The level of required detail is also significant. For multi-material packaging, the draft requires the weight of individual constituent materials and, in some cases, separate packaging components to be reported. For SMEs managing many SKUs and suppliers, this can create substantial data collection and compliance costs. The Member State-based structure also creates additional complexity for businesses selling cross-border. Producers may need to manage separate registrations, producer responsibility arrangements, and reporting obligations across several national systems. This appears inconsistent with the draft's stated objective of reducing administrative burden through harmonisation. In practice, harmonised reporting fields do not reduce the underlying compliance workload for small businesses. The proposed framework risks imposing compliance costs that are disproportionate to the volume of packaging placed on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed framework creates a disproportionate administrative burden for SMEs and low-volume producers. Although the draft distinguishes between producers placing more or less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market, producers below this threshold are still required to report packaging quantities across multiple material categories. This means that even very small businesses may need to collect and maintain detailed packaging data despite having limited administrative resources. The level of required detail is also significant. For multi-material packaging, the draft requires the weight of individual constituent materials and, in some cases, separate packaging components to be reported. For SMEs managing many SKUs and suppliers, this can create substantial data collection and compliance costs. The Member State-based structure also creates additional complexity for businesses selling cross-border. Producers may need to manage separate registrations, producer responsibility arrangements, and reporting obligations across several national systems. This appears inconsistent with the draft's stated objective of reducing administrative burden through harmonisation. In practice, harmonised reporting fields do not reduce the underlying compliance workload for small businesses. The proposed framework risks imposing compliance costs that are disproportionate to the volume of packaging placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563045_en"}, {"id": 33563041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:04:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleineren Versandhandels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: Die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in jedem einzelnen EU-Land. Für mich als kleinerer Unternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bereits jetzt eine große Herausforderung ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Komplexität noch einmal erheblich: Sobald Ware in ein anderes Mitgliedsland verkauft wird, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Produkte verkauft werden. - Das ist Bürokratismus par excellence, genau wie vor einigen Jahren die Verpflichtung, in jedem einzelnen Land die Umsatzsteuer zu erklären (mit Steuerberatern in den einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten). Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher einige Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: 1. Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. 2. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Ähnlich dem OSS-Verfahren im Bereich der VAT. 3. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. - Bitte definieren Sie diesen technischen Standard. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Ziel sollte es doch sein, gerade kleine Händlerinnen und Händler innerhalb der EU zu fördern, die dazu beitragen, die Wertschöpfung (und damit die Arbeitsplätze und sämtliche Abgaben) in den Mitgliedsstaaten der EU zu erhöhen und damit die EU zukunftsfähig zu machen und nicht an Großkonzerne aus Asien oder den USA abzugeben, so dass kleineren Händlerinnen und Händlern aus Mitgliedsstaaten der EUE langfristig die Zukunftsperspektive genommen wird. Der Wettbewerb ist jetzt schon exorbitant und verzerrt!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a smaller mail-order shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales in each EU country. For me, as a smaller entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU is already a major challenge without a legal department of my own, but with the ambition to abide by the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this complexity: Once goods are sold to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five or five hundred products are sold there. — This is bureaucratism par excellence, just as a few years ago the obligation to declare VAT in each country (with tax advisers in each Member State). These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to suggest a number of points for consideration: 1. First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. 2. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Similar to the VAT OSS procedure. 3. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. — Please define this technical standard. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. The aim should be to promote small traders within the EU in particular, which help to increase the value added (and thus jobs and all taxes) in the EU Member States and thus make the EU future-proof and not sell it to large corporations from Asia or the USA, thus depriving smaller traders from EUE Member States of the future perspective in the long term. Competition is already exorbitant and distorted!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563041_en"}, {"id": 33563042, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:04:19", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the co-owner of Barlume Vintage (www.barlume.fi) a micro-enterprise based in Espoo, Finland, selling vintage and secondhand design items to customers across the EU since 2020. The current implementation of the PPWR is placing a disproportionate burden on businesses of our size. As a small business selling into multiple member states, we are required to register separately with a different national authority in each market Germany's LUCID system alone represents a significant administrative undertaking. Multiplied across several countries, this consumes time and money far beyond what a micro-enterprise can reasonably absorb, particularly one with no dedicated compliance or legal staff. This is especially frustrating given that our business is inherently aligned with the goals of the regulation. We sell only secondhand and vintage goods, meaning we extend the life of existing products rather than manufacturing new ones one of the most effective ways a business can reduce environmental impact. We also reuse packaging wherever possible and very rarely purchase new packaging materials. Businesses like ours should be supported by this regulation, not obstructed by it. We strongly urge the Commission to: 1.Introduce a genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold that exempts micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers from the requirement to register separately in every member state. 2. Establish a single, harmonised EU-wide registration system (a true one-stop shop) so producers are not forced to navigate up to 27 separate national processes. 3. Recognise the distinct, lower environmental footprint of secondhand and reuse-based businesses in any future guidance or delegated acts. Without reform, this regulation risks driving small, genuinely sustainable businesses out of cross-border trade the opposite of its intended effect. Thank you for considering this feedback. I believe the EU can and will act to protect small businesses and preserve genuine cross-border free trade within the single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the co-owner of Barlume Vintage (www.barlume.fi) a micro-enterprise based in Espoo, Finland, selling vintage and secondhand design items to customers across the EU since 2020. The current implementation of the PPWR is placing a disproportionate burden on businesses of our size. As a small business selling into multiple member states, we are required to register separately with a different national authority in each market Germany's LUCID system alone represents a significant administrative undertaking. Multiplied across several countries, this consumes time and money far beyond what a micro-enterprise can reasonably absorb, particularly one with no dedicated compliance or legal staff. This is especially frustrating given that our business is inherently aligned with the goals of the regulation. We sell only secondhand and vintage goods, meaning we extend the life of existing products rather than manufacturing new ones one of the most effective ways a business can reduce environmental impact. We also reuse packaging wherever possible and very rarely purchase new packaging materials. Businesses like ours should be supported by this regulation, not obstructed by it. We strongly urge the Commission to: 1.Introduce a genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold that exempts micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers from the requirement to register separately in every member state. 2. Establish a single, harmonised EU-wide registration system (a true one-stop shop) so producers are not forced to navigate up to 27 separate national processes. 3. Recognise the distinct, lower environmental footprint of secondhand and reuse-based businesses in any future guidance or delegated acts. Without reform, this regulation risks driving small, genuinely sustainable businesses out of cross-border trade the opposite of its intended effect. Thank you for considering this feedback. I believe the EU can and will act to protect small businesses and preserve genuine cross-border free trade within the single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563042_en"}, {"id": 33563040, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 12:00:11", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The legislation makes it nearly impossible for small businesses to operate EU-wide. The financial and administrative burden of registering in each country is overwhelming to anyone, especially when one may only have less than a few sales a year in a given country. I have personally completely stopped any EU shipping, and likely will not be able to cater to customers in other EU countries as long as there isn't a centralized single system for the regulations. This system will also need to be financially possible for small businesses, otherwise any small and micro-sized businesses in the EU with niche markets in their home countries will likely just close. This regulation is detrimental to all business opportunity within the EU, and only strengthens the competition locates outside of the union.", "feedbackEnglish": "The legislation makes it nearly impossible for small businesses to operate EU-wide. The financial and administrative burden of registering in each country is overwhelming to anyone, especially when one may only have less than a few sales a year in a given country. I have personally completely stopped any EU shipping, and likely will not be able to cater to customers in other EU countries as long as there isn't a centralized single system for the regulations. This system will also need to be financially possible for small businesses, otherwise any small and micro-sized businesses in the EU with niche markets in their home countries will likely just close. This regulation is detrimental to all business opportunity within the EU, and only strengthens the competition locates outside of the union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563040_en"}, {"id": 33563039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 11:55:37", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Decking Awesome Games", "feedback": "I run a micro business in Ireland that sells a few handmade products a year. I also sell games that I produced 10 years ago and am just selling slowly (maybe 5 or 10 a year). I us a lot of recycled packaging from packages I received. I don't import packaging or buy it. Amazon is asking me to provide all sorts of information that I can't comply with. I have email Repak (the Irish recyclier) and I have heard nothing. My Amazon listing is about to be removed and really my hopes of testing the market to find a product that is popular seems impossible with these regulations. There is no way to build up from small scale hand made products now. Please consider me in the regulations. Thanks, Ciara", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro business in Ireland that sells a few handmade products a year. I also sell games that I produced 10 years ago and am just selling slowly (maybe 5 or 10 a year). I us a lot of recycled packaging from packages I received. I don't import packaging or buy it. Amazon is asking me to provide all sorts of information that I can't comply with. I have email Repak (the Irish recyclier) and I have heard nothing. My Amazon listing is about to be removed and really my hopes of testing the market to find a product that is popular seems impossible with these regulations. There is no way to build up from small scale hand made products now. Please consider me in the regulations. Thanks, Ciara", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563039_en"}, {"id": 33563038, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 11:41:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que consommateur, je trouve aberrant que les petites entreprises auxquelles je crois et à qui je commande des articles se retrouvent à devoir payer le PPWR à la même hauteur que des monstres du marché, tels Shein, Amazon etc. Je comprends l'idée de diminuer les déchets, mais cette espèce de taxe devrait être proportionnelle au business de chaque acteur sur le marché. Hormis saccager le principe du libre-échange, la liberté de choisir d'acheter à une PME et soutenir les valeurs dans lesquelles elle croit et dans lesquelles je me retrouve, je ne vois pas bien où cela va nous mener. Ah si. Une hyper standardisation du monde. Il n'y a donc de la place que pour les géants qui n'ont cure de polluer.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer, I find it absurd that the small businesses to which I believe and to whom I order items end up having to pay the PPWR at the same level as market monsters, such as Shein, Amazon, etc. I understand the idea of reducing waste, but this kind of tax should be proportionate to the business of each player on the market. Apart from accusing the principle of free trade, the freedom to choose to buy from an SME and supporting the values in which they believe and in which I find myself, I do not see clearly where this will lead us. AH if. Hyper standardisation of the world. So there is room only for giants who are only polluting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563038_en"}, {"id": 33563037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 11:40:43", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The stated aim of EPR is to make producers bear the cost of packaging waste in proportion to the harm they cause. In practice, the current framework does the opposite for the smallest sellers. There is no turnover-based or volume-based exemption from registration itself; only limited relief on documentation applies to micro-enterprises, and even that relief leaves the core obligations intact. A sole trader or creator selling one or two items a month across several EU member states is still required to: register separately with each national producer registry; (in many cases) appoint and pay a local authorised representative in each of those countries; pay annual minimum fees that bear no relation to sales volume; and file compliance reports in the local language of each jurisdiction. These costs are fixed, not proportional. A business shipping a handful of parcels a year faces materially the same registration, representative and reporting burden as one shipping thousands. The administrative overhead could easily exceed the revenue generated from the market in question, leaving micro-businesses with three options: absorb a loss, withdraw from cross-border trade entirely, or trade in breach of the regulation. None of these outcomes serves the environmental purpose of the legislation and runs counter to the EU's own single market principles! Rather than enabling free movement of goods, the current patchwork of 27 separate national registers, fee structures, and language requirements creates an internal trade barrier that falls hardest on the smallest and least resourced operators. Packaging waste is overwhelmingly generated at scale by large producers, yet the current structure imposes its heaviest relative cost on the smallest ones, with no meaningful reduction in overall environmental impact to show for it. If the objective is genuinely to reduce packaging waste rather than to demonstrate regulatory activity, the compliance framework should be weighted towards where the volume - and therefore the impact - actually sits. I therefore call on the Commission to introduce, as a matter of urgency: A genuine exemption or de minimis threshold from cross-border EPR registration for micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers, rather than partial relief on documentation alone. A single EU-wide registration mechanism, removing the requirement to register separately in each member state. Removal of the requirement for a local authorised representative in every country of sale for low-volume producers. Standardised, centrally translated reporting templates, removing the language barrier as a compliance obstacle.", "feedbackEnglish": "The stated aim of EPR is to make producers bear the cost of packaging waste in proportion to the harm they cause. In practice, the current framework does the opposite for the smallest sellers. There is no turnover-based or volume-based exemption from registration itself; only limited relief on documentation applies to micro-enterprises, and even that relief leaves the core obligations intact. A sole trader or creator selling one or two items a month across several EU member states is still required to: register separately with each national producer registry; (in many cases) appoint and pay a local authorised representative in each of those countries; pay annual minimum fees that bear no relation to sales volume; and file compliance reports in the local language of each jurisdiction. These costs are fixed, not proportional. A business shipping a handful of parcels a year faces materially the same registration, representative and reporting burden as one shipping thousands. The administrative overhead could easily exceed the revenue generated from the market in question, leaving micro-businesses with three options: absorb a loss, withdraw from cross-border trade entirely, or trade in breach of the regulation. None of these outcomes serves the environmental purpose of the legislation and runs counter to the EU's own single market principles! Rather than enabling free movement of goods, the current patchwork of 27 separate national registers, fee structures, and language requirements creates an internal trade barrier that falls hardest on the smallest and least resourced operators. Packaging waste is overwhelmingly generated at scale by large producers, yet the current structure imposes its heaviest relative cost on the smallest ones, with no meaningful reduction in overall environmental impact to show for it. If the objective is genuinely to reduce packaging waste rather than to demonstrate regulatory activity, the compliance framework should be weighted towards where the volume - and therefore the impact - actually sits. I therefore call on the Commission to introduce, as a matter of urgency: A genuine exemption or de minimis threshold from cross-border EPR registration for micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers, rather than partial relief on documentation alone. A single EU-wide registration mechanism, removing the requirement to register separately in each member state. Removal of the requirement for a local authorised representative in every country of sale for low-volume producers. Standardised, centrally translated reporting templates, removing the language barrier as a compliance obstacle.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563037_en"}, {"id": 33563036, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 11:19:45", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing from the perspective of a micro-enterprise that sells products online within the European Union. 1. The Single Market should not mean 27 separate registration systems. A European business should be able to sell throughout the EU without operating as though it were entering a new market in every Member State. If businesses must still register separately in each country and deal with different authorities, procedures and EPR requirements, harmonising national registers is not enough. Success should be measured by whether a European business can genuinely trade throughout the EU without navigating 27 bureaucracies. 2. The administrative burden should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging. The same registration obligation can apply whether a business places 100 grams or 9 tonnes of packaging on a Member State's market. Both should contribute towards managing the packaging waste they generate. But it is not reasonable for both to undertake almost the same administrative procedures. Registration, representation, reporting and other requirements create fixed costs regardless of packaging volume. For a micro-enterprise, these costs may exceed even the total revenue generated in that country. Simplified reporting does not solve this. There is an enormous difference between 100 grams and 9 tonnes, and the burden should reflect it. The polluter pays principle should mean that costs and obligations are proportionate to actual environmental impact. 3. The authorised representative requirement for micro-enterprises. A small online shop may receive only one or two orders from a particular country in an entire year. It is disproportionate if sending a few parcels requires a contract with a local authorised representative and additional fixed costs simply to sell legally to consumers there. This is particularly difficult to justify for businesses already operating within the EU. They are already identifiable and reachable within the Union; an additional representative adds bureaucracy and costs without reducing packaging waste. 4. Such a system may work against the objective of the Single Market. A small online shop does not always choose to enter another Member State's market. It may simply receive one order from a customer there. If a 50 or 100 order can trigger registration, representation and ongoing administrative costs, the rational choice may be to block customers from that countrynot because the business rejects responsibility for its packaging waste, but because fixed compliance costs make occasional orders economically unviable. Large companies can absorb such costs more easily; micro-enterprises often cannot. The system may therefore strengthen large companies while making it harder for small businesses to grow across the EU. 5. A genuinely unified European solution is needed. The Commission should aim not merely to harmonise 27 national registers, but to create a unified EU system. An EU-registered business should be able to register once, declare through one system the packaging placed on the market in each Member State, and pay contributions proportionate to those quantities. There should also be EU-wide de minimis thresholds for very small quantities, simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, and no need for EU-registered micro-enterprises to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States. I do not object to paying for packaging waste my business actually generates. If it places 100 grams on another Member State's market, it is reasonable to pay a proportionate contribution for those 100 grams. The Single Market should allow a micro-enterprise to receive its first order from another Member State without creating bureaucratic obligations whose costs may exceed the value of the order itself. Environmental costs should be proportionate to environmental impact, while compliance should, as far as possible, be organised at European rather than 27 separate national levels.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing from the perspective of a micro-enterprise that sells products online within the European Union. 1. The Single Market should not mean 27 separate registration systems. A European business should be able to sell throughout the EU without operating as though it were entering a new market in every Member State. If businesses must still register separately in each country and deal with different authorities, procedures and EPR requirements, harmonising national registers is not enough. Success should be measured by whether a European business can genuinely trade throughout the EU without navigating 27 bureaucracies. 2. The administrative burden should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging. The same registration obligation can apply whether a business places 100 grams or 9 tonnes of packaging on a Member State's market. Both should contribute towards managing the packaging waste they generate. But it is not reasonable for both to undertake almost the same administrative procedures. Registration, representation, reporting and other requirements create fixed costs regardless of packaging volume. For a micro-enterprise, these costs may exceed even the total revenue generated in that country. Simplified reporting does not solve this. There is an enormous difference between 100 grams and 9 tonnes, and the burden should reflect it. The polluter pays principle should mean that costs and obligations are proportionate to actual environmental impact. 3. The authorised representative requirement for micro-enterprises. A small online shop may receive only one or two orders from a particular country in an entire year. It is disproportionate if sending a few parcels requires a contract with a local authorised representative and additional fixed costs simply to sell legally to consumers there. This is particularly difficult to justify for businesses already operating within the EU. They are already identifiable and reachable within the Union; an additional representative adds bureaucracy and costs without reducing packaging waste. 4. Such a system may work against the objective of the Single Market. A small online shop does not always choose to enter another Member State's market. It may simply receive one order from a customer there. If a 50 or 100 order can trigger registration, representation and ongoing administrative costs, the rational choice may be to block customers from that countrynot because the business rejects responsibility for its packaging waste, but because fixed compliance costs make occasional orders economically unviable. Large companies can absorb such costs more easily; micro-enterprises often cannot. The system may therefore strengthen large companies while making it harder for small businesses to grow across the EU. 5. A genuinely unified European solution is needed. The Commission should aim not merely to harmonise 27 national registers, but to create a unified EU system. An EU-registered business should be able to register once, declare through one system the packaging placed on the market in each Member State, and pay contributions proportionate to those quantities. There should also be EU-wide de minimis thresholds for very small quantities, simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, and no need for EU-registered micro-enterprises to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States. I do not object to paying for packaging waste my business actually generates. If it places 100 grams on another Member State's market, it is reasonable to pay a proportionate contribution for those 100 grams. The Single Market should allow a micro-enterprise to receive its first order from another Member State without creating bureaucratic obligations whose costs may exceed the value of the order itself. Environmental costs should be proportionate to environmental impact, while compliance should, as far as possible, be organised at European rather than 27 separate national levels.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563036_en"}, {"id": 33563035, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:57:56", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estimados/as sras. y sres., Si bien el objetivo de esta legislación es deseable y necesario, la manera en que parece estarse implementando es completamente inútil. Las medidas contempladas pueden ser fácilmente cubiertas por las grandes megacorporaciones para quienes la inversión requerida es mínima, y van a seguir siendo responsables de la mayoría de deshechos relacionados con el embalaje. Mientras tanto, millones de pequeñas empresas y autónomos europeos (que sí pagamos impuestos en la Unión Europea), vamos a vernos de facto sin acceso al mercado común, porque la inversión es inasumible para cualquier minorista. Muchos están ahora mismo imposibilitados para poder ejercer su actividad económica debido a esta legislación, que de momento deja al arbitrio de cada país miembro si vas a ser multado o no, por cuantías imposibles de asumir, por mandar un paquete con tu trabajo o tu producto. Si los fabricantes de embalaje ya están obligados a cumplir con la legislación a nivel europeo, y nosotros estamos comprándoles esos productos regulados, ¿por qué la obligación de que se cumpla con el mismo registro por dos veces? No tiene sentido. De nuevo, se está favoreciendo a esas corporaciones extranjeras que no pagan impuestos y compiten de forma desleal (cuando no directamente roban nuestra propiedad intelectual sin que la UE nos de protección ninguna) frente a millones de ciudadanos europeos creativos y emprendedores.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Ms/Ms, While the objective of this legislation is desirable and necessary, the way it seems to be implemented is completely useless. The measures envisaged can easily be covered by large megacorportions for which the required investment is minimal, and will remain responsible for most packaging waste. Meanwhile, millions of European small businesses and self-employed people (who do pay taxes in the European Union) will de facto be without access to the common market, because investment is unbearable for any retailer. Many are now unable to exercise their economic activity because of this legislation, which currently leaves it up to each Member State to decide whether or not they will be fined, for amounts that they cannot afford, for sending a package with their work or product. If packaging manufacturers are already obliged to comply with legislation at European level, and we are buying these regulated products from them, why is the obligation to comply with the same registration twice? It does not make sense. Once again, these foreign corporations that do not pay taxes and compete unfairly (when they do not directly steal our intellectual property without the EU protecting us at all) are being favoured over millions of creative and entrepreneurial European citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563035_en"}, {"id": 33563034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:56:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Bürger der Europäischen Union möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht problematischen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht bei grenzüberschreitendem Handel. Insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen können die unterschiedlichen Registrierungs-, Vertrags- und Meldepflichten in jedem Mitgliedstaat erhebliche zusätzliche Kosten verursachen. Dies kann den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erschweren und damit dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes entgegenwirken. Ich bitte daher um Prüfung einer vereinfachten EU-weiten Lösung, insbesondere: einer Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Verkaufsmengen, einer zentralen One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für alle Mitgliedstaaten, sowie einer einheitlichen und möglichst einfachen Datenübermittlung. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte nicht durch unnötige bürokratische und finanzielle Hürden für kleine Marktteilnehmer eingeschränkt werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a citizen of the European Union, I would like to draw your attention to an aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR which, in my view, is problematic: the obligation to have an authorised representative in the case of cross-border trade. In particular for small businesses, the different registration, contractual and reporting obligations in each Member State can lead to significant additional costs. This can make cross-border trade more difficult and thus undermine the very idea of the European single market. I would therefore ask you to consider a simplified EU-wide solution, in particular: a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and low sales volumes, a one-stop-shop solution for all Member States, and a uniform and as simple as possible transmission of data. The European single market should not be constrained by unnecessary bureaucratic and financial hurdles for small market participants. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563034_en"}, {"id": 33563033, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:55:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "manbefair.com", "feedback": "Dringender Handlungsbedarf bei der PPWR Kleine Unternehmen ziehen sich aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt zurück ​Sehr geehrte Frau Kommissarin Roswall, ​ich wende mich kurz vor Anwendung der neuen Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) mit großer Sorge an Sie. ​Das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller an Recyclingkosten zu beteiligen, unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Was derzeit für kleine Unternehmen entsteht, ist jedoch keine verhältnismäßige Umweltregulierung, sondern eine massive Markteintrittsbarriere im EU-Binnenmarkt. ​Die Pflicht zur Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat führt bei grenzüberschreitendem Versand zu einem undurchdringlichen Geflecht aus nationalen Registern, Verträgen und Meldepflichten. Für Großkonzerne ist dies machbar für Manufakturen, Onlineshops und Familienbetriebe nicht. Die absurde Konsequenz: Kleine Händler stellen den Versand in einzelne EU-Staaten ein oder ziehen sich ganz aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Geschäft zurück. ​Es geht nicht darum, sich der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) zu entziehen. Wer Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt, soll dafür zahlen. Aber geringe Verpackungsmengen dürfen nicht denselben administrativen Apparat auslösen wie Tausende Tonnen. ​Die Kommission hat das Problem im Dezember 2025 selbst erkannt und fragmentierte EPR-Systeme als Hindernis für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Binnenmarkt bezeichnet. Einzelne Anpassungen reichen jedoch nicht aus; das Grundproblem der Mehrfachregistrierung muss gelöst werden. Wenn Händler Kunden im Nachbarland nur nach dem Aufbau komplexer Compliance-Strukturen beliefern können, entstehen faktisch wieder Grenzen. Das ist wirtschaftlich kontraproduktiv und stärkt euroskeptische Kräfte, die den Nutzen der EU infrage stellen. ​Ich bitte die Kommission daher dringend um folgende Maßnahmen: ​Bagatellregelung: Einführung einer EU-weit einheitlichen Vereinfachung für Kleinstmengen (z. B. bis 500 kg/Jahr pro Mitgliedstaat). ​EPR-One-Stop-Shop: Schaffung eines zentralen europäischen Registrierungs- und Meldesystems. ​Proportionale Kosten: Kopplung administrativer Fixkosten an Unternehmensgröße und tatsächliche Mengen. ​Folgenabschätzung: Überprüfung der PPWR-Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen, bevor diese dauerhaft verdrängt werden. ​Die laufende Konsultation bietet die Chance zur Korrektur. Der europäische Binnenmarkt darf kein Markt sein, den sich nur Großkonzerne leisten können. ​Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Dringender Handlungsbedarf bei der PPWR Kleine Unternehmen ziehen sich aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt zurück ​Sehr geehrte Frau Kommissarin Roswall, ​ich wende mich kurz vor Anwendung der neuen Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) mit großer Sorge an Sie. ​Das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller an Recyclingkosten zu beteiligen, unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Was derzeit für kleine Unternehmen entsteht, ist jedoch keine verhältnismäßige Umweltregulierung, sondern eine massive Markteintrittsbarriere im EU-Binnenmarkt. ​Die Pflicht zur Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat führt bei grenzüberschreitendem Versand zu einem undurchdringlichen Geflecht aus nationalen Registern, Verträgen und Meldepflichten. Für Großkonzerne ist dies machbar für Manufakturen, Onlineshops und Familienbetriebe nicht. Die absurde Konsequenz: Kleine Händler stellen den Versand in einzelne EU-Staaten ein oder ziehen sich ganz aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Geschäft zurück. ​Es geht nicht darum, sich der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) zu entziehen. Wer Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt, soll dafür zahlen. Aber geringe Verpackungsmengen dürfen nicht denselben administrativen Apparat auslösen wie Tausende Tonnen. ​Die Kommission hat das Problem im Dezember 2025 selbst erkannt und fragmentierte EPR-Systeme als Hindernis für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Binnenmarkt bezeichnet. Einzelne Anpassungen reichen jedoch nicht aus; das Grundproblem der Mehrfachregistrierung muss gelöst werden. Wenn Händler Kunden im Nachbarland nur nach dem Aufbau komplexer Compliance-Strukturen beliefern können, entstehen faktisch wieder Grenzen. Das ist wirtschaftlich kontraproduktiv und stärkt euroskeptische Kräfte, die den Nutzen der EU infrage stellen. ​Ich bitte die Kommission daher dringend um folgende Maßnahmen: ​Bagatellregelung: Einführung einer EU-weit einheitlichen Vereinfachung für Kleinstmengen (z. B. bis 500 kg/Jahr pro Mitgliedstaat). ​EPR-One-Stop-Shop: Schaffung eines zentralen europäischen Registrierungs- und Meldesystems. ​Proportionale Kosten: Kopplung administrativer Fixkosten an Unternehmensgröße und tatsächliche Mengen. ​Folgenabschätzung: Überprüfung der PPWR-Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen, bevor diese dauerhaft verdrängt werden. ​Die laufende Konsultation bietet die Chance zur Korrektur. Der europäische Binnenmarkt darf kein Markt sein, den sich nur Großkonzerne leisten können. ​Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563033_en"}, {"id": 33563032, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:44:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin Kleinstunternehmer, Solo-Selbständiger, und verkaufe ausschließlich online. Für mich bedeutet diese neue Regelung erstmal Einschränkung im Verkauf. Ich habe bislang gelegentlich Pakete nach u. a. Italien oder Belgien verschickt. Diese neue Verordnung bedeutet dagegen einen Verwaltungsaufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zum Umsatz steht und für mich die Überlegung ansteht den Versand ins EU-Ausland daher komplett einzustellen. Der administrative Aufwand ohne Mitarbeiter ist schlicht nicht zu bewältigen. Viele Käufer aus den EU-Mitgliedstaaten werden eine Anfrage bei mir starten, weil diese das nicht verstehen. Der Ärger und der zusätzliche Aufwand der Beantwortung der Fragen muss ich auch noch stemmen. Mein Wunsch daher: -Befreiuung der PPWR für Kleinstunternehmer - Pflicht Bevollmächtigten wegfallen zu lassen für Kleinstunternehmer. - Bitte ein EU-Register erstellen für Registrierung und Lizenzierung. Zudem bitte ich folgendes nochmal zu überdenken: Wenn ich als Kleinstunternehmer gebrauchte Kartons aus Privathaushalten verwende bin ich nach der PPWR Erzeuger und habe den technischen Nachweis zu erbringen. Für den gebrauchten Karton wurde doch schon bereits eine Konformitätserklärung erbracht. Das ist doch dann doppelt und macht keinen Sinn. Das widerspricht der ganzen Sache die Umwelt zu entlasten. Da ich dann nur neue Kartons kaufen werde.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a micro-entrepreneur, solo self-employed person, and I sell only online. For me, this new rule restricts sales for the first time. I have occasionally sent parcels to Italy or Belgium, among others. This new regulation, on the other hand, represents an administrative burden which is disproportionate to turnover and for me it is therefore a matter of consideration to stop shipping to other EU countries altogether. The administrative burden without staff is simply unmanageable. Many buyers from the EU Member States will make a request to me because they do not understand it. I also have to cope with the trouble and additional effort involved in answering the questions. I would therefore like to: —Exemption of PPWR for micro-entrepreneurs – obligation to remove authorised representatives for micro-entrepreneurs. — Please create an EU register for registration and licensing. I would also ask you to reconsider the following: If I use used cartons from private households as a micro-enterprise, I am a producer under the PPWR and I have to provide the technical evidence. A declaration of conformity has already been provided for the used cartonboard. This is double and makes no sense. This runs counter to the whole thing of reducing the burden on the environment. I will then only buy new cartons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563032_en"}, {"id": 33563031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:42:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Stricter regulations to reduce waste are a reasonable and important goal. However, treating a micro-business in the same way as a global, multi-million-euro corporation is disproportionate and risks destroying livelihoods. For small businesses selling handcrafted products, registering in up to 27 national registries and paying for authorized representatives in multiple countries is simply not financially viable. In its current form, the EPR framework risks driving micro-businesses out of the market, forcing local shops to close and putting countless livelihoods at risk. The result will not be a more sustainable marketplace, but one with fewer independent sellers and more customers turning to large corporations instead. We are already seeing small businesses stop shipping to Germany or withdraw from the EU market altogether because they cannot bear the administrative and financial burden. It is deeply concerning to see legislation taking shape that undermines the very idea of the European Single Market by creating new barriers to cross-border trade for the smallest businesses. Please find a solution that achieves the important goal of reducing waste while also protecting Europe's local businesses. Regulations should be proportionate to the size and resources of a business and should strengthen, rather than weaken, the Single Market. Otherwise, the unintended consequence will be to further consolidate market power in the hands of large non-European platforms such as Temu and AliExpress, at the expense of Europe's small businesses, local economies, and independent sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Stricter regulations to reduce waste are a reasonable and important goal. However, treating a micro-business in the same way as a global, multi-million-euro corporation is disproportionate and risks destroying livelihoods. For small businesses selling handcrafted products, registering in up to 27 national registries and paying for authorized representatives in multiple countries is simply not financially viable. In its current form, the EPR framework risks driving micro-businesses out of the market, forcing local shops to close and putting countless livelihoods at risk. The result will not be a more sustainable marketplace, but one with fewer independent sellers and more customers turning to large corporations instead. We are already seeing small businesses stop shipping to Germany or withdraw from the EU market altogether because they cannot bear the administrative and financial burden. It is deeply concerning to see legislation taking shape that undermines the very idea of the European Single Market by creating new barriers to cross-border trade for the smallest businesses. Please find a solution that achieves the important goal of reducing waste while also protecting Europe's local businesses. Regulations should be proportionate to the size and resources of a business and should strengthen, rather than weaken, the Single Market. Otherwise, the unintended consequence will be to further consolidate market power in the hands of large non-European platforms such as Temu and AliExpress, at the expense of Europe's small businesses, local economies, and independent sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563031_en"}, {"id": 33563030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:40:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "STV-Tech", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen 1 Mann Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinstunternehmer mit einem Versand von 33 Sendungen im Jahr 2025 in die EU macht es keinen Sinn mehr in die EU zu verkaufen, da die Fixkosten pro Land in keinerlei Verhältnis stehen. Ich werde gezwungen sein meine Lieferungen in die EU einzustellen. Da die Kosten um ein vielfaches höher sind als der erzielte Umsatz. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small 1 man online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a micro-entrepreneur sending 33 consignments to the EU in 2025, it no longer makes sense for me to sell to the EU, as the fixed costs per country are disproportionate. I will be forced to stop my deliveries to the EU. This is because the costs are many times higher than the turnover achieved. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563030_en"}, {"id": 33563029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:36:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jablan GmbH", "feedback": "Die konkrete Auswirkung dieser Regelung ist dramatisch: Kleine europäische Händler und Hersteller werden de facto aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen. Gerade bei sehr spezialisierten Produkten ist der nationale Markt oft zu klein. Ein kleiner Hersteller oder Fachhändler kann vielleicht in jedem einzelnen EU-Land nur 1.000 bis 3.000 Euro Umsatz pro Jahr erzielen. Über 20 oder 27 Länder hinweg ergibt sich daraus aber ein relevantes Gesamtvolumen, mit dem ein kleines Unternehmen erfolgreich wirtschaften und wachsen kann. Wenn nun jedoch in jedem einzelnen Land zusätzliche Fixkosten von etwa 500 Euro pro Jahr für Bevollmächtigte, Registrierungen und weitere Pflichten entstehen, funktioniert dieses Modell nicht mehr. Bei einem Jahresumsatz von beispielsweise 2.000 Euro in einem Land und einer typischen Handelsmarge von nur 20 bis 25 Prozent ist die gesamte Rohmarge bereits durch diese zusätzlichen Fixkosten aufgezehrt. Der Verkauf wird wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Das betrifft nicht nur kleine Onlinehändler, sondern besonders auch kleine europäische Hersteller, deren Produkte so spezialisiert sind, dass sie auf den gesamten europäischen Markt angewiesen sind. Sie können ihre Kosten nicht über einen großen Heimatmarkt oder tausende Verkäufe je Land verteilen. Die Folge ist nicht mehr Umweltschutz, sondern dass kleine Unternehmen gezwungen werden, einzelne EU-Märkte zu verlassen oder ihr Geschäft vollständig aufzugeben. Der Bedarf der Kunden verschwindet dadurch jedoch nicht. Wenn europäische Händler und Hersteller bestimmte EU Märkte nicht mehr wirtschaftlich bedienen können, werden Kunden ihren Bedarf zunehmend außerhalb Europas decken. Das kann dazu führen, dass noch mehr Waren direkt aus China oder anderen außereuropäischen Märkten importiert werden. Gerade darin liegt aus meiner Sicht ein gravierender Widerspruch: Schon heute fühlen sich viele europäische Händler und Hersteller gegenüber asiatischen Wettbewerbern nur unzureichend geschützt. Gleichzeitig führen immer neue europäische Regulierungen, Fixkosten und administrative Pflichten dazu, dass gerade kleine EU-Unternehmen zunehmend handlungsunfähig werden. Für unser Unternehmen ist das bereits Realität: Wir haben den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Länder eingestellt, weil Aufwand und Fixkosten in keinem Verhältnis mehr zum dort erzielbaren Umsatz stehen. Die grundsätzliche Idee hinter der PPWR können wir nachvollziehen. Die aktuelle Umsetzung trifft jedoch genau diejenigen, die der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich stärken sollte: kleine europäische Hersteller und Händler, die europaweit Nischenprodukte anbieten. Es braucht deshalb dringend eine realistische Bagatellgrenze oder eine echte EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung ohne separate Fixkosten in jedem Mitgliedstaat. In der aktuellen Form ist diese Regelung für viele kleine europäische Hersteller und Händler nicht nur eine zusätzliche Belastung. Sie kann das Ende ihres Geschäftsmodells bedeuten. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "The actual impact of this rule is dramatic: Small European traders and manufacturers are de facto excluded from the EU single market. Particularly in the case of highly specialised products, the national market is often too small. A small manufacturer or specialist dealer may have a turnover of between EUR 1,000 and EUR 3,000 per year in each EU country. However, across 20 or 27 countries, this results in a relevant overall volume with which a small enterprise can successfully operate and grow. However, if each country now incurs additional fixed costs of around EUR 500 per year for plenipotentiaries, registrations and other obligations, this model no longer works. With an annual turnover of, for example, EUR 2000 in a country and a typical trading margin of only 20-25 %, the entire raw margin has already been absorbed by these additional fixed costs. The sale becomes economically impossible. This concerns not only small online retailers, but especially small European manufacturers, whose products are so specialised that they rely on the entire European market. They cannot spread their costs over a large home market or thousands of sales per country. The result is no longer environmental protection, but that small businesses are forced to leave individual EU markets or abandon their business altogether. However, customers’ needs do not disappear as a result. When European traders and manufacturers are no longer able to serve certain EU markets economically, customers will increasingly buy from outside Europe. This can lead to even more products being imported directly from China or other non-European markets. In my view, this is a serious contradiction: Already today, many European traders and manufacturers feel insufficiently protected against Asian competitors. At the same time, ever-changing European regulations, fixed costs and administrative obligations mean that small EU companies in particular are becoming increasingly incapacitated. For our company, this is already a reality: We have stopped shipping to many EU countries because the effort and fixed costs are no longer proportionate to the turnover that can be achieved there. We understand the basic idea behind the PPWR. However, the current implementation affects precisely those who should actually strengthen the European single market: small European manufacturers and distributors offering niche products across Europe. There is therefore an urgent need for a realistic de minimis threshold or a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop solution with no separate fixed costs in each Member State. In its current form, this rule is not only an additional burden for many small European manufacturers and distributors. It can mean the end of its business model. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563029_en"}, {"id": 33563028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:21:42", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, leider muss ich Ihnen eine Rückmeldung zu einer Ihrer gravierendsten Fehlentscheidungen der letzten Zeit geben: der neuen EU-Verpackungs- und Verpackungsabfallverordnung (PPWR). Wie es scheint, hat keiner der entscheidenden Akteure in diesem Prozess jemals selbst im operativen Versand gearbeitet oder eine praktische Vorstellung davon, was es bedeutet, sein Geld am freien Markt verdienen zu müssen. In der freien Wirtschaft werden wir nicht für bloße Anwesenheit bezahlt, sondern nach Leistung, Effizienz und tatsächlicher Arbeit. Die nun beschlossenen Quoten und Vorgaben insbesondere zu Wiederverwendbarkeit, Reduktionszielen und dem Verbot bestimmter Verpackungsformate sind absolut überspitzt eingeführt worden. Sie entbehren jeder praktischen Grundlage und zeigen eine besorgniserregende Distanz zur wirtschaftlichen Realität kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen. Die Umsetzung dieser Verordnung bedeutet für die Praxis: Unverhältnismäßiger Bürokratieaufwand: Statt nachhaltiges Handeln zu fördern, werden Unternehmen mit komplexen Nachweis- und Dokumentationspflichten gelähmt. Mangelnde Praxistauglichkeit von Mehrwegsystemen: Die pauschalen Wiederverwendungsquoten berücksichtigen weder die logistischen Rückführungswege noch die damit verbundenen hygienischen, ökologischen und finanziellen Zusatzbelastungen. Gefährdung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit: Während Online-Handel und Versandlogistik ohnehin unter hohem Kostendruck stehen, erlegen Sie den Betrieben zusätzliche Hürden auf, die schlicht nicht umsetzbar sind. Umweltschutz und Ressourcenschonung sind wichtige Ziele, die auch in der Wirtschaft getragen werden. Sie funktionieren jedoch nur, wenn Gesetze gemeinsam mit der Praxis entwickelt werden und nicht am Schreibtisch an der Realität vorbei. Ich fordere Sie nachdrücklich dazu auf, die Umsetzungsfristen und Detailvorgaben der PPWR praxisnah zu überarbeiten, Ausnahmeregelungen für logistisch unzumutbare Vorgaben zu schaffen und den Dialog mit den Betroffenen zu suchen, die diese Regeln im Alltag tatsächlich ausführen müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to have to give you feedback on one of your most serious recent mistakes: the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). It seems that none of the key players in this process have ever worked in operational shipping themselves, or have a practical idea of what it means to earn their money on the open market. In the free economy, we are not paid for mere presence, but for performance, efficiency and actual work. The quotas and targets now adopted, in particular on reusability, reduction targets and the ban on certain packaging formats, have been introduced with absolute rushes. They have no practical basis and show a worrying distance to the economic reality of small and medium-sized enterprises. The implementation of this Regulation means in practice: Disproportionate administrative burden: Instead of promoting sustainable action, companies are paralysed with complex evidentiary and documentation requirements. Lack of practicality of reusable systems: The flat-rate reuse rates do not take into account the logistical routes of return or the associated additional hygienic, environmental and financial burdens. Threats to competitiveness: While online trade and shipping logistics are already under high cost pressure, impose additional hurdles on businesses that are simply not feasible. The protection of the environment and the conservation of resources are important objectives which are also supported by the economy. However, they only work if laws are developed together with practice and do not stop at the desk. I urge you to revise the implementation deadlines and detailed rules of the PPWR in a practical way, to create exceptions for logistically unreasonable rules and to engage in dialogue with those concerned who actually have to implement these rules in their daily lives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563028_en"}, {"id": 33563027, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:21:25", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a markedly anti-EU legislation. While the intention is good, requiring small businesses to register separately in every country they conduct their business in is completely antithetical to the free movement of goods within the union. If the goal is to bring down barriers, this legislation is a massive step in the wrong direction. Legislation of this sort should never put the burden on the businesses themselves, but on the lawmakers of each EU nation to create a more unified legislature across the union, that makes it easier for businesses to comply in other nations, not harder.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a markedly anti-EU legislation. While the intention is good, requiring small businesses to register separately in every country they conduct their business in is completely antithetical to the free movement of goods within the union. If the goal is to bring down barriers, this legislation is a massive step in the wrong direction. Legislation of this sort should never put the burden on the businesses themselves, but on the lawmakers of each EU nation to create a more unified legislature across the union, that makes it easier for businesses to comply in other nations, not harder.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563027_en"}, {"id": 33563026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:17:05", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law appears to have been poorly thought out, and in practice locks small businesses out of the European market. By doing so, it goes against the idea of a single European market, making international trade harder. While the idea of sustainable packaging is admirable, this is not a good way of achieving it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law appears to have been poorly thought out, and in practice locks small businesses out of the European market. By doing so, it goes against the idea of a single European market, making international trade harder. While the idea of sustainable packaging is admirable, this is not a good way of achieving it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563026_en"}, {"id": 33563025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:16:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Spirit of Joy Global", "feedback": "To the European Commission and the Committee on Petitions:As a German citizen living and operating as a micro-entrepreneur based in Switzerland, I am writing to express grave concern regarding the practical enforcement of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for cross-border e-commerce.While the environmental objectives of the PPWR are fully understandable, the current implementation structure creates an insurmountable bureaucratic wall for micro-enterprises, sole traders, and independent creators:The Burden of Multi-Country Representation: For small-scale or cross-border sellersespecially those operating from a non-EU country like Switzerlandthe mandate to appoint a local Authorized Representative in every single EU destination market imposes a crippling fixed financial cost. When shipping only a small volume of parcels annually, these representative fees and multi-portal reporting requirements completely wipe out profit margins, effectively acting as an economic prohibition on cross-border micro-trade.Erosion of the Single Market Principle: Instead of a streamlined European market, small vendors now face 27 fragmented national regulatory systems. Paradoxically, it is currently logistically easier and less bureaucratic for a small independent creator to ship a parcel globally overseas than to send a sustainably packaged item across the border to a neighboring EU member state.Disproportionate Impact on Small Players: Large multinational corporations and high-volume mass importers easily absorb these compliance overhead costs. In contrast, the law disproportionately penalizes independent artists, makers, and small businesses, reducing consumer choice and driving market consolidation toward massive digital platforms. Our Urgent Demands:Implement a Clear De Minimis Threshold: Grant a mandatory exemption or simplified compliance framework for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border shippers below a defined annual package or weight threshold.Establish a Unified EU \"One-Stop-Shop\" (OSS): Replace the fragmented system of individual national registries and local representatives with a single, centralized digital portal for reporting and licensing, analogous to the EU VAT OSS model.European integration was built on the premise of free movement of goods and support for citizen entrepreneurship. Without urgent structural corrections and carve-outs for micro-sellers, this regulation will unintentionally destroy thousands of independent European and neighboring small businesses.Thank you for your time, consideration, and commitment to a balanced legislative framework.Sincerely,Annikki Ekelund", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission and the Committee on Petitions:As a German citizen living and operating as a micro-entrepreneur based in Switzerland, I am writing to express grave concern regarding the practical enforcement of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for cross-border e-commerce.While the environmental objectives of the PPWR are fully understandable, the current implementation structure creates an insurmountable bureaucratic wall for micro-enterprises, sole traders, and independent creators:The Burden of Multi-Country Representation: For small-scale or cross-border sellersespecially those operating from a non-EU country like Switzerlandthe mandate to appoint a local Authorized Representative in every single EU destination market imposes a crippling fixed financial cost. When shipping only a small volume of parcels annually, these representative fees and multi-portal reporting requirements completely wipe out profit margins, effectively acting as an economic prohibition on cross-border micro-trade.Erosion of the Single Market Principle: Instead of a streamlined European market, small vendors now face 27 fragmented national regulatory systems. Paradoxically, it is currently logistically easier and less bureaucratic for a small independent creator to ship a parcel globally overseas than to send a sustainably packaged item across the border to a neighboring EU member state.Disproportionate Impact on Small Players: Large multinational corporations and high-volume mass importers easily absorb these compliance overhead costs. In contrast, the law disproportionately penalizes independent artists, makers, and small businesses, reducing consumer choice and driving market consolidation toward massive digital platforms. Our Urgent Demands:Implement a Clear De Minimis Threshold: Grant a mandatory exemption or simplified compliance framework for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border shippers below a defined annual package or weight threshold.Establish a Unified EU \"One-Stop-Shop\" (OSS): Replace the fragmented system of individual national registries and local representatives with a single, centralized digital portal for reporting and licensing, analogous to the EU VAT OSS model.European integration was built on the premise of free movement of goods and support for citizen entrepreneurship. Without urgent structural corrections and carve-outs for micro-sellers, this regulation will unintentionally destroy thousands of independent European and neighboring small businesses.Thank you for your time, consideration, and commitment to a balanced legislative framework.Sincerely,Annikki Ekelund", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563025_en"}, {"id": 33563024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:15:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR went into force on 12 August 2026, supposedly to make packaging more sustainable across the EU. In reality it means every business selling cross-border now has to register separately in up to 27 national systems, file reports per country, and in some member states even hire a local representative just to keep selling there. For a big multinational retailer that's nothing. A fixed cost spread over millions of parcels. For someone running a one-person webshop who ships a dozen packages a year to Sweden, that same requirement can run into the hundreds of euros, more than the orders are even worth. Dutch entrepreneurs are already cutting off entire countries because of this, and a petition against the current rules has picked up close to 50,000 signatures in a matter of weeks. Who exactly does this design help? A rule that a company with a full compliance department barely notices, but that makes a sole trader's business model impossible, doesn't happen by accident. This is the kind of outcome you get when the people with the lobbying budget to shape the technical details are the same people who can eat the cost either way. \"Harmonised EU rules\" somehow turned into 27 separate national bureaucracies, which just happens to be exactly the kind of complexity only the biggest players can shrug off. The small independent sellers this market was supposed to stay open to are getting squeezed out. Not by the environmental goal itself, but by the paperwork bolted onto it. If this is really about sustainability and a fair playing field: Build one EU-wide registration and reporting system for packaging EPR, similar to the VAT One-Stop-Shop, instead of 27 separate national ones. Scale the obligations to actual shipment volume or turnover per country. Not a flat requirement regardless of size. Drop the local representative requirement for anyone below a reasonable turnover threshold. Actually run an SME impact test, the \"Think Small First\" principle the EU says it follows, before the next PPWR phase hits in 2028-2029. Keep ignoring that and this stops looking like an oversight. It starts looking like regulatory capture with an environmental sticker slapped on it.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR went into force on 12 August 2026, supposedly to make packaging more sustainable across the EU. In reality it means every business selling cross-border now has to register separately in up to 27 national systems, file reports per country, and in some member states even hire a local representative just to keep selling there. For a big multinational retailer that's nothing. A fixed cost spread over millions of parcels. For someone running a one-person webshop who ships a dozen packages a year to Sweden, that same requirement can run into the hundreds of euros, more than the orders are even worth. Dutch entrepreneurs are already cutting off entire countries because of this, and a petition against the current rules has picked up close to 50,000 signatures in a matter of weeks. Who exactly does this design help? A rule that a company with a full compliance department barely notices, but that makes a sole trader's business model impossible, doesn't happen by accident. This is the kind of outcome you get when the people with the lobbying budget to shape the technical details are the same people who can eat the cost either way. \"Harmonised EU rules\" somehow turned into 27 separate national bureaucracies, which just happens to be exactly the kind of complexity only the biggest players can shrug off. The small independent sellers this market was supposed to stay open to are getting squeezed out. Not by the environmental goal itself, but by the paperwork bolted onto it. If this is really about sustainability and a fair playing field: Build one EU-wide registration and reporting system for packaging EPR, similar to the VAT One-Stop-Shop, instead of 27 separate national ones. Scale the obligations to actual shipment volume or turnover per country. Not a flat requirement regardless of size. Drop the local representative requirement for anyone below a reasonable turnover threshold. Actually run an SME impact test, the \"Think Small First\" principle the EU says it follows, before the next PPWR phase hits in 2028-2029. Keep ignoring that and this stops looking like an oversight. It starts looking like regulatory capture with an environmental sticker slapped on it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563024_en"}, {"id": 33563023, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:15:27", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Laat ons a.u.b. stoppen met nog meer wetgeving en regeltjes te bedenken die de kleine ondernemer afstraffen. Dit soort bureaucratische rompslomp doet mensen nog verder walgen van een meer verenigde Europese Unie. Het feit dat diegene die deze wetten bedenken het in eerste instantie een goed idee vonden, illustreert toch mooi de ivoren toren mentaliteit van de EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Let us stop creating further legislation and rules that penalise the small entrepreneur. This type of bureaucracy makes people walk even further in a more united European Union. The fact that those devising these laws initially found it to be a good idea is nevertheless a good illustration of the EU’s ivory tower mentality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563023_en"}, {"id": 33563022, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:09:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have serious concerns about this PPWR legislation that is being implemented. This legislation does not seem to be fair at all nor do I think that the current implementation is effective and its goal will be achieved by the current set-up. Foremost this legislation is a huge economical and bureaucratical burden for small businesses. Small business do not have the manpower nor the financial assets to follow up and implement. Small business like webshops only sell relatively small amounts to different countries across Europe but for every country they have to pay and register separately. The flatfee paid is high and equal to the fees large companies have to pay. This means that small innovative business have to close down partially or entirely due to a legislation that should actually change the big-waste companies like Amazon. And thats what makes it even more frustrating: these small businesses are precisely the ones that are trying to operate in a more environmentally responsible way. Small businesses often deliberately choose recycled packaging, minimise unnecessary packaging, avoid plastic where possible and actively try to reduce their environmental footprint.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have serious concerns about this PPWR legislation that is being implemented. This legislation does not seem to be fair at all nor do I think that the current implementation is effective and its goal will be achieved by the current set-up. Foremost this legislation is a huge economical and bureaucratical burden for small businesses. Small business do not have the manpower nor the financial assets to follow up and implement. Small business like webshops only sell relatively small amounts to different countries across Europe but for every country they have to pay and register separately. The flatfee paid is high and equal to the fees large companies have to pay. This means that small innovative business have to close down partially or entirely due to a legislation that should actually change the big-waste companies like Amazon. And thats what makes it even more frustrating: these small businesses are precisely the ones that are trying to operate in a more environmentally responsible way. Small businesses often deliberately choose recycled packaging, minimise unnecessary packaging, avoid plastic where possible and actively try to reduce their environmental footprint.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563022_en"}, {"id": 33563021, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:07:04", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Elimpex Ltd ", "feedback": "As a part of a small family business from Bulgaria that regularly sells products in Romania and Greece and want to expand further into the EU, this legislation makes it too expensive and hard. This law antithetical to how the EU as a economic entity should operate. We should protect the environment and strive for more sustainable packaging, but how this is set up is not good for small businesses and is favoring big corporations, for which the associated costs are negligible, but for a business like ours it doesn't make economic sense as it will be too expensive and legally hard to do it. Such legislation should be handled like One stop shop. As I said the way the legislation is set up, is harming the idea of the single economic union.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a part of a small family business from Bulgaria that regularly sells products in Romania and Greece and want to expand further into the EU, this legislation makes it too expensive and hard. This law antithetical to how the EU as a economic entity should operate. We should protect the environment and strive for more sustainable packaging, but how this is set up is not good for small businesses and is favoring big corporations, for which the associated costs are negligible, but for a business like ours it doesn't make economic sense as it will be too expensive and legally hard to do it. Such legislation should be handled like One stop shop. As I said the way the legislation is set up, is harming the idea of the single economic union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563021_en"}, {"id": 33563020, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 10:03:42", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have an online shop and sell my own product. I've been so lucky to be able to rely fully on this business to support myself financially with selling in the US. I finally opened my shop in Europe and the EU decided to destroy my business. How is it possible that a small business (a one-person company) will be in the same boat as big business and have to pay the same? I will barely put 5kg of packaging in each country in the EU, and I'm expected to pay the same as a multi-million euro company that brings in tonnes? I hope the EU reconsiders and removes this regulation for micro and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have an online shop and sell my own product. I've been so lucky to be able to rely fully on this business to support myself financially with selling in the US. I finally opened my shop in Europe and the EU decided to destroy my business. How is it possible that a small business (a one-person company) will be in the same boat as big business and have to pay the same? I will barely put 5kg of packaging in each country in the EU, and I'm expected to pay the same as a multi-million euro company that brings in tonnes? I hope the EU reconsiders and removes this regulation for micro and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563020_en"}, {"id": 33563019, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:56:40", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Burren Woodcrafts", "feedback": "This law makes small businesses not viable while doing nothing to stem the massive packaging waste from the likes of Temu, Amazon & AliExpress. There needs to be a small business carve-out, a minimum threshold of sales to a country / total sales or an exemption for fully sustainable packaging. With every new law I see it's clear that the EU has been taken over by the corporations and lobbyists. I have been an ardent EU supporter all my life and you are starting to turn me into a skeptic. I dread to think the state of the union in 10 years.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law makes small businesses not viable while doing nothing to stem the massive packaging waste from the likes of Temu, Amazon & AliExpress. There needs to be a small business carve-out, a minimum threshold of sales to a country / total sales or an exemption for fully sustainable packaging. With every new law I see it's clear that the EU has been taken over by the corporations and lobbyists. I have been an ardent EU supporter all my life and you are starting to turn me into a skeptic. I dread to think the state of the union in 10 years.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563019_en"}, {"id": 33563018, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:47:41", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ahhh yes it's a win of the single marker having to register in every single eu country you want to sell your products, especially for small businesses/small artisans/small whatever.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ahhh yes it's a win of the single marker having to register in every single eu country you want to sell your products, especially for small businesses/small artisans/small whatever.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563018_en"}, {"id": 33563017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:46:08", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sides aps", "feedback": "To whom it may concern. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making companies responsible for the waste they create. But I think the way this is being implemented risks creating another barrier for small companies trying to sell across the EU. For a large company, registering in different countries, paying registration fees, hiring representatives and dealing with different national systems is just another cost of doing business. For a small company these costs can actually decide if entering another EU country makes financial sense at all. This creates a kind of glass ceiling for small European companies. One of the biggest advantages companies in the United States have is that even a small buisness can relatively easily access a market of more than 300 million people. A company can start small in one state and grow across the country without having to effectively re-register the same activity again and again. The EU Single Market should offer European companies the same advantage. This is especially important for companies coming from smaller countries like Denmark, Slovenia, Estonia etc. Our national markets are simply too small for many companies to reach their real potential domestically. The whole point of the Single Market should be that a small Danish company can think of Germany, France, Spain or Italy as part of its home market. Instead we are slowly creating more and more small administrative barriers. Each one may look reasonable on its own, but when you put them together the cost and burocracy becomes significant. I think there should be one EU registration system for small and medium companies. Register once, report packaging quantities once, and let the EU/national authorities distribute the information and fees between countries. Fees should also be proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market, with a very simple system for small producers. Environmental rules are important, but they should not make it harder for European small companies to grow inside Europe. We should be making acces to the Single Market easier, not turning 27 countries into 27 separate compliance projects. All the best, Dragos Dan", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making companies responsible for the waste they create. But I think the way this is being implemented risks creating another barrier for small companies trying to sell across the EU. For a large company, registering in different countries, paying registration fees, hiring representatives and dealing with different national systems is just another cost of doing business. For a small company these costs can actually decide if entering another EU country makes financial sense at all. This creates a kind of glass ceiling for small European companies. One of the biggest advantages companies in the United States have is that even a small buisness can relatively easily access a market of more than 300 million people. A company can start small in one state and grow across the country without having to effectively re-register the same activity again and again. The EU Single Market should offer European companies the same advantage. This is especially important for companies coming from smaller countries like Denmark, Slovenia, Estonia etc. Our national markets are simply too small for many companies to reach their real potential domestically. The whole point of the Single Market should be that a small Danish company can think of Germany, France, Spain or Italy as part of its home market. Instead we are slowly creating more and more small administrative barriers. Each one may look reasonable on its own, but when you put them together the cost and burocracy becomes significant. I think there should be one EU registration system for small and medium companies. Register once, report packaging quantities once, and let the EU/national authorities distribute the information and fees between countries. Fees should also be proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market, with a very simple system for small producers. Environmental rules are important, but they should not make it harder for European small companies to grow inside Europe. We should be making acces to the Single Market easier, not turning 27 countries into 27 separate compliance projects. All the best, Dragos Dan", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563017_en"}, {"id": 33563016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:45:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handelsunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe nebenberuflich einen Onlineshop seit 8 Jahren. Ich bin alleiniger Angestellter mit juristischer Vorbildung. Seit Einführung der EU-Verpackungsgesetze habe ich aufgrund der diversen EU-Vorschriften, die jedes Land anders auslegt oder umsetzt, den Versand in immer mehr EU-Länder Stück für Stück einstellen müssen. Insbesondere die in einigen Ländern ausnamslos geltende Pflicht eines Bevollmächtigen, die in aller Regel mit erheblichen Kosten und Aufwand verbunden sind, ist defacto ein Verkaufsverbot, da ich in einige Länder nur 1-10 Pakete pro Jahr versende. Gleiches ergibt sich nunmehr aus der neuen EU-Regelung. Es kann doch nicht sein, dass mich als kleinen Versender Bürokratieverpflichtungen treffen, die den Handel in der EU für mich ausschießen! Denn wie soll ich überhaupt prüfen, welche Regelungen in jedem einzelnen EU-Land gelten? Wie soll ich die umsetzen, in jeweils 20 (oder mehr) Landessprachen in der EU? Ich nehme an der OSS-Versteuerung teil, wo ich die Steuermeldungen des EU-Versandes an das deutsche Finanzamt melde und dieses die Daten/Zahlungen an die EU-Länder weiterleitet. Warum gibt es deratiges nicht auch hier? Warum muss alles in jedem EU-Land separat gemeldet werden? Und warum gibt es dann nicht wenigstens einheitliche Regel und Formulare? So wie es jetzt seit dem 12.8. gilt, ist es uns kleineren Händlern unmöglich, den Handel weiter zu betreiben. Defacto ein Handels- und Berufsverbot. Das verstößt doch daher offenkundig gegen die EU-Verfassung? Und das Gesetzt selbst sieht doch vor, dass der Handel durch die Regelungen nicht beeinträchtigt werden soll?! Er wird doch sogar verhindert. Ohne eine umgehende Aussetzung für kleinere Unternehmen oder eine umgehende europäische Lösung wie die OSS-Versteuerung ist das Gesetz nicht händelbar und wir kleine Händler müssen aufgeben. Ich hoffe daher dringen und eilig auf eine Anpassung!", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have run an online shop for 8 years on a secondary basis. I am a sole employee with a legal background. Since the introduction of EU packaging laws, I have had to stop shipping to an increasing number of EU countries, piece by piece, because of the various EU rules that each country interprets or implements differently. In particular, the requirement for an authorised representative in some countries, which generally involves considerable costs and effort, is de facto a sales ban, as I only send 1-10 parcels per year to some countries. The same is now apparent from the new EU rules. As a small shipper, I cannot be subject to bureaucratic obligations that cut off trade in the EU for me! Because how should I actually check which rules apply in each EU country? How should I implement them in 20 (or more) national languages in the EU? I take part in the OSS taxation, where I report the tax reports of the EU Member State to the German tax office and the latter forwards the data/payments to the EU countries. Why is this not the case here too? Why must everything be reported separately in each EU country? And why then is there not at least a uniform rule and forms? As it has been the case since 12.8., it is impossible for smaller traders to continue trading. De facto a trade and professional ban. This is clearly contrary to the EU Constitution? And the law itself provides that trade should not be affected by the rules?! It is even prevented. Without an immediate suspension for smaller businesses or an immediate European solution such as OSS taxation, the law is not workable and we have to give up small traders. I therefore hope that this will be adapted as quickly as possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563016_en"}, {"id": 33563015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:41:47", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Connemara Celtic Crystal", "feedback": "We are a small company with 5 employees and we depend on our online sales to survive during the winter months. We cannot afford to meed the requirements for packaging and packaging waste as compliance in all 27 member states would cost more than our turnover As a result we can no longer afford to ship to other EU countries We use less than 10kg of packaging a year and all of it is reused amazon or wine boxes This change will almost certainly put us out of business", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small company with 5 employees and we depend on our online sales to survive during the winter months. We cannot afford to meed the requirements for packaging and packaging waste as compliance in all 27 member states would cost more than our turnover As a result we can no longer afford to ship to other EU countries We use less than 10kg of packaging a year and all of it is reused amazon or wine boxes This change will almost certainly put us out of business", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563015_en"}, {"id": 33563014, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:40:40", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new packaging regulations are terrible for small businesses. I've already seen many of them who are simply ending shipping to EU countries because it is too expensive to comply to all the regulations. Even EU businesses are being affected, and they are no longer shipping outside of their country of origin, cutting them off from a significant section of their market. Only the large corporations will be able to trade internationally. On top of that this will obviously reduce consumer choice and consumer freedom if only certain EU businesses are able to ship internationally. Change these regulations to support small and start-up businesses, please.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new packaging regulations are terrible for small businesses. I've already seen many of them who are simply ending shipping to EU countries because it is too expensive to comply to all the regulations. Even EU businesses are being affected, and they are no longer shipping outside of their country of origin, cutting them off from a significant section of their market. Only the large corporations will be able to trade internationally. On top of that this will obviously reduce consumer choice and consumer freedom if only certain EU businesses are able to ship internationally. Change these regulations to support small and start-up businesses, please.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563014_en"}, {"id": 33563013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:37:29", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is the final nail in he coffin for any small business that wants to trade B to C in the EU. The EU already hobbled small businesses trade with the VAT changes on selling in 2019 and before that on digital goods, i.e. PDFs of knitting patterns and the like, in 2016, by making VAT regulations impossibly difficult for any small businesses, especially sole traders, to comply with. I had already had to stop selling to the EU because of the 2019 regulations. Many very small businesses are not VAT registered at all in the UK, and the only way to comply with that new rule charging the VAT rate in the customers country and remitting The (minutely tiny) amounts of VAT to each countrys VAT authorities quarterly was simply beyond micro businesses. It was another rule that the EU bureaucrats squeezed in under the ridiculous claim that it would somehow level The playing Field. How old the big boys like Amazon must have been laughing all the way to the bank over that one! Very easy for them to implement, and very difficult for the small trader. The problem I think is that the EU bureaucrats and MEPs have no experience of running small male or businesses so do not have a clue. They may think that theyre helping but they are doing the exact opposite. This latest regulation is going to kill small mail order business, even between countries that are in the EU, as well as traders wanting to sell into the EU. It needs to have an exemption on businesses selling, say, under 100,000 INTO the EU annually not their total annual trade, just what they sell into the EU or within the EU. The EU does not know or Care how very tiny businesses operate. In many cases, you have one person at doing everything. By adding to the amount of admin they have to do, and their admin costs, you do not help business thrive in any way whatsoever. When the same person is designing the product, making the product, packaging the product, running the website, doing all the admin, in other words doing absolutely everything in the business, they do not have time to engage with even more red tape. There are only 24 hours in a day, and the EU cannot make that day longer for anyone. And it is particularly ridiculous when compliance with EU regulations is required for only a tiny part of their trade. Another point most small businesses that trade online do not require people to create an account on their website first before they buy. Unlike something like Amazon, Etsy or any other big company, or even yourself. I had to create an account just to be able to send you this comment. So prior to a sale, it is not possible for us to determine where the customer is, and to apply the correct regulations, VAT rate etc to their order. You must be able to see that rules and regulations that the EU have introduced in the last few years, particularly the VAT regulations and now this one on packaging are just impossible for us to comply with. Of course, the biggest joke is that most small businesses really do care about the environment, far more than the big companies, and most of us are already using recycled packaging! Yes, it is true. All the cardboard packaging and bubble wrap that come into my household from big companies gets saved and reused in my small mail order packaging. Of course, I cant do anything about what my customer does with that packaging eventually, but most likely they are recycling it too. Many customers who shop from small businesses also care about the environment. What a strange thing that is! Isnt it about time that the EU actually stopped creating barriers to trade for small and micro Businesses? Because that is what you seem to do. No doubt because of Brexit the most stupid decision ever taken by the UK you may not even consider my petition to you. But in a world where technology has made international trade easier than ever, it is ridiculous that our ruling powers, like the EU, want to make life as hard as possible!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is the final nail in he coffin for any small business that wants to trade B to C in the EU. The EU already hobbled small businesses trade with the VAT changes on selling in 2019 and before that on digital goods, i.e. PDFs of knitting patterns and the like, in 2016, by making VAT regulations impossibly difficult for any small businesses, especially sole traders, to comply with. I had already had to stop selling to the EU because of the 2019 regulations. Many very small businesses are not VAT registered at all in the UK, and the only way to comply with that new rule charging the VAT rate in the customers country and remitting The (minutely tiny) amounts of VAT to each countrys VAT authorities quarterly was simply beyond micro businesses. It was another rule that the EU bureaucrats squeezed in under the ridiculous claim that it would somehow level The playing Field. How old the big boys like Amazon must have been laughing all the way to the bank over that one! Very easy for them to implement, and very difficult for the small trader. The problem I think is that the EU bureaucrats and MEPs have no experience of running small male or businesses so do not have a clue. They may think that theyre helping but they are doing the exact opposite. This latest regulation is going to kill small mail order business, even between countries that are in the EU, as well as traders wanting to sell into the EU. It needs to have an exemption on businesses selling, say, under 100,000 INTO the EU annually not their total annual trade, just what they sell into the EU or within the EU. The EU does not know or Care how very tiny businesses operate. In many cases, you have one person at doing everything. By adding to the amount of admin they have to do, and their admin costs, you do not help business thrive in any way whatsoever. When the same person is designing the product, making the product, packaging the product, running the website, doing all the admin, in other words doing absolutely everything in the business, they do not have time to engage with even more red tape. There are only 24 hours in a day, and the EU cannot make that day longer for anyone. And it is particularly ridiculous when compliance with EU regulations is required for only a tiny part of their trade. Another point most small businesses that trade online do not require people to create an account on their website first before they buy. Unlike something like Amazon, Etsy or any other big company, or even yourself. I had to create an account just to be able to send you this comment. So prior to a sale, it is not possible for us to determine where the customer is, and to apply the correct regulations, VAT rate etc to their order. You must be able to see that rules and regulations that the EU have introduced in the last few years, particularly the VAT regulations and now this one on packaging are just impossible for us to comply with. Of course, the biggest joke is that most small businesses really do care about the environment, far more than the big companies, and most of us are already using recycled packaging! Yes, it is true. All the cardboard packaging and bubble wrap that come into my household from big companies gets saved and reused in my small mail order packaging. Of course, I cant do anything about what my customer does with that packaging eventually, but most likely they are recycling it too. Many customers who shop from small businesses also care about the environment. What a strange thing that is! Isnt it about time that the EU actually stopped creating barriers to trade for small and micro Businesses? Because that is what you seem to do. No doubt because of Brexit the most stupid decision ever taken by the UK you may not even consider my petition to you. But in a world where technology has made international trade easier than ever, it is ridiculous that our ruling powers, like the EU, want to make life as hard as possible!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563013_en"}, {"id": 33563012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:32:46", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "All the small business of my sector stopped EU sending. This is a law to help big corporations. A disgrace. Stop lobbies.", "feedbackEnglish": "All the small business of my sector stopped EU sending. This is a law to help big corporations. A disgrace. Stop lobbies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563012_en"}, {"id": 33563011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 09:31:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Deze wet zorgt in de huidige hoedanigheid een groffe beperking op ons recht, specifiek, Vrij verkeer van goederen. Het per organisatie moeten registreren in elk land waar producten worden verkocht gaat tegen de principes en het doel van de EU in. Dit is ontoelaatbaar, onbegrijpelijk en een anti-EU wetgeving. Met deze wetgeving worden kleine bedrijven gestraft. Zij kunnen hier niet tegen op. Daar moet in ieder geval een oplossing voor zijn. Denk aan: Vanaf omzet van X bedrag geldt Y. Of bij een verzending van X aantal pakket geldt Y. Of het enkel centraal en eenmalig laten registreren in de EU zou voldoende zijn. Daarvoor is de EU nu eenmaal.", "feedbackEnglish": "In its current capacity, this Act represents a major restriction on our right, specifically, Free Movement of Goods. Registering by organisation in each country where products are sold goes against the principles and purpose of the EU. This is inadmissible, incomprehensible and anti-EU legislation. This legislation punishes small businesses. They are not in a position to oppose this, which must in any case be resolved. Think about: From turnover of X amount Y. When X number of parcels is sent Y. Whether to register only centrally and once in the EU would be sufficient. This is what the EU is all about.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563011_en"}, {"id": 33563010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 08:56:23", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dit is onmogelijk voor kleine webshops. Jullie slopen ondernemingen en het aanbod voor consumenten. Stop hier alsjeblieft mee.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is impossible for small webshops. You demolish businesses and the offer for consumers. Please do not hesitate to contact us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563010_en"}, {"id": 33563009, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 08:40:09", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "One Single Market should mean one registration.! The environmental goal behind packaging producer responsibility is reasonable. The proposed implementation through separate national registers, however, is exactly the kind of bureaucracy that makes the EU Single Market unnecessarily difficult for small European businesses and dominated by foreign big companies. A small EU business selling online across the Union will, under this initiative, be confronted with registrations, reporting requirements, EPR schemes, fees and potentially representatives in multiple Member States. In the worst case, selling throughout the EU means dealing with 27 different national systems just to send parcels within the Single Market. How can the EU be this dense, acting as an economic union while simultaneously forcing every small business within that union to deal with bureaucratic requirements and having to obtain 27 different licenses for each nation in this Single Market union. Just wow. Large corporations however can employ compliance departments and lawyers to handle this. A small business cannot. For Amazon/Temu/whatever its a fraction of the revenue per minute to deal with 27 different licenses in a Single Market union. For a small/medium business receiving a boatload of orders from each Member State, the administrative cost and effort can easily explode far beyond the profit from those sales. The rational response is simply to stop selling to customers in that country. Keep the doors open for foreign companies, but kill off every small/medium european business. Good call, good call, kudos to the current EU leadership. The situation is made worse by poor communication. Small businesses are expected to understand increasingly complex EU and national packaging rules, yet information about their actual obligations is fragmented across EU institutions, national authorities, producer registers and compliance organisations. Requirements, terminology, procedures and reporting systems differ between countries. Even determining what a business must do can require considerable research or paid professional advice. This is not how a Single Market should operate. This is not how the EU should operate. This is not how our economies grow and thrive. This initiative is breaking your own legs and wondering why you cant run anymore. The EU should establish one EU-wide registration system. A business should register once, receive one EU registration number and submit one harmonised declaration showing how much packaging it sent to each Member State. A central system can then distribute the relevant fees and information to national waste-management systems. The costs for this should scale along the licensees annual profit. But currently your just forcing a small business owner to pay 27 different schmucks in each nation to be allowed to send a package across the union. Im sure the commissioners cousin and ones nations prime ministers daughter in law who will act as the contact person in that country getting hundreds and thousands of euros *per business* just for that permission will loose out on a shitton of money though. But thats a sacrifice all citizens are willing to make, our companies should be prioritized over your immediate family exploiting small businesses owners. This would also achieve the same environmental objective without forcing every small European business to navigate up to 27 bureaucracies *in a Single Market economic union the EU allegedly should be*. European small/medium businesses should be encouraged to sell across the EU, not discouraged from doing so by regulatory complexity that disproportionately benefits companies large enough to maintain dedicated compliance departments. One Single Market. One registration. One reporting system. Its not that hard, atleast if you have a brain.", "feedbackEnglish": "One Single Market should mean one registration.! The environmental goal behind packaging producer responsibility is reasonable. The proposed implementation through separate national registers, however, is exactly the kind of bureaucracy that makes the EU Single Market unnecessarily difficult for small European businesses and dominated by foreign big companies. A small EU business selling online across the Union will, under this initiative, be confronted with registrations, reporting requirements, EPR schemes, fees and potentially representatives in multiple Member States. In the worst case, selling throughout the EU means dealing with 27 different national systems just to send parcels within the Single Market. How can the EU be this dense, acting as an economic union while simultaneously forcing every small business within that union to deal with bureaucratic requirements and having to obtain 27 different licenses for each nation in this Single Market union. Just wow. Large corporations however can employ compliance departments and lawyers to handle this. A small business cannot. For Amazon/Temu/whatever its a fraction of the revenue per minute to deal with 27 different licenses in a Single Market union. For a small/medium business receiving a boatload of orders from each Member State, the administrative cost and effort can easily explode far beyond the profit from those sales. The rational response is simply to stop selling to customers in that country. Keep the doors open for foreign companies, but kill off every small/medium european business. Good call, good call, kudos to the current EU leadership. The situation is made worse by poor communication. Small businesses are expected to understand increasingly complex EU and national packaging rules, yet information about their actual obligations is fragmented across EU institutions, national authorities, producer registers and compliance organisations. Requirements, terminology, procedures and reporting systems differ between countries. Even determining what a business must do can require considerable research or paid professional advice. This is not how a Single Market should operate. This is not how the EU should operate. This is not how our economies grow and thrive. This initiative is breaking your own legs and wondering why you cant run anymore. The EU should establish one EU-wide registration system. A business should register once, receive one EU registration number and submit one harmonised declaration showing how much packaging it sent to each Member State. A central system can then distribute the relevant fees and information to national waste-management systems. The costs for this should scale along the licensees annual profit. But currently your just forcing a small business owner to pay 27 different schmucks in each nation to be allowed to send a package across the union. Im sure the commissioners cousin and ones nations prime ministers daughter in law who will act as the contact person in that country getting hundreds and thousands of euros *per business* just for that permission will loose out on a shitton of money though. But thats a sacrifice all citizens are willing to make, our companies should be prioritized over your immediate family exploiting small businesses owners. This would also achieve the same environmental objective without forcing every small European business to navigate up to 27 bureaucracies *in a Single Market economic union the EU allegedly should be*. European small/medium businesses should be encouraged to sell across the EU, not discouraged from doing so by regulatory complexity that disproportionately benefits companies large enough to maintain dedicated compliance departments. One Single Market. One registration. One reporting system. Its not that hard, atleast if you have a brain.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563009_en"}, {"id": 33563008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 08:18:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alexander Csanyi ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Möglichkeit nutzen, meine Bedenken hinsichtlich der Regelungen zu den nationalen Herstellerregistern und insbesondere zur Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen zu äußern. Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich die Ziele der PPWR, Verpackungen zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und die Herstellerverantwortung innerhalb der Europäischen Union zu stärken. Die derzeit geplante Umsetzung stellt kleine Händler jedoch vor erhebliche finanzielle und bürokratische Herausforderungen. Für einen kleinen Online-Händler kann bereits der Verkauf einzelner Produkte in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Die dadurch entstehenden Fixkosten stehen dabei häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verkauften Menge oder zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Für einen großen Händler lassen sich solche Kosten auf ein hohes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Für einen kleinen Händler können dagegen bereits wenige hundert oder sogar wenige Dutzend Verkäufe in einem Land dazu führen, dass sich ein Verkauf wirtschaftlich kaum noch lohnt. Bei Lieferungen in zehn oder mehr Mitgliedstaaten entstehen entsprechend zahlreiche separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege. Das kann dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen bestimmte EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern, obwohl dort grundsätzlich Kunden vorhanden sind. Damit entsteht faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle für kleine Unternehmen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes wird erschwert. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für andere kleine Unternehmen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland eingeführt werden. Unterhalb einer bestimmten Verkaufsmenge oder eines bestimmten Verpackungsaufkommens sollte keine Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten bestehen. 2. Eine echte zentrale EU-Lösung Die Möglichkeit, Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, reicht aus meiner Sicht nicht aus, wenn weiterhin für jedes Land separate Verträge und Gebühren anfallen. Notwendig wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und sonstige Verpflichtungen zentral für mehrere beziehungsweise alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. Die Kosten sollten dabei möglichst vom tatsächlichen Geschäftsvolumen abhängig sein. 3. Einheitliche digitale Meldesysteme Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit nach einheitlichen Standards erfasst und gemeldet werden können. Daten, die ein Händler bereits einmal erfasst hat, sollten nicht für jedes Land erneut nach unterschiedlichen Vorgaben aufbereitet werden müssen. 4. Verhältnismäßigkeit Bei der Umsetzung sollte stärker berücksichtigt werden, dass kleine Händler nicht über die personellen und finanziellen Möglichkeiten großer Unternehmen verfügen. Ein kleiner Online-Händler hat in der Regel keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und kann zusätzliche Fixkosten nicht auf ein großes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der PPWR ausdrücklich. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf den grenzüberschreitenden Handel verzichten müssen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte auch für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zugänglich bleiben. Bagatellgrenzen, zentrale Verfahren und einheitliche digitale Anforderungen könnten dabei helfen, die Ziele der PPWR mit einer verhältnismäßigen Belastung für kleine Händler zu verbinden. Ich bitte Sie, diese Punkte bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Regelungen zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Möglichkeit nutzen, meine Bedenken hinsichtlich der Regelungen zu den nationalen Herstellerregistern und insbesondere zur Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen zu äußern. Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich die Ziele der PPWR, Verpackungen zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und die Herstellerverantwortung innerhalb der Europäischen Union zu stärken. Die derzeit geplante Umsetzung stellt kleine Händler jedoch vor erhebliche finanzielle und bürokratische Herausforderungen. Für einen kleinen Online-Händler kann bereits der Verkauf einzelner Produkte in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Die dadurch entstehenden Fixkosten stehen dabei häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verkauften Menge oder zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Für einen großen Händler lassen sich solche Kosten auf ein hohes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Für einen kleinen Händler können dagegen bereits wenige hundert oder sogar wenige Dutzend Verkäufe in einem Land dazu führen, dass sich ein Verkauf wirtschaftlich kaum noch lohnt. Bei Lieferungen in zehn oder mehr Mitgliedstaaten entstehen entsprechend zahlreiche separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege. Das kann dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen bestimmte EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern, obwohl dort grundsätzlich Kunden vorhanden sind. Damit entsteht faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle für kleine Unternehmen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes wird erschwert. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für andere kleine Unternehmen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland eingeführt werden. Unterhalb einer bestimmten Verkaufsmenge oder eines bestimmten Verpackungsaufkommens sollte keine Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten bestehen. 2. Eine echte zentrale EU-Lösung Die Möglichkeit, Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, reicht aus meiner Sicht nicht aus, wenn weiterhin für jedes Land separate Verträge und Gebühren anfallen. Notwendig wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und sonstige Verpflichtungen zentral für mehrere beziehungsweise alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. Die Kosten sollten dabei möglichst vom tatsächlichen Geschäftsvolumen abhängig sein. 3. Einheitliche digitale Meldesysteme Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit nach einheitlichen Standards erfasst und gemeldet werden können. Daten, die ein Händler bereits einmal erfasst hat, sollten nicht für jedes Land erneut nach unterschiedlichen Vorgaben aufbereitet werden müssen. 4. Verhältnismäßigkeit Bei der Umsetzung sollte stärker berücksichtigt werden, dass kleine Händler nicht über die personellen und finanziellen Möglichkeiten großer Unternehmen verfügen. Ein kleiner Online-Händler hat in der Regel keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und kann zusätzliche Fixkosten nicht auf ein großes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der PPWR ausdrücklich. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf den grenzüberschreitenden Handel verzichten müssen. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte auch für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zugänglich bleiben. Bagatellgrenzen, zentrale Verfahren und einheitliche digitale Anforderungen könnten dabei helfen, die Ziele der PPWR mit einer verhältnismäßigen Belastung für kleine Händler zu verbinden. Ich bitte Sie, diese Punkte bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der Regelungen zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563008_en"}, {"id": 33563007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 08:08:05", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposal risks mistaking standardisation for simplification. Article 44 PPWR creates a system in which a producer selling packaged goods across the Single Market may have to register, report and maintain EPR compliance separately in every Member State where it is considered a producer. For small cross-border sellers, this can impose fixed compliance costs that are grossly disproportionate to both the value of the trade and the environmental impact involved. A company sending a few kilograms of packaging per year into a Member State should not need a separate national compliance relationship merely to participate in the Single Market. The 10-tonne simplified reporting threshold does not solve this problem. It reduces the amount of information reported; it does not remove the registration, scheme participation, fees, legal interpretation and ongoing administration that arise from having to comply separately in multiple jurisdictions. This implementing act therefore risks doing the wrong thing efficiently: harmonising the forms while institutionalising the fragmentation. That is particularly difficult to justify after years of Commission statements about competitiveness, simplification and reducing burdens on SMEs. The problem is not that national EPR systems use slightly different forms. The problem is that ordinary intra-EU trade is being turned into a collection of national regulatory relationships. The Commission should use every possibility available under this implementing act to minimise that fragmentation in practice. At minimum, the final rules should require: * one common EU data model and machine-readable submission format; * reuse of producer information already supplied in another Member State; * the absolute minimum dataset for low-volume producers; * strict limits on Member States adding national information requirements; * common identifiers, terminology, categories and reporting periods; * the ability to submit information for several Member States in one transaction. The longer-term solution should be an EU one-stop-shop: one registration, one reporting interface, with destination-country allocation handled between authorities and EPR systems. Anything less leaves the producer carrying the administrative consequences of regulatory fragmentation that the Single Market is supposed to eliminate. This is not a marginal paperwork issue. If selling 1,000 or 5,000 worth of goods into another Member State requires a separate compliance setup, many small businesses will rationally stop selling there. The result is less cross-border trade, less competition and a less functional Single Market, for negligible additional environmental benefit. The Commission should not measure success by whether 27 national systems use the same template. It should measure success by whether a European business can sell across the European Union without having to behave as if it were entering 27 separate regulatory markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposal risks mistaking standardisation for simplification. Article 44 PPWR creates a system in which a producer selling packaged goods across the Single Market may have to register, report and maintain EPR compliance separately in every Member State where it is considered a producer. For small cross-border sellers, this can impose fixed compliance costs that are grossly disproportionate to both the value of the trade and the environmental impact involved. A company sending a few kilograms of packaging per year into a Member State should not need a separate national compliance relationship merely to participate in the Single Market. The 10-tonne simplified reporting threshold does not solve this problem. It reduces the amount of information reported; it does not remove the registration, scheme participation, fees, legal interpretation and ongoing administration that arise from having to comply separately in multiple jurisdictions. This implementing act therefore risks doing the wrong thing efficiently: harmonising the forms while institutionalising the fragmentation. That is particularly difficult to justify after years of Commission statements about competitiveness, simplification and reducing burdens on SMEs. The problem is not that national EPR systems use slightly different forms. The problem is that ordinary intra-EU trade is being turned into a collection of national regulatory relationships. The Commission should use every possibility available under this implementing act to minimise that fragmentation in practice. At minimum, the final rules should require: * one common EU data model and machine-readable submission format; * reuse of producer information already supplied in another Member State; * the absolute minimum dataset for low-volume producers; * strict limits on Member States adding national information requirements; * common identifiers, terminology, categories and reporting periods; * the ability to submit information for several Member States in one transaction. The longer-term solution should be an EU one-stop-shop: one registration, one reporting interface, with destination-country allocation handled between authorities and EPR systems. Anything less leaves the producer carrying the administrative consequences of regulatory fragmentation that the Single Market is supposed to eliminate. This is not a marginal paperwork issue. If selling 1,000 or 5,000 worth of goods into another Member State requires a separate compliance setup, many small businesses will rationally stop selling there. The result is less cross-border trade, less competition and a less functional Single Market, for negligible additional environmental benefit. The Commission should not measure success by whether 27 national systems use the same template. It should measure success by whether a European business can sell across the European Union without having to behave as if it were entering 27 separate regulatory markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563007_en"}, {"id": 33563006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 08:05:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels für Lego Ersatzteile möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Einzelunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Frank Muckle - Stenbrick", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online trade for Lego spare parts, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me as a sole trader, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For twenty relevant target markets, this means twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five packages or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Frank Muckle – Stenbrick", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563006_en"}, {"id": 33563004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 07:25:24", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Corax ceramics", "feedback": "As a very small business just trying to get our footing, these new regulations will completely stop any dreams we may have of selling to other EU countries. We are already using doing everything we can to ship in the most sustainable packaging possible by reusing shipping boxes whenever possible and not including any plastic in our packaging aside from the tape used to seal the box... So how is it that I am being treated the same as a large business dumping excessive plastic waste into our communities? I support regulations on plastic packaging and pfas, I agree that it is a terrible problem that needs regulations, but expecting us micro artisans (we create handmade ceramics) who are barely getting by in an increasingly expensive world to pay all these extra administrative fees and jump through all these legal hurdles just to sell a handmade mug to one of our neighbors in the EU is completely absurd! Us small artisans are not the problem! Most of us are already shipping in environmentally friendly packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a very small business just trying to get our footing, these new regulations will completely stop any dreams we may have of selling to other EU countries. We are already using doing everything we can to ship in the most sustainable packaging possible by reusing shipping boxes whenever possible and not including any plastic in our packaging aside from the tape used to seal the box... So how is it that I am being treated the same as a large business dumping excessive plastic waste into our communities? I support regulations on plastic packaging and pfas, I agree that it is a terrible problem that needs regulations, but expecting us micro artisans (we create handmade ceramics) who are barely getting by in an increasingly expensive world to pay all these extra administrative fees and jump through all these legal hurdles just to sell a handmade mug to one of our neighbors in the EU is completely absurd! Us small artisans are not the problem! Most of us are already shipping in environmentally friendly packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563004_en"}, {"id": 33563003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 07:14:02", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who is a proud and hopeful supporter and citizen of the European Union, and as someone who works within a field of culture and arts (meaning a small/micro business scale), I am extremely concerned and sad to hear about the implementation and the seemingly thoughtless application of this directive. A strong European market within the European Union has always seemed and symbolised to me one one hand the promise of ease of doing business and producing a stronger economy within the whole EU as one, together, strengthening our standing on the global scene. On the other hand, I have always appreciated how it has not negatively impacted the small and micro businesses (up until now), creating welcome and necessary regulations for large corporations, but leaving enough space for self employed, small business participants. The proposed implementation of thisndirective is against all that I've mentioned above. I understand the need for a systematically and regulated law and enforcement of often times wasteful and unpragmatic packaging systems. This, however, creates a costly system which is most hostile and unpenetrable to those of the smallest scale. A large corporation or business will be able to pay up and obey these restrictions very easily without much burden on their costs. However, the smallest of the entrepreneurs, tiny businesses, the freelancers, the backbone of European entrepreneurship, is basically facing a pay wall that is not possible to for them to participate. A tiny business such as mine, which sells very low volume, but over a broad scope of places, cannot afford to do that. A law that seems to want to help with wasteful packaging instead blocks entry for small businesses to work across EU, even if the business in question is based in EU itself. That's extremely disappointing and simply something I don't understand. Unless the point was to undermine the work the EU has done for decades now, this directive is simply inefficient, targets the hardest those who have the least impact on environment, and effectively blocks small business from participating in the EU market as a whole. I truly hope there is a way, and I know there is, to change it so that those most responsible for the need for such a law (big corporations and large import buisnesses) are the ones most affected, not those whose impact on those issues is minimal yet have to pay the highest price. Sincerely, Jeremi.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who is a proud and hopeful supporter and citizen of the European Union, and as someone who works within a field of culture and arts (meaning a small/micro business scale), I am extremely concerned and sad to hear about the implementation and the seemingly thoughtless application of this directive. A strong European market within the European Union has always seemed and symbolised to me one one hand the promise of ease of doing business and producing a stronger economy within the whole EU as one, together, strengthening our standing on the global scene. On the other hand, I have always appreciated how it has not negatively impacted the small and micro businesses (up until now), creating welcome and necessary regulations for large corporations, but leaving enough space for self employed, small business participants. The proposed implementation of thisndirective is against all that I've mentioned above. I understand the need for a systematically and regulated law and enforcement of often times wasteful and unpragmatic packaging systems. This, however, creates a costly system which is most hostile and unpenetrable to those of the smallest scale. A large corporation or business will be able to pay up and obey these restrictions very easily without much burden on their costs. However, the smallest of the entrepreneurs, tiny businesses, the freelancers, the backbone of European entrepreneurship, is basically facing a pay wall that is not possible to for them to participate. A tiny business such as mine, which sells very low volume, but over a broad scope of places, cannot afford to do that. A law that seems to want to help with wasteful packaging instead blocks entry for small businesses to work across EU, even if the business in question is based in EU itself. That's extremely disappointing and simply something I don't understand. Unless the point was to undermine the work the EU has done for decades now, this directive is simply inefficient, targets the hardest those who have the least impact on environment, and effectively blocks small business from participating in the EU market as a whole. I truly hope there is a way, and I know there is, to change it so that those most responsible for the need for such a law (big corporations and large import buisnesses) are the ones most affected, not those whose impact on those issues is minimal yet have to pay the highest price. Sincerely, Jeremi.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563003_en"}, {"id": 33563002, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 06:58:03", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an EU consumer to express my serious concern about the impact that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40, and particularly the way its requirements are implemented, may have on small and micro businesses across the European Union. First of all, I want to make clear that I strongly support the environmental objectives behind reducing packaging waste and improving recycling and sustainability. However, I also strongly believe in the importance of small businesses and entrepreneurship in Europe. As a consumer, I want to continue having access not only to large multinational retailers, but also to independent shops, small producers, craftspeople and specialised online stores throughout the EU. I am especially concerned about this as a Greek consumer. Greece is a relatively small market, which means that consumers like me already depend heavily on the EU Single Market to have access to the same variety of products that consumers in larger Member States enjoy. The ability to order directly from small businesses elsewhere in Europe is one of the most tangible benefits of EU membership and of the Single Market for me. My fear is that complex, costly or disproportionate packaging compliance requirements will make many small businesses decide that selling to consumers in other EU Member States is simply not worth the administrative burden. A small shop may only receive a handful of orders from Greece each year. If serving those customers requires additional registrations, reporting, fees or other compliance obligations, the easiest solution for that business may simply be to stop shipping to Greece altogether. In practice, the cost would then be borne not only by small businesses but also by consumers. I fear losing access to a very large number of small European shops and being left increasingly dependent on a small number of large retailers and online marketplaces that have the resources and scale to manage complex regulatory requirements. I do not believe that this should be the unintended outcome of EU environmental legislation. Sustainability and entrepreneurship should be able to coexist. Environmental rules should be designed in a way that recognises the enormous difference between a multinational company placing millions of packaged products on the market and a micro-business occasionally sending individual orders to consumers in another Member State. I therefore urge the European Commission, when implementing and reviewing these rules, to give particular attention to their impact on micro and small businesses and, importantly, on consumers in smaller Member States. In particular, I would ask the Commission to consider proportionate exemptions or de minimis thresholds for very small volumes of cross-border sales, substantially simplified compliance procedures for micro and small enterprises, and EU-wide solutions that avoid businesses having to navigate separate administrative systems in every Member State. The Single Market should make it easier for a small business in one European country to sell to a consumer in another, not create incentives for that business to withdraw from smaller markets. As a European consumer, I want both a more sustainable economy and a diverse, competitive European marketplace in which small businesses can thrive. I sincerely hope that the Commission will ensure that achieving our environmental objectives does not unintentionally reduce consumer choice, discourage entrepreneurship, or make the Single Market accessible in practice only to the largest companies. Thank you for considering the perspective of consumers in smaller EU Member States when implementing these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an EU consumer to express my serious concern about the impact that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40, and particularly the way its requirements are implemented, may have on small and micro businesses across the European Union. First of all, I want to make clear that I strongly support the environmental objectives behind reducing packaging waste and improving recycling and sustainability. However, I also strongly believe in the importance of small businesses and entrepreneurship in Europe. As a consumer, I want to continue having access not only to large multinational retailers, but also to independent shops, small producers, craftspeople and specialised online stores throughout the EU. I am especially concerned about this as a Greek consumer. Greece is a relatively small market, which means that consumers like me already depend heavily on the EU Single Market to have access to the same variety of products that consumers in larger Member States enjoy. The ability to order directly from small businesses elsewhere in Europe is one of the most tangible benefits of EU membership and of the Single Market for me. My fear is that complex, costly or disproportionate packaging compliance requirements will make many small businesses decide that selling to consumers in other EU Member States is simply not worth the administrative burden. A small shop may only receive a handful of orders from Greece each year. If serving those customers requires additional registrations, reporting, fees or other compliance obligations, the easiest solution for that business may simply be to stop shipping to Greece altogether. In practice, the cost would then be borne not only by small businesses but also by consumers. I fear losing access to a very large number of small European shops and being left increasingly dependent on a small number of large retailers and online marketplaces that have the resources and scale to manage complex regulatory requirements. I do not believe that this should be the unintended outcome of EU environmental legislation. Sustainability and entrepreneurship should be able to coexist. Environmental rules should be designed in a way that recognises the enormous difference between a multinational company placing millions of packaged products on the market and a micro-business occasionally sending individual orders to consumers in another Member State. I therefore urge the European Commission, when implementing and reviewing these rules, to give particular attention to their impact on micro and small businesses and, importantly, on consumers in smaller Member States. In particular, I would ask the Commission to consider proportionate exemptions or de minimis thresholds for very small volumes of cross-border sales, substantially simplified compliance procedures for micro and small enterprises, and EU-wide solutions that avoid businesses having to navigate separate administrative systems in every Member State. The Single Market should make it easier for a small business in one European country to sell to a consumer in another, not create incentives for that business to withdraw from smaller markets. As a European consumer, I want both a more sustainable economy and a diverse, competitive European marketplace in which small businesses can thrive. I sincerely hope that the Commission will ensure that achieving our environmental objectives does not unintentionally reduce consumer choice, discourage entrepreneurship, or make the Single Market accessible in practice only to the largest companies. Thank you for considering the perspective of consumers in smaller EU Member States when implementing these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563002_en"}, {"id": 33563001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 06:05:24", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Who on earth came up with this nonsense!? I regularly shop online with small, independent businesses, some overseas and some in the EU, and now almost all of them have announced that they no longer ship to or within the EU because of this PPWR. And I completely understand them; the extra costs and the bureaucracy are just crazy. I now have to use expensive freight forwarders, which adds at least an extra 20-30% on top of the price I'd normally pay. This makes me furious! Get your shit together!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "Who on earth came up with this nonsense!? I regularly shop online with small, independent businesses, some overseas and some in the EU, and now almost all of them have announced that they no longer ship to or within the EU because of this PPWR. And I completely understand them; the extra costs and the bureaucracy are just crazy. I now have to use expensive freight forwarders, which adds at least an extra 20-30% on top of the price I'd normally pay. This makes me furious! Get your shit together!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33563001_en"}, {"id": 33562997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 04:36:21", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Starting from the premise EU single market should be designed in a way that makes the member states national markets interoperable by design, this regulation achieves the opposite by its implementation: it fragments the single market into 27 separate markets, each with its own rules (as many member states added extra requirements) and costs to enter. The small company cannot afford that compliance cost, they don't need any extra burden. Many have already stopped shipping to EU, while some have closed. Only fix for this is either exempt small businesses from it (giving them longer timeframes to comply isn't a solution) or move the responsibility to the actual package manufacturers (the ones in EU) so one can only buy compliant packaging. For companies outside EU random checks at the border are the solution: those found non-compliant should be warned and guided into compliance. Fines should be applied only after a number of non-compliances or if the volume of total shipments is large. Small businesses should be exempt from this even if outside EU because a small artist sending a handful of items to some EU countries per year simply cannot afford the compliance cost (too high even with OSS), choosing to exit EU market entirely as it has the highest bureaucratic trade barriers. The EU should balance our cost (compliance) with their own (ease of punishment), striving to obtain maximum compliance with minimum cost rather than trying to obtain 100% compliance at any cost. Last, but not least, a one-stop shop should be implemented at the EU level for medium and large companies. This is not about making their compliance simpler (that is a plus), but about making the single market functional and signal to other countries that we act as one not as 27 fragmented markets. With this regulation, the most important aspect of EU (single market, free trade) is coming apart, despite not being the original intention. The paradox is EU tried to harmonize rules but achieved the opposite effect: added artificial internal trade barriers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Starting from the premise EU single market should be designed in a way that makes the member states national markets interoperable by design, this regulation achieves the opposite by its implementation: it fragments the single market into 27 separate markets, each with its own rules (as many member states added extra requirements) and costs to enter. The small company cannot afford that compliance cost, they don't need any extra burden. Many have already stopped shipping to EU, while some have closed. Only fix for this is either exempt small businesses from it (giving them longer timeframes to comply isn't a solution) or move the responsibility to the actual package manufacturers (the ones in EU) so one can only buy compliant packaging. For companies outside EU random checks at the border are the solution: those found non-compliant should be warned and guided into compliance. Fines should be applied only after a number of non-compliances or if the volume of total shipments is large. Small businesses should be exempt from this even if outside EU because a small artist sending a handful of items to some EU countries per year simply cannot afford the compliance cost (too high even with OSS), choosing to exit EU market entirely as it has the highest bureaucratic trade barriers. The EU should balance our cost (compliance) with their own (ease of punishment), striving to obtain maximum compliance with minimum cost rather than trying to obtain 100% compliance at any cost. Last, but not least, a one-stop shop should be implemented at the EU level for medium and large companies. This is not about making their compliance simpler (that is a plus), but about making the single market functional and signal to other countries that we act as one not as 27 fragmented markets. With this regulation, the most important aspect of EU (single market, free trade) is coming apart, despite not being the original intention. The paradox is EU tried to harmonize rules but achieved the opposite effect: added artificial internal trade barriers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562997_en"}, {"id": 33562998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 04:35:00", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Horror-Shop", "feedback": "There's no sense in any of this activity of yours. You're killing the operations of small businesses within the EU. Pure madness. On top of that, you'll lose VAT revenue when we small entrepreneurs stop sending packages within the EU area. You're idiots!", "feedbackEnglish": "There's no sense in any of this activity of yours. You're killing the operations of small businesses within the EU. Pure madness. On top of that, you'll lose VAT revenue when we small entrepreneurs stop sending packages within the EU area. You're idiots!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562998_en"}, {"id": 33562978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 02:29:27", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Aihe: PPWR-asetus muodostaa suhteettoman esteen mikroyritysten rajat ylittävälle kaupalle Kirjoitan suomalaisena pienyrittäjänä liittyen uuteen pakkaus- ja pakkausjäteasetukseen (PPWR) sekä sen aiheuttamiin velvoitteisiin. Kannatan tavoitetta vähentää tarpeettomia pakkauksia ja parantaa kierrätystä Euroopan unionissa. Nykyinen järjestelmä aiheuttaa kuitenkin vakavan ja suhteettoman hallinnollisen taakan mikroyrityksille ja pienille käsityöyrityksille, jotka myyvät tuotteitaan suoraan kuluttajille muihin EU-maihin. Hyvin pienelle yritykselle myynti tiettyyn EU-maahan voi tarkoittaa vain muutamaa tilausta vuodessa. Pakkauksia voi päätyä kyseiseen maahan vain muutamia kiloja vuodessa. Tästä huolimatta yritykselle voi syntyä maakohtaisia rekisteröinti-, raportointi- ja tuottajavastuuvelvoitteita sekä mahdollisesti vaatimus nimetä valtuutettu edustaja kuhunkin jäsenvaltioon. Tämä tarkoittaa käytännössä sitä, että esimerkiksi yhden 30100 euron arvoisen käsintehdyn tuotteen myyminen toiseen EU-maahan voi aiheuttaa hallinnollisia velvoitteita ja kustannuksia, jotka ovat täysin suhteettomia käytetyn pakkauksen määrään ja sen ympäristövaikutukseen nähden. Tällainen järjestelmä kannustaa käytännössä pieniä yrityksiä olemaan myymättä tuotteitaan muihin EU-maihin. Euroopan sisämarkkinoiden tarkoituksena pitäisi olla helpottaa jäsenvaltioiden välistä kaupankäyntiä. Suomalaisen mikroyrityksen pitäisi voida myydä käsintehty tuote asiakkaalle Saksaan, Ruotsiin, Ranskaan tai muuhun EU-maahan ilman, että yrityksen täytyy käytännössä rakentaa erillinen pakkausvastuun hallintojärjestelmä jokaista asiakasmaata varten. Suuret yritykset voivat palkata henkilöstöä hoitamaan sääntelyä ja jakaa kustannukset valtavien myyntimäärien kesken. Yhden henkilön paja, käsityöyritys tai pieni verkkokauppa ei voi tehdä näin. Nykyisen järjestelmän seurauksena: - mikroyritykset rajoittavat myyntinsä kotimaahan; - pienyritykset joutuvat kieltäytymään muista EU-maista tulevista tilauksista; - rajat ylittävä kilpailu vähenee; - suuret yritykset saavat entistä suuremman kilpailuedun pieniin eurooppalaisiin valmistajiin nähden; - uuden pienyrityksen perustaminen ja kasvattaminen vaikeutuu. Jos yritys myy johonkin jäsenvaltioon vain muutaman tuotteen vuodessa, velvoitteiden hoitamisen kustannukset voivat olla suuremmat kuin koko kyseisestä maasta saatava vuotuinen voitto. Tämä ei ole kohtuullinen eikä suhteellisuusperiaatteen mukainen lopputulos. Ympäristövastuun ei pitäisi tarkoittaa sitä, että EU:n sisämarkkinoilla toimivan mikroyrityksen täytyy selviytyä jopa 27 erillisestä kansallisesta hallintojärjestelmästä. Pyydän Euroopan komissiota luomaan aidosti EU:n laajuisen ja yksinkertaistetun järjestelmän mikroyrityksille ja pienille rajat ylittäville myyjille. Mahdollisia ratkaisuja olisivat esimerkiksi yksi EU:n laajuinen rekisteröinti, joka kattaisi kaikki jäsenvaltiot, riittävän korkea vähäisiä pakkausmääriä koskeva alaraja, mikroyritysten yksinkertaistettu raportointi sekä erillisten valtuutettujen edustajien vaatimuksen poistaminen pieniltä rajat ylittäviltä myyjiltä. Pientä eurooppalaista yritystä pitäisi kannustaa etsimään asiakkaita koko EU:n alueelta. Yritystä ei pitäisi kannustaa kieltäytymään asiakkaasta vain siksi, että tämä asuu EU:n sisäisen valtiorajan toisella puolella. PPWR-asetuksen ympäristötavoitteet ovat ymmärrettäviä ja kannatettavia, mutta sääntelyn täytyy olla oikeassa suhteessa toiminnan kokoon ja todelliseen ympäristövaikutukseen. Jos hallinnolliset velvoitteet ja niiden kustannukset johtavat siihen, että pienyritykset lopettavat rajat ylittävän myynnin kokonaan, sääntely alkaa toimia vastoin eurooppalaisen yrittäjyyden, kilpailun ja toimivien sisämarkkinoiden tavoitteita. Pyydän Euroopan komissiota arvioimaan vakavasti näiden vaatimusten vaikutusta mikroyrityksiin ja muuttamaan järjestelmää ennen kuin siitä muodostuu pysyvä este pienimuotoiselle rajat ylittävälle kaupalle Euroopassa.", "feedbackEnglish": "Concerning: The PPWR constitutes a disproportionate obstacle to the cross-border trade of micro-enterprises. I am a Finnish small entrepreneur in relation to the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the obligations it creates. I support the objective of reducing unnecessary packaging and improving recycling in the European Union. However, the current system imposes a serious and disproportionate administrative burden on micro and small craft businesses selling their products directly to consumers in other EU countries. For a very small company, selling to a specific EU country can only mean a few orders per year. Packaging can reach that country only a few kilos per year. Nevertheless, the company may incur country-specific registration, reporting and producer responsibility obligations, possibly including the requirement to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State. This means in practice that, for example, selling one handmade product worth EUR 30100 to another EU country may entail administrative burdens and costs that are totally disproportionate to the quantity of packaging used and its impact on the environment. In practice, such a system discourages small businesses from selling their products to other EU countries. The aim of the European internal market should be to facilitate trade between Member States. A Finnish micro-enterprise should be able to sell a handmade product to a customer in Germany, Sweden, France or another EU country without actually having to build a separate packaging responsibility management system for each customer country. Large companies can hire staff to regulate and share costs between huge volumes of sales. This cannot be done by a single-person shirt, a craft company or a small online shop. As a result of the current system: — micro-enterprises limit their sales to their home country; — small businesses have to refuse orders from other EU countries; — reduced cross-border competition; — large companies gain an increased competitive advantage over smaller European manufacturers; — it is more difficult to set up and grow a new small business. If a company sells only a few products per year in a Member State, the cost of fulfilling the obligations may be higher than the annual profit for the country as a whole. This is neither a reasonable nor proportionate result. Environmental liability should not mean that micro-enterprises operating in the EU internal market have to cope with up to 27 separate national administrative systems. I call on the European Commission to create a truly EU-wide and simplified system for micro-enterprises and small cross-border sellers. Possible solutions would include a single EU-wide registration covering all Member States, a sufficiently high threshold for low packaging volumes, simplified reporting for micro-enterprises, and the removal of the requirement for separate authorised representatives for small cross-border sellers. A small European company should be encouraged to look for customers across the EU. A business should not be incentivised to refuse a customer just because they live on the other side of an intra-EU border. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are understandable and laudable, but regulation must be proportionate to the size of the activity and its actual environmental impact. If administrative obligations and their costs lead small businesses to stop cross-border sales altogether, regulation starts to run counter to the objectives of European entrepreneurship, competition and a well-functioning internal market. I ask the European Commission to seriously assess the impact of these requirements on micro-enterprises and to change the system before it becomes a permanent barrier to small-scale cross-border trade in Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562978_en"}, {"id": 33562977, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 02:09:40", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Arkvy", "feedback": "I am a small independent creator/business owner selling products across EU borders from Austria. The current EPR requirements create disproportionate costs, registration fees, and administrative burdens for micro-businesses that simply do not have the resources or infrastructure of large companies. These rules can make cross-border sales financially and administratively impossible for small creators and handmade businesses like mine!! I strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system that would allow small businesses to comply with EPR requirements without excessive registration, fees, and bureaucracy in every EU country. EU regulations should support small businesses and cross-border entrepreneurship, not unintentionally force independent creators out of the European market. Please ensure that the final rules are proportionate, practical, and fair for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent creator/business owner selling products across EU borders from Austria. The current EPR requirements create disproportionate costs, registration fees, and administrative burdens for micro-businesses that simply do not have the resources or infrastructure of large companies. These rules can make cross-border sales financially and administratively impossible for small creators and handmade businesses like mine!! I strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system that would allow small businesses to comply with EPR requirements without excessive registration, fees, and bureaucracy in every EU country. EU regulations should support small businesses and cross-border entrepreneurship, not unintentionally force independent creators out of the European market. Please ensure that the final rules are proportionate, practical, and fair for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562977_en"}, {"id": 33562976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 02:00:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "NGO", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mandragora Foundation", "feedback": "To whom it may concern, Many other respondents have already pointed out the insurmountable hurdle that the new EU PPWR poses to small (family, I should rather say) businesses across Europe, in regards to the requirement to register, often appoint a representative, and pay significant fees in every EU country even if only a few parcels would be sent there in a year. I want to echo these concerns as founder and director of a small NGO, registered in Catalonia as a scientific and cultural non-profit foundation - https://mandragorafoundation.org. We have been active for a year and a half, with only two workers (including myself, working without pay) and a few freelancer contributors. We are building network resources, developing research papers, and have been publishing a free digital magazine in three languages for our subscribers. It includes papers and articles about ethnobotany, folk traditions, pharmacognosy, and plant ecology and history in Europe and the Mediterranean. This publication is receiving excellent feedback and has included so far collaborations from several different EU countries. This year we are trying to put together a crowdfunding initiative to make our project sustainable in the long run. The most interesting idea for our subscribers (and potential donors) is a quality, yearly printed compilation with both existing and new contents, that we had already started to design. Also, we were preparing printed monographs about the topics we've been developing. After reading the PPWR draft, and doing a couple consultations, I'm coming to terms with the fact that, if there's no exceptions for small manufacturers and/or organizations in regards to complex registrations and fees across the EU, I simply won't be able to afford funding the project with our own publications as I've always planned to do. There's little point in developing the little webshop I was preparing for our magazines, books, paper bookmarks and short cultivation guides. Being optimistic, I was expecting to cover our basic operational costs by perhaps obtaining 1,000-1,500 EUR a month in sales (actually tax deductible donations) by shipping perhaps 30 parcels a month, the majority to other, diverse EU countries where our readers are. And now I'm seeing how in order to fulfill the PPWR requirements I would not be able to fund anything -it would actually become absurdly expensive to ship a quality, small print run of our publications. I ask you to please reconsider and review how the new PPWR impacts small manufacturers and organizations. Not being able to afford printing and shipping two dozen copies every month of a cultural and scientific publication addressed to Europeans due to EU regulations is, certainly, the last kind of problem I expected to encounter when I decided to start a non-profit initiative. I'm all for being strict with packaging materials and parameters, but please do not make absurdly expensive for me to send my publications to other Europeans so they can learn with us about our natural heritage and traditions. Sincerely, Joan Manel Vilaseca Director and Editor, Mandragora Foundation", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, Many other respondents have already pointed out the insurmountable hurdle that the new EU PPWR poses to small (family, I should rather say) businesses across Europe, in regards to the requirement to register, often appoint a representative, and pay significant fees in every EU country even if only a few parcels would be sent there in a year. I want to echo these concerns as founder and director of a small NGO, registered in Catalonia as a scientific and cultural non-profit foundation - https://mandragorafoundation.org. We have been active for a year and a half, with only two workers (including myself, working without pay) and a few freelancer contributors. We are building network resources, developing research papers, and have been publishing a free digital magazine in three languages for our subscribers. It includes papers and articles about ethnobotany, folk traditions, pharmacognosy, and plant ecology and history in Europe and the Mediterranean. This publication is receiving excellent feedback and has included so far collaborations from several different EU countries. This year we are trying to put together a crowdfunding initiative to make our project sustainable in the long run. The most interesting idea for our subscribers (and potential donors) is a quality, yearly printed compilation with both existing and new contents, that we had already started to design. Also, we were preparing printed monographs about the topics we've been developing. After reading the PPWR draft, and doing a couple consultations, I'm coming to terms with the fact that, if there's no exceptions for small manufacturers and/or organizations in regards to complex registrations and fees across the EU, I simply won't be able to afford funding the project with our own publications as I've always planned to do. There's little point in developing the little webshop I was preparing for our magazines, books, paper bookmarks and short cultivation guides. Being optimistic, I was expecting to cover our basic operational costs by perhaps obtaining 1,000-1,500 EUR a month in sales (actually tax deductible donations) by shipping perhaps 30 parcels a month, the majority to other, diverse EU countries where our readers are. And now I'm seeing how in order to fulfill the PPWR requirements I would not be able to fund anything -it would actually become absurdly expensive to ship a quality, small print run of our publications. I ask you to please reconsider and review how the new PPWR impacts small manufacturers and organizations. Not being able to afford printing and shipping two dozen copies every month of a cultural and scientific publication addressed to Europeans due to EU regulations is, certainly, the last kind of problem I expected to encounter when I decided to start a non-profit initiative. I'm all for being strict with packaging materials and parameters, but please do not make absurdly expensive for me to send my publications to other Europeans so they can learn with us about our natural heritage and traditions. Sincerely, Joan Manel Vilaseca Director and Editor, Mandragora Foundation", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562976_en"}, {"id": 33562975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 01:29:52", "country": "DNK", "language": "DA", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "På grund af denne regulering er det nu nødvendigt at have en autoriseret repræsentant i hvert EU-land, du sender varer til, hvor din virksomhed ikke har et registreret forretningssted. Derudover skal du betale for lokale licenser til bortskaffelse af emballage i hvert land og overholde det pågældende lands regler for emballage. Hver autoriseret repræsentant koster omkring 100-200 euro pr. land, og dertil kommer udgifter til bortskaffelse og emballagelicenser på yderligere ca. 100-300 euro pr. EU-land, du sender til og det gælder allerede fra den allerførste forsendelse. For mindre netbutikker er dette økonomisk set tæt på uoverkommeligt. Denne forordning er ikke blot et bureaukratisk mareridt den udelukker også indirekte små virksomheder med lav omsætning fra den europæiske konkurrence, samtidig med at den sandsynligvis gavner store virksomheder og selskaber. Implementeringen af ​​denne forordning er elendig og opnår præcis det modsatte af, hvad EU skulle stå for.", "feedbackEnglish": "Due to this regulation, it is now necessary to have an authorised representative in each EU country you send goods to where your business does not have a registered place of business. In addition, you will have to pay for local licences to dispose of packaging in each country and comply with the packaging regulations of that country. Each authorised representative costs around EUR 100-200 per country, plus disposal costs and packaging licences for an additional EUR 100-300 per EU country you send to, starting from the very first shipment. For smaller online shops, this is economically close to prohibitive. Not only is this regulation a bureaucratic nightmare, it also indirectly excludes small companies with low turnover from European competition, while it is likely to benefit large companies and companies. The implementation of this regulation is awkward and achieves exactly the opposite of what the EU should do.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562975_en"}, {"id": 33562974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 01:04:54", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Over reaching and does not address the intended producers of vast amounts of waste. This law also strikes a blow right at the core of what the EU is meant to represent, the free movement of people, goods and services. This stops the ordinary person from being able to access the 'free' market and allows the large corporations to tick a box in one department and move on. You are choking established micro/small businesses while also preventing new businesses from being setup due to excessive red tape and costs. This is an attack on the ordinary people of the EU, it is an attack on female dominated enterprises and it is attack on the foundation stone of the EU. If you really wanted to tackle the issues of excessive packaging and waste across the EU, you would have put better supports and clearer guidelines in place. You would also have just straight out banned certain types of packaging but I guess it was easier to just condemn everyone to your power hungry and greedy will. You should for a start exempt small businesses from this and look at letting them join a free intivative where they can access free resoucres and directories to packaging suppliers and information so they can make an informed decision. You should also align the thresholds of what consitutes excess waste across all memeber states. The majority of these small businesses want to be eco friendly and want to reduce waste and have always reused what they can. Now they are being told to pay thousands that they just cannot afford. You have in one swoop crushed the single market for small and mirco businesses and failed to address the waste packaging issue.", "feedbackEnglish": "Over reaching and does not address the intended producers of vast amounts of waste. This law also strikes a blow right at the core of what the EU is meant to represent, the free movement of people, goods and services. This stops the ordinary person from being able to access the 'free' market and allows the large corporations to tick a box in one department and move on. You are choking established micro/small businesses while also preventing new businesses from being setup due to excessive red tape and costs. This is an attack on the ordinary people of the EU, it is an attack on female dominated enterprises and it is attack on the foundation stone of the EU. If you really wanted to tackle the issues of excessive packaging and waste across the EU, you would have put better supports and clearer guidelines in place. You would also have just straight out banned certain types of packaging but I guess it was easier to just condemn everyone to your power hungry and greedy will. You should for a start exempt small businesses from this and look at letting them join a free intivative where they can access free resoucres and directories to packaging suppliers and information so they can make an informed decision. You should also align the thresholds of what consitutes excess waste across all memeber states. The majority of these small businesses want to be eco friendly and want to reduce waste and have always reused what they can. Now they are being told to pay thousands that they just cannot afford. You have in one swoop crushed the single market for small and mirco businesses and failed to address the waste packaging issue.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562974_en"}, {"id": 33562973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/16 00:16:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinunternehmen", "feedback": "Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Anforderungen stellen für kleine und kleinste Unternehmen, die Waren grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der Europäischen Union versenden, eine unverhältnismäßig hohe bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung dar. Wir sind ein Kleinunternehmen und versenden unsere Produkte bislang auch an Kunden in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Umsätze in den einzelnen Ländern sind jedoch vergleichsweise gering. Wenn für jedes Zielland zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen, Beteiligungen an nationalen Entsorgungssystemen oder gegebenenfalls sogar die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten erforderlich werden, stehen die damit verbundenen Kosten und der administrative Aufwand in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis mehr zu den tatsächlich erzielten Einnahmen. Die Konsequenz ist für uns nicht etwa eine bessere oder nachhaltigere Verpackung, sondern schlicht die Einstellung des Versands in zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Damit erreicht die Regulierung bei kleinen Unternehmen das Gegenteil dessen, wofür der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich stehen sollte: freien und möglichst unkomplizierten Warenverkehr innerhalb Europas. Besonders problematisch ist das Fehlen einer praktikablen Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen und geringe Umsätze. Es macht einen erheblichen Unterschied, ob ein Großunternehmen tausende oder Millionen Sendungen pro Jahr in einen Mitgliedstaat verschickt oder ein kleines Unternehmen dort lediglich einige wenige Kunden beliefert. Eine Regulierung, die diesen Unterschied praktisch nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt, benachteiligt kleine Marktteilnehmer und wirkt grenzüberschreitendem Handel innerhalb Europas unmittelbar entgegen. Geradezu absurd erscheint dabei die Situation, dass wir als Unternehmen inzwischen froh darüber sein müssen, dass Länder wie die Schweiz, Norwegen oder das Vereinigte Königreich keine EU-Mitgliedstaaten sind. Kunden in diesen Ländern können wir weiterhin beliefern, während der Versand an Kunden innerhalb der Europäischen Union aufgrund der regulatorischen Anforderungen wirtschaftlich zunehmend unrentabel oder unmöglich wird. Das kann nicht das Ziel eines europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Die Europäische Union sollte kleinen Unternehmen den Zugang zum europäischen Markt erleichtern und nicht dazu führen, dass diese ihre Geschäftsbeziehungen wieder auf einzelne nationale Märkte beschränken müssen. Aus unserer Sicht ist der europäische Gesetzgeber mit den bestehenden Anforderungen deutlich über das Ziel hinausgeschossen. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen entsteht der Eindruck, dass bei der Ausgestaltung der Regelungen die tatsächlichen Auswirkungen auf Kleinstmengen, Nischenanbieter und grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt wurden. Solche Regelungen sind zudem politisch problematisch. Wenn Unternehmer und Verbraucher erleben, dass Handel mit einem Kunden in einem Nicht-EU-Staat administrativ einfacher sein kann als mit einem Kunden in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat, untergräbt dies das Vertrauen in den europäischen Binnenmarkt und verstärkt unnötigerweise Anti-EU-Ressentiments. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller an den Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. Umweltpolitische Ziele müssen jedoch mit dem Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit vereinbar bleiben. Eine europäische Verpackungsverordnung sollte den Umweltschutz verbessern, ohne gleichzeitig den europäischen Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen faktisch wieder in 27 einzelne nationale Märkte aufzuteilen. In ihrer derzeitigen Ausgestaltung besteht genau diese Gefahr. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission, das Europäische Parlament und die Mitgliedstaaten daher dringend, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen nochmals zu überprüfen und kurzfristig verhältnismäßige Erleichterungen einzuführen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The requirements of the PPWR impose a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small and micro-enterprises shipping goods across borders within the European Union. We are a small business and so far we also send our products to customers in different EU Member States. However, sales in the individual countries are comparatively low. If additional registrations, notifications, participations in national disposal systems or even the appointment of an authorised representative are required for each destination country, the related costs and administrative burden are no longer reasonable in relation to the revenues actually generated. The consequence for us is not better or more sustainable packaging, but simply stopping shipping to many EU Member States. In this way, regulation for small businesses achieves the opposite of what the European single market should actually stand for: free and as simple as possible movement of goods within Europe. The lack of a workable de minimis threshold for minimum quantities and low turnover is particularly problematic. It makes a significant difference whether a large company sends thousands or millions of items per year to a Member State or a small company supplies only a few customers there. Regulation that practically does not take this difference sufficiently into account puts small market participants at a disadvantage and directly discourages cross-border trade within Europe. The situation in which we, as companies, must now be happy that countries such as Switzerland, Norway or the United Kingdom are not EU Member States seems to be quite absurd. We can continue to supply customers in these countries, while the regulatory requirements make shipping to customers within the European Union increasingly unprofitable or impossible from an economic point of view. This cannot be the goal of a European single market. The European Union should make it easier for small businesses to access the European market and should not lead to them having to limit their business relations again to individual national markets. In our view, with the existing requirements, the European legislator has gone well beyond the objective. The impression is created, especially for small businesses, that the actual impact on micro-volumes, niche suppliers and cross-border direct sales was not sufficiently taken into account in the design of the rules. Such rules are also politically problematic. If traders and consumers experience that trading with a customer in a non-EU country can be administratively easier than trading with a customer in another EU Member State, this undermines trust in the European single market and unnecessarily increases anti-EU essentials. We strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute to the costs of disposal. However, environmental objectives must remain compatible with the principle of proportionality. A European Packaging Regulation should improve environmental protection without, at the same time, de facto dividing the European single market for small businesses back into 27 separate national markets. In its current form, there is precisely this risk. We therefore urge the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States to re-examine the impact of the PPWR on small and micro-enterprises and to introduce proportionate facilitations in the short term.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562973_en"}, {"id": 33562969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:44:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nachfuellbare-Stifte.de", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaberin eines sehr kleinen Onlineshops würde ich gerne Feedback zur PPWR geben. 1. Ich verwende oft die Verpackungen von Lieferanten und aus meinem Privathaushalt wieder. Z.B. benutze ich zerschnittene Kartons von Supermarktverpackungen und Zeitungspapier um Pakete zu packen. Anhand der Richtlinien und des FAQs vom 3.8. kann ich noch nicht sicher sagen: Bin ich der Hersteller dieser Transportverpackungen, da diese Kartons noch nicht die finale Form erreicht haben/eigenständige Versandverpackungen sind, sondern von mir zerschnitten wurden? Muss ich dann diese Mengen anmelden und Hersteller der Getränke-Transportboxen und Nudelverpackungen kontaktieren um eine Konformitätserklärung einzuholen? Falls ja, wäre das für die Umweltziele der EU kontraproduktiv. 2. Ich bedanke mich für die FAQ Seite und die schnelle Reaktion, da im Netz verschiedene Interpretationen kursieren, und diskutiert wurde ob ein Versandetikett jemanden automatisch zum Hersteller macht, das wurde nun klargestellt. 3. Am schwersten trifft mich die Regelung, dass ein Bevollmächtigter je EU Land und je ein eigenes System nötig sind. Aktuell versende ich nur innerhalb Deutschlands, und schon zuvor hatten mich die alten Regeln abgehalten, auch nach Österreich zu versenden. Ich denke, der Status quo schadet nun am meisten den kleinsten Firmen. Sofern es möglich ist, würde ich mir sehr wünschen, dass es ein EU-weites System gibt, wo ich melden kann, in welche Länder ich wie viel versende, und wo eventuell abweichende Richtlinien pro Land zusammengefasst nachgelesen werden können, sodass ich als Laie nicht für jedes einzelne Land anwaltliche Beratung benötige, um ab und zu einzelne Briefumschläge mit Bleistiftminen versenden zu dürfen. Fazit: Sollten die Regeln nicht für kleinere Unternehmen vereinfacht werden, könnte das langfristig zu deutlich höherer Arbeitslosigkeit und der Bildung von noch mehr Monopolen führen, da der Markteintritt zu sehr erschwert wird. Ich bedanke mich für Ihre Zeit. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jiayan Chen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a very small online shop, I would like to provide feedback on the PPWR. 1. I often reuse the packaging from suppliers and from my private household. For example, I use cut cartons of supermarket packaging and newsprint to package parcels. On the basis of the guidelines and the FAQ of 3.8., I cannot yet say with certainty: Am I the manufacturer of these transport packagings, as these cartons have not yet reached the final shape/are stand-alone dispatch packagings, but have been cut by me? Do I then have to declare these quantities and contact manufacturers of beverage transport boxes and noodle packaging to obtain a declaration of conformity? If so, this would be counterproductive to the EU’s environmental objectives. 2. I would like to thank you for the FAQ page and the quick reaction, as different interpretations are circulating on the network, and I have discussed whether a shipping label automatically makes someone the manufacturer, which has now been clarified. 3. The most difficult thing for me is that there is a need for an authorised representative per EU country and for a system of one representative per EU country. I am currently sending only within Germany and the old rules had already prevented me from sending me to Austria as well. I think the status quo is now most damaging to the smallest firms. If possible, I would very much like to see an EU-wide system in place where I can report to which countries I send and how much, and where any divergent guidelines per country can be read together, so as a layman I do not need legal advice for each individual country in order to be able to send individual envelopes containing pencil mines from and to. My conclusion: If the rules are not simplified for smaller companies, this could lead to significantly higher unemployment and the creation of even more monopolies in the long term, as it is too difficult to enter the market. Thank you for your time. Yours sincerely, Jiayan Chen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562969_en"}, {"id": 33562968, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:44:04", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "HEFFA CARGO SYSTEMS", "feedback": "OPEN LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND EUROPEAN POLICYMAKERS Stop Making the Single Market Harder for SMEs We are not against protecting the environment. We are not against recycling. We are not against responsible packaging. We are against bureaucracy that is making it increasingly difficult for European SMEs to survive and compete. Every year, businesses face new regulations, registrations, declarations, reporting obligations, fees and administrative procedures. Each requirement may look reasonable on its own. But together, they create an enormous burdenespecially for small manufacturers. We are the people who invest our own money, create products, employ people, pay taxes and take the risks that keep Europe's economy moving. And we need to remind European policymakers of something fundamental: The European institutions exist because of us. They are funded by citizens and businesses. They are paid to serve European society and create conditions in which businesses can grow and people can prosper. We are not working for the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is supposed to work for us. The European Union constantly promotes the Single Market. But where is the true Single Market when an SME selling the same product across Europe can face different registrations, reporting systems, fees and practical interpretations in different Member States? A product does not become a different product simply because it crosses an EU border. So why should compliance become dramatically more complicated? For a multinational corporation, additional compliance requirements may simply mean hiring another department. For an SME, it can mean thousands of euros in consultancy, software, registrations and administration. It means time taken away from production, innovation, customers and jobs. This is not the Europe SMEs were promised. We already comply with taxation, labour legislation, product standards, safety requirements, customs, accounting, certifications and environmental obligations. At some point, entrepreneurs stop building businesses and start managing bureaucracy. Europe cannot demand that its companies remain globally competitive while continuously increasing the cost and complexity of doing business inside Europe. We are not asking for environmental rules to disappear. We are asking for common sense, proportionality and real harmonisation. We need: * One EU-wide digital registration system. * One harmonised reporting methodology. * Clear and identical definitions. * Transparent and proportionate fees. * A genuinely simplified system for SMEs. * No unnecessary duplication between Member States. * Rules designed around the real operational capacity of small businesses. Environmental protection and economic competitiveness must go together. Europe needs manufacturers. Europe needs entrepreneurs. Europe needs SMEs. We create the jobs. We pay the taxes. We invest. We innovate. We export. We keep local economies alive. We are not numbers in a spreadsheet. We are the people behind the European economy. Before creating another layer of regulation, policymakers should ask one simple question: What will this actually cost the small business that has to implement it? Not only in moneybut in time, employees, consultants, software, administration and lost competitiveness. We want a greener Europe. We want a cleaner Europe. But we also want a Europe where a small company can manufacture, sell and grow without drowning in bureaucracy. Do not turn environmental responsibility into another barrier to European entrepreneurship. We are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for a fair, proportional, practical and genuinely European system. The institutions of Europe exist to serve European citizens and businessesnot the other way around. Listen to European SMEs before it is too late. We are the people who create the jobs. We are the people who pay the taxes. We are the people who keep Europe moving", "feedbackEnglish": "OPEN LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND EUROPEAN POLICYMAKERS Stop Making the Single Market Harder for SMEs We are not against protecting the environment. We are not against recycling. We are not against responsible packaging. We are against bureaucracy that is making it increasingly difficult for European SMEs to survive and compete. Every year, businesses face new regulations, registrations, declarations, reporting obligations, fees and administrative procedures. Each requirement may look reasonable on its own. But together, they create an enormous burdenespecially for small manufacturers. We are the people who invest our own money, create products, employ people, pay taxes and take the risks that keep Europe's economy moving. And we need to remind European policymakers of something fundamental: The European institutions exist because of us. They are funded by citizens and businesses. They are paid to serve European society and create conditions in which businesses can grow and people can prosper. We are not working for the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is supposed to work for us. The European Union constantly promotes the Single Market. But where is the true Single Market when an SME selling the same product across Europe can face different registrations, reporting systems, fees and practical interpretations in different Member States? A product does not become a different product simply because it crosses an EU border. So why should compliance become dramatically more complicated? For a multinational corporation, additional compliance requirements may simply mean hiring another department. For an SME, it can mean thousands of euros in consultancy, software, registrations and administration. It means time taken away from production, innovation, customers and jobs. This is not the Europe SMEs were promised. We already comply with taxation, labour legislation, product standards, safety requirements, customs, accounting, certifications and environmental obligations. At some point, entrepreneurs stop building businesses and start managing bureaucracy. Europe cannot demand that its companies remain globally competitive while continuously increasing the cost and complexity of doing business inside Europe. We are not asking for environmental rules to disappear. We are asking for common sense, proportionality and real harmonisation. We need: * One EU-wide digital registration system. * One harmonised reporting methodology. * Clear and identical definitions. * Transparent and proportionate fees. * A genuinely simplified system for SMEs. * No unnecessary duplication between Member States. * Rules designed around the real operational capacity of small businesses. Environmental protection and economic competitiveness must go together. Europe needs manufacturers. Europe needs entrepreneurs. Europe needs SMEs. We create the jobs. We pay the taxes. We invest. We innovate. We export. We keep local economies alive. We are not numbers in a spreadsheet. We are the people behind the European economy. Before creating another layer of regulation, policymakers should ask one simple question: What will this actually cost the small business that has to implement it? Not only in moneybut in time, employees, consultants, software, administration and lost competitiveness. We want a greener Europe. We want a cleaner Europe. But we also want a Europe where a small company can manufacture, sell and grow without drowning in bureaucracy. Do not turn environmental responsibility into another barrier to European entrepreneurship. We are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for a fair, proportional, practical and genuinely European system. The institutions of Europe exist to serve European citizens and businessesnot the other way around. Listen to European SMEs before it is too late. We are the people who create the jobs. We are the people who pay the taxes. We are the people who keep Europe moving", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562968_en"}, {"id": 33562967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:43:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is great that we are trying to tackle the recycling issue, but we shouldn't create a new major problem in the process. Right now, this regulation is really hurting small and medium-sized businesses. The focus was supposed to be on holding big companies accountable, not the smaller ones. It feels like the rules were made without fully thinking about the practical consequences. This will damage the economy. Also, making things so difficult for smaller businesses goes against the whole idea of easy cross-border trading within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is great that we are trying to tackle the recycling issue, but we shouldn't create a new major problem in the process. Right now, this regulation is really hurting small and medium-sized businesses. The focus was supposed to be on holding big companies accountable, not the smaller ones. It feels like the rules were made without fully thinking about the practical consequences. This will damage the economy. Also, making things so difficult for smaller businesses goes against the whole idea of easy cross-border trading within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562967_en"}, {"id": 33562964, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:40:37", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is going to destroy small businesses across the EU. We can not be treated like we are multinational companies. The cost for complying is way to high. You are naming \"producers\" those who are just using already existing products, instead of those who are actually producing packaging materials. The fees should burden actual manufacturers not micro-businesses who are trying to make a fair living. At this point you are punishing those who are trying to be legal and you not affecting multinational corporations at all, as the cost for them is insignificant. What i understand also, is that EU market is under financial pressure from Asian super cheap B2C platforms. A lot of stores are forced to close as they can not compete the extremely low pricing. So instead of creating a financial mess for small EU based businesses you should implemend heavy fees for items shipped outside of EU. On top of that many of these platforms have EU based warehouses in order to avoid further customs fees, additional fees etc. So you can set restrictions by taking into consideration the shipping address etc.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is going to destroy small businesses across the EU. We can not be treated like we are multinational companies. The cost for complying is way to high. You are naming \"producers\" those who are just using already existing products, instead of those who are actually producing packaging materials. The fees should burden actual manufacturers not micro-businesses who are trying to make a fair living. At this point you are punishing those who are trying to be legal and you not affecting multinational corporations at all, as the cost for them is insignificant. What i understand also, is that EU market is under financial pressure from Asian super cheap B2C platforms. A lot of stores are forced to close as they can not compete the extremely low pricing. So instead of creating a financial mess for small EU based businesses you should implemend heavy fees for items shipped outside of EU. On top of that many of these platforms have EU based warehouses in order to avoid further customs fees, additional fees etc. So you can set restrictions by taking into consideration the shipping address etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562964_en"}, {"id": 33562962, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:32:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new regulations are really hurting small shops. Exemptions are needed for micro businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulations are really hurting small shops. Exemptions are needed for micro businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562962_en"}, {"id": 33562961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:12:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, während ich es begrüße, dass Maßnahmen getroffen werden, die Verpackungsmüll vermeiden, verhindert die neue Richtlinie einige Dinge und macht es außerdem kleinen Händlern nahezu unmöglich, am grenzüberschreitenden Handel teilzunehmen. Insbesondere die Stellung von Vertretern in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten ist ohne entsprechende Dienstleister (ja, man mach mal wieder ein Business aus einer eigentlich gut gemeinten Idee) nicht zu bewerkstelligen, und mit eben solchen Dienstleistern nicht rentabel. Bitte orientieren Sie sich stattdessen an dem Prinzip des OSS für die Umsatzsteuer. Es ist notwendig, den grenzüberschreitenden Handel insbesondere für kleine Händler weiterhin zu ermöglichen. Schaffen Sie eine zentrale Gebühreneinzugstelle und verlangen sie von mir aus auch Übersetzungen in Landessprache - erst bei einer konkreten Anfrage - aber verzichten Sie auf die nationalen Vertreter bis zu einer festzusetzenden Bagatellgrenze. Außerdem werden kleine Händler künftig gezwungen, zahlreiche Verpackungsgrößen vorzuhalten. Die Idee, die Luft in Paketen als Indikator zu wählen, ist so ziemlich das realitätsfernste, was man hätte wählen können. Anstatt jedes einzelne Paket zu bewerten, was sie ohnehin nicht flächendeckend kontrollieren können, sollten Sie den Jahresdurchschnitt bewerten. Hier bietet sich zum Beispiel ein Verhältnis aus Warengewicht zu Verpackungsgewicht an. Beide Werte werden ohnehin bereits von den Versendern ermittelt, zum einen für das Paketporto, zum anderen für die Mengenmeldung. Auch ist es mir jetzt z.B. unmöglich, gebrauchte Kartons, in denen ich selbst Waren erhalten habe, wieder zu verwenden, weil mir Nachweise und Dokumentationen fehlen. Ich muss also jene Kartons vernichten, obwohl sie noch top in Ordnung wären, und stattdessen neue kaufen. Wie soll das der Umwelt helfen? Es sieht hier danach aus, als ob diese Richtlinie stark von Beratern großer Konzerne beeinflusst wurde, denn all die entstandenen Probleme liegen so glasklar auf der Hand, dass man sie eigentlich nicht hätte übersehen können. Ich bitte Sie daher, dringend zu überdenken, wen sie für kommende Richtlinien als Berater oder Sachverständige einladen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, while I welcome that measures are taken to avoid packaging waste, the new Directive prevents some things and also makes it almost impossible for small traders to engage in cross-border trade. In particular, the position of representatives in each individual Member State cannot be achieved without appropriate service providers (yes, once again, a business from a well-intentioned idea) and is not profitable with such service providers. Instead, please refer to the OSS principle for VAT. It is necessary to continue to allow cross-border trade, in particular for small traders. Create a central fee collection point and request translations from me into the national language – only in the case of a specific request – but do not require national representatives up to a de minimis threshold to be set. In addition, small traders will be forced to keep a large number of pack sizes. The idea of choosing air as an indicator in packages is so far the most unrealistic one that could have been chosen. Instead of assessing each individual package, which they cannot control across the board anyway, you should assess the annual average. Here, for example, a ratio of product weight to packaging weight is appropriate. In any case, both values are already established by the consignors for the parcel port on the one hand and for the quantity declaration on the other. It is also now impossible for me, for example, to reuse used cartons in which I have received goods myself because I do not have any supporting documents. So I have to destroy those cartons, even though they are still at the top, and buy new ones instead. How will this help the environment? It looks like this directive has been heavily influenced by advisors of large groups, as all the problems that have arisen are so obvious that they could not have been overlooked. I would therefore ask you to urgently reconsider who they invite as advisers or experts for the upcoming guidelines.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562961_en"}, {"id": 33562805, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 23:03:40", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "After the 3 euro import tax this is probably the most debilitating and not thoughtful initiative we've received in years. The whole point of European Union was the ability to have free trade area. This initiative directly influences the benefit of being a member of the EU, because it is something only big corporations would be able to afford. In short - this law would kill trade and business between countries, because smaller companies would be unable to afford it. We do want ecological regulations to be implemented, but the burden of it should be on biggest polluters and overconsumptions - government structures and corporations. We need better disposal rules as countries, better government facilities. Not additional financial burdens on consumers and dying out small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "After the 3 euro import tax this is probably the most debilitating and not thoughtful initiative we've received in years. The whole point of European Union was the ability to have free trade area. This initiative directly influences the benefit of being a member of the EU, because it is something only big corporations would be able to afford. In short - this law would kill trade and business between countries, because smaller companies would be unable to afford it. We do want ecological regulations to be implemented, but the burden of it should be on biggest polluters and overconsumptions - government structures and corporations. We need better disposal rules as countries, better government facilities. Not additional financial burdens on consumers and dying out small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562805_en"}, {"id": 33562652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 22:56:58", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Andrea Martinelli", "feedback": "The EPR scheme for small businesses that sell online is actually a barrier to the free circulation of goods wothin the EU. And it is because several businesses are halting shipments directed to other EU countries due to the EPR obligations. It is against the very reason why the EU was created in the first place, to have a single free EU market. We are going back decades with this crazy ideas and this is hurting the micro businesses financially. A small business is held hostage by 27 different regulations and has to sustain unbearable fix costs both to learn how to and mostly to comply with useless and expensive rules. You need to halt this mess. As we do with VAT with MOSS/OSS you need to create a single platform where we can declare and pay waste fees, if needed at all, with zero fix costs and reasonable contributions. Be reasonable and act urgently, stop targeting micro/small businesses with useless and expensive bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EPR scheme for small businesses that sell online is actually a barrier to the free circulation of goods wothin the EU. And it is because several businesses are halting shipments directed to other EU countries due to the EPR obligations. It is against the very reason why the EU was created in the first place, to have a single free EU market. We are going back decades with this crazy ideas and this is hurting the micro businesses financially. A small business is held hostage by 27 different regulations and has to sustain unbearable fix costs both to learn how to and mostly to comply with useless and expensive rules. You need to halt this mess. As we do with VAT with MOSS/OSS you need to create a single platform where we can declare and pay waste fees, if needed at all, with zero fix costs and reasonable contributions. Be reasonable and act urgently, stop targeting micro/small businesses with useless and expensive bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33562652_en"}, {"id": 33561386, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 22:02:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Autorin und Künstlerin (Einzelunternehmerin)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die Regelung stellt kleine Händler wie mich vor unüberwindbare Hürden und erschwert den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU. Zu meiner Person: Ich bin selbstständige Autorin und Künstlerin und betreibe einen kleinen Shop, in dem ich signierte Bücher (u.a. auch hochwertige Sonderausgaben) anbiete sowie von mir gemalte Bilder. Meine Haupteinnahmequelle sind die Tantiemen, die ich für meine Büchter über Amazon oder meinen Print-on-Demand-Anbieter bekomme. Mein Shop richtet sich daher vor allem an besondere Fans und dementsprechend übersichtlich sind die Bestellungen (unter 10 pro Jahr). Außerdem versende ich kostenlose Bücher an meine Blogger, die mir helfen, meine Geschichten bekannter zu machen, und veranstalte gelegentlich Gewinnspiele über die Instagram und TikTok. Für all diese Pakete müsste ich nun, sobald sie ins EU-Ausland gehen (zusätzlich zu den Verpackungsgebühren in Deutschland) Verpackungsgebühren in den jeweiligen Ländern bezahlen sowie einen ortsansässigen Beauftragten haben, was in keinem Verhältnis zu den wenigen Paketen steht, die ich versende. Deshalb habe ich bei meinem Shop gerade den Versand ins komplette Ausland deaktiviert, damit ich damit nicht belastet werde. Zudem werde ich in Zukunft nur noch deutsche Blogger beauftragen und Gewinnspiele gehen nur noch innerhalb von Deutschland. Meiner Meinung nach widerspricht das dem europäischen Gedanken komplett. Es bedarf dringend einer Bagatellgrenze, denn so, wie die Regelung jetzt ist, wird der EU-Handel für kleine Shops praktisch unmöglich. Während es für die großen Händler überhaupt kein Problem ist, diese Vorgaben zu erfüllen. Man könnte für kleine Händler wie mich einführen, dass eine gewisse Anzahl an EU-Auslandssendungen über die Verpackungsgebühren im Heimatland miterfasst wird und in derartigen Fällen kein ortsansässiger Beauftragter notwendig ist. Daher bitte ich dringend um Nachbesserung. Dazu sollte ich vielleicht noch sagen, dass ich den Gedanken des Müllsparens befürworte und auch selbst umsetze. Meine Kartons sind sehr klein (ein bis zwei Bücher versende ich in Maxibriefen) und ich verzichte weitestgehend auf Plastik. Lediglich Original-Aquarelle verpacke ich zum Schutz vor Feuchtigkeit in einer zusätzlichen Plastikschicht. Alles andere inklusive Füllmaterial ist Papier.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the scheme poses insurmountable obstacles for small traders like me and makes cross-border trade within the EU more difficult. About me: I am a self-employed author and artist, running a small shop offering signed books (including high-quality special editions) and painted images. My main source of income is the royalties I receive for my breadwinners via Amazon or my print-on-demand provider. My shop is therefore primarily aimed at special supporters and the orders are therefore clear (below 10 per year). I also send free books to my bloggers, helping me to make my stories more known, and occasionally organise prize games through Instagram and TikTok. For all these packages, as soon as I go abroad in the EU (in addition to the packaging fees in Germany), I would now have to pay packaging fees in the respective countries and have a local agent, which is disproportionate to the few packages I send. That is why, at my shop, I have just deactivated shipping to the entire country, so that I am not burdened with this. In addition, in future I will only hire German bloggers and will only go to competitions within Germany. In my view, this completely contradicts the European idea. There is an urgent need for a de minimis threshold, as the current system makes EU trade practically impossible for small shops. While it is not at all a problem for large traders to comply with these requirements. For small traders like me, it could be introduced that a certain number of EU cross-border mailings are covered by the packaging charges in the home country and that in such cases no local agent is necessary. I would therefore urge you to remedy this situation. I should perhaps say that I am in favour of the idea of saving waste and that I also implement it myself. My cartons are very small (I send one or two books in maxi letters) and I don’t use plastic as much as possible. Only original watercolours are packed in an additional plastic layer to protect against moisture. All other materials, including filling materials, are paper.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33561386_en"}, {"id": 33561331, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:58:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Why are you trying to destroy small business in EU?", "feedbackEnglish": "Why are you trying to destroy small business in EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33561331_en"}, {"id": 33561287, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:57:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new requirements of Regulation regarding cross-border shipments, in particular, the obligation to appoint authorized representatives and register in each individual EU destination country, impose a bureaucratic and financial burden on any small business that is out of proportion to their revenue. Without an EU-wide exemption threshold for small shipment volumes, the European single market will become practically inaccessible to small sellers. I therefore urgently call on policymakers to introduce a non-bureaucratic exemption threshold for small quantities shipped to other EU countries. And to significantly simplify registration procedures in order to protect small family-run businesses and sole entrepreneurs from being excluded from EU trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new requirements of Regulation regarding cross-border shipments, in particular, the obligation to appoint authorized representatives and register in each individual EU destination country, impose a bureaucratic and financial burden on any small business that is out of proportion to their revenue. Without an EU-wide exemption threshold for small shipment volumes, the European single market will become practically inaccessible to small sellers. I therefore urgently call on policymakers to introduce a non-bureaucratic exemption threshold for small quantities shipped to other EU countries. And to significantly simplify registration procedures in order to protect small family-run businesses and sole entrepreneurs from being excluded from EU trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33561287_en"}, {"id": 33560821, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:37:12", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a regular client of artists, creators and small businesses, following and buying from over 20 different businesses (inside and outside EU). All of them with no exception stopped shipping entirely to countries of European Union except their own, and all because of this single regulation, more specifically the need to hire an appointed representative for each country they ship to. The cumulative added cost is _ for most of them_ more than what they make in profit in a whole year ! Without even talking about the cumulative paperwork that adds up to many hours of their time, time that they cannot spend doing their products. First of all, for me European Union was all about having a unified framework of regulations, and free circulation of people and goods. This new rules are a direct regression to both of these principales, with absolutely no common framework and regulations, and putting a deadly blow in the ability to small and even medium business to make goods circulate inside the EU. Second, this new regulation is completely disproportionated for small and medium business. This varies country per country (so 27 different regulations), but most country apply a flat rate to hire an appointed representative regardless of the amount or weight sent in the year. Considering these rules are supposed to be about packaging and packaging waste, it would make much more sense that it scales with the amount of packages sent. Asking businesses to track and record their packaging and waste is reasonable. Asking them to report individually to 27 different countries is already a huge burden for small business, often consisting in a single person who is already in charge of making the product, tracking orders, tracking stocks, marketing, after-sales, client returns, answering questions of customers, making quotes, packaging and sending the parcels. But asking a person sending only a dozen of kg per year worth of products to pay thousands in total, on 27 countries, with 27 platforms ? This is a huge regression and goes directly against everything the EU is about. These rules are inadequate and out of touch with the reality of all small and medium businesses. The minimum requirement would be to harmonize the rules and have a centralized platform to report to, with only one representative needed for the whole of EU, in the same way it is done for data protection for example. And it would be much more adequate with the goal of environment protection that the rules and prices scale with the amount of packages sent (either by number of packages or by weight of packaging).", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a regular client of artists, creators and small businesses, following and buying from over 20 different businesses (inside and outside EU). All of them with no exception stopped shipping entirely to countries of European Union except their own, and all because of this single regulation, more specifically the need to hire an appointed representative for each country they ship to. The cumulative added cost is _ for most of them_ more than what they make in profit in a whole year ! Without even talking about the cumulative paperwork that adds up to many hours of their time, time that they cannot spend doing their products. First of all, for me European Union was all about having a unified framework of regulations, and free circulation of people and goods. This new rules are a direct regression to both of these principales, with absolutely no common framework and regulations, and putting a deadly blow in the ability to small and even medium business to make goods circulate inside the EU. Second, this new regulation is completely disproportionated for small and medium business. This varies country per country (so 27 different regulations), but most country apply a flat rate to hire an appointed representative regardless of the amount or weight sent in the year. Considering these rules are supposed to be about packaging and packaging waste, it would make much more sense that it scales with the amount of packages sent. Asking businesses to track and record their packaging and waste is reasonable. Asking them to report individually to 27 different countries is already a huge burden for small business, often consisting in a single person who is already in charge of making the product, tracking orders, tracking stocks, marketing, after-sales, client returns, answering questions of customers, making quotes, packaging and sending the parcels. But asking a person sending only a dozen of kg per year worth of products to pay thousands in total, on 27 countries, with 27 platforms ? This is a huge regression and goes directly against everything the EU is about. These rules are inadequate and out of touch with the reality of all small and medium businesses. The minimum requirement would be to harmonize the rules and have a centralized platform to report to, with only one representative needed for the whole of EU, in the same way it is done for data protection for example. And it would be much more adequate with the goal of environment protection that the rules and prices scale with the amount of packages sent (either by number of packages or by weight of packaging).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33560821_en"}, {"id": 33560672, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:30:52", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freelance Artist / Ceramist", "feedback": "Ich finde die new packaging regulation völlig unausgereift. Man hat versucht, die Verpackungsart, Paketmengen, Versandstrom und Recycling mit strengen Kontrollauflagen unter ein Regulierungsdach zu bringen - zu Lasten der Versendbarkeit von nur wenigen Paketen durch Klein Unternehmen, was damit unfinanzierbar wird. Die Frage nach einer dringend notwendigen vernünftigen EU weiten Eindämmung des Wastepackaging und Wasteversandes bleibt für Grossunternehmen und Konsumenten weiterhin kein Thema, bleibt unangetastet, dabei ist die Verschwendung von Produkten plus Verpackung ohne Recyclingverpflichtung das allergrösste Hauptproblem. Und betrifft vorwiegend Grossunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find the new packaging regulation completely immature. Attempts have been made to place packaging, parcel volumes, dispatching and recycling under a regulatory roof, with strict control requirements, at the expense of small businesses being able to send only a few parcels, making this unaffordable. The question of a much-needed, reasonable EU-wide reduction in waste packaging and shipments remains unaddressed for large companies and consumers, with wastage of products plus packaging without a recycling obligation being the most serious problem. It mainly concerns large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33560672_en"}, {"id": 33560250, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:12:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is horrible for small and micro businessess. In most cases it will cost more to abide by the regulations per country, than the amount of money they will earn. As a future small business owner who was very excited to share my craftsmanship with the world, this is incredibly discouraging. So I ask, please exclude small and micro businessess from the A.R rule, as it is disproportionate towards them. Or provide measurements they can afford. For example, exclude the small/micro businessess who do not make above 80,000 euros a year. Also harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businessess. I believe this law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businessess. I already see many small business owners cancelling their EU shipping until further notice, since these new regulations are simply too expensive. It is a shame.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is horrible for small and micro businessess. In most cases it will cost more to abide by the regulations per country, than the amount of money they will earn. As a future small business owner who was very excited to share my craftsmanship with the world, this is incredibly discouraging. So I ask, please exclude small and micro businessess from the A.R rule, as it is disproportionate towards them. Or provide measurements they can afford. For example, exclude the small/micro businessess who do not make above 80,000 euros a year. Also harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businessess. I believe this law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businessess. I already see many small business owners cancelling their EU shipping until further notice, since these new regulations are simply too expensive. It is a shame.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33560250_en"}, {"id": 33560143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:08:52", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette proposition de loi n'est encore une fois pas pensée pour les micro-entreprises et métiers de la création déjà très précaires. La charge administrative et les coûts sont trop lourds ! C'est sur les grandes entreprises et multinationales qu'il faut mettre en place cette loi, les petites entreprises le font déjà à leur niveau. L'Europe va juste tuer les petites entreprises et les empêcher de travailler à l'étranger.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal for a law is again not being considered for micro-enterprises and creative professions, which are already very precarious. The administrative burden and costs are too high! It is on large companies and multinationals that this law needs to be put in place, and small companies already do so at their level. Europe will just kill small businesses and prevent them from working abroad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33560143_en"}, {"id": 33559967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 21:00:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wissen Sie eigentlich was Sie anrichten? Ich brauche für mein gefördertes schützenswertes Kulturgut, einen US Ford von 1964, einen Anlasser. Alle einschlägigen Händler weigern sich aufgrund der PPWR Verordnung in die EU zu liefern. Original Meldung bei der Fa. Rockauto bei der Bestellung eines Anlassers: \"Die Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) verbietet uns den Versand in die EU oder nach Nordirland. Wir werden den Versand wieder aufnehmen, sobald wir die entsprechenden Konformitätserklärungen von Herstellern erhalten und Agenten gefunden haben, die diese den Behörden in Ihrem Land vorlegen können.\" Das Selbe gibt es bei Summit.com und den anderen einschlägigen grossen Teilehändlern zu lesen. Das kommt einer Enteignung gleich !! Es ist seit langem sichtbar dass die EU für Oldtimer Fahrzeuge nichts übrig hat. Aber die Abgeordneten sind die Vertreter des Volkes, so war es mal gedacht. Und nicht die Bevormunder des Volkes. Streichen Sie diese Verordnung wieder, bei der Sie selbst das Ignorieren empfehlen!! Grosse Handelshäuser werden allerdings nicht so weit gehen und ein geltendes Gesetz zu ignorieren (anders als so mancher andere US Konzern, Meta etc.). Wenn Sie die Oldtimer Fahrzeuge erhalten wollen setzen Sie diese misslungene Verordnung aus. Das wäre mal ein guter Beitrag die Bürokratie zu reduzieren.", "feedbackEnglish": "Do you really know what you are doing? I need a starter for my promoted worthy cultural good, a US Ford from 1964. All relevant traders refuse to supply the EU on the basis of the PPWR Regulation. Original notification to Rockauto when ordering a starter: “The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) bans our dispatch to the EU or Northern Ireland. We will resume shipping as soon as we have received the relevant declarations of conformity from manufacturers and found agents who can present them to the authorities in your country.” The self can be read at Summit.com and the other relevant major parts traders. This amounts to expropriation! It has long been visible that the EU has had nothing left for vintage cars. But the parliamentarians are the representatives of the people, it was thought. And not the patronage of the people. Delete this regulation, which you yourself recommend ignoring! However, large trading houses will not go as far as ignoring an existing law (unlike some other US group, Meta, etc.). If you want to receive the vintage vehicles, suspend this failed regulation. This would make a good contribution to cutting red tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559967_en"}, {"id": 33559838, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 20:33:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich halte von dieser Verordnung gar nichts. Es ist teuer für Kleine Unternehmen. Es ist unausgewogen und verursacht extrem viel Bürokratie und ganz wenig Gerechtigkeit. Zudem ist es schlecht für Verbraucher, da dadurch in vielen EU Ländern das Angebot schrumpfen wird. Thema verfehlt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have nothing at all about that regulation. It is expensive for small businesses. It is unbalanced and generates an enormous amount of bureaucracy and very little justice. It is also bad for consumers, as it will lead to a shrinking supply in many EU countries. Topic missed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559838_en"}, {"id": 33559837, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 20:29:35", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Anticompetitive programming against small businesses kills entrepreneurships. Terrible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Anticompetitive programming against small businesses kills entrepreneurships. Terrible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559837_en"}, {"id": 33559836, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 20:26:25", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anteal Oy", "feedback": "Pois pienyrittäjiltä.", "feedbackEnglish": "Away from small-scale entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559836_en"}, {"id": 33559835, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 20:15:51", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I wanted to share my experience as an EU-based customer. Over the past weeks, several small shops and independent creators I used to buy from have stopped selling to Europe entirely because of this regulation. These aren't big companies, but small creators who simply can't afford the costs involved. As a result, I've lost access to products and communities I really valued. It's frustrating to see a regulation with good intentions end up isolating European consumers. I hope this can be reconsidered so that small businesses can keep selling to us, and we can keep supporting them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I wanted to share my experience as an EU-based customer. Over the past weeks, several small shops and independent creators I used to buy from have stopped selling to Europe entirely because of this regulation. These aren't big companies, but small creators who simply can't afford the costs involved. As a result, I've lost access to products and communities I really valued. It's frustrating to see a regulation with good intentions end up isolating European consumers. I hope this can be reconsidered so that small businesses can keep selling to us, and we can keep supporting them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559835_en"}, {"id": 33559833, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 20:10:51", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sono una professionista italiana che lavora nel settore dellarte e, attraverso la mia attività, sono quotidianamente in contatto con artisti, artigiani e piccoli professionisti creativi. Desidero esprimere una forte preoccupazione per limpatto che gli obblighi relativi alla responsabilità estesa del produttore e ai registri nazionali degli imballaggi possono avere sulle microimprese che effettuano vendite transfrontaliere allinterno dellUnione europea. Condivido pienamente lobiettivo di ridurre i rifiuti da imballaggio e di responsabilizzare chi immette imballaggi sul mercato. Tuttavia, gli obblighi amministrativi devono essere proporzionati alla quantità di imballaggi effettivamente immessa e alle dimensioni dellattività economica. Un artista o un artigiano può vendere soltanto una o due opere allanno in un determinato Stato membro. È irragionevole che una vendita occasionale, accompagnata magari da poche centinaia di grammi di cartone, possa comportare registrazioni nazionali, procedure amministrative, dichiarazioni e potenziali costi fissi del tutto sproporzionati rispetto allimpatto ambientale generato. Questo rischia di produrre una conseguenza paradossale: molti piccoli operatori potrebbero semplicemente smettere di vendere nei Paesi in cui non riescono a sostenere gli oneri amministrativi. Il risultato sarebbe un mercato unico nel quale le grandi imprese possono continuare a vendere facilmente in tutta Europa, mentre artisti, artigiani e microimprese sono incentivati a limitare le proprie vendite al mercato nazionale. Per questo ritengo necessario: - introdurre una soglia **de minimis europea**, basata su quantità o volumi realmente significativi, sotto la quale siano previste esenzioni o obblighi fortemente semplificati; - creare un vero **One-Stop Shop europeo per lEPR**, che consenta a una microimpresa di registrarsi e comunicare i propri dati una sola volta, invece di dover interagire separatamente con i sistemi dei diversi Stati membri; - armonizzare i registri nazionali e applicare concretamente il principio **once only**, evitando di richiedere più volte alle imprese le stesse informazioni; - evitare costi fissi di registrazione, rappresentanza o compliance sproporzionati per chi immette quantità minime di imballaggi in uno Stato membro; - prevedere procedure realmente semplificate per microimprese, artisti, artigiani e piccoli produttori che effettuano vendite transfrontaliere occasionali. La tutela ambientale e la tutela delle piccole attività economiche non devono essere considerate obiettivi incompatibili. Una normativa ambientale efficace dovrebbe far sì che chi produce maggiori quantità di rifiuti contribuisca in maniera adeguata alla loro gestione, senza creare barriere amministrative tali da rendere economicamente impossibile per un piccolo produttore effettuare anche una sola vendita in un altro Paese dellUnione. Chiedo pertanto alla Commissione europea di utilizzare questa occasione per creare un sistema armonizzato, proporzionato e realmente compatibile con il mercato unico europeo, affinché la responsabilità ambientale non si trasformi involontariamente in una barriera allattività di artisti, artigiani e microimprese.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an Italian professional working in the art sector and, through my work, I am in daily contact with artists, craftsmen and small creative professionals. I would like to express a strong concern about the clear impact that extended producer responsibility obligations and national packaging registers may have on micro-enterprises selling across borders within the European Union. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and empowering those who place packaging on the market. However, administrative requirements must be proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market and to the size of the economic activity. An artist or craftsman may sell only one or two works of art in a given Member State. It is unreasonable that an occasional sale, possibly accompanied by a few hundred grams of cardboard, could lead to national registrations, administrative procedures, declarations and potential fixed costs that are totally disproportionate to the environmental impact generated. This risks producing a paradoxical consequence: many small operators could simply stop selling in countries where they cannot cope with the administrative burden. The result would be a single market where large companies can continue to sell easily across Europe, while artists, craftsmen and micro-enterprises have an incentive to limit their sales to the domestic market. That is why I consider it necessary to: — introduce a European de minimis threshold * * *, based on genuinely significant quantities or volumes, below which there are highly simplified exemptions or obligations; — create a true * * European One-Stop Shop for LEPR * *, allowing a micro-enterprise to register and report its data only once, instead of having to interact separately with the systems of different Member States; — harmonise national registers and apply the principle * * once only * * in practice, avoiding multiple requests for the same information from companies; — avoid disproportionate fixed registration, representation or compliance costs for those who place minimum quantities of packaging in a Member State; — provide genuinely simplified procedures for micro enterprises, artists, craftsmen and small producers engaged in occasional cross-border sales. Environmental protection and the protection of small economic activities should not be regarded as incompatible objectives. Effective environmental legislation should ensure that producers of larger quantities of waste make an adequate contribution to waste management, without creating administrative barriers that would make it economically impossible for a small producer to make even one sale in another EU country. I therefore call on the European Commission to use this opportunity to create a harmonised, proportionate system that is genuinely compatible with the European single market, so that environmental liability does not unintentionally become a barrier to the activities of artists, craftsmen and micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559833_en"}, {"id": 33559832, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 19:55:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SADICO UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen besonders kritischen Punkt der Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Nach der PPWR kann jedoch bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten entstehen entsprechend viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort nur wenige oder Hunderte Pakete verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Händlern in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichendes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden. Dies widerspricht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen anhand geeigneter Schwellenwerte für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Ergänzend sollte für geringe grenzüberschreitende Versandmengen eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten. Zweitens reicht die Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, nicht aus. Auch dabei müssen Händler derzeit pro Land eigene Verträge abschließen und Fixkosten tragen. Notwendig wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und ohne separate Fixkosten je Land erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen tragen bei diesen Pflichten weitgehend dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, können sie jedoch nur auf ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den heimischen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Kitzke", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly critical point in the implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward so far. However, under the PPWR, a single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. Ten or twenty target markets generate a correspondingly high number of contracts, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether few or hundreds of parcels are sold there. For small traders, these fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes and effectively act as a market entry threshold. Those who cannot pass on the costs to a sufficient volume of sales are more likely to avoid cross-border trade. This runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of appropriate staff headcount and turnover thresholds. In addition, a de minimis limit per destination country should apply to small quantities of cross-border shipments. Second, the possibility of contracting central service providers is not sufficient. Again, dealers currently have to conclude their own contracts and bear fixed costs per country. A genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and without separate fixed costs per country. Third, the transmission of data should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each Member State. Small companies face largely the same fixed costs under these obligations as large market players, but can only spread them over a much smaller volume of business. A proportionate design of the authorised representative obligation would allow small traders to continue to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than being limited to the domestic market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Peter Kitzke", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559832_en"}, {"id": 33559831, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 19:55:30", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I came to work in the EU, and my first job, which lasted six long years, was a small business that made custom historical costumes. Year after year, I watched as my boss, instead of doing what she loved, was forced to sit over paperwork and optimize expenses so she could pay yet another tax devised by Poland or the EU. The business generated a steady income, but over the years, she was forced to lay off several employees due to financial difficulties. The law will literally kill small businesses, which can't afford to pay 300 euros a month in each country for a cardboard box while corporations like Amazon pay the same. If you want to fight waste, start with plastic within the EU, when cookies are packaged in two plastic bags, cardboard, and then another cardboard box. Start with large corporations, for whom your d*ck is too small. The EU forgets that in one country salaries are 2,000 euros, and in another 700, where prices for goods will be lower, but taxes will still be pan-European.", "feedbackEnglish": "I came to work in the EU, and my first job, which lasted six long years, was a small business that made custom historical costumes. Year after year, I watched as my boss, instead of doing what she loved, was forced to sit over paperwork and optimize expenses so she could pay yet another tax devised by Poland or the EU. The business generated a steady income, but over the years, she was forced to lay off several employees due to financial difficulties. The law will literally kill small businesses, which can't afford to pay 300 euros a month in each country for a cardboard box while corporations like Amazon pay the same. If you want to fight waste, start with plastic within the EU, when cookies are packaged in two plastic bags, cardboard, and then another cardboard box. Start with large corporations, for whom your d*ck is too small. The EU forgets that in one country salaries are 2,000 euros, and in another 700, where prices for goods will be lower, but taxes will still be pan-European.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559831_en"}, {"id": 33559830, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 19:49:37", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Speechless Bard", "feedback": "Hi, the PPWR/PRE is absolutely terrible for micro enterprises like the one from me and my wife. Helping out with the recycling cost is something I can fully get behind, even if it is just for a couple kg per year, but having to appoint (and pay for!) an authorized representative for each EU country we ship to is a HUGE investment of both time and money that we just can't deal with. For example, usually we have about 5 packages to France per year, from which we make about 200-300 on average. Having to appoint an AR compleyely negates this income! Right now we have to pause shipments to most EU countries simply because we cannot afford an AR for each country, so we lose a big chunk of income altogether. Again, we fully support financially supporting recycling costs for each country we ship to, but please let us do it from a one stop shop kind of system where we can be our own representative. Kind regards, Luuk van Houtum - The Speechless Bard", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, the PPWR/PRE is absolutely terrible for micro enterprises like the one from me and my wife. Helping out with the recycling cost is something I can fully get behind, even if it is just for a couple kg per year, but having to appoint (and pay for!) an authorized representative for each EU country we ship to is a HUGE investment of both time and money that we just can't deal with. For example, usually we have about 5 packages to France per year, from which we make about 200-300 on average. Having to appoint an AR compleyely negates this income! Right now we have to pause shipments to most EU countries simply because we cannot afford an AR for each country, so we lose a big chunk of income altogether. Again, we fully support financially supporting recycling costs for each country we ship to, but please let us do it from a one stop shop kind of system where we can be our own representative. Kind regards, Luuk van Houtum - The Speechless Bard", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559830_en"}, {"id": 33559829, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 19:32:12", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Emotional Design Studio", "feedback": "I have just registered my small perfume brand, created one perfume, collect the feedbacks and prepare for CPSR. I do not sell anything yet, posting my samples for free to get to know if people like the fragrance. And I usually get good feedbacks and there are several people from different EU countries that would like to buy a full bottle. So they are waiting for the launch. And because of PPWR I get stressed and losing motivation even before my product can see the world. It is not possible for so small brand as mine to pay, for example, a 300 euros fee if I may be will sell there only for 100 euros. For my brand to survive I ask to exclude all the micro business from the system. Thank you! To be transparent: my brand is Emotional Design Studio, my VAT number is SE880618828301 and you can see all my work process in Instagram @emotionaldesign.studio.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have just registered my small perfume brand, created one perfume, collect the feedbacks and prepare for CPSR. I do not sell anything yet, posting my samples for free to get to know if people like the fragrance. And I usually get good feedbacks and there are several people from different EU countries that would like to buy a full bottle. So they are waiting for the launch. And because of PPWR I get stressed and losing motivation even before my product can see the world. It is not possible for so small brand as mine to pay, for example, a 300 euros fee if I may be will sell there only for 100 euros. For my brand to survive I ask to exclude all the micro business from the system. Thank you! To be transparent: my brand is Emotional Design Studio, my VAT number is SE880618828301 and you can see all my work process in Instagram @emotionaldesign.studio.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559829_en"}, {"id": 33559828, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 19:31:35", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR regulations make it more or less impossible for small businesses like mine (I am a sole trader and the designer and maker of my products) to have a business that trades with other EU members, as the administrative effort and costs involved in registering and paying for a representative & any recycling fee in all 27 member states is completely out of proportion to the sales I might have in these EU countries. Like most small businesses I already use recycled and low waste material for anything I package I reuse any cardboard boxes we already have at home and I use compostable plastic bags, paper tape etc. To make us pay the same fees as a big retailer like Amazon etc. is simply not feasible. It doesnt just affect my business by not being able to send packages to the EU, it also means that I cannot buy components such as my sterling silver rings I use as a basis for my fabric rings from the small business in France anymore, forcing me to find a source outwith the EU; but it also means that the small art and craft gallery in the Netherlands will now not be able to stock my products nor will I be able to shop any arts and crafts products from other small artists as many now decided to stop shipping to fellow EU states or simply gave up their businesses completely as they feel overwhelmed with the amount of effort and money it now takes to run a micro business in the EU! I used to live in Switzerland and was glad when we moved to Ireland 4years ago as I mistakenly thought that having a business here would open a new market for me, it is rather ironic that due to the new PPWR law it is now easier to send my products back to Switzerland or even Japan than to our EU neighbours, which is basically completely against the original idea of a simplified trade within the EU market! So like many here I would like to see the following: 1) A centralised way of registering and paying any necessary recycling fees instead of having to do this in 27 different ways 2) A system that allows for proportional fees for small businesses rather than making us pay the same amount as for example Amazon 3) Or an exemption for micro businesses when it comes to registration and fees I really hope that The European commission will overthink the PPWR rules as you are destroying a whole sector containing micro businesses that bring so much variety and colour to the European market! Otherwise, all that will be left are the big corporations like Amazon, Temu & co. who can afford to pay both the extra fees and who have administrative departments who can handle the extra work!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regulations make it more or less impossible for small businesses like mine (I am a sole trader and the designer and maker of my products) to have a business that trades with other EU members, as the administrative effort and costs involved in registering and paying for a representative & any recycling fee in all 27 member states is completely out of proportion to the sales I might have in these EU countries. Like most small businesses I already use recycled and low waste material for anything I package I reuse any cardboard boxes we already have at home and I use compostable plastic bags, paper tape etc. To make us pay the same fees as a big retailer like Amazon etc. is simply not feasible. It doesnt just affect my business by not being able to send packages to the EU, it also means that I cannot buy components such as my sterling silver rings I use as a basis for my fabric rings from the small business in France anymore, forcing me to find a source outwith the EU; but it also means that the small art and craft gallery in the Netherlands will now not be able to stock my products nor will I be able to shop any arts and crafts products from other small artists as many now decided to stop shipping to fellow EU states or simply gave up their businesses completely as they feel overwhelmed with the amount of effort and money it now takes to run a micro business in the EU! I used to live in Switzerland and was glad when we moved to Ireland 4years ago as I mistakenly thought that having a business here would open a new market for me, it is rather ironic that due to the new PPWR law it is now easier to send my products back to Switzerland or even Japan than to our EU neighbours, which is basically completely against the original idea of a simplified trade within the EU market! So like many here I would like to see the following: 1) A centralised way of registering and paying any necessary recycling fees instead of having to do this in 27 different ways 2) A system that allows for proportional fees for small businesses rather than making us pay the same amount as for example Amazon 3) Or an exemption for micro businesses when it comes to registration and fees I really hope that The European commission will overthink the PPWR rules as you are destroying a whole sector containing micro businesses that bring so much variety and colour to the European market! Otherwise, all that will be left are the big corporations like Amazon, Temu & co. who can afford to pay both the extra fees and who have administrative departments who can handle the extra work!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559828_en"}, {"id": 33559827, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 19:17:33", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a self-employed micro-entrepreneur based in the Czech Republic. I make handmade products and sell them through my own e-shop, primarily to the Czech and Slovak markets. I wish to draw attention to the disproportionate impact of Articles 44-45 of the PPWR on the smallest businesses. The obligation to register and fulfil EPR obligations separately in every Member State of sale creates fixed costs that do not reflect sales volume in any way. In Germany, the obligation to register (LUCID) and to participate in a dual system arises from the very first parcel shipped, with no de minimis exemption of any kind. Total compliance costs through intermediary services amount to roughly 360 per country per year. For a seller shipping only a handful of parcels to a given country annually, this is a multiple of the margin earned there. As a consequence, micro-enterprises are withdrawing cross-border delivery options altogether. In practice, the regulation works against the objectives of the Single Market and concentrates cross-border e-commerce in the hands of large platforms - the only actors able to absorb 27 parallel registrations and reporting regimes. I would respectfully propose two measures: 1. A single European registration and reporting point (one-stop-shop), modelled on the OSS regime for VAT: one registration and one consolidated report valid across the EU, with revenues redistributed among national systems according to the place of sale. 2. A harmonised de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises: below a defined threshold (for example, 100 kg of packaging placed on the market of a given Member State per year, following the example of Slovak legislation), an exemption from registration and fees in Member States to which the seller ships only marginally or, alternatively, a simplified annual notification filed in the home Member State only. The environmental benefit of accounting for a few kilograms of cardboard per year is negligible; the administrative burden it creates is prohibitive for micro-enterprises. I ask that the implementing acts and any future revision of the Regulation address this disproportion. Thank you for your consideration. Lucie Kraus business ID 76227006 Czechia", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed micro-entrepreneur based in the Czech Republic. I make handmade products and sell them through my own e-shop, primarily to the Czech and Slovak markets. I wish to draw attention to the disproportionate impact of Articles 44-45 of the PPWR on the smallest businesses. The obligation to register and fulfil EPR obligations separately in every Member State of sale creates fixed costs that do not reflect sales volume in any way. In Germany, the obligation to register (LUCID) and to participate in a dual system arises from the very first parcel shipped, with no de minimis exemption of any kind. Total compliance costs through intermediary services amount to roughly 360 per country per year. For a seller shipping only a handful of parcels to a given country annually, this is a multiple of the margin earned there. As a consequence, micro-enterprises are withdrawing cross-border delivery options altogether. In practice, the regulation works against the objectives of the Single Market and concentrates cross-border e-commerce in the hands of large platforms - the only actors able to absorb 27 parallel registrations and reporting regimes. I would respectfully propose two measures: 1. A single European registration and reporting point (one-stop-shop), modelled on the OSS regime for VAT: one registration and one consolidated report valid across the EU, with revenues redistributed among national systems according to the place of sale. 2. A harmonised de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises: below a defined threshold (for example, 100 kg of packaging placed on the market of a given Member State per year, following the example of Slovak legislation), an exemption from registration and fees in Member States to which the seller ships only marginally or, alternatively, a simplified annual notification filed in the home Member State only. The environmental benefit of accounting for a few kilograms of cardboard per year is negligible; the administrative burden it creates is prohibitive for micro-enterprises. I ask that the implementing acts and any future revision of the Regulation address this disproportion. Thank you for your consideration. Lucie Kraus business ID 76227006 Czechia", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559827_en"}, {"id": 33559826, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 18:45:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Chill Pepper BV", "feedback": "As a small startup, its impossible to register in every EU country separately. The administrative load and costs would kills my business. In the end it would result in less sales since I have to make a selection of which countries to sell to. I already use recycled materials in all my packaging and I have no issue reporting on this. I also make sure I dont send half empty packages to clients. But the necessity to register with a paid company in each country is unreasonable and surpasses the goals of this bill.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small startup, its impossible to register in every EU country separately. The administrative load and costs would kills my business. In the end it would result in less sales since I have to make a selection of which countries to sell to. I already use recycled materials in all my packaging and I have no issue reporting on this. I also make sure I dont send half empty packages to clients. But the necessity to register with a paid company in each country is unreasonable and surpasses the goals of this bill.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559826_en"}, {"id": 33559825, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 18:41:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SRLimax Inh. Roman Rshewski", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen. Für kleine Unternehmen ist der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten eine wichtige Möglichkeit, neue Märkte zu erschließen. Die geplante Umsetzung kann diesen Schritt jedoch mit erheblichen zusätzlichen Kosten und bürokratischen Anforderungen verbinden. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt und bezahlt werden muss. Bei Verkäufen in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten entstehen somit zahlreiche separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort nur wenige Pakete oder mehrere hundert Sendungen verkauft werden. Diese landesbezogenen Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Händlern häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie können damit faktisch zu einer Marktzutrittsschwelle werden. Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichendes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird möglicherweise vom Verkauf in bestimmte EU-Länder absehen. Das widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Gedanken eines offenen europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen und Bagatellgrenze Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand bestehender Schwellenwerte für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für größere Unternehmen mit nur geringem grenzüberschreitendem Verkaufsvolumen sollte zusätzlich eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten. 2. Echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die bloße Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus, wenn weiterhin für jedes Land ein eigener Vertrag und separate Fixkosten erforderlich sind. Notwendig wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten zentral für mehrere oder alle Mitgliedstaaten abgewickelt werden können. Die Kosten sollten dabei nicht für jedes Land erneut anfallen. 3. Einheitliche Datenübermittlung Die erforderlichen Verpackungsdaten sollten technisch standardisiert übermittelt werden können. Daten, die einmal erfasst wurden, sollten nicht für jedes Zielland erneut in unterschiedliche Formate übertragen und aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen. Sie haben häufig dieselben administrativen Fixkosten zu tragen, verfügen aber über ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen. Dadurch wirken sich zusätzliche länderspezifische Pflichten bei ihnen besonders stark aus. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, weiterhin am europäischen Binnenmarkt teilzunehmen, ohne dass grenzüberschreitender Handel aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger Fixkosten wirtschaftlich unattraktiv wird. Ich würde es daher sehr begrüßen, wenn diese Aspekte bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR-Herstellerregister berücksichtigt werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Selling to other EU Member States is an important way for small businesses to enter new markets. However, the planned implementation can make this step subject to significant additional costs and bureaucratic requirements. Even a single sale in another Member State may result in an authorised representative having to be appointed and paid for there. Sales in 10 or 20 Member States thus give rise to many separate contractual relationships, charges and reporting channels, irrespective of whether only a few parcels or several hundred items are sold there. These country-specific fixed costs are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They can thus effectively become a market entry threshold. Those who cannot pass on the costs to a sufficient volume of sales may refrain from selling to certain EU countries. In my view, this runs counter to the idea of an open European internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: 1. Exemption for micro-enterprises and de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of existing staff headcount and turnover thresholds. For larger companies with only small cross-border sales volumes, an additional de minimis threshold per destination country should apply. 2. Genuine one-stop-shop solution The mere possibility of hiring a central service provider is not sufficient in practice if a separate contract and separate fixed costs are still required for each country. A genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration, reporting and evidence obligations to be processed centrally for several or all Member States. The costs should not be repeated for each country. 3. Uniform transmission of data The necessary packaging data should be able to be transmitted in a technically standardised manner. Once collected, data should not have to be retransmitted and reprocessed in different formats for each target country. Small enterprises are not small large enterprises. They often have to bear the same fixed administrative costs, but have a much smaller volume of business. As a result, additional country-specific obligations have a particularly strong impact on them. A proportionate design of the authorised representative obligation would allow small traders to continue to participate in the European single market without making cross-border trade economically unattractive due to disproportionate fixed costs. I would therefore very much welcome these aspects being taken into account in the further development of the PPWR producer registers. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559825_en"}, {"id": 33559824, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 18:41:15", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law goes against one of the main EUs policies - free movement of goods between the EU countries. Moreover, if the same law will apply to micro- and small business - you are going against your own idea to prevent unfair businesses. If small business owners have to stop shipping within the EU, all there is left on the market are the big corporations, for which it is not even a problem to spend an extra tens of thousands of euros every year. Whereas, for many sole proprietors these extra costs would be much over their profit. Im asking to exempt all small businesses from this law and uphold the single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law goes against one of the main EUs policies - free movement of goods between the EU countries. Moreover, if the same law will apply to micro- and small business - you are going against your own idea to prevent unfair businesses. If small business owners have to stop shipping within the EU, all there is left on the market are the big corporations, for which it is not even a problem to spend an extra tens of thousands of euros every year. Whereas, for many sole proprietors these extra costs would be much over their profit. Im asking to exempt all small businesses from this law and uphold the single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559824_en"}, {"id": 33559823, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 18:38:02", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This durective kills small and medium sized businesses. For big corporations it won't be a problem to comply, they will profit from less competition from EU businesses. The European Union should set measures for fair competition and favor trade within member countries. This regulation instead will result in less trade and force businesses to exclude trade with all or some EU countries. This is everything the EU should be against. Please take this regulation back or t least implement a threshold of 100.000 in turnover before this becomes a requirement.", "feedbackEnglish": "This durective kills small and medium sized businesses. For big corporations it won't be a problem to comply, they will profit from less competition from EU businesses. The European Union should set measures for fair competition and favor trade within member countries. This regulation instead will result in less trade and force businesses to exclude trade with all or some EU countries. This is everything the EU should be against. Please take this regulation back or t least implement a threshold of 100.000 in turnover before this becomes a requirement.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559823_en"}, {"id": 33559821, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 18:31:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Whomever has drafted this should seriously go and touch some grass, maybe have a chat with someone actually running a small business and get a true image of the above average burden of bureaucracy on small business, nevermind sole enterpreneurs. This set of rules is a fine example for \"great idea - terrible execution\". Small business in an important cornerstone of europe in general, to quote from your very own publication: \"In 2022, the EU had 32.3 million enterprises, employing 160 million persons. Of that total, 99% were micro and small enterprises employing up to 49 persons.\" (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20241025-1) They contribute about half of the entire EUs' GDP! Or should I say contributed? Probably not anymore, after August 12th. I did check for myself, if a business wanted to register in every EU country, just the cost for appointing someone for each country would add up to at least 8000, nevermind the associated time spent and actual (miniscule, by comparison) packaging fees. Not a big deal for large business, but according to the german KFW, sole entrepeneurs already spend 9% of their time on admin, that coupled with such disproportionate costs will lead many to close down for good, not just stop shipping outside of their respective country. The economic effects will surely already be felt by the end of this year, nevermind the loss of diversity and - to some degree - cultural exchange within the EU. You saw a cute cuckoo clock on holiday in eastern germany and feel like ordering one from that artisan you saw at the market there after you return home? Not anymore, because they can no longer afford to sell to you! This set of rules introduced on the 12th of August needs to be suspended immediately and re-worked before being submitted for review! Ideally a final draft would either include a de minimis limit high enough to permit small businesses to even grow to the size that they can afford the current set of rules in the first place. But at the very least, there should be a central (!) online platform that allows easy, quick and preferrably free (or reasonable one-time-registration-fee) registration for either individual countries or the EU as a whole. Better yet: Instead of requiring every single SME to register, why not make only the actual producer (and importers) of the packaging register and treat packing tape and labels as neglible (which, let's be real, they are)? Imagine the thousands of hours of bureaucracy that'd save! While I do support the idea of pricing the recycling and/or disposal into products to begin with, this has to be the worst possible way to deal with it. I urge you to immediately put a pause the current rules until you fix them!", "feedbackEnglish": "Whomever has drafted this should seriously go and touch some grass, maybe have a chat with someone actually running a small business and get a true image of the above average burden of bureaucracy on small business, nevermind sole enterpreneurs. This set of rules is a fine example for \"great idea - terrible execution\". Small business in an important cornerstone of europe in general, to quote from your very own publication: \"In 2022, the EU had 32.3 million enterprises, employing 160 million persons. Of that total, 99% were micro and small enterprises employing up to 49 persons.\" (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20241025-1) They contribute about half of the entire EUs' GDP! Or should I say contributed? Probably not anymore, after August 12th. I did check for myself, if a business wanted to register in every EU country, just the cost for appointing someone for each country would add up to at least 8000, nevermind the associated time spent and actual (miniscule, by comparison) packaging fees. Not a big deal for large business, but according to the german KFW, sole entrepeneurs already spend 9% of their time on admin, that coupled with such disproportionate costs will lead many to close down for good, not just stop shipping outside of their respective country. The economic effects will surely already be felt by the end of this year, nevermind the loss of diversity and - to some degree - cultural exchange within the EU. You saw a cute cuckoo clock on holiday in eastern germany and feel like ordering one from that artisan you saw at the market there after you return home? Not anymore, because they can no longer afford to sell to you! This set of rules introduced on the 12th of August needs to be suspended immediately and re-worked before being submitted for review! Ideally a final draft would either include a de minimis limit high enough to permit small businesses to even grow to the size that they can afford the current set of rules in the first place. But at the very least, there should be a central (!) online platform that allows easy, quick and preferrably free (or reasonable one-time-registration-fee) registration for either individual countries or the EU as a whole. Better yet: Instead of requiring every single SME to register, why not make only the actual producer (and importers) of the packaging register and treat packing tape and labels as neglible (which, let's be real, they are)? Imagine the thousands of hours of bureaucracy that'd save! While I do support the idea of pricing the recycling and/or disposal into products to begin with, this has to be the worst possible way to deal with it. I urge you to immediately put a pause the current rules until you fix them!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559821_en"}, {"id": 33559818, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:58:30", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Inner Island Jewellery", "feedback": "I am a sole trader making handmade jewellery in Ireland. I employ no one. My total packaging placed on the market is approximately 40 kg per year across all EU markets combined, which is 0.4% of the ten-tonne threshold used in this draft. At my current volume it would take roughly 250 years to place ten tonnes of packaging on a single national market. I support the objective of extended producer responsibility, but this draft format is not workable at my scale. 1. The simplified format below ten tonnes must be mandatory, not optional. If Member States retain discretion over whether to offer it, a micro-producer selling into six countries may face six different levels of granularity. That is the precise fragmentation this act exists to remove. Article 44(14) permits a harmonised format; it should be harmonised in both directions. 2. Ten tonnes is far too coarse as a single band. A business placing nine tonnes and one placing thirty kilograms are treated identically. I ask the Commission to add a third tier, for example below one tonne per Member State per year, permitting a single annual declaration of aggregate weight by broad material family (paper and board, plastic, metal, glass, composite), with no per-item, per-component or per-SKU breakdown. 3. Registration data should be enterable once and re-used. The harmonised format should be specified so that a producers core dataset can be submitted unchanged to every national register, rather than re-keyed into each national portal. Without this, harmonising the format delivers no actual reduction in burden for cross-border micro-sellers. 4. Fully automated electronic submission must not be the only route. The drafts assumption of automated, machine-to-machine data processing presumes ERP or dedicated compliance software. Every register should be required to provide a free manual web form and a downloadable spreadsheet template meeting the same specification. 5. Material composition data is not obtainable at my scale. I buy mailer boxes, tissue and pouches in quantities of a few hundred units. My suppliers cannot provide certified composition or recycled content figures per component. The format should expressly permit reliance on supplier declarations, or on Commission-published default conversion factors by packaging format, without placing liability on the producer for supplier data they cannot verify. 6. Practical consequence. My total annual packaging across the entire EU weighs 40 kg, less than a single pallet. Spread across the Member States I ship to, individual national markets receive two to five kilograms of packaging from me per year, which is a few dozen small boxes. My EPR fee liability against those volumes is a few euro. The cost of authorised representatives, producer responsibility organisation minimum fees and the administrative time to produce composition data will run to several thousand euro annually, a multiple of hundreds of times the environmental cost being internalised. That is not proportionate compliance; it is a barrier to trade. Like most micro-producers I know, my rational response will be to stop shipping outside Ireland. The environmental benefit of that is nil, and the effect on the single market is to close it to the smallest businesses in it. A micro-tier in this format would prevent that outcome at no cost to the regulations purpose.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader making handmade jewellery in Ireland. I employ no one. My total packaging placed on the market is approximately 40 kg per year across all EU markets combined, which is 0.4% of the ten-tonne threshold used in this draft. At my current volume it would take roughly 250 years to place ten tonnes of packaging on a single national market. I support the objective of extended producer responsibility, but this draft format is not workable at my scale. 1. The simplified format below ten tonnes must be mandatory, not optional. If Member States retain discretion over whether to offer it, a micro-producer selling into six countries may face six different levels of granularity. That is the precise fragmentation this act exists to remove. Article 44(14) permits a harmonised format; it should be harmonised in both directions. 2. Ten tonnes is far too coarse as a single band. A business placing nine tonnes and one placing thirty kilograms are treated identically. I ask the Commission to add a third tier, for example below one tonne per Member State per year, permitting a single annual declaration of aggregate weight by broad material family (paper and board, plastic, metal, glass, composite), with no per-item, per-component or per-SKU breakdown. 3. Registration data should be enterable once and re-used. The harmonised format should be specified so that a producers core dataset can be submitted unchanged to every national register, rather than re-keyed into each national portal. Without this, harmonising the format delivers no actual reduction in burden for cross-border micro-sellers. 4. Fully automated electronic submission must not be the only route. The drafts assumption of automated, machine-to-machine data processing presumes ERP or dedicated compliance software. Every register should be required to provide a free manual web form and a downloadable spreadsheet template meeting the same specification. 5. Material composition data is not obtainable at my scale. I buy mailer boxes, tissue and pouches in quantities of a few hundred units. My suppliers cannot provide certified composition or recycled content figures per component. The format should expressly permit reliance on supplier declarations, or on Commission-published default conversion factors by packaging format, without placing liability on the producer for supplier data they cannot verify. 6. Practical consequence. My total annual packaging across the entire EU weighs 40 kg, less than a single pallet. Spread across the Member States I ship to, individual national markets receive two to five kilograms of packaging from me per year, which is a few dozen small boxes. My EPR fee liability against those volumes is a few euro. The cost of authorised representatives, producer responsibility organisation minimum fees and the administrative time to produce composition data will run to several thousand euro annually, a multiple of hundreds of times the environmental cost being internalised. That is not proportionate compliance; it is a barrier to trade. Like most micro-producers I know, my rational response will be to stop shipping outside Ireland. The environmental benefit of that is nil, and the effect on the single market is to close it to the smallest businesses in it. A micro-tier in this format would prevent that outcome at no cost to the regulations purpose.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559818_en"}, {"id": 33559817, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:50:01", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Eleven Dragonflies", "feedback": "As a small business owner I can state with certainty that the implementation of this law makes no sense for small businesses that ship 20-30 parcels per year to all of the EU. The profit of my business for the past quarter from EU shipments is 180. This was for 5-6 parcels/sales. If I leave my shop open for all EU countries for another 3 months I would need to pay roughly 1000-1500 just to have the chance to earn 180. How does that make sense? What is more - out of these 1000 only around 2 % would go for actual recycling, all the rest will go for fees and admin activities. So, if the point of this law is to have money for proper recycling and lowering excess, please lets figure out a way of money actually going toward recycling and not toward fees for each country of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner I can state with certainty that the implementation of this law makes no sense for small businesses that ship 20-30 parcels per year to all of the EU. The profit of my business for the past quarter from EU shipments is 180. This was for 5-6 parcels/sales. If I leave my shop open for all EU countries for another 3 months I would need to pay roughly 1000-1500 just to have the chance to earn 180. How does that make sense? What is more - out of these 1000 only around 2 % would go for actual recycling, all the rest will go for fees and admin activities. So, if the point of this law is to have money for proper recycling and lowering excess, please lets figure out a way of money actually going toward recycling and not toward fees for each country of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559817_en"}, {"id": 33559804, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:40:08", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This rule should be targeted at grand entreprises (like HM, Reserved, SHein etc they have money to pay for all the taxes in all 27 EU countries, which is still very small amount.), not small businesses. Small creators sometimes ship just one package outside of their residence country and they will have to pay additional costs which are way highier than sold item. Small businesses should be excluded from this rule.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule should be targeted at grand entreprises (like HM, Reserved, SHein etc they have money to pay for all the taxes in all 27 EU countries, which is still very small amount.), not small businesses. Small creators sometimes ship just one package outside of their residence country and they will have to pay additional costs which are way highier than sold item. Small businesses should be excluded from this rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559804_en"}, {"id": 33559802, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:37:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AQ4Business GmbH", "feedback": "Moin, PPWR war der letzte Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen gebracht hat. Wir als kleiner Online Händler können uns die Fixkosten und Aufwände pro EU Land nicht leisten. Wir werden aktuell noch von Deutschland nach Österreich senden, reduzieren jedoch das Angebot und stellen vermutlich ganz ein, weil wir uns Gebühren und Aufwände pro Land bei so wenig Umsatz nicht leisten können. EU denkt ausschließlich an die großen Firmen und Lobbyisten, die Menschen müssen kapitulieren. Reduziert endlich die Bürokratie und macht etwas gegen China, die sich einen Sch... um die EU Gesetze kümmern....", "feedbackEnglish": "Moin, PPWR was the last drop to overflow the barrel. As a small online trader, we cannot afford the fixed costs and expenses per EU country. We are still going to send from Germany to Austria, but we are reducing the offer and presumably stopping altogether because we cannot afford fees and expenses per country with so little turnover. EU only thinks of big companies and lobbyists, people have to capitulate. Finally, it reduces bureaucracy and makes a difference to China, which takes care of EU laws...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559802_en"}, {"id": 33559801, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:35:38", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm an EU customer who regularly used to buy from small, independent shops and artisans. Since this regulation came into effect, most of them have stopped shipping to Europe entirely, as the costs of compliance are too high for a one-person or small-scale business. The result is that I, and many customers like me, have lost access to a whole world of small creators we actively chose to support. This regulation, meant to protect the environment, is instead reducing our choices and pushing us toward larger businesses. I would really appreciate it if this could be reconsidered, with the impact on small and micro businesses and on the customers who want to keep buying from them, taken seriously.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an EU customer who regularly used to buy from small, independent shops and artisans. Since this regulation came into effect, most of them have stopped shipping to Europe entirely, as the costs of compliance are too high for a one-person or small-scale business. The result is that I, and many customers like me, have lost access to a whole world of small creators we actively chose to support. This regulation, meant to protect the environment, is instead reducing our choices and pushing us toward larger businesses. I would really appreciate it if this could be reconsidered, with the impact on small and micro businesses and on the customers who want to keep buying from them, taken seriously.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559801_en"}, {"id": 33559800, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:34:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am concerned about what these rules could mean for very small-scale cultural exchange within the EU. An artist might sell two 100 works abroad in a year. A tiny record label might send ten cassettes to people in different EU countries. If this means dealing with separate registration, reporting or fees in each country, many people will simply stop shipping internationally. This is not only a burden on small businesses. It risks cultural impoverishment. Independent art, music, books, handmade objects, specialist equipment and unique second-hand items circulate through thousands of tiny exchanges that large platforms cannot replace. The rules should include a clear exemption for genuinely small-scale and occasional activity. Otherwise they will favour large platforms and distributors and gradually push small independent exchange out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned about what these rules could mean for very small-scale cultural exchange within the EU. An artist might sell two 100 works abroad in a year. A tiny record label might send ten cassettes to people in different EU countries. If this means dealing with separate registration, reporting or fees in each country, many people will simply stop shipping internationally. This is not only a burden on small businesses. It risks cultural impoverishment. Independent art, music, books, handmade objects, specialist equipment and unique second-hand items circulate through thousands of tiny exchanges that large platforms cannot replace. The rules should include a clear exemption for genuinely small-scale and occasional activity. Otherwise they will favour large platforms and distributors and gradually push small independent exchange out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559800_en"}, {"id": 33559799, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:34:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette mesure est totalement insupportable économiquement parlant pour les TPE et les entrepreneurs individuels. Du point de vue économique ils ne pourront pas supporter le poids financier que cela représente de payer un mandataire par pays. Ce qui risque de les fragiliser et de les contraindre à stopper leur activité. Ceci est une façon détournée de bloquer la libre circulation des biens et des marchandises, et cela va à l'encontre du projet initial. Voulez-vous des centaines de milliers de personnes qui ne pourront plus subvenir à leurs besoins, à la charge de la société ? Ou voulez-vous des centaines de milliers de personnes qui se battent pour vivre et ne pas être une charge pour la société. Si la mesure visait à contrôler les trafics, vous n'y arriverez pas de cette manière. Les réseaux mafieux ont les moyens de financer ça. Au mieux vous leur donnez un moyen supplémentaire de blanchir de l'argent sale. Et vous tuez l'activité de centaines de milliers d'européens qui peuvent vendre leur production ou leurs créations au sein du marché européen. Il cesseront de le faire à cause de ce dispositif de parasites.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure is totally economically unbearable for VSEs and sole traders. From an economic point of view, they will not be able to bear the financial burden of paying one trustee per country. This risks weakening them and forcing them to stop their activity. This is a hijacked way of blocking the free movement of goods and goods and runs counter to the original project. Do you want hundreds of thousands of people who will no longer be able to support themselves, at the expense of society? Or you want hundreds of thousands of people to fight to live and not be a burden on society. If the measure was intended to control trafficking, you will not be able to do so. Mafia networks have the means to finance this. At best, you give them an additional way to launder dirty money. And you are killing hundreds of thousands of Europeans who can sell their production or creations in the European market. It will cease to do so because of this parasite device.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559799_en"}, {"id": 33559794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:26:47", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a European consumer, I am writing to express my concern about the impact of this regulation on small businesses. Many of the small shops and independent creators I used to order from have simply stopped shipping to Europe altogether, because the compliance costs are not sustainable for them. This means I, along with many other EU customers, am now cut off from products and creators I used to support directly. It feels like a rule instead, leaving us with fewer choices and less access to the small, independent businesses we value most. I would ask that this regulation be reviewed, with real consideration given to its effect on small and micro businesses and on the European customers who want to keep buying from them.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a European consumer, I am writing to express my concern about the impact of this regulation on small businesses. Many of the small shops and independent creators I used to order from have simply stopped shipping to Europe altogether, because the compliance costs are not sustainable for them. This means I, along with many other EU customers, am now cut off from products and creators I used to support directly. It feels like a rule instead, leaving us with fewer choices and less access to the small, independent businesses we value most. I would ask that this regulation be reviewed, with real consideration given to its effect on small and micro businesses and on the European customers who want to keep buying from them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559794_en"}, {"id": 33548673, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:08:28", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi, sous couvert de vouloir réduire la production de déchets en Europe, ne fais encore une fois qu'avantager les grandes entreprises en oubliant complètement les plus petites et micro-entreprises. Attendre de micro-entreprises gérées par une seule personne et faisant à peine un SMIC de revenus par mois qu'elles puissent payer une taxe s'élevant parfois à plusieurs centaines d'euros dans 27 pays est aberrant. Sans compter les quantités faramineuses de tâches administratives à effectuer pour obtenir le \"droit\" de payer cette taxe. Une grande entreprise ayant un département complet dédié à ces tâches n'aura aucun problème à s'y plier, mais une personne seule ne peut pas humainement gérer ces débâcles administratives ainsi qu'une auto entreprise et la production de leurs biens. Il faut également noter que, pour une grande entreprise, payer 100 pour envoyer beaucoup de colis dans un pays n'est pas un problème car les bénéfices dépassent les coûts. Mais pour une micro entreprise, payer cette somme pour une seule lettre ou un seul colis écrase complètement les bénéfices potentiels de la vente, rendant complètement impossible pour cette dernière de s'autofinancer et forçant bien des entrepreneurs à mettre la clé sous la porte. Cette loi est complètement disproportionnée pour les petites et micro-entreprises, et entrave la libre circulation des biens en Europe. Pour rendre cette loi viable, il vous faut considérer l'exclusion des petites et micro-entreprises de cette taxe, ou au moins mettre en place des échelons pour que chacun puisse avoir les moyens de payer ce prix. Mettre un place un portail unique à l'échelle de l'Europe pour ne pas avoir à être enseveli sous l'administration de 27 pays différents est également absolument nécessaire. De plus, une simplification du processus évitera les risques de fraudes, qu'elles soient intentionnelles ou non. Une harmonisation des taxes pour chaque pays rendra également tout le processus plus abordable pour chaque type d'entreprise. J'ai l'espoir que la forte opposition du public à cette loi soit entendue, et que cette nouvelle législation puisse être reprise pour ainsi mieux la réguler et éviter de tuer à bout portant toutes les petites entreprises qui permettent à des milliers de personnes de survivre en Europe aujourd'hui.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law, under the pretext of seeking to reduce waste generation in Europe, once again benefits large companies by completely forgetting the smallest and micro enterprises. It is absurd to expect micro-enterprises managed by a single person and barely making a SMIC of income per month to be able to pay a tax sometimes amounting to several hundred euros in 27 countries. Not to mention the huge amounts of administrative work to be done in order to obtain the ‘right’ to pay this tax. A large company with a complete department dedicated to these tasks will have no problem with doing so, but a single person cannot manage these administrative unrest and a self-enterprise and the production of their goods in a humane way. It should also be noted that, for a large company, paying 100 to send a lot of parcels to a country is not a problem because the benefits outweigh the costs. But for a micro enterprise, paying this sum for a single letter or package completely overshadows the potential profits of the sale, making it completely impossible for the latter to self-finance and forcing many entrepreneurs to close down. This law is completely disproportionate for small and micro enterprises, and hinders the free movement of goods in Europe. To make this law viable, you need to consider the exclusion of small and micro enterprises from this tax, or at least put in place steps so that everyone can afford to pay this price. It is also absolutely necessary to set up a single portal throughout Europe so as not to have to be buried under the administration of 27 different countries. In addition, simplifying the process will avoid the risk of fraud, whether intentional or not. Harmonised taxes for each country will also make the whole process more affordable for each type of business. I hope that the strong public opposition to this law will be heard, and that this new legislation can be taken over to better regulate it and avoid killing all small businesses that allow thousands of people to survive in Europe today.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548673_en"}, {"id": 33548672, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:05:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PLEASE for the love of art, craft, culture and the European Single Market reconsider how these rules are being implemented. I want to be very clear: the principle behind this legislation is something I wholeheartedly support. As someone running a small business in France, I want better packaging, less waste, greater producer responsibility and sensible environmental regulation. But the implementation is becoming completely disproportionate for small businesses operating across borders. The objective is admirable, but the administrative structure being created around it is ghastly. A small business selling modest quantities to customers in several EU countries can suddenly face a patchwork of national registrations, representatives, reporting obligations and fees simply because it has crossed a border. This is precisely the opposite of what the European Single Market was supposed to achieve. For a large multinational, these obligations may be an administrative department and a line in a compliance budget. For a small independent business, they can mean that selling to another European country is simply no longer economically viable. And that has consequences far beyond individual businesses. It threatens the small manufacturers, artists, designers, craftspeople, specialist retailers, independent publishers, makers and other grassroots businesses that give Europe its extraordinary cultural and economic character. These are precisely the businesses that should be able to find customers throughout Europe without needing a separate compliance infrastructure in every Member State. After more than 30 years of building the European project, it is deeply troubling that a small business in one Member State can find itself effectively locked out of customers in another because of the cumulative cost and complexity of national compliance requirements. Please do not confuse harmonising environmental objectives with multiplying national administrative burdens. If the EU wants these environmental obligations to work, small businesses need a system that is genuinely European: simple, proportionate, affordable and accessible from one Member State to another. The environmental objective should not be abandoned. The implementation needs to be fixed. Otherwise, we risk creating a European market in which the largest companies can move freely across borders while the smallest the very businesses that contribute so much to European culture, craft and innovation are forced back behind national borders. That would be a devastating and entirely avoidable outcome.", "feedbackEnglish": "PLEASE for the love of art, craft, culture and the European Single Market reconsider how these rules are being implemented. I want to be very clear: the principle behind this legislation is something I wholeheartedly support. As someone running a small business in France, I want better packaging, less waste, greater producer responsibility and sensible environmental regulation. But the implementation is becoming completely disproportionate for small businesses operating across borders. The objective is admirable, but the administrative structure being created around it is ghastly. A small business selling modest quantities to customers in several EU countries can suddenly face a patchwork of national registrations, representatives, reporting obligations and fees simply because it has crossed a border. This is precisely the opposite of what the European Single Market was supposed to achieve. For a large multinational, these obligations may be an administrative department and a line in a compliance budget. For a small independent business, they can mean that selling to another European country is simply no longer economically viable. And that has consequences far beyond individual businesses. It threatens the small manufacturers, artists, designers, craftspeople, specialist retailers, independent publishers, makers and other grassroots businesses that give Europe its extraordinary cultural and economic character. These are precisely the businesses that should be able to find customers throughout Europe without needing a separate compliance infrastructure in every Member State. After more than 30 years of building the European project, it is deeply troubling that a small business in one Member State can find itself effectively locked out of customers in another because of the cumulative cost and complexity of national compliance requirements. Please do not confuse harmonising environmental objectives with multiplying national administrative burdens. If the EU wants these environmental obligations to work, small businesses need a system that is genuinely European: simple, proportionate, affordable and accessible from one Member State to another. The environmental objective should not be abandoned. The implementation needs to be fixed. Otherwise, we risk creating a European market in which the largest companies can move freely across borders while the smallest the very businesses that contribute so much to European culture, craft and innovation are forced back behind national borders. That would be a devastating and entirely avoidable outcome.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548672_en"}, {"id": 33548671, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:05:48", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Very disappointed in this new ruling, as it will most definitely suffocate a lot of small businesses that produce handmade things, while having absolutely no effect on plastic-selling-giants from overseas. Most of the independent creators and shops that I follow (both from the EU, UK and overseas) have already posted that theyre suspending shipping to the EU indefinitely, as the bureaucracy and cost is just too much. This is quite literally pushing us back. Please do better.", "feedbackEnglish": "Very disappointed in this new ruling, as it will most definitely suffocate a lot of small businesses that produce handmade things, while having absolutely no effect on plastic-selling-giants from overseas. Most of the independent creators and shops that I follow (both from the EU, UK and overseas) have already posted that theyre suspending shipping to the EU indefinitely, as the bureaucracy and cost is just too much. This is quite literally pushing us back. Please do better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548671_en"}, {"id": 33548664, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:03:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freaky Fiber ", "feedback": "These new regulations make it incredibly difficult for small and micro businesses to stay open. When they're the one that need the support from the EU, not the bigger companies. These regulations make it really expensive for small businesses to be able to send packages to neighboring countries. Because they only have a few orders in other countries. If they have to pay for every country to have a few packages it's impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations make it incredibly difficult for small and micro businesses to stay open. When they're the one that need the support from the EU, not the bigger companies. These regulations make it really expensive for small businesses to be able to send packages to neighboring countries. Because they only have a few orders in other countries. If they have to pay for every country to have a few packages it's impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548664_en"}, {"id": 33548663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:03:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die geplanten nationalen Herstellerregister sind in ihrer jetzigen Ausgestaltung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen kaum zu stemmen. Statt eines klaren Systems zur Verpackungsverantwortung entsteht ein teurer Flickenteppich aus bis zu 27 verschiedenen Registrierungspflichten mit jeweils eigenen Gebühren, Meldeformaten und Fristen. Für kleine Betriebe bedeutet das: mehrfache Registrierungskosten, wiederkehrender Verwaltungsaufwand und in der Praxis oft unumgängliche externe Beratung, weil eine eigene Rechtsabteilung fehlt. Während Großunternehmen solche Kosten problemlos auf hohe Umsätze verteilen können, können sie für Kleinbetriebe einen spürbaren, teils existenzbedrohenden Anteil des Jahresgewinns auffressen. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts: Statt eines einheitlichen Rahmens entstehen 27 parallele, kostenpflichtige Bürokratien, die grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen unattraktiv machen. Notwendig ist deshalb eine spürbare Ausnahme- oder Kostenbefreiungsregelung für Klein- und mittlere Unternehmen, gestaffelt etwa nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder Verpackungsmenge. Ohne eine solche Entlastung droht diese Regelung zu einer erheblichen Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten des Mittelstands zu werden jener Betriebe, die das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft bilden. Es dient im Grunde Unternehmen, die es sich leisten können.", "feedbackEnglish": "In their current form, the planned national registers of producers are hardly sustainable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Instead of a clear system of packaging responsibility, it creates an expensive patchwork of up to 27 different registration obligations, each with its own fees, reporting formats and deadlines. For small farms, this means: multiple registration costs, recurrent administrative burden and, in practice, often unavoidable external advice due to the lack of a dedicated legal department. While large companies can easily spread such costs over high turnovers, they can absorb a significant part of the annual profit for small businesses, some of which threaten their survival. This runs counter to the basic idea of the European single market: Instead of a uniform framework, it creates 27 parallel, costly red tape that makes cross-border trade unattractive for small businesses. It is therefore necessary to provide for an appreciable exemption or exemption from costs for small and medium-sized enterprises, for example on the basis of turnover, number of employees or quantity of packaging. Without such a reduction, the scheme risks seriously distorting competition to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the backbone of the European economy. It is basically for businesses that can afford it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548663_en"}, {"id": 33548662, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:02:26", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Micro and small businesses are suffering because of this new proposal while big corporate companies (who produce most of the waste by a large margin) can keep their unethical businesses running (talking about Temu, Shein, Amazon, etc.) While I'm all for reducing waste and better recycling, there needs to be an option for smaller businesses who arent the bigger part of the waste issue. Let's strengthen trading within the European Union rather than make it easier to purchase from outside the EU which causes more harm to the environment. Allow small businesses to trade within EU without the need for a country representative for each of the 27 countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "Micro and small businesses are suffering because of this new proposal while big corporate companies (who produce most of the waste by a large margin) can keep their unethical businesses running (talking about Temu, Shein, Amazon, etc.) While I'm all for reducing waste and better recycling, there needs to be an option for smaller businesses who arent the bigger part of the waste issue. Let's strengthen trading within the European Union rather than make it easier to purchase from outside the EU which causes more harm to the environment. Allow small businesses to trade within EU without the need for a country representative for each of the 27 countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548662_en"}, {"id": 33548661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:02:20", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The backgrounds for this initiavtive makes sense. The administrative burden for small businesses doesn't though, having an administrative burden for each country a physical thing is sold to is absurd and will in the end close the market to small or independent businesses. There should be a cut off of when businesses shouldn't pay the fees. For a small business trying to expand in what was a free market before this, has been choked by the fees and administrative burden of this law. Many businesses are closing down their expansions because they have very few customers in an area. This does not extend to mid sized or bigger corporations where these fees and the administrative burden would be classified as nothing more than a small inconvenience. But for small or independent businesses this is to a point where they get choked out of the market. This is already impacting me as an EU-citizen of a smaller country which will be sorted off because of the size of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The backgrounds for this initiavtive makes sense. The administrative burden for small businesses doesn't though, having an administrative burden for each country a physical thing is sold to is absurd and will in the end close the market to small or independent businesses. There should be a cut off of when businesses shouldn't pay the fees. For a small business trying to expand in what was a free market before this, has been choked by the fees and administrative burden of this law. Many businesses are closing down their expansions because they have very few customers in an area. This does not extend to mid sized or bigger corporations where these fees and the administrative burden would be classified as nothing more than a small inconvenience. But for small or independent businesses this is to a point where they get choked out of the market. This is already impacting me as an EU-citizen of a smaller country which will be sorted off because of the size of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548661_en"}, {"id": 33548660, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:01:30", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Apothaka Ltd", "feedback": "I'm a UK-based micro business (sole employee) making & selling my own cosmetic products with a turnover of under £100k, and have always been pro-EU. I lost a significant amount of EU revenue post-Brexit, but have a few loyal EU customers who place occasional orders (amounting to a few hundred pounds per year in a few EU countries). Whilst I applaud your focus on the environment, the EPR / PPWR are absurd and extremely poorly thought out - they go against the idea of a single market with free trade between member states and it doesn't appear that micro businesses were ever considered in the process. Firstly, you have the issue of 27 member states handling packaging issues in totally different ways (creating a massive administrative burden for micro businesses who don't have a compliance department to manage this for them), a requirement to register in each country you sell to (with no threshold set), then an outrageous flat rate charge for each country - regardless of the size of the business, plus \"authorised reps\" who could charge exhorbitant fees that will simply enrich compliance companies who happen to be in the right location - whilst small businesses are plunged into financial difficulty trying to fund these. That's before considering the packaging levies with varying thresholds per country. Incidentally, I was paying an IOSS representative in Latvia to manage my EU VAT a few yeas ago and they went into liquidation, and I lost several hundreds of pounds, which I never got back. It wouldn't surprise me if this happened with authorised reps for these regulations and we'd have no protection from this. As the regulations stand now, a single-employee micro business with a few EU orders per year pays the same fee as a large corporation with millions of orders (creating huge volumes of waste in the process). It's deeply unfair to smaller businesses - many of whom are already mindful of their environmental footprint, their \"waste\" pales into insignificance compared to large corporations, who are often using single-use / unrecyclable plastic packaging. These regulations disproportionately hit micro businesses the hardest (rather than the large companies that should be targeted) and if you proceed, you will kill off thousands of businesses and livelihoods (many of us are unable to be employed any other way - due to disabilities, looking after children or being carers). So this has a much wider socio-economic impact than simply destroying small businesses. We are already struggling with the cost and administration of cosmetic regulation (EU reps), IOSS registration, and more recently the flat rate charge for \"low value\" parcels - all within the context of an already challenging economy for smaller businesses who don't have the luxury of funding / private equity or tax loopholes. Many of us are running our businesses from limited savings. The EPR / PPWR will be the final nail in the coffin for the vast majority of us. What you need instead: - a threshold for registration based on annual turnover (which essentially exempts micro businesses from needing to register and have an authorised rep), which would also apply to 3rd party countries like the UK - a single, centralised system for managing packaging, not administered in each individual member state due to the amount of red tape / costs it would create. This would help to standardise / streamline the process - apply packaging levy at source (on the first packaging manufacturer at their point of sale) avoiding duplication - an alternative way to address packaging waste, because charging fees won't reduce the volume of waste from large corporations (which is where the focus should be)? Banning single-use plastic packaging would be more effective. In short, the EU needs to ask itself - is it truly a single market, in which case, it needs to operate as one - allowing trade that's free of barriers, and simpler than trading outside of the market. These regulations go against that.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a UK-based micro business (sole employee) making & selling my own cosmetic products with a turnover of under £100k, and have always been pro-EU. I lost a significant amount of EU revenue post-Brexit, but have a few loyal EU customers who place occasional orders (amounting to a few hundred pounds per year in a few EU countries). Whilst I applaud your focus on the environment, the EPR / PPWR are absurd and extremely poorly thought out - they go against the idea of a single market with free trade between member states and it doesn't appear that micro businesses were ever considered in the process. Firstly, you have the issue of 27 member states handling packaging issues in totally different ways (creating a massive administrative burden for micro businesses who don't have a compliance department to manage this for them), a requirement to register in each country you sell to (with no threshold set), then an outrageous flat rate charge for each country - regardless of the size of the business, plus \"authorised reps\" who could charge exhorbitant fees that will simply enrich compliance companies who happen to be in the right location - whilst small businesses are plunged into financial difficulty trying to fund these. That's before considering the packaging levies with varying thresholds per country. Incidentally, I was paying an IOSS representative in Latvia to manage my EU VAT a few yeas ago and they went into liquidation, and I lost several hundreds of pounds, which I never got back. It wouldn't surprise me if this happened with authorised reps for these regulations and we'd have no protection from this. As the regulations stand now, a single-employee micro business with a few EU orders per year pays the same fee as a large corporation with millions of orders (creating huge volumes of waste in the process). It's deeply unfair to smaller businesses - many of whom are already mindful of their environmental footprint, their \"waste\" pales into insignificance compared to large corporations, who are often using single-use / unrecyclable plastic packaging. These regulations disproportionately hit micro businesses the hardest (rather than the large companies that should be targeted) and if you proceed, you will kill off thousands of businesses and livelihoods (many of us are unable to be employed any other way - due to disabilities, looking after children or being carers). So this has a much wider socio-economic impact than simply destroying small businesses. We are already struggling with the cost and administration of cosmetic regulation (EU reps), IOSS registration, and more recently the flat rate charge for \"low value\" parcels - all within the context of an already challenging economy for smaller businesses who don't have the luxury of funding / private equity or tax loopholes. Many of us are running our businesses from limited savings. The EPR / PPWR will be the final nail in the coffin for the vast majority of us. What you need instead: - a threshold for registration based on annual turnover (which essentially exempts micro businesses from needing to register and have an authorised rep), which would also apply to 3rd party countries like the UK - a single, centralised system for managing packaging, not administered in each individual member state due to the amount of red tape / costs it would create. This would help to standardise / streamline the process - apply packaging levy at source (on the first packaging manufacturer at their point of sale) avoiding duplication - an alternative way to address packaging waste, because charging fees won't reduce the volume of waste from large corporations (which is where the focus should be)? Banning single-use plastic packaging would be more effective. In short, the EU needs to ask itself - is it truly a single market, in which case, it needs to operate as one - allowing trade that's free of barriers, and simpler than trading outside of the market. These regulations go against that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548660_en"}, {"id": 33548657, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:01:23", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Znova Kolektiv", "feedback": "As the founder of a small sustainable business, I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR. However, the current EPR implementation places a disproportionate administrative burden on micro-businesses selling only small quantities across EU borders. I encourage the Commission to introduce a simplified EU-wide registration and reporting system, with proportionate obligations for micro-enterprises, so that sustainable small businesses can continue contributing to the circular economy without facing excessive compliance costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the founder of a small sustainable business, I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR. However, the current EPR implementation places a disproportionate administrative burden on micro-businesses selling only small quantities across EU borders. I encourage the Commission to introduce a simplified EU-wide registration and reporting system, with proportionate obligations for micro-enterprises, so that sustainable small businesses can continue contributing to the circular economy without facing excessive compliance costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548657_en"}, {"id": 33548659, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 17:00:59", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ecommerce", "feedback": "I fully support the principle of extended producer responsibility and am absolutely willing to pay appropriate recycling fees based on the packaging we place on the market. My objection is not to environmental responsibility; it is to a fragmented and disproportionately expensive administrative system. Requiring a small business to register separately and appoint an authorised representative in almost every Member State where it sells to end customers is a business killer. The fixed costs of representatives, registrations, contracts, and separate reporting obligations can easily exceed the revenue or profit generated in that country. For a small business, even selling to customers in only two additional EU countries could become economically impossible. This effectively forces small European businesses to stop cross-border sales or restrict their websites to their home country. That is completely contrary to the idea of the European Union and the Single Market. A business established within the EU should be able to sell throughout the EU without facing 27 separate administrative systems and mandatory representatives. The solution should be a single EU registration and payment portal, similar to the VAT One Stop Shop. A producer should register once, declare the packaging sent to each Member State, and pay the applicable recycling fees through one system. The EU and national authorities could then allocate those fees between Member States. There should also be proportionate reporting requirements and meaningful simplifications or exemptions from authorized-representative costs for micro and small businesses selling low volumes. Please distinguish between recycling costs and administrative costs. We are happy to finance the recycling of our packaging. What we cannot absorb is the cost of multiple intermediaries and duplicated bureaucracy. Instead of supporting European small businesses and helping them grow within the Single Market, these requirements risk removing them from cross-border trade altogether, leaving the market increasingly to large corporations that can afford extensive compliance departments. When EU rules make the Single Market inaccessible to its own small businesses, frustration and anti-EU sentiment inevitably grow. Policymakers should not be surprised by that reaction. If the Union is to retain the confidence of entrepreneurs and citizens, it must make cross-border compliance genuinely European, centralised and proportionate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the principle of extended producer responsibility and am absolutely willing to pay appropriate recycling fees based on the packaging we place on the market. My objection is not to environmental responsibility; it is to a fragmented and disproportionately expensive administrative system. Requiring a small business to register separately and appoint an authorised representative in almost every Member State where it sells to end customers is a business killer. The fixed costs of representatives, registrations, contracts, and separate reporting obligations can easily exceed the revenue or profit generated in that country. For a small business, even selling to customers in only two additional EU countries could become economically impossible. This effectively forces small European businesses to stop cross-border sales or restrict their websites to their home country. That is completely contrary to the idea of the European Union and the Single Market. A business established within the EU should be able to sell throughout the EU without facing 27 separate administrative systems and mandatory representatives. The solution should be a single EU registration and payment portal, similar to the VAT One Stop Shop. A producer should register once, declare the packaging sent to each Member State, and pay the applicable recycling fees through one system. The EU and national authorities could then allocate those fees between Member States. There should also be proportionate reporting requirements and meaningful simplifications or exemptions from authorized-representative costs for micro and small businesses selling low volumes. Please distinguish between recycling costs and administrative costs. We are happy to finance the recycling of our packaging. What we cannot absorb is the cost of multiple intermediaries and duplicated bureaucracy. Instead of supporting European small businesses and helping them grow within the Single Market, these requirements risk removing them from cross-border trade altogether, leaving the market increasingly to large corporations that can afford extensive compliance departments. When EU rules make the Single Market inaccessible to its own small businesses, frustration and anti-EU sentiment inevitably grow. Policymakers should not be surprised by that reaction. If the Union is to retain the confidence of entrepreneurs and citizens, it must make cross-border compliance genuinely European, centralised and proportionate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548659_en"}, {"id": 33548656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:58:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HBS Print-2-Play UG ", "feedback": "Guten Tag, obwohl ich die Ziele der Richtlinie gut verstehen kann und auch für nicht falsch halte setzt diese Richtlinie vor allem kleine Unternehmen unter einen enormen Kosten- und auch Verwaltungsdruck. Ich habe zusammen mit zwei Freunden im letzten Jahr selbst ein Unternehmen gegründet und wir sind dabei und zu etablieren. Allerdings beeinträchtigt die neue Richtlinie unsere Möglichkeiten Kunden in der EU zu bedienen stark da wir die neue Richtlinie weder personell noch finanziell stemmen können. Es wäre schön, wenn es hier Erleichterung für kleine Unternehmen geben würde oder zumindest eine zentrale Anlaufstelle um nicht für jedes Land separat einen Prozess starten zu müssen. Zudem empfinde ich persönlich die Richtlinie für reine Händler ein wenig überzogen. Damit werden vor allem große Unternehmen bevorzugt oder drop ship Unternehmen die ihre Ware geballt in die EU bringen. Ich hoffe, dass hier noch nachgebessert werden kann so dass der europäische Markt auch für kleine europäische Unternehmen attraktiv ist. Mit dieser Richtlinie wird unser Geschäft außerhalb von Deutschland auf absebare Zeit erstmal quasi unterbunden. Ich hoffe auf schnelle Besserung der Lage", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, although I understand the objectives of the Directive well and do not consider it wrong, this Directive places enormous pressure on small businesses in particular, both in terms of costs and administrative burden. I set up a business myself last year, together with two friends, and we are in the process of becoming established. However, the new Directive severely affects our ability to serve EU customers, as we cannot afford the new Directive either in terms of human or financial resources. It would be good if this could be made easier for small businesses or at least a one-stop-shop to avoid having to start a process for each country separately. Moreover, I personally feel that the Directive is somewhat excessive for pure traders. This mainly favours large companies or drops companies bringing their products to the EU. I hope that this can be improved so that the European market is also attractive to small European companies. This Directive will, for the first time, virtually stop our business outside Germany for severable periods. I hope the situation will improve quickly", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548656_en"}, {"id": 33548654, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:56:14", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new rule is just making people go back to ordering Shein cause there is no alternative... so many small shops closed or stopped shipping to all EU countries so is this what you wanted, do you think this is good for the environment??? A.R for each country to ship to for small shops is ridiculous, they cannot pay that! Big popular shops like shein can so Hell no! I wanna support small creators and cannot buy from them anymore cause i am unlucky to be from a EU country??! Small shops that do survive this say its rediculous shipping from EU to EU is more of a headache then to America now. what?? Im so mad please let this rule die! Give the small creators a break please...they deserve so much better! So take this rule down please! Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new rule is just making people go back to ordering Shein cause there is no alternative... so many small shops closed or stopped shipping to all EU countries so is this what you wanted, do you think this is good for the environment??? A.R for each country to ship to for small shops is ridiculous, they cannot pay that! Big popular shops like shein can so Hell no! I wanna support small creators and cannot buy from them anymore cause i am unlucky to be from a EU country??! Small shops that do survive this say its rediculous shipping from EU to EU is more of a headache then to America now. what?? Im so mad please let this rule die! Give the small creators a break please...they deserve so much better! So take this rule down please! Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548654_en"}, {"id": 33548653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:55:59", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please, stop destroying EU micro-businesses. We need an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please, stop destroying EU micro-businesses. We need an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548653_en"}, {"id": 33548652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:55:57", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam or Person*, I would like to provide the following feedback regarding the new PPWR and EPR regulations: Exemption for small and micro businesses Small and micro businesses should be exempt from the A.R. requirements, as the associated obligations can create disproportionate financial and administrative burdens for smaller businesses. Alternatively, the regulations should provide measurement, reporting and compliance options that are affordable and realistically achievable for small businesses. Harmonisation of registration across the EU The registration requirements for PPWR/EPR should be harmonised across all EU Member States. In particular, small and micro businesses should not have to deal with significantly different registration procedures and requirements in each individual country, as this creates unnecessary administrative complexity and costs. Protection of the free movement of goods within the EU The new legislation should be carefully assessed to ensure that it does not unnecessarily restrict the free movement of goods within the EU. Different national requirements and implementations could create significant barriers to cross-border trade and have serious consequences, particularly for smaller businesses. I strongly encourage the EU to consider the practical and financial impact of these regulations on small and micro businesses and to ensure that the final requirements are proportionate, practical, affordable and harmonised across the European Union. Kind regards,", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam or Person*, I would like to provide the following feedback regarding the new PPWR and EPR regulations: Exemption for small and micro businesses Small and micro businesses should be exempt from the A.R. requirements, as the associated obligations can create disproportionate financial and administrative burdens for smaller businesses. Alternatively, the regulations should provide measurement, reporting and compliance options that are affordable and realistically achievable for small businesses. Harmonisation of registration across the EU The registration requirements for PPWR/EPR should be harmonised across all EU Member States. In particular, small and micro businesses should not have to deal with significantly different registration procedures and requirements in each individual country, as this creates unnecessary administrative complexity and costs. Protection of the free movement of goods within the EU The new legislation should be carefully assessed to ensure that it does not unnecessarily restrict the free movement of goods within the EU. Different national requirements and implementations could create significant barriers to cross-border trade and have serious consequences, particularly for smaller businesses. I strongly encourage the EU to consider the practical and financial impact of these regulations on small and micro businesses and to ensure that the final requirements are proportionate, practical, affordable and harmonised across the European Union. Kind regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548652_en"}, {"id": 33548651, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:55:23", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand wanting to control waste- but this is a shot in the foot of many independent businesses and sellers, putting even more difficulties on small businesses, which are already stretched very thin and riddled with fees and taxes. Any small business will suffer this measures exponentially more than big companies, and will reduce economic activity, variety and market competition in the EU leading to more monopoly by the companies that can handle the fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand wanting to control waste- but this is a shot in the foot of many independent businesses and sellers, putting even more difficulties on small businesses, which are already stretched very thin and riddled with fees and taxes. Any small business will suffer this measures exponentially more than big companies, and will reduce economic activity, variety and market competition in the EU leading to more monopoly by the companies that can handle the fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548651_en"}, {"id": 33548647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:55:09", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a soon to be small business owner, creator and I also support a lot of smaller businesses. EPR registration fees and crossborder bureaucracy will make it impossible for small independent businesses like me and others to sell across EU borders!", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a soon to be small business owner, creator and I also support a lot of smaller businesses. EPR registration fees and crossborder bureaucracy will make it impossible for small independent businesses like me and others to sell across EU borders!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548647_en"}, {"id": 33548645, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:55:08", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I am a small UK business owner and this packaging initiative is costing me a lot of business. I cannot afford the time or money to have a separate representative in each EU country, so I have had to simply stop shipping to them altogether. My EU customers are very disappointed by this, and I cannot see the wider benefit to anyone, or the planet. I am too small a business for any packaging I use to truly make a dent in any countries recycling problem. I am the only person in charge of my business, to give you an idea of how small we are talking. I would be happy to make sure my packaging was recyclable or follows some sort of regulations to be environmentally friendly, if something things need changing in that capacity. The environment is important to me, and I'm happy to help with such an initiative. But such rules need to be centralized, understandable and accessible. They need to not come with fines that would ruin a small business trying to comply. Again...what possible positive impact does destroying my extremely small business have on the environment? There should be a higher income/good price threshold, so this targets people who use an amount of packaging that actually makes a difference. You cannot have separate rules and a representative for each country. It just ices out small artisans entirely. We do not have the time or money to follow such guidance. So you're simply ruining small businesses for no reason. I didn't vote for brexit...and yet I'm suffering for it. Also... Even without that, the 3 duty on each imported good is entirely unreasonable. It makes shipping smaller goods completely untenable. Customers who live in the EU hate it. It does no one any good. If it were a dute per package...perhaps that could work. But currently it's serving neither me nor my customers. Please change these rules, and stop punishing small business owners for environmental crimes we haven't committed. Think about what would *actually* make a difference to the environment and be accessible for people to engage with.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a small UK business owner and this packaging initiative is costing me a lot of business. I cannot afford the time or money to have a separate representative in each EU country, so I have had to simply stop shipping to them altogether. My EU customers are very disappointed by this, and I cannot see the wider benefit to anyone, or the planet. I am too small a business for any packaging I use to truly make a dent in any countries recycling problem. I am the only person in charge of my business, to give you an idea of how small we are talking. I would be happy to make sure my packaging was recyclable or follows some sort of regulations to be environmentally friendly, if something things need changing in that capacity. The environment is important to me, and I'm happy to help with such an initiative. But such rules need to be centralized, understandable and accessible. They need to not come with fines that would ruin a small business trying to comply. Again...what possible positive impact does destroying my extremely small business have on the environment? There should be a higher income/good price threshold, so this targets people who use an amount of packaging that actually makes a difference. You cannot have separate rules and a representative for each country. It just ices out small artisans entirely. We do not have the time or money to follow such guidance. So you're simply ruining small businesses for no reason. I didn't vote for brexit...and yet I'm suffering for it. Also... Even without that, the 3 duty on each imported good is entirely unreasonable. It makes shipping smaller goods completely untenable. Customers who live in the EU hate it. It does no one any good. If it were a dute per package...perhaps that could work. But currently it's serving neither me nor my customers. Please change these rules, and stop punishing small business owners for environmental crimes we haven't committed. Think about what would *actually* make a difference to the environment and be accessible for people to engage with.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548645_en"}, {"id": 33548643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:53:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Implementing Taxes / Tariffs on Micro Businesses and Small Companies will make them vanish and keeps Growth low. Every Company started Small and if Companies like Apple or Audi had these Charges they wouldn't be here today. So asking someone to pay an extra Money Percentage per Customer will result in a big Downfall, because those small Businesses usually don't have the Reach like bigger Ones and depend on individual Customers from outside their own Country. Please listen to us smaller, less important People for once.", "feedbackEnglish": "Implementing Taxes / Tariffs on Micro Businesses and Small Companies will make them vanish and keeps Growth low. Every Company started Small and if Companies like Apple or Audi had these Charges they wouldn't be here today. So asking someone to pay an extra Money Percentage per Customer will result in a big Downfall, because those small Businesses usually don't have the Reach like bigger Ones and depend on individual Customers from outside their own Country. Please listen to us smaller, less important People for once.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548643_en"}, {"id": 33548642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:52:16", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current packaging rules (EPR and PPWR) create huge costs and too much paperwork for small businesses and new creators. Asking small makers to register, pay high fixed fees, and handle compliance in 27 different EU countrieseven for very few salesis destroying small business in Europe. ​Across the EU, many small creators and artisans are already stopping their work, pausing orders, and halting international shipping because of fear and confusion over these rules. ​I urgently ask the European Commission to offer: ​An EU-wide De Minimis threshold (exemption for small makers and micro-enterprises). ​A Single Unified EU EPR Register instead of 27 separate systems. ​Without these rules, small artisans will be forced to give up before they can even grow.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current packaging rules (EPR and PPWR) create huge costs and too much paperwork for small businesses and new creators. Asking small makers to register, pay high fixed fees, and handle compliance in 27 different EU countrieseven for very few salesis destroying small business in Europe. ​Across the EU, many small creators and artisans are already stopping their work, pausing orders, and halting international shipping because of fear and confusion over these rules. ​I urgently ask the European Commission to offer: ​An EU-wide De Minimis threshold (exemption for small makers and micro-enterprises). ​A Single Unified EU EPR Register instead of 27 separate systems. ​Without these rules, small artisans will be forced to give up before they can even grow.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548642_en"}, {"id": 33548641, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:50:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Adrian Neumann", "feedback": "Eine absolut unzumutbare und nicht nachvollziehbare Regelung für kleine Unternehmen, die sich nicht leisten können in allen eu-staaten einen Vertrag mit einem Entsorgungsunternehmen abzuschließen. Ich bin persönlich wie wahrscheinlich tausende andere davon betroffen und bin der Meinung dass das ausmaß der steuereinbußen dadurch eine wirtschaftliche Katastrophe mit sich bringen werden", "feedbackEnglish": "A completely unreasonable and incomprehensible provision for small companies that cannot afford to conclude a contract with a waste management company in all EU Member States. I am personally and probably thousands more affected by this and believe that the scale of the tax losses it will cause will cause an economic catastrophe", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548641_en"}, {"id": 33548640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:49:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Playmobilize", "feedback": "I am a small starting business and the requirement to have a EPR representative in each EU country I ship to (from the Netherlands) means I need to stop selling to other EU countries besides the Netherlands. Simply because the overhead costs outweigh the revenue. This law will kill small businesses. Further the law is to complex and not environmentally friendly. It would be much simplier to charge packaging produces with a fee. Instead of tons of registrations and usage of IT systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small starting business and the requirement to have a EPR representative in each EU country I ship to (from the Netherlands) means I need to stop selling to other EU countries besides the Netherlands. Simply because the overhead costs outweigh the revenue. This law will kill small businesses. Further the law is to complex and not environmentally friendly. It would be much simplier to charge packaging produces with a fee. Instead of tons of registrations and usage of IT systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548640_en"}, {"id": 33548639, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:49:07", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "-", "feedback": "I am a ceramicist and own a small business in France. I regularly ship my products to B2C clients, resellers and galleries located in different EU countries. The adoption of this initiative as it is would make it impossible for me to continue shipping to my customers based outside of France in the EU and would mean stopping my ongoing wholesale collaborations with other EU businesses. The exorbitant costs this regulation would imply aside, the bureaucratic load and hassle alone would have a negative impact on day-to-day operations and logistics of even those small businesses that are able to afford the mandatory EPR registration fees. I demand a de minimis exemption and a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs and artists based in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a ceramicist and own a small business in France. I regularly ship my products to B2C clients, resellers and galleries located in different EU countries. The adoption of this initiative as it is would make it impossible for me to continue shipping to my customers based outside of France in the EU and would mean stopping my ongoing wholesale collaborations with other EU businesses. The exorbitant costs this regulation would imply aside, the bureaucratic load and hassle alone would have a negative impact on day-to-day operations and logistics of even those small businesses that are able to afford the mandatory EPR registration fees. I demand a de minimis exemption and a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs and artists based in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548639_en"}, {"id": 33548638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:46:25", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stay Wild Stufio SLU", "feedback": "It is unacceptable to apply this regulation on the same scale to a multimillion-dolar business as to a small business that makes occasional shipments or handles fewer than 1,000 packages a month. Theyre going to put all of us small businesses that have managed to survive out of business. The European Union is supposed to be a free-trade zone.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is unacceptable to apply this regulation on the same scale to a multimillion-dolar business as to a small business that makes occasional shipments or handles fewer than 1,000 packages a month. Theyre going to put all of us small businesses that have managed to survive out of business. The European Union is supposed to be a free-trade zone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548638_en"}, {"id": 33548637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:46:05", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This seems disproportionately onerous on small/personal businesses. Without a de minimus exemption, or other mitigation measures, this gives an unfair advantage to large multinational companies who through large volume can absorb the administrative costs. This also more generally seems against the free movement of goods between member states, a foundation of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems disproportionately onerous on small/personal businesses. Without a de minimus exemption, or other mitigation measures, this gives an unfair advantage to large multinational companies who through large volume can absorb the administrative costs. This also more generally seems against the free movement of goods between member states, a foundation of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548637_en"}, {"id": 33548635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:45:21", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The European Unions Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) imposes an unjustified and disproportionate burden on micro and small enterprises (MSEs). While the regulation rightly targets environmental sustainability, its rigid \"one-size-fits-all\" architecture threatens the economic viability of Europes smallest businesses. Administrative fees, testing expenses, Eco-modulated fees that MSE's cannot negotiate, leaving those with the least impact shouldering higher proportional rates than those with the largest impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Unions Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) imposes an unjustified and disproportionate burden on micro and small enterprises (MSEs). While the regulation rightly targets environmental sustainability, its rigid \"one-size-fits-all\" architecture threatens the economic viability of Europes smallest businesses. Administrative fees, testing expenses, Eco-modulated fees that MSE's cannot negotiate, leaving those with the least impact shouldering higher proportional rates than those with the largest impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548635_en"}, {"id": 33548630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:45:07", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To the European Commissioners and Representatives, I am writing to you today as a European citizen, a consumer, and a partner to someone trying to build a future through independent work. I am someone who deeply values the human connection, diversity, and passion that small businesses and local artists bring to our daily lives. I am watching with growing heartbreak as the new European packaging regulations threat to push the very people who enrich our towns completely out of the market. While I am not a creator myself, I stand closely beside them. I witness every day the immense personal dedication, effort, and love that goes into building a small project from scratch. My partner, who lives with a disability, has been working tirelessly to open a small independent shop. For us, this is not just about commerce, it represents autonomy, dignity, and a fair chance at life. Yet, under the weight of these proposed rules, this dream is being threatened before it can even take root. We all want a greener future and respect environmental goals. But imposing the exact same complex compliance and administrative burdens on a local artist or a micro-shop as you do on a billionaire multinational is deeply unfair. Large corporations can easily swallow these bureaucratic costs with their dedicated legal teams. For a small shopkeeper, an artist, or an individual starting out, these rules create an impossible barrier. This is why micro and small businesses, alongside independent creators, must be fully excluded from these heavy regulatory demands, or at least provide measurements that they can afford. Please harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. This new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU, and actually has severe consequences for many businesses. When small creators are forced out, we are not saving the planet, we are simply surrendering our streets and choices to corporate monopolies. As citizens, we want the freedom to support real people in our communities rather than being forced to buy exclusively from giant corporations. The EU speaks often about equality and citizen empowerment. Protecting micro and small enterprises is a necessary shield to preserve human dignity, local culture, and genuine diversity in our markets. Please listen to the citizens who care about their local communities. Exempt micro and small businesses, and ensure that independent workers still have a place in Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commissioners and Representatives, I am writing to you today as a European citizen, a consumer, and a partner to someone trying to build a future through independent work. I am someone who deeply values the human connection, diversity, and passion that small businesses and local artists bring to our daily lives. I am watching with growing heartbreak as the new European packaging regulations threat to push the very people who enrich our towns completely out of the market. While I am not a creator myself, I stand closely beside them. I witness every day the immense personal dedication, effort, and love that goes into building a small project from scratch. My partner, who lives with a disability, has been working tirelessly to open a small independent shop. For us, this is not just about commerce, it represents autonomy, dignity, and a fair chance at life. Yet, under the weight of these proposed rules, this dream is being threatened before it can even take root. We all want a greener future and respect environmental goals. But imposing the exact same complex compliance and administrative burdens on a local artist or a micro-shop as you do on a billionaire multinational is deeply unfair. Large corporations can easily swallow these bureaucratic costs with their dedicated legal teams. For a small shopkeeper, an artist, or an individual starting out, these rules create an impossible barrier. This is why micro and small businesses, alongside independent creators, must be fully excluded from these heavy regulatory demands, or at least provide measurements that they can afford. Please harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. This new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU, and actually has severe consequences for many businesses. When small creators are forced out, we are not saving the planet, we are simply surrendering our streets and choices to corporate monopolies. As citizens, we want the freedom to support real people in our communities rather than being forced to buy exclusively from giant corporations. The EU speaks often about equality and citizen empowerment. Protecting micro and small enterprises is a necessary shield to preserve human dignity, local culture, and genuine diversity in our markets. Please listen to the citizens who care about their local communities. Exempt micro and small businesses, and ensure that independent workers still have a place in Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548630_en"}, {"id": 33548626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:44:08", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPRin EU states for smal and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPRin EU states for smal and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548626_en"}, {"id": 33548625, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:41:51", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU citizen supporting multiple small/micro businesses across the world, the EPR/PPWR would make it impossible for me to continue doing so. Multiple small artisans are already closing their online shops to Europe. Etsy isn't letting them to ship to ANY EU countries UNTIL THEY PAY THE FEES FOR ALL 27 COUNTRIES. This is not affordable or managable to small artisans and traders. Not only the cost of these fees, but the amount of work they need to put in to get legal representatives and file all the taxes/fees required to all the separate countries. The initiative needs to make a full exemption for micro businesses immediately. The EU needs to establish a single, centralised portal, so no sole trader has to register separately in the member states, before even considering to require micro businesses to register.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen supporting multiple small/micro businesses across the world, the EPR/PPWR would make it impossible for me to continue doing so. Multiple small artisans are already closing their online shops to Europe. Etsy isn't letting them to ship to ANY EU countries UNTIL THEY PAY THE FEES FOR ALL 27 COUNTRIES. This is not affordable or managable to small artisans and traders. Not only the cost of these fees, but the amount of work they need to put in to get legal representatives and file all the taxes/fees required to all the separate countries. The initiative needs to make a full exemption for micro businesses immediately. The EU needs to establish a single, centralised portal, so no sole trader has to register separately in the member states, before even considering to require micro businesses to register.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548625_en"}, {"id": 33548624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:41:47", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Aunque comprendo las motivaciones detrás de la puesta en marcha de esta propuesta, considero que no se ha tomado en cuenta la situación de una gran cantidad de pequeños negocios. Hablo particularmente desde el gremio de los pequeños artistas, quienes ya encontramos suficientes trabas (tanto económicas como sociales) para el desarrollo de nuestros negocios, y para quienes estas nuevas medidas son tan abusivas que literalmente obligarán al cese de nuestra actividad. Me gustaría que, si realmente se preocupan por los ciudadanos europeos, reconsideren una remodelación de la propuesta y nos excluyan a nosotros, los micro negocios y pequeños negocios, porque, como he dicho antes, aunque comprendo las motivaciones que han llevado al desarrollo de esta propuesta, creo que todos somos conscientes de quienes son los verdaderos culpables de que hayamos llegado a esta situación. También soy consciente de la presión económica y social que pueden ejercer los grandes negocios, pero poner en una tienda que lleva solo una persona la misma carga que en una multinacional es, de plano, totalmente injusto, y denota o bien una absoluta falta de contacto con la realidad o la completa ausencia de interés real por el ciudadano. Por ello, ruego que encuentren una medida alternativa para los negocios incapaces de cumplir esta o, preferentemente, que nos dejen al margen de ella, pues carece de todo sentido.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand the motivations behind the launch of this proposal, I consider that the situation of a large number of small businesses has not been taken into account. I am particularly talking to the small artists, who already find sufficient obstacles (both economic and social) to the development of our businesses, and for whom these new measures are so abusive that they will literally force us to cease our activity. I would like you, if you really care about European citizens, to reconsider a reshaping of the proposal and exclude us, micro and small businesses, because, as I have said above, although I understand the motivations that led to the development of this proposal, I think we are all aware of those who are the real culprits that we have come to this situation. I am also aware of the economic and social pressure that big businesses can exert, but putting the same burden on a shop with only one person as on a multinational is, on the face of it, totally unfair, denoting either a complete lack of contact with reality or a complete lack of real interest on the part of the citizen. I would therefore ask you to find an alternative measure for businesses that are unable to comply with it or, preferably, to leave us out of it, as it makes no sense.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548624_en"}, {"id": 33548623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:41:14", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the owner and sole person responsible for a small artisan business. Every aspect of the business production, material selection, packaging, order management, customer service, accounting and administration is handled by one person. As an artisan, I have a strong environmental awareness and I try to ensure that my decisions always take into account their impact on the environment and on human health. This concern did not arise because of legislation: it has been part of the principles guiding my business from the beginning. For example, I have deliberately chosen not to work with cotton because of its significant environmental impact, particularly the amount of water required for its production. The choice of materials I use is always made considering not only their quality and suitability for the product, but also their environmental impact and their safety for people. In my activity, water consumption is kept to the absolute minimum possible. I also make a conscious effort to reduce waste and avoid unnecessary packaging. Orders are sent in packaging reduced to the essentials and, whenever possible, I reuse packaging that has already been used, extending its useful life and preventing unnecessary waste. These practices demonstrate that *small artisan businesses already contribute to a more conscious and sustainable economy*, often without having anything close to the financial or human resources available to larger companies. This is precisely why I believe that the implementation of new packaging rules must take into account the size and economic reality of micro-businesses. For a business operated by a single person, the introduction of new administrative obligations, registrations, declarations, reporting requirements and associated costs can represent a disproportionate burden. The time spent complying with bureaucracy is time that cannot be spent on production, creativity and developing the business itself. *It is not reasonable to expect a sole artisan to deal with the same level of bureaucracy, costs and administrative responsibilities as a large company or multinational corporation.* Environmental rules are necessary and should be ambitious, but they must also be *proportionate, accessible and adapted to the size and circumstances of economic operators*. I therefore ask that the new rules provide simplified procedures, exemptions or proportionate regimes for micro-businesses and self-employed artisans with low production volumes, so that the administrative and financial costs associated with these new obligations do not threaten the viability of these small businesses. *Sustainability should not be achieved by making it unviable for small artisans to continue working responsibly and in an environmentally conscious way.* Sou proprietária e responsável, sozinha, por um pequeno negócio artesanal. Todas as áreas da atividade produção, escolha de materiais, embalamento, gestão de encomendas, atendimento ao cliente, contabilidade e administração são asseguradas por uma única pessoa. Como artesã, tenho uma forte consciência ambiental e procuro que as minhas decisões tenham sempre em consideração o impacto no ambiente e na saúde humana. Esta preocupação não surgiu por imposição de legislação: faz parte dos princípios que orientam o meu negócio desde o início. Por exemplo, optei deliberadamente por não trabalhar com algodão devido ao seu significativo impacto ambiental, nomeadamente pela quantidade de água necessária à sua produção. A escolha das matérias-primas que utilizo é sempre feita tendo em consideração não apenas a sua qualidade e adequação ao produto, mas também o seu impacto ambiental e a segurança para as pessoas. Na minha atividade, o consumo de água é reduzido ao mínimo possível. Procuro igualmente reduzir os resíduos e evitar embalagens desnecessárias. As encomendas são enviadas em embalagens reduzidas ao essencial e, sempre que possível, reutilizo embalagens que já tiveram uma utilizaçã", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner and sole person responsible for a small ARTISAN business. Very aspect of the business production, material selection, packaging, order management, customer service, accounting and administration is handled by one person. As an ARTISAN, I have a strong environmental awareness and I try to ensure that my decisions always take into account their impact on the environment and on human health. This concern did not arise because of legislation: it has been part of the principles guiding my business from the beginning. For example, I have deliberately chosen not to work with cotton because of its significant environmental impact, particularly the amount of water required for its production. The choice of materials I use is always made considering not only their quality and suitability for the product, but also their environmental impact and safety for people. In my activity, water consumption is kept to the absolute minimum possible. I also make a conscious effort to reduce waste and avoid unnecessary packaging. Orders are sent in packaging reduced to the essentials and, whenever possible, I reuse packaging that has already been used, extending its useful life and preventing unnecessary waste. These practices demonstrate that * small ARTISAN businesses already contribute to a more conscious and sustainable economy *, often without having anything close to the financial or human resources available to larger companies. This is precisely why I believe that the implementation of new packaging rules must take into account the size and economic reality of micro-businesses. For a business operated by a single person, the introduction of new administrative obligations, registrations, declarations, reporting requirements and associated costs can represent a disproportionate burden. The time spent complying with Bureaucracy is time that cannot be spent on production, creativity and developing the business itself. * It is not reasonable to expect a sole ARTISAN to deal with the same level of Bureaucracy, costs and administrative responsibilities as a large company or multinational corporation. * Environmental rules are necessary and should be ambitious, but they must also be * proportionate, accessible and adapted to the size and circumstances of economic operators *. I therefore ask that the new rules provide simplified procedures, exemptions or proportionate regimes for micro-businesses and self-employed artisans with low production volumes, so that the administrative and financial costs associated with these new obligations do not threaten the viability of these small businesses. * Sustainability should not be achieved by making it unviable for small artisans to continue working responsibly and in an environmentally conscious way. * I am the sole owner and responsible for a small artisanal business. All areas of production, material selection, packaging, order management, customer service, accounting and administration are handled by a single person. As an artisan, I have a strong environmental awareness and I seek that my decisions always take into account the impact on the environment and human health. This concern did not arise through the imposition of legislation: it is part of the principles that guide my business from the outset. For example, I deliberately chose not to work with cotton because of its significant environmental impact, including the amount of water needed to produce it. The choice of raw materials I use is always made taking into account not only their quality and suitability for the product, but also their environmental impact and safety for people. In my activity, water consumption is kept to a minimum. I also seek to reduce waste and avoid unnecessary packaging. Orders are sent in substantially reduced packaging and, where possible, I reuse packaging that has already been used", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548623_en"}, {"id": 33548622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:40:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Unfortunately this is gonna hurt small businesses way too much!", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately this is gonna hurt small businesses way too much!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548622_en"}, {"id": 33548621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:40:22", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm once again appaled by the new laws that EU has managed to come up with. This legislation will purely benefit the large producers of crap like Amazon and Temu while absolutely decimating small business. EU is there to remove borders and create oportunities for it's citizens not to serve those with the deepest pockets. You are taking away income from people who are already struggling because they're losing their jobs, prices for everything are outrageous and they're taxed way above what they're getting for that money. This is disgusting and absurd. Use the taxes we're already paying to fund your green initiatives and if you can't find the funds than you can cut your salaries so maybe you'll find out how it feels to survive on 1000 eur per month when the cheapest appartment in you city is 700 eur. Maybe then you'll develop some compassion for people who have to have a small business on the side of their full time job to support themselves and their family.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm once again appaled by the new laws that EU has managed to come up with. This legislation will purely benefit the large producers of crap like Amazon and Temu while absolutely decimating small business. EU is there to remove borders and create oportunities for it's citizens not to serve those with the deepest pockets. You are taking away income from people who are already struggling because they're losing their jobs, prices for everything are outrageous and they're taxed way above what they're getting for that money. This is disgusting and absurd. Use the taxes we're already paying to fund your green initiatives and if you can't find the funds than you can cut your salaries so maybe you'll find out how it feels to survive on 1000 eur per month when the cheapest appartment in you city is 700 eur. Maybe then you'll develop some compassion for people who have to have a small business on the side of their full time job to support themselves and their family.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548621_en"}, {"id": 33548620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:40:13", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to express my strong concern and disagreement with the way the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) affects small and medium-sized businesses in the European Union. I fully understand and support the need to reduce unnecessary packaging and protect the environment. However, environmental legislation must also be proportionate and take into account the real administrative and financial capacities of small businesses. For many small e-commerce businesses, selling products across EU borders is an essential part of their business. New registration, reporting, compliance and extended producer responsibility obligations in different Member States can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. A large international corporation can employ dedicated legal, compliance and environmental teams to deal with these requirements. A small online shop with only a few employees cannot. I am not writing this only from the perspective of a consumer. I am also genuinely worried about my own job. I am a middle-class EU citizen employed by a very small e-commerce business. Regulations that significantly increase the costs and administrative burden of running such a business can directly affect whether companies like my employer remain economically viable and whether jobs like mine continue to exist. In my view, legislation should not create a situation where the businesses best equipped to comply are large international corporations, while small European entrepreneurs are gradually pushed out of cross-border markets. This risks reducing competition and ultimately strengthening the position of large multinational companies at the expense of local European businesses. The European Union should support its citizens, including those who create small businesses, employ local people and contribute to their local economies. Instead, increasingly complex and costly regulatory requirements can make small entrepreneurs feel that the EU is making it harder for them to operate while indirectly favouring large corporations that have far greater financial and administrative resources. Small businesses are not multinational corporations. A company employing a handful of people should not be expected to carry a compliance burden designed as if it had an entire legal and administrative department. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures and proportionate obligations for micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses, particularly where only small quantities of packaging are placed on the markets of other Member States. Environmental protection and support for European small businesses should not be mutually exclusive. Good legislation should be capable of achieving both. Please do not allow environmental regulation to become another barrier that makes it increasingly difficult for ordinary Europeans to run small businesses, create local jobs and compete in the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my strong concern and disagreement with the way the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) affects small and medium-sized businesses in the European Union. I fully understand and support the need to reduce unnecessary packaging and protect the environment. However, environmental legislation must also be proportionate and take into account the real administrative and financial capacities of small businesses. For many small e-commerce businesses, selling products across EU borders is an essential part of their business. New registration, reporting, compliance and extended producer responsibility obligations in different Member States can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. A large international corporation can employ dedicated legal, compliance and environmental teams to deal with these requirements. A small online shop with only a few employees cannot. I am not writing this only from the perspective of a consumer. I am also genuinely worried about my own job. I am a middle-class EU citizen employed by a very small e-commerce business. Regulations that significantly increase the costs and administrative burden of running such a business can directly affect whether companies like my employer remain economically viable and whether jobs like mine continue to exist. In my view, legislation should not create a situation where the businesses best equipped to comply are large international corporations, while small European entrepreneurs are gradually pushed out of cross-border markets. This risks reducing competition and ultimately strengthening the position of large multinational companies at the expense of local European businesses. The European Union should support its citizens, including those who create small businesses, employ local people and contribute to their local economies. Instead, increasingly complex and costly regulatory requirements can make small entrepreneurs feel that the EU is making it harder for them to operate while indirectly favouring large corporations that have far greater financial and administrative resources. Small businesses are not multinational corporations. A company employing a handful of people should not be expected to carry a compliance burden designed as if it had an entire legal and administrative department. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures and proportionate obligations for micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses, particularly where only small quantities of packaging are placed on the markets of other Member States. Environmental protection and support for European small businesses should not be mutually exclusive. Good legislation should be capable of achieving both. Please do not allow environmental regulation to become another barrier that makes it increasingly difficult for ordinary Europeans to run small businesses, create local jobs and compete in the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548620_en"}, {"id": 33548619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:40:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lushwd ", "feedback": "Dear European Parliament, I am contacting you today as an independent designer and artist and micro-business owner. I would like to alert you to the dramatic, unfair, and disproportionate consequences of the new PPWR regulation and the multiplication of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) taxes on very small businesses (often making less than 12,000 in annual turnover). For an independent artisan or artist, the lack of a financial minimum exemption threshold at the European level is a commercial death sentence. Having to stack up an annual flat fee of 80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, or having to finance a local legal representative just to ship a single package to Poland is an insurmountable barrier. Our profit margins are already heavily impacted by national social security contributions, inflation of raw materials, and rising shipping costs. The spirit of the European single market was to allow us to freely sell our creations from one country to another. Today, this administrative rigidity and the total lack of communication from state organizations leave us cornered: we must either close our borders to European customers or risk financial penalties and automatic blocks on our sales platforms. We fully support the ecological transition and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology must not serve as a pretext to financially suffocate local craftsmanship to the sole benefit of industrial giants who possess dedicated legal departments. Therefore, on behalf of our collective of creators, we urgently request: The establishment of a total exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight, or European turnover) for the packaging of micro-businesses. The implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralized simplified declaration and a contribution proportional to actual turnover, based on the existing IOSS model for VAT. Thank you for your immediate attention and action regarding the distress of thousands of artisans and creators who make up the cultural, human, and economic wealth of our continent. Lukass Berlin, Germany", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Parliament, I am contacting you today as an independent designer and artist and micro-business owner. I would like to alert you to the dramatic, unfair, and disproportionate consequences of the new PPWR regulation and the multiplication of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) taxes on very small businesses (often making less than 12,000 in annual turnover). For an independent artisan or artist, the lack of a financial minimum exemption threshold at the European level is a commercial death sentence. Having to stack up an annual flat fee of 80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, or having to finance a local legal representative just to ship a single package to Poland is an insurmountable barrier. Our profit margins are already heavily impacted by national social security contributions, inflation of raw materials, and rising shipping costs. The spirit of the European single market was to allow us to freely sell our creations from one country to another. Today, this administrative rigidity and the total lack of communication from state organizations leave us cornered: we must either close our borders to European customers or risk financial penalties and automatic blocks on our sales platforms. We fully support the ecological transition and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology must not serve as a pretext to financially suffocate local craftsmanship to the sole benefit of industrial giants who possess dedicated legal departments. Therefore, on behalf of our collective of creators, we urgently request: The establishment of a total exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight, or European turnover) for the packaging of micro-businesses. The implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralized simplified declaration and a contribution proportional to actual turnover, based on the existing IOSS model for VAT. Thank you for your immediate attention and action regarding the distress of thousands of artisans and creators who make up the cultural, human, and economic wealth of our continent. Lukass Berlin, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548619_en"}, {"id": 33548618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:39:18", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the EUs objectives of reducing packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the proposed implementation of national producer registration requirements creates a disproportionate burden for small and micro businesses, particularly those selling products across EU borders. Requiring a small business to deal with separate registration procedures, compliance requirements, fees and potentially authorised representatives in multiple Member States can make cross-border sales economically unviable. These costs are relatively minor for a large multinational company. However, for a small business selling a limited number of products to customers in several EU countries, the same fixed administrative costs can exceed the profit generated by those sales. This risks creating an unintended barrier to the EU Single Market. Consumers may lose access to products from small European businesses simply because those businesses can no longer afford to sell across borders. Small producers, artisans, independent retailers and niche businesses could be forced to restrict their sales to their own Member State, reducing consumer choice and weakening competition. The burden is particularly disproportionate when a business sends only a small number of packages to another Member State. The environmental impact of such activity is fundamentally different from that of a large e-commerce platform handling millions of shipments, yet the administrative framework can impose obligations that are similar in nature. I therefore ask the European Commission to introduce a proportionate approach. This should include: meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro and small businesses, thresholds based on packaging volume, a single EU-wide registration system rather than multiple national registrations, simplified reporting and payment procedures for businesses with very low packaging volumes. The law should also include significantly stronger obligations and enforcement for very large e-commerce platforms and high-volume producers, where the environmental impact and capacity to absorb compliance costs are substantially greater. The objective should be to make large-scale polluters financially responsible without inadvertently making small-scale cross-border trade impossible. The European Single Market should make it easier for a small business in one Member State to sell to a customer in another Member State, not create a compliance structure that only large corporations can navigate economically. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the packaging producer registration framework follows the principle of proportionality and does not place small and micro businesses at a competitive disadvantage.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EUs objectives of reducing packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the proposed implementation of national producer registration requirements creates a disproportionate burden for small and micro businesses, particularly those selling products across EU borders. Requiring a small business to deal with separate registration procedures, compliance requirements, fees and potentially authorised representatives in multiple Member States can make cross-border sales economically unviable. These costs are relatively minor for a large multinational company. However, for a small business selling a limited number of products to customers in several EU countries, the same fixed administrative costs can exceed the profit generated by those sales. This risks creating an unintended barrier to the EU Single Market. Consumers may lose access to products from small European businesses simply because those businesses can no longer afford to sell across borders. Small producers, artisans, independent retailers and niche businesses could be forced to restrict their sales to their own Member State, reducing consumer choice and weakening competition. The burden is particularly disproportionate when a business sends only a small number of packages to another Member State. The environmental impact of such activity is fundamentally different from that of a large e-commerce platform handling millions of shipments, yet the administrative framework can impose obligations that are similar in nature. I therefore ask the European Commission to introduce a proportionate approach. This should include: meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro and small businesses, thresholds based on packaging volume, a single EU-wide registration system rather than multiple national registrations, simplified reporting and payment procedures for businesses with very low packaging volumes. The law should also include significantly stronger obligations and enforcement for very large e-commerce platforms and high-volume producers, where the environmental impact and capacity to absorb compliance costs are substantially greater. The objective should be to make large-scale polluters financially responsible without inadvertently making small-scale cross-border trade impossible. The European Single Market should make it easier for a small business in one Member State to sell to a customer in another Member State, not create a compliance structure that only large corporations can navigate economically. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the packaging producer registration framework follows the principle of proportionality and does not place small and micro businesses at a competitive disadvantage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548618_en"}, {"id": 33548617, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:38:54", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida é altamente relevante e tem origem num objectivo muito importante e pertinente. No então tem de ser revista para não condenar ao fracasso milhares de pequenos negócios que são o sustento de milhares de pessoas e que fazem a personalidade da EU. Aqueles que na sua maior parte já se mobilizam para a reutilização e uso consciente dos recursos. Apenas as grandes empresas poderão continuar a manter-se ativas e irão condenar a Europa à monotonia e banalidade e que caracterizam a base dos seus negócios. Com medidas desenhadas assim a Europa deixará de ser quem é. Por favor façam uma revisão a esta medida! É em todas as medidas mais importante que penalizem uso de plásticos em vestuário e de blends com produtos naturais que impedem a sua reciclagem ou decomposição. Promovam a reutilização de embalagens em vez de multiplicar o problema que esta medida está a tentar resolver!", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure is highly relevant and originates from a very important and relevant objective. At that time, it must be reviewed so as not to condemn thousands of small businesses that are the livelihood of thousands of people and that make up the personality of the EU to failure. Those who, for the most part, already mobilise for re-use and conscious use of resources. Only large companies will be able to remain active and will condemn Europe to the monotony and banality that characterise the basis of its business. With measures designed in this way, Europe will no longer be who it is. Please review this measure! It is in all measures that it is most important that they penalise the use of plastics in clothing and blends with natural products that prevent their recycling or decomposition. Promote reuse of packaging instead of multiplying the problem this measure is trying to solve!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548617_en"}, {"id": 33548616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:38:26", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I am in favor to implement rules and regulation to avoid waste and to make sure proper recycling will take place I'm very much unhappy with the way you set up the new PPWR and EPR regulation. The European Union and the Schengen agreement have been founded with the idea of one big economy and taxroom and free movement and trade. Especially in this challenging times when our traditional trading partners have come to become very unreliable we have to strenghten that concept instead of weakening it like the current proposal does. The way it is now every buisiness has to get a seperate representive in each european country and each representive costs a lot of money. For small and micro buisinesses that means it is not viable to send any packages within the EU aside from their own country. That is a direct violation to the idea of Schengen. Some of my fav artists within the EU cannot any longer ship towards the EU because of this law, and Art is their job in a world where Art is already parasited by AI ! It will be more affordable to send a package to australia from Germany than to send to france which is a neighboring state. This will harm our planet increasinvly more than improper recycling. And one last point to make - if you continue this way only the big corps will remain. Amazon and Temu and the lot. I don't want a world where only the big corps remain. They are already harming our society and earth and we need corporate diversity. Please implement an PPWR and EPR registration process where you only need one representatove for the whole EU and please set up exemptions or more affordable fees for small and micro buisinesses. Please don't kill the free movement of goods within the EU with this attempt to counter waste. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I am in favor to implement rules and regulation to avoid waste and to make sure proper recycling will take place I'm very much unhappy with the way you set up the new PPWR and EPR regulation. The European Union and the Schengen agreement have been founded with the idea of one big economy and taxroom and free movement and trade. Especially in this challenging times when our traditional trading partners have come to become very unreliable we have to strenghten that concept instead of weakening it like the current proposal does. The way it is now every buisiness has to get a seperate representive in each european country and each representive costs a lot of money. For small and micro buisinesses that means it is not viable to send any packages within the EU aside from their own country. That is a direct violation to the idea of Schengen. Some of my fav artists within the EU cannot any longer ship towards the EU because of this law, and Art is their job in a world where Art is already parasited by AI ! It will be more affordable to send a package to australia from Germany than to send to france which is a neighboring state. This will harm our planet increasinvly more than improper recycling. And one last point to make - if you continue this way only the big corps will remain. Amazon and Temu and the lot. I don't want a world where only the big corps remain. They are already harming our society and earth and we need corporate diversity. Please implement an PPWR and EPR registration process where you only need one representatove for the whole EU and please set up exemptions or more affordable fees for small and micro buisinesses. Please don't kill the free movement of goods within the EU with this attempt to counter waste. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548616_en"}, {"id": 33548615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:37:52", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin für Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit, aber mit dieser undurchdachten Verordnung tötet die EU viele Klein- und Mittelgroße Unternehmen. Die Kosten welche getragen werden müssen und der administrative Aufwand ist von kleinen Unternehmen nicht zu tragen. Das sind aber genau jene Unternehmen in in den jeweiligen Mitgliedsstaaten ihre Steuern zahlen und den BIP erhöhen. Große Internationale Konzerne welche Billigschrott in China erzeugen können sich das alles leisten. Die Kleinen bleiben auf der Strecke. Ich bin Kunsthandwerkerin. Freier Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU und Bürokratieabbau rücken immer mehr in weite Ferne. Ein Hohn.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am in favour of environmental protection and sustainability, but with this imprudent regulation, the EU is killing many small and medium-sized companies. The costs, which must be borne, and the administrative burden are not borne by small businesses. However, these are precisely the companies in the respective Member States that pay their taxes and increase GDP. Large international corporations that produce cheap scrap in China can afford all of this. The small people stay on the track. I am a craftsman. The free movement of goods within the EU and the reduction of red tape are becoming more and more distant. A poppy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548615_en"}, {"id": 33548595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:37:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "EinzelUnternehmer", "feedback": "Betreff: EU-Verpackungsverordnung unverhältnismäßige Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen Guten Tag, sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) stellt aus meiner Sicht eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen dar und gefährdet damit Marktvielfalt, Unternehmertum und den freien europäischen Binnenmarkt. Ich befürworte Natur- und Umweltschutz ausdrücklich. Die Frage ist jedoch, ob die gewählte Umsetzung tatsächlich verhältnismäßig ist. Wenn ein Kleinstunternehmen geringe Mengen an Verpackungen in verschiedene EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet, können nationale Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte, Gebühren und administrative Pflichten schnell in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Warum gibt es beispielsweise keine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen oder geringe Verpackungsmengen? Auch eine stärkere Orientierung am tatsächlichen Abfallaufkommen wäre aus meiner Sicht sinnvoll. Warum werden Gebühren nicht stärker dort erhoben, wo der Müll tatsächlich anfällt beim Endkunden? In vielen Ländern wird Müll bereits entsprechend abgerechnet. Das Prinzip Pay-as-you-throw, bei dem sich die Kosten stärker an der tatsächlich verursachten Abfallmenge orientieren, wird laut Europäischer Umweltagentur bereits in zahlreichen EU-Mitgliedstaaten eingesetzt. Auch bei der Verwertung sollte differenziert werden. Eurostat zeigt, dass Recycling bei Verpackungsabfällen insgesamt eine wichtige Rolle spielt, gleichzeitig aber auch die energetische Verwertung also Verbrennung mit Energierückgewinnung in einigen Mitgliedstaaten einen erheblichen Anteil ausmacht. Gerade kleine Händler mit Entwicklungspotenzial, die sich neben immer mehr Regularien noch gegen Temu, AliExpress und Amazon behaupten müssen, werden durch zusätzliche Fixkosten und Bürokratie besonders stark getroffen. Große Unternehmen können solche Kosten leichter verteilen für Kleinstunternehmen können sie dagegen eine echte Markteintrittsbarriere darstellen. Ich selbst lebe durch den offenen Binnenmarkt von meiner Selbstständigkeit. Mein Ziel war es, demnächst zumindest einen Arbeitsplatz zu schaffen. Aufgrund der finanziellen und administrativen Aufwendungen, die auf mich zukommen, kann ich dieses Ziel nun möglicherweise vergessen und darf stattdessen einen erheblichen Teil meiner Zeit in Bürokratie investieren. So wundert es mich nicht, dass immer wieder die Abschaffung der EU gefordert wird obwohl die EU mit dem Binnenmarkt einst einen ihrer größten Vorteile geschaffen hat. Ich kritisiere daher nicht den Umwelt- und Ressourcenschutz, sondern die Verhältnismäßigkeit der Umsetzung. Meine konkreten Vorschläge: EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen Kosten stärker nach tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachter Verpackungsmenge bemessen Einheitliches EU-Registrierungssystem statt zahlreicher nationaler Verfahren Möglichkeit eines zentralen EU-Bevollmächtigten statt separater Bevollmächtigter in jedem Zielland Vereinfachte Meldung und Gebührenstruktur für Kleinstunternehmen Stärkere Nutzung von Pay-as-you-throw-Modellen Denn am Ende bedienen wir Selbstständigen nur die Nachfrage. Kosten an der richtigen Stelle würden das Umweltbewusstsein stärken denn natürlich hat auch Müll ein Preisschild. Kurz gesagt: Das ist einfach scheiße, und vielleicht liest das jemand mit einem gewissen Einfluss. Ich hoffe auf eine Bagatellgrenze für kleine Unternehmen oder eine grundlegende Umstrukturierung dahingehend, auf wen Kosten und Pflichten tatsächlich auferlegt werden. Gerade in einer stagnierenden Wirtschaft sollten wir Menschen, die bereit sind, Verantwortung zu übernehmen, Unternehmen aufzubauen und Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen, nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie daran hindern. Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alec Lohrie Gründer PrintCrafter3DTech", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: In my view, the EU Packaging Regulation places a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) places a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises, thus jeopardising market diversity, entrepreneurship and the free European single market. I strongly support nature conservation and environmental protection. However, the question is whether the chosen transposition is indeed proportionate. If a micro-enterprise sends small quantities of packaging to different EU Member States, national registrations, authorised representatives, fees and administrative obligations can quickly be disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated. Why, for example, is there no EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises or small quantities of packaging? In my view, it would also be useful to focus more closely on the actual generation of waste. Why are charges not levied more where the waste actually accrues to the final customer? In many countries, waste is already billed accordingly. According to the European Environment Agency, the pay-as-you-throw principle, whereby costs are more closely related to the amount of waste actually generated, is already used in many EU Member States. A distinction should also be made in the case of recovery. Eurostat shows that recycling plays an important role in packaging waste overall, while energy recovery, i.e. incineration with energy recovery, also accounts for a significant share in some Member States. Small traders with development potential, which, in addition to an increasing number of regulations, still have to compete against Temu, AliExpress and Amazon, are particularly hard hit by additional fixed costs and red tape. On the other hand, large companies can more easily allocate such costs to micro-enterprises, which can constitute a real barrier to entry. I myself live independently through the open single market. My aim was to create at least one job in the near future. Due to the financial and administrative expenses that will be incurred, I may now be able to forget this goal and instead be allowed to invest a significant part of my time in bureaucracy. So I am not surprised that there are repeated calls to abolish the EU, despite the fact that the EU once created one of its greatest benefits with the single market. I am therefore not criticising the protection of the environment and resources, but rather the proportionality of the implementation. My concrete proposals: EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and small quantities of packaging Costs based more on the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market Unified EU registration system than on numerous national procedures Possibility of a central EU authorised representative instead of a separate authorised representative in each destination country Simplified notification and fee structure for micro-enterprises More use of pay-as-you-throw models In the end, we serve the self-employed only on demand. Costs in the right place would increase environmental awareness because, of course, rubbish also has a price tag. Briefly put: That’s just tearing, and perhaps someone with some influence reads it. I hope to see a de minimis threshold for small companies or a fundamental restructuring of where costs and obligations will actually be imposed. Especially in a stagnating economy, we should not prevent people willing to take responsibility, build businesses and create jobs through disproportionate bureaucracy. Thank you for your attention Yours sincerely, Alec Lohrie Founder PrintCrafter3DTech", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548595_en"}, {"id": 33548614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:36:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regelung schränkt den Handel in der Europäischen Union massiv ein und verfehlt komplett den Zweck. Besonders für kleine Unternehmen wird es unmöglich die entstehenden Kosten zu stemmen, während die größeren Unternehmen, die diese Regelung eigentlich treffen sollte, es einfach wegstecken können. Somit führt diese Regelung nur zur Zerstörung kleiner Unternehmen. Somit wird es auch für viele dieser Unternehmen Unmöglich innerhalb der EU Waren zu versenden, was den Handel innerhalb der EU stark eingeschränkt und somit komplett gegen den Zweck der EU geht.", "feedbackEnglish": "This provision severely restricts trade in the European Union and completely fails to achieve its purpose. It will be impossible, especially for small businesses, to bear the costs involved, while the larger companies that should actually be affected by the scheme can simply stifle it. Therefore, the scheme will only lead to the destruction of small businesses. As a result, it will also be impossible for many of these companies to ship goods within the EU, which severely restricts intra-EU trade and thus completely defeats the purpose of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548614_en"}, {"id": 33548613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:36:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kathrins Salzkristall-Laden", "feedback": "Die neuen Regelungen des EU-Rechts zur Verpackungsverordnung sind ein Riesenproblem für kleine Versandunternehmen. Wir versenden seit über 20 Jahren Salzlampen und Geschenkartikel überwiegend innerhalb Deutschlands, gelegentlich aber auch an Kunden in Österreich, den Niederland, Tschechien und anderen EU-Ländern. Insgesamt sind es pro Jahr keine 100 Pakete, also deutlich unter 100kg Verpackungsmaterial. Dafür einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land wäre unbezahlbar. Daher müssen dann die Kunden leiden - ab dem 1. August habe ich sowohl in meinem Shop als auch bei Amazon den internationalen Versand abgeschaltet. Sollte die EU nicht eine Unterstützung für internationale Geschäfte sein? Mittlerweile erlebe ich sie nur noch als Hemmschuh für kleinere Firmen und Unterstützer für die Großen!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules of EU law on the Packaging Regulation are a huge problem for small shipping companies. We have been sending salt lamps and gift items mainly within Germany for over 20 years, but also occasionally to customers in Austria, the Netherlands, Czechia and other EU countries. In total, there are no 100 parcels per year, i.e. well below 100 kg of packaging material. An authorised representative in each country would be unaffordable. As a result, customers will have to suffer – from 1 August, I switched off international shipping at both my shop and Amazon. Should the EU not support international business? In the meantime, I only see them as a barrier for smaller companies and supporters for the big ones!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548613_en"}, {"id": 33548612, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:36:09", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a citizen, this initiative is good in theory, but extremely flawed in execution. In its current state, it puts small businesses in an unfair position where they are expected to pay fees they cannot afford, while bigger businesses are barely affected at all. It also causes the EU to shoot itself in the foot when it comes to its market, as it not only goes against free trade between member states (going against the very meaning of \"union\"), but can also discourage individuals from starting new businesses. I have already seen many companies announce they will stop shipping to the EU, as well as individuals wondering if they should open their upcoming stores at all. The law should be reworked in such a way that small and micro businesses (which are generally more responsible with being environmentally friendly than large ones as is) are exempt, while leaving larger companies (which cause much more waste than smaller businesses, therefore making the fees much more impactful when applied to them) to pay the fees which they should be able to afford without issue. We absolutely DO NOT need even more funneling towards large companies, which is what this law is causing.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a citizen, this initiative is good in theory, but extremely flawed in execution. In its current state, it puts small businesses in an unfair position where they are expected to pay fees they cannot afford, while bigger businesses are barely affected at all. It also causes the EU to shoot itself in the foot when it comes to its market, as it not only goes against free trade between member states (going against the very meaning of \"union\"), but can also discourage individuals from starting new businesses. I have already seen many companies announce they will stop shipping to the EU, as well as individuals wondering if they should open their upcoming stores at all. The law should be reworked in such a way that small and micro businesses (which are generally more responsible with being environmentally friendly than large ones as is) are exempt, while leaving larger companies (which cause much more waste than smaller businesses, therefore making the fees much more impactful when applied to them) to pay the fees which they should be able to afford without issue. We absolutely DO NOT need even more funneling towards large companies, which is what this law is causing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548612_en"}, {"id": 33548603, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:34:59", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations do nothing but damage small & micro businesses while limiting the choice available to their constituents. I'm all for recycling and doing everything we can for the environment, but the issue here lies with the big corporations who produce significant amount of waste. This will ultimately only lead to the death of small and micro businesses, pushing more people to spend their money with huge corporations who do not care about our environment. There needs to be limits set in place to keep our free market and trade open for small business owners. An example could be that any business with revenue exceeding 2million would need to comply with these regulations. This has to change. Do not kill the expression and creativity that small businesses bring to the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations do nothing but damage small & micro businesses while limiting the choice available to their constituents. I'm all for recycling and doing everything we can for the environment, but the issue here lies with the big corporations who produce significant amount of waste. This will ultimately only lead to the death of small and micro businesses, pushing more people to spend their money with huge corporations who do not care about our environment. There needs to be limits set in place to keep our free market and trade open for small business owners. An example could be that any business with revenue exceeding 2million would need to comply with these regulations. This has to change. Do not kill the expression and creativity that small businesses bring to the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548603_en"}, {"id": 33548602, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:34:54", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, In the last weeks, I have seen no fewer than 15 small business, all of which I have supported or purchased from in the past several years, announce that they have to close down entirely, or stop shipping to most European countries. All of these businesses are based within the EU - some of them \"next door\" to me in the Netherlands and France. This is of course due to the fact that the European commission declined to create a minimum threshold or micro-business exemption to the PPWR law that comes into effect this week. Several people have already done the math: even if we ignore the significant administrative burden of finding out the rules in each of the member states, registering in each, and finding an official representative in each - retaining the ability to ship handmade goods inside of our union will cost small businesses an approximate 15.000 euro per year, only in AR fees. The result is simple: PPWR kills the free movement of goods inside of union, and turns it into a pay-to-play scheme. Only big enough businesses with big enough profit margins will have the means to absorb that cost. For micro-businesses, run by individual artists and artisans, both the administrative burden and cost are a death blow. I would like to be very clear: I am in favour of legislation that aims to reduce waste and protect the environment. I am glad that this is on the agenda, and that your institutions are trying to do something about big polluters like Amazon, Temu, etc. However, they will not be the ones who have to shut down because of this rule. To them, this is just another Thursday. There exists a vibrant European ecosystem of makers, artists, artisans, one-(wo)man shops, and creatives. In the modern world, and thanks to the free market created by the EU, these businesses rely on the internet to sell their products beyond their own borders. Your actions are actively damaging this ecosystem. Please reconsider. kind regards, noémie six", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, In the last weeks, I have seen no fewer than 15 small business, all of which I have supported or purchased from in the past several years, announce that they have to close down entirely, or stop shipping to most European countries. All of these businesses are based within the EU - some of them \"next door\" to me in the Netherlands and France. This is of course due to the fact that the European commission declined to create a minimum threshold or micro-business exemption to the PPWR law that comes into effect this week. Several people have already done the math: even if we ignore the significant administrative burden of finding out the rules in each of the member states, registering in each, and finding an official representative in each - retaining the ability to ship handmade goods inside of our union will cost small businesses an approximate 15.000 euro per year, only in AR fees. The result is simple: PPWR kills the free movement of goods inside of union, and turns it into a pay-to-play scheme. Only big enough businesses with big enough profit margins will have the means to absorb that cost. For micro-businesses, run by individual artists and artisans, both the administrative burden and cost are a death blow. I would like to be very clear: I am in favour of legislation that aims to reduce waste and protect the environment. I am glad that this is on the agenda, and that your institutions are trying to do something about big polluters like Amazon, Temu, etc. However, they will not be the ones who have to shut down because of this rule. To them, this is just another Thursday. There exists a vibrant European ecosystem of makers, artists, artisans, one-(wo)man shops, and creatives. In the modern world, and thanks to the free market created by the EU, these businesses rely on the internet to sell their products beyond their own borders. Your actions are actively damaging this ecosystem. Please reconsider. kind regards, noémie six", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548602_en"}, {"id": 33548601, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:34:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As it stands, this law disproportionately impacts small businesses and independent vendors, making it almost impossible to run a small business without bankrupting just on registration fees. If the focus is on sustainability and packaging, why not rather introduce sustainable packaging laws in terms of approved packaging materials for shipping rather than what seems like financial penalties for operating a business across the eu. While corporations and massive companies will manage to adjust, people who run small businesses cannot. Please take small businesses into account when making these laws as so many peoples livelihoods are threatened by this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "As it stands, this law disproportionately impacts small businesses and independent vendors, making it almost impossible to run a small business without bankrupting just on registration fees. If the focus is on sustainability and packaging, why not rather introduce sustainable packaging laws in terms of approved packaging materials for shipping rather than what seems like financial penalties for operating a business across the eu. While corporations and massive companies will manage to adjust, people who run small businesses cannot. Please take small businesses into account when making these laws as so many peoples livelihoods are threatened by this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548601_en"}, {"id": 33548600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:34:30", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rue de Louvain Vintage", "feedback": "As a small, one-woman business owner, I am extremely concerned about the PPWR packaging law plus the obligation to have a representative in every EU country. This requirement is financially and logistically impossible for a microbusiness, and thousands of small businesses will have to stop selling to countries in our own EU. I am based in Belgium and have had a successful small business for over 10 years, selling worldwide. Rather absurdly, the packaging /representatives regulation now means that I can sell easier outside of the EU that to my neighbouring countries. It is truly heartbreaking that, if nothing changes, I will have to give up this enterprise that I love and have put so much work into. I hope that this decision will soon be reversed by EU lawmakers, and that sanctions will be withheld until a fair decision is reached that will again enable microbusinesses to sell across all EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, one-woman business owner, I am extremely concerned about the PPWR packaging law plus the obligation to have a representative in every EU country. This requirement is financially and logistically impossible for a microbusiness, and thousands of small businesses will have to stop selling to countries in our own EU. I am based in Belgium and have had a successful small business for over 10 years, selling worldwide. Rather absurdly, the packaging /representatives regulation now means that I can sell easier outside of the EU that to my neighbouring countries. It is truly heartbreaking that, if nothing changes, I will have to give up this enterprise that I love and have put so much work into. I hope that this decision will soon be reversed by EU lawmakers, and that sanctions will be withheld until a fair decision is reached that will again enable microbusinesses to sell across all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548600_en"}, {"id": 33548599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:33:37", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The law speaks against the free movement of goods in the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses. Small and micro businesses should be excluded from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. Otherwise provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. By doing this, it would help small businesses be able to continue and not get shutdown because they would have to pay a disproportionate amount of money.", "feedbackEnglish": "The law speaks against the free movement of goods in the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses. Small and micro businesses should be excluded from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. Otherwise provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. By doing this, it would help small businesses be able to continue and not get shutdown because they would have to pay a disproportionate amount of money.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548599_en"}, {"id": 33548598, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:32:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Waldprinz Art and Illustration", "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. This system actively destroys genuine small businesses and prohibits independent artisans from pursuing there careers as well as helping to build an identity for themselves and their respective country. The system fails to protect small, singularly lead businesses who have to pay for food and their bills just like any other working person. I urge you to enact an immediate enforcement embargo and stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. This system actively destroys genuine small businesses and prohibits independent artisans from pursuing there careers as well as helping to build an identity for themselves and their respective country. The system fails to protect small, singularly lead businesses who have to pay for food and their bills just like any other working person. I urge you to enact an immediate enforcement embargo and stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548598_en"}, {"id": 33548597, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:31:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "TRADE_UNION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "JMS Fahrzeugteile GmbH", "feedback": "Feedback zur PPWR Bürokratie bremst den europäischen Binnenmarkt Die aktuelle Umsetzung der PPWR sorgt bei vielen Händlern für großes Unverständnis und erhebliche Unsicherheit. Bereits mit dem OSS-Verfahren wurden Unternehmen verpflichtet, ihre Umsatzsteuer korrekt in die jeweiligen EU-Mitgliedstaaten abzuführen. Die dafür notwendigen Anpassungen in Warenwirtschaft, Buchhaltung und Webshops waren insbesondere für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen mit erheblichem Aufwand und Kosten verbunden. Dennoch haben viele Händler diese Anforderungen umgesetzt und damit den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU weitergeführt. Mit der PPWR entsteht nun eine weitere erhebliche bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung. Die Folge ist bereits absehbar: Händler prüfen, einzelne EU-Länder nicht mehr zu beliefern oder den EU-Auslandsversand vollständig einzustellen. Damit wird aus unserer Sicht genau das Gegenteil dessen erreicht, was ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt leisten sollte. Weniger grenzüberschreitender Handel bedeutet weniger Auswahl für Verbraucher, weniger Wettbewerb, weniger Wachstum und letztlich auch weniger Umsatzsteuereinnahmen über OSS in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten. Besonders problematisch ist, dass sich Registrierung, laufende Gebühren und administrativer Aufwand bei kleineren Versandmengen wirtschaftlich kaum noch darstellen lassen. Unternehmen haben damit nur drei Möglichkeiten: zusätzliche Kosten selbst tragen, diese an die Verbraucher weitergeben oder den Verkauf in bestimmte EU-Länder einstellen. Keine dieser Lösungen stärkt den europäischen Binnenmarkt. Es darf nicht wirtschaftlich einfacher und attraktiver werden, Kunden außerhalb der Europäischen Union zu beliefern als Kunden innerhalb der EU. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und europaweit sinnvolle Umweltstandards zu schaffen. Die praktische Umsetzung muss jedoch verhältnismäßig, einheitlich und insbesondere für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen wirtschaftlich tragbar sein. Wir appellieren daher an die Verantwortlichen in Brüssel, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf den grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel nochmals kritisch zu prüfen. Europa braucht Regelungen, die Umweltschutz und wirtschaftliches Wachstum miteinander verbinden und keine zusätzliche Bürokratie, die Unternehmen dazu bewegt, den Handel innerhalb der EU einzuschränken. Unser Wunsch ist klar: ein einheitliches, einfaches und zentralisiertes Verfahren für die gesamte EU, anstatt unterschiedlicher Registrierungen, Gebühren und administrativer Anforderungen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on PPWR bureaucracy is holding back the European single market. The current implementation of the PPWR creates a lot of incomprehension and uncertainty for many traders. The OSS procedure already required businesses to pay their VAT correctly to the relevant EU Member States. The necessary adaptations in goods management, accounting and webshops involved considerable effort and costs, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. Nevertheless, many traders have implemented these requirements, continuing cross-border trade within the EU. With the PPWR, there is now another significant bureaucratic and financial burden. The consequences are already foreseeable: Traders check to stop supplying individual EU countries or stop sending goods abroad in the EU completely. In our view, this achieves exactly the opposite of what a common European single market should do. Less cross-border trade means less choice for consumers, less competition, less growth and ultimately less VAT revenue through OSS in the respective Member States. It is particularly problematic that registration, ongoing fees and administrative burdens can hardly be presented in economic terms for smaller volumes of shipments. This means that companies have only three options: bear additional costs themselves, pass them on to consumers or stop selling to certain EU countries. None of these solutions strengthens the European single market. It must not become economically easier and more attractive to supply customers outside the European Union than customers within the EU. We strongly support the objective of reducing packaging and packaging waste and creating meaningful environmental standards across Europe. However, practical implementation must be proportionate, uniform and economically viable, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. We therefore call on those responsible in Brussels to critically re-examine the impact of the PPWR on cross-border online trade. Europe needs regulations that combine environmental protection and economic growth, and not additional red tape that pushes companies to restrict intra-EU trade. Our desire is clear: a single, simple and centralised procedure for the whole EU, instead of different registrations, fees and administrative requirements in each individual Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548597_en"}, {"id": 33548596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:30:39", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Considero que a criação e o reforço das obrigações relativas ao registo de produtores e à responsabilidade sobre embalagens e resíduos de embalagens é desproporcionalmente penalizadora para microempresas e pequenos negócios. Sou totalmente favorável à redução de resíduos e a uma utilização mais responsável das embalagens. No entanto, estas medidas não têm em conta a enorme diferença de escala entre uma multinacional que coloca milhares de toneladas de embalagens no mercado e uma microempresa que envia algumas dezenas ou centenas de encomendas por ano. Para um pequeno negócio, o problema não é apenas o eventual custo das embalagens ou das contribuições associadas. São também os registos, declarações, cálculos, obrigações administrativas e necessidade de compreender e acompanhar sistemas complexos, que representam um custo de tempo e dinheiro muito significativo em relação ao volume de negócio e à quantidade de resíduos efetivamente gerada. Esta carga administrativa pode tornar economicamente inviáveis atividades de pequena escala, artesanais e independentes, precisamente aquelas que constituem uma parte importante da diversidade e do tecido empresarial europeu. Existe o risco de que milhares de pequenos negócios sejam obrigados a aumentar significativamente os seus preços, reduzir a sua atividade ou simplesmente deixar de operar, enquanto o impacto ambiental das suas embalagens é marginal quando comparado com o de grandes produtores. Defendemos, por isso, um sistema verdadeiramente proporcional, baseado na dimensão da empresa, volume de negócio e quantidade de embalagens colocadas no mercado. Deveriam existir isenções ou procedimentos simplificados e de baixo custo para microempresas e para empresas que colocam quantidades muito reduzidas de embalagens no mercado. A proteção ambiental deve ser uma prioridade, mas não pode ser alcançada através de uma burocracia que transfere para os mais pequenos um peso desproporcional. A legislação deve responsabilizar quem efetivamente gera grandes volumes de resíduos sem criar barreiras à sobrevivência dos pequenos negócios.", "feedbackEnglish": "I consider that the creation and strengthening of obligations relating to the registration of producers and liability for packaging and packaging waste disproportionately penalises micro and small businesses. I am fully in favour of waste reduction and a more responsible use of packaging. However, these measures do not take into account the huge difference in scale between a multinational that places thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market and a micro-company that sends a few tens or hundreds of orders per year. For a small business, the problem is not just the possible cost of packaging or associated contributions. It is also records, declarations, calculations, administrative obligations and the need to understand and monitor complex systems that represent a very significant cost of time and money in relation to the volume of business and the amount of waste actually generated. This administrative burden may render economically unviable small-scale, craft and independent activities, precisely those that are an important part of Europe’s diversity and business fabric. There is a risk that thousands of small businesses will be forced to significantly increase their prices, reduce their activity or simply stop operating, while the environmental impact of their packaging is marginal compared to that of large producers. We therefore advocate a truly proportional system based on the size of the company, the volume of business and the quantity of packaging placed on the market. There should be exemptions or simplified and low-cost procedures for micro-enterprises and for companies placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental protection must be a priority, but it cannot be achieved through bureaucracy that shifts disproportionate weight to the smallest. Legislation should hold those who actually generate large volumes of waste accountable without creating barriers to the survival of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548596_en"}, {"id": 33548594, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:28:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue PPWR-Regelung ist, zumindest im Kern, vielversprechend. Gut ist zum Beispiel der Fokus auf weniger umweltschädliches Verpackungsmaterial. Jedoch lässt die Umsetzung dieser Regelungen zu wünschen übrig. Die beschriebenen Regelungen, wie zum Beispiel das verpflichtende Zusammenarbeiten mit einem Räpresentativen pro EU-Land machen fast nur für Großunternehmer Sinn. Kleine oder mittelständische Unternehmen werden durch diese Regelung de fakto auf den nationalen Markt beschränkt, da die durch die PPWR-Regelung entstehenden hohen Kosten nicht zu stemmen sind. Somit folgt der Ausschluss aus dem EU-Markt oder gegebenenfalls die Beschränkung auf einige größere EU-Länder.Dies ist meiner Meinung nach keinesfalls der Sinn der EU oder des Schengen-Raums. Hier sollte freier Handel auch außerhalb von großen Unternehmen nicht nur nicht erschwert, sondern erleichtert werden. Sinnvoll empfinde ich eine klare, gesetzlich verankerte Ausnahme für kleine Unternehmen, bei dieser dann gegebenenfalls der Reseller oder Zulieferer eine vorzertifizierte Verpackung bereitstellen sollte, sodass das kleine Unternehmen von der PPWR-Regelung gänzlich unberührt bleibt. Auch sollte eine bereits zertifizierte Verpackung durch kleine Veränderungen, wie zum Beispiel das Aufkleben eines Versandlabels nicht erneuter Zertifizierung bedürfen. Idealerweise sollte jedoch die PPWR-Regelung für Mikrounternehmen und kleine Unternehmen jeder Art ganz wegfallen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regime is promising, at least in substance. For example, the focus on less polluting packaging materials is good. However, the implementation of these rules is not satisfactory. The rules described, such as the mandatory cooperation with one representative per EU country, make sense almost only for large companies. This scheme de facto restricts small and medium-sized enterprises to the national market, as the high costs of the PPWR scheme cannot be covered. This means that the exclusion from the EU market or, where appropriate, the limitation to some larger EU countries, is not in my view the purpose of the EU or the Schengen area. Here, free trade, even outside large companies, should not only not be made more difficult, but should also be facilitated. I find it useful to have a clear, statutory exemption for small businesses, in which case the reseller or supplier should provide pre-certified packaging where appropriate, so that the small business is completely unaffected by the PPWR scheme. In addition, small changes, such as the affixing of a shipping label, should not require re-certification of packaging that has already been certified. Ideally, however, the PPWR regime for micro-enterprises and small enterprises of all kinds should be abolished altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548594_en"}, {"id": 33548593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:28:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die PPWR braucht eine echte Bagatellregelung für Kleinstunternehmen Die Ziele der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) weniger Verpackungsabfall, bessere Recyclingfähigkeit und eine funktionierende Kreislaufwirtschaft sind richtig und wichtig. Die konkrete Umsetzung droht jedoch gerade für Kleinstunternehmen zu einer existenziellen Belastung zu werden. Das Kernproblem ist die fehlende echte Bagatellregelung. Wer nur geringe Mengen Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt, verursacht entsprechend geringe Umweltbelastungen. Die regulatorischen Pflichten sind dagegen teilweise nahezu unabhängig von der Menge. Registrierung, Meldungen, Dokumentation, Gebühren und ggf. kostenpflichtige Bevollmächtigte sind für einen internationalen Konzern normale Compliance-Kosten. Für eine Ein-Personen-Unternehmung können sie dagegen einen erheblichen Teil des Gewinns aufzehren oder den EU-weiten Verkauf wirtschaftlich unmöglich machen. Besonders problematisch ist der grenzüberschreitende Onlinehandel: Kleine Unternehmen müssen sich mit den jeweiligen nationalen EPR-Anforderungen auseinandersetzen. Für jeden betroffenen Mitgliedstaat können Registrierung, Meldungen und Gebühren anfallen. Hinzu kommt der notwendige Bevollmächtigte im jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat. Die Kosten der Regulierung wachsen damit nicht proportional zur Umweltwirkung, sondern vor allem mit der administrativen Komplexität. Die bestehende Kleinstunternehmerregelung löst dieses Problem nicht. Sie greift nur in bestimmten Konstellationen und befreit Kleinstunternehmen keineswegs generell von den EPR-Pflichten. Eine echte mengenbezogene Bagatellgrenze fehlt. Folgende Punkte müssen berückrichtigt werden: Eine echte EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, orientiert an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Ein stark vereinfachtes EPR-Verfahren unterhalb dieser Schwelle statt umfangreicher nationaler Einzelpflichten. Eine zentrale EU-Lösung für grenzüberschreitend tätige Kleinstunternehmen, damit nicht 27 unterschiedliche Systeme bewältigt werden müssen. Keine kostenpflichtige Bevollmächtigtenpflicht bei Bagatellmengen. Eine verhältnismäßige Behandlung kleiner, individuell gestalteter oder gebrandeter Verpackungen. Ein Logo oder Aufkleber darf nicht zu unverhältnismäßigen zusätzlichen Pflichten führen. Rücksicht auf Solo-Selbstständige, Handmade-Unternehmen und kleine Onlinehändler, die über keine eigenen Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilungen verfügen. Andernfalls droht eine unbeabsichtigte Wettbewerbsverzerrung: Große Unternehmen können Compliance-Kosten auf Millionen von Verkäufen verteilen und eigene Fachabteilungen beschäftigen. Kleinstunternehmen können das nicht. Sie könnten deshalb gezwungen sein, den Versand in einzelne EU-Länder einzustellen oder den grenzüberschreitenden Handel ganz aufzugeben. Damit werden strukturell diejenigen Marktteilnehmer begünstigt, die solche Anforderungen leichter bewältigen können insbesondere große Konzerne und internationale Handels- und Plattformstrukturen. Ausgerechnet die kleinsten europäischen Anbieter könnten dadurch Marktanteile verlieren und der europäische Binnenmarkt für sie faktisch weniger zugänglich werden. Das kann nicht das Ziel einer Verordnung sein, die zugleich den europäischen Binnenmarkt stärken soll. Meine dringende Bitte an die Europäische Kommission: Schaffen Sie eine echte, mengenbezogene Bagatellregelung für Kleinstunternehmen. Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtig. Aber eine nachhaltige Verpackungspolitik darf nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen wegen unverhältnismäßiger Bürokratie aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden. Die Umweltwirkung muss im Verhältnis zum Verwaltungsaufwand stehen und der europäische Binnenmarkt muss auch für kleiner Unternehmen offen bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPPWR needs a real de minimis regime for micro-enterprises. The new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) aims to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclability and make the circular economy work are right and important. However, concrete implementation risks becoming an existential burden, especially for micro-enterprises. The key issue is the lack of a real de minimis rule. Placing small quantities of packaging on the market has a correspondingly low environmental impact. Regulatory obligations, on the other hand, are in some cases almost independent of quantity. Registration, notifications, documentation, fees and, where applicable, fee-paying agents are normal compliance costs for an international group. For a one-person business, on the other hand, they can deplete a significant part of the profit or make it economically impossible to sell across the EU. Cross-border e-commerce is particularly problematic: Small businesses have to deal with the respective national EPR requirements. Each Member State concerned may be subject to registration, reporting and fees. There is also the necessary authorised representative in each Member State. The costs of regulation therefore do not increase proportionally to the environmental impact, but above all to the administrative complexity. The existing micro-enterprise scheme does not solve this problem. It applies only in certain situations and in no way generally exempts micro-enterprises from EPR obligations. There is no real quantitative de minimis limit. The following points need to be addressed: A genuine EU-wide de minimis limit, based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. A greatly simplified EPR procedure below this threshold instead of extensive individual national obligations. A central EU solution for cross-border micro-enterprises to avoid having to deal with 27 different systems. No obligation to have a paid agent in the case of small quantities. A proportionate treatment of small individually designed or branded packaging. A logo or sticker shall not lead to disproportionate additional obligations. Consideration of solo self-employed, handmade companies and small online traders who do not have their own legal or compliance departments. Otherwise, there is a risk of unintended distortion of competition: Large companies can spread compliance costs over millions of sales and employ their own departments. Micro-enterprises cannot. They may therefore be forced to stop shipping to individual EU countries or stop cross-border trade altogether. This structurally favours those market participants that can more easily cope with such requirements, in particular large corporations and international trading and platform structures. This could cause the smallest European suppliers to lose market share and de facto make the European internal market less accessible to them. This cannot be the aim of a regulation that is at the same time intended to strengthen the European internal market. My urgent request to the European Commission: Create a real, volume-based de minimis rule for micro-enterprises. Environmental protection and the circular economy are important. But a sustainable packaging policy must not push micro-enterprises out of the European single market because of disproportionate bureaucracy. The environmental impact must be proportionate to the administrative burden and the European single market must also remain open to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548593_en"}, {"id": 33548592, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:28:03", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please, stop making things difficult for small businesses/creators. They are already struggling as it is. It makes no sense for a small business or a creator to have to pay the same fees and go through the same paperwork as a large company generating millions in profits. These decisions have significant impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please, stop making things difficult for small businesses/creators. They are already struggling as it is. It makes no sense for a small business or a creator to have to pay the same fees and go through the same paperwork as a large company generating millions in profits. These decisions have significant impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548592_en"}, {"id": 33548590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:25:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "vor über 20 Jahren sind wir als kleines Unternehmen in den internationalen Handel in der EU gestartet. Inzwischen haben wir Kunden in verschiedenen EU Ländern. Doch es sind in jedem Jahr nur einige Pakete in die einzelnen Länder der EU. Aber insgesamt schon fast 40 % unseres Umsatzes. Doch für alle EU Länder, in die wir denen wir Kunden haben, nun einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen , übersteigt unsere Möglichkeiten. Wir sind ein kleiner Handwerksbetrieb mit 5 Mitarbeitern. Das ist nicht zu schaffen. Finanziell nicht und arbeitsmäßig nicht. Für die Erfassung der UST gibt es inzwischen das OSS System. Die UST der verschiedenen Länder wird im Heimatland erfasst und dann von den Behörden verteilt. Dieses System ist für kleinere Betriebe einfach zu bewältigen und ermöglicht den EU weiten Handel", "feedbackEnglish": "more than 20 years ago, as a small business, we started international trade in the EU. We now have customers in different EU countries. But each year there are only a few packages to each EU country. But in total already almost 40 % of our turnover. But for all EU countries where we have customers to appoint an authorised representative now is beyond our reach. We are a small craft business with 5 employees. This cannot be achieved. Not financially and not at work. The OSS system is now in place to record the UST. The UST of the different countries is recorded in the home country and then distributed by the authorities. This system is easy for smaller farms to navigate and allows the EU to trade widely", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548590_en"}, {"id": 33548583, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:24:48", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Queste norme non sono studiate adeguatamente per ridurre inquinamento rifiuti e plastiche poiché le grandi aziende (causa di gran parte dei problemi che cercate di risolvere) potranno facilmente aggirare i costi e le spese che richiedete, mentre piccoli artigiani e artisti no. Il vostro scopo è danneggiare e far chiudere i singoli? Impedire di vendere e acquistare ai piccoli? Per lo meno sarebbero da applicare delle regole specifiche per proteggere le piccole imprese (ad esempio escluderle se non hanno più di un tot di dipendenti, o non esportano più di un tot).", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are not well designed to reduce waste and plastic pollution because big companies (the cause of most of the problems you are trying to solve) will easily be able to bypass the costs and expenses you require, while small craftsmen and artists are not. Do you want to harm and shut down individuals? Do you want to stop selling and buying to children? At the very least, specific rules would have to be applied to protect small businesses (e.g. excluding them if they do not have more than one tot of employees, or export more than one tot).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548583_en"}, {"id": 33548582, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:24:33", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Creating an initiative to reduce waste of course is a positive welcome but it shouldnt undermine entrepreneurship or create adverse effects for small business owners. Selling as an artisan is difficult enough in this economic climate and to make conditions harder does not make sense. To register for every separate country is crazy for a small producer and also at the moment there is no clear information on where or how to register and I am also confused about the packaging itself. Am I no longer able to just go to my local shop and buy padded envelopes?", "feedbackEnglish": "Creating an initiative to reduce waste of course is a positive welcome but it shouldnt undermine entrepreneurship or create adverse effects for small business owners. Selling as an artisan is difficult enough in this economic climate and to make conditions harder does not make sense. To register for every separate country is crazy for a small producer and also at the moment there is no clear information on where or how to register and I am also confused about the packaging itself. Am I no longer able to just go to my local shop and buy padded envelopes?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548582_en"}, {"id": 33548580, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:24:07", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A regulation that does not differenciate the multimillionaire companies that ship hundreds, and thousands of products daily from micro-/small businesses, while enforcing additional costs to international shipping, will wipe the small businesses from the market. Artists and artisans worldwide are struggling. There is a rapid and unregulated AI growth, general struggles with unemployment, and low wages, international systems designed to take income away from musicians (such as streaming services, ticket sales belonging to monopolies, touring costs exceeding profits). Selling merch, prints, DIY crafts, and artisanal products, are usually the ways a creator can earn any income from their work nowadays. This regulation is taking this option away, because small creators won't be able to afford the costs this regulation creates. On an anecdotal note: I rarely see big companies implement ecological packaging besides some superficial green-washing, while a lot of micro-businesses I bought from would use second-hand, or ecological materials for packaging, and shipping.", "feedbackEnglish": "A regulation that does not differenciate the multimillionaire companies that ship hundreds, and thousands of products daily from micro-/small businesses, while enforcing additional costs to international shipping, will wipe the small businesses from the market. Artists and artisans worldwide are struggling. There is a rapid and unregulated AI growth, general struggles with unemployment, and low wages, international systems designed to take income away from musicians (such as streaming services, ticket sales belonging to monopolies, touring costs exceeding profits). Selling merch, prints, DIY crafts, and artisanal products, are usually the ways a creator can earn any income from their work nowadays. This regulation is taking this option away, because small creators won't be able to afford the costs this regulation creates. On an anecdotal note: I rarely see big companies implement ecological packaging besides some superficial green-washing, while a lot of micro-businesses I bought from would use second-hand, or ecological materials for packaging, and shipping.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548580_en"}, {"id": 33548579, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:22:03", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing this feedback as both an EU citizen and someone who runs an art business as an individual. I agree that packaging is an important aspect of being environmentally conscious, however, this proposed change eliminates any prospect of a free market for smaller artisans and creators. The changes, fees, and paperwork is not feasible for individual micro businesses, who cannot absorb these costs and time taken to learn and fill out paperwork for each member state. It is already difficult to ship to Europe from the UK, but this will put the nail in the coffin for the majority of small business. I, like many UK based creators have turned off shipping to Europe as a precaution. I had hoped the situation would improve as time went on, but this does not seem to be the case. I am truly surprised at how fragmented this approach is, considering the European values of togetherness and unity. I hope the public outcry is taken seriously, as this is not a sustainable plan for either sellers or consumers of the artisan market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing this feedback as both an EU citizen and someone who runs an art business as an individual. I agree that packaging is an important aspect of being environmentally conscious, however, this proposed change eliminates any prospect of a free market for smaller artisans and creators. The changes, fees, and paperwork is not feasible for individual micro businesses, who cannot absorb these costs and time taken to learn and fill out paperwork for each member state. It is already difficult to ship to Europe from the UK, but this will put the nail in the coffin for the majority of small business. I, like many UK based creators have turned off shipping to Europe as a precaution. I had hoped the situation would improve as time went on, but this does not seem to be the case. I am truly surprised at how fragmented this approach is, considering the European values of togetherness and unity. I hope the public outcry is taken seriously, as this is not a sustainable plan for either sellers or consumers of the artisan market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548579_en"}, {"id": 33548578, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:21:07", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "AlexArts OG", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur geplanten EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR): Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe in Österreich einen Kleinstbetrieb im Lebensmittelhandwerk und stelle handgefertigte Torten und Patisserie her. Ich versende selbst keine Waren innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Dennoch wird mich die geplante Regelung indirekt erheblich betreffen. Für meine Arbeit bin ich auf zahlreiche spezialisierte Lieferanten aus anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten angewiesen. Dazu zählen beispielsweise Hersteller von gepressten essbaren Blüten, handgefertigten Zuckerblumen, hochwertigen Verpackungen sowie weiteren Spezialprodukten, die für mein Handwerk unverzichtbar sind. Viele dieser Produkte werden ausschließlich von kleinen Manufakturen hergestellt und sind nicht oder nur schwer durch andere Anbieter ersetzbar. Der vorliegende Entwurf soll im Sinne des REFIT-Programms Bürokratie abbauen und den Binnenmarkt vereinfachen. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er jedoch das Gegenteil. Die Verpflichtung zu zahlreichen nationalen Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigten führt zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand. Für viele kleine Betriebe werden diese Fixkosten nicht tragbar sein. Die Folgen betreffen nicht nur Unternehmen, die Waren grenzüberschreitend versenden. Wenn kleine Hersteller den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen oder sich ganz aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen, verlieren tausende Handwerksbetriebe wie meiner den Zugang zu wichtigen Rohstoffen und Spezialprodukten. Dadurch sinken Vielfalt, Innovation und Wettbewerb innerhalb der Europäischen Union, während sich das Angebot zunehmend auf große Unternehmen und Plattformen konzentriert. Ich bitte Sie daher, den Entwurf um zwei wesentliche Punkte zu ergänzen: Einführung einer EU-weiten Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten befreit sind. Schaffung eines zentralen EU-Registers anstelle von 27 nationalen Registrierungsverfahren. Ein funktionierender europäischer Binnenmarkt lebt von der Vielfalt kleiner Unternehmen nicht nur auf der Seite der Verkäufer, sondern auch auf der Seite der Handwerksbetriebe, die auf deren Produkte angewiesen sind. In der derzeitigen Form gefährdet die geplante Regelung genau diese Vielfalt und trifft damit auch Unternehmen, die selbst keine Waren versenden. Ich ersuche Sie daher, die besonderen Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen im weiteren Gesetzgebungsprozess zu berücksichtigen und den Verwaltungsaufwand auf ein verhältnismäßiges Maß zu reduzieren. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alexandra Gaggl AlexArts Tortenmanufaktur Wien", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on the planned EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR): Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a micro-business in Austria in the food-manufacturing sector and manufacture handmade cakes and cakes. I do not send goods myself within the European Union. Nevertheless, I will be significantly affected indirectly by the planned scheme. For my work, I rely on numerous specialised suppliers from other EU Member States. These include, for example, producers of pressed edible flowers, hand-made sugar flowers, high-quality packaging and other special products essential to my craftsmanship. Many of these products are manufactured exclusively by small manufacturers and cannot be replaced or are difficult to replace by other suppliers. The aim of this draft is to cut red tape and simplify the internal market in line with the REFIT programme. However, it has the opposite effect for micro-enterprises. The obligation to have a large number of national registrations and authorised representatives leads to a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. For many small farms, these fixed costs will not be sustainable. The consequences do not only affect businesses shipping goods across borders. When small manufacturers stop shipping to other EU countries or withdraw completely from the single market, thousands of craft businesses like myself lose access to essential raw materials and specialised products. This reduces diversity, innovation and competition within the European Union, while supply is increasingly concentrated in large companies and platforms. I would therefore ask you to add two main points to the draft: Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempted from registration and authorised representative obligations. Creation of a central EU register instead of 27 national registration procedures. A functioning European single market depends on the diversity of small businesses, not only on the side of sellers, but also on the side of craft businesses, which depend on their products. In its current form, the proposed regulation jeopardises precisely this diversity and thus also affects businesses that do not themselves ship goods. I would therefore ask you to take into account the particular impact on micro-enterprises in the further legislative process and to reduce the administrative burden to a proportionate level. Yours sincerely, Alexandra Gaggl AlexArts Tortenmanufaktur Wien", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548578_en"}, {"id": 33548577, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:20:37", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "YOU ARE KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES. Create a law that actually include US and put bigger restrictions on big corporations like inditex, temu, shein. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND YET YOU CONSTANTLY WORK SO THAT WE DONT EXIST", "feedbackEnglish": "YOU ARE KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES. Create a law that actually include US and put bigger restrictions on big corporations like inditex, temu, shein. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND YET YOU CONSTANTLY WORK SO THAT WE DONT EXIST", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548577_en"}, {"id": 33548576, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:19:47", "country": "LUX", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "---", "feedback": "I am the co-owner of a small independent clothing brand based in Luxembourg. We sell finished garments online, including to customers in other EU Member States. I am extremely concerned about the increasing administrative and financial burden associated with packaging EPR requirements when selling across EU borders. I fully understand the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling, however , as a small business, the costs and administrative requirements associated with complying with different national EPR systems are extremely difficult to sustain. When only a very small quantity of packaging is being placed on the market, having to deal with registrations, reporting requirements, compliance systems and potentially paid representation in different countries can create costs that are completely disproportionate to the scale of the business and the amount of packaging involved. For a small independent business, these costs can become financially unsustainable and can make selling to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. The result is that a business may have customers across Europe and be legally able to sell to them, but may be unable to justify the cost and administrative burden associated with doing so. As a small Luxembourg-based business, I find this particularly concerning because the European Single Market is supposed to allow businesses to sell across EU borders. In practice, however, the different national requirements and associated costs can make cross-border sales extremely difficult for businesses of our size. I am concerned that this could discourage small independent businesses, creators and entrepreneurs from accessing the European Single Market and limit their ability to grow beyond their home country. I wanted to share my experience because I believe the impact of these requirements on small businesses is significant, particularly for businesses that place only very small quantities of packaging on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the co-owner of a small independent clothing brand based in Luxembourg. We sell finished garments online, including to customers in other EU Member States. I am extremely concerned about the increasing administrative and financial burden associated with packaging EPR requirements when selling across EU borders. I fully understand the objectives of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling, however , as a small business, the costs and administrative requirements associated with complying with different national EPR systems are extremely difficult to sustain. When only a very small quantity of packaging is being placed on the market, having to deal with registrations, reporting requirements, compliance systems and potentially paid representation in different countries can create costs that are completely disproportionate to the scale of the business and the amount of packaging involved. For a small independent business, these costs can become financially unsustainable and can make selling to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. The result is that a business may have customers across Europe and be legally able to sell to them, but may be unable to justify the cost and administrative burden associated with doing so. As a small Luxembourg-based business, I find this particularly concerning because the European Single Market is supposed to allow businesses to sell across EU borders. In practice, however, the different national requirements and associated costs can make cross-border sales extremely difficult for businesses of our size. I am concerned that this could discourage small independent businesses, creators and entrepreneurs from accessing the European Single Market and limit their ability to grow beyond their home country. I wanted to share my experience because I believe the impact of these requirements on small businesses is significant, particularly for businesses that place only very small quantities of packaging on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548576_en"}, {"id": 33548575, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:19:21", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "His regulation doesen't keep in consideration small and micro-businesses. These cannot afford the fees. This forces many businesses to stop shipping in the EU, so these measures prevent the free movement of goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "His regulation doesen't keep in consideration small and micro-businesses. These cannot afford the fees. This forces many businesses to stop shipping in the EU, so these measures prevent the free movement of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548575_en"}, {"id": 33548573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:18:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LifeStyleLabels GbR", "feedback": "Hallo, wir sind ein kleines Unternehmen aus Deutschland und verschickten bisher Waren in den EU Binnenmarkt. Hauptsächlich Frankreich, Spanien und Niederlande. Durch die neue Verordnung sind wir gezwungen den Versand ins EU Ausland zu stoppen, weil wir es uns nicht leisten können in jedem Land eine Bevollmächtigte Person abzustellen. Es ist meiner Meinung nach sehr kontraproduktiv, da wir faktisch den Handel im EU Binnenmarkt einstellen. Wir haben bisher einen gemeinschaftlichen Wirtschaftsraum und der wird mir so einer Verordnung zerstört. Gewinner daraus sind die großen Versandhäuser wie amazon, Temu und AliExpress.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, we are a small company from Germany and have so far sent goods to the EU internal market. Mainly France, Spain and the Netherlands. The new regulation forces us to stop shipping to another EU country because we cannot afford to have an authorised person in each country. In my view, it is very counterproductive, as we are effectively stopping trade in the EU’s internal market. So far we have a common economic area, which is being destroyed by a regulation. The winners are the major mail-order companies such as Amazon, Temu and AliExpress.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548573_en"}, {"id": 33548572, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:18:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Versandhandel", "feedback": "Betreff: Stellungnahme zur PPWR aus Sicht eines Kleinbetriebs Als Kleinbetrieb lehnen wir die derzeit vorgesehene Umsetzung der PPWR ab. Insbesondere die Verpflichtung, in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zusätzliche Gebühren zu entrichten, führt zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen finanziellen und administrativen Aufwand. Die dadurch entstehenden Kosten stehen in vielen Ländern in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den dort erzielten Erträgen. Für kleine Unternehmen kann dies dazu führen, dass ein Versand in zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten wirtschaftlich nicht mehr möglich ist und eingestellt werden muss. Eine solche Entwicklung würde den europaweiten freien Warenverkehr faktisch ad absurdum führen und kleine sowie mittlere Unternehmen erheblich benachteiligen. Wir unterstützen grundsätzlich die Ziele der PPWR, fordern jedoch eine europaweit einheitliche, einfache und kostengerechte Lösung mit angemessenen Ausnahmen oder Erleichterungen für Kleinbetriebe. Dabke!", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Opinion on the PPWR from the point of view of a small business As a small business, we reject the currently planned implementation of the PPWR. In particular, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each EU Member State and to pay additional fees results in a disproportionate financial and administrative burden. The resulting costs are disproportionate to the returns in many countries. For small businesses, this may mean that shipping to many EU Member States is no longer economically feasible and must be stopped. Such a development would de facto render the free movement of goods across Europe absurd and put small and medium-sized enterprises at a considerable disadvantage. We support the objectives of the PPWR in principle, but call for a uniform, simple and cost-effective solution across Europe, with appropriate exceptions or facilitations for small businesses. Dabke!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548572_en"}, {"id": 33548571, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:18:36", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a customer, I like to buy and support small and medium businesses from EU and outisde of EU. And with these new regulations imposed, it makes things even more difficult not only for me, but also for the businesses. I understand the importance of environmental responsibility, but the current implementation seems to create unnecessary barriers for both businesses and consumers. And it's not fair that big corporations can easily pay for the imposed reglementations and still continue to be the big polluters.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a customer, I like to buy and support small and medium businesses from EU and outisde of EU. And with these new regulations imposed, it makes things even more difficult not only for me, but also for the businesses. I understand the importance of environmental responsibility, but the current implementation seems to create unnecessary barriers for both businesses and consumers. And it's not fair that big corporations can easily pay for the imposed reglementations and still continue to be the big polluters.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548571_en"}, {"id": 33548570, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:18:11", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Freelance seamstress/artist", "feedback": "There needs to be some sort of exemption for small businesses, it will DESTROY small businesses in the EU if they have to pay to register with every country they send to! a lot of the businesses in my sector send all over the EU, but only a few parcels per year, and only small value items, how can we keep our heads above water if we have to shoudler these fees? The JOY and the POINT of the free trade zone is that it allows businesses access to a wide customer basis with ease, and this legislation thretens to undo that entirely for small businesses, cutting them out and allowing the mega faceless, evil corperations (that sounds SO dramatic, but we ALL know it's true!!) to step in and take their places, even more than they already do. These large companies can shoulder the cost, and will probably find loophopes. The legislation should focus on THEM. Have mercy, I know so many people are fearing for their livelyhoods right now...", "feedbackEnglish": "There needs to be some sort of exemption for small businesses, it will DESTROY small businesses in the EU if they have to pay to register with every country they send to! a lot of the businesses in my sector send all over the EU, but only a few parcels per year, and only small value items, how can we keep our heads above water if we have to shoudler these fees? The JOY and the POINT of the free trade zone is that it allows businesses access to a wide customer basis with ease, and this legislation thretens to undo that entirely for small businesses, cutting them out and allowing the mega faceless, evil corperations (that sounds SO dramatic, but we ALL know it's true!!) to step in and take their places, even more than they already do. These large companies can shoulder the cost, and will probably find loophopes. The legislation should focus on THEM. Have mercy, I know so many people are fearing for their livelyhoods right now...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548570_en"}, {"id": 33548569, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:16:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NINASIA ", "feedback": "Cost-wise, this is simply inappropriate for small businesses. It goes against the idea of the European Union as a single market and of facilitating free trade across Europe. There should be one universal, proportionate system across the EU, with fees based on the actual amount of packaging or goods placed on the market. I would be more than happy to pay a fair contribution towards environmental protection based on my actual volume. It is unfair that large corporations and small businesses are subject to essentially the same registration and authorised representative costs. For a small business, these fixed costs quickly become disproportionate and can make it economically impossible to deliver to many EU countries. The bureaucracy and costs involved in each individual country are particularly problematic. Austria, for example, even requires an additional notary appointment, creating further costs and administrative work for small businesses. Ultimately, these requirements risk forcing small businesses to stop selling to 90% or more of European countries simply because compliance costs are too high. And unfortunately, these administrative costs do not necessarily translate into meaningful environmental benefits. It is very disappointing to see so little consideration for small businesses. I sincerely hope that exemptions, simplified procedures, or proportionate fees for micro and small businesses will be reconsidered.", "feedbackEnglish": "Cost-wise, this is simply inappropriate for small businesses. It goes against the idea of the European Union as a single market and of facilitating free trade across Europe. There should be one universal, proportionate system across the EU, with fees based on the actual amount of packaging or goods placed on the market. I would be more than happy to pay a fair contribution towards environmental protection based on my actual volume. It is unfair that large corporations and small businesses are subject to essentially the same registration and authorised representative costs. For a small business, these fixed costs quickly become disproportionate and can make it economically impossible to deliver to many EU countries. The bureaucracy and costs involved in each individual country are particularly problematic. Austria, for example, even requires an additional notary appointment, creating further costs and administrative work for small businesses. Ultimately, these requirements risk forcing small businesses to stop selling to 90% or more of European countries simply because compliance costs are too high. And unfortunately, these administrative costs do not necessarily translate into meaningful environmental benefits. It is very disappointing to see so little consideration for small businesses. I sincerely hope that exemptions, simplified procedures, or proportionate fees for micro and small businesses will be reconsidered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548569_en"}, {"id": 33548568, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:16:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please, stop making things difficult for small businesses/creators. We are already struggling as it is. It makes no sense for a small business or a creator to have to pay the same fees and go through the same paperwork as a large company generating millions in profits. You are shutting the door on us doing business across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please, stop making things difficult for small businesses/creators. We are already struggling as it is. It makes no sense for a small business or a creator to have to pay the same fees and go through the same paperwork as a large company generating millions in profits. You are shutting the door on us doing business across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548568_en"}, {"id": 33548567, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:16:02", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Trick or Ink Dominika Bień", "feedback": "Adjust this law for small business owners. Best - exclude them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Adjust this law for small business owners. Best - exclude them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548567_en"}, {"id": 33548561, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:15:06", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lorenzo Sasso", "feedback": "I support the objective of increasing packaging recycling and reducing its environmental impact, however i believe the current implementation of these rules will primarily achieve one unintended consequence: driving micro-businesses out of the European market. Small businesses often already make a conscious effort to minimise the environmental impact of their packaging by reducing unnecessary materials, reusing boxes etc; unlike large companies, however, micro-businesses simply do not have the financial resources or administrative capacity to comply with separate EPR registration and reporting requirements in every european state where they sell. The cost is not only financial, but also bureaucratic, requiring time, legal knowledge and continuous management that a one-person business simply cannot sustain. As a result, many small creators will likely stop selling across borders altogether, or simply will go out of business. This will reduce consumer choice, harm European entrepreneurship and competition, while delivering very limited environmental benefits. The current framework assumes that every packaging material can be precisely identified, documented and reported. This may be realistic for industrial packaging purchased from suppliers, but it becomes impractical for businesses that intentionally reuse recovered packaging materials, which should be encouraged rather than discouraged. I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a simplified, EU-wide system for micro-businesses, with a single registration valid across all Member States and proportionate obligations based on the actual scale of the business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of increasing packaging recycling and reducing its environmental impact, however i believe the current implementation of these rules will primarily achieve one unintended consequence: driving micro-businesses out of the European market. Small businesses often already make a conscious effort to minimise the environmental impact of their packaging by reducing unnecessary materials, reusing boxes etc; unlike large companies, however, micro-businesses simply do not have the financial resources or administrative capacity to comply with separate EPR registration and reporting requirements in every european state where they sell. The cost is not only financial, but also bureaucratic, requiring time, legal knowledge and continuous management that a one-person business simply cannot sustain. As a result, many small creators will likely stop selling across borders altogether, or simply will go out of business. This will reduce consumer choice, harm European entrepreneurship and competition, while delivering very limited environmental benefits. The current framework assumes that every packaging material can be precisely identified, documented and reported. This may be realistic for industrial packaging purchased from suppliers, but it becomes impractical for businesses that intentionally reuse recovered packaging materials, which should be encouraged rather than discouraged. I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a simplified, EU-wide system for micro-businesses, with a single registration valid across all Member States and proportionate obligations based on the actual scale of the business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548561_en"}, {"id": 33548559, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:13:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regelung schadet kleinen Unternehmen massiv. Besonders Kreative, die ihre Kunst über Shops in der EU verkaufen wollen, werden dadurch praktisch vernichtet. Ich selbst hatte überlegt, einen kleinen Shop zu eröffnen, nicht einmal mit dem Gedanken, damit wirklich Geld zu verdienen - jetzt brauche ich es gar nicht erst versuchen. Und auch als Kunde sind diese Regelungen eine furchtbare Entscheidung. Plötzlich wird der Versand innerhalb der EU massiv erschwert und man wird dazu gezwungen, nur noch bei großen Unternehmen einzukaufen. Ist das der eigentliche Plan dahinter? So fühlt es sich jedenfalls an. Wurde überhaupt daran gedacht, dass Kleinstunternehmen damit zerstört werden?", "feedbackEnglish": "This scheme is seriously detrimental to small businesses. In particular, creators who want to sell their art through shops in the EU will be practically destroyed. I myself had considered opening a small shop, not even with the idea of really earning money – now I don’t need to try. And as a customer, these rules are also a horrific decision. Suddenly, shipments within the EU are made massively difficult and people are forced to buy only from large companies. Is this the real plan behind it? In any event, it feels like this. Has it even been thought of destroying micro-enterprises?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548559_en"}, {"id": 33548558, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:12:28", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation needs carve outs for small businesses. As is, it is going to decimate small businesses while further increasing the stranglehold that large, polluting companies have, completely bypassing the point of sustainable packaging regulations in the first place!", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation needs carve outs for small businesses. As is, it is going to decimate small businesses while further increasing the stranglehold that large, polluting companies have, completely bypassing the point of sustainable packaging regulations in the first place!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548558_en"}, {"id": 33548557, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:12:15", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation does not take in account small and micro businesses, which cannot afford the fees. This forces many businesses to stop shipping in the EU, so this measures prevent the free movement of goods. Therefore, these fees should be scaled based on the profits of the businesses, so that they can be affordable and in accordance with every type of business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation does not take in account small and micro businesses, which cannot afford the fees. This forces many businesses to stop shipping in the EU, so this measures prevent the free movement of goods. Therefore, these fees should be scaled based on the profits of the businesses, so that they can be affordable and in accordance with every type of business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548557_en"}, {"id": 33548556, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:11:45", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small, one-person business selling handmade products, I find that the new PPWR requirements place a disproportionate and potentially unsustainable administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses. I ship orders internationally, including to various EU Member States. In some countries, I may receive only one or two orders per year, while in other countries the number may be higher. However, it is impossible for a small business to predict in advance whether a particular country will generate one, ten, or more orders in a given year. If I am required to register and pay fees separately in every EU Member State where I may occasionally have a customer, the administrative costs and fees can quickly exceed the revenue generated from those sales. In practice, this could make it economically unviable for small businesses like mine to ship products to customers in many EU countries at all. I believe that the implementation of the PPWR should take into account the scale and resources of micro-businesses and provide a significantly simpler, proportionate, and affordable system for very small businesses selling and shipping products occasionally across EU borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, one-person business selling handmade products, I find that the new PPWR requirements place a disproportionate and potentially unsustainable administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses. I ship orders internationally, including to various EU Member States. In some countries, I may receive only one or two orders per year, while in other countries the number may be higher. However, it is impossible for a small business to predict in advance whether a particular country will generate one, ten, or more orders in a given year. If I am required to register and pay fees separately in every EU Member State where I may occasionally have a customer, the administrative costs and fees can quickly exceed the revenue generated from those sales. In practice, this could make it economically unviable for small businesses like mine to ship products to customers in many EU countries at all. I believe that the implementation of the PPWR should take into account the scale and resources of micro-businesses and provide a significantly simpler, proportionate, and affordable system for very small businesses selling and shipping products occasionally across EU borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548556_en"}, {"id": 33548554, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:10:03", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "E'Coven", "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis la dirigeante d'une toute petite entreprise belge récemment créée, bénéficiant du régime de franchise de TVA en raison de son faible chiffre d'affaires. Je viens de découvrir les nouvelles obligations liées aux emballages applicables aux ventes dans les autres États membres (via les réseaux sociaux !). Je comprends parfaitement leur objectif environnemental et je le soutiens. Je suis moi-même très attentive à ne pas suremballer mes colis et à utiliser principalement du carton et du papier. Cependant, je suis extrêmement préoccupée par leur impact sur les micro-entreprises. Une grande partie de mes clients se trouve en dehors de la Belgique et j'ai déjà investi dans mon stock. Je découvre maintenant que, pour continuer à vendre dans certains pays européens, je dois potentiellement m'inscrire dans différents systèmes, payer des contributions, effectuer des déclarations et parfois faire appel à des prestataires locaux. Pour une grande entreprise, ces coûts sont probablement négligeables. Pour une micro-entreprise réalisant quelques centaines d'euros de chiffre d'affaires par mois, ils peuvent représenter une part énorme du chiffre d'affaires. Dans certains cas, mes calculs montrent que les frais de conformité pourraient être supérieurs au chiffre d'affaires réalisé dans le pays concerné. Comment une petite entreprise peut-elle rester viable dans ces conditions ? Je ne demande pas que les entreprises soient exemptées de toute contribution au recyclage. Je demande simplement que le système soit proportionné à la taille et au volume réel de l'entreprise. Je trouve également paradoxal qu'au sein d'un marché unique européen, une petite entreprise doive potentiellement gérer plusieurs systèmes différents pour vendre quelques produits dans différents États membres. Pourquoi ne pas créer un système européen unique, permettant à une entreprise de s'enregistrer une seule fois, de sélectionner les pays dans lesquels elle vend et de payer les contributions correspondantes selon les règles nationales ? J'ai également entendu parler de l'obligation de recourir, dans certains cas, à des représentants locaux. Imaginez une entreprise réalisant seulement 200 de chiffre d'affaires sur un mois : devoir payer 150, 200 ou 300 par an pour un prestataire peut rendre l'activité totalement non rentable. À ce stade, une petite entreprise risque de devenir un hobby coûteux plutôt qu'une véritable activité économique. Je crains également que ces mesures aient un effet contraire à celui recherché : les petites entreprises européennes pourraient être contraintes d'abandonner certains marchés, tandis que leurs clients se tourneraient vers les grandes plateformes internationales, beaucoup mieux équipées pour absorber ces coûts. Je demande donc simplement que des mesures adaptées aux micro-entreprises soient envisagées : seuils d'exemption raisonnables, tarifs proportionnels, procédures simplifiées et, idéalement, un système européen unique. La protection de l'environnement est indispensable, mais elle ne devrait pas se faire au détriment de la survie des petites entreprises européennes. Nous devons pouvoir protéger l'environnement tout en permettant aux petits entrepreneurs européens de survivre et de contribuer au marché unique. Merci de prendre en considération le point de vue des micro-entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am the manager of a newly created small Belgian company, benefiting from the VAT exemption scheme due to its low turnover. I have just discovered the new packaging obligations applicable to sales in other Member States (via social media!). I fully understand and support their environmental objective. I am very careful not to overpack my packages and to use mainly cardboard and paper. However, I am extremely concerned about their impact on micro-enterprises. A large proportion of my customers are outside Belgium and I have already invested in my stock. I now discover that, in order to continue selling in some European countries, I potentially need to register in different systems, pay contributions, make declarations and sometimes use local providers. For a large company, these costs are likely to be negligible. For a microenterprise with a few hundred euros of turnover per month, they can represent a huge share of turnover. In some cases, my calculations show that compliance costs could be higher than the turnover achieved in the country concerned. How can a small business remain viable under these conditions? I do not ask for companies to be exempted from any contribution to recycling. I simply call for the system to be proportionate to the size and actual volume of the company. I also find it paradoxical that within a European single market, a small company may have to operate several different systems to sell a few products in different Member States. Why not create a single European system, allowing a company to register once, select the countries in which it sells and pay the corresponding contributions according to national rules? I have also heard of the obligation to use local representatives in certain cases. Imagine a company with only 200 turnover over a month: having to pay 150, 200 or 300 per year for a provider may render the activity totally unprofitable. At this stage, a small enterprise risks becoming an expensive hobby rather than a real economic activity. I am also afraid that these measures will have an effect contrary to that sought: small European companies might be forced to abandon certain markets, while their customers would switch to large international platforms, much better equipped to absorb these costs. I therefore simply call for measures tailored to micro-enterprises to be considered: reasonable exemption thresholds, proportional tariffs, simplified procedures and ideally a single European system. Environmental protection is essential, but it should not come at the expense of the survival of Europe’s small businesses. We need to be able to protect the environment while allowing small European entrepreneurs to survive and contribute to the Single Market. Please take into account the views of micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548554_en"}, {"id": 33548553, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:09:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This completely destroys small businesses, this regulation would force for example small artists that only send 1-2 packages to some countries per year to still get a representative that would cost them several times more than they would earn. This also means that inter EU trading will be highly limited, and actual european brands and shops will be harmed.", "feedbackEnglish": "This completely destroys small businesses, this regulation would force for example small artists that only send 1-2 packages to some countries per year to still get a representative that would cost them several times more than they would earn. This also means that inter EU trading will be highly limited, and actual european brands and shops will be harmed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548553_en"}, {"id": 33548552, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:09:31", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "This initiative will completely destroy small businesses. I ship between 1 and 20 parcels to each EU country every year but I am meant to pay exacty the same as big companies who ship thousands of parcels. That doesn't make any sense! I am based in France and for 50 parcels a year, I pay the same as a company that ship 9 000. I am registered in Germany and was paying for everything I ship there. I was just told I need to pay an extra 199 euros for an 'Annual Service Fee' and 75 euros for an 'Annual Authorised Representative'. Needless to say, I will not ship to Germany anymore. I have stopped shipping to the EU today as the fees are way to high and the paperwork way too complicated for sole traders or artists. I really hope the comission will realize we exist and that we will not survive this initiative if it stays as it is!", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will completely destroy small businesses. I ship between 1 and 20 parcels to each EU country every year but I am meant to pay exacty the same as big companies who ship thousands of parcels. That doesn't make any sense! I am based in France and for 50 parcels a year, I pay the same as a company that ship 9 000. I am registered in Germany and was paying for everything I ship there. I was just told I need to pay an extra 199 euros for an 'Annual Service Fee' and 75 euros for an 'Annual Authorised Representative'. Needless to say, I will not ship to Germany anymore. I have stopped shipping to the EU today as the fees are way to high and the paperwork way too complicated for sole traders or artists. I really hope the comission will realize we exist and that we will not survive this initiative if it stays as it is!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548552_en"}, {"id": 33548551, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:09:24", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je m'oppose à cette résolution pour les petits créateurs et commerçants, qui souffriraient grandement de la mise en place de taxes sur les emballages. Les revenus qu'ils génèrent avec leurs ventes ne leur permettraient plus de livrer où ils le souhaitent en Europe, ce qui les impacteraient fortement. De plus, ils ne sont pas responsables de l'excès de déchets. Je demande pour eux une exemption de ces taxes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I oppose this resolution for small designers and traders, who would suffer greatly from the introduction of packaging taxes. The revenue they generate from their sales would no longer allow them to deliver wherever they want to in Europe, which would have a significant impact on them. Moreover, they are not responsible for excess waste. I ask for an exemption from these taxes for them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548551_en"}, {"id": 33548550, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:07:55", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estas exigências podem destruir completamente muitas pequenas empresas da UE. Uma grande empresa consegue absorver taxas, representantes, registos e custos administrativos; uma microempresa que vende apenas algumas dezenas de produtos por ano para vários Estados-Membros pode simplesmente não conseguir suportar essa estrutura de custos. Muitas lojas já começaram a limitar ou a interromper a expedição para ou dentro da UE. Se este for o resultado prático da legislação, estaremos perante uma barreira significativa ao comércio no Mercado Único. Na minha opinião, isto é contrário ao espírito da União Europeia e ao objetivo declarado do próprio Regulamento de harmonizar as regras nacionais, evitar obstáculos ao comércio e prevenir distorções da concorrência. As micro e pequenas empresas deveriam beneficiar de um regime simplificado, com um único sistema de registo à escala da UE, custos proporcionais ao volume de embalagens e um limiar de minimis claro. Caso contrário, corremos o risco de sacrificar uma parte significativa do tecido empresarial europeu em nome de uma burocracia que as empresas maiores conseguem suportar, mas que muitas microempresas simplesmente não conseguem.", "feedbackEnglish": "These demands can completely destroy many small businesses in the EU. A large company can absorb fees, representatives, registrations and administrative costs; a micro-enterprise that sells only a few dozen products per year to several Member States may simply not be able to bear this cost structure. Many shops have already started to limit or stop shipping to or within the EU. If this is the practical result of the legislation, we will face a significant barrier to trade in the Single Market. In my view, this is contrary to the spirit of the European Union and to the stated objective of the Regulation itself of harmonising national rules, avoiding obstacles to trade and preventing distortions of competition. Micro and small enterprises should benefit from a simplified scheme, with a single EU-wide registration system, costs proportional to the volume of packaging and a clear de minimis threshold. Otherwise, we risk sacrificing a significant part of the European business fabric in the name of a bureaucracy that larger companies can bear, but many micro-enterprises simply cannot.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548550_en"}, {"id": 33548549, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:07:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Eventlights.shop", "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmer im Versandhandel (Einzelunternehmen, Österreich) beliefere ich Kunden in mehreren EU-Mitgliedstaaten mit geringen Verpackungsmengen, deutlich unter 10 Tonnen pro Jahr. Zu diesem Entwurf möchte ich folgende Punkte einbringen: 1. Unverhältnismäßiger Aufwand für Kleinstunternehmen Die Pflicht, sich in jedem Mitgliedstaat, in den ich Ware versende, separat zu registrieren und dort gegebenenfalls einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen, ist für einen Einzelunternehmer ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung nicht mit vertretbarem Aufwand zu leisten. Bei grenzüberschreitendem Kleinhandel führt das faktisch dazu, dass sich der Versand in andere Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr wirtschaftlich lohnt, auch wenn die verkaufte Menge minimal ist. 2. Fehlende Bagatellgrenze für sehr kleine grenzüberschreitende Mengen Ich rege an, eine De-minimis-Schwelle einzuführen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Registrierung bzw. zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen Zielland besteht, etwa gestaffelt nach jährlich verpackter Menge oder Umsatz je Zielland. Teil B von Anhang II sieht zwar bereits eine vereinfachte Meldung für Unternehmen unter 10 Tonnen vor, das ändert aber nichts an der Pflicht zur Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Land. 3. Ein zentraler EU-weiter Registrierungspunkt statt nationaler Einzelregistrierungen Auch wenn dieser Entwurf ein einheitliches Meldeformat vorsieht, bleibt die Registrierung selbst pro Mitgliedstaat getrennt organisiert. Für Kleinunternehmen mit geringen grenzüberschreitenden Mengen wäre eine zentrale, EU-weite Anlaufstelle (One-Stop-Shop) mit gegenseitiger Anerkennung der Registrierung deutlich praktikabler als parallele nationale Register mit jeweils eigenem Bevollmächtigten. 4. Praktikable Übergangsfristen und kostenlose technische Hilfsmittel Die geforderte vollautomatisierte elektronische Übermittlung setzt technisches und rechtliches Know-how voraus, das in einem Einzelunternehmen oft fehlt. Ich bitte um ausreichend lange Übergangsfristen sowie um kostenlose, niedrigschwellige Werkzeuge oder Vorlagen der Mitgliedstaaten, mit denen auch Kleinstunternehmen die Meldeformate ohne externe Dienstleister erfüllen können. Fazit Ich unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle europaweit besser zu erfassen und zu reduzieren. Die konkrete Umsetzung sollte aber sicherstellen, dass Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen grenzüberschreitenden Mengen nicht faktisch vom EU-Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden, weil der Registrierungs- und Vertretungsaufwand pro Land in keinem Verhältnis zur gehandelten Menge steht.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small mail-order trader (retailer, Austria), I supply customers in several EU Member States with small quantities of packaging, well below 10 tonnes per year. I would like to make the following comments on this draft: 1. Disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises The obligation to register separately and, where applicable, to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State to which I dispatch goods is not a reasonable burden for a sole trader without its own legal or compliance department. In the case of cross-border small-scale trade, this effectively means that shipping to other Member States is no longer economically worthwhile, even if the volume sold is minimal. 2. Lack of de minimis threshold for very small cross-border quantities I suggest introducing a de minimis threshold below which there is no obligation to register or appoint an authorised representative in each individual target country, e.g. staggered according to annual packaged quantity or turnover per target country. Part B of Annex II already provides for a simplified notification for companies below 10 tonnes, but this does not change the obligation to register in each individual country. 3. A single EU-wide registration point instead of national single registrations. Although this draft provides for a single reporting format, the registration itself remains organised separately per Member State. For small businesses with small cross-border volumes, a one-stop shop across the EU with mutual recognition of registration would be much more feasible than parallel national registers with their own authorised representative. 4. Workable transition periods and free technical tools The required fully automated electronic transmission requires technical and legal know-how, which is often lacking in an individual company. I would ask for sufficiently long transitional periods and for free, low-threshold tools or templates from the Member States to allow even micro-enterprises to comply with the reporting formats without external service providers. In conclusion, I support the objective of better capturing and reducing packaging waste across Europe. However, the practical implementation should ensure that micro-enterprises with small cross-border volumes are not effectively excluded from the EU internal market because the registration and representation burden per country is disproportionate to the volume traded.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548549_en"}, {"id": 33548548, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:07:32", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new packaging Law is making very difficult for my small business to continue selling across Europe, and it is my main customer base.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging Law is making very difficult for my small business to continue selling across Europe, and it is my main customer base.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548548_en"}, {"id": 33548547, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:05:51", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello. It is important to reevaluate to exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. I can make around 500$ each month and im unable to pay fees in every European country i ship to. It will leave me with 0$. Some months i dont get any orders but i will still have to pay the fees in every country to just be able to ship there. Harmonise the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses, the only businesses that will be okay are the giants like amazon.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. It is important to reevaluate to exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. I can make around 500$ each month and im unable to pay fees in every European country i ship to. It will leave me with 0$. Some months i dont get any orders but i will still have to pay the fees in every country to just be able to ship there. Harmonise the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses, the only businesses that will be okay are the giants like amazon.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548547_en"}, {"id": 33548546, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:05:34", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR is creating disproportionate costs and bureaucracy for micro-businesses. With more than 30 million micro-enterprises in the EU, how many will be forced to abandon cross-border trade because of EPR fees, registrations and authorised representatives? Is this really how the EU wants to support entrepreneurship and the Single Market? Protect the environment yes. But don't destroy Europe's micro-businesses in the process.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is creating disproportionate costs and bureaucracy for micro-businesses. With more than 30 million micro-enterprises in the EU, how many will be forced to abandon cross-border trade because of EPR fees, registrations and authorised representatives? Is this really how the EU wants to support entrepreneurship and the Single Market? Protect the environment yes. But don't destroy Europe's micro-businesses in the process.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548546_en"}, {"id": 33548538, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 16:02:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Paw Bakery", "feedback": "I am a small, one person sewing business from Spain. I ship anywhere from 1 to 5 padded envelopes the size of an A3 paper sheet each month. This is my only source of income, and has been for almost five years now. EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses such as mine. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: -A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. -A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small, one person sewing business from Spain. I ship anywhere from 1 to 5 padded envelopes the size of an A3 paper sheet each month. This is my only source of income, and has been for almost five years now. EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses such as mine. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: -A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. -A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548538_en"}, {"id": 33548537, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:59:59", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "My partner owns a small risograph printing studio and publishing house (1 person + occasional collaborators) in Sardinia, Italy. We've been trying to understand the regulations and their possible effects on truly micro businesses (far smaller than 10 employees), and this seems nothing short of a catastrophe. He already uses only recyclable transport packaging produced in Italy, reuses every piece of (FSC-certified) paper that arrives at the shop, encourages sustainable practices, and publishes books on ecology, yet is now being punished for trying to sell his books in the single market to survive amid Italy's decades-long economic crisis. The prospect of having to pay fees and appoint representatives in every member state is just completely unfeasible for such a small enterprise. From a cultural perspective, this is also a disaster, because emergent artists and artisans, the very people who keep Europe's culture going and some of the most active in the fight against climate change, will be forced to only distribute their work in large economies if they don't want to fall prey to large distributors, which reduces the cultural offer for smaller EU member states. As paying flat/min fees in all 27 states, just to ship a product or two a year, is not really an option for anyone working at this scale, you are forcing people to ask the question, \"Should I pay fees in Germany or in Slovakia, in France or Estonia?\" Please make an exception for small businesses and create a single, clear procedure that doesn't involve paying third parties NOW, not in three months or three years.", "feedbackEnglish": "My partner owns a small risograph printing studio and publishing house (1 person + occasional collaborators) in Sardinia, Italy. We've been trying to understand the regulations and their possible effects on truly micro businesses (far smaller than 10 employees), and this seems nothing short of a catastrophe. He already uses only recyclable transport packaging produced in Italy, reuses every piece of (FSC-certified) paper that arrives at the shop, encourages sustainable practices, and publishes books on ecology, yet is now being punished for trying to sell his books in the single market to survive amid Italy's decades-long economic crisis. The prospect of having to pay fees and appoint representatives in every member state is just completely unfeasible for such a small enterprise. From a cultural perspective, this is also a disaster, because emergent artists and artisans, the very people who keep Europe's culture going and some of the most active in the fight against climate change, will be forced to only distribute their work in large economies if they don't want to fall prey to large distributors, which reduces the cultural offer for smaller EU member states. As paying flat/min fees in all 27 states, just to ship a product or two a year, is not really an option for anyone working at this scale, you are forcing people to ask the question, \"Should I pay fees in Germany or in Slovakia, in France or Estonia?\" Please make an exception for small businesses and create a single, clear procedure that doesn't involve paying third parties NOW, not in three months or three years.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548537_en"}, {"id": 33548536, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:59:35", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro business. These regulations will absolutely destroy all small businesses in the EU, because of the mandatory fees and registration with each member state they want to ship to. Under these conditions it is not possible for them to survive. A lot of shops are already started to limit or stopped shipping to or within the EU. This goes against the spirit of the union in my opinion and will cost the EU its economic edge.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro business. These regulations will absolutely destroy all small businesses in the EU, because of the mandatory fees and registration with each member state they want to ship to. Under these conditions it is not possible for them to survive. A lot of shops are already started to limit or stopped shipping to or within the EU. This goes against the spirit of the union in my opinion and will cost the EU its economic edge.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548536_en"}, {"id": 33548535, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:57:49", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Flid v/Cecilie Rosenkrantz", "feedback": "I strongly support the objective of addressing the excessive use of materials in packaging. However, I do not believe that the proposed approach is the right way to achieve this, as it places a disproportionate burden on microbusinesses and small retailers. Small retail businesses are already struggling with declining numbers of customers in physical stores. Many are trying to adapt and protect their businesses by establishing webshops, sometimes shipping only a few parcels per month to other EU countries. The new rules risk making this impossible. The cost of registration, combined with the administrative burden and the time required to comply, may simply make it unviable for a microbusiness owner to sell across borders. As a result, these requirements could unintentionally favour larger businesses that have the resources to manage the additional costs and bureaucracy. I therefore urge you to consider a simpler, more proportionate, and fairer systemone that achieves the goal of reducing packaging waste without placing an excessive burden on the smallest businesses. Micro businesses should not be forced out of the European market simply because they cannot afford the administrative burden of complying with rules designed primarily with larger businesses in mind.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the objective of addressing the excessive use of materials in packaging. However, I do not believe that the proposed approach is the right way to achieve this, as it places a disproportionate burden on microbusinesses and small retailers. Small retail businesses are already struggling with declining numbers of customers in physical stores. Many are trying to adapt and protect their businesses by establishing webshops, sometimes shipping only a few parcels per month to other EU countries. The new rules risk making this impossible. The cost of registration, combined with the administrative burden and the time required to comply, may simply make it unviable for a microbusiness owner to sell across borders. As a result, these requirements could unintentionally favour larger businesses that have the resources to manage the additional costs and bureaucracy. I therefore urge you to consider a simpler, more proportionate, and fairer systemone that achieves the goal of reducing packaging waste without placing an excessive burden on the smallest businesses. Micro businesses should not be forced out of the European market simply because they cannot afford the administrative burden of complying with rules designed primarily with larger businesses in mind.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548535_en"}, {"id": 33548534, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:57:23", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Flowoffantasy di flora galli", "feedback": "Questa legge fa un enorme danno a tutti gli artisti e piccoli business in quanto costretti a dover pagare per spedire anche solo un pacco allanno per ogni paese diverso. Siamo costretti e chiudere parte del nostro guadagno perché insostenibile in quanto la maggior parte di noi ha pochi ordini lanno e ogni ordine ha un valore medio di 10. Immaginate dover spendere centinaia di euro a paese per poi spedirci 1-3 pacchi lanno.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is causing enormous damage to all artists and small businesses, as they have to pay to send even one parcel for each country. We are forced and shut down part of our gain because it is unsustainable as most of us have few orders a year and every order has an average value of 10. Imagine having to spend hundreds of euros per country and then send us 1-3 parcels a year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548534_en"}, {"id": 33548533, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:55:16", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner, artist and consumer of handmade goods by small businesses and artists across Europe, I oppose to the implementation of this law as it stands. The principle behind its noble and I want to contribute positively to a better recycling system but the way it is being implemented is destructive to the livelihood of small businesses and artists in the Union. The correct way is to have a unified system, similar to the One-stop-shop. The current law is against the spirit of the European Union and the free circulation of goods and people.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, artist and consumer of handmade goods by small businesses and artists across Europe, I oppose to the implementation of this law as it stands. The principle behind its noble and I want to contribute positively to a better recycling system but the way it is being implemented is destructive to the livelihood of small businesses and artists in the Union. The correct way is to have a unified system, similar to the One-stop-shop. The current law is against the spirit of the European Union and the free circulation of goods and people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548533_en"}, {"id": 33548531, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:54:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a one-person micro business, working exclusively with European artisans to manufacture handmade items in small quantities. Over the past few years, businesses like mine have been systematically burdened by EU regulation in the name of sustainability, eating into already tiny margins while creating increasingly heavy administrative burdens. We already pay high taxes. We choose to manufacture in Europe, support local craftsmanship and keep small-scale production alive despite the low margins and challenges. We already use recycled and eco-friendly packaging. And the reality of existing EPR rules already shows how disproportionate the admin burden is. Last year, I made one sale in Germany worth less than 100. I paid 20 in EPR fees and submitted two separate declarations. For one sale. How is this proportionate? How is this compatible with what is supposed to be a free single market within the EU? PPWR feels like the nail in the coffin, adding yet another layer of intermediaries, costs and bureaucracy that small businesses simply cannot absorb. If a micro business sending 110 packages a year to a particular EU country is expected to appoint and pay a representative there, how is that compatible with free trade within the EU? That's a clear 'pay to play' barrier for trade. I also strongly oppose the requirement for EU-based sellers to appoint an authorised representative. Businesses should have the right to choose whether to manage their own registrations and declarations or appoint a representative to do so on their behalf. Forcing micro businesses to pay an intermediary simply adds another unnecessary cost and creates opportunities for compliance companies to profit from regulatory complexity at our expense. We all agree that reducing packaging waste, recycling and using sustainable materials is important. But destroying small businesses is not the way to achieve it. The only proportionate solution is a low-volume exemption from EPR and PPWR obligations, similar to the existing VAT threshold system, without country specific rules. And where declarations are required, they should be made retrospectively at the end of the trading year, once a business actually knows whether and how much it has sold into a given country. There is no sense in forcing micro businesses to register, appoint representatives and complete paperwork in advance for countries where they may sell a handful of orders or none at all. Sustainability should not come at the cost of destroying European small businesses, entrepreneurship and craftsmanship.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a one-person micro business, working exclusively with European artisans to manufacture handmade items in small quantities. Over the past few years, businesses like mine have been systematically burdened by EU regulation in the name of sustainability, eating into already tiny margins while creating increasingly heavy administrative burdens. We already pay high taxes. We choose to manufacture in Europe, support local craftsmanship and keep small-scale production alive despite the low margins and challenges. We already use recycled and eco-friendly packaging. And the reality of existing EPR rules already shows how disproportionate the admin burden is. Last year, I made one sale in Germany worth less than 100. I paid 20 in EPR fees and submitted two separate declarations. For one sale. How is this proportionate? How is this compatible with what is supposed to be a free single market within the EU? PPWR feels like the nail in the coffin, adding yet another layer of intermediaries, costs and bureaucracy that small businesses simply cannot absorb. If a micro business sending 110 packages a year to a particular EU country is expected to appoint and pay a representative there, how is that compatible with free trade within the EU? That's a clear 'pay to play' barrier for trade. I also strongly oppose the requirement for EU-based sellers to appoint an authorised representative. Businesses should have the right to choose whether to manage their own registrations and declarations or appoint a representative to do so on their behalf. Forcing micro businesses to pay an intermediary simply adds another unnecessary cost and creates opportunities for compliance companies to profit from regulatory complexity at our expense. We all agree that reducing packaging waste, recycling and using sustainable materials is important. But destroying small businesses is not the way to achieve it. The only proportionate solution is a low-volume exemption from EPR and PPWR obligations, similar to the existing VAT threshold system, without country specific rules. And where declarations are required, they should be made retrospectively at the end of the trading year, once a business actually knows whether and how much it has sold into a given country. There is no sense in forcing micro businesses to register, appoint representatives and complete paperwork in advance for countries where they may sell a handful of orders or none at all. Sustainability should not come at the cost of destroying European small businesses, entrepreneurship and craftsmanship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548531_en"}, {"id": 33548530, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:49:54", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer, even if I understand and admire the goal of reducing packaging waste, I find the current implementation completely inadequate. The current measures push sellers towards spending extra flat fees, which has a disastrous impact on small business owners, forcing them off the market, while big industry can go over these costs without even feeling them. This forces opportunity away from independent artisans and towards centralized mass production. Also, the requirement for PPWR to have a representative in each EU country separately is in direct contradiction to EU single market principle, and will probably push sellers to choose only one country, and leave the rest to the services of Package Forwarding solutions. This would create unnecessary costs, possibly more packaging waste and a more divided European market. Please take action to make this law more egalitarian, and preserve the access of small businesses to the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer, even if I understand and admire the goal of reducing packaging waste, I find the current implementation completely inadequate. The current measures push sellers towards spending extra flat fees, which has a disastrous impact on small business owners, forcing them off the market, while big industry can go over these costs without even feeling them. This forces opportunity away from independent artisans and towards centralized mass production. Also, the requirement for PPWR to have a representative in each EU country separately is in direct contradiction to EU single market principle, and will probably push sellers to choose only one country, and leave the rest to the services of Package Forwarding solutions. This would create unnecessary costs, possibly more packaging waste and a more divided European market. Please take action to make this law more egalitarian, and preserve the access of small businesses to the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548530_en"}, {"id": 33548529, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:49:09", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro business - this is just pushing fees to people. The idea is not bad, however the way it's being implemented basically only allows large companies to ship their goods in more than one county or two", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro business - this is just pushing fees to people. The idea is not bad, however the way it's being implemented basically only allows large companies to ship their goods in more than one county or two", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548529_en"}, {"id": 33548527, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:48:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations will absolutely destroy all small businesses in the EU, because of the mandatory fees and registration with each member state they want to ship to. Under these conditions it is not possible for them to survive. A lot of shops are already started to limit or stopped shipping to or within the EU. This goes against the spirit of the union in my opinion and will cost the EU its economic edge. The variety of consumer goods will drastically decline and entrepreneurship becomes impossible. Please make the administrative side easier by instating one portal for all member states and waive the fees for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations will absolutely destroy all small businesses in the EU, because of the mandatory fees and registration with each member state they want to ship to. Under these conditions it is not possible for them to survive. A lot of shops are already started to limit or stopped shipping to or within the EU. This goes against the spirit of the union in my opinion and will cost the EU its economic edge. The variety of consumer goods will drastically decline and entrepreneurship becomes impossible. Please make the administrative side easier by instating one portal for all member states and waive the fees for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548527_en"}, {"id": 33548526, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:47:18", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Víctor de Miguel", "feedback": "Estimados señores, Como trabajador autónomo, que se dedica a la venta online en varios marketplace y en una web propia, sobre todo dentro de la UE, y tras haber revisado la normativa y hablado con varias empresas de SCRAP en varios países europeos para conocer los costes de un representante en dichos países, etc...encuentro la normativa contraria al mercado común europeo, ya que los autónomos y pequeñas empresas no podemos asumir el coste de tener 27 representantes y pagar 27 scraps, es una perdida de competitividad de las empresas europeas que compromete incluso su viabilidad en un momento de incertidumbre económica. Permitir a las pequeñas empresas abonar una tasa por los embalajes por debajo de cierto tonelaje a nivel europeo, evitaría los costes burocráticos sin dejar de contribuir a un reciclaje más eficiente, nadie critica que los materiales tengan que ser lo más reutilizables posible (mis embalajes son made in EU y 99% material reciclado), pero lo que no puedo es pagar 300 al año por representante y país por tener alguna venta en dicho país (pues al no haber mínimos, 1 envío supone la obligación legal del representante y el scrap en dicho país), lo que resulta absolutamente desproporcionado. Por otra parte, pensar que un autónomo o una empresa familiar tiene las mismas obligaciones legales que una gran empresa y que puede soportarlo, es vivir en un mundo completamente ajeno a la realidad, y salvo que el objetivo sea destruir la economía europea, debe suspenderse su aplicación y buscar mecanismos apropiados para autónomos y PYMES (tal como se hizo con la ventanilla única para el IVA). Gracias por considerar un cambio.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, As a self-employed worker, who sells online in various marketplaces and on his own website, especially within the EU, and after having reviewed the regulations and spoken to several SCRAP companies in several European countries to find out about the costs of a representative in those countries, etc., I find the regulations contrary to the European common market, as self-employed and small businesses cannot afford to have 27 representatives and pay 27 scraps, this is a loss of competitiveness for European companies that even jeopardises their viability at a time of economic uncertainty. Allowing small businesses to pay a fee for packaging below a certain tonnage at European level would avoid bureaucratic costs while contributing to more efficient recycling, nobody criticises the fact that materials have to be as reusable as possible (my packaging is made in EU and 99 % recycled material), but what I cannot pay is 300 per year per representative and per country for having a sale in that country (as there are no minimums, 1 shipment is the legal obligation of the representative and scrap in that country), which is totally disproportionate. On the other hand, thinking that a self-employed or a family business has the same legal obligations as a large enterprise and that it can bear it, is living in a world completely out of touch with reality, and unless the aim is to destroy the European economy, its implementation should be suspended and appropriate mechanisms for self-employed and SMEs should be sought (as was done with the VAT One Stop Shop). Thank you for considering a change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548526_en"}, {"id": 33548525, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:47:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Angestellter in einem Onlinehandel kann ich mich dem Tenor dieser Kommentare nur anschließen. Alle hier sind ebenso fassungslos über die geplanten Maßnahmen, in welchen zudem keinerlei Unterschied gemacht wird, ob jemand 30 oder 5000 Pakete in ein EU Land versendet. Auch unser Betrieb müsste das EU Geschäft weitgehend komplett einstellen, denn der allgemeine Verwaltungsaufwand (und damit verbundene Kosten) haben in den letzten Jahren ohnehin schon ein Limit erreicht. Wir haben detaillierte Angebote von den bekannten compliance Dienstleistern eingeholt, und nach Sichtung der Kosten ist klar: Für alle kleineren Unternehmen bedeutet die Umsetzung der PPWR in jetziger Fassung zwangsläufig den Verlust aller anderen EU Länder als Absatzmarkt. Adieu EU-Binnenmarkt! Noch viel mehr kleinere Händler werden verschwinden. Sehr zur Freude der großen Plattformen, die damit noch mehr Macht und Einfluss gewinnen werden als ohnehin schon. Mir ist nicht verständlich, warum diese Sache nicht anders gelöst werden kann, zB durch eine allgemeine Umlagekasse. Welchen Vorteil soll die kostenintensive Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für jedes Land bieten? Die enormen Kosten, die diese Stellen verdienen (und wir konnten bis heute nicht herausfinden, welche Arbeit diese für hunderte von EUR im Jahr konkret tun) könnten durch eine zentrale und einfachere Lösung doch besser DIREKT den Stellen zu Gute kommen, die unmittelbar dem Umweltschutz dienen. Die reinen Entpflichtungskosten für die Verpackungen sind in dem jetzigen Modell ja nur der allerkleinste Teil. Alles andere geht an Mittelsmänner, Bürokratie und intransparente Dienstleistungspauschalen. Wenn die Kosten \"Drumherum\" (wie aktuell tatsächlich der Fall) oft weit über zehnfach höher sind als die letztlich zu entrichtenden Entsorgungsgebühren, kann doch etwas nicht ganz stimmen. Zudem fallen - wie die Praxis jetzt schon zeigt - in manchen Ländern enorm viel höhere Kosten an als in anderen Ländern für eigentlich dieselbe Verpackungsmenge und Dienstleistung. Alles sehr undurchsichtig und wieviel davon dem eigentlichen Zweck dient darf man nur vermuten/hoffen... Auch wir fordern die EU-Kommission daher auf, den jetzigen Entwurf der PPWR zu überarbeiten und zu vereinheitlichen: eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung, ein einheitliches Meldeverfahren sowie einheitliche Dokumentationsprozesse einzuführen, keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat, ggf. Bagatellgrenzen oder reine Pauschalzahlungen für kleine Versandmengen etc. Vieles, was sinnvoll ist wurde hier schon gesagt. Wir hoffen sehr, es wird berücksichtigt.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an employee of an online shop, I can only agree with the tenor of those comments. All of them are equally blurred about the planned measures, in which, moreover, no distinction is made as to whether someone sends 30 or 5000 parcels to an EU country. Our business would also have to cease all EU business to a large extent, as the general administrative burden (and associated costs) has already reached a limit in recent years. We have obtained detailed offers from the known compliance service providers, and once the costs have been assessed, it is clear: For all smaller companies, the implementation of the current PPWR necessarily means the loss of all other EU countries as an outlet. Adieu EU Single Market! Many more smaller traders will disappear. Very much to the joy of the big platforms, which will gain even more power and influence than ever before. I do not understand why this matter cannot be resolved otherwise, for example by means of a general pay-as-you-go fund. What is the advantage of having a costly proxy for each country? The huge costs that these bodies deserve (and we have not yet been able to find out what work they are doing for hundreds of EUR per year) could be better served by a centralised and simpler solution by DIRECTIVE the bodies that directly serve the protection of the environment. In the current model, the mere cost of dispensing packaging is only the smallest part. Everything else goes to middlemen, bureaucracy and non-transparent flat-rate services. If the costs of ‘drumherum’ (as is actually the case today) are often far more than ten times higher than the final disposal fees, something cannot be entirely correct. Moreover, as practice already shows, in some countries the cost of packaging and services is much higher than in other countries. Everything is very opaque and how much of it serves the actual purpose one can only presume/hope... We therefore also call on the European Commission to revise and standardise the current draft PPWR: to introduce a single EU-wide registration, a uniform notification procedure and uniform documentation processes, no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each Member State, de minimis thresholds where appropriate, or purely flat-rate payments for small quantities of consignments, etc. Many points have already been made here. We very much hope that it will be taken into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548525_en"}, {"id": 33548524, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:47:02", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation will make jt effectively possible for small businesses to ship within the EU. The regulatory burden is just too much and there are no exemptions.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation will make jt effectively possible for small businesses to ship within the EU. The regulatory burden is just too much and there are no exemptions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548524_en"}, {"id": 33548513, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:43:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Antonia Winkler", "feedback": "As a sole trader (handmade art prints/stickers, registered in Germany) who ships small, letter-sized items across Europe, I find this regulation disproportionate in its current form. There is no de-minimis threshold for small letter shipments (e.g. a single sticker or print in a standard envelope). The same EPR/authorized representative obligations apply regardless of quantity or package size. For a one-person business, the administrative burden of registering as a producer in every EU member state I ship to is not realistically manageable, even though my actual EU order volume is small compared to my domestic and non-EU business. A further concern relates to the definition of \"producer\". I am already registered and licensed for packaging within Germany, and I support this obligation. The problem is that adding a minimal, removable element, such as my own logo sticker or a note like \"please do not bend\" intended simply to inform the postal carrier, can turn me into the \"producer\" of the entire packaging, even though the packaging itself remains unchanged. I did not manufacture the packaging and have no knowledge of how it was produced. I have already declared and licensed my packaging volume as required. A minor, removable label should not change this status. The practical outcome for businesses like mine will not be \"greener\" packaging. It will simply mean withdrawing from cross-border EU sales, which runs counter to the single market and the free movement of goods. I ask the Commission to: - introduce a clear de-minimis threshold (by weight, order volume, or annual turnover) exempting micro and small businesses - clarify that a minimal, removable label (e.g. a logo or handling-note sticker) on packaging that is already compliantly manufactured and licensed does not automatically confer \"producer\" status - harmonize registration EU-wide, so that a single national licensing/registration covers shipping across the entire EU", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader (handmade art prints/stickers, registered in Germany) who ships small, letter-sized items across Europe, I find this regulation disproportionate in its current form. There is no de-minimis threshold for small letter shipments (e.g. a single sticker or print in a standard envelope). The same EPR/authorized representative obligations apply regardless of quantity or package size. For a one-person business, the administrative burden of registering as a producer in every EU member state I ship to is not realistically manageable, even though my actual EU order volume is small compared to my domestic and non-EU business. A further concern relates to the definition of \"producer\". I am already registered and licensed for packaging within Germany, and I support this obligation. The problem is that adding a minimal, removable element, such as my own logo sticker or a note like \"please do not bend\" intended simply to inform the postal carrier, can turn me into the \"producer\" of the entire packaging, even though the packaging itself remains unchanged. I did not manufacture the packaging and have no knowledge of how it was produced. I have already declared and licensed my packaging volume as required. A minor, removable label should not change this status. The practical outcome for businesses like mine will not be \"greener\" packaging. It will simply mean withdrawing from cross-border EU sales, which runs counter to the single market and the free movement of goods. I ask the Commission to: - introduce a clear de-minimis threshold (by weight, order volume, or annual turnover) exempting micro and small businesses - clarify that a minimal, removable label (e.g. a logo or handling-note sticker) on packaging that is already compliantly manufactured and licensed does not automatically confer \"producer\" status - harmonize registration EU-wide, so that a single national licensing/registration covers shipping across the entire EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548513_en"}, {"id": 33548512, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:42:14", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small business should be exempt from an AR, this puts them at a disproportionate disadvantage compared to large multinational companies. This also goes against the free movement of goods between member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small business should be exempt from an AR, this puts them at a disproportionate disadvantage compared to large multinational companies. This also goes against the free movement of goods between member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548512_en"}, {"id": 33548511, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:40:29", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing to ask you to reconsider the impact of the proposed AR obligations on micro and small businesses. The same rules should not apply equally to large companies and very small businesses, which have far fewer resources to deal with additional administrative and registration requirements. Please consider exempting micro and small businesses from these obligations, or at least introducing simpler and proportionate rules. Registration requirements should also be harmonised across the EU to protect the free movement of goods and prevent small businesses from being pushed out of the market. This is particularly important to my family. This legislation could destroy my mothers small business, which is her only source of income and how she supports herself and my disabled father. They depend entirely on this business to make a living. I sincerely hope you will consider the real impact these rules could have on families like mine and support measures that protect small businesses. Kind regards,", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing to ask you to reconsider the impact of the proposed AR obligations on micro and small businesses. The same rules should not apply equally to large companies and very small businesses, which have far fewer resources to deal with additional administrative and registration requirements. Please consider exempting micro and small businesses from these obligations, or at least introducing simpler and proportionate rules. Registration requirements should also be harmonised across the EU to protect the free movement of goods and prevent small businesses from being pushed out of the market. This is particularly important to my family. This legislation could destroy my mothers small business, which is her only source of income and how she supports herself and my disabled father. They depend entirely on this business to make a living. I sincerely hope you will consider the real impact these rules could have on families like mine and support measures that protect small businesses. Kind regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548511_en"}, {"id": 33548510, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:40:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Even if the initiative may be well-intentioned, it is virtually impossible for small and medium-sized enterprises to comply with it. The EU single market was actually intended to facilitate free trade. But this move makes it more bureaucratic and expensive for small businesses, which poses an existential threat. Instead of strengthening the single market, it is being stifled, and smaller players are being squeezed out in favor of large corporations. That cannot be the goal of European policy. Urgent improvements are needed here to ensure fair market opportunities for all.", "feedbackEnglish": "Even if the initiative may be well-intentioned, it is virtually impossible for small and medium-sized enterprises to comply with it. The EU single market was actually intended to facilitate free trade. But this move makes it more bureaucratic and expensive for small businesses, which poses an existential threat. Instead of strengthening the single market, it is being stifled, and smaller players are being squeezed out in favor of large corporations. That cannot be the goal of European policy. Urgent improvements are needed here to ensure fair market opportunities for all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548510_en"}, {"id": 33548509, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:39:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "If this law will go through in the way that it is currently written, it'll primarily affect small businesses. I have already seen some of the small shops i have been purchasing from close their EU shipping. This law needs to be revised and formulated in a way that doesn't harm the small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "If this law will go through in the way that it is currently written, it'll primarily affect small businesses. I have already seen some of the small shops i have been purchasing from close their EU shipping. This law needs to be revised and formulated in a way that doesn't harm the small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548509_en"}, {"id": 33548508, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:38:49", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Maopika", "feedback": "Bonjour, En tant que micro-entrepreneuse et créatrice, je souhaite soumettre cet avis officiel concernant l'impact critique des réglementations sur les emballages (REP) et du futur règlement PPWR sur les micro-entreprises de l'Union européenne. Actuellement, l'application uniforme des régimes de Responsabilité Élargie du Producteur (REP) impose une charge financière et administrative disproportionnée aux très petits acteurs du commerce artisanal et en ligne. 1. Absence de prorata et forfaits abusifs : L'obligation de payer des abonnements annuels fixes (parfois plus de 100 par an et par pays) auprès d'éco-organismes locaux, même pour l'envoi de quelques grammes de carton, constitue une taxe forfaitaire punitive au regard du faible chiffre d'affaires des micro-entreprises. 2. Rupture du marché unique européen : L'obligation de déclarer séparément ses volumes dans chaque pays membre, combinée dans certains États à l'exigence de payer un représentant légal sur place, contraint de nombreux petits créateurs à stopper définitivement leurs livraisons transfrontalières au sein de l'UE. 3. Traitement inégal des volumes : Le traitement administratif imposé à une micro-entreprise expédiant 10 colis par an est équivalent à celui de grands groupes industriels, ce qui est contraire au principe européen d'équité et de proportionnalité (« Think Small First »). Nos revendications : - L'instauration d'un seuil d'exemption de minimis (par exemple : moins de 50 kg d'emballages par an) dispensant les micro-entreprises des abonnements forfaitaires et des obligations de représentation locale. - La simplification des démarches via un guichet unique européen pour la déclaration des emballages, sur le modèle du système de TVA (OSS). Nous soutenons les objectifs écologiques de réduction des déchets, mais la transition environnementale ne doit pas se faire par l'éradication du micro-artisanat et des petits créateurs indépendants en Europe. Nous vous remercions de bien vouloir tenir compte de nos avis et de la taille de nos très petites structures pour garantir une transition écologique juste et accessible à tous. Cordialement, Marie A", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, as a micro-entrepreneur and creator, I would like to submit this official opinion on the critical impact of the Packaging Regulations (PPR) and the future PPWR Regulation on micro-enterprises in the European Union. At present, the uniform application of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes imposes a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on very small craft and online traders. 1. Absence of pro rata and abusive fixed amounts: The obligation to pay fixed annual subscriptions (sometimes more than 100 per year and per country) to local eco-bodies, even for sending a few grams of cardboard, constitutes a punitive flat-rate tax in view of the low turnover of micro-enterprises. 2. Disruption of the European single market: The obligation to report separately its volumes in each Member State, combined in some States with the requirement to pay for a legal representative on the spot, forces many small designers to permanently stop their cross-border deliveries within the EU. 3. Unequal treatment of volumes: The administrative treatment imposed on a microenterprise sending 10 parcels per year is equivalent to that of large industrial groups, which is contrary to the European principle of fairness and proportionality (“Think Small First”). Our demands: — The introduction of a de minimis exemption threshold (for example: less than 50 kg of packaging per year) exempting micro-enterprises from flat-rate subscriptions and local representation obligations. — Simplification of procedures via a European one-stop shop for packaging declaration, along the lines of the VAT system (OSS). We support green targets for waste reduction, but the environmental transition must not be achieved by eradicating micro-crafts and independent small designers in Europe. We would be grateful if you could take into account our opinions and the size of our very small structures to ensure a green transition that is just and accessible to all. Kind regards, Marie A", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548508_en"}, {"id": 33548507, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:38:44", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "If these laws are valid for *all* businesses, regardless of size, profit, employee numbers etc, micro businesses will be severely impacted. This just means individuals running micro businesses will suddenly lose their ability to ship to EU countries/severely reduce the number of EU countries they ship to, in turn losing the already minimal amount of money they do manage to make. On the other hand, large companies will not have any such issues, since they do have the necessary money, as well as separate employees that can take care of managing the legal and logistical issues that come with implementing these laws for the business. How is a single individual selling their craft, e.g. yarn, ceramics, jewellery, clothes meant to have the time and money to properly implement all the new rules? As a consumer, I strongly want to continue purchasing as much as possible from small businesses rather than large companies. I would much rather spend my money on handmade, local items from within the EU, not on mass-produced items that are shipped from across the globe. One point of these rules is sustainability, but if it blocks small, local EU businesses from selling their sustainably made products, and encourages consumers to buy from large, much more unsustainable companies, that is a contradiction. If the inherent goal of the EU is connectedness across the countries and an ease of trade between the countries, this goes against it. I would urge the people responsible to reconsider adding separate regulations that apply to micro businesses, such that they can continue selling their products, as the current regulations would unfairly and severely damage these businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "If these laws are valid for *all* businesses, regardless of size, profit, employee numbers etc, micro businesses will be severely impacted. This just means individuals running micro businesses will suddenly lose their ability to ship to EU countries/severely reduce the number of EU countries they ship to, in turn losing the already minimal amount of money they do manage to make. On the other hand, large companies will not have any such issues, since they do have the necessary money, as well as separate employees that can take care of managing the legal and logistical issues that come with implementing these laws for the business. How is a single individual selling their craft, e.g. yarn, ceramics, jewellery, clothes meant to have the time and money to properly implement all the new rules? As a consumer, I strongly want to continue purchasing as much as possible from small businesses rather than large companies. I would much rather spend my money on handmade, local items from within the EU, not on mass-produced items that are shipped from across the globe. One point of these rules is sustainability, but if it blocks small, local EU businesses from selling their sustainably made products, and encourages consumers to buy from large, much more unsustainable companies, that is a contradiction. If the inherent goal of the EU is connectedness across the countries and an ease of trade between the countries, this goes against it. I would urge the people responsible to reconsider adding separate regulations that apply to micro businesses, such that they can continue selling their products, as the current regulations would unfairly and severely damage these businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548507_en"}, {"id": 33548506, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:38:20", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new PPWR and ERP rules is making me, a small business owner, having a hard time to handle all the bureaucracy and the fees involved and I dont have the resources to pay for an Authorized Representative in every country, I am already paying 2k a Quarter in VAT because of the small, yearly 10k mark, which is very small for a business again and it just makes things harder and harder. I will have to just close up shipping to most EU countries and start selling outside of EU, cause it is easier to ship something across the ocean, than shipping something to my neighbour country.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR and ERP rules is making me, a small business owner, having a hard time to handle all the bureaucracy and the fees involved and I dont have the resources to pay for an Authorized Representative in every country, I am already paying 2k a Quarter in VAT because of the small, yearly 10k mark, which is very small for a business again and it just makes things harder and harder. I will have to just close up shipping to most EU countries and start selling outside of EU, cause it is easier to ship something across the ocean, than shipping something to my neighbour country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548506_en"}, {"id": 33548505, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:38:15", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea is against the original purpose of EU that guarantees easy movement of people and goods within the EU countries. Many small businesses are unable to follow the guidelines because they lack resources and money. Therefore they have to stop shipping to other countries within the EU. This also leads to the death of small businesses because essentially they will lose their customers. This most likely isn't a desired outcome and it is already happening. Kindly discard this initiative or change it to concern only large companies that are able to pay.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea is against the original purpose of EU that guarantees easy movement of people and goods within the EU countries. Many small businesses are unable to follow the guidelines because they lack resources and money. Therefore they have to stop shipping to other countries within the EU. This also leads to the death of small businesses because essentially they will lose their customers. This most likely isn't a desired outcome and it is already happening. Kindly discard this initiative or change it to concern only large companies that are able to pay.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548505_en"}, {"id": 33548504, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:37:39", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations will destroy every small and micro business within the EU. A small shop run by one person cannot accomodate for these rules and it makes me extremely disappointed to see how many small local shops will be affected, while large and wasteful companies will still survive. Please reconsider this change. It only hurts those who would deserve support and makes trading withing the EU disproportionately complicated.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations will destroy every small and micro business within the EU. A small shop run by one person cannot accomodate for these rules and it makes me extremely disappointed to see how many small local shops will be affected, while large and wasteful companies will still survive. Please reconsider this change. It only hurts those who would deserve support and makes trading withing the EU disproportionately complicated.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548504_en"}, {"id": 33548498, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:34:30", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "circuitbenders.co.uk", "feedback": "Even by EU commission standards this one is utterly insane, and thats up against some pretty stiff competition! Like many comments here, i thoroughly agree with the aims of this directive, but as per usual the way it has been applied is ludicrously heavy handed and indiscriminate. Big businesses like Amazon aren't even going to notice it as their massive compliance departments will sort out the details and the costs aren't even perceptible to them. Any small or micro business that has any reliance on selling into or within the EU will just just go out of business. Its as simple as that. In one move the EU commision has just ended the livelihoods of millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs worldwide, along with a huge number of their own citizens! No small business can afford to spend £100's getting separately registered in every single EU country they might sell to. Especially when the amount of packaging you might deliver into those markets could be measured at under 10 kg at maximum, rather than hundreds of tonnes a year. Most of the packaging we use is already reused or recycled anyway and not new. How does it make sense that small businesses that might deliver 2kg of reused cardboard boxes to Germany in a year, are paying the same amount for representation and having to do the same admin and compliance as Amazon? Unless there is an exception or de minimis for businesses creating extremely low or negligible amounts of recycling along with an ability to register EU wide from one central hub, then realistically our UK based business is over, as are the businesses of millions of people worldwide and within the EU. This appears to not only be willfully destroying EU trade within the EU, but also denying choice for EU customers of worldwide businesses that will simply stop trading with the EU, or just stop trading completely.", "feedbackEnglish": "Even by EU commission standards this one is utterly insane, and thats up against some pretty stiff competition! Like many comments here, i thoroughly agree with the aims of this directive, but as per usual the way it has been applied is ludicrously heavy handed and indiscriminate. Big businesses like Amazon aren't even going to notice it as their massive compliance departments will sort out the details and the costs aren't even perceptible to them. Any small or micro business that has any reliance on selling into or within the EU will just just go out of business. Its as simple as that. In one move the EU commision has just ended the livelihoods of millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs worldwide, along with a huge number of their own citizens! No small business can afford to spend £100's getting separately registered in every single EU country they might sell to. Especially when the amount of packaging you might deliver into those markets could be measured at under 10 kg at maximum, rather than hundreds of tonnes a year. Most of the packaging we use is already reused or recycled anyway and not new. How does it make sense that small businesses that might deliver 2kg of reused cardboard boxes to Germany in a year, are paying the same amount for representation and having to do the same admin and compliance as Amazon? Unless there is an exception or de minimis for businesses creating extremely low or negligible amounts of recycling along with an ability to register EU wide from one central hub, then realistically our UK based business is over, as are the businesses of millions of people worldwide and within the EU. This appears to not only be willfully destroying EU trade within the EU, but also denying choice for EU customers of worldwide businesses that will simply stop trading with the EU, or just stop trading completely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548498_en"}, {"id": 33548497, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:34:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer this regulation is outrageous. Many small businesess that I know and buy from have already stopped shipping to my country because of this regulation. This only serves to benefit the big corporations by running smaller companies and self employed people out of business. Recycling is important but it should be done without affecting negatively those who don't contaminate as much as the big corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer this regulation is outrageous. Many small businesess that I know and buy from have already stopped shipping to my country because of this regulation. This only serves to benefit the big corporations by running smaller companies and self employed people out of business. Recycling is important but it should be done without affecting negatively those who don't contaminate as much as the big corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548497_en"}, {"id": 33548496, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:33:51", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a Portuguese EU Citizen living in Sweden who owns a micro business with my wife we see these rules as extraordinarily strange and very against what the European UNION stands for. The point was for a free market with little to no borders within the union, and the way these rules are set right now, goes against that principle. As a micro business, we're always aware of the waste we produce and avoid as best we can to contribute to it. We even include a line of products where we recycle our waste into artistic pieces and we make sure our packaging material is reused or even reuse boxes where we have received materials. The main issue stands from the fact we need to find, pay (an absurd amount of money) and report to a managerial figure in each European country. This is a rule that will not impact any massive corporations or fast fashion whatsoever, but instead will impact small businesses like us, who have recycling and reusing as the core of their business. And now also preventing further growth or the development of our business goals. While the rules have a noble objective, the way they are currently implemented will only cause fast fashion or massive corporations to still be able to ship low quality non-recycled products, as long as their packaging is recycled. Make it make sense. Not only are these rules quite obscenely horrible for micro businesses, it's also going to destroy trade within the European Union as we've come to enjoy over the past decades. We've already seen businesses blocking shipping within the EU or even closing because of these rules, since they can't keep up with the demand to pay for a yearly fee for each European country as it widely exceeds the profit margins. This is happening right after the United States tariff came into place. At least US tariffs only impacted us with shipping to one country and at least it was written and defined clearly what was expected, which cant be said about this initiative. These rules are much worse and impact us on a much, much larger scale and its pretty unclear how this is supposed to work in practice. Besides the Micro Business side, the way the rules are also written, has also caused some confusion regarding if this affects micro businesses or if it also impacts the private individuals. These are things that need to be defined and explained. Ive been reading the feedback thats been written on this page for a while and agree fullheartedly with what Ive read. These are my takes on this topic.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a Portuguese EU Citizen living in Sweden who owns a micro business with my wife we see these rules as extraordinarily strange and very against what the European UNION stands for. The point was for a free market with little to no borders within the union, and the way these rules are set right now, goes against that principle. As a micro business, we're always aware of the waste we produce and avoid as best we can to contribute to it. We even include a line of products where we recycle our waste into artistic pieces and we make sure our packaging material is reused or even reuse boxes where we have received materials. The main issue stands from the fact we need to find, pay (an absurd amount of money) and report to a managerial figure in each European country. This is a rule that will not impact any massive corporations or fast fashion whatsoever, but instead will impact small businesses like us, who have recycling and reusing as the core of their business. And now also preventing further growth or the development of our business goals. While the rules have a noble objective, the way they are currently implemented will only cause fast fashion or massive corporations to still be able to ship low quality non-recycled products, as long as their packaging is recycled. Make it make sense. Not only are these rules quite obscenely horrible for micro businesses, it's also going to destroy trade within the European Union as we've come to enjoy over the past decades. We've already seen businesses blocking shipping within the EU or even closing because of these rules, since they can't keep up with the demand to pay for a yearly fee for each European country as it widely exceeds the profit margins. This is happening right after the United States tariff came into place. At least US tariffs only impacted us with shipping to one country and at least it was written and defined clearly what was expected, which cant be said about this initiative. These rules are much worse and impact us on a much, much larger scale and its pretty unclear how this is supposed to work in practice. Besides the Micro Business side, the way the rules are also written, has also caused some confusion regarding if this affects micro businesses or if it also impacts the private individuals. These are things that need to be defined and explained. Ive been reading the feedback thats been written on this page for a while and agree fullheartedly with what Ive read. These are my takes on this topic.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548496_en"}, {"id": 33548495, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:31:32", "country": "SWE", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Prowadzę jednoosobową firmę, która narazie nie zarabia na swoim rękodziele ale cały czas sie rozwijam i próbuję. Sprzedaję rocznie około 30/40 produktów (kolczyki), cały czas opłacam wszelkie opłaty takie jak LUCID czy Leko i cały czas dokładam do mojej firmy. Te dodatkowe koszty, które wchodzą zmuszą mnie do zamknięcia firmy, bo są one tak absurdalnie wysokie.Zabijacie nas rękodzielników a giganci tacy jak Amazon czy Zalando i tak sobie poradzą i będą nadal zalewać nas Europę śmieciami, bo ich na to stać, a nas jednoosobowe firmy po prostu wykończycie tymi opłatami.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a one-person company, which at the same time does not earn money on my handicrafts, but I am constantly growing and trying to do so. I sell around 30/40 products (teaches) a year, I still pay all charges like Lucid or Leko, and I still pay my company. These additional costs will force me to close my business because they are so absurdly high.The killing of handicraftsmen and giants like Amazon or Zalando will be able to cope and continue flooding us with rubbish in Europe because they can afford it, and our one-person companies will simply finish with these charges.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548495_en"}, {"id": 33548494, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:31:18", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, I am a local Barcelona jeweller. I am currently shipping to all EU countries, yet the EPR law will kill my business. It makes the shipping cheaper if I ship to Asia. The EPR legislation is going to kill all micro business in EU. We cannot be held at the same responsibility as TEMU, SHEIN, or AMAZON; if the EU is really concern about \"sustainability\" these business should be band. Yet, you are asking artists, artisans, and local micro business to share their responsibility. As a matter of fact, it is imposible for a small business to create 3 tones of pollution per year. Please reconsider this legislation. YOU ARE KILLING US! p.s. before making any new laws, please actually live our life for once, you are making these decisions based on your ivory tower life and the benefit of these big corporates give you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I am a local Barcelona jeweller. I am currently shipping to all EU countries, yet the EPR law will kill my business. It makes the shipping cheaper if I ship to Asia. The EPR legislation is going to kill all micro business in EU. We cannot be held at the same responsibility as TEMU, SHEIN, or AMAZON; if the EU is really concern about \"sustainability\" these business should be band. Yet, you are asking artists, artisans, and local micro business to share their responsibility. As a matter of fact, it is imposible for a small business to create 3 tones of pollution per year. Please reconsider this legislation. YOU ARE KILLING US! p.s. before making any new laws, please actually live our life for once, you are making these decisions based on your ivory tower life and the benefit of these big corporates give you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548494_en"}, {"id": 33548493, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:30:04", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an independent creative professional and small business owner regarding the Extended Producer Responsibility provisions of the PPWR, implemented from 12 August 2026. I support the regulations underlying goal: less packaging waste, more circularity. What I object to is the administrative architecture built around it, clearly not designed with a one-person artisanal business in mind. The problem is structural. EPR compliance is not a single European process. A producer must register separately in every member state where packaging reaches the market for the first time, with no unified EU register to do this once. Where a producer is not established in the country of sale, Article 45 makes a local EPR representative mandatory there specifically, distinct from the general EU conformity representative under Article 17, which at least covers the whole Union with one mandate. A maker shipping a handful of parcels a year to five countries needs five registrations, potentially five paid representatives, five reporting obligations, for sales that may individually be worth less than the compliance cost itself. I am aware micro-enterprises are granted some relief, not a blanket exemption. That relief does not remove the registration or EPR contribution obligation, and does nothing to change the country-by-country structure. It softens the edges of a system whose shape is still wrong. And non-compliance is not simply a fine sitting somewhere in the future: registration is increasingly a condition for staying listed on the marketplaces small makers depend on. Fail to comply and you are not fined quietly, you are delisted. This is where the deeper injustice lies. Complying requires capital before a business has proven it can generate revenue: registrations, representatives, and reporting infrastructure across multiple jurisdictions, paid up front, regardless of sales volume. A business with reserves absorbs this as a rounding error. A one-person workshop, self-funded, still testing an idea, cannot. This does not simply raise costs, it decides in advance who is even allowed to attempt entrepreneurship in the EU. The Commissions own trajectory suggests it already understands the current model doesnt scale: a consolidated EU-level registry is reportedly planned to eventually replace the fragmented national databases, but not before 2029. Independent makers are asked to absorb years of fragmented bureaucracy while the Commissions own roadmap quietly concedes the fragmentation itself is the problem. From 2027, harmonised digital labelling adds a further layer on top, rather than replacing any part of the current one. Artisanal and small-scale production is not incidental to the craftsmanship and circular economy this regulation claims to serve. It is precisely small-scale, hand-made production that already generates the least packaging waste per transaction. A framework that pushes independent makers out of cross-border trade while large producers absorb the same costs without friction does not protect the environment more, it protects the market position of those already dominant. I ask the Commission to: -Establish a single EU-wide registration and reporting system rather than 27 parallel national ones, and accelerate the 2029 consolidation -Provide a genuine exemption threshold for micro-enterprises based on real shipping volume, not administrative relief within an unchanged structure. -Base fees strictly on actual packaging volume placed on the market, not fixed per-country costs. -Extend the single-mandate model used for Article 17 conformity representation to EPR representation under Article 45. A law meant to reduce environmental harm should not require capital as a precondition for entrepreneurship. I urge the Commission to revise this framework before its effects fall hardest on the people it should be protecting.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an independent creative professional and small business owner regarding the Extended Producer Responsibility provisions of the PPWR, implemented from 12 August 2026. I support the regulations underlying goal: less packaging waste, more circularity. What I object to is the administrative architecture built around it, clearly not designed with a one-person artisanal business in mind. The problem is structural. EPR compliance is not a single European process. A producer must register separately in every member state where packaging reaches the market for the first time, with no unified EU register to do this once. Where a producer is not established in the country of sale, Article 45 makes a local EPR representative mandatory there specifically, distinct from the general EU conformity representative under Article 17, which at least covers the whole Union with one mandate. A maker shipping a handful of parcels a year to five countries needs five registrations, potentially five paid representatives, five reporting obligations, for sales that may individually be worth less than the compliance cost itself. I am aware micro-enterprises are granted some relief, not a blanket exemption. That relief does not remove the registration or EPR contribution obligation, and does nothing to change the country-by-country structure. It softens the edges of a system whose shape is still wrong. And non-compliance is not simply a fine sitting somewhere in the future: registration is increasingly a condition for staying listed on the marketplaces small makers depend on. Fail to comply and you are not fined quietly, you are delisted. This is where the deeper injustice lies. Complying requires capital before a business has proven it can generate revenue: registrations, representatives, and reporting infrastructure across multiple jurisdictions, paid up front, regardless of sales volume. A business with reserves absorbs this as a rounding error. A one-person workshop, self-funded, still testing an idea, cannot. This does not simply raise costs, it decides in advance who is even allowed to attempt entrepreneurship in the EU. The Commissions own trajectory suggests it already understands the current model doesnt scale: a consolidated EU-level registry is reportedly planned to eventually replace the fragmented national databases, but not before 2029. Independent makers are asked to absorb years of fragmented bureaucracy while the Commissions own roadmap quietly concedes the fragmentation itself is the problem. From 2027, harmonised digital labelling adds a further layer on top, rather than replacing any part of the current one. Artisanal and small-scale production is not incidental to the craftsmanship and circular economy this regulation claims to serve. It is precisely small-scale, hand-made production that already generates the least packaging waste per transaction. A framework that pushes independent makers out of cross-border trade while large producers absorb the same costs without friction does not protect the environment more, it protects the market position of those already dominant. I ask the Commission to: -Establish a single EU-wide registration and reporting system rather than 27 parallel national ones, and accelerate the 2029 consolidation -Provide a genuine exemption threshold for micro-enterprises based on real shipping volume, not administrative relief within an unchanged structure. -Base fees strictly on actual packaging volume placed on the market, not fixed per-country costs. -Extend the single-mandate model used for Article 17 conformity representation to EPR representation under Article 45. A law meant to reduce environmental harm should not require capital as a precondition for entrepreneurship. I urge the Commission to revise this framework before its effects fall hardest on the people it should be protecting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548493_en"}, {"id": 33548492, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:29:41", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses such as content creators on Instagram with a short reach do not have the means to abide with the new regulations imposed by the EU on shipping parcels. It is then necessary to either support them by giving them founds and tools to support their business without damaging their profit or to exclude them from the new rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses such as content creators on Instagram with a short reach do not have the means to abide with the new regulations imposed by the EU on shipping parcels. It is then necessary to either support them by giving them founds and tools to support their business without damaging their profit or to exclude them from the new rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548492_en"}, {"id": 33548491, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:29:03", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the rule as it is disproportionate towards them compared to large companies. Or provide measurements for small and micro businesses that are manageable to their size.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the rule as it is disproportionate towards them compared to large companies. Or provide measurements for small and micro businesses that are manageable to their size.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548491_en"}, {"id": 33548490, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:28:37", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Vintage shop", "feedback": "As a small owned business who strives for sustainability, these new measurements have an incredible impact. I own a vintage clothing shop, and I provide my customers with second hand tote bags with their purchases in my physical shop. However, when it comes to shipping abroad, I often opt to reuse carton wine boxes from restaurants and so fort, these orders always come with a small written note and wrapped in paper. By implementing these new laws, where us small businesses have to declare up until the \"thank you\" sticker which keeps the wrapped paper together, including legal fees for each European country would make online shipping impossible. Small businesses simply do not have these resources and it would affect us greatly, even if we already try our best to approach a sustainable business model. We kindly request you to reconsider these new implementations, and find a middle ground.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small owned business who strives for sustainability, these new measurements have an incredible impact. I own a vintage clothing shop, and I provide my customers with second hand tote bags with their purchases in my physical shop. However, when it comes to shipping abroad, I often opt to reuse carton wine boxes from restaurants and so fort, these orders always come with a small written note and wrapped in paper. By implementing these new laws, where us small businesses have to declare up until the \"thank you\" sticker which keeps the wrapped paper together, including legal fees for each European country would make online shipping impossible. Small businesses simply do not have these resources and it would affect us greatly, even if we already try our best to approach a sustainable business model. We kindly request you to reconsider these new implementations, and find a middle ground.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548490_en"}, {"id": 33548489, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:27:24", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Llevo unos días casi sin dormir, pensando en como voy a ser capaz de sacar adelante mi pequeña empresa entre este reglamento y el pasaporte digital de producto. Tengo la sensación de que la Unión Europea está legislando en contra de sus propios ciudadanos. Mientras entran diariamente miles de aviones procedentes de China con productos de fabricación dudosa en cuanto a explotación de personas, de calidad ínfima y sin el más mínimo control, a nosotros nos obligáis a tener las mismas medidas sea cual sea el tamaño de nuestras empresas, olvidando que la mayoría somos tan pequeñas que sólo somos 1 o 2 personas, y que además en cuanto a empaquetado, por nuestro propio interés, ya que pagamos según peso, pero sobre todo según cubicaje, intentamos hacer paquetes con un 100% de ocupación. Nosotros si cuidamos estos temas, nosotros estudiamos nuestros envases, los limitamos, les damos segundas y hasta terceras vidas, educamos a nuestros clientes a reutilizar los embalajes, a buscarles un nuevo uso, a volver a mandar un paquete con nuestras cajas, a usarlas para los calcetines, porque sabemos lo que cuesta costear los envases y además queremos un mundo más limpio, más ecológico. Necesitamos una Unión Europea más sensible con la ecología, pero también más sensible con sus ciudadanos, fundamentalmente con los más débiles, con los que tienen micro empresas y ayudar a que podamos salir adelante, no hace falta que nos echéis una mano, basta con que no nos pongáis piedras. Muchas gracias", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been almost sleeping for a few days, thinking about how I will be able to move my small business forward between this regulation and the digital product passport. I have the feeling that the European Union is legislating against its own citizens. While thousands of aircraft from China enter daily with products of dubious manufacture in terms of human operations, of negligible quality and without the slightest control, we are forced to have the same measures regardless of the size of our companies, forgetting that most of us are so small that we are only 1 or 2 people, and that, moreover, in terms of packaging, for our own sake, since we pay according to weight, but above all according to Cubicaje, we try to make parcels with 100 % occupancy. If we take care of these issues, we study our packaging, limit it, give it second and even third lives, educate our customers to reuse packaging, seek new use, re-send a package with our boxes, use it for socks, because we know what it costs to pay for packaging and we want a cleaner, greener world. We need a European Union that is more ecologically sensitive, but also more sensitive to its citizens, primarily the weakest, those with micro enterprises and helping us to get ahead. You don’t need to give us a hand. It is enough that you don’t put stones on us. Many thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548489_en"}, {"id": 33548488, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:26:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Colla & Gen Verlag und Service UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG", "feedback": "Wir haben den direkten Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bereits eingestellt, weil der administrative und wirtschaftliche Aufwand für geringe Stückzahlen nicht mehr vertretbar ist. Die neuen PPWR-Strukturen verstärken dieses Problem. Eine vereinfachte Mengenmeldung unter zehn Tonnen beseitigt die entscheidenden Fixkosten nicht. Bereits der Service eines Bevollmächtigten kann bei sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen je nach Mitgliedstaat mehrere hundert Euro pro Jahr kosten. Hinzu können nationale Systembeteiligungsgebühren kommen. Für Unternehmen, die nur wenige Pakete jährlich in einen Mitgliedstaat versenden, steht dieser Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis zum erzielbaren Umsatz.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have already stopped direct shipments to other EU Member States because the administrative and economic costs for small quantities are no longer acceptable. The new PPWR structures exacerbate this problem. A simplified declaration of quantities of less than 10 tonnes does not eliminate the crucial fixed costs. Even the service of an authorised representative can cost several hundred euros per year for very small quantities of packaging, depending on the Member State. This may be complemented by national system participation fees. For companies that send only a few parcels per year to a Member State, this burden is disproportionate to the turnover that can be achieved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548488_en"}, {"id": 33548487, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:25:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I find the idea itself really good but for small businesses is not affordable. With that concept it only makes sense to regulare big companies that have the money and the resources. Small business may die out because they either can't afford it from the beginning or because people will stop buying from them. So please exclude small businesses from this regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find the idea itself really good but for small businesses is not affordable. With that concept it only makes sense to regulare big companies that have the money and the resources. Small business may die out because they either can't afford it from the beginning or because people will stop buying from them. So please exclude small businesses from this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548487_en"}, {"id": 33548477, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:24:37", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small and micro businesses will for sure be eradicated completely from being a business. Small businesses do not have a fixed income and will not sell things throughout all of Europe regularly. There should be more flexible and free rules for small business to help them grow. Also small businesses are are not so much going to impact the environment so much... although every little thing counts... still hope that you do the right thing and help small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro businesses will for sure be eradicated completely from being a business. Small businesses do not have a fixed income and will not sell things throughout all of Europe regularly. There should be more flexible and free rules for small business to help them grow. Also small businesses are are not so much going to impact the environment so much... although every little thing counts... still hope that you do the right thing and help small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548477_en"}, {"id": 33548476, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:24:20", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Manifesto a minha preocupação séria com o impacto desta iniciativa para pequenas lojas e artesãos de outros países da UE, deixarão de conseguir expedir para o meu país e eu para o deles, devido à complexidade e ao custo de registo em múltiplos regimes nacionais. Esta harmonização, tal como está desenhada, cria uma barreira desproporcional para negócios de pequena escala, que não têm capacidade administrativa nem financeira para se registarem em vários países-membros, contratarem representantes autorizados e cumprirem obrigações de reporte complexas. O resultado prático não é uma maior responsabilização ambiental, mas sim a exclusão de pequenos operadores do mercado interno, precisamente o oposto do que a União Europeia deveria promover. Se o objetivo é proteger o ambiente e responsabilizar os produtores, a legislação deveria prever isenções ou regimes simplificados reais para micro e pequenas empresas, e não apenas \"regras mais leves\" que na prática continuam a ser incomportáveis. Peço que esta iniciativa seja revista antes da sua entrada em vigor, com um período de transição adequado e mecanismos que não penalizem desproporcionalmente quem tem menos recursos.", "feedbackEnglish": "I express my serious concern about the impact of this initiative on small shops and craftsmen from other EU countries, they will no longer be able to ship to my country and me to them, due to the complexity and cost of registering in multiple national schemes. This harmonisation, as it is designed, creates a disproportionate barrier for small-scale businesses, which do not have the administrative or financial capacity to register in several member countries, hire authorised representatives and comply with complex reporting obligations. The practical result is not greater environmental accountability, but the exclusion of small operators from the internal market, which is precisely the opposite of what the European Union should promote. If the aim is to protect the environment and empower producers, the legislation should provide real exemptions or simplified regimes for micro and small enterprises, and not just “lighter rules” that remain unaffordable in practice. I call for this initiative to be reviewed before it enters into force, with an appropriate transition period and mechanisms that do not disproportionately penalise those with fewer resources.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548476_en"}, {"id": 33548475, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:23:39", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a customer from a large number of small business that try to stay afloat in a time of financial crysis. The new regulations would kill all these small businesses and shops that operate in Europe, that ship internationally. It's absolutely unreasonable to expect from a small business owner to pay a few thousand euros per year to secure a representative in every EU country, while the big business corporations can easily do that. So many small shop owners will be forced to close their business with this regulation, and in addiction this will only encourage people to buy from outside of Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a customer from a large number of small business that try to stay afloat in a time of financial crysis. The new regulations would kill all these small businesses and shops that operate in Europe, that ship internationally. It's absolutely unreasonable to expect from a small business owner to pay a few thousand euros per year to secure a representative in every EU country, while the big business corporations can easily do that. So many small shop owners will be forced to close their business with this regulation, and in addiction this will only encourage people to buy from outside of Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548475_en"}, {"id": 33548461, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:23:28", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Excellente idée si le but est de faire mourir les micro-entreprises en France comme en Europe. Ça ne résoudra pas non plus les problèmes des emballages.", "feedbackEnglish": "Excellent idea if the aim is to make microenterprises die both in France and in Europe. It will also not solve the problems of packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548461_en"}, {"id": 33548473, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:22:09", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buongiorno, ho aperto quest'anno la mia azienda, sono un'artigiana ceramista a regime forfettario che cerca di rendere sostenibile economicamente il proprio lavoro. Essendo sola nel lavoro e con un'impresa non ancora ben avviata faccio già molta fatica a restare a galla. Questa iniziativa se pur fatta con uno scopo che condivido (ridurre i materiali di packaging dove possibile e produrre meno scarto) è assolutamente inconciliabile con la mia sopravvivenza. Punto a vendere le mie ceramiche anche in EU e non solo in Italia e questa legge me lo impedirà visti i costi improponibili e il lavoro amministrativo che richiede. Vorrei che venga presa in considerazione una soluzione possibile per le piccole imprese come la mia, mantenendo comunque l'obiettivo finale di sostenibilità ambientale. Grazie", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have opened my business this year, I am a semi-skilled craftsman with a flat-rate scheme that seeks to make my work economically viable. As I am alone in my work and with a business that is not yet well established, I am already struggling to stay afloat. Although this initiative is done with a purpose that I share (reducing packaging materials where possible and producing less waste), it is absolutely irreconcilable with my survival. I look forward to selling my ceramics also in the EU and not only in Italy, and this law will prevent me from doing so given the unavoidable costs and the administrative work required. I would like to consider a possible solution for small businesses like myself, while maintaining the ultimate goal of environmental sustainability. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548473_en"}, {"id": 33548472, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:21:47", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who is usually very positive to environmental regulations, this one is not very thought through. For small businesses who send a handful of packages to different EU countries monthly, we cannot afford to have representatives in each country, as it will exceed the amount of money we even make on the sale. This law should be focused on big corporations that sells thousands of packages - not everyone. The result will only be that small companies have to close down their shops completely, which will have negative effects on the economy. Please reconsider this law and change it to not include businesses operating under a certain amount of oversea shipping. Best, Stephanie", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who is usually very positive to environmental regulations, this one is not very thought through. For small businesses who send a handful of packages to different EU countries monthly, we cannot afford to have representatives in each country, as it will exceed the amount of money we even make on the sale. This law should be focused on big corporations that sells thousands of packages - not everyone. The result will only be that small companies have to close down their shops completely, which will have negative effects on the economy. Please reconsider this law and change it to not include businesses operating under a certain amount of oversea shipping. Best, Stephanie", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548472_en"}, {"id": 33548471, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:20:42", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ecology and being environmentally friendly is extremely important. However, the new EPR compliance is making the trade of goods within the EU extremely difficult and its about to end small and micro businesses who already follow all the requirements for trading products and paying taxes on materials and profit costs towards their countries. Big companies will hardly feel those new taxes since their profits can allow it and the waste they will keep creating will remain tons. Many small and micro businesses hardly profit from a small number of packages they might send to different EU countries, the waste they might create is insignificant compared to every other big business out there. As an European citizen, who is a daily consumer, I find it insufficient to be unable to shop from any European business who wont be able to pay those taxes to my country. We started paying taxes on Chinese products and now we are also deprived from giving our money to people within our European Union. Somehow it doesnt make any sense. This will only create the flood from Temu, Shein and so on even bigger, which I refuse to participate in as well. I want to purchase form European businesses, not Temu. I want our money to circle in the economy of the EU. The new law is destroying people, businesses, passion and creation. People create and sell, other buy, sometimes artists and business shop between each other and theres movement. With the new law, there will be no movement.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ecology and being environmentally friendly is extremely important. However, the new EPR compliance is making the trade of goods within the EU extremely difficult and its about to end small and micro businesses who already follow all the requirements for trading products and paying taxes on materials and profit costs towards their countries. Big companies will hardly feel those new taxes since their profits can allow it and the waste they will keep creating will remain tons. Many small and micro businesses hardly profit from a small number of packages they might send to different EU countries, the waste they might create is insignificant compared to every other big business out there. As an European citizen, who is a daily consumer, I find it insufficient to be unable to shop from any European business who wont be able to pay those taxes to my country. We started paying taxes on Chinese products and now we are also deprived from giving our money to people within our European Union. Somehow it doesnt make any sense. This will only create the flood from Temu, Shein and so on even bigger, which I refuse to participate in as well. I want to purchase form European businesses, not Temu. I want our money to circle in the economy of the EU. The new law is destroying people, businesses, passion and creation. People create and sell, other buy, sometimes artists and business shop between each other and theres movement. With the new law, there will be no movement.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548471_en"}, {"id": 33548470, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:18:01", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hesselstrik ", "feedback": "I run a micro business dyeing yarn with plants. I ship to countries across Europe, I collect and pay VAT to the respective countries. I am only one person and do not have the resources to understand and implement the new packaging rules which means that I effectively have to stop shipping my goods to other countries. I ask for simple, collective rules for micro businesses and a place to get help.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro business dyeing yarn with plants. I ship to countries across Europe, I collect and pay VAT to the respective countries. I am only one person and do not have the resources to understand and implement the new packaging rules which means that I effectively have to stop shipping my goods to other countries. I ask for simple, collective rules for micro businesses and a place to get help.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548470_en"}, {"id": 33548469, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:17:43", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU citizen, I wish to continue supporting small businesses and local markets. This law will make it difficult or completely impossible for majority of those to stay afloat and ship to the whole of EU. Thus, the amount of unique hand made goods made by hand will be greatly diminished and will be greatly replaced by cheap alternatives from China. This only leads to more waste produced and so the questions about waste regulations will surely still linger unanswered.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen, I wish to continue supporting small businesses and local markets. This law will make it difficult or completely impossible for majority of those to stay afloat and ship to the whole of EU. Thus, the amount of unique hand made goods made by hand will be greatly diminished and will be greatly replaced by cheap alternatives from China. This only leads to more waste produced and so the questions about waste regulations will surely still linger unanswered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548469_en"}, {"id": 33548468, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:17:37", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Something like this is going to destroy the majority of small buisnesses in the whole european Union! Instead of \"breaking boarders\" this is building even bigger ones!", "feedbackEnglish": "Something like this is going to destroy the majority of small buisnesses in the whole european Union! Instead of \"breaking boarders\" this is building even bigger ones!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548468_en"}, {"id": 33548463, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:14:37", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Unternehmen", "feedback": "Ich bin Versandhändler (unter 1 Mio. Jahresumsatz, 2 Angestellte) und bin schockiert von dieser Regelung. Ich habe 2 Hauptmärkte (Deutschland und Österreich). Daneben beliefere ich auch die übrigen 25 EU-Länder. Um diese geht es hier. Keines diese 25 Länder hat einen nennenswerten Umsatz, aber alle zusammen ergeben doch einen wichtigen Umsatzanteil für mein Unternehmen. Je nach Land fallen pro Jahr Verpackungsmaterial zwischen ca. 0,1kg (Malta) und 25kg (Italien) an. Für alle 25 Länder zusammen ergeben das einige hundert Kilogramm. Die Entsorung dieser einigen hundert Kilogramm zusammen würde pro Jahr maximal 50 Euro kosten. Diese zu bezahlen wäre absolut kein Problem und auch fair. Aber ich müsste in jedem Land einen Bevollmächtigten bezahlen (kostet in jedem Land mehrere hundert Euro pro Jahr) sowie einen Entsorgervertrag abschließen (in der Regel eine jährliche Mindestgebühr von mehreren hundert Euro). Um in allen 25 Ländern verkaufen zu können, müsste ich daher etwa 10.000 bis 15.000 Euro pro Jahr für Bevollmächtigte und Entsorungs-Mindestgebühr bezahlen. Das ist mehr als ich mit diesen Verkäufen überhaupt verdiene! Abgesehen davon müssen in allen Ländern Meldungen abgegeben werden, obwohl es nur um wenige Kilo Verpackungsmaterial geht. In manchen Ländern sogar 4 Meldungungen pro Jahr. Ich kann als Kleinunternehmen nicht dutzende Meldungen pro Jahr abgeben. Denn auch mein Tag hat nur 24 Stunden. Ich bin schockiert wie die EU hier gegen Kleinunternehmen tritt. Es scheint so dass man kleine private Unternehmen auslöschen möchte. Denn nur große Betriebe oder Konzerne, meist aus den USA oder China, können solche Bürokratie und hohen Kosten stemmen. Es ist sehr traurig wie die EU hier mit seinen eigenen Unternehmen umgeht.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a mail order trader (under 1 million annual turnover, 2 employees) and am shocked by this rule. I have 2 main markets (Germany and Austria). I also supply the other 25 EU countries. These are the issues at stake here. None of these 25 countries has a significant turnover, but all together account for a significant proportion of my company’s turnover. Depending on the country, packaging material accumulates between approximately 0.1 kg (Malta) and 25 kg (Italy) per year. For all 25 countries together, this amounts to a few hundred kilograms. Removing these hundred kilograms together would cost a maximum of EUR 50 per year. Paying for this would not be a problem at all, nor would it be fair. But I would have to pay an agent in each country (costing several hundred euros per year in each country) and conclude a waste management contract (normally a minimum annual fee of several hundred euros). Therefore, in order to be able to sell in all 25 countries, I would have to pay approximately EUR 10.000 to EUR 15.000 per year for plenipotentiaries and minimum disposal fee. This is more than I actually earn from these sales! Apart from this, notifications have to be submitted in all countries, although only a few kilos of packaging material are involved. In some countries, there are as many as 4 notifications per year. As a small enterprise, I cannot submit dozens of notifications per year. Because my day also has only 24 hours. I am shocked how the EU is standing up against small businesses here. It seems that small private companies are being scrapped. Only large companies or groups, mostly from the USA or China, can bear such red tape and high costs. It’s very sad how the EU deals with its own companies here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548463_en"}, {"id": 33548462, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:13:31", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is awful and destroys basicly every small business in EU. I am unhappy that a lot of small busnisses I love are unable to ship into my country after August 12th. What is the point of EU at this point if we cannot get any benefits?", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is awful and destroys basicly every small business in EU. I am unhappy that a lot of small busnisses I love are unable to ship into my country after August 12th. What is the point of EU at this point if we cannot get any benefits?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548462_en"}, {"id": 33548460, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:12:55", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I completely agree with the thoughts behind the rules, but they must be implemented fairly, so small businesses can continue to thrive. As a citizen who makes a point of supporting small business, I'm saddened to see how many will be affected negatively by these rules, even though they already use sustainable packaging. I urge you to carefully consider the impact of the rules on small, independent businesses, so they can continue to ship to and within the EU. The fees must be proportionate to the size of the business as well.", "feedbackEnglish": "I completely agree with the thoughts behind the rules, but they must be implemented fairly, so small businesses can continue to thrive. As a citizen who makes a point of supporting small business, I'm saddened to see how many will be affected negatively by these rules, even though they already use sustainable packaging. I urge you to carefully consider the impact of the rules on small, independent businesses, so they can continue to ship to and within the EU. The fees must be proportionate to the size of the business as well.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548460_en"}, {"id": 33548459, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:12:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a tiny French handmade micro-business, sending between 1 to 25 packets a year to each EU country. Millions of small traders, craftspeople, individuals will potentially be unable to conduct business within the EU, (where we live!) from the 12th, due to this legislation. In it's current form, it is prohibitively expensive to comply - for example my biggest market is Germany, where the cost of a \"legal representative\" exceeds my actual sales revenue. The cost of compliance is a small business killer right out of the gate. now multiply by 27. We are scared and confused, as none of the information remotely recognises *very tiny businesses* exist, and takes us into account. Most of us already recycle and reuse our packaging. What about second hand sales - clothes, books? Wool, sewing craft supplies? The exact reduced footprint and re-use you want to encourage? This law, in in effect \"pay to play\": instead of the cited goal of \"making large corporations pay\" it actually helps them - by killing off their competition. This law is badly thought out, and will result in *more* packaging than ever - as large corporations will be the only ones left - who also frequently ignore their responsibilities, change nothing, and merely roll any fines into their cost of doing business. It also disproportionately affects people with disability, neuro-divergence, family responsibilities, in rural locations, or unable to find other work - the ability to run a micro-business online from home has been life-changing for many. Now all this is threatened by requiring up to 8500 euros a year and immense administrative burden to organise - on citizens whose income is often under 15k. How are new businesses supposed to launch or grow under these conditions? How can anyone sell either second hand or crafts they make online anymore? How does this help your citizens exactly? More importantly, how does this help the environment, when you have just approved 20 billion euros for giant polluting energy-hungry AI data-centres? A financial bubble, a scam technology that nobody wants, or asked for? Priorities.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a tiny French handmade micro-business, sending between 1 to 25 packets a year to each EU country. Millions of small traders, craftspeople, individuals will potentially be unable to conduct business within the EU, (where we live!) from the 12th, due to this legislation. In it's current form, it is prohibitively expensive to comply - for example my biggest market is Germany, where the cost of a \"legal representative\" exceeds my actual sales revenue. The cost of compliance is a small business killer right out of the gate. now multiply by 27. We are scared and confused, as none of the information remotely recognises *very tiny businesses* exist, and takes us into account. Most of us already recycle and reuse our packaging. What about second hand sales - clothes, books? Wool, sewing craft supplies? The exact reduced footprint and re-use you want to encourage? This law, in in effect \"pay to play\": instead of the cited goal of \"making large corporations pay\" it actually helps them - by killing off their competition. This law is badly thought out, and will result in *more* packaging than ever - as large corporations will be the only ones left - who also frequently ignore their responsibilities, change nothing, and merely roll any fines into their cost of doing business. It also disproportionately affects people with disability, neuro-divergence, family responsibilities, in rural locations, or unable to find other work - the ability to run a micro-business online from home has been life-changing for many. Now all this is threatened by requiring up to 8500 euros a year and immense administrative burden to organise - on citizens whose income is often under 15k. How are new businesses supposed to launch or grow under these conditions? How can anyone sell either second hand or crafts they make online anymore? How does this help your citizens exactly? More importantly, how does this help the environment, when you have just approved 20 billion euros for giant polluting energy-hungry AI data-centres? A financial bubble, a scam technology that nobody wants, or asked for? Priorities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548459_en"}, {"id": 33548458, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:10:51", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Pakkaus ja pakkausjäteasetus luo epäreilun tilanteen markkinoilla pienille yrityksille suhteessa isompiin yrityksiin. Monilla pienillä yrityksillä ei olla mahdollista ottaa uutta asetusta huomioon omassa toiminnassaan sulkien heidät pois viennistä. Ylimääräinen byrokratia vaikeuttaa monien yleisesti ottaen yksinyrittäjien yritystoimintaa samaan aikaan kun isommat yritykset eivät tule kokemaan haittaa asetuksesta. Pyydän EU:ta arvioimaan asetusta uudelleen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Packaging and the Packaging Waste Regulation create an unfair market situation for small companies compared to larger ones. Many small businesses will not be able to take the new regulation into account in their own operations, excluding them from exports. Additional bureaucracy hampers the entrepreneurial activity of many solo self-employed people in general, while larger companies will not suffer from the Regulation. I ask the EU to re-evaluate the Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548458_en"}, {"id": 33548457, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:10:36", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "this act will create adverse affect on economical state of small businesses and the economical environment they are set in, it will cause monopolies of big corporations to become stronger. It will hinder the economic growth that comes from the freedom of the individuals and their abilities to produce sustainable products at their own cost. The factories which use plastics and lesser quality materials will be minimally impacted while the artisans and small businesses whom their business models entirely depend on niche well educated customer bases spred across the Union to loose ability to practice their right of the united economic region of Europe. We agree that a system must be in place to regulate the packaging waste, but this is clearly not the solution. This is downright feeding the monopolies with greenwashing, our customer bases already value sustainable practises and their choice of purchasing from a small business with ecological choices rather than a corporate is reflectant of that. Please just fix it with an united pfand system of sorts. Or completely regulate the packaging industry and enforce standarts for packaging materials, you are shooting the economy in the foot, making it near imposible for small businesses to grow, causing the market to saturate with lesser quality goods, killing design and art to grow, hindering the creative proccesses and expressions to advance and taking away the consumers right to choose the right product. This act cannot be implemented as is. You are creating more problems than it solves. Mandate certain materials to be used by the packaging manufacturers, add a recycling tax per product sold and it will be the lesser damaging solution. Do not feed the market place to the mongules.", "feedbackEnglish": "this act will create adverse affect on economical state of small businesses and the economical environment they are set in, it will cause monopolies of big corporations to become stronger. It will hinder the economic growth that comes from the freedom of the individuals and their abilities to produce sustainable products at their own cost. The factories which use plastics and lesser quality materials will be minimally impacted while the artisans and small businesses whom their business models entirely depend on niche well educated customer bases spred across the Union to loose ability to practice their right of the united economic region of Europe. We agree that a system must be in place to regulate the packaging waste, but this is clearly not the solution. This is downright feeding the monopolies with greenwashing, our customer bases already value sustainable practises and their choice of purchasing from a small business with ecological choices rather than a corporate is reflectant of that. Please just fix it with an united pfand system of sorts. Or completely regulate the packaging industry and enforce standarts for packaging materials, you are shooting the economy in the foot, making it near imposible for small businesses to grow, causing the market to saturate with lesser quality goods, killing design and art to grow, hindering the creative proccesses and expressions to advance and taking away the consumers right to choose the right product. This act cannot be implemented as is. You are creating more problems than it solves. Mandate certain materials to be used by the packaging manufacturers, add a recycling tax per product sold and it will be the lesser damaging solution. Do not feed the market place to the mongules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548457_en"}, {"id": 33548456, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:09:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Novo3d", "feedback": "I do not see a point in this law and it need a major discussion with all parties involved before being applied. Bringing thousands to close their little business will only favor a few big companies who will actually don't care for that law. Did people really thought this one through ?", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not see a point in this law and it need a major discussion with all parties involved before being applied. Bringing thousands to close their little business will only favor a few big companies who will actually don't care for that law. Did people really thought this one through ?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548456_en"}, {"id": 33548455, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:08:47", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While i wholly support reducing packaging waste, this is not the way to do this. While bigger, chain corporations may be able to absorb the extra costs, it's going to be a death sentence for micro buissinesses. It even prevents them from reusing packaging materials, which in itself is already reducing packaging waste. Also, this rule in itself speaks against the free movement of goofs within the EU and will have severe vonsequences for many buissinesses. It will kill all smaller, creative initiatives or small buissinesses catering to niche markets, giving the big chaincorporations the upper hand. As a customer in a pretty niche, non-EU market (which already makes it hard to come by stuff), i'm wholly concerned for the way this regulation is going to target the smaller initiatives that do help us in being able to enjoy our interests. A few points to consider in this whole regulation: - This regulation as it is, is wholly disproportionate towards microbussinesses. It would be fairer to exclude small- and microbusinesses from the A.R. Rule or provide measurements that are affordable for bussinesses of their size. - Harmonize registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small- and microbussinesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While i wholly support reducing packaging waste, this is not the way to do this. While bigger, chain corporations may be able to absorb the extra costs, it's going to be a death sentence for micro buissinesses. It even prevents them from reusing packaging materials, which in itself is already reducing packaging waste. Also, this rule in itself speaks against the free movement of goofs within the EU and will have severe vonsequences for many buissinesses. It will kill all smaller, creative initiatives or small buissinesses catering to niche markets, giving the big chaincorporations the upper hand. As a customer in a pretty niche, non-EU market (which already makes it hard to come by stuff), i'm wholly concerned for the way this regulation is going to target the smaller initiatives that do help us in being able to enjoy our interests. A few points to consider in this whole regulation: - This regulation as it is, is wholly disproportionate towards microbussinesses. It would be fairer to exclude small- and microbusinesses from the A.R. Rule or provide measurements that are affordable for bussinesses of their size. - Harmonize registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small- and microbussinesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548455_en"}, {"id": 33548454, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:08:44", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Valentina Maino Lumina Lovers", "feedback": "I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the need to reduce packaging waste and promote sustainable packaging. However, I strongly believe that the PPWR risks placing a disproportionate and potentially unsustainable burden on micro-enterprises. A one-person business selling a few thousand handmade products per year cannot reasonably be treated like a multinational company placing millions of products on the European market. 1. The administrative burden is disproportionate A micro-business may consist of one person working from home, designing, producing, packaging and selling its own products. It may sell to customers in several EU countries while placing only a very small quantity of packaging on the market. Nevertheless, the entrepreneur may have to understand complex legislation, identify national requirements, register with different systems, report packaging quantities and potentially pay producer-responsibility fees in multiple countries. For a large corporation, these obligations can be handled by compliance departments or consultants. For a one-person business, they mean spending hours trying to understand legislation that was not designed for its reality. 2. Compliance costs can make small businesses unviable For a micro-enterprise with limited turnover and very small packaging volumes, registration, reporting and consultancy costs can represent a substantial percentage of annual profit. 3. Cross-border sales should not become impossible One of the fundamental benefits of the European Single Market is that a small business can sell to customers throughout Europe. A micro-enterprise may have customers in ten or all EU countries while placing only a very small quantity of packaging on the market. If each country creates separate registration, reporting and financial obligations, the burden quickly becomes disproportionate. Small businesses may therefore stop selling to certain Member States, creating an unintended barrier to cross-border trade. That is not what Europe was made for. 4. The environmental benefit must be proportionate There is a fundamental difference between a multinational company placing millions of tonnes of packaging on the European market and a micro-enterprise shipping a few hundred handmade products per year. Regulatory resources should focus primarily on the largest volumes and packaging streams with the greatest environmental impact. 5. A genuine de minimis threshold is needed I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the quantity of packaging placed on the market and to price accordingly. Micro-enterprises below a reasonable threshold should benefit from a genuinely simplified regime: simplified registration and reporting, substantially reduced or zero fees, standardised EU-wide procedures, clear free guidance and proportionate enforcement for honest mistakes. Micro-entrepreneurs are not packaging specialists. They should not need to hire a lawyer or consultant simply to determine their obligations for a small number of parcels. Conclusion I respectfully ask the European Commission to reconsider the practical impact of the PPWR on micro-enterprises. I am not asking for environmental standards to be abandoned. I am asking for proportionality, simplicity and fairness. The EU should distinguish between a multinational placing millions of units on the market and a one-person business sending a few hundred parcels containing handmade products. A successful regulation should protect the environment while also protecting the Single Market and small European businesses. Small European businesses should be part of the green transition not priced out of it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the need to reduce packaging waste and promote sustainable packaging. However, I strongly believe that the PPWR risks placing a disproportionate and potentially unsustainable burden on micro-enterprises. A one-person business selling a few thousand handmade products per year cannot reasonably be treated like a multinational company placing millions of products on the European market. 1. The administrative burden is disproportionate A micro-business may consist of one person working from home, designing, producing, packaging and selling its own products. It may sell to customers in several EU countries while placing only a very small quantity of packaging on the market. Nevertheless, the entrepreneur may have to understand complex legislation, identify national requirements, register with different systems, report packaging quantities and potentially pay producer-responsibility fees in multiple countries. For a large corporation, these obligations can be handled by compliance departments or consultants. For a one-person business, they mean spending hours trying to understand legislation that was not designed for its reality. 2. Compliance costs can make small businesses unviable For a micro-enterprise with limited turnover and very small packaging volumes, registration, reporting and consultancy costs can represent a substantial percentage of annual profit. 3. Cross-border sales should not become impossible One of the fundamental benefits of the European Single Market is that a small business can sell to customers throughout Europe. A micro-enterprise may have customers in ten or all EU countries while placing only a very small quantity of packaging on the market. If each country creates separate registration, reporting and financial obligations, the burden quickly becomes disproportionate. Small businesses may therefore stop selling to certain Member States, creating an unintended barrier to cross-border trade. That is not what Europe was made for. 4. The environmental benefit must be proportionate There is a fundamental difference between a multinational company placing millions of tonnes of packaging on the European market and a micro-enterprise shipping a few hundred handmade products per year. Regulatory resources should focus primarily on the largest volumes and packaging streams with the greatest environmental impact. 5. A genuine de minimis threshold is needed I strongly encourage the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the quantity of packaging placed on the market and to price accordingly. Micro-enterprises below a reasonable threshold should benefit from a genuinely simplified regime: simplified registration and reporting, substantially reduced or zero fees, standardised EU-wide procedures, clear free guidance and proportionate enforcement for honest mistakes. Micro-entrepreneurs are not packaging specialists. They should not need to hire a lawyer or consultant simply to determine their obligations for a small number of parcels. Conclusion I respectfully ask the European Commission to reconsider the practical impact of the PPWR on micro-enterprises. I am not asking for environmental standards to be abandoned. I am asking for proportionality, simplicity and fairness. The EU should distinguish between a multinational placing millions of units on the market and a one-person business sending a few hundred parcels containing handmade products. A successful regulation should protect the environment while also protecting the Single Market and small European businesses. Small European businesses should be part of the green transition not priced out of it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548454_en"}, {"id": 33548453, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:08:40", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is senseless for small businesses and will only hurt the majority of them long term. Several small businesses I know will shutdown because of this, and this will only encourage people to buy from outside of Europe more because of lack of demand/price raises.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is senseless for small businesses and will only hurt the majority of them long term. Several small businesses I know will shutdown because of this, and this will only encourage people to buy from outside of Europe more because of lack of demand/price raises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548453_en"}, {"id": 33548444, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:05:05", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Metatron Musik Ekonomisk förening", "feedback": "This directive going live will effectively kill our business within the EU. We're a small band selling merchandise (shirts and records) to fans in Europe and outside, and these new regulations have effectively caused us to stop selling merchandise to EU countries effective immediately. The lack of coordination between countries and on top of this the high fees attached means this incentive will benefit large scale platforms that cut deep into our profits because we simply do not have the funds nor the time to administrate accounts within all the EU countries we sell to.", "feedbackEnglish": "This directive going live will effectively kill our business within the EU. We're a small band selling merchandise (shirts and records) to fans in Europe and outside, and these new regulations have effectively caused us to stop selling merchandise to EU countries effective immediately. The lack of coordination between countries and on top of this the high fees attached means this incentive will benefit large scale platforms that cut deep into our profits because we simply do not have the funds nor the time to administrate accounts within all the EU countries we sell to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548444_en"}, {"id": 33548442, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:04:33", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a small artist selling things online as a part time gig, however I do not make enough money off it alone to sustain myself through it- and this rule will make it impossible to continue this as it is something I cannot or will never be able to afford through this business - and it will also stop me from supporting other small or micro businesses around the EU. Keeping my business within my country is also difficult given how small the market is here.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a small artist selling things online as a part time gig, however I do not make enough money off it alone to sustain myself through it- and this rule will make it impossible to continue this as it is something I cannot or will never be able to afford through this business - and it will also stop me from supporting other small or micro businesses around the EU. Keeping my business within my country is also difficult given how small the market is here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548442_en"}, {"id": 33548441, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:04:06", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone that is primarily a hobbyist, but also knows plenty of small business owners in the area of silversmithing. This new ruling is not feasible for small businesses owners and definitely not for start ups. Who can afford the required costs that comes with the EPR and packaging legislation of each separate country. Big companies will be able to overcome this. But minor businesses or the self-employed people are not able to afford these extra costs. The cost of living is already becoming unreasonable and now the EU is hitting the small businesses where it hurts.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone that is primarily a hobbyist, but also knows plenty of small business owners in the area of silversmithing. This new ruling is not feasible for small businesses owners and definitely not for start ups. Who can afford the required costs that comes with the EPR and packaging legislation of each separate country. Big companies will be able to overcome this. But minor businesses or the self-employed people are not able to afford these extra costs. The cost of living is already becoming unreasonable and now the EU is hitting the small businesses where it hurts.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548441_en"}, {"id": 33548440, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:03:08", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Currently the new regulations would kill all small businesses that operate in Europe, that ship internationally. Europe is a big market, but no small business owner will pay a few thousand euros per yer to secure a representative in every EU country. This will lead not only to loss of market diversity, but also will force buyers to make purchases only from big corporations, since they will be the only ones with enough money to pay for all the representatives. Additionally, Europe is not responsible for even 1/5 of the world wide pollution, new regulations are a drop in the sea of issues and frankly, they are useless. I am against them - and if you really care about the enviorement you should worry about the reduction of AI access and usage, since THIS is the real problem that kills our planet. Not shipping bags.", "feedbackEnglish": "Currently the new regulations would kill all small businesses that operate in Europe, that ship internationally. Europe is a big market, but no small business owner will pay a few thousand euros per yer to secure a representative in every EU country. This will lead not only to loss of market diversity, but also will force buyers to make purchases only from big corporations, since they will be the only ones with enough money to pay for all the representatives. Additionally, Europe is not responsible for even 1/5 of the world wide pollution, new regulations are a drop in the sea of issues and frankly, they are useless. I am against them - and if you really care about the enviorement you should worry about the reduction of AI access and usage, since THIS is the real problem that kills our planet. Not shipping bags.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548440_en"}, {"id": 33548439, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:02:53", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the EU's objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, I am concerned that the administrative and financial burden of national EPR registration requirements could disproportionately affect micro-businesses and independent creators. A business selling only a small number of products across EU borders should not face administrative requirements designed around the needs of large companies. Fixed registration, reporting and representative costs can become disproportionate when compared with the tiny amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce a meaningful de-minimis threshold for micro-businesses, a genuinely simple EU-wide registration system, and proportionate or capped compliance costs. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without unintentionally making cross-border trade impossible for Europe's smallest businesses. Please ensure that environmental responsibility and the European Single Market can work together, rather than allowing compliance costs to push small creators out of cross-border commerce.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EU's objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, I am concerned that the administrative and financial burden of national EPR registration requirements could disproportionately affect micro-businesses and independent creators. A business selling only a small number of products across EU borders should not face administrative requirements designed around the needs of large companies. Fixed registration, reporting and representative costs can become disproportionate when compared with the tiny amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce a meaningful de-minimis threshold for micro-businesses, a genuinely simple EU-wide registration system, and proportionate or capped compliance costs. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without unintentionally making cross-border trade impossible for Europe's smallest businesses. Please ensure that environmental responsibility and the European Single Market can work together, rather than allowing compliance costs to push small creators out of cross-border commerce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548439_en"}, {"id": 33548438, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 15:02:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im an artistr and small buissnes owner in germany. until now i could sell my work in all of europe. With the new law i wount be able to sell outside of germany. There is a high posibillity that i have to close.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im an artistr and small buissnes owner in germany. until now i could sell my work in all of europe. With the new law i wount be able to sell outside of germany. There is a high posibillity that i have to close.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548438_en"}, {"id": 33548437, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:59:28", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Raczej niezbyt mi to podchodzi. Zamysł żeby każda firma płaciła więcej opłat administracyjnych to jest strzał w kolano dla europejskiego rynku. Jeżeli ktokolwiek miałby to płacić to tylko i wyłącznie wielcy gracze czyli ci których zyski są niewyobrażalne. Jeżeli każdy przedsiębiorca musiałby opłacać coś takiego to albo podniesie ceny i po którymś czasie splajtuje albo od razu zakończy działalność bo nie będzie się takiemu opłacało prowadzić biznesu na terenie EOG/UE. Fajnie, że chcecie wspomóc recykling i \"drugi obieg\" ale sposób, w jaki Komisja Europejska chce do tego podejść zabija wszystkie mniejsze i większe firmy.", "feedbackEnglish": "Rather, I don’t take this very much. The idea that each company should pay more administrative fees is a knee shot for the European market. If anyone were to pay this, it would be only big players, i.e. those whose profits are unimaginable. If every entrepreneur had to pay something like this, it would either increase prices and, after a certain period of time, collapse or immediately cease business because it would not be worthwhile doing business in the EEA/EU. Favorably, you want to help recycling and ‘second circuit’, but the way the European Commission wants to kill all smaller and larger companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548437_en"}, {"id": 33548436, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:58:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I am in favor to implement rules and regulation to avoid waste and to make sure proper recycling will take place I'm very much unhappy with the way you set up the new PPWR and EPR regulation. The European Union and the Schengen agreement have been founded with the idea of one big economy and taxroom and free movement and trade. Especially in this challenging times when our traditional trading partners have come to become very unreliable we have to strenghten that concept instead of weakening it like the current proposal does. The way it is now every buisiness has to get a seperate representive in each european country and each representive costs a lot of money. For small and micro buisinesses that means it is not viable to send any packages within the EU aside from their own country. That is a direct violation to the idea of Schengen. Within the last week I have encountered a vast group of small and micro buisinesses from the whole world but especially within the EU who cannot any longer ship towards the EU. It will be more affordable to send a package to australia from Germany than to send to france which is a neighboring state. This will harm our planet increasinvly more than improper recycling. And one last point to make - if you continue this way only the big corps will remain. Amazon and Temu and the lot. I don't want a world where only the big corps remain. They are already harming our society and earth and we need corporate diversity. Please implement an PPWR and EPR registration process where you only need one representatove for the whole EU and please set up exemptions or more affordable fees for small and micro buisinesses. Please don't kill the free movement of goods within the EU with this attempt to counter waste. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I am in favor to implement rules and regulation to avoid waste and to make sure proper recycling will take place I'm very much unhappy with the way you set up the new PPWR and EPR regulation. The European Union and the Schengen agreement have been founded with the idea of one big economy and taxroom and free movement and trade. Especially in this challenging times when our traditional trading partners have come to become very unreliable we have to strenghten that concept instead of weakening it like the current proposal does. The way it is now every buisiness has to get a seperate representive in each european country and each representive costs a lot of money. For small and micro buisinesses that means it is not viable to send any packages within the EU aside from their own country. That is a direct violation to the idea of Schengen. Within the last week I have encountered a vast group of small and micro buisinesses from the whole world but especially within the EU who cannot any longer ship towards the EU. It will be more affordable to send a package to australia from Germany than to send to france which is a neighboring state. This will harm our planet increasinvly more than improper recycling. And one last point to make - if you continue this way only the big corps will remain. Amazon and Temu and the lot. I don't want a world where only the big corps remain. They are already harming our society and earth and we need corporate diversity. Please implement an PPWR and EPR registration process where you only need one representatove for the whole EU and please set up exemptions or more affordable fees for small and micro buisinesses. Please don't kill the free movement of goods within the EU with this attempt to counter waste. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548436_en"}, {"id": 33548435, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:58:26", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Design Studio", "feedback": "Im a designer and illustrator, and I currently run a micro business where I also sell my own creations. Im planning to develop a new line of merchandise and branding, but regulations like this are making it increasingly difficult and demotivating to continue growing as a small business owner. This regulation is not only unclear and difficult to navigate, but it also adds significant administrative and bureaucratic burdens to small businesses, on top of new costs that can be extremely difficult for us to absorb. Small businesses and independent creators already have limited resources, time and capacity compared to larger companies. We cannot be expected to carry the same administrative and financial burden without considering the disproportionate impact it has on us. We therefore urge the EU to review this regulation and consider specific exemptions, simplified requirements, or other measures that would protect and support small businesses and independent creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a designer and illustrator, and I currently run a micro business where I also sell my own creations. Im planning to develop a new line of merchandise and branding, but regulations like this are making it increasingly difficult and demotivating to continue growing as a small business owner. This regulation is not only unclear and difficult to navigate, but it also adds significant administrative and bureaucratic burdens to small businesses, on top of new costs that can be extremely difficult for us to absorb. Small businesses and independent creators already have limited resources, time and capacity compared to larger companies. We cannot be expected to carry the same administrative and financial burden without considering the disproportionate impact it has on us. We therefore urge the EU to review this regulation and consider specific exemptions, simplified requirements, or other measures that would protect and support small businesses and independent creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548435_en"}, {"id": 33548434, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:57:51", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business (single person, photographer selling my art) this system will ruin me. It is not possible for me to register in each country to send only a few shipments a year. These new rules will be the end of many small businessess, including mine", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business (single person, photographer selling my art) this system will ruin me. It is not possible for me to register in each country to send only a few shipments a year. These new rules will be the end of many small businessess, including mine", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548434_en"}, {"id": 33548433, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:56:27", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is already incredibly difficult to survive as a small, one-person-business, especially selling your own art, but this makes it basically impossible to sell anywhere outside your own country. The EU claims open borders and markets, but this is basically the exact opposite of that. So many independent artists have already announced the closure of their online shops because it would be impossible for a single person to handle and pay for all these new regulations, there needs to he some kind of exemption for micro-businesses of that level.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is already incredibly difficult to survive as a small, one-person-business, especially selling your own art, but this makes it basically impossible to sell anywhere outside your own country. The EU claims open borders and markets, but this is basically the exact opposite of that. So many independent artists have already announced the closure of their online shops because it would be impossible for a single person to handle and pay for all these new regulations, there needs to he some kind of exemption for micro-businesses of that level.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548433_en"}, {"id": 33548422, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:53:17", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a one person, micro business owner, I work entirely alone and ship only a very limited number of packages to other EU Member States each year. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, I am deeply concerned that the cross-border EPR requirements could place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on micro businesses like mine. Having to register, report, pay fees and potentially appoint an authorised representative in every EU country where a small business occasionally makes a sale can make cross-border trade economically and administratively unviable. Where is the Single Market if a tiny EU business cannot reasonably sell to customers in another EU Member State without facing a separate system in every country? I believe there should be a meaningful EU wide de minimis threshold, based on very small quantities of packaging or a very low number of shipments to a Member State. I welcome the Commission's proposal to suspend the representative requirements and hope this will be adopted. EU micro businesses should not face a more fragmented and burdensome system simply because they wish to sell occasionally to customers in another EU Member State.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one person, micro business owner, I work entirely alone and ship only a very limited number of packages to other EU Member States each year. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, I am deeply concerned that the cross-border EPR requirements could place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on micro businesses like mine. Having to register, report, pay fees and potentially appoint an authorised representative in every EU country where a small business occasionally makes a sale can make cross-border trade economically and administratively unviable. Where is the Single Market if a tiny EU business cannot reasonably sell to customers in another EU Member State without facing a separate system in every country? I believe there should be a meaningful EU wide de minimis threshold, based on very small quantities of packaging or a very low number of shipments to a Member State. I welcome the Commission's proposal to suspend the representative requirements and hope this will be adopted. EU micro businesses should not face a more fragmented and burdensome system simply because they wish to sell occasionally to customers in another EU Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548422_en"}, {"id": 33548421, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:53:12", "country": "ARM", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU resident, it's highly important for me that small and micro businesses both domestic, across EU and outside the EU are not suffocated out of being allowed to sell their small, simple goods whilst large and huge international corporations (Temu for example) get to apply the new laws at a minimal level. It is my genuine concern that without an implementation of proportional strictness for packages and package waste management depending on yearly package flow of a company, the law will only hurt the small and give the big a reason to drive up profit margins.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU resident, it's highly important for me that small and micro businesses both domestic, across EU and outside the EU are not suffocated out of being allowed to sell their small, simple goods whilst large and huge international corporations (Temu for example) get to apply the new laws at a minimal level. It is my genuine concern that without an implementation of proportional strictness for packages and package waste management depending on yearly package flow of a company, the law will only hurt the small and give the big a reason to drive up profit margins.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548421_en"}, {"id": 33548420, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:52:32", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support reducing packaging waste. But PPWR is another example of the EU making life harder for small independent creators while protecting the advantage of companies with legal teams and large budgets. For many creators, selling handmade products is only one of several income streams. They already compete with cheap copies from Chinese online shops, fast-fashion chains and, increasingly, AI-generated products and content. Their position is already fragile. Adding registrations, fees, paperwork and different compliance requirements across EU countries will not hurt large retailers. They can absorb it. It will hurt the small seller sending a few handmade parcels each month. For many, it will be the final reason to stop selling abroad. This is not support for small business or a functioning Single Market. Small creators must not be treated like multinational retailers or mass-import platforms. The EU should introduce a simple and affordable EU-wide system for micro-businesses, with clear rules and meaningful exemptions for low-volume sellers. Otherwise, PPWR will further weaken the people who create original, local and sustainable products.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support reducing packaging waste. But PPWR is another example of the EU making life harder for small independent creators while protecting the advantage of companies with legal teams and large budgets. For many creators, selling handmade products is only one of several income streams. They already compete with cheap copies from Chinese online shops, fast-fashion chains and, increasingly, AI-generated products and content. Their position is already fragile. Adding registrations, fees, paperwork and different compliance requirements across EU countries will not hurt large retailers. They can absorb it. It will hurt the small seller sending a few handmade parcels each month. For many, it will be the final reason to stop selling abroad. This is not support for small business or a functioning Single Market. Small creators must not be treated like multinational retailers or mass-import platforms. The EU should introduce a simple and affordable EU-wide system for micro-businesses, with clear rules and meaningful exemptions for low-volume sellers. Otherwise, PPWR will further weaken the people who create original, local and sustainable products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548420_en"}, {"id": 33548419, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:49:56", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Flightmodelstore", "feedback": "I am a small business owner based in Belgium, and I am writing to raise a serious concern about the compliance burden the PPWR places on small and starting businesses. As it stands, PPWR requires me to register separately in all 27 member states, and pay registration and reporting fees in each of them, simply to demonstrate that my packaging is compliant. For a business my size, this is not a manageable cost. It is a cost that can single-handedly determine whether a small business survives. This concern is not theoretical for me. I am currently starting a second business with a business partner, and we are already operating at a loss while we work to get our first shipments out the door. Under PPWR, we would need to take on additional debt purely to cover registration and compliance fees across 27 countries, before we have even proven the business can work. That is a very heavy burden to place on a company that hasn't sent its first package yet. I understand and support the underlying goal of this regulation. Packaging waste is a real problem, and reducing it is necessary. I am not asking for small businesses to be excused from that responsibility. What concerns me is the structure of compliance itself. I am aware that small and micro enterprises are given a longer implementation period and a few narrow exemptions. But on the core obligation registering, reporting, and paying fees separately in every member state where we sell small businesses are effectively required to meet the same administrative and financial bar as large corporations, which are, by volume, the far larger source of packaging waste in the first place. A flat per-country registration and fee structure does not scale down with company size, so its relative weight on a small business is disproportionately larger than on a large one, even if the absolute numbers are smaller. My request is not to weaken the environmental goals of PPWR. It is to ask that the compliance mechanism itself be made proportionate to business size, not just delayed for small businesses. Concretely, I would ask the Commission and member states to consider: A simplified, single-point registration process for small and micro enterprises, rather than requiring separate registration and fees in every member state where a small business sells even modest volumes. Reduced or scaled fees for small and micro enterprises based on turnover or packaging volume, rather than flat per-country charges that apply equally regardless of company size. Practical support, such as a centralized EU-level registration and reporting portal, or subsidized compliance services, so small businesses don't need to individually contract services or advisors in dozens of jurisdictions. I want to build and grow a business in the EU. I believe in the environmental goals behind this regulation, and I want to comply with them properly. But as currently structured, the administrative and financial burden of PPWR falls almost as heavily on a business with a handful of employees and no revenue yet as it does on a multinational with dedicated compliance teams and budgets. I would ask that this be reconsidered before it becomes the reason a small EU startup doesn't make it past its first year. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner based in Belgium, and I am writing to raise a serious concern about the compliance burden the PPWR places on small and starting businesses. As it stands, PPWR requires me to register separately in all 27 member states, and pay registration and reporting fees in each of them, simply to demonstrate that my packaging is compliant. For a business my size, this is not a manageable cost. It is a cost that can single-handedly determine whether a small business survives. This concern is not theoretical for me. I am currently starting a second business with a business partner, and we are already operating at a loss while we work to get our first shipments out the door. Under PPWR, we would need to take on additional debt purely to cover registration and compliance fees across 27 countries, before we have even proven the business can work. That is a very heavy burden to place on a company that hasn't sent its first package yet. I understand and support the underlying goal of this regulation. Packaging waste is a real problem, and reducing it is necessary. I am not asking for small businesses to be excused from that responsibility. What concerns me is the structure of compliance itself. I am aware that small and micro enterprises are given a longer implementation period and a few narrow exemptions. But on the core obligation registering, reporting, and paying fees separately in every member state where we sell small businesses are effectively required to meet the same administrative and financial bar as large corporations, which are, by volume, the far larger source of packaging waste in the first place. A flat per-country registration and fee structure does not scale down with company size, so its relative weight on a small business is disproportionately larger than on a large one, even if the absolute numbers are smaller. My request is not to weaken the environmental goals of PPWR. It is to ask that the compliance mechanism itself be made proportionate to business size, not just delayed for small businesses. Concretely, I would ask the Commission and member states to consider: A simplified, single-point registration process for small and micro enterprises, rather than requiring separate registration and fees in every member state where a small business sells even modest volumes. Reduced or scaled fees for small and micro enterprises based on turnover or packaging volume, rather than flat per-country charges that apply equally regardless of company size. Practical support, such as a centralized EU-level registration and reporting portal, or subsidized compliance services, so small businesses don't need to individually contract services or advisors in dozens of jurisdictions. I want to build and grow a business in the EU. I believe in the environmental goals behind this regulation, and I want to comply with them properly. But as currently structured, the administrative and financial burden of PPWR falls almost as heavily on a business with a handful of employees and no revenue yet as it does on a multinational with dedicated compliance teams and budgets. I would ask that this be reconsidered before it becomes the reason a small EU startup doesn't make it past its first year. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548419_en"}, {"id": 33548418, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:49:13", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sostengo l'obiettivo di migliorare la gestione dei rifiuti di imballaggio, ma questo non può e non deve gravare in questa maniera sulle spalle di piccoli artigiani e artisti che si troveranno costretti a chiudere le vendite verso il mercato europeo poichè impossibilitati a raggiungere clienti in diversi Stati membri. Se devono registrarsi separatamente, rispettare procedure nazionali diverse e affrontare ulteriori oneri amministrativi e finanziari in ogni paese in cui vendono, molti cesseranno semplicemente di spedire in alcuni se non tutti i paesi dell'UE. Questo comprometterebbe il principio fondamentale dell'UE della libera circolazione delle merci all'interno degli stessi paesi UE, è un'assurdità. Anche i consumatori ne risentirebbero negativamente: molte persone scelgono attivamente di sostenere le piccole imprese europee indipendenti ma se la burocrazia diventa troppo complessa o costosa, i clienti avranno meno possibilità di scelta e meno opportunità di sostenere tali imprese. Le norme dovrebbero essere il più possibile armonizzate e semplici, con un sistema di registrazione UNICO e valido per tutti i territori UE.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of improving the management of packaging waste, but this cannot and should not burden the shoulders of small craftsmen and artists who will be forced to close their sales to the European market as they cannot reach customers in several Member States. If they have to register separately, comply with different national procedures and face additional administrative and financial burdens in each country they sell to, many will simply stop shipping to some if not all EU countries. This would undermine the EU’s fundamental principle of free movement of goods within EU countries themselves, it is absurd. Consumers would also be negatively affected: many people actively choose to support small independent European businesses, but if red tape becomes too complex or costly, customers will have less choice and fewer opportunities to support such businesses. Standards should be as harmonised and simple as possible, with a UNICO registration system valid for all EU territories.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548418_en"}, {"id": 33548417, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:48:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das neue Gesetz belastet unproportional kleine Unternehmen und Selbständige finanziell im Vergleich zu Großkonzernen. Während diese die Pauschalen leicht abdecken können, sind es doch bei lokalen Händlern, Kleinunternehmen und selbstständigen Personen, wie unter anderem Kunstschaffende, Händler oder diverse andere Anbieter von materiellen Gütern, relativ große Summen, die aufgebracht werden müssen. Dies schränkt den allgemeinen europäischen Handeln nur weiter ein und bewegt das Machtgefüge weg von lokalen Händlern. Ein weiterer Punkt ist der dadurch verringerte kultureller Austausch. Händler sehen sich gezwungen ihre Waren nur noch national anbieten zu können. Der gewünschte ökologische Einfluss bleibt dabei aus. Außerdem sehen sich viele Kleinunternehmen nicht in der Lage, sich so kurzfristig mit den neuen Regelungen auseinanderzusetzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law puts a disproportionate financial burden on small businesses and self-employed compared to large corporations. While these can easily cover the flat rates, relatively large sums need to be raised by local traders, small businesses and self-employed persons, such as, inter alia, creators, distributors or various other providers of tangible goods. This only further limits overall European action and shifts the balance of power away from local traders. Another issue is the resulting reduction in cultural exchanges. Traders are forced to sell their goods only at national level. This does not have the desired environmental impact. In addition, many small businesses are not in a position to deal with the new rules at such short notice.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548417_en"}, {"id": 33548416, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:46:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mossypine", "feedback": "I am a small business owner from the Netherlands, who illustrates and designs her own products. Because of the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy, this law would make it impossible for small independent businesses like me to sell across EU borders. Besides the enourmous paperwork, the costs are exponentially high for the little packages I sometimes sent to another EU state. The Authorized Representative in each EU state would force me to drop 90% of the countries I ship to, due to the high costs. Please reconsider and create a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. This is harming so many small businesses who do not bring a lot of waste into the stream compared to bigger companies, yet they pay the same high price. This is many people their livelihood!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner from the Netherlands, who illustrates and designs her own products. Because of the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy, this law would make it impossible for small independent businesses like me to sell across EU borders. Besides the enourmous paperwork, the costs are exponentially high for the little packages I sometimes sent to another EU state. The Authorized Representative in each EU state would force me to drop 90% of the countries I ship to, due to the high costs. Please reconsider and create a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. This is harming so many small businesses who do not bring a lot of waste into the stream compared to bigger companies, yet they pay the same high price. This is many people their livelihood!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548416_en"}, {"id": 33548415, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:46:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas tardes, Leyendo sobre la normativa, si bien la intención es buena, la aplicación de la medida me parece demasiado burocrática y poco practica para el pequeño comercio. Aparte que va en contra del mercado común europeo, que fue el origen de la UE. Ruego revisen las medidas, no es viable hace un registro y pagar tasas por cada país de la Unión Europea. Esto solo garantiza que los grandes comercios electronicos arrasen con todo.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, reading about the rules, although the intention is good, I find the implementation of the measure too bureaucratic and unpractical for small businesses. It goes against the European common market, which was the origin of the EU. Please review the measures, it is not feasible to register and pay fees for each EU country. This only ensures that big e-shops get rid of everything.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548415_en"}, {"id": 33548404, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:44:10", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Svampstugan AB, org nbr 559583-9159", "feedback": "I run a small business in Sweden selling foraging supplies, outdoors gear and art. I've been looking into setting up my online store at svampskogen.com, but I've realized that the new EPR rules make it impossible for me to ship outside of Sweden. I'd have to pay several hundred euros for every single country I'd want to ship to, as well as file individual reports, to cover recycling costs on the order of cents. Please make small businesses exempt from these fees and reports.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business in Sweden selling foraging supplies, outdoors gear and art. I've been looking into setting up my online store at svampskogen.com, but I've realized that the new EPR rules make it impossible for me to ship outside of Sweden. I'd have to pay several hundred euros for every single country I'd want to ship to, as well as file individual reports, to cover recycling costs on the order of cents. Please make small businesses exempt from these fees and reports.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548404_en"}, {"id": 33548403, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:44:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is such an unreasonable change! So many of my favorite small shops now have to close down or stop shipping because they can no longer afford to offer these services. This is going to be the death of small businesses and many independent handmade shops. Its so ironic, because these are exactly the small shops that care about sustainability. Theyre often slow fashion brands or Fairtrade businesses, and many of them make everything themselves. All this will do is lead to even less handmade production and contribute to traditional craftsmanship dying out. Meanwhile, the big corporations obviously wont be affected in the same way they can afford to absorb these additional costs and changes.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is such an unreasonable change! So many of my favorite small shops now have to close down or stop shipping because they can no longer afford to offer these services. This is going to be the death of small businesses and many independent handmade shops. Its so ironic, because these are exactly the small shops that care about sustainability. Theyre often slow fashion brands or Fairtrade businesses, and many of them make everything themselves. All this will do is lead to even less handmade production and contribute to traditional craftsmanship dying out. Meanwhile, the big corporations obviously wont be affected in the same way they can afford to absorb these additional costs and changes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548403_en"}, {"id": 33548402, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:43:49", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules will be awful for small businesses, try thinking of a system based on weight of total import, its already hard enough to try and ship things around the world and this only makes it harder for everyone, including just regular people! Please think of a better system.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules will be awful for small businesses, try thinking of a system based on weight of total import, its already hard enough to try and ship things around the world and this only makes it harder for everyone, including just regular people! Please think of a better system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548402_en"}, {"id": 33548401, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:42:25", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "With PPWR, the European Union is in fact imposing trade barriers in its inner market. The regulation is counterproductive for micro-businesses and small businesses and have a negative impact on consumers. Micro-companies have to potentially register and pay administrative fees in up to 27 different nations. This is a tough burden for one person to carry, and can potentially making commerce not viable inside the EU at all. It will be easier to just keep selling to the country one is living in and the rest of the world, thus excluding EU citizens as potential buyers. Furthermore, the fees are completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging many of these businesses actually put on the market. A company shipping a few hundred or a few thousand orders a year simply does not have the compliance department, lawyers or budget that Amazon-sized companies have. Yet the administrative burden can end up looking remarkably similar. That doesnt reduce competition fairly, it pushes smaller businesses out of cross-border e-commerce while the largest corporations barely notice the cost. If the EU genuinely wants both waste reduction **and** a functioning single market, there should be a proportionate threshold or simplified EU-wide registration system for small businesses. Otherwise were creating barriers to intra-EU trade in the name of harmonisation.", "feedbackEnglish": "With PPWR, the European Union is in fact imposing trade barriers in its inner market. The regulation is counterproductive for micro-businesses and small businesses and have a negative impact on consumers. Micro-companies have to potentially register and pay administrative fees in up to 27 different nations. This is a tough burden for one person to carry, and can potentially making commerce not viable inside the EU at all. It will be easier to just keep selling to the country one is living in and the rest of the world, thus excluding EU citizens as potential buyers. Furthermore, the fees are completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging many of these businesses actually put on the market. A company shipping a few hundred or a few thousand orders a year simply does not have the compliance department, lawyers or budget that Amazon-sized companies have. Yet the administrative burden can end up looking remarkably similar. That doesnt reduce competition fairly, it pushes smaller businesses out of cross-border e-commerce while the largest corporations barely notice the cost. If the EU genuinely wants both waste reduction **and** a functioning single market, there should be a proportionate threshold or simplified EU-wide registration system for small businesses. Otherwise were creating barriers to intra-EU trade in the name of harmonisation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548401_en"}, {"id": 33548400, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:42:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Candela Studio", "feedback": "I find this regulation absolutely ridiculous. I have a small business running here in Germany. My packaging has been all recyclable and reusable since i started. THIS REGULATION SHOULD BE APPLIED ONLY FOR BIG COMPANY WHO CAN AFFORD IT!! I hope you can understand", "feedbackEnglish": "I find this regulation absolutely ridiculous. I have a small business running here in Germany. My packaging has been all recyclable and reusable since i started. THIS REGULATION SHOULD BE APPLIED ONLY FOR BIG COMPANY WHO CAN AFFORD IT!! I hope you can understand", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548400_en"}, {"id": 33548399, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:41:27", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questa decisione danneggia gli eCommerce indipendenti e tutti gli small shop di artisti e artigiani locali che vendono in Europa", "feedbackEnglish": "This decision harms independent eCommerce and all small shops of local artists and craftsmen selling in Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548399_en"}, {"id": 33548398, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:40:59", "country": "VNM", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Over complicated, bureaucratic, anti-EU and in favor of big corps. I want the new regulations to exempt the small and middle business, provide a good uniform solution before going on.", "feedbackEnglish": "Over complicated, bureaucratic, anti-EU and in favor of big corps. I want the new regulations to exempt the small and middle business, provide a good uniform solution before going on.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548398_en"}, {"id": 33548397, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:40:49", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Committee Members, I am a micro business owner in Spain selling small handmade products online to customers across the EU. I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable, however, the current EPR/PPWR requirements can place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on one-person, small and microbusinesses. For a business with only a few orders per month, paying registration fees, compliance costs, or representatives in multiple EU countries can make selling across the EU simply unviable. We do not have compliance departments, lawyers, or the financial resources of large companies. We are ordinary people trying to run very small businesses, and these additional costs can take away a significant part of our already limited income. Please consider **exempting micro and small businesses from unnecessary registration and representative requirements, or introducing a simple, genuinely affordable EU-wide system with meaningful exemptions for very small sellers.** The EU should make it possible for small businesses to trade across Europe, not create barriers that only large companies can afford. Please ensure that the transition to more sustainable packaging does not come at the cost of destroying the smallest businesses. Kind regards, A microbusiness owner from Spain", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Committee Members, I am a micro business owner in Spain selling small handmade products online to customers across the EU. I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making packaging more sustainable, however, the current EPR/PPWR requirements can place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on one-person, small and microbusinesses. For a business with only a few orders per month, paying registration fees, compliance costs, or representatives in multiple EU countries can make selling across the EU simply unviable. We do not have compliance departments, lawyers, or the financial resources of large companies. We are ordinary people trying to run very small businesses, and these additional costs can take away a significant part of our already limited income. Please consider **exempting micro and small businesses from unnecessary registration and representative requirements, or introducing a simple, genuinely affordable EU-wide system with meaningful exemptions for very small sellers.** The EU should make it possible for small businesses to trade across Europe, not create barriers that only large companies can afford. Please ensure that the transition to more sustainable packaging does not come at the cost of destroying the smallest businesses. Kind regards, A microbusiness owner from Spain", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548397_en"}, {"id": 33548396, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:40:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pieksi und Griffel", "feedback": "Die neuen Vorgaben verursachen für uns als Kleinstunternehmen einen erheblichen zusätzlichen administrativen und finanziellen Aufwand insbesondere durch unterschiedliche Anforderungen in den einzelnen EU-Ländern. Bei kleinen Versandmengen stehen diese Kosten und der Aufwand teilweise in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zum Umsatz. Die Folge: Wir müssen den Versand in die EU-Länder vorerst einstellen. Unser Wunsch: eine einfache, zentrale und verhältnismäßige Lösung für kleine Unternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new requirements impose a considerable additional administrative and financial burden on us as micro-enterprises, in particular as a result of differing requirements in individual EU countries. In the case of small consignments, some of these costs and costs are disproportionate to the turnover. Consequence: We must stop shipping to EU countries for the time being. Our wish: a simple, centralised and proportionate solution for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548396_en"}, {"id": 33548395, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:39:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "IGOR-ALBAN CHEVALIER", "feedback": "I oppose the proposal vehemently. This would kill all small businesses and would instantly ruin any chance for artists and artisans to have a futur. This cannot pass, Art, craft, and small businesses need to survive for civilisation sake.", "feedbackEnglish": "I oppose the proposal vehemently. This would kill all small businesses and would instantly ruin any chance for artists and artisans to have a futur. This cannot pass, Art, craft, and small businesses need to survive for civilisation sake.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548395_en"}, {"id": 33548394, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:37:43", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Illustrator", "feedback": "As a small Dutch webshop owner, I support reducing packaging waste, but these rules are disproportionate for micro-businesses and make cross-border EU trade unnecessarily difficult and expensive. Europe should encourage consumers to support small European businesses and buy closer to home, not create barriers that push them away. Please introduce a simple EU-wide system or meaningful threshold for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small Dutch webshop owner, I support reducing packaging waste, but these rules are disproportionate for micro-businesses and make cross-border EU trade unnecessarily difficult and expensive. Europe should encourage consumers to support small European businesses and buy closer to home, not create barriers that push them away. Please introduce a simple EU-wide system or meaningful threshold for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548394_en"}, {"id": 33548393, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:37:38", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta iniciativa é extremamente prejudicial para o microempreendedorismo. Apesar de ser baseada num ideal imensamente válido, não é de todo viável para pequenos negócios, que exportam pouco, cujo lucro com a exportação não é possível cobrir os custos associados a estas medidas. Além disso, muitas vezes estes pequenos negócios são até projetos com produtos sustentáveis, com enfoque na reciclagem, na proteção ambiental, e na sustentabilidade. É necessário rever esta legislação, e potencialmente criar exceções para os pequenos negócios, de forma a facilitar o processo burocrático e os custos associados, mantendo possível o microempreendedorismo na UE.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative is extremely detrimental to micro-entrepreneurship. Although it is based on an immensely valid ideal, it is by no means viable for small businesses, which export little, whose export profit cannot cover the costs associated with these measures. Moreover, these small businesses are often even projects with sustainable products, focusing on recycling, environmental protection, and sustainability. It is necessary to revise this legislation, and potentially create exceptions for small businesses, in order to facilitate the bureaucratic process and the associated costs, while keeping micro-entrepreneurship in the EU possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548393_en"}, {"id": 33548392, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:37:10", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am shocked by the laziness behind these new laws and regulations! It is as if you didn't even bother to make the necessary analyses to see how this will affect small businesses. And all under the pretext of carring for the environment, when this very laws give big companies that are the biggest polluters the opportunity to make their monopoly on the eu market even bigger and stronger, while small and micro businesses that for example REUSE old bubble wraps are going out of bussines...And now we have to wait UNTIL OCTOBER for you to do sonething about it?!?! SHAME ON YOU EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am shocked by the laziness behind these new laws and regulations! It is as if you didn't even bother to make the necessary analyses to see how this will affect small businesses. And all under the pretext of carring for the environment, when this very laws give big companies that are the biggest polluters the opportunity to make their monopoly on the eu market even bigger and stronger, while small and micro businesses that for example REUSE old bubble wraps are going out of bussines...And now we have to wait UNTIL OCTOBER for you to do sonething about it?!?! SHAME ON YOU EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548392_en"}, {"id": 33548379, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:35:21", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm an artist and unique musical instrument maker. I sell 10-20 instruments and also 100-200 musical records (vinyls and cassettes) all over the world via various online marketplaces. I still can't support my family entirely from this business, but the earnings are significant and helps me a lot as an artist. I'm always using used boxes and materials (to make it 100% sustainable, or at least 99% as I use plastic tape). This new law will definitely force to close my very small business as it seems that registration and annual fees for each EU country are just too large. The system is so difficult to understand and the beaurocratic burden seems just too large for small scale seller like me. And there are many people like me especially artists, musicians for whom selling their own merchandise online helps a lot to survive. The system must be different for small sellers. Being responsible for the waste you generate is a good thing, but this is something is definitely wrong with this law. There should be a unified system for the whole EU and maybe small producers should only pay a certain fee once the item is sold (same like for postage)...", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an artist and unique musical instrument maker. I sell 10-20 instruments and also 100-200 musical records (vinyls and cassettes) all over the world via various online marketplaces. I still can't support my family entirely from this business, but the earnings are significant and helps me a lot as an artist. I'm always using used boxes and materials (to make it 100% sustainable, or at least 99% as I use plastic tape). This new law will definitely force to close my very small business as it seems that registration and annual fees for each EU country are just too large. The system is so difficult to understand and the beaurocratic burden seems just too large for small scale seller like me. And there are many people like me especially artists, musicians for whom selling their own merchandise online helps a lot to survive. The system must be different for small sellers. Being responsible for the waste you generate is a good thing, but this is something is definitely wrong with this law. There should be a unified system for the whole EU and maybe small producers should only pay a certain fee once the item is sold (same like for postage)...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548379_en"}, {"id": 33548361, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:34:58", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sono assolutamente favorevole all'idea di ridurre gli imballaggi e gli sprechi, ma temo che questo nuovo regolamento finisca per pesare soprattutto sulle piccole realtà, che non hanno le stesse risorse delle grandi aziende per affrontare nuovi obblighi, materiali, certificazioni e adempimenti. Inoltre mi lascia parecchio perplessa anche l'affermazione secondo cui queste nuove regole porteranno, in generale, a una diminuzione dei prezzi per i consumatori. Francamente, dopo tutti gli aumenti che abbiamo già visto, faccio fatica a immaginare che nuovi costi per le aziende si traducano magicamente in prezzi più bassi per il consumatore. Anzi, il rischio, o devo dire la certezza? è che anche i consumatori che acquistano prodotti delle grandi aziende si trovino semplicemente a fronteggiare l'ennesimo aumento di prezzi già insostenibili.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am absolutely in favour of the idea of reducing packaging and waste, but I am afraid that this new regulation will end up weighing mainly on small businesses, which do not have the same resources as large companies to deal with new obligations, materials, certification and compliance. Moreover, I am also somewhat puzzled by the claim that these new rules will, in general, lead to lower prices for consumers. Frankly, after all the increases we have already seen, I struggle to imagine that new costs for businesses will magically translate into lower prices for consumers. On the contrary, the risk, or do I have to say the certainty, is that even consumers who buy products from large companies are simply confronted with yet another increase in prices that is already unsustainable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548361_en"}, {"id": 33548371, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:34:41", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the idea behind the PPWR and reducing packaging waste, but I am concerned about the administrative burden being placed on micro businesses. A micro business might receive only a few orders from a particular EU country in an entire year. If it has to register separately, pay fees, file reports and potentially appoint an authorised representative in every country where it has a customer, the cost of compliance can easily be higher than the revenue it earns from that country. At that point, the only realistic option for many small businesses is to stop selling there. This seems completely contrary to the idea of the EU Single Market. Small European businesses should be encouraged to sell across Europe, not face expensive administrative requirements every time a customer happens to live across a national border. I believe micro businesses should be exempt from these requirements. At the very least, there should be a reasonable minimum threshold so that businesses placing tiny amounts of packaging on the market are not treated the same way as large companies shipping thousands or millions of products. Please introduce a clear exemption for micro businesses or a meaningful de minimis threshold. Environmental rules should be proportionate to environmental impact and should not make cross-border trade economically impossible for the smallest European businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the idea behind the PPWR and reducing packaging waste, but I am concerned about the administrative burden being placed on micro businesses. A micro business might receive only a few orders from a particular EU country in an entire year. If it has to register separately, pay fees, file reports and potentially appoint an authorised representative in every country where it has a customer, the cost of compliance can easily be higher than the revenue it earns from that country. At that point, the only realistic option for many small businesses is to stop selling there. This seems completely contrary to the idea of the EU Single Market. Small European businesses should be encouraged to sell across Europe, not face expensive administrative requirements every time a customer happens to live across a national border. I believe micro businesses should be exempt from these requirements. At the very least, there should be a reasonable minimum threshold so that businesses placing tiny amounts of packaging on the market are not treated the same way as large companies shipping thousands or millions of products. Please introduce a clear exemption for micro businesses or a meaningful de minimis threshold. Environmental rules should be proportionate to environmental impact and should not make cross-border trade economically impossible for the smallest European businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548371_en"}, {"id": 33548370, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:34:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi serait très contraignante pour les artistes et les propriétaires de petites entreprises. Lorsque lon parle dindépendants qui envoient quelques dizaines de paquets dans lUE par mois, ça paraît incohérent.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law would be very burdensome for artists and owners of small businesses. When we talk about freelancers who send dozens of packages to the EU every month, it seems inconsistent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548370_en"}, {"id": 33548369, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:33:28", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Splendette", "feedback": "As a small business owner in the UK, I agree with the principle of these legislations, however, their execution has been ill considered and is going to damage small business both in and outside the EU. The cost for small businesses having to register in each country with the added cost of hiring a representative in some locations is too prohibitive for many of us to continue selling to the EU. This monetary burden plus the increased workload just isn't sustainable for the small ones like us whereas businesses like Amazon will barely be affected. Please reconsider your approach to this and create either one blanket way of managing this or put in exemptions for us little guys.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner in the UK, I agree with the principle of these legislations, however, their execution has been ill considered and is going to damage small business both in and outside the EU. The cost for small businesses having to register in each country with the added cost of hiring a representative in some locations is too prohibitive for many of us to continue selling to the EU. This monetary burden plus the increased workload just isn't sustainable for the small ones like us whereas businesses like Amazon will barely be affected. Please reconsider your approach to this and create either one blanket way of managing this or put in exemptions for us little guys.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548369_en"}, {"id": 33548368, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:33:10", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the new Packaging Directive may be a well-intentioned approach to balancing recycling burdens, it is currently leading to more proplems than it is worth for small businesses. For small and medium-sized businesses with sporadic cross-border shipments, the law has no realistic cost to benefit ratio. For these companies, it is now easier to send goods to non-EU countries, which cannot be the purpose of the internal market. There is an urgent need for a very much simpler handling method based on the size of the firm, which once again makes it possible for these firms to trade within the EU", "feedbackEnglish": "While the new Packaging Directive may be a well-intentioned approach to balancing recycling burdens, it is currently leading to more proplems than it is worth for small businesses. For small and medium-sized businesses with sporadic cross-border shipments, the law has no realistic cost to benefit ratio. For these companies, it is now easier to send goods to non-EU countries, which cannot be the purpose of the internal market. There is an urgent need for a very much simpler handling method based on the size of the firm, which once again makes it possible for these firms to trade within the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548368_en"}, {"id": 33548367, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:30:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules are inhibiting small businesses from sharing their products and designs with other EU countries. It lessens the cultural exchange, only ends up in more bureaucracy for small business owners, and strengthens monopolies. The ecological impact is minor and does not hold large corporations accountable but rather punishes small business owners for not having enough money to pursue their work.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are inhibiting small businesses from sharing their products and designs with other EU countries. It lessens the cultural exchange, only ends up in more bureaucracy for small business owners, and strengthens monopolies. The ecological impact is minor and does not hold large corporations accountable but rather punishes small business owners for not having enough money to pursue their work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548367_en"}, {"id": 33548366, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:30:26", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses can't pay for the 27 EU countries as they need to hire representatives for each country and it's simply cheaper to ship overseas than do that, which is completely ridiculous. We demand a revision of this law as soon as possible. You pretend to be defending the interests of small European businesses by targeting Temu, Aliexpress, Shein etc but you keep passing laws to sink them all.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses can't pay for the 27 EU countries as they need to hire representatives for each country and it's simply cheaper to ship overseas than do that, which is completely ridiculous. We demand a revision of this law as soon as possible. You pretend to be defending the interests of small European businesses by targeting Temu, Aliexpress, Shein etc but you keep passing laws to sink them all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548366_en"}, {"id": 33548365, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:30:15", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a self-employed small business owner based in the EU, and I am extremely concerned about the financial impact these new requirements will have on businesses like mine. The cost of registering, paying fees and potentially appointing representatives in multiple EU countries is simply unaffordable for a small business. For many of us, sales to an individual Member State may only represent a handful of orders per year, yet we could be expected to take on significant annual costs just to continue serving those customers. This is not financially sustainable. It could force many small and independent businesses to stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether, while larger companies can absorb these costs with little difficulty. A system intended to address packaging waste should not make cross-border trade financially inaccessible to the smallest businesses. There urgently needs to be a proportionate solution for microbusinesses, such as meaningful thresholds, exemptions for very small packaging volumes, or a single affordable EU-wide registration system. Without this, the financial burden is simply unreasonable and risks pushing small businesses out of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed small business owner based in the EU, and I am extremely concerned about the financial impact these new requirements will have on businesses like mine. The cost of registering, paying fees and potentially appointing representatives in multiple EU countries is simply unaffordable for a small business. For many of us, sales to an individual Member State may only represent a handful of orders per year, yet we could be expected to take on significant annual costs just to continue serving those customers. This is not financially sustainable. It could force many small and independent businesses to stop selling to customers in other EU countries altogether, while larger companies can absorb these costs with little difficulty. A system intended to address packaging waste should not make cross-border trade financially inaccessible to the smallest businesses. There urgently needs to be a proportionate solution for microbusinesses, such as meaningful thresholds, exemptions for very small packaging volumes, or a single affordable EU-wide registration system. Without this, the financial burden is simply unreasonable and risks pushing small businesses out of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548365_en"}, {"id": 33548364, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:30:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I think this is generally a good idea and with a good goal in mind. However, I feel the consequences are not quite thought through. This directly impacts small business owners who regularly send small(ish) items, many who feel they can no longer send out their belongings. I think it would also impact second hand trading and upcycling. Please rethink the exact limitations on this principally very good law!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I think this is generally a good idea and with a good goal in mind. However, I feel the consequences are not quite thought through. This directly impacts small business owners who regularly send small(ish) items, many who feel they can no longer send out their belongings. I think it would also impact second hand trading and upcycling. Please rethink the exact limitations on this principally very good law!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548364_en"}, {"id": 33548363, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:29:51", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a small business owner and an artist selling my artwork to people all over the EU. While I appreciate the European Union doing something about the very clear packaging problem, having to register with every single country within the EU and paying for representatives is not something I can do as a small business owner. The problem is, as someone operating on a small scale, my profit is lower than what I would have to pay in the ERP fees. For some of the countries within the EU, I might get one package a year - this means I have to spend hundreds of euros to be able to send a single package that may earn me 20-30 euros. It is not something that is feasible for someone at my scale. This will create barriers for anyone who wants to sell locally (within the EU), as only big businesses can truly afford these costs. I ask you to reconsider the ERP as tens of thousands small businesses, artists, artians, crafters will be affected and will have to shut down or heavily limit their operations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a small business owner and an artist selling my artwork to people all over the EU. While I appreciate the European Union doing something about the very clear packaging problem, having to register with every single country within the EU and paying for representatives is not something I can do as a small business owner. The problem is, as someone operating on a small scale, my profit is lower than what I would have to pay in the ERP fees. For some of the countries within the EU, I might get one package a year - this means I have to spend hundreds of euros to be able to send a single package that may earn me 20-30 euros. It is not something that is feasible for someone at my scale. This will create barriers for anyone who wants to sell locally (within the EU), as only big businesses can truly afford these costs. I ask you to reconsider the ERP as tens of thousands small businesses, artists, artians, crafters will be affected and will have to shut down or heavily limit their operations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548363_en"}, {"id": 33548362, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:29:25", "country": "MEX", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the objective of improving packaging waste management, but I am concerned about the impact the registration requirements could have on small businesses selling across the EU. Many small and micro-sized businesses rely on the Single Market to reach customers in different Member States. If they must register separately, comply with different national procedures, or face additional administrative and financial burdens in every country where they sell, many will simply stop shipping to some EU countries. This would undermine the EUs fundamental principle of the free movement of goods. Businesses that are already established and compliant within the EU should not face disproportionate barriers to selling across borders. Consumers would also be negatively affected. Many people actively choose to support small and independent European businesses. If cross-border compliance becomes too complex or costly, customers will have fewer choices and fewer opportunities to support these businesses. The rules should be as harmonised and simple as possible, with a single EU-wide registration system or mutual recognition of registrations between Member States. This would help achieve environmental objectives without creating unnecessary barriers for small businesses or limiting consumer choice across the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of improving packaging waste management, but I am concerned about the impact the registration requirements could have on small businesses selling across the EU. Many small and micro-sized businesses rely on the Single Market to reach customers in different Member States. If they must register separately, comply with different national procedures, or face additional administrative and financial burdens in every country where they sell, many will simply stop shipping to some EU countries. This would undermine the EUs fundamental principle of the free movement of goods. Businesses that are already established and compliant within the EU should not face disproportionate barriers to selling across borders. Consumers would also be negatively affected. Many people actively choose to support small and independent European businesses. If cross-border compliance becomes too complex or costly, customers will have fewer choices and fewer opportunities to support these businesses. The rules should be as harmonised and simple as possible, with a single EU-wide registration system or mutual recognition of registrations between Member States. This would help achieve environmental objectives without creating unnecessary barriers for small businesses or limiting consumer choice across the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548362_en"}, {"id": 33548360, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:28:18", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A lot of small businesses will not survive this. Some people depend on being able to sell online, and while Amazon will have no problem accommodating this, a lot of EU businesses will not. Some of these people are handicapped, and therefore this is the only way they can earn money. I'm sure it was not the intention, but this bill is threatening the livelihood for a lot of people. The idea itself it good, but it needs to be tweaked.", "feedbackEnglish": "A lot of small businesses will not survive this. Some people depend on being able to sell online, and while Amazon will have no problem accommodating this, a lot of EU businesses will not. Some of these people are handicapped, and therefore this is the only way they can earn money. I'm sure it was not the intention, but this bill is threatening the livelihood for a lot of people. The idea itself it good, but it needs to be tweaked.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548360_en"}, {"id": 33548359, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:27:36", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Committee Members, Please make an exempt small and micro businesses from having an AR. Big corporations, who are the main source of packaging waste, can afford to adjust to the new law, but we don't. Our income partially depends on sending artisan products to the EU countries but not enough to be able to pay all the fees. I support the initiative of taking a better care of the packaging waste but the current form of regulation is going to put a disproportionate burden on one or two person businesses like ours. Please consider harmonizing and simplifying the registration process or exempt us from registering. We don't have resources to hire someone to do it for us, and running a small business is already a very time consuming job. This new regulation is against the free movement of goods and it strengthens the monopoly of big online retailers. And I believe it's against the idea of an Union. I hope our concerns will positively impact the law making process and will protect small businesses from going bankrupt. Kind regards, Small business owner from Poland", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Committee Members, Please make an exempt small and micro businesses from having an AR. Big corporations, who are the main source of packaging waste, can afford to adjust to the new law, but we don't. Our income partially depends on sending artisan products to the EU countries but not enough to be able to pay all the fees. I support the initiative of taking a better care of the packaging waste but the current form of regulation is going to put a disproportionate burden on one or two person businesses like ours. Please consider harmonizing and simplifying the registration process or exempt us from registering. We don't have resources to hire someone to do it for us, and running a small business is already a very time consuming job. This new regulation is against the free movement of goods and it strengthens the monopoly of big online retailers. And I believe it's against the idea of an Union. I hope our concerns will positively impact the law making process and will protect small businesses from going bankrupt. Kind regards, Small business owner from Poland", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548359_en"}, {"id": 33548358, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:27:31", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Da cittadina italiana non possedente una piccolo business ma da amica ed acquirente e/o conoscente di tali persone mi chiedo: è giusto trattare allo stesso modo le grandi aziende ed i piccoli business? C'è già chi, per motivi etici e legati all'ambiente, decide di rimanere piccolo piuttosto che espandersi, sia per produrre oggetti la cui qualità è maggiore e per dare valore al proprio lavoro artigianale, che riflettendo su tematiche di tipo ambientale. In questo modo ammazziamo quella piccola parte di realtà sulla base del quale l'Italia fonda la parte della sua identità come penso anche molti dei piccoli artigiani sparsi in Europa se non nel mondo. Non voglio essere prolissa ne tanto meno girare intorno ad un problema chiaramente evidente. Mi domando se fosse possibile veramente regolamentare (non quindi annullare) il decreto in modo da renderlo giusto e adeguato anche per queste piccole realtà: le quali non hanno lo stesso potere economico delle grandi aziende che producono più scarti e rifiuti. Invito a questa riflessione perché confido nel fatto che qualcuno abbia veramente a cuore questa cosa. Ringrazio veramente chiunque spenda anche solo 2 minuti per leggere questo.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an Italian citizen not owning a small business but as a friend and purchaser and/or acquaintance of such people, I am wondering: is it right to treat large companies and small businesses in the same way? There are already those who, for ethical and environmental reasons, decide to stay small rather than expand, both to produce objects of higher quality and to value their craft work, and to reflect on environmental issues. In this way, we admire the small part of the reality on the basis of which Italy bases the part of its identity as I also think many of the small craftsmen scattered in Europe if not in the world. I do not want to be protracted, let alone revolve around a clearly visible problem. I wonder whether it was really possible to regulate (and therefore not annul) the Decree in such a way as to make it fair and appropriate also for these small entities: they do not have the same economic power as large companies producing more waste and scrap. I invite you to think about this because I am confident that someone really cares about it. I really thank anyone who spends just 2 minutes to read this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548358_en"}, {"id": 33548357, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:26:07", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am appalled at the decision that is currently being placed, and in which way and grade it will affect and possibly hurt all smaller businesses in the EU. How you have come to think this is anywhere near the only possible solution, astounds me truly. It is clear that you could include in the law possible solutions that wont affect smaller businesses by including x amount of packages sent within a year before requiring representatives in said recipient country, which would also make it easier to track packages sent and received. hope this will be taken into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am appalled at the decision that is currently being placed, and in which way and grade it will affect and possibly hurt all smaller businesses in the EU. How you have come to think this is anywhere near the only possible solution, astounds me truly. It is clear that you could include in the law possible solutions that wont affect smaller businesses by including x amount of packages sent within a year before requiring representatives in said recipient country, which would also make it easier to track packages sent and received. hope this will be taken into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548357_en"}, {"id": 33548356, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:25:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "gbr", "feedback": "this regulation discriminates against small business and is anti-competitive. Small businesses would be required to use a disproportional amount of their revenue to comply and a significant administrative burden due to each country having different and unclear processes. This also goes against the principle of the single market. If such a scheme must proceed, there must be a single registration for all countries, with a cost exception/reduction for businesses that produce waste under a reasonable weight threshold. This is very poorly constructed regulation that will punitively affect thousands of small businesses who contribute a tiny percentage of waste", "feedbackEnglish": "this regulation discriminates against small business and is anti-competitive. Small businesses would be required to use a disproportional amount of their revenue to comply and a significant administrative burden due to each country having different and unclear processes. This also goes against the principle of the single market. If such a scheme must proceed, there must be a single registration for all countries, with a cost exception/reduction for businesses that produce waste under a reasonable weight threshold. This is very poorly constructed regulation that will punitively affect thousands of small businesses who contribute a tiny percentage of waste", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548356_en"}, {"id": 33548347, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:24:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsrichtlinie mag ein gut gemeinter Ansatz zum Augleich der Recyclinglasten sein, sie geht aber für alle Firmen kleiner als Mittelstand vollkommen am Ziel vorbei und gestaltet sich derzeit als völlige Katastrophe. Für kleine Firmen, Creator und Micro-Businesses sowie Mittelständler mit sporadischem Auslandsversand steht der Versand, wohlgemerkt innerhalb der EU, in keinem darstellbaren Kosten-Nutzen-Verhältnis. Für diese Firmen ist der Versand ins Nicht-EU-Ausland inzwischen einfacher, das kann ja nicht der Sinn des Binnenmarktes sein. Hier wird dringend ein sehr, sehr viel einfacheres Handling nach Firmengröße und Umsatz benötigt (Flat-Fee), welches einen Binnen-EU-Handel für diese Firmen wieder möglich macht.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Directive may be a well-intentioned approach to balancing recycling burdens, but it is completely out of reach for all companies as small and medium-sized enterprises and is currently a catastrophe. For small firms, creators and micro-businesses, as well as small and medium-sized businesses with sporadic cross-border shipments, shipping, it should be noted, has no realistic cost-benefit ratio. For these companies, it is now easier to send goods to non-EU countries, which cannot be the purpose of the internal market. There is an urgent need for a very much simpler handling method based on the size of the firm and its turnover (flat-fee), which once again makes it possible for these firms to trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548347_en"}, {"id": 33548346, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:23:21", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will kill all small businesses, is full of bureaucratic non-sense and is made only for the survival of corporate, millionaire businesses. This should be revised immediately and have a way of protecting small businesses. We need to reduce dramatically all excess and polluting packaging, but surely there are more efficient ways to do it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill all small businesses, is full of bureaucratic non-sense and is made only for the survival of corporate, millionaire businesses. This should be revised immediately and have a way of protecting small businesses. We need to reduce dramatically all excess and polluting packaging, but surely there are more efficient ways to do it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548346_en"}, {"id": 33548345, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:22:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exempt us from having an AR, it's a disproportionate measure towards small businesses. We cannot justify those costs. Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering, it is a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot hire or afford to to hire someone to do it for us. This goes against the free movement of goods because the effect of this law. This law will make sure that we go bankrupt. Small businesses won't be able to afford to ship outside of their own country anymore. Neither will small businesses inside the EU be able to support each other anymore as everyone closes their stores for customers outside of their countries. What is the purpose of the EU if you make it impossible for us to trade across borders without ridiculous fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exempt us from having an AR, it's a disproportionate measure towards small businesses. We cannot justify those costs. Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering, it is a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot hire or afford to to hire someone to do it for us. This goes against the free movement of goods because the effect of this law. This law will make sure that we go bankrupt. Small businesses won't be able to afford to ship outside of their own country anymore. Neither will small businesses inside the EU be able to support each other anymore as everyone closes their stores for customers outside of their countries. What is the purpose of the EU if you make it impossible for us to trade across borders without ridiculous fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548345_en"}, {"id": 33548344, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:22:21", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LittleLeaf Organic", "feedback": "As the owner of a small business dedicated to promoting certified organic cotton products, with care for the environment at its heart, of course I'm supportive of packaging rules intended to promote less plastic etc. However, the practical outcome of this bureaucracy is that it will stifle small business activity into and around the EU, and small business is often the driving force of change for good. Only huge corporations will be able to dedicate the time and money these changes demand. I think my business, LittleLeaf Organic, is an excellent example of why these new regulations do not achieve their aim in practical terms. We are certified organic by GOTS, a European, German-led organisation representing the gold standard in terms of organic cotton certification. It covers the whole supply chain, ensuring no pesticides or other harmful chemicals are used at all, and that workers' rights are upheld, with fair pay and all the ILO standards. It also looks into packaging, so that everything is audited from the sustainability angle, from the cotton farm to final packaging to the consumer. We pay a lot to be part of this, and are inspected ourselves every year by independent auditors, along with every other part of the chain. Are you really saying that a small business like ours must also pay for a representative in every EU state, if someone in that state happens to place a small online order? When we are already doing more than most to be exceptionally environmentally friendly? Surely our registration with a German organisation such as GOTS is more than enough proof that we are a sound, environmentally-friendly business, that is already undergoing numerous checks in these respects? Please look into such exemptions, and do not impose such blanket all-encompassing regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small business dedicated to promoting certified organic cotton products, with care for the environment at its heart, of course I'm supportive of packaging rules intended to promote less plastic etc. However, the practical outcome of this bureaucracy is that it will stifle small business activity into and around the EU, and small business is often the driving force of change for good. Only huge corporations will be able to dedicate the time and money these changes demand. I think my business, LittleLeaf Organic, is an excellent example of why these new regulations do not achieve their aim in practical terms. We are certified organic by GOTS, a European, German-led organisation representing the gold standard in terms of organic cotton certification. It covers the whole supply chain, ensuring no pesticides or other harmful chemicals are used at all, and that workers' rights are upheld, with fair pay and all the ILO standards. It also looks into packaging, so that everything is audited from the sustainability angle, from the cotton farm to final packaging to the consumer. We pay a lot to be part of this, and are inspected ourselves every year by independent auditors, along with every other part of the chain. Are you really saying that a small business like ours must also pay for a representative in every EU state, if someone in that state happens to place a small online order? When we are already doing more than most to be exceptionally environmentally friendly? Surely our registration with a German organisation such as GOTS is more than enough proof that we are a sound, environmentally-friendly business, that is already undergoing numerous checks in these respects? Please look into such exemptions, and do not impose such blanket all-encompassing regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548344_en"}, {"id": 33548343, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:22:12", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support environmental responsibility, but the proposed packaging register rules under PPWR are devastating for independent artists and micro-creators. Requiring separate registrations, reporting, and local \"authorised representatives\" across 27 Member States creates massive financial and administrative hurdles. A sole creator shipping a few hand-packaged items per year cannot afford thousands of Euros in individual state representation fees - fees that large corporations handle with ease. To protect Europes vibrant creative sector and preserve the Single Market, the European Commission must: Create a centralized EU One-Stop Shop portal for single-point registration and reporting. Introduce a de minimis exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises and low-volume packaging (<100 kg/year). Eliminate mandatory local representative fees for micro-sellers within the EU. Please adapt these rules so small businesses can survive while continuing to adopt sustainable packaging practices.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support environmental responsibility, but the proposed packaging register rules under PPWR are devastating for independent artists and micro-creators. Requiring separate registrations, reporting, and local \"authorised representatives\" across 27 Member States creates massive financial and administrative hurdles. A sole creator shipping a few hand-packaged items per year cannot afford thousands of Euros in individual state representation fees - fees that large corporations handle with ease. To protect Europes vibrant creative sector and preserve the Single Market, the European Commission must: Create a centralized EU One-Stop Shop portal for single-point registration and reporting. Introduce a de minimis exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises and low-volume packaging (<100 kg/year). Eliminate mandatory local representative fees for micro-sellers within the EU. Please adapt these rules so small businesses can survive while continuing to adopt sustainable packaging practices.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548343_en"}, {"id": 33548342, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:21:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wie bereits in vielen anderen Kommentaren erwähnt, ist der Ansatz sehr problematisch für Kleinstbetriebe und boostet die großen online Plattformen, wir Amazon oder Temu nur weiter. Abgesehen davon, stehen die Folgen in dieses Gesetzes jedoch stark gegen den EU Gedanken: anstatt als Einheit zu erscheinen, müssen sich Kleinstbetriebe entscheiden, für welche Länder sie bereit sind, die Kosten zu zahlen und dies für jedes Land getrennt tun. Dabei bleiben kleinere und wirtschaftlich schwächere Länder zurück. Das Gesetz blockt also bspw. die ungarische Bevölkerung zukünftig davor, sich Handarbeit anderer Länder online zu bestellen, da Ungarn für viele solcher Kleinstbetriebe mit dem Hintergrund der neuen Regelungen, kein rentables Land ist. Das kann und darf nicht im Sinne der EU sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "As mentioned in many other comments, the approach is very problematic for micro-enterprises and only boosts the big online platforms, we Amazon or Temu. Apart from this, however, the consequences of this law are strongly opposed to the EU’s idea: instead of appearing as a single entity, micro-enterprises must choose which countries they are willing to pay the costs for and do so separately for each country. Smaller and economically weaker countries are lagging behind. The law therefore prevents, for example, the Hungarian population from ordering manual labour from other countries online in future, as Hungary is not a profitable country for many such micro-enterprises in the light of the new rules. This cannot and must not be in the EU’s interest.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548342_en"}, {"id": 33548341, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:20:27", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "No se está teniendo en cuenta al pequeño artesano que trabaja con poco volumen de envíos, ya sea a nivel nacional o internacional. Siempre se suele poner el baremo del pequeño comercio en los comercios que sí tienen unas ventas fijas claras y recurrentes, pero el autónomo pequeño (y más dentro del sector creativo) no funciona de esa manera. Necesitamos unas adaptaciones reales: - Que se tengan en cuenta unas ventas mínimas para entrar en la regulación, creando excepciones en cada uno de los trabajos creativos (textil, ilustración, cerámica, etc). - Unas tarifas mínimas reales o por envío, adaptadas a los comercios que realizan pocas ventas al año. - Que se unifiquen los registros para los comercios más pequeños, que son los que más van a sufrir esta nueva regulación. Darse de alta en 27 países, cada uno con sus requisitos, pagando asesores en cada país porque es necesario en determinados sitios, no es abarcable para los pequeños autónomos. Por favor, nos jugamos nuestros empleos, tengan en cuenta todo lo que se les está pidiendo. Gracias.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small craftsmen working with low volumes of mailings, whether at national or international level, are not being taken into account. Small retailers are often priced in shops that do have clear and recurring fixed sales, but small self-employed (and more within the creative sector) do not operate in this way. We need real adaptations: Minimum sales should be taken into account in order to enter into regulation, creating exceptions for each creative work (textile, illustration, ceramics, etc.). — Actual or per-consignment minimum tariffs, adapted to shops with few sales per year. — To unify the registers for the smallest shops, which will suffer the most from this new regulation. Registering in 27 countries, each with its own requirements, paying consultants in each country because it is necessary in certain places, is not affordable for small self-employed people. Please play our jobs, keep in mind everything you are being asked to do. Thanks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548341_en"}, {"id": 33548340, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:20:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Shadow Bloom Crafts, Inh. Kim Finn Florin Hilfinger", "feedback": "Ich habe ein Kleingewerbe im Nebenerwerb in Deutschland und verkaufe selbst hergestellten Schmuck online über die Plattform Etsy. Bisher habe ich meinen Schmuck auch in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkauft. Die Umweltziele der Verpackungs- und Verpackungsabfallverordnung unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung der neuen Anforderungen führt jedoch zu einer unverhältnismäßigen administrativen und finanziellen Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel. Ich sehe mich mit umfangreichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Herstellerverantwortungspflichten konfrontiert, insbesondere mit der Verpflichtung, in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten eigene Bevollmächtigte zu benennen. Jedes Land verursacht zusätzliche jährliche Fixkosten sowie erheblichen Verwaltungs- und Dokumentationsaufwand. Aufgrund der nur geringen Umsätze in den jeweiligen Ländern können diese Fixkosten nicht gedeckt werden. Die jährlichen Kosten für die Erfüllung der jeweiligen nationalen Anforderungen übersteigen dort den gesamten Umsatz, obwohl die tatsächlich entstehenden Verpackungsmengen minimal sind. Die Folge ist, dass ich den Verkauf in EU-Mitgliedstaaten ausßerhalb Deutschlands komplett einstellen muss. Dies ist besonders enttäuschend, da der europäische Binnenmarkt kleinen Unternehmen bislang ermöglicht hat, Menschen in ganz Europa zu erreichen. Die PPWR droht diese Entwicklung umzukehren. Große Unternehmen können eigene Compliance-Abteilungen beschäftigen und Fixkosten auf hohe Umsätze verteilen. Kleinstunternehmen können das nicht. Ich kann keine Mitarbeitenden nur dafür einstellen, Verpackungsvorschriften zu überwachen, Registrierungen zu verwalten oder mit Bevollmächtigten und Systemen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung zu kommunizieren. Auch vereinfachte Meldepflichten lösen das Problem nicht, solange Unternehmen weiterhin mit zahlreichen nationalen Registern, Bevollmächtigten, Verträgen, Gebühren, Fristen und Verwaltungsverfahren umgehen müssen. Das Ergebnis ist ein erheblicher Wettbewerbsnachteil: Große Unternehmen können weiterhin in der gesamten EU verkaufen, während kleine Unternehmen gezwungen werden, ihre Absatzmärkte stark zu beschränken. Dies kann nicht das Ziel einer europäischen Harmonisierung sein. Ich fordere die Europäische Kommission daher auf, sicherzustellen, dass die Umsetzung der PPWR die Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen tatsächlich reduziert. Insbesondere sollte Folgendes vorgesehen werden: eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung oder ein echtes OneStopShopSystem, ein harmonisiertes Meldeverfahren, eine Bagatellgrenze bzw. ein stark vereinfachtes System für Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen, keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat oder alternativ ein einziger EU-Bevollmächtigter, vollständig standardisierte Dokumentationsanforderungen sowie Gebühren, die im Verhältnis zur Verpackungsmenge und zum Umsatz stehen. Umweltverantwortung muss verhältnismäßig sein. Ein Unternehmen, das nur wenige Pakete in andere Mitgliedstaaten versendet, sollte nicht mit jährlichen Fixkosten von mehreren hundert oder tausend Euro belastet werden. Ohne erhebliche Vereinfachungen werden diese Regelungen große Unternehmen stärken, den Wettbewerb verringern und kleine Unternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel verdrängen. Für mein Unternehmen ist dies bereits Realität, da ich den Verkauf in EU-Mitgliedsstaaten außerhalb Deutschlands eingestellt habe. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die wirtschaftliche Realität von Kleinstunternehmen ernst zu nehmen und das Registrierungs- und Meldesystem so auszugestalten, dass kleine Unternehmen weiterhin Teil des europäischen Binnenmarktes bleiben können.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small business as a side business in Germany and sell homemade jewellery online via the Etsy platform. So far, I have also sold my jewellery in other EU Member States. I expressly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the specific design of the new requirements results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises in cross-border online sales. I am faced with extensive registration, reporting and producer responsibility obligations, in particular the obligation to appoint their own authorised representatives in several Member States. Each country incurs additional annual fixed costs and considerable administrative and documentation burdens. Due to the low turnover in the respective countries, these fixed costs cannot be covered. The annual cost of complying with the respective national requirements exceeds the total turnover, although the actual packaging volumes generated are minimal. As a result, I have to stop selling completely in EU Member States other than Germany. This is particularly disappointing, as the European single market has so far enabled small businesses to reach people across Europe. The PWWR risks reversing this trend. Large companies can have their own compliance departments and spread fixed costs over high turnovers. Micro-enterprises cannot. I cannot hire staff only to monitor packaging rules, manage registrations or communicate with authorised representatives and extended producer responsibility schemes. Simplified reporting requirements also do not solve the problem as long as companies still have to deal with numerous national registers, authorised representatives, contracts, fees, deadlines and administrative procedures. The result is a significant competitive disadvantage: Large companies can continue to sell throughout the EU, while small companies are forced to severely restrict their sales markets. This cannot be the aim of European harmonisation. I therefore call on the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR effectively reduces the burden on micro-enterprises. In particular, provision should be made for: a single EU-wide registration or a genuine OneStopShopsystem, a harmonised notification procedure, a de minimis threshold or a very simplified system for micro-enterprises with low packaging volumes, no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative in each Member State or, alternatively, a single EU authorised representative, fully standardised documentation requirements and fees proportionate to packaging volumes and turnover. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate. A company that sends only a few parcels to other Member States should not be charged fixed annual costs of several hundred or thousands of euros. Without significant simplification, these rules will strengthen large businesses, reduce competition and drive small businesses out of cross-border online trade. For my company, this is already a reality, as I have stopped selling in EU Member States outside Germany. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take the economic reality of micro-enterprises seriously and to design the registration and notification system in such a way that small enterprises can continue to be part of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548340_en"}, {"id": 33548339, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:20:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a long-time customer of various small businesses and artists across Europe, the new mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to function. I have received numerous notifications of small independent businesses selling across EU borders that are now forced to shut down their EU shipping due to these new fees. I demand a de minimis exemption, or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs, as this goes against everything the EU should stand for.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a long-time customer of various small businesses and artists across Europe, the new mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to function. I have received numerous notifications of small independent businesses selling across EU borders that are now forced to shut down their EU shipping due to these new fees. I demand a de minimis exemption, or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs, as this goes against everything the EU should stand for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548339_en"}, {"id": 33548338, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:17:30", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "CWG Studio Limited", "feedback": "While we appreciate and support the spirit of this policy, it fails to recongnise the realities and capabilities of small and micro businesses. This will, without a doubt, result in a significant increase in limitations for existing and new business trading within the EU, and further opening the door for non-EU commerce. If anything, it's the smaller businesses who put the most care and intention into the sustainability of our packaging. Please stop punishing this valuable sector of the EU's economy with unrealistic policies.", "feedbackEnglish": "While we appreciate and support the spirit of this policy, it fails to recongnise the realities and capabilities of small and micro businesses. This will, without a doubt, result in a significant increase in limitations for existing and new business trading within the EU, and further opening the door for non-EU commerce. If anything, it's the smaller businesses who put the most care and intention into the sustainability of our packaging. Please stop punishing this valuable sector of the EU's economy with unrealistic policies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548338_en"}, {"id": 33548337, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:17:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als EU-Bürgerin unterstütze ich das Ziel der Verpackungsverordnung ausdrücklich: weniger Verpackungsmüll, mehr Recycling und eine echte Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtige Schritte für den Umweltschutz in Europa. Dennoch möchte ich als Verbraucherin auch auf die praktischen Auswirkungen hinweisen, die ich in meinem Alltag und Umfeld beobachte. ----- Kleine, lokale und inhabergeführte Unternehmen gerade solche, die online und grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU verkaufen stehen durch die neuen Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigten-Pflichten vor einem Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand, den sie sich in vielen Fällen kaum leisten können. Ich sehe bereits jetzt, dass kleinere Anbieter aus Unsicherheit oder Kostengründen den Versand in andere EU-Länder einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Das bedeutet für mich als Verbraucherin weniger Auswahl, weniger Vielfalt und im Zweifel höhere Preise, weil sich der Wettbewerb auf größere Anbieter mit eigenen Compliance-Abteilungen verengt. ----- Besonders kritisch sehe ich zudem den Wettbewerbsvorteil, den diese Regelung großen internationalen Plattformen wie Amazon, Temu oder Shein verschafft. Diese Konzerne verfügen über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen und können die Kosten für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in allen EU-Ländern problemlos tragen bzw. auf ihre Marktmacht umlegen. Kleine, lokale Anbieter aus der EU haben diese Möglichkeit nicht. So droht die Verordnung paradoxerweise genau jene Plattformen zu stärken, die oft für besonders kurzlebige, ressourcenintensive und schlecht recycelbare Produkte stehen, während sie kleine, nachhaltig wirtschaftende Anbieter aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel verdrängt. ----- Das halte ich für ein Problem, weil genau kleine Anbieter oft besonders nachhaltig und ressourcenschonend arbeiten zum Beispiel durch Wiederverwendung von Verpackungsmaterial oder kleine, flexible Produktionsmengen. Wenn eine Verordnung, die Nachhaltigkeit fördern soll, in der Praxis dazu führt, dass gerade diese Anbieter aufgeben oder sich vom EU-Binnenmarkt zurückziehen, während internationale Großkonzerne unbeeinträchtigt weitermachen, wird das eigentliche Ziel verfehlt. ----- Ich bitte die Kommission daher, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung darauf zu achten, dass Umweltziele und die Verhältnismäßigkeit für kleine Anbieter nicht gegeneinander ausgespielt werden. Eine spürbare Erleichterung für Kleinstunternehmen etwa durch vereinfachte, zentrale Registrierungsverfahren würde sowohl den Verbraucherinteressen an Vielfalt und fairen Preisen als auch den Umweltzielen der Verordnung dienen, ohne einseitig große Plattformen zu begünstigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen, I expressly support the aim of the Packaging Ordinance: reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and a true circular economy are important steps for Europe’s environmental protection. Nevertheless, as a consumer, I would also like to draw your attention to the practical implications that I observe in my daily life and environment. — Small, local and owner-run companies, especially those selling online and across borders within the EU, face administrative and financial burdens due to the new registration and authorised representative obligations, which in many cases they can hardly afford. I already see that smaller operators restrict or stop shipping to other EU countries for uncertainty or cost reasons. For me, as a consumer, this means less choice, less diversity and, in case of doubt, higher prices because competition is restricted to larger providers with their own compliance departments. — I am also particularly critical of the competitive advantage that this rule confers on large international platforms such as Amazon, Temu or Shein. These groups have their own legal and compliance departments and can easily bear the costs of registration and authorised representatives in all EU countries or pass them on to their market power. Small, local EU providers do not have this possibility. Paradoxically, the regulation threatens to strengthen precisely those platforms that often stand for products that are particularly short-lived, resource-intensive and poorly recyclable, while displacing small, sustainable operators from cross-border trade. — I consider this to be a problem because precisely small suppliers often work particularly sustainably and resource-efficiently, for example by reusing packaging material or producing small, flexible quantities. If, in practice, a regulation designed to promote sustainability results in these very providers abandoning or withdrawing from the EU’s internal market, while large international companies continue unaffected, the ultimate goal will not be achieved. — I would therefore ask the Commission, in its further development, to ensure that environmental objectives and proportionality are not played off against each other for small suppliers. Making it significantly easier for micro-enterprises, for example through simplified, centralised registration procedures, would serve both consumer interests in diversity and fair prices and the environmental objectives of the Regulation, without unilaterally favouring large platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548337_en"}, {"id": 33548336, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:17:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Leon Römer Illustraties", "feedback": "- Disproportionate burden for small businesses. The current rules create a significant administrative and financial burden for small businesses that sell and ship products across the EU. Registering and maintaining compliance separately in every Member State is disproportionate to the amount of packaging waste generated by a small business. 2. A clear exemption or simplified regime for small businesses. Small businesses should have a specific exemption or simplified registration and reporting requirements, particularly when the amount of packaging placed on the market is limited. The administrative costs should not outweigh the environmental impact being addressed. 3. One EU-wide registration instead of 27 national systems. There should be a single EU-wide registration system where a business can register once and be compliant across all EU Member States. If national registers remain necessary, the EU should provide a single portal that handles all registrations and reporting centrally. Having to understand and maintain separate registrations in every country is extremely difficult and discourages small businesses from selling across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "- Disproportionate burden for small businesses. The current rules create a significant administrative and financial burden for small businesses that sell and ship products across the EU. Registering and maintaining compliance separately in every Member State is disproportionate to the amount of packaging waste generated by a small business. 2. A clear exemption or simplified regime for small businesses. Small businesses should have a specific exemption or simplified registration and reporting requirements, particularly when the amount of packaging placed on the market is limited. The administrative costs should not outweigh the environmental impact being addressed. 3. One EU-wide registration instead of 27 national systems. There should be a single EU-wide registration system where a business can register once and be compliant across all EU Member States. If national registers remain necessary, the EU should provide a single portal that handles all registrations and reporting centrally. Having to understand and maintain separate registrations in every country is extremely difficult and discourages small businesses from selling across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548336_en"}, {"id": 33548335, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:16:20", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handmadebookatelier", "feedback": "As an enterprise operating within the EU single market, we fully acknowledge and support the sustainability objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). However, the practical mechanics of establishing producer registers separately across multiple member states present severe operational and economic frictions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The current framework lacks a unified administrative mechanism. Requiring individual registrations, navigating varying local compliance portals, and engaging multiple national Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) generates disproportionate fixed compliance costs. For businesses with low-volume or sporadic cross-border shipments to specific member states, these administrative overheads far outweigh the commercial value of those transactions. Consequently, instead of fostering market integration, these fragmented requirements create artificial trade barriers within the EU, compelling smaller companies to restrict their market reach and deprive consumers of choice. Regulatory frameworks must balance environmental accountability with economic proportionality to safeguard the competitiveness of smaller market operators.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an enterprise operating within the EU single market, we fully acknowledge and support the sustainability objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). However, the practical mechanics of establishing producer registers separately across multiple member states present severe operational and economic frictions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The current framework lacks a unified administrative mechanism. Requiring individual registrations, navigating varying local compliance portals, and engaging multiple national Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) generates disproportionate fixed compliance costs. For businesses with low-volume or sporadic cross-border shipments to specific member states, these administrative overheads far outweigh the commercial value of those transactions. Consequently, instead of fostering market integration, these fragmented requirements create artificial trade barriers within the EU, compelling smaller companies to restrict their market reach and deprive consumers of choice. Regulatory frameworks must balance environmental accountability with economic proportionality to safeguard the competitiveness of smaller market operators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548335_en"}, {"id": 33548333, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:15:40", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is insane for micro / one-person businesses and will demolish their chances of making any business across EU borders. There should be exceptions for the fees for the smallest businesses, and DEFINITELY uniform requirements, one-stop registration AND payments throughout EU countries before applying this law. If we REALLY want EU to be the place to do business, EU lawmakers will need to take the smallest businesses into account. This legislation will drive consumers into the arms of non-EU businesses and/or huge businesses selling absolute trash. This is a social, economical and ecological suicide for EU and those trying to build their businesses within EU. Or maybe you want us to buy from Temu so you can blame us consumers?? I would REALLY love to buy from micro businesses with some soul that bring economic boost to EU, but you are making it impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is insane for micro / one-person businesses and will demolish their chances of making any business across EU borders. There should be exceptions for the fees for the smallest businesses, and DEFINITELY uniform requirements, one-stop registration AND payments throughout EU countries before applying this law. If we REALLY want EU to be the place to do business, EU lawmakers will need to take the smallest businesses into account. This legislation will drive consumers into the arms of non-EU businesses and/or huge businesses selling absolute trash. This is a social, economical and ecological suicide for EU and those trying to build their businesses within EU. Or maybe you want us to buy from Temu so you can blame us consumers?? I would REALLY love to buy from micro businesses with some soul that bring economic boost to EU, but you are making it impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548333_en"}, {"id": 33548332, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:15:34", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Domingo Martin", "feedback": "I am a solo entrepreneur selling musical instruments to various EU countries, and this business is my sole source of income. This new law directly threatens my business and my livelihood. I cannot afford an Authorized Representative in every EU member state, especially given that I may only ship a couple of parcels per year to some of these destinations. While I am fully willing to pay the required packaging recycling fees, the current implementation of this law makes compliance impossible for a micro-business. I demand an immediate de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop (OSS) system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a solo entrepreneur selling musical instruments to various EU countries, and this business is my sole source of income. This new law directly threatens my business and my livelihood. I cannot afford an Authorized Representative in every EU member state, especially given that I may only ship a couple of parcels per year to some of these destinations. While I am fully willing to pay the required packaging recycling fees, the current implementation of this law makes compliance impossible for a micro-business. I demand an immediate de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop (OSS) system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548332_en"}, {"id": 33548329, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:15:18", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small/micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. A small business cannot afford to pay up to two thousand euros a year just to send 2-10 packages to different countries in the eu. Especially when a lot of them are artists. This restricts them and makes them want to sell outside of the EU rather than sell to their fellow europeans. We are supposed to be 1 market and it shouldn't be so hard to sell to others as a small business. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small/micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. A small business cannot afford to pay up to two thousand euros a year just to send 2-10 packages to different countries in the eu. Especially when a lot of them are artists. This restricts them and makes them want to sell outside of the EU rather than sell to their fellow europeans. We are supposed to be 1 market and it shouldn't be so hard to sell to others as a small business. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548329_en"}, {"id": 33548323, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:14:49", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is against the primary EU principles, pursuing more ecological approach to business is amazing, but not in the way that destroys small and micro businesses worldwide. Lots of people who have these businesses are disabled or aren't able to work full time for other reasons. I can't do so due to my own conditions. And now I'm losing the main source of income while corporations are still unaffected and will produce plastic waste that now will flood the market even more. We need better regulations with the exemptions of small businesses. We need a unified system for the whole EU, because it's physically and administratively impossible for a single person to understand all of this mess. And most importantly - the responsibility for packaging and its recycling should be placed on the companies that produce it. Control the market of what packaging enters and what doesn't, and then you'll have a recyclable packaging everywhere. Artists are already struggling more than ever because of generative AI, selling to USA isn't possible for the majority of EU people because of tariffs, and now we can't even work in our own area. I was born in Belarus and after moving to EU decades ago, I was impressed by the unity of trade and economy here, especially after my own country destroyed private businesses and drove many people to poverty. I'm sad to see the similar things now happening here.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is against the primary EU principles, pursuing more ecological approach to business is amazing, but not in the way that destroys small and micro businesses worldwide. Lots of people who have these businesses are disabled or aren't able to work full time for other reasons. I can't do so due to my own conditions. And now I'm losing the main source of income while corporations are still unaffected and will produce plastic waste that now will flood the market even more. We need better regulations with the exemptions of small businesses. We need a unified system for the whole EU, because it's physically and administratively impossible for a single person to understand all of this mess. And most importantly - the responsibility for packaging and its recycling should be placed on the companies that produce it. Control the market of what packaging enters and what doesn't, and then you'll have a recyclable packaging everywhere. Artists are already struggling more than ever because of generative AI, selling to USA isn't possible for the majority of EU people because of tariffs, and now we can't even work in our own area. I was born in Belarus and after moving to EU decades ago, I was impressed by the unity of trade and economy here, especially after my own country destroyed private businesses and drove many people to poverty. I'm sad to see the similar things now happening here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548323_en"}, {"id": 33548321, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:12:35", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the proposal means well, it introduces challenges which go against European single market, as well as accelerate the widening of the wealth gap. The new regulations, especially the cost of maintaining business with every EU member state, make it extremely costly for small businesses to operate in what is supposed to be a single market. As a result, only the few giants such as Amazon remain an EU-wide supplier, which creates the danger of oligopoly and collusion. In addition, consumers of smaller EU markets also benefit from intra-EU trade as not every category of items are available due to lack of popular demand. As a resident of Estonia, an EU country with smaller economy, it's already hard to obtain certain items in the local market, and trade within the EU is the only option for consumers. The new regulation discourages the sellers from providing shipping options for us, while introducing zero incentives for establishment of similarly niche small businesses in small markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the proposal means well, it introduces challenges which go against European single market, as well as accelerate the widening of the wealth gap. The new regulations, especially the cost of maintaining business with every EU member state, make it extremely costly for small businesses to operate in what is supposed to be a single market. As a result, only the few giants such as Amazon remain an EU-wide supplier, which creates the danger of oligopoly and collusion. In addition, consumers of smaller EU markets also benefit from intra-EU trade as not every category of items are available due to lack of popular demand. As a resident of Estonia, an EU country with smaller economy, it's already hard to obtain certain items in the local market, and trade within the EU is the only option for consumers. The new regulation discourages the sellers from providing shipping options for us, while introducing zero incentives for establishment of similarly niche small businesses in small markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548321_en"}, {"id": 33548320, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:11:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Feuster & Bunzel GbR", "feedback": "Ich lehne die geplante Umsetzung ab. Für kleinere Händler und Hersteller ist der Aufwand mit Registrierungen und Abwicklungen in jedem Land vollkommen überzogen. Viele Händler werden ihren EU Versand einstellen müssen. Es bräuchte eine EU-weit gültige Lösung.", "feedbackEnglish": "I oppose the planned implementation. For smaller traders and manufacturers, the burden of registrations and settlements in each country is completely excessive. Many traders will have to stop their EU transit operations. An EU-wide solution would be needed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548320_en"}, {"id": 33548319, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:08:03", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I collect art from small artists from all over the world. This new law will kill their small shops and destroy the most fragile part of European culture, the small artists with their handmade crafts and their unique perspectives. The cultural loss will be tragic. Please change it as soon as possible to exclude small shops and artists. This law should be tailormade for giant businesses like Temu or Amazon or CocaCola who fill our planet with unnecessary plastics and leave small surviving artists to enrich European culture.", "feedbackEnglish": "I collect art from small artists from all over the world. This new law will kill their small shops and destroy the most fragile part of European culture, the small artists with their handmade crafts and their unique perspectives. The cultural loss will be tragic. Please change it as soon as possible to exclude small shops and artists. This law should be tailormade for giant businesses like Temu or Amazon or CocaCola who fill our planet with unnecessary plastics and leave small surviving artists to enrich European culture.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548319_en"}, {"id": 33548318, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:06:25", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette nouvelle réglementation manque cruellement d'une harmonisation au niveau des pays de l'UE, contraignant les entreprises à devoir payer de multiples pays et rajoutant des contraintes et démarches administratives qui vont détruire les plus petites entreprises qui ne pourront faire face à ces frais.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is severely lacking harmonisation at EU country level, forcing businesses to pay from multiple countries and adding red tape and red tape that will destroy the smallest businesses that will not be able to afford these costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548318_en"}, {"id": 33548317, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:06:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Versandhandel", "feedback": "Als kleines/mittelständisches Unternehmen begrüßen wir grundsätzlich das Ziel, die Systeme der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung EU-weit zu harmonisieren und einheitliche Formate für Registrierung und Berichterstattung zu schaffen. Ein einheitliches Verfahren kann tatsächlich helfen, den heutigen Flickenteppich aus 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Anforderungen zu reduzieren. Aus der Praxis kleiner und mittlerer Hersteller möchten wir jedoch folgende kritische Anmerkungen einbringen: 1. Unverhältnismäßiger Aufwand für kleine Unternehmen. Die separate Registrierung und regelmäßige Meldung in jedem Mitgliedstaat, in dem Verpackungen erstmals bereitgestellt werden, bedeutet für KMU ohne eigene Compliance-Abteilung einen Aufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Marktbedeutung steht. Zwar sieht der Entwurf für Hersteller unter 10 Tonnen Verpackungen pro Jahr ein vereinfachtes Meldeformat vor dies reicht aus unserer Sicht jedoch nicht aus. Wir regen für Kleinsthersteller eine echte Bagatellgrenze an, unterhalb derer eine vollständige Befreiung von Registrierung und Meldepflicht möglich ist, statt nur ein vereinfachtes Format, sowie ein zentrales EU-Registrierungsverfahren (One-Stop-Shop, vergleichbar USt-OSS) statt bis zu 26 separater nationaler Verpflichtungen. 2. Die Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht selbst ist unverhältnismäßig. Wir haben uns rechtzeitig mit der Pflicht zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten (Art. 45 Abs. 3) ab 12.08.2026 auseinandergesetzt unsere Kritik richtet sich auch gegen die Pflicht als solche. Da keine Bagatellgrenze existiert, benötigen bereits kleine Hersteller/Unternehmen mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Versand in jedem Zielland einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten, mit entsprechenden Mehrfachgebühren und laufendem Aufwand pro Land und Jahr. Das Gesetz gilt bereits ab dem 12.08.2026 schon die bloße Bereitstellung von Verpackungen in einem einzigen weiteren Land ohne fristgerecht benannten Bevollmächtigten birgt für kleine Unternehmen das Risiko von Abmahnungen oder Rechtsverstößen, obwohl die nationalen Register und Meldeinfrastrukturen in vielen Mitgliedstaaten noch gar nicht vollständig eingerichtet sind. Wir fordern eine echte Bagatellgrenze, gedeckelte Gebühren und angemessene Übergangsfristen bis zur tatsächlichen Verfügbarkeit der nationalen Infrastruktur. 3. Risiko für den EU-Binnenmarkt. Wir beobachten bereits, dass kleine Unternehmen wegen Aufwand und Kosten den EU-weiten Versand einschränken oder einstellen und sich auf den Heimatmarkt zurückziehen ein deutlicher Widerspruch zum Ziel des Binnenmarkts, grenzüberschreitenden Handel für KMU zu erleichtern. 4. Kostentransparenz. Bitte in der finalen Fassung klarstellen, welche laufenden Kosten (Registrierung, Bevollmächtigte, IT-Schnittstellen) auf Unternehmen zukommen, damit diese realistisch kalkulierbar sind. 5. Nachweispflicht bei Wiederverwendung konterkariert Abfallvermeidung. Wir nutzen bewusst gebrauchte Kartons und Verpackungsmaterialien wieder, um Abfall zu vermeiden. Da eine erneute Registrierungspflicht nur entfällt, wenn nachweisbar ist, dass die Verpackung bereits an einem System beteiligt wurde, und dieser Nachweis bei fremdem Gebrauchtmaterial praktisch kaum erbringbar ist, werden kleine Unternehmen faktisch gezwungen, auf Wiederverwendung zu verzichten und neues Material zu kaufen das Gegenteil des eigentlichen Verordnungsziels. Wir bitten um praxistaugliche, niedrigschwellige Nachweis- oder Vermutungsregelungen für wiederverwendete Transport- und Versandverpackungen. Wir unterstützen das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft zu stärken, bitten die Kommission aber dringend, Aufwand und Kosten für KMU im weiteren Verfahren gezielt zu verringern, damit dies nicht zulasten kleiner Unternehmen und des EU-Binnenmarkts geht.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small/medium-sized enterprise, we generally welcome the objective of harmonising extended producer responsibility schemes across the EU and creating uniform formats for registration and reporting. A single procedure can indeed help to reduce the current patchwork of 27 different national requirements. However, from the practice of small and medium-sized manufacturers, we would like to make the following critical comments: 1. Disproportionate burden on small businesses. Separate registration and regular reporting in each Member State where packaging is made available for the first time represents a burden for SMEs without a dedicated compliance function that is disproportionate to the actual market importance. Although the draft provides for a simplified reporting format for manufacturers below 10 tonnes of packaging per year, in our view this is not sufficient. We suggest a real de minimis threshold for micro-manufacturers, below which a full exemption from registration and reporting is possible, rather than a simplified format, and a single EU registration procedure (one-stop-shop, similar to VAT OSS) instead of up to 26 separate national obligations. 2. The obligation to act as an authorised representative is itself disproportionate. We dealt in good time with the obligation to appoint an authorised representative (Article 45(3)) from 12 August 2026. Our criticism is also directed against the obligation as such. As there is no de minimis threshold, small producers/companies with low cross-border shipping already need a separate authorised representative in each destination country, with corresponding multiple fees and ongoing efforts per country and year. The Act already applies from 12.8.2026 simply making packaging available in a single additional country without appointed authorised representatives within the deadline entails a risk of warnings or infringements for small businesses, even though national registers and reporting infrastructures are not yet fully in place in many Member States. We call for a real de minimis limit, capped fees and reasonable transition periods until the actual availability of the national infrastructure. 3. Risk to the EU internal market. We are already seeing that small businesses are restricting or stopping EU-wide shipping due to burdens and costs and are retreating to the home market, a clear contradiction with the single market objective of facilitating cross-border trade for SMEs. 4. Cost transparency. Please clarify in the final version the running costs (registration, authorised representatives, IT interfaces) for companies so that they can be realistically calculated. 5. The obligation to provide evidence in the event of reuse runs counter to waste prevention. We deliberately reuse used cartons and packaging materials to avoid waste. Since there is no need to re-register unless it can be shown that the packaging has already been involved in a system, and since this proof is practically impossible to obtain in the case of second-hand material from third parties, small businesses are de facto forced to refrain from reusing and to purchase new material, which is the opposite of the actual objective of the regulation. We would ask for practical, low-threshold rules on the detection or presumption of reused transport and shipping packaging. We support the objective of reducing packaging waste and strengthening the circular economy, but we urge the Commission to further reduce the burden and costs for SMEs in a targeted manner so that this does not come at the expense of small businesses and the EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548317_en"}, {"id": 33548316, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:05:33", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: The disproportionate burden of fragmented national registers on micro-sellers and creators As an independent creator and micro-seller based in Poland, I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the current practical implementation of national producer registers creates severe and disproportionate barriers for small-scale cross-border sales within the EU. For individuals and micro-businesses with minimal and unpredictable cross-border sales (such as occasional shipments of 12 items per year to certain member states), the requirement to register separately in multiple national portals, navigate different local rules, and pay fixed annual fees to local intermediaries is completely unviable. Instead of a true \"Single Market,\" these fragmented national register rules act as a heavy bureaucratic penalty that disproportionately punishes small creators and independent sellers, effectively forcing us to block shipments to specific EU countries. Key recommendations: Introduce a Single European One-Stop-Shop (OSS) portal for packaging registration and reporting, similar to the EU VAT OSS, to eliminate the need to navigate dozens of separate national systems. Implement clear, meaningful de minimis thresholds or exemptions for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers whose annual packaging footprint is negligible. Regulation should target waste reduction, not strangle independent creators and micro-businesses within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: The disproportionate burden of fragmented national registers on micro-sellers and creators As an independent creator and micro-seller based in Poland, I fully support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the current practical implementation of national producer registers creates severe and disproportionate barriers for small-scale cross-border sales within the EU. For individuals and micro-businesses with minimal and unpredictable cross-border sales (such as occasional shipments of 12 items per year to certain member states), the requirement to register separately in multiple national portals, navigate different local rules, and pay fixed annual fees to local intermediaries is completely unviable. Instead of a true \"Single Market,\" these fragmented national register rules act as a heavy bureaucratic penalty that disproportionately punishes small creators and independent sellers, effectively forcing us to block shipments to specific EU countries. Key recommendations: Introduce a Single European One-Stop-Shop (OSS) portal for packaging registration and reporting, similar to the EU VAT OSS, to eliminate the need to navigate dozens of separate national systems. Implement clear, meaningful de minimis thresholds or exemptions for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers whose annual packaging footprint is negligible. Regulation should target waste reduction, not strangle independent creators and micro-businesses within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548316_en"}, {"id": 33548307, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:04:46", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Independent artist", "feedback": "This law will not effectively serve to minimise waste. The fee for representatives is a pittance to any company that could realistically be causing waste on a grand scale, but is condemning small, upstart businesses to death, especially artists such as myself. 7000 in yearly fees is entirely unsustainable for small, independent artists and similar businesses, and is deadly to almost all small businesses thereafter, while the corporate giants this seeks to impose waste control over can simply absorb the fee. Most of the businesses these laws will effect will already be using biodegradable, sustainable packaging, some such businesses might only make the necessary fees in half of their years of sales. Small, local businesses and artists will go bankrupt, trade within the EU will completely close, incentivising consumers to purchase from outside sources. Traditional woollen and jewellery markets from Ireland will be unable to send their products internationally, and similar cultural craft markets will also cease to exist. Artistic business will cease to exist within the EU while the corporations and dropshippers will flourish. In a world where artistic endeavour is already struggling to find a foothold in the world, these changes would be unbelievably and irrevocably condemning. If we wish to punish large corporations for their waste, this is not the way to do it. As it stands, these laws will only serve to kill businesses that are already struggling, the regular people that make our towns, cities and local markets great. If you wish to give incentive to people to buy from local businesses instead of corporate giants, you must create laws supporting the local businesses instead of punishing all businesses indiscriminately.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will not effectively serve to minimise waste. The fee for representatives is a pittance to any company that could realistically be causing waste on a grand scale, but is condemning small, upstart businesses to death, especially artists such as myself. 7000 in yearly fees is entirely unsustainable for small, independent artists and similar businesses, and is deadly to almost all small businesses thereafter, while the corporate giants this seeks to impose waste control over can simply absorb the fee. Most of the businesses these laws will effect will already be using biodegradable, sustainable packaging, some such businesses might only make the necessary fees in half of their years of sales. Small, local businesses and artists will go bankrupt, trade within the EU will completely close, incentivising consumers to purchase from outside sources. Traditional woollen and jewellery markets from Ireland will be unable to send their products internationally, and similar cultural craft markets will also cease to exist. Artistic business will cease to exist within the EU while the corporations and dropshippers will flourish. In a world where artistic endeavour is already struggling to find a foothold in the world, these changes would be unbelievably and irrevocably condemning. If we wish to punish large corporations for their waste, this is not the way to do it. As it stands, these laws will only serve to kill businesses that are already struggling, the regular people that make our towns, cities and local markets great. If you wish to give incentive to people to buy from local businesses instead of corporate giants, you must create laws supporting the local businesses instead of punishing all businesses indiscriminately.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548307_en"}, {"id": 33548306, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:03:46", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sendo proprietária de uma pequena loja on-line, tive desde o início grande preocupação com as embalagens de envio dos produtos que vendo, utilizando embalagens de papel e reutilizando as embalagens de papel que recebo de fornecedores. Compreendo a necessidade de controlar a quantidade e materiais de embalagem que circula na UE no entanto, o modelo apresentado parece impossível para pequenos negócios como o meu, quer a nível burocrático, quer a nível dos valores apresentados, quer a nível da informação disponível até à data. Se para cada país da UE eu tiver que me registar junto da entidade necessária e além disso escolher um representante legal, começando com o meu próprio pais, e pagar os custos atribuídos a esses atos, terei à partida que escolher apenas alguns paises, ficando impedida de vender para outros onde a quantidade de clientes não compensa o custo. Não é compreensível que as regras para mim sejam as mesmas que para um grande vendedor a nível europeu. Se alguns países definem valores mínimos de peso de papel enviado em que se fica isento de pagamento de taxa, a lei dentro da UE deveria ser igual para todos os Estados. O registo deveria ser feito uma única vez, a nível europeu de forma a reduzir a burocracia associada ao processo. Assusta-me o facto de pequenos artistas e produtores perderem o seu negócio enquanto toneladas de plástico continuam a ser produzidas diariamente e aparecer nos escaparates dos nossos supermercados. Esta nova legislação não foi devidamente divulgada, nem pelos média, nem pelas autoridades responsáveis em Portugal e parece um grande e arrogante erro incluir nos mesmos parâmetros mini-micro e macro-super empresas.. É preciso que se revejam as condições e que se faça saber aos interessados como devem proceder nos próximos dias.", "feedbackEnglish": "Since I was the owner of a small online shop, I have been very concerned from the outset about the shipping packaging of the products I sell, using paper packaging and reusing the paper packaging I receive from suppliers. I understand the need to control the quantity and packaging materials circulating in the EU, however, the model presented seems impossible for small businesses like mine, both in terms of bureaucracy, the figures presented and the information available so far. If for each EU country I have to register with the necessary entity and in addition choose a legal representative, starting with my own parents, and pay the costs attributed to these acts, I will have to choose from the outset only a few countries and will be prevented from selling to others where the number of customers does not compensate for the cost. It is not understandable that the rules for me are the same as for a big seller at European level. If some countries set minimum values for the weight of paper sent free of charge, the law within the EU should be the same for all states. Registration should be done once only at European level in order to reduce the bureaucracy associated with the process. I have been told that small artists and producers lose their business as tons of plastic are still produced daily and appear on the shelves of our supermarkets. This new legislation has not been properly publicised, neither by the media nor by the responsible authorities in Portugal, and it seems a great and arrogant mistake to include in the same parameters mini-micro and macro-super enterprises. The conditions need to be reviewed and it needs to be made clear to those concerned how they should proceed in the coming days.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548306_en"}, {"id": 33548305, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:03:33", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Monet pien- ja mikroyrittäjät kärsivät tästä lainsäädännöstä ja osa on joutunut pysäyttämään oman yritystoiminnan kokonaan, koska eivät voi lähettää tuotteitaan asiakkaille korkeiden hintojen takia. Euroopassa on paljon taitavia käsityöläisiä ja taiteilijoita joiden elinkeinon riippuu siitä, että he voivat postittaa tuotteensa asiakkaille, nyt he eivät voi toimia näin sillä suurien kulu muutosten takia tuotteiden lähettäminen ei ole kannattavaa ja näin yritystoiminnasta tulee lähes mahdotonta. Laki kaipaa tarkennusta ja muutosta pien- ja mikroyritysten kohdalla", "feedbackEnglish": "Many small and micro-entrepreneurs suffer from this legislation and some have had to stop their own business altogether because they cannot send their products to customers due to high prices. There are many skilled craftsmen and artists in Europe whose livelihood depends on them being able to post their products to customers, and they are now unable to do so, as the high cost of transforming their products makes sending them unprofitable and makes it almost impossible for them to do business. The law needs to be clarified and amended for small and micro-enterprises", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548305_en"}, {"id": 33548304, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:03:19", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Os pido por favor haya tarífas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos (en cuanto a volumen de residuos generados) a tener en cuenta. Que haya procesos simplificados para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos. Que unifiquen el registro, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios (sumando hablamos de miles de euros) y que se dé un periodo de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas o excepciones a micronegocios con poco volumen de ventas. Gracias por su atención.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to ask you to have realistic minimum delays for micro-enterprises that send few consignments and minimum thresholds (in terms of volume of waste generated) to be taken into account. There should be simplified processes for microscopy and minimum volumes. To unify the register, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses (adding up to thousands of euros) and to allow for a longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or derogations for micro-businesses with low sales volumes. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548304_en"}, {"id": 33548303, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:03:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich lehne die geplanten Vorschriften zu nationalen Herstellerregistern für Verpackungen in dieser Form ab. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen und Solo-Selbstständige, die grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU verkaufen, bedeuten unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungs-, Melde- und Gebührenpflichten einen unverhältnismäßig hohen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand. Was für große Unternehmen vielleicht problemlos umsetzbar ist, kann für kleine Betriebe dazu führen, dass sich Verkäufe in andere EU-Länder schlicht nicht mehr lohnen. Aus meiner Sicht sollte der europäische Binnenmarkt kleinen Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern und nicht durch zusätzliche nationale Bürokratie erschweren. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine einfache, EU-weit einheitliche Lösung mit möglichst wenig Verwaltungsaufwand und angemessenen Regelungen für Kleinunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I reject the planned rules on national registers of producers of packaging in this form. For small businesses and solo self-employed persons selling cross-border within the EU in particular, different national registration, reporting and fee obligations impose a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. What may be easy to implement for large companies can simply make sales to other EU countries no longer worthwhile for small businesses. In my view, the European single market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across borders and not be made more difficult by additional national bureaucracy. I would therefore like to see a simple, uniform EU-wide solution with as little administrative burden as possible and appropriate rules for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548303_en"}, {"id": 33548302, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:02:14", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While this initiative has good goals overall, it is unworkable for micro and small businesses (and even some larger businesses) in its current form. As a small business owner in Scotland, the revenue generated from sales in the EU isn't enough to make it feasible to comply with these new regulations due to the extra costs, hurdles and red tape. In light of this, myself and many, many others will simply need to stop selling to EU customers. Not only is this detrimental to our businesses, but it's also detrimental to EU citizens as they will lose access to so many products and services. The initiative needs to be revised to allow exemptions of some kind to protect small businesses. Given the instability and uncertainty that Europeans (including those not in the EU itself) are continually facing due to the actions of the US government, their hostile attitude towards friendly nations and constant flip-flopping on tariffs, etc., it is extremely important that we support each other. We need to support small local businesses that contribute to our shared economies and ensure easier access to each other's goods and services, not harm those businesses and add to their problems.", "feedbackEnglish": "While this initiative has good goals overall, it is unworkable for micro and small businesses (and even some larger businesses) in its current form. As a small business owner in Scotland, the revenue generated from sales in the EU isn't enough to make it feasible to comply with these new regulations due to the extra costs, hurdles and red tape. In light of this, myself and many, many others will simply need to stop selling to EU customers. Not only is this detrimental to our businesses, but it's also detrimental to EU citizens as they will lose access to so many products and services. The initiative needs to be revised to allow exemptions of some kind to protect small businesses. Given the instability and uncertainty that Europeans (including those not in the EU itself) are continually facing due to the actions of the US government, their hostile attitude towards friendly nations and constant flip-flopping on tariffs, etc., it is extremely important that we support each other. We need to support small local businesses that contribute to our shared economies and ensure easier access to each other's goods and services, not harm those businesses and add to their problems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548302_en"}, {"id": 33548300, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:02:02", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation is a bureaucratic nightmare which is forcing our small business to stop shipping to other EU countries. It is harming artists and independent creators. Please pause or rethink it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is a bureaucratic nightmare which is forcing our small business to stop shipping to other EU countries. It is harming artists and independent creators. Please pause or rethink it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548300_en"}, {"id": 33547822, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:01:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verordnung ist wie auch Vorgänger wie die Verpackungsordnung unverhältnissmäßig aus Perspektive von Kleinst und Microgewerbebetrieben. Die Pflicht Repräsentanten in jedem EU Land in das man auch nur einen Produkt verschickt zu haben steht in keinem finanziellen Verhältniss für Kleinstberiebe und zerstört deren Daseinsgrundlage, bescheneidet damit den eigentlichen freien Handel innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarktes. Ohne Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinstbetriebe ist dieses Gesetz defacto der Todesstoß für solche Betriebe. Es braucht daher Ausnahmeregelungen für eben solche Fälle. Sei es Umsatzgrenzen oder Betriebe ohne Zusätzliche Angestellte, sonst verringert sich die Produktvielfalt extrem und der freie Handel und damit Rechte von EU Bürgern wie mir werden massiv beschnitten.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation, like its predecessors such as the Packaging Order, is disproportionate from the point of view of micro and micro-businesses. The obligation for representatives in each EU country to have sent even one product to it has no financial relationship for microbrows and destroys their very basis, thereby hindering free trade within the EU’s internal market. Without exemptions for micro-enterprises, this law is de facto the death penalty for such enterprises. It is therefore necessary to provide for derogations in such cases. Whether it is turnover limits or businesses without additional employees, otherwise the variety of products will be drastically reduced and free trade, and thus the rights of EU citizens such as me, will be severely curtailed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547822_en"}, {"id": 33548299, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:01:15", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The final nail in the coffin for small business owners. No small business can afford this madness.", "feedbackEnglish": "The final nail in the coffin for small business owners. No small business can afford this madness.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548299_en"}, {"id": 33548298, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 14:01:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "With this new regulation the EU is bleeding small businesses and artists dry. From Germany I will no longer be able to order music from Poland or Sweden, because the new costs cannot be borne by the producers. You are destroying small music labels. You are destroying small art businesses that make goods, for example, from wood or leather, and in doing so you are strengthening the manufacturers of socalled \"Chinajunk\" goods and supporting global players like Amazon. I am deeply disappointed and sad. To me this is not the EU but yet another destruction of art and culture. Please stop this madness!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "With this new regulation the EU is bleeding small businesses and artists dry. From Germany I will no longer be able to order music from Poland or Sweden, because the new costs cannot be borne by the producers. You are destroying small music labels. You are destroying small art businesses that make goods, for example, from wood or leather, and in doing so you are strengthening the manufacturers of socalled \"Chinajunk\" goods and supporting global players like Amazon. I am deeply disappointed and sad. To me this is not the EU but yet another destruction of art and culture. Please stop this madness!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548298_en"}, {"id": 33548297, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:59:47", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going to hit small buissiness hard, because they have to make a lot of extra costs. If you really want to kill off all smaller, unique buissinesses we have in Europe, go ahead with this. When involved in a nice market you're sometimes forced to buy from smaller buissinesses inother countriesnin the EU, but they won't be able to provide anymore with all the extra costs/rules in this regulation. I deffinetely don't agree to this regukation, because of what itnis going to cost us buissinesswise.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to hit small buissiness hard, because they have to make a lot of extra costs. If you really want to kill off all smaller, unique buissinesses we have in Europe, go ahead with this. When involved in a nice market you're sometimes forced to buy from smaller buissinesses inother countriesnin the EU, but they won't be able to provide anymore with all the extra costs/rules in this regulation. I deffinetely don't agree to this regukation, because of what itnis going to cost us buissinesswise.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548297_en"}, {"id": 33548296, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:58:52", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Self employed ", "feedback": "I have a teeny tiny business with hand dyed yarn. I dye it naturally so of course I am all for having biodegradable or recyclable packaging and not using more packaging than necessary. However, the bureaucracy of this whole process and also uncertainty and in no small part the cost is unbearable for small businesses like mine. I think most of us are willing to accept the cost, but can it be amended to be navigated easier? To have thresholds for us, one person business? Mu turnover per year is about 4000eur.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a teeny tiny business with hand dyed yarn. I dye it naturally so of course I am all for having biodegradable or recyclable packaging and not using more packaging than necessary. However, the bureaucracy of this whole process and also uncertainty and in no small part the cost is unbearable for small businesses like mine. I think most of us are willing to accept the cost, but can it be amended to be navigated easier? To have thresholds for us, one person business? Mu turnover per year is about 4000eur.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548296_en"}, {"id": 33548295, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:58:37", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small artist who makes prints and other merch products and that occasionally gets some sales and packs and ships them myself. I still dont earn enough to make this my full time job, but despite my efforts to try to make it this initiative is going to kill my business before I have even started it. I fully agree we should reduce the waste of the packaging so it can be more sustainable, however I do not believe small businesses and creators such as myself can even compare to big companies who still package and ship their products in the most wasteful way possible and barely face any consequences. We already make everything in our hands to have the least impact possible on the environment, but this initiative would make impossible for us to afford all the fees for each country. Please I beg you to reconsider this law actually thinking about small business owners and creators and the clients that actually want to support them since this would affect them too.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small artist who makes prints and other merch products and that occasionally gets some sales and packs and ships them myself. I still dont earn enough to make this my full time job, but despite my efforts to try to make it this initiative is going to kill my business before I have even started it. I fully agree we should reduce the waste of the packaging so it can be more sustainable, however I do not believe small businesses and creators such as myself can even compare to big companies who still package and ship their products in the most wasteful way possible and barely face any consequences. We already make everything in our hands to have the least impact possible on the environment, but this initiative would make impossible for us to afford all the fees for each country. Please I beg you to reconsider this law actually thinking about small business owners and creators and the clients that actually want to support them since this would affect them too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548295_en"}, {"id": 33548294, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:57:07", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the principle that those who place packaging on the market should contribute to its proper management and recycling. However, the proposed system risks placing a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises and small artisans compared with large companies. The problem is not the environmental contribution itself. For a small artisan placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market each year, the actual recycling cost may be minimal. The real problem is the administrative burden: registrations, EPR schemes, reporting obligations, authorised representatives and different procedures in several Member States. A large company selling hundreds of thousands of products can absorb these costs through dedicated legal and compliance departments. An artisan shipping five or ten parcels to a Member State may instead face administrative costs greater than the profit generated by those sales. This is not genuine proportionality. The 10-tonne threshold does not adequately protect micro-enterprises if it merely simplifies reporting. A business placing 20 kg of packaging on the market may still have to enter the same national compliance systems as companies placing thousands of tonnes. Recycling costs may be proportional to quantities; bureaucracy often is not. The likely consequence is that many small artisans and micro e-commerce businesses will simply stop selling to certain EU countries because a handful of orders cannot justify the compliance costs. This would undermine the Single Market: large businesses would continue selling everywhere, while smaller operators would be pushed back into their domestic markets. Before introducing rules that may seriously damage small businesses, the EU should first make European and national bureaucracy simpler, clearer, more consistent and practical. Environmental protection should not require every artisan to become an expert in 27 different administrative systems or hire specialised consultants just to sell a few products across borders. I therefore ask for: * a genuine de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging placed on the market in another Member State; * a single EU one-stop shop for cross-border EPR obligations, similar to the VAT OSS, allowing businesses to report quantities and pay contributions through one portal; * removal of the obligation for EU micro and small enterprises to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States; * genuinely simplified procedures, not merely fewer reporting fields; * minimum fees and administrative costs proportionate to the quantities actually placed on the market; * harmonised EU rules, definitions and portals, available in all EU languages and understandable without specialist consultants; * specific impact assessments for micro-enterprises that consider not only environmental fees but also administrative time, consultancy and compliance costs. The EU must also take into account the major differences between national systems, so that regulatory fragmentation does not continually favour the largest markets, the most administratively advantageous Member States, and the biggest businesses. A regulation may be formally identical for everyone while producing profoundly unequal effects. Large corporations can absorb complexity; artisans and micro-enterprises cannot. A true Single Market should allow a small European artisan to sell a limited number of products across borders without facing an administrative structure designed for companies operating at an entirely different scale. The green transition needs small businesses too. It should not be designed in a way that makes their survival or access to the European market economically unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the principle that those who place packaging on the market should contribute to its proper management and recycling. However, the proposed system risks placing a disproportionate burden on Micro-Enterprises and small artisans compared with large companies. The problem is not the environmental contribution itself. For a small artisan placing only a few Kilograms of packaging on the market each year, the actual recycling cost may be minimal. The real problem is the administrative burden: registrations, EPR schemes, reporting obligations, authorised representatives and different procedures in several Member States. A large company selling hundreds of thousands of products can absorb these costs through dedicated legal and compliance departments. An artisan shipping five or ten parcels to a Member State may instead face administrative costs greater than the profit generated by those sales. This is not genuine proportionality. The 10-tonne threshold does not adequately protect Micro-Enterprises if it merely simplifies reporting. A business placing 20 kg of packaging on the market may still have to enter the same national compliance systems as companies placing thousands of tonnes. Recycling costs may be proportional to quantities; Bureaucracy often is not. The likely consequence is that many small artisans and micro e-commerce businesses will simply stop selling to certain EU countries because a handful of orders cannot justify compliance costs. This would undermine the Single Market: large businesses would continue selling everywhere, while smaller operators would be pushed back into their domestic markets. Before introducing rules that may seriously damage small businesses, the EU should first make European and national bureaucracy simpler, clearer, more consistent and practical. Environmental protection should not require every artisan to become an expert in 27 different administrative systems or hire specialised consultants just to sell a few products across borders. I thus ask for: * a genuine de minimis threshold for Micro-Enterprises and very small quantities of packaging placed on the market in another Member State; * a single EU one-stop shop for cross-border EPR obligations, similar to the VAT OSS, allowing businesses to report quantities and pay contributions through one portal; * removal of the obligation for EU micro and small enterprises to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States; * genuinely simplified procedures, not merely fewer reporting fields; * minimum fees and administrative costs proportionate to the quantities actually placed on the market; * harmonised EU rules, definitions and portals, available in all EU languages and understandable without specialist consultants; * specific impact assessments for Micro-Enterprises that consider not only environmental fees but also administrative time, consultancy and compliance costs. The EU must also take into account the major differences between national systems, so that regulatory fragmentation does not continually favour the largest markets, the most administratively advantageous Member States, and the largest businesses. A regulation may be formally identical for everyone while producing Profoundly unequal effects. Large corporations can absorb complexity; artisans and Micro-Enterprises cannot. A true Single Market should allow a small European artisan to sell a limited number of products across borders without facing an administrative structure designed for companies operating at an entirely different scale. The green transition needs small businesses too. It should not be designed in a way that makes their survival or access to the European market economically unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548294_en"}, {"id": 33548293, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:56:57", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "FavoritePostcard", "feedback": "I run a very small stationery business in Lithuania and sell lightweight products such as postcards, stickers and paper goods directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system of separate national producer registers and EPR requirements is completely disproportionate for micro-businesses like mine. A small online business may send only a few paper envelopes per year to a particular Member State, yet still face registration procedures, annual fees, reporting obligations and, in some cases, the cost of an authorised representative in that country. The administrative cost of complying can easily be higher than the total annual revenue generated in that market. In practice, this does not encourage small businesses to use less packaging. It simply encourages them to stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This creates a serious competitive disadvantage. Large companies and marketplaces can absorb the cost of compliance across 27 Member States, while a one-person business cannot. Small independent European businesses are therefore being pushed out of the European Single Market that was supposed to allow us to trade across borders. Customers will not stop buying stationery or other small products because a small seller withdraws from their country; they will simply buy them from much larger companies instead. The amount of packaging waste may remain almost exactly the same, while competition and consumer choice are reduced. There is also an environmental contradiction in creating an extremely complex compliance system for extremely small quantities of packaging. To understand what I am required to do in different Member States, I have to search numerous national websites, translate legal and administrative information, use automatic translation, AI tools and other digital services, contact organisations in different countries and repeatedly enter very similar information into different systems. All of this requires time, energy and digital resources simply to account for a very small number of paper envelopes. For a micro-business, the environmental and administrative footprint of compliance can become completely disproportionate to the packaging that is actually being regulated. A genuinely proportionate system should include a single EU registration or one-stop-shop mechanism that is recognised by all Member States. At the very least, micro-enterprises should have a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the amount of packaging placed on the market, with a simple annual declaration instead of separate registrations and representatives in every destination country. EU-established micro-businesses should not be required to appoint an authorised representative in every Member State where they have an occasional customer. Please design the national producer register system around the reality of modern cross-border micro-businesses. Environmental regulation should reduce waste, not make it economically impossible for small European businesses to sell a few lightweight products to customers elsewhere in the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a very small stationery business in Lithuania and sell lightweight products such as postcards, stickers and paper goods directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system of separate national producer registers and EPR requirements is completely disproportionate for micro-businesses like mine. A small online business may send only a few paper envelopes per year to a particular Member State, yet still face registration procedures, annual fees, reporting obligations and, in some cases, the cost of an authorised representative in that country. The administrative cost of complying can easily be higher than the total annual revenue generated in that market. In practice, this does not encourage small businesses to use less packaging. It simply encourages them to stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This creates a serious competitive disadvantage. Large companies and marketplaces can absorb the cost of compliance across 27 Member States, while a one-person business cannot. Small independent European businesses are therefore being pushed out of the European Single Market that was supposed to allow us to trade across borders. Customers will not stop buying stationery or other small products because a small seller withdraws from their country; they will simply buy them from much larger companies instead. The amount of packaging waste may remain almost exactly the same, while competition and consumer choice are reduced. There is also an environmental contradiction in creating an extremely complex compliance system for extremely small quantities of packaging. To understand what I am required to do in different Member States, I have to search numerous national websites, translate legal and administrative information, use automatic translation, AI tools and other digital services, contact organisations in different countries and repeatedly enter very similar information into different systems. All of this requires time, energy and digital resources simply to account for a very small number of paper envelopes. For a micro-business, the environmental and administrative footprint of compliance can become completely disproportionate to the packaging that is actually being regulated. A genuinely proportionate system should include a single EU registration or one-stop-shop mechanism that is recognised by all Member States. At the very least, micro-enterprises should have a meaningful de minimis threshold based on the amount of packaging placed on the market, with a simple annual declaration instead of separate registrations and representatives in every destination country. EU-established micro-businesses should not be required to appoint an authorised representative in every Member State where they have an occasional customer. Please design the national producer register system around the reality of modern cross-border micro-businesses. Environmental regulation should reduce waste, not make it economically impossible for small European businesses to sell a few lightweight products to customers elsewhere in the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548293_en"}, {"id": 33548292, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:56:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a EU citizen I am happy to see, that companies will have to take more responsibility for our environment und our resources, but I also cant help but worry about the unfair market concentration this will enable even further. Small businesses will face disproportionate fees for very few products they sell to maybe a lot of different EU countries. The EPR fees and following bureaucratic challenges will cost them a lots of effort so they will probably have to cut down on a lot of customers, which is very unfortunate for all parties involved, while big players will have nearly no problems with it. A solution could be to spare small businesses to a certain threshold of packages or sold products, a certain business size or value or to calculate the fees pro rata based on the total packages sold. Furthermore there is no guarantee that the local infrastructure has the ability to provide the disposal requirements necessary for the EPR to work like the EU imagines. Therefore, the parties involved need to find a way to ensure the fees will be used so the local and national infrastructure will be upgraded to a level that can handle the demands respectively. Also the authorities have to make sure the fees will only be used for environmental purposes to ensure there will be no financial abuse. Unless thats not a given, this whole act is merely of symbolic nature with nothing but hardship for everybody involved.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a EU citizen I am happy to see, that companies will have to take more responsibility for our environment und our resources, but I also cant help but worry about the unfair market concentration this will enable even further. Small businesses will face disproportionate fees for very few products they sell to maybe a lot of different EU countries. The EPR fees and following bureaucratic challenges will cost them a lots of effort so they will probably have to cut down on a lot of customers, which is very unfortunate for all parties involved, while big players will have nearly no problems with it. A solution could be to spare small businesses to a certain threshold of packages or sold products, a certain business size or value or to calculate the fees pro rata based on the total packages sold. Furthermore there is no guarantee that the local infrastructure has the ability to provide the disposal requirements necessary for the EPR to work like the EU imagines. Therefore, the parties involved need to find a way to ensure the fees will be used so the local and national infrastructure will be upgraded to a level that can handle the demands respectively. Also the authorities have to make sure the fees will only be used for environmental purposes to ensure there will be no financial abuse. Unless thats not a given, this whole act is merely of symbolic nature with nothing but hardship for everybody involved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548292_en"}, {"id": 33548289, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:55:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is very unsustainable for small businesses and its forcing many independent small businesses to shut down and suspend shipment. You are impacting the EUs economy negatively by making it difficult for EU consumers to buy independent EU-made products and youre also shutting down EU-based small businesses, which also means taking away their livelihood. The system is made, so that big corporations can easily handle and pay the fees, while independent business owners are punished greatly.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is very unsustainable for small businesses and its forcing many independent small businesses to shut down and suspend shipment. You are impacting the EUs economy negatively by making it difficult for EU consumers to buy independent EU-made products and youre also shutting down EU-based small businesses, which also means taking away their livelihood. The system is made, so that big corporations can easily handle and pay the fees, while independent business owners are punished greatly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548289_en"}, {"id": 33548285, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:53:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fakeberlin", "feedback": "Hallo, Ich bin selbstständig und verkaufe meine Produkte über Etsy und b2b Plattformen. Davon kann ich ganz ok leben. Ich bin außerdem alleinerziehende Mutter und bin sehr zufrieden mit dem was ich mache und wie ich das zeitlich als Mama aufbringen kann. Nun kommt ab morgen PPWR. Schwierig ist schon, dass kaum jemand im Detail versteht was sich nun eigentlich ändert. Es wird kaum kommuniziert und verunsichert. Nun kann man aber entnehmen, dass man sich in jedem Land der EU einzeln registrieren muss. An sich bei entsprechenden Gebühren noch in Ordnung und machbar. Aber was sind diese Bevollmächtigten, die es in jedem Land geben muss. Das kann sich niemand leisten. Ich mache 35-40% meines Umsatzes mit anderen Ländern in der EU. Dabei sind es verschwindend geringe Verpackungsmengen. Ich verpacke meine Produkte nicht einzeln und benutze nur Verpackungen die ich erhalten habe, als ich selbst was bestellt habe. Wie soll ich das denn nun stemmen? Ich dachte die EU ist frei und somit auch an freiem Handel interessiert? Diese neue Verordnung wird etlichen kleinen Unternehmenden das Genick brechen, während große Betriebe und Konzerne ( wie immer! ) Massen produzieren und verschicken können. Es sind doch die Großkonzerne, die den meisten Müll machen. Das ist nun allgemein bekannt! Wir wäre es mit einer Grenze? Also für Unternehmen die weniger 100.000 Jahresumsatz machen können ausgenommen werden? Oder auch: die können sich zentral registrieren ( so wie in Deutschland LUCID ), bezahlen dort entsprechend ihrer Verpackungen ( ein super Ansporn nachhaltiger zu werden ) einen Jahresbeitrag und können somit EU weit Handel treiben. Bitte überdenken Sie diese Regelungen, bzw. lassen Sie eine Untergrenze möglich werden. Vielen Dank! Natalie", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am self-employed and sell my products through Etsy and b2b platforms. That is what I can live on ok. I am also a single mother and I am very satisfied with what I do and how I can spend this time as a mama. Now PPWR arrives tomorrow. It is difficult that hardly anyone understands in detail what is actually changing. There is little communication and uncertainty. However, it can now be concluded that it is necessary to register individually in each EU country. As such, still OK and feasible with appropriate fees. But what are these plenipotentiaries, which must exist in every country? No one can afford this. I do 35-40 % of my turnover with other countries in the EU. There are very small quantities of packaging. I do not package my products individually and only use packaging I received when I ordered myself. What should I do now? I thought the EU was free and so also interested in free trade? This new regulation will break the genocide of a number of small entrepreneurs, while large companies and groups (as always! ) Produce and ship masses. It is the big companies that generate the most waste. This is now well known! We would have a border? In other words, for companies with less than 100.000 annual turnovers, can they be exempted? Or otherwise: they can register centrally (like in Germany, LUCID), pay an annual fee in line with their packaging (a super-incentive to become more sustainable) and thus trade widely in the EU. Please reconsider these rules or allow for a lower limit. Thank you! Natalie", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548285_en"}, {"id": 33548284, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:53:04", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "830239332", "feedback": "My feedback is that this will destroy small businesses who are already attempting to be environmentally friendly, and give more power to Temu, Shein, Aliexpress and so forth. As a Norwegian micro-business of one person, I cannot feasibly cover all the costs of registrations, representatives, and paperwork. I cannot even be my own responsible person according to GPSR, which already put heavy amounts of extra work onto small businesses. I urge the EU to lighten the load and give us a simpler and cheaper alternative before destroying us all. In the end, only Temu, Shien and worse will be left.", "feedbackEnglish": "My feedback is that this will destroy small businesses who are already attempting to be environmentally friendly, and give more power to Temu, Shein, Aliexpress and so forth. As a Norwegian micro-business of one person, I cannot feasibly cover all the costs of registrations, representatives, and paperwork. I cannot even be my own responsible person according to GPSR, which already put heavy amounts of extra work onto small businesses. I urge the EU to lighten the load and give us a simpler and cheaper alternative before destroying us all. In the end, only Temu, Shien and worse will be left.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548284_en"}, {"id": 33548283, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:52:49", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please make an exception for small businesses! We do not have the same monetary power to pay for all the taxes as big businesses do. So most of us will have to be unemployed because of PPWR. Hope you reconsider this new rule and make an exception for who work depends on this. This is making the free circulation on EU impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please make an exception for small businesses! We do not have the same monetary power to pay for all the taxes as big businesses do. So most of us will have to be unemployed because of PPWR. Hope you reconsider this new rule and make an exception for who work depends on this. This is making the free circulation on EU impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548283_en"}, {"id": 33548282, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:52:14", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The regulations are going to put a lot of small business owners out of business and in turn lead to many people in unemployment. Putt biger pressure on the big business and developers to meet the climate goals.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulations are going to put a lot of small business owners out of business and in turn lead to many people in unemployment. Putt biger pressure on the big business and developers to meet the climate goals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548282_en"}, {"id": 33548281, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:51:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Etsy-Shop", "feedback": "Ich habe ein Kleinstunternehmen und fertige Erzeugnisse im Handmade-Bereich an, die ich über eine Onlineplattform verkaufe. Der EU-Versand betrifft zwar nur einen kleinen Anteil meines Umsatzes, aber meine Kundinnen in 5 EU-Ländern müssen ab 12. August 2026 leider auf meine Artikel verzichten, weil ich bei jährlich 25 Paketen in 6 andere EU-Länder mit einem Umsatz von unter 1.000 Euro die voraussichtlichen Kosten für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern von ca. 1.800 Euro pro Jahr wirtschaftlich einfach nicht tragen kann. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt komplett zurückziehen werden und der grenzüberschreitende Handel ausschließlich den großen Unternehmen und Plattformen zufällt. Das ist sicher nicht im Interesse der Europäischen Gemeinschaft!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a micro-enterprise and handmade products that I sell through an online platform. Although EU shipping only concerns a small proportion of my turnover, my customers in 5 EU countries will unfortunately have to give up my articles from 12 August 2026, because, in the case of 25 parcels per year to 6 other EU countries with a turnover of less than EUR 1000, I will simply not be able to meet the expected costs of registration and authorised representatives in these countries of around EUR 1800 per year. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises will completely withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade will be the exclusive responsibility of large companies and platforms. This is certainly not in the interest of the European Community!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548281_en"}, {"id": 33548280, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:51:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Clockwork Studio", "feedback": "Hi, I am a small business owner from the Netherlands who is shipping very low quantity orders to other countries within EU. My works for launching a new brand that will increase these shippings to other EU countries was ongoing, but this new law makes it so much harder to make this new business feasible. The order quantities are not as high to justify the amount required to perform the Registration and upkeep in all the EU countries. While this might not be a big issue for big corporations, it is absolutely devastating for small businesses like ours. I would like to call for an extended study to apply a EU wide minimum cut-off of order quantities or order values to be required to have this registration. And also not having a single window to apply in multiple countries makes it even more expensive and adminstrative burdening for us. Best, Nigel Vincent Owner, The Clockwork Studio", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I am a small business owner from the Netherlands who is shipping very low quantity orders to other countries within EU. My works for launching a new brand that will increase these shippings to other EU countries was ongoing, but this new law makes it so much harder to make this new business feasible. The order quantities are not as high to justify the amount required to perform the Registration and upkeep in all the EU countries. While this might not be a big issue for big corporations, it is absolutely devastating for small businesses like ours. I would like to call for an extended study to apply a EU wide minimum cut-off of order quantities or order values to be required to have this registration. And also not having a single window to apply in multiple countries makes it even more expensive and adminstrative burdening for us. Best, Nigel Vincent Owner, The Clockwork Studio", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548280_en"}, {"id": 33548278, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:49:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "With this you're not impacting the companies that are the main problem, just the small businesses that only wants to spread joy", "feedbackEnglish": "With this you're not impacting the companies that are the main problem, just the small businesses that only wants to spread joy", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548278_en"}, {"id": 33548277, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:48:07", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new regulations are absolutely crazy in relation to smaller firms. It will mean lots of smaller businesses such as artisan crafts will go out of business. There needs to be provisions in place for these businesses. This is the usual bureaucracy got mad. Whilst regulations can sometimes be needed and welcome, these ones seem excessive.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations are absolutely crazy in relation to smaller firms. It will mean lots of smaller businesses such as artisan crafts will go out of business. There needs to be provisions in place for these businesses. This is the usual bureaucracy got mad. Whilst regulations can sometimes be needed and welcome, these ones seem excessive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548277_en"}, {"id": 33548276, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:48:01", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is ridiculous. Why are we again targeting small createurs and businesses? We all are done with stupid amazon and stuff and want to go more local or to small businesses but they are forced to stop selling cause they can't pay this stupid money but big corporation can. This is not fixing anything. It's again taking away from small creators and communities. I am disappointed.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is ridiculous. Why are we again targeting small createurs and businesses? We all are done with stupid amazon and stuff and want to go more local or to small businesses but they are forced to stop selling cause they can't pay this stupid money but big corporation can. This is not fixing anything. It's again taking away from small creators and communities. I am disappointed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548276_en"}, {"id": 33548275, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:47:34", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas, Esta medida de la Unión Europea se parece a otras iniciativas de los últimos años. Son medidas necesarias y con buenas intenciones, pero lamentablemente muchas de estas medidas, por cómo están redactadas, afectan de manera excesiva y negativa a negocios pequeños y trabajadores autónomos. Las medidas son fáciles de cumplir para empresas grandes con una plantilla de trabajadores extensa, y con facilidad de contratar a gente para solucionar temas de logística complicados o bien para cumplir y resolver temas de contaduría. Los negocios pequeños y las personas que trabajan como autónomas no suelen ganar lo suficiente para poder enfrentar estos temas con tanta facilidad. Es más, muchas veces prefieren cerrar porque se arriesgan a unas multas muy grandes por no cumplir con estas leyes. Creo que se debería de revisar el texto de la ley, y excluir a negocios pequeños y autónomos de la obligatoriedad de cumplir con estas exigencias si no ganan más de un monto mínimo, porque de otra manera, nos enfrentamos a otra oleada de cierre de negocios pequeños en Europa. Desde hace años estamos viviendo las consecuencias de que el mercado esté tan monopolizado por multinacionales y empresas gigantescas, y sabemos que parte de lo que queremos para palear esos problemas es fomentar que la gente se sienta segura realizando emprendimientos de menor escala para fomentar la competencia y reducir la dependencia en bienes importados de otras partes del mundo. Esto no significa que esos negocios no deban de cumplir con reglamentos o normas fiscales, ambientales, y de otros ámbitos, si no que la Unión Europea debe de hacer las normas con mayor flexibilidad para negocios que no ganan tanto dinero. De la misma manera que una persona que gana 80 mil euros al año paga más impuestos que la persona que gana 12 mil euros al año, quien tiene que enfrentarse a mayor carga burocrática y fiscal es la empresa que factura cientos de millones de euros al año, y no el autónomo que gana 20 mil euros al año, o bien mucho menos que eso. Entiendo que puede haber preocupaciones de que las empresas grandes usen esas excepciones para manipular la ley y acabar no cumpliendo con las normas; tienen todos los incentivos de hacerlo y ya lo hacen en otros casos. Pero los recursos de la Unión Europea deberían de ir a facilitar el trabajo de la gente que puede identificar y sancionar adecuadamente a esas empresas que se aprovechan injustamente de excepciones. De nuevo, mi queja no es que se quiera regular el comercio, porque es algo necesario para impedir consecuencias negativas de prácticas amorales y poco éticas. Pero se tiene que hacer de manera justa para que la carga de esas regulaciones no acabe castigando a negocios pequeños al ser regulaciones que son imposibles de cumplir sin tener que invertir dinero que no tienen. Gracias por su tiempo.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good, this European Union measure resembles other initiatives of recent years. These are necessary measures with good intentions, but unfortunately many of these measures, by their drafting, have an excessive and negative impact on small businesses and the self-employed. The measures are easy to comply with for large companies with a large workforce, and easy to recruit people to solve complicated logistics issues or to comply with and solve contentious issues. Small businesses and self-employed people often do not earn enough to be able to tackle these issues as easily. Moreover, they often prefer to close because they risk very large fines for not complying with these laws. I believe that the text of the law should be revised, and small and autonomous businesses should be excluded from the obligation to comply with these requirements if they do not earn more than a minimum amount, because otherwise we are facing another wave of closure of small businesses in Europe. For years, we have been experiencing the consequences of the market being so monopolised by multinationals and gigantic companies, and we know that part of what we want to tackle these problems is to encourage people to feel safe by undertaking smaller scale ventures to foster competition and reduce dependence on imported goods from other parts of the world. This does not mean that these businesses do not have to comply with tax, environmental and other regulations or standards, but that the European Union must make the rules more flexible for businesses that do not earn so much money. In the same way that a person earning EUR 80 a year pays more taxes than a person earning EUR 12 a year, it is the company that bills hundreds of millions of euros a year, and not the self-employed that earns EUR 20 a year, or much less than that, that has to face the heaviest bureaucratic and fiscal burden. I understand that there may be concerns that large companies use these exceptions to manipulate the law and end up not complying with the rules; they have every incentive to do so and they already do so in other cases. But the resources of the European Union should be used to facilitate the work of people who can properly identify and sanction those companies that take unfair advantage of derogations. Again, my complaint is not that we want to regulate trade, because this is necessary to prevent the negative consequences of love and unethical practices. But this must be done fairly so that the burden of these regulations does not end up punishing small businesses as they are regulations that are impossible to comply with without having to invest money they do not have. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548275_en"}, {"id": 33548274, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:46:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Helluva Craft", "feedback": "Please exclude small businesses from this rule or make it more affordable for them to ship their products through the EU Harmonize the registration through the EU for small businesses It will have a lot of consequences mainly for small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small businesses from this rule or make it more affordable for them to ship their products through the EU Harmonize the registration through the EU for small businesses It will have a lot of consequences mainly for small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548274_en"}, {"id": 33548273, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:46:35", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Die mit 12. August in Kraft tretende PPWR bedeutet de facto den Ausschluss von Kleinunternehmen aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt. Die Anmeldung zu 27 nationalen Verpackungsentpflichtungssystemen und die Bestellung von fast ebensovielen notariell beglaubigten Bevollmächtigten ist weder vom finanziellen Aufwand noch vom Zeitaufwand her sinnvoll möglich. Viele tausend kleine Händler haben daher im Sommer 2026 den Versand in andere EU-Länder beendet oder stehen unmittelbar vor diesem Schritt. Viele werden auch schließen müssen. Sehr zweifelhaft ist auch, ob das zu einer Verbesserung für die Umwelt führen kann. Viele Kleinunternehmen verwendeten bisher (zumindest anteilig) gebrauchte Verpackungen für den Versand. Das ist in Zukunft kaum mehr möglich, weil für diese Verpackungen die Herkunft und die Inhaltsstoffe nicht nachgewiesen werden können. Das System ist so überzogen, dass es mit Durchführungsverordnungen nicht repariert werden kann. Es braucht hier einen kompletten Neuanfang. Das ist nicht der versprochene Bürokratieabbau, das trägt zum weiteren exponentiellen Anstieg des Bürokratieaufwands bei. Sinnvoll wäre die Schaffung einer zentralen Stelle, an die man alle innerhalb der EU versendeten Verpackungen je Land meldet und einen gesamten Entsorgungsbeitrag zahlt. Gerne auch mit einer Pauschale für Kleinmengen (wohlgemerkt eine Pauschale für den gesamten EU-Binnenmarkt, nicht eine pro Land).", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR, which will enter into force on 12 August, de facto excludes small businesses from the EU’s single market. Registering for 27 national packaging exemption systems and appointing almost the same number of notarially certified authorised representatives is not reasonable in terms of cost or time. Many thousands of small traders therefore stopped shipping to other EU countries in the summer of 2026 or are on the verge of doing so. Many will also have to close. It is also very doubtful whether this can lead to an improvement for the environment. Many small businesses used used used packaging (at least on a pro rata basis) for shipping. This will hardly be possible in the future, as the origin and ingredients of such packaging cannot be proven. The system is so overwhelmed that it cannot be repaired by implementing regulations. A whole new start is needed here. This is not the promised reduction in bureaucracy, which contributes to a further exponential increase in bureaucracy. It would be useful to create a central point where all packaging shipped within the EU is reported per country and paid for in full. Would also like to have a flat-rate for small quantities (it should be noted that a flat-rate for the entire EU internal market, not one per country).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548273_en"}, {"id": 33548272, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:45:39", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pkb rollspel", "feedback": "Jag vill påbörja min feedback med att säga att jag ser ett behov för lagstiftningen, och för producentansvar. Men som jag ser det så skapar den onldiga handelshinder för småföretag. Som småföretagare är det oerhört svårt att förstå vilka delar av lagstiftningen som träffar en, och juridisk hjälp är svår att införskaffa om inkomsterna är låga. Systemet behöver träffa rätt, och rätta till överflödet av paket från de som skickar mest. För småföretagare behöver det finnas en one stop shop (oss) på eu-nivå, samt klara och tydliga möjligheter till avsteg vid små mängder försändelser. Annars kommer EU:s medlemsländer komma längre ifrån varandra, istället för att integreras ytterligare. Att skapa samband och förståelse mellan kunder och småföretagare i olika medlemsstater ökar vår förståelse och uppskattelse för varandra. Den här lagstiftningen riskerar att signifikant minska det utbytet.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to start my feedback by saying that I see a need for legislation, and for producer responsibility. But as I see it, it creates unfair barriers to trade for small businesses. As a small business, it is extremely difficult to understand which pieces of legislation meet and legal aid is difficult to obtain if incomes are low. The system needs to strike right, and correct the overflow of parcels from those who send the most. For small businesses, there needs to be one stop shop (us) at eu level, as well as clear possibilities to deviate from small volumes of mail. Otherwise, EU member states will move further away from each other, instead of integrating further. Creating links and understanding between customers and small entrepreneurs in different Member States increases our mutual understanding and appreciation. This legislation risks significantly reducing that recovery.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548272_en"}, {"id": 33548269, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:45:12", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am currently preparing to start a very small candle business in Denmark. I have spent months developing and testing products, finding suppliers, working on packaging, labels and my website, and investing my own savings into trying to build something that could eventually become my income. Because Denmark is a small market, access to other EU countries matters enormously to a business like mine. I already rely on suppliers in other EU countries for some of the materials I need. If smaller suppliers decide that shipping to Denmark is no longer worth the extra registration, fees and administration, I may lose access to materials that are essential for my products. That is one of my biggest concerns. I am not only worried about the cost of complying with different systems myself. I am also worried that I may not have reliable suppliers anymore. If the materials I need become unavailable because small suppliers stop selling across borders, I may decide not to start the business at all. At the same time, if I do start selling, a micro-business cannot realistically pay separate registration fees and deal with different administrative systems in multiple countries when it may receive only a few orders from each of them. I could be forced to restrict my business to Denmark from the beginning. I am trying to create my own job and build a small independent business, but I am now facing barriers before I have even made my first sale. For someone starting with limited resources, losing access to suppliers and facing high cross-border compliance costs can determine whether the business is viable at all. I am not asking for small businesses to have no responsibility for their packaging. I am asking for a system that is realistic for businesses of this size. Very small businesses should either be exempt below a reasonable threshold, or there should be one simple EU-wide system rather than having to deal with separate systems and fees in every country we sell to.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am currently preparing to start a very small candle business in Denmark. I have spent months developing and testing products, finding suppliers, working on packaging, labels and my website, and investing my own savings into trying to build something that could eventually become my income. Because Denmark is a small market, access to other EU countries matters enormously to a business like mine. I already rely on suppliers in other EU countries for some of the materials I need. If smaller suppliers decide that shipping to Denmark is no longer worth the extra registration, fees and administration, I may lose access to materials that are essential for my products. That is one of my biggest concerns. I am not only worried about the cost of complying with different systems myself. I am also worried that I may not have reliable suppliers anymore. If the materials I need become unavailable because small suppliers stop selling across borders, I may decide not to start the business at all. At the same time, if I do start selling, a micro-business cannot realistically pay separate registration fees and deal with different administrative systems in multiple countries when it may receive only a few orders from each of them. I could be forced to restrict my business to Denmark from the beginning. I am trying to create my own job and build a small independent business, but I am now facing barriers before I have even made my first sale. For someone starting with limited resources, losing access to suppliers and facing high cross-border compliance costs can determine whether the business is viable at all. I am not asking for small businesses to have no responsibility for their packaging. I am asking for a system that is realistic for businesses of this size. Very small businesses should either be exempt below a reasonable threshold, or there should be one simple EU-wide system rather than having to deal with separate systems and fees in every country we sell to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548269_en"}, {"id": 33548264, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:43:56", "country": "CHN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of PPWR, but I am concerned that the current requirements place a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. Many EU countries define a small business as having fewer than 10 employees and less than 2 million in annual turnover. Businesses of that size may have sufficient resources to absorb registration fees, compliance costs, administrative overhead, and the need to appoint authorized representatives in multiple countries. However, there is a significant difference between a small business and a micro-enterprise. Thousands of independent artists, makers, craftspeople, and one-person businesses sell only occasional products across borders. For these businesses, the costs and administrative complexity can be prohibitive. For example: Registration fees of several hundred euros per country can quickly add up across multiple EU member states. Additional costs for authorized representatives and ongoing compliance administration further increase the burden. A micro-business may generate less than 100 in annual sales from a particular country, making registration costs economically unjustifiable. Businesses cannot realistically determine whether there is demand in a market before they have already incurred compliance costs to enter that market. As a result, many micro-enterprises are likely to stop selling to EU customers altogether, reducing consumer choice and harming small creators who lack the scale to absorb these costs. I encourage policymakers to consider: A significantly higher exemption threshold for micro-enterprises. A single EU-wide registration mechanism instead of separate national obligations. Reduced or waived fees for very small businesses. Simplified reporting requirements for low-volume sellers. A de minimis sales threshold before registration becomes mandatory. Without additional exemptions or simplification, the burden of compliance risks eliminating many micro-businesses from cross-border trade, despite their minimal environmental impact compared to larger commercial operators.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of PPWR, but I am concerned that the current requirements place a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. Many EU countries define a small business as having fewer than 10 employees and less than 2 million in annual turnover. Businesses of that size may have sufficient resources to absorb registration fees, compliance costs, administrative overhead, and the need to appoint authorized representatives in multiple countries. However, there is a significant difference between a small business and a micro-enterprise. Thousands of independent artists, makers, craftspeople, and one-person businesses sell only occasional products across borders. For these businesses, the costs and administrative complexity can be prohibitive. For example: Registration fees of several hundred euros per country can quickly add up across multiple EU member states. Additional costs for authorized representatives and ongoing compliance administration further increase the burden. A micro-business may generate less than 100 in annual sales from a particular country, making registration costs economically unjustifiable. Businesses cannot realistically determine whether there is demand in a market before they have already incurred compliance costs to enter that market. As a result, many micro-enterprises are likely to stop selling to EU customers altogether, reducing consumer choice and harming small creators who lack the scale to absorb these costs. I encourage policymakers to consider: A significantly higher exemption threshold for micro-enterprises. A single EU-wide registration mechanism instead of separate national obligations. Reduced or waived fees for very small businesses. Simplified reporting requirements for low-volume sellers. A de minimis sales threshold before registration becomes mandatory. Without additional exemptions or simplification, the burden of compliance risks eliminating many micro-businesses from cross-border trade, despite their minimal environmental impact compared to larger commercial operators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548264_en"}, {"id": 33548263, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:43:47", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will negatively impact small businesses due to the high additional fees unbefitting of the income of these businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will negatively impact small businesses due to the high additional fees unbefitting of the income of these businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548263_en"}, {"id": 33548262, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:42:33", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esto parece provocar la quiebra de todos los pequeños vendedores con clientes en toda la UE. Las pequeñas empresas no podrán pagar por ello. Por favor, presente una alternativa o una exención para que esto no afecte a artistas, minoristas locales, etc.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems to lead to the bankruptcy of all small sellers with customers across the EU. Small businesses will not be able to pay for it. Please submit an alternative or an exemption so that this does not affect artists, local retailers, etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548262_en"}, {"id": 33548261, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:41:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I welcome the Commissions effort to harmonise the registration and reporting format under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), and support reducing administrative burden through a single, automatable format. However, as a consumer who regularly buys from small sellers across the EU, Im concerned this draft standardises paperwork without fixing the deeper problem: 27 separate national registers, fees, and mandatory local representation that fall hardest on the smallest sellers, and by extension on consumers who want to buy from them. I regularly shop across the EU market and consistently see dominant platforms like Amazon and AliExpress ship anywhere in the EU frictionlessly, while independent EU sellers often dont ship outside their own country at all, or only at costs of 50-200% of the order value. This mirrors what small producers report in the petition Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees, which has over 20,000 signatures. It documents that EPR registration applies from the first parcel sold cross-border, with no general exemption for occasional low-volume sellers (specifically the fixed registration overhead). Separately, from 12 August 2026, Article 45 requires any producer not established in a given Member State to appoint a locally established authorised representative there, one per Member State, with no EU-wide mandate option. A seller shipping into ten Member States needs ten separate registrations and ten separate representative appointments and fees. I experience the consumer side daily: a Dutch city can be cut off from a German town a few kilometres away with a locker point serving hundreds of Dutch customers otherwise unable to receive deliveries. Belgian webshops can ship to a mailbox in Baarle-Nassau only with a Belgian address, excluding a Dutch address meters away. Extend this to Spain or Bulgaria, and cross-border trade becomes prohibitively expensive, pushing consumers toward non-EU marketplaces that absorb compliance costs at scale. On the draft itself: Articles 1-2 standardise how data is submitted but not the number of separate registers a producer must interact with; a harmonised format is not a harmonised process. The 10-tonne threshold in Article 2 simplifies reporting content but does nothing to reduce the number of registrations or Article 45 representative appointments required regardless of volume. I ask the Commission to clarify whether this format could evolve into a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop, similar to VAT IOSS, rather than one national submission at a time. I support the automation and digital product passport integration in Recital 10 and Article 1(3), and encourage prioritising timelines that let a producer submit data once for propagation across Member States. Bulk verification tools (Recital 11) are sound for enforcement but, combined with no de minimis threshold for registration itself, risk delisting legitimate micro-sellers who lack registration numbers or valid representative mandates for every Member State. I recommend: building toward a true EU-wide one-stop-shop on this harmonised format; introducing an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers, distinct from the existing re-use exemption; confirming and expediting any relief on the Article 45 representative requirement; and ensuring automation genuinely reduces, not just digitises, the burden of registering in up to 27 systems. Consumers and small producers are already experiencing the Single Market fragmenting at borders in ways that favour large multinational and non-EU platforms over legitimate intra-EU trade contrary to the very first founding principles behind the establishment of the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the Commissions effort to harmonise the registration and reporting format under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), and support reducing administrative burden through a single, automatable format. However, as a consumer who regularly buys from small sellers across the EU, Im concerned this draft standardises paperwork without fixing the deeper problem: 27 separate national registers, fees, and mandatory local representation that fall hardest on the smallest sellers, and by extension on consumers who want to buy from them. I regularly shop across the EU market and consistently see dominant platforms like Amazon and AliExpress ship anywhere in the EU frictionlessly, while independent EU sellers often dont ship outside their own country at all, or only at costs of 50-200% of the order value. This mirrors what small producers report in the petition Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees, which has over 20,000 signatures. It documents that EPR registration applies from the first parcel sold cross-border, with no general exemption for occasional low-volume sellers (specifically the fixed registration overhead). Separately, from 12 August 2026, Article 45 requires any producer not established in a given Member State to appoint a locally established authorised representative there, one per Member State, with no EU-wide mandate option. A seller shipping into ten Member States needs ten separate registrations and ten separate representative appointments and fees. I experience the consumer side daily: a Dutch city can be cut off from a German town a few kilometres away with a locker point serving hundreds of Dutch customers otherwise unable to receive deliveries. Belgian webshops can ship to a mailbox in Baarle-Nassau only with a Belgian address, excluding a Dutch address meters away. Extend this to Spain or Bulgaria, and cross-border trade becomes prohibitively expensive, pushing consumers toward non-EU marketplaces that absorb compliance costs at scale. On the draft itself: Articles 1-2 standardise how data is submitted but not the number of separate registers a producer must interact with; a harmonised format is not a harmonised process. The 10-tonne threshold in Article 2 simplifies reporting content but does nothing to reduce the number of registrations or Article 45 representative appointments required regardless of volume. I ask the Commission to clarify whether this format could evolve into a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop, similar to VAT IOSS, rather than one national submission at a time. I support the automation and digital product passport integration in Recital 10 and Article 1(3), and encourage prioritising timelines that let a producer submit data once for propagation across Member States. Bulk verification tools (Recital 11) are sound for enforcement but, combined with no de minimis threshold for registration itself, risk delisting legitimate micro-sellers who lack registration numbers or valid representative mandates for every Member State. I recommend: building toward a true EU-wide one-stop-shop on this harmonised format; introducing an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers, distinct from the existing re-use exemption; confirming and expediting any relief on the Article 45 representative requirement; and ensuring automation genuinely reduces, not just digitises, the burden of registering in up to 27 systems. Consumers and small producers are already experiencing the Single Market fragmenting at borders in ways that favour large multinational and non-EU platforms over legitimate intra-EU trade contrary to the very first founding principles behind the establishment of the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548261_en"}, {"id": 33548260, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:40:43", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These proposed regulations will inadvertently have a much greater effect on small businesses and individual merchants selling low volumes infrequently rather than large conglomerates with shipping volumes in the millions. This will further raise the barrier-of-entry and administrative workload of small businesses, when the goal should be to reduce both of these! I have not even touched on the financial aspect of the proposed changes - one-time registration and legal compliance fees are nothing for large corporations, but hurt the bottom line of smaller merchants. The driving idea behind the changes is not what I'm opposing, but it seems like smaller businesses have completely been forgotten and ignored. To me, this is not what free market is or should be - that everything is done because of the few, not because of the many.", "feedbackEnglish": "These proposed regulations will inadvertently have a much greater effect on small businesses and individual merchants selling low volumes infrequently rather than large conglomerates with shipping volumes in the millions. This will further raise the barrier-of-entry and administrative workload of small businesses, when the goal should be to reduce both of these! I have not even touched on the financial aspect of the proposed changes - one-time registration and legal compliance fees are nothing for large corporations, but hurt the bottom line of smaller merchants. The driving idea behind the changes is not what I'm opposing, but it seems like smaller businesses have completely been forgotten and ignored. To me, this is not what free market is or should be - that everything is done because of the few, not because of the many.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548260_en"}, {"id": 33548259, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:40:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Artist", "feedback": "Dieses Gesetz ist undurchdacht und unverhältnismäßig. Für Kleinunternehmer die nur einzelne Pakete ins Eu Ausland schicken ist es schlicht nicht möglich die Kosten und den bürokratischen Aufwand zu stemmen. Es braucht Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinstmengen (zu 5 Pakete pro Land) und eine Einheitliche zentralisierte Registrierung für die gesamte EU! Ebenso braucht es Ausnahmen für Kleinstmengen an Verpackungsmaterial in Österreich weit unter der Pauschale für 1,5 Tonnen (!!!) Bei meinen maximal 20 Paketen die ich pro Jahr verschicke entsteht Verpackungsabfall von unter 10kg und dafür den gleichen Betrag zu zahlen ist lächerlich. Außerdem braucht es eine einheitliche Regelung für KleinunternehmerInnen die bereits jetzt aktiv nur Recycletes und bereits lizensiertes Verpackungsmaterial verwenden und somit lediglich neues Klebeband in Umlauf bringen. Es kann nicht sein das für wenige Gramm Klebeband die gleiche Mindestpauschale und Lizenz benötigt wird! Es ist ein Gesetz das gegen alles steht wofür die EU gegründet wurde und somit das freie Handelsabkommen mit Füßen tritt. KleinstunternehmerInnen werden dadurch vom Markt gedrängt. Es ist unmöglich die gleichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwände von EPU's zu erwarten wie von Konzernen mit eigenen Rechtsabteilungen und Versandhäusern. Es braucht eine dringende Überarbeitung für EPU und klare Differenzierungen zwischen solchen und Konzernen, kleinere Mindest pauschalen und Freibeträge pro Land.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is imprudent and disproportionate. It is simply not possible for small traders who send only individual parcels abroad to bear the costs and red tape. Derogations are needed for micro-volumes (5 parcels per country) and a single centralised registration for the whole EU! Similarly, there is a need for exemptions for small quantities of packaging material in Austria far below the flat rate of 1.5 tonnes (!). With my maximum of 20 packages, which I send out each year, packaging waste of less than 10 kg is generated and the same amount must be paid for it. In addition, there is a need for a uniform regulation for small traders, who are already actively using only recycled and already licensed packaging material and are therefore merely putting new adhesive tape into circulation. It cannot be the same minimum flat rate and licence required for a few grams of adhesive tape! It is a law that stands against everything the EU has been founded for, and thus breaks the free trade agreement. This pushes micro-entrepreneurs out of the market. It is impossible to expect the same bureaucratic and financial effort from EPUs as from groups with their own legal departments and mail-order companies. There is a need for an urgent revision for EPUs and clear differentiations between such groups and groups, smaller minimum lump sums and allowances per country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548259_en"}, {"id": 33548258, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:39:51", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new regulations are a death sentence for small businesses-- especially artists, artisans and craftspeople who have just had the promise of the European open market taken away from them. The EU must reconsider this policy and institute regulations that rightly target the real polluters (Amazon, Temu, and other behemoths), while not causing harm to artists and microbusinesses who are already struggling to survive in an economic environment that benefits corporations while (and arguably, by) squashing individuals.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations are a death sentence for small businesses-- especially artists, artisans and craftspeople who have just had the promise of the European open market taken away from them. The EU must reconsider this policy and institute regulations that rightly target the real polluters (Amazon, Temu, and other behemoths), while not causing harm to artists and microbusinesses who are already struggling to survive in an economic environment that benefits corporations while (and arguably, by) squashing individuals.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548258_en"}, {"id": 33548257, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:39:08", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as a concerned citizen and consumer to raise a serious worry about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation as it begins to apply from 12 August 2026. I support the goals of less waste, better recycling, and a genuine circular economy. But I am worried that, as written, the regulation places a burden on small and local businesses that they are far less equipped to carry than the large corporations the rules are really aimed at. My first concern is compliance cost. The regulation keeps its core obligations in place for micro and small enterprises, with only limited relief. A large company can absorb the cost of packaging audits, recyclability documentation, recycled-content sourcing, and legal review by spreading it across enormous volumes and dedicated compliance teams. For a small producer, the very same fixed costs land on a tiny sales base, and there is no in-house team to hand them to. The result is that a rule meant to change corporate behavior instead falls hardest on the businesses least able to respond, which is the opposite of what a fair, competitive single market should do. My second concern is the country-by-country registration burden. While the packaging requirements are harmonized, Extended Producer Responsibility registration and fees remain national. A registration in one Member State does not cover another, so a small business selling into several markets must register, report, and pay separately in each one, each with its own system, forms, and deadlines. A large multinational already has this infrastructure. A small local producer trying to reach customers in even three or four neighboring countries faces a wall of duplicated administration that can make cross-border trade simply not worth attempting. This quietly pushes small businesses back inside their own borders and hands the wider European market to the large players by default. Taken together, these two pressures do not meaningfully slow down big business, which can plan around them, but they can genuinely threaten the survival of small producers and the local economies that depend on them. I therefore ask the Commission to consider broader and more meaningful exemptions and simplifications for small and micro enterprises. This could include proportionate relief from the heaviest documentation and audit obligations, a simplified single point of EPR registration for small cross-border sellers, and thresholds that reflect the real capacity of a small business rather than applying near-identical duties regardless of size. Sustainability and small-business survival should not be in conflict. A regulation that protects the planet but hollows out local economies will lose public support it needs. I urge you to close this gap before the rules take full effect, and to do so with the urgency the situation deserves. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a concerned citizen and consumer to raise a serious worry about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation as it begins to apply from 12 August 2026. I support the goals of less waste, better recycling, and a genuine circular economy. But I am worried that, as written, the regulation places a burden on small and local businesses that they are far less equipped to carry than the large corporations the rules are really aimed at. My first concern is compliance cost. The regulation keeps its core obligations in place for micro and small enterprises, with only limited relief. A large company can absorb the cost of packaging audits, recyclability documentation, recycled-content sourcing, and legal review by spreading it across enormous volumes and dedicated compliance teams. For a small producer, the very same fixed costs land on a tiny sales base, and there is no in-house team to hand them to. The result is that a rule meant to change corporate behavior instead falls hardest on the businesses least able to respond, which is the opposite of what a fair, competitive single market should do. My second concern is the country-by-country registration burden. While the packaging requirements are harmonized, Extended Producer Responsibility registration and fees remain national. A registration in one Member State does not cover another, so a small business selling into several markets must register, report, and pay separately in each one, each with its own system, forms, and deadlines. A large multinational already has this infrastructure. A small local producer trying to reach customers in even three or four neighboring countries faces a wall of duplicated administration that can make cross-border trade simply not worth attempting. This quietly pushes small businesses back inside their own borders and hands the wider European market to the large players by default. Taken together, these two pressures do not meaningfully slow down big business, which can plan around them, but they can genuinely threaten the survival of small producers and the local economies that depend on them. I therefore ask the Commission to consider broader and more meaningful exemptions and simplifications for small and micro enterprises. This could include proportionate relief from the heaviest documentation and audit obligations, a simplified single point of EPR registration for small cross-border sellers, and thresholds that reflect the real capacity of a small business rather than applying near-identical duties regardless of size. Sustainability and small-business survival should not be in conflict. A regulation that protects the planet but hollows out local economies will lose public support it needs. I urge you to close this gap before the rules take full effect, and to do so with the urgency the situation deserves. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548257_en"}, {"id": 33548256, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:38:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "-Exclude small and micro Buisnesses from the A.R Rule as it is disproportionate towards micro Buisnesses. Or provide a Measurements that small Buisnesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR IN EU States for small and Micro Buisnesses. - The New Law speaks against the free Movement of Goods within the EU and will actually have severe Consequences for many smaller Buisnesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "-Exclude small and micro Buisnesses from the A.R Rule as it is disproportionate towards micro Buisnesses. Or provide a Measurements that small Buisnesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR IN EU States for small and Micro Buisnesses. - The New Law speaks against the free Movement of Goods within the EU and will actually have severe Consequences for many smaller Buisnesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548256_en"}, {"id": 33548255, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:38:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Come on, just exclude small businesses below a certain yearly sales volume or without a certain number of employees. This is just not possible for solo businesses or small businesses and will just damage the economy - especially marginalised people who are often pushed into being self-employed to earn money at all. (Feedback both as EU citizen and owner of a small business, but without packaging needs, only digital services)", "feedbackEnglish": "Come on, just exclude small businesses below a certain yearly sales volume or without a certain number of employees. This is just not possible for solo businesses or small businesses and will just damage the economy - especially marginalised people who are often pushed into being self-employed to earn money at all. (Feedback both as EU citizen and owner of a small business, but without packaging needs, only digital services)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548255_en"}, {"id": 33548241, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:36:35", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Individual entrepenour", "feedback": "Dear EU legislators, I understand and absolutely support the need to reduce packaging waste, especially plastic, but this new legislation is a nightmare for micro businesses. If a small maker who wants to sell some hand made stuff to a few hundred customers a year, to any country in the EU (not wanting to limit the scope of their market), they'd have to go through the hoops of registering and tracking separately for every single member state! This is simply not realistic, and what you managed to do here is to once again pander to large corporate entities, who have the legal and data infrastructure already in place to easily comply, while suffocating micro businesses. Again, the concept of reducing waste is good ,but the execution is absolutely terrible. I can't imagine how this was put forward in the state that it is in. It feels like the people who came up with this have zero thought about micro businesses, and have no idea how this affects them. I also wonder if there were some lobbying forces behind this from large retailers, to make life harder for small businesses... My suggestion would be that for one, you create a single point of interaction for businesses to register and submit data about their packaging impact, and a single set of rules, not a completely separate rule set, with wildly different limits and requierements, for each country. Even better would be that you do away with this whole horribe administrative load for businesses, and create a set of standards for packaging types and sizes, that are \"pre registered\" (or \"EU conform\"), so when I buy it as a seller to put my product in I have absolutely nothing else to do, the recycling fine is included in the cost of the packaging and it has a standardized QR or barcode on it so you are able to distribute the recycling fee to the appropriate country when said packaging arrives there. This is actually a lot more enforcable as well, as postal or courier services could simply refuse packaging that is not \"EU conform\". You can simply offer options where at purchase you buy a certain allowance of internal packing of a certain material type, with plastic being a lot more expensive. Now you did away with the massive administrative and legal hassle on the side of tiny businesses, you streamlined the tracking of packaging, and you made it easier and a lot more effective to enforce it, while also reducing the administrative load on whatever organizations have to deal with this in each country. If a business still chooses to make their own packaging, that's on them, they'll have to go through the hurdles of having to register it. I have tried to make heads and tails of this new regulation and I honestly still don't understand a lot of it. You'd need a lawyer to untangle this and even then it's difficult! Make it a lot simpler, especially for small or micro businesses, and make it uniform. I was in the process of expanding my business with very small batch custom items sold internationally, especially in the EU, but this is making me take a step back! This is not what you want, as it actively works against the economy! Thank you, Best regards, Adam Szendrey", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU legislators, I understand and absolutely support the need to reduce packaging waste, especially plastic, but this new legislation is a nightmare for micro businesses. If a small maker who wants to sell some hand made stuff to a few hundred customers a year, to any country in the EU (not wanting to limit the scope of their market), they'd have to go through the hoops of registering and tracking separately for every single member state! This is simply not realistic, and what you managed to do here is to once again pander to large corporate entities, who have the legal and data infrastructure already in place to easily comply, while suffocating micro businesses. Again, the concept of reducing waste is good ,but the execution is absolutely terrible. I can't imagine how this was put forward in the state that it is in. It feels like the people who came up with this have zero thought about micro businesses, and have no idea how this affects them. I also wonder if there were some lobbying forces behind this from large retailers, to make life harder for small businesses... My suggestion would be that for one, you create a single point of interaction for businesses to register and submit data about their packaging impact, and a single set of rules, not a completely separate rule set, with wildly different limits and requierements, for each country. Even better would be that you do away with this whole horribe administrative load for businesses, and create a set of standards for packaging types and sizes, that are \"pre registered\" (or \"EU conform\"), so when I buy it as a seller to put my product in I have absolutely nothing else to do, the recycling fine is included in the cost of the packaging and it has a standardized QR or barcode on it so you are able to distribute the recycling fee to the appropriate country when said packaging arrives there. This is actually a lot more enforcable as well, as postal or courier services could simply refuse packaging that is not \"EU conform\". You can simply offer options where at purchase you buy a certain allowance of internal packing of a certain material type, with plastic being a lot more expensive. Now you did away with the massive administrative and legal hassle on the side of tiny businesses, you streamlined the tracking of packaging, and you made it easier and a lot more effective to enforce it, while also reducing the administrative load on whatever organizations have to deal with this in each country. If a business still chooses to make their own packaging, that's on them, they'll have to go through the hurdles of having to register it. I have tried to make heads and tails of this new regulation and I honestly still don't understand a lot of it. You'd need a lawyer to untangle this and even then it's difficult! Make it a lot simpler, especially for small or micro businesses, and make it uniform. I was in the process of expanding my business with very small batch custom items sold internationally, especially in the EU, but this is making me take a step back! This is not what you want, as it actively works against the economy! Thank you, Best regards, Adam Szendrey", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548241_en"}, {"id": 33548253, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:36:02", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonym", "feedback": "Dieses Gesetz ist undurchdacht und unverhältnismäßig. Für Kleinunternehmer die nur einzelne Pakete ins Eu Ausland schicken ist es schlicht nicht möglich die Kosten und den bürokratischen Aufwand zu stemmen. Es braucht Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinstmengen (zu 5 Pakete pro Land) und eine Einheitliche zentralisierte Registrierung für die gesamte EU! Ebenso braucht es Ausnahmen für Kleinstmengen an Verpackungsmaterial in Österreich weit unter der Pauschale für 1,5 Tonnen (!!!) Bei meinen maximal 20 Paketen die ich pro Jahr verschicke entsteht Verpackungsabfall von unter 10kg und dafür den gleichen Betrag zu zahlen ist lächerlich. Außerdem braucht es eine einheitliche Regelung für KleinunternehmerInnen die bereits jetzt aktiv nur Recycletes und bereits lizensiertes Verpackungsmaterial verwenden und somit lediglich neues Klebeband in Umlauf bringen. Es kann nicht sein das für wenige Gramm Klebeband die gleiche mindest Pauschale und Lizenz benötigt wird! Es ist ein Gesetz das gegen alles steht wofür die EU gegründet wurde und somit das freie Handelsabkommen mit Füßen tritt. KleinstunternehmerInnen werden dadurch vom Markt gedrängt. Es ist unmöglich die gleichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwände von EPU's zu erwarten wie von Konzernen mit eigenen Rechtsabteilungen und Versandhäusern. Es braucht eine dringende Überarbeitung für EPU und klare Differenzierungen zwischen solchen und Konzernen, kleinere Mindest pauschalen und Freibeträge pro Land.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is imprudent and disproportionate. It is simply not possible for small traders who send only individual parcels abroad to bear the costs and red tape. Derogations are needed for micro-volumes (5 parcels per country) and a single centralised registration for the whole EU! Similarly, there is a need for exemptions for small quantities of packaging material in Austria far below the flat rate of 1.5 tonnes (!). With my maximum of 20 packages, which I send out each year, packaging waste of less than 10 kg is generated and the same amount must be paid for it. In addition, there is a need for a uniform regulation for small traders, who are already actively using only recycled and already licensed packaging material and are therefore merely putting new adhesive tape into circulation. It cannot be the same minimum flat rate and licence for a few grams of adhesive tape! It is a law that stands against everything the EU has been founded for, and thus breaks the free trade agreement. This pushes micro-entrepreneurs out of the market. It is impossible to expect the same bureaucratic and financial effort from EPUs as from groups with their own legal departments and mail-order companies. There is a need for an urgent revision for EPUs and clear differentiations between such groups and groups, smaller minimum lump sums and allowances per country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548253_en"}, {"id": 33548252, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:35:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Carolin Reich comics&illustration", "feedback": "Grundsätzlich finde ich die neuen Verpackungsregeln gut, wenn sie dazu führen, dass weniger Abfall produziert und mehr recycled wird. Ich bitte aber die Regelungen insbesondere für Kleinunternehmer zu überdenken. Ich bin Selfpublisherin im Comicbereich. Das heisst ich veröffentliche meine Bücher selbst, verkaufe sie auf Messen ind verschicke sie über den eigenen Onlineshop. Vorwiegend in Deutschland aber eben auch ab und zu im Eu-Gebiet. Die Verpflichtung mich in jedem EU-Land zusätzlich zu registrieren und einen einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen um theorethisch überhaupt ein Paket verschicken zu dürfen, ruft zusätzliche Kosten hervor, die sich mein Unternehmen nicht leisten kann. Das Versandvolumen ist dafür zu gering. Ich habe deswegen den Versand in andere EU Länder aktuell eingestellt. Ich wünsche mir eine vereinheitlichte zentrale Registrationsstelle für die EU bei der ich mein Verpackungsvolumen melden und entsprechend des tatsächlichen Aufkommen bezahlen kann, ähnlich der umsatzsteuerregistrierung. Oder Ausnahme Regeln speziell für so kleine Unternehmen wie mich. Die aktuelle Einzelländerlösung widerspricht in meiner Auffassung dem offenen Eu-Handel und verhindert, dass kleine Unternehmen über ihr Ursprungsland hinweg wachsen können.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I find the new packaging rules good if they lead to less waste being produced and more recycled. However, I would ask you to reconsider the rules, in particular for small businesses. I am a self-publiciser in the comic field. I will publish my books myself and sell them at fairs inward via my own online shop. Mainly in Germany, but also from and to the EU. The obligation to register additionally in each EU country and to appoint an authorised representative to send a package in theory generates additional costs that my company cannot afford. The shipping volume is too small for this. I have therefore stopped shipping to other EU countries. I would like to see a unified central registration office for the EU, where I can declare my packaging volume and pay according to the actual volume, similar to VAT registration. Or the exception is rules specific to as small businesses as me. In my view, the current single-country solution runs counter to open EU trade and prevents small businesses from growing beyond their country of origin.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548252_en"}, {"id": 33548244, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:35:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Emporium Ornamentum", "feedback": "Reducing waste, increasing recycling rates and protecting our enviroment is more important than ever. As a small business owner, I already make sure to reduce waste, I recycle every packaging material that I receive from suppliers, I exclusively buy packing like cardbord boxes that has been produced with as much recycled material as possible. Needing to register in all EU member states, with different processes in every country, often not even available in English or with incomplete translations is already an insane overhead that I cannot keep up with. And than having to pay hundreds of Euros in flat fees per country per year, even though I might only sell a handfull of orders that amount to less than a kg of cardbord/paper packing is insane. We need EU wide minimum thresholds under which those regulations do not apply and a solution similar to the One-Stop-Shop for VAT. So that small business can have the breathing room to grow and once they have established themselves in the EU, only need to register within their own country to comply with EU wide regulations, which is one of the goals of the PPWR anyway. To harmonize regulations across the whole EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Reducing waste, increasing recycling rates and protecting our enviroment is more important than ever. As a small business owner, I already make sure to reduce waste, I recycle every packaging material that I receive from suppliers, I exclusively buy packing like cardbord boxes that has been produced with as much recycled material as possible. Needing to register in all EU member states, with different processes in every country, often not even available in English or with incomplete translations is already an insane overhead that I cannot keep up with. And than having to pay hundreds of Euros in flat fees per country per year, even though I might only sell a handfull of orders that amount to less than a kg of cardbord/paper packing is insane. We need EU wide minimum thresholds under which those regulations do not apply and a solution similar to the One-Stop-Shop for VAT. So that small business can have the breathing room to grow and once they have established themselves in the EU, only need to register within their own country to comply with EU wide regulations, which is one of the goals of the PPWR anyway. To harmonize regulations across the whole EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548244_en"}, {"id": 33548243, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:34:41", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Deafmessanger s.r.o.", "feedback": "To Whom It May Concern, I run a small, one-person business making handcrafted wood-turned pieces and handmade notebooks, and I'm writing to raise a concern about the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. I understand the reasoning behind it, and for large companies shipping thousands of parcels a day, it makes sense. But the reality for someone like me is very different. Every order I send out is packed individually, by hand, and almost never comes back unlike a large retailer dealing with routine returns, a small maker's packaging is usually opened once and that's the end of its journey. I already choose materials carefully: much of what I use to wrap and protect my work has already had a first life as someone else's packaging. Reusing it isn't just cost-saving for me, it's genuinely keeping material out of the waste stream a second time which is, I'd argue, exactly the outcome this kind of regulation is meant to encourage. What worries me more is the practical side. I earn somewhere around 40,000 a year from this work, out of which I cover materials, tools, and everything else that keeps a small workshop running there isn't much room left after that. If selling into other EU countries now means registering separately, joining EPR schemes, filing reports, and absorbing costs that could run into hundreds of euros per country, that math simply doesn't work for a business my size. I won't be able to justify it, and I suspect most people in a similar position will make the same choice: stop selling across borders rather than try to comply. If that happens on a wide scale, the EU doesn't gain much it just loses the small, independent, often quite personal side of its market. The kind of work I do, and the work of many others like me, depends on being able to reach customers beyond our own country. I'd really urge you to consider a clear exemption or a much lighter-touch regime for micro and one-person businesses, rather than applying the same framework meant for large-scale manufacturers. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Kind regards,", "feedbackEnglish": "To Whom It May Concern, I run a small, one-person business making handcrafted wood-turned pieces and handmade notebooks, and I'm writing to raise a concern about the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. I understand the reasoning behind it, and for large companies shipping thousands of parcels a day, it makes sense. But the reality for someone like me is very different. Every order I send out is packed individually, by hand, and almost never comes back unlike a large retailer dealing with routine returns, a small maker's packaging is usually opened once and that's the end of its journey. I already choose materials carefully: much of what I use to wrap and protect my work has already had a first life as someone else's packaging. Reusing it isn't just cost-saving for me, it's genuinely keeping material out of the waste stream a second time which is, I'd argue, exactly the outcome this kind of regulation is meant to encourage. What worries me more is the practical side. I earn somewhere around 40,000 a year from this work, out of which I cover materials, tools, and everything else that keeps a small workshop running there isn't much room left after that. If selling into other EU countries now means registering separately, joining EPR schemes, filing reports, and absorbing costs that could run into hundreds of euros per country, that math simply doesn't work for a business my size. I won't be able to justify it, and I suspect most people in a similar position will make the same choice: stop selling across borders rather than try to comply. If that happens on a wide scale, the EU doesn't gain much it just loses the small, independent, often quite personal side of its market. The kind of work I do, and the work of many others like me, depends on being able to reach customers beyond our own country. I'd really urge you to consider a clear exemption or a much lighter-touch regime for micro and one-person businesses, rather than applying the same framework meant for large-scale manufacturers. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Kind regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548243_en"}, {"id": 33548242, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:34:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das neue Verpackungsgesetz ist nicht praktikabel für kleine Unternehmen und teilt die EU mehr, als das sie geeint wird. Viele können sich die ganzen Abgaben nicht leisten oder ertrinken in bürokratischem Aufwand. Es sollte eine Ausnahme für Kleinunternehmen geben", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging law is not workable for small businesses and shares the EU more than it unites. Many cannot afford the full levies or drown with red tape. There should be an exemption for small enterprises", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548242_en"}, {"id": 33548240, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:32:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Edition Mühlwiese Anne Deus", "feedback": "Bei allem Verständnis für die Vermeidung von Verpackungsmüll - diese Regelung geht komplett am Sinn der Sache vorbei! Hier wird die Abgrenzung der EU Staaten voneinander forciert und ganz sicher nicht ein harmonisierter Handel unter den Ländern. Für große Betrieb mag das alles kein Thema sein, aber den gesamten kleinen bis mittelgroßen Unternehmen geht hier die Luft aus. Es geht ja nicht \"nur\" um das Bezahlen der enormen Kosten. Dazu kommt ja der ebenso enorme Verwaltungsaufwand. Ein paar Hundert EUR pro Land mögen auf den ersten Blick harmlos aussehen, bei ein paar Ländern sind es ruck zuck etliche Tausend EUR, die zumindest für meinen Betrieb absolut keinen Sinn machen. Allerdings habe ich den EU weiten Versand schon 2023 eingestellt, da mir die Verfahren in Österreich zu lästig waren und die Aufklbeber für Italien, Frankreich und Spanein einfach hier im Alltag nicht mehr beherrschbar waren. Jetzt gilt das österreichische Verfahren aus 2023 also überall, im Extremfall dann also zig Bevollmächtigte - alleine die schon alle zu verwalten ist purer Streß für einen kleinen Betrieb. Mit meinem \"großen\" Versandhandel will ich gar nicht mehr international versenden, das ist für mich gelaufen, da auch das OSS-Steuerverfahren eine Zumutung für kleine Betriebe ist. Für einen neuen Betrieb hätte ich aber gerne den Versand nach Ungarn aufgebaut, da viele Leser meiner neuen Bücher dort leben - geht nicht. 600,- EUR pro Jahr und mehr, das ist nicht leistbar - Tschüss liebe Leser, die Kritik bitte nicht an mich, sondern an diejenigen in Brüssel, die in Hoffnung auf die Vermeidung überflüssiger Verpackungen jegliches Augenmaß verloren haben!", "feedbackEnglish": "Understanding how to avoid packaging waste – this rule completely ignores the purpose of the matter! Here, the distinction between EU countries is being pushed forward, and certainly not harmonised trade between countries. For large companies, this may not be an issue, but all small to medium-sized companies are airborne. It is not ‘only’ about paying the enormous costs. This is compounded by an equally heavy administrative burden. A few hundred euros per country may look harmless at first glance; for a few countries it’s many thousands of euros that make absolutely no sense, at least for my farm. However, I stopped sending the documents extensively to the EU as early as 2023, as the procedures in Austria were too onerous for me and the investigation bodies for Italy, France and Spain were simply no longer manageable in my daily life. This means that the Austrian procedure from 2023 now applies everywhere, and in extreme cases there are ten authorised representatives – all of whom are already purely stressful for a small business. With my ‘big’ mail order I don’t want to send anymore internationally, which has happened to me, as the OSS tax procedure is also a sacrifice for small businesses. However, for a new business, I would have liked to set up a dispatch to Hungary, as many readers of my new books live there – it is not going to happen. EUR 600 per year and more, that’s unaffordable – Thouses love readers, please criticise not me, but those in Brussels who have lost all sense of purpose in the hope of avoiding superfluous packaging!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548240_en"}, {"id": 33548239, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:32:00", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern: Objection Statement: EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) Impact on Micro-Creators ​The implementation of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) fails to achieve its intended environmental goals, instead creating an anti-competitive market structure that disadvantages small, independent creators. ​ Flawed and Exclusionary Definitions: The language within the current directive lacks critical nuances. By failing to establish a minimum volume or revenue threshold (de minimis clause), the regulation treats a small creator mailing a single $1 sticker identically to a multinational corporation shipping tons of commercial waste. This language is inherently exclusionary, effectively barring micro-businesses from entering the EU market. ​Misalignment with Sustainability Principles: Independent creators and micro-businesses statistically lead in sustainable shipping practices. Small creators routinely reuse packing materials, opt for biodegradable paper over single-use plastics, and minimize excess packaging footprint. Penalizing the very sector that inherently operates with higher environmental awareness contradicts the fundamental purpose of the regulation. ​Disproportionate Burden vs. Corporate Exemption: Large-scale retailers and e-commerce platforms already maintain the capital, infrastructure, and legal representation across all EU member states to comply effortlessly. For a micro-business, paying mandatory compliance and legal representation fees per destination country acts as a prohibitive tariff rather than a legitimate environmental contribution. ​ The current setup does not function as intended. Rather than curbing mass industrial waste from ultra-fast-fashion and high-volume exporters, it reduces market diversity by eliminating low-impact, sustainable small-scale sellers. ​Conclusion: Without a clear clause distinguishing between high-volume commercial importers and micro-creators, the regulation imposes an arbitrary trade barrier that stifles small-scale innovation while protecting high-volume polluters. Furthermore, the financial burden of these compliance fees will ultimately be passed on to the consumer. While small creators voluntarily assume responsibility for sustainable practices, larger corporations routinely displace environmental costs onto smaller, end-tier market participants. ​In its current form, this initiative requires fundamental revisions to remain realistic and applicable for micro-businesses. The present structure fails to foster genuine long-term environmental sustainability; historically, monetary barriers have proven ineffective at driving ecological reform, and this regulation is no exception. ​To rectify these shortcomings, the following amendments are critical: ​Clarification and Exception Clauses: A dedicated clause must be integrated to streamline administrative procedures and establish a clear de minimis threshold for small-scale creators. ​Cross-Border Trade Infrastructure: Non-EU small businesses currently lack accessible, centralized framework systems to trade seamlessly within the EU. ​Enforcing these rigid requirements directly contradicts the EU's core founding principle of a fair and open market, effectively restricting trade rather than encouraging sustainable commerce.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern: Objection Statement: EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) Impact on Micro-Creators ​The implementation of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) fails to achieve its intended environmental goals, instead creating an anti-competitive market structure that disadvantages small, independent creators. ​ Flawed and Exclusionary Definitions: The language within the current directive lacks critical nuances. By failing to establish a minimum volume or revenue threshold (de minimis clause), the regulation treats a small creator mailing a single $1 sticker identically to a multinational corporation shipping tons of commercial waste. This language is inherently exclusionary, effectively barring micro-businesses from entering the EU market. ​Misalignment with Sustainability Principles: Independent creators and micro-businesses statistically lead in sustainable shipping practices. Small creators routinely reuse packing materials, opt for biodegradable paper over single-use plastics, and minimize excess packaging footprint. Penalizing the very sector that inherently operates with higher environmental awareness contradicts the fundamental purpose of the regulation. ​Disproportionate Burden vs. Corporate Exemption: Large-scale retailers and e-commerce platforms already maintain the capital, infrastructure, and legal representation across all EU member states to comply effortlessly. For a micro-business, paying mandatory compliance and legal representation fees per destination country acts as a prohibitive tariff rather than a legitimate environmental contribution. ​ The current setup does not function as intended. Rather than curbing mass industrial waste from ultra-fast-fashion and high-volume exporters, it reduces market diversity by eliminating low-impact, sustainable small-scale sellers. ​Conclusion: Without a clear clause distinguishing between high-volume commercial importers and micro-creators, the regulation imposes an arbitrary trade barrier that stifles small-scale innovation while protecting high-volume polluters. Furthermore, the financial burden of these compliance fees will ultimately be passed on to the consumer. While small creators voluntarily assume responsibility for sustainable practices, larger corporations routinely displace environmental costs onto smaller, end-tier market participants. ​In its current form, this initiative requires fundamental revisions to remain realistic and applicable for micro-businesses. The present structure fails to foster genuine long-term environmental sustainability; historically, monetary barriers have proven ineffective at driving ecological reform, and this regulation is no exception. ​To rectify these shortcomings, the following amendments are critical: ​Clarification and Exception Clauses: A dedicated clause must be integrated to streamline administrative procedures and establish a clear de minimis threshold for small-scale creators. ​Cross-Border Trade Infrastructure: Non-EU small businesses currently lack accessible, centralized framework systems to trade seamlessly within the EU. ​Enforcing these rigid requirements directly contradicts the EU's core founding principle of a fair and open market, effectively restricting trade rather than encouraging sustainable commerce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548239_en"}, {"id": 33548237, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:31:26", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations will kill many local businesses due to the cost and administrative nightmare that registering in all 28 member states creates. These regulations will take items of EU origin off the market and will make citizens more likely to order from China or the US even after the 3 euro per item customs charge, which aimed to benefit businesses based in the EU. I propose that these rules be scrapped completely if the EU prioritises building a strong and self sufficient economy. Only the consumer and the small business suffer from a decision like this and not a large company.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations will kill many local businesses due to the cost and administrative nightmare that registering in all 28 member states creates. These regulations will take items of EU origin off the market and will make citizens more likely to order from China or the US even after the 3 euro per item customs charge, which aimed to benefit businesses based in the EU. I propose that these rules be scrapped completely if the EU prioritises building a strong and self sufficient economy. Only the consumer and the small business suffer from a decision like this and not a large company.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548237_en"}, {"id": 33544479, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:30:01", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I agree it is important to have laws to protect the environnement and reduce waste, this law is a death sentence for many micro and small businesses. These last few days, I have seen countless closing announcements from small creators who simply have to stop their activity altogether because they can not meet the unrealistic expectations of this law. I do not understand how a very small, one person business sending a dozen packages at best per year can be treated the same as big corporations, with legal departments, sending hundreds of thousands of packages. This is incomprehensible. With so many small shops closing, what will we be left with? Buying mass produced goods from China? You are killing small artists and artisans with this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I agree it is important to have laws to protect the environnement and reduce waste, this law is a death sentence for many micro and small businesses. These last few days, I have seen countless closing announcements from small creators who simply have to stop their activity altogether because they can not meet the unrealistic expectations of this law. I do not understand how a very small, one person business sending a dozen packages at best per year can be treated the same as big corporations, with legal departments, sending hundreds of thousands of packages. This is incomprehensible. With so many small shops closing, what will we be left with? Buying mass produced goods from China? You are killing small artists and artisans with this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544479_en"}, {"id": 33548236, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:29:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Laurène Grisot (EI)", "feedback": "Je suis créatrice indépendante et je vends mes produits illustrés via mon site. Actuellement, j'expédie occasionnellement vers une dizaine de pays européens, mais avec des volumes extrêmement réduits : entre 1 et 5 commandes par an maximum par pays. Beaucoup de mes clients étrangers achètent pour des montants modestes, parfois à peine 10 euros. Je comprends l'enjeu environnemental de cette réglementation, mais je suis vivement préoccupée par son caractère totalement disproportionné pour les petits créateurs. Selon mes estimations, les obligations en matière de responsabilité élargie des producteurs (REP) m'imposeraient des frais pouvant atteindre 400 euros par pays.. soit un coût cumulé potentiel de 4 000 euros pour couvrir mes ventes transfrontalières actuelles qui génèrent à peine quelques centaines d'euros de chiffre d'affaires. L'aberration est économique et logique : je devrais dépenser plusieurs centaines d'euros de frais administratifs pour traiter des quantités d'emballages représentant un coût réel de quelques centimes. Cette charge disproportionnée ne décourage pas seulement l'expansion, elle menace la viabilité même de la vente à l'étranger pour un petit créateur indépendant. Plutôt que de simplifier l'accès au marché unique, cette réglementation l'entrave. Je plaide pour un régime dérogatoire ou des seuils significatifs (volume d'emballages minimal, chiffre d'affaires annuel par pays) qui excluent les très petites entreprises, car les bénéfices écologiques réels sont insignifiants au regard de la charge imposée.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent creator and I sell my illustrated products via my website. At present, I occasionally ship to around ten European countries, but with extremely small volumes: up to 1-5 orders per year per country. Many of my foreign customers buy for modest amounts, sometimes just EUR 10. I understand the environmental challenge of this regulation, but I am deeply concerned that it is totally disproportionate for small designers. According to my estimates, extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations would impose costs of up to EUR 400 per country. This represents a potential cumulative cost of EUR 4 000 to cover my current cross-border sales that generate barely a few hundred euros of turnover. The aberration is economic and logical: I would have to spend several hundred euros of administrative costs to process quantities of packaging that represent a real cost of a few cents. This disproportionate burden not only discourages expansion, it threatens the very viability of selling abroad for an independent small creator. Rather than simplifying access to the single market, this regulation hampers it. I call for a derogation regime or significant thresholds (minimum packaging volume, annual turnover per country) that exclude very small companies, as the actual environmental benefits are insignificant compared to the burden imposed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548236_en"}, {"id": 33548235, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:29:15", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independent artist - business owner", "feedback": "I am a French artist-author running a very small micro-business. I sell original paintings and art prints online to customers in different EU Member States and outside the EU. I fully support the objectives of the PPWR, including reducing unnecessary packaging, limiting empty space and improving recycling. My shipments already use packaging adapted to the size of the artwork, with very little or no empty space. I purchase my cardboard envelopes and other packaging from suppliers established in the EU rather than manufacturing or importing packaging myself. However, I am extremely concerned about the practical consequences of the current system for very small businesses selling across borders. I understand that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging already existed in several Member States before the PPWR, and that national systems remain different. The PPWR therefore seems to leave micro-businesses facing potentially separate registrations, reporting requirements, fees and, in some countries, authorised representatives, for every Member State in which they sell. For a large company, these administrative costs may be negligible. For a micro-business, they can be completely disproportionate. In my case, my total annual turnover is only a few thousand euros, and my sales in some individual EU countries may amount to only 1,0002,000 per year. Paying a fixed fee of around 150200 or more simply for representation in one country can therefore represent a significant percentage of the turnover generated in that market, before even paying the actual EPR contribution. I am willing to contribute to the recycling and management of the packaging I place on the EU market. What I find disproportionate is having to navigate multiple national systems and potentially pay fixed administrative costs that are many times higher than the environmental contribution associated with the very small quantities of packaging involved. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider a simplified European one-stop-shop system for micro-enterprises selling packaged products across borders. For example, micro-enterprises below a reasonable packaging-volume threshold could: register only once through a European portal; declare their packaging quantities once per year; pay a single proportionate annual contribution based primarily on the actual quantity and type of packaging placed on the EU market; have that contribution distributed between the relevant national EPR systems; benefit from simplified reporting and, where appropriate, a simplified approach to authorised representation. Such a system could make compliance realistic for thousands of small creators, artists and independent businesses, while still ensuring that packaging placed on the European market contributes to its proper management and recycling. The current fragmentation risks creating a situation where compliance costs are disproportionate to the environmental impact of very small businesses, potentially forcing them to stop selling to EU customers or unintentionally operate without full compliance simply because the system is too complex and expensive to navigate. The objective should not only be environmental compliance, but also proportionate and accessible compliance for Europe's micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the practical reality faced by very small businesses operating across EU borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a French artist-author running a very small micro-business. I sell original paintings and art prints online to customers in different EU Member States and outside the EU. I fully support the objectives of the PPWR, including reducing unnecessary packaging, limiting empty space and improving recycling. My shipments already use packaging adapted to the size of the artwork, with very little or no empty space. I purchase my cardboard envelopes and other packaging from suppliers established in the EU rather than manufacturing or importing packaging myself. However, I am extremely concerned about the practical consequences of the current system for very small businesses selling across borders. I understand that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging already existed in several Member States before the PPWR, and that national systems remain different. The PPWR therefore seems to leave micro-businesses facing potentially separate registrations, reporting requirements, fees and, in some countries, authorised representatives, for every Member State in which they sell. For a large company, these administrative costs may be negligible. For a micro-business, they can be completely disproportionate. In my case, my total annual turnover is only a few thousand euros, and my sales in some individual EU countries may amount to only 1,0002,000 per year. Paying a fixed fee of around 150200 or more simply for representation in one country can therefore represent a significant percentage of the turnover generated in that market, before even paying the actual EPR contribution. I am willing to contribute to the recycling and management of the packaging I place on the EU market. What I find disproportionate is having to navigate multiple national systems and potentially pay fixed administrative costs that are many times higher than the environmental contribution associated with the very small quantities of packaging involved. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider a simplified European one-stop-shop system for micro-enterprises selling packaged products across borders. For example, micro-enterprises below a reasonable packaging-volume threshold could: register only once through a European portal; declare their packaging quantities once per year; pay a single proportionate annual contribution based primarily on the actual quantity and type of packaging placed on the EU market; have that contribution distributed between the relevant national EPR systems; benefit from simplified reporting and, where appropriate, a simplified approach to authorised representation. Such a system could make compliance realistic for thousands of small creators, artists and independent businesses, while still ensuring that packaging placed on the European market contributes to its proper management and recycling. The current fragmentation risks creating a situation where compliance costs are disproportionate to the environmental impact of very small businesses, potentially forcing them to stop selling to EU customers or unintentionally operate without full compliance simply because the system is too complex and expensive to navigate. The objective should not only be environmental compliance, but also proportionate and accessible compliance for Europe's micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the practical reality faced by very small businesses operating across EU borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548235_en"}, {"id": 33548234, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:28:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will hardly affect the true creators of most packaging waste (Amazon, temu, etc.), while disproportionately affecting and (possibly killing) small businesses both inside and outside the EU, who usually take more steps to make their packaging as environmentally friendly as possible. Additionally this will even strengthen big aforementioned companies, likely creating even more packaging waste, as customers in the EU are left with less seller choices and are then more likely to turn to larger companies like Amazon etc. Small businesses must either be exempt from this law and/or administrative processes need to be more economically feasible, as many small businesses simply dont have the staff or resources and will either limit shipping to just their own home country or will be forced to close shop entirely.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will hardly affect the true creators of most packaging waste (Amazon, temu, etc.), while disproportionately affecting and (possibly killing) small businesses both inside and outside the EU, who usually take more steps to make their packaging as environmentally friendly as possible. Additionally this will even strengthen big aforementioned companies, likely creating even more packaging waste, as customers in the EU are left with less seller choices and are then more likely to turn to larger companies like Amazon etc. Small businesses must either be exempt from this law and/or administrative processes need to be more economically feasible, as many small businesses simply dont have the staff or resources and will either limit shipping to just their own home country or will be forced to close shop entirely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548234_en"}, {"id": 33548233, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:28:06", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules will be the death of small business and small businesses are the ones that we should be promoting and protecting. They cause less impact on the environment overall, result a healthy economy and if strengthen and promoted well can show people that buying something well made is a better alternative than buying cheap low quality mass produced products. The EU was a beautiful project and it's now being killed by short sightedness. Creating rules to stop drop shipping and incentives to re use or only use recyclable packaging materials is necessary but the rules should be the same for everyone and putting up a paywall that will kill small businesses is not the way and it's honestly criminal.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules will be the death of small business and small businesses are the ones that we should be promoting and protecting. They cause less impact on the environment overall, result a healthy economy and if strengthen and promoted well can show people that buying something well made is a better alternative than buying cheap low quality mass produced products. The EU was a beautiful project and it's now being killed by short sightedness. Creating rules to stop drop shipping and incentives to re use or only use recyclable packaging materials is necessary but the rules should be the same for everyone and putting up a paywall that will kill small businesses is not the way and it's honestly criminal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548233_en"}, {"id": 33548232, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:27:20", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Si bien entiendo la necesidad de esta regulación, tal y como esta planteada supondría la desaparición de multitud de negocios y micronegocios. Seguramente ayudaría que se incluyeran tarifas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y se incluyeran unos mínimos de residuos generados. Tambien se podrian simplificar los procesos, especialmente para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos de residuos, y unificar el registro, en vez de tener uno por pais. Muchas gracias", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I understand the need for this regulation, as proposed, it would mean the disappearance of a multitude of businesses and micro-businesses. It would surely help to include realistic minimum tariffs for small shipping microenterprises and to include minimum waste generated. Processes could also be simplified, especially for micronegotia and minimum waste volumes, and registration could be unified, rather than one per country. Many thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548232_en"}, {"id": 33548230, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:25:41", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ce règlement ne va affecter que les micro-business qui ne peuvent en aucun cas absorber les coûts induits dans chaque pays de l'Europe dans lesquels ils vendent de très petites quantités. Comme auto-entrepreneur en France, je vends des figurines à assembler en Europe, à environ 14 pays différents mais pour des quantités de 1 à 20 colis par pays par an. Cela n'a aucun sens de devoir payer les forfaits de recyclage dans chaque pays, montants forfaitaires supérieurs aux gains réalisés. C'est la mort de mon business et de plein de petites entreprises similaires. Cette mesure n'aura pourtant aucun effet sur les gros pollueurs qui eux pourront absorber sans aucun soucis les coûts. Cette mesure est totalement déconnectée du terrain et de la vrai vie. Le monde n'est pas fait uniquement de grosse entreprises à millions. Des milliers de personnes vivent de petit business que vous venez tout simplement de tuer. Merci et bravo pour votre absurdité et votre absence totale de réalité.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will only affect micro-businesses, which can in no way absorb the costs incurred in every country in Europe where they sell very small quantities. As a self-entrepreneur in France, I sell figurines to be assembled in Europe, to around 14 different countries but for quantities of 1 to 20 packages per country per year. It makes no sense to have to pay recycling lump sums in each country, which are higher than the gains made. This is the death of my business and many similar small businesses. However, this measure will have no effect on the major polluters, who will be able to absorb the costs without any concern. This measure is totally disconnected from the ground and real life. The world is not only made up of big companies to millions. Thousands of people live in small businesses that you just killed. Thank you and bravo for your absurdity and complete lack of reality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548230_en"}, {"id": 33548219, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:24:42", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Let small businesses live! I believe the PPWR is a great initiative for our planet. HOWEVER I believe it is highly unfair that giant corporations and small businesses have the exact same fees. This is effectively killing small business trading in/to the EU while not solving the real problem. Big corporations like Amazon etc. Produce far more waste than any small business could, yet they have the funds to pay the fees and even fines to keep going. There should be a threshold for amount of orders small businesses need to ship before they have to pay. Before that they should be exempt from these costs. Things like this leads to EU consumers having to pay markups on goods just because. We also lose access to shops that from now wont ship to us because of this. How is that fair? We shouldnt have to rely strictly on companies like Amazon to get what we need but that is where this will lead. Its like isolating the eu from the rest of the world instead of just being a good trade union.", "feedbackEnglish": "Let small businesses live! I believe the PPWR is a great initiative for our planet. HOWEVER I believe it is highly unfair that giant corporations and small businesses have the exact same fees. This is effectively killing small business trading in/to the EU while not solving the real problem. Big corporations like Amazon etc. Produce far more waste than any small business could, yet they have the funds to pay the fees and even fines to keep going. There should be a threshold for amount of orders small businesses need to ship before they have to pay. Before that they should be exempt from these costs. Things like this leads to EU consumers having to pay markups on goods just because. We also lose access to shops that from now wont ship to us because of this. How is that fair? We shouldnt have to rely strictly on companies like Amazon to get what we need but that is where this will lead. Its like isolating the eu from the rest of the world instead of just being a good trade union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548219_en"}, {"id": 33548218, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:24:19", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Prelo Prints", "feedback": "These new rules risk placing a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on thousands of small businesses across Europe, particularly in the creative, artistic and handicraft sectors. Many of these businesses are microenterprises, often operated by a single person who is responsible for every aspect of the business: creating the products, production, marketing, sales, accounting, customer service, shipping and administration. They simply do not have the financial resources, time or legal expertise to absorb complex new compliance requirements, multiple registrations, reporting obligations and potentially high recurring costs. The environmental impact of the packaging used by these businesses is often extremely small. In my own case, for example, I sell handmade prints in very small quantities and use simple, recyclable cardboard packaging. The total amount of packaging I place on the market is measured in kilograms per year, not tonnes. Nevertheless, the same type of regulatory and administrative requirements can potentially apply to my business as to companies placing enormous quantities of packaging on the European market. I fully support the goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making businesses responsible for the environmental impact of their products. However, the regulatory framework must be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business. I therefore respectfully urge the European Commission to give much greater consideration to the situation of microenterprises and small creative and craft businesses before these measures are fully implemented. There should be genuinely simple, low-cost or exempt compliance pathways for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market, particularly where the packaging is already recyclable and purchased from compliant suppliers. If the administrative and financial burden becomes greater than these businesses can reasonably sustain, the unintended consequence may be that many small creative and craft businesses will simply stop selling across borders, or cease trading altogether. This would not only harm small entrepreneurs, but also reduce the diversity of Europe's creative and craft economy. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must also be proportionate, practical and sustainable for the smallest businesses it affects.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules risk placing a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on thousands of small businesses across Europe, particularly in the creative, artistic and handicraft sectors. Many of these businesses are microenterprises, often operated by a single person who is responsible for every aspect of the business: creating the products, production, marketing, sales, accounting, customer service, shipping and administration. They simply do not have the financial resources, time or legal expertise to absorb complex new compliance requirements, multiple registrations, reporting obligations and potentially high recurring costs. The environmental impact of the packaging used by these businesses is often extremely small. In my own case, for example, I sell handmade prints in very small quantities and use simple, recyclable cardboard packaging. The total amount of packaging I place on the market is measured in kilograms per year, not tonnes. Nevertheless, the same type of regulatory and administrative requirements can potentially apply to my business as to companies placing enormous quantities of packaging on the European market. I fully support the goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making businesses responsible for the environmental impact of their products. However, the regulatory framework must be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business. I therefore respectfully urge the European Commission to give much greater consideration to the situation of microenterprises and small creative and craft businesses before these measures are fully implemented. There should be genuinely simple, low-cost or exempt compliance pathways for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market, particularly where the packaging is already recyclable and purchased from compliant suppliers. If the administrative and financial burden becomes greater than these businesses can reasonably sustain, the unintended consequence may be that many small creative and craft businesses will simply stop selling across borders, or cease trading altogether. This would not only harm small entrepreneurs, but also reduce the diversity of Europe's creative and craft economy. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must also be proportionate, practical and sustainable for the smallest businesses it affects.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548218_en"}, {"id": 33548217, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:24:05", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers take appropriate responsibility for the costs of waste management. However, the proposed framework of separate national registrations, reporting requirements, fees and authorised representatives would place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro, small and medium-sized businesses operating across EU borders. For a small business, the amount of packaging placed on the market in a particular Member State may be very limited sometimes only a few kilograms of cardboard or other recyclable materials per year. Despite this, the business may still be required to comply with registration and representation requirements and pay associated fees. In some cases, these fixed costs can be higher than the profit generated from sales in that market. Introducing simplified reporting for companies placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market does not adequately address the issue, as the underlying registration and compliance costs would still apply. This approach risks creating an unnecessary obstacle to the functioning of the EU Single Market. Smaller companies may be discouraged from serving customers in other Member States, limit their business activities to their domestic market, or withdraw from certain markets entirely. This would weaken competition and give larger companies an unfair advantage, as they are better equipped to absorb fixed regulatory and administrative costs. A more balanced approach would be to postpone the mandatory requirement for national authorised representatives until 2035, as envisaged in the European Commissions proposal COM(2025) 982. At the very least, this requirement should remain suspended until a genuinely functioning EU-wide one-stop-shop for registration, reporting and payment has been established. Such an EU-level system should provide for: a single EU-wide producer registration; one standardised annual reporting procedure; centralised distribution of EPR payments among Member States; an EU-wide de minimis threshold determined by packaging volume and/or company turnover; exemptions, significantly reduced or capped fees for micro-enterprises and SMEs; no requirement to appoint a separate national authorised representative where the producer is already established within the EU. Environmental protection and effective waste management are important objectives, but regulatory requirements should remain proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. A micro-enterprise sending a limited number of parcels across EU borders should not be subject to essentially the same compliance framework as a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers take appropriate responsibility for the costs of waste management. However, the proposed framework of separate national registrations, reporting requirements, fees and authorised representatives would place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro, small and medium-sized businesses operating across EU borders. For a small business, the amount of packaging placed on the market in a particular Member State may be very limited sometimes only a few kilograms of cardboard or other recyclable materials per year. Despite this, the business may still be required to comply with registration and representation requirements and pay associated fees. In some cases, these fixed costs can be higher than the profit generated from sales in that market. Introducing simplified reporting for companies placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market does not adequately address the issue, as the underlying registration and compliance costs would still apply. This approach risks creating an unnecessary obstacle to the functioning of the EU Single Market. Smaller companies may be discouraged from serving customers in other Member States, limit their business activities to their domestic market, or withdraw from certain markets entirely. This would weaken competition and give larger companies an unfair advantage, as they are better equipped to absorb fixed regulatory and administrative costs. A more balanced approach would be to postpone the mandatory requirement for national authorised representatives until 2035, as envisaged in the European Commissions proposal COM(2025) 982. At the very least, this requirement should remain suspended until a genuinely functioning EU-wide one-stop-shop for registration, reporting and payment has been established. Such an EU-level system should provide for: a single EU-wide producer registration; one standardised annual reporting procedure; centralised distribution of EPR payments among Member States; an EU-wide de minimis threshold determined by packaging volume and/or company turnover; exemptions, significantly reduced or capped fees for micro-enterprises and SMEs; no requirement to appoint a separate national authorised representative where the producer is already established within the EU. Environmental protection and effective waste management are important objectives, but regulatory requirements should remain proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. A micro-enterprise sending a limited number of parcels across EU borders should not be subject to essentially the same compliance framework as a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548217_en"}, {"id": 33548216, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:23:55", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "setting this rule for small businesses is basically a death sentence, most of them can not afford it and it means a lot of people in Europe can not receive anything from small businesses, in my opinion this means a lot of cool things can not be obtained anymore. a rule like this works perfectly for really big corporations, but small businesses will only suffer and it's not worth it for them", "feedbackEnglish": "setting this rule for small businesses is basically a death sentence, most of them can not afford it and it means a lot of people in Europe can not receive anything from small businesses, in my opinion this means a lot of cool things can not be obtained anymore. a rule like this works perfectly for really big corporations, but small businesses will only suffer and it's not worth it for them", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548216_en"}, {"id": 33548215, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:21:57", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Está nueva normativa no permitirá la libertad de comercio justo ni el desarrollo de microempresas y pequeños autónomos dentro de los países miembros de la unión europea por unas tasas absurdamente elevadas, burocracia innecesaria y una falta de uniformidad conjunta qué no ve reflejada lo qué supone el beneficio de pertenecer a este tipo de estados miembros. No puede equiparse los gastos ni los beneficios generadas por las macroempresas internacionales con los pequeños comercios. Es por ello qué se reducirá el desarrollo del mercado real de la propia unión europea sin ver beneficio y crecimiento de sus ciudadanos en lo qué supuestamente es una comunidad de colaboración e intercambio mutuo. Las cifras deben adaptarse a la situación real de la población para un comercio justo sin monopolización", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules will not allow freedom of fair trade or the development of micro-enterprises and small self-employed people within the Member States of the European Union due to absurdly high rates, unnecessary bureaucracy and a lack of joint uniformity, which does not reflect the benefits of belonging to this type of Member State. Costs and profits generated by international super majors cannot be matched with small shops. That is why the development of the real market of the European Union itself will be reduced without seeing the benefit and growth of its citizens in what is supposed to be a community of collaboration and mutual exchange. Figures need to be adapted to the actual situation of the population for fair trade without monopolisation", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548215_en"}, {"id": 33548214, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:20:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Le Petit Apothicaire du JDR", "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis artiste / auteur et il m'arrive de vendre mes oeuvres avec un emballage adapté, que j'envoie dans toute l'Europe et parfois hors de celle-ci. Pour le moment, je n'ai généré aucun bénéfice de ces ventes. J'essaye d'amortir les coûts de la création d'\"entreprise\", sachant qu'ils s'accumulent chaque année (il me faut des matières premières, réparer mon équipement, etc). Le remboursement de mes frais est donc long et prendra de nombreuses années, mais en bonne voie. Avec la crise, les événements artistiques auxquels je participe ont augmenté leurs prix. Avoir une table dans un événement réputé peut coûter jusqu'à 1800, et il devient de plus en plus difficile de rembourser ces frais, le public n'ayant plus autant de pouvoir d'achat que par le passé. Je me suis donc tourné vers les plateformes en ligne, l'e-commerce, comme beaucoup de mes collègues. Mon public devient européen (ou parfois international) et je peux donc recommencer à rembourser mes frais. Avec les législations récentes, on nous coupe soudain toute une partie de notre public, parce que nous n'avons pas les moyens de payer des représentants dans différents pays. Aussi, le rajout de la charge administrative de cette nouvelle législation semble complètement oublier que les micro-entrepreneurs et artistes sont seuls dans leurs entreprises. Ils n'ont que rarement un représentant qui pourrait gérer cette charge supplémentaire de paperasse. Le chiffre d'affaire de ma dernière année était en-dessous des 500. Cette année, il sera sûrement entre 1000 et 1500. Je ne peux juste pas suivre ces tendances, et beaucoup de mes collègues ont des chiffres semblabes aux miens. Je comprends que le sort d'un, de dix, de cent, de mille artistes peut vous sembler dérisoire. Mais pour beaucoup d'entre nous, ce sont des métiers de dernière chance suite à des handicaps, des accidents, un grave problème d'adaptabilité au travail, et avec parfois nulle autre ressource que ça, faute de reconnaissance ou faute de parcours trop longs pour se faire reconnaitre. Si on nous retire notre public, nos revenus, nos métiers, beaucoup d'entre nous risquent de finir dans des situations extrêmement précaires. En l'état, nous sommes beaucoup à patauger et à ne pas comprendre cette nouvelle législation, et comment elle s'applique aux entreprises qui ne comportent qu'une personne. Merci de m'avoir lu, bon courage à vous qui me lisez.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am an artist/author and sometimes I sell my works with appropriate packaging, which I send all over Europe and sometimes outside Europe. For the time being, I have not generated any profit from these sales. I try to amortise the costs of setting up a “business”, knowing that they accumulate every year (need raw materials, repair my equipment, etc.). The reimbursement of my expenses is therefore long and will take many years, but it is on track. With the crisis, the artistic events in which I participate have increased their prices. Having a table in a reputable event can cost up to 1800, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to reimburse these costs, as the public no longer has as much purchasing power as in the past. So I turned to online platforms, e-commerce, like many of my colleagues. My audience becomes European (or sometimes international), so I can start reimbursing my expenses again. With recent legislation, we suddenly cut off a whole section of our audience, because we cannot afford to pay representatives in different countries. Therefore, the additional administrative burden of this new legislation seems to completely overlook the fact that micro-entrepreneurs and artists are alone in their businesses. They rarely have a representative who could deal with this additional burden of paperwork. My last year’s turnover was below 500. This year, it is likely to be between 1000 and 1500. I just can’t follow these trends, and many of my colleagues have figures that seem to me. I understand that the fate of one, ten, one hundred and one thousand artists may seem derisory to you. But for many of us, these are jobs of last chance as a result of disabilities, accidents, a serious problem of adaptability to work, and sometimes with no other resources than that, for want of recognition or for want of too long a pathway to recognition. If we withdraw our audience, our income, our jobs, many of us risk ending up in extremely precarious situations. As it stands, we have a lot to do to steal and not understand this new legislation, and how it applies to companies that only include one person. Thank you for reading me, brave to you who read me.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548214_en"}, {"id": 33548208, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:20:31", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "artist", "feedback": "Dieses neue Verpackungsgesetz geht für mich leider am Ziel vorbei! Es trifft kleine Unternehmen überproportional und macht es ihnen unmöglich, ihre Produkte in der EU zu verkaufen. Ich als Künstler trage die selben Kosten wie Amazon, OTTO, Zalando und CO, welche für diesen enormen Paketaufwand samt Gratis-Rücksendungen ja verantwortlich sind! Meine Bilder werden 1x vernünftig verpackt und versendet, das war's. Mit dieser Verordnung wäre die verbleibende Option, über Amazon zu verkaufen... . Kleinunternehmer müssen von diesem Gesetz ausgenommen sein, wenn die EU kein großes Massensterben an kleinen und Kleinst- Unternehmen haben möchte. Beim jetzigen Stand ist dieses Gesetz das genaue Gegenteil, von dem, was es regeln sollte!", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, this new law on packaging is missing out on my goal! It disproportionately affects small businesses and makes it impossible for them to sell their products in the EU. As an artist, I bear the same costs as Amazon, OTTO, Zalando and CO, which are responsible for this huge package effort and free returns! My pictures are packed and sent 1x wisely, that’s what it was. With this regulation, the remaining option would be to sell via Amazon... . Small businesses must be exempt from this law if the EU does not want to see a large mass death of small and micro-enterprises. As things stand, this law is the exact opposite of what it should regulate!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548208_en"}, {"id": 33548213, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:20:23", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Da das neue Gesetz starke Konsequenzen für kleinere Geschäfte bedeutet, sollten Ausnahmen oder leichtere Auflagen für sie gelten. Es spricht zudem gegen die freie Bewegung von Gütern innerhalb der EU, setzt für Konsumenten ein Zeichen gegen regionales Einkaufen und trifft kleime Geschäfte überproportional und unverhältnismäßig mehr, als die eigentlichen Verursacher von Verpackungsabfall, nämlich große Konzerne. Bitte überarbeiten Sie das Gesetz zugunsten kleiner Betriebe, Künstlern u.Ä.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the new law will have a strong impact on smaller businesses, exemptions or lighter requirements should apply to them. It also militates against the free movement of goods within the EU, sends a signal to consumers against regional shopping and affects cheating shops disproportionately and disproportionately more than the actual polluters of packaging waste, i.e. large groups. Please revise the law in favour of small businesses, artists and the like", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548213_en"}, {"id": 33548212, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:19:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am deeply concerned that the proposed PPWR/EPR requirements will place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small and micro businesses. In particular, the requirement to appoint an authorised representative in multiple Member States is unrealistic and unaffordable for many very small businesses. Small and micro enterprises should be exempted from this requirement, or at the very least be offered a simple and low-cost alternative that they can realistically comply with. The registration and EPR obligations should also be harmonised across all EU Member States. Requiring businesses to navigate different registration systems, rules, fees and representatives in every individual country creates unnecessary bureaucracy. This is especially damaging for small online sellers that want to trade across borders but do not have dedicated legal or compliance departments. Rather than strengthening the European Single Market, these rules risk undermining the free movement of goods within the EU. Many small businesses may be forced to stop selling to customers in certain Member States simply because compliance becomes too complex, expensive and risky. In its current form, this proposal feels like a major step backwards rather than progress. The disadvantages appear to greatly outweigh the benefits for small and micro businesses. Excessive compliance costs and administrative requirements can lead to reduced cross-border trade, fewer consumer choices, business closures and the loss of jobs. Environmental protection and better packaging rules are important goals. However, these goals must be pursued in a way that is fair, proportionate and practical. Please ensure that small and micro businesses are protected through exemptions, simplified procedures, affordable compliance options and truly harmonised EU-wide rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am deeply concerned that the proposed PPWR/EPR requirements will place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small and micro businesses. In particular, the requirement to appoint an authorised representative in multiple Member States is unrealistic and unaffordable for many very small businesses. Small and micro enterprises should be exempted from this requirement, or at the very least be offered a simple and low-cost alternative that they can realistically comply with. The registration and EPR obligations should also be harmonised across all EU Member States. Requiring businesses to navigate different registration systems, rules, fees and representatives in every individual country creates unnecessary bureaucracy. This is especially damaging for small online sellers that want to trade across borders but do not have dedicated legal or compliance departments. Rather than strengthening the European Single Market, these rules risk undermining the free movement of goods within the EU. Many small businesses may be forced to stop selling to customers in certain Member States simply because compliance becomes too complex, expensive and risky. In its current form, this proposal feels like a major step backwards rather than progress. The disadvantages appear to greatly outweigh the benefits for small and micro businesses. Excessive compliance costs and administrative requirements can lead to reduced cross-border trade, fewer consumer choices, business closures and the loss of jobs. Environmental protection and better packaging rules are important goals. However, these goals must be pursued in a way that is fair, proportionate and practical. Please ensure that small and micro businesses are protected through exemptions, simplified procedures, affordable compliance options and truly harmonised EU-wide rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548212_en"}, {"id": 33548211, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:18:39", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As it is now these regulations will have a huge impact on small and micro businesses both within and outside of the EU, adding a financial burden that many cannot afford to shoulder. Established, large companies like Amazon are arguably the biggest offenders when it comes to avoiding sustainable shipping and impacting the environment negatively, and they wont feel the impact of the added cost and lack of standardisation the same way small businesses will. This will unduly affect small businesses and consumers, possibly even ending peoples ability to make a living in the short term and forcing them to shut down or massively scale back their businesses, while also cutting consumers out of access to goods and services they simply cannot access locally. Less small businesses inevitably means more room for monopolies to fill that space. That isnt a win for the EU. Thats a win for companies like Amazon and Temu. Small and micro business owners are already juggling a great deal more risk and personal financial burden when navigating international sales. In small countries, they may be reliant on international sales to keep their business profitable, especially when they fulfill a niche that appeals to a more spread out demographic. These regulations place an unfair financial burden upon their shoulders, one that is in most cases disproportionate to the means they have in their current state while raising the threshold for participation in the international market to an impossible standard for most fledgling businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As it is now these regulations will have a huge impact on small and micro businesses both within and outside of the EU, adding a financial burden that many cannot afford to shoulder. Established, large companies like Amazon are arguably the biggest offenders when it comes to avoiding sustainable shipping and impacting the environment negatively, and they wont feel the impact of the added cost and lack of standardisation the same way small businesses will. This will unduly affect small businesses and consumers, possibly even ending peoples ability to make a living in the short term and forcing them to shut down or massively scale back their businesses, while also cutting consumers out of access to goods and services they simply cannot access locally. Less small businesses inevitably means more room for monopolies to fill that space. That isnt a win for the EU. Thats a win for companies like Amazon and Temu. Small and micro business owners are already juggling a great deal more risk and personal financial burden when navigating international sales. In small countries, they may be reliant on international sales to keep their business profitable, especially when they fulfill a niche that appeals to a more spread out demographic. These regulations place an unfair financial burden upon their shoulders, one that is in most cases disproportionate to the means they have in their current state while raising the threshold for participation in the international market to an impossible standard for most fledgling businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548211_en"}, {"id": 33548210, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:18:23", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a regular customer of small businesses and my friend has a small business as well. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. A lot of the creators I buy from are either considering closing their stores or will only be able to ship in their own country. Please make an exception for small businesses so that they can continue with their activities.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a regular customer of small businesses and my friend has a small business as well. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. A lot of the creators I buy from are either considering closing their stores or will only be able to ship in their own country. Please make an exception for small businesses so that they can continue with their activities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548210_en"}, {"id": 33548209, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:18:04", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "La charge administrative créée par ces règles est totalement disproportionnée pour les petites entreprises et risque de les exclure du marché unique européen. Une petite entreprise ne peut envoyer quune poignée de colis par an à des clients dans dautres États membres de lUE, ce qui ne représente peut-être que quelques kilogrammes demballages au total. Les coûts par pays de cette opération ne sont pas soutenables et peuvent dépasser le prix des produits. Le marché unique européen doit rester accessible aux petites entreprises, et pas seulement aux grandes entreprises qui peuvent se permettre des services et des représentants spécialisés en matière de conformité dans toute lEurope. Par ailleurs les règles sur les types d'emballages concernés sont peu claires et n'ont pas de réels impacts sur l'écologie : des envoloppes non-recyclabes seraient dispensées de taxes alors que les cartons y sont soumis.", "feedbackEnglish": "The administrative burden created by these rules is completely disproportionate for small businesses and risks excluding them from the European single market. A small company can send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in other EU Member States, perhaps only a few kilograms of packaging in total. The costs per country of this operation are not sustainable and may exceed the price of the products. The European single market must remain accessible to small companies, not just large companies that can afford specialised compliance services and representatives across Europe. Furthermore, the rules on the types of packaging concerned are unclear and have no real impact on ecology: non-recyclable envoloppes are exempt from tax, whereas cartons are subject to it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548209_en"}, {"id": 33548207, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:17:53", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an individual who was preparing to launch a very small independent print shop for my own works. This project has been a personal dream of mine for a long time. I have invested time, money and a great deal of effort into preparing the products, website, packaging, pricing and logistics. I was finally close to launching it. However, after learning more about the new packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, particularly regarding cross-border sales within the EU, I have now stopped my launch entirely. I fully support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Producers should take responsibility for the waste they create, and packaging should become more sustainable. The problem is that the current system appears completely disproportionate for micro-businesses, independent artists and people who are only beginning to sell their work. I am not a large company. I am one person planning to sell photographic prints and send small envelopes containing printed material to a limited number of customers. Yet, if I want to sell across the EU, I may potentially need to understand and comply with different registration systems, reporting requirements, producer responsibility organisations, fees and possibly authorised representatives in multiple Member States. For a business sending thousands or millions of parcels, these costs and administrative requirements may be manageable. For someone who may initially have only a handful of customers in each country, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This creates a very concerning situation where large businesses can continue selling throughout the Single Market, while small European creators may be forced to restrict sales to their own country or abandon their projects altogether. That is the exact opposite of what I believe the European Single Market should encourage. There should be a proportionate solution for micro-businesses and very small producers. I strongly urge the European Commission to consider: - a meaningful EU-wide exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging; - a single EU registration and reporting system instead of separate procedures in every Member State; - one simplified payment or EPR mechanism covering cross-border sales throughout the EU; - exemption from the requirement to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States for EU-based micro-businesses; - and, while these solutions are being developed, a temporary moratorium or simplified transitional regime for micro-businesses. A system could easily be designed where very small businesses report their total annual packaging quantities once and pay a proportionate EU-level contribution that is distributed between Member States. Environmental protection should not require destroying the viability of the smallest businesses in Europe. At the moment, these rules have not encouraged me to use better packaging I was already planning to use minimal and largely paper-based packaging. Instead, they have made me afraid to launch my business at all. I sincerely hope the Commission considers the real-world impact of these requirements on independent artists, photographers, craftspeople and other micro-businesses. I still want to pursue my dream. I simply need a regulatory framework that makes it realistically possible to do so.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an individual who was preparing to launch a very small independent print shop for my own works. This project has been a personal dream of mine for a long time. I have invested time, money and a great deal of effort into preparing the products, website, packaging, pricing and logistics. I was finally close to launching it. However, after learning more about the new packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, particularly regarding cross-border sales within the EU, I have now stopped my launch entirely. I fully support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Producers should take responsibility for the waste they create, and packaging should become more sustainable. The problem is that the current system appears completely disproportionate for micro-businesses, independent artists and people who are only beginning to sell their work. I am not a large company. I am one person planning to sell photographic prints and send small envelopes containing printed material to a limited number of customers. Yet, if I want to sell across the EU, I may potentially need to understand and comply with different registration systems, reporting requirements, producer responsibility organisations, fees and possibly authorised representatives in multiple Member States. For a business sending thousands or millions of parcels, these costs and administrative requirements may be manageable. For someone who may initially have only a handful of customers in each country, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This creates a very concerning situation where large businesses can continue selling throughout the Single Market, while small European creators may be forced to restrict sales to their own country or abandon their projects altogether. That is the exact opposite of what I believe the European Single Market should encourage. There should be a proportionate solution for micro-businesses and very small producers. I strongly urge the European Commission to consider: - a meaningful EU-wide exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging; - a single EU registration and reporting system instead of separate procedures in every Member State; - one simplified payment or EPR mechanism covering cross-border sales throughout the EU; - exemption from the requirement to appoint separate authorised representatives in multiple Member States for EU-based micro-businesses; - and, while these solutions are being developed, a temporary moratorium or simplified transitional regime for micro-businesses. A system could easily be designed where very small businesses report their total annual packaging quantities once and pay a proportionate EU-level contribution that is distributed between Member States. Environmental protection should not require destroying the viability of the smallest businesses in Europe. At the moment, these rules have not encouraged me to use better packaging I was already planning to use minimal and largely paper-based packaging. Instead, they have made me afraid to launch my business at all. I sincerely hope the Commission considers the real-world impact of these requirements on independent artists, photographers, craftspeople and other micro-businesses. I still want to pursue my dream. I simply need a regulatory framework that makes it realistically possible to do so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548207_en"}, {"id": 33548206, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:17:48", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je soutien le projet de l'UE pour les emballages mais svp enlever cette nouvelle réglementation pour les petites entreprises par exemple du Royaume-uni vers la France. On n'a pas tous la possibilité de voyager chaque année mais les soutenir car on aime les produits qu'ils fabriquent et déjà que les frais de port son importants. C'est faire qu'ils n'auront encore moins des clients de lUE.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EU’s plan for packaging but take away this new regulation for small businesses, for example from the UK to France. Not all people have the opportunity to travel every year, but to support them because they like the products they make and the cost of carrying them is already high. This means that they will have even fewer customers in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548206_en"}, {"id": 33548205, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:16:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die geplante EU-Verpackungsverordnung ist für Kleinstunternehmen nicht umsetzbar. Wenn selbst bei Kleinstmengen etwa 10 Paketen pro Land oder unter 10.000 Euro Jahresumsatz für jeden EU-Staat teure Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigte nötig sind, rechnet sich der grenzüberschreitende Versand schlicht nicht mehr. Das Ergebnis dieser Überregulierung: Kleine Händler ziehen sich aus dem EU-Markt zurück oder geben auf, während globale Giganten wie Temu und Amazon weiter gestärkt werden. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Es braucht zwingend einheitliche Mindestschwellen für das Verpackungsvolumen sowie ein einziges, zentrales EU-Registrierungsverfahren statt 27 nationaler Bürokratiehürden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The planned EU Packaging Regulation is not feasible for micro-enterprises. If, even in the case of small quantities, around 10 parcels per country or an annual turnover of less than EUR 10.000 are required for each EU country to have expensive registrations and authorised representatives, cross-border shipping simply no longer counts. The result of this gold-plating: Small traders exit or leave the EU market, while global giants such as Temu and Amazon are further strengthened. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. There is a clear need for uniform minimum thresholds for packaging volumes and a single, centralised EU registration procedure instead of 27 national bureaucratic hurdles.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548205_en"}, {"id": 33548204, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:15:34", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will kill my small business. Please do not go through with this law, because every small business I know will have to give up on their dreams and find another job. We cannot afford the fees. We barely sell anything.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill my small business. Please do not go through with this law, because every small business I know will have to give up on their dreams and find another job. We cannot afford the fees. We barely sell anything.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548204_en"}, {"id": 33548203, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:15:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner, I want to express serious concerns regarding the practical implementation of these packaging waste rules. While I fully support the overarching goal of reducing packaging waste and promoting a sustainable circular economy, the current requirements for registration and reporting in national registries are disproportionately burdensome for micro-enterprises and sole traders. The administrative complexity, especially the requirement to navigate and register in multiple individual national registers while managing ongoing reporting obligations, is completely out of proportion to the actual packaging volumes generated by small actors. For solo entrepreneurs and small businesses, this creates an immense drain on time and financial resources, pulling us away from our core business activities. I strongly urge policymakers to consider the following adjustments: - Implement a centralized EU-wide registration and reporting hub instead of fragmented national systems to reduce administrative overhead to a minimum. - Establish clear de minimis thresholds or an extremely simplified, flat-rate reporting procedure for businesses handling low packaging volumes. - Regulations must not create compliance barriers so high that innovative small businesses are forced out of the market, especially given that the environmental impact of their packaging is marginal compared to large corporations. Please design a regulatory framework that is practical and fair for small players, rather than burying them under an avalanche of bureaucratic red tape.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, I want to express serious concerns regarding the practical implementation of these packaging waste rules. While I fully support the overarching goal of reducing packaging waste and promoting a sustainable circular economy, the current requirements for registration and reporting in national registries are disproportionately burdensome for micro-enterprises and sole traders. The administrative complexity, especially the requirement to navigate and register in multiple individual national registers while managing ongoing reporting obligations, is completely out of proportion to the actual packaging volumes generated by small actors. For solo entrepreneurs and small businesses, this creates an immense drain on time and financial resources, pulling us away from our core business activities. I strongly urge policymakers to consider the following adjustments: - Implement a centralized EU-wide registration and reporting hub instead of fragmented national systems to reduce administrative overhead to a minimum. - Establish clear de minimis thresholds or an extremely simplified, flat-rate reporting procedure for businesses handling low packaging volumes. - Regulations must not create compliance barriers so high that innovative small businesses are forced out of the market, especially given that the environmental impact of their packaging is marginal compared to large corporations. Please design a regulatory framework that is practical and fair for small players, rather than burying them under an avalanche of bureaucratic red tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548203_en"}, {"id": 33548195, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:14:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The administrative burden created by these rules is completely disproportionate for small businesses and risks effectively excluding them from the European Single Market. A small company may send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in other EU Member States, representing perhaps only a few kilograms of packaging in total. Requiring such a business to register separately in multiple countries, participate in different national EPR systems and potentially appoint and pay authorised representatives in each country creates costs that small businesses simply cannot afford. These compliance costs can easily exceed the value of the packaging and even the profit generated by the sales concerned. The European Single Market must remain practically accessible to small businesses, not only to large corporations that can afford dedicated compliance departments and representatives across Europe. If national systems are retained, there must at the very least be meaningful de minimis thresholds for small quantities of packaging and simplified rules for SMEs and micro-enterprises. There are also much simpler solutions. Businesses could report packaging sent to other Member States through their domestic EPR system, with the corresponding fees transferred between national systems. This would create a genuine EU-wide one-stop shop while ensuring that the country where the packaging becomes waste still receives the appropriate contribution. Alternatively, disposal costs could be collected further upstream, for example through a small levy included in the purchase price of packaging materials by packaging manufacturers and subsequently distributed between Member States. Even a simple system like this would be preferable to requiring a small business sending perhaps ten parcels abroad per year to maintain registrations, contracts and representatives in several countries. The environmental objective can be achieved without creating an administrative system that makes cross-border trade economically unviable for small European businesses. Please introduce an EU-wide solution, meaningful de minimis thresholds and exemptions from representative requirements for micro-enterprises and small quantities. The Single Market should remain a single market in practice, not become 27 separate compliance markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "The administrative burden created by these rules is completely disproportionate for small businesses and risks effectively excluding them from the European Single Market. A small company may send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in other EU Member States, representing perhaps only a few kilograms of packaging in total. Requiring such a business to register separately in multiple countries, participate in different national EPR systems and potentially appoint and pay authorised representatives in each country creates costs that small businesses simply cannot afford. These compliance costs can easily exceed the value of the packaging and even the profit generated by the sales concerned. The European Single Market must remain practically accessible to small businesses, not only to large corporations that can afford dedicated compliance departments and representatives across Europe. If national systems are retained, there must at the very least be meaningful de minimis thresholds for small quantities of packaging and simplified rules for SMEs and micro-enterprises. There are also much simpler solutions. Businesses could report packaging sent to other Member States through their domestic EPR system, with the corresponding fees transferred between national systems. This would create a genuine EU-wide one-stop shop while ensuring that the country where the packaging becomes waste still receives the appropriate contribution. Alternatively, disposal costs could be collected further upstream, for example through a small levy included in the purchase price of packaging materials by packaging manufacturers and subsequently distributed between Member States. Even a simple system like this would be preferable to requiring a small business sending perhaps ten parcels abroad per year to maintain registrations, contracts and representatives in several countries. The environmental objective can be achieved without creating an administrative system that makes cross-border trade economically unviable for small European businesses. Please introduce an EU-wide solution, meaningful de minimis thresholds and exemptions from representative requirements for micro-enterprises and small quantities. The Single Market should remain a single market in practice, not become 27 separate compliance markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548195_en"}, {"id": 33548194, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:14:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It often seems as though the EUs recent regulations are imposing an ever-growing number of trade restrictions on us through a barrage of rules, monitoring and documentation requirements, levies, and procedural mandates. These measures make it increasingly difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to turn a profit. The bureaucratic burden is mounting to the point where business owners are often left with hardly any time for actual operationslet alone for innovation. One gets the impression that the ultimate goal is to ruin Europes economy, and this regulation is yet another step in that direction. We, too, will be discontinuing shipments to other EU countries. Well done, EU :-(", "feedbackEnglish": "It often seems as though the EUs recent regulations are imposing an ever-growing number of trade restrictions on us through a barrage of rules, monitoring and documentation requirements, levies, and procedural mandates. These measures make it increasingly difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to turn a profit. The bureaucratic burden is mounting to the point where business owners are often left with hardly any time for actual operationslet alone for innovation. One gets the impression that the ultimate goal is to ruin Europes economy, and this regulation is yet another step in that direction. We, too, will be discontinuing shipments to other EU countries. Well done, EU :-(", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548194_en"}, {"id": 33548193, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:13:46", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ETSY Shop", "feedback": "I totally understand the need of such a regulation as it is a lot of waste. However, the burden admin and cost for small business is just not possible. This will be killing any small business trying to have a living sending few item into Europe. Small business should be exempted of this regulation. They already try their best to be cost efficient, using smallest parcel as possible and with recycle material in mind. Also their share in this mater is so small we should support them in try to make their life more difficult. Someone selling few items into a EU country has nearly no impact. Alternatively small business if not exempt should be able to register to a unique EU body for free. We are just killing independent and small business !", "feedbackEnglish": "I totally understand the need of such a regulation as it is a lot of waste. However, the burden admin and cost for small business is just not possible. This will be killing any small business trying to have a living sending few item into Europe. Small business should be exempted of this regulation. They already try their best to be cost efficient, using smallest parcel as possible and with recycle material in mind. Also their share in this mater is so small we should support them in try to make their life more difficult. Someone selling few items into a EU country has nearly no impact. Alternatively small business if not exempt should be able to register to a unique EU body for free. We are just killing independent and small business !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548193_en"}, {"id": 33548192, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:13:41", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "I oppose the current approach to cross-border EPR compliance for small and medium-sized businesses. I run a small business that ships parcels across Europe. We fully accept that businesses should contribute to the costs of recycling and packaging waste. The problem is not the contribution itself, but the way it is being implemented. Requiring small businesses to register and report separately in every EU Member State creates a disproportionate administrative burden. In some countries, a local authorised representative is also required, adding substantial fixed costs even when only a few parcels are shipped there each month. The EU should instead create a centralised system similar to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). Businesses could register once, report packaging volumes per country through one EU portal, and pay the appropriate contributions centrally. The current system risks creating an unintended gatekeeping effect. Large companies can hire compliance staff and absorb these costs, while small businesses are pushed out of cross-border trade by bureaucracy and fixed fees. Please keep the principle of fair producer contributions, but implement it through a proportionate, EU-wide EPR One Stop Shop.", "feedbackEnglish": "I oppose the current approach to cross-border EPR compliance for small and medium-sized businesses. I run a small business that ships parcels across Europe. We fully accept that businesses should contribute to the costs of recycling and packaging waste. The problem is not the contribution itself, but the way it is being implemented. Requiring small businesses to register and report separately in every EU Member State creates a disproportionate administrative burden. In some countries, a local authorised representative is also required, adding substantial fixed costs even when only a few parcels are shipped there each month. The EU should instead create a centralised system similar to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). Businesses could register once, report packaging volumes per country through one EU portal, and pay the appropriate contributions centrally. The current system risks creating an unintended gatekeeping effect. Large companies can hire compliance staff and absorb these costs, while small businesses are pushed out of cross-border trade by bureaucracy and fixed fees. Please keep the principle of fair producer contributions, but implement it through a proportionate, EU-wide EPR One Stop Shop.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548192_en"}, {"id": 33548191, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:12:31", "country": "TUR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The regulations only affect micro businesses and crafts people, from within and outside EU. I am a jewellery maker and I make unique pieces so I am not mass producing and to be treated the same with mass producer and mega resellers like Amazon is not fair and this regulation is favoring these mega corporations while eliminating small acale production. There are much fair ways to regulate an ecological packaging process depending on the production scales and methods. Artisanal and limited quantities of products should not be treated same, so this law should be revised to prevent the collapse of small scale artisanal cratfs people.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulations only affect micro businesses and crafts people, from within and outside EU. I am a jewellery maker and I make unique pieces so I am not mass producing and to be treated the same with mass producer and mega resellers like Amazon is not fair and this regulation is favoring these mega corporations while eliminating small acale production. There are much fair ways to regulate an ecological packaging process depending on the production scales and methods. Artisanal and limited quantities of products should not be treated same, so this law should be revised to prevent the collapse of small scale artisanal cratfs people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548191_en"}, {"id": 33548190, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:11:55", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Up the Wazoo Apparel", "feedback": "This regulation risks turning the EU internal market into a market where millions of micro-businesses can realistically sell only in their own country. A one-person business might make 30,000 a year, pay all its expenses and barely pay itself a living wage. Now tell that business it needs to deal with registrations, EPR schemes, reporting and potentially hundreds of euros in costs for every country it wants to sell to. They simply won't do it. So what happens to the customers who would happily buy from those small European businesses? They will increasingly be left with Amazon, Temu and Shein. The irony is enormous. We could end up pushing consumers towards the very large platforms and the mass-produced, disposable products that already create enormous environmental problems, while making it financially impossible for millions of small European businesses to reach customers across the EU. And there is another ugly consequence. When the original designer or maker becomes harder to buy from, the huge platforms have even more opportunity to copy their products and sell cheap imitations. A one-person business does not have the money to fight a multinational corporation in court. So the end result could be: The small designer loses the customer. The big platform gets the customer. Then the big platform copies the designer. Is this really the European internal market we want? A market where a customer in Germany can no longer affordably buy from a tiny designer in Finland, because the designer cannot afford the bureaucracy required to sell there? This doesn't create fair competition. It creates a market where the companies with the deepest pockets win by default. And if millions of small European businesses are forced back into their domestic markets, we aren't creating a greener or more diverse European market. We are creating a dystopia where the choice is increasingly between whatever a few giant platforms decide to sell us.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation risks turning the EU internal market into a market where millions of micro-businesses can realistically sell only in their own country. A one-person business might make 30,000 a year, pay all its expenses and barely pay itself a living wage. Now tell that business it needs to deal with registrations, EPR schemes, reporting and potentially hundreds of euros in costs for every country it wants to sell to. They simply won't do it. So what happens to the customers who would happily buy from those small European businesses? They will increasingly be left with Amazon, Temu and Shein. The irony is enormous. We could end up pushing consumers towards the very large platforms and the mass-produced, disposable products that already create enormous environmental problems, while making it financially impossible for millions of small European businesses to reach customers across the EU. And there is another ugly consequence. When the original designer or maker becomes harder to buy from, the huge platforms have even more opportunity to copy their products and sell cheap imitations. A one-person business does not have the money to fight a multinational corporation in court. So the end result could be: The small designer loses the customer. The big platform gets the customer. Then the big platform copies the designer. Is this really the European internal market we want? A market where a customer in Germany can no longer affordably buy from a tiny designer in Finland, because the designer cannot afford the bureaucracy required to sell there? This doesn't create fair competition. It creates a market where the companies with the deepest pockets win by default. And if millions of small European businesses are forced back into their domestic markets, we aren't creating a greener or more diverse European market. We are creating a dystopia where the choice is increasingly between whatever a few giant platforms decide to sell us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548190_en"}, {"id": 33548189, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:11:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "tjuub", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland Taschenmanufaktur und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 100 Pakete in 10 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 8900 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 3400 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten den Gewinn aus meinem Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder komplett eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Konzernen zufällt und Europas Unabhängigkeit weiter schwächt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate pocket-manufacturing in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send 100 parcels per year to 10 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is EUR 8900. I expect to pay EUR 3400 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed the profit from my foreign turnover, I have completely stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-entities withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade falls on large corporations, further weakening Europe’s independence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548189_en"}, {"id": 33548187, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:10:36", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Basically this is a great idea - for large companies. Not for single person business / small businesses. Please keep in mind that purchases made from small businesses usually don't get returned (not like orders from Zalando, Amazon e.g.). In addition, small business already put a lot of effort in keeping the packaging as small as necessary as well as recyclable if their financial situation allows them to prioritise that. Small businesses HAVE TO be excluded from these new laws, otherwise hundreds if not thousands of people who still put actual manual work and effort into their creations will lose an important source of income. Furthermore, this would additionally damage the creative scene that should be preseved in these times especially. Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Basically this is a great idea - for large companies. Not for single person business / small businesses. Please keep in mind that purchases made from small businesses usually don't get returned (not like orders from Zalando, Amazon e.g.). In addition, small business already put a lot of effort in keeping the packaging as small as necessary as well as recyclable if their financial situation allows them to prioritise that. Small businesses HAVE TO be excluded from these new laws, otherwise hundreds if not thousands of people who still put actual manual work and effort into their creations will lose an important source of income. Furthermore, this would additionally damage the creative scene that should be preseved in these times especially. Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548187_en"}, {"id": 33548186, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:10:01", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freyja's Faëries ", "feedback": "Je suis micro-entrepreneuse en France et je fabrique et vends des bijoux artisanaux en très petites quantités. Je comprends et partage les objectifs du PPWR : réduire les emballages inutiles, améliorer leur recyclabilité et responsabiliser les entreprises. Mais en cherchant à comprendre mes obligations, j'ai été confrontée à une réglementation difficile à appréhender pour une très petite entreprise. Les informations sont nombreuses, parfois contradictoires, et les notions de producteur, importateur, fournisseur ou metteur sur le marché sont difficiles à appliquer à une activité artisanale. Cette complexité est d'autant plus problématique que le régime de micro-entrepreneur repose sur une administration simplifiée. Dans mon activité, un colis contenant un bijou pèse généralement 60 à 80 g. Mon emballage est adapté à la taille et à la fragilité du produit et chaque élément a une fonction de protection. Les quantités mises sur le marché sont donc extrêmement faibles par rapport à celles des grandes entreprises. Pourtant, des frais fixes ou des démarches spécifiques pour chaque pays peuvent rendre une vente européenne occasionnelle économiquement impossible pour une micro-entreprise. Je crains ainsi que le PPWR, malgré ses objectifs légitimes, ne conduise involontairement les plus petites entreprises à renoncer au marché européen. Le micro-entrepreneuriat permet également à certaines personnes de rester professionnellement actives alors qu'un emploi salarié classique n'est pas compatible avec leur situation. Une charge administrative ou financière modeste pour une grande entreprise peut être considérable pour ces activités. Je souhaiterais donc : - une information officielle, centralisée et accessible aux non-spécialistes ; - une procédure simplifiée pour les très faibles volumes ; - des seuils et des coûts proportionnels aux quantités réellement mises sur le marché ; - une procédure européenne unique ou fortement harmonisée ; - une limitation des coûts fixes pour les ventes transfrontalières occasionnelles ; - une meilleure information des micro-entrepreneurs dès la création de leur activité. Je ne demande pas à être dispensée de toute responsabilité environnementale. Je demande que cette responsabilité soit proportionnée à l'impact réel de l'activité et compatible avec les capacités administratives et financières des micro-entreprises. Nous voulons pouvoir respecter les règles. Nous avons simplement besoin qu'elles soient claires, proportionnées et accessibles.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-entrepreneur in France and I manufacture and sell homemade jewellery in very small quantities. I understand and share the objectives of the PPWR: reduce unnecessary packaging, improve its recyclability and empower businesses. But when I sought to understand my obligations, I was faced with regulation that was difficult for a very small business to understand. There is a lot of information, sometimes contradictory, and the concepts of producer, importer, supplier or placing on the market are difficult to apply to a craft activity. This complexity is all the more problematic as the micro-entrepreneur scheme is based on a simplified administration. In my activity, a package containing a jewellery usually weighs 60 to 80 g. My packaging is adapted to the size and fragility of the product and each element has a protective function. The quantities placed on the market are therefore extremely small compared to those of large companies. However, fixed costs or country-specific approaches may make occasional European sales economically impossible for a micro-enterprise. I am therefore afraid that the PPWR, despite its legitimate objectives, will unintentionally lead the smallest companies to abandon the European market. Micro-entrepreneurship also allows some people to remain professionally active while regular paid employment is not compatible with their situation. A modest administrative or financial burden for a large company can be considerable for these activities. I would therefore like to: — official, centralised information accessible to non-specialists; a simplified procedure for very small volumes; — thresholds and costs proportional to the quantities actually placed on the market; — a single or highly harmonised European procedure; — a limitation of fixed costs for occasional cross-border sales; — better information for micro-entrepreneurs as soon as they start their business. I do not ask to be exempted from any environmental liability. I call for this responsibility to be proportionate to the real impact of the activity and compatible with the administrative and financial capacities of micro-enterprises. We want to be able to respect the rules. We just need them to be clear, proportionate and accessible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548186_en"}, {"id": 33548185, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:09:04", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express my deepest concern and strong opposition regarding the new initiatives on national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While the environmental goals are understandable, the practical execution of this policy completely disregards the reality of micro-enterprises and small businesses, creating an administrative burden that will inevitably choke us out of the European single market. For a small business, having to register, comply, and pay fees country by country across Europe is completely unsustainable and unaffordable. We simply do not have the legal departments, the time, or the financial resources to handle 27 different national bureaucracies. Instead of this fragmented and overwhelming system, a much more logical, reasonable, and efficient approach would be a unified European system: a single, one-time flat fee or registration valid for the entire European Union. Furthermore, this new law creates a severe competitive imbalance. While ultra-large marketplaces and multinational giants like Temu or Shein have the infrastructure and endless capital to effortlessly absorb these 27 different national fees, small local businesses run by citizens living and paying taxes right here inside the EU will be completely crushed. Instead of holding global mega-platforms accountable, this regulation will effectively give them more market power by wiping out their smaller, local European competitors who cannot survive the paperwork. Small businesses have been heavily hit for years by non-stop regulatory and economic hurdles. First, it was the severe impact of the Trump administration's tariffs. Then came the sudden postal regulation changes that prevented us from sending low-value items or small packages as cost-effective \"letters,\" driving up our shipping expenses. Now, this new fragmentation of national registries represents yet another bureaucratic obstacle invented out of nowhere that threatens to isolate us. If the European Union truly wants to protect small businesses and foster cross-border trade, it must stop piling unfeasible administrative costs onto our shoulders. We urge you to reconsider this system and implement a true single-window solution that protects the environment without wiping out small traders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my deepest concern and strong opposition regarding the new initiatives on national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While the environmental goals are understandable, the practical execution of this policy completely disregards the reality of micro-enterprises and small businesses, creating an administrative burden that will inevitably choke us out of the European single market. For a small business, having to register, comply, and pay fees country by country across Europe is completely unsustainable and unaffordable. We simply do not have the legal departments, the time, or the financial resources to handle 27 different national bureaucracies. Instead of this fragmented and overwhelming system, a much more logical, reasonable, and efficient approach would be a unified European system: a single, one-time flat fee or registration valid for the entire European Union. Furthermore, this new law creates a severe competitive imbalance. While ultra-large marketplaces and multinational giants like Temu or Shein have the infrastructure and endless capital to effortlessly absorb these 27 different national fees, small local businesses run by citizens living and paying taxes right here inside the EU will be completely crushed. Instead of holding global mega-platforms accountable, this regulation will effectively give them more market power by wiping out their smaller, local European competitors who cannot survive the paperwork. Small businesses have been heavily hit for years by non-stop regulatory and economic hurdles. First, it was the severe impact of the Trump administration's tariffs. Then came the sudden postal regulation changes that prevented us from sending low-value items or small packages as cost-effective \"letters,\" driving up our shipping expenses. Now, this new fragmentation of national registries represents yet another bureaucratic obstacle invented out of nowhere that threatens to isolate us. If the European Union truly wants to protect small businesses and foster cross-border trade, it must stop piling unfeasible administrative costs onto our shoulders. We urge you to reconsider this system and implement a true single-window solution that protects the environment without wiping out small traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548185_en"}, {"id": 33548184, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:08:47", "country": "HRV", "language": "HR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ovo je ništa drugo nego ponižavanje malih proizvođača.. Dali je netko promislio o tome da ti mali proizvođači hrane djecu od svog dodatnog posla koji imaju a na koje sad izravno ovaj zakon djeluje. U svijetu za sve male je dovoljno teško a Europa bi trebala biti ta koja će pomoći svojim državljanima, koja će ih zaštititi a ne ih ovako gurati na dno i gaziti po njima.. Zakona treba biti, isto tako ga treba biti za pakiranje i otpad ali to treba napraviti kako bi svi bili ravnopravni.. Neka svako slanje bude plaćanje nekog iznosa za otpad i pakiranje a ne da netko tko će u godini dana poslati 2 paketića u iznosu od 20 morati platiti desetorostruku cijenu.. Gdje to ima???", "feedbackEnglish": "This is nothing more than humiliating small producers. Someone thought that these small producers were feeding their children from their extra work, which is now directly affected by this law. In the world, small enough is difficult for everyone, and it should be Europe that will help its citizens, protect them and not push them to the bottom and hold them back. The Act should be, it should also be for packaging and waste, but this should be done so that everyone is on an equal footing. Let each shipment pay some amount for waste and packaging, not that someone who will send 2 packets of 20 in one year will have to pay 10 times the price. Where does it have?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548184_en"}, {"id": 33548183, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:08:11", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small artisan and independent business owner from Portugal, I recognise reducing waste is important and support the European Unions commitment to sustainability and waste reduction. However, these new legislations are not helping small artists who dont send a lot of parcels to EU countries and cant afford to pay annual fees and taxes for a small number of shipments a year. Rather than fostering a unified European market, these rules force small artisans and artists to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether, severely limiting cross-border trade and harming business viability. I urge EU policy-makers to introduce a harmonized micro-business exemption threshold across all Member States. A single-window registration system with flat or waived fees for low-volume sellers would protect small creative businesses while continuing to hold large-scale industrial producers accountable. Thank you for considering the voice of micro-entrepreneurs and artisans who keep European craftsmanship alive.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small artisan and independent business owner from Portugal, I recognise reducing waste is important and support the European Unions commitment to sustainability and waste reduction. However, these new legislations are not helping small artists who dont send a lot of parcels to EU countries and cant afford to pay annual fees and taxes for a small number of shipments a year. Rather than fostering a unified European market, these rules force small artisans and artists to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether, severely limiting cross-border trade and harming business viability. I urge EU policy-makers to introduce a harmonized micro-business exemption threshold across all Member States. A single-window registration system with flat or waived fees for low-volume sellers would protect small creative businesses while continuing to hold large-scale industrial producers accountable. Thank you for considering the voice of micro-entrepreneurs and artisans who keep European craftsmanship alive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548183_en"}, {"id": 33548066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:07:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Händisch-Design", "feedback": "Ich bin seit 2009 Einzelunternehmerin und im Onlinehandel selbstständig mit Eigenproduktionen im Bereich Nähzubehör. Die Verpackungsgesetze der letzte Jahre hatten schon aus Kostengründen dafür gesorgt, dass ich viele der EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern konnte (etwa Österreich, Frankreich etc.) da bei geschätzten 10 Sendung pro Land und Jahr und meinen kleinen Nischeneigenproduktionen im Niedrig-Preissegment die Kosten sich etwa mit der Umsatzgröße die Waage gehalten hätten. Ab August 2026 stelle ich nun den kompletten EU-Handel ein, da nun die Kosten für jedes Land zu hoch sind. Drittlandhandel ist nach wie vor möglich, aber wie absurd ist es denn, dass ich die Schweiz, Kanada und Großbritannien beliefern kann und dabei Gewinn erwirtschafte, aber das ins Nachbarland nicht geht? Des Weiteren wird sich das auch perspektivisch nicht ändern, da eine Skalierung in den nötigen Bereich nicht möglich ist. Mein Unternehmen ist nicht auf Skalierung in so großen Schritten ausgelegt mit der Nischenzielgruppe. Bitte erwägen Sie eine Bagatellgrenze für die Regelungen, da die Regelungen z.Z. nur den großen Playern wie amazon, Ebay etc. in die Hände spielen, die die Kosten aus der Portokasse zahlen können. Kleine Einzelunternehmen haben keine Chance, die Kosten abzufangen. ...auch die Materialbeschaffung ist massiv erschwert, da auch kleine Händlerinnen von mir nun nicht mehr nach Deutschland liefern (oder schon längst auch bei den vorherigen Gesetzen) und auch da nur die großen Partner übrig bleiben, was in niemandes Sinne ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been a sole trader since 2009 and I have been self-employed in online sales with my own productions in the sector of sewing accessories. The packaging laws of recent years had already prevented me from supplying many of the EU countries (e.g. Austria, France, etc.) for reasons of cost, as with an estimated 10 shipments per country per year and my small niche own productions in the low-price segment, the costs would have been roughly in line with the size of the sales. As of August 2026, I will stop all EU trade, as the costs for each country are now too high. Trade with third countries is still possible, but how absurd is it if I can supply Switzerland, Canada and the United Kingdom and make a profit, but this does not go to the neighbouring country? Moreover, this will not change in the future, as scaling into the necessary area is not possible. My company is not designed to be scaled up in such large steps with the niche target group. Please consider a de minimis limit for the rules, as the rules currently only play into the hands of the big players, such as Amazon, Ebay, etc., who can pay the costs from the postage fund. Small individual companies have no chance of absorbing the costs. ...the procurement of materials is also extremely difficult, as even small traders are no longer delivering from me to Germany (or have long since done so under the previous laws) and only the large partners remain, which is in no sense.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548066_en"}, {"id": 33548182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:07:22", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses - it destroys them.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses - it destroys them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548182_en"}, {"id": 33548181, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:06:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the need to create uniform rulings for all EU countries, but small businesses that don't have special departments for packaging regulations or just have roughly 10-100 orders to certain countries should not have to pay a hefty fee of 7000 for ever single country. Why for every country separately in the first place, if we consider it to be a measure for uniformity in the EU? If it is cheaper to order from ourside the EU instead of another EU country you also have higher environmental costs since now all shipments come by plane and I think it's important EU countries do business with each other rather than outside. I really think that there needs to be a minimum for sales volume or employee number for which this regulation holds true and not for every single business to keep small business alive in all of EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the need to create uniform rulings for all EU countries, but small businesses that don't have special departments for packaging regulations or just have roughly 10-100 orders to certain countries should not have to pay a hefty fee of 7000 for ever single country. Why for every country separately in the first place, if we consider it to be a measure for uniformity in the EU? If it is cheaper to order from ourside the EU instead of another EU country you also have higher environmental costs since now all shipments come by plane and I think it's important EU countries do business with each other rather than outside. I really think that there needs to be a minimum for sales volume or employee number for which this regulation holds true and not for every single business to keep small business alive in all of EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548181_en"}, {"id": 33548179, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:05:27", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am worried about the growing trend of overreliance on Amazon and other huge distributors. As a EU citizen, I am not interested in paying markup prices for the products of worse quality. The Packaging and packaging waste act disproportionately targets small business, which means in the long run the distribution can only go though the big corporations, including Lidl, Albert Heijn Group and others. This will bring issues of quality, and price gouging, as well as eliminating ANY kind of alternatives from independent creatives and outside countries. I do not believe that this is in interest of an EU citizen, and only in the interest of protecting large corparations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am worried about the growing trend of overreliance on Amazon and other huge distributors. As a EU citizen, I am not interested in paying markup prices for the products of worse quality. The Packaging and packaging waste act disproportionately targets small business, which means in the long run the distribution can only go though the big corporations, including Lidl, Albert Heijn Group and others. This will bring issues of quality, and price gouging, as well as eliminating ANY kind of alternatives from independent creatives and outside countries. I do not believe that this is in interest of an EU citizen, and only in the interest of protecting large corparations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548179_en"}, {"id": 33548178, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:05:21", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new regulations put an undue burden on small independent artists who wish to sell their art to people inside the EU outside their own member state. The lack of centralised registration means registering at each member state with its own rules and costs. For example, even selling stickers and small art prints to Germany for a grand total of 300/yr would require to register there. Imagine having a small revenue (7k/yr) but spread out over 20+ member states and paying 20-30 for each. This basically makes it non-viable to sell art outside of your own country. The effect is that small artists no longer have the freedom of trade, like bigger companies do. It kills creativity and the small arts community. Implementing a single registration and a single fee, and exempting those under a certain revenue thresholds, would go prevent these issues.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulations put an undue burden on small independent artists who wish to sell their art to people inside the EU outside their own member state. The lack of centralised registration means registering at each member state with its own rules and costs. For example, even selling stickers and small art prints to Germany for a grand total of 300/yr would require to register there. Imagine having a small revenue (7k/yr) but spread out over 20+ member states and paying 20-30 for each. This basically makes it non-viable to sell art outside of your own country. The effect is that small artists no longer have the freedom of trade, like bigger companies do. It kills creativity and the small arts community. Implementing a single registration and a single fee, and exempting those under a certain revenue thresholds, would go prevent these issues.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548178_en"}, {"id": 33548172, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:04:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi n'a aucun sens pour les petites entreprises et auto-entrepreneurs ! Ils n'ont pas les moyens de respecter cette loi, en la maintenant vous mettez en danger les artistes, artisans, auto-entrepreneur et toutes les petites entreprises. Où est passé la facilité d'échange entre pays européens ?", "feedbackEnglish": "This law makes no sense for small businesses and self-entrepreneurs! They do not have the means to comply with this law, by keeping it in place you put artists, craftsmen, self-entrepreneurs and all small businesses at risk. Where did the exchange facility between European countries pass?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548172_en"}, {"id": 33548171, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:04:18", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is disheartening to see this sort of initiative that would make the life of many micro-business owners more difficult, especially in the current situation of the world. The European Union should make it easier for European citizens to conduct business with one another, not more difficult. Correct waste disposal is important, but it should not be such a burden on small creators, craftsmen, artists or vendors. It is the large corporations that should be subject to stricter regulations when it comes to packaging and waste management.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is disheartening to see this sort of initiative that would make the life of many micro-business owners more difficult, especially in the current situation of the world. The European Union should make it easier for European citizens to conduct business with one another, not more difficult. Correct waste disposal is important, but it should not be such a burden on small creators, craftsmen, artists or vendors. It is the large corporations that should be subject to stricter regulations when it comes to packaging and waste management.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548171_en"}, {"id": 33548169, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:03:07", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the goal of reducing unnecessary packaging waste and encouraging sustainable and reusable packaging. However, I am deeply concerned that the current implementation of the PPWR will disproportionately harm micro-businesses, independent creators and small online retailers while doing little to address the biggest sources of packaging waste. Large corporations can absorb thousands of euros in registration, compliance and administrative costs. A one-person business cannot. A flat administrative burden regardless of business size or shipment volume is simply not proportionate. This is particularly concerning for cross-border trade. Many small European businesses rely on customers in other EU countries because they serve small or niche communities. If complying with packaging regulations makes shipping to other Member States too expensive or administratively unmanageable, these businesses will simply stop selling across borders. That would undermine the Single Market and reduce competition, innovation and diversity. Consumers will increasingly be left with large corporations and franchises, while independent businesses with unique products disappear because they cannot afford the bureaucracy required to operate internationally. The timing and implementation are also extremely concerning. Businesses are expected to comply with significant new obligations while important practical details are still unclear and guidance is still being developed. Small businesses do not have legal departments to interpret complex European and national requirements. They need clear, simple and binding rules well before enforcement begins. I am also concerned about the additional burden placed on postal and courier services. These companies are already dealing with rising costs and staffing pressures. If they are expected to perform additional checks, documentation or categorisation of shipments, those costs will inevitably be passed on to businesses and consumers through higher shipping prices. Shipping is already becoming increasingly unaffordable, further damaging small-scale European trade. There are also serious questions around privacy and enforcement. How will authorities and carriers distinguish private shipments from commercial shipments in practice? What safeguards will prevent unnecessary inspection of private parcels? What happens when a private individual regularly sells or sends items but is not operating a business? The rules and enforcement criteria need to be completely clear before penalties are imposed. The regulation should also actively encourage reuse. Second-hand cardboard boxes and other existing packaging should remain easy to reuse for both individuals and businesses. It would be deeply counterproductive if compliance uncertainty caused perfectly usable packaging to be discarded and replaced with new packaging. That creates more waste, not less. I am not opposed to packaging regulation. I am opposed to a system that places disproportionate costs and bureaucracy on the smallest participants while the largest companies can simply absorb them. The EU should introduce meaningful thresholds based on shipment volume, turnover and/or the amount of packaging placed on the market, with genuinely simplified requirements for micro-businesses and private individuals. The system should also be harmonised across the EU rather than creating a fragmented administrative burden in every Member State. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste, not to create registrations, fees, bureaucracy and penalties for their own sake. Please reconsider the practical impact of this implementation on micro-businesses, couriers and consumers before it causes lasting damage to affordable cross-border trade. If this regulation is truly about creating a more circular economy, success should be measured by how much packaging waste is actually reduced not by how many small businesses can no longer afford to participate in the EU", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the goal of reducing unnecessary packaging waste and encouraging sustainable and reusable packaging. However, I am deeply concerned that the current implementation of the PPWR will disproportionately harm micro-businesses, independent creators and small online retailers while doing little to address the biggest sources of packaging waste. Large corporations can absorb thousands of euros in registration, compliance and administrative costs. A one-person business cannot. A flat administrative burden regardless of business size or shipment volume is simply not proportionate. This is particularly concerning for cross-border trade. Many small European businesses rely on customers in other EU countries because they serve small or niche communities. If complying with packaging regulations makes shipping to other Member States too expensive or administratively unmanageable, these businesses will simply stop selling across borders. That would undermine the Single Market and reduce competition, innovation and diversity. Consumers will increasingly be left with large corporations and franchises, while independent businesses with unique products disappear because they cannot afford the bureaucracy required to operate internationally. The timing and implementation are also extremely concerning. Businesses are expected to comply with significant new obligations while important practical details are still unclear and guidance is still being developed. Small businesses do not have legal departments to interpret complex European and national requirements. They need clear, simple and binding rules well before enforcement begins. I am also concerned about the additional burden placed on postal and courier services. These companies are already dealing with rising costs and staffing pressures. If they are expected to perform additional checks, documentation or categorisation of shipments, those costs will inevitably be passed on to businesses and consumers through higher shipping prices. Shipping is already becoming increasingly unaffordable, further damaging small-scale European trade. There are also serious questions around privacy and enforcement. How will authorities and carriers distinguish private shipments from commercial shipments in practice? What safeguards will prevent unnecessary inspection of private parcels? What happens when a private individual regularly sells or sends items but is not operating a business? The rules and enforcement criteria need to be completely clear before penalties are imposed. The regulation should also actively encourage reuse. Second-hand cardboard boxes and other existing packaging should remain easy to reuse for both individuals and businesses. It would be deeply counterproductive if compliance uncertainty caused perfectly usable packaging to be discarded and replaced with new packaging. That creates more waste, not less. I am not opposed to packaging regulation. I am opposed to a system that places disproportionate costs and bureaucracy on the smallest participants while the largest companies can simply absorb them. The EU should introduce meaningful thresholds based on shipment volume, turnover and/or the amount of packaging placed on the market, with genuinely simplified requirements for micro-businesses and private individuals. The system should also be harmonised across the EU rather than creating a fragmented administrative burden in every Member State. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste, not to create registrations, fees, bureaucracy and penalties for their own sake. Please reconsider the practical impact of this implementation on micro-businesses, couriers and consumers before it causes lasting damage to affordable cross-border trade. If this regulation is truly about creating a more circular economy, success should be measured by how much packaging waste is actually reduced not by how many small businesses can no longer afford to participate in the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548169_en"}, {"id": 33548168, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:02:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ruin Services", "feedback": "I support the European Commissions objective of harmonising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across the EU. However, as a very small independent manufacturer selling products directly to customers across Europe, I am concerned that EPR compliance can still create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. For a small business, dealing with different national registrations, reporting requirements, schemes, representatives and fees can make selling relatively small quantities across the EU extremely difficult and costly. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce genuinely simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, including: A single EU-wide registration and reporting system. Clear and consistent thresholds for very small quantities. Simplified reporting for micro-businesses. Clear guidance on obligations when selling cross-border. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system must remain proportionate. Small independent businesses should be able to comply without needing specialist consultants or absorbing significant fixed costs just to sell small quantities within the European Single Market. Harmonisation should mean real simplification, not simply harmonising bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the European Commissions objective of harmonising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across the EU. However, as a very small independent manufacturer selling products directly to customers across Europe, I am concerned that EPR compliance can still create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. For a small business, dealing with different national registrations, reporting requirements, schemes, representatives and fees can make selling relatively small quantities across the EU extremely difficult and costly. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce genuinely simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, including: A single EU-wide registration and reporting system. Clear and consistent thresholds for very small quantities. Simplified reporting for micro-businesses. Clear guidance on obligations when selling cross-border. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system must remain proportionate. Small independent businesses should be able to comply without needing specialist consultants or absorbing significant fixed costs just to sell small quantities within the European Single Market. Harmonisation should mean real simplification, not simply harmonising bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548168_en"}, {"id": 33548167, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:02:50", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas Entiendo todo el tema de proteger el planeta y de que nos hagamos responsables de los paquetes con plástico y todo esto, pero de verdad, vais a destruir las tiendas pequeñas. Si de verdad estáis tan preocupados por el medio ambiente, deberíais exigir más a las grandes compañías que están destruyendo el mundo con la IA, secando el agua en distintos sitios. Estos son los problemáticos. En España ya pagamos MUCHO para ser autónomos, ponernos unos impuestos por CADA país es de LOCOS. Id a por las grandes compañías, que son esas las que contaminan, las que sus responsables se suben a un avión privado y se van a países vulnerables a aprovecharse de unos servicios que te enviarían a prisión si existieran y lo practicaran en Europa. Ya basta de torturar a las pequeñas empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good Thank you all about protecting the planet and making us responsible for plastic parcels and all of this, but you are really going to destroy small shops. If you are really so worried about the environment, you should demand more from big companies that are destroying the world with AI, drying water in different places. These are the problematic ones. In Spain, we are already paying MUCHO to be self-employed. There are local taxes imposed by CADA. I don’t forget the big companies, which are the ones that pollute, that those responsible are boarding a private plane and going to vulnerable countries to take advantage of services that would send you to prison if they existed and were practised in Europe. It is already enough to torture small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548167_en"}, {"id": 33548166, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:00:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anna Falk (WAM)", "feedback": "The regulation as it stands right now puts small and micro EU businesses at a significant disadvantage and is not compatible with the freedom of movement of goods within the EU. A minimum threshold for registration and AR obligations, as well as a harmonisation of fees and processes needs to be implemented ASAP. Ideally, registration would be harmonised at an EU level similar to the OSS-system for VAT.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulation as it stands right now puts small and micro EU businesses at a significant disadvantage and is not compatible with the freedom of movement of goods within the EU. A minimum threshold for registration and AR obligations, as well as a harmonisation of fees and processes needs to be implemented ASAP. Ideally, registration would be harmonised at an EU level similar to the OSS-system for VAT.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548166_en"}, {"id": 33548165, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 13:00:46", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Simply said these new regulations are destroying small businesses owners, I demand that you rethink them hard! Not only is it destroying small businesses it also makes big corporations have monopoly in EU market. One of the EUs main points in the beginning was to guarantee easy and fair traiding, so how is this helping? It's absolutely absurd to demand that small business owners have to pay fees to every country they want to ship to. If there are no changes many people around EU are going to lose their jobs and livelihoods. THIS HAS TO BE RECONSIDERED IMMEDIATELY!", "feedbackEnglish": "Simply said these new regulations are destroying small businesses owners, I demand that you rethink them hard! Not only is it destroying small businesses it also makes big corporations have monopoly in EU market. One of the EUs main points in the beginning was to guarantee easy and fair traiding, so how is this helping? It's absolutely absurd to demand that small business owners have to pay fees to every country they want to ship to. If there are no changes many people around EU are going to lose their jobs and livelihoods. THIS HAS TO BE RECONSIDERED IMMEDIATELY!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548165_en"}, {"id": 33548164, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:59:43", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pepino ", "feedback": "Hello, my name is Patricia and I run my own small business of handmade polymer clay art in Portugal. I've been building my online business over the past 4 years and it has become my full time job 3 years ago. My customer base is 100% EU based. I regularly ship to multiple EU countries. I work completely alone. The new regulations mean for me that I have to close my business completely. The fees I would have to pay to keep shipping to my customers will make all the work and amount of orders I get not worth continuing. I ship maybe 400 packages a year. Additionally, the amount of extra bureaucracy this brings will take a lot of extra time that I will lose to actually produce. Mentally, this has already been an immense hit since I've found out about the new regulations. These regulations stand against all valors the EU was made for and usually stand for. I know I'm not the only one in this position and this would put a lot of people out of work from one day to the next. I stand fully behind less waste and more effective recycling, but this is not the way. Small businesses are not the problem, because most of us already try to package in the most sustainable way possible anyways. I seriously hope that there will be certain minimum thresholds put into place, so that the small businesses can survive too, next to the big companies that are already taking over the world. PLEASE don't ruin us! Best regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, my name is Patricia and I run my own small business of handmade polymer clay art in Portugal. I've been building my online business over the past 4 years and it has become my full time job 3 years ago. My customer base is 100% EU based. I regularly ship to multiple EU countries. I work completely alone. The new regulations mean for me that I have to close my business completely. The fees I would have to pay to keep shipping to my customers will make all the work and amount of orders I get not worth continuing. I ship maybe 400 packages a year. Additionally, the amount of extra bureaucracy this brings will take a lot of extra time that I will lose to actually produce. Mentally, this has already been an immense hit since I've found out about the new regulations. These regulations stand against all valors the EU was made for and usually stand for. I know I'm not the only one in this position and this would put a lot of people out of work from one day to the next. I stand fully behind less waste and more effective recycling, but this is not the way. Small businesses are not the problem, because most of us already try to package in the most sustainable way possible anyways. I seriously hope that there will be certain minimum thresholds put into place, so that the small businesses can survive too, next to the big companies that are already taking over the world. PLEASE don't ruin us! Best regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548164_en"}, {"id": 33548163, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:59:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Kleinunternehmerin und verkaufe ausschließlich über eine Plattform für handgefertigte Produkte. Mein Umsatz fällt unter die Kleinunternehmerregelung und ist damit umsatzsteuerbefreit. Doch die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung bedroht genau Geschäfte wie meins: Die geforderten Abgaben stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu meinen Einnahmen. Die Kosten für Verpackungslizenzen betragen mehrere tausend Euro pro Jahr das macht jeden Gewinn zunichte und zwingt mich, den Verkauf ins EU-Ausland einzustellen. Dabei gibt es viele Kund:innen, die bewusst das Individuelle und Besondere suchen handgefertigte Produkte, die sich von Massenware abheben. Mit Ihren Lizenzpflichten zerstören Sie diese Vielfalt innerhalb der EU. Absurd: Für mich ist es einfacher, ein Produkt nach Australien zu verkaufen als ins Nachbarland Österreich oder Polen. Ihre Regelung soll dem Umweltschutz dienen doch sie erreicht das Gegenteil. Sie zielt vielleicht auf große Konzerne ab, trifft aber vor allem uns Kleinsthändler:innen. Ich führe mein Geschäft bereits so umweltfreundlich wie möglich: Keine Lagerproduktion meine Produkte werden in Ministückzahlen produziert bzw. auf Nachfrage gefertigt. Handgefertigt ohne Massenware, ohne Überproduktion. Nachhaltige Verpackungen wiederverwendete Kartons, plastikfrei Nichts davon wird gewürdigt. Stattdessen werde ich wie ein Großversand behandelt, der solche Kosten problemlos stemmen kann. So wie die kleinen Läden in den Innenstädten verschwinden, sterben sie nun auch online EU-gewollt. Es ist für mich unbegreiflich, warum es keine Ausnahmen für Kleinunternehmer:innen gibt. Ich fordere Sie daher auf: Schaffen Sie eine Kleinunternehmerregelung, die uns verschont! Die aktuellen Vorschriften ersticken die Kreativität und Existenzgrundlage von Menschen, die mit Leidenschaft und Nachhaltigkeit wirtschaften.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small entrepreneur selling exclusively through a platform for handmade products. My turnover is covered by the small business scheme and is therefore exempt from VAT. But the new EU Packaging Regulation threatens exactly my business: The charges demanded are disproportionate to my income. The cost of packaging licences is several thousand euros per year, which destroys any profit and forces me to stop selling abroad in the EU. There are many customers who deliberately look for individual and special handmade products that stand out from bulk goods. Your licensing obligations destroy this diversity within the EU. Absurd: I find it easier to sell a product to Australia than to neighbouring Austria or Poland. Its rules are intended to protect the environment, since they achieve the opposite. It may target large corporations, but above all it affects us micro-traders. I already do my business as environmentally friendly as possible: No storage production of my products is produced in mini-units or on demand. Handmade without bulk product, without overproduction. Sustainable packaging reused cartons, plastic-free none of them is appreciated. Instead, I will be treated as a large consignment that can easily bear such costs. Just as small shops in city centres disappear, they are now dying online for the EU. It is incomprehensible to me why there are no exceptions for small businesses. I therefore call on you to: Create a small business scheme that spares us! The current rules stifle the creativity and livelihoods of people who manage passionately and sustainably.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548163_en"}, {"id": 33548162, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:58:58", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea behind reducing packaging waste is not bad, and corporations with the biggest negative impact on the climate should be held financially responsible for the damage they cause (and have caused). However, this act completely fails the small- and micro-businesses around the globe (including within EU) who more often than not, are much more sustainable in their business practices than their bigger counterparts as they do not have the capabilities to mass produce products in the same manner. For smaller businesses, it is unsustainable to follow these new regulations, as just paying the amounts required to do business with different EU countries (and WITHIN European Union) is simply unrealistic, not to mention the burden of all the other additional administrative work this law adds. This law does not help reduce waste in any productive way as the only businesses that are able to pay these fees are the very same big, multinational businesses that cause the most damage to our enviroment in the first place. The fees in question are drop in the ocean for these big companies, but for small businesses it can be their entire yearly revenue (if even that). I and many others who support small businesses urge you to reconsider this law and adjust it so that small business owners are not being punished for trying to make a living and wanting to do business with different EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea behind reducing packaging waste is not bad, and corporations with the biggest negative impact on the climate should be held financially responsible for the damage they cause (and have caused). However, this act completely fails the small- and micro-businesses around the globe (including within EU) who more often than not, are much more sustainable in their business practices than their bigger counterparts as they do not have the capabilities to mass produce products in the same manner. For smaller businesses, it is unsustainable to follow these new regulations, as just paying the amounts required to do business with different EU countries (and WITHIN European Union) is simply unrealistic, not to mention the burden of all the other additional administrative work this law adds. This law does not help reduce waste in any productive way as the only businesses that are able to pay these fees are the very same big, multinational businesses that cause the most damage to our enviroment in the first place. The fees in question are drop in the ocean for these big companies, but for small businesses it can be their entire yearly revenue (if even that). I and many others who support small businesses urge you to reconsider this law and adjust it so that small business owners are not being punished for trying to make a living and wanting to do business with different EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548162_en"}, {"id": 33548161, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:58:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is the the downfall of small businesses. Even those inside the EU and thats the most concerning. Heres some points to think on: - exclude small businesses and micro businesses from these regulations or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPE in EU states for small businesses and micro businesses - the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses Stop destroying local markets and local businesses! There are people behind it simply trying to make a living. They are not big companies like Amazon or Temu or SHEIN. These people are not the problem in our economy, they are not even close to producing the amount of waste these big companies produce. This new law will end a lot of businesses and thats nothing to be proud of as a European citizen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is the the downfall of small businesses. Even those inside the EU and thats the most concerning. Heres some points to think on: - exclude small businesses and micro businesses from these regulations or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPE in EU states for small businesses and micro businesses - the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses Stop destroying local markets and local businesses! There are people behind it simply trying to make a living. They are not big companies like Amazon or Temu or SHEIN. These people are not the problem in our economy, they are not even close to producing the amount of waste these big companies produce. This new law will end a lot of businesses and thats nothing to be proud of as a European citizen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548161_en"}, {"id": 33548160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:56:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nach 16 erfolgreichen Jahren als verantwortungsbewusster, seriöser Händler und überzeugter EU-Bürger zerstört ein so dilettantisch wie realitätsfern umgesetztes Bürokratiemonster nun meine Existenz. Die miserable Umsetzung kommt faktisch einem Exportverbot für KMU in den EU-Binnenmarkt gleich. Kleinmengen-Ausnahmeregelungen? \"Omnibus-Meldung\" statt immensem Bürokratieaufwand durch Registrierung und Abkassiertwerden in 27 Ländern? Pustekuchen. Als überzeugter Klimaschützer kann ich nur mit dem Kopf schütteln. So nicht!", "feedbackEnglish": "After 16 successful years as a responsible, reputable trader and convinced EU citizen, a bureaucratic monster implemented as dilatantly as unrealisticly now destroys my existence. The misguided implementation effectively amounts to an export ban on SMEs to the EU’s internal market. Small-volume derogations? “Omnibus reporting” instead of huge red tape due to registration and decay in 27 countries? Puste cake. As a committed climate defender, I can only shake my head. That’s not the case!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548160_en"}, {"id": 33548159, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:56:28", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Karlsson Grafiske", "feedback": "I am a Swedish citizen with sole proprietorship in Norway. Though Norway is not technically part of the EU, they follow almost all regulations put in place. If Norway is considered a country outside of EU for this regulation, then this will negatively impact me regardless. Though I fully support the streamlining of rules across the EU, as well as making packaging more sustainable, reusable, and efficient, the way this regulation is written now will make it financially impossible to do business outside of Norway. if I as a one person business have to register, file paperwork, and a representative for each country I send even one package to (with packaging materials bought in Norway), the the time and costs of following the regulation will far exceed the money that I make from sales. I will be priced out of being able to participate in the EU market. I feel like this goes against what the EU stands for; some of its aims being a strong internal, cohesive, and diverse market. As it stands, this regulation paves the way for larger corporations such as Amazon and Temu to have an even stronger footing in online shopping, and many small, local EU business will be forced to sell only within their home country. Making a de minimis threshold for micro businesses such as myself, and a centralized one-stop shop for registering compliance for the whole of the EU over that threshold would make it so I could continue to do business in the market I am a part of. Please consider the effect this will have on all of the local diverse businesses within the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Swedish citizen with sole proprietorship in Norway. Though Norway is not technically part of the EU, they follow almost all regulations put in place. If Norway is considered a country outside of EU for this regulation, then this will negatively impact me regardless. Though I fully support the streamlining of rules across the EU, as well as making packaging more sustainable, reusable, and efficient, the way this regulation is written now will make it financially impossible to do business outside of Norway. if I as a one person business have to register, file paperwork, and a representative for each country I send even one package to (with packaging materials bought in Norway), the the time and costs of following the regulation will far exceed the money that I make from sales. I will be priced out of being able to participate in the EU market. I feel like this goes against what the EU stands for; some of its aims being a strong internal, cohesive, and diverse market. As it stands, this regulation paves the way for larger corporations such as Amazon and Temu to have an even stronger footing in online shopping, and many small, local EU business will be forced to sell only within their home country. Making a de minimis threshold for micro businesses such as myself, and a centralized one-stop shop for registering compliance for the whole of the EU over that threshold would make it so I could continue to do business in the market I am a part of. Please consider the effect this will have on all of the local diverse businesses within the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548159_en"}, {"id": 33548158, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:55:41", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Whilst I understand the reason for this legislation and support the spirit of it, the execution has been very poor, to the point of being embarassingly sloppy. How this was allowed to pass into law as is, is beyond comprehension. You have handed a win to large corportations, including Temu and Shein, whose actions spearheaded this legislation, and successfully killed off almost all native small businesses who rely on the ability to sell across the EU to be profitable. It really would not have taken much more thought to develop legislation that would curb the waste generated by huge online retailers whilst supporting smaller EU-based businesses. A simple cap on sales, companies falling below said cap being exempt, is just one possible solution (these businesses being determined firstly by location within the EU, employer/employee headcount and/or annual turnover). A unified, EU-wide standard with relevant online registration portal and identification, with fee or fee waived for small producers, would be another.", "feedbackEnglish": "Whilst I understand the reason for this legislation and support the spirit of it, the execution has been very poor, to the point of being embarassingly sloppy. How this was allowed to pass into law as is, is beyond comprehension. You have handed a win to large corportations, including Temu and Shein, whose actions spearheaded this legislation, and successfully killed off almost all native small businesses who rely on the ability to sell across the EU to be profitable. It really would not have taken much more thought to develop legislation that would curb the waste generated by huge online retailers whilst supporting smaller EU-based businesses. A simple cap on sales, companies falling below said cap being exempt, is just one possible solution (these businesses being determined firstly by location within the EU, employer/employee headcount and/or annual turnover). A unified, EU-wide standard with relevant online registration portal and identification, with fee or fee waived for small producers, would be another.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548158_en"}, {"id": 33548157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:55:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "nussmart", "feedback": "Als Inhaber eines kleinen Online-Shops wende ich mich an Sie, um auf die unverhältnismäßigen Auswirkungen der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR, Verordnung (EU) 2025/40) auf Kleinstunternehmer wie mich hinzuweisen. 1. Marktzugang für Kleinstunternehmer faktisch verhindert Als Kleinstunternehmen ohne juristische Abteilung kann ich mir keinen bevollmächtigten Vertreter (Authorized Representative) leisten, der für den Vertrieb in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten erforderlich ist. Die Folge: Ich habe meinen Versand in andere EU-Länder außerhalb Deutschlands vollständig eingestellt und beliefere nur noch den deutschen Markt. Dies widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem eigentlichen Ziel des EU-Binnenmarkts. Eine Verordnung, die den freien Warenverkehr stärken soll, führt in meinem Fall dazu, dass ich mich freiwillig aus dem EU-Ausland zurückziehen musste. Kleinstunternehmer werden so faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausgeschlossen, während größere Unternehmen sich die entsprechende Compliance-Infrastruktur leisten können. Das schafft einen strukturellen Wettbewerbsnachteil für genau die kleinen Marktteilnehmer, die der Binnenmarkt eigentlich stärken sollte. 2. Kumulative Verwaltungslast durch mehrfache Meldepflichten Allein für die Verpackungsentsorgung melde ich mich bereits bei zwei verschiedenen Portalen an (u. a. Lucid sowie einem weiteren Entsorger-Portal). Mit der PPWR und den nationalen Umsetzungen kommen weitere Register, Nachweis- und Meldepflichten hinzu. Für einen Kleinstbetrieb ohne eigene Verwaltungs- oder Rechtsabteilung wird dieser Aufwand kaum noch zu bewältigen sein zeitlich wie finanziell. 3. Existenzielle Belastung Die stetig wachsende Zahl an Verordnungen im Bereich Verpackung und Müll (national wie europäisch) bindet zunehmend Zeit und Ressourcen, die für die eigentliche Geschäftstätigkeit fehlen. Meine wirtschaftliche Existenz ist dadurch inzwischen konkret gefährdet. Meine Bitte an die Kommission: Prüfung spürbarer Erleichterungen bzw. Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmer (Micro-/Small Enterprises) bei der Pflicht zur Benennung eines bevollmächtigten Vertreters im grenzüberschreitenden Fernabsatz Vereinfachung und Zusammenführung der verschiedenen Melde- und Registrierungspflichten (One-Stop-Shop-Ansatz) für Verpackungsentsorgung und -kennzeichnung Eine ernsthafte Folgenabschätzung (SME-Test) zur tatsächlichen Auswirkung der PPWR auf Kleinstunternehmer, bevor weitere Durchführungsbestimmungen erlassen werden Die PPWR verfolgt mit Blick auf Kreislaufwirtschaft und Umweltschutz nachvollziehbare Ziele, die ich grundsätzlich unterstütze. Die praktische Umsetzung darf jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass genau die kleinen, lokal verwurzelten Unternehmen aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden, die eigentlich von ihm profitieren sollten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small online shop, I am writing to draw your attention to the disproportionate impact of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) on micro-entrepreneurs like me. 1. As a micro-enterprise without a legal department, I cannot afford an authorised representative required for distribution to other EU Member States. Consequence: I have completely stopped shipping to other EU countries outside Germany and now only supply the German market. In my view, this runs counter to the very objective of the EU’s internal market. In my case, a regulation aimed at strengthening the free movement of goods means that I had to voluntarily withdraw from another EU country. This effectively excludes micro-entrepreneurs from cross-border trade, while larger companies can afford the relevant compliance infrastructure. This creates a structural competitive disadvantage for small operators, which the single market should actually strengthen. 2. I am already registering with two different portals (including Lucid and another waste disposal portal) for the cumulative administrative burden of multiple reporting obligations for packaging disposal alone. The PPWR and the national transpositions add further registers, proof and reporting obligations. For a micro-enterprise without its own administrative or legal department, this burden will hardly be manageable in terms of time and money. 3. Existential burden The ever-increasing number of regulations in the area of packaging and waste (national and European) increasingly tie up time and resources that are lacking for actual business activity. This has put my economic existence at real risk. My request to the Commission: Examination of significant simplifications or exemptions for micro- and small enterprises in the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in cross-border distance sales Simplification and merging of the various reporting and registration obligations (one-stop-shop approach) for packaging disposal and labelling A serious impact assessment (SME test) on the actual impact of PPWR on micro-enterprises before further implementing measures are adopted The PPWR pursues understandable objectives with regard to the circular economy and environmental protection, which I support in principle. However, practical implementation must not push small, locally rooted businesses out of the EU single market, which should actually benefit from it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548157_en"}, {"id": 33548152, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:54:31", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I help my partner run the admin side of her small business. She makes handmade wearable art and sells it across Europe and beyond, but the volumes per country are tiny. In some countries we're talking 1 or 2 orders every year or two, not a steady stream. Under the current setup, if she wants to keep selling legally across the EU, she has to register separately in every single country, each with its own portal, its own fees, its own paperwork, and in some cases a local representative has to be appointed. Registration fees alone vary widely, from around 0 in some countries up to roughly 228 in Sweden, and that's before any cost for a local representative where one is required. Then she has to keep a record of exactly what packaging went where and report it, per country, every year. For a one-person business, that's simply not something you can keep up with alongside actually making the products. I understand why EPR exists and I don't disagree with the goal, packaging waste is a real problem. But the way it's currently structured, a producer with a handful of orders in a given country carries almost the same registration burden as a company shipping thousands of packages there. That doesn't push anyone toward better packaging; it just pushes small producers to stop selling into certain countries, or give up on EU-wide sales altogether. What would actually help is a genuine exemption for micro-enterprises below a clearly defined threshold, for example based on annual turnover and/or packaging volume per country, rather than a lighter but still separate registration process in every Member State. A simplified process still means 27 different simplified processes to keep track of. A real exemption would mean producers at this scale aren't pulled into 27 national systems for volumes that barely register in any of them. I'd really encourage this initiative to build in an exemption for producers at this scale.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I help my partner run the admin side of her small business. She makes handmade wearable art and sells it across Europe and beyond, but the volumes per country are tiny. In some countries we're talking 1 or 2 orders every year or two, not a steady stream. Under the current setup, if she wants to keep selling legally across the EU, she has to register separately in every single country, each with its own portal, its own fees, its own paperwork, and in some cases a local representative has to be appointed. Registration fees alone vary widely, from around 0 in some countries up to roughly 228 in Sweden, and that's before any cost for a local representative where one is required. Then she has to keep a record of exactly what packaging went where and report it, per country, every year. For a one-person business, that's simply not something you can keep up with alongside actually making the products. I understand why EPR exists and I don't disagree with the goal, packaging waste is a real problem. But the way it's currently structured, a producer with a handful of orders in a given country carries almost the same registration burden as a company shipping thousands of packages there. That doesn't push anyone toward better packaging; it just pushes small producers to stop selling into certain countries, or give up on EU-wide sales altogether. What would actually help is a genuine exemption for micro-enterprises below a clearly defined threshold, for example based on annual turnover and/or packaging volume per country, rather than a lighter but still separate registration process in every Member State. A simplified process still means 27 different simplified processes to keep track of. A real exemption would mean producers at this scale aren't pulled into 27 national systems for volumes that barely register in any of them. I'd really encourage this initiative to build in an exemption for producers at this scale.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548152_en"}, {"id": 33548151, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:54:16", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "A necessary objective, but a disproportionate burden for small European businesses.I fully support the objectives behind the new packaging and EPR rules. Reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of packaging are legitimate and necessary goals. However, I am deeply concerned about the way these rules are being implemented, particularly for micro-enterprises, creators, artists and small-scale farmers. For a small business, complying with these requirements can mean understanding different rules in different Member States, registering with national schemes, completing administrative procedures, keeping records, paying fees and potentially dealing with representatives abroad. For a large multinational company or major online marketplace, this may simply be another task for an existing legal department. The associated costs are negligible compared with their turnover. For a micro-business, the situation is completely different. We often have no legal or compliance department. The business owner has to deal with this bureaucracy personally, taking time away from production and customers, or pay external professionals whose cost can be significant compared with the business's actual margin. This creates a real risk of widening the gap between small European businesses and large e-commerce platforms. I run a very small business in Belgium based on local mohair production and a small-scale farm. We create value locally and contribute to keeping skills, production and economic activity within Europe. We also want to be able to sell our products to customers in other EU countries (FR). Yet every additional national registration, declaration, fee or administrative requirement makes cross-border sales more difficult and less economically viable. This seems particularly contradictory in the context of the European Single Market. We are supposed to have a common European market, where a small business in Belgium should be able to sell a product to a customer in France or another Member State without facing disproportionate administrative barriers. In practice, a small business may now have to choose between spending a disproportionate amount of time and money on compliance, increasing its prices to cover these costs, or simply refusing to sell to customers in certain EU countries. Who benefits from this? Large companies and major online marketplaces, for whom these costs are marginal and compliance can be automated or handled by dedicated teams. They can absorb the additional costs while small businesses may lose customers and market share. This is particularly concerning when the European Union is simultaneously trying to support craftsmanship, local production, rural economies, entrepreneurship, short supply chains and the relocation of skills and production within Europe. The solution should not be to exempt small businesses from environmental responsibility. It should be to make compliance proportionate to their size and turnover. I therefore strongly encourage the European institutions to introduce genuinely simplified and harmonised mechanisms for micro-enterprises, such as: 1) a single EU-wide registration/reporting system with simplified reporting requirement for small businesses with reasonable turnover or shipment threshold; 2) harmonised rules and fees across Member States with a single European point of contact. 3) affordable, proportionate fees adapted to micro-businesses; Environmental responsibility and support for European small businesses should not be opposing objectives. Regulation should ensure that small artisans can remain part of the European Single Market rather than unintentionally pushing them out of it. If Europe genuinely wants to protect and develop its local production and small businesses, it must ensure that well-intentioned regulation does not unintentionally strengthen the largest companies at the expense of the smallest ones.", "feedbackEnglish": "A necessary objective, but a disproportionate burden for small European businesses.I fully support the objectives behind the new packaging and EPR rules. Reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of packaging are legitimate and necessary goals. However, I am deeply concerned about the way these rules are being implemented, particularly for micro-enterprises, creators, artists and small-scale farmers. For a small business, complying with these requirements can mean understanding different rules in different Member States, registering with national schemes, completing administrative procedures, keeping records, paying fees and potentially dealing with representatives abroad. For a large multinational company or major online marketplace, this may simply be another task for an existing legal department. The associated costs are negligible compared with their turnover. For a micro-business, the situation is completely different. We often have no legal or compliance department. The business owner has to deal with this bureaucracy personally, taking time away from production and customers, or pay external professionals whose cost can be significant compared with the business's actual margin. This creates a real risk of widening the gap between small European businesses and large e-commerce platforms. I run a very small business in Belgium based on local mohair production and a small-scale farm. We create value locally and contribute to keeping skills, production and economic activity within Europe. We also want to be able to sell our products to customers in other EU countries (FR). Yet every additional national registration, declaration, fee or administrative requirement makes cross-border sales more difficult and less economically viable. This seems particularly contradictory in the context of the European Single Market. We are supposed to have a common European market, where a small business in Belgium should be able to sell a product to a customer in France or another Member State without facing disproportionate administrative barriers. In practice, a small business may now have to choose between spending a disproportionate amount of time and money on compliance, increasing its prices to cover these costs, or simply refusing to sell to customers in certain EU countries. Who benefits from this? Large companies and major online marketplaces, for whom these costs are marginal and compliance can be automated or handled by dedicated teams. They can absorb the additional costs while small businesses may lose customers and market share. This is particularly concerning when the European Union is simultaneously trying to support craftsmanship, local production, rural economies, entrepreneurship, short supply chains and the relocation of skills and production within Europe. The solution should not be to exempt small businesses from environmental responsibility. It should be to make compliance proportionate to their size and turnover. I therefore strongly encourage the European institutions to introduce genuinely simplified and harmonised mechanisms for micro-enterprises, such as: 1) a single EU-wide registration/reporting system with simplified reporting requirement for small businesses with reasonable turnover or shipment threshold; 2) harmonised rules and fees across Member States with a single European point of contact. 3) affordable, proportionate fees adapted to micro-businesses; Environmental responsibility and support for European small businesses should not be opposing objectives. Regulation should ensure that small artisans can remain part of the European Single Market rather than unintentionally pushing them out of it. If Europe genuinely wants to protect and develop its local production and small businesses, it must ensure that well-intentioned regulation does not unintentionally strengthen the largest companies at the expense of the smallest ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548151_en"}, {"id": 33548150, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:53:21", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This seems to cause bankrupcy for all small vendors with customers across the EU. Small businesses will not be able to pay for this. Please come up with an alternative or an exemption so this doesnt affect artists, local retailers etc.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems to cause bankrupcy for all small vendors with customers across the EU. Small businesses will not be able to pay for this. Please come up with an alternative or an exemption so this doesnt affect artists, local retailers etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548150_en"}, {"id": 33548147, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:51:15", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "independent artist", "feedback": "How are any micro/small businesses/organizations be able to work with all the legal obligations on reporting all of the required documents? The packaging waste limits are defined in above and below tons, and that is towards massive companies who can play by the rules for having enough money for it already. It's not a problem for them, but everyone who works in a lot smaller scale it becomes a full stop. Please reconsider adjusting the rules so that you're not destroying individuals/small businesses with overwhelming and expensive regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "How are any micro/small businesses/organizations be able to work with all the legal obligations on reporting all of the required documents? The packaging waste limits are defined in above and below tons, and that is towards massive companies who can play by the rules for having enough money for it already. It's not a problem for them, but everyone who works in a lot smaller scale it becomes a full stop. Please reconsider adjusting the rules so that you're not destroying individuals/small businesses with overwhelming and expensive regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548147_en"}, {"id": 33548146, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:50:56", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Carley S. illustration ", "feedback": "Making small businesses pay nearly 7k a year in processing fees for recycling is nonsensical and goes against what the EU is trying to do in regulating waste. Small businesses have been struggling since COVID to get back up on their feet. I propose having one unified fee for extremely small micro businesses and larger ones for larges businesses that can simply soak up that fee. Otherwise, they will not be able to survive. It's not right to ask a small business making 200-300 euros a month to pay these unmanageable fees and will cause a lot to close.", "feedbackEnglish": "Making small businesses pay nearly 7k a year in processing fees for recycling is nonsensical and goes against what the EU is trying to do in regulating waste. Small businesses have been struggling since COVID to get back up on their feet. I propose having one unified fee for extremely small micro businesses and larger ones for larges businesses that can simply soak up that fee. Otherwise, they will not be able to survive. It's not right to ask a small business making 200-300 euros a month to pay these unmanageable fees and will cause a lot to close.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548146_en"}, {"id": 33548145, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:50:46", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This unfairly targets small businesses who cannot afford to register in multiple countries while allowing the continuation of mega corporations who have the financial and legal support to easily continue their operations. The problem with this is that small businesses contribute much less to waste than these much larger companies in the grander scheme of things. I am fully in support of trying to reduce waste, this just seems to be an unfair approach to this goal.", "feedbackEnglish": "This unfairly targets small businesses who cannot afford to register in multiple countries while allowing the continuation of mega corporations who have the financial and legal support to easily continue their operations. The problem with this is that small businesses contribute much less to waste than these much larger companies in the grander scheme of things. I am fully in support of trying to reduce waste, this just seems to be an unfair approach to this goal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548145_en"}, {"id": 33548144, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:49:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Kleinunternehmerin in Deutschland im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe meine Erzeugnisse über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Pro Jahr verschicke ich durchschnittlich 20 Pakete in 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 800 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 1500 Euro pro Jahr. Weil diese Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, werde ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder am 12 August 2026 einstellen und mir ist bekannt, dass viele andere Handmade-Labels es ebenso machen, siehe Hashtag #ppwr auf Instagram. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er aber das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen: 1. Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. 2. EIN zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt komplett zurückziehen müssen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel damit den großen Unternehmen und Plattformen zufällt. Ich kann und möchte mir nicht vorstellen, dass das im Interesse der Europäischen Gemeinschaft ist!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small businessman in Germany in the handmade sector and sell my products through an online marketplace. On average, I send 20 packages per year to 5 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is EUR 800. I expect to pay EUR 1500 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because these fixed costs exceed my foreign turnover, I will stop shipping to other EU countries on 12 August 2026 and I am aware that many other handmade labels do the same, see Hashtag #ppwr on Instagram. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, however, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would like to ask for two changes: 1. An EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. 2. A central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises will have to withdraw completely from the single market and that large companies and platforms will have to deal with them cross-border. I cannot and do not want to imagine that this is in the interest of the European Community!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548144_en"}, {"id": 33548143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:48:56", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not think this is very constructive for small businesses that barely get by as is due to other regulations and the current economical state of the world and their respective countries. I believe the regulations should apply to businesses that have huge parcel traffic, compared to the maybe one or two packages that may be sent to other EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not think this is very constructive for small businesses that barely get by as is due to other regulations and the current economical state of the world and their respective countries. I believe the regulations should apply to businesses that have huge parcel traffic, compared to the maybe one or two packages that may be sent to other EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548143_en"}, {"id": 33548142, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:48:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonym", "feedback": "Leider geht das mal wieder in die völlig falsche Richtung. Amazon und Co. freuen sich, dass die neuen Gesetze nur den großen Unternehmen zu Gute kommen und natürlich den Zahlungempfängern, die sicher mit dem Geld die Welt retten werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, this once again goes in the completely wrong direction. Amazon and Co. are pleased that the new laws will only benefit the big companies and, of course, the payees, who will certainly save the world with the money.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548142_en"}, {"id": 33548141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:48:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Only the Sun Knows Records", "feedback": "Feedback zu den Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister (PPWR) Existenzgefährdung für Kleinstunternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Kulturhandel Als inhabergeführter, unabhängiger Schallplatten- und Merchandise-Händler sowie Konzertveranstalter aus Deutschland möchte ich mein dringendes Bedenken gegen die aktuelle Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) im Rahmen der PPWR äußern. Mein Unternehmen setzt konsequent auf Nachhaltigkeit: Wir verwenden ausschließlich gebrauchte Versandkartons im Zweitweg und plastikfreies Papierklebeband. Dennoch zwingt uns die PPWR ab dem 12. August 2026 zu einem absurden bürokratischen und finanziellen Akt: Für jedes einzelne EU-Land, in das wir liefern möchten, müssen wir horrende jährliche Fixgebühren für nationale Register und die dort gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen \"EU-Bevollmächtigten\" zahlen selbst wenn wir nur eine einzige Schallplatte oder ein Konzertticket im Brief dorthin schicken. Da es keinerlei Bagatell- oder Mindestmengengrenzen für Kleinstunternehmen gibt, übersteigen die administrativen Kosten den Gewinn aus Kleinstmengen (z. B. 10 Pakete pro Jahr in ein Land) bei weitem. Dies zerstört den freien europäischen Binnenmarkt für kleine Kulturschaffende vollständig. Wir werden gezwungen, den automatischen Versand an Privatkunden im EU-Ausland komplett einzustellen. Selbst europäische Musikfans, die bisher kostengünstig Konzerttickets per Brief bestellt haben, werden von unserem Angebot abgeschnitten. Ich fordere die Europäische Kommission daher eindringlich auf: Führen Sie eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze ein (z. B. eine vollständige Befreiung von der Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Unternehmen, die weniger als 150 kg Verpackungsmaterial pro Jahr grenzüberschreitend in Umlauf bringen). Schaffen Sie ein zentrales, einheitliches EU-Register anstelle von 27 teuren, bürokratischen nationalen Insellösungen.Umweltschutz darf nicht dazu führen, dass der unabhängige europäische Kulturhandel zugunsten von Großkonzernen systematisch vernichtet wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jan Fricke", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the rules on national producer registers (PPWR) Threat to the existence of micro-enterprises in cross-border cultural trade. As owner-run, independent record and merchandise dealers and concert organisers from Germany, I would like to express my urgent concerns about the current implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the PPWR. My company is firmly committed to sustainability: We only use used second-hand shipping boxes and plastic-free paper adhesive tape. Nevertheless, from 12 August 2026, the PPWR will force us into an absurd bureaucratic and financial act: For each individual EU country to which we want to deliver, we have to pay exorbitant annual fixed fees for national registers and the ‘EU authorised representatives’ required by law there, even if we send only one sound disc or concert ticket in the letter to that country. As there are no de minimis or minimum volume limits for micro-enterprises, the administrative costs far exceed the profit from micro-enterprises (e.g. 10 parcels per year to one country). This completely destroys the free European single market for small creators. We are being forced to stop all automatic shipping to private customers in other EU countries. Even European music fans who have so far ordered concert tickets by letter at low cost will be cut off from our offer. I therefore urge the European Commission to: Introduce an EU-wide single de minimis threshold (e.g. a full exemption from registration and authorised representative requirements for companies that circulate less than 150 kg of packaging material per year across borders). Create a central, unified EU register instead of 27 expensive, bureaucratic national one-size-fits-all solutions; environmental protection must not lead to the systematic destruction of independent European cultural trade for the benefit of large corporations. (Complimentary close) Jan Fricke", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548141_en"}, {"id": 33548140, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:48:01", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR and EPR fees are going to kill all micro-businesses, even those based within the EU. No small businesses making less than 1000 in revenue per month can afford to pay so many different PPWR and EPR fees to be able to ship to another country. Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses As a consumer, I have already seen multiple small businesses have to cease shipment to the EU because they cannot afford this. It is not fair or comparable to big companies or suppliers.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR and EPR fees are going to kill all micro-businesses, even those based within the EU. No small businesses making less than 1000 in revenue per month can afford to pay so many different PPWR and EPR fees to be able to ship to another country. Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses As a consumer, I have already seen multiple small businesses have to cease shipment to the EU because they cannot afford this. It is not fair or comparable to big companies or suppliers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548140_en"}, {"id": 33548139, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:47:46", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: -The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. - The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. - Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independent artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: -The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. - The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. - Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independent artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548139_en"}, {"id": 33548138, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:46:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Just Margo", "feedback": "I am a one-woman independent fashion business based in Germany, and the EU is my main market. I do everything myself, I have no legal, compliance or logistics department to handle complex regulations in every Member State. The new PPWR/EPR requirements would not only mean registration fees in multiple countries, but having to appoint a representative in every EU country I sell to. For a small-business sending only a handful of parcels to some countries, these fixed costs and administrative requirements are completely disproportionate. I will have to stop shipping within the EU altogether, which would make my business economically unviable. How can it be that, as a small European business, it is becoming easier and more practical to ship outside the EU than to sell to customers within the EU? What is the point of having a European single market if small-businesses cannot realistically access it? Please introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for small-businesses or a simple, affordable EU-wide One Stop Shop system. Small businesses should not be pushed out of their own market by disproportionate compliance costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one-woman independent fashion business based in Germany, and the EU is my main market. I do everything myself, I have no legal, compliance or logistics department to handle complex regulations in every Member State. The new PPWR/EPR requirements would not only mean registration fees in multiple countries, but having to appoint a representative in every EU country I sell to. For a small-business sending only a handful of parcels to some countries, these fixed costs and administrative requirements are completely disproportionate. I will have to stop shipping within the EU altogether, which would make my business economically unviable. How can it be that, as a small European business, it is becoming easier and more practical to ship outside the EU than to sell to customers within the EU? What is the point of having a European single market if small-businesses cannot realistically access it? Please introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for small-businesses or a simple, affordable EU-wide One Stop Shop system. Small businesses should not be pushed out of their own market by disproportionate compliance costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548138_en"}, {"id": 33548137, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:45:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Not Regular Coffee (Stefanny Lizeth Ariza Effer)", "feedback": "I recently founded a small coffee e-commerce business in Austria, and I would like to provide feedback on the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements from the perspective of a new micro-enterprise. First, I would like to acknowledge the positive intention behind EPR legislation aiming to ensuring that environmental costs are accounted for. My concern is that the current approach can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises and newly founded businesses compared with the relatively small quantity of packaging they place on the market. For example, as a small coffee e-commerce business, I may sell only a few hundred kilograms of coffee per year. Nevertheless, I may need to identify and classify different packaging materials, calculate quantities, register with relevant systems, submit declarations, calculate fees and potentially interact with compliance schemes or intermediaries. For a multinational company selling thousands of tonnes, these activities can be handled by dedicated compliance and accounting departments. For a newly founded micro-enterprise, the same requirements can consume significant time and resources, while the actual environmental impact is extremely small in comparison. A possible solution: 1. move responsibility upstream: I would encourage the EU to consider collecting the primary EPR contribution further upstream in the packaging supply chain. Packaging manufacturers and suppliers already know exactly what materials they produce and sell, and in what quantities. They are therefore in a much better position to report the packaging they actually place on the market. For packaging manufactured within the EU, the manufacturer or first supplier placing it on the market could report the quantities by material category and pay the corresponding EPR contribution. The cost would naturally be incorporated into the packaging price and flow through the supply chain. For packaging imported from outside the EU, the importer that first places the packaging on the EU market could assume this responsibility. Packaging remaining in a manufacturer's or distributor's warehouse and not yet placed on the market should not trigger the final EPR obligation until it enters the market. This approach would avoid requiring thousands of small businesses to independently reconstruct information that is already available at the source, while potentially providing more accurate data and simpler enforcement. 2. Introduce a de minimis threshold: The EU should establish a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, preferably based on the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Below this threshold, businesses could be exempt from EPR fees or subject to a very simple, low-cost contribution. The objective would not be to exempt significant quantities of packaging, but to ensure that the administrative burden remains proportionate to the environmental impact. A business selling a few hundred kilograms of packaged products should not face the same compliance complexity as a company placing thousands of tonnes on the European market. 3. Simple, digital compliance: For businesses above the threshold, compliance should be possible through a single, harmonised EU online procedure: Register Declare Calculate Pay Receive confirmation Small businesses should be able to complete this directly, without unnecessary intermediaries or specialised consultants. Material categories and reporting requirements should also be harmonised across Member States wherever possible. I strongly support the environmental objectives of EPR but the principle should be: environmental responsibility follows the packaging, while administrative responsibility follows the party best positioned to measure it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I recently founded a small coffee e-commerce business in Austria, and I would like to provide feedback on the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements from the perspective of a new micro-enterprise. First, I would like to acknowledge the positive intention behind EPR legislation aiming to ensuring that environmental costs are accounted for. My concern is that the current approach can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises and newly founded businesses compared with the relatively small quantity of packaging they place on the market. For example, as a small coffee e-commerce business, I may sell only a few hundred kilograms of coffee per year. Nevertheless, I may need to identify and classify different packaging materials, calculate quantities, register with relevant systems, submit declarations, calculate fees and potentially interact with compliance schemes or intermediaries. For a multinational company selling thousands of tonnes, these activities can be handled by dedicated compliance and accounting departments. For a newly founded micro-enterprise, the same requirements can consume significant time and resources, while the actual environmental impact is extremely small in comparison. A possible solution: 1. move responsibility upstream: I would encourage the EU to consider collecting the primary EPR contribution further upstream in the packaging supply chain. Packaging manufacturers and suppliers already know exactly what materials they produce and sell, and in what quantities. They are therefore in a much better position to report the packaging they actually place on the market. For packaging manufactured within the EU, the manufacturer or first supplier placing it on the market could report the quantities by material category and pay the corresponding EPR contribution. The cost would naturally be incorporated into the packaging price and flow through the supply chain. For packaging imported from outside the EU, the importer that first places the packaging on the EU market could assume this responsibility. Packaging remaining in a manufacturer's or distributor's warehouse and not yet placed on the market should not trigger the final EPR obligation until it enters the market. This approach would avoid requiring thousands of small businesses to independently reconstruct information that is already available at the source, while potentially providing more accurate data and simpler enforcement. 2. Introduce a de minimis threshold: The EU should establish a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, preferably based on the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Below this threshold, businesses could be exempt from EPR fees or subject to a very simple, low-cost contribution. The objective would not be to exempt significant quantities of packaging, but to ensure that the administrative burden remains proportionate to the environmental impact. A business selling a few hundred kilograms of packaged products should not face the same compliance complexity as a company placing thousands of tonnes on the European market. 3. Simple, digital compliance: For businesses above the threshold, compliance should be possible through a single, harmonised EU online procedure: Register Declare Calculate Pay Receive confirmation Small businesses should be able to complete this directly, without unnecessary intermediaries or specialised consultants. Material categories and reporting requirements should also be harmonised across Member States wherever possible. I strongly support the environmental objectives of EPR but the principle should be: environmental responsibility follows the packaging, while administrative responsibility follows the party best positioned to measure it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548137_en"}, {"id": 33548136, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:45:43", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ZENAE,s.r.o.", "feedback": "Feedback submitted on behalf of ZENAE s.r.o., a small ceramics studio in Bratislava, Slovakia (micro-enterprise, founder-run). I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and of extended producer responsibility. My studio was founded on sustainability and responsible craftsmanship handmade ceramics, minimal packaging, local production. I am writing because the current fragmentation of EPR obligations is having the opposite effect on businesses like mine: it punishes precisely those small creators who already work sustainably. The core problem: to ship a single handmade product to a customer in another Member State, a micro-enterprise must register with a separate national producer register, contract a separate producer responsibility organisation, follow different reporting formats and deadlines, and often appoint an authorised representative in every single country. For a large corporation, this is a routine compliance task. For a one-person studio, the fixed administrative cost per country exceeds any realistic revenue from that market. The practical result across our sector is that small creators are simply closing their EU shipping: many now deliver only within their home country and one neighbouring state. The Single Market is effectively closed to us not by tariffs, but by paperwork. This outcome is perverse from an environmental standpoint. Small makers typically use minimal, mono-material packaging and place kilograms not tonnes of packaging on the market per year. Yet we carry a proportionally far heavier compliance burden per kilogram than large producers, while our withdrawal from cross-border sales pushes customers toward high-volume marketplaces with far worse packaging practices. I therefore ask the Commission to ensure the implementing act delivers: 1. A genuine one-stop-shop: a single EU-level registration and reporting point (or full mutual recognition of home-country registration), so that one registration covers all Member States, with fees distributed to national schemes proportionally to reported volumes. 2. A harmonised de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises (e.g. below 500 kg of packaging per year EU-wide): registration and simplified annual reporting only, without per-country PRO contracts, authorised representatives, or quarterly filings. 3. One common reporting format and calendar identical data fields, material categories and deadlines in every Member State, submittable in English, with annual (not quarterly) frequency for micro-enterprises. 4. Proportionate fees minimum annual fees in several national schemes exceed what a micro-producer's actual packaging volumes would cost at standard per-kg rates; fees should scale with real tonnage. The PPWR was adopted partly to remove the trade barriers created by 27 diverging national systems. For small businesses, that promise will only be real if registration and reporting are harmonised in practice, not just in principle. I ask you to make sure the smallest producers who are often sustainability's most authentic ambassadors are not the ones the system pushes out of the Single Market. Adriana Krupanov Founder, ZENAE s.r.o. Bratislava, Slovakia · zenae.sk", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback submitted on behalf of ZENAE s.r.o., a small ceramics studio in Bratislava, Slovakia (micro-enterprise, founder-run). I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and of extended producer responsibility. My studio was founded on sustainability and responsible craftsmanship handmade ceramics, minimal packaging, local production. I am writing because the current fragmentation of EPR obligations is having the opposite effect on businesses like mine: it punishes precisely those small creators who already work sustainably. The core problem: to ship a single handmade product to a customer in another Member State, a micro-enterprise must register with a separate national producer register, contract a separate producer responsibility organisation, follow different reporting formats and deadlines, and often appoint an authorised representative in every single country. For a large corporation, this is a routine compliance task. For a one-person studio, the fixed administrative cost per country exceeds any realistic revenue from that market. The practical result across our sector is that small creators are simply closing their EU shipping: many now deliver only within their home country and one neighbouring state. The Single Market is effectively closed to us not by tariffs, but by paperwork. This outcome is perverse from an environmental standpoint. Small makers typically use minimal, mono-material packaging and place kilograms not tonnes of packaging on the market per year. Yet we carry a proportionally far heavier compliance burden per kilogram than large producers, while our withdrawal from cross-border sales pushes customers toward high-volume marketplaces with far worse packaging practices. I therefore ask the Commission to ensure the implementing act delivers: 1. A genuine one-stop-shop: a single EU-level registration and reporting point (or full mutual recognition of home-country registration), so that one registration covers all Member States, with fees distributed to national schemes proportionally to reported volumes. 2. A harmonised de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises (e.g. below 500 kg of packaging per year EU-wide): registration and simplified annual reporting only, without per-country PRO contracts, authorised representatives, or quarterly filings. 3. One common reporting format and calendar identical data fields, material categories and deadlines in every Member State, submittable in English, with annual (not quarterly) frequency for micro-enterprises. 4. Proportionate fees minimum annual fees in several national schemes exceed what a micro-producer's actual packaging volumes would cost at standard per-kg rates; fees should scale with real tonnage. The PPWR was adopted partly to remove the trade barriers created by 27 diverging national systems. For small businesses, that promise will only be real if registration and reporting are harmonised in practice, not just in principle. I ask you to make sure the smallest producers who are often sustainability's most authentic ambassadors are not the ones the system pushes out of the Single Market. Adriana Krupanov Founder, ZENAE s.r.o. Bratislava, Slovakia · zenae.sk", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548136_en"}, {"id": 33548130, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:44:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Small Business", "feedback": "As the operator of a passionately run small online shop for action figures, I must urgently warn against the devastating impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). For small merchants who have built their customer base through years of hard work, this regulation is practically impossible to implement and threatens our very existence. This extreme overregulation contradicts the European ideal of freedom and makes Europe a hostile environment for independent entrepreneurs. Countless small creatives, dedicated SMEs, musicians, resellers, and crafters will be driven into financial ruin. Small businesses are already drowning in the daily, burdensome bureaucracy created by the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)which offers barely any tangible benefit to consumers. But while the GPSR is a massive hurdle, the PPWR is a literal death sentence for small businesses. The EU urgently needs to introduce a De Minimis exemption for the PPWR, just as other countries outside the EU have done. Without a threshold that protects the smallest market participants, we will see the total collapse of niche markets, independent creatives, and small resellers. If this regulation passes without a De Minimis rule, the diverse European retail landscape will be wiped out, leaving only giant monopolies like Amazon and Zalando. Please protect the small businesses that put their heart and soul into the European economy. In deep sorrow, Dennis KayserSmall Business Owner", "feedbackEnglish": "As the operator of a passionately run small online shop for action figures, I must urgently warn against the devastating impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). For small merchants who have built their customer base through years of hard work, this regulation is practically impossible to implement and threatens our very existence. This extreme overregulation contradicts the European ideal of freedom and makes Europe a hostile environment for independent entrepreneurs. Countless small creatives, dedicated SMEs, musicians, resellers, and crafters will be driven into financial ruin. Small businesses are already drowning in the daily, burdensome bureaucracy created by the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)which offers barely any tangible benefit to consumers. But while the GPSR is a massive hurdle, the PPWR is a literal death sentence for small businesses. The EU urgently needs to introduce a De Minimis exemption for the PPWR, just as other countries outside the EU have done. Without a threshold that protects the smallest market participants, we will see the total collapse of niche markets, independent creatives, and small resellers. If this regulation passes without a De Minimis rule, the diverse European retail landscape will be wiped out, leaving only giant monopolies like Amazon and Zalando. Please protect the small businesses that put their heart and soul into the European economy. In deep sorrow, Dennis KayserSmall Business Owner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548130_en"}, {"id": 33548129, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:43:22", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für viele kleine Verlage, aber auch kleine Autor:innen ist diese neue Verordnung nicht tragbar und wird zum Verlust vieler schöner Geschichten führen, weil manche sich bewusst dafür entscheiden, aufgrund dieser Verordnung gar nicht mehr zu verschicken oder ganz aufzuhören.", "feedbackEnglish": "For many small publishers, but also small authors, this new regulation is unsustainable and will lead to the loss of many beautiful stories, as some deliberately choose not to send or stop altogether because of this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548129_en"}, {"id": 33548128, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:43:12", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation will KILL small buisnesses and hurt the consumer in the process by lessening the choice in shops because allot of small buisnesses are now closing because of this new regulation. And i will be unable to support smaller buisness because of this. Please reconsider changing this regulation and communicate with smaller buisnesses what would be a better alternative to keep these shops in buisness. I have already seen 20+ videos on social media about shops closing down due to this regulation. Waste regulation is important but i think it will be more beneficial for consumers and smaller shops to input this regulation for bigger buisnesses that can afford the extra costs that now come with this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation will KILL small buisnesses and hurt the consumer in the process by lessening the choice in shops because allot of small buisnesses are now closing because of this new regulation. And i will be unable to support smaller buisness because of this. Please reconsider changing this regulation and communicate with smaller buisnesses what would be a better alternative to keep these shops in buisness. I have already seen 20+ videos on social media about shops closing down due to this regulation. Waste regulation is important but i think it will be more beneficial for consumers and smaller shops to input this regulation for bigger buisnesses that can afford the extra costs that now come with this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548128_en"}, {"id": 33548127, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:42:46", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Undanta småföretag och mikroföretag från A.R.-regeln, då den är oproportionerlig för mikroföretag, eller tillhandahåll åtgärder som småföretag har råd med. - Harmonisera registreringen för PPWR/EPR mellan EU-länder för småföretag och mikroföretag. - Den nya lagstiftningen motverkar den fria rörligheten för varor inom EU och kommer i själva verket att få allvarliga konsekvenser för många företag.", "feedbackEnglish": "— Exempt small and micro enterprises from the A.R. rule, where it is disproportionate for micro enterprises, or provide measures that small enterprises can afford. — Harmonise registration for PPWR/EPR across EU countries for small and micro enterprises. — The new legislation hampers the free movement of goods within the EU and will in fact have serious consequences for many businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548127_en"}, {"id": 33548126, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:41:27", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regarding the new PPWR : - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regarding the new PPWR : - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548126_en"}, {"id": 33548125, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:41:27", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am beyond frustrated by the PPWR. My social feed are flooded with independent businesses shutting down. The new rules have created uncertainty and absurd administrative burdens that are near impossible for micro-businesses to manage. I am a sole trader with limited income, I cannot easily afford compliance costs or the time required to understand 27 different sets of requirements for 27 different member states. As a result, I've had to pause shipping to several countries, cutting my business in half. Large companies can easily navigate these rules with legal teams - we don't have those. We're everyday people, trying to make an honest living. Losing even a few international customers makes a noticeable difference to my ability to continue trading. Please, view the recent Charge.org petition and social media outrage. The level of public concern represents more than an isolated issue. This is a gross oversight. I urge you to introduce clearer guidance, enact an immediate enforcement embargo, introduce a de-minimis thereshold, and create a one-stop shop portral. Us small businesses contribute to more than the economy. We bring creativity, entrepeneurship, and joy. You are stripping the joy from not only us, but our customers. I sincerely hope that these concerns will be taken seriously.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am beyond frustrated by the PPWR. My social feed are flooded with independent businesses shutting down. The new rules have created uncertainty and absurd administrative burdens that are near impossible for micro-businesses to manage. I am a sole trader with limited income, I cannot easily afford compliance costs or the time required to understand 27 different sets of requirements for 27 different member states. As a result, I've had to pause shipping to several countries, cutting my business in half. Large companies can easily navigate these rules with legal teams - we don't have those. We're everyday people, trying to make an honest living. Losing even a few international customers makes a noticeable difference to my ability to continue trading. Please, view the recent Charge.org petition and social media outrage. The level of public concern represents more than an isolated issue. This is a gross oversight. I urge you to introduce clearer guidance, enact an immediate enforcement embargo, introduce a de-minimis thereshold, and create a one-stop shop portral. Us small businesses contribute to more than the economy. We bring creativity, entrepeneurship, and joy. You are stripping the joy from not only us, but our customers. I sincerely hope that these concerns will be taken seriously.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548125_en"}, {"id": 33548124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:41:13", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As it stands now, these new rules absolutely kill any small business trying to work with the EU. More importantly, it kills small EUROPEAN businesses trying to ship WITHIN the EU. For this to be a valid legislation, there should be some thought put into regular people, who cannot afford up to 10.000 annually on fees, just to have the opportunity to work within our borders. A minimum metric should be implemented, to ensure only those who would realistically contribute any meaningful waste are required to pay for it, while small creators and businesses have the chance to grow their business. Otherwise, this legislation only affects and punishes those who try to start new endeavours, while letting massive corporation keep polluting \"for a small fee\".", "feedbackEnglish": "As it stands now, these new rules absolutely kill any small business trying to work with the EU. More importantly, it kills small EUROPEAN businesses trying to ship WITHIN the EU. For this to be a valid legislation, there should be some thought put into regular people, who cannot afford up to 10.000 annually on fees, just to have the opportunity to work within our borders. A minimum metric should be implemented, to ensure only those who would realistically contribute any meaningful waste are required to pay for it, while small creators and businesses have the chance to grow their business. Otherwise, this legislation only affects and punishes those who try to start new endeavours, while letting massive corporation keep polluting \"for a small fee\".", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548124_en"}, {"id": 33548123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:40:27", "country": "LUX", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going against what the EU stands for. It was created for free trade and this new law goes against it all. Small business can't afford to pay 27 countries. Please stop punishing smaller creators, artists and artisans. That we reached a point where i as an artist can't sell my art to my neighboor country it tells me the EU only stands for the high corporation as they can pay those fees and the small people who just wanna survive can't and get punished and even lose their income. I want to support my fellow artists from the other countries who dont make millions in euro per year. Please revoke this. EU is a free trade between eu countries, please remember the one rule that established the EU in the first place.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going against what the EU stands for. It was created for free trade and this new law goes against it all. Small business can't afford to pay 27 countries. Please stop punishing smaller creators, artists and artisans. That we reached a point where i as an artist can't sell my art to my neighboor country it tells me the EU only stands for the high corporation as they can pay those fees and the small people who just wanna survive can't and get punished and even lose their income. I want to support my fellow artists from the other countries who dont make millions in euro per year. Please revoke this. EU is a free trade between eu countries, please remember the one rule that established the EU in the first place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548123_en"}, {"id": 33548122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:40:25", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette initiative, en son état actuel, va faire des micro-entreprises des dégâts colatéraux. Contrairement aux grandes corporations que vous voulez (à juste titre) responsabiliser, ces micro-entreprises ne peuvent pas faire de l'économie d'échelle pour intégrer les nouvelles normes que vous proposez. À la place, ces acteurs vont devoir renoncer à leur clientèle dans les autres pays de l'UE. Je crains également que cela ne fasse qu'enfoncer les inégalités au sein de l'Union, les frais supplémentaires pesant davantage sur les micro-entreprises des pays plus pauvres expédiant vers des pays plus riches. Il me paraîtrait donc plus juste de modifier ce texte pour en exclure les micro-entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative, as it stands, will cause co-lateral damage to micro-enterprises. Unlike the big corporations you (rightly) want to empower, these micro-enterprises cannot make economies of scale to incorporate the new standards you propose. Instead, they will have to give up their customers in other EU countries. I am also afraid that this will only exacerbate inequalities within the EU, with the additional costs weighing more on micro-enterprises from poorer countries shipping to richer countries. It would therefore seem to me to be more appropriate to amend that text to exclude micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548122_en"}, {"id": 33548120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:37:29", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new rule is creating a huge gap between tiny and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs and big corporations. The new legislation is impossible for artisans, for example, who dont have the means to contact governments in different countries and pay the different fees to have a simple piece of artistry sent between European countries. The actual laws are already penalising any purchase done outside European borders, and now you want to penalise the internal market too? This new rule only benefits the big corporations who can easily pay and have the means to deal with the bureaucracy related to it. Don't destroy the internal market in Europe for this.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rule is creating a huge gap between tiny and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs and big corporations. The new legislation is impossible for artisans, for example, who dont have the means to contact governments in different countries and pay the different fees to have a simple piece of artistry sent between European countries. The actual laws are already penalising any purchase done outside European borders, and now you want to penalise the internal market too? This new rule only benefits the big corporations who can easily pay and have the means to deal with the bureaucracy related to it. Don't destroy the internal market in Europe for this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548120_en"}, {"id": 33548118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:36:33", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent micro-seller from Portugal preparing to launch a small online shop. I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the current rules for national packaging registers. While I support the EU's environmental goals, the requirement to register, report, and pay fees to over 20 individual national packaging systems is impossible for a single person to handle. The financial cost and the amount of administrative bureaucracy required by every separate EU country will force me to completely block sales to other EU member states from day one.The current fragmented system creates an unfair barrier that makes cross-border commerce impossible for micro-businesses. Please simplify these rules so that the smallest independent sellers can continue to exist within the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent micro-seller from Portugal preparing to launch a small online shop. I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the current rules for national packaging registers. While I support the EU's environmental goals, the requirement to register, report, and pay fees to over 20 individual national packaging systems is impossible for a single person to handle. The financial cost and the amount of administrative bureaucracy required by every separate EU country will force me to completely block sales to other EU member states from day one.The current fragmented system creates an unfair barrier that makes cross-border commerce impossible for micro-businesses. Please simplify these rules so that the smallest independent sellers can continue to exist within the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548118_en"}, {"id": 33548116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:35:29", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Liliana silva artist", "feedback": "I am an independent artist and designer based in Portugal, running a small business producing handmade, limited-edition ceramic works. I sell my pieces both directly and through international platforms, including to customers in other EU countries. I fully support the EU's environmental objectives and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the proposed packaging obligations could place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. My business does not operate on an industrial scale. I produce a limited number of unique pieces, and each shipment requires individual protective packaging because the works are fragile and often have significant artistic and financial value. The amount of packaging I place on the market is therefore very small compared with that of larger companies. Requiring small businesses to register, weigh and report packaging, pay contributions and potentially comply with different requirements in several EU countries could make cross-border sales unnecessarily complex and, in some cases, economically unviable. This is particularly concerning for artists, designers and small creative businesses whose international sales are essential for their growth but whose volumes are very limited. I believe the regulation should include a genuinely simple and proportionate system for micro-enterprises and very low-volume sellers, with minimal reporting requirements and no disproportionate costs. Reusable packaging and the reuse of existing boxes and materials should also be clearly recognised and encouraged. Environmental responsibility should not come at the cost of creating barriers that prevent small European businesses from selling across the Single Market. I strongly encourage the EU institutions to consider the reality of micro-enterprises, independent artists and small creative businesses when implementing these rules and to ensure that the administrative burden is proportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent artist and designer based in Portugal, running a small business producing handmade, limited-edition ceramic works. I sell my pieces both directly and through international platforms, including to customers in other EU countries. I fully support the EU's environmental objectives and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the proposed packaging obligations could place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small businesses. My business does not operate on an industrial scale. I produce a limited number of unique pieces, and each shipment requires individual protective packaging because the works are fragile and often have significant artistic and financial value. The amount of packaging I place on the market is therefore very small compared with that of larger companies. Requiring small businesses to register, weigh and report packaging, pay contributions and potentially comply with different requirements in several EU countries could make cross-border sales unnecessarily complex and, in some cases, economically unviable. This is particularly concerning for artists, designers and small creative businesses whose international sales are essential for their growth but whose volumes are very limited. I believe the regulation should include a genuinely simple and proportionate system for micro-enterprises and very low-volume sellers, with minimal reporting requirements and no disproportionate costs. Reusable packaging and the reuse of existing boxes and materials should also be clearly recognised and encouraged. Environmental responsibility should not come at the cost of creating barriers that prevent small European businesses from selling across the Single Market. I strongly encourage the EU institutions to consider the reality of micro-enterprises, independent artists and small creative businesses when implementing these rules and to ensure that the administrative burden is proportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548116_en"}, {"id": 33548115, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:35:29", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "3d print e paint ", "feedback": "Follia, tutto ridicolo e recherà solo danni a noi artigiani", "feedbackEnglish": "Folly, all ridiculous and will only harm us craftsmen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548115_en"}, {"id": 33548111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:34:53", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, Im a tattooer and artist from Austria. Since the economic situation around the worldand especially hereis getting worse rather than better, I wanted to open an online store to sell T-shirts, bags and handmade nicknacks. The plan had been to ship throughout Europe. However, I can now forget about that, since as a single person who, in addition to tattooing, has to hold down a salaried office job to pay the bills, I cant afford to hire a representative for every EU country or cover the additional annual costs. Retailers and small businesses are being severely neglected by this regulation and faced with insurmountable obstacles just to stay in business. Im pretty sure the problem isnt uswho ship 10 small boxes a month containing a T-shirt and some stickersbut corporate giants like Amazon, Temu, and Shein, which are flooding the EU with trash and selling billions worth of goods. Please draw a clear distinction here. It seems as though this regulation was drafted without giving sufficient thought to how the shipping market is structured. I feel deprived, as a customer, of access to many other artists worldwide, and I feel my freedom to sell and buy internationally is heavily compromised. I believe the EU is right and important, but on this point, I feel overlooked and betrayed. Thank you for reading. Kind regards from Vienna", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, Im a tattooer and artist from Austria. Since the economic situation around the worldand especially hereis getting worse rather than better, I wanted to open an online store to sell T-shirts, bags and handmade nicknacks. The plan had been to ship throughout Europe. However, I can now forget about that, since as a single person who, in addition to tattooing, has to hold down a salaried office job to pay the bills, I cant afford to hire a representative for every EU country or cover the additional annual costs. Retailers and small businesses are being severely neglected by this regulation and faced with insurmountable obstacles just to stay in business. Im pretty sure the problem isnt uswho ship 10 small boxes a month containing a T-shirt and some stickersbut corporate giants like Amazon, Temu, and Shein, which are flooding the EU with trash and selling billions worth of goods. Please draw a clear distinction here. It seems as though this regulation was drafted without giving sufficient thought to how the shipping market is structured. I feel deprived, as a customer, of access to many other artists worldwide, and I feel my freedom to sell and buy internationally is heavily compromised. I believe the EU is right and important, but on this point, I feel overlooked and betrayed. Thank you for reading. Kind regards from Vienna", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548111_en"}, {"id": 33548110, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:33:07", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Because of this law, a lot of small businesses will lose income, it'll destroy them. The small businesses already try to reduce waste as much as they can, they are not the problem. It's unfair and destroys art. Surely there are better ways to reduce waste", "feedbackEnglish": "Because of this law, a lot of small businesses will lose income, it'll destroy them. The small businesses already try to reduce waste as much as they can, they are not the problem. It's unfair and destroys art. Surely there are better ways to reduce waste", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548110_en"}, {"id": 33548109, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:33:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bien qu'extasique par cette approche écologique, je me vois inquiète quant aux conséquences sur les micro-entreprises, petits créateurs et artisans. Cette nouvelle mesure ne semble pas prendre en compte le coût sur ces maigres entreprises. Les approches juridiques que celles-ci seront amenées à prendre surpassent celles des entreprises multimilliardaires. Je consomme, du mieux que je peux, localement et auprès de petits entrepreneurs Européens, c'est pour cela que cette révision m'inquiète d'autant plus. Si ceux-ci partent et laissent le monopole aux entreprises multinationales hors-UE, à quoi aurait servis cette approche écologique qui au final invite à un monopole plus coûteux écologiquement ? Je vous prie de revoir encore cette proposition, et de considérer cette fois-ci nos artisans et micro-entreprises pour qui il est déjà extrêmement difficile de survivre, et qui leur ajoute une charge plus que coûteuse.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although extasified by this ecological approach, I am concerned about the impact on micro, small designers and craftsmen. This new measure does not seem to take into account the cost on these meagre companies. The legal approaches they will take surpass those of multi-billionaire companies. I consume, to the best of my ability, locally and with small European entrepreneurs, that is why I am all the more worried about this revision. If they leave and leave the monopoly to multinational companies outside the EU, what would this green approach, which ultimately calls for a more environmentally costly monopoly, have served? I would ask you to reconsider this proposal again, and to consider this time our craftsmen and micro-enterprises, for whom it is already extremely difficult to survive, and which add a more than costly burden to them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548109_en"}, {"id": 33548108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:32:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bleichstein & Entenfellner GbR - Künstlerduo sneallycool", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am an independent artist running a small handcrafted business with low product quantities. I am writing to express my concern regarding the proposed rules for national registers of producers under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Many of my friends and colleagues are in the process of closing their online shops, at least for the EU market. In oder to survive we'd have to focus on markets outside of the EU, which would go completely against the idea of sustainability. As a micro-business, I cannot absorb flat-rate registration fees, recurring administrative base fees, or the prohibitive costs of appointing authorized representatives across multiple EU Member States. When compliance costs in a neighboring country exceed my total profit from that market, I am forced to stop cross-border sales. Without targeted exemptions, these rules will price independent makers out of the Single Market, threatening the future of European craftsmanship and economic diversity. Furthermore, my business already practices genuine circular economy principles. I collect and reuse second-hand cardboard boxes and packing materials from my local community, friends, and neighbors. Requiring micro-sellers to register and pay administrative fees on rescued, post-consumer packaging penalizes real-world reuse while incentivizing the purchase of new packaging simply for compliance. I respectfully ask the Commission to include a de minimis exemption (e.g., for packaging under 500kg per year) that frees micro-enterprises from flat base fees and representative requirements, alongside formal recognition for reused materials. Please protect small, sustainable artisans so European businesses can continue to thrive. Sincerely, Victoria Entenfellner", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am an independent artist running a small handcrafted business with low product quantities. I am writing to express my concern regarding the proposed rules for national registers of producers under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Many of my friends and colleagues are in the process of closing their online shops, at least for the EU market. In oder to survive we'd have to focus on markets outside of the EU, which would go completely against the idea of sustainability. As a micro-business, I cannot absorb flat-rate registration fees, recurring administrative base fees, or the prohibitive costs of appointing authorized representatives across multiple EU Member States. When compliance costs in a neighboring country exceed my total profit from that market, I am forced to stop cross-border sales. Without targeted exemptions, these rules will price independent makers out of the Single Market, threatening the future of European craftsmanship and economic diversity. Furthermore, my business already practices genuine circular economy principles. I collect and reuse second-hand cardboard boxes and packing materials from my local community, friends, and neighbors. Requiring micro-sellers to register and pay administrative fees on rescued, post-consumer packaging penalizes real-world reuse while incentivizing the purchase of new packaging simply for compliance. I respectfully ask the Commission to include a de minimis exemption (e.g., for packaging under 500kg per year) that frees micro-enterprises from flat base fees and representative requirements, alongside formal recognition for reused materials. Please protect small, sustainable artisans so European businesses can continue to thrive. Sincerely, Victoria Entenfellner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548108_en"}, {"id": 33548107, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:32:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "deichrauch.de", "feedback": "Als Kleinunternehmer im Nebengewerbe ist es mir organisatorisch wie finanziell unmöglich, die Vorgaben der neuen Verpackungsverordnung zu erfüllen. Einen Verpackungsbevollmächtigten für jedes EU-Land engagieren und zu benennen, würde mich ruinieren. Ich werde daher ab dem 12.08.26 Lieferungen ins EU-Ausland einstellen. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass es Ziel der Initiatoren war, Kleinunternehmen bewusst und gezielt vom Handel auszuschließen. Bitte ändern Sie diese Verordnung schnellstmöglich wieder.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small undertaking in the secondary sector, it is organisationally and financially impossible for me to meet the requirements of the new Packaging Ordinance. Employing and appointing a packaging agent for each EU country would ruin me. I will therefore stop deliveries to other EU countries from 12.08.26. I cannot imagine that the purpose of the initiators was to deliberately and deliberately exclude small businesses from trading. Please amend this Regulation as soon as possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548107_en"}, {"id": 33548106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:32:07", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lexi is Artsy", "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis une artiste indépendante qui commence à vendre mes créations dans l'union Européenne. Étant un petit business fr, débutant et n'ayant pas beaucoup de ventes, la législation sur PWR/REP rends quasi impossible pour moi et d'autres de mes collègues et amis de débuter. Il ne semble pas logique ni juste que nous devions, à l'instar de très grosses compagnies, débourser des centaines ou milliers d'euros pour envoyer dans différents pays alors que nous n'envoyons que quelques colis par an. D'autant que beaucoup d'entre nous utilisent déjà des emballages récupérés ou recyclés... De plus les 27 différents abonnements dans différents pays sont très compliqués à mettre en place. Vous allez faire couler une grande quantité d'entreprises notamment créatifs avec cette législation. Merci de la repenser, de créer un système unifié via une plateforme unique européenne et/ou d'en exclure les entreprises écoulant un faible volume. Bien cordialement, Elodie Lambert", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am an independent artist who starts selling my creations in the European Union. Being a small business fr, beginner and not having many sales, the PWR/REP legislation makes it almost impossible for me and other colleagues and friends to start. It does not seem logical or fair that we, like very large companies, would have to pay hundreds or thousands of euros to send to different countries when we send only a few parcels per year. Especially as many of us already use recovered or recycled packaging... In addition, the 27 different subscriptions in different countries are very complicated to implement. You will be spilling over a large number of companies, including creative ones, with this legislation. Thank you for rethinking it, creating a unified system via a single European platform and/or excluding companies with small sales volumes. Kind regards, Elodie Lambert", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548106_en"}, {"id": 33548105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:29:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "My business partner and I are currently in the process of setting up a small business, we intend to manufacture in Germany and distribute within the EU. However, given the new legal situation, we will likely not ship to the EU, as distribution outside the EU will be cheaper than within it, which is quite ironic. I am writing to you in the hope that the PPWR and specifically the requirement for a designated representative in each country will be reconsidered and potentially waived or simplified for small businesses. Sincerely, Finn Bertrand.", "feedbackEnglish": "My business partner and I are currently in the process of setting up a small business, we intend to manufacture in Germany and distribute within the EU. However, given the new legal situation, we will likely not ship to the EU, as distribution outside the EU will be cheaper than within it, which is quite ironic. I am writing to you in the hope that the PPWR and specifically the requirement for a designated representative in each country will be reconsidered and potentially waived or simplified for small businesses. Sincerely, Finn Bertrand.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548105_en"}, {"id": 33548104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:28:49", "country": "MNE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This doesn't make sense. Yes, we need to make sure the waste is managed in way bigger scale, but with this laws you are killing all of us small artists and micro-businesses who actually already do everything and anything possible to minimise the waste. And most of us are not even making enough minty in a year from selling our prints to be able to cover all of these costs. On the other hand, this is not even a slap on a wrist for huge companies like Amazon, or any other big seller. Change it, add exemption for the people who do arts and crafts, and actually charge bigger sums to big companies. It's not the same for me who earns not even 500, or 1000 a year, let alone a month, and I have to give all of that and even more to be able to mail my prints in EU? How is that even fair? What happened with the free trade? I'm from Montenegro and this is just going to kill my art like any other artist within EU... I'm lucky they can still send me stuff, because I also buy art prints from artists within EU, but this is bad for all of us. Why are you trying to kill the art?!", "feedbackEnglish": "This doesn't make sense. Yes, we need to make sure the waste is managed in way bigger scale, but with this laws you are killing all of us small artists and micro-businesses who actually already do everything and anything possible to minimise the waste. And most of us are not even making enough minty in a year from selling our prints to be able to cover all of these costs. On the other hand, this is not even a slap on a wrist for huge companies like Amazon, or any other big seller. Change it, add exemption for the people who do arts and crafts, and actually charge bigger sums to big companies. It's not the same for me who earns not even 500, or 1000 a year, let alone a month, and I have to give all of that and even more to be able to mail my prints in EU? How is that even fair? What happened with the free trade? I'm from Montenegro and this is just going to kill my art like any other artist within EU... I'm lucky they can still send me stuff, because I also buy art prints from artists within EU, but this is bad for all of us. Why are you trying to kill the art?!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548104_en"}, {"id": 33548103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:28:24", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je suis micro-entrepreneur ici en France ; je vends de très petites quantités dans toute l'Europe et dans le reste du monde. Bien que je partage les objectifs de la réglementation relative aux emballages et aux déchets d'emballages, je n'ai absolument pas les moyens de poursuivre mon activité dans le cadre de ces nouvelles dispositions. Les frais généraux dépassent DE LOIN la valeur de ce que je vends. Avec cette législation absurde, vous allez pousser des milliers de personnes à la faillite. Traduit avec DeepL.com (version gratuite)", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-entrepreneur here in France; I sell very small quantities across Europe and the rest of the world. Although I share the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations, I have absolutely no means to continue my activity under these new provisions. Overheads exceed DE LOIN the value of what I sell. With this absurd law, you will push thousands of people into bankruptcy. Translated with deepl.com (free version)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548103_en"}, {"id": 33548102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:28:07", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alquimia Sagaz Unipessoal Lda", "feedback": "Como é possível um pequeno negócio conseguir operar dentro da União Europeia? Fazemos poucos kg em resíduos por ano, em material de envio, para os nossos clientes dentro da Europa. Não somos gigantes milionários, com sucursais espalhadas pela Europa. Somos apenas um pequeno negócio com sorte de poder operar no século XXI uma loja de e-commerce. Não faz sentido pequenos volumes pagarem tanto. As nossas exportações para Espanha deixarão de fazer sentido porque nem sequer cobrem o valor que recebemos em clientes de lá. Assim se terminam microempresas. Assim deixamos de conseguir dar aos restantes países europeus um pouco de Portugal. Podemos enviar para todo o mundo, menos para a nossa Europa. Porque falam então em comprar o que é nosso, e deixar de parte países de produção elevada de waste, no continente asiático? Assim tornam isso impossível.", "feedbackEnglish": "How is it possible for a small business to be able to operate within the European Union? We make a few kg of waste per year, in shipping material, to our customers within Europe. We are not giants of billionaires, with branches spread across Europe. We are just a small business lucky enough to be able to operate an e-commerce shop in the 21st century. It makes no sense for small volumes to pay so much. Our exports to Spain will no longer make sense because they do not even cover the value we receive from customers there. This leads to the closure of micro-enterprises. As a result, we are no longer able to give the other European countries a little bit of Portugal. We can send to the whole world, less to our Europe. Why then do they talk about buying what we are, and leaving countries with high waste production out of the Asian continent? This makes this impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548102_en"}, {"id": 33548101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:27:18", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bárbara Reis Art Studio", "feedback": "I am a small business owner/artist focused in selling my illustrations and other art based products and this mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I come here to ask you for a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs so this won't kill our businesses and growth prospects. I attach the petition launched by a fellow European citized and small business owner for you to see this will impact thousands of lifes and businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner/artist focused in selling my illustrations and other art based products and this mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I come here to ask you for a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs so this won't kill our businesses and growth prospects. I attach the petition launched by a fellow European citized and small business owner for you to see this will impact thousands of lifes and businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548101_en"}, {"id": 33548096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:24:45", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In qualità di consumatore e conoscente di piccoli artigiani o proprietari di micro-imprese, trovo che l'attuale proposta vada a ledere gravemente il settore, rischiando di distruggere sul nascere le micro-imprese con tariffe insostenibili. Alcuni artigiani hanno già chiuso le loro spedizioni verso l'UE, dirottando quindi i loro commerci verso Paesi al di fuori dell'UE. Ciò inciderebbe quindi sulla loro competitività nel Mercato Unico europeo, dove aziende più grandi e/o già strutturate possono facilmente assorbire i nuovi costi e la nuova burocrazia. Si rende quindi necessario rivedere la proposta, magari includendo esenzioni per micro-imprese, oppure limitandosi a una singola tariffa e un singolo rappresentante validi per tutti i 27 Paesi Membri, anziché obbligare al pagamento della tariffa e all'istituzione del rappresentante per ogni Paese Membro destinatario.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer and acquaintances of small craftsmen or owners of micro-businesses, I find the current proposal to be seriously damaging to the sector, risking destroying micro-businesses at an early stage with unsustainable tariffs. Some craftsmen have already closed their consignments to the EU, thus diverting their trade to countries outside the EU. This would therefore affect their competitiveness in the European Single Market, where larger and/or already structured companies can easily absorb new costs and bureaucracy. It is therefore necessary to revise the proposal, perhaps by including exemptions for micro-enterprises, or by limiting itself to a single tariff and a single representative valid for all 27 Member States, rather than requiring payment of the tariff and the establishment of the representative for each Member State to which it is addressed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548096_en"}, {"id": 33548095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:24:27", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Eline Veldhuisen Illustration", "feedback": "Since free trade is a core principle of the European Union, this new regulation goes directly against everything the EU stands for. As a small business owner, this means I won't be able to ship throughout the entire European Union anymore. We will lose so many small businesses with this regulation, and I feel like this regulation wasn't meant for them. The big corporations do so much more harm regarding waste, and for them these fees are next to nothing, but they will put small businesses out of business. We are asking you to please consider an exemption for micro businesses. I personally ship around 0-10 parcels a year to a few different countries, and the fees in some countries are higher than my profit. It would also be so much more efficient to set up a system that tackles ALL the EU countries, instead of having to sign up and pay different fees for every country. This doesn't feel like what the EU stands for at all. If fees are necessary, set up a system that actually takes the amount of waste into account, instead of choosing a flat fee just to be able to ship to a certain country. Over 20.000 small businesses have signed this petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees", "feedbackEnglish": "Since free trade is a core principle of the European Union, this new regulation goes directly against everything the EU stands for. As a small business owner, this means I won't be able to ship throughout the entire European Union anymore. We will lose so many small businesses with this regulation, and I feel like this regulation wasn't meant for them. The big corporations do so much more harm regarding waste, and for them these fees are next to nothing, but they will put small businesses out of business. We are asking you to please consider an exemption for micro businesses. I personally ship around 0-10 parcels a year to a few different countries, and the fees in some countries are higher than my profit. It would also be so much more efficient to set up a system that tackles ALL the EU countries, instead of having to sign up and pay different fees for every country. This doesn't feel like what the EU stands for at all. If fees are necessary, set up a system that actually takes the amount of waste into account, instead of choosing a flat fee just to be able to ship to a certain country. Over 20.000 small businesses have signed this petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548095_en"}, {"id": 33548094, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:24:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear reader, This law breaks my heart. The past view days my for you pages have been flooded with announcements that (small) artists cant ship outside their home country anymore. Over the past years, I have been attending a lot of anime/comic conventions and my favourite part is always the artist alley. I love supporting individuals who create as their passion. And I think in the products they sell, whether that is paintings, pins, or other goods, you can see that what they create comes from the heart and not from a money driven CEO. Thats why I love to support these artists, by also buying their products online, especially when they live outside my country and I dont see them at conventions regularly. While it is also important for me that we reduce plastic waste and do something for the environment, most artist have similar values and package their goods in paper. As for boxes and plastic wrap, it is often special kinds and not thrown away but instead reused. I really home you can find a way to reduce the cost/burden for small business who operate for their passion instead of massive profits. Regards Laura", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear reader, This law breaks my heart. The past view days my for you pages have been flooded with announcements that (small) artists cant ship outside their home country anymore. Over the past years, I have been attending a lot of anime/comic conventions and my favourite part is always the artist alley. I love supporting individuals who create as their passion. And I think in the products they sell, whether that is paintings, pins, or other goods, you can see that what they create comes from the heart and not from a money driven CEO. Thats why I love to support these artists, by also buying their products online, especially when they live outside my country and I dont see them at conventions regularly. While it is also important for me that we reduce plastic waste and do something for the environment, most artist have similar values and package their goods in paper. As for boxes and plastic wrap, it is often special kinds and not thrown away but instead reused. I really home you can find a way to reduce the cost/burden for small business who operate for their passion instead of massive profits. Regards Laura", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548094_en"}, {"id": 33548093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:24:09", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the founder of a very small, pre-launch demi-fine jewellery business based in Ireland. I support the goals of the PPWR, but I want to raise two concerns from the perspective of a micro-enterprise. First, the current system requires separate registration with a different national authority in each EU member state a business sells into, each with its own fee structure, reporting format, and for non-established sellers its own authorised representative requirement. For a solo founder, this multiplies administrative cost and complexity in a way that is disproportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on each market. I would strongly encourage a harmonised, single-point EU-wide registration mechanism, similar in spirit to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) system, so a small business can register once and report across all member states through a single channel, rather than duplicating registration and fees 27 times over. Second, and related: there is a shortage of EU-based packaging suppliers able to offer PPWR-compliant packaging at price points that are viable for a small business. This is not simply a cost issue for many product categories, compliant options within the EU are genuinely limited. As a result, small producers are often pushed toward non-EU sourcing, or priced out of certain packaging formats altogether. The practical consequence of the current PPWR format is that many micro-enterprises will likely stop selling into other EU member states altogether, rather than absorb the added cost and administrative complexity of compliant packaging plus per-country registration. This runs counter to the regulations own goal of strengthening the Single Market: instead of facilitating trade between member states, the current framework risks causing small businesses to retreat to their home market only a real loss of intra-EU trade and economic activity for the bloc, driven by businesses too small to absorb the compliance burden, not by any lack of willingness to comply. I would be grateful if both points could be considered as part of this review. Thank you for the opportunity to give feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder of a very small, pre-launch demi-fine jewellery business based in Ireland. I support the goals of the PPWR, but I want to raise two concerns from the perspective of a micro-enterprise. First, the current system requires separate registration with a different national authority in each EU member state a business sells into, each with its own fee structure, reporting format, and for non-established sellers its own authorised representative requirement. For a solo founder, this multiplies administrative cost and complexity in a way that is disproportionate to the actual volume of packaging placed on each market. I would strongly encourage a harmonised, single-point EU-wide registration mechanism, similar in spirit to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS) system, so a small business can register once and report across all member states through a single channel, rather than duplicating registration and fees 27 times over. Second, and related: there is a shortage of EU-based packaging suppliers able to offer PPWR-compliant packaging at price points that are viable for a small business. This is not simply a cost issue for many product categories, compliant options within the EU are genuinely limited. As a result, small producers are often pushed toward non-EU sourcing, or priced out of certain packaging formats altogether. The practical consequence of the current PPWR format is that many micro-enterprises will likely stop selling into other EU member states altogether, rather than absorb the added cost and administrative complexity of compliant packaging plus per-country registration. This runs counter to the regulations own goal of strengthening the Single Market: instead of facilitating trade between member states, the current framework risks causing small businesses to retreat to their home market only a real loss of intra-EU trade and economic activity for the bloc, driven by businesses too small to absorb the compliance burden, not by any lack of willingness to comply. I would be grateful if both points could be considered as part of this review. Thank you for the opportunity to give feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548093_en"}, {"id": 33548092, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:20:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Frischemeyer - Die Blumenbinderei", "feedback": "Ich bin eine Einzelhändlerin aus Deutschland mit einem kleinen stationären Ladengeschäft und einem Onlinegeschäft. Ich habe 3 Mitarbeiterinnen und unsere wirtschaftlichen Aussichten für den stationären Einzelhandel sind eher eingetrübt. Das Onlinegeschäft ist für uns ein weiteres Standbein, um geschäftsfähig zu bleiben. Da wir Floristik verschicken und just in time produzieren, können wir den Versand in EU Länder weder planen noch die Registrierungslizenzen irgendwie in unsere Preise einkalkulieren. Einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen für jedes EU Mitgliedsland sprengt ebenso unsere Möglichkeiten. Ich möchte Sie bitten, diese Verordnung zu überdenken und eine Bagatellgrenze für kleine Unternehmen einzurichten, die ohne größeren Verwaltungsaufwand durch uns (keine Anträge, keine Formulare) genutzt werden kann. Nur die Auflistung der Verkäufe in die EU und die Bestätigung durch Unterschrift, dass man unter einem Warenumsatz X geblieben ist. Bitte machen Sie es den kleinen Unternehmen nicht so schwer, denn durch uns leben die Städte, die Märkte. Wir sind die Vielfalt um die uns manche Länder beneiden. Die großen Ketten juckt die Verordnung nicht, für uns ist sie existenzbedrohend.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a retailer from Germany with a small brick-and-mortar shop and an online shop. I have 3 employees and our economic prospects for the stationary retail sector are rather bleak. Online business is another way for us to remain in business. As we send floristics and produce just in time, we cannot plan to send them to EU countries, nor can we include the registration licences in any way in our prices. Appointing a plenipotentiary for each EU Member State is also beyond our means. I would like to ask you to reconsider this Regulation and to establish a de minimis threshold for small businesses that can be used without any major administrative burden on us (no applications, no forms). Only the listing of sales to the EU and the confirmation by signature that you have stayed below a sales of goods X. Please don't make it so difficult for small businesses, because the cities, the markets, live through us. We are envied by the diversity that some countries enlighten us. The big chains do not overturn the regulation, which threatens our very existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548092_en"}, {"id": 33548091, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:20:34", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent jewelry designer and I strongly support environmental responsibility. What I cannot support is regulation that places a completely disproportionate administrative and financial burden on the smallest businesses in Europe. A micro-business sending only a handful of parcels per year to another EU country should not have to navigate separate registrations, reporting systems, fees and administrative requirements simply to sell a handmade product to a European customer. For a large corporation, these obligations are another line in the compliance budget. For an independent maker, artist or micro-business, they can be the reason to stop selling across borders altogether. This creates a deeply troubling contradiction: in the name of sustainability, Europe risks pushing out small-scale, local and independent producers while strengthening the position of large corporations that have the resources to absorb endless bureaucracy. Is this really the European market we want to create? Small businesses are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are asking for proportionality. There must be a realistic EU-wide exemption or simplified system for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging, instead of forcing the smallest producers to navigate multiple national systems. Please listen to the thousands of independent makers, artists and small businesses affected by these rules. Europe should make it possible for small businesses to trade across its borders not make us afraid to receive an order from another EU country.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent jewelry designer and I strongly support environmental responsibility. What I cannot support is regulation that places a completely disproportionate administrative and financial burden on the smallest businesses in Europe. A micro-business sending only a handful of parcels per year to another EU country should not have to navigate separate registrations, reporting systems, fees and administrative requirements simply to sell a handmade product to a European customer. For a large corporation, these obligations are another line in the compliance budget. For an independent maker, artist or micro-business, they can be the reason to stop selling across borders altogether. This creates a deeply troubling contradiction: in the name of sustainability, Europe risks pushing out small-scale, local and independent producers while strengthening the position of large corporations that have the resources to absorb endless bureaucracy. Is this really the European market we want to create? Small businesses are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are asking for proportionality. There must be a realistic EU-wide exemption or simplified system for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging, instead of forcing the smallest producers to navigate multiple national systems. Please listen to the thousands of independent makers, artists and small businesses affected by these rules. Europe should make it possible for small businesses to trade across its borders not make us afraid to receive an order from another EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548091_en"}, {"id": 33548090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:20:17", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absolutely ridiculous. How is this supporting anyone outside of big corporations? Amazon can afford to pay these fees, but most companies can't! Small businesses will go bankrupt because they no longer can sell within the EU! This doesn't just apply to businesses outside of the EU; even European small businesses will go BANKRUPT because they can't afford these fees and taxes. Living within the EU should mean unity and freedom of access and purchase and, instead, the European Union is sinking it's own businesses and just giving more chances for Amazon and other big companies to build an empire. Please rethink this and make small businesses within the EU exempt from this!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely ridiculous. How is this supporting anyone outside of big corporations? Amazon can afford to pay these fees, but most companies can't! Small businesses will go bankrupt because they no longer can sell within the EU! This doesn't just apply to businesses outside of the EU; even European small businesses will go BANKRUPT because they can't afford these fees and taxes. Living within the EU should mean unity and freedom of access and purchase and, instead, the European Union is sinking it's own businesses and just giving more chances for Amazon and other big companies to build an empire. Please rethink this and make small businesses within the EU exempt from this!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548090_en"}, {"id": 33548089, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:19:24", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Catarina Ferreira Atelier", "feedback": "As a small independent business based in Portugal, I fully support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging. However, the implementation of the PPWR risks creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses and independent creators who sell and ship products in small quantities. A small business sending a limited number of parcels should not face the same level of complexity and compliance costs as a large multinational company operating at scale. These additional obligations can make cross-border e-commerce financially unviable for small businesses and may ultimately reduce the diversity and competitiveness of the European small-business ecosystem. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce proportionate requirements, meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, and affordable EU-wide solutions for packaging producer responsibility. Environmental sustainability should not come at the cost of making small, independent businesses unable to operate. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR genuinely considers the realities of micro and small businesses across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent business based in Portugal, I fully support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging. However, the implementation of the PPWR risks creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses and independent creators who sell and ship products in small quantities. A small business sending a limited number of parcels should not face the same level of complexity and compliance costs as a large multinational company operating at scale. These additional obligations can make cross-border e-commerce financially unviable for small businesses and may ultimately reduce the diversity and competitiveness of the European small-business ecosystem. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce proportionate requirements, meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, and affordable EU-wide solutions for packaging producer responsibility. Environmental sustainability should not come at the cost of making small, independent businesses unable to operate. Please ensure that the implementation of the PPWR genuinely considers the realities of micro and small businesses across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548089_en"}, {"id": 33548088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:17:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "El Dorado ", "feedback": "I wonder why the EU is working on this for such a long time without considering small businesses. It will create chaos and uproar (and who wants that?) Thousands of small independents will go down and the potential buyers do not even understand yet that they won't be able to buy anymore! WE ARE EUROPEANS AND THE EU PUSHES US TO STOP SELLING IN EUROPE ?? The law was made by people who do obviousely not consider the middle class at all. Amazon probably produces more packaging waste than all of us combined. I \"produce\" 15 Kilos of paper envelopes/cardboard a year for recycling and find myself next to huge corporations who produce tons, for them the new regulations are just a little annoyance - for us losing everything! We can't meet this requirements...how? If someone sells for 6000.- a year to the EU for instance... Give people who only ship a few dozen packages a year or whatever a chance to survive. Only the big ones will benefit. It will make Life also less worth living and less colorful: artists, collectors, memorabilia, books, spare sparts, music... an endless row of non-mass products offered by dedicated and specialized sellers that will never again cross the borders. The headwind will become stronger every day, there's still time to consider us small dealers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I wonder why the EU is working on this for such a long time without considering small businesses. It will create chaos and uproar (and who wants that?) Thousands of small independents will go down and the potential buyers do not even understand yet that they won't be able to buy anymore! WE ARE EUROPEANS AND THE EU PUSHES US TO STOP SELLING IN EUROPE ?? The law was made by people who do obviousely not consider the middle class at all. Amazon probably produces more packaging waste than all of us combined. I \"produce\" 15 Kilos of paper envelopes/cardboard a year for recycling and find myself next to huge corporations who produce tons, for them the new regulations are just a little annoyance - for us losing everything! We can't meet this requirements...how? If someone sells for 6000.- a year to the EU for instance... Give people who only ship a few dozen packages a year or whatever a chance to survive. Only the big ones will benefit. It will make Life also less worth living and less colorful: artists, collectors, memorabilia, books, spare sparts, music... an endless row of non-mass products offered by dedicated and specialized sellers that will never again cross the borders. The headwind will become stronger every day, there's still time to consider us small dealers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548088_en"}, {"id": 33548083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:14:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, das neue Verpackungsgesetz basiert grundlegend auf einem guten Gedanken: Ich spreche mich dafür aus, Händler:innen in die Verantwortung zu ziehen, wenn es um das recyceln der von ihnen in Umlauf gebrachten Verpackungen geht. Dennoch gibt es ein Aber: Als Kleinunternehmerin ist es für mich vor allem finanziell nicht darstellbar, mich in jedem EU-Land entsprechend zu registrieren und die damit zusammenhängenden Gebühren zu bezahlen. Ich verkaufe meine Produkte vorrangig auf Etsy und kann kaum abschätzen, wieviele Sendungen ich in einzelne EU-Länder verschicken werde. Im Umkehrschluss bedeutet das: In den meisten Fällen werden die Gebühren, die ich laut dem neuen Gesetz in jedem einzelnen EU-Land bezahlen muss, meine Gewinne mit entsprechenden Verkäufen weitaus übersteigen. Das neue Gesetz führt dazu, dass es sich für mich finanziell nicht mehr lohnt, in jedes einzelne EU-Land zu verkaufen. Damit enttäusche ich nicht nur zukünftige Kund:innen, sondern verliere auch potenzielle Gewinne. Ich bitte Sie eindringlich, das neue Gesetz mit Regelungen für Kleinunternehmer:innen zu ergänzen, um den EU-weiten Handel und Verkauf von Waren weiterhin finanziell einträglich zu gestalten. Das neue Gesetz Stand jetzt reißt unzähligen kleinen Unternehmen den Boden unter den Füßen weg: finanziell und bürokratisch. Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre Zeit und Aufmerksamkeit. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Charlotte Reppenhagen von honnet ceramics etc", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the new Packaging Act is fundamentally based on a good idea: I am in favour of holding traders accountable when it comes to recycling the packaging they put into circulation. However, there is one thing: As a small businessman, it is not possible for me, above all financially, to register me accordingly in each EU country and pay the associated fees. I sell my products primarily on Etsy and can hardly estimate how many consignments I will send to individual EU countries. A contrario, this means: In most cases, the fees I have to pay in each EU country under the new law will far exceed my profits with corresponding sales. The new law means that it is no longer financially worthwhile for me to sell to every single EU country. This not only disappoints future customers, but also deprives them of potential gains. I would urge you to supplement the new law with rules for small businesses in order to keep the EU-wide trade and sale of goods financially profitable. The new law as it stands is breaking the ground under the feet of countless small businesses: financially and bureaucratically. Thank you for your time and attention. (Complimentary close) Charlotte Reppenhagen of honnet ceramics, etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548083_en"}, {"id": 33548082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:14:02", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Per quanto il pensiero di base sia corretto e si origini con una idealità che tiene in mente la salvaguardia dell'ambiente in un mondo consumista e non curante; sono dell'idea che una azione tanto \"drammatica\" vada di contraccolpo a mettere in una posizione di svantaggio molti dei piccoli imprenditori presenti nel territorio. Per \"combattere\" il monopolio di vendite in con cui interagiamo volenti o nolenti negli ultimi anni, tento spesso di comprare da \"piccoli\" o \"medi\" imprenditori presenti in europa. Questo anche con l'obbiettivo di evitare di comprare ad una qualità più scarsa oltre oceano. Questi miei movimenti vorrebbero però vanificati nel momento in cui questi imprenditori europei non abbiano la possibilità monetaria di vendere oltre la loro nazione; costringendo perciò me a comprare da gli unici venditori ancora presenti ovvero oltre oceano, sacrificando la qualità, o andando a pagare cifre delle volte poco accessibili...", "feedbackEnglish": "Although basic thinking is correct and stems from an ideality that keeps in mind the preservation of the environment in a consumerist and non-curative world; I believe that such a “dramatic” action will put many of the small entrepreneurs in the area at a disadvantage. In order to ‘fight’ the sales monopoly with which we have been dealing in recent years, I often try to buy from ‘small’ or ‘medium-sized’ entrepreneurs present in Europe. This is also with the aim of avoiding buying at a lower quality outside the ocean. However, these movements would like to be thwarted when these European entrepreneurs do not have the monetary possibility to sell beyond their own nation; this has forced me to buy from the only sellers still present, i.e. from outside the ocean, sacrificing quality, or paying for figures that are sometimes inaccessible...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548082_en"}, {"id": 33548081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:13:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Kunsthandwerker, der seine Produkte mit viel Zeit, Sorgfalt und persönlichem Einsatz selbst herstellt und überwiegend an Privatpersonen versendet, stellt diese Regelung für mich eine erhebliche zusätzliche Belastung dar. Im schlimmsten Fall bedeutet sie das Ende meiner Lieferungen an Kundinnen und Kunden innerhalb der EU. Gerade kleine Kunsthandwerksbetriebe und selbstständige Kreative stehen bereits heute unter enormem wirtschaftlichem Druck. Internationale Handelsplattformen wie Temu und vergleichbare Anbieter überschwemmen den europäischen Markt mit industriell gefertigten Billigprodukten und machen es kleinen Unternehmen zunehmend schwer, mit individuell und oftmals in Handarbeit hergestellten Waren wirtschaftlich zu bestehen. Zusätzliche bürokratische Hürden und Kosten treffen dabei ausgerechnet diejenigen besonders hart, die weder über eigene Rechtsabteilungen noch über die finanziellen und personellen Ressourcen großer Unternehmen verfügen. Was für einen internationalen Konzern lediglich einen weiteren administrativen Prozess darstellt, kann für einen kleinen Kunsthandwerksbetrieb darüber entscheiden, ob sich der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder überhaupt noch lohnt. Die Europäische Union sollte den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen, Kunsthandwerker und Selbstständige erleichtern und nicht durch weitere unverhältnismäßige Anforderungen erschweren. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte auch für die Kleinsten zugänglich bleiben. Kleine Betriebe brauchen faire Rahmenbedingungen und weniger Bürokratie nicht noch eine weitere Hürde im ohnehin schwierigen Wettbewerb mit globalen Billigplattformen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a craftsman who produces his products himself with a great deal of time, care and personal effort and sends them mainly to private individuals, this arrangement imposes a considerable additional burden on me. In the worst case scenario, it means the end of my deliveries to customers within the EU. Small handicraft businesses and self-employed creators in particular are already under enormous economic pressure. International trading platforms such as Temu and similar suppliers flood the European market with low-cost industrial products and make it increasingly difficult for small businesses to compete economically with individually produced goods, often by hand. Additional bureaucratic hurdles and costs are particularly acute for those who do not have their own legal departments or the financial and human resources of large companies. What is just another administrative process for an international group can determine for a small handicraft company whether selling to other EU countries is still worthwhile. The European Union should facilitate cross-border trade for small businesses, craftsmen and the self-employed and should not be hampered by further disproportionate requirements. The European single market should remain accessible to the smallest. Small businesses do not need a level playing field and less bureaucracy to face another hurdle in the already difficult competition with global low-cost platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548081_en"}, {"id": 33548080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:13:12", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While holding corporations to task on environmental issues is great, this implementation instead creates a minor nuisance at best to big corporations, while preventing small businesses or individuals from being able to participate in a free market within the EU thanks to prohibitive legal and administrative costs. It's easy for a big company's many departments to handle the administrative overhead added by this notion, and the deep pockets to support said activities and extra costs, but small businesses or individuals simply cannot support this. Please do not go ahead with this. This will deeply impact all sorts of hobbyists, craftspeople and artists all over Europe and have damaging consequences to our wonderful continent and countries' cultural footprint.", "feedbackEnglish": "While holding corporations to task on environmental issues is great, this implementation instead creates a minor nuisance at best to big corporations, while preventing small businesses or individuals from being able to participate in a free market within the EU thanks to prohibitive legal and administrative costs. It's easy for a big company's many departments to handle the administrative overhead added by this notion, and the deep pockets to support said activities and extra costs, but small businesses or individuals simply cannot support this. Please do not go ahead with this. This will deeply impact all sorts of hobbyists, craftspeople and artists all over Europe and have damaging consequences to our wonderful continent and countries' cultural footprint.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548080_en"}, {"id": 33548079, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:11:41", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro business owner, this really impacts my ability to operate business within EU. What's the point of having a union if one of the first and basic ideas for its setup has been abandoned? Free trade across EU should be the norm.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner, this really impacts my ability to operate business within EU. What's the point of having a union if one of the first and basic ideas for its setup has been abandoned? Free trade across EU should be the norm.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548079_en"}, {"id": 33548078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:11:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "Eigentlich war das eine gute Sache: Ich konnte auch als kleines Geschäft ohne Probleme in alle Länder der EU versendet - \"einfach so\". Das ist es eigentlich, für was die EU für mich steht. Jetzt lohnt sich der Aufwand nicht mehr, wir haben daher unseren Versand auf Deutschland beschränkt. Ergebnis: Die Kunden aus anderen EU-Länder sind nun auf die EU wütend. Vermutlich muss man sich deshalb nicht über eine gewisse Anti-EU-Stimmung wundern. Ich sehe den guten Gedanken hinter der Verpackungsverordnung, aber warum können z.B. nicht einfach die Hersteller bzw. Importeure der Verpackungen das Recycling mit einpreisen? Warum gibt es nicht ein \"großes\" Recycling-System in der gesamten EU statt dass jedes Land sein eigenes Ding macht?", "feedbackEnglish": "In fact, it was a good thing: I was also able to send a small shop to all EU countries without any problems – ‘just like this’. That’s what the EU stands for. Now the effort is no longer worthwhile, so we have limited our dispatch to Germany. Outcome: Customers from other EU countries are now angry with the EU. Presumably, therefore, one does not have to be surprised by a certain anti-EU sentiment. I see the good idea behind the Packaging Regulation, but why, for example, can manufacturers/importers of packaging not simply price recycling? Why is there not a ‘big’ recycling system across the EU instead of each country doing its own thing?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548078_en"}, {"id": 33548077, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:11:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Self employed costume maker", "feedback": "Ich schreibe wegen Der neuen PPWR Regelung. Diese Regelung ist ein wunderbarer und wichtiger Schritt in Richtung weniger Müll und Mehr Nachhaltigkeit. Leider haben Sie meiner Meinung nach und auch Der Meinung vieler selbstständiger Künstler/innen das Ziel verfehlt. Durch diesel neue Regelung vernichten sie den Lebensunterhalt Der meistens Klein und Mikrounternehmen in Europa. Es ist Uns finanziell nicht möglich die benötigten Lizensen in jeden Land zu zahlen. Und dabei bringen viele Von Uns wenig bis gar keine Neuverpackung in den Umlauf. Ich zum Beispiel nutze ausnahmslos resicelde Pappverpackung und packedlediglich die einzelnrn Kostümteile in neue Folien verpackung ein. Dadurch verbrauche ich Im Jahr unter 500 g neue Verpackung. Es ist absolutel unverhältnissmäsig, dass nun Unternehmen Wie ich, für jedes EU Land unverhältnissmäsig viel Geld zahlen muss, um meine Kostüme zu verschicken. Dafür gibt es bessere Lösungen die die Nachhaltigkeit verbessern ohne unseren Lebensunterhalt weg zu nehmen. Großen Unternehmen, welche den Großteil des Mülls verursachen macht die Regelung nichts aus, Aber wenn ich ähnlich viel jährlich ausgeben muss um zu verschicken, wie ich Im Jahr verdiene ist irgendwas in Ihren Diskussionen falsch gelaufen Oder Ihnen ist einfach die Vielfalt Der Künstler und Der Kunst in Europa egal. Eine weitere Erklärung fällt mir zu dieser unproportional ausgerichteten Regelung leider nicht ein.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing about the new PPWR rules. This scheme is a wonderful and important step towards less waste and more sustainability. Unfortunately, in my opinion and in the opinion of many self-employed artists, you have missed the target. As a result of this new regulation, they are destroying the livelihoods of mostly small and micro-enterprises in Europe. It is not financially possible for us to pay for the necessary licences in every country. And many of us are putting little to no new packaging into circulation. For example, I use resictive cardboard packaging without exception and only use the individual pieces of costume in new film packaging. As a result, I consume less than 500 g of new packaging per year. It is disproportionate that companies like me now have to pay a disproportionate amount of money for each EU country to send my costumes. For this, there are better solutions that improve sustainability without sacrificing our livelihoods. Large companies, which generate the bulk of the waste, are not affected by the regulation, but if I have to spend a similar amount per year to send out, as I earn in the year, some things went wrong in your discussions or you simply don’t care about the diversity of the artists and the arts in Europe. Unfortunately, I do not have any further explanation for this disproportionate rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548077_en"}, {"id": 33548076, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:11:14", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Olen huolissani, että tämä säännöstö ei huomioi pienyrittäjien ja toiminimien taakkaa ja kohtelee heitä samalla viivalla kuin suuryrityksiä, ts. tukahduttaa ja estää heidän liiketoiminnan.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that this code does not take into account the burden on small entrepreneurs and trade names and treats them on the same footing as large companies, i.e. suppressing and blocking their business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548076_en"}, {"id": 33548075, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:10:59", "country": "LUX", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "bitte schließt die klein Unternehmen aus dieswr Regelung aus. Die haben es schon schwer genug mit allen Regeln und Vorschriften und benötigen nicht noch, dass sie aich in jedem Land registrieren müssen um Pakete zu versenden. So stirbt ein Teil der Kunst und Kultur, die man durch kaufen kleiner Einzelstücke erhalten konnte. Oft findez man so kleine Unikate, die viel besonderer sind als Amazonfunde. Es benötigt eher meng Gesetze und Forderungen gegen Temu, Wish und Shein, welche definitiv sehr schlechte und negative Werte und kaum Rechte vertreten, also kleine Unternehmen die mit Herzblut und viel Kreativität ihre handgefertigen Stücke und Kunst verkaufen. Danke fürs Lesen des Feedbacks", "feedbackEnglish": "please exclude small enterprises from this scheme. They are already struggling with all the rules and regulations and do not need to register in every country to send parcels. For example, some of the arts and culture that could be preserved by buying small individual pieces dies. They often find such small catastrophes, which are much more special than Amazon findings. It needs rather Meng laws and demands against Temu, Wish and Shein, which definitely have very poor and negative values and barely any rights, i.e. small companies selling their handmade pieces and art with heart blood and much creativity. Thank you for reading the feedback", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548075_en"}, {"id": 33548074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:10:33", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist", "feedback": "This is an absolute destruction of what the EU stood for, being an open trade amongst countries. You have effectively ruined not only the art community by destroying any chance for any small artist to sell their art as prints and other handmade goods. But you have effectively ruined any and all independent businesses who are already environmentally conscious. The only business who can afford these atrocious fees, are the big fast fashions and exploitive corporations like Amazon, who are the leading cause of waste! This does nothing, these big stores will continue as they always have creating the astronomically large environmental issues, while destroying independent businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an absolute destruction of what the EU stood for, being an open trade amongst countries. You have effectively ruined not only the art community by destroying any chance for any small artist to sell their art as prints and other handmade goods. But you have effectively ruined any and all independent businesses who are already environmentally conscious. The only business who can afford these atrocious fees, are the big fast fashions and exploitive corporations like Amazon, who are the leading cause of waste! This does nothing, these big stores will continue as they always have creating the astronomically large environmental issues, while destroying independent businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548074_en"}, {"id": 33548047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:09:37", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the sentiment behind these rules, but for small creators and people who buy from small creators this is a disaster. I have been setting up a small shop for handmade art and have had to put this on hold because there is no way I can afford these fees. I also buy a lot of art and handmade items from small creators. I have always favoured creators within the EU, but now many of them can no longer ship to me (netherlands) because they cannot afford hundreds of euros in fees for my single order. This initiative is going to kill many small creators and artists. Without a minimum and/or some form of bracketed scaling, the net effect will be that the only retailers left will be the large retailers. Please reconsider this!", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the sentiment behind these rules, but for small creators and people who buy from small creators this is a disaster. I have been setting up a small shop for handmade art and have had to put this on hold because there is no way I can afford these fees. I also buy a lot of art and handmade items from small creators. I have always favoured creators within the EU, but now many of them can no longer ship to me (netherlands) because they cannot afford hundreds of euros in fees for my single order. This initiative is going to kill many small creators and artists. Without a minimum and/or some form of bracketed scaling, the net effect will be that the only retailers left will be the large retailers. Please reconsider this!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548047_en"}, {"id": 33548073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:08:49", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU This regulation will end up hurting businesses of all sizes. The circle of small producers who end up co-creating the entire web of european products will end up in ruin, hurting the entire economy of the EU zone. I suggest the creation of an unified portal for these services and mandating them to be free to register for. Unless this is done it destroys the free trade union we currently have", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU This regulation will end up hurting businesses of all sizes. The circle of small producers who end up co-creating the entire web of european products will end up in ruin, hurting the entire economy of the EU zone. I suggest the creation of an unified portal for these services and mandating them to be free to register for. Unless this is done it destroys the free trade union we currently have", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548073_en"}, {"id": 33548072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:08:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es müssen extra Regelungen für kleine Unternehmen gelten- viele Künstler die ihre Kunst verkaufen, können mit den teueren neuen Maßnahmen nicht mithalten. Viele haben bereits eine Schließung angekündigt, sollten diese Regelungen für kleine Unternehmen nicht geändert werden. Dies ist ein schwerer Verlust für unabhängige Kunst und die Kultur Europas und muss DRINGEND überdacht werden. Die könnte das Problem von Massenware und Monopolisierung zu ganz neuen Höhen bringen!", "feedbackEnglish": "There must be extra rules for small businesses – many artists selling their art cannot keep up with the expensive new measures. Many have already announced a closure if these rules are not changed for small businesses. This is a serious loss for independent art and European culture and needs to be rethought with urgencies. This could bring the problem of mass-produced goods and monopolisation to new heights!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548072_en"}, {"id": 33548071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:08:26", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current proposals for the packaging and waste rules will disproportionally affect small business While it is incredibly important that large producers of waste such as Amazon should be held accountable for the waste the being brought into the EU, the current guidelines are a death sentence for small business, in particular artists and makers of heritage crafts. It is simply not feasible for small businesses to absorb the costs for appointed authorised representatives in all 27 member countries when there is no guarantee orders will even come from said countries. To require them to do this will have disastrous effects on products available to EU citizens making us more reliant on large companies like Amazon as anyone smaller simply will cease shipping To reiterate, holding large producers of waste accountable is a noble goal but it cannot come at the cost of the livelihood of businesses and artisans who undoubtably provide so much cultural value to their countries", "feedbackEnglish": "The current proposals for the packaging and waste rules will disproportionally affect small business While it is incredibly important that large producers of waste such as Amazon should be held accountable for the waste the being brought into the EU, the current guidelines are a death sentence for small business, in particular artists and makers of heritage crafts. It is simply not feasible for small businesses to absorb the costs for appointed authorised representatives in all 27 member countries when there is no guarantee orders will even come from said countries. To require them to do this will have disastrous effects on products available to EU citizens making us more reliant on large companies like Amazon as anyone smaller simply will cease shipping To reiterate, holding large producers of waste accountable is a noble goal but it cannot come at the cost of the livelihood of businesses and artisans who undoubtably provide so much cultural value to their countries", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548071_en"}, {"id": 33548070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:08:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a makeup consumer, I find it completely ridiculous that now some of the brands I want to shop from cannot ship to the UK or EU without paying fees. Fees which will increase the cost of goods for me, as a consumer. Fees which small indie brands cannot afford paying, especially as they require a different permit for every country. What packaging waste? I already pay an insane amount of money to my local council to have my recycling collected. My packaging is my problem. My waste is my problem. I find it more convenient to have stuff delivered to my door than to go out to the shops. A lot of the stuff I buy online cannot be found out in the world. I already pay for this waste to be dealt with. Why do I have to incur higher fees because of this? Its not like countries will use this money for a specific purpose - like creating more jobs, such as waste collection. No. This will just go to Ukraine or other humanitarian nonsense that the people are sick of paying for anyway.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a makeup consumer, I find it completely ridiculous that now some of the brands I want to shop from cannot ship to the UK or EU without paying fees. Fees which will increase the cost of goods for me, as a consumer. Fees which small indie brands cannot afford paying, especially as they require a different permit for every country. What packaging waste? I already pay an insane amount of money to my local council to have my recycling collected. My packaging is my problem. My waste is my problem. I find it more convenient to have stuff delivered to my door than to go out to the shops. A lot of the stuff I buy online cannot be found out in the world. I already pay for this waste to be dealt with. Why do I have to incur higher fees because of this? Its not like countries will use this money for a specific purpose - like creating more jobs, such as waste collection. No. This will just go to Ukraine or other humanitarian nonsense that the people are sick of paying for anyway.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548070_en"}, {"id": 33548069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:08:11", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ambachtsman", "feedback": "Dag, ik denk dat dit een onmogelijke regeling wordt voor kleine ambachtslui, de verpakking recycleerbaar is geen probleem, maar extra betalen om naar andere landen binnen Europa te sturen is een beetje teveel, ikzelf als ambachtsman heb max 2 bestellingen per jaar vanuit Frankrijk en daar moet ik dan als belgisch ambachtsman 80/jaar voor betalen, dit betekent dat de open grenzen binnen Europa dichtgaan voor ambachtslui met een webshop", "feedbackEnglish": "Day, I think this will be an impossible scheme for small craftsmen, the packaging is not a problem, but paying extra to send to other countries in Europe is a bit too much, I myself as a craftsman have up to 2 orders per year from France and then I have to pay 80/jaar as a Belgian craftsman, this means that the open borders within Europe are closed for craftsmen with a web shop", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548069_en"}, {"id": 33548068, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:08:06", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This should absolutely been regulated for small inside EU countries! This new rule is going to destroy all small businesses and its absolutely against European free circulation of packages inside the EU countries", "feedbackEnglish": "This should absolutely been regulated for small inside EU countries! This new rule is going to destroy all small businesses and its absolutely against European free circulation of packages inside the EU countries", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548068_en"}, {"id": 33548067, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:06:15", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello i am samall crafter from Portugal, and even if I don't send many things to the other countries, somevtimes it happens. We are already dealing with all the things that makes the prices to rise and now, also this . From my part i even know how to proceed as i use boxes from other things i recieve, and that people saved for me. Also making inscriptions and payng huge amounts in each country is not a doable thing, we also almost don't have time to do our art because of the burocracy. So i hope that you take our plea in consideration and help us solve this problem, Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello i am samall crafter from Portugal, and even if I don't send many things to the other countries, somevtimes it happens. We are already dealing with all the things that makes the prices to rise and now, also this . From my part i even know how to proceed as i use boxes from other things i recieve, and that people saved for me. Also making inscriptions and payng huge amounts in each country is not a doable thing, we also almost don't have time to do our art because of the burocracy. So i hope that you take our plea in consideration and help us solve this problem, Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548067_en"}, {"id": 33548063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:05:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new packaging law impacts small and micro businesses disproportionately and makes it impossible for them to sell their goods in the EU. I cant order from any small business that isnt located in the country where I live and that is disappointing. So the only option left is to order from big businesses like Amazon who can pay the fees instead of climate neutral small businesses. Small and micro businesses neither have the money to pay the fees nor can they afford legal representation. They have to be exempt of this law. If the promise of this law was to target bigger businesses and their wasteful shipping practices, it tremendously failed.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new packaging law impacts small and micro businesses disproportionately and makes it impossible for them to sell their goods in the EU. I cant order from any small business that isnt located in the country where I live and that is disappointing. So the only option left is to order from big businesses like Amazon who can pay the fees instead of climate neutral small businesses. Small and micro businesses neither have the money to pay the fees nor can they afford legal representation. They have to be exempt of this law. If the promise of this law was to target bigger businesses and their wasteful shipping practices, it tremendously failed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548063_en"}, {"id": 33548059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:04:59", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "One of the core principles of the European Union is the free movement of goods, which is completely broken by these packaging rules. For a micro-enterprise or an independent artisan, having to pay a fixed flat rate of 80 euros per year in Franceeven for shipping just one single itemis absolutely disproportionate. There is no minimum threshold. It is impossible to handle this bureaucracy and financial expense for 27 different EU countries when we do not even know where customers will buy from. If someone from a specific country buys only one print or keyring a year, the cost of the registration completely wipes out any profit. This policy destroys small creative businesses and blocks cross-border trade for small creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "One of the core principles of the European Union is the free movement of goods, which is completely broken by these packaging rules. For a micro-enterprise or an independent artisan, having to pay a fixed flat rate of 80 euros per year in Franceeven for shipping just one single itemis absolutely disproportionate. There is no minimum threshold. It is impossible to handle this bureaucracy and financial expense for 27 different EU countries when we do not even know where customers will buy from. If someone from a specific country buys only one print or keyring a year, the cost of the registration completely wipes out any profit. This policy destroys small creative businesses and blocks cross-border trade for small creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548059_en"}, {"id": 33548058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:04:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer and customer of many different small business all across Europe, I am negatively affected by this law. I want to support real, physical products made by real human beings, for example art, music, crafts, etc. Many artists have now stopped selling to other European countries but their own, which is not only an inconvenience to me personally, but also a hinderence to inner European trade. I want to be able to support the entire supply chain, both artists, producers and suppliers from Europe. Please, reconsider this law and its consequences to small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer and customer of many different small business all across Europe, I am negatively affected by this law. I want to support real, physical products made by real human beings, for example art, music, crafts, etc. Many artists have now stopped selling to other European countries but their own, which is not only an inconvenience to me personally, but also a hinderence to inner European trade. I want to be able to support the entire supply chain, both artists, producers and suppliers from Europe. Please, reconsider this law and its consequences to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548058_en"}, {"id": 33548057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:04:40", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette mesure va tuer toutes les petites entreprises et les petits créateurs. Déjà qu'avec les soucis et les blocages pour envoyer aux USA ils sont très limités, vous allez juste voir fermer des centaines voir des milliers d'entreprises. Le taux de chômage est catastrophique en France, n'empêchez pas les gens de vivre de leur passion ! Beaucoup de personnes que je connais pense déjà à l' après cette mesure et ce n'est pas joli. A long terme, les grosses entreprises pourraient également être impacter et réduire leur personnel juste pour parvenir à couvrir les frais d'envoi d'une machine par exemple. En temps qu'employée d'une entreprise qui propose des services de formations, cela ralentira grandement notre travail car les entreprises ne pourront pas recevoir leur machines de découpe (laser,plasma etc...) à cause de tarifs aberrants lors de l'envoi.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill all small businesses and creators. Already with very limited concerns and blockages to send to the US, you are just going to see hundreds of thousands of companies shut down. The unemployment rate is catastrophic in France and does not prevent people from living their passion! A lot of people I already know think about after this measure and it’s not nice. In the long term, large companies could also have an impact and reduce their staff just to be able to cover the costs of sending a machine, for example. As an employee of a company that offers training services, this will greatly slow down our work because companies will not be able to receive their cutting machines (laser, plasma, etc.) because of aberrant prices when sending them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548057_en"}, {"id": 33548056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:03:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nicht nur vernichtet die neue Verpackungsverordnung kleine und Kleinstbetriebe, welche von Ihren Kunden abhängig sind, egal ob im eigenen Land oder europäischen Ausland, sondern wo bleibt der ehemalige Gründungsgedanke der EU? Ein gemeinsames Miteinander, nicht ein staatliches Gegeneinander. Wieder einmal schafft es die große Politik, Ihre Probleme auf die Kleinsten abzuwälzen. Klein- und Kleinstbetriebe werden für die großen geopfert. Für mich als Endverbraucher bedeutet das i.A., dass ich meinen eigenen mit 2 Angestellten demnächst vorübergehend schließen und kündigen muss, da ich davon abhängig bin, im EU-Ausland Material zu bestellen. Material, welches von verschiedenen Kleinbetrieben in liebevoller Handarbeit und einer Qualität hergestellt wird, welches mir kein großer industrieller Konzern liefern kann.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not only does the new Packaging Regulation destroy small and micro-enterprises that depend on your customers, whether in their own country or in other European countries, but where does the EU’s former founding idea remain? Together, not state-to-state. Once again, the big policy makes it possible to pass on your problems to the smallest. Small and micro-enterprises are sacrificed for the big ones. For me, as a final consumer, this means that I will soon have to temporarily close and resign my own two employees, as I am dependent on ordering material in another EU country. Material produced by various small businesses in a pleasant handwork and of a quality that cannot be supplied to me by a large industrial group.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548056_en"}, {"id": 33548055, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:03:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner based in Germany, I generally support the goal of harmonising packaging rules across the European Union. Clear and consistent regulations can make cross-border trade easier and can help ensure that packaging waste is properly accounted for. However, I am concerned that the proposed requirements for producer registration and reporting could place a disproportionate burden on small businesses and micro-enterprises. My business already participates in the required packaging licensing system in Germany. Although my actual packaging volume and the corresponding licensing cost would amount to only around 4 per year, the system effectively requires me to purchase the minimum licence package, costing approximately 36 per year. For a small business, this difference is significant. The problem becomes even greater when selling internationally. If similar registration, licensing, reporting or producer-responsibility requirements have to be fulfilled separately in different EU countries, a small business can quickly end up dealing with multiple registrations, schemes, fees and administrative obligations simply because it wants to sell its products across European borders. This creates an unfortunate contradiction: the EU aims to facilitate the Single Market and encourage small businesses to grow internationally, while increasingly complex national compliance requirements can make that growth considerably more difficult. For a large corporation, an additional 30100 in annual fees or the administrative work associated with another reporting system may be negligible. For a micro-business, however, every recurring cost matters. Money spent on overlapping licences, minimum fees, registrations and compliance administration is money that cannot be invested in product development, better equipment, sustainable materials, marketing, or simply keeping prices affordable for customers. Sustainability should also be recognised I also believe that the system should better recognise the actual environmental practices of individual businesses. In my own business, I actively try to reduce the environmental impact of my packaging. I use recycled materials where possible, choose materials that are easy to recycle, and, where practical, use packaging that can be returned to me and reused rather than becoming single-use waste. This creates an additional concern when comparing small businesses that actively try to minimise packaging waste with businesses that rely heavily on plastic or other difficult-to-recycle materials, particularly where those businesses do not offer any meaningful return or reuse system. I understand that packaging legislation needs clear and measurable standards, and I am not suggesting that every business should be exempt from producer responsibility. However, there should be a meaningful incentive for businesses that demonstrably reduce waste, reuse packaging, or use recycled and easily recyclable materials. A system in which a small business making a genuine effort to reuse and recycle its packaging faces the same or similar administrative and financial burden as a business producing substantially more difficult-to-manage packaging can feel disproportionate. The objective should therefore not simply be to collect fees and registrations, but to encourage better packaging practices. Recommendations I would strongly encourage the EU to consider: A genuine EU-wide registration system rather than requiring producers to navigate numerous national systems independently. A low-cost or free registration option for micro-enterprises with very small packaging volumes. Proportional fees based on actual packaging quantities, rather than mandatory minimum licence packages that can be many times higher than the producer's actual obligation. A simplified reporting procedure for very small businesses, with minimal administrative requirements. Mutual recognition between EU countries, so that a small business does not have", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner based in Germany, I generally support the goal of harmonising packaging rules across the European Union. Clear and consistent regulations can make cross-border trade easier and can help ensure that packaging waste is properly accounted for. However, I am concerned that the proposed requirements for producer registration and reporting could place a disproportionate burden on small businesses and micro-enterprises. My business already participates in the required packaging licensing system in Germany. Although my actual packaging volume and the corresponding licensing cost would amount to only around 4 per year, the system effectively requires me to purchase the minimum licence package, costing approximately 36 per year. For a small business, this difference is significant. The problem becomes even greater when selling internationally. If similar registration, licensing, reporting or producer-responsibility requirements have to be fulfilled separately in different EU countries, a small business can quickly end up dealing with multiple registrations, schemes, fees and administrative obligations simply because it wants to sell its products across European borders. This creates an unfortunate contradiction: the EU aims to facilitate the Single Market and encourage small businesses to grow internationally, while increasingly complex national compliance requirements can make that growth considerably more difficult. For a large corporation, an additional 30100 in annual fees or the administrative work associated with another reporting system may be negligible. For a micro-business, however, every recurring cost matters. Money spent on overlapping licences, minimum fees, registrations and compliance administration is money that cannot be invested in product development, better equipment, sustainable materials, marketing, or simply keeping prices affordable for customers. Sustainability should also be recognised I also believe that the system should better recognise the actual environmental practices of individual businesses. In my own business, I actively try to reduce the environmental impact of my packaging. I use recycled materials where possible, choose materials that are easy to recycle, and, where practical, use packaging that can be returned to me and reused rather than becoming single-use waste. This creates an additional concern when comparing small businesses that actively try to minimise packaging waste with businesses that rely heavily on plastic or other difficult-to-recycle materials, particularly where those businesses do not offer any meaningful return or reuse system. I understand that packaging legislation needs clear and measurable standards, and I am not suggesting that every business should be exempt from producer responsibility. However, there should be a meaningful incentive for businesses that demonstrably reduce waste, reuse packaging, or use recycled and easily recyclable materials. A system in which a small business making a genuine effort to reuse and recycle its packaging faces the same or similar administrative and financial burden as a business producing substantially more difficult-to-manage packaging can feel disproportionate. The objective should therefore not simply be to collect fees and registrations, but to encourage better packaging practices. Recommendations I would strongly encourage the EU to consider: A genuine EU-wide registration system rather than requiring producers to navigate numerous national systems independently. A low-cost or free registration option for micro-enterprises with very small packaging volumes. Proportional fees based on actual packaging quantities, rather than mandatory minimum licence packages that can be many times higher than the producer's actual obligation. A simplified reporting procedure for very small businesses, with minimal administrative requirements. Mutual recognition between EU countries, so that a small business does not have", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548055_en"}, {"id": 33548035, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:02:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express urgent concerns regarding how the newly enforced Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), working alongside national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks, is actively destroying cross-border commerce for micro-businesses. While these regulations aim to harmonize sustainability rules, their fragmented implementation creates severe, anti-competitive trade barriers that fracture the single market into 27 protected economic zones. The Fragmentation Barrier (PPWR Article 44): While the PPWR is an EU-wide regulation, Article 44 still forces producers to register individually with separate national registers in every single member state where they sell. The \"Zero-Threshold\" Penalty: Major markets like France, Spain, and Germany enforce strict zero-threshold policies. A micro-business shipping even a single cardboard box to a consumer in these countries must comply with the exact same administrative protocol as a multinational corporation. National Bureaucratic Bottlenecks: In France: Sellers must register with a French Producer Responsibility Organization (such as Citeo), obtain a Unique Identifier Number (IDU) from ADEME, and alter product packaging to display complex, French-specific Triman logos and Info-tri sorting text. In Spain: Foreign businesses are barred from using regular VAT numbers and must navigate getting a Spanish tax number (NIF), legally appoint a costly local Authorized Representative, and register with local entities like Ecoembes. In Germany: Even though the basic licensing fees via the LUCID register (VerpackG) can be relatively affordable for low volumes, a business must still manage a completely separate login, dual-system reporting, and rigid data submission schedules. The Chaos of Cumulative Multi-State Costs: Even when individual countries like Germany appear reasonable on their own, the randomized, compounding nature of 27 different states creating their own unique fees, reporting platforms, and localized rules completely drains a micro-business. Paying 27 separate annual registration and eco-fees across the EU is financially impossible for a single-owner shop. This structure ensures that only massive corporations can afford to trade across borders. Online Marketplace Bans: E-commerce platforms (such as Amazon and Etsy) are now legally mandated to enforce these rules, automatically blocking small independent sellers from shipping to France, Spain, or Germany if they lack individual national tracking numbers. Rather than fostering free trade, this framework forces independent artisans, creators, and micro-entrepreneurs to completely stop selling to other EU nations. I urgently advocate for a centralized EU-wide One-Stop Shop portal. Small businesses should only register once in their home state for a single, unified fee to sell freely across the entire EU. Without immediate exemptions or an enforcement moratorium for low-volume micro-enterprises, the EU is fundamentally abandoning its core promise of free, unhindered trade. Theres a large market for the crafts sector as well as resell via Vinted that is being stopped by all of this. This will impact many currently self employed people that are just barely getting by in this economy. This should also be said for many EU laws the red tape is getting out of hand, if one body cannot agree how to implement a law then it should be abundantly clear that perhaps it needs to be peer reviewed by the very people you represent. Additionally we are all in the eu, we are all buying packaging within these same member states that enforce these laws so it all packaging within the eu by eu traders that are not imported should be exempt of these ridiculous laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express urgent concerns regarding how the newly enforced Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), working alongside national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks, is actively destroying cross-border commerce for micro-businesses. While these regulations aim to harmonize sustainability rules, their fragmented implementation creates severe, anti-competitive trade barriers that fracture the single market into 27 protected economic zones. The Fragmentation Barrier (PPWR Article 44): While the PPWR is an EU-wide regulation, Article 44 still forces producers to register individually with separate national registers in every single member state where they sell. The \"Zero-Threshold\" Penalty: Major markets like France, Spain, and Germany enforce strict zero-threshold policies. A micro-business shipping even a single cardboard box to a consumer in these countries must comply with the exact same administrative protocol as a multinational corporation. National Bureaucratic Bottlenecks: In France: Sellers must register with a French Producer Responsibility Organization (such as Citeo), obtain a Unique Identifier Number (IDU) from ADEME, and alter product packaging to display complex, French-specific Triman logos and Info-tri sorting text. In Spain: Foreign businesses are barred from using regular VAT numbers and must navigate getting a Spanish tax number (NIF), legally appoint a costly local Authorized Representative, and register with local entities like Ecoembes. In Germany: Even though the basic licensing fees via the LUCID register (VerpackG) can be relatively affordable for low volumes, a business must still manage a completely separate login, dual-system reporting, and rigid data submission schedules. The Chaos of Cumulative Multi-State Costs: Even when individual countries like Germany appear reasonable on their own, the randomized, compounding nature of 27 different states creating their own unique fees, reporting platforms, and localized rules completely drains a micro-business. Paying 27 separate annual registration and eco-fees across the EU is financially impossible for a single-owner shop. This structure ensures that only massive corporations can afford to trade across borders. Online Marketplace Bans: E-commerce platforms (such as Amazon and Etsy) are now legally mandated to enforce these rules, automatically blocking small independent sellers from shipping to France, Spain, or Germany if they lack individual national tracking numbers. Rather than fostering free trade, this framework forces independent artisans, creators, and micro-entrepreneurs to completely stop selling to other EU nations. I urgently advocate for a centralized EU-wide One-Stop Shop portal. Small businesses should only register once in their home state for a single, unified fee to sell freely across the entire EU. Without immediate exemptions or an enforcement moratorium for low-volume micro-enterprises, the EU is fundamentally abandoning its core promise of free, unhindered trade. Theres a large market for the crafts sector as well as resell via Vinted that is being stopped by all of this. This will impact many currently self employed people that are just barely getting by in this economy. This should also be said for many EU laws the red tape is getting out of hand, if one body cannot agree how to implement a law then it should be abundantly clear that perhaps it needs to be peer reviewed by the very people you represent. Additionally we are all in the eu, we are all buying packaging within these same member states that enforce these laws so it all packaging within the eu by eu traders that are not imported should be exempt of these ridiculous laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548035_en"}, {"id": 33548054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:01:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die vorgesehenen Regelungen zu nationalen Herstellerregistern bedeuten in ihrer derzeitigen Ausgestaltung eine erhebliche finanzielle Belastung, die kleine und mittlere Unternehmen schlicht überfordert. Was als Instrument gedacht war, die Verantwortung für Verpackungen besser nachvollziehbar zu machen, entwickelt sich in der Praxis zu einem kostspieligen bürokratischen Flickenteppich und trifft ausgerechnet jene Betriebe am härtesten, die über die geringsten finanziellen Reserven verfügen. Am schwersten wiegt dabei der unverhältnismäßig hohe Kostenaufwand für kleine Unternehmen. Die Pflicht, sich in bis zu 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern anzumelden, vervielfacht die Belastung in einem Maß, das in keinem Verhältnis zur Betriebsgröße steht. Registrierungsgebühren fallen nicht einmalig an, sondern in jedem einzelnen Land, in dem verpackte Ware in Verkehr gebracht wird. Dazu treten laufende Compliance-Kosten: wiederkehrende Meldungen, abweichende Berichtsformate und unterschiedliche Fristen in jedem Mitgliedstaat, die sich Jahr für Jahr aufaddieren. Externe Beratungs- und Dienstleistungskosten sind für kleine Betriebe faktisch unvermeidbar, weil sich diese Komplexität ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung kaum bewältigen lässt; der zusätzliche Personalaufwand bindet Zeit und Mittel, die in kleinen Unternehmen ohnehin knapp sind und an anderer Stelle fehlen. Großkonzerne können solche Ausgaben problemlos auf ein hohes Umsatzvolumen umlegen für einen Kleinbetrieb dagegen summieren sich Registrierung und laufende Compliance in mehreren Ländern schnell zu einem Betrag, der einen spürbaren, im Einzelfall existenzbedrohenden Anteil des Jahresgewinns aufzehrt. Hinzu kommt ein grundsätzlicher Widerspruch: Kostenintensive, fragmentierte nationale Register laufen dem Sinn und Zweck des europäischen Binnenmarkts diametral zuwider. Statt eines einheitlichen und kosteneffizienten Rahmens entsteht faktisch ein System aus 27 parallelen, gebührenpflichtigen Bürokratien. Der grenzüberschreitende Handel, den der Binnenmarkt gerade fördern soll, wird für kleine Unternehmen damit finanziell unattraktiv oder unmöglich. Es ist nicht hinnehmbar, dass die EU kleine Unternehmen durch diese vielfach anfallenden Kosten an den Rand des wirtschaftlichen Ruins drängt, während finanzstarke Marktteilnehmer dieselbe Belastung mühelos verkraften. Erforderlich ist daher dringend eine wirksame Ausnahme- oder Kostenbefreiungsregelung für Kleinstunternehmen und KMU etwa gestaffelt nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder in Verkehr gebrachter Verpackungsmenge , damit die finanzielle Belastung kein existenzbedrohendes Ausmaß annimmt. Der Kostenpunkt dieser Registrierungspflichten ist der zentrale Kritikpunkt an der Verordnung. Ohne eine spürbare finanzielle Entlastung kleiner Unternehmen führt die Regelung zu einer massiven Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten des Mittelstands also zulasten genau jener Betriebe, die das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft bilden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed rules on national producer registers, in their current form, impose a considerable financial burden that is simply overburdening small and medium-sized enterprises. What was intended as a tool to make responsibility for packaging easier to understand is in practice becoming a costly bureaucratic patchwork, hitting all the hardest those companies with the lowest financial reserves. The most serious of these is the disproportionate cost burden on small businesses. The obligation to register in up to 27 different national registers multiplies the burden to a degree that is disproportionate to the size of the holding. Registration fees do not apply once, but in each country where packaged goods are placed on the market. In addition, there are ongoing compliance costs: recurrent reporting, different reporting formats and different deadlines in each Member State, which add up year on year. External consultancy and service costs are in fact unavoidable for small businesses, as this complexity can hardly be overcome without a dedicated legal or compliance department; the additional staffing costs require time and resources, which are already scarce in small companies and lacking elsewhere. On the other hand, large corporations can easily pass on such expenses to a large volume of turnover for a small business, while registration and ongoing compliance in several countries quickly add up to an amount that depletes a noticeable proportion of the annual profit, which in individual cases threatens the existence of the business. There is also a fundamental contradiction: Costly and fragmented national registers are diametrically opposed to the spirit and purpose of the European single market. Instead of a uniform and cost-effective framework, it effectively creates a system of 27 parallel, fee-based bureaucracy. This makes cross-border trade, which the single market is intended to promote, financially unattractive or impossible for small businesses. It is unacceptable that the EU pushes small businesses to the brink of economic ruin due to these many costs, while financially strong market players can easily cope with the same burden. There is therefore an urgent need for an effective exemption or cost exemption scheme for micro-enterprises and SMEs, for example staggered according to turnover, number of employees or quantity of packaging placed on the market, so that the financial burden does not pose a threat to the survival of the population. The cost of these registration obligations is the central criticism of the Regulation. Without a significant reduction in the financial burden on small businesses, the scheme will lead to a massive distortion of competition to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises, to the detriment of precisely those businesses which form the backbone of the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548054_en"}, {"id": 33548053, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:00:24", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the European Unions objective of reducing packaging waste and improving the sustainability of packaging. However, I believe that the implementation of the PPWR should take into account the significant differences between large companies and small and micro businesses. For small e-commerce businesses, packaging-related obligations can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Businesses with a small number of shipments may have to comply with complex registration, reporting, labelling and packaging requirements that are difficult and costly to manage compared with their actual environmental impact. I believe the regulation should provide simplified requirements, exemptions or higher thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses handling very small quantities of packaging. The costs and administrative obligations should be proportionate to the size of the business and the amount of packaging placed on the market. It is also important that the rules for e-commerce packaging are clear, practical and harmonised across EU Member States. Small businesses should not have to deal with significantly different procedures and requirements depending on the country to which they ship. I encourage the European Commission to ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental objectives while avoiding unnecessary barriers for small businesses and new entrepreneurs. Supporting small businesses in transitioning towards sustainable packaging would be more effective than imposing disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on them. The goal should be sustainable packaging without making compliance unnecessarily difficult or expensive for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the European Unions objective of reducing packaging waste and improving the sustainability of packaging. However, I believe that the implementation of the PPWR should take into account the significant differences between large companies and small and micro businesses. For small e-commerce businesses, packaging-related obligations can create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden. Businesses with a small number of shipments may have to comply with complex registration, reporting, labelling and packaging requirements that are difficult and costly to manage compared with their actual environmental impact. I believe the regulation should provide simplified requirements, exemptions or higher thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses handling very small quantities of packaging. The costs and administrative obligations should be proportionate to the size of the business and the amount of packaging placed on the market. It is also important that the rules for e-commerce packaging are clear, practical and harmonised across EU Member States. Small businesses should not have to deal with significantly different procedures and requirements depending on the country to which they ship. I encourage the European Commission to ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental objectives while avoiding unnecessary barriers for small businesses and new entrepreneurs. Supporting small businesses in transitioning towards sustainable packaging would be more effective than imposing disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on them. The goal should be sustainable packaging without making compliance unnecessarily difficult or expensive for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548053_en"}, {"id": 33548051, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 12:00:09", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Company ", "feedback": "I am a small business based in Austria. Due to this new regulation I will stop shipping EU-wide and reduce it to a couple of countries. Why? Because I can not handle the administrative burden and expenses to get a representative and report to every country individually. The environmental benefit of my exit is nil. My customers will buy elsewhere, packaged elsewhere, shipped in the same materials. What has been removed is competition and consumer choice, not packaging waste. Specifically smaller countries will suffer from less choice. What I am asking for 1. Introduce a genuine minimum threshold for example, micro-enterprises under the Commission's own definition, or producers placing under a defined tonnage on a national market that removes the requirement for a separate representative per country entirely, rather than only simplifying the reporting dataset. 2. One harmonized systems and reporting platform like EU-OSS. Build one EU-level registration and reporting point. One portal, one identifier, one submission, with the data distributed to national registers. The single market cannot require twenty-seven parallel national compliance relationships and still be called single. 3. For the future: Apply an SME test with real micro-enterprise cases before extending obligations of this shape. The businesses least able to absorb fixed compliance costs are the ones this design hits hardest, and they are not represented in the consultations that shape it. I support extended producer responsibility. I pay my packaging fees willingly and I want packaging to be recovered. My objection is not to the principle but to an implementation that made cross-border trade unaffordable for the smallest producers while leaving the waste itself untouched.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business based in Austria. Due to this new regulation I will stop shipping EU-wide and reduce it to a couple of countries. Why? Because I can not handle the administrative burden and expenses to get a representative and report to every country individually. The environmental benefit of my exit is nil. My customers will buy elsewhere, packaged elsewhere, shipped in the same materials. What has been removed is competition and consumer choice, not packaging waste. Specifically smaller countries will suffer from less choice. What I am asking for 1. Introduce a genuine minimum threshold for example, micro-enterprises under the Commission's own definition, or producers placing under a defined tonnage on a national market that removes the requirement for a separate representative per country entirely, rather than only simplifying the reporting dataset. 2. One harmonized systems and reporting platform like EU-OSS. Build one EU-level registration and reporting point. One portal, one identifier, one submission, with the data distributed to national registers. The single market cannot require twenty-seven parallel national compliance relationships and still be called single. 3. For the future: Apply an SME test with real micro-enterprise cases before extending obligations of this shape. The businesses least able to absorb fixed compliance costs are the ones this design hits hardest, and they are not represented in the consultations that shape it. I support extended producer responsibility. I pay my packaging fees willingly and I want packaging to be recovered. My objection is not to the principle but to an implementation that made cross-border trade unaffordable for the smallest producers while leaving the waste itself untouched.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548051_en"}, {"id": 33548052, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:59:16", "country": "LUX", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Eu não vejo o pourque mudarem isso do nada, na verdade é ridículo quererem estragar os pequenos negócios das pessoas. Os melhores produtos são de empresas pequenas e vocês estragar o trabalho todo que eles tiveram a criar um lei idiota que so é bom para vocês capitalistas", "feedbackEnglish": "I don’t see the pourch changing that, it is ridiculous that they want to damage people’s small businesses. The best products are from small companies and you damage all the work they have had to create an idiotic law that is good for you capitalists", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548052_en"}, {"id": 33548050, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:58:05", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the idea behind this is noble, the execution is most detrimental to small businesses and low volume sellers. Big companies wont be particularly affected by these changes, and hiring a representative - as well as circumventing the law, but thats beside the point - for each country wont be a big ordeal. This will, however, ruin smaller shops and business, who will have to sustain massive periodic costs only to be able to sell a few items. I think this law goes against the foundations of free circulation of people and goods at the basis of the European Union as a whole, only serving a strengthening the borders between countries and effectively smothering all small realities. I hope this law can be reconsidered with more attention.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the idea behind this is noble, the execution is most detrimental to small businesses and low volume sellers. Big companies wont be particularly affected by these changes, and hiring a representative - as well as circumventing the law, but thats beside the point - for each country wont be a big ordeal. This will, however, ruin smaller shops and business, who will have to sustain massive periodic costs only to be able to sell a few items. I think this law goes against the foundations of free circulation of people and goods at the basis of the European Union as a whole, only serving a strengthening the borders between countries and effectively smothering all small realities. I hope this law can be reconsidered with more attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548050_en"}, {"id": 33548049, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:57:24", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small independent artist, the rules coming into effect on August 12th make me feel trapped, and as though people at the highest levels of politics see us as nothing more than a nuisance to be eliminated, or squeezed like a lemon for whatever were worth. Its deeply depressing. This is not the Europe I want, and I believe many people share this feeling. You are killing us. Please give us the chance to create a better, greener Europe without forcing us to close our small, beloved businesses businesses we have worked so hard and sacrificed so much to build. Please. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent artist, the rules coming into effect on August 12th make me feel trapped, and as though people at the highest levels of politics see us as nothing more than a nuisance to be eliminated, or squeezed like a lemon for whatever were worth. Its deeply depressing. This is not the Europe I want, and I believe many people share this feeling. You are killing us. Please give us the chance to create a better, greener Europe without forcing us to close our small, beloved businesses businesses we have worked so hard and sacrificed so much to build. Please. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548049_en"}, {"id": 33548048, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:57:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the objective of improving packaging sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of packaging. However, I believe that the current PPWR and EPR requirements could place a disproportionate burden on small and micro businesses. 1. Exemptions or proportionate requirements for small and micro businesses Small and micro businesses should either be exempt from certain PPWR/EPR obligations or benefit from simplified and affordable compliance requirements. The administrative, financial and practical demands can be particularly challenging for businesses with limited resources and may place them at a significant disadvantage compared to larger companies. 2. Harmonised registration across the EU EPR and PPWR registration procedures should be harmonised across all EU Member States. Small businesses operating in several EU countries currently have to deal with different registration systems, requirements and administrative processes. A unified EU-wide approach would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and make cross-border business activities much easier. 3. Protecting the free movement of goods within the EU The implementation of these regulations should not create additional barriers to the free movement of goods within the European Union. Different national requirements, registration systems and packaging obligations could make it more difficult and costly for businesses to sell their products across borders. This could have a particularly strong impact on small businesses and discourage them from entering new EU markets. 4. Affordable and realistic compliance measures The implementation of PPWR and EPR requirements should take into account the actual size, turnover and resources of a business. Compliance obligations and associated costs should be proportionate to both the environmental impact and the capacity of the company. Small businesses should have access to clear guidance, affordable registration procedures and sufficient transition periods to adapt to the new requirements. Overall, I strongly support the objectives of the PPWR and EPR regulations. However, greater consideration should be given to proportionality, harmonisation and the protection of the EU Single Market. Environmental standards should be improved without creating excessive administrative and financial burdens that could negatively affect the competitiveness and viability of small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the objective of improving packaging sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of packaging. However, I believe that the current PPWR and EPR requirements could place a disproportionate burden on small and micro businesses. 1. Exemptions or proportionate requirements for small and micro businesses Small and micro businesses should either be exempt from certain PPWR/EPR obligations or benefit from simplified and affordable compliance requirements. The administrative, financial and practical demands can be particularly challenging for businesses with limited resources and may place them at a significant disadvantage compared to larger companies. 2. Harmonised registration across the EU EPR and PPWR registration procedures should be harmonised across all EU Member States. Small businesses operating in several EU countries currently have to deal with different registration systems, requirements and administrative processes. A unified EU-wide approach would reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and make cross-border business activities much easier. 3. Protecting the free movement of goods within the EU The implementation of these regulations should not create additional barriers to the free movement of goods within the European Union. Different national requirements, registration systems and packaging obligations could make it more difficult and costly for businesses to sell their products across borders. This could have a particularly strong impact on small businesses and discourage them from entering new EU markets. 4. Affordable and realistic compliance measures The implementation of PPWR and EPR requirements should take into account the actual size, turnover and resources of a business. Compliance obligations and associated costs should be proportionate to both the environmental impact and the capacity of the company. Small businesses should have access to clear guidance, affordable registration procedures and sufficient transition periods to adapt to the new requirements. Overall, I strongly support the objectives of the PPWR and EPR regulations. However, greater consideration should be given to proportionality, harmonisation and the protection of the EU Single Market. Environmental standards should be improved without creating excessive administrative and financial burdens that could negatively affect the competitiveness and viability of small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548048_en"}, {"id": 33548046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:56:57", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I regularly buy products from small businesses and artists in the EU, all of whom take great pains to reduce waste, to reuse and recycle packaging. From what I understand is this rule will force them to register in each EU country, effectively making them jump through the same hoops as mega corporations who have the resources to have a representative and a registration in each member country...when they are often self-employed. SHAME ON YOU for not helping small businesses thrive while mildly affecting big businesses who are the culprits of waste and pollution and who can afford to jump through any bureaucratic hoops you throw at them. Many businesses I support will be pushed out of the market or forced to stop selling their products outside their country of residence.", "feedbackEnglish": "I regularly buy products from small businesses and artists in the EU, all of whom take great pains to reduce waste, to reuse and recycle packaging. From what I understand is this rule will force them to register in each EU country, effectively making them jump through the same hoops as mega corporations who have the resources to have a representative and a registration in each member country...when they are often self-employed. SHAME ON YOU for not helping small businesses thrive while mildly affecting big businesses who are the culprits of waste and pollution and who can afford to jump through any bureaucratic hoops you throw at them. Many businesses I support will be pushed out of the market or forced to stop selling their products outside their country of residence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548046_en"}, {"id": 33548045, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:56:55", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BAGGIZ", "feedback": "We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. We welcome the Commission's efforts to harmonise registration and reporting formats and the simplified reporting proposed for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging per year on a Member State's market. However, for micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce, the main problem is not the reporting form. It is the requirement to participate in separate national compliance systems in every Member State where we have customers. We are a Croatian micro-enterprise operating an independent fashion webshop. We deliberately minimise packaging: recycled cardboard boxes, no additional plastic bags and paper wrapping. Currently, we ship approximately 10 B2C parcels per year to Austria and 10 to Germany, representing only a few kilograms of recyclable paper and cardboard per country. But 10 orders are not our business goal. Like any small European business, our goal is to grow. We hope that 10 orders will become 50 and eventually 100 or more per Member State. Yet even at 100 orders, the fixed costs of separate registrations, EPR schemes, authorised representatives, contracts and minimum annual fees can remain disproportionate to the revenue and profit generated by a micro-enterprise. This creates a barrier precisely at the stage when a small business is trying to develop a new EU market: significant fixed compliance costs arise before sales have reached a commercially sustainable level. A harmonised form is not a harmonised Single Market. The 10-tonne threshold for simplified reporting is welcome, but it places a micro-enterprise introducing perhaps 3 kg of packaging into a national market in the same broad category as a company introducing 9,999 kg. Their environmental impact and administrative capacity are clearly not comparable. We therefore ask the Commission to introduce genuine proportionality: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; a single EU producer registration and reporting mechanism for micro-enterprises; no requirement for EU-established micro-enterprises below an appropriate threshold to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State; EPR fees based on actual quantities, without disproportionate minimum national fees; a simple annual declaration for very small quantities. We are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are willing to declare the packaging we place on each market and pay a fair contribution towards its collection and recycling. What we are asking for is proportionality. We also encourage the Commission to assess proportionality not only by tonnes of packaging, but by the real administrative burden created for the smallest businesses. Standardising the information requested is an important step, but it does not solve the problem if the same information must still be submitted through multiple national systems, accompanied by separate contracts, representatives and minimum fees. True harmonisation should mean that a micro-enterprise can comply once at EU level, while the relevant data and contributions are distributed automatically to the Member States concerned. A Croatian micro-enterprise should be able to grow from 10 to 100 customers in Austria or Germany without having to establish a separate environmental compliance administration in each country. If these requirements remain disproportionate, we may have to stop cross-border B2C sales before they ever have a chance to grow into a sustainable business. Environmental legislation should encourage small European businesses to become more sustainable and grow across the EU not create barriers that force them to withdraw from the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. We welcome the Commission's efforts to harmonise registration and reporting formats and the simplified reporting proposed for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging per year on a Member State's market. However, for micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce, the main problem is not the reporting form. It is the requirement to participate in separate national compliance systems in every Member State where we have customers. We are a Croatian micro-enterprise operating an independent fashion webshop. We deliberately minimise packaging: recycled cardboard boxes, no additional plastic bags and paper wrapping. Currently, we ship approximately 10 B2C parcels per year to Austria and 10 to Germany, representing only a few kilograms of recyclable paper and cardboard per country. But 10 orders are not our business goal. Like any small European business, our goal is to grow. We hope that 10 orders will become 50 and eventually 100 or more per Member State. Yet even at 100 orders, the fixed costs of separate registrations, EPR schemes, authorised representatives, contracts and minimum annual fees can remain disproportionate to the revenue and profit generated by a micro-enterprise. This creates a barrier precisely at the stage when a small business is trying to develop a new EU market: significant fixed compliance costs arise before sales have reached a commercially sustainable level. A harmonised form is not a harmonised Single Market. The 10-tonne threshold for simplified reporting is welcome, but it places a micro-enterprise introducing perhaps 3 kg of packaging into a national market in the same broad category as a company introducing 9,999 kg. Their environmental impact and administrative capacity are clearly not comparable. We therefore ask the Commission to introduce genuine proportionality: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; a single EU producer registration and reporting mechanism for micro-enterprises; no requirement for EU-established micro-enterprises below an appropriate threshold to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State; EPR fees based on actual quantities, without disproportionate minimum national fees; a simple annual declaration for very small quantities. We are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are willing to declare the packaging we place on each market and pay a fair contribution towards its collection and recycling. What we are asking for is proportionality. We also encourage the Commission to assess proportionality not only by tonnes of packaging, but by the real administrative burden created for the smallest businesses. Standardising the information requested is an important step, but it does not solve the problem if the same information must still be submitted through multiple national systems, accompanied by separate contracts, representatives and minimum fees. True harmonisation should mean that a micro-enterprise can comply once at EU level, while the relevant data and contributions are distributed automatically to the Member States concerned. A Croatian micro-enterprise should be able to grow from 10 to 100 customers in Austria or Germany without having to establish a separate environmental compliance administration in each country. If these requirements remain disproportionate, we may have to stop cross-border B2C sales before they ever have a chance to grow into a sustainable business. Environmental legislation should encourage small European businesses to become more sustainable and grow across the EU not create barriers that force them to withdraw from the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548045_en"}, {"id": 33548037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:55:02", "country": "LUX", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is counterproductive. Instead of deterring only big Chinese companies importing to the EU, it punishes small and midsized European companies and independent artists/creators. The EU was always supposed to offer free trade with same rules applicable in every country. This law goes against this very principle and creates massive changes between countries that can charge different amounts with this law. This might deter external EU competitors,but it also hurts SMEs within the EU and it goes against the very principle of free and barrierfree trade within the bloc of the 27 countries. The law should be applicable to external trade only.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is counterproductive. Instead of deterring only big Chinese companies importing to the EU, it punishes small and midsized European companies and independent artists/creators. The EU was always supposed to offer free trade with same rules applicable in every country. This law goes against this very principle and creates massive changes between countries that can charge different amounts with this law. This might deter external EU competitors,but it also hurts SMEs within the EU and it goes against the very principle of free and barrierfree trade within the bloc of the 27 countries. The law should be applicable to external trade only.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548037_en"}, {"id": 33548036, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:54:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die vorgesehenen Regelungen zu nationalen Herstellerregistern stellen in ihrer jetzigen Form eine enorme finanzielle Belastung dar, die für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen schlicht nicht tragbar ist. Was als Instrument zur besseren Nachverfolgung von Verpackungsverantwortung gedacht ist, entwickelt sich in der Praxis zu einem kostspieligen bürokratischen Flickenteppich, der genau die Unternehmen trifft, die am wenigsten finanzielle Reserven haben, um diese Kosten zu tragen. Besonders schwer wiegt der untragbar hohe Kostenpunkt für kleine Unternehmen. Die Pflicht, sich in potenziell 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern anzumelden, bedeutet für kleine Betriebe einen vielfachen Kostenaufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zu ihrer Betriebsgröße steht. Registrierungsgebühren fallen nicht einmal, sondern in jedem einzelnen Land an, in dem verpackte Ware in Verkehr gebracht wird. Hinzu kommen laufende Compliance-Kosten durch wiederkehrende Meldungen, unterschiedliche Berichtsformate und Fristen in jedem Mitgliedstaat, die sich Jahr für Jahr summieren. Externe Beratungs- und Dienstleistungskosten werden für kleine Betriebe faktisch unvermeidbar, da die Komplexität ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung kaum zu bewältigen ist, und der zusätzliche Personalaufwand bindet Zeit und Geld, die in kleinen Unternehmen ohnehin knapp bemessen sind und an anderer Stelle im Betrieb fehlen. Diese Kosten treffen kleine Unternehmen ungleich härter als Großkonzerne, die solche Ausgaben problemlos auf ein hohes Umsatzvolumen verteilen können. Für einen Kleinbetrieb hingegen können sich die Kosten für Registrierung und laufende Compliance in mehreren Ländern zu einem Betrag summieren, der einen spürbaren, teils existenzbedrohenden Anteil des Jahresgewinns auffrisst. Besonders schwer wiegt zudem, dass diese kostenintensiven, fragmentierten nationalen Register dem eigentlichen Sinn und Zweck des europäischen Binnenmarkts diametral entgegenstehen. Statt eines einheitlichen, kosteneffizienten Rahmens entsteht faktisch ein System aus 27 parallelen, kostenpflichtigen Bürokratien. Der grenzüberschreitende Handel, den der Binnenmarkt eigentlich fördern soll, wird für kleine Unternehmen finanziell unattraktiv bis unmöglich gemacht. Es ist nicht hinnehmbar, dass die EU durch diese hohen, vielfach anfallenden Kosten kleine Unternehmen an den Rand des wirtschaftlichen Ruins drängt, während finanzstarke Marktteilnehmer diese Belastung mühelos verkraften. Es braucht dringend eine spürbare Ausnahme- oder Kostenbefreiungsregelung für Kleinunternehmen und KMU, etwa gestaffelt nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder Verpackungsmenge, um zu verhindern, dass die finanzielle Belastung existenzbedrohende Ausmaße annimmt. Der hohe Kostenpunkt dieser Registrierungspflichten ist der zentrale Kritikpunkt an dieser Verordnung. Ohne eine wirksame finanzielle Entlastung für kleine Unternehmen wird diese Regelung zu einer massiven Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten des Mittelstands führen zulasten genau jener Betriebe, die das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft bilden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed rules on national producer registers in their current form represent a huge financial burden which is simply not sustainable for small and medium-sized enterprises. What is intended as a tool to better track packaging responsibility is in practice becoming a costly bureaucratic patchwork that hits precisely those companies that have the least financial reserves to bear these costs. The unacceptably high cost point is particularly serious for small businesses. The obligation to register in potentially 27 different national registers entails many costs for small farms that are disproportionate to their size. Registration fees are not even incurred in every single country where packaged goods are placed on the market. In addition, there are ongoing compliance costs due to recurring reporting, different reporting formats and deadlines in each Member State, which add up year on year. External consultancy and service costs will in fact become unavoidable for small businesses, as complexity is hardly manageable without their own legal or compliance department, and the additional staff costs require time and money, which are already scarce in small businesses and absent elsewhere in the business. These costs are harder for small companies than for large companies, which can easily spread such expenses over a high volume of sales. For a small business, on the other hand, the costs of registration and ongoing compliance in several countries can add up to an amount that represents a significant proportion of the annual profit, in some cases threatening the survival of the business. It is also particularly serious that these costly and fragmented national registers are diametrically opposed to the very purpose of the European single market. Instead of a uniform, cost-effective framework, a system of 27 parallel, costly bureaucracy is created. Cross-border trade, which the single market is supposed to promote, is made financially unattractive or impossible for small businesses. It is unacceptable that the EU pushes small businesses to the brink of economic ruin due to these high and often incurred costs, while financially strong market players can easily cope with this burden. There is an urgent need for a tangible exemption or cost exemption scheme for small businesses and SMEs, such as one based on turnover, number of employees or quantity of packaging, in order to prevent the financial burden from reaching existential levels. The high cost of these registration obligations is the central criticism of this Regulation. Without effective financial relief for small businesses, this scheme will lead to a massive distortion of competition to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises, to the detriment of precisely those businesses that form the backbone of the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548036_en"}, {"id": 33548034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:54:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This type of rule is going to create a lot of problems to small companies, independent artists, and any seller who does not have the money to pay for all of this. Consequently, this will also create them a monetary loss for all the sells they will not able to make. Finally, selling outside of the EU will be easier, which is absurd. The EU should promote an open market inside of Europe, not outside.", "feedbackEnglish": "This type of rule is going to create a lot of problems to small companies, independent artists, and any seller who does not have the money to pay for all of this. Consequently, this will also create them a monetary loss for all the sells they will not able to make. Finally, selling outside of the EU will be easier, which is absurd. The EU should promote an open market inside of Europe, not outside.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548034_en"}, {"id": 33548032, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:53:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WEROCK Technologies GmbH", "feedback": "Ein einheitliches System zu schaffen um im Bereich Verpackungen mehr für den Umweltschutz zu tun ist eine tolle Sache. Dann sollte es jedoch auch einheitlich sein. Dieser systematische Fehler der EU belastet KMU's in ganz Europa enorm, insbesondere natürlich gerade die, die grenzüberschreitend aktiv sind. Die neue PPWR erzeugt unnötige Kosten & Zeitaufwand bei den Unternehmern wie Behörden gleichermaßen. Würden sich alle Länder zusammenschließen und eine einheitliche \"PPWR Behörde\" machen, welche das Management übernimmt würden allen Ländern weniger Kosten entstehen. So macht jedes Land seine eigene Lösung und der freie Warenverkehr in der EU wird gehemmt. Und war es nicht die Einheit und die Freieheit zwischen unseren Ländern was die EU einst ausgemacht hat?", "feedbackEnglish": "Creating a uniform system to do more in the field of packaging to protect the environment is a great thing. But then it should also be uniform. This systematic mistake on the part of the EU puts a huge strain on SMEs across Europe, especially, of course, those operating across borders. The new PPWR creates unnecessary costs and time for both entrepreneurs and public authorities. Would bring all countries together and create a single “PPWR authority” which would take over the management of the project at a lower cost for all countries. In this way, each country makes its own solution and the free movement of goods in the EU is hampered. And was it not unity and freedom between our countries what the EU once found?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548032_en"}, {"id": 33548031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:51:34", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MonoFigures", "feedback": "Tenho um pequeno negócio desde 2022, e desde o primeiro dia que sustentabilidade e impacto ambiental de toda a cadeia de envio é considerada e mitigada. Desde embalagens de cartão recicladas e salvas, embalagens de produto não personalizadas, e design de encomendas pensadas para usar o mínimo de material possível. Saber que terei de fechar portas por uma resolução desta natureza, é no mínimo irónico, e no máximo, desmotivante para quem trabalha por conta própria. Caso não haja exceção para pequenos negócios, esta resolução será catastrófica para pessoas como eu. Não há forma de micro-negócios absorverem os custos de EPR, até porque muitos micro-negócios não são a full-time. Vejo um padrão nas decisões europeias recentes que são completamente contra a sua génese e propósito, ao ponto de merecer a ponderação do porquê de continuarmos num projeto europeu; continuando-se esta sequência de novos valores que podem parecer europeus na superfície, mas no fundo são fomentados por corrupção e classicismo. No mínimo, não roubem às pessoas a capacidade de se auto-gerirem profissionalmente e pessoalmente.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have been a small business since 2022, and from day one, that the sustainability and environmental impact of the entire shipping chain is considered and mitigated. From recycled and savoury cardboard packaging, non-customised product packaging, and order design designed to use as little material as possible. Knowing that I will have to close my doors by such a resolution is at the very least ironic, and at most discouraging for those who are self-employed. If there is no exception for small businesses, this resolution will be catastrophic for people like me. There is no way for micro-businesses to absorb RPE costs, not least because many micro-businesses are not full business. I see a pattern in recent European decisions that are completely against their genesis and purpose, to the extent that they merit consideration of why we should continue with a European project; this sequence of new values that may appear European on the surface continues, but at the bottom are fostered by corruption and classicism. At the very least, they do not steal people’s ability to manage themselves professionally and personally.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548031_en"}, {"id": 33548030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:48:44", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small, independent jeweller in the UK and have spent the past 30 years creating handcrafted jewellery. Around 40% of my business is made up of sales to customers across the EU, and I have built these international customer relationships over many years. I fully support the aims of the PPWR and the need to reduce packaging waste. However, the administrative and financial requirements being placed on micro-businesses outside the EU are disproportionate. As a one-person business, it is simply not practical or economically viable for me to register, report and pay packaging fees separately in every EU country where I have a customer. My jewellery is made from recycled sterling silver and my packaging is recyclable. I am already making every reasonable effort to operate sustainably, yet the current requirements could make it impossible for me to continue selling to EU customers. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for very small consignments and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system specifically for micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses outside the EU. The system should recognise the very different scale and resources of a one-person business compared with a large international company. Small independent businesses should not be forced to withdraw from the EU market simply because the cost and administrative burden of complying with 27 different national packaging systems is disproportionate to the environmental impact of the small quantities of packaging involved. I urge the Commission to ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental objectives without unintentionally excluding micro-businesses and independent makers from the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small, independent jeweller in the UK and have spent the past 30 years creating handcrafted jewellery. Around 40% of my business is made up of sales to customers across the EU, and I have built these international customer relationships over many years. I fully support the aims of the PPWR and the need to reduce packaging waste. However, the administrative and financial requirements being placed on micro-businesses outside the EU are disproportionate. As a one-person business, it is simply not practical or economically viable for me to register, report and pay packaging fees separately in every EU country where I have a customer. My jewellery is made from recycled sterling silver and my packaging is recyclable. I am already making every reasonable effort to operate sustainably, yet the current requirements could make it impossible for me to continue selling to EU customers. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for very small consignments and/or a simplified One Stop Shop system specifically for micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses outside the EU. The system should recognise the very different scale and resources of a one-person business compared with a large international company. Small independent businesses should not be forced to withdraw from the EU market simply because the cost and administrative burden of complying with 27 different national packaging systems is disproportionate to the environmental impact of the small quantities of packaging involved. I urge the Commission to ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental objectives without unintentionally excluding micro-businesses and independent makers from the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548030_en"}, {"id": 33548029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:46:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please keep in mind that for many small business owners, this is not sustainable. I enjoy buying hand-crafted items from artists in Europe and most of them would have to close business if this law passes as it is right now. Exemptions should be made for small business owners.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please keep in mind that for many small business owners, this is not sustainable. I enjoy buying hand-crafted items from artists in Europe and most of them would have to close business if this law passes as it is right now. Exemptions should be made for small business owners.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548029_en"}, {"id": 33547978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:46:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "please address the disproportionate burden PPWR/EPR creates for micro-businesses selling tiny quantities across the EU. We need an EU-wide de minimum threshold or simplified one-stop-shop system for small businesses. Sustainability regulation shouldn't make intra-EU trade economically impossible for independent creators !! This law will infact encourage what you want to avoid. This law will cause an incredible increase in fast fashion, increasing waste, Pollution , and fuel the Asian market. Isn't that exactly what you want to avoid? This would also leave many small/individual businesses without means of income and causing a lot of artists to not have any income whatsoever. Small businesses cannot justify spending hundreds of Euros for a couple orders a year. We're being lumped together with large corporations that can easily cover these costs. It doesn't matter whether your packaging waste is just 200 g of paper or thousands of kilograms of plastic, the law applies to everyone. If the EU-Commission doesn't approve the micro-business exemption, small businesses sadly have to suspend shipping to most, if not all European countries. Imagine you only earn 300 a year, where would you get the 1500 to pay for this, let alone per country, of wich there are 27! Important smaller businesses such as wivov will no longer be able to sell gender affirming care, even smaller businesses that sell specialized dog gear or custom service dog supplies will go bankrupt. You are threatening your own economy and achieving the opposite of your goal with this. This law will only really affect small businesses, big (fast fashion) corporations will not be affected, despite them being your target. Please reconsider this horrendous law.", "feedbackEnglish": "please address the disproportionate burden PPWR/EPR creates for micro-businesses selling tiny quantities across the EU. We need an EU-wide minimum threshold or simplified one-stop-shop system for small businesses. Sustainability regulation shouldn’t make intra-EU trade economically impossible for independent creators! This law will InfAct encourage what you want to avoid. This law will cause an incredible increase in fast fashion, increasing waste, Pollution, and fuel the Asian market. ISN’T that exactly what you want to avoid? This would also leave many small/individual businesses without means of income and causing a lot of artists to not have any income whatsoever. Small businesses cannot justify spending hundreds of Euros for a couple orders a year. We’re being lumped together with large corporations that can easily cover these costs. It doesn’t matter whether your packaging waste is just 200 g of paper or thousands of kilograms of plastic, the law applies to everyone. If the EU-Commission doesn’t approve the micro-business exemption, small businesses sadly have to suspend shipping to most, if not all European countries. Imagine you only earn 300 a year, where would you get the 1500 to pay for this, let alone per country, of wich there are 27! Important smaller businesses such as wivov will no longer be able to sell gender Affirming care, even smaller businesses that sell specialised dog gear or custom service dog supplies will go bankrupt. You are threatening your own economy and achieving the opposite of your goal with this. This law will only really affect small businesses, big (fast fashion) corporations will not be affected, despite them being your target. Please reconsider this horrendous law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547978_en"}, {"id": 33548028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:46:26", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, The new EU Regulation regarding shipping would destroy small and micro businesses. The proposed fee is unaffordable for an indipendent craftman, artist or any other person that wants to ship their products within the EU. Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R Rule.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, The new EU Regulation regarding shipping would destroy small and micro businesses. The proposed fee is unaffordable for an indipendent craftman, artist or any other person that wants to ship their products within the EU. Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R Rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548028_en"}, {"id": 33548018, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:44:48", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Exempt small and micro businesses from the A.R. requirements, as these obligations can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on smaller companies. Alternatively, introduce proportionate and affordable measures that take into account the specific capacities of small businesses. - Harmonize PPWR/EPR registration requirements across EU Member States to simplify compliance and reduce the administrative burden for small and micro businesses operating across borders. - Ensure that the new legislation does not undermine the free movement of goods within the EU. In its current form, the proposed requirements could create significant barriers to intra-EU trade and have serious economic consequences for many businesses, particularly smaller companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "- Exempt small and micro businesses from the A.R. requirements, as these obligations can place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on smaller companies. Alternatively, introduce proportionate and affordable measures that take into account the specific capacities of small businesses. - Harmonize PPWR/EPR registration requirements across EU Member States to simplify compliance and reduce the administrative burden for small and micro businesses operating across borders. - Ensure that the new legislation does not undermine the free movement of goods within the EU. In its current form, the proposed requirements could create significant barriers to intra-EU trade and have serious economic consequences for many businesses, particularly smaller companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548018_en"}, {"id": 33548017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:44:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kassenklingeln", "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 2025 Pakete in 150 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 3200 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 2100 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Kleinsbetriebe handeln per se nachhaltig und sind nicht das Problem, dass die EU bekämpfen will, sie fertigen lokal in der EU zu fairen Bedingungen und nutzen wenig Verpackung. Sie werden unnötig bestraft, wohin Große Konzerne, die die Unabhängigkeit der EU blockieren und in Asien unter unfairen Bedingungen und zu umweltbelastenden Konditionen Waren über die ganze Welt versenden diese zusätzlichen osten wegstecken werden, ohne dass es Änderung bewirkt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send parcels to 150 other EU countries in 2025. My turnover from these countries is EUR 3200. I expect to pay EUR 2100 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. Small businesses act sustainably per se and are not the problem of the EU’s desire to fight, produce locally in the EU under fair conditions and use little packaging. They are unnecessarily penalised, where large corporations that block the EU’s independence and send goods across the world in Asia under unfair and environmentally harmful conditions will stifle these additional goods without changing them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548017_en"}, {"id": 33548016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:44:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Las disposiciones previstas en materia de registros nacionales de productores representan, en su forma actual, una carga financiera enorme que resulta sencillamente insostenible para las pequeñas y medianas empresas. Lo que se concibió como un instrumento para mejorar la trazabilidad de la responsabilidad en materia de envases se está convirtiendo en la práctica en un costoso mosaico burocrático que afecta precisamente a aquellas empresas que menos reservas financieras tienen para asumir dichos costes. Reviste especial gravedad el coste inasumible que ello supone para las pequeñas empresas. La obligación de inscribirse en hasta 27 registros nacionales distintos implica para los pequeños operadores un gasto multiplicado que no guarda proporción alguna con su tamaño empresarial. Las tasas de registro no se abonan una sola vez, sino en cada uno de los países en los que se introducen en el mercado mercancías envasadas. A ello se suman los costes corrientes de cumplimiento derivados de las declaraciones periódicas, de los distintos formatos de notificación y de los diferentes plazos en cada Estado miembro, que se acumulan año tras año. Los costes de asesoramiento y de servicios externos resultan de hecho inevitables para los pequeños operadores, ya que la complejidad apenas puede gestionarse sin un departamento jurídico o de cumplimiento propio; y la carga adicional de personal absorbe tiempo y dinero que en las pequeñas empresas ya son escasos y que acaban faltando en otras áreas del negocio. Estos costes golpean a las pequeñas empresas de forma mucho más dura que a los grandes grupos, capaces de repartir sin dificultad tales gastos entre un elevado volumen de facturación. Para una empresa pequeña, en cambio, los costes de registro y de cumplimiento continuado en varios países pueden sumar un importe que devora una parte perceptible y en ocasiones amenazadora para su supervivencia del beneficio anual. Especialmente grave resulta, además, que estos registros nacionales fragmentados y costosos se opongan diametralmente al sentido y a la finalidad del mercado interior europeo. En lugar de un marco uniforme y eficiente en costes, surge de facto un sistema de 27 burocracias paralelas y de pago. El comercio transfronterizo que el mercado interior debería fomentar se vuelve financieramente poco atractivo, cuando no directamente imposible, para las pequeñas empresas. No es aceptable que la UE, a través de estos costes elevados y reiterados, empuje a las pequeñas empresas al borde de la ruina económica, mientras los operadores con mayor solidez financiera asumen esa misma carga sin esfuerzo. Se necesita con urgencia una exención o exoneración de costes sensible para microempresas y pymes escalonada, por ejemplo, en función de la facturación, del número de empleados o del volumen de envases, a fin de evitar que la carga financiera alcance dimensiones que amenacen su existencia. El elevado coste de estas obligaciones de registro constituye la crítica central a este Reglamento. Sin un alivio financiero efectivo para las pequeñas empresas, esta normativa provocará una enorme distorsión de la competencia en perjuicio de las pymes, es decir, en perjuicio precisamente de aquellas empresas que constituyen la columna vertebral de la economía europea.", "feedbackEnglish": "The envisaged provisions on national producer registers represent, in their current form, a huge financial burden that is simply unsustainable for small and medium-sized enterprises. What was conceived as a tool to improve traceability of packaging liability is in practice becoming a costly bureaucratic patchwork affecting precisely those companies that have the least financial reserves to bear such costs. The unaffordable cost to small businesses is particularly serious. The obligation to register in up to 27 different national registers entails a multiplication of costs for small operators which is in no way proportionate to their business size. Registration fees are not paid once, but in each country where packaged goods are placed on the market. This is compounded by the ongoing compliance costs resulting from periodic declarations, different reporting formats and different deadlines in each Member State, which accumulate year after year. The costs of external advice and services are in fact unavoidable for small operators, as complexity can hardly be managed without their own legal or compliance department; and the additional staff burden absorbs time and money that is already scarce in small businesses and eventually missing in other areas of the business. These costs hit small businesses much harder than large groups, which are able to spread these costs among a high turnover without difficulty. For a small company, on the other hand, the costs of registration and continued compliance in several countries may add up to an amount that repays a discernible and sometimes threatening part for its survival of the annual profit. It is also particularly serious that these fragmented and costly national registers are diametrically opposed to the meaning and purpose of the European internal market. Instead of a uniform and cost-efficient framework, a de facto system of 27 parallel bureaucracies and payments emerges. The cross-border trade that the internal market should promote becomes financially unattractive, if not directly impossible, for small businesses. It is not acceptable for the EU, through these high and repeated costs, to push small businesses to the brink of economic ruin, while more financially robust operators bear the same burden without effort. There is an urgent need for a sizeable exemption or cost relief for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, for example based on turnover, the number of employees or the volume of packaging, in order to avoid the financial burden reaching dimensions that threaten their existence. The high cost of these registration obligations is the central criticism of this Regulation. Without effective financial relief for small businesses, this legislation will cause a huge distortion of competition to the detriment of SMEs, i.e. to the detriment of precisely those companies that form the backbone of the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548016_en"}, {"id": 33548015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:43:35", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MTL", "feedback": "If you decide to implement such a useless and impactful rule, you should make sure that: 1. Everyone knows about it 2. Knows where to find information 3. What is expected per country and how to arrange it. 4. Where to find support from an official government organisation. I found out about this rule on TikTok of all places. I am registered as a webshop owner in the Netherlands, yet my chamber of commerce has never ever made contact about this new rule. Next up, this rule makes no sense: 1. I pay 381,12 in my city as an individual for garbage disposal every year. 2. As a business owner I pay taxes for the packaging products I buy. 3. I have to pay (local) VAT on everything I sell 4. Now I also have to pay money, just for my customers to receive their package in the EU!?!?!?!? 5. These same customers probably also have to pay their individual taxes for their garbage disposal every year. 6. Every business that sends packages gets hit with the same rates, even if they just send one package a year to another European country. Make it make sense. You can't. Business owners and customers are paying more and more, or should I say double, just to keep European trade alive. How come we have to pay individually for garbage disposal every year, just to throw some cardboard for packages away, and now also as business owners just for our customers to receive the package? Customers, who no doubt, also pay individual garbage disposal taxes every year? How much money do you need to recycle your own garbage in your own country? Why are business owners being taxed twice while countries should be responsible for their own garbage disposal and recycling? Which is also being payed for by their own citizens??? Make an end to this ridiculous rule. It makes no sense and it only lowers peoples income even more, which creates a lower spending pattern, which means less income, which means less money for everyone. Except of course, the big companies who are actually doing 90% of the damage.", "feedbackEnglish": "If you decide to implement such a useless and impactful rule, you should make sure that: 1. Everyone knows about it 2. Knows where to find information 3. What is expected per country and how to arrange it. 4. Where to find support from an official government organisation. I found out about this rule on TikTok of all places. I am registered as a webshop owner in the Netherlands, yet my chamber of commerce has never ever made contact about this new rule. Next up, this rule makes no sense: 1. I pay 381,12 in my city as an individual for garbage disposal every year. 2. As a business owner I pay taxes for the packaging products I buy. 3. I have to pay (local) VAT on everything I sell 4. Now I also have to pay money, just for my customers to receive their package in the EU!?!?!?!? 5. These same customers probably also have to pay their individual taxes for their garbage disposal every year. 6. Every business that sends packages gets hit with the same rates, even if they just send one package a year to another European country. Make it make sense. You can't. Business owners and customers are paying more and more, or should I say double, just to keep European trade alive. How come we have to pay individually for garbage disposal every year, just to throw some cardboard for packages away, and now also as business owners just for our customers to receive the package? Customers, who no doubt, also pay individual garbage disposal taxes every year? How much money do you need to recycle your own garbage in your own country? Why are business owners being taxed twice while countries should be responsible for their own garbage disposal and recycling? Which is also being payed for by their own citizens??? Make an end to this ridiculous rule. It makes no sense and it only lowers peoples income even more, which creates a lower spending pattern, which means less income, which means less money for everyone. Except of course, the big companies who are actually doing 90% of the damage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548015_en"}, {"id": 33548014, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:42:22", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is causing turmoil and stress among every micro and mini business. This regulation will not do anything for large companies that create a lot of waste like Amazon, Shein or Temu, what it will do instead is completely destroy trade from artisans, individual hobbyists, and start entrepreneurs who do not have the means to pay thousands in fees. A lot of these small businesses already re-use and re-cycle packaging for their own orders. There is no reason to pay thousands in fees if a small business is shipping maybe 10 packages a month- businesses who care about the environment and already make sure their packaging is biodegradable. If these regulations pass they will essentially close 99% of trade within Europe, it will cut off connections people have to shipping within their own continent, and will incentivise to buy from outside the country as small local business close down, bankrupt, or completely stop functioning because they cannot afford to ship within the EU they're part of. Customers won't be able to purchase from neighbouring countries. You won't be able to buy beautiful jewellery from Ireland, you won't be able to purchase traditional clothing and wooden ornaments from Slavic countries, your children will not be able to become entrepreneurs and grow as people and learn important skills because a law that costs thousands will roadblock their progress. This regulation is destructive for regular people while benefitting large companies who will absorb those charges. Running a small business is unimaginable difficult, and this is will ruin people's dreams and lower the happiness of people in each country. Please change this law. Tax the large pollutants instead of punishing micro businesses and regular people who wish to support companies other than the giants who have a monopoly on the market. If you want to incentivise people to purchase less mass-produced items then we need to uplift small businesses instead of destroying them from the inside.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is causing turmoil and stress among every micro and mini business. This regulation will not do anything for large companies that create a lot of waste like Amazon, Shein or Temu, what it will do instead is completely destroy trade from artisans, individual hobbyists, and start entrepreneurs who do not have the means to pay thousands in fees. A lot of these small businesses already re-use and re-cycle packaging for their own orders. There is no reason to pay thousands in fees if a small business is shipping maybe 10 packages a month- businesses who care about the environment and already make sure their packaging is biodegradable. If these regulations pass they will essentially close 99% of trade within Europe, it will cut off connections people have to shipping within their own continent, and will incentivise to buy from outside the country as small local business close down, bankrupt, or completely stop functioning because they cannot afford to ship within the EU they're part of. Customers won't be able to purchase from neighbouring countries. You won't be able to buy beautiful jewellery from Ireland, you won't be able to purchase traditional clothing and wooden ornaments from Slavic countries, your children will not be able to become entrepreneurs and grow as people and learn important skills because a law that costs thousands will roadblock their progress. This regulation is destructive for regular people while benefitting large companies who will absorb those charges. Running a small business is unimaginable difficult, and this is will ruin people's dreams and lower the happiness of people in each country. Please change this law. Tax the large pollutants instead of punishing micro businesses and regular people who wish to support companies other than the giants who have a monopoly on the market. If you want to incentivise people to purchase less mass-produced items then we need to uplift small businesses instead of destroying them from the inside.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548014_en"}, {"id": 33548013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:41:44", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Polskie Stowarzyszenie Przemysłu Kosmetycznego i Detergentowego", "feedback": "The proposed harmonisation of national producer registers is a welcome step, particularly for companies operating across several EU Member States. However, a common data format alone will not be sufficient to reduce the current administrative burden. Companies still face different national requirements regarding the scope of information, packaging categories, reporting procedures and supporting documentation. We strongly support a once-only approach, allowing companies to reuse data already available in their PPWR technical documentation and other existing systems, without having to provide the same information repeatedly in different national registers. Clear and harmonised rules for the classification of packaging and its individual components are also essential, especially for complex and multi-component packaging. National requirements going beyond the harmonised EU format should be strictly limited and justified. The registers should be fully interoperable and enable automated data exchange with companies existing ERP and EPR systems. For businesses operating across borders, the new system should genuinely simplify registration and reporting, rather than create another layer of administrative work.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed harmonisation of national producer registers is a welcome step, particularly for companies operating across several EU Member States. However, a common data format alone will not be sufficient to reduce the current administrative burden. Companies still face different national requirements regarding the scope of information, packaging categories, reporting procedures and supporting documentation. We strongly support a once-only approach, allowing companies to reuse data already available in their PPWR technical documentation and other existing systems, without having to provide the same information repeatedly in different national registers. Clear and harmonised rules for the classification of packaging and its individual components are also essential, especially for complex and multi-component packaging. National requirements going beyond the harmonised EU format should be strictly limited and justified. The registers should be fully interoperable and enable automated data exchange with companies existing ERP and EPR systems. For businesses operating across borders, the new system should genuinely simplify registration and reporting, rather than create another layer of administrative work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548013_en"}, {"id": 33548012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:40:26", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an emerging independent artist currently in the process of establishing a sole-proprietor micro-business within the European Union. I deeply value independent, local, and small-scale businesses, which bring vital cultural diversity, craftsmanship, and economic vitality to Europe. We must not allow regulatory burdens to inadvertently hand total market control to large corporate giants that have the legal and financial resources to absorb complex administrative costs. While I fully support the EUs climate goals and the transition toward a sustainable, circular economy, the current structure of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and national packaging registers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates an insurmountable barrier for individuals who are just trying to launch a small venture. As a single artist, my cross-border sales are predicted to consist of low-volume, direct-to-consumer shipments, such as sending 1 or 2 art prints per year to individual buyers in different EU Member States. Although I plan to use exclusively 100% recyclable, plastic-free paper and cardboard packaging, the prospect of navigating 27 distinct national schemes, paying separate annual administrative fees, and meeting complex reporting demands in every country makes launching across borders economically impossible before I even begin. When the compliance fee in a single Member State can exceed the entire retail value of a 40 art print, cross-border micro-commerce is effectively dead on arrival. Instead of fostering a frictionless internal market, these fragmented regulations threaten to stop small creators from ever starting, forcing them to restrict sales to their home country and directly contradicting the core principles of the EU Single Market. To ensure small businesses are not wiped out and aspiring entrepreneurs are not priced out of the market, I urgently request that the Commission reconsider the decision. As an artist, legislation is not my expertise, but I ask you to consider any kind of exemptions or revisions to the current framework: 1. A Micro-Business De Minimis Exemption: Establish a standardized EU-wide threshold based on annual packaging weight (e.g., under 100 kg/year) or total turnover, exempting aspiring micro-enterprises and sole traders from multi-country registration fees and administrative reporting. 2. An EU-Wide One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for EPR: Create a single centralized portal for packaging compliance, modeled after the successful VAT One-Stop Shop (VAT OSS), allowing a small business to register once and cover sales across all Member States without paying individual fixed platform fees in 27 countries. 3. Simplified Compliance for 100% Recyclable Materials: Introduce streamlined, low-cost procedures for micro-sellers who exclusively use recyclable, plastic-free paper and cardboard packaging. Small creators, artisans, and micro-entrepreneurs are the foundation of a fair and competitive European economy. Without targeted exemptions or a unified compliance mechanism, these regulations will inadvertently shut down emerging small businesses before they can grow, leaving the European market almost entirely to large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an emerging independent artist currently in the process of establishing a sole-proprietor micro-business within the European Union. I deeply value independent, local, and small-scale businesses, which bring vital cultural diversity, craftsmanship, and economic vitality to Europe. We must not allow regulatory burdens to inadvertently hand total market control to large corporate giants that have the legal and financial resources to absorb complex administrative costs. While I fully support the EUs climate goals and the transition toward a sustainable, circular economy, the current structure of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and national packaging registers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates an insurmountable barrier for individuals who are just trying to launch a small venture. As a single artist, my cross-border sales are predicted to consist of low-volume, direct-to-consumer shipments, such as sending 1 or 2 art prints per year to individual buyers in different EU Member States. Although I plan to use exclusively 100% recyclable, plastic-free paper and cardboard packaging, the prospect of navigating 27 distinct national schemes, paying separate annual administrative fees, and meeting complex reporting demands in every country makes launching across borders economically impossible before I even begin. When the compliance fee in a single Member State can exceed the entire retail value of a 40 art print, cross-border micro-commerce is effectively dead on arrival. Instead of fostering a frictionless internal market, these fragmented regulations threaten to stop small creators from ever starting, forcing them to restrict sales to their home country and directly contradicting the core principles of the EU Single Market. To ensure small businesses are not wiped out and aspiring entrepreneurs are not priced out of the market, I urgently request that the Commission reconsider the decision. As an artist, legislation is not my expertise, but I ask you to consider any kind of exemptions or revisions to the current framework: 1. A Micro-Business De Minimis Exemption: Establish a standardized EU-wide threshold based on annual packaging weight (e.g., under 100 kg/year) or total turnover, exempting aspiring micro-enterprises and sole traders from multi-country registration fees and administrative reporting. 2. An EU-Wide One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for EPR: Create a single centralized portal for packaging compliance, modeled after the successful VAT One-Stop Shop (VAT OSS), allowing a small business to register once and cover sales across all Member States without paying individual fixed platform fees in 27 countries. 3. Simplified Compliance for 100% Recyclable Materials: Introduce streamlined, low-cost procedures for micro-sellers who exclusively use recyclable, plastic-free paper and cardboard packaging. Small creators, artisans, and micro-entrepreneurs are the foundation of a fair and competitive European economy. Without targeted exemptions or a unified compliance mechanism, these regulations will inadvertently shut down emerging small businesses before they can grow, leaving the European market almost entirely to large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548012_en"}, {"id": 33548011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:38:13", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small businesses, freelancer and solo traders from the new A.R.law! I wish to continue to sell within the EU, but it is impossible for me to register in each country and pay all the required fees and taxes. Now I cannot sell to my neighbour countries! The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU. This means many small businesses will suffer and might have to close, including my small business! Please exclude our small businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small businesses, freelancer and solo traders from the new A.R.law! I wish to continue to sell within the EU, but it is impossible for me to register in each country and pay all the required fees and taxes. Now I cannot sell to my neighbour countries! The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU. This means many small businesses will suffer and might have to close, including my small business! Please exclude our small businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548011_en"}, {"id": 33548010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:38:07", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mylopets OU", "feedback": "This is a ridiculous initiative, undertaken by people who have not been elected by the taxpayers! Yet again, you are doing everything to weaken European economy and kill small businesses! Meanwhile China, India et all, will still over produce plastic and polute like theres no tomorrow! EU was created for free trade between member states, now this new regulation will make it impossible for small EU businesses to trade within the Union! Majority of the small businesses already use recycled local materials, so how about you concentrate on conglomerates? Amazon, Temu, AliExpress This law should not be targeting EU businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a ridiculous initiative, undertaken by people who have not been elected by the taxpayers! Yet again, you are doing everything to weaken European economy and kill small businesses! Meanwhile China, India et all, will still over produce plastic and polute like theres no tomorrow! EU was created for free trade between member states, now this new regulation will make it impossible for small EU businesses to trade within the Union! Majority of the small businesses already use recycled local materials, so how about you concentrate on conglomerates? Amazon, Temu, AliExpress This law should not be targeting EU businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548010_en"}, {"id": 33548009, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:37:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AKIKO GmbH", "feedback": "Mit großer Sorge habe ich mir die letzten Tage und Wochen die geplanten Regelungen zur PPWR und den damit verbundenen Kosten für Unternehmen angeschaut. Als Mit-Gründerin eines noch sehr kleinen Start-Ups kann ich mir die Lizenzierungs- und Repräsentationsgebühren bei Weitem nicht leisten, und muss somit meinen Onlineshop für sämtliche EU Bestellungen außerhalb meines Unternehmensitzes sofort einstellen, was mich erheblich an der Skalierung hindert und dafür sorgt, dass ich höchstwahrscheinlich die Kosten durch wegfallende Einnahmen nicht mehr decken kann. Meines Erachtens nach sorgt diese Regelung nur dafür, dass kleineren und Kleinstunternehmen sämtliche Chancengleichheit gegenüber riesigen Firmen wie Temu oder Shein genommen werden, welche diese Gebühren einfach in Kauf nehmen können. Falls man an diesen Regelungen festhalten möchte, wären EU-weit einheitliche Regelungen zu Mindestgrenzen bei Angestelltenzahl und Jahresumsatz sinnvoll - unter einem Jahresumsatz von mindestens 2 Mio. lohnt es sich bei Weitem nicht in allen EU-Ländern einen nötigen Repräsentanten oder die Lizenzierungsgebühren zu stemmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "With great concern, I have looked at the planned PPWR rules and the associated costs for businesses over the last few days and weeks. As a co-founder of a very small start-up, I am far from being able to afford the licensing and representation fees and must therefore immediately place my online shop for all EU orders outside my company’s headquarters, which significantly prevents me from scaling up and makes it very likely that I will no longer be able to cover the costs through lost revenues. In my view, that rule merely ensures that smaller and micro-enterprises are afforded all the same opportunities as huge firms, such as Temu or Shein, which can easily accept those fees. If these rules were to be maintained, it would make sense to have uniform EU-wide rules on minimum thresholds for the number of employees and annual turnover – under an annual turnover of at least 2 million, it is far from worthwhile to cover a necessary representative or licensing fees in all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548009_en"}, {"id": 33548008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:36:45", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses can't afford these EPR requirements, this will force them completely out of EU markets. Do we really want that our only options are big corporations, like Amazon, because that is exactly where we are heading. No more small independent businesses, no more handmade goods, no more self-published books, no more commissioned portraits!", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses can't afford these EPR requirements, this will force them completely out of EU markets. Do we really want that our only options are big corporations, like Amazon, because that is exactly where we are heading. No more small independent businesses, no more handmade goods, no more self-published books, no more commissioned portraits!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548008_en"}, {"id": 33548007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:36:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Met de regel van invoerrechten extra moeten betalen, zullen kleine bedrijven het meest lijden hieronder. Het is niet wezenlijk dat kleine bedrijven die taxes kunnen betalen elk jaar. Dit zal ervoor zorgen dat veel dingen niet meer beschikbaar zullen zijn in de eu. Bedrijven die het juist zou moeten aanpakken, zoals Amazon en al hebben genoeg geld om dit wel te betalen. Deze markten zullen dus als enigen nog gebruikt kunnen worden rond de EU. Graag of hier goed over nagedacht kan worden.", "feedbackEnglish": "With the import duty rule, small businesses will suffer the most. It is not essential that small businesses are able to pay those taxes every year. This will mean that many things will no longer be available in the eu. Companies that should do it right, such as Amazon and already have enough money to pay for it. These markets will therefore be the only ones that can still be used around the EU. I would like to know if this can be properly considered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548007_en"}, {"id": 33548006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:36:04", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While a good idea in theory, and I fully agree stricter rules on packaging materials is great in long-term environmentally, I feel like small businesses should be excluded from this. Abiding by the ridiculous bureaucracy jungle is insanely expensive (both monetarily and time-wise) for small businesses. And meanwhile the overseas giant corporations will keep importing harmful plastics by the ton, because they can easily afford the fees and all. Not to mention have full departments to work on the legal jargon. A luxury small business owners don't have. We should be making the life of EU small businesses easier and keep it more sensible for a EU citizen to buy within EU, and this failed regulation does none of it.", "feedbackEnglish": "While a good idea in theory, and I fully agree stricter rules on packaging materials is great in long-term environmentally, I feel like small businesses should be excluded from this. Abiding by the ridiculous bureaucracy jungle is insanely expensive (both monetarily and time-wise) for small businesses. And meanwhile the overseas giant corporations will keep importing harmful plastics by the ton, because they can easily afford the fees and all. Not to mention have full departments to work on the legal jargon. A luxury small business owners don't have. We should be making the life of EU small businesses easier and keep it more sensible for a EU citizen to buy within EU, and this failed regulation does none of it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548006_en"}, {"id": 33548005, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:35:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This change will ruin small creators and companies and will have a bad impact consumers trying to order handmade stuff. Being in the EU I thought it would be easier to get stuff from other EU countries, but this will effectively kill the possibility to order from small shops in other EU countries. Many have already announced, that they will stop shipping to EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "This change will ruin small creators and companies and will have a bad impact consumers trying to order handmade stuff. Being in the EU I thought it would be easier to get stuff from other EU countries, but this will effectively kill the possibility to order from small shops in other EU countries. Many have already announced, that they will stop shipping to EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33548005_en"}, {"id": 33547999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:32:54", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Harmony Igolen", "feedback": "Je donne un avis défavorable à ce projet de loi qui va contribuer à détruire encore plus l'activité des tous petits créateurs et artisans qui vivotent grace au commerce en ligne. En effet, sous prétexte d'écologie, ces travailleurs seront soumis à des taxations énormes (forfait par pays) et à des frais d'achat d'emballages \"normalisés\" sûrement supérieurs à ce qu'ils paient actuellement. L'union européenne était un projet d'échange global au sein du territoire et ce projet va au contraire contribuer au protectionnisme pays par pays : chaque pays imposant ainsi un forfait d'un coût incompressible pour donner le droit de distribuer sur son marché. Seules les grosses sociétés pourront encore raquer pour continuer à distribuer, ce qui constitue un racket généralisé, mais les petits artisans/créateurs/producteurs perdront eux tout simplement l'accèsà une part significative de leur marché.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not in favour of this draft law, which will help to further destroy the activities of all small creators and craftsmen who are shying away from e-commerce. Under the pretext of ecology, these workers will be subject to huge taxes (flat rate per country) and the cost of purchasing ‘standardised’ packaging will certainly be higher than they currently pay. The European Union was a project of global exchange within the territory and, on the contrary, this project will contribute to protectionism on a country-by-country basis: each country thus imposes a flat rate of an irreducible cost to give the right to distribute on its market. Only large companies will still be able to tell to continue distributing, which is a generalised racket, but small craftsmen/designers/producers will simply lose access to a significant part of their market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547999_en"}, {"id": 33547998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:32:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Plückefinken", "feedback": "Ich bin Inhaberin von Plückefinken, einem kleinen Unternehmen aus Deutschland. Wir entwickeln und vertreiben Wohntextilien und Papeterie über eigene Onlineshops an Privatkunden und den Einzelhandel. Unser Jahresumsatz liegt bei rund 300.000 Euro. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung. In Deutschland bin ich im Verpackungsregister registriert und beteilige meine Versandverpackungen an einem dualen System. Mein Problem sind nicht angemessene Recyclingentgelte, sondern die vielen nationalen Registrierungen, Meldungen und Dienstleister beim grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Ab dem 12. August 2026 werde ich den Versand an Privatkunden in andere EU Mitgliedstaaten einstellen. Nicht weil dort keine Nachfrage besteht, sondern weil Kosten und Aufwand für wenige Sendungen pro Land nicht tragbar sind. Besonders belastend ist die Pflicht, in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Hinzu kommen unterschiedliche Register, Gebühren, Datenformate, Sprachen und Meldezeiträume. Ein kleines Unternehmen muss so für wenige Kilogramm Verpackung nahezu denselben Grundaufwand bewältigen wie ein großer Marktteilnehmer. Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen EU Staaten können deshalb nicht mehr direkt bei mir bestellen. Der Binnenmarkt wird für mein Unternehmen faktisch kleiner. Gleichzeitig kann ich weiterhin in Staaten außerhalb der EU wie die Schweiz oder Norwegen versenden. Die Regelung erzeugt Handelshemmnisse, ohne eine Verpackung umweltfreundlicher zu machen. Große Unternehmen können die festen Kosten verteilen; Kleinstunternehmen und spezialisierte Onlineshops können das nicht. Der Durchführungsrechtsakt darf sich nicht auf gleich aussehende nationale Formulare beschränken. Er sollte ein Verfahren schaffen, bei dem Angaben nur einmal gemacht werden. Ich bitte insbesondere um: 1. ein zentrales, kostenfreies EU Portal für eine einmalige Registrierung und eine gemeinsame Jahresmeldung; 2. die automatische Weiterleitung der Daten an die betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten und die gegenseitige Anerkennung der Registrierung; 3. einheitliche Datenfelder, Materialkategorien, Einheiten, Fristen und Korrekturverfahren; 4. keine zusätzlichen nationalen Angaben oder häufigeren Meldungen, soweit sie nicht nachweislich erforderlich und verhältnismäßig sind; 5. eine stark vereinfachte Jahresmeldung für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Mengen sowie eine unionsweit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze; 6. Gebühren nach den tatsächlich in einem Staat in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen, ohne unverhältnismäßige Grund- oder Verwaltungsgebühren; 7. einen Übergangszeitraum ohne Sanktionen, bis die harmonisierten Systeme in allen Mitgliedstaaten funktionieren. Es ist nicht zumutbar, dass Pflichten bereits gelten, obwohl einheitliche Formate und angepasste nationale Systeme noch nicht bereitstehen. Die vereinfachte Meldung für weniger als 10 Tonnen Verpackung pro Jahr reicht nicht aus. Mein Unternehmen liegt in einzelnen Zielländern weit darunter. Trotzdem bleiben Registrierung, Systembeteiligung, Bevollmächtigung und Fixkosten bestehen. Eine vereinfachte Tabelle löst das wirtschaftliche Problem nicht. Ich unterstütze außerdem die schnelle Aussetzung der Pflicht aus Artikel 45 Absatz 3 der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 für in der EU niedergelassene Unternehmen, wie von der Kommission vorgeschlagen. Mindestens für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Mengen muss die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten entfallen. Umweltverantwortung und mengenabhängige Beiträge können bestehen bleiben, ohne für jedes Land eine kostenpflichtige Vertretungsstruktur zu verlangen. Bitte gestalten Sie Registrierung und Berichterstattung nach dem Once Only Prinzip: einmal registrieren, einmal jährlich melden, europaweit verwenden. Nur so bleiben Umweltziele und grenzüberschreitender Handel auch für kleine Unternehmen miteinander vereinbar.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own Plückefinken, a small company from Germany. We develop and sell household textiles and parpetery through our own online shops to private customers and retailers. Our annual turnover is around EUR 300.000. I support the objectives of Extended Producer Responsibility. In Germany, I am registered in the packaging register and share my shipping packaging in a dual system. My problem is not adequate recycling charges, but the many national registrations, notifications and service providers involved in cross-border trade. As of 12 August 2026, I will stop shipping to private customers in other EU Member States. Not because there is no demand there, but because the costs and effort involved are not sustainable for a few consignments per country. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each destination country is particularly burdensome. In addition, there are different registers, fees, data formats, languages and reporting periods. For a few kilograms of packaging, a small company has to deal with almost the same basic cost as a large market operator. Customers in other EU countries can therefore no longer order directly from me. The single market is de facto becoming smaller for my business. At the same time, I can still send to countries outside the EU, such as Switzerland or Norway. The scheme creates barriers to trade without making packaging more environmentally friendly. Large companies can share the fixed costs; Micro-enterprises and specialised online shops cannot. The implementing act shall not be limited to identical national forms. It should establish a procedure in which information is provided only once. In particular, I would like to ask for: (1) a single, free-of-charge EU portal for single registration and joint annual reporting; (2) the automatic transmission of data to the Member States concerned and the mutual recognition of registration; (3) uniform data fields, material categories, units, deadlines and correction procedures; 4. no additional national information or more frequent reporting unless it is demonstrably necessary and proportionate; (5) a very simplified annual declaration for micro-enterprises and small quantities and a single de minimis threshold across the Union; 6. Charges based on the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market in a State, without disproportionate basic or administrative charges; A transitional period without penalties until the harmonised systems are operational in all Member States. It is not reasonable that obligations already apply even though uniform formats and adapted national systems are not yet available. The simplified notification for less than 10 tonnes of packaging per year is not sufficient. My company is far below in some destination countries. Nevertheless, registration, system participation, delegation and fixed costs remain in place. A simplified table does not solve the economic problem. I also support the swift suspension of the obligation under Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 for companies established in the EU, as proposed by the Commission. At least for micro-enterprises and very small quantities, the appointment of an authorised representative shall not be required. Environmental responsibility and volume-based contributions can be maintained without requiring a fee-based representation structure for each country. Please design registration and reporting according to the Once Only principle: register once, report once a year, use Europe-wide. This is the only way that environmental objectives and cross-border trade can be reconciled, including for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547998_en"}, {"id": 33547997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:32:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen and everyone on the spectrum, due to your new regulations, you are making it impossible to support small businesses, as they are not able to follow all those regulations without paying a horrendous fee, for their small businesses. Please look into to exclude small and mirco businesses from the A. R Rule as it is disproportionate towards small and micro businesses. Or providemeasurements that smaller businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR / ERP in Eu states for small and mircobusinesses. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the Eu and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. Please reconsider your decisions. Sincerely Nguyen, Lu-Huyen Vi", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen and everyone on the spectrum, due to your new regulations, you are making it impossible to support small businesses, as they are not able to follow all those regulations without paying a horrendous fee, for their small businesses. Please look into to exclude small and mirco businesses from the A. R Rule as it is disproportionate towards small and micro businesses. Or providemeasurements that smaller businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR / ERP in Eu states for small and mircobusinesses. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the Eu and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. Please reconsider your decisions. Sincerely Nguyen, Lu-Huyen Vi", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547997_en"}, {"id": 33547996, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:31:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "44spaces ", "feedback": "Diese Verordnung ist absurd in der Umsetzung. Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen bedeutet es faktisch den Ausschluß vom Binnenmarkt. Shein, Temu etc danken der EU und den nationalen Allleingängen, dass wir ab dem 12.8 nicht mehr innerhalb der EU versenden werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "This Regulation is being implemented absurdly. For small and medium-sized enterprises, it effectively excludes them from the internal market. Shein, Temu, etc. thank the EU and the national alleys for not sending us anymore within the EU from 12.8.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547996_en"}, {"id": 33547995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:31:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Soy una artista que lleva vendiendo sus obras desde 2014 intermitentemente por culpa, entre otros, de las dificultades que se ponen en contra de pequeños artesanos. Muchos de nosotros nos acabamos sintiendo desmotivados de seguir creando y cerramos lo que nos hace sentir vivos. Es imposible soñar y crecer como creador y es agotador ver que llegaremos al día en que solo grandes empresas estaran en nuestras calles. Algunos de los artesanos que os escriben hacen unos pocas ventas cada año que quizas, QUIZAS, les permiten seguir sus pequeños negocios dentro de sus paises, pero quien empieza de cero o tiene una sola venta al año porque lucha contra su propia desmotivación no tiene ninguna posibilidad.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist who has been selling his works since 2014 intermittently because of, among other things, the difficulties that are being placed against small craftsmen. Many of us end up feeling discouraged from further creating and closing down what makes us feel alive. It is impossible to dream and grow as a creator and it is exhausting to see that we will come to the day when only big companies were on our streets. Some of the craftsmen who write to you make a few sales every year that they want, want, allow them to follow their small businesses within their countries, but those who start from scratch or have only one sale per year because they fight against their own demotivation have no chance.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547995_en"}, {"id": 33547994, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:30:26", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commision, I am concerned that the way these requirements are implemented could impose an excessive administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises, independent artists, craftspeople, makers and very small online retailers. Many of these businesses are run by a single person and may only sell limited quantities of products to customers in other EU Member States. In some cases, a business might send only a few parcels to a particular country over the course of an entire year. For such businesses, having to deal with different national registration systems, reporting requirements, fees and, potentially, the appointment of authorised representatives in several Member States could result in administrative costs that are out of proportion to the small amount of packaging they actually place on each national market. There is also a risk of an unintended negative effect: small businesses may decide not to sell to customers in certain EU countries because the costs and complexity of complying with the rules are greater than the value of the sales themselves. This could disproportionately impact independent artists, craftspeople and other micro-enterprises whose businesses rely on being able to access customers throughout the EU Single Market. I therefore encourage the Commission to consider the following measures: Establishing a straightforward EU-wide registration system or single online portal for micro-businesses selling across different Member States. Introducing clear exemptions or simplified compliance procedures for micro-enterprises and sellers operating at very low volumes. Applying de minimis thresholds based on the amount or weight of packaging placed on each national market. Ensuring that fees are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging involved, rather than imposing fixed charges that may be prohibitively high for businesses selling only a small number of products. Avoiding requirements for small businesses to appoint separate, costly authorised representatives in every Member State where their sales are only marginal. Harmonising reporting and administrative requirements across the EU, so that small businesses are not required to understand and comply with significantly different systems in each Member State.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commision, I am concerned that the way these requirements are implemented could impose an excessive administrative and financial burden on micro-enterprises, independent artists, craftspeople, makers and very small online retailers. Many of these businesses are run by a single person and may only sell limited quantities of products to customers in other EU Member States. In some cases, a business might send only a few parcels to a particular country over the course of an entire year. For such businesses, having to deal with different national registration systems, reporting requirements, fees and, potentially, the appointment of authorised representatives in several Member States could result in administrative costs that are out of proportion to the small amount of packaging they actually place on each national market. There is also a risk of an unintended negative effect: small businesses may decide not to sell to customers in certain EU countries because the costs and complexity of complying with the rules are greater than the value of the sales themselves. This could disproportionately impact independent artists, craftspeople and other micro-enterprises whose businesses rely on being able to access customers throughout the EU Single Market. I therefore encourage the Commission to consider the following measures: Establishing a straightforward EU-wide registration system or single online portal for micro-businesses selling across different Member States. Introducing clear exemptions or simplified compliance procedures for micro-enterprises and sellers operating at very low volumes. Applying de minimis thresholds based on the amount or weight of packaging placed on each national market. Ensuring that fees are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging involved, rather than imposing fixed charges that may be prohibitively high for businesses selling only a small number of products. Avoiding requirements for small businesses to appoint separate, costly authorised representatives in every Member State where their sales are only marginal. Harmonising reporting and administrative requirements across the EU, so that small businesses are not required to understand and comply with significantly different systems in each Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547994_en"}, {"id": 33547993, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:29:58", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU regulation requiring fees for each country businesses want to ship to is forcing many small businesses to stop shipping to the EU entirely. This is not just a minor inconvenience. It is a direct threat to their survival. Small businesses cannot absorb these costs. The regulation risks shutting them out of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU regulation requiring fees for each country businesses want to ship to is forcing many small businesses to stop shipping to the EU entirely. This is not just a minor inconvenience. It is a direct threat to their survival. Small businesses cannot absorb these costs. The regulation risks shutting them out of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547993_en"}, {"id": 33547992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:29:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die EU muss endlich aufhören mit solchen Schwachsinn, das darf nicht wahr sein das man mit biegen und brechen uns alles noch mehr unnötig verteuert. Ich wurde in Österreich geboren, und nicht der EU. Ich wünschte das Leben in Österreich wäre wieder so wie vor der EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU must finally stop with this kind of weakness, it must not be true, and it must make everything even more unnecessarily expensive. I was born in Austria, not in the EU. I wanted to live in Austria as before the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547992_en"}, {"id": 33547991, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:29:35", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Chapter VII Section 3 Article 46 \"5. Producer responsibility organisations shall ensure equal treatment of producers regardless of their origin or size, without placing a disproportionate burden on producers of small quantities of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, including small and medium-sized enterprises.\" Is appropriately worded and stated but not apparently taken into account, allowing the rest of the regulation to do exactly the opposite, effectively removing small EU businesses from the EU market. It is unclear whether this statement is wrong.", "feedbackEnglish": "Chapter VII Section 3 Article 46 \"5. Producer responsibility organisations shall ensure equal treatment of producers regardless of their origin or size, without placing a disproportionate burden on producers of small quantities of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, including small and medium-sized enterprises.\" Is appropriately worded and stated but not apparently taken into account, allowing the rest of the regulation to do exactly the opposite, effectively removing small EU businesses from the EU market. It is unclear whether this statement is wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547991_en"}, {"id": 33547990, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:27:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Small Online Shop", "feedback": "Die vorgesehenen Regelungen zu nationalen Herstellerregistern stellen in ihrer jetzigen Form eine enorme finanzielle Belastung dar, die für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen schlicht nicht tragbar ist. Was als Instrument zur besseren Nachverfolgung von Verpackungsverantwortung gedacht ist, entwickelt sich in der Praxis zu einem kostspieligen bürokratischen Flickenteppich, der genau die Unternehmen trifft, die am wenigsten finanzielle Reserven haben, um diese Kosten zu tragen. Besonders schwer wiegt der untragbar hohe Kostenpunkt für kleine Unternehmen. Die Pflicht, sich in potenziell 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern anzumelden, bedeutet für kleine Betriebe einen vielfachen Kostenaufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zu ihrer Betriebsgröße steht. Registrierungsgebühren fallen nicht einmal, sondern in jedem einzelnen Land an, in dem verpackte Ware in Verkehr gebracht wird. Hinzu kommen laufende Compliance-Kosten durch wiederkehrende Meldungen, unterschiedliche Berichtsformate und Fristen in jedem Mitgliedstaat, die sich Jahr für Jahr summieren. Externe Beratungs- und Dienstleistungskosten werden für kleine Betriebe faktisch unvermeidbar, da die Komplexität ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung kaum zu bewältigen ist, und der zusätzliche Personalaufwand bindet Zeit und Geld, die in kleinen Unternehmen ohnehin knapp bemessen sind und an anderer Stelle im Betrieb fehlen. Diese Kosten treffen kleine Unternehmen ungleich härter als Großkonzerne, die solche Ausgaben problemlos auf ein hohes Umsatzvolumen verteilen können. Für einen Kleinbetrieb hingegen können sich die Kosten für Registrierung und laufende Compliance in mehreren Ländern zu einem Betrag summieren, der einen spürbaren, teils existenzbedrohenden Anteil des Jahresgewinns auffrisst. Besonders schwer wiegt zudem, dass diese kostenintensiven, fragmentierten nationalen Register dem eigentlichen Sinn und Zweck des europäischen Binnenmarkts diametral entgegenstehen. Statt eines einheitlichen, kosteneffizienten Rahmens entsteht faktisch ein System aus 27 parallelen, kostenpflichtigen Bürokratien. Der grenzüberschreitende Handel, den der Binnenmarkt eigentlich fördern soll, wird für kleine Unternehmen finanziell unattraktiv bis unmöglich gemacht. Es ist nicht hinnehmbar, dass die EU durch diese hohen, vielfach anfallenden Kosten kleine Unternehmen an den Rand des wirtschaftlichen Ruins drängt, während finanzstarke Marktteilnehmer diese Belastung mühelos verkraften. Es braucht dringend eine spürbare Ausnahme- oder Kostenbefreiungsregelung für Kleinunternehmen und KMU, etwa gestaffelt nach Umsatz, Mitarbeiterzahl oder Verpackungsmenge, um zu verhindern, dass die finanzielle Belastung existenzbedrohende Ausmaße annimmt. Der hohe Kostenpunkt dieser Registrierungspflichten ist der zentrale Kritikpunkt an dieser Verordnung. Ohne eine wirksame finanzielle Entlastung für kleine Unternehmen wird diese Regelung zu einer massiven Wettbewerbsverzerrung zulasten des Mittelstands führen zulasten genau jener Betriebe, die das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft bilden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed rules on national producer registers in their current form represent a huge financial burden which is simply not sustainable for small and medium-sized enterprises. What is intended as a tool to better track packaging responsibility is in practice becoming a costly bureaucratic patchwork that hits precisely those companies that have the least financial reserves to bear these costs. The unacceptably high cost point is particularly serious for small businesses. The obligation to register in potentially 27 different national registers entails many costs for small farms that are disproportionate to their size. Registration fees are not even incurred in every single country where packaged goods are placed on the market. In addition, there are ongoing compliance costs due to recurring reporting, different reporting formats and deadlines in each Member State, which add up year on year. External consultancy and service costs will in fact become unavoidable for small businesses, as complexity is hardly manageable without their own legal or compliance department, and the additional staff costs require time and money, which are already scarce in small businesses and absent elsewhere in the business. These costs are harder for small companies than for large companies, which can easily spread such expenses over a high volume of sales. For a small business, on the other hand, the costs of registration and ongoing compliance in several countries can add up to an amount that represents a significant proportion of the annual profit, in some cases threatening the survival of the business. It is also particularly serious that these costly and fragmented national registers are diametrically opposed to the very purpose of the European single market. Instead of a uniform, cost-effective framework, a system of 27 parallel, costly bureaucracy is created. Cross-border trade, which the single market is supposed to promote, is made financially unattractive or impossible for small businesses. It is unacceptable that the EU pushes small businesses to the brink of economic ruin due to these high and often incurred costs, while financially strong market players can easily cope with this burden. There is an urgent need for a tangible exemption or cost exemption scheme for small businesses and SMEs, such as one based on turnover, number of employees or quantity of packaging, in order to prevent the financial burden from reaching existential levels. The high cost of these registration obligations is the central criticism of this Regulation. Without effective financial relief for small businesses, this scheme will lead to a massive distortion of competition to the detriment of small and medium-sized enterprises, to the detriment of precisely those businesses that form the backbone of the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547990_en"}, {"id": 33547989, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:27:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a customer of a number of small, independent artists and sellers. I appreciate the diversity of designs and products that comes from these small businesses, most of which are run by a single person. In recent days, Ive heard from many of these artists and shop owners that they feel their livelihoods are threatened by the consequences of the new regulations: the effort required to comply with the individual regulations for each EU country is too great, and the financial burden of registrations or hiring legal representatives is too high. Large companies (which were certainly the main target of the new regulations) can implement the regulation fairly easily, but small independent businesses cannot. A rule that is actually intended to serve a positive goalreducing packaging wastecould thus end up destroying diversity in the market and run counter to the intention of a free internal market within the EU. I therefore urgently request that you suspend the regulation for small businesses up to a reasonable revenue threshold and create an exemption or a workable alternative for these businesses. Protect small artists and shops and the diversity they bring to the European market!", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a customer of a number of small, independent artists and sellers. I appreciate the diversity of designs and products that comes from these small businesses, most of which are run by a single person. In recent days, Ive heard from many of these artists and shop owners that they feel their livelihoods are threatened by the consequences of the new regulations: the effort required to comply with the individual regulations for each EU country is too great, and the financial burden of registrations or hiring legal representatives is too high. Large companies (which were certainly the main target of the new regulations) can implement the regulation fairly easily, but small independent businesses cannot. A rule that is actually intended to serve a positive goalreducing packaging wastecould thus end up destroying diversity in the market and run counter to the intention of a free internal market within the EU. I therefore urgently request that you suspend the regulation for small businesses up to a reasonable revenue threshold and create an exemption or a workable alternative for these businesses. Protect small artists and shops and the diversity they bring to the European market!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547989_en"}, {"id": 33547988, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:27:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. But please reasses the implementation for small businesses, freelancer and solo traders! The amoubt of packaging we small business send anually is so small that in contrast the payment we have to make to include every EU country is disproportional. The new law won't make it possible to send packages in every EU country due to the high fees/taxes and is more against the law of the free movement of goods within the EU. Please consider: A temporary delay to allow a proper assessment of the impact on micro-businesses. - A single EU-wide registration and reporting system, recognised by all Member States. - Harmonised rules across the EU instead of separate national procedures. - Simplified obligations for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. - Fees based on the actual amount of packaging introduced, rather than minimum charges that may exceed the environmental impact of the business itself. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system should remain proportionate and practical for the smallest economic operators.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. But please reasses the implementation for small businesses, freelancer and solo traders! The amoubt of packaging we small business send anually is so small that in contrast the payment we have to make to include every EU country is disproportional. The new law won't make it possible to send packages in every EU country due to the high fees/taxes and is more against the law of the free movement of goods within the EU. Please consider: A temporary delay to allow a proper assessment of the impact on micro-businesses. - A single EU-wide registration and reporting system, recognised by all Member States. - Harmonised rules across the EU instead of separate national procedures. - Simplified obligations for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. - Fees based on the actual amount of packaging introduced, rather than minimum charges that may exceed the environmental impact of the business itself. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system should remain proportionate and practical for the smallest economic operators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547988_en"}, {"id": 33547987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:27:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, please take into consideration that small business owners will face disproportionately high costs that can result in severe consequences. You should exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R. rule or provide measurements that small businesses can afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, please take into consideration that small business owners will face disproportionately high costs that can result in severe consequences. You should exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R. rule or provide measurements that small businesses can afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547987_en"}, {"id": 33547986, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:27:03", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The fact that I can support micro and other small businesses as an EU citizen without any restriction, is something that is very important to me. I believe in supporting locals and their crafts rather than cheaply made items. The regulation must be revised for these small businesses to survive!", "feedbackEnglish": "The fact that I can support micro and other small businesses as an EU citizen without any restriction, is something that is very important to me. I believe in supporting locals and their crafts rather than cheaply made items. The regulation must be revised for these small businesses to survive!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547986_en"}, {"id": 33547985, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:26:58", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a customer I want to support small businesses and artists from Europe. Due to the new packaging rules many of them will shut down their shops, or they will be able to afford only to ship in their own country. This creates a huge injustice, because someone from e.g. Czech Republic will have less potential clients than someone from bigger country. Climate change is a very important topic for me and I support every law that helps our environment, but I'm afraid the only beneficiary of the new packaging rule will be large companies, that will have even more clients right now.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a customer I want to support small businesses and artists from Europe. Due to the new packaging rules many of them will shut down their shops, or they will be able to afford only to ship in their own country. This creates a huge injustice, because someone from e.g. Czech Republic will have less potential clients than someone from bigger country. Climate change is a very important topic for me and I support every law that helps our environment, but I'm afraid the only beneficiary of the new packaging rule will be large companies, that will have even more clients right now.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547985_en"}, {"id": 33547983, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:25:25", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Colorfox", "feedback": "Goedemorgen, Ik wil graag met veel klem benadrukken dat de nieuwe PPWR onmogelijk is in te voeren voor kleine, creatieve - ondernemingen. Onmogelijk, want de hoeveelheid administratie, de jaarlijks per land te betalen fees, de per land te regelen contactpersonen - het staat in schril contrast tot de waarde en omzet van onze creatieve producten. Om een voorbeeld te noemen: als ik één bestelling uit Spanje heb in een jaar tijd, van een handgemaakt product met een totale waarde van nog geen 30 Euro welke past in een brievenbusdoosje, moet ik honderden Euro's betalen om überhaupt mijn pakketje naar Spanje te mogen versturen. Het gedachtegoed achter de PPWR is heel goed, dat begrijpen de meeste kleine ondernemers als geen ander. Zowel uit milieu- als kostenoverwegingen zijn velen van ons al goed bezig met het hergebruiken van allerlei verpakkingsmaterialen, en helpen familieleden en vrienden ons daar graag in mee door verpakingsmateriaal te bewaren voor hergebruik. De impact van de invoering van de PPWR is echter onevenredig zwaar voor ons als kleine ondernemers. Grote bedrijven als Bol, Amazon, CoolBlue,Temu etc. hebben grote afdelingen met medewerkers die deze aanpassingen fluitend kunnen doorvoeren. En de extra kosten doen niets af aan de totale omzet noch de winstmarge van deze giganten. Sprekend voor mezelf: ik moet nu noodgedwongen de verzending binnen de EU (m.u.v. Nederland) uitschakelen in mijn webshop. Het resultaat? Veel ondernemers stoppen - het is niet meer te doen op deze manier. Het creatieve aanbod per land keldert. En de grote bedrijven varen er wel bij, al wordt het productaanbod wel een eenheidsworst. Dit kan toch niet de bedoeling zijn van de invoering van milieumaatregelen? Dat je verpakkingsmateriaal moet gebruiken dat aan bepaalde milieueisen voldoet: uitstekend! Geen single-use plastics: top! Een flat-fee per pakket: geen probleem, dat zal iedere klant begrijpen. Hopelijk nemen jullie de reikwijdte van de invoering in heroverweging, zodat wij - alle creatieve, kleine ondernemers die met hart en ziel mooie producten maken - kunnen blijven bestaan naast de megabedrijven met alleen een winstoogmerk. Hartelijke groet, Naomi de Vos Colorfox* * De leukste en meest kleurrijke webshop van Lelystad! ;-)", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, I would like to stress very strongly that the new PPWR is impossible to implement for small, creative businesses. Impossible, because the amount of administration, the fees to be paid per year per country, the contact persons to be arranged per country – it is in stark contrast to the value and turnover of our creative products. For example: if I have one order from Spain in a year for a handmade product with a total value of less than EUR 30 that fits into a letterbox box, I have to pay hundreds of Euros to be able to send my parcel to Spain at all. The idea behind the PPWR is very good, which most small entrepreneurs understand as no other. For both environmental and cost reasons, many of us are already well engaged in reusing all kinds of packaging materials, and family members and friends are happy to help us by keeping packaging for reuse. However, the impact of the introduction of the PPWR is disproportionate for us as small entrepreneurs. Large companies such as Bol, Amazon, Coolblue, Temu, etc. have large departments with employees that can flourish in making these adjustments. And the additional costs do not affect either the total turnover or the profit margin of these giants. Speaking to myself: I am now forced to disable transmission within the EU (except the Netherlands) in my webshop. The result? Many entrepreneurs stop – it is no longer possible to do so. The creative offer per country is slowing down. And the big companies will benefit, even though the range of products will become a single sausage. However, this cannot be the intention of introducing environmental measures? That you have to use packaging that meets certain environmental requirements: excellent! No Single-use plastics: top! A flat fee per package: no problem, that every customer will understand. Hopefully, you will reconsider the scope of the introduction, so that we – all creative, small entrepreneurs who make beautiful products with hearts and souls – can continue to coexist with the mega-companies that only make a profit. Great greetings, Naomi de Vos Colorfox * * Lelystad’s most fun and colourful webshop! —)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547983_en"}, {"id": 33547977, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:24:57", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the owner of a small one-person business. I am deeply concerned that the EPR and its implementation may threaten the viability of my business. I simply do not have the time or money to deal with different compliance systems across multiple EU countries. For a small business or sole trader the administrative burden is simply too high. Having to register in multiple countries, hire expensive authorised representatives, pay annual fees and complete complicated reports is financially and practically impossible. This kind of bureaucracy risks killing small businesses by making cross-border trade too expensive and difficult. I urge the EU to exempt microenterprises and small businesses below a reasonable turnover or shipment threshold from EPR requirements. EPR should focus on holding major producers accountable for their environmental impact, not create a barrier that prevents small independent businesses from taking part in the EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small one-person business. I am deeply concerned that the EPR and its implementation may threaten the viability of my business. I simply do not have the time or money to deal with different compliance systems across multiple EU countries. For a small business or sole trader the administrative burden is simply too high. Having to register in multiple countries, hire expensive authorised representatives, pay annual fees and complete complicated reports is financially and practically impossible. This kind of bureaucracy risks killing small businesses by making cross-border trade too expensive and difficult. I urge the EU to exempt microenterprises and small businesses below a reasonable turnover or shipment threshold from EPR requirements. EPR should focus on holding major producers accountable for their environmental impact, not create a barrier that prevents small independent businesses from taking part in the EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547977_en"}, {"id": 33547976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:23:48", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I agree with this idea in theory, the fact that every single country has their separate prices and systems in place for this is against the very basic idea of the European Union. It lessens unity rather than adds to it, especially as smaller companies cannot afford to pay the sometimes exorbitant prices to each and every country in the EU. In my experience, most smaller companies already use packaging that is easily recyclable, and how could smaller companies ever get bigger if they cannot even afford to send any of their physical products to any other country than their own? This strongly weakens the European market when it comes to smaller businesses, and also means they will never be able to actually try their wings in becoming, perhaps, a bigger company. The problem is not the requirements for the packaging itself, the problem is the fact that the companies (or often singular people trying to just get by) need to get the certificates from each country, which is simply not economically viable. This strengthens the market share of already big companies (who can easily afford the extra payments, although I do believe they will also transfer these costs to the end client) and basically forces a lot of smaller companies to either focus on their own national market only or simply stop their business completely. What kind of a free market area requires anything like this?", "feedbackEnglish": "While I agree with this idea in theory, the fact that every single country has their separate prices and systems in place for this is against the very basic idea of the European Union. It lessens unity rather than adds to it, especially as smaller companies cannot afford to pay the sometimes exorbitant prices to each and every country in the EU. In my experience, most smaller companies already use packaging that is easily recyclable, and how could smaller companies ever get bigger if they cannot even afford to send any of their physical products to any other country than their own? This strongly weakens the European market when it comes to smaller businesses, and also means they will never be able to actually try their wings in becoming, perhaps, a bigger company. The problem is not the requirements for the packaging itself, the problem is the fact that the companies (or often singular people trying to just get by) need to get the certificates from each country, which is simply not economically viable. This strengthens the market share of already big companies (who can easily afford the extra payments, although I do believe they will also transfer these costs to the end client) and basically forces a lot of smaller companies to either focus on their own national market only or simply stop their business completely. What kind of a free market area requires anything like this?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547976_en"}, {"id": 33547975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:22:44", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think you have to optimise the process to make it less bureaucratic and expensive for the small business. Cause the way it is organised now makes it almost imposible to send the goods in low quantities and with an aceptable price.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think you have to optimise the process to make it less bureaucratic and expensive for the small business. Cause the way it is organised now makes it almost imposible to send the goods in low quantities and with an aceptable price.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547975_en"}, {"id": 33547974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:21:50", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and agree that producers should contribute to the recycling and management of packaging waste. However, I respectfully ask the European Commission to pause and reassess the implementation of these obligations for micro-enterprises, sole traders and freelancers. Many very small businesses place only a limited amount of packaging on the market each year. In my case, I operate a small online craft business and ship around 200 parcels annually, generating only a modest amount of packaging waste. Despite this, the administrative and financial burden of complying with different registration, reporting and payment systems in multiple Member States can be disproportionate. The current approach risks creating barriers to cross-border trade within the Single Market, especially for small businesses that lack the resources to manage separate requirements in each country. I encourage the Commission to consider: - A temporary delay to allow a proper assessment of the impact on micro-businesses. - A single EU-wide registration and reporting system, recognised by all Member States. - Harmonised rules across the EU instead of separate national procedures. - Simplified obligations for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. - Fees based on the actual amount of packaging introduced, rather than minimum charges that may exceed the environmental impact of the business itself. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system should remain proportionate and practical for the smallest economic operators. Thank you for considering these comments.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and agree that producers should contribute to the recycling and management of packaging waste. However, I respectfully ask the European Commission to pause and reassess the implementation of these obligations for micro-enterprises, sole traders and freelancers. Many very small businesses place only a limited amount of packaging on the market each year. In my case, I operate a small online craft business and ship around 200 parcels annually, generating only a modest amount of packaging waste. Despite this, the administrative and financial burden of complying with different registration, reporting and payment systems in multiple Member States can be disproportionate. The current approach risks creating barriers to cross-border trade within the Single Market, especially for small businesses that lack the resources to manage separate requirements in each country. I encourage the Commission to consider: - A temporary delay to allow a proper assessment of the impact on micro-businesses. - A single EU-wide registration and reporting system, recognised by all Member States. - Harmonised rules across the EU instead of separate national procedures. - Simplified obligations for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. - Fees based on the actual amount of packaging introduced, rather than minimum charges that may exceed the environmental impact of the business itself. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system should remain proportionate and practical for the smallest economic operators. Thank you for considering these comments.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547974_en"}, {"id": 33547973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:21:45", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "1) Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford 2) Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses 3)The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses new laws should improve and regulate the economy to have a good impact on all citizens, not only help already strong commercial powers. micro and small buisnesses are very fragile but so much important for the wellbeing of the community, international and european", "feedbackEnglish": "1) Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford 2) Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses 3)The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses new laws should improve and regulate the economy to have a good impact on all citizens, not only help already strong commercial powers. micro and small buisnesses are very fragile but so much important for the wellbeing of the community, international and european", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547973_en"}, {"id": 33547972, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:20:40", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bendy Limited", "feedback": "I strongly support the aim of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling across Europe. However, I am deeply concerned that the current approach will disproportionately damage creative businesses, micro-businesses, independent makers and other small enterprises. Small businesses like mine are not the problem these regulations are intended to solve. We already have a strong incentive to minimise costs and waste. I use minimal packaging, appropriately sized parcels and packaging made from materials that are easily recyclable. I do not use unnecessary plastic packaging or shrink-wrap. Yet the administrative burden of registering separately in multiple EU countries, paying fees and potentially appointing authorised representatives can make selling small numbers of products to EU customers economically impossible. Meanwhile, enormous international marketplaces and exporters such as Temu and AliExpress have the scale and resources to absorb these compliance costs while continuing to ship huge quantities of products and packaging into Europe. This risks producing exactly the wrong outcome. A small independent creator sending a handful of responsibly packaged products to customers in a particular EU country could face compliance costs completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging they actually produce. The result will not necessarily be less packaging. Instead, many small businesses outside the EU will simply stop selling to European consumers. That reduces consumer choice, discourages innovation and damages independent creative and cottage industries while giving the largest international businesses an even greater competitive advantage. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. I would strongly encourage the EU to introduce a meaningful micro-business or low-volume exemption, or a simple EU-wide registration system with proportionate fees based on the actual quantity and type of packaging placed on the market. A business sending a few kilograms of fully recyclable cardboard packaging each year should not face essentially the same administrative barriers as businesses shipping enormous volumes of goods. Please protect the objectives of the legislation without unintentionally shutting small, responsible and innovative businesses out of the European market. Small businesses should be encouraged to use minimal, recyclable packaging, not penalised despite already doing the right thing.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the aim of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling across Europe. However, I am deeply concerned that the current approach will disproportionately damage creative businesses, micro-businesses, independent makers and other small enterprises. Small businesses like mine are not the problem these regulations are intended to solve. We already have a strong incentive to minimise costs and waste. I use minimal packaging, appropriately sized parcels and packaging made from materials that are easily recyclable. I do not use unnecessary plastic packaging or shrink-wrap. Yet the administrative burden of registering separately in multiple EU countries, paying fees and potentially appointing authorised representatives can make selling small numbers of products to EU customers economically impossible. Meanwhile, enormous international marketplaces and exporters such as Temu and AliExpress have the scale and resources to absorb these compliance costs while continuing to ship huge quantities of products and packaging into Europe. This risks producing exactly the wrong outcome. A small independent creator sending a handful of responsibly packaged products to customers in a particular EU country could face compliance costs completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging they actually produce. The result will not necessarily be less packaging. Instead, many small businesses outside the EU will simply stop selling to European consumers. That reduces consumer choice, discourages innovation and damages independent creative and cottage industries while giving the largest international businesses an even greater competitive advantage. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. I would strongly encourage the EU to introduce a meaningful micro-business or low-volume exemption, or a simple EU-wide registration system with proportionate fees based on the actual quantity and type of packaging placed on the market. A business sending a few kilograms of fully recyclable cardboard packaging each year should not face essentially the same administrative barriers as businesses shipping enormous volumes of goods. Please protect the objectives of the legislation without unintentionally shutting small, responsible and innovative businesses out of the European market. Small businesses should be encouraged to use minimal, recyclable packaging, not penalised despite already doing the right thing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547972_en"}, {"id": 33547971, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:19:38", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I strongly support the EU's objective of reducing packaging waste and improving the sustainability of packaging across Europe. However, I am concerned that the implementation of these requirements may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses, independent artists, makers and very small online shops. Many small businesses operate with only one person and may sell very small quantities to customers in other EU Member States. In some cases, a business may send only a handful of parcels to a particular country each year. Requiring such businesses to navigate separate national registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States can create costs and administrative work that are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. This risks having an unintended consequence: small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in certain EU countries because compliance costs exceed the value of their sales. This would particularly affect independent artists, craftspeople and other micro-enterprises that depend on access to the EU Single Market. I therefore encourage the Commission to consider: - A simple EU-wide registration system or one-stop portal for micro-businesses operating across Member States. - Clear and meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for very low-volume sellers and micro-enterprises. - De minimis thresholds based on the quantity or weight of packaging placed on a national market. - Proportionate fees based on actual packaging quantities, rather than fixed costs that can be excessive for businesses selling only a few products. - Avoiding the need for separate and expensive authorised representatives in every Member State where a business has only minimal sales. - Harmonised reporting requirements so that a small business does not have to learn and comply with substantially different administrative systems in each EU country. The EU Single Market should enable small European businesses to sell across borders, not make cross-border trade practically inaccessible to those without the resources of a large company. I respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that the final implementation of these packaging requirements achieves its environmental objectives without disproportionately disadvantaging micro-enterprises and independent creators. Environmental protection and support for small businesses should not have to be opposing goals. With simpler, harmonised and proportionate rules, the EU can achieve both. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I strongly support the EU's objective of reducing packaging waste and improving the sustainability of packaging across Europe. However, I am concerned that the implementation of these requirements may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro-businesses, independent artists, makers and very small online shops. Many small businesses operate with only one person and may sell very small quantities to customers in other EU Member States. In some cases, a business may send only a handful of parcels to a particular country each year. Requiring such businesses to navigate separate national registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States can create costs and administrative work that are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. This risks having an unintended consequence: small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in certain EU countries because compliance costs exceed the value of their sales. This would particularly affect independent artists, craftspeople and other micro-enterprises that depend on access to the EU Single Market. I therefore encourage the Commission to consider: - A simple EU-wide registration system or one-stop portal for micro-businesses operating across Member States. - Clear and meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for very low-volume sellers and micro-enterprises. - De minimis thresholds based on the quantity or weight of packaging placed on a national market. - Proportionate fees based on actual packaging quantities, rather than fixed costs that can be excessive for businesses selling only a few products. - Avoiding the need for separate and expensive authorised representatives in every Member State where a business has only minimal sales. - Harmonised reporting requirements so that a small business does not have to learn and comply with substantially different administrative systems in each EU country. The EU Single Market should enable small European businesses to sell across borders, not make cross-border trade practically inaccessible to those without the resources of a large company. I respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that the final implementation of these packaging requirements achieves its environmental objectives without disproportionately disadvantaging micro-enterprises and independent creators. Environmental protection and support for small businesses should not have to be opposing goals. With simpler, harmonised and proportionate rules, the EU can achieve both. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547971_en"}, {"id": 33547970, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:19:34", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The solution should take into consideration small businesses that sell to the EU countries. The bureaucracy can be very costful for these businesses and they may close shipping to the EU. This also applies to European small businesses. Shopping in small businesses is an envionmentally concious choice for many Europeans, and they should mot face more difficulties to operate in the EU - quite the opposite. I suggest you consider the rules not negativelly affecting them, so we can continue supporting hand and ethically made, slow produced businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The solution should take into consideration small businesses that sell to the EU countries. The bureaucracy can be very costful for these businesses and they may close shipping to the EU. This also applies to European small businesses. Shopping in small businesses is an envionmentally concious choice for many Europeans, and they should mot face more difficulties to operate in the EU - quite the opposite. I suggest you consider the rules not negativelly affecting them, so we can continue supporting hand and ethically made, slow produced businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547970_en"}, {"id": 33547969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:19:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Common market? It's crazy - from now on, it will be easier and cheaper for small business to export to Switzerland or any other non-EU countries than to ship within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Common market? It's crazy - from now on, it will be easier and cheaper for small business to export to Switzerland or any other non-EU countries than to ship within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547969_en"}, {"id": 33547968, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:18:49", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who likes to buy from small business within the European Union, these New rules will make supporting them impossible. Please make an exception for small creators / micro bussinesses. These rules hardly make an impact on big companies like Amazon, but will be the end for individual artist or small shops. And that while these small businesses are the ones who often don't produce a lot of waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who likes to buy from small business within the European Union, these New rules will make supporting them impossible. Please make an exception for small creators / micro bussinesses. These rules hardly make an impact on big companies like Amazon, but will be the end for individual artist or small shops. And that while these small businesses are the ones who often don't produce a lot of waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547968_en"}, {"id": 33547967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:17:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Perma-Stempel GmbH", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) Existenzbedrohung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Abgeordnete, als Inhaber eines traditionsreichen Familienunternehmens wende ich mich heute mit großer Sorge bezüglich der kumulierten Auswirkungen der aktuellen EU-Regulierungen, insbesondere der neuen Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR), an Sie. Die Flut an administrativen Neuerungen stellt für Kleinstunternehmen eine existenzielle Überlastung dar. Die Umsetzung der komplexen Registrierungs-, Überwachungs- und Kontrollpflichten erfordert in unserem Betrieb die Kapazität einer zusätzlichen Vollzeitkraft. Dies entspricht einer Erhöhung unserer Gesamtkosten um etwa 15 Prozent ein Aufwand, den ein Kleinbetrieb wirtschaftlich nicht tragen kann. Nach der Umsetzung der Datensicherheits- und Produktsicherheitsrichtlinien markiert die PPWR nun eine Belastungsgrenze, die uns zur Schließung unseres Betriebes zwingt.Diese Überregulierung führt zu drastischen Wettbewerbsverzerrungen auf dem europäischen Markt. Während europäische KMU durch lückenlose Compliance-Vorgaben finanziell und personell überlastet werden, drängen Anbieter aus Drittstaaten wie China über Online-Plattformen (z. B. Amazon und Temu) mit Niedrigpreisprodukten auf den Markt. Da diese Akteure die strengen europäischen Standards in der Praxis oft umgehen können, verlieren wir zunehmend unsere Kundenbasis an diese unregulierte Konkurrenz.Als langjähriger Befürworter und Unterstützer der europäischen Integration erfüllt mich diese Entwicklung mit tiefer Sorge. Die aktuelle Gesetzgebung entfremdet die wirtschaftliche Basis den Mittelstand vom europäischen Gedanken. Wenn die Regulierungspraxis den Wohlstand und die Existenz der eigenen Volkswirtschaften gefährdet, schwindet unweigerlich die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz für die Institutionen der Europäischen Union. Dies stärkt letztlich jene politischen Kräfte, die das europäische Projekt als Ganzes ablehnen. Ich appelliere daher dringend an Sie, bei der Ausgestaltung und Umsetzung der PPWR praxisnahe Ausnahmeregelungen für KMU zu verankern und den Bürokratieabbau sowie den Schutz des europäischen Marktes vor unlauterem Wettbewerb aus Drittstaaten zur Priorität zu machen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Daniel Schurig Perma-Stempel GmbH Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) Threat to the existence of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Honourable Members, as owners of a family business with a long tradition, I am writing to you today with great concern about the cumulative impact of current EU regulations, in particular the new Packaging Regulation (PPWR). The flood of administrative innovations is an existential overload for micro-enterprises. The implementation of the complex registration, monitoring and control obligations requires the capacity of one additional full-time employee in our company. This represents an increase in our total costs of around 15 %, an expense that a small farm cannot afford economically. Following the implementation of the data safety and product safety directives, the PPWR now sets a limit on the burden, which forces us to close our business. This overregulation leads to drastic distortions of competition on the European market. While European SMEs are overburdened financially and in terms of staffing by full compliance requirements, non-EU suppliers such as China are entering the market with low-priced products via online platforms (e.g. Amazon and Temu). As these actors can often circumvent the strict European standards in practice, we are increasingly losing our customer base to this unregulated competition. As a long-standing supporter and supporter of European integration, I am deeply concerned about this development. The current legislation diverts the economic base from the European idea for small and medium-sized enterprises. If regulatory practice endangers the prosperity and existence of their own economies, the social acceptance of the European Union’s institutions will inevitably disappear. This ultimately strengthens those political forces that reject the European project as a whole. I therefore urge you to introduce practical exemptions for SMEs in the design and implementation of the PPWR and to make cutting red tape and protecting the European market from unfair competition from third countries a priority. Yours sincerely, Daniel Schurig Perma-Stempel GmbH Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547967_en"}, {"id": 33547961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:14:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe these rules are extremely disproportionately affecting small businesses in a negative way. I absolutely support holding businesses accountable for their waste but regulations that are majorly needed for big companies are already leading to small businesses being unable to ship their goods *inside the EU*, outside of their own country. The EU was supposed to enable the free movement of goods between its member states, in my opinion this law is clearly speaking against that. Its destroying small businesses, preventing new ones from building and therefore helping big companies to monopolize. Id suggest reevaluating these rules, keeping in mind small and micro businesses, especially since a lot of artists and craftspeoples businesses fall into that category. Adhering to those rules should be feasible also for small businesses, which absolutely includes financial aspects. Small and micro businesses just arent the same as mega companies and should be considered accordingly, to make sure they can realistically stay a functional part of the European goods market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe these rules are extremely disproportionately affecting small businesses in a negative way. I absolutely support holding businesses accountable for their waste but regulations that are majorly needed for big companies are already leading to small businesses being unable to ship their goods *inside the EU*, outside of their own country. The EU was supposed to enable the free movement of goods between its member states, in my opinion this law is clearly speaking against that. Its destroying small businesses, preventing new ones from building and therefore helping big companies to monopolize. Id suggest reevaluating these rules, keeping in mind small and micro businesses, especially since a lot of artists and craftspeoples businesses fall into that category. Adhering to those rules should be feasible also for small businesses, which absolutely includes financial aspects. Small and micro businesses just arent the same as mega companies and should be considered accordingly, to make sure they can realistically stay a functional part of the European goods market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547961_en"}, {"id": 33547960, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:14:08", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As European citizens, we are deeply shocked by the current implementation of cross-border EPR regulations. These rules represent a massive political step backwards, directly contradicting the foundational values of the EU Single Market.The absence of a universal de minimis exemption is actively destroying a vital part of the European economy. Forcing small-scale trade to pay thousands of euros in fixed costs creates impenetrable barriers. This is deeply damaging to the environment: it flings the doors wide open to giant extra-EU corporations, who will easily use their massive financial power to bypass these laws and monopolize the market with mass production. Conversely, small independent operators naturally promote sustainable, local, and low-impact environmental models.We demand an immediate moratorium on these disproportionate costs and the urgent introduction of a universal de minimis threshold based on real volume. The EU must return to its core principles of unity and proportionality.", "feedbackEnglish": "As European citizens, we are deeply shocked by the current implementation of cross-border EPR regulations. These rules represent a massive political step backwards, directly contradicting the foundational values of the EU Single Market.The absence of a universal de minimis exemption is actively destroying a vital part of the European economy. Forcing small-scale trade to pay thousands of euros in fixed costs creates impenetrable barriers. This is deeply damaging to the environment: it flings the doors wide open to giant extra-EU corporations, who will easily use their massive financial power to bypass these laws and monopolize the market with mass production. Conversely, small independent operators naturally promote sustainable, local, and low-impact environmental models.We demand an immediate moratorium on these disproportionate costs and the urgent introduction of a universal de minimis threshold based on real volume. The EU must return to its core principles of unity and proportionality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547960_en"}, {"id": 33547959, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:13:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "3D Printing and Art", "feedback": "Hello, I have a small 3D Printing business and I paint miniatures as comission for both I ship parcels to all around the world. Now with the new rules I have to pay so much money to deliver a few parcels to small eu countries? How can it be that the small business has the same costs than huge companies. How should I continue my work? I earn 6000k Euro a year in Europe and from that have to pay several thousands just to send a parcels to the countries. From the 6000 I also have to pay my materials, machines, programs, licences and taxes? How should I continue? I can just stop my business with those rules. I hope you can see what damage you do to all the smaller businesses. This will kill many, many exists...I have 3 small kids, I have to pay my house, I just lost my industry job, because they switchting more job to Asia and India, and now you're doing the same by supporting the huge companies by taking out so many, of the small ones. For me this is really horrible. I am not sure if somebody reads this, but I wanted to give you my view as self employed person. Best regards Oliver", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have a small 3D Printing business and I paint miniatures as comission for both I ship parcels to all around the world. Now with the new rules I have to pay so much money to deliver a few parcels to small eu countries? How can it be that the small business has the same costs than huge companies. How should I continue my work? I earn 6000k Euro a year in Europe and from that have to pay several thousands just to send a parcels to the countries. From the 6000 I also have to pay my materials, machines, programs, licences and taxes? How should I continue? I can just stop my business with those rules. I hope you can see what damage you do to all the smaller businesses. This will kill many, many exists...I have 3 small kids, I have to pay my house, I just lost my industry job, because they switchting more job to Asia and India, and now you're doing the same by supporting the huge companies by taking out so many, of the small ones. For me this is really horrible. I am not sure if somebody reads this, but I wanted to give you my view as self employed person. Best regards Oliver", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547959_en"}, {"id": 33547958, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:13:34", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Le micro e piccole imprese dovrebbero essere escluse dalle tasse annuali imposte per spedire pacchi nei vari Paesi dell'Unione Europea, ci sono tante imprese del genere in Europa e se ricevono le stesse sanzioni delle grandi aziende o delle multinazionali andrebbero presto in bancarotta", "feedbackEnglish": "Micro and small enterprises should be excluded from the annual taxes imposed for sending parcels in the various countries of the European Union, there are many such enterprises in Europe and if they receive the same penalties as large companies or multinationals, they would soon go bankrupt.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547958_en"}, {"id": 33547957, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:12:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This doesnt work for small businesses, youre killing a lot of peoples means of living. I think this law only makes sense for small companies that can afford it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This doesnt work for small businesses, youre killing a lot of peoples means of living. I think this law only makes sense for small companies that can afford it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547957_en"}, {"id": 33547955, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:11:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "GarnStories", "feedback": "I strongly support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste. However, as the owner of a very small, one-person business, I am deeply concerned that the PPWR and its implementation may threaten the viability of my business. The costs and administrative burden are disproportionate for small businesses. What I particularly fail to understand is why cross-border sales require compliance with separate national packaging systems, costs and, in many cases, the appointment of a local authorised representative. In practice, this means dealing with up to 27 packaging registers, different requirements and potentially 27 authorised representatives just to be able to send a small number of parcels to customers across the EU. This is simply not manageable for a micro-business. Instead of strengthening the European Single Market, these requirements create significant barriers to cross-border trade and give large companies, which can spread compliance costs over huge sales volumes, a clear competitive advantage. I fully support reducing packaging waste. As a small business, I already use as little packaging as possible, choose recyclable materials and reuse packaging whenever possible. Yet the current system does not adequately recognise the environmental benefit of reusing packaging that has already been used. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of pushing small businesses out of the European Single Market. I urge the EU to introduce much simpler, proportionate rules for micro-businesses and to properly recognise genuine packaging reduction and reuse.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste. However, as the owner of a very small, one-person business, I am deeply concerned that the PPWR and its implementation may threaten the viability of my business. The costs and administrative burden are disproportionate for small businesses. What I particularly fail to understand is why cross-border sales require compliance with separate national packaging systems, costs and, in many cases, the appointment of a local authorised representative. In practice, this means dealing with up to 27 packaging registers, different requirements and potentially 27 authorised representatives just to be able to send a small number of parcels to customers across the EU. This is simply not manageable for a micro-business. Instead of strengthening the European Single Market, these requirements create significant barriers to cross-border trade and give large companies, which can spread compliance costs over huge sales volumes, a clear competitive advantage. I fully support reducing packaging waste. As a small business, I already use as little packaging as possible, choose recyclable materials and reuse packaging whenever possible. Yet the current system does not adequately recognise the environmental benefit of reusing packaging that has already been used. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of pushing small businesses out of the European Single Market. I urge the EU to introduce much simpler, proportionate rules for micro-businesses and to properly recognise genuine packaging reduction and reuse.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547955_en"}, {"id": 33547954, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:11:23", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mentre penso che il cercare di ridurre gli sprechi nel packaging sia una causa nobile e sensata nel lungo periodo, per come le regolamentazioni sono state scritte, impattano molto di più piccole aziende, a volte a guida personale, che non si possono permettere di spendere migliaia di euro prima ancora di confermare una vendita solo per avere la possibilità di spedire un pacco. Bisogna obbligatoriamente aggiungere delle esenzioni per reddito dell'azienda, o simili, altrimenti si rischia di annichilire completamente il mercato di piccoli artisti e artigiani che già non vengono agevolati in questo momento, e si lascia spazio libero solo alle grandi multinazionali che si possono permettere il carico monetario e burocratico di spedire in Eruopa.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I think that trying to reduce waste in packaging is a noble and sensible cause in the long run, as regulations have been written, it affects much smaller companies, sometimes led by staff, who cannot afford to spend thousands of euros before even confirming a sale just to have the chance to send a parcel. Exemptions for company income, or similar, must be added. Otherwise there is a risk of completely undermining the market for small artists and craftsmen, who are not already being facilitated at this time, and only large multinationals, who can be allowed to send money and red tape to Eruopa, can be left free.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547954_en"}, {"id": 33547953, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:10:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the objectives of the PPWR and EPR rules to improve packaging sustainability and reduce environmental impact. However, the requirements should be proportionate and take into account the limited resources of small and micro businesses. 1. Proportionate requirements for small businesses Small and micro enterprises should benefit from exemptions or simplified, affordable compliance procedures where appropriate. Requirements should reflect their size, resources and capacity. 2. Harmonised EU registration PPWR and EPR registration should be standardised across EU member states. A single EU-wide system would reduce bureaucracy and make cross-border business easier, particularly for smaller companies. 3. Protect the EU Single Market Different national packaging and registration requirements should not create unnecessary barriers to the free movement of goods. Such differences could significantly increase costs and discourage small businesses from entering other EU markets. 4. Affordable implementation Compliance costs and obligations should be realistic and proportionate. Small businesses should receive clear guidance, affordable registration options and sufficient transition periods. Overall, the PPWR and EPR objectives are important, but implementation must balance environmental goals with proportionality, harmonisation and the protection of small businesses and the EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objectives of the PPWR and EPR rules to improve packaging sustainability and reduce environmental impact. However, the requirements should be proportionate and take into account the limited resources of small and micro businesses. 1. Proportionate requirements for small businesses Small and micro enterprises should benefit from exemptions or simplified, affordable compliance procedures where appropriate. Requirements should reflect their size, resources and capacity. 2. Harmonised EU registration PPWR and EPR registration should be standardised across EU member states. A single EU-wide system would reduce bureaucracy and make cross-border business easier, particularly for smaller companies. 3. Protect the EU Single Market Different national packaging and registration requirements should not create unnecessary barriers to the free movement of goods. Such differences could significantly increase costs and discourage small businesses from entering other EU markets. 4. Affordable implementation Compliance costs and obligations should be realistic and proportionate. Small businesses should receive clear guidance, affordable registration options and sufficient transition periods. Overall, the PPWR and EPR objectives are important, but implementation must balance environmental goals with proportionality, harmonisation and the protection of small businesses and the EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547953_en"}, {"id": 33547952, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:10:24", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the aim of reducing packaging waste and making the rules more consistent across the EU. However, I am concerned that registration and reporting requirements could be difficult and costly for small businesses and people who are just starting a business like myself. Small businesses should not face the same administrative burden as large companies that place much larger quantities of packaging on the market. There should also be clear guidance for businesses selling products online to customers in different EU countries, so that they know which country's register they need to use. I support the environmental objectives of the regulation, but the rules should be proportionate and practical for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the aim of reducing packaging waste and making the rules more consistent across the EU. However, I am concerned that registration and reporting requirements could be difficult and costly for small businesses and people who are just starting a business like myself. Small businesses should not face the same administrative burden as large companies that place much larger quantities of packaging on the market. There should also be clear guidance for businesses selling products online to customers in different EU countries, so that they know which country's register they need to use. I support the environmental objectives of the regulation, but the rules should be proportionate and practical for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547952_en"}, {"id": 33547951, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:10:16", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a customer of the EU and this mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I cannot shop local for specific items/crafts and doing this reduces my options significantly and punishes small business owners. While I agree that monitoring packaging waste is important, I don't agree that small businesses/creators should be hit. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. I am part of the 21k+ signaturs on change.org who want this admended, see link: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a customer of the EU and this mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I cannot shop local for specific items/crafts and doing this reduces my options significantly and punishes small business owners. While I agree that monitoring packaging waste is important, I don't agree that small businesses/creators should be hit. I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. I am part of the 21k+ signaturs on change.org who want this admended, see link: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547951_en"}, {"id": 33547950, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:10:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "G&G-Antiquitäten", "feedback": "Die neuen Vorschriften sind leider eine Katastrophe. Wir stellen den Versand in die EU komplett ein, da die entstehenden Kosten in keinem Verhältnis mehr zum Umsatz stehen. Lösungen gäbe es genug: Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Händler bspw. Dazu kommt: Jedes Verpackungsmaterial, das ich beziehe, wird künftig vom Hersteller bereits lizenziert, allerdings nur für das Land, in dem ich versende (Deutschland). Wenn ich einen Karton in ein anderes Land versende, muss er neu lizenziert werden. Wieso kann die EU das Geld nicht zentral sammeln und weitergeben? Wieso muss es so unnötig kompliziert gemacht werden mit Bevollmächtigten für jedes Land? Wieso wird damit auch jedem kleinen Unternehmen, das neu anfängt, der Start so unnötig kompliziert gemacht?", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, the new rules are a disaster. We are completely stopping shipping to the EU, as the costs incurred are no longer proportionate to the turnover. There would be enough solutions: De minimis thresholds for small traders, e.g. What is more: Any packaging material I receive will in future already be licensed by the manufacturer, but only for the country where I am shipping (Germany). If I send a carton to another country, it must be relicensed. Why can the EU not collect and transfer the money centrally? Why is it necessary to make it unnecessarily complicated with plenipotentiaries for each country? Why does it make it unnecessarily complicated for every small start-up?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547950_en"}, {"id": 33547949, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:09:33", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Anya Rose Illustration and Concept Art", "feedback": "As a small business owner in the Netherlands, these new rules will be detrimental to my ability to function in the EU. I am a full time artist, one person operation, and I ship less than 6 packages to most of the EU member states per year. I cannot afford the packaging registration or representative fees for the majority of them, as the costs would exceed the revenue I make from these locations. If these unrealistic EPR requirements stand, I will be forced to only continue doing business with countries outside of the EU, which would lose me about a fourth of my income, impact my ability to make a living wage, and upset my loyal repeat customers across the EU. The stress of how these laws would impact my business and livelihood has done very real damage to my health. Additionally, as a consumer within the EU, the import and handling fees on specialty goods arriving from outside is so steep that I have been prioritizing purchasing from fellow businesses within the EU whenever possible. These new rules will change that, preventing many of my fellow artists and craftspeople from selling to their neighbors and limiting EU residents' purchasing options to items from large corporations who can absorb the fees without issue. Personally, I do my best to make sustainable packaging choices, reusing packaging I receive in place of purchasing new whenever possible - a choice that would also be difficult to properly label under the EPR. But it is Reduce, Reuse, and THEN Recycle as a final resort, not the other way around. Please halt all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements until this legislation can be properly adjusted, and consider carving out clear exceptions for micro businesses by implementing an EU-wide de minimis threshold regarding bureaucratic burdens such as this. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner in the Netherlands, these new rules will be detrimental to my ability to function in the EU. I am a full time artist, one person operation, and I ship less than 6 packages to most of the EU member states per year. I cannot afford the packaging registration or representative fees for the majority of them, as the costs would exceed the revenue I make from these locations. If these unrealistic EPR requirements stand, I will be forced to only continue doing business with countries outside of the EU, which would lose me about a fourth of my income, impact my ability to make a living wage, and upset my loyal repeat customers across the EU. The stress of how these laws would impact my business and livelihood has done very real damage to my health. Additionally, as a consumer within the EU, the import and handling fees on specialty goods arriving from outside is so steep that I have been prioritizing purchasing from fellow businesses within the EU whenever possible. These new rules will change that, preventing many of my fellow artists and craftspeople from selling to their neighbors and limiting EU residents' purchasing options to items from large corporations who can absorb the fees without issue. Personally, I do my best to make sustainable packaging choices, reusing packaging I receive in place of purchasing new whenever possible - a choice that would also be difficult to properly label under the EPR. But it is Reduce, Reuse, and THEN Recycle as a final resort, not the other way around. Please halt all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements until this legislation can be properly adjusted, and consider carving out clear exceptions for micro businesses by implementing an EU-wide de minimis threshold regarding bureaucratic burdens such as this. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547949_en"}, {"id": 33547946, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:08:52", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I understand and appreciate the goal of reducing waste from packaging, the way these rules are written seems almost purpose built for shutting down countless small businesses within the EU. Furthermore, having separate registration for each member country is very counterintuitive given one of the major goals of the union is to encourage freer trade. Instead, the rules create a situation where someone running a small business in an EU country would be better off shipping to the other side of the world than to their neighbors in Europe. Without changes, such as exceptions for minimum volumes and centralizing the registration process so fees can be paid once instead of 27 times, the consequences of these rules for small businesses in Europe, especially in the world of handicrafts, will undoubtably be disastrous.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand and appreciate the goal of reducing waste from packaging, the way these rules are written seems almost purpose built for shutting down countless small businesses within the EU. Furthermore, having separate registration for each member country is very counterintuitive given one of the major goals of the union is to encourage freer trade. Instead, the rules create a situation where someone running a small business in an EU country would be better off shipping to the other side of the world than to their neighbors in Europe. Without changes, such as exceptions for minimum volumes and centralizing the registration process so fees can be paid once instead of 27 times, the consequences of these rules for small businesses in Europe, especially in the world of handicrafts, will undoubtably be disastrous.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547946_en"}, {"id": 33547945, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:08:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mit der neuen Reglung wurde für viele Kleinstunternehmer der europäische Binnenmarkt geschlossen. Mit einem jährlichen Verpackungsaufkommen von 15 kg Papier hätte ich eine Gebührenlast von 6.500,00 EUR zu tragen, um weiterhin im europäischen Binnenmarkt zu agieren. Das steht in keinem Verhältnis. Also werde ich den Versand in die in Länder der Europäische Union einstellen, die nicht mein Herkunftsland sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules closed the European single market to many micro-entrepreneurs. With an annual packaging volume of 15 kg of paper, I would have to pay a fee of EUR 6500,00 in order to continue to operate in the European single market. This is disproportionate. So I will stop shipping to those countries of the European Union that are not my country of origin.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547945_en"}, {"id": 33547944, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:07:21", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como diseñadora gráfica que trabaja con pequeños negocios y marcas independientes, quiero expresar mi preocupación por la obligación de registro múltiple prevista para los productores que comercializan envases o productos envasados en varios Estados miembros. Tal como está planteada, la norma exige que cada productor se inscriba por separado en el registro nacional de cada país al que dirige sus ventas. Para una gran empresa con departamentos jurídicos y de cumplimiento normativo, este trámite es asumible. Para una microempresa o autónomo que vende de forma ocasional o incipiente fuera de su país, supone una carga administrativa y económica desproporcionada: múltiples registros, tasas en cada Estado y, en muchos casos, la obligación de contratar representantes locales. Esta preocupación no es hipotética. Varios análisis del funcionamiento actual de la responsabilidad ampliada del productor (EPR) en la UE señalan que, además de la tasa de inscripción, la mayoría de países exigen cuotas anuales a las organizaciones responsables del sistema, de modo que incluso los vendedores que manejan volúmenes pequeños de envases deben asumir costes de cumplimiento. A esto se suma que, al operar en varios países a la vez, cada jurisdicción impone su propio sistema de pago, moneda y calendario de facturación, lo que obliga a muchas empresas que venden en distintos países europeos a contratar proveedores de servicios de cumplimiento normativo para gestionar los pagos y la documentación en su nombre un coste añadido que una gran empresa absorbe sin dificultad, pero que un pequeño negocio no siempre puede permitirse. Por otro lado, un análisis reciente sobre el comercio electrónico transfronterizo advierte de que, para las pymes, las tasas administrativas que cobran las autoridades y los sistemas de EPR en cada país suelen representar el mayor coste del cumplimiento, precisamente el tipo de gasto fijo que resulta más difícil de sostener para negocios pequeños o en fase inicial. El paralelismo con lo ocurrido recientemente en Estados Unidos con la subida de aranceles es ilustrativo, aunque se trate de una medida de naturaleza distinta: en ambos casos hablamos de un coste adicional fijo, poco flexible frente al tamaño del negocio, que golpea de forma desproporcionada a los pequeños operadores. Datos de la Reserva Federal de Nueva York muestran que, tras la subida arancelaria de 2025, la mayoría de las empresas nacionales de los sectores de bienes y comercio minorista declararon dificultades financieras derivadas de los aranceles, siendo esa proporción aún mayor entre las empresas regionales, y que las empresas más afectadas se mostraban más pesimistas respecto al empleo y los ingresos en 2026. Los datos de empleo confirman esta tendencia: el informe de empleo nacional de ADP de septiembre de 2025 mostró que el empleo privado en pequeños negocios cayó en 60.000 puestos, mientras que en las grandes empresas aumentó en 33.000, una caída que se mantuvo mes tras mes. El motivo de fondo es estructural, no coyuntural: las grandes corporaciones suelen contar con recursos financieros para absorber los sobrecostes, mientras que los pequeños negocios operan con márgenes mucho más ajustados, quedando en clara desventaja competitiva. Aunque el origen del coste es distinto (un arancel comercial frente a una tasa administrativa de registro), el mecanismo de daño es el mismo: un coste fijo que una gran empresa diluye entre miles de operaciones y que un pequeño negocio debe asumir íntegro por cada envío o cada mercado, hasta el punto de dejar de ser rentable. El resultado previsible de mantener el registro múltiple sin ajustes para pequeños productores no es un mejor cumplimiento de los objetivos ambientales del Reglamento, sino que estos negocios dejen de vender a otros países de la UE o cierren directamente para evitar la complejidad burocrática y el coste acumulado. Esto perjudica especialmente a los sectore", "feedbackEnglish": "As a graphic designer working with small businesses and independent brands, I would like to express my concerns about the multi-registration obligation provided for producers marketing packaging or packaged products in several Member States. As envisaged, the rule requires each producer to be registered separately in the national register of each country to which it directs its sales. For a large company with legal and compliance departments, this procedure is acceptable. For a micro-enterprise or freelancer selling occasionally or incipient outside their country, it imposes a disproportionate administrative and economic burden: multiple registrations, fees in each state and, in many cases, the obligation to hire local representatives. This concern is not hypothetical. Several analyses of the current functioning of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the EU point out that, in addition to the registration fee, most countries require annual fees from the organisations responsible for the system, so that even sellers handling small volumes of packaging have to bear compliance costs. In addition, by operating in several countries at the same time, each jurisdiction imposes its own payment system, currency and billing schedule, forcing many companies selling in different European countries to hire compliance service providers to handle payments and documentation on their behalf at an additional cost that a large company easily absorbs, but a small business cannot always afford. Moreover, a recent analysis on cross-border e-commerce warns that for SMEs, administrative fees charged by authorities and RPE systems in each country often represent the highest cost of compliance, precisely the type of fixed expenditure that is most difficult to sustain for small or early-stage businesses. The parallelism with the recent US tariff increase is illustrative, even if it is a measure of a different nature: in both cases we are talking about a fixed additional cost, inflexible compared to the size of the business, which disproportionately hits small operators. Data from the Federal Reserve System in New York show that, following the 2025 tariff hike, most domestic firms in the goods and retail sectors reported financial difficulties arising from tariffs, with that proportion being even higher among regional firms, and that the firms most affected were more pessimistic in terms of employment and income in 2026. Employment data confirm this trend: ADP’s national employment report of September 2025 showed that private employment in small businesses fell by 60.000 jobs, while in large companies it increased in 33.000, a fall that remained monthly after month. The reason for this is structural, not cyclical: large corporations often have financial resources to absorb cost overruns, while small businesses operate at much tighter margins, putting them at a clear competitive disadvantage. Although the origin of the cost is different (a trade tariff versus an administrative registration fee), the injury mechanism is the same: a fixed cost that a large company dilutes between thousands of transactions and that a small business must bear in full for each shipment or each market, to the point of becoming unprofitable. The foreseeable result of keeping the multiple registration without adjustments for small producers is not a better fulfilment of the environmental objectives of the Regulation, but rather that these businesses stop selling to other EU countries or close directly to avoid bureaucratic complexity and cumulative cost. This is particularly detrimental to the sector.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547944_en"}, {"id": 33547943, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:07:01", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is terrible for small businesses and artisans and effectively hampers free trade, making it feasible only for large companies who can either pay the costs or treat fines as cost of doing business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is terrible for small businesses and artisans and effectively hampers free trade, making it feasible only for large companies who can either pay the costs or treat fines as cost of doing business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547943_en"}, {"id": 33547942, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:06:54", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small one person artist, this regulation is killing us without even thinking of our situation! It is just crazy. We are not even able for making a minimum wage income, how is it possible to pay 300 euros per country per Year? As a small one person artist based already in EU this regulation is so ridiculous and sad. You should truly think of us! We could pay for the waste we actually use, but not the AR! Which is costly around 300 euros per country per year, for example like the service from Lezenzero is charged at that price range. We can pay what we caused, like 100 kg is even too much for us. Most of the one person artist is using only 1-10kg packaging per year because we barely have any orders! And it is just impossible to pay hundreds of euros per country for just one small order of art work. Like stickers, and paintings, or handmade jewellery etc. And we are already in EU, why we must pay someone to represent us? The regulations make us at the same situation of the companies like IKEA or Amazon it is ridiculous. We cant even survive! How can we compliant this!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small one person artist, this regulation is killing us without even thinking of our situation! It is just crazy. We are not even able for making a minimum wage income, how is it possible to pay 300 euros per country per Year? As a small one person artist based already in EU this regulation is so ridiculous and sad. You should truly think of us! We could pay for the waste we actually use, but not the AR! Which is costly around 300 euros per country per year, for example like the service from Lezenzero is charged at that price range. We can pay what we caused, like 100 kg is even too much for us. Most of the one person artist is using only 1-10kg packaging per year because we barely have any orders! And it is just impossible to pay hundreds of euros per country for just one small order of art work. Like stickers, and paintings, or handmade jewellery etc. And we are already in EU, why we must pay someone to represent us? The regulations make us at the same situation of the companies like IKEA or Amazon it is ridiculous. We cant even survive! How can we compliant this!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547942_en"}, {"id": 33547941, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:05:47", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I am a small business owner already facing significant pressure from rising costs and the increasing expenses involved in running a business. I find it extremely concerning that this scheme appears to place a disproportionate burden on small businesses, while much larger companies including major international retailers producing and distributing enormous volumes of goods are far better equipped to absorb these costs. Requiring a small business shipping only a limited number of products to incur potentially thousands of euros in additional compliance costs can have a serious impact on its viability. It is difficult to understand how a small operator generating minimal packaging or waste can effectively be treated in the same manner as a multinational company responsible for vastly greater volumes. The scheme should urgently be reconsidered to introduce proportionate thresholds based on factors such as turnover, quantities placed on the market, or actual waste generated. Regulation intended to address waste should focus its greatest obligations on those generating the greatest environmental impact, rather than imposing costs that can be crippling for micro and small businesses. I strongly urge you to review this system and consider the reality faced by small business owners. Supporting sustainability should not mean creating barriers that make it increasingly difficult for small businesses to survive, compete and grow. I would appreciate clarification on whether any exemptions, reduced obligations or thresholds for micro and small enterprises are being considered.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I am a small business owner already facing significant pressure from rising costs and the increasing expenses involved in running a business. I find it extremely concerning that this scheme appears to place a disproportionate burden on small businesses, while much larger companies including major international retailers producing and distributing enormous volumes of goods are far better equipped to absorb these costs. Requiring a small business shipping only a limited number of products to incur potentially thousands of euros in additional compliance costs can have a serious impact on its viability. It is difficult to understand how a small operator generating minimal packaging or waste can effectively be treated in the same manner as a multinational company responsible for vastly greater volumes. The scheme should urgently be reconsidered to introduce proportionate thresholds based on factors such as turnover, quantities placed on the market, or actual waste generated. Regulation intended to address waste should focus its greatest obligations on those generating the greatest environmental impact, rather than imposing costs that can be crippling for micro and small businesses. I strongly urge you to review this system and consider the reality faced by small business owners. Supporting sustainability should not mean creating barriers that make it increasingly difficult for small businesses to survive, compete and grow. I would appreciate clarification on whether any exemptions, reduced obligations or thresholds for micro and small enterprises are being considered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547941_en"}, {"id": 33547940, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:05:43", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Considero que esta regulación elimina el libre comercio dentro de la UE, ya que afecta económicamente de manera drástica a pequeños negocios y muchos artesanos y artistas, sobre todo a quienes, por la naturaleza de su trabajo o productos, venden internacionalmente y no tienen una facturación alta para cubrir los costes que este cambio va a suponer. No afecta a grandes corporaciones, que pueden fácilmente asumir costes y repercutirlos en el precio de los productos. Como consumidores, dejaremos de poder comprar a pequeños negocios situados por toda la Unión Europea, porque no podrán ofrecernos envíos. Después de haber leído los requerimientos, queda claro que esta situación deja en grave peligro la superviviencia de los pequeños negocios. Algunos puntos que podrían modificarse serían: - Que exista un solo registro y una tarifa única a nivel de la Unión Europea que se pague en función del volumen de beneficio generado por la empresa o autónomo, y añadirle un modificador basado en el coste de la vida en los diferentes países de la unión (para quien genere 20.000 al año no sería la misma tarifa si vive en Austria que si vive en Portugal). - Que se creen tarifas mínimas realistas para pequeños negocios o incluso excepciones en función del volumen de beneficio generado. - Que se tenga en cuenta la reutilización de packaging que muchos de los pequeños negocios hacen: excluir de tarifas específicas a negocios que solo utilizan materiales reusados (que no reciclados).", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that this regulation eliminates free trade within the EU, as it drastically affects small businesses and many craftsmen and artists, especially those who, due to the nature of their work or products, sell internationally and do not have a high turnover to cover the costs that this change will entail. It does not affect large corporations, which can easily bear costs and pass them on in the price of products. As consumers, we will no longer be able to buy from small businesses located across the European Union, because they will not be able to offer us items. Having read the injunctions, it is clear that this situation seriously jeopardises the survival of small businesses. Some points that could be amended would be: — There must be a single register and a single tariff at European Union level which is paid on the basis of the volume of profit generated by the company or self-employed person, and an adjustment based on the cost of living in the various countries of the union must be added to it (for those who generate 20.000 a year, it would not be the same tariff if they live in Austria as if they live in Portugal). — The introduction of realistic minimum tariffs for small businesses or even derogations based on the volume of profit generated. — To take into account the reuse of packaging that many small businesses do: exclude from specific tariffs businesses that only use re-used (not recycled) materials.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547940_en"}, {"id": 33547934, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:03:45", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "GRIMOIRE", "feedback": "This ruling is going to absolutely ruin my small business. I ship a small number of games and pieces of art to customers (100-1000 max per year), and am literally going to have to shut down my store now as I cannot afford to pay the proposed rates for different European countries. Many of my friends and colleagues are in the same position. Small, independent creators are not destroying the world through packaging waste: it's big corporations and companies who produce the vast majority of it (as you well know). This ruling will destroy the livelihood of thousands of people.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling is going to absolutely ruin my small business. I ship a small number of games and pieces of art to customers (100-1000 max per year), and am literally going to have to shut down my store now as I cannot afford to pay the proposed rates for different European countries. Many of my friends and colleagues are in the same position. Small, independent creators are not destroying the world through packaging waste: it's big corporations and companies who produce the vast majority of it (as you well know). This ruling will destroy the livelihood of thousands of people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547934_en"}, {"id": 33547933, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:03:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe ein kleines deutsches Unternehmen und verkaufe meine Produkte auch grenzüberschreitend an Verbraucher in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die bestehenden Verpflichtungen zur Verpackungsregistrierung und zur finanziellen Beteiligung an den jeweiligen nationalen Entsorgungssystemen erfülle ich bereits. Die zusätzliche Verpflichtung, künftig in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestellen und bezahlen zu müssen, stellt für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sowie Kleinstunternehmen jedoch eine erhebliche zusätzliche finanzielle und administrative Belastung dar. Gerade kleinere Onlinehändler, Künstler, Kunsthandwerker, Vereine und auch Musikbands verkaufen ihre Produkte oder Merchandise-Artikel häufig nur in kleinen Stückzahlen in verschiedene europäische Länder. In einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten entstehen dabei vielleicht nur wenige Bestellungen im Monat oder sogar im gesamten Jahr. Die jährlichen Fixkosten eines zusätzlichen Bevollmächtigten können dann den mit diesen Verkäufen erzielten Gewinn deutlich übersteigen. In zahlreichen Händlergruppen, Foren und sozialen Netzwerken wird diese Problematik bereits intensiv diskutiert. Viele kleine Händler, Künstler und Musikschaffende erwägen, ihre Lieferungen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten stark einzuschränken oder vollständig einzustellen. Einige möchten sich aufgrund der zunehmenden Kosten und Bürokratie sogar weitgehend aus dem grenzüberschreitenden europäischen Handel zurückziehen. Das kann aus meiner Sicht nicht das Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Dass eine praktikable europäische Lösung möglich ist, zeigt das OSS-Verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer. Auch dort bestehen unterschiedliche steuerliche Verpflichtungen in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Mit dem One-Stop-Shop wurde jedoch eine zentrale Lösung geschaffen, über die Unternehmen ihre grenzüberschreitenden Umsätze über einen einzigen Mitgliedstaat erklären und die entsprechenden Umsatzsteuerbeträge abführen können. Warum sollte ein vergleichbarer Ansatz nicht auch bei den erweiterten Herstellerpflichten für Verpackungen möglich sein? Statt in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat einen gesonderten kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten bestellen zu müssen, sollte insbesondere für Unternehmen mit Sitz innerhalb der Europäischen Union eine zentrale europäische Lösung geschaffen werden. Denkbar wären beispielsweise eine EU-weite Registrierung, eine zentrale Meldestelle oder ein Bevollmächtigter, der für mehrere beziehungsweise alle Mitgliedstaaten anerkannt wird. Die Ziele der Verpackungsverordnung und die Finanzierung der nationalen Entsorgungs- und Recyclingsysteme unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Auch die bestehenden Verpackungsgebühren sollen selbstverständlich weiterhin ordnungsgemäß entrichtet werden. Es geht nicht darum, sich diesen Verpflichtungen zu entziehen. Es geht darum, unnötige Mehrfachstrukturen, zusätzliche Fixkosten und unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie zu vermeiden. Wenn die neuen Regelungen dazu führen, dass ein kleiner Händler, Künstler oder eine Musikband wegen weniger Bestellungen in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat jährlich zusätzliche Verträge abschließen und kostenpflichtige Bevollmächtigte bestellen muss, wird der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf für viele wirtschaftlich nicht mehr sinnvoll sein. Am Ende würde eine solche Regelung nicht zu mehr europäischem Handel führen, sondern dazu, dass viele kleine Anbieter ihre Liefergebiete auf ihr Heimatland oder nur wenige große Absatzmärkte beschränken. Verbraucher hätten weniger Auswahl und gerade kleine Unternehmen würden gegenüber großen internationalen Unternehmen benachteiligt. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher ausdrücklich, die Auswirkungen auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sowie insbesondere auf Kleinstunternehmen zu berücksichtigen und eine zentrale, einfache und bezahlbare europäische Lösung nach dem Vorbild des OSS-Verfahrens zu schaffen. Europa sollte den gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen einfacher", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small German company and also sell my products cross-border to consumers in other EU Member States. I already fulfil the existing obligations on packaging registration and financial participation in the respective national disposal systems. However, the additional obligation to appoint and pay a separate authorised representative in each Member State represents a significant additional financial and administrative burden for small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises. Smaller online retailers, artists, artisans, clubs and music bands in particular often sell their products or merchandise only in small quantities to different European countries. In some Member States, this may result in only a few orders per month or even throughout the year. The annual fixed costs of an additional agent may then significantly exceed the profit made on those sales. Many dealer groups, forums and social networks are already discussing this issue intensively. Many small traders, artists and music professionals are considering severely restricting or completely stopping their deliveries to other EU Member States. Some even want to withdraw to a large extent from cross-border European trade due to increasing costs and bureaucracy. In my view, this cannot be the aim of a common European internal market. The OSS procedure for VAT shows that a workable European solution is possible. There are also different tax obligations in different Member States. However, the One-Stop-Shop has created a central solution for businesses to declare their cross-border transactions through a single Member State and pay the corresponding VAT amounts. Why should a similar approach not also be possible for the extended producer obligations for packaging? Instead of having to appoint a separate paid agent in each individual Member State, a central European solution should be created, in particular for companies established within the European Union. This could include, for example, an EU-wide registration, an FIU or an authorised representative recognised for several or all Member States. I expressly support the objectives of the Packaging Ordinance and the financing of national disposal and recycling systems. It goes without saying that the existing packaging fees will also continue to be duly paid. It is not a question of evading these obligations. The aim is to avoid unnecessary multiple structures, additional fixed costs and disproportionate bureaucracy. If the new rules mean that a small trader, artist or music band will have to conclude additional contracts and appoint paid agents every year because of fewer orders in another Member State, cross-border sales will no longer make economic sense for many. In the end, such a regime would not lead to more European trade, but to many small suppliers limiting their supply areas to their home country or to only a few large outlets. Consumers would have less choice and small businesses in particular would be at a disadvantage compared to large international companies. I would therefore urge the European Commission to take into account the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular micro-enterprises, and to create a centralised, simple and affordable European solution along the lines of the OSS procedure. Europe should simplify the single market for small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547933_en"}, {"id": 33547932, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:02:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "VINYLDOG STUDIOS", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Abgeordneten, ich bin Kleinunternehmer und möchte auf ein Problem aufmerksam machen, das viele kleine unabhängige Unternehmen betrifft. Die verpflichtenden EPR-Registrierungsgebühren und die zusätzliche Bürokratie beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU machen es für viele Kleinstunternehmen praktisch unmöglich, ihre Produkte in andere EU-Länder zu verkaufen. Diese Gesetzesänderung würde für viele den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen. Somit würden auch Großunternehmen wie Beispielsweise Etsy Ireland zusammenfallen, da es zu wenige Kleinunternehmen geben würde. Ich bitte Sie daher, sich für eine De-minimis-Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen bzw. Unternehmen, die unter eine Bestimmte Grenze an Umsatz pro Jahr fallen & verdienen oder sich alternativ für ein vereinfachtes One-Stop-Shop-System einzusetzen. Kleine unabhängige Unternehmen sollten nicht an unverhältnismäßigen Kosten und bürokratischen Hürden scheitern, wenn sie innerhalb der EU verkaufen möchten. Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Conan Lamm https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?recruiter=1426119312&recruited_by_id=10f27110-92eb-11f1-ac3b-e3d5c74dafc2&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=6b904a09dfdd40e0ba2da3d2be766499&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=cR85X8jkkY", "feedbackEnglish": "Honourable Members, I am a small businessman and would like to draw attention to a problem that affects many small independent companies. Mandatory EPR registration fees and additional red tape when selling cross-border within the EU make it practically impossible for many micro-enterprises to sell their products to other EU countries. For many, this legislative change would remove the ground under the feet. This would also bring together large companies such as Etsy Ireland, as there would be too few small businesses. I would therefore ask you to advocate for a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises/enterprises falling under a certain annual turnover limit & earning or, alternatively, for a simplified one-stop-shop system. Small independent companies should not fail due to disproportionate costs and bureaucratic hurdles if they want to sell within the EU. Thank you for your support. Yours sincerely, Conan Lamm https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?recruiter=1426119312&recruited_by_id=10f27110-92eb-11f1-ac3b-e3d5c74dafc2&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=6b904a09dfdd40e0ba2da3d2be766499&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=cR85X8jkkY", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547932_en"}, {"id": 33547930, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:02:40", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sara Robertsson Jewellery AB", "feedback": "I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact of the proposed registration and reporting framework on micro-enterprises, independent makers, artists, craftspeople and other very small-scale producers selling across EU borders. I run a small jewellery business in Sweden, producing in small quantities in Europe and using recycled materials. Like many independent creative businesses, I may sell only a handful of products per year to customers in some EU Member States. The amount of packaging generated in such a market may be measured in grams or a few kilograms, yet the administrative obligations can involve national registration, reporting, membership fees and other fixed compliance costs entirely disproportionate to the environmental impact concerned. This creates a contradiction at the heart of an environmental regulation. Small-scale and craft-based production is often inherently less resource-intensive than mass production: products are made in limited quantities, overproduction is avoided, products are designed for long-term use, and businesses often have a direct incentive to minimise packaging and material consumption. Yet a system based primarily on fixed national administrative obligations rather than actual environmental impact risks making this type of business less viable. At the same time, very large producers can spread the same fixed compliance costs across hundreds of thousands or millions of products. The result may therefore unintentionally favour scale and mass production over small, responsible production. The principle that companies placing significant quantities of packaging on the European market should take responsibility for the waste they generate is entirely reasonable, particularly in the case of large-scale producers and high-volume cross-border retailers. But the environmental objective should be to make the polluter pay in proportion to the pollution created not to make the smallest producer bear a disproportionately high administrative cost for placing a few hundred grams of recyclable packaging on another Member State's market. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce genuine proportionality into the producer registration system. This could include a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes, highly simplified reporting below that threshold, and ideally a single EU-level registration and reporting mechanism for small cross-border producers rather than separate administrative procedures in every Member State. Such exemptions or simplified obligations should be based not only on company turnover, but also on the scale and nature of the activity and the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. A small independent craft business sending ten carefully produced objects per year to customers in another Member State should not be treated administratively in the same way as a multinational retailer placing millions of packaged products on that market. Extended Producer Responsibility is an important environmental principle. But to achieve its purpose without damaging Europe's diversity of independent makers, craftspeople and small sustainable businesses, its implementation must be proportionate to actual environmental impact. Otherwise, a regulation intended to support a circular and sustainable European economy risks creating the opposite incentive: making small-scale European production and cross-border trade less viable while strengthening the relative advantage of large-scale producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate impact of the proposed registration and reporting framework on micro-enterprises, independent makers, artists, craftspeople and other very small-scale producers selling across EU borders. I run a small jewellery business in Sweden, producing in small quantities in Europe and using recycled materials. Like many independent creative businesses, I may sell only a handful of products per year to customers in some EU Member States. The amount of packaging generated in such a market may be measured in grams or a few kilograms, yet the administrative obligations can involve national registration, reporting, membership fees and other fixed compliance costs entirely disproportionate to the environmental impact concerned. This creates a contradiction at the heart of an environmental regulation. Small-scale and craft-based production is often inherently less resource-intensive than mass production: products are made in limited quantities, overproduction is avoided, products are designed for long-term use, and businesses often have a direct incentive to minimise packaging and material consumption. Yet a system based primarily on fixed national administrative obligations rather than actual environmental impact risks making this type of business less viable. At the same time, very large producers can spread the same fixed compliance costs across hundreds of thousands or millions of products. The result may therefore unintentionally favour scale and mass production over small, responsible production. The principle that companies placing significant quantities of packaging on the European market should take responsibility for the waste they generate is entirely reasonable, particularly in the case of large-scale producers and high-volume cross-border retailers. But the environmental objective should be to make the polluter pay in proportion to the pollution created not to make the smallest producer bear a disproportionately high administrative cost for placing a few hundred grams of recyclable packaging on another Member State's market. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce genuine proportionality into the producer registration system. This could include a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes, highly simplified reporting below that threshold, and ideally a single EU-level registration and reporting mechanism for small cross-border producers rather than separate administrative procedures in every Member State. Such exemptions or simplified obligations should be based not only on company turnover, but also on the scale and nature of the activity and the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. A small independent craft business sending ten carefully produced objects per year to customers in another Member State should not be treated administratively in the same way as a multinational retailer placing millions of packaged products on that market. Extended Producer Responsibility is an important environmental principle. But to achieve its purpose without damaging Europe's diversity of independent makers, craftspeople and small sustainable businesses, its implementation must be proportionate to actual environmental impact. Otherwise, a regulation intended to support a circular and sustainable European economy risks creating the opposite incentive: making small-scale European production and cross-border trade less viable while strengthening the relative advantage of large-scale producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547930_en"}, {"id": 33547929, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:01:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please run a study on how this will affect small businesses before implementing. I'm trying to start a business selling physical products, since my primary business of translation has been decimated by AI. Why so many fees and rules for individual countries? Isn't this supposed to be a unified European marketplace? Make it easy and cheap for us to comply! I support the goals, but the law is very poorly thought out in the current version and will lead to increased waste (qr code specific to each country!? Stupid)", "feedbackEnglish": "Please run a study on how this will affect small businesses before implementing. I'm trying to start a business selling physical products, since my primary business of translation has been decimated by AI. Why so many fees and rules for individual countries? Isn't this supposed to be a unified European marketplace? Make it easy and cheap for us to comply! I support the goals, but the law is very poorly thought out in the current version and will lead to increased waste (qr code specific to each country!? Stupid)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547929_en"}, {"id": 33547928, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:01:37", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While harmonizing national registers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is a commendable step toward environmental accountability, its current implementation poses a severe threat to micro-enterprises and independent creators. Requiring small businesses to potentially register, pay administrative fees, and appoint authorized representatives across up to 27 individual EU member states creates an overwhelming logistical and financial barrier. Without clear exemptions or a simplified, unified EU portal for low-volume sellers, these rules disproportionately favor large corporations over small, sustainable businesses. As a result, many independent artisans and small traders will simply be forced to stop cross-border sales within the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "While harmonizing national registers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is a commendable step toward environmental accountability, its current implementation poses a severe threat to micro-enterprises and independent creators. Requiring small businesses to potentially register, pay administrative fees, and appoint authorized representatives across up to 27 individual EU member states creates an overwhelming logistical and financial barrier. Without clear exemptions or a simplified, unified EU portal for low-volume sellers, these rules disproportionately favor large corporations over small, sustainable businesses. As a result, many independent artisans and small traders will simply be forced to stop cross-border sales within the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547928_en"}, {"id": 33547927, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:01:24", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea to reduce waste and make packaging reusable is good, but the execution is terribly flawed. Did the intern do this? The new rules lack clarity and the impacts seem (I hope) unforeseen. There's an obvious impact to small businesses to the point where said businesses are stopped and closed. Does this seem like a well thought out process? If you just made Amazon not put advertisement on their boxes so they could be reused, the impact would already be massive.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea to reduce waste and make packaging reusable is good, but the execution is terribly flawed. Did the intern do this? The new rules lack clarity and the impacts seem (I hope) unforeseen. There's an obvious impact to small businesses to the point where said businesses are stopped and closed. Does this seem like a well thought out process? If you just made Amazon not put advertisement on their boxes so they could be reused, the impact would already be massive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547927_en"}, {"id": 33547926, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:01:16", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Cette initiative est très aggressive pour les petits vendeurs (auto-entrepreneurs) qui ne réalisent que quelques centaines d'euros de chiffre d'affaires par mois. Les coûts liés à l'exportation en Europe risquent de dissuader énormément de gens de créer leur propre micro entreprise et de vendre leurs créations. Cela aura probablement comme impact de favoriser les grandes entreprises au lieu des citoyens européens, et de freiner l'économie. De plus, le fait que cette taxe diffère d'un pays à l'autre est illogique, et les habitants des pays avec une taxe élevée se retrouvent défavorisés, puisque les artistes qu'ils souhaitent acheter leurs reviendront plus cher. Merci.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this initiative is very aggressive for small sellers (auto-entrepreneurs) who generate only a few hundred euros of turnover per month. The costs of exporting to Europe are likely to deter many people from setting up their own micro-enterprises and selling their creations. This is likely to have the effect of favouring large companies instead of European citizens, and of slowing down the economy. Moreover, the fact that this tax differs from one country to another is illogical, and people in countries with a high tax find themselves at a disadvantage, as the artists they want to buy will come back more expensive. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547926_en"}, {"id": 33547925, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:01:11", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ESX4248817G", "feedback": "Apart from the usual trouble small businesses encounter with your new PPWR rules, I have to add another problem: As a painter I cannot comply with the demand of max 50% empty space in the box. People buy my canvases stretched on wooden bars, they want the art ready to hang, without them having to find a profesional stretcher where they live (not a common thing to find in not-big cities). So: the canvas is maximum 0,3 cm thick. the thinnest stretcher-bars are 2,6 cm thick. Aestetically, the 4 cm bars are more pleasing and better to avoid the warping of the wood. The canvas is only on 1 side, the rest is empty space. Count how much that is. Please revision your newly made rules for visual artists and other small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Apart from the usual trouble small businesses encounter with your new PPWR rules, I have to add another problem: As a painter I cannot comply with the demand of max 50% empty space in the box. People buy my canvases stretched on wooden bars, they want the art ready to hang, without them having to find a profesional stretcher where they live (not a common thing to find in not-big cities). So: the canvas is maximum 0,3 cm thick. the thinnest stretcher-bars are 2,6 cm thick. Aestetically, the 4 cm bars are more pleasing and better to avoid the warping of the wood. The canvas is only on 1 side, the rest is empty space. Count how much that is. Please revision your newly made rules for visual artists and other small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547925_en"}, {"id": 33547923, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 11:00:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This Law will make it impossible for small businesses to ship their products into the Europeab Countries. If one wants to purchase Handmade goods, any kind of Artwork from any artist outside of ones own country, it cannot be shipped. Most of the small businesses will end up closing down, and the European Union will Lose a very Important Cultural Part of themselves. This Law needs adequate Adjustments for small and micro businesses, so they can sustain shipping into the EU. It has to be considered, how the fees will impact the, mostly Europe centered, businesses, when the Law wants to reduce waste. The businesses it is affecting are the ones, that already use recycled packaging. This means, it is punishing the ones, who already do the right thing, just because the big businesses, mostly from outside the EU, do not care about their waste. Consider adjusting the fees, at best to one sustainable fee, calculated by how many packages are shipped, not how much the goods inside those are worth. Make it possible to register on one Website, and chose there where to EU you want to ship, with the possibilities to change the countries, and add to them. Make it easy for one Person businesses to use that process. Make one process for all the Countries in the EU, with one big fee, that small and micro businesses are able to pay. 100 to 1400 per Country is too much, often more than small businesses make in a year. Also it might be a good Idea to Charge the Businesses at the End of the Month, by how many packeges they send. Make this Law, for the people who live in the EU, and want to Support european businesses, so the EU can have all those little places, where people can get things that make them Happy. Do not punish people who bring others a little Joy. Adjust the law so the ones you want to take responsibility, do exactly that.", "feedbackEnglish": "This Law will make it impossible for small businesses to ship their products into the Europeab Countries. If one wants to purchase Handmade goods, any kind of Artwork from any artist outside of ones own country, it cannot be shipped. Most of the small businesses will end up closing down, and the European Union will Lose a very Important Cultural Part of themselves. This Law needs adequate Adjustments for small and micro businesses, so they can sustain shipping into the EU. It has to be considered, how the fees will impact the, mostly Europe centered, businesses, when the Law wants to reduce waste. The businesses it is affecting are the ones, that already use recycled packaging. This means, it is punishing the ones, who already do the right thing, just because the big businesses, mostly from outside the EU, do not care about their waste. Consider adjusting the fees, at best to one sustainable fee, calculated by how many packages are shipped, not how much the goods inside those are worth. Make it possible to register on one Website, and chose there where to EU you want to ship, with the possibilities to change the countries, and add to them. Make it easy for one Person businesses to use that process. Make one process for all the Countries in the EU, with one big fee, that small and micro businesses are able to pay. 100 to 1400 per Country is too much, often more than small businesses make in a year. Also it might be a good Idea to Charge the Businesses at the End of the Month, by how many packeges they send. Make this Law, for the people who live in the EU, and want to Support european businesses, so the EU can have all those little places, where people can get things that make them Happy. Do not punish people who bring others a little Joy. Adjust the law so the ones you want to take responsibility, do exactly that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547923_en"}, {"id": 33547922, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:59:25", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Koosmoz", "feedback": "Environmental matters are increasingly important, and I fully understand the need for EPR regulations. However, applying the same requirements to a one-person small business and to a multinational company such as Amazon is neither realistic nor proportionate. There should be different thresholds based on the quantity or weight of products or packaging placed on the market, as some countries already do through exemptions or simplified requirements for very small businesses. Many small businesses are operated by a single person. Requiring them to register separately in every country where they may sell products creates a significant administrative and financial burden. For a small business, the registration process, reporting obligations, and fees can easily become disproportionate to the very small quantities actually placed on the market. Without appropriate thresholds or exemptions, these regulations risk discouraging small businesses from selling across borders while having very little additional environmental benefit. A more realistic and balanced approach would be to introduce exemptions, minimum thresholds, or simplified EPR procedures for micro-businesses and companies placing only small quantities on the market. This would allow environmental objectives to be achieved without creating an excessive burden that only large companies have the resources to manage.", "feedbackEnglish": "Environmental matters are increasingly important, and I fully understand the need for EPR regulations. However, applying the same requirements to a one-person small business and to a multinational company such as Amazon is neither realistic nor proportionate. There should be different thresholds based on the quantity or weight of products or packaging placed on the market, as some countries already do through exemptions or simplified requirements for very small businesses. Many small businesses are operated by a single person. Requiring them to register separately in every country where they may sell products creates a significant administrative and financial burden. For a small business, the registration process, reporting obligations, and fees can easily become disproportionate to the very small quantities actually placed on the market. Without appropriate thresholds or exemptions, these regulations risk discouraging small businesses from selling across borders while having very little additional environmental benefit. A more realistic and balanced approach would be to introduce exemptions, minimum thresholds, or simplified EPR procedures for micro-businesses and companies placing only small quantities on the market. This would allow environmental objectives to be achieved without creating an excessive burden that only large companies have the resources to manage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547922_en"}, {"id": 33547921, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:59:06", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small bussinesses should have exception on this law, there are many small businesses that do not even make 5000 euros per year from their craft, so the new regulations and taxes could end them in huge debts We are asking to change the law for small business owners and leave it as it is for big companies, who wouldnt feel the impact because they are making millions of euros. 1. Please exempt us from having an AR, because this is disproportionate measure towards small businesses, we cannot justify those costs. 2. Please harmonise the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot hire or afford to hire someone to do it for us so we will have to do it ourselves and figure it out ourselves. 3. It goes against the free movement of goods, because whats the effect of this law? This law will make sure that we go bankrupt because we cannot ship anymore within EU. Please please please be considerate, many people rely on their small businesses for survival it supports not only individuals but families.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small bussinesses should have exception on this law, there are many small businesses that do not even make 5000 euros per year from their craft, so the new regulations and taxes could end them in huge debts We are asking to change the law for small business owners and leave it as it is for big companies, who wouldnt feel the impact because they are making millions of euros. 1. Please exempt us from having an AR, because this is disproportionate measure towards small businesses, we cannot justify those costs. 2. Please harmonise the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot hire or afford to hire someone to do it for us so we will have to do it ourselves and figure it out ourselves. 3. It goes against the free movement of goods, because whats the effect of this law? This law will make sure that we go bankrupt because we cannot ship anymore within EU. Please please please be considerate, many people rely on their small businesses for survival it supports not only individuals but families.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547921_en"}, {"id": 33547919, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:58:20", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida va a perjudicar al negocio pequeño. Las cuotas deben ser puestas unicamente las grandes empresas o ser proporcionales. Yo compro habitualmente directamente de vendedores independientes de toda Europa y es uno de los grandes privilegios del libre comercio", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure will harm the small business. Quotas should be set only by large companies or should be proportional. I usually buy directly from independent sellers across Europe and it is one of the great privileges of free trade", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547919_en"}, {"id": 33547918, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:57:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is impossible for most small businesses. Most do everything by hand with thousands of separate products that are different each time. Some even from before the act. Do they throw everything away? Lose their entire profit? You are clearly monopolising to only accomodate large scale companies who just pay the fine because the work is more expensive. To small companies, the fine is deprevation of livelihood and the task itself is deprevation if livelihood. We need back our local vendors and local products. But Europe clearly sold out to large scale companies who dont care about quality.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is impossible for most small businesses. Most do everything by hand with thousands of separate products that are different each time. Some even from before the act. Do they throw everything away? Lose their entire profit? You are clearly monopolising to only accomodate large scale companies who just pay the fine because the work is more expensive. To small companies, the fine is deprevation of livelihood and the task itself is deprevation if livelihood. We need back our local vendors and local products. But Europe clearly sold out to large scale companies who dont care about quality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547918_en"}, {"id": 33547917, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:57:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Avec ce règlement, il y a des milliers de microentreprises d'artisans et créateurs qui devront fermer leurs magasins en ligne. Je suis absolument convaincue que des grosses entreprises telles quAmazon, Shein et Temu devraient absolument avoir du matériel dexpédition responsable et être responsables des déchets quelles créent. Cela étant dit, ce règlement pousse les petites entreprises sous le bus: il devrait y avoir un seuil de revenu annuel en dessous duquel le matériel dexpédition ne serait pas réglementé. Cela nest pas proportionnel aux microentreprises. Veuillez reconsidérer.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this regulation, there are thousands of micro craftsmen and designers who will have to close their online shops. I am absolutely convinced that big companies like Amazon, Shein and Temu should definitely have responsible shipping equipment and be responsible for the waste they create. That said, this regulation pushes small businesses under the bus: there should be an annual income threshold below which shipping equipment would not be regulated. This is not proportional to micro-enterprises. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547917_en"}, {"id": 33547916, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:55:59", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is killing small businesses. Many have already stopped shipping to EU and might have to shut down because they can't afford the cost. Requiring small and micro businesses, independent artists, hobbyist, etc. to hire representatives in EVERY country and fill dozens of different forms is not doable. This is playing right into the hands of big companies, they will rejoice when all small competitors have been killed off by these regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is killing small businesses. Many have already stopped shipping to EU and might have to shut down because they can't afford the cost. Requiring small and micro businesses, independent artists, hobbyist, etc. to hire representatives in EVERY country and fill dozens of different forms is not doable. This is playing right into the hands of big companies, they will rejoice when all small competitors have been killed off by these regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547916_en"}, {"id": 33547915, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:55:33", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The effects that this new regulation will have on micro- and small businesses will be devastating, unjust, and contrary to the principles of the European Union. The mandatory registeration fees, and the fees of Authorized EPR reprentatives that will be required for all so-called producers are outside the reach of many small- and micro scale businesses who barely make ends-meet already. Many will have to restrict shipping to a select few countries, or stop shipping completelu outside their home countries, simply because of the costs and increased regulation incurred onto them. in practise restricting the single market in an unfair manner, as larger businesses will have no issues paying for, and handling the added regulation and fees. My heart weeps in particular for those who practise heritage crafts and make a meager living from their craft. They already work in a field plagued by rising material costs, and restricted customer bases. They should not be subject to a sledgehammer that treats them the same as a massive Internet retailers such as Amazon, Aliexpress, or Temu. Its utterly shameful and anti-European.", "feedbackEnglish": "The effects that this new regulation will have on micro- and small businesses will be devastating, unjust, and contrary to the principles of the European Union. The mandatory registeration fees, and the fees of Authorized EPR reprentatives that will be required for all so-called producers are outside the reach of many small- and micro scale businesses who barely make ends-meet already. Many will have to restrict shipping to a select few countries, or stop shipping completelu outside their home countries, simply because of the costs and increased regulation incurred onto them. in practise restricting the single market in an unfair manner, as larger businesses will have no issues paying for, and handling the added regulation and fees. My heart weeps in particular for those who practise heritage crafts and make a meager living from their craft. They already work in a field plagued by rising material costs, and restricted customer bases. They should not be subject to a sledgehammer that treats them the same as a massive Internet retailers such as Amazon, Aliexpress, or Temu. Its utterly shameful and anti-European.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547915_en"}, {"id": 33547914, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:55:15", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Commission, I understand that caring for the environment by minimizing waste is necessary. However, the new regulations will prevent small, individual businesses like mine from operating in the EU. This will kill the crafts and artistic goods trade, and provide a perfect platform for giants like Temu and Amazon to thrive. I ask you to reconsider these changes and look at them from the perspective of micro-entrepreneurs. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commission, I understand that caring for the environment by minimizing waste is necessary. However, the new regulations will prevent small, individual businesses like mine from operating in the EU. This will kill the crafts and artistic goods trade, and provide a perfect platform for giants like Temu and Amazon to thrive. I ask you to reconsider these changes and look at them from the perspective of micro-entrepreneurs. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547914_en"}, {"id": 33547910, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:54:58", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This policy greatly increases costs for small businesses it doesn't seem like a great addition to the rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "This policy greatly increases costs for small businesses it doesn't seem like a great addition to the rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547910_en"}, {"id": 33547909, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:54:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Elora Sperber", "feedback": "This regulation is unattainable for small and micro businesses. To avoid a stop of many companies shipping within the eu, exceptions for smaller businesses (or for example paying a percentage of packages shipped) would be necessary. Registering for every country separately also seems unnecessarily complicated.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is unattainable for small and micro businesses. To avoid a stop of many companies shipping within the eu, exceptions for smaller businesses (or for example paying a percentage of packages shipped) would be necessary. Registering for every country separately also seems unnecessarily complicated.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547909_en"}, {"id": 33547908, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:54:15", "country": "EST", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Die Meurers OÜ", "feedback": "Als Einzelunternehmerin, die verschiedene, kleine Produkte in mehrere EU Länder versendet, ist diese Regelung eine absolute Zumutung. Wie soll ich mir das alles leisten können? Allein der ganze organisatorische Aufwand ist schon eine Zumutung für Kleinunternehmen. Aber das eigentliche Problem sind die damit verbundenen Kosten. Das ist nicht tragbar und führt dazu, dass Unternehmen wie ich darunter leiden werden bzw. ganz aufgeben können, da sich der Versand nicht mehr rechnet. Dies zerstört aktiv viele Unternehmen! Eine weiter Folge davon wird sein, dass der Handel immer mehr auf große Anbieter wie Amazon etc. verlagert wird. Das kann doch nicht im Sinne der EU sein!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader shipping various small products to several EU countries, this rule is an absolute presumption. How can I afford it all? The entire organisational effort is in itself an encouragement for small businesses. But the real problem is the costs involved. This is not sustainable and will cause businesses like me to suffer or to give up altogether, as shipping is no longer expected. This is actively destroying many companies! A further consequence will be that trade is increasingly being shifted to large suppliers such as Amazon, etc. This cannot be in the EU’s interest!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547908_en"}, {"id": 33547907, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:53:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "einBuch.haus", "feedback": "I fully support the goals of the European Union to reduce packaging waste, encourage the reuse of packaging materials, and create a more sustainable circular economy. As a small business owner, I am also concerned about the environmental impact of packaging and want to be part of the solution. However, I am concerned that the current implementation of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements can place a \"disproportionate burden on very small businesses\". I run a small independent bookshop in Germany. In some EU countries, we may receive 110 orders per year, with a total value of perhaps 200 600. For such a small amount of cross-border trade, having to understand different national systems, register separately, potentially appoint representatives, report packaging and pay fees in multiple countries can create a level of administrative work and cost that is simply not realistic for a small independent business. The result is that small business owners have to consider stopping EU shipping altogether. Not because we do not want to serve European customers, but because the compliance burden can make these small cross-border sales economically unviable. I am concerned that this could have the unintended consequence of disadvantaging small independent businesses while larger companies with dedicated compliance departments and much greater financial resources can absorb the costs much more easily. This is particularly concerning in the context of large international marketplaces such as Amazon and Temu, which are much better positioned to manage complex multi-country compliance systems. I believe the environmental goals of the PPWR are important, but the implementation needs to be proportionate to the size and scale of a business. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider: ° a meaningful de minimis threshold for very small volumes of packaging; ° a simplified EU-wide registration or reporting system for small businesses selling across borders; ° lower or proportionate fees for micro-businesses; ° simpler rules for businesses making only a handful of low-value shipments to a particular EU country; and ° practical support and clear guidance specifically designed for micro-businesses and independent retailers. I hope the EU can find a way to achieve its important environmental objectives without unintentionally pushing small independent businesses out of the European market. We want to be part of a more sustainable Europe. We simply need a system that allows small businesses to participate in it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the goals of the European Union to reduce packaging waste, encourage the reuse of packaging materials, and create a more sustainable circular economy. As a small business owner, I am also concerned about the environmental impact of packaging and want to be part of the solution. However, I am concerned that the current implementation of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements can place a \"disproportionate burden on very small businesses\". I run a small independent bookshop in Germany. In some EU countries, we may receive 110 orders per year, with a total value of perhaps 200 600. For such a small amount of cross-border trade, having to understand different national systems, register separately, potentially appoint representatives, report packaging and pay fees in multiple countries can create a level of administrative work and cost that is simply not realistic for a small independent business. The result is that small business owners have to consider stopping EU shipping altogether. Not because we do not want to serve European customers, but because the compliance burden can make these small cross-border sales economically unviable. I am concerned that this could have the unintended consequence of disadvantaging small independent businesses while larger companies with dedicated compliance departments and much greater financial resources can absorb the costs much more easily. This is particularly concerning in the context of large international marketplaces such as Amazon and Temu, which are much better positioned to manage complex multi-country compliance systems. I believe the environmental goals of the PPWR are important, but the implementation needs to be proportionate to the size and scale of a business. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider: ° a meaningful de minimis threshold for very small volumes of packaging; ° a simplified EU-wide registration or reporting system for small businesses selling across borders; ° lower or proportionate fees for micro-businesses; ° simpler rules for businesses making only a handful of low-value shipments to a particular EU country; and ° practical support and clear guidance specifically designed for micro-businesses and independent retailers. I hope the EU can find a way to achieve its important environmental objectives without unintentionally pushing small independent businesses out of the European market. We want to be part of a more sustainable Europe. We simply need a system that allows small businesses to participate in it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547907_en"}, {"id": 33547906, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:53:24", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new rules are impossible for small businesses. It is not a free market if we need to pay to be a part of every single country's market separately in the EU. Having an insanely expensive representative for every county separately is madness. This is clearly going to benefit only the large companies, while for most of us small ones this will be the last nail in the coffin.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules are impossible for small businesses. It is not a free market if we need to pay to be a part of every single country's market separately in the EU. Having an insanely expensive representative for every county separately is madness. This is clearly going to benefit only the large companies, while for most of us small ones this will be the last nail in the coffin.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547906_en"}, {"id": 33547905, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:52:48", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I appreciate the implementation of new packaging rules to reduce waste, I absolutely cannot comprehend how small businesses, individual artists and makers can fall into the same category as Amazon or other bigger companies. Please separate the small businesses from this new rule. I am myself a one person small business, jewelry maker, cant keep up with all these new rules applied by each country. There are months where I might only send one package to a certain country, paying these fees would make no sense to me and my business would end. Make the law by amount of sales, and if a certain business exceeds the threshold make them pay after. And make it a one online surface for all the countries, its impossible as a one person small business to research and understand all the new regulations by each country. Please punish the big companies, that create so much waste, not the individual makers and artists who doesnt even come close to them.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I appreciate the implementation of new packaging rules to reduce waste, I absolutely cannot comprehend how small businesses, individual artists and makers can fall into the same category as Amazon or other bigger companies. Please separate the small businesses from this new rule. I am myself a one person small business, jewelry maker, cant keep up with all these new rules applied by each country. There are months where I might only send one package to a certain country, paying these fees would make no sense to me and my business would end. Make the law by amount of sales, and if a certain business exceeds the threshold make them pay after. And make it a one online surface for all the countries, its impossible as a one person small business to research and understand all the new regulations by each country. Please punish the big companies, that create so much waste, not the individual makers and artists who doesnt even come close to them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547905_en"}, {"id": 33547904, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:52:46", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I respectfully wish to express my concern and disagreement with this new regulation. I fully support environmental protection, but I believe this legislation is excessively restrictive, particularly for small independent entrepreneurs like myself. In my particular case, this regulation could seriously jeopardize my business. I have only recently opened a small online shop selling creative stationery, and I have already been forced to limit my EU shipping options to Spain. This puts my business at a significant disadvantage, especially when reaching customers outside Europe is already extremely expensive due to international shipping costs. I am far from the only small entrepreneur affected by this. Many independent businesses may be forced to abandon their operations because they simply cannot afford all the fees required to ship orders across the EU. It seems unreasonable to impose the same costs and requirements without considering factors such as package volume, shipping frequency, or the contents and size of each shipment. For small businesses, these costs can make cross-border sales completely unprofitable. In practice, this regulation risks creating a situation in which only large companies can continue selling throughout the EU, while independent businesses are pushed out of the market. It is difficult not to perceive this as a system that disproportionately penalizes the many small shipments made by individual entrepreneurs. As I mentioned, I support environmental protection and believe that sustainability is an important goal. However, I question whether small packages sent by independent businesses should be subjected to such burdensome requirements when large corporations and industries have a far greater environmental impact. Finally, I believe this regulation risks fragmenting rather than strengthening the European Union's internal market. Cross-border commerce within the EU is becoming increasingly complicated, to the point where it can be more economically viable to ship a package to another continent than to another EU country. This seems fundamentally contrary to the idea of a unified European market. I sincerely hope that the thousands of concerns being expressed by small business owners will be taken into consideration and that the regulation can be revised in a way that protects the environment without making it impossible for independent entrepreneurs to operate and sell across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I respectfully wish to express my concern and disagreement with this new regulation. I fully support environmental protection, but I believe this legislation is excessively restrictive, particularly for small independent entrepreneurs like myself. In my particular case, this regulation could seriously jeopardize my business. I have only recently opened a small online shop selling creative stationery, and I have already been forced to limit my EU shipping options to Spain. This puts my business at a significant disadvantage, especially when reaching customers outside Europe is already extremely expensive due to international shipping costs. I am far from the only small entrepreneur affected by this. Many independent businesses may be forced to abandon their operations because they simply cannot afford all the fees required to ship orders across the EU. It seems unreasonable to impose the same costs and requirements without considering factors such as package volume, shipping frequency, or the contents and size of each shipment. For small businesses, these costs can make cross-border sales completely unprofitable. In practice, this regulation risks creating a situation in which only large companies can continue selling throughout the EU, while independent businesses are pushed out of the market. It is difficult not to perceive this as a system that disproportionately penalizes the many small shipments made by individual entrepreneurs. As I mentioned, I support environmental protection and believe that sustainability is an important goal. However, I question whether small packages sent by independent businesses should be subjected to such burdensome requirements when large corporations and industries have a far greater environmental impact. Finally, I believe this regulation risks fragmenting rather than strengthening the European Union's internal market. Cross-border commerce within the EU is becoming increasingly complicated, to the point where it can be more economically viable to ship a package to another continent than to another EU country. This seems fundamentally contrary to the idea of a unified European market. I sincerely hope that the thousands of concerns being expressed by small business owners will be taken into consideration and that the regulation can be revised in a way that protects the environment without making it impossible for independent entrepreneurs to operate and sell across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547904_en"}, {"id": 33547903, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:50:55", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of EPR requirements through separate national producer registers will place a disproportionate burden on micro and very small businesses. I am based in Malta and am in the process of developing a very small independent creative business. Businesses of this scale may send relatively few parcels each year, often using minimal packaging and working with extremely small margins. Requiring such businesses to navigate separate registration systems, administrative procedures and potential fees in individual Member States risks making cross-border trade economically unviable. This is particularly concerning for consumers and businesses in small island Member States such as Malta. Our market is already small and shipping costs are already comparatively high. If selling a handful of products to Malta creates additional registration and compliance obligations, small overseas businesses may reasonably decide simply not to serve Malta at all. The same problem affects Maltese microbusinesses wishing to participate in the Single Market. A business should not face a disproportionate compliance burden merely because one customer in another Member State purchases one small parcel. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure genuine proportionality for micro-enterprises and very low-volume producers. This could include meaningful de minimis thresholds, simplified reporting, reduced or waived fees for very small quantities, and most importantly a harmonised or one-stop EU registration and reporting mechanism rather than multiple national systems. Environmental responsibility and support for small enterprise should not be competing objectives. Regulation should encourage responsible packaging while preserving realistic access to the Single Market for the smallest businesses. Without proportionate and harmonised implementation, there is a real risk that these rules will unintentionally disadvantage microbusinesses, reduce consumer choice and disproportionately isolate smaller Member States such as Malta.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of EPR requirements through separate national producer registers will place a disproportionate burden on micro and very small businesses. I am based in Malta and am in the process of developing a very small independent creative business. Businesses of this scale may send relatively few parcels each year, often using minimal packaging and working with extremely small margins. Requiring such businesses to navigate separate registration systems, administrative procedures and potential fees in individual Member States risks making cross-border trade economically unviable. This is particularly concerning for consumers and businesses in small island Member States such as Malta. Our market is already small and shipping costs are already comparatively high. If selling a handful of products to Malta creates additional registration and compliance obligations, small overseas businesses may reasonably decide simply not to serve Malta at all. The same problem affects Maltese microbusinesses wishing to participate in the Single Market. A business should not face a disproportionate compliance burden merely because one customer in another Member State purchases one small parcel. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure genuine proportionality for micro-enterprises and very low-volume producers. This could include meaningful de minimis thresholds, simplified reporting, reduced or waived fees for very small quantities, and most importantly a harmonised or one-stop EU registration and reporting mechanism rather than multiple national systems. Environmental responsibility and support for small enterprise should not be competing objectives. Regulation should encourage responsible packaging while preserving realistic access to the Single Market for the smallest businesses. Without proportionate and harmonised implementation, there is a real risk that these rules will unintentionally disadvantage microbusinesses, reduce consumer choice and disproportionately isolate smaller Member States such as Malta.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547903_en"}, {"id": 33547902, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:50:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think regulations for businesses are a good thing, however I think this draft misses the crucial work load put on small businesses. I'd suggest to reconsider and work this draft order to make exception for small businesses that only have one person to work on everything. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "I think regulations for businesses are a good thing, however I think this draft misses the crucial work load put on small businesses. I'd suggest to reconsider and work this draft order to make exception for small businesses that only have one person to work on everything. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547902_en"}, {"id": 33547901, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:50:40", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Enforcing obligativity to depose countless dossiers in each member state on European SMEs is AGAINST the whole concept of the EU and free market. I understand the climate issues but the European Comission can not transfer the weight of the whole world on the European SME. Small, independent shops selling a handful of goods in EU countries are not the problem and initiatives like this will hurt dozens of artists and artisans as well as small eshops whose livelyhood depend on the free market and who do not account for 99.95 of the pollution. The added cost-to-do-business (in the range of 6-10.000 euros per year) will simply kill these SMEs. Remove the bureaucracy burden for these groups! STOP THIS NONSENSE", "feedbackEnglish": "Enforcing obligativity to depose countless dossiers in each member state on European SMEs is AGAINST the whole concept of the EU and free market. I understand the climate issues but the European Comission can not transfer the weight of the whole world on the European SME. Small, independent shops selling a handful of goods in EU countries are not the problem and initiatives like this will hurt dozens of artists and artisans as well as small eshops whose livelyhood depend on the free market and who do not account for 99.95 of the pollution. The added cost-to-do-business (in the range of 6-10.000 euros per year) will simply kill these SMEs. Remove the bureaucracy burden for these groups! STOP THIS NONSENSE", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547901_en"}, {"id": 33547900, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:50:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Frau Ottilie GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "These new rules are effectively banning small companies from selling into other EU countries. For us, our internal market is no the only place in the world where we cannot legally do trade. These rules must be changed as soon as possible so that small businesses are still able to conduct their business at all. As it is, it will to grave damage to thousands of businesses and only further help companies from outside the EU which will mostly just ignore these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules are effectively banning small companies from selling into other EU countries. For us, our internal market is no the only place in the world where we cannot legally do trade. These rules must be changed as soon as possible so that small businesses are still able to conduct their business at all. As it is, it will to grave damage to thousands of businesses and only further help companies from outside the EU which will mostly just ignore these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547900_en"}, {"id": 33547899, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:49:23", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is absolutely unsustainable to apply the same rules indiscriminately to established businesses and large corporations as well as to tiny artisan businesses. I am an artisan; I sell primarily within the EU, but these new rules would force me to limit myself to the market of my own country alone, as I could not afford the costs required FOR EVERY SINGLE NATION. You are making life impossible and unbearable for small artisan businesses, even while claiming elsewhere that craftsmanship is gradually dying out, or that manual skills and the value of art are being lost. These laws certainly do not help those working in this field. You are literally forcing us to close down, one by one.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is absolutely unsustainable to apply the same rules indiscriminately to established businesses and large corporations as well as to tiny artisan businesses. I am an artisan; I sell primarily within the EU, but these new rules would force me to limit myself to the market of my own country alone, as I could not afford the costs required FOR EVERY SINGLE NATION. You are making life impossible and unbearable for small artisan businesses, even while claiming elsewhere that craftsmanship is gradually dying out, or that manual skills and the value of art are being lost. These laws certainly do not help those working in this field. You are literally forcing us to close down, one by one.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547899_en"}, {"id": 33547897, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:48:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The amount of damage done to the image of the EU internationally and among its own citizens and the damage done to the noble goal of reducing waste and protecting the enviroment, strengthening the EU market in global competition is appalling. Holding small or mico-business to the same standard and level of bureaucracy as large, international companies and offering no help or practical solutions is utterly disappointing.", "feedbackEnglish": "The amount of damage done to the image of the EU internationally and among its own citizens and the damage done to the noble goal of reducing waste and protecting the enviroment, strengthening the EU market in global competition is appalling. Holding small or mico-business to the same standard and level of bureaucracy as large, international companies and offering no help or practical solutions is utterly disappointing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547897_en"}, {"id": 33547896, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:48:13", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro business owner these new packaging laws feel unfair and they should be reconsidered. Us and a big bunch of other European small/micro businesses have to now stop shipping to EU countries completely because nobody can afford it. The reasoning behind these laws is great, but for big corporations. Why are the small guys being stepped on? This new law is stomping on a lot of artists, handmade craft artisans, specialized niche product makers... the list goes on. We beg of you to reconsider these. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner these new packaging laws feel unfair and they should be reconsidered. Us and a big bunch of other European small/micro businesses have to now stop shipping to EU countries completely because nobody can afford it. The reasoning behind these laws is great, but for big corporations. Why are the small guys being stepped on? This new law is stomping on a lot of artists, handmade craft artisans, specialized niche product makers... the list goes on. We beg of you to reconsider these. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547896_en"}, {"id": 33547895, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:48:06", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as a person still studying at a university and therefore thinking of my future employment, which I've always imagined to be setting up a small business, but now more than ever I want to create small art objects to share my art with people and make some money out of it, however this law is making it nearly impossible for me to even start with that, because I'd only be limited to one country, and I don't even know if it's the one I'm studying in or living in. This makes it even harder for me because I'm constantly travelling back and forth between my home and my school which are in Slovakia and Czechia. To only limit myself to one country seems unfair to me and to all of the other artists I'd love to purchase things from as well. This law would only create a barrier between all of us, which is not what Europe is supposed to be like. I would suggest excluding small businesses or one person sellers, just so this applies to bigger corporations, because it's not the small artists that are doong the harm to the environment if you think about it. Please, let me be able to make my living out of my physical art by changing up this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a person still studying at a university and therefore thinking of my future employment, which I've always imagined to be setting up a small business, but now more than ever I want to create small art objects to share my art with people and make some money out of it, however this law is making it nearly impossible for me to even start with that, because I'd only be limited to one country, and I don't even know if it's the one I'm studying in or living in. This makes it even harder for me because I'm constantly travelling back and forth between my home and my school which are in Slovakia and Czechia. To only limit myself to one country seems unfair to me and to all of the other artists I'd love to purchase things from as well. This law would only create a barrier between all of us, which is not what Europe is supposed to be like. I would suggest excluding small businesses or one person sellers, just so this applies to bigger corporations, because it's not the small artists that are doong the harm to the environment if you think about it. Please, let me be able to make my living out of my physical art by changing up this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547895_en"}, {"id": 33547894, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:47:26", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I have recently heard of the new implementation of the PPWR law. As a result of the new regulations, a lot of very small businesses I have been following on social media and like to buy from are panicking; whether there are exemptions for microbusinesses differs from country to country, the fees differ, whether a authorative representive is needed differs from country to country...All these new regulations are very complicated and confusing for small one-person businesses to figure out, and might financially destroy them. Due to the lack of clarity except for the assumption it will cost them a lot to the point that selling to many member states isn't profitable anymore, these small businesses are massively shutting down shipping to a lot of EU member states; which really goes against the principle of the free trade market within the EU and economic coöperation between member states. As a mindful consumer who wants to support these small, sustainable businesses and has often considered starting a small business of my own, it is also sad and discouraging and if enough small businesses shut down, I will have no choice but to buy more often from polluting, foreign, giant companies as the small inherently sustainable businesses are no longer an option. So I write to demand clarification and to make sure there is a clear framework for sustainable, creative microbusinesses so they can stay affloat or be exempt from these regulations that I am sure are meant to target the big foreign companies, for whom any new law is always easier to navigate with their money and manpower.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have recently heard of the new implementation of the PPWR law. As a result of the new regulations, a lot of very small businesses I have been following on social media and like to buy from are panicking; whether there are exemptions for microbusinesses differs from country to country, the fees differ, whether a authorative representive is needed differs from country to country...All these new regulations are very complicated and confusing for small one-person businesses to figure out, and might financially destroy them. Due to the lack of clarity except for the assumption it will cost them a lot to the point that selling to many member states isn't profitable anymore, these small businesses are massively shutting down shipping to a lot of EU member states; which really goes against the principle of the free trade market within the EU and economic coöperation between member states. As a mindful consumer who wants to support these small, sustainable businesses and has often considered starting a small business of my own, it is also sad and discouraging and if enough small businesses shut down, I will have no choice but to buy more often from polluting, foreign, giant companies as the small inherently sustainable businesses are no longer an option. So I write to demand clarification and to make sure there is a clear framework for sustainable, creative microbusinesses so they can stay affloat or be exempt from these regulations that I am sure are meant to target the big foreign companies, for whom any new law is always easier to navigate with their money and manpower.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547894_en"}, {"id": 33547893, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:46:57", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "For very small sellers like me (ironically selling mostly vintage items and products made of recycled materials), these new rules will kill our businesses. I ship to many European countries, but only a few packages a year to each, and I will not be able to cover the associates fees. Not to mention the administrative red tape I will have to deal with, which will take up precious time that I need to manage my small enterprise. I use all the right package material anyway, I reuse a lot of material I get from the packages I order. As opposed to large companies like Temu, which sell enormous amount of cheap stuff that is often thrown away after a short time, I certainly don't do any damage to the enviromment with my products or packaging, and yet, I'm punished, like so many other small sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "For very small sellers like me (ironically selling mostly vintage items and products made of recycled materials), these new rules will kill our businesses. I ship to many European countries, but only a few packages a year to each, and I will not be able to cover the associates fees. Not to mention the administrative red tape I will have to deal with, which will take up precious time that I need to manage my small enterprise. I use all the right package material anyway, I reuse a lot of material I get from the packages I order. As opposed to large companies like Temu, which sell enormous amount of cheap stuff that is often thrown away after a short time, I certainly don't do any damage to the enviromment with my products or packaging, and yet, I'm punished, like so many other small sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547893_en"}, {"id": 33547892, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:46:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "PixelStroebel", "feedback": "Hallo, ich habe ein kleines Gewerbe in Deutschland und die neue PPWR Verordnung trifft mich hart. Ich muss den Versand in alle EU Länder bis auf Deutschland komplett einstellen da ich mir die Kosten für die Lizenzen und Bevollmächtigten nicht leisten kann. Das trifft auch auf viele andere kleine Unternehmen zu da diese Regelung genau diese am meisten trifft. Dass es keine Sonderregelung für uns gibt ist ganz klar eine absolute Ungerechtigkeit da die großen Unternehmen dieses einfach aus ihrer Porto Kasse bezahlt. Kleine Unternehmen werden so systematisch abgeschafft. Es sollte eine Sonderregelung geben die Lizenzen und Bevollmächtigte sowie Kosten an Systembetreiber erst ab einer gewissen Menge notwendig macht. Ich verschicke weniger als 10kg Packmaterial pro Jahr und brauche trotzdem einen Vertrag mit einem Systembetreiber. Absolut unverhältnismäßig und unverständlich. Mit Grüßen Melissa Ströbel", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have a small business in Germany and the new PPWR Regulation hits me hard. I have to stop all shipments to all EU countries except Germany, as I cannot afford the costs of the licences and agents. This is also the case for many other small businesses, which are the ones most affected by this rule. The fact that there is no special rule for us is clearly an absolute injustice, as the big companies simply pay this out of their Porto cash. Small businesses will thus be systematically abolished. There should be a special rule requiring licences and authorised representatives and costs for system operators only above a certain amount. I send less than 10 kg of packaging material per year and still need a contract with a system operator. Absolutely disproportionate and incomprehensible. (Complimentary close) Melissa Furniture", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547892_en"}, {"id": 33547891, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:46:21", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who loves to buy from small businesses these new rules really break my heart. If it continues it will be impossible for small and micro independent businesses to sell across EU borders as there is no way they will be able to afford the fees. There has to be a better way to do this, like a simplified one stop shop system", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who loves to buy from small businesses these new rules really break my heart. If it continues it will be impossible for small and micro independent businesses to sell across EU borders as there is no way they will be able to afford the fees. There has to be a better way to do this, like a simplified one stop shop system", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547891_en"}, {"id": 33547887, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:44:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules and regs are going to make it impossible for small businesses to keep selling with customers in different countries. As always only large corporation have been thought about. The fees alone will probably put small businesses out of business but it impossible for a sole trader to manage having to make sure they've paid the fees for all the different areas they may sell to.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules and regs are going to make it impossible for small businesses to keep selling with customers in different countries. As always only large corporation have been thought about. The fees alone will probably put small businesses out of business but it impossible for a sole trader to manage having to make sure they've paid the fees for all the different areas they may sell to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547887_en"}, {"id": 33547886, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:43:23", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a frequent customer with small business across the EU. Sadly a vast majority of them have now suspended shipping outside their country of origin as the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. The free trade across EU has been a valuable asset in light of Brexit and the tariffs imposed by the USA allowing for a European market for a wide array of products, many of which are sustainability produced by small, local, businesses. The proposed regulations in their current state benefit large corporations with financial and legal resources to handle the complicated bureaucracy. While environmental regulations of large scale operators are crucial, I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs to protect the diversity and resilience that small businesses bring to the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a frequent customer with small business across the EU. Sadly a vast majority of them have now suspended shipping outside their country of origin as the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. The free trade across EU has been a valuable asset in light of Brexit and the tariffs imposed by the USA allowing for a European market for a wide array of products, many of which are sustainability produced by small, local, businesses. The proposed regulations in their current state benefit large corporations with financial and legal resources to handle the complicated bureaucracy. While environmental regulations of large scale operators are crucial, I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs to protect the diversity and resilience that small businesses bring to the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547886_en"}, {"id": 33547885, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:42:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bagheerabee", "feedback": "I am writing to you about the effect the EPR system is having on small and micro business who may only be sending out minimal packages per year. I myself am a micro business owner who produces around 15kg of packaging waste per year, and sends out about 12 packages per month. As many other small and micro businesses are, I can no longer ship to the EU because of the cross border fees for each individual company, and the time it takes to gather and request all the different rules for each country. The mandatory EPR registrations and cross border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I am not the only one who is shouting this, there is a petition on change.org of 20,000 people who agree. Due to the fact that these fees are causing people to not be able to easily ship across the EU, I fear this goes against the free movement of goods, that should be offered in the EU. I have read the PPWR scheme was pushed to come out earlier rather than later. However I feel this should have waited until all parties effected had been considered. I write to you to ask that a de minimis exemption be introduced. Whether this be for how much waste you can prove you produce is under a certain amount so you don't have to pay, or like the UK a minimum earning threshold is put in place, so smaller business don't have to pay these costs. Moreover, a one stop shop, or one place to fill out all the information that is required, especially for sole proprietors who do not have the man power, that is asked of you. This would help greatly, not only to input weight management efficiently and effectively for each individual company, apply to register in multiple different languages for the EPR schemes, but also to do the research necessary to see if their business can afford the system (sending 27+ emails across all countries to get a better idea of fees and rules across the board, as these are not readily accessable). We are not against becoming sustainable and more environmentally friendly, we usually strive for this as small businesses. However, the system is just becoming too expensive to handle. Please take the time and consideration to think about all affected by the legislation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you about the effect the EPR system is having on small and micro business who may only be sending out minimal packages per year. I myself am a micro business owner who produces around 15kg of packaging waste per year, and sends out about 12 packages per month. As many other small and micro businesses are, I can no longer ship to the EU because of the cross border fees for each individual company, and the time it takes to gather and request all the different rules for each country. The mandatory EPR registrations and cross border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I am not the only one who is shouting this, there is a petition on change.org of 20,000 people who agree. Due to the fact that these fees are causing people to not be able to easily ship across the EU, I fear this goes against the free movement of goods, that should be offered in the EU. I have read the PPWR scheme was pushed to come out earlier rather than later. However I feel this should have waited until all parties effected had been considered. I write to you to ask that a de minimis exemption be introduced. Whether this be for how much waste you can prove you produce is under a certain amount so you don't have to pay, or like the UK a minimum earning threshold is put in place, so smaller business don't have to pay these costs. Moreover, a one stop shop, or one place to fill out all the information that is required, especially for sole proprietors who do not have the man power, that is asked of you. This would help greatly, not only to input weight management efficiently and effectively for each individual company, apply to register in multiple different languages for the EPR schemes, but also to do the research necessary to see if their business can afford the system (sending 27+ emails across all countries to get a better idea of fees and rules across the board, as these are not readily accessable). We are not against becoming sustainable and more environmentally friendly, we usually strive for this as small businesses. However, the system is just becoming too expensive to handle. Please take the time and consideration to think about all affected by the legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547885_en"}, {"id": 33547884, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:42:30", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida sobre gestión de envases ha de tener una proporcionalidad, ya que los pequeños productores (artesanos, artistas, autónomos...) no pueden asumir los costes y la burocracia que sí pueden asumir las grandes empresas. Propongo una moratoria para pequeños productores, además de la no obligatoriedad de declarar por debajo de determinado volumen de facturación -como ya existe en varios países. También se puede plantear una tarifa plana para estos volúmenes tan pequeños. Necesitamos una Unión Europea equitativa y justa para todos los que vivimos en ella.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure on packaging management needs to be proportionate, as small producers (craftsmen, artists, freelancers, etc.) cannot bear the costs and bureaucracy that large companies can shoulder. I propose a moratorium for small producers, in addition to the fact that there is no obligation to declare below a certain turnover – as already exists in several countries. A flat rate may also be envisaged for these very small volumes. We need a fair and just European Union for all of us living in it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547884_en"}, {"id": 33547883, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:42:20", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These laws are killing small independent businesses like craft-makers and artists whose whole livelihoods are dependent on their businesses. The disproportionate costs applied to all business may be absorbable by big companies but force independent creators to close. It is not realistic for smaller businesses to pay fees and for representatives that in some cases will outcost the income itself, especially when their waste produce consists of micro amounts in comparison to major corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "These laws are killing small independent businesses like craft-makers and artists whose whole livelihoods are dependent on their businesses. The disproportionate costs applied to all business may be absorbable by big companies but force independent creators to close. It is not realistic for smaller businesses to pay fees and for representatives that in some cases will outcost the income itself, especially when their waste produce consists of micro amounts in comparison to major corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547883_en"}, {"id": 33547882, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:40:58", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please provide measurements that small businesses can afford. I only buy from small businesses and it's so hard to see when one closes because they can't afford to function anymore. Please harmonize the registration for ppwr and epr in the EU states for smaller businesses. Please allow for free movement of goods within the EU. The world is so big but these regulations insist on making the world a smaller place. Such backwards thinking.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please provide measurements that small businesses can afford. I only buy from small businesses and it's so hard to see when one closes because they can't afford to function anymore. Please harmonize the registration for ppwr and epr in the EU states for smaller businesses. Please allow for free movement of goods within the EU. The world is so big but these regulations insist on making the world a smaller place. Such backwards thinking.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547882_en"}, {"id": 33547881, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:40:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "With this regulation, there's gonna be thousands of micro businesses, that have to close their online Shops. I absolutely get the thought behind it, companies like Amazon, Shein and Temu should absolutely have responsible shipping material and be responsible for the waste they are creating. That being said, this regulation throws tiny businesses under the bus - there should be a threshold of yearly income, you have to overstep, to have to be regulated for shipping material. This is unproportional to micro businesses. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "With this regulation, there's gonna be thousands of micro businesses, that have to close their online Shops. I absolutely get the thought behind it, companies like Amazon, Shein and Temu should absolutely have responsible shipping material and be responsible for the waste they are creating. That being said, this regulation throws tiny businesses under the bus - there should be a threshold of yearly income, you have to overstep, to have to be regulated for shipping material. This is unproportional to micro businesses. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547881_en"}, {"id": 33547880, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:40:35", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to raise my concerns as a consumer from Ireland. I often purchase small, handmade items from independent sellers across the EU. The ability to purchase artwork, jewelry, clothing, and decorative items from small business as gifts or for personal use allows me to support them in increasingly difficult financial times. The free trade market within the EU has been an incredible benefit for people in smaller countries to access items that they would never otherwise be able to purchase. The lack of exemptions for small, independent business who may ship less than ten orders a year to any one state in the EU, and often already use greener packaging to be more environmentally conscious, is disastrous for them. I have seen dozens of creatives posting that they will no longer be able to ship their items outside of their home countries or to a small number of member states who do have small business exemptions. This hurts not only the business owners and artists who already have to work harder to make a financial profit, but also hurts consumers who are now being shut out from the options that were available to them. I strongly request a pause on the implementation of these regulations coming into effect from August 12th and engagement with small businesses. This new legislation will not harm large, multinational corporations who can afford to pay the fees or fines in all member states, nor will it stop the egregious use of plastic by dropshippers and resellers within the EU. This legislation will only hurt small businesses and consumers who want to shop ethically and with environmental consciousness, and drive people to continue to purchase from large companies who litter and import goods from outside the EU with no regards for their impact on the environment. Please reconsider this movement, and provide supports to the EU citizens who want to make an independent living.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to raise my concerns as a consumer from Ireland. I often purchase small, handmade items from independent sellers across the EU. The ability to purchase artwork, jewelry, clothing, and decorative items from small business as gifts or for personal use allows me to support them in increasingly difficult financial times. The free trade market within the EU has been an incredible benefit for people in smaller countries to access items that they would never otherwise be able to purchase. The lack of exemptions for small, independent business who may ship less than ten orders a year to any one state in the EU, and often already use greener packaging to be more environmentally conscious, is disastrous for them. I have seen dozens of creatives posting that they will no longer be able to ship their items outside of their home countries or to a small number of member states who do have small business exemptions. This hurts not only the business owners and artists who already have to work harder to make a financial profit, but also hurts consumers who are now being shut out from the options that were available to them. I strongly request a pause on the implementation of these regulations coming into effect from August 12th and engagement with small businesses. This new legislation will not harm large, multinational corporations who can afford to pay the fees or fines in all member states, nor will it stop the egregious use of plastic by dropshippers and resellers within the EU. This legislation will only hurt small businesses and consumers who want to shop ethically and with environmental consciousness, and drive people to continue to purchase from large companies who litter and import goods from outside the EU with no regards for their impact on the environment. Please reconsider this movement, and provide supports to the EU citizens who want to make an independent living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547880_en"}, {"id": 33547879, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:40:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro business circling around salfmade art, based in germany selling handmade prints and stuckerd directly to consumers in other EU Member States through an online marketplace. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the requirements for distance selling may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. My business produces handmade prints and stickers. I may receive only one, two or three orders per year from a particular EU country, and sometimes I receive no orders at all. Nevertheless, if I am required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where I occasionally sell, the fixed annual cost of compliance will absolutely exceed the profit generated by those sales. For a large company selling thousands of products, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise producing small quantities by hand, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This could have the unintended consequence of discouraging small European businesses from participating in the EU Single Market and reducing consumer access to products made by small and independent European producers. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, such as a reasonable threshold based on annual sales, number of transactions, or quantity of packaging placed on the market, below which appointing an authorised representative would not be required. Small businesses should be encouraged to comply with environmental objectives, but the administrative and financial requirements should be proportionate to the scale of their activity. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business circling around salfmade art, based in germany selling handmade prints and stuckerd directly to consumers in other EU Member States through an online marketplace. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the requirements for distance selling may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. My business produces handmade prints and stickers. I may receive only one, two or three orders per year from a particular EU country, and sometimes I receive no orders at all. Nevertheless, if I am required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where I occasionally sell, the fixed annual cost of compliance will absolutely exceed the profit generated by those sales. For a large company selling thousands of products, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise producing small quantities by hand, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This could have the unintended consequence of discouraging small European businesses from participating in the EU Single Market and reducing consumer access to products made by small and independent European producers. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, such as a reasonable threshold based on annual sales, number of transactions, or quantity of packaging placed on the market, below which appointing an authorised representative would not be required. Small businesses should be encouraged to comply with environmental objectives, but the administrative and financial requirements should be proportionate to the scale of their activity. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547879_en"}, {"id": 33547878, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:39:19", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Great initiative but incredibly poor execution. Yes, for the big corporations and mass producers, limiting waste in terms of packaging is a great start. HOWEVER, it will be detrimental to any small or medium sized business wanting to sell in the EU. I know hundreds of small businesses that are doing all they can for the environment, who are being forced to close shop due to the extended EPR law. It is highly unrealistic to expect them to pay for those massive fees or representatives in each country. And it's a shame that it will stunt the growth of initiative and smaller independant shops. Furthermore, if the big corporations can simply pay their way out of responsibility, that ruins the initiative. There also hasn't been given any help to smaller or medium sized businesses to make a seamless transition. They are instead having to deal with it themselves. Please regulate that!!", "feedbackEnglish": "Great initiative but incredibly poor execution. Yes, for the big corporations and mass producers, limiting waste in terms of packaging is a great start. HOWEVER, it will be detrimental to any small or medium sized business wanting to sell in the EU. I know hundreds of small businesses that are doing all they can for the environment, who are being forced to close shop due to the extended EPR law. It is highly unrealistic to expect them to pay for those massive fees or representatives in each country. And it's a shame that it will stunt the growth of initiative and smaller independant shops. Furthermore, if the big corporations can simply pay their way out of responsibility, that ruins the initiative. There also hasn't been given any help to smaller or medium sized businesses to make a seamless transition. They are instead having to deal with it themselves. Please regulate that!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547878_en"}, {"id": 33547877, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:39:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Unternehmen/Betrieb", "feedback": "Was für ein bürokratischer Schwachsinn ist diese PPWR??? Hört die EU-Kommission aktuell nicht den Aufschrei von tausenden kleiner und mittlerer Handelsunternehmen, die sich die Kosten, die durch diese PPWR entstehen? - ... und gemeint sind hierbei nicht nur die Kosten der jeweiligen Verpackungslizenzen und ihrer notariellen Beurkundung, sondern auch die vielen kleinen Nebenkosten die da anfallen: - für den Verantwortlichen für die Abfallwirtschaft ausländischer Unternehmen, der nun zwingend seinen Sitz im Zielland haben muss und dessen notarielle Beurkundung; - den Vertrag mit dem lokalen Dualen System (für mindestens 2 Jahre) selbst für Mindermengen (bis 1.500 Sendungen), die bei vielen Händlern den 1- bis 2-stelligen Sendungsbereich nicht mal verlassen; - für den in vielen EU-Staaten erforderlichen Steuerberater im Zielland, der die Mengenabrechnung mit dem Dualen System durchführt. Rechnet man das mal zusammen und wollte man weiterhin in alle EU-Staaten versenden oder zumindest dafür offen sein, ist man im ersten Jahr an die 40.000 Euro los, nur um überhaupt die Erlaubnis zu haben, in alle EU-Staaten versenden zu dürfen. Das sind Kosten, die sich kleine und mittlere Unternehmen nicht leisten können und sich deshalb aus dem EU-Raum und von diesen Märkten zurückziehen müssen. Tolle Leistung durch die EU. Sie betreiben dadurch eine Schädigung der Wirtschaft durch Ausgrenzung der kleinen und mittleren Handelsunternehmen nur durch Kosten und Bürokratie. Als Unternehmer frage ich mich jeden Tag aufs Neue: Habt ihr da in der EU (egal ob Parlament oder Kommission) noch alle Latten am Zaun??? Mir ist aber auch klar, dass Politiker, die ihre Personalkosten bis zu 30.000 Euro pro Monat problemlos erstattet bekommen, ein üppiges Gehalt von knapp über 11.000 Euro pro Monat erhalten, Zuschüsse zur Krankenversicherung sowie ein Anwesenheitstagegeld von 350 Euro für Teilnahme an Sitzungen, eine steuerfreie Kostenpauschale von knapp 5.000 Euro bekommen und sogar kostenlos Bus und Bahn benutzen dürfen irgendwann völlig den Bezug zum Geld verlieren müssen. Jedoch ist das etwas, dass sich Unternehmer von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmern nicht leisten können. Daher an dieser Stelle mal offen gesprochen: Eure PPWR ist ganz großer Mist. Er macht nur den großen Unternehmen am Markt den Weg frei und räumt ihnen die kleinen und mittleren Mitbewerber im Marktgeschehen aus dem Weg und macht sie dadurch kaputt. Bei der Lieferschwelle habt ihr euch auf 10.000 Euro EU-weit geeinigt, seid aber unfähig gewesen, euch auch auf eine Mindestmenge von 1.000 Sendungen pro EU-Staat zu einigen, ab der dieser PPWR-Schwachsinn überhaupt erst greifen darf. Die Großen wollt ihr kriegen - und die interessiert das nicht mal. Denn Unternehmen wie z.B. Amazon haben fast in jedem EU-Staat eine Niederlassung und können dadurch Waren innerhalb der EU-Zone problemlos von einem Lager (z.B. Deutschland) zu einem anderen Lager (z.B. Dänemark) intern verschieben und dann dort lokal ausliefern. Daher benötigen die nur einen Vertrag mit dem dortigen Dualen System. Alles übrige greift nicht bei ihnen und spart solchen Unternehmen (wie z.B. Amazon) locker mehr als 1 Million Euro/Jahr ein. -> Kein Verantwortlicher (das macht ein Mitarbeiter), daher auch keine notarielle Beurkundung; keine Verpackungslizenz, da lokal ausgeliefert wird; und auch kein erforderlicher Steuerberater - das macht die Buchhaltung. Die EU sieht scheinbar alles nur aus Sicht der Umwelt, anstatt ihre Aufgaben mal ernst zu nehmen und im Sinne der Wirtschaft zu handeln - es also aus Sicht der Wirtschaft und nicht der Umwelt zu sehen. Spätestens dann begreift sie - wenn die Wirtschaft zerstört ist, dass es dann keine Steuern mehr gibt. Dann müssen Politiker wieder mehr Schulden machen, für die andere wieder - demnach unsere Kinder, Kindeskinder und sogar noch die Ur-Ur-Enkel unserer Kindeskinder - bezahlen dürfen. Also dann, wenn die verantwortlichen Politiker schon lange unterm Torf liegen.", "feedbackEnglish": "What kind of bureaucratic weakness is this PPWR? Is the Commission currently not listening to the rise of thousands of small and medium-sized traders who are bearing the costs of this PPWR? —... And this refers not only to the costs of the respective packaging licences and their notarial authentication, but also to the many small ancillary costs involved: — for the person responsible for the waste management of foreign undertakings, who must now be established in the country of destination and must draw up a notarial act recording that fact; — the contract with the local DSD system (for at least two years) even for under-deliveries (up to 1500 consignments) which, in the case of many traders, do not even leave the 1- or 2-digit consignment range; — for the tax adviser required in many EU Member States in the country of destination, who carries out the quantity settlement using the DSD system. Taking this into account, and if you wanted to continue sending them to all EU countries or at least be open to them, you will be freed to the EUR 40.000 in the first year just to have permission to send them to all EU countries. These are costs that small and medium-sized enterprises cannot afford and must therefore withdraw from the EU and these markets. Great performance by the EU. As a result, they are damaging the economy by excluding small and medium-sized traders only through costs and red tape. As an entrepreneur, I am asking myself every day: Do you still have all the slats on the fence in the EU (whether Parliament or Commission)? However, it is also clear to me that politicians who receive their staff costs of up to EUR 30.000 per month without any problems, receive an abundant salary of just over EUR 11.000 per month, receive health insurance subsidies and an attendance allowance of EUR 350 for attending meetings, receive a tax-free flat-rate allowance of just under EUR 5000, and may even use buses and trains free of charge at some point lose all connection with money. However, this is something that entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs cannot afford. Therefore, openly spoken at this juncture: Your PPWR is a great dung. It only opens the way for large companies on the market and removes small and medium-sized competitors from the market, thereby destroying them. With regard to the delivery threshold, you agreed on EUR 10.000 across the EU, but you were unable to agree on a minimum volume of 1000 items per EU country, above which this PPWR weakness should be allowed to take effect. The big people want you – and they don’t even want it. This is because companies such as Amazon have an establishment in almost every EU country and can easily move goods from one warehouse (e.g. Germany) to another (e.g. Denmark) internally within the EU zone and then deliver them locally there. They therefore only need a contract with the DSD system there. The rest do not intervene with them and loosely save more than EUR 1 million per year for such companies (such as Amazon). —> no person responsible (this is done by an employee) and therefore no notarial deed; No packaging licence, as it is delivered locally; nor is there a need for a tax advisor – this is what accounts do. The EU seems to see everything only from the point of view of the environment, rather than taking its tasks seriously and acting in the interests of the economy – that is to say, from the point of view of the economy and not the environment. At the latest, when the economy is destroyed, it understands that there will be no more taxes. Then politicians will have to make more debts again, for which others – our children, children and even our children’s U-Ur-grandchildren – will be allowed to pay again. So when the responsible politicians have been under peat for a long time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547877_en"}, {"id": 33547876, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:39:12", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who likes to support small/micro businesses within the EU specifically this feels like it will affect those types of businesses a lot, making it impossible for them to grow and sell their products, while big corporations will be largely unaffected.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who likes to support small/micro businesses within the EU specifically this feels like it will affect those types of businesses a lot, making it impossible for them to grow and sell their products, while big corporations will be largely unaffected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547876_en"}, {"id": 33547875, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:38:56", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "innerSanctvm", "feedback": "Als klein bedrijf hebben wij niet-recycleerbare materialen al volledig geëlimineerd uit zowel onze producten als onze verzendverpakkingen. Wij steunen daarom de doelstellingen van de PPWR. De huidige uitvoering dreigt echter een onevenredig grote administratieve en financiële last te leggen op micro- en kleine ondernemingen. Verpakkingsregistratie, rapportering en nalevingsverplichtingen per land maken verkoop in de hele EU in de praktijk afhankelijk van 27 verschillende nationale systemen. Bij gebrek aan een eenvoudige EU-brede One-Stop-Shop-oplossing die toegankelijk is voor kleine ondernemingen, wordt het vrije verkeer van goederen de facto ondermijnd. Bedrijven worden gedwongen om verschillende regels, registraties, heffingen en handhavingssystemen te doorlopen, wat aanzienlijke vaste kosten creëert die grote ondernemingen kunnen dragen, maar voor startups en micro-ondernemingen een ernstige drempel vormen. Dit creëert bovendien ruimte voor bepaalde uitbuitende compliance-constructies en sterk lokaal protectionisme in sommige lidstaten, terwijl het voor nieuwe ondernemingen moeilijker wordt om markten te betreden en op EU-niveau te concurreren. Wij vragen de Commissie daarom om een daadwerkelijke vrijstelling of vereenvoudigd regime voor micro- en kleine ondernemingen in te voeren, met onder meer proportionele drempelwaarden en een echte EU-brede OSS-oplossing. Regelgeving mag er niet onbedoeld toe leiden dat concurrentie van startups wordt uitgeschakeld of dat de interne markt opnieuw wordt opgesplitst in een geheel van nationale verpakkingsmarkten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business, we have already completely eliminated non-recyclable materials from both our products and transport packaging. We therefore support the objectives of the PPWR. However, the current implementation risks imposing a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small enterprises. Packaging registration, reporting and compliance obligations on a country-by-country basis make sales across the EU in practice dependent on 27 different national systems. In the absence of a simple EU-wide one-stop-shop solution accessible to small businesses, the free movement of goods is de facto undermined. Businesses are forced to go through different rules, registrations, fees and enforcement systems, creating significant fixed costs that large companies can bear, but are a serious barrier for start-ups and micro-enterprises. Moreover, this creates room for certain exploitative compliance constructions and strong local protectionism in some Member States, while making it more difficult for new companies to enter markets and compete at EU level. We therefore ask the Commission to introduce a genuine exemption or simplified regime for micro and small enterprises, including proportionate thresholds and a genuine EU-wide OSS solution. Regulations should not inadvertently eliminate competition from start-ups or re-divide the internal market into a set of national packaging markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547875_en"}, {"id": 33547874, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:38:14", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences on businesses, especially micro and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences on businesses, especially micro and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547874_en"}, {"id": 33547873, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:37:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Liebe Abgeordnete, Die neuen Regelungen beeinträchtigen kleine und Kleinstunternehmen überproportional. Es ist sinnvoll diese von den Regelungen auszuschließen um sie vor dem Bankrott zu bewahren. Zudem wird der EU-interne Versand, in einer Zeit in der die Stärkung der EU-Staaten untereinander extrem wichtig ist, stark beeinträchtigt. Hier ist eine Anpassung ebenso sinnvoll wie notwendig. MfG, D.Spellmeier", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of Parliament, The new rules disproportionately affect small and micro-enterprises. It makes sense to exclude them from the rules in order to protect them from bankruptcy. In addition, intra-EU transit is severely affected at a time when strengthening EU countries among themselves is extremely important. An adjustment here is just as useful as it is necessary. MFG, D.Spellmeier", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547873_en"}, {"id": 33547872, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:37:03", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It feels like these new regulations were put in place because of big corporations who put large amount of packaging waste on the market. These companies have legal teams to take care of all regulations and for them this will be just another expense in Excel sheet. But small artists and SME who already use minimum of packaging will have to withdraw from EU market which was supposed to be free trade. These regulations will only allow big corporations to keep going while last independent creators who managed to keep their business despite of AI and US tariffs, will have to close their shops. You wanted to fight Temu and Shein, but now people will shop with them even more because they wouldn't be able to purchase anything from independent artists. We all tried to study the regulations but they can be interpreted so many different ways that many people thought they are exempt, which is not true. It does not make sense that I am considered as a producer of packaging if I put one item into an envelope. Does that mean that company who made the packaging material has to pay the fee and now I have to pay the fee because I used the packaging? Will it be paid twice for the same piece of packaging? Majority of us don't even put 1 kg of packaging waste on each EU country we ship into, yet we still have to pay EPR representative which is incredibly costly for SMEs. First US tariffs damaged our small business, now this. We are barely surviving in this economic climate and EU made lives of ordinaty people even worse with this. We need to be exempt from EPR fees otherwise you destroy all SME and discourage all future small businesses from even starting, because they will know they have to pay thousands of EUR to even open their shop to the rest of EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "It feels like these new regulations were put in place because of big corporations who put large amount of packaging waste on the market. These companies have legal teams to take care of all regulations and for them this will be just another expense in Excel sheet. But small artists and SME who already use minimum of packaging will have to withdraw from EU market which was supposed to be free trade. These regulations will only allow big corporations to keep going while last independent creators who managed to keep their business despite of AI and US tariffs, will have to close their shops. You wanted to fight Temu and Shein, but now people will shop with them even more because they wouldn't be able to purchase anything from independent artists. We all tried to study the regulations but they can be interpreted so many different ways that many people thought they are exempt, which is not true. It does not make sense that I am considered as a producer of packaging if I put one item into an envelope. Does that mean that company who made the packaging material has to pay the fee and now I have to pay the fee because I used the packaging? Will it be paid twice for the same piece of packaging? Majority of us don't even put 1 kg of packaging waste on each EU country we ship into, yet we still have to pay EPR representative which is incredibly costly for SMEs. First US tariffs damaged our small business, now this. We are barely surviving in this economic climate and EU made lives of ordinaty people even worse with this. We need to be exempt from EPR fees otherwise you destroy all SME and discourage all future small businesses from even starting, because they will know they have to pay thousands of EUR to even open their shop to the rest of EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547872_en"}, {"id": 33547871, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:36:44", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Law fundamentally unsustainable for miniature and small business owners. Services that involve handmade items (jewelry, personal care products, craft/novelty clothing, candles & home accessories), that do not reach a yearly revenue of above 5,000 are unable to afford the necessary fees required to procure a representative to register or independently register with the appropriate institution in EU member states. Registration fees vary wildly, starting from 50 up to 1,200. Structuring registration requirements based on company's revenue would have been a much more sensible option. Corporations and mass retailers produce a considerably larger amount of packaging waste than micro- and small businesses; the costs should be tailored accordingly.", "feedbackEnglish": "Law fundamentally unsustainable for miniature and small business owners. Services that involve handmade items (jewelry, personal care products, craft/novelty clothing, candles & home accessories), that do not reach a yearly revenue of above 5,000 are unable to afford the necessary fees required to procure a representative to register or independently register with the appropriate institution in EU member states. Registration fees vary wildly, starting from 50 up to 1,200. Structuring registration requirements based on company's revenue would have been a much more sensible option. Corporations and mass retailers produce a considerably larger amount of packaging waste than micro- and small businesses; the costs should be tailored accordingly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547871_en"}, {"id": 33547870, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:36:18", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Annemieke van Barlingen", "feedback": "I run a small 1-person business in Belgium focussed on the creation of art and I sell my own products directly to my customers. This regulation, among the many new regulations that have come in effect in the last years and the ones that are already planned for the next few years, are killing my and many other small businesses. Large companies can afford to hire professionals or in house teams to handle the administration for them and pay all taxes and fees required. A single person business cannot. This regulation disproportionally affects small businesses and favors large companies. Until a simplified one-stop-shop type of solution comes into play and additional exemptions for micro businesses, I will not be able to sell my goods to European customers beyond my own small country and I will lose 90% of my online sales income. So much for free trade... Please provide simplified documentation, guidelines, tools, platforms, fees etc. and exemptions for small businesses for PPWR, EPR but als GPSR, EUDR, DPP etc.! Small businesses are drowning in regulations and are not equipped to handle the administrative overhead on top of the already heavy and costly burdens that small companies had to deal with.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small 1-person business in Belgium focussed on the creation of art and I sell my own products directly to my customers. This regulation, among the many new regulations that have come in effect in the last years and the ones that are already planned for the next few years, are killing my and many other small businesses. Large companies can afford to hire professionals or in house teams to handle the administration for them and pay all taxes and fees required. A single person business cannot. This regulation disproportionally affects small businesses and favors large companies. Until a simplified one-stop-shop type of solution comes into play and additional exemptions for micro businesses, I will not be able to sell my goods to European customers beyond my own small country and I will lose 90% of my online sales income. So much for free trade... Please provide simplified documentation, guidelines, tools, platforms, fees etc. and exemptions for small businesses for PPWR, EPR but als GPSR, EUDR, DPP etc.! Small businesses are drowning in regulations and are not equipped to handle the administrative overhead on top of the already heavy and costly burdens that small companies had to deal with.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547870_en"}, {"id": 33547869, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:36:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ihr ruiniert damit sämtliche Small Businesses! Der Aufschrei unter uns selbstständigen ist riesig mittlerweile. Bitte ändert diesen Entscheid so ab, dass wir weiter verkaufen dürfen. Entwerft Sonderregelungen! Jedes Jahr wird es uns schwerer gemacht, das darf nicht wahr sein...", "feedbackEnglish": "You ruin all Small Businesses! The outcry among our self-employed is now enormous. Please amend this decision to allow us to continue selling. Draft special rules! Every year, it is harder for us to do that, it must not be true...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547869_en"}, {"id": 33547868, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:35:47", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent artist and folk artist from Lithuania, and I would like to express my concern about the packaging and waste management requirements that apply to small creators selling products across the EU. I fully support responsible waste management and environmental protection. However, I believe that the current system can be disproportionate for very small producers.My work is entirely handmade, and my sales are very limited. In some EU countries, I may sell only 110 items per year, and in some countries I may have no sales at all. In such circumstances, requiring me to arrange representation and pay fees in advance creates a significant financial and administrative burden.How can a small individual creator know in advance how much packaging will actually be placed on the market if there may be no sales at all? We live in a digital and interconnected Europe. I believe there should be a simple European one-stop system where small creators could register once, report the actual amount of packaging used, and fulfil all relevant obligations in one place. There should also be a reasonable minimum threshold for very small quantities of packaging, so that the rules remain proportionate to the scale of the activity. Small artists and independent creators should not be discouraged from participating in the European Single Market because of administrative requirements designed primarily for much larger businesses. Waste management is necessary, but it should not come at the expense of the smallest creators. I respectfully ask the EU institutions to consider a simpler, more proportionate system for micro-producers and individual creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent artist and folk artist from Lithuania, and I would like to express my concern about the packaging and waste management requirements that apply to small creators selling products across the EU. I fully support responsible waste management and environmental protection. However, I believe that the current system can be disproportionate for very small producers.My work is entirely handmade, and my sales are very limited. In some EU countries, I may sell only 110 items per year, and in some countries I may have no sales at all. In such circumstances, requiring me to arrange representation and pay fees in advance creates a significant financial and administrative burden.How can a small individual creator know in advance how much packaging will actually be placed on the market if there may be no sales at all? We live in a digital and interconnected Europe. I believe there should be a simple European one-stop system where small creators could register once, report the actual amount of packaging used, and fulfil all relevant obligations in one place. There should also be a reasonable minimum threshold for very small quantities of packaging, so that the rules remain proportionate to the scale of the activity. Small artists and independent creators should not be discouraged from participating in the European Single Market because of administrative requirements designed primarily for much larger businesses. Waste management is necessary, but it should not come at the expense of the smallest creators. I respectfully ask the EU institutions to consider a simpler, more proportionate system for micro-producers and individual creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547868_en"}, {"id": 33547860, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:34:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist schon UNGLAUBLICH was sich die EU Bürokratie da wieder ausgedacht hat :( Anstatt es leichter und EU-weit identisch und gebündelt an nur 1 Stelle mit nur 1 Registrierung zu machen, werden kleine Versender nun aus dem Markt gedrängt, weil diese für jedes Land registrieren müssen, was mit Kosten verbunden ist, welche in einigen Ländern die Marge übersteigen.' NICHT GUT !", "feedbackEnglish": "It is already incredible what the EU has thought about red tape again: (rather than making it easier and identical across the EU and bundled in just one place with only one registration, small consignors are now forced out of the market because they have to register for each country, with costs exceeding the margin in some countries.' NOT GOOD!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547860_en"}, {"id": 33547859, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:34:05", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "If you're actively trying to destroy every single small business that uses shipping (which is most), great job, you're on the right track. I understand the need for this kind of regulation but it must only be applied to bigger companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "If you're actively trying to destroy every single small business that uses shipping (which is most), great job, you're on the right track. I understand the need for this kind of regulation but it must only be applied to bigger companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547859_en"}, {"id": 33547858, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:34:02", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is very bad for small creators that are just started or doing just small business. This doesnt matter the big corporations and businesses and they just keep growing. This will make delivery between small businesses impossible between Europe and other continents. Enbrase the small businesses so they can survive, being something unique and hire employees.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is very bad for small creators that are just started or doing just small business. This doesnt matter the big corporations and businesses and they just keep growing. This will make delivery between small businesses impossible between Europe and other continents. Enbrase the small businesses so they can survive, being something unique and hire employees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547858_en"}, {"id": 33547857, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:33:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to give a feedback on the new rules for packaging and packaging waste on the national registers of produces. I am a fan of buying from small stores and brands throughout the EU and especially from small artists. To possess a piece made by a small person instead of something massproduced by a giant company is something I prefer. Art in all it's forms should be accessible and an artist should be able to sell his/her/their art and creations to people, not only regionally, but over long distances as well. The new rules, while posing no problem to big companies, like amazon, threaten the existence of many small artists. The fees are not easily affordable for every small business, on the contrary. Paying just one countries fee will already be hard for many, paying the fees for every country wothin the EU will be impossible. Many small businesses struggle already as it is, if one follows many creators of handmade products for a while, they'll come across many moments where even until now there were hard times for them, where they threw in emergency commisions, for unexpected extra expensive, now with the impending fees many will have to close their shops and even face harsh financial instabilies because of them. These rules might have their right to exist, especially for great companies producing tons and tons of packaging waste, but they are unfair for those who barely produce much packaging waste. Especially since in my experiance big companies like Amazon are the ones that use unnecessary amounts of packaging, not small businesses. Many small businesses I personally bought from used recyclable packaging, sometimes even reused old packaging or papers to minimize new waste production, if you look at the packaging of big companies it's always brand new packaging, often three times too big for the packaged order or packed double (meaning the product in a box, put into an even bigger box). While I am aware and in total favor of reducing plastic packaging, I wish to point out that some wares are best to be packaged in plastic as of now, to avoid damage. When we are talking of easily breakable ware, like pottery or glass for example, just packaging them in paper will sometimes not be enough, especially not when we look at how some shipping or postal services handle the packages. I think most people have already seen packages barely holding together being delivered to them and without proper packaging the wares inside can easily damage. No one wants their ordered products to be delivered broken. Small stores are already closing down already and there will be more closing in the near future. While the main focus is said to be on small businesses being helped, this new ruling is doing the opposite. I really can only beg of you to rewrite the rules to be considerate of small businesses and artists, else we, as the people, will lose many beautiful and unique stores and many artists and craftsman, old and aspiring alike, will lose their income.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to give a feedback on the new rules for packaging and packaging waste on the national registers of produces. I am a fan of buying from small stores and brands throughout the EU and especially from small artists. To possess a piece made by a small person instead of something massproduced by a giant company is something I prefer. Art in all it's forms should be accessible and an artist should be able to sell his/her/their art and creations to people, not only regionally, but over long distances as well. The new rules, while posing no problem to big companies, like amazon, threaten the existence of many small artists. The fees are not easily affordable for every small business, on the contrary. Paying just one countries fee will already be hard for many, paying the fees for every country wothin the EU will be impossible. Many small businesses struggle already as it is, if one follows many creators of handmade products for a while, they'll come across many moments where even until now there were hard times for them, where they threw in emergency commisions, for unexpected extra expensive, now with the impending fees many will have to close their shops and even face harsh financial instabilies because of them. These rules might have their right to exist, especially for great companies producing tons and tons of packaging waste, but they are unfair for those who barely produce much packaging waste. Especially since in my experiance big companies like Amazon are the ones that use unnecessary amounts of packaging, not small businesses. Many small businesses I personally bought from used recyclable packaging, sometimes even reused old packaging or papers to minimize new waste production, if you look at the packaging of big companies it's always brand new packaging, often three times too big for the packaged order or packed double (meaning the product in a box, put into an even bigger box). While I am aware and in total favor of reducing plastic packaging, I wish to point out that some wares are best to be packaged in plastic as of now, to avoid damage. When we are talking of easily breakable ware, like pottery or glass for example, just packaging them in paper will sometimes not be enough, especially not when we look at how some shipping or postal services handle the packages. I think most people have already seen packages barely holding together being delivered to them and without proper packaging the wares inside can easily damage. No one wants their ordered products to be delivered broken. Small stores are already closing down already and there will be more closing in the near future. While the main focus is said to be on small businesses being helped, this new ruling is doing the opposite. I really can only beg of you to rewrite the rules to be considerate of small businesses and artists, else we, as the people, will lose many beautiful and unique stores and many artists and craftsman, old and aspiring alike, will lose their income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547857_en"}, {"id": 33547856, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:33:32", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maly sprzedawca", "feedback": "Nie wyrażam zgody, ponieważ jestem mikro przedsiebiorcą sprzedajacym swoje rękodzieło gdzie mało wysyłam paczek ,a jak wysyłam są to używane juz kartony. Moich wysyłek jest mało i koszta przewyższały by mój dochód. Już w swoim kraju mam opłaty a jestem na nierejestrowanej działalności.", "feedbackEnglish": "I don’t give my consent because I am a micro-entrepreneur selling my handicrafts where I don’t send parcels, as I send cartons are already in use. My shipments are small and the cost would be higher than my income. I already have charges in my home country and I am engaged in undeclared activities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547856_en"}, {"id": 33547855, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:33:14", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Studio Ansitru", "feedback": "As a micro business, I'm one person running my entire shop on top of a full-time job. I do not have a legal team, nor do I have unlimited funds to register in every country. The current proposed PPRW is comprised of confusion legal jargon (as evidenced by the various posts with misinformation circulating) Additionally, the requirements for a micro business like my own, or a multinational like Amazon, appear to be the same. While a massive corporation such as Amazon has the legal team and manpower to smooth a transition, I lack both the expert legal knowledge and time to fully prepare my shop, leaving me with no other option but to shutter my store for fellow European customers. As a Belgian shop owner brought up on the ideals of the European open market and free movement of goods, this feels incredibly wry. Additionally: small businesses already operate with a \"sustainability first\" mindset. We encourage people to shop local. We use reusable material to package our items. We use sustainable material to make our items. PPRW would have us shutter our stores, while polluters such as Amazon are given free reign, merely due to having more disposable profit. Please consider granting an exemption to micro businesses. I don't believe gutting the micro businesses across Europe was the intention for this directive, but it is an indirect side effect due to how the current directive lacks nuance.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business, I'm one person running my entire shop on top of a full-time job. I do not have a legal team, nor do I have unlimited funds to register in every country. The current proposed PPRW is comprised of confusion legal jargon (as evidenced by the various posts with misinformation circulating) Additionally, the requirements for a micro business like my own, or a multinational like Amazon, appear to be the same. While a massive corporation such as Amazon has the legal team and manpower to smooth a transition, I lack both the expert legal knowledge and time to fully prepare my shop, leaving me with no other option but to shutter my store for fellow European customers. As a Belgian shop owner brought up on the ideals of the European open market and free movement of goods, this feels incredibly wry. Additionally: small businesses already operate with a \"sustainability first\" mindset. We encourage people to shop local. We use reusable material to package our items. We use sustainable material to make our items. PPRW would have us shutter our stores, while polluters such as Amazon are given free reign, merely due to having more disposable profit. Please consider granting an exemption to micro businesses. I don't believe gutting the micro businesses across Europe was the intention for this directive, but it is an indirect side effect due to how the current directive lacks nuance.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547855_en"}, {"id": 33547853, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:31:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Ich habe ein Kleinunternehmen und es wäre wirtschaftlich unsinnig, weiterhin in andere EU-Länder zu liefern, sofern der Verwaltungsaufwand kostspieliger ist (insbesondere durch die Bevollmächtigten), als die eigentlichen Kosten für die Verpackungsentsorgung, zumal es noch nicht mal feststeht, ob der Empfänger die Kuverts oder die Kartonage entsorgt oder erneut verwendet. Dadurch würde eine doppelte oder sogar vielfache Gebühr für ein und dieselbe Verpackung erhoben. Ich kenne mich nicht mit Rohstoffen aus, aber zumindest war es früher mal so, dass für recyclingfähiges Papier/Kartonagen sogar noch Geld gezahlt worden ist. Wie ist es erklärlich, dass nun auf einmal für die Entsorgung dieser Rohstoffe Kosten entstehen? Mir kommt dieses Vorgehen suspekt vor. Wenn es tatsächlich um die Umwelt gehen würde, weshalb werden dann nicht die eigentlichen Verpackungsproduzenten zur Kasse gebeten, zumal diese deutlich mehr Verpackungsmaterial aufgrund der in Umlauf gebrachten Mengen lizenzieren könnten, als die Verpackungskäufer? Die Angaben der Verpackungshersteller könnten beispielsweise durch die Eingabe der verbrauchten Verpackungen durch die Verpackungskäufer in Kombination mit dem Zielland verifiziert werden. Weshalb muss ein Kuvert/Karton lizenziert werden, aber Werbeprospekte allgemein oder Papier aus Behörden, die ebenfalls entsorgt werden müssen, bleiben außen vor, bzw. muss die Entsorgung von den Unternehmen getragen werden, die für die Entsorgung der \"Verpackung\" aufkommen müssen? Meiner Meinung nach müssten, wenn überhaupt, die Verwaltungsgebühren nicht pro Unternehmen, sondern anteilig an dem exportierten Warenwert in andere EU-Länder auf die Unternehmen umgelegt werden. Es dürfte auch nicht Hunderte oder gar Tausende Bevollmächtigte geben, die sich an der Aktion eine goldene Nase verdienen, sondern es müsste eine Stelle mit wenigen Mitarbeitern und geringem Budget dafür zuständig sein, sodass die Unternehmen die Eingabe an einer zentralen Stelle EDV-gestützt vornehmen können, und zwar für sämtliche EU-Länder. Ich kann der EU nur die Nachbesserung des Vorhabens ans Herz legen, weil andernfalls die Wahrscheinlichkeit sehr groß ist, dass Gerichte in diesem undurchsichtigen System das letzte Wort haben und den Sumpf trockenlegen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small business and it would make no economic sense to continue supplying other EU countries if the administrative burden is more costly (in particular by the authorised representatives) than the actual costs of packaging disposal, especially as it is not yet clear whether the recipient disposes of or re-uses the cuverts or cartonboard. This would result in a double or even multiple fee for the same packaging. I don’t know about raw materials, but at least it was in the past that even money was paid for recyclable paper/cartonboard. How can it be explained that the costs of disposing of these raw materials will be incurred in the first place? I suspect that this is the case. If the environment were really at stake, why wouldn’t the actual packaging producers be asked to pay the bill, especially as they could license significantly more packaging material based on the quantities put into circulation than the packaging buyers? The information provided by packaging producers could be verified, for example, by encoding the consumed packaging by packaging buyers in combination with the country of destination. Why is it necessary to license a cuvert/carton, but advertising leaflets in general or paper from authorities that also have to be disposed of are left out, or must disposal be carried out by the companies that have to pay for the disposal of the ‘packaging’? In my view, administrative fees, if any, should not be passed on to businesses per company, but rather proportionally to the value of the goods exported to other EU countries. Nor should there be hundreds or even thousands of plenipotentiaries who deserve a golden nose for the action, but rather a body with few employees and a small budget would have to be responsible for this, so that companies can enter data in a central office using computer systems, for all EU countries. I can only urge the EU to repair the project, otherwise it is very likely that courts will have the final say in this opaque system and will dry the marshes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547853_en"}, {"id": 33547852, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:31:12", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "In principle, I support efforts towards environmental sustainability and reducing packaging waste. However, the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) risks creating disproportionate barriers for micro-enterprises and independent sellers engaging in cross-border e-commerce. Fragmented national registration systems, multiple fees, reporting requirements, language barriers, and mandatory representatives can create hundreds or thousands of euros in fixed administrative costs. For craftspeople, artists and businesses shipping comparatively small volumes, these costs can make cross-border trade economically unviable and effectively exclude small independent sellers from the EU Single Market. The European Commission should therefore ensure: 1. A meaningful de minimis threshold or full administrative exemption for micro-enterprises shipping very small annual quantities of packaging. 2. A single, centralized EU-wide digital registration and reporting system, eliminating the need to navigate numerous separate national systems. Environmental objectives should not unintentionally create barriers that prevent EU citizens and micro-enterprises from participating fairly in the Single Market. The EU should ensure that PPWR is proportionate, practical, and fair to small independent sellers as well as larger businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I support efforts towards environmental sustainability and reducing packaging waste. However, the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) risks creating disproportionate barriers for micro-enterprises and independent sellers engaging in cross-border e-commerce. Fragmented national registration systems, multiple fees, reporting requirements, language barriers, and mandatory representatives can create hundreds or thousands of euros in fixed administrative costs. For craftspeople, artists and businesses shipping comparatively small volumes, these costs can make cross-border trade economically unviable and effectively exclude small independent sellers from the EU Single Market. The European Commission should therefore ensure: 1. A meaningful de minimis threshold or full administrative exemption for micro-enterprises shipping very small annual quantities of packaging. 2. A single, centralized EU-wide digital registration and reporting system, eliminating the need to navigate numerous separate national systems. Environmental objectives should not unintentionally create barriers that prevent EU citizens and micro-enterprises from participating fairly in the Single Market. The EU should ensure that PPWR is proportionate, practical, and fair to small independent sellers as well as larger businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547852_en"}, {"id": 33547851, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:30:09", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I wanted to start a small business to sell prints and art online and its already really scary. The planning, the investment, studying everything to be compliant. But now I am not sure, I am reading from all the small business that because of this law, they cant afford to ship around Europe anymore as not sustainable, too costly, too difficult. So they will only ship in one or two countries, making their creations not accessible. Please exclude small businesses, classify businesses based on revenue, make it as a universal european registration form with one unique fee, i dont know. If this is not sustainable for businesses already ongoing and getting a few orders, you are discouraging completely people from starting a new business because of the extra investment , lots of things that could go wrong and you dont even know where your customers are yet. This is against what eu stands for. It should not be easier to order from china than support european businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I wanted to start a small business to sell prints and art online and its already really scary. The planning, the investment, studying everything to be compliant. But now I am not sure, I am reading from all the small business that because of this law, they cant afford to ship around Europe anymore as not sustainable, too costly, too difficult. So they will only ship in one or two countries, making their creations not accessible. Please exclude small businesses, classify businesses based on revenue, make it as a universal european registration form with one unique fee, i dont know. If this is not sustainable for businesses already ongoing and getting a few orders, you are discouraging completely people from starting a new business because of the extra investment , lots of things that could go wrong and you dont even know where your customers are yet. This is against what eu stands for. It should not be easier to order from china than support european businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547851_en"}, {"id": 33547850, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:30:02", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I support environmental targets, this regulation lacks a practical understanding of micro-enterprises. Micro-entrepreneurs simply do not have the manpower or financial capital to navigate this level of paperwork and certification costs. Instead of unifying the EU market, this policy will cause severe market distortionpenalizing local small producers while leaving large players virtually unchecked. If the EU wants a truly unified and competitive economy, it must introduce clear exemptions, simplified compliance routes, and realistic transition periods for micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support environmental targets, this regulation lacks a practical understanding of micro-enterprises. Micro-entrepreneurs simply do not have the manpower or financial capital to navigate this level of paperwork and certification costs. Instead of unifying the EU market, this policy will cause severe market distortionpenalizing local small producers while leaving large players virtually unchecked. If the EU wants a truly unified and competitive economy, it must introduce clear exemptions, simplified compliance routes, and realistic transition periods for micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547850_en"}, {"id": 33547849, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:29:37", "country": "LUX", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While this initiative may have good intentions, I think this is being handled very poorly, and with little to no consideration to small businesses. It cannot be that small artists and businesses may have to close their shops or at least drastically reduce their customer base because shipping to certain countries is no longer viable, while huge internet sale platforms like Amazon, Temu, etc can continue to spam the market with mass produced items since they can easily afford the costs. Please consider an exemption for small businesses or at the very least some kind of global solution for the whole EU market and not for every country individually. As a customer this issue is very important to me and as a Luxembourg resident it is already not always easy to get shipping here and I fear that this will certainly make this even harder.", "feedbackEnglish": "While this initiative may have good intentions, I think this is being handled very poorly, and with little to no consideration to small businesses. It cannot be that small artists and businesses may have to close their shops or at least drastically reduce their customer base because shipping to certain countries is no longer viable, while huge internet sale platforms like Amazon, Temu, etc can continue to spam the market with mass produced items since they can easily afford the costs. Please consider an exemption for small businesses or at the very least some kind of global solution for the whole EU market and not for every country individually. As a customer this issue is very important to me and as a Luxembourg resident it is already not always easy to get shipping here and I fear that this will certainly make this even harder.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547849_en"}, {"id": 33547847, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:28:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an artist I have many friends that have small businesses. Nothing that will ever make you rich but people have built something for themselves to be able to survive in this mess of a world. The idea to make BIG businesses pay for the amount of shipping they do is a great idea! I don't get who made this rule and thought YEAH small businesses that maybe send out 20 packages a month should pay the same amount as multimillion corporations that send out thousands of items on the daily. Please tell me you see the problem.... Small businesses can not compete and will die if you don't make a change. People will loose their lively hood .You need to make a small business exemption or you will doom creatives.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist I have many friends that have small businesses. Nothing that will ever make you rich but people have built something for themselves to be able to survive in this mess of a world. The idea to make BIG businesses pay for the amount of shipping they do is a great idea! I don't get who made this rule and thought YEAH small businesses that maybe send out 20 packages a month should pay the same amount as multimillion corporations that send out thousands of items on the daily. Please tell me you see the problem.... Small businesses can not compete and will die if you don't make a change. People will loose their lively hood .You need to make a small business exemption or you will doom creatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547847_en"}, {"id": 33547846, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:27:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is horrible for small businesses and will kill all artisan jobs across the EU. Add an exception for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is horrible for small businesses and will kill all artisan jobs across the EU. Add an exception for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547846_en"}, {"id": 33547845, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:27:13", "country": "DNK", "language": "DA", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hej. Jeg er meget nervøs for den indflydelse, denne lov kunne have på små virksomheder samt europæiske forbrugere. Jeg køber personligt ofte fra små virksomheder inden for EU, da min hobby kræver produkter, jeg ikke altid kan finde i mit hjemland. Nu er det muligt, at disse produkter ikke bliver tilgængelige for mig og mange andre, da det muligvis ikke længere giver mening for disse virksomheder at sende varer rundt i EU. Selvfølgelig er dette ikke et problem for de store virksomheder, som nemt kan betale afgifterne for at sende millioner af pakker gennem Europa. En lille virksomhed, som måske kun sender 5 pakker til Danmark om året, vil ikke have nogen chance for at konkurrere. Det er de store virksomheder, som er problemet, men de små virksomheder er dem, som bliver straffet her. Hvis jeg og andre forbrugere ikke længere kan finde det, vi skal bruge, inden for EU, bliver vi muligvis nødt til at bestille fra lande, som er længere væk og har mindre regulering, såsom Kina og USA, fra større virksomheder, som stadig vil sende til Europa. Hvilket kun vil øge CO2-udledningerne, når varer skal transporteres rundt om planeten for at nå til os.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. I am very afraid of the impact this law could have on small businesses as well as European consumers. I personally often buy from small businesses within the EU, as my hobby requires products that I cannot always find in my home country. Now it is possible that these products will not be available to me and many others, as it may no longer make sense for these companies to send goods across the EU. Of course, this is not a problem for large companies, which can easily pay the charges for sending millions of parcels across Europe. A small company that may send only 5 parcels per year to Denmark will have no chance of competing. Big companies are the problem, but small businesses are penalised here. If I and other consumers can no longer find what we need within the EU, we may have to order from countries that are further away and less regulated, such as China and the US, from larger companies that will still send to Europe. This will only increase CO2 emissions when goods need to be transported around the planet to reach us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547845_en"}, {"id": 33547844, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:27:04", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi it has come to my attention that the new ppwr regulations are effecting all small buissneses both outside and inside the EU. It is having a negative effect on many buissneses that don't have the budget to pay the additional fees that may accompany the parcel if it does not follow the regulations. The consequence is that the majority of businesses has stopped shipping to and in the EU, whilst the big corporations keep getting a bigger and bigger market. This means that the new regulations benefit the big corporations that are responsible for most of the waste in our landfills. If the goal is to be more sustainable consider making it harder for big buissneses such as fast fashion brands to ship instead of charging small brands that don't have access to the same amount of resources. Theese new regulations show a political stand that is against unity within the EU, that is against diversifying the market and encourage opening new businesses and that stand in support with big buissneses and corporations that are destroying our planet. Please reevaluate the regulations or find a solution that does not denture small buisnesses fron the EU or worse make the close down. Involving money is not the solution, please refrain from adding another fee or selling overly expensive packaging alternatives, that is not a solution!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi it has come to my attention that the new ppwr regulations are effecting all small buissneses both outside and inside the EU. It is having a negative effect on many buissneses that don't have the budget to pay the additional fees that may accompany the parcel if it does not follow the regulations. The consequence is that the majority of businesses has stopped shipping to and in the EU, whilst the big corporations keep getting a bigger and bigger market. This means that the new regulations benefit the big corporations that are responsible for most of the waste in our landfills. If the goal is to be more sustainable consider making it harder for big buissneses such as fast fashion brands to ship instead of charging small brands that don't have access to the same amount of resources. Theese new regulations show a political stand that is against unity within the EU, that is against diversifying the market and encourage opening new businesses and that stand in support with big buissneses and corporations that are destroying our planet. Please reevaluate the regulations or find a solution that does not denture small buisnesses fron the EU or worse make the close down. Involving money is not the solution, please refrain from adding another fee or selling overly expensive packaging alternatives, that is not a solution!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547844_en"}, {"id": 33547843, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:26:31", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "-Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses -The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. I don't agree with it. This will also cause an issue for buyers that will have to pay more because small businesses will have to raise prices to maybe be able to continue working.", "feedbackEnglish": "-Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses -The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. I don't agree with it. This will also cause an issue for buyers that will have to pay more because small businesses will have to raise prices to maybe be able to continue working.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547843_en"}, {"id": 33547842, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:26:30", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, Im concerned about the effect that the ppwr will have on small business. The EU is about being able to have easy interconnected businesses and trade between the European countries, making it expensive and complicated to ship goods from one European country to the next goes directly against this idea. Small business are owned by European citizens who are just average people like myself, just trying to make a living doing art or a craft that they love. It also puts off other future artists and businesses from starting due to it being complicated to make ends meet as starting a business is a hefty task already. Furthermore, this will negatively affect disabled people as many of them use small business to be able to work as they are able to accommodate their disabilities effectively and be a part of the economy. This regulation will only negatively affect small local European business and not have any effect on drop shippers, Amazon, or other large business from china like Temu. I would rather that small local European businesses are protected and this regulation will close so many business. Please revise this so our local businesses can thrive. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, Im concerned about the effect that the ppwr will have on small business. The EU is about being able to have easy interconnected businesses and trade between the European countries, making it expensive and complicated to ship goods from one European country to the next goes directly against this idea. Small business are owned by European citizens who are just average people like myself, just trying to make a living doing art or a craft that they love. It also puts off other future artists and businesses from starting due to it being complicated to make ends meet as starting a business is a hefty task already. Furthermore, this will negatively affect disabled people as many of them use small business to be able to work as they are able to accommodate their disabilities effectively and be a part of the economy. This regulation will only negatively affect small local European business and not have any effect on drop shippers, Amazon, or other large business from china like Temu. I would rather that small local European businesses are protected and this regulation will close so many business. Please revise this so our local businesses can thrive. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547842_en"}, {"id": 33547841, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:26:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schiefer Kosmetik e.K.", "feedback": "Als Inhaber eines Kleinunternehmens begrüße ich grundsätzlich jeden Versuch, die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten nach Art. 44 PPWR zu vereinheitlichen. Der vorliegende Entwurf harmonisiert jedoch ausschließlich das Format der Meldung. Er ändert nichts an der zugrunde liegenden Struktur der nationalen Register, an der Pflicht zur Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat und an den damit verbundenen Folgekosten. Für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen bleibt die tatsächliche bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung dadurch praktisch unverändert. Der Entwurf ist in dieser Form für Kleinunternehmen kein wirksamer Bürokratieabbau, sondern Flickwerk. Ein konkretes Beispiel aus meinem eigenen Unternehmen verdeutlicht das Problem. Für mein Unternehmen fällt eine jährliche Verpackungsmenge von rund 800 kg an, verteilt auf mehrere Mitgliedstaaten. Die tatsächlichen Lizenzgebühren für diese Menge liegen bei unter 400 EUR. Der Verwaltungsaufwand, um diese Lizenzgebühr überhaupt entrichten zu können, beläuft sich jedoch auf schätzungsweise rund 20.000 EUR jährlich, meine eigene Arbeitszeit noch nicht eingerechnet. Dieser Overhead entsteht im Wesentlichen durch drei Faktoren: Erstens die Pflicht zur Bestellung bevollmächtigter Vertreter in jedem Mitgliedstaat, in dem kein eigener Sitz besteht, mit jeweils eigenen Honoraren, unabhängig von der tatsächlichen Verpackungsmenge. Zweitens überzogene formale Anforderungen einzelner Mitgliedstaaten, etwa notarielle Beglaubigungen mit Apostille für Registrierungsunterlagen, ein Verwaltungsaufwand, der in keinem Verhältnis zu einer Meldemenge im niedrigen zweistelligen Kilogrammbereich steht. Drittens Mindestlizenzierungsmengen im Tonnenbereich bei zahlreichen nationalen Entsorgungssystemen, obwohl die tatsächlich anfallenden Mengen in vielen Ländern nur wenige Kilogramm betragen. Die Systeme sind faktisch nicht auf Kleinstmengen ausgelegt, selbst wenn die PPWR keine Bagatellgrenze vorsieht. Das Verhältnis von realen Lizenzkosten von unter 400 EUR zu einem Verwaltungsaufwand von rund 20.000 EUR beträgt damit mehr als 1 zu 50. Ein einheitliches Datenformat, wie es dieser Entwurf vorsieht, ändert an diesem Missverhältnis nichts, da es weder die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Vertreters in jedem Land noch die nationalen Beglaubigungsanforderungen noch die Mindestmengen der Entsorger berührt. Ich schlage vor, Kleinmengen an ein zentrales Register zu melden und dafür einen Pauschalbetrag zu erheben, etwa in Höhe von 50 bis 150 EUR pro Mitgliedstaat für Mengen bis zu 1,5 Tonnen pro Jahr. Dieser Pauschalbetrag könnte anschließend von der zentralen Stelle an die jeweiligen nationalen Entsorger verteilt oder alternativ für Umweltprojekte eingesetzt werden. Damit wäre der administrative Weg für Kleinstmengen auf eine einzige Meldung und eine einzige Zahlung reduziert, ohne dass die Finanzierung der Entsorgungssysteme gefährdet würde. Das Mindeste, was aus meiner Sicht kurzfristig umgesetzt werden muss sind: Erstens die Abschaffung der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines bevollmächtigten Vertreters für Kleinstmengen. Niemand benötigt einen bevollmächtigten Vertreter, um einen Pauschalvertrag für Mengen bis zu 5 Tonnen abzuschließen, wenn tatsächlich nur 60 kg Verpackungsmüll zu lizenzieren sind. Zweitens ein Verbot von Mindestabnahmemengen bei den Entsorgungssystemen. Es ist widersprüchlich, einerseits keine Bagatellgrenzen für die Meldepflicht selbst vorzusehen, andererseits aber Mindestabnahmemengen im Tonnenbereich zu belassen, die Kleinstmengen faktisch vom Marktzugang ausschließen. Drittens eine Deckelung der Mindestgebühren, beispielsweise auf 50 EUR, damit die Kosten der Lizenzierung in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich anfallenden Verpackungsmenge stehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small enterprise, I welcome, in principle, any attempt to standardise the registration and reporting obligations under Article 44 of the PPWR. However, the current draft harmonises only the format of the notification. It does not change the underlying structure of the national registers, the obligation to register in each Member State and the related subsequent costs. For micro and small enterprises with very small quantities of packaging, the actual bureaucratic and financial burden remains practically unchanged as a result. The draft is not an effective way for small businesses to cut red tape, but a patchwork. A concrete example from my own company illustrates the problem. My company has an annual packaging volume of around 800 kg, spread across several Member States. The actual licence fee for this quantity is less than EUR 400. However, the administrative burden to be able to pay this licence fee is estimated at around EUR 20.000 per year, not including my own working time. This overhead is mainly caused by three factors: First, the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in each Member State where there is no registered office, each with its own fees, irrespective of the actual quantity of packaging. Second, excessive formal requirements of individual Member States, such as notarial apostille certification for registration documents, an administrative burden disproportionate to a reporting volume in the low two-digit kilogram range. Third, minimum tonnage licensing volumes for many national disposal systems, although in many countries the quantities actually generated are only a few kilograms. The systems are de facto not designed for small quantities, even if the PPWR does not provide for a de minimis threshold. The ratio of real licence costs of less than EUR 400 to an administrative burden of around EUR 20.000 is therefore more than 1 to 50. A uniform data format, as provided for in this draft, does not alter this disproportion, as it does not affect the obligation to appoint a representative in each country, the national certification requirements or the minimum quantities of disposers. I propose to report small quantities to a central register and to charge a flat-rate amount for them, for example between EUR 50 and EUR 150 per Member State for quantities up to 1.5 tonnes per year. This lump sum could then be distributed by the central body to the respective national waste management operators or, alternatively, used for environmental projects. This would reduce the administrative route for micro-quantities to a single declaration and payment, without jeopardising the financing of disposal systems. The minimum that, in my view, needs to be implemented in the short term: First, the abolition of the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for minimum quantities. No one needs an authorised representative to conclude a flat-rate contract for quantities of up to 5 tonnes if only 60 kg of packaging waste is actually to be licensed. Secondly, a ban on minimum volumes of waste collection for disposal systems. It is contradictory, on the one hand, not to lay down de minimis thresholds for the notification obligation itself, but, on the other hand, to leave minimum quantities to be purchased in the tonnes sector, which de facto exclude very small quantities from access to the market. Third, capping the minimum fees, for example at EUR 50, so that the costs of licensing are proportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547841_en"}, {"id": 33547840, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:25:28", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que nouvelle micro-entreprise, cette loi me ferait tout simplement cesser d'exister. J'espère dans le futur transporter des arts graphiques imprimés à mes clients, mais cette loi rend tout cela impossible car, si je dois payer 300 à 1 500 euros par pays pour un « print » à 40 Euros ce n'est pas rentable du tout, et cela me fera perdre énormément d'argent. Et cela pour toutes les micro-entreprises. Les grosses entreprises pourront payer cet argent sans souci, mais pour ceux qui ont un chiffre d'affaires de 5 k à l'année, c'est impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a new micro-enterprise, this law would simply stop me from existing. I hope in the future to transport printed graphic arts to my clients, but this law makes all this impossible because if I have to pay EUR 300-1 500 per country for a EUR 40 print, it is not profitable at all, and it will cause me to lose a huge amount of money. This applies to all micro-enterprises. Big companies will be able to pay this money without worries, but for those with a turnover of 5 k per year, it is impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547840_en"}, {"id": 33547839, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:25:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This ruling is killing every small business by making it a burden on them to have a representative in every country. It's unbearable and pushes those small businesses into their own local market without the possibility to expand across the EU. The regulation should have an exception for small amounts of parcels, i. e. Less than 5 parcels a month abroad or something like that.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling is killing every small business by making it a burden on them to have a representative in every country. It's unbearable and pushes those small businesses into their own local market without the possibility to expand across the EU. The regulation should have an exception for small amounts of parcels, i. e. Less than 5 parcels a month abroad or something like that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547839_en"}, {"id": 33547837, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:25:14", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please consider small business that cant go through all the paperwork and procedures for each EU country. They also probably cannot pay the fees for some counTries. Make exceptions for small business and allow us to continue to support local talent and local businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please consider small business that cant go through all the paperwork and procedures for each EU country. They also probably cannot pay the fees for some counTries. Make exceptions for small business and allow us to continue to support local talent and local businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547837_en"}, {"id": 33547831, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:24:23", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Little Shop around the Corner", "feedback": "To the EU staff who drafted this law, has any thought been given to the consequences that the introduction of these rules will bring for small businesses? I have been the owner of an online shop selling sustainable products for 17 years. For all those years, I have taken the recyclability of my boxes and shipping bags into account when packing my orders. My business ensures that I can provide for my livelihood and that of my children and my partner. If I were to register in all EU countries, it would cost me so much that I would have sleepless nights in these already challenging economic times. The lack of clarity regarding these rules surprises me. Our Chambers of Commerce and postal companies do not know what to advise us entrepreneurs. It is clear that this law will create more chaos than uniformity within the EU. Moreover, it seems that the large sellers, who are already the biggest polluters, are going to devour the market as soon as the small makers and retailers leave the field due to all the bureaucracy. That seems so incredibly unfair to me that I cannot imagine it is the intention. The EU is making a Kafkaesque decision that I am deeply unhappy with.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the EU staff who drafted this law, has any thought been given to the consequences that the introduction of these rules will bring for small businesses? I have been the owner of an online shop selling sustainable products for 17 years. For all those years, I have taken the recyclability of my boxes and shipping bags into account when packing my orders. My business ensures that I can provide for my livelihood and that of my children and my partner. If I were to register in all EU countries, it would cost me so much that I would have sleepless nights in these already challenging economic times. The lack of clarity regarding these rules surprises me. Our Chambers of Commerce and postal companies do not know what to advise us entrepreneurs. It is clear that this law will create more chaos than uniformity within the EU. Moreover, it seems that the large sellers, who are already the biggest polluters, are going to devour the market as soon as the small makers and retailers leave the field due to all the bureaucracy. That seems so incredibly unfair to me that I cannot imagine it is the intention. The EU is making a Kafkaesque decision that I am deeply unhappy with.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547831_en"}, {"id": 33547830, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:23:55", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KleitasUnKleitas IK", "feedback": "As a dress designer/ maker I will be forced to shut down my dress business because of this new regulation. For example, I make and sell dress, which cost 30Eur, to Belgium. It happens once per year. And then i sell dress to Netherlands which happens 2 per year. So now i have to buy licence to send to two countries and they will cost me more than 1000eur for both. All 3 dress will cost 90eur. So the shipping and licensing will cost 11times more that the dress itself. It is just absurd. Ok, i have to rise the price but who will buy the dress for 330eur if it costed 30Eur. This new regulation is beneficial only for big companies as it will shut down all small workshops.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a dress designer/ maker I will be forced to shut down my dress business because of this new regulation. For example, I make and sell dress, which cost 30Eur, to Belgium. It happens once per year. And then i sell dress to Netherlands which happens 2 per year. So now i have to buy licence to send to two countries and they will cost me more than 1000eur for both. All 3 dress will cost 90eur. So the shipping and licensing will cost 11times more that the dress itself. It is just absurd. Ok, i have to rise the price but who will buy the dress for 330eur if it costed 30Eur. This new regulation is beneficial only for big companies as it will shut down all small workshops.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547830_en"}, {"id": 33547829, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:23:31", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "WAWC", "feedback": "I am just one person running a micro business. I there is a few EU countries I only ship one order a month to. I simply cannot afford all these fees to support those countries. The need to have a representative is making me have to withdraw from the EU market entirely", "feedbackEnglish": "I am just one person running a micro business. I there is a few EU countries I only ship one order a month to. I simply cannot afford all these fees to support those countries. The need to have a representative is making me have to withdraw from the EU market entirely", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547829_en"}, {"id": 33547828, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:22:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The basic initiative is very good. But there should be exemptions for small businesses. The administrative implementation is a nightmare, especially for the smallest companies, which will not be able to pay the costs. Once again, it would be ideal to review the price of the procedures in order to relieve the smallest businesses, as it would not be possible to pay 300 fees for a few items at 30.", "feedbackEnglish": "The basic initiative is very good. But there should be exemptions for small businesses. The administrative implementation is a nightmare, especially for the smallest companies, which will not be able to pay the costs. Once again, it would be ideal to review the price of the procedures in order to relieve the smallest businesses, as it would not be possible to pay 300 fees for a few items at 30.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547828_en"}, {"id": 33547827, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:22:20", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear members of the European Commission, The rules for reducing packaging and packaging waste, even if the seem useful, are going to have a huge negative impact on small business. The fact that they have to register in each country, with different regulations each, requiring a representative for at least some of them and with a prior fee (usually larger than the yearly benefit of shipping to that country) will make impossible for any small crafter/seller to actually sell within the EU. Even if the largest sellers (such as Amazon) are the largest waste producers, it is going to basically give them the whole EU market, as they are going to be the only ones able to afford it. Please, reconsider the following points: - Set a threshold up to which small business are exempt. - Create a single registration market for all the countries in the EU (following Schengen accord). - Make the fee a post-shipping, instead of making the seller pay the fee even before knowing if they will ship to a given country during the year. We want small sellers to be able to ship within the EU, we want to keep their craft and industry within our borders!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear members of the European Commission, The rules for reducing packaging and packaging waste, even if the seem useful, are going to have a huge negative impact on small business. The fact that they have to register in each country, with different regulations each, requiring a representative for at least some of them and with a prior fee (usually larger than the yearly benefit of shipping to that country) will make impossible for any small crafter/seller to actually sell within the EU. Even if the largest sellers (such as Amazon) are the largest waste producers, it is going to basically give them the whole EU market, as they are going to be the only ones able to afford it. Please, reconsider the following points: - Set a threshold up to which small business are exempt. - Create a single registration market for all the countries in the EU (following Schengen accord). - Make the fee a post-shipping, instead of making the seller pay the fee even before knowing if they will ship to a given country during the year. We want small sellers to be able to ship within the EU, we want to keep their craft and industry within our borders!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547827_en"}, {"id": 33547826, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:21:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Okay, I like the EU, with the combined the power of all its states they have forced good changes. But this is ridicolous. This will affect the entire small, micro, and middle business economy. In a tight economy where the buying power of the consumer as sharply declined because of the rise of cost of living, stagnation of wages, and rise of lay offs putting additional financial pressure on businesses already operating in small margins is insane (and lets not get started about shipping costs). The EU always praised their open borders and ease of commerce within them, this is laughing the idea right out of the room. Who do you think will profit from this? The eco-system? The small sellers? No, the big corporations who can absorb the additional costs and bureaucracy this entails. I'm all for putting the burden on the big players, for doing the best to save nature and do our part to save the planet from a catastrophy. But this is not the right way. Many of the smaller business already do their best to be as sustainable as possible while keeping their business up. They enrich national and international culture within and outside Europe. I already have many non-EU sellers and business who ceased or strongly consider ceasing selling to EU residents because the rules and added fees are getting too much. (That 3 sub-charge per item type? Really? Big corps just put their warehouse here and are done...) You are destroying the global economy power of the EU one step at a time, and force thousands of business to close. This makes you wonder who sponsors this kind of ridicolous rules. You want to punish the big corporation, but instead you annihilate the small people. Maybe it's time to think about strengthening local business, middle, small and micro businesses and build a sustainable local EU economy from the ground up, with regulations that make sense and not threatens the livelihood of people who want to build something! I implore please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "Okay, I like the EU, with the combined the power of all its states they have forced good changes. But this is ridicolous. This will affect the entire small, micro, and middle business economy. In a tight economy where the buying power of the consumer as sharply declined because of the rise of cost of living, stagnation of wages, and rise of lay offs putting additional financial pressure on businesses already operating in small margins is insane (and lets not get started about shipping costs). The EU always praised their open borders and ease of commerce within them, this is laughing the idea right out of the room. Who do you think will profit from this? The eco-system? The small sellers? No, the big corporations who can absorb the additional costs and bureaucracy this entails. I'm all for putting the burden on the big players, for doing the best to save nature and do our part to save the planet from a catastrophy. But this is not the right way. Many of the smaller business already do their best to be as sustainable as possible while keeping their business up. They enrich national and international culture within and outside Europe. I already have many non-EU sellers and business who ceased or strongly consider ceasing selling to EU residents because the rules and added fees are getting too much. (That 3 sub-charge per item type? Really? Big corps just put their warehouse here and are done...) You are destroying the global economy power of the EU one step at a time, and force thousands of business to close. This makes you wonder who sponsors this kind of ridicolous rules. You want to punish the big corporation, but instead you annihilate the small people. Maybe it's time to think about strengthening local business, middle, small and micro businesses and build a sustainable local EU economy from the ground up, with regulations that make sense and not threatens the livelihood of people who want to build something! I implore please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547826_en"}, {"id": 33547825, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:21:41", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "What this act does is essentially cause small businesses to quit or go bankrupt. Small businesses with smaller turnover have no space to hire authorised representatives in each EU country. We believe that this act goes directly against the free movement of goods. It would make sense to apply this to bigger companies with bigger turnover rather than small businesses especially those focused on arts that do this mostly for the love of the craft. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "What this act does is essentially cause small businesses to quit or go bankrupt. Small businesses with smaller turnover have no space to hire authorised representatives in each EU country. We believe that this act goes directly against the free movement of goods. It would make sense to apply this to bigger companies with bigger turnover rather than small businesses especially those focused on arts that do this mostly for the love of the craft. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547825_en"}, {"id": 33547824, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:21:37", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "For the last few days, I have seen a wave of small companies stop selling their products to other European countries. These are real people who rely on their small shops to make a living, and they actually need to sell abroad (read \"need\" not \"want to\"). However, because of these new regulations where people are obligated to pay each country a different tax (and it's not a small amount) they are struggling. These are not big companies; these are a one-or-two-person business trying to find a way to make it in this money-oriented world. Even so, we all ask you to do the right thing and stop this nonsense. Think about each human being that has been affected by this, their families, their lives. We know you can do better... We know that, in the end, you will be on the right side.", "feedbackEnglish": "For the last few days, I have seen a wave of small companies stop selling their products to other European countries. These are real people who rely on their small shops to make a living, and they actually need to sell abroad (read \"need\" not \"want to\"). However, because of these new regulations where people are obligated to pay each country a different tax (and it's not a small amount) they are struggling. These are not big companies; these are a one-or-two-person business trying to find a way to make it in this money-oriented world. Even so, we all ask you to do the right thing and stop this nonsense. Think about each human being that has been affected by this, their families, their lives. We know you can do better... We know that, in the end, you will be on the right side.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547824_en"}, {"id": 33547823, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:21:37", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I am a small artist and illustrator with relations to dozens of other freelancers and micro-businesses in the art department. I am begging you to reconsider the details of a law that, on paper, has a noble goal, but is completely unsuited to the realities of European trade. Small businesses cannot and will not survive this law, effectively suffocating the free movement of goods in the EU. Please consider excluding micro and small businesses from the AR rule, and creating a central European stop that would make the practicalities of the law easier to deal with. I know that keeping a rich and vibrant European market is one of your main concerns, so I am hoping you will reconsider the details of this regulation. Many thanks, E. BOURIOT", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a small artist and illustrator with relations to dozens of other freelancers and micro-businesses in the art department. I am begging you to reconsider the details of a law that, on paper, has a noble goal, but is completely unsuited to the realities of European trade. Small businesses cannot and will not survive this law, effectively suffocating the free movement of goods in the EU. Please consider excluding micro and small businesses from the AR rule, and creating a central European stop that would make the practicalities of the law easier to deal with. I know that keeping a rich and vibrant European market is one of your main concerns, so I am hoping you will reconsider the details of this regulation. Many thanks, E. BOURIOT", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547823_en"}, {"id": 33547821, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:20:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "German Artist and Small Business Owner", "feedback": "I am an artist and small business owner and I am writing as one of the many micro-enterprises this draft act will affect most. I support the aim behind it. Packaging waste is a real problem and producers should take responsibility for what they put on the market. But this regulation is built around how large corporations operate. In doing so it threatens to shut the smallest sellers out of the European market entirely. The core problem is proportionality. Under these rules a producer must register in every Member State where they place packaging on the market, appoint an authorised representative in each country where they have no local entity, and file annual declarations and pay fees in each of them. For a large company spread across the continent, this is an administrative line item. For someone like me, it is fatal. The cost of an authorised representative and separate registration in each EU country runs into the hundreds or thousands of euros, many times the value of the sale itself and far more than I earn on it after materials. No micro-entrepreneur can pay to register for a full year, in advance, in every country they might ship a single item to. The result will not be less packaging, it will be fewer small businesses. Faced with these costs, artists and micro-sellers will simply stop selling across borders, blocking customers in other Member States or withdrawing to their home country. That is the opposite of a single market. Much of the everyday cultural and economic connection between EU countries is carried by exactly these small, independent creators who send their work to a customer in another country. A rule that makes cross-border selling unaffordable for them doesn't just cost individual livelihoods; it quietly cuts the threads that tie the Union together, while leaving the large producers who generate the vast majority of packaging waste untouched. I therefore ask the Commission to build genuine proportionality into this act: - A real de minimis threshold, so producers below a low volume or turnover in a given Member State are exempt from registering there. - A specific micro-enterprise regime: a single, simplified, low-cost registration rather than 27 separate ones, and no obligation to appoint a paid authorised representative in every country. Please do not let a regulation aimed at large producers destroy the small creators and businesses who are, in a very real sense, part of what connects Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist and small business owner and I am writing as one of the many micro-enterprises this draft act will affect most. I support the aim behind it. Packaging waste is a real problem and producers should take responsibility for what they put on the market. But this regulation is built around how large corporations operate. In doing so it threatens to shut the smallest sellers out of the European market entirely. The core problem is proportionality. Under these rules a producer must register in every Member State where they place packaging on the market, appoint an authorised representative in each country where they have no local entity, and file annual declarations and pay fees in each of them. For a large company spread across the continent, this is an administrative line item. For someone like me, it is fatal. The cost of an authorised representative and separate registration in each EU country runs into the hundreds or thousands of euros, many times the value of the sale itself and far more than I earn on it after materials. No micro-entrepreneur can pay to register for a full year, in advance, in every country they might ship a single item to. The result will not be less packaging, it will be fewer small businesses. Faced with these costs, artists and micro-sellers will simply stop selling across borders, blocking customers in other Member States or withdrawing to their home country. That is the opposite of a single market. Much of the everyday cultural and economic connection between EU countries is carried by exactly these small, independent creators who send their work to a customer in another country. A rule that makes cross-border selling unaffordable for them doesn't just cost individual livelihoods; it quietly cuts the threads that tie the Union together, while leaving the large producers who generate the vast majority of packaging waste untouched. I therefore ask the Commission to build genuine proportionality into this act: - A real de minimis threshold, so producers below a low volume or turnover in a given Member State are exempt from registering there. - A specific micro-enterprise regime: a single, simplified, low-cost registration rather than 27 separate ones, and no obligation to appoint a paid authorised representative in every country. Please do not let a regulation aimed at large producers destroy the small creators and businesses who are, in a very real sense, part of what connects Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547821_en"}, {"id": 33547820, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:20:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "È giusto voler ridurre linquinamento dei packaging ma dovrebbe esserci una esenzione delle piccole imprese artigiane da questa quota che dovrebbe essere calcolata solo su grandi quantità delle grandi imprese le quali sono quelle che producono davvero inquinamento", "feedbackEnglish": "It is right to want to reduce the pollution of packaging, but there should be an exemption for small craft enterprises from this quota, which should be calculated only on the basis of large quantities of large enterprises that actually produce pollution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547820_en"}, {"id": 33547817, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:19:24", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, - Je constate un très gros problème avec cette nouvelle directive pour les artistes et artisans : les frais sont énormes en proportion de leur revenu (la plupart ne gagnent même pas de quoi en vivre). Vous ne pouvez pas traiter de la même façon les grosses entreprises et les indépendants. - Ce système devrait être gratuit pour que personne ne soit tenté d'y échapper. - Je suis ahurie qu'on les appelle \"producteurs d'emballages\" alors qu'ils en sont utilisateurs (le client final n'est pas l'utilisateur). Le producteur c'est le fabricant de cartons (c'est peut-être mal traduit dans ma langue). - Je tombe des nues en constatant qu'il faut s'inscrire dans chaque pays d'expédition, avec des frais très différents d'un pays à l'autre (Allemagne 20 par an - France 100 par semestre ???) : on devrait s'inscrire une seule fois dans son propre pays, et les fichiers communiquer entre eux ensuite, on est en 2026 ! Rien ne va, dans cette histoire. Cordialement, Hélène Thomas", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, – I see a very big problem with this new directive for artists and craftsmen: the costs are huge in proportion to their income (most do not even earn what to live on). You cannot treat big companies and self-employed people in the same way. — This system should be free of charge so that no one is tempted to escape. — I am afraid that they are called ‘packaging producers’ when they are users (the end customer is not the user). The producer is the cartonboard manufacturer (it may be poorly translated into my language). I come across the news when I see that you need to register in each country of dispatch, with very different costs from one country to another (Germany 20 per year – France 100 per semester?): you should register only once in your own country, and the files then communicate with each other, we’re in 2026! Nothing goes in this story. Kind regards, Hélène Thomas", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547817_en"}, {"id": 33547815, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:19:17", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Random Remesh Studio", "feedback": "Although a good initiative, by not making a distinction between big corporation/large businesses and small/micro businesses this does more economic harm than good. Having to find a legal representative and pay them along with the annually fees, that quickly amounts to thousands of euros. It facilitates big corporation to keep going like nothing happened and incentivizes small artists and businesses to stop trading inside of EU and keep their sales strictly nationally. We are again punishing the small trader and consumer and blaming them for pollution, putting on them the responsibility of cleaning it up, while the big corporation is barely paying a penny while being free to do as they please and create waste that amounts to 90% of the global plastic waste. If that's the case, what's the point of EU or being inside the free trading zone?", "feedbackEnglish": "Although a good initiative, by not making a distinction between big corporation/large businesses and small/micro businesses this does more economic harm than good. Having to find a legal representative and pay them along with the annually fees, that quickly amounts to thousands of euros. It facilitates big corporation to keep going like nothing happened and incentivizes small artists and businesses to stop trading inside of EU and keep their sales strictly nationally. We are again punishing the small trader and consumer and blaming them for pollution, putting on them the responsibility of cleaning it up, while the big corporation is barely paying a penny while being free to do as they please and create waste that amounts to 90% of the global plastic waste. If that's the case, what's the point of EU or being inside the free trading zone?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547815_en"}, {"id": 33547814, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:18:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro business owner; a sole trader operating from the UK. I essentially function as an art dealer, shipping art created in Korea, China, Japan etc all over the world. I fully support an initiative to reduce plastic waste and make large corporations take accountability for the amount of waste they are producing. I, and many other small businesses however, are simply not capable of adhering to this legislation. We do NOT have a large legal team, hundreds of staff, deep pockets and so on. The current legislation will be extremely cost prohibitive and we can already see many shops now refusing to sell both within AND without the EU due to fears of being punished for their packaging. I urge the EU to provide exemptions for micro businesses since we cannot order lab testing for every aspect of a cardboard box. Surely, the burden of responsibility should be placed on companies producing the most waste and with the deepest pockets? Surely, the company who makes the packaging should be the one with the greatest responsibility. What this will do is ensure that huge companies once again reign supreme and kill many small businesses. This will not solve the problem of an influx of waste from China etc, given that those companies have the funds to deal with this new policy. Please, please, think of the little people for once.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business owner; a sole trader operating from the UK. I essentially function as an art dealer, shipping art created in Korea, China, Japan etc all over the world. I fully support an initiative to reduce plastic waste and make large corporations take accountability for the amount of waste they are producing. I, and many other small businesses however, are simply not capable of adhering to this legislation. We do NOT have a large legal team, hundreds of staff, deep pockets and so on. The current legislation will be extremely cost prohibitive and we can already see many shops now refusing to sell both within AND without the EU due to fears of being punished for their packaging. I urge the EU to provide exemptions for micro businesses since we cannot order lab testing for every aspect of a cardboard box. Surely, the burden of responsibility should be placed on companies producing the most waste and with the deepest pockets? Surely, the company who makes the packaging should be the one with the greatest responsibility. What this will do is ensure that huge companies once again reign supreme and kill many small businesses. This will not solve the problem of an influx of waste from China etc, given that those companies have the funds to deal with this new policy. Please, please, think of the little people for once.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547814_en"}, {"id": 33547813, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:17:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WTTEch", "feedback": "I'll start by stating that, as a woodturner, my livelihood and passion depend upon the sustainability of our forests and environment. I support every single initiative that would reach this goal. However... current regulations, coming into effect tomorrow on the 12th, with regards to the EPR's PPWR lack the nuances necessary to differentiate between corporations and micro-businesses like mine. With an annual revenue of under 100,000 Euros, my woodturning supply business depends on trade with the European Union for half of this sum. As a sole trader (einzelunternehmen) in Germany, I do not have a compliance department in my business. It's me, doing the packing, writing the emails, processing orders, ordering new inventory. And with a complete lack of transparency, it is extraordinarily difficult for me to collate all the information necessary to subject myself to local regulations in 27 different countries, with websites which are often not written in English. I also cannot afford to pay local fees in order to send 1 or 2 parcels a year, which means that some customers will now be shut off from ordering from my webshop. Please revise legislation in order to take micro- and small-businesses into consideration. I'm not asking for a full exemption (although I would welcome it), but a single registration with a single fee would go a LONG way to ensure that my business does NOT get destroyed by this regulation. I'd also like to point out that in the current climate of anti-democratic rhetoric which is spreading like wildfire in Europe, this kind of legislation (EPR's PPWR) will create massive anti-European sentiment across all artists, artisans, webshop operators, and small businesses. It will also massively increase the power of American and other foreign retail giants like Amazon. This is NOT what the European Union is supposed to be. We can do better.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'll start by stating that, as a woodturner, my livelihood and passion depend upon the sustainability of our forests and environment. I support every single initiative that would reach this goal. However... current regulations, coming into effect tomorrow on the 12th, with regards to the EPR's PPWR lack the nuances necessary to differentiate between corporations and micro-businesses like mine. With an annual revenue of under 100,000 Euros, my woodturning supply business depends on trade with the European Union for half of this sum. As a sole trader (einzelunternehmen) in Germany, I do not have a compliance department in my business. It's me, doing the packing, writing the emails, processing orders, ordering new inventory. And with a complete lack of transparency, it is extraordinarily difficult for me to collate all the information necessary to subject myself to local regulations in 27 different countries, with websites which are often not written in English. I also cannot afford to pay local fees in order to send 1 or 2 parcels a year, which means that some customers will now be shut off from ordering from my webshop. Please revise legislation in order to take micro- and small-businesses into consideration. I'm not asking for a full exemption (although I would welcome it), but a single registration with a single fee would go a LONG way to ensure that my business does NOT get destroyed by this regulation. I'd also like to point out that in the current climate of anti-democratic rhetoric which is spreading like wildfire in Europe, this kind of legislation (EPR's PPWR) will create massive anti-European sentiment across all artists, artisans, webshop operators, and small businesses. It will also massively increase the power of American and other foreign retail giants like Amazon. This is NOT what the European Union is supposed to be. We can do better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547813_en"}, {"id": 33547812, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:16:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Abel, Bohm, Lettow und Pagel GbR", "feedback": "Please stop madness! We are a very small vinyl shop in Berlin (revenue 4000 per month). We send out about 10 packages per month(!) to EU countries. This is a tiny amount. These new regulations are an incredible burden to small businesses throughout the EU. Please, rethink these regulations, they will destroy the European economy even further.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please stop madness! We are a very small vinyl shop in Berlin (revenue 4000 per month). We send out about 10 packages per month(!) to EU countries. This is a tiny amount. These new regulations are an incredible burden to small businesses throughout the EU. Please, rethink these regulations, they will destroy the European economy even further.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547812_en"}, {"id": 33547811, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:16:12", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "One person small business owner", "feedback": "Jestem właścicielem jednoosobowej działalności gospodarczej- moje zarobki na rękodziele, które tworzę starczają na zapłacenie wysokich podatków ZUS i od przychodów, coś zostaje na życie. Nowe regulacje dotyczące wysyłek łączą się z ogromną biurokracją i kosztami dla bardzo wielu małych biznesów jak mój, które nie mają zaplecza prawników! w efekcie wiele z nich (jak też ja) będą musieli zaprzestać wysyłki do innych krajów bardzo ograniczając swoje przychody i w konsekwencji wiele z tych biznesów będzie się zamykać. Nowe regulacje powinny dotyczyć tylko większych firm i korporacji.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a one-person business – my earnings from handicrafts, which I build up to pay high ZUS taxes and income, are alive. The new rules on shipments entail huge red tape and costs for a very large number of small businesses, like myself, which do not have lawyers’ facilities! As a result, many of them (as well as myself) will have to stop shipping to other countries very much, reducing their revenues and, as a result, many of these businesses will close down. The new rules should only apply to larger companies and corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547811_en"}, {"id": 33547810, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:16:07", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Morgane Ardu", "feedback": "I created my micro entreprise almost a year ago now, and i have only started running my business about 3 months ago. Needless to say i have yet to make my first sale as getting the publicity and customer trust needed to run a business is a long process. Publicity asside, my country takes 12% of everything i will make, the bank middle ground (aka paypal or stripe) takes about 5% and depending on the sites where i will make the sale another 5 to 10% will be taken away. I have no idea how i'm supposed to build a business that should become my main source of income if i have to pay thousands before i even make any sales; just to be sure i'm not in an illegal situation in case the sales i make are from Poland and the next one from Slovenia. I truly feel european, and i am so glad to be part of the EU everytime i see how customer's data is treated elsewhere in the world (when chat control isn't being forcefully passed on an empty seance ahah::) we will fight for our rights.), and i am glad this law is getting implemented as ecology has reached a turning point and can no longer be ignored, lest we all live in a desolated world, but this law is inadapted to small businesses who make less than 40 000 euros / year. (I'm basing this amount on the fact that in france that would equal to 35 000 euros per year after having payed for all the fees this law is going to implement, and that is twice the minimum wage, yearly, in france.) But then again, i'm starting from the bottom, if a business does earn 40 000 euros a year, having 1/8 of it go to taxes is a crazy financial loss. In hopes this feedback will reach you and make our parliament implement an exception regarding micro businesses, i wish you luck with the reviewing of all this data.", "feedbackEnglish": "I created my micro entreprise almost a year ago now, and i have only started running my business about 3 months ago. Needless to say i have yet to make my first sale as getting the publicity and customer trust needed to run a business is a long process. Publicity asside, my country takes 12% of everything i will make, the bank middle ground (aka paypal or stripe) takes about 5% and depending on the sites where i will make the sale another 5 to 10% will be taken away. I have no idea how i'm supposed to build a business that should become my main source of income if i have to pay thousands before i even make any sales; just to be sure i'm not in an illegal situation in case the sales i make are from Poland and the next one from Slovenia. I truly feel european, and i am so glad to be part of the EU everytime i see how customer's data is treated elsewhere in the world (when chat control isn't being forcefully passed on an empty seance ahah::) we will fight for our rights.), and i am glad this law is getting implemented as ecology has reached a turning point and can no longer be ignored, lest we all live in a desolated world, but this law is inadapted to small businesses who make less than 40 000 euros / year. (I'm basing this amount on the fact that in france that would equal to 35 000 euros per year after having payed for all the fees this law is going to implement, and that is twice the minimum wage, yearly, in france.) But then again, i'm starting from the bottom, if a business does earn 40 000 euros a year, having 1/8 of it go to taxes is a crazy financial loss. In hopes this feedback will reach you and make our parliament implement an exception regarding micro businesses, i wish you luck with the reviewing of all this data.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547810_en"}, {"id": 33547804, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:15:01", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "My business", "feedback": "L'initiative de base est très bonne mais l'exécution administrative est un cauchemar, surtout plus les plus petites entreprises qui ne pourront pas en payer les frais. C'est aussi trop compliqué et un site unique avec toutes les démarches à faire pour chaque pays concerné serait beaucoup plus simple que de devoir se renseigner sur les plates-formes de chaque pays et d'avoir des médiateurs différents à chaque fois également. Encore une fois, revoir le prix des démarches afin de soulager les plus petites entreprises serait idéal car on ne peut pas payer 300 de frais pour quelques envois à 30.", "feedbackEnglish": "The basic initiative is very good, but administrative implementation is a nightmare, especially for the smallest companies, which will not be able to pay the costs. It is also too complicated and a single site with all the steps to be taken for each country concerned would be much simpler than having to find out about each country’s platforms and have different mediators each time as well. Once again, it would be ideal to review the price of the procedures in order to relieve the smallest businesses, as it would not be possible to pay 300 fees for a few items at 30.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547804_en"}, {"id": 33547803, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:14:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are killing small businesses inside the EU. You've introduced a 3+ euro fee on everything outside the EU and now you're making it so small bussinesses (especially artists and writers) can't ship anything from inside the EU itself. It's unsustainable and will kill people's livelihoods. I myself now can't start a business cuz I am not a wealthy enough person to be able to afford THOUSANDS of fees for every country. Let people ship between countries and let people create their own packaging without incurring fees! If you want to do something for the environment, go complain to big businesses instead of taking food out of an artists mouth. Little bits of cardboard for art transport isn't causing environmental disasters.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are killing small businesses inside the EU. You've introduced a 3+ euro fee on everything outside the EU and now you're making it so small bussinesses (especially artists and writers) can't ship anything from inside the EU itself. It's unsustainable and will kill people's livelihoods. I myself now can't start a business cuz I am not a wealthy enough person to be able to afford THOUSANDS of fees for every country. Let people ship between countries and let people create their own packaging without incurring fees! If you want to do something for the environment, go complain to big businesses instead of taking food out of an artists mouth. Little bits of cardboard for art transport isn't causing environmental disasters.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547803_en"}, {"id": 33547802, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:13:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Lo scopo della legge è condivisibile ma il metodo non è opportuno. In questo modo si colpiscono duramente le piccole imprese, soprattutto artigianali, che non sono assolutamente la vera fonte dell'inquinamento da packaging. Sarebbe più appropriato prevedere un limite minimo di vendite, sotto il quale non sono richieste queste incombenze, o un qualche altro tipo di deroga che escluda le piccole artigiane e i piccoli artigiani. L'obiettivo dovrebbe essere colpire le grandi aziende, non le piccole imprese che producono oggetti fatti a mano e non potrebbero in alcun modo sobbarcarsi i costi previsti da questa legge. L'Unione Europea dovrebbe incentivare gli scambi commerciali all'interno dell'UE, non disincentivarli. Se la legge non sarà corretta, migliaia di prodotti artigianali non saranno più disponibili e le artigiane e gli artigiani dovranno chiudere la propria attività.", "feedbackEnglish": "The purpose of the law is acceptable, but the method is not appropriate. This severely affects small businesses, especially craft businesses, which are by no means the real source of packaging pollution. It would be more appropriate to provide for a minimum sales limit, below which such burdens are not required, or for some other type of derogation excluding small craftsmen and small craftsmen. The aim should be to hit large companies, not small companies producing handmade items and could in no way bear the costs of this law. The European Union should encourage trade within the EU, not discourage it. If the law is not correct, thousands of artisanal products will no longer be available and artisans and craftsmen will have to close down their businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547802_en"}, {"id": 33547801, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:13:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am happy the EU wants to reduce packaging waste, but the way this is implemented is terrible and shocking. Asking a small upstarting business to register an Authorized Representative in every country they want to sell to is a really bad idea. All this does is add a massive cost to starting a business and trying out a new product on the European market. It creates predatory companies to handle this aspect for you that charge high fees for you to even be in business. You have made the barrier to entry much higher for small businesses, and have given advantage to big existing businesses who can easily pay this. If the EU truly wants to compete with China and America as it keeps saying, it MUST foster a good climate for starting a business selling a physical product by making the market as unified as possible. The only way this regulation would be fair would be to allow businesses to pay a fee once, or once per new product, in any country in the EU, and have their packaging approved across the entire union for the duration of it's existence. The current way this proposal is implemented kills innovation by making the risk to launch a new product for a starting business so high that many will stop doing so. The EU should make the risk to start a business and try something out lower, not higher. That is the only way we will foster a climate of new economic growth. If the rules surrounding packaging are unified, also unify the cost into a single system that is approved and recognized across the entire EU. Pay once. We need less bureaucracy and difficulty, not more.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am happy the EU wants to reduce packaging waste, but the way this is implemented is terrible and shocking. Asking a small upstarting business to register an Authorized Representative in every country they want to sell to is a really bad idea. All this does is add a massive cost to starting a business and trying out a new product on the European market. It creates predatory companies to handle this aspect for you that charge high fees for you to even be in business. You have made the barrier to entry much higher for small businesses, and have given advantage to big existing businesses who can easily pay this. If the EU truly wants to compete with China and America as it keeps saying, it MUST foster a good climate for starting a business selling a physical product by making the market as unified as possible. The only way this regulation would be fair would be to allow businesses to pay a fee once, or once per new product, in any country in the EU, and have their packaging approved across the entire union for the duration of it's existence. The current way this proposal is implemented kills innovation by making the risk to launch a new product for a starting business so high that many will stop doing so. The EU should make the risk to start a business and try something out lower, not higher. That is the only way we will foster a climate of new economic growth. If the rules surrounding packaging are unified, also unify the cost into a single system that is approved and recognized across the entire EU. Pay once. We need less bureaucracy and difficulty, not more.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547801_en"}, {"id": 33547800, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:13:04", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Miniatures", "feedback": "As a UK based small business I am shocked and severely concerned at the proposed registration and fees attached to the PPWR Initiative. Whilst I understand and fully support the initial idea of helping to promote greener business practices regarding packaging and the recycling thereafter (many of which small businesses were already doing themselves without needing to be regulated), the fees for each individual state are extortionate for small-medium businesses to front. The only businesses within the market that can afford these fees without issues, are the very same companies that the EU has attempted to restrict in the past. Could someone explain why the fees for a small business barely turning over £10-20k a year, are the exact same as a business such as Temu whose annual turn over is in the billions? That doesn't make any rhyme or reason. The European Union constantly promotes the Single Market and the principle of free movement of goods, as well as claiming to champion entrepreneurs and small businesses. This regulation feels more like a slap in the face for all the businesses and makers the European Union claims to support, and will suffocate us all out of the market eventually. We, as well as many other businesses throughout the EU and UK are asking for a system that is proportionate to the size of the business, taking into consideration their actual out put of packaging into countries, and genuinely compatible with the Single Market. This Initiative should only require a single point of registration in a similar way to how GPSR does - this also killed many small businesses at the time of implementation but is easier to deal with and handle. If this Initiative is part of creating a harmonised system, then it does not make sense for the registration fees and costs to be different in every state. If the EU wants small and medium-sized enterprises to grow, innovate and trade across Europe, it cannot make every additional EU market a new administrative project. So which is it? Do you support small businesses or not?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a UK based small business I am shocked and severely concerned at the proposed registration and fees attached to the PPWR Initiative. Whilst I understand and fully support the initial idea of helping to promote greener business practices regarding packaging and the recycling thereafter (many of which small businesses were already doing themselves without needing to be regulated), the fees for each individual state are extortionate for small-medium businesses to front. The only businesses within the market that can afford these fees without issues, are the very same companies that the EU has attempted to restrict in the past. Could someone explain why the fees for a small business barely turning over £10-20k a year, are the exact same as a business such as Temu whose annual turn over is in the billions? That doesn't make any rhyme or reason. The European Union constantly promotes the Single Market and the principle of free movement of goods, as well as claiming to champion entrepreneurs and small businesses. This regulation feels more like a slap in the face for all the businesses and makers the European Union claims to support, and will suffocate us all out of the market eventually. We, as well as many other businesses throughout the EU and UK are asking for a system that is proportionate to the size of the business, taking into consideration their actual out put of packaging into countries, and genuinely compatible with the Single Market. This Initiative should only require a single point of registration in a similar way to how GPSR does - this also killed many small businesses at the time of implementation but is easier to deal with and handle. If this Initiative is part of creating a harmonised system, then it does not make sense for the registration fees and costs to be different in every state. If the EU wants small and medium-sized enterprises to grow, innovate and trade across Europe, it cannot make every additional EU market a new administrative project. So which is it? Do you support small businesses or not?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547800_en"}, {"id": 33547799, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:12:48", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jednym z celów i sensu istnienia Unii Europejskiej jest wspólny rynek i wolny handel na tym rynku. PPWR wprowadza regulacje, opłaty i biurokratyczne rozwiązania, które skutecznie zamkną ten rynek dla małych i mikroprzedsiębiorców, zmniejszając ich konkurencyjność i dając monopol dużym korporacjom. Rejestrowanie się w systemie odpadowym każdego z 27 członkowskich krajów i utrzymywanie tam lokalnego reprezentanta to biurokratyczny koszmar małego przedsiębiorcy. Nie widzę tu troski o środowisko, koszty biurokratyczne - dokumentacja (papier) i czas na jej wyprodukowanie (energia) - nie równoważą zysków środowiskowych. Prawo powinno być dla ludzi, a idziemy w kierunku gdzie dokumentowanie wszystkich procesów w małych firmach zajmuje więcej czasu niż ich główna działalność.", "feedbackEnglish": "One of the aims and purpose of the European Union is the common market and free trade in this market. The PPWR introduces regulations, fees and bureaucratic solutions that will effectively close the market to small and micro-entrepreneurs, reducing their competitiveness and giving a monopoly to large corporations. Registering in the waste system of each of the 27 Member States and keeping a local representative there is a bureaucratic nightmare for a small entrepreneur. I see no concern for the environment here, bureaucratic costs – documentation (paper) and time to produce it (energy) – do not offset environmental gains. Law should be for people, and we are moving towards a way where documenting all processes in small businesses takes more time than their main activity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547799_en"}, {"id": 33547798, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:12:27", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a European citizen and consumer, I fear this new law is an attack on freedom of choicethe freedom to choose where and from whom I buy. Furthermore, it contradicts the essence of the EU project. It will close markets, markets for independent businesses, small businesses. Didn't the European project serve to unite us and facilitate trade, union, and circulation between countries? And now this because of packaging? It's very contradictory to what it means to be sustainable. And what about the sustainability of small businesses? Sustainability isn't just environmental; it's economic, it's social, it's a much more complex set of factors than just packaging. But I think there must be experts to understand this. I am displeased, frustrated, and angry about this law and this European project, which apparently only cares about large companies and those who give them money. It's a shame. It's sad. It's shameful.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a European citizen and consumer, I fear this new law is an attack on freedom of choicethe freedom to choose where and from whom I buy. Furthermore, it contradicts the essence of the EU project. It will close markets, markets for independent businesses, small businesses. Didn't the European project serve to unite us and facilitate trade, union, and circulation between countries? And now this because of packaging? It's very contradictory to what it means to be sustainable. And what about the sustainability of small businesses? Sustainability isn't just environmental; it's economic, it's social, it's a much more complex set of factors than just packaging. But I think there must be experts to understand this. I am displeased, frustrated, and angry about this law and this European project, which apparently only cares about large companies and those who give them money. It's a shame. It's sad. It's shameful.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547798_en"}, {"id": 33547797, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:11:34", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to express my concerns about the new packaging and packaging waste rules in relation to small businesses. While I support the effort to reduce waste, these regulations disproportionately impacts small businesses who cannot afford the administrative fees and the time required to paperwork, especially since there is no centralised way of doing so at the moment. Meanwhile, the big corporations, that rightfully should be regulated more, is able to continue after passing what to them is likely just a small hurdle. As it is now, many businesses, of which a considerable number are European, will have to stop shipping to Europe altogether, if not stop running their business at all. I think it is very unfortunate that the EU is functionally driving smaller businesses off the market, in practice making even more room for the very businesses this regulation is supposed to regulate. As someone who favours European businesses for ordering of goods due to their proximity with my country, this will likely make it considerably harder to find eu produced goods and crafts. I hope the EU will therefore consider making an exemption for micro businesses, or at the very least create a way for small businesses to only pay a flat fee for trade in all EU countries that is proportionate to their income, without needing to deal with different representatives and rules in the different countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my concerns about the new packaging and packaging waste rules in relation to small businesses. While I support the effort to reduce waste, these regulations disproportionately impacts small businesses who cannot afford the administrative fees and the time required to paperwork, especially since there is no centralised way of doing so at the moment. Meanwhile, the big corporations, that rightfully should be regulated more, is able to continue after passing what to them is likely just a small hurdle. As it is now, many businesses, of which a considerable number are European, will have to stop shipping to Europe altogether, if not stop running their business at all. I think it is very unfortunate that the EU is functionally driving smaller businesses off the market, in practice making even more room for the very businesses this regulation is supposed to regulate. As someone who favours European businesses for ordering of goods due to their proximity with my country, this will likely make it considerably harder to find eu produced goods and crafts. I hope the EU will therefore consider making an exemption for micro businesses, or at the very least create a way for small businesses to only pay a flat fee for trade in all EU countries that is proportionate to their income, without needing to deal with different representatives and rules in the different countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547797_en"}, {"id": 33547796, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:11:26", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sytt4Dig Design ", "feedback": "I am a Swedish micro-business owner running a small handmade business alongside my regular employment. I create and sell sewing labels for people who sew and make their own clothes. I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. My concern is not environmental responsibility, but whether the system is proportionate for Europes smallest businesses. My cross-border EU sales are small and sporadic. I may receive only a handful of orders from a particular Member State during an entire year. A typical order is small and is often sent in a simple envelope containing only a few grams of packaging. If these few orders require separate EPR registration, reporting, fees and potentially an authorised representative in each Member State, cross-border trade becomes economically impossible for a micro-business like mine. The practical consequence is simple: I will have to stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This cannot be the intended outcome of the EU Single Market. Large companies can distribute compliance costs across thousands or millions of shipments. A micro-business cannot distribute the same administrative costs across five or ten orders. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate solution for micro-businesses and very small cross-border packaging volumes for example, a de minimis threshold and preferably a single EU-wide registration and reporting system where micro-businesses can report cross-border packaging through their home Member State. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a system that we can realistically comply with. Without such a solution, PPWR risks creating a barrier to the Single Market for Europes smallest businesses. It may force many of us to stop selling across EU borders altogether. Please make sure there is still room in Europe for small, creative and handmade businesses too.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Swedish micro-business owner running a small handmade business alongside my regular employment. I create and sell sewing labels for people who sew and make their own clothes. I fully support the environmental goals of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. My concern is not environmental responsibility, but whether the system is proportionate for Europes smallest businesses. My cross-border EU sales are small and sporadic. I may receive only a handful of orders from a particular Member State during an entire year. A typical order is small and is often sent in a simple envelope containing only a few grams of packaging. If these few orders require separate EPR registration, reporting, fees and potentially an authorised representative in each Member State, cross-border trade becomes economically impossible for a micro-business like mine. The practical consequence is simple: I will have to stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This cannot be the intended outcome of the EU Single Market. Large companies can distribute compliance costs across thousands or millions of shipments. A micro-business cannot distribute the same administrative costs across five or ten orders. I strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate solution for micro-businesses and very small cross-border packaging volumes for example, a de minimis threshold and preferably a single EU-wide registration and reporting system where micro-businesses can report cross-border packaging through their home Member State. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a system that we can realistically comply with. Without such a solution, PPWR risks creating a barrier to the Single Market for Europes smallest businesses. It may force many of us to stop selling across EU borders altogether. Please make sure there is still room in Europe for small, creative and handmade businesses too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547796_en"}, {"id": 33547795, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:10:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Madam or Sir, I am really worried about the new EPR fees destroying small business owners. Especially creative people shipping small quantities are hit very hard by this new law. Many of the creators I love are stopping shipping to the EU completely because they can not pay those fees. Please reconsider excluding small businesses from this fee or find another fair solution that doesnt destroy uniqueness in the world. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Madam or Sir, I am really worried about the new EPR fees destroying small business owners. Especially creative people shipping small quantities are hit very hard by this new law. Many of the creators I love are stopping shipping to the EU completely because they can not pay those fees. Please reconsider excluding small businesses from this fee or find another fair solution that doesnt destroy uniqueness in the world. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547795_en"}, {"id": 33547794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:09:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Skye Life Ltd", "feedback": "These new regulations will strangle small businesses like mine, whereas large corporations (who create the vast majority of packaging waste) will be easily able to absorb the various costs and continue as normal. All of my packaging is already plastic free & recyclable, which costs me more to buy in than the cheaper plastic based options. There should be exemptions for small businesses eg. under a certain amount of employees or sales or at least one single registration point & fee for the whole of the EU. These changes are unsustainable and unfair.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations will strangle small businesses like mine, whereas large corporations (who create the vast majority of packaging waste) will be easily able to absorb the various costs and continue as normal. All of my packaging is already plastic free & recyclable, which costs me more to buy in than the cheaper plastic based options. There should be exemptions for small businesses eg. under a certain amount of employees or sales or at least one single registration point & fee for the whole of the EU. These changes are unsustainable and unfair.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547794_en"}, {"id": 33547793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:08:37", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is affecting small businesses while leaving giant conglomerates largely untouched. Small businesses will inevitably have to withdraw from the wider EU market, not only hitting the businesses itself but also the consumers. The EU is already blocked off from a large portion of international businesses because of the fees that are in place for international packages, but with this, this completely isolates small businesses from the eu market even if the business is based in europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is affecting small businesses while leaving giant conglomerates largely untouched. Small businesses will inevitably have to withdraw from the wider EU market, not only hitting the businesses itself but also the consumers. The EU is already blocked off from a large portion of international businesses because of the fees that are in place for international packages, but with this, this completely isolates small businesses from the eu market even if the business is based in europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547793_en"}, {"id": 33547792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:08:20", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I like to support artists by buying piece of art and other merch, they are all micro business, but recently many (of not all) of them have stoppend to ship their products in Europe due to the costs and the complication of the shipping. And it is absurd, EU should grant the free circulation of goods in their territories. This law hinders micro business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I like to support artists by buying piece of art and other merch, they are all micro business, but recently many (of not all) of them have stoppend to ship their products in Europe due to the costs and the complication of the shipping. And it is absurd, EU should grant the free circulation of goods in their territories. This law hinders micro business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547792_en"}, {"id": 33547791, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:07:37", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette réglementation est désastreuse pour les micro-entreprises européennes. Un artisant ou un artiste ne peut pas se conformer et continuer dexpédier dans lunion européenne dans ces conditions. Se conformer à chaque pays et payer les taxes en vigueur est impossible pour une entreprise à petits revenus. Il faudrait une stratégie commune ou exempter les petits commerces de cette taxe. Les grosses entreprises poluantes type Amazon auront les moyens de sy conformer, là où les auto entrepreneurs ne pourront pas suivre. En tant que consommatrice, je préfère privilégier les petits artisants que les multinationales et je trouve que la force de lEurope tient justement à ce marché commun. Si on perd la possibilité dacheter à des artisants en Europe, cest une honte pour lEurope qui deviendrait alors juste une façade pour les grosses entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is disastrous for European micro-enterprises. An artist cannot comply and continue to ship to the European Union under these conditions. It is impossible for a low-income company to comply with each country and pay the taxes in force. There should be a common strategy or small businesses should be exempted from this tax. Amazon’s large polluting companies will have the means to comply, where self-entrepreneurs will not be able to follow. As a consumer, I prefer to favour small artists over multinationals, and I believe that Europe’s strength lies precisely in this common market. If we lose the opportunity to buy from artists in Europe, this is a shame for Europe, which would then just become a facade for big companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547791_en"}, {"id": 33547790, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:07:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to provide my thoughts on the current regulation. For individual creators and small businesses operating with extremely low volumes, the current decentralised system is a major barrier to the EU market. My concern is that this will decrease diversity in products and make it so that basically only large established companys can afford to operate in the EU. This seems to be the anthesisis of the European free market idea. I purchase products from companies all across europe to support small businesses. Several have announced that under the new law their shops will no longer deliver to my country, forcing me to either forego their product or use a subpar alternative.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to provide my thoughts on the current regulation. For individual creators and small businesses operating with extremely low volumes, the current decentralised system is a major barrier to the EU market. My concern is that this will decrease diversity in products and make it so that basically only large established companys can afford to operate in the EU. This seems to be the anthesisis of the European free market idea. I purchase products from companies all across europe to support small businesses. Several have announced that under the new law their shops will no longer deliver to my country, forcing me to either forego their product or use a subpar alternative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547790_en"}, {"id": 33547789, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:06:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Figue et Fraise Vintage", "feedback": "I am a small business owner in France (micro-entreprise status). I sell hand-sourced vintage and antique objects to the EU, UK, and USA. I use 50% recycled packaging and allow customers to group items over time in their orders to make as few shipments as possible. I take sustainability seriously and do my best to make good decisions for the planet in both my personal and professional life. I support this legislation for large corporations, but I believe there should be an exemption for small businesses. The administrative requirements to ship to each different EU country are not feasible for a one person company to meet. The EU should be encouraging small businesses, not decimating them with excessive requirements when most small businesses already make significant efforts toward sustainability that larger corporations do not. If the EU is to remain an open market, this legislation should at least create a European-wide portal for registration rather than requiring small companies to register in all 27 member countries. The sad reality is that I will have to limit my business going forward to France, the UK and the USA - and it is not better for the environment for me to ship to the USA. This legislation will negatively impact every small business in the EU, whether they ship items themselves or use materials sourced from other EU member states to produce goods. I sincerely hope the Commission will take the feedback of small business owners into account and modify the proposed legislation. Otherwise it will be a death sentence to already struggling artisans and small business owners trying to provide for their families and preserve production within the EU. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner in France (micro-entreprise status). I sell hand-sourced vintage and antique objects to the EU, UK, and USA. I use 50% recycled packaging and allow customers to group items over time in their orders to make as few shipments as possible. I take sustainability seriously and do my best to make good decisions for the planet in both my personal and professional life. I support this legislation for large corporations, but I believe there should be an exemption for small businesses. The administrative requirements to ship to each different EU country are not feasible for a one person company to meet. The EU should be encouraging small businesses, not decimating them with excessive requirements when most small businesses already make significant efforts toward sustainability that larger corporations do not. If the EU is to remain an open market, this legislation should at least create a European-wide portal for registration rather than requiring small companies to register in all 27 member countries. The sad reality is that I will have to limit my business going forward to France, the UK and the USA - and it is not better for the environment for me to ship to the USA. This legislation will negatively impact every small business in the EU, whether they ship items themselves or use materials sourced from other EU member states to produce goods. I sincerely hope the Commission will take the feedback of small business owners into account and modify the proposed legislation. Otherwise it will be a death sentence to already struggling artisans and small business owners trying to provide for their families and preserve production within the EU. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547789_en"}, {"id": 33547788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:06:38", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Passeite", "feedback": "For years I have been saying I figured out a way to have a small scale farming business without the need of any European funding money and built this up completely by myself and my family. The key to success was the availability of internet so we could sell straight to the consumer, taking out the distributor, agent or any inbetweens taking a large cut of the profits need to feed my family, pay taxes and basically live. We ship only in and to Europe and we could reach people we never thought we could reach and we have a huge loyal customer base reordering each year the beautiful fresh extra virgin olive oil we produce. Since I am a packaging designer from background I have always had sustainable packaging solutions in mind. We reuse every shipping box we get our hands on. Our glass bottle is refillable and we encourage people to order larger volume Bag-in-Box to cut out shipping and logistic emissions. We even shipped the oil zero-emission using old sailing cargo vessels!!!!! But now, now you are telling me with the little packaging we have, the refillable solutions we offer, my company will have to pay the same fees and fees in every country we ship to (even if it's just 2 parcels a year) as a multinational corporate that sells thousands of goods per day?? This is the death of my business... simple... and not only the death of my business, the death of a regenerative farm protecting ancient olive trees, heritage, culture and indigenous varieties that nobody wants to work with anymore as super intensive farms are taking over, funded with European money that I didn't need in the first place. So I really hope you know what you are doing to small businesses like us and hope you will centralise the registration and create fees according to volumes and business sizes instead of what you have created now. A big bureaucratic nightmare that has made us close our business for certain European countries and thus loyal customers from us for many years. I really thought European Union was to unite us and make things easier but what is happening is exaclty the opposite.", "feedbackEnglish": "For years I have been saying I figured out a way to have a small scale farming business without the need of any European funding money and built this up completely by myself and my family. The key to success was the availability of internet so we could sell straight to the consumer, taking out the distributor, agent or any inbetweens taking a large cut of the profits need to feed my family, pay taxes and basically live. We ship only in and to Europe and we could reach people we never thought we could reach and we have a huge loyal customer base reordering each year the beautiful fresh extra virgin olive oil we produce. Since I am a packaging designer from background I have always had sustainable packaging solutions in mind. We reuse every shipping box we get our hands on. Our glass bottle is refillable and we encourage people to order larger volume Bag-in-Box to cut out shipping and logistic emissions. We even shipped the oil zero-emission using old sailing cargo vessels!!!!! But now, now you are telling me with the little packaging we have, the refillable solutions we offer, my company will have to pay the same fees and fees in every country we ship to (even if it's just 2 parcels a year) as a multinational corporate that sells thousands of goods per day?? This is the death of my business... simple... and not only the death of my business, the death of a regenerative farm protecting ancient olive trees, heritage, culture and indigenous varieties that nobody wants to work with anymore as super intensive farms are taking over, funded with European money that I didn't need in the first place. So I really hope you know what you are doing to small businesses like us and hope you will centralise the registration and create fees according to volumes and business sizes instead of what you have created now. A big bureaucratic nightmare that has made us close our business for certain European countries and thus loyal customers from us for many years. I really thought European Union was to unite us and make things easier but what is happening is exaclty the opposite.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547788_en"}, {"id": 33547787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:05:48", "country": "ISL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Are you off your rockers? These new regulations will basically kill off every small handicraft business that make their living selling online in Europe. Thankfully my country is not a part of EU, although there is a vote where hopefully most will vote NO!", "feedbackEnglish": "Are you off your rockers? These new regulations will basically kill off every small handicraft business that make their living selling online in Europe. Thankfully my country is not a part of EU, although there is a vote where hopefully most will vote NO!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547787_en"}, {"id": 33547778, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:04:45", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The goal of these laws is good - making companies responsible for their contribution to waste. Unfortunately, the execution makes free trade within the European Union impossible for small businesses. The first big hurdle for small businesses is the registration. The law currently will require a different method of registration for every country. While the plan is to synchronize the EU, the practice is still divided. For a small business owner, this means 27 different registrations on different websites with different formats and different deadlines every year. A large company can employ a team to manage this, but for a small business run by 1-3 people, this will take hours of unpaid labor. There should instead be a centralized system for reporting waste. At minimum, there should be one website for all EU-members. The second hurdle with the new regulations is the requirement for an authorized representative (AR) in every single country. Every representative costs 50-150. That's potentially over 4000 in annual fees just for the chance to conduct business in the European Union. This does not include any registration fees or fees for removing packaging. You are currently not allowed to conduct business in a country without a local authorized representative. This cost is prohibitive for many small businesses that rely heavily on every business transaction. By not paying these annual fees, these businesses are restricted from trading in other EU countries. Their freedom of trade is essentially blocked. These laws create a financial threshold for operating outside of their own country and within the European Union. There should be either a threshold for reporting, or small businesses should be permitted to represent themselves in reporting their use of packaging. Finally, the last hurdle of the new regulations is the level of risk that it introduces to small businesses. The previous hurdles discussed introduce large investments of time and money. All producers are required to register in each country, follow their guidelines, and pay for the requirements before they can conduct business. It is not legal to offer your business in a country and do the aforementioned registrations/fees after you are guaranteed clients. Especially newer businesses and artisans who benefit greatly from every transaction will have wasted time and money if they don't do business in that country. The goals of the new law are admirable, but the execution blocks small businesses from trading within the EU. Everyone agrees that business should be held accountable for the waste they introduce into the system. As it is written now, it is not feasible for small businesses to participate in the EU market. Please make adjustments to allow small businesses to continue to participate in free trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal of these laws is good - making companies responsible for their contribution to waste. Unfortunately, the execution makes free trade within the European Union impossible for small businesses. The first big hurdle for small businesses is the registration. The law currently will require a different method of registration for every country. While the plan is to synchronize the EU, the practice is still divided. For a small business owner, this means 27 different registrations on different websites with different formats and different deadlines every year. A large company can employ a team to manage this, but for a small business run by 1-3 people, this will take hours of unpaid labor. There should instead be a centralized system for reporting waste. At minimum, there should be one website for all EU-members. The second hurdle with the new regulations is the requirement for an authorized representative (AR) in every single country. Every representative costs 50-150. That's potentially over 4000 in annual fees just for the chance to conduct business in the European Union. This does not include any registration fees or fees for removing packaging. You are currently not allowed to conduct business in a country without a local authorized representative. This cost is prohibitive for many small businesses that rely heavily on every business transaction. By not paying these annual fees, these businesses are restricted from trading in other EU countries. Their freedom of trade is essentially blocked. These laws create a financial threshold for operating outside of their own country and within the European Union. There should be either a threshold for reporting, or small businesses should be permitted to represent themselves in reporting their use of packaging. Finally, the last hurdle of the new regulations is the level of risk that it introduces to small businesses. The previous hurdles discussed introduce large investments of time and money. All producers are required to register in each country, follow their guidelines, and pay for the requirements before they can conduct business. It is not legal to offer your business in a country and do the aforementioned registrations/fees after you are guaranteed clients. Especially newer businesses and artisans who benefit greatly from every transaction will have wasted time and money if they don't do business in that country. The goals of the new law are admirable, but the execution blocks small businesses from trading within the EU. Everyone agrees that business should be held accountable for the waste they introduce into the system. As it is written now, it is not feasible for small businesses to participate in the EU market. Please make adjustments to allow small businesses to continue to participate in free trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547778_en"}, {"id": 33547777, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:04:24", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Europe clearly needs to reduce unnecessary packaging, increase recycling and encourage businesses to use more sustainable materials. I also understand why the EU wants a more harmonised system instead of having completely different packaging rules in every Member State. However, I am concerned about how these rules will affect micro-businesses in practice. A micro-business does not operate in the same way as a large company. A large business can have legal departments, accountants, compliance teams and purchasing power to negotiate better prices for packaging and EPR services. A person running a small online shop, handmade business, beauty business or independent retail business often does everything alone. For them, registering, reporting packaging data, understanding different EPR requirements, paying fees and changing packaging can represent a significant amount of time and money. The problem is not necessarily one individual fee. It is the accumulation of many small costs and administrative obligations. For a micro-business with a low turnover, these fixed costs can have a much greater impact than they would on a large company. This could also create an unintended effect on the European market. If compliance becomes too expensive or complicated, some small businesses may stop selling across borders, reduce their product range or simply increase their prices. This could reduce competition and make it harder for new businesses to enter the market. And ultimately, consumers will feel this impact too. If packaging, compliance, registration and reporting costs increase, businesses will have to decide whether to absorb those costs or pass them on to customers. In many cases, small businesses simply do not have enough margin to absorb them. Consumers could therefore face higher prices, fewer independent sellers and less choice, particularly when buying from small European businesses. There is also a risk of creating an uneven playing field between large companies and micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should be shared, but the cost of compliance should be proportionate to the size, turnover and actual environmental impact of the business. I believe the EU should therefore consider a simplified and genuinely proportionate system for micro-businesses. This could include higher thresholds for very small businesses, simplified reporting, reduced administrative requirements and a straightforward EU-wide registration system. Micro-businesses should not have to navigate a complicated system designed primarily around the capabilities of much larger companies. It would also be helpful to have a truly harmonised approach across Member States. One of the main advantages of EU regulation should be making cross-border trade easier, not creating a situation where a small business has to understand a different practical system for every country it sells to. I believe sustainability and economic growth do not have to be opposites. The EU can protect the environment while also protecting entrepreneurship, competition and consumers. The goal should not be to give micro-businesses an exemption from environmental responsibility. It should be to make compliance realistic, affordable and proportionate to their size. If Europe wants more sustainable businesses, it should make it possible for small businesses to survive the transition and invest in better packaging rather than making compliance itself a barrier to staying in business. Micro-businesses are a small part of individual markets, but collectively they are an important part of the European economy. Their voice should be taken seriously before the rules become fully operational.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Europe clearly needs to reduce unnecessary packaging, increase recycling and encourage businesses to use more sustainable materials. I also understand why the EU wants a more harmonised system instead of having completely different packaging rules in every Member State. However, I am concerned about how these rules will affect micro-businesses in practice. A micro-business does not operate in the same way as a large company. A large business can have legal departments, accountants, compliance teams and purchasing power to negotiate better prices for packaging and EPR services. A person running a small online shop, handmade business, beauty business or independent retail business often does everything alone. For them, registering, reporting packaging data, understanding different EPR requirements, paying fees and changing packaging can represent a significant amount of time and money. The problem is not necessarily one individual fee. It is the accumulation of many small costs and administrative obligations. For a micro-business with a low turnover, these fixed costs can have a much greater impact than they would on a large company. This could also create an unintended effect on the European market. If compliance becomes too expensive or complicated, some small businesses may stop selling across borders, reduce their product range or simply increase their prices. This could reduce competition and make it harder for new businesses to enter the market. And ultimately, consumers will feel this impact too. If packaging, compliance, registration and reporting costs increase, businesses will have to decide whether to absorb those costs or pass them on to customers. In many cases, small businesses simply do not have enough margin to absorb them. Consumers could therefore face higher prices, fewer independent sellers and less choice, particularly when buying from small European businesses. There is also a risk of creating an uneven playing field between large companies and micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should be shared, but the cost of compliance should be proportionate to the size, turnover and actual environmental impact of the business. I believe the EU should therefore consider a simplified and genuinely proportionate system for micro-businesses. This could include higher thresholds for very small businesses, simplified reporting, reduced administrative requirements and a straightforward EU-wide registration system. Micro-businesses should not have to navigate a complicated system designed primarily around the capabilities of much larger companies. It would also be helpful to have a truly harmonised approach across Member States. One of the main advantages of EU regulation should be making cross-border trade easier, not creating a situation where a small business has to understand a different practical system for every country it sells to. I believe sustainability and economic growth do not have to be opposites. The EU can protect the environment while also protecting entrepreneurship, competition and consumers. The goal should not be to give micro-businesses an exemption from environmental responsibility. It should be to make compliance realistic, affordable and proportionate to their size. If Europe wants more sustainable businesses, it should make it possible for small businesses to survive the transition and invest in better packaging rather than making compliance itself a barrier to staying in business. Micro-businesses are a small part of individual markets, but collectively they are an important part of the European economy. Their voice should be taken seriously before the rules become fully operational.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547777_en"}, {"id": 33547775, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:04:08", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It's unfeasible for a micro-business to be able to comply with this, there are businesses with only one creator as an employee, selling one or two packages a year to a specific country and it's sad seeing them close down, seeing these people with their dreams crushed because of a single bill. Most of the micro-businesses I know are probably more sustainable than big corporations and it's sad that you don't even consider them. So, we have to watch them close their shop one by one, which is painful to watch to say the least. As an environmentalist myself, I used to mainly purchase from these small shops. Now, you're forcing us to shop on bigger and more polluting ones, with their fast fashion and poor labor practices. All because big corporations usually find a way to thrive, it's the smaller ones who always suffer the consequences. I studied this way too long ago, but you keep doing the same thing over and over. History isn't meant to be repeated. Help us keep small shops alive and make an exemption for them!", "feedbackEnglish": "It's unfeasible for a micro-business to be able to comply with this, there are businesses with only one creator as an employee, selling one or two packages a year to a specific country and it's sad seeing them close down, seeing these people with their dreams crushed because of a single bill. Most of the micro-businesses I know are probably more sustainable than big corporations and it's sad that you don't even consider them. So, we have to watch them close their shop one by one, which is painful to watch to say the least. As an environmentalist myself, I used to mainly purchase from these small shops. Now, you're forcing us to shop on bigger and more polluting ones, with their fast fashion and poor labor practices. All because big corporations usually find a way to thrive, it's the smaller ones who always suffer the consequences. I studied this way too long ago, but you keep doing the same thing over and over. History isn't meant to be repeated. Help us keep small shops alive and make an exemption for them!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547775_en"}, {"id": 33547776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 10:01:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This act, while completely understandable and valid for big corporations, is terrible news for smaller business, especially self-employed people who make a majority of their sales online to sustain their business. Most of the money they make is used directly to create and finance new products, barely enough to make a living in the process. The additional costs would make it impossible for most to operate outside of their home country which, especially in Europe, for online businesses would result in immense losses if not complele failure of their business modell. I would love for this act to be reconsidered for small businesses. I fully understand the need for rules and regulations like this but let's put them where they have an impact: On big companies and corporations, not on smaller businesses and independent artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "This act, while completely understandable and valid for big corporations, is terrible news for smaller business, especially self-employed people who make a majority of their sales online to sustain their business. Most of the money they make is used directly to create and finance new products, barely enough to make a living in the process. The additional costs would make it impossible for most to operate outside of their home country which, especially in Europe, for online businesses would result in immense losses if not complele failure of their business modell. I would love for this act to be reconsidered for small businesses. I fully understand the need for rules and regulations like this but let's put them where they have an impact: On big companies and corporations, not on smaller businesses and independent artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547776_en"}, {"id": 33547774, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:59:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Vera Komnig", "feedback": "Das neue Verpackungsgesetz ist der unternehmerische Tod aller Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmer, da nicht mehr finanzierbar durch den Wegfall der Bagatellgrenze. Kein Kleinstunternehmer, wie zum Beispuel Künstler, kann es sich noch leisten für den eventuellen innereuropäischen Verkauf eines Bildes oder Produktes in jedem Land einen Bevollmmächtigten zu bezahlen und sich noch vorab für ein ganzes Jahr sich zu registrieren. Das sind immense Kosten im mittleren 4stelligen Bereich, die gar nicht mehr reinverdient werden können. Somit kommt der innereuropäiusche Handel für diese Unternehmensgruppe vollständig zum erliegen. War das die Absicht? Dann ist es gelungen. Warum nicht eine einzige übergeordnete Registrierungsstelle für ganz Europa, anstatt für jedes einzelne Land? Was für ein Wasserkopf an Bürokratie wurde da wieder geschaffen, der ja auch finanziert werden muss! Vor allem aber muss eine Bagatellgrenze wieder eingegührt werden, die wenigstens die Einmannbetriebe und Soloselbstständigen mit geringsten Umsätzen weit unter 50.000 jährlich von diesem exorbitant teuren Registrierungswahnsinn aufnimmt. Ausserdem ist das ganze Gesetz dermaßen kompliziert verfasst worden, dass selbst jemand, der sich über Stunden mit den Gesetzen auseinandergesetzt hat nicht versteht, wer wo und wann Hersteller und/ oder Erzeuger ist, wann man sich wo mit welcher Menge in welchem Land registrieren muss, und, und, und. Ein bürokratischer Wahnsinn! Das hat rein gar nichts mit einem europäischen Gedanken zu tun.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Act is the corporate death of all micro and small businesses, as the de minimis threshold can no longer be financed. No micro-entrepreneur, such as an artist for Beispuel, can afford to pay an authorised representative for the possible intra-European sale of a picture or product in each country and register in advance for a full year. These are immense costs in the middle of the four-digit range that can no longer be fully earned. As a result, intra-European trade comes to a complete halt for this group of companies. Was this the intention? Then we succeeded. Why not a single overarching registration point for the whole of Europe, rather than for each individual country? What has been recreated for a water head of bureaucracy, which must also be financed! Above all, however, a de minimis threshold must be reinstated, which absorbs at least single-person businesses and solo self-employed persons with the lowest turnovers well below 50.000 per year from this exorbitantly expensive sense of registration. Moreover, the entire law has been so complicated that even someone who has worked on the law for hours does not understand who is the producer and/or producer, where and when, when to register and with what quantity in which country, and, and, and. A bureaucratic madness! This has nothing to do with a European idea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547774_en"}, {"id": 33547773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:59:18", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support reducing packaging waste, but I am concerned about how these new rules will affect small businesses like mine. I am a soletrader textile artist producing small quantities of handmade products. I use very little packaging, and I already try to keep it simple and recyclable. The cost and administration involved in registering, weighing and reporting packaging could be disproportionate for a business of my size. I believe small businesses should be encouraged to reduce and improve their packaging, but the rules should be simple and proportionate. Small makers and artists should not face the same level of administration as large companies producing thousands of tonnes of packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support reducing packaging waste, but I am concerned about how these new rules will affect small businesses like mine. I am a soletrader textile artist producing small quantities of handmade products. I use very little packaging, and I already try to keep it simple and recyclable. The cost and administration involved in registering, weighing and reporting packaging could be disproportionate for a business of my size. I believe small businesses should be encouraged to reduce and improve their packaging, but the rules should be simple and proportionate. Small makers and artists should not face the same level of administration as large companies producing thousands of tonnes of packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547773_en"}, {"id": 33547772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:58:49", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lubay", "feedback": "As a solo artisan and registered independent creator based in Belgium, I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the practical implementation of the PPWR and EPR regulations across the European Union. For individual creators and micro-businesses operating with extremely low volumes, the current decentralised system is a major barrier to the EU single market. Under the current rules, selling a handful of handmade products per year to customers in other EU member states requires navigating up to 27 different national bureaucratic systems.Worse, obligations such as appointing a local legal representative in certain countries create fixed administrative costs that completely wipe out the margins of small-scale sales. A small business shipping only a few kilograms of standard, recyclable cardboard per year should not face the same financial and administrative burdens designed for large industrial retailers.The current system does not stop mass plastic pollution from giant e-commerce platforms; instead, it suffocates local craftsmanship and independent entrepreneurship.I urge the European Commission to protect micro-operators by implementing:A mandatory EU-wide \"de minimis\" threshold: Micro-businesses putting minimal amounts of packaging on the market per year must be completely exempt from foreign registrations, fixed financial fees, and the obligation to appoint local representatives. A centralized One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Any necessary reporting or micro-contributions should be managed through a single European platform, similar to the existing VAT OSS system, rather than forcing small businesses to register individually in every destination country.If these rules remain unadjusted, small creators will be forced to stop selling to other EU citizens, which completely contradicts the core principles of the European single market. Thank you for taking the reality of independent creators into account.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a solo artisan and registered independent creator based in Belgium, I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the practical implementation of the PPWR and EPR regulations across the European Union. For individual creators and micro-businesses operating with extremely low volumes, the current decentralised system is a major barrier to the EU single market. Under the current rules, selling a handful of handmade products per year to customers in other EU member states requires navigating up to 27 different national bureaucratic systems.Worse, obligations such as appointing a local legal representative in certain countries create fixed administrative costs that completely wipe out the margins of small-scale sales. A small business shipping only a few kilograms of standard, recyclable cardboard per year should not face the same financial and administrative burdens designed for large industrial retailers.The current system does not stop mass plastic pollution from giant e-commerce platforms; instead, it suffocates local craftsmanship and independent entrepreneurship.I urge the European Commission to protect micro-operators by implementing:A mandatory EU-wide \"de minimis\" threshold: Micro-businesses putting minimal amounts of packaging on the market per year must be completely exempt from foreign registrations, fixed financial fees, and the obligation to appoint local representatives. A centralized One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Any necessary reporting or micro-contributions should be managed through a single European platform, similar to the existing VAT OSS system, rather than forcing small businesses to register individually in every destination country.If these rules remain unadjusted, small creators will be forced to stop selling to other EU citizens, which completely contradicts the core principles of the European single market. Thank you for taking the reality of independent creators into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547772_en"}, {"id": 33547771, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:58:25", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LUVI Fermente GmbH", "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsordnung zwingt Kleinunternehmerinnen, die Reichweiter der Produkte innerhalb der EU zu reduzieren. Als Betrieb mit sehr spezifischen Produkten, ist es für uns eine große Herausforderung, mit dem Absatz in weniger Länder den Betrieb weiterhin wirtschaftlich zu führen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging rules force small businesses to reduce the reach of products within the EU. As a company with very specific products, it is very challenging for us to continue operating economically with sales in fewer countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547771_en"}, {"id": 33547770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:57:42", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Velvet Paw Press", "feedback": "To the European Commission, I am writing to provide feedback on the proposed rules regarding national registers of producers under the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I am a one-person business based in Portugal, and I was looking forward to launching my business across the European Union. However, as currently designed, the registration requirements will make this impossible. I am now forced to plan to only ship my products outside the EU, abandoning the very market I had hoped to build my business in. For a creator like me, the requirement to register and pay fees in all 27 Member States is an insurmountable barrier. The reality of compliance is not a simple, unified process. A recent study found that across just 10 EU countries, there are 64 unique registration fields, with 55% of those being country-specific. This fragmentation includes varied authentication systems, dual registration steps in some countries, and processes that can only be completed offline in others. The language barrier alone adds another layer of difficulty for a single operator. The cost and administrative burden are staggering. Registration through service providers is substantial and multiplies with every country I would need to sell in. For example, even before the new rules, registering for packaging EPR in Portugal alone costs upwards of 790 a year. This is a significant financial drain for a business just starting out. For a non-resident producer, the cost and time are even higher because I would be required to appoint an Authorised Representative (AR) in each Member State. This includes managing formal mandates, like the complex requirements seen in Italy, which are both expensive and difficult for small businesses. To sell across the EU, my business would be crushed by the costs of 27 separate registrations and the fees for 27 different representatives. While the regulations Impact Assessment claims compliance costs will not increase, and mentions exemptions for micro-enterprises from some reporting requirements, this does not address the fundamental problem. Even if I am exempt from some reporting, I am still required to register everywhere. The European Commission itself acknowledges the problem of fragmentation and has committed to developing guidance and implementing legislation to prevent a disproportionate administrative burden on SMEs, but the current state of the national registers, which the Commission directly impacts, is already forcing entrepreneurs like me out of the market. Furthermore, while the Environmental Omnibus proposal suggests removing the need for ARs in each Member State, this is not yet law, and the current registration rules are about to come into force. I cannot wait for potential future simplification. The PPWR is meant to foster a circular economy, but for micro-businesses like mine, it is fostering a barrier to the Single Market. I urge the Commission to seriously consider a unified, centralized registration system and to provide an exemption from registration requirements for micro-enterprises until a truly streamlined, cross-border system is in place. Without immediate action, you are not regulating packaging; you are regulating small creators out of existence. Sincerely, Phoebe Sanna Berg Velvet Paw Press", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission, I am writing to provide feedback on the proposed rules regarding national registers of producers under the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I am a one-person business based in Portugal, and I was looking forward to launching my business across the European Union. However, as currently designed, the registration requirements will make this impossible. I am now forced to plan to only ship my products outside the EU, abandoning the very market I had hoped to build my business in. For a creator like me, the requirement to register and pay fees in all 27 Member States is an insurmountable barrier. The reality of compliance is not a simple, unified process. A recent study found that across just 10 EU countries, there are 64 unique registration fields, with 55% of those being country-specific. This fragmentation includes varied authentication systems, dual registration steps in some countries, and processes that can only be completed offline in others. The language barrier alone adds another layer of difficulty for a single operator. The cost and administrative burden are staggering. Registration through service providers is substantial and multiplies with every country I would need to sell in. For example, even before the new rules, registering for packaging EPR in Portugal alone costs upwards of 790 a year. This is a significant financial drain for a business just starting out. For a non-resident producer, the cost and time are even higher because I would be required to appoint an Authorised Representative (AR) in each Member State. This includes managing formal mandates, like the complex requirements seen in Italy, which are both expensive and difficult for small businesses. To sell across the EU, my business would be crushed by the costs of 27 separate registrations and the fees for 27 different representatives. While the regulations Impact Assessment claims compliance costs will not increase, and mentions exemptions for micro-enterprises from some reporting requirements, this does not address the fundamental problem. Even if I am exempt from some reporting, I am still required to register everywhere. The European Commission itself acknowledges the problem of fragmentation and has committed to developing guidance and implementing legislation to prevent a disproportionate administrative burden on SMEs, but the current state of the national registers, which the Commission directly impacts, is already forcing entrepreneurs like me out of the market. Furthermore, while the Environmental Omnibus proposal suggests removing the need for ARs in each Member State, this is not yet law, and the current registration rules are about to come into force. I cannot wait for potential future simplification. The PPWR is meant to foster a circular economy, but for micro-businesses like mine, it is fostering a barrier to the Single Market. I urge the Commission to seriously consider a unified, centralized registration system and to provide an exemption from registration requirements for micro-enterprises until a truly streamlined, cross-border system is in place. Without immediate action, you are not regulating packaging; you are regulating small creators out of existence. Sincerely, Phoebe Sanna Berg Velvet Paw Press", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547770_en"}, {"id": 33547769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:57:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Talonair Technologies", "feedback": "I own a micro business based in Germany and I manufacture Eurorack modular synthesizers. I occasionally have 1-2, or even zero orders to certain countries in the EU. These new rules would require me to either pay insane amounts to a 3rd party company (up to 275 EUR per year per EACH country I want to be able to sell to) just to be able to sell to the rest of the EU. An alternative is that I spend all of my life time doing things manually country by country, and even then, I would be missing an authorized representative (AP) in each country. Getting these costs, so it would cost again anyway. There is just no solution for me as a small business. This new regulation makes it impossible for me to ever again ship to the rest of EU, and I will need to disable all countries other than my home country starting August 12th.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own a micro business based in Germany and I manufacture Eurorack modular synthesizers. I occasionally have 1-2, or even zero orders to certain countries in the EU. These new rules would require me to either pay insane amounts to a 3rd party company (up to 275 EUR per year per EACH country I want to be able to sell to) just to be able to sell to the rest of the EU. An alternative is that I spend all of my life time doing things manually country by country, and even then, I would be missing an authorized representative (AP) in each country. Getting these costs, so it would cost again anyway. There is just no solution for me as a small business. This new regulation makes it impossible for me to ever again ship to the rest of EU, and I will need to disable all countries other than my home country starting August 12th.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547769_en"}, {"id": 33547768, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:57:14", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current draft disproportionally burdens small and micro-businesses within the European Union. Asking businesses with a gross revenue of less than 10000 Euros to pay thousands of Euros in total for shipping to the entirety of the European Union is unreasonable.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current draft disproportionally burdens small and micro-businesses within the European Union. Asking businesses with a gross revenue of less than 10000 Euros to pay thousands of Euros in total for shipping to the entirety of the European Union is unreasonable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547768_en"}, {"id": 33547767, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:55:35", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hei! Otan yhteyttä palautelomakkeella siksi, koska tälläisenään uusi laki on erittäin syrjivä eurooppalaisia pienyrittäjiä kohtaan, mutta aiheuttaa haittaa myös eurooppalaisille kuluttajille. Asia koskee varmasti myös suomalaisia pienyrittäjiä, joilla on myyntiä myös ulkomailla. Käytän itse paljon EU-alueen pienyrittäjien palveluita, sillä harrastukseni vaativat tuotteita, joista kaikkea ei löydy kotimaasta. Nyt niiden ja monien muiden käsintehtyjen ja ekologisesti tuotettujen tuotteiden saatavuus on vaarassa loppua kokonaan, sillä pienyrittäjät eivät enää säädösten takia nousevien byrokratiaesteiden vuoksi kykene lähettämään paketteja ulkomaille. Tämä ei tietenkään koske suuryrityksiä, joilla on oikeasti varaa tähän käsittelyrumbaan, ja jotka lähettävät paketteja ympäri Eurooppaa tuhansittain, jopa miljoonittain. Pienyrittäjä voi lähettää yhden paketin Suomeen kerran vuodessa, joten hänellä ei ole mitään järkeä saati varaa alkaa rekisteröitymään jokaiseen EU-jäsenmaahan erikseen. Suuryritykset ovat ne oikea ongelma, mutta nyt rankaistaan pienyrittäjiä. EU-alueella pitäisi olla vapaa liikkuvuus, mutta nyt se ei tule enää toteutumaan, jos säädös menee tälläisenään läpi. Minä, lukuisat muut asiakkaat sekä Eurooppalaiset pienyrittäjät ovat erittäin pettyneitä. Jos kuluttajat eivät kykene löytämään tuotteitaan EU-maista, siirtyy kulutus tottakai kauemmas - Kiina, Yhdysvallat, Kanada, Australia ja mikä takansa, joka suostuu yhä toimittamaan Eurooppaan, ja josta saan tarvitsemani harrastustuotteet, joita ei valmisteta suuryritysten toimesta. Tämä, jos mikä, lisää ilmastopäästöjä, kun tavaraa joudutaan kuljettamaan maapallon ympäri.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! I am contacting you via the feedback form because today’s new law is highly discriminatory towards European small businesses, but also to the detriment of European consumers. The case certainly also concerns Finnish small entrepreneurs who also sell abroad. I personally use the services of small entrepreneurs in the EU to a great extent, as my hobby requires products that are not all found in my home country. Now, the availability of these and many other handmade and ecologically produced products is at risk of disappearing altogether, as small businesses are no longer able to send parcels abroad due to rising bureaucratic barriers due to regulations. Of course, this is not the case for large companies that can really afford this treatment drum and send thousands, if not millions, of parcels across Europe. A small business can send one parcel to Finland once a year, so it makes no sense, let alone afford, to start registering in each EU country separately. Large companies are the right problem, but small entrepreneurs are now being punished. There should be free movement within the EU, but now it will not happen anymore if the legislation goes through as it stands. I, many other customers and European small entrepreneurs are very disappointed. If consumers are not able to find their products in EU countries, consumption will really move further – China, the United States, Canada, Australia and what guarantee, which still agrees to deliver to Europe, will provide me with the hobby products I need, which are not produced by big companies. This, if any, increases climate emissions when goods have to be transported around the planet.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547767_en"}, {"id": 33547758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:54:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das eigentlich unterstützendswerte Anliegen, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren, wird durch diese Gesetzgebung zu einem bürokratischen Monster und einer nicht finanzierbaren Hürde für Kleinunternehmen. Als Kunsthandwerkerin bin ich auf jede Online Bestellung angewiesen, aber die neuen Regeln machen es unmöglich, den Versand in andere EU Staaten aufrechtzuerhalten. Es ist erschütternd, dass Kleinunternehmen nicht mitbedacht wurden und die EU, die als Handelsunion gegründet wurde, nun ausgerechnet den transnationalen Handel für kleine Unternehmen in der Praxis unmöglich macht. Gleichzeitig befürchte ich, dass ich im Gegenzug auch selber vieles nicht mehr im EU Ausland bestellen kann. Das ist nicht nur ärgerlich als Privatperson, sondern auch das kann mein Unternehmen einschränken. Für Bürger von kleineren EU Ländern gilt dieses Problem in besonderem Maße, da die Menge an Unternehmen, die sich eine Registrierung in diesen Staaten mangels Wirtschaftlichkeit sparen werden, mit Sicherheit größer ist als bei einem großen Land wie Deutschland.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation turns the desire to reduce packaging waste, which is worth supporting, into a bureaucratic monster and an unaffordable hurdle for small businesses. As a craftsman, I rely on any online order, but the new rules make it impossible to keep shipping to other EU countries. It is shocking that small businesses have not been included and that the EU, which was established as a trade union, is now making transnational trade impossible in practice for small businesses. At the same time, I am afraid that, in return, I can no longer order a lot from abroad in the EU. This is not only annoying as a private individual, but it can also limit my business. This problem is particularly acute for citizens of smaller EU countries, as the number of businesses that will save on registering in these countries due to a lack of economic viability is certainly higher than in a large country such as Germany.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547758_en"}, {"id": 33547757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:54:40", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm writing in support of small businesses in EU. While I support the effort of redusing packaging waste I fear this is law targets the wrong people. There should be clear and real cut-offs for small businesses that they don't need to bleed money for delivering few packeges inside EU. Reguering permits, personell and everything else in every possible country they might deliver is just insanity. Please do better for the handcrafted pieces in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm writing in support of small businesses in EU. While I support the effort of redusing packaging waste I fear this is law targets the wrong people. There should be clear and real cut-offs for small businesses that they don't need to bleed money for delivering few packeges inside EU. Reguering permits, personell and everything else in every possible country they might deliver is just insanity. Please do better for the handcrafted pieces in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547757_en"}, {"id": 33547756, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:54:38", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik wil mijn zorgen uitspreken over de Europese regels rond verpakkingen en uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid. Bij deze regels moeten ondernemingen zich in elke lidstaat apart registreren als ze daar producten verkopen. Ik steun het doel om verpakkingsafval te verminderen en recycling te financieren. De manier waarop deze verplichtingen nu worden uitgevoerd, is echter onevenredig voor kleine ondernemingen. Voor grote bedrijven is het relatief eenvoudig om aparte registraties, administratie, vertegenwoordigers en jaarlijkse betalingen in meerdere landen af te wikkelen. Voor kleine ondernemingen kunnen deze verplichtingen samen duizenden euros per jaar kosten. Deze vaste kosten zijn vaak niet in verhouding tot de kleine hoeveelheid verpakkingsmateriaal dat een kleine onderneming daadwerkelijk in een andere lidstaat aanbiedt. Daardoor ontstaat een ongelijk voordeel voor kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen. Grote bedrijven kunnen zonder veel problemen in de hele Europese Unie blijven verkopen. Kleinere bedrijven kunnen economisch gedwongen worden om bepaalde landen uit te sluiten. Dat staat volgens mij in tegenspraak met het principe van de Europese interne markt. Een ondernemer die in één lidstaat is gevestigd, zou niet in elk land apart een administratief systeem hoeven te doorlopen om producten aan Europese klanten te verkopen. Daarom pleit ik voor een systeem waarin een onderneming zich maar één keer hoeft te registreren. Het liefst in de lidstaat waar ze gevestigd zijn. Een Nederlands bedrijf zou dan bijvoorbeeld zijn verpakkingsaangifte en bijdragen in Nederland afhandelen. Wanneer de producten naar andere landen gaan, kunnen de betrokken landen of een Europees systeem de financiële bijdragen onderling verdelen. Een andere optie is een centraal Europees registratiesysteem voor grensoverschrijdende verkoop. Dat zou: de administratieve lasten voor kleine ondernemingen sterk verminderen; voorkomen dat kleine bedrijven met disproportioneel hoge vaste kosten worden geconfronteerd; grensoverschrijdende handel binnen de Europese Unie toegankelijk houden; de concurrentiepositie van kleine ondernemingen tegen grote internationale bedrijven verbeteren; tegelijkertijd het principe behouden dat producenten bijdragen aan de verwerking en recycling van verpakkingsafval. Milieuwetgeving moet werken, maar ook eerlijk zijn. Een kleine onderneming die maar voor enkele honderden of duizenden euros per jaar aan klanten in een bepaald land verkoopt, zou niet honderden euros aan registratie-, vertegenwoordigers- en administratiekosten moeten maken om daar überhaupt te mogen verkopen. De Europese interne markt moet schaalvoordelen en vrije handel tussen landen mogelijk maken. Nationale registratiesystemen en hoge vaste kosten creëren in de praktijk nieuwe handelsbarrières binnen diezelfde interne markt. Mijn verzoek aan de Europese Commissie is daarom om bij de verdere uitwerking van de verpakkingsregels duidelijk rekening te houden met kleine ondernemingen en micro-ondernemingen. Stel één Europese registratie in, registratie alleen in het land van vestiging, of in ieder geval een ruime vrijstelling of een sterk vereenvoudigd systeem voor ondernemingen die slechts kleine hoeveelheden verpakkingen grensoverschrijdend op de markt brengen. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de verdeling van bijdragen tussen lidstaten moet bij nationale of Europese uitvoeringsorganisaties liggen, niet bij elke individuele kleine ondernemer.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my concerns about the European rules on packaging and extended producer responsibility. These rules require companies to register separately in each Member State if they sell products there. I support the goal of reducing packaging waste and financing recycling. However, the way these obligations are now implemented is disproportionate for small businesses. For large companies, it is relatively easy to settle separate registrations, administration, representatives and annual payments in multiple countries. For small businesses, these obligations can together cost thousands of euros per year. These fixed costs are often disproportionate to the small amount of packaging material actually offered by a small enterprise in another Member State. This creates an uneven advantage for SMEs. Large companies can continue to sell across the European Union without many problems. Smaller companies may be forced economically to exclude certain countries. In my view, this is at odds with the principle of the European internal market. A trader established in one Member State would not have to go through an administrative system in each country to sell products to European customers. That is why I advocate a system in which a company only needs to register once. Preferably in the Member State where they are established. A Dutch company would then, for example, handle its packaging declaration and contributions in the Netherlands. When products go to other countries, financial contributions may be shared between the countries concerned or a European system. Another option would be a central European registration system for cross-border sales. This would: significantly reduce the administrative burden for small enterprises; avoid disproportionate fixed costs for small businesses; to keep cross-border trade within the European Union accessible; improve the competitive position of small enterprises against large international companies; at the same time, it maintains the principle that producers contribute to the treatment and recycling of packaging waste. Environmental legislation must work but also be fair. A small enterprise that sells only several hundred or thousands of euros per year to customers in a given country would not have to incur hundreds of euros in registration, representation and administration costs to be able to sell there at all. The European single market should allow economies of scale and free trade between countries. National registration systems and high fixed costs in practice create new trade barriers within the same internal market. My request to the European Commission is therefore that small businesses and micro-enterprises be clearly taken into account in the further development of packaging rules. Establish a single European registration, registration only in the country of establishment, or at least a broad exemption or a highly simplified system for companies that place only small quantities of packaging on the cross-border market. The responsibility for the distribution of contributions between Member States should lie with national or European implementing organisations, not with each individual small entrepreneur.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547756_en"}, {"id": 33547755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:53:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "En l'état, cette réglementation impose à toute entreprise ou micro-entreprise de s'enregistrer et payer des frais pour chaque pays différent de l'Union Européenne dans laquelle elle souhaite expédier un colis. Or, de nombreux petit artisans ou artistes envoient annuellement un nombre de colis très restreint, qui rendent complètement disproportionnée l'enregistrement dans chacun des pays. Plus largement, l'implémentation actuelle va à l'encontre du marché unique et de la libre circulation des biens, en mettant des obstacles forts à la vente dans plusieurs pays européens. Un guichet unique européen, avec un forfait pour les micro-entreprise, valable à l'échelle de l'UE serait indispensable pour rétablir la libre circulation des biens. L'exemption des micro-entreprises, ou un seuil de nombre de colis expédié dans les autres pays de l'UE en deçà duquel l'enregistrement dans le pays de la micro-entreprise est suffisant, sont d'autres solutions envisageables, mais il est essentiel de proportionner les obligations par rapport à la taille des entreprises et à leur nombre de colis expédiés.", "feedbackEnglish": "As it stands, these rules require all businesses and micro-businesses to register and pay fees for each country other than the European Union to which they wish to send a parcel. However, many small craftsmen and artists send a very small number of packages each year, which makes registration in each country completely disproportionate. More broadly, the current implementation runs counter to the single market and the free movement of goods, putting strong barriers to sales in several European countries. An EU-wide one-stop-shop with a flat rate for micro-companies would be indispensable to restore the free movement of goods. The exemption of microenterprises, or a threshold for the number of parcels sent to other EU countries below which registration in the country of the microenterprise is sufficient, are other possible solutions, but it is essential that the obligations are proportionate to the size of the enterprises and their number of parcels sent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547755_en"}, {"id": 33547754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:52:44", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como persona que suele comprar à microempresas como manera de fomentar la economía local, solicito: -que la aplicación de esta norma tenga en cuenta el tamaño y volumen real de actividad de los pequeños negocios - tarifas proporcionadas, procedimientos simplificados y un único registro para toda la UE - periodo de adaptación suficiente", "feedbackEnglish": "As a person who usually buys from micro-enterprises as a way to foster the local economy, I request: — that the application of this rule takes into account the actual size and volume of activity of small businesses – proportionate fees, simplified procedures and a single EU-wide registration – sufficient adaptation period", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547754_en"}, {"id": 33547753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:51:55", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There's nothing worse than seeing the country and union I once rooted for turn into a surveillance state the likes of the current U.S.A. This \"oh it's to limit the cheap chinese eCommerce\" façade isn't working. You are allowing supermarket lobbyists to lead your every move, as if supermarkets could ever carry EVERY ITEM AND EVERY HOBBY MATERIAL EVER, and it's disappointing. As a conscientious EU citizen I ask for the following: - Ideally, revoke this senseless initiative. - AT THE VERY LEAST, Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionately aggressive towards them. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small land micro businesses. - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses, even the big ones. This whole situation will bite back if you don't take precautions.", "feedbackEnglish": "There's nothing worse than seeing the country and union I once rooted for turn into a surveillance state the likes of the current U.S.A. This \"oh it's to limit the cheap chinese eCommerce\" façade isn't working. You are allowing supermarket lobbyists to lead your every move, as if supermarkets could ever carry EVERY ITEM AND EVERY HOBBY MATERIAL EVER, and it's disappointing. As a conscientious EU citizen I ask for the following: - Ideally, revoke this senseless initiative. - AT THE VERY LEAST, Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionately aggressive towards them. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small land micro businesses. - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses, even the big ones. This whole situation will bite back if you don't take precautions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547753_en"}, {"id": 33547752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:51:46", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "L'intention d'harmonisation est louable, mais ce projet impose des contraintes (financières, administratives) dissuasives pour les très petites entreprises (TPE). Elles finiront par ne plus expédier hors de leurs frontières nationales, au détriment de la liberté de choix des consommateurs européens, déjà amputée par le Brexit. Le texte ne résout pas non plus le problème du gaspillage des cartons etc., mais dissuade les créateurs et créatrices de proposer des emballages personnalisés. Mon avis à ce projet de texte est donc défavorable.", "feedbackEnglish": "The intention to harmonise is commendable, but this project imposes dissuasive (financial, administrative) constraints on very small enterprises (VSEs). They will end up no longer shipping outside their national borders, to the detriment of European consumers’ freedom of choice, which has already been curtailed by Brexit. The text also does not solve the problem of cardboard waste etc., but discourages creators from offering personalised packaging. My opinion on this draft text is therefore unfavourable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547752_en"}, {"id": 33547751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:50:52", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bad idea. Terrible, even. Managing packaging waste is important, but the way this is being implemented is simply selfish and careless. I worry for all of the small businesses and pray that EU listens to us when we say this is not the way to do it.", "feedbackEnglish": "Bad idea. Terrible, even. Managing packaging waste is important, but the way this is being implemented is simply selfish and careless. I worry for all of the small businesses and pray that EU listens to us when we say this is not the way to do it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547751_en"}, {"id": 33547750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:50:32", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The way small businesses are being punished with this regulation is the opposite of what the EU stands for. We have a free market, which should support small brands and creators, not just the giant companies. Small businesses should be exempt of such taxes to help them grow! The EU is about opportunities and different nations supporting each other and this regulation is very much against that. Please give small companies an exemption.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way small businesses are being punished with this regulation is the opposite of what the EU stands for. We have a free market, which should support small brands and creators, not just the giant companies. Small businesses should be exempt of such taxes to help them grow! The EU is about opportunities and different nations supporting each other and this regulation is very much against that. Please give small companies an exemption.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547750_en"}, {"id": 33547749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:50:23", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as a small independent business owner and creative professional based in Germany to raise concerns about the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), particularly its impact on micro-businesses and independent creators selling across EU borders. I fully support the environmental objective of the regulation. Businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market, and I already comply with packaging obligations in Germany while actively trying to reduce the amount of plastic I use. My concern is not the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), but the way it is being implemented across the Single Market. Under the PPWR, producers can be required to register in each Member State where they first make packaging or packaged products available. Cross-border distance sellers can also be required to appoint an authorised representative in the destination Member State. For a multinational company with dedicated legal and compliance departments, these obligations may be manageable. For a sole trader sending a few dozen small parcels to several EU countries each year, the situation can be completely different. The problem is not the amount of packaging involved, but the administrative infrastructure required to comply with multiple national systems, registrations, reporting requirements, fees and potentially representatives. This creates a disproportionate cost and administrative burden for businesses that may be placing only a tiny amount of packaging on each national market. It also risks creating new barriers within the EU Single Market, where a small creator can effectively face a different compliance system every time they sell to a new Member State. I am already seeing independent artists, makers and small businesses reconsidering or suspending EU shipping because they cannot justify the administrative and financial burden of maintaining multiple national EPR arrangements for very small volumes. This is particularly concerning for new businesses and self-employed creators whose ability to sell internationally is often essential to making their businesses viable. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider three practical improvements: 1. A genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold: introduce a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro-businesses and sellers placing very small quantities of packaging on another Member State's market. 2. A true EU-wide one-stop shop: create a centralised EU registration and reporting system through which a business could fulfil its packaging EPR obligations across Member States, rather than navigating separate national systems. 3. Proportionate implementation and enforcement: ensure that compliance costs and administrative requirements are genuinely proportionate to the quantity of packaging placed on the market, and provide a transition period and clear guidance for micro-businesses before penalties or enforcement measures apply. Environmental protection and support for small businesses should not be opposing goals. A system can make businesses responsible for their packaging while also recognising that a sole trader sending a handful of parcels is fundamentally different from a multinational placing millions of packages on the market. I am asking for the PPWR to be implemented in a way that actually works for both: the environment and the small businesses that make up Europe's creative and entrepreneurial economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a small independent business owner and creative professional based in Germany to raise concerns about the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), particularly its impact on micro-businesses and independent creators selling across EU borders. I fully support the environmental objective of the regulation. Businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market, and I already comply with packaging obligations in Germany while actively trying to reduce the amount of plastic I use. My concern is not the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), but the way it is being implemented across the Single Market. Under the PPWR, producers can be required to register in each Member State where they first make packaging or packaged products available. Cross-border distance sellers can also be required to appoint an authorised representative in the destination Member State. For a multinational company with dedicated legal and compliance departments, these obligations may be manageable. For a sole trader sending a few dozen small parcels to several EU countries each year, the situation can be completely different. The problem is not the amount of packaging involved, but the administrative infrastructure required to comply with multiple national systems, registrations, reporting requirements, fees and potentially representatives. This creates a disproportionate cost and administrative burden for businesses that may be placing only a tiny amount of packaging on each national market. It also risks creating new barriers within the EU Single Market, where a small creator can effectively face a different compliance system every time they sell to a new Member State. I am already seeing independent artists, makers and small businesses reconsidering or suspending EU shipping because they cannot justify the administrative and financial burden of maintaining multiple national EPR arrangements for very small volumes. This is particularly concerning for new businesses and self-employed creators whose ability to sell internationally is often essential to making their businesses viable. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider three practical improvements: 1. A genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold: introduce a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro-businesses and sellers placing very small quantities of packaging on another Member State's market. 2. A true EU-wide one-stop shop: create a centralised EU registration and reporting system through which a business could fulfil its packaging EPR obligations across Member States, rather than navigating separate national systems. 3. Proportionate implementation and enforcement: ensure that compliance costs and administrative requirements are genuinely proportionate to the quantity of packaging placed on the market, and provide a transition period and clear guidance for micro-businesses before penalties or enforcement measures apply. Environmental protection and support for small businesses should not be opposing goals. A system can make businesses responsible for their packaging while also recognising that a sole trader sending a handful of parcels is fundamentally different from a multinational placing millions of packages on the market. I am asking for the PPWR to be implemented in a way that actually works for both: the environment and the small businesses that make up Europe's creative and entrepreneurial economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547749_en"}, {"id": 33547747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:48:31", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules are completely ludicrous. How are solo artists, creatives, and low-income, one-person businesses supposed to comply with and afford all of these regulations, while big corporations can just absorb the costs? Solo artists and creatives simply cannot absorb these expenses. Has anyone thought about the practicality of this, or are these just high-earning bureaucrats with no real-life experience making the rules? I can't even use recycled packaging simply because it's not \"licensed.\" This is actively damaging small businesses and independent artists while promoting monopolies. Under EPR rules, selling cross-border into multiple EU countries forces you to register and report separately in each individual nation. For many countries, this requires hiring local \"authorized representatives,\" creating steep fixed overhead costs that simply do not scale for low-volume creators. How is that supposed to work if e. g. an artist sells 20 original artworks within the EU per year? It completely ruines creatives and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are completely ludicrous. How are solo artists, creatives, and low-income, one-person businesses supposed to comply with and afford all of these regulations, while big corporations can just absorb the costs? Solo artists and creatives simply cannot absorb these expenses. Has anyone thought about the practicality of this, or are these just high-earning bureaucrats with no real-life experience making the rules? I can't even use recycled packaging simply because it's not \"licensed.\" This is actively damaging small businesses and independent artists while promoting monopolies. Under EPR rules, selling cross-border into multiple EU countries forces you to register and report separately in each individual nation. For many countries, this requires hiring local \"authorized representatives,\" creating steep fixed overhead costs that simply do not scale for low-volume creators. How is that supposed to work if e. g. an artist sells 20 original artworks within the EU per year? It completely ruines creatives and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547747_en"}, {"id": 33547746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:46:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Claudia Wiebe Art", "feedback": "I am writing on behalf of Germany-based abstract artist Claudia Wiebe. Her atelier is based in Ravensburg, and she maintains a website that showcases her practice and her art. Through her website, collectors are able to purchase original artworks, and she is prepared to ship throughout the EU and North America. We applaud the steps that the EU is taking to minimize packaging and protect our environment, and fully support all initiative that further these goals. However, this legislation in the manner it is drafted dramatically affects the business practices of micro-businesses. It is untenable for a sole proprietor to register and log into environment regulation websites in all 27 EU countries, create accounts, and pay high fees, on the off chance that a sale is made to a customer in another country. Further, in many cases the fees charges by the receiving country can be so high that the seller cannot complete the transaction - it can cost more that the value of the original product. Claudia \"may\" send one or two parcels to another EU country every year. In fact, over the past 2 years, she has shipped within her own country, and only sent one parcel to another EU country. Given the small volume of shipments, and from a practical standpoint, the new legislation should contain some form of 'de minimis' language for the micro businesses. Further, there really needs to be some form of standardization of the fees across all EU countries. Or better yet, a fixed fee that covers all EU countries as a whole. That fee really needs to be nominal in nature, or based on a percentage of sales, or shipping volumes, and not a flat fee based onprojected cardboard or plastic use. in the end, all costs ultimately get passed back to the consumer. If there are going to be fees involved for shipping, they are generally covered by the consumer, thereby increasing the cost to the buyer. These new regulations do not allow for that to happen, as there is no commonality across each of the member states. Austria charges one fee and France charges something completely different. In addition, the administrative burden on a micro business is unbelievable. The business must register in each country, on their website and in the language of that country, pay fees, and generally have to then report out annually on usage. We do this today within Germany, through LUCID. It is time consuming and a general bureaucratic exercise for the one or two parcel shipped each year. There has to be a better way to administer all of this for small businesses. In its current format, it is untenable and adds incredible cost to the seller. It is also especially damaging to artists and artisans, who sell unique one-of-a-kind original works - very different from an Amazon seller, or a giant retail seller. On a final note, and not something I have seen anything written about - as a resident in Germany, I pay for my garbage and recycling services each year through my taxes. I am prelacy paying for the recycling services in my own community, where I take my garbage. This includes all of the packaging from items I have ordered on-line. To me, it makes more sense for these fees to be increased to provide financial offset for recycling services, rather than for the shipper to pay based on project packaging usage in the year. A nominal flat fee charged for each parcel, added to the postage/shipping costs, seems like a better approach, and one that is significantly easier for the small business to manage. Thank you for considering my position, and feel free to connect with me should you require additional information.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing on behalf of Germany-based abstract artist Claudia Wiebe. Her atelier is based in Ravensburg, and she maintains a website that showcases her practice and her art. Through her website, collectors are able to purchase original artworks, and she is prepared to ship throughout the EU and North America. We applaud the steps that the EU is taking to minimize packaging and protect our environment, and fully support all initiative that further these goals. However, this legislation in the manner it is drafted dramatically affects the business practices of micro-businesses. It is untenable for a sole proprietor to register and log into environment regulation websites in all 27 EU countries, create accounts, and pay high fees, on the off chance that a sale is made to a customer in another country. Further, in many cases the fees charges by the receiving country can be so high that the seller cannot complete the transaction - it can cost more that the value of the original product. Claudia \"may\" send one or two parcels to another EU country every year. In fact, over the past 2 years, she has shipped within her own country, and only sent one parcel to another EU country. Given the small volume of shipments, and from a practical standpoint, the new legislation should contain some form of 'de minimis' language for the micro businesses. Further, there really needs to be some form of standardization of the fees across all EU countries. Or better yet, a fixed fee that covers all EU countries as a whole. That fee really needs to be nominal in nature, or based on a percentage of sales, or shipping volumes, and not a flat fee based onprojected cardboard or plastic use. in the end, all costs ultimately get passed back to the consumer. If there are going to be fees involved for shipping, they are generally covered by the consumer, thereby increasing the cost to the buyer. These new regulations do not allow for that to happen, as there is no commonality across each of the member states. Austria charges one fee and France charges something completely different. In addition, the administrative burden on a micro business is unbelievable. The business must register in each country, on their website and in the language of that country, pay fees, and generally have to then report out annually on usage. We do this today within Germany, through LUCID. It is time consuming and a general bureaucratic exercise for the one or two parcel shipped each year. There has to be a better way to administer all of this for small businesses. In its current format, it is untenable and adds incredible cost to the seller. It is also especially damaging to artists and artisans, who sell unique one-of-a-kind original works - very different from an Amazon seller, or a giant retail seller. On a final note, and not something I have seen anything written about - as a resident in Germany, I pay for my garbage and recycling services each year through my taxes. I am prelacy paying for the recycling services in my own community, where I take my garbage. This includes all of the packaging from items I have ordered on-line. To me, it makes more sense for these fees to be increased to provide financial offset for recycling services, rather than for the shipper to pay based on project packaging usage in the year. A nominal flat fee charged for each parcel, added to the postage/shipping costs, seems like a better approach, and one that is significantly easier for the small business to manage. Thank you for considering my position, and feel free to connect with me should you require additional information.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547746_en"}, {"id": 33547743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:45:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small business owner ", "feedback": "Points I would like the EU Commission to reconsider: * Disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses: PPWR/EPR requirements can impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on individual creators and micro-businesses selling only small quantities. A business selling a handful of packaged products per year should not face obligations designed for large retailers. * Introduce meaningful de minimis thresholds and simplified procedures: There should be clear EU-wide thresholds based on factors such as turnover, packaging quantities, packaging weight and/or number of shipments. Below these thresholds, businesses should benefit from simplified reporting or exemptions. * Avoid country-by-country compliance for small cross-border sales: Small businesses should not have to register, pay fees and fulfil separate EPR requirements in every Member State simply because individual customers happen to order from different countries. Requiring authorised representatives in multiple countries can make a 2030 sale economically unviable. * Create a harmonised EU-wide EPR system: Businesses selling across the EU should not have to navigate different registration systems, reporting procedures, fee structures and requirements in each Member State. A single EU-wide digital portal where businesses enter their information and packaging data once would be far more practical. * Make compliance proportionate to actual environmental impact: Reporting a few kilograms of cardboard or a few hundred paper envelopes should not require the same administrative infrastructure as reporting thousands of tonnes of packaging. Requirements and costs should reflect the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. * Recognise and encourage the reuse of packaging: Many small businesses reuse shipping boxes, envelopes and filling materials instead of purchasing new packaging. The system should encourage this behaviour and avoid creating additional uncertainty or administrative burdens simply because existing packaging is being given a second life. * Protect the EU Single Market and small-business competitiveness: Excessive complexity and costs may lead small businesses to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether. This creates an effective barrier to cross-border trade and gives large corporations an advantage because they can afford dedicated compliance departments, lawyers and consultants. Cross-border e-commerce should not become something only large companies can realistically participate in. * Design the system with the creator economy in mind and provide clear guidance: Individual creators, artists, designers and makers increasingly run small online businesses and often cannot predict where their customers will come from or how many orders they will receive. The EU should provide simple, accessible guidance specifically for micro-businesses and online sellers, without requiring professional legal or compliance assistance just to understand their obligations.", "feedbackEnglish": "Points I would like the EU Commission to reconsider: * Disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses: PPWR/EPR requirements can impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on individual creators and micro-businesses selling only small quantities. A business selling a handful of packaged products per year should not face obligations designed for large retailers. * Introduce meaningful de minimis thresholds and simplified procedures: There should be clear EU-wide thresholds based on factors such as turnover, packaging quantities, packaging weight and/or number of shipments. Below these thresholds, businesses should benefit from simplified reporting or exemptions. * Avoid country-by-country compliance for small cross-border sales: Small businesses should not have to register, pay fees and fulfil separate EPR requirements in every Member State simply because individual customers happen to order from different countries. Requiring authorised representatives in multiple countries can make a 2030 sale economically unviable. * Create a harmonised EU-wide EPR system: Businesses selling across the EU should not have to navigate different registration systems, reporting procedures, fee structures and requirements in each Member State. A single EU-wide digital portal where businesses enter their information and packaging data once would be far more practical. * Make compliance proportionate to actual environmental impact: Reporting a few kilograms of cardboard or a few hundred paper envelopes should not require the same administrative infrastructure as reporting thousands of tonnes of packaging. Requirements and costs should reflect the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. * Recognise and encourage the reuse of packaging: Many small businesses reuse shipping boxes, envelopes and filling materials instead of purchasing new packaging. The system should encourage this behaviour and avoid creating additional uncertainty or administrative burdens simply because existing packaging is being given a second life. * Protect the EU Single Market and small-business competitiveness: Excessive complexity and costs may lead small businesses to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether. This creates an effective barrier to cross-border trade and gives large corporations an advantage because they can afford dedicated compliance departments, lawyers and consultants. Cross-border e-commerce should not become something only large companies can realistically participate in. * Design the system with the creator economy in mind and provide clear guidance: Individual creators, artists, designers and makers increasingly run small online businesses and often cannot predict where their customers will come from or how many orders they will receive. The EU should provide simple, accessible guidance specifically for micro-businesses and online sellers, without requiring professional legal or compliance assistance just to understand their obligations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547743_en"}, {"id": 33547736, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:44:54", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU is going after small businesses. I package my parcels as environmentally friendly as possible. I use recycled cardboard boxes, I pay more for paper packing tape so I dont have to use plastic tape, and I use more expensive paper filling material instead of plastic bubble wrap. And what do I get in return? A fine because I didnt register in every country where I sent a parcel. The EU is starting to lose all sense of logic. In many areas, we are miles ahead of the rest of the world, yet in situations like this, we are acting as if we were living in the Stone Age. Having to pay administrative fees in every single country, which by the end of the year can be higher than the total income of a small business. Congratulations, EU! Youve started the process of destroying small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU is going after small businesses. I package my parcels as environmentally friendly as possible. I use recycled cardboard boxes, I pay more for paper packing tape so I dont have to use plastic tape, and I use more expensive paper filling material instead of plastic bubble wrap. And what do I get in return? A fine because I didnt register in every country where I sent a parcel. The EU is starting to lose all sense of logic. In many areas, we are miles ahead of the rest of the world, yet in situations like this, we are acting as if we were living in the Stone Age. Having to pay administrative fees in every single country, which by the end of the year can be higher than the total income of a small business. Congratulations, EU! Youve started the process of destroying small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547736_en"}, {"id": 33547735, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:44:29", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This act is simply going to price out small businesses, creating an ever stronger hold that corporations have. Mega giants like amazon (who are responsible for 00% of the issues) will not be affected while artists starve. You must amend this ruling, excluding small businesses from the new rehulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "This act is simply going to price out small businesses, creating an ever stronger hold that corporations have. Mega giants like amazon (who are responsible for 00% of the issues) will not be affected while artists starve. You must amend this ruling, excluding small businesses from the new rehulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547735_en"}, {"id": 33547734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:44:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tina Rissi Art", "feedback": "This initiative will have terrible consequences for small businesses that cannot afford to have a legal department that deals with being compliant in each and every European country. Even without considering the administrative workload of registering to every country-specific scheme, the cost of joining would be a large financial hit for a creative business like mine, which is in its infancy. I totally support better rules, but this initiative should primarily target large corporations, and there should be an exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight, or European turnover) for the packaging of micro-businesses. There should also be the implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralised simplified declaration and a contribution proportional to actual turnover, based on the existing IOSS model for VAT.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will have terrible consequences for small businesses that cannot afford to have a legal department that deals with being compliant in each and every European country. Even without considering the administrative workload of registering to every country-specific scheme, the cost of joining would be a large financial hit for a creative business like mine, which is in its infancy. I totally support better rules, but this initiative should primarily target large corporations, and there should be an exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight, or European turnover) for the packaging of micro-businesses. There should also be the implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralised simplified declaration and a contribution proportional to actual turnover, based on the existing IOSS model for VAT.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547734_en"}, {"id": 33547733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:44:08", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to be very clear: I support the overall goals of the PPWR. Reducing unnecessary packaging, improving recyclability and making companies take greater responsibility for the waste they create are absolutely necessary steps. We cannot continue producing endless amounts of packaging without considering the environmental consequences. But good environmental policy also needs to be fair. And this is where the current approach risks failing small businesses. A microbusiness, an independent online shop or a young brand selling a few hundred products should not carry the same regulatory and financial burden as Amazon, multinational retailers or corporations shipping millions of parcels every single day. The environmental impact is simply not comparable. For a large corporation, another packaging requirement means assigning the task to a compliance department, legal team or external consultancy. The costs can be distributed across millions of products and billions in revenue. For a small business, the same requirement can mean hours of research, additional registrations, consultants, new packaging suppliers, higher minimum order quantities, documentation requirements and costs that have to be spread across perhaps only a few hundred orders. That difference matters. Small businesses are not miniature corporations. Many are one-person businesses. The founder is simultaneously responsible for product development, sourcing, marketing, accounting, customer service, logistics, taxes and legal compliance. Every additional administrative obligation takes time and money directly away from actually building the business. Meanwhile, the companies producing and distributing packaging on an enormous scale are precisely the ones best equipped to absorb another regulatory cost. That is backwards. If the principle behind environmental regulation is that those creating the greatest environmental impact should carry greater responsibility, then the financial burden should reflect scale. Amazon should pay significantly more than an independent shop shipping 100 parcels a month. A multinational corporation placing millions of packaged products onto the European market should carry substantially greater responsibility than a small creator, family business or startup. This should not merely mean that large companies pay more in absolute numbers because they sell more. The system itself should be progressive. The largest producers, marketplaces and retailers should face higher contribution rates, while microbusinesses should receive meaningful exemptions, thresholds or heavily simplified obligations. The alternative risks creating a deeply unfair situation: regulation designed to make business more sustainable ends up making small sustainable businesses economically unviable. And when those businesses disappear, demand does not disappear with them. Consumers simply purchase from larger companies instead. That means fewer independent brands, less competition, less local entrepreneurship and even more market power concentrated in the hands of corporations that already dominate European commerce. We constantly hear that Europe wants innovation, entrepreneurship and resilient local economies. But we cannot say that while continuously adding fixed compliance costs that disproportionately punish the smallest market participants. Environmental protection and small-business protection are not opposing goals. Both can exist. The PPWR should therefore apply the principle of proportionality much more aggressively. Micro and small enterprises need simple procedures, clear guidance, reasonable thresholds, affordable compliance mechanisms and exemptions where their environmental impact is negligible. At the same time, the companies responsible for enormous volumes of packaging should carry a much greater share of the financial responsibility. Make Amazon pay more. Make multinational corporations pay more. Make companies generating mill", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to be very clear: I support the overall goals of the PPWR. Reducing unnecessary packaging, improving recyclability and making companies take greater responsibility for the waste they create are absolutely necessary steps. We cannot continue producing endless amounts of packaging without considering the environmental consequences. But good environmental policy also needs to be fair. And this is where the current approach risks failing small businesses. A microbusiness, an independent online shop or a young brand selling a few hundred products should not carry the same regulatory and financial burden as Amazon, multinational retailers or corporations shipping millions of parcels every single day. The environmental impact is simply not comparable. For a large corporation, another packaging requirement means assigning the task to a compliance department, legal team or external consultancy. The costs can be distributed across millions of products and billions in revenue. For a small business, the same requirement can mean hours of research, additional registrations, consultants, new packaging suppliers, higher minimum order quantities, documentation requirements and costs that have to be spread across perhaps only a few hundred orders. That difference matters. Small businesses are not miniature corporations. Many are one-person businesses. The founder is simultaneously responsible for product development, sourcing, marketing, accounting, customer service, logistics, taxes and legal compliance. Every additional administrative obligation takes time and money directly away from actually building the business. Meanwhile, the companies producing and distributing packaging on an enormous scale are precisely the ones best equipped to absorb another regulatory cost. That is backwards. If the principle behind environmental regulation is that those creating the greatest environmental impact should carry greater responsibility, then the financial burden should reflect scale. Amazon should pay significantly more than an independent shop shipping 100 parcels a month. A multinational corporation placing millions of packaged products onto the European market should carry substantially greater responsibility than a small creator, family business or startup. This should not merely mean that large companies pay more in absolute numbers because they sell more. The system itself should be progressive. The largest producers, marketplaces and retailers should face higher contribution rates, while microbusinesses should receive meaningful exemptions, thresholds or heavily simplified obligations. The alternative risks creating a deeply unfair situation: regulation designed to make business more sustainable ends up making small sustainable businesses economically unviable. And when those businesses disappear, demand does not disappear with them. Consumers simply purchase from larger companies instead. That means fewer independent brands, less competition, less local entrepreneurship and even more market power concentrated in the hands of corporations that already dominate European commerce. We constantly hear that Europe wants innovation, entrepreneurship and resilient local economies. But we cannot say that while continuously adding fixed compliance costs that disproportionately punish the smallest market participants. Environmental protection and small-business protection are not opposing goals. Both can exist. The PPWR should therefore apply the principle of proportionality much more aggressively. Micro and small enterprises need simple procedures, clear guidance, reasonable thresholds, affordable compliance mechanisms and exemptions where their environmental impact is negligible. At the same time, the companies responsible for enormous volumes of packaging should carry a much greater share of the financial responsibility. Make Amazon pay more. Make multinational corporations pay more. Make companies generating mill", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547733_en"}, {"id": 33547732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:43:41", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Danmarks Dufte", "feedback": "I am writing to express my serious concern about the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) from 12 August 2026. As a small business owner selling products across EU borders, I find the administrative and financial burden created by these new rules completely disproportionate. The European Union constantly promotes the Single Market and the principle of free movement of goods. Yet with the PPWR, a small business selling products to customers in several EU countries can be required to deal with packaging registration, reporting and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations in each individual Member State where its packaging becomes waste. The Commission itself confirms that producers must register with the relevant national authorities and pay EPR fees in the respective Member States. This may be manageable for large corporations with legal departments, compliance teams and substantial administrative budgets. For a small entrepreneur, it is something entirely different. If I want to sell a relatively small number of products to customers in another EU country, I can suddenly face: registration in another national system, different national procedures and requirements, additional reporting obligations, EPR fees, potentially representatives or external service providers, and ongoing administrative work simply because I have crossed an EU border. This is the exact opposite of what the Single Market was supposed to achieve. The irony is striking: the EU is creating a system intended to make packaging more sustainable, while at the same time making it increasingly difficult and expensive for small businesses to sell perfectly legal products across European borders. And this is not just a theoretical concern. My social media feeds are increasingly filled with small business owners announcing that they are stopping sales to other EU countries because they simply cannot justify the administrative and financial burden. Some are even giving up on international sales altogether. This is how free trade dies not through tariffs, but through bureaucracy. Small businesses are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for a system that is proportionate to the size of the business and genuinely compatible with the Single Market. If the EU wants small and medium-sized enterprises to grow, innovate and trade across Europe, it cannot simultaneously make every additional EU market a new administrative project. The EU should therefore urgently reconsider the implementation of the PPWR from the perspective of small businesses and cross-border e-commerce. At the very least, there should be: one central EU-wide registration instead of separate national registrations; one harmonised reporting system; one simple EU-wide fee or contribution mechanism; meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro and small businesses; and a genuinely proportionate approach to cross-border sales. The EU should be removing barriers to trade, not creating new ones. Instead of supporting European entrepreneurs, the current system risks suffocating precisely those small businesses that the EU claims to value. I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider whether the current implementation of the PPWR is compatible with the fundamental objective of a functioning European Single Market. Free EU trade should not be a slogan. It should be possible in practice also for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my serious concern about the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) from 12 August 2026. As a small business owner selling products across EU borders, I find the administrative and financial burden created by these new rules completely disproportionate. The European Union constantly promotes the Single Market and the principle of free movement of goods. Yet with the PPWR, a small business selling products to customers in several EU countries can be required to deal with packaging registration, reporting and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations in each individual Member State where its packaging becomes waste. The Commission itself confirms that producers must register with the relevant national authorities and pay EPR fees in the respective Member States. This may be manageable for large corporations with legal departments, compliance teams and substantial administrative budgets. For a small entrepreneur, it is something entirely different. If I want to sell a relatively small number of products to customers in another EU country, I can suddenly face: registration in another national system, different national procedures and requirements, additional reporting obligations, EPR fees, potentially representatives or external service providers, and ongoing administrative work simply because I have crossed an EU border. This is the exact opposite of what the Single Market was supposed to achieve. The irony is striking: the EU is creating a system intended to make packaging more sustainable, while at the same time making it increasingly difficult and expensive for small businesses to sell perfectly legal products across European borders. And this is not just a theoretical concern. My social media feeds are increasingly filled with small business owners announcing that they are stopping sales to other EU countries because they simply cannot justify the administrative and financial burden. Some are even giving up on international sales altogether. This is how free trade dies not through tariffs, but through bureaucracy. Small businesses are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for a system that is proportionate to the size of the business and genuinely compatible with the Single Market. If the EU wants small and medium-sized enterprises to grow, innovate and trade across Europe, it cannot simultaneously make every additional EU market a new administrative project. The EU should therefore urgently reconsider the implementation of the PPWR from the perspective of small businesses and cross-border e-commerce. At the very least, there should be: one central EU-wide registration instead of separate national registrations; one harmonised reporting system; one simple EU-wide fee or contribution mechanism; meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro and small businesses; and a genuinely proportionate approach to cross-border sales. The EU should be removing barriers to trade, not creating new ones. Instead of supporting European entrepreneurs, the current system risks suffocating precisely those small businesses that the EU claims to value. I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider whether the current implementation of the PPWR is compatible with the fundamental objective of a functioning European Single Market. Free EU trade should not be a slogan. It should be possible in practice also for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547732_en"}, {"id": 33547731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:43:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A desparate small business", "feedback": "I am writing to you because I fear that the new packaging legislation within the EU will be the end not only of the EU single market for small businesses like mine, but maybe even the end for my business. I ship approximately 600 packages worldwide each year. Of these, about 40% go to other EU countries, with the remainder split between third countries and Germany. That amounts to roughly 240 packages shipped within the EU, including to every single member state. I now face several problems. I cannot know in advance that I will only deliver to certain countries; new destination countries within the EU keep being added. This means that, because the new Packaging Regulation will come into force in August 2026, I will have to register in all 27 EU member states and, where required, appoint an authorized representative in each. This is not only a considerable administrative burden, but also a significant financial one. If I base my estimate on what registration and appointing a representative cost in Austria, that comes to roughly 500 per countryabout 13,500 in total. Spread across 240 packages, that works out to 56.25 per package. That is more than my profit margin per package. As a result, there is simply no economic basis left for me to continue shipping within the EU. The introduction of the OSS system back in 2021 already added an extra VAT-related burden, but at least that was purely administrative in nature. Now, however, a financial burden is coming that will wipe out around 40% of my revenue. My only option will be to stop shipping within the EU altogether, just as I have already had to do for Austria. This is the very opposite of a functioning single market, and it weakens small retailers and manufacturers. I was a great supporter of the EU and the single market, which made it easier to ship goods within the EU. Now this is going away. It also turns people against the EU, which is sad, considering the potential benefits. I am all for protecting the environment; our products are sustainable and show great respect for nature. This situation is genuinely threatening and puts our existence at risk. We always try to do everything correctly and comply with the regulations, yet we repeatedly hear from customers that other suppliers do not follow these rules. This further distorts the market. Implementing the Packaging Regulation as currently planned would deliver the death blow to small businesses like ours. We are certainly not an isolated case. I think we need an exemption for small businesses, so that micro businesses are not forced to appoint a representative in each country and do not need to register. Thanks a lot! Dr. Rolf Wagels", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you because I fear that the new packaging legislation within the EU will be the end not only of the EU single market for small businesses like mine, but maybe even the end for my business. I ship approximately 600 packages worldwide each year. Of these, about 40% go to other EU countries, with the remainder split between third countries and Germany. That amounts to roughly 240 packages shipped within the EU, including to every single member state. I now face several problems. I cannot know in advance that I will only deliver to certain countries; new destination countries within the EU keep being added. This means that, because the new Packaging Regulation will come into force in August 2026, I will have to register in all 27 EU member states and, where required, appoint an authorized representative in each. This is not only a considerable administrative burden, but also a significant financial one. If I base my estimate on what registration and appointing a representative cost in Austria, that comes to roughly 500 per countryabout 13,500 in total. Spread across 240 packages, that works out to 56.25 per package. That is more than my profit margin per package. As a result, there is simply no economic basis left for me to continue shipping within the EU. The introduction of the OSS system back in 2021 already added an extra VAT-related burden, but at least that was purely administrative in nature. Now, however, a financial burden is coming that will wipe out around 40% of my revenue. My only option will be to stop shipping within the EU altogether, just as I have already had to do for Austria. This is the very opposite of a functioning single market, and it weakens small retailers and manufacturers. I was a great supporter of the EU and the single market, which made it easier to ship goods within the EU. Now this is going away. It also turns people against the EU, which is sad, considering the potential benefits. I am all for protecting the environment; our products are sustainable and show great respect for nature. This situation is genuinely threatening and puts our existence at risk. We always try to do everything correctly and comply with the regulations, yet we repeatedly hear from customers that other suppliers do not follow these rules. This further distorts the market. Implementing the Packaging Regulation as currently planned would deliver the death blow to small businesses like ours. We are certainly not an isolated case. I think we need an exemption for small businesses, so that micro businesses are not forced to appoint a representative in each country and do not need to register. Thanks a lot! Dr. Rolf Wagels", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547731_en"}, {"id": 33547730, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:43:20", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "L'absence de système unifié à l'échelle de l'UE pour les registres des producteurs et la responsabilité élargie du producteur (REP) dans le cadre de la réglementation sur les emballages (PPWR) crée une charge administrative et financière insurmontable pour les micro-entreprises, les artisans et les créateurs indépendants. Beaucoup de boutiques sont déjà en train de fermer complètement ou de réduire les destinations d'envoi, ce qui va créer des pénuries de matières premières pour d'autres créateurs (professionnels ou pas). Dans mon cas, depuis la Belgique, je n'ai déjà plus accès à certaines boutiques de laines teintes par des teinturières indépendantes, moins d'accès à la fibre teinte en général (qui sert à créer les cheveux de poupées d'art en fibres naturelles), ressources qui sont difficilement accessibles en Belgique en plus. Et ceci n'est qu'un petit exemple. Ca n'a aucun sens de vivre en Europe et de ne pas pouvoir échanger avec ses voisins !!! L'obligation de s'enregistrer séparément dans chaque État membre et d'avoir recours à un représentant autorisé (souvent obligatoire pour les vendeurs non résidents) engendre des coûts fixes démesurés qui menacent directement la viabilité des petites activités économiques transfrontalières. Multiplier 27 systèmes nationaux, 27 structures de frais et 27 obligations de reporting distinctes est inadapté à la réalité des micro-structures. Il est impératif d'introduire des mesures de proportionnalité pour protéger les micro-entreprises : Un seuil d'exemption ou de simplification harmonisé à l'échelle de l'UE pour les micro-entreprises dont les volumes d'emballage mis sur le marché sont minimes. Un guichet unique européen (One-Stop Shop) ou un standard d'interopérabilité pour centraliser l'enregistrement et les déclarations, évitant la fragmentation du marché unique. Un plafonnement ou une régulation stricte des tarifs des représentants autorisés pour les micro-entreprises, indexé sur le chiffre d'affaires ou le volume de déchets, afin d'éviter des barrières anticoncurrentielles de de facto. Pour beaucoup, avoir une petite activité complémentaire artisanale, à coté d'un travail à temps plein, est le seul moyen de pouvoir continuer son artisanat, le but n'est pas toujours d'en vivre ! Et quand on a qu'une centaine d'euros de revenus nets par mois, on ne peut pas payer des frais dans d'autres pays, donc on ne plus vendre, donc on arrête tout. C'est une vraie catastrophe pour l'art et l'artisanat européen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The lack of a unified EU-wide system for producer registers and extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the packaging regulation (PPWR) creates an insurmountable administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises, craftsmen and independent designers. Many shops are already closing down completely or reducing sending destinations, which will create raw material shortages for other creators (professional or not). In my case, from Belgium, I already do not have access to some shops of dyed wool by independent dyes, less access to the dyed fibre in general (which is used to create the hair of natural fibre art dolls), resources which are difficult to access in Belgium in addition. And this is just a small example. It makes no sense to live in Europe and not to be able to exchange with its neighbours! The obligation to register separately in each Member State and to use an authorised representative (often mandatory for non-resident sellers) creates disproportionate fixed costs that directly threaten the viability of small cross-border economic activities. Multiplying 27 national systems, 27 fee structures and 27 separate reporting obligations is unsuited to the reality of micro-structures. It is imperative to introduce proportionality measures to protect micro-enterprises: An EU-wide harmonised exemption or simplification threshold for micro-enterprises with minimal packaging volumes placed on the market. A European one-stop shop (One-Stop Shop) or interoperability standard to centralise registration and reporting, avoiding fragmentation of the single market. A cap or strict regulation of the tariffs of authorised representatives for micro-enterprises, indexed to turnover or volume of waste, in order to avoid de facto anti-competitive barriers. For many, having a small complementary craft activity, alongside full-time work, is the only way to be able to continue their craft, the aim is not always to live on it! And when you have only around a hundred euros of net income per month, you can’t pay fees in other countries, so you can’t sell anymore, so you stop everything. This is a real disaster for European art and crafts.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547730_en"}, {"id": 33547729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:42:27", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am strongly against this proposed version. The introduction of separate regulations in different EU countries goes against what EU stands for in uniting the economies of members. The rules also unjustly limit the microbusinesses to ship to different EU countries due to high fees while Temu will not care about them. In addition, I can see how smaller EU countries may suffer larger consequences with companies choosing to not register with them and not shipping there, limiting our local economies.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am strongly against this proposed version. The introduction of separate regulations in different EU countries goes against what EU stands for in uniting the economies of members. The rules also unjustly limit the microbusinesses to ship to different EU countries due to high fees while Temu will not care about them. In addition, I can see how smaller EU countries may suffer larger consequences with companies choosing to not register with them and not shipping there, limiting our local economies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547729_en"}, {"id": 33547728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:42:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent goldsmith and affected market participant, I would like to comment on the proposed regulations regarding national producer registers and reporting obligations.The obligation to register for EPR in every single EU country, combined with differing national systems, presents an insurmountable bureaucratic and financial hurdle for a small, traditional craft business like a goldsmith. This cross-border bureaucracy and the associated registration fees completely consume the small margins of micro-businesses. In practice, this forces us to entirely stop selling high-quality, handmade pieces across national borders within the EU, which directly contradicts the core principle of the European single market.It is obvious that this legislation was primarily written for large corporations. An owner-operated goldsmith shop generates only minimal, negligible amounts of packaging waste and bears absolutely no responsibility for global waste piles. Yet, due to the immense bureaucratic and financial burden, we are punished just as harshly as international corporations that have their own legal and compliance departments. This equal treatment of completely unequal market participants is unjust and threatens the very existence of European craftsmanship.To ensure the survival of micro-businesses, goldsmiths, and independent creators, I urgently demand:A uniform EU-wide de minimis exemption: Micro-businesses with low packaging volumes must be completely exempted from registration and reporting obligations.A simplified \"One-Stop-Shop\" system (OSS): Similar to the VAT One-Stop-Shop, micro-entrepreneurs should be enabled to manage and settle their packaging volumes and fees centrally through a single portal for the entire EU.Harmonization must not lead to an unbearable administrative burden for the most vulnerable actors in the market. We need exemptions based on actual business size and traditional craftsmanship.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent goldsmith and affected market participant, I would like to comment on the proposed regulations regarding national producer registers and reporting obligations.The obligation to register for EPR in every single EU country, combined with differing national systems, presents an insurmountable bureaucratic and financial hurdle for a small, traditional craft business like a goldsmith. This cross-border bureaucracy and the associated registration fees completely consume the small margins of micro-businesses. In practice, this forces us to entirely stop selling high-quality, handmade pieces across national borders within the EU, which directly contradicts the core principle of the European single market.It is obvious that this legislation was primarily written for large corporations. An owner-operated goldsmith shop generates only minimal, negligible amounts of packaging waste and bears absolutely no responsibility for global waste piles. Yet, due to the immense bureaucratic and financial burden, we are punished just as harshly as international corporations that have their own legal and compliance departments. This equal treatment of completely unequal market participants is unjust and threatens the very existence of European craftsmanship.To ensure the survival of micro-businesses, goldsmiths, and independent creators, I urgently demand:A uniform EU-wide de minimis exemption: Micro-businesses with low packaging volumes must be completely exempted from registration and reporting obligations.A simplified \"One-Stop-Shop\" system (OSS): Similar to the VAT One-Stop-Shop, micro-entrepreneurs should be enabled to manage and settle their packaging volumes and fees centrally through a single portal for the entire EU.Harmonization must not lead to an unbearable administrative burden for the most vulnerable actors in the market. We need exemptions based on actual business size and traditional craftsmanship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547728_en"}, {"id": 33547727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:42:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KREATIVSTUEBCHEN ", "feedback": "Für kleine Unternehmen und einzelunternehmen völlig unrealistisch und nicht wirtschaftlich. Wir haben den Versand in die EU eingestellt. es muss eine Möglichkeit gefunden werden an der ohne Rechtsberatung und zentral ein kleines Unternehmen mit 20 bis 30 Päckchen in die gesamte EU sich einfach und unkompliziert mit der bisherigen Verpackungsregistrierung sich anmelden kann.", "feedbackEnglish": "Totally unrealistic and non-economic for small and sole proprietorships. We have stopped shipping to the EU and we need to find a way to register easily and easily with the previous packaging registration without legal advice and centrally a small company with 20 to 30 parcels across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547727_en"}, {"id": 33547726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:41:57", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I strongly support the \"polluter pays\" principle and acknowledging that producers must bear responsibility for the waste stream, the total absence of a de minimis exception and centralized compliance mechanism threatens the backbone of our economy - Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Navigating 27 distinct national EPR schemes, hiring localized Authorized Representatives, and paying fixed per-country administrative fees represents an insurmountable burden for small businesses. This disproportionately harms smaller Member States such as Latvia. We are already observing a growing trend of cross-border SMEs withdrawing shipping options from smaller markets because the fixed administrative cost per country far outweighs the commercial viability. While large economies like France or Germany absorb these friction costs, smaller peripheral economies suffer reduced consumer choice and market isolation. I urge policymakers to adopt two key mechanisms to both safeguard our single market, and to achieve our environmental goals - firstly, An EU-Wide EPR One-Stop-Shop. Similar to the successful VAT OSS system, cross-border EPR compliance should be centralised through a single European portal. SMEs should be able to register, declare packaging volumes, and remit fees through one administrative window rather than managing 27 individual national filings. Secondly - Introduce a de minimis exemption or simplified flat-rate regime for microenterprises and low-volume cross-border shippers. Protecting small European businesses from disproportionate administrative deadweight is essential to maintaining competitive fairness against global industrial giants.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I strongly support the \"polluter pays\" principle and acknowledging that producers must bear responsibility for the waste stream, the total absence of a de minimis exception and centralized compliance mechanism threatens the backbone of our economy - Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Navigating 27 distinct national EPR schemes, hiring localized Authorized Representatives, and paying fixed per-country administrative fees represents an insurmountable burden for small businesses. This disproportionately harms smaller Member States such as Latvia. We are already observing a growing trend of cross-border SMEs withdrawing shipping options from smaller markets because the fixed administrative cost per country far outweighs the commercial viability. While large economies like France or Germany absorb these friction costs, smaller peripheral economies suffer reduced consumer choice and market isolation. I urge policymakers to adopt two key mechanisms to both safeguard our single market, and to achieve our environmental goals - firstly, An EU-Wide EPR One-Stop-Shop. Similar to the successful VAT OSS system, cross-border EPR compliance should be centralised through a single European portal. SMEs should be able to register, declare packaging volumes, and remit fees through one administrative window rather than managing 27 individual national filings. Secondly - Introduce a de minimis exemption or simplified flat-rate regime for microenterprises and low-volume cross-border shippers. Protecting small European businesses from disproportionate administrative deadweight is essential to maintaining competitive fairness against global industrial giants.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547726_en"}, {"id": 33547725, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:40:42", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alina Drozdova", "feedback": "I am a micro-business based in Latvia, selling handmade products directly to consumers through Etsy in multiple EU Member States. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am very concerned that the current implementation creates an administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses that is completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. My business places no more than approximately 15 kg of cardboard packaging on the market across all EU Member States combined in an entire year. Despite this extremely small volume, selling cross-border can require separate registrations, compliance arrangements and authorised representatives in multiple Member States. In Germany alone, I have been quoted 274 per year for an authorised representative. If similar representation is required across the EU countries in which I sell, the combined annual cost can reach approximately 10,000 solely for authorised representatives. This figure does not include the actual packaging recycling/EPR licence fees, which would be additional. The key issue is therefore not the cost of taking responsibility for 15 kg of cardboard. I am willing to pay a fair and proportionate contribution towards the collection and recycling of the packaging that my business actually generates. The problem is that fixed country-by-country administrative costs can be hundreds or thousands of times greater than the environmental impact they are supposed to address. For a micro-business selling online, this creates a strong incentive to stop selling to consumers in smaller EU markets altogether. A country in which a business receives only a few orders per year may require hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs before a single kilogram of packaging is even placed on that market. This disproportionately affects small businesses and undermines the practical benefits of the EU Single Market. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to ensure that the implementing rules provide a genuinely proportionate system for micro-enterprises and producers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. In particular, I would ask the Commission to consider: a meaningful de minimis threshold or simplified regime for very small packaging volumes; a single EU-level registration or reporting mechanism instead of separate administrative processes in every Member State; mutual recognition and reuse of producer information already submitted in another Member State; a simplified cross-border solution for authorised representation, rather than requiring a separate paid representative in every country; and safeguards ensuring that fixed administrative and registration costs remain proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. A system under which a micro-business may need to spend up to 10,000 per year on representatives in order to comply with obligations arising from approximately 15 kg of cardboard packaging cannot reasonably be considered proportionate. Environmental regulation should ensure that producers pay for the waste they create. It should not make participation in the EU Single Market economically impossible for micro-businesses whose environmental footprint is extremely small.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business based in Latvia, selling handmade products directly to consumers through Etsy in multiple EU Member States. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am very concerned that the current implementation creates an administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses that is completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. My business places no more than approximately 15 kg of cardboard packaging on the market across all EU Member States combined in an entire year. Despite this extremely small volume, selling cross-border can require separate registrations, compliance arrangements and authorised representatives in multiple Member States. In Germany alone, I have been quoted 274 per year for an authorised representative. If similar representation is required across the EU countries in which I sell, the combined annual cost can reach approximately 10,000 solely for authorised representatives. This figure does not include the actual packaging recycling/EPR licence fees, which would be additional. The key issue is therefore not the cost of taking responsibility for 15 kg of cardboard. I am willing to pay a fair and proportionate contribution towards the collection and recycling of the packaging that my business actually generates. The problem is that fixed country-by-country administrative costs can be hundreds or thousands of times greater than the environmental impact they are supposed to address. For a micro-business selling online, this creates a strong incentive to stop selling to consumers in smaller EU markets altogether. A country in which a business receives only a few orders per year may require hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs before a single kilogram of packaging is even placed on that market. This disproportionately affects small businesses and undermines the practical benefits of the EU Single Market. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to ensure that the implementing rules provide a genuinely proportionate system for micro-enterprises and producers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. In particular, I would ask the Commission to consider: a meaningful de minimis threshold or simplified regime for very small packaging volumes; a single EU-level registration or reporting mechanism instead of separate administrative processes in every Member State; mutual recognition and reuse of producer information already submitted in another Member State; a simplified cross-border solution for authorised representation, rather than requiring a separate paid representative in every country; and safeguards ensuring that fixed administrative and registration costs remain proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. A system under which a micro-business may need to spend up to 10,000 per year on representatives in order to comply with obligations arising from approximately 15 kg of cardboard packaging cannot reasonably be considered proportionate. Environmental regulation should ensure that producers pay for the waste they create. It should not make participation in the EU Single Market economically impossible for micro-businesses whose environmental footprint is extremely small.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547725_en"}, {"id": 33547724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:40:05", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Shy Pixel SRL", "feedback": "Independant artist and micro-entrepreneur from Romania, passionate about crafts. I started this campaign because I believe the EU Single Market should empower small creators, not crush them under bureaucratic burdens.", "feedbackEnglish": "Independant artist and micro-entrepreneur from Romania, passionate about crafts. I started this campaign because I believe the EU Single Market should empower small creators, not crush them under bureaucratic burdens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547724_en"}, {"id": 33547723, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:39:19", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please: - exclude some micro and small businesses from the A.R. rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or, please, provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "Please: - exclude some micro and small businesses from the A.R. rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or, please, provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547723_en"}, {"id": 33547722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:39:02", "country": "GEO", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ClayAndWhiskers", "feedback": "I am against packaging waste and therefore I am very mindful of everything I use for packaging my ceramic pieces (and I need a lot of packaging since the pieces are fragile). Everything I use is being reused. I collect boxes and bubble wrap that otherwise would be thrown out from local shops and use them for my packaging. If I need to buy something, I use only paper and cardboard. The rules are not fair to the small businesses, since I can not pay the fees per every country that may or may not order from me that year. You are forcing me to stop selling my pieces to EU countries, even though nothing I do as a business owner contradicts the goal of the new laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am against packaging waste and therefore I am very mindful of everything I use for packaging my ceramic pieces (and I need a lot of packaging since the pieces are fragile). Everything I use is being reused. I collect boxes and bubble wrap that otherwise would be thrown out from local shops and use them for my packaging. If I need to buy something, I use only paper and cardboard. The rules are not fair to the small businesses, since I can not pay the fees per every country that may or may not order from me that year. You are forcing me to stop selling my pieces to EU countries, even though nothing I do as a business owner contradicts the goal of the new laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547722_en"}, {"id": 33547721, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:38:42", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I get that this law is aimed at low cost businesses like Temu, but the way it is written now it also hurts artisans and small business that sell online since they can no longer sell in the EU without a huge bureaucracy burden and impossible costs to sustain. It should at least be valid only for businesses above a certain yearly income", "feedbackEnglish": "I get that this law is aimed at low cost businesses like Temu, but the way it is written now it also hurts artisans and small business that sell online since they can no longer sell in the EU without a huge bureaucracy burden and impossible costs to sustain. It should at least be valid only for businesses above a certain yearly income", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547721_en"}, {"id": 33547720, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:38:20", "country": "AUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU shipping requirements rises concerns for small business that are part of this, many would not be able to make profit nor keep their business alive. The new shipping requirements should be revised where it is still required however only for companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU shipping requirements rises concerns for small business that are part of this, many would not be able to make profit nor keep their business alive. The new shipping requirements should be revised where it is still required however only for companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547720_en"}, {"id": 33547718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:38:13", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "disabled self-employed", "feedback": "I am a mentally disabled person who is unable to work regularly, that's why I started to sell my art as a registered self-employed, so that I can make my own money without my family needing to support me. It had its ups and downs but overall it has been going well, I even paid for my own domain to host my sticker shop at. I put maximum of 300 GRAMS of paper and plastic packaging PER YEAR, into each country. I wanted to be compliant with the new PPWR / EPR rules, so I was determined to find out how to register in each of the countries I needed. I don't think I'm stupid, and I think my research abilities are pretty good. But this is impossible. Many countries don't even have their registration websites translated from their native languages, which just shows the unpreparedness for this law to take effect in just a few days. It is also all written in such jargon that it's impossible to understand for a regular person. Why does this nonsense even apply to me? Why do I have to do the same as a company who produces several tons of packaging??? Can you see how ridiculous this is? The fact that I would have to be paying around 100 to 500 euro PER COUNTRY just so I can continue shipping about 3 envelopes per month there, is absolutely ridiculous. Also, why do you call yourselves European \"union\", but separate each other this way? No unionized website for the registrations? Really?? Do you know how many disabled people you are burying with the AR fees? And next to other destruction, do you also know that if you kill EU based businesses, you will inspire people to shop at TEMU, the one thing that you hate? AND DO YOU KNOW, that you're taking creativity from humanity - one of the main things that makes us human? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THAT. HOW DARE YOU!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a mentally disabled person who is unable to work regularly, that's why I started to sell my art as a registered self-employed, so that I can make my own money without my family needing to support me. It had its ups and downs but overall it has been going well, I even paid for my own domain to host my sticker shop at. I put maximum of 300 GRAMS of paper and plastic packaging PER YEAR, into each country. I wanted to be compliant with the new PPWR / EPR rules, so I was determined to find out how to register in each of the countries I needed. I don't think I'm stupid, and I think my research abilities are pretty good. But this is impossible. Many countries don't even have their registration websites translated from their native languages, which just shows the unpreparedness for this law to take effect in just a few days. It is also all written in such jargon that it's impossible to understand for a regular person. Why does this nonsense even apply to me? Why do I have to do the same as a company who produces several tons of packaging??? Can you see how ridiculous this is? The fact that I would have to be paying around 100 to 500 euro PER COUNTRY just so I can continue shipping about 3 envelopes per month there, is absolutely ridiculous. Also, why do you call yourselves European \"union\", but separate each other this way? No unionized website for the registrations? Really?? Do you know how many disabled people you are burying with the AR fees? And next to other destruction, do you also know that if you kill EU based businesses, you will inspire people to shop at TEMU, the one thing that you hate? AND DO YOU KNOW, that you're taking creativity from humanity - one of the main things that makes us human? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THAT. HOW DARE YOU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547718_en"}, {"id": 33547717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:37:43", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como microempresa afectada por la nueva ley, ruego se revisen las condiciones para pequeñas empresas que operan en la UE con un volumen de un par de decenas de envios al año a otros paises miembros, siendo las mismas que para empresas que realizan miles de envios al día. Esta sobrecarga de costes y burocracia para los pequeños negocios son inasumibles ya que básicamente son proyectos en los que todo el proceso lo realiza una sola persona. Un trámite por cada país no tiene sentido en la Unión Europea ya que que una de sus misiones es la eliminación de fronteras de sus paises miembros y la libre circulación de personas y mercancías. Por tanto, se solicita una revisión de las condiciones para microempresas o pequeñas empresas con poco volumen de negocio, en caso de ser necesario un trámite para vender en otros paises miembros, este esté unificado para facilitar y simplificar el trámite a pequeños negocios y que se facilite el acceso a embalajes reutilizables para que puedan circular libremente mercancías sin que eso suponga una carga al medio ambiente.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-enterprise affected by the new law, I call for a review of the conditions for small enterprises operating in the EU with a volume of a couple of dozens of shipments per year to other member countries, being the same as for companies that make thousands of shipments per day. This cost overload and bureaucracy for small businesses is unbearable as they are basically projects where the whole process is carried out by one person only. A procedure for each country makes no sense in the European Union, since one of its tasks is the elimination of the borders of its member countries and the free movement of people and goods. We therefore call for a review of the conditions for micro or small enterprises with low turnover, if a procedure for selling in other Member States is necessary, it must be unified in order to facilitate and simplify the procedure for small businesses and access to reusable packaging must be facilitated so that goods can move freely without this placing a burden on the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547717_en"}, {"id": 33547716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:37:38", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Está normativa afectaría enormemente a negocios micro, pequeños y medianos, mientras que las grandes empresas de distribución no tendrían problema con ella. El impacto en el tejido empresarial europeo podría ser enorme, entregando la posibilidad de envíos transnacionales dentro de la UE en manos de grandes empresas, muchas de ellas extranjeras, lo que debilitaría muchos aspectos de la UE.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation would have a huge impact on micro, small and medium-sized businesses, while large distribution companies would have no problems with it. The impact on the European business fabric could be huge, handing over the possibility of transnational shipments within the EU in the hands of large companies, many of them foreign, which would weaken many aspects of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547716_en"}, {"id": 33547715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:37:21", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "​Exempt small and micro businesses: Exclude small and micro enterprises from the A. Rule, as the current requirements are disproportionate to their capacity, or provide affordable compliance measures they can actually afford. ​Harmonize EU registration: Streamline and harmonize PPWR/EPR registration procedures across all EU member states for small and micro businesses to eliminate fragmented administrative burdens. ​Protect the free movement of goods: The new regulations conflict with the principle of the free movement of goods within the European Union and will cause severe negative consequences for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "​Exempt small and micro businesses: Exclude small and micro enterprises from the A. Rule, as the current requirements are disproportionate to their capacity, or provide affordable compliance measures they can actually afford. ​Harmonize EU registration: Streamline and harmonize PPWR/EPR registration procedures across all EU member states for small and micro businesses to eliminate fragmented administrative burdens. ​Protect the free movement of goods: The new regulations conflict with the principle of the free movement of goods within the European Union and will cause severe negative consequences for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547715_en"}, {"id": 33547714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:36:34", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small and micro businesses are going to get hit extremely hard with this bill. The people who only send a very small amount of packages to each country wont be able to do this at all anymore. Instead of promoting buying from small producers/artists within the EU this pushes people to buy from only larger producers. Some smaller artists selling on sites lite Etsy or their own websites might not be able to continue existing at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro businesses are going to get hit extremely hard with this bill. The people who only send a very small amount of packages to each country wont be able to do this at all anymore. Instead of promoting buying from small producers/artists within the EU this pushes people to buy from only larger producers. Some smaller artists selling on sites lite Etsy or their own websites might not be able to continue existing at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547714_en"}, {"id": 33547713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:35:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support reducing packaging waste and holding producers accountable but the current PPWR/EPR implementation is placing the burden on the wrong link in the chain. Small businesses simply use packaging they didn't design and can't control; the responsibility for sustainability should sit with the manufacturers who actually design and produce it. More fundamentally: why charge a fee at all on packaging that already meets EU standards? Compliant, recyclable packaging shouldn't incur extra costs, fees should apply where packaging fails to meet standards, creating a real incentive to improve. A simple QR code or digital identifier could easily trace packaging back to its manufacturer, putting accountability where it belongs. I'm also deeply concerned about having to navigate separate EPR registrations, fees, and systems in every EU country. This undermines the entire point of the Single Market and adds costs and bureaucracy that many small businesses simply cannot absorb and forcing them to stop selling cross-border, or close altogether. I urge the EU to introduce one simplified, EU-wide EPR system based on producer responsibility, traceability, and penalties for non-compliant packaging and not additional costs for small businesses using compliant materials.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support reducing packaging waste and holding producers accountable but the current PPWR/EPR implementation is placing the burden on the wrong link in the chain. Small businesses simply use packaging they didn't design and can't control; the responsibility for sustainability should sit with the manufacturers who actually design and produce it. More fundamentally: why charge a fee at all on packaging that already meets EU standards? Compliant, recyclable packaging shouldn't incur extra costs, fees should apply where packaging fails to meet standards, creating a real incentive to improve. A simple QR code or digital identifier could easily trace packaging back to its manufacturer, putting accountability where it belongs. I'm also deeply concerned about having to navigate separate EPR registrations, fees, and systems in every EU country. This undermines the entire point of the Single Market and adds costs and bureaucracy that many small businesses simply cannot absorb and forcing them to stop selling cross-border, or close altogether. I urge the EU to introduce one simplified, EU-wide EPR system based on producer responsibility, traceability, and penalties for non-compliant packaging and not additional costs for small businesses using compliant materials.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547713_en"}, {"id": 33547706, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:35:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is a deep cut into the free movement of goods within the EU, hurting small business while big players like Amazon stay unaffected. Pls do not go through with this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is a deep cut into the free movement of goods within the EU, hurting small business while big players like Amazon stay unaffected. Pls do not go through with this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547706_en"}, {"id": 33547703, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:34:36", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fablecore ", "feedback": "This new legislation has a negative and destructive impact on small artisanal producers who very often ship only a few packages to certain European countries throughout the year. It is unsustainable for us to pay 200 or 300 euros or more, as is the case in France, where it is required to appoint a local legal representative. As a European citizen and a small artisan, I kindly request a review of the terms of this legislation in order to facilitate small producers. The European Union has rightfully already implemented laws to safeguard against the mass influx of goods from foreign countries such as China, but in this manner, European producers and artisans are ultimately being cut out of the market regardless.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new legislation has a negative and destructive impact on small artisanal producers who very often ship only a few packages to certain European countries throughout the year. It is unsustainable for us to pay 200 or 300 euros or more, as is the case in France, where it is required to appoint a local legal representative. As a European citizen and a small artisan, I kindly request a review of the terms of this legislation in order to facilitate small producers. The European Union has rightfully already implemented laws to safeguard against the mass influx of goods from foreign countries such as China, but in this manner, European producers and artisans are ultimately being cut out of the market regardless.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547703_en"}, {"id": 33547702, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:34:16", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenos días, La normativa presentada no tiene en cuenta a pequeños productores del espacio europeo, y les afecta de forma desproporcionada. Como compradora habitual de productos artesanos de pequeños productores europeos me preocupa que muchos pequeños negocios tengan que cerrar sus envíos internacionales dentro de la Unión al no poder asumir las tarifas de cada país, perjudicando mucho el crecimiento de pequeñas empresas locales. Por este motivo pido que: - Haya tarífas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos (en cuanto a volumen de residuos generados) a tener en cuenta. - Haya procesos simplificados para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos. - Que unifiquen el registro y no que haya 27 distintos, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios (sumando hablamos de miles de euros). - Se dé un periodo de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas o excepciones a micronegocios con poco volumen de ventas. Gracias por su consideración. Un saludo, Laura Roigé", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, the rules put forward do not take account of small producers in the European area and affect them disproportionately. As a regular buyer of artisanal products from small European producers, I am concerned that many small businesses will have to close their international shipments within the EU as they are unable to take on the tariffs of each country, seriously harming the growth of small local businesses. For this reason, I call on you to: — Realistic minimum delays for very few shipments by micro-enterprises and minimum (in terms of volume of waste generated) to be taken into account. — There are simplified processes for micro-nutrients and minimum volumes. — To unify the register and not to have 27 different registers, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses (we talk about thousands of euros). — There is a longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or exceptions for micro-businesses with low sales volumes. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards, Laura Roigé", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547702_en"}, {"id": 33547701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:33:17", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a frequent small business customer, the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I would like to see a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. Many of the small businesses I follow have already stated they will have to stop shipping within the EU - even if they are based here!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a frequent small business customer, the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I would like to see a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. Many of the small businesses I follow have already stated they will have to stop shipping within the EU - even if they are based here!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547701_en"}, {"id": 33547699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:32:49", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "To You From Steph", "feedback": "I fully support the European Union's objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. As the owner of a small independent business based in the Netherlands, I believe we all have a responsibility to reduce our environmental impact. My concern is not with the goals of the PPWR, but with how it is being implemented for micro and small businesses. I run a small creative business that designs and ships lightweight paper products directly to customers across Europe. I already use minimal packaging consisting mainly of recyclable paper envelopes, tissue paper and cardboard. My business is exactly the type of business that has been encouraged to grow through cross-border trade within the EU's Single Market. Under the current system, however, selling to customers in multiple Member States may require small businesses to understand, register with and comply with numerous different national packaging schemes. While each individual fee may appear small, the combined administrative burden, reporting requirements and legal uncertainty are significant. For a large company with a legal or compliance department this may be manageable. For a business with one or two employees, it is not. The burden is particularly disproportionate because the environmental impact of many micro-businesses is extremely small. A business shipping lightweight paper products in recyclable packaging does not create the same level of packaging waste as a multinational retailer shipping thousands of large parcels every day. Yet the complexity of compliance can be remarkably similar. Many small businesses are now considering whether it is financially or administratively viable to continue selling to customers in certain EU countries. This undermines one of the fundamental principles of the Single Market by making cross-border trade more difficult for the smallest businesses, while larger companies are far better equipped to absorb the additional costs and administrative work. I respectfully ask the European Commission to consider: * A single EU-wide packaging registration and reporting system rather than separate national systems. * Simplified obligations for micro and small enterprises. * De minimis thresholds below which businesses with very low packaging volumes have significantly reduced reporting obligations. * Clear, practical guidance written specifically for small businesses. * Greater harmonisation of compliance requirements across Member States to reduce unnecessary duplication. Small businesses are not opposed to environmental responsibility. Many of us have already invested considerable time and money in reducing packaging, using recyclable materials and minimising waste. What we need is legislation that is proportionate, practical and achievable. Without further simplification, the PPWR risks discouraging entrepreneurship, reducing cross-border trade within the EU and placing an unnecessary administrative burden on the very businesses that often have the smallest environmental footprint. I urge the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR reflects the realities faced by Europe's millions of micro and small businesses, so that environmental progress can be achieved without unintentionally harming innovation, creativity and independent entrepreneurship.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the European Union's objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. As the owner of a small independent business based in the Netherlands, I believe we all have a responsibility to reduce our environmental impact. My concern is not with the goals of the PPWR, but with how it is being implemented for micro and small businesses. I run a small creative business that designs and ships lightweight paper products directly to customers across Europe. I already use minimal packaging consisting mainly of recyclable paper envelopes, tissue paper and cardboard. My business is exactly the type of business that has been encouraged to grow through cross-border trade within the EU's Single Market. Under the current system, however, selling to customers in multiple Member States may require small businesses to understand, register with and comply with numerous different national packaging schemes. While each individual fee may appear small, the combined administrative burden, reporting requirements and legal uncertainty are significant. For a large company with a legal or compliance department this may be manageable. For a business with one or two employees, it is not. The burden is particularly disproportionate because the environmental impact of many micro-businesses is extremely small. A business shipping lightweight paper products in recyclable packaging does not create the same level of packaging waste as a multinational retailer shipping thousands of large parcels every day. Yet the complexity of compliance can be remarkably similar. Many small businesses are now considering whether it is financially or administratively viable to continue selling to customers in certain EU countries. This undermines one of the fundamental principles of the Single Market by making cross-border trade more difficult for the smallest businesses, while larger companies are far better equipped to absorb the additional costs and administrative work. I respectfully ask the European Commission to consider: * A single EU-wide packaging registration and reporting system rather than separate national systems. * Simplified obligations for micro and small enterprises. * De minimis thresholds below which businesses with very low packaging volumes have significantly reduced reporting obligations. * Clear, practical guidance written specifically for small businesses. * Greater harmonisation of compliance requirements across Member States to reduce unnecessary duplication. Small businesses are not opposed to environmental responsibility. Many of us have already invested considerable time and money in reducing packaging, using recyclable materials and minimising waste. What we need is legislation that is proportionate, practical and achievable. Without further simplification, the PPWR risks discouraging entrepreneurship, reducing cross-border trade within the EU and placing an unnecessary administrative burden on the very businesses that often have the smallest environmental footprint. I urge the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR reflects the realities faced by Europe's millions of micro and small businesses, so that environmental progress can be achieved without unintentionally harming innovation, creativity and independent entrepreneurship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547699_en"}, {"id": 33547698, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:32:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU citizen with lots of hobbies/interests related to crafts and niche fashion, I have seen seven small and micro (run by a single person with few sales) businesses I personally buy from stop shipping to the EU altogether. There are many specific handcrafted products for which I cannot find another retailer, which have become rapidly unavailable to me. More small businesses are announcing on their socials that they too will stop shipping to the EU. Even many EU based businesses. I completely support the regulations in terms of harm reduction. Less wasted space, more environmentally friendly materials. Absolutely necessary and amazing. But these small businesses often send me parcels with minimal and very thoughtful recyclable packaging. It is large international retailers who ship me a box in a box in a box filled with packing peanuts. As much as environmental reform is necessary, the registration fees (especially as there is no single purchase registration to cover the full EU) are driving more conscious, smaller retailers out of business. All in favour of more overnight shipping from Amazon. It is painful to be cut off from so many of the craft supplies and slow fashion handmade clothing I love.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen with lots of hobbies/interests related to crafts and niche fashion, I have seen seven small and micro (run by a single person with few sales) businesses I personally buy from stop shipping to the EU altogether. There are many specific handcrafted products for which I cannot find another retailer, which have become rapidly unavailable to me. More small businesses are announcing on their socials that they too will stop shipping to the EU. Even many EU based businesses. I completely support the regulations in terms of harm reduction. Less wasted space, more environmentally friendly materials. Absolutely necessary and amazing. But these small businesses often send me parcels with minimal and very thoughtful recyclable packaging. It is large international retailers who ship me a box in a box in a box filled with packing peanuts. As much as environmental reform is necessary, the registration fees (especially as there is no single purchase registration to cover the full EU) are driving more conscious, smaller retailers out of business. All in favour of more overnight shipping from Amazon. It is painful to be cut off from so many of the craft supplies and slow fashion handmade clothing I love.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547698_en"}, {"id": 33547697, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:31:00", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Solicito que se creen tarifas simbólicas para microempresas y autónomos, así como una simplificación del procedimiento para envíos puntuales y volúmenes mínimos junto con un registro único para los 27 países miembros. También solicito un mayor periodo de adaptación así como tarifas adaptadas o exenciones a micronegocios con poco volumen de ventas", "feedbackEnglish": "I call for the creation of symbolic tariffs for micro-enterprises and the self-employed, as well as a simplification of the procedure for punctual shipments and minimum volumes together with a single register for the 27 member countries. I also request a longer adaptation period as well as adapted tariffs or exemptions for micro-businesses with low sales volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547697_en"}, {"id": 33547696, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:29:58", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This measure disproportionally targets small, independant artists, makers and businesses. While the idea of this law isnt bad, the way its proposed right now means so many artists I personally know will have to close their businesses. Im talking about illustrators, sticker sellers, keychain makers, jewellers, people whose main income comes from small comic cons. Also this proposal means I personally wont be setting up my own art business. No way can we afford this cost, never mind once but for every seperate country we wish to sell in. Please target the big market players like AlieExpress, Amazon and the like and leave us small artists and businesses alone.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure disproportionally targets small, independant artists, makers and businesses. While the idea of this law isnt bad, the way its proposed right now means so many artists I personally know will have to close their businesses. Im talking about illustrators, sticker sellers, keychain makers, jewellers, people whose main income comes from small comic cons. Also this proposal means I personally wont be setting up my own art business. No way can we afford this cost, never mind once but for every seperate country we wish to sell in. Please target the big market players like AlieExpress, Amazon and the like and leave us small artists and businesses alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547696_en"}, {"id": 33547695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:29:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Piccolo Veronica", "feedback": "For micro business like mine this law is incredibly unfair. The regular taxation take away more than half of the income already. Small artisans and artists cannot choose which countries to ship to, it is not right because every european citizen should have access to the same market, why open the borders and then give the obligation to the small sellers to close some. In my business I already try to reuse both boxes and packaging from shipping I receive. Please rethink the law with this in mind: big corporations have the funds and the platforms to fulfill these duties (and they have to), build a unified system, proportioned, to let us work in EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "For micro business like mine this law is incredibly unfair. The regular taxation take away more than half of the income already. Small artisans and artists cannot choose which countries to ship to, it is not right because every european citizen should have access to the same market, why open the borders and then give the obligation to the small sellers to close some. In my business I already try to reuse both boxes and packaging from shipping I receive. Please rethink the law with this in mind: big corporations have the funds and the platforms to fulfill these duties (and they have to), build a unified system, proportioned, to let us work in EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547695_en"}, {"id": 33547694, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:29:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Scherbentanz GbR", "feedback": "I am an independent musician managing the merchandise store for the band Scherbentanz. While I fully support the EU's environmental goals, the current Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates impossible financial hurdles for micro-enterprises and independent artists. Because there is no de minimis threshold, we are now required to appoint and pay an Authorized Representative in every single EU member state from the very first package shipped. For a small band occasionally shipping a CD or T-shirt to fans in other EU countries, these fixed annual costs far exceed the actual revenue. Consequently, we have been forced to completely stop all cross-border shipping within the EU. This directly contradicts the spirit of the European Single Market. I strongly urge the Commission to: * Introduce a de minimis exemption threshold for micro-enterprises. * Implement a centralized EU registration system (similar to the VAT OSS) to replace the need for 27 separate national representatives. Please do not let legislation aimed at large-scale polluters inadvertently destroy the international reach of independent artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent musician managing the merchandise store for the band Scherbentanz. While I fully support the EU's environmental goals, the current Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates impossible financial hurdles for micro-enterprises and independent artists. Because there is no de minimis threshold, we are now required to appoint and pay an Authorized Representative in every single EU member state from the very first package shipped. For a small band occasionally shipping a CD or T-shirt to fans in other EU countries, these fixed annual costs far exceed the actual revenue. Consequently, we have been forced to completely stop all cross-border shipping within the EU. This directly contradicts the spirit of the European Single Market. I strongly urge the Commission to: * Introduce a de minimis exemption threshold for micro-enterprises. * Implement a centralized EU registration system (similar to the VAT OSS) to replace the need for 27 separate national representatives. Please do not let legislation aimed at large-scale polluters inadvertently destroy the international reach of independent artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547694_en"}, {"id": 33547693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:28:53", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta nueva normativa va a destruir el comercio de incontables personas. Todos los que somos pequeños artistas o tenemos un negocio modesto no nos podemos permitir pagar las tasas de 27 países diferentes o profesionales que nos asesoren sobre cómo navegar esta normativa a nada que queramos hacer cualquier envío. Además, los pequeños negocios solemos ser quienes tenemos un packaging más sostenible y cuidadoso porque nos preocupamos por el medioambiente y porque los envíos compactos en los que no se desperdicia espacio nos salen más baratos a nosotros y nuestros clientes. Son las grandes empresas las que tienen empaquetados y productos más contaminantes y sin embargo también las que menos afectadas se van a ver por esta normativa porque tienen recursos de sobra para pagar estas tasas o a los profesionales que requieran navegarlas. Si no excluís de esta nueva ley a los negocios y artesanos pequeños vais a acabar destruyendo la economía de miles de personas y ni siquiera eso hará que el mundo sea más sostenible porque la gente en lugar de comprar al pequeño artista que tiene un packaging ecológico ya solo podrá comprar a la gran empresa contaminante. Esta ley es terrible para la economía, para el medioambiente, para la libertad de relaciones dentro de la Unión Europea y solo beneficia a quienes ya lo tienen todo.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new legislation will destroy the trade in countless people. Everyone who is a small artist or has a modest business cannot afford to pay fees from 27 different countries or professionals who advise us on how to navigate these rules to anything we want to send. Moreover, small businesses are usually those with more sustainable and careful packaging because we care about the environment and because compact shipments where space is not wasted make us and our customers cheaper. It is large companies that have the most polluting packaging and products and yet also those that are least affected by this legislation because they have ample resources to pay these fees or to professionals who need to navigate them. If you do not exclude small businesses and craftsmen from this new law, you will end up destroying the economy of thousands of people, and even that will not make the world more sustainable because people, instead of buying from the small artist who has green packaging, will only be able to buy from the big polluting company. This law is terrible for the economy, for the environment, for the freedom of relations within the European Union and only benefits those who already have everything.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547693_en"}, {"id": 33547692, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:27:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "A lot of people in my community own a small business and have already restricted their shipping to their respective country of origin. The fees and paperwork involved are simply to much for a one or two person online shop. The notion to ensure proper recycling is a good one but, as so often is the case, the dire consequences are faced by those who produce the least of it in the first place. There will be many who won't be able to ruin their business any longer when they can't ship to other EU countries and the Union is thus robbing them of earning enough to house and feed themselves. We already live in tense times, told we are lazy and don't work enough while earning laughable wages compared to inflation. This regulation will make the situation so much worse for small business owners and feels like a slap in the face by our governments. I would recommend only instituting this policy for large companies or draft an exception for small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "A lot of people in my community own a small business and have already restricted their shipping to their respective country of origin. The fees and paperwork involved are simply to much for a one or two person online shop. The notion to ensure proper recycling is a good one but, as so often is the case, the dire consequences are faced by those who produce the least of it in the first place. There will be many who won't be able to ruin their business any longer when they can't ship to other EU countries and the Union is thus robbing them of earning enough to house and feed themselves. We already live in tense times, told we are lazy and don't work enough while earning laughable wages compared to inflation. This regulation will make the situation so much worse for small business owners and feels like a slap in the face by our governments. I would recommend only instituting this policy for large companies or draft an exception for small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547692_en"}, {"id": 33547691, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:27:22", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As it stands, this feels completely unreasonable for small businesses. If someone ships a handful of packages a year to another EU country, they shouldn't have to deal with expensive registrations, representatives, or confusing rules just to stay compliant. All this is doing is pushing small and medium businesses to stop selling across the EU entirely, while larger companies can easily absorb the extra costs. It goes against the whole idea of a single market and hurts the people least able to afford it. Please simplify the rules or create exemptions for micro and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As it stands, this feels completely unreasonable for small businesses. If someone ships a handful of packages a year to another EU country, they shouldn't have to deal with expensive registrations, representatives, or confusing rules just to stay compliant. All this is doing is pushing small and medium businesses to stop selling across the EU entirely, while larger companies can easily absorb the extra costs. It goes against the whole idea of a single market and hurts the people least able to afford it. Please simplify the rules or create exemptions for micro and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547691_en"}, {"id": 33547689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:27:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "I-A", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines kleinen, familiengeführten Weinguts möchte ich meine Bedenken hinsichtlich der Umsetzung und der praktischen Auswirkungen der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) zum Ausdruck bringen. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungen umweltfreundlicher zu gestalten, Ressourcen zu schonen und Abfälle zu reduzieren. Die praktische Umsetzung der neuen Vorgaben stellt kleine Unternehmen jedoch vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Für einen Betrieb unserer Größe bedeutet die PPWR einen enormen zusätzlichen bürokratischen und organisatorischen Aufwand. Neben den eigentlichen Anforderungen an die Verpackungen entstehen zusätzliche Dokumentations-, Nachweis- und Informationspflichten. Diese Aufgaben müssen von uns selbst erledigt werden, da wir keine eigene Verwaltung, Rechtsabteilung oder Mitarbeiter für Compliance und Dokumentation haben. Gerade für kleine Familienbetriebe stehen Aufwand und Nutzen aus meiner Sicht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis. Die Zeit, die für die Recherche der Vorschriften, die Prüfung von Verpackungsmaterialien, die Beschaffung von Nachweisen und die laufende Dokumentation aufgewendet werden muss, fehlt an anderer Stelle insbesondere im eigentlichen Betrieb, bei der Produktion, im Vertrieb und bei der Kundenbetreuung. Hinzu kommt, dass die Anforderungen teilweise sehr komplex und für kleine Unternehmen nur schwer überschaubar sind. Selbst wenn man bereit ist, die Vorgaben einzuhalten, ist es nicht immer einfach zu erkennen, welche konkreten Nachweise erforderlich sind und welche Regelungen in der jeweiligen betrieblichen Situation tatsächlich Anwendung finden. Ich wünsche mir deshalb bei der Umsetzung der PPWR deutlich stärkere Berücksichtigung kleiner und kleinster Unternehmen. Es kann aus meiner Sicht nicht das Ziel einer europäischen Umweltpolitik sein, dass ein kleiner Familienbetrieb nahezu denselben administrativen Anforderungen unterliegt wie ein international tätiger Konzern. **Ich halte insbesondere folgende Punkte für wichtig:** * deutliche Vereinfachungen bei Dokumentations- und Nachweispflichten für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, * verhältnismäßige Anforderungen, die sich an der tatsächlichen Unternehmensgröße und den produzierten bzw. in Verkehr gebrachten Mengen orientieren, * einfache und verständliche Vorgaben ohne umfangreiche rechtliche oder fachliche Zusatzkenntnisse, * möglichst zentrale und unkomplizierte Nachweismöglichkeiten, * ausreichende Übergangsfristen und eine praxisgerechte Umsetzung, * sowie eine konsequente Vermeidung von Doppelmeldungen und mehrfachen Dokumentationspflichten. Gerade kleine Familienunternehmen leisten einen wichtigen Beitrag zur regionalen Wirtschaft und zur Erhaltung traditioneller Strukturen. Diese Betriebe verfügen jedoch nicht über die personellen und finanziellen Ressourcen, um immer neue administrative Anforderungen in dem Umfang zu bewältigen, wie dies von großen Unternehmen möglich ist. Ich bitte daher darum, bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR die tatsächliche Situation kleiner Unternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen und sicherzustellen, dass die neuen Regelungen nicht zu einer unverhältnismäßigen zusätzlichen Belastung führen. **Umweltschutz und nachhaltige Verpackungen sind wichtige Ziele. Sie sollten jedoch so umgesetzt werden, dass kleine und mittlere Unternehmen diese Anforderungen auch tatsächlich leisten können, ohne durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie wirtschaftlich belastet zu werden.** Mit freundlichen Grüßen Daniel I.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a small family-run vineyard, I would like to express my concerns about the implementation and practical implications of the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR). In principle, I support the objective of making packaging greener, conserving resources and reducing waste. However, the practical implementation of the new requirements poses significant challenges for small businesses. In order to operate on our scale, the PPWR represents an enormous additional bureaucratic and organisational burden. In addition to the actual requirements for packaging, there are additional documentation, evidence and information requirements. We must carry out these tasks ourselves, as we do not have our own administration, legal department or compliance and documentation staff. In my view, the costs and benefits for small family businesses in particular are disproportionate. The time needed to research the rules, check packaging materials, obtain evidence and keep up-to-date documentation is lacking elsewhere, particularly in the actual establishment, production, distribution and customer support. In addition, the requirements are sometimes very complex and difficult for small businesses to manage. Even if one is prepared to comply with the requirements, it is not always easy to see what specific evidence is required and which rules actually apply in the particular operational situation. I would therefore like to see a much greater focus on small and micro-enterprises in the implementation of the PPWR. In my view, it cannot be the aim of a European environmental policy for a small family business to be subject to almost the same administrative requirements as an internationally active group. **I consider the following points in particular to be important:** * clear simplifications of documentation and evidence requirements for micro and small enterprises, * proportionate requirements based on the actual size of the enterprise and the quantities produced or placed on the market, * simple and comprehensible requirements without extensive additional legal or technical knowledge, * means of evidence as centralised and simple as possible, * sufficient transitional periods and practical implementation, * and consistent avoidance of double reporting and multiple documentation requirements. Small family businesses in particular make an important contribution to the regional economy and the preservation of traditional structures. However, these establishments do not have the human and financial resources to cope with ever new administrative requirements to the extent possible for large enterprises. I would therefore ask you to take greater account of the actual situation of small businesses when further implementing the PPWR and to ensure that the new rules do not lead to a disproportionate additional burden. **Environmental protection and sustainable packaging are important objectives. However, they should be implemented in such a way that small and medium-sized enterprises can actually meet these requirements without being burdened economically by disproportionate bureaucracy.** Yours sincerely, Daniel I.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547689_en"}, {"id": 33547690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:27:06", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "CONSUMER_ORGANISATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "colossus", "feedback": "This is so bad for my businness, i ship manòy to Eu country and my yearly revenew is just 25k having a representative for each EU country paying maybe 7/8k a yar will kill not only mine but also 100s of businnesses, EU is not EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is so bad for my businness, i ship manòy to Eu country and my yearly revenew is just 25k having a representative for each EU country paying maybe 7/8k a yar will kill not only mine but also 100s of businnesses, EU is not EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547690_en"}, {"id": 33547685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:24:47", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the principle of reducing packaging waste and making producers accountable, but I do not support the way PPWR/EPR is being implemented, particularly the financial and administrative burden placed on small businesses. The fees are being applied at the wrong point in the supply chain. Small businesses often simply use packaging they have purchased and have no control over its design, materials or recyclability. Responsibility should therefore sit primarily with the manufacturers and designers of the packaging, who are in a position to make it more sustainable. More importantly, why should there be a fee at all if the packaging already meets the required EU standards? If packaging is compliant, recyclable and meets the criteria, there should be no additional charge simply for using it. Fees should instead apply where packaging fails to meet those standards, creating a genuine incentive to improve. Packaging could also be easily traced back to its manufacturer through a simple QR code or digital identifier, ensuring responsibility sits with the correct party. I am also concerned about the requirement to deal with different EPR fees, registrations and systems in individual EU countries. The EU Single Market was created to make cross-border trade easier, yet this approach risks creating additional costs and bureaucracy for businesses trading across Europe. Why is there not a single EU-wide EPR system and fee structure? SMEs should not have to navigate multiple national systems simply because their products cross borders. Put the responsibility where the power to make change exists with packaging manufacturers, not the small businesses using compliant packaging. I urge the EU to reconsider the current approach and introduce a simpler, EU-wide system based on producer responsibility, traceability and penalties for non-compliant packaging, rather than additional costs and bureaucracy for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the principle of reducing packaging waste and making producers accountable, but I do not support the way PPWR/EPR is being implemented, particularly the financial and administrative burden placed on small businesses. The fees are being applied at the wrong point in the supply chain. Small businesses often simply use packaging they have purchased and have no control over its design, materials or recyclability. Responsibility should therefore sit primarily with the manufacturers and designers of the packaging, who are in a position to make it more sustainable. More importantly, why should there be a fee at all if the packaging already meets the required EU standards? If packaging is compliant, recyclable and meets the criteria, there should be no additional charge simply for using it. Fees should instead apply where packaging fails to meet those standards, creating a genuine incentive to improve. Packaging could also be easily traced back to its manufacturer through a simple QR code or digital identifier, ensuring responsibility sits with the correct party. I am also concerned about the requirement to deal with different EPR fees, registrations and systems in individual EU countries. The EU Single Market was created to make cross-border trade easier, yet this approach risks creating additional costs and bureaucracy for businesses trading across Europe. Why is there not a single EU-wide EPR system and fee structure? SMEs should not have to navigate multiple national systems simply because their products cross borders. Put the responsibility where the power to make change exists with packaging manufacturers, not the small businesses using compliant packaging. I urge the EU to reconsider the current approach and introduce a simpler, EU-wide system based on producer responsibility, traceability and penalties for non-compliant packaging, rather than additional costs and bureaucracy for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547685_en"}, {"id": 33547684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:24:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artigiana italiana - ditta individuale", "feedback": "Ho dovuto disabilitare le spedizioni in tutta Europa, concentrandomi esclusivamente sulle vendite extra-UE. L'Unione Europea è nata per unire i paesi e facilitare la circolazione e il commercio; tuttavia, se la burocrazia ci impone di adempiere a registrazioni, obblighi e costi frammentati per ogni singolo Stato membro, il principio stesso dell'Unione viene meno. Ho sempre avuto cittadinanza europea e ne sono stata fiera, ma le normative attuali come quelle legate al PPWR e alla gestione dei registri nazionali dei produttori rischiano di distruggere i piccoli imprenditori e gli artigiani, che rappresentano una grande fetta dell'economia e che fanno già enormi sacrifici per mantenere e far crescere le proprie attività. Imporre adempimenti sproporzionati significa affossare l'artigianato e costringere una vasta fetta di micro e piccole imprese a smettere di spedire all'interno dell'UE. Se i piccoli venditori europei ed extra-europei saranno costretti a rinunciare al mercato europeo a causa di costi e burocrazia insostenibili, l'economia dell'Unione ne risentirà gravemente nel lungo periodo, portando al fallimento l'Europa stessa. Le istituzioni dovrebbero fare l'esatto contrario: semplificare, abbattere le barriere interne e favorire realmente il commercio e la crescita economica dei piccoli imprenditori.", "feedbackEnglish": "I had to disable shipments across Europe, focusing solely on extra-EU sales. The European Union was created to unite countries and facilitate movement and trade; however, if red tape requires us to comply with fragmented registrations, obligations and costs for each individual Member State, the very principle of the Union disappears. I have always been a European citizen and proud of it, but current regulations such as those linked to PPWR and the management of national producer registers risk destroying small entrepreneurs and craftsmen, who represent a large part of the economy and who already make huge sacrifices to maintain and grow their businesses. Imposing disproportionate requirements means breaking up crafts and forcing a large proportion of micro and small businesses to stop shipping within the EU. If small European and non-European sellers are forced to give up on the European market due to unsustainable costs and bureaucracy, the EU economy will be severely affected in the long run, leading to Europe’s failure. The institutions should do the exact opposite: simplify, break down internal barriers and really boost trade and the economic growth of small entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547684_en"}, {"id": 33547683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:24:15", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an entrepeneur, work alone, so small business in Finland. I am just thinking about starting a small webshop and i occasionally have send my work to people in Europe. This new rule is dramatically making me consider not to start a webshop, my new products have customers in larger area thn just Finland. This is dramatically shrinking everything i have planned. And i have always used recycled packaging materials. This rule should consider only the big companies, who sell cheap rubbish from who knows where.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an entrepeneur, work alone, so small business in Finland. I am just thinking about starting a small webshop and i occasionally have send my work to people in Europe. This new rule is dramatically making me consider not to start a webshop, my new products have customers in larger area thn just Finland. This is dramatically shrinking everything i have planned. And i have always used recycled packaging materials. This rule should consider only the big companies, who sell cheap rubbish from who knows where.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547683_en"}, {"id": 33547682, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:22:30", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The way this is formatted stands to severely negatively impact small business who want to ship outside their country of origin. They have less resources financially and the loss of profits from loosing their ability to ship outside their own countries which will mean a reduction of small and micro businesses as many will have to stop. Small and micro businesses often also take greater initiatives on their own to keep packaging sustainable. Exclude or modify the rules for small and micro business, so that they are not disproportionately impacted by it simply due to their lack of resources compared to larger companies. This law as a whole also speaks against the free movememt of goods in the EU which will not just harm these small business, but likely larger as well.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way this is formatted stands to severely negatively impact small business who want to ship outside their country of origin. They have less resources financially and the loss of profits from loosing their ability to ship outside their own countries which will mean a reduction of small and micro businesses as many will have to stop. Small and micro businesses often also take greater initiatives on their own to keep packaging sustainable. Exclude or modify the rules for small and micro business, so that they are not disproportionately impacted by it simply due to their lack of resources compared to larger companies. This law as a whole also speaks against the free movememt of goods in the EU which will not just harm these small business, but likely larger as well.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547682_en"}, {"id": 33547681, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:21:08", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tom & Lily Creations", "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner and creator selling products to customers across Europe. Mandatory EPR registrations, fees and the additional bureaucracy required for cross-border sales are becoming disproportionate for micro-businesses. The administrative and financial burden can make it impossible for a small independent business to sell legally across EU borders, even when the quantities involved are very small. I am asking for a de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, or a simple One Stop Shop system that would allow small businesses to meet their EPR obligations through one straightforward registration and reporting process across the EU. EU regulations should protect the environment without making cross-border trade inaccessible to the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner and creator selling products to customers across Europe. Mandatory EPR registrations, fees and the additional bureaucracy required for cross-border sales are becoming disproportionate for micro-businesses. The administrative and financial burden can make it impossible for a small independent business to sell legally across EU borders, even when the quantities involved are very small. I am asking for a de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, or a simple One Stop Shop system that would allow small businesses to meet their EPR obligations through one straightforward registration and reporting process across the EU. EU regulations should protect the environment without making cross-border trade inaccessible to the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547681_en"}, {"id": 33547680, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:21:03", "country": "SVN", "language": "SL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Spoštovani, ta zakon onemogoča poslovanjem znotraj EU malim podjetjem. Prav tako bo povzročil, da kot potrošniki iz manjših držav EU ne bomo več sploh imeli možnosti kupovati izdelke iz drugih držav EU. Mala podjetnica, ki na mesec proda nekaj kosov svojega izdelka in pri tem ustvari par tisoč evrov zaslužka, si ne more privoščiti plačevati več sto (ali celo tisoč) evrov stroškov za vsako od 27. držav EU. S tem boste direktno povzročili, da bodo morali ljudje, ki so samozaposleni in izdelujejo unikatne izdelke, ki so že tako bolj ekološko usmerjeni, enostavno zapreti svoja podjetja. Dohodek od teh podjetij je pomemben predvsem za ogromno število žensk, mnogim izmed njih je to edini prihodek, ki ga imajo. Namesto, da bomo potrošniki naročili npr. doma izdelane natikače iz pravega usnja, ki so bili izdelani iz odpadkov velikega industrije, bomo sedaj morali kupovati masovno proizvedene čevlje slabše kvalitete. Eden izmed osnovnih razlogov zakaj je EU izjemna, je da delujemo na skupnem trgu. S tem zakonom pa boste efektivno to uničili in zaprli pretok blaga znotraj EU za vsa podjetja, ki so premajhna, da bi lahko pokrila stroške za vsako EU državo posebej.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, this law prevents small businesses from doing business within the EU. It will also mean that, as consumers from smaller EU countries, we will no longer be able to buy products from other EU countries at all. A small entrepreneur who sells a few items of her product a month, generating a couple of thousands of euros in earnings, cannot afford to pay hundreds (or even thousands) of euros in costs for each of the 27 EU countries. This will lead directly to people who are self-employed and produce unique products that are already more ecologically oriented having to close down their businesses easily. Income from these companies is particularly important for a huge number of women, many of whom are the only income they have. Instead of ordering, for example, home-made true leather racks made from waste from a large industry, consumers will now have to buy low-quality mass-produced shoes. One of the basic reasons why the EU is exceptional is that we operate in a common market. This law will effectively destroy this and close down the movement of goods within the EU for all businesses that are too small to cover the costs for each EU country individually.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547680_en"}, {"id": 33547679, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:18:55", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Snail Mail Club", "feedback": "I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability across the EU. However, as the owner of a micro-business, I find the current rules unclear, complex and disproportionate for very small businesses. My business is a small stationery subscription based in France. I send approximately 60 lightweight envelopes per month, mainly within France. The products are predominantly paper goods such as postcards, stickers and decorative papers, sent in flat paper envelopes. I occasionally have only one customer in another EU Member State. The environmental impact and packaging volume of a business like mine are fundamentally different from those of a large e-commerce company sending millions of products in cardboard boxes. Large companies have legal departments, regulatory specialists and the financial resources to understand and implement complex legislation. A micro-business often has one person responsible for everything: production, sales, customer service, shipping, accounting and compliance. Even where the legislation provides exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, these are extremely difficult for an ordinary business owner to identify and understand. Compliance should not require specialist legal advice. The Commission should provide clear, practical guidance specifically for micro-businesses. My greatest concern is the effect on cross-border trade within the EU. I may have only one customer in another Member State. If selling a 14 stationery subscription to that person requires understanding a separate national EPR system, registration, an authorised representative and potentially significant annual fees, continuing to sell to that country becomes economically impossible. The rational response for a micro-business is therefore to stop accepting customers from certain EU countries. This seems fundamentally contrary to the principle of the European Single Market. Small European businesses should be encouraged to sell across EU borders, not discouraged by national administrative requirements that cost more than the sales themselves. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate EU-wide system for micro-enterprises and very low-volume sellers. Ideally, a micro-business should be able to register once in its country of establishment and report packaging placed on the EU market through a single system, rather than registering and appointing representatives separately in multiple Member States. There should also be meaningful thresholds based on packaging volume. A micro-business placing a few hundred grams of recyclable paper packaging per year on the market of another Member State should not face the same basic administrative structure as a company placing tonnes of packaging on that market. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. My concern is that without meaningful simplification, the administrative burden may produce the opposite of a well-functioning Single Market: small businesses will simply stop selling across EU borders. Environmental responsibility and support for European micro-businesses should be achievable together.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability across the EU. However, as the owner of a micro-business, I find the current rules unclear, complex and disproportionate for very small businesses. My business is a small stationery subscription based in France. I send approximately 60 lightweight envelopes per month, mainly within France. The products are predominantly paper goods such as postcards, stickers and decorative papers, sent in flat paper envelopes. I occasionally have only one customer in another EU Member State. The environmental impact and packaging volume of a business like mine are fundamentally different from those of a large e-commerce company sending millions of products in cardboard boxes. Large companies have legal departments, regulatory specialists and the financial resources to understand and implement complex legislation. A micro-business often has one person responsible for everything: production, sales, customer service, shipping, accounting and compliance. Even where the legislation provides exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, these are extremely difficult for an ordinary business owner to identify and understand. Compliance should not require specialist legal advice. The Commission should provide clear, practical guidance specifically for micro-businesses. My greatest concern is the effect on cross-border trade within the EU. I may have only one customer in another Member State. If selling a 14 stationery subscription to that person requires understanding a separate national EPR system, registration, an authorised representative and potentially significant annual fees, continuing to sell to that country becomes economically impossible. The rational response for a micro-business is therefore to stop accepting customers from certain EU countries. This seems fundamentally contrary to the principle of the European Single Market. Small European businesses should be encouraged to sell across EU borders, not discouraged by national administrative requirements that cost more than the sales themselves. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate EU-wide system for micro-enterprises and very low-volume sellers. Ideally, a micro-business should be able to register once in its country of establishment and report packaging placed on the EU market through a single system, rather than registering and appointing representatives separately in multiple Member States. There should also be meaningful thresholds based on packaging volume. A micro-business placing a few hundred grams of recyclable paper packaging per year on the market of another Member State should not face the same basic administrative structure as a company placing tonnes of packaging on that market. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. My concern is that without meaningful simplification, the administrative burden may produce the opposite of a well-functioning Single Market: small businesses will simply stop selling across EU borders. Environmental responsibility and support for European micro-businesses should be achievable together.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547679_en"}, {"id": 33547678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:18:29", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it might concern, I would like to argue that the new rules for registration and the accompanying costs are a big mistake and will mean the death of many European small businesses as the amount of revenue and the new additional costs are out of proportion to many of these one person businesses. While meant to reduce waste, I argue that many customers will not stop buying the products these small businesses provide, but find them elsewhere outside of the EU, since a lot of small companies have, since the announcement of these new measurements , already ceased to ship to other EU countries. This goes directly against the idea of a free, connected Europe, and will drive customers to foreign markets such as in Asia, where standards for sustainable packaging are much lower than many of these individual small businesses. Also, with these new rules, only small businesses are hurt because the cost is so out of proportion to their revenue, and will seize their operations, while big mega organisations such as Amazon will continue to be able to sell and ship without any hesitation. If these rules continue to exist, there should be an exempt for small businesses, or the fee for registrating for shipping to another country within the EU should be proportional to the amount of sales and revenue they actually make. We should embrace small businesses, because soon everything will be eaten up by these mega organisations and we will lose our culture and character as connected European countries. Please reconsider an exemption for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it might concern, I would like to argue that the new rules for registration and the accompanying costs are a big mistake and will mean the death of many European small businesses as the amount of revenue and the new additional costs are out of proportion to many of these one person businesses. While meant to reduce waste, I argue that many customers will not stop buying the products these small businesses provide, but find them elsewhere outside of the EU, since a lot of small companies have, since the announcement of these new measurements , already ceased to ship to other EU countries. This goes directly against the idea of a free, connected Europe, and will drive customers to foreign markets such as in Asia, where standards for sustainable packaging are much lower than many of these individual small businesses. Also, with these new rules, only small businesses are hurt because the cost is so out of proportion to their revenue, and will seize their operations, while big mega organisations such as Amazon will continue to be able to sell and ship without any hesitation. If these rules continue to exist, there should be an exempt for small businesses, or the fee for registrating for shipping to another country within the EU should be proportional to the amount of sales and revenue they actually make. We should embrace small businesses, because soon everything will be eaten up by these mega organisations and we will lose our culture and character as connected European countries. Please reconsider an exemption for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547678_en"}, {"id": 33547677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:17:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ellen Bakker", "feedback": "Ik ben kostwinner. Ik heb geen personeel. Ik heb een winkel op Etsy en stuur pakjes over de hele wereld en dus ook naar de EU. Per land stuur ik soms maar enkele pakjes per maand. Alle pakjes bij elkaar geeft het me een inkomen waar ik afhankelijk van ben. Als ik nu per EU-land een representitive moet inhuren is het voor heel veel landen NIET rendabel om een representative in te huren. Die landen moet ik dus uitsluiten. Dat gaat ten koste van mijn inkomen. Waatrschijnlijk moet ik mijn bedrijf sluiten en een andere baan gaan zoeken. Daarnaast begrijp ik het probleem van de DOUANE niet. Mijn kleine pakjes gaan prima door de douane heen. Ze worden afgeleverd of worden (bij een probleem) teruggestuurd naar mij. Ik heb nog nooit gehad dat een Douane uit een EU land met mij contact heeft opgenomen of met mij contact had moeten opnemen. Ik moet betalen voor een dienst die voor mij helemaal NIET van toepassing. Daarnaast kost het mij minstens 50% van mijn inkomen omdat ik alleen nog maar naar enkele EU landen kan sturen. Dit komt omdat de kosten voor een representative per land extreem hoog zijn. Als dit dan al moet: waarom dan niet 1 representative voor ALLE EU-landen (iemand die alle talen spreek), voor een acceptabele prijs voor de kleine eenmanszaken????", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a breadwinner. I do not have any staff. I have a shop on Etsy and send parcels around the world, including to the EU. I send only a few parcels per month per country. All the parcels together give me an income on which I depend. If I now have to hire a repressive force per EU country, it is NOT profitable for many countries to hire a representative. I must therefore exclude those countries. This is at the expense of my income. Apparently, I have to close my business and look for another job. In addition, I do not understand the problem of the CUSTOMS. My small parcels go well through customs. They are delivered or (in the event of a problem) sent back to me. I have never had the opportunity to be contacted or should have been contacted by a customs authority from an EU country. I have to pay for a service that does NOT apply to me at all. In addition, it costs me at least 50 % of my income because I can only send to a few EU countries. This is because the cost of a representative per country is extremely high. If this is the case: if so, why not 1 representative for ALL EU countries (speaking all languages), for an acceptable price for the small sole traders?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547677_en"}, {"id": 33547676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:17:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "I Gioielli di Kudra", "feedback": "I am a one-person artisan business selling small handmade products across the EU. I fully support environmental responsibility for packaging, but requiring micro-businesses to register, report and pay separately in every Member State is completely disproportionate when only tiny quantities of packaging are involved. The Single Market cannot become 27 different administrative systems for a small business simply because it sends a few parcels across EU borders. Please introduce a genuine de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes, together with a single EU registration, one-stop reporting and one payment system. Environmental rules should make packaging more sustainable, not make cross-border trade economically impossible for Europes smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one-person artisan business selling small handmade products across the EU. I fully support environmental responsibility for packaging, but requiring micro-businesses to register, report and pay separately in every Member State is completely disproportionate when only tiny quantities of packaging are involved. The Single Market cannot become 27 different administrative systems for a small business simply because it sends a few parcels across EU borders. Please introduce a genuine de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes, together with a single EU registration, one-stop reporting and one payment system. Environmental rules should make packaging more sustainable, not make cross-border trade economically impossible for Europes smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547676_en"}, {"id": 33547675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:17:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Under the new EU packaging laws (EPR/PPWR), businesses now must have a representative in every EU country who handles the registration and disposal of packaging. That costs around 200300 per EU country. No small business can afford that. Large multinational corporations either already have branches in every country, or are able to easily pay these sums as they are a drop in the bucket compared to their revenue. There are no exceptions for small business owners. This marks the death of the EUs economic community, and for many small business owners, it spells the end of their companies. As a customer, I will no longer be able to shop from other EU countries, because no one will be selling there anymore after these changes come into effect. As an EU citizen, the prospect of having the entire creative potential of the European Economic community closed off because of the failure to account for small businesses is horrifying. In an age where large corporations are causing extensive harm to our societies, environment, and health, these packaging regulations essentially force large corporations to be the de-facto entity in the European Union. All that would need to be done to save small European businesses is an exception from this ludicrously expensive representative requirement. I sincerely home that you will take this advice into consideration, in order to ensure that the European Economic community continues to exist past August.", "feedbackEnglish": "Under the new EU packaging laws (EPR/PPWR), businesses now must have a representative in every EU country who handles the registration and disposal of packaging. That costs around 200300 per EU country. No small business can afford that. Large multinational corporations either already have branches in every country, or are able to easily pay these sums as they are a drop in the bucket compared to their revenue. There are no exceptions for small business owners. This marks the death of the EUs economic community, and for many small business owners, it spells the end of their companies. As a customer, I will no longer be able to shop from other EU countries, because no one will be selling there anymore after these changes come into effect. As an EU citizen, the prospect of having the entire creative potential of the European Economic community closed off because of the failure to account for small businesses is horrifying. In an age where large corporations are causing extensive harm to our societies, environment, and health, these packaging regulations essentially force large corporations to be the de-facto entity in the European Union. All that would need to be done to save small European businesses is an exception from this ludicrously expensive representative requirement. I sincerely home that you will take this advice into consideration, in order to ensure that the European Economic community continues to exist past August.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547675_en"}, {"id": 33547674, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:17:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Esters GmbH", "feedback": "I would like to express my concern about the administrative burden that the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation places on small and medium-sized businesses engaged in cross-border trade within the EU. I fully support the EUs goals of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and reuse, and promoting a circular economy. However, compliance should be simple, proportionate, transparent, and compatible with the principles of the Single Market. At present, businesses selling to customers in several Member States must deal with separate national registration systems, reporting obligations, fees, languages, deadlines, and, in some cases, local authorized representatives. For small businesses, this creates a fragmented, complex, and costly system. I therefore strongly support an EU-wide one-stop-shop system for packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility obligations, similar to the VAT One Stop Shop. An EU-established business should register only once with the competent authority in the Member State where it is established. Packaging quantities for all EU countries should then be reported through this single point using harmonized categories, definitions, and procedures. The relevant data and payments could subsequently be distributed to the respective Member States by the authorities. There should also be no requirement for EU-established businesses to appoint separate authorized representatives in other Member States. A company legally established in one EU country should be able to fulfil its obligations centrally without having to appoint additional intermediaries simply because it sells to customers elsewhere in the Union. The current system creates disproportionate fixed costs for small and micro-enterprises. Registration fees, compliance services, authorized representatives, and recurring administrative costs can amount to hundreds of euros per country, even where sales volumes are very limited. Across several Member States, these costs can make cross-border sales economically unviable and may force small businesses to withdraw from certain EU markets. Packaging and recycling labelling should also be harmonized across the EU. Businesses currently face different national requirements for recycling symbols, sorting instructions, and packaging labels. As a result, the same product may require several country-specific logos or markings. This creates unnecessary complexity, additional packaging costs, and confusion for both businesses and consumers. The EU should therefore introduce one harmonized system of recycling and disposal symbols that is recognized in all Member States. I urge the European Commission to consider a system under which an EU-established business registers once in its country of establishment, submits one harmonized declaration covering all relevant Member States, makes the corresponding payments through the same system, and is not required to appoint separate representatives abroad. This should be complemented by harmonized reporting requirements, packaging categories, recycling labels, multilingual guidance, and a proportionate fee structure for small and micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should not create multiple national barriers within one Single Market. A genuine European solution should allow businesses to comply through one system while ensuring that the necessary data and contributions reach the relevant Member States.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my concern about the administrative burden that the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation places on small and medium-sized businesses engaged in cross-border trade within the EU. I fully support the EUs goals of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and reuse, and promoting a circular economy. However, compliance should be simple, proportionate, transparent, and compatible with the principles of the Single Market. At present, businesses selling to customers in several Member States must deal with separate national registration systems, reporting obligations, fees, languages, deadlines, and, in some cases, local authorized representatives. For small businesses, this creates a fragmented, complex, and costly system. I therefore strongly support an EU-wide one-stop-shop system for packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility obligations, similar to the VAT One Stop Shop. An EU-established business should register only once with the competent authority in the Member State where it is established. Packaging quantities for all EU countries should then be reported through this single point using harmonized categories, definitions, and procedures. The relevant data and payments could subsequently be distributed to the respective Member States by the authorities. There should also be no requirement for EU-established businesses to appoint separate authorized representatives in other Member States. A company legally established in one EU country should be able to fulfil its obligations centrally without having to appoint additional intermediaries simply because it sells to customers elsewhere in the Union. The current system creates disproportionate fixed costs for small and micro-enterprises. Registration fees, compliance services, authorized representatives, and recurring administrative costs can amount to hundreds of euros per country, even where sales volumes are very limited. Across several Member States, these costs can make cross-border sales economically unviable and may force small businesses to withdraw from certain EU markets. Packaging and recycling labelling should also be harmonized across the EU. Businesses currently face different national requirements for recycling symbols, sorting instructions, and packaging labels. As a result, the same product may require several country-specific logos or markings. This creates unnecessary complexity, additional packaging costs, and confusion for both businesses and consumers. The EU should therefore introduce one harmonized system of recycling and disposal symbols that is recognized in all Member States. I urge the European Commission to consider a system under which an EU-established business registers once in its country of establishment, submits one harmonized declaration covering all relevant Member States, makes the corresponding payments through the same system, and is not required to appoint separate representatives abroad. This should be complemented by harmonized reporting requirements, packaging categories, recycling labels, multilingual guidance, and a proportionate fee structure for small and micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should not create multiple national barriers within one Single Market. A genuine European solution should allow businesses to comply through one system while ensuring that the necessary data and contributions reach the relevant Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547674_en"}, {"id": 33547667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:14:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is pretty bad for small businesses and artists who only ship a few packages here and there. Otherwise big corporations (who are responsible for the vast majority of packaging waste) can afford the cost and just carry on as usual.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is pretty bad for small businesses and artists who only ship a few packages here and there. Otherwise big corporations (who are responsible for the vast majority of packaging waste) can afford the cost and just carry on as usual.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547667_en"}, {"id": 33547666, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:13:33", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules will severely negatively affect small businesses. Most small businesses owners already know the importance of protecting the environment and try to package their orders accordingly. The main problem with this law is that most small businesses are barely surviving and one more extra expense will make them close the doors and send more people to the unemployment. Lots of small businesses send only a few packages to each European country a year, which means that the amount they have to pay to have a representative on a certain country will make them stop accepting orders from other European countries, as itll not be viable. Consequently, the European countries economy will suffer.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules will severely negatively affect small businesses. Most small businesses owners already know the importance of protecting the environment and try to package their orders accordingly. The main problem with this law is that most small businesses are barely surviving and one more extra expense will make them close the doors and send more people to the unemployment. Lots of small businesses send only a few packages to each European country a year, which means that the amount they have to pay to have a representative on a certain country will make them stop accepting orders from other European countries, as itll not be viable. Consequently, the European countries economy will suffer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547666_en"}, {"id": 33547665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:12:37", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Evie Scarlett Jewellery ", "feedback": "Small businesses are already facing incredibly difficult trading conditions, and the new EU shipping requirements risk creating another significant barrier to selling to European customers. I have already seen multiple small businesses choose to stop shipping to the EU because they simply cannot justify the additional costs, administration and complexity involved. For a very small, one-person business like mine, these requirements can make selling a single item to an EU customer disproportionately difficult and expensive. Many of us are working completely alone, making our products, running our websites, packing orders, dealing with customers, managing finances and complying with regulations ourselves. We do not have teams of people or large profit margins to absorb additional administrative and compliance costs. I completely understand the importance of protecting consumers and the environment, but there should be a proportionate approach for genuine micro-businesses and sole traders. There should be a simple exemption, simplified process, or a much lower threshold for very small businesses that sell only a small number of items to EU customers. I worry that the unintended consequence of these rules will be that EU customers have less choice, while small independent businesses outside the EU simply stop selling to them altogether. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider how these requirements affect the smallest businesses, not just larger companies with the resources to manage them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses are already facing incredibly difficult trading conditions, and the new EU shipping requirements risk creating another significant barrier to selling to European customers. I have already seen multiple small businesses choose to stop shipping to the EU because they simply cannot justify the additional costs, administration and complexity involved. For a very small, one-person business like mine, these requirements can make selling a single item to an EU customer disproportionately difficult and expensive. Many of us are working completely alone, making our products, running our websites, packing orders, dealing with customers, managing finances and complying with regulations ourselves. We do not have teams of people or large profit margins to absorb additional administrative and compliance costs. I completely understand the importance of protecting consumers and the environment, but there should be a proportionate approach for genuine micro-businesses and sole traders. There should be a simple exemption, simplified process, or a much lower threshold for very small businesses that sell only a small number of items to EU customers. I worry that the unintended consequence of these rules will be that EU customers have less choice, while small independent businesses outside the EU simply stop selling to them altogether. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider how these requirements affect the smallest businesses, not just larger companies with the resources to manage them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547665_en"}, {"id": 33547664, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:12:18", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new ruling is devastating for small businesses and will affect income in thousands of people and will do great harm to the economy. In order to rectify this the following steps should be made: 1. Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. 2. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses 3. Remember that the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "This new ruling is devastating for small businesses and will affect income in thousands of people and will do great harm to the economy. In order to rectify this the following steps should be made: 1. Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. 2. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses 3. Remember that the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547664_en"}, {"id": 33547663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:11:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "RESIN STUDIO", "feedback": "I have had to disable shipping across Europe, focusing exclusively on non-EU sales. The European Union was created to unite countries and facilitate movement and trade; however, if bureaucracy forces us to comply with fragmented registrations, obligations, and costs for every single Member State, the very principle of the Union is undermined. I have always held European citizenship and been proud of it, but current regulationssuch as those related to the PPWR and the management of national producer registersrisk destroying small entrepreneurs and artisans, who already make enormous sacrifices to maintain and grow their businesses. Imposing disproportionate requirements means crushing craftsmanship and forcing a large share of micro and small enterprises to stop shipping within the EU. If small European and non-European sellers are forced to give up on the European market due to unsustainable costs and bureaucracy, the Union's economy will suffer severely in the long run. Institutions should do the exact opposite: simplify, tear down internal barriers, and genuinely promote trade and the economic growth of european small business owners, Which represent a large share.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have had to disable shipping across Europe, focusing exclusively on non-EU sales. The European Union was created to unite countries and facilitate movement and trade; however, if bureaucracy forces us to comply with fragmented registrations, obligations, and costs for every single Member State, the very principle of the Union is undermined. I have always held European citizenship and have been proud of it, but current regulationssuch as those related to the PPWR and the management of national producer registersrisk destroying small entrepreneurs and artisans, who already make enormous sacrifices to maintain and grow their businesses. Imposing disproportionate requirements means Crushing craftsmanship and forcing a large share of micro and small enterprises to stop shipping within the EU. If small European and Non-European sellers are forced to give up on the European market due to Unsustainable costs and bureaucracy, the Union’s economy will suffer severely in the long run. Institutions should do the exact opposite: Simplify, tear down internal barriers, and genuinely promote trade and the economic growth of european small business owners, Which represents a large share.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547663_en"}, {"id": 33547662, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:11:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Consider a small seller who ships only a handful of parcels abroad each year!!! My example: one to Spain, two to Italy, one to Belgium, one to Austria, and a few to France. Under the current framework, I would need to register separately in each of these member states to remain compliant. In several member states, the registration and administrative fees alone exceed the total profit made from those sales. This makes legal compliance economically irrational for anyone operating at small scale, and in practice it will push many micro sellers and independent makers to simply stop selling cross border, or to sell without registering and risk penalties. This is a disproportionate burden that primarily protects large producers and retailers who already have the administrative capacity and legal resources to register in every member state, while shutting out individual artisans, crafters and small entrepreneurs. I would strongly urge the Commission to consider: An EU-wide one-stop-shop registration mechanism, so a producer registers once and that registration is recognized across all member states (simila to the VAT OSS system) A de-minimis threshold or simplified regime for micro enterprises and individual sellers below a certain volume of cross border shipments or annual turnover, so compliance costs are proportionate to business size. Harmonized, capped registration fees across member states to prevent fees from exceeding the economic value of the transactions they're meant to regulate. Without changes along these lines, this regulation will not meaningfully improve packaging waste management it will primarily eliminate small, independent sellers from the EU, while leaving large operators unaffected.", "feedbackEnglish": "Consider a small seller who ships only a handful of parcels abroad each year!!! My example: one to Spain, two to Italy, one to Belgium, one to Austria, and a few to France. Under the current framework, I would need to register separately in each of these member states to remain compliant. In several member states, the registration and administrative fees alone exceed the total profit made from those sales. This makes legal compliance economically irrational for anyone operating at small scale, and in practice it will push many micro sellers and independent makers to simply stop selling cross border, or to sell without registering and risk penalties. This is a disproportionate burden that primarily protects large producers and retailers who already have the administrative capacity and legal resources to register in every member state, while shutting out individual artisans, crafters and small entrepreneurs. I would strongly urge the Commission to consider: An EU-wide one-stop-shop registration mechanism, so a producer registers once and that registration is recognized across all member states (simila to the VAT OSS system) A de-minimis threshold or simplified regime for micro enterprises and individual sellers below a certain volume of cross border shipments or annual turnover, so compliance costs are proportionate to business size. Harmonized, capped registration fees across member states to prevent fees from exceeding the economic value of the transactions they're meant to regulate. Without changes along these lines, this regulation will not meaningfully improve packaging waste management it will primarily eliminate small, independent sellers from the EU, while leaving large operators unaffected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547662_en"}, {"id": 33547661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:10:28", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Allowing this law to go through will kill all small businesses within the EU. This law must reform and only apply to big businesses like Amazon who continuously ship hundreds of thousand of boxes! Small businesses are the most eco focused out of all businesses, they reuse materials and as time has went they have started to trash the plastic and instead opting to use newspaper/paper cushioning/ paper shreds inside the boxes to keep the items safe! This is outrageous that the European Union who once focused on making shipping easier and smoother have now decided that all businesses must pay each countries shipping waste annually regardless of how many orders received to that country! Small business literally wont afford this. Before the law has even took place small businesses have started shutting down their stores to the rest of the Europe. Not only does this kill small businesses but it also quite literally takes away their jobs! These small businesses more often than not are handled by only one or two people! These people are now risking what could be their entire life work to one law who didnt choose to consider them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Allowing this law to go through will kill all small businesses within the EU. This law must reform and only apply to big businesses like Amazon who continuously ship hundreds of thousand of boxes! Small businesses are the most eco focused out of all businesses, they reuse materials and as time has went they have started to trash the plastic and instead opting to use newspaper/paper cushioning/ paper shreds inside the boxes to keep the items safe! This is outrageous that the European Union who once focused on making shipping easier and smoother have now decided that all businesses must pay each countries shipping waste annually regardless of how many orders received to that country! Small business literally wont afford this. Before the law has even took place small businesses have started shutting down their stores to the rest of the Europe. Not only does this kill small businesses but it also quite literally takes away their jobs! These small businesses more often than not are handled by only one or two people! These people are now risking what could be their entire life work to one law who didnt choose to consider them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547661_en"}, {"id": 33547660, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:10:03", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ad Artis Oy", "feedback": "I am an owner of a small company who ships around 1000 packages a month around EU countries. In our scale I think that having a mandatory authorized representative in each country, and paying for that a lot more than the actual waste fees, will just result in us closing the shipping for most of the EU countries. If there was an easy way accross the EU to pay your waste fees for the actual 1000 paper envelopes a month, I will gladly do it, but it feels insane that every micro company has to research and pay and appoint 27 representatives for a tiny amount of actual waste. Please change this immediately or thousands of companies will just ship to their own country plus outside the EU. Especially the mandatory representative part feels counter active, the majority of our money will go to something very different than waste management. And that makes me rather stop shipping to most of the countries rather than pay someone uselessly. The worst part is the confusion that there are no clear rules or unified systems, even if you find some way to pay some countries, you need to be sure that it is all set. Now i am scared to pay some fees if I could still be punished for not having the representative person. Please, make some exceptions for micro companies and remove the mandatory representatives from the requirements immediately, many companies are going down or stopping the shipping. I want an easy way to pay a fair amount for waste management, not my share +1000% more for bureacracy", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an owner of a small company who ships around 1000 packages a month around EU countries. In our scale I think that having a mandatory authorized representative in each country, and paying for that a lot more than the actual waste fees, will just result in us closing the shipping for most of the EU countries. If there was an easy way accross the EU to pay your waste fees for the actual 1000 paper envelopes a month, I will gladly do it, but it feels insane that every micro company has to research and pay and appoint 27 representatives for a tiny amount of actual waste. Please change this immediately or thousands of companies will just ship to their own country plus outside the EU. Especially the mandatory representative part feels counter active, the majority of our money will go to something very different than waste management. And that makes me rather stop shipping to most of the countries rather than pay someone uselessly. The worst part is the confusion that there are no clear rules or unified systems, even if you find some way to pay some countries, you need to be sure that it is all set. Now i am scared to pay some fees if I could still be punished for not having the representative person. Please, make some exceptions for micro companies and remove the mandatory representatives from the requirements immediately, many companies are going down or stopping the shipping. I want an easy way to pay a fair amount for waste management, not my share +1000% more for bureacracy", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547660_en"}, {"id": 33547659, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:09:15", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MB Sluoksniai", "feedback": "As a European citizen and owner of a micro/small business in the EU, I am concerned that the PPWR and its EPR requirements place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small businesses. Different packaging registration and EPR requirements in individual Member States make selling across the EU unnecessarily complicated. For a very small business shipping only a limited number of products, having to register, report and comply with different national systems can make cross-border sales economically unviable. This also undermines one of the fundamental principles of the European Union: the free movement of goods. It is increasingly possible for a small business to ship a product outside Europe more easily than to customers in another EU Member State, simply because of the different national packaging compliance requirements. I urge the European Commission to introduce exemptions for micro and very small businesses, establish a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold, and harmonise or eliminate national packaging registration requirements for businesses below that threshold. Environmental regulation should not create disproportionate barriers to the Single Market or make it harder for small European businesses to trade within their own Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a European citizen and owner of a micro/small business in the EU, I am concerned that the PPWR and its EPR requirements place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on small businesses. Different packaging registration and EPR requirements in individual Member States make selling across the EU unnecessarily complicated. For a very small business shipping only a limited number of products, having to register, report and comply with different national systems can make cross-border sales economically unviable. This also undermines one of the fundamental principles of the European Union: the free movement of goods. It is increasingly possible for a small business to ship a product outside Europe more easily than to customers in another EU Member State, simply because of the different national packaging compliance requirements. I urge the European Commission to introduce exemptions for micro and very small businesses, establish a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold, and harmonise or eliminate national packaging registration requirements for businesses below that threshold. Environmental regulation should not create disproportionate barriers to the Single Market or make it harder for small European businesses to trade within their own Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547659_en"}, {"id": 33547658, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:08:53", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The goal of reducing waste is noble and should be pursued. However the current rules and guidelines need to be re-examined and adjusted because right now it's about to cause thousands upon thousands of small businesses to close down because they cannot afford to pay each separate EU country for the regulations and representatives necessary. Meanwhile, large companies and corporations like Amazon (who are the ones creating the vast, vast majority of the waste) will absorb the cost and move on. The cost of these regulations need to be proportional to the size of the business and numbers of sales/packages actually sent out.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal of reducing waste is noble and should be pursued. However the current rules and guidelines need to be re-examined and adjusted because right now it's about to cause thousands upon thousands of small businesses to close down because they cannot afford to pay each separate EU country for the regulations and representatives necessary. Meanwhile, large companies and corporations like Amazon (who are the ones creating the vast, vast majority of the waste) will absorb the cost and move on. The cost of these regulations need to be proportional to the size of the business and numbers of sales/packages actually sent out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547658_en"}, {"id": 33547657, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:08:42", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "APx ", "feedback": "For me, as a small and relatively new e-shop with around 200 orders per year from across the EU, this regulation is practically devastating. I understand the purpose behind it, but please consider introducing free registration in each country, together with some reasonable threshold or exemption for small businesses. I simply cannot be expected to pay the same fees for one 20 kg box as a multinational corporation. I package everything as environmentally friendly as possible: recycled cardboard boxes, paper tape, paper filling material, and absolutely no plastic. I am starting to feel that the EU, as well as many individual EU countries, simply want to push small and newly established businesses out of the market, leaving enough workers for large factories. This makes me very sad. I was so excited when I started my business, but after this regulation, I am already seriously considering closing it very soon. Please think about small businesses and small entrepreneurs. We pay taxes, we pay fees to the state, and these additional costs can be devastating for us. Where am I supposed to find enough money to support my family when so much of what I earn has to go to the EU and the state in the form of taxes and various fees? Please don't forget about small businesses. We are trying to build something, create value, pay our taxes, and make a living but regulations like this can make it impossible for us to continue.", "feedbackEnglish": "For me, as a small and relatively new e-shop with around 200 orders per year from across the EU, this regulation is practically devastating. I understand the purpose behind it, but please consider introducing free registration in each country, together with some reasonable threshold or exemption for small businesses. I simply cannot be expected to pay the same fees for one 20 kg box as a multinational corporation. I package everything as environmentally friendly as possible: recycled cardboard boxes, paper tape, paper filling material, and absolutely no plastic. I am starting to feel that the EU, as well as many individual EU countries, simply want to push small and newly established businesses out of the market, leaving enough workers for large factories. This makes me very sad. I was so excited when I started my business, but after this regulation, I am already seriously considering closing it very soon. Please think about small businesses and small entrepreneurs. We pay taxes, we pay fees to the state, and these additional costs can be devastating for us. Where am I supposed to find enough money to support my family when so much of what I earn has to go to the EU and the state in the form of taxes and various fees? Please don't forget about small businesses. We are trying to build something, create value, pay our taxes, and make a living but regulations like this can make it impossible for us to continue.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547657_en"}, {"id": 33547656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:08:25", "country": "CHE", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Carbonrox GmbH", "feedback": "Wir haben gerade das weltweit erste patentierte, klimaneutrale und vollständig nachhaltige Raumduft-Unternehmen (www.carbonrox.com) gegründet. Wir nutzen CO-Abscheidung im Haushalt, verzichten komplett auf Plastik und alle Bestandteile sind heimkompostierbar oder vollständig recycelbar. Diese Initiative wird unser Unternehmen im Keim ersticken. Wir hatten gehofft, den EU-Binnenmarkt optimal für unser Wachstum nutzen zu können. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen wie unseres ist es unmöglich, sich an dieses schlecht durchdachte System zu halten, das Großkonzerne mit hohen Budgets bevorzugt und Unternehmen wie uns ausschließt, denen die Inhaltsstoffe wirklich am Herzen liegen und die an der Spitze der Innovation stehen. Bitte überdenken Sie Ihre Entscheidung oder führen Sie zumindest eine mengenabhängige Ausnahmeregelung für Unternehmen ein. Unser Verpackungsmaterial stammt (Bizay) aid Portugal und besteht aus recyceltem, FSC-zertifiziertem Karton. Trotzdem können wir uns die Anforderungen dieser Initiative nicht leisten.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have just launched the world’s first patented, climate-neutral and fully sustainable space fragrance company (www.carbonrox.com). We use carbon capture in the home, completely eliminate plastic and all components are home-compostable or fully recyclable. This initiative will stifle our business. We had hoped to make the most of the EU’s single market for our growth. For a micro-enterprise like ours, it is impossible to adhere to this ill-thought-out system, which favours large corporations with high budgets and excludes companies like us, which are truly concerned about ingredients and at the forefront of innovation. Please reconsider your decision or at least introduce a volume-based exemption for companies. Our packaging material comes from (Bizay) aid Portugal and is made of recycled, FSC-certified cardboard. Nevertheless, we cannot afford the requirements of this initiative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547656_en"}, {"id": 33547655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:07:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Pflicht, sich auch als Kleinstunternehmen bei allen nationalen Abfallregistern mit einem lokalen Repräsentanten anmelden zu müssen, in das man Waren verschickt, steht diametral zum Ziel der EU, freien Handel innerhalb der EU zu fördern. Aktuell stellen zahllose kleine Unternehmen ihren Versand in andere EU-Länder ein, weil diese Anforderungen nur von Großkonzernen zu erfüllen sind. Es drängt sich der Verdacht auf, dass auch diese an diesen Verordnungen mitgeschrieben haben. Man kann nur hoffen, dass es bald Ausnahmen für Kleinstunternehmen gibt.", "feedbackEnglish": "The obligation to register in all national waste registers with a local representative to whom goods are shipped, even as a micro-enterprise, is diametrically opposed to the EU’s objective of promoting free trade within the EU. Currently, countless small businesses stop shipping to other EU countries because these requirements are only to be met by large corporations. There is reason to suspect that they too have co-signed to these regulations. We can only hope that there will soon be exemptions for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547655_en"}, {"id": 33547654, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:06:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547654_en"}, {"id": 33547653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:05:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "n/a", "feedback": "Die Ziele der PPWR sind wichtig: Verringerung von Verpackungsabfällen, Förderung von Wiederverwendung und Recycling sowie Umweltschutz. Die Vorschriften müssen jedoch verhältnismäßig sein und der Realität von Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen Rechnung tragen. Für einen kleinen Laden, der nur wenige Pakete grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU versendet, können unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Meldesysteme, Gebühren und die mögliche Notwendigkeit von Bevollmächtigten in verschiedenen Ländern eine enorme administrative und finanzielle Belastung darstellen. Viele Kleinunternehmen können sich diese Kosten schlichtweg nicht leisten. Ihre Gewinnspannen sind ohnehin gering, und sie verfügen nicht über Compliance-Abteilungen wie Großunternehmen. Einigen wird nichts anderes übrig bleiben, als den Verkauf in bestimmte EU-Länder einzustellen, während andere womöglich ihren Betrieb ganz aufgeben müssen. Dies ist besonders ungerecht, da viele Kleinunternehmen Verpackungen bereits auf ein Minimum reduzieren, Materialien wiederverwenden und recycelte Verpackungen nutzen schließlich kosten unnötige Verpackungen auch sie Geld. Die EU sollte sinnvolle Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Mengen (De-minimis-Regelungen) einführen, grenzüberschreitende Anforderungen vereinfachen und die Vorschriften in den Mitgliedstaaten harmonisieren. Verpflichtungen sollten sich an der tatsächlichen Menge und den Umweltauswirkungen der Verpackungen orientieren, anstatt gleichermaßen für einen kleinen Laden und einen multinationalen Konzern zu gelten. Bitte stellen Sie sicher, dass die PPWR ihre Umweltziele erreicht, ohne den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für jene Kleinunternehmen unerschwinglich zu machen, die einen wesentlichen Bestandteil des europäischen Binnenmarkts bilden.", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the PPWR are important: Reducing packaging waste, promoting reuse and recycling, and protecting the environment. However, the rules must be proportionate and take into account the reality of micro and small enterprises. For a small shop sending few parcels cross-border within the EU, different registrations, reporting systems, fees and the possible need for authorised representatives in different countries can be a huge administrative and financial burden. Many small businesses simply cannot afford these costs. Their profit margins are already low and they do not have compliance departments such as large companies. Some will have no choice but to stop selling to certain EU countries, while others may have to go out of business altogether. This is particularly unfair, as many small businesses already reduce packaging to a minimum, re-use materials, and recycled packaging ends up costing them money for unnecessary packaging. The EU should introduce meaningful derogations for micro-enterprises and small quantities (de minimis rules), simplify cross-border requirements and harmonise rules across Member States. Obligations should be based on the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging, rather than applying equally to a small shop and a multinational group. Please ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental objectives without making cross-border trade unaffordable for small businesses, which are an essential part of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547653_en"}, {"id": 33547647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:04:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I do think we need to do more for our environment, this new law is massively causing problems for small and micro businesses in Europe. They can't afford to register in every European country they ship to,money and time wise, especially if this includes only one or two items per year! The European union was meant to also give a boost for EU businesses, but now pushes small and micro ones out of businesses or risks, that they can't ship to other European countries. There should be an exception made for them or at least make the process available and affordable! Big business who ship through Amazon or have a big website are supported through the OSS, but I do think a small local business deserves much more support. Please consider a one time registration at a central point or an exception for small businesses. This would also help the EU against the market in not EU countries as well as the economy in every EU countrie with a small business. Not to mention the tax income that is generated through small businesses as well or, if they go out of business, the social support the country could save. This is not only a personal thing for me, who's only a costumer, but for so many small artists and local businesses, who are often well more resourceful and eco-friendly, but also for the countries economy as well!", "feedbackEnglish": "While I do think we need to do more for our environment, this new law is massively causing problems for small and micro businesses in Europe. They can't afford to register in every European country they ship to,money and time wise, especially if this includes only one or two items per year! The European union was meant to also give a boost for EU businesses, but now pushes small and micro ones out of businesses or risks, that they can't ship to other European countries. There should be an exception made for them or at least make the process available and affordable! Big business who ship through Amazon or have a big website are supported through the OSS, but I do think a small local business deserves much more support. Please consider a one time registration at a central point or an exception for small businesses. This would also help the EU against the market in not EU countries as well as the economy in every EU countrie with a small business. Not to mention the tax income that is generated through small businesses as well or, if they go out of business, the social support the country could save. This is not only a personal thing for me, who's only a costumer, but for so many small artists and local businesses, who are often well more resourceful and eco-friendly, but also for the countries economy as well!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547647_en"}, {"id": 33547646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:03:27", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "La loi actuelle est inefficace. Plutôt que de taxer sans tenir compte de la taille des entreprises, notamment des plus petites, il vaudrait mieux mettre en place un service de collecte des emballages usés ré-utilisables (cartons propres, enveloppes papier bulles) et les revendre à prix discount. Il y aurait donc une rentrée d'argent pour financer, qui ne serait pas un surcout pour les entreprises et cela créerait une économie circulaire durable. Les emballages neufs seraient surtaxés et tout le monde s'y retrouverait bien mieux. La loi actuelle est injuste et va entrainer la fermeture de micro boutiques qui ne polluent déjà pas beaucoup ! Et les grosses entreprises au bilan carbone catastrophique continueront d'avoir pignon sur rue.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current law is ineffective. Rather than taxing without taking account of the size of undertakings, particularly the smallest ones, it would be better to set up a service for the collection of reusable used packaging (own cartons, bubble paper envelopes) and to resell it at discounted prices. There would therefore be a return on money to finance, which would not be a surcharge for businesses and would create a sustainable circular economy. New packaging would be overtaxed and everyone would find themselves in it much better. The current law is unfair and will lead to the closure of micro shops that are not already polluting much! And large companies with a catastrophic carbon footprint will continue to be on the streets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547646_en"}, {"id": 33547645, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:02:16", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses are already paying attention to sustainable and eco-friendly packaging, often reusing cardboard boxes and packaging materials, but this PPWR would kill small businesses. These new fees need to be built into prices or swallowed (affecting profit). International business can afford to swallow these fees, but small businesses would need to increase their prices to a level, that wont be accepted by buyers. And all that, for sending one parcel to another EU country once or twice a year. I support the EU and their regulatory policies most of the time, but this would only hurt small businesses and we need their creativity, humility and workmanship.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses are already paying attention to sustainable and eco-friendly packaging, often reusing cardboard boxes and packaging materials, but this PPWR would kill small businesses. These new fees need to be built into prices or swallowed (affecting profit). International business can afford to swallow these fees, but small businesses would need to increase their prices to a level, that wont be accepted by buyers. And all that, for sending one parcel to another EU country once or twice a year. I support the EU and their regulatory policies most of the time, but this would only hurt small businesses and we need their creativity, humility and workmanship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547645_en"}, {"id": 33547644, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:00:42", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small businesses. This will kill handmade/art businesses in no time, the requirements are too high to meet for people who sell such small amounts of goods abroad - sometimes just occasionally.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small businesses. This will kill handmade/art businesses in no time, the requirements are too high to meet for people who sell such small amounts of goods abroad - sometimes just occasionally.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547644_en"}, {"id": 33547643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:00:30", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questa norma è l'ennesima norma atta a distruggere i piccoli venditori che faticano a arrivare fine mese e favoriscono i colossi delle spedizioni che non vengono minimamente intaccati dal provvedimento. Il più delle volte il packaging che ci arriva lo riutilizziamo per altre spedizioni o siamo costretti a riciclarlo visto che abbiamo l'obbligo della differenziata. L'Europa sta diventando solo un regime comunista punitivo e restrittivo e andando avanti così i paesi inizieranno a ribellarsi a questo sistema. Ogni volta che l'Europa impone la sua volontà, lo vediamo come un'azione punitiva per i cittadini. Non vi siete mai preoccupati di difendere i confini dallinvasione extraeuropea ma vi preoccupate solo di aggiungere tasse, di mettere obblighi pecuniari come la ristrutturazione delle case, il blocco delle auto quando non abbiamo nemmeno i soldi per arrivare a fine mese. Spero che vi mettiate una mano sulla coscienza almeno su questo argomento e iniziate a preoccuparvi dei problemi gravi come l'immigrazione e il terrorismo islamico che sta dilagando.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is yet another rule designed to destroy small sellers who struggle to make ends meet and favour the giants of consignments which are not affected in any way by the measure. Most of the time, the packaging that arrives in us uses it for other shipments or we are forced to recycle it as we have an obligation to sort it separately. Europe is only becoming a punitive and restrictive communist regime, and by doing so, countries will start rebelling this system. Whenever Europe imposes its will, we see it as a punitive action for citizens. You have never been worried about defending borders from the extra-European invasion, but you are only worried about adding taxes, putting financial obligations like renovating houses, blocking cars when we don’t even have the money to make ends meet. I hope you will have a hand on consciousness at least on this topic and start worrying about serious problems such as immigration and the growing Islamist terrorism.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547643_en"}, {"id": 33547642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 09:00:19", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner based in Lithuania, selling handmade products to customers across the European Union. I support the goals of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling, but the new EPR requirements create a disproportionate burden for microbusinesses. A small creator who may sell only a handful of orders per year to a particular EU country can potentially face registration requirements, reporting obligations, fees, and the need to appoint a local authorised representative which is very expensive. For a microbusiness, these fixed costs can exceed the entire annual revenue generated from a particular EU market. This effectively makes cross-border trade inaccessible to small independent businesses, while larger companies can absorb the same administrative costs much more easily. I urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for microbusinesses with very small packaging volumes and/or a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop system for EPR registration and reporting. EU legislation should encourage small businesses to trade across the Single Market, not make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible and force small creators to close their shops.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner based in Lithuania, selling handmade products to customers across the European Union. I support the goals of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling, but the new EPR requirements create a disproportionate burden for microbusinesses. A small creator who may sell only a handful of orders per year to a particular EU country can potentially face registration requirements, reporting obligations, fees, and the need to appoint a local authorised representative which is very expensive. For a microbusiness, these fixed costs can exceed the entire annual revenue generated from a particular EU market. This effectively makes cross-border trade inaccessible to small independent businesses, while larger companies can absorb the same administrative costs much more easily. I urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for microbusinesses with very small packaging volumes and/or a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop system for EPR registration and reporting. EU legislation should encourage small businesses to trade across the Single Market, not make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible and force small creators to close their shops.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547642_en"}, {"id": 33547641, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:59:36", "country": "HUN", "language": "HU", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kis művészként, akit érdekel mind a saját vállalkozásának jóléte, mind a művészek, kézművesek és mikrovállalkozások folyamatos jóléte, ellenzem a törvény jelenlegi tervezetét. Bár támogatom a hulladék és a csomagolás csökkentését, ez a törvény aránytalanul károsítaná a kis kreatív alkotókat. Szenvedélyes emberek vesznek körül, akik már most is küzdenek egy olyan világban, ahol a mesterséges intelligencia alapú művészet átveszi az uralmat a fizikai piacok felett, és az árusítóautomaták árai az egekbe szöknek. Szeretnék egy olyan törvényt, amely csökkenti a csomagolási hulladékot, de a vállalkozás kibocsátásától és méretétől függően némi eltérésre van szükség, egy univerzális modell egyszerűen nem reális, ha figyelembe vesszük a hulladékot, amelyet egy olyan vállalkozás termel, amely alig tud havi 10 csomagot elküldeni, és egy olyan, amely naponta több millió csomagot küld. Ezért a következőket kérem: - Valódi de minimis küszöbértéket, teljes kiterjesztett gyártói felelősség alóli mentesítéssel a mikrovállalkozások számára az éves forgalom vagy a csomagolási mennyiség alapján. - Egységes EU-szerte érvényes regisztrációs és jelentéstételi portált (egyablakos modell, hasonlóan a meglévő IOSS-rendszerhez az áfánál) a 27 nemzeti rendszer helyett. - Egyértelmű kommunikációt arról, hogy mikor alkalmazandó, és hogyan érinti ez a kisvállalkozásokat.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small artist interested in both the well-being of his own business and the continued well-being of artists, craftsmen and micro-enterprises, I oppose the current draft of the law. While I am in favour of reducing waste and packaging, this law would disproportionately harm small creative creators. It is surrounded by passionate people who are already struggling in a world where AI-based art is taking over physical markets and the prices of vending machines are skyrocketing. I would like to see a law that reduces packaging waste but requires some variation depending on the output and size of the company, a one-size-fits-all model is simply unrealistic when considering waste produced by a company that can hardly send 10 parcels per month and one that sends millions of parcels per day. I would therefore ask you to: — A real de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-enterprises based on annual turnover or packaging volume. — A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (one-stop-shop model, similar to the existing IOSS scheme for VAT) instead of 27 national schemes. — Clear communication on when it applies and how it affects small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547641_en"}, {"id": 33547640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:59:09", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Deze maatregel treft kleine bedrijven en onafhankelijke makers onevenredig. Mensen met een eigen webshop, illustratoren, kunstenaars, kunnen nu niet meer vrij handelen binnen Europa. Maak een uitzondering voor kleine bedrijven of zzp-ers.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure disproportionately affects small businesses and independent creators. People with their own online shop, illustrators, artists, are no longer able to act freely within Europe. Make an exception for small businesses or self-employed people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547640_en"}, {"id": 33547639, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:58:29", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an injustice and is killing the small businesses around eu. Its not fair to apply the same exact rules on the indipendent business while this rules poorly affects the big companies", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an injustice and is killing the small businesses around eu. Its not fair to apply the same exact rules on the indipendent business while this rules poorly affects the big companies", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547639_en"}, {"id": 33547638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:58:26", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pando Aspen Ltd.", "feedback": "As the owner of a small EU-based business producing handmade design objects, I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). However, the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements risk placing a disproportionate administrative burden on micro-businesses. My business may ship only a handful of orders to a particular Member State over the course of an entire year, using less than one kilogram of fully recyclable cardboard packaging. Despite this negligible environmental impact, I can still be required to complete country-specific registrations, submit separate reports, and appoint authorised representatives. In practice, the fixed compliance burden can be almost identical to that faced by large retailers shipping thousands or even millions of parcels. This issue extends beyond existing small businesses. It also creates a significant barrier to entrepreneurship and innovation within the EU. Someone launching a business from a home workshop or small studio should be able to test demand for their products across the Single Market without first having to navigate dozens of different compliance systems or incur fixed compliance costs in every country where they might receive a single order. For businesses like mine, the economically rational response is increasingly to stop selling to other EU Member States altogether. It is difficult to see how fragmenting the Single Market into 27 separate compliance regimes delivers a meaningful environmental benefit when the packaging involved is minimal, recyclable, and generated in very small quantities. I therefore encourage the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for very low-volume cross-border sellers and/or establish a simple, harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism for micro-businesses. Such measures would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while ensuring that compliance obligations remain proportionate to the actual environmental impact. Environmental regulation should encourage businesses to reduce waste and improve sustainability. It should not unintentionally discourage Europe's smallest businesses from participating in the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small EU-based business producing handmade design objects, I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). However, the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements risk placing a disproportionate administrative burden on micro-businesses. My business may ship only a handful of orders to a particular Member State over the course of an entire year, using less than one kilogram of fully recyclable cardboard packaging. Despite this negligible environmental impact, I can still be required to complete country-specific registrations, submit separate reports, and appoint authorised representatives. In practice, the fixed compliance burden can be almost identical to that faced by large retailers shipping thousands or even millions of parcels. This issue extends beyond existing small businesses. It also creates a significant barrier to entrepreneurship and innovation within the EU. Someone launching a business from a home workshop or small studio should be able to test demand for their products across the Single Market without first having to navigate dozens of different compliance systems or incur fixed compliance costs in every country where they might receive a single order. For businesses like mine, the economically rational response is increasingly to stop selling to other EU Member States altogether. It is difficult to see how fragmenting the Single Market into 27 separate compliance regimes delivers a meaningful environmental benefit when the packaging involved is minimal, recyclable, and generated in very small quantities. I therefore encourage the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for very low-volume cross-border sellers and/or establish a simple, harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism for micro-businesses. Such measures would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while ensuring that compliance obligations remain proportionate to the actual environmental impact. Environmental regulation should encourage businesses to reduce waste and improve sustainability. It should not unintentionally discourage Europe's smallest businesses from participating in the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547638_en"}, {"id": 33547637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:57:10", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an EU citizen from Slovakia and a potential micro-entrepreneur considering starting a very small business producing and selling handmade jewellery, ornaments and similar products. I am seriously concerned that the current and upcoming EPR requirements under the PPWR could make such a business economically unviable before it even has a chance to start. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. My concern is whether the obligations are proportionate to the size and economic reality of micro-businesses. A large company can employ lawyers, compliance officers and consultants to deal with different national requirements. A person starting a small business from home cannot. If an authorised representative or other EPR compliance service costs 900 or more per year in one Member State, this may be manageable for a large company but potentially devastating for a micro-business whose entire profit from that market may be only a few hundred euros. If similar requirements apply separately in multiple Member States, a small business selling low volumes across the EU could face multiple registrations, contracts, fees and reporting obligations. What is the practical meaning of the EU Single Market for a micro-entrepreneur if selling a small number of products to another Member State creates such a disproportionate compliance burden? The fragmentation of EPR systems undermines the very idea of the Single Market. A business may have one legal EU market but face many different practical markets, each with its own requirements. It can potentially become easier to ship a product outside the EU than to sell the same product within the EU, simply because an intra-EU sale can trigger additional national compliance obligations. This is particularly concerning when European businesses are already under significant competitive pressure from outside the EU, including higher operating costs and tariffs. Europe should be making its Single Market stronger and more competitive, not creating additional internal barriers. Fragmented EPR requirements can make it more expensive for a European business to sell to another European customer and therefore undermine trade within the EU itself. This can also become a barrier to entrepreneurship. Someone considering starting a small handmade business may simply conclude that it is not worth starting if the fixed regulatory costs are too high. There is a fundamental difference between a manufacturer placing millions of units on the market and a person selling a few dozen handmade products. The regulatory system should reflect this difference. I would support: a genuinely EU-wide EPR registration or digital one-stop shop; a \"once-only\" approach to registration and reporting; harmonised procedures and definitions; meaningful de minimis thresholds for very small quantities; proportionate obligations for micro-enterprises; and avoiding substantial fixed compliance costs in every Member State for occasional small cross-border sales. I welcome the Commission's recognition that the authorised-representative requirement creates unnecessary costs and administrative burdens, including the proposed temporary suspension. However, this should be an opportunity to solve the underlying problem rather than simply postpone it. A person should not have to spend more complying with packaging rules than they can realistically earn from the market they are trying to serve. I therefore ask the Commission to ensure that PPWR and EPR genuinely follow the principle of \"Think Small First\". Environmental protection and a functioning Single Market should not be competing objectives.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an EU citizen from Slovakia and a potential micro-entrepreneur considering starting a very small business producing and selling handmade jewellery, ornaments and similar products. I am seriously concerned that the current and upcoming EPR requirements under the PPWR could make such a business economically unviable before it even has a chance to start. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. My concern is whether the obligations are proportionate to the size and economic reality of micro-businesses. A large company can employ lawyers, compliance officers and consultants to deal with different national requirements. A person starting a small business from home cannot. If an authorised representative or other EPR compliance service costs 900 or more per year in one Member State, this may be manageable for a large company but potentially devastating for a micro-business whose entire profit from that market may be only a few hundred euros. If similar requirements apply separately in multiple Member States, a small business selling low volumes across the EU could face multiple registrations, contracts, fees and reporting obligations. What is the practical meaning of the EU Single Market for a micro-entrepreneur if selling a small number of products to another Member State creates such a disproportionate compliance burden? The fragmentation of EPR systems undermines the very idea of the Single Market. A business may have one legal EU market but face many different practical markets, each with its own requirements. It can potentially become easier to ship a product outside the EU than to sell the same product within the EU, simply because an intra-EU sale can trigger additional national compliance obligations. This is particularly concerning when European businesses are already under significant competitive pressure from outside the EU, including higher operating costs and tariffs. Europe should be making its Single Market stronger and more competitive, not creating additional internal barriers. Fragmented EPR requirements can make it more expensive for a European business to sell to another European customer and therefore undermine trade within the EU itself. This can also become a barrier to entrepreneurship. Someone considering starting a small handmade business may simply conclude that it is not worth starting if the fixed regulatory costs are too high. There is a fundamental difference between a manufacturer placing millions of units on the market and a person selling a few dozen handmade products. The regulatory system should reflect this difference. I would support: a genuinely EU-wide EPR registration or digital one-stop shop; a \"once-only\" approach to registration and reporting; harmonised procedures and definitions; meaningful de minimis thresholds for very small quantities; proportionate obligations for micro-enterprises; and avoiding substantial fixed compliance costs in every Member State for occasional small cross-border sales. I welcome the Commission's recognition that the authorised-representative requirement creates unnecessary costs and administrative burdens, including the proposed temporary suspension. However, this should be an opportunity to solve the underlying problem rather than simply postpone it. A person should not have to spend more complying with packaging rules than they can realistically earn from the market they are trying to serve. I therefore ask the Commission to ensure that PPWR and EPR genuinely follow the principle of \"Think Small First\". Environmental protection and a functioning Single Market should not be competing objectives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547637_en"}, {"id": 33547636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:56:40", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämä uudistus kohdentuu pienyrityksiin erittäin suhteettomasti, ja tulee ajamaan paljon pienyrityksiä ja jopa perinnekäsityöläisiä nurin, ellei uudistusta päivitetä ottamaan huomioon yritystyn kokoa ja tuottotasoa. Uudistuksessa on hyvä ajatus pohjalla, mutta jos pienyritysten maksama osuus vaihtelee suurestikin maasta riippuen, on se taloudellisesti raskasta pienituloisille yrityksille. Jos uudistuksen ideana on saada isommat yritykset, kuten Amazon ottamaan Euroopan sisällä enemmän vastuuta, sitä ei pitäisi toteuttaa perinnekösityölöisten ja pienyrotysten kustannuksella.", "feedbackEnglish": "This reform targets small businesses very disproportionately and will drive a large number of small businesses, even traditional craftsmen, unless the reform is updated to take into account the size and level of return of the enterprise. The reform is a good idea, but if the share paid by small businesses varies greatly from country to country, it will be financially burdensome for low-income businesses. If the idea of reform is to make bigger companies, such as Amazon, take more responsibility within Europe, it should not come at the expense of traditional workers and small pyramids.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547636_en"}, {"id": 33547635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:56:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The objectives of the PPWR are important: reducing packaging waste, increasing reuse and recycling, and protecting the environment. However, the rules must be proportionate and take into account the reality of micro and small businesses. For a small shop sending only a few parcels across EU borders, having to deal with different registrations, reporting systems, fees and potentially authorised representatives in different countries can create a huge administrative and financial burden. Many small businesses simply cannot afford these costs. Their profit margins are already small, and they do not have compliance departments like large companies. Some will have no choice but to stop selling to certain EU countries, and others may ultimately have to give up their business altogether. This is especially unfair when many small businesses already minimise packaging, reuse materials and use recycled packaging because unnecessary packaging also costs them money. The EU should introduce meaningful de minimis and small-volume exemptions for micro-enterprises, simplify cross-border requirements and harmonise the rules across Member States. Obligations should be based on the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging, not applied equally to a small shop and a multinational company. Please ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental goals without making cross-border trade unaffordable for the small businesses that are an essential part of Europe's Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the PPWR are important: reducing packaging waste, increasing reuse and recycling, and protecting the environment. However, the rules must be proportionate and take into account the reality of micro and small businesses. For a small shop sending only a few parcels across EU borders, having to deal with different registrations, reporting systems, fees and potentially authorised representatives in different countries can create a huge administrative and financial burden. Many small businesses simply cannot afford these costs. Their profit margins are already small, and they do not have compliance departments like large companies. Some will have no choice but to stop selling to certain EU countries, and others may ultimately have to give up their business altogether. This is especially unfair when many small businesses already minimise packaging, reuse materials and use recycled packaging because unnecessary packaging also costs them money. The EU should introduce meaningful de minimis and small-volume exemptions for micro-enterprises, simplify cross-border requirements and harmonise the rules across Member States. Obligations should be based on the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging, not applied equally to a small shop and a multinational company. Please ensure that the PPWR achieves its environmental goals without making cross-border trade unaffordable for the small businesses that are an essential part of Europe's Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547635_en"}, {"id": 33547634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:55:52", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This mesure will actively harm small businesses activities and in terms European economy. You will condemn a lot of people who rely on online sales to bankruptcy as they will be unable to pay for the huge fee that shipping will require and will have to either : extremely limit where they can ship or stop their activities all together. Something must be put in place to exempt small businesses from this mesure.", "feedbackEnglish": "This mesure will actively harm small businesses activities and in terms European economy. You will condemn a lot of people who rely on online sales to bankruptcy as they will be unable to pay for the huge fee that shipping will require and will have to either : extremely limit where they can ship or stop their activities all together. Something must be put in place to exempt small businesses from this mesure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547634_en"}, {"id": 33547628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:53:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "rapa GmbH", "feedback": "Als produzierendes mittelständisches Unternehmen im Bereich Metallverarbeitung unterstützen wir grundsätzlich die Ziele der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) zur Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen und zur Stärkung der Kreislaufwirtschaft. Die derzeitige Ausgestaltung und mangelnde Harmonisierung der nationalen Herstellerregister sowie der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) führen in der Praxis jedoch zu einer massiven Überbürokratisierung, die kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt drängt. Wir bitten die EU-Kommission bei der Ausarbeitung der Durchführungsrechtsakte zu den nationalen Registern und Bevollmächtigten (Authorized Representatives) eindringlich um die Berücksichtigung folgender Kernpunkte: 1. Fehlen von Bagatellgrenzen (De-minimis-Regelung) Dass die vollständigen Registrierungs-, Vertretungs- und Meldepflichten in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat bereits ab dem allerersten verschickten Paket greifen, ist für KMU wirtschaftlich unverhältnismäßig. Die Fixkosten für Registrierungsgebühren, lokale Systembeteiligungen und Pflichtvertreter in allen 27 Mitgliedstaaten übersteigen bei kleineren Liefermengen den erzielbaren Rohertrag um ein Vielfaches. Konkrete Folge: Wir sehen uns gezwungen, den direkten B2C-Versand ins EU-Ausland vorerst einzustellen. Dies bedeutet für unser Unternehmen einen jährlichen Umsatzausfall von ca. 180.000 Euro was rechnerisch dem Verlust von 1 bis 2 Arbeitsplätzen entspricht. 2. Anstelle von 27 getrennten nationalen Registern mit unterschiedlichen Schnittstellen, Datenformaten und Sprachen muss eine zentrale EU-Plattform geschaffen werden. Eine einmalige Registrierung und Datenmeldung im Herkunftsland (z. B. Deutschland) mit automatisierter Weiterleitung an die Zielländer würde den administrativen Aufwand drastisch reduzieren, ohne die Transparenz zu gefährden. 3. Abschaffung der Pflicht zu lokalen Bevollmächtigten innerhalb des Binnenmarktes Die Pflicht, in den meisten Zielländern kostenpflichtige bevollmächtigte Vertreter benennen zu müssen, widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des freien EU-Binnenmarktes. Innerhalb der EU etablierte Unternehmen sind über europäische Behördennetzwerke greifbar der Zwischenschaltung lokaler Dienstleister fehlt die fachliche Notwendigkeit. 4. Wettbewerbsverzerrung zugunsten globaler Plattformen, während KMU aufgrund der bürokratischen Lasten den grenzüberschreitenden Direktvertrieb aufgeben müssen, profitieren internationale Marktplatz-Monopole, die Compliance-Prozesse zentral bündeln. Dies führt zu einer beabsichtigten oder unbeabsichtigten Marktkonzentration, die dem europäischen Handwerk und Mittelstand nachhaltig schadet. Fazit & Forderung: Um Arbeitsplätze, Wertschöpfung und die Vielfalt des Binnenmarktes zu schützen, muss das Registrierungssystem der PPWR durch echte Bagatellgrenzen, ein einheitliches EU-Meldeportal und den Verzicht auf nationale Vertreterpflichten innerhalb der EU pragmatisch und KMU-freundlich harmonisiert werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a medium-sized manufacturing company in the metal processing sector, we fundamentally support the objectives of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) to reduce packaging waste and strengthen the circular economy. However, the current design and lack of harmonisation of national producer registers and extended producer responsibility (EPR) lead in practice to a massive over-bureaucratisation that pushes small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) out of the European single market. When drafting the implementing acts on national registers and authorised representatives, we urge the European Commission to take the following key points into account: 1. Absence of de minimis thresholds. The fact that the full registration, representation and reporting obligations in each Member State apply from the very first package sent out is economically disproportionate for SMEs. The fixed costs of registration fees, local system contributions and mandatory representatives in all 27 Member States are many times higher than the achievable gross yield for smaller deliveries. Concrete consequence: We are forced to stop direct B2C transport to other EU countries for the time being. For our company, this means an annual loss of turnover of approximately EUR 180.000, which corresponds mathematically to the loss of 1 to 2 jobs. 2. Instead of 27 separate national registers with different interfaces, data formats and languages, a central EU platform needs to be created. A single registration and data notification in the country of origin (e.g. Germany) with automated transmission to the destination countries would drastically reduce the administrative burden without jeopardising transparency. 3. Abolition of the obligation to appoint local representatives within the internal market The obligation to appoint paid authorised representatives in most target countries runs counter to the basic idea of the free EU internal market. Businesses established within the EU are clearly not in need of technical assistance through European networks of public authorities. 4. Distortion of competition in favour of global platforms, while SMEs have to give up cross-border direct sales due to bureaucratic burdens, benefits international marketplace monopolies that centralise compliance processes. This leads to an intentional or unintentional concentration of the market, which causes lasting damage to European crafts and small and medium-sized enterprises. Conclusion & Request: In order to protect jobs, value creation and the diversity of the internal market, the registration system of PPWR needs to be pragmatically and SME-friendly harmonised through genuine de minimis thresholds, a single EU notification portal and the waiving of national representative duties within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547628_en"}, {"id": 33547631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:53:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich begrüße den Versuch, die Formate für Registrierung und Berichterstattung EU-weit zu harmonisieren. Der Entwurf will ausdrücklich den Verwaltungsaufwand senken und eine Zersplitterung der Formate verhindern. Genau daran gemessen greift er zu kurz: Vereinheitlicht wird die Form der Meldung, nicht die Substanz der Pflicht. Wer in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten Verpackungen bereitstellt, muss weiterhin in jedem Land gesondert registrieren, melden, Gebühren zahlen und nach Anhang I Teil D einen dort niedergelassenen Bevollmächtigten benennen. Ein einheitliches Formular ändert an dieser Vervielfachung nichts. Als alleinstehende Maßnahme sollte der Entwurf daher nicht umgesetzt werden. Die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung hat sich von einer guten Idee des Umwelt- und Ressourcenschutzes zur größten Handelsbarriere innerhalb des Binnenmarkts entwickelt. Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen ziehen sich vom unionsweiten Vertrieb zurück oder treten gar nicht erst ein, weil sie bis zu 27 parallele Registrierungen, Nummern, PRO-Mitgliedschaften und Bevollmächtigte weder finanzieren noch verwalten können. Das Ergebnis ist paradox: Ein Umweltinstrument fragmentiert den Binnenmarkt und verdrängt gerade die regelkonformen Anbieter, während Trittbrettfahrer wegen lückenhafter grenzüberschreitender Durchsetzung unbehelligt bleiben. Ein Umweltnutzen entsteht dadurch nicht. Vorschlag 1 Herkunftslandprinzip mit Schwellenwert: KMU sollten bis zu einer definierten Menge nur im Heimatmarkt melden. Die nationalen Register sollten technisch verknüpft werden und den Informationsaustausch selbst übernehmen im Sinne des bereits etablierten Once-Only-Prinzips. Eine eigene Registrierungspflicht im Bestimmungsland sollte erst bei signifikanten Mengen greifen, etwa 50 Tonnen je Material und Land. Diese Logik ist dem Entwurf nicht fremd: Anhang II unterscheidet bereits Produzenten ab 10 Tonnen (Teil A) und darunter (Teil B) und akzeptiert damit Verhältnismäßigkeit nach Menge. Dieser Gedanke muss auf die Registrierungspflicht selbst ausgeweitet werden, nicht nur auf den Detailgrad der Meldung. Vorschlag 2 Einheitliche Registrierungsnummer: Warum benötigt ein Unternehmen 27 verschiedene Nummern? Die Nummer aus dem Heimatmarkt sollte unionsweit hinreichend sein und in den übrigen Mitgliedstaaten anerkannt werden. Der Entwurf schafft die technische Grundlage selbst: Er verlangt eine vollautomatisierbare Datenverarbeitung, die Massenverifikation von Nummern und Zertifikaten sowie wo vorhanden die Nutzung des digitalen Produktpasses. Wenn Nummern EU-weit maschinell verifiziert werden können, gibt es keinen Grund, sie 27-fach parallel zu vergeben. Ein Vorbild existiert: Der umsatzsteuerliche One-Stop-Shop erlaubt mit einer einzigen Registrierung im Sitzstaat Umsätze in der gesamten Union. Ein EPR-One-Stop-Shop\" wäre der logische nächste Schritt. In der vorgelegten Form ist die Verordnung für KMU wenig hilfreich. Sie harmonisiert das Formular, lässt die eigentliche Belastung vielfache Registrierung, Vertretung und Gebühren aber unangetastet, befeuert die Europamüdigkeit und beschädigt den Binnenmarkt weiter. Ich fordere die Kommission auf, die Formatharmonisierung nicht isoliert umzusetzen, sondern sie zu verbinden mit (1) einer Interoperabilitäts- und Anerkennungsschicht zwischen den nationalen Registern, (2) einem mengenabhängigen Herkunftsland-Meldeprinzip für KMU und (3) einer unionsweit anerkannten einheitlichen Registrierungsnummer. Nur dann wird aus einem administrativen Etappenziel ein echter Beitrag zu einem funktionierenden und zugleich umweltwirksamen Binnenmarkt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the attempt to harmonise registration and reporting formats across the EU. The draft explicitly aims to reduce the administrative burden and avoid fragmentation of formats. Precisely on this basis, it does not go far enough: It harmonises the form of reporting, not the substance of the obligation. Persons making packaging available in more than one Member State shall continue to register, report, pay fees and appoint an authorised representative established in each country in accordance with Part D of Annex I. A common form does not change this multiplication. As a stand-alone measure, the draft should therefore not be implemented. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has evolved from a good idea of environmental and resource protection to the biggest barrier to trade within the single market. Small and medium-sized enterprises withdraw from Union-wide distribution or do not enter in the first place because they cannot finance or manage up to 27 parallel registrations, numbers, PRO memberships and authorised representatives. The result is paradoxical: An environmental instrument fragments the internal market, displacing compliant suppliers in particular, while free riders remain undisturbed due to incomplete cross-border enforcement. There is no environmental benefit. Proposal 1 Country of origin principle with threshold: SMEs should report only in the home market up to a defined volume. The national registers should be technically linked and take over the exchange of information themselves in line with the already established once-only principle. A separate registration obligation in the country of destination should only apply to significant quantities, around 50 tonnes per material and country. This logic is not alien to the draft: Annex II already distinguishes producers above 10 tonnes (Part A) and below (Part B) and thus accepts proportionality by volume. This idea must be extended to the registration obligation itself, not only to the level of detail of the notification. Proposal 2 Unique registration number: Why does a company need 27 different numbers? The number from the home market should be sufficient throughout the Union and should be recognised in the other Member States. The draft creates the technical basis itself: It requires fully automated data processing, the massification of numbers and certificates and, where available, the use of the digital product passport. If numbers can be machine-verified across the EU, there is no reason to assign them 27 times in parallel. An example exists: The VAT one-stop shop allows transactions throughout the Union with a single registration in the State of establishment. An EPR one-stop shop\" would be the logical next step. As presented, the Regulation is of little help to SMEs. It harmonises the form but leaves the burden of multiple registration, representation and fees untouched, fuelling European fatigue and further damaging the internal market. I call on the Commission not to implement format harmonisation in isolation, but to combine it with (1) an interoperability and recognition layer between national registers, (2) a volume-based country of origin reporting principle for SMEs, and (3) an EU-wide recognised single registration number. Only then will an administrative milestone make a real contribution to a functioning and at the same time environmentally effective internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547631_en"}, {"id": 33547630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:52:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new regulation excludes small businesses just like mine from the european market because we can not handle to pay such high fees for shipping to other EU countries!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation excludes small businesses just like mine from the european market because we can not handle to pay such high fees for shipping to other EU countries!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547630_en"}, {"id": 33547629, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:52:09", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm buy arts and crafts directly from small individual creators across Europe. The EPR causes disproportionate burden on them, fragmenting the single market due to the per country registration fees. On the customer side this affects especially customers in smaller EU countries. Small sellers cannot amortize the registration fees across a volume: sales to a small country can easily be in single digits per year, meaning sellers are starting to decline orders from smaller countries. To avoid killing the EU market for micro-entrepeneurs the EPR requires a de minimis exception or a one-stop-shop for EU wide registration. Without a de minimis or unified registration service micro entrepeneurs are forced into using sales or shipping services that register as the producer for the purposes of EPR, such as Amazon. This is not in Europe's economic best interest.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm buy arts and crafts directly from small individual creators across Europe. The EPR causes disproportionate burden on them, fragmenting the single market due to the per country registration fees. On the customer side this affects especially customers in smaller EU countries. Small sellers cannot amortize the registration fees across a volume: sales to a small country can easily be in single digits per year, meaning sellers are starting to decline orders from smaller countries. To avoid killing the EU market for micro-entrepeneurs the EPR requires a de minimis exception or a one-stop-shop for EU wide registration. Without a de minimis or unified registration service micro entrepeneurs are forced into using sales or shipping services that register as the producer for the purposes of EPR, such as Amazon. This is not in Europe's economic best interest.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547629_en"}, {"id": 33547627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:50:14", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small artist, who cares about both my business wellbeing and the continued welfare of artists, artisans and micro businesses, I oppose the current draft of this law. Although I support less waste and packaging, this law will disproportionately harm small creatives. I am surrounded by passionate people, who are already struggling in a world where AI art is taking over physical markets and the prices for vending are skyrocketing. I do want a law to exist that reduces packing waste but there needs to be some variation depending on the output and size of the business, a one size fits all model just isn't realistic when looking at the waste being produced from a business that can barely send 10 packages a month and one that sends millions a day. I therefore request this: -A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. -A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. -Clear communication about when it applies and how this affects small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small artist, who cares about both my business wellbeing and the continued welfare of artists, artisans and micro businesses, I oppose the current draft of this law. Although I support less waste and packaging, this law will disproportionately harm small creatives. I am surrounded by passionate people, who are already struggling in a world where AI art is taking over physical markets and the prices for vending are skyrocketing. I do want a law to exist that reduces packing waste but there needs to be some variation depending on the output and size of the business, a one size fits all model just isn't realistic when looking at the waste being produced from a business that can barely send 10 packages a month and one that sends millions a day. I therefore request this: -A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. -A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. -Clear communication about when it applies and how this affects small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547627_en"}, {"id": 33547626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:48:56", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Those rules will kill small businesses. EU rules already damages small businesses outside EU those past few years and now those new rules will target European small businesses. Stop thinking only about big polluting businesses like amazon or shein! Please make different rules for small businesses inside and outside EU! Plus, you have to know big companies don't care and will find loopholes and do everything not to comply... As a customer, you're also killing the few joys in life we can still have on those dreadful times. It's a pain (and very expensive) to import outside EU artisanal products and now it will be impossible to import within EU too. Your regulations are always too complicated and too pricey for small parties. For once, just try to see the big picture and think about all the repercussions of your rules... Creating rules targeting only big companies must be feasible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Those rules will kill small businesses. EU rules already damages small businesses outside EU those past few years and now those new rules will target European small businesses. Stop thinking only about big polluting businesses like amazon or shein! Please make different rules for small businesses inside and outside EU! Plus, you have to know big companies don't care and will find loopholes and do everything not to comply... As a customer, you're also killing the few joys in life we can still have on those dreadful times. It's a pain (and very expensive) to import outside EU artisanal products and now it will be impossible to import within EU too. Your regulations are always too complicated and too pricey for small parties. For once, just try to see the big picture and think about all the repercussions of your rules... Creating rules targeting only big companies must be feasible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547626_en"}, {"id": 33547624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:46:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dreamy Dragon Studio ", "feedback": "Hello, I am a 26 year old micro-entrepeneur, developing and making my own creative products. I just registered my business, and am about to launch my online store after months of preparing and investing in products and materials. I am devastated to find out about these developments that are starting from August 12th and onwards. This changes everything for me. I will simply not be able to ship to any EU countries except my own. As a start-up business, the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it completely impossible to sell to customers in other EU countries. The dream Ive had for so long may never have a chance to become reality. I am heartbroken for me and all my fellow small startups and micro-business owners who will suffer by these rules. I ask you to please consider the effect these rules have on small businesses. I understand and support the need to make changes in order to reduce packaging waste. But it is not fair and does not make sense for these rules to apply the same to major companies (who are the biggest problem in packaging waste) and micro businesses (who generally already use more environmental friendly packaging and are a way smaller factor in the issue!) Please exempt micro-businesses from paying mandatory EPR registration fees and having to go through all these cross-border procedures such as appointing an authorized representative in each EU country they want to ship to. If there is absolutely no way around this, please at least make it a simplified process by creating a One Stop Shop system for small businesses. Overseeing different rules, deadlines, fees and thresholds for 27 different countries is truly impossible for a small independent business owner. Thank you for your time and consideration of my feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a 26 year old micro-entrepeneur, developing and making my own creative products. I just registered my business, and am about to launch my online store after months of preparing and investing in products and materials. I am devastated to find out about these developments that are starting from August 12th and onwards. This changes everything for me. I will simply not be able to ship to any EU countries except my own. As a start-up business, the mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it completely impossible to sell to customers in other EU countries. The dream Ive had for so long may never have a chance to become reality. I am heartbroken for me and all my fellow small startups and micro-business owners who will suffer by these rules. I ask you to please consider the effect these rules have on small businesses. I understand and support the need to make changes in order to reduce packaging waste. But it is not fair and does not make sense for these rules to apply the same to major companies (who are the biggest problem in packaging waste) and micro businesses (who generally already use more environmental friendly packaging and are a way smaller factor in the issue!) Please exempt micro-businesses from paying mandatory EPR registration fees and having to go through all these cross-border procedures such as appointing an authorized representative in each EU country they want to ship to. If there is absolutely no way around this, please at least make it a simplified process by creating a One Stop Shop system for small businesses. Overseeing different rules, deadlines, fees and thresholds for 27 different countries is truly impossible for a small independent business owner. Thank you for your time and consideration of my feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547624_en"}, {"id": 33547618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:43:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am concerned that the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is creating unnecessary and disproportionate difficulties for small businesses. If the EU is serious about improving recycling, reuse, and waste management, I believe the system should be streamlined and centralized in a similar way to the OSS system for VAT. At present, small businesses are expected to navigate different registration systems, requirements, languages, fees, and procedures for individual EU countries, without being provided with a clear and comprehensive overview of exactly what is required in each country. Our customers are spread across the EU, and it is unrealistic to expect a small business to independently research and understand every national requirement, particularly when information may only be available in different languages. There is also a serious risk of exposing small businesses to scams. With so many third party providers offering EPR services, how are business owners expected to determine which websites and organizations are legitimate and officially recognized? A small business could unknowingly provide personal or company information and pay fees to a fraudulent website, only to discover later that they were not actually compliant and could still face penalties. There should be a clear, official EU system that identifies legitimate registration points and authorized providers so businesses can confidently comply without this risk. The current system also does not appear to adequately distinguish between small businesses and large corporations. For example, a third party providing EPR packaging services in Germany may charge a minimum of 250 per year regardless of whether a business uses 10 kg or 100 kg of cardboard. This can be a significant cost for a small business with very limited sales, while being negligible for a large corporation. Applying essentially the same fixed compliance costs to businesses of vastly different sizes creates a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. Small businesses are already subject to the same general tax and regulatory framework, and additional fixed costs can make selling across the EU financially unviable. These costs are now forcing us to consider stopping sales to certain EU countries altogether. When compliance costs can amount to hundreds or thousands of euros per year, a small business must weigh whether it is financially possible to continue selling into individual EU markets. This limits our ability to trade freely across the EU and restricts our potential for growth. I strongly support the goals of reducing waste, increasing recycling, and encouraging responsible packaging practices, but the system needs to be practical, transparent, centralized, and proportionate. I urge the European Commission to consider a unified EU wide registration and payment system, clear official guidance for every member state, stronger protection against fraudulent third party providers, and a more proportionate fee structure for small and micro businesses. Environmental responsibility should not come at the cost of preventing small businesses from participating in the EU single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is creating unnecessary and disproportionate difficulties for small businesses. If the EU is serious about improving recycling, reuse, and waste management, I believe the system should be streamlined and centralized in a similar way to the OSS system for VAT. At present, small businesses are expected to navigate different registration systems, requirements, languages, fees, and procedures for individual EU countries, without being provided with a clear and comprehensive overview of exactly what is required in each country. Our customers are spread across the EU, and it is unrealistic to expect a small business to independently research and understand every national requirement, particularly when information may only be available in different languages. There is also a serious risk of exposing small businesses to scams. With so many third party providers offering EPR services, how are business owners expected to determine which websites and organizations are legitimate and officially recognized? A small business could unknowingly provide personal or company information and pay fees to a fraudulent website, only to discover later that they were not actually compliant and could still face penalties. There should be a clear, official EU system that identifies legitimate registration points and authorized providers so businesses can confidently comply without this risk. The current system also does not appear to adequately distinguish between small businesses and large corporations. For example, a third party providing EPR packaging services in Germany may charge a minimum of 250 per year regardless of whether a business uses 10 kg or 100 kg of cardboard. This can be a significant cost for a small business with very limited sales, while being negligible for a large corporation. Applying essentially the same fixed compliance costs to businesses of vastly different sizes creates a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. Small businesses are already subject to the same general tax and regulatory framework, and additional fixed costs can make selling across the EU financially unviable. These costs are now forcing us to consider stopping sales to certain EU countries altogether. When compliance costs can amount to hundreds or thousands of euros per year, a small business must weigh whether it is financially possible to continue selling into individual EU markets. This limits our ability to trade freely across the EU and restricts our potential for growth. I strongly support the goals of reducing waste, increasing recycling, and encouraging responsible packaging practices, but the system needs to be practical, transparent, centralized, and proportionate. I urge the European Commission to consider a unified EU wide registration and payment system, clear official guidance for every member state, stronger protection against fraudulent third party providers, and a more proportionate fee structure for small and micro businesses. Environmental responsibility should not come at the cost of preventing small businesses from participating in the EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547618_en"}, {"id": 33547617, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:42:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the intentions behind these new ppwr but i disapprove of the current implementation; as is, it will only hurt small businesses. They won't be able to handle the administrative and financial burden, for them the new regulations are simply undoable. As a consumer, i've already seen dozen of small businesses announcing that they will have to suspend international shipping going forward and will be unable to reopen their shops because of the new ppwr. It's directly restricting their work and financial income. Seeing the feedback provided thus far, i hope the EU will take note of the people harshly affected and will strive to implement ppwr that prioritize thoughtful changes toward environment-friendly packaging waste practices without having the stability of small businesses be the sacrifice for it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the intentions behind these new ppwr but i disapprove of the current implementation; as is, it will only hurt small businesses. They won't be able to handle the administrative and financial burden, for them the new regulations are simply undoable. As a consumer, i've already seen dozen of small businesses announcing that they will have to suspend international shipping going forward and will be unable to reopen their shops because of the new ppwr. It's directly restricting their work and financial income. Seeing the feedback provided thus far, i hope the EU will take note of the people harshly affected and will strive to implement ppwr that prioritize thoughtful changes toward environment-friendly packaging waste practices without having the stability of small businesses be the sacrifice for it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547617_en"}, {"id": 33547616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:41:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Becker & Karsten UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "feedback": "Die Ziele der PPWR weniger Verpackungsabfälle, mehr Wiederverwendung und Recycling sowie eine stärkere Verantwortung für Verpackungen sind grundsätzlich richtig. Die praktische Umsetzung droht jedoch, insbesondere für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, unverhältnismäßige bürokratische und finanzielle Belastungen zu schaffen. Beim Versand an Endverbraucher in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten können für kleine Händler im jeweiligen Zielland Herstellerpflichten entstehen. Registrierung, Systembeteiligung, Meldungen, Gebühren und gegebenenfalls die Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten müssen für einzelne Länder geprüft und umgesetzt werden. Für einen internationalen Konzern ist dies mit eigenen Compliance-Abteilungen lösbar. Für ein Kleinstunternehmen kann bereits der Aufwand für wenige Sendungen dazu führen, dass ein grenzüberschreitender Verkauf wirtschaftlich nicht mehr sinnvoll ist. Besonders problematisch ist das Fehlen angemessener Bagatell- bzw. Kleinmengenregelungen. Die Anforderungen unterscheiden offenbar nicht ausreichend zwischen Unternehmen, die enorme Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringen, und kleinen Onlinehändlern, die nur wenige Pakete in andere EU-Länder versenden. Dabei sind gerade Kleinstunternehmen häufig bereits aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen sehr ressourcenschonend. Unnötiger Hohlraum, zusätzliches Verpackungsmaterial und unnötiges Versandgewicht werden vermieden, weil sie unmittelbar Kosten verursachen. Verpackungen werden vielfach wiederverwendet oder bestehen bereits aus recycelten bzw. wiederverwendeten Materialien. Eine Regulierung sollte diese tatsächliche ökologische Praxis berücksichtigen und nicht allein formale Pflichten erzeugen. Die Auswirkungen gehen über die Verpackungsfrage hinaus. Der europäische Onlinehandel lebt gerade von seiner Vielfalt: kleine Hersteller, Manufakturen, spezialisierte Händler und Nischenanbieter können Kunden in anderen europäischen Regionen erreichen. Diese Unternehmen sind wichtige Brückenbauer zwischen europäischen Regionen und Menschen. Wenn für jeden kleinen grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehr nationale Registrierungen, Systeme, Gebühren und Bevollmächtigte erforderlich werden, wird diese Vielfalt massiv eingeschränkt. Freier Warenverkehr besteht dann zwar rechtlich weiter, wird praktisch aber zunehmend zu einem Privileg der Unternehmen, die sich umfangreiche Compliance-Strukturen leisten können. Die Folge könnte ein europäischer Konzerneinheitsbrei sein, während kleine, spezialisierte Anbieter sich aus einzelnen EU-Märkten zurückziehen. Das wäre eine bedenkliche Rückwärtsentwicklung für die europäische Einigung und den Gedanken eines lebendigen Binnenmarktes. Zudem besteht eine politische Gefahr: Wenn Europa von kleinen Unternehmen und Bürgern vor allem als Quelle immer neuer Registrierungs-, Melde- und Gebührenpflichten wahrgenommen wird, verstärkt dies die Erzählung von europäischer Regulierungswut und Überbürokratisierung und liefert damit unnötig Argumente für europaskeptische und populistische Kräfte. Forderungen: echte Bagatell- und Kleinmengenregelungen für Kleinstunternehmen, deutlich vereinfachte Verfahren für geringe grenzüberschreitende Sendungsmengen, möglichst einheitliche EU-Regeln statt eines Flickenteppichs nationaler Anforderungen, Berücksichtigung von recycelten und wiederverwendeten Verpackungsmaterialien, verhältnismäßige bzw. entfallende Registrierungs-, Melde- und Gebührenpflichten bei Kleinstmengen, konsequente Ausrichtung der Regulierung auf tatsächliche Verpackungsmengen und ökologische Wirkung. Konzerne mit großen Verpackungsmengen müssen reguliert werden. Kleinstunternehmen, die wenige und ressourcenschonend verpackte Sendungen verschicken, brauchen dagegen einfache und verhältnismäßige Regeln. Die PPWR sollte Nachhaltigkeit fördern, ohne gleichzeitig die Vielfalt des europäischen E-Commerce und den freien Warenverkehr für kleine Unternehmen faktisch einzuschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "The objectives of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste, increase reuse and recycling and increase responsibility for packaging are fundamentally correct. However, practical implementation risks creating disproportionate bureaucratic and financial burdens, especially for micro and small enterprises. When shipped to final consumers in other EU Member States, small traders in the country of destination may be subject to manufacturer obligations. Registration, system involvement, notifications, fees and, where applicable, the appointment of an authorised representative need to be assessed and implemented on a country-by-country basis. For an international group, this can be resolved with its own compliance departments. For a micro-enterprise, the burden on a small number of consignments may make cross-border sales no longer economically viable. The lack of appropriate de minimis or small-volume rules is particularly problematic. The requirements do not seem to differentiate sufficiently between companies that place huge quantities of packaging on the market and small online traders that send only a few parcels to other EU countries. Micro-enterprises in particular are often already very resource-efficient for economic reasons. Unnecessary cavity, additional packaging material and unnecessary shipment weight are avoided as they directly cost money. Packaging is often reused or is already made of recycled or reused materials. Regulation should take into account this actual environmental practice and not only create formal obligations. The impact goes beyond the packaging issue. European e-commerce depends on its diversity: small manufacturers, manufacturers, specialised traders and niche suppliers can reach customers in other European regions. These companies are important bridge-builders between European regions and people. Requiring national registrations, systems, fees and authorised representatives for every small cross-border movement of goods will severely limit this diversity. Free movement of goods then continues to exist in law, but in practice is increasingly becoming a privilege for businesses, which can afford extensive compliance structures. This could lead to a single European group market, while small, specialised suppliers withdraw from individual EU markets. This would be a serious backward development for European unification and the idea of a vibrant single market. There is also a political risk: If Europe is perceived by small businesses and citizens above all as a source of ever-increasing obligations to register, report and pay fees, this will amplify the narrative of European regulatory anger and over-bureaucratisation, unnecessarily providing arguments for Eurosceptic and populist forces. Calls: genuine de minimis and small-volume rules for micro-enterprises, significantly simplified procedures for small cross-border shipments, EU rules as uniform as possible instead of a patchwork of national requirements, consideration of recycled and reused packaging materials, proportionate or no registration, reporting and fee obligations for small quantities, consistent targeting of regulation on actual packaging volumes and environmental impact. Large packaging groups need to be regulated. On the other hand, micro-enterprises that send small and resource-efficiently packaged consignments need simple and proportionate rules. The PPWR should promote sustainability without de facto limiting the diversity of European e-commerce and the free movement of goods for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547616_en"}, {"id": 33547615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:41:16", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have always been a strong supporter of the EU, but this is deeply concerning. Requiring a small business to register, report and potentially pay fees in every EU country simply because one customer there buys a product is completely unreasonable. This risks destroying one of the best things about the EU: the freedom to sell across borders. It will discourage small businesses from expanding, make international sales unnecessarily complicated and give large companies an advantage over small ones. If the EU wants to support small businesses and the single market, there must be a simple EU-wide system and a sensible minimum threshold for micro-businesses. One sale should not create a mountain of bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have always been a strong supporter of the EU, but this is deeply concerning. Requiring a small business to register, report and potentially pay fees in every EU country simply because one customer there buys a product is completely unreasonable. This risks destroying one of the best things about the EU: the freedom to sell across borders. It will discourage small businesses from expanding, make international sales unnecessarily complicated and give large companies an advantage over small ones. If the EU wants to support small businesses and the single market, there must be a simple EU-wide system and a sensible minimum threshold for micro-businesses. One sale should not create a mountain of bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547615_en"}, {"id": 33547614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:39:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Korhull Leatherworks ", "feedback": "Ich betreibe als Einzelunternehmer eine kleine Handwerksmanufaktur in Deutschland und verkaufe meine Produkte auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die unterschiedlichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und EPR-Pflichten verursachen für Kleinstunternehmen einen sehr hohen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand, der bei wenigen Sendungen pro Jahr in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge steht. Aufgrund dieser Belastung werde ich meinen Versand an Privatkunden in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten zum 12. August 2026 einstellen. Eine europäische Regelung sollte den Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen erleichtern und nicht dazu führen, dass grenzüberschreitender Handel wirtschaftlich unattraktiv wird. Ich bitte daher insbesondere um vereinfachte und einheitliche Verfahren für Kleinstunternehmen, angemessene Bagatellgrenzen bei geringen Verpackungsmengen und die Vermeidung unverhältnismäßiger Registrierungs- und Fixkosten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader, I operate a small craftsmanship business in Germany and also sell my products to customers in other EU Member States. The different registration, reporting and EPR obligations create a very high administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises, which, in the case of a few consignments per year, is disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. Due to this burden, I will stop shipping to private customers in other EU Member States as of 12 August 2026. European regulation should facilitate the internal market for small businesses and not make cross-border trade economically unattractive. I would therefore ask in particular for simplified and uniform procedures for micro-enterprises, appropriate de minimis thresholds for small quantities of packaging and the avoidance of disproportionate registration and fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547614_en"}, {"id": 33547613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:39:12", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Va bene tutto, ma cerchiamo di non intralciare troppo gli small business, che già risentono del regolamento folle degli stati uniti per i beni di esportazione. Facciamo una regola a parte per loro", "feedbackEnglish": "Everything is good, but we try not to hinder too much small businesses, which are already suffering from the crowd settlement of export goods by the states. Let’s make a separate rule for them", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547613_en"}, {"id": 33547612, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:38:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In the name of the \"environment\" you are actively encouraging mass produced slop, destroying local small businesses that cannot afford these fees. Aliexpress, Temu and similar websites will simply shrug it off and continue to send their plastic landfill items the same as before while sustainable creators have no way of making a living. Shameful decisionmaking.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the name of the \"environment\" you are actively encouraging mass produced slop, destroying local small businesses that cannot afford these fees. Aliexpress, Temu and similar websites will simply shrug it off and continue to send their plastic landfill items the same as before while sustainable creators have no way of making a living. Shameful decisionmaking.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547612_en"}, {"id": 33547611, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:37:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The European Union must urgently create a total exemption threshold for micro-businesses and a one-stop shop proportional to our actual sales. This law is disproportionate and will kill a lot of small businesses, mine included. Having to register and pay annual fees in each of the 27 countries when our sales are nowhere near as high puts too much on our plate. Having to have a legal representative in some countries costs hundreds of euros just to send one package! For a small shop making less than 1,000 in revenue per month, paying hundreds of euros in administrative fees across 27 different countries is a death sentence. This is the end of Europes free market. Hurting both businesses and customers. The big companies wont be bothered by this, but the countless small businesses keeping communities and people alive and thriving will disappear. My art webshop will remain closed, I cannot afford to pay the annual fees just to sell a sticker once every month to someone in Germany it is ridiculous", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Union must urgently create a total exemption threshold for micro-businesses and a one-stop shop proportional to our actual sales. This law is disproportionate and will kill a lot of small businesses, mine included. Having to register and pay annual fees in each of the 27 countries when our sales are nowhere near as high puts too much on our plate. Having to have a legal representative in some countries costs hundreds of euros just to send one package! For a small shop making less than 1,000 in revenue per month, paying hundreds of euros in administrative fees across 27 different countries is a death sentence. This is the end of Europes free market. Hurting both businesses and customers. The big companies wont be bothered by this, but the countless small businesses keeping communities and people alive and thriving will disappear. My art webshop will remain closed, I cannot afford to pay the annual fees just to sell a sticker once every month to someone in Germany it is ridiculous", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547611_en"}, {"id": 33547610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:37:42", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an extremely unfair law that disproportionately targets small businesses who simply cannot financially keep up with these regulations. This also further harms individuals who are disabled or cannot otherwise work conventional jobs and rely on their businesses. If the EU truly cared for the environment, it would target mega corporations that are having a genuine impact on the climate crisis, not on individual citizens. This goes completely against the freedom of movement and collaboration that the EU should be about. I am not a citizen yet but a resident in Finland nonetheless.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an extremely unfair law that disproportionately targets small businesses who simply cannot financially keep up with these regulations. This also further harms individuals who are disabled or cannot otherwise work conventional jobs and rely on their businesses. If the EU truly cared for the environment, it would target mega corporations that are having a genuine impact on the climate crisis, not on individual citizens. This goes completely against the freedom of movement and collaboration that the EU should be about. I am not a citizen yet but a resident in Finland nonetheless.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547610_en"}, {"id": 33547609, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:36:23", "country": "PHL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand and support the need for consumer protection, product safety, environmental responsibility, and appropriate regulation. However, I am deeply concerned that the growing regulatory burden being placed on micro-enterprises and independent creators is becoming disproportionate to the scale and nature of the businesses and products involved. As a small independent artist and business owner selling limited quantities of handmade and artist-designed products to EU customers, I increasingly find myself facing requirements that appear to have been designed with large manufacturers, importers, and multinational corporations in mind. A one-person business does not have the legal departments, compliance officers, testing budgets, or administrative infrastructure of a multinational corporation, yet we are increasingly expected to navigate similarly complex obligations. This creates several serious problems. First, the burden is disproportionate. Compliance involves researching legislation, determining product classifications, maintaining documentation, understanding labeling and packaging requirements, communicating with suppliers, navigating customs requirements, and potentially obtaining information or testing that may be financially unrealistic for a micro-business. For a small business selling relatively low-risk products in limited quantities, these costs can quickly exceed the value of the EU market itself. Second, the rules are unnecessarily confusing. Small artists are not regulatory specialists. We need clear, accessible, practical guidance explaining what is actually required of micro-enterprises. When businesses are expected to comply but cannot reasonably determine what compliance looks like, the result is uncertainty and businesses withdrawing from the EU market rather than improved consumer protection. Third, these requirements risk eliminating legitimate small businesses rather than improving safety. For many independent artists, the EU is an important customer base. If selling a small number of inexpensive products requires compliance costs that are disproportionate to the revenue generated, the rational business decision becomes to stop shipping to EU customers altogether. This particularly threatens niche creative industries such as independent illustrators, enamel pin makers, jewelry artists, stationery designers, small-scale merch creators, and other microbusinesses operating in small batches or directly from home studios. Fourth, a broad one-size-fits-all approach can have unintended consequences. A multinational company may be able to absorb additional compliance costs; a one-person artist may not. If small businesses leave the EU market while larger companies remain, regulation can inadvertently reduce consumer choice and competition while concentrating more market power among larger businesses. I am not asking for small businesses to be exempt from reasonable consumer safety standards. I am asking for proportionality. Regulatory obligations should take into account business size, production volume, product risk, and the realities of small-scale cross-border commerce. There should be simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, clear and centralized guidance, reasonable thresholds where appropriate, and practical mechanisms for demonstrating compliance without requiring small businesses to spend disproportionate amounts on legal and administrative services. Small creative businesses contribute to cultural diversity, entrepreneurship, consumer choice, and the wider creative economy. We should not have to choose between complying with an unnecessarily complex regulatory system and being able to afford to remain in business. Consumer protection and responsible regulation are important. But regulation that is so burdensome, confusing, or disproportionate that it drives small businesses out of the market ultimately harms the consumers and communities it was intended to protect.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand and support the need for consumer protection, product safety, environmental responsibility, and appropriate regulation. However, I am deeply concerned that the growing regulatory burden being placed on micro-enterprises and independent creators is becoming disproportionate to the scale and nature of the businesses and products involved. As a small independent artist and business owner selling limited quantities of handmade and artist-designed products to EU customers, I increasingly find myself facing requirements that appear to have been designed with large manufacturers, importers, and multinational corporations in mind. A one-person business does not have the legal departments, compliance officers, testing budgets, or administrative infrastructure of a multinational corporation, yet we are increasingly expected to navigate similarly complex obligations. This creates several serious problems. First, the burden is disproportionate. Compliance involves researching legislation, determining product classifications, maintaining documentation, understanding labeling and packaging requirements, communicating with suppliers, navigating customs requirements, and potentially obtaining information or testing that may be financially unrealistic for a micro-business. For a small business selling relatively low-risk products in limited quantities, these costs can quickly exceed the value of the EU market itself. Second, the rules are unnecessarily confusing. Small artists are not regulatory specialists. We need clear, accessible, practical guidance explaining what is actually required of micro-enterprises. When businesses are expected to comply but cannot reasonably determine what compliance looks like, the result is uncertainty and businesses withdrawing from the EU market rather than improved consumer protection. Third, these requirements risk eliminating legitimate small businesses rather than improving safety. For many independent artists, the EU is an important customer base. If selling a small number of inexpensive products requires compliance costs that are disproportionate to the revenue generated, the rational business decision becomes to stop shipping to EU customers altogether. This particularly threatens niche creative industries such as independent illustrators, enamel pin makers, jewelry artists, stationery designers, small-scale merch creators, and other microbusinesses operating in small batches or directly from home studios. Fourth, a broad one-size-fits-all approach can have unintended consequences. A multinational company may be able to absorb additional compliance costs; a one-person artist may not. If small businesses leave the EU market while larger companies remain, regulation can inadvertently reduce consumer choice and competition while concentrating more market power among larger businesses. I am not asking for small businesses to be exempt from reasonable consumer safety standards. I am asking for proportionality. Regulatory obligations should take into account business size, production volume, product risk, and the realities of small-scale cross-border commerce. There should be simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, clear and centralized guidance, reasonable thresholds where appropriate, and practical mechanisms for demonstrating compliance without requiring small businesses to spend disproportionate amounts on legal and administrative services. Small creative businesses contribute to cultural diversity, entrepreneurship, consumer choice, and the wider creative economy. We should not have to choose between complying with an unnecessarily complex regulatory system and being able to afford to remain in business. Consumer protection and responsible regulation are important. But regulation that is so burdensome, confusing, or disproportionate that it drives small businesses out of the market ultimately harms the consumers and communities it was intended to protect.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547609_en"}, {"id": 33547597, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:34:14", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sarah Dannesboe Ceramics", "feedback": "This is totally infeasible for small creative companies. You are creating ridiculous demands for 1 person businesses and thereby cutting off all intranet EU sales. I already reuse packaging wherever possible and what I buy is recycled packaging. By reusing packing it saves me money and is obviously better but I do not have the time/capacity to complete the forms and pay each country costs. Why not ask the small 1 person businesses to be as sustainable as possible but do not impose requirements that we cannot meet. I can now no longer ship beyond the domestic market. Thank you !", "feedbackEnglish": "This is totally infeasible for small creative companies. You are creating ridiculous demands for 1 person businesses and thereby cutting off all intranet EU sales. I already reuse packaging wherever possible and what I buy is recycled packaging. By reusing packing it saves me money and is obviously better but I do not have the time/capacity to complete the forms and pay each country costs. Why not ask the small 1 person businesses to be as sustainable as possible but do not impose requirements that we cannot meet. I can now no longer ship beyond the domestic market. Thank you !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547597_en"}, {"id": 33547596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:33:43", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European law-makers, I ask you to make an exception for micro-businesses as this will kill the livelihood of many self-employed sole traders. Think of people who are artists and artisans making just enough to pay their bills. We need to protect European makers and we need to protect European culture. These people add value to our regions. Europe has always been known for small, authentic businesses that trade with neighbouring countries and beyond. Homogenise registration for all EU-countries to be a single EU-registration (which would make sense because why else are we part of the European Union?) AND have an option be affordable for these micro-businesses. Affordable means also taking into account the one person businesses! Do not set a set fee that is the same for someone who makes 3 to 30k euros a year as someone who makes 100k- 500k and more. Instead have the registration fee be A PERCENTAGE calculated on both the profit of the business and the amount of packages shipped. Take BOTH of these points of information into account. A part-time maker shouldnt pay the same for their 100 packages a year as someone who sends 1000s of packages a year. It is financially and logistically impossible for micro-businesses to register and have a representatieve in each individual country they want to ship to. Current regulations as they stand will KILL the free movement of goods and services, which is completely UNEUROPEAN. Micro-businesses are willing to create less waste (even though their impact is only a fraction of what large multinationals create) but this has to be in a way thats affordable and adjusted to their size. Listen to the people.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European law-makers, I ask you to make an exception for micro-businesses as this will kill the livelihood of many self-employed sole traders. Think of people who are artists and artisans making just enough to pay their bills. We need to protect European makers and we need to protect European culture. These people add value to our regions. Europe has always been known for small, authentic businesses that trade with neighbouring countries and beyond. Homogenise registration for all EU-countries to be a single EU-registration (which would make sense because why else are we part of the European Union?) AND have an option be affordable for these micro-businesses. Affordable means also taking into account the one person businesses! Do not set a set fee that is the same for someone who makes 3 to 30k euros a year as someone who makes 100k- 500k and more. Instead have the registration fee be A PERCENTAGE calculated on both the profit of the business and the amount of packages shipped. Take BOTH of these points of information into account. A part-time maker shouldnt pay the same for their 100 packages a year as someone who sends 1000s of packages a year. It is financially and logistically impossible for micro-businesses to register and have a representatieve in each individual country they want to ship to. Current regulations as they stand will KILL the free movement of goods and services, which is completely UNEUROPEAN. Micro-businesses are willing to create less waste (even though their impact is only a fraction of what large multinationals create) but this has to be in a way thats affordable and adjusted to their size. Listen to the people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547596_en"}, {"id": 33547595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:33:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the goal of improving packaging sustainability and reducing environmental impact. However, I believe the current PPWR and EPR requirements could place a disproportionate burden on small and micro businesses. 1. Exemptions or proportionate requirements for small and micro businesses Small and micro businesses should either be excluded from certain requirements under the PPWR/EPR regulations or be subject to simplified and affordable compliance measures. The administrative, financial and practical requirements can be extremely difficult for businesses with limited resources to meet, especially compared to larger companies. 2. Harmonised registration across the EU EPR and PPWR registration requirements should be harmonised across EU member states. Small businesses operating across several EU countries currently face different registration systems, requirements and administrative procedures. A unified EU-wide system would significantly reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and make cross-border trade more accessible. 3. Protect the free movement of goods within the EU The regulations should not create barriers to the free movement of goods within the European Union. Different national requirements, registrations and packaging obligations could make it significantly more complicated and expensive for businesses to sell products across borders. This could particularly affect small businesses and discourage them from expanding into other EU markets. 4. Affordable and realistic compliance measures The implementation of these regulations should take the actual size and resources of a business into account. Compliance costs should be proportionate to the environmental impact and turnover of the business. Small businesses should have access to clear guidance, affordable registration options and sufficient transition periods. Overall, I support the objectives of the PPWR and EPR regulations, but I believe proportionality, harmonisation and protection of the EU single market need to be given much greater consideration. The regulations should improve environmental standards without creating disproportionate administrative and financial burdens that could threaten the viability of small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the goal of improving packaging sustainability and reducing environmental impact. However, I believe the current PPWR and EPR requirements could place a disproportionate burden on small and micro businesses. 1. Exemptions or proportionate requirements for small and micro businesses Small and micro businesses should either be excluded from certain requirements under the PPWR/EPR regulations or be subject to simplified and affordable compliance measures. The administrative, financial and practical requirements can be extremely difficult for businesses with limited resources to meet, especially compared to larger companies. 2. Harmonised registration across the EU EPR and PPWR registration requirements should be harmonised across EU member states. Small businesses operating across several EU countries currently face different registration systems, requirements and administrative procedures. A unified EU-wide system would significantly reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and make cross-border trade more accessible. 3. Protect the free movement of goods within the EU The regulations should not create barriers to the free movement of goods within the European Union. Different national requirements, registrations and packaging obligations could make it significantly more complicated and expensive for businesses to sell products across borders. This could particularly affect small businesses and discourage them from expanding into other EU markets. 4. Affordable and realistic compliance measures The implementation of these regulations should take the actual size and resources of a business into account. Compliance costs should be proportionate to the environmental impact and turnover of the business. Small businesses should have access to clear guidance, affordable registration options and sufficient transition periods. Overall, I support the objectives of the PPWR and EPR regulations, but I believe proportionality, harmonisation and protection of the EU single market need to be given much greater consideration. The regulations should improve environmental standards without creating disproportionate administrative and financial burdens that could threaten the viability of small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547595_en"}, {"id": 33547594, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:31:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta ley debería ajustarse para que sea justa con las empresas pequeñas. Para ello propongo: - Que haya tarifas mínimas realistas para empresas que realizan pocos envíos/con poco volumen de ventas. - Que se simplifiquen los procesos para empresas pequeñas y micronegocios. - Que existan unos volúmenes mínimos de residuos generados a tener en cuenta. - Que se unifique el registro y no que haya 27 diferentes, uno por cada país de la UE, con lo que esto implica en costes para los pequeños negocios. - Que haya un período de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas y/o excepciones a negocios con poco volumen de ventas. Muchas gracias.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law should be adjusted to be fair to small businesses. To that end, I propose: — There must be realistic minimum tariffs for undertakings with a small number of items/with a small volume of sales. — Simplification of processes for small and micro-businesses. — There are minimum volumes of waste generated to be taken into account. — To unify the register and not to have 27 different registers, one for each EU country, thus implying costs for small businesses. — There should be a longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or exceptions to turnover with low sales turnover. Many thanks!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547594_en"}, {"id": 33547593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:29:00", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a person having a micro business related to art field, mostly relying on delivery to other countries, I highly disagree with these changes. It's fair to make big corporations look after their wastes, yet I doubt that a few packages of mine will change pollution situation a lot. I don't earn enough to pay those registrations, but it still helps me to pay bills and support financially. Such changes will make my small profit go to zero, and that's not only me but many other small businesses. We have safe alternatives, but those will harm our country economics, because a part of taxes we pay for delivery in our countries will be paid to the platforms from other countries allowing us to bypass legally these changes. But this is valid only for businesses who are flexible enough with their goods for that. Many fully handmade goods can't do that, so they will be forced to close down their online shops. For students and young adults like me current salaries are not enough to live comfortably, so our small businesses are a really helpful hand to be more financially stable. If you want to kill small businesses, please, make sure your citizens will be paid enough on their official jobs.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a person having a micro business related to art field, mostly relying on delivery to other countries, I highly disagree with these changes. It's fair to make big corporations look after their wastes, yet I doubt that a few packages of mine will change pollution situation a lot. I don't earn enough to pay those registrations, but it still helps me to pay bills and support financially. Such changes will make my small profit go to zero, and that's not only me but many other small businesses. We have safe alternatives, but those will harm our country economics, because a part of taxes we pay for delivery in our countries will be paid to the platforms from other countries allowing us to bypass legally these changes. But this is valid only for businesses who are flexible enough with their goods for that. Many fully handmade goods can't do that, so they will be forced to close down their online shops. For students and young adults like me current salaries are not enough to live comfortably, so our small businesses are a really helpful hand to be more financially stable. If you want to kill small businesses, please, make sure your citizens will be paid enough on their official jobs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547593_en"}, {"id": 33547592, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:28:46", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The worry from myself and many others is that this regulation would be that there would be a huge imbalance of financial impact between small businesses and large corporations. The recycling aspect is much more sound, but the financial burden is already closing down micro businesses that only sell a few items to certain countries, and they are made to pay the same amount as large corporations do, and have representatives that they wouldnt have a real need for. There needs to be a reconsideration for small business owners. The large corporations can pay anything the government asks, but real hard working people cannot.", "feedbackEnglish": "The worry from myself and many others is that this regulation would be that there would be a huge imbalance of financial impact between small businesses and large corporations. The recycling aspect is much more sound, but the financial burden is already closing down micro businesses that only sell a few items to certain countries, and they are made to pay the same amount as large corporations do, and have representatives that they wouldnt have a real need for. There needs to be a reconsideration for small business owners. The large corporations can pay anything the government asks, but real hard working people cannot.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547592_en"}, {"id": 33547591, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:28:21", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small business", "feedback": "Hello, I'm contacting you regarding the new PPWR policy that will apply from August 12. I have a small business where I sell art, including original oil paintings and prints. I only make a few sales and ship a small number of packages per year. This policy could make selling my work in Europe almost impossible for me, and Im worried it could do the same for millions of other small businesses and independent artists. Please review this policy. I don't think small business owners who only ship a few packages a month or even a year should be affected in the same way as large companies. Having to pay 100 or more in some countries just to be able to ship a single print is outrageous and simply not realistic for a small artist like me. I completely understand the need to reduce packaging waste, but I really hope there can be simpler rules or exemptions for very small businesses and independent creators. Best regards,", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I'm contacting you regarding the new PPWR policy that will apply from August 12. I have a small business where I sell art, including original oil paintings and prints. I only make a few sales and ship a small number of packages per year. This policy could make selling my work in Europe almost impossible for me, and Im worried it could do the same for millions of other small businesses and independent artists. Please review this policy. I don't think small business owners who only ship a few packages a month or even a year should be affected in the same way as large companies. Having to pay 100 or more in some countries just to be able to ship a single print is outrageous and simply not realistic for a small artist like me. I completely understand the need to reduce packaging waste, but I really hope there can be simpler rules or exemptions for very small businesses and independent creators. Best regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547591_en"}, {"id": 33547590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:26:47", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Alira Studio", "feedback": "As a micro-enterprise owner producing small, handcrafted jewelry, I am writing to express deep concern regarding the proposed rules for national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). My business operates on a small scale, shipping lightweight items packaged in small, recyclable cardboard mailers. The current framework forces micro-enterprises to navigate 27 separate national registries, each with distinct compliance rules, annual portal fees, and reporting schedules. Additionally, the mandate to contract local authorised representatives in member states where we have no physical presence adds hundreds or thousands of euros in yearly fixed costs. These costs quickly exceed the profits made from shipping to customers in those countries. If these obligations are applied without relief for micro-enterprises, small producers like mine will be forced to stop shipping to other EU countries entirely. This restricts cross-border trade within the EU Single Market and favors large corporations that can absorb fragmented administrative costs. I urge the European Commission to consider the following solutions before finalizing these rules: - A Single Registration Portal: Implement a centralized EU One-Stop-Shop portal where a producer can register once and report packaging data for all member states. - De Minimis Thresholds: Establish a harmonized EU-wide exemption or simplified tier for micro-enterprises based on total annual packaging weight or turnover. - Exemption from Authorised Representatives: Remove or strictly cap the requirement for EU-based micro-businesses to hire third-party representatives when selling cross-border within the EU. Without a simplified, unified system, the financial and operational burden of 27 individual registries will price micro-enterprises out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-enterprise owner producing small, handcrafted jewelry, I am writing to express deep concern regarding the proposed rules for national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). My business operates on a small scale, shipping lightweight items packaged in small, recyclable cardboard mailers. The current framework forces micro-enterprises to navigate 27 separate national registries, each with distinct compliance rules, annual portal fees, and reporting schedules. Additionally, the mandate to contract local authorised representatives in member states where we have no physical presence adds hundreds or thousands of euros in yearly fixed costs. These costs quickly exceed the profits made from shipping to customers in those countries. If these obligations are applied without relief for micro-enterprises, small producers like mine will be forced to stop shipping to other EU countries entirely. This restricts cross-border trade within the EU Single Market and favors large corporations that can absorb fragmented administrative costs. I urge the European Commission to consider the following solutions before finalizing these rules: - A Single Registration Portal: Implement a centralized EU One-Stop-Shop portal where a producer can register once and report packaging data for all member states. - De Minimis Thresholds: Establish a harmonized EU-wide exemption or simplified tier for micro-enterprises based on total annual packaging weight or turnover. - Exemption from Authorised Representatives: Remove or strictly cap the requirement for EU-based micro-businesses to hire third-party representatives when selling cross-border within the EU. Without a simplified, unified system, the financial and operational burden of 27 individual registries will price micro-enterprises out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547590_en"}, {"id": 33547588, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:25:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich sehe die geplanten Neuerungen sehr kritisch. Anstelle der Harmonisierung sehe ich vor allem ein Bürokratiemonster, welches durch grosse Firmen mit dutzenden von Anwälten leicht zu handlen ist - aber durch kleine Unternehmen oder Nebenerwerbler quasi nicht zu bewältigen ist. Sollte für ein Gesamt-Bestellvolumen von wenigen Euro für jedes potentielle Land eine eigene Anmeldung nötig werden, so schliesst das einen Grossteil der enthusiastischen kleinen Kunsthandwerker effektiv vom grenzübergreifenden Verkauf aus. Ein Jammer, speziell da die anfallenden Verpackungsvolumina vernachlässigbar sein dürften, und allgemein tragisch, da so dem Geist des Europäischen Binnenmarktes wahrlich nicht entsprochen wird. Ich persönlich würde es \"Protektionismus gegen Schutzgeld\" nennen - und ein weiterer Schritt hin zu einer drohenden Europamüdigkeit wäre gegangen. Meine persönliche Meinung: Es gibt keinen Regelungsbedarf. Vielen Dank für das Lesen und Berücksichtigen dieses Feedbacks.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very critical of the planned innovations. Instead of harmonisation, I see above all a ‘bureaucratic monster’ that is easy to handle by large companies with dozens of lawyers – but almost impossible to handle by small companies or side-buyers. If a total order volume of a few euros requires a separate declaration for each potential country, this effectively excludes a large proportion of enthusiastic small craftsmen from cross-border sales. A jammer, especially as the packaging volumes generated are likely to be negligible, and generally tragic, as this does not truly respect the spirit of the European single market. Personally, I would call it ‘protectionism against protection money’ – and a further step towards a threat of European fatigue would have been taken. My personal opinion: There is no need for regulation. Thank you for reading and taking this feedback into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547588_en"}, {"id": 33547589, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:24:10", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a consumer who prefers to purchase from small or micro businesses over behemoths like Amazon. While the sentiment of behind this legislation is very valid, the execution is abhorrent. A lot of my favorite businesses can not justify the cost and logistics necessary and therefore no longer propose shipping to my country. It would also be more understandable if the rules applied only to shipping outside of the EU but no, you are also undermining small European entrepreneurs. All this does is create a monopoly for massive companies for whom this kind of cost is a drop in the bucket. What's even the point of the EU if the businesses have to register which each member country separately and the rules vary from country to country? Why isn't there a threshold of sales/weight/profit to differentiate between the small businesses and multinational companies? Extremely poor judgement, seems almost intentional.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a consumer who prefers to purchase from small or micro businesses over behemoths like Amazon. While the sentiment of behind this legislation is very valid, the execution is abhorrent. A lot of my favorite businesses can not justify the cost and logistics necessary and therefore no longer propose shipping to my country. It would also be more understandable if the rules applied only to shipping outside of the EU but no, you are also undermining small European entrepreneurs. All this does is create a monopoly for massive companies for whom this kind of cost is a drop in the bucket. What's even the point of the EU if the businesses have to register which each member country separately and the rules vary from country to country? Why isn't there a threshold of sales/weight/profit to differentiate between the small businesses and multinational companies? Extremely poor judgement, seems almost intentional.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547589_en"}, {"id": 33547587, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:23:27", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but I am concerned that separate packaging registration and EPR requirements in different EU countries could place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small businesses and independent artists selling physical products across EU borders. I hope the EU can provide a simple, harmonised and affordable system, with proportionate requirements and reduced burdens for micro-businesses and low-volume sellers, so that small businesses can continue participating in the EU single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but I am concerned that separate packaging registration and EPR requirements in different EU countries could place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on small businesses and independent artists selling physical products across EU borders. I hope the EU can provide a simple, harmonised and affordable system, with proportionate requirements and reduced burdens for micro-businesses and low-volume sellers, so that small businesses can continue participating in the EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547587_en"}, {"id": 33547586, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:23:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "ich habe seit 16 J. als Kleinunternehmerin ein Gewerbe angemeldet und seitdem werden jedes Jahr unsere Rechten beschnitten und eingeschränkt. Ich habe mich aus dem Internationalen Versand zurückgezogen weil ich mir die diversen Beschränkungen als Einfrauunternehmen diese Vorschriften einfach nicht Leisten kann. Ich Versende nur in gebrauchten Verpackungen (mMn. die Wahre Resourcenschonende Handhabung) und Lizensiere sie trotzdem aber dieses Theater das nun um die Verpackung getrieben wird ist der absolute Gipfel der von Bürokraten ausgedacht wird die keine Ahnung von der ganzen Materie haben und was es für ein Kleinunternehmen bedeutet. Es wird in Zukunft keine Vielfalt der Ideen mehr geben, keine Einzigartigen Angebote nur noch den Einheitsbrei der großen Unternehmen die sich den ganzen Scheiß leisten können. Anstatt das sich in der EU alle Länder einigen und zusammen arbeiten und Sinnvolle GEMEINSAME Beschlüsse herausbringen die auch dem Handel zu gute kommen wird fleissig gegeneinander gearbeitet und den kleinen Handelstreibenden jede Menge Steine und immer höhere Kosten aufs Auge gedrückt. Hurra dem Einheitsbrei, nieder mit der Individualität der Kleinen...Danke Brüssel!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have registered a business as a small entrepreneur since 16 years ago, and since then our rights have been curtailed and restricted every year. I withdrew from international shipping because I simply cannot afford the various restrictions as a woman-in-feeding company. I only send in second-hand packaging (in my view, proper resource-efficient handling) and still license this theatre, which is now being pushed around the packaging, is the absolute peak of what bureaucrats are trying to imagine, which has no idea of the whole matter and what it means for a small business. In the future, there will no longer be a plurality of ideas, and no one-size-fits-all offers will be left to the uniformity of the big companies, which will be able to afford the whole scourge. Instead of all countries in the EU agreeing and working together, and delivering meaningful common decisions that also benefit trade, there is contempt for each other, pushing small traders into the spotlight of a lot of stones and ever-increasing costs. Hurra the unitary pastry, with the individuality of the small people...Thank Brussels!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547586_en"}, {"id": 33547585, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:22:20", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new ppwr will kill many micro-business. Creative small businesses can not allocate so much resources to just sell one small postcard or print, or piece of art to different parts of EU, this will cause a lot of people to become unemployed, so countries taxes takes will get smaller. Nobody wins from this rule. Useless bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new ppwr will kill many micro-business. Creative small businesses can not allocate so much resources to just sell one small postcard or print, or piece of art to different parts of EU, this will cause a lot of people to become unemployed, so countries taxes takes will get smaller. Nobody wins from this rule. Useless bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547585_en"}, {"id": 33547584, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:22:11", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I welcome the objective of Article 44 and support extended producer responsibility. My concern is not the principle but the implementation, which in its current form imposes costs that fall hardest on the smallest operators and delivers no proportionate environmental benefit. 1. the register format must be exhaustive, not a minimum. The draft implementing act sets out registration fields, but Member States are adding their own. A study conducted in March 2026 covering ten Member States identified 64 distinct registration fields, of which only around a quarter correspond to the fields foreseen in the draft act. The remainder have no basis in the EU text. Unless the implementing act is explicitly exhaustive, and Member States are prohibited from requiring additional fields, Article 44 will reproduce the fragmentation it was designed to remove. 2. The compliance burden is fixed, the turnover is not. For a producer shipping a few hundred parcels a year to three or four Member States, registration cost per unit sold is orders of magnitude higher than for a large exporter. A micro-producer with under one tonne of packaging per year faces the same registration process as one with ten thousand. I ask the Commission to provide, in the implementing act, a genuinely simplified single-page registration pathway for producers below the 10-tonne threshold already recognised in Article 45, limited to identity, contact details and packaging categories. 3. A single point of submission. Nothing in Article 44 prevents the Commission from operating a common interface through which a producer submits once and data is routed to the relevant national registers, as is done in other EU reporting frameworks. The absence of such an interface is the single largest practical barrier to cross-border trade by small producers, and it is within the Commission's power to remedy. 4. Timing. The registration obligation applies from 12 August 2026, while the harmonised format arrives later. Producers acting in good faith are registering against national specifications that the implementing act may subsequently change, and will bear the cost of re-registering. I ask that Member States be required to accept registrations made under the harmonised format without repeating national procedures already completed. Small producers are not asking to be exempt from responsibility for their packaging. They are asking that the administrative cost of accepting it be proportionate to the packaging they place on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the objective of Article 44 and support extended producer responsibility. My concern is not the principle but the implementation, which in its current form imposes costs that fall hardest on the smallest operators and delivers no proportionate environmental benefit. 1. the register format must be exhaustive, not a minimum. The draft implementing act sets out registration fields, but Member States are adding their own. A study conducted in March 2026 covering ten Member States identified 64 distinct registration fields, of which only around a quarter correspond to the fields foreseen in the draft act. The remainder have no basis in the EU text. Unless the implementing act is explicitly exhaustive, and Member States are prohibited from requiring additional fields, Article 44 will reproduce the fragmentation it was designed to remove. 2. The compliance burden is fixed, the turnover is not. For a producer shipping a few hundred parcels a year to three or four Member States, registration cost per unit sold is orders of magnitude higher than for a large exporter. A micro-producer with under one tonne of packaging per year faces the same registration process as one with ten thousand. I ask the Commission to provide, in the implementing act, a genuinely simplified single-page registration pathway for producers below the 10-tonne threshold already recognised in Article 45, limited to identity, contact details and packaging categories. 3. A single point of submission. Nothing in Article 44 prevents the Commission from operating a common interface through which a producer submits once and data is routed to the relevant national registers, as is done in other EU reporting frameworks. The absence of such an interface is the single largest practical barrier to cross-border trade by small producers, and it is within the Commission's power to remedy. 4. Timing. The registration obligation applies from 12 August 2026, while the harmonised format arrives later. Producers acting in good faith are registering against national specifications that the implementing act may subsequently change, and will bear the cost of re-registering. I ask that Member States be required to accept registrations made under the harmonised format without repeating national procedures already completed. Small producers are not asking to be exempt from responsibility for their packaging. They are asking that the administrative cost of accepting it be proportionate to the packaging they place on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547584_en"}, {"id": 33547489, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:17:03", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Kleine ondernemingen zouden beter ondersteund moeten worden in dit initiatief. De intentie achter de verordening is goed maar de uitwerking is zeer slecht. Kleine ondernemingen kunnen momenteel de administratieve en financiële last niet aan in tegenstelling tot grote of middelgrote ondernemingen die hiertoe wel de financiële middelen hebben. Kleine ondernemingen moeten dus aldus gesteund worden vanuit de overheid om dit te kunnen doen of uitgesloten worden van de regel (minstens tot een dergelijk centraal en goedkopere regeling voor kleine ondernemingen mogelijk is). - harmonisatie van de administratie tussen EU lidstaten voor kleine ondernemingen. Een centraal overheidsgefundeerd administratief orgaan zou hiertoe kunnen bijdragen om opnieuw voor kleine ondernemingen de lasten te drukken. - zonder deze ondersteuning zal er geen intracommunautaire handel meer zijn tussen kleine ondernemingen en consumenten. Het gaat hierbij om mensen die kunst en vakmanschap brengen op artisanale schaal. Deze handel zal afsterven in de EU als er niets gedaan wordt.", "feedbackEnglish": "— Small businesses should be better supported in this initiative. The intention behind the Regulation is good, but its impact is very poor. At present, small enterprises cannot cope with the administrative and financial burden, unlike large or medium-sized enterprises that do have the financial means to do so. Thus, small enterprises should be supported by public authorities in order to be able to do so or be excluded from the rule (at least until such a centralised and cheaper regime for small enterprises is possible). — harmonisation of administration between EU Member States for small businesses. A central administrative body based on public authorities could contribute to this in order to reduce the burden once again on small businesses. — without this support, there will no longer be intra-Community trade between small businesses and consumers. These are people who bring art and craftsmanship to the artisanal scale. This trade will die in the EU if nothing is done.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547489_en"}, {"id": 33547454, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:15:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new packaging rules largely affect small business around Europe (under 500 per year per country). These people cant afford to pay representatives for each country to ship to and they all decided to stop international shipping all together. The large corporations that do the most environmental damage are less affected by these new rules because the flat fee is so small compared to their revenue and in most instances they already have businesses in every country.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging rules largely affect small business around Europe (under 500 per year per country). These people cant afford to pay representatives for each country to ship to and they all decided to stop international shipping all together. The large corporations that do the most environmental damage are less affected by these new rules because the flat fee is so small compared to their revenue and in most instances they already have businesses in every country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547454_en"}, {"id": 33547447, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:14:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Steinberg GmbH", "feedback": "Diese Regelung sollte auf große Unternehmen angewendet werden, die Verpackungen als System einkaufen und führen sowie nennenswerte Umsätze haben. Für KMUs, vor allem für die ganz kleinen, ist es ein schwerwiegender Schlag und viele kündigen schon an, den Versand in die EU-Staaten zu stoppen. Diese Regelung verstößt gegen die Grundsätze der EU und der zugrunde liegenden Integration der Mitgliedstaaten. Der Zugang zum Binnenmarkt wird erheblich eingeschränkt, die Bürokratie auf die Spitze getrieben und einige Existenzen bedroht. Die EU macht zentral diese Regeln, aber die Umsetzung wird dezentral von jedem Staat einzeln gestaltet. Das macht 27 Versandregeln in der EU für jeden Beteiligten, egal ob Ein-Mann-GmbH oder Amazon. Die Grenze für die Regel soll für große, schon fast systembildende Unternehmen wie Amazon gelten. Für KMUs ist die Umsetzung schlicht nicht realistisch und bedroht Existenzen. Die Umsetzung soll auch zentral geregelt werden: Es kann nicht sein, dass es eine zentrale Regel gibt, aber diese durch die Mitgliedstaaten auf das 27-fache multipliziert wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "This scheme should apply to large undertakings which purchase and operate packaging as a system and which have significant turnover. Stopping shipments to EU countries is a serious blow for SMEs, especially the very small ones, and many are already announcing it. This rule is contrary to the principles of the EU and the underlying integration of the Member States. Access to the single market is severely restricted, red tape is pushed to the top and some livelihoods are threatened. The EU makes these rules central, but implementation is decentralised to each state individually. This makes 27 shipping rules in the EU for each participant, be it Ein-Mann-GmbH or Amazon. The threshold for the rule is intended to apply to large, already almost system-building companies such as Amazon. For SMEs, implementation is simply not realistic and threatens livelihoods. Implementation is also to be regulated centrally: It cannot be that there is a central rule, but it is multiplied 27 times by the Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547447_en"}, {"id": 33547386, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:12:10", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly believe that the rules on national registers and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) need to take the situation of micro-businesses into account much more seriously. I usually think of the European Union as one large single market. As businesses and citizens, we already contribute to waste management through national taxation systems. However, imposing additional EPR registration, reporting and financial obligations on a micro-business that may generate less than 10,000 in annual revenue can create a completely disproportionate burden. For a very small business, the administrative costs alone let alone registration fees, EPR contributions and potentially separate obligations in different Member States can be significant compared with the actual income of the business. I am particularly concerned about the possibility of having to comply with separate national systems when selling products to customers in different EU countries. If the objective of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is to strengthen the Single Market and harmonise packaging rules across the EU, micro-businesses should not be forced to navigate a patchwork of different national registrations and payment systems simply because they sell occasionally to customers in other Member States. As a small in fact, tiny business owner, I strongly urge the EU institutions to introduce a clear and meaningful micro-business exemption from EPR registration and financial obligations. At the very least, there should be a EU-wide revenue threshold below which a business is completely exempt from EPR registration, reporting and payment obligations. This threshold should be high enough to genuinely protect the smallest businesses, rather than merely reducing their administrative burden. A business generating 10,000 or less in annual revenue should not be treated in the same way as a large company placing millions of euros worth of packaged products on the European market. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important, but they must be achieved in a proportionate way. The smallest businesses should not be pushed out of the European Single Market because the cost and complexity of compliance is greater than the income they generate. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce a meaningful EU-wide exemption threshold for micro-businesses and to ensure that the implementation of national producer registers does not create disproportionate administrative and financial barriers for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly believe that the rules on national registers and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) need to take the situation of micro-businesses into account much more seriously. I usually think of the European Union as one large single market. As businesses and citizens, we already contribute to waste management through national taxation systems. However, imposing additional EPR registration, reporting and financial obligations on a micro-business that may generate less than 10,000 in annual revenue can create a completely disproportionate burden. For a very small business, the administrative costs alone let alone registration fees, EPR contributions and potentially separate obligations in different Member States can be significant compared with the actual income of the business. I am particularly concerned about the possibility of having to comply with separate national systems when selling products to customers in different EU countries. If the objective of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is to strengthen the Single Market and harmonise packaging rules across the EU, micro-businesses should not be forced to navigate a patchwork of different national registrations and payment systems simply because they sell occasionally to customers in other Member States. As a small in fact, tiny business owner, I strongly urge the EU institutions to introduce a clear and meaningful micro-business exemption from EPR registration and financial obligations. At the very least, there should be a EU-wide revenue threshold below which a business is completely exempt from EPR registration, reporting and payment obligations. This threshold should be high enough to genuinely protect the smallest businesses, rather than merely reducing their administrative burden. A business generating 10,000 or less in annual revenue should not be treated in the same way as a large company placing millions of euros worth of packaged products on the European market. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important, but they must be achieved in a proportionate way. The smallest businesses should not be pushed out of the European Single Market because the cost and complexity of compliance is greater than the income they generate. I therefore ask the Commission to introduce a meaningful EU-wide exemption threshold for micro-businesses and to ensure that the implementation of national producer registers does not create disproportionate administrative and financial barriers for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547386_en"}, {"id": 33547262, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:06:40", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hangar Rebelde", "feedback": "Entendiendo el objetivo de gestión de residuos, está normativa al aplicar de forma general cierra la puerta a pequeños negocios como el mío a que Europa sea un mercado rentable e interesante. Deja en manos de grandes compañías hacer llegar literatura en español a otros países, ya que los pequeños envíos y poco frecuentes serían a pérdidas. Por favor, marquen un importe mínimo de aplicación para facturación o un cierto número de envíos. Gracias", "feedbackEnglish": "If we understand the objective of waste management, it is regulatory by generally applying it, it closes the door for small businesses like mine to make Europe a profitable and interesting market. It leaves it up to large companies to transmit literature in Spanish to other countries, as small and infrequent shipments would be at a loss. Please tick a minimum amount of application for invoicing or a certain number of items. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547262_en"}, {"id": 33547241, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:05:42", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maia poppy tattoo", "feedback": "Although I agree we need to move towards being greener and sustainable everyday for the sake of our planet, this will completely kill the smaller businesses. The big multi million companies, which are the bigger issue, will still remain, but the small businesses that rely on import/export to stay afloat will suffer terribly. Please make an exception for the small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I agree we need to move towards being greener and sustainable everyday for the sake of our planet, this will completely kill the smaller businesses. The big multi million companies, which are the bigger issue, will still remain, but the small businesses that rely on import/export to stay afloat will suffer terribly. Please make an exception for the small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547241_en"}, {"id": 33547209, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:04:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Happyhugpixels", "feedback": "Hallo, danke für die Gelegenheit Feedback zu geben. Für kleine Unternehmen und Selbstständige ist dieses neue Gesetz ein Todesurteil. Ich bin mit meinem 3D Druck Service auf kleine Mengen und kleine Margen beschränkt und kann weder pro Land eine hohe Gebühr von mitunter mehreren hundert Euro zahlen, noch jemand im Land beauftragen, wenn ich mitunter nur wenige Kunden pro Jahr in diesem Land habe und die Lizenz mehr kostet, als ich überhaupt Unsatz, geschweige denn Gewinn mache. Sie beschränken meine Tätigkeit dadurch wieder allein Auf Deutschland und untergraben damit in meinen Augen völlig den europäischen Gedanken von freiheitlicher Zusammenarbeit und Kooperation. Führen sie daher bitte einen Mindestumsatz von 20.000 Euro pro Land ein, bevor diese Abgabe fällig wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback. For small businesses and the self-employed, this new law is a death sentence. With my 3D printing service, I am limited to small quantities and small margins and cannot pay a high fee of sometimes several hundred euros per country, nor can I hire someone in the country if I sometimes have only a few customers per year in that country and the licence costs more than I make a mistake, let alone a profit. In doing so, they again restrict my activities to Germany alone and thus, in my view, completely undermine the European idea of free cooperation and cooperation. Therefore, please introduce a minimum turnover of EUR 20.000 per country before this levy is due.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547209_en"}, {"id": 33547174, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:02:39", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The system is not harmonized at all. This implementation will make business owners register with each individual EU country and pay each EU country separately. This will be detrimental to small businesses, while huge corporations, who are the biggest polluters, will continue to ship with little to no impact. This law draft gives competitive advantage in favor of big corporations and punishes small businesses within the EU. It reads like a thinly veiled lobbying attempt from big corporations to run competition out, hiding behind an altruist cause. Let me illustrate with a hypothetical example: We have a small business selling hand-painted illustrations, and a huge corporation mass-producing home decor. The small business is profiting 1000/year. The corporation is profiting 100,000/year. They are both based in the EU. If they want to sell in Spain, they have to appoint an Authorized Representative (200) to handle the paperwork. Thats 20% of the yearly profit of the small business and 0.2% of the corporations yearly profit. This law doesnt make any sense. Instead of being the other way around (big polluters pay more), you run small businesses out of business. In a similar fashion, an import tax was introduced to packages from outside of the EU, under the pretense that the EU protects small businesses and helps them stay competitive within the Union. What is the purpose and what is the justification of such measures, that disproportionately affect the small business owners of the EU? This law should be revised. It is unacceptable. I believe that for a draft to be submitted in front of the people of the European Union it has to be well thought out - does that mean that NO ONE thought about the impact over the small business? It is either that, or a malicious intent to favor big corporations with big lobbyist influence, which goes against the supposed values of the EU. I care deeply about the future of small business, and you should too. It is the backbone of a healthy local economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "The system is not harmonized at all. This implementation will make business owners register with each individual EU country and pay each EU country separately. This will be detrimental to small businesses, while huge corporations, who are the biggest polluters, will continue to ship with little to no impact. This law draft gives competitive advantage in favor of big corporations and punishes small businesses within the EU. It reads like a thinly veiled lobbying attempt from big corporations to run competition out, hiding behind an altruist cause. Let me illustrate with a hypothetical example: We have a small business selling hand-painted illustrations, and a huge corporation mass-producing home decor. The small business is profiting 1000/year. The corporation is profiting 100,000/year. They are both based in the EU. If they want to sell in Spain, they have to appoint an Authorized Representative (200) to handle the paperwork. Thats 20% of the yearly profit of the small business and 0.2% of the corporations yearly profit. This law doesnt make any sense. Instead of being the other way around (big polluters pay more), you run small businesses out of business. In a similar fashion, an import tax was introduced to packages from outside of the EU, under the pretense that the EU protects small businesses and helps them stay competitive within the Union. What is the purpose and what is the justification of such measures, that disproportionately affect the small business owners of the EU? This law should be revised. It is unacceptable. I believe that for a draft to be submitted in front of the people of the European Union it has to be well thought out - does that mean that NO ONE thought about the impact over the small business? It is either that, or a malicious intent to favor big corporations with big lobbyist influence, which goes against the supposed values of the EU. I care deeply about the future of small business, and you should too. It is the backbone of a healthy local economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547174_en"}, {"id": 33547160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:02:07", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am really disheartened after hearing of these new regulations. I frequently buy from small businesses and was planning on starting a small business myself to share my art with people around Europe but as I have never sold anything before I wouldn't know what countries to ship to. After seeing the big mountain of fees just to be able to ship anywhere within the EU, it is impossible for me to follow up with my plans. There is no way I can afford to pay all of that when I haven't even figured out which country would have the highest demand for prints, stickers etc. Please do something to make it reasonable for small businesses, as these regulation could put an end to a lot of businesses and destroy the unique experience of supporting fellow individuals and their business by buying handmade/handcrafted items.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am really disheartened after hearing of these new regulations. I frequently buy from small businesses and was planning on starting a small business myself to share my art with people around Europe but as I have never sold anything before I wouldn't know what countries to ship to. After seeing the big mountain of fees just to be able to ship anywhere within the EU, it is impossible for me to follow up with my plans. There is no way I can afford to pay all of that when I haven't even figured out which country would have the highest demand for prints, stickers etc. Please do something to make it reasonable for small businesses, as these regulation could put an end to a lot of businesses and destroy the unique experience of supporting fellow individuals and their business by buying handmade/handcrafted items.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547160_en"}, {"id": 33547153, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:01:50", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Zákon trestá male prodejce.. tyto poplatky by měly odpovídat počtu objednávek či prodaného zboží.. pro male firmy je to v momentální situaci nemožné existovat a lidé by přišli o různorodost, kreativitu a unikatnost zboží", "feedbackEnglish": "The law punishes the retailer.. These fees should correspond to the number of orders or goods sold. This is impossible to exist for the retailer in the current situation and would deprive people of the variety, creativity and uniqueness of the goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547153_en"}, {"id": 33547111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 08:00:02", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gunderwear", "feedback": "𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 Dear President Ursula von der Leyen, Jessika Roswall and Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné , I fully support reducing packaging waste, recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨. For a small e-commerce business, selling into another Member State can mean another registration, reporting system, organisation, invoice and potentially another representative. Multiply that across Europe and the Single Market becomes a 𝟮𝟳-𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿. A small business may put only a few kilograms of packaging into a country, yet spend hundreds or thousands of euros complying with the rules. 𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴. Who can absorb those costs? Amazon. Zalando. Multinationals with compliance departments and millions of orders over which they can spread the expense. Who cannot? Independent webshops, family businesses and small entrepreneurs trying to sell across Europe. Every small retailer that leaves a market because compliance is too expensive means 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. That is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. The solution should be simple: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗣𝗥 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 Meaningful 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 for small businesses No costly local representatives for small intra-EU sellers Make us pay for the waste we create. Fair. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱. That isn't sustainability. That is bureaucracy. 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗯 𝗶𝘁. 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁. Please fix this before small businesses become collateral damage of Europe's environmental ambitions. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗣𝗥 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.", "feedbackEnglish": "𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 Dear President Ursula von der Leyen, Jessika Roswall and Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné , I fully support reducing packaging waste, recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨. For a small e-commerce business, selling into another Member State can mean another registration, reporting system, organisation, invoice and potentially another representative. Multiply that across Europe and the Single Market becomes a 𝟮𝟳-𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿. A small business may put only a few kilograms of packaging into a country, yet spend hundreds or thousands of euros complying with the rules. 𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴. Who can absorb those costs? Amazon. Zalando. Multinationals with compliance departments and millions of orders over which they can spread the expense. Who cannot? Independent webshops, family businesses and small entrepreneurs trying to sell across Europe. Every small retailer that leaves a market because compliance is too expensive means 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. That is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. The solution should be simple: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗣𝗥 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 Meaningful 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 for small businesses No costly local representatives for small intra-EU sellers Make us pay for the waste we create. Fair. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱. That isn't sustainability. That is bureaucracy. 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗯 𝗶𝘁. 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁. Please fix this before small businesses become collateral damage of Europe's environmental ambitions. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗣𝗥 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547111_en"}, {"id": 33547108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:59:56", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "-", "feedback": "Im an independent artist and small business owner from Poland. At this point, I sell most of my work abroad, within the EU. The registration fees for the various systems are already high and, for a small business like mine, often simply not financially viable. The new regulations will make it impossible for me to continue operating, and I may be forced to close my business. I have spent years building my customer base and trying to reach clients across the EU. Now, all of that effort and investment could be lost because of complex cross-border bureaucracy and costs that small independent businesses simply cannot afford. Small businesses and independent creators often have a much greater awareness of sustainable and environmentally friendly packaging than large corporations. Many of us have been using eco-friendly packaging for years, long before these regulations were introduced. If I send only a few packages a year outside my own country, how much environmental harm am I really causing compared with large companies shipping thousands or millions of packages across borders? Why should micro-businesses like mine be treated in the same way as large corporations? Mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses and independent artists. We urgently need a de minimis exemption or a simple, affordable One Stop Shop system specifically designed for micro-entrepreneurs. Please dont make it impossible for small artists and independent businesses to sell across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im an independent artist and small business owner from Poland. At this point, I sell most of my work abroad, within the EU. The registration fees for the various systems are already high and, for a small business like mine, often simply not financially viable. The new regulations will make it impossible for me to continue operating, and I may be forced to close my business. I have spent years building my customer base and trying to reach clients across the EU. Now, all of that effort and investment could be lost because of complex cross-border bureaucracy and costs that small independent businesses simply cannot afford. Small businesses and independent creators often have a much greater awareness of sustainable and environmentally friendly packaging than large corporations. Many of us have been using eco-friendly packaging for years, long before these regulations were introduced. If I send only a few packages a year outside my own country, how much environmental harm am I really causing compared with large companies shipping thousands or millions of packages across borders? Why should micro-businesses like mine be treated in the same way as large corporations? Mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses and independent artists. We urgently need a de minimis exemption or a simple, affordable One Stop Shop system specifically designed for micro-entrepreneurs. Please dont make it impossible for small artists and independent businesses to sell across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547108_en"}, {"id": 33547077, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:58:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen ", "feedback": "As an e-commerce retailer, I fully support the PPWRs goal of reducing packaging waste. However, the current practical requirements heavily discriminate against small and medium-sized online retailers in cross-border trade and threaten our very survival. I urgently request the European Commission to implement the following adjustments for the e-commerce sector: 1. ABOLITION OF MANDATORY NATIONAL AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR SMALL VOLUMES: Shipping even a single package to another EU member state requires online shops to appoint local representatives for EPR compliance. The fixed administrative costs distort competition and multiply the value of the goods. This forces SMEs to stop cross-border shipping entirely, breaking the promise of the EU single market. 2. INTRODUCTION OF AN EU-WIDE DE-MINIMIS THRESHOLD: We need a harmonized European exemption limit based on annual revenue or packaging weight. Micro-retailers below this threshold must be exempt from foreign registration and licensing obligations. 3. A CENTRAL EU ONE-STOP-SHOP INSTEAD OF 27 SEPARATE REGISTRIES: Despite being an EU regulation, member states still maintain highly fragmented national registries. Online retailers need one single, centralized EU digital portal to report all packaging data seamlessly. 4. DISPROPORTIONATE QR CODE AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS: Forcing small retailers to print QR codes containing technical conformity declarations onto shipping boxes is logistically unfeasible. In e-commerce, customers already receive all relevant merchant and compliance data digitally via email. Additional physical labels on shipping cartons are redundant. Without these crucial adjustments, the PPWR will lead to a monopoly of global retail giants, as they are the only ones capable of absorbing the bureaucratic costs for 27 different nations.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an e-commerce retailer, I fully support the PPWRs goal of reducing packaging waste. However, the current practical requirements heavily discriminate against small and medium-sized online retailers in cross-border trade and threaten our very survival. I urgently request the European Commission to implement the following adjustments for the e-commerce sector: 1. ABOLITION OF MANDATORY NATIONAL AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR SMALL VOLUMES: Shipping even a single package to another EU member state requires online shops to appoint local representatives for EPR compliance. The fixed administrative costs distort competition and multiply the value of the goods. This forces SMEs to stop cross-border shipping entirely, breaking the promise of the EU single market. 2. INTRODUCTION OF AN EU-WIDE DE-MINIMIS THRESHOLD: We need a harmonized European exemption limit based on annual revenue or packaging weight. Micro-retailers below this threshold must be exempt from foreign registration and licensing obligations. 3. A CENTRAL EU ONE-STOP-SHOP INSTEAD OF 27 SEPARATE REGISTRIES: Despite being an EU regulation, member states still maintain highly fragmented national registries. Online retailers need one single, centralized EU digital portal to report all packaging data seamlessly. 4. DISPROPORTIONATE QR CODE AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS: Forcing small retailers to print QR codes containing technical conformity declarations onto shipping boxes is logistically unfeasible. In e-commerce, customers already receive all relevant merchant and compliance data digitally via email. Additional physical labels on shipping cartons are redundant. Without these crucial adjustments, the PPWR will lead to a monopoly of global retail giants, as they are the only ones capable of absorbing the bureaucratic costs for 27 different nations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547077_en"}, {"id": 33547025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:56:33", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I am an artist and a small business owner from Eastern Europe. Aldough I always encourage and try to make a lot of action for everything I do to be greener and to help leaving for our children and the future of this planet a cleaner environment, it really strikes me how this new rule will terminate most of the small business and artisans that are already struggling. The big companies will adapt and pollute further because they will be the only ones that will afford to pay all the taxes involved. Imagine that most small business owners and artisan create the products, do the marketing, the sales, the papers, everything big companies have at least a few people for each domain. More bureaucracy, paper work and taxes will, at this moment, put the last nail in the coffin of small business, artists and little entrepreneurs that are trying to make Europe better.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am an artist and a small business owner from Eastern Europe. Aldough I always encourage and try to make a lot of action for everything I do to be greener and to help leaving for our children and the future of this planet a cleaner environment, it really strikes me how this new rule will terminate most of the small business and artisans that are already struggling. The big companies will adapt and pollute further because they will be the only ones that will afford to pay all the taxes involved. Imagine that most small business owners and artisan create the products, do the marketing, the sales, the papers, everything big companies have at least a few people for each domain. More bureaucracy, paper work and taxes will, at this moment, put the last nail in the coffin of small business, artists and little entrepreneurs that are trying to make Europe better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547025_en"}, {"id": 33547000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:55:29", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This rule will make having a micro bussiness that sends out to other EU countries impossible. Please make an exception for very small bussinesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule will make having a micro bussiness that sends out to other EU countries impossible. Please make an exception for very small bussinesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33547000_en"}, {"id": 33546971, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:54:19", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The importance of sustainability and environmentally friendly laws is certainly non negotiable. However, laws such as these need to take everyone into consideration. The effect of this law on independent small and micro businesses can be catastrophic, as they are forced to shrink and limit themselves to their home country, since there is no way to afford an authorized representative. Thusly, instead of supporting the growth of small European businesses and artists, such an act hurts them and ends up hindering the EU single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The importance of sustainability and environmentally friendly laws is certainly non negotiable. However, laws such as these need to take everyone into consideration. The effect of this law on independent small and micro businesses can be catastrophic, as they are forced to shrink and limit themselves to their home country, since there is no way to afford an authorized representative. Thusly, instead of supporting the growth of small European businesses and artists, such an act hurts them and ends up hindering the EU single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546971_en"}, {"id": 33546943, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:53:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law mainly punishes small businesses. I understand wanting more restrictions for big companies, but they will still be able to pay the fees, whereas this law will make it near impossible for small businesses to ship to other countries. It will make it near impossible for small businesses to get by as most of their customers wont be able to afford the shipping of their products anymore. As a customer myself, it will also make it really hard for me to get unique products that simply arent available in my own country. I understand wanting more restrictions on the big companies, but I believe this is simply not the way I thought the EU was here to make trade between countries more accessible, but this does the exact opposite.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law mainly punishes small businesses. I understand wanting more restrictions for big companies, but they will still be able to pay the fees, whereas this law will make it near impossible for small businesses to ship to other countries. It will make it near impossible for small businesses to get by as most of their customers wont be able to afford the shipping of their products anymore. As a customer myself, it will also make it really hard for me to get unique products that simply arent available in my own country. I understand wanting more restrictions on the big companies, but I believe this is simply not the way I thought the EU was here to make trade between countries more accessible, but this does the exact opposite.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546943_en"}, {"id": 33546921, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:52:16", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In the last 5 years I have focused on EU businesses and I have been paying up to twice the price of handmade items by buying from European small creators and businesses. I have purchased cork boxes from Portugal, leather cases from Romania, phone cases from Poland, deco items from Germany, games and clothes from Italy. From small business that cannot handle registering to every single member state of the union separately. Some of these businesses will stop shipping to Denmark if this law passes. I won't be able to reinvest my money in the EU. It's already crazy how many more small businesses the USA has if compared to Europe, try to search online for any handmade item and you will see. Custom stickers, covers, game components, you name it. Please don't make the life of small businesses even harder, and my life as an EU purchaser.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the last 5 years I have focused on EU businesses and I have been paying up to twice the price of handmade items by buying from European small creators and businesses. I have purchased cork boxes from Portugal, leather cases from Romania, phone cases from Poland, deco items from Germany, games and clothes from Italy. From small business that cannot handle registering to every single member state of the union separately. Some of these businesses will stop shipping to Denmark if this law passes. I won't be able to reinvest my money in the EU. It's already crazy how many more small businesses the USA has if compared to Europe, try to search online for any handmade item and you will see. Custom stickers, covers, game components, you name it. Please don't make the life of small businesses even harder, and my life as an EU purchaser.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546921_en"}, {"id": 33546907, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:51:44", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "YARNITY S.L.U.", "feedback": "Me cuesta resumir en pocas palabras lo que pienso y siento en relación a esta norma. Se supone que hemos creado la Unión Europea, como su propio nombre indica, para estar unidos y cada vez lo estamos menos. Esta normativa, aún entendiendo y compartiendo la base de su creación (soy la primera que reutiliza y recicla hasta lo inimaginable), es totalmente abusiva y destructora de cualquier microemprendimiento o pequeña empresa y tira por tierra las ilusiones y el trabajo duro que hay detrás de cada uno de nosotros. Luchamos por abrirnos un mercado en Europa, tal y como ha promovido la propia UE, y ahora nos impiden mantener nuestros clientes fuera de nuestro país con exigencias imposibles de asumir a nivel económico y burocrático. Les ruego que reflexionen y retornen a la sensatez, está en juego mucho más que un puñado de pedidos. Con esto está en peligro, ya no sólo la subsistencia de las pequeñas empresas afectadas como proyecto, sino quizás los ingresos necesarios para sobrevivir de más de una familia que depende de los ingresos de estas empresas que ustedes están minando. Les agradezco de antemano los cambios que harán, sin duda, en esta normativa, para que todos podamos seguir luchando por lo que soñamos.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find it difficult to summarise in a nutshell what I think and feel about this rule. We are supposed to have created the European Union, as its name suggests, to be united and we are less and less so. While understanding and sharing the basis of its creation (I am the first to reuse and recycle it to the unimaginable), this legislation is totally abusive and destructive of any micro- or small enterprise and throws away by land the illusions and hard work behind each of us. We are fighting to open up a market in Europe, as promoted by the EU itself, and are now preventing us from keeping our customers outside our country with demands that cannot be met economically and bureaucratically. I would kindly ask you to reflect and return to the sense, much more than a handful of orders are at stake. This is jeopardising not only the livelihood of the small businesses concerned as a project, but perhaps the income needed to survive more than one family that depends on the income of these businesses that you are undermining. I would like to thank you in advance for the changes you will certainly make to these rules, so that we can all continue to fight for what we dream of.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546907_en"}, {"id": 33546885, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:50:49", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "What this act does is essentially cause small businesses to quit or go bankrupt. Small businesses with smaller turnover have no space to hire authorised representatives in each EU country. We believe that this act goes directly against the free movement of goods. It would make sense to apply this to bigger companies with bigger turnover rather than small businesses especially those focused on arts that do this mostly for the love of the craft. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "What this act does is essentially cause small businesses to quit or go bankrupt. Small businesses with smaller turnover have no space to hire authorised representatives in each EU country. We believe that this act goes directly against the free movement of goods. It would make sense to apply this to bigger companies with bigger turnover rather than small businesses especially those focused on arts that do this mostly for the love of the craft. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546885_en"}, {"id": 33546853, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:49:30", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There absolutely needs to be an exception for small businesses. This new rule is already having a negative impact on me as a consumer. Several small businesses have contacted me to say that they will no longer ship to my country because the additional costs are simply too high for them. Im sure this regulation was introduced with good intentions, but in reality, it risks pulling the rug out from under small businesses while allowing large corporations to benefit from the situation. Im also concerned that large companies will simply pass the additional costs on to their customers in full, which surely cannot be the intended outcome either. This regulation urgently needs to be reconsidered and revised to ensure that small businesses are not disproportionately affected.", "feedbackEnglish": "There absolutely needs to be an exception for small businesses. This new rule is already having a negative impact on me as a consumer. Several small businesses have contacted me to say that they will no longer ship to my country because the additional costs are simply too high for them. Im sure this regulation was introduced with good intentions, but in reality, it risks pulling the rug out from under small businesses while allowing large corporations to benefit from the situation. Im also concerned that large companies will simply pass the additional costs on to their customers in full, which surely cannot be the intended outcome either. This regulation urgently needs to be reconsidered and revised to ensure that small businesses are not disproportionately affected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546853_en"}, {"id": 33546764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:47:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Verpflichtende Bevollmächtigte in bis zu 26 Mitgliedstaaten verhindern grenzüberschreitenden Kleinsthandel! Wir unterstützen das Verursacherprinzip und die Pflicht, sich angemessen an den tatsächlichen Entsorgungskosten von Verpackungen zu beteiligen. Die Verpflichtung aus Artikel 45 Absatz 3 der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40, für grenzüberschreitende Direktverkäufe in jedem anderen Mitgliedstaat einen dort ansässigen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen, ist jedoch unverhältnismäßig. Unsere Band betreibt in Deutschland einen kleinen Merch-Shop. Die gesamte Versandkartonage beträgt bei uns nur rund 20 kg pro Jahr. Da unser Shop Lieferungen an Fans in der gesamten EU anbietet, sollen wir dennoch ab dem 12. August 2026 potenziell in bis zu 26 weiteren Mitgliedstaaten jeweils einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestellen unabhängig von Verpackungsmenge, Umsatz oder Unternehmensgröße. Im Extremfall kann bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in ein Land feste Kosten, Vertragsaufwand und zusätzliche Verwaltungspflichten auslösen, die den Erlös dieses Geschäfts um ein Vielfaches übersteigen. Diese Regelung reduziert keinen Verpackungsabfall. Sie macht lediglich den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf für kleine Bands, Künstler, Handwerksbetriebe und andere Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Große Unternehmen können die Kosten auf Millionen Sendungen verteilen. Kleine Anbieter müssen dagegen Lieferländer sperren, den Verkauf auf das eigene Land beschränken oder ihren Shop vollständig schließen. Dadurch werden große Plattformen und Konzerne begünstigt, während unabhängige Anbieter vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Gerade für Bands ist der direkte Verkauf an Fans ein wichtiger Teil der Finanzierung von Musikproduktionen und Tourneen. Die Europäische Kommission hat selbst festgestellt, dass die Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten in bis zu 26 Mitgliedstaaten die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit europäischer Unternehmen beeinträchtigt und insbesondere kleine und mittlere Unternehmen erheblich belastet. Trotzdem droht diese Pflicht ohne Mindestmenge und ohne wirksame Ausnahme in Kraft zu treten. Wir fordern daher, die verpflichtende Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter für in der EU niedergelassene Unternehmen auszusetzen oder abzuschaffen. Mindestens erforderlich sind eine verbindliche Kleinstmengenregelung und eine Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen. Alternativ muss ein einziger EU-weiter Bevollmächtigter ausreichen. Die nationalen Behörden können die notwendigen Informationen über interoperable Register austauschen. Für 20 kg Kartonage pro Jahr ein Netz aus bis zu 26 Bevollmächtigten zu verlangen, schützt nicht die Umwelt es verhindert europäischen Kleinhandel.", "feedbackEnglish": "Mandatory authorised representatives in up to 26 Member States prevent cross-border micro-trading! We support the polluter pays principle and the obligation to contribute appropriately to the actual disposal costs of packaging. However, the obligation in Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility established in any other Member State for cross-border direct sales is disproportionate. Our band operates a small merchant shop in Germany. Our total shipping carton is only around 20 kg per year. As our shop offers supplies to fans across the EU, from 12 August 2026 we should nevertheless potentially appoint a separate authorised representative in up to 26 other Member States, regardless of packaging volume, turnover or company size. In extreme cases, a single sale to a country can trigger fixed costs, contractual burdens and additional administrative obligations many times higher than the proceeds of this transaction. This provision does not reduce packaging waste. It only makes cross-border sales economically impossible for small bands, artists, craft businesses and other micro-enterprises. Large companies can spread the costs over millions of consignments. Small suppliers, on the other hand, have to block supplier countries, limit sales to their own country or close their shop completely. This favours large platforms and corporations, while excluding independent suppliers from the European single market. For bands in particular, direct sales to fans are an important part of the financing of musical productions and touring. The European Commission itself has found that the appointment of authorised representatives in up to 26 Member States affects the competitiveness of European companies and places a significant burden on small and medium-sized enterprises in particular. Nevertheless, there is a risk that this obligation will enter into force without a minimum quantity and without an effective exception. We therefore call for the suspension or removal of the mandatory appointment of national authorised representatives for companies established in the EU. There is at least a need for a mandatory minimum volume regime and an exemption for micro-enterprises. Alternatively, a single EU-wide authorised representative must be sufficient. National authorities may exchange the necessary information through interoperable registers. Requiring a network of up to 26 authorised representatives for 20 kg of cardboard per year does not protect the environment and prevents European small retailers from doing so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546764_en"}, {"id": 33546792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:46:56", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am planning to start a small business this year and hope to sell my art all over Europe. I don't know yet which countries I might get orders from. I can't afford to send my first orders out, and then be hit with hundreds of euros in fees, even if I end up getting no more orders from the countries I already signed up for. This kills my dream from the get go. I'm more than happy to use environmentally friendly packaging, and would have done so anyway, but these fees are insane.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am planning to start a small business this year and hope to sell my art all over Europe. I don't know yet which countries I might get orders from. I can't afford to send my first orders out, and then be hit with hundreds of euros in fees, even if I end up getting no more orders from the countries I already signed up for. This kills my dream from the get go. I'm more than happy to use environmentally friendly packaging, and would have done so anyway, but these fees are insane.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546792_en"}, {"id": 33546754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:45:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small Business", "feedback": "The EUs stated objective is to reduce bureaucracy and ease the burden on businesses. In practice, however, the opposite often seems to be happening: while procedures are simplified in one area, new obligations and administrative requirements are introduced elsewhere at the same time. I fundamentally support the goal of making packaging more sustainable. However, the way this is being implemented is problematic, particularly for micro-enterprises. I have been quoted costs of approximately 299 per country per year for this. A business that theoretically ships to all 27 EU member states would therefore already face costs of more than 8,000 per year even before licence fees, ongoing reporting requirements, consultancy costs and internal administrative expenses are taken into account. These costs arise before a single parcel has even been shipped to another EU country. For many micro-enterprises, the administrative costs are therefore many times higher than the actual cost of the packaging itself. This creates an economic barrier to entry that can effectively make cross-border trade within the European Single Market impossible for small businesses. From my perspective, the problem is therefore not the objective of the regulation itself, but its disproportionate impact on one-person businesses and small manufacturers. Large corporations have legal departments and compliance teams. Small businesses have to fulfil the same obligations with one or two people. The question is whether policymakers have adequately considered these consequences for small businesses through de minimis thresholds or exemptions, and whether the European Single Market can still live up to its original purpose under these conditions. Over the past few days, thousands of business owners have been reporting on social media and in business groups that they are considering stopping shipments to other EU countries or even giving up their businesses altogether. The Brexit effect An estimated 99.8% of businesses in the EU are classified as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This represents a very large number of companies, as SMEs form the backbone of the European economy. HMRC customs data indicates that up to approximately 20,000 small British businesses have stopped exporting to the EU since 2019. It is not difficult to imagine what could happen now. For many SMEs, this regulation could become an exit route from the European market. Micro-enterprises do not start out as large companies they grow step by step. If they are burdened with disproportionate fixed costs while they are still in the growth phase, many will never reach the size at which they could economically manage these requirements. As a result, innovation, competition and future jobs are lost. Some of my suppliers are based in other EU member states. If they were to stop shipping to Germany because of increasing bureaucratic requirements and costs, I would no longer be able to source many of my products. As a result, I would be forced to turn to suppliers in Asia instead. This primarily benefits large Asian traders and platforms, while European manufacturers and retailers lose competitiveness as they face ever-increasing regulatory and administrative burdens. In the long term, there is a real risk that European businesses will be pushed out of the market and that their economic existence will be threatened. The consequence is that more and more small and micro-enterprises are being pushed out of the market, while large platforms continue to expand their market power. We need de minimis thresholds, or at the very least harmonised and centralised solutions. No small business can realistically deal with 27 different sets of regulations. Please create solutions that make it possible for all EU citizens and businesses to participate in the Single Market on equal and accessible terms.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EUs stated objective is to reduce bureaucracy and ease the burden on businesses. In practice, however, the opposite often seems to be happening: while procedures are simplified in one area, new obligations and administrative requirements are introduced elsewhere at the same time. I fundamentally support the goal of making packaging more sustainable. However, the way this is being implemented is problematic, particularly for micro-enterprises. I have been quoted costs of approximately 299 per country per year for this. A business that theoretically ships to all 27 EU member states would therefore already face costs of more than 8,000 per year even before licence fees, ongoing reporting requirements, consultancy costs and internal administrative expenses are taken into account. These costs arise before a single parcel has even been shipped to another EU country. For many micro-enterprises, the administrative costs are therefore many times higher than the actual cost of the packaging itself. This creates an economic barrier to entry that can effectively make cross-border trade within the European Single Market impossible for small businesses. From my perspective, the problem is therefore not the objective of the regulation itself, but its disproportionate impact on one-person businesses and small manufacturers. Large corporations have legal departments and compliance teams. Small businesses have to fulfil the same obligations with one or two people. The question is whether policymakers have adequately considered these consequences for small businesses through de minimis thresholds or exemptions, and whether the European Single Market can still live up to its original purpose under these conditions. Over the past few days, thousands of business owners have been reporting on social media and in business groups that they are considering stopping shipments to other EU countries or even giving up their businesses altogether. The Brexit effect An estimated 99.8% of businesses in the EU are classified as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This represents a very large number of companies, as SMEs form the backbone of the European economy. HMRC customs data indicates that up to approximately 20,000 small British businesses have stopped exporting to the EU since 2019. It is not difficult to imagine what could happen now. For many SMEs, this regulation could become an exit route from the European market. Micro-enterprises do not start out as large companies they grow step by step. If they are burdened with disproportionate fixed costs while they are still in the growth phase, many will never reach the size at which they could economically manage these requirements. As a result, innovation, competition and future jobs are lost. Some of my suppliers are based in other EU member states. If they were to stop shipping to Germany because of increasing bureaucratic requirements and costs, I would no longer be able to source many of my products. As a result, I would be forced to turn to suppliers in Asia instead. This primarily benefits large Asian traders and platforms, while European manufacturers and retailers lose competitiveness as they face ever-increasing regulatory and administrative burdens. In the long term, there is a real risk that European businesses will be pushed out of the market and that their economic existence will be threatened. The consequence is that more and more small and micro-enterprises are being pushed out of the market, while large platforms continue to expand their market power. We need de minimis thresholds, or at the very least harmonised and centralised solutions. No small business can realistically deal with 27 different sets of regulations. Please create solutions that make it possible for all EU citizens and businesses to participate in the Single Market on equal and accessible terms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546754_en"}, {"id": 33546676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:41:57", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "De nieuwe regels van het EPR en EWPR versterkt monopolies van grote en vervuilende bedrijven. Dit door het financiëel onmogelijk maken voor kleine bedrijven om alle kosten te betalen voor elk van de 27 EU-landen om hier pakketten naartoe te versturen, hoe weinig pakketten men er ook maar naar verstuurt per jaar. Waar ik anders koos voor sustainable, handgemaakte producten die genaakt zijn om jaren te dienen van kkeine bedeijven overal innde EU, word ik als consument geforceerd om massageproduceerde of ge-dropshipte producten te kopen van giganten zoals Amazon. Omdat kleine bedrijven de kosten niet kunnen dragen om naar elk van de EU landen te kunnen verschepen. Vaak importeren Amazon storefronts in massa Temu en Shien-producten. Enkel de giganten kunnen de nieuwe kosten dragen, waardoor deze enkel nog maar invloedrijker worden. De EPR en EWPR regels houden een mes aan de keel van kleine creatievelingen die van de wereld een betere, mooiere plaats willen maken. Houd rekening met hen. Zij ondersteunen ook een gezonde economie. Een tragere levensstijl met producten gemaakt om jaren te dienen. Het vermoord de enige bedrijven die fast-fashion en massaconsumptie actief tegen gaan. Het vermoord creativiteit en ondernemerschap. U vermoord mijn keuze om bewuster te leven en kopen door de opties van de tafel te verwijderen met kosten die ze niet kunnen dragen. Importeren van buiten de EU word ineens terug interressanter, ookal kost het meer door de taksen. Daar helpen we onze EU-economie niet mee. Hiud rekening met de kleine ondernemers, geef hen ademruimte met uitzonderingen. Bescherm ondernemerschap, creativiteit en sustainability.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EPR and EWPR rules strengthen monopolies of large and polluting companies. This makes it financially impossible for small businesses to pay all the costs for each of the 27 EU countries to send parcels to them, no matter how few parcels are sent to them every year. Otherwise, where I chose sustainable, handmade products that are prone to serving years of cold-carving anywhere in the EU, as a consumer, I am forced to buy mass-produced or dry shipped products from giants such as Amazon. Because small businesses cannot bear the cost of shipping to any EU country. Amazon often imports storefronts in mass Temu and Shien products. Only giants can bear the new costs, making them even more influential. The EPR and EWPR rules keep a knife on the throat of small creatives who want to make the world a better, more beautiful place. Take them into account. They also support a healthy economy. A slower lifestyle with products made to serve years. It murdered the only companies actively fighting fast fashion and mass consumption. Murdered creativity and entrepreneurship. You murdered my choice to live and buy more consciously by removing the options from the table at a cost they cannot bear. Importing from outside the EU is once again interressanter, even if it costs more because of the fees. We are not helping our EU economy. Taking small entrepreneurs into account, give them breathing space with exceptions. Protect entrepreneurship, creativity and sustainability.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546676_en"}, {"id": 33546535, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:35:48", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the intentions of this bill are good, namely greener and more responsible packaging and shipping, it will not actually have this intended impact. It attaches a steep cost to something large companies can simply afford to pay off (the ones actually polluting the most), while any more local EU business, small one-man stores, artisanal and green product businesses will not be able to afford or figure out the steep costs and administration required to freely ship even just to neighbouring countries. It is a bandaid measure that might have some good impact, but should at the very least leave smaller businesses or incomes excempt, or make this process less burdensome for them. The future of the EU does not lie in further removing the traffic of small-scale, locally made products; this will only drive people to the remaining options, being the large polluting corporations for whom these costs don't matter. I urge to reconsider, ammend or drop this new bill. Brief looks online will already show you many small artists and artisan businesses are announcing full stops to shipping their works and services in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the intentions of this bill are good, namely greener and more responsible packaging and shipping, it will not actually have this intended impact. It attaches a steep cost to something large companies can simply afford to pay off (the ones actually polluting the most), while any more local EU business, small one-man stores, artisanal and green product businesses will not be able to afford or figure out the steep costs and administration required to freely ship even just to neighbouring countries. It is a bandaid measure that might have some good impact, but should at the very least leave smaller businesses or incomes excempt, or make this process less burdensome for them. The future of the EU does not lie in further removing the traffic of small-scale, locally made products; this will only drive people to the remaining options, being the large polluting corporations for whom these costs don't matter. I urge to reconsider, ammend or drop this new bill. Brief looks online will already show you many small artists and artisan businesses are announcing full stops to shipping their works and services in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546535_en"}, {"id": 33546523, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:35:18", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, im just a citizen, but i do buy a from other countries within the eu a considerable amount, i mostly if not alnost exclusively buy from small businesses, and this initiative is going to hurt that, i dont see why we are putting the pressure on the small businesses instead of the large corporations who usually care so much less about this issue anyway, i feel this as an enviornmental law hits the wrong people in an attempt at doing good.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, im just a citizen, but i do buy a from other countries within the eu a considerable amount, i mostly if not alnost exclusively buy from small businesses, and this initiative is going to hurt that, i dont see why we are putting the pressure on the small businesses instead of the large corporations who usually care so much less about this issue anyway, i feel this as an enviornmental law hits the wrong people in an attempt at doing good.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546523_en"}, {"id": 33546507, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:34:35", "country": "RUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a small business customer and love supporting small businesses inside EU and around the globe. Mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders and will completely destroy the possibility of small business shopping outside the country a person lives in. Please add a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs, both EU-based and not. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a small business customer and love supporting small businesses inside EU and around the globe. Mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders and will completely destroy the possibility of small business shopping outside the country a person lives in. Please add a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs, both EU-based and not. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546507_en"}, {"id": 33546489, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:33:50", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is just damaging to small bussiness, tak are already miles more eco-concious than the bigger ones, for whose thosenfees mean nothing, meanwhile for a small bussiness this is destructive. I would look at the bigger picture here!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is just damaging to small bussiness, tak are already miles more eco-concious than the bigger ones, for whose thosenfees mean nothing, meanwhile for a small bussiness this is destructive. I would look at the bigger picture here!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546489_en"}, {"id": 33546422, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:30:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ontogenie Science Jewelry", "feedback": "For 12 years, I have designed and sold a unique product: jewelry inspired by scientific organisms and methods as gifts for scientists. When someone graduates with their PhD in science, friends and family come to my website to find a unique gift. The PPWR requires me to hire an authorized representative and register my business in every EU country. I am a micro-seller, rarely making over 15K in a year, and it is impossible for me to comply financially with these regulations. Because of the PPWR, my EU business is now restricted to Germany. I'm mystified as to why the EU decided to enact legislation that targets smaller, one-of-a-kind businesses while favoring monster companies with large regulatory compliance departments and generic products. Because of the PPWR, the EU will become a less interesting place commercially, and I find that incredibly sad for consumers. Respectfully, please rescind these regulations for smaller sellers well before the holiday season 2026. If you wait any longer, most artisans like me will be out of business because of this regulation, and it won't be easy to get us back.", "feedbackEnglish": "For 12 years, I have designed and sold a unique product: jewelry inspired by scientific organisms and methods as gifts for scientists. When someone graduates with their PhD in science, friends and family come to my website to find a unique gift. The PPWR requires me to hire an authorized representative and register my business in every EU country. I am a micro-seller, rarely making over 15K in a year, and it is impossible for me to comply financially with these regulations. Because of the PPWR, my EU business is now restricted to Germany. I'm mystified as to why the EU decided to enact legislation that targets smaller, one-of-a-kind businesses while favoring monster companies with large regulatory compliance departments and generic products. Because of the PPWR, the EU will become a less interesting place commercially, and I find that incredibly sad for consumers. Respectfully, please rescind these regulations for smaller sellers well before the holiday season 2026. If you wait any longer, most artisans like me will be out of business because of this regulation, and it won't be easy to get us back.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546422_en"}, {"id": 33546411, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:30:25", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback from a Small Business in Cyprus Regarding the PPWR I strongly oppose the administrative and financial burden that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) places on small businesses operating within the EU Single Market. As a small business based in Cyprus and selling products to customers in other EU Member States, I find the requirement to potentially register and comply with separate packaging EPR systems in individual countries disproportionately costly and complicated. For a micro or small business, these costs can become a significant barrier to selling across the EU. The European Union should function as an economic partnership and a genuine Single Market, where small businesses can trade across Member States without facing a fragmented system of registrations, representatives, reporting requirements and fees in every individual country. Requiring a small company in Cyprus to establish separate compliance arrangements in multiple EU countries undermines the very principle of an integrated European market. If the EU wants to achieve these objectives while supporting entrepreneurship and small businesses, it should introduce a single EU-wide registration and compliance system, similar in principle to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). A business could receive one EU-wide registration/code and report its packaging obligations through one central system, with the appropriate fees distributed between Member States. This would achieve the environmental objective without creating an excessive administrative burden. The impact of packaging from a very small business is also fundamentally different from that of large corporations and major international sellers. The packaging volumes of micro-businesses cannot reasonably be compared with those of multinational corporations, large retailers, major manufacturers, or high-volume sellers importing products from outside the EU, including China. A proportionate regulatory framework should recognise this difference. Small businesses should not be discouraged from participating in the EU Single Market because they cannot afford the cost of registering and maintaining compliance systems in numerous Member States. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important, but they must be achieved through proportionate, practical and economically sustainable measures. I therefore strongly urge the EU institutions to reconsider the approach for micro and small businesses and consider: - One EU-wide packaging EPR registration, rather than separate registrations in every Member State. - A centralised EU reporting and payment system, modelled on the VAT One Stop Shop. - Meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes. - A system that places the greatest responsibility on large-volume producers and corporations, where the environmental impact is substantially greater. I fully support sustainability and responsible packaging. However, sustainability legislation should not unintentionally create a financial and administrative barrier that prevents small European businesses from trading freely within the European Single Market. As a small business in Cyprus, I consider the requirement to manage separate packaging compliance obligations across individual EU Member States to be disproportionate and contrary to the spirit of European economic cooperation and the Single Market. The EU should make it easiernot harderfor small European businesses to trade with each other.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from a Small Business in Cyprus Regarding the PPWR I strongly oppose the administrative and financial burden that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) places on small businesses operating within the EU Single Market. As a small business based in Cyprus and selling products to customers in other EU Member States, I find the requirement to potentially register and comply with separate packaging EPR systems in individual countries disproportionately costly and complicated. For a micro or small business, these costs can become a significant barrier to selling across the EU. The European Union should function as an economic partnership and a genuine Single Market, where small businesses can trade across Member States without facing a fragmented system of registrations, representatives, reporting requirements and fees in every individual country. Requiring a small company in Cyprus to establish separate compliance arrangements in multiple EU countries undermines the very principle of an integrated European market. If the EU wants to achieve these objectives while supporting entrepreneurship and small businesses, it should introduce a single EU-wide registration and compliance system, similar in principle to the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). A business could receive one EU-wide registration/code and report its packaging obligations through one central system, with the appropriate fees distributed between Member States. This would achieve the environmental objective without creating an excessive administrative burden. The impact of packaging from a very small business is also fundamentally different from that of large corporations and major international sellers. The packaging volumes of micro-businesses cannot reasonably be compared with those of multinational corporations, large retailers, major manufacturers, or high-volume sellers importing products from outside the EU, including China. A proportionate regulatory framework should recognise this difference. Small businesses should not be discouraged from participating in the EU Single Market because they cannot afford the cost of registering and maintaining compliance systems in numerous Member States. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important, but they must be achieved through proportionate, practical and economically sustainable measures. I therefore strongly urge the EU institutions to reconsider the approach for micro and small businesses and consider: - One EU-wide packaging EPR registration, rather than separate registrations in every Member State. - A centralised EU reporting and payment system, modelled on the VAT One Stop Shop. - Meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes. - A system that places the greatest responsibility on large-volume producers and corporations, where the environmental impact is substantially greater. I fully support sustainability and responsible packaging. However, sustainability legislation should not unintentionally create a financial and administrative barrier that prevents small European businesses from trading freely within the European Single Market. As a small business in Cyprus, I consider the requirement to manage separate packaging compliance obligations across individual EU Member States to be disproportionate and contrary to the spirit of European economic cooperation and the Single Market. The EU should make it easiernot harderfor small European businesses to trade with each other.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546411_en"}, {"id": 33546379, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:29:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will harm small businesses and the average person more than the big corporations. They don't care if you put a ton of cost on import and export, we, the small businesses and people that don't have many cool things to purchase in our countries, are ultimately the victims. Please reconsider this, we all need to make a living without spending half of it on packaging. TL;DR : This punishes the average person more than the big corporations that are actually harming the enviroment.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will harm small businesses and the average person more than the big corporations. They don't care if you put a ton of cost on import and export, we, the small businesses and people that don't have many cool things to purchase in our countries, are ultimately the victims. Please reconsider this, we all need to make a living without spending half of it on packaging. TL;DR : This punishes the average person more than the big corporations that are actually harming the enviroment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546379_en"}, {"id": 33546344, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:27:34", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Unfortunately, again - you killed small production scale, small manufacturers and innovation. As far as i remember European Union was - also - about free trade between countries. If we start to implement regulations, that every country needs to adapt, and then we dont implement any proper framework between them - we ends up in the situation where we need to pay extra fee in each country. How this differs from the situation where you are not part of EU? Second thing - adding a new level of administration to operate between EU countries - do you really think this is necessary? Do i really need to register in several countries systems, and pay yearly new tax? How this contibute for Eko? You just killed EU free trade. Thanks.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, again - you killed small production scale, small manufacturers and innovation. As far as i remember European Union was - also - about free trade between countries. If we start to implement regulations, that every country needs to adapt, and then we dont implement any proper framework between them - we ends up in the situation where we need to pay extra fee in each country. How this differs from the situation where you are not part of EU? Second thing - adding a new level of administration to operate between EU countries - do you really think this is necessary? Do i really need to register in several countries systems, and pay yearly new tax? How this contibute for Eko? You just killed EU free trade. Thanks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546344_en"}, {"id": 33546327, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:26:51", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LadybugLashes ", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small independent UK business selling directly to customers, including a small but growing customer base within the EU. I want to make clear that we support the environmental aims behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Packaging waste is a genuine issue, and businesses should take responsibility for the waste they introduce into a market. Environmental responsibility is already extremely important to our business. We deliberately stock different-sized shipping boxes so we can use the most appropriate size for each order and avoid unnecessary packaging. We avoid polystyrene packing materials, use cardboard alternatives wherever possible, avoid unnecessary plastic and foil packaging, and even use clay desiccants rather than conventional silica gel sachets. We actively think about how every order is packed and how its environmental impact can be reduced. Our concern with PPWR is therefore not its environmental purpose. It is proportionality. As a UK micro-business, we have already invested considerable time and money adapting our business after Brexit so that we can continue trading compliantly with EU customers. We use IOSS, collect the appropriate taxes and charges, use DDP shipping where appropriate and work with an EU compliance provider. We have made these investments because small businesses are encouraged to grow, export and develop international markets. The additional country-by-country EPR requirements now risk making that growth financially impossible. In some EU Member States we may have only one or two customers and place only a few kilograms of packaging onto that market each year. Yet we may still face fixed costs for registrations, reporting, producer responsibility schemes and, as a business established outside the EU, authorised representation. For a large company these may simply be operating costs. For a micro-business, they can exceed the entire annual value of sales into a country. The inevitable result is that small businesses will have to stop supplying those markets. We are already considering temporarily suspending EU sales while we establish which countries we can financially afford to continue serving. This means losing customers we have spent years building relationships with and removing choice from EU consumers who want to purchase from smaller independent businesses. We are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We would willingly contribute proportionately towards the collection and recycling of the packaging we actually place onto each market. What is difficult to justify is spending hundreds of euros on administration and representation to account for only a few kilograms of carefully minimised, predominantly recyclable packaging. There urgently needs to be a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and genuinely low-volume cross-border sellers, such as a meaningful de minimis threshold based on packaging weight or sales volume, simplified reporting, or ideally a single EU-wide system for small cross-border sellers. A business placing kilograms rather than tonnes of packaging onto a Member State's market should contribute proportionately to the waste it creates. It should not be effectively excluded from that market by fixed administrative costs. We support reducing packaging waste. We support producer responsibility. What we are asking for is proportionality, so that environmentally responsible micro-businesses are not forced out of EU markets simply because they are too small to absorb disproportionate fixed compliance costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small independent UK business selling directly to customers, including a small but growing customer base within the EU. I want to make clear that we support the environmental aims behind the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Packaging waste is a genuine issue, and businesses should take responsibility for the waste they introduce into a market. Environmental responsibility is already extremely important to our business. We deliberately stock different-sized shipping boxes so we can use the most appropriate size for each order and avoid unnecessary packaging. We avoid polystyrene packing materials, use cardboard alternatives wherever possible, avoid unnecessary plastic and foil packaging, and even use clay desiccants rather than conventional silica gel sachets. We actively think about how every order is packed and how its environmental impact can be reduced. Our concern with PPWR is therefore not its environmental purpose. It is proportionality. As a UK micro-business, we have already invested considerable time and money adapting our business after Brexit so that we can continue trading compliantly with EU customers. We use IOSS, collect the appropriate taxes and charges, use DDP shipping where appropriate and work with an EU compliance provider. We have made these investments because small businesses are encouraged to grow, export and develop international markets. The additional country-by-country EPR requirements now risk making that growth financially impossible. In some EU Member States we may have only one or two customers and place only a few kilograms of packaging onto that market each year. Yet we may still face fixed costs for registrations, reporting, producer responsibility schemes and, as a business established outside the EU, authorised representation. For a large company these may simply be operating costs. For a micro-business, they can exceed the entire annual value of sales into a country. The inevitable result is that small businesses will have to stop supplying those markets. We are already considering temporarily suspending EU sales while we establish which countries we can financially afford to continue serving. This means losing customers we have spent years building relationships with and removing choice from EU consumers who want to purchase from smaller independent businesses. We are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We would willingly contribute proportionately towards the collection and recycling of the packaging we actually place onto each market. What is difficult to justify is spending hundreds of euros on administration and representation to account for only a few kilograms of carefully minimised, predominantly recyclable packaging. There urgently needs to be a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises and genuinely low-volume cross-border sellers, such as a meaningful de minimis threshold based on packaging weight or sales volume, simplified reporting, or ideally a single EU-wide system for small cross-border sellers. A business placing kilograms rather than tonnes of packaging onto a Member State's market should contribute proportionately to the waste it creates. It should not be effectively excluded from that market by fixed administrative costs. We support reducing packaging waste. We support producer responsibility. What we are asking for is proportionality, so that environmentally responsible micro-businesses are not forced out of EU markets simply because they are too small to absorb disproportionate fixed compliance costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546327_en"}, {"id": 33546310, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:25:53", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm not great with my words so I will keep this simple and short. I do support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging. However doing it like this will kill small businesses, there is no doubt about it. There has to be a better way that doesn't kill or severely hurt small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm not great with my words so I will keep this simple and short. I do support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging. However doing it like this will kill small businesses, there is no doubt about it. There has to be a better way that doesn't kill or severely hurt small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546310_en"}, {"id": 33546248, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:23:19", "country": "HUN", "language": "HU", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Fontos lenne kis méretű vállalkozásokat, magányszemélyeket adó kötelezettséggel megmenteni ettől. Csak ha felmennek etsy-re vagy más platformokra, ahol emberek kis mennyiségben árulnak egyedi dolgokat: számukra ez egy betarthatatlan szabályzás és teljesen tönkreteszi a egyedi készítésű tárgyak és termékek piacát. Kultúrát, művészetet rombolnak ezzel, az átgondolatlansággal. Így is minden országban nehéz ilyen kis méretben adózni, ez pedig egyenesen lehetetlenné teszi a piacot. Mindezek mellett minden egyes országnak más az erre vonatkozó szabályzata, más összegek és kötelezettségek vannak. Ennek is teljesen egységesnek kéne lennie. Egészen bizarr, hogy a törvényhozás minden alkalommal csak euró milliárdok mozgását látja nagy cégek szempontjából és úgy tesznek, mintha átlag emberek nem vennének részt a gazdaságban. Soha eszükbe se jut.", "feedbackEnglish": "It would be important to save small businesses and individuals from this. Only if they go to Etsy or other platforms where people sell small quantities of individual items: for them, this is an unobservable rule and completely destroys the market for custom-made articles and products. Culture and art are being destroyed by this ill-considered process. Still, it is difficult to tax on such a small scale in all countries, which makes the market even impossible. In addition, each country has its own rules, amounts and obligations. This should also be completely uniform. It is quite clear that the legislature always sees only the movement of billions of euros for large firms and as if ordinary people were not involved in the economy. It never gets into our minds.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546248_en"}, {"id": 33546243, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:23:09", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "La Vie Divine", "feedback": "Niet werkbaar in de praktijk voor kleinere webshops gebaseerd in de EU om voor alle landen afzonderlijk uit te zoeken wat te doen om in regel te zijn en bovendien de bijhorende kost te betalen per land. In verhouding vaak ook onredelijk dure minimumdrempel. Dan nu nog eens aanstellen van rep. voor diverse landen is een brug te ver.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not workable in practice for smaller webshops based in the EU to find out what to do on a country-by-country basis to be in order and, in addition, pay the related cost per country. Relatively often also unreasonably expensive minimum threshold. Appointing Rep. for several countries is too much of a bridge.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546243_en"}, {"id": 33546240, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:23:02", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It's too much to pay for every category of item you order, especially for a country as Romania where we can barley afford to live a decent life sometimes. And how about the free movement of goods..", "feedbackEnglish": "It's too much to pay for every category of item you order, especially for a country as Romania where we can barley afford to live a decent life sometimes. And how about the free movement of goods..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546240_en"}, {"id": 33546237, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:22:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Self-employed", "feedback": "I operate a small, one person mailorder company selling merchandise and records. The new EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for me, and ALL small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I demand an immediate moratorium on this legislation until a de minimis exemption or a simplified one stop system for micro-entrepreneurs has been implemented.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small, one person mailorder company selling merchandise and records. The new EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for me, and ALL small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. I demand an immediate moratorium on this legislation until a de minimis exemption or a simplified one stop system for micro-entrepreneurs has been implemented.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546237_en"}, {"id": 33546233, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:22:50", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Invito le istituzioni europee a riconsiderare l'impatto dei nuovi requisiti previsti dalla normativa PPWR ed EPR sulle piccole e microimprese. Le piccole e microimprese non dispongono delle stesse risorse economiche, amministrative e organizzative delle grandi aziende. Applicare loro gli stessi obblighi di registrazione, rendicontazione e conformità può quindi comportare un onere sproporzionato rispetto alle loro dimensioni e al volume effettivo di imballaggi gestito. 1. Esclusioni o requisiti proporzionati per piccole e microimprese Le piccole e microimprese dovrebbero essere escluse, ove appropriato, dagli obblighi relativi alla nomina di un rappresentante autorizzato (AR), oppure dovrebbe essere previsto un sistema semplificato e accessibile, specificamente pensato per le imprese di queste dimensioni. I costi amministrativi legati alla nomina di rappresentanti, alle registrazioni e alla gestione degli obblighi EPR possono risultare sproporzionati rispetto alle dimensioni dell'attività. 2. Armonizzazione tra gli Stati membri Le procedure di registrazione e gli obblighi EPR applicabili alle piccole e microimprese dovrebbero essere armonizzati in tutta l'Unione Europea. Un'impresa che opera oltre i confini nazionali non dovrebbe essere costretta a confrontarsi con sistemi di registrazione, procedure, costi e adempimenti significativamente diversi in ogni Stato membro. Un sistema europeo centralizzato, semplice e standardizzato ridurrebbe notevolmente la burocrazia senza compromettere gli obiettivi ambientali della normativa. 3. Tutela della libera circolazione delle merci nel mercato unico L'introduzione di requisiti EPR differenti a livello nazionale rischia di creare ulteriori barriere amministrative ed economiche alla libera circolazione delle merci all'interno del mercato unico. Per una piccola impresa, i costi e la complessità necessari per rispettare diversi sistemi nazionali possono rendere economicamente non sostenibile la vendita dei propri prodotti in altri Paesi dell'UE, anche quando i prodotti stessi sono pienamente conformi alla normativa europea. La tutela dell'ambiente e una gestione responsabile degli imballaggi sono obiettivi importanti e condivisibili. Tuttavia, il quadro normativo deve essere proporzionato, sostenibile e concretamente applicabile alle imprese di ogni dimensione. L'UE dovrebbe evitare che i nuovi obblighi finiscano involontariamente per penalizzare i piccoli produttori e le attività locali, limitandone la possibilità di commerciare all'interno del mercato unico. Chiedo pertanto che vengano introdotti obblighi PPWR/EPR semplificati, armonizzati e proporzionati per le piccole e microimprese, mantenendo al contempo gli obiettivi ambientali generali della normativa.", "feedbackEnglish": "I call on the European institutions to reconsider the impact of the new requirements under the PPWR and EPR legislation on small and micro enterprises. Small and micro enterprises do not have the same economic, administrative and organisational resources as large companies. Applying the same registration, reporting and compliance obligations to them may therefore result in a burden that is disproportionate to their size and the actual volume of packaging managed. 1. Exclusions or proportionate requirements for small and micro enterprises Small and micro enterprises should be excluded, where appropriate, from the obligations relating to the appointment of an authorised representative (AR), or there should be a simplified and accessible system specifically designed for small and micro enterprises. The administrative costs of appointing representatives, registering and managing EPR obligations may be disproportionate to the size of the business. 2. Harmonisation between Member States The registration procedures and EPR requirements applicable to small and micro enterprises should be harmonised across the European Union. A company operating across national borders should not be forced to face significantly different registration systems, procedures, costs and requirements in each Member State. A centralised, simple and standardised European system would significantly reduce bureaucracy without compromising the environmental objectives of the legislation. 3. Protecting the free movement of goods in the single market The introduction of different EPR requirements at national level risks creating additional administrative and economic barriers to the free movement of goods within the single market. For a small business, the costs and complexity of complying with different national systems may make it economically unsustainable to sell their products in other EU countries, even when the products themselves fully comply with European legislation. Environmental protection and responsible packaging management are important and acceptable objectives. However, the regulatory framework must be proportionate, sustainable and concretely applicable to companies of all sizes. The EU should avoid that new obligations unintentionally end up penalising small producers and local activities, limiting their ability to trade within the single market. I therefore call for the introduction of simplified, harmonised and proportionate PPWR/EPR obligations for small and micro enterprises, while maintaining the overall environmental objectives of the legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546233_en"}, {"id": 33546170, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:20:09", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This proposal, while good in nature, will do nothing but harm small business who can't afford to spend the money on having a designated person in every EU country and register with them. There's much better ways to go about this than punishing them, as you're actively going to be hurting people's livelihoods and the economies of every EU member state that has small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal, while good in nature, will do nothing but harm small business who can't afford to spend the money on having a designated person in every EU country and register with them. There's much better ways to go about this than punishing them, as you're actively going to be hurting people's livelihoods and the economies of every EU member state that has small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546170_en"}, {"id": 33546101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:17:13", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned that the current EPR requirements and the implementation of the PPWR will disproportionately harm micro-businesses and small independent sellers while creating an additional competitive advantage for large corporations. A micro-business may send only a handful of parcels to customers in another Member State during an entire year. The actual amount of packaging involved may be extremely small, yet the business can still face registrations, reporting obligations, fees, different national procedures and potentially the cost of authorised representatives or compliance services. For a large corporation selling thousands or millions of products, these costs can be absorbed across enormous sales volumes. For a one-person business, artist, craftsperson or small online seller, the cost of compliance in a particular Member State may exceed the entire revenue generated there. This is neither fair nor proportionate. It also undermines the purpose of the European Single Market. If a small business can afford to sell domestically but cannot economically justify sending a few products to customers in another Member State because of separate national compliance requirements, we are effectively recreating borders within the EU. The predictable result is that small businesses will restrict shipping to their home countries or a limited number of Member States. European consumers will lose access to products from independent businesses, while large corporations with dedicated legal and compliance departments will face far fewer practical barriers. Regulation intended to protect the environment should not inadvertently become a mechanism that consolidates the market in favour of its largest participants. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. A micro-business introducing a few kilograms of packaging into a market cannot reasonably be treated in the same way as a company introducing tonnes or thousands of tonnes. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. If a business introduces packaging into another Member State, it can pay an environmental contribution proportionate to the actual quantity involved. What is unreasonable is requiring businesses to navigate multiple registration and administrative systems simply because their customers live in different EU countries. The EU should therefore introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging, together with a single EU-wide registration and reporting system for small cross-border sellers. A business should be able to register once, report the quantities sent to individual Member States and pay appropriate contributions without establishing separate compliance arrangements in every country. The EU should be able to pursue ambitious environmental objectives without sacrificing proportionality, fair competition and the Single Market. Without meaningful thresholds and genuine EU-wide harmonisation, EPR risks making cross-border trade economically irrational for the smallest European businesses. The result will not be a stronger Single Market, but one in which small businesses are pushed back behind national borders while large corporations become even more dominant. I urge the European Commission to address this before these requirements force thousands of small businesses to withdraw from cross-border EU trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned that the current EPR requirements and the implementation of the PPWR will disproportionately harm micro-businesses and small independent sellers while creating an additional competitive advantage for large corporations. A micro-business may send only a handful of parcels to customers in another Member State during an entire year. The actual amount of packaging involved may be extremely small, yet the business can still face registrations, reporting obligations, fees, different national procedures and potentially the cost of authorised representatives or compliance services. For a large corporation selling thousands or millions of products, these costs can be absorbed across enormous sales volumes. For a one-person business, artist, craftsperson or small online seller, the cost of compliance in a particular Member State may exceed the entire revenue generated there. This is neither fair nor proportionate. It also undermines the purpose of the European Single Market. If a small business can afford to sell domestically but cannot economically justify sending a few products to customers in another Member State because of separate national compliance requirements, we are effectively recreating borders within the EU. The predictable result is that small businesses will restrict shipping to their home countries or a limited number of Member States. European consumers will lose access to products from independent businesses, while large corporations with dedicated legal and compliance departments will face far fewer practical barriers. Regulation intended to protect the environment should not inadvertently become a mechanism that consolidates the market in favour of its largest participants. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact. A micro-business introducing a few kilograms of packaging into a market cannot reasonably be treated in the same way as a company introducing tonnes or thousands of tonnes. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. If a business introduces packaging into another Member State, it can pay an environmental contribution proportionate to the actual quantity involved. What is unreasonable is requiring businesses to navigate multiple registration and administrative systems simply because their customers live in different EU countries. The EU should therefore introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging, together with a single EU-wide registration and reporting system for small cross-border sellers. A business should be able to register once, report the quantities sent to individual Member States and pay appropriate contributions without establishing separate compliance arrangements in every country. The EU should be able to pursue ambitious environmental objectives without sacrificing proportionality, fair competition and the Single Market. Without meaningful thresholds and genuine EU-wide harmonisation, EPR risks making cross-border trade economically irrational for the smallest European businesses. The result will not be a stronger Single Market, but one in which small businesses are pushed back behind national borders while large corporations become even more dominant. I urge the European Commission to address this before these requirements force thousands of small businesses to withdraw from cross-border EU trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546101_en"}, {"id": 33546046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:14:52", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not like this rule. It only affects smaller businesses. Bigger gigantic enterprises like temu etc.. will not be affected with the quote they must pay vs the millions they make daily. Smaller business that don't even might make 200 a month will only be affected by this rule. I would make a change on it so smaller business wouldn't literally close due to this rule addition.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not like this rule. It only affects smaller businesses. Bigger gigantic enterprises like temu etc.. will not be affected with the quote they must pay vs the millions they make daily. Smaller business that don't even might make 200 a month will only be affected by this rule. I would make a change on it so smaller business wouldn't literally close due to this rule addition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33546046_en"}, {"id": 33545888, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:07:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "enna", "feedback": "As a small business, I am very concerned about the additional administrative burden created by separate national packaging registration requirements. For a small company like mine, selling across several EU countries, complying with different national registrations, reporting requirements and fees is disproportionately complex and costly. In practice, this means that I may no longer be able to afford to ship my products to customers in multiple EU countries. The EU should simplify and harmonise these requirements, rather than creating additional barriers for small businesses and cross-border trade. A system that is manageable for large companies can be a significant obstacle for small creative businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business, I am very concerned about the additional administrative burden created by separate national packaging registration requirements. For a small company like mine, selling across several EU countries, complying with different national registrations, reporting requirements and fees is disproportionately complex and costly. In practice, this means that I may no longer be able to afford to ship my products to customers in multiple EU countries. The EU should simplify and harmonise these requirements, rather than creating additional barriers for small businesses and cross-border trade. A system that is manageable for large companies can be a significant obstacle for small creative businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545888_en"}, {"id": 33545867, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:07:06", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fawn with the Wind", "feedback": "This legislation is only harmful to small businesses who make their bills off of selling to people within the EU, it hardly makes a dent in the big corporations that its meant to hit. This instead causes small businesses to have to cough up 1000s to try and sell to customers that have been purchasing from us for years. We already have an EU rep, I take care to make renewable and compostable packaging, why is this being make even worse for us.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is only harmful to small businesses who make their bills off of selling to people within the EU, it hardly makes a dent in the big corporations that its meant to hit. This instead causes small businesses to have to cough up 1000s to try and sell to customers that have been purchasing from us for years. We already have an EU rep, I take care to make renewable and compostable packaging, why is this being make even worse for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545867_en"}, {"id": 33545845, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:06:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude smaller businesses from the rule or find the right way to measure such fees as it severely limits a small business. Having to pay such prices, despite selling for example one small item, will only force people to either narrow down their options or completely have to close their shipping.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude smaller businesses from the rule or find the right way to measure such fees as it severely limits a small business. Having to pay such prices, despite selling for example one small item, will only force people to either narrow down their options or completely have to close their shipping.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545845_en"}, {"id": 33545831, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:05:35", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small and micro business shouldn't be included. There are a lot small artists who wouldn't be able to sell merchandise in Europe because of this. People will start buy more from sellers from China again", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro business shouldn't be included. There are a lot small artists who wouldn't be able to sell merchandise in Europe because of this. People will start buy more from sellers from China again", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545831_en"}, {"id": 33545821, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:05:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules, being country-specific, completely undermine the very idea of the European Union. The Schengen area was created to make the movement of people and goods across European borders easier. Yet we are now introducing rules that effectively put borders back in place, especially for small businesses trying to sell and ship products within the EU. If a business is operating within the European Union, there should be one unified system and one set of rules for the entire EU. A product that is legally allowed to be sold and shipped in one EU country should not suddenly become a bureaucratic nightmare simply because it crosses into another EU country. There should be one registration, one declaration, one payment, and one system for the entire EU, rather than forcing small businesses to deal separately with every individual country. The current approach disproportionately hurts small and micro-businesses. A large company like Shein or AliExpress can simply absorb additional fees, administrative costs and compliance requirements. They have the money, staff and infrastructure to deal with it. A small European business cannot. For a one-person business or a small shop, having to register, pay and comply separately with different systems for every EU country can make selling outside their own country financially impossible. Instead of encouraging European businesses to trade with each other, these rules encourage them to stay within their national borders. That is completely backwards. The whole point of having a European Union is that we are supposed to be united, not 27 separate markets with 27 separate bureaucratic hurdles. If the goal is genuinely to protect consumers, regulate products and ensure compliance, then create one EU-wide system. Let businesses comply once, at the European level, rather than forcing them to navigate a different system for every country. And there should be a meaningful minimum threshold or exemption for small and micro-businesses, so that someone selling a handful of products cannot be subjected to the same administrative burden as a multinational corporation. Otherwise, these rules will not stop the massive platforms. They will simply pay the fees and continue operating. What they will do is eliminate competition from local European businesses. You are not stopping Shein or AliExpress. You are making it harder for European small businesses to compete with them. If the European Union wants to be a single market, then act like one. One EU. One system. One set of rules. One payment. Not 27 separate systems. If everything is going to be treated as completely separate anyway, then honestly, what is the point of having a European Union in the first place?", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules, being country-specific, completely undermine the very idea of the European Union. The Schengen area was created to make the movement of people and goods across European borders easier. Yet we are now introducing rules that effectively put borders back in place, especially for small businesses trying to sell and ship products within the EU. If a business is operating within the European Union, there should be one unified system and one set of rules for the entire EU. A product that is legally allowed to be sold and shipped in one EU country should not suddenly become a bureaucratic nightmare simply because it crosses into another EU country. There should be one registration, one declaration, one payment, and one system for the entire EU, rather than forcing small businesses to deal separately with every individual country. The current approach disproportionately hurts small and micro-businesses. A large company like Shein or AliExpress can simply absorb additional fees, administrative costs and compliance requirements. They have the money, staff and infrastructure to deal with it. A small European business cannot. For a one-person business or a small shop, having to register, pay and comply separately with different systems for every EU country can make selling outside their own country financially impossible. Instead of encouraging European businesses to trade with each other, these rules encourage them to stay within their national borders. That is completely backwards. The whole point of having a European Union is that we are supposed to be united, not 27 separate markets with 27 separate bureaucratic hurdles. If the goal is genuinely to protect consumers, regulate products and ensure compliance, then create one EU-wide system. Let businesses comply once, at the European level, rather than forcing them to navigate a different system for every country. And there should be a meaningful minimum threshold or exemption for small and micro-businesses, so that someone selling a handful of products cannot be subjected to the same administrative burden as a multinational corporation. Otherwise, these rules will not stop the massive platforms. They will simply pay the fees and continue operating. What they will do is eliminate competition from local European businesses. You are not stopping Shein or AliExpress. You are making it harder for European small businesses to compete with them. If the European Union wants to be a single market, then act like one. One EU. One system. One set of rules. One payment. Not 27 separate systems. If everything is going to be treated as completely separate anyway, then honestly, what is the point of having a European Union in the first place?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545821_en"}, {"id": 33545752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:02:13", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "André Rathner", "feedback": "Die neue PPWR-Regelung ist für Kleinunternehmen einfach nur Bürokratie & Finanz-Wahnsinn. Natürlich ist weniger Verpackungsmüll sinnvoll. Aber kleine Online-Shops mit ein paar Bestellungen ins EU-Ausland mit Registrierung, EPR, Dokumentationspflichten und unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen zu belasten, ist völlig unverhältnismäßig. Besonders bei Print-on-Demand, wo Produktion und Verpackung oft komplett vom Anbieter übernommen werden, wird das Ganze absurd. Umweltschutz: Ja. Kleinunternehmen mit Bürokratie erschlagen: Nein. Hier braucht es endlich vernünftige Bagatellgrenzen und einfache EU-weite Lösungen statt noch mehr Papierkram. Mit besten Grüßen, Rathner André", "feedbackEnglish": "For small businesses, the new PPWR regime is simply red tape & financial mood. Of course, less packaging waste makes sense. But it is completely disproportionate to burden small online shops with a few cross-border orders with registration, EPR, documentation obligations and different national systems. Particularly in the case of print-on-demand, where production and packaging are often entirely taken over by the supplier, this becomes absurd. Environmental: Yes. Cutting red tape for small businesses: No. This will finally require reasonable de minimis limits and simple EU-wide solutions, rather than even more paperwork. Best regards, Rathner André", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545752_en"}, {"id": 33545742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:01:50", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "My name is Peter. I am 27 years old dutch man. And currently working extremely hard to build up the skills, gather the tools, set up a workplace, and everything that is needed to create, sew, and sell my own clothing! But hearing all this.. making it so extremely expensive and hard to ship to anyone in the EU.. it is going to be impossible and not even going to be able to make revenue on my creations! It will be a total loss of money! Not that it is my aim to earn money. Vut I physically cant afford it as a hobby even! Besides that~ everything is going to become a lot more expensive. All small businesses will have to raise their prices a lot. All normal businesses too! And I feel like companies like Amazon or Bol wont have this issue as they can easily afford the one time charge! Please.. REMAKE THE LAW! I am pro standardization and making it better. But not pro the destruction of small businesses and economies!", "feedbackEnglish": "My name is Peter. I am 27 years old dutch man. And currently working extremely hard to build up the skills, gather the tools, set up a workplace, and everything that is needed to create, sew, and sell my own clothing! But hearing all this.. making it so extremely expensive and hard to ship to anyone in the EU.. it is going to be impossible and not even going to be able to make revenue on my creations! It will be a total loss of money! Not that it is my aim to earn money. Vut I physically cant afford it as a hobby even! Besides that~ everything is going to become a lot more expensive. All small businesses will have to raise their prices a lot. All normal businesses too! And I feel like companies like Amazon or Bol wont have this issue as they can easily afford the one time charge! Please.. REMAKE THE LAW! I am pro standardization and making it better. But not pro the destruction of small businesses and economies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545742_en"}, {"id": 33545587, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:00:24", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Som konsument av varor från småföretag i andra länder är jag väldigt besviken över denna nya lag som ska träda i kraft. Jag förstår att man vill att de stora företagen ska stå till svars för hur och i vad de packar sina varor - men någonstans på vägen har man glömt de små företagen. Mängden administration och pengar som krävs för att de ska kunna fortsätta som tidigare är bisarr. Jag ber er att dra tillbaka denna version av lagen och ta fram något som tar hänsyn till företagens storlek.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer of goods from small businesses in other countries, I am very disappointed with this new law that is due to enter into force. I understand that we want big companies to be accountable for how and in what they pack their products – but somewhere on the way we have forgotten small companies. The amount of administration and money required for them to continue as they used to be is bizarre. I would kindly ask you to withdraw this version of the law and to provide elements that take into account the size of the companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545587_en"}, {"id": 33545708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 07:00:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "studio joanne ", "feedback": "I run a one-person handcrafted jewelry business in Berlin, Germany, selling directly to consumers (B2C) through my own online shop. I design and make the jewelry myself, handle my own photography, packaging, and customer service, and operate entirely without employees. Roughly half of my annual turnover comes from customers in other EU member states, alongside Germany. My total packaging sent to all EU countries outside Germany combined is only about 7 kg per year, spread across roughly a dozen member states, in orders ranging from a handful up to around thirty per country annually. Under Article 45(3) PPWR, I must appoint a separate Authorized Representative in every member state I ship to, with no minimum threshold for volume, weight, or revenue. A single order to a country can trigger this obligation. Each representative typically costs several hundred euros per year in fixed fees, regardless of whether I ship 1 order or 100 orders there. For my five main markets I face an estimated EUR 1,500-2,200 per year in fixed fees alone, for a combined packaging weight of only a few kilograms in those countries. For my remaining markets, where I receive only 1-3 orders per year, compliance costs far exceed the entire revenue from that country; my only realistic option is to stop shipping there altogether, meaning EU consumers in smaller markets simply lose access to my shop. Beyond the direct financial cost, the bureaucratic input required is far too high for a micro-business run by a single person. Researching country-specific obligations, comparing and contacting multiple providers, gathering shipment and material weight data broken down by destination country, and maintaining ongoing annual reporting for a dozen jurisdictions is a workload a one-person operation cannot absorb alongside actually designing, producing, packing, and shipping products. Every hour spent navigating national registration portals is an hour not spent on my craft or my customers, all to manage a total EU export packaging volume of about 7 kg, roughly the weight of seven standard bags of sugar. This situation creates three concrete problems. First, unpredictability: I cannot know in advance how many orders a country will bring in a year, yet must commit to fixed annual costs before knowing whether they are justified by resulting sales. Second, a lack of proportionality to actual environmental impact: a flat per-country fee unrelated to weight penalizes market fragmentation itself, not the actual quantity of packaging waste generated. Third, effective exclusion from smaller EU markets: the practical outcome is not more responsible packaging management, but withdrawal of small independent sellers from serving customers in smaller member states, undermining the EU's own Single Market objectives and reducing consumer choice. I am already fully compliant in Germany, my home market, through registration with the national packaging register and participation in a licensing scheme. I am not asking to be exempted from responsibility for the packaging I place on the market. I am asking for a system where compliance cost and administrative effort are proportionate to the actual footprint of a micro-business, rather than driven entirely by the number of countries a small seller happens to ship to. My suggestions: introduce a de minimis threshold, based on weight and/or micro-enterprise turnover, below which the Authorized Representative requirement does not apply or applies in simplified form; create a single EU-level registration and representation mechanism for micro and small enterprises, replacing separate national representatives and contracts; and at minimum, adopt the Commissions own proposal (COM(2025) 982 final) to suspend Article 45(3) for EU-established producers, currently stalled in the Council. Thank you for considering this feedback from a real micro-business directly affected by this rule.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a one-person handcrafted jewelry business in Berlin, Germany, selling directly to consumers (B2C) through my own online shop. I design and make the jewelry myself, handle my own photography, packaging, and customer service, and operate entirely without employees. Roughly half of my annual turnover comes from customers in other EU member states, alongside Germany. My total packaging sent to all EU countries outside Germany combined is only about 7 kg per year, spread across roughly a dozen member states, in orders ranging from a handful up to around thirty per country annually. Under Article 45(3) PPWR, I must appoint a separate Authorized Representative in every member state I ship to, with no minimum threshold for volume, weight, or revenue. A single order to a country can trigger this obligation. Each representative typically costs several hundred euros per year in fixed fees, regardless of whether I ship 1 order or 100 orders there. For my five main markets I face an estimated EUR 1,500-2,200 per year in fixed fees alone, for a combined packaging weight of only a few kilograms in those countries. For my remaining markets, where I receive only 1-3 orders per year, compliance costs far exceed the entire revenue from that country; my only realistic option is to stop shipping there altogether, meaning EU consumers in smaller markets simply lose access to my shop. Beyond the direct financial cost, the bureaucratic input required is far too high for a micro-business run by a single person. Researching country-specific obligations, comparing and contacting multiple providers, gathering shipment and material weight data broken down by destination country, and maintaining ongoing annual reporting for a dozen jurisdictions is a workload a one-person operation cannot absorb alongside actually designing, producing, packing, and shipping products. Every hour spent navigating national registration portals is an hour not spent on my craft or my customers, all to manage a total EU export packaging volume of about 7 kg, roughly the weight of seven standard bags of sugar. This situation creates three concrete problems. First, unpredictability: I cannot know in advance how many orders a country will bring in a year, yet must commit to fixed annual costs before knowing whether they are justified by resulting sales. Second, a lack of proportionality to actual environmental impact: a flat per-country fee unrelated to weight penalizes market fragmentation itself, not the actual quantity of packaging waste generated. Third, effective exclusion from smaller EU markets: the practical outcome is not more responsible packaging management, but withdrawal of small independent sellers from serving customers in smaller member states, undermining the EU's own Single Market objectives and reducing consumer choice. I am already fully compliant in Germany, my home market, through registration with the national packaging register and participation in a licensing scheme. I am not asking to be exempted from responsibility for the packaging I place on the market. I am asking for a system where compliance cost and administrative effort are proportionate to the actual footprint of a micro-business, rather than driven entirely by the number of countries a small seller happens to ship to. My suggestions: introduce a de minimis threshold, based on weight and/or micro-enterprise turnover, below which the Authorized Representative requirement does not apply or applies in simplified form; create a single EU-level registration and representation mechanism for micro and small enterprises, replacing separate national representatives and contracts; and at minimum, adopt the Commissions own proposal (COM(2025) 982 final) to suspend Article 45(3) for EU-established producers, currently stalled in the Council. Thank you for considering this feedback from a real micro-business directly affected by this rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545708_en"}, {"id": 33545690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:59:35", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support any action that reduces waste. However, you must clearly see that it is ridiculous to also implement these rules on small businesses. You must realise this will kill most of these small businesses as they simply cannot afford to pay these extra costs. I send out a few packages a year to germany, maybe one or two to Spain. I will have the odd package elsewhere, and you are telling me to pay 100s of euros in order to be able to do so, which would be more than what I am making from the sales. These packages usually have a value of between 20-40 and are often packed in recycled paper. It simply does not make any sense. I have already stopped most of my sales abroad for the time being which is sad to do in summer as this is the time I would typically receive these orders and the bit of extra money would have been really helpful for our family.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support any action that reduces waste. However, you must clearly see that it is ridiculous to also implement these rules on small businesses. You must realise this will kill most of these small businesses as they simply cannot afford to pay these extra costs. I send out a few packages a year to germany, maybe one or two to Spain. I will have the odd package elsewhere, and you are telling me to pay 100s of euros in order to be able to do so, which would be more than what I am making from the sales. These packages usually have a value of between 20-40 and are often packed in recycled paper. It simply does not make any sense. I have already stopped most of my sales abroad for the time being which is sad to do in summer as this is the time I would typically receive these orders and the bit of extra money would have been really helpful for our family.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545690_en"}, {"id": 33545687, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:59:32", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Florabela Ltd", "feedback": "Urgent Request for PPWR Postponement and Harmonized Micro-Business Exemptions. As a one-person micro-enterprise based in the EU producing handmade goods, I am writing to state that the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) threatens the immediate survival of my business and thousands of similar artisans. While the regulation intends to reduce environmental waste, the fragmented execution across EU member states actively dismantles the core principles of the EU Single Market and free trade. Specifically: 1. Disproportionate Administrative Burden: Navigating different national packaging registries and the financial mandate to appoint a local Authorized Representative in multiple EU countries is economically impossible for a micro-business. 2. Market Exclusion: Because a one-person company cannot afford compliance fees and representative costs in 27 distinct systems, we are forced to geoblock and stop selling to EU citizens. This eliminates internal EU trade and drives consumers toward non-EU marketplaces. 3. Failure of Proportionality: The regulation lacks a universal, harmonized \"de minimis\" threshold across all member states, which would exempt low-volume, low-weight artisan packaging from complex registration. Requested Actions: 1. Postpone the implementation of PPWR by 12 to 24 months to allow for a viable transition framework. 2. Establish a mandatory, EU-wide minimum threshold for packaging volume/weight. Micro-businesses operating under this threshold must be permitted to sell across all EU borders without individual national registrations or the requirement of an Authorized Representative. Without these immediate adjustments, the regulation will act as a structural barrier that eliminates micro-entrepreneurship and deprives EU citizens of locally made, sustainable products.", "feedbackEnglish": "Urgent Request for PPWR Postponement and Harmonized Micro-Business Exemptions. As a one-person micro-enterprise based in the EU producing handmade goods, I am writing to state that the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) threatens the immediate survival of my business and thousands of similar artisans. While the regulation intends to reduce environmental waste, the fragmented execution across EU member states actively dismantles the core principles of the EU Single Market and free trade. Specifically: 1. Disproportionate Administrative Burden: Navigating different national packaging registries and the financial mandate to appoint a local Authorized Representative in multiple EU countries is economically impossible for a micro-business. 2. Market Exclusion: Because a one-person company cannot afford compliance fees and representative costs in 27 distinct systems, we are forced to geoblock and stop selling to EU citizens. This eliminates internal EU trade and drives consumers toward non-EU marketplaces. 3. Failure of Proportionality: The regulation lacks a universal, harmonized \"de minimis\" threshold across all member states, which would exempt low-volume, low-weight artisan packaging from complex registration. Requested Actions: 1. Postpone the implementation of PPWR by 12 to 24 months to allow for a viable transition framework. 2. Establish a mandatory, EU-wide minimum threshold for packaging volume/weight. Micro-businesses operating under this threshold must be permitted to sell across all EU borders without individual national registrations or the requirement of an Authorized Representative. Without these immediate adjustments, the regulation will act as a structural barrier that eliminates micro-entrepreneurship and deprives EU citizens of locally made, sustainable products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545687_en"}, {"id": 33545619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:56:39", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Only big companies will be able to sustain this type of expenses. This new law should not apply to small bussinesses or it will kill them", "feedbackEnglish": "Only big companies will be able to sustain this type of expenses. This new law should not apply to small bussinesses or it will kill them", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545619_en"}, {"id": 33545533, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:53:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette nouvelle règlementation met au même niveau les petits et les gros fournisseurs, car chacun doit s'acquitter du même montant, ce peu importe leur chiffre d'affaires et/ou le nombre de clients sur chaque pays. Cela va être une hécatombe pour les petits créateurs, les petites marques, celles qui ont quelques clients ici ou là, et qui ne font déjà pas de grosses marges sur une activité qui est souvent un moyen de subsistance. Et cela aura un effet d'aubaine sur les grosses entreprises, les Amazon, Shein, etc. pour qui une taxe de quelques centaines d'euros n'est rien. On va perdre l'artisanat et la création, au profit des monopoles. Cela va avoir un effet contraire à celui attendu : les gens vont se tourner vers Amazon ou Shein, multiplier les commandes et donc générer plus de pollutions et d'emballage. Sauvons l'artisanat.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules put small and large suppliers at the same level, as everyone has to pay the same amount, regardless of their turnover and/or the number of customers in each country. This will be a hecatomb for small designers, small brands, those who have some customers here or there, and who already do not make large margins on an activity that is often a means of subsistence. And this will have a deadweight effect on big companies, Amazon, Shein, etc. for whom a tax of a few hundred euros is nothing. Crafts and creativity will be lost to monopolies. This will have an opposite effect to what is expected: people will turn to Amazon or Shein, increase orders and thus generate more pollution and packaging. Save crafts.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545533_en"}, {"id": 33545467, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:50:12", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As the owner of a small EU-based business creating handmade design objects, I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but its current EPR requirements place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses. A micro-business may ship only a couple of orders to a particular EU country in an entire year, using about half or one kilogram of recyclable cardboard packaging. Yet this can trigger country-specific registrations, reporting and authorised representative requirements, imposing the same fixed compliance burden on a small, low-volume business that carefully packages a handful of its own creations / art, as on a mass retailer shipping thousands or millions of parcels. This does not only affect existing small businesses. It creates a significant barrier to entrepreneurship. A person starting a business from their bedroom or a small studio should be able to test whether there is demand for their work across the EU without first navigating 27 different compliance systems or paying fixed fees in every country where they might receive a single order. In my case, the rational response is now to suspend shipping to EU countries. I struggle to see the environmental benefit of turning the Single Market into 27 separate markets that are increasingly difficult for the smallest businesses to access. A meaningful de minimis threshold and a simple EU-wide registration system for micro-businesses is urgently needed. Environmental regulation should incentivise businesses to reduce waste. It should not incentivise the smallest European businesses to stop trading across the Single Market altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small EU-based business creating handmade design objects, I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but its current EPR requirements place a disproportionate burden on micro-businesses. A micro-business may ship only a couple of orders to a particular EU country in an entire year, using about half or one kilogram of recyclable cardboard packaging. Yet this can trigger country-specific registrations, reporting and authorised representative requirements, imposing the same fixed compliance burden on a small, low-volume business that carefully packages a handful of its own creations / art, as on a mass retailer shipping thousands or millions of parcels. This does not only affect existing small businesses. It creates a significant barrier to entrepreneurship. A person starting a business from their bedroom or a small studio should be able to test whether there is demand for their work across the EU without first navigating 27 different compliance systems or paying fixed fees in every country where they might receive a single order. In my case, the rational response is now to suspend shipping to EU countries. I struggle to see the environmental benefit of turning the Single Market into 27 separate markets that are increasingly difficult for the smallest businesses to access. A meaningful de minimis threshold and a simple EU-wide registration system for micro-businesses is urgently needed. Environmental regulation should incentivise businesses to reduce waste. It should not incentivise the smallest European businesses to stop trading across the Single Market altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545467_en"}, {"id": 33545434, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:48:52", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law effectively undermines the whole idea of the EU. There is no more unity between countries, no more free trade for microbusinesses. In my business its just me. I make the goods myself and handle all the administrative tasks. For one person, its impossible to register and pay fees in 27 different countries. Please make an union wide exemption for micro businesses or open a one stop shop for this with no registration fee.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law effectively undermines the whole idea of the EU. There is no more unity between countries, no more free trade for microbusinesses. In my business its just me. I make the goods myself and handle all the administrative tasks. For one person, its impossible to register and pay fees in 27 different countries. Please make an union wide exemption for micro businesses or open a one stop shop for this with no registration fee.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545434_en"}, {"id": 33545272, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:42:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is without a doubt an absolute catastrophe that at worst, will shut Europe out of the running for small businesses, but even just between countries. Small sellers of unique, small run things will not be able to keep this up and I have already seen several make posts about halting all shipping to and within the EU. This is an insane level of overreach and for almost zero benefit. Just more bureaucracy and punishing people who have the audacity to shop small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is without a doubt an absolute catastrophe that at worst, will shut Europe out of the running for small businesses, but even just between countries. Small sellers of unique, small run things will not be able to keep this up and I have already seen several make posts about halting all shipping to and within the EU. This is an insane level of overreach and for almost zero benefit. Just more bureaucracy and punishing people who have the audacity to shop small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545272_en"}, {"id": 33545204, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:39:07", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Author", "feedback": "It took me 13 years to establish myself as an author. Thirteen years of writing, working, fighting, and slowly building a name for myself. Thirteen years to reach the point where readers know my books beyond the borders of my own country. There are a handful of EU countries where readers have ordered my books directly from me because they wanted something special: a book signed personally by the author. And now I have had to choose just one EU country where I can continue sending my books. Because you brought me to my knees. I dont sell thousands of books to other EU countries. I dont even sell hundreds. We are talking about perhaps 15 packages a year. I am a microbusiness. So how did we get to the point where nobody thought about people like me? About the thousands of tiny businesses, independent artists, authors, craftspeople and creators across Europe? Are we simply not important enough? Because it feels incredibly disrespectful to take away our opportunity to sell our art across borders simply because nobody thought about us. Because nobody imagined that businesses as small as ours even exist. I understand the need for environmental protection. I understand the need for rules. But regulation should be proportionate. It should distinguish between a corporation sending hundreds of thousands of parcels across Europe and an independent author sending fifteen or even less! We built a European Union where people can cross borders more easily. Somehow, we have reached a point where for a small business, sending a package across those same borders can feel more complicated than crossing them yourself. And that is something Europe should seriously think about. I hope there is a chance and you dont let us down! Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "It took me 13 years to establish myself as an author. Thirteen years of writing, working, fighting, and slowly building a name for myself. Thirteen years to reach the point where readers know my books beyond the borders of my own country. There are a handful of EU countries where readers have ordered my books directly from me because they wanted something special: a book signed personally by the author. And now I have had to choose just one EU country where I can continue sending my books. Because you brought me to my knees. I dont sell thousands of books to other EU countries. I dont even sell hundreds. We are talking about perhaps 15 packages a year. I am a microbusiness. So how did we get to the point where nobody thought about people like me? About the thousands of tiny businesses, independent artists, authors, craftspeople and creators across Europe? Are we simply not important enough? Because it feels incredibly disrespectful to take away our opportunity to sell our art across borders simply because nobody thought about us. Because nobody imagined that businesses as small as ours even exist. I understand the need for environmental protection. I understand the need for rules. But regulation should be proportionate. It should distinguish between a corporation sending hundreds of thousands of parcels across Europe and an independent author sending fifteen or even less! We built a European Union where people can cross borders more easily. Somehow, we have reached a point where for a small business, sending a package across those same borders can feel more complicated than crossing them yourself. And that is something Europe should seriously think about. I hope there is a chance and you dont let us down! Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545204_en"}, {"id": 33545144, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:36:25", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it might concern, Please note that the regulations you propose will greatly affect small and micro businesses across the EU and outside of it. For those who ship <400 packages per year across the Schengen zone, maintaining the proposed cost of representatives and licenses will be simply impossible. Ethically produced small-volume goods (hence inherently more ecofriendly than giants like Amazon, AliExpress, Shein, and Temu, who will all be perfectly capable of paying the costs) will disappear from the market and put their owners out of business. If you must charge everybody in the name of reducing waste, please consider scaling the price and the complexity of the processes according to each companys actual impact and tax bracket. Surely if we all pay taxes based on a progressive scale, we can apply the same progressive scale in other financial aspects of running a small business within what is supposed to be a borderless and equal market. Sincerely, a desperate owner of a micro store that ships about 400 small recyclable cardboard boxes across the border yearly. Temu ships triple of that daily to my country alone. In plastic.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it might concern, Please note that the regulations you propose will greatly affect small and micro businesses across the EU and outside of it. For those who ship <400 packages per year across the Schengen zone, maintaining the proposed cost of representatives and licenses will be simply impossible. Ethically produced small-volume goods (hence inherently more ecofriendly than giants like Amazon, AliExpress, Shein, and Temu, who will all be perfectly capable of paying the costs) will disappear from the market and put their owners out of business. If you must charge everybody in the name of reducing waste, please consider scaling the price and the complexity of the processes according to each companys actual impact and tax bracket. Surely if we all pay taxes based on a progressive scale, we can apply the same progressive scale in other financial aspects of running a small business within what is supposed to be a borderless and equal market. Sincerely, a desperate owner of a micro store that ships about 400 small recyclable cardboard boxes across the border yearly. Temu ships triple of that daily to my country alone. In plastic.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545144_en"}, {"id": 33545111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:33:01", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU representatives, As a former small business owner from the Netherlands I am passionate in supporting other small business owners, this regulation would make it hard for some and impossible for others since they would have to obtain a license in all 27 countries individually. Hopefully you have seen the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees/u/35112819?cs_tk=AzwwKGPeaKYdRPQpgmoAAHicyyvNyQEABF8BvGYzYzI1OGQ4NTdlZWI0NWUwNzFjOWUzZWZhOTFkOWYwNmM5Mjc2YTVmMzIwYzdmMzA4ZDQxNjJiYzYyMjJjNjU%3D&utm_campaign=6b904a09dfdd40e0ba2da3d2be766499&utm_content=sunrise_v1_0_5&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_update&utm_term=cs Please provide a one stop shop for all of Europe or give small businesses an option to survive, as well as citizens the option of choice to not just shop with giants such as amazon. It would be an absolute shame if we would lose a unique chunk of our economy with a well intended regulation that is in practice almost impossible to do, for a small business that is. Kindly take this into consideration, the idea of one united Europe and making trade easier within it should not be lost to us because of this!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU representatives, As a former small business owner from the Netherlands I am passionate in supporting other small business owners, this regulation would make it hard for some and impossible for others since they would have to obtain a license in all 27 countries individually. Hopefully you have seen the petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees/u/35112819?cs_tk=AzwwKGPeaKYdRPQpgmoAAHicyyvNyQEABF8BvGYzYzI1OGQ4NTdlZWI0NWUwNzFjOWUzZWZhOTFkOWYwNmM5Mjc2YTVmMzIwYzdmMzA4ZDQxNjJiYzYyMjJjNjU%3D&utm_campaign=6b904a09dfdd40e0ba2da3d2be766499&utm_content=sunrise_v1_0_5&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_update&utm_term=cs Please provide a one stop shop for all of Europe or give small businesses an option to survive, as well as citizens the option of choice to not just shop with giants such as amazon. It would be an absolute shame if we would lose a unique chunk of our economy with a well intended regulation that is in practice almost impossible to do, for a small business that is. Kindly take this into consideration, the idea of one united Europe and making trade easier within it should not be lost to us because of this!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545111_en"}, {"id": 33545109, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:25:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regel hat weitreichende Folgen für kleine, unabhängige Unternehmen. Es sollte möglich sein, das Ganze (ausschließlich für Kleinunternehmen) so zu vereinfachen, dass eine günstige, unbürokratische Umsetzung möglich ist. Damit sollte der Austausch unabhängiger, individueller Ware gewährleistet sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule has far-reaching consequences for small, independent companies. It should be possible to simplify the whole (solely for small businesses) in such a way that it can be implemented in a cost-effective and non-bureaucratic way. This should ensure the replacement of independent, individual goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545109_en"}, {"id": 33545108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 06:15:58", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the EUs environmental goals, but the current PPWR requirements places an enormous burden on micro and small businesses. With the cost of living rising across Europe and salaries failing to keep pace, many people rely on small businesses and side hustles to supplement their income. These are often individual artisans and micro-businesses with very limited turnover, who simply cannot absorb significant additional compliance costs. The requirement to appoint a local representative is particularly problematic. Paying hundreds of euros per year for each EU country is simply not realistic for someone whose entire annual business revenue may only be a few thousand euros. It effectively discourages small businesses from selling across EU borders and undermines the idea of a free and accessible European single market. It is in fact anti-European. The EU should not create a system where only larger businesses can afford to comply. I urge the EU to introduce a much simpler and more proportionate system for micro-businesses, with meaningful thresholds, low-cost compliance options and, ideally, a single EU-wide solution instead of separate representatives in every Member State. Environmental protection is important, but it should not come at the cost of eliminating small businesses, independent artisans and ordinary citizens from the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EUs environmental goals, but the current PPWR requirements places an enormous burden on micro and small businesses. With the cost of living rising across Europe and salaries failing to keep pace, many people rely on small businesses and side hustles to supplement their income. These are often individual artisans and micro-businesses with very limited turnover, who simply cannot absorb significant additional compliance costs. The requirement to appoint a local representative is particularly problematic. Paying hundreds of euros per year for each EU country is simply not realistic for someone whose entire annual business revenue may only be a few thousand euros. It effectively discourages small businesses from selling across EU borders and undermines the idea of a free and accessible European single market. It is in fact anti-European. The EU should not create a system where only larger businesses can afford to comply. I urge the EU to introduce a much simpler and more proportionate system for micro-businesses, with meaningful thresholds, low-cost compliance options and, ideally, a single EU-wide solution instead of separate representatives in every Member State. Environmental protection is important, but it should not come at the cost of eliminating small businesses, independent artisans and ordinary citizens from the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545108_en"}, {"id": 33545107, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:47:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is so poorly thought through it seems made on purpose to negatively impact small business. I have high hopes it will get reviewed and changed in order to be compulsory only to Big Evil TM.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is so poorly thought through it seems made on purpose to negatively impact small business. I have high hopes it will get reviewed and changed in order to be compulsory only to Big Evil TM.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545107_en"}, {"id": 33545106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:46:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, mit meinem Kleinunternehmen kann ich es finanziell nicht stemmen für jedes EU-Land eine Lizenz anzumelden. Dieses Problem trifft auch viele weitere Kleinunternehmen welche nur durch eine einzelne Person geführt werden und bedroht deren Existenz. Ich habe den freien Handel in der EU immer wertgeschätzt, aber sehe diesen hier massiv eingeschränkt, da es hier nur große Firmen sind, welche sich das überhaupt leisten können. Bitte schließt Kleinunternehmen bis zu einem bestimmten Umsatz von dieser Regelung aus, damit wir auch weiterhin existieren können oder findet eine Lösung, welche tatsächlich machbar ist. Viele würden ihr Gewerbe mit der neuen Regelung nicht halten können. Vielen Dank!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear, with my small business, I cannot afford to register a licence for each EU country. This problem also affects many other small businesses, which are run by only one individual and threaten their existence. I have always valued free trade in the EU, but sees it as severely constrained here, as only large companies can afford it at all. Please exclude small enterprises up to a certain turnover from this scheme so that we can continue to exist or find a solution that is actually feasible. Many would not be able to keep their business under the new rules. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545106_en"}, {"id": 33545105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:32:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fonprofi", "feedback": "Wir werden den EU-Versand einstellen da es unwirtschaftlich für uns ist, für jedes Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Die EU ist ein Bürokratiemonster, welche sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, chinesische Händler zu bevorzugen statt ihre eigenen Bürger zu entlasten. Ich brauche keine EU, und wenn ich wählen werde, dann gegen die EU. Ich bin dafür das Deutschland aus der EU austritt, denn außer Gängelung und unsaubere Gesetze mit Erstellung mafiösen Entsorgerstrukturen, hat die EU nicht Gutes mehr hervorgebracht. Ein Hoch auf den freien Binnenmarkt, der durch PPWR nun mit Füßen getreten wird. Toll!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "We will stop EU transit because it is uneconomical for us to appoint an authorised representative for each country. The EU is a bureaucratic monster which has set itself the task of favouring Chinese traders rather than relieving the burden on its own citizens. I don’t need an EU, and if I’m going to vote, then I don’t need the EU. I am in favour of Germany’s withdrawal from the EU, because the EU has not produced good results anymore, apart from slackening and imprecise laws with mafia-style waste management structures. A boost to the free single market, now fleshed out by PPWR. Toll!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545105_en"}, {"id": 33545104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:13:28", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Helloo, I think this measure should be different for small and large companies. It should take into account micro-enterprises and take into account their reality. The fees should be applied according to the quantity of items and the procedures should not differ from country to country. I believe that there are other ways to reduce emissions, such as investing in transport infrastructure and focusing on decarbonising transport rather than stifling micro-enterprises. Eliminating door-to-door shipments and promoting collection points... focus on how to manufacture, on the waste generated in manufacturing, on energy expenditure, on social impact, etc. Differentiate large companies and small producers is very important to sustain a good economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "Helloo, I think this measure should be different for small and large companies. It should take into account micro-enterprises and take into account their reality. The fees should be applied according to the quantity of items and the procedures should not differ from country to country. I believe that there are other ways to reduce emissions, such as investing in transport infrastructure and focusing on decarbonising transport rather than stifling micro-enterprises. Eliminating door-to-door shipments and promoting collection points... focus on how to manufacture, on the waste generated in manufacturing, on energy expenditure, on social impact, etc. Differentiate large companies and small producers is very important to sustain a good economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545104_en"}, {"id": 33545103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:13:13", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alma Rowan ", "feedback": "This is one of those situations where the intentions of the new project are accurate and their implementation is very important - unfortunately, in practice it is also tantamount to a massive impairment of trade opportunities for the smallest sellers. I am an artist from Polish, and in the current state, instead of helping me prepare for the sharing of my products (and I will mention here: small (!) quantities of products such as reproductions of my illustrations, bookmarks, or stickers with my works) makes it basically unfeasible. The European Union aims to unite our countries, but projects like this close the possibility of reaching our closest neighbors... While large corporations are able to cover the costs of administration, registration and all the fees associated with this confusion, it is simply unprofitable for the smallest sellers - the earnings from these shipments have no chance to add even to the amounts that some countries require for registration of such a scale of operation. I am afraid that the future that looks like for partner countries is precisely closing in on others. The very vision of searching for regulations of each country separately is a massive undertaking that few can afford. Shouldn't unifying these principles in what way be a priority? The abolition of restrictions on handicraft creators is crucial to enable us to survive in today's era, to spread our skills and art across borders (and again: wasn't it the intention of the Union to abolish these borders to some extent?). Why complicate everything so much instead, forgetting about the smallest elements of this huge system?", "feedbackEnglish": "This is one of those situations where the intentions of the new project are accurate and their implementation is very important - unfortunately, in practice it is also tantamount to a massive impairment of trade opportunities for the smallest sellers. I am an artist from Polish, and in the current state, instead of helping me prepare for the sharing of my products (and I will mention here: small (!) quantities of products such as reproductions of my illustrations, bookmarks, or stickers with my works) makes it basically unfeasible. The European Union aims to unite our countries, but projects like this close the possibility of reaching our closest neighbors... While large corporations are able to cover the costs of administration, registration and all the fees associated with this confusion, it is simply unprofitable for the smallest sellers - the earnings from these shipments have no chance to add even to the amounts that some countries require for registration of such a scale of operation. I am afraid that the future that looks like for partner countries is precisely closing in on others. The very vision of searching for regulations of each country separately is a massive undertaking that few can afford. Shouldn't unifying these principles in what way be a priority? The abolition of restrictions on handicraft creators is crucial to enable us to survive in today's era, to spread our skills and art across borders (and again: wasn't it the intention of the Union to abolish these borders to some extent?). Why complicate everything so much instead, forgetting about the smallest elements of this huge system?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545103_en"}, {"id": 33545101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:05:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BG Fine Art Prints", "feedback": "You publicly champion independent creators while quietly regulating them out of existence. As an independent artist, the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has effectively forced me to block cross-border sales to EU customers. I want to be sustainable, but your regulatory framework completely ignores the economic reality of a micro-business and creates a massive administrative burden. Demanding that a solo creator register with 27 individual national packaging registriesand pay hundreds of euros in flat minimum fees just to legally ship a few art prints a year across a borderis completely absurd. By failing to provide a unified \"One-Stop-Shop\" digital registration portal and refusing to implement a low-volume exemption, you haven't unified the market, you have fragmented it for small creators. Large corporations can easily swallow the administrative costs and Authorized Representative fees, but for an independent business, it makes low-volume European shipping financially impossible.You claim this regulation reduces red tape, but you have replaced it with 27 individual bureaucratic walls. If the EU's goal is to crush the creative economy and punish independent, eco-conscious micro-sellers while letting major online marketplaces dominate, your current policy is working perfectly! Please implement a true single portal and a common-sense low-volume exemption before you completely kill off small-scale international trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "You publicly champion independent creators while quietly regulating them out of existence. As an independent artist, the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has effectively forced me to block cross-border sales to EU customers. I want to be sustainable, but your regulatory framework completely ignores the economic reality of a micro-business and creates a massive administrative burden. Demanding that a solo creator register with 27 individual national packaging registriesand pay hundreds of euros in flat minimum fees just to legally ship a few art prints a year across a borderis completely absurd. By failing to provide a unified \"One-Stop-Shop\" digital registration portal and refusing to implement a low-volume exemption, you haven't unified the market, you have fragmented it for small creators. Large corporations can easily swallow the administrative costs and Authorized Representative fees, but for an independent business, it makes low-volume European shipping financially impossible.You claim this regulation reduces red tape, but you have replaced it with 27 individual bureaucratic walls. If the EU's goal is to crush the creative economy and punish independent, eco-conscious micro-sellers while letting major online marketplaces dominate, your current policy is working perfectly! Please implement a true single portal and a common-sense low-volume exemption before you completely kill off small-scale international trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545101_en"}, {"id": 33545100, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 05:01:57", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In de EU is de troef altijd geweest om vrij te kunnen handelen. Door deze maatregel zullen eenmanszaken echter genoodzaakt zijn om niet meer binnen de gehele EU te handelen. Zij hebben namelijk niet het extra budget dat spelers zoals Amazon of Bol hebben. Deze maatregel zou dus enorme economische inpacten hebben op de kleine handelaar, met vaak meer niche producten. Want vaak is het alternatief voor een klein bedrijf, een bedrijf dat veel minder ecologisch of eerlijk handelt. Als consument wil ik bij mijn favoriete kleine winkels uit het buitenland kunnen blijven winkelen, en zo mijn steentje bijdragen voor lokale economie.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the EU, the strength has always been to be able to act freely. However, this measure will force sole proprietors to refrain from acting throughout the EU. They do not have the additional budget that players such as Amazon or Bol have. This measure would thus have a huge economic impact on the small trader, often with more niche products. Because often the alternative is for a small company, a company that acts much less ecologically or fairly. As a consumer, I want to be able to continue shopping in my favourite small shops from abroad, contributing to the local economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545100_en"}, {"id": 33545099, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 04:35:16", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Art Studio ", "feedback": "Hello, My name is Erica and I'm an artist. I am writing to express my disappointment and fears about your newest shipping regulations (EPR and PPWR). I imagine you don't care too much what a Canadian has to say about the EU policies, but let's be honest here -- art is meant to transcend boundaries like nationalism and borders. There is only one type of government that disagrees with that. And besides that fact, that's not really how the arts and culture sector works, is it? This year I was awarded an artist residency in Norway; I studied art at the Sorbonne in 2010-2011; I spend my time admiring and studying the works of people from across the globe. And these regulations will be cutting that culture off in a time where we need art and small businesses more than ever. As a single person business, it is impossible for me to adhere to these regulations. Not only are they entirely perplexing as it is suddenly 27 different sets of rules, but it's absolutely not financially feasible. Small businesses like mine can't follow these laws or afford authorized representatives in every member state. Only big businesses can do that. And I'm sure you know that. Which makes me question how these regulations can be considered in the interest of the planet? Every piece of packaging that comes out of my studio is acquired second-hand and is recyclable. But it wouldn't be compliant with these regulations because of a lack of documentation. In fact, the easiest way for me to be compliant, it seems, would be to have packaging created and sent to me from the member state where it was meant to return. A very strange process for something \"green\". My shipping volume to Europe is perhaps an original or two per year; a necklace here and there, and perhaps a set of handmade magnets or notebooks. In the continent of celebrity yachts and private jets, it's certainly a hard sell to think my second-hand cardboard and post-consumer, recycled, kraft paper are the cause of the environmental worries. But my art lives in the office of a Reiki practitioner in Riga, the condo of a businessman in Munich, the apartment of a professor in Paris, the studio of a linocut artist on Sørvær, and the home of a poet in Madrid. Those connections are the point of living, of creating, and they are the saving grace of the human condition. You ought to be ashamed at your attempts to shut those down. I ask that you consider small businesses (and microbusinesses) in this regulation. Both those in your member states, and those of us who are members of the same planet you claim to want to protect. I hope you will consider what it means for us to be compliant. And I hope you'll consider not only plants that you what to live in, but what type of society you feel is worth living for.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, My name is Erica and I'm an artist. I am writing to express my disappointment and fears about your newest shipping regulations (EPR and PPWR). I imagine you don't care too much what a Canadian has to say about the EU policies, but let's be honest here -- art is meant to transcend boundaries like nationalism and borders. There is only one type of government that disagrees with that. And besides that fact, that's not really how the arts and culture sector works, is it? This year I was awarded an artist residency in Norway; I studied art at the Sorbonne in 2010-2011; I spend my time admiring and studying the works of people from across the globe. And these regulations will be cutting that culture off in a time where we need art and small businesses more than ever. As a single person business, it is impossible for me to adhere to these regulations. Not only are they entirely perplexing as it is suddenly 27 different sets of rules, but it's absolutely not financially feasible. Small businesses like mine can't follow these laws or afford authorized representatives in every member state. Only big businesses can do that. And I'm sure you know that. Which makes me question how these regulations can be considered in the interest of the planet? Every piece of packaging that comes out of my studio is acquired second-hand and is recyclable. But it wouldn't be compliant with these regulations because of a lack of documentation. In fact, the easiest way for me to be compliant, it seems, would be to have packaging created and sent to me from the member state where it was meant to return. A very strange process for something \"green\". My shipping volume to Europe is perhaps an original or two per year; a necklace here and there, and perhaps a set of handmade magnets or notebooks. In the continent of celebrity yachts and private jets, it's certainly a hard sell to think my second-hand cardboard and post-consumer, recycled, kraft paper are the cause of the environmental worries. But my art lives in the office of a Reiki practitioner in Riga, the condo of a businessman in Munich, the apartment of a professor in Paris, the studio of a linocut artist on Sørvær, and the home of a poet in Madrid. Those connections are the point of living, of creating, and they are the saving grace of the human condition. You ought to be ashamed at your attempts to shut those down. I ask that you consider small businesses (and microbusinesses) in this regulation. Both those in your member states, and those of us who are members of the same planet you claim to want to protect. I hope you will consider what it means for us to be compliant. And I hope you'll consider not only plants that you what to live in, but what type of society you feel is worth living for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545099_en"}, {"id": 33545098, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 04:32:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hola, creo que esta medida debería ser diferente para pequeñas y grandes empresas. Debería tener en cuenta a las microempresas y tener en cuenta su realidad. Que las tasas se apliquen según el volumen de envíos y que se simplifiquen los procedimientos no uno distinto por cada pais. Creo que hay otros modos para reducir emisiones, como invertir en las infraestructuras de transporte y apostar por la descarbonización del transporte más que ahogar a microempresas. Eliminar los envios a domicilio y fomentar los puntos de recogida... poner el foco en la forma de fabricar, en los residuos que se generan en la fabricación, el gasto energético, el impacto social....etc. Diferenciar las grandes empresas y los pequeños productores. Atentamente,", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I think this measure should be different for small and large companies. It should take into account micro-enterprises and take into account their reality. The fees should be applied according to the volume of items and the procedures should not differ from country to country. I believe that there are other ways to reduce emissions, such as investing in transport infrastructure and focusing on decarbonising transport rather than stifling micro-enterprises. Eliminating door-to-door shipments and promoting collection points... focus on how to manufacture, on the waste generated in manufacturing, on energy expenditure, on social impact, etc. Differentiate large companies and small producers. Faithfully,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545098_en"}, {"id": 33545097, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 04:21:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Like many others, I, too, will stop shipping to the EU. Isnt the EU supposed to be the exact opposite? Yet all we see are pointless regulations, rules, and restrictions on the population. Or is someone in particular benefiting from this once again? Have the text messages been deleted yet? This regulation shows once again just how unnecessary and overbearing the EU can be in some areas.", "feedbackEnglish": "Like many others, I, too, will stop shipping to the EU. Isnt the EU supposed to be the exact opposite? Yet all we see are pointless regulations, rules, and restrictions on the population. Or is someone in particular benefiting from this once again? Have the text messages been deleted yet? This regulation shows once again just how unnecessary and overbearing the EU can be in some areas.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545097_en"}, {"id": 33545096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 04:18:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Undercover Otter ", "feedback": "As a small business the so far implementation and lack of foresight with these regulations are hurting me immensely. I am a sole proprieter and even in the largest EU market I am in, I create less than 3kg of 'waste' per year. To be forced to register, do the upkeep, pay fees, and have to organize representatives for all the different countries is quite frankly, an insane request. I am in full support of waste management being tackled, but it should truly have an exemption under a threshold, or at the least be folded into the existing OSS system, so it doesn't kill micro businesses like mine. As it stands now, these regulations are only going to truly impact smapp businesses. The large ones, which are also the biggest problem, like Amazon, Temu, Ali, Skein, will just pay the fees involved because they have the financial end legal room to do so, while small businesses will have to make a decision: am I quitting my job and close up shop, or am I going to pay up to 300 euros a year to some vague agency? Please consider a sustainable solution to this for small businesses, and pause the implementation of these regulations until one is in place.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business the so far implementation and lack of foresight with these regulations are hurting me immensely. I am a sole proprieter and even in the largest EU market I am in, I create less than 3kg of 'waste' per year. To be forced to register, do the upkeep, pay fees, and have to organize representatives for all the different countries is quite frankly, an insane request. I am in full support of waste management being tackled, but it should truly have an exemption under a threshold, or at the least be folded into the existing OSS system, so it doesn't kill micro businesses like mine. As it stands now, these regulations are only going to truly impact smapp businesses. The large ones, which are also the biggest problem, like Amazon, Temu, Ali, Skein, will just pay the fees involved because they have the financial end legal room to do so, while small businesses will have to make a decision: am I quitting my job and close up shop, or am I going to pay up to 300 euros a year to some vague agency? Please consider a sustainable solution to this for small businesses, and pause the implementation of these regulations until one is in place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545096_en"}, {"id": 33545095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 04:06:23", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Detta lagen är inte bara dålig för alla små företagen i hela EU som behöver pengar till att leva i denna värld, men detta kommer att kollapsa hela Europas ekonomi. Detta borde istället inriktas till de faktiska företagen som skapar förpackningar som förstör miljön och större fraktföretag, inte små företag. Fortsätter ni att ändå lägga till detta idiotiska lag så blir det inte bara kollapset av ekonomin som jag har skrivit innan, men det blir också att större företag utanför Europa som Temu, Shein och Amazon som dagligen skapar produkter och förpackningar med farliga gifter för människor och miljön att ta över. Jag vet att ingen kommer läsa detta, och jag vet att ingen kommer att bry sig om mitt meddelande. Men det enda jag vill mest säga är att ni borde ta bort detta lag innan det blir försent.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is not only bad for all small businesses across the EU that need money to live in this world, but this will collapse the whole European economy. This should instead focus on the actual companies that create packaging that destroys the environment and larger freight companies, not small ones. Still, if you continue to add this idiotic law, it will not only be the collapse of the economy that I have written before, but it will also be that larger companies outside Europe such as Temu, Shein and Amazon that create daily products and packaging with dangerous toxins for people and the environment will take over. I know that nobody will read this, and I know that nobody will care about my message. But the only thing I want most to say is that you should remove this law before it becomes late.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545095_en"}, {"id": 33545094, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 03:51:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Parliament and Commission, We urge you to reconsider applying the same regulatory burdens to small businesses as those imposed on major corporations. As a small EU-based enterprise, our cross-border shipping footprint is minimalconsisting of only one or two shipments annually to countries such as Italy, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. Despite this negligible volume, the financial penalties and compliance costs hit us just as hard as multinational conglomerates, disproportionately threatening our survival. Furthermore, small enterprises already operate under strict economic constraints that naturally drive sustainable practices. We reduce packaging waste to an absolute minimum out of financial necessity; we cannot afford to continuously purchase new boxes and void fill, so we actively reuse and recycle every suitable packaging material we can source. Overregulation of this nature risks destroying the small businesses that form the economic and cultural backbone of the European Union. The core principles of the EU are founded on freedom of trade and solidarity. We respectfully ask that you implement proportionate thresholds and exemptions to protect small enterprises from regulations designed for large-scale industry.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Parliament and Commission, We urge you to reconsider applying the same regulatory burdens to small businesses as those imposed on major corporations. As a small EU-based enterprise, our cross-border shipping footprint is minimalconsisting of only one or two shipments annually to countries such as Italy, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. Despite this negligible volume, the financial penalties and compliance costs hit us just as hard as multinational conglomerates, disproportionately threatening our survival. Furthermore, small enterprises already operate under strict economic constraints that naturally drive sustainable practices. We reduce packaging waste to an absolute minimum out of financial necessity; we cannot afford to continuously purchase new boxes and void fill, so we actively reuse and recycle every suitable packaging material we can source. Overregulation of this nature risks destroying the small businesses that form the economic and cultural backbone of the European Union. The core principles of the EU are founded on freedom of trade and solidarity. We respectfully ask that you implement proportionate thresholds and exemptions to protect small enterprises from regulations designed for large-scale industry.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545094_en"}, {"id": 33545093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:55:14", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I dont want to throw away my education just to keep a roof over my head. This new set of rules is absolutely nonsensical and terrifying for small sellers in its current form. I sell only a couple of handmade items a year, mainly to stay somewhat afloat while I study to be able to afford my school expenses (supplies, meals, transportation) and any sudden expenses if needed and do not have the money to buy the registrations needed to continue selling my crafts to different EU countries. It would cost me more than what Id make in multiple years. I already use repurposed and recycled packaging materials and always have done so - I just cant financially afford to have it registered. What is less than a slap on the wrist for big corporations is sudden and total financial insecurity to me. The little money I had from my occasional sales was my life saver and now I will drown without it unless I drop out of school to have more time to work.", "feedbackEnglish": "I dont want to throw away my education just to keep a roof over my head. This new set of rules is absolutely nonsensical and terrifying for small sellers in its current form. I sell only a couple of handmade items a year, mainly to stay somewhat afloat while I study to be able to afford my school expenses (supplies, meals, transportation) and any sudden expenses if needed and do not have the money to buy the registrations needed to continue selling my crafts to different EU countries. It would cost me more than what Id make in multiple years. I already use repurposed and recycled packaging materials and always have done so - I just cant financially afford to have it registered. What is less than a slap on the wrist for big corporations is sudden and total financial insecurity to me. The little money I had from my occasional sales was my life saver and now I will drown without it unless I drop out of school to have more time to work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545093_en"}, {"id": 33545092, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:54:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hallo, bitte führen sie die neuen Regeln nicht ein. Es ist für, dass der Verpackungsabfall reduziert werden soll, allerdings wird diese Regel daran nichts ändern, außer das die Wirtschaft geschädigt wird. Kleinere selbstständige Unternehmer haben es bereits schwer im online Versand, seis nur durch Sanktionen der USA. Wir sollten nicht zusätzlich versuchen, kleinen Unternehmen zu schaden. Der größte Müll entsteht durch große Unternehmen, welche die gebühren nicht interessieren, falls gar sie nicht davon befreit werden können. Das gesetzt macht eher den Eindruck, dass man kleinen Unternehmern und Käufern zusätzlich Geld abnehmen möchte, was verkehrt ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, please do not introduce the new rules. It is in favour of reducing packaging waste, but this rule will not change anything except to the detriment of the economy. Smaller self-employed entrepreneurs already find it difficult to send online, if only through US sanctions. We should not try to harm small businesses in addition. The biggest waste is generated by large companies, which are not interested in the fees if they cannot be exempted from them at all. Rather, this gives the impression that small entrepreneurs and buyers want to take extra money away from what is happening.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545092_en"}, {"id": 33545091, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:54:28", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is deeply concerning since because of it many small businesses are not able to keep their business going, considering all the recent fees being added in this field. The EU should provide and support a free trade, but as the regulation stands now, it is a threat to free trade in Europe, as our small business will find it too expensive to keep their activity. The base idea is good, I believe we should reduce the consumption of waste, but it should be aimed at and focused on big corps, like Amazon, and it shouldn't threaten small businesses and individuals trying to make a living. It needs a revision and a better discussion.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is deeply concerning since because of it many small businesses are not able to keep their business going, considering all the recent fees being added in this field. The EU should provide and support a free trade, but as the regulation stands now, it is a threat to free trade in Europe, as our small business will find it too expensive to keep their activity. The base idea is good, I believe we should reduce the consumption of waste, but it should be aimed at and focused on big corps, like Amazon, and it shouldn't threaten small businesses and individuals trying to make a living. It needs a revision and a better discussion.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545091_en"}, {"id": 33545090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:39:46", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law threatens every small and micro business in Europe. While we (creatives especially) understand the importance of waste reduction, this law does little to none to actually prevent it, instead putting the blame on individuals and leaving the big corporations unscathed, as the regulation is the same on every business, no matter how big or small. Why even have the Schengen area, when trading and business has become virtually impossible in the EU? Not to even mention smaller countries, who now will have even less exports and imports because businesses cannot afford to pay to \"unlock\" them.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law threatens every small and micro business in Europe. While we (creatives especially) understand the importance of waste reduction, this law does little to none to actually prevent it, instead putting the blame on individuals and leaving the big corporations unscathed, as the regulation is the same on every business, no matter how big or small. Why even have the Schengen area, when trading and business has become virtually impossible in the EU? Not to even mention smaller countries, who now will have even less exports and imports because businesses cannot afford to pay to \"unlock\" them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545090_en"}, {"id": 33545088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:34:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This policy is absolutely ridicolous and in violation of what EU should stand for. Milions of small businesses will be forced to shut down because of fees and overcomplicated procedures that are not even uniform across EU membership countries. Passing this law in it's current state will only lead to further monopolization of international markets by big corporations because of small competition going out of business. Loss of income source and fair competition, poverty for milions disguised as care for the environment, this policy is a disgrace that is just a favor for corporations and big companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "This policy is absolutely ridicolous and in violation of what EU should stand for. Milions of small businesses will be forced to shut down because of fees and overcomplicated procedures that are not even uniform across EU membership countries. Passing this law in it's current state will only lead to further monopolization of international markets by big corporations because of small competition going out of business. Loss of income source and fair competition, poverty for milions disguised as care for the environment, this policy is a disgrace that is just a favor for corporations and big companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545088_en"}, {"id": 33545087, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:30:10", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental objectives behind reducing packaging waste. However, the proposed requirements risk being disproportionate for micro and small businesses, particularly independent makers, craftspeople and businesses operating on a very small scale. Many small businesses already actively reduce waste by reusing packaging received from previous orders to ship their own products. Reuse is a fundamental part of the waste hierarchy and should be actively encouraged. A regulation intended to reduce packaging waste should not inadvertently make it more difficult or costly for businesses to reuse packaging that is already in circulation. The obligation to register in national producer registers across EU countries, together with the potential registration fees, reporting requirements and administrative burden involved, may be relatively manageable for large companies but can have a disproportionately significant impact on micro-businesses. A business run by one person, sending a small number of parcels each month, simply does not have the same financial or administrative capacity as a large company placing thousands or millions of packages on the market. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a proportionality principle, whereby obligations depend on the actual volume of packaging placed on the market and the size of the business. There should also be a de minimis threshold or a simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small producers, below which businesses would either be exempt from registration requirements or subject to a genuinely simple, low-cost system. Without such safeguards, fixed registration and compliance costs will inevitably weigh much more heavily on the smallest businesses. The regulation should also explicitly recognise and protect packaging reuse. Small businesses that reuse boxes, envelopes and protective materials from previous deliveries are extending the useful life of existing packaging and preventing unnecessary waste. This behaviour should be incentivised rather than penalised through additional costs or administrative obligations. Finally, I am concerned about the unintended consequences for the EU Single Market. Excessive fixed compliance costs may discourage micro-businesses from selling to customers in other EU Member States altogether. This could disproportionately favour large companies that can easily absorb these costs, while restricting market access for independent makers, craftspeople and other small businesses. Environmental regulation is necessary, but it should be proportionate, accessible and designed in a way that supports genuinely sustainable practices. Small businesses should be encouraged to reduce and reuse packaging, not placed at a competitive disadvantage for doing so.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental objectives behind reducing packaging waste. However, the proposed requirements risk being disproportionate for micro and small businesses, particularly independent makers, craftspeople and businesses operating on a very small scale. Many small businesses already actively reduce waste by reusing packaging received from previous orders to ship their own products. Reuse is a fundamental part of the waste hierarchy and should be actively encouraged. A regulation intended to reduce packaging waste should not inadvertently make it more difficult or costly for businesses to reuse packaging that is already in circulation. The obligation to register in national producer registers across EU countries, together with the potential registration fees, reporting requirements and administrative burden involved, may be relatively manageable for large companies but can have a disproportionately significant impact on micro-businesses. A business run by one person, sending a small number of parcels each month, simply does not have the same financial or administrative capacity as a large company placing thousands or millions of packages on the market. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a proportionality principle, whereby obligations depend on the actual volume of packaging placed on the market and the size of the business. There should also be a de minimis threshold or a simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small producers, below which businesses would either be exempt from registration requirements or subject to a genuinely simple, low-cost system. Without such safeguards, fixed registration and compliance costs will inevitably weigh much more heavily on the smallest businesses. The regulation should also explicitly recognise and protect packaging reuse. Small businesses that reuse boxes, envelopes and protective materials from previous deliveries are extending the useful life of existing packaging and preventing unnecessary waste. This behaviour should be incentivised rather than penalised through additional costs or administrative obligations. Finally, I am concerned about the unintended consequences for the EU Single Market. Excessive fixed compliance costs may discourage micro-businesses from selling to customers in other EU Member States altogether. This could disproportionately favour large companies that can easily absorb these costs, while restricting market access for independent makers, craftspeople and other small businesses. Environmental regulation is necessary, but it should be proportionate, accessible and designed in a way that supports genuinely sustainable practices. Small businesses should be encouraged to reduce and reuse packaging, not placed at a competitive disadvantage for doing so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545087_en"}, {"id": 33545086, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:12:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ArtevolVintage", "feedback": "La normativa de tener que gestionar cada país por separado para pequeños vendedores solo logrará arruinar a muchas micro tiendas online de autónomos. En mi caso, tengo una tienda en Etsy y vendo ocasionalmente a diferentes países de Europa. No puedo calcular de antemano qué ventas tendré de cada país, y tener que pagar un importe elevado por cada país solo para tener la opción de poder vender allí, sin saber si realmente cubriré los gastos con las ventas que haga, está haciendo que me plantee dejar un negocio que me ha costado mucho esfuerzo levantar sola. Una empresa grande puede permitírselo, pero una vendedora autónoma no tiene esa capacidad. Aparte, ¿han pensado como van a gestionar las ventas de segunda mano de plataformas como Vinted? Si como particular vendo un jersey usado a una persona de otro país de la UE, ¿estaré exenta de pagar por los residuos de ese paquete que envío o tendré que registrarme para pagarlos? Porque a través de estas plataformas también se generan muchos residuos. Considero que está normativa se está implementando de manera apresurada sin haberse parado a pensar en los pequeños vendedores que vivimos de la venta online, en mi caso objetos vintage (reutilización de objetos que no terminan en vertederos) enviados desde España (el pais donde vivo) sin utilizar plástico en el embalaje, solo papel y cartón, y en muchos casos material reutilizado. Estoy muy de acuerdo con proteger el medio ambiente, pero impongan estás medidas a empresas grandes, sin ahogar por el camino a los autónomos", "feedbackEnglish": "The rules of having to manage each country separately for small sellers will only ruin many micro online shops run by self-employed people. In my case, I have a shop in Etsy and I occasionally sell to different countries in Europe. I cannot calculate in advance what sales I will have from each country, and having to pay a high amount for each country only to have the option to sell there, without knowing whether I will actually cover the expenses with the sales I do, is causing me to think about leaving a business that has cost me a lot of effort to set up alone. A large company can afford it, but an autonomous seller does not have that capacity. Apart from that, have you thought how you will manage the second-hand sales of platforms such as Vinted? If as a private individual I sell a used jersey to a person in another EU country, will I be exempt from paying for the waste in that parcel I send or will I have to register to pay for it? Because these platforms also generate a lot of waste. I believe that this legislation is being implemented in a hasty manner without having stopped thinking about the small sellers that we are living through online sales, in my case vintage objects (reuse of objects that do not end up in landfills) sent from Spain (the country where I live) without using plastic in the packaging, only paper and cardboard, and in many cases reused material. I very much agree with protecting the environment, but impose these measures on large companies, without stifling the way for the self-employed", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545086_en"}, {"id": 33545085, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:09:50", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental goal behind the PPWR and Extended Producer Responsibility. Businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. What I strongly question is the way the cross-border registration system has been designed for micro businesses. The European Union repeatedly promotes the idea of a Single Market, where small businesses should be able to grow and sell across borders. Yet under Article 44, a small business selling packaged products across Europe may need to register separately in every Member State where it has customers. � EUR-Lex This is not a small administrative task for a micro business. It means different registrations, different national authorities, different reporting systems, different fees and potentially different producer responsibility organisations. For a large corporation with legal and compliance departments, this is administration. For a one-person or two-person business, it can become a barrier to growth. A micro business may sell only a handful of parcels per year to a particular Member State. If the cost and administrative work required to remain compliant is greater than the profit from those sales, the rational business decision will simply be to stop selling to that country. That directly works against the idea of the EU Single Market. It also creates a very strange situation where the smallest businesses face the greatest compliance burden relative to their turnover. A company selling millions of euros into a country can absorb registration costs. A micro business making 300 or 500 in sales to that same country cannot. The environmental impact of those businesses is also clearly not comparable. There must be proportionality. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to use these implementing rules to create as much harmonisation as legally possible and to consider a genuine EU-wide system for micro and small businesses. We need one registration portal, one reporting system and a meaningful de minimis threshold based on either packaging volume or cross-border turnover. The EU already operates systems such as OSS for VAT precisely because asking small businesses to register separately for tax in every Member State would create an unreasonable barrier to cross-border trade. The same logic should apply here. Environmental responsibility should not mean creating 27 administrative borders inside what is supposed to be one market. There is also a wider economic consequence that should not be ignored. If legitimate small businesses are repeatedly faced with higher fixed compliance costs every time they try to enter a new European market, we are discouraging entrepreneurship, limiting competition and making it harder for micro businesses to scale. That does not only hurt individual businesses. It can reduce innovation, competition and economic growth across the EU. And there is an uncomfortable question that policymakers should seriously consider: What happens when running a registered business and selling legally across borders becomes dramatically more complicated and expensive than informal private selling? I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid their legal obligations. But regulation also creates incentives. If the compliant route becomes disproportionately difficult for the smallest sellers, we should at least ask whether the unintended result will be more informal selling rather than better compliance. A regulation designed to improve waste management should not simultaneously make legitimate entrepreneurship less attractive. Micro businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a system that is proportionate, affordable and actually compatible with the Single Market. One European market should not require 27 separate administrative relationships simply because a small business puts a product inside a cardboard box.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental goal behind the PPWR and Extended Producer Responsibility. Businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. What I strongly question is the way the cross-border registration system has been designed for micro businesses. The European Union repeatedly promotes the idea of a Single Market, where small businesses should be able to grow and sell across borders. Yet under Article 44, a small business selling packaged products across Europe may need to register separately in every Member State where it has customers. � EUR-Lex This is not a small administrative task for a micro business. It means different registrations, different national authorities, different reporting systems, different fees and potentially different producer responsibility organisations. For a large corporation with legal and compliance departments, this is administration. For a one-person or two-person business, it can become a barrier to growth. A micro business may sell only a handful of parcels per year to a particular Member State. If the cost and administrative work required to remain compliant is greater than the profit from those sales, the rational business decision will simply be to stop selling to that country. That directly works against the idea of the EU Single Market. It also creates a very strange situation where the smallest businesses face the greatest compliance burden relative to their turnover. A company selling millions of euros into a country can absorb registration costs. A micro business making 300 or 500 in sales to that same country cannot. The environmental impact of those businesses is also clearly not comparable. There must be proportionality. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to use these implementing rules to create as much harmonisation as legally possible and to consider a genuine EU-wide system for micro and small businesses. We need one registration portal, one reporting system and a meaningful de minimis threshold based on either packaging volume or cross-border turnover. The EU already operates systems such as OSS for VAT precisely because asking small businesses to register separately for tax in every Member State would create an unreasonable barrier to cross-border trade. The same logic should apply here. Environmental responsibility should not mean creating 27 administrative borders inside what is supposed to be one market. There is also a wider economic consequence that should not be ignored. If legitimate small businesses are repeatedly faced with higher fixed compliance costs every time they try to enter a new European market, we are discouraging entrepreneurship, limiting competition and making it harder for micro businesses to scale. That does not only hurt individual businesses. It can reduce innovation, competition and economic growth across the EU. And there is an uncomfortable question that policymakers should seriously consider: What happens when running a registered business and selling legally across borders becomes dramatically more complicated and expensive than informal private selling? I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid their legal obligations. But regulation also creates incentives. If the compliant route becomes disproportionately difficult for the smallest sellers, we should at least ask whether the unintended result will be more informal selling rather than better compliance. A regulation designed to improve waste management should not simultaneously make legitimate entrepreneurship less attractive. Micro businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a system that is proportionate, affordable and actually compatible with the Single Market. One European market should not require 27 separate administrative relationships simply because a small business puts a product inside a cardboard box.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545085_en"}, {"id": 33545083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:08:29", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A ridiculous proposal with absolutely no consideration given to small and medium enterprises- completely at odds with an eu that wants free movement of goods within the bloc. Only large businesses will benefit from this", "feedbackEnglish": "A ridiculous proposal with absolutely no consideration given to small and medium enterprises- completely at odds with an eu that wants free movement of goods within the bloc. Only large businesses will benefit from this", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545083_en"}, {"id": 33545082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:05:56", "country": "RUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello! I'd like to express my concern regarding the new packaging and package waste EU rule. Being an artist myself and having a lot of connections in this area, I can see how this rule is going to make many small businesses close. Many of those businesses already used recycled or sustainable packages. Moreover, shipping to other countries sometimes means sending only a few orders to each country, which makes it useless from a business perspective to hire a representative and pay the tax in each country. To my mind, one of the ground rules of the EU should be a border-free economic zone which this new rule would end. The biggest sellers like Amazon, Temu and AliExpress have a lot more impact on the package waste but still have to pay the same fees, making it a tax almost exclusively a burden to small and independent businesses. I urge you to reconsider this rule with the small businesses in mind and start the positive change regarding the package waste with the biggest pollution contributers I mentioned above. Best regards, Julia Moruchkova", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! I'd like to express my concern regarding the new packaging and package waste EU rule. Being an artist myself and having a lot of connections in this area, I can see how this rule is going to make many small businesses close. Many of those businesses already used recycled or sustainable packages. Moreover, shipping to other countries sometimes means sending only a few orders to each country, which makes it useless from a business perspective to hire a representative and pay the tax in each country. To my mind, one of the ground rules of the EU should be a border-free economic zone which this new rule would end. The biggest sellers like Amazon, Temu and AliExpress have a lot more impact on the package waste but still have to pay the same fees, making it a tax almost exclusively a burden to small and independent businesses. I urge you to reconsider this rule with the small businesses in mind and start the positive change regarding the package waste with the biggest pollution contributers I mentioned above. Best regards, Julia Moruchkova", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545082_en"}, {"id": 33545081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:05:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner and creator, and I am deeply concerned about the impact that the new PPWR requirements will have on micro-businesses selling across EU borders. I fully support the goals of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental responsibility. However, the way these obligations are being implemented risks creating a disproportionate burden for the very small businesses that make up an important part of the European economy. My main concerns are: 1. Please exempt micro-businesses from the mandatory Authorised Representative requirement. Requiring small businesses to appoint and pay for an Authorised Representative in other EU countries creates a significant additional cost and administrative burden. For a one-person business with a low annual turnover, these costs can make selling to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. There should be a de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, based on turnover and/or the small quantities of packaging placed on the market. 2. Please simplify and harmonise EPR registration across the EU. At present, small businesses may have to deal with different registration systems, procedures, fees, reporting requirements and compliance schemes in different Member States. For a one-person business, this means spending hours trying to understand and comply with multiple national systems instead of actually running the business. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR, allowing micro-businesses to register and fulfil their packaging obligations through one harmonised system rather than navigating separate national procedures. Alternatively, businesses below a reasonable threshold should be exempt from registration altogether. 3. Please ensure that the PPWR does not undermine the free movement of goods within the EU. One of the fundamental advantages of being part of the European Union is the ability for businesses and consumers to trade across Member State borders. If a small business must face different registration systems, fees, representatives and administrative requirements simply because a customer lives in another EU country, cross-border trade becomes unnecessarily complicated and expensive. For many micro-businesses, these requirements can effectively mean choosing between absorbing costs they cannot afford, spending substantial unpaid time on bureaucracy, or stopping sales to customers in other EU countries altogether. This is particularly damaging to independent creators, artisans and small online businesses, which often operate with very small teams sometimes just one person. I therefore ask the European Commission to introduce proportionate rules for micro-enterprises, including a meaningful de minimis exemption and/or a simplified EU-wide One Stop Shop system for EPR compliance. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making small independent businesses unable to participate in the European Single Market. Please consider the real-world impact these requirements will have on micro-businesses and take action to ensure that the PPWR remains proportionate, practical and accessible to businesses of all sizes. Thank you for taking the concerns of small European businesses into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner and creator, and I am deeply concerned about the impact that the new PPWR requirements will have on micro-businesses selling across EU borders. I fully support the goals of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental responsibility. However, the way these obligations are being implemented risks creating a disproportionate burden for the very small businesses that make up an important part of the European economy. My main concerns are: 1. Please exempt micro-businesses from the mandatory Authorised Representative requirement. Requiring small businesses to appoint and pay for an Authorised Representative in other EU countries creates a significant additional cost and administrative burden. For a one-person business with a low annual turnover, these costs can make selling to customers in other EU countries economically unviable. There should be a de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, based on turnover and/or the small quantities of packaging placed on the market. 2. Please simplify and harmonise EPR registration across the EU. At present, small businesses may have to deal with different registration systems, procedures, fees, reporting requirements and compliance schemes in different Member States. For a one-person business, this means spending hours trying to understand and comply with multiple national systems instead of actually running the business. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR, allowing micro-businesses to register and fulfil their packaging obligations through one harmonised system rather than navigating separate national procedures. Alternatively, businesses below a reasonable threshold should be exempt from registration altogether. 3. Please ensure that the PPWR does not undermine the free movement of goods within the EU. One of the fundamental advantages of being part of the European Union is the ability for businesses and consumers to trade across Member State borders. If a small business must face different registration systems, fees, representatives and administrative requirements simply because a customer lives in another EU country, cross-border trade becomes unnecessarily complicated and expensive. For many micro-businesses, these requirements can effectively mean choosing between absorbing costs they cannot afford, spending substantial unpaid time on bureaucracy, or stopping sales to customers in other EU countries altogether. This is particularly damaging to independent creators, artisans and small online businesses, which often operate with very small teams sometimes just one person. I therefore ask the European Commission to introduce proportionate rules for micro-enterprises, including a meaningful de minimis exemption and/or a simplified EU-wide One Stop Shop system for EPR compliance. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making small independent businesses unable to participate in the European Single Market. Please consider the real-world impact these requirements will have on micro-businesses and take action to ensure that the PPWR remains proportionate, practical and accessible to businesses of all sizes. Thank you for taking the concerns of small European businesses into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545081_en"}, {"id": 33545080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 02:04:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "la fabrik du hérisson", "feedback": "Je suis brocanteuse en micro-entreprise en France. J'expédie environ 200 colis à des clients résidant en France et dans d'autres pays de l'UE, dans un emballage cartonné de seconde main, du papier journal que je récupère. Dans au moins 20 pays de l'UE, j'envoie moins de 5 colis par an. Cela est totalement disproportionné d'exiger d'une entreprise comme la mienne de s'enregistrer et se conformer aux exigences administratives de chaque État membre. Le marché unique européen devrait faciliter les ventes transfrontalières pour les petites entreprises européennes, et non créer 27 niveaux potentiels de formalités administratives liées aux emballages. Je vous prie d'instaurer une véritable exemption pour les micro-entreprises (ou une exemption de minimis), et un système unique d'enregistrement valable pour tous les États membres. La responsabilité environnementale doit être proportionnelle à la quantité d'emballages effectivement mis sur le marché. Ce n'est pas normal que pour envoyer 20 colis dans un pays, je doive payer la même chose qu'une entreprise qui en envoie 10000. Mon entreprise ne résistera pas à ces nouvelles contraintes, et nous seront nombreux dans ce cas. L'UE devrait aider ses entreprises plutot que de leur ajouter toujours plus de contraintes et les faire couler.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business broker in France. I send around 200 parcels to customers in France and other EU countries, in second-hand cardboard packaging, of newsprint paper that I collect. In at least 20 EU countries, I send less than 5 packages per year. It is totally disproportionate to require a company like mine to register and comply with the administrative requirements of each Member State. The European Single Market should facilitate cross-border sales for European small businesses, not create 27 potential levels of packaging related red tape. I would ask you to introduce a real exemption for micro-enterprises (or a de minimis exemption), and a single registration system valid for all Member States. Environmental liability must be proportional to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market. It is not normal that in order to send 20 parcels to a country, I have to pay the same as a company sending 10000. My company will not withstand these new constraints, and there will be many of us in this case. The EU should help its businesses rather than adding more and more constraints.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545080_en"}, {"id": 33545079, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:54:28", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Not only the enforcement of this new regulation is abusive towards small businesses like artists/craftsment but it only contradicts one of the main goals of the EU: Freedom of movement of people and goods. Please reconsider this new regulations or so many people that are already struggling to keep their means of living alive might have to close down. Our representatives should be there to make their lives easier and there. The way it looks it even seems to benefit to major corporations who pollute trillions of times more than owners of small businesses and it further contributes to young people leaving rural areas as it's reducing their opportunities of thriving as the new tariffs will significantly reduce their incomes.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not only the enforcement of this new regulation is abusive towards small businesses like artists/craftsment but it only contradicts one of the main goals of the EU: Freedom of movement of people and goods. Please reconsider this new regulations or so many people that are already struggling to keep their means of living alive might have to close down. Our representatives should be there to make their lives easier and there. The way it looks it even seems to benefit to major corporations who pollute trillions of times more than owners of small businesses and it further contributes to young people leaving rural areas as it's reducing their opportunities of thriving as the new tariffs will significantly reduce their incomes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545079_en"}, {"id": 33545078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:53:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A regulation like this will only benefit large businesses like Amazon, Temu etc. Who are the main cause of package waste. It will harm small and micro businesses to an absurd degree. It is not a good idea just go forward with something like this without taking small businesses into account. Here are some ideas that would make sense for me as someone who frequently buys from small or micro businesses: - Exclude small and Micro businesses from the A.R Rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or Provide measurements that small businesses can afford - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "A regulation like this will only benefit large businesses like Amazon, Temu etc. Who are the main cause of package waste. It will harm small and micro businesses to an absurd degree. It is not a good idea just go forward with something like this without taking small businesses into account. Here are some ideas that would make sense for me as someone who frequently buys from small or micro businesses: - Exclude small and Micro businesses from the A.R Rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or Provide measurements that small businesses can afford - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545078_en"}, {"id": 33545077, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:45:54", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As much as I am worried about the environment, these new rules are absolutely ludicrous. They do make sense if applied to big companies, such as eBay, Amazon, fast fashion brands, etc... For smaller businesses, artists and artisans though this will surely lead to bankruptcy in many, if not most, cases. It makes absolutely no sense to make an artisan in, say, Portugal pay thousands of Euros to ship a handful of packages a year in a neighbouring country. Big companies with millions in their pockets will not be affected by this (and will probably make the customers pay the difference anyway, You perfectly know this). Apply these rules only if the business effectively damages the environment, don't let your citizens with creative jobs take the hit because millionaires want to become billionaires. The European Union needs to step the f up", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as I am worried about the environment, these new rules are absolutely ludicrous. They do make sense if applied to big companies, such as eBay, Amazon, fast fashion brands, etc... For smaller businesses, artists and artisans though this will surely lead to bankruptcy in many, if not most, cases. It makes absolutely no sense to make an artisan in, say, Portugal pay thousands of Euros to ship a handful of packages a year in a neighbouring country. Big companies with millions in their pockets will not be affected by this (and will probably make the customers pay the difference anyway, You perfectly know this). Apply these rules only if the business effectively damages the environment, don't let your citizens with creative jobs take the hit because millionaires want to become billionaires. The European Union needs to step the f up", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545077_en"}, {"id": 33545076, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:42:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como artista y artesana autónoma de la UE estoy profundamente preocupada y decepcionada por la forma en que se quiere aplicar la ley de residuos PPWR. Yo misma soy una persona muy concienciada en reducir la contaminación y proteger el medioambiente y entiendo la importancia de legislar para reducir la contaminación derivada del uso de envases, pero tal como está planteada esta ley va a dañar enormemente y de forma muy desproporcionada a los artistas autónomos, pequeños negocios y microempresas, que a la vez somos los que tenemos una responsabilidad menor en la destrucción del medio ambiente ya que muchos llevamos tiempo utilizando envases reciclados u opciones más sostenibles como el cartón y el papel y producimos nuestros productos de forma artesanal o en cantidades muy limitadas. Con esta ley vamos a ser incapaces de afrontar la burocracia y el importante sobrecoste financiero que supone tener que registrarnos en cada uno de los países de la UE solamente para poder enviar unos pocos paquetes al año. La ley de residuos debería de estar especialmente enfocada a las grandes empresas y multinacionales al ser éstas las que generan residuos de forma masiva y aplicar una exención a los pequeños negocios, sobretodo si tienen poca cantidad de envíos o bien aplicar un coste muy reducido y proporcional a la cantidad de envíos. También simplificar la burocracia y que haya un registro único que sirva para toda la UE, no uno diferente por cada país, pero sobretodo que el coste del registro sea proporcional al tamaño de la empresa o volumen de envíos ya que es absurdo que sea el mismo coste para una gran empresa que para un pequeño artesano. Es necesario que la UE apoye y proteja a sus propios artistas autónomos y pequeños negocios y no nos eche fuera del mercado en favor de las grandes empresas. Ya estamos en un momento muy complicado por el estado de la economía mundial y las diferentes crisis y si esta ley sigue como está planteada va a suponer el cierre para muchos pequeños negocios y muchos ciudadanos europeos van a quedar en una situación económica muy difícil. La Unión Europea tiene que velar por sus ciudadanos y facilitar y promover el comercio intracomunitario ya que esto favorece nuestra economía así como la sostenibilidad, por eso les pido que modifiquen esta ley y que tengan en cuenta a los pequeños negocios para cualquier legislación futura.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU artist and autonomous craftsman, I am deeply concerned and disappointed about the way the PPWR waste law is intended to be implemented. I myself am very conscious of reducing pollution and protecting the environment and I understand the importance of legislating to reduce pollution from the use of packaging, but as this law stands, it will cause enormous and very disproportionate damage to self-employed artists, small businesses and micro-enterprises, who at the same time have less responsibility for the destruction of the environment, as many of us have been using recycled packaging or more sustainable options such as cardboard and paper, and we produce our products artisanally or in very limited quantities. With this law, we will be unable to cope with the bureaucracy and the significant financial overcharge of having to register in each EU country just to be able to send a few packages per year. The law on waste should focus in particular on large companies and multinationals, as they generate waste on a massive scale, and exempt small businesses, especially if they have a small quantity of shipments, or apply a very low cost proportional to the quantity of shipments. It also simplifies bureaucracy and provides for a single register that serves the whole EU, not one that differs from country to country, but above all that the cost of registration is proportionate to the size of the company or volume of items as it is absurd that it is the same cost for a large company as for a small craftsman. It is necessary for the EU to support and protect its own self-employed artists and small businesses and not to leave us out of the market in favour of large companies. We are already at a very difficult time because of the state of the world economy and the different crises and if this law continues as it stands, it will mean closure for many small businesses and many European citizens will find themselves in a very difficult economic situation. The European Union has to look after its citizens and facilitate and promote intra-EU trade as this favours our economy as well as sustainability, so I ask them to amend this law and take small businesses into account for any future legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545076_en"}, {"id": 33545075, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:38:15", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Figlina", "feedback": "I am an independent ceramic artist and micro-business based in Belgium. I may occasionally send a handmade ceramic object to a customer in another EU country, using a cardboard box and paper-based protective material. It is completely disproportionate to require a business of this scale to register separately and comply with administrative requirements in every Member State where a customer happens to live. The EU Single Market should make it easier for small European businesses to sell across borders, not create 27 potential layers of packaging administration. Please introduce a genuine micro-business/de minimis exemption, or one single EU registration and reporting system valid across all Member States. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent ceramic artist and micro-business based in Belgium. I may occasionally send a handmade ceramic object to a customer in another EU country, using a cardboard box and paper-based protective material. It is completely disproportionate to require a business of this scale to register separately and comply with administrative requirements in every Member State where a customer happens to live. The EU Single Market should make it easier for small European businesses to sell across borders, not create 27 potential layers of packaging administration. Please introduce a genuine micro-business/de minimis exemption, or one single EU registration and reporting system valid across all Member States. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545075_en"}, {"id": 33545074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:37:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While trying to reduce waste by making businesses be careful with their packaging is important (a part we can all agree on), killing small businesses however, by making it impossible to send anything to other fellow Eu country make no sense to me at all ! One of the base Europe was created on was to Facilitate the exchange of goods and people. Now almost all small business are thinking of closing because, unfortunately, not everyone can afford authorised representative worth 100 (or more) plus tarifs, per country (i might add), to send a 50 package to another EU country !", "feedbackEnglish": "While trying to reduce waste by making businesses be careful with their packaging is important (a part we can all agree on), killing small businesses however, by making it impossible to send anything to other fellow Eu country make no sense to me at all ! One of the base Europe was created on was to Facilitate the exchange of goods and people. Now almost all small business are thinking of closing because, unfortunately, not everyone can afford authorised representative worth 100 (or more) plus tarifs, per country (i might add), to send a 50 package to another EU country !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545074_en"}, {"id": 33545073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:36:45", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please revert this decision, you are actively harming thousands of small european businesses. By going forward with this you will destroy small businesses and worsen the current unemployment problem even further.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please revert this decision, you are actively harming thousands of small european businesses. By going forward with this you will destroy small businesses and worsen the current unemployment problem even further.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545073_en"}, {"id": 33545072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:30:51", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an EU citizen and I would like to express my deep concern regarding the current approach taken in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental sustainability. However, I believe that the current implementation risks creating unintended economic consequences that could undermine some of the EUs other fundamental objectives, particularly the promotion of European entrepreneurship, innovation, and a strong internal market. The obligations introduced by this regulation appear likely to disproportionately affect small and medium-sized European businesses. Unlike large multinational companies, many SMEs do not have dedicated compliance departments, legal teams, or the financial capacity to absorb significant additional administrative and operational costs. This creates a risk that smaller European businesses will be forced to withdraw from the EU market, while larger companies with existing compliance infrastructure will be better positioned to adapt. A regulation intended to improve sustainability should not unintentionally reduce competition by creating barriers that favour established market players over smaller European innovators. I am particularly concerned about the potential impact on product availability and consumer choice. If smaller suppliers decide that compliance with multiple national requirements is no longer economically viable, consumers may see fewer products available, especially in smaller EU markets and for specialised goods. This could lead to supply chain disruptions and reduced access to niche products that are currently supplied by smaller businesses. The EUs objective should be to encourage European entrepreneurship, innovation, and competitiveness. We should be making it easier to buy European products and support European businesses, not creating conditions where European companies are pushed out of their own market! I respectfully request that the Commission reconsider the implementation approach and ensure that PPWR requirements are: - fully harmonised across the EU; proportionate to the size and resources of businesses; - designed to avoid unnecessary barriers to market entry; - supported by realistic transition periods and simplified compliance procedures for SMEs. A unified European approach is essential. If companies are required to navigate different registration and compliance processes in each Member State, this risks fragmenting the Single Market rather than strengthening it. Environmental protection and economic competitiveness should not be opposing goals!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an EU citizen and I would like to express my deep concern regarding the current approach taken in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving environmental sustainability. However, I believe that the current implementation risks creating unintended economic consequences that could undermine some of the EUs other fundamental objectives, particularly the promotion of European entrepreneurship, innovation, and a strong internal market. The obligations introduced by this regulation appear likely to disproportionately affect small and medium-sized European businesses. Unlike large multinational companies, many SMEs do not have dedicated compliance departments, legal teams, or the financial capacity to absorb significant additional administrative and operational costs. This creates a risk that smaller European businesses will be forced to withdraw from the EU market, while larger companies with existing compliance infrastructure will be better positioned to adapt. A regulation intended to improve sustainability should not unintentionally reduce competition by creating barriers that favour established market players over smaller European innovators. I am particularly concerned about the potential impact on product availability and consumer choice. If smaller suppliers decide that compliance with multiple national requirements is no longer economically viable, consumers may see fewer products available, especially in smaller EU markets and for specialised goods. This could lead to supply chain disruptions and reduced access to niche products that are currently supplied by smaller businesses. The EUs objective should be to encourage European entrepreneurship, innovation, and competitiveness. We should be making it easier to buy European products and support European businesses, not creating conditions where European companies are pushed out of their own market! I respectfully request that the Commission reconsider the implementation approach and ensure that PPWR requirements are: - fully harmonised across the EU; proportionate to the size and resources of businesses; - designed to avoid unnecessary barriers to market entry; - supported by realistic transition periods and simplified compliance procedures for SMEs. A unified European approach is essential. If companies are required to navigate different registration and compliance processes in each Member State, this risks fragmenting the Single Market rather than strengthening it. Environmental protection and economic competitiveness should not be opposing goals!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545072_en"}, {"id": 33545071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:29:44", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ya he tenido que dejar de compra fuera de la UE por las constantes tarifas e impuestos, en el nombre de \"impulsar el comercio europeo\", y ahora queréis hacer esto contra miles de pequeños negocios europeos que evidentemente no van a poder permitirse contratar registros en varios países y llevar tremenda carga administrativa, en nombre del \"medio ambiente\". Mientras apoyo regulaciones para favorecer el medio ambiente, esto me parece una pobre excusa para joder el comercio europeo. Parece que el único comercio que le vale a la Comisión es el de las gigantes multinacionales, la mayoría, claro está, estadounidenses, que seguirán contaminando lo que les de la gana como siempre.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have already had to stop shopping outside the EU because of constant tariffs and taxes, in the name of “boosting European trade”, and now want to do this against thousands of small European businesses who will obviously not be able to afford to buy registrations in several countries and carry tremendous administrative burden, in the name of the “environment”. While supporting regulations to promote the environment, this seems to me to be a poor excuse for jewelling European trade. It seems that the only trade worth the Commission is that of the multinational giants, most of them of course American, who will continue to pollute what they earn as always.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545071_en"}, {"id": 33545070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:29:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The additional fees are easily paid by huge polluters such as Amazon, temu etc. Small businesses, be it via Etsy or independent cannot handle such fees and have had to significantly reduce countries they ship to! This is terrible for revenue, availability and small businesses in general! There must be an exception based on business size and/or an adjustment of the fees according to revenue. Right now, it only serves as greenwashing, not even making a dent into fast fashion and pollution through consumerism. The new law is killing small businesses and artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "The additional fees are easily paid by huge polluters such as Amazon, temu etc. Small businesses, be it via Etsy or independent cannot handle such fees and have had to significantly reduce countries they ship to! This is terrible for revenue, availability and small businesses in general! There must be an exception based on business size and/or an adjustment of the fees according to revenue. Right now, it only serves as greenwashing, not even making a dent into fast fashion and pollution through consumerism. The new law is killing small businesses and artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545070_en"}, {"id": 33545069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:29:00", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission,As both an EU citizen and an independent artist, I am deeply alarmed by the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) taking effect on August 12, 2026. The mandate requiring small creators to appoint and pay for separate Authorised Representatives across 27 different member states is completely detached from economic reality.This law directly contradicts the fundamental principles of the EU single market. Because there is no centralized EU registration portal and no minimum weight thresholds in most nations, selling just one piece of art to a customer in another EU country triggers overwhelming bureaucratic costs and legal liabilities.Large corporations can easily absorb these compliance overheads. For independent artists and micro-businesses, it is a financial death sentence. The consequences are already visible: thousands of creators are completely blocking sales to other EU countries to avoid fines.As a consumer, I am losing access to unique, independent goods across Europe. As an artist, my ability to grow and trade freely within my own union is being crushed. This system does not protect the environment; it simply forces small creators out of business and hands market monopoly to giant corporations.We need an urgent solution: a centralized EU \"One-Stop-Shop\" portal (like the VAT OSS) and a realistic minimum packaging threshold to exempt micro-businesses and individual artists. Please stop suffocating European culture and creativity with administrative red tape.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission,As both an EU citizen and an independent artist, I am deeply alarmed by the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) taking effect on August 12, 2026. The mandate requiring small creators to appoint and pay for separate Authorised Representatives across 27 different member states is completely detached from economic reality.This law directly contradicts the fundamental principles of the EU single market. Because there is no centralized EU registration portal and no minimum weight thresholds in most nations, selling just one piece of art to a customer in another EU country triggers overwhelming bureaucratic costs and legal liabilities.Large corporations can easily absorb these compliance overheads. For independent artists and micro-businesses, it is a financial death sentence. The consequences are already visible: thousands of creators are completely blocking sales to other EU countries to avoid fines.As a consumer, I am losing access to unique, independent goods across Europe. As an artist, my ability to grow and trade freely within my own union is being crushed. This system does not protect the environment; it simply forces small creators out of business and hands market monopoly to giant corporations.We need an urgent solution: a centralized EU \"One-Stop-Shop\" portal (like the VAT OSS) and a realistic minimum packaging threshold to exempt micro-businesses and individual artists. Please stop suffocating European culture and creativity with administrative red tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545069_en"}, {"id": 33545068, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:27:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will hurt all small businesses. Why are we making additional borders when we are supposed to be united? Why is it that I cant get something from my next door neighbour, wanting to support their business but I cannot because you make it impossible for them to operate? I dont want to support mega corporations so the rich can get richer.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will hurt all small businesses. Why are we making additional borders when we are supposed to be united? Why is it that I cant get something from my next door neighbour, wanting to support their business but I cannot because you make it impossible for them to operate? I dont want to support mega corporations so the rich can get richer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545068_en"}, {"id": 33545067, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:26:17", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Fruza Store", "feedback": "To the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament, I am writing as an independent e-commerce entrepreneur based in Portugal specializing in vintage and pre-owned goods. While I fully endorse the ambitions of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to reduce waste, the current regulatory framework creates severe friction for micro-businesses. The circular economy relies on keeping existing products in circulation. Yet, current national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) enforcement treats micro-businesses sending a handful of reused boxes identically to multinational corporations shipping tons of single-use plastic. The Problem: - Lack of Harmonization: Each EU Member State operates its own registry (e.g., LUCID in Germany, SILiAmb in Portugal, Citeo in France). Maintaining compliance across 27 different legal systems is mathematically and financially impossible for a single-person business. - Minimum Flat Fees: National Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) charge minimum annual fees (25-150+ per country). A seller shipping 50 worth of vintage goods to a buyer in another Member State may owe 100+ in compliance costs. - Single Market Fragmentation: Small European businesses are increasingly opting to disable sales to other EU member states due to regulatory costs, effectively shrinking the Single Market. Requested Legislative Action: 1. Introduce an EU-wide De Minimis Threshold: Create a standardized exemption for micro-enterprises shipping low annual packaging volumes. 2. Single EU Central Registration: Implement an \"EPR One-Stop-Shop\" (similar to the VAT OSS) where businesses register once in their home Member State to cover all EU shipments. 3. Carrier & Marketplace Remittance Provisions: Framework rules permitting postal operators, courier companies, and digital marketplaces to collect packaging eco-contributions on demand at label purchase/checkout and remit them on behalf of occasional or small-volume senders. Please protect European micro-entrepreneurs and the genuine circular economy by addressing these administrative barriers.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament, I am writing as an independent e-commerce entrepreneur based in Portugal specializing in vintage and pre-owned goods. While I fully endorse the ambitions of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to reduce waste, the current regulatory framework creates severe friction for micro-businesses. The circular economy relies on keeping existing products in circulation. Yet, current national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) enforcement treats micro-businesses sending a handful of reused boxes identically to multinational corporations shipping tons of single-use plastic. The Problem: - Lack of Harmonization: Each EU Member State operates its own registry (e.g., LUCID in Germany, SILiAmb in Portugal, Citeo in France). Maintaining compliance across 27 different legal systems is mathematically and financially impossible for a single-person business. - Minimum Flat Fees: National Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) charge minimum annual fees (25-150+ per country). A seller shipping 50 worth of vintage goods to a buyer in another Member State may owe 100+ in compliance costs. - Single Market Fragmentation: Small European businesses are increasingly opting to disable sales to other EU member states due to regulatory costs, effectively shrinking the Single Market. Requested Legislative Action: 1. Introduce an EU-wide De Minimis Threshold: Create a standardized exemption for micro-enterprises shipping low annual packaging volumes. 2. Single EU Central Registration: Implement an \"EPR One-Stop-Shop\" (similar to the VAT OSS) where businesses register once in their home Member State to cover all EU shipments. 3. Carrier & Marketplace Remittance Provisions: Framework rules permitting postal operators, courier companies, and digital marketplaces to collect packaging eco-contributions on demand at label purchase/checkout and remit them on behalf of occasional or small-volume senders. Please protect European micro-entrepreneurs and the genuine circular economy by addressing these administrative barriers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545067_en"}, {"id": 33545066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:20:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Us micro businesses now have to pay the same amount as multimillion corporations. And this is not even only about the packaging, this is about administration that comes with it. We ALL want a better planet. Having to pay hundreds of euros per country per year just to be allowed to ship one cardboard box there, while Amazon pays the same amount of fees seems a bit ridiculous, not?", "feedbackEnglish": "Us micro businesses now have to pay the same amount as multimillion corporations. And this is not even only about the packaging, this is about administration that comes with it. We ALL want a better planet. Having to pay hundreds of euros per country per year just to be allowed to ship one cardboard box there, while Amazon pays the same amount of fees seems a bit ridiculous, not?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545066_en"}, {"id": 33545065, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:19:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a customer, I find it absolutely ridiculous that small independent businesses can be effectively pushed out of cross-border EU sales by mandatory EPR registrations, fees and national bureaucracy. The EU was created to remove internal borders and guarantee the free movement of goods. Article 26 TFEU explicitly establishes the internal market without internal frontiers, while Articles 3436 TFEU protect the free movement of goods. Yet today, a small seller may find it easier to ship a product to the USA (or any other country outside the EU) than to another EU country. Like, seriously? Large corporations can absorb this bureaucracy. Micro-businesses cannot. And customers lose access to independent sellers, products and competition as a result. If this is supposed to be a Single Market, make it actually work like one. Introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, or create a genuinely simple EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR, instead of forcing tiny businesses to navigate a patchwork of national systems. Environmental protection matters. But regulation that makes small businesses unable to trade within the EU is completely backwards. Stop building bureaucratic borders inside a market that was created to remove them.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a customer, I find it absolutely ridiculous that small independent businesses can be effectively pushed out of cross-border EU sales by mandatory EPR registrations, fees and national bureaucracy. The EU was created to remove internal borders and guarantee the free movement of goods. Article 26 TFEU explicitly establishes the internal market without internal frontiers, while Articles 3436 TFEU protect the free movement of goods. Yet today, a small seller may find it easier to ship a product to the USA (or any other country outside the EU) than to another EU country. Like, seriously? Large corporations can absorb this bureaucracy. Micro-businesses cannot. And customers lose access to independent sellers, products and competition as a result. If this is supposed to be a Single Market, make it actually work like one. Introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, or create a genuinely simple EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR, instead of forcing tiny businesses to navigate a patchwork of national systems. Environmental protection matters. But regulation that makes small businesses unable to trade within the EU is completely backwards. Stop building bureaucratic borders inside a market that was created to remove them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545065_en"}, {"id": 33545064, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:16:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent comic artist selling physical books and products made from my art through an online shop to a worldwide audience. These new regulations make it impossible for me and many of my fellow creators / small business owners, to continue selling to customers based in other EU countries. The EU becomes a pay-to play market. For many that means the end of the line for their business, not to mention the end of a diverse, free market across Europe. Come August 12th it will be easier for me to ship my products to anywhere else in the world than to my EU neighbors. This is not what the European Union is meant for. Big corporations will have no problem carrying on as they always have. They will continue producing the majority of packaging waste and just pay their fees and have their legel departments deal with compliances. Meanwhile independent artists, creators, craftsmen, authors, artisans etc. are pushed out of the european market. There need to be exemptions and/or amendemends for micro businesses so we can continue participating in the free, global market. Reducing packaging waste is a well intendended goal wich many of us wholheartedly support. But shutting out and eradicating thousands of businesses, and robbing people of their livelihood cannot be the way to do it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent comic artist selling physical books and products made from my art through an online shop to a worldwide audience. These new regulations make it impossible for me and many of my fellow creators / small business owners, to continue selling to customers based in other EU countries. The EU becomes a pay-to play market. For many that means the end of the line for their business, not to mention the end of a diverse, free market across Europe. Come August 12th it will be easier for me to ship my products to anywhere else in the world than to my EU neighbors. This is not what the European Union is meant for. Big corporations will have no problem carrying on as they always have. They will continue producing the majority of packaging waste and just pay their fees and have their legel departments deal with compliances. Meanwhile independent artists, creators, craftsmen, authors, artisans etc. are pushed out of the european market. There need to be exemptions and/or amendemends for micro businesses so we can continue participating in the free, global market. Reducing packaging waste is a well intendended goal wich many of us wholheartedly support. But shutting out and eradicating thousands of businesses, and robbing people of their livelihood cannot be the way to do it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545064_en"}, {"id": 33545063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:15:47", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will disproportionally impact very small businesses, such as artisans and artists who rely on ecommerce to sell their products, effectively killing their profit, as they won't be able to remain competitive while enduring the cost to ship abroad. They should be excluded from this law", "feedbackEnglish": "This will disproportionally impact very small businesses, such as artisans and artists who rely on ecommerce to sell their products, effectively killing their profit, as they won't be able to remain competitive while enduring the cost to ship abroad. They should be excluded from this law", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545063_en"}, {"id": 33545062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:15:25", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a small artist from france and this law will cause so many damage to my business. For now I will have to stop selling in the EU where most of my clients leave. Why would you tax small business as the same as the big one that are the one responsible for most of the waste. Why would you choose to make us to close our business when big company will still sell overly packaged stuff because they can afford the taxes and we cant ?", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a small artist from france and this law will cause so many damage to my business. For now I will have to stop selling in the EU where most of my clients leave. Why would you tax small business as the same as the big one that are the one responsible for most of the waste. Why would you choose to make us to close our business when big company will still sell overly packaged stuff because they can afford the taxes and we cant ?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545062_en"}, {"id": 33545061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:13:38", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an individual citizen and aspiring artist to raise concerns about the impact of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and associated Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements on small and micro businesses. I fully support the objectives behind these measures. Reducing unnecessary packaging, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable practices are important goals. However, I am concerned that the way these requirements are applied can place a disproportionate burden on people operating at a very small scale. An artist, may produce, package and sell relatively small quantities of work. The environmental impact of this activity is tiny compared with that of a large manufacturer or retailer, yet the same regulatory framework can potentially impose registration, reporting, record-keeping, packaging classification and financial obligations on them. For someone earning a modest income from creative work, these are not insignificant costs. The time spent understanding and complying with complex regulatory requirements also has a real value. It takes time away from actually producing artwork and earning an income. I am particularly concerned that regulations intended to address large-scale environmental problems could unintentionally discourage people from starting or maintaining small creative businesses. Artists, craftspeople, makers and other sole traders often operate on very narrow margins and may only sell a small number of products each year. I therefore ask that consideration be given to introducing a clear exemption or simplified compliance system for genuine microbusinesses with annual turnover below 30,000. A 30,000 annual turnover threshold would provide a simple and understandable way of identifying businesses for which the full administrative burden is unlikely to be proportionate. Businesses below this threshold could either be exempt from the relevant packaging EPR obligations or provided with a simple \"microbusiness exemption\" code requiring minimal registration and reporting. Such a measure would not prevent larger producers from bearing the appropriate responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. Instead, it would recognise the enormous difference in scale between a multinational producer and an individual artist selling a small number of handmade products. I believe the principle of proportionality should be central to the implementation of PPWR and EPR. Environmental regulation should produce meaningful environmental benefits without creating unnecessary barriers for self-employed people, artists, craftspeople and other very small businesses. I would therefore ask that policymakers consider: - Introducing a 30,000 annual turnover threshold for exemption from relevant packaging EPR obligations. - Alternatively, creating a simple microbusiness exemption or simplified compliance code below this threshold. - Taking the quantity of packaging placed on the market into account, rather than treating businesses of vastly different scales in essentially the same way. - Assessing the cumulative administrative and financial burden on microbusinesses before introducing additional requirements. - Ensuring that people starting small creative businesses can understand and comply with the rules without needing specialist regulatory or legal assistance. I support the environmental objectives of PPWR and EPR. My concern is not with environmental responsibility itself, but with ensuring that responsibility is applied proportionately. An individual artist selling a small number of pieces should not face a regulatory burden designed around the activities of major producers. Also the new customs charge regulations are also a burden on the same levels Ive discussed above. I hope this perspective can be taken into consideration as the PPWR and packaging EPR framework continues to be implemented. Yours faithfully, Robert OBrien-Monk EU Irish citizen", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an individual citizen and aspiring artist to raise concerns about the impact of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and associated Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements on small and micro businesses. I fully support the objectives behind these measures. Reducing unnecessary packaging, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable practices are important goals. However, I am concerned that the way these requirements are applied can place a disproportionate burden on people operating at a very small scale. An artist, may produce, package and sell relatively small quantities of work. The environmental impact of this activity is tiny compared with that of a large manufacturer or retailer, yet the same regulatory framework can potentially impose registration, reporting, record-keeping, packaging classification and financial obligations on them. For someone earning a modest income from creative work, these are not insignificant costs. The time spent understanding and complying with complex regulatory requirements also has a real value. It takes time away from actually producing artwork and earning an income. I am particularly concerned that regulations intended to address large-scale environmental problems could unintentionally discourage people from starting or maintaining small creative businesses. Artists, craftspeople, makers and other sole traders often operate on very narrow margins and may only sell a small number of products each year. I therefore ask that consideration be given to introducing a clear exemption or simplified compliance system for genuine microbusinesses with annual turnover below 30,000. A 30,000 annual turnover threshold would provide a simple and understandable way of identifying businesses for which the full administrative burden is unlikely to be proportionate. Businesses below this threshold could either be exempt from the relevant packaging EPR obligations or provided with a simple \"microbusiness exemption\" code requiring minimal registration and reporting. Such a measure would not prevent larger producers from bearing the appropriate responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. Instead, it would recognise the enormous difference in scale between a multinational producer and an individual artist selling a small number of handmade products. I believe the principle of proportionality should be central to the implementation of PPWR and EPR. Environmental regulation should produce meaningful environmental benefits without creating unnecessary barriers for self-employed people, artists, craftspeople and other very small businesses. I would therefore ask that policymakers consider: - Introducing a 30,000 annual turnover threshold for exemption from relevant packaging EPR obligations. - Alternatively, creating a simple microbusiness exemption or simplified compliance code below this threshold. - Taking the quantity of packaging placed on the market into account, rather than treating businesses of vastly different scales in essentially the same way. - Assessing the cumulative administrative and financial burden on microbusinesses before introducing additional requirements. - Ensuring that people starting small creative businesses can understand and comply with the rules without needing specialist regulatory or legal assistance. I support the environmental objectives of PPWR and EPR. My concern is not with environmental responsibility itself, but with ensuring that responsibility is applied proportionately. An individual artist selling a small number of pieces should not face a regulatory burden designed around the activities of major producers. Also the new customs charge regulations are also a burden on the same levels Ive discussed above. I hope this perspective can be taken into consideration as the PPWR and packaging EPR framework continues to be implemented. Yours faithfully, Robert OBrien-Monk EU Irish citizen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545061_en"}, {"id": 33545059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:05:18", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small starting artisan based in Spain with revenue under 1000 a year, I find this proposal disproportionate and uncaring. I believe different systems must be set up for smaller sellers that dont threaten our livelihood.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small starting artisan based in Spain with revenue under 1000 a year, I find this proposal disproportionate and uncaring. I believe different systems must be set up for smaller sellers that dont threaten our livelihood.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545059_en"}, {"id": 33545058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:04:42", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a Biology student, this law is completely killing the most sustainable branches of market - small creators, who often dont use strong chemicals, synthetic materials and make products more durable and longer lasting than big corporations like ZARA, SHEIN, TEMU, which often make their products disposaple after a few uses. Big corpos !WILL NOT! care about making their packages more sustainable as they now claim to be more sustainable (which they are not) - they will just greenwash the fuck out of this law or pay fines and dont care. While small business owners wont even be able to pay for accountans in EU countries other than the one they live in.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a Biology student, this law is completely killing the most sustainable branches of market - small creators, who often dont use strong chemicals, synthetic materials and make products more durable and longer lasting than big corporations like ZARA, SHEIN, TEMU, which often make their products disposaple after a few uses. Big corpos !WILL NOT! care about making their packages more sustainable as they now claim to be more sustainable (which they are not) - they will just greenwash the fuck out of this law or pay fines and dont care. While small business owners wont even be able to pay for accountans in EU countries other than the one they live in.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545058_en"}, {"id": 33545056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 01:01:02", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SIA IT KING", "feedback": "I regularly ship to various EU COUNTRIES, the PPWR affects my company directly, it affects costs and admin time , it will ultimately block my business from EU market. Please revert this legislation", "feedbackEnglish": "I regularly ship to various EU COUNTRIES, the PPWR affects my company directly, it affects costs and admin time , it will ultimately block my business from EU market. Please revert this legislation", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545056_en"}, {"id": 33545055, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:54:40", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You made horrible fees for exporting or importing from non eu countries to encourage buying within EU only...and now you make it impossible to buy WITHIN EU, make it make sense... this rule should only apply to bigger businesses, THEY are the ones polluting the planet with their mass produced stuff, THEY should be paying for this, not small business who are only trying to pay bills monthly...", "feedbackEnglish": "You made horrible fees for exporting or importing from non eu countries to encourage buying within EU only...and now you make it impossible to buy WITHIN EU, make it make sense... this rule should only apply to bigger businesses, THEY are the ones polluting the planet with their mass produced stuff, THEY should be paying for this, not small business who are only trying to pay bills monthly...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545055_en"}, {"id": 33545054, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:51:19", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a knitter. Knitting is a traditional craft that today is practiced predominantly by women. I purchase yarn, tools, and other knitting supplies not only in my own country but also from small businesses across Europe. Many of the small businesses I support are owned and operated by women, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and other members of minority communities. These are precisely the people whose livelihoods are being put at risk by the new EPR Initiative. They are already in a disadvantaged position and face significant challenges in establishing and maintaining small businesses, without the financial resources, infrastructure, and market power available to multinational corporations. Small businesses should not be expected to bear the same regulatory burden as large multinational companies when they have vastly fewer resources to absorb the associated costs and administrative requirements. I therefore urge you to reconsider and reverse this policy as it applies to small businesses. The policy should be designed in a way that protects small entrepreneurs and ensures that they are not disproportionately affected by regulations intended primarily to address the practices and impact of large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a knitter. Knitting is a traditional craft that today is practiced predominantly by women. I purchase yarn, tools, and other knitting supplies not only in my own country but also from small businesses across Europe. Many of the small businesses I support are owned and operated by women, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and other members of minority communities. These are precisely the people whose livelihoods are being put at risk by the new EPR Initiative. They are already in a disadvantaged position and face significant challenges in establishing and maintaining small businesses, without the financial resources, infrastructure, and market power available to multinational corporations. Small businesses should not be expected to bear the same regulatory burden as large multinational companies when they have vastly fewer resources to absorb the associated costs and administrative requirements. I therefore urge you to reconsider and reverse this policy as it applies to small businesses. The policy should be designed in a way that protects small entrepreneurs and ensures that they are not disproportionately affected by regulations intended primarily to address the practices and impact of large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545054_en"}, {"id": 33545053, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:49:30", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regels zijn niet eerlijk . Zoveel verschillen bij veel landen kwa prijzen en regels . Er moet een systeem zijn die kleine ondernemers in gedachte houden . Om voor 1 order aan te vragen om te mogen versturen voor een bedrag van 200 tot ik weet niet wat ik allemaal heb gezien is niet te doen voor kleinere bedrijven , grotere bedrijven zoals shein en temu gaan hier geen problemen van onder vinden ( de grootste vervuilers met fast fashion & goedkope troep die 1 keer re gebruiken is ) veel kleinere ondernemers gaan gewoon niet meer versturen binnen de eu , ik zie al heel veel aankondigingen van bedrijven die er mee stoppen omdat het niet haalbaar is met de kleinere klanten kring die ze hebben . We hebben juist die kleinere bedrijven die kwaliteit maken nodig zodat mensen iets anders kunnen kiezen dan chinese troep . En dit gaat er gewoon echt voor zorgen dat mensen bij temu , shein of alixpress gaan bestellen omdat het bedrijf wat ze hebben gezien niet verstuurd naar het land waar ze wonen ookal is het binnen de eu . Het is gewoon echt te belachelijk dat zelfs in zogenaamd 1 europa zelfs extra moet gaan betalen voor versturen naar een ander europees land . Het probleem ligt niet bij de kleinere bedrijven die nu het hardste geraakt worden het ligt aan de grote bedrijven die hier niets van gaan merken . Dit is niet de manier om het beter te maken kwa recycling nu speel je de vervuilers in de hand . Kleinere bedrijven zijn vaak al zelf bezig met goed recycle bare verpakkingen , niet te grote dozen ect . Hopelijk verwijderen jullie deze regels of maken jullie het veel simpler voor kleinere bedrijven om gewoon te blijven versturen in de eu , er zijn nu al zoveel bedrijven die ik heb gezien die kwaliteit producten maken die er gewoon mee stoppen omdat het niet te doen is . Dankjewel Serena", "feedbackEnglish": "Rules are not fair. So many countries have different prices and rules. There should be a system that keeps small entrepreneurs in mind. To apply for an order for 1 to send an amount of 200 until I do not know what I have all seen is not going to do for smaller companies, bigger companies like Shein and Temu do not find problems here (the biggest polluters with fast fashion & cheap troop that is 1 times more used) many smaller entrepreneurs simply do not send anymore within the eu, I can already see many announcements from companies that stop doing so because it is not feasible with the smaller customers they have. We need those smaller companies that make quality so that people can choose something other than chinese troops. And this will just make sure people get to order from Temu, Shein or alixpress because the company what they have seen is not sent to the country where they live, even if it is within the eu. It is just too ridiculous to say that even in what is known as europa 1, you even have to pay extra for sending to another european country. The problem does not lie with the smaller companies that are now the hardest hit, but with the big companies that are not making any sense of it. This is not the way to make it better at recycling now that you play in the hands of the polluters. Smaller companies are often already working on their own with perfectly recyclable packaging, not too big boxes. Hopefully you remove these rules or make it much simpler for smaller companies to simply continue sending in the EU, there are already so many companies I have seen that make quality products that just stop because it is not possible to do it. Thank you Serena", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545053_en"}, {"id": 33545051, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:41:25", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The unnecessarily complicated nature of these regulations, and having different rules for different countries is already having a profoundly negative effect on countless small businesses, today alone I have seen multiple posts regarding halting of shipping to many EU countries as a direct result. The lack of guidance available despite the changes still being pushed through is shameful. One of the principles of the EU was to create a single market, and yet having so many different rules for each member state contradicts that. Small businesses are essential in any society, and if regulations like this keep killing them all that will be left will be Amazon or Temu. I urge you to postpone the implementation deadline until clear guidance and a sensible approach to this exist.", "feedbackEnglish": "The unnecessarily complicated nature of these regulations, and having different rules for different countries is already having a profoundly negative effect on countless small businesses, today alone I have seen multiple posts regarding halting of shipping to many EU countries as a direct result. The lack of guidance available despite the changes still being pushed through is shameful. One of the principles of the EU was to create a single market, and yet having so many different rules for each member state contradicts that. Small businesses are essential in any society, and if regulations like this keep killing them all that will be left will be Amazon or Temu. I urge you to postpone the implementation deadline until clear guidance and a sensible approach to this exist.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545051_en"}, {"id": 33545050, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:40:59", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absolutely disastrous for smaller businesses who should not be the target of such legislation. This fundamentally goes against the principles of free and easy trade within the single market. There must be exemptions for small, independent businesses who are now opting not to trade within the EU because of this legislation. Small businesses are not the cause of pollution or excessive, unsustainable packaging, but they are the ones who will suffer from the cost and bureaucracy of this legislation. The Temus and Amazons will be able to afford to comply with the legislation, but small businesses and independent sellers will not. I am already seeing dozens of artists and creatives that I follow and purchase say they will no longer ship to Sweden, where I live, as a direct result of this poorly thought out legislation. What is the point of the single market, of the EU at all, if small traders are going to be functionally excluded from the benefits of being in the bloc? A similar effect happened after the UK left the union, with small sellers unable to afford the expense of selling between the EU and UK. It is absolutely appalling that the same thing is happening now for small businesses who are still in the union. This legislation is offensive and needs immediate reform or repeal.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely disastrous for smaller businesses who should not be the target of such legislation. This fundamentally goes against the principles of free and easy trade within the single market. There must be exemptions for small, independent businesses who are now opting not to trade within the EU because of this legislation. Small businesses are not the cause of pollution or excessive, unsustainable packaging, but they are the ones who will suffer from the cost and bureaucracy of this legislation. The Temus and Amazons will be able to afford to comply with the legislation, but small businesses and independent sellers will not. I am already seeing dozens of artists and creatives that I follow and purchase say they will no longer ship to Sweden, where I live, as a direct result of this poorly thought out legislation. What is the point of the single market, of the EU at all, if small traders are going to be functionally excluded from the benefits of being in the bloc? A similar effect happened after the UK left the union, with small sellers unable to afford the expense of selling between the EU and UK. It is absolutely appalling that the same thing is happening now for small businesses who are still in the union. This legislation is offensive and needs immediate reform or repeal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545050_en"}, {"id": 33545049, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:35:42", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Le nuove leggi, non essendo differenziate nella loro applicazione in base al fatturato e al numero di dipendenti dell'azienda, graverebbero molto di più sulle piccole imprese, soprattutto su artisti e artigiani che si occupano singolarmente della propria azienda, o su coloro che hanno appena avviato la propria attività. Ciò andrebbe contro i principi del mercato libero, poiché sul fatturato enorme dei grandi colossi le nuove tasse avrebbero un impatto infimo, causando al contrario un grave danno a chi riceve un numero contenuto di ordini ma da diverse parti d'Europa. Andrebbero quantomeno differenziate in base alle caratteristiche delle varie aziende, considerando anche che le piccole realtà producono infinitamente meno scarti di imballaggio. Inoltre una problematica importante è anche il fatto che ogni stato, nonostante parte dell'Unione Europea, avrà delle regolamentazioni diverse, costi e relativa burocrazia completamente diversi. Bisognerebbe centralizzare tali elementi per evitare di complicare eccessivamente il processo e di aumentare i costi esponenzialmente. Viviamo in un mondo globalizzato e delle limitazioni di questa portata inficierebbero gli scambi commerciali all'interno dell'Unione Europea, creata per unificare gli stati, non dividerli.", "feedbackEnglish": "Since the new laws are not differentiated in their application according to the company’s turnover and number of employees, they would place a much greater burden on small businesses, especially on artists and craftsmen who deal with their own business individually, or on those who have just started their business. This would go against the principles of the free market, as the new taxes would have a tiny impact on the huge turnover of the big giants, causing serious damage to those who receive a small number of orders but from different parts of Europe. They should at least be differentiated according to the characteristics of the different companies, also considering that small entities produce infinitely less packaging waste. Moreover, an important issue is also the fact that each state, despite being part of the European Union, will have completely different regulations, costs and related bureaucracy. These elements should be centralised to avoid overcomplicating the process and exponentially increasing costs. We live in a globalised world and limitations of this magnitude would affect trade within the European Union, created to unify states, not divide them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545049_en"}, {"id": 33545048, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:31:51", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "First of all, how is it at all possible that such a rubbish implementation of a law can happen? I would assume that the people in position are intelligent, reasonable and highly educated workers. This epr system regarding micro and small business is just simply nonsense. There must be introduced an exemption for them, otherwise it's the end of all small exporting businesses in the EU. That would have disastrous consequences.", "feedbackEnglish": "First of all, how is it at all possible that such a rubbish implementation of a law can happen? I would assume that the people in position are intelligent, reasonable and highly educated workers. This epr system regarding micro and small business is just simply nonsense. There must be introduced an exemption for them, otherwise it's the end of all small exporting businesses in the EU. That would have disastrous consequences.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545048_en"}, {"id": 33545047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:30:34", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My partner is an artisan who makes a living out of her art, many of which she sells online. Almost everything she does, she does at her own workshop. She buys from local suppliers whenever possible, she pays her taxes dutifully, and she works well over regular office hours to make meets end. First, many customers from the USA stopped buying due to parcel fees. Then, she had to choose between rising shipping prices to Europe and risk losing even more clients or reducing her profits. Then, she has to pay extra for international cheap supplies that big companies can still afford and resell at unfair prices as though they didn't get them from Eastern markets anyway. These fees could completely sink her business and many, many others. European artisans, small business owners and freelancers do NOT deserve to have the life choked out of them with fees that will barely inconvenience the huge companies that do generate real waste and pollution but may completely ruin their livelihoods. These measures are not only completely disproportionate towards small European businesses, but threatens their very existence as many would not have the funds to continue their activity or even begin in the first place, and goes against the free movement of goods that the EU supposedly protects by harming businesses and customers alike.", "feedbackEnglish": "My partner is an artisan who makes a living out of her art, many of which she sells online. Almost everything she does, she does at her own workshop. She buys from local suppliers whenever possible, she pays her taxes dutifully, and she works well over regular office hours to make meets end. First, many customers from the USA stopped buying due to parcel fees. Then, she had to choose between rising shipping prices to Europe and risk losing even more clients or reducing her profits. Then, she has to pay extra for international cheap supplies that big companies can still afford and resell at unfair prices as though they didn't get them from Eastern markets anyway. These fees could completely sink her business and many, many others. European artisans, small business owners and freelancers do NOT deserve to have the life choked out of them with fees that will barely inconvenience the huge companies that do generate real waste and pollution but may completely ruin their livelihoods. These measures are not only completely disproportionate towards small European businesses, but threatens their very existence as many would not have the funds to continue their activity or even begin in the first place, and goes against the free movement of goods that the EU supposedly protects by harming businesses and customers alike.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545047_en"}, {"id": 33545046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:25:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist dringend notwendig, dass die Regeln für EU-weiten Versand gerade für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmer geändert werden. Es muss eine Bagatellgrenze geben, damit kleine Händler unter den Kosten nicht zusammenbrechen und überhaupt noch in der Lage sind, EU-weiten Versand anzubieten. Mir ist vollkommen unklar, wieso die Regel, dass ab dem ersten Paket bereits ein Bevollmächtigter im Zielland gebraucht wird, überhaupt zu Stande gekommen ist. Wenn sich daran nichts ändert, werden tausende kleine Händler eingehen oder zumindest massive Umsatzeinbrüche haben. Das ist nicht im Sinne eines möglichst reibungslos laufenden EU-Binnenmarktes!", "feedbackEnglish": "There is an urgent need to change the rules on EU-wide dispatch, especially for small and micro-enterprises. There must be a de minimis threshold to ensure that small traders do not collapse below costs and are still able to offer EU-wide shipping. It is entirely unclear to me why the rule that, from the first package onwards, an authorised representative is already needed in the country of destination has even come into being. If nothing changes, thousands of small traders will enter or at least have massive drops in turnover. This is not in the interests of the EU’s internal market running as smoothly as possible!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545046_en"}, {"id": 33545045, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:24:52", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Eligius, vl. Karlo Križetić", "feedback": "I am Karlo Križetić, owner of Eligius, a very small independent business in Croatia. I design and manufacture products myself and would like continue to sell them to customers across the EU. Unfortunately, mandatory EPR registrations, fees and different national requirements make cross-border sales disproportionately complicated and expensive for micro-businesses like mine. The administrative burden can easily outweigh the value of the sales themselves. EU-wide rules should not unintentionally make the Single Market accessible only to larger companies. I ask for a de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, or at minimum a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop system through which very small businesses could fulfil all EPR obligations in one place, without having to register and pay separately in every Member State. Small independent businesses should be able to participate in the European Single Market without needing a compliance department. As things stand, these new regulations are putting my small business and thousands of other at risk, because for some of us even a month where we're unable to sell might lead to our downfall.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am Karlo Križetić, owner of Eligius, a very small independent business in Croatia. I design and manufacture products myself and would like continue to sell them to customers across the EU. Unfortunately, mandatory EPR registrations, fees and different national requirements make cross-border sales disproportionately complicated and expensive for micro-businesses like mine. The administrative burden can easily outweigh the value of the sales themselves. EU-wide rules should not unintentionally make the Single Market accessible only to larger companies. I ask for a de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs, or at minimum a simple EU-wide One Stop Shop system through which very small businesses could fulfil all EPR obligations in one place, without having to register and pay separately in every Member State. Small independent businesses should be able to participate in the European Single Market without needing a compliance department. As things stand, these new regulations are putting my small business and thousands of other at risk, because for some of us even a month where we're unable to sell might lead to our downfall.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545045_en"}, {"id": 33545044, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:20:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta iniciativa tan solo perjudica a pequeños negocios que envían muy pocos paquetes y por lo tanto no contaminan en la misma magnitud que grandes empresas que sí podrán permitirse pagar el coste de seguir contaminando masivamente sin verse afectadas, o quizá incluso se ven beneficiadas al verse obligados a cerrar los pequeños negocios y tener menos competencia. Como siempre, las consecuencias de que los ricos no cuiden el medioambiente nos las comemos los pobres.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative only harms small businesses that send very few parcels and therefore do not pollute on the same scale as large companies that will be able to afford to pay the cost of continuing to pollute massively without being affected, or perhaps even benefit from being forced to close down small businesses and have less competition. As always, the consequences of rich people not caring for the environment are eaten by the poor.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545044_en"}, {"id": 33545043, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:18:14", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a freelance and independent artist/maker residing in Portugal, as well as someone that enjoys supporting independent artists. These measures are not taking into account how they will impact the lives of millions of makers like myself and their livelihoods. How is it possible that it will be easier to ship to USA, Australia, Canada and other countries than to the country right next to mine, Spain? Please update the measures regarding micro-businesses because its ridiculous and not self-sustaining at all to demand from us to pay hundreds to thousands of euros, just like how you are demanding mega corporations. Besides, many of us ALREADY use recycled and easy to dispose of material, mostly out of paper.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a freelance and independent artist/maker residing in Portugal, as well as someone that enjoys supporting independent artists. These measures are not taking into account how they will impact the lives of millions of makers like myself and their livelihoods. How is it possible that it will be easier to ship to USA, Australia, Canada and other countries than to the country right next to mine, Spain? Please update the measures regarding micro-businesses because its ridiculous and not self-sustaining at all to demand from us to pay hundreds to thousands of euros, just like how you are demanding mega corporations. Besides, many of us ALREADY use recycled and easy to dispose of material, mostly out of paper.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545043_en"}, {"id": 33545041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:12:54", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European parliament, whilst I fully agree and support the notion that packing and packing waste should be regulated, this notion should only affect the main denominators (ie. big brands, large import, etc.). Your new rules should have an exception for small and micro businesses that operate within but also outside of the EU sending parcels into the EU. These businesses send a very small margin of packages each year which are mostly already compliant with some type of general recycling laws in their own country of origin and do not create the large majority of waste your notion should target. The rules suggested by this notion ie. having an \"ambassador\" in each country you ship to costing approximately 300 per country are benign to large brands, importers and chains which can easily afford them but they'd effectively kill small businesses ability to operate outside of their own country due to the cost of these national representatives alone (if a small business would wish to continue selling to the whole EU it'd work out to 8100 which is just absolutely beyond unaffordable for a small business). These businesses rely on the ability to market and sell to not only to their home nation but to the whole European union. Please also consider the countries whom hadn't implemented the Euro ie. Czechia, etc. where the economical status makes it even more financially unavailable to then ship to other EU countries due to the weaker currency and lower wages in comparison to Euro using countries. The overall amount it'd cost to continue shipping to the entire EU (8100) works out to 196,522 Czech crowns which is equivalent to around 9-10 months pay in a minimum wage job. A successful small business usually generates between said minimum to about average wage and I hope this financial example helps illustrate exactly why small & micro business need to have an exception from the notion.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European parliament, whilst I fully agree and support the notion that packing and packing waste should be regulated, this notion should only affect the main denominators (ie. big brands, large import, etc.). Your new rules should have an exception for small and micro businesses that operate within but also outside of the EU sending parcels into the EU. These businesses send a very small margin of packages each year which are mostly already compliant with some type of general recycling laws in their own country of origin and do not create the large majority of waste your notion should target. The rules suggested by this notion ie. having an \"ambassador\" in each country you ship to costing approximately 300 per country are benign to large brands, importers and chains which can easily afford them but they'd effectively kill small businesses ability to operate outside of their own country due to the cost of these national representatives alone (if a small business would wish to continue selling to the whole EU it'd work out to 8100 which is just absolutely beyond unaffordable for a small business). These businesses rely on the ability to market and sell to not only to their home nation but to the whole European union. Please also consider the countries whom hadn't implemented the Euro ie. Czechia, etc. where the economical status makes it even more financially unavailable to then ship to other EU countries due to the weaker currency and lower wages in comparison to Euro using countries. The overall amount it'd cost to continue shipping to the entire EU (8100) works out to 196,522 Czech crowns which is equivalent to around 9-10 months pay in a minimum wage job. A successful small business usually generates between said minimum to about average wage and I hope this financial example helps illustrate exactly why small & micro business need to have an exception from the notion.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545041_en"}, {"id": 33545040, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:08:20", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the need for environmental regulations, but the system should take the scale of a business into account. A small art business sending lightweight parcels and using small amounts of packaging simply does not create the same amount of waste as a large company. This isnt about completely exempting small businesses from responsibility. We just need a simpler and more proportionate system that doesnt make sending a few parcels abroad unprofitable because of the administrative costs alone.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the need for environmental regulations, but the system should take the scale of a business into account. A small art business sending lightweight parcels and using small amounts of packaging simply does not create the same amount of waste as a large company. This isnt about completely exempting small businesses from responsibility. We just need a simpler and more proportionate system that doesnt make sending a few parcels abroad unprofitable because of the administrative costs alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545040_en"}, {"id": 33545039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:07:01", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are putting fees upon fees onto European businesses, which only larger corporations can possibly pay. This is burdening and almost discriminatory towards small European businesses which are arguably the ones who most need the support. This has no merit in the long run and while I am all for less-packaging, this is not the way and you should come up with a different solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are putting fees upon fees onto European businesses, which only larger corporations can possibly pay. This is burdening and almost discriminatory towards small European businesses which are arguably the ones who most need the support. This has no merit in the long run and while I am all for less-packaging, this is not the way and you should come up with a different solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545039_en"}, {"id": 33545038, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:05:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is effectively furthering the monopoly of big companies and makes it completely impossible for small businesses to sell and ship physical products within Europe. Any handmade items, art or crafts are already endangered by regulations and taxes that far exceed manageable limits. This is a complete impossible feat for any small business to achieve. This will lead to the end of an exchange of creative and handcrafted work and a huge loss to culture, art and creativity as many small businesses will be forced to close after suffering losses of being unable to export their products under these laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is effectively furthering the monopoly of big companies and makes it completely impossible for small businesses to sell and ship physical products within Europe. Any handmade items, art or crafts are already endangered by regulations and taxes that far exceed manageable limits. This is a complete impossible feat for any small business to achieve. This will lead to the end of an exchange of creative and handcrafted work and a huge loss to culture, art and creativity as many small businesses will be forced to close after suffering losses of being unable to export their products under these laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545038_en"}, {"id": 33545035, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:05:03", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a citizen of Malta, the smallest EU country. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders.This will mean that many sellers on platforms like etsy will not be shipping to the EU anymore even if they are based in an EU country. For Malta this will be a crushing blow, both to businesses who have european clients and for the populace that shopped from small EU based businesses. I have already seen many posts by small EU businesses saying they will stop shipping to EU countries that aren't their home countries. While I agree with the foundation and the goal of this directive small businesses should be considered! Why not have payments based on the amount of shipping materials created instead of having a one payment for everyone situation. How can you compare the impact of small businesses to that of Giant Corporations like Shein, Temu and Amazon. Furthermore, instead of having to pay 27 different countries why not have a centralised system/entity that then distributes a percentage to each country depending on kg/tonnes of materials received.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a citizen of Malta, the smallest EU country. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders.This will mean that many sellers on platforms like etsy will not be shipping to the EU anymore even if they are based in an EU country. For Malta this will be a crushing blow, both to businesses who have european clients and for the populace that shopped from small EU based businesses. I have already seen many posts by small EU businesses saying they will stop shipping to EU countries that aren't their home countries. While I agree with the foundation and the goal of this directive small businesses should be considered! Why not have payments based on the amount of shipping materials created instead of having a one payment for everyone situation. How can you compare the impact of small businesses to that of Giant Corporations like Shein, Temu and Amazon. Furthermore, instead of having to pay 27 different countries why not have a centralised system/entity that then distributes a percentage to each country depending on kg/tonnes of materials received.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545035_en"}, {"id": 33545037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:03:55", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While this new regulation on packaging and packaging waste aims to tackle the mass unregulated and unregistered import and export of multi-material packages, it seems to be directed towards large corporations who contribute to masses of waste across the EU. While I support this initiative to regulate multi-national corporations, it completely overlooks the burden this regulation places on small businesses, creators, and consumers. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it now impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. As a regular customer of small business, I have seen hundreds of businesses being forced to halt shipping to other EU countries, as they cannot carry the financial and administrative burden this regulation poses on them. While the EPR fees are but pocket change for multi-national corporations, it is a death sentence to many small businesses, especially since their is no cross-border regulation set, where each country has different financial and beaucratic demands. Having to halt shipping to other EU countries might mean the loss of a critical portion of business' clientel and thus income. To ensure that this regulation does not completely bulldoze small businesses and creators, I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "While this new regulation on packaging and packaging waste aims to tackle the mass unregulated and unregistered import and export of multi-material packages, it seems to be directed towards large corporations who contribute to masses of waste across the EU. While I support this initiative to regulate multi-national corporations, it completely overlooks the burden this regulation places on small businesses, creators, and consumers. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it now impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. As a regular customer of small business, I have seen hundreds of businesses being forced to halt shipping to other EU countries, as they cannot carry the financial and administrative burden this regulation poses on them. While the EPR fees are but pocket change for multi-national corporations, it is a death sentence to many small businesses, especially since their is no cross-border regulation set, where each country has different financial and beaucratic demands. Having to halt shipping to other EU countries might mean the loss of a critical portion of business' clientel and thus income. To ensure that this regulation does not completely bulldoze small businesses and creators, I demand a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545037_en"}, {"id": 33545036, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:01:50", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going to kill small businesses. There will be a fee (the size of which will be determined by the country) for every country they want to sell to and a need for registration in every country they want to sell to. A big company will have no problem handling this extra administrative and financial burden but a small company of only a few employees wont be able to handle it. I appreciate the thought behind this but the burden this puts on small businesses needs to be taken into account.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to kill small businesses. There will be a fee (the size of which will be determined by the country) for every country they want to sell to and a need for registration in every country they want to sell to. A big company will have no problem handling this extra administrative and financial burden but a small company of only a few employees wont be able to handle it. I appreciate the thought behind this but the burden this puts on small businesses needs to be taken into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545036_en"}, {"id": 33545034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:01:14", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU customer who values and supports small independent businesses, I am deeply concerned about the burden that the new EPR requirements place on micro and small businesses. Micro businesses should be exempt from EPR fees, while small businesses should pay a reduced, proportionate amount based on their revenue. Fixed fees and complex requirements can be a huge burden for businesses operating on very small margins. The registration process should also be simplified and unified across the EU, with one straightforward application and registration system instead of different national procedures and requirements. I understand the environment needs protecting, but regulation should be proportionate and not suffocating for smaller businesses. Small independent businesses should not be pushed out of the EU market because they cannot afford or navigate an overly complicated EPR system.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU customer who values and supports small independent businesses, I am deeply concerned about the burden that the new EPR requirements place on micro and small businesses. Micro businesses should be exempt from EPR fees, while small businesses should pay a reduced, proportionate amount based on their revenue. Fixed fees and complex requirements can be a huge burden for businesses operating on very small margins. The registration process should also be simplified and unified across the EU, with one straightforward application and registration system instead of different national procedures and requirements. I understand the environment needs protecting, but regulation should be proportionate and not suffocating for smaller businesses. Small independent businesses should not be pushed out of the EU market because they cannot afford or navigate an overly complicated EPR system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545034_en"}, {"id": 33545031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/10 00:00:07", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the founder of a small handmade independent footwear and garment business. I have invested my life savings into building this company, and we have only recently launched our direct-to-consumer website and begun fulfilling our first orders. I support the environmental intent behind reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability. However, new and increasingly complex regulatory requirements will hurt and become structurally impossible for a small company like mine to realistically be able to serve European customers and partners. We are a small group of workers making products by hand, not a large manufacturer with dedicated legal, logistics, and compliance departments. International shipping is already complicated and time-consuming: harmonized customs codes, country-of-origin documentation, preferential trade claims, labeling, import requirements, and other regulations that differ by destination. For a large established company, additional compliance may be manageable. For a business like mine, just beginningstill consuming investment, accumulating debt, and operating beyond capacitythe cumulative administrative burden is already prohibitive. The greatest concern is having to learn, understand, register for, pay for, document, and continually monitor separate systems across different EU Member States. At our scale, the cost and time required to legally sell a handful of products into one country can exceed the commercial value of those sales. The rational response may simply be to stop serving European customers there or even to close down completely. This is the outcome Europe intends. Many small producers already operate according to the principles these regulations seek to promote. Small businesses cannot afford waste. My company refuses to use plastics in our products. We work primarily with natural materials. Our products are repairable and designed to last for decades, ideally a lifetime. We manufacture in small batches and are philosophically opposed to fast fashion, planned obsolescence, and disposable consumption. These choices come from our environmental and social values, but also from necessity. Materials are expensive, labor is valuable, and waste directly threatens the survival of a small company. Building a business around these principles is already extraordinarily difficult. Regulation should encourage companies attempting to operate responsibly rather than creating insurmountable barriers that only large corporations have the resources to overcome. I urge the European Union to create clear and meaningful exemptions, thresholds, or greatly simplified compliance systems for micro and small enterprises. These should take into account both the size of the company and the very small quantities of packaging or products it may place on the market in an individual Member State. Ideally, small businesses should be able to comply through one harmonized European system rather than navigating separate administrative regimes for every country where an individual customer happens to live. Europes cultural and economic richness depends in part on small businesses, craftspeople, independent designers, workshops, and international partnerships. These enterprises provide an alternative to industrial consolidation and mass-produced disposable goods. Please ensure that environmental regulation remains proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the businesses being regulated. Small companies trying to produce responsibly should be given a realistic path to participate in the European market, not inadvertently excluded from it. We are tired, we are worried, and this does not build confidence for small business owners or our customers who are ethical and environmental citizens. This economy is already so difficult for my generation. There are so many barriers we must overcome. I'm no spring chicken either. I saved till I was 40 even just to start. Please, don't make it worse for us, now. Don't cut us out.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder of a small handmade independent footwear and garment business. I have invested my life savings into building this company, and we have only recently launched our direct-to-consumer website and begun fulfilling our first orders. I support the environmental intent behind reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability. However, new and increasingly complex regulatory requirements will hurt and become structurally impossible for a small company like mine to realistically be able to serve European customers and partners. We are a small group of workers making products by hand, not a large manufacturer with dedicated legal, logistics, and compliance departments. International shipping is already complicated and time-consuming: harmonized customs codes, country-of-origin documentation, preferential trade claims, labeling, import requirements, and other regulations that differ by destination. For a large established company, additional compliance may be manageable. For a business like mine, just beginningstill consuming investment, accumulating debt, and operating beyond capacitythe cumulative administrative burden is already prohibitive. The greatest concern is having to learn, understand, register for, pay for, document, and continually monitor separate systems across different EU Member States. At our scale, the cost and time required to legally sell a handful of products into one country can exceed the commercial value of those sales. The rational response may simply be to stop serving European customers there or even to close down completely. This is the outcome Europe intends. Many small producers already operate according to the principles these regulations seek to promote. Small businesses cannot afford waste. My company refuses to use plastics in our products. We work primarily with natural materials. Our products are repairable and designed to last for decades, ideally a lifetime. We manufacture in small batches and are philosophically opposed to fast fashion, planned obsolescence, and disposable consumption. These choices come from our environmental and social values, but also from necessity. Materials are expensive, labor is valuable, and waste directly threatens the survival of a small company. Building a business around these principles is already extraordinarily difficult. Regulation should encourage companies attempting to operate responsibly rather than creating insurmountable barriers that only large corporations have the resources to overcome. I urge the European Union to create clear and meaningful exemptions, thresholds, or greatly simplified compliance systems for micro and small enterprises. These should take into account both the size of the company and the very small quantities of packaging or products it may place on the market in an individual Member State. Ideally, small businesses should be able to comply through one harmonized European system rather than navigating separate administrative regimes for every country where an individual customer happens to live. Europes cultural and economic richness depends in part on small businesses, craftspeople, independent designers, workshops, and international partnerships. These enterprises provide an alternative to industrial consolidation and mass-produced disposable goods. Please ensure that environmental regulation remains proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the businesses being regulated. Small companies trying to produce responsibly should be given a realistic path to participate in the European market, not inadvertently excluded from it. We are tired, we are worried, and this does not build confidence for small business owners or our customers who are ethical and environmental citizens. This economy is already so difficult for my generation. There are so many barriers we must overcome. I'm no spring chicken either. I saved till I was 40 even just to start. Please, don't make it worse for us, now. Don't cut us out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545031_en"}, {"id": 33545033, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:58:19", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, My name is Joana and I'm an art creator. I had the recent idea of selling my art online. With this new rules I will not be able to sell in 20+ countries. Since I'm currently starting I have no orders to try and figure out which country to start with. It is IMPOSSIBLE for a one person business to afford to sell to the EU states. I understand the importance of this rules however, this is killing the EU free market. This new law instead of helping to unionise the EU states is DIVIDING THEM. It makes no sense whatsoever for me, from Portugal, to be easier to ship to the United States than to Spain. This is not simply an individual complaining, there's a petition going on with, as of the time of this message, 17 500 signatures. https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees I would propose an exemption for micro-business. The definition of micro-business being not making more than X profit mer month / year, not shipping more than X kg per year. Another proposal, which would be easier for all sellers would be to have a single 'membership' to be able to sell in the EU. Depending on the size of the company there could be differently priced tiers. This idea would make way more sense since it's called EUROPEAN UNION, not separated countries. As a buyer standpoint I will NOT be able to support new creators since it doesn't make sense for them to ship to Portugal. If this law continues as it is the EU will lose a big part of its market. This is not moving forward, this is stepping into the past. YOU ARE REMOVING FREE SPEECH, simply because a lot of stores will have to close because of this rule.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, My name is Joana and I'm an art creator. I had the recent idea of selling my art online. With this new rules I will not be able to sell in 20+ countries. Since I'm currently starting I have no orders to try and figure out which country to start with. It is IMPOSSIBLE for a one person business to afford to sell to the EU states. I understand the importance of this rules however, this is killing the EU free market. This new law instead of helping to unionise the EU states is DIVIDING THEM. It makes no sense whatsoever for me, from Portugal, to be easier to ship to the United States than to Spain. This is not simply an individual complaining, there's a petition going on with, as of the time of this message, 17 500 signatures. https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees I would propose an exemption for micro-business. The definition of micro-business being not making more than X profit mer month / year, not shipping more than X kg per year. Another proposal, which would be easier for all sellers would be to have a single 'membership' to be able to sell in the EU. Depending on the size of the company there could be differently priced tiers. This idea would make way more sense since it's called EUROPEAN UNION, not separated countries. As a buyer standpoint I will NOT be able to support new creators since it doesn't make sense for them to ship to Portugal. If this law continues as it is the EU will lose a big part of its market. This is not moving forward, this is stepping into the past. YOU ARE REMOVING FREE SPEECH, simply because a lot of stores will have to close because of this rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545033_en"}, {"id": 33545032, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:57:00", "country": "BRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation seems to have good intentions, but the method used seems unfair to small businesses, who will be affected disproportionately as they won't have infrastructure to ship EU-wide. It's somewhat contradictory to the EU's single market and its free movement of goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation seems to have good intentions, but the method used seems unfair to small businesses, who will be affected disproportionately as they won't have infrastructure to ship EU-wide. It's somewhat contradictory to the EU's single market and its free movement of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545032_en"}, {"id": 33545030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:54:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "anna.nymos", "feedback": "Hello, im a small business owner (creating art and selling it). with this new law for me and many people (friends of mine that also sell art online and live from it) its simply no longer possible to ship outside of germany (in our cases) anymore. please do not apply the same law for micro businesses as it is applied for big companys that make millions of euros. this new law literally kills all small businesses. kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, im a small business owner (creating art and selling it). with this new law for me and many people (friends of mine that also sell art online and live from it) its simply no longer possible to ship outside of germany (in our cases) anymore. please do not apply the same law for micro businesses as it is applied for big companys that make millions of euros. this new law literally kills all small businesses. kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545030_en"}, {"id": 33545029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:54:31", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist", "feedback": "Dla nas, małych biznesów, może to być naprawdę katastrofalne. Rozumiem potrzebę wprowadzania regulacji dotyczących opakowań i ochrony środowiska. Problemem są jednak koszty i ogromna liczba formalności, które mogą okazać się nieproporcjonalne dla małych firm. Jeśli wysyłam do danego kraju 5 paczek w ciągu całego roku, konieczność rejestracji, opłacania EPR i dodatkowo zatrudniania przedstawiciela może kosztować więcej niż cały przychód z tych zamówień. Małe, artystyczne biznesy często już teraz starają się działać w sposób przyjazny dla środowiska. Wysyłamy produkty w małych pudełkach i kopertach, używamy możliwie lekkich i ekologicznych materiałów i nie generujemy ogromnych ilości odpadów. To zupełnie inna skala niż w przypadku dużych firm, które potrafią wysyłać ogromne opakowania dla jednego niewielkiego produktu. Nie chodzi więc o to, żeby całkowicie zwolnić małe firmy z odpowiedzialności za opakowania. Chodzi o stworzenie proporcjonalnego i prostego systemu. Może zamiast 27 różnych rejestracji i systemów powinien istnieć jeden wspólny system UE, w którym mały przedsiębiorca mógłby np. raz w roku zgłosić, ile paczek wysłał do poszczególnych krajów i ile opakowań wykorzystał. Można byłoby też wprowadzić niewielką, prostą opłatę od każdej przesyłki albo limit wagowy - np. do określonej liczby kilogramów opakowań rocznie mała firma korzystałaby z uproszczonego systemu. Regulacje dotyczące środowiska są potrzebne. Ale powinny być proporcjonalne do skali działalności. Nie możemy stworzyć systemu, w którym wysłanie kilku paczek rocznie do różnych krajów UE staje się dla małego przedsiębiorcy nieopłacalne przez same formalności i koszty.", "feedbackEnglish": "For us, small businesses, this can be truly catastrophic. I understand the need to regulate packaging and protect the environment. However, costs and a huge number of formalities are problematic and may prove disproportionate for small businesses. If I send 5 parcels to a country throughout the year, the need to register, pay EPR and additionally hire a representative may cost more than the entire revenue from these contracts. Small artistic businesses are often already trying to operate in an environmentally friendly way. We send products in small boxes and envelopes, use light and green materials as much as possible and do not generate huge amounts of waste. This is quite different in scale from large companies that can ship huge packaging for one small product. It is therefore not a question of exempting small businesses entirely from liability for packaging. The aim is to create a proportionate and simple system. Perhaps there should be one common EU system instead of 27 different registrations and systems, where a small entrepreneur could, for example, report once a year how many parcels he has sent to each country and how many packages he has used. A small, simple fee per consignment or weight limit could also be introduced – e.g. a small company would benefit from a simplified system up to a certain number of kilograms of packaging per year. Environmental regulation is needed. But they should be proportionate to the scale of the activity. We cannot create a system where sending several parcels a year to different EU countries becomes unprofitable for a small entrepreneur through formalities and costs alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545029_en"}, {"id": 33545028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:53:47", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Elidh McDowall", "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner, creator and customer in the EU and I am deeply concerned about the devastating impact the new EPR requirements are having on micro businesses. Mandatory registration fees, multiple national registrations and complicated cross border bureaucracy are making it financially and administratively impossible for many small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. The single European market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across Europe, not create a system where the cost and complexity of compliance makes this impossible. I am asking the EU to urgently introduce a de minimis exemption for micro businesses or create a simple and affordable One Stop Shop system that allows micro entrepreneurs to meet their EPR obligations through one registration and one straightforward process across the EU. Please make the system proportionate to the size of the business. Small businesses should not have to choose between giving up cross border trade which will significantly impact whether their business can survive, and taking on compliance costs and bureaucracy that they simply cannot afford. The environment needs protecting, but so does the future of small independent businesses across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner, creator and customer in the EU and I am deeply concerned about the devastating impact the new EPR requirements are having on micro businesses. Mandatory registration fees, multiple national registrations and complicated cross border bureaucracy are making it financially and administratively impossible for many small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. The single European market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across Europe, not create a system where the cost and complexity of compliance makes this impossible. I am asking the EU to urgently introduce a de minimis exemption for micro businesses or create a simple and affordable One Stop Shop system that allows micro entrepreneurs to meet their EPR obligations through one registration and one straightforward process across the EU. Please make the system proportionate to the size of the business. Small businesses should not have to choose between giving up cross border trade which will significantly impact whether their business can survive, and taking on compliance costs and bureaucracy that they simply cannot afford. The environment needs protecting, but so does the future of small independent businesses across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545028_en"}, {"id": 33545027, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:52:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis consommateur de produits vendus par des micro-entreprises, et j'ai également pour projet de créer ma propre micro entreprise pour vendre des impressions d'art. Je comprends la nécessité de tenir les entreprises responsables de leur production de déchets et les mesures de tri et recyclages en lien avec le REP (EPR) et PPWR. J'ai récemment vu beaucoup de petites entreprises, artistes et artisans, annoncer devoir fermer ou réduire drastiquement leur activité car ces mesures limites les pays dans lesquelles elles peuvent commercialiser leur produits. Les mesures telles qu'elles sont prévues actuellement ne prennent pas en compte les PME et nouvelles entreprises. On attend de petites entreprises de quelques personnes, voire une seule personne, de gérer une charge financière et administrative extrêmement conséquente et disproportionnée pour le nombre de produits commercialisés. Ces petites entreprises ne peuvent pas assurer cette charge de la même manière que les grandes corporations (trouver et payer un représentant dans les pays concernés, suivre le poids des emballages pour différents pays et sur différentes plateformes avec différents interlocuteurs, payer des contributions dès un seul produit vendu dans certains pays). Certaines micro-entreprises pourraient devoir payer des sommes équivalentes a leur chiffre d'affaire pour payer des représentants dans les pays où se trouve leur clientèle actuelle afin de se mettre en règle. Il deviendrait alors ironiquement plus facile de commercialiser hors UE. Déjà menacées par la concurrence de l'IA et du dropshipping, les petites entreprises sont encore plus mises à a mal par les mesures demandées ici. Les PME doivent contribuer à leur échelle à la réduction et traitement des emballages. Mais les mesures actuelles, plus que les encourager a revoir leurs pratique, risquent de les contraindre a mettre fin a leur activité Il est absolument nécessaire: - de définir un seuil unique sous lequel les contributions ne seraient pas obligatoires pour laisser les micro-entreprises s'établir sur le marché -au delà de ce seuil établir un système commun à toute l'UE qui prend en compte le chiffre d'affaire et/ou la quantité d'emballages pour permettre une contribution proportionnelle aux moyens de chaque entreprise, sans devoir passer par des systèmes différents (et représentants coûteux) dans chaque pays Sans cela de nombreuses micro entreprises vont fermer, et les consommateurs seront contraints de se tourner vers des grands groupes, au lieu de soutenir des entreprises émergentes et des artisans.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a consumer of products sold by micro-enterprises, and I also plan to set up my own micro enterprise to sell art prints. I understand the need to hold companies accountable for their waste production and the sorting and recycling measures related to REP (EPR) and PPWR. I have recently seen many small businesses, artists and craftsmen, announcing that they will have to close down or drastically reduce their activities, as these measures limit the countries in which they can market their products. The measures as currently planned do not take into account SMEs and start-ups. Small businesses of a few or even a single person are expected to manage an extremely significant and disproportionate financial and administrative burden for the number of products marketed. These small companies cannot cover this burden in the same way as large corporations (find and pay a representative in the countries concerned, track the weight of packaging for different countries and on different platforms with different interlocutors, pay contributions from a single product sold in certain countries). Some micro-enterprises may have to pay amounts equivalent to their turnover to pay representatives in the countries where their current customer base is located in order to comply with the rules. It would then ironically become easier to market outside the EU. Already threatened by competition from AI and dropshipping, small businesses are even more affected by the measures requested here. SMEs must contribute at scale to reducing and treating packaging. But the current measures, more than encouraging them to review their practices, risk forcing them to cease their activity. It is absolutely necessary to: — define a single threshold below which contributions would not be mandatory to allow micro-enterprises to establish themselves on the market – above this threshold establish a common EU system that takes into account the turnover and/or quantity of packaging to allow a proportionate contribution to the means of each enterprise, without having to go through different systems (and costly representatives) in each country. Without this, many micro enterprises will close, and consumers will be forced to turn to large groups, instead of supporting emerging businesses and craftsmen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545027_en"}, {"id": 33545026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:50:01", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a consumer who enjoys ordering from smaller creators instead of megastores or low-quality-low-price suppliers. It seems this preference of mine is in danger because of this new legislation. There's no proper tier-system to account for the volume of waste generated by the business, an artist mailing a few posters and stickers a month is very different to Amazon operating in a country. Trying to manage our waste is a wonderful effort and I don't want to see this see this legislation disappear, I wish for it to be better and more fair for smaller operators. Thank you for listening to your citizens.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a consumer who enjoys ordering from smaller creators instead of megastores or low-quality-low-price suppliers. It seems this preference of mine is in danger because of this new legislation. There's no proper tier-system to account for the volume of waste generated by the business, an artist mailing a few posters and stickers a month is very different to Amazon operating in a country. Trying to manage our waste is a wonderful effort and I don't want to see this see this legislation disappear, I wish for it to be better and more fair for smaller operators. Thank you for listening to your citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545026_en"}, {"id": 33545025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:48:34", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but I am concerned that national producer registration and EPR requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses. As an Irish ceramicist, I ship only a few tens of kilograms of packaging to other EU countries each year, yet may face separate registration, reporting and EPR requirements in each Member State. The administrative and financial costs can vastly exceed the environmental impact of the packaging involved and create a significant barrier to cross-border trade. I ask the Commission to introduce meaningful de minimis thresholds and a simple EU-wide registration or compliance system for micro-businesses, ensuring that obligations are proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but I am concerned that national producer registration and EPR requirements are disproportionate for micro-businesses. As an Irish ceramicist, I ship only a few tens of kilograms of packaging to other EU countries each year, yet may face separate registration, reporting and EPR requirements in each Member State. The administrative and financial costs can vastly exceed the environmental impact of the packaging involved and create a significant barrier to cross-border trade. I ask the Commission to introduce meaningful de minimis thresholds and a simple EU-wide registration or compliance system for micro-businesses, ensuring that obligations are proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545025_en"}, {"id": 33545024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:47:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist - small business owner", "feedback": "I am a French independent artist and micro-business owner selling my own art prints and original paintings directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and I understand the principle that businesses should contribute to the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the new producer-responsibility requirements may create for very small businesses. I ship very small quantities of products, using simple cardboard envelopes, protective plastic sleeves and, when necessary, additional cardboard to protect fragile artworks during transport. The quantities of packaging involved are extremely small. Yet selling directly to customers in different Member States may require separate national registrations, reporting, participation in recycling systems and, in some cases, the appointment of local authorised representatives. Germany is particularly important in my case, as it is my main EU market. I understand that from 12 August 2026, businesses established outside Germany may have to appoint an authorised representative there for their packaging obligations. I have already found private providers charging around 180 or more per year for this service. For a micro-business sending only a small number of packages, such fixed costs can be completely disproportionate to the actual environmental cost of recycling the packaging. The issue is not that I am unwilling to contribute to recycling. I am willing to pay the actual costs associated with the packaging I use. The concern is the fixed administrative and representation costs imposed on very small businesses. This creates a difficult choice: either accept significant fixed costs for very small quantities, navigate different national systems across the EU, or stop selling to customers in certain Member States altogether. In my case, withdrawing from Germany would have a significant impact on my business. Moving my EU sales to a third-party platform is also not an equivalent solution, as such platforms can retain a large share of the artist's sale price. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: A genuinely simplified EU-wide system for micro-businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. EU-wide de minimis thresholds for packaging producer-responsibility obligations. A single EU-wide system allowing small businesses to comply without having to navigate separate national systems and representatives in every Member State. Measures ensuring that the PPWR does not unintentionally create disproportionate barriers to cross-border trade for European micro-businesses and individual creators. I am not asking for environmental obligations to disappear. I am asking for them to be proportionate to the quantities involved, affordable for micro-businesses, and genuinely harmonised across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a French independent artist and micro-business owner selling my own art prints and original paintings directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and I understand the principle that businesses should contribute to the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the new producer-responsibility requirements may create for very small businesses. I ship very small quantities of products, using simple cardboard envelopes, protective plastic sleeves and, when necessary, additional cardboard to protect fragile artworks during transport. The quantities of packaging involved are extremely small. Yet selling directly to customers in different Member States may require separate national registrations, reporting, participation in recycling systems and, in some cases, the appointment of local authorised representatives. Germany is particularly important in my case, as it is my main EU market. I understand that from 12 August 2026, businesses established outside Germany may have to appoint an authorised representative there for their packaging obligations. I have already found private providers charging around 180 or more per year for this service. For a micro-business sending only a small number of packages, such fixed costs can be completely disproportionate to the actual environmental cost of recycling the packaging. The issue is not that I am unwilling to contribute to recycling. I am willing to pay the actual costs associated with the packaging I use. The concern is the fixed administrative and representation costs imposed on very small businesses. This creates a difficult choice: either accept significant fixed costs for very small quantities, navigate different national systems across the EU, or stop selling to customers in certain Member States altogether. In my case, withdrawing from Germany would have a significant impact on my business. Moving my EU sales to a third-party platform is also not an equivalent solution, as such platforms can retain a large share of the artist's sale price. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: A genuinely simplified EU-wide system for micro-businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. EU-wide de minimis thresholds for packaging producer-responsibility obligations. A single EU-wide system allowing small businesses to comply without having to navigate separate national systems and representatives in every Member State. Measures ensuring that the PPWR does not unintentionally create disproportionate barriers to cross-border trade for European micro-businesses and individual creators. I am not asking for environmental obligations to disappear. I am asking for them to be proportionate to the quantities involved, affordable for micro-businesses, and genuinely harmonised across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545024_en"}, {"id": 33545023, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:46:50", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Honestly I'm worried. All I have seen is small buisness panicking. Small businesses that potentially can't afford to subscribe to all the countries they currently ship with inside the EU. It seems silly that when shipping within the EU itself we're suffocating small businesses under bureaucratic nightmares an additional fees. Times a hard for all businesses right now and small businesses are suffering the most the fact that we're suffocating them under this new legislation seems excessive. I live in Spain we have limited artesanal access in rural areas like mine as is. To think now I can't support small EU businesses feels like a slap to the face. I'm sure there's better ways of doing this. I'm sure there's bigger culprits who have whole departments to fill in these sorts of forms and pay what to them are tiny fees without killing off small artists and independent self employed artisans.", "feedbackEnglish": "Honestly I'm worried. All I have seen is small buisness panicking. Small businesses that potentially can't afford to subscribe to all the countries they currently ship with inside the EU. It seems silly that when shipping within the EU itself we're suffocating small businesses under bureaucratic nightmares an additional fees. Times a hard for all businesses right now and small businesses are suffering the most the fact that we're suffocating them under this new legislation seems excessive. I live in Spain we have limited artesanal access in rural areas like mine as is. To think now I can't support small EU businesses feels like a slap to the face. I'm sure there's better ways of doing this. I'm sure there's bigger culprits who have whole departments to fill in these sorts of forms and pay what to them are tiny fees without killing off small artists and independent self employed artisans.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545023_en"}, {"id": 33545022, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:45:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The expenses and the administrative burden of doing the register by country will destroyed the international commerce capabilities of any small business. The register and fees must be unified and affordable for small businesses, specially when they produce a low amount of residues compared with the big companies which can afford to cover the gap.", "feedbackEnglish": "The expenses and the administrative burden of doing the register by country will destroyed the international commerce capabilities of any small business. The register and fees must be unified and affordable for small businesses, specially when they produce a low amount of residues compared with the big companies which can afford to cover the gap.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545022_en"}, {"id": 33545021, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:44:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going to ruin the competitiveness of small European businesses. Please consider exempting small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to ruin the competitiveness of small European businesses. Please consider exempting small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545021_en"}, {"id": 33545020, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:43:22", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not think this law should be implemented. A lot of my favorite artist; all of them small business owners, have announced that they can not sell their work th eu anymore if this law gets through. It would be too expensive. The profit margin for independent artists is already really slim. A law like this that makes it too expensive to sell to the eu, will put a lot of good people out of business. Thank you for your time and hard work. Have a nice day. Henry B O", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not think this law should be implemented. A lot of my favorite artist; all of them small business owners, have announced that they can not sell their work th eu anymore if this law gets through. It would be too expensive. The profit margin for independent artists is already really slim. A law like this that makes it too expensive to sell to the eu, will put a lot of good people out of business. Thank you for your time and hard work. Have a nice day. Henry B O", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545020_en"}, {"id": 33545019, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:42:51", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am very disappointed in this due to how it affects small businesses. The EU was supposed to help trade within Europe, and yet many small businesses even those within Europe will have to cease selling and shipping to neighbouring countries because of this initiative! Making changes to support the environment is great, but who thought up these specific rules? Itll barely affect large businesses that do the most harm to the environment, while small businesses risk losing a lot of customers and/or money! Rethink and rewrite this so that it only affects companies who make more than a certain amount per year or you will lose the small businesses and entrepreneurship that currently exist in Europe!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am very disappointed in this due to how it affects small businesses. The EU was supposed to help trade within Europe, and yet many small businesses even those within Europe will have to cease selling and shipping to neighbouring countries because of this initiative! Making changes to support the environment is great, but who thought up these specific rules? Itll barely affect large businesses that do the most harm to the environment, while small businesses risk losing a lot of customers and/or money! Rethink and rewrite this so that it only affects companies who make more than a certain amount per year or you will lose the small businesses and entrepreneurship that currently exist in Europe!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545019_en"}, {"id": 33545018, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:41:25", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "First, communication about the details of the new legislation has been really confusing and poorly available. As someone who mainly sells things as a hobby within the EU, I wouldn't have heard about the new regulations without social media; even platforms like Etsy haven't contacted sellers about it even though they're required to check registrations. Second, as someone who makes anywhere between 0 to 10 sales annually, and only employs myself, it is absolutely killing my entire business. All of my past sales have been within the EU, and as a citizen of a member state, I've valued the fact that shipping regulations are easy to navigate. Since my sales are so irregular, and buyers can come from any EU country, there is literally no point in me actually keeping my Etsy store open. If I were to keep selling online, my options would essentially be to either pay thousands to maintain registrations in all member states, or limit sales to a handful and therefore lose money by not having my shop open to any EU customer. In all cases, including closing my shop, I lose money. What adds ill to the injury is the fact that I use 100% recycled packaging materials to begin with - I salvage all my packaging and shipping materials from mail I've received and from the local post office's recycling station. I sell handmade dice, which don't require a lot of packaging materials such as bubble wrap; in the past two years all the material I've used has been paper based. Alas, it feels ridiculous that I have to pay a registration fee that is usually higher than an individual sale I make when I'm already engaging in circular economy. If the EU wants to encourage young entrepreneurs and support small business, it would make more sense to impose the new rules on the businesses that actually cause waste and pollution - I.e. the big businesses that can afford registration. The new law essentially means I 1) can't purchase the materials I use in my products because I order from other small businesses in EU and 2) can't afford to sell my products. Therefore what I make to share a fun hobby with other like minded people is basically useless to engage in at all. This makes me extremely upset and sad.", "feedbackEnglish": "First, communication about the details of the new legislation has been really confusing and poorly available. As someone who mainly sells things as a hobby within the EU, I wouldn't have heard about the new regulations without social media; even platforms like Etsy haven't contacted sellers about it even though they're required to check registrations. Second, as someone who makes anywhere between 0 to 10 sales annually, and only employs myself, it is absolutely killing my entire business. All of my past sales have been within the EU, and as a citizen of a member state, I've valued the fact that shipping regulations are easy to navigate. Since my sales are so irregular, and buyers can come from any EU country, there is literally no point in me actually keeping my Etsy store open. If I were to keep selling online, my options would essentially be to either pay thousands to maintain registrations in all member states, or limit sales to a handful and therefore lose money by not having my shop open to any EU customer. In all cases, including closing my shop, I lose money. What adds ill to the injury is the fact that I use 100% recycled packaging materials to begin with - I salvage all my packaging and shipping materials from mail I've received and from the local post office's recycling station. I sell handmade dice, which don't require a lot of packaging materials such as bubble wrap; in the past two years all the material I've used has been paper based. Alas, it feels ridiculous that I have to pay a registration fee that is usually higher than an individual sale I make when I'm already engaging in circular economy. If the EU wants to encourage young entrepreneurs and support small business, it would make more sense to impose the new rules on the businesses that actually cause waste and pollution - I.e. the big businesses that can afford registration. The new law essentially means I 1) can't purchase the materials I use in my products because I order from other small businesses in EU and 2) can't afford to sell my products. Therefore what I make to share a fun hobby with other like minded people is basically useless to engage in at all. This makes me extremely upset and sad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545018_en"}, {"id": 33545017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:41:25", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Professional puppets Srl", "feedback": "This law is a serious problem for my small bussines and it will hurt it very much. I am an artist selling handmade puppets for performers for the last 10 years . I can not afford to register in 27 different countries and pay thousands of euros . As Europe already has an One Stop Shop for VAT , i am sure it could do it also for the EPR. Having no minimum treshold for paying EPR taxes makes it impossible for a starting bussineses to start selling products . It also makes it impossible for small bussines. It makes it impossible for me to register and pay in a country to which i will ship under 10 products in a fiscal year. Also in some cases the taxes are more than the profit i will make in a year for said country. Please make a minimum treshold so small bussines do not pay these taxes . Please make the registering centralised and as easy as humanly possible to do so we could all be in complience without dedicating our time to legal research on this matter.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is a serious problem for my small bussines and it will hurt it very much. I am an artist selling handmade puppets for performers for the last 10 years . I can not afford to register in 27 different countries and pay thousands of euros . As Europe already has an One Stop Shop for VAT , i am sure it could do it also for the EPR. Having no minimum treshold for paying EPR taxes makes it impossible for a starting bussineses to start selling products . It also makes it impossible for small bussines. It makes it impossible for me to register and pay in a country to which i will ship under 10 products in a fiscal year. Also in some cases the taxes are more than the profit i will make in a year for said country. Please make a minimum treshold so small bussines do not pay these taxes . Please make the registering centralised and as easy as humanly possible to do so we could all be in complience without dedicating our time to legal research on this matter.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545017_en"}, {"id": 33545016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:40:20", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This decision is extremely detrimental to micro businesses across the EU. The additional administrative and financial burden is simply impossible for many small businesses with limited resources to manage. We fully understand and support the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging waste they place on the market. However, placing this level of responsibility and cost on micro businesses is disproportionate and unfair. Allowing each EU country to set its own requirements makes the situation even more difficult. A micro business may need to appoint an authorised representative in each individual country, register separately in multiple countries, pay different registration and reporting fees, and navigate different rules regarding minimum packaging quantities and exemptions. For a business shipping perhaps only a few packages per year to a particular EU country, having to pay hundreds or even thousands of euros simply to comply with that country's requirements is not financially viable. The inevitable result is that many micro businesses will stop selling across borders and restrict sales to their home country. This hurts small businesses and disproportionately benefits large corporations that have the resources and infrastructure to manage these requirements. At the same time, EU consumers will have fewer opportunities to support small, independent European businesses and may instead turn to large non-EU corporations. This seems completely counterproductive if the goal is to support a sustainable and thriving European economy. I have already seen hundreds of micro businesses within the EU restrict shipping to other EU countries, and some have even been forced to close altogether. Without meaningful thresholds, simplified EU-wide registration, or exemptions for very small quantities, these rules risk pushing small European businesses out of the Single Market entirely. That is why, together with thousands of creators and citizens, I call on you to intervene urgently to support: 1. The introduction of a total exemption threshold (below a certain turnover, weight or volume of packaging) for micro enterprises packaging. 2. The creation of a European One-Stop-Shop for EPR, allowing for centralised, simplified reporting and a contribution strictly proportional to actual turnover (based on the existing IOSS model for VAT).", "feedbackEnglish": "This decision is extremely detrimental to micro businesses across the EU. The additional administrative and financial burden is simply impossible for many small businesses with limited resources to manage. We fully understand and support the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging waste they place on the market. However, placing this level of responsibility and cost on micro businesses is disproportionate and unfair. Allowing each EU country to set its own requirements makes the situation even more difficult. A micro business may need to appoint an authorised representative in each individual country, register separately in multiple countries, pay different registration and reporting fees, and navigate different rules regarding minimum packaging quantities and exemptions. For a business shipping perhaps only a few packages per year to a particular EU country, having to pay hundreds or even thousands of euros simply to comply with that country's requirements is not financially viable. The inevitable result is that many micro businesses will stop selling across borders and restrict sales to their home country. This hurts small businesses and disproportionately benefits large corporations that have the resources and infrastructure to manage these requirements. At the same time, EU consumers will have fewer opportunities to support small, independent European businesses and may instead turn to large non-EU corporations. This seems completely counterproductive if the goal is to support a sustainable and thriving European economy. I have already seen hundreds of micro businesses within the EU restrict shipping to other EU countries, and some have even been forced to close altogether. Without meaningful thresholds, simplified EU-wide registration, or exemptions for very small quantities, these rules risk pushing small European businesses out of the Single Market entirely. That is why, together with thousands of creators and citizens, I call on you to intervene urgently to support: 1. The introduction of a total exemption threshold (below a certain turnover, weight or volume of packaging) for micro enterprises packaging. 2. The creation of a European One-Stop-Shop for EPR, allowing for centralised, simplified reporting and a contribution strictly proportional to actual turnover (based on the existing IOSS model for VAT).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545016_en"}, {"id": 33545015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:39:48", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not agree with this law that you are trying to implement. It directly affects the people that just trying to start a business, make a living from something they love.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with this law that you are trying to implement. It directly affects the people that just trying to start a business, make a living from something they love.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545015_en"}, {"id": 33545014, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:39:46", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artisan", "feedback": "EPR requirements are making cross-border sales almost impossible for solo, micro, and small businesses selling handmade and artisan products across the EU. A small business may ship only a few packages a month and place just a few dozen kilograms of packaging on the market each year. Nevertheless, it faces separate registrations, fees, reporting requirements and authorised-representative obligations in different countries. The total administrative cost can reach hundreds or even thousands of euros - completely out of proportion to the tiny amount of packaging involved. For companies like Temu or Amazon, these costs are nothing. For a person making and selling their own products to earn a living, the business can become impossible to continue. These rules risk pushing small makers out of the EU market altogether. There should be a reasonable EU-wide threshold for very small businesses. Businesses below that threshold should require only a single registration, minimal or no annual reporting, and no separate paid representative in every country.", "feedbackEnglish": "EPR requirements are making cross-border sales almost impossible for solo, micro, and small businesses selling handmade and artisan products across the EU. A small business may ship only a few packages a month and place just a few dozen kilograms of packaging on the market each year. Nevertheless, it faces separate registrations, fees, reporting requirements and authorised-representative obligations in different countries. The total administrative cost can reach hundreds or even thousands of euros - completely out of proportion to the tiny amount of packaging involved. For companies like Temu or Amazon, these costs are nothing. For a person making and selling their own products to earn a living, the business can become impossible to continue. These rules risk pushing small makers out of the EU market altogether. There should be a reasonable EU-wide threshold for very small businesses. Businesses below that threshold should require only a single registration, minimal or no annual reporting, and no separate paid representative in every country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545014_en"}, {"id": 33545013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:39:19", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please reconsider, it's affecting small business from all Europe in a horrible way. This should have been prevented, on social media there is a lot of business who have already stopped to sell to European union. We have the right to have handmade goods in Europe, made by Europeans.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please reconsider, it's affecting small business from all Europe in a horrible way. This should have been prevented, on social media there is a lot of business who have already stopped to sell to European union. We have the right to have handmade goods in Europe, made by Europeans.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545013_en"}, {"id": 33545012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:37:14", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Balcanu Anca Persoana Fizica Autorizata", "feedback": "As a one-person micro-business trying to sell across the EU, the current EPR system is genuinely pushing me out of the single market before I even get a chance to compete in it. Having to register separately with a different authority in every member state, each with its own portal, fees, and paperwork, isn't a minor inconvenience. It's a wall that only larger companies have the resources to climb. Please introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises, or a simplified One Stop Shop for EPR registration, the same way VAT OSS already works. Without this, the PPWR won't just regulate waste. It will quietly hand the EU market to companies big enough to afford compliance, while shutting out the small independent creators the single market is supposed to include.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one-person micro-business trying to sell across the EU, the current EPR system is genuinely pushing me out of the single market before I even get a chance to compete in it. Having to register separately with a different authority in every member state, each with its own portal, fees, and paperwork, isn't a minor inconvenience. It's a wall that only larger companies have the resources to climb. Please introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises, or a simplified One Stop Shop for EPR registration, the same way VAT OSS already works. Without this, the PPWR won't just regulate waste. It will quietly hand the EU market to companies big enough to afford compliance, while shutting out the small independent creators the single market is supposed to include.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545012_en"}, {"id": 33545011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:36:29", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ustawa zniszczy małe przedsiębiorstwa i niezależnych artystów, którzy często zarabiają mniej niż wynoszą przewidziane opłaty. Zablokuje to możliwość wysyłki do krajów europejskich, co przyczyni się nie tylko do upadku tych przedsiębiorstw, ale i ograniczy swobodne rozprzestrzenianie się sztuki artystów niereprezentowanych przez duże galerie. Niemożność sprzedaży własnych dzieł (a z tym się wiąże wprowadzenie tej ustawy) sprawi, że drobni artyści będą musieli szukać innych źródeł dochodu i nie będą mogli skupić się na swej twórczości. Ustawa będzie sprzyjać wyłącznie korporacjom i zabije wolną sztukę", "feedbackEnglish": "The law will destroy small businesses and independent artists, who often earn less than the foreseen fees. This will block the possibility of shipping to European countries, which will not only contribute to the collapse of these companies, but will also limit the free circulation of art that is not represented by large galleries. The inability to sell their own works (which is linked to the introduction of this law) will mean that small artists will have to look for other sources of income and will not be able to focus on their creations. The law will only favour corporations and kill free art", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545011_en"}, {"id": 33545010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:36:20", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gufonero Lab di Gentili Francesco", "feedback": "As the owner of a small Italian artisanal business selling through e-commerce platforms in several EU Member States, I would like to express strong concern about the impact this Regulation, together with the obligations already set out in Regulation (EU) 2025/40, will have on small operators. The European single market should facilitate, not hinder, cross-border sales by small businesses. As currently structured, the obligation to register and report in every Member State where sales occur risks becoming a disproportionate barrier for micro-producers, effectively favouring large companies, which are the only ones able to bear the administrative and compliance costs of registering in dozens of different national registers. I would like to offer a concrete example from my own business: to France and Germany, I ship around a hundred parcels per year, a volume that might arguably justify some administrative compliance. However, to many other Member States, the Scandinavian countries, Austria, Belgium, Greece, annual shipments amount to only a few dozen parcels, or sometimes just a handful. Registering in a national register, keeping that registration up to date, and producing periodic reporting for such marginal sales volumes involves an administrative burden and time cost that far exceeds the economic value of those sales. The practical outcome will not be compliance, but withdrawal from those markets altogether, the exact opposite of the single market objective the EU claims to pursue. While I understand that the obligation to register in each Member State stems from Regulation (EU) 2025/40 itself and cannot be amended through this implementing act, I ask that this Regulation, whose explicit aim is to \"reduce the administrative burden\" (Recital 1), provide for: 1. A unified, one-stop-shop registration procedure, allowing producers to register once and have that registration recognised across all Member States, instead of repeating the process country by country; 2. A genuine exemption threshold or simplified regime for micro-producers placing negligible volumes on the market of a single Member State (e.g. below a minimum number of parcels/kg per year) not merely a reduction in reporting detail, as currently foreseen only for those below the 10-tonne threshold; 3. A dedicated impact assessment on micro and small enterprises selling cross-border through e-commerce platforms, to prevent legislation designed for environmental sustainability from producing, as a side effect, the exclusion of small artisans from the single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small Italian artisanal business selling through e-commerce platforms in several EU Member States, I would like to express strong concern about the impact this Regulation, together with the obligations already set out in Regulation (EU) 2025/40, will have on small operators. The European single market should facilitate, not hinder, cross-border sales by small businesses. As currently structured, the obligation to register and report in every Member State where sales occur risks becoming a disproportionate barrier for micro-producers, effectively favouring large companies, which are the only ones able to bear the administrative and compliance costs of registering in dozens of different national registers. I would like to offer a concrete example from my own business: to France and Germany, I ship around a hundred parcels per year, a volume that might arguably justify some administrative compliance. However, to many other Member States, the Scandinavian countries, Austria, Belgium, Greece, annual shipments amount to only a few dozen parcels, or sometimes just a handful. Registering in a national register, keeping that registration up to date, and producing periodic reporting for such marginal sales volumes involves an administrative burden and time cost that far exceeds the economic value of those sales. The practical outcome will not be compliance, but withdrawal from those markets altogether, the exact opposite of the single market objective the EU claims to pursue. While I understand that the obligation to register in each Member State stems from Regulation (EU) 2025/40 itself and cannot be amended through this implementing act, I ask that this Regulation, whose explicit aim is to \"reduce the administrative burden\" (Recital 1), provide for: 1. A unified, one-stop-shop registration procedure, allowing producers to register once and have that registration recognised across all Member States, instead of repeating the process country by country; 2. A genuine exemption threshold or simplified regime for micro-producers placing negligible volumes on the market of a single Member State (e.g. below a minimum number of parcels/kg per year) not merely a reduction in reporting detail, as currently foreseen only for those below the 10-tonne threshold; 3. A dedicated impact assessment on micro and small enterprises selling cross-border through e-commerce platforms, to prevent legislation designed for environmental sustainability from producing, as a side effect, the exclusion of small artisans from the single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545010_en"}, {"id": 33545009, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:35:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cool! Danke für nichts. Wegen einem bedruckten Karton oder leicht verändertem Karton bin ich nun Hersteller/Erzeuger. Klar, hab ja meine Kartonfabrik im Vorgarten! Und alle anderen Selbstständigen/Kleingewerbe ja auch, die Kartons für die Umwelt recyceln oder nett beschriften! Ah ne, darf ja nicht. Für wen schreibt ihr denn solch haltlose Gesetzesentwürfe? Wer profitiert davon, außer der jeweils lokalen Kartonindustrie!? Ihr wollt Wirtschaft und freien Handel fördern? Damit definitiv nicht. Großkonzerne können sich den Unfug ja leisten.", "feedbackEnglish": "Cool! Thank you for nothing. Because of a printed cardboard box or slightly modified cardboard box, I am now a manufacturer/producer. It’s clear that my cartonboard factory is in the pre-garden! And all other self-employed/small businesses that recycle cartons for the environment or write them in net letters too! AH No, it must not. For whom do you write such unsubstantiated draft laws? Who benefits, except for the local cartonboard industry? Do you want to boost the economy and free trade? This is definitely not the case. Big corporations can afford the trouble.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545009_en"}, {"id": 33545008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:33:24", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These proposed changes may be well intentioned however they place a huge burden on small businesses and artists. The cost of maintaining representation in numerous countries and ensuring compliance is impossible for many small creators such as myself to handle. Many small businesses will be forced to stop shipping to the EU if these changes go into effect. Please consider an exemption for small businesses, now more than ever the world needs small businesses and the arts, we dont need to contend with another unreasonable barrier to free trade", "feedbackEnglish": "These proposed changes may be well intentioned however they place a huge burden on small businesses and artists. The cost of maintaining representation in numerous countries and ensuring compliance is impossible for many small creators such as myself to handle. Many small businesses will be forced to stop shipping to the EU if these changes go into effect. Please consider an exemption for small businesses, now more than ever the world needs small businesses and the arts, we dont need to contend with another unreasonable barrier to free trade", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545008_en"}, {"id": 33545007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:31:06", "country": "GEO", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone living in EU and frequent customer of small businesses, I'm concerned that this initiatives kills the whole idea of unified market for micro and small entrepreneurs. While I agree that environment is very important and package waste is significant topic to work on, this initiative does not target the main contributors for package waste like big seller corporations, for whom administrative and financial burden of this initiative will be insignificant, while for many small producers it can be so large, that they will decide to stop producing or at least shipping outside their countries all together. In the end this initiative will go against one of the most important ideas oF EU having unified market for citizens of all member states, depriving talented creators of unique products from broader markets and buyers from being able to buy from small businesses. This initiative should be reconsidered.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone living in EU and frequent customer of small businesses, I'm concerned that this initiatives kills the whole idea of unified market for micro and small entrepreneurs. While I agree that environment is very important and package waste is significant topic to work on, this initiative does not target the main contributors for package waste like big seller corporations, for whom administrative and financial burden of this initiative will be insignificant, while for many small producers it can be so large, that they will decide to stop producing or at least shipping outside their countries all together. In the end this initiative will go against one of the most important ideas oF EU having unified market for citizens of all member states, depriving talented creators of unique products from broader markets and buyers from being able to buy from small businesses. This initiative should be reconsidered.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545007_en"}, {"id": 33545006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:30:21", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The waste-reduction goal of this initiative is in fact interesting. But written as-is, it really looks harmful to European small & micro-businesses. The efforts necessary are disproportionate to those small businesses. Effort should be global, but should also be adapted to financial situation and capabilities. And thus, small businesses not being able to afford to comply to the initiative throughout all EU is also harmful to movements of goods within EU. Small businesses will suffer severe direct consequences. Please review so this initiative could be fairly applied to all cases, regarding businesses sizes, proportion of sent packages, and ensure the EU remains cohesive when it comes to supporting local business (EU to EU shipping should be priviledged and easier, rather than EU to outside)", "feedbackEnglish": "The waste-reduction goal of this initiative is in fact interesting. But written as-is, it really looks harmful to European small & micro-businesses. The efforts necessary are disproportionate to those small businesses. Effort should be global, but should also be adapted to financial situation and capabilities. And thus, small businesses not being able to afford to comply to the initiative throughout all EU is also harmful to movements of goods within EU. Small businesses will suffer severe direct consequences. Please review so this initiative could be fairly applied to all cases, regarding businesses sizes, proportion of sent packages, and ensure the EU remains cohesive when it comes to supporting local business (EU to EU shipping should be priviledged and easier, rather than EU to outside)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545006_en"}, {"id": 33545005, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:30:18", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner/creator/customer concerned about the impact of mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements on micro-businesses selling across EU borders. For a very small business, separate national registrations, fees, reporting obligations and cross-border administrative requirements can be disproportionate to the scale of the business. These costs and complexities can make it impractical or even impossible for independent entrepreneurs to sell products to customers in other EU Member States. I support the goals of reducing packaging waste and ensuring producer responsibility, but the system should not unintentionally exclude the smallest businesses from the EU Single Market. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs and/or a genuinely simple One Stop Shop system that would allow small businesses to meet their EPR obligations through one straightforward EU-wide process. Rules should be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business, while still achieving the EUs environmental objectives. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner/creator/customer concerned about the impact of mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements on micro-businesses selling across EU borders. For a very small business, separate national registrations, fees, reporting obligations and cross-border administrative requirements can be disproportionate to the scale of the business. These costs and complexities can make it impractical or even impossible for independent entrepreneurs to sell products to customers in other EU Member States. I support the goals of reducing packaging waste and ensuring producer responsibility, but the system should not unintentionally exclude the smallest businesses from the EU Single Market. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-entrepreneurs and/or a genuinely simple One Stop Shop system that would allow small businesses to meet their EPR obligations through one straightforward EU-wide process. Rules should be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the business, while still achieving the EUs environmental objectives. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545005_en"}, {"id": 33545004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:29:58", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to raise the following requests regarding the implementation of the PPWR and EPR requirements: 1. Please exempt micro and small businesses from the Authorised Representative requirement, or provide a low-cost compliance option they can realistically afford 2. Harmonise PPWR/EPR registration across all EU Member States to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens. 3. Ensure the rules do not create barriers to the free movement of goods within the EU Single Market, particularly for small businesses trading across borders, as with the policy being presented right now the free movement is being heavily disrupted", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to raise the following requests regarding the implementation of the PPWR and EPR requirements: 1. Please exempt micro and small businesses from the Authorised Representative requirement, or provide a low-cost compliance option they can realistically afford 2. Harmonise PPWR/EPR registration across all EU Member States to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens. 3. Ensure the rules do not create barriers to the free movement of goods within the EU Single Market, particularly for small businesses trading across borders, as with the policy being presented right now the free movement is being heavily disrupted", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545004_en"}, {"id": 33545003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:27:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is unfair towards any smaller business because they would not be able to compete with big companies. We need small businesses and many people manage to make a living by selling their craft online internationally. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is unfair towards any smaller business because they would not be able to compete with big companies. We need small businesses and many people manage to make a living by selling their craft online internationally. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545003_en"}, {"id": 33545002, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:25:02", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a terrible desition, every small businesses and small creators cant possible pay a fee for every time they send to a EU country. A big company can mabey, but this will destroy all small creators that we love so much. Many will probably loose their main income, and cannot sell enough. I disagree strongly to this new package law And this should not go through, its understandable however with trying to come with new ideas to keep the waste we produce in check. But this is not it!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a terrible desition, every small businesses and small creators cant possible pay a fee for every time they send to a EU country. A big company can mabey, but this will destroy all small creators that we love so much. Many will probably loose their main income, and cannot sell enough. I disagree strongly to this new package law And this should not go through, its understandable however with trying to come with new ideas to keep the waste we produce in check. But this is not it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545002_en"}, {"id": 33545001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:24:42", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Madame la Députée, Monsieur le Député, Je vous contacte aujourdhui en tant que citoyenne et fervente passionnée d'art, dartisanat et de création indépendante européenne. Je souhaite vous alerter sur les conséquences dramatiques, injustes et disproportionnées de la nouvelle réglementation PPWR ainsi que de la multiplication des taxes de Responsabilité Élargie du Producteur (REP) sur les micro-entreprises de création. En tant que consommatrice, je suis directement touchée par cette situation. De plus en plus d'artisans et d'illustrateurs à travers l'Europe se voient contraints de fermer leurs livraisons vers d'autres pays de l'Union européenne. La cause ? Un empilement de démarches administratives insurmontables et de frais fixes absurdes (80 en France, 15 en Allemagne, 150 en Austria, obligation d'avoir un représentant légal local...) pour l'envoi d'un simple paquet. L'esprit même du marché unique européen est aujourd'hui brisé pour les citoyens qui souhaitent simplement soutenir des petits créateurs de pays voisins. Cette injustice réglementaire favorise les géants du e-commerce mondial au détriment du travail digne des indépendants et des artistes de notre continent. Nous soutenons pleinement la transition écologique et l'utilisation d'emballages éco-conçus. Cependant, l'écologie ne doit pas servir de prétexte pour étouffer financièrement l'artisanat local au seul profit des multinationales qui possèdent leurs propres services juridiques. C'est pourquoi, aux côtés de milliers de créateurs et de citoyens, je vous demande d'intervenir de toute urgence pour soutenir : 1. La mise en place d'un seuil d'exonération totale (en dessous d'un certain chiffre d'affaires, poids ou volume d'emballage) pour les emballages des micro-entreprises. 2. La création d'un guichet unique européen pour la REP, permettant une déclaration centralisée, simplifiée et une contribution strictement proportionnelle au chiffre d'affaires réel (sur le modèle existant de l'IOSS pour la TVA). En vous remerciant par avance pour l'attention et l'action immédiate que vous porterez à la détresse de nos artisans, qui font la richesse culturelle, humaine et économique de l'Europe. Veuillez agréer, Madame la Députée, Monsieur le Député, l'expression de ma haute considération. Alice NETTER Citoyenne européenne et amatrice d'art", "feedbackEnglish": "Honourable Member, I am contacting you today as a citizen and passionate fervent artist, craftsmanship and European independent creative artist. I would like to alert you to the dramatic, unfair and disproportionate consequences of the new PPWR rules and the multiplication of extended producer liability (EPR) taxes on creative micro-enterprises. As a consumer, I am directly affected by this situation. More and more craftsmen and illustrators across Europe are being forced to close their deliveries to other EU countries. The cause? A stack of insurmountable administrative procedures and absurd fixed costs (80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, obligation to have a local legal representative, etc.) for sending a simple package. The very spirit of the European single market is now broken for citizens who simply want to support small designers from neighbouring countries. This regulatory injustice favours the giants of global e-commerce at the expense of the decent work of freelancers and artists on our continent. We fully support the green transition and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology should not be used as a pretext to financially stifle local crafts for the sole benefit of multinationals with their own legal services. That is why, together with thousands of creators and citizens, I call on you to intervene urgently to support: 1. The introduction of a total exemption threshold (below a certain turnover, weight or volume of packaging) for micro enterprises’ packaging. 2. The creation of a European One-Stop-Shop for EPR, allowing for centralised, simplified reporting and a contribution strictly proportional to actual turnover (based on the existing IOSS model for VAT). Thank you in advance for your attention and immediate action to the plight of our craftsmen, who make Europe’s cultural, human and economic richness. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. Alice NETTER European citizen and art friend", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545001_en"}, {"id": 33545000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:24:37", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This decision is extremely detrimental to micro businesses across the EU. The additional administrative and financial burden is simply impossible for many small businesses with limited resources to manage. We fully understand and support the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging waste they place on the market. However, placing this level of responsibility and cost on micro businesses is disproportionate and unfair. We contribute only a tiny fraction of the overall packaging waste and, in many cases, small businesses make a conscious effort to reuse and recycle packaging wherever possible. Allowing each EU country to set its own requirements makes the situation even more difficult. A micro business may need to appoint an authorised representative in each individual country, register separately in multiple countries, pay different registration and reporting fees, and navigate different rules regarding minimum packaging quantities and exemptions. For a business shipping perhaps only 130 packages per year to a particular EU country, having to pay hundreds or even thousands of euros simply to comply with that countrys requirements is not financially viable. The inevitable result is that many micro businesses will stop selling across borders and restrict sales to their home country. This goes against the very idea of the EU Single Market and disproportionately benefits large corporations that have the resources and infrastructure to manage these requirements. At the same time, EU consumers will have fewer opportunities to support small, independent European businesses and may instead turn to large non-EU corporations such as Shein, Temu and Amazon. This seems completely counterproductive if the goal is to support a sustainable and thriving European economy. I have already seen hundreds of micro businesses within the EU restrict shipping to other EU countries, and some have even been forced to close altogether. I am personally affected as well: I have had to limit shipping to my own country, and I am genuinely concerned about what these regulations will mean for the future of my business. Micro businesses should absolutely take responsibility for their environmental impact, but the obligations need to be proportionate to the amount of packaging they actually place on the market. Without meaningful thresholds, simplified EU-wide registration, or exemptions for very small quantities, these rules risk pushing small European businesses out of the Single Market entirely.", "feedbackEnglish": "This decision is extremely detrimental to micro businesses across the EU. The additional administrative and financial burden is simply impossible for many small businesses with limited resources to manage. We fully understand and support the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging waste they place on the market. However, placing this level of responsibility and cost on micro businesses is disproportionate and unfair. We contribute only a tiny fraction of the overall packaging waste and, in many cases, small businesses make a conscious effort to reuse and recycle packaging wherever possible. Allowing each EU country to set its own requirements makes the situation even more difficult. A micro business may need to appoint an authorised representative in each individual country, register separately in multiple countries, pay different registration and reporting fees, and navigate different rules regarding minimum packaging quantities and exemptions. For a business shipping perhaps only 130 packages per year to a particular EU country, having to pay hundreds or even thousands of euros simply to comply with that countrys requirements is not financially viable. The inevitable result is that many micro businesses will stop selling across borders and restrict sales to their home country. This goes against the very idea of the EU Single Market and disproportionately benefits large corporations that have the resources and infrastructure to manage these requirements. At the same time, EU consumers will have fewer opportunities to support small, independent European businesses and may instead turn to large non-EU corporations such as Shein, Temu and Amazon. This seems completely counterproductive if the goal is to support a sustainable and thriving European economy. I have already seen hundreds of micro businesses within the EU restrict shipping to other EU countries, and some have even been forced to close altogether. I am personally affected as well: I have had to limit shipping to my own country, and I am genuinely concerned about what these regulations will mean for the future of my business. Micro businesses should absolutely take responsibility for their environmental impact, but the obligations need to be proportionate to the amount of packaging they actually place on the market. Without meaningful thresholds, simplified EU-wide registration, or exemptions for very small quantities, these rules risk pushing small European businesses out of the Single Market entirely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33545000_en"}, {"id": 33544999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:23:37", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The initiative needs to be adjusted for small business owners, that for instance they apply for a permit to sell their products but they dont need to have a representative in the EU. They would likely need to prove how much they sell every year to make this possible. However, this law should not punish small business owners who try to make living from something they enjoy and their passions. Thats just really unfair. I also want to receive the products from these small business owners. But if theyre unable to obtain right documentation for it, its really a pity because these business owners tend to be quite niche as well. Please update this initiative.", "feedbackEnglish": "The initiative needs to be adjusted for small business owners, that for instance they apply for a permit to sell their products but they dont need to have a representative in the EU. They would likely need to prove how much they sell every year to make this possible. However, this law should not punish small business owners who try to make living from something they enjoy and their passions. Thats just really unfair. I also want to receive the products from these small business owners. But if theyre unable to obtain right documentation for it, its really a pity because these business owners tend to be quite niche as well. Please update this initiative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544999_en"}, {"id": 33544998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:22:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am writing to you today as a passionate supporter of European independent art, craftsmanship, and small businesses. I am deeply concerned by the dramatic, unfair, and disproportionate consequences that the new PPWR regulation and the multiplication of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) taxes are having on micro-businesses and individual creators. As a customer, I am directly affected by this situation. More and more artisans across Europe are being forced to close their delivery borders to other EU countries because of insurmountable administrative hurdles and fixed financial fees (80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, local legal representatives, etc.) for shipping even a single package. The spirit of the European single market is being completely undermined for citizens who simply want to support local creators from neighboring countries. I fully support the ecological transition and eco-designed packaging. However, ecology should not serve as a pretext to financially suffocate small artisans to the sole benefit of industrial giants who have dedicated legal teams. This regulatory burden unfairly favors global e-commerce giants while crushing independent artisans and self-employed creators in Europe Therefore, as a European citizen, I urgently join the call of thousands of creators requesting: 1. The establishment of a total exemption threshold (below a certain packaging volume/weight or European turnover) for micro-businesses packaging. 2. The implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralized, simplified declaration proportional to actual turnover (similar to the IOSS model for VAT). Thank you for your immediate attention and action to preserve the cultural, human, and economic diversity of our continent. Yours sincerely, Alice Netter European Citizen & Art Supporter", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am writing to you today as a passionate supporter of European independent art, craftsmanship, and small businesses. I am deeply concerned by the dramatic, unfair, and disproportionate consequences that the new PPWR regulation and the multiplication of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) taxes are having on micro-businesses and individual creators. As a customer, I am directly affected by this situation. More and more artisans across Europe are being forced to close their delivery borders to other EU countries because of insurmountable administrative hurdles and fixed financial fees (80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, local legal representatives, etc.) for shipping even a single package. The spirit of the European single market is being completely undermined for citizens who simply want to support local creators from neighboring countries. I fully support the ecological transition and eco-designed packaging. However, ecology should not serve as a pretext to financially suffocate small artisans to the sole benefit of industrial giants who have dedicated legal teams. This regulatory burden unfairly favors global e-commerce giants while crushing independent artisans and self-employed creators in Europe Therefore, as a European citizen, I urgently join the call of thousands of creators requesting: 1. The establishment of a total exemption threshold (below a certain packaging volume/weight or European turnover) for micro-businesses packaging. 2. The implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralized, simplified declaration proportional to actual turnover (similar to the IOSS model for VAT). Thank you for your immediate attention and action to preserve the cultural, human, and economic diversity of our continent. Yours sincerely, Alice Netter European Citizen & Art Supporter", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544998_en"}, {"id": 33544997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:22:36", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner and EU citizen, the new PPWR legislation is deeply detrimental to micro-enterprises like mine. It is practically impossible for a 1- or 2-person company to register and pay annual compliance fees across 26 individual member states. Selecting only a few key markets is equally unrealistic, as small e-commerce businesses cannot predict where our next order will come from. While the environmental intentions behind this legislation are noble, the execution is severely flawed. Over-regulation like this stifles entrepreneurship and crushes the small-business spirit. If the EU wants to remain globally competitive, drowning micro-sellers in cross-border paperwork is not the answer.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner and EU citizen, the new PPWR legislation is deeply detrimental to micro-enterprises like mine. It is practically impossible for a 1- or 2-person company to register and pay annual compliance fees across 26 individual member states. Selecting only a few key markets is equally unrealistic, as small e-commerce businesses cannot predict where our next order will come from. While the environmental intentions behind this legislation are noble, the execution is severely flawed. Over-regulation like this stifles entrepreneurship and crushes the small-business spirit. If the EU wants to remain globally competitive, drowning micro-sellers in cross-border paperwork is not the answer.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544997_en"}, {"id": 33544996, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:21:17", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta normativa y todo lo que contiene es muy necesaria, pero la manera en la que se plantea pone en peligro a pequeños artesanos, artistas y micro y mini empresas, añadiendo más pagos y trabajo administrativo a personas que ya están muy sobrecargadas para sobrevivir y mantener sus pequeños negocios a flote. Centralizar este procedimiento desde una ventanilla única para empresas pequeñas (y no tenerlo que repetir para todos los países miembros) sería vital para mantener un coste asumible y que todos lo puedan cumplir.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation and everything it contains is much needed, but the way it is designed puts small craftsmen, artists and micro and mini-companies at risk, adding more payments and administrative work to people who are already heavily overburdened to survive and keep their small businesses afloat. Centralising this procedure from a one-stop-shop for small businesses (and not having to repeat it for all member countries) would be vital to maintain a manageable cost and enable everyone to comply with it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544996_en"}, {"id": 33544995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:20:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FAE Games", "feedback": "For small companies, this shouldn't result in a huge administrative burden. Other options: - The amount of packaging should be reported via OSS like VAT - Only have to be reported to the local OPR - Costs are included in the packaging like with electronic waste (verwijderingsbijdrage) - A fixed yearly fee is levied for small companies to ship across the EU that allows them to ship X kilos Small companies should be defined as < 10 employees or yearly revenue of < 2M euros, like what NL does. In addition, any waste below a certain threshold, e.g. 1 ton, should be exempt. In NL, 1 ton of carton (which I only use), costs 17 cents to recycle, so the administration compared to the actual costs is insane at this point.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small companies, this shouldn't result in a huge administrative burden. Other options: - The amount of packaging should be reported via OSS like VAT - Only have to be reported to the local OPR - Costs are included in the packaging like with electronic waste (verwijderingsbijdrage) - A fixed yearly fee is levied for small companies to ship across the EU that allows them to ship X kilos Small companies should be defined as < 10 employees or yearly revenue of < 2M euros, like what NL does. In addition, any waste below a certain threshold, e.g. 1 ton, should be exempt. In NL, 1 ton of carton (which I only use), costs 17 cents to recycle, so the administration compared to the actual costs is insane at this point.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544995_en"}, {"id": 33544994, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:19:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Phono-Fidelity", "feedback": "Ich bin kleiner Händler ohne Angestellte. Die Regelung kostet mich 40% meines Jahresumsatzes. Da die Anmeldung und der damit verbundene Aufwand in allen EU Ländern nicht Rentabel ist habe ich mich entschieden das ganze zu Priorisieren. Ich habe mein Unternehmen nur in den fünf Umsatzstärksten EU Ländern registriert. Das ist jetzt bereits mit allen Gebühren ein sehr bürokratischer und voll allem teurer Vorgang der sich auch nicht in jedem Land lohnt wenn man dorthin nur zehn Pakete im Jahr versendet. Das PPWR und die Pflicht zu den nationalen Bevollmächtigen sind der faktische Ausschluss von Kleinst- und Kleinbetrieben aus dem EU Binnenmarkt. Um auch mal für Kleingewerbe zu sprechen die sich ebenfalls Registrieren müssen! Die neue Regelung widerspricht dem Grundgedanken der EU: Die Vereinfachung des Binnenmarktes. Ich hoffe sehr hier wird nochmal nachgearbeitet und eine Regelung gefunden die es unter einem bestimmten Paketvolumen oder Umsatz erlaubt auf diese EPR Regelung zu verzichten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small trader without an employee. The scheme costs me 40 % of my annual turnover. As registration and the associated costs are not profitable in all EU countries, I have decided to prioritise the whole process. I have registered my company only in the five largest EU countries. This is already a very bureaucratic and all-inclusive process with all charges, which is not worthwhile in every country if only ten packages are sent there a year. The PPWR and the obligation to appoint national representatives are the de facto exclusion of micro and small enterprises from the EU internal market. To talk about small businesses too, who also need to register! The new rules run counter to the basic idea of the EU: The simplification of the internal market. I very much hope that this will be revisited and that a rule can be found which allows this EPR rule to be dispensed with under a certain parcel volume or turnover.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544994_en"}, {"id": 33544993, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:18:30", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I write to you as an everyday citizen and lover of small indie artists in both my country and across the European Union. I purchase many items and artwork from these small, often times one-person businesses, several times a year. These artists are often not full-time artists and juggle their business with a full-time job on the side, specifically because their businesses are too small to be self-sustaining. This measure only benefits big businesses and corporations because they can afford a couple hundred/couple thousand Euros per country per year, while the world continues being just as polluted as before. A dozen packages cannot compare to thousands and millions of packages. With costs in every facet of our society going up and shipping prices increasing at extreme rates, people like me are left with no choice but to stop purchasing from small businesses COMPLETELY and the owners of said businesses are left with even less financial independence and opportunities to pursue what brings them and others joy. I urge you to reconsider this measure as the downstream effects it would have not only on the financial success and freedom of these business owners, but also on how it would reflect in the purchasing power, upward social mobility, wealth disparity and monopolisation of business within the European Union as a whole. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "I write to you as an everyday citizen and lover of small indie artists in both my country and across the European Union. I purchase many items and artwork from these small, often times one-person businesses, several times a year. These artists are often not full-time artists and juggle their business with a full-time job on the side, specifically because their businesses are too small to be self-sustaining. This measure only benefits big businesses and corporations because they can afford a couple hundred/couple thousand Euros per country per year, while the world continues being just as polluted as before. A dozen packages cannot compare to thousands and millions of packages. With costs in every facet of our society going up and shipping prices increasing at extreme rates, people like me are left with no choice but to stop purchasing from small businesses COMPLETELY and the owners of said businesses are left with even less financial independence and opportunities to pursue what brings them and others joy. I urge you to reconsider this measure as the downstream effects it would have not only on the financial success and freedom of these business owners, but also on how it would reflect in the purchasing power, upward social mobility, wealth disparity and monopolisation of business within the European Union as a whole. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544993_en"}, {"id": 33544992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:18:16", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The administrative burden created by these rules is completely disproportionate and fundamentally at odds with the idea of an EU Single Market. A micro-business selling a handful of products across EU borders should not have to navigate separate national producer registers, reporting systems and administrative procedures simply because a cardboard box crosses an internal EU border. Even worse is the requirement for cross-border producers to appoint authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility in Member States where they sell. For small businesses, the compliance costs can be completely absurd relative to both their turnover and the tiny amount of packaging waste they generate. The EU is supposed to make cross-border trade between Member States easier. Instead, this framework risks turning the Single Market into 27 separate bureaucratic compliance regimes. Large corporations can employ compliance departments and pay intermediaries to deal with this. A one-person Etsy shop, small e-commerce business or occasional cross-border seller cannot. The predictable result is not meaningful environmental improvement, but small businesses simply refusing to sell to customers in other EU countries. This is particularly indefensible when the environmental impact of a micro-seller may be negligible. Regulation should be proportionate to actual packaging volumes and environmental impact, not impose effectively fixed compliance costs on everyone regardless of scale. The Commission should establish one EU-wide registration and reporting system, valid throughout the Single Market, with information exchanged between national authorities. Businesses should not have to repeatedly provide essentially the same information to different national administrations. There should also be a genuine EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and very small packaging volumes, including exemption from mandatory authorised representatives and disproportionate reporting obligations. A threshold that merely changes which forms a business has to submit is not a meaningful exemption. If the EU genuinely wants SMEs to participate in the Single Market, it cannot simultaneously create regulatory systems where selling a few products to customers across an internal EU border triggers compliance obligations that may cost more than the profit from those sales. Environmental regulation should target environmental impact. It should not create an entire compliance industry whose fixed costs disproportionately punish the smallest businesses. Simplify this radically: one EU register, one reporting mechanism, and meaningful exemptions for micro-sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "The administrative burden created by these rules is completely disproportionate and fundamentally at odds with the idea of an EU Single Market. A micro-business selling a handful of products across EU borders should not have to navigate separate national producer registers, reporting systems and administrative procedures simply because a cardboard box crosses an internal EU border. Even worse is the requirement for cross-border producers to appoint authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility in Member States where they sell. For small businesses, the compliance costs can be completely absurd relative to both their turnover and the tiny amount of packaging waste they generate. The EU is supposed to make cross-border trade between Member States easier. Instead, this framework risks turning the Single Market into 27 separate bureaucratic compliance regimes. Large corporations can employ compliance departments and pay intermediaries to deal with this. A one-person Etsy shop, small e-commerce business or occasional cross-border seller cannot. The predictable result is not meaningful environmental improvement, but small businesses simply refusing to sell to customers in other EU countries. This is particularly indefensible when the environmental impact of a micro-seller may be negligible. Regulation should be proportionate to actual packaging volumes and environmental impact, not impose effectively fixed compliance costs on everyone regardless of scale. The Commission should establish one EU-wide registration and reporting system, valid throughout the Single Market, with information exchanged between national authorities. Businesses should not have to repeatedly provide essentially the same information to different national administrations. There should also be a genuine EU-wide de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and very small packaging volumes, including exemption from mandatory authorised representatives and disproportionate reporting obligations. A threshold that merely changes which forms a business has to submit is not a meaningful exemption. If the EU genuinely wants SMEs to participate in the Single Market, it cannot simultaneously create regulatory systems where selling a few products to customers across an internal EU border triggers compliance obligations that may cost more than the profit from those sales. Environmental regulation should target environmental impact. It should not create an entire compliance industry whose fixed costs disproportionately punish the smallest businesses. Simplify this radically: one EU register, one reporting mechanism, and meaningful exemptions for micro-sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544992_en"}, {"id": 33544991, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:17:54", "country": "RUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent artist based in Spain and I am interested in making my work available as physical products. However, the existing tax and administrative burden already makes starting and maintaining a very small creative business difficult. The proposed requirements would create yet another barrier before such a business can even become economically viable. Requiring separate registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially authorised representatives across Member States would make cross-border sales economically irrational for people operating at my scale. A person selling a handful of prints, books, stickers or other handmade products cannot reasonably be subjected to a compliance system designed without meaningful distinction between an individual creator and a company with substantial turnover. If complying with the law costs more than the economic activity itself generates, the regulation does not encourage compliance it makes that activity impossible. This also affects me as a consumer. Independent artists and small businesses across Europe are already considering restricting or terminating sales to other Member States because they cannot afford the compliance costs. This means fewer European products available to European consumers and less trade between EU countries precisely the opposite of what the Single Market is supposed to achieve. Environmental responsibility is important, but shifting disproportionate administrative and financial costs onto the smallest participants in the economy is not a reasonable solution to packaging waste. The environmental impact of an independent artist sending a very small number of parcels cannot sensibly be treated in the same manner as mass commercial distribution. Microbusinesses and individual creators should either be exempt from these requirements below a reasonable turnover or packaging-volume threshold, or there must be a single, simple and affordable EU-wide registration and reporting system. The requirement for separate authorised representatives in individual Member States should not apply to microbusinesses. Please reconsider these rules before they make lawful cross-border trade practically inaccessible to the very people least able to absorb additional costs. Regulation should make responsible economic activity possible, not ensure that the easiest way for a small creator to comply with the law is simply not to trade at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent artist based in Spain and I am interested in making my work available as physical products. However, the existing tax and administrative burden already makes starting and maintaining a very small creative business difficult. The proposed requirements would create yet another barrier before such a business can even become economically viable. Requiring separate registrations, reporting obligations, fees and potentially authorised representatives across Member States would make cross-border sales economically irrational for people operating at my scale. A person selling a handful of prints, books, stickers or other handmade products cannot reasonably be subjected to a compliance system designed without meaningful distinction between an individual creator and a company with substantial turnover. If complying with the law costs more than the economic activity itself generates, the regulation does not encourage compliance it makes that activity impossible. This also affects me as a consumer. Independent artists and small businesses across Europe are already considering restricting or terminating sales to other Member States because they cannot afford the compliance costs. This means fewer European products available to European consumers and less trade between EU countries precisely the opposite of what the Single Market is supposed to achieve. Environmental responsibility is important, but shifting disproportionate administrative and financial costs onto the smallest participants in the economy is not a reasonable solution to packaging waste. The environmental impact of an independent artist sending a very small number of parcels cannot sensibly be treated in the same manner as mass commercial distribution. Microbusinesses and individual creators should either be exempt from these requirements below a reasonable turnover or packaging-volume threshold, or there must be a single, simple and affordable EU-wide registration and reporting system. The requirement for separate authorised representatives in individual Member States should not apply to microbusinesses. Please reconsider these rules before they make lawful cross-border trade practically inaccessible to the very people least able to absorb additional costs. Regulation should make responsible economic activity possible, not ensure that the easiest way for a small creator to comply with the law is simply not to trade at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544991_en"}, {"id": 33544990, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:15:45", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas tardes; Soy un consumidor habitual de pequeñas tiendas y artesanos. Viendo su nueva legislación considero que va a causar un impacto negativo para estos negocios que solo va a ayudar a las grandes corporaciones, muchas estadounidenses o asiáticas. Por eso quería solicitarles que haya tarifas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos (en cuanto a volumen de residuos generados) a tener en cuenta. Que haya procesos simplificados para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos. Que unifiquen el registro y no que haya 27 distintos, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios (sumando hablamos de miles de euros). Si no quieren acabar con el empleo de muchos europeos y con la necesidad de que los usuarios tengamos que comprar fuera de la UE, ruego que lo tengan en cuenta. Muchas gracias.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon; I am a regular consumer in small shops and craftsmen. Looking at their new legislation, I believe that it will have a negative impact on these businesses that will only help large corporations, many of which are American or Asian. That is why I wanted to ask them to have realistic minimum tariffs for very small shipping companies and minimum tariffs (in terms of volume of waste generated) to be taken into account. There should be simplified processes for microscopy and minimum volumes. To unify the register and not to have 27 different registers, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses (we talk about thousands of euros). If you do not want to put an end to the employment of many Europeans and the need for users to buy outside the EU, I would ask you to take this into account. Many thanks!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544990_en"}, {"id": 33544989, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:15:33", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation unfairly punishes small businesses. This initiative will cause all small businesses to either stop selling outside of their own country or pay thousands to be able to ship throughout the EU. This cost is not something small businesses can afford. This initiative should apply to large businesses who are actually causing harm (such as Amazon who create massive amounts of waste daily). Please consider excluding small and micro businesses from the AR rule. Consider having a minimum employee count so as to not penalize these businesses who have only a few employees. Please consider an option for small businesses to be able to potentially register for the PPWR and EPR in a way that they can register for all EU countries instead of a fee per country. Please consider that by making small businesses choose between spending thousands applying or refusing to sell outside their country this is making these businesses simply stop selling to other countries. This will impact the cross-country sale of goods and negatively impact all EU small and micro businesses. Selling throughout the EU is critical for small business owners in order to be able to support themselves and their families. This will cause them to decrease their overall spending, negatively impacting the economy of the EU as a whole. Please reconsider the application with small businesses in mind. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation unfairly punishes small businesses. This initiative will cause all small businesses to either stop selling outside of their own country or pay thousands to be able to ship throughout the EU. This cost is not something small businesses can afford. This initiative should apply to large businesses who are actually causing harm (such as Amazon who create massive amounts of waste daily). Please consider excluding small and micro businesses from the AR rule. Consider having a minimum employee count so as to not penalize these businesses who have only a few employees. Please consider an option for small businesses to be able to potentially register for the PPWR and EPR in a way that they can register for all EU countries instead of a fee per country. Please consider that by making small businesses choose between spending thousands applying or refusing to sell outside their country this is making these businesses simply stop selling to other countries. This will impact the cross-country sale of goods and negatively impact all EU small and micro businesses. Selling throughout the EU is critical for small business owners in order to be able to support themselves and their families. This will cause them to decrease their overall spending, negatively impacting the economy of the EU as a whole. Please reconsider the application with small businesses in mind. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544989_en"}, {"id": 33544988, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:11:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Independent artist ", "feedback": "I am a French independent artist and micro-business owner selling my own art prints and original paintings directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and I understand the principle that businesses should contribute to the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the new producer-responsibility requirements may create for very small businesses. I ship very small quantities of products, using simple cardboard envelopes, protective plastic sleeves and, when necessary, additional cardboard to protect fragile artworks during transport. The quantities of packaging involved are extremely small. Yet selling directly to customers in different Member States may require separate national registrations, reporting, participation in recycling systems and, in some cases, the appointment of local authorised representatives. Germany is particularly important in my case, as it is my main EU market. I understand that from 12 August 2026, businesses established outside Germany may have to appoint an authorised representative there for their packaging obligations. I have already found private providers charging around 180 or more per year for this service. For a micro-business sending only a small number of packages, such fixed costs can be completely disproportionate to the actual environmental cost of recycling the packaging. The issue is not that I am unwilling to contribute to recycling. I am willing to pay the actual costs associated with the packaging I use. The concern is the fixed administrative and representation costs imposed on very small businesses. This creates a difficult choice: either accept significant fixed costs for very small quantities, navigate different national systems across the EU, or stop selling to customers in certain Member States altogether. In my case, withdrawing from Germany would have a significant impact on my business. Moving my EU sales to a third-party platform is also not an equivalent solution, as such platforms can retain a large share of the artist's sale price. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: A genuinely simplified EU-wide system for micro-businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. EU-wide de minimis thresholds for packaging producer-responsibility obligations. A single EU-wide system allowing small businesses to comply without having to navigate separate national systems and representatives in every Member State. Measures ensuring that the PPWR does not unintentionally create disproportionate barriers to cross-border trade for European micro-businesses and individual creators. I am not asking for environmental obligations to disappear. I am asking for them to be proportionate to the quantities involved, affordable for micro-businesses, and genuinely harmonised across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a French independent artist and micro-business owner selling my own art prints and original paintings directly to customers across the EU. I fully support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and I understand the principle that businesses should contribute to the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, I am concerned about the disproportionate administrative and financial burden that the new producer-responsibility requirements may create for very small businesses. I ship very small quantities of products, using simple cardboard envelopes, protective plastic sleeves and, when necessary, additional cardboard to protect fragile artworks during transport. The quantities of packaging involved are extremely small. Yet selling directly to customers in different Member States may require separate national registrations, reporting, participation in recycling systems and, in some cases, the appointment of local authorised representatives. Germany is particularly important in my case, as it is my main EU market. I understand that from 12 August 2026, businesses established outside Germany may have to appoint an authorised representative there for their packaging obligations. I have already found private providers charging around 180 or more per year for this service. For a micro-business sending only a small number of packages, such fixed costs can be completely disproportionate to the actual environmental cost of recycling the packaging. The issue is not that I am unwilling to contribute to recycling. I am willing to pay the actual costs associated with the packaging I use. The concern is the fixed administrative and representation costs imposed on very small businesses. This creates a difficult choice: either accept significant fixed costs for very small quantities, navigate different national systems across the EU, or stop selling to customers in certain Member States altogether. In my case, withdrawing from Germany would have a significant impact on my business. Moving my EU sales to a third-party platform is also not an equivalent solution, as such platforms can retain a large share of the artist's sale price. I therefore ask the European Commission to consider: A genuinely simplified EU-wide system for micro-businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. EU-wide de minimis thresholds for packaging producer-responsibility obligations. A single EU-wide system allowing small businesses to comply without having to navigate separate national systems and representatives in every Member State. Measures ensuring that the PPWR does not unintentionally create disproportionate barriers to cross-border trade for European micro-businesses and individual creators. I am not asking for environmental obligations to disappear. I am asking for them to be proportionate to the quantities involved, affordable for micro-businesses, and genuinely harmonised across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544988_en"}, {"id": 33544987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:10:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einfach Digital GmbH", "feedback": "Kleine Unternehmen und Kleinstbetriebe müssen zwingend durch eine Bagatellgrenze von der länderweisen Registrierungspflicht ausgenommen werden. Der aktuelle Entwurf schafft massive, selbstgemachte strukturelle Nachteile, die dem Grundgedanken der Europäischen Union völlig widersprechen: Anstatt den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu stärken, baut die EU hier unsinnige innereuropäische Handelsbarrieren auf. Der Zwang zur separaten Registrierung und zur Benennung lokaler Vertreter in jedem einzelnen der 27 Mitgliedsstaaten macht den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen bürokratisch und finanziell schlichtweg unmöglich. Es ist paradox und wirtschaftsschädigend, dass kleine europäische Unternehmen durch EU-eigene Regularien systematisch vom gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Dieser strukturelle Nachteil nutzt niemandem, sondern zerstört lediglich funktionierende Geschäftsmodelle. Anstelle von 27 nationalen Insellösungen bedarf es einer europaweiten Befreiung für Kleinunternehmen oder einer zentralen Plattform nach dem Vorbild des One-Stop-Shop-Verfahrens (OSS).", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses and micro-enterprises must be exempted from the country-by-country registration requirement by means of a de minimis threshold. The current draft creates massive, self-inflicted structural disadvantages which completely contradict the basic idea of the European Union: Instead of strengthening the European single market, the EU is building nonsensical intra-European trade barriers. The obligation to register separately and appoint local representatives in each of the 27 Member States makes cross-border trade simply impossible for small businesses from a bureaucratic and financial point of view. It is paradoxical and damaging to the economy that small European companies are systematically excluded from the single market by EU rules. This structural disadvantage does not benefit anyone, but only destroys functioning business models. Instead of 27 national one-size-fits-all solutions, there is a need for a Europe-wide exemption for small businesses or a central platform modelled on the One-Stop Shop (OSS) procedure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544987_en"}, {"id": 33544986, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:09:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am what in German is called a 'Solo-Selbständige'. That means, I run my business alone. I am a trained goldsmith and an artist. Up until now, I was able to sell my paintings, art and jewelry throughout the EU. Now I am supposed to not only license packaging in Germany, which is expensive enough, but now also in 27 other countries. That would cost me an average of 8.100 Euros, just on the slim chance that someone in, say, Belgium, decides to buy one pair of earrings for 50 Euros from me. That just isn't feasible for a company that makes less than 10k Euro a year. So now I can only sell in Germany, as a small business, and am excluded from selling to the other 26 countries of our Union. Not only that, but all the other 'wonderful' new regulations like the GPSR are easily done for large companies. But for solo artists and craftspeople like me, it's not doable. A risk analysis for a small pair of earrings that I've just crafted in my workshop? Or for a painting that I've just finished? How do you expect me to do that? And then this idea of having a representative in every country that I want to ship to... HOW? You are totally ignoring, that there are THOUSANDS, if not hundreds of thousands of tiny, tiny, one-person businesses in the EU, who also contribute to the overall GPD of the EU, but who don't have either the money, or the manpower to comply with all the regulations that are geared towards huge businesses like TEMU and Amazon. *Those* companies don't care. They have the money to handle this. We don't. And yet we add at least as much value to the EU (because, contrary to Amazon or TEMU, *we pay our taxes*) as those mega-corporations. So please consider making exeptions for companies earning less than 50-100k per year. AND... consolidate things like the package licensing into *ONE* agency, that one can license with, and then is cleared for the whole EU, instead of 27 different ones. That's not really in the spirit of free trade within the EU. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am what in German is called a 'Solo-Selbständige'. That means, I run my business alone. I am a trained goldsmith and an artist. Up until now, I was able to sell my paintings, art and jewelry throughout the EU. Now I am supposed to not only license packaging in Germany, which is expensive enough, but now also in 27 other countries. That would cost me an average of 8.100 Euros, just on the slim chance that someone in, say, Belgium, decides to buy one pair of earrings for 50 Euros from me. That just isn't feasible for a company that makes less than 10k Euro a year. So now I can only sell in Germany, as a small business, and am excluded from selling to the other 26 countries of our Union. Not only that, but all the other 'wonderful' new regulations like the GPSR are easily done for large companies. But for solo artists and craftspeople like me, it's not doable. A risk analysis for a small pair of earrings that I've just crafted in my workshop? Or for a painting that I've just finished? How do you expect me to do that? And then this idea of having a representative in every country that I want to ship to... HOW? You are totally ignoring, that there are THOUSANDS, if not hundreds of thousands of tiny, tiny, one-person businesses in the EU, who also contribute to the overall GPD of the EU, but who don't have either the money, or the manpower to comply with all the regulations that are geared towards huge businesses like TEMU and Amazon. *Those* companies don't care. They have the money to handle this. We don't. And yet we add at least as much value to the EU (because, contrary to Amazon or TEMU, *we pay our taxes*) as those mega-corporations. So please consider making exeptions for companies earning less than 50-100k per year. AND... consolidate things like the package licensing into *ONE* agency, that one can license with, and then is cleared for the whole EU, instead of 27 different ones. That's not really in the spirit of free trade within the EU. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544986_en"}, {"id": 33544985, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:07:54", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Opg Davor Cetina ", "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of a very small plant nursery and producer in Croatia. Our business is a micro-enterprise with only two people, producing plants ourselves and selling them directly to customers, including a very small number of customers in other EU Member States. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the need to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and ensure that producers take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I strongly oppose an implementation approach that places disproportionate administrative and financial obligations on micro-enterprises engaged in very small-scale cross-border trade. For a small producer such as ourselves, selling a few orders to customers in another EU Member State is fundamentally different from operating a large-scale e-commerce business that places thousands or millions of packaged products on foreign markets. Nevertheless, the regulatory framework risks treating these two situations in essentially the same way. This creates a serious practical problem. Small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in other EU Member States. We do not have dedicated compliance departments, legal departments or administrative staff. Our business is operated by two people who are directly involved in production, propagation, cultivation, packaging, sales, customer communication and shipping. If every occasional cross-border sale requires additional registrations, reporting, representation and compliance procedures in individual Member States, the administrative burden can easily become greater than the economic value of the sale itself. This is particularly problematic for specialised nurseries and other small producers. We may have only a handful of orders from another Member State during an entire year. Requiring a micro-enterprise to enter and maintain separate national packaging compliance systems for such occasional transactions is not proportionate to the environmental benefit achieved. There is, however, an even more serious unintended consequence. The same rules can affect our ability to obtain the materials we need to operate our business. Our nursery also needs to purchase various inputs and materials from suppliers in other EU Member States. These materials inevitably arrive in packaging. If cross-border suppliers have to deal with additional producer-responsibility obligations, registrations or compliance requirements merely because they supply a small business in another Member State, many small suppliers will simply decide that shipping to certain countries is no longer commercially worthwhile. For a large company, this may be a manageable compliance issue. For a small specialist producer, it can mean that essential horticultural materials, propagation materials, pots, growing supplies, equipment and other inputs are no longer available to us from suppliers in other EU countries. In other words, the legislation risks creating a barrier not only to our exports, but also to our imports of essential business inputs. This is directly contrary to one of the fundamental objectives of the Regulation itself: ensuring the efficient functioning of the internal market and avoiding obstacles to trade and distortions or restrictions of competition within the Union. The PPWR explicitly states that harmonisation is intended to improve the functioning of the internal market. A regulatory system that makes a Croatian micro-enterprise unable or unwilling to sell a small number of products to customers in another Member State, while simultaneously making suppliers in other Member States reluctant to supply that micro-enterprise, risks producing exactly the opposite result. It would fragment the internal market rather than strengthen it. The impact on micro-enterprises must be taken seriously The European Union repeatedly recognises the importance of the Think Small First principle and the need for proportionality whe", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of a very small plant nursery and producer in Croatia. Our business is a micro-enterprise with only two people, producing plants ourselves and selling them directly to customers, including a very small number of customers in other EU Member States. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the need to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and ensure that producers take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, I strongly oppose an implementation approach that places disproportionate administrative and financial obligations on micro-enterprises engaged in very small-scale cross-border trade. For a small producer such as ourselves, selling a few orders to customers in another EU Member State is fundamentally different from operating a large-scale e-commerce business that places thousands or millions of packaged products on foreign markets. Nevertheless, the regulatory framework risks treating these two situations in essentially the same way. This creates a serious practical problem. Small businesses may simply stop selling to customers in other EU Member States. We do not have dedicated compliance departments, legal departments or administrative staff. Our business is operated by two people who are directly involved in production, propagation, cultivation, packaging, sales, customer communication and shipping. If every occasional cross-border sale requires additional registrations, reporting, representation and compliance procedures in individual Member States, the administrative burden can easily become greater than the economic value of the sale itself. This is particularly problematic for specialised nurseries and other small producers. We may have only a handful of orders from another Member State during an entire year. Requiring a micro-enterprise to enter and maintain separate national packaging compliance systems for such occasional transactions is not proportionate to the environmental benefit achieved. There is, however, an even more serious unintended consequence. The same rules can affect our ability to obtain the materials we need to operate our business. Our nursery also needs to purchase various inputs and materials from suppliers in other EU Member States. These materials inevitably arrive in packaging. If cross-border suppliers have to deal with additional producer-responsibility obligations, registrations or compliance requirements merely because they supply a small business in another Member State, many small suppliers will simply decide that shipping to certain countries is no longer commercially worthwhile. For a large company, this may be a manageable compliance issue. For a small specialist producer, it can mean that essential horticultural materials, propagation materials, pots, growing supplies, equipment and other inputs are no longer available to us from suppliers in other EU countries. In other words, the legislation risks creating a barrier not only to our exports, but also to our imports of essential business inputs. This is directly contrary to one of the fundamental objectives of the Regulation itself: ensuring the efficient functioning of the internal market and avoiding obstacles to trade and distortions or restrictions of competition within the Union. The PPWR explicitly states that harmonisation is intended to improve the functioning of the internal market. A regulatory system that makes a Croatian micro-enterprise unable or unwilling to sell a small number of products to customers in another Member State, while simultaneously making suppliers in other Member States reluctant to supply that micro-enterprise, risks producing exactly the opposite result. It would fragment the internal market rather than strengthen it. The impact on micro-enterprises must be taken seriously The European Union repeatedly recognises the importance of the Think Small First principle and the need for proportionality whe", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544985_en"}, {"id": 33544984, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:07:12", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This decision is absolutely detrimental to any micro business in the EU. The additional administration and financial burden is impossible to keep up with as a small business with limited resources. As much as we understand and agree with businesses having to take responsibility for the waste they put on the market, putting this much responsibility on micro businesses is unfair. We only contribute a very small fraction of the waste, and reuse and recycle more packaging than any other business. With allowing every country to decide whether an authorised representative is required (which in itself is already a huge upfront cost if you have to get an AR in every single EU country), registration is necessary (and how much this costs), if there is a minimum amount of packaging before you have to pay any fees,... . Micro businesses having to pay hundreds to thousands for a few countries, while only shipping a couple (1-30) packages per year is not financially viable for any business, and will drive all micro businesses to only sell within their own country. This makes the single market in the EU pointless and only benefits large corporations. While the whole economy is driven by EU businesses, selling within the EU is no longer possible for many. EU citizens on their turn will only buy from other large non-EU corporations like shein, temu and amazon, instead of shopping with local EU businesses. I have already seen hundreds of micro businesses within the EU limit their shipping to EU countries, or even go as far as closing down. I myself am also affected, have limited shipping to only within my own country and am afraid for the future of my business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This decision is absolutely detrimental to any micro business in the EU. The additional administration and financial burden is impossible to keep up with as a small business with limited resources. As much as we understand and agree with businesses having to take responsibility for the waste they put on the market, putting this much responsibility on micro businesses is unfair. We only contribute a very small fraction of the waste, and reuse and recycle more packaging than any other business. With allowing every country to decide whether an authorised representative is required (which in itself is already a huge upfront cost if you have to get an AR in every single EU country), registration is necessary (and how much this costs), if there is a minimum amount of packaging before you have to pay any fees,... . Micro businesses having to pay hundreds to thousands for a few countries, while only shipping a couple (1-30) packages per year is not financially viable for any business, and will drive all micro businesses to only sell within their own country. This makes the single market in the EU pointless and only benefits large corporations. While the whole economy is driven by EU businesses, selling within the EU is no longer possible for many. EU citizens on their turn will only buy from other large non-EU corporations like shein, temu and amazon, instead of shopping with local EU businesses. I have already seen hundreds of micro businesses within the EU limit their shipping to EU countries, or even go as far as closing down. I myself am also affected, have limited shipping to only within my own country and am afraid for the future of my business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544984_en"}, {"id": 33544983, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:06:48", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Disproportionate burden on small businesses and a serious threat to the EU Single Market As a small business operating within the European Union, I am extremely concerned about the practical implementation of the new packaging and packaging waste requirements. The current rules and instructions are far too complicated and unclear for small businesses to understand and implement with legal certainty. It is extremely difficult to determine exactly where a company must register, what information must be reported, how often reporting is required, what fees apply, and which obligations apply when selling relatively small quantities to customers in another EU Member State. For a large multinational company with dedicated legal, compliance and environmental departments, registering and reporting in multiple countries may simply be another administrative task. For a micro or small business, however, this can become an enormous financial and administrative burden. A small online business should not need consultants, lawyers, separate registrations, contracts and reporting procedures in multiple Member States simply because a few customers from those countries purchase its products. This goes directly against the idea of the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Disproportionate burden on small businesses and a serious threat to the EU Single Market As a small business operating within the European Union, I am extremely concerned about the practical implementation of the new packaging and packaging waste requirements. The current rules and instructions are far too complicated and unclear for small businesses to understand and implement with legal certainty. It is extremely difficult to determine exactly where a company must register, what information must be reported, how often reporting is required, what fees apply, and which obligations apply when selling relatively small quantities to customers in another EU Member State. For a large multinational company with dedicated legal, compliance and environmental departments, registering and reporting in multiple countries may simply be another administrative task. For a micro or small business, however, this can become an enormous financial and administrative burden. A small online business should not need consultants, lawyers, separate registrations, contracts and reporting procedures in multiple Member States simply because a few customers from those countries purchase its products. This goes directly against the idea of the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544983_en"}, {"id": 33544982, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:06:43", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This measure will greatly impact on one hand small businesses, who will not be able to afford paying the tax + a representative in each state, on the other hand customers in smaller country. In the Balkans for example, the small revenue for these micro businesses will not cover the costs, leading them to pull their products from our countries. That will result in us no longer being able to buy them, which will only help platforms such as Shein or Temu. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. This way, us small countries can keep receiving goods from outside our countries and small sellers can still afford to ship them. The waste issue will still be addressed, but in a more organized way that helps businesses thrive.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure will greatly impact on one hand small businesses, who will not be able to afford paying the tax + a representative in each state, on the other hand customers in smaller country. In the Balkans for example, the small revenue for these micro businesses will not cover the costs, leading them to pull their products from our countries. That will result in us no longer being able to buy them, which will only help platforms such as Shein or Temu. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. This way, us small countries can keep receiving goods from outside our countries and small sellers can still afford to ship them. The waste issue will still be addressed, but in a more organized way that helps businesses thrive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544982_en"}, {"id": 33544981, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:05:58", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a solo, one-person creative business based in the Czech Republic, I want to register my concern about the practical burden the PPWR places on micro-enterprises and independent makers like myself. The size of the business does not match the size of the compliance burden. I am not a manufacturer with a compliance department. I am one person designing, making, packing, and shipping products myself. The PPWRs core obligations declarations of conformity, technical documentation, and above all per-country EPR registration assume an operational capacity that simply does not exist at this scale. The micro-enterprise provision helps only in the narrow case where a packaging supplier happens to be established in the same member state; it offers no relief for the registration burden itself once a maker sells even a single item across a border. Per-country EPR registration is disproportionate for cross-border micro-sellers. A regulation intended to harmonise packaging rules across the EU in practice recreates 27 separate national registration systems, each with its own fees, formats, and Producer Responsibility Organisation. For a large company this is a line item. For an independent creative business selling a handful of items into another member state, it can mean registration costs and administrative overhead that exceed the profit on those sales entirely a de facto barrier to the single market for the smallest sellers, not the largest. This risks pushing small European makers out of cross-border trade altogether, at exactly the moment platforms are being required to enforce registration status before allowing a listing to go live. The practical effect for someone in my position is not comply, its stop selling to that country. That seems like an outcome at odds with the EUs own stated goal of supporting small business and innovation.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a solo, one-person creative business based in the Czech Republic, I want to register my concern about the practical burden the PPWR places on micro-enterprises and independent makers like myself. The size of the business does not match the size of the compliance burden. I am not a manufacturer with a compliance department. I am one person designing, making, packing, and shipping products myself. The PPWRs core obligations declarations of conformity, technical documentation, and above all per-country EPR registration assume an operational capacity that simply does not exist at this scale. The micro-enterprise provision helps only in the narrow case where a packaging supplier happens to be established in the same member state; it offers no relief for the registration burden itself once a maker sells even a single item across a border. Per-country EPR registration is disproportionate for cross-border micro-sellers. A regulation intended to harmonise packaging rules across the EU in practice recreates 27 separate national registration systems, each with its own fees, formats, and Producer Responsibility Organisation. For a large company this is a line item. For an independent creative business selling a handful of items into another member state, it can mean registration costs and administrative overhead that exceed the profit on those sales entirely a de facto barrier to the single market for the smallest sellers, not the largest. This risks pushing small European makers out of cross-border trade altogether, at exactly the moment platforms are being required to enforce registration status before allowing a listing to go live. The practical effect for someone in my position is not comply, its stop selling to that country. That seems like an outcome at odds with the EUs own stated goal of supporting small business and innovation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544981_en"}, {"id": 33544980, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 23:02:21", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a EU citizen that after buys good online from small businesses ,I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all of them that have an EU audience like me. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt them from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt them from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue they cannot afford to hire someone to do this for them, so they have to do it themselves within the time that they already lack of. 3) The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a EU citizen that after buys good online from small businesses ,I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all of them that have an EU audience like me. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt them from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt them from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue they cannot afford to hire someone to do this for them, so they have to do it themselves within the time that they already lack of. 3) The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544980_en"}, {"id": 33544979, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:59:08", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current way these requirements are being implemented creates a disproportionately heavy burden for micro-enterprises and individual producers. This is particularly damaging to artists, designers, craftspeople and other creative professionals who produce small batches or unique products and sell them in very limited quantities. For such a business, sending a few orders per month to other EU countries is simply not the scale of activity for which it is reasonable to impose complex registration, reporting and cross-border obligations. In practice, the cost of compliance, the administrative complexity and the need to navigate different national systems may become greater than the economic value of the sales themselves. As a result, a micro-entrepreneur is faced with a choice: either stop selling around the EU or close their small business altogether. At the same time, large companies can distribute these costs across thousands or millions of products and have accountants, lawyers and compliance specialists. For an individual artist or a small studio, the same requirements can become an insurmountable barrier to accessing the European market. This contradicts the very idea of a fair and sustainable European market. Environmental regulation should not effectively eliminate micro-businesses, cultural production and creative entrepreneurship simply because their scale is too small to support a separate legal and administrative department. There is an urgent need for a genuinely workable regime for micro-enterprises: significantly simplified registration and reporting, a single EU-wide mechanism instead of multiple national procedures, reasonable thresholds and exemptions for businesses with very small volumes of packaging, and an affordable alternative to costly cross-border representatives. Otherwise, the result of this reform will not only be a reduction in packaging waste, but also a reduction in the number of small European producers, artists and designers who currently contribute enormously to Europes cultural and economic diversity.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current way these requirements are being implemented creates a disproportionately heavy burden for micro-enterprises and individual producers. This is particularly damaging to artists, designers, craftspeople and other creative professionals who produce small batches or unique products and sell them in very limited quantities. For such a business, sending a few orders per month to other EU countries is simply not the scale of activity for which it is reasonable to impose complex registration, reporting and cross-border obligations. In practice, the cost of compliance, the administrative complexity and the need to navigate different national systems may become greater than the economic value of the sales themselves. As a result, a micro-entrepreneur is faced with a choice: either stop selling around the EU or close their small business altogether. At the same time, large companies can distribute these costs across thousands or millions of products and have accountants, lawyers and compliance specialists. For an individual artist or a small studio, the same requirements can become an insurmountable barrier to accessing the European market. This contradicts the very idea of a fair and sustainable European market. Environmental regulation should not effectively eliminate micro-businesses, cultural production and creative entrepreneurship simply because their scale is too small to support a separate legal and administrative department. There is an urgent need for a genuinely workable regime for micro-enterprises: significantly simplified registration and reporting, a single EU-wide mechanism instead of multiple national procedures, reasonable thresholds and exemptions for businesses with very small volumes of packaging, and an affordable alternative to costly cross-border representatives. Otherwise, the result of this reform will not only be a reduction in packaging waste, but also a reduction in the number of small European producers, artists and designers who currently contribute enormously to Europes cultural and economic diversity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544979_en"}, {"id": 33544978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:58:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "La Lunare studio ", "feedback": "I am a micro business based in the Netherlands. Ill have to shut down my business if I have to comply to the ERP registration fees for each EU country I sometimes ship to. It will cost me hunderds of euros per country, while I probably max ship 10 packages per country.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business based in the Netherlands. Ill have to shut down my business if I have to comply to the ERP registration fees for each EU country I sometimes ship to. It will cost me hunderds of euros per country, while I probably max ship 10 packages per country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544978_en"}, {"id": 33544977, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:54:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Opposition Statement to the Draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) / on Packaging and Packaging Waste Reporting Formats Subject: Formal objection to the draft Implementing Regulation establishing formats for producer registration and reporting under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 The draft Implementing Regulation intended to harmonise producer registration and reporting formats under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 will, in its current form, disproportionately harm small and microenterprises, increase administrative burdens, and discourage crossborder business activity within the Single Market. Instead of simplifying compliance, the proposed formats introduce complex, highly granular, and resourceintensive reporting obligations that many smaller companies cannot realistically fulfil. This contradicts the EUs stated goals of: - reducing administrative burden, - supporting SMEs, - strengthening the Single Market, - and enabling frictionless crossborder trade. If adopted unchanged, this Regulation will force thousands of small producers, artisans, online sellers, and niche manufacturers to withdraw from EU markets, limiting consumer choice and undermining the competitiveness of the Union. Key Concerns 1. Disproportionate Burden on Small Producers The Regulation requires extremely detailed reporting, including: the weight of all constituent materials of each separate component of a packaging unit (Article 2(3)) information based on the technical documentation established in accordance with Annex VII (Article 2(4)) This level of granularity is feasible for large corporations with dedicated compliance departments, but unrealistic for small businesses, especially those producing limited product lines or handmade goods. Even producers below 10 tonnes/year (Annex II Part B) must provide multimaterial breakdowns and componentlevel reporting. This is far beyond what SMEs can reasonably deliver. 2. Forced Duplication of Reporting Across Multiple Systems Article 1(2) requires separate registration and reporting for each waste management system (household, commercial, industrial). This means: - multiple registrations, - multiple data submissions, - multiple certificates, - multiple compliance checks. For small producers, this multiplies administrative workload without any proven environmental benefit. 3. Contradiction of the EUs Own SME and Single Market Principles The Commission repeatedly states that the purpose is to: reduce the administrative burden preventing the proliferation of divergent formats (Recital 1) However, the draft Regulation creates a new, extremely complex, centralised burden that is heavier than most existing national systems. This contradicts: - the SME Relief Package (2023), - the Single Market Enforcement Action Plan, - the Better Regulation Agenda, and the EUs commitment to proportionality under Article 5 TEU. 4. Risk of Market Withdrawal and Reduced Competition Thousands of small companiesespecially those selling into the EU from other Member Stateswill be forced to: - stop selling packaged goods in certain Member States, - reduce product lines, or withdraw from the EU market entirely. This is especially true for: - microbrands, - craft producers, - niche manufacturers, - online sellers, - and crossborder SMEs. This outcome cannot be in the interest of the European Union, as it: - reduces competition, - increases consumer prices, - limits innovation, - and weakens the Single Market. 5. Overreliance on Digital Product Passports Recital 10 suggests that Digital Product Passports (DPPs) will ease reporting. However: - DPPs are not yet widely implemented, - SMEs lack the infrastructure to generate them, - and many products will never fall under DPP requirements. This creates a twotier market where large corporations benefit from automation while SMEs face manual reporting and will be excluded from the EU Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opposition Statement to the Draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) / on Packaging and Packaging Waste Reporting Formats Subject: Formal objection to the draft Implementing Regulation establishing formats for producer registration and reporting under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 The draft Implementing Regulation intended to harmonise producer registration and reporting formats under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 will, in its current form, disproportionately harm small and microenterprises, increase administrative burdens, and discourage crossborder business activity within the Single Market. Instead of simplifying compliance, the proposed formats introduce complex, highly granular, and resourceintensive reporting obligations that many smaller companies cannot realistically fulfil. This contradicts the EUs stated goals of: - reducing administrative burden, - supporting SMEs, - strengthening the Single Market, - and enabling frictionless crossborder trade. If adopted unchanged, this Regulation will force thousands of small producers, artisans, online sellers, and niche manufacturers to withdraw from EU markets, limiting consumer choice and undermining the competitiveness of the Union. Key Concerns 1. Disproportionate Burden on Small Producers The Regulation requires extremely detailed reporting, including: the weight of all constituent materials of each separate component of a packaging unit (Article 2(3)) information based on the technical documentation established in accordance with Annex VII (Article 2(4)) This level of granularity is feasible for large corporations with dedicated compliance departments, but unrealistic for small businesses, especially those producing limited product lines or handmade goods. Even producers below 10 tonnes/year (Annex II Part B) must provide multimaterial breakdowns and componentlevel reporting. This is far beyond what SMEs can reasonably deliver. 2. Forced Duplication of Reporting Across Multiple Systems Article 1(2) requires separate registration and reporting for each waste management system (household, commercial, industrial). This means: - multiple registrations, - multiple data submissions, - multiple certificates, - multiple compliance checks. For small producers, this multiplies administrative workload without any proven environmental benefit. 3. Contradiction of the EUs Own SME and Single Market Principles The Commission repeatedly states that the purpose is to: reduce the administrative burden preventing the proliferation of divergent formats (Recital 1) However, the draft Regulation creates a new, extremely complex, centralised burden that is heavier than most existing national systems. This contradicts: - the SME Relief Package (2023), - the Single Market Enforcement Action Plan, - the Better Regulation Agenda, and the EUs commitment to proportionality under Article 5 TEU. 4. Risk of Market Withdrawal and Reduced Competition Thousands of small companiesespecially those selling into the EU from other Member Stateswill be forced to: - stop selling packaged goods in certain Member States, - reduce product lines, or withdraw from the EU market entirely. This is especially true for: - microbrands, - craft producers, - niche manufacturers, - online sellers, - and crossborder SMEs. This outcome cannot be in the interest of the European Union, as it: - reduces competition, - increases consumer prices, - limits innovation, - and weakens the Single Market. 5. Overreliance on Digital Product Passports Recital 10 suggests that Digital Product Passports (DPPs) will ease reporting. However: - DPPs are not yet widely implemented, - SMEs lack the infrastructure to generate them, - and many products will never fall under DPP requirements. This creates a twotier market where large corporations benefit from automation while SMEs face manual reporting and will be excluded from the EU Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544977_en"}, {"id": 33544976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:54:04", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a horrible idea. It's going to hurt many small/micro businesses who already struggle financially. Instead of helping, you're actively going against them. If the law would atleast alternate to exclude said businesses, it would be the step in the right direction, but as of now it's difficult to support this new law. I sincerely hope you'll reconsider your decision.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a horrible idea. It's going to hurt many small/micro businesses who already struggle financially. Instead of helping, you're actively going against them. If the law would atleast alternate to exclude said businesses, it would be the step in the right direction, but as of now it's difficult to support this new law. I sincerely hope you'll reconsider your decision.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544976_en"}, {"id": 33544975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:53:49", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is excellent to look into the environmental impact of packages and reduce its impacts. But this new law does not consider the best for the public. It would create significant impact on small businesses to be able to sell from or to the EU, resulting in some closing entirely. This while the big corporations barely get affected. The costs related to being able to sell items in line with the proposed law are not sustainable for us. There needs to be corrections to the current proposed law that would allow for small businesses to persist with these proposed changes. Otherwise, this rule will influence the wrong people. People who dont waste as much as these big corporations, and yet are the ones who will have to close business.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is excellent to look into the environmental impact of packages and reduce its impacts. But this new law does not consider the best for the public. It would create significant impact on small businesses to be able to sell from or to the EU, resulting in some closing entirely. This while the big corporations barely get affected. The costs related to being able to sell items in line with the proposed law are not sustainable for us. There needs to be corrections to the current proposed law that would allow for small businesses to persist with these proposed changes. Otherwise, this rule will influence the wrong people. People who dont waste as much as these big corporations, and yet are the ones who will have to close business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544975_en"}, {"id": 33544974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:53:04", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "PUBLIC_AUTHORITY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "España", "feedback": "Con esta decisión que ustedes pretenden implementar a nivel europeo, acabarán por destrozar los pequeños negocios de miles de artistas que buscan una vida digna a través de su arte. Por favor, deben desistir", "feedbackEnglish": "With this decision that you intend to implement at European level, you will end up destroying the small businesses of thousands of artists seeking a decent life through their art. Please withdraw", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544974_en"}, {"id": 33544973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:52:44", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Note and Nib", "feedback": "I run a small online stationery business in Ireland. I fully support the aim of reducing packaging waste, but the requirement to register and pay packaging compliance fees separately in every EU country I sell to is completely disproportionate for a microbusiness. Because of these costs and the administrative burden, I have had to stop offering delivery to customers in other EU countries. Selling and shipping within the EU should be straightforward, but these rules are making cross-border trade impossible for small businesses while larger companies can absorb the costs. The EU should introduce one central registration and reporting system for all Member States, together with a realistic exemption or minimum threshold for microbusinesses that place only very small amounts of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system must be proportionate and financially workable for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small online stationery business in Ireland. I fully support the aim of reducing packaging waste, but the requirement to register and pay packaging compliance fees separately in every EU country I sell to is completely disproportionate for a microbusiness. Because of these costs and the administrative burden, I have had to stop offering delivery to customers in other EU countries. Selling and shipping within the EU should be straightforward, but these rules are making cross-border trade impossible for small businesses while larger companies can absorb the costs. The EU should introduce one central registration and reporting system for all Member States, together with a realistic exemption or minimum threshold for microbusinesses that place only very small amounts of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility is important, but the system must be proportionate and financially workable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544973_en"}, {"id": 33544972, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:52:32", "country": "RUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exempt small and micro businesses from the A.R requirements. The costs and administrative burden of complying in every EU country are simply too high for businesses selling only a few handmade products. These rules could leave the EU market open mainly to large companies and force small, independent businesses to stop selling across Europe. This would effectively wipe out small businesses involved in shipping and delivery, making it impossible for them to operate.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exempt small and micro businesses from the A.R requirements. The costs and administrative burden of complying in every EU country are simply too high for businesses selling only a few handmade products. These rules could leave the EU market open mainly to large companies and force small, independent businesses to stop selling across Europe. This would effectively wipe out small businesses involved in shipping and delivery, making it impossible for them to operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544972_en"}, {"id": 33544971, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:51:42", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I was thinking of starting to sell prints of a few artworks I made, but this will be impossible because of the new legislation. Like many others in the same situation, I believe this is a terrible idea for small business, which will be directly affected. Kindly reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "I was thinking of starting to sell prints of a few artworks I made, but this will be impossible because of the new legislation. Like many others in the same situation, I believe this is a terrible idea for small business, which will be directly affected. Kindly reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544971_en"}, {"id": 33544970, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:50:49", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maria Kova i", "feedback": "How will a tiny one-person business manage to keep up with the cost that arises from this regulation? Are tiny businesses, that ship a few packages, the problem or the multinational giants that ship thousands or millions of packages? I am the owner of an one-person business and my packages must be as lightweight and small as possible otherwise the shipping cost increases dramatically. But most packages that come half empty are from huge companies. You are making things so difficult for us to keep up with, that eventually small businesses will disappear and guess what.. environment will not get better because we are not the problem. We do not overproduce or mass produce and most of the times our packages our beautiful eco friendly because we value our customers and our work. Making things difficult will not result in compliance but in avoidance.", "feedbackEnglish": "How will a tiny one-person business manage to keep up with the cost that arises from this regulation? Are tiny businesses, that ship a few packages, the problem or the multinational giants that ship thousands or millions of packages? I am the owner of an one-person business and my packages must be as lightweight and small as possible otherwise the shipping cost increases dramatically. But most packages that come half empty are from huge companies. You are making things so difficult for us to keep up with, that eventually small businesses will disappear and guess what.. environment will not get better because we are not the problem. We do not overproduce or mass produce and most of the times our packages our beautiful eco friendly because we value our customers and our work. Making things difficult will not result in compliance but in avoidance.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544970_en"}, {"id": 33544969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:49:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mbspecialz Alexander Spriewald", "feedback": "Mein Vorschlag zur maximalen Vereinfachung: Es liegen den Finanzverwaltungen der Mitgliedsländer über das OSS-Verfahren die Umsätze eines Händlers in die jeweiligen Länder vor. Es wäre hier möglich, zusätzlich zur Umsatzsteuer eine Art Verpackungsumlage in geringer Höhe anzusetzen. Diese Umlage wird an eine zentrale Stelle im jeweiligen Land weitergeleitet. Vorteil: Nur geringer Aufwand für alle Beteiligten. Die aktuellen Vorschriften führen dazu, dass alle kleinen und viele mittleren Händler den Verkauf in die EU einstellen. Das widerspricht den Zielen eines europäischen Binnenmarktes. Peter Löffler Mbspecialz.de", "feedbackEnglish": "My proposal for maximum simplification: The tax administrations of the Member States have at their disposal, through the OSS procedure, the sales made by a trader to the respective countries. It would be possible here to add a kind of small packaging levy in addition to turnover tax. This levy is passed on to a central body in each country. Benefit: Low burden for all parties involved. The current rules mean that all small and many medium-sized traders stop selling to the EU. This runs counter to the objectives of a European internal market. Peter Löffler Mbspecialz.de", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544969_en"}, {"id": 33544968, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:48:39", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a business owner, I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU audience. These are my three main concerns: Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering, because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue, we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us, so we have to do it ourselves within the time that we already lack of. The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and differently from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns, and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a business owner, I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU audience. These are my three main concerns: Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering, because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue, we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us, so we have to do it ourselves within the time that we already lack of. The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and differently from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns, and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544968_en"}, {"id": 33544967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:47:13", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think passing such a bill without considering the difference between corporate companies, who employ hunderds of people, or more and earn millions of euros is not comparable with small/one person businesses who rely on sending one time shipments of their produce to buyers and sanctioning them as if they were equal in earnings and ways of obtaining it is sorrowfully unfair and a straight way to ruin diversity of people's produces. Please, reconsider the bill's contents, for good of the people.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think passing such a bill without considering the difference between corporate companies, who employ hunderds of people, or more and earn millions of euros is not comparable with small/one person businesses who rely on sending one time shipments of their produce to buyers and sanctioning them as if they were equal in earnings and ways of obtaining it is sorrowfully unfair and a straight way to ruin diversity of people's produces. Please, reconsider the bill's contents, for good of the people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544967_en"}, {"id": 33544965, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:45:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses. Especially smaller businesses will be negatively affected since the costs stand in complete disproportion to bigger businesses with enough income to accommodate the change without problem. I suggest to exclude smaller businesses or to take measurements that are more affordable for everyone affected.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses. Especially smaller businesses will be negatively affected since the costs stand in complete disproportion to bigger businesses with enough income to accommodate the change without problem. I suggest to exclude smaller businesses or to take measurements that are more affordable for everyone affected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544965_en"}, {"id": 33544964, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:42:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Printed Cat", "feedback": "I'm asking you kindly to reevaluate the obligations of small and micro businesses in this regulation. I've tried over 2 months before this law came into affect to understand all the rules and comply to them to just find out that every day new information surfaced and even the countries themselves are confused. I'm just a one person business and I had to stop selling to other EU countries for now, because it is impossible for me to keep up with all that as well as start all the processes in every country in order to be able to ship there. Time is one issue but cost is another. Paying for a representative is impossible if you only ship a handful of packages a year to specific countries. Or even paying the minimum fees for some countries. The rules and fees should be the same across all countries, there need to be realistic minimums/exceptions for micro/small businesses and one system to register everything to so we're able to comply and don't drown in burecracy for maybe introducing 1kg of cardboard a year. I agree unnecessary waste should be reduced. But I doubt we micro/small businesses are the main polluters here.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm asking you kindly to reevaluate the obligations of small and micro businesses in this regulation. I've tried over 2 months before this law came into affect to understand all the rules and comply to them to just find out that every day new information surfaced and even the countries themselves are confused. I'm just a one person business and I had to stop selling to other EU countries for now, because it is impossible for me to keep up with all that as well as start all the processes in every country in order to be able to ship there. Time is one issue but cost is another. Paying for a representative is impossible if you only ship a handful of packages a year to specific countries. Or even paying the minimum fees for some countries. The rules and fees should be the same across all countries, there need to be realistic minimums/exceptions for micro/small businesses and one system to register everything to so we're able to comply and don't drown in burecracy for maybe introducing 1kg of cardboard a year. I agree unnecessary waste should be reduced. But I doubt we micro/small businesses are the main polluters here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544964_en"}, {"id": 33544963, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:40:50", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questo non dovrebbe inficiare negativamente sui piccoli negozi che basano il loro gudagno sulla vendita online. Molti artirti o artigiani vivono di questo e aggravare le spese di spedizione implica una grave perdita di clientela.", "feedbackEnglish": "This should not negatively affect small shops that base their gudagnum on online sales. Many artists or craftsmen live there, and increasing shipping costs leads to a serious loss of customers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544963_en"}, {"id": 33544962, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:39:34", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think this is a terrible idea that will destroy small businesses! The big corp will always find a way to avoid it or it already has resources to cover all the basis and pay less. When there is war in the world, this thing wont change a thing for the environment! It is iust a way for other people to make money from small business owners. A better way to do it would be to charge a certain fee for certain packages count. If a small company exceeds that limit, they will have to pay extra or double. But changing x amount of money for no matter what hom many packages you would deliver it is bad strategy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think this is a terrible idea that will destroy small businesses! The big corp will always find a way to avoid it or it already has resources to cover all the basis and pay less. When there is war in the world, this thing wont change a thing for the environment! It is iust a way for other people to make money from small business owners. A better way to do it would be to charge a certain fee for certain packages count. If a small company exceeds that limit, they will have to pay extra or double. But changing x amount of money for no matter what hom many packages you would deliver it is bad strategy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544962_en"}, {"id": 33544961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:39:26", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta normativa va a ser muy difícil de cumplir para los pequeños negocios que envían sus productos a otros países europeos. Por favor, no apliquen esta ley con su texto actual, y encuentren una solución que no dañe a los autónomos y pequeñas empresas. Gracias", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules will be very difficult for small businesses sending their products to other European countries to comply with. Please do not apply this law with its current text, and find a solution that does not harm the self-employed and small businesses. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544961_en"}, {"id": 33544960, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:38:33", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I consider this measure to be unfair to small businesses. The volumes of small businesses with much lower sales cannot be compared to those of large companies. You should review and make an exception for this measure for small businesses. The cost to each member state is high. We will close those who operate as sole proprietorships or those with a very small number of employees.", "feedbackEnglish": "I consider this measure to be unfair to small businesses. The volumes of small businesses with much lower sales cannot be compared to those of large companies. You should review and make an exception for this measure for small businesses. The cost to each member state is high. We will close those who operate as sole proprietorships or those with a very small number of employees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544960_en"}, {"id": 33544885, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:38:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the sole owner of a one-person business registered in the Netherlands, selling handmade and self-manufactured goods to consumers across the EU via online marketplaces. I welcome the REFIT objective of harmonising national producer registers, but harmonising the register format alone does not address the core barrier facing micro-businesses. The obligations are disproportionate at the smallest scale. EPR registration, dual-system participation and reporting apply from the first parcel, with no meaningful de minimis threshold in most countries. My 2026 shipment volumes to individual Member States range from around 400 parcels to Germany down to a single parcel to countries such as Malta, Cyprus or Latvia. That single parcel triggers a full registration, reporting, and now an authorised-representative obligation. The compliance cost in low-volume markets vastly exceeds both the contribution owed and the revenue earned there. The cost is administrative, not environmental. For my actual German packaging volume of roughly 100 kg per year, the genuine recycling contribution is under 50 euro annually. Authorised-representative service fees for Germany alone run between 199 and 299 euro per year, before VAT and before notarisation, which is required in countries such as Austria and Spain. Applied across the roughly 20 Member States I ship to, published provider pricing implies 4000 to 6000 euro per year, which is approximately 95 percent administrative overhead against 5 percent actual environmental contribution. This bears no relationship to environmental benefit. National divergence directly contradicts harmonisation. This act cannot succeed while Member States impose incompatible national prerequisites. As one example, Spain requires foreign producers to obtain a Spanish tax number to register in its packaging register and does not accept EU VAT identification numbers issued by other Member States. An EU business is therefore obliged to acquire a national tax identifier in another Member State purely to fulfil a packaging obligation. Harmonising the register format is welcome but insufficient if authorities may continue to add non-harmonised requirements on top of it. The authorised-representative requirement is the decisive barrier. Requiring a representative established in each destination Member State is the largest single cost driver for cross-border micro-sellers, and it is disproportionate. Its purpose, ensuring a locally accountable party against free-riding by large or non-EU sellers, applies identically to a micro-business whose total annual contribution in a given country is only a few euro. I note the Commission's December 2025 proposals to suspend this obligation for EU-established producers, and the European Parliament's draft position to limit any suspension to micro and small enterprises. This register work should be coordinated with that track, so that the system being built does not entrench an obligation the co-legislators are simultaneously seeking to relieve. I would ask that the harmonised format be made a binding maximum dataset, preventing Member States from requiring additional national fields or national tax identifiers beyond the common format; that an EU-wide de minimis threshold be pursued, below which cross-border registration and reporting obligations do not apply; and that a genuine single-registration mechanism, an EPR equivalent of the VAT One-Stop-Shop, be prioritised so that a producer need not register separately in up to 27 national systems. I support the polluter-pays principle and already meet my EPR obligations in the markets where I am established and where verification exists. My concern is not the obligation to contribute to recycling, which for my business is minor, but the administrative architecture, which imposes fixed per-country costs that fall hardest on the smallest businesses and functions, in practice, as a barrier to the free movement of goods within the single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the sole owner of a one-person business registered in the Netherlands, selling handmade and self-manufactured goods to consumers across the EU via online marketplaces. I welcome the REFIT objective of harmonising national producer registers, but harmonising the register format alone does not address the core barrier facing micro-businesses. The obligations are disproportionate at the smallest scale. EPR registration, dual-system participation and reporting apply from the first parcel, with no meaningful de minimis threshold in most countries. My 2026 shipment volumes to individual Member States range from around 400 parcels to Germany down to a single parcel to countries such as Malta, Cyprus or Latvia. That single parcel triggers a full registration, reporting, and now an authorised-representative obligation. The compliance cost in low-volume markets vastly exceeds both the contribution owed and the revenue earned there. The cost is administrative, not environmental. For my actual German packaging volume of roughly 100 kg per year, the genuine recycling contribution is under 50 euro annually. Authorised-representative service fees for Germany alone run between 199 and 299 euro per year, before VAT and before notarisation, which is required in countries such as Austria and Spain. Applied across the roughly 20 Member States I ship to, published provider pricing implies 4000 to 6000 euro per year, which is approximately 95 percent administrative overhead against 5 percent actual environmental contribution. This bears no relationship to environmental benefit. National divergence directly contradicts harmonisation. This act cannot succeed while Member States impose incompatible national prerequisites. As one example, Spain requires foreign producers to obtain a Spanish tax number to register in its packaging register and does not accept EU VAT identification numbers issued by other Member States. An EU business is therefore obliged to acquire a national tax identifier in another Member State purely to fulfil a packaging obligation. Harmonising the register format is welcome but insufficient if authorities may continue to add non-harmonised requirements on top of it. The authorised-representative requirement is the decisive barrier. Requiring a representative established in each destination Member State is the largest single cost driver for cross-border micro-sellers, and it is disproportionate. Its purpose, ensuring a locally accountable party against free-riding by large or non-EU sellers, applies identically to a micro-business whose total annual contribution in a given country is only a few euro. I note the Commission's December 2025 proposals to suspend this obligation for EU-established producers, and the European Parliament's draft position to limit any suspension to micro and small enterprises. This register work should be coordinated with that track, so that the system being built does not entrench an obligation the co-legislators are simultaneously seeking to relieve. I would ask that the harmonised format be made a binding maximum dataset, preventing Member States from requiring additional national fields or national tax identifiers beyond the common format; that an EU-wide de minimis threshold be pursued, below which cross-border registration and reporting obligations do not apply; and that a genuine single-registration mechanism, an EPR equivalent of the VAT One-Stop-Shop, be prioritised so that a producer need not register separately in up to 27 national systems. I support the polluter-pays principle and already meet my EPR obligations in the markets where I am established and where verification exists. My concern is not the obligation to contribute to recycling, which for my business is minor, but the administrative architecture, which imposes fixed per-country costs that fall hardest on the smallest businesses and functions, in practice, as a barrier to the free movement of goods within the single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544885_en"}, {"id": 33544959, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:37:36", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jako polski twórca, który ma rocznie poniżej 1000 euro obrotu w Unii Europejskiej jestem wrzucona do jednego worka z biznesami o obrocie poniżej 2 milionów euro rocznie. Tysiące biznesów są w podobnej sytuacji jak ja. Proimy o niuans i zwolnienie mikro biznesów z obowiązku zarówno reprezentanta jak i płacenia rocznych oplat które często przekraczają roczny obrót w całej Unii Europejskiej. Prosimy o spójną regulację, miejsce, gdzie będzie można się rejestrować i kierować opłaty rocznie lub miesięcznie od faktycznej wysyłki śmieci. Obecne przepisy ograniczają wolny handel w Unii Europejskiej i przyczynią się do zamknięcia wielu biznesów które nie będą mogły udźwignąć opłat i samej biurokracji.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a Polish creator with an annual turnover of less than EUR 1000 in the European Union, I am thrown into one business bag with an annual turnover of less than EUR 2 million. Thousands of businesses are in a similar situation to me. We nuance and exempt micro-businesses from both representation and annual fees, which often exceed the annual turnover across the European Union. We ask for consistent regulation, where fees can be registered and paid annually or monthly from the actual delivery of the garbage. The current rules restrict free trade within the European Union and will contribute to the closure of many businesses, which will not be able to bear the fees and red tape itself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544959_en"}, {"id": 33544958, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:36:11", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is crazy. You are going to destroy thousands of small businesses. I know regulation is important and I think complex regulations is often needed but setting regulations that are complex and expensive to follow will destroy small businesses that don't have time or money to deal with so much bureaucracy. You are going to ruin them all, there will be no more artisans with this regulation. That affects arts too.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is crazy. You are going to destroy thousands of small businesses. I know regulation is important and I think complex regulations is often needed but setting regulations that are complex and expensive to follow will destroy small businesses that don't have time or money to deal with so much bureaucracy. You are going to ruin them all, there will be no more artisans with this regulation. That affects arts too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544958_en"}, {"id": 33544957, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:35:21", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΘΕΟΧΑΡΗΣ", "feedback": "I strongly believe that the new EU packaging and waste management requirements place a disproportionate financial burden on small businesses. Requiring every company, regardless of its size, turnover or actual volume of waste generated, to pay significant fees simply to be able to make shipments is unreasonable. A small business that may send only one shipment per year should not face the same type of financial obligations as a large corporation that produces and distributes thousands of products. These requirements risk having a particularly negative impact on micro and small businesses, which already face high operating costs, taxation, shipping expenses and increasing administrative obligations. Charging substantial annual fees regardless of the actual amount of waste generated or the frequency of shipments can make international sales financially unviable for many small companies. The EU should consider a proportionate system based on actual quantities, frequency of shipments and company size, with appropriate exemptions or significantly reduced obligations for micro-businesses with minimal activity. Environmental protection is important, but the regulatory framework should not unintentionally force small, legitimate businesses to close simply because they cannot afford compliance costs that are disproportionate to their actual environmental impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly believe that the new EU packaging and waste management requirements place a disproportionate financial burden on small businesses. Requiring every company, regardless of its size, turnover or actual volume of waste generated, to pay significant fees simply to be able to make shipments is unreasonable. A small business that may send only one shipment per year should not face the same type of financial obligations as a large corporation that produces and distributes thousands of products. These requirements risk having a particularly negative impact on micro and small businesses, which already face high operating costs, taxation, shipping expenses and increasing administrative obligations. Charging substantial annual fees regardless of the actual amount of waste generated or the frequency of shipments can make international sales financially unviable for many small companies. The EU should consider a proportionate system based on actual quantities, frequency of shipments and company size, with appropriate exemptions or significantly reduced obligations for micro-businesses with minimal activity. Environmental protection is important, but the regulatory framework should not unintentionally force small, legitimate businesses to close simply because they cannot afford compliance costs that are disproportionate to their actual environmental impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544957_en"}, {"id": 33544956, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:32:08", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the protection of the environment and sustainable usage of materials are important to me, this initiative seems to put disproportionate expenses on small businesses, which I wish to support. I have directly heard from smal EU businesses, that they would not be able to ship to my country in the future, because the cost of operation would be unsaistanable. I find this very frustrating and counterproductive. I do not wish big companies to be the only ones able to ship within the EU, while interesting, innovative, creative small businesses are shut out.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the protection of the environment and sustainable usage of materials are important to me, this initiative seems to put disproportionate expenses on small businesses, which I wish to support. I have directly heard from smal EU businesses, that they would not be able to ship to my country in the future, because the cost of operation would be unsaistanable. I find this very frustrating and counterproductive. I do not wish big companies to be the only ones able to ship within the EU, while interesting, innovative, creative small businesses are shut out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544956_en"}, {"id": 33544955, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:31:27", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please change the law to exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule, as most of us cannot afford to be paying all those fees per country for simply shipping a couple of handmade items. In some countries, we only get one or two sales, so paying as much as the giants who get thousands of sales is quite frankly insane to think. It's extremely disproportionate towards small and micro businesses, and it will kill the EU market as a whole. So many shops inside and outside the EU are stopping all shipping to the EU as a whole because of this law. Also, if you really want to keep the registration, please harmonize it and make the fees lower for small and micro businesses, because we cannot afford to try and get every paperwork done by ourselves. Some of us have these businesses as a second income or to simply make extra money in these times and forcing us to separately register and pay for each country in the EU is ridiculous. Big companies aren't affected, but if you truly care about European businesses, as this and the previous tax claim, you will exclude these fees from us, small and micro businesses. This new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU as well, which will only bring severe consequences to many, MANY, businesses. I genuinely shouldn't be having this much problem sending things to other or even neighboring European countries when that's exactly why we're in a Union to begin with. I will genuinely have less of an issue sending things to the other side of the world rather than to my own neighbors. Please fix this ASAP and for the future word your new laws in a way that's clear and doesn't cause this much panic.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please change the law to exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule, as most of us cannot afford to be paying all those fees per country for simply shipping a couple of handmade items. In some countries, we only get one or two sales, so paying as much as the giants who get thousands of sales is quite frankly insane to think. It's extremely disproportionate towards small and micro businesses, and it will kill the EU market as a whole. So many shops inside and outside the EU are stopping all shipping to the EU as a whole because of this law. Also, if you really want to keep the registration, please harmonize it and make the fees lower for small and micro businesses, because we cannot afford to try and get every paperwork done by ourselves. Some of us have these businesses as a second income or to simply make extra money in these times and forcing us to separately register and pay for each country in the EU is ridiculous. Big companies aren't affected, but if you truly care about European businesses, as this and the previous tax claim, you will exclude these fees from us, small and micro businesses. This new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU as well, which will only bring severe consequences to many, MANY, businesses. I genuinely shouldn't be having this much problem sending things to other or even neighboring European countries when that's exactly why we're in a Union to begin with. I will genuinely have less of an issue sending things to the other side of the world rather than to my own neighbors. Please fix this ASAP and for the future word your new laws in a way that's clear and doesn't cause this much panic.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544955_en"}, {"id": 33544954, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:31:10", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current EPR requirements appear disproportionately complex for tiny one-person creative businesses. As a small handmade producer, I am trying to operate responsibly and comply with European regulations, but the administrative requirements can be so complicated that they become a significant barrier to entering the market. I believe the system should distinguish much more clearly between large manufacturers placing substantial quantities of products and packaging on the market and small-scale artisans producing a limited number of unique, handmade items. For a one-person business, spending significant time and money understanding registration systems, reporting obligations and compliance requirements can be completely disproportionate to the actual environmental impact of the business. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce a simplified EPR pathway for micro-businesses and individual artisans, with clear, practical guidance, proportionate fees and minimal administrative requirements. Supporting small businesses in complying with environmental goals would be far more effective than creating rules that discourage them from starting or developing their businesses. Environmental responsibility is important to me as a creator. I would like the regulations to help me achieve it, rather than make responsible small-scale production unnecessarily difficult.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current EPR requirements appear disproportionately complex for tiny one-person creative businesses. As a small handmade producer, I am trying to operate responsibly and comply with European regulations, but the administrative requirements can be so complicated that they become a significant barrier to entering the market. I believe the system should distinguish much more clearly between large manufacturers placing substantial quantities of products and packaging on the market and small-scale artisans producing a limited number of unique, handmade items. For a one-person business, spending significant time and money understanding registration systems, reporting obligations and compliance requirements can be completely disproportionate to the actual environmental impact of the business. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce a simplified EPR pathway for micro-businesses and individual artisans, with clear, practical guidance, proportionate fees and minimal administrative requirements. Supporting small businesses in complying with environmental goals would be far more effective than creating rules that discourage them from starting or developing their businesses. Environmental responsibility is important to me as a creator. I would like the regulations to help me achieve it, rather than make responsible small-scale production unnecessarily difficult.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544954_en"}, {"id": 33544953, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:27:29", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "sakralne", "feedback": "These requirements are disproportionate and unworkable for small and micro businesses selling products to customers across the EU. I run a very small handmade business in Ukraine and sell lightweight, low-volume products directly to individual customers in different EU countries. The packaging used for each order is minimal: a small cardboard box and paper. For a small business, the administrative burden and compliance costs can easily become higher than the value of the packaging itself. A business selling a few hundred small parcels cannot realistically maintain separate registrations, contracts, reporting and payments across numerous countries, especially when the requirements differ from one country to another. The environmental goal of reducing packaging waste is important and should be supported. However, the system needs to be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. There should be meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging, as well as a simple EU-wide solution instead of requiring small businesses to navigate 27 different national systems. Without such simplification, these rules risk forcing small businesses to stop selling to EU customers altogether, or even close their businesses. Please ensure that the implementation of these rules does not make it economically impossible for small independent businesses to operate in the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "These requirements are disproportionate and unworkable for small and micro businesses selling products to customers across the EU. I run a very small handmade business in Ukraine and sell lightweight, low-volume products directly to individual customers in different EU countries. The packaging used for each order is minimal: a small cardboard box and paper. For a small business, the administrative burden and compliance costs can easily become higher than the value of the packaging itself. A business selling a few hundred small parcels cannot realistically maintain separate registrations, contracts, reporting and payments across numerous countries, especially when the requirements differ from one country to another. The environmental goal of reducing packaging waste is important and should be supported. However, the system needs to be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. There should be meaningful exemptions or simplified procedures for micro-businesses and very small quantities of packaging, as well as a simple EU-wide solution instead of requiring small businesses to navigate 27 different national systems. Without such simplification, these rules risk forcing small businesses to stop selling to EU customers altogether, or even close their businesses. Please ensure that the implementation of these rules does not make it economically impossible for small independent businesses to operate in the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544953_en"}, {"id": 33544952, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:27:24", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GGYzMio", "feedback": "Please change the law to exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule, as most of us cannot afford to be paying all those fees per country for simply shipping a couple of handmade items. In some countries, we only get one or two sales, so paying as much as the giants who get thousands of sales is quite frankly insane to think. It's extremely disproportionate towards small and micro businesses, and it will kill the EU market as a whole. So many shops inside and outside the EU are stopping all shipping to the EU as a whole because of this law. Also, if you really want to keep the registration, please harmonize it and make the fees lower for small and micro businesses, because we cannot afford to try and get every paperwork done by ourselves. Some of us have these businesses as a second income or to simply make extra money in these times and forcing us to separately register and pay for each country in the EU is ridiculous. Big companies aren't affected, but if you truly care about European businesses, as this and the previous tax claim, you will exclude these fees from us, small and micro businesses. This new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU as well, which will only bring severe consequences to many, MANY, businesses. I genuinely shouldn't be having this much problem sending things to other or even neighboring European countries when that's exactly why we're in a Union to begin with. I will genuinely have less of an issue sending things to the other side of the world rather than to my own neighbors. Please fix this ASAP and for the future word your new laws in a way that's clear and doesn't cause this much panic.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please change the law to exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule, as most of us cannot afford to be paying all those fees per country for simply shipping a couple of handmade items. In some countries, we only get one or two sales, so paying as much as the giants who get thousands of sales is quite frankly insane to think. It's extremely disproportionate towards small and micro businesses, and it will kill the EU market as a whole. So many shops inside and outside the EU are stopping all shipping to the EU as a whole because of this law. Also, if you really want to keep the registration, please harmonize it and make the fees lower for small and micro businesses, because we cannot afford to try and get every paperwork done by ourselves. Some of us have these businesses as a second income or to simply make extra money in these times and forcing us to separately register and pay for each country in the EU is ridiculous. Big companies aren't affected, but if you truly care about European businesses, as this and the previous tax claim, you will exclude these fees from us, small and micro businesses. This new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU as well, which will only bring severe consequences to many, MANY, businesses. I genuinely shouldn't be having this much problem sending things to other or even neighboring European countries when that's exactly why we're in a Union to begin with. I will genuinely have less of an issue sending things to the other side of the world rather than to my own neighbors. Please fix this ASAP and for the future word your new laws in a way that's clear and doesn't cause this much panic.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544952_en"}, {"id": 33544951, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:27:18", "country": "PHL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please reconsider and exempt small businesses from this rule. I am all for being more eco-friendly and sustainable, but surely there is a better way to resolve this that doesn't harm local artists and individual businesses who already have enough challenges managing orders, creating products and handling all logistics alone.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please reconsider and exempt small businesses from this rule. I am all for being more eco-friendly and sustainable, but surely there is a better way to resolve this that doesn't harm local artists and individual businesses who already have enough challenges managing orders, creating products and handling all logistics alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544951_en"}, {"id": 33544950, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:24:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Spreefee bag making supplies ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich habe in den vergangenen fünf Jahren ein kleines Unternehmen im Onlinehandel aufgebaut. Meine Kundinnen leben in verschiedenen Ländern der Europäischen Union und schätzen mein Angebot sehr. Viele von ihnen sind inzwischen langjährige Stammkundinnen. Die Umsetzung der PPWR stellt mich nun jedoch vor ein Problem, das für mein kleines Unternehmen existenzielle Auswirkungen haben kann. Wenn ich die Anforderungen richtig verstehe, muss ich als kleiner Händler für jedes einzelne EU-Land, in das ich liefern möchte, einen entsprechenden Beauftragten bzw. die dort erforderlichen Verpackungs-Compliance-Anforderungen erfüllen und zwar unabhängig davon, ob ich in diesem Land überhaupt bereits einen nennenswerten Umsatz erzielt habe. Für ein kleines Unternehmen ist das wirtschaftlich nicht darstellbar. Ich kann nicht für jedes einzelne EU-Land separate Strukturen, Beauftragte und Registrierungen finanzieren, bevor überhaupt ein einziger Euro Umsatz in diesem Land entstanden ist. Die Konsequenz ist für mich: Ich kann mein Angebot faktisch nicht mehr außerhalb Deutschlands anbieten. Dadurch brechen etwa 10 % meines bisherigen Geschäfts weg. Das mag aus gesamteuropäischer Sicht nach einem kleinen Anteil klingen. Für ein kleines Unternehmen sind 10 % des Umsatzes jedoch eine erhebliche Summe. Ich verstehe deshalb nicht, warum es hierfür keine einheitliche europäische Lösung gibt. Warum gibt es beispielsweise kein zentrales EU-Portal, über das Händler ihre Verpackungen einmalig registrieren bzw. lizenzieren und die entsprechenden Verpflichtungen zentral erfüllen können? Ein solches System könnte die Einhaltung der Regeln sicherstellen, ohne kleine Unternehmen mit 27 unterschiedlichen nationalen Systemen und unverhältnismäßigem bürokratischem Aufwand zu belasten. Die derzeitige Situation verteilt die Verantwortung aus meiner Sicht ungerecht. Große Unternehmen wie Amazon verfügen über eigene Compliance-Abteilungen, entsprechende finanzielle Mittel und Personal, um komplexe europäische Regelungen umzusetzen. Ein kleines Unternehmen hat diese Möglichkeiten nicht. Die PPWR droht damit nicht nur die Vielfalt und Individualität des europäischen Handels zu beeinträchtigen. Sie kann auch dazu führen, dass kleine und spezialisierte Unternehmen den europäischen Binnenmarkt verlassen oder gar nicht erst in andere EU-Länder liefern können. Gerade kleine Unternehmen tragen zur Vielfalt des europäischen Marktes bei. Sie haben jedoch nicht die Ressourcen großer Konzerne und benötigen deshalb einen verhältnismäßigen und praktikablen regulatorischen Rahmen. Ich fordere daher insbesondere: * **angemessene Schwellenwerte und Ausnahmen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen**, deren Anteil am gesamten Verpackungsaufkommen vergleichsweise gering ist; * **eine möglichst einheitliche EU-weite Lösung** statt 27 unterschiedlicher nationaler Anforderungen; * **ein zentrales europäisches Portal**, über das Verpackungsregistrierung und Compliance möglichst einfach und einmalig abgewickelt werden können; * eine **verhältnismäßige Umsetzung**, bei der der bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Menge der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen steht. Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren und nachhaltigere Verpackungslösungen zu fördern. Aber eine Regelung kann ihr Ziel nur dann nachhaltig erreichen, wenn sie auch für kleine Unternehmen praktikabel und wirtschaftlich umsetzbar ist. Bitte berücksichtigen Sie bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR die Realität kleiner Unternehmen. Regulierung darf nicht dazu führen, dass nur noch große Unternehmen grenzüberschreitend handeln können. **Die Vielfalt des europäischen Binnenmarktes darf nicht an der Bürokratie scheitern.** Mit freundlichen Grüßen Kristina Skujin", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have built up a small e-commerce business over the past five years. My customers live in different countries of the European Union and appreciate my offer very much. Many of them have become established long-term clients. However, the implementation of the PPWR now presents me with a problem that can have an existential impact on my small business. If I understand the requirements correctly, as a small trader, I have to comply with the relevant agent or packaging compliance requirements for each individual EU country to which I intend to deliver, regardless of whether I have already achieved significant turnover in that country at all. This is not economically feasible for a small enterprise. I cannot finance separate structures, agents and registrations for each individual EU country until a single euro of turnover has been generated in that country. The consequence for me is: In practice, I can no longer offer my services outside Germany. This leads to the loss of about 10 % of my previous business. This may sound like a small proportion from a pan-European perspective. However, for a small company, 10 % of turnover is a significant sum. I therefore do not understand why there is no single European solution. Why, for example, is there no single EU portal where traders can register/license their packaging once and fulfil the relevant obligations centrally? Such a system could ensure compliance without burdening small businesses with 27 different national systems and disproportionate bureaucracy. The current situation, in my view, allocates responsibility unfairly. Large companies such as Amazon have their own compliance departments, financial resources and staff to implement complex European regulations. A small company does not have these possibilities. The PPWR thus threatens not only to undermine the diversity and individuality of European trade. It can also lead to small and specialised companies leaving the European single market or not being able to deliver to other EU countries in the first place. Small businesses in particular contribute to the diversity of the European market. However, they do not have the resources of large corporations and therefore need a proportionate and workable regulatory framework. I therefore call in particular for: ***Appropriate thresholds and exemptions for micro and small enterprises**, whose share of total packaging generation is comparatively low; ***An EU-wide solution as uniform as possible** instead of 27 different national requirements; ***A single European portal** where packaging registration and compliance can be carried out as easily and once as possible; * a ** proportionate implementation** where the bureaucratic and financial burden is proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging solutions. But a regulation can only achieve its objective sustainably if it is also practicable and economically feasible for small businesses. Please take into account the reality of small businesses when further developing the PPWR. Regulation must not mean that only large companies can continue to trade cross-border. **The diversity of the European single market must not be hampered by bureaucracy.** Yours sincerely, Kristina Skujin", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544950_en"}, {"id": 33544949, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:23:20", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is very important to look at the environmental impact of packaged products and take action to reduce the impacts. However as written, this law would cause significant impact on small businesses to be able to sell from or to the EU, and potentially resulting in some closing entirely. The costs related to being able to sell items in line with the proposed law are not sustainable for smaller businesses, affecting local economies and resulting in monopolies from large businesses. There needs to be amendments to the current proposed law that would allow for small businesses to survive with these proposed changes, or a pause in implementation of the law until this matter can be properly addressed.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is very important to look at the environmental impact of packaged products and take action to reduce the impacts. However as written, this law would cause significant impact on small businesses to be able to sell from or to the EU, and potentially resulting in some closing entirely. The costs related to being able to sell items in line with the proposed law are not sustainable for smaller businesses, affecting local economies and resulting in monopolies from large businesses. There needs to be amendments to the current proposed law that would allow for small businesses to survive with these proposed changes, or a pause in implementation of the law until this matter can be properly addressed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544949_en"}, {"id": 33544948, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:22:44", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Ce qui se passe est terrifiant et grave pour des centaines de milliers d'artistes et créateurs qui vont se retrouver dans des situations impossibles parce qu'ils ont été oubliés dans ces régulations. Des artistes comme moi qui gagnent a peine quelques milliers d'euros ne peuvent pas de permettre de payer des frais dans chaque pays européens, avant même de savoir s'ils feront le moindre bénéfice annuel. Les coûts de nos créations et les taxes diverses nous etouffaient deja, mais cette régulation est disproportionnée et absolument dévastatrice pour nous, pas pour les entreprises visées. Je vous prie de reconsidérer votre loi et votre proposition, car si vous tuez tous les petits créateurs de l'Union Européenne, vers qui vont se tourner les acheteurs a votre avis ?", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, what is happening is terrifying and serious for hundreds of thousands of artists and creators who will find themselves in impossible situations because they have been forgotten in these regulations. Artists like me who earn barely a few thousand euros cannot afford to pay fees in every European country, even before knowing whether they will make any annual profit. We were already burdened by the costs of our creations and the various taxes, but this regulation is disproportionate and absolutely devastating for us, not for the companies targeted. I ask you to reconsider your law and your proposal, because if you kill all the small designers in the European Union, who will turn to buyers in your opinion?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544948_en"}, {"id": 33544947, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:21:13", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is not affordable for them. Or provide measurements that the businesses can afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is not affordable for them. Or provide measurements that the businesses can afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544947_en"}, {"id": 33544946, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:20:11", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Un nouvel exemple de mauvaise idée partie d'une bonne intention. Les artisans auto entrepreneurs et autres petits acteurs ont déjà énormément de mal a suivre l'évolution constante de la règlementation, cette PPWR suffira a elle seule à porte nombre de coups de grâce tandis que les gros acteurs trouveront toujours des artifices. Agir à la source, en interdisant tout simplement la production/vente d'emballages polluants lorsqu'il existe des alternatives ou favoriser les emballages verts aura de l'impact, sans besoin de créer une nouvelle usine à gaz délétère pour tout le monde.", "feedbackEnglish": "Another example of a bad idea is a good intention. It is already extremely difficult for craftsmen and other small operators to keep up with the constant development of the rules. This PPWR alone will be sufficient for many grace rounds, while large operators will still find fireworks. Acting at source, simply banning the production/sale of polluting packaging where alternatives exist or favouring green packaging will have an impact, without the need to create a new harmful gas plant for everyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544946_en"}, {"id": 33544945, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:17:44", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estas medidas deberían centrarse sobre todo en las grandes empresas, que son las que generan residuos a gran escala. Muchos pequeños negocios ya intentamos reducir al máximo el plástico y utilizamos papel, cartón, materiales reciclados o reutilizamos embalajes siempre que podemos. Al final, imponer las mismas obligaciones a una multinacional que a un pequeño artesano solo consigue añadir más costes y burocracia a quienes menos impacto generamos. La sostenibilidad es necesaria, pero las medidas deberían tener en cuenta la realidad y el tamaño de cada negocio, porque no se puede exigir lo mismo a una pequeña marca artesanal que a una gran empresa. Simplemente no entiendo como llegan a plantear este tipo de sin sentidos.....", "feedbackEnglish": "These measures should focus primarily on large companies, which generate waste on a large scale. Many small businesses already try to minimise plastic and use paper, cardboard, recycled materials or reuse packaging wherever we can. In the end, imposing the same obligations on a multinational as on a small artisan only manages to add more costs and bureaucracy to those who we generate the least impact. Sustainability is necessary, but measures should take into account the reality and size of each business, because a small craft brand cannot be required to do the same as a large company. I simply do not understand how they come up with this kind of pointless approach...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544945_en"}, {"id": 33544943, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:17:10", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer, I am already seeing the negative impact of this regulation. In the past few days, dozens of micro or small European businesses have announced that they will stop shipping to other EU countries, including my home country Finland, because they cannot afford the costs or manage the PPWR requirements, which effectively force them to deal with 27 different national systems and requirements across the EU. Some of these are businesses I regularly buy from, and I can no longer purchase their products. This is deeply frustrating and directly undermines the idea of a functioning EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer, I am already seeing the negative impact of this regulation. In the past few days, dozens of micro or small European businesses have announced that they will stop shipping to other EU countries, including my home country Finland, because they cannot afford the costs or manage the PPWR requirements, which effectively force them to deal with 27 different national systems and requirements across the EU. Some of these are businesses I regularly buy from, and I can no longer purchase their products. This is deeply frustrating and directly undermines the idea of a functioning EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544943_en"}, {"id": 33544929, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:14:40", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A pesar de comprender la motivación tras esta ley (y tolerarla oportuna en el caso de muchas macrocompañías), observo un fallo importante: el pequeño negocio europeo. Mucha gente en Europa tiene pequeños negocios, generalmente de piezas artísticas, vendidas por internet y enviadas con paquetería. Muchos de estos están teniendo que anunciar que sus tiendas o servicios van a cerrar, dado que tanto ellos como sus compradores viven en la Unión Europea. Personalmente, anhelaba ser capaz de crear mi propio micronegocio este año, pero esta legislación me dificultará el trabajo, dado que sólo sere capaz de enviar este tipo de productos artísticos fuera de la Unión Europea. Además, esto afecta directamente a la economía europea y al medio ambiente. Si una persona no puede encontrar un artista de la unión europea para aquello que desea comprar, optarán por alternativas externas, potenciando macrocompañías extranjeras al tiempo que la población europea debe dejar su trabajo autónomo porque no puede permitirse mantenerlo abierto. Además, los creadores independientes tienen un efecto medioambiental bastante más reducido que las macrocompañías (la alternativa a estos creadores en caso de no poder acceder a sus servicios), dado que muchos tienen una producción totalmente casera (en comparación con las grandes fábricas necesitadas por las macrocompañías). Por tanto, se pide que esta normativa no afecte a creadores pequeños, ya que no pueden continuar su trabajo bajo estas nuevas medidas.", "feedbackEnglish": "Despite understanding the motivation behind this law (and tolerating it in a timely manner for many macro-companies), I see a major failure: Europe’s small business. Many people in Europe have small businesses, usually for artistic items, sold online and sent with parcels. Many of them are having to announce that their shops or services will close, as they and their buyers live in the European Union. I personally hoped to be able to create my own micro-business this year, but this legislation will make it difficult for me to work, as I will only be able to send this kind of artistic products outside the European Union. Moreover, this directly affects the European economy and the environment. If a person cannot find an artist from the European Union for what they want to buy, they will opt for external alternatives, boosting foreign super majors while the European population must leave their self-employment because they cannot afford to keep it open. In addition, independent creators have a significantly lower environmental impact than macro companies (the alternative to these creators in case they cannot access their services), given that many have a fully home-grown production (compared to large factories needed by macro companies). Therefore, it is requested that this regulation does not affect small creators, as they cannot continue their work under these new measures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544929_en"}, {"id": 33544942, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:13:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses It's no free movement of goods in the EU if small businesses can't afford sending to other EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "- Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses It's no free movement of goods in the EU if small businesses can't afford sending to other EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544942_en"}, {"id": 33544941, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:12:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation would devastate small businesses and artisans across Europe. Many small artists simply cannot afford to pay compliance fees for each country. This would fragment and diminish the European creative community. We urge you to reconsider and grant at least small businesses an exemption from this rule. While we understand the intention to reduce waste is well-founded, this approach would significantly hinder the economic viability of starting new businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation would devastate small businesses and artisans across Europe. Many small artists simply cannot afford to pay compliance fees for each country. This would fragment and diminish the European creative community. We urge you to reconsider and grant at least small businesses an exemption from this rule. While we understand the intention to reduce waste is well-founded, this approach would significantly hinder the economic viability of starting new businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544941_en"}, {"id": 33544940, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:11:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Scm", "feedback": "As a small business, we believe that companies with very low volumes of packaging placed on the market should not be subject to the same registration fees and administrative requirements as large companies. We do not ship or place large quantities of packaging on the market, and the costs of registering and complying with separate requirements in every Member State would be disproportionate to the small amount of packaging involved. We therefore ask that the rules include a clear exemption or simplified regime for small-volume producers, with no registration fees or other disproportionate costs for businesses below a reasonable threshold. Small businesses should not be prevented from selling across the European market simply because the administrative and registration costs are higher than the value of the packaging they place on the market. The rules should follow the principle of proportionality: the lower the volume of packaging, the lower the administrative and financial obligations should be.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business, we believe that companies with very low volumes of packaging placed on the market should not be subject to the same registration fees and administrative requirements as large companies. We do not ship or place large quantities of packaging on the market, and the costs of registering and complying with separate requirements in every Member State would be disproportionate to the small amount of packaging involved. We therefore ask that the rules include a clear exemption or simplified regime for small-volume producers, with no registration fees or other disproportionate costs for businesses below a reasonable threshold. Small businesses should not be prevented from selling across the European market simply because the administrative and registration costs are higher than the value of the packaging they place on the market. The rules should follow the principle of proportionality: the lower the volume of packaging, the lower the administrative and financial obligations should be.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544940_en"}, {"id": 33544939, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:11:37", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is well intended but it should account for micro businesses that produce minimal waste and are already eco-conscious with their packaging. These micro businesses are usually family owned, disabled owned and women owned and are fundamental for EU citizens to provide for themselves in a way that allows them flexibility to be present in the community and raising their children. Self employment is extremely important and brings economic growth to each country. These new laws, as they are, will impact these micro businesses in such a hard way that many would need to close operations outside their country and probably shut them down for good. They cannot afford the fees needed to oblige the law in each country. One of EU founding principles is free market and these laws go against it. Please reconsider exemption for small and micro businesses. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is well intended but it should account for micro businesses that produce minimal waste and are already eco-conscious with their packaging. These micro businesses are usually family owned, disabled owned and women owned and are fundamental for EU citizens to provide for themselves in a way that allows them flexibility to be present in the community and raising their children. Self employment is extremely important and brings economic growth to each country. These new laws, as they are, will impact these micro businesses in such a hard way that many would need to close operations outside their country and probably shut them down for good. They cannot afford the fees needed to oblige the law in each country. One of EU founding principles is free market and these laws go against it. Please reconsider exemption for small and micro businesses. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544939_en"}, {"id": 33544938, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:11:19", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR is seriously undermining the livelihoods of micro-entrepreneurs across the EU. Complex and fragmented national requirements make cross-border sales prohibitively difficult for small businesses with limited resources. This restricts the free movement of goods and damages the functioning of the EU Single Market, undermining the economic opportunities that the European project is supposed to create for small entrepreneurs as well as bigger ones. The underlying goal of this regulation is good and worth supporting, but common sense and proportionality are urgently needed when it comes to its devastating impact on micro-entrepreneurs and their customers.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is seriously undermining the livelihoods of micro-entrepreneurs across the EU. Complex and fragmented national requirements make cross-border sales prohibitively difficult for small businesses with limited resources. This restricts the free movement of goods and damages the functioning of the EU Single Market, undermining the economic opportunities that the European project is supposed to create for small entrepreneurs as well as bigger ones. The underlying goal of this regulation is good and worth supporting, but common sense and proportionality are urgently needed when it comes to its devastating impact on micro-entrepreneurs and their customers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544938_en"}, {"id": 33544937, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:11:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and EPR requirements I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but I believe the current implementation creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses. 1. Proportionate requirements for micro and small businesses Micro-businesses should be exempt from disproportionate registration, reporting and administrative requirements, especially when the quantities of packaging placed on the market are very small. If a full exemption is not possible, simplified requirements and low-cost procedures should be introduced specifically for micro-businesses. 2. One harmonised EU-wide registration system Businesses selling products across several EU Member States should not have to navigate separate national EPR registrations, platforms, fees and reporting systems. A single EU-wide registration and reporting system would greatly reduce administrative costs and make cross-border trade more accessible to small businesses. 3. Avoid barriers to the free movement of goods Different national EPR requirements can effectively make it significantly harder for a small business to sell the same product to customers in different EU countries. This can discourage cross-border trade and limit the ability of micro-businesses to access the EU Single Market. 4. Consider the actual scale of packaging Requirements should take into account the quantity of packaging placed on the market. A micro-business sending a small number of parcels per year should not face administrative obligations comparable to those of a large company placing thousands or millions of packages on the market. 5. Make compliance affordable and simple Registration and reporting procedures should be free or very low-cost for businesses below a reasonable packaging threshold. The EU should prioritise simple digital procedures, clear guidance and automatic recognition between Member States. Environmental objectives should be achieved without creating disproportionate barriers for the smallest businesses. Small businesses should be encouraged to participate in the Single Market, not discouraged from selling across EU borders because of complex and fragmented packaging regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and EPR requirements I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but I believe the current implementation creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro and small businesses. 1. Proportionate requirements for micro and small businesses Micro-businesses should be exempt from disproportionate registration, reporting and administrative requirements, especially when the quantities of packaging placed on the market are very small. If a full exemption is not possible, simplified requirements and low-cost procedures should be introduced specifically for micro-businesses. 2. One harmonised EU-wide registration system Businesses selling products across several EU Member States should not have to navigate separate national EPR registrations, platforms, fees and reporting systems. A single EU-wide registration and reporting system would greatly reduce administrative costs and make cross-border trade more accessible to small businesses. 3. Avoid barriers to the free movement of goods Different national EPR requirements can effectively make it significantly harder for a small business to sell the same product to customers in different EU countries. This can discourage cross-border trade and limit the ability of micro-businesses to access the EU Single Market. 4. Consider the actual scale of packaging Requirements should take into account the quantity of packaging placed on the market. A micro-business sending a small number of parcels per year should not face administrative obligations comparable to those of a large company placing thousands or millions of packages on the market. 5. Make compliance affordable and simple Registration and reporting procedures should be free or very low-cost for businesses below a reasonable packaging threshold. The EU should prioritise simple digital procedures, clear guidance and automatic recognition between Member States. Environmental objectives should be achieved without creating disproportionate barriers for the smallest businesses. Small businesses should be encouraged to participate in the Single Market, not discouraged from selling across EU borders because of complex and fragmented packaging regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544937_en"}, {"id": 33544936, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:11:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This idea is great on paper and it should apply to big companies as they are the cause of most packaging waste but NOT to small businesses. As someone who loves to support smaller european artisans, it's so sad to see that most of the artists i love won't be able to ship to my country anymore as they aren't financially able to abide to these rules. I thought the EU wanted to promote EU based commerce but this new regulation is so poorly done regarding micro-businesses, that is really just a new barrier to buy \"locally\".", "feedbackEnglish": "This idea is great on paper and it should apply to big companies as they are the cause of most packaging waste but NOT to small businesses. As someone who loves to support smaller european artisans, it's so sad to see that most of the artists i love won't be able to ship to my country anymore as they aren't financially able to abide to these rules. I thought the EU wanted to promote EU based commerce but this new regulation is so poorly done regarding micro-businesses, that is really just a new barrier to buy \"locally\".", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544936_en"}, {"id": 33544928, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:10:59", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an artist who loves supporting other artist from EU I find the new rules cruel and discouraging of creating a culturally aware society. Most of artists are small businesses which are not having the biggest financial advantages. Sharing art across the Europe brings everyone together, helping people to grow on the craft they work hard on. Unfortunately these laws are highly limiting for small businesses, not taking in mind the difference of income of huge corporations and one person art company. The high expenses of representatives in different countries are not affordable for small businesses and markets, which causes many people to lose access to art and cultural goods from their communities. Its a threat to the most important thing EU is for - countries and people connection. Small businesses almost always take care to be ecological next to big corporations doing nothing in that matter. Why is it fair to destroy the smaller groups doing the best they can than the big organisations who should be limited and actually blamed for environmental destruction? As a young adult, I disagree with new laws destroying what small businesses worked hard to create for years. I dont want it. WE dont need it. We just want to connect with other artist across Europe and ability support each other.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist who loves supporting other artist from EU I find the new rules cruel and discouraging of creating a culturally aware society. Most of artists are small businesses which are not having the biggest financial advantages. Sharing art across the Europe brings everyone together, helping people to grow on the craft they work hard on. Unfortunately these laws are highly limiting for small businesses, not taking in mind the difference of income of huge corporations and one person art company. The high expenses of representatives in different countries are not affordable for small businesses and markets, which causes many people to lose access to art and cultural goods from their communities. Its a threat to the most important thing EU is for - countries and people connection. Small businesses almost always take care to be ecological next to big corporations doing nothing in that matter. Why is it fair to destroy the smaller groups doing the best they can than the big organisations who should be limited and actually blamed for environmental destruction? As a young adult, I disagree with new laws destroying what small businesses worked hard to create for years. I dont want it. WE dont need it. We just want to connect with other artist across Europe and ability support each other.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544928_en"}, {"id": 33544935, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:10:47", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como consumidora europea creo que las nuevas reglas de embalaje son abusivas para las pequeñas empresas que, seguramente, ya tienen presente la importancia de utilizar embalajes ecológicos e incluso reciclan muchos de éstos para generar el mínimo residuo posible. El aplicar estas nuevas reglas supone para estas empresas un desembolso muy grande que seguramente no pueden sostener, y la toma de decisiones difíciles, cómo la de dejar de vender fuera de su país, lo que puede llegar a significar el cierre de estos negocios que son el sustento de sus familias y en muchos casos realizan ventas de productos artesanales, hechos a mano, con productos de origen y con gran conciencia ecológica y ambiental. Ruego así, realicen una revisión de estas reglas en referencia a las pequeñas empresas, que no pueden estar al nivel de las grandes compañías, y no apliquen de manera desorbitada estos nuevos impuestos y tasas que no son sostenibles en el tiempo por ellas. Gracias por su atención.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a European consumer, I believe that the new packaging rules are unfair to small businesses, which certainly already have in mind the importance of using eco-friendly packaging and even recycle many of them in order to generate as little waste as possible. Applying these new rules entails a very large outlay for these companies, which they are unlikely to be able to sustain, and difficult decision-making, such as stopping selling outside their country, which may mean closing down these businesses that are the livelihood of their families and in many cases selling artisanal products, made by hand, with products of origin and with high environmental and environmental awareness. I would therefore ask you to review these rules with reference to small companies, which cannot be at the level of large companies, and not to exorbitantly apply these new taxes and charges that are not sustainable over time for them. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544935_en"}, {"id": 33544934, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:09:19", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please Protect Europes Small Businesses from Disproportionate EPR Burdens I fully support the European Unions goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling, and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. These are important goals that I believe most Europeans can support. However, the current and expanding Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging are creating a serious and unintended consequence: small European businesses are increasingly finding it impossible to sell and ship their products across the EU. This is especially damaging for micro-enterprises, one-person businesses, independent creators, craftspeople, and small online shops. A large multinational company can employ lawyers, compliance specialists, accountants, and environmental consultants to register with multiple national EPR systems and manage the associated reporting and fees. A person running a small business alone cannot. For a micro-business selling a limited number of products to customers in several European countries, the administrative burden of understanding and complying with different national EPR systems, registrations, reporting requirements, representatives, and fees can quickly become disproportionate to the value of the sales themselves. The predictable response is not that these businesses become more compliant. They stop selling to other Europeans. I am already seeing small businesses restrict or completely stop shipping their products to customers in other EU Member States because the costs and administrative requirements of EPR compliance make cross-border sales economically unviable. This is particularly heartbreaking because these are precisely the businesses that should benefit from the European Single Market. A European creator should be able to make something in one Member State and sell it to another European citizen without needing the resources of a multinational corporation simply to navigate packaging regulations. We are creating a situation where a small creator may be able to ship their product to customers in the United States, Canada, Australia, or elsewhere in the world, while deciding that shipping the exact same product to a customer in another EU country is simply too expensive or administratively complicated. That is not the European Single Market I believe in. The European Commission has itself recognised that divergent national packaging rules create significant administrative burdens for businesses and has stated that the new framework should help strengthen the Single Market through common rules. The implementation of EPR should therefore be examined not only from an environmental perspective, but also from the perspective of proportionality, market access, and the survival of Europe's smallest businesses. I respectfully ask the European institutions to: Introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified EPR requirements for micro-enterprises and very small businesses. Create a genuinely simple EU-wide EPR system so that a small business selling across Europe does not have to navigate a separate administrative system in every Member State. Introduce proportionate fees and reporting requirements based on the actual scale and quantity of packaging placed on the market. Avoid imposing the same compliance burden on a one-person business as on a multinational corporation. Assess the real-world impact of EPR rules on cross-border trade by micro and small enterprises. Ensure that environmental legislation does not unintentionally discourage small businesses from participating in the European Single Market. There is an important principle at stake here: Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the scale of the business and the environmental impact it creates. A small creator selling a few hundred carefully packaged products a year should not face the same administrative complexity as a corporation placing", "feedbackEnglish": "Please Protect Europes Small Businesses from Disproportionate EPR Burdens I fully support the European Unions goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling, and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market. These are important goals that I believe most Europeans can support. However, the current and expanding Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for packaging are creating a serious and unintended consequence: small European businesses are increasingly finding it impossible to sell and ship their products across the EU. This is especially damaging for micro-enterprises, one-person businesses, independent creators, craftspeople, and small online shops. A large multinational company can employ lawyers, compliance specialists, accountants, and environmental consultants to register with multiple national EPR systems and manage the associated reporting and fees. A person running a small business alone cannot. For a micro-business selling a limited number of products to customers in several European countries, the administrative burden of understanding and complying with different national EPR systems, registrations, reporting requirements, representatives, and fees can quickly become disproportionate to the value of the sales themselves. The predictable response is not that these businesses become more compliant. They stop selling to other Europeans. I am already seeing small businesses restrict or completely stop shipping their products to customers in other EU Member States because the costs and administrative requirements of EPR compliance make cross-border sales economically unviable. This is particularly heartbreaking because these are precisely the businesses that should benefit from the European Single Market. A European creator should be able to make something in one Member State and sell it to another European citizen without needing the resources of a multinational corporation simply to navigate packaging regulations. We are creating a situation where a small creator may be able to ship their product to customers in the United States, Canada, Australia, or elsewhere in the world, while deciding that shipping the exact same product to a customer in another EU country is simply too expensive or administratively complicated. That is not the European Single Market I believe in. The European Commission has itself recognised that divergent national packaging rules create significant administrative burdens for businesses and has stated that the new framework should help strengthen the Single Market through common rules. The implementation of EPR should therefore be examined not only from an environmental perspective, but also from the perspective of proportionality, market access, and the survival of Europe's smallest businesses. I respectfully ask the European institutions to: Introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified EPR requirements for micro-enterprises and very small businesses. Create a genuinely simple EU-wide EPR system so that a small business selling across Europe does not have to navigate a separate administrative system in every Member State. Introduce proportionate fees and reporting requirements based on the actual scale and quantity of packaging placed on the market. Avoid imposing the same compliance burden on a one-person business as on a multinational corporation. Assess the real-world impact of EPR rules on cross-border trade by micro and small enterprises. Ensure that environmental legislation does not unintentionally discourage small businesses from participating in the European Single Market. There is an important principle at stake here: Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the scale of the business and the environmental impact it creates. A small creator selling a few hundred carefully packaged products a year should not face the same administrative complexity as a corporation placing", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544934_en"}, {"id": 33544933, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:09:09", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Harmonize the registration for PPWR or EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. The new law speaks against the free movement for goods within the EU. It will actually have several consequences for many businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Harmonize the registration for PPWR or EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses. The new law speaks against the free movement for goods within the EU. It will actually have several consequences for many businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544933_en"}, {"id": 33544932, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:08:25", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Si lidée décologie et de réduction des déchets derrière cette initiative est bien évidemment louable, la façon dont elle est mise en pratique est désastreuse et disproportionnée. Les grandes entreprises seront en capacité de payer ces frais (énormes au vu de la disparité de la mise en application en fonction des pays), mais ce nest pas le cas des petites compagnies et indépendants qui doivent juste renoncer à expédier à travers lEurope et devront pour certains si ce nest beaucoup fermer boutique (ce qui en un sens va à lencontre de la liberté de circulation des biens au sein de lEurope)", "feedbackEnglish": "While the decology and waste reduction behind this initiative is of course commendable, the way it is implemented in practice is disastrous and disproportionate. Large companies will be able to pay these costs (huge given the disparity in enforcement between countries), but this is not the case for small and independent companies, which just have to give up shipping across Europe and for some will have to close a lot of shops (which in one sense runs counter to the free movement of goods within Europe).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544932_en"}, {"id": 33544931, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:07:16", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the European Unions objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging practices. However, I am strongly concerned about the way the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) may affect small businesses. In my view, applying the same level of regulatory requirements, administrative obligations and costs to small businesses as to large corporations would be disproportionate. Small businesses often have very limited resources and administrative capacity, and additional packaging-related requirements could represent a significant financial and bureaucratic burden without having a comparable environmental impact. I believe that the PPWR should place a much greater emphasis on the responsibility of large companies, which place enormous quantities of packaging on the European market and have considerably greater financial and logistical capacity to adapt. Small businesses should not be expected to comply with the same level of complexity as multinational corporations. I respectfully encourage the European Commission to consider a more proportionate and differentiated approach, with simplified requirements and exemptions or reduced obligations for genuinely small businesses. This would allow the EU to pursue its environmental objectives while ensuring that regulation does not unnecessarily threaten the viability and competitiveness of small businesses and entrepreneurship across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the European Unions objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting more sustainable packaging practices. However, I am strongly concerned about the way the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) may affect small businesses. In my view, applying the same level of regulatory requirements, administrative obligations and costs to small businesses as to large corporations would be disproportionate. Small businesses often have very limited resources and administrative capacity, and additional packaging-related requirements could represent a significant financial and bureaucratic burden without having a comparable environmental impact. I believe that the PPWR should place a much greater emphasis on the responsibility of large companies, which place enormous quantities of packaging on the European market and have considerably greater financial and logistical capacity to adapt. Small businesses should not be expected to comply with the same level of complexity as multinational corporations. I respectfully encourage the European Commission to consider a more proportionate and differentiated approach, with simplified requirements and exemptions or reduced obligations for genuinely small businesses. This would allow the EU to pursue its environmental objectives while ensuring that regulation does not unnecessarily threaten the viability and competitiveness of small businesses and entrepreneurship across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544931_en"}, {"id": 33544930, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:07:12", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fanad Art", "feedback": "As an artist, struggling to break even and survive, every further imposition of bureaucracy and administration is catastrophic. There are so many vital things to be done around big corporations abusing the people and planet. Driving micro-businesses out of the market is not one of them.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist, struggling to break even and survive, every further imposition of bureaucracy and administration is catastrophic. There are so many vital things to be done around big corporations abusing the people and planet. Driving micro-businesses out of the market is not one of them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544930_en"}, {"id": 33544927, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:04:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will make small businesses and creators leave the EU market and be concentrated on their country market, that kills the idea of European Union common economic zone for us small creators. I am a Ukranian refugee, have residence permit and wanted to start my small jewelry creator business here in Germany with the hopes for expanding it in the EU but now I don't even know how to work in those conditions. Most makers I know will suffer catastrophically from that regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will make small businesses and creators leave the EU market and be concentrated on their country market, that kills the idea of European Union common economic zone for us small creators. I am a Ukranian refugee, have residence permit and wanted to start my small jewelry creator business here in Germany with the hopes for expanding it in the EU but now I don't even know how to work in those conditions. Most makers I know will suffer catastrophically from that regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544927_en"}, {"id": 33544926, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:03:41", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I'm all for reducing waste and using recycled materials etc... this is absolutely ridiculous. There are tons of small businesses who rely on customers outside their country, especially businesses located in small countries. Small businesses already have a ton of expenses and some barely stay afloat because of it, so this is gonna completely ruin a lot of them and maybe even force a lot of them to close down.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I'm all for reducing waste and using recycled materials etc... this is absolutely ridiculous. There are tons of small businesses who rely on customers outside their country, especially businesses located in small countries. Small businesses already have a ton of expenses and some barely stay afloat because of it, so this is gonna completely ruin a lot of them and maybe even force a lot of them to close down.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544926_en"}, {"id": 33544925, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:03:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback regarding the proposed tax burden on small businesses and freelance artists To whom it may concern, I am writing to express my strong concern and opposition regarding the planned tax tightening and bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses, micro-enterprises, and freelance artists. The proposed new regulations hit a group of people extremely hard who are already often working at their financial limit. Freelance artists, illustrators, small craft makers, and fan-art creators enrich our cultural landscape and creative scene immensely. However, due to rising levies, complex tax rules, and administrative overload, more and more of these micro-creators see themselves forced to completely stop their work and sales. This not only destroys the existing livelihoods of individuals, but also eliminates a vibrant, diverse culture and art scene that many people draw great joy and inspiration from. A fair tax policy must take actual economic capacity into account. It is incomprehensible why the administrative and financial pressure on solo self-employed individuals and micro-businesses is being increased, while large corporations and financially strong companies continue to have the resources to optimize their tax burdens. If tax revenue needs to be generated or adjusted, the burden should primarily be placed where high profits are made and where the corresponding capacity exists. Sincerely, Lena", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback regarding the proposed tax burden on small businesses and freelance artists To whom it may concern, I am writing to express my strong concern and opposition regarding the planned tax tightening and bureaucratic hurdles for small businesses, micro-enterprises, and freelance artists. The proposed new regulations hit a group of people extremely hard who are already often working at their financial limit. Freelance artists, illustrators, small craft makers, and fan-art creators enrich our cultural landscape and creative scene immensely. However, due to rising levies, complex tax rules, and administrative overload, more and more of these micro-creators see themselves forced to completely stop their work and sales. This not only destroys the existing livelihoods of individuals, but also eliminates a vibrant, diverse culture and art scene that many people draw great joy and inspiration from. A fair tax policy must take actual economic capacity into account. It is incomprehensible why the administrative and financial pressure on solo self-employed individuals and micro-businesses is being increased, while large corporations and financially strong companies continue to have the resources to optimize their tax burdens. If tax revenue needs to be generated or adjusted, the burden should primarily be placed where high profits are made and where the corresponding capacity exists. Sincerely, Lena", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544925_en"}, {"id": 33544924, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:01:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Neospace", "feedback": "​I am writing as a sole proprietor (micro-enterprise / ZZP'er) operating a small vintage and secondhand goods business in the Netherlands. While I fully support the European Union's environmental goals and the drive toward a circular economy, the practical implementation of cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the PPWR framework is forcing micro-businesses like mine to face an impossible choice: shut down cross-border EU sales or close down entirely. ​As a micro-business sending around 50 parcels per month globally, my business model inherently supports sustainability by giving unique secondhand and vintage items a second life. I already use minimal, recycled, and recyclable cardboard packaging. However, the administrative framework behind packaging compliance treats micro-businesses with the same structural requirements as multinational corporations. ​The core issues making compliance impossible for a sole trader are: ​- Fragmentation of the Single Market: Although PPWR is intended to harmonize rules, EPR enforcement remains fragmented across 27 different national portals. Requiring a micro-enterprise to register, track, and report packaging metrics in multiple national databases (e.g., LUCID in Germany, Citeo/ADEME in France, MITECO in Spain) creates an overwhelming administrative burden. ​- Exorbitant Compliance Costs and Third-Party Mandates: Certain EU member states require foreign sellers to appoint local legal representatives or pay high minimum annual fees (often hundreds of Euros per country) simply to ship a handful of packages per year. For a micro-seller, these fixed administrative fees quickly exceed the total profit generated in those markets. ​- Automated Market Disruption: Because online platforms (such as Etsy and Vinted) are held liable for EPR enforcement, automated compliance checks automatically block micro-sellers from trading in countries where they cannot afford the complex registration processes. This directly undermines the principles of the EU Single Market. ​Requested Solutions for Micro-Enterprises: ​- A Unified EU-Wide Registration Portal: A single, centralized EU portal where micro-sellers can register once and report overall packaging volume for all member states. ​- A True Universal Micro-Enterprise Threshold: Exemption from cross-border legal representative mandates and minimum annual fees for businesses shipping low packaging volumes (e.g., under 100 kg/year total across the EU). ​- Direct Platform Collection (Pay-As-You-Go): Allowing marketplaces to automatically collect and remit micro-cents per parcel for all EU member states, removing the administrative burden from individual sole proprietors. ​Without immediate harmonization and simplified rules for micro-enterprises, small sole proprietors will continue to be squeezed out of cross-border trade, ironically leaving European consumers with fewer circular, secondhand options and favoring mass-market importers who can afford complex compliance departments. Thank you for your consideration. Shant.", "feedbackEnglish": "​I am writing as a sole proprietor (micro-enterprise / ZZP'er) operating a small vintage and secondhand goods business in the Netherlands. While I fully support the European Union's environmental goals and the drive toward a circular economy, the practical implementation of cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the PPWR framework is forcing micro-businesses like mine to face an impossible choice: shut down cross-border EU sales or close down entirely. ​As a micro-business sending around 50 parcels per month globally, my business model inherently supports sustainability by giving unique secondhand and vintage items a second life. I already use minimal, recycled, and recyclable cardboard packaging. However, the administrative framework behind packaging compliance treats micro-businesses with the same structural requirements as multinational corporations. ​The core issues making compliance impossible for a sole trader are: ​- Fragmentation of the Single Market: Although PPWR is intended to harmonize rules, EPR enforcement remains fragmented across 27 different national portals. Requiring a micro-enterprise to register, track, and report packaging metrics in multiple national databases (e.g., LUCID in Germany, Citeo/ADEME in France, MITECO in Spain) creates an overwhelming administrative burden. ​- Exorbitant Compliance Costs and Third-Party Mandates: Certain EU member states require foreign sellers to appoint local legal representatives or pay high minimum annual fees (often hundreds of Euros per country) simply to ship a handful of packages per year. For a micro-seller, these fixed administrative fees quickly exceed the total profit generated in those markets. ​- Automated Market Disruption: Because online platforms (such as Etsy and Vinted) are held liable for EPR enforcement, automated compliance checks automatically block micro-sellers from trading in countries where they cannot afford the complex registration processes. This directly undermines the principles of the EU Single Market. ​Requested Solutions for Micro-Enterprises: ​- A Unified EU-Wide Registration Portal: A single, centralized EU portal where micro-sellers can register once and report overall packaging volume for all member states. ​- A True Universal Micro-Enterprise Threshold: Exemption from cross-border legal representative mandates and minimum annual fees for businesses shipping low packaging volumes (e.g., under 100 kg/year total across the EU). ​- Direct Platform Collection (Pay-As-You-Go): Allowing marketplaces to automatically collect and remit micro-cents per parcel for all EU member states, removing the administrative burden from individual sole proprietors. ​Without immediate harmonization and simplified rules for micro-enterprises, small sole proprietors will continue to be squeezed out of cross-border trade, ironically leaving European consumers with fewer circular, secondhand options and favoring mass-market importers who can afford complex compliance departments. Thank you for your consideration. Shant.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544924_en"}, {"id": 33544923, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:01:20", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "We are two crafters in Spain, already using sustainable packaging. The PPWRs requirement to appoint a representative in each EU country will bankrupt us. The law must be reworked to exempt micro-businesses. We are not the polluters; big businesses are and the current law ensures their survival while condemning us to death. Exempt micro-businesses from this requirement immediately.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are two crafters in Spain, already using sustainable packaging. The PPWRs requirement to appoint a representative in each EU country will bankrupt us. The law must be reworked to exempt micro-businesses. We are not the polluters; big businesses are and the current law ensures their survival while condemning us to death. Exempt micro-businesses from this requirement immediately.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544923_en"}, {"id": 33544922, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 22:00:41", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will directly impact and harm small businesses and creators who have a low volume of orders in different European countries. Many of them do not have the means to afford to comply to these new regulations and it will impact their livelihoods. As a consumer, it prevents me from supporting small artists and businesses, and it forces me to either only purchase from corporations or places I don't enjoy as much because my choices got narrowed down. Please reconsider it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will directly impact and harm small businesses and creators who have a low volume of orders in different European countries. Many of them do not have the means to afford to comply to these new regulations and it will impact their livelihoods. As a consumer, it prevents me from supporting small artists and businesses, and it forces me to either only purchase from corporations or places I don't enjoy as much because my choices got narrowed down. Please reconsider it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544922_en"}, {"id": 33544917, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:59:39", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich möchte meine Bedenken hinsichtlich der neuen PPWR- und EPR-Regelungen ausdrücken, insbesondere im Hinblick auf deren Auswirkungen auf Kleinstunternehmen und selbstständige Kreativschaffende. Die neuen Regelungen stellen für Ein-Personen-Unternehmen und Kleinstbetriebe einen erheblichen zusätzlichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand dar. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen sollten daher Ausnahmen oder verhältnismäßige, leistbare Lösungen geschaffen werden. Die Anforderungen müssen in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zur Größe und zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen eines Unternehmens stehen. Die Wahl der neuen Euro-Designs finde ich ist ein schönes Beispiel dafür, wie europäische Zusammenarbeit und Kreativität verbinden können. Der Austausch zwischen Künstler:innen und Unternehmen sollte gefördert und nicht durch zusätzliche Hürden unterbunden werden. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte den freien Austausch von Waren fördern, nicht ihn für Kleinstunternehmen faktisch unmöglich machen. Gerade für kleine Künstler:innen, Designer:innen und andere Kreativschaffende ist der Verkauf über Ländergrenzen hinweg eine wichtige Möglichkeit, überhaupt ein selbstständiges Einkommen aufzubauen. Bereits jetzt ist es für Kund:innen schwierig und teilweise teuer genug, Produkte von kleinen unabhängigen Unternehmen aus anderen EU-Ländern zu kaufen. Zusätzliche nationale Verpflichtungen und Kosten drohen diese Möglichkeit weiter einzuschränken. Besonders problematisch finde ich, dass dadurch ausgerechnet jene Menschen getroffen werden, die ohnehin mit sehr geringen Margen arbeiten. Für einen großen Konzern können zusätzliche Registrierungen, Beratungen und administrative Pflichten vielleicht problemlos bewältigt werden. Für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen, das neben Produktion, Kundenkontakt, Buchhaltung, Versand und Marketing auch noch sämtliche rechtlichen Anforderungen selbst bewältigen muss, können dieselben Verpflichtungen jedoch unverhältnismäßig sein. Die Hürden für eine Selbstständigkeit sind bereits hoch genug. Eine Regelung, die zusätzliche Kosten und Bürokratie schafft, ohne die Größe und wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens ausreichend zu berücksichtigen, kann dazu führen, dass tausende kleine Unternehmen und Kreativschaffende ihre Tätigkeit gar nicht erst aufnehmen können oder aufgeben müssen. Ich bitte daher darum, - Kleinst- und Mikrounternehmen von unverhältnismäßigen Anforderungen auszunehmen oder speziell auf deren Größe zugeschnittene, einfache und leistbare Lösungen anzubieten, - Registrierungs- und EPR-Anforderungen EU-weit zu harmonisieren, sodass ein Verkauf innerhalb der EU nicht zu einem kaum bewältigbaren Flickenteppich aus nationalen Verpflichtungen führt, - die Auswirkungen auf den freien Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU sorgfältig zu berücksichtigen und - sicherzustellen, dass die neuen Regelungen nicht dazu führen, dass kleine unabhängige Unternehmen gegenüber großen Konzernen unverhältnismäßig benachteiligt werden. Kleine Unternehmen und unabhängige Kreativschaffende sind ein wichtiger Teil der europäischen Wirtschaft und Kultur. Die Möglichkeit, Produkte von kleinen Unternehmen aus anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu kaufen und zu verkaufen, ist genau die Art von grenzüberschreitendem Austausch, den die Europäische Union ermöglichen und stärken sollte. Die EU sollte verbinden und Möglichkeiten schaffen, nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie eine der wenigen Möglichkeiten zerstören, die Kleinstunternehmen haben, um sich innerhalb Europas einen Markt aufzubauen. Ich bitte Sie daher dringend, die Auswirkungen dieser Regelungen auf Ein-Personen-Unternehmen und Mikrounternehmen zu berücksichtigen und sicherzustellen, dass nachhaltige Verpackungsregulierung nicht auf Kosten der wirtschaftlichen Existenz und der europäischen Vielfalt kleiner Unternehmen umgesetzt wird. Freundliche Grüße", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I would like to express my concerns about the new PPWR and EPR rules, in particular their impact on micro-enterprises and self-employed creators. The new rules represent a significant additional bureaucratic and financial burden for one-person and micro-enterprises. Exemptions or proportionate, affordable solutions should therefore be put in place, especially for small businesses. The requirements shall be proportionate to the size and actual packaging volume of an undertaking. I find the choice of the new euro designs a beautiful example of how European cooperation and creativity can be combined. Exchanges between artists and businesses should be encouraged and not prevented by additional hurdles. The European single market should promote the free movement of goods, not make it practically impossible for micro-enterprises. For small artists, designers and other creators in particular, selling across borders is an important way to build an independent income at all. It is already difficult and sometimes expensive enough for customers to buy products from small independent companies from other EU countries. Additional national obligations and costs risk further limiting this possibility. I find it particularly problematic that this affects those people who already work with very small margins. For a large group, additional registrations, consultations and administrative obligations may be easily manageable. However, the same obligations may be disproportionate for a one-person company that, in addition to production, customer contact, accounting, shipping and marketing, also has to deal with all legal requirements itself. The barriers to self-employment are already high enough. A regulation that creates additional costs and red tape without taking sufficient account of the size and economic capacity of a company may prevent thousands of small businesses and creators from starting or ceasing their activities. I would therefore ask you to: – exempt micro and micro-enterprises from disproportionate requirements or provide solutions tailored to their size, simple and affordable; – harmonise registration and EPR requirements across the EU so that sales within the EU do not lead to a patchwork of national obligations that is difficult to manage; – carefully consider the impact on the free movement of goods within the EU; and – ensure that the new rules do not result in small independent companies being disproportionately disadvantaged compared to large groups. Small businesses and independent creators are an important part of the European economy and culture. The possibility to buy and sell products from small businesses from other EU Member States is precisely the type of cross-border exchange that the European Union should enable and strengthen. The EU should connect and create opportunities not to destroy, through disproportionate bureaucracy, one of the few opportunities that micro-enterprises have to build a market within Europe. I would therefore urge you to take into account the impact of these schemes on one-person and micro-enterprises and to ensure that sustainable packaging regulation is not implemented at the expense of the economic existence and European diversity of small businesses. [Complimentary close]", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544917_en"}, {"id": 33544921, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:59:15", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This requirement, while a good idea on paper, should only be applied to billion dollar companies, such as Amazon, as they are the largest contributor to all this waste in the first place. This becoming a blanket set of fees will kill the ability of people in the EU to purchase from artisans and other small businesses who can not afford to pay these costs. Please reconsider who this law will effect and allow your citizens to continue to support businesses that truly need the income.", "feedbackEnglish": "This requirement, while a good idea on paper, should only be applied to billion dollar companies, such as Amazon, as they are the largest contributor to all this waste in the first place. This becoming a blanket set of fees will kill the ability of people in the EU to purchase from artisans and other small businesses who can not afford to pay these costs. Please reconsider who this law will effect and allow your citizens to continue to support businesses that truly need the income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544921_en"}, {"id": 33544920, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:58:35", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Firma Eva-Linn Nord", "feedback": "Dessa nya regler kring att skicka paket inom EU slår hårt mot oss småföretagare som kanske skickar till ett land endast en-två gånger om året. Det är helt orimligt att vi ska behöva anlita en representant i varje land. Detta dödar småföretagare och kreativa entreprenörer.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules on sending parcels within the EU are severely affecting small businesses, which may send to a country only once twice a year. It is completely unreasonable that we should have to hire a representative in each country. This kills small and creative entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544920_en"}, {"id": 33544919, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:58:20", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Non sono daccordo semplicemente perché a rimetterci saranno più che altro la microimpresa e lartigianato, tanto per cambiare. Rapporto sproporzionato rispetto alla grande distribuzione su costi ed oneri burocratici. Non è mai stato libero mercato, solo monopolio mascherato", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree simply because it will be more the micro and craft enterprises that will give up, so much to change. Disproportionate ratio compared to large retailers on costs and bureaucratic burden. It has never been free market, only a masked monopoly", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544919_en"}, {"id": 33544918, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:57:31", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im still stunned that this is real, that the EU is making life this hard for small, independent businesses, and that the outrage over this isnt much bigger. To me, this feels like a war on small business owners. A war on people who decided against 9 to 5, to create their own goods, build something on their own, and send it out into the world to people who actually appreciate their craft. I struggle to see what this has to do with climate change. It feels much more like extreme economic feudalism: choking local markets, destroying trust in the EU, and making it harder and harder for small producers to survive, while pushing customers towards Amazon and other giant platforms.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im still stunned that this is real, that the EU is making life this hard for small, independent businesses, and that the outrage over this isnt much bigger. To me, this feels like a war on small business owners. A war on people who decided against 9 to 5, to create their own goods, build something on their own, and send it out into the world to people who actually appreciate their craft. I struggle to see what this has to do with climate change. It feels much more like extreme economic feudalism: choking local markets, destroying trust in the EU, and making it harder and harder for small producers to survive, while pushing customers towards Amazon and other giant platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544918_en"}, {"id": 33544916, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:54:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative is unnecessarily burdensome on small businesses. They will simply stop selling outside their ho me country. This will have the same effect on individual EU businesses that Brexit did in Great Britain.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative is unnecessarily burdensome on small businesses. They will simply stop selling outside their ho me country. This will have the same effect on individual EU businesses that Brexit did in Great Britain.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544916_en"}, {"id": 33544915, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:54:15", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the message behind this set of laws, but their implemetation is disproportionally harming smaller bussineses that dont have unlimited budgets to pay all the fees. Let alone translators and lawyers to help the navigate the systems. OSS works excellent, do I dont see a reason why there cant be a similar system for recycling. Or at least proportional fees to the size of the company.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the message behind this set of laws, but their implemetation is disproportionally harming smaller bussineses that dont have unlimited budgets to pay all the fees. Let alone translators and lawyers to help the navigate the systems. OSS works excellent, do I dont see a reason why there cant be a similar system for recycling. Or at least proportional fees to the size of the company.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544915_en"}, {"id": 33544914, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:54:09", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "È un regolamento che colpisce quasi esclusivamente le piccole aziende che già fanno fatica e non hanno incentivi, e sono \"responsabili\" di una minuscola percentuale dei rifiuti immessi rispetto a grandi aziende o distribuzioni internazionali. Inoltre questo regolamento prevede misure diverse per ogni stato dell'Unione Europea, non posso più comprare da attività fuori dall'Italia per via delle diverse normative, mi sento discriminato e preso in giro, esattamente l'opposto di quello che dovrebbe promuovere questa istituzione", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a regulation that almost exclusively affects small companies that are already struggling and have no incentives, and are ‘responsible’ for a tiny percentage of the waste they enter compared to large companies or international distributions. Moreover, this Regulation provides for different measures for each Member State of the European Union, I can no longer buy from activities outside Italy because of the different rules, I feel discriminated against and taken around, exactly the opposite of what this institution should promote.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544914_en"}, {"id": 33544913, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:53:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is bad legislation that would destroy small businesses that send very few packages to other countries, thereby again favouring the big companies you are supposed to protect EU citizens from. The amount of paperwork for small businesses selling items across borders is already insane, why make it even harder?", "feedbackEnglish": "This is bad legislation that would destroy small businesses that send very few packages to other countries, thereby again favouring the big companies you are supposed to protect EU citizens from. The amount of paperwork for small businesses selling items across borders is already insane, why make it even harder?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544913_en"}, {"id": 33544912, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:53:27", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hass chapman ", "feedback": "Adequate consideration of small and very small creators and businesses was not given in this draft. There should be exemptions for businesses with one or no employees where artists distribute small quantities of goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "Adequate consideration of small and very small creators and businesses was not given in this draft. There should be exemptions for businesses with one or no employees where artists distribute small quantities of goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544912_en"}, {"id": 33544911, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:52:21", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I agree that such rules are important for the environment, especially in times like these, they are currently causing a lot of strain on smaller businesses, who don't have the means to hire representatives and pay fees for each European country. As someone who almost exclusively shops from smaller, indipendent shops, I can see how this new legislation is negatively affecting them, putting them on the same level as big corporations who can actually afford these costs. Therefore, I would like to petition the followings points: 1) excluding small/micro businesses from the AR rule as it is disproportionate towards them; provide either a threshold under which this rule doesn't apply/is enforced more lightly, or provide measurements small businesses can afford 2) harmonize the registration for EPR/PPRW in EU states for small and micro businesses This new law also speaks against the free market in the EU, and will have severe consequences on many local businesses. It is bound to make only huge corporations outside of the EU thrive. Please consider making exemptions/adjustements for smaller businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "While I agree that such rules are important for the environment, especially in times like these, they are currently causing a lot of strain on smaller businesses, who don't have the means to hire representatives and pay fees for each European country. As someone who almost exclusively shops from smaller, indipendent shops, I can see how this new legislation is negatively affecting them, putting them on the same level as big corporations who can actually afford these costs. Therefore, I would like to petition the followings points: 1) excluding small/micro businesses from the AR rule as it is disproportionate towards them; provide either a threshold under which this rule doesn't apply/is enforced more lightly, or provide measurements small businesses can afford 2) harmonize the registration for EPR/PPRW in EU states for small and micro businesses This new law also speaks against the free market in the EU, and will have severe consequences on many local businesses. It is bound to make only huge corporations outside of the EU thrive. Please consider making exemptions/adjustements for smaller businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544911_en"}, {"id": 33544910, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:49:08", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent micro-business owner, I fully support environmental sustainability and reducing packaging waste, but the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) threatens to destroy cross-border e-commerce for small enterprises. Currently, complying with fragmented national registers, paying multiple local fees, and hiring mandated authorized representatives across different EU countries introduces hundreds or thousands of euros in fixed overhead. For a small business shipping low volumes, these administrative and financial barriers outweigh total revenue, effectively locking independent creators and small shops out of the EU internal market, which is supposed to be open to all EU citizens and most importantly FAIR! To protect micro-enterprises and maintain a diverse, competitive marketplace, the European Commission must implement: 1. A true de minimis threshold or full administrative exemption for micro-businesses shipping low annual tonnages of packaging. 2. A single, centralized EU-wide digital portal for registration and reporting, removing the impossible requirement to navigate dozens of separate national systems and language barriers. Without these adjustments, legislation intended to target industrial waste will inadvertently crush small, sustainable makers and independent sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent micro-business owner, I fully support environmental sustainability and reducing packaging waste, but the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) threatens to destroy cross-border e-commerce for small enterprises. Currently, complying with fragmented national registers, paying multiple local fees, and hiring mandated authorized representatives across different EU countries introduces hundreds or thousands of euros in fixed overhead. For a small business shipping low volumes, these administrative and financial barriers outweigh total revenue, effectively locking independent creators and small shops out of the EU internal market, which is supposed to be open to all EU citizens and most importantly FAIR! To protect micro-enterprises and maintain a diverse, competitive marketplace, the European Commission must implement: 1. A true de minimis threshold or full administrative exemption for micro-businesses shipping low annual tonnages of packaging. 2. A single, centralized EU-wide digital portal for registration and reporting, removing the impossible requirement to navigate dozens of separate national systems and language barriers. Without these adjustments, legislation intended to target industrial waste will inadvertently crush small, sustainable makers and independent sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544910_en"}, {"id": 33544909, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:46:37", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law directly harms small businesses around the EU. I have first hand seen small business after small business in the arts and crafts scene announce that they have to stop shipping to the EU outside of their home base country because the cost is not something that they can carry. I'm talking about businesses such as dice makers, artisan crafts, miniature painters and other hobby and crafts businesses which in most cases are a business of one or two people with earnings of around 15000 a year. It is absolutely not feasible for these businesses to have to now pay 300 per year per EU country for the case where they MAYBE sell one or two items in said country. You absolutely cannot treat small businesses with the same broad stroke laws as you would multimillion dollar companies. A company like Amazon can absorb these costs easily but you are recklessly destroying small businesses with this initiative. These are also in many cases businesses that already work with recycled materials and/or net zero carbon footprints. You should focus your attention on the companies that truly do harm to the environment. But with this law you are hurting small businesses and are not at all causing an inconvenience to big polluters, because to them this is a drop in the bucket money wise. Please rework this law to make it dependent on earnings and headcount of the company. Exclude small businesses that are already only barely getting by.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law directly harms small businesses around the EU. I have first hand seen small business after small business in the arts and crafts scene announce that they have to stop shipping to the EU outside of their home base country because the cost is not something that they can carry. I'm talking about businesses such as dice makers, artisan crafts, miniature painters and other hobby and crafts businesses which in most cases are a business of one or two people with earnings of around 15000 a year. It is absolutely not feasible for these businesses to have to now pay 300 per year per EU country for the case where they MAYBE sell one or two items in said country. You absolutely cannot treat small businesses with the same broad stroke laws as you would multimillion dollar companies. A company like Amazon can absorb these costs easily but you are recklessly destroying small businesses with this initiative. These are also in many cases businesses that already work with recycled materials and/or net zero carbon footprints. You should focus your attention on the companies that truly do harm to the environment. But with this law you are hurting small businesses and are not at all causing an inconvenience to big polluters, because to them this is a drop in the bucket money wise. Please rework this law to make it dependent on earnings and headcount of the company. Exclude small businesses that are already only barely getting by.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544909_en"}, {"id": 33544908, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:45:23", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To uniemożliwi małym biznesom na istnienie. Artyści, rzemieślnicy, rodzinne sklepy spożywcze to przecież działalności które nie zarabiają wystarczająco by pokryć koszty licencji na opakowania. Nie jesteśmy brani pod uwagę, za to bani jak giganci z milionami w kieszeni, których zapłacenie za opakowanie nie zaboli.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will make it impossible for small businesses to exist. After all, artists, craftsmen and family food shops are activities that do not earn enough to cover the cost of packaging licences. Bananas such as the giants with millions in their pocket, which are not too expensive to pay for the packaging, are not taken into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544908_en"}, {"id": 33544907, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:44:15", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Requiring artists, creators and small manufacturers to comply with the same laws as big multinational companies is ludicrous. The requirements should be proportional to allow small businesses to operate and send small amount of parcels across the EU. There's no unification of laws across countries. Requiring a paid representative in other countries to be able to sell small amounts of home made goods is completely delusional concept. Small creators abroad (even outside EU) are now refusing to send their goods because of the new regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "Requiring artists, creators and small manufacturers to comply with the same laws as big multinational companies is ludicrous. The requirements should be proportional to allow small businesses to operate and send small amount of parcels across the EU. There's no unification of laws across countries. Requiring a paid representative in other countries to be able to sell small amounts of home made goods is completely delusional concept. Small creators abroad (even outside EU) are now refusing to send their goods because of the new regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544907_en"}, {"id": 33544906, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:41:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MeTime-Wraps ", "feedback": "I am writing to you as an aspiring small business owner who is currently starting up a new business and online shop, regarding the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I fully support the environmental goals of reducing waste, the current implementation of national producer registers without a uniform de minimis exemption (Bagatellgrenze) acts as an insurmountable barrier for my market entry. I am at the very beginning of my journey and have not yet shipped any goods or packaging materials to other EU countries. My goal was to gradually expand into the European market. However, the obligation to register in every single EU member state from the very first package, navigate different national compliance schemes, and pay high flat-rate fees for tiny start-up volumes completely destroys any opportunity to establish a business. Such an administrative and financial burden is simply impossible to bear for a micro-enterprise just starting out. Without a reasonable, unified EU-wide small-volume exemption or a true One-Stop-Shop system, I will be forced to exclude all other EU countries from my shipping destinations from day one. This completely undermines the fundamental idea of the EU Single Market, which should be accessible to new entrepreneurs. I urgently request the European Commission to introduce a uniform EU-wide small-volume exemption to give startups and micro-enterprises a fair chance to exist and grow. Sincerely,", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you as an aspiring small business owner who is currently starting up a new business and online shop, regarding the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I fully support the environmental goals of reducing waste, the current implementation of national producer registers without a uniform de minimis exemption (Bagatellgrenze) acts as an insurmountable barrier for my market entry. I am at the very beginning of my journey and have not yet shipped any goods or packaging materials to other EU countries. My goal was to gradually expand into the European market. However, the obligation to register in every single EU member state from the very first package, navigate different national compliance schemes, and pay high flat-rate fees for tiny start-up volumes completely destroys any opportunity to establish a business. Such an administrative and financial burden is simply impossible to bear for a micro-enterprise just starting out. Without a reasonable, unified EU-wide small-volume exemption or a true One-Stop-Shop system, I will be forced to exclude all other EU countries from my shipping destinations from day one. This completely undermines the fundamental idea of the EU Single Market, which should be accessible to new entrepreneurs. I urgently request the European Commission to introduce a uniform EU-wide small-volume exemption to give startups and micro-enterprises a fair chance to exist and grow. Sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544906_en"}, {"id": 33544905, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:41:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will disproportionately affect small business who cannot afford to register and deal with the paperwork of every single EU member they are selling to (in small amounts). The big sellers (amazon, temu, etc) will of course have a team of lawyers and will continue doing business as usual, it's the small sellers that will get discouraged and stop. Could there be an exemption for small businesses or below a certain amount?", "feedbackEnglish": "This will disproportionately affect small business who cannot afford to register and deal with the paperwork of every single EU member they are selling to (in small amounts). The big sellers (amazon, temu, etc) will of course have a team of lawyers and will continue doing business as usual, it's the small sellers that will get discouraged and stop. Could there be an exemption for small businesses or below a certain amount?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544905_en"}, {"id": 33544904, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:40:33", "country": "MEX", "language": "ES", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buen día. Soy una persona con un micro negocio donde la única persona trabajadora soy yo, ubicado fuera de la UE con envíos esporádicos al mes, que aunque no son muchos nos ayuda a subsistir el día a día. El nuevo reglamento del ppwr es demasiado complicado para nosotros que no contamos con los mismos recursos que las grandes compañías, complicaciones tanto para alguien fuera de la Union europea como los que si residen en uno de los paises miembros. He leído a muchas personas que como yo tienen el mismo sentir de preocupación sobre el futuro de nuestros micro negocios, que los requisitos son absurdos y los pagos son aun más absurdos e impagables para micro negocios que dependen de estos mercados cuando no generamos la misma cantidad de desperdicio que muchas empresas o compañías gigantes, y la incertidumbre de si podremos seguir contando con estos mercados. También sentimos la incertidumbre sobre nuestros envíos personales, ya que contamos con amigos y familiares que residen en la UE que en cualquier momento algún agente aduanal ponga en duda que el motivo del envío sea personal y nos soliciten el mismo requisito como si fuera un envío comercial. Solicitamos al parlamento europeo una exhaustiva revisión para los micro negocios que tanto fuera como dentro de la UE dependen parcial o enteramente de este mercado y no producimos tanto desperdicio como las grandes compañías, quienes si pueden pagar y hacerse cargo de toda la burocracia que se solicita.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good day. I am a person with a micro business where the only worker is me, located outside the EU with sporadic shipments per month, which although not many help us to survive on a daily basis. The new regulation on PPWR is too complicated for us that we do not have the same resources as big companies, complications both for someone outside the European Union and for those living in one of the member countries. I have read to many people who like me are equally concerned about the future of our micro businesses, that requirements are absurd and payments are even more absurd and unpayable for micro businesses that depend on these markets when we do not generate the same amount of waste as many giant companies or companies, and the uncertainty of whether we will still be able to count on these markets. We also feel the uncertainty about our personal consignments, as we have friends and family living in the EU who at any time any customs agent questions whether the reason for the consignment is personal and asks us for the same requirement as if it were a commercial consignment. We call on the European Parliament for a comprehensive review for micro businesses both outside and inside the EU that are partly or entirely dependent on this market and do not produce as much waste as large companies, which can pay and take over all the red tape requested.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544904_en"}, {"id": 33544903, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:40:11", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative have resulted many smaller entrepreneurs and shops announcing they no longer ship to my EU country, since it's not worth the registration troubles and fees. This halts the business across borders and significantly hampers my ability to buy European-made goods from other countries. I urge that individual and micro businesses are made exempt from registration requirements.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative have resulted many smaller entrepreneurs and shops announcing they no longer ship to my EU country, since it's not worth the registration troubles and fees. This halts the business across borders and significantly hampers my ability to buy European-made goods from other countries. I urge that individual and micro businesses are made exempt from registration requirements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544903_en"}, {"id": 33544902, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:38:58", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KurapiDraws di Pasquali Claudia", "feedback": "Ho sempre voluto essere in regola per la mia azienda individuale, per cui ho aperto partita iva italiana un anno fa, in modo da poter vendere regolarmente come e-commerce. Creo adesivi, spille, stampe e portachiavi e sono l'unica persona alle spalle di questa realtà: gestire la burocrazia per spedire in 27 stati diversi (in quella che è chiamata UNIONE Europea) mi mette particolarmente in difficoltà, per diversi fattori. In primis, il costo insostenibile per una singola persona; si parla di un investimento non indifferente per ogni singola nazione, ogni anno. Poi, mi sono sempre impegnata per spedire nel modo più eco-sostenibile possibile (imballaggi solo in cartone, plastica praticamente non esistente). Sto seriamente valutando di chiudere la mia azienda, per la quale mi sto impegnando ogni singolo giorno, solo per cercare di tenerla in piedi. Invece di ricevere incentivi e aiuti da parte delle pubbliche istituzioni, noi micro e piccole aziende veniamo costantemente bastonate. Per quale motivo siamo state poste sullo stesso livello rispetto a realtà che non vengono in alcun modo scalfite da questa nuova regolamentazione? Lo trovo assurdo ed ingestibile.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have always wanted to be in order for my individual business, so I opened an Italian VAT entry one year ago so that I can sell it regularly as e-commerce. I create adhesives, pins, prints and key rings and I am the only person behind this reality: managing bureaucracy to ship to 27 different states (in what is called the European Union) is particularly difficult for me, due to various factors. First, the unsustainable cost for an individual; we are talking about an investment that is not indifferent for each individual nation, every year. Then, I have always endeavoured to ship as environmentally sustainable as possible (cardboard packaging only, practically non-existent plastic). I am seriously considering closing down my company, for which I am committed every single day, just to try to keep it standing. Instead of receiving incentives and help from public institutions, we micro and small businesses are constantly being built. Why have we been put on the same level with respect to realities that are in no way undermined by this new regulation? I find it absurd and unmanageable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544902_en"}, {"id": 33544901, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:38:16", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules are out of proportion for small/micro businesses. A lot of artists have to involuntarily stop shipping to the EU because of this rule. Even if they would just ship 5 of their prints/artworks to the EU a year out of 500, they would still have to pay a ridiculous amount of money upfront which most don't have or which they dont profit of off this way. Also i dont think it is fair to put a price on let's say, art in this way. As the buyer of small businesses you already pay (hundreds!) Of euros in municipal taxes for your garbage, pick up and seperating. For these costs to be added on top makes no sense! Tax big businesses who can afford to do better on all fronts!", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are out of proportion for small/micro businesses. A lot of artists have to involuntarily stop shipping to the EU because of this rule. Even if they would just ship 5 of their prints/artworks to the EU a year out of 500, they would still have to pay a ridiculous amount of money upfront which most don't have or which they dont profit of off this way. Also i dont think it is fair to put a price on let's say, art in this way. As the buyer of small businesses you already pay (hundreds!) Of euros in municipal taxes for your garbage, pick up and seperating. For these costs to be added on top makes no sense! Tax big businesses who can afford to do better on all fronts!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544901_en"}, {"id": 33544900, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:37:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an unfortunate strain on small businesses. As someone who buys almost exclusively from such, I see the impact it has on them, a lot of them not being able to afford the huge costs with their livelihoods on stake which big corporations such as Amazon or Shein etc barely even notice the extra effort and cost. This creates also commercial borders within the EU since a lot of small businesses need to close shop to those outside their own country, which goes directly against one of the ground principles of the EU. I would like to petition for exemptions for small and micro businesses under certain thresholds.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an unfortunate strain on small businesses. As someone who buys almost exclusively from such, I see the impact it has on them, a lot of them not being able to afford the huge costs with their livelihoods on stake which big corporations such as Amazon or Shein etc barely even notice the extra effort and cost. This creates also commercial borders within the EU since a lot of small businesses need to close shop to those outside their own country, which goes directly against one of the ground principles of the EU. I would like to petition for exemptions for small and micro businesses under certain thresholds.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544900_en"}, {"id": 33544899, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:36:29", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Det kommer bli döden för småföretagare som inte är de stora bovarna i det hela. Borde finnas en nedre gräns för omsättning för att man ska omfattas av lagen.", "feedbackEnglish": "It will be the death of small entrepreneurs who are not the big boys in the whole. There should be a minimum turnover threshold in order to be covered by the law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544899_en"}, {"id": 33544898, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:33:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "IVY Berlin ", "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I own a small business in Germany hand sewing clothing that we send to customers around the world. Each order is packed with one piece of black tissue paper and then slid into a recycled cardboard shipping sleeve. We use no plastic in our packaging and already pay for the recycling of their very small amount of packaging each year in Germany through Ecopunkt. If we were to continue selling our products in all of the EU as of August 12th, we would need to pay an estimated 5.000-6.000 a year in registration fees, minimum recycling costs, and registered contacts (Bevöllmächtigten) in each country. That would mean losing money on each order, completely eliminating the small profit margin our handmade business has. I am not alone. I work with 20 other handmade artists in my studio, and all of them have to stop selling in the EU or drastically reduce the countries they ship to. We ourselves will reduce our shipping to only 5 EU countries. I am pleading with you to change this law and create an exception for small businesses. This law effectively wipes out tons of small businesses in Germany and the EU as a whole and honestly just strengthens large companies position in this saturated market - Amazon, SHEIN, Temu etc have enough money to pay these fees. Small businesses dont. Please support our handmade business - we already produce our clothing under fair conditions and with as little waste as possible - we should have a fair chance at getting our products to our customers as Amazon and co do as well. Thank you for your time. Tessa Holbrook", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I own a small business in Germany hand sewing clothing that we send to customers around the world. Each order is packed with one piece of black tissue paper and then slid into a recycled cardboard shipping sleeve. We use no plastic in our packaging and already pay for the recycling of their very small amount of packaging each year in Germany through Ecopunkt. If we were to continue selling our products in all of the EU as of August 12th, we would need to pay an estimated 5.000-6.000 a year in registration fees, minimum recycling costs, and registered contacts (Bevöllmächtigten) in each country. That would mean losing money on each order, completely eliminating the small profit margin our handmade business has. I am not alone. I work with 20 other handmade artists in my studio, and all of them have to stop selling in the EU or drastically reduce the countries they ship to. We ourselves will reduce our shipping to only 5 EU countries. I am pleading with you to change this law and create an exception for small businesses. This law effectively wipes out tons of small businesses in Germany and the EU as a whole and honestly just strengthens large companies position in this saturated market - Amazon, SHEIN, Temu etc have enough money to pay these fees. Small businesses dont. Please support our handmade business - we already produce our clothing under fair conditions and with as little waste as possible - we should have a fair chance at getting our products to our customers as Amazon and co do as well. Thank you for your time. Tessa Holbrook", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544898_en"}, {"id": 33544897, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:32:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SinneSpin", "feedback": "First of all, a lot is unclear. The implementation is looking like a big chaotic mess and next week will be a dent in EU economy, trade and trust. There is no clear guideline. All countries have a different approach and micro-businesses dont have the capacity to deal with this. Not in manpower, not in funds. This initiative needs to be handled by one central organ, with one simple fee, with one simple and understandable guideline. This initiative will not limit the amount of packaging ending up in recycling or landfill, the way it is implemented now. The big shippers will still ship big. The small shippers wont be able to ship. New starting companies will have issues starting up and small companies wont be able to grow bigger. The only thing it does is make the rich survive and the rest die off. Micro-businesses are still people trying to make a living in an honest way. Most of them very creative and trying to limit their impact on the environment. This all feels like a beating we dont deserve. EU was all about free and easy trade. Please review and rewrite this initiative with the help of all the pleaders here. Do it with all the different package handlers in mind. Find a way to not kill off a whole beautiful sector. Start with the biggest polluters and stop making loopholes for them to avoid getting punished. Look at the manufacturers of packaging first, before slapping the ones that have little to no choice to use what is available. Postpone. Rethink. Do Better.", "feedbackEnglish": "First of all, a lot is unclear. The implementation is looking like a big chaotic mess and next week will be a dent in EU economy, trade and trust. There is no clear guideline. All countries have a different approach and micro-businesses dont have the capacity to deal with this. Not in manpower, not in funds. This initiative needs to be handled by one central organ, with one simple fee, with one simple and understandable guideline. This initiative will not limit the amount of packaging ending up in recycling or landfill, the way it is implemented now. The big shippers will still ship big. The small shippers wont be able to ship. New starting companies will have issues starting up and small companies wont be able to grow bigger. The only thing it does is make the rich survive and the rest die off. Micro-businesses are still people trying to make a living in an honest way. Most of them very creative and trying to limit their impact on the environment. This all feels like a beating we dont deserve. EU was all about free and easy trade. Please review and rewrite this initiative with the help of all the pleaders here. Do it with all the different package handlers in mind. Find a way to not kill off a whole beautiful sector. Start with the biggest polluters and stop making loopholes for them to avoid getting punished. Look at the manufacturers of packaging first, before slapping the ones that have little to no choice to use what is available. Postpone. Rethink. Do Better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544897_en"}, {"id": 33544896, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:31:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta nueva iniciativa no tiene en cuenta a los pequeños negocios y a los artistas y artesanos. Me parece estupendo el reducir plásticos y usar paquetería más ecológica y sostenible, pero aplicar tasas y endurecer la burocracia para pequeños emprendedores es casi un suicidio.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new initiative does not take into account small businesses and artists and craftsmen. I find it great to reduce plastics and use greener and more sustainable parcel delivery, but applying fees and hardening red tape for small entrepreneurs is almost suicide.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544896_en"}, {"id": 33544895, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:28:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The regulations, as they are, are going to hurt many upcoming businesses, small businesses, individuals or microbusinesses. These types of businesses do not have the capacity to currently pay rhe required fees as they are unreasonably high for them. Shipping only to their country defeats the purpose of a european union. Also there are no unified forms to properly fill out. With no dedicated person in the small business to fill out, small businesses or indivduals are forced to either take up the unreasonable workload themselves or to hire someone, raising the costs yet again. We understand the need for the PPRW, but would like the EU to revise to exclude small businsses to a threshold of 40-60k a year. Additionally, everyone would benefit from a centralized and easy to understand form to fill out.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulations, as they are, are going to hurt many upcoming businesses, small businesses, individuals or microbusinesses. These types of businesses do not have the capacity to currently pay rhe required fees as they are unreasonably high for them. Shipping only to their country defeats the purpose of a european union. Also there are no unified forms to properly fill out. With no dedicated person in the small business to fill out, small businesses or indivduals are forced to either take up the unreasonable workload themselves or to hire someone, raising the costs yet again. We understand the need for the PPRW, but would like the EU to revise to exclude small businsses to a threshold of 40-60k a year. Additionally, everyone would benefit from a centralized and easy to understand form to fill out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544895_en"}, {"id": 33544894, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:28:36", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida solo beneficia a las grandes empresas y va a ser la ruina para el pequeño emprendedor, que no es justa porque no es proporcional y está hecha pensando solo en envíos masivos de corporaciones. Que a pesar de que apoyamos el PPWR, las medidas tienen que ser justas y proporcionadas.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure only benefits large companies and will be the ruin for the small entrepreneur, who is not fair because it is not proportional and is only thinking of mass mailings from corporations. Despite our support for the PPWR, the measures need to be fair and proportionate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544894_en"}, {"id": 33544893, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:28:01", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the European Unions goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable use of resources. As a citizen and a small independent artist, I believe that environmental responsibility is important and that businesses should contribute fairly to the environmental costs of the packaging they use. However, I am deeply concerned about the practical impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility requirements under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on micro-businesses, individual artists and craftspeople selling small quantities of their work across the EU. I run a very small artistic business. I am not a large manufacturer or an international retailer. My products are handmade, sales volumes are small, and I may send only 2-4 parcels per year to customers in a particular Member State. Under the new rules, selling even a very small number of products directly to customers in several EU countries may require a micro-business like mine to deal separately with EPR registration, reporting and compliance requirements in each Member State concerned, including the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility where applicable. For a large company distributing thousands or millions of products, these administrative costs can be absorbed as part of normal business operations. For an independent artist who may send only one, five or ten parcels to a particular country in an entire year, the situation is completely different. The environmental fees attributable to the actual amount of packaging I introduce may be extremely small. However, the fixed costs of registrations, compliance services and authorised representatives can and will exceed the profit generated from sales to each country. This creates a serious problem of proportionality. In practice, small artists and craftspeople may have no economically rational option other than to stop selling their work to customers in other EU Members. Instead of facilitating participation in the Single Market, these requirements risk creating barriers that disproportionately affect the smallest European businesses and independent creators. I find this particularly concerning because small-scale artistic and craft businesses are fundamentally different from mass-market producers. Many of us already reuse packaging, minimise unnecessary materials and generate extremely small quantities of packaging waste. I fully accept the principle that I should be responsible for the packaging I actually introduce into another Member State. If I introduce several kilograms of packaging, I am prepared to pay an appropriate environmental contribution corresponding to those several kilograms. What I find disproportionate is potentially having to establish a separate administrative and representative structure in multiple Member States simply because individual customers from those countries choose to purchase my work. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission and EU legislators to introduce a meaningful proportionality mechanism for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border sellers. Possible solutions could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging, a single EU registration and reporting portal for micro-businesses, one EPR representative covering the entire EU, simplified cross-border reporting, or a centralised mechanism through which a small seller could pay the appropriate environmental contribution without having to establish separate compliance arrangements in every Member State. Such an exemption or simplified system would not have to mean exemption from environmental responsibility. Small businesses could still report packaging and contribute financially according to the actual quantities they place on the market. The objective should be to make compliance proportional and not overburden the citizens that are simply trying to share their crafts with other European people.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the European Unions goals of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and encouraging more sustainable use of resources. As a citizen and a small independent artist, I believe that environmental responsibility is important and that businesses should contribute fairly to the environmental costs of the packaging they use. However, I am deeply concerned about the practical impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility requirements under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on micro-businesses, individual artists and craftspeople selling small quantities of their work across the EU. I run a very small artistic business. I am not a large manufacturer or an international retailer. My products are handmade, sales volumes are small, and I may send only 2-4 parcels per year to customers in a particular Member State. Under the new rules, selling even a very small number of products directly to customers in several EU countries may require a micro-business like mine to deal separately with EPR registration, reporting and compliance requirements in each Member State concerned, including the requirement to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility where applicable. For a large company distributing thousands or millions of products, these administrative costs can be absorbed as part of normal business operations. For an independent artist who may send only one, five or ten parcels to a particular country in an entire year, the situation is completely different. The environmental fees attributable to the actual amount of packaging I introduce may be extremely small. However, the fixed costs of registrations, compliance services and authorised representatives can and will exceed the profit generated from sales to each country. This creates a serious problem of proportionality. In practice, small artists and craftspeople may have no economically rational option other than to stop selling their work to customers in other EU Members. Instead of facilitating participation in the Single Market, these requirements risk creating barriers that disproportionately affect the smallest European businesses and independent creators. I find this particularly concerning because small-scale artistic and craft businesses are fundamentally different from mass-market producers. Many of us already reuse packaging, minimise unnecessary materials and generate extremely small quantities of packaging waste. I fully accept the principle that I should be responsible for the packaging I actually introduce into another Member State. If I introduce several kilograms of packaging, I am prepared to pay an appropriate environmental contribution corresponding to those several kilograms. What I find disproportionate is potentially having to establish a separate administrative and representative structure in multiple Member States simply because individual customers from those countries choose to purchase my work. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission and EU legislators to introduce a meaningful proportionality mechanism for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border sellers. Possible solutions could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging, a single EU registration and reporting portal for micro-businesses, one EPR representative covering the entire EU, simplified cross-border reporting, or a centralised mechanism through which a small seller could pay the appropriate environmental contribution without having to establish separate compliance arrangements in every Member State. Such an exemption or simplified system would not have to mean exemption from environmental responsibility. Small businesses could still report packaging and contribute financially according to the actual quantities they place on the market. The objective should be to make compliance proportional and not overburden the citizens that are simply trying to share their crafts with other European people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544893_en"}, {"id": 33544892, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:26:17", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Blossombujo Store", "feedback": "As an EU citizen and the owner of a small European business, I would like to raise serious concerns about the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the increasing national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements on micro-enterprises and small businesses operating across the EU. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and increasing environmental responsibility. However, I believe that the current implementation risks undermining one of the fundamental principles of the European Union: the free movement of goods and the functioning of the Single Market. For a micro-business, selling a product to another EU country can now involve separate national registrations, reporting obligations, fees, packaging declarations and administrative procedures. In practice, this creates a collection of separate national markets rather than a genuinely unified European market. This burden is particularly disproportionate for small businesses. A micro-enterprise shipping a limited number of small parcels does not have the financial resources, administrative staff or legal departments of a large corporation. The cost of remaining compliant can become disproportionate to both its turnover and the very small amount of packaging waste it actually generates. The consequences are serious: small businesses may be forced to stop shipping to certain Member States, withdraw from parts of the European market, or even close their businesses altogether. European consumers consequently lose access to products from small independent businesses within their own Single Market. This creates de facto borders within the European Union. There is also a fundamental question of proportionality. If the objective is to reduce packaging waste, the regulatory burden should be proportionate to the environmental impact and the volume of packaging placed on the market. A micro-business sending a handful of small parcels cannot reasonably be treated in the same way as companies placing enormous quantities of packaging on the European market. I therefore urge the European Commission to consider: * a genuinely EU-wide and harmonised EPR system, rather than requiring small businesses to navigate multiple national systems; * simplified procedures or exemptions for micro-enterprises below clearly defined packaging-volume thresholds; * fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market, avoiding fixed costs that can be economically significant for very small businesses; * stronger consideration of the cumulative administrative burden created by different national systems; * a greater focus on the largest producers and highest-volume sources of packaging waste, where regulation can have a substantially greater environmental impact. The EU should be able to pursue ambitious environmental objectives without making cross-border trade economically inaccessible to its smallest businesses. The objective of reducing packaging waste should not come at the cost of fragmenting the European Single Market or driving micro-enterprises out of cross-border trade. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market should not be competing objectives. The regulatory framework must allow both to coexist.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen and the owner of a small European business, I would like to raise serious concerns about the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the increasing national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements on micro-enterprises and small businesses operating across the EU. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and increasing environmental responsibility. However, I believe that the current implementation risks undermining one of the fundamental principles of the European Union: the free movement of goods and the functioning of the Single Market. For a micro-business, selling a product to another EU country can now involve separate national registrations, reporting obligations, fees, packaging declarations and administrative procedures. In practice, this creates a collection of separate national markets rather than a genuinely unified European market. This burden is particularly disproportionate for small businesses. A micro-enterprise shipping a limited number of small parcels does not have the financial resources, administrative staff or legal departments of a large corporation. The cost of remaining compliant can become disproportionate to both its turnover and the very small amount of packaging waste it actually generates. The consequences are serious: small businesses may be forced to stop shipping to certain Member States, withdraw from parts of the European market, or even close their businesses altogether. European consumers consequently lose access to products from small independent businesses within their own Single Market. This creates de facto borders within the European Union. There is also a fundamental question of proportionality. If the objective is to reduce packaging waste, the regulatory burden should be proportionate to the environmental impact and the volume of packaging placed on the market. A micro-business sending a handful of small parcels cannot reasonably be treated in the same way as companies placing enormous quantities of packaging on the European market. I therefore urge the European Commission to consider: * a genuinely EU-wide and harmonised EPR system, rather than requiring small businesses to navigate multiple national systems; * simplified procedures or exemptions for micro-enterprises below clearly defined packaging-volume thresholds; * fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market, avoiding fixed costs that can be economically significant for very small businesses; * stronger consideration of the cumulative administrative burden created by different national systems; * a greater focus on the largest producers and highest-volume sources of packaging waste, where regulation can have a substantially greater environmental impact. The EU should be able to pursue ambitious environmental objectives without making cross-border trade economically inaccessible to its smallest businesses. The objective of reducing packaging waste should not come at the cost of fragmenting the European Single Market or driving micro-enterprises out of cross-border trade. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market should not be competing objectives. The regulatory framework must allow both to coexist.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544892_en"}, {"id": 33544891, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:26:10", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My feeback: - Please exempt micro and small businesses from the AR obligations - Harmonise the registration requirements across EU or to exempt very small business from registration - And protect the free movement of goods and viability of small businesses. The current rules are unclear and seem to only bring uncertainty/end to small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "My feeback: - Please exempt micro and small businesses from the AR obligations - Harmonise the registration requirements across EU or to exempt very small business from registration - And protect the free movement of goods and viability of small businesses. The current rules are unclear and seem to only bring uncertainty/end to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544891_en"}, {"id": 33544890, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:21:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have a small business making handmade custom jewelry in Germany which I am now unfortunately considering closing down because this regulation is the straw that broke the camel's back. I am just an artist working by myself trying to make a living. Between existing local & EU regulations, the general poor economic situation, and US tariffs, small business - especially \"micro businesses\" like mine have had an exceptionally hard year already. This new regulation is not only causing great confusion on who needs to comply with what but it also places a massive financial and administrative burden on small sellers who ship perhaps only a few packages a month within the EU. If we have to register in every country individually, and pay a representative hundreds of Euros each time (!) this is a massive extra effort. I really hope this gets changed to make an exemption for small businesses and/or offers a one stop shop so people can register and pay once for all of the EU. Personally, for me this is the point where I most likely stop and will not do business with physical goods any further. But maybe it doesn't need to kill all the other small shops like mine if the current regulation is refined. I also want to note that I am all for environmental regulation and stopping the large influx of small packages and excessive resulting garbage from outside(!) the EU as well as by large businesses such as Amazon. But the issue is these groups will be able to either comply easily with large legal teams or will simply ignore regulations/ lobby for exemptions anyway. Meanwhile small business can do neither and will simply have to stop shipping product, effectively killing them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small business making handmade custom jewelry in Germany which I am now unfortunately considering closing down because this regulation is the straw that broke the camel's back. I am just an artist working by myself trying to make a living. Between existing local & EU regulations, the general poor economic situation, and US tariffs, small business - especially \"micro businesses\" like mine have had an exceptionally hard year already. This new regulation is not only causing great confusion on who needs to comply with what but it also places a massive financial and administrative burden on small sellers who ship perhaps only a few packages a month within the EU. If we have to register in every country individually, and pay a representative hundreds of Euros each time (!) this is a massive extra effort. I really hope this gets changed to make an exemption for small businesses and/or offers a one stop shop so people can register and pay once for all of the EU. Personally, for me this is the point where I most likely stop and will not do business with physical goods any further. But maybe it doesn't need to kill all the other small shops like mine if the current regulation is refined. I also want to note that I am all for environmental regulation and stopping the large influx of small packages and excessive resulting garbage from outside(!) the EU as well as by large businesses such as Amazon. But the issue is these groups will be able to either comply easily with large legal teams or will simply ignore regulations/ lobby for exemptions anyway. Meanwhile small business can do neither and will simply have to stop shipping product, effectively killing them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544890_en"}, {"id": 33544889, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:20:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR rules for cross-border micro-businesses are not just burdensome, they are economically absurd and risk excluding the smallest businesses from the EU Single Market. If a micro-business sends only a few envelopes or small parcels per year to another Member State, the environmental impact is negligible. Yet that business may still face separate registrations, reporting requirements, national EPR systems, fixed annual fees and additional compliance costs in each country. For many micro-businesses, those fixed costs can be higher than the entire revenue generated in that country. The obvious result is that they will stop selling cross-border, restrict delivery to a few countries, or in some cases close their business entirely. This raises a serious question: did nobody properly think through what these rules mean for micro-businesses, or is the exclusion of very small competitors from cross-border trade simply being accepted as collateral damage? Large corporations can absorb compliance costs across millions of transactions. A one-person business cannot. Regulation like this therefore creates a structural advantage for large companies and a barrier to market entry for the smallest ones. The environmental logic is also questionable at extremely low volumes. If a business sends three lightweight envelopes to another country per year, forcing registrations, reporting, invoices, digital administration, compliance services and potentially additional correspondence may create a bureaucratic and resource footprint completely disproportionate to the few grams of packaging being regulated. How can this be considered proportional environmental policy? If the real goal is recycling and producer responsibility, the solution should be obvious: introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold and create one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system for micro-businesses. The EU Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier. Rules that make it economically irrational for a micro-business to sell a few products to customers in another Member State achieve the exact opposite. The EU should urgently reconsider these requirements before unnecessary bureaucracy forces small businesses out of cross-border trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR rules for cross-border micro-businesses are not just burdensome, they are economically absurd and risk excluding the smallest businesses from the EU Single Market. If a micro-business sends only a few envelopes or small parcels per year to another Member State, the environmental impact is negligible. Yet that business may still face separate registrations, reporting requirements, national EPR systems, fixed annual fees and additional compliance costs in each country. For many micro-businesses, those fixed costs can be higher than the entire revenue generated in that country. The obvious result is that they will stop selling cross-border, restrict delivery to a few countries, or in some cases close their business entirely. This raises a serious question: did nobody properly think through what these rules mean for micro-businesses, or is the exclusion of very small competitors from cross-border trade simply being accepted as collateral damage? Large corporations can absorb compliance costs across millions of transactions. A one-person business cannot. Regulation like this therefore creates a structural advantage for large companies and a barrier to market entry for the smallest ones. The environmental logic is also questionable at extremely low volumes. If a business sends three lightweight envelopes to another country per year, forcing registrations, reporting, invoices, digital administration, compliance services and potentially additional correspondence may create a bureaucratic and resource footprint completely disproportionate to the few grams of packaging being regulated. How can this be considered proportional environmental policy? If the real goal is recycling and producer responsibility, the solution should be obvious: introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold and create one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system for micro-businesses. The EU Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier. Rules that make it economically irrational for a micro-business to sell a few products to customers in another Member State achieve the exact opposite. The EU should urgently reconsider these requirements before unnecessary bureaucracy forces small businesses out of cross-border trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544889_en"}, {"id": 33544888, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:19:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Walkuri", "feedback": "I love that the EU is taking steps to make sure we can limit waste and recycle as much as possible in packaging. However, the new rules hit the smaller companies and artists, often without personel and already recycling and cutting waste as they can, extremely hard. It is unfair to expect these creators to have to register in each EU country as expected from larger companies like Amazon and Chinese suppliers, who make up the largest part of packaging waste. An exemption of these strict rules should be in place for smaller companies that send a limited amount of packages each year to other member states. As an EU citizen and creator myself, I implore you to please support the smaller EU companies, creators and artists who are already struggling to make ends meet.", "feedbackEnglish": "I love that the EU is taking steps to make sure we can limit waste and recycle as much as possible in packaging. However, the new rules hit the smaller companies and artists, often without personel and already recycling and cutting waste as they can, extremely hard. It is unfair to expect these creators to have to register in each EU country as expected from larger companies like Amazon and Chinese suppliers, who make up the largest part of packaging waste. An exemption of these strict rules should be in place for smaller companies that send a limited amount of packages each year to other member states. As an EU citizen and creator myself, I implore you to please support the smaller EU companies, creators and artists who are already struggling to make ends meet.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544888_en"}, {"id": 33544887, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:19:29", "country": "PRT", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Así como está, esta iniciativa destruirá múltiples pequeños comercios dentro de la UE. Pedirle a los comercios, independientemente de su producción/ganancias/tamaño, que paguen tasas individuales por cada país al que deseen vender dentro de la Unión, es absurda. Que para las microempresas ahora sea más viable vender a Reino Unido o Estados Unidos, es absurdo. Se debería: -Adaptar las tarifas a unas mínimas realistas o exento de tarifas a las microempresas y aplicar tarifas mayores a las multinacionales (Amazon, Shein, Temu, etc) quienes realmente impactan más en cuanto a residuos y envases. -Que los procesos sean simplificados para microempresas y negocios con volúmenes mínimos. Que el registro/proceso esté unificado y no sean 27 registros distintos, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios. -Que se de un periodo de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas o excepciones a microempresas con poco volumen de ventas. Es increíble que considerando los acuerdos que existen dentro de la UE de libre comercio, se estén aprobando estas propuestas sin pensar en los pequeños negocios que existen dentro de la Unión y que ya tienen que batallar contra las multinacionales, los procesos para abrir y mantener sus empresas y en general las distintas crisis que estamos enfrentando en estos momentos. Una iniciativa como esta abre las puertas a que millones de empresas pequeñas tengan que cerrar y que el mercado quede aún más en manos de las multinacionales que son en realidad más causantes de estas problemáticas.", "feedbackEnglish": "As you are, this initiative will destroy multiple small shops within the EU. Asking shops, regardless of their production/profits/size, to pay individual fees for each country they want to sell to within the EU is absurd. The fact that it is now more viable for micro-enterprises to sell to the United Kingdom or the United States is absurd. It should: Adapt tariffs to realistic minimum or zero tariffs for micro-enterprises and apply higher tariffs to multinationals (Amazon, Shein, Temu, etc.) which have the greatest impact in terms of waste and packaging. — The processes are simplified for microenterprises and businesses with minimum volumes. The registration/process is unified and not 27 different registrations, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses. A longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or derogations for micro-enterprises with low sales volumes. It is incredible that, given the agreements that exist within the EU on free trade, these proposals are being approved without considering the small businesses that exist within the Union and that already have to fight against multinationals, the processes to open and maintain their businesses and in general the various crises that we are currently facing. Such an initiative opens the door for millions of small businesses to shut down and for the market to remain even more in the hands of multinationals that are actually the most responsible for these problems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544887_en"}, {"id": 33544886, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:19:11", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bien que l'idée soit louable dans ses intentions, il me paraît absolument nécessaire d'accorder une exception pour les micro-entreprises. Tout artiste, créateur, artisan de petite envergure se retrouve face à une montagne de démarches administratives et de frais concomitants, qui sont malheureusement autant de freins au développement du commerce européen et du soutien des micro-entreprises. Les grandes entreprises pourront absorber les coûts, et resteront seules. Je fais toujours un point d'honneur à soutenir les artisans européens lorsque je cherche du tissu, des bijoux, des cartes postales... et j'aimerais pouvoir continuer !", "feedbackEnglish": "Although the idea is laudable in its intentions, it seems to me to be absolutely necessary to grant an exception for micro-enterprises. Every artist, creator and small-scale artist is faced with a multitude of administrative procedures and concomitant costs, which unfortunately hinder the development of European trade and support for micro-enterprises. Large companies will be able to absorb the costs, and will remain alone. I always pay tribute to supporting European craftsmen when I look for fabric, jewellery, postcards... and I would like to be able to continue!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544886_en"}, {"id": 33544884, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:16:36", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Minimizing waste from giant corporations is excellent, but the same rules can't apply to micro businesses that have way less money. This new rule won't do anything but trample small grassroots businesses inside the EU and foster the might of big corporations that have money to spare.", "feedbackEnglish": "Minimizing waste from giant corporations is excellent, but the same rules can't apply to micro businesses that have way less money. This new rule won't do anything but trample small grassroots businesses inside the EU and foster the might of big corporations that have money to spare.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544884_en"}, {"id": 33544883, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:15:48", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je trouve que la régulation est importante pour les grosses sociétés travaillant à travers l'UE et ne tenant pas compte de l'impacte écologique de leurs activités. Par contre, que cette loi s'applique aussi durement aux petits business, auto-entrepreneurs, artistes et artisans à travers l'Europe est vraiment contre productif. Cela ajoute de nombreux frais à des métiers déjà précaires (et qui font souvent déjà très attention à leur packaging).", "feedbackEnglish": "I find regulation important for large companies working across the EU and not taking into account the environmental impact of their activities. On the other hand, the fact that this law applies so harshly to small businesses, self-entrepreneurs, artists and craftsmen throughout Europe is really counterproductive. This adds many costs to jobs that are already precarious (and often already pay great attention to their packaging).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544883_en"}, {"id": 33544882, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:15:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Inprocraft GmbH", "feedback": "Hallo EU Mitarbeiter, ich kann da gar nicht viel dazu sagen. Wir werden auch dieses Mal wieder alle neuen Vorgaben umsetzen. Geld werden wir in Zukunft keines mehr verdienen. Aber das wird Sie wahrscheinlich nicht wirklich interessieren bzw. denken Sie, das Richtige zu tun. Naja, wir werden unsere Firma erst mal so schnell wie möglich verkaufen (Wert hat sie eh nicht mehr viel) und dann gehts ab nach USA. Dort werden Unternehmer noch willkommen geheißen und es werden nicht wöchentlich neue Gängelungsvorschriften erlassen. Wir sind 9 Mitarbeiter, machen eine knappe Mio Umsatz in eCommerce mit eigenen Shops, Amazon, Ebay. Da ist es nun mal so, dass man vor allem innerhalb Europa verkauft. Wir haben schon vor seit Jahren auf umweltverträgliche Verpackungsmaterialien ganz ohne neue Verordnungen. Alibaba, Temu und die ganzen chinesischen Händler, die sich in der EU tummeln, interessiert die ganze Regulierungswut eh nicht. Die Preise, mit denn sie auf den Marktplätzen unterwegs sind, lässt nichts anderes vermuten. Hier könntet Ihr euch mal mit euren Gesetzen austoben, aber lieber lässt man die ordentlichen Händler ausbluten. Wahrscheinlich trifft es hier nicht die Richtigen, \"unsere\" Themen zu adressieren. Zumindest ein Zeichen, dass die Händler unisono genug haben! Ihr seid einfach nur noch meilenweit von der Realität entfernt und macht solange weiter, bis auch der Letzte sein Licht ausmacht...", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello EU staff, I can’t say much about this at all. We will once again implement all the new requirements. We will no longer earn money in the future. But you will probably not really be interested or think you are doing the right thing. Naja, we will sell our company as soon as possible (it doesn't have much value anymore) and then we will go to the USA. Business operators are still welcome there and new fortification rules are not adopted weekly. We are 9 employees and have a small million turnover in eCommerce with our own shops, Amazon, Ebay. It’s time to sell mainly within Europe. We have been on environmentally friendly packaging materials for years without any new regulations. Alibaba, Temu and all Chinese traders melt in the EU are not interested in the whole regulatory anger. Prices, as they are on the marketplaces, suggest nothing else. This is where you could extinct yourself with your laws, but you would prefer to let the regular dealers bleed out. It is probably not the right thing to address “our” issues here. At least a sign that dealers have enough unisono! You are just a mely way away from reality and continue to do so until the last is his or her light...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544882_en"}, {"id": 33544881, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:14:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SophStudioWorks", "feedback": "I strongly oppose the current approach to national producer registration and, in particular, the practical consequences of requiring businesses to comply with separate national EPR systems when selling across the EU. I am a small, Germany-based one-person business selling artwork directly to consumers. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute appropriately to waste management. However, the current approach is disproportionate and risks undermining one of the fundamental achievements of the European Union: the Single Market. For a large international company, registering and reporting packaging separately in multiple Member States and appointing local authorised representatives may be an administrative inconvenience that can be absorbed by an established compliance department and a substantial turnover. For a micro-enterprise, it can make cross-border trade economically impossible. A small business may make only a handful of sales to consumers in another Member State during an entire year. Nevertheless, under the current framework, selling into that country can trigger a completely separate set of registration, reporting and EPR obligations, potentially including the appointment of a local authorised representative. There is no economically meaningful relationship between the administrative and financial burden and the tiny amount of packaging actually placed on that national market. This creates a de facto barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. The result is particularly perverse: a German micro-business can freely sell its products to a German customer, but a sale of exactly the same product to a customer in Austria, France or Italy can suddenly become subject to an additional layer of country-specific compliance that makes the transaction commercially irrational. This does not encourage sustainable packaging. It encourages small businesses to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States altogether. In practice, many micro-enterprises will simply restrict their online shops to their home Member State rather than maintaining separate registrations, reporting processes and representatives across multiple EU countries for occasional sales. This reduces consumer choice, harms small businesses and fragments rather than strengthens the Single Market. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely EU-wide and proportionate solution for micro and small businesses, including: * a single EU-wide producer registration or, at minimum, full mutual recognition of national registrations; * harmonised reporting requirements and a single EU reporting interface; * a meaningful de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes; * no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State for EU-established micro-enterprises; * and a system in which compliance costs are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on a national market. The EU should not create a situation in which a one-person business has to decide whether it can afford to sell a single product to a customer in another EU country. If the objective is a functioning Single Market combined with better environmental protection, the current system needs substantial simplification before it becomes applicable.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly oppose the current approach to national producer registration and, in particular, the practical consequences of requiring businesses to comply with separate national EPR systems when selling across the EU. I am a small, Germany-based one-person business selling artwork directly to consumers. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute appropriately to waste management. However, the current approach is disproportionate and risks undermining one of the fundamental achievements of the European Union: the Single Market. For a large international company, registering and reporting packaging separately in multiple Member States and appointing local authorised representatives may be an administrative inconvenience that can be absorbed by an established compliance department and a substantial turnover. For a micro-enterprise, it can make cross-border trade economically impossible. A small business may make only a handful of sales to consumers in another Member State during an entire year. Nevertheless, under the current framework, selling into that country can trigger a completely separate set of registration, reporting and EPR obligations, potentially including the appointment of a local authorised representative. There is no economically meaningful relationship between the administrative and financial burden and the tiny amount of packaging actually placed on that national market. This creates a de facto barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. The result is particularly perverse: a German micro-business can freely sell its products to a German customer, but a sale of exactly the same product to a customer in Austria, France or Italy can suddenly become subject to an additional layer of country-specific compliance that makes the transaction commercially irrational. This does not encourage sustainable packaging. It encourages small businesses to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States altogether. In practice, many micro-enterprises will simply restrict their online shops to their home Member State rather than maintaining separate registrations, reporting processes and representatives across multiple EU countries for occasional sales. This reduces consumer choice, harms small businesses and fragments rather than strengthens the Single Market. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuinely EU-wide and proportionate solution for micro and small businesses, including: * a single EU-wide producer registration or, at minimum, full mutual recognition of national registrations; * harmonised reporting requirements and a single EU reporting interface; * a meaningful de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes; * no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in every Member State for EU-established micro-enterprises; * and a system in which compliance costs are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on a national market. The EU should not create a situation in which a one-person business has to decide whether it can afford to sell a single product to a customer in another EU country. If the objective is a functioning Single Market combined with better environmental protection, the current system needs substantial simplification before it becomes applicable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544881_en"}, {"id": 33544880, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:12:07", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will be extremely harmfull for small businesses owners with less then 1000 euro a month in sales. The prices to export products to my small range of customer are simply way too much to sustain", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will be extremely harmfull for small businesses owners with less then 1000 euro a month in sales. The prices to export products to my small range of customer are simply way too much to sustain", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544880_en"}, {"id": 33544879, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:11:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alexander Aerial Acrobatics ", "feedback": "Aufgrund der neuen Richtlinie und der damit entstehenden immensen Aufwände und Kosten, müssen wir als kleines Unternehmen leider den Versand in mindestens 6 EU Länder einstellen. Der komplizierte Vorgang führt dazu, dass kleine Unternehmen an dieser Stelle aufgeben und somit die Diversität an Angeboten in der EU reduziert und die Möglichkeit des freien Handels eingeschränkt wird. Wenn man das ganze wie das oss verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer aufziehen würde, wo es einen Punkt gibt an dem man alles meldet, bezahlt und freigibt, dann wäre das Ganze sauber. Außerdem sollten Mindestmengen berücksichtigt werden und alle Regeln gleich in allen Ländern sein, so dass so ein zentraler Prozess greift.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, due to the new directive and the enormous expense and costs it entails, we, as a small business, have to stop shipping to at least 6 EU countries. The complexity of the process leads to small businesses giving up at this point, thus reducing the diversity of offers in the EU and limiting the possibility of free trade. If all of this were to be taken up in the VAT procedure, where there is a point where everything is reported, paid and released, then the whole would be clean. In addition, minimum quantities should be taken into account and all rules should be the same in all countries, so that a central process is in place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544879_en"}, {"id": 33559797, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:21:21", "country": "ARG", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I´m an illustrator. I tend to but from buy stuff from fellow creators, because I love suporting them. Being an artist is already hard as it is. These last rules, are really killing them. Every one of the people I follow on social media is already afraid about this. I´ve considered selling things I´ve created, being pretty expensive setting an online shop here in Italy, but with this would be impossible. I think small creators, micro bussiness should be protected, not destroyed. You can´t apply the same rules to one person who has an online shop of handcrafted items vs Amazon or Temu. Europe has always been the place where I thought art was cherished and appreciated. But these times, it´s hard to think like that. Between all the current hardships, AI destroying art positions in bussiness, and now this. It´s like telling people not to pursue creating art, being such a pillar in culture, in human expression, in human happiness and communities. On another hand, it´s mostly small creators who almost always use recycled packaging, or re-utilize the packaging they already have. I think it´s important to reduce plastic use, but I don´t believe that small creators are the problem here. Thanks so much for the opportunity to give feedback on this. Please don´t let creators starve and stop creating.", "feedbackEnglish": "I´m an illustrator. I tend to but from buy stuff from fellow creators, because I love suporting them. Being an artist is already hard as it is. These last rules, are really killing them. Every one of the people I follow on social media is already afraid about this. I´ve considered selling things I´ve created, being pretty expensive setting an online shop here in Italy, but with this would be impossible. I think small creators, micro bussiness should be protected, not destroyed. You can´t apply the same rules to one person who has an online shop of handcrafted items vs Amazon or Temu. Europe has always been the place where I thought art was cherished and appreciated. But these times, it´s hard to think like that. Between all the current hardships, AI destroying art positions in bussiness, and now this. It´s like telling people not to pursue creating art, being such a pillar in culture, in human expression, in human happiness and communities. On another hand, it´s mostly small creators who almost always use recycled packaging, or re-utilize the packaging they already have. I think it´s important to reduce plastic use, but I don´t believe that small creators are the problem here. Thanks so much for the opportunity to give feedback on this. Please don´t let creators starve and stop creating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559797_en"}, {"id": 33559793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:07:09", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an artist in the EU looking to sell my own prints online in an effort to return to self-employment following bringing up a family, based on an island with limited flexible working opportunities, this feels like one more obstacle (financially and logistically) for individuals and SMEs to address when taking the risk and brave step to become financially independent and create opportunities where none exist. This especially affects artists and other creators who specifically work in this way as they require flexibility while balancing work with family life. The provided information is dense, unclear and confusing, leading to the panic and stress that is now clearly evident. And what about those of us that repurpose packaging already in an affort to be sustainable; where is that addressed? Or must we use only 'new' packaging for traceability and to fulfill the requirements. In summary, good intentions, awful execution. Please do better to support small producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist in the EU looking to sell my own prints online in an effort to return to self-employment following bringing up a family, based on an island with limited flexible working opportunities, this feels like one more obstacle (financially and logistically) for individuals and SMEs to address when taking the risk and brave step to become financially independent and create opportunities where none exist. This especially affects artists and other creators who specifically work in this way as they require flexibility while balancing work with family life. The provided information is dense, unclear and confusing, leading to the panic and stress that is now clearly evident. And what about those of us that repurpose packaging already in an affort to be sustainable; where is that addressed? Or must we use only 'new' packaging for traceability and to fulfill the requirements. In summary, good intentions, awful execution. Please do better to support small producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559793_en"}, {"id": 33559792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 17:01:49", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although this initiative probably had good intentions, it restricts many small businesses and has already negatively impacted both consumers and producers. I do not own any small business but as someone that often purchases from small businesses, I have already been affected by this regulation since most of the shops I buy from have now unfortunately stopped shipping in and to the EU. For the best interest of EU citizens, this new regulations should be reconsidered or readjusted.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although this initiative probably had good intentions, it restricts many small businesses and has already negatively impacted both consumers and producers. I do not own any small business but as someone that often purchases from small businesses, I have already been affected by this regulation since most of the shops I buy from have now unfortunately stopped shipping in and to the EU. For the best interest of EU citizens, this new regulations should be reconsidered or readjusted.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559792_en"}, {"id": 33559791, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:59:56", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Madame, monsieur, bonjour Je viens d'être confrontée à une impossibilité d'achat auprès d'une petite entreprise de vente en ligne du Royaume Uni, laquelle vend un ouvrage très spécialisé que je ne trouverai pas en France. Je suis particulièrement sensible à la protection de l'environnement et à la gestion des déchets. J'y participe d'ailleurs activement. J'ai pris connaissance de la lourdeur du dispositif, de l'impact financier pour une micro-entreprise et je comprends qu'elle ne puisse pas répondre à ma demande d'achat. Il est indispensable que les règles prévues pour l'objectif vertueux de gestion des déchets n'aboutisse pas à une impossibilité de commercer et, dans le cas particulier qui m'intéresse, d'avoir accès à des connaissances et des savoir-faire patrimoniaux. Espérant une forte simplification de ce dispositif, recevez mes salutations distinguées. Yolande Guerber", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, Hello, I have just found it impossible to buy from a small online sales company in the United Kingdom, which sells a very specialised work that I will not find in France. I am particularly sensitive to environmental protection and waste management. I am also actively involved. I am aware of the cumbersome nature of the scheme, the financial impact on a micro-enterprise and I understand that it cannot meet my purchase request. It is essential that the rules laid down for the virtuous objective of waste management do not result in it being impossible to trade and, in the particular case that I am interested in, to have access to heritage knowledge and know-how. I hope that this system will be greatly simplified. Yolande Guerber", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559791_en"}, {"id": 33559790, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:39:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the underlying intention behind this regulation was probably a positive one, it is unfortunately causing more disruption and division than benefit and unity. First of all, as the owner of a very small business, all my sales activities in Europe have been blocked, cutting me off from a huge portion of the market and forcing me to turn away people who wanted to support me and my creations. Secondly, as a customer, most of the small shops I used to buy from have also suspended sales to Europe, and all member countries are being effectively shut out of the market, because it's simply not sustainable for small creators, artists and shops to cover the costs of complying with this regulation. It seems truly absurd that none of this was taken into consideration before approving a regulation like this. It's a problem for Europe both as a customer and as a creator. I strongly urge you to reconsider the decisions that have been made and to revise them, so as to allow micro, small and medium businesses to continue selling their creations, and to allow European customers to keep receiving them.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the underlying intention behind this regulation was probably a positive one, it is unfortunately causing more disruption and division than benefit and unity. First of all, as the owner of a very small business, all my sales activities in Europe have been blocked, cutting me off from a huge portion of the market and forcing me to turn away people who wanted to support me and my creations. Secondly, as a customer, most of the small shops I used to buy from have also suspended sales to Europe, and all member countries are being effectively shut out of the market, because it's simply not sustainable for small creators, artists and shops to cover the costs of complying with this regulation. It seems truly absurd that none of this was taken into consideration before approving a regulation like this. It's a problem for Europe both as a customer and as a creator. I strongly urge you to reconsider the decisions that have been made and to revise them, so as to allow micro, small and medium businesses to continue selling their creations, and to allow European customers to keep receiving them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559790_en"}, {"id": 33559788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:20:21", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "JHParts", "feedback": "We do not agree with the current approach of maintaining separate national producer registers and EPR requirements in every EU Member State. As a Dutch SME selling products throughout the European Union, we fully support the objectives of recycling, waste reduction and producer responsibility. However, the current system creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for companies that operate cross-border within the EU. A company selling to customers in several Member States may have to register separately in each country, appoint multiple authorised representatives, join different waste management organisations, pay separate annual fees and submit different reports for essentially the same packaging. This is particularly burdensome for SMEs and contradicts the principle of a European Single Market. A company should not need 10, 20 or more separate EPR registrations simply because it sells the same products from one EU Member State to customers elsewhere in the EU. We strongly believe that the European Commission should introduce: * One central EU-wide producer/EPR registration; * One EPR number valid throughout the European Union; * One harmonised reporting system for packaging quantities; * The possibility to appoint one representative for the entire EU instead of one representative per Member State; * Clear and uniform rules for B2B sales, especially where products are sold to professional resellers; * Proportionate obligations or simplified reporting for SMEs with relatively small packaging volumes in individual Member States. Member States could still receive the appropriate recycling contributions based on the quantities placed on their national markets, but businesses should be able to report these quantities through one central European system. The current fragmented system creates unnecessary bureaucracy, additional costs and barriers to cross-border trade without providing a corresponding environmental benefit. We therefore urge the European Commission to use the PPWR to genuinely harmonise producer registration and EPR obligations across the EU rather than maintaining 27 different administrative systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "We do not agree with the current approach of maintaining separate national producer registers and EPR requirements in every EU Member State. As a Dutch SME selling products throughout the European Union, we fully support the objectives of recycling, waste reduction and producer responsibility. However, the current system creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for companies that operate cross-border within the EU. A company selling to customers in several Member States may have to register separately in each country, appoint multiple authorised representatives, join different waste management organisations, pay separate annual fees and submit different reports for essentially the same packaging. This is particularly burdensome for SMEs and contradicts the principle of a European Single Market. A company should not need 10, 20 or more separate EPR registrations simply because it sells the same products from one EU Member State to customers elsewhere in the EU. We strongly believe that the European Commission should introduce: * One central EU-wide producer/EPR registration; * One EPR number valid throughout the European Union; * One harmonised reporting system for packaging quantities; * The possibility to appoint one representative for the entire EU instead of one representative per Member State; * Clear and uniform rules for B2B sales, especially where products are sold to professional resellers; * Proportionate obligations or simplified reporting for SMEs with relatively small packaging volumes in individual Member States. Member States could still receive the appropriate recycling contributions based on the quantities placed on their national markets, but businesses should be able to report these quantities through one central European system. The current fragmented system creates unnecessary bureaucracy, additional costs and barriers to cross-border trade without providing a corresponding environmental benefit. We therefore urge the European Commission to use the PPWR to genuinely harmonise producer registration and EPR obligations across the EU rather than maintaining 27 different administrative systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559788_en"}, {"id": 33559787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:16:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sabine Müller", "feedback": "Dieses Gesetz schließt mich als kleines Unternehmen in der Schmuckbranche praktisch vom EU Binnenmarkt aus. 200-300 pro Jahr, und pro EU-Land für einen Bevollmächtigten übersteigen meine Möglichkeiten. Dieses Gestz wirkt nicht andes als ein Zoll an der Grenze zu einem anderen Land, der es mir erschweren soll, meine Waren in diesem Land zu verkaufen. Für kleine Untenehmen, die nur wenige Produkte versenden, sollten Sie folgende Maßnahmen in Betracht ziehen: - eine EU-weite De-minimis Schwelle für Kleinstunternehemen - eine zentrale Registierungstelle in der EU für die Verpackungsordnung - verhältnismäßige Gebühren, die kleine Unternehmen nicht zwingen, ihren Versand in andere EU Länder einzustellen Beweisen Sie bitte, dass die EU noch ein Binnenmarkt ohne Handelshemmnisse ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small company in the jewellery sector, this law effectively excludes me from the EU internal market. 200-300 per year, and per EU country for one plenipotentiary, I go beyond my capacity. This is nothing more than a customs duty at the border with another country, which should make it harder for me to sell my goods in that country. For small companies that send only a few products, you should consider the following measures: — an EU-wide de minimis threshold for microenterprises – a central regulatory body in the EU for packaging rules – proportionate fees that do not force small businesses to stop shipping to other EU countries Proof that the EU is still an internal market without barriers to trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559787_en"}, {"id": 33559786, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:10:27", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The idea to this initiative is good as many other feedbacks have stated, but approaches it from the completely wrong angle. Yes, we need to reduce overconsumption, emissions from airplane transports of mail-order items and drop-shipped trash, but this initiative has looped back around on itself in its attempt of doing that. The new requirements of having a shipping-license in order to ship items to a different country completely kills any small business, current or aspired, trying to reach an international audience, regardless of how enviromentally aware they are. Second hand markets, eco-friendly products, climate neutral packaging are completely left out of the equation. Meanwhile mega-corporations like Amazon can just pay the fees and continue as before with essentially no step-back or changes in how they ship items or the amount of it. I feel that it's extremely important to note that the loss of smaller businesses (especially those with niche focuses like hobbies or specific fashion brands) will also push even more people towards mega-corporations like Amazon because it's now the only place where you can buy those niche items, increasing their sales and effect on the environment. As previously stated, the new rules works against themselves and will in fact fuel the problem. It would feel more sensible to charge companies a fee based on the amount of packages the send rather than licencing fees per country, so that those with a bigger impact pay more to compensate, similar to taxes. While the extra fee for packages imported from outside the EU makes sense, as to discourage long-distance shipping, I do not understand why businessess in the EU have to pay the license fee even for countries that are also within the EU. I sincerely hope this will be changed, as I've already seen multiple artists and small stores shutting down all international shipping or even shutting their store entirely as the majority of their customers are international, which is heartbreaking. I also sincerely hope this will be changed because there are things I occasionally need or want (as we all do and I'm not talking about impulse purchases or drop-ship/fast-fashion type items) but simply cannot get in my country and I really, really despise sites like Amazon, Temu etc. and absolutely do not want to give them my money.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea to this initiative is good as many other feedbacks have stated, but approaches it from the completely wrong angle. Yes, we need to reduce overconsumption, emissions from airplane transports of mail-order items and drop-shipped trash, but this initiative has looped back around on itself in its attempt of doing that. The new requirements of having a shipping-license in order to ship items to a different country completely kills any small business, current or aspired, trying to reach an international audience, regardless of how enviromentally aware they are. Second hand markets, eco-friendly products, climate neutral packaging are completely left out of the equation. Meanwhile mega-corporations like Amazon can just pay the fees and continue as before with essentially no step-back or changes in how they ship items or the amount of it. I feel that it's extremely important to note that the loss of smaller businesses (especially those with niche focuses like hobbies or specific fashion brands) will also push even more people towards mega-corporations like Amazon because it's now the only place where you can buy those niche items, increasing their sales and effect on the environment. As previously stated, the new rules works against themselves and will in fact fuel the problem. It would feel more sensible to charge companies a fee based on the amount of packages the send rather than licencing fees per country, so that those with a bigger impact pay more to compensate, similar to taxes. While the extra fee for packages imported from outside the EU makes sense, as to discourage long-distance shipping, I do not understand why businessess in the EU have to pay the license fee even for countries that are also within the EU. I sincerely hope this will be changed, as I've already seen multiple artists and small stores shutting down all international shipping or even shutting their store entirely as the majority of their customers are international, which is heartbreaking. I also sincerely hope this will be changed because there are things I occasionally need or want (as we all do and I'm not talking about impulse purchases or drop-ship/fast-fashion type items) but simply cannot get in my country and I really, really despise sites like Amazon, Temu etc. and absolutely do not want to give them my money.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559786_en"}, {"id": 33559785, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:10:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Friedrich & Münnich GbR", "feedback": "Für mich als Kleinstunternehmer ist es nicht tragbar, mehrere hundert Euro pro Jahr und EU-Land aufzuwenden, um Waren dorthin versenden zu können. Die Alternative, die betroffenen Länder nicht mehr zu beliefern, würde für mich einen geschätzten Umsatzrückgang von rund 40 % bedeuten. In der Konsequenz wäre ich aufgrund der zusätzlichen Belastungen durch die neue Verordnung künftig auf staatliche Unterstützungsleistungen angewiesen. Das kann meines Erachtens kaum das Ziel einer europäischen Regelung sein, die eigentlich nachhaltige und wettbewerbsfähige Wirtschaftsstrukturen fördern sollte.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur, I cannot afford to spend hundreds of euros per year and per EU country in order to be able to send goods there. The alternative of no longer supplying the countries concerned would mean for me an estimated drop in turnover of around 40 %. As a result, I would in future be dependent on State support due to the additional burdens imposed by the new Regulation. In my view, this can hardly be the aim of a European regulation that should actually promote sustainable and competitive economic structures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559785_en"}, {"id": 33559783, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:07:44", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi est scandaleuse!!! A quoi sert l'Europe si le libre échange est réservé aux grandes entreprises tout en pénalisant les petits entrepreneurs-créateurs!!!! Quelle tartufferie!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is scandalous! What does Europe do if free trade is reserved for large companies while penalising small creative entrepreneurs! What kind of tartuffing?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559783_en"}, {"id": 33559781, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:04:01", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I speak out against the adoption of this regulation. This regulation has already led me to decide not to go ahead with a small business of my own that I had planned to start. For me, it represents a massively disproportionate burden of compliance bureaucracy, and any potential penalties for the small amounts I would be sending would be ruinous. I live in Austria, so this regulation has essentially ruled out 98% of my planned market, which makes the business completely nonviable. The burden for small and medium sized businesses is massively excessive to any benefit this regulation could possibly bring. It completely and unreasonably builds massive barriers for small and medium sized enterprises to entry into and service the EU market. The regulation can only be surmounted by large corporations with their own compliance departments who will merely pass the additional costs onto consumers. This regulation is strongly anti-competitive in that it serves only to remove small and medium enterprises from the market and leave all business to large corporations, thereby additionally reducing the choice EU consumers have. At most, businesses should be able to source packaging from a compliant supplier and thereby automatically fulfill any compliance regulations without the need for any further registration or reporting.", "feedbackEnglish": "I speak out against the adoption of this regulation. This regulation has already led me to decide not to go ahead with a small business of my own that I had planned to start. For me, it represents a massively disproportionate burden of compliance bureaucracy, and any potential penalties for the small amounts I would be sending would be ruinous. I live in Austria, so this regulation has essentially ruled out 98% of my planned market, which makes the business completely nonviable. The burden for small and medium sized businesses is massively excessive to any benefit this regulation could possibly bring. It completely and unreasonably builds massive barriers for small and medium sized enterprises to entry into and service the EU market. The regulation can only be surmounted by large corporations with their own compliance departments who will merely pass the additional costs onto consumers. This regulation is strongly anti-competitive in that it serves only to remove small and medium enterprises from the market and leave all business to large corporations, thereby additionally reducing the choice EU consumers have. At most, businesses should be able to source packaging from a compliant supplier and thereby automatically fulfill any compliance regulations without the need for any further registration or reporting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559781_en"}, {"id": 33559780, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 16:01:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I don't run a business but I support small businesses run by artists through purchasing their creations. After tariffs and increased import handling fees made purchasing outside the EU increasingly expensive, I began to prioritise supporting small EU businesses. Now it seems like I cannot even do that. Some artists are unable to meet or afford the requirements needed for shipping to consumers in the EU. In the EU. How is that possible? How can anyone dream to run their own business as an independent artist with such barriers in place? GPSR has already hampered independent artists outside the EU from even trading here (e.g. UK, US, Asia, etc.) Now the EU hampers the only artists trying to run a small business in the EU? You are granting too much power in the wrong direction. There are artists turning to third-party platforms for manufacturing and logistics which are not in the EU, and they will do so even more, if they have not already done so. Where is the free movement in the EU market? Have can ordinary people like myself support an artist in the EU?", "feedbackEnglish": "I don't run a business but I support small businesses run by artists through purchasing their creations. After tariffs and increased import handling fees made purchasing outside the EU increasingly expensive, I began to prioritise supporting small EU businesses. Now it seems like I cannot even do that. Some artists are unable to meet or afford the requirements needed for shipping to consumers in the EU. In the EU. How is that possible? How can anyone dream to run their own business as an independent artist with such barriers in place? GPSR has already hampered independent artists outside the EU from even trading here (e.g. UK, US, Asia, etc.) Now the EU hampers the only artists trying to run a small business in the EU? You are granting too much power in the wrong direction. There are artists turning to third-party platforms for manufacturing and logistics which are not in the EU, and they will do so even more, if they have not already done so. Where is the free movement in the EU market? Have can ordinary people like myself support an artist in the EU?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559780_en"}, {"id": 33559779, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 15:54:01", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the sole owner of a one-person, female-led limited company selling hair combs online via Amazon and my own website. I work two jobs, seven days a week, to make a living, and built this business in the hours around them often working 18 to 20 hour days. I am writing to explain how the current EPR framework, and its fragmented implementation across Member States, is forcing micro-businesses like mine out of the EU market. My total packaging placed on the EU market is approximately 2 to 3 kg per year kilograms, not tonnes. Yet to remain compliant, I am expected to: 1. Register separately in every Member State where a single customer might buy my product, each with its own portal, language, forms and annual declarations; 2. Pay fixed registration and minimum annual fees in each country that bear no relation to my actual volumes fees designed with tonnes of packaging in mind, applied to a seller shipping grams; 3. Appoint and pay a local authorised representative in many Member States because I am not established there a cost and administrative burden that is simply not feasible for a one-person business across 27 countries. The cumulative effect is that EPR compliance costs are entirely disconnected from environmental impact. A per-tonne eco-fee on my volumes would amount to a few euros per country which I would gladly pay. Instead, the fixed costs of registration, minimum fees and representatives multiply across every border, while the actual eco-contribution is a rounding error. This structure is manageable for large firms, whose compliance departments absorb it, but existential for micro-sellers. In practice, it functions as a barrier to entry that entrenches big businesses and eliminates small ones the opposite of what the Single Market promises. I have already responded the only way a micro-business can: I have stopped selling to every EU country except Germany and France, whose fees (around 100 to 150 each) I can just about absorb. Consumers in the other Member States have lost access to my products not because of any environmental harm my packaging is paper-based and I am actively redesigning it to be fully recyclable but because the administrative architecture makes serving them impossible for one person. I therefore ask the Commission to consider: 1. A harmonised EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-producers (by weight and/or turnover), below which simplified obligations apply consistently in all Member States; 2. A single EU-level registration point one portal, one number, one annual declaration covering all Member States, modelled on the VAT One-Stop-Shop (OSS/IOSS), which already proves this approach works; 3. Removal or capping of authorised-representative requirements for micro-volume distance sellers, or allowing marketplaces/PROs to fulfil this role collectively at proportionate cost; 4. Proportionate fee structures where minimum fees scale with actual volumes placed on each national market. EPR's environmental goals are right, and small businesses are willing to pay their fair share for the waste they create. But a framework whose fixed costs exceed a micro-seller's entire eco-contribution by orders of magnitude does not serve the environment it only clears the market of small competitors. I urge the Commission to build proportionality for micro-businesses into the PPWR's implementation before more of us are forced to withdraw from the Single Market altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the sole owner of a one-person, female-led limited company selling hair combs online via Amazon and my own website. I work two jobs, seven days a week, to make a living, and built this business in the hours around them often working 18 to 20 hour days. I am writing to explain how the current EPR framework, and its fragmented implementation across Member States, is forcing micro-businesses like mine out of the EU market. My total packaging placed on the EU market is approximately 2 to 3 kg per year kilograms, not tonnes. Yet to remain compliant, I am expected to: 1. Register separately in every Member State where a single customer might buy my product, each with its own portal, language, forms and annual declarations; 2. Pay fixed registration and minimum annual fees in each country that bear no relation to my actual volumes fees designed with tonnes of packaging in mind, applied to a seller shipping grams; 3. Appoint and pay a local authorised representative in many Member States because I am not established there a cost and administrative burden that is simply not feasible for a one-person business across 27 countries. The cumulative effect is that EPR compliance costs are entirely disconnected from environmental impact. A per-tonne eco-fee on my volumes would amount to a few euros per country which I would gladly pay. Instead, the fixed costs of registration, minimum fees and representatives multiply across every border, while the actual eco-contribution is a rounding error. This structure is manageable for large firms, whose compliance departments absorb it, but existential for micro-sellers. In practice, it functions as a barrier to entry that entrenches big businesses and eliminates small ones the opposite of what the Single Market promises. I have already responded the only way a micro-business can: I have stopped selling to every EU country except Germany and France, whose fees (around 100 to 150 each) I can just about absorb. Consumers in the other Member States have lost access to my products not because of any environmental harm my packaging is paper-based and I am actively redesigning it to be fully recyclable but because the administrative architecture makes serving them impossible for one person. I therefore ask the Commission to consider: 1. A harmonised EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-producers (by weight and/or turnover), below which simplified obligations apply consistently in all Member States; 2. A single EU-level registration point one portal, one number, one annual declaration covering all Member States, modelled on the VAT One-Stop-Shop (OSS/IOSS), which already proves this approach works; 3. Removal or capping of authorised-representative requirements for micro-volume distance sellers, or allowing marketplaces/PROs to fulfil this role collectively at proportionate cost; 4. Proportionate fee structures where minimum fees scale with actual volumes placed on each national market. EPR's environmental goals are right, and small businesses are willing to pay their fair share for the waste they create. But a framework whose fixed costs exceed a micro-seller's entire eco-contribution by orders of magnitude does not serve the environment it only clears the market of small competitors. I urge the Commission to build proportionality for micro-businesses into the PPWR's implementation before more of us are forced to withdraw from the Single Market altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559779_en"}, {"id": 33559777, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 15:15:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kronsegler", "feedback": "Nachdem wir als Hersteller von Armbanduhren seit 15 Jahren insolvenssichere Garantien für die Entsorgung von \"Elektrogeräten\" (EAR) in Höhe von 5 EUR auf 20 Jahre hinterlegen, monatlich 0,0001 Tonnen Mengen melden und jährlich dafür rd. 400 EUR Gebühren verschwenden folgt nun der nächste Umweltwahnsinn der EU. Wir verkaufen jährlich für ca. 15.000 EUR Uhren in die EU und werden nun in Zukunft jährlich 15.000 EUR für Registrierungsgebühren und Bevollmächtigte Personen für PPWR zahlen. So wie bei EAR kein einziger Mensch eine alte Armbanduhr in die Elektroaltgeräterückgabe bringt, so wird auch nach PPWR kein einziger Mensch unsere Uhrenbox entsorgen. Daher beenden wir unsere Exporte in die EU per sofort und exportieren nur noch in Nicht-EU-Länder. Ohne jeglichen Umwelteffekt, nur für das Kassieren von Gebühren und das Aufblasen von Beamtenapparaten, zerstört die EU mit PPWR den Binnenmarkt für Kleinunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "After 15 years of insolvent guarantees for the disposal of ‘Electrical Devices’ (EAR) amounting to EUR 5 over 20 years, we have reported 0.0001 tonnes per month and wasted around EUR 400 per year in fees, we are now following the EU’s next environmental warfare. We sell around EUR 15.000 per year to the EU and will now pay EUR 15.000 per year for registration fees and proxies for PPWR. Just as in the case of EAR not a single person brings an old wristwatch back into the waste electrical equipment, even under the PPWR, not a single person will dispose of our watch box. Therefore, we immediately stop our exports to the EU and only export to non-EU countries. With PPWR, the EU is destroying the single market for small businesses without any environmental impact, only for the cashing of fees and the inflating of civil servants’ apparatus.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559777_en"}, {"id": 33559776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 15:08:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This sadly makes small enterprises basically uncapable of sustaining themselves, due to the risen cost of productions. The idea is good, but don't apply it to everyone regardless! Start with big companies, smaller ones can and will follow later, when economies will be accomodating this as the new standard", "feedbackEnglish": "This sadly makes small enterprises basically uncapable of sustaining themselves, due to the risen cost of productions. The idea is good, but don't apply it to everyone regardless! Start with big companies, smaller ones can and will follow later, when economies will be accomodating this as the new standard", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559776_en"}, {"id": 33559774, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:47:35", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "My own", "feedback": "Ok, so this law would make sense if it was imposed in acceptable terms and directed to those who ship above a certain threshold. This is obviously a law that will end small business and creators. I consider that it runs counter to the principle upheld by the European Union that states that the EU Internal Market operates as a single market; that it ensures the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people among Member States; and that it eliminates internal customs duties and common trade barriers. This is specially remarkable as it impacts mostly small business, as mine, as stated. I will not be able to pay legal fees, annual legal representation for this purpose. I only ship 5 pieces a year! This is not fair and not sustainable. I'd give applause if this would be upheld in certain traits to protect the environment (as I already do) in real and effective terms, creating a platform to protect those small business and offering plausible solutions instead of imposing enormous unsustainable fees to everyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ok, so this law would make sense if it was imposed in acceptable terms and directed to those who ship above a certain threshold. This is obviously a law that will end small business and creators. I consider that it runs counter to the principle upheld by the European Union that states that the EU Internal Market operates as a single market; that it ensures the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people among Member States; and that it eliminates internal customs duties and common trade barriers. This is specially remarkable as it impacts mostly small business, as mine, as stated. I will not be able to pay legal fees, annual legal representation for this purpose. I only ship 5 pieces a year! This is not fair and not sustainable. I'd give applause if this would be upheld in certain traits to protect the environment (as I already do) in real and effective terms, creating a platform to protect those small business and offering plausible solutions instead of imposing enormous unsustainable fees to everyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559774_en"}, {"id": 33559773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:47:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Aktuell müssen wir nun - auf Grund der theoretisch existenzvernichtend-hohen möglichen Strafen - den Versand ins europäische Ausland einstellen und haben unsere Angebote auf Ebay als auch unserem eigenen Shop aus den Fremdländern herausgenommen. Das kann nicht Sinn der Sache sein und hätte so, erst gar nicht verabschiedet werden dürfen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. At present, due to the theoretically existential-destructive penalties that could be imposed, we now have to stop shipping to other European countries and have removed our offers on Ebay and our own shop from foreign countries. This cannot be the point of the matter and should not have been adopted in the first place. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559773_en"}, {"id": 33559772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:43:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Deshalb werden wir der Versand in alle EU-Länder nicht mehr vornehmen können! Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Maria Seilnacht", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. That is why we will no longer be able to send it to all EU countries! I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Kind regards, Maria Seilnacht", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559772_en"}, {"id": 33559771, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:37:00", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It's important that policy is implemented that promotes the singular EU market, and avoid barriers to trade, especially ones that unfairly affect small businesses over large businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "It's important that policy is implemented that promotes the singular EU market, and avoid barriers to trade, especially ones that unfairly affect small businesses over large businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559771_en"}, {"id": 33559770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:32:33", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation hits the small players and favors the monopoly of big corporations. There should be proportionality between how much someone sells and how much they pay - here there is none. And if you haven't started selling yet, the barrier to entry is invalicable. I paint as a hobby, but was thinking of trying to sell some artwork to try to eventually make a living out of it. The investment required makes it impossibile for me, and like me I'm sure hundreds and thousands of others. Regulations concerning packaging and sustainability are needed, but the way this is implemented is absolutely prohibitive for any small business or entrepeneur. The EPR absolutely needs changes: Proportionality in the cost of financial compliance and exemption for small volume sellers; Lessening the administrative burden - establishing a single centralized portal for registration in all EU countries - honoring the Union in EU maybe (so there is no need for 27 different registrations to keep up with).", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation hits the small players and favors the monopoly of big corporations. There should be proportionality between how much someone sells and how much they pay - here there is none. And if you haven't started selling yet, the barrier to entry is invalicable. I paint as a hobby, but was thinking of trying to sell some artwork to try to eventually make a living out of it. The investment required makes it impossibile for me, and like me I'm sure hundreds and thousands of others. Regulations concerning packaging and sustainability are needed, but the way this is implemented is absolutely prohibitive for any small business or entrepeneur. The EPR absolutely needs changes: Proportionality in the cost of financial compliance and exemption for small volume sellers; Lessening the administrative burden - establishing a single centralized portal for registration in all EU countries - honoring the Union in EU maybe (so there is no need for 27 different registrations to keep up with).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559770_en"}, {"id": 33559769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:27:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: Urgent Feedback on PPWR Implementation: Protecting Micro and Small Businesses in the Single Market To the European Commission, I am writing to submit formal feedback regarding the draft rules for national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I support the overarching goal of reducing packaging waste across the European Union, I am deeply concerned about the administrative and financial burdens these rules place on micro and small enterprises. To ensure small businesses remain viable while preserving the integrity of the Single Market, I urge the European Commission to address the following points: - Exempt Micro and Small Businesses from Authorized Representative (AR) Obligations: Requiring small businesses to appoint and pay for an Authorized Representative in every EU Member State where they sell creates a disproportionate financial barrier. This obligation effectively blocks small businesses from cross-border e-commerce. - Harmonize Registration Requirements Across the EU: Currently, navigating up to 27 distinct national registers with different procedures, languages, and fees is overly complex. I ask the Commission to establish a single, unified EU registration portal or completely exempt very small businesses from redundant national registration requirements. - Protect the Free Movement of Goods and Small Business Viability: Fragmented national rules undermine the core principle of the EU Single Market. Without targeted exemptions and streamlined procedures, small businesses will be forced to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States, harming both business owners and European consumers. Thank you for considering this feedback and for supporting the growth and resilience of small businesses across Europe. Sincerely, Z Javaid The Netherlands", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Urgent Feedback on PPWR Implementation: Protecting Micro and Small Businesses in the Single Market To the European Commission, I am writing to submit formal feedback regarding the draft rules for national registers of producers under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I support the overarching goal of reducing packaging waste across the European Union, I am deeply concerned about the administrative and financial burdens these rules place on micro and small enterprises. To ensure small businesses remain viable while preserving the integrity of the Single Market, I urge the European Commission to address the following points: - Exempt Micro and Small Businesses from Authorized Representative (AR) Obligations: Requiring small businesses to appoint and pay for an Authorized Representative in every EU Member State where they sell creates a disproportionate financial barrier. This obligation effectively blocks small businesses from cross-border e-commerce. - Harmonize Registration Requirements Across the EU: Currently, navigating up to 27 distinct national registers with different procedures, languages, and fees is overly complex. I ask the Commission to establish a single, unified EU registration portal or completely exempt very small businesses from redundant national registration requirements. - Protect the Free Movement of Goods and Small Business Viability: Fragmented national rules undermine the core principle of the EU Single Market. Without targeted exemptions and streamlined procedures, small businesses will be forced to stop selling to customers in other EU Member States, harming both business owners and European consumers. Thank you for considering this feedback and for supporting the growth and resilience of small businesses across Europe. Sincerely, Z Javaid The Netherlands", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559769_en"}, {"id": 33559768, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:24:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Werbemittel Möller", "feedback": "The concept of this law is a complete destruction of any small business in Europe. It can not remain like it currently is. There are thousands of small business with only small amounts of deliveries to other EU countries. Bureaucracy and costs will destroy them, they will leave to Ex-EU countries where possible or just instantly stop EU business as we did. If THAT is EU I don't want it and I don't need it.", "feedbackEnglish": "The concept of this law is a complete destruction of any small business in Europe. It can not remain like it currently is. There are thousands of small business with only small amounts of deliveries to other EU countries. Bureaucracy and costs will destroy them, they will leave to Ex-EU countries where possible or just instantly stop EU business as we did. If THAT is EU I don't want it and I don't need it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559768_en"}, {"id": 33559767, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:22:27", "country": "ITA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Objet : Consultation publique PPWR / REP Emballages Impact destructeur sur les micro-entreprises et rejet grandissant de l'UE ​Jaime lEurope. Mais aujourd'hui, je comprends parfaitement pourquoi tant de citoyens finissent par la rejeter et la détester. Et si vous continuez à imposer de telles politiques hors-sol, ce ressentiment ne fera que grandir. ​En tant que petit artisan, je vois la réalité du terrain : ​Une injustice économique insensée : Je réalise 6 à 8 ventes artisanales par an pour un bénéfice de 150 à 200 . Comment pouvez-vous m'imposer 90 de taxe forfaitaire d'emballage, en plus des commissions de vente, des assurances et des charges ? Cela détruit tout simplement la création de valeur et pousse les petits créateurs à abandonner. ​Le règne des multinationales : Ces règles favorisent l'hyper-concentration de pouvoir et de richesse pour les géants du marché qui absorbent ces frais sans problème. On reproduit une bureaucratie étouffante qui rappelle les pires modèles centralisés du passé. ​Le bon sens environnemental ignoré : Les artisans respectent l'environnement et utilisent déjà des emballages sobres et recyclés. Nous n'avons pas besoin de barrières financières punitives. ​Nos exigences immédiates : ​Une exonération totale (seuil de minimis) sans frais fixes ni mandat obligatoire pour les micro-artisans. ​Une simple déclaration gratuite sur l'honneur pour le type d'emballage utilisé. ​Un guichet unique européen pour en finir avec la multiplication des démarches dans 27 pays. ​Réveillez-vous : cessez d'écraser ceux qui travaillent avec leurs mains au profit des multinationales, avant de détruire définitivement la confiance des citoyens envers l'Union européenne.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Public consultation PPWR/REP Emballages Destructive impact on micro-enterprises and growing rejection of the EU ​ Jaime lEurope. But today, I fully understand why so many citizens end up rejecting and detonating it. And if you continue to impose such above-ground policies, this resentment will only grow. ​ As a small craftsman, I see the reality on the ground: ​ A senseless economic injustice: I make 6-8 craft sales per year for a profit of 150-200. How can you impose 90 flat-rate packaging tax on me, in addition to sales commissions, insurance and charges? This simply destroys value creation and pushes small creators to give up. ​ The reign of multinationals: These rules promote the hyperconcentration of power and wealth for market giants who absorb these fees without problems. There is a stifling bureaucracy reminiscent of the worst centralised models of the past. ​ Environmental common sense ignored: Craftsmen respect the environment and already use low and recycled packaging. We do not need punitive financial barriers. ​ Our immediate requirements: ​ A total exemption (de minimis threshold) without fixed costs or mandatory entrustment for micro craftsmen. ​ A simple declaration free of charge on honour for the type of packaging used. ​ A European one-stop shop to put an end to the proliferation of procedures in 27 countries. Please wake up: stop crushing those who work with their hands for multinationals, before permanently destroying citizens’ trust in the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559767_en"}, {"id": 33559766, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:19:47", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Blue Hound", "feedback": "The proposed packaging and packaging-waste requirements risk becoming a serious burden for small businesses across the EU. For a large company, registering in multiple countries, monitoring different national requirements, maintaining records, filing reports and managing compliance may simply be another administrative function. For a micro-business or small company, these requirements can mean significant additional costs, time and administrative work that the business simply cannot absorb. Many small EU businesses sell products across borders by shipping individual orders directly to consumers. They do not have compliance departments, legal teams or employees whose job is to manage packaging registrations and reporting in multiple Member States. The cost of outsourcing these responsibilities can be disproportionate to the value of the sales involved. There is a real danger that the cumulative effect of these requirements will be to discourage or prevent small businesses from selling to customers in other EU countries. This would reduce competition, limit consumer choice and disproportionately disadvantage the very small businesses that the EU otherwise seeks to support. Environmental objectives are important, but the compliance system needs to be proportionate to the size and scale of the business. There should be meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures or EU-wide solutions for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. Please consider the real administrative and financial impact of these rules on businesses that may have only one or two people managing the entire company. A regulation that is manageable for a multinational can be overwhelmingand potentially commercially fatalfor a micro-business.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed packaging and packaging-waste requirements risk becoming a serious burden for small businesses across the EU. For a large company, registering in multiple countries, monitoring different national requirements, maintaining records, filing reports and managing compliance may simply be another administrative function. For a micro-business or small company, these requirements can mean significant additional costs, time and administrative work that the business simply cannot absorb. Many small EU businesses sell products across borders by shipping individual orders directly to consumers. They do not have compliance departments, legal teams or employees whose job is to manage packaging registrations and reporting in multiple Member States. The cost of outsourcing these responsibilities can be disproportionate to the value of the sales involved. There is a real danger that the cumulative effect of these requirements will be to discourage or prevent small businesses from selling to customers in other EU countries. This would reduce competition, limit consumer choice and disproportionately disadvantage the very small businesses that the EU otherwise seeks to support. Environmental objectives are important, but the compliance system needs to be proportionate to the size and scale of the business. There should be meaningful exemptions, simplified procedures or EU-wide solutions for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sellers. Please consider the real administrative and financial impact of these rules on businesses that may have only one or two people managing the entire company. A regulation that is manageable for a multinational can be overwhelmingand potentially commercially fatalfor a micro-business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559766_en"}, {"id": 33559765, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:09:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Einzelunternehmerin versende ich Kleinstwaren in Kartons, die in der gesamten Menge jährlich etwa 10 Kg entsprechen. Durch die neue Verordnung ist es mir unmöglich Kunden in anderen EU Ländern zu beliefern. Wie soll ich eine bevollmächtigte Person und Gebühren von mehreren hundert Euro bezahlen, wenn ich beispielsweise nur 15 Sendungen jährlich in eines der EU Länder habe. Meine Verpackungsmenge entspräche in diesem Beispiel etwa 150 Gramm. Diese Verordnung zerstört mir den EU Handel komplett. Viele Kleinstunternehmen werden durch die Kosten, die sie nicht tragen können, vom Handel innerhalb der EU ausgeschlossen. Kann es nicht Bagatellgrenzen geben? Auch die Kunden werden frustriert sein, wenn ich die Anfragen für den Versand nur ablehnen kann. Ich bitte Sie höflichst die Perspektive der Kleinunternehmer einzunehmen und zu verstehen, dass durch die Verordnung viele Existenzen bedroht sind. Lasst uns doch bitte eine Chance am Markt zu bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader, I send micro-products in cartons, the total quantity of which corresponds to approximately 10 kg per year. The new regulation makes it impossible for me to supply customers in other EU countries. How should I pay an authorised person and fees of several hundred euros if, for example, I only have 15 items per year in one of the EU countries? In this example, my packaging would be around 150 grams. This regulation completely destroys EU trade. Many micro-enterprises are excluded from intra-EU trade by the costs they cannot bear. Can there not be de minimis thresholds? Customers will also be frustrated if I can only refuse the requests for dispatch. I would politely ask you to take the perspective of small businesses and to understand that the Regulation threatens many livelihoods. Let’s have a chance to stay on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559765_en"}, {"id": 33559764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 14:04:21", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ma perché la (giusta) distinzione che fa l'art. 3 n. 13 del PPWR per salvare \"manifacturer\" che sono micro-imprese, non viene fatta anche al n. 18 per le micro-imprese \"distributor\"? Non è molto giusto che un micro-distributore sia discriminato rispetto a un micro-fabbricante. Va bene bastonare i fabbricanti cinesi di PFAS, ma i micro-artigiani europei che vendono al consumatore il prodotto imballato che fine faranno? Gli viene delegato di fare i \"package-officer\"? Correggetemi se sbaglio.", "feedbackEnglish": "But why is the (correct) distinction made in Article 3 (13) of the PPWR in order to save ‘manifacturer’, which are micro-enterprises, not also made in paragraph 18 for ‘distributor’ micro-enterprises? It is not very fair that a micro-distributor is discriminated against compared to a micro-manufacturer. It is good to focus on Chinese PFAS manufacturers, but on European micro-craftsmen who sell the packaged product they will end up selling to the consumer? Is he delegated to act as a package-officer? Please tell me if you are wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559764_en"}, {"id": 33559762, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:59:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kreativ in Holz", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Handels für Kindermöbel für behinderte Kinder und Jugendliche möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als kleine Unternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Ich bin bei Luzenzero gemeldet und entrichte dort meine Gebühren regelmässig. Reicht denn das nicht? Muss man es noch komplexer gestalten und die Bürokratie unnötig aufblähen? Ich bin nach 12 Jahren Selbständigkeit nicht in der Lage, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen und muss daher den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einstellen. Was dem Angebot, den Umsatzsteuereinnahmen in Deutschland und meinem Umsatz erheblichen Schaden zufügt. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Das versteht man wohl auch unter Digitalisierung und Bürokratieabbau. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Ich selbst bin Mama eines behinderten Kindes und als Unternehmerin erfolgreich - trotz zeitlicher Einschränkung. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Ich hoffe auf Gehör Ihrerseits und dass eine Entscheidung mit Augenmaß gefällt wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Manuela Bartl kreativ in holz 85467 Neuching (Bayern)", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small shop for children’s furniture for disabled children and young people, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. I am registered with Luzenzero and pay my fees there regularly. Is that not enough? Do you need to make it even more complex and unnecessarily inflate bureaucracy? After 12 years of self-employment, I am unable to allocate these costs to a sufficiently large volume of sales and must therefore stop cross-border trade. This causes considerable damage to the offer, VAT revenues in Germany and my turnover. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. This is probably also understood as digitalisation and cutting red tape. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. I am myself a disabled child’s mama and a successful entrepreneur, despite time constraints. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. I hope that you will be heard and that a decision will be taken with care. (Complimentary close) Manuela Bartl creative in holz 85467 Neuching (Bavaria)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559762_en"}, {"id": 33559761, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:51:09", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Two huge problems have come to light - the consumer and the production. IT IS RIGHT FOR ALL CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE to conduct the following investigation - how many times a given product is taxed with different eco-taxes with different names. And it is not just about packaging, but about everything that the European consumer uses in his daily life. Because every product is taxed with environmental taxes from the raw material itself, production and recycling. Because through the main framework directive on waste and the upcoming Regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) - the burden of waste management has been transferred to the private sector through extended producer responsibility (EPR). Or simply put - the burden is expressed in additional revenues for companies that recycle waste and generate even greater profits from this activity. It is normal for Brussels to hide all these outrages behind DIRECTIVES, and not to show them by simply raising the price of the transport service and collecting another fee. Then every consumer will see how much he pays for the recycling of one package. The European Commission solves the problem of transparency of financial flows to various non-governmental organizations with some heavy and long directives that are extremely complicated to understand by the vast majority of Europeans. The second huge problem that arose with this directive is - in whose interest is it that small producers and traders do not have real access to the single European market. It is clear that there is no way that a company with a few people, generating a small trade turnover, cannot afford thousands of euros for intermediaries in each country. Let's not comment on the other fundamental problem (for example, in France or Germany) - no matter how many shipments you sell, there is a fixed minimum. Europe was created so that every person or business can have free access to the single European market. But in reality, every directive and every additional pan-European or local tax stops free access. This problem was foreseen many years ago and there are additional regulations in the framework called the EU, such as \"better for smaller\" and a dozen more similar points in the EU statute. Which are not respected or trampled on by the European Commission and the European Parliament. I call for a full review by regulators and independent organizations of every directive related to the so-called Green Deal and the so-called zero-emissions policy. Because it is obvious that behind some sweet talk, dark corporate interests are visible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Two huge problems have come to light - the consumer and the production. IT IS RIGHT FOR ALL CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE to conduct the following investigation - how many times a given product is taxed with different eco-taxes with different names. And it is not just about packaging, but about everything that the European consumer uses in his daily life. Because every product is taxed with environmental taxes from the raw material itself, production and recycling. Because through the main framework directive on waste and the upcoming Regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) - the burden of waste management has been transferred to the private sector through extended producer responsibility (EPR). Or simply put - the burden is expressed in additional revenues for companies that recycle waste and generate even greater profits from this activity. It is normal for Brussels to hide all these outrages behind DIRECTIVES, and not to show them by simply raising the price of the transport service and collecting another fee. Then every consumer will see how much he pays for the recycling of one package. The European Commission solves the problem of transparency of financial flows to various non-governmental organizations with some heavy and long directives that are extremely complicated to understand by the vast majority of Europeans. The second huge problem that arose with this directive is - in whose interest is it that small producers and traders do not have real access to the single European market. It is clear that there is no way that a company with a few people, generating a small trade turnover, cannot afford thousands of euros for intermediaries in each country. Let's not comment on the other fundamental problem (for example, in France or Germany) - no matter how many shipments you sell, there is a fixed minimum. Europe was created so that every person or business can have free access to the single European market. But in reality, every directive and every additional pan-European or local tax stops free access. This problem was foreseen many years ago and there are additional regulations in the framework called the EU, such as \"better for smaller\" and a dozen more similar points in the EU statute. Which are not respected or trampled on by the European Commission and the European Parliament. I call for a full review by regulators and independent organizations of every directive related to the so-called Green Deal and the so-called zero-emissions policy. Because it is obvious that behind some sweet talk, dark corporate interests are visible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559761_en"}, {"id": 33559760, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:45:57", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am all for policies that benefit the environment but his regulation is forcing so many small businesses shut down and is giving large corporations an advantage. Utterly ridiculous to make a micro enterprise that ships a handful of packages a year to an EU member state pay the same amount as a large corporation generating tonnes of waste. A business may not even make enough sales within a specific state to just make up the costs of registering with that state.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am all for policies that benefit the environment but his regulation is forcing so many small businesses shut down and is giving large corporations an advantage. Utterly ridiculous to make a micro enterprise that ships a handful of packages a year to an EU member state pay the same amount as a large corporation generating tonnes of waste. A business may not even make enough sales within a specific state to just make up the costs of registering with that state.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559760_en"}, {"id": 33559759, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:40:40", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ByrntArt", "feedback": "What this legislation has done is essentially shut down small business owners. Businesses that send out maybe 3 packages a month to one or two countries. Businesses that barely make a profit but do it out of love, and sharing their craft. But now have to register with each country, often needed an advisor for each location. Either choosing to post to one or two countries, or biting the bullet and registering in each. Which they can't afford. Instead of hitting big companies that have the ability to pay this, you've destroyed small businesses that already took care and time in their recyclable packaging. Instead of setting tiers, or limitations based on the amount of shipping per year, or amount of income. You've shoved a small, one employee business selling two packages a month into the same bracket as the likes of Amazon. Another legislation that proves the EU is completely out of touch with reality. Shoe horning an idea onto countries without any real thought, effort or understanding as to who, or what these legislations can significantly impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "What this legislation has done is essentially shut down small business owners. Businesses that send out maybe 3 packages a month to one or two countries. Businesses that barely make a profit but do it out of love, and sharing their craft. But now have to register with each country, often needed an advisor for each location. Either choosing to post to one or two countries, or biting the bullet and registering in each. Which they can't afford. Instead of hitting big companies that have the ability to pay this, you've destroyed small businesses that already took care and time in their recyclable packaging. Instead of setting tiers, or limitations based on the amount of shipping per year, or amount of income. You've shoved a small, one employee business selling two packages a month into the same bracket as the likes of Amazon. Another legislation that proves the EU is completely out of touch with reality. Shoe horning an idea onto countries without any real thought, effort or understanding as to who, or what these legislations can significantly impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559759_en"}, {"id": 33559758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:39:02", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Brocant Vintage & Co", "feedback": "I understand the need for the regulation of packaging placed into EU countries, however as a micro online business, myself and my husband, the proposal will have a negative impact. We are self employed and sell Vintage products, so we are supporting the circular economy. All our packaging is reused and we use no plastic. We have been LUCID compliant since opening our online store, a cost of 49 per year. If we are going to have to pay to register in every EU country our business will not be sustainable. There should be a system based on turnover so that the contribtutions are relevant to the amount of packaging being distributed, and an excemption clause for businesses reusing recyclable packaging. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the need for the regulation of packaging placed into EU countries, however as a micro online business, myself and my husband, the proposal will have a negative impact. We are self employed and sell Vintage products, so we are supporting the circular economy. All our packaging is reused and we use no plastic. We have been LUCID compliant since opening our online store, a cost of 49 per year. If we are going to have to pay to register in every EU country our business will not be sustainable. There should be a system based on turnover so that the contribtutions are relevant to the amount of packaging being distributed, and an excemption clause for businesses reusing recyclable packaging. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559758_en"}, {"id": 33559756, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:35:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Alois Sandner e.K.", "feedback": "Als Inhaberin (49 Jahre) eines traditionsreichen Familienbetriebs in der Branche für Streichinstrumente (Violine, Cello) und Zubehör bin ich in 4.Generation tätig. Nachdem sich meine Eltern aus dem Betrieb zurück gezogen habe, beschäftige ich momentan 1 Mitarbeiter in Vollzeit. Wir haben ca. 1 Mio Jahresumsatz. Da wir als Grosshändler positioniert sind, sind unsere Kunden überwiegend gewerblich Wiederverkäufer. Wir versenden überwiegend in Deutschland aber auch in einzelne EU-Länder. Einen eigenen Onlineshop haben wir nicht. In den letzten Jahren konnten wir auch unser Angebot über die Onlineplattform EBAY etwas ausbauen. Vor allem der Verkauf von Restposten ist hier ein sehr interessanter Markt für uns und nur möglich, wenn wir innerhalb der EU ohne Beschränkungen verkaufen können. Hier sind unsere Kunden Privatpersonen/ Endverbraucher. Wir haben bisher jährlich ca. 150 Sendungen über Ebay in die EU mit einem Umsatz von ca. 2000,-. Aufgrund von Ebay-Verkaufsgebühren und dem immens große Konkurrenzdruck durch chinesische Anbieter liegt unser Gewinn bei nicht mehr als 1-2%. Für uns überwiegt der Aspekt, Restposten zu verkaufen und somit nachhaltig wirtschaften zu können. Für die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister sehe ich vor allem folgende Punkte als kritisch: Für mich als Kleinunternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland ein guter Wachstumsschritt gewesen. Wenn ich nun mein Unternehmen in allen 26 EU-Ländern einzeln registrieren muss, ist dies ein Zeit- und Verwaltungsaufwand, welchen ich schlichtweg nicht leisten kann. Es ist für mich einfach nicht unmöglich, alle Strukturen und Anforderungen in allen 26 EU-Ländern zu kennen bzw. zu recherchieren. Die Inanspruchnahme von Dienstleistungs-Agenturen ist für mich nicht bezahlbar. Die Kosten von 200,00-300,00 pro Land pro Jahr überschreitet meinen Gewinn von ca. 200,- aus diesen EU-Verkäufen bei weitem. Ich sehe es kritisch, ob meine bezahlten Gebühren tatsächlich für die Umwelt eingesetzt werden oder nicht nur in den Kassen einiger weniger Lobbyisten landet. Ich sehe mich in meiner unternehmerischen Freiheit in der EU eingeschränkt und gegenüber finanzstarken Akteuren sehr stark benachteiligt. Das Ziel eines freien Binnenmarkts ist für mich nicht mehr gegeben. Hinzu kommt, dass ich auf vielen Verkaufsplattformen (Amazon, Ebay) hunderte oder tausenden von Angeboten von asiatischen, überwiegend chinesischen, Anbietern sehe, welche die EU-Anforderungen nicht umsetzen. Diese chinesischen Anbieter haben überwiegend noch nicht einmal ein gültiges Impressum. Eine strafrechtliche Verfolgung ist unmöglich. Ich schlage folgende Verbesserungen bei der Umsetzung der PPWR vor: 1) Schaffung eines einzigen zentralen Herstellerregisters. Abschaffung von nationalen Registern. Gleiche Regeln in allen EU-Ländern, keine nationalen Sondergänge bei den Kriterien (gewerbliche/ private Abnehmer, Wiederverkauf etc.) 2) Gebühren gemäß der Anzahl der tatsächlich versendeten Pakete. Pflicht zur Bereitstellung der entsprechenden Statistiken durch die Paketdienstleister (DHL, GLS, DPD, Hermes). 3) Retouren im Onlineshopping werden per Gesetz für alle Verbraucher kostenpflichtig. Nur so kann diese Paketflut eingegrenzt werden. 4) Auch Verwendung von gebrauchten Kartons (aus EU oder Asien) mit realistischen Regeln/Gebühren ermöglichen. 5) Strengere Überwachung der grossen Onlineplattformen (Amazon, Ebay, Temu, Shein) hinsichtlich der Einhaltung der Vorgaben. Hohe Strafen bei Duldung von nicht konformen Angeboten chinesischer Anbieter. 6) Schaffung einer Meldestelle, wo nicht gesetztes konforme Onlineangebote von chinesischen Anbietern gemeldet werden können. Eine Sanktionierung und Bestrafung der gemeldeten Akteure muss natürlich uneingeschränkt erfolgen. 7) Eine echte und deutliche Erhöhung der Beteiligung der Verbraucher/ Konsumenten an den Kosten und Recycling. Strengere Regeln für Verbraucher und Aufklärung.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner (49 years) of a family farm with a long tradition in the sector of spreadable instruments (violine, cello) and accessories, I am working in the fourth generation. After my parents withdrew from the farm, I currently have 1 full-time employee. We have an annual turnover of around 1 million. As we are positioned as wholesalers, our customers are predominantly commercial resellers. We send mainly to Germany, but also to individual EU countries. We do not have our own online shop. In recent years, we have also been able to expand our offer somewhat via the EBAY online platform. In particular, the sale of residual items is a very interesting market for us and only possible if we can sell freely within the EU. Here our customers are private individuals/final consumers. To date, we have received around 150 consignments via Ebay each year to the EU, with a turnover of around 2000. Because of Ebay sales fees and the huge competition from Chinese suppliers, our profit is no more than 1-2 %. For us, the focus is on selling residual items and thus being able to manage them sustainably. I consider the following points in particular to be critical of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: For me as a small business, selling abroad in the EU has been a good step forward. If I now have to register my business individually in all 26 EU countries, this is a time and administrative burden that I simply cannot afford. It is simply not impossible for me to know or research all the structures and requirements in all 26 EU countries. The use of service agencies is not affordable for me. The cost of 200,00-300,00 per country per year far exceeds my profit of around 200 from these EU sales. I am critical of whether my paid fees are actually used for the environment or not just in the hands of a few lobbyists. I see my freedom to conduct a business in the EU as limited and at a very disadvantage compared to financially strong players. The objective of a free internal market no longer exists for me. In addition, on many sales platforms (Amazon, Ebay), I see hundreds or thousands of offers from Asian, mostly Chinese, suppliers that do not implement EU requirements. For the most part, these Chinese suppliers do not even have a valid impression. Criminal prosecution is impossible. I propose the following improvements in the implementation of the PPWR: (1) Creation of a single central register of producers. Abolition of national registers. Same rules in all EU countries, no national specialities in the criteria (commercial/private buyers, resale, etc.) 2) fees based on the number of parcels actually sent. Obligation for parcel service providers (DHL, GLS, DPD, Hermes) to provide the relevant statistics. (3) Returns from online shopping are paid for by law for all consumers. This is the only way to limit this parcel flood. (4) Enable also the use of used cartons (from the EU or Asia) with realistic rules/fees. 5) Strengthen compliance monitoring of major online platforms (Amazon, Ebay, Temu, Shein). High penalties for tolerating non-compliant offers from Chinese suppliers. 6) Create a hotline where non-established compliant online offers can be reported by Chinese providers. Of course, the sanctioning and punishment of the reported actors must be unfettered. 7) A real and significant increase in consumer/consumer participation in costs and recycling. Stricter rules for consumers and education.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559756_en"}, {"id": 33559755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:35:12", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is ridiculous. I have been planning to start a business which sells hand crafted products within EU. I dont have money to pay these fees to just see if there would be demand for my product.. i might as well forget it.. EUs only benefit has been free market between the countries but this just totally crashes it I bet this will cause the next Brexit", "feedbackEnglish": "This is ridiculous. I have been planning to start a business which sells hand crafted products within EU. I dont have money to pay these fees to just see if there would be demand for my product.. i might as well forget it.. EUs only benefit has been free market between the countries but this just totally crashes it I bet this will cause the next Brexit", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559755_en"}, {"id": 33559754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:27:50", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I work full time for a big corporation. On the side, I produce single bespoke original art pieces, limited runs, ACEOs on my spare time. The price is 10euro - 200 euro depending on the piece. It is very hit and miss for who buys them because it is art. I advertise via social media and some art exhibitions and can never predict where the next sale may be nor when -and my annual sales is well under 2500 euro. (High enough to declare, but not high enough to be taxed.). The having to register in every country and maintain a representative there is madness - especially when I am re-using old packing and packaging (or using bio packaging) whenever I have a sale. One other impact - Even think about re-selling your old clothes or [kids] stuff on eBay/Vinted as a small business/individual... that is good for economy and landfills - but now will be an issue to send across the borders. These will instead be tossed in a landfill if not selling in Ireland and make an even bigger long term problem than the small amount of upcycled packaging. It basically means no extra money for artists, businesses and families who recycle or fewer vintage products that would be wanted somewhere else.... this is literally a billionare's wet dream - and the death to many small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I work full time for a big corporation. On the side, I produce single bespoke original art pieces, limited runs, ACEOs on my spare time. The price is 10euro - 200 euro depending on the piece. It is very hit and miss for who buys them because it is art. I advertise via social media and some art exhibitions and can never predict where the next sale may be nor when -and my annual sales is well under 2500 euro. (High enough to declare, but not high enough to be taxed.). The having to register in every country and maintain a representative there is madness - especially when I am re-using old packing and packaging (or using bio packaging) whenever I have a sale. One other impact - Even think about re-selling your old clothes or [kids] stuff on eBay/Vinted as a small business/individual... that is good for economy and landfills - but now will be an issue to send across the borders. These will instead be tossed in a landfill if not selling in Ireland and make an even bigger long term problem than the small amount of upcycled packaging. It basically means no extra money for artists, businesses and families who recycle or fewer vintage products that would be wanted somewhere else.... this is literally a billionare's wet dream - and the death to many small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559754_en"}, {"id": 33559753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:24:01", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bookmarchitecture Oy", "feedback": "The new EPR rules are destroying the single market and causing considerable financial and cultural damage while giving multinational corporates an incomprehensible advantage. The administrative requirements and annual basic fees do not reflect sales volume or business size. Small EU-based heritage artisans, specialist manufacturers, and solo entrepreneurs have already been forced to suspend their EU services for now my own specialist antiquarian bookshop included. Our sales to EU countries account for 43% of our annual revenue. Please revise the legislation so that EU companies report their EPR liabilities only to the national register in their home country, similar to the OSS system for VAT. Please also introduce a de minimis threshold for package reporting volumes to ensure sensible and proportionate treatment of businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EPR rules are destroying the single market and causing considerable financial and cultural damage while giving multinational corporates an incomprehensible advantage. The administrative requirements and annual basic fees do not reflect sales volume or business size. Small EU-based heritage artisans, specialist manufacturers, and solo entrepreneurs have already been forced to suspend their EU services for now my own specialist antiquarian bookshop included. Our sales to EU countries account for 43% of our annual revenue. Please revise the legislation so that EU companies report their EPR liabilities only to the national register in their home country, similar to the OSS system for VAT. Please also introduce a de minimis threshold for package reporting volumes to ensure sensible and proportionate treatment of businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559753_en"}, {"id": 33559752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:20:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WiDDA", "feedback": "Ich bin Inhaberin eines kleinen deutschen Fair-Fashion-Unternehmens mit stationärem Einzelhandel und Onlinehandel. Wir produzieren ausschließlich in Europa und beziehen auch unsere Versandverpackungen ausschließlich von europäischen Lieferanten. Die Ziele der PPWR Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Kreislaufwirtschaft zu stärken und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Als nachhaltiges Unternehmen versuchen wir seit Jahren, Verpackungsmaterial einzusparen, Verpackungen mehrfach zu verwenden und möglichst umweltfreundliche Materialien einzusetzen. Gerade deshalb bereitet mir die praktische Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel große Sorgen. Wir versenden überwiegend innerhalb Deutschlands, erhalten aber auch einzelne Bestellungen aus anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. In einigen Ländern handelt es sich um nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr. Dennoch entstehen dort dieselben administrativen Anforderungen wie für große Unternehmen: nationale Registrierungen, unterschiedliche Meldeverfahren und teilweise die Verpflichtung, einen im jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat ansässigen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Versandmengen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Für große Unternehmen verteilen sie sich auf tausende Sendungen, für kleine Unternehmen können bereits wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr wirtschaftlich nicht mehr tragbar sein. Die Folgen sind bereits heute sichtbar. Wir haben den Versand in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten vorübergehend eingestellt. Ein europäischer Online-Marktplatz, über den wir verkaufen, hat uns mitgeteilt, dass derzeit mehrere kleine Marken aus genau demselben Grund ihre Lieferländer reduzieren. Aus meiner Sicht widerspricht dies dem Gedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Einheitliche Umweltziele führen in der Praxis zu einer Vielzahl nationaler Verfahren. Gerade kleine Unternehmen verfügen weder über eigene Rechtsabteilungen noch über die finanziellen Möglichkeiten, für jedes Land separate Registrierungen und Vertretungen zu organisieren. Besonders kritisch sehe ich außerdem die Behandlung wiederverwendeter Versandverpackungen. Wir verwenden gut erhaltene Kartons bewusst mehrfach und vermeiden dadurch Verpackungsabfälle. Dieses Verhalten entspricht den Zielen der Kreislaufwirtschaft. Es sollte daher nicht durch zusätzliche Bürokratie benachteiligt werden, sondern ausdrücklich berücksichtigt und gefördert werden. Hinzu kommt, dass wir unsere Verpackungen ausschließlich innerhalb der EU beziehen. Trotzdem entstehen beim Versand innerhalb der EU erneut zahlreiche nationale Verwaltungsverfahren. Für kleine Unternehmen ist schwer nachvollziehbar, warum ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt weiterhin aus so vielen unterschiedlichen Registrierungs- und Meldesystemen besteht. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine wirklich europäische Lösung. Ein Unternehmen sollte sich einmal zentral innerhalb der EU registrieren und dort seine Verpackungsmengen nach Mitgliedstaat melden können vergleichbar mit dem One-Stop-Shop für die Umsatzsteuer. Die weitere Verteilung an die Mitgliedstaaten sollte innerhalb dieses Systems erfolgen. Darüber hinaus sollten für Kleinstunternehmen und Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen angemessene Vereinfachungen geschaffen werden. Insbesondere sollte geprüft werden, ob nationale Bevollmächtigte bei sehr kleinen Versandmengen tatsächlich erforderlich sind oder ob hierfür eine zentrale europäische Lösung geschaffen werden kann. Die Umweltziele der PPWR sind wichtig und richtig. Ihre Umsetzung sollte jedoch verhältnismäßig sein und den europäischen Binnenmarkt stärken, statt kleine Unternehmen vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU abzuhalten. Nachhaltiges Handeln sollte belohnt werden. Wer Verpackungen vermeidet und wiederverwendet, sollte regulatorisch entlastet und nicht zusätzlich belastet werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own a small German fair fashion company with brick-and-mortar retail and online sales. We produce exclusively in Europe and also purchase our shipping packaging exclusively from European suppliers. I strongly support the PPWR’s objectives of reducing packaging waste, strengthening the circular economy and making producers more accountable. As a sustainable business, we have been trying for years to save packaging materials, use packaging several times and use materials that are as environmentally friendly as possible. It is precisely for this reason that I am deeply concerned about the practical implementation of extended producer responsibility in cross-border online trade. We send mainly within Germany, but we also receive individual orders from other EU Member States. In some countries there are only a few consignments per year. Nevertheless, it imposes the same administrative requirements as for large companies: national registrations, different notification procedures and, in some cases, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative established in each Member State. Those fixed costs are not proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market in the case of small quantities of shipments. For large companies, they are spread over thousands of items; for small companies, even a few orders per year can no longer be economically viable. The consequences are already visible today. We have temporarily stopped shipping to several EU Member States. A European online marketplace through which we sell has informed us that several small brands are currently reducing their supplier countries for exactly the same reason. In my view, this runs counter to the idea of the European single market. Uniform environmental objectives lead in practice to a multitude of national practices. Small businesses in particular do not have their own legal departments or the financial capacity to organise separate registrations and representations for each country. I am also particularly critical of the treatment of re-used shipping packaging. We deliberately use well-received cartons several times, thereby avoiding packaging waste. This behaviour is in line with the objectives of the circular economy. It should therefore not be penalised by additional bureaucracy, but should be explicitly taken into account and promoted. In addition, we source our packaging exclusively within the EU. Nevertheless, transit within the EU is once again subject to numerous national administrative procedures. It is difficult for small businesses to understand why a single market still consists of so many different registration and reporting systems. I would therefore like to see a truly European solution. Once a company has registered centrally within the EU, it should be able to report its packaging quantities by Member State in a way comparable to the one-stop shop for VAT. Further distribution to Member States should take place within this system. In addition, appropriate simplifications should be introduced for micro-enterprises and enterprises with very small quantities of packaging. In particular, it should be examined whether national authorised representatives are really necessary in the case of very small quantities of consignments or whether a central European solution can be created for this purpose. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important and correct. However, their implementation should be proportionate and strengthen the European single market, rather than discouraging small businesses from trading across borders within the EU. Sustainable action should be rewarded. Those who avoid and reuse packaging should be relieved of the regulatory burden and not be burdened with additional burdens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559752_en"}, {"id": 33559751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:18:52", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte den vorliegenden Entwurf ausdrücklich unterstützen und gleichzeitig auf die besondere Situation der kleinsten Unternehmen aufmerksam machen. Ich bin Inhaberin eines kleinen Keramikunternehmens in Österreich. Als Ein-Frau-Unternehmen bin ich für die Produktion ebenso wie für sämtliche administrativen und rechtlichen Aufgaben allein verantwortlich. Mein Unternehmen liegt im Sinne des österreichischen Umsatzsteuergesetzes unter der Umsatzgrenze von 55.000 Euro für die Kleinunternehmerregelung. Ich falle zwar unter die Kategorie der Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der PPRW, bin aber nochmals in einer ganz anderen Größenordnung als ein Betrieb mit mehreren Mitarbeitern und Millionenumsatz. Aus meiner Sicht ist daher eine weitere Differenzierung notwendig. Ich verkaufe meine handgefertigten Produkte neben Österreich auch nach Deutschland. Die Verpackungen für beide Länder lizenziere ich bereits seit vielen Jahren ordnungsgemäß. Auch 2026 sind meine Verpackungsmengen in beiden Ländern lizenziert und in Deutschland bei LUCID gemeldet; die Gebühren sind bezahlt. Für den Versand verwende ich fast ausschließlich gebrauchte, bereits von den ursprünglichen Versendern lizenzierte Kartonagen. Ich sammle sie und verwende sie erneut, um Ressourcen zu schonen und Verpackungsmüll zu vermeiden. Umso unverständlicher ist für mich, dass Kosten und bürokratischer Aufwand inzwischen in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zu meinem Verpackungsaufkommen stehen. Die Lizenzgebühren übersteigen bei meinem kleinen Unternehmen bereits den Wert des Verpackungsmaterials, das ich überhaupt in Verkehr bringe. Durch zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen und insbesondere die Verpflichtung, einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen, entstehen weitere Kosten und Verwaltungsaufgaben. Für ein größeres Unternehmen mögen solche Beträge und Aufgaben überschaubar sein. Für ein Ein-Frau-Unternehmen mit unter 55.000 Euro Jahresumsatz können sie jedoch erheblich sein und dazu führen, dass sich der Verkauf in andere EU-Staaten kaum noch lohnt. Diese Entwicklung ist problematisch für den europäischen Binnenmarkt. Gerade kleine Unternehmen sollten ihre Produkte unkompliziert innerhalb der EU anbieten können. Wenn jedoch für jeden Mitgliedstaat zusätzliche Anforderungen, Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und Gebühren hinzukommen, wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel für die kleinsten Unternehmen zunehmend unattraktiv. Angesichts dieser Entwicklung sehe ich mich gezwungen, meine Handelstätigkeit außerhalb Österreichs zu überdenken. Stattdessen erwäge ich, mich verstärkt auf die Schweiz und andere Drittstaaten auszurichten, da die bürokratischen Hürden für mich teilweise leichter zu bewältigen sind. Das kann nicht im Sinne eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Ich bitte Sie daher, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung stärker innerhalb der Gruppe der Kleinstunternehmen zu differenzieren und für Unternehmen mit sehr geringem Umsatz und Verpackungsaufkommen ein einfaches und verhältnismäßiges Verfahren vorzusehen. In diesem Zusammenhang begrüße ich ausdrücklich den Vorschlag der Kommission COM(2025) 982, die verpflichtende Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zunächst auszusetzen. Diese Entlastung sollte insbesondere für die kleinsten Unternehmen dauerhaft bestehen bleiben. Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft sind wichtige Ziele. Sie sollten aber nicht dazu führen, dass gerade kleine Unternehmen, die Verpackungen wiederverwenden und Ressourcen schonen, durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie und Kosten belastet werden. Ich hoffe, dass die Perspektive der kleinsten Unternehmen berücksichtigt wird und der europäische Binnenmarkt auch für diese Betriebe offen und praktikabel bleibt. Vielen Dank für die Berücksichtigung meiner Stellungnahme. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sigrun Franz FRANZART Keramik Österreich", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my strong support for this draft, while drawing attention to the specific situation of the smallest companies. I own a small ceramics company in Austria. As a one-woman company, I am solely responsible for production, as well as for all administrative and legal tasks. My company is below the turnover limit of EUR 55.000 for the small enterprise scheme within the meaning of the Austrian VAT Act. Although I fall within the category of micro-enterprises within the meaning of the PPRW, I am again of a very different order of magnitude from a multi-employer business with millions of turnover. In my view, further differentiation is therefore necessary. I sell my handmade products to Germany in addition to Austria. I have been duly licensing the packaging for both countries for many years. In 2026, my packaging volumes are still licensed in both countries and reported to LUCID in Germany; the fees are paid. For shipping, I use almost exclusively used cardboard boxes already licensed by the original consignors. I collect them and use them again to save resources and avoid packaging waste. This makes it all the more incomprehensible to me that costs and red tape are now disproportionate to my packaging volume. For my small company, the licence fees already exceed the value of the packaging material I place on the market at all. Additional registrations, notifications and in particular the obligation to appoint an authorised representative generate additional costs and administrative tasks. For a larger company, such amounts and tasks may be manageable. However, for a one-woman company with an annual turnover of less than EUR 55.000, they can be significant and make sales to other EU countries hardly worthwhile. This development is problematic for the European single market. Small businesses in particular should be able to easily offer their products within the EU. However, if additional requirements, registrations, authorised representatives and fees are added for each Member State, cross-border trade becomes increasingly unattractive for the smallest companies. In view of this development, I feel compelled to rethink my trading activities outside Austria. Instead, I consider focusing more on Switzerland and other third countries, as the bureaucratic hurdles are sometimes easier for me to overcome. This cannot be in the interests of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore ask you to differentiate further within the category of micro-enterprises and to provide for a simple and proportionate procedure for undertakings with very low turnover and packaging volumes. In this context, I very much welcome the Commission’s proposal COM(2025) 982 to initially suspend the mandatory appointment of an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility. This relief should be permanent, especially for the smallest companies. Environmental protection and the circular economy are important objectives. However, they should not result in disproportionate bureaucracy and costs for small businesses that reuse packaging and conserve resources. I hope that the perspective of the smallest companies will be taken into account and that the European single market will remain open and workable also for these companies. Thank you for taking my opinion into account. Yours sincerely, Sigrun Franz FRANZART Keramik Austria", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559751_en"}, {"id": 33559750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:16:26", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are killing small businesses on purpose. This makes our life harder, not easier. The whole point of the European Union was to trade freely between countries in the EU, not pay more taxes because you didn't do your math. Shame on those who voted for this. Good for those who opposed this and thank you for your upright thinking. The people will rage against such bulls*t laws soon enough, and Europe will fall if you don't get your s*t together and act accordingly FOR THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO PROTECT AND SERVE.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are killing small businesses on purpose. This makes our life harder, not easier. The whole point of the European Union was to trade freely between countries in the EU, not pay more taxes because you didn't do your math. Shame on those who voted for this. Good for those who opposed this and thank you for your upright thinking. The people will rage against such bulls*t laws soon enough, and Europe will fall if you don't get your s*t together and act accordingly FOR THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO PROTECT AND SERVE.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559750_en"}, {"id": 33559749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:13:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "domiverkaeufer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Gewerbetreibender, der die Kleinunternehmerregelung in Anspruch genommen hat und originalverpackte Spielsachen aus den 80er und 90er Jahren an Liebhaber und Sammler gerne EU-und weltweit verschicken möchte, kann ich leider überhaupt nicht nachvollziehen, warum es im Zuge der neuen Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) keine Ausnahme für eben diese Kleinunternehmer gibt. 300 pro Land pro Jahr + zusätzlicher Bürokratischer Aufwand durch Registrierungen etc. ist absolut unverhältnismäßig. Ich beteilige mich gerne auch finanziell an einer besseren Verpackungs- und Müllentsorgungs-Wirtschaft, aber mit welcher Begründung sollte ich genau so viel bezahlen wie z.B. ein Riese wie Amazon. Hier muss dringend nachgebessert werden, sonst zerstört das die Existenz vieler Menschen in der gesamten EU und wahrscheinlich auch meine Eigene. Ich bitte Sie, die Regelungen bzgl. der Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht für zumindest die ganz Kleinen (unter 10 Mitarbeiter, unter 2 Millionen Jahresumsatz) gänzlich auszusetzen und einen freien Handel grenzüberschreitend zu ermöglichen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dominik Schega", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a trader who has made use of the small traders scheme and wishes to send original packaged toys from the 1980s and 1990s to loved ones and collectors throughout the EU and the world, unfortunately I do not understand at all why the new Packaging Ordinance (PPWR) does not exempt these small traders. 300 per country per year + additional red tape due to registrations, etc. is completely disproportionate. I would also like to contribute financially to a better packaging and waste management economy, but on what grounds I should pay exactly as much as a giant like Amazon, for example. There is an urgent need to improve this, otherwise it will destroy the existence of many people across the EU and probably my own. I would ask you to suspend completely the rules on the obligation of authorised representatives for at least the very small (under 10 employees, under 2 million annual turnover) and to allow free trade across borders. Yours sincerely, Dominik Schega", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559749_en"}, {"id": 33559747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:11:50", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This effects my future plans but that is nothing compared to how this affects active small businesses, i am however a regular consumer of these small businesses. its so insane I dont really understand how they can actually keep it in place. Its going to put everyone out of business and stop anyone sending stuff into the eu the eu is going to become 27 little business islands and a no go zone from the outside. It wont recover from this. I cannot comprehend the stupidity of the ppl making these choices. I feel like the newest rule might even increase temu etc sales because buying from small stores wont be an option anymore??? Not to mention how its a blatant monopoly scheme in itself. Oh you dont want to sell via amazon? Bad for you its the only profitable way because they bought us out. You wanna sell via etsy? Nope you have to pay each representative even though that means negative income because we dont give a damn about the one thing the european union was founded on, free trade between countries, all because you dont suck up to us enough pathetic", "feedbackEnglish": "This effects my future plans but that is nothing compared to how this affects active small businesses, i am however a regular consumer of these small businesses. its so insane I dont really understand how they can actually keep it in place. Its going to put everyone out of business and stop anyone sending stuff into the eu the eu is going to become 27 little business islands and a no go zone from the outside. It wont recover from this. I cannot comprehend the stupidity of the ppl making these choices. I feel like the newest rule might even increase temu etc sales because buying from small stores wont be an option anymore??? Not to mention how its a blatant monopoly scheme in itself. Oh you dont want to sell via amazon? Bad for you its the only profitable way because they bought us out. You wanna sell via etsy? Nope you have to pay each representative even though that means negative income because we dont give a damn about the one thing the european union was founded on, free trade between countries, all because you dont suck up to us enough pathetic", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559747_en"}, {"id": 33559746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:11:32", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Protecting the environment is extremely important, however, placing the same registration and disproportionate fee burdens on small businesses as large corporations is unjustified. Small enterprises generate minimal packaging waste, yet high compliance costs across individual national registers are forcing them to stop sales across EU countries where demand is lower. This causes serious issues for many small companies, for which every sale may be vital. There should be a clear exemption or a simplified, low-cost registration mechanism for micro-enterprises and low-volume packaging producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Protecting the environment is extremely important, however, placing the same registration and disproportionate fee burdens on small businesses as large corporations is unjustified. Small enterprises generate minimal packaging waste, yet high compliance costs across individual national registers are forcing them to stop sales across EU countries where demand is lower. This causes serious issues for many small companies, for which every sale may be vital. There should be a clear exemption or a simplified, low-cost registration mechanism for micro-enterprises and low-volume packaging producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559746_en"}, {"id": 33559745, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 13:11:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "csamcraft", "feedback": "This is yet another proof of the extremely rotten and inefficient bureaucracy in Brussels. An elementary solution like collecting a recycling fee, calculating it in the price of transport (transport companies raise the price for the service and pay the necessary amount to the local budget). But the bureaucrats clearly do not want business to have it easy. Companies with 2-5 people have to drown in harsh bureaucracy, pay harsh amounts to various intermediaries. It is normal for doubts to arise about whose interests these green policies protect. It is normal for consumers themselves to increasingly ask themselves the question - why do we pay eco-fees several times, but with different names and with different directives. The European Parliament does not think about small businesses and small consumers. In this parliament, the corporate interests of big businesses are served first and foremost. No matter whether they are European, Chinese or American.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is yet another proof of the extremely rotten and inefficient bureaucracy in Brussels. An elementary solution like collecting a recycling fee, calculating it in the price of transport (transport companies raise the price for the service and pay the necessary amount to the local budget). But the bureaucrats clearly do not want business to have it easy. Companies with 2-5 people have to drown in harsh bureaucracy, pay harsh amounts to various intermediaries. It is normal for doubts to arise about whose interests these green policies protect. It is normal for consumers themselves to increasingly ask themselves the question - why do we pay eco-fees several times, but with different names and with different directives. The European Parliament does not think about small businesses and small consumers. In this parliament, the corporate interests of big businesses are served first and foremost. No matter whether they are European, Chinese or American.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559745_en"}, {"id": 33559744, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:57:08", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new regulations may very well bury my emerging small business! I don't have enough income to pay for the authorized representatives or registration fees! Please target the big businesses, they're the biggest problem here! I use 100% recyclable materials already and I'm shipping paper (art), so I believe I'm already doing my part as there is no waste!", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations may very well bury my emerging small business! I don't have enough income to pay for the authorized representatives or registration fees! Please target the big businesses, they're the biggest problem here! I use 100% recyclable materials already and I'm shipping paper (art), so I believe I'm already doing my part as there is no waste!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559744_en"}, {"id": 33559743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:45:46", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is deeply irresponsible to introduce such legislation at a time when online retailers are preparing for the crucial fourth quarter. This law creates yet another significant barrier for small online businesses and independent creators selling across EU, most of whom already minimise their packaging and take their environmental responsibilities seriously. Small businesses will bear the greatest burden, while large corporations - the biggest producers of packaging waste - will barely feel the impact. Large companies can easily absorb these additional fees; for a small business like my own, they could mean having to close altogether. This legislation runs directly counter to the European principles of a supportive business environment and equal access to the Single Market. Its adoption appears to show little consideration for the realities and continued existence of small businesses in the EU. The law must therefore be amended to provide a clear and comprehensive exemption for all micro-businesses operating within the EU. Environmental legislation should target the large polluters without threatening the survival of Europes smallest businesses and independent creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is deeply irresponsible to introduce such legislation at a time when online retailers are preparing for the crucial fourth quarter. This law creates yet another significant barrier for small online businesses and independent creators selling across EU, most of whom already minimise their packaging and take their environmental responsibilities seriously. Small businesses will bear the greatest burden, while large corporations - the biggest producers of packaging waste - will barely feel the impact. Large companies can easily absorb these additional fees; for a small business like my own, they could mean having to close altogether. This legislation runs directly counter to the European principles of a supportive business environment and equal access to the Single Market. Its adoption appears to show little consideration for the realities and continued existence of small businesses in the EU. The law must therefore be amended to provide a clear and comprehensive exemption for all micro-businesses operating within the EU. Environmental legislation should target the large polluters without threatening the survival of Europes smallest businesses and independent creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559743_en"}, {"id": 33559742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:45:25", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro business owner these rules are yet another block in my ability to attempt to make a living, why does a micro business be penalised with ridiculous rules like this. Why lump micro businesses, crafts people and artists in with Amazon, Temu etc who definitely need to tighten up their packaging. This is so unfair this may close my micro business down as I battle to make sense out of another EU rule that supposed to be one size fits all when thats not possible. The EU is fast becoming the business prevention unit for small businesses all over the EU is constantly pushing for big business to succeed. Its disgraceful that the people who make these rules approached this with a one size fits all solution and have caused much complication and confusion for small businesses. The EU has done a complete 180 as to what the EU was originally created for.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner these rules are yet another block in my ability to attempt to make a living, why does a micro business be penalised with ridiculous rules like this. Why lump micro businesses, crafts people and artists in with Amazon, Temu etc who definitely need to tighten up their packaging. This is so unfair this may close my micro business down as I battle to make sense out of another EU rule that supposed to be one size fits all when thats not possible. The EU is fast becoming the business prevention unit for small businesses all over the EU is constantly pushing for big business to succeed. Its disgraceful that the people who make these rules approached this with a one size fits all solution and have caused much complication and confusion for small businesses. The EU has done a complete 180 as to what the EU was originally created for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559742_en"}, {"id": 33559741, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:08:36", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bunnyxcorsetry", "feedback": "I do not think the new PPWR is inclusive; as always, small businesses are overlooked. The costs a micro-business faces are truly prohibitive relative to the amount of packaging it produces. This new regulation will drive many small businesses like mine, which are already committed to reducing waste into bankruptcy. Furthermore, those who avoid business failure will have to significantly raise the cost of their products to comply with the regulations, a move that will ultimately penalize the consumers as well.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not think the new PPWR is inclusive; as always, small businesses are overlooked. The costs a micro-business faces are truly prohibitive relative to the amount of packaging it produces. This new regulation will drive many small businesses like mine, which are already committed to reducing waste into bankruptcy. Furthermore, those who avoid business failure will have to significantly raise the cost of their products to comply with the regulations, a move that will ultimately penalize the consumers as well.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559741_en"}, {"id": 33559740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:06:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Spricht in erster Linie gegen das wofür die EU überhaupt erschafft worden ist. Der unkomplizierte Handel zwischen den Ländern der EU ist hiermit Geschichte. Außerdem wird die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von kleineren Unternehmen völlig zerstört mit dieser Regelung, da die Kleinunternehmen mit den Kosten & der Bürokratie nicht mithalten können. Das raubt denen an potenziellen Einkommen und/oder zwingt die sogar in Insolvenz. Umweltschutz ist wichtig, aber nicht wenn Leute unter den vorgenommenen Regelungen leiden und in Insolvenz gezwungen werden. Schande sowas! Erst wird der Handel unmöglich und dann auch das Recht innerhalb der EU sich frei einen Wohnsitz auszusuchen. Wozu existiert dann die EU überhaupt noch? Um Brüssel mit Geld zu füttern, was gut im eigenen Land gebraucht werden könnte? Absolute Schande diese Regelung. Schämt euch, wer das in Kraft gebracht hat.", "feedbackEnglish": "The main argument is against what the EU has actually been created for. This is a history of easy trade between EU countries. It will also completely destroy the competitiveness of smaller companies, as small businesses will not be able to cope with costs and red tape. This deprives them of potential income and/or forces them even to go bankrupt. Protecting the environment is important, but not when people suffer from the rules in place and are forced into bankruptcy. Shame so much! First, it becomes impossible to trade and then the right to choose one’s place of residence freely within the EU. Why does the EU still exist? To feed Brussels with money, what could be needed well at home? Absolute shame of this arrangement. Shame who brought it into force.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559740_en"}, {"id": 33559739, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:03:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "H2O Wasserladen", "feedback": "Als Betreiber eines kleinen Fachgeschäfts für Trinkwasserfilter in Berlin haben wir neben der Laufkundschaft Online-Kunden in ganz Europa jedoch nur 0-5 Pakete pro Land und Jahr, Gesamtumsatz in der EU unter 10.000 ! Dennoch hilft uns dieser Umsatz dabei, zu überleben. Die Kosten für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigten für 27 EU-Länder liegen bei rund 6.000 . Das ist nicht bezahlbar und wir haben daher seit 12.8. jegliches Angebot für EU-Kunden eingestellt. Sehr schade, nicht nur für uns, sondern auch für ein paar Stammkunden in Spanien, Frankreich und Dänemark. Wir bringen nicht mal 25 kg Karton-Verpackungen für alle unsere EU-Pakete pro Jahr in Verkehr! Es muss eine vollständige Ausnahmeregelung für kleinste Unternehmen geben, die so gut wie nichts zu dem Problem des Verpackungsmüllberges beitragen.", "feedbackEnglish": "However, as an operator of a small specialist drinking water filter shop in Berlin, in addition to running customers, we have only 0-5 parcels per country and per year for online customers across Europe, with total turnover in the EU below 10.000! Nevertheless, this turnover helps us to survive. The cost of registration and authorised representatives for 27 EU countries is around 6000. This is not affordable and we have therefore stopped all offers to EU customers since 12 August. Very bad, not only for us, but also for a few regular customers in Spain, France and Denmark. We do not even place 25 kg of cardboard packaging on the market for all our EU packages every year! There must be a full exemption for micro-enterprises, which contribute almost nothing to the problem of packaging waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559739_en"}, {"id": 33559738, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:02:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Les règles telles qu'elles sont établies sont impossible à suivre par les petits producteurs indépendants en terme de coût ( mandataires) et d'organisation (déclarations à effectuer). Elles vont les obliger à ne plus exporter et provoquer leur cessation d'activité. Il faut adapter ces règles aux petites structures qui ne doivent pas être pénalisées par une meilleur gestion des emballages.", "feedbackEnglish": "The rules as established are impossible for independent small producers to follow in terms of cost (authorised representatives) and organisation (declarations to be made). They will force them to stop exporting and cause them to cease trading. These rules need to be adapted to small structures which should not be penalised by better packaging management.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559738_en"}, {"id": 33559737, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 12:01:00", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Birkelund Boutique ", "feedback": "Absolutely ridiculous law for small businesses that already struggle to keep afloat. We already pay enough in taxes to cover the costs of recycling- something that the GOVERNMENT should be doing not our responsibility. Instead give us incentive to use sustainable packaging and other a tax cut or money back. To pay upfront for something we may never use or use one time a year is cutting us off at the legs.", "feedbackEnglish": "Absolutely ridiculous law for small businesses that already struggle to keep afloat. We already pay enough in taxes to cover the costs of recycling- something that the GOVERNMENT should be doing not our responsibility. Instead give us incentive to use sustainable packaging and other a tax cut or money back. To pay upfront for something we may never use or use one time a year is cutting us off at the legs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559737_en"}, {"id": 33559736, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:57:43", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent worker (trabalhador independente) in Portugal, and I have only recently opened a very small online shop. I am at the very beginning and have no idea yet whether I will make any sales, how many packages I might send, or whether I will have customers in other EU countries. I strongly support reducing packaging waste and using more sustainable packaging. However, I find it completely disproportionate that someone operating on such a tiny scale should potentially face complex registration and compliance obligations before even knowing whether their online activity will be commercially viable. This type of regulatory burden risks **killing micro-businesses before they even have a chance to start**. The uncertainty is already making me consider restricting my online shop to Portugal only, because selling to customers in other EU countries could create additional obligations that I simply cannot manage as a one-person independent worker. The EU should be encouraging entrepreneurship and participation in the Single Market, not creating barriers that force the smallest operators to avoid cross-border sales. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a **simple, proportionate and genuinely low-burden system for independent workers and micro-enterprises handling very small quantities of packaging**, with meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for very low volumes. Environmental protection is important, but the regulatory burden must be proportionate to the actual scale and environmental impact of the activity.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent worker (trabalhador independente) in Portugal, and I have only recently opened a very small online shop. I am at the very beginning and have no idea yet whether I will make any sales, how many packages I might send, or whether I will have customers in other EU countries. I strongly support reducing packaging waste and using more sustainable packaging. However, I find it completely disproportionate that someone operating on such a tiny scale should potentially face complex registration and compliance obligations before even knowing whether their online activity will be commercially viable. This type of regulatory burden risks **killing micro-businesses before they even have a chance to start**. The uncertainty is already making me consider restricting my online shop to Portugal only, because selling to customers in other EU countries could create additional obligations that I simply cannot manage as a one-person independent worker. The EU should be encouraging entrepreneurship and participation in the Single Market, not creating barriers that force the smallest operators to avoid cross-border sales. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a **simple, proportionate and genuinely low-burden system for independent workers and micro-enterprises handling very small quantities of packaging**, with meaningful exemptions or simplified requirements for very low volumes. Environmental protection is important, but the regulatory burden must be proportionate to the actual scale and environmental impact of the activity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559736_en"}, {"id": 33559735, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:54:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, Im großen und Ganzen unterstütze ich den Schritt den diese Regulungen machen wollen. Es ist ein guter Ansatz und ein wichtiges Problem und ich finde es gut das sich damit beschäftigt wird und das Maßnahmen ergriffen werden. Doch fürchte ich gibt es einen Haken: In der aktuellen Fassung werden Klein-Unternehmen quasi aus dem Binnenmarkt gedrängt. Ich kenne einige unabhängige Künstler, die EU-weit ihre Sachen verkaufen und teilweise wirklich nur einzelne Waren in ein einzelnes Land. Diese aktuellen Regelungen würden das unmöglich machen. Es lohnt sich nicht für ein einzigen Kunden 300 bis mehr Euro auszugeben, nur um etwas liefern zu können, genausowenig wie der gesamte bürokratische Aufwand der dahinter steht. Die Regulung wie sie aktuell steht ist ein Todesstoß für viele kleinst und Mini händler. Das sind keine großen Unternehmen. Das sind ein bis drei Personen die sich um alles kümmern. Es sind Künstler die ich seit Jahren unterstütze und es sind kleinere Projekte denen ich folge - und all dies würde nicht mehr gehen und diese Leuten würden entweder durch die entstehenden hohen Kosten in den Ruin getrieben oder den Großteil ihrer oft verstreuten Kunden verlieren und damit die Grundlage ihrer Exsistenz. Es würde mich wirklich bestürzen wenn eine gut-gemeinte Regulung wie diese solch katastrophalen Auswirkungen hätte. Ich sehe mehrere Wege wie dies vermieden werden kann: Bagatellgrenzen mit aufnehmen oder für Kleinunternehmen eine einfache Online registrierung die nicht mit all diesen großen juristischen Hürden verbunden ist. Irgendetwas muss es doch geben was getan werden kann, dass der Versuch die großen Unternehmen in die Verantwortung zu ziehen nicht darin resultiert, die Kleinunternehmen die Exsistenz zu entziehen und aus dem Binnenmarkt zu bannen. Ich bitte sie daher inständigst dies noch einmal zu überdenken und entsprechende Änderungen vorzunehmen, die dies verhindert. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Melina Myrenne", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, on the whole, I support the step that these regulations want to take. It’s a good approach and an important problem, and I think it’s good to deal with it and take action. But I’m afraid there’s a hook: The current version effectively pushes small businesses out of the single market. I know some independent artists who sell their goods across the EU and sometimes actually only individual goods to a single country. These current arrangements would make this impossible. It is not worth spending EUR 300 to more for a single customer just to be able to deliver something, just as the entire bureaucratic burden behind it is not. The regulation as it stands today is a deadly killer for many small and mini-traders. These are not big companies. These are one to three people who take care of everything. It is artists that I have been supporting for years and it is smaller projects that I follow – and all this would no longer happen and these people would either be ruined by the high costs involved or lose most of their often scattered customers, thus forming the basis of their subsistence. I would be really dismayed if a well-managed regulation such as this would have such catastrophic effects. I see several ways to avoid this: Include de minimis thresholds or a simple online registration for small businesses that does not come with all these major legal hurdles. There is something to be done to ensure that the attempt to hold large companies accountable does not result in small businesses being stripped of their livelihoods and banned from the single market. I would therefore ask you to reconsider this as a matter of urgency and to make appropriate changes to prevent this from happening. Yours sincerely, Melina Myrenne", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559735_en"}, {"id": 33559734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:50:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Little Hamburg Lab", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht absolut kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Amazon und Temu interessiert das alles nicht, denn sie zahlen diese Kosten aus ihrer Portokasse. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Iris Wedemeyer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be an absolutely critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. Amazon and Temu are not interested in all of this, as they pay these costs from their postage funds. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Iris Wedemeyer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559734_en"}, {"id": 33559733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:34:28", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Missing Block", "feedback": "As the sole proprietor of a very small lego reseller business in Belgium, the costs associated with maintaining EPR registration in every EU country (+/- 5000-7000EUR cost while my yearly sales are +/- 25.000 EUR / Year ) that I sell to will effectively price me out of being able to continue to sell my goods to EU customers. I may only sell one or order a year to customers in any given country (and not even have every year orders for each country) . There must be a full exemption for small businesses. I produce in total less than 20kg of packaging a year. Having a system different for 27 countries is just killing micro-entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the sole proprietor of a very small lego reseller business in Belgium, the costs associated with maintaining EPR registration in every EU country (+/- 5000-7000EUR cost while my yearly sales are +/- 25.000 EUR / Year ) that I sell to will effectively price me out of being able to continue to sell my goods to EU customers. I may only sell one or order a year to customers in any given country (and not even have every year orders for each country) . There must be a full exemption for small businesses. I produce in total less than 20kg of packaging a year. Having a system different for 27 countries is just killing micro-entreprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559733_en"}, {"id": 33559732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:34:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This policy will destroy very small businesses both outside and inside the EU. You must adapt the regulations to ease the cost of compliance for small businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "This policy will destroy very small businesses both outside and inside the EU. You must adapt the regulations to ease the cost of compliance for small businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559732_en"}, {"id": 33559731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:26:06", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Why does this law apply to small businesses? It should absolutely not. Small businesses, that are usually household's addition to regular income (from regular job) arent producing enough waste to count in this. The only thing this law does to those small businesses is taking their ability away to ship their products to other EU countries. Why does this makes things more difficult for small businesses from EU and costumers from another EU country? The small business just gonna be unable to ship their products because cost is too much and costumer gonna look for alternatives from big corporations, so how is it good for any regular folk? I much prefer supporting small artists or craftsmen and this law make it more costly unnecessarily! This law should only affect big corporations like for example amazon or temu.", "feedbackEnglish": "Why does this law apply to small businesses? It should absolutely not. Small businesses, that are usually household's addition to regular income (from regular job) arent producing enough waste to count in this. The only thing this law does to those small businesses is taking their ability away to ship their products to other EU countries. Why does this makes things more difficult for small businesses from EU and costumers from another EU country? The small business just gonna be unable to ship their products because cost is too much and costumer gonna look for alternatives from big corporations, so how is it good for any regular folk? I much prefer supporting small artists or craftsmen and this law make it more costly unnecessarily! This law should only affect big corporations like for example amazon or temu.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559731_en"}, {"id": 33559729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:21:05", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PFAS regulation is not sufficient: \"From now on, food-contact packaging containing PFAS above strict limits can no longer be placed on the EU market.\" Basically PFAS are still allowed in contact with food. Just like with lead, there is no acceptable level with forever chemicals as their accumulate! Production must stop! This is the result of lobbying (official corruption) in the name of profit and shareholders greed. Compromising on fundamental common sense and scientific evidence under lobbies pressure is eroding people's trust in democracy and serving populists and fascists agenda. We need a strong democracy now. Shame on the EU institutions for being so weak!", "feedbackEnglish": "The PFAS regulation is not sufficient: \"From now on, food-contact packaging containing PFAS above strict limits can no longer be placed on the EU market.\" Basically PFAS are still allowed in contact with food. Just like with lead, there is no acceptable level with forever chemicals as their accumulate! Production must stop! This is the result of lobbying (official corruption) in the name of profit and shareholders greed. Compromising on fundamental common sense and scientific evidence under lobbies pressure is eroding people's trust in democracy and serving populists and fascists agenda. We need a strong democracy now. Shame on the EU institutions for being so weak!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559729_en"}, {"id": 33559728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:19:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR wer hat sich diesen bürokratischen Irrsinn ausgedacht?! Ich bin als kleiner Unternehmer mittlerweile einfach nur noch fassungslos. Statt uns endlich mal Luft zum Atmen zu geben, häuft die EU ein Gesetz nach dem anderen auf uns ab, das den Alltag im Betrieb zur reinen Papier- und Meldeorgie macht. Die PPWR ist dafür nur das neueste Beispiel: noch mehr Meldepflichten, noch mehr Verpackungsnachweise, noch mehr Daten, die irgendwo erfasst, validiert und hochgeladen werden müssen und am Ende bezahlen wir das alles doppelt und dreifach. Wer von diesen Beamten in Brüssel hat jemals selbst eine Rechnung geschrieben, Ware verpackt oder einen Kunden beraten? Offensichtlich niemand, sonst würde man so etwas nicht aushecken. Dieser Bürokratiewahnsinn tötet den Mittelstand, während Großkonzerne sich dank eigener Compliance-Abteilungen mühelos durchregeln lassen. Für uns bedeutet es wieder Stunden, Tage, Wochen Arbeit für nichts und wieder nichts, außer für ein schönes politisches Symbolbild. Es reicht wirklich. Die EU sollte sich endlich darauf besinnen, Binnenmarkt und Wohlstand zu schützen, statt mit gut gemeintem, aber realitätsfernen Regelwerk den letzten Nerv der Unternehmer zu testen. Wer so weitermacht, bekommt nicht mehr Europa er bekommt nur noch frustrierte Betriebe, die irgendwann aufgeben.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR Who has thought of this bureaucratic error?! As a small entrepreneur, I am now simply blurred. Instead of finally giving us air to breathe, the EU accumulates one law on the other, which makes day-to-day business a pure paper and reporting tool. The PPWR is just the latest example: even more reporting obligations, even more proof of packaging, even more data that has to be collected, validated and uploaded anywhere, and in the end we pay all twice and triple. Who of these officials in Brussels has ever written an invoice, packed goods or advised a client? Obviously nobody, otherwise this would not be thrown out. This red tape kills small and medium-sized enterprises, while large corporations can easily regulate themselves thanks to their own compliance departments. For us, it again means hours, days, weeks of work for nothing and again nothing, except for a beautiful political symbolic image. It is really enough. The EU should finally focus on protecting the single market and prosperity, rather than testing the last nerve of entrepreneurs with a well-meaning but unrealistic set of rules. Those who continue to do so will no longer be able to gain Europe unless they are frustrated and at some point give up.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559728_en"}, {"id": 33559726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:15:42", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dearcán Leatherworks Ireland ", "feedback": "As the sole proprietor of a very small leather craft business in Ireland, the costs associated with maintaining EPR registration in every EU country that I sell to will effectively price me out of being able to continue to sell my goods to EU customers. I may only sell one or 2 pieces a year to customers in any given country. There must be a full exemption for small businesses, especially those that recycle packaging from larger companies in which to ship their goods.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the sole proprietor of a very small leather craft business in Ireland, the costs associated with maintaining EPR registration in every EU country that I sell to will effectively price me out of being able to continue to sell my goods to EU customers. I may only sell one or 2 pieces a year to customers in any given country. There must be a full exemption for small businesses, especially those that recycle packaging from larger companies in which to ship their goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559726_en"}, {"id": 33559722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:03:24", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Marco Seitz", "feedback": "Harmonisation must mean one Single Market not 27 parallel compliance systems. I fully support the environmental objectives of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 and the polluter-pays principle. My concern is not EPR itself, but the disproportionate fixed administrative burden created for SMEs engaged in low-volume cross-border sales. Article 1(2) PPWR states that the Regulation should contribute to the smooth functioning of the internal market by harmonising national measures so as to avoid trade barriers and distortions of competition. Recital 126 likewise calls for producer-registration requirements to be harmonised as far as possible. The draft is welcome insofar as it seeks common formats and automated electronic processing. But harmonising the form is not enough if businesses must still recreate the same compliance structure country by country. In our business operations, we ceased deliveries to Austria in late 2023 due to the disproportionate nature of the fixed packaging compliance costs in relation to the limited sales generated in that market. The environmental result was not less packaging; Austrian customers simply lost access to our products. This is exactly the kind of market fragmentation EU harmonisation should avoid. Within the mandate of Article 44(14), I ask the Commission to strengthen the implementing act as follows: 1. Create a genuine submit once architecture: one standardised dataset, submitted through one interface and automatically routed to all relevant national registers. 2. Establish a common EU data schema, API and bulk-registration/reporting functionality. Information already supplied to a competent register should be reusable and pre-filled. 3. Prevent duplication of additional national fields. Article 44(5) allows extra information only where necessary for monitoring and enforcement; such information should use the same interoperable definitions and interface. 4. Preserve meaningful simplification for producers below 10 tonnes. Draft Article 2(3)-(4) appears to require material-level reporting and reliance on technical documentation or an equivalent complete packaging description also for Part B reporting. For small distance sellers handling many third-party products, component-level packaging data can be disproportionate to the quantities concerned. Reporting below 10 tonnes should remain limited to the minimum data necessary under Annex IX Part B(2). 5. Apply a true once-only principle to company, contact, brand, representative and EPR-organisation data. Two further issues require legislative action rather than this implementing act. Article 44(2) requires registration in each relevant Member State, while Article 45(3) requires certain cross-border distance sellers to appoint an EPR authorised representative in every Member State concerned. As an implementing act cannot amend the basic Regulation, I ask the Commission to initiate a targeted simplification of Articles 44 and 45, allowing one EU-wide registration gateway and, for EU-established producers, direct compliance or one representative valid across the Union. More fundamentally, the cumulative effect of Member-State-by-Member-State registration, national representation requirements and fixed compliance costs for very small cross-border volumes raises questions of proportionality under Article 5(4) TEU and of coherence with the internal-market objective underlying Article 114 TFEU and Article 1(2) PPWR. Where the same environmental result can be achieved through centralised digital reporting, automatic allocation of quantities and effective cross-border enforcement, the necessity of multiple national administrative interfaces should be carefully reassessed. This would not weaken environmental protection. Packaging quantities and financial responsibility could still be allocated to each Member State. What would disappear is duplicated administration. One environmental obligation should not require 27 administrative systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "Harmonisation must mean one Single Market not 27 parallel compliance systems. I fully support the environmental objectives of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 and the polluter-pays principle. My concern is not EPR itself, but the disproportionate fixed administrative burden created for SMEs engaged in low-volume cross-border sales. Article 1(2) PPWR states that the Regulation should contribute to the smooth functioning of the internal market by harmonising national measures so as to avoid trade barriers and distortions of competition. Recital 126 likewise calls for producer-registration requirements to be harmonised as far as possible. The draft is welcome insofar as it seeks common formats and automated electronic processing. But harmonising the form is not enough if businesses must still recreate the same compliance structure country by country. In our business operations, we ceased deliveries to Austria in late 2023 due to the disproportionate nature of the fixed packaging compliance costs in relation to the limited sales generated in that market. The environmental result was not less packaging; Austrian customers simply lost access to our products. This is exactly the kind of market fragmentation EU harmonisation should avoid. Within the mandate of Article 44(14), I ask the Commission to strengthen the implementing act as follows: 1. Create a genuine submit once architecture: one standardised dataset, submitted through one interface and automatically routed to all relevant national registers. 2. Establish a common EU data schema, API and bulk-registration/reporting functionality. Information already supplied to a competent register should be reusable and pre-filled. 3. Prevent duplication of additional national fields. Article 44(5) allows extra information only where necessary for monitoring and enforcement; such information should use the same interoperable definitions and interface. 4. Preserve meaningful simplification for producers below 10 tonnes. Draft Article 2(3)-(4) appears to require material-level reporting and reliance on technical documentation or an equivalent complete packaging description also for Part B reporting. For small distance sellers handling many third-party products, component-level packaging data can be disproportionate to the quantities concerned. Reporting below 10 tonnes should remain limited to the minimum data necessary under Annex IX Part B(2). 5. Apply a true once-only principle to company, contact, brand, representative and EPR-organisation data. Two further issues require legislative action rather than this implementing act. Article 44(2) requires registration in each relevant Member State, while Article 45(3) requires certain cross-border distance sellers to appoint an EPR authorised representative in every Member State concerned. As an implementing act cannot amend the basic Regulation, I ask the Commission to initiate a targeted simplification of Articles 44 and 45, allowing one EU-wide registration gateway and, for EU-established producers, direct compliance or one representative valid across the Union. More fundamentally, the cumulative effect of Member-State-by-Member-State registration, national representation requirements and fixed compliance costs for very small cross-border volumes raises questions of proportionality under Article 5(4) TEU and of coherence with the internal-market objective underlying Article 114 TFEU and Article 1(2) PPWR. Where the same environmental result can be achieved through centralised digital reporting, automatic allocation of quantities and effective cross-border enforcement, the necessity of multiple national administrative interfaces should be carefully reassessed. This would not weaken environmental protection. Packaging quantities and financial responsibility could still be allocated to each Member State. What would disappear is duplicated administration. One environmental obligation should not require 27 administrative systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559722_en"}, {"id": 33559725, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:02:53", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Daniela Csizmadia", "feedback": "I'm a ceramic solo enterpreneur, I finally set up my e shop this years with shipment to the EU, but with these new rules even before generating any income I will have to close and something I was trying to run and already invest all my savings and years of preparation ...this is really agains us, killing traditional craftmanship, destroying small businesses...", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a ceramic solo enterpreneur, I finally set up my e shop this years with shipment to the EU, but with these new rules even before generating any income I will have to close and something I was trying to run and already invest all my savings and years of preparation ...this is really agains us, killing traditional craftmanship, destroying small businesses...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559725_en"}, {"id": 33559724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 11:00:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Samwel Supplies", "feedback": "Small business will already have some excemption hopefully from the AR rules, that is my main concern -> It must remain viable for a any one man show to operate in more than their home country, even if its just 1 or 2 sales annually. Another huge missed opportunity lies in the re-use of packaging materials however. As an example; me, as a small b2b producer and distributor of vintage motorcycleparts, reuse many packaging materials ( newspapers, shoe boxes whatnot for bulk packaging). When I sell to shops and distribution partner, usually a mix of 200 different SKUs goes in a single shipment. There is no uniform packaging for that, so we mix and match whatever we can to create sturdy shipping boxes. Usually outside box is a fresh box, but inside we compartmentalize with said shoeboxes, winecartons, newspapers, pieces of leftover bubblewrap etc. With the new rules, this is no longer possible. That means all the cartons, bublewraps, newspapers and other scraps that I am gathering from my surroundings and use as transport padding material will from hereon forward be trashed directly, and I will have to purchase purpose built filling materials for everything. The cost for me is not a big deal, it will be documented and comply as requried by this new law, but it will significantly increase the amount of packaging waste. This cannot be the intention of these new packaging laws There should be a provision for the re-use of packaging materials is what I am advocating for. I dont know how this could be shaped as its near impossible to track and trace each random piece of cartoboard used from such sources. But the waste reduction that would be gained in my specific case is very real ( a few thousand kilos per year). Furthermore, why not, instead of having the whole supply chain burdened with trackign and tracing each packaging material used, have the problem dealt with at the source. Add a tax per kilo of plastic or cartboard or whatever material is used as packing material at the source, at the manufacturing plant. They are the ones with the technology and know-how to reduce material use in the first place. Make the tax high for all new cartboard and plasstics, tax 0 for recycled, use the tax money gained from the new stuff to subsidize the recycled stuff. The price incentive per kilogram will have any purchasing party downstream think twice about the amount of packaging materials needed, and could reduce the absurd burden of having to track each ziptie, staple and piece of tape used in the process. After all, its about reducing the waste, and having the costs of waste cleanup paid for, it would in my opinion be best done at the source.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small business will already have some excemption hopefully from the AR rules, that is my main concern -> It must remain viable for a any one man show to operate in more than their home country, even if its just 1 or 2 sales annually. Another huge missed opportunity lies in the re-use of packaging materials however. As an example; me, as a small b2b producer and distributor of vintage motorcycleparts, reuse many packaging materials ( newspapers, shoe boxes whatnot for bulk packaging). When I sell to shops and distribution partner, usually a mix of 200 different SKUs goes in a single shipment. There is no uniform packaging for that, so we mix and match whatever we can to create sturdy shipping boxes. Usually outside box is a fresh box, but inside we compartmentalize with said shoeboxes, winecartons, newspapers, pieces of leftover bubblewrap etc. With the new rules, this is no longer possible. That means all the cartons, bublewraps, newspapers and other scraps that I am gathering from my surroundings and use as transport padding material will from hereon forward be trashed directly, and I will have to purchase purpose built filling materials for everything. The cost for me is not a big deal, it will be documented and comply as requried by this new law, but it will significantly increase the amount of packaging waste. This cannot be the intention of these new packaging laws There should be a provision for the re-use of packaging materials is what I am advocating for. I dont know how this could be shaped as its near impossible to track and trace each random piece of cartoboard used from such sources. But the waste reduction that would be gained in my specific case is very real ( a few thousand kilos per year). Furthermore, why not, instead of having the whole supply chain burdened with trackign and tracing each packaging material used, have the problem dealt with at the source. Add a tax per kilo of plastic or cartboard or whatever material is used as packing material at the source, at the manufacturing plant. They are the ones with the technology and know-how to reduce material use in the first place. Make the tax high for all new cartboard and plasstics, tax 0 for recycled, use the tax money gained from the new stuff to subsidize the recycled stuff. The price incentive per kilogram will have any purchasing party downstream think twice about the amount of packaging materials needed, and could reduce the absurd burden of having to track each ziptie, staple and piece of tape used in the process. After all, its about reducing the waste, and having the costs of waste cleanup paid for, it would in my opinion be best done at the source.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559724_en"}, {"id": 33559720, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:44:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Ich persönlich bin kurz davor, den Schritt zu tun und den Versand ins EU-Ausland einzustellen, der immerhin ein Drittel meines Umsatzes ausmacht. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thomas Schäfer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. Personally, I am about to take the step of stopping shipping to another EU country, which is still one third of my turnover. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Thomas Schäfer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559720_en"}, {"id": 33559719, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:40:32", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules will make it absolutely impossible for me to earn any income as an artist. Fine art sales in Finland are nonexistent so my market is in the EU and the US. The US tariff situation has already killed most of the market in the US but now I cant ship outside of Finland anymore. I might send one parcel a year to another member state at max. With this new system I would pay more in fees per country than I charge for a single painting. I finally bumped my prices up to pro rates to begin working towards the 20k minimum sales a year where Im forced to register as a business, but this both makes it impossible to work towards that goal and makes it so I would have to jump from earning 2000e a year to having to earn 30k-40k at a minimum to be able to cover all the fees and be left with minimum income of which I could survive. Fine arts should be exempt from these rules completely, artists usually do not make that many originals to sell in a year where paying for these costs would be justified in any way. If the registration is based on earning a certain sum a year, a fine artist might make 20k or more in a single sale depending on their rates, while keeping their use of packaging material absolutely minimal.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules will make it absolutely impossible for me to earn any income as an artist. Fine art sales in Finland are nonexistent so my market is in the EU and the US. The US tariff situation has already killed most of the market in the US but now I cant ship outside of Finland anymore. I might send one parcel a year to another member state at max. With this new system I would pay more in fees per country than I charge for a single painting. I finally bumped my prices up to pro rates to begin working towards the 20k minimum sales a year where Im forced to register as a business, but this both makes it impossible to work towards that goal and makes it so I would have to jump from earning 2000e a year to having to earn 30k-40k at a minimum to be able to cover all the fees and be left with minimum income of which I could survive. Fine arts should be exempt from these rules completely, artists usually do not make that many originals to sell in a year where paying for these costs would be justified in any way. If the registration is based on earning a certain sum a year, a fine artist might make 20k or more in a single sale depending on their rates, while keeping their use of packaging material absolutely minimal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559719_en"}, {"id": 33559718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:38:44", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm writing as the future owner of a microbusiness in the Arts Industry- I am planning to turn my one passion in life into a possible way of supporting my life. I implore you to reconsider how these new regulations are implemented. I fully support heavier rules around curbing waste and making sure packaging is done in an environmentally conscious way, but the current legislation is a sure fire way to not only hurt these businesses, but maybe even kill them. The yearly registration costs alone are already unrealistic. Keep in mind we are talking about single person businesses, not mega corporations. I would like to ask you to considering giving micro and small businesses an exemption from these new regulations, unless we cross a certain monetary threshold in sales per year. (Similar to how local VAT registration works.) This way, the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who create an immense amount of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm writing as the future owner of a microbusiness in the Arts Industry- I am planning to turn my one passion in life into a possible way of supporting my life. I implore you to reconsider how these new regulations are implemented. I fully support heavier rules around curbing waste and making sure packaging is done in an environmentally conscious way, but the current legislation is a sure fire way to not only hurt these businesses, but maybe even kill them. The yearly registration costs alone are already unrealistic. Keep in mind we are talking about single person businesses, not mega corporations. I would like to ask you to considering giving micro and small businesses an exemption from these new regulations, unless we cross a certain monetary threshold in sales per year. (Similar to how local VAT registration works.) This way, the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who create an immense amount of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559718_en"}, {"id": 33559717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:36:46", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jonna Jinton Jewelry AB", "feedback": "EU - PLEASE ACT FAST! For me EU stands for free movement and free trade, which in my eyes a beautiful. EU does the total opposit right now. Im running a webbshop with my sister and we have 8 employees. We ship from Sweden and our most important market is the EU. 90% of ours sales is outside Sweden and without the EU market we will have to shut down immediately. We sell B2C only. For us to find a representative and sign up for all 27 different \"waste companies\" in all 27 countries in the EU is not managebal! There is litterly no information how to do this on the EU commission site. The best information ive got is from a Reddit Thread!! And many countries doesnt even have an english version of the site!! THIS IS REDICILOUS! AND THE COST!!!! You are threating your members with fines and banned from the market. If you EU are smart, create something like the portal we have for the taxes in the EU, its called one stop shop in Sweden. Where every countries government or so have their own portal, where we can report waste for all Eu countries in 1 platform.. If there is no change, only Amazon, Temu etc will exist on the EU market, and thats the total opposit what EU wants... So contraproductive..", "feedbackEnglish": "EU - PLEASE ACT FAST! For me EU stands for free movement and free trade, which in my eyes a beautiful. EU does the total opposit right now. Im running a webbshop with my sister and we have 8 employees. We ship from Sweden and our most important market is the EU. 90% of ours sales is outside Sweden and without the EU market we will have to shut down immediately. We sell B2C only. For us to find a representative and sign up for all 27 different \"waste companies\" in all 27 countries in the EU is not managebal! There is litterly no information how to do this on the EU commission site. The best information ive got is from a Reddit Thread!! And many countries doesnt even have an english version of the site!! THIS IS REDICILOUS! AND THE COST!!!! You are threating your members with fines and banned from the market. If you EU are smart, create something like the portal we have for the taxes in the EU, its called one stop shop in Sweden. Where every countries government or so have their own portal, where we can report waste for all Eu countries in 1 platform.. If there is no change, only Amazon, Temu etc will exist on the EU market, and thats the total opposit what EU wants... So contraproductive..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559717_en"}, {"id": 33559716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:35:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "platzwechsel.de", "feedback": "Die PPWR macht den Handel innerhalb der EU für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen unnötig kompliziert und teuer. Statt den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu stärken, werden KMU mit immer neuen Vorgaben, Registrierungen und bürokratischen Pflichten überzogen. Viele kleine Händler können sich diesen Aufwand weder finanziell noch personell leisten. Schaffen Sie die Bevollmächtigtenregelung zeitnah ab! Hören Sie auf, mit immer neuen Gesetzen und Regulierungen den Arbeitsalltag von Unternehmern und Steuerzahlern weiter zu erschweren bis wirtschaftliches Handeln im schlimmsten Fall vollständig zum Erliegen kommt. E-Commerce besteht nicht nur aus Amazon und anderen Großkonzernen. Er lebt von tausenden kleinen Unternehmen, Manufakturen und Selbstständigen. Regelungen, die praktisch nur noch von Großunternehmen bewältigt werden können, stärken Europa nicht. Sie verdrängen Vielfalt, Innovation und fairen Wettbewerb.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR makes intra-EU trade unnecessarily complicated and expensive for small and medium-sized enterprises. Instead of strengthening the European single market, SMEs are being overburdened with ever-increasing requirements, registrations and bureaucratic obligations. Many small traders cannot afford this effort either financially or in terms of staff. Put an end to the plenipotentiary arrangement in a timely manner! Stop making the day-to-day work of entrepreneurs and taxpayers even more difficult with ever-new laws and regulations until, in the worst case scenario, economic activity comes to a complete halt. E-commerce is not only made up of Amazon and other majors. He lives with thousands of small businesses, manufacturers and the self-employed. Rules that in practice can only be dealt with by large companies do not strengthen Europe. They displace diversity, innovation and fair competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559716_en"}, {"id": 33559715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:35:02", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Switch 2 witch jdoo", "feedback": "Ladies and gentlemen, As the owner of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling to other EU countries has so far been a natural step forward, without having my own legal department, but with the aim of complying with the applicable legislation. The PPWR significantly changes this situation: as soon as I sell goods to another Member State, even a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative in that country. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, different fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. As of 12 August 2026, I have stopped shipping to all EU countries; I now ship only within Croatia. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint authorised representatives, based on the established thresholds for the number of employees and annual turnover. For companies that exceed these thresholds but still send small quantities of goods across borders, at least a de minimis threshold should apply for each destination country, below which there would be no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. Such bundling already exists for traders, who still have to conclude a separate contract for each country and pay the corresponding fixed costs, regardless of the actual sales volume. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally, with only one fixed cost. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised, so that once packaging data has been collected, it does not need to be reprocessed separately for each country. Small companies are not small wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but spread across a much smaller volume of business. Designing the authorised representative obligation in a way that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European Single Market, rather than being forced by the costs to restrict our business to the Croatian market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, As the owner of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling to other EU countries has so far been a natural step forward, without having my own legal department, but with the aim of complying with the applicable legislation. The PPWR significantly changes this situation: as soon as I sell goods to another Member State, even a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative in that country. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, different fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. As of 12 August 2026, I have stopped shipping to all EU countries; I now ship only within Croatia. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint authorised representatives, based on the established thresholds for the number of employees and annual turnover. For companies that exceed these thresholds but still send small quantities of goods across borders, at least a de minimis threshold should apply for each destination country, below which there would be no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. Such bundling already exists for traders, who still have to conclude a separate contract for each country and pay the corresponding fixed costs, regardless of the actual sales volume. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally, with only one fixed cost. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised, so that once packaging data has been collected, it does not need to be reprocessed separately for each country. Small companies are not small wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but spread across a much smaller volume of business. Designing the authorised representative obligation in a way that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European Single Market, rather than being forced by the costs to restrict our business to the Croatian market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559715_en"}, {"id": 33559714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:23:27", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Compliance regulations make it harder to run businesses and benefit american mncs over european startups and businesses. All regulation should make the cost of compliance both minimal and act like a single market. Not registration per country", "feedbackEnglish": "Compliance regulations make it harder to run businesses and benefit american mncs over european startups and businesses. All regulation should make the cost of compliance both minimal and act like a single market. Not registration per country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559714_en"}, {"id": 33559713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:21:30", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Spero che si riesca a risolvere questo problema che rischia di distruggere le micro attività artigianali come la mia, aggiungendo costi e adempimenti burocratici a cui non posso assolutamente fare fronte. Si tratta veramente di una micro impresa, sarei felice di contribuire nel mio piccolo , grazie", "feedbackEnglish": "I hope that we will be able to solve this problem, which risks destroying micro-crafts like myself, adding costs and red tape that I cannot cope with at all. It is really a micro enterprise, I would be happy to contribute to my small business, thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559713_en"}, {"id": 33559712, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:18:07", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi est la mort des petits artisans et commerçants, qui donne un énorme avantage injuste aux grosses companies qui ont les capitaux pour payer. En général les paquets créer par les petits créateurs, prépare individuellement sont au dimensions de lobjet, minimisant les déchets. Les principaux coupables sont les companies comme Amazon. Soutenez la créativité des Européens, et les commerces locaux contre les multinationales! Une solution serait dintroduire un seuil de chiffre daffaires au dessus duquel cette nouvelle loi sapplique. Par example 1 millions deuros. Ou imposer la loi pour tout le monde mais retirer les mandataires dans chaque pays. Sil ny a pas de frais à payer, les petits commerçants, qui recyclent déjà les emballages et utilisent des produits adéquats pour emballer, résine plus à même dobtempérer et de continuer leur existence. Faites des spot Check sur les grandes companies dans les entrepôts demballages.", "feedbackEnglish": "Cette loi est la mort des petits artisans et commerçants, qui donne un énorme avantage injuste aux grosses companies qui ont les capitaux pour payer. En général les paquets créer par les petits créateurs, prépare individuellement sont au dimensions de lobjet, minimisant les déchets. Les principaux coupables sont les companies comme Amazon. Soutenez la créativité des Européens, et les commerces locaux contre les multinationales! Une solution serait dintroduire un seuil de chiffre daffaires au dessus duquel cette nouvelle loi sapplique. Par example 1 millions deuros. Ou imposer la loi pour tout le monde mais retirer les mandataires dans chaque pays. Sil ny a pas de frais à payer, les petits commerçants, qui recyclent déjà les emballages et utilisent des produits adéquats pour emballer, résine plus à même dobtempérer et de continuer leur existence. Faites des spot Check sur les grandes companies dans les entrepôts demballages.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559712_en"}, {"id": 33559711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 10:03:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GmbH &co Kg", "feedback": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. From 12.8.2026 onwards, I stopped shipping to all EU countries; shipping now takes place only within Germany. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. From 12.8.2026 onwards, I stopped shipping to all EU countries; shipping now takes place only within Germany. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559711_en"}, {"id": 33559710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 09:50:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Weingut Josef Reuscher Erben", "feedback": "Bei der Umsetzung der Regelungen für den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf sehe ich jedoch ein erhebliches Problem für Kleinstunternehmen. Ein kleines Weingut kann beispielsweise nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in einen bestimmten EU-Mitgliedstaat versenden. Trotzdem können nach den jeweiligen nationalen Regelungen Registrierungs-, Melde- und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigtenpflichten entstehen. Der damit verbundene Verwaltungsaufwand und mögliche jährliche Fixkosten können dabei in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Ich rege deshalb dringend die Einführung einer EU-weit einheitlichen Bagatellgrenze für Verpackungsmengen an. Unterhalb einer solchen Grenze, beispielsweise bei einer bestimmten Menge an Verpackungen in kg pro Mitgliedstaat und Kalenderjahr, sollten Kleinstunternehmen von zusätzlichen nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten befreit werden. Dabei sollte ausschließlich die tatsächlich in dem jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge maßgeblich sein. Ein Beispiel: Ein kleines Weingut versendet im Laufe eines Jahres nur wenige Kartons Wein nach einem bestimmten EU-Mitgliedstaat. Die dadurch entstehende Verpackungsmenge ist sehr gering. Es ist unverhältnismäßig, hierfür dieselben administrativen Strukturen zu verlangen wie von einem Unternehmen, das mehrere Tonnen Verpackungen in diesem Land in Verkehr bringt. Eine solche Bagatellgrenze hätte mehrere Vorteile: Sie würde Kleinstunternehmen erheblich entlasten. Die Umweltziele der PPWR blieben für relevante Verpackungsmengen erhalten. Nationale Register würden von Kleinstmengen entlastet. Der Verwaltungsaufwand für Behörden und Unternehmen würde sinken. Der grenzüberschreitende Handel innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes würde für kleine Unternehmen weiterhin möglich bleiben. Besonders wichtig ist diese Lösung für Verkaufsplattformen wie Catawiki. Bei einer europaweiten Auktion weiß der Verkäufer häufig erst nach Abschluss der Auktion, in welchem Mitgliedstaat der Käufer seinen Wohnsitz hat. Eine Verpflichtung, bereits vorab in zahlreichen Mitgliedstaaten Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigte vorzuhalten, ist für einen kleinen Betrieb praktisch und wirtschaftlich kaum umsetzbar. Ich halte deshalb eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze nach tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachter Verpackungsmenge für eine wesentlich praktikablere Lösung als zahlreiche unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren mit festen jährlichen Kosten. Die Grenze sollte dabei so ausgestaltet sein, dass größere Unternehmen weiterhin vollständig ihren erweiterten Herstellerverantwortungen unterliegen, während Kleinstmengen nicht zu einem unverhältnismäßigen Verwaltungsaufwand führen. Mein Wunsch an die Europäische Kommission ist daher, eine solche EU-weit einheitliche Kleinmengenregelung ausdrücklich zu prüfen und in die weitere Ausgestaltung der Vorschriften über nationale Herstellerregister aufzunehmen. Für kleine Familienbetriebe wäre dies ein wichtiger Beitrag zu einem funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkt, ohne die eigentlichen Ziele der PPWR in Frage zu stellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "However, when implementing the rules on cross-border sales, I see a significant problem for micro-enterprises. For example, a small vineyard can send only a few parcels per year to a specific EU Member State. Nevertheless, registration, reporting and, where applicable, authorised representatives may be required under the respective national rules. The associated administrative burden and possible annual fixed costs may not be proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. I therefore urge the introduction of a single EU-wide de minimis limit for packaging volumes. Below such a limit, for example for a certain amount of packaging in kg per Member State and calendar year, micro-enterprises should be exempted from additional national registration, notification and authorised representative obligations. Only the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market in the Member State concerned should be taken into account. To illustrate: A small vineyard sends only a few cartons of wine to a specific EU Member State in the course of a year. The resulting amount of packaging is very small. It is disproportionate to require the same administrative structures for this purpose as a company placing several tonnes of packaging on the market in that country. Such a de minimis threshold would have several advantages: It would significantly reduce the burden on micro-enterprises. The environmental objectives of the PPWR were maintained for relevant quantities of packaging. National registers would be relieved of the burden of micro-quantities. It would reduce the administrative burden for public authorities and businesses. Cross-border trade within the European single market would remain possible for small businesses. This solution is particularly important for selling platforms such as Catawiki. In a pan-European auction, it is often only after the auction is closed that the seller knows in which Member State the buyer is domiciled. An obligation to make registrations and authorised representatives available in advance in many Member States is not practically and economically feasible for a small establishment. I therefore consider an EU-wide de minimis limit based on the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market to be a much more workable solution than numerous different national procedures with fixed annual costs. The limit should be such that larger companies remain fully subject to their extended producer responsibility, while micro-quantities do not lead to a disproportionate administrative burden. I would therefore like the European Commission to explicitly examine such a uniform EU-wide small-volume rule and include it in the further development of the rules on national producer registers. For small family businesses, this would be an important contribution to the functioning of the European single market, without calling into question the very objectives of the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559710_en"}, {"id": 33559708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 09:46:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlineshop für Textilien ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Ab dem 12.08.2026 habe ich den Versand in alle EU Länder eingestellt, der Versand erfolgt jetzt nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Holger Kiebler", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. From 12.8.2026 onwards, I stopped shipping to all EU countries; shipping now takes place only within Germany. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Holger Kiebler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559708_en"}, {"id": 33559705, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 09:27:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ranger-Jack - ArmyOnlinestore", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Dies führt in der Praxis dazu, dass wir den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. In practice, this means that we have to stop sending goods to other EU countries. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559705_en"}, {"id": 33559704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 09:11:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an author, I send no more than two book shipments per year a tiny volume that is nevertheless enough to feel the full weight of packaging bureaucracy. The problem does not begin at an EU border. Even within Germany, very small sellers must deal with packaging registration, participation in a compliance scheme, and reporting obligations. This is especially absurd because micro-shippers often avoid packaging waste in practice. For my few book shipments, I do not buy new boxes or filling material; I reuse packaging I already have. A box that might otherwise go straight into recycling gets a second or third life. Yet exactly this kind of reuse which a circular economy should encourage still comes with registration, reporting, and compliance obligations. For two shipments per year, the administrative burden is completely disproportionate to the environmental impact. The contrast with ordinary e-commerce is striking. I recently ordered a set of five T-shirts, and every shirt was individually wrapped in plastic, in addition to the shipping packaging. Such packaging volumes occur on a large scale. By contrast, I send two books per year in reused boxes and still face compliance obligations. If the goal is to reduce packaging waste, actual packaging volumes and environmental impact should matter. It is hard to justify why reusing two old cardboard boxes per year requires an administrative apparatus while the real savings potential lies elsewhere. The PPWR makes this worse. It adds further requirements concerning documentation, labelling, traceability and disposal information. Cross-border trade is even more burdensome: there is no general de minimis rule under which a few shipments mean no registration. A microbusiness can therefore face registration and EPR obligations in another Member State for only a very small number of sales. The EU itself has already recognised part of the problem. The Commission has proposed suspending the requirement for EU-established companies to appoint an EPR authorised representative in other Member States, acknowledging the significant costs for SMEs and possible harm to competitiveness. The European Parliaments first reading is scheduled for October 2026. The fact that part of the bureaucracy is already being reconsidered while the PPWR is still being introduced shows that the impact on small businesses was not sufficiently addressed from the start. Large companies can absorb compliance costs. Microbusinesses, authors, artists and small retailers cannot. According to the Selfpublisher Verband 2025 survey, 67% of respondents earned less than 50 per month. At that scale, the administrative burden of only a few shipments can exceed any reasonable relation to the revenue generated. The result will be predictable: many small businesses will stop shipping to other EU countries. The Single Market then becomes a collection of national markets again for those who cannot afford 26 additional compliance systems. Parcel carriers such as DHL and DPD may lose shipment volume, while compliance providers benefit from growing administrative demand. Value creation shifts away from producing, selling and shipping goods and towards managing bureaucracy. A system in which sending two books per year in reused cardboard boxes triggers registration, reporting and compliance obligations has lost sight of proportionality. A European Single Market that effectively pushes microbusinesses back behind national borders no longer fulfils its purpose. Regulation whose administrative burden vastly exceeds the economic activity and environmental impact it addresses should be rolled back, not expanded.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an author, I send no more than two book shipments per year a tiny volume that is nevertheless enough to feel the full weight of packaging bureaucracy. The problem does not begin at an EU border. Even within Germany, very small sellers must deal with packaging registration, participation in a compliance scheme, and reporting obligations. This is especially absurd because micro-shippers often avoid packaging waste in practice. For my few book shipments, I do not buy new boxes or filling material; I reuse packaging I already have. A box that might otherwise go straight into recycling gets a second or third life. Yet exactly this kind of reuse which a circular economy should encourage still comes with registration, reporting, and compliance obligations. For two shipments per year, the administrative burden is completely disproportionate to the environmental impact. The contrast with ordinary e-commerce is striking. I recently ordered a set of five T-shirts, and every shirt was individually wrapped in plastic, in addition to the shipping packaging. Such packaging volumes occur on a large scale. By contrast, I send two books per year in reused boxes and still face compliance obligations. If the goal is to reduce packaging waste, actual packaging volumes and environmental impact should matter. It is hard to justify why reusing two old cardboard boxes per year requires an administrative apparatus while the real savings potential lies elsewhere. The PPWR makes this worse. It adds further requirements concerning documentation, labelling, traceability and disposal information. Cross-border trade is even more burdensome: there is no general de minimis rule under which a few shipments mean no registration. A microbusiness can therefore face registration and EPR obligations in another Member State for only a very small number of sales. The EU itself has already recognised part of the problem. The Commission has proposed suspending the requirement for EU-established companies to appoint an EPR authorised representative in other Member States, acknowledging the significant costs for SMEs and possible harm to competitiveness. The European Parliaments first reading is scheduled for October 2026. The fact that part of the bureaucracy is already being reconsidered while the PPWR is still being introduced shows that the impact on small businesses was not sufficiently addressed from the start. Large companies can absorb compliance costs. Microbusinesses, authors, artists and small retailers cannot. According to the Selfpublisher Verband 2025 survey, 67% of respondents earned less than 50 per month. At that scale, the administrative burden of only a few shipments can exceed any reasonable relation to the revenue generated. The result will be predictable: many small businesses will stop shipping to other EU countries. The Single Market then becomes a collection of national markets again for those who cannot afford 26 additional compliance systems. Parcel carriers such as DHL and DPD may lose shipment volume, while compliance providers benefit from growing administrative demand. Value creation shifts away from producing, selling and shipping goods and towards managing bureaucracy. A system in which sending two books per year in reused cardboard boxes triggers registration, reporting and compliance obligations has lost sight of proportionality. A European Single Market that effectively pushes microbusinesses back behind national borders no longer fulfils its purpose. Regulation whose administrative burden vastly exceeds the economic activity and environmental impact it addresses should be rolled back, not expanded.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559704_en"}, {"id": 33558627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 09:03:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SteineEnte", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte als betroffener Kleinstunternehmer auf eine aus meiner Sicht problematische Folge der neuen Regelungen zur erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung im Rahmen der PPWR aufmerksam machen. Ich betreibe als Einzelunternehmer einen kleinen Onlinehandel mit Klemmbausteinen. Bei meinen Verkäufen handelt es sich überwiegend um einzelne Bausteine oder Ersatzteile im Wert von wenigen Euro. Die Sendungen werden entsprechend meist nur in einem kleinen Karton versendet. Bis vor Kurzem habe ich Kunden in einigen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefert. Der grenzüberschreitende EU-Handel war für meinen kleinen Betrieb ein wichtiger Bestandteil meines Umsatzes. Seit dem Inkrafttreten der neuen Regelungen am 12. August 2026 habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten jedoch eingestellt. Der Grund ist nicht, dass ich die gesetzlichen Vorgaben nicht erfüllen möchte. Meine Verpackungen werden in Deutschland ordnungsgemäß lizenziert. Das Problem ist vielmehr die wirtschaftliche Belastung durch die erforderlichen Bevollmächtigten in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Für einen Kleinstunternehmer entsteht dadurch ein erhebliches Missverhältnis zwischen Aufwand und tatsächlichem Geschäftsvolumen. Bereits ein Verkauf in einem Mitgliedstaat kann dazu führen, dass dort zusätzliche Verpflichtungen und Kosten entstehen. Wenn Kunden in vielen Mitgliedstaaten beliefert werden, summieren sich diese Kosten entsprechend. Für einen großen Händler lassen sich solche Fixkosten auf eine sehr große Zahl von Verkäufen verteilen. Bei einem Kleinstunternehmen mit wenigen Sendungen pro Land ist das nicht möglich. In meinem Fall übersteigen die zusätzlichen Kosten den wirtschaftlichen Nutzen des jeweiligen Marktes teilweise deutlich. Aus meiner Sicht ist das insbesondere deshalb problematisch, weil der europäische Binnenmarkt gerade für kleine und spezialisierte Händler eine wichtige Funktion erfüllt. Ich verkaufe keine Massenware, sondern einzelne Ersatzteile und seltene Komponenten. Ein Kunde sucht möglicherweise genau ein bestimmtes Teil, das in seinem eigenen Land nicht erhältlich ist, bei einem kleinen Händler in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat jedoch noch vorhanden ist. Durch die derzeitige Kostenstruktur wird ein solcher grenzüberschreitender Kleinsthandel wirtschaftlich zunehmend unmöglich. Damit besteht die Gefahr, dass gerade kleine Anbieter ihre internationalen Angebote zurückziehen, während größere Marktteilnehmer die gleichen Fixkosten auf ein wesentlich größeres Verkaufsvolumen verteilen können. Ich möchte daher anregen, bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR die besondere Situation von Kleinstunternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Eine Möglichkeit wäre eine Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat, beispielsweise anhand des Umsatzes, der Anzahl der Sendungen oder der Menge der in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen. Unterhalb einer solchen Grenze könnte auf die Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten verzichtet werden. Ebenso sinnvoll wäre aus meiner Sicht eine zentrale europäische Lösung, über die ein Händler seine Verpflichtungen für mehrere oder alle Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt erfüllen kann. Ein Verfahren nach dem Prinzip des umsatzsteuerlichen OSS würde die derzeitige Vielzahl einzelner nationaler Verpflichtungen erheblich vereinfachen. In meinem konkreten Fall hat die derzeitige Ausgestaltung dazu geführt, dass ich einen zuvor funktionierenden Teil meines Geschäfts aufgeben musste. Ich halte es für bedauerlich, wenn eine Regelung mit dem Ziel einer besseren Verpackungsbewirtschaftung dazu führt, dass Kleinstunternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einstellen, weil die regulatorischen Fixkosten wirtschaftlich nicht mehr tragbar sind. Ich bitte Sie daher, diese praktische Auswirkung bei der weiteren Umsetzung und Überprüfung der PPWR zu berücksichtigen und nach Möglichkeiten zu suchen, die Pflichten für Kleinstunternehmen verhältnismäßiger und praktikabler zu gestalten. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Brinks", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as micro-enterprises concerned, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a problematic consequence of the new extended producer responsibility schemes under the PPWR. As a sole trader, I carry out a small online sale of interlocking building blocks. My sales are mostly individual building blocks or spare parts worth a few euros. As a result, consignments are usually only dispatched in a small cardboard box. Until recently, I have supplied customers in some EU Member States. Cross-border EU trade was an important part of my turnover for my small business. However, since the entry into force of the new rules on 12 August 2026, I have stopped shipping to other EU Member States. The reason is not that I do not want to comply with the legal requirements. My packaging is duly licensed in Germany. Rather, the problem is the economic burden of the necessary proxies in each Member State. For a micro-entrepreneur, this creates a significant disproportion between the effort and the actual volume of business. Even a sale in a Member State may give rise to additional obligations and costs in that Member State. If customers in many Member States are supplied, these costs add up accordingly. For a large trader, such fixed costs can be spread over a very large number of sales. This is not possible in the case of a micro-enterprise with few consignments per country. In my case, some of the additional costs significantly exceed the economic benefits of the market in question. In my view, this is particularly problematic because the European single market plays an important role, especially for small and specialised traders. I do not sell mass-produced goods, but individual spare parts and rare components. A customer may be looking for a specific part that is not available in his own country but is still available from a small trader in another EU Member State. The current cost structure makes such cross-border micro-trade increasingly economically impossible. There is therefore a risk that small suppliers in particular will withdraw their international offers, while larger market players will be able to spread the same fixed costs over a much larger volume of sales. I would therefore suggest that the specific situation of micro-enterprises be better taken into account in the further implementation of the PPWR. One possibility would be a de minimis threshold per Member State, for example based on turnover, number of consignments or quantity of packaging placed on the market. Below such a limit, the appointment of a separate authorised representative could be dispensed with. In my view, it would also make sense to have a central European solution through which a trader can fulfil his obligations collectively for several or all Member States. A VAT OSS procedure would greatly simplify the current multitude of individual national obligations. In my specific case, the current set-up has forced me to give up a previously functioning part of my business. I find it unfortunate that regulation aimed at better packaging management leads to micro-enterprises stopping cross-border trade because the fixed regulatory costs are no longer economically viable. I would therefore ask you to take this practical impact into account in the further implementation and review of the PPWR and to look for ways to make the obligations for micro-enterprises more proportionate and workable. Yours sincerely, Christian Brinks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558627_en"}, {"id": 33559701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 08:42:58", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Article 44 requires registration in every Member State where I first make packaged goods available. Article 45(3) requires an authorised representative in every Member State where I am not established. There is no threshold, not by turnover, not by parcels, not by kilograms. Selling Union-wide means up to 27 registrations, 26 representatives and 27 annual reporting cycles. For a business my size the environmental fee (the money that actually funds collection and recycling) is tens of euros per country per year. A few hundred kilograms of cardboard is not a large environmental problem. The cost of being permitted to pay that fee is roughly 150 - 1000 per country per year for representation alone, with bundled compliance commonly advertised near 1000. Union-wide, I would spend around 26000 a year in administration to fund perhaps 800 of waste management. That money removes not one gram of packaging from anywhere. Since 12 August, retailer forums have filled with announcements of EU shipping being switched off. One published account I have read set it out in the bluntest possible terms: the seller calculated total revenue from twenty-five Member States and found it lower than the cost of remaining legally compliant in them. Revenue, not profit! There is nothing to argue with in that number... I would rather be building a business than writing this. I am writing it because the alternative is to accept, quietly, that the single market is now something that works for large companies and not for people like me. Huge corporations will thrive while small businesses will me killed.", "feedbackEnglish": "Article 44 requires registration in every Member State where I first make packaged goods available. Article 45(3) requires an authorised representative in every Member State where I am not established. There is no threshold, not by turnover, not by parcels, not by kilograms. Selling Union-wide means up to 27 registrations, 26 representatives and 27 annual reporting cycles. For a business my size the environmental fee (the money that actually funds collection and recycling) is tens of euros per country per year. A few hundred kilograms of cardboard is not a large environmental problem. The cost of being permitted to pay that fee is roughly 150 - 1000 per country per year for representation alone, with bundled compliance commonly advertised near 1000. Union-wide, I would spend around 26000 a year in administration to fund perhaps 800 of waste management. That money removes not one gram of packaging from anywhere. Since 12 August, retailer forums have filled with announcements of EU shipping being switched off. One published account I have read set it out in the bluntest possible terms: the seller calculated total revenue from twenty-five Member States and found it lower than the cost of remaining legally compliant in them. Revenue, not profit! There is nothing to argue with in that number... I would rather be building a business than writing this. I am writing it because the alternative is to accept, quietly, that the single market is now something that works for large companies and not for people like me. Huge corporations will thrive while small businesses will me killed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559701_en"}, {"id": 33559700, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 08:36:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nakatanenga 4x4 Equipment GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Zusammenhang mit der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR möchten wir auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders problematischen Punkt hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Wir versenden unsere Waren bislang in mehr als 20 Länder und wollten unser internationales Geschäft eigentlich weiter ausbauen. Gerade der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es auch kleineren Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten unkompliziert zu erreichen. Die vorgesehenen nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten bewirken jedoch faktisch das Gegenteil. Bereits geringe Versandmengen in ein einzelnes EU-Land können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt, ein eigener Vertrag abgeschlossen und eine jährliche Grundgebühr bezahlt werden muss unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünftausend Pakete in dieses Land gehen. Für uns als kleines mittelständisches Unternehmen mit rund 30 Mitarbeitern, von denen der Großteil in Fertigung und Werkstatt tätig ist, ist das nicht nur eine erhebliche finanzielle Belastung. Auch der bürokratische Aufwand mit zahlreichen Registrierungen, Verträgen, Meldungen, Fristen und unterschiedlichen nationalen Anforderungen ist mit den vorhandenen personellen Ressourcen kaum noch zu bewältigen. Die Konsequenz ist bereits absehbar: Statt unser Auslandsgeschäft weiter auszubauen, werden wir die Zahl der belieferten Länder deutlich begrenzen müssen, weil sich kleinere Zielmärkte wirtschaftlich schlicht nicht mehr darstellen lassen. Dass eine europäische Regelung Unternehmen damit faktisch dazu bewegt, sich aus Teilen des Binnenmarktes zurückzuziehen, ist ein bemerkenswertes Ergebnis für einen Wirtschaftsraum, dessen Ziel eigentlich der Abbau von Handelshemmnissen ist. Wir regen daher folgende Änderungen an: Erstens sollte es für Kleinstunternehmen eine generelle Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht geben. Für kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine eigene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht entsteht. Zweitens braucht es eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Die heutige Möglichkeit, einen Dienstleister für mehrere Länder einzuschalten, genügt nicht, solange dennoch je Land eigene Verträge, Grundgebühren und Meldeprozesse erforderlich bleiben. Eine zentrale Registrierung und Meldung für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten wäre wesentlich praktikabler. Drittens müssen Verpackungsdaten europaweit nach einem einheitlichen technischen Standard gemeldet werden können. Identische Mengen- und Materialdaten sollten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung und die Finanzierung der Verpackungsentsorgung stellen wir ausdrücklich nicht grundsätzlich infrage. Entscheidend ist jedoch, dass Kosten und Bürokratie in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Mengen stehen. Große Marktteilnehmer können solche Fixkosten auf enorme Versandvolumina verteilen. Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen tragen dieselben Grundkosten bei deutlich geringerem Umsatz. In der jetzigen Ausgestaltung entsteht dadurch eine echte Marktzutrittsschwelle zulasten kleinerer Anbieter. Wir würden es daher sehr begrüßen, wenn diese praktischen Auswirkungen bei der weiteren Umsetzung berücksichtigt würden. Andernfalls wird der europäische Binnenmarkt für viele kleinere Unternehmen nicht einfacher, sondern faktisch kleiner. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefan Wittmann COO, Nakatanenga 4x4 Equipment", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, in connection with the planned implementation of the PPWR, we would like to draw attention to one particularly problematic point in our view: the obligation to appoint authorised representatives for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales. So far, we are shipping our goods to more than 20 countries and we wanted to further develop our international business. The European single market in particular should also allow smaller companies to easily reach customers in other Member States. However, the envisaged national obligations on registration, notification and authorised representatives do in fact have the opposite effect. Even small quantities sent to an individual EU country can lead to an authorised representative being appointed there, a separate contract being concluded and an annual basic fee having to be paid, regardless of whether five or five thousand parcels go to that country. For us, as a small and medium-sized enterprise with around 30 employees, most of whom are active in manufacturing and garage, this is not only a considerable financial burden. The administrative burden, with numerous registrations, contracts, notifications, deadlines and different national requirements, is also hardly manageable with the available human resources. The consequences are already foreseeable: Instead of further expanding our foreign business, we will have to significantly limit the number of countries supplied, because smaller target markets are simply no longer economically viable. The fact that European rules thus effectively encourage companies to withdraw from parts of the internal market is a remarkable result for an economic area whose objective is actually to reduce barriers to trade. We therefore suggest the following changes: First, there should be a general exemption for micro-enterprises from the obligation to have an authorised representative. Small and medium-sized enterprises should be subject to at least one de minimis threshold per destination country, below which no separate representative obligation arises. Secondly, a genuine European one-stop-shop solution is needed. Today’s possibility to use a service provider for several countries is not enough, as long as separate contracts, subscription fees and reporting processes remain necessary for each country. Centralised registration and reporting for all Member States would be much more feasible. Third, packaging data must be able to be reported across Europe according to a uniform technical standard. Identical quantity and material data should not need to be reprocessed for each country. We explicitly do not question the principle of extended producer responsibility and the financing of packaging disposal. However, it is crucial that costs and bureaucracy are proportionate to the quantities actually placed on the market. Large market players can spread such fixed costs over huge shipping volumes. Small and medium-sized enterprises bear the same basic costs with significantly lower turnover. As it stands, this creates a real market entry threshold to the detriment of smaller suppliers. We would therefore very much appreciate if these practical implications would be taken into account in the further implementation. Otherwise, the European single market will not become simpler for many smaller companies, but actually smaller. (Complimentary close) Stefan Wittmann COO, Nakatanenga 4x4 Equipment", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559700_en"}, {"id": 33559699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 08:21:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Edocks GmbH", "feedback": "Als Betreiber eines kleinen deutschen Onlinehandels verkaufe ich auch grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU. Die PPWR-Pflicht, für jedes einzelne EU-Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen sowie separate Registrierungen, Gebühren und Meldungen vorzunehmen, ist für kleine Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig. Die Fixkosten entstehen unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige oder mehrere hundert Sendungen pro Jahr verkauft werden. Dies führt in der Praxis dazu, dass wir den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen. Damit wird der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen faktisch erschwert. Ich bitte daher um eine praktikable Lösung: * Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Kleinstunternehmen sowie Bagatellgrenzen bei geringen Versandmengen, * eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung nach dem Prinzip eines One-Stop-Shops, * einheitliche Mengenmeldungen statt unterschiedlicher Verfahren in jedem Mitgliedstaat. Die Pflichten sollten sich am tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen orientieren und nicht durch hohe Fixkosten den grenzüberschreitenden Handel kleiner Unternehmen verhindern.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an operator of a small German online shop, I also sell cross-border within the EU. The PPWR obligation to appoint an authorised representative for each individual EU target country and to make separate registrations, fees and notifications is disproportionate for small businesses. Fixed costs are incurred regardless of whether a country sells only a few or several hundred items per year. In practice, this means that we have to stop sending goods to other EU countries. This effectively complicates the European single market for small businesses. I would therefore ask for a workable solution: * Exemption from the obligation to have an authorised representative for micro-enterprises and de minimis thresholds for small consignments, * centralised EU-wide registration on a one-stop-shop basis, * uniform declarations of quantities instead of different procedures in each Member State. Obligations should be based on actual packaging volumes and should not prevent cross-border trade by small businesses through high fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559699_en"}, {"id": 33559698, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 08:15:38", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think this is killing small businesses. I personally know of a few that are running into problems with this. Something must be done to consider them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think this is killing small businesses. I personally know of a few that are running into problems with this. Something must be done to consider them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559698_en"}, {"id": 33559697, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 08:07:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an artist living in Germany, with a single patron/customer in most EU countries. I make only 10-30 artworks a year, have never used any plastics in my packaging, yet your new PPWR law seems to require me to have a representative in every EU country I ship to and pay annual registration fees that exceed my profits per country. You destroyed the livelihood of the entire artists/artisan community. Micro businesses create jobs especially for the disabled and neurodivergents like me, who cannot survive in the corporate hamster wheel. Is your goal that only the Amazon tupe drop shipping empires survives? Please consider the global harm to the micro businesses and at least make a single EU registration for PPWR or better yet, make an exception to the law similar to VAT tax. Please! Art will die on global scale if you will not change this law!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist living in Germany, with a single patron/customer in most EU countries. I make only 10-30 artworks a year, have never used any plastics in my packaging, yet your new PPWR law seems to require me to have a representative in every EU country I ship to and pay annual registration fees that exceed my profits per country. You destroyed the livelihood of the entire artists/artisan community. Micro businesses create jobs especially for the disabled and neurodivergents like me, who cannot survive in the corporate hamster wheel. Is your goal that only the Amazon tupe drop shipping empires survives? Please consider the global harm to the micro businesses and at least make a single EU registration for PPWR or better yet, make an exception to the law similar to VAT tax. Please! Art will die on global scale if you will not change this law!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559697_en"}, {"id": 33559696, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 08:02:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr schade, was die EU hier gemacht hat. Das Ziel Binnenmarkt wird auf Null gestellt - zumindest für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen. Die großen Firmen dürfen Parties feiern, da sicher auch der letzte Rest an Mitbewerbern wegfallen wird. Und diese Regelung wird leider nicht das sinnvolle Ziel der Entlastung der Umwelt erbringen. Wenn man das will, sollten die Einstellungen der Bürger geändert werden. Wobei es offenbar sowieso eher darum geht, die Finanzen der Länder zu entlasten. Nur so kann man sich die Unterschiede der Gebühren erklären. Und der Bevollmächtigte ist eine ABM Maßnahme - für wen? In AT waren es einige hundert Euro allein für das existieren. Muss so etwas wirklich sein im Jahr 2026. Man darf schon hoffen, dass man in der EU auch begreifen wird, dass man diese nicht zur Insel machen sollte, sondern dass es noch andere Länder gibt. Das wichtige Ziel des Umwelt- und Klimaschutzes könnte man auch verstärken, indem z.B. Politiker Vorbilder sind, an denen man das eigene Handeln festmachen kann. Und statt Strafen eher etwas denjenigen geben, die sich vorbildlich verhalten. Würde deutlich mehr bringen.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is very damaging what the EU has done here. The goal of the single market is set at zero – at least for small and medium-sized enterprises. The big companies are allowed to celebrate parties, as it is certain that the last remaining number of competitors will also disappear. Unfortunately, this provision will not achieve the useful objective of reducing the burden on the environment. If this is to be done, the attitudes of citizens should be changed. In any case, the focus seems to be more on alleviating the burden on countries’ finances. This is the only way to explain the differences in fees. And the authorised representative is an ABM measure – for whom? In AT, there were a few hundred euros for this alone. This must be really the case in 2026. It is to be hoped that the EU will also understand that it should not become an island, but that there are other countries. The important objective of environmental and climate protection could also be reinforced, e.g. by politicians being role models on which to anchor their own actions. And rather than penalties, give something to those who behave in an exemplary way. Would bring much more.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559696_en"}, {"id": 33559695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 07:45:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The practical burden this rule places on businesses far outweigh the benefit for society, by a big margin. This rule need to be scrapped entirely, not amended or \"improved\", but scrapped. A free and liberal society doesn't micromanage it's citizens and businesses like this", "feedbackEnglish": "The practical burden this rule places on businesses far outweigh the benefit for society, by a big margin. This rule need to be scrapped entirely, not amended or \"improved\", but scrapped. A free and liberal society doesn't micromanage it's citizens and businesses like this", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559695_en"}, {"id": 33559693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 07:28:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Spielwaren Handel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online - Lego Einzelsteine - Handel möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online facility – Lego Einsteine – Handel, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559693_en"}, {"id": 33559692, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 07:12:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PassaviaBricks", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich verkaufe als Einzelunternehmer LEGO-Ersatzteile über die über die Internationale Plattform BrickLink. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I sell LEGO spare parts as a sole trader via the BrickLink International Platform. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559692_en"}, {"id": 33559691, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 07:03:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Luzy's Pirate Leather ", "feedback": "Hallo Wieder werden kleine Unternehmen mit Bürokratie und Kosten belegt die den Fortbestand des Betriebs gefährden oder den Kundenkreis einschränken. Mein 14 Jähriges Unternehmen das ich als Solo-Selbstständige führe, hat einen jährlichen Umsatz von ca 80 000. Das reicht um zu leben. Ich besetzte ein altes Handwerk als Lederin für Mittelalter-, Larp- und Kostümausstattung. Ich versende ins EU Ausland im Jahr ca 100 Pakete. Jetzt nicht mehr. Auch der Bezug aus dem EU Ländern von speziellen Waren von kleinen Manufakturen zB historische Schließen, die in kleinen Auflagen gegossen werden, ist nicht mehr möglich. Denn auch im Ausland müssen die kleinen Betriebe den Versand einstellen. Mit den Beauftragten für jedes Land und die Verpackungslizenzen, die teilweise erst ab 100 Kilo Pappe losgehen, ist die Wirtschaftlichkeit nicht mehr gegeben. Eine weitere Anmerkung darf ich zu den Zöllen und dem Produktsicherungsgesetz machen. Auch hier ist nun ein bürokratischer Aufwand entstanden der nich mehr und mehr von meinem Handwerk abhält und mich nur noch am PC im Büro arbeiten lässt um den Onlineshop zu Pflegen. Der Plastik Müllberg ist ums 3-fache gestiegen, weil jetzt alles einzelnd eingepackt und ettiketiert geliefert wird. Das ist kein Müll für den gelben Sack sondern Verbundstoff für den Restmüll. Völlig verrückt. Müll Vermeidung sieht anders aus. Zölle für unter 150 verteuern die Ware, die Bürokratie dazu, also mein Zeiaufwand, machen eine Verteuerung von bis zu 20% aus. Was noch mehr den Fortbestand meines Unternehmens gefährdet. Wie viele meiner Kollegen und Kolleginnen merken wir einen eklatanten Umsatzrückgang seit Anfang des Jahres. Ich bitte Sie inständig die Verordnungen anzupassen. Danje", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello Reiter, small businesses will be burdened with red tape and costs that jeopardise the continuity of operations or restrict customers. My 14-year-old business, which I run as a solo self-employed person, has an annual turnover of around 80000. This is enough to live. I occupied an old craft as a leather for medieval, larvae and costume equipment. I send around 100 parcels a year abroad in the EU. No longer. It is also no longer possible to obtain from the EU countries specific goods from small manufacturers, e.g. historic closures, which are poured into small print runs. Small businesses also have to stop shipping abroad. With the representatives for each country and the packaging licences, some of which start only from 100 kilos of cardboard, there is no longer any economic viability. I would like to make a further remark on customs duties and the Product Safety Act. Here, too, there has now been a bureaucratic effort that is increasingly discouraging me from my craftsmanship and only letting me work at the office’s PC for the online shop for care. The plastic rubbish mountain has risen threefold, as everything is now packaged and labelled separately. This is not waste for the yellow bag, but composite material for the residual waste. Completely crazy. Refuse Prevention looks different. Customs duties for less than 150 will make goods more expensive, and bureaucracy, i.e. my cost, will cost up to 20 %. This further jeopardises the survival of my business. Like many of my colleagues, we notice a sharp drop in turnover since the beginning of the year. I would ask you to adapt the regulations at all times. Danje", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559691_en"}, {"id": 33559690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 06:55:39", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anteal Oy", "feedback": "Pienyrittäjiltä maksu pois. Ei ole varaa tai aikaa rekistöröityä jokaiseen maahan jos alle 20 tuotteita menee 1-3 per Eu maa vuodessa.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the case of small businesses, no payment. You cannot afford or have time to re-regulate in every country if less than 20 products go between 1 and 3 per EU country per year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559690_en"}, {"id": 33559689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 06:46:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehändler", "feedback": "Guten Tag, seit Jahren versende ich meine Waren komplett in Papier verpackt. Außedem habe ich nur Bestellungen im kleineren Bereich bis 50 Euro. Ich als Kleinunternehmerin kann diese zusätzlichen Kosten nicht zahlen. Umso ärgerlicher ist es, dass Deutschland jeden Tag mit chinesichen Bestellungen, welche immer in Plastik verpackt sind, überschwemmt wird. Mit ihren Verordnungen stärken Sie nur die chinesischen Händler und die eupäischen Kleinunternehmer bleiben auf der Strecke. Ist das Ihr Ziel? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Gabriele Lepahe", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, for years I have been sending my goods completely in paper. I have only smaller orders of up to EUR 50. As a small entrepreneur, I cannot pay these additional costs. It is all the more annoying that Germany is flooded every day with Chinese orders, which are always packed in plastic. Your regulations only empower Chinese traders and European small businesses. Is that your goal? Yours sincerely, Gabriele Lepahe", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559689_en"}, {"id": 33559686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 06:20:49", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämä asetus tappaa paljon pieniä yrityksiä ja lopettaa niiden mahdollisen kasvun. On hienoa, että yrityksiä kannustetaan ottamaan ympäristöasiat huomioon, koska on yrityksiä joita ei kiinnosta vähääkään ympäristöasiat. Mutta tälläinen ylimääräinen kululisä pienille yrityksille, varsinkin yksinyrittäjille, on taas yksi askel lähempänä toiminnan loppumista. Varsinkin Suomessa pienten yrittäjien pakolliset yrittäjän kulut on jo hirvittävät, niin he ja me ei pystytä enää yhtään lisäkulua ottamaan vastaan, jos yritystoiminnalla on tarkoitus työllistää itsensä ja mahdollisesti muitakin. Pienten yrittäjien tilanne on jo valmiiksi vaikea, joten miksi niitä pitää hankaloittaa ennestään. Toivottavasti otatte tämän huomioon päätöksiä tehdessä.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation kills a large number of small businesses and puts an end to their potential growth. It is commendable that companies are encouraged to take environmental considerations into account, as there are companies that are not interested in environmental issues at all. But this additional cost premium for small businesses, especially solo self-employed, is yet another step closer to closure. In Finland in particular, small entrepreneurs are already faced with horrific mandatory entrepreneurial costs, so they and we will no longer be able to absorb any additional costs if their business is to employ themselves and possibly others. Small entrepreneurs are already in a difficult situation and therefore need to be made more difficult. We hope that you will take this into account when making decisions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559686_en"}, {"id": 33559644, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 05:50:34", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Decision Maker, Many have written before me that the noble goal is in vain if you destroy value with ill-considered decisions. It is painful to see that while small online stores stop EU deliveries, Temu/Shein/Amazon are flooding Europe with goods. This way there will be no less waste, but our dissatisfaction will empower extremists. What do we want? Simpler and more followable regulation, clear, with examples. Exceptions, reasonable thresholds (e.g. 1 million euros annual turnover or 1-5 people in the company, or 250 kg of packaging material per country) as quickly as possible, because the majority of online stores will not deliver to the EU until the rules are clear. We want a single platform where we can register, report, pay, even monthly. The platform could monitor the thresholds. There is no time to wait, our livelihood is at stake. The bills are coming and we are losing a significant portion of our income.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Decision Maker, Many have written before me that the noble goal is in vain if you destroy value with ill-considered decisions. It is painful to see that while small online stores stop EU deliveries, Temu/Shein/Amazon are flooding Europe with goods. This way there will be no less waste, but our dissatisfaction will empower extremists. What do we want? Simpler and more followable regulation, clear, with examples. Exceptions, reasonable thresholds (e.g. 1 million euros annual turnover or 1-5 people in the company, or 250 kg of packaging material per country) as quickly as possible, because the majority of online stores will not deliver to the EU until the rules are clear. We want a single platform where we can register, report, pay, even monthly. The platform could monitor the thresholds. There is no time to wait, our livelihood is at stake. The bills are coming and we are losing a significant portion of our income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559644_en"}, {"id": 33559685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 05:07:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Beaker Button ", "feedback": "I whole heartedly agree with the environmental aims of the EU packaging and waste rules. As a business we have been using recyclable and environmentally friendly packaging for years. However, my small business doesn't have the time, or finances available to register in every country. There needs to be a single place for registration for the whole EU, and a scale of fees dependant on how much volume you send to the EU. At present I cannot ship to EU countries because the fees and administration far outweigh the amount of orders I have.", "feedbackEnglish": "I whole heartedly agree with the environmental aims of the EU packaging and waste rules. As a business we have been using recyclable and environmentally friendly packaging for years. However, my small business doesn't have the time, or finances available to register in every country. There needs to be a single place for registration for the whole EU, and a scale of fees dependant on how much volume you send to the EU. At present I cannot ship to EU countries because the fees and administration far outweigh the amount of orders I have.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559685_en"}, {"id": 33559684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 04:32:47", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental objective. I challenge the administrative architecture chosen to achieve it. The PPWR places unnecessary and disproportionate administrative obligations on small businesses and craftspeople, undermining the basic principles of the EU Single Market. In practice, small businesses that become aware of these country-by-country registration and reporting requirements are increasingly stopping cross-border sales because compliance is simply not economically viable. The regulation should have been harmonized at every level so that the use of compliant packaging materials, reported through the businesss chosen packaging compliance provider in its home Member State, is sufficient for compliance throughout the EU. Reported cross-border packaging volumes should then be compensated centrally between Member States according to agreed tariffs. This would achieve the same environmental objective without creating separate compliance systems for every small business selling across an internal EU border.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objective. I challenge the administrative architecture chosen to achieve it. The PPWR places unnecessary and disproportionate administrative obligations on small businesses and craftspeople, undermining the basic principles of the EU Single Market. In practice, small businesses that become aware of these country-by-country registration and reporting requirements are increasingly stopping cross-border sales because compliance is simply not economically viable. The regulation should have been harmonized at every level so that the use of compliant packaging materials, reported through the businesss chosen packaging compliance provider in its home Member State, is sufficient for compliance throughout the EU. Reported cross-border packaging volumes should then be compensated centrally between Member States according to agreed tariffs. This would achieve the same environmental objective without creating separate compliance systems for every small business selling across an internal EU border.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559684_en"}, {"id": 33559683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 03:57:36", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU citizen, I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to the environmental costs of packaging are legitimate and important European objectives. At the same time, I believe that the implementation of these objectives should reflect another fundamental European principle: the effective functioning of the Single Market. The forthcoming harmonised rules on producer registration and reporting offer an important opportunity to avoid unnecessary administrative fragmentation. **Harmonisation should mean more than requiring the same information on 27 different national websites.** If producers are required to register in several Member States, the technical implementation should ensure that stable company information only needs to be entered once and can then be securely reused by the competent national authorities. I therefore encourage the Commission to apply the following principles: **1. Once-only submission of basic information** Company identification data, VAT information, registered address, contact details and other stable information should not have to be manually resubmitted each time a producer registers in another Member State. **2. Genuine interoperability between national registers** The interoperability required by Article 44 should provide a practical benefit. National systems should be capable of exchanging and reusing harmonised data rather than simply using similar forms while still requiring completely separate administrative procedures. **3. A common European gateway** The Commission should consider a common EU interface, or a genuinely interconnected system, through which producers can manage national registrations and reporting obligations. Member States could retain their national registers and competences while businesses benefit from a single practical compliance environment. **4. Limit unnecessary national additions** Additional national information requirements should remain exceptional, proportionate and clearly justified. Otherwise, a harmonised EU form risks becoming only an additional layer beneath 27 different national administrative systems. **5. Proportionality for small quantities** A small business sending a limited number of products to customers in another Member State should not face fixed administrative costs that are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on that market. Excessive compliance costs can discourage smaller businesses from selling across borders. This reduces consumer choice, disadvantages SMEs and weakens the Single Market without necessarily producing a corresponding environmental benefit. **6. Reuse information already available to authorities** Where reliable information is already held in official European or national registers, public authorities should reuse it wherever legally and technically possible instead of asking businesses to provide the same information repeatedly. **7. One update should be enough** If common information such as an address or contact detail changes, it should ideally be possible to update it once and make that change available to all relevant national registers. As a European citizen, I do not see environmental protection and administrative simplification as competing goals. Good regulation should achieve both. The PPWR should create strong environmental responsibility while making cross-border compliance as simple, interoperable and proportionate as possible. **One Single Market should ultimately mean one workable compliance architecture: one harmonised dataset, submitted as few times as technically necessary, while remaining available to every competent Member State.** I therefore encourage the Commission to use the implementing powers under Article 44 ambitiously and ensure that interoperability results in a real reduction of duplication, rather than me", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen, I strongly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing packaging waste, improving recycling and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to the environmental costs of packaging are legitimate and important European objectives. At the same time, I believe that the implementation of these objectives should reflect another fundamental European principle: the effective functioning of the Single Market. The forthcoming harmonised rules on producer registration and reporting offer an important opportunity to avoid unnecessary administrative fragmentation. **Harmonisation should mean more than requiring the same information on 27 different national websites.** If producers are required to register in several Member States, the technical implementation should ensure that stable company information only needs to be entered once and can then be securely reused by the competent national authorities. I therefore encourage the Commission to apply the following principles: **1. Once-only submission of basic information** Company identification data, VAT information, registered address, contact details and other stable information should not have to be manually resubmitted each time a producer registers in another Member State. **2. Genuine interoperability between national registers** The interoperability required by Article 44 should provide a practical benefit. National systems should be capable of exchanging and reusing harmonised data rather than simply using similar forms while still requiring completely separate administrative procedures. **3. A common European gateway** The Commission should consider a common EU interface, or a genuinely interconnected system, through which producers can manage national registrations and reporting obligations. Member States could retain their national registers and competences while businesses benefit from a single practical compliance environment. **4. Limit unnecessary national additions** Additional national information requirements should remain exceptional, proportionate and clearly justified. Otherwise, a harmonised EU form risks becoming only an additional layer beneath 27 different national administrative systems. **5. Proportionality for small quantities** A small business sending a limited number of products to customers in another Member State should not face fixed administrative costs that are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on that market. Excessive compliance costs can discourage smaller businesses from selling across borders. This reduces consumer choice, disadvantages SMEs and weakens the Single Market without necessarily producing a corresponding environmental benefit. **6. Reuse information already available to authorities** Where reliable information is already held in official European or national registers, public authorities should reuse it wherever legally and technically possible instead of asking businesses to provide the same information repeatedly. **7. One update should be enough** If common information such as an address or contact detail changes, it should ideally be possible to update it once and make that change available to all relevant national registers. As a European citizen, I do not see environmental protection and administrative simplification as competing goals. Good regulation should achieve both. The PPWR should create strong environmental responsibility while making cross-border compliance as simple, interoperable and proportionate as possible. **One Single Market should ultimately mean one workable compliance architecture: one harmonised dataset, submitted as few times as technically necessary, while remaining available to every competent Member State.** I therefore encourage the Commission to use the implementing powers under Article 44 ambitiously and ensure that interoperability results in a real reduction of duplication, rather than me", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559683_en"}, {"id": 33559680, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 02:39:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Online-Fachbuchhandel", "feedback": "PPWR für kleine Händler. Schon der benötigte Zeitaufwand ist indiskutabel, dann kommen noch die Kosten. Ca. 10.- anfallende Müllgebühren mit zigtausenden !!!!!!!!!! an Gebühren für Bevollmächtigte, da kann man nur mit den Kopf schütteln, was für eine Gebührenabzocke für ein paar Kilo Pappe. Hab mich wegen PPWR schon verkleinert und mein kleines Geschäft wird zurückgefahren. Vollselbstständigkeit kann ich auch aufgeben. Das Geschäft hätte auch meine Rente sein sollen, kann ich auch vergessen. Glückwunsch an die EU-Bürokratie, da gehört schon was dazu, sich so einen Irrsinn auszudenken und umzusetzen. Jo Reisch (noch Buchhändler)", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR for small traders. The time required is already indisputable, then the costs will also be incurred. Approx. 10 – waste collection charges with tens of thousands! of fees for authorised representatives, so you can only shake your head, which is a fee waiver for a few kilos of cardboard. I have already been downsized because of PPWR and my small business is being cut back. I can also give up full self-employment. I can also forget that the transaction should have been my pension. Congratulations to the EU’s bureaucracy, because it is enough to think about and implement a sense of irritation in this way. JO Reisch (still bookseller)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559680_en"}, {"id": 33559677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 02:18:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "MoglisBricks", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich verkaufe als Einzelunternehmer LEGO-Ersatzteile über die internationale Plattform BrickLink. Bis vor wenigen Tagen habe ich in über ein Dutzend EU-Mitgliedstaaten geliefert; auf den EU-Handel entfiel ein gutes Siebtel meines Umsatzes. Es handelt sich fast ausschließlich um Kleinstsendungen einzelne Bausteine und Ersatzteile für wenige Euro, versendet im Briefumschlag oder kleinen Karton. Mit Inkrafttreten der Verordnung am 12. August 2026 habe ich den Versand in die EU eingestellt. Nicht aus Unwillen, geltendes Recht zu befolgen meine Verpackungen sind in Deutschland selbstverständlich lizenziert , sondern weil die Rechnung nicht aufgeht. Die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht skaliert nicht mit dem Geschäftsvolumen: Bereits ein einziger Verkauf in einen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Über ein Dutzend Zielländer bedeutet über ein Dutzend separate Vertragsverhältnisse und Gebührenstrukturen unabhängig davon, ob dort im Jahr fünf Sendungen ankommen oder fünfhundert. Diese Fixkosten übersteigen den Gewinn, den ich aus dem EU-Handel überhaupt erzielt habe. Ich schildere das nicht als Einzelfall. In den einschlägigen Händlerforen ist dieselbe Entscheidung derzeit vielfach zu beobachten. Für die betroffenen Zielländer bedeutet das im Ergebnis kein Gramm weniger Verpackungsmüll, sondern schlicht kein Angebot mehr. Besonders schwer wiegt das im Sammlermarkt, in dem ich tätig bin. Meine Kunden suchen gezielt einzelne, oft seltene Teile, um ihre Sets zu vervollständigen. Solche Teile sind im eigenen Land in aller Regel nicht zu bekommen sie liegen bei einem kleinen Händler in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat, der zufällig noch wenige Exemplare vorrätig hat. Der EU-weite Handel ist für diese Kundschaft keine Bequemlichkeit, sondern die Grundlage ihres Hobbys. Wenn die kleinen Anbieter ihren EU-Versand einstellen, bleibt für diese Käufer nichts übrig. Ich möchte daher zwei Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellen sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland greifen, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter zu bestellen ist. Zweitens braucht es eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung analog zum umsatzsteuerlichen OSS-Verfahren, über die Registrierung und Meldung für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Die Möglichkeit, Dienstleister zu beauftragen, hilft nicht, solange pro Land ein eigener Vertrag mit eigenen Gebühren nötig bleibt. Kleine Händler tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Volumen. Eine Ausgestaltung, die das berücksichtigt, würde es mir ermöglichen, den EU-Versand wieder aufzunehmen so wie er es derzeit nicht tut. Mit freundlichen Grüßen David Dimartino, MoglisBricks", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I sell LEGO spare parts as a sole trader via the international platform BrickLink. Until a few days ago, I delivered to more than a dozen EU Member States; EU trade accounted for a good seventh of my turnover. These are almost exclusively mini-items, individual building blocks and spare parts for a few euros, sent in envelopes or small cardboard. With the entry into force of the Regulation on 12 August 2026, I stopped shipping to the EU. It is not because of a reluctance to comply with the applicable law that my packaging is of course licensed in Germany, but because the invoice is not received. The obligation to appoint a representative does not scale with the volume of business: A single sale in a Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. More than a dozen destination countries means more than a dozen separate contractual relationships and fee structures, regardless of whether five consignments arrive there each year or five hundred. These fixed costs exceed the profit I have actually made from EU trade. I do not describe this as an isolated case. The same decision is currently widely observed in the relevant trader forums. For the target countries concerned, this does not mean a gram less packaging waste, but simply no longer an offer. This is particularly serious in the collector market in which I am active. My customers are specifically looking for individual, often rare, parts to complete their sets. As a rule, such parts cannot be obtained in one’s own country and are held by a small trader in another Member State who, by chance, still has a small number of copies in stock. EU-wide trade is not convenient for these customers, but the basis of their hobbies. If the small suppliers stop their EU transit, there is nothing left for these buyers. I would therefore like to suggest two points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For companies above these thresholds, there should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country below which no separate authorised representative is to be appointed. Secondly, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, similar to the VAT OSS procedure, through which registration and reporting can be achieved centrally for all Member States, with only one-off fixed costs. The possibility to hire service providers does not help as long as there is a need for a separate contract per country with its own fees. Small traders bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume. An arrangement that takes this into account would allow me to resume EU transit in the same way as he currently does not. Yours sincerely, David Dimartino, MoglisBricks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559677_en"}, {"id": 33559659, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 01:34:31", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, while I do praise the goal I must disagree on how you want to achieve said goal. Put the weight of everything on the seller it's a lazy gimmick to avoid to \"put your money where your mouth is\". Also it defeats the whole idea of a unique european market with less paperwork and everything else. Do you wanna make this? Ok, put in charge of this who is responsible for making this boxes with normalize dimensions and weights. Every box come with material x & y, if the seller needs to add more it can easily put a sign on a dedicated checkbox and done. You did it with almost no extra paperwork for us citizens. Congratz Champ!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, while I do praise the goal I must disagree on how you want to achieve said goal. Put the weight of everything on the seller it's a lazy gimmick to avoid to \"put your money where your mouth is\". Also it defeats the whole idea of a unique european market with less paperwork and everything else. Do you wanna make this? Ok, put in charge of this who is responsible for making this boxes with normalize dimensions and weights. Every box come with material x & y, if the seller needs to add more it can easily put a sign on a dedicated checkbox and done. You did it with almost no extra paperwork for us citizens. Congratz Champ!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559659_en"}, {"id": 33559657, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 00:30:54", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämän hankkeen kustannukset ja byrokratia tekevät mikro yritykseni toiminnan jatkamisesta mahdotonta.", "feedbackEnglish": "The cost and bureaucracy of this project makes it impossible for my micro-enterprise to continue operating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559657_en"}, {"id": 33559656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 00:17:49", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new packaging law will totally destroy all small businesses and E commerce in the EU. We're a small independent band selling some merch like T shirts a d vinyl records. There is NO WAY we can afford to register in every country and hire a person in many of them. How could you pass this law with no exception for small businesses or some kind of level of goods you need to reach before it applies? This is not great work.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new packaging law will totally destroy all small businesses and E commerce in the EU. We're a small independent band selling some merch like T shirts a d vinyl records. There is NO WAY we can afford to register in every country and hire a person in many of them. How could you pass this law with no exception for small businesses or some kind of level of goods you need to reach before it applies? This is not great work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559656_en"}, {"id": 33559653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/15 00:03:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is making it impossible for my small business to continue shipping abroad. It makes one wonder, why we even have a commom economic zone if all of a sudden regulations apply when crossing borders. This is one of these decisions where as a european one must begin to contemplate whether one should move abroad. If this regulation is not reverted, we might seize our operations in europe entirely and set up shop in the US.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is making it impossible for my small business to continue shipping abroad. It makes one wonder, why we even have a commom economic zone if all of a sudden regulations apply when crossing borders. This is one of these decisions where as a european one must begin to contemplate whether one should move abroad. If this regulation is not reverted, we might seize our operations in europe entirely and set up shop in the US.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559653_en"}, {"id": 33544878, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:10:42", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Minimizing waste on packaging is amazing. HOWEVER you cannot apply it without distinction between multi-million euros corporations like Amazon and small businesses who sell just enough to stay afloat. This new regulation will destroy small and micro businesses who will not be able to afford the fees. Most of them will be forced to close forever. This regulation will give big corporations complete commercial hegemony. Soon it'll be impossible to purchase handmade things because all artisans will close shops. Those artisans are keeping european arts and culture alive. Some centuries old art like blacksmithing will be lost forevere because small artisans will not be able to sell anywhere. Please re-evaluate this regulation so our much needed small businesses can survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "Minimizing waste on packaging is amazing. HOWEVER you cannot apply it without distinction between multi-million euros corporations like Amazon and small businesses who sell just enough to stay afloat. This new regulation will destroy small and micro businesses who will not be able to afford the fees. Most of them will be forced to close forever. This regulation will give big corporations complete commercial hegemony. Soon it'll be impossible to purchase handmade things because all artisans will close shops. Those artisans are keeping european arts and culture alive. Some centuries old art like blacksmithing will be lost forevere because small artisans will not be able to sell anywhere. Please re-evaluate this regulation so our much needed small businesses can survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544878_en"}, {"id": 33544877, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:10:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es ist Ihnen bewusst, dass kleine Unternehmen diese wirren Vorgaben gar nicht umsetzen können, weil sie das wirtschaftlich nicht stemmen können. Ich habe in den vergangenen 5 Tagen von 7 kleinen Firmen, deren Produkte ich regelmäßig kaufe, erfahren, dass sie den Versand in die EU oder innerhalb der EU einstellen. Ist es das, was Sie bezwecken möchten? Dann Chapeau; Sie schaffen es!!", "feedbackEnglish": "You are aware that small businesses cannot implement these blurred requirements at all because they cannot afford to do so. Over the past 5 days, I have learned from 7 small companies that I regularly buy products that they are stopping shipping to or within the EU. Is it what you want to achieve? Then Chapeau; You can do it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544877_en"}, {"id": 33544876, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:09:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulations is esencially killing small businesses. How can a small artist afford all the fees for all EU countries? We were supposed to have free trade and free movement in the EU and yet EU is tying to kill it with ridiculous regulations. It's huge corporations that should be paying such fees not small local businesses. And this regulation won't affect big companies at all. This will be a drop in their expenses. If this regulation must happen it would make more sense to have a centralised system for the entire EU that could have the fee based on a revenue with micro businesses being exempt completely. It could even track a volume of orders for each country", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulations is esencially killing small businesses. How can a small artist afford all the fees for all EU countries? We were supposed to have free trade and free movement in the EU and yet EU is tying to kill it with ridiculous regulations. It's huge corporations that should be paying such fees not small local businesses. And this regulation won't affect big companies at all. This will be a drop in their expenses. If this regulation must happen it would make more sense to have a centralised system for the entire EU that could have the fee based on a revenue with micro businesses being exempt completely. It could even track a volume of orders for each country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544876_en"}, {"id": 33544875, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:06:16", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Wellenkind", "feedback": "Concerning the EPR packaging regulations coming into force 12.august 2026: Please think about an exemption rule for small businesses. I have been working self-employed as a solo artisan (historical millinery) for around 25 years, I have built a customer base all over Europe. I am aware of this beeing a nichè business but so far it has provided me with a sufficent income. This new regulation means for me choosing two or maybe three EU countries which I ship to and shutting out all others. That's not what the EU stands for. As a one woman business I have neither the time nor the monetary ressources to research each European country's individual regulations, register if required, pay the fees required and/or have a representative there. (Apart from the fact that many countries haven't provided definitive national information yet). The goal to reduce packaging waste and to enforce dispose regulations is an admirable one and one I completely agree with! But this is not thought through in the spirit of a united Europe. I will gladly register with one EU-wide programme and pay for it -but to do so 26 times is impossible for small businesses. For now I will only ship within my own country, to be on the safe side.", "feedbackEnglish": "Concerning the EPR packaging regulations coming into force 12.august 2026: Please think about an exemption rule for small businesses. I have been working self-employed as a solo artisan (historical millinery) for around 25 years, I have built a customer base all over Europe. I am aware of this beeing a nichè business but so far it has provided me with a sufficent income. This new regulation means for me choosing two or maybe three EU countries which I ship to and shutting out all others. That's not what the EU stands for. As a one woman business I have neither the time nor the monetary ressources to research each European country's individual regulations, register if required, pay the fees required and/or have a representative there. (Apart from the fact that many countries haven't provided definitive national information yet). The goal to reduce packaging waste and to enforce dispose regulations is an admirable one and one I completely agree with! But this is not thought through in the spirit of a united Europe. I will gladly register with one EU-wide programme and pay for it -but to do so 26 times is impossible for small businesses. For now I will only ship within my own country, to be on the safe side.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544875_en"}, {"id": 33544874, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:06:03", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The impact on small businesses and artists is astronomical with this initiative. Why is this initiative favouring massive multinational companies who build monopolies, and squashing small businesses? Why is there not a kind of a cut-off where if your business is above a certain size, it has responsibility to register, pay up and follow the exact rules. Big companies have the infrastructure as well as the capital to adhere to your proposed rules, small creators don't. Furthermore, the share of packaging waste is mainly produced by those aforementioned large companies who don't optimise for ecological impact, but their returns, while many smaller businesses have diminishing share of that waste, while also finding ways to reduce it, or use a larger share of recyclable/recycled material. As proposed, this initiative is inadvertently handing the single market to the big players, while the individuals' small side-hustles are essentially made so uneconomical, the individuals would have to pay these fees themselves, as well as hire an external firm to make sure they are up to date with regulations (which will, again, get rid of a negligible amount of waste) otherwise they risk being fined massive amounts. I don't see a point of running a tiny business or even starting one under these regulations, can you?", "feedbackEnglish": "The impact on small businesses and artists is astronomical with this initiative. Why is this initiative favouring massive multinational companies who build monopolies, and squashing small businesses? Why is there not a kind of a cut-off where if your business is above a certain size, it has responsibility to register, pay up and follow the exact rules. Big companies have the infrastructure as well as the capital to adhere to your proposed rules, small creators don't. Furthermore, the share of packaging waste is mainly produced by those aforementioned large companies who don't optimise for ecological impact, but their returns, while many smaller businesses have diminishing share of that waste, while also finding ways to reduce it, or use a larger share of recyclable/recycled material. As proposed, this initiative is inadvertently handing the single market to the big players, while the individuals' small side-hustles are essentially made so uneconomical, the individuals would have to pay these fees themselves, as well as hire an external firm to make sure they are up to date with regulations (which will, again, get rid of a negligible amount of waste) otherwise they risk being fined massive amounts. I don't see a point of running a tiny business or even starting one under these regulations, can you?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544874_en"}, {"id": 33544873, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:05:06", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hell o kawaii", "feedback": "Bonjour je suis artiste et je fais que quelques ventre en ue avec cette nouvelle lois et mon ça inférieur à 1000 euros par mois il me sera désormais impossible de faire des envoies en ue , je suis aussi une boutique de revente et me fournissais auprès de créateurs européen mais désormais ceux ci ne sont plus en capacité d envoyer en France avec cette nouvelle loi .Je suis pour réduire les emballages dans une démarche écologique je le fais déjà en réutilisant des emballages de seconde main et en évitant le suremballage. Les micros entreprises devraient être exonorees d une telle taxe qui est adaptée seulement aux grosses entreprises. J'observe l ecatombe des artistes autour de moi nous sommes tous démunis. Beaucoup on peur de devoir mettre la clef sous la porte.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I’m an artist and I’m making it impossible for me to get stuck with this new law, and I’m also a reselling shop and a supplier to European designers. However, I’m no longer able to send them to France with this new law. I’m already doing this to reduce packaging in an ecological way by reusing second-hand packaging and avoiding over-packaging. Micro enterprises should be exempt from such a tax, which is only suitable for large enterprises. I observe the ecatomb of the artists around me, we are all deprived. Many are afraid of having to put the key under the door.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544873_en"}, {"id": 33544872, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:02:31", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im deeply concerned that this regulation will deeply hurt small and micro businesses. The new costs that are placed on producers (registrations, hiring representatives, annual fees) will not severely impact the big companies that send packages in ridiculously big packages with a lot of filling and generate the most of waste. However, small business (both within and outside of the EU) that send merely a few packages to each member state each month/year would have to invest more money into the registration process than they can make from those sales. This will inevitably cause many businesses to cease existing which will negatively impact the diversity of goods available and made in the EU. Im calling for a unified system in which a small business would need to complete the registration process only once to be able to send their products to all member states and be exempt from some requirements that are disproportionately affecting them. Furthermore, Im concerned about the new law contradicting the idea of free movement of goods within the EU as European small and micro businesses are just as affected by the changes as the ones outside of the EU", "feedbackEnglish": "Im deeply concerned that this regulation will deeply hurt small and micro businesses. The new costs that are placed on producers (registrations, hiring representatives, annual fees) will not severely impact the big companies that send packages in ridiculously big packages with a lot of filling and generate the most of waste. However, small business (both within and outside of the EU) that send merely a few packages to each member state each month/year would have to invest more money into the registration process than they can make from those sales. This will inevitably cause many businesses to cease existing which will negatively impact the diversity of goods available and made in the EU. Im calling for a unified system in which a small business would need to complete the registration process only once to be able to send their products to all member states and be exempt from some requirements that are disproportionately affecting them. Furthermore, Im concerned about the new law contradicting the idea of free movement of goods within the EU as European small and micro businesses are just as affected by the changes as the ones outside of the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544872_en"}, {"id": 33544871, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:02:30", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I really appreciate the new laws regarding packaging but there needs to be some form of exemption for small businesses. So many wonderful creators that I follow online are now closing shipping to my country of residence (within EU) because they cannot afford to follow the new regulations. It is incredibly disappointing that the EU has not taken into consideration how these laws will affect micro / small businesses that consist of just one or a few, who sell art online, small trinkets they create beside their main job. Additionally, a lot of clarity is lacking and there is no one unified communication channel on these matters and what is expected. Many people had to come together to search and bundle resources to avoid miscommunication. It is absolutely unacceptable that new laws are being pushed without the best possible communication. How are businesses expected to follow them when it is not clear? When there is not one unified source of information? Please reconsider this approach for small businesses. I was really hoping to purchase items from independent artists which I now am no longer able to do.", "feedbackEnglish": "I really appreciate the new laws regarding packaging but there needs to be some form of exemption for small businesses. So many wonderful creators that I follow online are now closing shipping to my country of residence (within EU) because they cannot afford to follow the new regulations. It is incredibly disappointing that the EU has not taken into consideration how these laws will affect micro / small businesses that consist of just one or a few, who sell art online, small trinkets they create beside their main job. Additionally, a lot of clarity is lacking and there is no one unified communication channel on these matters and what is expected. Many people had to come together to search and bundle resources to avoid miscommunication. It is absolutely unacceptable that new laws are being pushed without the best possible communication. How are businesses expected to follow them when it is not clear? When there is not one unified source of information? Please reconsider this approach for small businesses. I was really hoping to purchase items from independent artists which I now am no longer able to do.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544871_en"}, {"id": 33544870, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 21:01:15", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Can you stop putting every rule you know people will hate under the banner of recycling and reducing environmental pollution? In reality, rules like this can do little more than put additional costs and bureaucracy on small businesses. And its an interesting choice, considering that the Chinese tax was introduced, as a policy that supposedly helps small businesses. Totally not the big dropshippers selling at triple the price. I wonder if you simply didnt realise this would be the result. But I dont think youre that dumb, which leaves me to think that you assumed that we were too dumb to notice. If you genuinely care about the environment, why not introduce measures that actually target the biggest polluters, large companies producing and selling enormous quantities of goods? Or are you too scared to take on the big companies? And while youre at it, could you leave the people who are already barely scraping by alone? Love from Romania (JK)", "feedbackEnglish": "Can you stop putting every rule you know people will hate under the banner of recycling and reducing environmental pollution? In reality, rules like this can do little more than put additional costs and bureaucracy on small businesses. And its an interesting choice, considering that the Chinese tax was introduced, as a policy that supposedly helps small businesses. Totally not the big dropshippers selling at triple the price. I wonder if you simply didnt realise this would be the result. But I dont think youre that dumb, which leaves me to think that you assumed that we were too dumb to notice. If you genuinely care about the environment, why not introduce measures that actually target the biggest polluters, large companies producing and selling enormous quantities of goods? Or are you too scared to take on the big companies? And while youre at it, could you leave the people who are already barely scraping by alone? Love from Romania (JK)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544870_en"}, {"id": 33544869, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:59:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Simply put, the EU should get out of the way. Policies such as this will kill small businesses, and seems designed to centralize even more commerce into the hands of Amazon, etc. Stop the nonsense and let the people do business free from EU interference.", "feedbackEnglish": "Simply put, the EU should get out of the way. Policies such as this will kill small businesses, and seems designed to centralize even more commerce into the hands of Amazon, etc. Stop the nonsense and let the people do business free from EU interference.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544869_en"}, {"id": 33544868, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:57:34", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe the intentions behind this legislation are good as controlling and reducing packaging waste sounds really great on paper. However I do not believe any positive impact will be achieved from it as it is now. Big corporations will barely feel any of the fines and their activity will continue as per usual, whereas small businesses will be hit extremely hard as most cannot afford to continue to operate with these unreasonable extra costs. Its worth noting that these small businesses barely add a dent to the overall packaging waste, and yet they would be the only ones feeling any effects at all from this change. I would ask at the very least for the exclusion of small and microbusinesses from this legislation. Shopping small is overall much better for the environment and we should be encouraging and elevating small establishments that create things slowly and with care, not squashing them down like this.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe the intentions behind this legislation are good as controlling and reducing packaging waste sounds really great on paper. However I do not believe any positive impact will be achieved from it as it is now. Big corporations will barely feel any of the fines and their activity will continue as per usual, whereas small businesses will be hit extremely hard as most cannot afford to continue to operate with these unreasonable extra costs. Its worth noting that these small businesses barely add a dent to the overall packaging waste, and yet they would be the only ones feeling any effects at all from this change. I would ask at the very least for the exclusion of small and microbusinesses from this legislation. Shopping small is overall much better for the environment and we should be encouraging and elevating small establishments that create things slowly and with care, not squashing them down like this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544868_en"}, {"id": 33544867, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:55:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wegen PPWR stellen gerade viele kleine Händler den Versand innerhalb der EU ein. Weniger Verpackung und mehr Recycling eigentlich ein Ziel, das breite Zustimmung findet, auch unter den Händlern. Aber warum wird nun deswegen kleineren Händlern die wirtschaftliche Grundlage entzogen, um in der EU grenzüberschreitend Handel zu betreiben? Um in alle EU-Länder verschicken zu können, fallen ab dem ersten Paket Grundkosten von über 6000 p.a. an. Zuzüglich die verbrauchsabhängigen Lizenz- und Entsorgungskosten. Für kleinere Webshops mit geringen und vor allem sehr unregelmäßigen Versandaufkommen ist das nicht wirtschaftlich darstellbar. Aber auch für Konsumenten wird es schwieriger: woher bekomme ich jetzt ein bestimmtes Ersatzteil, wenn es mir nicht mehr zugeschickt werden kann? Woher ein vergriffenes Buch, eine alte Schallplatte, nach der ich lange gesucht habe? Wie kommen Betriebe zukünftig an Rohstoffe und Teile aus der EU, wenn der Lieferant ebenfalls ein kleiner Betrieb ist, der sich den EU-Binnenhandel nicht mehr leisten kann? Die kleinen, inhabergeführten Geschäfte haben es bereits schwer, im stationären Handel vor Ort zu bestehen immer weniger Geschäfte in den Innenstädte sind ein Trend, der sich vermutlich nicht mehr umkehren lässt. Jetzt wird den Kleinen auch noch die Möglichkeit genommen, Waren profitabel an Kunden in der EU auszuliefern das widerspricht dem Gedanken eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes, und stärkt die Marktmacht der großen Online-Händler.", "feedbackEnglish": "Due to PPWR, many small traders stop shipping within the EU. Less packaging and more recycling is actually a widely accepted objective, including among traders. But why is this now depriving smaller traders of the economic basis to trade across borders in the EU? In order to be able to send to all EU countries, basic costs of over 6000 p.a. will be incurred from the first package onwards. Plus the consumption-related licensing and disposal costs. This is not economically feasible for smaller webshops with low and, above all, very irregular shipping volumes. But it is also becoming more difficult for consumers: where can I now get a specific spare part if it can no longer be sent to me? Where did I look for an out-of-print book, an old phonogram for a long time? How will establishments come to EU raw materials and parts in the future if the supplier is also a small establishment that can no longer afford intra-EU trade? Small owner-managed shops are already struggling to operate in local brick-and-mortar shops, and fewer and fewer shops in city centres are a trend that is unlikely to be reversed. It is now also depriving small businesses of the possibility of profitably delivering goods to customers in the EU, which runs counter to the idea of a common internal market and strengthens the market power of large online traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544867_en"}, {"id": 33544866, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:55:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Durch diese Verordnung schliessen reihenweise kleine online Shops ihre Accounts oder versenden nicht mehr ins Ausland. Das hat nichts mit Bürokratieabbau zu tun.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a result of this regulation, small online shops close their accounts in series or no longer send them abroad. This has nothing to do with cutting red tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544866_en"}, {"id": 33544865, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:52:49", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I like affordable stuff made by small businesses!!! This wil ruin my ability to get that!", "feedbackEnglish": "I like affordable stuff made by small businesses!!! This wil ruin my ability to get that!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544865_en"}, {"id": 33544864, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:52:09", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artiste auteur", "feedback": "Objet : Urgence de survie pour les micro-créateurs européens face au règlement PPWR et aux taxes REP cumulatives Madame, Monsieur le Député, Je vous contacte aujourdhui en tant que quillustratrice et autrice de BD indépendante et responsable dune entreprise individuelle. Je souhaite vous alerter sur les conséquences dramatiques, injustes et disproportionnées du nouveau règlement PPWR et de la multiplication des taxes de Responsabilité Élargie du Producteur (REP) sur les très petites structures (faisant souvent moins de 12 000 de chiffre d'affaires annuel). Pour un artisan ou un artiste indépendant, l'absence d'un seuil financier minimum à l'échelle européenne est une condamnation à mort commerciale. Devoir cumuler un forfait fixe annuel de 80 en France, 15 en Allemagne, 150 en Autriche, et d'autres montant similaires dans d'autres pays de l'UE ou devoir financer un mandataire juridique local pour expédier en Pologne, ou en Grêce (par exemple) est une barrière infranchissable. Nos marges sont déjà lourdement impactées par nos cotisations sociales nationales, l'inflation des matières premières et la hausse des frais d'expédition. L'esprit du marché unique européen était de nous permettre de vendre librement nos créations d'un pays à l'autre. Aujourd'hui, cette rigidité administrative et l'absence totale de communication des organismes d'État (URSSAF, Impôts) nous acculent : nous devons soit fermer nos frontières aux client·es européen·es, soit risquer des pénalités financières et des blocages automatiques sur nos plateformes de vente. Nous soutenons pleinement la transition écologique et l'utilisation d'emballages éco-conçus. Cependant, lécologie ne doit pas servir de prétexte à l'asphyxie financière de lartisanat local au profit des seuls géants industriels qui disposent de services juridiques dédiés. C'est pourquoi, au nom de notre collectif de créateurs, nous demandons durgence : L'instauration d'un seuil d'exonération totale (en deçà d'un certain volume, poids d'emballage ou chiffre d'affaires européen) pour les emballages des micro-entreprises. La mise en place d'un guichet unique européen de la REP permettant une déclaration simplifiée centralisée et une contribution proportionnelle au chiffre d'affaires réel, sur le modèle existant de l'IOSS pour la TVA. Nous vous remercions pour lattention et laction immédiate que vous porterez à la détresse des milliers d'artisan·es et créateur·ices qui font la richesse culturelle, humaine et économique de notre continent. Dans l'attente de votre action, je vous prie d'agréer, Madame, Monsieur le Député, l'expression de ma haute considération. Naomi Portier Nano, artiste indépendante en France.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Emergency of survival for European microcreators in the face of the PPWR Regulation and the cumulative EPR taxes. I would like to alert you to the dramatic, unfair and disproportionate consequences of the new PPWR Regulation and the multiplication of extended Producer Liability Fees (EPR) on very small structures (often with less than 12 000 annual turnover). For an independent artist, the absence of a minimum financial threshold at European level is a commercial death sentence. Having to cumulate a fixed annual fee of 80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, and other similar amounts in other EU countries or having to finance a local legal representative to ship to Poland, or to Grêce (for example) is an insurmountable barrier. Our margins are already heavily impacted by our national social contributions, commodity inflation and rising shipping costs. The spirit of the European single market was to allow us to sell our creations freely from one country to another. Today, this administrative rigidity and the total lack of communication from state bodies (URSSAF, Taxes) accuses us of: we must either close our borders to European customers or risk financial penalties and automatic blockages on our sales platforms. We fully support the green transition and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology must not be used as a pretext for the financial asphyxiation of local lartisanat for the sole benefit of industrial giants who have dedicated legal services. That is why, on behalf of our collective of creators, we are calling for a tough approach: The introduction of a total exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight or European turnover) for micro-enterprise packaging. The establishment of a European EPR one-stop-shop allowing for centralised simplified reporting and proportional contribution to actual turnover, building on the existing IOSS model for VAT. Thank you for your attention and immediate action to the plight of the thousands of craftsmen and designers who make up the cultural, human and economic richness of our continent. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Naomi Portier Nano, independent artist in France.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544864_en"}, {"id": 33544863, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:50:41", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "However well intentioned this regulation is, youre in danger of regulating the EU economy into oblivion. With EPR and GPSR, micro businesses cant trade with the EU. Now this regulation puts up extra hurdles even for Intra-EU trade. The EU seems to just pile regulation on top of regulation. In the end, your citizens bear the cost of even loose access to global goods that they might like to buy. Having 27 different EPR registrars, each with fees and maybe an AR, is a regulatory nightmare. You may achieve your goals but only by stopping people trading with you and you just raise more non-tariff barriers which will be reciprocated. Has anyone designing the regulations ever run a small business? I doubt it. You need to deregulate. Youre forcing people to use big platforms like Amazon for drop shipping and in doing so you are creating new monopolies. This has to stop before it gets any more out of hand. Along with new customs charges, GPSR and EPR you are strangling commerce for no real return. A small business should not have to pay 230 to register for EPR in a country just to send one package a year with a few grammes of cardboard and a plastic document sleeve. The internet and computers make enforcement easy for you but you are placing the burden on small businesses. Increasingly, people wont bother to set up new businesses because with VAT, tax, customs and regulations, its too big a burden for micro businesses without staff. The risk reward ration isnt worth it. How this legislation ever got past the initial committee stage, I will never understand. Even a fool could see that this will kill small businesses stone dead.", "feedbackEnglish": "However well intentioned this regulation is, youre in danger of regulating the EU economy into oblivion. With EPR and GPSR, micro businesses cant trade with the EU. Now this regulation puts up extra hurdles even for Intra-EU trade. The EU seems to just pile regulation on top of regulation. In the end, your citizens bear the cost of even loose access to global goods that they might like to buy. Having 27 different EPR registrars, each with fees and maybe an AR, is a regulatory nightmare. You may achieve your goals but only by stopping people trading with you and you just raise more non-tariff barriers which will be reciprocated. Has anyone designing the regulations ever run a small business? I doubt it. You need to deregulate. Youre forcing people to use big platforms like Amazon for drop shipping and in doing so you are creating new monopolies. This has to stop before it gets any more out of hand. Along with new customs charges, GPSR and EPR you are strangling commerce for no real return. A small business should not have to pay 230 to register for EPR in a country just to send one package a year with a few grammes of cardboard and a plastic document sleeve. The internet and computers make enforcement easy for you but you are placing the burden on small businesses. Increasingly, people wont bother to set up new businesses because with VAT, tax, customs and regulations, its too big a burden for micro businesses without staff. The risk reward ration isnt worth it. How this legislation ever got past the initial committee stage, I will never understand. Even a fool could see that this will kill small businesses stone dead.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544863_en"}, {"id": 33544846, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:50:41", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Placing the same financial and legal requirements on both massive enterprises and micro-businesses is absolutely diabolical. The PPWR and EPR fees are going to kill all micro-businesses, even those based within the EU. No small businesses making less than 1000 in revenue per month can afford to pay 27 different PPWR and EPR fees to be able to ship to another country. This legislation makes it only possible for large enterprises to grow even bigger, while small businesses are forced to shut down due to losing nearly all of their revenue from not being able to ship to other countries anymore. We need an exemption for micro-businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "Placing the same financial and legal requirements on both massive enterprises and micro-businesses is absolutely diabolical. The PPWR and EPR fees are going to kill all micro-businesses, even those based within the EU. No small businesses making less than 1000 in revenue per month can afford to pay 27 different PPWR and EPR fees to be able to ship to another country. This legislation makes it only possible for large enterprises to grow even bigger, while small businesses are forced to shut down due to losing nearly all of their revenue from not being able to ship to other countries anymore. We need an exemption for micro-businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544846_en"}, {"id": 33544862, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:50:01", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulations is esencially killing small businesses. How can a small artist afford all the fees for all EU countries? We were supposed to have free trade and free movement in the EU and yet EU is tying to kill it with ridiculous regulations. It's huge corporations that should be paying such fees not small local businesses. And this regulation won't affect big companies at all. This will be a drop in their expenses. If this regulation must happen it would make more sense to have a centralised system for the entire EU that could have the fee based on a revenue with micro businesses being exempt completely. It could even track a volume of orders for each country. I don't believe nobody in Brussels had the same idea. It's quite clear to me that authors have no regard for small businesses and average EU citizen. It's us regular people who will have to pay the prize anyway.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulations is esencially killing small businesses. How can a small artist afford all the fees for all EU countries? We were supposed to have free trade and free movement in the EU and yet EU is tying to kill it with ridiculous regulations. It's huge corporations that should be paying such fees not small local businesses. And this regulation won't affect big companies at all. This will be a drop in their expenses. If this regulation must happen it would make more sense to have a centralised system for the entire EU that could have the fee based on a revenue with micro businesses being exempt completely. It could even track a volume of orders for each country. I don't believe nobody in Brussels had the same idea. It's quite clear to me that authors have no regard for small businesses and average EU citizen. It's us regular people who will have to pay the prize anyway.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544862_en"}, {"id": 33544861, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:49:31", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is building borders within EU member countries. As a custumer I still will be able to buy mass market crap, for more money may be. Big companies will make all the neede registrations fast, no to loose income. But I will loose a chance to support European artists, who already closing their sales. This ecological change killing the culture. I used to save for months to buy something special once a year. Not sure those artists will deal with Estonia for one sale per year. Support culture!", "feedbackEnglish": "It is building borders within EU member countries. As a custumer I still will be able to buy mass market crap, for more money may be. Big companies will make all the neede registrations fast, no to loose income. But I will loose a chance to support European artists, who already closing their sales. This ecological change killing the culture. I used to save for months to buy something special once a year. Not sure those artists will deal with Estonia for one sale per year. Support culture!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544861_en"}, {"id": 33544860, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:49:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "In a market where there's hundreds of thousands of small businesses within Europe, that live off of shipping custom made items to few clients within Europe as a whole, this might be the nail in their coffin. That will either make them move cost to their clients, or just not ship to certain countries anymore. Which will slowly but surely kill any and all small businesses that deal in arts and crafts. If you want to prevent waste, tax non compostable packaging material more and tax companies that send large amount of packages. A small business sending 50-100 packages a year is a drop in the bucket.", "feedbackEnglish": "In a market where there's hundreds of thousands of small businesses within Europe, that live off of shipping custom made items to few clients within Europe as a whole, this might be the nail in their coffin. That will either make them move cost to their clients, or just not ship to certain countries anymore. Which will slowly but surely kill any and all small businesses that deal in arts and crafts. If you want to prevent waste, tax non compostable packaging material more and tax companies that send large amount of packages. A small business sending 50-100 packages a year is a drop in the bucket.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544860_en"}, {"id": 33544859, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:49:11", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do think recycling and reducing packaging waste is good, but this regulation places a disproportionate burden on small businesses and independent artists. Having to pay a high fee for sending possibly just one package a year to a different country is unsustainable for small business. Many small business owners also already use a lot of recycled materials in their packaging. This regulation will kill off EU wide trade for everyone except the largest corporations, who are producing the most packaging waste. The registration system also seems needlessly complicated, having a separate registration and payment systems in each country instead of a unified EU wide system is wildly impractical.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do think recycling and reducing packaging waste is good, but this regulation places a disproportionate burden on small businesses and independent artists. Having to pay a high fee for sending possibly just one package a year to a different country is unsustainable for small business. Many small business owners also already use a lot of recycled materials in their packaging. This regulation will kill off EU wide trade for everyone except the largest corporations, who are producing the most packaging waste. The registration system also seems needlessly complicated, having a separate registration and payment systems in each country instead of a unified EU wide system is wildly impractical.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544859_en"}, {"id": 33544857, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:48:46", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como micro-negocio, me preocupa que esta normativa no tenga en cuenta a los negocios más pequeños ni contemple exenciones o cuotas muy reducidas para los profesionales autónomos y pequeños comercios que venden solo dentro de sus fronteras o realizan un volumen ínfimo de envíos. Los costes planteados son inasumibles para un pequeño negocio, sería necesaria mayor flexibilidad, plazos de adaptación más amplios, simplificar los procesos burocráticos o contemplar directamente exenciones para evitar un cierre masivo. Por favor, realicen una revisión teniendo en cuenta estas realidades antes de debilitar el tejido comercial de la UE en pleno", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-business, I am concerned that this legislation does not take into account smaller businesses and does not provide for exemptions or very low fees for self-employed professionals and small businesses selling only within their borders or making very small volumes of mail. The costs involved are unbearable for a small business, more flexibility, longer adaptation times, simplification of bureaucratic processes or direct exemptions would be needed to avoid mass closure. Please carry out a review taking these realities into account before weakening the full EU trade fabric", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544857_en"}, {"id": 33544856, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:48:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Depuis un an je travaille à la création de ma petite entreprise de création de bijoux artisanaux. Les réseaux sociaux permettent de toucher une clientèle internationale, mais pour les petits artisans et surtout en cours de développement, le nombre de ventes à létranger est limité. Cette nouvelle règle est un frein et rend lexportation contre-productive et peu rentable. Cela na pas de sens écologiquement de ne pas pouvoir expédier dans UE, mais de pouvoir le faire au Royaume Uni ou aux USA.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have been working on the creation of my small artisanal jewellery company for a year. Social networks make it possible to reach an international clientele, but for small craftsmen and, above all, in the process of being developed, the number of sales abroad is limited. This new rule is a brake and makes imports counterproductive and unprofitable. It makes no environmental sense not to be able to ship to the EU, but to be able to do so in the UK or the USA.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544856_en"}, {"id": 33544855, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:44:48", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absurd and terribly thought out. The costs disproportionately affect small businesses, how do not have the funds nor the labour power to support themselves under these circumstances. While big businesses such as bol.com and Amazon who are already operating under questionable ethics are able and most likely willing to funnel these costs towards the customer and are free to outsource figuring the system out. It is extremely shortsighted to expect small businesses to tide over the period between now and whenever you will look into exemptions. This could be the death of many businesses and a big loss for many countries GNI. Yes there needs to be regulations about packaging, but this is to be handled with nuance and thought towards the many businesses that try to preserve historic crafts and who generally do better than fast fahsion and overconsumption. Also many of these businesses are operated by disabled people who would not be able to work conventional jobs. This would not just worsen the lives of these people, but also force more people to rely on their county's saftey nets. Also this could be seen as indirect discrimination based on ability. The people/ businesses who operate sweatshops, have doubiously ethical warehouse, mostly dropship, and generally the businesses who have capacity and contribute the most to the issue at hand should carry more than small businesses. Otherwise this will result in the death of many businesses which is fundamentally agaist the free movement of goods. And if only the businesses who promote overconsumption and operate under dubious practices survive, what does this say about the EU and their values? The EU should represent the people not just big businesses. This is not just a business issue this is a human rights issue and the EU should be able to see that.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absurd and terribly thought out. The costs disproportionately affect small businesses, how do not have the funds nor the labour power to support themselves under these circumstances. While big businesses such as bol.com and Amazon who are already operating under questionable ethics are able and most likely willing to funnel these costs towards the customer and are free to outsource figuring the system out. It is extremely shortsighted to expect small businesses to tide over the period between now and whenever you will look into exemptions. This could be the death of many businesses and a big loss for many countries GNI. Yes there needs to be regulations about packaging, but this is to be handled with nuance and thought towards the many businesses that try to preserve historic crafts and who generally do better than fast fahsion and overconsumption. Also many of these businesses are operated by disabled people who would not be able to work conventional jobs. This would not just worsen the lives of these people, but also force more people to rely on their county's saftey nets. Also this could be seen as indirect discrimination based on ability. The people/ businesses who operate sweatshops, have doubiously ethical warehouse, mostly dropship, and generally the businesses who have capacity and contribute the most to the issue at hand should carry more than small businesses. Otherwise this will result in the death of many businesses which is fundamentally agaist the free movement of goods. And if only the businesses who promote overconsumption and operate under dubious practices survive, what does this say about the EU and their values? The EU should represent the people not just big businesses. This is not just a business issue this is a human rights issue and the EU should be able to see that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544855_en"}, {"id": 33544854, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:44:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The goal of these laws is good - making companies responsible for their contribution to waste. Unfortunately, the execution makes free trade within the European Union impossible for small businesses. The first big hurdle for small businesses is the registration. The law currently will require a different method of registration for every country. While the plan is to synchronize the EU, the practice is still divided. For a small business owner, this means 27 different registrations on different websites with different formats and different deadlines every year. A large company can employ a team to manage this, but for a small business run by 1-3 people, this will take hours of unpaid labor. There should instead be a centralized system for reporting waste. At minimum, there should be one website for all EU-members. The second hurdle with the new regulations is the requirement for an authorized representative (AR) in every single country. Every representative costs 50-150. That's potentially over 4000 in annual fees just for the chance to conduct business in the European Union. This does not include any registration fees or fees for removing packaging. You are currently not allowed to conduct business in a country without a local authorized representative. This cost is prohibitive for many small businesses that rely heavily on every business transaction. By not paying these annual fees, these businesses are restricted from trading in other EU countries. Their freedom of trade is essentially blocked. These laws create a financial threshold for operating outside of their own country and within the European Union. There should be either a threshold for reporting, or small businesses should be permitted to represent themselves in reporting their use of packaging. Finally, the last hurdle of the new regulations is the level of risk that it introduces to small businesses. The previous hurdles discussed introduce large investments of time and money. All producers are required to register in each country, follow their guidelines, and pay for the requirements before they can conduct business. It is not legal to offer your business in a country and do the aforementioned registrations/fees after you are guaranteed clients. Especially newer businesses and artisans who benefit greatly from every transaction will have wasted time and money if they don't do business in that country. The goals of the new law are admirable, but the execution blocks small businesses from trading within the EU. Everyone agrees that business should be held accountable for the waste they introduce into the system. As it is written now, it is not feasible for small businesses to participate in the EU market. Please make adjustments to allow small businesses to continue to participate in free trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The goal of these laws is good - making companies responsible for their contribution to waste. Unfortunately, the execution makes free trade within the European Union impossible for small businesses. The first big hurdle for small businesses is the registration. The law currently will require a different method of registration for every country. While the plan is to synchronize the EU, the practice is still divided. For a small business owner, this means 27 different registrations on different websites with different formats and different deadlines every year. A large company can employ a team to manage this, but for a small business run by 1-3 people, this will take hours of unpaid labor. There should instead be a centralized system for reporting waste. At minimum, there should be one website for all EU-members. The second hurdle with the new regulations is the requirement for an authorized representative (AR) in every single country. Every representative costs 50-150. That's potentially over 4000 in annual fees just for the chance to conduct business in the European Union. This does not include any registration fees or fees for removing packaging. You are currently not allowed to conduct business in a country without a local authorized representative. This cost is prohibitive for many small businesses that rely heavily on every business transaction. By not paying these annual fees, these businesses are restricted from trading in other EU countries. Their freedom of trade is essentially blocked. These laws create a financial threshold for operating outside of their own country and within the European Union. There should be either a threshold for reporting, or small businesses should be permitted to represent themselves in reporting their use of packaging. Finally, the last hurdle of the new regulations is the level of risk that it introduces to small businesses. The previous hurdles discussed introduce large investments of time and money. All producers are required to register in each country, follow their guidelines, and pay for the requirements before they can conduct business. It is not legal to offer your business in a country and do the aforementioned registrations/fees after you are guaranteed clients. Especially newer businesses and artisans who benefit greatly from every transaction will have wasted time and money if they don't do business in that country. The goals of the new law are admirable, but the execution blocks small businesses from trading within the EU. Everyone agrees that business should be held accountable for the waste they introduce into the system. As it is written now, it is not feasible for small businesses to participate in the EU market. Please make adjustments to allow small businesses to continue to participate in free trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544854_en"}, {"id": 33544853, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:44:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Laura Carter Illustration", "feedback": "Please reconsider harmonising these regulations, as allowing each state to have a different rule seems to insanely contradict the unity of Europe. It makes it almost impossible to navigate and find solid information, when we want to do our best to conform. Also please please consider a threshold for reports and AR so micro businesses are exempt. Why kill of unique and ethical businesses? Big corporations are the only ones who can navigate the load of this, ne handle all the fees and paperwork. Such a disheartening decision from the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please reconsider harmonising these regulations, as allowing each state to have a different rule seems to insanely contradict the unity of Europe. It makes it almost impossible to navigate and find solid information, when we want to do our best to conform. Also please please consider a threshold for reports and AR so micro businesses are exempt. Why kill of unique and ethical businesses? Big corporations are the only ones who can navigate the load of this, ne handle all the fees and paperwork. Such a disheartening decision from the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544853_en"}, {"id": 33544852, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:41:47", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent creator/small business based in Romania. For years I have been using reusable cardboard boxes, did not brand my packaging so it could be reused, reused bubble wrap I received from bigger companies when ordering from them (like jysk), and used shredded paper I collected from schools in my packing. I ship at most 50 packages per year in the EU scattered between the member countries. Still, I wanted to comply so I contacted a company that could represent me into all the countries. It would cost me 20.000 USD, despite earning less than that in a year from EU orders. This is more than my revenue. For a corporation, it is nothing, but the law did either not take into consideration small businesses to include an exemption, or did not properly clarify a threshold which would allow people like me to continue to legally earn a living. A great initiative that should be forcing big corporations to stop using styrofoam and so much plastic for example, is instead mostly burdening the people who had minimal impact on the planet, and most cared about it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent creator/small business based in Romania. For years I have been using reusable cardboard boxes, did not brand my packaging so it could be reused, reused bubble wrap I received from bigger companies when ordering from them (like jysk), and used shredded paper I collected from schools in my packing. I ship at most 50 packages per year in the EU scattered between the member countries. Still, I wanted to comply so I contacted a company that could represent me into all the countries. It would cost me 20.000 USD, despite earning less than that in a year from EU orders. This is more than my revenue. For a corporation, it is nothing, but the law did either not take into consideration small businesses to include an exemption, or did not properly clarify a threshold which would allow people like me to continue to legally earn a living. A great initiative that should be forcing big corporations to stop using styrofoam and so much plastic for example, is instead mostly burdening the people who had minimal impact on the planet, and most cared about it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544852_en"}, {"id": 33544851, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:38:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is completely impractical and you know it! It's systematically destructing the common market for all but the largest online retailers. Repeal this monstrosity immediately!", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is completely impractical and you know it! It's systematically destructing the common market for all but the largest online retailers. Repeal this monstrosity immediately!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544851_en"}, {"id": 33544850, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:38:40", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law threatens to destroy small and micro businesses, which can't afford to register and pay a fee for each member state of the Union. It also discourages potential new sellers to start selling: registering for each country is not possible when one is just starting, and how can a person decide which country brings more traffic if they are just starting? The European Union can't put on the same level corporations and micro sellers (who usually send just a few packages per year). I have personally seen a lot of artists and artisans that are forced to close their EU shops - being based in the EU themselves. Please consider exempting small and micro businesses from these new regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law threatens to destroy small and micro businesses, which can't afford to register and pay a fee for each member state of the Union. It also discourages potential new sellers to start selling: registering for each country is not possible when one is just starting, and how can a person decide which country brings more traffic if they are just starting? The European Union can't put on the same level corporations and micro sellers (who usually send just a few packages per year). I have personally seen a lot of artists and artisans that are forced to close their EU shops - being based in the EU themselves. Please consider exempting small and micro businesses from these new regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544850_en"}, {"id": 33544849, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:37:35", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am deeply concerned about the impact these packaging requirements and associated fees will have on small businesses, micro-businesses and independent creators selling within the EU. While I understand and support the goal of reducing packaging waste, the administrative and financial burden must be proportionate to the amount of packaging a business actually places on the market. A small creator sending a few dozen parcels should not face registration costs, compliance fees and administrative requirements designed around businesses shipping thousands or millions of products. These costs can make cross-border selling financially unviable for very small businesses. Many independent sellers may simply stop selling to customers in certain EU countries rather than pay multiple national fees and deal with separate registration systems. I strongly urge the EU to introduce meaningful exemptions or greatly simplified, low-cost requirements for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers, ideally through a harmonised EU-wide system rather than separate national registrations. Environmental regulation is important, but it should not unintentionally push the smallest European businesses and creators out of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am deeply concerned about the impact these packaging requirements and associated fees will have on small businesses, micro-businesses and independent creators selling within the EU. While I understand and support the goal of reducing packaging waste, the administrative and financial burden must be proportionate to the amount of packaging a business actually places on the market. A small creator sending a few dozen parcels should not face registration costs, compliance fees and administrative requirements designed around businesses shipping thousands or millions of products. These costs can make cross-border selling financially unviable for very small businesses. Many independent sellers may simply stop selling to customers in certain EU countries rather than pay multiple national fees and deal with separate registration systems. I strongly urge the EU to introduce meaningful exemptions or greatly simplified, low-cost requirements for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers, ideally through a harmonised EU-wide system rather than separate national registrations. Environmental regulation is important, but it should not unintentionally push the smallest European businesses and creators out of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544849_en"}, {"id": 33544848, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:37:13", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Meridian Miniatures", "feedback": "Whilst a very important and necessary initiative, the impact that PPWR will have on micro-enterprises will be devastating. Tiny independent producers are likely the last businesses these rules were designed to impact, however they will be hit the very hardest. As a micro business, we are most mindful of the packaging and waste we create for our customers, however hitting us with the same fees that much larger, and more polluting businesses could easily pay without a second thought is both disproportionate and unfair. It seems like more of a pay to pollute initiative for big businesses, rather than a real effort to reduce global waste. Micro and small businesses are more than happy to play their part for this initiative, but the costs must be proportionate to the size of the enterprise. The winners in this are the polluting businesses you are trying to stop, and the masses of companies offering high cost Authorised Representation to anyone desperate to continue selling to their EU customers. Please review this, so many people will lose their incomes from this new regulation. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Whilst a very important and necessary initiative, the impact that PPWR will have on micro-enterprises will be devastating. Tiny independent producers are likely the last businesses these rules were designed to impact, however they will be hit the very hardest. As a micro business, we are most mindful of the packaging and waste we create for our customers, however hitting us with the same fees that much larger, and more polluting businesses could easily pay without a second thought is both disproportionate and unfair. It seems like more of a pay to pollute initiative for big businesses, rather than a real effort to reduce global waste. Micro and small businesses are more than happy to play their part for this initiative, but the costs must be proportionate to the size of the enterprise. The winners in this are the polluting businesses you are trying to stop, and the masses of companies offering high cost Authorised Representation to anyone desperate to continue selling to their EU customers. Please review this, so many people will lose their incomes from this new regulation. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544848_en"}, {"id": 33544847, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:34:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Durch die neue Verordnung ist es bald nicht mehr möglich, bei Kleinkünstlern und Kleingewerben einzukaufen, da diese sich die hohen Gebühren pro Land nicht leisten können. Ich habe immer lieber bei Kleingewerben als bei großen Kooperationen eingekauft, da diese oft EU basiert sind und nicht die großen amerikanischen oder chinesischen Wirtschaften unterstützen sondern Privatpersonen. Ich kenne auch einige Personen, die selber Kleingewerbe betreiben und damit bisher ihren Lebensunterhalt bestreiten konnten. Da diese Personen bald nur noch innerhalb von Deutschland verkaufen können, werden sie ihren Umsatz nicht halten können und ihr Geschäft aufgeben müssen, dadurch entsteht Arbeitslosigkeit. Die neue Regelung ist schädlich für kleine Geschäfte und Unternehmen und isoliert die Mitgliedsländer der EU auf dem Weltmarkt und Untereinander. Von einem freien Markt kann hier keine Rede mehr sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "With the new regulation, it will soon no longer be possible to buy from small artists and small businesses, as they cannot afford the high fees per country. I have always preferred to buy from small businesses rather than from large cooperations, as these are often based on the EU and do not support the big American or Chinese economies, but private individuals. I am also aware of some people who have been able to carry out small-scale business themselves and have thus far been able to make a living. As these persons will soon only be able to sell within Germany, they will not be able to keep their turnover and will have to give up their business, leading to unemployment. The new regime is detrimental to small businesses and companies and isolates EU member countries from the global market and from each other. There can no longer be any question of a free market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544847_en"}, {"id": 33544837, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:33:46", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While this seems to already put an extraordinary burden on Small and Sole-proprietor businesses in the EU, this now creates an even larger one on those located outside the EU, as this will force them to not only need to register in many of these countries, but also have to hire an AR in each of these countries to process and handle it all, something that almost none of them have had to do before, or be forced to sell through a marketplace that will eat into potential profits in order to avoid the paperwork and minute tracking. The sheer cost in both finances and time will more often then not overwhelm any potential sales and essentially close off the EU to outside sellers. Even a single, centralized clearinghouse managed by the EU would likely make this more bearable, but even then, the sheer tracking for a sole-proprietor to keep track of their packaging going to each country puts an undue burden both within and outside of the EU, especially as again, it can force small businesses and sole-proprietors to work with large online marketplaces just to try and survive. The very same marketplaces for that this change is a relatively small addition to their processes and an even smaller comparative hit to their ability to make money while still flooding the environment with this packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "While this seems to already put an extraordinary burden on Small and Sole-proprietor businesses in the EU, this now creates an even larger one on those located outside the EU, as this will force them to not only need to register in many of these countries, but also have to hire an AR in each of these countries to process and handle it all, something that almost none of them have had to do before, or be forced to sell through a marketplace that will eat into potential profits in order to avoid the paperwork and minute tracking. The sheer cost in both finances and time will more often then not overwhelm any potential sales and essentially close off the EU to outside sellers. Even a single, centralized clearinghouse managed by the EU would likely make this more bearable, but even then, the sheer tracking for a sole-proprietor to keep track of their packaging going to each country puts an undue burden both within and outside of the EU, especially as again, it can force small businesses and sole-proprietors to work with large online marketplaces just to try and survive. The very same marketplaces for that this change is a relatively small addition to their processes and an even smaller comparative hit to their ability to make money while still flooding the environment with this packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544837_en"}, {"id": 33544845, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:31:40", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämä säädös on todella epäreilu ja eriarvoistava pien- ja microysityksille. Isot yritykset pystyvät helposti maksamaan säädöksen tuomat kulut, kun pienet yritykset joutuvat lopettamaan EU maihin postittamisen. Yleensä pienet ja miniyritykset ovat erittäin tarkkoja siitä, että eivät käytä turhia määriä pakkaustavaraa ja tuotteiden pakkaukset pysyvät maltillisina ja kierrätettävinä. Miksi heitä siis rankaistaan kierrätyksen nimissä? Yrityksiin kohdistuvat uudet kulut eivät takaa sitä, että paketit vastaanottavat kuluttajat kierrättäisivät pakkauksia. Miksei vastuu pakkauksien kierrätettävyydestä ole pakkauksien ja pakkausmateriaalien tuottajilla? Vaikuttaa hyvin nurinkuriselta, että muita tuotteita myyvät yritykset asetetaan vastuuseen pakkauksista eikä pakkauksia tuottavat yritykset. Pyydän ja anon teiltä, että pienet ja miniyritykset vapautettaisiin näistä ylimääräisistä kuluista, joita ne eivät millään kykene maksamaan. Tämä säädös ei tue yhdenvertaisuutta, kiertotaloutta tai vapaata kauppaa. Se vie osan elannosta pieniltä tekijöiltä, taiteilijoilta, käsityöläisiltä ja muilta henkilöiltä, joilla todennäköisesti ei ole suuria tuloja muutenkaan.", "feedbackEnglish": "This piece of legislation is truly unfair and unequal to small and micro fringes. Big companies can easily pay the cost of the legislation when small companies are forced to stop mailing to EU countries. In general, small and mini-companies are very careful not to use unnecessary quantities of packaging and to keep product packaging moderate and recyclable. So why are they punished for recycling? The new costs for businesses do not ensure that consumers receiving parcels recycle packaging. Why are producers of packaging and packaging materials not responsible for packaging recyclability? It seems very chilling that companies selling other products are held liable for packaging and not those producing packaging. I request and ask you to exempt small and mini-companies from these extra costs, which they are completely unable to pay. This act does not support equality, the circular economy or free trade. It deprives small authors, artists, craftsmen and others who are unlikely to have high incomes in any other way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544845_en"}, {"id": 33544844, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:29:52", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alexandra Niculai ", "feedback": "While this is an excellent initiative, it's very bad for very small micro-entrepreneurs, like artists and crafters who send paintings, sculptures, jewelry and such, those who make less than 60,000 euros in a year, myself included. It's impossible for us to comply. My Instagram feed is full with artists closing their shops because it's impossible for to comply, it's too expensive and as most of us are individuals, not possible to contact every representative in every country in Europe to pay and get the compliance number. Please do something to adapt this initiative so artists and hand made crafters can still be able to send their products. We need your help. Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "While this is an excellent initiative, it's very bad for very small micro-entrepreneurs, like artists and crafters who send paintings, sculptures, jewelry and such, those who make less than 60,000 euros in a year, myself included. It's impossible for us to comply. My Instagram feed is full with artists closing their shops because it's impossible for to comply, it's too expensive and as most of us are individuals, not possible to contact every representative in every country in Europe to pay and get the compliance number. Please do something to adapt this initiative so artists and hand made crafters can still be able to send their products. We need your help. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544844_en"}, {"id": 33544843, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:27:58", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cloud Division Studio", "feedback": "While it is beneficial to hold businesses responsible, this will have a catastrophic impact on small independent businesses. The proposed fees will make it impossible for independent businesses to sell outside of their home country and therefore most likely no longer feasible to operate at all. A tier system that means affordable fees at separate income levels for example would mean small businesses can still survive the implementation of these plans and regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "While it is beneficial to hold businesses responsible, this will have a catastrophic impact on small independent businesses. The proposed fees will make it impossible for independent businesses to sell outside of their home country and therefore most likely no longer feasible to operate at all. A tier system that means affordable fees at separate income levels for example would mean small businesses can still survive the implementation of these plans and regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544843_en"}, {"id": 33544842, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:27:09", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a self-employed micro-business based in the United Kingdom selling handmade jewellery online. I previously sold to consumers across the EU and have made considerable efforts to comply with EU requirements, including appointing an EU Responsible Person for GPSR, i have been with Activate and Reclay for Germany from the start, aswell as Leko at one point, and registering for packaging EPR where economically viable. The requirement to appoint a separate authorised representative for packaging in individual Member States has now made continued EU trade commercially unrealistic for my business. The issue is not the recycling contribution itself. My packaging volumes are extremely small typically a small jewellery box or paper bag and large letter jiffy mailing envelope per order. The problem is the fixed annual administrative and representative fees. For example, one German provider requires a 199 service fee plus a minimum packaging package of 75 covering 100 kg, despite my business placing nowhere near 100 kg of packaging on the German market, I'd struggle to reach 10kg. I have received quotations from other providers ranging from approximately 79 per calendar year to several hundred euros simply for representation. These costs are disproportionate for a micro-business which may make only a handful of sales to an individual Member State each year. As a direct consequence, I have now stopped shipping to EU Member States other than Germany, and I am currently considering withdrawing from Germany as well. This is despite having previously sold successfully to EU consumers particularly Germany. I support the environmental objectives of packaging producer responsibility and am willing to pay proportionate recycling fees based on the packaging I actually place on the market. However, requiring micro-businesses outside the EU to appoint and pay separate representatives in multiple Member States creates a substantial barrier to cross-border trade while achieving very little additional environmental benefit. I strongly support removing or suspending the mandatory authorised representative requirement. At minimum, there should be a simplified EU-wide system or a meaningful exemption for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed micro-business based in the United Kingdom selling handmade jewellery online. I previously sold to consumers across the EU and have made considerable efforts to comply with EU requirements, including appointing an EU Responsible Person for GPSR, i have been with Activate and Reclay for Germany from the start, aswell as Leko at one point, and registering for packaging EPR where economically viable. The requirement to appoint a separate authorised representative for packaging in individual Member States has now made continued EU trade commercially unrealistic for my business. The issue is not the recycling contribution itself. My packaging volumes are extremely small typically a small jewellery box or paper bag and large letter jiffy mailing envelope per order. The problem is the fixed annual administrative and representative fees. For example, one German provider requires a 199 service fee plus a minimum packaging package of 75 covering 100 kg, despite my business placing nowhere near 100 kg of packaging on the German market, I'd struggle to reach 10kg. I have received quotations from other providers ranging from approximately 79 per calendar year to several hundred euros simply for representation. These costs are disproportionate for a micro-business which may make only a handful of sales to an individual Member State each year. As a direct consequence, I have now stopped shipping to EU Member States other than Germany, and I am currently considering withdrawing from Germany as well. This is despite having previously sold successfully to EU consumers particularly Germany. I support the environmental objectives of packaging producer responsibility and am willing to pay proportionate recycling fees based on the packaging I actually place on the market. However, requiring micro-businesses outside the EU to appoint and pay separate representatives in multiple Member States creates a substantial barrier to cross-border trade while achieving very little additional environmental benefit. I strongly support removing or suspending the mandatory authorised representative requirement. At minimum, there should be a simplified EU-wide system or a meaningful exemption for micro-businesses and very low packaging volumes", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544842_en"}, {"id": 33544841, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:25:48", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This would put a lot of pressure small businesses. A lot of people run them because it's something they genuinely love, or because it's one of the few ways they are able to make money. All small business owners that I know of are disabled in one way or another and may have a really hard time working a regular job, so being able to sell their art/crafts or anything else, really, online can be incredibly important for their livelyhood. I understand the goal of reducing packaging waste, and I don't think that's a bad thing, but adding more registration, reporting, and potential costs can be a really big deal for someone running a very small business on their own. A large company can easily afford to have someone deal with paperwork and regulations, while a person selling a few things a month has to do everything themselves. Small online sellers are already dealing with increasing costs and barriers when it comes to shipping and selling internationally. I just worry that we're making it harder and harder for ordinary people to make a little money from something they enjoy. Regulations like this should take into account the huge difference between a large corporation producing thousands of products and one person running a tiny shop from home. I really hope there can be simpler requirements or exemptions for small businesses, because I don't think someone selling a handful of handmade products should have to deal with the same burden as a massive company this law would have practically no effect on.", "feedbackEnglish": "This would put a lot of pressure small businesses. A lot of people run them because it's something they genuinely love, or because it's one of the few ways they are able to make money. All small business owners that I know of are disabled in one way or another and may have a really hard time working a regular job, so being able to sell their art/crafts or anything else, really, online can be incredibly important for their livelyhood. I understand the goal of reducing packaging waste, and I don't think that's a bad thing, but adding more registration, reporting, and potential costs can be a really big deal for someone running a very small business on their own. A large company can easily afford to have someone deal with paperwork and regulations, while a person selling a few things a month has to do everything themselves. Small online sellers are already dealing with increasing costs and barriers when it comes to shipping and selling internationally. I just worry that we're making it harder and harder for ordinary people to make a little money from something they enjoy. Regulations like this should take into account the huge difference between a large corporation producing thousands of products and one person running a tiny shop from home. I really hope there can be simpler requirements or exemptions for small businesses, because I don't think someone selling a handful of handmade products should have to deal with the same burden as a massive company this law would have practically no effect on.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544841_en"}, {"id": 33544840, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:25:05", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is like a nail in the coffin for micro/small businesses or individuals (artists or other) that produce physical items and ship only a handful of them each month to different countries. Simply, this creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses, undermines the principles of the EU Single Market, and risks discouraging legitimate small-scale cross-border trade without delivering any meaningful environmental benefit. At least a simple, EU-wide registration system with reasonable volume thresholds would be far more proportionate and effective.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is like a nail in the coffin for micro/small businesses or individuals (artists or other) that produce physical items and ship only a handful of them each month to different countries. Simply, this creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses, undermines the principles of the EU Single Market, and risks discouraging legitimate small-scale cross-border trade without delivering any meaningful environmental benefit. At least a simple, EU-wide registration system with reasonable volume thresholds would be far more proportionate and effective.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544840_en"}, {"id": 33544839, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:25:03", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je pense que l'idée est bonne pour les grosses entreprises qui envoient massivement des colis, mais elle a un effet très délétère sur les petits artisans et artistes qui ont un faible volume d'envoi mais potentiellement dans plusieurs pays. Le prix est prohibitif pour eux, ainsi que toutes les différentes administrations auxquelles s'adresser. C'est possible pour une grande entreprise, mais pas pour une personne seule en micro-entreprise... Hors leurs revenus peut beaucoup dépendre de ventes dans plusieurs pays !", "feedbackEnglish": "I think the idea is good for big companies that send large numbers of parcels, but it has a very negative effect on small craftsmen and artists who have a small volume of shipments but potentially in several countries. The price is prohibitive for them, as well as for all the different administrations to be approached. This is possible for a large company, but not for a single person in a micro-company... Apart from their income, they can depend a lot on sales in several countries!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544839_en"}, {"id": 33544838, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:24:16", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "JCeramics ", "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the aim of making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the EU market. However, I am concerned that the proposed implementation of national producer registers may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border sellers. I am a small independent maker based in the Netherlands, producing handmade ceramic products in very limited quantities. Online marketplaces make it possible for businesses like mine to reach customers across the EU. A single order to a consumer in another Member State may involve only one cardboard box and a small amount of protective packaging. Requiring a micro-enterprise to register separately in every Member State to which it sends occasional orders could make cross-border trade economically unviable. The administrative cost of registrations, reporting obligations and potentially appointing authorised representatives can easily exceed the value of the packaging or even the profit generated from sales in that Member State. This would create a significant barrier to the EU Single Market for micro-enterprises, artisans and small creative businesses, while their actual contribution to packaging waste is extremely small. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to ensure that implementation includes: 1. A single EU-wide registration procedure, allowing a producer to register once rather than separately in multiple national systems. 2. A proportionate simplified regime or exemption for micro-enterprises and producers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market, with appropriate EU-wide thresholds. 3. No requirement for micro-enterprises with very small packaging volumes to appoint costly authorised representatives in individual Member States. 4. A simple harmonised reporting system based on actual packaging quantities, rather than multiple national reporting procedures. 5. The possibility for online marketplaces to facilitate or centrally handle registration and reporting obligations for their micro-sellers, where appropriate. Environmental responsibility and proportionality can go hand in hand. A small artisan sending a handful of handmade products across EU borders should not face essentially the same cross-border registration structure as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market. Without a proportionate solution, these rules risk unintentionally discouraging micro-enterprises from selling across EU borders and fragmenting rather than strengthening the Single Market. I therefore ask the Commission to explicitly consider the position of micro-enterprises, artisans and very small distance sellers when finalising the implementing rules for national producer registers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the aim of making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the EU market. However, I am concerned that the proposed implementation of national producer registers may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border sellers. I am a small independent maker based in the Netherlands, producing handmade ceramic products in very limited quantities. Online marketplaces make it possible for businesses like mine to reach customers across the EU. A single order to a consumer in another Member State may involve only one cardboard box and a small amount of protective packaging. Requiring a micro-enterprise to register separately in every Member State to which it sends occasional orders could make cross-border trade economically unviable. The administrative cost of registrations, reporting obligations and potentially appointing authorised representatives can easily exceed the value of the packaging or even the profit generated from sales in that Member State. This would create a significant barrier to the EU Single Market for micro-enterprises, artisans and small creative businesses, while their actual contribution to packaging waste is extremely small. I therefore strongly encourage the Commission to ensure that implementation includes: 1. A single EU-wide registration procedure, allowing a producer to register once rather than separately in multiple national systems. 2. A proportionate simplified regime or exemption for micro-enterprises and producers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market, with appropriate EU-wide thresholds. 3. No requirement for micro-enterprises with very small packaging volumes to appoint costly authorised representatives in individual Member States. 4. A simple harmonised reporting system based on actual packaging quantities, rather than multiple national reporting procedures. 5. The possibility for online marketplaces to facilitate or centrally handle registration and reporting obligations for their micro-sellers, where appropriate. Environmental responsibility and proportionality can go hand in hand. A small artisan sending a handful of handmade products across EU borders should not face essentially the same cross-border registration structure as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market. Without a proportionate solution, these rules risk unintentionally discouraging micro-enterprises from selling across EU borders and fragmenting rather than strengthening the Single Market. I therefore ask the Commission to explicitly consider the position of micro-enterprises, artisans and very small distance sellers when finalising the implementing rules for national producer registers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544838_en"}, {"id": 33544836, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:23:22", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is incredibly disruptive to small business owners both inside and outside of the European Union. It is also incredibly disruptive to customers, who enjoy shopping with smaller stores, independent craftsmen and artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is incredibly disruptive to small business owners both inside and outside of the European Union. It is also incredibly disruptive to customers, who enjoy shopping with smaller stores, independent craftsmen and artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544836_en"}, {"id": 33544835, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:22:56", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenos días, ,me llamo Elena Tejedor y me gustaría solicitar que tengan en cuenta a las microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y por tanto generan pocos residuos, tanto a través de tarifas mínimas asumibles, como procesos simplificados. También estaría bien que hubiera un registro unificado, y que el periodo de adaptación sea mayor. Muchas gracias por su atención, un cordial saludo,", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, my name is Elena Tejedor and I would like to ask you to take into account micro-enterprises that send few items and therefore generate few waste, both through minimum affordable tariffs and simplified processes. It would also be good if there were a unified register, with a longer adaptation period. Thank you very much for your attention. Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544835_en"}, {"id": 33544834, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:22:26", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This feels very counterintuitive to the values of EU. Many small business will be affected and I've seen many of them already drop mamy EU countries from their shopping list. How do you expect small business owners to eat up these kinds of costs?", "feedbackEnglish": "This feels very counterintuitive to the values of EU. Many small business will be affected and I've seen many of them already drop mamy EU countries from their shopping list. How do you expect small business owners to eat up these kinds of costs?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544834_en"}, {"id": 33544833, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:22:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Versandantiquariat", "feedback": "Please stop taking recycling fees for packages that consist of at least 95 percent cardboard, paper or other environmentally unproblematic materials. Companies have to pay thousands of EUR administration costs, (Small companies cannot afford that), just to pay you a few cents of actual recycling fees per package. I expect many more companies would gladly use environmentally friendly packaging if it saved them dealing with EPR requirements. To compensate your losses, you could raise your fees on the worst kinds of plastic. This would help save the planet.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please stop taking recycling fees for packages that consist of at least 95 percent cardboard, paper or other environmentally unproblematic materials. Companies have to pay thousands of EUR administration costs, (Small companies cannot afford that), just to pay you a few cents of actual recycling fees per package. I expect many more companies would gladly use environmentally friendly packaging if it saved them dealing with EPR requirements. To compensate your losses, you could raise your fees on the worst kinds of plastic. This would help save the planet.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544833_en"}, {"id": 33544832, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:19:51", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello I am an illustrator who both likes buying from other small businesses and independant artists and want to have the room to be able to do the same.This makes it completely impossible for small businesses to afford to keep going, especially when most of their customers are based outside of their home country. EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume.A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I am an illustrator who both likes buying from other small businesses and independant artists and want to have the room to be able to do the same.This makes it completely impossible for small businesses to afford to keep going, especially when most of their customers are based outside of their home country. EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume.A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544832_en"}, {"id": 33544831, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:16:08", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an SME stakeholder based in Latvia to share feedback on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40, ahead of its application on 12 August 2026. I support the Regulations goals of reducing packaging waste and building a circular EU economy, but I have serious concerns about how it is being implemented in practice. Currently, the Regulation imposes largely the same obligations Declarations of Conformity, EPR registration, labelling, and reporting on a multinational retailer and a small e-commerce business alike, with no differentiation based on shipping volume, annual revenue, or other indicators of a businesss actual capacity to absorb these costs. Other recent EU legislation, such as the Digital Services Act and GDPR, already builds in proportionality for smaller enterprises, and the PPWR should do the same. Without this, the Regulation risks applying enterprise-level compliance costs to businesses operating on very thin margins. This burden falls especially hard on SMEs in smaller EU markets like the Baltic states, which already face higher relative logistics costs, inconsistent VAT and tax treatment across borders, weaker negotiating power with suppliers, and limited in-house compliance capacity. Layering new EPR fees and packaging redesign costs on top of these existing pressures risks pushing smaller operators out of cross-border trade entirely, which would work against the single market the PPWR is meant to strengthen. I would also note that although the PPWR was adopted as a Regulation specifically to ensure direct, harmonized application across Member States, implementation so far is not actually unified: key delegated and implementing acts remain pending, national EPR schemes and fee structures still differ significantly, and there is no single EU-wide registration or reporting portal. This means SMEs may still need to register and report separately in each Member State they sell into, adding cost without delivering genuine harmonization. Given these gaps, I dont believe the framework is ready for uniform enforcement across businesses of all sizes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an SME stakeholder based in Latvia to share feedback on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40, ahead of its application on 12 August 2026. I support the Regulations goals of reducing packaging waste and building a circular EU economy, but I have serious concerns about how it is being implemented in practice. Currently, the Regulation imposes largely the same obligations Declarations of Conformity, EPR registration, labelling, and reporting on a multinational retailer and a small e-commerce business alike, with no differentiation based on shipping volume, annual revenue, or other indicators of a businesss actual capacity to absorb these costs. Other recent EU legislation, such as the Digital Services Act and GDPR, already builds in proportionality for smaller enterprises, and the PPWR should do the same. Without this, the Regulation risks applying enterprise-level compliance costs to businesses operating on very thin margins. This burden falls especially hard on SMEs in smaller EU markets like the Baltic states, which already face higher relative logistics costs, inconsistent VAT and tax treatment across borders, weaker negotiating power with suppliers, and limited in-house compliance capacity. Layering new EPR fees and packaging redesign costs on top of these existing pressures risks pushing smaller operators out of cross-border trade entirely, which would work against the single market the PPWR is meant to strengthen. I would also note that although the PPWR was adopted as a Regulation specifically to ensure direct, harmonized application across Member States, implementation so far is not actually unified: key delegated and implementing acts remain pending, national EPR schemes and fee structures still differ significantly, and there is no single EU-wide registration or reporting portal. This means SMEs may still need to register and report separately in each Member State they sell into, adding cost without delivering genuine harmonization. Given these gaps, I dont believe the framework is ready for uniform enforcement across businesses of all sizes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544831_en"}, {"id": 33544830, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:15:18", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Crafts n cosplays", "feedback": "As a bespoke costume and wig maker in business for 16 years, I urge the EU to grant a packaging regulation exemption for creative micro-businesses (<35k revenue) using 100% reused materials. I ship just 30 boxes per year globally, using exclusively salvaged cardboard boxes from local grocery stores and incoming online orders. I have no fixed EU client base; destinations fluctuate entirely by private commission year-to-year. Forcing a solo artisan to pay expensive flat-rate registration fees and navigate complex reporting across multiple unharmonized national portals for a handful of reused boxes is an administrative and financial impossibility. It actively penalizes the circular economy by taxing reuse. Please implement a baseline exemption threshold (under 100 packages/year) and a complete waiver for post-consumer recycled boxes to protect European independent craft economies.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a bespoke costume and wig maker in business for 16 years, I urge the EU to grant a packaging regulation exemption for creative micro-businesses (<35k revenue) using 100% reused materials. I ship just 30 boxes per year globally, using exclusively salvaged cardboard boxes from local grocery stores and incoming online orders. I have no fixed EU client base; destinations fluctuate entirely by private commission year-to-year. Forcing a solo artisan to pay expensive flat-rate registration fees and navigate complex reporting across multiple unharmonized national portals for a handful of reused boxes is an administrative and financial impossibility. It actively penalizes the circular economy by taxing reuse. Please implement a baseline exemption threshold (under 100 packages/year) and a complete waiver for post-consumer recycled boxes to protect European independent craft economies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544830_en"}, {"id": 33544829, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:14:12", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Having 27 different regulations, systems, requirements, payment platforms is NOT a harmonised EU system. Micro businesses below a certain income/profit threshold should not be forced to follow such regulations. If we are not making the income, we are definitely not making enough waste to affect the general scheme of things so I dont understand why the EU continue to bully us this way. First we had GSPR, and we survived somehow, but only because we could be our own representative, and now we have to pay a representative in each country we are shipping to. Are you nuts? in what universe does outer packaging require more legislation than the actual product being sold? The only result that this, and other laws, are having, is killing small businesses and creatives in Europe, while supporting major businesses and conglomerates who pollute the environment, underpay workers and steal from small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Having 27 different regulations, systems, requirements, payment platforms is NOT a harmonised EU system. Micro businesses below a certain income/profit threshold should not be forced to follow such regulations. If we are not making the income, we are definitely not making enough waste to affect the general scheme of things so I dont understand why the EU continue to bully us this way. First we had GSPR, and we survived somehow, but only because we could be our own representative, and now we have to pay a representative in each country we are shipping to. Are you nuts? in what universe does outer packaging require more legislation than the actual product being sold? The only result that this, and other laws, are having, is killing small businesses and creatives in Europe, while supporting major businesses and conglomerates who pollute the environment, underpay workers and steal from small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544829_en"}, {"id": 33544828, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:13:28", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am contacting you to express my discontent regarding the lack of thought put on the PPWR / EPR regulations, particularly on how it affects small businesses, and how it leads to restrictions in what was supposed to be a single market. These regulations, which should have been made with large corporations like Amazon and Aliexpress in mind, have zero effect on such massive companies. However, for small and micro businesses trying to operate across Europe the new regulations are devastating. For many small businesses, it is impossible to pay hundreds of euros in fees just to operate in a single country, let alone hundreds for each EU country they usually sold to. It is unreasonable for a person who is maybe selling a couple of small items a year to one country to be forced to pay tens or hundreds of euros just to keep seeling a couple items to that one country. The rules are disproportionate and poorly thought, and the fact that each country inside the EU applies different requirements goes completely against what the EU is supposed to stand for. What is the use of belonging to the EU if you keep building barriers between the countries of the union? I have already lost access to the products created by many of my favourite indepent small artists because they simply cannot afford operating under these regulations. Instead of levying higher taxes on massive businesses like Amazon and Aliexpress, which produce so much waste that they could fill entire landfills by themselves, you imposed a regulation that punishes the smallest and less polluting businesses. The amounts to be paid are absolutely nothing for the billionaire businesses, but for small businesses, it's a punishment. In short, you accomplished nothing regarding the actual sources of packaging waste, but you have pushed thousands of small businesses out of the market. To summarise, I would like to request a review of the regulations that considers the following improvements: - Exclude small and micro businesses from these regulations, as they are disproportionate towards small and micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. It makes no sense for a EU regulation to have drastically different consequences in every country, that wasn't how the EU single market was supposed to work, and it is inherently against the single market principle. - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. As a customer, I already cannot buy from many small businesses due to it. Meanwhile the billionaire corporations will continue operating unchanged and will profit from having less local competition. This is not free movement of goods, this is free movement of goods for those with money to afford it. This is actively regulating against your own citizens, and against working class people.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am contacting you to express my discontent regarding the lack of thought put on the PPWR / EPR regulations, particularly on how it affects small businesses, and how it leads to restrictions in what was supposed to be a single market. These regulations, which should have been made with large corporations like Amazon and Aliexpress in mind, have zero effect on such massive companies. However, for small and micro businesses trying to operate across Europe the new regulations are devastating. For many small businesses, it is impossible to pay hundreds of euros in fees just to operate in a single country, let alone hundreds for each EU country they usually sold to. It is unreasonable for a person who is maybe selling a couple of small items a year to one country to be forced to pay tens or hundreds of euros just to keep seeling a couple items to that one country. The rules are disproportionate and poorly thought, and the fact that each country inside the EU applies different requirements goes completely against what the EU is supposed to stand for. What is the use of belonging to the EU if you keep building barriers between the countries of the union? I have already lost access to the products created by many of my favourite indepent small artists because they simply cannot afford operating under these regulations. Instead of levying higher taxes on massive businesses like Amazon and Aliexpress, which produce so much waste that they could fill entire landfills by themselves, you imposed a regulation that punishes the smallest and less polluting businesses. The amounts to be paid are absolutely nothing for the billionaire businesses, but for small businesses, it's a punishment. In short, you accomplished nothing regarding the actual sources of packaging waste, but you have pushed thousands of small businesses out of the market. To summarise, I would like to request a review of the regulations that considers the following improvements: - Exclude small and micro businesses from these regulations, as they are disproportionate towards small and micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. It makes no sense for a EU regulation to have drastically different consequences in every country, that wasn't how the EU single market was supposed to work, and it is inherently against the single market principle. - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. As a customer, I already cannot buy from many small businesses due to it. Meanwhile the billionaire corporations will continue operating unchanged and will profit from having less local competition. This is not free movement of goods, this is free movement of goods for those with money to afford it. This is actively regulating against your own citizens, and against working class people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544828_en"}, {"id": 33544827, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:13:22", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules are terribly thought out and will be killing small businesses. Big corporations like Amazon, who're the ones causing the most trash, will easily make adjustments and survive. Putting this much pressure on small businesses AND average citizens is NOT the way to go. Instead, the EU should focus on restricting big corporations only, without impacting the end customer experience. As it stands, these rules strike me as incredibly corrupt, just like the new data \"privacy\" rules...", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules are terribly thought out and will be killing small businesses. Big corporations like Amazon, who're the ones causing the most trash, will easily make adjustments and survive. Putting this much pressure on small businesses AND average citizens is NOT the way to go. Instead, the EU should focus on restricting big corporations only, without impacting the end customer experience. As it stands, these rules strike me as incredibly corrupt, just like the new data \"privacy\" rules...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544827_en"}, {"id": 33544826, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:12:55", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik vind het echt een bizarre maatregel. Voor grote bedrijven is het wellicht geen moeite, maar kleine bedrijven vernietig je hiermee. Het is niet te betalen voor kleine ondernemingen. Ik ben enorm bang dat ik niets meer ga kunnen kopen bij kleine bedrijven die ik graag steun. Ik koop al mijn kleding handgemaakt bij kleine bedrijfjes en eenmanszaken, uit europa. Deze mensen worden eerlijk betaald en gebruiken lokale producten en stoffen. Op deze manier dwing je mensen ook weer richting fast fashion en gigantische chains. Ik wil kleine ondernemingen steunen, maar een hoop van deze micro ondernemingen hebben al aangekondigd hun bedrijf te sluiten of te moeten stoppen met het verzenden buiten hun land. Dood zonde!", "feedbackEnglish": "I find it really a bizarre measure. For big companies it may be easy, but small companies destroy it. It is not payable for small businesses. I am extremely afraid that I will no longer be able to buy from small businesses I would like to support. I buy all my clothes manually from small companies and one-person shops, from Europe. These people are fairly paid and use local products and substances. In this way, you will also push people back towards fast fashion and gigantic chains. I want to support small businesses, but a lot of these micro businesses have already announced that they will close down or have to stop shipping outside their country. Death Sun!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544826_en"}, {"id": 33544825, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:10:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a very deadly measure for small businesses, for big companies this is an understandable new law that helps support a better environment and comes as an interesting ecological act. However for small businesses like auto entrepreneur, 1-5 people companies, anything that does not make hundreds of thousands a year this is the final nail in the coffin, small artists need to be able to export inside europe as most of their customers are from this area and not the us/asia etc. Keeping these small businesses is crucial, this is the fulltime job of many people and this measure would just prevent anyone whos not a multi million corporation to export and sell. Applying this law to all sort of business is highly unfair as most small businesses make less than 20k a year. I hope you will look into the feedback and understand that some categories needs to be done, this should only apply after a high amount of sales and benefits per year otherwise this will kill the economy for many many small and mid size businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a very deadly measure for small businesses, for big companies this is an understandable new law that helps support a better environment and comes as an interesting ecological act. However for small businesses like auto entrepreneur, 1-5 people companies, anything that does not make hundreds of thousands a year this is the final nail in the coffin, small artists need to be able to export inside europe as most of their customers are from this area and not the us/asia etc. Keeping these small businesses is crucial, this is the fulltime job of many people and this measure would just prevent anyone whos not a multi million corporation to export and sell. Applying this law to all sort of business is highly unfair as most small businesses make less than 20k a year. I hope you will look into the feedback and understand that some categories needs to be done, this should only apply after a high amount of sales and benefits per year otherwise this will kill the economy for many many small and mid size businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544825_en"}, {"id": 33544824, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:07:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Der Grundgedanke ist sehr gut, aber die Umsetzung leider alles andere als fördernd für den EU-Markt. Da es weder Staffelungen der Verpackungsmengen/Jahr gibt und alle Kosten für 1 Paket oder 100 gleich sind, noch zentrale Stellen für eine einfache und kostenschonende Regelung/Registrierung gibt. Alle Kleinunternehmen werden den EU Versand einstellen müssen oder sogar das ganze Unternehmen! Und das nur, weil man hunderte von je Land zahlen muss - ALLEINE für Bürokratie!! Wann und wo hat da die Umwelt etwas von? Ich würde mir sehr wünschen, dass sich hier noch etwas effizientes und effektives tut, so dass auch Kleinunternehmen weitermachen können UND die Umwelt DIREKT profitieren kann. Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt!", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea is very good, but unfortunately implementation is far from encouraging the EU market. As there are no staggered packaging volumes/year and all costs are the same for 1 package or 100, and there are no central points for simple and cost-saving regulation/registration. All small businesses will have to stop shipping to the EU, or even the whole business! And only because you have to pay hundreds of people from each country – for red tape alone! When and where does the environment have something of? I would very much like to see something more efficient and effective in this area, so that small businesses can continue to operate AND the environment can benefit DIRECTIVE. Hope is dead last time!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544824_en"}, {"id": 33544823, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:06:55", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MB Su", "feedback": "As a micro-SME operating an e-commerce shop in Lithuania, I am deeply concerned by the current design of the packaging registers under Initiative 15352. The European Union was founded on the promise of a unified economic space with simplified, standardized cross-border trade. Forcing a micro-business to register in 27 separate national databases defeats the entire purpose of the Single Market.Furthermore, the requirement to appoint an \"Authorized Representative\" (AR) in countries where we have no physical presence is an absurd, non-value-adding financial barrier. These representatives charge flat fees of 150+ per year per country simply to hold a piece of paper and assume legal liability. They do not collect, process, or recycle the single envelope I might ship to a customer in Latvia or Estonia once every six months. This requirement does not protect the environment; it merely creates a lucrative market for compliance middlemen at the expense of small artisans and family businesses.I urge the Commission to implement the following changes:Establish a single, centralized EU packaging register where a business can register once to cover all 27 member states.Introduce a strict \"de minimis\" exemption threshold. Micro-enterprises shipping low volumes (e.g., under 500 kg of packaging per year) must be completely exempt from appointing cross-border Authorized Representatives and paying national registration fees.Without these exemptions, small e-shops will be forced to stop selling cross-border, destroying small-scale European e-commerce.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-SME operating an e-commerce shop in Lithuania, I am deeply concerned by the current design of the packaging registers under Initiative 15352. The European Union was founded on the promise of a unified economic space with simplified, standardized cross-border trade. Forcing a micro-business to register in 27 separate national databases defeats the entire purpose of the Single Market.Furthermore, the requirement to appoint an \"Authorized Representative\" (AR) in countries where we have no physical presence is an absurd, non-value-adding financial barrier. These representatives charge flat fees of 150+ per year per country simply to hold a piece of paper and assume legal liability. They do not collect, process, or recycle the single envelope I might ship to a customer in Latvia or Estonia once every six months. This requirement does not protect the environment; it merely creates a lucrative market for compliance middlemen at the expense of small artisans and family businesses.I urge the Commission to implement the following changes:Establish a single, centralized EU packaging register where a business can register once to cover all 27 member states.Introduce a strict \"de minimis\" exemption threshold. Micro-enterprises shipping low volumes (e.g., under 500 kg of packaging per year) must be completely exempt from appointing cross-border Authorized Representatives and paying national registration fees.Without these exemptions, small e-shops will be forced to stop selling cross-border, destroying small-scale European e-commerce.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544823_en"}, {"id": 33544822, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:04:39", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please take another look at this and consider the repercussion on other types businesses such as small companies who, for example, sell honey, eggs and other farm goods to their local neighbours. This will undermine even small online businesses, which try to expand to other EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please take another look at this and consider the repercussion on other types businesses such as small companies who, for example, sell honey, eggs and other farm goods to their local neighbours. This will undermine even small online businesses, which try to expand to other EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544822_en"}, {"id": 33544821, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:04:34", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544821_en"}, {"id": 33544819, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:03:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an artist in the Netherlands. Mainly needlework and papercraft. I rely on materials from all over the world. It seems that lawmakers have not sufficiently considered the implications for small businesses and its owners. This legislation needs a de minimis for small businesses that work overseas and across countries. Ive seen many of these businesses reach out about this legislation the last few days stating that they will cease business with my country and other EU countries altogether. Not because they want to, but because its no longer feasible. This does not seem due to an unwillingness to comply, but due to legislators not considering its impact on businesses that don't have the resources to follow these complex rules. All the while putting minimal packaging on the market compared to large companies this law intends to regulate. The large companies will adapt quickly and pay the registrations necessary while retaining access to the market, while small businesses will stop shipping and will eventually have to close down sales due to an inability to pay baseline fees, appoint representatives, understand the complex regulations or struggle to gain access to the data necessary to make packaging compliant. Small businesses do not have the resources to do this. It hurts smaller designers and artists everywhere. Small businesses are the heart and soul of art and creativity. It would be horrible if these rules drown them out of the market in favor of big (polluting) companies. Please reconsider and make feasible rules for smaller companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist in the Netherlands. Mainly needlework and papercraft. I rely on materials from all over the world. It seems that lawmakers have not sufficiently considered the implications for small businesses and its owners. This legislation needs a de minimis for small businesses that work overseas and across countries. Ive seen many of these businesses reach out about this legislation the last few days stating that they will cease business with my country and other EU countries altogether. Not because they want to, but because its no longer feasible. This does not seem due to an unwillingness to comply, but due to legislators not considering its impact on businesses that don't have the resources to follow these complex rules. All the while putting minimal packaging on the market compared to large companies this law intends to regulate. The large companies will adapt quickly and pay the registrations necessary while retaining access to the market, while small businesses will stop shipping and will eventually have to close down sales due to an inability to pay baseline fees, appoint representatives, understand the complex regulations or struggle to gain access to the data necessary to make packaging compliant. Small businesses do not have the resources to do this. It hurts smaller designers and artists everywhere. Small businesses are the heart and soul of art and creativity. It would be horrible if these rules drown them out of the market in favor of big (polluting) companies. Please reconsider and make feasible rules for smaller companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544819_en"}, {"id": 33544818, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:03:11", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU packaging and packaging waste regulations will become too expensive to sustain for a lot of small businesses. And that includes mine, too. For big companies, this is paperwork. They have compliance departments. Small artists have themselves. No matter if youre a big corporation with tens of millions in profit or a small business who ships from the corner of your living room, the regulations are the same. This is devastating for micro-enterprises and small businesses. You could call it a \"cultural culling.\" For large corporations, these are trivial sums, but for all other e-retailers, the same fixed fees result in a (not so) minor disaster. Overnight, small-scale entrepreneurs will be forced to retreat, leaving only the giants standing. Fast fashion will simply become faster and bigger. It isnt right. It is wrong.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU packaging and packaging waste regulations will become too expensive to sustain for a lot of small businesses. And that includes mine, too. For big companies, this is paperwork. They have compliance departments. Small artists have themselves. No matter if youre a big corporation with tens of millions in profit or a small business who ships from the corner of your living room, the regulations are the same. This is devastating for micro-enterprises and small businesses. You could call it a \"cultural culling.\" For large corporations, these are trivial sums, but for all other e-retailers, the same fixed fees result in a (not so) minor disaster. Overnight, small-scale entrepreneurs will be forced to retreat, leaving only the giants standing. Fast fashion will simply become faster and bigger. It isnt right. It is wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544818_en"}, {"id": 33544817, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:02:32", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I dislike this proposal and so does everyone I know, but we aren't too surprised because EU has not yet made anything to help small businesses or young people for that matter. May I ask, will at some point the EU government consider implementing something that will help small businesses in any way? Because the way it looks, every year the best strategy to run a small business in EU seems to be: - 1) Move to another continent. - 2) Start a small business there. - 3) Come back to EU for vacation ONLY. Even before this absurd proposal, it was damn near impossible to do anything on European soil. Mind you, as a tiny business like <5 people. I'm not complaining that it's difficult to become a monopoly. Rather that it's difficult to run a business that returns enough to pay the rent. It's absurd and I'm questioning the credentials of all people in the EU government / member state governments that have brought us here. As it stands, Europe is the continent where you work more for less, where ambition is punished and labor that produces no direct value is rewarded. On the topic of \"recycling and reducing waste\", what are we doing here? Are we going to seriously pretend that recycling works? Are we going to pretend like EU does not simply ship it's trash out to the Balkans? I find this attempt at coloring the proposal as some virtuous thing insulting, you are betting on me stupid. This \"the only way to make the environment better is by making our lives worse\" approach is making me tired. It's absurd for a good reason and it's because it has never been about the environment. The environment is just a way to attach to a simple greedy venture some goal that average person can relate to and feel good about helping with and in the process ignore it's original true purpose. You know that the one and ONLY purpose of this proposal is: GIVE THE GOVERNMENT MORE MONEY. Because everyone knows that 25% VAT, 30-50% personal income tax, 20-25% corporate tax, wide array of random fees, etc. Simply isn't enough, how could the poor EU government possibly live off 60+ cents from every EUR ever made on this continent? Of course now let's make it more expensive to send/receive packages, because god knows massive companies like Amazon won't offset this cost to European citizens, of course, this never happens. Small businesses who can't afford to pay massive amount of money for the privilege to even send their package within the European \"Union\", well who cares about them, right? should have moved to Asia if their plan was to run a business. We don't do business on this continent you fools. It's plain laughable how some people think you can just \"affordably ship a package to your neighboring country within the EU\". What a joke, people seriously think you can just do that in 21st century. Haven't they caught up? we don't even know how to make the air colder indoors. It's insulting how greedy you are EU bureaucrats. I hope that mine and younger generations teach you a valid lesson in what happens when there's no incentive to do anything and when every attempt at creating something is met with a law perfectly designed to stomp it out. We will move elsewhere, where ambition isn't met with disgust. At the very least I, will not participate in an economy that disrespects me in every step of the way. I used to believe in this continent and I used to be proud, but there's nothing for me here, all you do is take and when you give it's just more forms to fill. I know you will implement this proposal regardless and likely follow it up with more nonsense laws and regulations that will make both living and working on this continent harder. So please go ahead, I don't care anymore, do whatever you want, I will not participate in your authoritarian greed. Have fun.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I dislike this proposal and so does everyone I know, but we aren't too surprised because EU has not yet made anything to help small businesses or young people for that matter. May I ask, will at some point the EU government consider implementing something that will help small businesses in any way? Because the way it looks, every year the best strategy to run a small business in EU seems to be: - 1) Move to another continent. - 2) Start a small business there. - 3) Come back to EU for vacation ONLY. Even before this absurd proposal, it was damn near impossible to do anything on European soil. Mind you, as a tiny business like <5 people. I'm not complaining that it's difficult to become a monopoly. Rather that it's difficult to run a business that returns enough to pay the rent. It's absurd and I'm questioning the credentials of all people in the EU government / member state governments that have brought us here. As it stands, Europe is the continent where you work more for less, where ambition is punished and labor that produces no direct value is rewarded. On the topic of \"recycling and reducing waste\", what are we doing here? Are we going to seriously pretend that recycling works? Are we going to pretend like EU does not simply ship it's trash out to the Balkans? I find this attempt at coloring the proposal as some virtuous thing insulting, you are betting on me stupid. This \"the only way to make the environment better is by making our lives worse\" approach is making me tired. It's absurd for a good reason and it's because it has never been about the environment. The environment is just a way to attach to a simple greedy venture some goal that average person can relate to and feel good about helping with and in the process ignore it's original true purpose. You know that the one and ONLY purpose of this proposal is: GIVE THE GOVERNMENT MORE MONEY. Because everyone knows that 25% VAT, 30-50% personal income tax, 20-25% corporate tax, wide array of random fees, etc. Simply isn't enough, how could the poor EU government possibly live off 60+ cents from every EUR ever made on this continent? Of course now let's make it more expensive to send/receive packages, because god knows massive companies like Amazon won't offset this cost to European citizens, of course, this never happens. Small businesses who can't afford to pay massive amount of money for the privilege to even send their package within the European \"Union\", well who cares about them, right? should have moved to Asia if their plan was to run a business. We don't do business on this continent you fools. It's plain laughable how some people think you can just \"affordably ship a package to your neighboring country within the EU\". What a joke, people seriously think you can just do that in 21st century. Haven't they caught up? we don't even know how to make the air colder indoors. It's insulting how greedy you are EU bureaucrats. I hope that mine and younger generations teach you a valid lesson in what happens when there's no incentive to do anything and when every attempt at creating something is met with a law perfectly designed to stomp it out. We will move elsewhere, where ambition isn't met with disgust. At the very least I, will not participate in an economy that disrespects me in every step of the way. I used to believe in this continent and I used to be proud, but there's nothing for me here, all you do is take and when you give it's just more forms to fill. I know you will implement this proposal regardless and likely follow it up with more nonsense laws and regulations that will make both living and working on this continent harder. So please go ahead, I don't care anymore, do whatever you want, I will not participate in your authoritarian greed. Have fun.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544817_en"}, {"id": 33544816, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:00:54", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law speaks directly against free movement of goods in the EU and will have severe consequences to the economy, especially that of small and micro businesses. At least exclude them from the A. R. rule, as it is not manageable for those who don't ship in bulk.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law speaks directly against free movement of goods in the EU and will have severe consequences to the economy, especially that of small and micro businesses. At least exclude them from the A. R. rule, as it is not manageable for those who don't ship in bulk.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544816_en"}, {"id": 33544815, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:00:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It's extremely unhelpful for small businesses who can't afford all the expenses and so on. I understand that It's important, but I think there should be exceptions for small businesses or something because many of those are going to suffer and they're DEFINITELY not the cause of waste. Most small businesses already reuse packages and those new laws will kill their sales outside of EU except their own country which is sad. Please rethink this law, small businesses matter!", "feedbackEnglish": "It's extremely unhelpful for small businesses who can't afford all the expenses and so on. I understand that It's important, but I think there should be exceptions for small businesses or something because many of those are going to suffer and they're DEFINITELY not the cause of waste. Most small businesses already reuse packages and those new laws will kill their sales outside of EU except their own country which is sad. Please rethink this law, small businesses matter!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544815_en"}, {"id": 33544814, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 20:00:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "backyard coffee GmbH", "feedback": "The packaging and waste rules currently established by the EU result in smaller businesses not being able to sell products to certain or all other members of the EU anymore. Labour as well as costs for a country specific representative are exceeding the revenue. The regulations totally favour bigger businesses and are opposing the general idea of the EU of free trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "The packaging and waste rules currently established by the EU result in smaller businesses not being able to sell products to certain or all other members of the EU anymore. Labour as well as costs for a country specific representative are exceeding the revenue. The regulations totally favour bigger businesses and are opposing the general idea of the EU of free trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544814_en"}, {"id": 33544813, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:59:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It kills all small businesses, reconsider it.", "feedbackEnglish": "It kills all small businesses, reconsider it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544813_en"}, {"id": 33544812, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:59:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support reducing packaging waste and using more sustainable packaging. However, these proposed rules risk placing a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. It is not only the administrative burden that concerns me, but also the costs of registration, compliance and reporting, which can be unsustainable for a micro-business with very small margins. The costs can be completely disproportionate to the tiny amount of packaging small businesses actually place on the market. Please ensure that the rules are proportionate, with simple and affordable requirements or exemptions for micro-businesses. We should reduce waste without making it financially impossible for small businesses to operate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support reducing packaging waste and using more sustainable packaging. However, these proposed rules risk placing a disproportionate burden on the smallest businesses. It is not only the administrative burden that concerns me, but also the costs of registration, compliance and reporting, which can be unsustainable for a micro-business with very small margins. The costs can be completely disproportionate to the tiny amount of packaging small businesses actually place on the market. Please ensure that the rules are proportionate, with simple and affordable requirements or exemptions for micro-businesses. We should reduce waste without making it financially impossible for small businesses to operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544812_en"}, {"id": 33544811, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:57:31", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The rule itself is a great premise, but it is clearly a rule meant to target the bigger e-commerce players on the european market, while not regarding the small businesses who've previously benefitted from the open trade between EU nations to survive and even thrive even if customer patronage in their local area is low. The EU has always been well known for its implementation of rules being well thought through and i feel like the only thing keeping this from being another such case is for there to be some exemption for small businesses earning under a certain value, solo artists, craftsmen and similar that rely on the open commerce between EU nations to make a living, the same open commerce their tax dollars are paying to uphold. Surely there's unit of measurement that would provide exemptions for small vulnerable businesses while ensuring it cannot be exploited by larger businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The rule itself is a great premise, but it is clearly a rule meant to target the bigger e-commerce players on the european market, while not regarding the small businesses who've previously benefitted from the open trade between EU nations to survive and even thrive even if customer patronage in their local area is low. The EU has always been well known for its implementation of rules being well thought through and i feel like the only thing keeping this from being another such case is for there to be some exemption for small businesses earning under a certain value, solo artists, craftsmen and similar that rely on the open commerce between EU nations to make a living, the same open commerce their tax dollars are paying to uphold. Surely there's unit of measurement that would provide exemptions for small vulnerable businesses while ensuring it cannot be exploited by larger businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544811_en"}, {"id": 33544810, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:57:30", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As thousands people might have already mentioned, this will impact severely on small businesses and artisans. It will also impact on customers that are trying to shop small and avoid big chains. This measures will inevitably enrich the already well established and already polluting websites like Amazon. Its a shame.", "feedbackEnglish": "As thousands people might have already mentioned, this will impact severely on small businesses and artisans. It will also impact on customers that are trying to shop small and avoid big chains. This measures will inevitably enrich the already well established and already polluting websites like Amazon. Its a shame.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544810_en"}, {"id": 33544809, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:57:01", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation should, without any doubt, exclude small/micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards these businesses, making them nearly impossible to start. An exclusion or streamline process for businesses that make under a certain amount would really help. Apart from that, the new law heavily restricts movement of goods and services through the EU and overall it is just an awfully coordinated change that will affect many businesses specially the smaller ones, something that would definitely affect bigger companies way less.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation should, without any doubt, exclude small/micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards these businesses, making them nearly impossible to start. An exclusion or streamline process for businesses that make under a certain amount would really help. Apart from that, the new law heavily restricts movement of goods and services through the EU and overall it is just an awfully coordinated change that will affect many businesses specially the smaller ones, something that would definitely affect bigger companies way less.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544809_en"}, {"id": 33544808, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:56:19", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is the death of EU small businesses. EPR, PPWR, WEEE representation EPR fees are unbearable for them. Why couldn't this system work like OSS VAT? I just declare sales to EU countries and pay taxes to the one account.Without any complicated and expensive EPR in each EU member state.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is the death of EU small businesses. EPR, PPWR, WEEE representation EPR fees are unbearable for them. Why couldn't this system work like OSS VAT? I just declare sales to EU countries and pay taxes to the one account.Without any complicated and expensive EPR in each EU member state.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544808_en"}, {"id": 33544807, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:56:14", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small Dog Silver", "feedback": "This has entirely ended my ability to send to the EU. Id just managed to be able to resend after GPSR.. The fact that every country will now need registration and a fee on top of everything else means that it is entirely impossible for me, as a micro enterprise based in the UK, to trade with my closest countries. I presume that this was aimed at the likes of Amazon & Temu - but the blanket application is an absolute nail in the coffin for small businesses. Please reconsider or at least have some kind of scale - how do you expect a business that sends maybe a few parcels a year to absorb a flat fee of anywhere between 300 - 1000 euro per year, per country.", "feedbackEnglish": "This has entirely ended my ability to send to the EU. Id just managed to be able to resend after GPSR.. The fact that every country will now need registration and a fee on top of everything else means that it is entirely impossible for me, as a micro enterprise based in the UK, to trade with my closest countries. I presume that this was aimed at the likes of Amazon & Temu - but the blanket application is an absolute nail in the coffin for small businesses. Please reconsider or at least have some kind of scale - how do you expect a business that sends maybe a few parcels a year to absorb a flat fee of anywhere between 300 - 1000 euro per year, per country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544807_en"}, {"id": 33544806, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:55:47", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small one person business and with these new rules, it will make it impossible for me and many others to sell across Europe. I am sure that many small and micro businesses are doing their best to reduce package waste, and so I am. It would be unfair for people who are already making sure to not have package waste. These rules would kill many small and micro businesses, because most of us dont have the resources to pay those expensive fees. Please hear us.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small one person business and with these new rules, it will make it impossible for me and many others to sell across Europe. I am sure that many small and micro businesses are doing their best to reduce package waste, and so I am. It would be unfair for people who are already making sure to not have package waste. These rules would kill many small and micro businesses, because most of us dont have the resources to pay those expensive fees. Please hear us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544806_en"}, {"id": 33544805, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:54:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello the new regulations on shipping makes it almost impossible for small businesses and micro businesses to stay in business. A company has teams to go though all the different regulations country by country but the normal small business and micro businesses are only one or two people doing all the work. If a small business only sells one or two items to a country they will now have to pay for a representative that can be more expensive then the products themselves. There is no centralized system and the system is complicated. Hundreds of thousands of small business and micro businesses will have to close down as a result of this. Economies and communities are held up by small businesses. As a result of these laws there will be added strain of the economy and the avrage tax payer. May business have had to shut down or limit shipping as a result of political shipping regulations in the past few years. These actions would destroy what business have survived. These regulations are negligent in the extreme as small business and micro businesses where never considered. These businesses are already going above and beyond for making eco friendly choices in majority of cases. Small business are happy to pay there share in recycling expenses but how this system is set up is ment to destroy small business not be eco responsible. This is one of the worst roll outs of a regulation and will have catastrophic economic and social ramifications. This was sloppy and negligent at best.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello the new regulations on shipping makes it almost impossible for small businesses and micro businesses to stay in business. A company has teams to go though all the different regulations country by country but the normal small business and micro businesses are only one or two people doing all the work. If a small business only sells one or two items to a country they will now have to pay for a representative that can be more expensive then the products themselves. There is no centralized system and the system is complicated. Hundreds of thousands of small business and micro businesses will have to close down as a result of this. Economies and communities are held up by small businesses. As a result of these laws there will be added strain of the economy and the avrage tax payer. May business have had to shut down or limit shipping as a result of political shipping regulations in the past few years. These actions would destroy what business have survived. These regulations are negligent in the extreme as small business and micro businesses where never considered. These businesses are already going above and beyond for making eco friendly choices in majority of cases. Small business are happy to pay there share in recycling expenses but how this system is set up is ment to destroy small business not be eco responsible. This is one of the worst roll outs of a regulation and will have catastrophic economic and social ramifications. This was sloppy and negligent at best.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544805_en"}, {"id": 33544804, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:53:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Unbekannt", "feedback": "Wir sind sehr dankbar, dass die EU alles komplizierter macht und dafür sorgt das tausende Händler nicht mehr ins Ausland schicken. Ich frage mich, was für Idioten da arbeiten. Aber wir unterstützen das nicht und wir werden eine Dienstleistung nun einstellen, dass jährlich 10 Mio Liter Trinkwasser weniger einspart. Ihr macht den kleinen Hämdler kaputt, wir sanktionieren. So einfach. Wir unterstützen das verhalten nicht. Tut mir leid für die Umwelt. Pech gehabt. Dann dürfen in der EU keine Idioten arbeiten. Meine Großspende für Kinder fällt dieses Jahr auch aus!", "feedbackEnglish": "We are very grateful that the EU is making everything more complicated and this is what the thousands of traders are no longer sending abroad. I wonder what works for Idioten. But we do not support this and we will stop a service that saves 10 million litres of drinking water every year. You are breaking the little haemer, we are sanctioning you. So easy. We do not support this. I am sorry for the environment. Pitch. Then Idiots are not allowed to work in the EU. My big donation to children will also be cancelled this year!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544804_en"}, {"id": 33544803, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:52:58", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements those small businesses can afford. Micro businesses are trying hard to thrive with all those big corporations around. So small business owners would be happy and relieved if you hear our feedback", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements those small businesses can afford. Micro businesses are trying hard to thrive with all those big corporations around. So small business owners would be happy and relieved if you hear our feedback", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544803_en"}, {"id": 33544802, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:52:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas tardes, El texto que he visto y como afecta a pequeños artesanos me ha preocupado mucho y por eso me gustaría pedir que tengan en cuenta algunas cosas: - Haya tarífas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos (en cuanto a volumen de residuos generados) a tener en cuenta. que haya procesos simplificados para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos. - Que unifiquen el registro y no que haya 27 distintos, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios (sumando hablamos de miles de euros). - Que se de un periodo de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas o excepciones a micronegocios con poco volumen de ventas. Por favor tengan en cuenta estos puntos y cómo afectarían a estos pequeños creadores. La mayoría son artistas y necesitamos arte en nuestras vidas ahora más que nunca. Gracias", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, The text I have seen and how it affects small craftsmen has been of great concern to me and that is why I would like to ask you to take some things into account: There are realistic minimum delays for microenterprises that send few consignments and minimum delays (in terms of volume of waste generated) to be taken into account. Simplified processes are in place for micro-businesses and minimum volumes. — To unify the register and not to have 27 different registers, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses (we talk about thousands of euros). A longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or derogations for micro-businesses with low sales volumes. Please consider these points and how they would affect these small creators. Most of them are artists and we need you in our lives now more than ever. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544802_en"}, {"id": 33544801, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:52:29", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as an EU citizen and a small independent maker based in Greece, selling handmade products through Etsy. Honestly, the current direction of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation feels completely out of touch with very small businesses like mine. My sales within the EU are extremely limited. In countries like Germany and France, I only have a few orders per year. At the moment, I pay around 25 for Germany and 120 for France to comply with existing packaging requirements. With the new rules, I am now expected to pay around 274 per country per year just to appoint an authorised representative. This means that to continue selling to just these two countries, my costs would increase to well over 600 annually, for a very small number of orders. And this is where I really cannot understand how this is supposed to work for small businesses. If I wanted to sell across all 26 other EU Member States, and the same cost applied to each country, I would be looking at 7,124 per year just for authorised representatives, before even adding the actual EPR and packaging compliance fees. 7,124 a year is an enormous amount for a very small handmade business with limited EU sales. It is simply not realistic. At this point, it is actually more realistic for me to stop shipping to EU countries altogether than to continue paying these costs. I am not refusing to comply with European regulations. I simply cannot justify costs of this scale for the number of sales I make. What is most frustrating is that a tiny handmade business is being treated almost the same as a large company operating across multiple countries. These rules might be manageable for bigger businesses, but for people like me they are effectively pushing us out of the EU market. I am part of a Greek Etsy community and I know many other small sellers who are facing the same problem. For many of us, the practical answer may simply be to stop selling within the EU. This goes directly against the idea of a single European market. Instead of making it easier for a small business in one EU country to sell to customers in another EU country, the system is making cross-border sales so expensive and complicated that the smallest businesses may simply give up. There needs to be a much more realistic and proportionate approach for micro-businesses with very low sales volumes. There should be simplified procedures, exemptions or substantially reduced costs for businesses at this scale. Right now, this system feels unfair and disconnected from the reality of small businesses in Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as an EU citizen and a small independent maker based in Greece, selling handmade products through Etsy. Honestly, the current direction of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation feels completely out of touch with very small businesses like mine. My sales within the EU are extremely limited. In countries like Germany and France, I only have a few orders per year. At the moment, I pay around 25 for Germany and 120 for France to comply with existing packaging requirements. With the new rules, I am now expected to pay around 274 per country per year just to appoint an authorised representative. This means that to continue selling to just these two countries, my costs would increase to well over 600 annually, for a very small number of orders. And this is where I really cannot understand how this is supposed to work for small businesses. If I wanted to sell across all 26 other EU Member States, and the same cost applied to each country, I would be looking at 7,124 per year just for authorised representatives, before even adding the actual EPR and packaging compliance fees. 7,124 a year is an enormous amount for a very small handmade business with limited EU sales. It is simply not realistic. At this point, it is actually more realistic for me to stop shipping to EU countries altogether than to continue paying these costs. I am not refusing to comply with European regulations. I simply cannot justify costs of this scale for the number of sales I make. What is most frustrating is that a tiny handmade business is being treated almost the same as a large company operating across multiple countries. These rules might be manageable for bigger businesses, but for people like me they are effectively pushing us out of the EU market. I am part of a Greek Etsy community and I know many other small sellers who are facing the same problem. For many of us, the practical answer may simply be to stop selling within the EU. This goes directly against the idea of a single European market. Instead of making it easier for a small business in one EU country to sell to customers in another EU country, the system is making cross-border sales so expensive and complicated that the smallest businesses may simply give up. There needs to be a much more realistic and proportionate approach for micro-businesses with very low sales volumes. There should be simplified procedures, exemptions or substantially reduced costs for businesses at this scale. Right now, this system feels unfair and disconnected from the reality of small businesses in Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544801_en"}, {"id": 33544800, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:47:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Klayrs Corner ", "feedback": "I am a micro business circling around salfmade art, based in germany selling handmade prints and stuckerd directly to consumers in other EU Member States through an online marketplace. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the requirements for distance selling may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. My business produces handmade prints and stickers. I may receive only one, two or three orders per year from a particular EU country, and sometimes I receive no orders at all. Nevertheless, if I am required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where I occasionally sell, the fixed annual cost of compliance will absolutely exceed the profit generated by those sales. For a large company selling thousands of products, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise producing small quantities by hand, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This could have the unintended consequence of discouraging small European businesses from participating in the EU Single Market and reducing consumer access to products made by small and independent European producers. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, such as a reasonable threshold based on annual sales, number of transactions, or quantity of packaging placed on the market, below which appointing an authorised representative would not be required. Small businesses should be encouraged to comply with environmental objectives, but the administrative and financial requirements should be proportionate to the scale of their activity. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business circling around salfmade art, based in germany selling handmade prints and stuckerd directly to consumers in other EU Member States through an online marketplace. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the requirements for distance selling may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. My business produces handmade prints and stickers. I may receive only one, two or three orders per year from a particular EU country, and sometimes I receive no orders at all. Nevertheless, if I am required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where I occasionally sell, the fixed annual cost of compliance will absolutely exceed the profit generated by those sales. For a large company selling thousands of products, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise producing small quantities by hand, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This could have the unintended consequence of discouraging small European businesses from participating in the EU Single Market and reducing consumer access to products made by small and independent European producers. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, such as a reasonable threshold based on annual sales, number of transactions, or quantity of packaging placed on the market, below which appointing an authorised representative would not be required. Small businesses should be encouraged to comply with environmental objectives, but the administrative and financial requirements should be proportionate to the scale of their activity. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544800_en"}, {"id": 33544798, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:47:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although I understand the reason behind the initiative, it has become highly harmful to micro-business and MSEs, but specially to artisans and artists selling within and to the EU. Only the time for a 1-2 people business to go through all paperwork into 27 countries is extremely high, but the fees to be paid to each country for the AR and the registrations are in most of the cases higher than our actual income. Article 45 (2) says \"The costs to be covered shall be established in a transparent, proportional, non-discriminatory and efficient way.\" This is not the case for artisans. EPR was thought to make big pollutor pay. But instead, it has created a disproportionate payment barrier that eliminates micro-business, while favouring multinational enterprises: the fees are easily absorbed by big companies such as Amazon, Aliexpress or Temu, but it is far beyond reach of smaller business. Also, having one AR per country contradicts the very core idea of the EU and free market within it. Business sizes should be reviewed before the application of the law and exemptions should be made to micro-business that may produce a few Kg of packaging a year. Also, having just one point of management for the hole EU would save lots of time and money, and avoid many of the issues stated above. In the last two days I have been seeing uncountable announcements of artisans/artists/miscro-business that they cannot afford keep selling to any other country in the EU rather than their own, which will be the end for many of them.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I understand the reason behind the initiative, it has become highly harmful to micro-business and MSEs, but specially to artisans and artists selling within and to the EU. Only the time for a 1-2 people business to go through all paperwork into 27 countries is extremely high, but the fees to be paid to each country for the AR and the registrations are in most of the cases higher than our actual income. Article 45 (2) says \"The costs to be covered shall be established in a transparent, proportional, non-discriminatory and efficient way.\" This is not the case for artisans. EPR was thought to make big pollutor pay. But instead, it has created a disproportionate payment barrier that eliminates micro-business, while favouring multinational enterprises: the fees are easily absorbed by big companies such as Amazon, Aliexpress or Temu, but it is far beyond reach of smaller business. Also, having one AR per country contradicts the very core idea of the EU and free market within it. Business sizes should be reviewed before the application of the law and exemptions should be made to micro-business that may produce a few Kg of packaging a year. Also, having just one point of management for the hole EU would save lots of time and money, and avoid many of the issues stated above. In the last two days I have been seeing uncountable announcements of artisans/artists/miscro-business that they cannot afford keep selling to any other country in the EU rather than their own, which will be the end for many of them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544798_en"}, {"id": 33544797, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:46:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Francesca Paiocchi", "feedback": "The new regulation should take into account artists and artisans, understood as micro-businesses, whose \"fragmented\" and unpredictable trade (one order from one country one month, two orders from another the next, zero the next, and perhaps four orders from yet another country after that), cannot afford the same taxes as large companies. Nor can they afford the requirement to hire local legal representatives in each state, where they may only ship two orders a year. Adapting to the type of packaging material is not a problem. Taxes that stifle small businesses while favoring large companies (the main source of waste and pollution) are the problem.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation should take into account artists and artisans, understood as micro-businesses, whose \"fragmented\" and unpredictable trade (one order from one country one month, two orders from another the next, zero the next, and perhaps four orders from yet another country after that), cannot afford the same taxes as large companies. Nor can they afford the requirement to hire local legal representatives in each state, where they may only ship two orders a year. Adapting to the type of packaging material is not a problem. Taxes that stifle small businesses while favoring large companies (the main source of waste and pollution) are the problem.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544797_en"}, {"id": 33544796, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:46:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pink Queen Yarns", "feedback": "Wir betreiben ein Einzel- und Kleinunternehmen und verkaufen unsere künstlerischen Produkte weltweit über unseren Onlineshop. Seit einem Jahr gehen überall, nicht nur bei uns, die Umsätze zurück, weil weltweit unseren Kunden bereits mit Inflation und steigenden Steuern und Abgaben belastet sind! Wenn wir jetzt für jedes EU Land einen Bevollmächtigten und Lizenzen bezahlen müssen, können wir nicht mehr innerhalb der EU verkaufen, weil sich das doch kein Kleinunternehmer bei bereits rückläufigen Umsätzen mehr leisten kann. Außerdem sprechen wir doch immer alle von BürokratieAbbau. Wissen sie was es für eine Einzelunternehmen an Zeit- und Bürokratieaufwand bedeutet sich jetzt mit 27 verschiedenen Ländern und deren Richtlinie auseinanderzusetzen? Auf EU-Ebene sollten Schwellenwerte und Ausnahmen für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen vorgesehen werden, um die unangemessene Belastung zu beseitigen, die diese Rechtsvorschriften für sie bedeuten. Bitte überarbeiten Sie dieses unfaire Gesetz so bald wie möglich. Die neuen Bestimmungen sind eine massive Belastung für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen innerhalb der EU. Bereits jetzt müssen viele Businesses schließen oder stellen ihren Versand in EU-Ausland ein. Es benötigt dringend eine Nachschärfung dieser Bestimmungen, die an Kleinunternehmen angepasst wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "We run an individual and small business and sell our artistic products worldwide through our online shop. For a year now, sales have been falling everywhere, not just with us, because our customers around the world are already burdened with inflation and rising taxes and levies! If we now have to pay an authorised representative and licences for each EU country, we can no longer sell within the EU because no small business can afford to do so if turnover is already falling. And we are all talking about cutting red tape. Do you know what time and red tape it takes for an individual company to deal with 27 different countries and their directive? Thresholds and exemptions for micro and small enterprises should be provided for at EU level in order to remove the undue burden this legislation places on them. Please revise this unfair law as soon as possible. The new rules place a heavy burden on small and micro-enterprises within the EU. Many businesses already have to close down or stop sending them abroad in the EU. There is an urgent need to strengthen these provisions, which will be adapted to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544796_en"}, {"id": 33544795, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:45:49", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I follow a lot of small business from all over the EU, people who create beautiful things with their hands, people with dreams, people trying to make a living out of their talent. This law disproportionately affects them. All these business had to take the discussion to stop selling to other EU countries because of this law since they simply cannot afford to. The idea of the law is commendable but should only apply to big corporations who are the biggest culprits in creating waste and overall worsening climate change. Overall : - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses : loss of income and ultimately probably having to close down", "feedbackEnglish": "I follow a lot of small business from all over the EU, people who create beautiful things with their hands, people with dreams, people trying to make a living out of their talent. This law disproportionately affects them. All these business had to take the discussion to stop selling to other EU countries because of this law since they simply cannot afford to. The idea of the law is commendable but should only apply to big corporations who are the biggest culprits in creating waste and overall worsening climate change. Overall : - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses : loss of income and ultimately probably having to close down", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544795_en"}, {"id": 33544792, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:45:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have a one person micro business myself and these new packaging and packaging waste rules will make it impossible to ship to other European countries. With my niche, I'll never have enough customers to even consider getting a representative or entry in every single country \"just in case\" I'll ever get an order from them in the first place. None of us micro business owners are against reducing waste and a lot of us are trying to be as ecological responsible as possible, too, compared to big corporations who will be able to afford any fees thrown at them. It will lead to more micro businesses closing down needlessly because of a new administrative burden. Ease of shipping between European countries has been a staple to many as well, this change is going to close up big parts of the European market from micro business perspective. My social media feeds have been full of micro businesses suspending shipping to the EU indefinitely or even closing entirely already. We don't have a lobby to argue for us in the first place so please hear us via this way!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a one person micro business myself and these new packaging and packaging waste rules will make it impossible to ship to other European countries. With my niche, I'll never have enough customers to even consider getting a representative or entry in every single country \"just in case\" I'll ever get an order from them in the first place. None of us micro business owners are against reducing waste and a lot of us are trying to be as ecological responsible as possible, too, compared to big corporations who will be able to afford any fees thrown at them. It will lead to more micro businesses closing down needlessly because of a new administrative burden. Ease of shipping between European countries has been a staple to many as well, this change is going to close up big parts of the European market from micro business perspective. My social media feeds have been full of micro businesses suspending shipping to the EU indefinitely or even closing entirely already. We don't have a lobby to argue for us in the first place so please hear us via this way!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544792_en"}, {"id": 33544794, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:44:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please consider excluding small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it's disproportionate towards those small businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can follow and afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please consider excluding small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it's disproportionate towards those small businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can follow and afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544794_en"}, {"id": 33544793, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:43:57", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questo nuovo decreto avrà conseguenze più che catastrofiche per i piccoli business e le realtà locali, favorendo sempre di più il monopolio delle multinazionali e delle grandi catene.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new decree will have more than catastrophic consequences for small businesses and local entities, increasingly favouring the monopoly of multinationals and large chains.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544793_en"}, {"id": 33544791, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:42:33", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I give this feedback as a citizen of Bulgaria. While I understand the reasoning for the law, I completely believed micro, small and even medium businesses should be exempt, or have an extremely smaller rate of payments. Most of the pollution has already been repeatedly proven to come from big corporations, that can realistically cover the new tax prices, while small business, which pollute much less, will not be able to. This will only lead to more pollution if micro, small and even medium business are not exempt - and would also result in less freedom of market, and many business leaving EU completely. This will also be incredibly bad for trade, competition, and end up with more businesses having full control over shares and competition of big markets - which is against the law in most countries to begin with. I, as a person who caretakes family members with disabilities and have the education to also provide care to people with mental illnesses and special needs, also am completely aware this will lead to most accessibility items completely being unavailable to the market. Things made by smaller business, especially disabled oriented business run by caretakers or disabled people themselves - such as smaller specialized items for certain allergies, cognative difficulties, mobility issues, and more that also help able bodied people (such as specialized items for grip strength, items of anti allergic material that would be hard to find, specialized covers for certain items, etc) - will end up causing an extreme healthcare system strain, more people needing to completely rely on disability, medical caretakers and our medical system for items they would usually ship in - which will strain an already overburdened system that is still recovering post covid. As such, for these reasons and more, I kindly want to note that this should be reconsidered and completely restructured.", "feedbackEnglish": "I give this feedback as a citizen of Bulgaria. While I understand the reasoning for the law, I completely believed micro, small and even medium businesses should be exempt, or have an extremely smaller rate of payments. Most of the pollution has already been repeatedly proven to come from big corporations, that can realistically cover the new tax prices, while small business, which pollute much less, will not be able to. This will only lead to more pollution if micro, small and even medium business are not exempt - and would also result in less freedom of market, and many business leaving EU completely. This will also be incredibly bad for trade, competition, and end up with more businesses having full control over shares and competition of big markets - which is against the law in most countries to begin with. I, as a person who caretakes family members with disabilities and have the education to also provide care to people with mental illnesses and special needs, also am completely aware this will lead to most accessibility items completely being unavailable to the market. Things made by smaller business, especially disabled oriented business run by caretakers or disabled people themselves - such as smaller specialized items for certain allergies, cognative difficulties, mobility issues, and more that also help able bodied people (such as specialized items for grip strength, items of anti allergic material that would be hard to find, specialized covers for certain items, etc) - will end up causing an extreme healthcare system strain, more people needing to completely rely on disability, medical caretakers and our medical system for items they would usually ship in - which will strain an already overburdened system that is still recovering post covid. As such, for these reasons and more, I kindly want to note that this should be reconsidered and completely restructured.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544791_en"}, {"id": 33544790, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:41:34", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This hugely impacts small/micro businesses to the point that it makes them basically impossible to run/start. An exclusion or streamline process for businesses that make under a certain amount would really help here. Apart from that, the new law also just restricts movement of goods and services through the EU and sill overall just be a bad change that will affect many businesses big and small.", "feedbackEnglish": "This hugely impacts small/micro businesses to the point that it makes them basically impossible to run/start. An exclusion or streamline process for businesses that make under a certain amount would really help here. Apart from that, the new law also just restricts movement of goods and services through the EU and sill overall just be a bad change that will affect many businesses big and small.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544790_en"}, {"id": 33544789, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:40:42", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please consider excluding small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it's disproportionate towards those small businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can follow and afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please consider excluding small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it's disproportionate towards those small businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can follow and afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544789_en"}, {"id": 33544687, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:39:23", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Green Joke", "feedback": "Why do we need the European Union if youre going to do this? You will kill small businesses, and small businesses are the backbone of a healthy, growing economy. Why does America impose import tariffs while the EU does nothing? And why is China the problem? How many Coca-Cola bottles are imported into the EU every year? How many weapons are produced in Europe? Electric cars with their NICE batteries. Green Future? Green Joke!", "feedbackEnglish": "Why do we need the European Union if youre going to do this? You will kill small businesses, and small businesses are the backbone of a healthy, growing economy. Why does America impose import tariffs while the EU does nothing? And why is China the problem? How many Coca-Cola bottles are imported into the EU every year? How many weapons are produced in Europe? Electric cars with their NICE batteries. Green Future? Green Joke!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544687_en"}, {"id": 33544788, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:39:00", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Atelier Wolfstone", "feedback": "We are a two-person, self-taught goldsmithing atelier in the Netherlands. We make everything by hand and sell handmade jewellery across the EU. We support the principle behind these rules: producers should pay for the packaging they place on the market, and packaging waste must fall. We are not writing against that. We are writing because the way the national producer registers are being set up is, in practice, disproportionate and unworkable for the smallest cross-border businesses, and this implementing act is the place to fix it. The core problem is fragmentation. There is no single point of registration. A micro-business that ships across the EU must register, license and report separately in every member state it sends a parcel to, each with its own portal, language, format and deadlines. For a company our size this is not a minor step. It is potentially 27 separate national systems, run by two people at a workbench. The cost is wholly out of proportion to the environmental contribution. Our packaging is a few grams of cardboard and paper per order. The recycling fees this generates are tiny, often a few euros. Yet one provider recently quoted us 1,500 a year simply to manage the registrations. When the administrative cost of compliance is many times larger than the eco-contribution itself, the polluter-pays logic breaks. We would be paying overwhelmingly for paperwork, not for recycling. That is not what this law was meant to do. The burden is also fixed per country, regardless of volume. A large retailer and a two-person atelier face broadly the same per-country effort, so the weight falls hardest on the smallest businesses. Recent national measures deepen this: since July 2026 France requires even EU-based sellers to appoint and pay a local representative, and Austria has required the same for B2C sales since 2023. For a handful of orders a year, that is not viable, and the rational response for many small sellers is to stop shipping to other EU countries. That is the opposite of a single market. We ask the Commission to use this implementing act to: Make the national registers genuinely interoperable, so a producer can register once, through a single point, and have it recognised across all member states. A common data format and a single EU entry point would remove most of the burden without weakening environmental oversight. Introduce a proportionate, harmonised simplification for micro and small enterprises: a genuine de minimis threshold or a simplified single registration below a low volume, so the smallest sellers are not buried in parallel systems. Make permanent the proposed suspension of the authorised-representative obligation for EU-established producers. Requiring an EU business to appoint a paid representative in another member state is a barrier inside the single market that adds cost without adding environmental value. Build proportionality in by design, so registration and reporting scale with the volume a producer actually places on each market rather than applying as a flat obligation. We want to comply, and we want to pay our fair share for the packaging we use. But as it stands, these registers ask a two-person workshop to carry the same administrative machinery as a multinational, at a cost that dwarfs our real environmental footprint. Please make them interoperable and proportionate, so that small European makers can keep selling across Europe instead of being pushed back behind their own borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a two-person, self-taught goldsmithing atelier in the Netherlands. We make everything by hand and sell handmade jewellery across the EU. We support the principle behind these rules: producers should pay for the packaging they place on the market, and packaging waste must fall. We are not writing against that. We are writing because the way the national producer registers are being set up is, in practice, disproportionate and unworkable for the smallest cross-border businesses, and this implementing act is the place to fix it. The core problem is fragmentation. There is no single point of registration. A micro-business that ships across the EU must register, license and report separately in every member state it sends a parcel to, each with its own portal, language, format and deadlines. For a company our size this is not a minor step. It is potentially 27 separate national systems, run by two people at a workbench. The cost is wholly out of proportion to the environmental contribution. Our packaging is a few grams of cardboard and paper per order. The recycling fees this generates are tiny, often a few euros. Yet one provider recently quoted us 1,500 a year simply to manage the registrations. When the administrative cost of compliance is many times larger than the eco-contribution itself, the polluter-pays logic breaks. We would be paying overwhelmingly for paperwork, not for recycling. That is not what this law was meant to do. The burden is also fixed per country, regardless of volume. A large retailer and a two-person atelier face broadly the same per-country effort, so the weight falls hardest on the smallest businesses. Recent national measures deepen this: since July 2026 France requires even EU-based sellers to appoint and pay a local representative, and Austria has required the same for B2C sales since 2023. For a handful of orders a year, that is not viable, and the rational response for many small sellers is to stop shipping to other EU countries. That is the opposite of a single market. We ask the Commission to use this implementing act to: Make the national registers genuinely interoperable, so a producer can register once, through a single point, and have it recognised across all member states. A common data format and a single EU entry point would remove most of the burden without weakening environmental oversight. Introduce a proportionate, harmonised simplification for micro and small enterprises: a genuine de minimis threshold or a simplified single registration below a low volume, so the smallest sellers are not buried in parallel systems. Make permanent the proposed suspension of the authorised-representative obligation for EU-established producers. Requiring an EU business to appoint a paid representative in another member state is a barrier inside the single market that adds cost without adding environmental value. Build proportionality in by design, so registration and reporting scale with the volume a producer actually places on each market rather than applying as a flat obligation. We want to comply, and we want to pay our fair share for the packaging we use. But as it stands, these registers ask a two-person workshop to carry the same administrative machinery as a multinational, at a cost that dwarfs our real environmental footprint. Please make them interoperable and proportionate, so that small European makers can keep selling across Europe instead of being pushed back behind their own borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544788_en"}, {"id": 33544787, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:37:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anon", "feedback": "It seems that lawmakers have not fully considered the implications this will have on small businesses and its owners, as social media is being flooded with small business owners in despair and panic at the thought of losing their customers and income. This does not seem due to an unwillingness to attempt compliance, but due to legislators not considering its far reaching impact on businesses that simply don't have the resources, while putting minimal packaging on the market. It seems ironic that the large companies this law intended to regulate, will adapt quickly and pay the registrations necessary while retaining access to the market, while small businesses scramble to close down sales due to an inability to pay baseline fees, appoint representatives, understand the complex regulations or struggle to gain access to the data necessary to make packaging compliant. Small businesses simply do not have the resources to adapt this quickly. The reality is that small businesses want to be (and are in many cases far more compliant), but simply can't afford the new registrations and management of all the data necessary.", "feedbackEnglish": "It seems that lawmakers have not fully considered the implications this will have on small businesses and its owners, as social media is being flooded with small business owners in despair and panic at the thought of losing their customers and income. This does not seem due to an unwillingness to attempt compliance, but due to legislators not considering its far reaching impact on businesses that simply don't have the resources, while putting minimal packaging on the market. It seems ironic that the large companies this law intended to regulate, will adapt quickly and pay the registrations necessary while retaining access to the market, while small businesses scramble to close down sales due to an inability to pay baseline fees, appoint representatives, understand the complex regulations or struggle to gain access to the data necessary to make packaging compliant. Small businesses simply do not have the resources to adapt this quickly. The reality is that small businesses want to be (and are in many cases far more compliant), but simply can't afford the new registrations and management of all the data necessary.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544787_en"}, {"id": 33544786, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:34:33", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ropitas Kawaii ", "feedback": "am a micro-enterprise based in Spain selling handmade products directly to consumers in other EU Member States through an online marketplace. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the requirements for distance selling may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. My business produces handmade clothing for collectible dolls. I may receive only one, two or three orders per month from a particular EU country, and sometimes I receive no orders at all. Nevertheless, if I am required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where I occasionally sell, the fixed annual cost of compliance can easily exceed the profit generated by those sales. For a large company selling thousands of products, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise producing small quantities by hand, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This could have the unintended consequence of discouraging small European businesses from participating in the EU Single Market and reducing consumer access to products made by small and independent European producers. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, such as a reasonable threshold based on annual sales, number of transactions, or quantity of packaging placed on the market, below which appointing an authorised representative would not be required. Small businesses should be encouraged to comply with environmental objectives, but the administrative and financial requirements should be proportionate to the scale of their activity. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "am a micro-enterprise based in Spain selling handmade products directly to consumers in other EU Member States through an online marketplace. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the reduction of packaging waste. However, I am concerned that the requirements for distance selling may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for very small businesses. My business produces handmade clothing for collectible dolls. I may receive only one, two or three orders per month from a particular EU country, and sometimes I receive no orders at all. Nevertheless, if I am required to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State where I occasionally sell, the fixed annual cost of compliance can easily exceed the profit generated by those sales. For a large company selling thousands of products, these costs may be manageable. For a micro-enterprise producing small quantities by hand, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. This could have the unintended consequence of discouraging small European businesses from participating in the EU Single Market and reducing consumer access to products made by small and independent European producers. I would therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider proportionate requirements for micro-enterprises, such as a reasonable threshold based on annual sales, number of transactions, or quantity of packaging placed on the market, below which appointing an authorised representative would not be required. Small businesses should be encouraged to comply with environmental objectives, but the administrative and financial requirements should be proportionate to the scale of their activity. The objective should be to reduce packaging waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-enterprises. Thank you for considering the perspective of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544786_en"}, {"id": 33544781, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:31:43", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Vihtoori", "feedback": "Olen Suomessa toimiva yksinyrittäjä ja olen myynyt osana yritystoimintaani tekemiäni tuotteita verkkokaupan kautta. Käyttämäni pakkausmateriaali on ollut kierrätettyä ja mahdollisimman vähäistä. Uusi laki pakottaa minut rajaamaan verkkokauppamyynnin ainoastaan Suomeen, koska minulla ei ole pienyrittäjänä varaa maksaa kaikkiin EU maihin pakkausjätteestä etukäteen korvauksia ja hankkia maakohtaiset edustajat yritykselleni. Uusi laki ei ota huomioon mikro- ja pienyrityksiä, tuntuu kohtuuttomalta vaatia pieniltä ja isoilta yrityksiltä samaa! Toivoisin että pienet yritykset rajattaisiin laista pois.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader in Finland and I have sold products made as part of my business through e-commerce. The packaging material I used has been recycled and as little as possible. The new law obliges me to limit e-commerce sales to Finland only, because as a small business I cannot afford to pre-pay compensation for packaging waste in all EU countries and to have country-specific representatives for my business. The new law does not take micro and small businesses into account, it seems disproportionate to require small and large companies to do the same! I would like small businesses to be excluded from the law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544781_en"}, {"id": 33544784, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:31:09", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Skamlös Design ", "feedback": "I ask you to make exceptions for micro and small companies from these new laws. Great that you want to harmonize the systems in the EU but you are effectively killing all small businesses that want so expand outside their own countries. Today I can't afford the fee in my own country and it is impossible for me to be able to pay fees to every country I want to reach. I was thinking about expanding to other markets but this law halts all my plans.", "feedbackEnglish": "I ask you to make exceptions for micro and small companies from these new laws. Great that you want to harmonize the systems in the EU but you are effectively killing all small businesses that want so expand outside their own countries. Today I can't afford the fee in my own country and it is impossible for me to be able to pay fees to every country I want to reach. I was thinking about expanding to other markets but this law halts all my plans.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544784_en"}, {"id": 33544779, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:30:30", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "N/A", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small business based in the Czech Republic, and with a few exceptions, I ship my products to customers in most EU Member States. However, in many of these countries, I sell only a few units per year. Nevertheless, the obligation to register, appoint an authorised representative, and comply with any additional administrative and financial requirements in each individual country would represent a considerable burden for me, entirely disproportionate to the actual volume of sales. For a small business, just a few individual shipments per year may mean that the costs associated with complying with these obligations exceed the profit generated from the particular market. In some cases, cross-border sales would therefore not merely be less advantageous, but would become economically unviable for me altogether. I am therefore concerned that the current framework may have a disproportionate impact specifically on small businesses and may ultimately discourage them from engaging in cross-border sales within the EU Single Market. This could lead to a situation where I would be forced to stop shipping orders to certain Member States, not for commercial reasons, but solely because of the costs and administrative burden associated with complying with different national requirements. I therefore believe that it would be appropriate to consider creating a centralised system similar to the OSS (One Stop Shop) system that already operates in the field of VAT. In my view, such a solution could allow businesses to fulfil the relevant packaging-related obligations through a single system and a single point of contact, rather than requiring separate registration, administration and, where applicable, representation in each individual Member State. At the same time, a centralised system could preserve the principle that each Member State receives the relevant fees or contributions according to the amount of packaging placed on its market, while businesses would not have to deal with different registration procedures and requirements separately in each country. I would therefore kindly ask you to consider a simpler and more proportionate regime for micro and small businesses, particularly in cases where the volume of sales and the amount of packaging placed on the market in a particular Member State are only minimal. I also consider it very important that the rules should not result in a de facto restriction of cross-border trade by small businesses within the EU Single Market. In my view, the purpose of regulation should not be to create administrative and financial barriers that ultimately force small businesses to stop shipping their products to certain Member States altogether. Thank you for taking this comment into consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small business based in the Czech Republic, and with a few exceptions, I ship my products to customers in most EU Member States. However, in many of these countries, I sell only a few units per year. Nevertheless, the obligation to register, appoint an authorised representative, and comply with any additional administrative and financial requirements in each individual country would represent a considerable burden for me, entirely disproportionate to the actual volume of sales. For a small business, just a few individual shipments per year may mean that the costs associated with complying with these obligations exceed the profit generated from the particular market. In some cases, cross-border sales would therefore not merely be less advantageous, but would become economically unviable for me altogether. I am therefore concerned that the current framework may have a disproportionate impact specifically on small businesses and may ultimately discourage them from engaging in cross-border sales within the EU Single Market. This could lead to a situation where I would be forced to stop shipping orders to certain Member States, not for commercial reasons, but solely because of the costs and administrative burden associated with complying with different national requirements. I therefore believe that it would be appropriate to consider creating a centralised system similar to the OSS (One Stop Shop) system that already operates in the field of VAT. In my view, such a solution could allow businesses to fulfil the relevant packaging-related obligations through a single system and a single point of contact, rather than requiring separate registration, administration and, where applicable, representation in each individual Member State. At the same time, a centralised system could preserve the principle that each Member State receives the relevant fees or contributions according to the amount of packaging placed on its market, while businesses would not have to deal with different registration procedures and requirements separately in each country. I would therefore kindly ask you to consider a simpler and more proportionate regime for micro and small businesses, particularly in cases where the volume of sales and the amount of packaging placed on the market in a particular Member State are only minimal. I also consider it very important that the rules should not result in a de facto restriction of cross-border trade by small businesses within the EU Single Market. In my view, the purpose of regulation should not be to create administrative and financial barriers that ultimately force small businesses to stop shipping their products to certain Member States altogether. Thank you for taking this comment into consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544779_en"}, {"id": 33544783, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:28:13", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "N/A", "feedback": "Dear EC, I come to you as many other small business owners to protest against the outrageous packaging policies. You cannot put big corps in the same category as small businesses that sometimes rely on a single worker - the owner. Being that my biggest market is Spain and Im from Portugal, I pay my taxes already, I pay for taxes on the material I use to, I pay taxes for my employee, I pay for so many things and now, with barely any time for myself, I must lose more time to register with each country and worse: pay an outrageous amount? I understand wanting to diminish waste - but you should be looking at Shein, temu, Amazon etc, not us, ethical small businesses that make things from scratch and contribute to economy. I am highly dissatisfied and will close down if this isnt abolished, I have a disability and this is my sole way of income and of working a job that i can adapt to. Do better. At least an exception for very small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EC, I come to you as many other small business owners to protest against the outrageous packaging policies. You cannot put big corps in the same category as small businesses that sometimes rely on a single worker - the owner. Being that my biggest market is Spain and Im from Portugal, I pay my taxes already, I pay for taxes on the material I use to, I pay taxes for my employee, I pay for so many things and now, with barely any time for myself, I must lose more time to register with each country and worse: pay an outrageous amount? I understand wanting to diminish waste - but you should be looking at Shein, temu, Amazon etc, not us, ethical small businesses that make things from scratch and contribute to economy. I am highly dissatisfied and will close down if this isnt abolished, I have a disability and this is my sole way of income and of working a job that i can adapt to. Do better. At least an exception for very small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544783_en"}, {"id": 33544782, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:28:09", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Deseo que las medidas que se vayan a ejecutar para las microempresas, pequeñas y medianas empresas para que puedan seguir con sus negocios de forma más cómoda. Generalmente ellos, al tener mucho más control de su producto y embalaje a la hora de preparar envíos, son mucho más conscientes de utilizar materiales y elementos no perjudiciales para el medioambiente", "feedbackEnglish": "I hope that the measures that will be implemented for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises will enable them to continue their business in a more convenient way. Generally, because they have much more control of their product and packaging when preparing consignments, they are much more aware of using materials and elements that are not harmful to the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544782_en"}, {"id": 33544780, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:26:51", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Förslaget som det nu är utformat riskerar att underminera den fria inre marknaden som är en av EUs grundpelare då mindre säljare och egenföretagare inom EU riskerar att överväldigas av administration och avgifter så att de då istället väljer att inte sälja sina produkter inom EU. Ett undantag eller en simpel och billig universal registrering måste skapas för att skydda mindre entreprenörer inom EU", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposal as it stands risks undermining the free single market, which is one of the pillars of the EU, as smaller EU sellers and self-employed persons risk being overwhelmed by administrative burdens and fees, thus choosing not to sell their products within the EU. An exemption or a simple and cheap universal registration must be created to protect smaller entrepreneurs in the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544780_en"}, {"id": 33544778, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:24:56", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Špela Špilar s. p. ", "feedback": "As a micro business owner I implore the comission to set up reasonable weight and buy-in thresholds for packaging introduced into the system and consider on how best to improve the flow of goods though the EU. A united criteria, with reasonable thresholds would encourage the perseverance and growth of small businesses. Most of the packaging I use is re-used, I buy very little new packaging materials and I know other small bussinesses do the same, as not only is it conscientious it is more cost effective. Paying for a representative to each country and each country within the EU having their own criteria is needlessly confusing, harmful to free trade and superfluous. High buy-in costs will cripple small producers and hardly impact large multi-national businesses, who are the actual legal entities introducing tonnes of packaging materials to the market. Everyone is responsible for their own waste. While effective and sensible waste management is critical for our enviroment, it is vital to consider the responsibility of each party and create a law that is inclusive, not divisive.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner I implore the comission to set up reasonable weight and buy-in thresholds for packaging introduced into the system and consider on how best to improve the flow of goods though the EU. A united criteria, with reasonable thresholds would encourage the perseverance and growth of small businesses. Most of the packaging I use is re-used, I buy very little new packaging materials and I know other small bussinesses do the same, as not only is it conscientious it is more cost effective. Paying for a representative to each country and each country within the EU having their own criteria is needlessly confusing, harmful to free trade and superfluous. High buy-in costs will cripple small producers and hardly impact large multi-national businesses, who are the actual legal entities introducing tonnes of packaging materials to the market. Everyone is responsible for their own waste. While effective and sensible waste management is critical for our enviroment, it is vital to consider the responsibility of each party and create a law that is inclusive, not divisive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544778_en"}, {"id": 33544776, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:20:49", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I would like to provide feedback regarding the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and related Extended Producer Responsibility requirements on very small businesses and start-ups selling products across the European Union. We are in the process of starting a Swedish micro-enterprise consisting of three people. Our business will design and manufacture small, specialised cycling accessories in low volumes and sell them primarily through our own online store. For a company of our size, the amount of packaging placed on the market is extremely small. Nevertheless, selling directly to consumers in several EU Member States may require us to understand, register for, report under, and potentially pay for separate national packaging EPR systems. The environmental objective behind the legislation is understandable and something we support. Our concern is proportionality. For a micro-enterprise, the administrative cost of complying with separate national systems can be far greater than the actual environmental impact of the packaging we place on those markets. A small business may only sell a handful of products to customers in a particular Member State, while still having to investigate and comply with that countrys requirements. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border e-commerce within the Single Market. In practice, it may encourage small companies like ours to restrict sales to Sweden or to only a few larger EU markets, rather than making our products available throughout the Union. This seems contrary to one of the major advantages of the EU Single Market: allowing small European businesses to reach customers across national borders without disproportionate administrative barriers. We would therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider a genuinely simplified system for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Possible solutions could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold, simplified reporting for very small producers, or a single EU registration and reporting mechanism that would replace the need to deal separately with multiple national systems. For a company with thousands or millions of packages per year, EPR administration may represent a relatively small compliance cost. For a three-person start-up selling specialised products in low volumes, the same administrative structure can determine whether selling to another EU country is commercially viable at all. We believe environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market can coexist. However, regulation should be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business concerned. Please consider the practical situation of micro-enterprises and start-ups when implementing and further developing the PPWR and packaging EPR framework. Small European manufacturers should be encouraged to sell across the EU, rather than being discouraged from cross-border trade by administrative complexity. Kind regards, Alfred Engström Sweden", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I would like to provide feedback regarding the practical impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and related Extended Producer Responsibility requirements on very small businesses and start-ups selling products across the European Union. We are in the process of starting a Swedish micro-enterprise consisting of three people. Our business will design and manufacture small, specialised cycling accessories in low volumes and sell them primarily through our own online store. For a company of our size, the amount of packaging placed on the market is extremely small. Nevertheless, selling directly to consumers in several EU Member States may require us to understand, register for, report under, and potentially pay for separate national packaging EPR systems. The environmental objective behind the legislation is understandable and something we support. Our concern is proportionality. For a micro-enterprise, the administrative cost of complying with separate national systems can be far greater than the actual environmental impact of the packaging we place on those markets. A small business may only sell a handful of products to customers in a particular Member State, while still having to investigate and comply with that countrys requirements. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border e-commerce within the Single Market. In practice, it may encourage small companies like ours to restrict sales to Sweden or to only a few larger EU markets, rather than making our products available throughout the Union. This seems contrary to one of the major advantages of the EU Single Market: allowing small European businesses to reach customers across national borders without disproportionate administrative barriers. We would therefore strongly encourage the EU to consider a genuinely simplified system for micro-enterprises and businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Possible solutions could include an EU-wide de minimis threshold, simplified reporting for very small producers, or a single EU registration and reporting mechanism that would replace the need to deal separately with multiple national systems. For a company with thousands or millions of packages per year, EPR administration may represent a relatively small compliance cost. For a three-person start-up selling specialised products in low volumes, the same administrative structure can determine whether selling to another EU country is commercially viable at all. We believe environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market can coexist. However, regulation should be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business concerned. Please consider the practical situation of micro-enterprises and start-ups when implementing and further developing the PPWR and packaging EPR framework. Small European manufacturers should be encouraged to sell across the EU, rather than being discouraged from cross-border trade by administrative complexity. Kind regards, Alfred Engström Sweden", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544776_en"}, {"id": 33544775, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:20:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Me parece bien que se quiera reducir la cantidad de plásticos que se usan para el packaging, muchas empresas terminan usando una cantidad de plástico exagerada. Pero esto termina afectando más a las pequeñas empresas y microempresas, muchas gente está teniendo problemas a la hora de enviar productos a europa o desde europa, ya he visto varias personas afectadas por ello y sobretodo son artistas muy pequeños que dependen bastante de estas ventas a europa. Un saludo.", "feedbackEnglish": "It seems to me good that we want to reduce the amount of plastics used for packaging, many companies end up using an exaggerated amount of plastic. But this ends up hitting small and micro businesses harder, many people are struggling to send products to or from Europe, I have already seen a number of people affected by it, and above all they are very small artists who rely heavily on these sales to Europe. Kind regards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544775_en"}, {"id": 33544774, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:19:54", "country": "CZE", "language": "CS", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Vynechte z tohoto malé obchodníky, za 1. Je to zničí a nebudou si moct dovolit posílat věci mimo jejich zem. Zničí to svobodný obchod a možnost obchodovat mezi zeměmi pro lidi, kteří nejsou korporát. Harmonizujte registraci pro PPWR/EPR v EU zemích pro maloobchodníky Tento zákon bude mít dopad na spoustu maloobchodníků, nemyslím si, že to je v hodné, když má být Evropa svobodná. Přijde mi to jako omezování obyčejných lidi, zatímco velkých korporátů se to nijak nedotkne.", "feedbackEnglish": "Leave out of this small trader, for 1. They will destroy them and will not be able to afford to send things out of their country. This will destroy free trade and the possibility to trade between countries for people who are not corporates. Harmonise registration for PPWR/EPR in EU countries for retailers This law will affect many retailers, I do not think this is worthwhile if Europe is to be free. It will come to me as a restriction on ordinary people, while large corporations will not be affected in any way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544774_en"}, {"id": 33544773, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:19:35", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I urge you to please put an exception for micro, small and medium size businesses. This ruins the chances of many people who depend on sales within Europe to stay alive. Mostly whom are artists and various other crafting people. The huge corporations such as Amazon have always been the problem with polution and if you can look beyond the money they wave at your faces you will understand. Small businesses are already amongst the first who are actually being sustainable and using recycleable or re-used packaging. We BEG of you to stop making such rash decisions.", "feedbackEnglish": "I urge you to please put an exception for micro, small and medium size businesses. This ruins the chances of many people who depend on sales within Europe to stay alive. Mostly whom are artists and various other crafting people. The huge corporations such as Amazon have always been the problem with polution and if you can look beyond the money they wave at your faces you will understand. Small businesses are already amongst the first who are actually being sustainable and using recycleable or re-used packaging. We BEG of you to stop making such rash decisions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544773_en"}, {"id": 33544772, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:19:29", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Instead of supporting small and micro business across Europe this new regulation will destroy them, giving a green light to all the big companies as Amazon for whom this kind of fees are peanuts. Micro business and small business are made by people who try to earn a fair living wage working with their creativity, which pay for bills and groceries and rent and not some bilionaire fifth villa around the word. Also is sickening that the weight of an ecological revolution is completely on small business and common citizens shoulders while politicians flying on private jet, move four cars each one for every movements and for sure, produce more paper waste than a one person business", "feedbackEnglish": "Instead of supporting small and micro business across Europe this new regulation will destroy them, giving a green light to all the big companies as Amazon for whom this kind of fees are peanuts. Micro business and small business are made by people who try to earn a fair living wage working with their creativity, which pay for bills and groceries and rent and not some bilionaire fifth villa around the word. Also is sickening that the weight of an ecological revolution is completely on small business and common citizens shoulders while politicians flying on private jet, move four cars each one for every movements and for sure, produce more paper waste than a one person business", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544772_en"}, {"id": 33544771, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:17:30", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Comentario sobre la carga administrativa para autónomos y microempresas Considero necesario que la normativa sobre los registros nacionales de productores de envases tenga mucho más en cuenta la realidad de los autónomos, microempresas y pequeños negocios. El objetivo de reducir los residuos de envases y mejorar el reciclaje es totalmente comprensible y necesario. Sin embargo, las obligaciones administrativas derivadas de esta normativa pueden resultar desproporcionadas para negocios de muy pequeño tamaño que comercializan cantidades mínimas de productos y que, en muchos casos, utilizan únicamente cajas, sobres o bolsas de transporte para realizar sus envíos. No es razonable aplicar en la práctica unas obligaciones administrativas similares a un pequeño negocio unipersonal que realiza unos pocos cientos de envíos al año que a una empresa que introduce en el mercado grandes cantidades de envases. Para un autónomo, cada nueva obligación supone tiempo, trámites, registros, recopilación de datos y, en muchos casos, costes adicionales de asesoramiento o gestión. Todo ello tiene un impacto económico mucho mayor cuando los márgenes y el volumen de actividad son reducidos. Por ello, solicito que la normativa contemple de forma clara y efectiva: Exenciones o procedimientos simplificados para autónomos y microempresas por debajo de determinados umbrales de facturación o de cantidad de envases. Un sistema de registro y declaración realmente sencillo y proporcional al volumen de actividad. La posibilidad de realizar declaraciones simplificadas cuando las cantidades de envases sean muy reducidas. Una reducción de las obligaciones administrativas para quienes utilizan únicamente embalajes de transporte para realizar sus envíos. Que se tenga en cuenta el principio de proporcionalidad y el coste administrativo que estas obligaciones representan para los negocios más pequeños. La protección medioambiental no debería convertirse en una carga burocrática desproporcionada que termine afectando especialmente a quienes tienen menos recursos para gestionarla. Las pequeñas empresas y los autónomos también queremos contribuir a reducir los residuos y mejorar el reciclaje, pero necesitamos una normativa adaptada a nuestra realidad y no diseñada principalmente pensando en grandes productores. Solicito, por tanto, que se introduzcan medidas específicas y reales de simplificación para autónomos y microempresas antes de que estas obligaciones se conviertan en una barrera más para mantener pequeños negocios y actividades económicas de reducido volumen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Comment on the administrative burden for the self-employed and micro-enterprises I consider it necessary that the regulations on national registers of packaging producers take much more account of the reality of the self-employed, micro-enterprises and small businesses. The objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling is fully understandable and necessary. However, the administrative obligations arising from that legislation may be disproportionate for very small businesses which market minimal quantities of products and which, in many cases, use only boxes, envelopes or transport bags for their consignments. It is unreasonable to apply similar administrative obligations in practice to a small one-person business that delivers a few hundred items per year than to a business that places large quantities of packaging on the market. For a self-employed person, each new obligation involves time, formalities, records, data collection and, in many cases, additional advisory or management costs. This has a much greater economic impact when margins and volume of activity are low. I therefore call for the legislation to provide clearly and effectively for: Exemptions or simplified procedures for self-employed persons and micro-enterprises below certain invoicing or packaging quantity thresholds. A truly simple registration and reporting system proportional to the volume of activity. The possibility to make simplified declarations where the quantities of packaging are very small. A reduction of administrative obligations for those who use only transport packaging to make their consignments. The principle of proportionality and the administrative cost of these obligations for smaller businesses should be taken into account. Environmental protection should not become a disproportionate bureaucratic burden that ends up particularly affecting those who have fewer resources to manage it. Small businesses and the self-employed also want to help reduce waste and improve recycling, but we need regulation that is adapted to our reality and not designed primarily with large producers in mind. I therefore call for the introduction of specific and real simplification measures for the self-employed and micro-enterprises before these obligations become a further barrier to maintaining small businesses and low-volume economic activities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544771_en"}, {"id": 33544770, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:16:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Johanna mark / medulla textiles", "feedback": "I fully support the goal of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and to make businesses more responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current implementation creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses and sole traders engaged in cross-border e-commerce. I am a self-employed artist running a very small business in Austria. I sell handmade, one-of-a-kind artworks directly to customers in different EU countries. In some Member States, I may only send a handful of parcels per year. Nevertheless, the new rules may require separate registrations, authorised representatives, contracts and ongoing fees in each individual destination country. These fixed costs are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. A micro-business sending perhaps five or ten parcels per year to a particular Member State can face many of the same basic administrative obligations as a company sending thousands or millions of parcels. This particularly affects small creative businesses, artists, craftspeople and other independent online sellers. Many of us may be economically forced to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether. This would effectively restrict access to the European Single Market for the smallest businesses rather than strengthen it. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to provide a simple, centralised EU-wide solution for micro-businesses when implementing the national producer registers. This could include a single EU-wide registration, one central point of contact instead of requiring an authorised representative in every individual Member State, and clear thresholds or significantly simplified requirements for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Costs and administrative obligations should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. A business responsible for only a few kilograms of packaging per year in a Member State should not face substantial annual fixed costs simply to remain legally able to sell to customers there. Environmental protection is important. But these rules should not result in micro-businesses being pushed out of the European Single Market because of disproportionate costs and bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the goal of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and to make businesses more responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current implementation creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses and sole traders engaged in cross-border e-commerce. I am a self-employed artist running a very small business in Austria. I sell handmade, one-of-a-kind artworks directly to customers in different EU countries. In some Member States, I may only send a handful of parcels per year. Nevertheless, the new rules may require separate registrations, authorised representatives, contracts and ongoing fees in each individual destination country. These fixed costs are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. A micro-business sending perhaps five or ten parcels per year to a particular Member State can face many of the same basic administrative obligations as a company sending thousands or millions of parcels. This particularly affects small creative businesses, artists, craftspeople and other independent online sellers. Many of us may be economically forced to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether. This would effectively restrict access to the European Single Market for the smallest businesses rather than strengthen it. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to provide a simple, centralised EU-wide solution for micro-businesses when implementing the national producer registers. This could include a single EU-wide registration, one central point of contact instead of requiring an authorised representative in every individual Member State, and clear thresholds or significantly simplified requirements for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Costs and administrative obligations should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. A business responsible for only a few kilograms of packaging per year in a Member State should not face substantial annual fixed costs simply to remain legally able to sell to customers there. Environmental protection is important. But these rules should not result in micro-businesses being pushed out of the European Single Market because of disproportionate costs and bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544770_en"}, {"id": 33544769, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:16:32", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small artisan from Portugal who sells worldwide, but I have already stopped shipping to some countries due to changes in customs fees, and now, with this new law in Europe, I will not be able to afford the fees, especially if I have to pay individually in each country, could be combined into a single rate proportional to each transaction. I already pay many costs to keep my business running and to keep everything legal. I think it is right to think about protecting the environment, but it is necessary for this to be proportional for each entrepreneur.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small artisan from Portugal who sells worldwide, but I have already stopped shipping to some countries due to changes in customs fees, and now, with this new law in Europe, I will not be able to afford the fees, especially if I have to pay individually in each country, could be combined into a single rate proportional to each transaction. I already pay many costs to keep my business running and to keep everything legal. I think it is right to think about protecting the environment, but it is necessary for this to be proportional for each entrepreneur.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544769_en"}, {"id": 33544768, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:15:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich finde es zwar wichtig Verpackungsabfälle zu regulieren und verschwenderische Praktiken in die Pflicht zu nehmen. Aber ich halte die Kosten, die kleinere Unternehmen allein für den Versand innerhalb der EU auferlegt werden, für absurd; dies wird Millionen von Menschen ihre Einnahmequelle kosten. Viele aus der Eu bestellen vom den Kleinunternehmen und ihnen wird somit eine Einnahmequelle genommen. Ich finde das unfair den Kleinunternehmen her. Diese benötigen das Geld genauso wie andere Großunternehmen wie Temu oder Aliexpress. Man kann sich auch was anderes dazu einfallen lassen. Denn es profitiert keiner von dieser Regelung.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think it is important to regulate packaging waste and to impose wasteful practices. But I consider the costs imposed on smaller companies for intra-EU shipping alone to be absurd; this will cost millions of people their source of income. Many order small businesses from the EU, depriving them of a source of revenue. I find this unfair for small businesses. They need the money in the same way as other big companies like Temu or Aliexpress. It is also possible to imagine something else. This is because none of them benefits from this rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544768_en"}, {"id": 33544767, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:14:35", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Self employed", "feedback": "As a small business earning already less than minimum wage from the sales generated and from my translation business that has been practically destroyed by AI, I would like to express how much my family will suffer from this new regulation. Like most micro-businesses here in Ireland, where everything is so prohibitively expensive, we cannot afford paying more. We have had to endure a loss of income of over 60% due to the US tarriffs, whereby Americans stopped purchasing due to Postal services becoming more expensive + the additional tax. Now the EU is stripping us from the remaining little we earned from our online business. This is very unfair and will further ruin the EU economy. If the aim of such regulations is to get EU citizens to purchase from the USA, it will not work because no cash = no business. My wife, who has a mental disability will not be able to find a job and can hardly count and pack the few orders we receive. Please add more clarity and do not punish those who keep the EU's wheel running. Instead, put a brake to companies selling fast food, vapes, alcohol, soft drinks and start fighting drugs so that the people in the EU will become healthier and work harder. There is so much tax that can still be gained from the afore-mentioned rubbish producers without harming the people that vote for you and that have always believed in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business earning already less than minimum wage from the sales generated and from my translation business that has been practically destroyed by AI, I would like to express how much my family will suffer from this new regulation. Like most micro-businesses here in Ireland, where everything is so prohibitively expensive, we cannot afford paying more. We have had to endure a loss of income of over 60% due to the US tarriffs, whereby Americans stopped purchasing due to Postal services becoming more expensive + the additional tax. Now the EU is stripping us from the remaining little we earned from our online business. This is very unfair and will further ruin the EU economy. If the aim of such regulations is to get EU citizens to purchase from the USA, it will not work because no cash = no business. My wife, who has a mental disability will not be able to find a job and can hardly count and pack the few orders we receive. Please add more clarity and do not punish those who keep the EU's wheel running. Instead, put a brake to companies selling fast food, vapes, alcohol, soft drinks and start fighting drugs so that the people in the EU will become healthier and work harder. There is so much tax that can still be gained from the afore-mentioned rubbish producers without harming the people that vote for you and that have always believed in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544767_en"}, {"id": 33544766, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:12:39", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law is going to absolutely destroy all small businesses inside the EU. Most small businesses that I know are already either closing or only selling inside their own country. This is absurd since were going completely against the purpose of a unified and prosperous Europe. The only businesses that will be able to follow this law without going into bankruptcy are major corporations like Amazon. We should be implementing laws against big monopolies, instead were feeding them even more power. This is a disgrace for all EU citizens.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is going to absolutely destroy all small businesses inside the EU. Most small businesses that I know are already either closing or only selling inside their own country. This is absurd since were going completely against the purpose of a unified and prosperous Europe. The only businesses that will be able to follow this law without going into bankruptcy are major corporations like Amazon. We should be implementing laws against big monopolies, instead were feeding them even more power. This is a disgrace for all EU citizens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544766_en"}, {"id": 33544765, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:11:53", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner in the Netherlands (artist, sculptor), I urge you to reconsider your new packaging laws because it will for sure result in the closing of many micro and small businesses not only in the EU but in other countries as well. I will now be forced to stop shipping to the EU (my target audience until now...) and can only ship within my own. This makes me and many other artists quite sad, demotivated, and likely many will give up. PLEASE add exceptions for small and micro businesses. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner in the Netherlands (artist, sculptor), I urge you to reconsider your new packaging laws because it will for sure result in the closing of many micro and small businesses not only in the EU but in other countries as well. I will now be forced to stop shipping to the EU (my target audience until now...) and can only ship within my own. This makes me and many other artists quite sad, demotivated, and likely many will give up. PLEASE add exceptions for small and micro businesses. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544765_en"}, {"id": 33544764, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:11:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "please exclude small and medium companies for these fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "please exclude small and medium companies for these fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544764_en"}, {"id": 33544763, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:10:30", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Institutions, I am writing to you today not as a legal expert or a corporate lobbyist, but as a European citizen with a dream that is slowly slipping through my fingers. As a person living with a disability, the decision to open a small independent shop is not just a commercial choice. It is my path toward true independence, self-reliance, and dignity. For so many of us facing health challenges or physical barriers, self-employment is often the only real doorway to full social inclusion, equal opportunity, and an active role in our communities. I care deeply about the environment, and I respect the sustainable vision behind the new packaging regulations. We all want a cleaner, greener future. However, as these rules are currently taking shape, they feel less like an ecological transition and more like an insurmountable wall built around the market. This is why I am urging you: micro and small businesses must be fully excluded from these complex compliance obligations. Multinational giants have vast legal departments, specialized sustainability teams, and endless financial cushions to absorb regulatory burdens. They will survive every new form, certificate, and compliance step without blinking. But for an individual or a micro-business owner trying to launch a small local project, every added layer of red tape becomes an impossible penalty. It breaks my heart to see this contradiction. The European Union repeatedly preaches equality, accessibility, and the protection of small local communities. Yet, in practice, these overwhelming compliance frameworks are handing the entire economy directly to giant corporate monopolies. The small creators, local artisans, and independent shopkeepers who give life to our cities and countries are being squeezed out simply because they cannot afford the bureaucratic cost of existing. We are actively killing the spirit of local commerce and replacing it with sterile corporate dominance, stripping ordinary citizens of their right to build an honest, independent livelihood with their own hands. If we truly want a Europe that belongs to its people, a Europe that values human dignity, accessible entrepreneurship, and vibrant local economies, we must protect the smallest among us. We need radical simplicity, genuine exemptions for micro-enterpreneurs, and a system that empowers citizens to create rather than forcing us into submission to corporate giants. Please do not allow bureaucratic overload to crush the dreams of entrepreneurs and small business owners. Protect our fundamental right to trade, to work, and to build a dignified future, even more so for us disabled people. With hope and determination, Alice De Filippi European Citizen & (Hopefully) Future Small Business Owner", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Institutions, I am writing to you today not as a legal expert or a corporate lobbyist, but as a European citizen with a dream that is slowly slipping through my fingers. As a person living with a disability, the decision to open a small independent shop is not just a commercial choice. It is my path toward true independence, self-reliance, and dignity. For so many of us facing health challenges or physical barriers, self-employment is often the only real doorway to full social inclusion, equal opportunity, and an active role in our communities. I care deeply about the environment, and I respect the sustainable vision behind the new packaging regulations. We all want a cleaner, greener future. However, as these rules are currently taking shape, they feel less like an ecological transition and more like an insurmountable wall built around the market. This is why I am urging you: micro and small businesses must be fully excluded from these complex compliance obligations. Multinational giants have vast legal departments, specialized sustainability teams, and endless financial cushions to absorb regulatory burdens. They will survive every new form, certificate, and compliance step without blinking. But for an individual or a micro-business owner trying to launch a small local project, every added layer of red tape becomes an impossible penalty. It breaks my heart to see this contradiction. The European Union repeatedly preaches equality, accessibility, and the protection of small local communities. Yet, in practice, these overwhelming compliance frameworks are handing the entire economy directly to giant corporate monopolies. The small creators, local artisans, and independent shopkeepers who give life to our cities and countries are being squeezed out simply because they cannot afford the bureaucratic cost of existing. We are actively killing the spirit of local commerce and replacing it with sterile corporate dominance, stripping ordinary citizens of their right to build an honest, independent livelihood with their own hands. If we truly want a Europe that belongs to its people, a Europe that values human dignity, accessible entrepreneurship, and vibrant local economies, we must protect the smallest among us. We need radical simplicity, genuine exemptions for micro-enterpreneurs, and a system that empowers citizens to create rather than forcing us into submission to corporate giants. Please do not allow bureaucratic overload to crush the dreams of entrepreneurs and small business owners. Protect our fundamental right to trade, to work, and to build a dignified future, even more so for us disabled people. With hope and determination, Alice De Filippi European Citizen & (Hopefully) Future Small Business Owner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544763_en"}, {"id": 33544762, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:09:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Feedback zur PPWR: Exitus für den grenzüberschreitenden Kleinhandel Als Betreiber eines Kleinsthandels unterstützen wir die Umweltziele der PPWR ausdrücklich. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung führt jedoch zu einer unverhältnismäßigen Belastung und zwingt uns, den EU-weiten Verkauf (außer nach Österreich) einzustellen. Das Kernproblem * Massive Fixkosten: Pflichten wie nationale Registrierungen, Meldeverfahren und teure Bevollmächtigte in jedem Mitgliedstaat verschlingen bei geringen Exportmengen den gesamten Gewinn. * Wettbewerbsnachteil: Große Konzerne verteilen Compliance-Kosten auf hohe Umsätze; Kleinstunternehmen scheitern an der Bürokratie. Der EU-Binnenmarkt schrumpft für Kleine statt zu wachsen. Unsere Forderungen an die EU-Kommission * One-Stop-Shop: Eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung und ein harmonisiertes Meldeverfahren. * Bagatellgrenze: Befreiung oder stark vereinfachte Regeln für Kleinstunternehmen mit minimalen Verpackungsmengen. * Keine Mehrfach-Bevollmächtigten: Abschaffung der Pflicht, in jedem Land einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen. * Verhältnismäßige Gebühren: Kosten müssen zu Umsatz und Verpackungsmenge passen (keine Fixkosten von mehreren tausend Euro für wenige Pakete). > Fazit: Umweltverantwortung muss machbar sein. Ohne echte Vereinfachungen verdrängt die PPWR kleine Händler aus dem EU-Handel und stärkt nur Großkonzerne.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the PPWR: Exit for cross-border small-scale retail. As a micro-trader, we explicitly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. However, the specific design leads to a disproportionate burden and forces us to stop selling across the EU (except in Austria). The core problem * Massive fixed costs: Obligations such as national registrations, reporting procedures and expensive plenipotentiaries in each Member State sacrifice the entire profit for small quantities of exports. * Competitive disadvantage: Large groups spread compliance costs over high turnover; Micro-enterprises fail due to red tape. The EU single market is shrinking for small people rather than growing. Our requests to the European Commission * One-Stop-Shop: A single EU-wide registration and a harmonised notification procedure. * De minimis threshold: Exemption or greatly simplified rules for micro-enterprises with minimum packaging volumes. * No multiple authorised representatives: Abolishing the obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each country. * Proportionate fees: Costs must match turnover and packaging volume (no fixed costs of several thousand euros for few parcels). > Conclusion: Environmental responsibility must be feasible. Without real simplification, the PPWR removes small traders from EU trade and only empowers large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544762_en"}, {"id": 33544761, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:07:51", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Made By Maar", "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of Made by Maar, a very small Dutch creative business selling stationery such as postcards, stickers and bookmarks. I fully support reducing packaging waste and the principle of producer responsibility. However, the current EPR system creates a completely disproportionate burden for microbusinesses like mine. My products are inexpensive and lightweight, and I sell only very small quantities across EU borders. A concrete example: I might sell three bookmarks to customers in another EU country. The total revenue from those sales is not even enough to cover the registration, administration, reporting and possible representative costs required to legally send those orders. The packaging involved is minimal: usually one paper envelope or small mailing bag with basic protection. Yet I am expected to research and comply with separate national EPR systems for every EU country I sell to, each with its own procedures, fees and reporting requirements. A large company can distribute these compliance costs across thousands of orders. A microbusiness selling only a handful of 24 products to a country cannot. As a direct result, I have had to stop shipping to EU countries outside the Netherlands while I determine whether compliance is financially possible at all. This seems contrary to the purpose of the EU Single Market. Customers may live only a few hundred kilometres from me, yet selling them a 3 bookmark can create regulatory costs and obligations worth many times the value of the sale. I am not asking for microbusinesses to have no environmental responsibility. I am asking for proportionality. Obligations should reflect the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. The EU urgently needs a workable solution for microbusinesses, such as one central EU registration and reporting system, a de minimis threshold based on packaging weight or turnover, simplified requirements for extremely small packaging volumes, and no mandatory representative or minimum annual fees where these costs are clearly disproportionate. Without this, the practical result is not that tiny businesses become more sustainable. They simply stop selling across EU borders. For Made by Maar, this means losing European customers because the revenue from selling a few bookmarks, postcards or stickers cannot possibly cover the costs of complying separately in every Member State. Environmental legislation is important, but it should not make cross-border EU trade financially impossible for its smallest businesses. Please introduce a genuine, proportionate microbusiness and de minimis solution.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of Made by Maar, a very small Dutch creative business selling stationery such as postcards, stickers and bookmarks. I fully support reducing packaging waste and the principle of producer responsibility. However, the current EPR system creates a completely disproportionate burden for microbusinesses like mine. My products are inexpensive and lightweight, and I sell only very small quantities across EU borders. A concrete example: I might sell three bookmarks to customers in another EU country. The total revenue from those sales is not even enough to cover the registration, administration, reporting and possible representative costs required to legally send those orders. The packaging involved is minimal: usually one paper envelope or small mailing bag with basic protection. Yet I am expected to research and comply with separate national EPR systems for every EU country I sell to, each with its own procedures, fees and reporting requirements. A large company can distribute these compliance costs across thousands of orders. A microbusiness selling only a handful of 24 products to a country cannot. As a direct result, I have had to stop shipping to EU countries outside the Netherlands while I determine whether compliance is financially possible at all. This seems contrary to the purpose of the EU Single Market. Customers may live only a few hundred kilometres from me, yet selling them a 3 bookmark can create regulatory costs and obligations worth many times the value of the sale. I am not asking for microbusinesses to have no environmental responsibility. I am asking for proportionality. Obligations should reflect the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. The EU urgently needs a workable solution for microbusinesses, such as one central EU registration and reporting system, a de minimis threshold based on packaging weight or turnover, simplified requirements for extremely small packaging volumes, and no mandatory representative or minimum annual fees where these costs are clearly disproportionate. Without this, the practical result is not that tiny businesses become more sustainable. They simply stop selling across EU borders. For Made by Maar, this means losing European customers because the revenue from selling a few bookmarks, postcards or stickers cannot possibly cover the costs of complying separately in every Member State. Environmental legislation is important, but it should not make cross-border EU trade financially impossible for its smallest businesses. Please introduce a genuine, proportionate microbusiness and de minimis solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544761_en"}, {"id": 33544760, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:06:12", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly support the EUs efforts to reduce packaging waste, improve recycling and protect our environment. However, as someone running a small vintage shop, I am genuinely worried about how the PPWR will affect businesses like mine. I am a very small seller, not a large corporation, and I simply cannot absorb the same compliance costs, administrative burden and packaging-related fees as a company selling thousands or millions of products. For a small shop, these additional requirements can make selling to customers in other EU countries disproportionately difficult and expensive. I believe there needs to be a fair and practical distinction between large corporations and micro-businesses with a very small packaging footprint. I want to operate responsibly and I am happy to use recyclable, minimal and environmentally friendly packaging, but regulation should not make it impossible for small independent businesses to survive. Many vintage sellers, artists and craftspeople rely on cross-border EU sales to make a living, and excessive bureaucracy could force us to stop shipping internationally altogether. Please consider meaningful exemptions or a simplified regime for micro-businesses so that protecting the environment does not come at the cost of destroying small independent businesses and livelihoods.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EUs efforts to reduce packaging waste, improve recycling and protect our environment. However, as someone running a small vintage shop, I am genuinely worried about how the PPWR will affect businesses like mine. I am a very small seller, not a large corporation, and I simply cannot absorb the same compliance costs, administrative burden and packaging-related fees as a company selling thousands or millions of products. For a small shop, these additional requirements can make selling to customers in other EU countries disproportionately difficult and expensive. I believe there needs to be a fair and practical distinction between large corporations and micro-businesses with a very small packaging footprint. I want to operate responsibly and I am happy to use recyclable, minimal and environmentally friendly packaging, but regulation should not make it impossible for small independent businesses to survive. Many vintage sellers, artists and craftspeople rely on cross-border EU sales to make a living, and excessive bureaucracy could force us to stop shipping internationally altogether. Please consider meaningful exemptions or a simplified regime for micro-businesses so that protecting the environment does not come at the cost of destroying small independent businesses and livelihoods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544760_en"}, {"id": 33544759, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:04:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tour Made GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, zunächst möchte ich betonen, dass ich die Ziele der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR, Verordnung (EU) 2025/40) ausdrücklich begrüße. Weniger Verpackungsmüll, bessere Recyclingfähigkeit und ein einheitlicher europäischer Rahmen sind wichtige und richtige Anliegen, die ich voll unterstütze. Als Betreiber(in) eines kleinen Online-Shops, der auch Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefert, möchte ich Ihnen auf freundliche Weise einige konkrete Sorgen mitteilen, die mich mit Blick auf die Umsetzung der Verordnung beschäftigen: 1. Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht ohne Mindestmenge: Nach Art. 45 PPWR muss ich ab dem 12. August 2026 in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat, in den ich versende, einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten benennen unabhängig davon, ob ich dort ein einziges Paket oder tausende verschicke. Für einen kleinen Shop, der nur gelegentlich ins EU-Ausland liefert, bedeutet das mehrere hundert Euro Kosten pro Land und Jahr, die in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Versandvolumen stehen. Eine Bagatell- bzw. Mindestmengengrenze, unterhalb der keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten besteht, würde kleine Händler deutlich entlasten. 2. Weiterhin getrennte nationale Registrierungen: Trotz des Anspruchs auf EU-weit einheitliche Regeln bleibt die Pflicht zur separaten Registrierung in den nationalen Verpackungsregistern jedes einzelnen Ziellandes bestehen. Für kleine Unternehmen bedeutet das weiterhin einen Flickenteppich aus bis zu 27 verschiedenen Verfahren, Formularen und Sprachen. Eine echte europaweit einheitliche Registrierung nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip, wie sie unter anderem von der IHK gefordert wird, würde den Binnenmarkt tatsächlich vereinfachen, statt neue Hürden zu schaffen. 3. Ausgebliebene Erleichterung durch das Omnibus VIII-Paket: Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission, die Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht für in der EU niedergelassene Unternehmen zumindest vorübergehend auszusetzen, wurde vom Rat der Europäischen Union vorerst nicht weiterverfolgt. Ich möchte Sie bitten, sich dafür einzusetzen, dass diese oder eine vergleichbare Erleichterung für kleine und mittlere Online-Händler zeitnah wieder aufgegriffen wird. MfG T. Hober", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would like to stress that I expressly welcome the objectives of the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40). Reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and creating a single European framework are important and right concerns that I fully support. As an operator of a small online shop that also supplies customers in other EU Member States, I would like to kindly share with you a number of specific concerns regarding the implementation of the Regulation: 1. Obligation to act as an authorised representative without a minimum quantity: Under Article 45 of the PPWR, from 12 August 2026, I must appoint a local authorised representative in each EU Member State to which I am sending, regardless of whether I send a single package or thousands there. For a small shop supplying only occasionally to other EU countries, this means several hundred euros per country per year, which is disproportionate to the actual volume of shipping. A de minimis or minimum quantity threshold below which there is no obligation to appoint an authorised representative would significantly reduce the burden on small traders. 2. Still separate national registrations: Despite the right to have uniform rules across the EU, the obligation to register separately in the national packaging registers of each target country remains in place. For small businesses, this still means a patchwork of up to 27 different procedures, forms and languages. A genuine Europe-wide one-stop-shop registration, as called for inter alia by the CCI, would actually simplify the internal market rather than create new hurdles. 3. Lack of facilitation through Omnibus VIII: The European Commission’s proposal to suspend, at least temporarily, the obligation of authorised representatives for companies established in the EU has not been pursued by the Council of the European Union for the time being. I would like to ask you to make every effort to ensure that this or comparable facilitation for small and medium-sized online traders is taken up again in a timely manner. MFG T. Hober", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544759_en"}, {"id": 33544758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:03:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Regulatirik bzgl. Verpackung und Versand in die EU führt dazu, dass Konsument*innen in der EU immer weniger Einkaufsmöglichkeiten haben. Mehr und mehr kleinere Händler und Unternehmen stellen den Versand in EU-Länder ein, weil dies aufgrund der Regulatorik zu umständlich und vor allem zu teuer ist. Selbst zwischen den einzelnen EU-Ländern. Dies wirdzudem dazu führen, das kleine Unternehmen nicht überleben. Es wirkt gelebter Globalisierung aktiv entgegen. Hier ist eine Anpassung dringend erforderlich, um die Vielfalt an Produktangebot und vor allem handwerklicher Kunst am Leben zu halten. Ich möchte nicht, dass Amazon und Co. in einigen Jahren meine einzigen Optionen sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulatory framework on Packaging and shipping to the EU mean that consumers in the EU have fewer and fewer shopping opportunities. More and more smaller traders and businesses are stopping shipping to EU countries because it is too cumbersome and, above all, too expensive due to regulation. Even between EU countries. This will also mean that the small business will not survive. It actively counters the effects of globalisation. This needs to be adapted urgently in order to maintain the diversity of products on offer and, in particular, artisanal works. I don’t want Amazon and Co. to be my only options in a few years’ time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544758_en"}, {"id": 33544757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 19:00:57", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CREATIVE OASIS biedrība", "feedback": "Hello! As a creator of a micro non-profit organisation this new law affects me in negative ways a lot. Requerement to have a legal representative in many counrties adds an unreasonable amount of additional expences that my company cannot manage. I dont get many orders from other EU countries, but if I have to ship something, I will have to pay an enormous amount of money, for 1 parcel. It is unreasonable to small businesses and non-profits. Please consider to add an exemption for small and micro businesses, so we can continue our work", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! As a creator of a micro non-profit organisation this new law affects me in negative ways a lot. Requerement to have a legal representative in many counrties adds an unreasonable amount of additional expences that my company cannot manage. I dont get many orders from other EU countries, but if I have to ship something, I will have to pay an enormous amount of money, for 1 parcel. It is unreasonable to small businesses and non-profits. Please consider to add an exemption for small and micro businesses, so we can continue our work", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544757_en"}, {"id": 33544756, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:54:57", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am very concerned that fees and paperwork for this initiative will not be proportionate for what you are trying to achieve and will alienate small, or even solo run business. Registering for countries do may not post to, including the annual fees, plus the requirement of a local representative does not seem feasible or reasonable. This will have such a significant impact on the smaller, solo businesses that could be detrimental. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am very concerned that fees and paperwork for this initiative will not be proportionate for what you are trying to achieve and will alienate small, or even solo run business. Registering for countries do may not post to, including the annual fees, plus the requirement of a local representative does not seem feasible or reasonable. This will have such a significant impact on the smaller, solo businesses that could be detrimental. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544756_en"}, {"id": 33544755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:53:19", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This bill will have a disproportionate impact on small businesses, as such regulations will require businesses to pour hours of time and money into learning, deciphering, and becoming an expert in this subject. The smaller the business the larger the impact. My recommendation would be to either create a tool that is robust and free for all businesses to register with and access which does the thinking and work for the business under certain sizes, or, to exempt small businesses from the process. Standardisation for manufacturers to ensure compliance of packaging and paperwork may also help alleviate issues with this new process.", "feedbackEnglish": "This bill will have a disproportionate impact on small businesses, as such regulations will require businesses to pour hours of time and money into learning, deciphering, and becoming an expert in this subject. The smaller the business the larger the impact. My recommendation would be to either create a tool that is robust and free for all businesses to register with and access which does the thinking and work for the business under certain sizes, or, to exempt small businesses from the process. Standardisation for manufacturers to ensure compliance of packaging and paperwork may also help alleviate issues with this new process.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544755_en"}, {"id": 33544754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:52:12", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Mon avis va être rapide : Cette loi va simplement servir à faire couler tous les petits créateurs encore plus vite. Déjà que l'invisibilisation sur les réseaux sociaux et la concurrence de l'IA avait mit les artistes à terre, cette loi va les empêcher de livrer dans d'autres pays que le leur (car soyons réaliste, c'est déjà assez dur de survivre en étant artiste, alors les frais incombant à cette loi ne seront pas financièrement supportable pour eux), et pour beaucoup, cela va représenter perdre 80% de leur clientèle. Merci au gouvernement de continuer à enfoncer les artistes, les créateurs indépendants, les artisans, au lieu d'essayer de se tourner vers les vrais problèmes. Continuons de tuer la créativité humaine, laissons plus de place aux gros acteurs de la mondialisation et à l'intelligence artificielle. S'il vous reste un peu de conscience, retirez cette loi, s'il vous plaît.", "feedbackEnglish": "My opinion will be quick: This law will simply serve to get all small designers flowing even faster. Already after social media invisibilisation and AI competition had put artists ashore, this law will prevent them from delivering to countries other than their own (because it is already quite hard to survive by being an artist, when the costs of this law will not be financially bearable for them), and for many it will represent a loss of 80 % of their clientele. Thank you to the government for continuing to push artists, independent creators, craftsmen, instead of trying to turn to the real problems. Let’s continue to kill human creativity, let’s give more space to the big players of globalisation and artificial intelligence. If you remain a bit conscious, withdraw this law, please.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544754_en"}, {"id": 33544753, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:51:06", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The European Unions Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) imposes an unjustified and disproportionate burden on micro and small enterprises (MSEs). While the regulation rightly targets environmental sustainability, its rigid \"one-size-fits-all\" architecture threatens the economic viability of Europes smallest businesses. Administrative fees, testing expenses, Eco-modulated fees that MSE's cannot negotiate, leaving those with the least impact shouldering higher proportional rates than those with the largest impact. Multinational corporations have dedicated legal, compliance and sustainability departments to navigate the ever changing overreaching, poorly thought out regulations imposed by a body that is so obsessed with the appearance of equality that it can't acknowledge difference of circumstance in anything. We don't have the technical expertise required to navigate the complex reporting system, labeling layout requirements, or supply chain tracking. Nor do we have the time, nor money to gain that expertise.....and what's more, the suppliers we purchase from have much greater motivation to respond favorably and quickly to large customers. Those of us that are buying a few hundred boxes or envelopes two or three times per year, aren't going to be a priority. Regulating packaging for multinational corporations that are producing hundreds of thousands to millions of pieces per week, month, or even year makes sense. For MSE's who celebrate 100 sales per month, it's an attack on their very existence. Customers show up for us because they want something UNIQUE. They want something bespoke. They want something, well, special. Whether it's your intention or not, the result of these bloated, overly broad regulations is to punish those who have the least impact on what you're trying to remedy. Which in turn will just allow for greater market consolidation among those who do the majority of the damage, which will give them greater power to negate the intent of these regulations. The lack of harmonization across EU borders means MSE's face a legal minefield, requiring complacence with separate ERP structures, differing data formats and unique national thresholds for every each individual member state. PPWR acts as a regressive tax on small-scale entrepreneurship....and frankly we've had more than enough of that over the past few years. You need to make this right, for everyone. Total Exemption for those with fewer than 10 employees and less than $2 million in annual sales. Establish a standard volume based exemption for cross border e commerce sales under realistic annual tonnage limits Provide direct grants to small businesses for packaging redesigns and third party material certifications. Right now, there are countless small businesses who are contemplating shutting down out of the well founded fear of being fined into poverty. So ponder on this: Is that going to generate more, or less, tax revenue for governing bodies? Is that going to result in more, or less reliance on emergency social programs?", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Unions Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) imposes an unjustified and disproportionate burden on micro and small enterprises (MSEs). While the regulation rightly targets environmental sustainability, its rigid \"one-size-fits-all\" architecture threatens the economic viability of Europes smallest businesses. Administrative fees, testing expenses, Eco-modulated fees that MSE's cannot negotiate, leaving those with the least impact shouldering higher proportional rates than those with the largest impact. Multinational corporations have dedicated legal, compliance and sustainability departments to navigate the ever changing overreaching, poorly thought out regulations imposed by a body that is so obsessed with the appearance of equality that it can't acknowledge difference of circumstance in anything. We don't have the technical expertise required to navigate the complex reporting system, labeling layout requirements, or supply chain tracking. Nor do we have the time, nor money to gain that expertise.....and what's more, the suppliers we purchase from have much greater motivation to respond favorably and quickly to large customers. Those of us that are buying a few hundred boxes or envelopes two or three times per year, aren't going to be a priority. Regulating packaging for multinational corporations that are producing hundreds of thousands to millions of pieces per week, month, or even year makes sense. For MSE's who celebrate 100 sales per month, it's an attack on their very existence. Customers show up for us because they want something UNIQUE. They want something bespoke. They want something, well, special. Whether it's your intention or not, the result of these bloated, overly broad regulations is to punish those who have the least impact on what you're trying to remedy. Which in turn will just allow for greater market consolidation among those who do the majority of the damage, which will give them greater power to negate the intent of these regulations. The lack of harmonization across EU borders means MSE's face a legal minefield, requiring complacence with separate ERP structures, differing data formats and unique national thresholds for every each individual member state. PPWR acts as a regressive tax on small-scale entrepreneurship....and frankly we've had more than enough of that over the past few years. You need to make this right, for everyone. Total Exemption for those with fewer than 10 employees and less than $2 million in annual sales. Establish a standard volume based exemption for cross border e commerce sales under realistic annual tonnage limits Provide direct grants to small businesses for packaging redesigns and third party material certifications. Right now, there are countless small businesses who are contemplating shutting down out of the well founded fear of being fined into poverty. So ponder on this: Is that going to generate more, or less, tax revenue for governing bodies? Is that going to result in more, or less reliance on emergency social programs?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544753_en"}, {"id": 33544752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:51:00", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am very suprised by the way the new EPR law was constructed. It is punishing small business owners. Big corporations will not even feel the impact of the fees. On the opposite, small businesses will have to cease their operations completely. Many artists, craftmans etc which I follow have already stopped shipping to other EU countries. The new law is opposite of what EU should be. I support ecological movement and recycling fully but we need to be clear who is really polluting the planet and who is iust trying to make their ends meet. Please review the law to protect small businesses, excemption should be put in place.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am very suprised by the way the new EPR law was constructed. It is punishing small business owners. Big corporations will not even feel the impact of the fees. On the opposite, small businesses will have to cease their operations completely. Many artists, craftmans etc which I follow have already stopped shipping to other EU countries. The new law is opposite of what EU should be. I support ecological movement and recycling fully but we need to be clear who is really polluting the planet and who is iust trying to make their ends meet. Please review the law to protect small businesses, excemption should be put in place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544752_en"}, {"id": 33544751, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:49:15", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not agree with how the law is enforced regarding small and micro businesses within European union and therefore i think there should be an exemption to companies and individuals that earn under a specific amount of income. This law will and already started to kill a lot of small businesses. Instead of being able to buy craft and products from producers from other member states we will only be able to obtain those items from already thriving on the market giants that do have the resources to pay the fees and go with the law. A small manufacturer producing mugs somewhere in Poland selling his craft to Germany? Not happening. European Union just made it impossible. A one person business is not able to afford the fees and still make an actual income. Temu, aliexpress and shein on the other hand? Thriving and growing strong as they already have the funds to pay the fees and established audience that will keep buying products from them. So my only question is, why is EU killing young entrepreneurs? Artists, one person business owners, creative and development oriented individuals? In current state of things i do not see a future where small companies and startups will ever make it big.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with how the law is enforced regarding small and micro businesses within European union and therefore i think there should be an exemption to companies and individuals that earn under a specific amount of income. This law will and already started to kill a lot of small businesses. Instead of being able to buy craft and products from producers from other member states we will only be able to obtain those items from already thriving on the market giants that do have the resources to pay the fees and go with the law. A small manufacturer producing mugs somewhere in Poland selling his craft to Germany? Not happening. European Union just made it impossible. A one person business is not able to afford the fees and still make an actual income. Temu, aliexpress and shein on the other hand? Thriving and growing strong as they already have the funds to pay the fees and established audience that will keep buying products from them. So my only question is, why is EU killing young entrepreneurs? Artists, one person business owners, creative and development oriented individuals? In current state of things i do not see a future where small companies and startups will ever make it big.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544751_en"}, {"id": 33544750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:48:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Animi Creations", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Unternehmen für ihre Verpackungen verantwortlich zu machen. Die neuen EU-Regelungen stellen in ihrer derzeitigen Form jedoch eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen dar und erschweren den Zugang zum europäischen Binnenmarkt. Das Problem ist nicht die ökologische Verantwortung. Auch kleine Online-Shops können und sollten sich an Recyclingkosten beteiligen. Das Problem ist der enorme administrative Aufwand. Ein Kleinstunternehmen, das nur wenige Bestellungen in andere EU-Länder versendet, kann mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registrierungen, EPR-Systemen, Meldepflichten und weiteren Anforderungen konfrontiert werden möglicherweise wegen weniger Verpackungen pro Jahr. Große Unternehmen können diese Kosten auf Tausende Bestellungen verteilen und verfügen über Rechtsabteilungen, Buchhaltung und Compliance-Spezialisten. Hinter einem kleinen Online-Shop steht dagegen häufig eine einzige Person, die Produkte entwickelt, den Shop betreibt, Marketing macht, Kunden betreut, Bestellungen verpackt und die Buchhaltung erledigt. Wenn ein solcher Shop zwei Bestellungen nach Frankreich, drei nach Österreich und eine in die Niederlande erhält, ist es kaum verhältnismäßig, für jedes Land separate Prozesse und Kosten zu verursachen wegen weniger Gramm Verpackungsmaterial. Genau hier entsteht ein Widerspruch zum europäischen Binnenmarkt. Dieser soll den freien Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU erleichtern. Für Kleinstunternehmen kann der grenzüberschreitende Handel jedoch so kompliziert werden, dass es wirtschaftlich sinnvoller ist, Lieferungen ins EU-Ausland vollständig einzustellen. Besonders problematisch ist dies für neue Unternehmen. Ein kleiner Shop weiß nicht, ob er im kommenden Jahr eine oder hundert Bestellungen aus einem bestimmten Land erhält. Trotzdem muss er sich bereits im Voraus mit dessen nationalen Anforderungen beschäftigen. Das Ergebnis ist vorhersehbar: Viele Kleinstunternehmen werden ihre Liefergebiete auf das eigene Land beschränken. Davon profitieren große Marktplätze und internationale Unternehmen, die sich entsprechende Compliance-Strukturen leisten können. Kleine unabhängige Marken verlieren dagegen Zugang zum europäischen Markt. Warum gibt es keine einfache EU-weite Lösung? Sinnvoll wäre ein One-Stop-Shop: eine Registrierung für die gesamte EU, eine jährliche Meldung der Verpackungsmengen und eine zentrale Zahlung, die anschließend zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten verteilt wird. Zusätzlich braucht es einen EU-weiten De-minimis-Schwellenwert. Ein Unternehmen, das nur wenige Kilogramm Verpackungen pro Jahr in Verkehr bringt, sollte nicht annähernd denselben administrativen Aufwand tragen wie ein Konzern mit Tausenden Tonnen Verpackungsmaterial. Wenn die Einhaltung der Vorschriften mehrere Stunden Arbeit und erhebliche Kosten verursacht, während die tatsächlichen Recyclingkosten der Verpackungen nur wenige Euro betragen, fehlt die Verhältnismäßigkeit. Ich fordere keine Befreiung von ökologischer Verantwortung. Ich fordere verhältnismäßige Regeln: eine zentrale EU-Registrierung, vereinfachte Meldepflichten, angemessene Mindestschwellenwerte und klare Informationen. Es kann nicht Aufgabe eines Ein-Personen-Unternehmens sein, die unterschiedlichen Verpackungsregelungen aller EU-Mitgliedstaaten selbst zu recherchieren und einzeln umzusetzen. Die Umweltziele der EU sind wichtig. Aber Regulierung darf nicht dazu führen, dass gerade die kleinsten europäischen Unternehmen faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausgeschlossen werden. Kleinstunternehmen brauchen keine Abschaffung der Regeln. Sie brauchen Regeln, die sie in der Praxis erfüllen können.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making companies responsible for their packaging. However, the new EU rules in their current form place a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises and make access to the European single market more difficult. The problem is not environmental responsibility. Small online shops can and should also contribute to recycling costs. The problem is the enormous administrative burden. A micro-enterprise that sends few orders to other EU countries may face different national registrations, EPR systems, reporting obligations and other requirements, possibly due to fewer packaging per year. Large companies can spread these costs over thousands of orders and have legal departments, accounting and compliance specialists. Behind a small online shop, on the other hand, there is often a single person who develops products, runs the shop, makes marketing, manages customers, packs orders and clears accounts. If such a shop receives two orders to France, three to Austria and one to the Netherlands, it is barely proportionate to create separate processes and costs for each country due to fewer grammes of packaging material. This is precisely what creates a contradiction with the European single market. It aims to facilitate the free movement of goods within the EU. For micro-enterprises, however, cross-border trade can become so complicated that it makes more economic sense to stop deliveries completely to other EU countries. This is particularly problematic for new companies. A small shop does not know if it will receive one or 100 orders from a specific country in the coming year. Nevertheless, it must deal with its national requirements in advance. The result is predictable: Many micro-enterprises will limit their supply areas to their own country. This will benefit large marketplaces and international companies, which can afford appropriate compliance structures. Small independent brands, on the other hand, lose access to the European market. Why is there no simple EU-wide solution? A one-stop shop would be useful: an EU-wide registration, an annual reporting of packaging volumes and a central payment, which is then distributed between Member States. In addition, an EU-wide de minimis threshold is needed. A company that places only a few kilograms of packaging on the market per year should not bear almost the same administrative burden as a group of thousands of tonnes of packaging material. If compliance generates several hours of work and significant costs, while the actual recycling costs of packaging are only a few euros, there is no proportionality. I do not call for an exemption from environmental responsibility. I call for proportionate rules: centralised EU registration, simplified reporting obligations, appropriate minimum thresholds and clear information. It cannot be up to a one-person company to research and implement individually the different packaging regimes of all EU Member States. The EU’s environmental objectives are important. But regulation must not lead to the smallest European companies being de facto excluded from cross-border trade. Micro-enterprises do not need to abolish the rules. They need rules that they can fulfil in practice.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544750_en"}, {"id": 33544749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:46:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small artist based in Germany, selling my own prints and stickers online. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste, but the current system can create a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses. I am already registered with LUCID in Germany, yet selling to another EU country can require a separate registration, fees and sometimes a local representative. For a very small business, these costs and administrative requirements can quickly become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging and sales involved. Please introduce a simple EU-wide registration and meaningful thresholds for micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should not make it economically impossible for small creators to sell across EU borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small artist based in Germany, selling my own prints and stickers online. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste, but the current system can create a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses. I am already registered with LUCID in Germany, yet selling to another EU country can require a separate registration, fees and sometimes a local representative. For a very small business, these costs and administrative requirements can quickly become disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging and sales involved. Please introduce a simple EU-wide registration and meaningful thresholds for micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should not make it economically impossible for small creators to sell across EU borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544749_en"}, {"id": 33544748, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:44:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small business will suffer as they cannot keep up with the many many costs linked to the new legislation. Additionally, it would be far better if the process was united under one process instead of many different ones for every individual country.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small business will suffer as they cannot keep up with the many many costs linked to the new legislation. Additionally, it would be far better if the process was united under one process instead of many different ones for every individual country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544748_en"}, {"id": 33544747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:43:27", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a business owner I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU audience. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us. so we have to do it ourselves within the time that we already lack of. 3) The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a business owner I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU audience. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us. so we have to do it ourselves within the time that we already lack of. 3) The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544747_en"}, {"id": 33544746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:41:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While important to regulate oackaging waste and hold wasteful practices accountable, i believe the amount charged towards small businesses to simply ship to places within the EU is ridiculous and will take millions of people out of a source of income", "feedbackEnglish": "While important to regulate oackaging waste and hold wasteful practices accountable, i believe the amount charged towards small businesses to simply ship to places within the EU is ridiculous and will take millions of people out of a source of income", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544746_en"}, {"id": 33544745, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:38:54", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anna Obrzud", "feedback": "Piszę jako polski rękodzielnik i mikroprzedsiębiorca. Unia Europejska miała ułatwiać prowadzenie biznesu między krajami członkowskimi, a tymczasem stawia przed nami ścianę biurokracji, przez którą coraz trudniej przejść. Jesteśmy w przededniu wprowadzenia obowiązku posiadania lokalnego przedstawiciela ds. opakowań w każdym kraju UE, do którego wysyłamy towary. Dla kogoś takiego jak ja to niemalże finansowy wyrok śmierci. Wysyłam dosłownie kilka paczek rocznie do kilku różnych krajów unijnych. Nie jestem wielką korporacją, nie mam sztabu prawników ani budżetów na opłacanie rocznych abonamentów w każdym państwie członkowskim. Koszty ustanowienia i utrzymania pełnomocnika handlowego w każdym kraju są horrendalne i całkowicie niewspółmierne do skali mojej działalności. Koszt samej biurokracji wielokrotnie przewyższa zysk z tych kilku transakcji. Co najgorsze te przepisy nie mają absolutnie nic wspólnego z realną ekologią. Jako rękodzielnik pakuję swoje produkty w duchu zero-waste: używam w dużwj części kartonów z odzysku, papierowych wypełniaczy, czy naturalnego sznurka jutowego. Moje paczki to kropla w morzu globalnych odpadów. Zamiast chronić środowisko, te regulacje tworzą sztuczny rynek dla kolejnych instytucji i pośredników, którzy zarabiają na nas wielkie pieniądze tylko za to, że \"pośredniczą\" w papierologii. System opłat powinien być sprawiedliwy i proporcjonalny: ewentualne kwoty powinny być naliczane wyłącznie od rzeczywiście wysłanych paczek i realnej wagi wprowadzonych na dany rynek opakowań. Płacenie stałych, wysokich abonamentów za samą \"gotowość\" systemu przy wysyłce trzech paczek rocznie to absurd. Zamiast jednej, prostej i scentralizowanej procedury dla mikroorganizmów gospodarczych w UE, dostajemy system, który po prostu zabija małych, niezależnych twórców. Zamiast swobodnego przepływu towarów mamy barierę nie do przebicia. Zamiast obiecanej pomocy dla małych firm, znowu mamy \"pod górkę\". Apeluję o wprowadzenie realnych progów zwalniających (tzw. de minimis) dla mikroprzedsiębiorców i rękodzielników wysyłających śladowe ilości produktów oraz o system rozliczeń oparty wyłącznie na faktycznej skali wysyłek, abyśmy mogli legalnie przetrwać na unijnym rynku.", "feedbackEnglish": "I write as a Polish handicraftsman and micro-entrepreneur. The European Union was supposed to make it easier to do business between Member States, but at the same time it is putting a wall of red tape on our doorstep. We are on the verge of making it compulsory to have a local packaging representative in each EU country to which we send goods. For someone like me, it is an almost financial death sentence. I send verbatim several parcels a year to several different EU countries. I am not a big corporation, I have no lawyers’ headquarters or budgets to pay annual subscriptions in each Member State. The costs of establishing and maintaining a commercial agent in each country are horrendous and totally disproportionate to the scale of my business. The cost of bureaucracy alone is many times higher than the profit from these few transactions. The worst thing is that these rules have absolutely nothing to do with a real ecology. As a handicraft worker, I pack my products in a zero-waste spirit: I use recycled cartons, paper fillers or natural jute cord in a large part. My parcels are a drop in the sea of global waste. Instead of protecting the environment, these regulations create an artificial market for other institutions and intermediaries, who earn a lot of money for them simply because they ‘intermediate’ in papermaking. The charging system should be fair and proportionate: the amounts, if any, should be calculated only on the basis of the parcels actually sent and the actual weight of the packaging placed on the market. It is absurd to pay fixed, high subscriptions for the mere “readiness” of the system when sending three parcels per year. Instead of a single, simple and centralised procedure for economic microorganisms in the EU, we get a system that simply kills small, independent creators. Instead of free movement of goods, we have an insurmountable barrier. Instead of the promised help for small businesses, we are once again at the top. I call for the introduction of real de minimis thresholds for micro-entrepreneurs and handicrafts shipping traces of products and a clearing system based solely on the actual scale of shipments so that we can legally survive on the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544745_en"}, {"id": 33544744, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:38:28", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Plusieurs entreprises que je soutenais et à qui j'achetais régulièrement des produits annulent leurs expéditions vers les pays de l'Union Européenne autre que le leur. Ces sites sont les seuls disponibles pour ma passion en Europe. Ces sites risquent également de subir un énorme contrecoup financier en perdant plus de la moitié de leur clientèle, parce qu'il est trop cher pour eux de maintenir la livraison vers nos pays.", "feedbackEnglish": "Several companies which I supported and from which I regularly purchased products cancel their shipments to European Union countries other than their own. These are the only sites available for my passion in Europe. These sites also risk suffering a huge financial impact by losing more than half of their customer base, because it is too expensive for them to maintain delivery to our countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544744_en"}, {"id": 33544743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:35:53", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is absolutely irresponsible to treat small business owners in the same way as conglomerates. This completely defeats the purpose of encouraging consumers to shop within the EU when every seller has no choice but to stop selling outside their borders. Either make an uniformed portal for sellers to register to or have small businesses be exempt from the law.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is absolutely irresponsible to treat small business owners in the same way as conglomerates. This completely defeats the purpose of encouraging consumers to shop within the EU when every seller has no choice but to stop selling outside their borders. Either make an uniformed portal for sellers to register to or have small businesses be exempt from the law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544743_en"}, {"id": 33544742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:32:22", "country": "LTU", "language": "LT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sveiki, Esu smulkaus verslo kūrėja ir savininkė. Dirbu individualiai ir internetu prekiauju rankų darbo gaminiais. Šiuo metu savo gaminiais prekiauju tik Lietuvos rinkoje. Tačiau šiuo metu atidarinėju naują elektroninę parduotuvę, skirtą būtent Europos Sąjungos rinkai, todėl nauji EPR ir pakuočių registracijos reikalavimai mano smulkiam verslui būtų esminis pokytis ir gali turėti didelę įtaką mano galimybei plėsti veiklą į kitas ES šalis. Palaikau Europos Sąjungos tikslą mažinti pakuočių atliekas ir užtikrinti, kad įmonės bei pardavėjai prisidėtų prie jų tvarkymo. Tačiau manau, kad sistema turi būti proporcinga realiam verslo dydžiui ir faktiškai naudojamų pakuočių kiekiui. Esu labai mažas pardavėjas, kuris per metus išsiunčia palyginti nedidelį kiekį užsakymų ir sunaudoja nedidelį kiekį pakuočių. Todėl man ypač svarbu, kad mano verslui nebūtų taikoma tokia pati administracinė našta kaip didelėms įmonėms. Planuodama pradėti prekybą kitose ES valstybėse, nerimauju, kad skirtingose valstybėse taikomi EPR registracijos, ataskaitų ir mokesčių reikalavimai gali tapti neproporcingai sudėtingi ir brangūs mikroverslui. Todėl prašau apsvarstyti: aiškų minimalų pakuočių kiekio slenkstį, iki kurio mikroprekybininkams būtų taikomas supaprastintas režimas; paprastesnę registraciją ir deklaravimą labai mažiems pardavėjams; EPR mokesčius, proporcingus faktiškai į rinką išleidžiamam pakuočių kiekiui; kuo labiau vienodą ir paprastą sistemą visoje ES, kad mažas pardavėjas, norintis pradėti prekybą kitose valstybėse, nebūtų priverstas atlikti sudėtingų ir skirtingų procedūrų kiekvienoje šalyje; užtikrinti, kad administracinės išlaidos ir fiksuoti mokesčiai nebūtų neproporcingi labai mažo verslo mastui. Nesu prieš EPR ar aplinkosaugos tikslus. Prašau tik proporcingos sistemos, kurioje mažo verslo prievolės atitiktų jo realų poveikį aplinkai. Manau, kad Europos Sąjunga turėtų sudaryti sąlygas žmonėms pradėti ir plėsti mažą verslą visoje bendrojoje rinkoje. EPR sistema neturėtų tapti kliūtimi mikroverslui, kuris naudoja labai nedidelį kiekį pakuočių. Mano atveju tai ypač svarbu, nes šiuo metu dar prekiauju tik Lietuvoje, tačiau būtent dabar kuriu elektroninę parduotuvę Europos rinkai. Todėl nuo to, kaip bus įgyvendinti šie reikalavimai, tiesiogiai priklausys mano mažo verslo galimybė plėstis į kitus ES rinkos segmentus. Prašau į tai atsižvelgti rengiant galutines taisykles dėl nacionalinių gamintojų registrų. Ačiū už galimybę išreikšti savo nuomonę.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I am the creator and owner of a small business. I work individually and I sell handicrafts online. I currently sell my products exclusively on the Lithuanian market. However, I are currently opening a new online shop specifically for the European Union market, so the new EPR and packaging registration requirements for my small business would be a step change and may have a significant impact on my ability to expand to other EU countries. I support the European Union’s objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that businesses and sellers contribute to its management. However, I consider that the system must be proportionate to the actual size of the business and the quantity of packaging actually used. I am a very small trader who sends relatively small orders and uses small quantities of packaging per year. It is therefore particularly important for me that my business is not subject to the same administrative burden as large companies. When I plan to start trading across borders in the EU, I am concerned that the registration, reporting and tax requirements of the EPR in different countries may become disproportionately burdensome and costly for micro-businesses. I would therefore ask you to consider: a clear minimum threshold for micro-traders to benefit from the simplified regime; easier registration and declaration for micro-sellers; EPR fees proportionate to the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market; a system that is as uniform and simple as possible across the EU, so that a small seller willing to start trading cross-border is not forced to go through complex and different procedures in each country; ensure that administrative costs and fixed fees are not disproportionate to the scale of the micro-business. I am not against EPR or environmental objectives. I only ask for a proportionate system in which the obligations of a small business are commensurate with its real environmental impact. I believe that the European Union should enable people to start and grow small businesses across the Single Market. The EPR system should not act as a barrier to micro-entrepreneurs using very small quantities of packaging. This is particularly important in my case, as I am currently only selling in Lithuania, but it is now that I have an online shop for the European market. The way these requirements are implemented will therefore directly determine my small business’ ability to expand to other segments of the EU market. I would ask you to take this into account when drawing up the final rules on the national registers of producers. Thank you for your opportunity to express your views.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544742_en"}, {"id": 33544741, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:31:44", "country": "CHE", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Betreiberin eines sehr kleinen Vintage-Onlineshops mit Sitz in der Schweiz unterstütze ich selbstverständlich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Recycling zu fördern. Die neuen PPWR-Anforderungen stellen Kleinstunternehmen jedoch vor unverhältnismässige finanzielle und administrative Belastungen. Wenn ich nur wenige kleine Pakete pro Jahr in ein EU-Land versende und dort jeweils Registrierungs-, EPR- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten erfüllen muss, können die Compliance-Kosten den gesamten Umsatz in diesem Land übersteigen. Für kleine Etsy-, eBay- und andere Online-Händler bedeutet dies in der Praxis, dass wir den Verkauf in viele EU-Länder einstellen müssen. Genau das werde auch ich voraussichtlich tun müssen. Ich bitte die EU-Kommission deshalb dringend um eine verhältnismässige Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen: eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen und idealerweise eine zentrale One-Stop-Shop-Lösung anstelle unterschiedlicher Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigter in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat. Wir Kleinstunternehmen möchten unseren Beitrag zum Umweltschutz leisten. Die dafür erforderlichen Kosten und der bürokratische Aufwand sollten jedoch in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen stehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the operator of a very small Vintage online shop based in Switzerland, I naturally support the objective of reducing packaging waste and promoting recycling. However, the new PPWR requirements impose disproportionate financial and administrative burdens on micro-enterprises. If I have to send only a few small parcels per year to an EU country and fulfil registration, EPR and proxy obligations there, the compliance costs may exceed the total turnover in that country. For small Etsy, eBay and other online traders, this means in practice that we have to stop selling to many EU countries. That is precisely what I will probably have to do. I therefore urge the European Commission to find a proportionate solution for micro-enterprises: an EU-wide de minimis limit for very small quantities of packaging and ideally a central one-stop-shop solution instead of different registrations and authorised representatives in each Member State. We micro-enterprises want to contribute to the protection of the environment. However, the costs and red tape involved should be proportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544741_en"}, {"id": 33544740, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:31:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I want to express my strongest opposition to the impact the PPWR will have on European self-employed workers, artisans and microbusinesses. It is deeply contradictory for the European Union to claim that it supports the Single Market, entrepreneurship and small businesses while introducing regulations that make selling across its own Member States increasingly expensive, bureaucratic and economically irrational. A small artisan making only a handful of sales per year cannot reasonably be treated, in administrative terms, like a multinational corporation. Forcing tiny businesses to deal with registrations, fees and compliance obligations across multiple countries, regardless of their extremely limited sales and packaging volumes, is grossly disproportionate. The outcome is entirely predictable: thousands of small businesses will simply stop selling to certain EU countries because complying with the rules will cost more than the sales themselves. Large corporations, meanwhile, will absorb those costs with little difficulty and face even less competition from smaller European businesses. It is difficult to imagine a policy more at odds with the supposed defence of Europes small businesses. The European Union should be protecting the people who create, manufacture and build businesses within its borders, not burying them under ever-growing layers of bureaucracy until cross-border trade becomes financially impossible. If selling a few handmade products to another EU country requires fees, registrations and administrative obligations that make the transaction economically absurd, then the Single Market has stopped functioning for small businesses. This regulation risks creating exactly that reality: a Europe where trading across borders remains perfectly viable for large corporations while becoming increasingly unviable for its own artisans, self-employed workers and microbusinesses. That is not protecting the Single Market. It is dismantling it from within.", "feedbackEnglish": "I want to express my strongest opposition to the impact the PPWR will have on European self-employed workers, artisans and microbusinesses. It is deeply Contradictory for the European Union to claim that it supports the Single Market, entrepreneurship and small businesses while introducing regulations that make selling across its own Member States increasingly expensive, bureaucratic and economically irrational. A small ARTISAN making only a handful of sales per year cannot reasonably be treated, in administrative terms, like a multinational corporation. Forcing Tiny businesses to deal with registrations, fees and compliance obligations across multiple countries, regardless of their extremely limited sales and packaging volumes, is grossly disproportionate. The outcome is entirely predictable: thousands of small businesses will simply stop selling to certain EU countries because complying with the rules will cost more than the sales themselves. Large corporations, meanwhile, will absorb those costs with little difficulty and face even less competition from smaller European businesses. It is difficult to imagine a policy more at odds with the supposed defence of Europes small businesses. The European Union should be protecting the people who create, manufacture and build businesses within its borders, not burying them under ever-growing layers of bureaucracy until cross-border trade becomes financially impossible. If selling a few handmade products to another EU country requires fees, registrations and administrative obligations that make the transaction economically absurd, then the Single Market has stopped functioning for small businesses. This regulation risks creating exactly that reality: a Europe where trading across borders remains perfectly viable for large corporations while becoming increasingly unviable for its own artisans, self-employed workers and microbusinesses. That is not protecting the Single Market. It is dismantling it from within.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544740_en"}, {"id": 33544739, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:30:27", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nora Lane EI", "feedback": "La loi des emballages et des envois est absurde. Le principe même de l'Europe est la circulation des biens et des personnes à travers les pays. Devoir payer pour envoyer des produits artisanaux dans un pays de l'UE va à l'encontre même de ce pourquoi elle a été créé. Vouloir taxer les petites entreprises et artisants sur leurs émissions de déchets est tout aussi ridicule quand on vois que des géants comme Shein ou Temu continuer de polluer allègrement l'Ue (et le monde). Alors peut-être qu'il faut songer à une exonération pour les petites entreprises, les artistes et les personnes qui n'ont pas d'argent à débourser pour simplement vendre leurs oeuvres. Comme la TVA qui ne s'applique sur les micro-entreprises en France qu'à partir d'un certain seuil, par exemple. Les small business vont mourir à cause de cette taxe qui va simplement les passer au rouleau compresseur pendant que les géants industriels et plus gros pollueurs du monde la paieront sans aucune difficulté.", "feedbackEnglish": "The law on packaging and shipments is absurd. The very principle of Europe is the movement of goods and people across countries. Having to pay to send craft products to an EU country goes against the very reason why it was created. Taxing small businesses and artists on their waste emissions is just as ridiculous when we see giants like Shein or Temu continuing to lightly pollute the EU (and the world). Perhaps there is a need to consider an exemption for small businesses, artists and people who do not have money to pay for simply selling their works. Such as VAT that applies to micro-enterprises in France only above a certain threshold, for example. Small businesses will die as a result of this tax, which will simply roll them over to the compressor while the world’s largest industrial giants and polluters pay it without any difficulty.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544739_en"}, {"id": 33544738, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:29:55", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je comprends la loi pour le côté écologique et la responsabilité de tous dans ces démarches mais je trouve que c'est un peu excessif. En effet, les petits commerçants/artistes/auteurs/indépendants qui n'envoient pas forcément beaucoup dans les autres pays de UE vont devoir payer plus cher alors que leur impacts comparés aux grosses entreprises est minim. Surtout qu'après les taxes des douanes hors EU qui ont augmentés, incitant donc le marché à prendre beaucoup plus locale, si justement les indépendants ferment aussi car trop de taxe, je ne trouve pas ça très productif du tout. Merci de recoir cette loi afin d'impacter le moins possible les producteurs locaux et artistes qui font vivre nos pays également.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the law for the ecological side and the responsibility of all in these steps, but I find it a bit excessive. Small traders/artists/authors/freelancers who do not necessarily send a lot to other EU countries will have to pay more, whereas their impact compared to large companies is minimal. Above all, after the non-EU customs duties which have increased, thus encouraging the market to take a much more local approach, if the self-employed also close down because there is too much tax, I do not find this very productive at all. Thank you for copying this law in order to minimise the impact on local producers and artists who bring our countries to life as well.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544738_en"}, {"id": 33544737, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:28:46", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi est catastrophique pour moi en tant que personne qui commande auprès de créateur et petite entreprises présente dans l'Union Européenne. La plupart on désormais fermée leur vente hors de leur pays d'origine, car les frais qu'entraîne cette loi pour les petit créateurs et entreprises sont tout simplement ingérable pour eux. A part tuer les PME et empêcher les gens de pouvoir acheter dans l'Union Européenne, cette loi n'a aucun intéret. on nous demande d'acheter uniquement en Europe, puis après vous sabotez toute chance d'acheter des produits européens.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is catastrophic for me as a person who orders from creators and small businesses present in the European Union. Most of them are now closed off from their home country, as the costs of this law for small creators and businesses are simply unmanageable for them. Apart from killing SMEs and preventing people from being able to buy in the European Union, this law is of no interest. We are being asked to buy only in Europe, and then you sabotage any chance of buying European products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544737_en"}, {"id": 33544736, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:27:34", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am really flabbergasted that there are no exceptions for small webshops. Most of the small webshop owners I know already comply with the packaging rules in a natural way, avoiding excessive packaging, reusing existing packaging, and using recyclable packaging. The additional rules that see them as producers with all the extra bureaucracy and additional costs are in my opinion an infringement on the underlying ideology of freedom of movement of goods. Do we want to continue to encourage people to create businesses or do we want to kill them all?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am really flabbergasted that there are no exceptions for small webshops. Most of the small webshop owners I know already comply with the packaging rules in a natural way, avoiding excessive packaging, reusing existing packaging, and using recyclable packaging. The additional rules that see them as producers with all the extra bureaucracy and additional costs are in my opinion an infringement on the underlying ideology of freedom of movement of goods. Do we want to continue to encourage people to create businesses or do we want to kill them all?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544736_en"}, {"id": 33544735, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:26:08", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, I am from Italy and a big number of EU shops have announced they will stop shipping towards us because delegating a representative is too costly for small businesses. I've always been proud on the EU's freedom that was given to small businesses to send throughout the union. I've stopped using many American or extra-EU shops because I wanted to support EU businesses. But this actually makes it HARDER for me to shop EU instead of external. I think the amount of paperwork, fees, and controls, needed for EACH country where one would want to ship, is a catastrophic oversight that will halt intra-EU commerce, and a stain on what the EU is supposed to be. Allow exceptions for microbusinesses (which, in my experience, are also the ones more careful to using sustainable packaging anyway), and start monitoring big corporations more carefully instead. A measure that debilitates small businesses instead of big corporations is NOT the way for this proceedure.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I am from Italy and a big number of EU shops have announced they will stop shipping towards us because delegating a representative is too costly for small businesses. I've always been proud on the EU's freedom that was given to small businesses to send throughout the union. I've stopped using many American or extra-EU shops because I wanted to support EU businesses. But this actually makes it HARDER for me to shop EU instead of external. I think the amount of paperwork, fees, and controls, needed for EACH country where one would want to ship, is a catastrophic oversight that will halt intra-EU commerce, and a stain on what the EU is supposed to be. Allow exceptions for microbusinesses (which, in my experience, are also the ones more careful to using sustainable packaging anyway), and start monitoring big corporations more carefully instead. A measure that debilitates small businesses instead of big corporations is NOT the way for this proceedure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544735_en"}, {"id": 33544734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:25:18", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Prevo3D Printing", "feedback": "I strongly support the EUs goals of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, the implementation of PPWR and EPR must be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of a business. A micro-business may send only a handful of packages per year to a particular Member State. Requiring such businesses to register separately in every country, pay fixed or minimum fees, submit separate reports, and in some cases use authorised representatives or other intermediaries creates costs and bureaucracy that are completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. For a large corporation these costs can be absorbed. For a one-person business sending perhaps 5, 10 or 20 parcels to a country per year, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. I therefore ask the EU to implement one of two solutions: A de minimis exemption for micro and small businesses, based on reasonable annual packaging quantities and/or cross-border sales volumes. OR A single centralised EU platform where small businesses can register once, report packaging placed on the market in each Member State, and pay the actual recycling/EPR costs directly without minimum/basic fees, mandatory intermediaries, authorised representatives, or separate registrations in every country. A business placing a few kilograms of packaging on a market should contribute according to those few kilograms. It should not face hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs simply for sending a small number of parcels across an internal EU border. Without a proportionate solution, many micro-businesses will simply stop selling to certain Member States. This would fragment the Single Market, reduce consumer choice and disproportionately benefit large corporations that can afford complex compliance systems. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a fair system where responsibility and cost are proportional to the actual environmental impact. Please protect both the environment and the ability of Europes smallest businesses to participate in the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the EUs goals of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, the implementation of PPWR and EPR must be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of a business. A micro-business may send only a handful of packages per year to a particular Member State. Requiring such businesses to register separately in every country, pay fixed or minimum fees, submit separate reports, and in some cases use authorised representatives or other intermediaries creates costs and bureaucracy that are completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. For a large corporation these costs can be absorbed. For a one-person business sending perhaps 5, 10 or 20 parcels to a country per year, they can make cross-border sales economically impossible. I therefore ask the EU to implement one of two solutions: A de minimis exemption for micro and small businesses, based on reasonable annual packaging quantities and/or cross-border sales volumes. OR A single centralised EU platform where small businesses can register once, report packaging placed on the market in each Member State, and pay the actual recycling/EPR costs directly without minimum/basic fees, mandatory intermediaries, authorised representatives, or separate registrations in every country. A business placing a few kilograms of packaging on a market should contribute according to those few kilograms. It should not face hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs simply for sending a small number of parcels across an internal EU border. Without a proportionate solution, many micro-businesses will simply stop selling to certain Member States. This would fragment the Single Market, reduce consumer choice and disproportionately benefit large corporations that can afford complex compliance systems. Small businesses are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. We are asking for a fair system where responsibility and cost are proportional to the actual environmental impact. Please protect both the environment and the ability of Europes smallest businesses to participate in the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544734_en"}, {"id": 33544733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:25:02", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent illustrator starting my online store for art prints and stationery, the proposed PPWR regulation is catastrophic for small businesses and independent creators with an EU audience. These are my three main concerns and proposals: 1) Exemption from the Authorized Representative (AR) requirement: Please exempt micro-businesses and sole traders from having an AR. It is a completely disproportionate financial and administrative burden that we simply cannot afford. 2) Harmonization or exemption from registration: Please harmonize the registration process across the EU or create an exemption based on revenue thresholds. My business is owned and operated solely by me, working tirelessly to make a living. With modest annual revenue, I cannot afford external compliance services, nor do I have the time to navigate 27 different national systems. 3) Protection of the Single Market: The current fragmentation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the purpose of a unified market if each Member State operates independently with different rules, effectively penalizing small sellers? It is urgent for the European Union to legislate with a realistic perspective for micro-commerce by introducing clear exemptions or a simplified framework for small businesses and self-employed creators. Applying the same compliance demands to a solo artist as to a large multinational corporation only serves to suffocate digital entrepreneurship and push us out of the market. Thank you for paying attention to my concerns. I sincerely hope you take action to protect the small businesses that support our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent illustrator starting my online store for art prints and stationery, the proposed PPWR regulation is catastrophic for small businesses and independent creators with an EU audience. These are my three main concerns and proposals: 1) Exemption from the Authorized Representative (AR) requirement: Please exempt micro-businesses and sole traders from having an AR. It is a completely disproportionate financial and administrative burden that we simply cannot afford. 2) Harmonization or exemption from registration: Please harmonize the registration process across the EU or create an exemption based on revenue thresholds. My business is owned and operated solely by me, working tirelessly to make a living. With modest annual revenue, I cannot afford external compliance services, nor do I have the time to navigate 27 different national systems. 3) Protection of the Single Market: The current fragmentation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the purpose of a unified market if each Member State operates independently with different rules, effectively penalizing small sellers? It is urgent for the European Union to legislate with a realistic perspective for micro-commerce by introducing clear exemptions or a simplified framework for small businesses and self-employed creators. Applying the same compliance demands to a solo artist as to a large multinational corporation only serves to suffocate digital entrepreneurship and push us out of the market. Thank you for paying attention to my concerns. I sincerely hope you take action to protect the small businesses that support our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544733_en"}, {"id": 33544732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:22:57", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nibs watercolours", "feedback": "Your definition of a micro businesses doesnt go far enough. I have less than 10k turnover per year. The face that each country is different in terms of threshold and the fact there isnt a threshold for uniquely small businesses is shocking. Also the necessity of a representative is various countries within the 27EU is unmanageable for businesses like mine and millions of others. Thankfully the UK has common sense and has a huge threshold so europe can continue to trade with the UK while UK businesses like mine are being persecuted because of multi million pound businesses who. I feel these regulations are directly discriminating against genuinely small businesses like mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "Your definition of a micro businesses doesnt go far enough. I have less than 10k turnover per year. The face that each country is different in terms of threshold and the fact there isnt a threshold for uniquely small businesses is shocking. Also the necessity of a representative is various countries within the 27EU is unmanageable for businesses like mine and millions of others. Thankfully the UK has common sense and has a huge threshold so europe can continue to trade with the UK while UK businesses like mine are being persecuted because of multi million pound businesses who. I feel these regulations are directly discriminating against genuinely small businesses like mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544732_en"}, {"id": 33544731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:22:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I regularly buy things from small artists across Europe and I love that shipping is simple and uncomplicated. This is sadly about to change! Many of the artists I like already announced that they will stop selling to other EU countries beside their own since the registration fees will be unsustainable to businesses on their scale. Please keep the idea of the open European market place a reality by changing this proposal! Sustainability is very very important for the future however micro businesses need to be excempt!", "feedbackEnglish": "I regularly buy things from small artists across Europe and I love that shipping is simple and uncomplicated. This is sadly about to change! Many of the artists I like already announced that they will stop selling to other EU countries beside their own since the registration fees will be unsustainable to businesses on their scale. Please keep the idea of the open European market place a reality by changing this proposal! Sustainability is very very important for the future however micro businesses need to be excempt!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544731_en"}, {"id": 33544730, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:21:12", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Ce règlement est une catastrophe pour les petits business / micro-entreprises / indépendants. Nous ne pouvons pas amortir les coûts liés aux nouvelles réglementations, ni gérer autant d'administratif. C'est tres utile pour les grosses entreprises, mais il faudrait des exemptions pour les plus petits. Les représentants par pays et les inscriptions en tant que vendeur dans chaque pays de l'UE devraient être harmonisés et gratuits. (Voir dispensable pour les micro entreprises) L'UE est censé etre un espace de libre échange et avec ce reglement, nous perdons cet avantage.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, This regulation is a disaster for small businesses/micro-enterprises/self-employed. We cannot amortise the costs of new regulations, nor manage so much administration. This is useful for large companies, but exemptions would be needed for smaller ones. Country representatives and vendor registrations in each EU country should be harmonised and free of charge. (See dispensable for micro enterprises) The EU is supposed to be a free trade area and with this regulation we lose this advantage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544730_en"}, {"id": 33544729, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:19:51", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The latest changes to packaging laws that will be enforced on August, 12th are unsustainable for any one-person businesses and will be the end of my own small business in EU. Apart from the costs it is simply not feasible to comply with all the paperwork in each separate country! These new regulations will inevitably lead to complete demise of product-based small/micro businesses in EU and will instead lead to market full of only mass produced low-quality junk products imported in bulk from Asia and similar. Congratulations, you´ve finally put the last nail in the coffin of EU micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The latest changes to packaging laws that will be enforced on August, 12th are unsustainable for any one-person businesses and will be the end of my own small business in EU. Apart from the costs it is simply not feasible to comply with all the paperwork in each separate country! These new regulations will inevitably lead to complete demise of product-based small/micro businesses in EU and will instead lead to market full of only mass produced low-quality junk products imported in bulk from Asia and similar. Congratulations, you´ve finally put the last nail in the coffin of EU micro-businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544729_en"}, {"id": 33544728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:18:46", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This policy should be changed. It disproportionately impacts small and micro businesses who are financially unable to support this effort. There should be a monetary exemption and a streamlined process so that small and micro businesses don't have to close simply because of this policy. Currently this policy only considers big corporations. This cannot be.", "feedbackEnglish": "This policy should be changed. It disproportionately impacts small and micro businesses who are financially unable to support this effort. There should be a monetary exemption and a streamlined process so that small and micro businesses don't have to close simply because of this policy. Currently this policy only considers big corporations. This cannot be.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544728_en"}, {"id": 33544727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:17:42", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative places guilt on your average man while multimillion businesses across the world who produce the most waste and pollutes our environment will barely get much of a slap on the wrist. This makes the rule unfair and disproportionate for small, independent businesses like artists who rely on postage to reach their clients. It is important to reconsider options where small businesses can be excluded or at very least can afford it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative places guilt on your average man while multimillion businesses across the world who produce the most waste and pollutes our environment will barely get much of a slap on the wrist. This makes the rule unfair and disproportionate for small, independent businesses like artists who rely on postage to reach their clients. It is important to reconsider options where small businesses can be excluded or at very least can afford it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544727_en"}, {"id": 33544726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:15:09", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Srl", "feedback": "​I am writing as a small business owner in the EU to share how the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) rules are affecting us in reality. ​While I completely agree that we need to protect the environment and cut down on waste, the current system is completely unsustainable for micro and small businesses. ​Having to register, hire local representatives, and pay packaging fees in every single EU country we ship to is simply impossible for us. When your sales volume in another country is small, the cost of compliance ends up being much higher than the actual profit made there. ​Because of this, small businesses like mine are forced to stop selling internationally and restrict our sales to our home country only. ​This completely destroys the main idea of the European Unionthe free movement of goods. What is the point of a Single Market if only large corporations can afford the bureaucracy to sell across borders? ​If the EU wants small businesses to survive and stay green, we urgently need a simplified solution: ​A single portal (One-Stop-Shop) to report and pay packaging fees in our home country for the whole EU (just like the VAT OSS system). ​A minimal volume threshold (de minimis), so micro-businesses shipping tiny amounts aren't overwhelmed by massive fees and paperwork. ​Please don't force small businesses out of the European market. We want to be part of the solution, but we need rules that make sense for our size.", "feedbackEnglish": "​I am writing as a small business owner in the EU to share how the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) rules are affecting us in reality. ​While I completely agree that we need to protect the environment and cut down on waste, the current system is completely unsustainable for micro and small businesses. ​Having to register, hire local representatives, and pay packaging fees in every single EU country we ship to is simply impossible for us. When your sales volume in another country is small, the cost of compliance ends up being much higher than the actual profit made there. ​Because of this, small businesses like mine are forced to stop selling internationally and restrict our sales to our home country only. ​This completely destroys the main idea of the European Unionthe free movement of goods. What is the point of a Single Market if only large corporations can afford the bureaucracy to sell across borders? ​If the EU wants small businesses to survive and stay green, we urgently need a simplified solution: ​A single portal (One-Stop-Shop) to report and pay packaging fees in our home country for the whole EU (just like the VAT OSS system). ​A minimal volume threshold (de minimis), so micro-businesses shipping tiny amounts aren't overwhelmed by massive fees and paperwork. ​Please don't force small businesses out of the European market. We want to be part of the solution, but we need rules that make sense for our size.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544726_en"}, {"id": 33544725, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:14:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer, this is the worst kind of policy you could come up with. You're killing comerce for so many small businesses, artists and freelancers who cannot afford to pay these outrageous fees. You're killing business, you're killing variety and free movement of merch and exchange of goods and ideas. What's the whole point of having the EU if businesses have to pay individual country fees? this is ridiculous...", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer, this is the worst kind of policy you could come up with. You're killing comerce for so many small businesses, artists and freelancers who cannot afford to pay these outrageous fees. You're killing business, you're killing variety and free movement of merch and exchange of goods and ideas. What's the whole point of having the EU if businesses have to pay individual country fees? this is ridiculous...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544725_en"}, {"id": 33544724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:11:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Anne Appelschnut Tattoo", "feedback": "Mir wurde die Entscheidung gerade abgenommen, mein Shop ist ab heute geschlossen. Es lohnt sich unter den Umständen Versandoptionen anzubieten, da könnte ich gleich Gelder verschenken. Mit fällt dadurch ein kleiner, aber nicht unerheblicher Teil meines Einkommens weg. Diese Regelung schränkt so viele kleine Unternehmen ein.", "feedbackEnglish": "The decision has just been taken away from me, my shop is closed from today. It’s worth offering shipping options in the circumstances, so I could just give money away. This means that a small but not inconsiderable part of my income is lost. This rule restricts so many small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544724_en"}, {"id": 33544723, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:10:48", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Senorbrown Organizacion SL", "feedback": "You simply cannot apply the same rules to businesses of completely different scales. Small businesses, which are an important indicator of the health of an economy, have already been struggling for years with excessive taxes and the consequences of rising electricity and gas prices. And now they are facing completely disproportionate administrative and financial burdens when accessing sales in other countries access that was supposed to be guaranteed by the principles of free trade within the European Union. How can this be called free trade when, instead of running my business, I am expected to spend hours studying obscure and difficult-to-access information from local authorities in other countries just to pay for waste disposal schemes which, incidentally, are already financed by the citizens of those countries when the number of sales I make to a particular country in an entire year may be lower than the minimum threshold for registration? Perhaps, for a white collars who made this law, these are just small figures, and you can simply suggest abandoning a particular market because it is no longer profitable. But for a microbusiness, every single sale matters. Every order helps us keep going and continue building our business. The logistics and administration of this process are completely disproportionate to the scale of the businesses affected. I sincerely hope that microbusinesses will be exempted from this legislation, because for many of us it is yet another burden taking away the last resources we have to keep our businesses alive.", "feedbackEnglish": "You simply cannot apply the same rules to businesses of completely different scales. Small businesses, which are an important indicator of the health of an economy, have already been struggling for years with excessive taxes and the consequences of rising electricity and gas prices. And now they are facing completely disproportionate administrative and financial burdens when accessing sales in other countries access that was supposed to be guaranteed by the principles of free trade within the European Union. How can this be called free trade when, instead of running my business, I am expected to spend hours studying obscure and difficult-to-access information from local authorities in other countries just to pay for waste disposal schemes which, incidentally, are already financed by the citizens of those countries when the number of sales I make to a particular country in an entire year may be lower than the minimum threshold for registration? Perhaps, for a white collars who made this law, these are just small figures, and you can simply suggest abandoning a particular market because it is no longer profitable. But for a microbusiness, every single sale matters. Every order helps us keep going and continue building our business. The logistics and administration of this process are completely disproportionate to the scale of the businesses affected. I sincerely hope that microbusinesses will be exempted from this legislation, because for many of us it is yet another burden taking away the last resources we have to keep our businesses alive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544723_en"}, {"id": 33544722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:10:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exigir a pequeñas empresas pagar tasas y endurecer los requisitos burocráticos para ejercer su labor al mismo nivel que las grandes empresas, las cuales pueden absorber este tipo de gastos y labor adicional al contar con equipos jurídicos y presupuestos grandes, supone un quiebre de los principios que sustentan el mercado único de la unión y pone el riesgo la continuidad de los pequeños negocios digitales y pequeños artesanos que venden por internet su producción. en mi opinión debería replantearse el impacto de estas nuevas medidas en las pequeñas empresas y, como mínimo, aplicar una moratoria a su aplicación, o de ser posible evitar su implantación por completo.", "feedbackEnglish": "Requiring small businesses to pay fees and tightening bureaucratic requirements to carry out their work at the same level as large companies, which can absorb this type of expense and additional work by having legal equipment and large budgets, is a breach of the principles underpinning the Union’s single market and puts at risk the continuity of small digital businesses and small craftsmen selling their products online. In my view, the impact of these new measures on small businesses should be reconsidered and, at the very least, a moratorium on their application should be applied, or it should be possible to avoid their full implementation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544722_en"}, {"id": 33544721, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:10:03", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "NOVA POLONICA D.O.O.", "feedback": "Feedback on PPWR implementation: Administrative burden and prohibitive costs threatening EU micro-businesses and handcrafters As an EU-based sole proprietor operating a small-scale, handmade retail business, I am writing to express severe concern regarding the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements. While the environmental objectives of reducing waste across the Single Market are commendable, the current regulatory execution is fundamentally flawed. Instead of creating a harmonized, streamlined European framework, it has amplified national fragmentation and enabled private compliance entities to impose exorbitant fees on micro-businesses. Key issues threatening small businesses like mine include: Absence of a Unified Centralized Register: Despite marketing PPWR as a single European initiative, small businesses are still forced to navigate up to 27 separate national registries, each with distinct reporting standards, minimum financial thresholds, and bureaucracy. Exorbitant Costs for Authorised Representatives: Requiring non-resident EU businesses to appoint an \"Authorised Representative\" in every member state has created a lucrative industry for third-party compliance agencies. Charging fixed annual fees of 200300+ per country to process a few grams or kilograms of packaging waste is disproportionate, predatory, and financially unviable for artisan-level sellers. Destruction of the Single Market for Micro-Sellers: Small entrepreneurs cannot afford thousands of euros annually just in regulatory maintenance across 27 member states. As a direct result, many micro-sellers are being forced to restrict their delivery zones and stop shipping to neighboring EU countries altogether, severely undermining the core principle of the EU Single Market. Requested Actions: Implement a Single EU EPR Portal: Establish a centralized EU-wide system where micro-businesses submit a single annual declaration and payment, distributed proportionally by the Commission. Micro-Enterprise Exemption or Thresholds: Introduce a De Minimis threshold (e.g., businesses shipping less than 1 ton of packaging per year - or, at least, 100 kg) exempting micro-enterprises from mandatory foreign Authorised Representative appointments and fixed corporate-level base fees. Proportional Fee Capping: Regulate private compliance schemes to ensure that fees directly reflect actual waste volumes rather than inflated fixed administrative surcharges. The current system does not stop pollutionit simply prices independent creators out of the European market. Without urgent adjustments and true harmonization for small operators, the regulation will continue to harm small local economies while failing to address industrial-scale waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on PPWR implementation: Administrative burden and prohibitive costs threatening EU micro-businesses and handcrafters As an EU-based sole proprietor operating a small-scale, handmade retail business, I am writing to express severe concern regarding the practical implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements. While the environmental objectives of reducing waste across the Single Market are commendable, the current regulatory execution is fundamentally flawed. Instead of creating a harmonized, streamlined European framework, it has amplified national fragmentation and enabled private compliance entities to impose exorbitant fees on micro-businesses. Key issues threatening small businesses like mine include: Absence of a Unified Centralized Register: Despite marketing PPWR as a single European initiative, small businesses are still forced to navigate up to 27 separate national registries, each with distinct reporting standards, minimum financial thresholds, and bureaucracy. Exorbitant Costs for Authorised Representatives: Requiring non-resident EU businesses to appoint an \"Authorised Representative\" in every member state has created a lucrative industry for third-party compliance agencies. Charging fixed annual fees of 200300+ per country to process a few grams or kilograms of packaging waste is disproportionate, predatory, and financially unviable for artisan-level sellers. Destruction of the Single Market for Micro-Sellers: Small entrepreneurs cannot afford thousands of euros annually just in regulatory maintenance across 27 member states. As a direct result, many micro-sellers are being forced to restrict their delivery zones and stop shipping to neighboring EU countries altogether, severely undermining the core principle of the EU Single Market. Requested Actions: Implement a Single EU EPR Portal: Establish a centralized EU-wide system where micro-businesses submit a single annual declaration and payment, distributed proportionally by the Commission. Micro-Enterprise Exemption or Thresholds: Introduce a De Minimis threshold (e.g., businesses shipping less than 1 ton of packaging per year - or, at least, 100 kg) exempting micro-enterprises from mandatory foreign Authorised Representative appointments and fixed corporate-level base fees. Proportional Fee Capping: Regulate private compliance schemes to ensure that fees directly reflect actual waste volumes rather than inflated fixed administrative surcharges. The current system does not stop pollutionit simply prices independent creators out of the European market. Without urgent adjustments and true harmonization for small operators, the regulation will continue to harm small local economies while failing to address industrial-scale waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544721_en"}, {"id": 33544720, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:09:57", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EPR regulamentations, as well as other regulamentations implemented before, while aimed at big companies that produce waste and that take advantage of the economy, are hurting and killing small businesses. Small artists in particular. What if someone is selling ceramics made by them? Maybe they live in a small town where the local market isn't favorable and selling online is their only way. But with these new needs for registrations, yearly fees, etc... they are no longer able to sustain the costs. And ironically they could choose to still sell outside EU while us EU citizens are stopped from supporting our own brothers. This is maddening, it's the end of the free market for EU. The European Union doesn't mean anything if we don't support one another as fellow citizens. Small businesses can't be treated like big corporates. At the very least, please create an harmonized system to sell in all Europe while following regulamentations. If you ignore the voices of the very people you're hurting, you're siding yourself with those big companies that can sustain the costs without going out of business. And you're actively stomping on those that could one day be the new entrepreneurs embodying the europeans values.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EPR regulamentations, as well as other regulamentations implemented before, while aimed at big companies that produce waste and that take advantage of the economy, are hurting and killing small businesses. Small artists in particular. What if someone is selling ceramics made by them? Maybe they live in a small town where the local market isn't favorable and selling online is their only way. But with these new needs for registrations, yearly fees, etc... they are no longer able to sustain the costs. And ironically they could choose to still sell outside EU while us EU citizens are stopped from supporting our own brothers. This is maddening, it's the end of the free market for EU. The European Union doesn't mean anything if we don't support one another as fellow citizens. Small businesses can't be treated like big corporates. At the very least, please create an harmonized system to sell in all Europe while following regulamentations. If you ignore the voices of the very people you're hurting, you're siding yourself with those big companies that can sustain the costs without going out of business. And you're actively stomping on those that could one day be the new entrepreneurs embodying the europeans values.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544720_en"}, {"id": 33544719, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:09:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Verpackungsverordnung zerstört fast ALLE kleinen Onlinshops welche ab dem 12.8. nicht mehr außerhalb des Landes ihrers Firmensites versenden können, da sich die Kosten dafür nicht abbilden lassen. Meines Verständnis nach sollte die EU den vereinfachten Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU fördern, was nun genau das Gegenteil bewirkt.", "feedbackEnglish": "This Packaging Ordinance destroys almost ALL small online shops which, as of 12 August, can no longer send out outside the country of their company site, as the cost of doing so cannot be shown. I understand that the EU should promote simplified intra-EU trade in goods, which is now exactly the opposite.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544719_en"}, {"id": 33544718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:09:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bombolla ", "feedback": "As an owner of small designer ceramic brand that sells through Instagram and Pinterest, this regulations changes my business dramatically. It is basically making to run my online store impossible. How would I manage to pay all the fees in each country? If I choose the way to work only with B2B partners, how would I promote my product to people online, who can not buy it from me directly? It doesn't have any sense. Very disappointed, something I was building for the past 3 years being ruined in one day.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an owner of small designer ceramic brand that sells through Instagram and Pinterest, this regulations changes my business dramatically. It is basically making to run my online store impossible. How would I manage to pay all the fees in each country? If I choose the way to work only with B2B partners, how would I promote my product to people online, who can not buy it from me directly? It doesn't have any sense. Very disappointed, something I was building for the past 3 years being ruined in one day.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544718_en"}, {"id": 33544717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:08:57", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of a micro-enterprise established in the EU, selling packaged products directly to consumers in several Member States. I fully support Extended Producer Responsibility and the principle that businesses should pay for the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on each market. My company already registers with EPR schemes and pays the relevant recycling contributions in the countries where we sell. We are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. The problem is the disproportionate administrative burden created around that responsibility. For a micro-enterprise placing small quantities of packaging on several EU markets, separate national registrations, different reporting systems, different organisations and potentially a separate authorised representative in every Member State create fixed costs completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging concerned. This risks making cross-border trade within the Single Market economically unviable for many micro and small businesses, without providing an equivalent environmental benefit. A small company sending limited quantities of cardboard boxes and envelopes should pay its fair recycling contribution. It should not have to pay thousands of euros in additional administrative or intermediary costs simply to be allowed to comply. I therefore ask the Commission to move towards: one harmonised and interoperable EU registration system; direct registration and reporting for EU-established producers, without mandatory commercial intermediaries in every Member State; mutual recognition or interoperability of existing national EPR registrations; simplified reporting for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes; proportionate fees linked to packaging quantities and actual administrative work; sufficient transitional periods where national systems are not yet fully operational; protection from penalties where a business is demonstrably trying to comply but the relevant national procedure is not practically available. I would also strongly encourage the creation of a single EU-wide EPR system specifically for micro-enterprises: one EU registration, one harmonised annual declaration and one standardised EU-wide fee, or harmonised fee structure, based on packaging quantities. The system could then allocate the appropriate contributions to each Member State automatically. For EU micro-enterprises, this should also remove the need to appoint separate authorised representatives or private intermediaries in each country. This would preserve the producer pays principle while reducing fragmentation, improving compliance and protecting the Single Market. For very small businesses, the environmental obligation should be simple: declare the packaging placed on the EU market, pay the appropriate contribution once, and let the system distribute those contributions between Member States. Environmental responsibility should mean paying for the packaging waste we generate not paying multiple private intermediaries simply because our customers live in different EU Member States. For micro-enterprises, the ideal model should be simple: one registration, one declaration, one fee, valid across the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of a micro-enterprise established in the EU, selling packaged products directly to consumers in several Member States. I fully support Extended Producer Responsibility and the principle that businesses should pay for the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on each market. My company already registers with EPR schemes and pays the relevant recycling contributions in the countries where we sell. We are not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. The problem is the disproportionate administrative burden created around that responsibility. For a micro-enterprise placing small quantities of packaging on several EU markets, separate national registrations, different reporting systems, different organisations and potentially a separate authorised representative in every Member State create fixed costs completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging concerned. This risks making cross-border trade within the Single Market economically unviable for many micro and small businesses, without providing an equivalent environmental benefit. A small company sending limited quantities of cardboard boxes and envelopes should pay its fair recycling contribution. It should not have to pay thousands of euros in additional administrative or intermediary costs simply to be allowed to comply. I therefore ask the Commission to move towards: one harmonised and interoperable EU registration system; direct registration and reporting for EU-established producers, without mandatory commercial intermediaries in every Member State; mutual recognition or interoperability of existing national EPR registrations; simplified reporting for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes; proportionate fees linked to packaging quantities and actual administrative work; sufficient transitional periods where national systems are not yet fully operational; protection from penalties where a business is demonstrably trying to comply but the relevant national procedure is not practically available. I would also strongly encourage the creation of a single EU-wide EPR system specifically for micro-enterprises: one EU registration, one harmonised annual declaration and one standardised EU-wide fee, or harmonised fee structure, based on packaging quantities. The system could then allocate the appropriate contributions to each Member State automatically. For EU micro-enterprises, this should also remove the need to appoint separate authorised representatives or private intermediaries in each country. This would preserve the producer pays principle while reducing fragmentation, improving compliance and protecting the Single Market. For very small businesses, the environmental obligation should be simple: declare the packaging placed on the EU market, pay the appropriate contribution once, and let the system distribute those contributions between Member States. Environmental responsibility should mean paying for the packaging waste we generate not paying multiple private intermediaries simply because our customers live in different EU Member States. For micro-enterprises, the ideal model should be simple: one registration, one declaration, one fee, valid across the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544717_en"}, {"id": 33544716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:06:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "zombietoastcosplay and artworks ", "feedback": "Ich habe mir mein Kleingewerbe über 5 Jahre lang hart erarbeitet, mit vielen Höhen und Tiefen, aktuell eher nur noch Tiefen. Ihr legt einem immer mehr Steine in den Weg, wie soll man als kleiner, selbstständiger Betrieb sich noch über Wasser halten? Ich habe wenns hoch kommt 10-20 Bestellungen im Jahr für ins EU Ausland, diese fallen jetzt komplett weg, danke, einfach danke dass ihr Existenzen zerstört und die großen Konzerne sich in die Faust lachen die es eigentlich betreffen sollte. Vermutlich muss ich mein Gewerbe nächstes Jahr abmelden, so wird harte, ehrliche Arbeit behandelt, erbärmlich. Wer macht mehr Verpackungs Müll? Ich oder Amazon zum Beispiel? Merkt ihr selbst oder?", "feedbackEnglish": "I have worked hard for my small business for over five years, with many altitudes and depths, and at present I have only reached depths. Is there an ever-increasing number of stones on your way to stay afloat as a small, self-employed business? I have 10-20 orders a year for foreigners in the EU, they are now completely disappearing, thank you, thank you for destroying their existence and the big companies are laughing into the thrust that should affect them. I presumably have to deregister my business next year, so hard, honest work is treated, deplorable. Who produces more packaging? For example, I or Amazon? Do you see yourself?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544716_en"}, {"id": 33544715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:04:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bierdruck Produktionen", "feedback": "Dank der neuen Bestimmungen ist für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen zu überleben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Thanks to the new rules, small and medium-sized enterprises can survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544715_en"}, {"id": 33544714, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:04:39", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "El enfoque de la iniciativa lo que va a conseguir es damnificar a pequeñas empresas y trabajadores independientes, para quienes es inasumible el coste económico y logístico de lo propuesto. En un mundo globalizado donde las multinacionales y grandes empresas ocupan ya la mayor parte de cualquier mercado (además son las principales causantes también de contaminación y creación de residuos), creo que la Unión Europea debería velar por sus ciudadanos y el tejido industrial y económico que éstos crean, en vez de poner trabas al emprendimiento.", "feedbackEnglish": "The approach of the initiative is to harm small businesses and freelancers, for whom the economic and logistical cost of what is proposed is unbearable. In a globalised world where multinationals and large companies already occupy most of any market (they are also the main causes of pollution and waste), I believe that the European Union should look after its citizens and the industrial and economic fabric they create, rather than hindering entrepreneurship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544714_en"}, {"id": 33544713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:02:02", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe that this initiative would effectively eliminate the ability of small businesses to sell their wares across the EU. It is simply not reasonable to ask tiny businesses with only a handful of employees, or even less, to comply with these proposed rules. The costs of hiring representatives and paying registration fees would be prohibitively high for any small company that isn't already very successful, on top of being a huge administrative burden to small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that this initiative would effectively eliminate the ability of small businesses to sell their wares across the EU. It is simply not reasonable to ask tiny businesses with only a handful of employees, or even less, to comply with these proposed rules. The costs of hiring representatives and paying registration fees would be prohibitively high for any small company that isn't already very successful, on top of being a huge administrative burden to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544713_en"}, {"id": 33544712, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:01:29", "country": "UKR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are ruining the lifes of people who are creative and give their creativity as not only their passion but also something that people love. You are already ruining the lifes of many people who are disabled and can't have a stable job, so they try doing something they love and give it to people to make them happy. This regulation should be not accepted as the official law to ruin people's lifes. You are gambling the security of people's creativity. I SAID, DO NOT ACCEPT THIS ACT INTO A LAW, YOU ARE GONNA RUIN PEOPLE'S LIFES WHILE THE JOB MARKET IS FUCKED AS IS!!!!! NOT ONLY YOU ACCEPT TO NOT HELP THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE AI DATA CENTERS OR HELP MORE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIND STABLE JOBS OR GIVE PEOPLE HIGH ENOUGH WAGES TO LIVE IN THIS ECONOMY, BUT YOU ARE ALSO GONNA FUCK UP PEOPLE'S LIFES LIKE DISABLED FOLK!!!!! TAX THE RICH!!!! TAX AMAZON!!!!! GIVE REGULATIONS TO MUCH BIGGER COMPANIES THEN SMALL COMPANIES!!!! REGULATE AMAZON WITH THEIR PACKAGING!!!!!! HELP PEOPLE OUT!!!!! PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP AND JUSTICE!!!!!!!! PLEASE EU COMMITY OR SOMEONE WHO SEES THIS, HELP OUT PEOPLE WHO TRULY NEED IT!!!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "You are ruining the lifes of people who are creative and give their creativity as not only their passion but also something that people love. You are already ruining the lifes of many people who are disabled and can't have a stable job, so they try doing something they love and give it to people to make them happy. This regulation should be not accepted as the official law to ruin people's lifes. You are gambling the security of people's creativity. I SAID, DO NOT ACCEPT THIS ACT INTO A LAW, YOU ARE GONNA RUIN PEOPLE'S LIFES WHILE THE JOB MARKET IS FUCKED AS IS!!!!! NOT ONLY YOU ACCEPT TO NOT HELP THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE AI DATA CENTERS OR HELP MORE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIND STABLE JOBS OR GIVE PEOPLE HIGH ENOUGH WAGES TO LIVE IN THIS ECONOMY, BUT YOU ARE ALSO GONNA FUCK UP PEOPLE'S LIFES LIKE DISABLED FOLK!!!!! TAX THE RICH!!!! TAX AMAZON!!!!! GIVE REGULATIONS TO MUCH BIGGER COMPANIES THEN SMALL COMPANIES!!!! REGULATE AMAZON WITH THEIR PACKAGING!!!!!! HELP PEOPLE OUT!!!!! PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP AND JUSTICE!!!!!!!! PLEASE EU COMMITY OR SOMEONE WHO SEES THIS, HELP OUT PEOPLE WHO TRULY NEED IT!!!!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544712_en"}, {"id": 33544711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 18:01:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ESY2545857R", "feedback": "I am the owner of a micro-business established in the EU. We design and manufacture physical products in Europe and sell primarily B2B, with a small number of direct online sales to consumers across the EU. I strongly support the environmental objective of the PPWR. What I cannot support is a regulatory system in which a micro-business sending a handful of parcels to consumers in another Member State can face essentially the same basic EPR infrastructure as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on that market. Our direct consumer sales to some EU countries are less than 1,000 per year, and the total packaging we place on the market there can be below 20 kg per year. Nevertheless, we may be required to register separately, join national EPR schemes, file declarations, monitor different national requirements and potentially appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States. The environmental impact of 10 or 20 kg of recyclable cardboard is extremely small. The administrative burden of complying with separate systems in multiple countries is not. For a micro-business, the rational response is therefore not to improve packaging. It is simply to stop selling to consumers in those Member States. This is the opposite of what the EU Single Market is supposed to achieve. A small European company should be able to sell a product from Spain to a customer in Germany, France or any other Member State without having to build a multinational compliance department. Regulation that makes cross-border trade economically irrational for micro-enterprises effectively recreates national borders inside the Single Market. Large corporations can absorb these fixed compliance costs across millions of transactions. Micro-businesses cannot. The result will inevitably favour the largest companies, reduce competition, discourage entrepreneurship and make it harder for small European brands to grow across Europe. This is particularly difficult to understand when the administrative cost of compliance can exceed both the environmental fees involved and even the profit generated in a particular Member State. There must be a meaningful, EU-wide de minimis exemption or a genuinely centralised system for micro-enterprises. For example, businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the markets of other Member States should be able to register and report once in their Member State of establishment, with obligations and fees distributed between Member States through a central EU mechanism. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. Please reconsider the burden being placed on micro-enterprises before these rules force thousands of small European businesses to restrict cross-border sales. Europe needs fewer internal barriers, not new ones. The PPWR should strengthen the circular economy without weakening the Single Market that European businesses depend on.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a micro-business established in the EU. We design and manufacture physical products in Europe and sell primarily B2B, with a small number of direct online sales to consumers across the EU. I strongly support the environmental objective of the PPWR. What I cannot support is a regulatory system in which a micro-business sending a handful of parcels to consumers in another Member State can face essentially the same basic EPR infrastructure as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on that market. Our direct consumer sales to some EU countries are less than 1,000 per year, and the total packaging we place on the market there can be below 20 kg per year. Nevertheless, we may be required to register separately, join national EPR schemes, file declarations, monitor different national requirements and potentially appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States. The environmental impact of 10 or 20 kg of recyclable cardboard is extremely small. The administrative burden of complying with separate systems in multiple countries is not. For a micro-business, the rational response is therefore not to improve packaging. It is simply to stop selling to consumers in those Member States. This is the opposite of what the EU Single Market is supposed to achieve. A small European company should be able to sell a product from Spain to a customer in Germany, France or any other Member State without having to build a multinational compliance department. Regulation that makes cross-border trade economically irrational for micro-enterprises effectively recreates national borders inside the Single Market. Large corporations can absorb these fixed compliance costs across millions of transactions. Micro-businesses cannot. The result will inevitably favour the largest companies, reduce competition, discourage entrepreneurship and make it harder for small European brands to grow across Europe. This is particularly difficult to understand when the administrative cost of compliance can exceed both the environmental fees involved and even the profit generated in a particular Member State. There must be a meaningful, EU-wide de minimis exemption or a genuinely centralised system for micro-enterprises. For example, businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the markets of other Member States should be able to register and report once in their Member State of establishment, with obligations and fees distributed between Member States through a central EU mechanism. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. Please reconsider the burden being placed on micro-enterprises before these rules force thousands of small European businesses to restrict cross-border sales. Europe needs fewer internal barriers, not new ones. The PPWR should strengthen the circular economy without weakening the Single Market that European businesses depend on.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544711_en"}, {"id": 33544710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:58:49", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SIA \"Best Support Service\"", "feedback": "Hello, I have learned about the new Packaging Directive, which will take full effect on August 12. I am micro organization with me as the only owner and employee, and I sell packaged goods online, so this directive applies to me as well. Since I sell these goods to many European countries, I need to register with the relevant authorities in each of these countries, which will issue me an EPR number. Ive just tried to register and obtain an EPR number in Spain. Given that the website is only in Spanish and that, in order to apply for an EPR number, I need to log in using a Spanish ID (which I dont have because Im a Latvian citizen), it is completely unclear to me how I can comply with the new directive and regulations if the responsible agencies in other Member Statessuch as Spains MITECO, Polands BDO, and Frances Filières à Responsabilité élargie du producteurhave not even provided English versions of their websites. I cant even find the website of the responsible agency in Italy where I could apply for an EPR numberwhat is it? Its also unclear to me how the costs for EPR registration and maintenance are broken down, which I discovered while translating the Polish BDO website, which states that the annual fee is 800 PLN, regardless of the total weight of the packaging of goods soldwhich is greater than or equal to my total sales in Poland. The Swedish waste management company Näringslivets Producentansvar has indicated that the annual fee for participation in the EPR system is 2,500 SEK (regardless of the weight of the imported packaging), which also exceeds my total annual transaction value with Sweden by a wide margin. In all of the Member States I mentioned above, the weight of the packaging in my shipments does not exceed 100 grams per year, which is a negligible amount; sometimes I have no transactions with these countries at all over the course of a year, yet the current regulation stipulates that I would still have to register with these countries EPR systems and pay astronomical membership fees that far exceed the total value of all my transactions. At this point, it seems to me that this new regulation will effectively force small businesses to cease operations, as these membership feeswhich must be paid separately to each member stateare exorbitant. Please explain to me how I can register and obtain an EPR number in the following Member States: Spain, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland, and Sweden, given that I individually import approximately 100 grams of packaging per year into each of these Member States and my annual sales turnover with these countries does not even reach the minimum amount that the EPR agencies in these Member States wish to collect from me each year. Kind regards, Sandis", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I have learned about the new Packaging Directive, which will take full effect on August 12. I am micro organization with me as the only owner and employee, and I sell packaged goods online, so this directive applies to me as well. Since I sell these goods to many European countries, I need to register with the relevant authorities in each of these countries, which will issue me an EPR number. Ive just tried to register and obtain an EPR number in Spain. Given that the website is only in Spanish and that, in order to apply for an EPR number, I need to log in using a Spanish ID (which I dont have because Im a Latvian citizen), it is completely unclear to me how I can comply with the new directive and regulations if the responsible agencies in other Member Statessuch as Spains MITECO, Polands BDO, and Frances Filières à Responsabilité élargie du producteurhave not even provided English versions of their websites. I cant even find the website of the responsible agency in Italy where I could apply for an EPR numberwhat is it? Its also unclear to me how the costs for EPR registration and maintenance are broken down, which I discovered while translating the Polish BDO website, which states that the annual fee is 800 PLN, regardless of the total weight of the packaging of goods soldwhich is greater than or equal to my total sales in Poland. The Swedish waste management company Näringslivets Producentansvar has indicated that the annual fee for participation in the EPR system is 2,500 SEK (regardless of the weight of the imported packaging), which also exceeds my total annual transaction value with Sweden by a wide margin. In all of the Member States I mentioned above, the weight of the packaging in my shipments does not exceed 100 grams per year, which is a negligible amount; sometimes I have no transactions with these countries at all over the course of a year, yet the current regulation stipulates that I would still have to register with these countries EPR systems and pay astronomical membership fees that far exceed the total value of all my transactions. At this point, it seems to me that this new regulation will effectively force small businesses to cease operations, as these membership feeswhich must be paid separately to each member stateare exorbitant. Please explain to me how I can register and obtain an EPR number in the following Member States: Spain, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland, and Sweden, given that I individually import approximately 100 grams of packaging per year into each of these Member States and my annual sales turnover with these countries does not even reach the minimum amount that the EPR agencies in these Member States wish to collect from me each year. Kind regards, Sandis", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544710_en"}, {"id": 33544709, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:57:14", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AfternoonFika AB", "feedback": "The fees to be applied to every business defeat in order to be able to ship to countries within the EU challenge the very essence of the single market and disproportionately affect microbusinesses who greatly benefit from the ability to reach a large audience seamlessly within the Union. By introducing 300+ euro fees for every single country just to be able to ship to them, it jeopardizes the already small margin of benefit businesses operate in, and places small businesses at an unfair, undeserved disadvantage. The term 'producer' is unclear, and does not seem to specify whether it is the producers of the packaging or the traders of the products that employ the packaging. A more proportional fee, if a fee at all, should be considered depending on the volume of shipments per country, akin to what the One Stop Shop system does.", "feedbackEnglish": "The fees to be applied to every business defeat in order to be able to ship to countries within the EU challenge the very essence of the single market and disproportionately affect microbusinesses who greatly benefit from the ability to reach a large audience seamlessly within the Union. By introducing 300+ euro fees for every single country just to be able to ship to them, it jeopardizes the already small margin of benefit businesses operate in, and places small businesses at an unfair, undeserved disadvantage. The term 'producer' is unclear, and does not seem to specify whether it is the producers of the packaging or the traders of the products that employ the packaging. A more proportional fee, if a fee at all, should be considered depending on the volume of shipments per country, akin to what the One Stop Shop system does.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544709_en"}, {"id": 33544708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:57:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, was soll das? Wenn man als Hersteller der im Kleingewerbe tätig ist und nur 10 kleine Pakete im Jahr z.B nach Österreich oder Frankreich verschicken möchte, so einen Aufwand mit horenden Gebühren erledigen muss damit man nicht gegen Gesetze verstößt. Und mit solchen Irrsinn der Handel in Europa leichter und für alle Europäer gleicher werden? Warum macht in der EU jedes Land etwas anderes? Und der Handel aus China freut sich wieder.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, what should this mean? If one wishes to send only 10 small parcels a year, e.g. to Austria or France, as a manufacturer operating in the small industry, this does not mean that the law is being infringed. And with such irritation will trade in Europe become easier and more equal for all Europeans? Why does each country make a difference in the EU? And trade from China is booming again.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544708_en"}, {"id": 33544707, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:55:46", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Al respecto de esta ley, quisiera pedir varias cosas: -Que haya tarífas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos (en cuanto a volumen de residuos generados) a tener en cuenta -Que haya procesos simplificados para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos. Que unifiquen el registro y no que haya 27 distintos, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios -Que se de un periodo de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas o excepciones a micronegocios con poco volumen de ventas.", "feedbackEnglish": "With regard to this law, I would like to ask for several things: — There should be realistic minimum delays for micro-enterprises that send few shipments and minimum delays (in terms of volume of waste generated) to be taken into account – there should be simplified processes for micro-businesses and minimum volumes. To unify the register and not to have 27 different ones, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses – whether there is a longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or exceptions for micro-businesses with low sales volumes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544707_en"}, {"id": 33544706, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:54:39", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Protect micro-businesses and the Single Market from disproportionate compliance burdens I am a small business owner based in the EU, selling products cross-border to customers in other Member States. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should contribute fairly to the management of packaging waste. However, the administrative system must be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the producer. First, micro-enterprises and sole traders established in the EU should be exempt from any mandatory requirement to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in other Member States. Requiring a small business to appoint and pay representatives in multiple countries is economically disproportionate and could easily cost more than the value of the sales made in those markets. The Commission itself has already recognised that appointing authorised representatives across multiple Member States creates high costs and administrative burdens and particularly affects SMEs. Second, producer registration must be genuinely harmonised. There should be one EU registration or one-stop-shop, with information automatically shared between Member States. Harmonising the format is not enough if a small business must still understand, register with and comply separately with numerous national systems. The proposed format already requires substantial producer information and EPR details, while even producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market remain subject to reporting requirements. Finally, this risks undermining the EU Single Market and the free movement of goods. For a micro-business, the practical choice may become to stop selling to customers in other Member States or incur compliance costs that make the business unviable. Large companies can absorb 27 different compliance systems; sole traders and micro-enterprises cannot. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce explicit proportionality for micro-enterprises and low-volume producers: no mandatory authorised representative for EU-established micro-businesses, one EU-wide registration/one-stop-shop, and a meaningful de minimis exemption or radically simplified system for producers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility should not require creating administrative barriers that force Europe's smallest businesses out of cross-border trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "Protect micro-businesses and the Single Market from disproportionate compliance burdens I am a small business owner based in the EU, selling products cross-border to customers in other Member States. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should contribute fairly to the management of packaging waste. However, the administrative system must be proportionate to the size and environmental impact of the producer. First, micro-enterprises and sole traders established in the EU should be exempt from any mandatory requirement to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in other Member States. Requiring a small business to appoint and pay representatives in multiple countries is economically disproportionate and could easily cost more than the value of the sales made in those markets. The Commission itself has already recognised that appointing authorised representatives across multiple Member States creates high costs and administrative burdens and particularly affects SMEs. Second, producer registration must be genuinely harmonised. There should be one EU registration or one-stop-shop, with information automatically shared between Member States. Harmonising the format is not enough if a small business must still understand, register with and comply separately with numerous national systems. The proposed format already requires substantial producer information and EPR details, while even producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on a national market remain subject to reporting requirements. Finally, this risks undermining the EU Single Market and the free movement of goods. For a micro-business, the practical choice may become to stop selling to customers in other Member States or incur compliance costs that make the business unviable. Large companies can absorb 27 different compliance systems; sole traders and micro-enterprises cannot. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce explicit proportionality for micro-enterprises and low-volume producers: no mandatory authorised representative for EU-established micro-businesses, one EU-wide registration/one-stop-shop, and a meaningful de minimis exemption or radically simplified system for producers placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility should not require creating administrative barriers that force Europe's smallest businesses out of cross-border trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544706_en"}, {"id": 33544704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:53:30", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "If the objective was to kill all small businesses and artisanal producers: Job done. No small business will have the hours or the finances to cope with the mountains of paperwork and/or fees that this will require. It looks like the absolute opposite direction to go in than the free trade within the EU. If the objective was to stop big corporations from polluting then this initiative is hitting the wrong group. Big corporations will have legal departments that will easily deal with this and when sending thousands of packages every month an extra cost spread on all of them will hardly be noticed. But when you send 5 packages to various EU countries every month it will swallow any profit you may have had. Add to this that small businesses are already trying their best to minimize the packaging and excess space in every package. This new initiative is far off target and will steal the already volatile income from a group of people notoriously struggling. Its a do over!", "feedbackEnglish": "If the objective was to kill all small businesses and artisanal producers: Job done. No small business will have the hours or the finances to cope with the mountains of paperwork and/or fees that this will require. It looks like the absolute opposite direction to go in than the free trade within the EU. If the objective was to stop big corporations from polluting then this initiative is hitting the wrong group. Big corporations will have legal departments that will easily deal with this and when sending thousands of packages every month an extra cost spread on all of them will hardly be noticed. But when you send 5 packages to various EU countries every month it will swallow any profit you may have had. Add to this that small businesses are already trying their best to minimize the packaging and excess space in every package. This new initiative is far off target and will steal the already volatile income from a group of people notoriously struggling. Its a do over!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544704_en"}, {"id": 33544703, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:53:21", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an artist and this means that it will become impossible for me to ship my products within the EU, due to the high fees and the different guidelines for each country member that will make it unsustainable to have an international e-shop. The new rule is a step in the right direction to reduce single-use plastics, but a heavy blow to small independent artists and businesses, as only large companies will be able to absorb the financial and administrative cost of it. I wish there was some exception for micro-businesses, for art and crafts or a reasonable, scaled-to-business flat rate across countries so that we could protect the environment without dealing a heavy blow to the diversity of businesses and artists across the EU, who really rely on income from shipping to neighbor countries. It feels inaccessible and unfair to anyone who isn't Amazon or similarly big.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist and this means that it will become impossible for me to ship my products within the EU, due to the high fees and the different guidelines for each country member that will make it unsustainable to have an international e-shop. The new rule is a step in the right direction to reduce single-use plastics, but a heavy blow to small independent artists and businesses, as only large companies will be able to absorb the financial and administrative cost of it. I wish there was some exception for micro-businesses, for art and crafts or a reasonable, scaled-to-business flat rate across countries so that we could protect the environment without dealing a heavy blow to the diversity of businesses and artists across the EU, who really rely on income from shipping to neighbor countries. It feels inaccessible and unfair to anyone who isn't Amazon or similarly big.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544703_en"}, {"id": 33544702, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:52:53", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent musician from Eastern Europe, I'm honestly exhausted by regulations that make simply existing as a small artist extremely difficult. People like me (and there are many of us) don't have corporate budgets, legal departments or teams of people dealing with compliance. We have music, a small audience and whatever money we can put back into creating the next record. Every new law that adds costs, bureaucracy and logistical barriers hits us disproportionately hard. You can call it regulation. But for many small artists, it's just another nail in the coffin of an already struggling independent music scene.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent musician from Eastern Europe, I'm honestly exhausted by regulations that make simply existing as a small artist extremely difficult. People like me (and there are many of us) don't have corporate budgets, legal departments or teams of people dealing with compliance. We have music, a small audience and whatever money we can put back into creating the next record. Every new law that adds costs, bureaucracy and logistical barriers hits us disproportionately hard. You can call it regulation. But for many small artists, it's just another nail in the coffin of an already struggling independent music scene.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544702_en"}, {"id": 33544701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:52:50", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Flora grenier EI", "feedback": "The ERP and PPWR regulations are going to destroy small businesses. We do not have the means of a corporation, the legal team, the time to understand these regulations and make the changes accordingly. Im a micro-enterprise, but the threshold of 2 millions in sales is far from what I actually make. In a year, so far, Ive made around 1000 in sales. I have yet to cover all of the costs of starting a business, and there are many, most of them not even based on what I actually sell. I cannot afford a representative in every European country, because it will probably cost more than what I will make from a sale in said country. Having to register in each country is too complex and time consuming, whats the point of Europe as an open market if it makes things so difficult ? In theory this is great, but artists and artisans are not the ones producing waste, and we should be exempt until certain amounts of waste, and the ones already used are not quite right. I dont send 10 000 packages a year, more like 10 so far Maybe really small businesses should be considered, because you have to start somewhere, but with these regulations, you cant.", "feedbackEnglish": "The ERP and PPWR regulations are going to destroy small businesses. We do not have the means of a corporation, the legal team, the time to understand these regulations and make the changes accordingly. Im a micro-enterprise, but the threshold of 2 millions in sales is far from what I actually make. In a year, so far, Ive made around 1000 in sales. I have yet to cover all of the costs of starting a business, and there are many, most of them not even based on what I actually sell. I cannot afford a representative in every European country, because it will probably cost more than what I will make from a sale in said country. Having to register in each country is too complex and time consuming, whats the point of Europe as an open market if it makes things so difficult ? In theory this is great, but artists and artisans are not the ones producing waste, and we should be exempt until certain amounts of waste, and the ones already used are not quite right. I dont send 10 000 packages a year, more like 10 so far Maybe really small businesses should be considered, because you have to start somewhere, but with these regulations, you cant.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544701_en"}, {"id": 33544700, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:50:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I appreciate the goal of this initiative but it's going about it completely wrong. There needs to be exemptions for smaller businesses that cannot afford to pay the registration fees and hire representatives. These costs are totally prohibitive and completely go against the idea of a unified market. Only the businesses causing the problem will be able to continue shipping EU-wide, and then the problem will only be exacerbated. With local small businesses ceasing inter-EU shipping, more people will shop from Temu, SheIn, etc because they will have been made the only viable option. This will wreck the EU economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "I appreciate the goal of this initiative but it's going about it completely wrong. There needs to be exemptions for smaller businesses that cannot afford to pay the registration fees and hire representatives. These costs are totally prohibitive and completely go against the idea of a unified market. Only the businesses causing the problem will be able to continue shipping EU-wide, and then the problem will only be exacerbated. With local small businesses ceasing inter-EU shipping, more people will shop from Temu, SheIn, etc because they will have been made the only viable option. This will wreck the EU economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544700_en"}, {"id": 33544699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:47:05", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not agree with this decision! It will kill all small businesses and EU will loose more money than they want to earn. As an individual seller that sells from time to time this is very harsh!", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with this decision! It will kill all small businesses and EU will loose more money than they want to earn. As an individual seller that sells from time to time this is very harsh!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544699_en"}, {"id": 33544698, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:46:51", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Oh So Vintage", "feedback": "I am writing to share how the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging obligations under the PPWR will affect my business, and to ask the Commission to reconsider the level of burden placed on micro and small enterprises now that the broader suspension proposed for this category has been dropped by the Council. Oh So Vintage is a one-person antique and vintage resale business, registered in Belgium. I source secondhand, pre-owned items - furniture, ceramics, textiles, decorative objects - from brocante and flea markets across Belgium and northern France, and sell them through Etsy, shipping to buyers across the EU and beyond. Every item I sell already existed; nothing is manufactured. This is, by definition, circular-economy commerce: I extend the life of objects that would otherwise sit unused or be discarded. Packaging volume is minimal and already low-impact. I use small quantities of protective packaging, much of it reused or recycled, to ship fragile, one-off items. This bears no resemblance to the footprint of a business manufacturing or importing new goods at volume, yet compliance (registration, reporting, fees) is largely the same regardless of scale. Selling across multiple countries multiplies the burden even on a single platform. Because my Etsy shop ships to buyers across several EU member states, I may need to register and report separately in each destination country, each with its own Producer Responsibility Organisation, format, and fee structure. For a sole trader operating through one marketplace, this is a significant load relative to turnover, with no environmental gain proportionate to my actual packaging output. The timeline is very tight for micro-enterprises. With the 12 August 2026 application date approaching and the earlier proposal for a broader micro/small enterprise suspension no longer in place, businesses like mine have had little practical runway to understand obligations across every country we sell into and register in time. The PPWR's stated goals are to reduce packaging waste and encourage circularity. Secondhand resale businesses already deliver exactly that outcome. Imposing the same EPR regime on us as on producers of new packaged goods risks discouraging the reuse activity the Regulation aims to promote, without a proportionate environmental benefit. This also creates a perverse effect on where I choose to sell. A buyer in the United States, Canada, or Australia costs me nothing extra in EPR terms, while a buyer in another EU member state can trigger separate registration and reporting obligations in that country. As a small trader, this pushes me toward prioritising international customers over customers within the EU itself, which runs directly against the purpose of the single market. A regulation intended to protect the internal market should not make it administratively harder and more expensive to sell to a fellow EU citizen than to a customer overseas. I am asking the Commission to consider: reinstating a genuine simplified regime or de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises calibrated to actual packaging volume; providing a single EU-level registration mechanism, or clearer mutual recognition between national PROs, so a micro-enterprise selling into several member states does not need to register separately in each one; recognising secondhand/resale businesses as a distinct category whose core activity already advances the Regulation's circularity objectives; and extending transitional periods specifically for micro and small enterprises so compliance can be achieved without disproportionate cost relative to turnover. I support the underlying environmental goals of the PPWR. My concern is that, as currently structured, the EPR compliance burden falls heavily on very small, already-circular businesses in a way that is out of proportion to their actual packaging footprint, and risks undermining the reuse economy the Regulation aims to strengthen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to share how the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging obligations under the PPWR will affect my business, and to ask the Commission to reconsider the level of burden placed on micro and small enterprises now that the broader suspension proposed for this category has been dropped by the Council. Oh So Vintage is a one-person antique and vintage resale business, registered in Belgium. I source secondhand, pre-owned items - furniture, ceramics, textiles, decorative objects - from brocante and flea markets across Belgium and northern France, and sell them through Etsy, shipping to buyers across the EU and beyond. Every item I sell already existed; nothing is manufactured. This is, by definition, circular-economy commerce: I extend the life of objects that would otherwise sit unused or be discarded. Packaging volume is minimal and already low-impact. I use small quantities of protective packaging, much of it reused or recycled, to ship fragile, one-off items. This bears no resemblance to the footprint of a business manufacturing or importing new goods at volume, yet compliance (registration, reporting, fees) is largely the same regardless of scale. Selling across multiple countries multiplies the burden even on a single platform. Because my Etsy shop ships to buyers across several EU member states, I may need to register and report separately in each destination country, each with its own Producer Responsibility Organisation, format, and fee structure. For a sole trader operating through one marketplace, this is a significant load relative to turnover, with no environmental gain proportionate to my actual packaging output. The timeline is very tight for micro-enterprises. With the 12 August 2026 application date approaching and the earlier proposal for a broader micro/small enterprise suspension no longer in place, businesses like mine have had little practical runway to understand obligations across every country we sell into and register in time. The PPWR's stated goals are to reduce packaging waste and encourage circularity. Secondhand resale businesses already deliver exactly that outcome. Imposing the same EPR regime on us as on producers of new packaged goods risks discouraging the reuse activity the Regulation aims to promote, without a proportionate environmental benefit. This also creates a perverse effect on where I choose to sell. A buyer in the United States, Canada, or Australia costs me nothing extra in EPR terms, while a buyer in another EU member state can trigger separate registration and reporting obligations in that country. As a small trader, this pushes me toward prioritising international customers over customers within the EU itself, which runs directly against the purpose of the single market. A regulation intended to protect the internal market should not make it administratively harder and more expensive to sell to a fellow EU citizen than to a customer overseas. I am asking the Commission to consider: reinstating a genuine simplified regime or de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises calibrated to actual packaging volume; providing a single EU-level registration mechanism, or clearer mutual recognition between national PROs, so a micro-enterprise selling into several member states does not need to register separately in each one; recognising secondhand/resale businesses as a distinct category whose core activity already advances the Regulation's circularity objectives; and extending transitional periods specifically for micro and small enterprises so compliance can be achieved without disproportionate cost relative to turnover. I support the underlying environmental goals of the PPWR. My concern is that, as currently structured, the EPR compliance burden falls heavily on very small, already-circular businesses in a way that is out of proportion to their actual packaging footprint, and risks undermining the reuse economy the Regulation aims to strengthen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544698_en"}, {"id": 33544697, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:46:49", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner from Finland. This law is killing small businesses in EU. It will absolutely devastate small businesses and make it impossible for many to continue their businesses all together. I am an artist and illustrator and this law is making it impossible for me and thousands of other artists inside and outside EU to sell to EU countries. We need exemptions for micro and small businesses - most small business owners I know only have one to five orders from a certain eu country per year, and if they need to pay hundreds of euros to register and hire representatives in many of the countries - it's impossible! It's not realistic to ask the same thing from small businesses and small corporations. This legislation is killing small businesses in the EU. And as a consumer, I won't be able to buy from my fellow artists or small businesses anymore, only big companies. That is not what EU is supposed to be about. Thst is madness.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner from Finland. This law is killing small businesses in EU. It will absolutely devastate small businesses and make it impossible for many to continue their businesses all together. I am an artist and illustrator and this law is making it impossible for me and thousands of other artists inside and outside EU to sell to EU countries. We need exemptions for micro and small businesses - most small business owners I know only have one to five orders from a certain eu country per year, and if they need to pay hundreds of euros to register and hire representatives in many of the countries - it's impossible! It's not realistic to ask the same thing from small businesses and small corporations. This legislation is killing small businesses in the EU. And as a consumer, I won't be able to buy from my fellow artists or small businesses anymore, only big companies. That is not what EU is supposed to be about. Thst is madness.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544697_en"}, {"id": 33544696, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:46:22", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro-business owner established in Spain, selling products online to customers in different countries. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging associated with their products. However, I am very concerned about the disproportionate impact that the proposed system of national registrations and compliance requirements may have on micro-businesses. For a large company, the administrative costs of registrations, reporting and compliance can be spread across thousands or millions of orders. A micro-business may receive only a few orders per year from a particular Member State. In that situation, the cost and complexity of complying with separate national requirements can easily exceed the profit generated from selling to that country. The likely consequence is not that micro-businesses will become more sustainable. It is that many will simply stop selling to customers in other EU Member States. As a small European seller, I may find it economically and administratively easier to sell and ship products to customers in the United States than to customers in neighbouring EU countries. This seems fundamentally at odds with the idea of a European Single Market. Micro-businesses also have a strong economic incentive to reduce waste. Packaging, materials and shipping are significant costs when margins are small. Reducing unnecessary packaging, reusing materials where possible and choosing efficient or recyclable packaging can directly reduce our costs. Sustainability and economic efficiency are often closely connected for small businesses. The concern is therefore not about avoiding environmental responsibility or refusing to contribute to recycling costs. It is about ensuring that compliance itself does not become so expensive and complex that small businesses are effectively pushed out of cross-border trade within the EU. I strongly encourage the Commission to consider the real, disproportionate administrative impact of these requirements on micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers. Environmental regulation should encourage more sustainable business practices without making it more practical for a European micro-business to sell across the Atlantic than to a customer in another EU Member State.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business owner established in Spain, selling products online to customers in different countries. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging associated with their products. However, I am very concerned about the disproportionate impact that the proposed system of national registrations and compliance requirements may have on micro-businesses. For a large company, the administrative costs of registrations, reporting and compliance can be spread across thousands or millions of orders. A micro-business may receive only a few orders per year from a particular Member State. In that situation, the cost and complexity of complying with separate national requirements can easily exceed the profit generated from selling to that country. The likely consequence is not that micro-businesses will become more sustainable. It is that many will simply stop selling to customers in other EU Member States. As a small European seller, I may find it economically and administratively easier to sell and ship products to customers in the United States than to customers in neighbouring EU countries. This seems fundamentally at odds with the idea of a European Single Market. Micro-businesses also have a strong economic incentive to reduce waste. Packaging, materials and shipping are significant costs when margins are small. Reducing unnecessary packaging, reusing materials where possible and choosing efficient or recyclable packaging can directly reduce our costs. Sustainability and economic efficiency are often closely connected for small businesses. The concern is therefore not about avoiding environmental responsibility or refusing to contribute to recycling costs. It is about ensuring that compliance itself does not become so expensive and complex that small businesses are effectively pushed out of cross-border trade within the EU. I strongly encourage the Commission to consider the real, disproportionate administrative impact of these requirements on micro-enterprises and low-volume sellers. Environmental regulation should encourage more sustainable business practices without making it more practical for a European micro-business to sell across the Atlantic than to a customer in another EU Member State.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544696_en"}, {"id": 33544695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:45:43", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The way these regulations are set to be implemented will cause undue harm to small businesses and independent artists who will be unable to follow and apply these standards to their shipping process due to a lack of funds. As an EU citizen, I am incredibly disappointed by the implementation of this decision. Several artists whose work I covet have already announced that they will no longer be shipping to the EU, many of them are themselves citizens of EU-member states. I urge you to reconsider these guidelines, and think about their negative impacts on European businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The way these regulations are set to be implemented will cause undue harm to small businesses and independent artists who will be unable to follow and apply these standards to their shipping process due to a lack of funds. As an EU citizen, I am incredibly disappointed by the implementation of this decision. Several artists whose work I covet have already announced that they will no longer be shipping to the EU, many of them are themselves citizens of EU-member states. I urge you to reconsider these guidelines, and think about their negative impacts on European businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544695_en"}, {"id": 33544694, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:44:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The sentiment of traceability and obligation to recycle is honourable, but making the distinction at over/below 10 tones of waste, without including lower thresholds, is ridiculous. Under this way, small businesses who don't even put out 10kg of waste per year are obligated to have the same requirements, which is a) not even as much as a regular household and b) with a cost impossible to shoulder. Consider making an exemption on representatives on every country for sole propietorships with just the owner as employee, at least for the ones located within the Union, because this just breaks apart the basis for the OSS and the common market. We can keep track of our product packaging and postal packages posible waste weight to demonstrate this numbers, and keep information of the packaging products we buy from bulk suppliers to certify they have the specified percentage of recycled plastic, and that they're made of single materials and easily recyclable", "feedbackEnglish": "The sentiment of traceability and obligation to recycle is honourable, but making the distinction at over/below 10 tones of waste, without including lower thresholds, is ridiculous. Under this way, small businesses who don't even put out 10kg of waste per year are obligated to have the same requirements, which is a) not even as much as a regular household and b) with a cost impossible to shoulder. Consider making an exemption on representatives on every country for sole propietorships with just the owner as employee, at least for the ones located within the Union, because this just breaks apart the basis for the OSS and the common market. We can keep track of our product packaging and postal packages posible waste weight to demonstrate this numbers, and keep information of the packaging products we buy from bulk suppliers to certify they have the specified percentage of recycled plastic, and that they're made of single materials and easily recyclable", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544694_en"}, {"id": 33544693, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:44:00", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Have you considered all the small businesses that sell online via sites such as Etsy? There are not cooperations like Amazon that can afford to pay an AR in every country they sell a few items to. Also this goes against the EU free trade practices and shipping freedom. Yes ok about the eco friendly packaging material but the rest is just ridiculous. Plus there is no centralisation of rules so why do we exactly have EU at this point??? You allowed mercosur when clearly EU citizen did not want that do not leave a legacy behind of also an institution that destroyed its own small people....", "feedbackEnglish": "Have you considered all the small businesses that sell online via sites such as Etsy? There are not cooperations like Amazon that can afford to pay an AR in every country they sell a few items to. Also this goes against the EU free trade practices and shipping freedom. Yes ok about the eco friendly packaging material but the rest is just ridiculous. Plus there is no centralisation of rules so why do we exactly have EU at this point??? You allowed mercosur when clearly EU citizen did not want that do not leave a legacy behind of also an institution that destroyed its own small people....", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544693_en"}, {"id": 33544692, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:43:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Weingut Josef Reuscher Erben", "feedback": "Ich betreibe ein kleines Familienweingut an der Mosel und vermarkte einen Teil unserer Weine direkt an Endkunden in Deutschland und anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Besonders problematisch sehe ich die geplanten bzw. erforderlichen nationalen Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten beim grenzüberschreitenden Direktverkauf. Ein kleines Weingut kann beispielsweise nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in ein bestimmtes EU-Land versenden. Wenn dafür in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat eine Registrierung, ein lokaler Bevollmächtigter, ein Vertrag mit einem nationalen System und möglicherweise jährliche Fixkosten erforderlich sind, steht der Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich versendeten Verpackungsmenge. Besonders schwierig ist dies bei Verkaufsplattformen wie Catawiki. Als Verkäufer kann ich bei Einstellung einer Auktion nicht vorher wissen, in welchem EU-Mitgliedstaat der spätere Käufer wohnt. Der Käufer kann beispielsweise aus Italien, Portugal, Dänemark oder einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat kommen. Das Zielland steht erst nach Abschluss der Auktion fest. Es wäre für einen kleinen Betrieb wirtschaftlich und organisatorisch nicht realistisch, vorsorglich in sämtlichen möglichen EU-Mitgliedstaaten Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigte vorzuhalten, obwohl möglicherweise nur ein einziges Paket oder überhaupt keine Sendung in ein bestimmtes Land erfolgt. Auch beim eigenen Onlinehandel kann die Nachfrage aus den einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten stark schwanken. Ein Unternehmen kann nicht zuverlässig vorhersehen, in welchem Land im kommenden Jahr tatsächlich Bestellungen eingehen werden. Eine solche Regelung birgt aus meiner Sicht die Gefahr, dass kleine Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf vollständig einstellen. Damit würde ausgerechnet der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen erschwert, obwohl der digitale Direktvertrieb eigentlich neue Möglichkeiten für den europäischen Binnenmarkt geschaffen hat. Ich bitte daher die Europäische Kommission, insbesondere folgende Lösungen zu prüfen: 1. Eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung Eine einmalige Registrierung in einem EU-System sollte ausreichen und von allen Mitgliedstaaten anerkannt werden. Zusätzliche nationale Registrierungen und Bevollmächtigte sollten für Kleinstunternehmen möglichst entfallen. 2. Eine Bagatell- oder Kleinmengenregelung Für sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen sollten keine unverhältnismäßigen jährlichen Fixkosten und Verwaltungsanforderungen entstehen. Die tatsächliche Menge der in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen sollte berücksichtigt werden. 3. Eine einfache Lösung für Plattformverkäufe Bei Verkaufsplattformen wie Catawiki muss berücksichtigt werden, dass der Verkäufer das Zielland teilweise erst nach Abschluss des Verkaufs kennt. Eine Regelung, die eine vorherige Registrierung in jedem potenziell möglichen Zielland voraussetzt, ist für kleine Händler praktisch nicht umsetzbar. 4. Verhältnismäßigkeit für Kleinstunternehmen Die Anforderungen sollten sich an der tatsächlichen Größe des Unternehmens und an der Menge der in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen orientieren. Ein kleines Familienweingut mit wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Sendungen sollte nicht denselben Verwaltungsaufwand tragen müssen wie ein international tätiger Großkonzern. 5. Keine faktische Einschränkung des freien Warenverkehrs Die Umsetzung der PPWR sollte den europäischen Binnenmarkt nicht dadurch schwächen, dass Kleinstunternehmen aufgrund national unterschiedlicher Registrierungs- und Kostenpflichten vom grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf abgehalten werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small family winery on the Moselle and sell some of our wines directly to end customers in Germany and other EU Member States. I find the planned or required national registration and reporting requirements for cross-border direct sales particularly problematic. For example, a small vineyard can send only a few parcels per year to a specific EU country. If this requires registration, a local authorised representative, a contract with a national system and possibly annual fixed costs in each Member State, the administrative and financial burden is disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually shipped. This is particularly difficult for sales platforms such as Catawiki. As a seller, when I close an auction, I cannot know in advance in which EU Member State the subsequent buyer resides. For example, the buyer may come from Italy, Portugal, Denmark or another EU Member State. The destination country will only be determined after the auction is closed. It would be economically and organisationally unrealistic for a small establishment to have registrations and authorised representatives in all possible EU Member States as a precautionary measure, even though there may be only one package or no consignment at all to a particular country. The demand from individual EU Member States for their own online sales can also fluctuate significantly. A company cannot predict reliably in which country orders will actually be received in the coming year. In my view, such a rule carries the risk that small businesses will stop selling cross-border completely. This would make the single European market for small and medium-sized enterprises more difficult, even though digital direct selling has actually created new opportunities for the single European market. I would therefore ask the European Commission to examine the following solutions in particular: 1. A single EU-wide registration A single registration in an EU system should be sufficient and should be recognised by all Member States. Additional national registrations and authorised representatives should be avoided for micro-enterprises where possible. 2. A de minimis or small quantity scheme For very small quantities of packaging, there should be no disproportionate annual fixed costs and administrative requirements. The actual amount of packaging placed on the market in a Member State should be taken into account. 3. A simple solution for platform sales. For sales platforms such as Catawiki, it has to be taken into account that sometimes the seller knows the destination country only after the sale has been concluded. A system requiring prior registration in each potential destination country is practically unworkable for small traders. 4. Proportionality for micro-enterprises The requirements should be based on the actual size of the undertaking and the amount of packaging placed on the market in a Member State. A small family wine product with few cross-border consignments should not have to bear the same administrative burden as a large international group. 5. No de facto restriction on the free movement of goods The implementation of the PPWR should not weaken the European single market by discouraging micro-enterprises from selling cross-border due to nationally different registration and cost obligations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544692_en"}, {"id": 33544691, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:42:58", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Macrame and Skulls ", "feedback": "Hi, my name is Anna Rogowska and I am a micro business owner in Poland, selling handmade macrame pieces online. I strongly support responsible packaging and recycling, but the current EPR system places a completely disproportionate burden on businesses of my size. I sell only a small number of items to most individual EU countries each year. Having to deal with separate registrations, national systems, reporting requirements, fees and potentially representatives for multiple countries can cost more than the sales I make there. Because of this, I have made the very difficult decision to stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This feels completely contrary to the idea of a Single Market. I can sell my handmade products to customers thousands of kilometres away, yet selling to a customer in a neighbouring EU country is becoming too complicated and expensive. This also hurts EU consumers, who will lose access to many independent artists, makers and micro businesses as more of us restrict cross-border shipping. Please introduce a simple, harmonised EU wide system for micro businesses, with proportionate fees and reporting requirements, or meaningful exemptions/thresholds for very small quantities of packaging. Small businesses should absolutely take responsibility for the packaging they use, but compliance should be proportionate to the amount of packaging we actually place on the market. The current complexity risks pushing thousands of the smallest businesses out of cross-border EU trade entirely. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, my name is Anna Rogowska and I am a micro business owner in Poland, selling handmade macrame pieces online. I strongly support responsible packaging and recycling, but the current EPR system places a completely disproportionate burden on businesses of my size. I sell only a small number of items to most individual EU countries each year. Having to deal with separate registrations, national systems, reporting requirements, fees and potentially representatives for multiple countries can cost more than the sales I make there. Because of this, I have made the very difficult decision to stop selling to customers in other EU countries. This feels completely contrary to the idea of a Single Market. I can sell my handmade products to customers thousands of kilometres away, yet selling to a customer in a neighbouring EU country is becoming too complicated and expensive. This also hurts EU consumers, who will lose access to many independent artists, makers and micro businesses as more of us restrict cross-border shipping. Please introduce a simple, harmonised EU wide system for micro businesses, with proportionate fees and reporting requirements, or meaningful exemptions/thresholds for very small quantities of packaging. Small businesses should absolutely take responsibility for the packaging they use, but compliance should be proportionate to the amount of packaging we actually place on the market. The current complexity risks pushing thousands of the smallest businesses out of cross-border EU trade entirely. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544691_en"}, {"id": 33544690, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:42:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This shall not be part of the Europe I want to see. Please consider the following points, as these are not addresses in this regulation - please: - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - Also consider, that the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses Kind regards, Oleg Domanov", "feedbackEnglish": "This shall not be part of the Europe I want to see. Please consider the following points, as these are not addresses in this regulation - please: - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - Also consider, that the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses Kind regards, Oleg Domanov", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544690_en"}, {"id": 33544689, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:39:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cyberxunicorn", "feedback": "Bonjour, Cette loi PPWR affecte terriblement les petites entreprises et petits créateurs. Jai une micro entreprise où jai lopportunité denvoyer mes créations à létranger, jai très souvent des commandes venant de Belgique et de Suisse, et je devrais malheureusement fermer les commandes envers ces pays en raison de toutes les charges que cela minfligerait. Cette loi devrait viser uniquement les entreprises ayant un chiffre daffaires supérieur à une certaine norme et non les petits créateurs qui aimeraient seulement partager leurs créations autour deux. je ne comprends pas comment cela peut être mis en vigueur sans penser à limpact envers les entreprises ayant un chiffre daffaire annuel inférieur à 15000. Cette loi nattendra en aucun cas les grosses entreprises, telles que Amazon Temu ou encore Shein car eux ont les moyens de payer un représentant dans chaque pays où ils effectuent des envois. Merci de repenser cette loi afin ne pas empêcher les petits créateurs dexister.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this PPWR law has a terrible impact on small businesses and creators. JAI a micro company where jai lopportunit denotes my creations abroad, very often places orders from Belgium and Switzerland, and unfortunately I should close orders to these countries because of all the burdens that this would cause. This law should apply only to companies with a turnover above a certain standard and not to small designers who would only like to share their creations around two. I do not understand how this can be put into effect without thinking of having an impact on companies with an annual turnover below 15000. This law will in no way affect large companies, such as Amazon Temu or Shein, because they have the means to pay a representative in each country where they send mail. Thank you for rethinking this law so as not to prevent small creators from existing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544689_en"}, {"id": 33544688, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:37:13", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Suaimhneas Jewellery", "feedback": "I set up a tiny jewellery business that currently processes under 50 orders a year a year and a half ago. I have now had to suspend orders to the EU from Ireland because I cannot afford a representative or fees for what could be none or very few orders internationally. I am waiting to see what Ireland comes up with on August 12th to see if my business will survive at all. It has made what was a fun experience making a little bit of extra money and connecting with customers throughout Europe, who would buy handmade jewellery made from recycled metals, into a bureaucratic and financial nightmare. I am seriously concerned about the fact that depending on what regulations Ireland decides to implement for businesses of my size, that my business, and many others like mine, will cease to exist because the financial and bureaucratic burden of these regulations are completely prohibitive. Larger companies will have a monopoly, leaving consumers with no choice in where they spend their money. I am all for creating a circular economy and making businesses accountable for being sustainable for our planet, but the costs involved and the demands on a tiny business are too much to bear. The fact that each country within the EU makes their own rules rather than a blanket legislation makes this ridiculously complicated to navigate also. A larger company can outsource this work and have the profit margins to support the changes, but small businesses like mine cannot. Estimates would mean I would have to sacrifice up to tens of thousands in an initial outlay of funds to adhere to these regulations before I even make a single sale. I simply cannot afford that in the early days of my business and neither can most small businesses - especially now that our access to international sales has been scuppered due to these regulations. We demand that clear and fair stipulations and protections are put in place to make businesses with a negligible impact distinct from larger businesses, ensuring that starting a small business is still viable. As it stands, innovation and creativity will die from the outset because it is no longer viable or accessible to start a business and have international outreach.", "feedbackEnglish": "I set up a tiny jewellery business that currently processes under 50 orders a year a year and a half ago. I have now had to suspend orders to the EU from Ireland because I cannot afford a representative or fees for what could be none or very few orders internationally. I am waiting to see what Ireland comes up with on August 12th to see if my business will survive at all. It has made what was a fun experience making a little bit of extra money and connecting with customers throughout Europe, who would buy handmade jewellery made from recycled metals, into a bureaucratic and financial nightmare. I am seriously concerned about the fact that depending on what regulations Ireland decides to implement for businesses of my size, that my business, and many others like mine, will cease to exist because the financial and bureaucratic burden of these regulations are completely prohibitive. Larger companies will have a monopoly, leaving consumers with no choice in where they spend their money. I am all for creating a circular economy and making businesses accountable for being sustainable for our planet, but the costs involved and the demands on a tiny business are too much to bear. The fact that each country within the EU makes their own rules rather than a blanket legislation makes this ridiculously complicated to navigate also. A larger company can outsource this work and have the profit margins to support the changes, but small businesses like mine cannot. Estimates would mean I would have to sacrifice up to tens of thousands in an initial outlay of funds to adhere to these regulations before I even make a single sale. I simply cannot afford that in the early days of my business and neither can most small businesses - especially now that our access to international sales has been scuppered due to these regulations. We demand that clear and fair stipulations and protections are put in place to make businesses with a negligible impact distinct from larger businesses, ensuring that starting a small business is still viable. As it stands, innovation and creativity will die from the outset because it is no longer viable or accessible to start a business and have international outreach.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544688_en"}, {"id": 33544686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:33:16", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Saros", "feedback": "I am a small 1person business, or rather, an independent freelance artist and musician. I sell my own shirt designs, cds, vinyl etc. my biggest clientel is in the EU. I barely get by with paying my bills as an artist as it was. just a few weeks ago the EU introduced new import/export fees that already had a huge impact on my business, because they are not sustainable or realistic for anybody that isn't a big corporation, able to find ways around making their customers pay extra fees of 3-however many on top of the already applying VAT. With the new PPWR rules, you drive the final nail in the coffin of millions of micro business owners like myself, because NONE of them, myself included, can afford to pay for representatives/licenses for every single EU country, most of them, myself included, can't even afford a single one of them. Along with the relentless rise of AI which attacks artists of all kinds on EVERY front possible, along with the USA introducing their absolute insane tariffs, now the EU comes along and literally tries to kill off every single micro business, with ideas that could EASILY be accustomed to fit the actual goal, which is mass-waste-reduction, caused by the massive trade corpos like tem,u, amazon etc - not by people like me, who send out 2-10 t-shirts in a paper envelope by month. And yet you have the sheer audacity to include ALL OF US in these insane rules, so the only conclusion left here, is the one that the actual goal cannot be waste-reduction but much rather getting rid of the final remaining small time businesses, so big corpo can finally become the all-consuming, all-powerful, all-owning overlords which the EU so badly wants them to become, obviously. This is an obvious attempt to eradicate small private businesses, under the so well working label of environmental care, nothing else. It takes but a minute of actual consideration and awareness of what these rules would do to people like me, for anybody with the most basic understanding of how common sense-levels of small trade businesses work. The EU is well aware of the effects it has on ALL of us. And it leaves me and millions of others simply speechless. The EU CANNOT, under any circumstances, go through with these rules without giving micro businesses a pass. We have no ways of dealing with this insanity and still be able to survive, financially and mentally. It is enough now. It has to stop. Please, be human and have a tiny shred of common sense.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small 1person business, or rather, an independent freelance artist and musician. I sell my own shirt designs, cds, vinyl etc. my biggest clientel is in the EU. I barely get by with paying my bills as an artist as it was. just a few weeks ago the EU introduced new import/export fees that already had a huge impact on my business, because they are not sustainable or realistic for anybody that isn't a big corporation, able to find ways around making their customers pay extra fees of 3-however many on top of the already applying VAT. With the new PPWR rules, you drive the final nail in the coffin of millions of micro business owners like myself, because NONE of them, myself included, can afford to pay for representatives/licenses for every single EU country, most of them, myself included, can't even afford a single one of them. Along with the relentless rise of AI which attacks artists of all kinds on EVERY front possible, along with the USA introducing their absolute insane tariffs, now the EU comes along and literally tries to kill off every single micro business, with ideas that could EASILY be accustomed to fit the actual goal, which is mass-waste-reduction, caused by the massive trade corpos like tem,u, amazon etc - not by people like me, who send out 2-10 t-shirts in a paper envelope by month. And yet you have the sheer audacity to include ALL OF US in these insane rules, so the only conclusion left here, is the one that the actual goal cannot be waste-reduction but much rather getting rid of the final remaining small time businesses, so big corpo can finally become the all-consuming, all-powerful, all-owning overlords which the EU so badly wants them to become, obviously. This is an obvious attempt to eradicate small private businesses, under the so well working label of environmental care, nothing else. It takes but a minute of actual consideration and awareness of what these rules would do to people like me, for anybody with the most basic understanding of how common sense-levels of small trade businesses work. The EU is well aware of the effects it has on ALL of us. And it leaves me and millions of others simply speechless. The EU CANNOT, under any circumstances, go through with these rules without giving micro businesses a pass. We have no ways of dealing with this insanity and still be able to survive, financially and mentally. It is enough now. It has to stop. Please, be human and have a tiny shred of common sense.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544686_en"}, {"id": 33544685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:32:06", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello. Congratulations, with this law you have single-handedly killed all small businesses and creators across the EU, because most of them simply cannot afford hundreds of euros worth of representatives in each country. I would like to point out that this does not only affect business owners, but also us consumers, because if I do not order things from corporate giants like Amazon now, I cannot buy anything outside my country. I always thought that the biggest advantage of being a member of the EU was its laws, which make trade between EU countries much easier. But this now raises the question. If that is no longer true (because thanks to your new law it truly is not true), what is the point of the EU at all?", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. Congratulations, with this law you have single-handedly killed all small businesses and creators across the EU, because most of them simply cannot afford hundreds of euros worth of representatives in each country. I would like to point out that this does not only affect business owners, but also us consumers, because if I do not order things from corporate giants like Amazon now, I cannot buy anything outside my country. I always thought that the biggest advantage of being a member of the EU was its laws, which make trade between EU countries much easier. But this now raises the question. If that is no longer true (because thanks to your new law it truly is not true), what is the point of the EU at all?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544685_en"}, {"id": 33544684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:31:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese neuen Regel sind doch totaler Unsinn. Ich verstehe ja, dass die Geschäfte in der EU dadurch geschützt werden sollen aber das ist doch nicht die Lösung. Was wäre den, wenn andere Länder das auch machen würden? Noch mehr Zölle für Exporte? Das ist nicht der Sinn hinter guten wirtschaftlichem Handel. Und es schadet am Ende nur wieder den kleinen Leuten. Sowohl im inland, weil auch die waren gff schon nach draußen exportieren aber auch für die kleinen Geschäfte außerhalb der EU.. die großen können sich das durch die Masse an Profukten leisten. Und durch die Masse ist es ja eben auch günstiger und erlich gesagt auch vielfertiger, als das was man innerhalb der EU so bekommt. Und lebt der Mensch nicht von Vielfalt? Nein, nicht wenn es um den eigenen Profit geht.. traurig. Man sollte die Bedingungen für Geschäfte in der EU eher leichter machen, damit sie mithalten, was auch die Preise angeht. Dann kaufen auch weniger leute bei temu und co, wenn es inäm eigenem land nicht so viel teurer ist.. z.b weniger Steuern etc.. und nicht andere teurer machen, in der Hoffnung, dass die Leute dann weniger kaufen.. die die genug Geld haben, kaufen trotzdem da, weil es ihnen dort besser gefällt. Nur die kleinen Leute, die froh waren, sich nun auch mal \"schöne sachen\" leisten zu können.. oder kleinen Händler die ihr Geschäft durch den export am laufen halten leiden darunter.. wie soll oft.. leidet dadurch nur der kleine mann und Amazon und Co. Bekommen wieder eine Alleinstellungsmerkmal.. ist das der sinn dahinter? Das die großen nun wieder noch mehr verdienen... und die kleinen kaputt gehen?", "feedbackEnglish": "This new rule is completely nonsense. I understand that this is intended to protect businesses in the EU, but that is not the solution. What if other countries were to do the same? More tariffs on exports? This is not the point of good economic trade. And in the end it only harms the small people. Both domestically, because they too were already exporting outside, but also for the small businesses outside the EU. The big can afford this through the mass of professionals. And because of the mass, it is also cheaper and, to put it another way, more versatile than what you get within the EU. And doesn’t people live from diversity? No, not when it comes to your own profit. The conditions for doing business in the EU should be made easier to keep up with prices. Then fewer people buy from temu and co if it is not so much more expensive in their own country, e.g. less taxes, etc., and do not make others more expensive in the hope that people who have enough money will then buy less. They still buy there because they like it better there. Only the small people who were happy to be able to afford to do ‘beautiful things’, or small traders who keep their business running through the export, will suffer as a result. How often does this affect only the small man and Amazon and Co. Receive a unique feature again? Is this the sense behind it? The big ones now earn even more... and the small ones go ruined?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544684_en"}, {"id": 33544682, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:30:49", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Beeskneesemporium", "feedback": "I can only reiterate what others have already said. This is hugely impactful for micro businesses. Please consider this when making decisions. We don't want to stop shipping to Europe but it is becoming too expensive to continue doing so.", "feedbackEnglish": "I can only reiterate what others have already said. This is hugely impactful for micro businesses. Please consider this when making decisions. We don't want to stop shipping to Europe but it is becoming too expensive to continue doing so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544682_en"}, {"id": 33544681, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:28:33", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The intention of this legislation is completely overshadowed by it's devastating side effects on micro- and small businesses. The fees are untenable for many, who are already forced out of business partially or entirely as a result if these new rules. One of the amazing perks of being in the EU is how it is supposed to be simple trading within its borders, but this is unfairly targeting those who need the most protection.", "feedbackEnglish": "The intention of this legislation is completely overshadowed by it's devastating side effects on micro- and small businesses. The fees are untenable for many, who are already forced out of business partially or entirely as a result if these new rules. One of the amazing perks of being in the EU is how it is supposed to be simple trading within its borders, but this is unfairly targeting those who need the most protection.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544681_en"}, {"id": 33544680, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:26:03", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe that harmonisation should ensure that registration and EPR obligations remain proportionate for micro-enterprises making only occasional cross-border sales. I am the owner of a small Italian artisan business selling exclusively to private consumers. I make fewer than 10 shipments per year to other EU Member My complete packaging weighs approximately 125 grams per shipment and consists of a cardboard box, Even if the entire 125 grams were considered packaging, my total cross-border packaging volume is less than approximately 1.25 kg per year. The draft Regulation provides simplified reporting for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market in a Member State. However, this does not appear to establish a corresponding de minimis threshold for registration itself. For a micro-enterprise handling such negligible quantities, having to comply with multiple national EPR systems and potentially bear the costs associated with registration and authorised representatives can be disproportionate to both the quantity of packaging involved and the value of occasional transactions. I therefore ask the Commission to consider introducing an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises with negligible packaging volumes and/or very limited cross-border sales. Below such a threshold, businesses should be exempt from additional national registration and EPR obligations, or benefit from a genuinely simplified and harmonised EU-wide procedure. A European micro-enterprise should be able to make even a single sale to a consumer in another Member State without facing compliance costs disproportionate to the quantity of packaging placed on the market. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while supporting proportionality, entrepreneurship and the proper functioning of the EU Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that harmonisation should ensure that registration and EPR obligations remain proportionate for micro-enterprises making only occasional cross-border sales. I am the owner of a small Italian artisan business selling exclusively to private consumers. I make fewer than 10 shipments per year to other EU Member My complete packaging weighs approximately 125 grams per shipment and consists of a cardboard box, Even if the entire 125 grams were considered packaging, my total cross-border packaging volume is less than approximately 1.25 kg per year. The draft Regulation provides simplified reporting for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market in a Member State. However, this does not appear to establish a corresponding de minimis threshold for registration itself. For a micro-enterprise handling such negligible quantities, having to comply with multiple national EPR systems and potentially bear the costs associated with registration and authorised representatives can be disproportionate to both the quantity of packaging involved and the value of occasional transactions. I therefore ask the Commission to consider introducing an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises with negligible packaging volumes and/or very limited cross-border sales. Below such a threshold, businesses should be exempt from additional national registration and EPR obligations, or benefit from a genuinely simplified and harmonised EU-wide procedure. A European micro-enterprise should be able to make even a single sale to a consumer in another Member State without facing compliance costs disproportionate to the quantity of packaging placed on the market. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while supporting proportionality, entrepreneurship and the proper functioning of the EU Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544680_en"}, {"id": 33544679, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:25:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die EU sollte dafür sorgen, dass die teilnehmenden Staaten wirtschaftlich zusammenrücken. Mit Einführung dieser nicht ausreichend durchdachten Verordnung ist das Gegenteil der Fall: Bestellungen von Kleinunternehmen aus einem EU-Nachbarland werden unmöglich, da kleine Unternehmen durch die Verordnung zusätzliche Kosten aufgebürdet werden, die nicht in Relation zu ihren Erträgen stehen. Nachvollziehbarerweise müssen aus wirtschaftlichen Überlegungen solche Kleinunternehmen den Versand innerhalb der EU einschränken. Ein völliger Irrsinn in zweierlei Hinsicht: die EU schwächt ihre eigenen Kleinunternehmen, anstatt sie gegen die Billigkonkurrenz aus dem Ausland zu unterstützen. Und sie zersplittert sich wirtschaftlich, anstatt den innereuropäischen Handel zu stärken, wie es ihre Aufgabe wäre. Dementsprechend ist es die Pflicht der EU, diese Verordnung grundlegend zu überarbeiten und eine Generallösung zu finden, die es kleinen Unternehmen erleichtert, etwa mit einer europaweit gültigen, leistbaren Pauschale ihren innereuropäischen Handel aufrecht zu erhalten. Andernfalls wird verständlicherweise die eigene Wirtschaft Stück für Stück geschwächt, sofern es sich nicht um Großkonzerne mit entsprechendem Lobbying und vor allem entsprechend großer Portokasse handelt.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU should ensure economic convergence between the participating states. With the introduction of this insufficiently thought through regulation, the opposite is true: Orders from small businesses from an EU neighbouring country will become impossible, as the Regulation will impose additional costs on small businesses that are disproportionate to their revenues. It is understandable that, for economic reasons, such small businesses must restrict shipments within the EU. A total irritation in two ways: the EU is weakening its own small businesses instead of supporting them against cheap competition from abroad. And it is fragmenting economically, rather than strengthening intra-European trade as it should. Accordingly, it is the EU’s duty to substantially revise this Regulation and to find a one-size-fits-all solution that makes it easier for small businesses to maintain their intra-European trade, for example with a pan-European affordable flat rate. Otherwise, it is understandable that one’s own economy will be weakened piece by piece, unless they are large corporations with appropriate lobbying and, above all, large postage funds.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544679_en"}, {"id": 33544678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:22:49", "country": "ITA", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Veo con gran preocupación que esta iniciativa hará inviable para muchos pequeños negocios, poder comercializar en países miembros de la comunidad. Es absurdo poner regulaciones abusivas al comercio comunitario por sobre transacciones y envíos con países externos a la comunidad. Por favor modificar esto cuanto antes!", "feedbackEnglish": "I see with great concern that this initiative will make it unworkable for many small businesses, to be able to market in community member countries. It is absurd to introduce abusive regulations on Community trade in transactions and shipments with countries outside the Community. Please change this as soon as possible!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544678_en"}, {"id": 33544677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:22:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I love buying from small artists and small businesses and i think they're extremely important for cultural exchange as well as expression of culture. Art and small businesses bring so much joy to people and are important for economics too. The new laws make it impossible for small businesses to exist and sell outside their own country, which will ruin tens of thousands of businesses. Most small businesses cant possibly be expected to have a representative in every country they want to sell to. Especially considering they might only have a handful of small packages from a country a year. The new law actively prevents the free movement of goods within the EU", "feedbackEnglish": "I love buying from small artists and small businesses and i think they're extremely important for cultural exchange as well as expression of culture. Art and small businesses bring so much joy to people and are important for economics too. The new laws make it impossible for small businesses to exist and sell outside their own country, which will ruin tens of thousands of businesses. Most small businesses cant possibly be expected to have a representative in every country they want to sell to. Especially considering they might only have a handful of small packages from a country a year. The new law actively prevents the free movement of goods within the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544677_en"}, {"id": 33544676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:22:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich habe im Dezember 25 meinen kleinen Online Shop für Wolle eröffnet. Mein Versandvolumen ist so minimal, dass die Menge nicht einmal eingegeben werden kann bei den Seiten. Für mich bedeutet diese Regelung, dass ein Versand ins EU-Ausland nicht in Frage kommt und ich stehe kurz vor dem Punkt an dem ich mich frage ob sich der Aufwand ein Unternehmen in der EU zu führen überhaupt lohnt. Diese Regelung steht für mich in einem direkten Gegensatz zu dem Kernkonzept der EU: Grenzen und Barrieren abzuschaffen und einen gemeinsamen Wirtschaftsraum zu schaffen. Was die EU erreicht ist Grenzen und Barrieren aufzubauen und wirtschaften für kleine Unternehmen kaum bis gar nicht mehr möglich zu machen. Statt auf Kleinstrukturiertheit und Vielfalt zu setzen scheint das Ziel zu sein Konzerne wie Amazon noch zu stärken. Es ist unfassbar teuer ein Unternehmen in der EU zu führen. Jeden Tag stehe ich mit Bauchschmerzen auf ob es nicht doch irgendwo noch eine Verodnung oder auch ein Landesgesetz gibt, dass kaum zu verstehen ist und einem endgültig das Genick brechen wird. Jeden Tag leben wir Kleinunternehmer mit der Angst vor der EU, denn statt uns zu stärken und zu unterstützen tritt die EU als unser Feind auf. Ist das das Ziel der EU? Feind kleiner Unternehmen zu sein? So bitte ich inständig: befreit Kleinunternehmen von den tausenden Hürden die wir überwinden müssen. Wir können uns keine Armee an spezialisierten Anwälten leisten, die dafüf sorgen, dass wir alle Rechtsvorschriften kennen und verstehen können. Wir sind oft genug Betriebe die nebenbei noch einen Vollzeitjob machen. Viele von uns sind Künstler und Handarbeiter, die die Welt einfach nur ein wenig schöner und bunter machen wollen. Doch wir versinken in grauen Schluchten der Bürokratie und so wird die Welt stattdessen jeden Tag noch ein bisschen dunkler und härter. Und weswegen? Wegen 20 Kartons im Jahr? Wegen einer halben Rolle Klebeband? Wegen 50 Etiketten aus Recycling-Papier? Solche Regelungen sollten den kleinen Teil betreffen, der wirklich Verantwortung trägt für die Umwelt: Firmen wie Amazon, Temu und Shine versenden am Tag mehr Pakete als ich in meinem ganzen Leben versenden werde. Und doch muss ich die gleichen Hürden überwinden wie solche Konzerne. Ich kann also nur innig darum bitten sich zu fragen: soll die Welt in Zukunft nur noch aus Versandriesen bestehen oder wollen wir kleine Unternehmen behandeln wie das schützenswerte Gut, dass sie sind?", "feedbackEnglish": "I opened my small online shop for wool in December 25. My volume is so minimal that it cannot even be encoded on the pages. For me, this rule means that dispatch to another EU country is not possible and I am approaching the point where I wonder whether it is worthwhile to run a business in the EU at all. For me, this rule is in direct contrast to the core concept of the EU: Remove borders and barriers and create a common economic space. What the EU has achieved is to build borders and barriers and make it hardly possible or impossible for small businesses to do so. Rather than focusing on small-scale structure and diversity, the aim seems to be to strengthen groups such as Amazon. Running a business in the EU is incredibly expensive. Every day, I am struggling with abdominal pain to see if there is still somewhere or even a provincial law that is hard to understand and that will definitively break the gentlemen’s emblem. Every day, we live with small entrepreneurs afraid of the EU, because instead of strengthening and supporting us, the EU acts as our enemy. Is this the EU’s goal? Be an enemy of small businesses? Please do not hesitate to ask: frees small businesses from the thousands of hurdles we have to overcome. We cannot afford an army of specialised lawyers to ensure that we know and understand all legislation. We are often enough businesses to make a full-time job on the side. Many of us are artists and manual workers who simply want to make the world a little more beautiful and colourful. But we are falling into the grey gullies of bureaucracy, and instead the world is becoming a bit darker and harder every day. And why? Because of 20 boxes per year? Because of half a roll of adhesive tape? Because of 50 recycled paper labels? Such rules should concern the small part that bears real responsibility for the environment: Companies like Amazon, Temu and Shine send more parcels every day than I will send throughout my life. And yet I have to overcome the same hurdles as such groups. So I can only ask myself about this in the first place: should the world be made up of shipping giants only in the future, or do we want to treat small businesses as if they were a good worth protecting?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544676_en"}, {"id": 33544675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:21:43", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Waa illustration", "feedback": "I am an independent artist. I regularly ship my art prints within Europe. They are an essential part of my small business, which I run completely on my own. It appears these new rules would make it impossible for me to have a viable business. The cost of having representatives and complying to all the rules would be completely excessive and unaffordable for me. I would appreciate it very much if it would be possible to have reasonable, workable exemptions for small businesses. Not just in my interest but also in the interest of European free trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent artist. I regularly ship my art prints within Europe. They are an essential part of my small business, which I run completely on my own. It appears these new rules would make it impossible for me to have a viable business. The cost of having representatives and complying to all the rules would be completely excessive and unaffordable for me. I would appreciate it very much if it would be possible to have reasonable, workable exemptions for small businesses. Not just in my interest but also in the interest of European free trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544675_en"}, {"id": 33544674, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:21:07", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello. Like many in the EU I am a small artist and author. My income from sales is less than 300 euro per year. It is completely unfeasible for us, small business owners, to continue operating under the proposed rules. Micro- businesses should be exempt since vast majority of us already use biodegradable packaging. The AR obligation is just plain prohibitive and stands in direct opposition to the idea of European Union and its free market movement. This is very clearly another way to try to limit sales and trash generated by massive sellers such as Temu, but it inadvertently will mean that only those giants have the capacity to adhere to the rules, and come up with creative ways of not abiding by them. The registration requirements should at the very least be harmonized across the entire EU. Please hear the voices of small business owners - in its current state what will happen is even large monopolization of market. Not only will small business owners forced to close their shops (and lose their income) but this will also create a scenario where most places will ship to few lucrative markets (Germany, Spain, France) while other EU countries will be too small of a fry to justify paying for an AR, only creating divide in what is supposed to be a Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello. Like many in the EU I am a small artist and author. My income from sales is less than 300 euro per year. It is completely unfeasible for us, small business owners, to continue operating under the proposed rules. Micro- businesses should be exempt since vast majority of us already use biodegradable packaging. The AR obligation is just plain prohibitive and stands in direct opposition to the idea of European Union and its free market movement. This is very clearly another way to try to limit sales and trash generated by massive sellers such as Temu, but it inadvertently will mean that only those giants have the capacity to adhere to the rules, and come up with creative ways of not abiding by them. The registration requirements should at the very least be harmonized across the entire EU. Please hear the voices of small business owners - in its current state what will happen is even large monopolization of market. Not only will small business owners forced to close their shops (and lose their income) but this will also create a scenario where most places will ship to few lucrative markets (Germany, Spain, France) while other EU countries will be too small of a fry to justify paying for an AR, only creating divide in what is supposed to be a Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544674_en"}, {"id": 33544673, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:20:11", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Chiediamo con urgenza alla Commissione europea di: Istituire un embargo immediato (moratoria): sospendere con effetto immediato tutte le sanzioni relative alla responsabilità estesa del produttore (EPR), i requisiti di registrazione transfrontaliera e le commissioni obbligatorie per i \"rappresentanti autorizzati\" di terze parti per le microimprese, in attesa della riforma della legislazione. Introdurre una soglia de minimis a livello UE: esentare completamente i piccoli venditori e le microimprese dalla burocrazia relativa agli imballaggi transfrontalieri. Un vero e proprio sportello unico a livello europeo (OSS - One-Stop Shop): istituire un portale unico e centralizzato a livello UE, in modo che nessun lavoratore autonomo debba mai registrarsi separatamente in 27 diversi Stati membri.", "feedbackEnglish": "We urgently call on the European Commission to: Impose an immediate embargo (moratorium): suspend with immediate effect all sanctions related to extended producer responsibility (EPR), cross-border registration requirements and mandatory fees for third party ‘authorised representatives’ for micro-enterprises, pending the reform of the legislation. Introducing an EU-wide de minimis threshold: fully exempting small sellers and micro-enterprises from bureaucracy related to cross-border packaging. A true one-stop-shop at European level (OSS – One-Stop Shop): establish a single, centralised portal at EU level, so that no self-employed person should ever register separately in 27 different Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544673_en"}, {"id": 33544672, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:17:57", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am horrified about the effect these rules will have on self employed entrepreneurs / small businesses (e.g artists, craftworkers). The EU claims to be a free market but this change will turn small and/or starting entrepreneurs away from being able to sell their work within the EU due to the fees associated with being able to sell their work within all 27 member states. The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. A cap on authorised representative fees for micro-enterprises based on turnover and/or waste volume must be added to the PPWR regulation. In addition, a separate model for micro-enterprises is needed, in which one registration and one representative (the entrepreneur themselves, if working in EU) covers all member states. This issue requires an immediate moratorium. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am horrified about the effect these rules will have on self employed entrepreneurs / small businesses (e.g artists, craftworkers). The EU claims to be a free market but this change will turn small and/or starting entrepreneurs away from being able to sell their work within the EU due to the fees associated with being able to sell their work within all 27 member states. The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. A cap on authorised representative fees for micro-enterprises based on turnover and/or waste volume must be added to the PPWR regulation. In addition, a separate model for micro-enterprises is needed, in which one registration and one representative (the entrepreneur themselves, if working in EU) covers all member states. This issue requires an immediate moratorium. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544672_en"}, {"id": 33544671, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:17:55", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support reducing packaging waste, but these rules are disproportionate and potentially devastating for micro and small businesses. A tiny online business selling only a few products to customers in different EU countries may face separate registration, reporting, fees and other EPR obligations in multiple Member States. For cross-border sellers, additional administrative requirements may also apply. This makes no economic sense for microbusinesses. A small handmade business may use only a few kilograms of recyclable paper, cardboard or mailing packaging per year, yet the administrative and compliance costs can be higher than the profit earned from sales in an individual country. Large companies can absorb these costs. A one-person business cannot. The result will not necessarily be better environmental protection. Instead, many small EU businesses will simply stop selling across borders, restrict their shops to their home country, or close altogether. This reduces competition, weakens the EU Single Market and gives large corporations an even bigger advantage. It will also have an economic consequence: fewer viable small businesses means less taxable turnover, fewer people paying income and business taxes, and less economic activity within the EU. Simplified reporting for companies below certain packaging volumes is not enough if these businesses still have to register and deal with different national systems. The EU should introduce a genuine exemption or de minimis threshold for microbusinesses based on packaging volume and/or turnover. Alternatively, there should be one EU-wide registration and reporting system, rather than separate compliance requirements in every Member State. A microbusiness sending a handful of parcels per year should not face a compliance structure designed for companies placing tonnes of packaging on the market. Environmental rules are necessary, but they must be proportionate. Please protect small European businesses instead of creating another barrier that pushes them out of the Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support reducing packaging waste, but these rules are disproportionate and potentially devastating for micro and small businesses. A tiny online business selling only a few products to customers in different EU countries may face separate registration, reporting, fees and other EPR obligations in multiple Member States. For cross-border sellers, additional administrative requirements may also apply. This makes no economic sense for microbusinesses. A small handmade business may use only a few kilograms of recyclable paper, cardboard or mailing packaging per year, yet the administrative and compliance costs can be higher than the profit earned from sales in an individual country. Large companies can absorb these costs. A one-person business cannot. The result will not necessarily be better environmental protection. Instead, many small EU businesses will simply stop selling across borders, restrict their shops to their home country, or close altogether. This reduces competition, weakens the EU Single Market and gives large corporations an even bigger advantage. It will also have an economic consequence: fewer viable small businesses means less taxable turnover, fewer people paying income and business taxes, and less economic activity within the EU. Simplified reporting for companies below certain packaging volumes is not enough if these businesses still have to register and deal with different national systems. The EU should introduce a genuine exemption or de minimis threshold for microbusinesses based on packaging volume and/or turnover. Alternatively, there should be one EU-wide registration and reporting system, rather than separate compliance requirements in every Member State. A microbusiness sending a handful of parcels per year should not face a compliance structure designed for companies placing tonnes of packaging on the market. Environmental rules are necessary, but they must be proportionate. Please protect small European businesses instead of creating another barrier that pushes them out of the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544671_en"}, {"id": 33544670, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:16:12", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is incredibly clear that this initiative is targeted towards destruction small businesses and hopefully it is just an oversight. Currently the costs are not possible to justify and the small businesses would have to price the products so high that it would bankrupt them. Please exempt small businesses and hold accountable the true waste creators - large billionaire companies. Please harmonize how this is regulated and implemented. Applying in each country and paying hundreds just to register in each country is ridiculous and not a cost that can be carried. It is also an insane time waste to find the institutions that can either do this. The whole initiative is extremely disproportional towards small businesses. This is also completely against EU beliefs, against movement of goods within the EU, against the free market and agaist innovations. If this continues we will leave ourselves behind others.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is incredibly clear that this initiative is targeted towards destruction small businesses and hopefully it is just an oversight. Currently the costs are not possible to justify and the small businesses would have to price the products so high that it would bankrupt them. Please exempt small businesses and hold accountable the true waste creators - large billionaire companies. Please harmonize how this is regulated and implemented. Applying in each country and paying hundreds just to register in each country is ridiculous and not a cost that can be carried. It is also an insane time waste to find the institutions that can either do this. The whole initiative is extremely disproportional towards small businesses. This is also completely against EU beliefs, against movement of goods within the EU, against the free market and agaist innovations. If this continues we will leave ourselves behind others.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544670_en"}, {"id": 33544669, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:15:55", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This would hurt micro and small businesses a lot. Please reconsider excluding them from this. This is also making it really hard to get art items or special books outside the EU, as lots of companies stopped shipping to EU due to the 3 Eur fee. Please just don't make this even worse. It feels like we are slowly being cut off from the outside world. While I support regulations for the environment and for EU businesses, imo it rather should be a support to them and not a punishment to others.", "feedbackEnglish": "This would hurt micro and small businesses a lot. Please reconsider excluding them from this. This is also making it really hard to get art items or special books outside the EU, as lots of companies stopped shipping to EU due to the 3 Eur fee. Please just don't make this even worse. It feels like we are slowly being cut off from the outside world. While I support regulations for the environment and for EU businesses, imo it rather should be a support to them and not a punishment to others.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544669_en"}, {"id": 33544668, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:15:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: Request for total exemption of self-employed artisans, artists, and solo creators from the Authorized Representative requirement in PPWR (Article 45) As an independent artist, craftsman, and self-employed worker selling my creations via e-commerce (Etsy), I would like to express my deepest concern regarding the disproportionate financial and administrative burden imposed by Article 45 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I am not a corporation; I am a solo creator. Requiring self-employed individuals and small artisans to appoint and pay for a private \"Authorized Representative\" in every single EU Member State where a product is shipped creates an insuperable barrier within the Single Market. Compliance management companies charge between 200 and 400 per year per country. For an independent artist who might only ship 1 or 2 packages a year to a specific country, this cost is completely unviable and economically ruinous. Instead of promoting a circular economy, this measure is forcing thousands of small European creators and self-employed workers to close their international sales channels within the EU, destroying local craftsmanship and independent art. We urgently request the European Commission to: Introduce a total exemption from the Authorized Representative requirement for self-employed workers, independent artists, and micro-craftsmen with low shipping volumes. Alternatively, establish a unified, centralized, and free European digital registry for independent creators, or allow marketplaces (like Etsy) to act as the collective representative for their solo sellers at zero cost. Environmental protection should not mean the destruction of independent art and self-employed creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Request for total exemption of self-employed artisans, artists, and solo creators from the Authorized Representative requirement in PPWR (Article 45) As an independent artist, craftsman, and self-employed worker selling my creations via e-commerce (Etsy), I would like to express my deepest concern regarding the disproportionate financial and administrative burden imposed by Article 45 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). I am not a corporation; I am a solo creator. Requiring self-employed individuals and small artisans to appoint and pay for a private \"Authorized Representative\" in every single EU Member State where a product is shipped creates an insuperable barrier within the Single Market. Compliance management companies charge between 200 and 400 per year per country. For an independent artist who might only ship 1 or 2 packages a year to a specific country, this cost is completely unviable and economically ruinous. Instead of promoting a circular economy, this measure is forcing thousands of small European creators and self-employed workers to close their international sales channels within the EU, destroying local craftsmanship and independent art. We urgently request the European Commission to: Introduce a total exemption from the Authorized Representative requirement for self-employed workers, independent artists, and micro-craftsmen with low shipping volumes. Alternatively, establish a unified, centralized, and free European digital registry for independent creators, or allow marketplaces (like Etsy) to act as the collective representative for their solo sellers at zero cost. Environmental protection should not mean the destruction of independent art and self-employed creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544668_en"}, {"id": 33544667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:15:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Star.Ablaze ", "feedback": "I am a small business owner, sending under 100 packages of handmade goods a year to the EU. Although this is an insignificant amount, the new bill will have a huge impact on my livelihood. I ask for micro and small businesses to be exempt from the AR obligations. I ask for the harmonisation of registration requirement across the EU or exemption of very small businesses from registration. As a one person team earning under minimum wage, the financial and admin pressures of this divided process have forced me and many others to entirely remove ourselves from the EU market. I ask for the protection of free movement of goods and viability for small businesses. Disregarding small businesses in a system where huge corporate companies are the problem will cause a divide. Artisan craftsmen, artists and makers simply cannot survive under these financial pressures, and these treasured communities will be lost. Thank you for your time, I hope for change.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner, sending under 100 packages of handmade goods a year to the EU. Although this is an insignificant amount, the new bill will have a huge impact on my livelihood. I ask for micro and small businesses to be exempt from the AR obligations. I ask for the harmonisation of registration requirement across the EU or exemption of very small businesses from registration. As a one person team earning under minimum wage, the financial and admin pressures of this divided process have forced me and many others to entirely remove ourselves from the EU market. I ask for the protection of free movement of goods and viability for small businesses. Disregarding small businesses in a system where huge corporate companies are the problem will cause a divide. Artisan craftsmen, artists and makers simply cannot survive under these financial pressures, and these treasured communities will be lost. Thank you for your time, I hope for change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544667_en"}, {"id": 33544666, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:14:57", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "a) it destroys the free market as a lot of small and mid size businesses can not justify the money or work and b) it strengthens the monopoly of big online retailers such as Amazon. Amazon will have zero problems complying and it will therefore probably grow in overall sales numbers if people don't have other choices because small sellers were being forcefully pushed off the European online market by this new legislation.", "feedbackEnglish": "a) it destroys the free market as a lot of small and mid size businesses can not justify the money or work and b) it strengthens the monopoly of big online retailers such as Amazon. Amazon will have zero problems complying and it will therefore probably grow in overall sales numbers if people don't have other choices because small sellers were being forcefully pushed off the European online market by this new legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544666_en"}, {"id": 33544665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:14:56", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Daughter of Mercury Metalworks ", "feedback": "I am a sole trader from Scotland and this has entirely killed my ability to sell anything to the EU. I simply do not have the money nor the bandwidth to deal with 27 individual sets of rules and mixed costs. I am one person on a very thin profit margin so losing all sales to the EU is a huge blow, but continuing is just impossible! When it comes to packaging, this is actually something I agree with the rules on - there should be rules and regulations for packaging and we should all be doing our part - but as soneone who is already doing their part with fully recycleable paper packaging, forcing us all to get through so much more bureaucracy and having to pay handsomely for the pleasure is just not the solution I think. The massive corporations who contribute to this waste problem should be penalised, by all means, and perhaps there should be a system of determining what they pay depending on their proportion of contribution to the problem, but for the micro/small businesses I would argue there are better ways to do it than one large, sweeping rule. I am not suggesting tha small businesses should be exempt from packing regulations, I just think that it should be proportional to contribution and possibly the size of the business, and that maybe the regulators could give guidance on packaging that could be excluded from payment, ie. fully recyclable and/or recycled packaging. There could even be an EU standardised packaging one can purchase that is low impact and possibly has some of the cost of running the system built in. That way the cost would be directly proportional, not only to the size of each businesses contribution, but every sale made/package shipped, and even then EU countries would only receive packaging they have agreed is acceptable. There should be some way to make the system more user friendly for small/micro businesses, as we tend to be more environmentally concious already and we can more easily make changes to our packaging if not already using more environmentally friendly materials, as long as it is affordable in time and money. Thank you for your time!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader from Scotland and this has entirely killed my ability to sell anything to the EU. I simply do not have the money nor the bandwidth to deal with 27 individual sets of rules and mixed costs. I am one person on a very thin profit margin so losing all sales to the EU is a huge blow, but continuing is just impossible! When it comes to packaging, this is actually something I agree with the rules on - there should be rules and regulations for packaging and we should all be doing our part - but as soneone who is already doing their part with fully recycleable paper packaging, forcing us all to get through so much more bureaucracy and having to pay handsomely for the pleasure is just not the solution I think. The massive corporations who contribute to this waste problem should be penalised, by all means, and perhaps there should be a system of determining what they pay depending on their proportion of contribution to the problem, but for the micro/small businesses I would argue there are better ways to do it than one large, sweeping rule. I am not suggesting tha small businesses should be exempt from packing regulations, I just think that it should be proportional to contribution and possibly the size of the business, and that maybe the regulators could give guidance on packaging that could be excluded from payment, ie. fully recyclable and/or recycled packaging. There could even be an EU standardised packaging one can purchase that is low impact and possibly has some of the cost of running the system built in. That way the cost would be directly proportional, not only to the size of each businesses contribution, but every sale made/package shipped, and even then EU countries would only receive packaging they have agreed is acceptable. There should be some way to make the system more user friendly for small/micro businesses, as we tend to be more environmentally concious already and we can more easily make changes to our packaging if not already using more environmentally friendly materials, as long as it is affordable in time and money. Thank you for your time!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544665_en"}, {"id": 33544664, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:14:41", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is killing small businesses and hobby sellers. It is not feasible for them to pay hundreds of euros in fees to 27 countries, just to be able to sell a few sheets of stickers, some key rings or handmade watercolour paints. If the whole point of the EU is to encourage production and trade within the EU, this is completely counterproductive. Crafters in all our countries are closing their shops or stopping sales outside of their own companies. This will just cause people to shop more from places like Temu and Shein instead. And that will definitely not create less waste and better packaging policies.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is killing small businesses and hobby sellers. It is not feasible for them to pay hundreds of euros in fees to 27 countries, just to be able to sell a few sheets of stickers, some key rings or handmade watercolour paints. If the whole point of the EU is to encourage production and trade within the EU, this is completely counterproductive. Crafters in all our countries are closing their shops or stopping sales outside of their own companies. This will just cause people to shop more from places like Temu and Shein instead. And that will definitely not create less waste and better packaging policies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544664_en"}, {"id": 33544663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:14:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I do agree that measures need to be taken, i dont believe this is the right way. Instead of really tackling the big companies who are mainly responsible for waste, it'll instead punish small businesses who aren't the biggest part of the problem and won't be able to cover the extra costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I do agree that measures need to be taken, i dont believe this is the right way. Instead of really tackling the big companies who are mainly responsible for waste, it'll instead punish small businesses who aren't the biggest part of the problem and won't be able to cover the extra costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544663_en"}, {"id": 33544662, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:13:08", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Coming as a frequent buyer from european small businesses, I hope that this draft can be modified to accomodate smaller businesses who can't afford representatives. This does more harm than good", "feedbackEnglish": "Coming as a frequent buyer from european small businesses, I hope that this draft can be modified to accomodate smaller businesses who can't afford representatives. This does more harm than good", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544662_en"}, {"id": 33544661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:12:14", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Alfies Adventure AB", "feedback": "Im a small business owner who sells across EU. You are embarrasingly out of touch. I dont want my union run like a corporation like Trumps US, but I also dont want it run by witless bureacrats. Either make it into a single registry or exclude small businesses. Ive registered in DE and FR since long before, but now 25 more countries and I have to pay several hundred euros for a representative in each? Its never going to happen. And either well all try to go under the radar or we stop selling to each other. Should we have a union or not? Do better!", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a small business owner who sells across EU. You are embarrasingly out of touch. I dont want my union run like a corporation like Trumps US, but I also dont want it run by witless bureacrats. Either make it into a single registry or exclude small businesses. Ive registered in DE and FR since long before, but now 25 more countries and I have to pay several hundred euros for a representative in each? Its never going to happen. And either well all try to go under the radar or we stop selling to each other. Should we have a union or not? Do better!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544661_en"}, {"id": 33544660, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:08:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and Extended Producer Responsibility rules represent a significant step toward reducing packaging waste across the European Union, a goal that is broadly supported. However, the current implementation of these regulations contains provisions that are disproportionate, counterproductive, and fundamentally at odds with the core principles of the European single market. Of particular concern is the requirement for businesses to appoint an Authorised Representative in each member state to which they ship products. For large multinational corporations, this obligation represents an administrative inconvenience but a manageable cost. For small and micro businesses, however, it creates a financial burden that is entirely disproportionate to the environmental impact they generate. The fees associated with these appointments, which can amount to several hundred euros per country per year, are simply unsustainable for businesses operating on thin margins and shipping limited volumes. In many cases, these costs exceed the value of the packaging waste they produce by several thousand times, rendering cross-border trade financially unviable. This regulation effectively punishes small enterprises while leaving the primary producers of packaging waste largely unaffected. Major corporations, which generate the overwhelming majority of packaging waste, possess the resources to absorb these compliance costs. Small businesses, which contribute minimally to the overall waste problem, are being held to the same standards and forced to bear the same expenses. This approach does not advance environmental objectives; it merely consolidates market power in the hands of large corporations and eliminates consumer choice. Furthermore, the lack of harmonization across member states exacerbates the problem. Each country has developed its own registration system, its own fee structure, and its own bureaucratic requirements. For a small business shipping to multiple EU countries, navigating this patchwork of regulations is not only expensive but also administratively overwhelming. A single, centralized, low-cost registration system for small businesses would address this issue and align with the EU's stated commitment to reducing administrative burdens. The broader consequence of this regulation is the erosion of the single market itself. The European Union was founded on the principle of free movement of goods, services, and people. It was designed to foster economic cooperation, cultural exchange, and mutual trust among member states. By making cross-border commerce unaffordable for small businesses, these rules are actively undermining that foundation. Consumers will lose access to unique, locally produced goods, and small entrepreneurs will be forced to retreat to their domestic markets or cease operations entirely. It is therefore requested that the Commission reconsider the application of these rules to small and micro businesses. A complete exemption from the Authorised Representative requirement for enterprises below a certain threshold would be the most effective solution. Alternatively, a harmonized, subsidized registration system specifically designed for small businesses would alleviate much of the financial strain. What is essential is that the regulation distinguishes between the entities that generate the majority of packaging waste and those that do not. Holding all businesses to the same standard is neither fair nor effective. The EU has the opportunity to lead the world in sustainable policy while protecting its small businesses. The current path, however, risks destroying the very entrepreneurial spirit that the Union claims to support. The single market must remain accessible to all, not only to those who can afford to participate.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and Extended Producer Responsibility rules represent a significant step toward reducing packaging waste across the European Union, a goal that is broadly supported. However, the current implementation of these regulations contains provisions that are disproportionate, counterproductive, and fundamentally at odds with the core principles of the European single market. Of particular concern is the requirement for businesses to appoint an Authorised Representative in each member state to which they ship products. For large multinational corporations, this obligation represents an administrative inconvenience but a manageable cost. For small and micro businesses, however, it creates a financial burden that is entirely disproportionate to the environmental impact they generate. The fees associated with these appointments, which can amount to several hundred euros per country per year, are simply unsustainable for businesses operating on thin margins and shipping limited volumes. In many cases, these costs exceed the value of the packaging waste they produce by several thousand times, rendering cross-border trade financially unviable. This regulation effectively punishes small enterprises while leaving the primary producers of packaging waste largely unaffected. Major corporations, which generate the overwhelming majority of packaging waste, possess the resources to absorb these compliance costs. Small businesses, which contribute minimally to the overall waste problem, are being held to the same standards and forced to bear the same expenses. This approach does not advance environmental objectives; it merely consolidates market power in the hands of large corporations and eliminates consumer choice. Furthermore, the lack of harmonization across member states exacerbates the problem. Each country has developed its own registration system, its own fee structure, and its own bureaucratic requirements. For a small business shipping to multiple EU countries, navigating this patchwork of regulations is not only expensive but also administratively overwhelming. A single, centralized, low-cost registration system for small businesses would address this issue and align with the EU's stated commitment to reducing administrative burdens. The broader consequence of this regulation is the erosion of the single market itself. The European Union was founded on the principle of free movement of goods, services, and people. It was designed to foster economic cooperation, cultural exchange, and mutual trust among member states. By making cross-border commerce unaffordable for small businesses, these rules are actively undermining that foundation. Consumers will lose access to unique, locally produced goods, and small entrepreneurs will be forced to retreat to their domestic markets or cease operations entirely. It is therefore requested that the Commission reconsider the application of these rules to small and micro businesses. A complete exemption from the Authorised Representative requirement for enterprises below a certain threshold would be the most effective solution. Alternatively, a harmonized, subsidized registration system specifically designed for small businesses would alleviate much of the financial strain. What is essential is that the regulation distinguishes between the entities that generate the majority of packaging waste and those that do not. Holding all businesses to the same standard is neither fair nor effective. The EU has the opportunity to lead the world in sustainable policy while protecting its small businesses. The current path, however, risks destroying the very entrepreneurial spirit that the Union claims to support. The single market must remain accessible to all, not only to those who can afford to participate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544660_en"}, {"id": 33544659, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:05:17", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Creadores a Sueldo", "feedback": "I am a Spanish artisan that always tried to defend green policies, but this new packaging laws are absolute nonsense when applied to micro-companies and freelance artists, artisans and sellers. The amount of paperwork and extra costs are causing projects like mine to stop shipping to most parts of the Union. This jeopardizes the livelihoods and businesses we have worked so hard to build, and sets a worrying precedent where small businesses are not even considered when legislation is being drafted. The injustice being inflicted upon small international businesses is virtually unprecedented, and it further endangers a sector that already operates under constant risk. We truly encourage you to consider exemptions for small companies and ecommerces, and a cohesive system for all of Europe. This really is painful as a believer in the Union, as it really puts our faith to the test. You are playing with the livelyhoods of thousands. Really hoping you change the pace of this project.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Spanish artisan that always tried to defend green policies, but this new packaging laws are absolute nonsense when applied to micro-companies and freelance artists, artisans and sellers. The amount of paperwork and extra costs are causing projects like mine to stop shipping to most parts of the Union. This jeopardizes the livelihoods and businesses we have worked so hard to build, and sets a worrying precedent where small businesses are not even considered when legislation is being drafted. The injustice being inflicted upon small international businesses is virtually unprecedented, and it further endangers a sector that already operates under constant risk. We truly encourage you to consider exemptions for small companies and ecommerces, and a cohesive system for all of Europe. This really is painful as a believer in the Union, as it really puts our faith to the test. You are playing with the livelyhoods of thousands. Really hoping you change the pace of this project.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544659_en"}, {"id": 33544658, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:03:04", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please make an exception for micro and small businesses, to ship to/within the EU. Otherwise this is going to destroy many Europeans businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please make an exception for micro and small businesses, to ship to/within the EU. Otherwise this is going to destroy many Europeans businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544658_en"}, {"id": 33544657, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:02:48", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "melodeko, self-employed individual", "feedback": "This new law will kill small family businesses and will make large companies even richer. You are making local handmade items and art unavailable to EU customers. Chinese goods will take over. As a weekend woodworker I was happy being able to sell my crafts all over the Europe via Etsy marketplace. As a side-hustle I only have a few orders per month and there's no way I can afford to have a representative in all the EU countries. I would not even afford to have one single representative in my own country. I will keep on doing what I do but without EU from now on, selling to UK, US and the rest of the world.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law will kill small family businesses and will make large companies even richer. You are making local handmade items and art unavailable to EU customers. Chinese goods will take over. As a weekend woodworker I was happy being able to sell my crafts all over the Europe via Etsy marketplace. As a side-hustle I only have a few orders per month and there's no way I can afford to have a representative in all the EU countries. I would not even afford to have one single representative in my own country. I will keep on doing what I do but without EU from now on, selling to UK, US and the rest of the world.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544657_en"}, {"id": 33544656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:00:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ironride", "feedback": "The idea of a Single Market is that European companies should be able to operate across borders without facing unnecessary administrative obstacles. A system that requires separate producer registrations in multiple Member States moves in the opposite direction. For smaller businesses in particular, this can quickly become disproportionate. Every additional registration, reporting format and national procedure requires time, specialist knowledge and money. Large corporations may have dedicated compliance teams to deal with this complexity. Most SMEs do not. There is a straightforward alternative: create one EU-wide registration and reporting system for packaging obligations. The VAT One Stop Shop already demonstrates the basic principle. A company registers once, reports through one system and can fulfil its obligations across the EU without repeating the same administrative process in every country. The framework should also recognise that not every company has the same resources or market impact. Micro and small enterprises below sensible thresholds should therefore have access to simplified procedures or appropriate exemptions. Environmental goals should remain ambitious. But administrative complexity is not the same thing as environmental effectiveness. If regulation becomes unnecessarily fragmented, it diverts resources away from precisely the areas where European SMEs should be investing: better products, innovation, sustainability and growth. Europe frequently speaks about strengthening competitiveness and completing the Single Market. Those objectives are difficult to reconcile with rules that effectively create new national barriers for companies trying to sell across Europe. If we genuinely want one European market, businesses should not have to register again each time they cross an internal EU border. One market deserves one common registration system.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea of a Single Market is that European companies should be able to operate across borders without facing unnecessary administrative obstacles. A system that requires separate producer registrations in multiple Member States moves in the opposite direction. For smaller businesses in particular, this can quickly become disproportionate. Every additional registration, reporting format and national procedure requires time, specialist knowledge and money. Large corporations may have dedicated compliance teams to deal with this complexity. Most SMEs do not. There is a straightforward alternative: create one EU-wide registration and reporting system for packaging obligations. The VAT One Stop Shop already demonstrates the basic principle. A company registers once, reports through one system and can fulfil its obligations across the EU without repeating the same administrative process in every country. The framework should also recognise that not every company has the same resources or market impact. Micro and small enterprises below sensible thresholds should therefore have access to simplified procedures or appropriate exemptions. Environmental goals should remain ambitious. But administrative complexity is not the same thing as environmental effectiveness. If regulation becomes unnecessarily fragmented, it diverts resources away from precisely the areas where European SMEs should be investing: better products, innovation, sustainability and growth. Europe frequently speaks about strengthening competitiveness and completing the Single Market. Those objectives are difficult to reconcile with rules that effectively create new national barriers for companies trying to sell across Europe. If we genuinely want one European market, businesses should not have to register again each time they cross an internal EU border. One market deserves one common registration system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544656_en"}, {"id": 33544655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:00:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner, sending under 100 packages of handmade goods a year to the EU. Although this is an insignificant amount, the new bill will have a huge impact on my livelihood. I ask for micro and small businesses to be exempt from the AR obligations. I ask for the harmonisation of registration requirement across the EU or exemption of very small businesses from registration. As a one man team earning under minimum wage, the financial and admin pressures of this divided process have forced me and many others to entirely remove ourselves from the EU market. I ask for the protection of free movement of goods and viability for small businesses. Disregarding small businesses in a system where huge corporate companies are the problem will cause a divide. Artisan craftsmen, artists and makers simply cannot survive under these financial pressures, and these treasured communities will be lost. Thank you for your time, I hope for change.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner, sending under 100 packages of handmade goods a year to the EU. Although this is an insignificant amount, the new bill will have a huge impact on my livelihood. I ask for micro and small businesses to be exempt from the AR obligations. I ask for the harmonisation of registration requirement across the EU or exemption of very small businesses from registration. As a one man team earning under minimum wage, the financial and admin pressures of this divided process have forced me and many others to entirely remove ourselves from the EU market. I ask for the protection of free movement of goods and viability for small businesses. Disregarding small businesses in a system where huge corporate companies are the problem will cause a divide. Artisan craftsmen, artists and makers simply cannot survive under these financial pressures, and these treasured communities will be lost. Thank you for your time, I hope for change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544655_en"}, {"id": 33544654, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 17:00:06", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Akumu Ink BV", "feedback": "- Disorganised: If the EU is serious about recycling, repurposing, etc., why is this program not streamlined like the OSS? - Waste of time: Our customers are dispersed all over the EU. How are we supposed to know each and every requirement of every country (counting language barriers) if we are not given the proper links and rules up front? - Exposure to potential scam: With scammers running rampant, how are small business owners supposed to know which websites are legitimate? Many of us might fall into giving our data and money away to the wrong websites; and getting fined anyway because those websites were scam websites. How are you preventing this from happening? - Micro business vs large business: There should be a differentiation between micro vs large businesses. For example, a third party collecting EPR packaging (cardboard) in Germany charges a minimum of 250/year regardless if 10 or 100 kg cardboards are used/year. How is this fair for small businesses? We are burdened in the same tax bracket already, so why are we being punished further? - Cost that limits free trade: With the cost adding to thousands of annually, we are having to decide to not sell to certain EU countries, limiting our reach and potential growth; and this defeats the purpose of Free Trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "- Disorganised: If the EU is serious about recycling, repurposing, etc., why is this program not streamlined like the OSS? - Waste of time: Our customers are dispersed all over the EU. How are we supposed to know each and every requirement of every country (counting language barriers) if we are not given the proper links and rules up front? - Exposure to potential scam: With scammers running rampant, how are small business owners supposed to know which websites are legitimate? Many of us might fall into giving our data and money away to the wrong websites; and getting fined anyway because those websites were scam websites. How are you preventing this from happening? - Micro business vs large business: There should be a differentiation between micro vs large businesses. For example, a third party collecting EPR packaging (cardboard) in Germany charges a minimum of 250/year regardless if 10 or 100 kg cardboards are used/year. How is this fair for small businesses? We are burdened in the same tax bracket already, so why are we being punished further? - Cost that limits free trade: With the cost adding to thousands of annually, we are having to decide to not sell to certain EU countries, limiting our reach and potential growth; and this defeats the purpose of Free Trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544654_en"}, {"id": 33544653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:59:53", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questa nuova riforma distruggerà le picccole e micro imprese online, ma anche venditori singoli. Sarebbe il caso di rivederla e renderla più a portata di coloro che desiderano continuare a spedire nellUnione Europea, come poi principio della stessa UE.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new reform will destroy online small and micro businesses, but also individual sellers. It should be revised and made more accessible to those who wish to continue to ship to the European Union, as a principle of the EU itself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544653_en"}, {"id": 33544652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:59:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Paintranger", "feedback": "I am a very small independent artist and sole trader based in Germany. I sell my own artwork and prints directly to individual customers, often in very small quantities. For businesses like mine, the current and proposed packaging compliance requirements for cross-border sales within the EU are extremely difficult to manage. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the administrative and financial burden should be proportionate to the size of the business and the actual amount of packaging involved. As a small artist, I may only send a handful of parcels or letters to a particular EU country in an entire year. Having to research different national rules, register separately, pay fees, potentially appoint authorised representatives, submit reports and keep track of different compliance systems for every country I might sell to is simply not economically viable. The compliance costs and administrative workload can easily exceed the value of the products and packaging involved. The practical consequence is that small creators are forced to stop selling physical products to customers in other EU countries altogether. I have already had to consider restricting EU shipping for exactly this reason. This is particularly frustrating because the EU single market should make it easier, not harder, for very small businesses to sell across borders. Large companies have legal departments, compliance teams and sufficient sales volume to absorb these costs. Independent artists, micro-businesses and people selling only a very small number of handmade products do not. Applying essentially the same administrative expectations to both creates a disproportionate burden and puts very small businesses at a significant disadvantage. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce a genuinely simple and proportionate system for micro-businesses, such as a meaningful de minimis threshold, one central EU-wide registration and reporting system, or an exemption/simplified procedure for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental protection is important, but regulation should not unintentionally exclude small artists and micro-businesses from the European market. A system can achieve environmental goals without making occasional cross-border sales practically impossible for the smallest businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a very small independent artist and sole trader based in Germany. I sell my own artwork and prints directly to individual customers, often in very small quantities. For businesses like mine, the current and proposed packaging compliance requirements for cross-border sales within the EU are extremely difficult to manage. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the administrative and financial burden should be proportionate to the size of the business and the actual amount of packaging involved. As a small artist, I may only send a handful of parcels or letters to a particular EU country in an entire year. Having to research different national rules, register separately, pay fees, potentially appoint authorised representatives, submit reports and keep track of different compliance systems for every country I might sell to is simply not economically viable. The compliance costs and administrative workload can easily exceed the value of the products and packaging involved. The practical consequence is that small creators are forced to stop selling physical products to customers in other EU countries altogether. I have already had to consider restricting EU shipping for exactly this reason. This is particularly frustrating because the EU single market should make it easier, not harder, for very small businesses to sell across borders. Large companies have legal departments, compliance teams and sufficient sales volume to absorb these costs. Independent artists, micro-businesses and people selling only a very small number of handmade products do not. Applying essentially the same administrative expectations to both creates a disproportionate burden and puts very small businesses at a significant disadvantage. I strongly encourage the EU to introduce a genuinely simple and proportionate system for micro-businesses, such as a meaningful de minimis threshold, one central EU-wide registration and reporting system, or an exemption/simplified procedure for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Environmental protection is important, but regulation should not unintentionally exclude small artists and micro-businesses from the European market. A system can achieve environmental goals without making occasional cross-border sales practically impossible for the smallest businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544652_en"}, {"id": 33544651, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:59:13", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Commission and European Parliament, I am writing as a small Portuguese business owner and European citizen who strongly supports the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR): sustainability, a circular economy, waste reduction, reuse, and producer responsibility. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) may undermine these goals, particularly for microbusinesses. The current approach can impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens based on where packaging crosses a border, rather than what happens to that packaging during its useful life. Consider this example. A small business in Germany sends me a product in reused packaging. I purchase it privately as a gift, but the business may nevertheless have Portuguese EPR obligations because the packaging is shipped to Portugal, potentially requiring registration and an Authorized Representative, even for a single parcel. I then reuse the same box and protective material to ship an order from my Portuguese business to Germany, potentially creating German EPR obligations for me. The packaging has now crossed two borders and generated compliance costs in two countries, yet it has never become waste. A private recipient in Germany could reuse it again, perhaps sending it to France, where it is finally discarded. The same packaging has therefore been reused repeatedly across Europe before entering the waste stream, while businesses may have incurred EPR obligations in countries where it never became waste. Does this make environmental or economic sense? The purpose of a circular economy is to extend the useful life of materials. Yet this framework can inadvertently penalise the very reuse it seeks to encourage. Large corporations have compliance departments, lawyers and accountants. A microbusiness may be one person managing production, customers, accounting, marketing and shipping. Expecting such businesses to understand potentially 27 different EPR systems and appoint representatives in multiple countries can make cross-border sales economically impossible. Small businesses may therefore stop selling to certain EU countries because compliance costs exceed the profit from those markets. This particularly threatens smaller Member States such as Portugal, whose domestic markets arent strong enough to compensate having such high fees to ship to customers there. Instead of strengthening the Single Market, we risk creating a Europe divided into countries that are \"worth selling to\" and countries that are too expensive to serve. These additional costs will ultimately also be passed on to consumers through higher prices. The system also fails to distinguish between introducing new single-use packaging and repeatedly reusing existing packaging. A small business that reuses cardboard boxes should not face the same regulatory treatment as a multinational shipping millions of products in new packaging. If reuse is an environmental objective, regulation should recognize and reward it rather than penalize it. There is also a risk of unintended consequences. Excessive compliance costs could cause formally operating businesses to stop selling internationally, close, or move toward informal/private selling. This could mean fewer registered businesses, lower tax revenue, less consumer protection and greater informal markets, the opposite of what good regulation should achieve. I respectfully ask the EU to simplify cross-border EPR for microbusinesses through exemptions, proportionate obligations, recognition of reused packaging, and a centralised EU One-Stop Shop with harmonised rules. Please assess the impact on the Single Market and smaller Member States, and consult microbusinesses before implementation. I strongly support the PPWRs environmental goals, but regulation should reward reuse and sustainability without making small European businesses unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Commission and European Parliament, I am writing as a small Portuguese business owner and European citizen who strongly supports the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR): sustainability, a circular economy, waste reduction, reuse, and producer responsibility. However, I am deeply concerned that the implementation of cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) may undermine these goals, particularly for microbusinesses. The current approach can impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens based on where packaging crosses a border, rather than what happens to that packaging during its useful life. Consider this example. A small business in Germany sends me a product in reused packaging. I purchase it privately as a gift, but the business may nevertheless have Portuguese EPR obligations because the packaging is shipped to Portugal, potentially requiring registration and an Authorized Representative, even for a single parcel. I then reuse the same box and protective material to ship an order from my Portuguese business to Germany, potentially creating German EPR obligations for me. The packaging has now crossed two borders and generated compliance costs in two countries, yet it has never become waste. A private recipient in Germany could reuse it again, perhaps sending it to France, where it is finally discarded. The same packaging has therefore been reused repeatedly across Europe before entering the waste stream, while businesses may have incurred EPR obligations in countries where it never became waste. Does this make environmental or economic sense? The purpose of a circular economy is to extend the useful life of materials. Yet this framework can inadvertently penalise the very reuse it seeks to encourage. Large corporations have compliance departments, lawyers and accountants. A microbusiness may be one person managing production, customers, accounting, marketing and shipping. Expecting such businesses to understand potentially 27 different EPR systems and appoint representatives in multiple countries can make cross-border sales economically impossible. Small businesses may therefore stop selling to certain EU countries because compliance costs exceed the profit from those markets. This particularly threatens smaller Member States such as Portugal, whose domestic markets arent strong enough to compensate having such high fees to ship to customers there. Instead of strengthening the Single Market, we risk creating a Europe divided into countries that are \"worth selling to\" and countries that are too expensive to serve. These additional costs will ultimately also be passed on to consumers through higher prices. The system also fails to distinguish between introducing new single-use packaging and repeatedly reusing existing packaging. A small business that reuses cardboard boxes should not face the same regulatory treatment as a multinational shipping millions of products in new packaging. If reuse is an environmental objective, regulation should recognize and reward it rather than penalize it. There is also a risk of unintended consequences. Excessive compliance costs could cause formally operating businesses to stop selling internationally, close, or move toward informal/private selling. This could mean fewer registered businesses, lower tax revenue, less consumer protection and greater informal markets, the opposite of what good regulation should achieve. I respectfully ask the EU to simplify cross-border EPR for microbusinesses through exemptions, proportionate obligations, recognition of reused packaging, and a centralised EU One-Stop Shop with harmonised rules. Please assess the impact on the Single Market and smaller Member States, and consult microbusinesses before implementation. I strongly support the PPWRs environmental goals, but regulation should reward reuse and sustainability without making small European businesses unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544651_en"}, {"id": 33544650, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:58:54", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new A.R rule disproportionately targets EU based, small and micro businesses. This act has already started to have a devastating impact on local markets, as businesses are stopping international shipping or altogether closing indefinitely. There should be a threshold that excludes business under a certain yearly profit margin from the new, absurdly high shipping costs. Operating a micro business already comes with really high expenses, this act only worsening the situation. This ruling speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and the one market policy it so often speaks of. Reevaluating the regulations as their pertain to micro businesses and harmonizing them across all EU states would be one way of minimizing the damage this initiative is surely to cause.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new A.R rule disproportionately targets EU based, small and micro businesses. This act has already started to have a devastating impact on local markets, as businesses are stopping international shipping or altogether closing indefinitely. There should be a threshold that excludes business under a certain yearly profit margin from the new, absurdly high shipping costs. Operating a micro business already comes with really high expenses, this act only worsening the situation. This ruling speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and the one market policy it so often speaks of. Reevaluating the regulations as their pertain to micro businesses and harmonizing them across all EU states would be one way of minimizing the damage this initiative is surely to cause.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544650_en"}, {"id": 33544649, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:58:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sandra Cañas González", "feedback": "No es una medida justa para los pequeños emprendedores que casi no sacamos beneficio neto tras pagar las cuotas de autónomos cada mes. Esto solo beneficia a las grandes corporaciones ya que al pequeño comercio y a los artistas independientes nos perjudica enormemente, no podemos hacer frente a esos gastos e implica perder nuestra fuente de ingresos de venta online y nuestro modo de subsistir.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is not a fair measure for small entrepreneurs who almost make no net profit after paying the contributions of the self-employed every month. This only benefits large corporations, as small retailers and independent artists are extremely detrimental to us, we cannot meet these costs, and it means losing our source of online sales revenue and the way we survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544649_en"}, {"id": 33544648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:57:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ALöDesign", "feedback": "Im a small volume seller from Germany. This directive completely ignores small and medium businesses. Having no threshold for small businesses nor alternatively a centralised European entity for taking care of package licensing is just killing off small businesses to favour large businesses. For example: To ship to Austria, the smallest packaging licence fee is for 1,5 tonnes of material. My whole business requires 8 kg per year for all my operations - probably 300 g of packaging ends up in Austria. And Im not even able to pay for that ridiculous amount from Germany and let it be - I need to name a representative in Austria, via a notary! To be able to pay said ridiculous amount. At the end its several hundred euros per year to help recycling a few grams of cardboard. And the recycling of this packaging has already been paid for in Germany. This ridiculous system is now the same for all eu countries. If this wasnt developed as a destructive measurement on purpose, as a payback to lobby groups, then its just incredible incompetence. Bring a pan-European centralised solution which considers all business sizes, or at least a threshold for small businesses. Otherwise this will end thousands upon thousands of small businesses which depend on European sales.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a small volume seller from Germany. This directive completely ignores small and medium businesses. Having no threshold for small businesses nor alternatively a centralised European entity for taking care of package licensing is just killing off small businesses to favour large businesses. For example: To ship to Austria, the smallest packaging licence fee is for 1,5 tonnes of material. My whole business requires 8 kg per year for all my operations - probably 300 g of packaging ends up in Austria. And Im not even able to pay for that ridiculous amount from Germany and let it be - I need to name a representative in Austria, via a notary! To be able to pay said ridiculous amount. At the end its several hundred euros per year to help recycling a few grams of cardboard. And the recycling of this packaging has already been paid for in Germany. This ridiculous system is now the same for all eu countries. If this wasnt developed as a destructive measurement on purpose, as a payback to lobby groups, then its just incredible incompetence. Bring a pan-European centralised solution which considers all business sizes, or at least a threshold for small businesses. Otherwise this will end thousands upon thousands of small businesses which depend on European sales.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544648_en"}, {"id": 33544647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:56:53", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who is trying to start a small art business and hopes to ship all over europe, I believe that lowering the impact that packaging has on the environment is incredibly important, but it has to be done while considering if all businesses will be able to handle the burden. The product and packaging waste regulations can only be sustainable for smaller businesses if they're made to be proportionate to the scale and the impact of the business rather than being the same for all. Many businesses local to me are worried about having to limit their shipping, as they do not receive enough business inside of the country to stay afloat, so the introduction of these regulations would change the livelihoods of thousands of businesses in all of Europe. Please consider reworking the regulations with this in mind.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who is trying to start a small art business and hopes to ship all over europe, I believe that lowering the impact that packaging has on the environment is incredibly important, but it has to be done while considering if all businesses will be able to handle the burden. The product and packaging waste regulations can only be sustainable for smaller businesses if they're made to be proportionate to the scale and the impact of the business rather than being the same for all. Many businesses local to me are worried about having to limit their shipping, as they do not receive enough business inside of the country to stay afloat, so the introduction of these regulations would change the livelihoods of thousands of businesses in all of Europe. Please consider reworking the regulations with this in mind.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544647_en"}, {"id": 33544646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:56:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das PPWR und die Pflicht zu den nationalen Bevollmächtigten sind der faktische Ausschluss von Kleinst- und Kleinbetrieben aus dem EU Binnenmarkt. Ein mittlerer vierstelliger Betrag und überbordende Bürokratie für in der EU ansässige, EU konform produzierende und in der EU Steuern zahlende Unternehmen widerspricht dem Grundgedanken der EU: Die Vereinfachung des Binnenmarktes. Stoppen Sie den Marktausschluss und stärken Sie stattdessen die Europäische Idee durch vernünftige Maßnahmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR and the obligation to appoint national representatives are the de facto exclusion of micro and small enterprises from the EU internal market. An average four-digit amount and excessive bureaucracy for EU-based businesses that produce in compliance with EU rules and pay taxes in the EU runs counter to the basic idea of the EU: The simplification of the internal market. Stop market exclusion and instead strengthen the European idea with reasonable measures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544646_en"}, {"id": 33544645, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:55:58", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "small business", "feedback": "To Whom It May Concern, this new regulation is shocking to me and many other SMEs considering the additional burden it puts on them, especially due to there being no way for this to be organised across all EU states at the same time. This means that the administrative burden is incredibly high, causing many SMEs to not even want to ship to the EU anymore. It seems like the EU wants to be economically cut off from the rest of the world, except for large-scale businesses (e.g. Amazon etc.). I call on you to consider an exception for SMEs (potentially cut-off by size/earnings), so we can keep sending our products into the EU without the hassle and have a flourishing cross-border economy. Kind regards, Juli Trew", "feedbackEnglish": "To Whom It May Concern, this new regulation is shocking to me and many other SMEs considering the additional burden it puts on them, especially due to there being no way for this to be organised across all EU states at the same time. This means that the administrative burden is incredibly high, causing many SMEs to not even want to ship to the EU anymore. It seems like the EU wants to be economically cut off from the rest of the world, except for large-scale businesses (e.g. Amazon etc.). I call on you to consider an exception for SMEs (potentially cut-off by size/earnings), so we can keep sending our products into the EU without the hassle and have a flourishing cross-border economy. Kind regards, Juli Trew", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544645_en"}, {"id": 33544644, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:54:20", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "EI julie Bruna", "feedback": "En tant que micro entreprise n'envoyant que quelques colis dans l'ue par an et respectant déjà l'utilisation d'emballages uniquement recyclables, cette mesure affectera énormément mon chiffre d'affaire. Je vous demande par conséquent des mesures moins drastiques pour les toutes petites entreprises, n'ayant pas la capacité de payer un référant dans chaque pays pour seulement quelques envois. Je vous remercie.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro company sending only a few parcels in the EU per year and already respecting the use of only recyclable packaging, this will greatly affect my turnover. I would therefore like to ask you for less drastic measures for all small businesses, which do not have the capacity to pay a benchmark in each country for only a few items. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544644_en"}, {"id": 33544642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:53:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich finde es sehr schade das mein ein Gesetz entwirft, das nur kleine Unternehmen Schaden wird. Dieses Gesetzt wird nur dazu führen, das Großkonzerne immer größer werden und den tatsächlichen Umweltfaktor verschlechtern können. Gibt den kleinen Unternehmer die Chance auch Handeln betreiben sie können. Ein großer Vorteil war mal der EU, das der Handel überhaupt funktioniert.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find it very damaging that I draft a law that only small businesses will be harmed. The only effect of this law will be to increase the size of large companies and to worsen the real environmental factor. Gives small entrepreneurs the opportunity to do business. A big advantage has been the EU, which is actually trading.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544642_en"}, {"id": 33544641, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:53:08", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While i agree we need to take measures into creating more sustainable practices it is unsustainable for small businesses especially to have to pay such high fees. We cannot compare and treat a small business owner, whose income can be solely the external sales they make, with a company like shein or temu. Package regulations can be implemented but the extra taxes and costs should be much different in these situations. When this law appeared it was said it would only be an extra tax for items coming from outside of the EU, which does not seem to be the case. As a union we should be able to trade freely within the countries apart of it - that was one of the main reasons for its existence in the first place. The consumers are suffering due to the taxes that reflect on higher prices and small business have to change their shipping options because they cannot afford these costs. Overall, it feels like what is masked as a sustainability practise is in reality only another way to increase cost of production and living for the consumers and the smaller businesses increasing the inequality that we already faced before. The reason shein and temu (as well as any other of these types of fast fashion businesses) are so widely popular is because the cost of living crisis has forced those that are affected most by it to choose the cheaper options instead of the most sustainable ones whenever they need to buy anything new", "feedbackEnglish": "While i agree we need to take measures into creating more sustainable practices it is unsustainable for small businesses especially to have to pay such high fees. We cannot compare and treat a small business owner, whose income can be solely the external sales they make, with a company like shein or temu. Package regulations can be implemented but the extra taxes and costs should be much different in these situations. When this law appeared it was said it would only be an extra tax for items coming from outside of the EU, which does not seem to be the case. As a union we should be able to trade freely within the countries apart of it - that was one of the main reasons for its existence in the first place. The consumers are suffering due to the taxes that reflect on higher prices and small business have to change their shipping options because they cannot afford these costs. Overall, it feels like what is masked as a sustainability practise is in reality only another way to increase cost of production and living for the consumers and the smaller businesses increasing the inequality that we already faced before. The reason shein and temu (as well as any other of these types of fast fashion businesses) are so widely popular is because the cost of living crisis has forced those that are affected most by it to choose the cheaper options instead of the most sustainable ones whenever they need to buy anything new", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544641_en"}, {"id": 33544640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:52:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NeedleLot Designs", "feedback": "These measures will make sure that I cant sell my goods across European countries as a European business owner, because I cant afford the fees on my own. Ive got a small business and this will make expanding my company impossible. Please reconsider this for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "These measures will make sure that I cant sell my goods across European countries as a European business owner, because I cant afford the fees on my own. Ive got a small business and this will make expanding my company impossible. Please reconsider this for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544640_en"}, {"id": 33544639, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:52:36", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I'm sending my feedback to express my disapproval on the new PPWR and EPR rules. Its very sad to see thousands of EU small businesses suspending EU delivery due to these regulations that go against the principles of the single market. With these new regulations you are shattering my dreams of opening an online shop and becoming an independent artist, while putting other small businesses in a very risky situation. There must be leniency for micro and small businesses that put insignificant quantities of packaging and waste in the european markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I'm sending my feedback to express my disapproval on the new PPWR and EPR rules. Its very sad to see thousands of EU small businesses suspending EU delivery due to these regulations that go against the principles of the single market. With these new regulations you are shattering my dreams of opening an online shop and becoming an independent artist, while putting other small businesses in a very risky situation. There must be leniency for micro and small businesses that put insignificant quantities of packaging and waste in the european markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544639_en"}, {"id": 33544638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:51:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Liz & Joe", "feedback": "I'm a small creative business person working in Holland and have been selling all over the world for 42 years but on a small scale. Maybe maximum of 200 packets per year. Recently things got a lot tougher because of US import duties. Now its going to be totally impossible to sell to other European countries. How can a small business organize and finance local representatives in every country?!! I only use small carton letterbox packets, nothing else! After 42 years you want to kill my business, so what do you expect me to do at my age. Work for the multinationals and make them richer I guess. Make life less and less creative and beautiful. And the same for so many other small (creative) entrepreneurs! Kill the economy a bit more. Doesn't make sense AT ALL!!", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a small creative business person working in Holland and have been selling all over the world for 42 years but on a small scale. Maybe maximum of 200 packets per year. Recently things got a lot tougher because of US import duties. Now its going to be totally impossible to sell to other European countries. How can a small business organize and finance local representatives in every country?!! I only use small carton letterbox packets, nothing else! After 42 years you want to kill my business, so what do you expect me to do at my age. Work for the multinationals and make them richer I guess. Make life less and less creative and beautiful. And the same for so many other small (creative) entrepreneurs! Kill the economy a bit more. Doesn't make sense AT ALL!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544638_en"}, {"id": 33544637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:51:49", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although I understand the importance of trying to become more sustainable, this practice is not viable for small businesses across Europe. This is difficult because they rely on the money generated by shipping to other European countries, and many would not be able to afford the fees imposed. Maybe this practice could be limited to larger corporations with larger incomes that would be able to afford the fees. Or possibly looking into alternative organic materials in packaging and enforcing the enforcement of this and the fees on the companies that produce the packaging themselves? I believe by focusing on the research and implementation of environmentally friendly alternatives to these packaging issues and making them cheaper for the general European consumer would allow for more people, small businesses and large corporations to put these green ideals into practice. So yes maybe instead of targeting producers of items which might harm small businesses run by ordinary citizens, focus could go to the source of the packaging altogether and then imposing heavy taxes on the non environmentally friendly packaging from outside the EU. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I understand the importance of trying to become more sustainable, this practice is not viable for small businesses across Europe. This is difficult because they rely on the money generated by shipping to other European countries, and many would not be able to afford the fees imposed. Maybe this practice could be limited to larger corporations with larger incomes that would be able to afford the fees. Or possibly looking into alternative organic materials in packaging and enforcing the enforcement of this and the fees on the companies that produce the packaging themselves? I believe by focusing on the research and implementation of environmentally friendly alternatives to these packaging issues and making them cheaper for the general European consumer would allow for more people, small businesses and large corporations to put these green ideals into practice. So yes maybe instead of targeting producers of items which might harm small businesses run by ordinary citizens, focus could go to the source of the packaging altogether and then imposing heavy taxes on the non environmentally friendly packaging from outside the EU. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544637_en"}, {"id": 33544636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:51:46", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I wanted to provide feedback as a buyer from small businesses that take place in the EU. This new 'law' has closed pretty much all of them as of yesterday have send out a notice that they won't be shipping in the EU anymore even though their country is part of the European Union. This is not only towards them but us the buyers too, the 3+ euro for outside of eu shipments per item is somewhat understandable, but this? This is hurting every small business in the EU which I hope was not out malice. Understand me it's disheartening to see my favourite artists not being able to sell their art anymore because of fees that cost more than their yearly income, especially considering that for most of them that is their livelihood and their official job. The law is good as a base, but not as it is right now. I would propose the law is kept but either all EU countries have similar to the same price in taxes for this OR this to be separated in two taxes, one for bigger companies and businesses and one for the small businesses, which is less. Right now to help the environment you're hurting people that are trying to show off their skills and art, that are trying to live off of that. It's already hard to survive as an independent artist, there's no need to make it even harder. We as a union should work to support people, not push them away from what they love. Lastly to express my side as a buyer, right now I'm limited to things mainly sold in my own country which isn't much and I'm not alone in this. I can no longer order clothing pieces from independent brands, materials for projects I will now be making as a graduate. Whilst helping, you're hurting a vital part of the art market. This is my statement/ essay, I hope you find it useful and find solutions to this unfortunate situation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I wanted to provide feedback as a buyer from small businesses that take place in the EU. This new 'law' has closed pretty much all of them as of yesterday have send out a notice that they won't be shipping in the EU anymore even though their country is part of the European Union. This is not only towards them but us the buyers too, the 3+ euro for outside of eu shipments per item is somewhat understandable, but this? This is hurting every small business in the EU which I hope was not out malice. Understand me it's disheartening to see my favourite artists not being able to sell their art anymore because of fees that cost more than their yearly income, especially considering that for most of them that is their livelihood and their official job. The law is good as a base, but not as it is right now. I would propose the law is kept but either all EU countries have similar to the same price in taxes for this OR this to be separated in two taxes, one for bigger companies and businesses and one for the small businesses, which is less. Right now to help the environment you're hurting people that are trying to show off their skills and art, that are trying to live off of that. It's already hard to survive as an independent artist, there's no need to make it even harder. We as a union should work to support people, not push them away from what they love. Lastly to express my side as a buyer, right now I'm limited to things mainly sold in my own country which isn't much and I'm not alone in this. I can no longer order clothing pieces from independent brands, materials for projects I will now be making as a graduate. Whilst helping, you're hurting a vital part of the art market. This is my statement/ essay, I hope you find it useful and find solutions to this unfortunate situation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544636_en"}, {"id": 33544635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:50:50", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Scalenary ", "feedback": "Bonjour, La nouvelle loi européenne PPWR sur les emballages me semble très inégalitaire notamment envers les micro entreprises et les artistes indépendants. En tant quentité souvent individuelle et à très petit profits, il est extrêmement prohibitif de les obliger à se conformer à des obligations légales conçues pour les grandes entreprises car elles nont évidemment pas les même moyens. Je suis moi même artiste indépendante et cette loi mest largement dommageable, ne pouvant ni payer les contributions requises pour chacun des pays de lUE, ni encore moins payer des représentants légaux dans les pays lexigeant, je nai pas dautre choix que de stopper totalement mes envois dans lUE, ce qui impacte non seulement mon profit en me coupant dune source de revenus essentielle mais aussi la libre circulation des biens au sein de lUE. Je comprends la nécessité de réguler la distribution des emballages mais il me semble quil faudrait ou exclure les entreprises nen produisant pas ou peu (dans mon cas, jenvoie principalement des stickers dans une simple enveloppe en papier achetée en seconde main, limpact carbone de cet emballage est donc très limité) soit trouver une forme de proportionnalité en prenant lexemple de pays comme la Belgique qui nappliquent cette norme quà partir dun certain poids annuel demballage. Je vous prie de réfléchir avec attention à toute cette situation car elle est déjà en train de tuer des dizaines dentreprises dartistes. Merci par avance", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, the new European PPWR law on packaging seems to me to be very unequal, particularly towards micro companies and independent artists. As an often individual entity with very small profits, it is extremely prohibitive to oblige them to comply with legal obligations designed for large companies as they obviously do not have the same means. I am an independent artist and this law is largely damaging, since I cannot pay the contributions required for each of the EU countries, let alone pay legal representatives in the countries that use it, and I have no choice but to stop my shipments in the EU altogether, which affects not only my profit by cutting me off from an essential source of income but also the free movement of goods within the EU. I understand the need to regulate the distribution of packaging, but it seems to me that companies with little or no production (in my case, mainly jumping stickers into a simple envelope of paper purchased in second hand, the carbon impact of this packaging is therefore very limited) should be or excluded from finding a form of proportionality by taking advantage of countries such as Belgium which do not apply this standard only from a certain annual weight of packaging. I would ask you to think carefully about this whole situation, as it is already killing dozens of artists’ companies. Thank you in advance", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544635_en"}, {"id": 33544634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:50:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FatLavaVasenVintage", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen sehr kleinen deutschen Onlinehandel \"FatLavaVasenVintage\" und habe bislang neben Deutschland auch Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten sowie in Ländern außerhalb der EU beliefert. Die Umweltziele der Verpackungs- und Verpackungsabfallverordnung (PPWR) unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung der Herstellerverantwortung führt für mein Unternehmen jedoch zu unverhältnismäßigen finanziellen und administrativen Belastungen. Die Konsequenz ist für mein Unternehmen bereits klar: Ich werde den Verkauf an Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in sämtlichen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen. Mein Unternehmen wird weiterhin Kundinnen und Kunden in Deutschland und in Ländern außerhalb der Europäischen Union beliefern. Das Problem sind nicht die tatsächlich von mir in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. In einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten versende ich teilweise lediglich Null bis vier Pakete im gesamten Jahr. Problematisch sind vielmehr die Fixkosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand für nationale Registrierungen, EPR-Systeme, Bevollmächtigte, Meldungen und unterschiedliche Verfahren. Wie unverhältnismäßig dies sein kann, zeigt Österreich. Ausländische Versandhändler müssen dort einen in Österreich ansässigen Bevollmächtigten bestellen; hierfür ist zudem eine beglaubigte Vollmacht erforderlich. Zusätzlich bestehen Verpflichtungen im Bereich der Verpackungslizenzierung. Ein veröffentlichtes Angebot von Interzero Österreich nennt für kleine Verpackungsmengen eine Verpackungspauschale von 150 Euro pro Jahr und für den Bevollmächtigten zusätzlich ab 300 Euro pro Jahr. Damit entstehen bei diesem konkreten Anbieterbeispiel bereits mindestens 450 Euro jährlich, ohne meinen eigenen Verwaltungsaufwand und weitere mögliche Kosten. Bei nur einem Paket pro Jahr wären dies rechnerisch 450 Euro Fixkosten pro Paket, bei zwei Paketen 225 Euro, bei drei Paketen 150 Euro und selbst bei vier Paketen noch 112,50 Euro pro Paket. Für mein Kleinstunternehmen ist dies wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar. Noch problematischer ist, dass sich entsprechende Registrierungs-, Verwaltungs- und Compliance-Anforderungen bei Verkäufen in mehrere Mitgliedstaaten vervielfachen können. Große Unternehmen können solche Fixkosten auf hohe Verkaufsvolumina verteilen und eigene Compliance-Abteilungen beschäftigen. Diese Möglichkeit habe ich nicht. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission deshalb dringend um eine tatsächlich verhältnismäßige Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen. Erforderlich sind insbesondere eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung bzw. ein echtes One-Stop-Shop-System, ein harmonisiertes Meldeverfahren, eine Bagatellgrenze bzw. starke Vereinfachungen für Kleinstunternehmen mit minimalen Verpackungsmengen, keine separaten Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat bzw. alternativ ein einziger EU-weiter Bevollmächtigter sowie Gebühren, die sich an Verpackungsmenge und Unternehmensgröße orientieren. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte es auch meinem Kleinstunternehmen ermöglichen, ein bis vier Pakete pro Jahr an Kundinnen und Kunden in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat zu versenden, ohne dass die regulatorischen Fixkosten den wirtschaftlichen Wert dieser Verkäufe übersteigen. Eine ausführliche Darstellung der Auswirkungen auf mein Unternehmen, einschließlich des konkreten Kostenbeispiels für Österreich und der dazugehörigen Quellen, habe ich als Anlage beigefügt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a very small German online retail business ‘FatLavaVasenVintage’ and have so far supplied consumers in other EU Member States as well as in countries outside the EU, in addition to Germany. I expressly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). However, the specific configuration of producer responsibility leads to disproportionate financial and administrative burdens for my company. The consequence is already clear for my company: I will stop selling to consumers in all other EU Member States. My company will continue to supply customers in Germany and in countries outside the European Union. The problem is not the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market by me. In some cases, I only send zero to four packages to individual EU Member States throughout the year. The problems are rather the fixed costs and administrative burden for national registrations, EPR systems, authorised representatives, notifications and different procedures. Austria demonstrates how disproportionate this can be. Foreign mail order traders must appoint an authorised representative established in Austria; a certified power of attorney is also required for this purpose. In addition, there are obligations in the field of packaging licensing. A published offer from Interzero Austria indicates a flat-rate packaging fee of EUR 150 per year for small quantities of packaging and an additional EUR 300 per year for the authorised representative. This means that this specific example of a provider already generates at least EUR 450 per year, without my own administrative burden and other possible costs. With only one package per year, this would mean a fixed cost of EUR 450 per package, EUR 225 for two packages, EUR 150 for three packages and EUR 112,50 per package even for four packages. This is not economically viable for my micro-enterprise. Even more problematic is that such registration, administrative and compliance requirements can multiply for sales in several Member States. Large companies can spread such fixed costs over high sales volumes and have their own compliance departments. I do not have this opportunity. I therefore urge the European Commission to find a truly proportionate solution for micro-enterprises. In particular, a single EU-wide registration or genuine one-stop-shop system, a harmonised notification procedure, a de minimis threshold or strong simplifications for micro-enterprises with minimum packaging volumes, no separate authorised representatives in each Member State or, alternatively, a single EU-wide authorised representative, and fees based on packaging volume and company size are required. A European single market should also allow my micro-enterprise to send one to four parcels per year to customers in another Member State, without the fixed regulatory costs exceeding the economic value of these sales. Please find enclosed a detailed description of the impact on my company, including the specific cost example for Austria and its sources.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544634_en"}, {"id": 33544633, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:49:30", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sulfrae", "feedback": "As a one person business, I am extremely concerned about these regulations because, in their current form, they make selling across the EU impossible for many small creators. Every country has its own thresholds, registration process and pricing. We are talking about several hundred euros just to register in one country, even if we only ever send one or two small orders there. The current system is strangling small businesses and effectively shutting us out of our own Market. This regulation was clearly made without thinking about small companies who already recycle, up cycle and will be put out of businesses simply because we cannot shoulders those costs that big companies who keep polluting will just easily shrug off.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one person business, I am extremely concerned about these regulations because, in their current form, they make selling across the EU impossible for many small creators. Every country has its own thresholds, registration process and pricing. We are talking about several hundred euros just to register in one country, even if we only ever send one or two small orders there. The current system is strangling small businesses and effectively shutting us out of our own Market. This regulation was clearly made without thinking about small companies who already recycle, up cycle and will be put out of businesses simply because we cannot shoulders those costs that big companies who keep polluting will just easily shrug off.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544633_en"}, {"id": 33544632, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:49:29", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation makes it impossible for small businesses to function within the EU. I intend to start a small business and not having easy access to other EU countries makes it almost impossible to grow. At this point, it's easier for people to purchase from SheIn and Temu than European small businesses. This law is doing almost nothing for the planet, it's only shutting down small businesses and ruining many people's income. I've read about many EU small businesses that have completely shut down after this regulation. Again, it forces people to depend on websites such as Amazon, SheIn and Temu, big corporations that get richer by the moment while small businesses don't have the means to cover all these fees and representatives. I, for example, live in the EU and find it extremely unmotivating to start a business in these conditions. Please, there is still time to turn around and rethink how this impacts small businesses. Some of us are out here making less than 10.000 euros a year, there is not enough money to finance these representatives and fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation makes it impossible for small businesses to function within the EU. I intend to start a small business and not having easy access to other EU countries makes it almost impossible to grow. At this point, it's easier for people to purchase from SheIn and Temu than European small businesses. This law is doing almost nothing for the planet, it's only shutting down small businesses and ruining many people's income. I've read about many EU small businesses that have completely shut down after this regulation. Again, it forces people to depend on websites such as Amazon, SheIn and Temu, big corporations that get richer by the moment while small businesses don't have the means to cover all these fees and representatives. I, for example, live in the EU and find it extremely unmotivating to start a business in these conditions. Please, there is still time to turn around and rethink how this impacts small businesses. Some of us are out here making less than 10.000 euros a year, there is not enough money to finance these representatives and fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544632_en"}, {"id": 33544631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:49:21", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PS.byKim", "feedback": "Although I do understand wanting to minimize waste and packaging in the EU, this new legislation is not sustainable for small / micro business owners. I hardly make profit as is and if I want to grow my business, it is becoming very hard with these new rules. I already try to minimize my use of plastic and use very little packaging. I really hope there will be a threshold for the company size. Small shop owners are often caring more about the environment and wasteproducts and already have to comply with a lot of rules that exist. And bigger companies don't care or do less so because they can pay the fines. We already lost the ability to send to the USA due to new rules and lot of extra work. Please don't take the EU also.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I do understand wanting to minimize waste and packaging in the EU, this new legislation is not sustainable for small / micro business owners. I hardly make profit as is and if I want to grow my business, it is becoming very hard with these new rules. I already try to minimize my use of plastic and use very little packaging. I really hope there will be a threshold for the company size. Small shop owners are often caring more about the environment and wasteproducts and already have to comply with a lot of rules that exist. And bigger companies don't care or do less so because they can pay the fines. We already lost the ability to send to the USA due to new rules and lot of extra work. Please don't take the EU also.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544631_en"}, {"id": 33544630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:48:53", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Daniela Doe", "feedback": "I am an independent textile artist and designer operating as a registered sole trader in Sweden, selling handmade rugs, scarves, and other textile products, primarily direct-to-consumer through my own webshop, with occasional shipments to other EU countries. I support the underlying goal of this initiative: effective producer responsibility for packaging is a legitimate and important environmental objective, and sustainability has been part of my practice for years. However, as currently structured, the requirement for separate registration in each individual EU country creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses and sole traders who sell across borders only occasionally. In my own case, a single order to a country I rarely ship to can require a registration and representation cost that exceeds the value of the order itself. The practical effect is that very small businesses are being pushed to restrict which EU countries they serve, directly undermining the single market access this regulation should be supporting for small creative and craft businesses. I would ask the Commission to consider: - A simplified or centralised registration mechanism for micro-enterprises selling low volumes across multiple member states, rather than requiring full separate registration and Authorised Representative appointment per country. - A de minimis threshold based on packaging volume or number of shipments per country, below which full registration is not required. - Aligning any forthcoming SME/micro-enterprise exemption (currently expected for a vote around October 2026) with the 12 August 2026 enforcement date, so small businesses are not left non-compliant in the interim through no fault of their own. Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on this important initiative.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent textile artist and designer operating as a registered sole trader in Sweden, selling handmade rugs, scarves, and other textile products, primarily direct-to-consumer through my own webshop, with occasional shipments to other EU countries. I support the underlying goal of this initiative: effective producer responsibility for packaging is a legitimate and important environmental objective, and sustainability has been part of my practice for years. However, as currently structured, the requirement for separate registration in each individual EU country creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses and sole traders who sell across borders only occasionally. In my own case, a single order to a country I rarely ship to can require a registration and representation cost that exceeds the value of the order itself. The practical effect is that very small businesses are being pushed to restrict which EU countries they serve, directly undermining the single market access this regulation should be supporting for small creative and craft businesses. I would ask the Commission to consider: - A simplified or centralised registration mechanism for micro-enterprises selling low volumes across multiple member states, rather than requiring full separate registration and Authorised Representative appointment per country. - A de minimis threshold based on packaging volume or number of shipments per country, below which full registration is not required. - Aligning any forthcoming SME/micro-enterprise exemption (currently expected for a vote around October 2026) with the 12 August 2026 enforcement date, so small businesses are not left non-compliant in the interim through no fault of their own. Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on this important initiative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544630_en"}, {"id": 33544629, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:48:47", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Iker Blanco", "feedback": "Dear European Commission members, I support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for their environmental impact. However, I am concerned that the proposed national registration requirements could have a disproportionate impact on micro-businesses and independent creators. I am a one-person artist business creating art and selling it online. I would like to sell to customers across the EU, but having to understand, register and comply with different packaging systems in each Member States makes cross-border sales practically unviable for a business of my size, as I cannot afford paying a registration fee for each 27 member states when I sell just a handful of product to each country, if any. The environmental impact of a small artist shipping a limited number of products is extremely small compared with that of large corporations, while the administrative burden is proportionally enormous. This risks discouraging entrepreneurship, self-employment and cross-border trade, and ultimately makes EU-based small businesses non-competitive. I therefore ask the Commission to consider: - Exempting micro-businesses below a defined turnover or packaging-volume threshold from these obligations. If a full exemption is not considered appropriate, - One EU-wide registration system instead of separate national registrations for micro-businesses. - A simplified reporting and payment mechanism for businesses below a defined turnover or packaging-volume threshold. - De minimis thresholds so that very small quantities of packaging are subject to simplified obligations. - A low-cost, one-stop EU solution allowing a one-person business to sell across the Single Market without having to navigate 27 different systems. Thank you for considering this concern.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission members, I support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for their environmental impact. However, I am concerned that the proposed national registration requirements could have a disproportionate impact on micro-businesses and independent creators. I am a one-person artist business creating art and selling it online. I would like to sell to customers across the EU, but having to understand, register and comply with different packaging systems in each Member States makes cross-border sales practically unviable for a business of my size, as I cannot afford paying a registration fee for each 27 member states when I sell just a handful of product to each country, if any. The environmental impact of a small artist shipping a limited number of products is extremely small compared with that of large corporations, while the administrative burden is proportionally enormous. This risks discouraging entrepreneurship, self-employment and cross-border trade, and ultimately makes EU-based small businesses non-competitive. I therefore ask the Commission to consider: - Exempting micro-businesses below a defined turnover or packaging-volume threshold from these obligations. If a full exemption is not considered appropriate, - One EU-wide registration system instead of separate national registrations for micro-businesses. - A simplified reporting and payment mechanism for businesses below a defined turnover or packaging-volume threshold. - De minimis thresholds so that very small quantities of packaging are subject to simplified obligations. - A low-cost, one-stop EU solution allowing a one-person business to sell across the Single Market without having to navigate 27 different systems. Thank you for considering this concern.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544629_en"}, {"id": 33544628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:48:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am deeply concerned regarding the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), specifically the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for cross-border e-commerce. While environmental protection is crucial, the current framework completely ignores the economic reality of micro-enterprises and start-ups. Requiring an \"authorized representative\" in every single EU member state creates an insurmountable financial barrier. For a micro-business generating small revenues, paying HUNDREDS of Euros annually PER COUNTRY for compliance agencies is economically impossible! This regulation does not protect the environment; it simply forces small entrepreneurs to shut down their cross-border shipping within the EU. It actively destroys the European Single Market for small players and stifles innovation at the grassroots level. If new enterprises cannot scale across borders without hundreds to thousands of Euros in upfront compliance costs, the EU will lose its competitive edge. For small players, the European Single Market effectively no longer exists anymore. Therefore I urgently request the EU must implement a centralized, EU-wide De-minimis threshold for EPR and packaging registration. Micro-enterprises with low revenues or low packaging volumes must be exempt from the requirement to appoint local representatives in each country. This regulation might make sense and have an impact on big companies in the EU market, but will be responsible for the demise of small enterprises and self-employed individuals who rely on the small income they already have.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am deeply concerned regarding the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), specifically the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements for cross-border e-commerce. While environmental protection is crucial, the current framework completely ignores the economic reality of micro-enterprises and start-ups. Requiring an \"authorized representative\" in every single EU member state creates an insurmountable financial barrier. For a micro-business generating small revenues, paying HUNDREDS of Euros annually PER COUNTRY for compliance agencies is economically impossible! This regulation does not protect the environment; it simply forces small entrepreneurs to shut down their cross-border shipping within the EU. It actively destroys the European Single Market for small players and stifles innovation at the grassroots level. If new enterprises cannot scale across borders without hundreds to thousands of Euros in upfront compliance costs, the EU will lose its competitive edge. For small players, the European Single Market effectively no longer exists anymore. Therefore I urgently request the EU must implement a centralized, EU-wide De-minimis threshold for EPR and packaging registration. Micro-enterprises with low revenues or low packaging volumes must be exempt from the requirement to appoint local representatives in each country. This regulation might make sense and have an impact on big companies in the EU market, but will be responsible for the demise of small enterprises and self-employed individuals who rely on the small income they already have.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544628_en"}, {"id": 33544627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:47:31", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "No tengo ningún negocio online porque apenas acabo de empezar mis estudios universitarios, pero muchos de mis amigos tienen tiendas en Etsy o venden llaveros y prints de sus ilustraciones. Yo mismo quiero dedicarme a la cerámica y vender mis piezas y figuras. Para los artistas y artesanos es dificil tener un comercio local y muchos dependen de encargos de otros países para poder mantenerse a flote, pero si alguien tiene que vender un bálsamo labial y mandarlo cuesta 60, no va a poder vender su producto porque nadie va a comprarle a \"balsamos coloridos Carla\" un bálsamo que cueste más de 60. Los únicos que van a poder vender cosas son las grandes empresas, las empresas pequeñas y personas con comercios individuales no van a poder pagar sus envios.", "feedbackEnglish": "I don’t have a business online because I have only just started my university studies, but many of my friends have shops in Etsy or sell key rings and prints of their illustrations. I myself want to engage in ceramics and sell my pieces and figures. For artists and craftsmen it is difficult to have a local trade and many depend on orders from other countries to be able to stay afloat, but if someone has to sell a labial balsam and keep it costing 60, they will not be able to sell their product because nobody will buy a balsam costing more than 60 from “Colour Carla balsamos”. The only ones who will be able to sell things are big companies, small companies and people with individual shops will not be able to pay for their shipments.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544627_en"}, {"id": 33544626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:47:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Autorin", "feedback": "Dieses Gesetz sorgt dafür, das Kleinunternehmer keine Chance mehr haben. Gerade wenn man anfängt mit einer Firma, hat man nicht die finanziellen Möglichkeiten für jedes einzelne Land so viel Geld auszugeben und das für ein Jahr. Man macht direkt Minus und das im vierstelligen Bereich. Und dies würde direkt dafür sorgen, dass das Finanzamt einem direkt Liebhaberei andichtet. Dieses Gesetz sorgt nur dafür, das große Firmen eine Monopolstellung aufbauen können und die Vielfalt am Markt zerstört wird. Gerade kleine Firmen, Ein-Mann-Unternehmen, Künstler und ähnliches sorgen dafür, das der Markt bunt, innovativ und zukunftsorientiert ist. Dieses Gesetz zerstört genau das. Eine Anpassung wäre wichtig. Das gewisse Jahreseinkünfte überschritten werden müssten, damit dieses Gesetz dann in Kraft tritt für diese Firmen. Aber diese Grenze entsprechend realistisch setzen, sodass kleine Firmen sich auch etablieren können. Bitte passt das Gesetz an, sonst stirbt der europäische Markt und eine hohe Quote an Arbeitslosen droht in allen Ländern. Da viele ihre Selbstständigkeit an den Nagel hängen müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law ensures that small businesses no longer have a chance. Especially if you start with a company, you don’t have the financial means to spend so much money for every single country, for a year. There is a direct negative impact, in the four-digit range. And this would directly ensure that the tax office directs a favourite. This law only ensures that large companies can establish a monopoly position and that the diversity of the market is destroyed. Small firms, one-man companies, artists and the like in particular make the market colourful, innovative and forward-looking. This law destroys exactly that. Adaptation would be important. Some annual income would have to be exceeded in order for this law to enter into force for these companies. But set this limit realistically, so that small firms can also establish themselves. Please adapt the law, otherwise the European market dies and a high rate of unemployment risks in all countries. Because many have to depend on the nail for their autonomy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544626_en"}, {"id": 33544625, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:44:28", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will ruin small businesses. The new taxes (ordering from outside of EU) already take away a lot of money from many small businesses but this would and already does ruin them. Many already closed. Business no longer ship to the EU either. They cannot affor this. Operating a small business is already way too expensive. But this makes it impossible. Please rethink this new law. Being environmentally friendly is important, but taxing everyone is crazy. That is not helpful. People are losing their jobs. Surely that's not what the EU want. Stop this madness. It is not the small who you should tax. Tax those who order and sell in big quantities.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will ruin small businesses. The new taxes (ordering from outside of EU) already take away a lot of money from many small businesses but this would and already does ruin them. Many already closed. Business no longer ship to the EU either. They cannot affor this. Operating a small business is already way too expensive. But this makes it impossible. Please rethink this new law. Being environmentally friendly is important, but taxing everyone is crazy. That is not helpful. People are losing their jobs. Surely that's not what the EU want. Stop this madness. It is not the small who you should tax. Tax those who order and sell in big quantities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544625_en"}, {"id": 33544624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:44:22", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am not a small business owner, however as a consumer I still see the devastating consequences this act brings with itself - every few minutes I see a new announcement from a different small artist or artisan, stating they're closing shipping to EU or closing their business entirely. Honest working people are losing their livelihoods, or massive portions of their income, because of this poorly thought through act. As for us, consumers, the fall of such businesses will force a lot of us to consider relying on mass produced corporate slop products instead of supporting our trusted creators whom we know will deliver us with quality items. The act isolates us, the EU citizens, not only from fair trade with the rest of the world but also from fair trade between each other, going against what the EU was partially established for. Such small businesses that are getting eradicated by this act don't generate a lot of waste at all, meaning their sacrifice won't even help the enviroment as was intended. I plead for the act to be rewritten with more consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not a small business owner, however as a consumer I still see the devastating consequences this act brings with itself - every few minutes I see a new announcement from a different small artist or artisan, stating they're closing shipping to EU or closing their business entirely. Honest working people are losing their livelihoods, or massive portions of their income, because of this poorly thought through act. As for us, consumers, the fall of such businesses will force a lot of us to consider relying on mass produced corporate slop products instead of supporting our trusted creators whom we know will deliver us with quality items. The act isolates us, the EU citizens, not only from fair trade with the rest of the world but also from fair trade between each other, going against what the EU was partially established for. Such small businesses that are getting eradicated by this act don't generate a lot of waste at all, meaning their sacrifice won't even help the enviroment as was intended. I plead for the act to be rewritten with more consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544624_en"}, {"id": 33544623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:43:14", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "There should be a threshold for small businesses to be exempt of having a local representative amongst other things. Giant mega corporations don't care about costs and fees and they go through loops with no problem. But it's the small entrepreneurs that deserve our support who will be suffering the most and having to close down a lot of shops or cancel orders to most countries in the EU. Please MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. MAKE IT A THRESHOLD, BE CONSIDERATE OD YOUR CITIZENS WHO NEED YOUR SUPPORT.", "feedbackEnglish": "There should be a threshold for small businesses to be exempt of having a local representative amongst other things. Giant mega corporations don't care about costs and fees and they go through loops with no problem. But it's the small entrepreneurs that deserve our support who will be suffering the most and having to close down a lot of shops or cancel orders to most countries in the EU. Please MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. MAKE IT A THRESHOLD, BE CONSIDERATE OD YOUR CITIZENS WHO NEED YOUR SUPPORT.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544623_en"}, {"id": 33544622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:42:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kawasaki Eilenburg", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir Händlerinnen, Händler, Handwerker und kleine Familienunternehmen aus dem Online-Sektor wenden uns mit einem dringenden Appell an Sie. Seit über 15 Jahren sorgen Unternehmen wie unsere dafür, dass Kunden in Deutschland und Europa zuverlässig mit Fachware versorgt werden sei es in der Motorrad-, Forst-, Garten- oder Kommunaltechnik. Wir erwirtschaften ehrliche Umsätze, sichern Arbeitsplätze und zahlen klaglos unsere Steuern. Doch jetzt stehen hunderte traditionsreiche Betriebe vor dem endgültigen Aus. Der Grund ist nicht der Wettbewerb oder der Markt, sondern der schiere Verwaltungs- und Regulierungsirrsinn der Europäischen Union. Die Realität im Mittelstand: Bürokratie frisst Existenz Die Erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) und die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) mögen hehre Umweltziele verfolgen, die praktische Umsetzung ist jedoch ein Desaster für kleine Betriebe: - 27-facher Bürokratieaufwand: Für jeden Export in ein anderes EU-Land müssen sich selbst Kleinstunternehmen mit 2 bis 3 Mitarbeitern in jedem einzelnen Bestimmungsland registrieren, lokale Bevollmächtigte bezahlen und komplexe Meldesysteme bedienen. - Kostenüberlastung: Die administrativen Fixkosten für Bevollmächtigte und Lizenzierungsanbieter übersteigen bei kleinen Sendungsmengen den Gewinn aus den Verkäufen um ein Vielfaches. - Ungleichbehandlung & Wettbewerbsverzerrung: Während der heimische Mittelstand bis ins kleinste Detail kontrolliert und mit Bußgeldern bedroht wird, fluten Plattformhändler aus Asien den europäischen Markt weiterhin mit unzähligen nicht-konformen Sendungen. Die Konsequenzen: Steuerausfälle und Marktsterben Die Logik dieser Politik ist betriebswirtschaftlich nicht mehr nachvollziehbar: - Rückzug aus dem Binnenmarkt: Tausende Händler sperren bereits den Versand in andere EU-Länder (Geoblocking wider Willen). Der freie EU-Warenverkehr existiert für den Mittelstand de facto nicht mehr. - Einnahmeausfälle für die EU-Staaten: Durch das Schließen von Onlineshops und den Rückzug aus dem EU-Geschäft entgehen den Mitgliedstaaten Millionenbeträge an Umsatzsteuereinnahmen und Gewerbesteuern. - Konzentration auf Monopole: Am Ende profitieren nur riesige Großkonzerne und Fernost-Marktplätze, die diesen Verwaltungsapparat aus der Portokasse finanzieren. - Es stellt sich die zentrale Frage: Ist es der EU wirklich wert, den loyalen, steuerzahlenden Mittelstand in den Ruin zu reiten, um bürokratische Kontrollfantasien durchzusetzen? Unsere konkreten Forderungen an die Politik: - Ein zentrales EU-Anmeldeportal (Single Point of Contact): Eine einzige Anlaufstelle für alle 27 EU-Länder mit einheitlichen Fristen und digitaler Abwicklung statt 27 separater Registrierungsverfahren. - Reale Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinstunternehmen: Einführeung von Freigrenzen für Händler unter 10 Mitarbeitern bzw. bis zu bestimmten Export-Grenzwerten. - Abschaffung des Zwangs zu lokalen Bevollmächtigten: Wer innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarkts seinen Sitz hat, darf nicht gezwungen werden, teure Mittelspersonen in anderen EU-Ländern zu beauftragen. - Wirksame Durchsetzung gegen Drittstaaten-Plattformen: Strikte Kontrollen an den Außengrenzen für Importe aus Fernost, anstatt die eigenen Händler im Binnenmarkt zu zermürben. - Sofortiges Moratorium: Aussetzung der Sanktionen und Übergangsfristen, bis praxistaugliche, unbürokratische Lösungen für kleine Unternehmen bereitstehen. Wir fordern Sie auf: Stoppen Sie das Händlersterben! Retten Sie den regionalen Mittelstand und den europäischen Binnenmarkt, bevor die Schäden irreparabel sind. Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung,", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we traders, craftsmen and small family businesses from the online sector are making an urgent appeal to you. For over 15 years, companies like ours have been ensuring that customers in Germany and Europe are reliably supplied with specialist goods, whether in motorcycle, forestry, garden or municipal technology. We generate honest sales, secure jobs and pay our taxes without legal action. However, hundreds of traditional farms are now in the final stages of closure. The reason is not competition or the market, but the European Union’s sheer administrative and regulatory misunderstanding. The reality of SMEs: The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) may have bold environmental objectives, but practical implementation is a disaster for small businesses: — 27 times the administrative burden: For every export to another EU country, even micro-enterprises with 2 to 3 employees in each country of destination need to register, pay local proxies and operate complex reporting systems. — Cost overburden: The fixed administrative costs for tied agents and licensing providers are many times higher than the profit from sales for small volumes. — Unequal treatment & distortion of competition: While the home-grown small and medium-sized enterprises are controlled to the smallest detail and are threatened with fines, platform traders from Asia continued to flood the European market with countless non-compliant consignments. The consequences: Tax losses and market deaths The logic of this policy is no longer economically comprehensible: — Withdrawal from the internal market: Thousands of traders already block shipments to other EU countries (geo-blocking against their will). The free movement of goods within the EU has de facto ceased to exist for small and medium-sized enterprises. — Loss of revenue for EU countries: Closing online shops and withdrawing from EU business deprives Member States of millions of euros in VAT revenues and business taxes. — Concentration on monopolies: In the end, only huge large corporations and Far East marketplaces, which finance this administrative apparatus from the Portokasse, will benefit. — The central question is: Is it really worthwhile for the EU to rid the loyal, tax-paying small and medium-sized enterprises of ruin in order to impose bureaucratic control fantasies? Our specific demands for politics: — A Single Point of Contact: A one-stop shop for all 27 EU countries, with common deadlines and digital completion instead of 27 separate registration procedures. — Real de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises: Introduction of exemption thresholds for traders under 10 employees or up to certain export thresholds. — Abolition of coercion into local plenipotentiaries: Those based in the EU’s single market must not be forced to hire expensive intermediaries in other EU countries. — Effective enforcement against third country platforms: Strict controls at the external borders for imports from the Far East instead of crushing their own traders in the internal market. — Immediate moratorium: Suspension of sanctions and transitional periods until practical, unbureaucratic solutions are available for small businesses. We call on you to: Stop the trader’s death! Save regional SMEs and the European single market before the damage is irreparable. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544622_en"}, {"id": 33544621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:41:52", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern, I am an independent artist and painter based in Austria, selling original paintings and limited-edition prints, including directly to collectors in other EU Member States. I am writing because the current packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, together with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, risks making cross-border trade practically impossible for artists and micro-businesses. I fully support sensible environmental protection. However, regulation must be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business concerned. A sole trader sending only a few parcels each year may still face separate packaging rules in every destination country: national registrations, compliance schemes, reporting obligations, fees, and in some cases potentially an authorised representative. For a large corporation, such requirements are an operating cost. For an individual artist, they can make a sale economically impossible (which is absurd). The rational response is therefore simple: do not sell to that country (or any other EU country in general). If thousands of artists, craftspeople, designers, publishers and other micro-businesses reach the same conclusion, the Single Market becomes fragmented. Small businesses will restrict sales to their home country or only a few Member States, while large companies and corporations remain able to absorb compliance costs. Is that the goal? The burden must also be assessed cumulatively. For an Austrian micro-business, the issue is not one registration fee, but the potential cost of complying with 26 foreign systems. Even an average fixed cost of 100 per country would mean 2,600 per year; 250 would mean 6,500; and 500 would mean 13,000and that is before representatives, consultants, translations, software and administration. For an artist who may make only one or two sales in a country, this is economically irrational and completely absurd. It can force online sellers to block customers by country simply to avoid regulatory risk. That is not a functioning Single Market. I therefore urge the European institutions to introduce: 1. A genuine de minimis exemption with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses below a reasonable packaging-volume threshold, covering registration, reporting, representation and minimum-fee obligations. 2. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal, based on the principle of the VAT One-Stop Shop, so businesses can register once instead of navigating 27 separate systems. 3. No mandatory national representative for EU-established micro-businesses making occasional cross-border sales. 4. Fees genuinely proportional to packaging volume, without minimum charges designed for industrial-scale distributors. 5. A simplified regime for artists, craftspeople, sole traders and micro-enterprises that reflects their limited administrative capacity. Environmental protection is essential. But a system that forces a European artist to stop selling their art across borders WITHIN the EU is not proportionate environmental policy. It is a barrier to intra-EU trade. Without a meaningful de minimis exemption and an EU-wide One-Stop Shop, large businesses will continue to sell throughout Europe while independent artists and creators will withdraw (or rather are forced out) from cross-border trade. I respectfully ask you to address this urgently and ensure that independent artists, craftsmen, creators and micro-businesses are not regulated out of the European market. Yours sincerely, Independent artist and painter in Austria", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, I am an independent artist and painter based in Austria, selling original paintings and limited-edition prints, including directly to collectors in other EU Member States. I am writing because the current packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, together with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, risks making cross-border trade practically impossible for artists and micro-businesses. I fully support sensible environmental protection. However, regulation must be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the business concerned. A sole trader sending only a few parcels each year may still face separate packaging rules in every destination country: national registrations, compliance schemes, reporting obligations, fees, and in some cases potentially an authorised representative. For a large corporation, such requirements are an operating cost. For an individual artist, they can make a sale economically impossible (which is absurd). The rational response is therefore simple: do not sell to that country (or any other EU country in general). If thousands of artists, craftspeople, designers, publishers and other micro-businesses reach the same conclusion, the Single Market becomes fragmented. Small businesses will restrict sales to their home country or only a few Member States, while large companies and corporations remain able to absorb compliance costs. Is that the goal? The burden must also be assessed cumulatively. For an Austrian micro-business, the issue is not one registration fee, but the potential cost of complying with 26 foreign systems. Even an average fixed cost of 100 per country would mean 2,600 per year; 250 would mean 6,500; and 500 would mean 13,000and that is before representatives, consultants, translations, software and administration. For an artist who may make only one or two sales in a country, this is economically irrational and completely absurd. It can force online sellers to block customers by country simply to avoid regulatory risk. That is not a functioning Single Market. I therefore urge the European institutions to introduce: 1. A genuine de minimis exemption with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses below a reasonable packaging-volume threshold, covering registration, reporting, representation and minimum-fee obligations. 2. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal, based on the principle of the VAT One-Stop Shop, so businesses can register once instead of navigating 27 separate systems. 3. No mandatory national representative for EU-established micro-businesses making occasional cross-border sales. 4. Fees genuinely proportional to packaging volume, without minimum charges designed for industrial-scale distributors. 5. A simplified regime for artists, craftspeople, sole traders and micro-enterprises that reflects their limited administrative capacity. Environmental protection is essential. But a system that forces a European artist to stop selling their art across borders WITHIN the EU is not proportionate environmental policy. It is a barrier to intra-EU trade. Without a meaningful de minimis exemption and an EU-wide One-Stop Shop, large businesses will continue to sell throughout Europe while independent artists and creators will withdraw (or rather are forced out) from cross-border trade. I respectfully ask you to address this urgently and ensure that independent artists, craftsmen, creators and micro-businesses are not regulated out of the European market. Yours sincerely, Independent artist and painter in Austria", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544621_en"}, {"id": 33544620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:40:52", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a consumer from the U.S. who regularly purchases items for my hobbies from countries in the EU. I am also working on setting up a small business that would supply hobby supplies globally. Reading about how this will impact small businesses who ship within the EU, I'm appalled! This will have awful effects. Please do not implement this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a consumer from the U.S. who regularly purchases items for my hobbies from countries in the EU. I am also working on setting up a small business that would supply hobby supplies globally. Reading about how this will impact small businesses who ship within the EU, I'm appalled! This will have awful effects. Please do not implement this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544620_en"}, {"id": 33544619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:40:45", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you in regards of the new PPWR and EPR regulations. Those apply to small and micro independent businesses, which is problematic to its best. I ask of you to exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. I also encourage you to harmonize the registration for PPWR in EU states for said businesses. The law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many small businesses. I look forward to your answer and thank you for your attention and in advance. Sincerely, Lara Žbogar", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you in regards of the new PPWR and EPR regulations. Those apply to small and micro independent businesses, which is problematic to its best. I ask of you to exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. I also encourage you to harmonize the registration for PPWR in EU states for said businesses. The law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many small businesses. I look forward to your answer and thank you for your attention and in advance. Sincerely, Lara Žbogar", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544619_en"}, {"id": 33544618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:40:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "nineteen72", "feedback": "As a one person micro business handmaking products (that is very far removed from the 2M and <10 employees definition) the EPR licensing scheme and the linked PPWR Authorized Representative makes it impossible for us to AFFORD to sell within the EU Single Market. There needs to be a centralized organization within the EU that allows us to register and pay (fair and proportionate to our turnaround). Perhaps with an OSS type of set up where based on actual sales we deliver our fair share. But making us pay heavily overpriced commercial companies to enter data (we have to supply to them in the first place anyway) is just madness, for countries where we might only have a couple sales a year to. Until this is possible this EPR and the Authorized Representative PPWR scheme should be postponed and Micro businesses should be exempt and until the omnibus decision is made in October we should not be fined. You are creating financial hurdles to stop a free single market within the EU and simultaneously destroying small artists, makers and artisans while you are at it. The ones who don't mass produce goods and are usually very eco conscious. Sadly I see Regulation (EU) 2025/40 is tabled due to countries objections. I do hope this topic will be covered in other Regulations instead, though I am not sure which one applies instead.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a one person micro business handmaking products (that is very far removed from the 2M and <10 employees definition) the EPR licensing scheme and the linked PPWR Authorized Representative makes it impossible for us to AFFORD to sell within the EU Single Market. There needs to be a centralized organization within the EU that allows us to register and pay (fair and proportionate to our turnaround). Perhaps with an OSS type of set up where based on actual sales we deliver our fair share. But making us pay heavily overpriced commercial companies to enter data (we have to supply to them in the first place anyway) is just madness, for countries where we might only have a couple sales a year to. Until this is possible this EPR and the Authorized Representative PPWR scheme should be postponed and Micro businesses should be exempt and until the omnibus decision is made in October we should not be fined. You are creating financial hurdles to stop a free single market within the EU and simultaneously destroying small artists, makers and artisans while you are at it. The ones who don't mass produce goods and are usually very eco conscious. Sadly I see Regulation (EU) 2025/40 is tabled due to countries objections. I do hope this topic will be covered in other Regulations instead, though I am not sure which one applies instead.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544618_en"}, {"id": 33544617, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:39:41", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Reducing packaging waste is important. However, this regulation will have an unfair and disproportionate affect on small businesses. Big companies, which are responsible for the majority of the waste, will be completely unaffected by this new regulation and just absorb the cost, while micro and small businesses will face taxes too high in comparison to what they're earning and the waste they're causing. This regulation is counterintuitive. Small businesses are often more environmentally conscious and don't produce anywhere near as much waste as large companies, yet it will make it harder for them to be in business at all, leading to more people supporting less ethical large companies. This causes those big companies to grow, causing more waste, and killing small businesses. Effectively doing the opposite of what the regulation aims to do.", "feedbackEnglish": "Reducing packaging waste is important. However, this regulation will have an unfair and disproportionate affect on small businesses. Big companies, which are responsible for the majority of the waste, will be completely unaffected by this new regulation and just absorb the cost, while micro and small businesses will face taxes too high in comparison to what they're earning and the waste they're causing. This regulation is counterintuitive. Small businesses are often more environmentally conscious and don't produce anywhere near as much waste as large companies, yet it will make it harder for them to be in business at all, leading to more people supporting less ethical large companies. This causes those big companies to grow, causing more waste, and killing small businesses. Effectively doing the opposite of what the regulation aims to do.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544617_en"}, {"id": 33544616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:39:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pralinenideen", "feedback": "Ich verstehe und begrüße absolut Maßnahmen, die eine ausufernde Paketflut (vor allem auch aus fernöstlichen Regionen) eindämmen bzw. die Entsorgung entsprechend bepreisen. Ein gewisses Entgelt für die eingesetzten Verpackungen wie es bislang im Rahmen der Verpackungsverordnung berechnet und abgeführt wurde, ist für uns nachvollziehbar und auch administrativ mit verhältnismäßigem Aufwand machbar. Wenn nun aber für jedes EU-Mitgliedsland ein eigener Bevollmächtigter benannt werden muss, ist dies in unseren Augen vor allem für kleinere Unternehmen absolut unverhältnismäßig. Wenn in manche Staaten nicht einmal 10 Pakete im Jahr geliefert werden, ist es wirtschaftlich nicht vertretbar, hierfür einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Nach unserem Verständnis stand die EU zu Beginn vor allem für eine Harmonisierung unter den Mitgliedsländern und für den Abbau von Handelshemmnissen über Landesgrenzen hinweg. Mit dieser neuen Verordnung wird aber genau das Gegenteil erreicht. Viele kleinere Händler werden den Versand in das EU-Ausland einstellen, da sich das schlichtweg nicht rechnet. Hier müssen unbedingt entsprechende Ausnahmeregelungen für Kleinunternehmen geschaffen werden, die von diesen regulatorischen Anforderungen entbinden!", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully understand and welcome measures to contain an excessive parcel flood (especially from Far Eastern regions) or to price disposal accordingly. A certain fee for the packaging used, as previously calculated and paid for under the Packaging Ordinance, is understandable to us and also administratively feasible with proportionate effort. If, however, it is now necessary to appoint a separate representative for each EU Member State, this is, in our view, completely disproportionate, especially for smaller companies. If in some countries less than 10 parcels are delivered per year, it is not economically viable to appoint and pay for a separate agent. As we understand it, at the outset the EU was primarily in favour of harmonisation among Member States and the reduction of trade barriers across national borders. However, this new regulation achieves exactly the opposite. Many smaller traders will stop shipping to another EU country, as this is simply not expected. It is essential to create appropriate exemptions for small businesses that exempt them from these regulatory requirements!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544616_en"}, {"id": 33544615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:38:51", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämän ei pitäisi koskea pienyrityksiä. Yrityksen aloittaminen ja pyörittäminen on jo valmiiksi todella vaikeaa, eikä kaipaa lisää muuttujia. Tulisi keskittyä isoihin miljoonayrityksiin, eikä tehdä yksittäisten ihmisten työllistymisestä yhä vaikeampaa. Työllisyys on jo laskussa ja kohtuuttoman vaikeaa varsinkin taiteen alalla, jossa ihmiset tienaavat esimerkiksi juuri lähettämällä taidettaan.", "feedbackEnglish": "This should not apply to small enterprises. Starting and running a business is already very difficult and there is no need for more variables. The focus should be on large millions of companies and not make it increasingly difficult for individuals to find employment. Employment is already falling and is disproportionately difficult, especially in the arts sector, where people know, for example, just by broadcasting their arts.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544615_en"}, {"id": 33544614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:38:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "GMS Motorsport GmbH ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren. Die Verordnung ist für kleine Unternehmen quasi gleichbedeutend mit einer Ausgrenzung aus dem freien Handel innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Die dadurch enstehenden Kosten und der Bearbeitungsufwand, sind für kleine Unternehmen nicht leistbar. Es wirkt sich wie quasi ein Wettberwerbs- oder Handelsverbot aus. Grossunternehmen wird es weiniger tangieren. Gewerbliche Verkäufer aus Drittländern sind von dieser Verordnung anscheinend auch nicht betroffen. Das ist Wettbewerbsverzerrung. Die EU sollte den Binnenmarkt stärken, nicht den Handel mit Drittländern. Kleine Unternehmen stellen ein relativ großes wirtschaftliches Potential dar und zahlen Steuern. Durch diese Verordnung werden viele davon nicht weiter existieren können. Ich fordere die EU auf, die sofortige Aussetzung oder Aufhebung dieser Verordnung zu veranlassen. Sie schadet der Wirtschaft innerhalb der EU. Hochachtungsvoll, Andreas Gehrke Geschäftsführer - GMS Motorsport GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, For small businesses, the Regulation is almost synonymous with exclusion from free trade within the European Union. The resulting costs and processing wall are unaffordable for small businesses. It has the effect of a quasi-betting or trading ban. Large companies will be more vexatious about it. Commercial sellers from third countries also do not seem to be affected by this Regulation. This is a distortion of competition. The EU should strengthen the single market, not trade with third countries. Small businesses represent a relatively large economic potential and pay taxes. Many of them will not be able to continue to exist with this Regulation. I call on the EU to immediately suspend or repeal this Regulation. It harms the economy within the EU. Yours faithfully, Andreas Gehrke Managing Director – GMS Motorsport GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544614_en"}, {"id": 33544613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:37:57", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I have a lot of friends who are artists and run their own businesses. You have terrified every single one of them. Almost every single small business that I follow in the EU has already shut down EU shipping because they cannot afford to function with these changes and will only ship within their own countries now. This is absolutely disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourselves.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a lot of friends who are artists and run their own businesses. You have terrified every single one of them. Almost every single small business that I follow in the EU has already shut down EU shipping because they cannot afford to function with these changes and will only ship within their own countries now. This is absolutely disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourselves.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544613_en"}, {"id": 33544612, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:37:25", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Northlight3D", "feedback": "I am the owner of a Norwegian micro-enterprise producing small quantities of niche products sold directly to consumers internationally. I support the principle that businesses should contribute to the actual cost of managing the packaging waste they place on the market. However, requiring separate national producer registrations creates a serious and disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises engaged in low-volume cross-border e-commerce. My business cannot predict where customers will be located. In a given year, I may receive no orders from Germany, one from Poland, five from France, or ten spread across several Member States. The following year may be completely different. The packaging involved consists of ordinary commercially purchased cardboard boxes and protective packaging necessary for transport. In some Member States, I may introduce only a few kilograms of packaging during an entire year. The problem is not paying a reasonable EPR contribution based on this actual amount. The problem is the fixed cost and administration of separate registration, reporting, EPR schemes and potentially authorised representatives in every Member State where a customer might place an order. These fixed costs cannot simply be included in product prices. Before receiving the first order from a country, I cannot know whether it will be the only order that year or the first of one hundred. Registering proactively in every Member State is equally unrealistic. The result is that a micro-enterprise may have to stop selling to most EU countries despite introducing negligible amounts of packaging. This also creates a significant competitive advantage for large multinational businesses, which can distribute fixed compliance costs across millions of shipments. I strongly encourage the Commission to establish a proportionate system for micro-enterprises and low-volume producers. Solutions could include a de minimis threshold based on annual packaging quantities, a single EU/EEA registration with quantities allocated to destination countries, or allowing online marketplaces to collect and remit EPR contributions per transaction. Any of these approaches would still ensure that businesses pay for the packaging waste they actually generate without creating fixed compliance costs that may exceed the environmental cost of that packaging by several orders of magnitude. Without such a solution, these rules risk pushing small businesses out of cross-border EU trade while having negligible impact on overall packaging waste. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that registration and reporting requirements are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market and do not create an unnecessary barrier to the Single Market for micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a Norwegian micro-enterprise producing small quantities of niche products sold directly to consumers internationally. I support the principle that businesses should contribute to the actual cost of managing the packaging waste they place on the market. However, requiring separate national producer registrations creates a serious and disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises engaged in low-volume cross-border e-commerce. My business cannot predict where customers will be located. In a given year, I may receive no orders from Germany, one from Poland, five from France, or ten spread across several Member States. The following year may be completely different. The packaging involved consists of ordinary commercially purchased cardboard boxes and protective packaging necessary for transport. In some Member States, I may introduce only a few kilograms of packaging during an entire year. The problem is not paying a reasonable EPR contribution based on this actual amount. The problem is the fixed cost and administration of separate registration, reporting, EPR schemes and potentially authorised representatives in every Member State where a customer might place an order. These fixed costs cannot simply be included in product prices. Before receiving the first order from a country, I cannot know whether it will be the only order that year or the first of one hundred. Registering proactively in every Member State is equally unrealistic. The result is that a micro-enterprise may have to stop selling to most EU countries despite introducing negligible amounts of packaging. This also creates a significant competitive advantage for large multinational businesses, which can distribute fixed compliance costs across millions of shipments. I strongly encourage the Commission to establish a proportionate system for micro-enterprises and low-volume producers. Solutions could include a de minimis threshold based on annual packaging quantities, a single EU/EEA registration with quantities allocated to destination countries, or allowing online marketplaces to collect and remit EPR contributions per transaction. Any of these approaches would still ensure that businesses pay for the packaging waste they actually generate without creating fixed compliance costs that may exceed the environmental cost of that packaging by several orders of magnitude. Without such a solution, these rules risk pushing small businesses out of cross-border EU trade while having negligible impact on overall packaging waste. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that registration and reporting requirements are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market and do not create an unnecessary barrier to the Single Market for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544612_en"}, {"id": 33544611, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:35:31", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This kills small businesses. Not only is it pure lunacy to expect reporting like this from the smallest viable businesses which are already labour intensive and likely have only 1 employee, it means these businesses must stop offering products to vast majority of EU countries. Extra paperwork and ludicrous minimum cost of approximately 100 for less than 1kg of packaging is idiotic, it punishes small businesses and completely lets big corporations which this should be targeted towards, off the hook with ridiculous /kg cost outside the minimum cost. This is EU destroying small businesses, forcing people to buy originally goods sold by EU businesses in other countries to use US and other non-EU states, to companies that can take the hit and abuse small EU Businesses, as proxies or buy completely non-EU products.", "feedbackEnglish": "This kills small businesses. Not only is it pure lunacy to expect reporting like this from the smallest viable businesses which are already labour intensive and likely have only 1 employee, it means these businesses must stop offering products to vast majority of EU countries. Extra paperwork and ludicrous minimum cost of approximately 100 for less than 1kg of packaging is idiotic, it punishes small businesses and completely lets big corporations which this should be targeted towards, off the hook with ridiculous /kg cost outside the minimum cost. This is EU destroying small businesses, forcing people to buy originally goods sold by EU businesses in other countries to use US and other non-EU states, to companies that can take the hit and abuse small EU Businesses, as proxies or buy completely non-EU products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544611_en"}, {"id": 33544610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:35:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regrettably, as a small business, the new regulatory presents significant challenges in obtaining the necessary packaging licenses, particularly given our current income levels. This situation regrettably impedes our ability to expand a key revenue stream and continue our business growth.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regrettably, as a small business, the new regulatory presents significant challenges in obtaining the necessary packaging licenses, particularly given our current income levels. This situation regrettably impedes our ability to expand a key revenue stream and continue our business growth.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544610_en"}, {"id": 33544609, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:34:19", "country": "CYP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As other have already stated, it is unbelievably unfair and disappointing to expect from small businesses to pay the same as big companies just to be able to ship their wares all over the EU. Also, most (not all, but certainly most) small businesses are notoriously more environmentally conscious than big companies to begin with, so imposing such fees doesn't really prevent wastage, but it's yet another obstacle for small businesses that even threats their existence.", "feedbackEnglish": "As other have already stated, it is unbelievably unfair and disappointing to expect from small businesses to pay the same as big companies just to be able to ship their wares all over the EU. Also, most (not all, but certainly most) small businesses are notoriously more environmentally conscious than big companies to begin with, so imposing such fees doesn't really prevent wastage, but it's yet another obstacle for small businesses that even threats their existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544609_en"}, {"id": 33544608, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:33:41", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new legislation, while a great idea, needs some carve outs for small and micro businesses who will not be able to sell in the EU anymore due to the prohibitive cost of this legislation.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new legislation, while a great idea, needs some carve outs for small and micro businesses who will not be able to sell in the EU anymore due to the prohibitive cost of this legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544608_en"}, {"id": 33544607, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:33:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Estou a escrever hoje como alguém que regularmente suporta e compra de pequenas e micro empresas e gostaria de lhe dar à atenção a natureza injusta e disporpocional das novas regras PWR e EPR e os seus impostos neste tipo de empresas (aqueles que faturam menos de 12000 euros por ano). A falta de uma isenção financial minima, resulta em que a maior partes destas empresas parem de exportar para outros países europeus devido ao fardo financeiro por cada país que vai contra o espírito do mercado único europeu. Realmente é importante ter com prioridade o ambiente mas esse objetivo não deve vir à custa de pequenos negócios em favor de grandes que facilmente podem lidar com estes regulamentos com ajuda de inteiros deparmentos dedicados a os cumprirem. Estou então a juntar a minha voz à dos empresário para pedir: 1 - O estabelecimento de um platamar de isenção minimo para as micro empresas (abaixo um certo volume ou negócio na UE) 2 - O estabelecimento de um sitio unico para o Europeu EPR sendo então possivel fazer uma declaração central e uma contribuição unica porpocional ao negócio actual, como o existent model IOSS para o VAT. Muito obrigada pela sua atenção e espero que aja para proteger as micro e pequenas empresas.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing today as someone who regularly supports and buys small and micro enterprises and I would like to pay attention to the unfair and disportional nature of the new PWR and EPR rules and their taxes on this type of companies (those that charge less than EUR 12 000 per year). The lack of a minimum financial exemption means that most of these companies stop exporting to other European countries because of the financial burden on each country, which runs counter to the spirit of the European single market. It is really important to give priority to the environment, but this should not come at the expense of small businesses in favour of large ones who can easily deal with these regulations with the help of whole encounters dedicated to complying with them. I am then joining my voice with that of the entrepreneur to ask: 1 – the establishment of a minimum exemption platform for micro enterprises (below a certain volume or business in the EU) 2 – The establishment of a unico sitio for the European RPE, in which case it is possible to make a central declaration and a one-off contribution to the current business, such as the existent IOSS model for VAT. Thank you very much for your attention and I hope you will act to protect micro and small enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544607_en"}, {"id": 33544606, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:32:56", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dexpixel Ltd / Printerelle", "feedback": "I am the owner of a small handmade greeting card business in County Cork, Ireland, selling through Amazon and my own website. I want to share my direct experience with national producer registers to illustrate why the current system creates a disproportionate burden on very small producers. My business places under 200kg of packaging on the market annually, envelopes and protective sleeves for greeting cards. Under Ireland's current threshold (turnover under 1 million and under 10 tonnes of packaging), I have no legal obligation to register. However, Amazon began enforcing EPR registration checks on all sellers ahead of a 12 August 2026 deadline, restricting listings for any seller without a valid registration number, regardless of whether that seller is actually obligated under national law. This created an impossible position. Ireland's national register, operated by Repak, has no facility to record exempt or below-threshold status. It only accepts a registration number. There is no way within the system to demonstrate that a producer is legitimately outside scope. The only route available to me was voluntary \"Non-Major\" membership, at a flat annual fee of 980 (before VAT), a fee that bears no relation to actual packaging volume. Repak's own tonnage-based rate card, used for obligated Major Producers, would price my actual packaging at only a few euro annually. Small sellers in other EU member states pay roughly 20 to 150 a year for equivalent registration through simpler online systems. Ireland's flat fee for small voluntary producers is many times higher than what comparable businesses pay elsewhere in the EU for the same category of packaging. I also want to highlight that from 12 August 2026, under the PPWR, Ireland's existing threshold disappears entirely. Every producer, regardless of size, becomes obligated to register. This will bring a very large number of previously \"invisible\" micro producers into scope for the first time, all at once. Based on my own experience trying to register in good faith, well ahead of the deadline, the system was not ready to support this. My compliance scheme was unresponsive to repeated calls and emails over several weeks, despite my having submitted signed application forms. National marketplace guidance was inconsistent and inaccurate, with multiple support agents unaware of the threshold changes, or citing outdated local authority routes that were removed from Irish law in 2023. For a policy intended to hold producers accountable in proportion to their environmental impact, the practical effect on very small producers is the opposite of proportionate. A micro business pays a flat fee that can exceed its actual environmental impact by a factor of a hundred or more, while facing no simplified, low-cost, or tiered onboarding route comparable to those used successfully in other member states. I would ask that any revision to national producer register rules include: A mandatory low-cost or free registration tier for micro producers, genuinely proportional to actual packaging volume, rather than a flat administrative fee unrelated to tonnage. A required mechanism within national registers for producers to formally record below-threshold or transitional status, so marketplaces can verify this directly rather than requiring a paid registration number regardless of obligation. Minimum service standards for national compliance schemes, including response times, given they hold sole approved status and small businesses have no alternative route to compliance. Clear, harmonised transitional guidance issued well in advance of PPWR's application date, since inconsistent guidance from marketplaces and national bodies created real confusion and cost for small sellers acting in good faith. Without changes along these lines, the transition to PPWR risks penalising exactly the small, low-impact producers the framework should be easiest for, while larger producers with dedicated compliance re", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small handmade greeting card business in County Cork, Ireland, selling through Amazon and my own website. I want to share my direct experience with national producer registers to illustrate why the current system creates a disproportionate burden on very small producers. My business places under 200kg of packaging on the market annually, envelopes and protective sleeves for greeting cards. Under Ireland's current threshold (turnover under 1 million and under 10 tonnes of packaging), I have no legal obligation to register. However, Amazon began enforcing EPR registration checks on all sellers ahead of a 12 August 2026 deadline, restricting listings for any seller without a valid registration number, regardless of whether that seller is actually obligated under national law. This created an impossible position. Ireland's national register, operated by Repak, has no facility to record exempt or below-threshold status. It only accepts a registration number. There is no way within the system to demonstrate that a producer is legitimately outside scope. The only route available to me was voluntary \"Non-Major\" membership, at a flat annual fee of 980 (before VAT), a fee that bears no relation to actual packaging volume. Repak's own tonnage-based rate card, used for obligated Major Producers, would price my actual packaging at only a few euro annually. Small sellers in other EU member states pay roughly 20 to 150 a year for equivalent registration through simpler online systems. Ireland's flat fee for small voluntary producers is many times higher than what comparable businesses pay elsewhere in the EU for the same category of packaging. I also want to highlight that from 12 August 2026, under the PPWR, Ireland's existing threshold disappears entirely. Every producer, regardless of size, becomes obligated to register. This will bring a very large number of previously \"invisible\" micro producers into scope for the first time, all at once. Based on my own experience trying to register in good faith, well ahead of the deadline, the system was not ready to support this. My compliance scheme was unresponsive to repeated calls and emails over several weeks, despite my having submitted signed application forms. National marketplace guidance was inconsistent and inaccurate, with multiple support agents unaware of the threshold changes, or citing outdated local authority routes that were removed from Irish law in 2023. For a policy intended to hold producers accountable in proportion to their environmental impact, the practical effect on very small producers is the opposite of proportionate. A micro business pays a flat fee that can exceed its actual environmental impact by a factor of a hundred or more, while facing no simplified, low-cost, or tiered onboarding route comparable to those used successfully in other member states. I would ask that any revision to national producer register rules include: A mandatory low-cost or free registration tier for micro producers, genuinely proportional to actual packaging volume, rather than a flat administrative fee unrelated to tonnage. A required mechanism within national registers for producers to formally record below-threshold or transitional status, so marketplaces can verify this directly rather than requiring a paid registration number regardless of obligation. Minimum service standards for national compliance schemes, including response times, given they hold sole approved status and small businesses have no alternative route to compliance. Clear, harmonised transitional guidance issued well in advance of PPWR's application date, since inconsistent guidance from marketplaces and national bodies created real confusion and cost for small sellers acting in good faith. Without changes along these lines, the transition to PPWR risks penalising exactly the small, low-impact producers the framework should be easiest for, while larger producers with dedicated compliance re", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544606_en"}, {"id": 33544605, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:32:27", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Though it might not have been the goal, these regulations unfairly target independant creators who cannot afford to pay fees in every country of the EU and turning them unprofitable while large companies that are responsible for the biggest amount of waste continue to crush any competition.", "feedbackEnglish": "Though it might not have been the goal, these regulations unfairly target independant creators who cannot afford to pay fees in every country of the EU and turning them unprofitable while large companies that are responsible for the biggest amount of waste continue to crush any competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544605_en"}, {"id": 33544604, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:31:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small, one-person handmade jewelry business based in Germany, I strongly support extending the exemption from the authorized representative (AR) requirement under the PPWR to micro and small businesses across the EU, not only to businesses already established within the EU. The current requirement to appoint a paid authorized representative in every EU country I wish to sell to at a flat annual fee regardless of sales volume makes it financially unviable for a small business like mine to sell across the EU. This disproportionately burdens micro-enterprises and sole traders while larger companies can absorb these costs easily. I have had to pause shipping to all EU countries except my home country simply because the per-country AR fees far exceed any realistic revenue from those markets. This directly contradicts the EU's stated goals of supporting small businesses and the single market. I urge the Commission and Parliament to adopt a clear, permanent exemption or simplified compliance pathway for micro and small enterprises, with reasonable implementation timelines that account for the operational realities of businesses like mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, one-person handmade jewelry business based in Germany, I strongly support extending the exemption from the authorized representative (AR) requirement under the PPWR to micro and small businesses across the EU, not only to businesses already established within the EU. The current requirement to appoint a paid authorized representative in every EU country I wish to sell to at a flat annual fee regardless of sales volume makes it financially unviable for a small business like mine to sell across the EU. This disproportionately burdens micro-enterprises and sole traders while larger companies can absorb these costs easily. I have had to pause shipping to all EU countries except my home country simply because the per-country AR fees far exceed any realistic revenue from those markets. This directly contradicts the EU's stated goals of supporting small businesses and the single market. I urge the Commission and Parliament to adopt a clear, permanent exemption or simplified compliance pathway for micro and small enterprises, with reasonable implementation timelines that account for the operational realities of businesses like mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544604_en"}, {"id": 33544603, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:31:25", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner I have to voice my sincere worries about this legislation. Carrying all those costs for shipping to different EU countries is not possible for most small businesses. In my case, I am only sending a handful of packages within the EU in a year. As little as this is, I still want to become more successful and don't want to lose my EU customers. I hereby ask to exempt small and micro businesses from this legislation or lower the fees for them dramatically. Making a one-stop-shop for all EU countries would help tremendously with this. Also this new legislation seems to speak against the free movement of goods within the EU and will definitely have consequences for many businesses. I don't think it's in the European Union's interest to make the economy suffer and businesses shut down because they cannot afford to ship within the EU anymore.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner I have to voice my sincere worries about this legislation. Carrying all those costs for shipping to different EU countries is not possible for most small businesses. In my case, I am only sending a handful of packages within the EU in a year. As little as this is, I still want to become more successful and don't want to lose my EU customers. I hereby ask to exempt small and micro businesses from this legislation or lower the fees for them dramatically. Making a one-stop-shop for all EU countries would help tremendously with this. Also this new legislation seems to speak against the free movement of goods within the EU and will definitely have consequences for many businesses. I don't think it's in the European Union's interest to make the economy suffer and businesses shut down because they cannot afford to ship within the EU anymore.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544603_en"}, {"id": 33544602, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:31:05", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please either have a clear unbureaucratic process or an exemption for small business owners (under 10 employees). Lots of creators and makers I know and I'd like to order from are being stifled by this new regulation, forcing them to retreat from the EU market, because the bureaucratic hurdles are just too much.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please either have a clear unbureaucratic process or an exemption for small business owners (under 10 employees). Lots of creators and makers I know and I'd like to order from are being stifled by this new regulation, forcing them to retreat from the EU market, because the bureaucratic hurdles are just too much.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544602_en"}, {"id": 33544601, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:29:58", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "KingWolfInk", "feedback": "I'm a small business owner, I'm just a single person trying to make a living, and these rules will entirely cripple my ability to ship to the EU at all. I absolutely understand the reasoning behind the rules, and for large enterprises with entire legal teams and millions of euros in revenue they can comply easily with little impact on their business, but I cannot. If there is no exemption made for small businesses I will simply no longer be able to ship to any EU country, completely destroying my entire EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a small business owner, I'm just a single person trying to make a living, and these rules will entirely cripple my ability to ship to the EU at all. I absolutely understand the reasoning behind the rules, and for large enterprises with entire legal teams and millions of euros in revenue they can comply easily with little impact on their business, but I cannot. If there is no exemption made for small businesses I will simply no longer be able to ship to any EU country, completely destroying my entire EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544601_en"}, {"id": 33544600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:29:09", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "There seems to be issues with this proposals affecting small creators and businesses. Can you guys have maybe another look at this and perhaps consult with people working in these fields?", "feedbackEnglish": "There seems to be issues with this proposals affecting small creators and businesses. Can you guys have maybe another look at this and perhaps consult with people working in these fields?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544600_en"}, {"id": 33544599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:28:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a punch in the face for all small businesses, who will now struggle or even have to close, because they can not afford it. Small businesses aren't the reason for so much packaging waste, but they will have to carry the consequences of it. With those small businesses shutting down, many people who had to rely on their business due to several factors like health etc will not know what they are supposed to do now, since many aren't able to hold a \"normal\" job. This will cause a big amount of jobless struggling people. The customers will also have no ethical small business that are watching on being environment friendly to shop from anymore and will have to support bigger shops who are the primary reason for those issues. Really nobody here benefits from this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a punch in the face for all small businesses, who will now struggle or even have to close, because they can not afford it. Small businesses aren't the reason for so much packaging waste, but they will have to carry the consequences of it. With those small businesses shutting down, many people who had to rely on their business due to several factors like health etc will not know what they are supposed to do now, since many aren't able to hold a \"normal\" job. This will cause a big amount of jobless struggling people. The customers will also have no ethical small business that are watching on being environment friendly to shop from anymore and will have to support bigger shops who are the primary reason for those issues. Really nobody here benefits from this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544599_en"}, {"id": 33544598, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:28:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU, the PPWR in its actual form is stopping crossborder business within the EU for small businesses and micro businesses. I started with a company 12yrs ago and saw a lot of regulations which were just causing a little chaos and were always the reason that small proactively thinking and visionary businesses where pushed into a non beneficial situation compared to big players. Not even the fact that the crossborder business is one of the main pillar of EU economy but also the aftermath caused by this new regulation and obligation to register in every EU country you are selling to turns small businesses into non profitable businesses, families will lose their income, artists will lose their creative outlet cause the sell through will be artificially limited by a regulation which wanted to achieve a very very good and necessary goal but completely missed out one of the main driver of low and middle class income. So if you dont wanna be the reason for an increase in poverty within the EU and also lacking of tax revenue and also lacking of international exchange and diversity go for it BUT if you are mindful enough to respect small businesses consider the idea of excluding small businesses from the new regulation or consider a scalable fee for it. But as it stands now, it will wreck havoc within the EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU, the PPWR in its actual form is stopping crossborder business within the EU for small businesses and micro businesses. I started with a company 12yrs ago and saw a lot of regulations which were just causing a little chaos and were always the reason that small proactively thinking and visionary businesses where pushed into a non beneficial situation compared to big players. Not even the fact that the crossborder business is one of the main pillar of EU economy but also the aftermath caused by this new regulation and obligation to register in every EU country you are selling to turns small businesses into non profitable businesses, families will lose their income, artists will lose their creative outlet cause the sell through will be artificially limited by a regulation which wanted to achieve a very very good and necessary goal but completely missed out one of the main driver of low and middle class income. So if you dont wanna be the reason for an increase in poverty within the EU and also lacking of tax revenue and also lacking of international exchange and diversity go for it BUT if you are mindful enough to respect small businesses consider the idea of excluding small businesses from the new regulation or consider a scalable fee for it. But as it stands now, it will wreck havoc within the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544598_en"}, {"id": 33544597, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:27:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford harmonize the registration for PPWR/ERP in EU states for small and micro businesses The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford harmonize the registration for PPWR/ERP in EU states for small and micro businesses The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544597_en"}, {"id": 33544596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:26:54", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This ruling completelly undermines the small businesses operating outside of the EU. As a small business owner living in the UK, selling stationary such as stickers and prints, having to comply with the new regulations would make it financially no longer viable for me to ship anything to the EU. Exemptions for micro and small businesses and artists are desperatelly needed in this matter.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling completelly undermines the small businesses operating outside of the EU. As a small business owner living in the UK, selling stationary such as stickers and prints, having to comply with the new regulations would make it financially no longer viable for me to ship anything to the EU. Exemptions for micro and small businesses and artists are desperatelly needed in this matter.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544596_en"}, {"id": 33544595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:26:03", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas, Tras leer la nueva iniciativa, he visto que los negocios mas pequeños se verían muy afectados por ella. Creo que con los siguientes puntos podrían paliar ese problema: - Tarifas mínimas para micronegocios que no realicen un numero de ventas alto o lleguen al mínimo establecido. - Unificación de los registros y procesos simplificados para volúmenes mínimos. - Periodo de adaptación más extenso. Esto afecta a muchos negocios compuestos por una o dos personas y gestionar todos los cambios, más los gastos nuevos puede suponer una mayor carga que para negocios grandes o medianos. Estas serían mis peticiones para poder mejorar la iniciativa e impedir que una gran cantidad de negocios pequeños se vean obligados a dejar de vender internacionalmente o incluso cerrar sus negocios.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good, after reading the new initiative, I have seen that smaller businesses would be strongly affected by it. I believe that the following points could alleviate this problem: — Minimum tariffs for micro-businesses that do not have a high number of sales or reach the minimum set. — Unification of registers and simplified processes for minimum volumes. — Longer adaptation period. This affects many one-person or two-person businesses and manages all changes, plus new expenses can be a greater burden than for large or medium-sized businesses. These would be my requests to be able to improve the initiative and prevent a large number of small businesses from being forced to stop selling internationally or even close down their businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544595_en"}, {"id": 33544594, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:25:58", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small business in the Netherlands and sometimes ship to other EU countries. The new regulations give me extra costs and uncertainty that are just not sustainable for my business plan and significantly drop my chances to keep my business running.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business in the Netherlands and sometimes ship to other EU countries. The new regulations give me extra costs and uncertainty that are just not sustainable for my business plan and significantly drop my chances to keep my business running.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544594_en"}, {"id": 33544593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:25:32", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rachel Logan trading as Rachillu", "feedback": "Speaking as a UK-based sole trader, I would like to provide feedback on PPWR. I export small quantities of art and stationery products to EU customers and have done so for the past ten years. During this time, I have made every effort to understand and comply with the increasingly fragmented EPR requirements across individual EU countries. While this creates significant administrative work for a one-person business, I have been willing to undertake it because I value my EU customers and want to operate responsibly. However, PPWR has been a breaking point for my business and has forced me to withdraw from the EU market altogether. My EU customers are extremely unhappy about this decision, as am I. The reporting and labelling requirements, while time-consuming for a single-person business, are achievable. What I cannot understand is the requirement to appoint an Authorised Representative in each country. For a microbusiness such as mine, the AR would largely act as an additional intermediary while imposing a disproportionate cost. For years I have submitted my own packaging data through LUCID in Germany and LEKO in France, without difficulty. I am capable of understanding my obligations, reporting my data accurately and complying with the requirements. Why should this direct relationship with the relevant authorities no longer be possible under PPWR? A requirement that is manageable for a multinational company can be an insurmountable barrier for a sole trader. The result is not necessarily greater environmental responsibility; instead it risks removing small businesses from the EU market altogether. SMEs and independent producers are often highly eco-conscious. We operate on small production runs, minimise waste because waste is expensive, and can make changes to our products and packaging quickly. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and holding businesses accountable for their environmental impact. However, regulation must also be proportionate to the scale of the business and the environmental impact involved. I do not send even 10 kg of packaging waste across the entire EEA market in a year. I have long been committed to reducing my packaging and ensuring that what I use is recyclable. It seems disproportionate to impose essentially the same structural requirements on a microbusiness exporting a few kilograms of packaging as on a company placing thousands of tonnes on the EU market. I therefore strongly encourage legislators to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold, particularly for the requirement to appoint an AR in each country. This would not prevent larger businesses from being held fully accountable. It would simply recognise the enormous difference in scale between a microbusiness serving a handful of customers and a multinational enterprise placing packaging on the EU market at industrial scale. The unintended consequence of the current approach is that responsible small businesses and fledgling entrepreneurs are being forced out of the EU market, or prevented from entering it in the first place. This is a loss not only for those businesses, EU and non EU alike, but also for European consumers who wish to buy from small independent producers. I know this from personal experience: over the years I have repeatedly been contacted by EU customers who are disappointed that they can no longer buy my products because I have had to stop shipping to their countries due to EPR requirements. I shall miss my EU customers, and I know they miss having access to my products. I fully support the environmental objectives behind PPWR. I simply ask that the legislation recognise proportionality and the realities of microbusinesses. A sensible de minimis threshold for very small exporters could protect these businesses and their customers without undermining the environmental objectives of the regulation. Thank you for considering my feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "Speaking as a UK-based sole trader, I would like to provide feedback on PPWR. I export small quantities of art and stationery products to EU customers and have done so for the past ten years. During this time, I have made every effort to understand and comply with the increasingly fragmented EPR requirements across individual EU countries. While this creates significant administrative work for a one-person business, I have been willing to undertake it because I value my EU customers and want to operate responsibly. However, PPWR has been a breaking point for my business and has forced me to withdraw from the EU market altogether. My EU customers are extremely unhappy about this decision, as am I. The reporting and labelling requirements, while time-consuming for a single-person business, are achievable. What I cannot understand is the requirement to appoint an Authorised Representative in each country. For a microbusiness such as mine, the AR would largely act as an additional intermediary while imposing a disproportionate cost. For years I have submitted my own packaging data through LUCID in Germany and LEKO in France, without difficulty. I am capable of understanding my obligations, reporting my data accurately and complying with the requirements. Why should this direct relationship with the relevant authorities no longer be possible under PPWR? A requirement that is manageable for a multinational company can be an insurmountable barrier for a sole trader. The result is not necessarily greater environmental responsibility; instead it risks removing small businesses from the EU market altogether. SMEs and independent producers are often highly eco-conscious. We operate on small production runs, minimise waste because waste is expensive, and can make changes to our products and packaging quickly. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recyclability and holding businesses accountable for their environmental impact. However, regulation must also be proportionate to the scale of the business and the environmental impact involved. I do not send even 10 kg of packaging waste across the entire EEA market in a year. I have long been committed to reducing my packaging and ensuring that what I use is recyclable. It seems disproportionate to impose essentially the same structural requirements on a microbusiness exporting a few kilograms of packaging as on a company placing thousands of tonnes on the EU market. I therefore strongly encourage legislators to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold, particularly for the requirement to appoint an AR in each country. This would not prevent larger businesses from being held fully accountable. It would simply recognise the enormous difference in scale between a microbusiness serving a handful of customers and a multinational enterprise placing packaging on the EU market at industrial scale. The unintended consequence of the current approach is that responsible small businesses and fledgling entrepreneurs are being forced out of the EU market, or prevented from entering it in the first place. This is a loss not only for those businesses, EU and non EU alike, but also for European consumers who wish to buy from small independent producers. I know this from personal experience: over the years I have repeatedly been contacted by EU customers who are disappointed that they can no longer buy my products because I have had to stop shipping to their countries due to EPR requirements. I shall miss my EU customers, and I know they miss having access to my products. I fully support the environmental objectives behind PPWR. I simply ask that the legislation recognise proportionality and the realities of microbusinesses. A sensible de minimis threshold for very small exporters could protect these businesses and their customers without undermining the environmental objectives of the regulation. Thank you for considering my feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544593_en"}, {"id": 33544592, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:24:32", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absolutely not the right way to deal with environmental crisis. You are now targeting small businesses who are already struggling in this economy with extremely high fees and very confusing demands so they have no choice but to shut their doors to all EU countries. It's ironic that we as individuals can recycle as much as we can and will not be able to make a dent in the pollution that big companies are doing who can easily afford to pay all of these as well as lawyers and even potential fines because of all the profit they are making. Instead we should support small businesses even reward the ones who are already ecological in nature and target big corporations so they actually reduce the waste and pollution. What you are doing is not at all in the spirit if EU the whole point was to unite the countries and make trade between them easier.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely not the right way to deal with environmental crisis. You are now targeting small businesses who are already struggling in this economy with extremely high fees and very confusing demands so they have no choice but to shut their doors to all EU countries. It's ironic that we as individuals can recycle as much as we can and will not be able to make a dent in the pollution that big companies are doing who can easily afford to pay all of these as well as lawyers and even potential fines because of all the profit they are making. Instead we should support small businesses even reward the ones who are already ecological in nature and target big corporations so they actually reduce the waste and pollution. What you are doing is not at all in the spirit if EU the whole point was to unite the countries and make trade between them easier.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544592_en"}, {"id": 33544591, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:23:00", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Clau's Cozy Closet", "feedback": "As a Small/Micro business owner, these new regulations are putting all of us in a risky situation where we have to stop shipping within the EU until more is cleared up. This means for a lot of us that we lose 50% or more of our customers due to these new laws. Meanwhile we as small businesses are already very aware of reducing waste and most of us are already using recycled packaging & materials that can be re-used + recycled. We are being punished for something we already are doing, even more than those large corporations that ship small items in big boxes filled with packing peanuts, airbags & plastic wraps. Why hurt the small independent businesses who are already thinking of the earth a lot, instead of focusing on the bigger problem? We as small business owners do everything we can to reduce our waste footprints, more than you can think of. With these new laws we have to pay hundreds or thousands of euro's for a variety of things just to be able to ship a couple of packages to a EU country, money that we literally do not have and don't even make in a month. There should be some sort of exempt for micro/small businesses who ship a handful of parcels each month within the EU, including non-EU located business who also have to hold off EU shipments now. I truly hope these laws will be looked over again, discussed again and changed accordingly so we don't have to close our shops or worst case, stop entirely with what we love to do: create & sell our art to fellow art lovers.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a Small/Micro business owner, these new regulations are putting all of us in a risky situation where we have to stop shipping within the EU until more is cleared up. This means for a lot of us that we lose 50% or more of our customers due to these new laws. Meanwhile we as small businesses are already very aware of reducing waste and most of us are already using recycled packaging & materials that can be re-used + recycled. We are being punished for something we already are doing, even more than those large corporations that ship small items in big boxes filled with packing peanuts, airbags & plastic wraps. Why hurt the small independent businesses who are already thinking of the earth a lot, instead of focusing on the bigger problem? We as small business owners do everything we can to reduce our waste footprints, more than you can think of. With these new laws we have to pay hundreds or thousands of euro's for a variety of things just to be able to ship a couple of packages to a EU country, money that we literally do not have and don't even make in a month. There should be some sort of exempt for micro/small businesses who ship a handful of parcels each month within the EU, including non-EU located business who also have to hold off EU shipments now. I truly hope these laws will be looked over again, discussed again and changed accordingly so we don't have to close our shops or worst case, stop entirely with what we love to do: create & sell our art to fellow art lovers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544591_en"}, {"id": 33544590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:20:49", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AntevaCrafts", "feedback": "We strongly oppose the proposed packaging EPR requirements that would force small European businesses to appoint representatives and pay separate fees in every EU Member State where they sell. These requirements disproportionately burden small European businesses and punish small producers while favouring large companies, which have the resources to absorb such costs and administrative burdens. We are a small European handmade jewellery manufacturer based in Greece, and these additional costs are completely disproportionate to our very small packaging volumes. We urge the European Commission to introduce a single EU-wide system and a full exemption or simplified regime for micro-businesses with very small packaging volumes. The European Single Market should make it easier not harder for small European businesses to sell across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "We strongly oppose the proposed packaging EPR requirements that would force small European businesses to appoint representatives and pay separate fees in every EU Member State where they sell. These requirements disproportionately burden small European businesses and punish small producers while favouring large companies, which have the resources to absorb such costs and administrative burdens. We are a small European handmade jewellery manufacturer based in Greece, and these additional costs are completely disproportionate to our very small packaging volumes. We urge the European Commission to introduce a single EU-wide system and a full exemption or simplified regime for micro-businesses with very small packaging volumes. The European Single Market should make it easier not harder for small European businesses to sell across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544590_en"}, {"id": 33544589, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:20:38", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR and EPR rules are prohibitive for micro businesses that ship for each of the EU countries in an irregular and small basis, but still need those sales in order to survive. The financial and administrative costs of compliance are too high, and these businesses shouldn't be treated the same way as large corporations that are, themselves, the main responsible ones for most waste! These small businesses are already doing their best to be sustainable and care for the environment, and we're being left out of an economy that should be free and respect everyone inside the EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR and EPR rules are prohibitive for micro businesses that ship for each of the EU countries in an irregular and small basis, but still need those sales in order to survive. The financial and administrative costs of compliance are too high, and these businesses shouldn't be treated the same way as large corporations that are, themselves, the main responsible ones for most waste! These small businesses are already doing their best to be sustainable and care for the environment, and we're being left out of an economy that should be free and respect everyone inside the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544589_en"}, {"id": 33544588, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:19:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Its a regulation that allows large companies (the real culprits) to continue operating, since they can afford to do so, both financially and logistically. Meanwhile, small businesses, artists, artisans, and others, are forced to scale back their operations or, in the worst-case scenario, shut them down, since they cannot afford to meet the same standards. Even if they send just one to ten packages to another European Union country, they must now comply with the same regulations as companies that handle thousands of packages a day. Once again, ordinary citizens are finding it harder to make ends meet. Please, reconsider the implications these regulations has.", "feedbackEnglish": "Its a regulation that allows large companies (the real culprits) to continue operating, since they can afford to do so, both financially and logistically. Meanwhile, small businesses, artists, artisans, and others, are forced to scale back their operations or, in the worst-case scenario, shut them down, since they cannot afford to meet the same standards. Even if they send just one to ten packages to another European Union country, they must now comply with the same regulations as companies that handle thousands of packages a day. Once again, ordinary citizens are finding it harder to make ends meet. Please, reconsider the implications these regulations has.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544588_en"}, {"id": 33544587, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:19:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Studio Madebo", "feedback": "I am an artist from the Netherlands creating original art, and the fact that I would have to register and pay in all 27 countries makes me stop sending my art to other EU countries. Looking at what other small businesses are deciding, pretty soon only big companies will be sending their products to the EU, small businesses won't. So this is not only making a big part of my market inaccessible to me as a producter, as an EU inhabitant you are limiting my choice of products and manufacturers. In fact, you are helping the big ones like Temu and Amazon to take over the market in the EU. I cannot imagine this is the goal. Please reconsider an exemption for small businesses, or a simplification.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist from the Netherlands creating original art, and the fact that I would have to register and pay in all 27 countries makes me stop sending my art to other EU countries. Looking at what other small businesses are deciding, pretty soon only big companies will be sending their products to the EU, small businesses won't. So this is not only making a big part of my market inaccessible to me as a producter, as an EU inhabitant you are limiting my choice of products and manufacturers. In fact, you are helping the big ones like Temu and Amazon to take over the market in the EU. I cannot imagine this is the goal. Please reconsider an exemption for small businesses, or a simplification.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544587_en"}, {"id": 33544586, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:19:10", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The packaging and waste rules should be more lenient on microbusinesses, or they should be completely exempt. They do not generate waste on a large scale, packaging is often already with the environment in mind. They do not ship as many packages compared to large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "The packaging and waste rules should be more lenient on microbusinesses, or they should be completely exempt. They do not generate waste on a large scale, packaging is often already with the environment in mind. They do not ship as many packages compared to large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544586_en"}, {"id": 33544585, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:18:26", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Its very unfortunate to see how thousands of small business will have to shut down due to these regulations. They are simply not feasible to be done by one individual and are very unclear to begin with. I really hope there would be a solution for this or an alternative for smaller creatives.", "feedbackEnglish": "Its very unfortunate to see how thousands of small business will have to shut down due to these regulations. They are simply not feasible to be done by one individual and are very unclear to begin with. I really hope there would be a solution for this or an alternative for smaller creatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544585_en"}, {"id": 33544584, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:18:08", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations are ludicrous and damaging to small businesses and creators. Not only do these regulations stunt sales massively, but the new packaging regulations and fees involved are unrealistic and unaffordable for small or independent artists and businesses. Many people are disabled and cannot work in fulltime or part time jobs, or leave their homes, and yet this will be forcing them to close businesses as they cannot gain sales and afford the fees. What do they do then? Its how multi billionaire business's smoke the competition out. Please do not pass this bill.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations are ludicrous and damaging to small businesses and creators. Not only do these regulations stunt sales massively, but the new packaging regulations and fees involved are unrealistic and unaffordable for small or independent artists and businesses. Many people are disabled and cannot work in fulltime or part time jobs, or leave their homes, and yet this will be forcing them to close businesses as they cannot gain sales and afford the fees. What do they do then? Its how multi billionaire business's smoke the competition out. Please do not pass this bill.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544584_en"}, {"id": 33544583, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:16:48", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LIM KIM HONG", "feedback": "Dear Sir / Madame ​I am writing as a small business owner to express serious concerns regarding the practical and financial impact of the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and packaging regulations. While I fully support environmental sustainability and the need to reduce overall waste, the current execution of these rules places an unsustainable weight on small businesses and directly threatens our survival. ​I urge you to consider the following operational realities: ​1. Small Businesses Already Minimize Waste Out of Economic Necessity ​Packaging represents a major operational expense for small businesses. Because of this, we already minimize packaging materials and recycle everything within our control to keep costs down and reduce environmental impact. We do not generate waste recklessly; our economic survival depends on efficiency. ​2. Equal Rates for Unequal Businesses Are Fundamentally Unfair ​Applying the same compliance frameworks, fixed fees, and reporting rates to micro-enterprises and large multinational corporations is inherently flawed. A flat burden does not reflect income or resources. Large corporations have dedicated legal and compliance teams to absorb these overheads; for a small business, these fixed costs swallow our small profit margins. ​3. Fragmentation Undermines the EU Single Market and Free Trade ​The foundational promise of the European Union is free trade and seamless cross-border commerce across member states. Forcing a small business to register, navigate different national portals, and pay separate administrative fees in every single EU country we ship to completely breaks this model. Small businesses are already struggling in a tough economic climate and losing customers. Demanding multi-country EPR compliance for small order volumes is financially impossible and will force many of us to stop selling internationally within the EU altogether. ​4. Constructive Solution: Introduce a Single EU \"One-Stop Shop\" System ​We understand the need to recycle and reduce waste, but the compliance process must be drastically simplified. Just as the EU successfully streamlined cross-border VAT through the One-Stop Shop (VAT OSS) system, packaging compliance should follow the exact same logic: ​One Centralized Portal: Allow small businesses to register and report once for all EU sales through a single interface. ​Unified Flat Rate / SME Exemption Threshold: Establish a simple, single EU-wide rate or threshold for small volume shippers, eliminating the need to manage 27 different national fee systems. ​Without a realistic and unified framework for small businesses, these regulations will end up penalizing the very small, local producers who already operate efficiently, while undermining the core purpose of the EU Single Market. ​Thank you for your time, attention, and consideration of the SME perspective. ​Sincerely, Kim Chodkowski", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir / Madame ​I am writing as a small business owner to express serious concerns regarding the practical and financial impact of the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and packaging regulations. While I fully support environmental sustainability and the need to reduce overall waste, the current execution of these rules places an unsustainable weight on small businesses and directly threatens our survival. ​I urge you to consider the following operational realities: ​1. Small Businesses Already Minimize Waste Out of Economic Necessity ​Packaging represents a major operational expense for small businesses. Because of this, we already minimize packaging materials and recycle everything within our control to keep costs down and reduce environmental impact. We do not generate waste recklessly; our economic survival depends on efficiency. ​2. Equal Rates for Unequal Businesses Are Fundamentally Unfair ​Applying the same compliance frameworks, fixed fees, and reporting rates to micro-enterprises and large multinational corporations is inherently flawed. A flat burden does not reflect income or resources. Large corporations have dedicated legal and compliance teams to absorb these overheads; for a small business, these fixed costs swallow our small profit margins. ​3. Fragmentation Undermines the EU Single Market and Free Trade ​The foundational promise of the European Union is free trade and seamless cross-border commerce across member states. Forcing a small business to register, navigate different national portals, and pay separate administrative fees in every single EU country we ship to completely breaks this model. Small businesses are already struggling in a tough economic climate and losing customers. Demanding multi-country EPR compliance for small order volumes is financially impossible and will force many of us to stop selling internationally within the EU altogether. ​4. Constructive Solution: Introduce a Single EU \"One-Stop Shop\" System ​We understand the need to recycle and reduce waste, but the compliance process must be drastically simplified. Just as the EU successfully streamlined cross-border VAT through the One-Stop Shop (VAT OSS) system, packaging compliance should follow the exact same logic: ​One Centralized Portal: Allow small businesses to register and report once for all EU sales through a single interface. ​Unified Flat Rate / SME Exemption Threshold: Establish a simple, single EU-wide rate or threshold for small volume shippers, eliminating the need to manage 27 different national fee systems. ​Without a realistic and unified framework for small businesses, these regulations will end up penalizing the very small, local producers who already operate efficiently, while undermining the core purpose of the EU Single Market. ​Thank you for your time, attention, and consideration of the SME perspective. ​Sincerely, Kim Chodkowski", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544583_en"}, {"id": 33544582, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:16:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LivingColoursDe", "feedback": "Als ich das erste Mal von der neuen PPWR gelesen habe, hatte ich gehofft, dass die neuen Regularien Verbesserungen für Kleinunternehmer wie mich mit sich bringen. Ich bin sehr dafür, dass der Verpackungsmüll den die Industrie verursacht, reduziert und besser reguliert werden sollte, denn wir leben alle auf dieser Erde, aber die Folgen dieses neuen Gesetzes treffen nun kleine Unternehmen dermaßen, dass es uns immer schwerer gemacht wird unsere Waren in das EU Ausland zu versenden . Als Kleinuntermehmer kann ich es mir nicht leisten in jedem EU Land einen Bevollmächtigen zu beauftragen. Diese Regelung trifft Kleinunternehner daher besonders hart . Ich befürworte eine Ausnahme für kleine Unternehmer zu machen, damit wir unsere Dienstleistung in der EU verkaufen können ohne sich durch die Verpackungsgesetze jedes Landes durcharbeiten zu müssen.Alternativ wäre eine EU- weite einheitliche Regelung wünschenswert , wo ich einen einmaligen Betrag an eine zentrale Stelle Zahlen kann und damit alle EU Lönder abgedeckt wären . Bitte verabschieden sie dieses Gesetz nicht in dieser Form. Vielen Dank für Ihne Aufmerksamkeit", "feedbackEnglish": "When I first read the new PPWR, I had hoped that the new rules would bring improvements for small businesses like me. I am very much in favour of reducing and better regulating the packaging waste that the industry generates, because we all live on this planet, but the consequences of this new law are now hitting small businesses so harder and harder to send our goods abroad to the EU. As a small businessman, I cannot afford to appoint an authorised representative in every EU country. This rule therefore hits small farmers particularly hard. I am in favour of making an exception for small entrepreneurs so that we can sell our service in the EU without having to go through each country’s packaging laws. Alternatively, an EU-wide uniform rule would be desirable, where I can make a one-off payment to a central point of figures and thus cover all EU lion’s share. Please do not adopt this law in this form. Thank you very much for your attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544582_en"}, {"id": 33544581, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:15:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "GoneCozy Crafts", "feedback": "I fully agree that we have to reduce our packaging and resort to eco friendly packaging. But the way it is now makes it very hard small businesses to ship a singular package to another EU member state. Harmonising the EPR administration is a good first step. But forcing the smaller businesses to have authorised representatives in each country is going to be the death of small businesses. The EU needs to keep these small businesses alive or well end up purely with mass produced stuff that we buy from outside of the EU", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully agree that we have to reduce our packaging and resort to eco friendly packaging. But the way it is now makes it very hard small businesses to ship a singular package to another EU member state. Harmonising the EPR administration is a good first step. But forcing the smaller businesses to have authorised representatives in each country is going to be the death of small businesses. The EU needs to keep these small businesses alive or well end up purely with mass produced stuff that we buy from outside of the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544581_en"}, {"id": 33544580, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:14:19", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Absolutely ridiculous legislation! It completely does not work out with the obligation of seller of sending across entire european union if requeste by the consumer. If it was one system in the same way for all countries...but in this case the operational cost of making it happen for a small company like some (3ppl) means we need to hire an extra expert that would set us back a ton on costs and possibly mean we wont be profitable at all!!! And that is on top of the heavy recycling fees that we and the consumer already pays with the trash disposal. All the while Amazon and Temu will be unbothered and push the cost to the consumers!!!! A completely wrong approach to ecology, attack the big offenders, unnecessery packagings of goods, not a standard package !", "feedbackEnglish": "Absolutely ridiculous legislation! It completely does not work out with the obligation of seller of sending across entire european union if requeste by the consumer. If it was one system in the same way for all countries...but in this case the operational cost of making it happen for a small company like some (3ppl) means we need to hire an extra expert that would set us back a ton on costs and possibly mean we wont be profitable at all!!! And that is on top of the heavy recycling fees that we and the consumer already pays with the trash disposal. All the while Amazon and Temu will be unbothered and push the cost to the consumers!!!! A completely wrong approach to ecology, attack the big offenders, unnecessery packagings of goods, not a standard package !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544580_en"}, {"id": 33544579, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:14:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Author", "feedback": "Its incredibly offensive that the same body approving shipments of weaponry that is being used for ecocide (among other things) is going after micro businesses under the guise of protecting the environment. Truly insidious. Your reckless actions through PPWR will give more power to giants such as Amazon, one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, a company working overtime to build some of the most polluting data centers in the world while actively facilitating genocide. Your actions are criminalstop pretending to serve the people when you are doing the opposite.", "feedbackEnglish": "Its incredibly offensive that the same body approving shipments of weaponry that is being used for ecocide (among other things) is going after micro businesses under the guise of protecting the environment. Truly insidious. Your reckless actions through PPWR will give more power to giants such as Amazon, one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, a company working overtime to build some of the most polluting data centers in the world while actively facilitating genocide. Your actions are criminalstop pretending to serve the people when you are doing the opposite.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544579_en"}, {"id": 33544578, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:13:58", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Antero Artur Carvalho, AA Consulting (Portugal). EU Transparency Register 7656277103618-30. We support the objective of the draft. Ten comments follow; the full text, with citations and a drafting annex, is attached. 1. ARTICLE 1(3) DOES NOT IMPLEMENT ARTICLE 44(14). Its second subparagraph requires the format to be \"interoperable\", \"based on open standards and machine-readable data\" and \"transferable through an interoperable data exchange network without vendor lock-in\". None of the four appears anywhere in the draft; a full-text search returns no occurrence. Add a subparagraph to Article 1(3) reproducing them, and publish the corresponding open, machine-readable data schema. 2. NOMENCLATURE. The 23 categories reproduce Table 1 of Annex II to the basic act, expressly an \"indicative list ... referred to in Article 6\" drawn up for recyclability assessment. Article 44(14) empowered the Commission to specify its own categories, so reuse was not required. The draft reuses the table, deletes its \"Format (illustrative and non-exhaustive)\" column and alters three entries without explanation. An indicative list tolerates overlap; a reporting nomenclature cannot, since each unit must have exactly one destination row. 3. CATEGORIES 10, 12 AND 14 OVERLAP. In Table 1, category 14 is \"HDPE and PP - rigid\", format \"Crates and pallets, corrugated board plastic\", a format family and not a polymer family. The draft deletes that column and replaces \"and\" with \"or\". A rigid HDPE item now falls under both 10.0 and 14.0, a rigid PP item under both 12.0 and 14.0. Double counting follows. Restore the column and the conjunctive, or delete 14.0 and 14.1. Sub-categories 12.1, 14.1 and 15.1 also carry identical designations, unlike 10.1. 4. CATEGORIES 2 AND 3 MERGED. Table 1 separates category 2, paper/cardboard packaging, from category 3, composite packaging mostly of paper/cardboard: liquid packaging board, laminated cups, metallised board, board with plastic liners or windows. The draft merges them into row \"2.0-3.0\", erasing the boundary between uncoated and coated board that governs recyclability and fee modulation. Restore both. 5. CATEGORY 19 LOSES \"E.G.\". Table 1 reads \"Biodegradable plastics - rigid (e.g. PLA, PHB) and flexible (e.g. PLA)\". The draft omits \"e.g.\", turning an illustrative list into an apparently closed one. PBAT, PHAs other than PHB, starch blends and cellulose coatings fall into residual categories 17.0 and 18.0. Reinstate \"e.g.\" or adopt a functional definition. 6. SEPARABLE COMPONENTS. Recital 8 and Article 2(3) require separate reporting, but Annex II Parts A and B have no component field. Add a component dimension, or clarify that the material columns discharge it. 7. ANNEX II HEADER v. PARTS D TO F. The header makes the producer registration number mandatory, yet those Parts are completed by producer responsibility organisations, waste operators and public authorities, which hold no such number. Differentiate the fields per Part. 8. NO QUANTIFICATION THRESHOLD. Article 2(3) requires the weight of all constituent materials with no de minimis. Coatings, adhesives and inks would need dedicated testing at a cost disproportionate to the value of the data. Set a threshold and allow supplier specification above it. 9. ARTICLE 2(4): NO TRACEABILITY. Reporting rests on Annex VII technical documentation which, as recital 9 acknowledges, the manufacturer draws up, while the reporting party is often a producer who does not hold it. Add a field for the reference of the EU declaration of conformity. No new obligation is proposed. 10. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PERSONAL DATA. Article 44(13) requires publication \"without prejudice to the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information\". The draft makes the whole brand portfolio public with no way to invoke it and, for natural persons, publishes civil name and tax number. Add a reasoned withholding mechanism, and for natural persons publish only trade name and registration number.", "feedbackEnglish": "Antero Artur Carvalho, AA Consulting (Portugal). EU Transparency Register 7656277103618-30. We support the objective of the draft. Ten comments follow; the full text, with citations and a drafting annex, is attached. 1. ARTICLE 1(3) DOES NOT IMPLEMENT ARTICLE 44(14). Its second subparagraph requires the format to be \"interoperable\", \"based on open standards and machine-readable data\" and \"transferable through an interoperable data exchange network without vendor lock-in\". None of the four appears anywhere in the draft; a full-text search returns no occurrence. Add a subparagraph to Article 1(3) reproducing them, and publish the corresponding open, machine-readable data schema. 2. NOMENCLATURE. The 23 categories reproduce Table 1 of Annex II to the basic act, expressly an \"indicative list ... referred to in Article 6\" drawn up for recyclability assessment. Article 44(14) empowered the Commission to specify its own categories, so reuse was not required. The draft reuses the table, deletes its \"Format (illustrative and non-exhaustive)\" column and alters three entries without explanation. An indicative list tolerates overlap; a reporting nomenclature cannot, since each unit must have exactly one destination row. 3. CATEGORIES 10, 12 AND 14 OVERLAP. In Table 1, category 14 is \"HDPE and PP - rigid\", format \"Crates and pallets, corrugated board plastic\", a format family and not a polymer family. The draft deletes that column and replaces \"and\" with \"or\". A rigid HDPE item now falls under both 10.0 and 14.0, a rigid PP item under both 12.0 and 14.0. Double counting follows. Restore the column and the conjunctive, or delete 14.0 and 14.1. Sub-categories 12.1, 14.1 and 15.1 also carry identical designations, unlike 10.1. 4. CATEGORIES 2 AND 3 MERGED. Table 1 separates category 2, paper/cardboard packaging, from category 3, composite packaging mostly of paper/cardboard: liquid packaging board, laminated cups, metallised board, board with plastic liners or windows. The draft merges them into row \"2.0-3.0\", erasing the boundary between uncoated and coated board that governs recyclability and fee modulation. Restore both. 5. CATEGORY 19 LOSES \"E.G.\". Table 1 reads \"Biodegradable plastics - rigid (e.g. PLA, PHB) and flexible (e.g. PLA)\". The draft omits \"e.g.\", turning an illustrative list into an apparently closed one. PBAT, PHAs other than PHB, starch blends and cellulose coatings fall into residual categories 17.0 and 18.0. Reinstate \"e.g.\" or adopt a functional definition. 6. SEPARABLE COMPONENTS. Recital 8 and Article 2(3) require separate reporting, but Annex II Parts A and B have no component field. Add a component dimension, or clarify that the material columns discharge it. 7. ANNEX II HEADER v. PARTS D TO F. The header makes the producer registration number mandatory, yet those Parts are completed by producer responsibility organisations, waste operators and public authorities, which hold no such number. Differentiate the fields per Part. 8. NO QUANTIFICATION THRESHOLD. Article 2(3) requires the weight of all constituent materials with no de minimis. Coatings, adhesives and inks would need dedicated testing at a cost disproportionate to the value of the data. Set a threshold and allow supplier specification above it. 9. ARTICLE 2(4): NO TRACEABILITY. Reporting rests on Annex VII technical documentation which, as recital 9 acknowledges, the manufacturer draws up, while the reporting party is often a producer who does not hold it. Add a field for the reference of the EU declaration of conformity. No new obligation is proposed. 10. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PERSONAL DATA. Article 44(13) requires publication \"without prejudice to the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information\". The draft makes the whole brand portfolio public with no way to invoke it and, for natural persons, publishes civil name and tax number. Add a reasoned withholding mechanism, and for natural persons publish only trade name and registration number.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544578_en"}, {"id": 33544577, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:13:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi n'est pas adaptée aux petits entrepreneurs. Dans un monde où nous voulons protéger l'environnement, ce sont les petits commerces et les petits artisans qu'il faut préserver. Cette loi, au contraire, pénalise ces derniers qui vendent peu, sont moins pollueurs, et bien souvent sont un rempart contre les géants de l'ultra fast-fashion. Aidons-les plutôt que de créer des lois que seuls les très grosses entreprises peuvent contourner. Il n'est pas normal qu'un artisan qui envoie 100colis par an paye autant qu'une énorme entreprise qui en envoie des centaines de milliers.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is not suitable for small entrepreneurs. In a world where we want to protect the environment, it is small businesses and craftsmen that need to be preserved. On the contrary, this law penalises those who sell little, are less polluting and are often a bulwark against the giants of ultra-fast-fashion. Rather than creating laws that only very large companies can circumvent. It is not normal for a craftsman sending 100Colis a year to pay as much as a huge company sending hundreds of thousands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544577_en"}, {"id": 33544576, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:10:21", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new packaging rules are placing an unbearable burden on small and micro businesses both outside and in the European Union. The price to have a local representative sits at around 300 euro PER COUNTRY annually, with all the added fees for recycling itself (at least another 100 annually) brings the total for all EU states at almost 11000 euro annually - with most microbusinesses not even making that in revenue. And we are not talking about one or even a hundred persons, we are talking about 5.6 million (!) active Etsy sellers (2026 Q1 data) plus all the small artisans that are selling without using a marketplace. And speaking of Etsy, 81% to 83% of Etsy sellers identify as women, so the persons affected will mostly be women and other minorities, that due to various reasons can not be employed in the 9-5 workforce. Add any other businesses that rely on suppliers outside their own backyard: they will be affected as well, because most of said suppliers will either stop selling to the EU or stop selling completely. Now from consumer side, we as EU consumers will be left with more Chinese and dropshipping garbage (Amazon and Temu will absorb any feel without batting an eyelid), and with less opportunity to buy human made artisanal goods. While bigger markets like Germany might have more choice, smaller markets like Estonia where I reside will be on the bottom of any seller's list due to tiny demand and will stop getting any quality wares whatsoever. You like to talk about the \"open market\", but with rising taxes, unbearable postage prices, extra fees on any supplies from outside the EU, and now this atrocity, you are effectively killing said market - and the small people that make it actually worth participating in, making minorities disproportionately poorer and giving huge retailers an opportunity to take their place.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging rules are placing an unbearable burden on small and micro businesses both outside and in the European Union. The price to have a local representative sits at around 300 euro PER COUNTRY annually, with all the added fees for recycling itself (at least another 100 annually) brings the total for all EU states at almost 11000 euro annually - with most microbusinesses not even making that in revenue. And we are not talking about one or even a hundred persons, we are talking about 5.6 million (!) active Etsy sellers (2026 Q1 data) plus all the small artisans that are selling without using a marketplace. And speaking of Etsy, 81% to 83% of Etsy sellers identify as women, so the persons affected will mostly be women and other minorities, that due to various reasons can not be employed in the 9-5 workforce. Add any other businesses that rely on suppliers outside their own backyard: they will be affected as well, because most of said suppliers will either stop selling to the EU or stop selling completely. Now from consumer side, we as EU consumers will be left with more Chinese and dropshipping garbage (Amazon and Temu will absorb any feel without batting an eyelid), and with less opportunity to buy human made artisanal goods. While bigger markets like Germany might have more choice, smaller markets like Estonia where I reside will be on the bottom of any seller's list due to tiny demand and will stop getting any quality wares whatsoever. You like to talk about the \"open market\", but with rising taxes, unbearable postage prices, extra fees on any supplies from outside the EU, and now this atrocity, you are effectively killing said market - and the small people that make it actually worth participating in, making minorities disproportionately poorer and giving huge retailers an opportunity to take their place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544576_en"}, {"id": 33544575, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:10:03", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As much as I agree with drastically reducing packaging waste, this new regulation will literally kill all micro and small businesses. Big companies, which are also directly responsible for the majority of the waste, will be completely unaffected by this new regulation, while for micro and small businesses, the taxes will be too high to manage. This regulation goes against the sense of the Union word in the European Union; it should make it easier to have relationships between states, but instead you're practically banning them, except for large companies that will continue to produce more waste and, at most, will pay a fine. You don't have to make micro/small businesses respect the rules, we already respect them.", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as I agree with drastically reducing packaging waste, this new regulation will literally kill all micro and small businesses. Big companies, which are also directly responsible for the majority of the waste, will be completely unaffected by this new regulation, while for micro and small businesses, the taxes will be too high to manage. This regulation goes against the sense of the Union word in the European Union; it should make it easier to have relationships between states, but instead you're practically banning them, except for large companies that will continue to produce more waste and, at most, will pay a fine. You don't have to make micro/small businesses respect the rules, we already respect them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544575_en"}, {"id": 33544574, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:09:28", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hola, considero que esta normativa debe regularse, tiene sentido para grandes empresas pero no para microempresas o autonomos que muchas veces no ganan ni 100 al mes mandando paquetes a muchos paises, que sentido tiene poner una ley que exime del VAT/IVA porque es abusivo y luego tener que pagar esas tasas de residuos, sin tener en cuenta que ademas, se paga en cada país de la EU. Una persona que gana 800 en envios anuales online no puede pagar 1000 para cubrir las tasas de todos los paises a los que envia, no tiene ningun sentido. Porfavor revisen la ley y adaptenla o eximan de tal obligacion a los autonomos y pequeñas empresas. Basta ya del abuso a los más pobres e indefensos.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I believe that this legislation should be regulated. It makes sense for large companies, but not for micro-enterprises or self-employed people who often do not earn 100 a month and send parcels to many countries. It makes sense to introduce a law that exempts from VAT/VAT because it is abusive and then to have to pay these waste taxes, without taking into account the fact that it is also paid in each EU country. A person who wins 800 in annual online submissions cannot pay 1000 to cover the fees of all the countries he travels to, makes no sense. Please review the law and adapt or exempt self-employed and small businesses from this obligation. It is already enough to abuse the poorest and most defenceless.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544574_en"}, {"id": 33544573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:08:31", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "There should be a difference on this law regarding small business such as independent artist/craftsman. A lot of small artist that I follow and purchase from are cancelling their shipments because of the inviability to do so to every country in Europe. Temu, Sein and other big platforms are not that affected by this new rule as much as small entrepreneurs who are very much talented and have an international audience that buys their products.", "feedbackEnglish": "There should be a difference on this law regarding small business such as independent artist/craftsman. A lot of small artist that I follow and purchase from are cancelling their shipments because of the inviability to do so to every country in Europe. Temu, Sein and other big platforms are not that affected by this new rule as much as small entrepreneurs who are very much talented and have an international audience that buys their products.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544573_en"}, {"id": 33544572, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:06:55", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a Swedish radiologist who appreciates knitting and stationary in my free time. All over instagram, I now see small businesses inside and outside the EU no longer being able to ship into or within the EU because of this regulation. You will make small businesses lose their income. Is this really what you intended to do? Please reconsider!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Swedish radiologist who appreciates knitting and stationary in my free time. All over instagram, I now see small businesses inside and outside the EU no longer being able to ship into or within the EU because of this regulation. You will make small businesses lose their income. Is this really what you intended to do? Please reconsider!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544572_en"}, {"id": 33544571, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:06:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I know you are trying to regulate waste, but this isn't it. The big pollutors like Amazon, Temu, Shein, Aliexpress and so on will have no problem in being compliant by keep filling us with plastic, but this means the death of small business. We aren't able to research and pay for all the representants, agents and such. We aren't able to stay updated about every new regulation of every EU country. You are asking business of 1-2 people at most that comply in the same proportion as bigger polluters, when its usually smaller business the ones wich are more conscious and take more measures to use less waste than the bigger ones. Please work this proportionately. If more small business close, the unenmployment for EU countries will rise so there's no way to win here for us, but the big business will keep winning thanx to you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I know you are trying to regulate waste, but this isn't it. The big pollutors like Amazon, Temu, Shein, Aliexpress and so on will have no problem in being compliant by keep filling us with plastic, but this means the death of small business. We aren't able to research and pay for all the representants, agents and such. We aren't able to stay updated about every new regulation of every EU country. You are asking business of 1-2 people at most that comply in the same proportion as bigger polluters, when its usually smaller business the ones wich are more conscious and take more measures to use less waste than the bigger ones. Please work this proportionately. If more small business close, the unenmployment for EU countries will rise so there's no way to win here for us, but the big business will keep winning thanx to you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544571_en"}, {"id": 33544570, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:05:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses, especially small and micro businesses. They should be excluded from the new regulations as they are disproportionate towards them or at least be provided with options they can actually afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses, especially small and micro businesses. They should be excluded from the new regulations as they are disproportionate towards them or at least be provided with options they can actually afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544570_en"}, {"id": 33544569, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:03:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MY CHOLI - made by Inken", "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, As a sole trader and the sole maker behind a small, handmade fashion label, I would like to submit feedback on the planned regulation of national producer registers under the PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40). I make every piece myself, individually tailored for dancers Tribal Cholis for oriental dance, belly dance and tribal fusion. Until now, I have also shipped my products to other EU countries, mainly the Netherlands, Denmark and Austria. These foreign customers currently account for around 3% of my business and that is despite shipping to Austria having already become practically unviable since 2024 due to other bureaucratic hurdles. This already shows how quickly cross-border trade becomes unprofitable for micro-enterprises once additional national requirements are added. Under the obligation, effective from 12 August 2026, to register separately as a producer in EVERY single Member State to which I ship packaged goods, cross-border shipping becomes practically unaffordable for a one-person business like mine. Each country involves its own registration process, in some cases its own language, its own fees, and ongoing reporting obligations for a share of business that currently amounts to only around 3%. The burden of multiple, country-specific registrations is entirely disproportionate to this small volume. The intended micro-enterprise exemption (Art. 3(13)(b), Art. 15(12) PPWR) does not apply to me, since it only applies where the packaging supplier is based in the same Member State it therefore offers no help for cross-border shipping. My specific request to the Commission: Consider a de minimis threshold (e.g. based on shipment volume or annual turnover) for micro-enterprises and solo self-employed people, below which separate registration per destination country is not required. Create as this initiative itself suggests a single, EU-wide registration option (a one-stop shop), similar to the existing OSS procedure in VAT law, so that a single registration is sufficient for the entire internal market. Please consider that, in its current form, this rule effectively pushes small, craft-based businesses out of the EU internal market and thereby works against the internal market's own goal of free movement of goods, without the environmental benefit being proportionate to the bureaucratic and financial burden placed on micro-enterprises. I would ask you to take the perspective of micro-enterprises and solo self-employed people like myself into account in the further design of the national registers, so that cross-border trade remains possible for small, sustainable, craft-based businesses too. Kind regards, Inken Brenner", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, As a sole trader and the sole maker behind a small, handmade fashion label, I would like to submit feedback on the planned regulation of national producer registers under the PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40). I make every piece myself, individually tailored for dancers Tribal Cholis for oriental dance, belly dance and tribal fusion. Until now, I have also shipped my products to other EU countries, mainly the Netherlands, Denmark and Austria. These foreign customers currently account for around 3% of my business and that is despite shipping to Austria having already become practically unviable since 2024 due to other bureaucratic hurdles. This already shows how quickly cross-border trade becomes unprofitable for micro-enterprises once additional national requirements are added. Under the obligation, effective from 12 August 2026, to register separately as a producer in EVERY single Member State to which I ship packaged goods, cross-border shipping becomes practically unaffordable for a one-person business like mine. Each country involves its own registration process, in some cases its own language, its own fees, and ongoing reporting obligations for a share of business that currently amounts to only around 3%. The burden of multiple, country-specific registrations is entirely disproportionate to this small volume. The intended micro-enterprise exemption (Art. 3(13)(b), Art. 15(12) PPWR) does not apply to me, since it only applies where the packaging supplier is based in the same Member State it therefore offers no help for cross-border shipping. My specific request to the Commission: Consider a de minimis threshold (e.g. based on shipment volume or annual turnover) for micro-enterprises and solo self-employed people, below which separate registration per destination country is not required. Create as this initiative itself suggests a single, EU-wide registration option (a one-stop shop), similar to the existing OSS procedure in VAT law, so that a single registration is sufficient for the entire internal market. Please consider that, in its current form, this rule effectively pushes small, craft-based businesses out of the EU internal market and thereby works against the internal market's own goal of free movement of goods, without the environmental benefit being proportionate to the bureaucratic and financial burden placed on micro-enterprises. I would ask you to take the perspective of micro-enterprises and solo self-employed people like myself into account in the further design of the national registers, so that cross-border trade remains possible for small, sustainable, craft-based businesses too. Kind regards, Inken Brenner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544569_en"}, {"id": 33544568, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:01:33", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mundo Flo", "feedback": "The PPWR and EPR rules are prohibitive for micro businesses like mine that ship for each of the EU countries in an irregular and small basis, but still need those sales in order to survive. The financial and administrative costs of compliance are too high, and these businesses shouldn't be treated the same way as large corporations that are, themselves, the main responsible ones for most waste! These small businesses are already doing their best to be sustainable and care for the environment, and we're being left out of an economy that should be free and respect everyone inside the EU!", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR and EPR rules are prohibitive for micro businesses like mine that ship for each of the EU countries in an irregular and small basis, but still need those sales in order to survive. The financial and administrative costs of compliance are too high, and these businesses shouldn't be treated the same way as large corporations that are, themselves, the main responsible ones for most waste! These small businesses are already doing their best to be sustainable and care for the environment, and we're being left out of an economy that should be free and respect everyone inside the EU!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544568_en"}, {"id": 33544567, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:00:53", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Grundsätzlich sind Schritte in Richtung der Klimaneutralität etwas Positives und strengere Gesetze für Verpackungen vorallem bei Großunternehmen (Amazon, Temu, Shein etc) sicher eine guter Anfang. Jedoch sind die Folgen für Klein- und Micrountermehmen katastrophal. Der Aufwand und die Kosten, welche durch diese Regelung entstehen sind nicht tragbar. Vorallem Künstler und Handwerker welche den internationalen Markt zum Überleben brauchen aber manchmal nur wenige Verkäufe in einzelnen Ländern haben, sollten von der EU profitieren können und nicht wegen ihren Gesetzen daran gehindert werden. Als jemand der gerne von selbständigen Künstlern und Kleinunternehmen kauft, bin ich sehr enttäuscht, dass viele dieser Unternehmer nicht mehr in der Lage sind Produkte in mein Land zu senden und das auch aus anderen Eu-Ländern. Anstatt kleinere und lokale Unternehmer zu unterstützen, führt sowas nur dazu, dass man mehr bei Amazon & Co kaufen muss. Eine Erleichterung oder andere gesetzliche Lage für Kleinunternehmen wäre hier von hoher Priorität und zwar so schnell wie möglich, da viele Kleinunternehmer von jedem ihrer Verkäufer abhängig sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, steps towards climate neutrality are certainly a good start for large companies (Amazon, Temu, Shein, etc.) with some positive and stricter laws on packaging. However, the consequences for small and micro-enterprises are disastrous. The burden and costs arising from this scheme are not sustainable. Artists and craftsmen, who need the international market to survive, but sometimes have few sales in individual countries, should be able to benefit from the EU and not be prevented from doing so by their laws. As someone who likes to buy from self-employed artists and small businesses, I am very disappointed that many of these entrepreneurs are no longer able to send products to my country, including from other EU countries. Instead of supporting smaller and local entrepreneurs, this only leads to the need to buy more from Amazon & Co. Simplification or other legal situation for small businesses would be a high priority here and as soon as possible, as many small businesses depend on each of their sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544567_en"}, {"id": 33544566, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:00:52", "country": "AUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "La Grosse Toile", "feedback": "Hello I am the sole manager of a micro-business in France which is my family's sole income. I sell antique cloth and clothing, so already my business is extremely sustainable, and I only ever ship in cardboard boxed and never use excessive packaging. I am concerned that this bill will impose unfair and very heavy costs on small businesses like mine. Under the French tax regime, I cannot deduct costs - if I did so I would need to move into a different tax denomination which would penalise my business heavily and require far more accounting than my tiny business with its annual turnover of around 30K is worth. So every additional cost I have to wear. I know many many small business in France under this same structure and there are similar structures which exist in Italy and Spain, and all of those business owners would be heavily affected by this bill the way it stands, far more proportionately affected than much larger businesses - who are also by far the biggest polluters. I know many of my customers personally. Mine is an extremely ethical business, and given that I am not yet a french citizen, it is also the only way I have to feed my children and pay my mortgage. I want to say that you need to look deeply at the way small businesses are treated in the EU. Having already run a successful micro-business in Australia I am often extremely taken aback by how small businesses are treated here. And yet we are the essential backbone not only of the economies of all EU countries but of their societies. I would love to see large businesses, particularly multinationals, taxed and charged appropriately for the damage they do at every level they operate, including environmental and social. Meanwhile I would equally love to see far more encouragement and assistance given to businesses with less than 5 employees. Especially in rural areas, like where I live in central France, we are utterly essential. Please would you take the time to understand this. I feel like too many breaks are given to big business and big agricultural conglomerates and the rest of us pay the price and are largely forced to comply at enormous cost. Amazon et al. contribute less than nothing to my local community, but I do - but in terms of compliance I individually have to shoulder a far greater weight than Amazon does. The current PPWR rules seem to bear out what I am saying and I think this is to everyone's detriment. Unless this was the end-game all along - to wipe out small business by making us unable to compete with large conglomerates and then force us to all get jobs working at minimum wage for those conglomerates. If this is the endgame, it really spells the end for all of us. Thank you for letting me have my say.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I am the sole manager of a micro-business in France which is my family's sole income. I sell antique cloth and clothing, so already my business is extremely sustainable, and I only ever ship in cardboard boxed and never use excessive packaging. I am concerned that this bill will impose unfair and very heavy costs on small businesses like mine. Under the French tax regime, I cannot deduct costs - if I did so I would need to move into a different tax denomination which would penalise my business heavily and require far more accounting than my tiny business with its annual turnover of around 30K is worth. So every additional cost I have to wear. I know many many small business in France under this same structure and there are similar structures which exist in Italy and Spain, and all of those business owners would be heavily affected by this bill the way it stands, far more proportionately affected than much larger businesses - who are also by far the biggest polluters. I know many of my customers personally. Mine is an extremely ethical business, and given that I am not yet a french citizen, it is also the only way I have to feed my children and pay my mortgage. I want to say that you need to look deeply at the way small businesses are treated in the EU. Having already run a successful micro-business in Australia I am often extremely taken aback by how small businesses are treated here. And yet we are the essential backbone not only of the economies of all EU countries but of their societies. I would love to see large businesses, particularly multinationals, taxed and charged appropriately for the damage they do at every level they operate, including environmental and social. Meanwhile I would equally love to see far more encouragement and assistance given to businesses with less than 5 employees. Especially in rural areas, like where I live in central France, we are utterly essential. Please would you take the time to understand this. I feel like too many breaks are given to big business and big agricultural conglomerates and the rest of us pay the price and are largely forced to comply at enormous cost. Amazon et al. contribute less than nothing to my local community, but I do - but in terms of compliance I individually have to shoulder a far greater weight than Amazon does. The current PPWR rules seem to bear out what I am saying and I think this is to everyone's detriment. Unless this was the end-game all along - to wipe out small business by making us unable to compete with large conglomerates and then force us to all get jobs working at minimum wage for those conglomerates. If this is the endgame, it really spells the end for all of us. Thank you for letting me have my say.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544566_en"}, {"id": 33544565, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 16:00:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je vous écris pour vous témoigner ma colère et mon inquiétude vis à vis de ce projet. Si les multinationales passeront à travers ces mesures sans même y penser une seconde, les petits commerces, artistes et artisans seront gravement impactés. Vous leur imposer des sommes démesurées alors qu'ils sont déjà souvent dans des situations de grande précarité, tuant de fait leur activité professionnelle. On ne parle pas de quelques uns, mais de centaines de petits business menacés. Je vous conjure de revenir sur ce projet et de vous concerter avec les concernés. Merci. Charlie Houlmont", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am writing to you to express my anger and concern about this project. If multinationals go through these measures without even thinking of a second, small businesses, artists and craftsmen will be seriously affected. Impose excessive sums on them when they are already often in very precarious situations, effectively killing their professional activity. We are not talking about a few, but about hundreds of small businesses under threat. I would like you to come back to this project and liaise with those concerned. Thank you. Charlie Houlmont", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544565_en"}, {"id": 33544564, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:59:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Crisydea", "feedback": "Die neuen Regelungen bedeuten neben enormem zeitlichen Aufwand als Einzelunternehmerin auch noch verschiedene zusätzliche Kosten. Mir ist es nicht möglich Verpackungen in Laboren zu prüfen, um die notwendigen Richtlinien zu befolgen, sobald meine Verpackung von mir ein Branding erhält. Ich habe nicht die Mittel, um in diesen Fällen alle Bestimmungen als Erzeuger zu erfüllen. Wobei ich ja nur ein branding aufsetze und die Verpackung gar nicht erzeuge. Hier wird die Verantwortung an die völlig falsche Stelle übertragen. Als noch größeren Punkt sehe ich die Vertreter Regelung in den EU Staaten. Auch hier habe ich nicht die Mittel, um in jedem Land die Vertreter Regelung umzusetzen und alle Lizenzen zu bezahlen. Das bedeutet für mich, dass ich nicht ins EU Ausland verkaufen kann. So ist der Vorteil der EU und deren Handelszonen für mich als Einzelunternehmerin nicht gegeben. Man darf nicht vergessen, dass es da ja noch weitere Regularien gibt, die umgesetzt werden müssen. Ich denke dabei an den Widerrufsbutton, Gewährleistungslabel, alle GPSR Relevanten Informationen auf jeder Sprache bereitstellen, jedes Jahr meine Verpackungen schätzen und wiegen usw. In der EU wird es zunehmend erschwert Unternehmen aufzubauen. Wie soll es da ein wirtschaftliches Wachstum EU-weit geben und wie soll man da mit andere Wirtschaften auf der Welt mithalten können, bei so vielen Regularien? Warum wird die Gründung so sehr erschwert? Kleine Unternehmen müssen entweder aus solchen Gesetzlichkeiten rausgenommen werden, oder sie müssten kostenlos geschult und unterstützt werden und es müsse Ausnahmen geben!", "feedbackEnglish": "In addition to the enormous time required as a sole trader, the new rules also entail a number of additional costs. I cannot test packaging in laboratories to follow the necessary guidelines as soon as my packaging gets branding from me. I do not have the means to comply with all the provisions as a producer in these cases. I’m branding and don’t produce the packaging at all. Here, responsibility is transferred to the completely wrong body. The representatives in the EU Member States see this as an even more important point. Again, I do not have the means to implement the system and pay for all licences in each country. For me, this means that I cannot sell abroad in the EU. For example, the advantage of the EU and its trading zones does not exist for me as a sole trader. It should not be forgotten that there are other rules that need to be implemented. I think of the withdrawal button, guarantee label, all GPSR-relevant information in any language, appreciate and weigh my packaging every year, etc. It is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to set up in the EU. How should economic growth take place across the EU and how can we compete with other economies in the world, with so many rules? Why is it so difficult to set up? Small businesses must either be removed from such laws, or they must be trained and supported free of charge and there must be exceptions!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544564_en"}, {"id": 33544563, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:58:12", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "skatuya", "feedback": "This proposal will severely cripple micro and small businesses, while doing very little to control waste from big companies and polluters. As a small artist, it is already a struggle to compete with the shipping and product prices of big companies and mass-produced goods. A micro business that sends less than 20 packages each month can not justify paying extra fees, while a big company will not be hindered at all. The European Union is supposed to help the free flow of goods between the countries. This proposal would disproportionately punish small businesses as it is currently, forcing many to outright stop shipping outside the country they reside in. There is a huge difference between forcing a big, global company to pay fees across all of Europe, and forcing the same thing on a micro business operated by a single person who can barely keep up with the running costs. This proposal may have started out as a decent idea meant to reduce waste, but as it stands right now, it will kill many small and micro businesses. At the very least, the fees should be tied to the number of packages sent, or have the fees scale with the amount, and all of it should be regulated across the countries, if implemented at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal will severely cripple micro and small businesses, while doing very little to control waste from big companies and polluters. As a small artist, it is already a struggle to compete with the shipping and product prices of big companies and mass-produced goods. A micro business that sends less than 20 packages each month can not justify paying extra fees, while a big company will not be hindered at all. The European Union is supposed to help the free flow of goods between the countries. This proposal would disproportionately punish small businesses as it is currently, forcing many to outright stop shipping outside the country they reside in. There is a huge difference between forcing a big, global company to pay fees across all of Europe, and forcing the same thing on a micro business operated by a single person who can barely keep up with the running costs. This proposal may have started out as a decent idea meant to reduce waste, but as it stands right now, it will kill many small and micro businesses. At the very least, the fees should be tied to the number of packages sent, or have the fees scale with the amount, and all of it should be regulated across the countries, if implemented at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544563_en"}, {"id": 33544562, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:58:11", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is punishing and crippling small businesses, artists and individuals who want to share their works with Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is punishing and crippling small businesses, artists and individuals who want to share their works with Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544562_en"}, {"id": 33544561, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:57:48", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is an absolute disgrace from small and independent business in the whole UE. You cannot ask some girl who sells handmade crochet bags to pay a hundreds euro fee per every European country in order to MAYBE sell one 20 bag as an independent maker. What's more, this need of registration, legal representative in each country etc. is completely against the principle of free and united market which is supposedly the first purpose of EU! You should immediately suspend and reconsider this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is an absolute disgrace from small and independent business in the whole UE. You cannot ask some girl who sells handmade crochet bags to pay a hundreds euro fee per every European country in order to MAYBE sell one 20 bag as an independent maker. What's more, this need of registration, legal representative in each country etc. is completely against the principle of free and united market which is supposedly the first purpose of EU! You should immediately suspend and reconsider this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544561_en"}, {"id": 33544560, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:55:51", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Creative n' Chaotic", "feedback": "Dear European Union Committee, I run a small business based in the UK and was workinging towards becoming GPSR compliant, but with the new PPWR regulations, it is simply impossible for me to afford the fees per country to ship my products into the EU, even though my packaging is fully recyclable with no plastic and compliant. The additional cost of having to hire a representative per country is also prohibitive, especially when I already have had to hire a representative in the EU for GPSR. These new laws and regulations may be accessible for bigger businesses, but for small businesses and businesses that are trying to start, it makes it impossible to be access the EU market, which completely defeats the purpose of an open market. I fully understand the reasons behind th implementation of these laws, and fully support the notion of making packaging more sustainable since that is one of the values of my business, but attaching a fee to become compliant makes it impossible for me to sell in the EU. I am asking you to please reconsider having a fee, and instead use a different system to track and manage packaging waste, especially when extra packaging with safety information is already needed as part of GPSR. Thank you for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Union Committee, I run a small business based in the UK and was workinging towards becoming GPSR compliant, but with the new PPWR regulations, it is simply impossible for me to afford the fees per country to ship my products into the EU, even though my packaging is fully recyclable with no plastic and compliant. The additional cost of having to hire a representative per country is also prohibitive, especially when I already have had to hire a representative in the EU for GPSR. These new laws and regulations may be accessible for bigger businesses, but for small businesses and businesses that are trying to start, it makes it impossible to be access the EU market, which completely defeats the purpose of an open market. I fully understand the reasons behind th implementation of these laws, and fully support the notion of making packaging more sustainable since that is one of the values of my business, but attaching a fee to become compliant makes it impossible for me to sell in the EU. I am asking you to please reconsider having a fee, and instead use a different system to track and manage packaging waste, especially when extra packaging with safety information is already needed as part of GPSR. Thank you for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544560_en"}, {"id": 33544559, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:55:48", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bastelnarrisch e.U.", "feedback": "Sorry aber für Kleinunternehmen ist das absolut nicht tragbar! Ich mache, mit Glück 200-300 Euro im Jahr Gewinn! Und das was ihr euch da ausgedacht habt geht über meinen Gewinn hinaus! Das geht nicht nur mir so! Viele Kleinunternehmen schließen gerade ihre Webshops oder stellen den Versand außerhalb ihres Landes ein. Ist das wirklich der Sinn, den ihr verfolgt? Kleine Selbständige Leute zunichte machen??? Das sollte nur für die Unternehmer gelten die einen gewissen Jahresumsatz machen! Aber bitte doch nicht für kleine Einzelunternehmer! Denkt bei euch irgendjemand mal an die kleinen Leute? Offenbar nicht! Dann denkt JETZT um!", "feedbackEnglish": "Sorry, however, is absolutely untenable for small businesses! I’m lucky enough to win EUR 200-300 a year! And what you thought about goes beyond my profit! This is not only for me! Many small businesses are in the process of closing their webshops or stop shipping outside their country. Is that really the sense that she is pursuing? Destroying small self-employed people? This should only apply to traders who have a certain annual turnover! But not for small sole traders! Do you think of the small people? Apparently not! Then THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT T", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544559_en"}, {"id": 33544558, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:55:02", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe that this initiative is not taking the small businesses under consideration. It is already so difficult for small businesses to make profit against giants, and by making it so difficult and expensive to trade within the EU, a lot of them are going to close down. One of the best things about the EU is free trade and being able to share within the EU. This initiative will destroy this, and a lot of livelihoods. I am all for big multimillion businesses adopting this model, but it is my strong opinion that you should reconsider it, especially for businesses making money under a certain threshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that this initiative is not taking the small businesses under consideration. It is already so difficult for small businesses to make profit against giants, and by making it so difficult and expensive to trade within the EU, a lot of them are going to close down. One of the best things about the EU is free trade and being able to share within the EU. This initiative will destroy this, and a lot of livelihoods. I am all for big multimillion businesses adopting this model, but it is my strong opinion that you should reconsider it, especially for businesses making money under a certain threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544558_en"}, {"id": 33544544, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:54:30", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a self-employed artisan and micro-business owner established in Spain. I design and make every product I sell by hand, and online commerce has allowed my small business to reach customers across the European Union. I fully support environmental responsibility and I am willing to fulfil my obligations regarding the packaging I place on the market. But those obligations must be proportionate to the reality of the businesses they apply to. My greatest concern is not simply the additional administration. It is the financial burden that a country-by-country system can place on a self-employed person running a very small business. For a large company, the cost of registrations, compliance schemes and authorised representatives in multiple Member States may simply be another operating expense. For a self-employed artisan, those same fixed costs can determine whether the business remains viable. I may receive many orders from one Member State and only one or two from another. Yet being allowed to serve those few customers can potentially require taking on annual compliance costs that bear no reasonable relationship to the sales made there or to the tiny amount of packaging actually placed on that market. This puts small businesses in an impossible position: either absorb costs that our businesses cannot realistically sustain, pass disproportionate costs on to our customers, or simply stop selling to entire EU countries. For a self-employed person, this is not an abstract regulatory burden. It affects our income, our ability to make a living from our work and ultimately the survival of our businesses. The result could be a European market in which large companies can afford to sell everywhere, while the smallest European businesses are gradually forced to restrict themselves to only a few Member States. I cannot believe that this is what the European Single Market is supposed to achieve. I am not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. I am asking for a system in which that responsibility is proportionate to the actual environmental impact of my business and does not depend on whether I can afford multiple fixed compliance costs simply because my customers live in different EU countries. The EU needs a genuinely harmonised solution: ideally, one registration and reporting system through which micro-businesses can fulfil their packaging obligations across the European Union. At the very least, there must be a genuinely proportionate regime for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. Please consider what these rules mean in real life for a self-employed person behind a small business. We do not have the financial resources of large companies. We should not have to choose between complying with environmental legislation and being able to continue selling our work across Europe. The Single Market should give small European businesses opportunities, not make cross-border trade something only larger companies can afford.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed artisan and micro-business owner established in Spain. I design and make every product I sell by hand, and online commerce has allowed my small business to reach customers across the European Union. I fully support environmental responsibility and I am willing to fulfil my obligations regarding the packaging I place on the market. But those obligations must be proportionate to the reality of the businesses they apply to. My greatest concern is not simply the additional administration. It is the financial burden that a country-by-country system can place on a self-employed person running a very small business. For a large company, the cost of registrations, compliance schemes and authorised representatives in multiple Member States may simply be another operating expense. For a self-employed artisan, those same fixed costs can determine whether the business remains viable. I may receive many orders from one Member State and only one or two from another. Yet being allowed to serve those few customers can potentially require taking on annual compliance costs that bear no reasonable relationship to the sales made there or to the tiny amount of packaging actually placed on that market. This puts small businesses in an impossible position: either absorb costs that our businesses cannot realistically sustain, pass disproportionate costs on to our customers, or simply stop selling to entire EU countries. For a self-employed person, this is not an abstract regulatory burden. It affects our income, our ability to make a living from our work and ultimately the survival of our businesses. The result could be a European market in which large companies can afford to sell everywhere, while the smallest European businesses are gradually forced to restrict themselves to only a few Member States. I cannot believe that this is what the European Single Market is supposed to achieve. I am not asking to avoid environmental responsibility. I am asking for a system in which that responsibility is proportionate to the actual environmental impact of my business and does not depend on whether I can afford multiple fixed compliance costs simply because my customers live in different EU countries. The EU needs a genuinely harmonised solution: ideally, one registration and reporting system through which micro-businesses can fulfil their packaging obligations across the European Union. At the very least, there must be a genuinely proportionate regime for micro-enterprises and low-volume cross-border sellers. Please consider what these rules mean in real life for a self-employed person behind a small business. We do not have the financial resources of large companies. We should not have to choose between complying with environmental legislation and being able to continue selling our work across Europe. The Single Market should give small European businesses opportunities, not make cross-border trade something only larger companies can afford.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544544_en"}, {"id": 33544557, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:54:15", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law will be the end of every small business that ships internationally. Most businesses in the EU have to ship intentionally to make profit and will thus cease to exist. This is unacceptable. There NEEDS to be an exception for micro businesses. This is outrageous!", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law will be the end of every small business that ships internationally. Most businesses in the EU have to ship intentionally to make profit and will thus cease to exist. This is unacceptable. There NEEDS to be an exception for micro businesses. This is outrageous!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544557_en"}, {"id": 33544556, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:52:57", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current regulations disproportionately affect small businesses while large corporations who are actively destroying the environment are easily able to pay to comply. Not to mention it is a serious blow to free trade within the EU, one of its core principles. To be honest it has quite strongly shaken my faith in the EU as an institution", "feedbackEnglish": "The current regulations disproportionately affect small businesses while large corporations who are actively destroying the environment are easily able to pay to comply. Not to mention it is a serious blow to free trade within the EU, one of its core principles. To be honest it has quite strongly shaken my faith in the EU as an institution", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544556_en"}, {"id": 33544555, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:52:21", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an artist who has hopes of selling work outside of Ireland these new rules make it nearly impossible to confidently build a small business that uses any kind of packaging. The intent may be positive, but there's no way anyone wanting to continue selling within the EU at a small scale can wade through the admin for each country and still viably make money.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist who has hopes of selling work outside of Ireland these new rules make it nearly impossible to confidently build a small business that uses any kind of packaging. The intent may be positive, but there's no way anyone wanting to continue selling within the EU at a small scale can wade through the admin for each country and still viably make money.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544555_en"}, {"id": 33544545, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:49:43", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Just as the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the current PPWR is another example of the European Union's terrible track record when it comes to understanding microbusinesses, which are usually just one person, often female, working in a creative industry. While this work is often a labour of love, it is also meant to keep a roof over the family's heads and food on the table. Additional bureaucracy does nothing but steal time from family and productive work. Taxes, VAT declarations, and the usual financial hurdles are enough. Now the artisan should also jump through hours of hoops for that one annual sale to a tiny country like Estonia or Malta? Or hand over part of their earnings to an agency? Why is it so difficult to consider empathetically the practical capacities of smallest and most vulnerable independent artisans when crafting new legislation? Please make an exception for microbusinesses. It could be based on the previous year's reported taxable income. In the Czech Republic, microbusinesses with income below CZK 2 million (about EUR 80,000) are not required to file VAT. The EU should add a similar type of threshold to exempt microbusinesses from the PPWR.", "feedbackEnglish": "Just as the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the current PPWR is another example of the European Union's terrible track record when it comes to understanding microbusinesses, which are usually just one person, often female, working in a creative industry. While this work is often a labour of love, it is also meant to keep a roof over the family's heads and food on the table. Additional bureaucracy does nothing but steal time from family and productive work. Taxes, VAT declarations, and the usual financial hurdles are enough. Now the artisan should also jump through hours of hoops for that one annual sale to a tiny country like Estonia or Malta? Or hand over part of their earnings to an agency? Why is it so difficult to consider empathetically the practical capacities of smallest and most vulnerable independent artisans when crafting new legislation? Please make an exception for microbusinesses. It could be based on the previous year's reported taxable income. In the Czech Republic, microbusinesses with income below CZK 2 million (about EUR 80,000) are not required to file VAT. The EU should add a similar type of threshold to exempt microbusinesses from the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544545_en"}, {"id": 33544554, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:49:28", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is absurd. We citizens totally understand that big polluters need to take responsibility of the huge amounts of packaging they export to our countries, but this law will kill, and I am not exagerating with this word, microbusinesses. Forcing autonomous professionals and microbusinesses in paying fixed high fees was already absurd, now they should pay thousands of dollars for every country in which they want to ship to? Even if the amount of packaging shipped is ridiculously low with respect to the large amounts of packaging that big corporates export? I know that in the European parliament there are no stupid people, thus I have to infer that when discussing this law you only considered big corporations and did not have a minimum of consideration of all the rest. I want to remember you that all of our countries, even the richer, stand thanks to the efforts of small businesses and this law is the perfect way to strangle every hope of enterpreunership our younger Europeans have. Artists, artisans, all of them will be forced stopping their sales towards other EU countries. This law will make absourdly more convenient to ship towards the rest of the world with respect to our neighborhood a in Europe; killing our free market. When promulgating this laws you should have more consideration of the impact these have even just at level of communication on people's lives. I hope you will revise this law soon because plenty of small businesses are gearing for their future!", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is absurd. We citizens totally understand that big polluters need to take responsibility of the huge amounts of packaging they export to our countries, but this law will kill, and I am not exagerating with this word, microbusinesses. Forcing autonomous professionals and microbusinesses in paying fixed high fees was already absurd, now they should pay thousands of dollars for every country in which they want to ship to? Even if the amount of packaging shipped is ridiculously low with respect to the large amounts of packaging that big corporates export? I know that in the European parliament there are no stupid people, thus I have to infer that when discussing this law you only considered big corporations and did not have a minimum of consideration of all the rest. I want to remember you that all of our countries, even the richer, stand thanks to the efforts of small businesses and this law is the perfect way to strangle every hope of enterpreunership our younger Europeans have. Artists, artisans, all of them will be forced stopping their sales towards other EU countries. This law will make absourdly more convenient to ship towards the rest of the world with respect to our neighborhood a in Europe; killing our free market. When promulgating this laws you should have more consideration of the impact these have even just at level of communication on people's lives. I hope you will revise this law soon because plenty of small businesses are gearing for their future!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544554_en"}, {"id": 33544553, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:48:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Freelance artist", "feedback": "Hi! Auch wenn der Gedanke hinter der Regelung durchaus sinnvoll ist und ich den Versuch, Verpackungsmüll besser zu regulieren, unterstütze, find ich den Gedanken leider nicht ganz zu Ende gedacht. Während sie für große Händler (Amazon und co.) kein großes Problem darstellen wird, wird sie für kleine Händler und Einzelunternehmer ein großes Hindernis sein, weiterhin innerhalb der EU zu verschicken. Rein organisatorisch und auch finanziell wird es so gut wie unmöglich sein, als kleines Business sich für jedes Zielland zu registrieren und dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu finden. Ich als selbstständige Künstlerin verschicke durch meinen online Shop vielleicht eine Handvoll illustrierter Postkarten, Sticker und Anhänger pro Bestellung. In einige EU Länder vielleicht nur 10 mal im Jahr. Für solche kleinen Zahlen lohnt sich der hiesige Aufwand schlichtweg nicht, obwohl die Einnahmen trotzdem wichtig wären. Von daher würde ich es sehr begrüßen, wenn in der neuen Regelung auch an die kleinen Businesses gedacht wird und es hierfür gesonderte Ausnahmen geben wird!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi! Although the idea behind the regulation makes sense and I support the attempt to better regulate packaging waste, unfortunately I do not think that the idea is complete. While it will not be a major problem for large traders (Amazon and co.), it will be a major obstacle for small traders and sole proprietors to continue shipping within the EU. Purely organisationally and financially, it will be virtually impossible to register as a small business for each destination country and find an authorised representative there. As a self-employed artist, I may send a handful of illustrated postcards, stickers and pendants per order through my online shop. In some EU countries, perhaps only 10 times a year. For such small numbers, the local effort is simply not worthwhile, even though the revenues would still be important. For this reason, I would very much like to see small businesses also taken into account in the new rules, with separate exceptions!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544553_en"}, {"id": 33544552, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:47:40", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation is totally removing the 'union' from the European Union and killing thousands of small and micro businesses and artists, by treating them as billion dollar companies and ecological criminals. I am one of those small business owners who no longer can financially cope with all this bureaucracy. Having to spend possibly hundreds of euros on registrations and 'representatives' to send just one small order to just 1 country is financially impossible and ridiculous - the costs will in most, if not all cases, exceed my profits in these countries. Besides the financial burden, many of us operate a business by ourselves, making the paperwork alone a fulltime job. This is not a call against sustainability. I am all for measures that reduce packaging and pollution, but this regulation is punishing the wrong type of business. I know I don't just speak for myself if I say I reuse and recycle packaging materials from my suppliers when shipping my no more than 100 orders a year. I am asking the European Commission, and the European Parliament too, to protect its local, small and creative businesses, to protect the income, jobs and dreams of thousands of its citizens and to take action. Turn the registering process into a single solution for the entire EU, because that is what a union is. And exempt micro businesses from these ridiculous burdens. You are killing small businesses and giving a signal to possible future businesses and artists that is is not worth it to operate within the EU. You are only giving major companies, large stores and businesses outside the EU a chance to grow inside our region by removing any fair competition from our side. Unfortunately, I will have to close my business for EU customers and with me thousands of others are doing the same. It can't possibly be the goal of the European Commission to hurt and burden the people they are supposedly representing. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is totally removing the 'union' from the European Union and killing thousands of small and micro businesses and artists, by treating them as billion dollar companies and ecological criminals. I am one of those small business owners who no longer can financially cope with all this bureaucracy. Having to spend possibly hundreds of euros on registrations and 'representatives' to send just one small order to just 1 country is financially impossible and ridiculous - the costs will in most, if not all cases, exceed my profits in these countries. Besides the financial burden, many of us operate a business by ourselves, making the paperwork alone a fulltime job. This is not a call against sustainability. I am all for measures that reduce packaging and pollution, but this regulation is punishing the wrong type of business. I know I don't just speak for myself if I say I reuse and recycle packaging materials from my suppliers when shipping my no more than 100 orders a year. I am asking the European Commission, and the European Parliament too, to protect its local, small and creative businesses, to protect the income, jobs and dreams of thousands of its citizens and to take action. Turn the registering process into a single solution for the entire EU, because that is what a union is. And exempt micro businesses from these ridiculous burdens. You are killing small businesses and giving a signal to possible future businesses and artists that is is not worth it to operate within the EU. You are only giving major companies, large stores and businesses outside the EU a chance to grow inside our region by removing any fair competition from our side. Unfortunately, I will have to close my business for EU customers and with me thousands of others are doing the same. It can't possibly be the goal of the European Commission to hurt and burden the people they are supposedly representing. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544552_en"}, {"id": 33544550, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:44:50", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CaptainHoers", "feedback": "While I am highly in support of reducing unnecessary packaging, this new regulation is absurd. I send 1-4 packages a month and all of them are international. My combined total of annual packaging material sent to all destinations is, generously, 10kg. Under these proposed rules, it will simply not be worth my while to continue selling to EU customers. Separately registering to 27 different packaging authorities with varying fees and documentation in 24 different languages? Isn't this the kind of trade regulatory chaos that the EU is supposed to prevent? The idea that it's more worth my while to restrict my business to exports to the UK and US despite the tariffs, than it is to sell within my own so-called \"free trade\" bloc, is absurd. There MUST be a one-stop-shop registration process for the whole bloc. There MUST be leniency for micro businesses that put statistically insignificant quantities of packaging on to the market. Anything less is a death sentence for export-focussed sole traders. These are rules that measure waste in tonnes and businesses like mine measure them in kilograms. Regulations like this that apply an unaltered standard to large businesses as well as small ones are like a regressive tax. The regulatory burden is insignificant for large corporations and insurmountable for tiny businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I am highly in support of reducing unnecessary packaging, this new regulation is absurd. I send 1-4 packages a month and all of them are international. My combined total of annual packaging material sent to all destinations is, generously, 10kg. Under these proposed rules, it will simply not be worth my while to continue selling to EU customers. Separately registering to 27 different packaging authorities with varying fees and documentation in 24 different languages? Isn't this the kind of trade regulatory chaos that the EU is supposed to prevent? The idea that it's more worth my while to restrict my business to exports to the UK and US despite the tariffs, than it is to sell within my own so-called \"free trade\" bloc, is absurd. There MUST be a one-stop-shop registration process for the whole bloc. There MUST be leniency for micro businesses that put statistically insignificant quantities of packaging on to the market. Anything less is a death sentence for export-focussed sole traders. These are rules that measure waste in tonnes and businesses like mine measure them in kilograms. Regulations like this that apply an unaltered standard to large businesses as well as small ones are like a regressive tax. The regulatory burden is insignificant for large corporations and insurmountable for tiny businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544550_en"}, {"id": 33544549, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:44:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please consider excluding small and microbusinesses from the A.R rule, as the fees are disproportionate to their income. Further, harmonizing the registration for PPWP/ EPR for small businesses. This new regulation will have little impact on big corporations responsible for a majority of the packaging waste but it will devastate local small businesses. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please consider excluding small and microbusinesses from the A.R rule, as the fees are disproportionate to their income. Further, harmonizing the registration for PPWP/ EPR for small businesses. This new regulation will have little impact on big corporations responsible for a majority of the packaging waste but it will devastate local small businesses. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544549_en"}, {"id": 33544548, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:43:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am of the opinion that this new regulation is a huge let down on private people as well as small and mid sized businesses all over Europe. It puts an proportional amount of work and costs onto small and mid sized businesses, both which can not be justified by these smaller businesses. The effect can already be seen across the internet: These businesses will have to drop out of the European online market. This of course will lead to many businesses not being able to sustain themselves anymore, due to overall lost revenues all across Europe. And the consequence of that will be that even within Europe buyers will have a much smaller selection of online stores to buy from. The can either buy online locally, which especially for some of the smaller countries is a huge restriction, or they can buy in person in stores - something that has become harder thanks to online shopping anyways. This is of course will only strengthen one thing: the monopoly of big online retailers such as Amazon. Amazon, which already had warehouses in almost all European countries, and which is known to already be one if not the biggest online seller, will have no problem complying to these new regulations. If anything it could be argued that the new regulation actually helps Amazon grow in sales and size, as sellers might want or need to move their own online store over to Amazon, which can also handle their stock. Amazon will grow closer to it's goal of becoming the only online store that people will ever have to use and I would like to remind the European parlament of Anti Monopoly laws. Personally, I find it completely unreasonable to ask small and mid sized businesses to have a representative in every single EU country they ship to. Not only is this impossible cost and work wise for most of these smaller businesses, but I also think there aren't enough representative in those countries anyways. We are probably looking at tens of thousands businesses that need a representative for every single country. I also don't see how this will reduce waste besides the fact that this just destroys businesses and therefore, yes, there will be less shipments. But I firmly believe that this can't be at the cost of individuals and their livelihoods. I think think it is completely out of touch and in bad taste to even suggest such a thing to sellers that make such a small percentage in orders shipped out within the EU. If you would like small businesses to be able to comply without destroying their entire existence, I think there needs to be two things: a) a minimum limit of orders that can be send without registration at all. Personally instead of going per country here I would just set an amount for all countries shipped within the EU outside of the sellers own country. Probably weight based, if you sell less than 30kg of waste out in a year you should not have to register at all. Especially if you are already using paper packaging. b) the registration needs to be easily accessible for all Europeans online, it needs to be stream lined and easy and I don't see a reason why it can't be. No representatives, how is that helping anyone in the first place? You set your estimated waste amount of paper and plastic in kg (over 30kg because I firmly believe that should be free) and it needs to be something that is fair. If I order a container for my paper waste an entire ton will cost me between 40-80 Euro. Up to 130 Euro if we are talking about thick cardboard. For an entire ton. Set fair prices or let it be, I do not see why we should punish businesses with imaginary prices where 15kg of paper waste cost 15 Euro.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am of the opinion that this new regulation is a huge let down on private people as well as small and mid sized businesses all over Europe. It puts an proportional amount of work and costs onto small and mid sized businesses, both which can not be justified by these smaller businesses. The effect can already be seen across the internet: These businesses will have to drop out of the European online market. This of course will lead to many businesses not being able to sustain themselves anymore, due to overall lost revenues all across Europe. And the consequence of that will be that even within Europe buyers will have a much smaller selection of online stores to buy from. The can either buy online locally, which especially for some of the smaller countries is a huge restriction, or they can buy in person in stores - something that has become harder thanks to online shopping anyways. This is of course will only strengthen one thing: the monopoly of big online retailers such as Amazon. Amazon, which already had warehouses in almost all European countries, and which is known to already be one if not the biggest online seller, will have no problem complying to these new regulations. If anything it could be argued that the new regulation actually helps Amazon grow in sales and size, as sellers might want or need to move their own online store over to Amazon, which can also handle their stock. Amazon will grow closer to it's goal of becoming the only online store that people will ever have to use and I would like to remind the European parlament of Anti Monopoly laws. Personally, I find it completely unreasonable to ask small and mid sized businesses to have a representative in every single EU country they ship to. Not only is this impossible cost and work wise for most of these smaller businesses, but I also think there aren't enough representative in those countries anyways. We are probably looking at tens of thousands businesses that need a representative for every single country. I also don't see how this will reduce waste besides the fact that this just destroys businesses and therefore, yes, there will be less shipments. But I firmly believe that this can't be at the cost of individuals and their livelihoods. I think think it is completely out of touch and in bad taste to even suggest such a thing to sellers that make such a small percentage in orders shipped out within the EU. If you would like small businesses to be able to comply without destroying their entire existence, I think there needs to be two things: a) a minimum limit of orders that can be send without registration at all. Personally instead of going per country here I would just set an amount for all countries shipped within the EU outside of the sellers own country. Probably weight based, if you sell less than 30kg of waste out in a year you should not have to register at all. Especially if you are already using paper packaging. b) the registration needs to be easily accessible for all Europeans online, it needs to be stream lined and easy and I don't see a reason why it can't be. No representatives, how is that helping anyone in the first place? You set your estimated waste amount of paper and plastic in kg (over 30kg because I firmly believe that should be free) and it needs to be something that is fair. If I order a container for my paper waste an entire ton will cost me between 40-80 Euro. Up to 130 Euro if we are talking about thick cardboard. For an entire ton. Set fair prices or let it be, I do not see why we should punish businesses with imaginary prices where 15kg of paper waste cost 15 Euro.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544548_en"}, {"id": 33544547, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:42:05", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ditta individuale ", "feedback": "I'm an artisan painter with a sole proprietorship in Italy. For us small artisans, it's becoming impossible and too expensive to comply with this new law. The packages aren't that numerous, and the cost is disproportionate. It seems like it was created for large companies and can't be suitable for everyone. You're forcing us to close because the costs would be too high. Our work, created with so much patience and dedication, is at risk, and our families who rely on it would suffer the consequences.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an artisan painter with a sole proprietorship in Italy. For us small artisans, it's becoming impossible and too expensive to comply with this new law. The packages aren't that numerous, and the cost is disproportionate. It seems like it was created for large companies and can't be suitable for everyone. You're forcing us to close because the costs would be too high. Our work, created with so much patience and dedication, is at risk, and our families who rely on it would suffer the consequences.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544547_en"}, {"id": 33544546, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:41:53", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the reasoning behind the law but right now small business are hit the hardest while companies like Amazon are barely touched. The small an dmicro businesses of handmade goods are almost all stopped with shipping throughout the EU and that can never be the intention. We are a free market, one of the benefits of the EU but right now the free market is heavily limited for small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the reasoning behind the law but right now small business are hit the hardest while companies like Amazon are barely touched. The small an dmicro businesses of handmade goods are almost all stopped with shipping throughout the EU and that can never be the intention. We are a free market, one of the benefits of the EU but right now the free market is heavily limited for small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544546_en"}, {"id": 33544543, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:40:06", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Myself", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing to submit feedback on the proposed PPWR and EPR regulations, with particular concern for their impact on small and micro businesses across the EU. I would like to highlight the following points for consideration: 1. Exemptions for small and micro businesses The current A.R rule places a disproportionate burden on micro businesses. These regulations, as written, are not proportionate. A small independent business cannot be held to the same compliance standards as a multinational corporation. We urge the Commission to either exclude small and micro businesses from this requirement, or provide affordable, scaled compliance options that reflect our actual capacity. 1. Harmonized registration across EU member states The registration processes for PPWR and EPR vary significantly between countries, creating unnecessary complexity for small businesses operating across borders. A unified, simplified registration system would go a long way toward making compliance realistic and fair. 1. These regulations go against EU free movement principles As currently written, the regulation risks directly undermining the free movement of goods within the EU, one of the foundational principles of the single market. Small businesses that sell across EU borders will face disproportionate administrative and financial barriers, while large corporations have the resources and legal teams to absorb these costs. This is not fair competition. The compliance burden should fall on the companies that cause the most harm, such as Amazon, Temu, and AliExpress, which operate at massive scale and are responsible for the bulk of packaging waste and regulatory evasion. Small and micro businesses should not be made to pay for problems they did not create. We would also like to note that small businesses and independent creatives are already being negatively impacted by the lack of AI regulation, and we urge the Commission to address this as well. We strongly encourage the Commission to prioritize fairness in the enforcement of these regulations. Hold the macro companies accountable. Protect the small ones.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing to submit feedback on the proposed PPWR and EPR regulations, with particular concern for their impact on small and micro businesses across the EU. I would like to highlight the following points for consideration: 1. Exemptions for small and micro businesses The current A.R rule places a disproportionate burden on micro businesses. These regulations, as written, are not proportionate. A small independent business cannot be held to the same compliance standards as a multinational corporation. We urge the Commission to either exclude small and micro businesses from this requirement, or provide affordable, scaled compliance options that reflect our actual capacity. 1. Harmonized registration across EU member states The registration processes for PPWR and EPR vary significantly between countries, creating unnecessary complexity for small businesses operating across borders. A unified, simplified registration system would go a long way toward making compliance realistic and fair. 1. These regulations go against EU free movement principles As currently written, the regulation risks directly undermining the free movement of goods within the EU, one of the foundational principles of the single market. Small businesses that sell across EU borders will face disproportionate administrative and financial barriers, while large corporations have the resources and legal teams to absorb these costs. This is not fair competition. The compliance burden should fall on the companies that cause the most harm, such as Amazon, Temu, and AliExpress, which operate at massive scale and are responsible for the bulk of packaging waste and regulatory evasion. Small and micro businesses should not be made to pay for problems they did not create. We would also like to note that small businesses and independent creatives are already being negatively impacted by the lack of AI regulation, and we urge the Commission to address this as well. We strongly encourage the Commission to prioritize fairness in the enforcement of these regulations. Hold the macro companies accountable. Protect the small ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544543_en"}, {"id": 33544542, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:37:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Illomax", "feedback": "Like many other micro business owners these laws will heavily impact my business and my ability to send packages to customers around Europe. As micro business owners we understand that ecological materials are important, we understand that climate change affects us all and recycling costs money. The way the PPWR and EPR are set up now are however going to kill the majority of small and micro businesses, while giants like amazon and aliexpress continue to grow. We would like exemptions or a unified cost that is affordable for micro and small businesses around the EU. Please consider adjusting the laws so we don't lose all the creativity and artistry that benefits the EU culturally as a whole. Don't make micro and small businesses something only the rich can benefit from.", "feedbackEnglish": "Like many other micro business owners these laws will heavily impact my business and my ability to send packages to customers around Europe. As micro business owners we understand that ecological materials are important, we understand that climate change affects us all and recycling costs money. The way the PPWR and EPR are set up now are however going to kill the majority of small and micro businesses, while giants like amazon and aliexpress continue to grow. We would like exemptions or a unified cost that is affordable for micro and small businesses around the EU. Please consider adjusting the laws so we don't lose all the creativity and artistry that benefits the EU culturally as a whole. Don't make micro and small businesses something only the rich can benefit from.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544542_en"}, {"id": 33544541, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:37:17", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tämä lakiuudistus tuhoaa täysin pienyrittäjien kyvyn toimia kansainvälisesti. Kuluttajien on mahdotonta tehdä vastuullisia valintoja ja tukea mm. käsityöläisiä, kun nämä ovat lopettaneet toimitukset EU:n sisällä kohtuuttomien vaatimusten vuoksi. Suuryrityksillä, myös kiinalaisilla krääsäntoimittajilla, on henkilöstöä ja pääomaa uusien vaatimusten opettelemiseksi ja käytäntöönpanemiseksi. Yhden hengen eurooppalaisella yrityksellä ei ole. Nyt sen sijaan, että voisi ostaa lähellä valmistettua, on vaihtoehtona enää massatuotettua kaukaa. Toivon, että tähän saataisiin ratkaisu, joka perustu pienen yrittäjän rahastamiseen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislative reform will completely destroy the ability of small entrepreneurs to operate internationally. It is impossible for consumers to make responsible choices and to support artisans, for example, when they have stopped supplying within the EU because of disproportionate requirements. Large companies, including Chinese press suppliers, have staff and capital to learn and implement new requirements. A one-person European company does not exist. Now, instead of being able to buy what has been produced nearby, there is an alternative to mass-produced far away. I hope that this will result in a solution based on the money of a small entrepreneur.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544541_en"}, {"id": 33544540, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:36:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hallo! Grundsätzlich finde ich es ja in Ordnung, dass so etwas gemacht wird, aber für small und Micro buissnesses ist das der absolute Ruin! Hier muss klar differenziert werden und Ausnahmeregelungen geschaffen werden, aber vor allem ein einheitliches und harmonisches system für alle. Wir sind die EU und arbeiten nun gegeneinander statt miteinander. Ich verstehe nicht warum man hier nicht etwas erstellen kann von dem alle profitieren. Ein System in dem alle einzahlen und dies dann je nach Versand am Jahresende verteilt wird an die jeweiligen Länder. Ich verstehe, dass ausländische Firmen dort auch mit einzahlen sollen und das ist auch völlig in Ordnung. Aber es sollte definitv zwischen eu Lander und nicht EU Länder unterschieden werden. Schließlich sollten wir als EU Bürger auch einen Vorteil aus der EU mitnehmen und nicht jedes Mal Auflagen auferlegt bekommen, die kleine Mini unternehmen nicht umsetzten können und in den ruhig treiben!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, As a matter of principle, I find it okay that this is done, but for small and micro buissnesses it is an absolute ruin! A clear distinction needs to be made and derogations created, but above all a uniform and harmonious system for all. We are the EU and we are now working against each other rather than with each other. I do not understand why it is not possible to create something that benefits everyone. A system in which everyone pays in and this is then distributed to the respective countries, depending on the dispatch at the end of the year. I understand that foreign companies should also contribute there, and that is completely ok. But a clear distinction should be made between your countries and not EU countries. Finally, as EU citizens, we should also take advantage of the EU and not be subject to requirements that small mini-companies cannot implement and are calm!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544540_en"}, {"id": 33544539, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:36:24", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new EU packaging laws feel like the literal death of small businesses and a punishment for everyone living in the European Union. I completely understand the need to reduce packaging waste and make things more sustainable, but the amount of bureaucracy, registration, paperwork and additional costs being pushed onto small businesses is absolutely insane. Large companies can afford entire teams to deal with compliance. A small business owner often has to do everything themselves. Businesses will either have to raise their prices, stop selling to certain EU countries, or simply give up. And consumers will be the ones paying more and having fewer choices. At some point, making things more sustainable starts looking a lot less sustainable when the result is killing small businesses and making everyday life more expensive for millions of people.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new EU packaging laws feel like the literal death of small businesses and a punishment for everyone living in the European Union. I completely understand the need to reduce packaging waste and make things more sustainable, but the amount of bureaucracy, registration, paperwork and additional costs being pushed onto small businesses is absolutely insane. Large companies can afford entire teams to deal with compliance. A small business owner often has to do everything themselves. Businesses will either have to raise their prices, stop selling to certain EU countries, or simply give up. And consumers will be the ones paying more and having fewer choices. At some point, making things more sustainable starts looking a lot less sustainable when the result is killing small businesses and making everyday life more expensive for millions of people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544539_en"}, {"id": 33544538, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:31:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Frollein Dotty", "feedback": "Meiner Meinung nach ist dieses Gesetz der Todesstoß für viele kleine Unternehmen, welche sich einen Bevollmächtigten je EU-Mitgliedsstaat à ca. 300 nicht leisten können und somit den Versand in die EU einstellen müssen. Das kann wirtschaftlich gesehen nicht sinnvoll sein, vor allem nicht nach/in einer Krisenzeit, in der viele neu starten, Dinge ausprobieren oder neben dem Hauptjob für weiteres Einkommen sorgen wollen oder müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my opinion, this law is the death penalty for many small businesses, which cannot afford to have one authorised representative per EU Member State at around 300 and therefore have to stop shipping to the EU. From an economic point of view, this cannot make sense, especially after/in a time of crisis, when many are starting anew, trying out things or, in addition to the main job, wanting or having to provide further income.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544538_en"}, {"id": 33544537, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:30:59", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Delta Leather works", "feedback": "The new rules that force EVERY business to register as producer of waste in every country in EU separately is a death blow to micro, small and medium business. No one who has small business poses resources (time and money) to comply with these rules. Often the amount of goods sold would not cover the fees that some countries require to pay, not to mention having representation. For most of the business the issue simply lies with packaging - that also includes any cardboard box or envelope they have to use to ship their goods. One can assume that such \"amount of trash\" can be covered by fees all of Europeans pay already (trash fees, taxes etc.) I don't see how this rule aligns with EU idea of shared, common market - by this rule we again separate all the countries. It might as well be import tax. This is not what Union in EU should stand for. It's terrifying, and disappointing that no one involved in writing the new rules thought about countless small business across Europe. This action is a blow against law abiding citizens, tax payers, and citizens of EU. The \"law makers\" were blinded by big corporations who either can afford these changes or simply walk around them, absolutely forgetting how many small businesses will suffer by implementing these rules. AT LEAST - some rule of common de minimis has to be implemented to protect those who want their small companies to operate legally. If any sort of registration is to be required it should be valid across the EU, and certain amount of - mostly shipping materials should be waved away for small companies. In closing words I'll allow myself to say - This being either lack of care, lack of foresight or simply malice fells like blind European machine destroying peoples lives for some goal that even if noble is pointless after the damage it will do. Decisions like this will lead the Union to destruction not improvement.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules that force EVERY business to register as producer of waste in every country in EU separately is a death blow to micro, small and medium business. No one who has small business poses resources (time and money) to comply with these rules. Often the amount of goods sold would not cover the fees that some countries require to pay, not to mention having representation. For most of the business the issue simply lies with packaging - that also includes any cardboard box or envelope they have to use to ship their goods. One can assume that such \"amount of trash\" can be covered by fees all of Europeans pay already (trash fees, taxes etc.) I don't see how this rule aligns with EU idea of shared, common market - by this rule we again separate all the countries. It might as well be import tax. This is not what Union in EU should stand for. It's terrifying, and disappointing that no one involved in writing the new rules thought about countless small business across Europe. This action is a blow against law abiding citizens, tax payers, and citizens of EU. The \"law makers\" were blinded by big corporations who either can afford these changes or simply walk around them, absolutely forgetting how many small businesses will suffer by implementing these rules. AT LEAST - some rule of common de minimis has to be implemented to protect those who want their small companies to operate legally. If any sort of registration is to be required it should be valid across the EU, and certain amount of - mostly shipping materials should be waved away for small companies. In closing words I'll allow myself to say - This being either lack of care, lack of foresight or simply malice fells like blind European machine destroying peoples lives for some goal that even if noble is pointless after the damage it will do. Decisions like this will lead the Union to destruction not improvement.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544537_en"}, {"id": 33544536, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:29:43", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette réforme va fortement limiter les artisans et micro entrepreneurs qui ont déjà du mal à s'en sortir face aux grands groupes, qui eux ne seront absolument pas affectés. De plus le manque d'homogénéité entre les pays rend la réforme inégale et compliqué à comprendre. Je suis pour une réduction des emballages, mais cette réforme n'ameliorera pas grand chose.", "feedbackEnglish": "This reform will severely limit craftsmen and micro-entrepreneurs, who are already struggling to cope with large groups, who will not be affected at all. Moreover, the lack of homogeneity between countries makes reform uneven and difficult to understand. I am in favour of reducing packaging, but this reform will not improve much.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544536_en"}, {"id": 33544535, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:28:01", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although I am in favour of reducing waste, measures should be designed to actually do that in an efficient way. These EPR rules are not only confusing but also counterproductive as they can easily be fulfilled by large businesses but are to costly and complex for small or independent businesses, those who truly try to produce locally and support culture. They also contradict the principle of free trade across the EU. Having to research the requirements of each country, register and pay separately (with flat rates, not per package), and worst, to pay an representative to do it all this is a death sentence for many small businesses - businesses that often support disabled people who have difficulty finding other employment, those locked out if the job market due to age discrimination, etc., or those who wish to work and produce local, sustainable products (ironically). Enforcement should be put on hold until a sensible solution is found. At a very minimum, a unified EU system needs to be created. It should be simple to manage, and ideally, have minimums below which one does not have to register or pay (or only pay for packages really sent). By all means, place controls on those who actually produce packaging (not those who just send it), and make plastic more expensive than paper. But dont make laws and rules that favour only large companies, those who care less and pollute more, and will put many people out of business and turn them against the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I am in favour of reducing waste, measures should be designed to actually do that in an efficient way. These EPR rules are not only confusing but also counterproductive as they can easily be fulfilled by large businesses but are to costly and complex for small or independent businesses, those who truly try to produce locally and support culture. They also contradict the principle of free trade across the EU. Having to research the requirements of each country, register and pay separately (with flat rates, not per package), and worst, to pay an representative to do it all this is a death sentence for many small businesses - businesses that often support disabled people who have difficulty finding other employment, those locked out if the job market due to age discrimination, etc., or those who wish to work and produce local, sustainable products (ironically). Enforcement should be put on hold until a sensible solution is found. At a very minimum, a unified EU system needs to be created. It should be simple to manage, and ideally, have minimums below which one does not have to register or pay (or only pay for packages really sent). By all means, place controls on those who actually produce packaging (not those who just send it), and make plastic more expensive than paper. But dont make laws and rules that favour only large companies, those who care less and pollute more, and will put many people out of business and turn them against the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544535_en"}, {"id": 33544534, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:27:59", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jody’s Crafted World", "feedback": "As the owner of a very small handmade business in the Netherlands, I am very concerned about the impact of the PPWR requirements on microbusinesses selling to customers across the EU. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste. I already minimise packaging by using appropriately sized boxes and only the protective materials necessary to ship my handmade products safely. However, separate EPR registrations, reporting requirements and the potential requirement to appoint an Authorised Representative in individual Member States create a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for microbusinesses. A small handmade business may receive only a handful of orders from a particular Member State each year. Paying annual compliance and representation costs simply to remain able to serve an occasional customer can make cross-border sales financially impossible. I therefore strongly ask for: 1. An exemption from Authorised Representative requirements for microbusinesses and very small sellers. 2. A harmonised, EU-wide EPR registration system instead of separate registrations and procedures in every Member State. 3. Proportionate thresholds or simplified obligations for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Without such measures, many small businesses will have little choice but to stop shipping to customers in other EU Member States. This would reduce access to the EU Single Market for the smallest businesses while doing very little to address the companies responsible for vastly larger quantities of packaging waste. Environmental legislation should reduce waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for microbusinesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a very small handmade business in the Netherlands, I am very concerned about the impact of the PPWR requirements on microbusinesses selling to customers across the EU. I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste. I already minimise packaging by using appropriately sized boxes and only the protective materials necessary to ship my handmade products safely. However, separate EPR registrations, reporting requirements and the potential requirement to appoint an Authorised Representative in individual Member States create a disproportionate financial and administrative burden for microbusinesses. A small handmade business may receive only a handful of orders from a particular Member State each year. Paying annual compliance and representation costs simply to remain able to serve an occasional customer can make cross-border sales financially impossible. I therefore strongly ask for: 1. An exemption from Authorised Representative requirements for microbusinesses and very small sellers. 2. A harmonised, EU-wide EPR registration system instead of separate registrations and procedures in every Member State. 3. Proportionate thresholds or simplified obligations for businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. Without such measures, many small businesses will have little choice but to stop shipping to customers in other EU Member States. This would reduce access to the EU Single Market for the smallest businesses while doing very little to address the companies responsible for vastly larger quantities of packaging waste. Environmental legislation should reduce waste without making occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for microbusinesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544534_en"}, {"id": 33544533, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:27:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Crimson Orchard", "feedback": "- please excempt small businesses from having an AR, because its a disproportionate measure towards us. We cannot justify the costs. - Please harmonise the registration or exempt us from registration, because its a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot afford to hire someone to do it for us, so we would have to do it ourselves - this goes against the movement of goods. Because the effect of this is that we go bankrupt by not being able to ship within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "- please excempt small businesses from having an AR, because its a disproportionate measure towards us. We cannot justify the costs. - Please harmonise the registration or exempt us from registration, because its a disproportionate burden on small businesses. We cannot afford to hire someone to do it for us, so we would have to do it ourselves - this goes against the movement of goods. Because the effect of this is that we go bankrupt by not being able to ship within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544533_en"}, {"id": 33544532, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:27:19", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "About PPWR regulation, please make a limit of expenses for small businesses or similar... small business can't afford to pay so much, if you only make 500/month for your business. Example: etsy stores, bigcartel stores, etc...", "feedbackEnglish": "About PPWR regulation, please make a limit of expenses for small businesses or similar... small business can't afford to pay so much, if you only make 500/month for your business. Example: etsy stores, bigcartel stores, etc...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544532_en"}, {"id": 33544531, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:26:15", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ana Antunes", "feedback": "This law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses, especially small and micro businesses who have no way of supporting the costs of both registrations and Authorized Representatives in 27 different countries. It would make sense to provide measurements that small businesses can afford, or exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule. As a micro business owner, I also urge the EU to harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states, as it quite the challenge for a 1 person businesses to keep up with the paperwork to keep selling in 27 different countries. For EU businesses, these new rules make it easier to sell outside the EU than within, which is not at all compatible with EU's duties with its members. It also disproportionately affects micro businesses, as big companies can afford these costs and are actually the ones that represent the majority of packaging waste. Besides being a business owner, these rules also affect me as a consumer, as I will be unable to keep supporting independent artists and crafters that are being forced to close shop to the EU altogether. I worry that this will severely limit the general public's access to artistic and hand-crafted products, and might further encourage the commercialization of cheap and low quality products instead. That being said, I do believe that measurements to reduce waste are important and should be every business responsibility to do so. What I worry is that these current rules disproportionately affect micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many businesses, especially small and micro businesses who have no way of supporting the costs of both registrations and Authorized Representatives in 27 different countries. It would make sense to provide measurements that small businesses can afford, or exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R. rule. As a micro business owner, I also urge the EU to harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states, as it quite the challenge for a 1 person businesses to keep up with the paperwork to keep selling in 27 different countries. For EU businesses, these new rules make it easier to sell outside the EU than within, which is not at all compatible with EU's duties with its members. It also disproportionately affects micro businesses, as big companies can afford these costs and are actually the ones that represent the majority of packaging waste. Besides being a business owner, these rules also affect me as a consumer, as I will be unable to keep supporting independent artists and crafters that are being forced to close shop to the EU altogether. I worry that this will severely limit the general public's access to artistic and hand-crafted products, and might further encourage the commercialization of cheap and low quality products instead. That being said, I do believe that measurements to reduce waste are important and should be every business responsibility to do so. What I worry is that these current rules disproportionately affect micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544531_en"}, {"id": 33544530, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:26:02", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new packaging charges are extremely damaging to small businesses selling across the EU. Their revenue margins are already low. Im calling for an exemption code for businesses earning under 40,000 a year.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging charges are extremely damaging to small businesses selling across the EU. Their revenue margins are already low. Im calling for an exemption code for businesses earning under 40,000 a year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544530_en"}, {"id": 33544529, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:25:54", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new plan would mean the death of small and micro businesses, if it goes through as proposed. While it certainly is good to propose legislation that helps sustainability, it is very clear that, as it is proposed, it will mean a drop in the ocean for big corporations both in effort and monetary investment, yet hit business owners who sell maybe 30 packages a year very strongly. All over the EU artist spaces, friends and colleagues have said that they will have to stop selling their works outside their own country due to the immense cost having to pay a fee for each country and hiring a representative to boot. This would inhibit trade in-between the EU immensely, both in value and culturally speaking. Perhaps the way to make it to work is by having this ruling only apply after a certain amount of packages sent to a country per year, or perhaps to offer a reduced price that includes the entirety of the EU. As it stands right now at least, this is just another legislation that is harming the common man, rather than hurting the massive corporations that are the actual offenders of pollution.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new plan would mean the death of small and micro businesses, if it goes through as proposed. While it certainly is good to propose legislation that helps sustainability, it is very clear that, as it is proposed, it will mean a drop in the ocean for big corporations both in effort and monetary investment, yet hit business owners who sell maybe 30 packages a year very strongly. All over the EU artist spaces, friends and colleagues have said that they will have to stop selling their works outside their own country due to the immense cost having to pay a fee for each country and hiring a representative to boot. This would inhibit trade in-between the EU immensely, both in value and culturally speaking. Perhaps the way to make it to work is by having this ruling only apply after a certain amount of packages sent to a country per year, or perhaps to offer a reduced price that includes the entirety of the EU. As it stands right now at least, this is just another legislation that is harming the common man, rather than hurting the massive corporations that are the actual offenders of pollution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544529_en"}, {"id": 33544528, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:25:32", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new law disproportionately targets small and micro businesses across Europe - as well as outside of it - forcing them to pay up to thousands of euros to be able to work throughout the Union. This is completely unaffordable for micro businesses such as artisans or independent artists looking to sell small merch. I dont believe it to be fair for an artist in Spain to have to pay their own taxes PLUS the taxes (or representatives) of 26 other states just so that I, a EU citizen outside of Spain, can get stickers from them. A possible solution for this issue would be to create a category that makes it affordable for micro businesses to actually continue working within the European Union or to have an all encompassing tax to pay to work within the EU (although a combination of the two could be even better).", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law disproportionately targets small and micro businesses across Europe - as well as outside of it - forcing them to pay up to thousands of euros to be able to work throughout the Union. This is completely unaffordable for micro businesses such as artisans or independent artists looking to sell small merch. I dont believe it to be fair for an artist in Spain to have to pay their own taxes PLUS the taxes (or representatives) of 26 other states just so that I, a EU citizen outside of Spain, can get stickers from them. A possible solution for this issue would be to create a category that makes it affordable for micro businesses to actually continue working within the European Union or to have an all encompassing tax to pay to work within the EU (although a combination of the two could be even better).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544528_en"}, {"id": 33544527, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:23:08", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Emma TOURNAYRE", "feedback": "Cette loi me semble assez complexe à appréhender et mettre en place en tant quartiste auto entrepreneur et nayant donc pas de service dédié pour sen occuper. Les exigences sont très différentes entre les différents pays de lUE : - des frais différents selon chaque pays allant du simple au quadruple - le besoin ou non dun représentant par pays avec des coûts exorbitants pour des micro entreprises à peine rentables - une plateforme pour chaque pays Tout cela rend ces formalités trop complexes et coûteuses à mettre en place quand on arrive à peine à vivre de son activité De plus ces frais sont disproportionnés par rapport au nombre denvois réalisés dans lesdits pays. Quand les commandes clients font en moyenne 20, il faut vendre énormément dans chaque pays pour rentabiliser ces frais. Enfin, cette loi semble antithétique aux valeurs fondatrices de lUE : la facilitation de la circulation des biens et des personnes. Cela ferme le marché et rend les envois plus simples depuis lUE vers la Suisse ou le Canada que vers nimporte quel autre pays de lUE. Une première solution pourrait être de créer une plateforme unique permettant de régler un frais unique, ou proportionnel aux nombre de colis envoyés, notamment pour les petits pollueurs que sont les micro entreprises. Lexonération du besoin de recourir à un représentant pour les entreprises de moins de 10 salariés serait aussi une solution à ce problème.", "feedbackEnglish": "That law seems to me to be quite complex to understand and set up as a quartite auto-entrepreneur and therefore does not have a dedicated service to occupy her. The requirements are very different in the different EU countries: — different fees for each country ranging from simple to quadruple – whether or not there is a need for a country with exorbitant costs for barely profitable micro enterprises – a platform for each country. All of this makes these formalities too complex and costly to put in place when people are barely able to live from their activity. Furthermore, these fees are disproportionate to the number of journeys made in those countries. When customer orders average 20, you have to sell a lot in each country to make these costs profitable. Finally, this law seems antithetical to the founding values of the EU: facilitating the movement of goods and people. This closes the market and makes it easier to send consignments from the EU to Switzerland or Canada than to any other EU country. A first solution could be to create a single platform for paying a single fee, or proportional to the number of parcels sent, especially for small polluters such as micro enterprises. The need to have a representative for companies with fewer than 10 employees would also be a solution to this problem.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544527_en"}, {"id": 33544526, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:22:37", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To: the European Commission and the European Parliament The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "To: the European Commission and the European Parliament The Single Market is broken for small creators. It is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbor within the European Union. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was meant to make big polluters pay. Instead, it has created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out microenterprises while favoring multinational corporations. Multinationals with entire legal departments effortlessly absorb these compliance costs. But for an independent artisan or sole trader sending just 10 small packages a year to another EU country, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries, hire expensive local authorized representatives, pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible. This system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544526_en"}, {"id": 33544525, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:21:18", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As the owner of a micro business in Norway, this is devastating. The majority of my customers are in the EU. Not only are you affecting small businesses with these regulations, you are affecting the livelihood of disabled people who can't work a normal job and have created something that works for them. You are pushing more people into poverty and robbing people of meaning and accomplishments. You are essentially forcing us to either stop selling to the EU, or break the law.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a micro business in Norway, this is devastating. The majority of my customers are in the EU. Not only are you affecting small businesses with these regulations, you are affecting the livelihood of disabled people who can't work a normal job and have created something that works for them. You are pushing more people into poverty and robbing people of meaning and accomplishments. You are essentially forcing us to either stop selling to the EU, or break the law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544525_en"}, {"id": 33544524, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:20:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TherbisStudio", "feedback": "Die aktuelle Version der Regulierung ist völlig undurchdacht und führt nur zur Zerstörung des Binnenmarktes. Der (extreme!) Großteil der Anzahl der registrierten Firmen der EU sind klein- und mittelständige Betriebe gefolgt von selbstständigen Künstlern. Kein einziger dieser Betriebe kann es sich leisten tausende von Euro pro Jahr zu zahlen nur um in manche Länder 10 Pakete im Jahr schicken zu können. Das ganze Konzept ist wie eine 180° Wende weg vom Grund der Existenz der EU, leichterer Handel. Ich bin voll dabei wenn es darum geht dass alle recyclebare Verpackungen nutzen sollen oder dass keine riesigen Umkartons für winzige Produkte verwendet werden, aber mit der aktuellen Regelung ist nichts und niemandem geholfen außer vielleicht den Milliarden Unternehmen. Es muss eine Ausnahmeregelung geben, vielleicht ähnlich wie beim Deutschen Lucid Gesetz mit Grenzen von 10 Mitarbeitern bzw unter 2Mio Umsatz. Keine überteuerten Vertreter in jedem Land, keine unnötigen Bürokratieberge, ganz normaler Handel wie er jetzt aktuell schon möglich ist. EU steht für mich für den leichten Handel innerhalb des Bündnis um den gemeinsamen Markt zu stärken. So schlachten wir das ganze Prinzip dahinter ab. Es muss ein sofortiges STOP geben! Eine Überarbeitung und herausarbeiten von Ausnahmen, wenn nicht sogar etwas ganz neues da der Ansatz mir schon wirsch erscheint. Nicht erst Monate später! Bereits ein Monat mit diesem neuen Gesetz aktiv wird reichen um tausende Betriebe in die Knie zu zwingen. Dass kann unmöglich Ziel der Sache sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current version of the regulation is completely ill-considered and only leads to the destruction of the internal market. The (extreme!) majority of the EU’s registered companies are small and medium-sized enterprises, followed by self-employed artists. None of these businesses can afford to pay thousands of euros per year just to be able to send 10 parcels per year to some countries. The whole concept is like a 180° transition away from the raison d’être of the EU, easier trade. I am fully committed to ensuring that all recyclable packaging is used or that no huge outer cartons are used for tiny products, but the current rules are nothing and do not help anyone other than the billions of companies. There must be a derogation, perhaps similar to the German Lucid Act, with limits of 10 employees or less than 2 million turnover. No overpriced representatives in every country, no unnecessary red tape, normal trade as is currently possible. EU stands for easy trade within the alliance to strengthen the common market. This is how we are breaking the whole principle behind it. There must be an immediate STOP! A review and identification of exceptions, if not something completely new, as the approach seems to me to be awkward. Not just months later! Already one month into action with this new law will be enough to force thousands of businesses into their knees. That cannot be the objective of the case.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544524_en"}, {"id": 33544523, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:20:33", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je soutiens bien sûr l'objectif écologique du projet, mais il faut mettre en place une exception pour les petites entreprises. En tant que cliente, je préfère de loin les petites entreprises, plus humaines et souvent bien plus attentives à l'environnement ; mais la loi, telle qu'elle est actuellement, pénalise gravement ces entreprises qui ne peuvent pas suivre (on parle d'entreprises qui ne comptent souvent pas plus de quatre personnes.) Il est injuste que seules les entreprises les plus riches gardent le droit de faire des affaires.", "feedbackEnglish": "I of course support the green objective of the project, but an exception needs to be put in place for small businesses. As a client, I prefer by far small, more human and often much more environmentally conscious businesses; but the law as it stands now severely penalises these companies that cannot follow (companies that often have no more than four people). It is unfair that only the richest companies retain the right to do business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544523_en"}, {"id": 33544522, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:20:20", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hand made jewellery ", "feedback": "I am responding as the owner and sole maker behind Journey Through Jewellery, a one-person independent jewellery business in the UK. I strongly oppose regulations that place completely disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on microbusinesses simply for wanting to sell a small number of products to EU customers. Journey Through Jewellery is not a corporation. I design, make, photograph, package and dispatch every piece myself. My jewellery is handmade in extremely small quantities. I may send only a handful of parcels to an individual EU country in an entire year. Yet I am expected to navigate registration, reporting, representatives, packaging schemes and country-specific requirements designed for businesses operating at an entirely different scale. Where is the proportionality? Existing EU requirements have already forced me to stop selling to EU customers. I have spent months researching how to reopen EU shipping and was finally close to doing so. Now another regulatory hurdle is being placed in front of businesses like mine. Every time a microbusiness finds a way to comply, the finish line seems to move again. I support genuine environmental responsibility. What I do not support is regulation so bureaucratic and disproportionate that the most rational response for a tiny business is to abandon the EU market completely. That is not successful environmental policy. It is a barrier to trade. A sole trader sending perhaps five, ten or twenty small parcels into Europe in a year is not remotely comparable to a corporation placing hundreds of thousands or millions of packaged products onto the market. A system that fails to distinguish between those realities is fundamentally unfair. Large companies can employ compliance teams, lawyers and consultants. They can spread fees and administrative costs across enormous sales volumes. I cannot. Every hour spent deciphering another regulation is an hour I am not making jewellery, serving customers or developing my business. There is no compliance department at Journey Through Jewellery. There is me. The idea that I could need to understand, register with and potentially pay into different national packaging schemes simply to send an occasional £100 ring to a European customer is frankly absurd. The compliance burden can become completely disproportionate to both the value of the sale and the environmental impact of the parcel. These rules do not create a level playing field. They favour large companies that can absorb bureaucracy while shutting small independent businesses out of the market. European consumers lose access to independent makers and craftspeople, while the largest companies become even easier to buy from by comparison. That cannot seriously be the intended result. Microbusinesses and genuinely low-volume sellers need meaningful de minimis thresholds, exemptions or radically simplified obligations, and a single accessible EU-wide system rather than a patchwork of national requirements. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. A one-person craft business posting a handful of carefully packaged parcels should not be treated as though it presents the same regulatory problem as a multinational manufacturer. Journey Through Jewellery wants to sell to EU customers. EU customers have asked to buy my work. I am being prevented from serving them not because my products are unsafe, not because there is no demand, and not because I refuse to behave responsibly, but because the administrative burden of accessing the EU market is becoming ridiculous. Please stop designing regulatory systems around multinational corporations and expecting microbusinesses to somehow absorb the same bureaucracy. Small businesses are not miniature corporations. If regulation refuses to recognise that, more of us will simply leave the EU market entirely.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am responding as the owner and sole maker behind Journey Through Jewellery, a one-person independent jewellery business in the UK. I strongly oppose regulations that place completely disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on microbusinesses simply for wanting to sell a small number of products to EU customers. Journey Through Jewellery is not a corporation. I design, make, photograph, package and dispatch every piece myself. My jewellery is handmade in extremely small quantities. I may send only a handful of parcels to an individual EU country in an entire year. Yet I am expected to navigate registration, reporting, representatives, packaging schemes and country-specific requirements designed for businesses operating at an entirely different scale. Where is the proportionality? Existing EU requirements have already forced me to stop selling to EU customers. I have spent months researching how to reopen EU shipping and was finally close to doing so. Now another regulatory hurdle is being placed in front of businesses like mine. Every time a microbusiness finds a way to comply, the finish line seems to move again. I support genuine environmental responsibility. What I do not support is regulation so bureaucratic and disproportionate that the most rational response for a tiny business is to abandon the EU market completely. That is not successful environmental policy. It is a barrier to trade. A sole trader sending perhaps five, ten or twenty small parcels into Europe in a year is not remotely comparable to a corporation placing hundreds of thousands or millions of packaged products onto the market. A system that fails to distinguish between those realities is fundamentally unfair. Large companies can employ compliance teams, lawyers and consultants. They can spread fees and administrative costs across enormous sales volumes. I cannot. Every hour spent deciphering another regulation is an hour I am not making jewellery, serving customers or developing my business. There is no compliance department at Journey Through Jewellery. There is me. The idea that I could need to understand, register with and potentially pay into different national packaging schemes simply to send an occasional £100 ring to a European customer is frankly absurd. The compliance burden can become completely disproportionate to both the value of the sale and the environmental impact of the parcel. These rules do not create a level playing field. They favour large companies that can absorb bureaucracy while shutting small independent businesses out of the market. European consumers lose access to independent makers and craftspeople, while the largest companies become even easier to buy from by comparison. That cannot seriously be the intended result. Microbusinesses and genuinely low-volume sellers need meaningful de minimis thresholds, exemptions or radically simplified obligations, and a single accessible EU-wide system rather than a patchwork of national requirements. Environmental regulation should be proportionate to environmental impact. A one-person craft business posting a handful of carefully packaged parcels should not be treated as though it presents the same regulatory problem as a multinational manufacturer. Journey Through Jewellery wants to sell to EU customers. EU customers have asked to buy my work. I am being prevented from serving them not because my products are unsafe, not because there is no demand, and not because I refuse to behave responsibly, but because the administrative burden of accessing the EU market is becoming ridiculous. Please stop designing regulatory systems around multinational corporations and expecting microbusinesses to somehow absorb the same bureaucracy. Small businesses are not miniature corporations. If regulation refuses to recognise that, more of us will simply leave the EU market entirely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544522_en"}, {"id": 33544521, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:18:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You are effectively killing small businesses within the EU. Small businesses can't afford to pay taxes to every EU country, which will significantly reduce their customer circle and therefore their income. These small businesses produce way less waste than mega corporations which would have no problem paying taxes to every country. This is a disaster that would kill a lot of EU small businesses, which you claimed we should buy from instead of importing from outside the EU. Now you are making it harder for these small businesses we should buy from to sell us their goods. You could have as much of an impact without putting small businesses in danger by putting into place a threshold of goods imported/sold on the market that companies have to meet in order to pay those taxes. Leave small businesses out of this.", "feedbackEnglish": "You are effectively killing small businesses within the EU. Small businesses can't afford to pay taxes to every EU country, which will significantly reduce their customer circle and therefore their income. These small businesses produce way less waste than mega corporations which would have no problem paying taxes to every country. This is a disaster that would kill a lot of EU small businesses, which you claimed we should buy from instead of importing from outside the EU. Now you are making it harder for these small businesses we should buy from to sell us their goods. You could have as much of an impact without putting small businesses in danger by putting into place a threshold of goods imported/sold on the market that companies have to meet in order to pay those taxes. Leave small businesses out of this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544521_en"}, {"id": 33544520, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:18:31", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Liz Salla Fine Art", "feedback": "I am a watercolor painter living in France, and my paintings are held in private collections in France, Greece, Canada, and Poland. It means a great deal to me that my work can cross borders and find homes with people in different countries. As an independent artist, however, I am concerned that the administrative and financial burden created by the new packaging rules could make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible. I sell only a few paintings each year. I am an individual artist, not a large company shipping hundreds of packages. Paying hundreds of euros in compliance, legal, or authorised-representative fees simply to sell a single painting to a customer in another EU Member State excludes independent artists and other small creators from the EU single market. Under the new rules concerning extended producer responsibility (EPR), a producer established in one EU Member State who sells packaged products directly to an end user in another Member State may be required to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in the destination country. I support the environmental goals, but the impact on small operators must be considered. Authorised representatives and related compliance services are not free. I have found services costing approximately 200 to 1,000 or more, depending on the country and services provided, with some providers charging annual fees even where a business makes only one or two sales. For a large company, such costs may be a manageable part of doing business. For an independent artist whose entire annual income from art may be only a few hundred euros, they can exceed the value of an individual sale and, in most cases, consume most or all of the artist's annual income. This creates a disproportionate burden on individual artists, craftspeople, creators, micro-businesses, and other people who make only occasional cross-border sales. A regulatory framework intended to address the environmental impact of packaging should not inadvertently make it economically impossible for the smallest participants in the European single market to sell their work across EU borders. I fully support the environmental objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling, and ensuring that businesses placing packaging on the market contribute appropriately to the costs of managing packaging waste. However, these obligations should be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the activity. Requiring an individual artist who sells one or two paintings across EU borders to incur hundreds of euros in annual compliance or representation costs is not proportionate to either the volume of packaging involved or the economic scale of the activity. In practice, such costs can prevent a micro-business or individual creator from participating in the internal market at all. I therefore urge the European Parliament and the European Commission to consider introducing a meaningful de minimis exemption, simplified compliance procedure, or proportionate threshold under the PPWR for individual artists, creators, micro-businesses, and other very small operators whose cross-border packaging volumes and turnover are negligible. At a minimum, occasional sellers with very low packaging volumes and minimal annual turnover should have access to a simple, affordable compliance mechanism rather than being required to appoint paid representatives in multiple Member States. The system should recognise the substantial difference between a company placing thousands of packaged products on the market and an individual artist occasionally sending one or two paintings to customers in another EU country. The European internal market should remain accessible not only to large companies, but also to the smallest independent creators who contribute to Europe's cultural and creative life.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a watercolor painter living in France, and my paintings are held in private collections in France, Greece, Canada, and Poland. It means a great deal to me that my work can cross borders and find homes with people in different countries. As an independent artist, however, I am concerned that the administrative and financial burden created by the new packaging rules could make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible. I sell only a few paintings each year. I am an individual artist, not a large company shipping hundreds of packages. Paying hundreds of euros in compliance, legal, or authorised-representative fees simply to sell a single painting to a customer in another EU Member State excludes independent artists and other small creators from the EU single market. Under the new rules concerning extended producer responsibility (EPR), a producer established in one EU Member State who sells packaged products directly to an end user in another Member State may be required to appoint an authorised representative for EPR in the destination country. I support the environmental goals, but the impact on small operators must be considered. Authorised representatives and related compliance services are not free. I have found services costing approximately 200 to 1,000 or more, depending on the country and services provided, with some providers charging annual fees even where a business makes only one or two sales. For a large company, such costs may be a manageable part of doing business. For an independent artist whose entire annual income from art may be only a few hundred euros, they can exceed the value of an individual sale and, in most cases, consume most or all of the artist's annual income. This creates a disproportionate burden on individual artists, craftspeople, creators, micro-businesses, and other people who make only occasional cross-border sales. A regulatory framework intended to address the environmental impact of packaging should not inadvertently make it economically impossible for the smallest participants in the European single market to sell their work across EU borders. I fully support the environmental objectives of reducing packaging waste, improving recycling, and ensuring that businesses placing packaging on the market contribute appropriately to the costs of managing packaging waste. However, these obligations should be proportionate to the scale and environmental impact of the activity. Requiring an individual artist who sells one or two paintings across EU borders to incur hundreds of euros in annual compliance or representation costs is not proportionate to either the volume of packaging involved or the economic scale of the activity. In practice, such costs can prevent a micro-business or individual creator from participating in the internal market at all. I therefore urge the European Parliament and the European Commission to consider introducing a meaningful de minimis exemption, simplified compliance procedure, or proportionate threshold under the PPWR for individual artists, creators, micro-businesses, and other very small operators whose cross-border packaging volumes and turnover are negligible. At a minimum, occasional sellers with very low packaging volumes and minimal annual turnover should have access to a simple, affordable compliance mechanism rather than being required to appoint paid representatives in multiple Member States. The system should recognise the substantial difference between a company placing thousands of packaged products on the market and an individual artist occasionally sending one or two paintings to customers in another EU country. The European internal market should remain accessible not only to large companies, but also to the smallest independent creators who contribute to Europe's cultural and creative life.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544520_en"}, {"id": 33544519, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:16:49", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I often order from small and micro businesses and this will deprive me of the opportunity to order from my country because no one will establish their own representatives in small countries! I live in Bulgaria and I'm often told that I'm their first and only customer from Bulgaria. I don't think businesses will spend money for one customer from a small country, so it isolates us within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I often order from small and micro businesses and this will deprive me of the opportunity to order from my country because no one will establish their own representatives in small countries! I live in Bulgaria and I'm often told that I'm their first and only customer from Bulgaria. I don't think businesses will spend money for one customer from a small country, so it isolates us within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544519_en"}, {"id": 33544518, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:16:33", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I absolutely support the intention of this law, but I feel like the implementation leaves much to be desired. Its current iteration places a huge burden on small businesses - in terms of discovering how the law actually applies them and then in figuring out how best to implement it. I live in Ireland, and several of my favorite small businesses are made up of one or two people running the business, and they have decided that they get so few orders from Ireland that it's not worth figuring out how to ship to Ireland/not worth registering with every EU country (and so will no longer be shipping to Ireland). This will inevitably mean that more business will go to larger companies rather than small businesses. Please consider making this process easier for small businesses to navigate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I absolutely support the intention of this law, but I feel like the implementation leaves much to be desired. Its current iteration places a huge burden on small businesses - in terms of discovering how the law actually applies them and then in figuring out how best to implement it. I live in Ireland, and several of my favorite small businesses are made up of one or two people running the business, and they have decided that they get so few orders from Ireland that it's not worth figuring out how to ship to Ireland/not worth registering with every EU country (and so will no longer be shipping to Ireland). This will inevitably mean that more business will go to larger companies rather than small businesses. Please consider making this process easier for small businesses to navigate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544518_en"}, {"id": 33544517, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:10:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer Onlineshop", "feedback": "Praxischeck verfehlt: Unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten stoppen Kleingewerbe und Binnenmarkt ​Als Inhaberin eines kleinen Online-Shops stehe ich voll hinter den Zielen des Umweltschutzes. Die aktuelle Umsetzung der EPR-Vorgaben ist für das Kleingewerbe jedoch finanziell und organisatorisch schlicht nicht mehr tragbar. ​Es widerspricht jedem kaufmännischen Verstand, dass in einigen EU-Ländern fixe Jahresgebühren von mehreren hundert Euro für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte verlangt werden ganz egal, ob man dort im Laufe des Jahres 10 Pakete, nur ein einziges Päckchen oder am Ende vielleicht sogar gar keines hinverkauft. Diese pauschalen Fixkosten fallen ab Tag eins in voller Höhe an. Wenn die Gebühren den eigentlichen Warenwert oder den Jahresgewinn aus diesem Land um ein Vielfaches übersteigen, bleibt kleinen Betrieben gar keine andere Wahl, als den direkten EU-Versand komplett einzustellen. ​Das schadet dem freien EU-Binnenmarkt massiv und trifft genau die Falschen: kleine, ehrliche Akteure. Großkonzerne verteilen solche Beträge mühelos auf riesige Verkaufszahlen, während Billigimporteure aus Drittstaaten die Vorgaben schlicht ignorieren. ​Mein Appell an die Initiative: Bitte setzen Sie sich nachdrücklich für echte Bagatellgrenzen (Freimengen) für Mikrobetriebe ein sowie für ein einziges, zentrales EU-Portal ohne teuren Zwang zu ausländischen Vertretern. Nur so bleibt fairer Handel in Europa auch für kleine Unternehmen möglich!", "feedbackEnglish": "Practical check not achieved: Disproportionate fixed costs stop small businesses and the internal market ​As the owner of a small online shop, I fully support the objectives of environmental protection. However, the current implementation of the EPR requirements is simply no longer financially and organisationally viable for small businesses. ​It is contrary to any commercial practice that in some EU countries fixed annual fees of several hundred euros are charged for registration and authorised representatives, regardless of whether 10 parcels are sold there during the year, just one parcel, or perhaps none at all at the end of the year. These flat-rate fixed costs are incurred in full from day one. If the fees are many times higher than the actual value of the goods or the annual profit from that country, small businesses have no choice but to stop all direct EU transit. ​This severely damages the free EU single market and hits the wrongs: small, honest players. Large corporations easily allocate such amounts to huge sales, while low-cost importers from third countries simply ignore the requirements. ​My appeal to the initiative: Please strongly advocate for true de minimis thresholds (exemptions) for micro-enterprises, as well as for a single, single EU portal without costly coercion of foreign representatives. Only in this way will fair trade in Europe also be possible for small businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544517_en"}, {"id": 33544516, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:10:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Keine", "feedback": "Absolut EU widrich, ein AUS für alle Onlinehändler und nicht umsetzbar. Da fehlen dir einfach die Worte für welche Politik wir Geld ausgeben.", "feedbackEnglish": "Absolutely EU, an OUT for all online traders and not implementable. You simply lack the words for which policy we spend money.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544516_en"}, {"id": 33544515, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:09:34", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the EUs efforts to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and encourage more sustainable production and consumption. However, I am concerned that some aspects of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), particularly Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and cross-border registration requirements, may place disproportionate burdens on micro-businesses. My concern is not that small businesses should be exempt from environmental responsibility. The issue is proportionality: requirements should reflect both the scale of the business and the actual amount of packaging it places on the market. Under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, producers must register in each Member State where they make packaging or packaged products available for the first time. Article 45 also establishes requirements concerning authorised representatives for EPR in certain cross-border situations. Although simplified requirements exist for some low-volume producers, there is no general exemption from national registration and EPR obligations. Consider a small European business selling only a few dozen products internationally each year: perhaps five to France, ten to Germany and three to Italy. Its packaging impact is negligible compared with that of a multinational retailer, yet it may still have to navigate several national systems and requirements. This creates an important economic problem: a formally identical obligation does not necessarily create an economically identical burden. A multinational shipping millions of parcels can employ compliance staff and distribute fixed administrative costs across enormous sales volumes. A micro-business, often operated by one person, cannot. The result may be that cross-border commerce becomes disproportionately less attractive to the smallest European businesses, while large companies are much better able to absorb the same costs. This is particularly concerning because the European Commission itself recognises that administrative fragmentation creates difficulties for SMEs operating across borders. A Commission study covering 43 SMEs and self-employed workers across 18 EU countries found significant benefits from reducing administrative fragmentation and highlighted demand for simpler, more unified cross-border procedures. This is also a Single Market issue. The PPWR itself recognises that fragmented packaging rules can create uncertainty and additional costs for economic operators and that preventing barriers to the internal market is essential. We should therefore ensure that EPR implementation does not unintentionally create new barriers for small businesses wishing to sell across EU borders. I encourage the EU to consider an EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging volume or another appropriate measure, below which very low-volume sellers would face substantially simplified EPR requirements; a single EU digital registration system instead of multiple national procedures; simplified arrangements for authorised representatives for occasional low-volume sales; and proportionate reporting based on the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging. Large corporations should absolutely face meaningful environmental obligations. However, the same administrative requirement can have radically different consequences depending on the scale of the business. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. I simply ask that its implementation protect both those objectives and one of the EUs greatest achievements: a Single Market in which even the smallest European businesses can participate in cross-border commerce. I cannot attache the file, so I'd link it: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/new-study-shows-how-once-only-can-reduce-administrative-burden-eu-smes-and-self-employed-workers-2024-10-02_en", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EUs efforts to reduce packaging waste, increase recycling and encourage more sustainable production and consumption. However, I am concerned that some aspects of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), particularly Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and cross-border registration requirements, may place disproportionate burdens on micro-businesses. My concern is not that small businesses should be exempt from environmental responsibility. The issue is proportionality: requirements should reflect both the scale of the business and the actual amount of packaging it places on the market. Under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, producers must register in each Member State where they make packaging or packaged products available for the first time. Article 45 also establishes requirements concerning authorised representatives for EPR in certain cross-border situations. Although simplified requirements exist for some low-volume producers, there is no general exemption from national registration and EPR obligations. Consider a small European business selling only a few dozen products internationally each year: perhaps five to France, ten to Germany and three to Italy. Its packaging impact is negligible compared with that of a multinational retailer, yet it may still have to navigate several national systems and requirements. This creates an important economic problem: a formally identical obligation does not necessarily create an economically identical burden. A multinational shipping millions of parcels can employ compliance staff and distribute fixed administrative costs across enormous sales volumes. A micro-business, often operated by one person, cannot. The result may be that cross-border commerce becomes disproportionately less attractive to the smallest European businesses, while large companies are much better able to absorb the same costs. This is particularly concerning because the European Commission itself recognises that administrative fragmentation creates difficulties for SMEs operating across borders. A Commission study covering 43 SMEs and self-employed workers across 18 EU countries found significant benefits from reducing administrative fragmentation and highlighted demand for simpler, more unified cross-border procedures. This is also a Single Market issue. The PPWR itself recognises that fragmented packaging rules can create uncertainty and additional costs for economic operators and that preventing barriers to the internal market is essential. We should therefore ensure that EPR implementation does not unintentionally create new barriers for small businesses wishing to sell across EU borders. I encourage the EU to consider an EU-wide de minimis threshold based on packaging volume or another appropriate measure, below which very low-volume sellers would face substantially simplified EPR requirements; a single EU digital registration system instead of multiple national procedures; simplified arrangements for authorised representatives for occasional low-volume sales; and proportionate reporting based on the actual quantity and environmental impact of packaging. Large corporations should absolutely face meaningful environmental obligations. However, the same administrative requirement can have radically different consequences depending on the scale of the business. I strongly support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. I simply ask that its implementation protect both those objectives and one of the EUs greatest achievements: a Single Market in which even the smallest European businesses can participate in cross-border commerce. I cannot attache the file, so I'd link it: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/new-study-shows-how-once-only-can-reduce-administrative-burden-eu-smes-and-self-employed-workers-2024-10-02_en", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544515_en"}, {"id": 33544514, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:09:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich selbst bin zwar nicht als Unternehmer von diesen Regelungen betroffen, doch wird für mich als Käufer der freie Markt massiv beschnitten. Fast alle unabhängigen Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen sind gezwungen, ihren Verkauf auf ihr Heimatland zu beschränken, was für mich entgegen dem Sinn der freien Handelsgemeinschaft steht, aus dem die EU entstanden ist. Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen sind überproportional von dieser Regelung betroffen. Sie erwirtschaften keine riesigen, jährlichen Gewinne, viele von ihnen schaffen es gerade, ihren Lebensunterhalt zu erwirtschaften. Wie sollen sie noch zusätzlich die Kosten für die Bevollmächtigten für jedes einzelne Land tragen? Für große Konzerne, die einen Großteil des Problems darstellen, wird sich in der Bilanz durch diese Regelung wenig ändern, viele haben eh schon Vertreter in jedem Land. Zu Verlangen, dass diese Regelung alle Unternehmen gleichermaßen, ohne Abstufungen betrifft, trägt den Kampf wie so oft nur auf dem Rücken der Kleinsten aus. Für mich als Kunde hat sich das Angebot von nachhaltigen, unabhängigen Unternehmen massiv beschränkt und in vielen Fällen in Nichts aufgelöst. Somit werde ich als Kunde in die Arme der großen Konzerne getrieben, die mehr Geld scheffeln und lieber Strafen zahlen, anstatt sich an Lösungen zu beteiligen. Ist das das Ziel gewesen, als diese Regelung entstanden ist? Dass Existenzen zerstört werden, weil sie sich die Kosten für die Bevollmächtigten nicht leisten können und ihren Absatzmarkt verlieren? Dass mehr und mehr Abhängigkeiten von einzelnen großen Unternehmen entstehen? Dass die Grenzen zwischen den Ländern Regelung für Regelung wieder aufgebaut werden? Ich hoffe von Herzen, dass die Antwort darauf Nein lautet und eine Überarbeitung erfolgt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I myself, as an entrepreneur, are not affected by these rules, I, as a buyer, see the free market severely curtailed. Almost all independent small and micro-enterprises are forced to limit their sales to their home country, which in my view runs counter to the spirit of the free trade community from which the EU came. Small and micro-enterprises are disproportionately affected by this scheme. They do not generate huge annual profits, and many of them are in the process of earning a living. How should they also cover the costs of the authorised representatives for each individual country? For large corporations, which are a major part of the problem, this rule will have little impact on the balance sheet, with many already having representatives in each country. With regard to the requirement that this rule should apply equally to all undertakings, without any gradation, the fight is, as is often the case, only on the back of the smallest. For me, as a customer, the offer of sustainable, independent companies has been massively restricted and, in many cases, lost nothing. As a customer, I am therefore being pushed into the hands of the big corporations, which create more money and prefer to pay penalties instead of participating in solutions. Was that the objective at the time of the creation of that scheme? That livelihoods are destroyed because they cannot afford the costs of the agents and lose their sales market? More and more dependencies on individual large companies? That the borders between the countries of the scheme are re-established? I sincerely hope that the answer will be no and that a revision will take place.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544514_en"}, {"id": 33544513, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:09:13", "country": "ARG", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im an independent artist based in Portugal. According to my records, I ship approximately 7 kg or less of cardboard packaging to the entire European Union over the course of a year. Despite this extremely small volume, I still have to pay the same fees as businesses shipping hundreds of kilograms of packaging to each individual country every year. As artists, we have a special place in society. We are very conscious of our impact on the planet, and we simply want a way to make a living from our art. One of the fundamental principles of the European Union is the free movement of goods, and we have embraced the idea that we can operate across the EU almost as if it were one large country. However, these additional administrative requirements and fees imposed on small artists and one-person businesses have severely undermined the sense of free trade that we have valued for so many years. We, as a collective of artists and independent creators, are asking for a reasonable threshold so that we are not treated in the same way as mass-production companies. We would like to see an exemption or simplified system for businesses below a certain turnover or packaging volume, as it is simply not feasible for a small artist earning less than 80,000 per year to pay Authorised Representative fees and other compliance costs in every country where we have a customer. At the very least, we ask that the required information and reporting procedures be harmonised across the EU. The amount of paperwork is disproportionate for a single person who is already responsible for designing and crafting products, packaging them, shipping orders, handling customer service, and promoting their work on social media. Under the current system, I may be expected to file separate declarations for only a handful of packages per year in each country. This is completely disproportionate for small businesses and independent artists. We are being treated as though we were companies generating millions of euros in revenue every year, when many of us barely earn a few thousand euros. We want to contribute to a more sustainable future too. We support the goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. But we also need to be able to afford food, housing, and the basic costs of running a business while doing so. Please do not take this opportunity away from independent artists and small creators. We are asking for a proportionate, accessible, and harmonised system that protects the environment without making it impossible for small businesses to operate across the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im an independent artist based in Portugal. According to my records, I ship approximately 7 kg or less of cardboard packaging to the entire European Union over the course of a year. Despite this extremely small volume, I still have to pay the same fees as businesses shipping hundreds of kilograms of packaging to each individual country every year. As artists, we have a special place in society. We are very conscious of our impact on the planet, and we simply want a way to make a living from our art. One of the fundamental principles of the European Union is the free movement of goods, and we have embraced the idea that we can operate across the EU almost as if it were one large country. However, these additional administrative requirements and fees imposed on small artists and one-person businesses have severely undermined the sense of free trade that we have valued for so many years. We, as a collective of artists and independent creators, are asking for a reasonable threshold so that we are not treated in the same way as mass-production companies. We would like to see an exemption or simplified system for businesses below a certain turnover or packaging volume, as it is simply not feasible for a small artist earning less than 80,000 per year to pay Authorised Representative fees and other compliance costs in every country where we have a customer. At the very least, we ask that the required information and reporting procedures be harmonised across the EU. The amount of paperwork is disproportionate for a single person who is already responsible for designing and crafting products, packaging them, shipping orders, handling customer service, and promoting their work on social media. Under the current system, I may be expected to file separate declarations for only a handful of packages per year in each country. This is completely disproportionate for small businesses and independent artists. We are being treated as though we were companies generating millions of euros in revenue every year, when many of us barely earn a few thousand euros. We want to contribute to a more sustainable future too. We support the goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. But we also need to be able to afford food, housing, and the basic costs of running a business while doing so. Please do not take this opportunity away from independent artists and small creators. We are asking for a proportionate, accessible, and harmonised system that protects the environment without making it impossible for small businesses to operate across the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544513_en"}, {"id": 33544512, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:07:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative is immensely negative for small businesses/artists. It will be impossible to support international shipping, and in an ever-growing world of slop, fast fashion and dropshipping, it is vital to support independent small creators.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative is immensely negative for small businesses/artists. It will be impossible to support international shipping, and in an ever-growing world of slop, fast fashion and dropshipping, it is vital to support independent small creators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544512_en"}, {"id": 33544511, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:07:21", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express severe concern regarding the proposed Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the format of registration and reporting under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste. While the objective of unifying registration formats and packaging waste reporting across the EU is understandable, the administrative, operational, and financial burden imposed by this regulation will have a devastating impact on small artisans and micro-enterprises. If enacted in its current form, these excessive expenses and compliance hurdles will force many small European artisans to close their businesses. In particular, I would like to highlight two critical issues: Disproportionate Burden on Low-Volume Producers: It is unreasonable to subject a small artisan who sends only a few packages or bags per year into another Member State to administrative obligations comparable to those of large companies shipping thousands or millions of units. Even with simplified reporting templates, the cost of compliance, tracking, and reporting is completely disproportionate to the minimal environmental footprint of micro-businesses. A clear exemption or a significantly higher de minimis threshold for low-volume producers is essential to preserve micro-entrepreneurship in the EU. Mandatory Authorized Representative Requirement: The requirement to appoint an Authorized Representative in every Member State where goods are sold creates an insurmountable financial barrier for micro-enterprises. The annual fees and legal costs for maintaining local representatives in multiple EU countries often exceed the total annual revenue generated from cross-border sales in those markets. There must be an explicit exemption from appointing an Authorized Representative for artisans and micro-enterprises, or a direct, centralized, free-of-charge EU single-entry mechanism for low-volume cross-border sales. The EU Single Market was designed to enable small businesses to thrive across borders, but the current framework creates administrative barriers that effectively shut out small producers from intra-EU trade. We urge the European Commission to reconsider these points and introduce meaningful exemptions for artisans and micro-enterprises before finalizing this Implementing Regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express severe concern regarding the proposed Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the format of registration and reporting under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste. While the objective of unifying registration formats and packaging waste reporting across the EU is understandable, the administrative, operational, and financial burden imposed by this regulation will have a devastating impact on small artisans and micro-enterprises. If enacted in its current form, these excessive expenses and compliance hurdles will force many small European artisans to close their businesses. In particular, I would like to highlight two critical issues: Disproportionate Burden on Low-Volume Producers: It is unreasonable to subject a small artisan who sends only a few packages or bags per year into another Member State to administrative obligations comparable to those of large companies shipping thousands or millions of units. Even with simplified reporting templates, the cost of compliance, tracking, and reporting is completely disproportionate to the minimal environmental footprint of micro-businesses. A clear exemption or a significantly higher de minimis threshold for low-volume producers is essential to preserve micro-entrepreneurship in the EU. Mandatory Authorized Representative Requirement: The requirement to appoint an Authorized Representative in every Member State where goods are sold creates an insurmountable financial barrier for micro-enterprises. The annual fees and legal costs for maintaining local representatives in multiple EU countries often exceed the total annual revenue generated from cross-border sales in those markets. There must be an explicit exemption from appointing an Authorized Representative for artisans and micro-enterprises, or a direct, centralized, free-of-charge EU single-entry mechanism for low-volume cross-border sales. The EU Single Market was designed to enable small businesses to thrive across borders, but the current framework creates administrative barriers that effectively shut out small producers from intra-EU trade. We urge the European Commission to reconsider these points and introduce meaningful exemptions for artisans and micro-enterprises before finalizing this Implementing Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544511_en"}, {"id": 33544510, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:06:38", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questa legge causerà un grande danno economico e rovinerà migliaia di business. Sarebbe preferibile se i business di piccole o medie dimensioni siano un eccezione, o che si possa trovare una soluzione migliore", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will cause great economic damage and ruin thousands of businesses. It would be preferable if small or medium-sized businesses are an exception, or a better solution can be found", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544510_en"}, {"id": 33544509, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:06:17", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Me gustaría que se tuviese en consideración en excluir de esta regulación a los pequeños comercios. La aplicación de esta regulación hace que pequeños comercios europeos (en mi caso online) vean sus gastos aumentados en gran parte, siendo el beneficio prácticamente nulo o incluso negativo.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like consideration to be given to excluding small shops from this regulation. The application of this regulation means that small European shops (in my case online) see their costs increased to a large extent, the profit being practically zero or even negative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544509_en"}, {"id": 33544508, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:05:45", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current draft of this legislation has a real oversight for small buisinesses. The confusing lack of consistency between EU nations and the huge new costs this will introduce to these businesses will have a real negative effect. Many of these businesses are crafts and art based, meaning there is a real cultural loss if this goes through as well.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current draft of this legislation has a real oversight for small buisinesses. The confusing lack of consistency between EU nations and the huge new costs this will introduce to these businesses will have a real negative effect. Many of these businesses are crafts and art based, meaning there is a real cultural loss if this goes through as well.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544508_en"}, {"id": 33544505, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:05:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Honestly, I think this regulation is just ridiculous for small businesses. I sell handmade jewelry and only ship a few packages a month, and now Im expected to deal with EPR, different registrations and different rules in every EU country, and pay huge fees on top of that. For a huge company, this might not be a big deal, but for someone running a tiny shop on their own, its just a huge amount of extra stress, time and bureaucracy. I completely understand the goal of reducing packaging waste, but there has to be a better way than making small businesses deal with all of this over a few shipping boxes. The way its currently set up makes it unnecessarily difficult for small shops to sell across the EU. There should be a simple and affordable solution for micro businesses instead of putting them through basically the same complicated process as much larger companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "Honestly, I think this regulation is just ridiculous for small businesses. I sell handmade jewelry and only ship a few packages a month, and now Im expected to deal with EPR, different registrations and different rules in every EU country, and pay huge fees on top of that. For a huge company, this might not be a big deal, but for someone running a tiny shop on their own, its just a huge amount of extra stress, time and bureaucracy. I completely understand the goal of reducing packaging waste, but there has to be a better way than making small businesses deal with all of this over a few shipping boxes. The way its currently set up makes it unnecessarily difficult for small shops to sell across the EU. There should be a simple and affordable solution for micro businesses instead of putting them through basically the same complicated process as much larger companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544505_en"}, {"id": 33544507, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:05:20", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand that this law is set to prevent wasteful usage of plastic packaging materials in the EU. However, this law straight up punishes the smallest businesses grossly. Please, rework this law immediately, considering the exclusion of small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. If exclusion cannot be done, please provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Please harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses, as it's way too diverse and disruptive as of now. This new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many EU citizens, especially 1-2 person run businesses, specifically in the arts sector. I would like to ask for your immediate attention and consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand that this law is set to prevent wasteful usage of plastic packaging materials in the EU. However, this law straight up punishes the smallest businesses grossly. Please, rework this law immediately, considering the exclusion of small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards them. If exclusion cannot be done, please provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Please harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and micro businesses, as it's way too diverse and disruptive as of now. This new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many EU citizens, especially 1-2 person run businesses, specifically in the arts sector. I would like to ask for your immediate attention and consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544507_en"}, {"id": 33544506, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:03:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen, Buchbinderei", "feedback": "I run a small bookbinding workshop in Germany (Kleinunternehmen, founded in 2025). I sell handmade books and stationery directly to end consumers, mostly within Germany, with occasional orders (roughly one or two per month) to other EU member states. Under Article 45 PPWR, from 12 August 2026 I would need to appoint an authorised representative in every EU member state I ship to, regardless of order volume. For a business at my scale, the fixed cost of a representative in even a single additional country outweighs the revenue from that country entirely. In practice this means I will have to stop selling to EU customers outside Germany, even to existing regular customers. I understand the goal of extended producer responsibility for packaging. But a rule with no threshold based on volume or turnover effectively excludes micro-enterprises from the EU single market, while larger companies absorb the same fixed cost without issue. This seems to work against the stated goal of strengthening the single market through harmonised rules. I would ask the Commission to reconsider a de minimis exemption, or a simplified compliance route (e.g. participation via existing national packaging registers without a dedicated local representative), for micro-enterprises below a reasonable turnover or shipment threshold. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small bookbinding workshop in Germany (Kleinunternehmen, founded in 2025). I sell handmade books and stationery directly to end consumers, mostly within Germany, with occasional orders (roughly one or two per month) to other EU member states. Under Article 45 PPWR, from 12 August 2026 I would need to appoint an authorised representative in every EU member state I ship to, regardless of order volume. For a business at my scale, the fixed cost of a representative in even a single additional country outweighs the revenue from that country entirely. In practice this means I will have to stop selling to EU customers outside Germany, even to existing regular customers. I understand the goal of extended producer responsibility for packaging. But a rule with no threshold based on volume or turnover effectively excludes micro-enterprises from the EU single market, while larger companies absorb the same fixed cost without issue. This seems to work against the stated goal of strengthening the single market through harmonised rules. I would ask the Commission to reconsider a de minimis exemption, or a simplified compliance route (e.g. participation via existing national packaging registers without a dedicated local representative), for micro-enterprises below a reasonable turnover or shipment threshold. Thank you for considering this feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544506_en"}, {"id": 33544504, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:03:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Leider führt die aktuelle Regelung dazu, dass viele Kleinunternehmen die durch die Gebühren anfallenden Kosten an die Kunden weitergeben müssen. Das führt dazu, dass viele Kunden Abstand von Käufen von diesen Unternehmen nehmen werden, was unheimlich schade ist. Besondere Einzelstücke werden in anderen europäischen Ländern nicht mehr so leicht verfügbar sein, wie es bisher war. Ich habe diese Vielfalt and Produktquellen sehr geschätzt innerhalb Europas. Ich sehe diesen Vorteil nun als stark gefährdet", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, the current rules mean that many small businesses have to pass on the cost of the fees to their customers. As a result, many customers will refrain from buying from these companies, which is undeniably harmful. Special items will no longer be as easily available in other European countries as before. I highly appreciated this diversity and product sources within Europe. I now see this advantage as being at serious risk", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544504_en"}, {"id": 33544503, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:03:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese neuen Regelungen stellen eine absolute Zumutung für kleine/ neu gegründete Unternehmen in der EU dar. Ich bin ein Ein- Personen- Unternehmen, habe mein kleines Unternehmen gerade ein Jahr und gebe mein Bestes die sowieso schon erschwerten internationalen Handelsbedingungen umzusetzen. Künftig nun auch dafür zuständig zu sein Pakete INNERHALB der Europäischen Union PRO Zielland zu melden/ zu registrieren und dafür Geld zu zahlen und auch noch PRO Zielland einen Beauftragten stellen zu müssen ist der Dolchstoß für mein Einzelunternehmen! Wie kann es sein, dass diese ja durchaus nachvollziehbaren Verschärfungen (Umweltschutz, Recycling..) innerhalb unserer Europäischen Union nicht z.b. vorab harmonisiert wurden. z.b. ein Portal zur Anmeldung/ Bezahlung für ALLE EU- Länder gleichzeitig!? Ich bitte um Revision und insbesondere eine Sonderlösung für kleine Unternehmen!", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules are an absolute sacrifice for small/start-ups in the EU. I am a one-person company, have my small company just a year and give my best to implement the already difficult international trading conditions. In future, it will also be responsible for notifying/registering PRO destination country packages within the European Union and paying money for them, and PRO destination country will also have to appoint an agent for my sole undertaking! How can it be that these perfectly understandable tightening measures (environmental protection, recycling, etc.) have not been harmonised in advance within our European Union, e.g. a portal for registering/paying for ALL EU countries at the same time? I would ask for a review and, in particular, for a special solution for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544503_en"}, {"id": 33544502, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:03:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Illustrator", "feedback": "These rules will make cross-border trade impossible for micro-businesses. As a small independent creator, having to use 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (on top of other national flat fees) is completely disproportionate. Large companies can maybe take this financial and administrative burden but micro-businesses cannot. I'm all for environment and I'd be happy to pay a fee to ensure our waste gets recycled. But I cannot pay thousands of euros every year to sell maybe 500 worth of goods. Please reconsider an exemption for micro-businesses and create a platform to lessen the load of administrative work. Affordable EU-wide registration procedure instead of 27 separate national systems with their own costs and obligation of authorisation. Reconsider the requirement for a local agent in each country for companies below a certain size.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules will make cross-border trade impossible for micro-businesses. As a small independent creator, having to use 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (on top of other national flat fees) is completely disproportionate. Large companies can maybe take this financial and administrative burden but micro-businesses cannot. I'm all for environment and I'd be happy to pay a fee to ensure our waste gets recycled. But I cannot pay thousands of euros every year to sell maybe 500 worth of goods. Please reconsider an exemption for micro-businesses and create a platform to lessen the load of administrative work. Affordable EU-wide registration procedure instead of 27 separate national systems with their own costs and obligation of authorisation. Reconsider the requirement for a local agent in each country for companies below a certain size.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544502_en"}, {"id": 33544501, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:03:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We strongly oppose the current implementation of the EPR regulations. The excessive costs and disproportionate administrative burden fall especially hard on small businesses and independent sellers. For many of us, these requirements are financially unsustainable and threaten our ability to continue operating. We urge policymakers to introduce a more balanced and affordable approach that protects the environment without forcing small businesses out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We strongly oppose the current implementation of the EPR regulations. The excessive costs and disproportionate administrative burden fall especially hard on small businesses and independent sellers. For many of us, these requirements are financially unsustainable and threaten our ability to continue operating. We urge policymakers to introduce a more balanced and affordable approach that protects the environment without forcing small businesses out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544501_en"}, {"id": 33544500, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:02:03", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will have a huge negative impact on small businesses. The people who run them will not be able to afford the costs or sustain the shipping for a long period of time. It's understandable the need to reduce waste, but at least exempt the small and/or indie businesses out of it!", "feedbackEnglish": "This will have a huge negative impact on small businesses. The people who run them will not be able to afford the costs or sustain the shipping for a long period of time. It's understandable the need to reduce waste, but at least exempt the small and/or indie businesses out of it!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544500_en"}, {"id": 33544499, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 15:01:13", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Blixt design & costume", "feedback": "This will kill a LOT of small businesses (1-2 persons) since we dont have the resources and capital to have a representative in every country. I am all for circularity and recycling, Im a slow Fashion designer based in Stockholm Sweden and make all of my clothes and accessories using recycled materials so I think we should all recycled the packaging but this law is sending small businesses down the drain. You should update the law based on number of empoyees or how big the company is.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill a LOT of small businesses (1-2 persons) since we dont have the resources and capital to have a representative in every country. I am all for circularity and recycling, Im a slow Fashion designer based in Stockholm Sweden and make all of my clothes and accessories using recycled materials so I think we should all recycled the packaging but this law is sending small businesses down the drain. You should update the law based on number of empoyees or how big the company is.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544499_en"}, {"id": 33544498, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:59:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Online-Shop", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleinerer Online-Händler wende ich mich mit dringenden Bedenken an Sie. Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der Verpackungsvorschriften und der nationalen Herstellerregister (EPR) ist in ihrer jetzigen Form absolut geschäftsschädigend für kleine Unternehmen und zerstört den binneneuropäischen Handel im Keim. Was auf dem Papier nach Umweltschutz und Harmonisierung klingt, entpuppt sich für kleine und mittlere Online-Händler als ein unverhältnismäßiges Bürokratiemonster. Unsere dringenden Forderungen an den Gesetzgeber: - Echte Bagatellgrenzen schaffen: Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen Versandmengen pro Zielland müssen von der Pflicht zur Benennung kostenintensiver Bevollmächtigter und separater Registermeldungen ausgenommen werden. - Zentrales EU-Portal (\"One-Stop-Shop\"): Es braucht ein einheitliches europäisches Meldesystem nach dem Vorbild des OSS-Verfahrens bei der Umsatzsteuer. Eine zentrale Meldung automatische Verteilung an die Mitgliedstaaten. - Bezahlbare und verhältnismäßige Pauschalen: Für kleine Mengen müssen minimale, unbürokratische Pauschalbeiträge genügen, ohne komplexe technische Dokumentations- und Nachweispflichten. Wenn das Ziel der Politik ein funktionierender europäischer Binnenmarkt ist, darf der grenzüberschreitende Handel für kleine Unternehmen nicht per Dekret unrentabel gemacht werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Viacheslav Dunaev", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a smaller online trader, I am writing to you with urgent concerns. The current design of the packaging rules and the national producer registers (EPR) is completely damaging to small businesses and destroys intra-European trade. What sounds like environmental protection and harmonisation on paper turns out to be a disproportionate bureaucratic monster for small and medium-sized online traders. Our urgent requests to the legislator: — Creating real de minimis thresholds: Small and micro-enterprises with low volumes of shipments per destination country must be exempted from the obligation to appoint costly authorised representatives and separate register notifications. — EU Single Portal (‘One-Stop-Shop’): There is a need for a uniform European reporting system, along the lines of the OSS procedure for VAT. A central notification automatic distribution to Member States. — Affordable and proportionate lump sums: For small quantities, minimum, non-bureaucratic flat-rate contributions must be sufficient, without complex technical documentation and evidence requirements. If the aim of the policy is a functioning European internal market, cross-border trade must not be made unprofitable by decree for small businesses. Yours sincerely, Viacheslav Dunaev", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544498_en"}, {"id": 33544497, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:58:24", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta normativa genera una desigualdad de trato entre autónomos, pequeñas y medianas empresas y el gran comercio. Estas gestiones administrativas e impuestos no sólo son desproporcionadas para pequeños comercios, además también benefician a las grandes multinacionales aque van a disfrutar de un entorno sin competencia de los pequeños comercios, al estos no poder gestionar los elevados impuestos y dificultades administrativas que esta ley implica. Por otra parte, va a aislar a la UE de gran parte del comercio internacional, ya que muchos vendedores prefieren cortar su comercio que adaptarse a la nueva normativa. En nombre del pequño comercio, solicitamos pausa de esta normativa, así como una revisión que escuche a los autónomos y Pymes del mundo.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation leads to unequal treatment between the self-employed, small and medium-sized enterprises and large trade. These administrative formalities and taxes are not only disproportionate for small businesses, but also benefit large multinationals who will benefit from an environment without competition from small businesses, which will not be able to manage the high taxes and administrative difficulties that this law entails. On the other hand, it will isolate the EU from much of international trade, as many sellers prefer to cut their trade rather than adapt to the new rules. On behalf of the small trade, we call for a break in this regulation, as well as a review that listens to the world’s self-employed and SMEs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544497_en"}, {"id": 33544496, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:58:06", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, Im a young private person in the EU, and I sell my own crafts. I made a bit over 1600 euros last year from selling my items. With the new PPWR law, I would have to pay over 70 yearly just to be able to legally ship my items inside my own country. That is about 4% of what I earned last year. With this new law, I wont be able to ship to most EU countries including Sweden which is right next to my country, because the cost is too high. I know of at least 7 other individuals who have had to stop shipping items to most EU countries due to this law, both from outside EU and inside EU. This new law directly impacts many EU citizens income through making it financially impossible to legally ship to other EU countries. I have heard people say that theyre quite frankly just not going to follow this law because the possible fine or penalty is less in comparison to the financial loss that would happen from abiding this law. The financial loss for micro businesses is too high if the law is not quickly reconsidered. The financial loss happens both due to registeration costs for each country and because many countries require an authorized representative which adds a huge financial loss to micro businesses and small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, Im a young private person in the EU, and I sell my own crafts. I made a bit over 1600 euros last year from selling my items. With the new PPWR law, I would have to pay over 70 yearly just to be able to legally ship my items inside my own country. That is about 4% of what I earned last year. With this new law, I wont be able to ship to most EU countries including Sweden which is right next to my country, because the cost is too high. I know of at least 7 other individuals who have had to stop shipping items to most EU countries due to this law, both from outside EU and inside EU. This new law directly impacts many EU citizens income through making it financially impossible to legally ship to other EU countries. I have heard people say that theyre quite frankly just not going to follow this law because the possible fine or penalty is less in comparison to the financial loss that would happen from abiding this law. The financial loss for micro businesses is too high if the law is not quickly reconsidered. The financial loss happens both due to registeration costs for each country and because many countries require an authorized representative which adds a huge financial loss to micro businesses and small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544496_en"}, {"id": 33544495, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:57:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das ist absolut unverhältnismäßig und der Tod für alle Kleinen und Kleinstunternehmen. Das war es dann mit dem freien Warenverkehr in der EU.... This is completely disproportionate and spells the death of all small and micro-enterprises. So much for the free movement of goods in the EU....", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely disproportionate and death for all small and micro-enterprises. That was then with the free movement of goods in the EU.... This is completely disproportionate and spells the death of all small and micro-enterprises. So much for the free movement of goods in the EU....", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544495_en"}, {"id": 33544494, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:57:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Baschdlmaidli ", "feedback": "The new regulations massively harm small business owners and, in turn, the exchange of ideas, culture and unique products which the EU claims to value. The admin work and money needed to apply for licensing in every EU country are massive compared to the financial resources small businesses have available and countless owners are facing dips in sales which, although small compared to The Global Economy , make a big difference for their likelihoods and communities. Meanwhile, they only contribute a fraction of the waste that the EU is aiming to reduce. I urge the decisionmakers to consider exceptions for small businesses or at least offer an affordable, bureaucratically more feasible option for us.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulations massively harm small business owners and, in turn, the exchange of ideas, culture and unique products which the EU claims to value. The admin work and money needed to apply for licensing in every EU country are massive compared to the financial resources small businesses have available and countless owners are facing dips in sales which, although small compared to The Global Economy , make a big difference for their likelihoods and communities. Meanwhile, they only contribute a fraction of the waste that the EU is aiming to reduce. I urge the decisionmakers to consider exceptions for small businesses or at least offer an affordable, bureaucratically more feasible option for us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544494_en"}, {"id": 33544493, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:53:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an European customer of small businesses, we need to regulate these laws not to penalize them, but to help them instead. Small businesses are the backbone of our society, and if customers of EU cannot support inside EU businesses either, this will truly be the end for human-made art. We do support this law for big corporations, but small entreprises cannot adapt at the moment.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an European customer of small businesses, we need to regulate these laws not to penalize them, but to help them instead. Small businesses are the backbone of our society, and if customers of EU cannot support inside EU businesses either, this will truly be the end for human-made art. We do support this law for big corporations, but small entreprises cannot adapt at the moment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544493_en"}, {"id": 33544492, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:52:08", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Preying on the small businesses is against the terms of the EU formation itself. Either provide a mechanism for single use paid recycle fees printable stickers, and provide instructions for approved packaging materials, OR allow for registering an exemption for low volume sellers. DO NOT attack and destroy independent artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Preying on the small businesses is against the terms of the EU formation itself. Either provide a mechanism for single use paid recycle fees printable stickers, and provide instructions for approved packaging materials, OR allow for registering an exemption for low volume sellers. DO NOT attack and destroy independent artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544492_en"}, {"id": 33544491, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:50:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The administrative and financial burden of this important new directive would mean the end of many independent and artisan business, while multinational corporations can easily absorb the costs and effort required to comply with the new legal standards. In the interest of artists and microbusinesses, who provide high quality and often EU-internal products, it would be prudent to consider a legal minimum number of packages shipped within a certain period in order to be affected by the new regulations. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "The administrative and financial burden of this important new directive would mean the end of many independent and artisan business, while multinational corporations can easily absorb the costs and effort required to comply with the new legal standards. In the interest of artists and microbusinesses, who provide high quality and often EU-internal products, it would be prudent to consider a legal minimum number of packages shipped within a certain period in order to be affected by the new regulations. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544491_en"}, {"id": 33544490, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:50:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "It feels depressing as a small business and artist to be stabbed in the back by the own Union that swore to make our lives easier and safer. While you only mandate AI to be given a sticker for identification, they can drain pools and oceans of drinkable water, and somehow we are the ones being punished for trying to adapt to more eco friendly shipping methods? This does not seem right. I have adapted to the new requirements to ship to the USA which made my business take a big hit, and now I am going to have to pay even double for shipping within my own continent and countries of the same union? I barely ship 20 packages per year and I make sure nothing goes to waste, but Amazon will continue to ship and sail because they are a milti billionaire company while I am just a woman trying to send people who appreciate her art the things they paid for. Allow micro businesses like mine to be exempt or make it somewhat affordable WHEN the shipping is made, not like a membership. Let us tell you if we use recycled materials or reusable packaging. It is unforgivable for someone from the DU wanting to send goods to other EU countries be given this level of bureucratic waste of money and resources. Why do we even share the same coin if only big companies will be able to succeed. We try to make commerce accessible, collaborate and you made a wall between us while still advocating for union. I barely make the money to get on living yearly, yet you want me to pay as if I owned Coca-Cola. Be better, consider the fragile lives you put at risk of building years in their enterprise be shattered for barely thought laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "It feels depressing as a small business and artist to be stabbed in the back by the own Union that swore to make our lives easier and safer. While you only mandate AI to be given a sticker for identification, they can drain pools and oceans of drinkable water, and somehow we are the ones being punished for trying to adapt to more eco friendly shipping methods? This does not seem right. I have adapted to the new requirements to ship to the USA which made my business take a big hit, and now I am going to have to pay even double for shipping within my own continent and countries of the same union? I barely ship 20 packages per year and I make sure nothing goes to waste, but Amazon will continue to ship and sail because they are a milti billionaire company while I am just a woman trying to send people who appreciate her art the things they paid for. Allow micro businesses like mine to be exempt or make it somewhat affordable WHEN the shipping is made, not like a membership. Let us tell you if we use recycled materials or reusable packaging. It is unforgivable for someone from the DU wanting to send goods to other EU countries be given this level of bureucratic waste of money and resources. Why do we even share the same coin if only big companies will be able to succeed. We try to make commerce accessible, collaborate and you made a wall between us while still advocating for union. I barely make the money to get on living yearly, yet you want me to pay as if I owned Coca-Cola. Be better, consider the fragile lives you put at risk of building years in their enterprise be shattered for barely thought laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544490_en"}, {"id": 33544489, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:49:51", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Normally I am eager to support any well thought out policy in favor of environmental protection and am indeed joyous to see such efforts being made. However, I do not believe this one to be particularly well thought out. The proposed policy disproportionately affects, and dare I say punishes, small businesses. Especially those run by single people with small volumes of international parcels. These people are made to choose between making a loss on shipments to countries where very few packages are sent or losing their entire customer base in those countries. They are already most at risk of bankruptcy due to being severely outcompeted by giant megacorporations while procuding a fraction of the waste. Meanwhile those corporations have entire departments dedicated to compliance with such new policies (whereas single-owner businesses must take away from time used for production and selling of goods) and the proposed fees are but a minor inconvenience on the background of their massive revenue and even more massive waste-generation impacts. My proposition would be either a) exemptions from small/micro businesses from complying with the PPWR, or b) fees that are proportional to producer income, not a flat rate. I sincerely hope you consider my feedback and that of others who no doubt share the same sentiment. Environmental protection should not be to the detriment of those already disadvantaged; on the contrary, it should aim to empower them while reprimanding the largest contributors of pollution.", "feedbackEnglish": "Normally I am eager to support any well thought out policy in favor of environmental protection and am indeed joyous to see such efforts being made. However, I do not believe this one to be particularly well thought out. The proposed policy disproportionately affects, and dare I say punishes, small businesses. Especially those run by single people with small volumes of international parcels. These people are made to choose between making a loss on shipments to countries where very few packages are sent or losing their entire customer base in those countries. They are already most at risk of bankruptcy due to being severely outcompeted by giant megacorporations while procuding a fraction of the waste. Meanwhile those corporations have entire departments dedicated to compliance with such new policies (whereas single-owner businesses must take away from time used for production and selling of goods) and the proposed fees are but a minor inconvenience on the background of their massive revenue and even more massive waste-generation impacts. My proposition would be either a) exemptions from small/micro businesses from complying with the PPWR, or b) fees that are proportional to producer income, not a flat rate. I sincerely hope you consider my feedback and that of others who no doubt share the same sentiment. Environmental protection should not be to the detriment of those already disadvantaged; on the contrary, it should aim to empower them while reprimanding the largest contributors of pollution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544489_en"}, {"id": 33544488, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:49:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hyeleth ART", "feedback": "Small and micro businesses globally are urging you to adjust the new AR regulations, as the expectation to register in 27 different EU-states is an unrealistic bureaucratic and financial burden that will force independent businesses to leave the EU market. This law contradicts the free movement of goods within the EU, as it should allow products to be traded across Member States without customs duties, quotas, or non-tariff barriers. By refusing exemptions for micro-enterprises the PPWR & EPR regulations create an insurmountable barrier for businesses that only ship out a few orders a year. Furthermore, while it won't trigger an immediate economic collapse, it will still cause irreparable damage to the economy, as small businesses in the EU make up roughly 99% of enterprises and their shutdown would have powerful consequences. Additionally, if unchanged, the PPWR & EPR regulations are going to strip millions of people off of their only source of income, many of which are disabled and unable to pursue a different line of work. This is certain to trigger a wave of unemployment that the EU in its current state cannot handle. We strongly advise you to review your decision to refuse exemptions.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small and micro businesses globally are urging you to adjust the new AR regulations, as the expectation to register in 27 different EU-states is an unrealistic bureaucratic and financial burden that will force independent businesses to leave the EU market. This law contradicts the free movement of goods within the EU, as it should allow products to be traded across Member States without customs duties, quotas, or non-tariff barriers. By refusing exemptions for micro-enterprises the PPWR & EPR regulations create an insurmountable barrier for businesses that only ship out a few orders a year. Furthermore, while it won't trigger an immediate economic collapse, it will still cause irreparable damage to the economy, as small businesses in the EU make up roughly 99% of enterprises and their shutdown would have powerful consequences. Additionally, if unchanged, the PPWR & EPR regulations are going to strip millions of people off of their only source of income, many of which are disabled and unable to pursue a different line of work. This is certain to trigger a wave of unemployment that the EU in its current state cannot handle. We strongly advise you to review your decision to refuse exemptions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544488_en"}, {"id": 33544487, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:49:12", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "House of Bones BV", "feedback": "Als kleine, zelfstandige webshop (House of Bones) die verzendt naar de hele EU, ervaren wij de huidige PPWR/EPR-vereisten als volstrekt disproportioneel ten opzichte van onze omvang. Het probleem zit in de stapeling: voor elk EU-land waarin wij geen vestiging hebben, moeten wij niet alleen apart registreren (bij LUCID, Verpact, Citeo, enz.), maar in de meeste gevallen ook een lokale gemachtigde/Authorised Representative aanstellen een verplichte, betaalde tussenpersoon per land, ongeacht hoe klein onze verzendvolumes zijn. Concreet, op basis van officiële antwoorden die kleine ondernemers al bij nationale autoriteiten hebben opgevraagd: in Duitsland is een gemachtigde verplicht zodra je niet in Duitsland gevestigd bent; in Frankrijk is dit sinds 12 augustus verplicht via Citeo (110 + btw per jaar, exclusief gemachtigdenkosten); in Oostenrijk, Kroatië, Spanje, Bulgarije en Roemenië geldt hetzelfde, vaak zonder dat de kosten voor een gemachtigde vooraf duidelijk zijn. Nederland kent gelukkig nog een drempel van 50.000 kg/jaar, maar die drempel verdwijnt op termijn onder de PPWR, en in bijna geen enkel ander land bestaat een vergelijkbare vrijstelling voor micro-ondernemingen. Het gevolg: waar een groot bedrijf deze kosten kan spreiden over grote volumes, betaalt een klein bedrijf zoals het onze exact dezelfde vaste kosten (registratie, systeemcontract, gemachtigde) voor een fractie van het aantal pakketten. In sommige landen overschrijden de jaarlijkse verplichte kosten al onze omzet in dat land ruimschoots. Dat is geen milieudoelstelling meer, dat is een toetredingsdrempel die kleine, duurzame ondernemers in de praktijk uit de interne markt drukt. Daarbij komt de administratieve last: aparte registraties, aparte rapportages, aparte contracten per land, vaak in de lokale taal, zonder één centraal EU-loket. Voor een eenmanszaak of micro-onderneming zonder juridische afdeling is dit simpelweg niet te dragen naast het runnen van de winkel zelf. Wij vragen de Europese Commissie om: Een EU-brede de-minimisdrempel in te voeren voor micro- en kleine ondernemingen (bijvoorbeeld op basis van jaarlijks verzendvolume of omzet), die telt over alle lidstaten samen, zodat kleine verkopers niet in elk afzonderlijk land opnieuw tegen dezelfde vaste kosten aanlopen. Een vereenvoudigde, betaalbare EU-brede registratieprocedure te ontwikkelen (één loket), in plaats van 27 aparte nationale systemen met elk hun eigen kosten en gemachtigdenverplichting. De verplichting tot een lokale gemachtigde in elk land te heroverwegen voor bedrijven onder een bepaalde omvang, aangezien deze kosten vaak niet in verhouding staan tot de milieu-impact van een klein aantal verzendingen. Zonder aanpassingen dwingt deze regelgeving kleine, duurzame ondernemers zoals wij ertoe om te stoppen met verkopen in bepaalde EU-landen, wat haaks staat op het doel van de interne markt en oneerlijk concurrentievoordeel geeft aan grote spelers die deze kosten wél kunnen dragen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, independent web shop (House of Bones) sending to the whole EU, we consider the current PPWR/EPR requirements to be totally disproportionate to our size. The problem lies in the stack: for each EU country in which we do not have an establishment, we not only need to register separately (with LUCID, Verpact, Citeo, etc.), but in most cases also appoint a local authorised representative, a mandatory, paid intermediary per country, no matter how small our shipping volumes are. Concretely, on the basis of official replies already requested by small operators from national authorities: in Germany, an authorised representative is mandatory as soon as you are not established in Germany; in France, this has been mandatory through Citeo since 12 August (110 + VAT per year, excluding costs of delegation); the same applies in Austria, Croatia, Spain, Bulgaria and Romania, often without the costs for an agent being clear in advance. Fortunately, the Netherlands still has a threshold of 50.000 kg/year, but that threshold will eventually disappear below the PPWR, and almost no other country has a similar exemption for micro-enterprises. The consequence: where a large company can spread these costs over large volumes, a small company like ours pays exactly the same fixed costs (registration, system contract, agent) for a fraction of the number of parcels. In some countries, annual mandatory costs far exceed all our turnover in that country. That is no longer an environmental objective, which is a barrier to entry that effectively pushes small, sustainable entrepreneurs out of the internal market. This is compounded by the administrative burden: separate registrations, separate reports, separate contracts per country, often in the local language, without an EU central single point of contact. For a sole trader or micro enterprise without a legal department, this is simply not bearable in addition to running the shop itself. We ask the European Commission to: Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises (e.g. based on annual shipping volume or turnover), counting across all Member States, so that small sellers do not recur at the same fixed costs in each individual country. Develop a simplified, affordable EU-wide registration procedure (one-stop shop), instead of 27 separate national systems with their own costs and obligation of authorisation. Reconsider the requirement for a local agent in each country for companies below a certain size, as these costs are often disproportionate to the environmental impact of a small number of shipments. Without changes, these rules force small, sustainable entrepreneurs like us to stop selling in certain EU countries, which runs counter to the objective of the single market and gives an unfair competitive advantage to big players who can bear these costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544487_en"}, {"id": 33544486, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:49:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "An die kleinen Händler wurde offensichtlich nicht gedacht. Wieviel Bürokratie und extra Kosten wollen sie den Menschen noch zumuten? Diese EU gehört abgeschafft und auf das Niveau der EWR reduziert!", "feedbackEnglish": "The small traders were obviously not taken into account. How much red tape and extra costs do they want to impose on people? This EU has been abolished and reduced to the level of the EEA!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544486_en"}, {"id": 33544485, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:48:38", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nonostante le buone intenzioni della riforma, non sono prese in considerazione le diverse tipologie di commercianti. Io, come artista, spedisco un massimo di 50 pacchi all'anno per prodotti come sticker e portachiavi fatti a mano. Una riforma del genere mi impedirebbe completamente la possibilità di vendere, chiudendomi fuori dal mercato europeo. È quanto meno assurdo che sia più semplice per un europeo spedite in americano o in cina, rispetto che al paese europeo accanto. A cosa serve l'Unione Europea? A cosa serve essete uniti allora?", "feedbackEnglish": "Despite the good intentions of the reform, the different types of traders are not taken into account. As an artist, I send a maximum of 50 packages per year for products such as stickers and handmade key rings. Such a reform would completely prevent me from selling, closing me out of the European market. It is, at the very least, absurd that it is easier for a European to ship to the Americas or to the cina than for the European country next to it. What is the European Union for? What do you need together then?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544485_en"}, {"id": 33544484, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:47:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will kill most small (1 - 2 persons) manufacturing businesses in the EU. Here, I refer to people who make stuff at home and sell it trough an own webshop or through a platform like etsy. Without any tolerance for low volume packaging and the need to have a representative in every country the business sends pakages to an end user (except the country, where the business originates from) most businesses will have to stop shipping to most EU countries. There are more than 5000 announcements on Instagram that these Businesses stop delivering to EU countries starting Aug 12. A representative currently costs about 300 Euro per county before even a single parcel is even sent. This is a business risk, most will not be willing to take. This goes against one of the core principles of the EU - the free trade zone .The need for a hundred Euro investmment before a business is even allowed to ship to any country is worse than any tariff! Also, for these businesses the regulation will create more waste, not less! Newspaper paper as filling material? Forbidden, as a business can then be considered manufacturer! So they will have to buy certified pakaging paper. Making Boxes out of old sales pakaging cardboad at home? Forbidden, because a business is a manufacturer then. Bands who send out sticker in an envelope? Need a representative in every country. For a few grams of paper! This regulation will turn EU supporters into EU opposition because it takes one of the biggest and greatest pro EU arguments (the free market) and reverses it into one of the most restrictive markets with an upfront payment to access the market of one country.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will kill most small (1 - 2 persons) manufacturing businesses in the EU. Here, I refer to people who make stuff at home and sell it trough an own webshop or through a platform like etsy. Without any tolerance for low volume packaging and the need to have a representative in every country the business sends pakages to an end user (except the country, where the business originates from) most businesses will have to stop shipping to most EU countries. There are more than 5000 announcements on Instagram that these Businesses stop delivering to EU countries starting Aug 12. A representative currently costs about 300 Euro per county before even a single parcel is even sent. This is a business risk, most will not be willing to take. This goes against one of the core principles of the EU - the free trade zone .The need for a hundred Euro investmment before a business is even allowed to ship to any country is worse than any tariff! Also, for these businesses the regulation will create more waste, not less! Newspaper paper as filling material? Forbidden, as a business can then be considered manufacturer! So they will have to buy certified pakaging paper. Making Boxes out of old sales pakaging cardboad at home? Forbidden, because a business is a manufacturer then. Bands who send out sticker in an envelope? Need a representative in every country. For a few grams of paper! This regulation will turn EU supporters into EU opposition because it takes one of the biggest and greatest pro EU arguments (the free market) and reverses it into one of the most restrictive markets with an upfront payment to access the market of one country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544484_en"}, {"id": 33544483, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:47:38", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I acknowledge the importance of recycling and reducing the amount of packages the current law setting is worrying me both on professional on personal level. As a freelancer this kills all my hope to make secondary income by shipping physical items as I would have fees to pay for less than 10 shipping a years. Multiple colleagues and friend also had to close their shops or would have soon, while we are far from being the biggest producer of waste, shipping few packages but also often reusing it. The danger it put on small businesses also means it will be harder for me to order goods from artisan working more ethically than big consumption and for some focusing on produce reuse, and it all case coming from far closer from me that if I had to order from amazon or similar I want to advocate for a small businesses exception allowing this ecosystem to survive, while at scale not diminishing a lot the law impact as most of packages comes from bigger structures.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I acknowledge the importance of recycling and reducing the amount of packages the current law setting is worrying me both on professional on personal level. As a freelancer this kills all my hope to make secondary income by shipping physical items as I would have fees to pay for less than 10 shipping a years. Multiple colleagues and friend also had to close their shops or would have soon, while we are far from being the biggest producer of waste, shipping few packages but also often reusing it. The danger it put on small businesses also means it will be harder for me to order goods from artisan working more ethically than big consumption and for some focusing on produce reuse, and it all case coming from far closer from me that if I had to order from amazon or similar I want to advocate for a small businesses exception allowing this ecosystem to survive, while at scale not diminishing a lot the law impact as most of packages comes from bigger structures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544483_en"}, {"id": 33544482, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:47:10", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think this new legislation is making it very hard for small businesses to ship within/to other EU countries. Big businesses like Amazon or Temu won't have an issue with it. You're making the livelyhood of many Europeans harder/impossible with this", "feedbackEnglish": "I think this new legislation is making it very hard for small businesses to ship within/to other EU countries. Big businesses like Amazon or Temu won't have an issue with it. You're making the livelyhood of many Europeans harder/impossible with this", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544482_en"}, {"id": 33544481, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:46:52", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como ciudadana española y consumidora habitual de pequeños talleres y artesanos que venden dentro de la Unión, me preocupa mucho el impacto de esta iniciativa sobre las microempresas y autónomos del pequeño comercio europeo. El Reglamento (UE) 2025/40 obliga a un coste y carga administrativa que no guardan proporción con el volumen real de ventas: una tienda que envía veinte pedidos al año a Francia asume, en tiempo y dinero, una carga muy similar a la de quien envía veinte mil. Estoy viendo que muchos artesanos están dejando de vender fuera de su país porque el mecanismo actual hace inviable cumplir los requisitos a pequeña escala. Creo sinceramente que todo esto contradice el espíritu fundacional del mercado único, que surgió para que un pequeño artesano vendiera su producto en cualquier rincón de la UE con la misma facilidad que en su propio país. Si el coste de cumplir 27 sistemas nacionales distintos supera el margen de esas ventas, el resultado no es más protección ambiental, sino menos mercado único. Quizá la Comisión pueda plantearse alternativas reales como un umbral de mínimos, basado en volumen de envase o en facturación anual, por debajo del cual el registro se simplifique o directamente se elimine; también se puede considerar un registro único a nivel de la UE que tenga costes mínimos en función del nivel de ingresos. Tengo la percepción de que las últimas medidas acumuladas superponen en la práctica trabas y crean un mercado específico para cada uno de los países miembros cuando se prometió uno solo, y los que tienen menor capacidad para absorber esta fragmentación son los que salen perjudicados. También lo hacemos nosotros como consumidores, que en un mundo cada vez más globalizado, empezamos a tener menor acceso a los bienes producidos en otros países.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a Spanish citizen and a regular consumer of small workshops and craftsmen selling within the EU, I am very concerned about the impact of this initiative on micro and self-employed people in small businesses in Europe. Regulation (EU) 2025/40 imposes a cost and administrative burden that is disproportionate to the actual volume of sales: a shop that sends 20 orders a year to France takes on, in time and money, a burden very similar to that of someone who sends 20,000. I am seeing that many craftsmen are ceasing to sell outside their country because the current mechanism makes it unfeasible to meet the requirements on a small scale. I sincerely believe that all this contradicts the founding spirit of the single market, which emerged so that a small craftsman sold his product in any corner of the EU as easily as in his own country. If the cost of complying with 27 different national systems exceeds the margin of these sales, the result is not more environmental protection but less single market. The Commission may consider real alternatives such as a minimum threshold, based on packaging volume or annual turnover, below which registration is either simplified or directly removed; a single register at EU level with minimal costs depending on the level of income can also be considered. I have the perception that the latest cumulative measures effectively overlap barriers and create a specific market for each of the member countries when one was promised, and those that have the least capacity to absorb this fragmentation are those that are harmed. We are also doing so as consumers, who in an increasingly globalised world start to have less access to goods produced in other countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544481_en"}, {"id": 33544480, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:46:30", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an artist and craftsperson who sells my products online, I believe that these measures could be completely unsustainable for small businesses. Many of us sell our products to customers in different countries across the European Union. We are not talking about large volumes, but about small orders coming from different countries. Our profit margins are already very tight, and having to deal with registrations, declarations and fees of around 50, 100 or even 150 per country could simply make it impossible for us to continue selling. If a small business receives only a few orders per year from a particular country, paying a fixed fee of that amount just to be able to sell there makes no economic sense. And stopping sales to that country is not a solution either. For many of us, international sales are a necessary part of our income. Without them, our businesses simply cannot survive. This does not only affect sellers. The Internet has made it possible for someone in Spain to discover and buy the work of a small artist in Germany, a ceramicist in Italy or an independent brand in France. The freedom to discover and purchase products from other countries is one of the great advantages of the Internet and of the connection between European citizens. If every small business has to take on additional costs and administrative procedures in order to send a few orders to each country, many of us will have no choice but to stop selling outside our own country. This will also reduce consumers' choices and make us increasingly dependent on large platforms, which are able to absorb these costs. I fully support reducing waste and improving packaging management, but these measures must be proportionate to the reality of each business. The same requirements cannot reasonably be imposed on a large corporation and on a person who makes their own products and receives only a few orders per month. This measure could be the one that finally brings an end to small online businesses and leaves the online retail market increasingly concentrated in the hands of large multinational corporations. If we want to preserve a diverse and accessible online market where small European businesses can also survive, these obligations need to be reconsidered and a system that is genuinely proportionate to the reality of small businesses needs to be created.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist and craftsperson who sells my products online, I believe that these measures could be completely unsustainable for small businesses. Many of us sell our products to customers in different countries across the European Union. We are not talking about large volumes, but about small orders coming from different countries. Our profit margins are already very tight, and having to deal with registrations, declarations and fees of around 50, 100 or even 150 per country could simply make it impossible for us to continue selling. If a small business receives only a few orders per year from a particular country, paying a fixed fee of that amount just to be able to sell there makes no economic sense. And stopping sales to that country is not a solution either. For many of us, international sales are a necessary part of our income. Without them, our businesses simply cannot survive. This does not only affect sellers. The Internet has made it possible for someone in Spain to discover and buy the work of a small artist in Germany, a ceramicist in Italy or an independent brand in France. The freedom to discover and purchase products from other countries is one of the great advantages of the Internet and of the connection between European citizens. If every small business has to take on additional costs and administrative procedures in order to send a few orders to each country, many of us will have no choice but to stop selling outside our own country. This will also reduce consumers' choices and make us increasingly dependent on large platforms, which are able to absorb these costs. I fully support reducing waste and improving packaging management, but these measures must be proportionate to the reality of each business. The same requirements cannot reasonably be imposed on a large corporation and on a person who makes their own products and receives only a few orders per month. This measure could be the one that finally brings an end to small online businesses and leaves the online retail market increasingly concentrated in the hands of large multinational corporations. If we want to preserve a diverse and accessible online market where small European businesses can also survive, these obligations need to be reconsidered and a system that is genuinely proportionate to the reality of small businesses needs to be created.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544480_en"}, {"id": 33544478, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:45:40", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU has already implemented regulation after regulation that run small businesses into the ground and realistically have no actual negative impact on the large multinational corporations actually responsible for the issues the regulations claim to be addressing. Many of my non-EU friends have already had to completely stop shipping here due to the representative laws that were passed, and have lost huge amounts of their customer base because of it. The 3 tax per non duplicate item on anything imported from outside the EU is already in effect and is doing nothing to stop white labelling from huge companies, all it does is further increase supply and manufacturing costs for small businesses. It doesn't even do much of anything to increase money circulating within the EU because not only are multinational corporations allowed to buy and sell here with no extra charges as long as it's from a \"local warehouse\", it's still cheaper to get those goods from outside of the EU so we're not actually even changing our supply chains, we're just lining the governments pockets even further to keep our businesses running. More costs for no actual tangible change. Now shortly after that's been implemented, you're seeking to further increase costs for small businesses? Many, many businesses are run by a single person, often disabled and chronically ill people trying to make ends meet in whatever ways they can. Mandating having to individually register with every country you might possibly ship to is already unmanageable in terms of admin time, and the fees are so completely unmanageable that the vast majority of small business owners are now losing so much trust in the EU that they're completely giving up on shipping internationally within the EU. They will suffer greatly for it, and many will likely need to close their stores and give up on the job that they love, that job that was sustainable prior to the EU's interference, because they can no longer afford to live. First you targeted non-EU small businesses' ability to ship here, then you targeted small businesses ability to import supplies and manufactured goods from outside the EU like basically everyone else does as the world relies on other countries to supply things that they lack, and now you're targeting their ability to even ship their goods to their customers in the first place. It genuinely, wholeheartedly feels like the EU wants us all to starve. Absolutely no consideration whatsoever for the creative people just trying to survive, least of all the disabled and chronically ill people with no other options. These regulations cause direct harm to vulnerable people. Stop regulating small businesses out of existence.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU has already implemented regulation after regulation that run small businesses into the ground and realistically have no actual negative impact on the large multinational corporations actually responsible for the issues the regulations claim to be addressing. Many of my non-EU friends have already had to completely stop shipping here due to the representative laws that were passed, and have lost huge amounts of their customer base because of it. The 3 tax per non duplicate item on anything imported from outside the EU is already in effect and is doing nothing to stop white labelling from huge companies, all it does is further increase supply and manufacturing costs for small businesses. It doesn't even do much of anything to increase money circulating within the EU because not only are multinational corporations allowed to buy and sell here with no extra charges as long as it's from a \"local warehouse\", it's still cheaper to get those goods from outside of the EU so we're not actually even changing our supply chains, we're just lining the governments pockets even further to keep our businesses running. More costs for no actual tangible change. Now shortly after that's been implemented, you're seeking to further increase costs for small businesses? Many, many businesses are run by a single person, often disabled and chronically ill people trying to make ends meet in whatever ways they can. Mandating having to individually register with every country you might possibly ship to is already unmanageable in terms of admin time, and the fees are so completely unmanageable that the vast majority of small business owners are now losing so much trust in the EU that they're completely giving up on shipping internationally within the EU. They will suffer greatly for it, and many will likely need to close their stores and give up on the job that they love, that job that was sustainable prior to the EU's interference, because they can no longer afford to live. First you targeted non-EU small businesses' ability to ship here, then you targeted small businesses ability to import supplies and manufactured goods from outside the EU like basically everyone else does as the world relies on other countries to supply things that they lack, and now you're targeting their ability to even ship their goods to their customers in the first place. It genuinely, wholeheartedly feels like the EU wants us all to starve. Absolutely no consideration whatsoever for the creative people just trying to survive, least of all the disabled and chronically ill people with no other options. These regulations cause direct harm to vulnerable people. Stop regulating small businesses out of existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544478_en"}, {"id": 33544476, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:42:14", "country": "FIN", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hiraeth Records ", "feedback": "Deze regeling staat gelijk aan de volledige destructie van elke kleine ondernemer binnen Europa. En vanuit dat oogpunt geef ik feedback. Ik snap dat we dankzij de Chinese webshops iets moeten doen in Europa, en ik snap ook dat we in het algemeen iets moeten doen aan het terugdringen van afval, maar deze regeling slaat de plank mis. Als webshop zijnde versturen wij vinyl platen naar onze klanten in Europa. Deze platen worden verpakt in speciale dozen die de klanten vaak bewaren om weer hun tweedehands platen in te verkopen. De opvullers zijn al gemaakt van recyclebaar materiaal. Wij doen al al het mogelijke om ruimte en materiaal te besparen, we gebruiken zelfs alle verpakkingen die wij krijgen opnieuw als verpakking of als opvul bescherming. Enfin, ik ben bereid een kleine fee te betalen per kilo - wat max 50 kilo, gemiddeld 20 kilo, per EU land is. Maar, het hebben van een representative in bijna alle landen + registreren in alle 27 landen + het uitvogelen hoe het moet en bij wie je moet zijn maakt het onmogelijk om dit te doen. Ook de kosten zijn onrealistisch hoog voor kleine ondernemers. De EU heeft hiermee in één klap alle kleine ondernemers van binnen, en buiten, de EU de nek omgedraaid; van iemand die leuke tekeningen maakt tot aan webshops toe. De grote jongens zoals Amazon en Temu zijn wederom de winnaars en lachen ons uit. Ik verzoek de EU deze regeling te herzien, en achter de grote vervuilers aan te gaan die de markt overspoelen met overtollig plastic verpakkingen, en op zoek te gaan naar een OSS oplossing voor kleine ondernemers, met een realistische threshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "This scheme is equivalent to the complete destruction of every small entrepreneur in Europe. And from that perspective, I provide feedback. I understand that, thanks to Chinese webshops, we need to do something in Europe, and I also understand that we need to do something about reducing waste in general, but this arrangement is not working. As a webshop, we send vinyl sheets to our customers in Europe. These plates are packaged in special boxes which customers often keep in order to resell their second-hand plates. The fillers are already made of recyclable material. We do everything we can to save space and material, we even use all the packaging we receive again as packaging or as filling protection. ENFIN, I am willing to pay a small fee per kilo – which is up to 50 kilo, on average 20 kilo, per EU country. But having a representative in almost all countries + registering in all 27 countries + explaining how and with whom you should be makes it impossible to do so. Costs are also unrealistically high for small entrepreneurs. In one blow, the EU has overturned all small entrepreneurs from inside and outside the EU; from someone who makes fun drawings to webshops. The big boys like Amazon and Temu are once again the winners and laugh us out. I call on the EU to review this scheme, and to engage with the big polluters flooding the market with surplus plastic packaging, and to look for an OSS solution for small entrepreneurs, with a realistic threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544476_en"}, {"id": 33544475, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:41:57", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR places a disproportionate burden on small businesses. Many small businesses already make conscious efforts to use minimal, recyclable and environmentally friendly packaging, often much more carefully than large corporations. Yet we are now expected to deal with different registrations, fees and procedures simply because we sell to customers in different EU countries. Small businesses should be encouraged to create, grow and sell across Europe not made to feel that the EU is becoming a place where only large companies can afford to operate. We need a simple, affordable EU-wide system and realistic thresholds for micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR places a disproportionate burden on small businesses. Many small businesses already make conscious efforts to use minimal, recyclable and environmentally friendly packaging, often much more carefully than large corporations. Yet we are now expected to deal with different registrations, fees and procedures simply because we sell to customers in different EU countries. Small businesses should be encouraged to create, grow and sell across Europe not made to feel that the EU is becoming a place where only large companies can afford to operate. We need a simple, affordable EU-wide system and realistic thresholds for micro-businesses. Environmental responsibility should be proportionate to environmental impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544475_en"}, {"id": 33544474, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:40:28", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This rule literally kills small buisnesses who can't afford to pay every country fee that sometimes are more expansive that the money they earn for the month. It needs to be rethinked for them, either by only one european global payement for them, either by exempting them fully from it under a certain amount of selling per year Small businesses are exactly a good alternative for wastes and over-cosumption since they don't produce too much and usually locally. But instead of putting them forward and inducing people to buy from them, it annihilated them", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule literally kills small buisnesses who can't afford to pay every country fee that sometimes are more expansive that the money they earn for the month. It needs to be rethinked for them, either by only one european global payement for them, either by exempting them fully from it under a certain amount of selling per year Small businesses are exactly a good alternative for wastes and over-cosumption since they don't produce too much and usually locally. But instead of putting them forward and inducing people to buy from them, it annihilated them", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544474_en"}, {"id": 33544473, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:40:03", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artisan - freelance", "feedback": "I agree with recycling and the use of certain materials for shipping packages, but I strongly disagree with the registration system. As a freelancer who ships only a minimal number of packages per year, I find this regulation deeply troubling. The idea that a freelancer might have to register with 27 different systems and pay taxes, as well as hire a representative (which is mandatory in several countries), when they dont even send a hundred packages a year and cant even make a living from this work is unresonable. Perhaps the whole system needs to be reworked, and maybe the best approach would be to require the use of specific packaging purchased from specific manufacturers (who will use certain types of materials that can then be recycled as effectively as possible). Im a sole proprietor who handles everything on my own (I manage my website, pack orders, handle the books, etc.) - Im not a big company. This new rule will only make life difficult for small business owners like me and will put us out of business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I agree with recycling and the use of certain materials for shipping packages, but I strongly disagree with the registration system. As a freelancer who ships only a minimal number of packages per year, I find this regulation deeply troubling. The idea that a freelancer might have to register with 27 different systems and pay taxes, as well as hire a representative (which is mandatory in several countries), when they dont even send a hundred packages a year and cant even make a living from this work is unresonable. Perhaps the whole system needs to be reworked, and maybe the best approach would be to require the use of specific packaging purchased from specific manufacturers (who will use certain types of materials that can then be recycled as effectively as possible). Im a sole proprietor who handles everything on my own (I manage my website, pack orders, handle the books, etc.) - Im not a big company. This new rule will only make life difficult for small business owners like me and will put us out of business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544473_en"}, {"id": 33544472, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:39:40", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro-business owner who makes and sells unique, handmade goods using environmentally friendly materials and packaging. I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, but I do not believe a tiny business like mine should be subject to essentially the same compliance burden as a multinational corporation. A large company can absorb registration fees, reporting requirements and professional compliance costs as part of its overheads. For a sole trader sending a small number of carefully packaged products, those same costs can make cross-border sales financially unviable. The environmental impact and resources of these businesses are simply not comparable, so the rules should be proportionate. This would have a significant impact on my own business. Approximately 30% of my orders currently come from customers in the EU, and I may have to stop accepting EU orders because the additional EPR requirements and costs are not sustainable for a business of my size. Losing such a significant proportion of my customers would have a direct impact on my income and could threaten the viability of my business. The same is true for countless other small creators who rely on EU customers to sustain their livelihoods, meaning this could result in lost income, reduced businesses and people being forced to abandon ventures they have worked hard to build. I believe micro-businesses should receive meaningful accommodations, including a clear EU-wide de minimis threshold for very low-volume sellers, simplified registration and reporting requirements, and a genuine EU-wide one-stop system for any obligations that do apply. The purpose of EPR should be to reduce environmental harm, not unintentionally prevent small, sustainable businesses from participating in the European Single Market. A sole trader selling a handful of handmade products should not face the same regulatory burden as a company producing millions of packages. I urge the Commission to introduce a proportionate, practical approach that protects the environment while allowing Europes smallest businesses and independent creators to continue trading across EU borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-business owner who makes and sells unique, handmade goods using environmentally friendly materials and packaging. I fully support the EUs environmental objectives and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, but I do not believe a tiny business like mine should be subject to essentially the same compliance burden as a multinational corporation. A large company can absorb registration fees, reporting requirements and professional compliance costs as part of its overheads. For a sole trader sending a small number of carefully packaged products, those same costs can make cross-border sales financially unviable. The environmental impact and resources of these businesses are simply not comparable, so the rules should be proportionate. This would have a significant impact on my own business. Approximately 30% of my orders currently come from customers in the EU, and I may have to stop accepting EU orders because the additional EPR requirements and costs are not sustainable for a business of my size. Losing such a significant proportion of my customers would have a direct impact on my income and could threaten the viability of my business. The same is true for countless other small creators who rely on EU customers to sustain their livelihoods, meaning this could result in lost income, reduced businesses and people being forced to abandon ventures they have worked hard to build. I believe micro-businesses should receive meaningful accommodations, including a clear EU-wide de minimis threshold for very low-volume sellers, simplified registration and reporting requirements, and a genuine EU-wide one-stop system for any obligations that do apply. The purpose of EPR should be to reduce environmental harm, not unintentionally prevent small, sustainable businesses from participating in the European Single Market. A sole trader selling a handful of handmade products should not face the same regulatory burden as a company producing millions of packages. I urge the Commission to introduce a proportionate, practical approach that protects the environment while allowing Europes smallest businesses and independent creators to continue trading across EU borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544472_en"}, {"id": 33544471, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:39:01", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This could be the end of small businesses across Europe. Small businesses need to be exempt from this or they will go out of business. We in the EU are supposed to work towards competetiveness, you wrote so yourself on linkedin just hours ago. If small businesses have to pay even more it will affect their prices and consumers will turn towards cheaper options from outside of the EU that might be stolen designs.", "feedbackEnglish": "This could be the end of small businesses across Europe. Small businesses need to be exempt from this or they will go out of business. We in the EU are supposed to work towards competetiveness, you wrote so yourself on linkedin just hours ago. If small businesses have to pay even more it will affect their prices and consumers will turn towards cheaper options from outside of the EU that might be stolen designs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544471_en"}, {"id": 33544470, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:37:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Liebe EU-Verantwortlichen. Wenn diese PPWR-Verordnung dafür gedacht war, kleine und mittlere Unternehmen und Onlineshops den EU-Versand massiv zu erschweren oder sogar unmöglich zu machen, hat sie ihr Ziel erreicht. Es ist für KMU kostentechnisch schlicht unmöglich, sich in allen EU-Ländern mit einem erforderlichen Bevollmächtigten zu registrieren, wenn man in ein Land pro Jahr nur ein paar Pakete sendet - es macht wirtschaftlich einfach keinen Sinn. Damit wird die EU-freie Wirtschaft komplett untergraben hunderte, wenn nicht tausende kleinere Unternehmen, werden den EU-Versand komplett einstellen. Anscheinend gelten diese Regelungen wohl nicht für z. B. chinesische und amerikanische Händler. Es kann doch nicht sein, dass für uns leichter und günstiger ist, ein Paket nach Kanada zu versenden, als eins in das EU-Nachbarland Österreich. Wir sind sehr wohl für nachhaltige Verpackungen, aber doch bitte mit einer EU-weiten einmaligen Registrierung und Meldung für alle Länder und einer adäquaten Mindermengengrenze für KMU, z. B. in Form einer kleinen Pauschale. Es kann doch nicht der Sinn der Verordnung sein, KMU abzuschaffen und den Export derer zum Erliegen zu bringen. Wir kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen haben keine Lobby, das wissen wir sehr wohl, aber Verordnungen in dieser Art werden die Wirtschaftsleistung weiter schrumpfen lassen. Wir stellen in unserem Shop - den wir über viele Jahre mit viel Herzblut errichtet und EU weit bekannt gemacht haben - den EU-Versand nun auch komplett ein, falls nicht noch eine andere Regelung oder Anpassung getroffen wird, wovon wir wohl nicht ausgehen können. Soviel zur Verringerung der Bürokratie, um Unternehmen zu helfen - es macht einfach keinen Spaß mehr", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU officials, If this PPWR Regulation was intended to make it massively difficult or even impossible for small and medium-sized enterprises and online shops to move around the EU, it has achieved its objective. In terms of costs, it is simply impossible for SMEs to register in all EU countries with the necessary authorised representative if only a few packages are sent to one country per year – it simply makes no economic sense. As a result, the EU-free economy will be completely undermined by hundreds, if not thousands, of smaller companies, and EU shipping will cease completely. It seems that these schemes do not apply to e.g. Chinese and American traders. It cannot be that it is easier and cheaper for us to send a package to Canada than to Austria, an EU neighbouring country. We are in favour of sustainable packaging, but please do so with an EU-wide one-off registration and notification for all countries and an adequate threshold for SMEs, e.g. in the form of a small lump sum. It cannot be the purpose of the Regulation to abolish SMEs and stop exporting them. We have no lobby for small and medium-sized enterprises, we do know, but regulations of this kind will further reduce economic performance. In our shop – which we have built over many years with a lot of heart blood and made the EU widely known – we are now also completely ceasing EU transit unless another rule or adjustment is made, which we probably cannot assume. So much to cut red tape to help businesses – it’s simply no longer fun", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544470_en"}, {"id": 33544469, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:35:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules are disastrous for micro businesses, especially small artists and artisans operating on a tiny scale throughout Europe. Why the rules impact artists and artisans DISPROPORTIONATELY - the market for artists and artisans is large, but fragmented and niche. We often market ourselves via social media to find like-minded people within very small niches. Operating only nationally is often not sustainable. - profits are minimal, especially for those who are just starting out, and most people have a day job next to their passion. In fact, profits are so low that hiring a representative and paying fees is simply not feasible, and wont ever be. - the solution would be to only operate locally, but as stated, that is often not viable - especially in smaller member states. Even scaling to only a few neighbouring countries is out of reach. - our environmental impact is negligible. My 3 packages a month cannot possibly justify a registration need across all member states. And even if it were a hundred, that is absolutely peanuts compared to the businesses we should actually be controlling. I am asking for FULL EXEMPTION for micro businesses for ALL registration duties and fees, or else I fear the livelihoods of many artisans and artists will be of severe risk, and many will be forced to go out of business. This cannot be the intended outcome.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are disastrous for micro businesses, especially small artists and artisans operating on a tiny scale throughout Europe. Why the rules impact artists and artisans DISPROPORTIONATELY - the market for artists and artisans is large, but fragmented and niche. We often market ourselves via social media to find like-minded people within very small niches. Operating only nationally is often not sustainable. - profits are minimal, especially for those who are just starting out, and most people have a day job next to their passion. In fact, profits are so low that hiring a representative and paying fees is simply not feasible, and wont ever be. - the solution would be to only operate locally, but as stated, that is often not viable - especially in smaller member states. Even scaling to only a few neighbouring countries is out of reach. - our environmental impact is negligible. My 3 packages a month cannot possibly justify a registration need across all member states. And even if it were a hundred, that is absolutely peanuts compared to the businesses we should actually be controlling. I am asking for FULL EXEMPTION for micro businesses for ALL registration duties and fees, or else I fear the livelihoods of many artisans and artists will be of severe risk, and many will be forced to go out of business. This cannot be the intended outcome.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544469_en"}, {"id": 33544468, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:34:48", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Creating more friction for the small businesses is counter European. Yes - it is counter European. In the contemporary fiercely competitive dog-eat-dog world don't create obstacles, create easier for the entrepreneurs environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "Creating more friction for the small businesses is counter European. Yes - it is counter European. In the contemporary fiercely competitive dog-eat-dog world don't create obstacles, create easier for the entrepreneurs environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544468_en"}, {"id": 33544467, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:33:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jlb ", "feedback": "I operate a very small mail-order business in Germany. We are not a large retailer, we do not have a legal department, a compliance team or dedicated staff dealing with regulatory requirements. We ship fewer than 1,000 parcels per year. And yet, under the practical consequences of the PPWR, businesses of our size are expected to deal with registrations, reporting obligations, national implementation requirements and additional administrative structures simply in order to continue sending a small number of parcels to customers in other EU Member States. This is fundamentally disproportionate. The European Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier. For very small businesses, the PPWR risks achieving exactly the opposite. Instead of harmonising trade within the EU, the practical result is that many small online retailers are now considering withdrawing completely from cross-border sales because the administrative burden, legal uncertainty and potential financial risks bear no reasonable relation to the volume of business involved. For a company shipping hundreds rather than hundreds of thousands of parcels per year, there is an enormous difference between complying with sensible packaging rules and having to understand, register for and continuously monitor different administrative requirements in multiple Member States. Large corporations can absorb these obligations. They can employ specialists, compliance departments and external consultants. A micro-business cannot. The same legal obligation may exist on paper for both, but its real economic impact is completely different. This creates a regulatory environment in which scale itself becomes an advantage and small businesses are effectively pushed out of the European market. In my own case, the consequence is very simple: if these requirements remain applicable in their current form and no genuinely workable exemption or de minimis threshold is introduced for micro-businesses and very small shipping volumes, I will stop operating the business altogether. That is not a rhetorical threat. It is an economic decision. A business sending fewer than 1,000 parcels per year cannot reasonably maintain registrations, reporting processes, compliance structures and potentially additional representation requirements across numerous EU Member States. At some point, the administrative cost and legal risk become greater than the commercial activity they are supposed to regulate. This is exactly where regulation loses proportionality. Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are legitimate objectives. But legislation should distinguish between multinational e-commerce corporations placing millions of parcels on the European market and a small independent business sending a few hundred orders to individual customers. Without meaningful thresholds and simplified rules for micro-enterprises, the PPWR will not merely regulate small cross-border businesses. It will eliminate many of them from the Single Market. The result will be fewer small European businesses, less consumer choice and less cross-border trade within the EU. That cannot seriously be considered a successful outcome of European harmonisation. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission and legislators to introduce clear, practical and substantial exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses with very low annual packaging and parcel volumes. If the objective is a functioning European Single Market, small businesses must actually be able to participate in it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a very small mail-order business in Germany. We are not a large retailer, we do not have a legal department, a compliance team or dedicated staff dealing with regulatory requirements. We ship fewer than 1,000 parcels per year. And yet, under the practical consequences of the PPWR, businesses of our size are expected to deal with registrations, reporting obligations, national implementation requirements and additional administrative structures simply in order to continue sending a small number of parcels to customers in other EU Member States. This is fundamentally disproportionate. The European Single Market is supposed to make cross-border trade easier. For very small businesses, the PPWR risks achieving exactly the opposite. Instead of harmonising trade within the EU, the practical result is that many small online retailers are now considering withdrawing completely from cross-border sales because the administrative burden, legal uncertainty and potential financial risks bear no reasonable relation to the volume of business involved. For a company shipping hundreds rather than hundreds of thousands of parcels per year, there is an enormous difference between complying with sensible packaging rules and having to understand, register for and continuously monitor different administrative requirements in multiple Member States. Large corporations can absorb these obligations. They can employ specialists, compliance departments and external consultants. A micro-business cannot. The same legal obligation may exist on paper for both, but its real economic impact is completely different. This creates a regulatory environment in which scale itself becomes an advantage and small businesses are effectively pushed out of the European market. In my own case, the consequence is very simple: if these requirements remain applicable in their current form and no genuinely workable exemption or de minimis threshold is introduced for micro-businesses and very small shipping volumes, I will stop operating the business altogether. That is not a rhetorical threat. It is an economic decision. A business sending fewer than 1,000 parcels per year cannot reasonably maintain registrations, reporting processes, compliance structures and potentially additional representation requirements across numerous EU Member States. At some point, the administrative cost and legal risk become greater than the commercial activity they are supposed to regulate. This is exactly where regulation loses proportionality. Environmental protection and the reduction of packaging waste are legitimate objectives. But legislation should distinguish between multinational e-commerce corporations placing millions of parcels on the European market and a small independent business sending a few hundred orders to individual customers. Without meaningful thresholds and simplified rules for micro-enterprises, the PPWR will not merely regulate small cross-border businesses. It will eliminate many of them from the Single Market. The result will be fewer small European businesses, less consumer choice and less cross-border trade within the EU. That cannot seriously be considered a successful outcome of European harmonisation. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission and legislators to introduce clear, practical and substantial exemptions or de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises and businesses with very low annual packaging and parcel volumes. If the objective is a functioning European Single Market, small businesses must actually be able to participate in it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544467_en"}, {"id": 33544466, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:33:31", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Instead of acting against enormous pollutants like the AI data centers you choose to treat the small businesses like climate terrorists criminals imposing them prohibitive taxes INSIDE the union, shame, shame on you all who regulates against the little rabbit and not against the lion that preys on it", "feedbackEnglish": "Instead of acting against enormous pollutants like the AI data centers you choose to treat the small businesses like climate terrorists criminals imposing them prohibitive taxes INSIDE the union, shame, shame on you all who regulates against the little rabbit and not against the lion that preys on it", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544466_en"}, {"id": 33544465, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:32:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We have already seen the consequences of tightening restrictions on mailing and reduced waivers of incoming packages on the loss of the United States as a market for European producers, which has impacted not only sales but also private mail (in Austria, we cannot even mail personal packages to the United States, only documents). The idea that extending package waste restrictions within the EU will help is going only to make these problems worse at home. Large corporations can deploy legal protections and expert departments to support them in doing whatever they want, but individual artists will be locked out of the market entirely if not facing severe penalties for being unable to provide the documentation needed. This measure must not be enacted or allowed to pass. It will damage many small producers, stagnate economic output, and further divide the EU, restricting small businesses only to operate within their countries. What is the benefit? To make sure there is no competition for companies like Amazon? This is not helping.", "feedbackEnglish": "We have already seen the consequences of tightening restrictions on mailing and reduced waivers of incoming packages on the loss of the United States as a market for European producers, which has impacted not only sales but also private mail (in Austria, we cannot even mail personal packages to the United States, only documents). The idea that extending package waste restrictions within the EU will help is going only to make these problems worse at home. Large corporations can deploy legal protections and expert departments to support them in doing whatever they want, but individual artists will be locked out of the market entirely if not facing severe penalties for being unable to provide the documentation needed. This measure must not be enacted or allowed to pass. It will damage many small producers, stagnate economic output, and further divide the EU, restricting small businesses only to operate within their countries. What is the benefit? To make sure there is no competition for companies like Amazon? This is not helping.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544465_en"}, {"id": 33544464, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:31:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "VOIDSHELL", "feedback": "The implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the PPWR is a disaster and actively destroying micro and small enterprises across Europe for nothing. While cutting packaging waste is important, requiring a small business to appoint a costly Authorized Representative (AR) and register separately in 27 Member States is absurd. Spending thousands of Euros in legal and administrative fees just to ship a handful of cardboard boxes a year is financially impossible. This policy does not protect the environment, it destroys the EU Single Market. Across the EU, small sellers are abandoning cross-border shipping entirely because compliance costs swallow their entire revenue. You are re-erecting internal borders and wiping out independent livelihoods for no logical reason. There is a clear, constructive way forward: Establish a Packaging One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Just like VAT OSS, micro and small businesses need one single EU portal to report packaging volumes and pay fees, without managing 27 separate national bureaucracies or paying 27 local representatives. Stop this madness before it is too late. Until a simplified, centralized OSS solution is built for micro-businesses, the mandate for separate national registrations and local Authorized Representatives must be suspended immediately. Do not crush small European entrepreneurs while mega-corporations easily absorb the cost.", "feedbackEnglish": "The implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the PPWR is a disaster and actively destroying micro and small enterprises across Europe for nothing. While cutting packaging waste is important, requiring a small business to appoint a costly Authorized Representative (AR) and register separately in 27 Member States is absurd. Spending thousands of Euros in legal and administrative fees just to ship a handful of cardboard boxes a year is financially impossible. This policy does not protect the environment, it destroys the EU Single Market. Across the EU, small sellers are abandoning cross-border shipping entirely because compliance costs swallow their entire revenue. You are re-erecting internal borders and wiping out independent livelihoods for no logical reason. There is a clear, constructive way forward: Establish a Packaging One-Stop-Shop (OSS): Just like VAT OSS, micro and small businesses need one single EU portal to report packaging volumes and pay fees, without managing 27 separate national bureaucracies or paying 27 local representatives. Stop this madness before it is too late. Until a simplified, centralized OSS solution is built for micro-businesses, the mandate for separate national registrations and local Authorized Representatives must be suspended immediately. Do not crush small European entrepreneurs while mega-corporations easily absorb the cost.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544464_en"}, {"id": 33544463, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:30:47", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. During times when big companies are creating a lot of waste via planned disintegration of goods, honest, small handicraft shops get thrown under the bus. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. During times when big companies are creating a lot of waste via planned disintegration of goods, honest, small handicraft shops get thrown under the bus. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544463_en"}, {"id": 33544462, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:30:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear C37000 comittee, I fully agree to the notion of fighting against package waste. But not like you proposed it. The suggestions you are making lack finess to put it mildly. The plans on paper without thinking much about it seem good and nice. You can nod along with them. But if you stop and think about them for more then a minute you notice some... issues with them. You are not excluding small or micro businesses from this paperwork monolith. You are also - by extension - giving MORE power to the big players you claim to want to reign in. Example: If I, as a customer, want to buy a specific item like a specific electronics part to repair my old radio I can currently buy that from a small business in (lets say) France who (re)produces them and they send it to me no issues. With the new rules, the small business in France refuses to send to me because I am not in the same country of origin and they simply cannot afford to send me the goods I want and need. So as a customer my choices are thus limited and locked to buy from big players like Amazon or AliExpress. Which have the capacity and sortiment to have niché products. Some parts are only produced in certain countries and provided by small businesses. Because they are niché. With the new rules the power is handed even more to big players like Amazon and AliExpress. Because THESE are the only ones who can shrug of the new fees, paperwork and logistics needed to comply with these proposed rules. Amazon also makes a business of gobbling up small companies and letting them use their infrastructure (for a price). They will be very happy with these changes as well. These proposed rules, as they stand, will further bundle power and resources in the hands of the big players and conveniently destroy any small scale competition they might have had. Aside from also directly ruining some peoples livelyhood.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear C37000 comittee, I fully agree to the notion of fighting against package waste. But not like you proposed it. The suggestions you are making lack finess to put it mildly. The plans on paper without thinking much about it seem good and nice. You can nod along with them. But if you stop and think about them for more then a minute you notice some... issues with them. You are not excluding small or micro businesses from this paperwork monolith. You are also - by extension - giving MORE power to the big players you claim to want to reign in. Example: If I, as a customer, want to buy a specific item like a specific electronics part to repair my old radio I can currently buy that from a small business in (lets say) France who (re)produces them and they send it to me no issues. With the new rules, the small business in France refuses to send to me because I am not in the same country of origin and they simply cannot afford to send me the goods I want and need. So as a customer my choices are thus limited and locked to buy from big players like Amazon or AliExpress. Which have the capacity and sortiment to have niché products. Some parts are only produced in certain countries and provided by small businesses. Because they are niché. With the new rules the power is handed even more to big players like Amazon and AliExpress. Because THESE are the only ones who can shrug of the new fees, paperwork and logistics needed to comply with these proposed rules. Amazon also makes a business of gobbling up small companies and letting them use their infrastructure (for a price). They will be very happy with these changes as well. These proposed rules, as they stand, will further bundle power and resources in the hands of the big players and conveniently destroy any small scale competition they might have had. Aside from also directly ruining some peoples livelyhood.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544462_en"}, {"id": 33544461, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:29:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen werden mit der Neuverordnung praktisch komplett vom Markt gedrängt. Das Problem ist NICHT die Verpackungsabgabe selber, das Problem sind die Bevollmächtigten, die ab dem ersten Paket bestellt werden müssen und einen extremen Kostenaufwand bedeuten, die kleine Firmen nicht tragen können. Es MUSS Bagatellgrenzen, Staffelungen oder EINE zentrale Stelle mit EINER Abgabe geben und NICHT pro Land mit unterschiedlichsten Vorgaben. Anders werden tausende Firmen aufhören zu existieren und wir machen uns noch stärker von Amazon, Temu und Co abhängig.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation almost completely eliminates micro and small enterprises from the market. The problem is NOT the packaging levy itself, the problem is the authorised representatives, who have to be appointed from the first package onwards and represent an extreme cost that small firms cannot bear. There MUST be de minimis thresholds, differentiations or ONE central point with one levy and NOT per country with very different requirements. On the other hand, thousands of companies will cease to exist and we will become even more dependent on Amazon, Temu and Co.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544461_en"}, {"id": 33544460, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:28:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bien que saluant cette initiative relative à l'environnement, elle doit absolument être précisée pour permettre aux indépendants et micro entreprises de ne pas y être soumis en dessous d'un certain palier de revenus. Le cas contraire, les plus précaires, artistes et artisans seront encore plus pénalisés qu'ils ne le sont déjà et devront fermer les uns après les autres.", "feedbackEnglish": "While welcoming this environmental initiative, it is essential to clarify it so that self-employed and micro enterprises are not subject to it below a certain level of income. Otherwise, the most precarious artists and craftsmen will be penalised even more than they are already and will have to close down one after the other.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544460_en"}, {"id": 33544459, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:27:59", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "No queremos perder los micronegocios artesanales. Queremos que: -haya tarífas mínimas realistas para microempresas que realizan pocos envíos y mínimos. -que haya procesos simplificados para micronegocios y volúmenes mínimos. - que se unifique el registro y no que haya 27 distintos, uno por país de la UE, con los costes que esto representa para los pequeños negocios (miles de euros). -que se dé un periodo de adaptación mayor, tarifas adaptadas o excepciones a micronegocios con poco volumen de ventas. Si esta normativa sigue adelante tal cual está, y entra en vigor el día 12 de este mes, muchos micronegocios tendrán que cerrar porque los costes son absolutamente inasumibles.", "feedbackEnglish": "We do not want to lose artisanal micro-businesses. We want: — realistic minimum delays for small and minimal micro-enterprises. — simplified processes for micro-nutrients and minimum volumes. — to unify the register and not to have 27 different ones, one per EU country, with the costs this represents for small businesses (thousands of euros). — there must be a longer adaptation period, adapted tariffs or derogations for micro-businesses with a low volume of sales. If this legislation continues as it is, and enters into force on the 12th of this month, many micro-businesses will have to close because the costs are absolutely unbearable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544459_en"}, {"id": 33544458, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:27:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and increasing producer responsibility. However, the proposed registration, reporting and compliance requirements could disproportionately affect small producers, micro-enterprises and independent artists. For those selling in small quantities, having to register with different national systems, understand different requirements, keep track of the materials used and bear compliance costs can represent a significant burden. This burden is not comparable to that faced by large companies and platforms, which have dedicated teams and resources to manage these obligations. There is a risk that these measures could end up favoring large marketplaces and corporations while making it more difficult for small businesses and artists to sell freely across the European Union. I therefore believe there should be a **system proportionate to the size and volume of each producer**, with simplified and low-cost procedures for those using very small quantities of packaging, as well as a **unified EU-wide registration and reporting system** instead of multiple national systems. Compliance should also be facilitated through the large platforms used by small sellers. Environmental protection is a shared responsibility, but it should not become a bureaucratic and financial barrier that ultimately favors market concentration and disadvantages small producers and independent creators across.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and increasing producer responsibility. However, the proposed registration, reporting and compliance requirements could disproportionately affect small producers, micro-enterprises and independent artists. For those selling in small quantities, having to register with different national systems, understand different requirements, keep track of the materials used and bear compliance costs can represent a significant burden. This burden is not comparable to that faced by large companies and platforms, which have dedicated teams and resources to manage these obligations. There is a risk that these measures could end up favoring large marketplaces and corporations while making it more difficult for small businesses and artists to sell freely across the European Union. I therefore believe there should be a **system proportionate to the size and volume of each producer**, with simplified and low-cost procedures for those using very small quantities of packaging, as well as a **unified EU-wide registration and reporting system** instead of multiple national systems. Compliance should also be facilitated through the large platforms used by small sellers. Environmental protection is a shared responsibility, but it should not become a bureaucratic and financial barrier that ultimately favors market concentration and disadvantages small producers and independent creators across.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544458_en"}, {"id": 33544457, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:26:44", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "One size fits all was never a good practice, and we can see this method being applied here, unfortunately. Small EU businesses would close and bankrupt under this regulation in the span of 1 month, while large corporations would simply continue practising their business, their compliance department handling this new regulation almost unaffected, per scale. Having this in mind, I deem it mandatory to consider small businesses and rearrange this regulation in a sensible way, in order to relieve small businesses who barely go by, and whose livelihood depends on this. Thank you for your kind attention and consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "One size fits all was never a good practice, and we can see this method being applied here, unfortunately. Small EU businesses would close and bankrupt under this regulation in the span of 1 month, while large corporations would simply continue practising their business, their compliance department handling this new regulation almost unaffected, per scale. Having this in mind, I deem it mandatory to consider small businesses and rearrange this regulation in a sensible way, in order to relieve small businesses who barely go by, and whose livelihood depends on this. Thank you for your kind attention and consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544457_en"}, {"id": 33544456, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:26:35", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta iniciativa não faz qualquer sentido nestes moldes, as pequenas empresas ou empresários em nome individual, que representam uma grande faixa de mercado, não tem capacidade para suportar todas estas taxas - os valores são muito altos, não fazendo sentido pagar as taxas, sendo que muitas vezes não haverá vendas, para um determinado país e mesmo havendo vendas, estamos a falar de pequenos negócios com um volume de vendas muito pequeno. Para além disso são negócios na sua maioria de uma pessoa, não havendo um departamento para gerir toda a burocracia inerente ao processo - que pela informação é um processo complicado, pouco claro, moroso e muito dispendioso! É necessário isentar os pequenos negócios deste tipo de regulamentos - sendo que já existe uma enorme preocupação por partes destas micro empresas em reduzir o impacto das embalagens. Esta iniciativa vai incentivar à compra de produtos de fora da Europa e vai acabar com a maioria destes negócios.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative makes no sense in this way, since small businesses or sole traders, which represent a large market segment, do not have the capacity to bear all these fees – the figures are very high and it makes no sense to pay the fees, and there will often be no sales, for a given country and even if there are sales, we are talking about small turnover with a very small sales volume. Moreover, they are mostly business of one person, and there is no department to manage all the bureaucracy involved in the process – which for information is a complicated, unclear, time-consuming and very costly process! There is a need to exempt small businesses from this type of regulation – and there is already a huge concern among parts of these micro enterprises to reduce the impact of packaging. This initiative will encourage the purchase of products from outside Europe and will put an end to most of these businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544456_en"}, {"id": 33544455, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:26:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello I am a french citizen currently trying to create a business based on selling small affordable pieces of art painted on items I can ship through the mail. I'm disabled, waiting for government help but I am currently without income and this project would be my only viable source of income for the foreseeable future. I chose this work because the cost of stamps is currently cheap enough to be able to send to other european countries where many people interested in my art reside This law would absolutely destroy this project. I cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars per year to a country to send one or two small envelopes with about 10 to 20 worth of good in them. I would lose tremendous amounts of money and I wouldn't even have guarantee to have sales in these countries. Clients also often expect quick shipping and the process to get a representative can be lengthy, too lengthy for any client. Furthermore, it is ridiculous for the fee of a creator like me who will perhaps one or two kilos of recyclable goods around Europe to be the same as a multi billionaire company who produces thousands of tons of waste. I read many pages of this law, because I wanted this feedback to be accurate. And there are also several things that I find frustrating. - The fact that the business selling items has to pay for the recycling of the packaging because they are now considered a producer makes no sense, as per the law the producers themselves should be paying this fee already. There is no need to pay this fee twice. - It is said that if the seller is using a preexisting e-platform, the e-platform may be the one to take the charges via a signed mandate. However, there is currently no way to contact platforms to get such mandate. If this is meant to protect creators working under a more powerful entity, the e-commerce platform should be required to pay the fees and give the mandate to any professional seller. If not forced in any way, no platform no matter how big it is would spend money of its own to protect its smaller more vulnerable sellers - I could not find any details of how this law could affect personal mail or online second hand sales made without a business. There is an extremely high possibility that people could get fines for sending packages to a country that said country would flag as not fitting their rules simply due to the fact that they themselves own a company, despite the mail itself not resulting of a commercial sale. - This would destroy the idea of the free trade in European Union, which is supposed to be the reason why it exists. There is way too many issues with this law. It sanctions the wrong people and needs to clarify many of its points before taking place. This will be a disaster for millions of sellers across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello I am a french citizen currently trying to create a business based on selling small affordable pieces of art painted on items I can ship through the mail. I'm disabled, waiting for government help but I am currently without income and this project would be my only viable source of income for the foreseeable future. I chose this work because the cost of stamps is currently cheap enough to be able to send to other european countries where many people interested in my art reside This law would absolutely destroy this project. I cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars per year to a country to send one or two small envelopes with about 10 to 20 worth of good in them. I would lose tremendous amounts of money and I wouldn't even have guarantee to have sales in these countries. Clients also often expect quick shipping and the process to get a representative can be lengthy, too lengthy for any client. Furthermore, it is ridiculous for the fee of a creator like me who will perhaps one or two kilos of recyclable goods around Europe to be the same as a multi billionaire company who produces thousands of tons of waste. I read many pages of this law, because I wanted this feedback to be accurate. And there are also several things that I find frustrating. - The fact that the business selling items has to pay for the recycling of the packaging because they are now considered a producer makes no sense, as per the law the producers themselves should be paying this fee already. There is no need to pay this fee twice. - It is said that if the seller is using a preexisting e-platform, the e-platform may be the one to take the charges via a signed mandate. However, there is currently no way to contact platforms to get such mandate. If this is meant to protect creators working under a more powerful entity, the e-commerce platform should be required to pay the fees and give the mandate to any professional seller. If not forced in any way, no platform no matter how big it is would spend money of its own to protect its smaller more vulnerable sellers - I could not find any details of how this law could affect personal mail or online second hand sales made without a business. There is an extremely high possibility that people could get fines for sending packages to a country that said country would flag as not fitting their rules simply due to the fact that they themselves own a company, despite the mail itself not resulting of a commercial sale. - This would destroy the idea of the free trade in European Union, which is supposed to be the reason why it exists. There is way too many issues with this law. It sanctions the wrong people and needs to clarify many of its points before taking place. This will be a disaster for millions of sellers across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544455_en"}, {"id": 33544454, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:21:59", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe that the EU has lost touch with its citizens and what actually matters to them. Climate change, sustainability and global waste reduction and the recyclability of goods and waste are important and of course should be something that everyone as a collective works on, however, this isnt the way to approach this. With the already damaging 3 tax applied per product category being implemented and now the new packaging rules, small businesses are being destroyed. Many small business already relied on overseas items to aid them in their small business, items that either cannot be sourced from within the EU or were simply bought from China (for example) and priced 5-10x higher. However the final nail in this coffin in the packaging rules which will cost small business thousands due to needed representatives in each country they ship to. I have unfortunately seen many small businesses deciding that all of these regulations and restrictions are too much and they will have to cease trading. How are you expecting the citizens of the EU to now support to and use local traders while simultaneously killing them? There should be a threshold in place to prevent small businesses from being punished by these outlandish regulations. For example, Starbucks has moved from paper packing for its sandwiches and gone back to plastic packaging, how is this acceptable? The EU is out of touch with things on the ground and when I moved here from the UK I was initially very happy to be back within the EU. These days however, Im starting to feel isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. These laws and legislations are big enough that the citizens should and need to be involved in the decision making process. It should not be left to people who dont know what its like at the lower levels, you are killing peoples livelihoods and will push more people into unemployment, something that is always been a point of keeping to low rates and percentages.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that the EU has lost touch with its citizens and what actually matters to them. Climate change, sustainability and global waste reduction and the recyclability of goods and waste are important and of course should be something that everyone as a collective works on, however, this isnt the way to approach this. With the already damaging 3 tax applied per product category being implemented and now the new packaging rules, small businesses are being destroyed. Many small business already relied on overseas items to aid them in their small business, items that either cannot be sourced from within the EU or were simply bought from China (for example) and priced 5-10x higher. However the final nail in this coffin in the packaging rules which will cost small business thousands due to needed representatives in each country they ship to. I have unfortunately seen many small businesses deciding that all of these regulations and restrictions are too much and they will have to cease trading. How are you expecting the citizens of the EU to now support to and use local traders while simultaneously killing them? There should be a threshold in place to prevent small businesses from being punished by these outlandish regulations. For example, Starbucks has moved from paper packing for its sandwiches and gone back to plastic packaging, how is this acceptable? The EU is out of touch with things on the ground and when I moved here from the UK I was initially very happy to be back within the EU. These days however, Im starting to feel isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. These laws and legislations are big enough that the citizens should and need to be involved in the decision making process. It should not be left to people who dont know what its like at the lower levels, you are killing peoples livelihoods and will push more people into unemployment, something that is always been a point of keeping to low rates and percentages.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544454_en"}, {"id": 33544453, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:21:20", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support efforts to minimize packaging waste and strive to use as little as possible in my own business. I agree with making sure it is all recyclable or already recycled. However, I find the EPR registration requirement to be prohibitive for a single person company both in monetary costs as well as administrative duty. To some EU countries I ship only a few packages a year, so having to pay tens or even hundreds of euro and spend hours to register into every internal system would mean a net loss for me. I barely make enough to live as is. I want to believe the purpose of this directive was never to harm local micro business, so I implore you to consider a de minimis exemption for such small companies, or consider making a consolidated EU-wide registration system with proportional fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support efforts to minimize packaging waste and strive to use as little as possible in my own business. I agree with making sure it is all recyclable or already recycled. However, I find the EPR registration requirement to be prohibitive for a single person company both in monetary costs as well as administrative duty. To some EU countries I ship only a few packages a year, so having to pay tens or even hundreds of euro and spend hours to register into every internal system would mean a net loss for me. I barely make enough to live as is. I want to believe the purpose of this directive was never to harm local micro business, so I implore you to consider a de minimis exemption for such small companies, or consider making a consolidated EU-wide registration system with proportional fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544453_en"}, {"id": 33544452, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:20:39", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artisane", "feedback": "Il est urgent que vous adaptiez cette nouvelle réglementation pour les microentreprises et artisans ! Nous sommes des millions auxquels vous ne pensez pas et qui allons se retrouver écrasés par de nouvelles procédures trop coûteuses financièrement et administrativement. Non à cette réglementation en létat : les microentreprises doivent être exonérées! A titre personnel, en tant quartisane, jenvoie mes créations aux particuliers principalement en France. Et une dizaine par an dans les pays frontaliers comme la Belgique, lItalie et lEspagne. Si cette réglementation nest pas adaptée, cest fini je nenverrai plus rien! Ou alors par dautres biais, vous nous forcerez à utiliser des moyens détournés. Cest la honte de ne jamais penser aux petites entreprises, qui meurent les unes après les autres alors que des géants comme Amazon et Shein exploitent la misère du monde. Honteux!", "feedbackEnglish": "There is an urgent need for you to adapt this new regulation for micro-enterprises and craftsmen! We are millions that you don't think about and that will be overwhelmed by new procedures that are too costly financially and administratively. No to these rules as they stand: micro-enterprises should be exempt! Personally, as a craftsman, jsend my creations to private individuals mainly in France. And around ten per year in neighbouring countries such as Belgium, Italy and Spain. If these rules are not adapted, I will end up sending nothing more! Or by other means, you will force us to use diverted means. It is a shame to never think of small businesses, which die one after the other while giants like Amazon and Shein exploit the world’s misery. Shameful!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544452_en"}, {"id": 33544434, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:19:50", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "That law project is AW-FULL, I cannot comprehend how our elected representent can to this with such gross oversign on how that idea will ruin and kill the local market. The initial idea may be great but the execution is disgustingly bad. How is this ruling supposed to help develop and favor the grow of small creator? of artisant? little enterprise ?! You will just kill them and the market along it! Some reviewing is really needed! How can you expect a small artisant or creator to absorb such high cost when the added cost to ship in all 27 country could go over what they made in a years??? Stop trying to put micro entreprise and big multinationales to the same level! Law \"equality\" isn't equity! It simply doesn't work and by doing that you will just encourage what you where supposed to fight against, aka no one will be able to buy for small creators all over europe because no one will ship to us! So many stores and shops already suspended their shipping to europe because of that! All we will have now is giant company! Even with the tax that was put to stop giant like temu and shein, people will with this new rule only have them to go to! All of that because all other alternatives are choking on those ridiculous prices and how stupidly hard you are making everything! So please work this better! Made some price scaling to the size/revenue of the shop/creators, uniformise those prices through all the europe country to avoid such high difference, why some only need 100 per years and other over 1300? Or just remove/exempt micro buissness/small artisant/shop from it all, they aren't the issue on ecology! The big fish are! And only then you will give them some true and real chance to grow and participate in the EU commercial growth! I still can't belive no one even realize how bad that law is made. Well done, you made the EU the coffing of small local artisans and creators you all so much wanted to \"protect\" from the \"evil\" Temu and shein.", "feedbackEnglish": "That law project is AW-FULL, I cannot comprehend how our elected representent can to this with such gross oversign on how that idea will ruin and kill the local market. The initial idea may be great but the execution is disgustingly bad. How is this ruling supposed to help develop and favor the grow of small creator? of artisant? little enterprise ?! You will just kill them and the market along it! Some reviewing is really needed! How can you expect a small artisant or creator to absorb such high cost when the added cost to ship in all 27 country could go over what they made in a years??? Stop trying to put micro entreprise and big multinationales to the same level! Law \"equality\" isn't equity! It simply doesn't work and by doing that you will just encourage what you where supposed to fight against, aka no one will be able to buy for small creators all over europe because no one will ship to us! So many stores and shops already suspended their shipping to europe because of that! All we will have now is giant company! Even with the tax that was put to stop giant like temu and shein, people will with this new rule only have them to go to! All of that because all other alternatives are choking on those ridiculous prices and how stupidly hard you are making everything! So please work this better! Made some price scaling to the size/revenue of the shop/creators, uniformise those prices through all the europe country to avoid such high difference, why some only need 100 per years and other over 1300? Or just remove/exempt micro buissness/small artisant/shop from it all, they aren't the issue on ecology! The big fish are! And only then you will give them some true and real chance to grow and participate in the EU commercial growth! I still can't belive no one even realize how bad that law is made. Well done, you made the EU the coffing of small local artisans and creators you all so much wanted to \"protect\" from the \"evil\" Temu and shein.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544434_en"}, {"id": 33544450, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:16:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Cakes with Faces Limited", "feedback": "It's not feasible for micro businesses to pay the fees to register in each country, or handle the paperwork/admin. As a micro business of one person, it's not feasible. I'm based in the UK. 10% of my income is from sales to the EU. I already pay an annual fee for an authorised representative to comply with GPSR, and additional fees would not make it worthwhile to sell to the EU. I want my products to be available to everyone, no matter where they live. EU citizens already have to pay extra, with the new 3 Euro customs charge. All my packaging is already recyclable - being eco-friendly is important to me.", "feedbackEnglish": "It's not feasible for micro businesses to pay the fees to register in each country, or handle the paperwork/admin. As a micro business of one person, it's not feasible. I'm based in the UK. 10% of my income is from sales to the EU. I already pay an annual fee for an authorised representative to comply with GPSR, and additional fees would not make it worthwhile to sell to the EU. I want my products to be available to everyone, no matter where they live. EU citizens already have to pay extra, with the new 3 Euro customs charge. All my packaging is already recyclable - being eco-friendly is important to me.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544450_en"}, {"id": 33544449, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:16:42", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Thylema", "feedback": "This law in its current form has created an unsolvable problem for micro-businesses and small businesses across the entire European Union. Because many small entrepreneurs rely on their income for survival this will cause people to seek out ways to evade the law or turn to other means of income, turning to potentially illicit means to solve the problem. Others may join a union or business organization and become exploited as a result. Someone from a poor country could have a very radical and difficult reaction to this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law in its current form has created an unsolvable problem for micro-businesses and small businesses across the entire European Union. Because many small entrepreneurs rely on their income for survival this will cause people to seek out ways to evade the law or turn to other means of income, turning to potentially illicit means to solve the problem. Others may join a union or business organization and become exploited as a result. Someone from a poor country could have a very radical and difficult reaction to this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544449_en"}, {"id": 33544448, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:12:39", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fearless iving Under Creative Knowledge SL", "feedback": "Feedback on the implementing act on national registers of producers (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) Dear Commission, I write as a concerned EU citizen and product designer, trained at the Design Academy Eindhoven. I am about to launch an online shop for my own handmade design objects. My company is also building a European alternative to Squarespace. It is a platform with shop functionality for independent creators: the artists, designers and makers who sell their own work directly. I support the environmental goals of the PPWR. The registration system built on top of it is another matter. A maker who ships a few hundred parcels a year must register in every Member State they sell to. They must join a different producer responsibility organisation in each one. They must pay an authorised representative in every country where they have no office. And they must file reports in each country, every year, for a few kilograms of cardboard. For a micro business, the administration and cost are insurmountable. In many cases the compliance bill is larger than the cross-border revenue it covers. So makers do the rational thing and stop shipping to most of the EU. I see it happening already. This will effectively ruin tens of thousands of small businesses. It fragments the single market. It is killing creativity, in the most literal economic sense. The problem is not producer responsibility. The problem is a system calibrated for multinationals and applied, unchanged, to a one-person studio. This implementing act is the place to fix the mechanics. I ask the Commission for four things: 1. One registration, everywhere. A single EU interface that feeds all national registers. One dataset, one login. 2. A micro-enterprise regime. Flat-rate annual reporting below a de minimis volume, instead of per-country tonnage declarations. 3. No authorised representative requirement for micro and small enterprises, in line with the proposal now before the European Parliament. 4. Harmonised data formats and English-language access in every national register. Prepare a registration once, use it everywhere. Producer responsibility should scale with the producer. Applied unchanged to, for example, a ceramicist shipping twenty boxes a year, this system does not protect the environment. It just removes the ceramicist from the market. Fix the mechanics, and small makers will comply gladly. Leave them as they are, and there will be nothing left to register.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the implementing act on national registers of producers (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) Dear Commission, I write as a concerned EU citizen and product designer, trained at the Design Academy Eindhoven. I am about to launch an online shop for my own handmade design objects. My company is also building a European alternative to Squarespace. It is a platform with shop functionality for independent creators: the artists, designers and makers who sell their own work directly. I support the environmental goals of the PPWR. The registration system built on top of it is another matter. A maker who ships a few hundred parcels a year must register in every Member State they sell to. They must join a different producer responsibility organisation in each one. They must pay an authorised representative in every country where they have no office. And they must file reports in each country, every year, for a few kilograms of cardboard. For a micro business, the administration and cost are insurmountable. In many cases the compliance bill is larger than the cross-border revenue it covers. So makers do the rational thing and stop shipping to most of the EU. I see it happening already. This will effectively ruin tens of thousands of small businesses. It fragments the single market. It is killing creativity, in the most literal economic sense. The problem is not producer responsibility. The problem is a system calibrated for multinationals and applied, unchanged, to a one-person studio. This implementing act is the place to fix the mechanics. I ask the Commission for four things: 1. One registration, everywhere. A single EU interface that feeds all national registers. One dataset, one login. 2. A micro-enterprise regime. Flat-rate annual reporting below a de minimis volume, instead of per-country tonnage declarations. 3. No authorised representative requirement for micro and small enterprises, in line with the proposal now before the European Parliament. 4. Harmonised data formats and English-language access in every national register. Prepare a registration once, use it everywhere. Producer responsibility should scale with the producer. Applied unchanged to, for example, a ceramicist shipping twenty boxes a year, this system does not protect the environment. It just removes the ceramicist from the market. Fix the mechanics, and small makers will comply gladly. Leave them as they are, and there will be nothing left to register.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544448_en"}, {"id": 33544447, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:12:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PLEASE Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPRin EU states for small and Micro businesses. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "PLEASE Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPRin EU states for small and Micro businesses. The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544447_en"}, {"id": 33544446, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:12:10", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Filipa Oliveira Marques da Cruz", "feedback": "The PPWR should be immediately revised because the financial and administrative costs of compliance place a disproportinate burden on small businesses, risking the survival of local prducers while favouring large corporations with economies of scale, and because it fails massively to provide a genuine simple EU system adapted to the reality of micro-enterprises and independent micro-businesses. If killing small-producers and independent businesses was the goal of this initiative, then the EU will have succeeded in their goal. It will be studied as a case-study for people to turn to the black market, and ignore institutions completely. Because institutions, as the EU are clearly only interested in maintaining big business in Europe. There's also no sustainability purposes here, because if there were, the big companies and also the packaging producers would be the only goal of the initiative, not single shippers of goods with little to minor economic expression (on their own).", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR should be immediately revised because the financial and administrative costs of compliance place a disproportinate burden on small businesses, risking the survival of local prducers while favouring large corporations with economies of scale, and because it fails massively to provide a genuine simple EU system adapted to the reality of micro-enterprises and independent micro-businesses. If killing small-producers and independent businesses was the goal of this initiative, then the EU will have succeeded in their goal. It will be studied as a case-study for people to turn to the black market, and ignore institutions completely. Because institutions, as the EU are clearly only interested in maintaining big business in Europe. There's also no sustainability purposes here, because if there were, the big companies and also the packaging producers would be the only goal of the initiative, not single shippers of goods with little to minor economic expression (on their own).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544446_en"}, {"id": 33544445, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:11:13", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta medida no se encuentra proporcionada hacia los pequeños comerciantes, aquellas personas autónomas que poseen micronegocios con los cuales facturan menos de 1000 al mes. Los precios de los productos de estos negocios oscilan entre los 3-20 euros de media, y por tanto, las ganancias mensuales no son altas. El hecho de tener que registrarse en cada país de forma independiente, pagando cuotas que pueden llegar hasta los 150 euros para países como Austria, 100 para España, 50 para otros países... Es por un lado algo incomprensible dentro de un marco de Mercado Comunitario único y por otro lado favorece a las grandes empresas que pueden enfrentarse a estos costes. Los pequeños comerciantes que como mucho pueden recibir 2 o 3 pedidos al mes de dichos Estados Miembros, no pueden permitirse estas cuotas. Es una sobrecarga burocrática y económica que se contradice con los valores de la Unión Europea. Ya se ha traducido en un auge de los grandes (Amazon, Aliexpress, Shein) y otros nuevos intermediarios (ACG Goods, entre otros) sobre pequeños negocios que a cada año disminuyen. Esta medida se suma a otras que ya estaban en marcha y que se venían aplicando igualmente sin discriminación a todos los vendedores, grandes o pequeños, que son trabas administrativas aduaneras, y que ha hecho que tanto los fabricantes se nieguen a vender a países de la UE por los problemas constantes como al consumidor a negarse a comprar por las sorpresas en la llegada, que podían llegar a sumar costes de hasta el doble del precio del producto. La realidad es que las nuevas medidas no son proporcionadas e ignoran totalmente al pequeño mercado que afecta sobre todo a artesanos independientes (desde libros hasta pines, joyas pequeñas, ropa independiente, cerámica...). Esta medida va a terminar con el poco mercado artesano que resistía. Es necesaria una medida urgente para proteger a los autónomos que cada vez están más hundidos económicamente y atados a participar con grandes macroempresas si quieren poder vender internacionalmente, incluso dentro de la Unión.", "feedbackEnglish": "This measure is not proportionate to small traders, self-employed persons who own micro-businesses with which they invoice less than 1000 per month. The prices of the products of these businesses range from EUR 3-20 on average, and therefore monthly earnings are not high. Having to register independently in each country, paying up to EUR 150 for countries such as Austria, EUR 100 for Spain, EUR 50 for other countries... On the one hand, it is incomprehensible within a single Community market framework and, on the other hand, it favours large companies that may face these costs. Small traders who can receive at most 2 or 3 orders per month from these Member States cannot afford these quotas. It is a bureaucratic and economic overload that contradicts the values of the European Union. It has already led to a boom in big companies (Amazon, Aliexpress, Shein) and other new brokers (ACG Goods, among others) on small businesses that are shrinking every year. This measure comes on top of others that were already in place and which were equally applied without discrimination to all sellers, big or small, which are administrative customs barriers, and which has led both manufacturers to refuse to sell to EU countries because of constant problems and consumers to refuse to buy because of surprises on arrival, which could add up to double the price of the product. The reality is that the new measures are not proportionate and completely ignore the small market that mostly affects independent craftsmen (from books to pins, small jewellery, independent clothing, ceramics, etc.). This measure will put an end to the small craft market that it resisted. Urgent action is needed to protect the self-employed who are becoming more and more economically hungry and tied to participate with big big companies if they want to be able to sell internationally, even within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544445_en"}, {"id": 33544444, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:11:08", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law seems purpose built to do as much damage to small- and micro-businesses as possible. The negative effect on businesses shipping small or hand-crafted items is going to be incalculable. There needs to be an immediate and common-sense exemption for businesses shipping below particular weights/values of packaging or labelling. If exemptions are not applied, there also needs to be an immediate moratorium on this law until a suitable harmonized system is in place. One-person businesses cannot realistically be expected to handle regulation requirements for 27 different countries while trying to run the rest of the business operations.This current system flies in the face of what the EU was to accomplish by bringing its member countries together. As is well known, many EU-based businesses have had significant issues selling into the United States due to (illegal) tariffs. The implementation of the EPR Law, as it currently stands, is a kick in to teeth and wholly unnecessary hurdle to every small business in Europe, and only makes the current environment nearly impossible to survive. Small businesses create a circular economy, often filling niches that big businesses overlook or ignore as they don't see value or profit in them. These small-businesses networks rely on each other. And this legislation, if left in its current state, will create a domino effect that will devastate people's livelihoods. A multi-million Euro company a single person creating hand-made crafts in their kitchen are NOT the same. And to treat them the same regarding compliance, governance, and ability to absorb additional costs that this law forces onto them is farcical at best, and catastrophic at worst. EU businesses that can't sell into the EU sets a dangerous precedent. The EU cannot punish (as that is the most appropriate word) small businesses, and expect to enjoy the support of those same people it is actively working against. There are 1,001 ways this legislation could be implemented, but at the moment, it seems to be the worst possible option that has manifested, and clearly by people with absolutely no understanding of how small- and micro-businesses are actually run. We all care about the environment, and want to do our part to protect it, but not like this. Please, for the sake of small businesses across Europe, whose owners do what they do because they love creating whatever it is they may create, re-think this legislation and how it is being applied. Business are already closing their doors or pulling back from selling to other EU Member states(!) for the sake of what might be an additional 1kg of packaging entering another country over the course of a year. Open any social media channel, and it is littered with messages from small business announcing their stoppage of shipments to other EU countries, or even worse, their outright closure. The EU should help build up businesses, and this law only succeeds in doing the exact opposite. The global economy is hard enough as is, helped in no small part by illegal tariffs impose by the U.S., and small businesses are already on our knees. Please don't kick us while we're already down. Many of us will not be able to get back up.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law seems purpose built to do as much damage to small- and micro-businesses as possible. The negative effect on businesses shipping small or hand-crafted items is going to be incalculable. There needs to be an immediate and common-sense exemption for businesses shipping below particular weights/values of packaging or labelling. If exemptions are not applied, there also needs to be an immediate moratorium on this law until a suitable harmonized system is in place. One-person businesses cannot realistically be expected to handle regulation requirements for 27 different countries while trying to run the rest of the business operations.This current system flies in the face of what the EU was to accomplish by bringing its member countries together. As is well known, many EU-based businesses have had significant issues selling into the United States due to (illegal) tariffs. The implementation of the EPR Law, as it currently stands, is a kick in to teeth and wholly unnecessary hurdle to every small business in Europe, and only makes the current environment nearly impossible to survive. Small businesses create a circular economy, often filling niches that big businesses overlook or ignore as they don't see value or profit in them. These small-businesses networks rely on each other. And this legislation, if left in its current state, will create a domino effect that will devastate people's livelihoods. A multi-million Euro company a single person creating hand-made crafts in their kitchen are NOT the same. And to treat them the same regarding compliance, governance, and ability to absorb additional costs that this law forces onto them is farcical at best, and catastrophic at worst. EU businesses that can't sell into the EU sets a dangerous precedent. The EU cannot punish (as that is the most appropriate word) small businesses, and expect to enjoy the support of those same people it is actively working against. There are 1,001 ways this legislation could be implemented, but at the moment, it seems to be the worst possible option that has manifested, and clearly by people with absolutely no understanding of how small- and micro-businesses are actually run. We all care about the environment, and want to do our part to protect it, but not like this. Please, for the sake of small businesses across Europe, whose owners do what they do because they love creating whatever it is they may create, re-think this legislation and how it is being applied. Business are already closing their doors or pulling back from selling to other EU Member states(!) for the sake of what might be an additional 1kg of packaging entering another country over the course of a year. Open any social media channel, and it is littered with messages from small business announcing their stoppage of shipments to other EU countries, or even worse, their outright closure. The EU should help build up businesses, and this law only succeeds in doing the exact opposite. The global economy is hard enough as is, helped in no small part by illegal tariffs impose by the U.S., and small businesses are already on our knees. Please don't kick us while we're already down. Many of us will not be able to get back up.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544444_en"}, {"id": 33544443, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:10:59", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenas tardes, vivimos en unos tiempos convulsos donde todo se ha encarecido, las personas cada vez son más pobres y sin embargo, la vida es más cara. Desde un principio, cuando se contempló la idea de poner está nueva legislación se hizo con un punto de vista equivocado, las compras online a otros países no solo hacia que se pudiera ahorrar dinero, si no que hay productos que solo se pueden adquirir en ciertas zonas. Al final, los que siempre tienen que pagar y a quien se le castiga es a los que menos recursos económicos tienen para el beneficio del que está por encima. Este impuesto no ha frenado la compra, sinceramente hay ciertas cosas que si o si tenemos que comprarlas fuera de la unión europea, lo único que ha conseguido es beneficiar a unos y castigar a los más castigados. No podemos comprar el discurso de que beneficia a la pequeña empresa o la empresa de barrio ya que estás empresas de las que hablan no prosperan por precisamente no ofrecer un producto atractivo o competitivo. No puedes venderme el mismo producto que compraría por ejemplo a china al triple de precio, hazme el producto de china fabricado en mi país y entonces compraré tu producto, mientras la empresa de barrio solo sea un importador más no puede esperar prosperar, así que no, eso no es un argumento válido. En resumen, está medida solo la podemos percibir como un castigo, para el beneficio de unos pocos, sin ningún beneficio real para el pueblo al que os debéis. Un saludo.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoons, we live in turbulent times where everything has become more expensive, people are getting poorer and yet life is more expensive. From the outset, when the idea of introducing new legislation was contemplated, it was done from a wrong point of view, online shopping from other countries not only to save money, but also to the extent that there are products that can only be purchased in certain areas. In the end, those who always have to pay and who are punished are those who have the least financial resources for the profit they are above. This tax has not slowed down the purchase, honestly there are certain things that if or if we have to buy them outside the European Union, the only thing that it has managed to do is to benefit some and punish the hardest hit. We cannot buy the narrative that benefits the small company or neighbourhood company as these companies are not successful because they do not offer an attractive or competitive product. You cannot sell me the same product that I would buy for example from Chinese at triple price, get the Chinese product made in my country and then I will buy your product, as long as the neighbourhood company is only one other importer, you cannot expect to thrive, so that is not a valid argument. In short, this measure can only be perceived as a punishment, for the benefit of a few, without any real benefit for the people you owe. Kind regards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544443_en"}, {"id": 33544442, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:10:41", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please change this so that small businesses are exempt from this law, as many of them do not make enough money to afford a representative in each country.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please change this so that small businesses are exempt from this law, as many of them do not make enough money to afford a representative in each country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544442_en"}, {"id": 33544441, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:10:34", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Instead of targeting conglomerates giants like Temu, Amazon. etc. you decide to target small businesses that only make a FRACTION of the waste that you want to reduce. Good job on targeting the smaller businesses and make monopolising even easier. Absolute clowns. I hope you enjoy the hollow pats on the back for yet again, fucking over the average man and woman.", "feedbackEnglish": "Instead of targeting conglomerates giants like Temu, Amazon. etc. you decide to target small businesses that only make a FRACTION of the waste that you want to reduce. Good job on targeting the smaller businesses and make monopolising even easier. Absolute clowns. I hope you enjoy the hollow pats on the back for yet again, fucking over the average man and woman.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544441_en"}, {"id": 33544440, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:10:24", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who is living in the EU and trying to intentionally support the struggling small businesses in the EU, I'm strongly opposed to this proposal. Small businesses face so many barriers already, and rules like these would destroy their ability to function. While I understand and appreciate the nature of the bill, it would lead to the absolute obliteration of remaining in home businesses. Please reconsider, or perhaps put exemptions for businesses working below a certain annual budget. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who is living in the EU and trying to intentionally support the struggling small businesses in the EU, I'm strongly opposed to this proposal. Small businesses face so many barriers already, and rules like these would destroy their ability to function. While I understand and appreciate the nature of the bill, it would lead to the absolute obliteration of remaining in home businesses. Please reconsider, or perhaps put exemptions for businesses working below a certain annual budget. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544440_en"}, {"id": 33544439, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:10:13", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Painter", "feedback": "EITHER Provide a mechanism for single use paid recycle fees printable stickers, AND provide instructions for approved packaging materials, OR allow for registering an exemption for low volume sellers. DO NOT attack and destroy independent artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "EITHER Provide a mechanism for single use paid recycle fees printable stickers, AND provide instructions for approved packaging materials, OR allow for registering an exemption for low volume sellers. DO NOT attack and destroy independent artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544439_en"}, {"id": 33544438, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:08:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette proposition est un cauchemar pour les micro-entreprises, les artistes et les artisans. La plupart ne peuvent pas vivre de leurs créations et acceptent d'en faire une activité annexe en plus d'un autre travail, souvent à temps plein. Cette loi va brider le peu de ventes qu'ils et elles font déjà à l'heure actuelle, et ce sans réellement pénaliser les plus gros pollueurs. Il faut réellement taxer les grosses entreprises proportionnellement à leurs revenus et à la pollution dont ils sont responsable. Quand aux micro-entreprises, zn deçà d'un certain revenu ou d'un certain volume de colis, elles ne devraient pas subir cette nouvelle charge financière. A minima, harmoniser ces taxes et simplifiez la partie administrative...", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal is a nightmare for micro-enterprises, artists and craftsmen. Most people cannot live on their creations and agree to make them an ancillary activity in addition to another, often full-time, job. This law will curb the limited sales they already make today, without actually penalising the biggest polluters. There is a real need to tax large companies in proportion to their income and the pollution they are responsible for. When micro-enterprises, zn below a certain income or volume of parcels, should not be burdened with this new financial burden. At the very least, harmonise these taxes and simplify the administrative part...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544438_en"}, {"id": 33544437, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:08:01", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CHIIHIRO OG", "feedback": "I strongly support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers financially responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the administrative and financial burden that the current system places on micro-businesses, independent artists, craftspeople and other very small businesses selling across EU borders. For a small business, selling a handful of products to customers in different EU countries can potentially mean having to register in multiple national producer registers, understand different national procedures, work with authorised representatives and pay separate registration, representation and compliance fees in each country. This creates a disproportionate burden. A small artist or craft business may generate only a few kilograms of packaging in a particular country each year. Yet the fixed administrative costs of complying with the system can be hundreds or even thousands of euros annually completely unrelated to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. For a micro-business with a small turnover, these costs are not simply an inconvenience. They can make cross-border sales economically impossible and can ultimately make the business itself unsustainable. This is particularly problematic because the European Single Market is supposed to allow small businesses to sell across the EU. A business should not have to become a regulatory expert or employ multiple compliance providers simply because one customer in another Member State purchases a product. The EU should therefore introduce a genuinely centralised system for packaging Extended Producer Responsibility. I would strongly recommend: 1. One EU-wide registration portal A micro-business should be able to register once through a central European portal rather than navigating up to 27 separate national systems. The business should enter its company details, packaging categories and estimated quantities once. The system should then distribute the relevant information to the appropriate national authorities. 2. One EU-wide payment system Where EPR fees are due in several Member States, the business should be able to make one payment through the EU system. The system could automatically distribute the appropriate amounts to the relevant national waste-management systems. There is no reason why a small business should have to maintain numerous separate payment relationships simply because its customers happen to live in different Member States. 3. A genuinely proportionate micro-business regime The existing simplified reporting provisions for businesses placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market are a good starting point, but simplification of reporting alone does not solve the problem. The decisive issue for micro-businesses is the fixed cost of registration, representation and administration. A business selling a few hundred parcels per year should not face essentially the same administrative architecture as a multinational company selling millions of products. There should therefore be either: a genuinely EU-wide micro-business registration; a single low-cost EU-wide fee based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; or an exemption/de minimis threshold for businesses whose packaging volumes are genuinely negligible. 4. No mandatory paid representative for negligible volumes Requiring a small artist or craftsperson to pay an authorised representative in another Member State can cost far more than the environmental contribution itself. Where a business places only very small quantities of packaging on a market, the system should allow direct registration through the EU portal without requiring a paid intermediary, provided that the business can meet its reporting and payment obligations electronically. 5. Harmonise the actual obligations, not only the registration format Creating links between national registers is he", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers financially responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, I am deeply concerned about the administrative and financial burden that the current system places on micro-businesses, independent artists, craftspeople and other very small businesses selling across EU borders. For a small business, selling a handful of products to customers in different EU countries can potentially mean having to register in multiple national producer registers, understand different national procedures, work with authorised representatives and pay separate registration, representation and compliance fees in each country. This creates a disproportionate burden. A small artist or craft business may generate only a few kilograms of packaging in a particular country each year. Yet the fixed administrative costs of complying with the system can be hundreds or even thousands of euros annually completely unrelated to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. For a micro-business with a small turnover, these costs are not simply an inconvenience. They can make cross-border sales economically impossible and can ultimately make the business itself unsustainable. This is particularly problematic because the European Single Market is supposed to allow small businesses to sell across the EU. A business should not have to become a regulatory expert or employ multiple compliance providers simply because one customer in another Member State purchases a product. The EU should therefore introduce a genuinely centralised system for packaging Extended Producer Responsibility. I would strongly recommend: 1. One EU-wide registration portal A micro-business should be able to register once through a central European portal rather than navigating up to 27 separate national systems. The business should enter its company details, packaging categories and estimated quantities once. The system should then distribute the relevant information to the appropriate national authorities. 2. One EU-wide payment system Where EPR fees are due in several Member States, the business should be able to make one payment through the EU system. The system could automatically distribute the appropriate amounts to the relevant national waste-management systems. There is no reason why a small business should have to maintain numerous separate payment relationships simply because its customers happen to live in different Member States. 3. A genuinely proportionate micro-business regime The existing simplified reporting provisions for businesses placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market are a good starting point, but simplification of reporting alone does not solve the problem. The decisive issue for micro-businesses is the fixed cost of registration, representation and administration. A business selling a few hundred parcels per year should not face essentially the same administrative architecture as a multinational company selling millions of products. There should therefore be either: a genuinely EU-wide micro-business registration; a single low-cost EU-wide fee based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; or an exemption/de minimis threshold for businesses whose packaging volumes are genuinely negligible. 4. No mandatory paid representative for negligible volumes Requiring a small artist or craftsperson to pay an authorised representative in another Member State can cost far more than the environmental contribution itself. Where a business places only very small quantities of packaging on a market, the system should allow direct registration through the EU portal without requiring a paid intermediary, provided that the business can meet its reporting and payment obligations electronically. 5. Harmonise the actual obligations, not only the registration format Creating links between national registers is he", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544437_en"}, {"id": 33544436, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:06:34", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "small business", "feedback": "I am writing as a small business owner to express serious concerns regarding the new obligations introduced by the draft Implementing Regulation related to producer registration, annual reporting, and extended producer responsibility for packaging. While I understand and support the environmental objectives of the legislation, the current structure of the requirements places a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses, especially those who sell low volumes across multiple EU Member States. The obligation to register separately in every Member State where products are sold, combined with annual reporting duties and potential national fees, creates an administrative and financial load that small businesses cannot realistically absorb. For businesses that ship only a few packages per year to certain countries, the cost and complexity of compliance may exceed the value of the sales themselves. Additionally, the requirement to report detailed technical data on packaging materialsdown to the weight of each componentdemands resources and expertise that small businesses do not have. Even with simplified formats, this level of reporting is extremely challenging without dedicated compliance staff. I respectfully ask the Commission to consider introducing proportionality measures, such as: A simplified EU-wide registration for microenterprises A single reporting system instead of multiple national submissions Exemptions or reduced obligations for businesses below a certain turnover or shipment volume Harmonised and capped fees across Member States Without such adjustments, the Regulation risks severely limiting the ability of small businesses to participate in cross-border trade within the EU. Thank you for considering this feedback. I hope the final version of the Regulation will better reflect the realities and capacities of small enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as a small business owner to express serious concerns regarding the new obligations introduced by the draft Implementing Regulation related to producer registration, annual reporting, and extended producer responsibility for packaging. While I understand and support the environmental objectives of the legislation, the current structure of the requirements places a disproportionate burden on micro and small businesses, especially those who sell low volumes across multiple EU Member States. The obligation to register separately in every Member State where products are sold, combined with annual reporting duties and potential national fees, creates an administrative and financial load that small businesses cannot realistically absorb. For businesses that ship only a few packages per year to certain countries, the cost and complexity of compliance may exceed the value of the sales themselves. Additionally, the requirement to report detailed technical data on packaging materialsdown to the weight of each componentdemands resources and expertise that small businesses do not have. Even with simplified formats, this level of reporting is extremely challenging without dedicated compliance staff. I respectfully ask the Commission to consider introducing proportionality measures, such as: A simplified EU-wide registration for microenterprises A single reporting system instead of multiple national submissions Exemptions or reduced obligations for businesses below a certain turnover or shipment volume Harmonised and capped fees across Member States Without such adjustments, the Regulation risks severely limiting the ability of small businesses to participate in cross-border trade within the EU. Thank you for considering this feedback. I hope the final version of the Regulation will better reflect the realities and capacities of small enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544436_en"}, {"id": 33544435, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:05:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BLE Media Group", "feedback": "Ich möchte meinem großen Unmut über die zunehmenden bürokratischen Anforderungen durch die PPWR deutlich Ausdruck verleihen. Grundsätzlich unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Recycling zu verbessern. Die Art und Weise, wie diese Ziele umgesetzt werden, halte ich jedoch für völlig unverhältnismäßig und realitätsfern. Insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Onlinehändler entsteht eine enorme zusätzliche Belastung. Ein kleiner Händler hat keine eigene Rechtsabteilung, keine Compliance-Abteilung und keine Mitarbeiter, die sich ausschließlich mit europäischen und nationalen Vorschriften beschäftigen. Er muss Produkte einkaufen, verkaufen, Kunden betreuen, Retouren bearbeiten, Steuern und Abgaben bezahlen und gleichzeitig wirtschaftlich überleben. Die Handelsmargen sind in vielen Bereichen bereits sehr gering. Trotzdem kommen immer neue Pflichten und Kosten hinzu: DSGVO, umfangreiche Informationspflichten, Widerrufsrecht und Widerrufsbutton, Kennzeichnungspflichten, Dokumentationspflichten und zahlreiche weitere regulatorische Vorgaben. Jede einzelne Vorschrift mag für sich begründbar sein in ihrer Gesamtheit entsteht jedoch eine Bürokratie, die kleine Unternehmen zunehmend überfordert. Mit der PPWR wird diese Situation nochmals verschärft. Ein österreichischer Onlinehändler, der beispielsweise nur wenige tausend Pakete pro Jahr an Endkunden in verschiedene EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet, soll sich mit den jeweiligen nationalen EPR-Systemen auseinandersetzen und möglicherweise in jedem Zielland zusätzliche Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte, Verträge, Meldungen und Kosten bewältigen. Hier wurde der Bezug zur Realität verloren. Ein Händler mit einigen tausend Sendungen im Jahr verursacht nicht annähernd dieselben administrativen Herausforderungen wie ein internationaler Großkonzern. Trotzdem wird er zunehmend mit Strukturen konfrontiert, die offensichtlich für große Unternehmen konzipiert sind. Die Konsequenz wird sein, dass viele kleine Händler bestimmte EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern werden. Manche werden den grenzüberschreitenden Handel vollständig einstellen. Andere werden ihr Unternehmen aufgeben. Sehr viele Unternehmen werden diese Entwicklung nicht überleben. Es stehen Existenzen, Familien und Arbeitsplätze auf dem Spiel. Das kann und darf nicht das Ergebnis europäischer Gesetzgebung sein. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, ihre Produkte unkompliziert in andere Mitgliedstaaten zu verkaufen. Stattdessen entsteht ein Flickenteppich aus nationalen EPR-Systemen, Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigten und laufenden Verpflichtungen. Für einen kleinen Händler kann der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand irgendwann höher sein als der tatsächliche wirtschaftliche Nutzen des Verkaufs in diesem Land. Ich fordere daher dringend eine verhältnismäßige Lösung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen. Notwendig sind insbesondere: eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung statt zahlreicher nationaler Registrierungen; klare und großzügige Schwellenwerte für Kleinstmengen und Kleinunternehmen; vereinfachte oder entfallende Pflichten bei geringen Verpackungsmengen; eine zentrale europäische Lösung für EPR-Bevollmächtigte; deutlich weniger laufende Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten; eine verbindliche Prüfung der wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen neuer Pflichten auf kleine Unternehmen. Umweltschutz darf nicht dadurch erreicht werden, dass kleine Unternehmen aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden. Europa braucht Regeln, die praktikabel, verhältnismäßig und an der wirtschaftlichen Realität orientiert sind. Hinter jedem kleinen Onlinehandel stehen Menschen, Investitionen, Familien und oftmals Mitarbeiter. Ich habe zunehmend den Eindruck, dass die europäische Gesetzgebung den Bezug zur Realität der kleinen Unternehmen verloren hat. Es ist dringend Zeit, diese Entwicklung zu korrigieren, bevor zahlreiche Unternehmen ihre Existenz aufgeben müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my great dissatisfaction with the increasing bureaucratic requirements imposed by the PPWR. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. However, the way in which those objectives are implemented seems to me to be wholly disproportionate and unrealistic. Small and medium-sized online traders in particular face a huge additional burden. A small trader does not have its own legal department, compliance department or staff dealing exclusively with European and national rules. He has to buy, sell, care for customers, handle returns, pay taxes and levies, while also surviving economically. Trade margins are already very low in many areas. Nevertheless, new obligations and costs are constantly being added: GDPR, extensive information requirements, right of withdrawal and withdrawal button, labelling requirements, documentation requirements and numerous other regulatory requirements. However, every single rule may be justifiable in its entirety, creating red tape that is increasingly overburdening small businesses. The PPWR further exacerbates this situation. For example, an Austrian online trader who sends only a few thousand parcels per year to final customers in different EU Member States will have to deal with the respective national EPR systems and may have to deal with additional registrations, authorised representatives, contracts, notifications and costs in each destination country. Here, the link to reality has been lost. A trader with a few thousand items a year does not pose almost the same administrative challenges as a large international company. Nevertheless, it is increasingly confronted with structures that appear to be designed for large companies. The consequence will be that many small traders will no longer supply certain EU countries. Some will stop cross-border trade altogether. Others will give up their business. A large number of companies will not survive this development. Livelihoods, families and jobs are at stake. This cannot and must not be the result of European legislation. The European single market should allow small businesses to easily sell their products to other Member States. Instead, it creates a patchwork of national EPR systems, registrations, authorised representatives and ongoing obligations. For a small trader, the administrative and financial burden may at some point be higher than the actual economic benefit of the sale in that country. I therefore urge for a proportionate solution for micro and small enterprises. In particular, it is necessary to: a centralised EU-wide registration instead of numerous national registrations; clear and generous thresholds for micro and small enterprises; simplified or waived obligations for small quantities of packaging; a central European solution for EPR delegates; significantly less on-going reporting and documentation obligations; a mandatory assessment of the economic impact of new obligations on small businesses. Environmental protection must not be achieved by pushing small businesses out of the European single market. Europe needs rules that are practical, proportionate and based on economic reality. Behind every small online trade are people, investments, families and often employees. I have a growing impression that European legislation has lost its connection with the reality of small businesses. It is urgent to correct this trend before many companies have to give up their existence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544435_en"}, {"id": 33544433, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:04:07", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I second most of the feedback to this initiative. I'm an independent microbusiness (visual artist) myself, whose collectors live in the EU. Extra burden accosiated with shipping costs and restrictions would not be feasible for me, which means I'd have to survive with even less income, depend more on social security or even eventually shut down my artistry practice due to its financial unsustainability..", "feedbackEnglish": "I second most of the feedback to this initiative. I'm an independent microbusiness (visual artist) myself, whose collectors live in the EU. Extra burden accosiated with shipping costs and restrictions would not be feasible for me, which means I'd have to survive with even less income, depend more on social security or even eventually shut down my artistry practice due to its financial unsustainability..", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544433_en"}, {"id": 33544432, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:01:45", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Eleonora Perilli ", "feedback": "Feedback on the EU initiative on national registers of producers Packaging and Packaging Waste I am the owner of a very small, one-person artisan business based in Italy. I design and make handmade products and sell them directly to consumers, including through online platforms. I fully support the EU's environmental objectives and the aim of reducing packaging waste and increasing recycling. However, I am concerned that the implementation of national producer registration requirements may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. A small artisan business may sell only a very limited number of products to customers in different EU Member States. Nevertheless, it may have to deal with different national registration systems, procedures, fees, reporting requirements and, in some cases, authorised representatives in each destination country. For a one-person micro-business, complying with multiple national systems can cost significantly morein both money and timethan the actual value of the packaging placed on those markets. This risks creating a serious barrier to cross-border trade within the Single Market. Large companies can distribute compliance costs across thousands or millions of sales, while a small artisan business cannot. As a result, micro-enterprises may be forced to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries, not because they do not want to comply with environmental rules, but because the administrative and financial burden is disproportionate to the very small quantities involved. I therefore ask the European Commission to introduce a simple and proportionate system specifically for micro-enterprises and very low-volume producers. Possible solutions could include: - a single EU registration system or portal covering all Member States; - harmonised thresholds below which registration and reporting requirements are simplified or exempted; - one simplified annual declaration based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; - proportionate and harmonised fees based on those quantities; - simplified rules for businesses selling very small quantities directly to final consumers; - avoiding the need for a separate authorised representative in every Member State where this would create disproportionate costs. The environmental objectives of the PPWR can be achieved without placing micro-enterprises in the same administrative position as large multinational companies. The European Single Market should allow a small artisan business to sell to customers in other EU countries without having to navigate a different and potentially costly compliance system for every Member State. I therefore urge the European Commission to ensure that national producer registers are proportionate, harmonised and genuinely accessible to micro-enterprises, while maintaining the environmental objectives of the Regulation. Supporting the green transition should not mean forcing the smallest businesses to withdraw from the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the EU initiative on national registers of producers Packaging and Packaging Waste I am the owner of a very small, one-person artisan business based in Italy. I design and make handmade products and sell them directly to consumers, including through online platforms. I fully support the EU's environmental objectives and the aim of reducing packaging waste and increasing recycling. However, I am concerned that the implementation of national producer registration requirements may create a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises. A small artisan business may sell only a very limited number of products to customers in different EU Member States. Nevertheless, it may have to deal with different national registration systems, procedures, fees, reporting requirements and, in some cases, authorised representatives in each destination country. For a one-person micro-business, complying with multiple national systems can cost significantly morein both money and timethan the actual value of the packaging placed on those markets. This risks creating a serious barrier to cross-border trade within the Single Market. Large companies can distribute compliance costs across thousands or millions of sales, while a small artisan business cannot. As a result, micro-enterprises may be forced to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries, not because they do not want to comply with environmental rules, but because the administrative and financial burden is disproportionate to the very small quantities involved. I therefore ask the European Commission to introduce a simple and proportionate system specifically for micro-enterprises and very low-volume producers. Possible solutions could include: - a single EU registration system or portal covering all Member States; - harmonised thresholds below which registration and reporting requirements are simplified or exempted; - one simplified annual declaration based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; - proportionate and harmonised fees based on those quantities; - simplified rules for businesses selling very small quantities directly to final consumers; - avoiding the need for a separate authorised representative in every Member State where this would create disproportionate costs. The environmental objectives of the PPWR can be achieved without placing micro-enterprises in the same administrative position as large multinational companies. The European Single Market should allow a small artisan business to sell to customers in other EU countries without having to navigate a different and potentially costly compliance system for every Member State. I therefore urge the European Commission to ensure that national producer registers are proportionate, harmonised and genuinely accessible to micro-enterprises, while maintaining the environmental objectives of the Regulation. Supporting the green transition should not mean forcing the smallest businesses to withdraw from the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544432_en"}, {"id": 33544431, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:00:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Congratulations! You succeeded on killing the whole. Europe small business economy. With this absurd ecofriendly bullshit regulations you are DESTROYING EU economic power at global scale. While bigger states are polluting without any kind of care for this planet and growing their economic day by day, we're still pursuing a FAILED vision that EU can save the planet when we're already the least impactful part of the world on how much we pollute, meanwhile people are struggling to put food at their family's table. THIS EU DOESN'T REPRESENT ME, my values and what I want to build for my future, this also apply to my business. STOP THIS ECO-MADNESS, make the Europe economically competitive again and let the small business alone.", "feedbackEnglish": "Congratulations! You succeeded on killing the whole. Europe small business economy. With this absurd ecofriendly bullshit regulations you are DESTROYING EU economic power at global scale. While bigger states are polluting without any kind of care for this planet and growing their economic day by day, we're still pursuing a FAILED vision that EU can save the planet when we're already the least impactful part of the world on how much we pollute, meanwhile people are struggling to put food at their family's table. THIS EU DOESN'T REPRESENT ME, my values and what I want to build for my future, this also apply to my business. STOP THIS ECO-MADNESS, make the Europe economically competitive again and let the small business alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544431_en"}, {"id": 33544430, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 14:00:43", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation should not be forced to small businesses,there are small businesses that make under 10.000 euro and are asked to pay tremendous amounts on representatives in each and every country of the EU with which they do business. It is important to take measurements for the sake of the environment, but you can do that by better rules on corporates which are the ones that has brought the envionmental crises. Small business in their majority have enviormental friendly ethics, are not the ones responsible for the enviromental crises, applying this rule will crush the small businesses while big corporates that are the ones responsible will thrive as the cost is insignificant for them. Is the purpose of this rule to crush the small businesses and benefit corporates?", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation should not be forced to small businesses,there are small businesses that make under 10.000 euro and are asked to pay tremendous amounts on representatives in each and every country of the EU with which they do business. It is important to take measurements for the sake of the environment, but you can do that by better rules on corporates which are the ones that has brought the envionmental crises. Small business in their majority have enviormental friendly ethics, are not the ones responsible for the enviromental crises, applying this rule will crush the small businesses while big corporates that are the ones responsible will thrive as the cost is insignificant for them. Is the purpose of this rule to crush the small businesses and benefit corporates?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544430_en"}, {"id": 33544429, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:59:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Also harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. Additionally I think the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. I have personally seen many businesses already shut down their EU shipping because of this.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Also harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses. Additionally I think the new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses. I have personally seen many businesses already shut down their EU shipping because of this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544429_en"}, {"id": 33544427, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:58:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "-", "feedback": "I support the environmental goals behind these rules. But the proposed national producer registers are a bureaucratic and disproportionate way of achieving them. For large corporations, the additional registration, reporting and compliance costs may be manageable. For small businesses, they can easily make selling to EU customers uneconomical. Many have already announced that they will simply stop selling to the EU. This harms EU consumers and trade. There are much simpler ways to achieve the same goal. Require packaging to carry verifiable proof, for example through a QR code, that the appropriate packaging/recycling contribution has been paid. Packages without such proof could be rejected or held until the contribution plus an additional handling fee is paid. This puts the cost where it belongs -on the packaging- without forcing every small manufacturer in the world to navigate multiple national bureaucracies. The green goal is good. This regulation is not.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental goals behind these rules. But the proposed national producer registers are a bureaucratic and disproportionate way of achieving them. For large corporations, the additional registration, reporting and compliance costs may be manageable. For small businesses, they can easily make selling to EU customers uneconomical. Many have already announced that they will simply stop selling to the EU. This harms EU consumers and trade. There are much simpler ways to achieve the same goal. Require packaging to carry verifiable proof, for example through a QR code, that the appropriate packaging/recycling contribution has been paid. Packages without such proof could be rejected or held until the contribution plus an additional handling fee is paid. This puts the cost where it belongs -on the packaging- without forcing every small manufacturer in the world to navigate multiple national bureaucracies. The green goal is good. This regulation is not.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544427_en"}, {"id": 33544428, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:58:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The whole PPWR has two definitve issues: It's overly complicated, bureaucratic, intransparent for Non-Jurist to understand and unfair against smaller businesses. Trying to find any collective, simple and definite information on the whole topic seems impossible. For smaller businesses, who do neither have a legal team nor time and money to invest into simply \"finding out\" about the PPWR, let alone figure out what they have to do, it is impossible and destructive. Especially the whole \"EPR Authorized Representatives\" topic has almost every smaller business in panic and without a structured plan, clear measures or information overall. The information to find online is conflicting and confusing. I spent 3 days by now to find out what my responsiblities as a smaller business would be or how being one affects those. The regulation is limiting free trade in the Union, destroying businesses ability to sell freely into any EU country and gives them responsibilites which should not be theirs to handle. Packaging responsibilities should lie with those who produce it in the first place. Large factories.", "feedbackEnglish": "The whole PPWR has two defining issues: It’s overly complicated, bureaucratic, non-transparent for Non-Jurist to understand and unfair against smaller businesses. Trying to find any collective, simple and definite information on the whole topic seems impossible. For smaller businesses, who do neither have a legal team nor time and money to invest into simply ‘finding out’ about the PPWR, let alone figure out what they have to do, it is impossible and destructive. Especially the whole “EPR Authorised Representatives” topic has almost every smaller business in panic and without a structured plan, clear measures or information overall. The information to find online is conflicting and confusing. I spent 3 days by now to find out what my responsiblities as a smaller business would be or how being one affects those. The regulation is limiting free trade in the Union, destroying businesses ability to sell freely into any EU country and give them responsibilites which should not be theirs to handle. Packaging responsibilities should lie with those who produce it in the first place. Large factories.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544428_en"}, {"id": 33544426, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:58:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Für viele freischaffende Künstler*Innen wie mich und andere Kleinstunternehmen bedeuten diese Regelungen einen erheblichen bürokratischen Aufwand, der den Verkauf innerhalb Europas zunehmend erschwert. Die Kosten für einzelne Vertreter in EU Ländern um weitehrin dorthin versenden zu können sind für viele nicht stemmbar. Diese neue Regelung bedroht Existenzen von vielen Kunstschaffenden und wird so langfristig die Vielfalt von kreativen Berufen verkleinern.", "feedbackEnglish": "For many freelance artists such as me and other micro-enterprises, these rules represent a significant bureaucratic burden that makes it increasingly difficult to sell within Europe. Many people cannot afford the costs of individual representatives in EU countries in order to be able to send them there by far. This new regime threatens the livelihoods of many artists and will thus reduce the diversity of creative professions in the long run.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544426_en"}, {"id": 33544425, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:57:21", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Europe for big businesses, but not for small entrepreneurs? I am a small Belgian business owner. I make my products myself, package them myself, sell them myself and, above all, I am proud when customers from other European countries choose to buy from my small business. That should be the strength of the European Union. A single internal market. The free movement of goods and services. A Europe where a small entrepreneur from Belgium has the same opportunity to reach a customer in the Netherlands, France or Germany. But with the increasingly complex packaging legislation coming into force on 12 August 2026, that freedom suddenly feels very different. Because as soon as I, as a small business owner, sell across borders, I may have to deal with additional obligations, registrations, reporting requirements and costs that can differ from one Member State to another. Why? Why do we have a single European market if I have to deal with different national administrations for that same European market? Why should a small entrepreneur who perhaps sends a few dozen parcels a year to a particular EU country face administrative requirements that can be comparable in principle to those faced by a multinational placing millions of products on that market? Where is the proportionality? I am not against regulation. I am not against sustainability. I am even in favour of clear European rules. But when regulation becomes so complex that a small business owner has to calculate whether a foreign order is still financially worthwhile, I believe the system has gone too far. Because lets be honest: I dont pay for that administration with just a little extra paperwork. I pay with time, money and profit. Time that I can no longer invest in my products, my customers or growing my business. Money spent on registrations, contributions, professional advice and administration. And profit that is already limited for a small business. At some point, the calculation becomes very simple: The sale is still legally possible, but it is no longer economically viable. And that is where the irony begins. The European Union created the internal market precisely to give small businesses the opportunity to grow internationally. Thanks to e-commerce, a small artisan business can now reach customers who would previously have been completely out of reach. Yet that same entrepreneur is now being pushed back towards their own national borders by a growing layer of national obligations. Is that really what Europe wants? A small business owner who is proud that someone hundreds of kilometres away has deliberately chosen their handmade product should be encouraged. Not discouraged. I am therefore not asking for all regulations to disappear. I am asking for rules that take the reality of small businesses into account. Why not create one European packaging registration? Why not one European portal? Why not one simple reporting system for small businesses selling across the EU? Why should 27 Member States add their own administrative layers to what is supposed to be a European internal market? If Europe is one internal market, then let it be one internal market for small businesses too. There must be a meaningful distinction between a multinational corporation and someone working from a small workshop, making products by hand, packing them personally and sending them to a customer somewhere else in Europe. Sustainability should not become a privilege reserved for companies large enough to employ an entire compliance department. And the European internal market should not become a privilege reserved for businesses large enough to carry the administrative burden. I want to take responsibility. I want to work sustainably. I want to comply with the rules. But I also want to be able to run my business. Do not make regulation so complex that small businesses ultimately have no choice but to stop selling internationally. Because if I eventually", "feedbackEnglish": "Europe for big businesses, but not for small entrepreneurs? I am a small Belgian business owner. I make my products myself, package them myself, sell them myself and, above all, I am proud when customers from other European countries choose to buy from my small business. That should be the strength of the European Union. A single internal market. The free movement of goods and services. A Europe where a small entrepreneur from Belgium has the same opportunity to reach a customer in the Netherlands, France or Germany. But with the increasingly complex packaging legislation coming into force on 12 August 2026, that freedom suddenly feels very different. Because as soon as I, as a small business owner, sell across borders, I may have to deal with additional obligations, registrations, reporting requirements and costs that can differ from one Member State to another. Why? Why do we have a single European market if I have to deal with different national administrations for that same European market? Why should a small entrepreneur who perhaps sends a few dozen parcels a year to a particular EU country face administrative requirements that can be comparable in principle to those faced by a multinational placing millions of products on that market? Where is the proportionality? I am not against regulation. I am not against sustainability. I am even in favour of clear European rules. But when regulation becomes so complex that a small business owner has to calculate whether a foreign order is still financially worthwhile, I believe the system has gone too far. Because lets be honest: I dont pay for that administration with just a little extra paperwork. I pay with time, money and profit. Time that I can no longer invest in my products, my customers or growing my business. Money spent on registrations, contributions, professional advice and administration. And profit that is already limited for a small business. At some point, the calculation becomes very simple: The sale is still legally possible, but it is no longer economically viable. And that is where the irony begins. The European Union created the internal market precisely to give small businesses the opportunity to grow internationally. Thanks to e-commerce, a small artisan business can now reach customers who would previously have been completely out of reach. Yet that same entrepreneur is now being pushed back towards their own national borders by a growing layer of national obligations. Is that really what Europe wants? A small business owner who is proud that someone hundreds of kilometres away has deliberately chosen their handmade product should be encouraged. Not discouraged. I am therefore not asking for all regulations to disappear. I am asking for rules that take the reality of small businesses into account. Why not create one European packaging registration? Why not one European portal? Why not one simple reporting system for small businesses selling across the EU? Why should 27 Member States add their own administrative layers to what is supposed to be a European internal market? If Europe is one internal market, then let it be one internal market for small businesses too. There must be a meaningful distinction between a multinational corporation and someone working from a small workshop, making products by hand, packing them personally and sending them to a customer somewhere else in Europe. Sustainability should not become a privilege reserved for companies large enough to employ an entire compliance department. And the European internal market should not become a privilege reserved for businesses large enough to carry the administrative burden. I want to take responsibility. I want to work sustainably. I want to comply with the rules. But I also want to be able to run my business. Do not make regulation so complex that small businesses ultimately have no choice but to stop selling internationally. Because if I eventually", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544425_en"}, {"id": 33544424, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:56:22", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We respectfully request that micro businesses be exempt from the requirement to appoint an Authorized Representative (AR), as this obligation imposes a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on businesses of this scale. Alternatively, we urge harmonization across the registration process to ensure that compliance remains clear and easy at such a scale. Without such measures, the regulation risks creating significant disruptions and barriers that could threaten the very existence of many small businesses operating within the European Union. This outcome would run directly against the principle of the free movement of goods. Rather than supporting EU-based entrepreneurship and trade, the additional compliance costs may force micro businesses to cease operations and encourage consumers to purchase from non-EU mass-scale sellers that do not have issues meeting such requirements, thereby undermining the competitiveness of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We respectfully request that micro businesses be exempt from the requirement to appoint an Authorized Representative (AR), as this obligation imposes a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on businesses of this scale. Alternatively, we urge harmonization across the registration process to ensure that compliance remains clear and easy at such a scale. Without such measures, the regulation risks creating significant disruptions and barriers that could threaten the very existence of many small businesses operating within the European Union. This outcome would run directly against the principle of the free movement of goods. Rather than supporting EU-based entrepreneurship and trade, the additional compliance costs may force micro businesses to cease operations and encourage consumers to purchase from non-EU mass-scale sellers that do not have issues meeting such requirements, thereby undermining the competitiveness of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544424_en"}, {"id": 33544423, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:54:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ShopPuriPuri", "feedback": "I can completely understand the need for better rules and regulations regarding packaging and waste and am in full support of that, however, with these rules will have a negative effect on the small businesses, such as myself. This whole thing doesn't feel like the EU anymore with more and more rules all catered to the big companies and the small independent business being forgotten, leaving them to have to stop selling to countries or even closing their business all together. It is not a one rule fits all sizes, no. It is unfair for these types of regulations to be a one size fits all. There needs to be some kind of threshold or exemption for small businesses so they can be allowed to thrive within the EU. This will ruin small business, and will not impact the bigger companies, they will continue to do what they do regardless of the regulations. They can absorb the costs in every EU country. We small business cannot!", "feedbackEnglish": "I can completely understand the need for better rules and regulations regarding packaging and waste and am in full support of that, however, with these rules will have a negative effect on the small businesses, such as myself. This whole thing doesn't feel like the EU anymore with more and more rules all catered to the big companies and the small independent business being forgotten, leaving them to have to stop selling to countries or even closing their business all together. It is not a one rule fits all sizes, no. It is unfair for these types of regulations to be a one size fits all. There needs to be some kind of threshold or exemption for small businesses so they can be allowed to thrive within the EU. This will ruin small business, and will not impact the bigger companies, they will continue to do what they do regardless of the regulations. They can absorb the costs in every EU country. We small business cannot!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544423_en"}, {"id": 33544422, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:49:34", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis autoentrepreneur et reconnu handicapé avec une allocation adulte handicapé. Ce travail me permet de compléter un peu mes revenus (moins de 5000euros brut annuel) avec cette loi je devrais réduire fortement mon activité voire carrément fermer. Ce qui me priverais de revenus essentiels a ma survie et mon bien être. Je vous prie de bien vouloir considérer mon cas ainsi que celui de mes nonbreux camarades qui se retrouvent dans le même cas que moi. La survie de nombreuses micro entreprises qui font vivre des milliers de gens dépendent de vos lois. Merci Cordialement", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am self-employed and recognised as disabled with a disabled adult allowance. This work allows me to supplement my income (less than EUR 5 000 gross per year) with this law and I should reduce my activity considerably or even close down altogether. What would deprive me of essential income has my survival and well-being. I would be grateful if you could consider my case and that of my fellow friends, who find themselves in the same situation as me. The survival of many micro companies that make thousands of people live depends on your laws. Thank you very much", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544422_en"}, {"id": 33544421, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:49:08", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "MB \"Metalinis medis\"", "feedback": "The current approach to the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses and very small producers. In my case, this is essentially a small hobby business. I generate approximately 1 kg of paper packaging per year. Nevertheless, under the current system, I may have to register and pay fees in multiple EU Member States and, in some cases, appoint a local authorised representative. The cost of compliance can be completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging and its environmental impact. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, regulation must also be proportionate to the size of the business and the quantity of packaging involved. It is particularly difficult to understand why a small business selling tiny quantities across the EU should have to deal with separate registrations, fees and potentially representatives in every Member State. Are we not operating within one European Union and one Single Market? Why can there not be a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop for packaging obligations? A micro-business should be able to register once at EU level rather than repeating the same process in each individual country. There should also be a meaningful de minimis threshold. If a business places only a negligible amount of packaging on the market for example, around 1 kg per year it should either be exempt from registration and fees entirely or pay a small, symbolic EU-wide fee. The current system risks making cross-border sales practically impossible or economically irrational for very small businesses. In some cases, the administrative costs of compliance may be many times higher than the value of the products being sold and vastly exceed the environmental contribution associated with the packaging itself. This is especially problematic for micro-entrepreneurs and people running very small or hobby-based businesses. They should not need to spend significant amounts of money on registrations, compliance services and representatives simply because they have a few customers in different EU countries. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider: One EU-wide registration / one-stop-shop for packaging obligations; A meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and negligible packaging volumes; Zero or symbolic fees where packaging quantities are extremely small; No obligation to appoint costly local representatives below a reasonable threshold; Greater harmonisation across Member States, instead of 27 separate national compliance systems. The EU Single Market should make it easier for small businesses to sell across Europe. It should not turn each Member State into a separate regulatory and financial barrier. I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but the current approach risks disproportionately affecting the smallest businesses while providing little additional environmental benefit. Please ensure that the final rules are proportionate, practical and genuinely supportive of micro-businesses and the Single Market. Ultimately, I would ask: is the EU regulatory framework being designed with micro-businesses in mind? If compliance costs are disproportionate to both the size of the business and the amount of packaging involved, the rules risk becoming a barrier to small entrepreneurship rather than an effective environmental measure.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current approach to the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses and very small producers. In my case, this is essentially a small hobby business. I generate approximately 1 kg of paper packaging per year. Nevertheless, under the current system, I may have to register and pay fees in multiple EU Member States and, in some cases, appoint a local authorised representative. The cost of compliance can be completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging and its environmental impact. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, regulation must also be proportionate to the size of the business and the quantity of packaging involved. It is particularly difficult to understand why a small business selling tiny quantities across the EU should have to deal with separate registrations, fees and potentially representatives in every Member State. Are we not operating within one European Union and one Single Market? Why can there not be a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop for packaging obligations? A micro-business should be able to register once at EU level rather than repeating the same process in each individual country. There should also be a meaningful de minimis threshold. If a business places only a negligible amount of packaging on the market for example, around 1 kg per year it should either be exempt from registration and fees entirely or pay a small, symbolic EU-wide fee. The current system risks making cross-border sales practically impossible or economically irrational for very small businesses. In some cases, the administrative costs of compliance may be many times higher than the value of the products being sold and vastly exceed the environmental contribution associated with the packaging itself. This is especially problematic for micro-entrepreneurs and people running very small or hobby-based businesses. They should not need to spend significant amounts of money on registrations, compliance services and representatives simply because they have a few customers in different EU countries. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider: One EU-wide registration / one-stop-shop for packaging obligations; A meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-businesses and negligible packaging volumes; Zero or symbolic fees where packaging quantities are extremely small; No obligation to appoint costly local representatives below a reasonable threshold; Greater harmonisation across Member States, instead of 27 separate national compliance systems. The EU Single Market should make it easier for small businesses to sell across Europe. It should not turn each Member State into a separate regulatory and financial barrier. I support the environmental goals of the PPWR, but the current approach risks disproportionately affecting the smallest businesses while providing little additional environmental benefit. Please ensure that the final rules are proportionate, practical and genuinely supportive of micro-businesses and the Single Market. Ultimately, I would ask: is the EU regulatory framework being designed with micro-businesses in mind? If compliance costs are disproportionate to both the size of the business and the amount of packaging involved, the rules risk becoming a barrier to small entrepreneurship rather than an effective environmental measure.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544421_en"}, {"id": 33544420, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:48:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I'm writing in regards of the PPWR and EPR regulations and it's devastating consequences for micro businesses. If these regulations go into effect, almost every single micro business will have to close it's doors. Most of us simply cannot afford paying yearly fees in the thousands to keep shipping to fellow EU countries. This new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. Plus, expecting the same fees from a micro business with one employee and a giant corporation such as Amazon, Temu etc. is simply unfair and impossible. I would like to propose some points for consideration in hopes to change the way these new regulations effect micro businesses. Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R. rules as it is disproportionate and impossible to follow for businesses with one or two employees and a profit of less than 20k a year. If this is not possible, please provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Offer fees that depend on a businesses profit and on the actual amount of waste created. Also, harmozining the registartion for PPWR and EPR is needed. Applying for every single country one by one is a gigantic task and simply not possible for a small business with a single employee. A website is needed where a business can apply for every single EU country at once. Please reconsider these new regulations so that small businesses can continue to thrive and grow. Thank you very much! Best regards, Hannah Martin, a small business owner", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I'm writing in regards of the PPWR and EPR regulations and it's devastating consequences for micro businesses. If these regulations go into effect, almost every single micro business will have to close it's doors. Most of us simply cannot afford paying yearly fees in the thousands to keep shipping to fellow EU countries. This new law goes against the free movement of goods within the EU. Plus, expecting the same fees from a micro business with one employee and a giant corporation such as Amazon, Temu etc. is simply unfair and impossible. I would like to propose some points for consideration in hopes to change the way these new regulations effect micro businesses. Please exclude small and micro businesses from the A. R. rules as it is disproportionate and impossible to follow for businesses with one or two employees and a profit of less than 20k a year. If this is not possible, please provide measurements that small businesses can afford. Offer fees that depend on a businesses profit and on the actual amount of waste created. Also, harmozining the registartion for PPWR and EPR is needed. Applying for every single country one by one is a gigantic task and simply not possible for a small business with a single employee. A website is needed where a business can apply for every single EU country at once. Please reconsider these new regulations so that small businesses can continue to thrive and grow. Thank you very much! Best regards, Hannah Martin, a small business owner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544420_en"}, {"id": 33544419, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:47:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette loi est une bonne initiative sur papier mais la réalité est qu'elle met en péril les auto-entrepreneurs et les micros entreprises. Beaucoup de micro entreprises ne pourront jamais se permettre de payer ses frais et le tarif devrait être unique a l'UE et no par pays pour les micro-entreprise.", "feedbackEnglish": "The law is a good paper initiative but the reality is that it endangers self-entrepreneurs and micro businesses. Many micro enterprises will never be able to afford to pay their fees and the tariff should be unique to the EU and country-specific for micro enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544419_en"}, {"id": 33544418, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:47:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "exozetart", "feedback": "Ich führe ein Mikro-Unternehmen in Deutschland. Die PPWR ist für mich als Kleinstunternehmen nicht umsetzbar und schränkt mich auf den alleinigen Verkauf innerhalb Deutschlands ein. Es ist unverhältnismäßig, für noch so kleine Bestellmengen im EU-Ausland für jedes Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu organisieren, die Kosten sind nicht zu tragen (ich rede hier von Gewinnen pro Jahre von wenigen Tausend Euro). Dadurch bin ich aktuell gezwungen, meine Versand auf Deutschland zu beschränken. Doch es gibt noch weitgreifendere Probleme, die die PPWR auslöst: auch die Materialien, die ich bei Kleinunternehmen bestelle, sind davon betroffen. Beispiel: ich bestelle Material für meine Sticker-Herstellung bei einem ethischen Kleinunternehmen aus den UK. Das war für mich bisher eine optimale Lösung, weil ich derartiges Material nicht in Deutschland erhalten konnte und ich dieses nicht bei Megakonzernen wie Ama*** bestellen musste. Dieses britische Kleinunternehmen verschickt wegen der PPWR ihr Material nun nicht mehr nach Deutschland. Dieses Beispiel zeigt, wie es mich als Kleinstunternehmen betrifft, aber genau so wird dieses Problem auch sämtliche EU-Bürger betreffen. Kleine, nachhaltige Unternehmen werden extrem unverhältnismäßig beschränkt. So sehr ich auch den Sinn dieser neuen Regelung unterstütze (die Verpackungsflut muss definitiv eingeschränkt werden!), so halte ich das definitiv nicht für den richtigen Weg. Die Megakonzerne müssen direkter betroffen werden. Es muss aber Erleichterung für kleine Unternehmen geben, die das alles so nicht leisten können (und die erfahrungsgemäß sowieso schon mehr auf Nachhaltigkeit achten).", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a micro-enterprise in Germany. The PPWR is not feasible for me as a micro-enterprise and restricts me to selling only within Germany. It is disproportionate to organise an authorised representative for each country for even small quantities of orders in other EU countries; the costs are not to be borne (I am talking here about gains per year of a few thousand euros). As a result, I am currently forced to restrict my dispatch to Germany. However, there are even more far-reaching problems that PPWR causes: the materials I order from small businesses are also affected. For example: I order material for my sticker production from an ethical small business from the UK. This has so far been an optimal solution for me, because I could not obtain such material in Germany and I did not have to order it from mega-groups such as Ama***. Because of the PPWR, this British small enterprise is no longer sending its material to Germany. This example shows how it affects me as a micro-enterprise, but just as this problem will affect all EU citizens. Small, sustainable businesses are extremely disproportionately restricted. As much as I support the meaning of this new rule (the packaging flood must definitely be reduced!), I definitely do not consider this to be the right way forward. Mega-groups must be more directly affected. However, it must be made easier for small businesses, which are unable to do everything in this way (and which, in any case, experience has shown that they are already paying more attention to sustainability).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544418_en"}, {"id": 33544417, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:47:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Business owner in Germany", "feedback": "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We never received such a nonsense law coming from EU. Builds more bureaucracy, strengthens bigger companies and held smaller companies from selling in the EU. And then we wonder why we get more and more Asian crap on the market and get destroyed. Small businesses will stop selling from 12.08. as it doesnt make any sense anymore. Thanks for nothing!", "feedbackEnglish": "DEAR Ladies and Gentlemen, We never received such a nonsense law coming from EU. Builds more bureaucracy, strengthens bigger companies and holds smaller companies from selling in the EU. And then we wonder why we get more and more Asian crap on the market and get destroyed. Small businesses will stop selling from 12.08. as it doesnt make any sense anymore. Thanks for nothing!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544417_en"}, {"id": 33544416, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:46:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Inhaberin eines kleinen Unternehmens unterstütze ich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, ausdrücklich und verstehe diesen Gedanken vollkommen. Die aktuellen Registrierungs- und Compliance-Vorgaben wirken jedoch so, als seien sie ausschließlich auf Großkonzerne ausgelegt, während kleine Händler, die vielleicht nur eine Handvoll Pakete im Jahr pro EU-Land versenden, völlig überfordert werden. Das stellt ein unüberwindbares Hindernis für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU dar. Der administrative Aufwand und die Kosten für Bevollmächtigte benachteiligen uns kleine Händler massiv und gefährden unsere Geschäftsgrundlage. Ich appelliere daher dringend an die Kommission, zwei Dinge umzusetzen: 1. Eine europaweit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen einzuführen. 2. Kleinstunternehmen von den Kosten für verpflichtende Bevollmächtigte zu befreien. Nur so kann der freie Warenverkehr für kleine, unabhängige Unternehmen erhalten bleiben.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small business, I expressly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and fully understand that idea. However, the current registration and compliance requirements appear to be designed exclusively for large corporations, while small traders, who may send only a handful of parcels per year per EU country, are completely overwhelmed. This is an insurmountable barrier to cross-border trade within the EU. The administrative burden and costs of proxies put small traders at a huge disadvantage and put our business base at risk. I therefore urge the Commission to implement two things: 1. Introduce a Europe-wide minimum threshold for small quantities. 2. Exempt micro-enterprises from the costs of mandatory authorised representatives. This is the only way to preserve the free movement of goods for small, independent businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544416_en"}, {"id": 33544415, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:46:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Isabell Schmitt-Egner Schriftstellerin", "feedback": "Ich bin hauptberufliche Autorin in Deutschland und versende meine Bücher als Schmuck-Hardcover. Ich bin Mitglied einer Unternehmergruppe auf Facebook mit 10 000 Mitgliedern, in der eine von uns allen bezahlte Kanzlei Neuerungen und Vorschriften durchgibt. Praktisch wöchtentlich werden wir mit neuen Auflagen, Gesetzen, Richtlinien konfrontiert und längst hat sich der Fokus von \"wie kann ich wirtschaftlich mein Geschäft betreiben\" zu \"wie schaffe ich es neben meinem Geschäft alle EU Vorschriften, Widerrufbuttons, Barrierefreiheiten, Verpackungsrichtlinien und die DSGVO umzusetzen\" verschoben. Statt einer Vereinfachung für Unternehmer, einer Vereinfachung für Netto-Steuerzahler, wird uns jeder mögliche Stein vor die Füße geworfen. Als die Ankündigung zur Verpackungsverordnung kam, habe ich in der Gruppe eine Umfrage gemacht. Dabei kam heraus, dass nur 8% der Befragten noch in EU Länder versenden werden, 2% davon in alle. Die meisten wollten sich nur noch auf Deutschland beschränken, aber das wird gerade von der ZSVR verhindert, die an ihrer wirren Forderung festhält, dass wir auch noch alle zu Kartonagenerzeugern mit allen Pflichten werden, entgegen ! der Eu Richtlinie. Das Ergebnis: Ein Online Shop nach dem anderen stellt den Versand EU weit ein, viele schließen ganz, weil sie ihre Kunden in der Summe auf die Länder verteilt hatten und das sich nicht mehr lohnt. Von einer Harmonisierung sind wir so weit entfernt wie ein Krieg von einer friedlichen Mahnwache. Ich habe meine Ebooks bei Amazon im Verkauf und zumindest für Autoren versucht Amazon die fleißigen zu belohnen mit Boni und mehr Sichtbarkeit. Der Kindle misst, wie gern ein Buch gelesen wird, das wird dann belohnt. Amazon versucht, Betrüger zu entfernen und ehrliche Autoren mit guten Texten zu fördern. Die EU Richtlinien tun in der Regel das Gegenteil. Möglich, dass das eine oder andere für den Kunden dann bequemer ist, aber die EU treibt Unternehmer an den Rand des Machbaren, ins Aufgeben. Warum haben Sie kein Programm wie Amazon, das Händler unterstützt, die gut arbeiten? Warum beseitigen Sie keine Barrieren, anstatt ständig noch mehr aufzubauen, noch mehr Richtlinien, die nicht mal unsere Anwälte verstehen? Es gibt keine Rechtssicherheit mehr, da die Vorschriften so schwammig formuliert sind, dass sie alles Mögliche bedeuten können, was deutsche Behörden gegen die Händler ausnutzen. WIR müssen mit UNSEREM Geld und unseren Nerven dann vor Gericht die Gesetze definieren, die Sie nicht richtig ausgeführt haben. WARUM können Sie nicht einfach festlegen, dass bestimmte ausufernde Regeln für Kleinstunternehmer nicht anzuwenden sind und das so deutlich formulieren, dass keine ZSVR der Welt dagegen ankommt? Es hieß mal, dies und das gilt nicht für Kleinstunternehmer, dann kommt eine Behörde und sagt: Doch, das gilt für jeden und wir legen dafür Strafen fest. Und wir? Wir müssen aufgeben oder klagen. Fürs Klagen hat nicht jeder die Nerven und das Geld. Denken Sie mal an die DSGVO, da fehlte der Hinweis, dass das alles erst ab einer Größe von 20 Mitarbeitern gilt. Ein Satz, der alles hätte verhindern können, wurde nicht aufgenommen. Am Ende haben verängstigte, durch die öffentlichen Medien aufgehetzte Leute die Bilder von Kindergesichtern im Kindergarten mit schwarzem Edding bemalt wie in einem Horrorfilm, weil keiner verstanden hat, was er noch darf. Die Menschen können nicht mehr, die Menschen sind müde, gehetzt, gegängelt, desorientiert. Die guten Unternehmer wandern ab, und ein Herr Lauterbach, der nicht mal weiß, wie man Statistik buchstabiert, sagt, auf solche Leute (=gleich Nettosteuerzahler) kann man verzichten. Wirklich? Manchmal kann ich nicht fassen, was aus der EU geworden ist. Mein verstorbener Vater war Europaforscher, saß im EU-Rat und hat Bücher darüber geschrieben. Ich bin froh, dass er das hier nicht mehr erleben muss. Isabell Schmitt-Egner", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a full-time author in Germany and send my books as a jewellery hard cover. I am a member of a group of entrepreneurs on Facebook with 10000 members, in which a law firm we all pay for goes through innovations and rules. In practice, we are being confronted with new requirements, laws, directives every week and the focus has long shifted from ‘how to do my business economically’ to ‘how to implement all EU rules, revocation buttons, accessibility, packaging directives and the GDPR alongside my business’. Instead of a simplification for traders, a simplification for net-tax payers, every possible stone is thrown in front of us. When I announced the Packaging Regulation, I carried out a survey in the group. It found that only 8 % of respondents will still send to EU countries, 2 % of them to all. Most of them wanted to be confined to Germany only, but this is being prevented by the ZSVR, which continues to demand that we all also become cartonboard producers with all our obligations, contrary to the EU Directive. The outcome: One online shop after the other stops shipping far away from the EU, many of them completely stop because they had distributed their customers across countries and this is no longer worthwhile. We are as far away from harmonisation as a war from a peaceful vigil. I have my eBooks on sale at Amazon and, at least for authors, Amazon is trying to reward the hard-won with bonuses and more visibility. The Kindle measures how you like to read a book, which is then rewarded. Amazon tries to remove fraudsters and promote honest authors with good texts. EU directives usually do the opposite. It is possible that one or the other may then be more convenient for the customer, but the EU is pushing entrepreneurs to the margins of what is possible. Why do you not have a scheme like Amazon that supports traders that work well? Why do you not remove barriers instead of constantly building up more, even more guidelines that our lawyers do not even understand? There is no longer legal certainty, as the rules are so vague that they can mean everything possible that German authorities exploit against traders. With UNSEREM money and our nerves in court, we must then define the laws that you have not correctly implemented. Why can you not simply stipulate that certain excessive rules for micro-entrepreneurs are not to be applied and that this is worded so clearly that no ZSVR in the world is about it? It was said that this does not apply to micro-entrepreneurs, then a public authority comes in and says: But that’s true for everyone, and we’re laying down penalties for it. And leave us We have to give up or take legal action. Not everyone has the nerves and money to sue. Think about the GDPR, as there was no indication that all this applies only to 20 or more employees. A sentence that could have prevented everything was not included. In the end, frightened people surrounded by the public media painted images of children’s faces in kindergarten with black edding like in a horror film because nobody understood what they could still do. People can no longer be disoriented, people are tired, hungry, commuted, disoriented. The good entrepreneurs are moving away, and a Mr Lauterbach, who does not even know how to write statistics, says that it is possible to forego such people (= net taxpayers). Really? Sometimes I cannot understand what has come out of the EU. My late father was a European researcher, sat in the Council of the EU and wrote books about it. I am glad that he no longer has to experience this here. Isabell Schmitt-Egner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544415_en"}, {"id": 33544414, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:45:43", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In solidarity with small / micro businesses in Europe, I urge you to consider them and focus these rules on big corporations who can and should afford them. Micro businesses should not have to close down because their means of shipping their wares to other countries is suddenly taken from them because they can't afford it. As an artist it pains me to see other artists suddenly lose their means of money-making.", "feedbackEnglish": "In solidarity with small / micro businesses in Europe, I urge you to consider them and focus these rules on big corporations who can and should afford them. Micro businesses should not have to close down because their means of shipping their wares to other countries is suddenly taken from them because they can't afford it. As an artist it pains me to see other artists suddenly lose their means of money-making.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544414_en"}, {"id": 33544413, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:45:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As many others have already expressed, I am worried that these rules would mostly negatively impact small businesses and independent sellers that operate internationally. Compliance would be more difficult - and probably expensive - for them. I am a big supporter of stricter regulation for larger companies and the packaging they use, but I feel that applying the same rules to someone selling their crafts online would be discouraging and unfair. It might cause vendors to stop selling internationally altogether, which should be the last thing we'd want. I also wonder how this would affect the private sale and shipping of secondhand items through platforms like Vinted or Etsy. All in all, I urge you to consider ammending this proposal, for the sake of small-scale sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "As many others have already expressed, I am worried that these rules would mostly negatively impact small businesses and independent sellers that operate internationally. Compliance would be more difficult - and probably expensive - for them. I am a big supporter of stricter regulation for larger companies and the packaging they use, but I feel that applying the same rules to someone selling their crafts online would be discouraging and unfair. It might cause vendors to stop selling internationally altogether, which should be the last thing we'd want. I also wonder how this would affect the private sale and shipping of secondhand items through platforms like Vinted or Etsy. All in all, I urge you to consider ammending this proposal, for the sake of small-scale sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544413_en"}, {"id": 33544412, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:45:12", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "È unottima normativa per quanto riguarda i grandi produttori che sono poi gli unici che vengono intaccati pochissimo a livello di costi, ma per tutti i piccoli business che fanno magari anche pochissime vendite questa legge li distrugge completamente. Io che magari vorrei aprire la mia piccola attività sono stata frenata da questa cosa perché rende impossibile la vendita a tutti i paesi EU. Perfavore riguardate questa legge rispetto ai piccoli business che sono anche quelli che in generale ci tengono molto di più al riciclo dei materiali. State mettendo in ginocchio un sacco di persone che vogliono sia vendere che comprare e tanti che da un giorno allaltro si sono ritrovati a non avere più soldi per mangiare perché era la loro unica entrata monetaria. Grazie.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is very good for big producers, who are then the only ones that are affected very little in terms of costs, but for all small businesses that make even very few sales, this law completely destroys them. I might want to open my small business, but this has held me back because it makes it impossible to sell to all EU countries. Please consider this law in relation to small businesses, which are also the ones that in general keep us much more involved in material recycling. You are kneeling a bag of people who want to both sell and buy, and so many people who have been left without money to eat for a day because it was their only cash entry. Thanks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544412_en"}, {"id": 33544411, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:44:34", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like the following points to be considered: - The need for realistic minimum rates for microbusinesses that make few shipments and generate minimal waste (in terms of volume). - Simplified processes for microbusinesses and minimal waste volumes. Consolidation into a single European registry rather than 27 separate onesone for each EU countrygiven the costs this entails for small businesses (which, when added up, amount to thousands of euros). - A longer transition period, adjusted fees, or exemptions for microbusinesses with low sales volumes. Thank you so much for your time.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like the following points to be considered: - The need for realistic minimum rates for microbusinesses that make few shipments and generate minimal waste (in terms of volume). - Simplified processes for microbusinesses and minimal waste volumes. Consolidation into a single European registry rather than 27 separate onesone for each EU countrygiven the costs this entails for small businesses (which, when added up, amount to thousands of euros). - A longer transition period, adjusted fees, or exemptions for microbusinesses with low sales volumes. Thank you so much for your time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544411_en"}, {"id": 33544410, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:43:06", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Il est impératif que les petits commerces comme les artisans et les artistes soient exclus de cette règle. Ceux ci ne font pas de revenus suffisant pour couvrir ces taxes. La plupart des artisans font moins d'un SMIC, et ce en vendant dans toute l'Europe. Payer l'ensemble des taxes représenterait plusieurs milliers d'euros par an. Ce n'est donc pas viable. Sans compter le temps nécessaire pour faire les procédures administratives. Ces entreprises sont généralement tenues par une seule personne, voir deux. Il faut harmoniser afin que les taxes payés soient proportionnelles à l'impact écologique et aux moyens des entreprises. Cette loi va contre le principe de libre circulation des biens au sein de l'Union Européenne, car elle empêche de nombreux commerces de profiter de leur implementation dans l'UE, ce qui provoquera (et provoque déjà par anticipation) la faillite de nombreuses micro entreprises", "feedbackEnglish": "It is imperative that small businesses such as craftsmen and artists are excluded from this rule. The latter do not provide sufficient revenue to cover these taxes. Most craftsmen do less than one SMIC, selling all over Europe. Paying all taxes would amount to several thousand euros per year. It is therefore not viable. Not counting the time needed to complete the administrative procedures. These companies are usually held by a single person, see two. Harmonisation is needed to ensure that taxes paid are proportionate to the environmental impact and the resources of businesses. This law runs counter to the principle of the free movement of goods within the European Union, as it prevents many businesses from benefiting from their implementation in the EU, which will cause (and is already anticipating) the bankruptcy of many micro enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544410_en"}, {"id": 33544409, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:40:47", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear reader, I stand by the goal on sustainable packaging and bringing Europe towards a greener future, however it feels like this law was not very thought through. It was probably drafted and targeted at normal to big size companies with already registration in all EU countries but it seemed like the small businesses were not considered and suddenly bundled into the same regulations as the other companies. Micro and Small businesses are often managed by a single person with a yearly revenue that is just enough to cover the expenses of this one person behind it. It feels unfair and disproportionate to expect that this one single entrepreneur would have to embark on this bureaucracy rollercoaster. As a feedback, Im not sure up to which extend that would be possible but, wouldnt it be smarter to register these individuals as micro/small businesses in their home countries institution and instead of issuing a report to and towards the institutions of each EU-country theyd export, simplify the reporting at an yearly check-in with their local authorities in which the information about packaging (type, weight, recyclability) and export destination is listed and audited in order to keep the small businesses creditation? This is a suggestion that would still keep an overview of the data in regards to packaging but instead of dealing with all the bureaucracy of reporting to 27 countries (and paying disproportional fees), one would register and report to their home country", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear reader, I stand by the goal on sustainable packaging and bringing Europe towards a greener future, however it feels like this law was not very thought through. It was probably drafted and targeted at normal to big size companies with already registration in all EU countries but it seemed like the small businesses were not considered and suddenly bundled into the same regulations as the other companies. Micro and Small businesses are often managed by a single person with a yearly revenue that is just enough to cover the expenses of this one person behind it. It feels unfair and disproportionate to expect that this one single entrepreneur would have to embark on this bureaucracy rollercoaster. As a feedback, Im not sure up to which extend that would be possible but, wouldnt it be smarter to register these individuals as micro/small businesses in their home countries institution and instead of issuing a report to and towards the institutions of each EU-country theyd export, simplify the reporting at an yearly check-in with their local authorities in which the information about packaging (type, weight, recyclability) and export destination is listed and audited in order to keep the small businesses creditation? This is a suggestion that would still keep an overview of the data in regards to packaging but instead of dealing with all the bureaucracy of reporting to 27 countries (and paying disproportional fees), one would register and report to their home country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544409_en"}, {"id": 33544408, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:39:12", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SC Disruptive Technologies - Advisory And Development SRL", "feedback": "Small businesses must be exempt from this regulation or you should provide a One stop Shop to register and pay whatever taxes are needed", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses must be exempt from this regulation or you should provide a One stop Shop to register and pay whatever taxes are needed", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544408_en"}, {"id": 33544407, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:38:04", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear reader, I stand by the goal on sustainable packaging and bringing Europe towards a greener future, however it feels like this law was not very thought through. It was probably drafted and targeted at normal to big size companies with already registration in all EU countries but it seemed like the small businesses were not considered and suddenly bundled into the same regulations as the other companies. Micro and Small businesses are often managed by a single person with a yearly revenue that is just enough to cover the expenses of this one person behind it. It feels unfair and disproportionate to expect that this one single entrepreneur would have to embark on this bureaucracy rollercoaster. As a feedback, Im not sure up to which extend that would be possible but, wouldnt it be smarter to register these individuals as micro/small businesses in their home countries institution and instead of issuing a report to and towards the institutions of each EU-country theyd export, simplify the reporting at an yearly check-in with their local authorities in which the information about packaging (type, weight, recyclability) and export destination is listed and audited in order to keep the small businesses creditation? This is a suggestion that would still keep an overview of the data in regards to packaging but instead of dealing with all the bureaucracy of reporting to 27 countries (and paying disproportional fees), one would register and report to their home country", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear reader, I stand by the goal on sustainable packaging and bringing Europe towards a greener future, however it feels like this law was not very thought through. It was probably drafted and targeted at normal to big size companies with already registration in all EU countries but it seemed like the small businesses were not considered and suddenly bundled into the same regulations as the other companies. Micro and Small businesses are often managed by a single person with a yearly revenue that is just enough to cover the expenses of this one person behind it. It feels unfair and disproportionate to expect that this one single entrepreneur would have to embark on this bureaucracy rollercoaster. As a feedback, Im not sure up to which extend that would be possible but, wouldnt it be smarter to register these individuals as micro/small businesses in their home countries institution and instead of issuing a report to and towards the institutions of each EU-country theyd export, simplify the reporting at an yearly check-in with their local authorities in which the information about packaging (type, weight, recyclability) and export destination is listed and audited in order to keep the small businesses creditation? This is a suggestion that would still keep an overview of the data in regards to packaging but instead of dealing with all the bureaucracy of reporting to 27 countries (and paying disproportional fees), one would register and report to their home country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544407_en"}, {"id": 33544406, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:37:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich möchte die Verantwortlichen inständig darum bitten, den neuen Gesetzen eine Ausnahmeregelung für kleine Händler bzw. Gewerbe hinzuzufügen. Die geplanten Maßnahmen, insbesondere die Notwendigkeit eines Repräsentanten in jedem EU-Land, in welches ich meine Waren versenden möchte, ist eine ungemein unverhältnismäßig große Zusatzbelastung für kleine Unternehmen. Die voraussichtlichen Kosten hierfür übersteigen bereits den jährlichen Umsatz eines großen Teils von Händlern und Händlerinnen, auch (aber nicht alleinig) Kunstschaffende. Diesen Teil unserer Kultur von der europäischen Gesellschaft weiter auszuschließen indem man sie indirekt dazu zwingt, ihr Versandziele nur auf das eigene Land zu begrenzen, ist kontraproduktiv und kulturschädigend. Darum fordere ich: - eine Ausnahmeregelung für Kleine Unternehmen für die verpflichtende Ernennung eines Repräsentanten in jedem EU-Land - Vereinheitlichung der Lizenzierung auf ein einzelnes , EU-weit gültiges Verfahren statt pro EU-Land", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to urge those responsible to add an exemption for small traders/trades to the new legislation. The planned measures, in particular the need for a representative in each EU country to which I want to send my goods, place an extremely disproportionate additional burden on small businesses. The expected costs for this already exceed the annual turnover of a large proportion of traders, including (but not only) creators. Further excluding this part of our culture from European society by indirectly forcing them to limit their shipping destinations only to their own country is counterproductive and damaging to culture. That is why I call for: — an exemption for small businesses for the mandatory appointment of a representative in each EU country – standardising licensing to a single EU-wide procedure instead of per EU country", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544406_en"}, {"id": 33544405, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:37:18", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a consumer within the EU. If this law comes into effect it will mean that many small businesses within the EU will have to close their delivery to my country. It might not seem like much but in a world where the EU themselves encourage buying from EU companies this seems counterproductive. This law will also come into affect in very different ways depending on your country. Many small companies will not be able to afford the fees for packaging while for the big companies it will be a blip in the ocean. EU started as a trading union but with this law they destroy the very same thing that made them great in the beginning.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a consumer within the EU. If this law comes into effect it will mean that many small businesses within the EU will have to close their delivery to my country. It might not seem like much but in a world where the EU themselves encourage buying from EU companies this seems counterproductive. This law will also come into affect in very different ways depending on your country. Many small companies will not be able to afford the fees for packaging while for the big companies it will be a blip in the ocean. EU started as a trading union but with this law they destroy the very same thing that made them great in the beginning.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544405_en"}, {"id": 33544404, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:37:08", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "That there is no exemption gor small businesses is abhorrent. The feed, especially for legal representation in other countries, will ruin so many artists and small businesses income streams and is threatening their livelihood. Please consider that paying thousands or even hundreds of euros is not feasible for someone making under 100k a year.", "feedbackEnglish": "That there is no exemption gor small businesses is abhorrent. The feed, especially for legal representation in other countries, will ruin so many artists and small businesses income streams and is threatening their livelihood. Please consider that paying thousands or even hundreds of euros is not feasible for someone making under 100k a year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544404_en"}, {"id": 33544403, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:37:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Franzilikum - Franziska Ewe", "feedback": "It is always good to avoid packaging waste and give incentives to make packaging reusable. However, the problem this new regulation and old, already existing ones in that regard, is trying to solve, comes from big companies with thousands of packages. It is only right that they should pay for it. However, this new regulation is breaking the neck of every small business. Solo entrepreneurs with few orders and minimal packaging can barely pay for the license in their home country and are under no circumstances able to pay for every country they ship maybe one or two packages a year. This is contrary to everything the EU stands for. I'm a German small business owner and just started shipping internationally. Now I have to limit myself to my home country and other countries with less rules. The EU should connect our continent, not separate us more. Small businesses need a exception from that rule, like a minimum weight up until that point nothing has to be paid. Otherwise, small businesses will be limited to their home country or, even worse, have to close and then only big international companies are left. Probably ones from outside the EU. This cannot be the goal of this regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is always good to avoid packaging waste and give incentives to make packaging reusable. However, the problem this new regulation and old, already existing ones in that regard, is trying to solve, comes from big companies with thousands of packages. It is only right that they should pay for it. However, this new regulation is breaking the neck of every small business. Solo entrepreneurs with few orders and minimal packaging can barely pay for the license in their home country and are under no circumstances able to pay for every country they ship maybe one or two packages a year. This is contrary to everything the EU stands for. I'm a German small business owner and just started shipping internationally. Now I have to limit myself to my home country and other countries with less rules. The EU should connect our continent, not separate us more. Small businesses need a exception from that rule, like a minimum weight up until that point nothing has to be paid. Otherwise, small businesses will be limited to their home country or, even worse, have to close and then only big international companies are left. Probably ones from outside the EU. This cannot be the goal of this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544403_en"}, {"id": 33544402, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:36:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen, kunstschaffend", "feedback": "Die ursprüngliche Idee bei Gründung der EU war, Dinge wie Handel zu vereinfachen. Allein schon die Tatsache, dass fast jedes EU Land diese Verpackungs Angelegenheit völlig unterschiedlich handhabt und deshalb in jedem einzelnen Land eine Registrierung plus, teilweise immensen, Gebühren notwendig ist, hat mit einer Vereinfachung nichts zu tun, sondern genau das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Langsam kann man sich des Eindrucks nicht mehr erwehren, dass vor allem kleine Händler und Kunstschaffende, systematisch abgeschafft werden sollen. Man kann kein Einzelunternehmen mit einem großen Konzern in einen Topf werfen. Desweiteren steht diese Verordnung unter dem Aspekt \"Umwelt\". Wie genau ist das zu verstehen? Durch Erhebung von Gebühren verringert sich ja nicht die Abfallmenge. Außerdem würde es mich interessieren wofür diese Gelder verwendet werden. Wieviele Bäume werden denn mit diesen Geldern gepflanzt? Ich möchte höflichst darum bitten, wenigstens den Kleinunternehmen eine Freigrenze einzuräumen und das Handling EU weit zu vereinheitlichen. Es steht doch in keinem Verhältnis wenn man in anderen Ländern einen Sonderbeauftragten verpflichten muss, nur weil man dort ein paar Pakete hinschicken möchte.", "feedbackEnglish": "The original idea when the EU was founded was to simplify things like trade. The mere fact that almost every EU country deals with this packaging matter in completely different ways and that registration plus, in some cases immense, fees is therefore necessary in each individual country has nothing to do with simplification, but the exact opposite is the case. Slowly, one can no longer resist the impression that small traders and creators in particular are to be systematically abolished. No single company with a large group can be thrown into a pot. In addition, this Regulation is linked to the environment. How exactly is this to be understood? Charging does not reduce the amount of waste. I would also be interested in what these funds are used for. How many trees are planted with this money? I would politely ask you to grant at least an exemption threshold for small businesses and to harmonise EU handling far. It is disproportionate to have to appoint a special representative in other countries simply because you want to send a few packages there.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544402_en"}, {"id": 33544401, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:35:20", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Even if this proposal is a good thing for the environment, by accepting it there will be severe consequences for many small businesses in all of the Eu. We should exclude small and micro business from the A.R as it is disproportionate towards these business or we could provide measurements they can afford. We should also Harmonize the registration for PPWR\\ERP in EU states always for all the small business. This new law speaks against the free movement of goods, and didn't take in consideration all the small business that it's gonna actively ruin in the process. I hope we can help the environment while not destroying thousand of people work in the meantime.", "feedbackEnglish": "Even if this proposal is a good thing for the environment, by accepting it there will be severe consequences for many small businesses in all of the Eu. We should exclude small and micro business from the A.R as it is disproportionate towards these business or we could provide measurements they can afford. We should also Harmonize the registration for PPWR\\ERP in EU states always for all the small business. This new law speaks against the free movement of goods, and didn't take in consideration all the small business that it's gonna actively ruin in the process. I hope we can help the environment while not destroying thousand of people work in the meantime.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544401_en"}, {"id": 33544400, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:33:51", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mastrilli Vanessa", "feedback": "Come azienda individuale, composta e gestita da una singola persona e che deve farsi carico di tutti i costi che ne conseguono, senza alcuna tutela o diritto significativo nel nostro paese; questa legge è lennesimo colpo basso a discapito dei piccoli imprenditori che cercano di sopravvivere ad un ambiente già fin troppo ostico sul punto di vista economico. Il mio operato (e il mio impatto ambientale) non può essere paragonato a quello di aziende che fatturano miliardi, è imbarazzante doverlo anche scrivere. Per ogni spedizione fatta in Europa dovrei pagare una tassa per ogni paese: È ALLUCINANTE. Che senso ha essere in EU? Esonerate i piccoli imprenditori da questa follia e smettete di trattarci come degli stupidì e come agnelli sacrificali con la scusa dellecologia, quando dallaltra parte del mondo bombardano senza sosta, quando i super ricchi e voi politici viaggiate su jet privati. Cè uno scompenso enorme di sprechi e utilizzi delle risorse tra grandi aziende e piccole, non fate finta di non saperlo. Dovreste vergognarvi. Questa è lennesima conferma che i piccoli imprenditori sono utili solo per essere strozzinati dallo Stato, anzi, ora anche dallEU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an individual company, which is composed and managed by a single person and which must bear all the resulting costs, without any meaningful protection or right in our country; this law is yet another low blow to the detriment of small entrepreneurs who are trying to survive an environment that is already too hostile from an economic point of view. My work (and my environmental impact) cannot be compared to that of companies that invoice billions, it is embarrassing to have to write it as well. For every shipment made in Europe, I would have to pay a tax for each country: IT IS HALLUCINANT. What makes sense in the EU? Exempt small entrepreneurs from this crowd and stop treating us as stupid and sacrificial lambs with the excuse of ecology, when they bombed from the other part of the world unabated, when the wealthy super and you politicians travelled on private jets. There is a huge loss of waste and use of resources between big and small companies, and don’t pretend to be unaware of it. You should be ashamed. This is yet another confirmation that small entrepreneurs are useful only in order to be thrown into a bottleneck by the state, and now also by the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544400_en"}, {"id": 33544399, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:33:07", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Lo siento pero no me creo ni por un segundo que ésta medida venga de un interés genuino por el medio ambiente, el único objetivo que ésta norma puede facilitar es sabotear a los pequeños comercios y autónomos entregando el mercado a las corporaciones que tienen los medios para para cumplirla. Algún día se sabrá qué corporación ha propuesto ésta medida. En tiempo de crisis climática, con proliferación de megayates, centros de datos masivos y jets privados, es una vergüenza que la unión europea utilice el medio ambiente como excusa para una norma así.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am sorry, but I do not think, for a second reason, that this measure comes from a genuine interest in the environment, the only objective that this rule can facilitate is to sabotage small businesses and the self-employed by giving the market to those corporations that have the means to comply with it. One day it will be known which corporation has proposed this measure. In times of climate crisis, with the proliferation of megayates, big data centres and private jets, it is a shame that the European Union uses the environment as an excuse for such a standard.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544399_en"}, {"id": 33544398, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:32:22", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I stand in solidarity with micro businesses. These decisions should be geared towards big corporations, not small businesses that support locals and help employ people by themselves. Decisions that target EVERYONE end up being much worse than intended and will end work and employment for many. It is NOT within EU's interests to not let people pursue forms of work and employment that suits them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I stand in solidarity with micro businesses. These decisions should be geared towards big corporations, not small businesses that support locals and help employ people by themselves. Decisions that target EVERYONE end up being much worse than intended and will end work and employment for many. It is NOT within EU's interests to not let people pursue forms of work and employment that suits them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544398_en"}, {"id": 33544396, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:29:28", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules are going to ruin small and micro businesses and independent artists. They cannot afford to pay all the fees and hire representatives in all of the countries. Big corporations have employees that handle all of the compliance issues, but small businesses are run by singular people that probably already use eco friendly packaging in a much smaller volume than corporations. These entrepreneurs are going to have to choose which countries they're going to ship to, and that will probably exclude less profitable ones (probably Baltic countries, including Poland, my own country). European Union should include separate rules for small businesses and think about organisation more (like providing one platform for registration, instead of expecting businesses owners to search for forms in every country's government websites, some of which aren't even available in English). We should strive to buy from European artists and craftsmen, and these rules are trying to end this. Please, reconsider this and help artists reach their customers.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are going to ruin small and micro businesses and independent artists. They cannot afford to pay all the fees and hire representatives in all of the countries. Big corporations have employees that handle all of the compliance issues, but small businesses are run by singular people that probably already use eco friendly packaging in a much smaller volume than corporations. These entrepreneurs are going to have to choose which countries they're going to ship to, and that will probably exclude less profitable ones (probably Baltic countries, including Poland, my own country). European Union should include separate rules for small businesses and think about organisation more (like providing one platform for registration, instead of expecting businesses owners to search for forms in every country's government websites, some of which aren't even available in English). We should strive to buy from European artists and craftsmen, and these rules are trying to end this. Please, reconsider this and help artists reach their customers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544396_en"}, {"id": 33544395, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:28:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jano", "feedback": "I support fair recycling contributions, but the current packaging EPR system is disproportionate for small cross-border businesses. A micro-enterprise may sell only a few hundred euros into one EU country while facing hundreds of euros in registration, reporting and compliance costs. The rational result is to stop selling there. This fragments the Single Market, disadvantages consumers in smaller Member States and disproportionately benefits large corporations that can absorb these costs. EU-established businesses should not need separate compliance structures across numerous Member States. Packaging EPR should be simple: one EU-wide registration; one central reporting system; meaningful exemptions or simplified rules for micro-enterprises; no additional authorised representatives for EU-established businesses. Environmental responsibility should fund recycling, not bureaucracy. One European business should require one European registration, not up to 27 separate compliance systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support fair recycling contributions, but the current packaging EPR system is disproportionate for small cross-border businesses. A micro-enterprise may sell only a few hundred euros into one EU country while facing hundreds of euros in registration, reporting and compliance costs. The rational result is to stop selling there. This fragments the Single Market, disadvantages consumers in smaller Member States and disproportionately benefits large corporations that can absorb these costs. EU-established businesses should not need separate compliance structures across numerous Member States. Packaging EPR should be simple: one EU-wide registration; one central reporting system; meaningful exemptions or simplified rules for micro-enterprises; no additional authorised representatives for EU-established businesses. Environmental responsibility should fund recycling, not bureaucracy. One European business should require one European registration, not up to 27 separate compliance systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544395_en"}, {"id": 33544393, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:27:16", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "No solo esto daña a los pequeños comercios online,si no que no va a solucionar nada tomando en cuenta que hay otros elementos que resultan mas contaminantes que un paquete (Las guerras actuales, el uso excesivo de plastico para todo,el continuo uso de fabricas en paises con menos regulaciones. Si no se va directamente a las grandes empresas contaminantes, esto no va a servir de nada mas que emprobrecer paises y evitar un desarollo economico saludable que se aleje del monopolio.", "feedbackEnglish": "Not only does this harm small online shops, but it will not solve anything given that there are other elements that are more polluting than a package (the current wars, the excessive use of plastic for everything, the continued use of manufacturers in countries with fewer regulations. If large polluting companies are not directly targeted, this will serve nothing other than to empire countries and avoid a healthy economic development that departs from the monopoly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544393_en"}, {"id": 33544392, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:26:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Foamlord", "feedback": "We support the European Unions objectives of reducing packaging waste, conserving resources and establishing a sustainable circular economy. Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation PPWR) pursues important environmental objectives that are also supported by small businesses and self-employed entrepreneurs. At the same time, the current structure of the regulations leads to significant practical problems for micro-enterprises, small business owners, craftspeople and self-employed artists who dispatch only small quantities of goods across borders within the European Union. The obligations under extended producer responsibility (EPR) can result in extensive administrative burdens for small suppliers: registrations in several Member States, differing national procedures, reporting obligations and additional costs. These burdens arise regardless of how small the actual quantities of packaging dispatched may be. A specific real-life example illustrates the issue: In 2025, a small business dispatched just 52 parcels to 18 EU Member States outside Germany. The net turnover generated from this amounted to 6,973.93. The registration costs alone, via a specialist service provider, currently amount to 229 net per Member State per year. For 18 Member States, this already results in annual basic costs of 4,122 net, without taking into account any further costs for licence fees, reporting or additional administration. This already results in significant fixed costs for a volume of parcels that makes only a very small contribution to the total volume of packaging in Europe. In our view, this burden is disproportionate to the actual environmental impact of small parcel delivery companies. It may lead to many micro-enterprises and artists having to cease cross-border trade within the European Union. We therefore ask the European Parliament to review the practical implications of the PPWR and to ensure that the regulations are proportionate. Our demands: - Suspension or postponement of onerous obligations for micro-enterprises until January 2035, or until practicable relief measures have been put in place across the EU. - Introduction of a uniform European de minimis rule, for example an exemption for up to 120 parcel shipments per year per Member State. - Creation of a central European registration system, instead of numerous individual national procedures. - Simplified obligations for micro-enterprises, small business owners and self-employed artists whose packaging volumes are minimal. - Consistent application of the principle of proportionality, so that the scope and burden of obligations are aligned with the actual environmental impact and the size of the business. Our position is not directed against sustainable packaging policy. It advocates ensuring that European environmental targets are combined with implementation that is proportionate and SME-friendly. The European single market thrives on the diversity of its participants. Small businesses, artists and independent suppliers must continue to have the opportunity to offer their products across Europe without being excluded from cross-border trade by disproportionate bureaucracy and fixed costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the European Unions objectives of reducing packaging waste, conserving resources and establishing a sustainable circular economy. Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation PPWR) pursues important environmental objectives that are also supported by small businesses and self-employed entrepreneurs. At the same time, the current structure of the regulations leads to significant practical problems for micro-enterprises, small business owners, craftspeople and self-employed artists who dispatch only small quantities of goods across borders within the European Union. The obligations under extended producer responsibility (EPR) can result in extensive administrative burdens for small suppliers: registrations in several Member States, differing national procedures, reporting obligations and additional costs. These burdens arise regardless of how small the actual quantities of packaging dispatched may be. A specific real-life example illustrates the issue: In 2025, a small business dispatched just 52 parcels to 18 EU Member States outside Germany. The net turnover generated from this amounted to 6,973.93. The registration costs alone, via a specialist service provider, currently amount to 229 net per Member State per year. For 18 Member States, this already results in annual basic costs of 4,122 net, without taking into account any further costs for licence fees, reporting or additional administration. This already results in significant fixed costs for a volume of parcels that makes only a very small contribution to the total volume of packaging in Europe. In our view, this burden is disproportionate to the actual environmental impact of small parcel delivery companies. It may lead to many micro-enterprises and artists having to cease cross-border trade within the European Union. We therefore ask the European Parliament to review the practical implications of the PPWR and to ensure that the regulations are proportionate. Our demands: - Suspension or postponement of onerous obligations for micro-enterprises until January 2035, or until practicable relief measures have been put in place across the EU. - Introduction of a uniform European de minimis rule, for example an exemption for up to 120 parcel shipments per year per Member State. - Creation of a central European registration system, instead of numerous individual national procedures. - Simplified obligations for micro-enterprises, small business owners and self-employed artists whose packaging volumes are minimal. - Consistent application of the principle of proportionality, so that the scope and burden of obligations are aligned with the actual environmental impact and the size of the business. Our position is not directed against sustainable packaging policy. It advocates ensuring that European environmental targets are combined with implementation that is proportionate and SME-friendly. The European single market thrives on the diversity of its participants. Small businesses, artists and independent suppliers must continue to have the opportunity to offer their products across Europe without being excluded from cross-border trade by disproportionate bureaucracy and fixed costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544392_en"}, {"id": 33544391, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:26:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das ist ein Todesurteil für Klein- und Mikrounternehmen. Es ist klar, dass die Regelung sich auf multinationale Großunternehmen beziehen soll, die enorme Mengen an Verpackungsmüll produzieren. Kleinunternehmen scheinen gar nicht bedacht worden zu sein. Falls es Ausnahmen für Kleinunternehmen geben soll, sind diese zu unklar formuliert und nicht gut kommuniziert worden.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a death sentence for small and micro-enterprises. It is clear that the scheme is intended to cover large multinational companies which produce huge amounts of packaging waste. Small businesses do not seem to have been taken into account at all. If there are to be exemptions for small businesses, these are too unclear and not well communicated.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544391_en"}, {"id": 33544388, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:26:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support reducing packaging waste and business contributions to recycling. However, the current system is expensive, confusing and impractical for small businesses selling across borders. I run a small business in the Netherlands and sell vintage products through online platforms worldwide. Managing VAT, customs, shipping and platform rules is already difficult. New legislation makes international trade more complicated almost every month. Packaging laws now add another system for every EU destination. In some EU countries I receive only a few orders per year. If compliance costs 200-300 per country annually, it no longer makes sense to sell there. Registering in only half of the EU could already cost several thousand euros, excluding the work involved. Every country has a different website and procedure. Germany uses LUCID plus a separate licensing provider, while France and Spain use different systems. Information is difficult to find, often unclear and not always available in English. A small business must create different accounts, understand different rules and estimate how much cardboard, plastic and other material it sent to each country. Online platforms do not remove this burden, although they already know every orders destination. This is disproportionate. A business sending five parcels to a country should not face almost the same fixed costs as a company sending thousands. Even a business with 500,000 in annual turnover can still have few employees and very little packaging in each destination. Why is the main responsibility not placed on European manufacturers and first importers of the packaging itself? When an EU business buys boxes, bubble wrap, mailers or tape from an EU supplier, that packaging has already entered the European economy. The manufacturer or first EU importer could pay an environmental fee included in the purchase price. Packaging would become slightly more expensive, but small businesses already pay fees. The cost would instead be collected once, automatically and in proportion to the amount purchased. Manufacturers and importers can be monitored more efficiently than millions of small shops. Recycled packaging could have a lower fee, creating an incentive to use better materials. Packaging from outside the EU could be charged when it enters the EU market. Some European packaging is later used for orders outside the EU. However, we share one planet, and a separate national system for every small parcel is not proportionate. A central EU system could distribute the money using overall sales and waste data. Small sellers should not have to report every few kilograms separately. If responsibility remains partly with sellers, there should be one official EU website. A business should register once, select its destination countries, submit one annual estimate and pay one combined, proportionate fee. The EU could forward the data and payments to each country. Online platforms could provide destination data automatically. The Single Market should make EU trade easier. The current approach does the opposite. It encourages small businesses to stop selling to smaller markets, while large corporations can absorb the costs. Registration fees and duplicated administration do not reduce waste. The system must be affordable, understandable and proportionate. For years, I have had to fight simply to keep my business alive. The United States used to be my largest market, but tariffs, safety requirements and environmental regulations have made international trade increasingly difficult. Now more barriers are being created within the EU. For small entrepreneurs, it feels like one blow after another. It is becoming almost impossible not only to keep a business running, but also to retain the motivation and enjoyment that made us start. Behind these registrations are real people trying to earn an honest living, not large corporations with legal and compliance departments.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support reducing packaging waste and business contributions to recycling. However, the current system is expensive, confusing and impractical for small businesses selling across borders. I run a small business in the Netherlands and sell vintage products through online platforms worldwide. Managing VAT, customs, shipping and platform rules is already difficult. New legislation makes international trade more complicated almost every month. Packaging laws now add another system for every EU destination. In some EU countries I receive only a few orders per year. If compliance costs 200-300 per country annually, it no longer makes sense to sell there. Registering in only half of the EU could already cost several thousand euros, excluding the work involved. Every country has a different website and procedure. Germany uses LUCID plus a separate licensing provider, while France and Spain use different systems. Information is difficult to find, often unclear and not always available in English. A small business must create different accounts, understand different rules and estimate how much cardboard, plastic and other material it sent to each country. Online platforms do not remove this burden, although they already know every orders destination. This is disproportionate. A business sending five parcels to a country should not face almost the same fixed costs as a company sending thousands. Even a business with 500,000 in annual turnover can still have few employees and very little packaging in each destination. Why is the main responsibility not placed on European manufacturers and first importers of the packaging itself? When an EU business buys boxes, bubble wrap, mailers or tape from an EU supplier, that packaging has already entered the European economy. The manufacturer or first EU importer could pay an environmental fee included in the purchase price. Packaging would become slightly more expensive, but small businesses already pay fees. The cost would instead be collected once, automatically and in proportion to the amount purchased. Manufacturers and importers can be monitored more efficiently than millions of small shops. Recycled packaging could have a lower fee, creating an incentive to use better materials. Packaging from outside the EU could be charged when it enters the EU market. Some European packaging is later used for orders outside the EU. However, we share one planet, and a separate national system for every small parcel is not proportionate. A central EU system could distribute the money using overall sales and waste data. Small sellers should not have to report every few kilograms separately. If responsibility remains partly with sellers, there should be one official EU website. A business should register once, select its destination countries, submit one annual estimate and pay one combined, proportionate fee. The EU could forward the data and payments to each country. Online platforms could provide destination data automatically. The Single Market should make EU trade easier. The current approach does the opposite. It encourages small businesses to stop selling to smaller markets, while large corporations can absorb the costs. Registration fees and duplicated administration do not reduce waste. The system must be affordable, understandable and proportionate. For years, I have had to fight simply to keep my business alive. The United States used to be my largest market, but tariffs, safety requirements and environmental regulations have made international trade increasingly difficult. Now more barriers are being created within the EU. For small entrepreneurs, it feels like one blow after another. It is becoming almost impossible not only to keep a business running, but also to retain the motivation and enjoyment that made us start. Behind these registrations are real people trying to earn an honest living, not large corporations with legal and compliance departments.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544388_en"}, {"id": 33544389, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:24:56", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Peashup", "feedback": "Je suis micro-entrepreneuse en France et je vends des vêtements vintage, notamment à une clientèle située dans différents pays de lUnion européenne. Je viens tout juste de prendre connaissance de la nouvelle réglementation PPWR, non pas par le biais dune communication officielle, mais par lintermédiaire dautres micro-entrepreneurs via TIKTOK. Je trouve particulièrement préoccupant que des petites entreprises comme la mienne puissent découvrir aussi tardivement une réglementation susceptible davoir un impact important sur leur activité. Je comprends pleinement lobjectif de cette réglementation en matière de réduction et de gestion des emballages. Cependant, dans sa mise en œuvre actuelle, elle me semble particulièrement difficile à comprendre et à appliquer pour les très petites entreprises. Mon activité représente moins de 10 000 colis par an et mon chiffre daffaires reste limité. Pourtant, plus de 50 % de mes clients sont situés dans dautres pays européens. Je comprends donc que je puisse être concernée par les obligations liées à la responsabilité élargie du producteur (EPR) dans plusieurs pays. La difficulté est que chaque pays semble avoir ses propres règles, tarifs, démarches et conditions denregistrement. Les informations ne sont pas toujours disponibles en français ou en anglais et les procédures sont loin dêtre simples pour une personne qui gère seule une micro-entreprise. Concrètement, comment un micro-entrepreneur peut-il sy retrouver ? Si je souhaite continuer à expédier mes produits dans plusieurs pays européens, je risque de devoir menregistrer auprès de différents systèmes EPR et de payer des contributions dans chacun des pays concernés, alors même que le volume de colis expédiés dans certains de ces pays est très faible. Le coût et la complexité administrative pourraient alors devenir disproportionnés par rapport à mon activité, potentiellement représenter plusieurs milliers deuros par an, et rendre certaines destinations européennes économiquement impossibles. La seule autre solution pourrait être de supprimer la livraison vers certains pays européens, ce qui pénaliserait directement mes clients et limiterait mon activité au sein du marché unique européen. Je trouve cette situation particulièrement injuste pour les micro-entrepreneurs et les très petites entreprises, qui disposent de moyens financiers, humains et administratifs très limités et qui peinent déjà à maintenir leur activité.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-entrepreneur in France and I sell vintage clothes, especially to customers in different countries of the European Union. I have just become aware of the new PPWR regulation, not through an official communication, but through other micro-entrepreneurs via TikTok. I find it particularly worrying that small businesses such as mine can discover regulations so late that they can have a significant impact on their business. I fully understand the purpose of this legislation on packaging reduction and management. However, in its current implementation, it seems to me to be particularly difficult to understand and apply for very small businesses. My activity amounts to less than 10 000 parcels per year and my turnover remains limited. Yet, more than 50 % of my customers are located in other European countries. I therefore understand that I may be affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations in several countries. The difficulty is that each country seems to have its own rules, tariffs, procedures and conditions for registration. Information is not always available in French or English and procedures are far from simple for someone who runs a micro-enterprise alone. In practical terms, how can a micro-entrepreneur find out? If I want to continue shipping my products to several European countries, I risk having to register with different EPR systems and pay contributions in each of the countries concerned, even though the volume of parcels sent to some of these countries is very low. The cost and administrative complexity could then become disproportionate to my activity, potentially amounting to several thousand euros per year, and make certain European destinations economically impossible. The only alternative could be to discontinue delivery to certain European countries, which would directly penalise my customers and limit my activity in the European single market. I find this situation particularly unfair for micro-entrepreneurs and very small businesses, which have very limited financial, human and administrative resources and are already struggling to maintain their activity.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544389_en"}, {"id": 33544387, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:24:16", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This severely hurts small business and independent artist and is going to kill them. Many if not most of these artists are very aware of enviromental waste and are already eco-aware and eco-friendly, using recyclable OR already recycled packaging. This decision is going to kill many MANY small businesses and artists who have their business as their sole source of income, they may be unable to work or have other reasons and running this business is all they have. Once again one of those decisions where big corporations who are actually harmful to our planet and produce the most waste will keep going under the radar because paying a few additional fees is nothing to them, but for small artists this is simply impossible to manage. Once again this hurts people who shouldn't pay for crimes of big corporations. Go after the main waste producers! Stop making small independent artists pay for something they should not be paying for! This petition explains this far better than I could, I am simply outraged and heartbroken and I struggle to find more words: https://c.org/tWZGqf9zpM", "feedbackEnglish": "This severely hurts small business and independent artist and is going to kill them. Many if not most of these artists are very aware of enviromental waste and are already eco-aware and eco-friendly, using recyclable OR already recycled packaging. This decision is going to kill many MANY small businesses and artists who have their business as their sole source of income, they may be unable to work or have other reasons and running this business is all they have. Once again one of those decisions where big corporations who are actually harmful to our planet and produce the most waste will keep going under the radar because paying a few additional fees is nothing to them, but for small artists this is simply impossible to manage. Once again this hurts people who shouldn't pay for crimes of big corporations. Go after the main waste producers! Stop making small independent artists pay for something they should not be paying for! This petition explains this far better than I could, I am simply outraged and heartbroken and I struggle to find more words: https://c.org/tWZGqf9zpM", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544387_en"}, {"id": 33544386, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:23:40", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "In current day and age, supporting small businesses and independent artists is more important than ever. And this bill does the opposite. The amount of effort and money required will create an impassable barrier for many people while big corporations can just soak the cost without any issue. Please consider making exemptions for tiny independent ventures or at the very least make sure that they have as little barrier as possible with an unified for all countries option that doesn't have prohibitive costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "In current day and age, supporting small businesses and independent artists is more important than ever. And this bill does the opposite. The amount of effort and money required will create an impassable barrier for many people while big corporations can just soak the cost without any issue. Please consider making exemptions for tiny independent ventures or at the very least make sure that they have as little barrier as possible with an unified for all countries option that doesn't have prohibitive costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544386_en"}, {"id": 33544385, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:23:32", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Teknikspot", "feedback": "Pidän PPWR-asetuksen tavoitteita lähtökohtaisesti hyvinä. On tärkeää vähentää pakkausjätettä, parantaa kierrätettävyyttä ja varmistaa, että EU:n markkinoille tulevat pakkaukset täyttävät yhteiset ympäristövaatimukset. Olen kuitenkin erittäin huolissani siitä, millaisen hallinnollisen ja taloudellisen taakan tuottajavastuu voi aiheuttaa pienille ja vasta kansainvälistymistä aloittaville verkkokaupoille. EU:n sisämarkkinoiden pitäisi mahdollistaa tavaroiden vapaa liikkuvuus ja tehdä toisessa jäsenvaltiossa olevien asiakkaiden palvelemisesta mahdollisimman helppoa. Jos pieni suomalainen verkkokauppa kuitenkin joutuu rekisteröitymään erikseen eri jäsenvaltioiden järjestelmiin, tekemään maakohtaista raportointia, käyttämään mahdollisesti valtuutettuja edustajia ja maksamaan kiinteitä vuosimaksuja vain siksi, että se lähettää muutamia paketteja kyseiseen maahan, EU:n sisämarkkinoiden tarjoama mahdollisuus alkaa käytännössä kadota pienyrityksiltä. Suurelle kansainväliselle yritykselle muutaman sadan tai muutaman tuhannen euron vuosittaiset hallinnolliset kustannukset eivät välttämättä ole merkittäviä. Pienelle yritykselle ne voivat ratkaista sen, kannattaako uuteen EU-maahan myydä lainkaan joka vuorostaan taas supistaa valikoimaa tilata mitään luotettavilta tahoilta, jolloin Kiinasta tulevat tavarat taas lisääntyy huomattavasti. Pidän myös perusteltuna kysyä, miksi satunnaisen rajat ylittävän verkkokauppatilauksen pakkauksen jätehuoltokustannukset eivät voisi ainakin hyvin pienillä myyntimäärillä sisältyä vastaanottavan maan normaaliin jätehuoltojärjestelmään kun pääpainoinen markkina ei ole kuitenkaan ulkomaat. Kuluttaja on itse päättänyt ostaa tuotteen toisesta EU-maasta ja pakkaus päätyy hänen kotimaansa jätejärjestelmään. En vastusta sitä, että yritykset osallistuvat ympäristövastuuseen. Vastustan järjestelmää, jossa hallinnollinen kustannus voi olla täysin suhteeton yrityksen kyseisessä maassa harjoittamaan liiketoimintaan nähden. EU:n pitäisi mielestäni ottaa käyttöön pienille rajat ylittäville verkkokaupoille esimerkiksi EU:n laajuinen yhteinen EPR-rekisteröinti, yhden luukun raportointijärjestelmä tai riittävän korkea vähäisen myynnin raja esimerkiksi 300kpl vuoteen, jonka alapuolella yrityksen ei tarvitsisi tehdä erillisiä rekisteröintejä jokaiseen jäsenvaltioon. Jos esimerkiksi yritys myy johonkin jäsenvaltioon vain muutamalla sadalla tai muutamalla tuhannella eurolla vuodessa tai tietyllä määrällä lähettää vain tavaraa, ei ole kohtuullista, että markkinoille pääsemisen hallinnolliset kustannukset muodostavat huomattavan osan koko kyseisen maan liikevaihdosta. Ympäristönsuojelun ja yrittäjyyden ei tarvitse olla toistensa vastakohtia. EU voi vaatia kierrätettäviä ja ympäristöystävällisempiä pakkauksia ilman, että samalla rakennetaan pienille yrityksille 27 erillisen järjestelmän hallinnollista estettä. EU puhuu kilpailukyvystä, innovaatioista ja kasvavista eurooppalaisista yrityksistä ja tämä ei ole sitä. Siksi kysyn: Miten pienen eurooppalaisen yrityksen pitäisi kasvaa EU:n sisämarkkinoilla, jos jo ensimmäisten asiakkaiden palveleminen toisessa jäsenvaltiossa voi aiheuttaa yritykselle myyntiin nähden suhteettomia kiinteitä kustannuksia ja hallinnollisia velvollisuuksia? Toivon, että mikro- ja pien ja keskisuurten yritysten asema huomioidaan huomattavasti nykyistä paremmin PPWR:n täytäntöönpanossa ja että EU kehittää aidosti yhteisen, yksinkertaisen ja kohtuuhintaisen järjestelmän rajat ylittävälle verkkokaupalle. Sillä tällä menolla EU jää jälkeen monista maista, jotka kehittyvät ja pian me ollaan se kehitysmaat, josta puuttuu kaikkea. Kun ei meillä ole liikevaihdot missään kymmenissä ja sadoissa miljoonissa, että pystyttäisiin sellaisia maksamaan ja eikä se kannatakkaan.", "feedbackEnglish": "I consider the objectives of the PPWR to be, in principle, good. It is important to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclability and ensure that packaging entering the EU market meets common environmental requirements. However, I am very concerned about the administrative and financial burden that Producer Responsibility can impose on small and newly internationalised online shops. The EU single market should enable the free movement of goods and make it as easy as possible to serve customers in another Member State. However, if a small e-commerce business in Finland has to register separately in the systems of different Member States, to report on a country-by-country basis, to use possibly authorised representatives and to pay annual flat-rate fees just because it sends a few parcels to that country, the opportunity offered by the EU’s internal market starts to be lost in practice for small businesses. For a large international company, annual administrative costs of a few hundred or a few thousand euros may not be significant. For a small company, they will be able to decide whether it is worth selling at all to a new EU country, in turn reducing the choice of ordering anything from trustworthy sources, which will lead to a significant increase in goods from China. I also consider it legitimate to ask why the waste management costs of the packaging of an occasional cross-border e-commerce order could not be included, at least for very small volumes of sales, in the normal waste management system of the receiving country, when the main market is not, however, foreign. The consumer has chosen to buy the product in another EU country and the packaging ends up in the waste system of his home country. I do not oppose the involvement of companies in environmental liability. I oppose a system in which the administrative cost may be totally disproportionate to the business carried on by the company in the country concerned. In my view, the EU should introduce, for example, a common EU-wide EPR registration for small cross-border online shops, a one-stop-shop reporting system or a sufficiently high threshold of low sales, for example for 300 years, below which a business would not have to register separately in each Member State. For example, if a company sells only a few hundred or a few thousand euros per year in a Member State or sends only a quantity of goods, it is not reasonable that the administrative costs of access to the market account for a significant proportion of the total turnover in that country. Environmental protection and entrepreneurship do not have to go against each other. The EU can require recyclable and more environmentally friendly packaging without creating 27 separate administrative barriers for small businesses. The EU speaks about competitiveness, innovation and growing European companies, and this is not the case. I would therefore like to ask: How should a small European company grow in the EU single market if serving the first customers in another Member State may impose fixed costs and administrative burdens on the company that are disproportionate to the sales? I hope that the role of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises will be significantly better taken into account in the implementation of the PPWR and that the EU will develop a truly common, simple and affordable system for cross-border e-commerce. On this path, the EU is lagging behind many countries that are developing and will soon be the developing country where everything is missing. When we don’t have turnover in any dozens and hundreds of millions, we can pay for it and don’t pay for it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544385_en"}, {"id": 33544384, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:23:30", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im a one person micro business on Etsy under the name AdleyIllustrations and I will have to completely stop any orders to the EU due to the direct implentation for this law. I personally agree with reducing pqckaging and I use recycled materials in my own packing but having a representative in each country and a fee for shipping isnt worth it, i make about 30 sales to the EU a year and paying individual fees would cripple my income. Big brands who contribute the most of the waste will happliy absorb the costs and still produce more waste. Having this rule effect all sizes of businesses is unfair. And having what is considered a unionised law isnt true as it will be different for all 27 contries making it impossible to keep track of unless you are a large company. It is undermining the freedom of choice, you will be forced to buy from companies who can absorb the cost and not have such a varied market out there, it appears as a punishment for those who have been reducing theor impact individually and not tackling the large brand producers out there. My social media is full of small arts apologising but unable to shoulder the cost of fees and representatives. The trad the EU will now recieve will have much less variety and will still face overpackaging but i can see companies just upping the shipping to the consumer to absorb costs and not impact their profit margin. This feels like a deliberate culling of the free trade market to benefit corporations who will still be able to line their own pockets. This is not a law that was well considered, or if it is, was meant to come down harshly on small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im a one person micro business on Etsy under the name AdleyIllustrations and I will have to completely stop any orders to the EU due to the direct implentation for this law. I personally agree with reducing pqckaging and I use recycled materials in my own packing but having a representative in each country and a fee for shipping isnt worth it, i make about 30 sales to the EU a year and paying individual fees would cripple my income. Big brands who contribute the most of the waste will happliy absorb the costs and still produce more waste. Having this rule effect all sizes of businesses is unfair. And having what is considered a unionised law isnt true as it will be different for all 27 contries making it impossible to keep track of unless you are a large company. It is undermining the freedom of choice, you will be forced to buy from companies who can absorb the cost and not have such a varied market out there, it appears as a punishment for those who have been reducing theor impact individually and not tackling the large brand producers out there. My social media is full of small arts apologising but unable to shoulder the cost of fees and representatives. The trad the EU will now recieve will have much less variety and will still face overpackaging but i can see companies just upping the shipping to the consumer to absorb costs and not impact their profit margin. This feels like a deliberate culling of the free trade market to benefit corporations who will still be able to line their own pockets. This is not a law that was well considered, or if it is, was meant to come down harshly on small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544384_en"}, {"id": 33544383, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:22:05", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Parliament, Since childhood, many of us are taught to attend university, have a stable career and take risks only when it has to do with corporate jobs. However, countless people are making the life much more colourful by taking the risk to chase passion and start a small art business. No matter if its paintings, costumes, metalware, ceramics- they keep the crafts alive and allow us all to share the culture, the beauty they see in the everyday life. With a customer base from all over Europe, the businesses flourish. For without art, life itself is dull and lacks colour. I myself, finally having built the courage, was planning to start a small art business with letter subscription diving into different countries legends and culture every month. Now with this new ruling, I dont think I can. What was always said to us, to start small seems to be reserved for the few who can afford it. With Your decision, small artisans, the beauty and the culture shared, are bound to disappear: for one-person art businesses who rely on the ease of international shipping are not going to be able to sustain themselves with only the local sales. Countless artists are already closing their shops for customers outside of their country of residence since it is financially impossible for them to adjust and pay for not only the licence but also the representative in each of the European countries, not even mentioning the lack of proper guidelines of what is required in some of them. This decentralised system will divide Europe even more and will make countless people lose their jobs. The packaging waste is a real issue, few of us doubt it. But the new requirements hitting people who dont make much per year in the first place is not the solution. It will create even more waste because customers will turn to Shein, Temu or Amazons cheap plastic products. Please, do reconsider setting the threshold for small businesses where they do not need a representatives, do not need to pay 100 in a country they send few orders to per year. Giants like Amazon will be unaffected. It will be the people who suffer the consequences, it will be the arts. Target the businesses that actually are contributing massively to the current packaging waste creation. Introduce the requirements, of course, but do not let the arts die. For without the international sales, many of the people will not be able to afford continuing the creations and there will be few left. Create a special program for small artists that would support their business instead of hindering it. Take in account that majority already is using recycled and recyclable packaging, many already are based on sustainability principles. The EU has pledged its support for culture and creativity of each member country. To quote Roberta Metsola By supporting creative minds, protecting artistic freedom and strengthening our cultural and linguistic diversity, we are investing not only in one of Europe's greatest strengths, but also in the millions of people whose talent, innovation and creativity help our societies and economies flourish To quote Ursula von der Leyen, Today, we commit to protecting artistic freedom and making art accessible to all citizens - especially our youth. Culture must remain a force for unity and learning. Please, stand by your words. Create better conditions for artists. Promote creativity. Do not hinder the people with talent and the courage to break out of the mould and share the beauty they see, the things they love.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Parliament, Since childhood, many of us are taught to attend university, have a stable career and take risks only when it has to do with corporate jobs. However, countless people are making the life much more colourful by taking the risk to chase passion and start a small art business. No matter if its paintings, costumes, metalware, ceramics- they keep the crafts alive and allow us all to share the culture, the beauty they see in the everyday life. With a customer base from all over Europe, the businesses flourish. For without art, life itself is dull and lacks colour. I myself, finally having built the courage, was planning to start a small art business with letter subscription diving into different countries legends and culture every month. Now with this new ruling, I dont think I can. What was always said to us, to start small seems to be reserved for the few who can afford it. With Your decision, small artisans, the beauty and the culture shared, are bound to disappear: for one-person art businesses who rely on the ease of international shipping are not going to be able to sustain themselves with only the local sales. Countless artists are already closing their shops for customers outside of their country of residence since it is financially impossible for them to adjust and pay for not only the licence but also the representative in each of the European countries, not even mentioning the lack of proper guidelines of what is required in some of them. This decentralised system will divide Europe even more and will make countless people lose their jobs. The packaging waste is a real issue, few of us doubt it. But the new requirements hitting people who dont make much per year in the first place is not the solution. It will create even more waste because customers will turn to Shein, Temu or Amazons cheap plastic products. Please, do reconsider setting the threshold for small businesses where they do not need a representatives, do not need to pay 100 in a country they send few orders to per year. Giants like Amazon will be unaffected. It will be the people who suffer the consequences, it will be the arts. Target the businesses that actually are contributing massively to the current packaging waste creation. Introduce the requirements, of course, but do not let the arts die. For without the international sales, many of the people will not be able to afford continuing the creations and there will be few left. Create a special program for small artists that would support their business instead of hindering it. Take in account that majority already is using recycled and recyclable packaging, many already are based on sustainability principles. The EU has pledged its support for culture and creativity of each member country. To quote Roberta Metsola By supporting creative minds, protecting artistic freedom and strengthening our cultural and linguistic diversity, we are investing not only in one of Europe's greatest strengths, but also in the millions of people whose talent, innovation and creativity help our societies and economies flourish To quote Ursula von der Leyen, Today, we commit to protecting artistic freedom and making art accessible to all citizens - especially our youth. Culture must remain a force for unity and learning. Please, stand by your words. Create better conditions for artists. Promote creativity. Do not hinder the people with talent and the courage to break out of the mould and share the beauty they see, the things they love.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544383_en"}, {"id": 33544382, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:20:37", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "to&fro", "feedback": "To the European Commission / Members of the European Parliament, I am a small business owner operating in the European Union. I fully support environmental sustainability, waste reduction, and the transition toward a circular economy. I am submitting this feedback to highlight the operational challenges that micro-enterprises face in implementing cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) framework. For micro-enterprises and independent creators, navigating cross-border compliance across 27 individual national systems poses significant administrative and financial challenges: - Navigating Fragmented Registries: Without a single, centralized EU portal, small businesses must navigate 27 separate national registries, each with distinct reporting standards, language requirements, and portals. - Proportionate Administrative Costs: Maintaining separate national registrations and third-party Authorized Representatives (ARs) across multiple Member States involves recurring annual retainers that can exceed 2,000 to 5,000 annually, which can be difficult for micro-sellers to absorb relative to low cross-border order volumes. - Cross-Border Application: Unlike domestic frameworks that often include local weight exemptions in home markets, cross-border distance selling rules apply from initial parcels, making multi-country compliance a key consideration for small exporters. Providing a simplified, accessible compliance pathway helps ensure that independent creators and micro-enterprises can continue contributing to a diverse, competitive European Single Market. We respectfully encourage policy consideration around three potential solutions: - A Centralized EU \"One-Stop Shop\" (OSS) Portal: Establishing a single, unified portalmodeled after the successful VAT OSS systemallowing small businesses to fulfill cross-border packaging obligations for EU destination countries from their home Member State. - Proportionate Thresholds for Micro-Enterprises: Considering realistic EU-wide volume or sales thresholds (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging or under 10,000 in annual cross-border sales) to streamline requirements for small-scale distance sellers. - Simplified Representation Standards for EU-Based Sellers: Exploring streamlined options for EU-established micro-enterprises regarding foreign Authorized Representative mandates when shipping small e-commerce orders within the Single Market. Thank you for your time, dedication, and continued support for European small enterprises. Sincerely, Busra Ozgul", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission / Members of the European Parliament, I am a small business owner operating in the European Union. I fully support environmental sustainability, waste reduction, and the transition toward a circular economy. I am submitting this feedback to highlight the operational challenges that micro-enterprises face in implementing cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) framework. For micro-enterprises and independent creators, navigating cross-border compliance across 27 individual national systems poses significant administrative and financial challenges: - Navigating Fragmented Registries: Without a single, centralized EU portal, small businesses must navigate 27 separate national registries, each with distinct reporting standards, language requirements, and portals. - Proportionate Administrative Costs: Maintaining separate national registrations and third-party Authorized Representatives (ARs) across multiple Member States involves recurring annual retainers that can exceed 2,000 to 5,000 annually, which can be difficult for micro-sellers to absorb relative to low cross-border order volumes. - Cross-Border Application: Unlike domestic frameworks that often include local weight exemptions in home markets, cross-border distance selling rules apply from initial parcels, making multi-country compliance a key consideration for small exporters. Providing a simplified, accessible compliance pathway helps ensure that independent creators and micro-enterprises can continue contributing to a diverse, competitive European Single Market. We respectfully encourage policy consideration around three potential solutions: - A Centralized EU \"One-Stop Shop\" (OSS) Portal: Establishing a single, unified portalmodeled after the successful VAT OSS systemallowing small businesses to fulfill cross-border packaging obligations for EU destination countries from their home Member State. - Proportionate Thresholds for Micro-Enterprises: Considering realistic EU-wide volume or sales thresholds (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging or under 10,000 in annual cross-border sales) to streamline requirements for small-scale distance sellers. - Simplified Representation Standards for EU-Based Sellers: Exploring streamlined options for EU-established micro-enterprises regarding foreign Authorized Representative mandates when shipping small e-commerce orders within the Single Market. Thank you for your time, dedication, and continued support for European small enterprises. Sincerely, Busra Ozgul", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544382_en"}, {"id": 33544381, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:20:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fit & Creative GmbH", "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) soll Verpackungen nachhaltiger machen und die Umwelt schützen. Dieses Ziel unterstütze ich ausdrücklich. Was ich jedoch nicht unterstützen kann, ist die Art und Weise, wie die damit verbundenen Pflichten auf kleine Unternehmen übertragen werden. Für mich als kleines Unternehmen bedeutet die PPWR vor allem eines: noch mehr Bürokratie, noch mehr Dokumentationspflichten, noch mehr Zeitaufwand und zusätzliche Kosten!!! Ich bin Unternehmerin keine Juristin, keine Verpackungsexpertin und keine Compliance-Abteilung. Trotzdem soll ich mich mit immer komplexeren gesetzlichen Vorgaben auseinandersetzen, Verpackungen korrekt einordnen, Nachweise führen, Informationen zusammentragen und dafür sorgen, dass sämtliche Pflichten erfüllt werden. Das kostet nicht nur Geld. Es kostet vor allem Zeit, die ich eigentlich in mein Unternehmen, meine Produkte, meine Kunden und meine Familie investieren müsste. Für große Unternehmen ist zusätzliche Bürokratie ärgerlich. Für ein kleines Unternehmen kann sie jedoch existenzbedrohend werden. Ich habe weder die finanziellen Mittel noch die personellen Ressourcen, um für jede neue gesetzliche Verpflichtung einen Experten zu beschäftigen. Wenn ich alle Anforderungen rechtssicher erfüllen möchte, entstehen Kosten, die in keinem Verhältnis zu meiner Unternehmensgröße stehen. Und genau hier liegt das Problem: Kleine Unternehmen werden nicht daran scheitern, dass sie schlechte Produkte herstellen oder keine Kunden haben. Sie können daran scheitern, dass sie die ständig wachsende Bürokratie nicht mehr bewältigen können. Immer mehr kleine Unternehmen geben auf, weil der Aufwand für Verwaltung, Nachweise, Steuern, Meldepflichten und gesetzliche Vorgaben irgendwann schlicht nicht mehr leistbar ist. Das kann doch nicht das Ziel sein. Wir brauchen eine Wirtschaft, in der auch kleine Hersteller, Kreative, Handwerksbetriebe und Familienunternehmen eine Chance haben. Unternehmen, die mit viel persönlichem Einsatz Produkte entwickeln, selbst herstellen, Arbeitsplätze schaffen und Wertschöpfung vor Ort leisten. Wenn die gesetzlichen Anforderungen immer komplizierter und teurer werden, wird der Markt langfristig vor allem denjenigen gehören, die sich diese Bürokratie leisten können. Und dann bleiben am Ende möglicherweise genau die großen Plattformen übrig, die ohnehin den Markt dominieren Amazon, Temu und andere internationale Großanbieter. Ist das wirklich die Entwicklung, die wir wollen? Ich wünsche mir deshalb keine Abschaffung von Umwelt- und Verpackungsschutz. Im Gegenteil: Nachhaltigkeit ist wichtig. Aber Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht bedeuten, dass kleine Unternehmen unter einem Berg aus Bürokratie zusammenbrechen. Ich wünsche mir verhältnismäßige, verständliche und praxistaugliche Regelungen, die die Größe eines Unternehmens berücksichtigen. Regeln, die ein kleines Unternehmen ohne juristische Fachabteilung tatsächlich umsetzen kann. Denn wenn wir möchten, dass unsere Innenstädte, unsere kleinen Hersteller, unsere Handwerksbetriebe und unsere kreativen Unternehmen auch in Zukunft existieren, müssen wir ihnen auch die Möglichkeit geben, wirtschaftlich zu arbeiten. Bürokratie darf nicht zum Geschäftsmodell werden. Und vor allem darf der Schutz der Umwelt nicht dazu führen, dass am Ende genau diejenigen verschwinden, die regional, nachhaltig und mit viel persönlichem Einsatz produzieren während internationale Großkonzerne und Billigplattformen immer größer werden. Ich fordere deshalb: Entlastung statt weiterer Bürokratie! Verhältnismäßigkeit statt Überforderung! Und praktikable Lösungen statt immer neuer Pflichten!!! Denn wir brauchen nicht weniger kleine Unternehmen. Wir brauchen mehr davon. Sabine Kunze", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Regulation (PPWR) aims to make packaging more sustainable and protect the environment. This objective has my full support. What I cannot support, however, is the way in which the related obligations are transferred to small businesses. For me as a small company, the PPWR means above all: even more bureaucracy, even more documentation requirements, even more time and extra costs! I am not a legal professional, a packaging expert or a compliance department. Nevertheless, I should deal with increasingly complex legal requirements, classify packaging correctly, keep evidence, gather information and ensure that all obligations are met. This does not only cost money. Above all, it takes time for me to invest in my business, my products, my customers and my family. For large companies, additional bureaucracy is frustrating. However, it can threaten the existence of a small business. I do not have the financial or human resources to hire an expert for each new legal obligation. If I want to meet all the requirements with legal certainty, there are costs that are disproportionate to my size. And this is where the problem lies: Small businesses will not fail because they produce bad products or have no customers. They can fail because they can no longer cope with ever-increasing bureaucracy. More and more small businesses are giving up because the burden of administration, evidence, taxes, reporting obligations and legal requirements is at some point simply no longer affordable. That cannot be the aim. We need an economy in which small producers, creators, craft businesses and family businesses also have an opportunity. Companies that develop products, produce their own products, create jobs and add value locally, using a lot of personal effort. If regulatory requirements become increasingly complicated and expensive, the market will in the long run be dominated by those who can afford this bureaucracy. And then there may be the very large platforms that dominate the market anyway, Amazon, Temu and other major international players. Is that really the development we want? I therefore do not wish to see any abolition of environmental and packaging protection. To the contrary: Sustainability is important. But sustainability must not mean that small businesses collapse under a hill of red tape. I would like to see proportionate, understandable and workable rules that take into account the size of a company. Rules that a small company without a legal department can actually implement. Because if we want our city centres, our small manufacturers, our crafts and our creative businesses to continue to exist in the future, we also need to give them the opportunity to work economically. Bureaucracy must not become a business model. Above all, the protection of the environment must not lead to the disappearance of precisely those who produce regionally, sustainably and with a lot of personal effort, while international giants and low-cost platforms are growing. I therefore call for: Less red tape! Proportionality rather than overburdening! And workable solutions rather than ever new obligations! Because we don’t need less small businesses. We need more of it. Sabine Kunze", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544381_en"}, {"id": 33544380, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:19:35", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It would be good to - exclude small and micro businesses from the AR rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or at least provide measurements that small businesses can afford - harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states micro and small businesses The new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "It would be good to - exclude small and micro businesses from the AR rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or at least provide measurements that small businesses can afford - harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states micro and small businesses The new law speaks against free movement of goods within the EU and will have severe consequences for many small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544380_en"}, {"id": 33544379, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:19:34", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Het enige wat dit gaat veroorzaken is dat kleinere artiesten en webshops gaan lijden en grotere bedrijven er niks van gaan merken. Grote winkels en bedrijven zoals Bol.com kunnen met gemak extra betalen. Maar de gewone mens, kleine startende artiesten of shops gaan lijden. Is dat wat jullie willen? Ik heb iemand zien zeggen dat het momenteel goedkoper is om een pakje naar de VS te sturen dan een brief naar een buurland. Is dit wat leven in de Europese Unie eruit moet zien? Waarom zitten we samen in de E.U.?", "feedbackEnglish": "The only thing that this will cause is that smaller artists and online shops will suffer and larger companies will not be branded. Large shops and companies like Bol.com can easily pay extra. But ordinary people, small start-up artists or shops will suffer. Is that what you want? I have seen someone say that it is currently cheaper to send a parcel to the US than to send a letter to a neighbouring country. Is this what life in the European Union should look like? Why are we in the EU together?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544379_en"}, {"id": 33544371, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:19:34", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a vintage seller / micro-business owner based in Hungary, I am left with no words about this. Fellow EU-based business owners, makers, small sellers, artists all said it perfectly well before me. How did we get here that the EU doesn't want small businesses to thrive? What was the purpose of the EU again, can you all remind me? How can selling to Canada be easier for me than to neighbouring Austria? What's the goal here? Immediate moratorium is what we want!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a vintage seller / micro-business owner based in Hungary, I am left with no words about this. Fellow EU-based business owners, makers, small sellers, artists all said it perfectly well before me. How did we get here that the EU doesn't want small businesses to thrive? What was the purpose of the EU again, can you all remind me? How can selling to Canada be easier for me than to neighbouring Austria? What's the goal here? Immediate moratorium is what we want!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544371_en"}, {"id": 33544378, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:19:31", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative disproportionately impacts small businesses who are having to pay the same fees as big companies, even though this initiative should mostly target the companies that pollute the most such as Amazon, Temu or Shein. Over the past week, I have seen many small businesses I buy from (artists, illustrators, ceramists...) announce they wouldn't be able to keep selling to EU customers because of those fees that they cannot afford to pay, despite residing within the EU themself. Even if they used to only send 1-10 orders to each of those countries a year, these orders represents a non-negligeable part of their income, and this will contribute to make their professional and financial situation even more precarious. The goal of this initiative is noble and important, but please consider revising it so that small businesses and independent brands aren't as heavily affected by it.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative disproportionately impacts small businesses who are having to pay the same fees as big companies, even though this initiative should mostly target the companies that pollute the most such as Amazon, Temu or Shein. Over the past week, I have seen many small businesses I buy from (artists, illustrators, ceramists...) announce they wouldn't be able to keep selling to EU customers because of those fees that they cannot afford to pay, despite residing within the EU themself. Even if they used to only send 1-10 orders to each of those countries a year, these orders represents a non-negligeable part of their income, and this will contribute to make their professional and financial situation even more precarious. The goal of this initiative is noble and important, but please consider revising it so that small businesses and independent brands aren't as heavily affected by it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544378_en"}, {"id": 33544377, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:17:58", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law goes against the whole concept of the EU being a free market. The costs are prohibitive for small businesses and micro-businesses, and the lack of a centralised system to navigate the packaging and packaging waste are punitive, as it makes things so complicated that one is bound to make a mistake and get fined as per consequence. The issue also impacts micro-businesses and small businesses even if they don't ship their products abroad, as there is no guarantee that their suppliers will be willing to bear the costs involved, nor navigate the red tape required to be able to ship to other EU countries. This especially penalises EU member states such as Malta, who relies on import due to the lack of local resources and the size of the country itself. Even without this new law, it is difficult to find wholesalers who are willing to ship to Malta, and shipping tends to be expensive anyway. This just adds another nail in the coffin for Maltese businesses, especially micro and small businesses. An exemption for businesses with less than a certain number of employees should be considered, at the very least.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law goes against the whole concept of the EU being a free market. The costs are prohibitive for small businesses and micro-businesses, and the lack of a centralised system to navigate the packaging and packaging waste are punitive, as it makes things so complicated that one is bound to make a mistake and get fined as per consequence. The issue also impacts micro-businesses and small businesses even if they don't ship their products abroad, as there is no guarantee that their suppliers will be willing to bear the costs involved, nor navigate the red tape required to be able to ship to other EU countries. This especially penalises EU member states such as Malta, who relies on import due to the lack of local resources and the size of the country itself. Even without this new law, it is difficult to find wholesalers who are willing to ship to Malta, and shipping tends to be expensive anyway. This just adds another nail in the coffin for Maltese businesses, especially micro and small businesses. An exemption for businesses with less than a certain number of employees should be considered, at the very least.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544377_en"}, {"id": 33544376, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:17:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU citizen and consumer, I wish to express my deep concerns regarding the proposed rules on national registers of producers. While I strongly support environmental protection, I fear this initiative in its current form will be highly counterproductive. My main concern is the threat to European artisans and small and micro business owners: I frequently buy craft materials and vintage items from small EU sellers on platforms like Etsy. The administrative burden of navigating multiple, fragmented national registries is completely unsustainable for micro-businesses. If they are forced to stop cross-border sales due to bureaucracy, they will lose their livelihoods, and consumers will lose access to unique European products. I also think the regulation as currently written has the feeling of sounding sustainable, but being more talk than action. When legislation creates massive bureaucratic hurdles for tiny creators instead of fostering scalable, systemic circular economy solutions for major industries, it borders on greenwashing. It unfairly shifts the regulatory burden onto those with the smallest environmental footprint. As someone who has made a concerted effort to stop buying from major, non-European (or specifically in my case, non-German) retailers, I worry that this new ruling will further makes us reliant on these e-commerce giants. It feels like small European businesses will be crushed by this red tape, but global e-commerce giants like Amazon and Co. will simply pass the compliance costs onto consumers through higher prices. They will remain largely unaffected, leading to a monopolization of the market by non-European conglomerates and making citizens entirely reliant on them. I strongly urge the European Commission to completely exempt micro and small businesses from these national registration requirements and instead implement a single, cost-free EU central portal. Environmental policy must not be used as a tool to eliminate local European craftsmanship in favor of global tech giants. Thank you, Johanna Schmitz", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen and consumer, I wish to express my deep concerns regarding the proposed rules on national registers of producers. While I strongly support environmental protection, I fear this initiative in its current form will be highly counterproductive. My main concern is the threat to European artisans and small and micro business owners: I frequently buy craft materials and vintage items from small EU sellers on platforms like Etsy. The administrative burden of navigating multiple, fragmented national registries is completely unsustainable for micro-businesses. If they are forced to stop cross-border sales due to bureaucracy, they will lose their livelihoods, and consumers will lose access to unique European products. I also think the regulation as currently written has the feeling of sounding sustainable, but being more talk than action. When legislation creates massive bureaucratic hurdles for tiny creators instead of fostering scalable, systemic circular economy solutions for major industries, it borders on greenwashing. It unfairly shifts the regulatory burden onto those with the smallest environmental footprint. As someone who has made a concerted effort to stop buying from major, non-European (or specifically in my case, non-German) retailers, I worry that this new ruling will further makes us reliant on these e-commerce giants. It feels like small European businesses will be crushed by this red tape, but global e-commerce giants like Amazon and Co. will simply pass the compliance costs onto consumers through higher prices. They will remain largely unaffected, leading to a monopolization of the market by non-European conglomerates and making citizens entirely reliant on them. I strongly urge the European Commission to completely exempt micro and small businesses from these national registration requirements and instead implement a single, cost-free EU central portal. Environmental policy must not be used as a tool to eliminate local European craftsmanship in favor of global tech giants. Thank you, Johanna Schmitz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544376_en"}, {"id": 33544375, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:16:52", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I understand the reasoning behind regulating against packaging waste, I fear that the economic scale of this will limit my opportunities for trade. The price for the authorized representatives is quite high, and if a business is forced to pay it in each country they want to ship to, no small businesses will be able to ship to my country, and I will be left with only big cooperations. I think this goes against everything the EU should be - I WANT to trade with my co-EU citizens! Especially the small businesses! This will end up working against the trans-border teamwork and community, and that is embarrassing.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand the reasoning behind regulating against packaging waste, I fear that the economic scale of this will limit my opportunities for trade. The price for the authorized representatives is quite high, and if a business is forced to pay it in each country they want to ship to, no small businesses will be able to ship to my country, and I will be left with only big cooperations. I think this goes against everything the EU should be - I WANT to trade with my co-EU citizens! Especially the small businesses! This will end up working against the trans-border teamwork and community, and that is embarrassing.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544375_en"}, {"id": 33544374, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:16:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from this law, as it would greatly affect their sustainability and make it near impossible to ship to cross-border countries. While it is important to make sure that the environmental impact of packaging is reduced, peoples livelihoods should not be put at a risk because of it. I sincerely hope you consider this feedback before you pass this law. Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exclude small and micro businesses from this law, as it would greatly affect their sustainability and make it near impossible to ship to cross-border countries. While it is important to make sure that the environmental impact of packaging is reduced, peoples livelihoods should not be put at a risk because of it. I sincerely hope you consider this feedback before you pass this law. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544374_en"}, {"id": 33544373, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:15:35", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Magnikon e.U.", "feedback": "To the European Commission, I am writing to formally raise concerns regarding the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), entering into force on 12 August 2026, and specifically its registration and reporting requirements for producers. 1. Disproportionate burden on SMEs This new measure is yet another example of why the EU is losing the economic race and remains stagnant. These requirements are killing businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones. How is a small business realistically supposed to comply with them? We simply do not have the financial or administrative capacity to keep up with an ever-growing list of national-level obligations. 2. Undermining the Single Market What is the point of a \"single EU market\" when it exists in name only? In practice, we are forced to hire and pay a separate authorised representative in every individual country. This directly contradicts the fundamental principle of a unified market and defeats its purpose. 3. Concrete business impact As a direct result, we like many other businesses in our position are already cutting shipping to EU countries outside our core markets. This is reducing our already limited turnover. It is not a matter of unwillingness to comply: we lack both the financial resources and the administrative capacity needed to meet yet ANOTHER new requirement. 4. Requested solution We urge the Commission to implement a unified, centralised system similar to the One-Stop-Shop (OSS) VAT model allowing businesses to submit packaging declarations and pay packaging licensing fees for all Member States through a single point of entry. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while removing the unnecessary duplication of administrative burden that is currently harming SMEs' ability to operate across the EU. We ask the Commission to seriously reconsider the practical implementation of these requirements before they take effect, with genuine input from the small and medium-sized businesses who will bear the brunt of this administrative burden.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission, I am writing to formally raise concerns regarding the upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), entering into force on 12 August 2026, and specifically its registration and reporting requirements for producers. 1. Disproportionate burden on SMEs This new measure is yet another example of why the EU is losing the economic race and remains stagnant. These requirements are killing businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones. How is a small business realistically supposed to comply with them? We simply do not have the financial or administrative capacity to keep up with an ever-growing list of national-level obligations. 2. Undermining the Single Market What is the point of a \"single EU market\" when it exists in name only? In practice, we are forced to hire and pay a separate authorised representative in every individual country. This directly contradicts the fundamental principle of a unified market and defeats its purpose. 3. Concrete business impact As a direct result, we like many other businesses in our position are already cutting shipping to EU countries outside our core markets. This is reducing our already limited turnover. It is not a matter of unwillingness to comply: we lack both the financial resources and the administrative capacity needed to meet yet ANOTHER new requirement. 4. Requested solution We urge the Commission to implement a unified, centralised system similar to the One-Stop-Shop (OSS) VAT model allowing businesses to submit packaging declarations and pay packaging licensing fees for all Member States through a single point of entry. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while removing the unnecessary duplication of administrative burden that is currently harming SMEs' ability to operate across the EU. We ask the Commission to seriously reconsider the practical implementation of these requirements before they take effect, with genuine input from the small and medium-sized businesses who will bear the brunt of this administrative burden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544373_en"}, {"id": 33544372, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:14:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the idea is generally one I can completely agree with, the way it affects small/micro businesses is very unfortunate and something that absolutely should be taken into account. At minimum there needs to be some sort of support that can be given to these small business owners. As someone who adores artists and handmade work it is very saddening to see so many now planning to restrict their online shops due to not being able to afford the incoming costs. I always made an effort to find and support artists from within the EU due to shipping simply being easier for both parties and to know this might not be possible anymore is very unfortunate and it just speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU. Please reconsider or find a way to make adjustments so that there dont have to be severe consequences for so many small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the idea is generally one I can completely agree with, the way it affects small/micro businesses is very unfortunate and something that absolutely should be taken into account. At minimum there needs to be some sort of support that can be given to these small business owners. As someone who adores artists and handmade work it is very saddening to see so many now planning to restrict their online shops due to not being able to afford the incoming costs. I always made an effort to find and support artists from within the EU due to shipping simply being easier for both parties and to know this might not be possible anymore is very unfortunate and it just speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU. Please reconsider or find a way to make adjustments so that there dont have to be severe consequences for so many small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544372_en"}, {"id": 33544370, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:13:36", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Contra Guitar SIA", "feedback": "I support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and developing a circular economy. However, the proposed requirements for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) may create a disproportionately large administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises and sole traders who sell small volumes of goods to other EU countries. For a large company, registering in each country, submitting regular reports, paying EPR fees and, in some cases, appointing an Authorised Representative are manageable expenses. For a micro-business that sends, for example, a few dozen parcels to different EU countries per year, fixed registration fees and the cost of Authorised Representatives can be many times higher than the value of the packaging itself and the actual environmental impact it creates. It is particularly problematic that requirements and thresholds differ from one country to another. As a result, the principle of the Single Market is undermined by additional national administrative barriers. I ask the European Commission to consider the following measures: 1. Introduce a single EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises based on the amount of packaging or sales volume. 2. Exempt micro-enterprises from the mandatory appointment of an Authorised Representative when packaging volumes are small. 3. Create a single European portal through which small businesses could fulfil their necessary EPR obligations for all EU countries, instead of registering separately in each country. 4. Establish proportionate fees based on the actual amount of packaging placed on the market, rather than high fixed annual fees. 5. Ensure uniform and clear rules for cross-border e-commerce within the EU. 6. Provide a transition period and refrain from imposing penalties on micro-enterprises until the final rules are clearly defined and practically implemented across all Member States. Environmental goals should not be achieved at the expense of driving micro-enterprises out of the European Single Market. Small producers and independent entrepreneurs also want to use environmentally friendly packaging and comply with the law, but the system must be proportionate to the scale of the business and the amount of packaging involved. Otherwise, small European sellers will be forced to stop selling to certain EU countries, limiting consumer choice and undermining the very principle of the free movement of goods within the Single Market. I urge the European Commission to take the interests of micro-enterprises into account when finalising these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste and developing a circular economy. However, the proposed requirements for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) may create a disproportionately large administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises and sole traders who sell small volumes of goods to other EU countries. For a large company, registering in each country, submitting regular reports, paying EPR fees and, in some cases, appointing an Authorised Representative are manageable expenses. For a micro-business that sends, for example, a few dozen parcels to different EU countries per year, fixed registration fees and the cost of Authorised Representatives can be many times higher than the value of the packaging itself and the actual environmental impact it creates. It is particularly problematic that requirements and thresholds differ from one country to another. As a result, the principle of the Single Market is undermined by additional national administrative barriers. I ask the European Commission to consider the following measures: 1. Introduce a single EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises based on the amount of packaging or sales volume. 2. Exempt micro-enterprises from the mandatory appointment of an Authorised Representative when packaging volumes are small. 3. Create a single European portal through which small businesses could fulfil their necessary EPR obligations for all EU countries, instead of registering separately in each country. 4. Establish proportionate fees based on the actual amount of packaging placed on the market, rather than high fixed annual fees. 5. Ensure uniform and clear rules for cross-border e-commerce within the EU. 6. Provide a transition period and refrain from imposing penalties on micro-enterprises until the final rules are clearly defined and practically implemented across all Member States. Environmental goals should not be achieved at the expense of driving micro-enterprises out of the European Single Market. Small producers and independent entrepreneurs also want to use environmentally friendly packaging and comply with the law, but the system must be proportionate to the scale of the business and the amount of packaging involved. Otherwise, small European sellers will be forced to stop selling to certain EU countries, limiting consumer choice and undermining the very principle of the free movement of goods within the Single Market. I urge the European Commission to take the interests of micro-enterprises into account when finalising these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544370_en"}, {"id": 33544369, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:12:34", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will kill small businesses, while having near-zero impact on the large companies who produce the overwhelming majority of packaging waste. The large companies ought to be the main, if not only, target of these rules, or all this will accomplish is killing small businesses, while creating no meaningful gains for the environment.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill small businesses, while having near-zero impact on the large companies who produce the overwhelming majority of packaging waste. The large companies ought to be the main, if not only, target of these rules, or all this will accomplish is killing small businesses, while creating no meaningful gains for the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544369_en"}, {"id": 33544368, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:11:24", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Etsy Seller", "feedback": "I am a small art business in the UK selling on Etsy if they were to continue these new laws will now mean that my entire business will be at jeopardy as many of my customers are located in Europe. Due to my size and income I cant financially afford to be compliant. These regulations make sense for large businesses and companies that can afford to pay every country but for small micro businesses like myself to it is practically a death sentence to our livelihoods.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small art business in the UK selling on Etsy if they were to continue these new laws will now mean that my entire business will be at jeopardy as many of my customers are located in Europe. Due to my size and income I cant financially afford to be compliant. These regulations make sense for large businesses and companies that can afford to pay every country but for small micro businesses like myself to it is practically a death sentence to our livelihoods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544368_en"}, {"id": 33544367, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:09:58", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a one person business, selling self published comics and prints/stickers of my own art. I make ~14k/year, and from the EU orders on my online shop I make maybe 300-500/year. I don't have the resources to register and pay fees to every single country. I'm already counscious of enviromentally friendly pagacking. Don't kill micro businesses!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one person business, selling self published comics and prints/stickers of my own art. I make ~14k/year, and from the EU orders on my online shop I make maybe 300-500/year. I don't have the resources to register and pay fees to every single country. I'm already counscious of enviromentally friendly pagacking. Don't kill micro businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544367_en"}, {"id": 33544366, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:09:00", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative works only to strengthen large corporations selling tons of wasteful mass produced garbaged, while also alienating small scale businesses and sellers. Without a specifically stated and reasonable minimum treshold, small businesses selling original crafts, art, etc. will be forced to exit EU markets entirely, meaning less income opportunities for EU citizens and small businesses, and more power to large companies and resellers profiting from unethical mass production of low quality goods. The initiative must be reworked to include a minimum treshold so that small sellers who a) do not sell and ship large quantities of product and/or b) do not make income above a specific amount can be excluded from these catastrophic fees. It would also be in the best interest of EU markets that these fees and the registration process for them would be standardized and streamlined so that those small businesses that do exceed the treshold limit can follow the rules efficiently and easily.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative works only to strengthen large corporations selling tons of wasteful mass produced garbaged, while also alienating small scale businesses and sellers. Without a specifically stated and reasonable minimum treshold, small businesses selling original crafts, art, etc. will be forced to exit EU markets entirely, meaning less income opportunities for EU citizens and small businesses, and more power to large companies and resellers profiting from unethical mass production of low quality goods. The initiative must be reworked to include a minimum treshold so that small sellers who a) do not sell and ship large quantities of product and/or b) do not make income above a specific amount can be excluded from these catastrophic fees. It would also be in the best interest of EU markets that these fees and the registration process for them would be standardized and streamlined so that those small businesses that do exceed the treshold limit can follow the rules efficiently and easily.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544366_en"}, {"id": 33544365, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:07:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The New packaging waste Rules may come from a good Intention which I totally understand and Support. But the New rules totally have forgotten to Take small businesses into Account. A small Shop owner who is a one-man-show and has only His Origin Location cannot pay those big fees nor can He have a local legal representive. Its insane that local, small Shops who often are falls the ones caring for Environment friendly alternatives are being repressed or extinct with These New rules while big Players, who are the ones responsible for big waste, laugh at the fees, because for them it doesnt Matter. They often have local representatives in every country already and a few hundreds Euros they don't Care about. For a small Business though this is a death sentence. This rule hast to be Changed so the big Players pay the big amount and small businesses can survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "The New packaging waste Rules may come from a good Intention which I totally understand and Support. But the New rules totally have forgotten to Take small businesses into Account. A small Shop owner who is a one-man-show and has only His Origin Location cannot pay those big fees nor can He have a local legal representive. Its insane that local, small Shops who often are falls the ones caring for Environment friendly alternatives are being repressed or extinct with These New rules while big Players, who are the ones responsible for big waste, laugh at the fees, because for them it doesnt Matter. They often have local representatives in every country already and a few hundreds Euros they don't Care about. For a small Business though this is a death sentence. This rule hast to be Changed so the big Players pay the big amount and small businesses can survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544365_en"}, {"id": 33544364, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:05:22", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "With Love Cupid", "feedback": "Pensez aux micro-entreprises. Cette réforme est complètement disproportionnée pour les indépendants / micro-entreprises. La plupart d'entre nous ne gagnons même pas 1000 voir 200 par mois de vente en ligne. Ces réformes nous pousseraient simplement tous à arrêter nos activités. Il est très important de mettre un seuil de revenus par exemple, ou autre chose qui adapterait la réforme au revenu de chaque entreprise. Ces taxes sont bien trop grandes pour les petites entreprises et bien trop légères pour des entreprises qui génèrent des millions.", "feedbackEnglish": "Think about micro-enterprises. This reform is completely disproportionate for the self-employed/micro-enterprises. Most of us do not even win 1000 or 200 per month of online sales. These reforms would simply push us all to stop our activities. It is very important to put an income threshold, for example, or something else that would adapt the reform to the income of each enterprise. These taxes are far too high for small companies and far too low for companies that generate millions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544364_en"}, {"id": 33544349, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:04:40", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous (Austria)", "feedback": "Dear Sirs, The new law for packaging regulation will badly affect micro businesses and artist around Europe. As a self- employed wallpaper designer and artist this puts huge limitations to my ability to sell my physical products across EU countries - this means also my ability to expand my sales and income. Micro businesses will never be able to afford all this administrative work and additional costs. With already existing limitation to sell our physical products to the US and UK for obvious reasons, this law is the last hit to the survival of micro/small local producers, artisans, artist and creators of any kind who were relaying on the \"free\" EU market. This law did not take in account all the micro EU businesses at all. This law should be revised - putting a turnover threshold or other criteria to reduce this costs and administrative complications. It is not imaginable for a 1-person business which is already fighting to survive to do registrations in almost all EU countries, pay consultants and fees just to send an envelope with an art print or a small package to another EU country. Protecting the environment by reducing and regulating waste is important, but protecting local small businesses is also equally crucial. In this case it looks like nobody even thought how this would affect us. Some will just quit, because selling only in their own country (like Slovenia, Austria or other smaller counties) will not be enough. There are many skilled artisans, artists, makers that keep their art and tradition alive by selling in the EU, that support each other by buying hand-made products, art, stickers, bags, pottery, all kind of products. What will happen to us? Please reconsider this law and think about all involved. Find a better solution. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sirs, The new law for packaging regulation will badly affect micro businesses and artist around Europe. As a self- employed wallpaper designer and artist this puts huge limitations to my ability to sell my physical products across EU countries - this means also my ability to expand my sales and income. Micro businesses will never be able to afford all this administrative work and additional costs. With already existing limitation to sell our physical products to the US and UK for obvious reasons, this law is the last hit to the survival of micro/small local producers, artisans, artist and creators of any kind who were relaying on the \"free\" EU market. This law did not take in account all the micro EU businesses at all. This law should be revised - putting a turnover threshold or other criteria to reduce this costs and administrative complications. It is not imaginable for a 1-person business which is already fighting to survive to do registrations in almost all EU countries, pay consultants and fees just to send an envelope with an art print or a small package to another EU country. Protecting the environment by reducing and regulating waste is important, but protecting local small businesses is also equally crucial. In this case it looks like nobody even thought how this would affect us. Some will just quit, because selling only in their own country (like Slovenia, Austria or other smaller counties) will not be enough. There are many skilled artisans, artists, makers that keep their art and tradition alive by selling in the EU, that support each other by buying hand-made products, art, stickers, bags, pottery, all kind of products. What will happen to us? Please reconsider this law and think about all involved. Find a better solution. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544349_en"}, {"id": 33544363, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:04:10", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Leaf Pillows ", "feedback": "These new regulations are hurting small businesses, although I assume the intention was completely different. If de minimis rules aren't introduced for creators and artists, we'll continue to be flooded with goods from China. For small brands, being part of the EU and the free market is often a dead end. Often (like mine), these are sole proprietorships whose annual revenue from member states doesn't exceed 20,000. Beyond the bureaucracy and workload, we simply can't afford higher fees than before. Please don't kill small businesses. After all, we were supposed to be playing for the same team.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new regulations are hurting small businesses, although I assume the intention was completely different. If de minimis rules aren't introduced for creators and artists, we'll continue to be flooded with goods from China. For small brands, being part of the EU and the free market is often a dead end. Often (like mine), these are sole proprietorships whose annual revenue from member states doesn't exceed 20,000. Beyond the bureaucracy and workload, we simply can't afford higher fees than before. Please don't kill small businesses. After all, we were supposed to be playing for the same team.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544363_en"}, {"id": 33544362, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:03:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DeskTop Locomotive Works", "feedback": "Die Anforderungen des PPWR mit lokalen Beauftragten bedeuten für Kleinunternehmen das Aus für internationalen Handel, da Aufwand (administrativ und Kosten) in keiner Relation zum Umsatz stehen. Das Gleiche gilt für WEEE, wo die Anforderungen vergleichbar sind und daher für Kleinunternehmen nur eine Registrierung im Heimatland tragbar ist. Dann verbietet sich aber der internationale Handel.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small businesses, the requirements of the PPWR with local representatives mean an end to international trade, as the costs (administrative and costs) are not related to turnover. The same applies to WEEE, where the requirements are comparable and therefore only registration in the home country is affordable for small enterprises. In that case, however, international trade is prohibited.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544362_en"}, {"id": 33544361, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:03:43", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "\"PENUMBRA-DESIGNS\" EOOD", "feedback": "As a micro-business owner and independent artist, I find the current EPR requirements, particularly the obligation to appoint an Authorised Representative (AR) in multiple EU countries, financially and administratively impossible to sustain. My business is extremely small. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to any individual EU country. The value of those sales can be far lower than the annual cost of appointing an AR and complying with the associated administrative requirements. For a business of this scale, paying hundreds of euros per country simply for the possibility of sending a few small parcels is not viable. In practice, this leaves micro-businesses with only one realistic option: stop shipping to most or all EU countries. For independent artists and makers whose customer base is international, this can make the business itself unsustainable and threaten our livelihoods. In its current form, the AR requirement places a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises, both financially and in terms of paperwork. The system is fragmented, difficult to understand, and requires very small businesses to navigate different national procedures, providers, registrations and fees. A compliance model that may be manageable for large corporations is not proportionate for a single-person business shipping a very small quantity of packaging each year. I therefore strongly urge the EU to introduce a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. At a minimum, micro-businesses should be exempt from the requirement to appoint a separate Authorised Representative in every Member State, or there should be an EU-wide low-cost solution with fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. Small artists and makers already have a strong economic incentive to minimise packaging. We buy, store and pack everything ourselves, and unnecessary packaging directly increases our own costs. Requiring hundreds of euros in compliance fees and extensive administration in order to send a few small parcels does little to reduce packaging waste, while creating a very real risk of eliminating small cross-border businesses. There is also a serious impact on EU consumers. As an EU citizen and consumer myself, I am already seeing small independent creators restrict shipping to one or two countries, stop selling within the EU, or consider closing their businesses entirely because they cannot afford country-by-country EPR compliance. This reduces consumer choice, harms small-scale creative businesses, and disproportionately favours large companies that can absorb these fixed costs. Environmental regulation is important, but it should be proportionate to the environmental impact and economic scale of the business concerned. Please consider creating a genuine micro-business and de minimis exemption, or a single affordable EU-wide compliance mechanism, so that environmental objectives can be achieved without forcing the smallest businesses out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-business owner and independent artist, I find the current EPR requirements, particularly the obligation to appoint an Authorised Representative (AR) in multiple EU countries, financially and administratively impossible to sustain. My business is extremely small. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to any individual EU country. The value of those sales can be far lower than the annual cost of appointing an AR and complying with the associated administrative requirements. For a business of this scale, paying hundreds of euros per country simply for the possibility of sending a few small parcels is not viable. In practice, this leaves micro-businesses with only one realistic option: stop shipping to most or all EU countries. For independent artists and makers whose customer base is international, this can make the business itself unsustainable and threaten our livelihoods. In its current form, the AR requirement places a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises, both financially and in terms of paperwork. The system is fragmented, difficult to understand, and requires very small businesses to navigate different national procedures, providers, registrations and fees. A compliance model that may be manageable for large corporations is not proportionate for a single-person business shipping a very small quantity of packaging each year. I therefore strongly urge the EU to introduce a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only very small quantities of packaging on the market. At a minimum, micro-businesses should be exempt from the requirement to appoint a separate Authorised Representative in every Member State, or there should be an EU-wide low-cost solution with fees proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. Small artists and makers already have a strong economic incentive to minimise packaging. We buy, store and pack everything ourselves, and unnecessary packaging directly increases our own costs. Requiring hundreds of euros in compliance fees and extensive administration in order to send a few small parcels does little to reduce packaging waste, while creating a very real risk of eliminating small cross-border businesses. There is also a serious impact on EU consumers. As an EU citizen and consumer myself, I am already seeing small independent creators restrict shipping to one or two countries, stop selling within the EU, or consider closing their businesses entirely because they cannot afford country-by-country EPR compliance. This reduces consumer choice, harms small-scale creative businesses, and disproportionately favours large companies that can absorb these fixed costs. Environmental regulation is important, but it should be proportionate to the environmental impact and economic scale of the business concerned. Please consider creating a genuine micro-business and de minimis exemption, or a single affordable EU-wide compliance mechanism, so that environmental objectives can be achieved without forcing the smallest businesses out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544361_en"}, {"id": 33544360, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:03:37", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir or Madam, I just read about the new legislation about packaging active from August 12th and I find that the fact that small businesses and artesans will have to follow the same rules as large corporations absolutely ridicolous and asinine. First of all the fact that there isn't a EU wide registry and that each country has his own registry goes against all the the EU is meant to represent (unity and a free market). Second, the fact that you require an actual representative in each country (that requires one) is a ridicolous large expense for a small business, 27 countries, for example, 20 representative at 1k per representatives total 20k of expenses before you are even allowed to sell, this will kill most small businesses while large company will be able to dilute the expense quickly. I think this legislation is extremely unfair to small businesses and favour large corporations, the same corporations that are polluting and putting onto this planet the majority of the packaging. We need a change to be implemented, removing the need for representatives and waving the registration costs for small businesses. This change needs to be implemented quickly! I am extremely disappointed in the EU. The fact that the people who approved this legislation are so out of touch that did not even realized the damage it would do is ridicolous. The market need to be fair and legislation need to take in consideration the different types and sizes of businesses. Looking forward to change. Regards, Virginia", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir or Madam, I just read about the new legislation about packaging active from August 12th and I find that the fact that small businesses and artesans will have to follow the same rules as large corporations absolutely ridicolous and asinine. First of all the fact that there isn't a EU wide registry and that each country has his own registry goes against all the the EU is meant to represent (unity and a free market). Second, the fact that you require an actual representative in each country (that requires one) is a ridicolous large expense for a small business, 27 countries, for example, 20 representative at 1k per representatives total 20k of expenses before you are even allowed to sell, this will kill most small businesses while large company will be able to dilute the expense quickly. I think this legislation is extremely unfair to small businesses and favour large corporations, the same corporations that are polluting and putting onto this planet the majority of the packaging. We need a change to be implemented, removing the need for representatives and waving the registration costs for small businesses. This change needs to be implemented quickly! I am extremely disappointed in the EU. The fact that the people who approved this legislation are so out of touch that did not even realized the damage it would do is ridicolous. The market need to be fair and legislation need to take in consideration the different types and sizes of businesses. Looking forward to change. Regards, Virginia", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544360_en"}, {"id": 33544359, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:03:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I understand - and stand behind - the need to reduce waste in packaging materials I am asking you to exempt small and microbusinesses from this regulation. Most of them cannot bear the financial burden of appointing people for every country they might shop to, but they also cant bear the burden to do that job themselves. Why not force the pacskging industry to sell EU certified packaging materials that can be used by any size of business?", "feedbackEnglish": "While I understand - and stand behind - the need to reduce waste in packaging materials I am asking you to exempt small and microbusinesses from this regulation. Most of them cannot bear the financial burden of appointing people for every country they might shop to, but they also cant bear the burden to do that job themselves. Why not force the pacskging industry to sell EU certified packaging materials that can be used by any size of business?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544359_en"}, {"id": 33544358, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:03:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, bitte stoppen Sie dieses Gesetz! Ich kann nicht verstehen, weshalb es Kleinunternehmern, Künstlern, Designern, etc. so unendlich schwer gemacht wird, ihre Produkte, die keine Massenware sind, sondern mit Herzblut und Liebe hergestellt wurde, häufig Up- bzw. Recyclingprodukte sind, online zu verkaufen. Ständig werden neue Gesetze erlassen, die es uns so schwer machen, bürokratisch sind und zeitaufwendig. Wollte die neue Regierung sich nicht um Bürokratieabbau bemühen? Oder gilt dies nur für die großen Konzerne und die Kleinen gibt es dann irgendwann nicht mehr? Schade, sehr schade. Und absolut realitätsfremd...", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, please stop this law! I cannot understand why it is so infinitely difficult for small entrepreneurs, artists, designers, etc. to sell their products online, which are not mass-produced but made with heart blood and love, often up- and/or recycled products. New laws are constantly being passed that make us so difficult, bureaucratic and time-consuming. Did the new government not want to cut red tape? Or does this apply only to the large corporations and the small ones will then at some point no longer exist? Bad, very bad. And completely unrealistic...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544358_en"}, {"id": 33544357, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 13:02:42", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regarding the new law that will come into effect on August 12th PPWR, I would like to express my concern for small businesses. There are incredibly creative people in Sweden and the EU who create all sorts of fun things, ceramics, books, decorations, stickers, paintings and other fun things. Unfortunately, these professions are difficult to make a living from and are therefore often carried out as a hobby alongside another job. I am happy to buy these actors, but unfortunately this new law will put a damper on these entrepreneurs/creators. I think it is incredibly sad that this law will contribute to build walls for people who are trying to build their dreams. We all know that we need these entrepreneurs not only because I want to fill my home with beautiful things but also because there is an opportunity for these hobby businesses to grow into real companies. In October, when you are going to discuss this again, I hope that you will please review this. Trading globally will not be reduced by this law, but it will hit small businesses incredibly hard. This law is the opposite of how we want businesses to thrive within the EU. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regarding the new law that will come into effect on August 12th PPWR, I would like to express my concern for small businesses. There are incredibly creative people in Sweden and the EU who create all sorts of fun things, ceramics, books, decorations, stickers, paintings and other fun things. Unfortunately, these professions are difficult to make a living from and are therefore often carried out as a hobby alongside another job. I am happy to buy these actors, but unfortunately this new law will put a damper on these entrepreneurs/creators. I think it is incredibly sad that this law will contribute to build walls for people who are trying to build their dreams. We all know that we need these entrepreneurs not only because I want to fill my home with beautiful things but also because there is an opportunity for these hobby businesses to grow into real companies. In October, when you are going to discuss this again, I hope that you will please review this. Trading globally will not be reduced by this law, but it will hit small businesses incredibly hard. This law is the opposite of how we want businesses to thrive within the EU. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544357_en"}, {"id": 33544356, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:59:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, tausende deutsche Kleinunternehmen geben momentan den Versand ins EU Ausland auf wegen der zu hohen Kosten für den Auslandsversand. Bei nur wenigen Auslandssendungen sind die Kosten für Notar und Bevollmächtigten zu hoch. Es bedarf dringend einer Kleinunternehmerregelung bzw. Bagatellgrenze.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, thousands of German small businesses are currently abandoning shipping to the EU because the cost of shipping abroad is too high. The costs for notaries and agents are too high in the case of only a few cross-border items. There is an urgent need for a small business scheme or de minimis threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544356_en"}, {"id": 33544355, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:59:23", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law change is onerous for small business owners and will lead to business owners not selling in smaller markets such as Ireland because it is not worth registering for a small potential amount of customers. There needs to be a threshold for smaller businesses based on turnover or a similar metric as this change will drive customers away from smaller European businesses and to towards the likes of Amazon because these bigger multinationals can easily bear the extra costs. Without a threshold of some description, this change will work against the free movement of goods within the union, which is a pillar of the concept of the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law change is onerous for small business owners and will lead to business owners not selling in smaller markets such as Ireland because it is not worth registering for a small potential amount of customers. There needs to be a threshold for smaller businesses based on turnover or a similar metric as this change will drive customers away from smaller European businesses and to towards the likes of Amazon because these bigger multinationals can easily bear the extra costs. Without a threshold of some description, this change will work against the free movement of goods within the union, which is a pillar of the concept of the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544355_en"}, {"id": 33544354, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:59:14", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While this incentive I believe was created in good faith, it is very damaging to small businesses that now are forced to stop shipping to EU countries because realistically, they cannot afford to have a representative in each of 27 EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "While this incentive I believe was created in good faith, it is very damaging to small businesses that now are forced to stop shipping to EU countries because realistically, they cannot afford to have a representative in each of 27 EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544354_en"}, {"id": 33544353, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:57:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Having small business owners pay an annual fee for a representative in each EU country is going to destroy many small businesses that are already doing their best to produce ethically. I dont find it a bad idea to charge mega cooperations like Zara who are constantly harming the environment though. If global players get more penalty it would help smaller businesses and would keep more money circulating through the economy. But by punishing small businesses, who have a far smaller output and earning margin, they are just not going to be able to compete in the market or keep their business afloat. I want to start my own business too and work with sustainable fabrics and materials to create products that will promote circular fashion, but if I have to pay so much money JUST for packaging, its going to force aspiring business owners and designers out of the EU to pursuit their goals elsewhere. If the EU wont support us, then we wont give back to the EU. Simple as that.", "feedbackEnglish": "Having small business owners pay an annual fee for a representative in each EU country is going to destroy many small businesses that are already doing their best to produce ethically. I dont find it a bad idea to charge mega cooperations like Zara who are constantly harming the environment though. If global players get more penalty it would help smaller businesses and would keep more money circulating through the economy. But by punishing small businesses, who have a far smaller output and earning margin, they are just not going to be able to compete in the market or keep their business afloat. I want to start my own business too and work with sustainable fabrics and materials to create products that will promote circular fashion, but if I have to pay so much money JUST for packaging, its going to force aspiring business owners and designers out of the EU to pursuit their goals elsewhere. If the EU wont support us, then we wont give back to the EU. Simple as that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544353_en"}, {"id": 33544352, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:57:43", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is an absolute offense and attack on small businesses who do not have the resources nor the time to deal with such massive and unachievable demands. As a small, one person business selling to EU, it is completely impossible for me to make sure that I have a representative in all of these countries. Please exempt small scale businesses from this law!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an absolute offense and attack on small businesses who do not have the resources nor the time to deal with such massive and unachievable demands. As a small, one person business selling to EU, it is completely impossible for me to make sure that I have a representative in all of these countries. Please exempt small scale businesses from this law!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544352_en"}, {"id": 33544351, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:50:29", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Etsy seller", "feedback": "I make handmade clothing and sell on Etsy. There is only myself and I make approx 20 k a year, with potentially 2 K coming from the EU. I can not afford a rep in each country. Also the amount of packaging (less than 500g) I am actually producing is never an option on any reporting site. (Lucid/reclay). So what do I do? What this law will create is an exodus of handmade artisan products in favour of mass produced cheap products from websites such as shein and temu because they can afford to adhere to these obligations. And now the rest of us will have to go and get jobs in tesco or aldi.", "feedbackEnglish": "I make handmade clothing and sell on Etsy. There is only myself and I make approx 20 k a year, with potentially 2 K coming from the EU. I can not afford a rep in each country. Also the amount of packaging (less than 500g) I am actually producing is never an option on any reporting site. (Lucid/reclay). So what do I do? What this law will create is an exodus of handmade artisan products in favour of mass produced cheap products from websites such as shein and temu because they can afford to adhere to these obligations. And now the rest of us will have to go and get jobs in tesco or aldi.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544351_en"}, {"id": 33544350, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:48:01", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Snälla stoppa denna lag! Det är super viktigt att miljön sätts som prioritet. Den får stryka med jämt och ständigt. Men detta slår så otroligt fel. Jag kan inte tänka annat än att det måste finnas massor med lobbyism pengar bakom detta. För detta kommer tvinga småföretag att stänga. De kan absolut inte konkurrera med storföretagen när många av avgifterna är samma oavsett om du säljer ett klistermärke eller tusentals. Undanta småföretag från detta eller se dem försvinna.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please stop this law! It is super important that the environment is given priority. It may be deleted evenly and constantly. But this is so incredibly wrong. I can only think that there must be a lot of lobbying money behind this. For this, small businesses will be forced to close. They can certainly not compete with big companies when many of the fees are the same whether you sell a sticker or thousands. Exclude small businesses from this or see them disappear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544350_en"}, {"id": 33544348, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:43:47", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Joana D'Arq", "feedback": "As a small creator with a micro business operating from Portugal to the EU only, I am asking the European Comission to consider exempting people like me, especially individual entrepeneurs from having to appoint an authorised representative in every member state, as it is a disporpotionate measure towards small business, as we cannot justify raising our prices to cover this expense. Secondly, we ask for the registration process to be harmonized or consolidated in an all-member-state process, simplifying the bureocracy and costs, as we would all need to handle these processed solely by ourselves, as we cannot support the costs of outsourcing this to an expensive compliance company or, hiring admin people. In alternative, we ask for small creators and micro companies to be exempt from this registration process altogether: we were promised a free flowing market around EU and out european VAT and intracommunitary numbers were sufficient until now to be able to be identified and sell/ship legally, so we don't think we would need anything else. Thirdly, these new regulations go completely against free movement of goods within the EU. These regulations will only bankrupt many small business and take away the livelihood of many entrepeneurs, as expenses will be impossible to handle, as the majority rely on their own small projects to be able to live. We rely on being able to reach as well, customers outside our home countries, especially for artistic businesses. While we are all very solidary with the environmental aspect of this and we realize that we can all contribute for the handling and recycling of packages, we do not agree to be legally compared to a multinational company that sends thousands of packages across the EU a day, and, to whom these costs and bureocracy will be easily absorbed and complied with regular day by day operations. For a small business, this is simply impossible to upkeep, especially when all of us just sends a 4 or 5 packages a year to each state member. So, we ask for some ad minimum values or thresholds to be put in place and, exemption from these regulations up to a certain volume of sales/packages. To be fair, the majority of small business already send their goods for years, in environmentally friendly packages (many times even repurposed from household recyclable materials) and, we do not see that happening with all big corporations in turn. So, as small businesses, we are being punished for the amount of waste big corporations do send to each EU member state. We sincerely ask the European Comission to do better for those who chose entrepeneurship in their own countries and contribute to the circular economy and their country's economies. We cannot urge people to buy european and local, if they can no longer receive their purchases within the EU, as the majority of local businesses are now closing their shipments outside domestic territories or closing their businesses altogether, as they're no longer viable. Do better. As an European citizen who was promised as a child, a free, fraternal and global Europa, I am ashamed now, because I was left out and down, as an adult now. This is unnaceptable and we need urgent matters to make this easier and still compliant for small businesses. We are also the future of our communities, not big, polluting, greedy corporations. Thank you for opening this channel to our feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small creator with a micro business operating from Portugal to the EU only, I am asking the European Comission to consider exempting people like me, especially individual entrepeneurs from having to appoint an authorised representative in every member state, as it is a disporpotionate measure towards small business, as we cannot justify raising our prices to cover this expense. Secondly, we ask for the registration process to be harmonized or consolidated in an all-member-state process, simplifying the bureocracy and costs, as we would all need to handle these processed solely by ourselves, as we cannot support the costs of outsourcing this to an expensive compliance company or, hiring admin people. In alternative, we ask for small creators and micro companies to be exempt from this registration process altogether: we were promised a free flowing market around EU and out european VAT and intracommunitary numbers were sufficient until now to be able to be identified and sell/ship legally, so we don't think we would need anything else. Thirdly, these new regulations go completely against free movement of goods within the EU. These regulations will only bankrupt many small business and take away the livelihood of many entrepeneurs, as expenses will be impossible to handle, as the majority rely on their own small projects to be able to live. We rely on being able to reach as well, customers outside our home countries, especially for artistic businesses. While we are all very solidary with the environmental aspect of this and we realize that we can all contribute for the handling and recycling of packages, we do not agree to be legally compared to a multinational company that sends thousands of packages across the EU a day, and, to whom these costs and bureocracy will be easily absorbed and complied with regular day by day operations. For a small business, this is simply impossible to upkeep, especially when all of us just sends a 4 or 5 packages a year to each state member. So, we ask for some ad minimum values or thresholds to be put in place and, exemption from these regulations up to a certain volume of sales/packages. To be fair, the majority of small business already send their goods for years, in environmentally friendly packages (many times even repurposed from household recyclable materials) and, we do not see that happening with all big corporations in turn. So, as small businesses, we are being punished for the amount of waste big corporations do send to each EU member state. We sincerely ask the European Comission to do better for those who chose entrepeneurship in their own countries and contribute to the circular economy and their country's economies. We cannot urge people to buy european and local, if they can no longer receive their purchases within the EU, as the majority of local businesses are now closing their shipments outside domestic territories or closing their businesses altogether, as they're no longer viable. Do better. As an European citizen who was promised as a child, a free, fraternal and global Europa, I am ashamed now, because I was left out and down, as an adult now. This is unnaceptable and we need urgent matters to make this easier and still compliant for small businesses. We are also the future of our communities, not big, polluting, greedy corporations. Thank you for opening this channel to our feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544348_en"}, {"id": 33544347, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:43:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Müsli Mühle", "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung ist nur gut für Große Konzerne gut, wir kleinen verlieren Verkäufe weil es sich nicht lohnt kleine Paketmengen ins EU Ausland zu versenden. Wir versenden 2026: 2 Pakete nach Finnland, 3 Pakete nach Schweden, 4 Pakete nach Irland, 2 Pakete nach Italien, 2 Pakete nach Spanien und so weiter und so weiter. Für Österreich haben wir nun einen Bevollmächtigen, dort versenden wir ca. 50 Pakete im Jahr. Frieden, Wirtschaftlicher Wohlstand, freier Warenverkehr und Reisefreiheit ohne Grenzkontrollen. Was ist von den versprechen noch übrig? Offenbar gilt das nur für die Großen? Meine Akzeptanz für die EU ist inzwischen NULL!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Regulation is only good for big companies, we are losing sales to small companies because it is not worth sending small quantities of parcels abroad in the EU. We will send in 2026: 2 parcels to Finland, 3 parcels to Sweden, 4 parcels to Ireland, 2 parcels to Italy, 2 parcels to Spain and so on and so on. We now have an authorised representative for Austria, where we send around 50 packages a year. Peace, economic prosperity, free movement of goods and freedom to travel without border controls. What remains of the promises? Apparently, this only applies to the big ones? My acceptance of the EU is now NULL!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544347_en"}, {"id": 33544346, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:43:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "So many small businesses I know have to terminate selling online with these new laws. Although these laws are great for big players like Amazon for example it is killing the business inside the EU for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "So many small businesses I know have to terminate selling online with these new laws. Although these laws are great for big players like Amazon for example it is killing the business inside the EU for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544346_en"}, {"id": 33544344, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:41:35", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LEMN Drops ", "feedback": "As a micro businesses in Spain that has been operational just a few months, the implementation of the PPWR regulation in it's current form means we have to shut down within the EU entirely as it is financially and operationally completely unviable. We are in complete agreement with the spirit of this regulation and believe in packaging waste reduction, use of recycling packaging material, producer responsibility for the packaging places within any EU member state and environmentally responsible practices. This is needed. However, the EPR requirement, having to appoint for authorized representatives for 27 different EPR systems is not just completely unviable for a micro businesses like ours which is based on innovation and technology advantage, it is completely against the very concept of the EU as a single market and system that promotes only large businesses with large funds being able to buy access to each individual country through upfront payments. At this point we have closed shipping to all customers in the EU region and will only ship outside the EU. Also, it no longer makes business sense for us to remain an EU registered business, make within the EU or grow within the region. By the end of August we will seek to wind up entirely, relocate the business outside the region along with the intellectual property since we can no longer afford to serve our home region at this scale or grow at home. We would hope for change where the regulation doesn't end up destroying micro businesses like ours however, with the uncertainty even waiting a few weeks would mean having to wind up and relocation is inevitable at this stage. We kindly request you to review the implementation and do not request an exemption for micro businesses but ask to review the EPR requirement and the barriers to market access specifically to micro businesses caused by requiring them to appoint representatives and unrealistic costs to access every market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro businesses in Spain that has been operational just a few months, the implementation of the PPWR regulation in it's current form means we have to shut down within the EU entirely as it is financially and operationally completely unviable. We are in complete agreement with the spirit of this regulation and believe in packaging waste reduction, use of recycling packaging material, producer responsibility for the packaging places within any EU member state and environmentally responsible practices. This is needed. However, the EPR requirement, having to appoint for authorized representatives for 27 different EPR systems is not just completely unviable for a micro businesses like ours which is based on innovation and technology advantage, it is completely against the very concept of the EU as a single market and system that promotes only large businesses with large funds being able to buy access to each individual country through upfront payments. At this point we have closed shipping to all customers in the EU region and will only ship outside the EU. Also, it no longer makes business sense for us to remain an EU registered business, make within the EU or grow within the region. By the end of August we will seek to wind up entirely, relocate the business outside the region along with the intellectual property since we can no longer afford to serve our home region at this scale or grow at home. We would hope for change where the regulation doesn't end up destroying micro businesses like ours however, with the uncertainty even waiting a few weeks would mean having to wind up and relocation is inevitable at this stage. We kindly request you to review the implementation and do not request an exemption for micro businesses but ask to review the EPR requirement and the barriers to market access specifically to micro businesses caused by requiring them to appoint representatives and unrealistic costs to access every market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544344_en"}, {"id": 33544343, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:41:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Axel Brunetta", "feedback": "This is an absolute offense and attack on small businesses who do not have the resources nor the time to deal with such massive and unachievable demands.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is an absolute offense and attack on small businesses who do not have the resources nor the time to deal with such massive and unachievable demands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544343_en"}, {"id": 33544342, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:41:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kuschel-Wolle", "feedback": "Ich begrüße das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und einheitliche Regeln innerhalb der EU zu schaffen. Gleichzeitig sollte bei den Anforderungen an die Registrierung und Meldung von Verpackungen stärker zwischen großen Unternehmen und Kleinst- bzw. Kleinunternehmen unterschieden werden. Für kleine Online-Händler und selbstständige Anbieter kann die Registrierung in nationalen Verpackungsregistern sowie die laufende Erfassung und Meldung von Verpackungsmengen einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand verursachen. Bei sehr kleinen Mengen steht dieser Aufwand teilweise in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Umweltbelastung. Ich bitte daher darum, für Kleinstunternehmen und Händler mit sehr geringen Verpackungsmengen möglichst einfache, einheitliche und kostengünstige Verfahren vorzusehen. Insbesondere sollten Mehrfachregistrierungen in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten vermieden und die Anforderungen innerhalb der EU möglichst vollständig harmonisiert werden. Wichtig wäre außerdem eine klare und leicht verständliche Information darüber, wann ein Händler als Hersteller bzw. verantwortlicher Wirtschaftsakteur gilt und welche konkreten Pflichten für ihn entstehen. Die Ziele der PPWR sind sinnvoll. Ihre Umsetzung sollte jedoch so gestaltet werden, dass kleine Unternehmen nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie und Kosten belastet werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the objective of reducing packaging waste and creating uniform rules within the EU. At the same time, the requirements for the registration and reporting of packaging should be more differentiated between large companies and micro/small enterprises. For small online traders and self-employed suppliers, the registration in national packaging registers and the ongoing collection and reporting of packaging quantities can create a significant additional administrative burden. In the case of very small quantities, this effort is sometimes disproportionate to the actual environmental impact. I would therefore ask you to provide as simple, uniform and inexpensive procedures as possible for micro-enterprises and traders with very small quantities of packaging. In particular, multiple registrations in different Member States should be avoided and requirements should be harmonised as fully as possible within the EU. It would also be important to have clear and easy-to-understand information on when a distributor is considered to be a manufacturer or responsible economic operator and what specific obligations it will be subject to. The objectives of the PPWR make sense. However, their implementation should be designed in such a way that small businesses are not burdened by disproportionate bureaucracy and costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544342_en"}, {"id": 33544341, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:40:03", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Crazy Crystal Lady LTD", "feedback": "This responsibility should be on packaging companies! They can easily ensure conformity and mark packaging as appropriate. Putting this burden onto a small business in the UK or EU is ridiculous! Where is the guidance or support?? What about your people of the EU?! Where do they order from now? China only or massive corporate businesses! Please look into the exemption of micro businesses who make little to no impact and actually are the most climate friendly by nature!! Do better EU!!! The number of businesses being taken down by GPSR and now this is not ethical!", "feedbackEnglish": "This responsibility should be on packaging companies! They can easily ensure conformity and mark packaging as appropriate. Putting this burden onto a small business in the UK or EU is ridiculous! Where is the guidance or support?? What about your people of the EU?! Where do they order from now? China only or massive corporate businesses! Please look into the exemption of micro businesses who make little to no impact and actually are the most climate friendly by nature!! Do better EU!!! The number of businesses being taken down by GPSR and now this is not ethical!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544341_en"}, {"id": 33544340, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:39:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "johannes.jungle (one man business)", "feedback": "I run a small online shop selling plants. I am a micro-seller in the sense of the Regulation: a very small one man business, with a limited number of parcels going abroad each year. Roughly half of my customers live in other EU member states. From 12 August 2026, any trader shipping to another EU country must appoint an authorised representative in each destination country. There is no minimum threshold and no exemption for micro-enterprises the obligation applies from the very first parcel. Each representative costs several hundred euros per year, per country. These are fixed costs: they are the same whether I send five parcels a year to a country or five hundred. For a business of my size, the total cost of covering the countries I currently serve would amount to roughly 30% of my annual income not for materials, not for shipping, not for anything my customers receive, but purely for the administrative permission to send a parcel across a border. No small business can carry that. I am not able to absorb these costs, and I cannot pass them on: no customer will pay a surcharge of that size on a single plant. The only option left to me is to stop shipping to other EU countries altogether. That means losing close to half of my customer base, along with the relationships and reputation I have built up over years. I know from exchanges with other small traders that many are reaching the same conclusion. The PPWR was intended to harmonise packaging rules and make cross-border trade within the single market easier. In practice, for the smallest businesses it does the opposite: it replaces a set of national rules with a per-country cost barrier that only larger companies can spread across enough volume to make it viable. The result is a single market that remains open to large retailers and closes for micro-enterprises. Consumers in smaller member states in particular lose access to small, specialised suppliers. This is a competitive distortion in favour of large platforms and importers the opposite of what the Regulation set out to achieve. The environmental benefit of pushing a few dozen parcels a year out of the market is, at best, negligible. There is currently an interpretation under discussion in Germany according to which a trader becomes the \"producer\" of a shipping package simply by applying a shipping label to a box, on the grounds that the label constitutes a substantial modification of the packaging. If this interpretation holds, every online retailer would have to register, license and issue a declaration of conformity for packaging that the packaging manufacturer has, in most cases, already handled. Until this is clarified, small traders cannot know what is actually required of them and are being asked to make business decisions in the dark, days before the rules apply. What I would ask for is: A de-minimis threshold for the authorised representative obligation for example, based on annual parcel volume or turnover per destination country below which no representative is required. A specific exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises, consistent with the exemptions the Regulation already recognises elsewhere. A single point of registration (a one-stop-shop, comparable to the OSS scheme for VAT) allowing a trader to fulfil packaging obligations for all member states through one registration in their home country, rather than country by country. Urgent clarification that applying a shipping label does not make a trader the producer of the packaging. The knife is pointed into the wrong direction with all of this in my opinion. Instead of saying that above 500 packages per year or starting from an annual income of 50K or sth this has to be fulfilled everyone is treated the same! no matter if a small business makes 5K as a side business per year or 50K or 500K. Fixed costs between 2-4K per year just for the paper work would be a complete different weight for these different scales!", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small online shop selling plants. I am a micro-seller in the sense of the Regulation: a very small one man business, with a limited number of parcels going abroad each year. Roughly half of my customers live in other EU member states. From 12 August 2026, any trader shipping to another EU country must appoint an authorised representative in each destination country. There is no minimum threshold and no exemption for micro-enterprises the obligation applies from the very first parcel. Each representative costs several hundred euros per year, per country. These are fixed costs: they are the same whether I send five parcels a year to a country or five hundred. For a business of my size, the total cost of covering the countries I currently serve would amount to roughly 30% of my annual income not for materials, not for shipping, not for anything my customers receive, but purely for the administrative permission to send a parcel across a border. No small business can carry that. I am not able to absorb these costs, and I cannot pass them on: no customer will pay a surcharge of that size on a single plant. The only option left to me is to stop shipping to other EU countries altogether. That means losing close to half of my customer base, along with the relationships and reputation I have built up over years. I know from exchanges with other small traders that many are reaching the same conclusion. The PPWR was intended to harmonise packaging rules and make cross-border trade within the single market easier. In practice, for the smallest businesses it does the opposite: it replaces a set of national rules with a per-country cost barrier that only larger companies can spread across enough volume to make it viable. The result is a single market that remains open to large retailers and closes for micro-enterprises. Consumers in smaller member states in particular lose access to small, specialised suppliers. This is a competitive distortion in favour of large platforms and importers the opposite of what the Regulation set out to achieve. The environmental benefit of pushing a few dozen parcels a year out of the market is, at best, negligible. There is currently an interpretation under discussion in Germany according to which a trader becomes the \"producer\" of a shipping package simply by applying a shipping label to a box, on the grounds that the label constitutes a substantial modification of the packaging. If this interpretation holds, every online retailer would have to register, license and issue a declaration of conformity for packaging that the packaging manufacturer has, in most cases, already handled. Until this is clarified, small traders cannot know what is actually required of them and are being asked to make business decisions in the dark, days before the rules apply. What I would ask for is: A de-minimis threshold for the authorised representative obligation for example, based on annual parcel volume or turnover per destination country below which no representative is required. A specific exemption or simplified regime for micro-enterprises, consistent with the exemptions the Regulation already recognises elsewhere. A single point of registration (a one-stop-shop, comparable to the OSS scheme for VAT) allowing a trader to fulfil packaging obligations for all member states through one registration in their home country, rather than country by country. Urgent clarification that applying a shipping label does not make a trader the producer of the packaging. The knife is pointed into the wrong direction with all of this in my opinion. Instead of saying that above 500 packages per year or starting from an annual income of 50K or sth this has to be fulfilled everyone is treated the same! no matter if a small business makes 5K as a side business per year or 50K or 500K. Fixed costs between 2-4K per year just for the paper work would be a complete different weight for these different scales!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544340_en"}, {"id": 33544339, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:39:42", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I AM SELF-EMPLOYED, WORKING ALONE. I SEND 10 PACKAGES TO EACH COUNTRY, AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN SUPPORT MYSELF NAD MY KIDS. ONE COUNTRY IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. WE HAVE THE EU PRECISELY SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME. DEPPRESION WILL TAKE OVER ME...", "feedbackEnglish": "I AM SELF-EMPLOYED, WORKING ALONE. I SEND 10 PACKAGES TO EACH COUNTRY, AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN SUPPORT MYSELF NAD MY KIDS. ONE COUNTRY IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. WE HAVE THE EU PRECISELY SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME. DEPPRESION WILL TAKE OVER ME...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544339_en"}, {"id": 33544338, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:38:28", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exempt small businesses from this act. They cannot justify these costs and it puts too heavy of a burden on newcoming competition and only encourages for larger companies to claim monopolies. Small businesses cannot possibly pay such fees and hire 27 representatives when earning under 15000 per year.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exempt small businesses from this act. They cannot justify these costs and it puts too heavy of a burden on newcoming competition and only encourages for larger companies to claim monopolies. Small businesses cannot possibly pay such fees and hire 27 representatives when earning under 15000 per year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544338_en"}, {"id": 33544337, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:38:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an EU citizen and small craft business owner living in the UK, the new PPWR rules are yet another confusing and overly complicated example from the European Commission to prevent smaller enterprises from experiencing trade with other countries. In particular, the Commission is making it virtually impossible for talented arts and crafts people to share their unique work across boundaries and also affecting the supply chain for their raw materials acquired within the EU. I already invested heavily in order to comply with the General Product Safety Regs and appointed an authorised representative for the EU which was an annual non-refundable cost. I pay an annual license fee with a packaging agent in Germany and diligently report my own annual packaging quantities (a mere 10kg of cardboard boxes and paper) each year - yet from 12th August I need to pay someone in Germany 250 to do this five minute exercise on my behalf. I am unable to afford the exorbitant fees presented by EPR agencies for further Authorised Representatives in individual member states (I have been quoted as much as 1000 per country) in order to cover my business in the event that I might get an occasional order from one of those countries. With an annual turnover of less than £12,000, I am forced to shut off EU trade as a result of the new PPWR regulations - where the so called 'harmonised' system which will apparently reduce administrative burdens couldn't be more wrong.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an EU citizen and small craft business owner living in the UK, the new PPWR rules are yet another confusing and overly complicated example from the European Commission to prevent smaller enterprises from experiencing trade with other countries. In particular, the Commission is making it virtually impossible for talented arts and crafts people to share their unique work across boundaries and also affecting the supply chain for their raw materials acquired within the EU. I already invested heavily in order to comply with the General Product Safety Regs and appointed an authorised representative for the EU which was an annual non-refundable cost. I pay an annual license fee with a packaging agent in Germany and diligently report my own annual packaging quantities (a mere 10kg of cardboard boxes and paper) each year - yet from 12th August I need to pay someone in Germany 250 to do this five minute exercise on my behalf. I am unable to afford the exorbitant fees presented by EPR agencies for further Authorised Representatives in individual member states (I have been quoted as much as 1000 per country) in order to cover my business in the event that I might get an occasional order from one of those countries. With an annual turnover of less than £12,000, I am forced to shut off EU trade as a result of the new PPWR regulations - where the so called 'harmonised' system which will apparently reduce administrative burdens couldn't be more wrong.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544337_en"}, {"id": 33544336, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:35:22", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "S.B. =small businesses 1. Please exempt S.B. from an A.R. because it's a disproportionate measure towards S.B. they can not afford/ justify these costs. 2. Please harmonize the registration or exempt S.B. from registration. This is a disproportionate burden on S.B. we can not afford to hire anyone to do this for us. And if we would have to do it ourselves we will have to spend so much time on looking at all the different countries and rules that we will make big losses and maybe loose our S.B. 3. This law goes against the freedom of movement of goods for S.B. because the effects of these laws on S.B. will be bankruptcy or only shipping within their own country and not within E.U. Please revise this law for S.B. we understand the environment is important but is should not cause bankruptcy for almost all S.B. Thank you in advance", "feedbackEnglish": "S.B. =small businesses 1. Please exempt S.B. from an A.R. because it's a disproportionate measure towards S.B. they can not afford/ justify these costs. 2. Please harmonize the registration or exempt S.B. from registration. This is a disproportionate burden on S.B. we can not afford to hire anyone to do this for us. And if we would have to do it ourselves we will have to spend so much time on looking at all the different countries and rules that we will make big losses and maybe loose our S.B. 3. This law goes against the freedom of movement of goods for S.B. because the effects of these laws on S.B. will be bankruptcy or only shipping within their own country and not within E.U. Please revise this law for S.B. we understand the environment is important but is should not cause bankruptcy for almost all S.B. Thank you in advance", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544336_en"}, {"id": 33544335, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:34:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je ne veux pas voir les micro entreprises être obligée d'arrêter de vendre autour de moi et devoir acheter uniquement des produits standardisé qui sortent des mêmes grosses boîtes qui peuvent se permettre de payer des charges aussi élevées.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not want to see micro companies being forced to stop selling around me and having to buy only standardised products that go out of the same big boxes that can afford to pay such high charges.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544335_en"}, {"id": 33544334, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:34:44", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I admire reducing watse in our packaging. It's unfortunate that these new regulations will heavily effect small artists and small businesses all across the EU. They will not be able to ship outside their own country or even worse stop selling all together. As they won't be able to afford these new fees. I love buying from independent artists and it would be devastating to see them stop making art due to these new regulations. As an Irish citizen, buying things outside of Ireland can be pricey. With these regulations, it would only make things worse. Cost of living is already dire over here. It's a struggle for Irish small businesses as they get a lot of their stock from mainland Europe or the UK. A friend of mine started her own bookshop last year and gets some of her stock from the UK. Since these regulations are also adding import fees to books, she is going to struggle with extra costs. I understand these rules are to prevent those who'd resell products from websites like AliExpress, shien, wish etc. (Dropshippers). But people who do that have the money to bulk buy products and be relativity unaffected. These rules are choking the life on an already vurnerable group of small sellers. Average people will just use Amazon instead supporting small businesses if shipping gets more expensive. I've avoided buying anything from France due to their early adoption of these rules. It's as high as 20 euro in shipping over there, and France isn't that far from Ireland. How much would it be for me to get something from Spain or Germany when these laws are in effect. I feel like that you were laser focused on how to solve one issue, you forgot about how it would affect everyone else. Especially does you live on islands like Ireland and Iceland, who rely on shipping goods from the mainland. Fruit and vegetables are already expensive, I can't have them go any higher. Perhaps adjust these rules to be kinder to the small businesses, independent artists and the average consumer. Otherwise I'd stop buying anything due to high prices and others will ignore artists and buy from Amazon and dropshippers. Or just not buy anything and use generative AI to produce art for them. (Which is it's own issue with the high environmental impact gen AI has on the world). I feel this would affect the economy of Europe in a negative way. Thank you for taking to time to read my feedback.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I admire reducing watse in our packaging. It's unfortunate that these new regulations will heavily effect small artists and small businesses all across the EU. They will not be able to ship outside their own country or even worse stop selling all together. As they won't be able to afford these new fees. I love buying from independent artists and it would be devastating to see them stop making art due to these new regulations. As an Irish citizen, buying things outside of Ireland can be pricey. With these regulations, it would only make things worse. Cost of living is already dire over here. It's a struggle for Irish small businesses as they get a lot of their stock from mainland Europe or the UK. A friend of mine started her own bookshop last year and gets some of her stock from the UK. Since these regulations are also adding import fees to books, she is going to struggle with extra costs. I understand these rules are to prevent those who'd resell products from websites like AliExpress, shien, wish etc. (Dropshippers). But people who do that have the money to bulk buy products and be relativity unaffected. These rules are choking the life on an already vurnerable group of small sellers. Average people will just use Amazon instead supporting small businesses if shipping gets more expensive. I've avoided buying anything from France due to their early adoption of these rules. It's as high as 20 euro in shipping over there, and France isn't that far from Ireland. How much would it be for me to get something from Spain or Germany when these laws are in effect. I feel like that you were laser focused on how to solve one issue, you forgot about how it would affect everyone else. Especially does you live on islands like Ireland and Iceland, who rely on shipping goods from the mainland. Fruit and vegetables are already expensive, I can't have them go any higher. Perhaps adjust these rules to be kinder to the small businesses, independent artists and the average consumer. Otherwise I'd stop buying anything due to high prices and others will ignore artists and buy from Amazon and dropshippers. Or just not buy anything and use generative AI to produce art for them. (Which is it's own issue with the high environmental impact gen AI has on the world). I feel this would affect the economy of Europe in a negative way. Thank you for taking to time to read my feedback.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544334_en"}, {"id": 33544333, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:34:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als freiberuflicher Künstler im Nebenerwerb, muss ich auf Versand in EU Länder in Zukunft verzichten, weil ich es mir nicht leisten kann. Ich verkaufe einzelne Bilder, mal eines nach Frankreich, mal eines nach Spanien, selten mehrere, wie gewerbliche Händler. Trotzdem muss ich einen Bevollmächtigten zahlen, pro Land mehrere hundert Euro. Das rechnet sich wirtschaftlich nicht und widerspricht meiner Meinung nach komplett dem Grundgedanken der EU. Ohne Internationale Tätigkeit bin ich aber auch aus Ausstellungen und damit aus dem gesamten Kunstmarkt raus. Es zerstört alles, was ich mir in den letzten 20 Jahren aufgebaut habe! Generell ist es eine bürokratische und wirtschaftliche Schwelle, die kleine Unternehmen und Freiberufler in der Existenz bedroht. Übrig bleiben Großkonzerne und Massenproduzenten.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a freelance artist working side-by-side, I will have to refrain from shipping to EU countries in the future because I cannot afford it. I sell individual pictures, sometimes to France, sometimes to Spain, rarely several, such as commercial dealers. Nevertheless, I have to pay one plenipotentiary, several hundred euros per country. This is economically unpredictable and, in my opinion, completely contradicts the basic idea of the EU. Without international activity, however, I am also emerging from exhibitions and thus from the entire art market. It destroys everything I have built up over the last 20 years! In general, it is a bureaucratic and economic threshold that threatens the very existence of small businesses and freelancers. There are still large corporations and mass producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544333_en"}, {"id": 33544332, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:34:04", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The principle of making the producer of packaging waste to pay for the recycling is good. Unfortunately, this proposed legislation will prevent many small businesses to expand their busines for other EU countries, because its too expensive or too complicated system. Its no way a feasible plan that every (small) company needs to register separately for every country they are selling to. Its also against the idea of single market if there are different fees for different countries. In practise the manufacturers of the packaging should be charged the recycling fee and this should be added to the items imported outside of the EU too. Manufacturers can then add this recycling fee to the price. Or if this is not possible, then there at least should be only one EU-wide register where companies fill their yearly packaging use per country and pay the bill and then EU pays the money for each member country based on the amount listed, system would work the same way as the national systems work now, but there would be only one register. In the current economic climate, there is no room to make business even harder for the small companies, they are the major source for the future economic growth.", "feedbackEnglish": "The principle of making the producer of packaging waste to pay for the recycling is good. Unfortunately, this proposed legislation will prevent many small businesses to expand their busines for other EU countries, because its too expensive or too complicated system. Its no way a feasible plan that every (small) company needs to register separately for every country they are selling to. Its also against the idea of single market if there are different fees for different countries. In practise the manufacturers of the packaging should be charged the recycling fee and this should be added to the items imported outside of the EU too. Manufacturers can then add this recycling fee to the price. Or if this is not possible, then there at least should be only one EU-wide register where companies fill their yearly packaging use per country and pay the bill and then EU pays the money for each member country based on the amount listed, system would work the same way as the national systems work now, but there would be only one register. In the current economic climate, there is no room to make business even harder for the small companies, they are the major source for the future economic growth.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544332_en"}, {"id": 33544331, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:33:43", "country": "DNK", "language": "DA", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Jeg mener det nye tiltag er en dårlig idé, som kun vil tilgodese større virksomheder, af flere grunde. Som forbruger, vil det blive mere besværligt for mig at kunne handle på tværs af kloden, selv indenfor andre EU lande, derved vil mit forbrug falde drastisk og skade den globale økonomi. De nye tiltag vil, og gør allerede, stor skade på mindre virksomheder der i forvejen kæmper for overlevelse med de nuværende tiltag. Vi har ikke kun brug for store firmaer, men også de små som arbejder ekstra hårdt, for selvstændighed og bidrager til den globale økonomi. Jeg mener, det er i strid med det frie marked, som begrænser mindre firmaer og forbrugere, det vil derfor få store konsekvenser på den lange bane. Også for de større virksomheder. Vi skal naturligvis tage klimaet alvorligt, som vi allerede gør, men det hjælper ikke at lave kompliceret og urimelige tiltag i form af økonomisk afstraffelse, som rammer de forkerte. Reglerne bør være fuldstændig ens, ikke noget med indbyrdes regler afhængig af landet samtidig med EUs regler, markant bedre oplysninger, uden konstante ændringer og med specifikt fokus og hensyn til hvem det potentielt rammer. Der bør derfor kigges på alle parter og aspekter fremfor blot forretning og miljøet som helhed. Tiltag skal give mening og ikke udføres fordi hensigten er god. Jeg beder derfor kraftigt om en revurdering af det nye tiltag, som vil ramme en masse uskyldige, der allerede gør deres bedste, for at imødekomme og forskåne miljøet. Der bør kigges på virksomhedens størrelse, type, økonomiske overskud, samt antal afsendte vare, så det bedre kan tilrettelægges den enkelte virksomhed og sikre bedre overlevelse.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think the new measure is a bad idea that will only benefit larger companies, for several reasons. As a consumer, it will be more difficult for me to be able to trade across the globe, even within other EU countries, thereby drastically reducing my consumption and harming the global economy. The new measures will, and are already, doing great damage to smaller businesses, which are already struggling to survive with the current measures. We need not only big firms, but also the small ones, who work extra hard, for autonomy and contribute to the global economy. It seems to me to be contrary to the free market, which restricts small businesses and consumers, and will therefore have major consequences in the long run. Also for the larger companies. We must of course take the climate seriously, as we are already doing, but it does not help to make complicated and unfair actions in the form of economic punishment that hurt the wrong ones. The rules should be exactly the same, not with rules depending on the country at the same time as the EU rules, significantly better information, without constant changes and with a specific focus and consideration of the potential beneficiaries. All parties and aspects should therefore be looked at, rather than just business and the environment as a whole. Actions must be meaningful and not carried out because the intention is good. I therefore strongly ask for a reassessment of the new measure, which will hit a lot of innocent people who are already doing their best to accommodate and avert the environment. The size, type, financial profit and number of items dispatched should be considered in order to better organise the business and ensure better survival.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544331_en"}, {"id": 33544330, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:32:57", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is causing small businesses to stop shipping to other EU countries completely, because they cannot handle the costs, while large company polluters stay unaffected. Please put an end to this madness at once!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is causing small businesses to stop shipping to other EU countries completely, because they cannot handle the costs, while large company polluters stay unaffected. Please put an end to this madness at once!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544330_en"}, {"id": 33544329, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:30:13", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is a death sentence for small and micro businesses! Exemptions have to be made or the small business economy will collapse completely", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is a death sentence for small and micro businesses! Exemptions have to be made or the small business economy will collapse completely", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544329_en"}, {"id": 33544328, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:29:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Smallbusiness ", "feedback": "Your new law just destroyed thousands and thousands of small businesses. Leaving only big cooperations on the international eu market. Thank you for not being conciderate at all and for bringing through shitty laws like the new ppwr regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Your new law just destroyed thousands and thousands of small businesses. Leaving only big cooperations on the international eu market. Thank you for not being conciderate at all and for bringing through shitty laws like the new ppwr regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544328_en"}, {"id": 33544327, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:28:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The rules should include clear and meaningful thresholds below which micro and very small businesses are not subject to the PPWR producer registration and reporting obligations. In particular, businesses should only fall within the relevant registration and reporting requirements once they exceed defined thresholds based on factors such as annual turnover and/or the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Businesses below those thresholds should not be required to register, submit recurring reports or incur producer-registration and compliance fees. This would be a much more proportionate approach. A micro-business placing a very small quantity of packaging on the market has a negligible environmental impact compared with a large producer, yet the administrative process can be almost as complicated. The time required to understand the rules, determine obligations, register, collect data and maintain records can be a significant burden regardless of the size of the business. A genuine exemption below an appropriate threshold would avoid imposing disproportionate costs on businesses that simply do not have the resources or administrative capacity to deal with a complex regulatory system. It would also allow authorities and producer-responsibility organisations to focus their resources on businesses and packaging volumes where the environmental impact is materially greater. I would therefore strongly recommend introducing EU-wide de minimis thresholds, sufficiently high to ensure that micro-businesses are genuinely excluded from the registration and reporting system. These thresholds should be harmonised across Member States so that a small business does not face different obligations simply because it sells into another EU country. The objective should be simple: if a business is below the threshold, it should not have to deal with PPWR registration, reporting or associated fees at all. Once a business exceeds the threshold, the obligations can progressively increase according to the scale of its activities. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while ensuring that compliance costs remain proportionate and that the smallest businesses are not burdened by a regulatory system designed primarily for much larger producers. Best regards.", "feedbackEnglish": "The rules should include clear and meaningful thresholds below which micro and very small businesses are not subject to the PPWR producer registration and reporting obligations. In particular, businesses should only fall within the relevant registration and reporting requirements once they exceed defined thresholds based on factors such as annual turnover and/or the quantity of packaging placed on the market. Businesses below those thresholds should not be required to register, submit recurring reports or incur producer-registration and compliance fees. This would be a much more proportionate approach. A micro-business placing a very small quantity of packaging on the market has a negligible environmental impact compared with a large producer, yet the administrative process can be almost as complicated. The time required to understand the rules, determine obligations, register, collect data and maintain records can be a significant burden regardless of the size of the business. A genuine exemption below an appropriate threshold would avoid imposing disproportionate costs on businesses that simply do not have the resources or administrative capacity to deal with a complex regulatory system. It would also allow authorities and producer-responsibility organisations to focus their resources on businesses and packaging volumes where the environmental impact is materially greater. I would therefore strongly recommend introducing EU-wide de minimis thresholds, sufficiently high to ensure that micro-businesses are genuinely excluded from the registration and reporting system. These thresholds should be harmonised across Member States so that a small business does not face different obligations simply because it sells into another EU country. The objective should be simple: if a business is below the threshold, it should not have to deal with PPWR registration, reporting or associated fees at all. Once a business exceeds the threshold, the obligations can progressively increase according to the scale of its activities. This would preserve the environmental objectives of the PPWR while ensuring that compliance costs remain proportionate and that the smallest businesses are not burdened by a regulatory system designed primarily for much larger producers. Best regards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544327_en"}, {"id": 33544326, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:28:08", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear EU representitives, As a business owner I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU audience. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us, so we have to do it ourselves. 3) the PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy. Best regards,", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU representitives, As a business owner I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU audience. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us, so we have to do it ourselves. 3) the PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy. Best regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544326_en"}, {"id": 33544325, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:27:42", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Micro Business ", "feedback": "As a business owner I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU clientele. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us, so we have to do it ourselves within the time that we already lack of. 3) The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a business owner I find the new regulations to be catastrophic for all small businesses that have an EU clientele. These are my three main concerns: 1) Please exempt us from having an AR because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses and we cannot justify those costs. 2) Please harmonize the registration or else exempt us from registering because it is a disproportionate burden towards small businesses. There are businesses, mine included, owned and operated by only one person, working every day and night just so we can survive. With this low yearly revenue we cannot afford to hire someone to do this for us, so we have to do it ourselves within the time that we already lack of. 3) The PPWR regulation goes against the free movement of goods within the European Union. What is the point of belonging in a union where each member works independently and different from the rest? Thank you for paying attention to my concerns and I hope you take action in order to protect small businesses that support our economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544325_en"}, {"id": 33544324, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:26:33", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Good morning. This law will make small business and normal people lives worse. Big companies will add this to our balance (even though they can put this out of pocket, because it's nothing from them), but small business make barely anything from what they sell. Small business keep closing because of these laws. First this 3 euro tax and now this. Normal people can barely afford to EAT, and how we are supposed to do anything else? It soon will be impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning. This law will make small business and normal people lives worse. Big companies will add this to our balance (even though they can put this out of pocket, because it's nothing from them), but small business make barely anything from what they sell. Small business keep closing because of these laws. First this 3 euro tax and now this. Normal people can barely afford to EAT, and how we are supposed to do anything else? It soon will be impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544324_en"}, {"id": 33544323, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:24:39", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is doing nothing but choking out small businesses. I understand the need for recycling and I want to be a part of a greener future. And I am more than certain that most small businesses do already adhere by most recycling regulations. But when a business earns less than 1000 euros a year, paying these kinds of fees to send a pair of earrings worth of 80-90 euros once a month is not feasible. Especially when countries like Finland is already struggling with crippling unemployment, this is removing that last branch to try to make it. I am an author and I wanted to sell my books from home. I will not make enough money to justify the costs of getting a representative or paying hundreds of euros just to send a book to someone. Please, reconsider this and make it reasonable for small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is doing nothing but choking out small businesses. I understand the need for recycling and I want to be a part of a greener future. And I am more than certain that most small businesses do already adhere by most recycling regulations. But when a business earns less than 1000 euros a year, paying these kinds of fees to send a pair of earrings worth of 80-90 euros once a month is not feasible. Especially when countries like Finland is already struggling with crippling unemployment, this is removing that last branch to try to make it. I am an author and I wanted to sell my books from home. I will not make enough money to justify the costs of getting a representative or paying hundreds of euros just to send a book to someone. Please, reconsider this and make it reasonable for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544323_en"}, {"id": 33544322, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:24:36", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Systerskapet AB", "feedback": "Jag vill börja med att säga att jag tycker att det är en jättebra idé att minska förpackningsavfall och uppmana företag att använda mer miljövänliga förpackningar. Men utformningen av lagen som den ser ut nu är en dödsstöt för mikro- och småföretagare vars verksamhet är beroende av att kunna skicka försändelser inom EU. För det första är den byråkratiska bördan helt orimlig. Mikroföretag och de flesta småföretag har inte råd att anställa eller betala någon för att ta reda på alla olika system och registreringsregler som gäller i olika EU-länder. Registreringen måste förenklas och standardiseras och det måste införas olika avgifter beroende på mängden försändelser som skickas eller så måste mikro- och småföretagare helt undantas regeln. Det är också helt orimligt att kräva att vi ska ha en auktoriserad representant i det land till vilket vi eventuellt vill kunna skicka försändelser. Många mikro- och småföretagare är redan miljömedvetna och använder sig av miljövänliga förpackningar. Lagen straffar helt fel personer. Det som redan börjat ske, och som kommer att fortsätta ske om ni inte anpassar lagen, är att mikro- och småföretag kommer att stänga ner eller sluta skicka inom EU. De enda som har råd att följa denna lag är företagsjättar som Amazon och de kommer få monopol på marknaden. Mångfald, kreativitet, småskalig och lokal produktion att försvinna och massproducerat skräp är det enda som kommer att finnas kvar.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to start by saying that I think it is a great idea to reduce packaging waste and encourage companies to use more environmentally friendly packaging. However, the design of the law as it stands now is a death stumbling block for micro and small entrepreneurs whose business depends on being able to send consignments within the EU. First, the bureaucratic burden is completely unreasonable. Micro and most small businesses cannot afford to hire or pay anybody to find out all the different systems and registration rules that apply in different EU countries. Registration needs to be simplified and standardised and different fees need to be introduced depending on the volume of mail sent or micro and small entrepreneurs need to be completely exempted from the rule. It is also completely unreasonable to require us to have an authorised representative in the country to which we may wish to send mail. Many micro and small entrepreneurs are already environmentally conscious and use environmentally-friendly packaging. The law penalises completely the wrong people. What is already happening, and will continue to happen if you do not adapt the law, is that micro and small businesses will close down or stop sending across the EU. Only companies like Amazon can afford to comply with this law and they will have a monopoly on the market. Diversity, creativity, disappearance of small-scale and local production and mass production of litter are the only ones that will remain.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544322_en"}, {"id": 33544320, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:21:54", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Olen syvästi pettynyt siihen, miten nämä pakkausten tuottajavastuuta koskevat vaatimukset on valmisteltu ja viety eteenpäin ilman, että mikroyritysten, itsenäisten taiteilijoiden ja hyvin pienimuotoista rajojen ylittävää kauppaa harjoittavien yritysten todellisuutta on huomioitu. Nykyinen lähestymistapa vaikuttaa olevan suunniteltu ensisijaisesti suurempien kaupallisten toimijoiden näkökulmasta, mutta samalla se voi asettaa kaikkein pienimmille yrityksille suhteettoman suuren hallinnollisen ja taloudellisen taakan. Mikroyritykselle kyse ei ole pienestä hankaluudesta, vaan siitä, onko tuotteiden myyminen muiden EU-maiden asiakkaille ylipäätään enää taloudellisesti järkevää. Pienenä itsenäisenä yrittäjänä ja taiteilijana lähetän taideteoksia ulkomaille vain hyvin satunnaisesti. Joinakin vuosina saatan lähettää vain muutaman paketin muihin EU-maihin. Näissä lähetyksissä käytetyn pakkauksen määrä on käytännössä mitätön. Tästä huolimatta minun voidaan edellyttää perehtyvän eri maiden kansallisiin tuottajarekistereihin, raportointivelvoitteisiin, maksuihin ja mahdollisesti muihin maakohtaisiin vaatimuksiin. Pidän kohtuuttomana sitä, että yritys, joka lähettää vain muutaman paketin vuodessa, voi joutua sellaisen sääntelyjärjestelmän piiriin, joka vaikuttaa olevan suunniteltu yrityksille, jotka saattavat markkinoille huomattavia määriä pakkauksia. Kannatan täysin tavoitteita pakkausjätteen vähentämiseksi ja sitä, että tuottajat kantavat vastuunsa toimintansa ympäristövaikutuksista. Hyvän ympäristösääntelyn on kuitenkin oltava myös suhteutettua. Ei ole kohtuullista eikä järkevää käsitellä muutaman huolellisesti pakatun taideteoksen vuodessa lähettävää yksinyrittäjää käytännössä saman sääntelykehyksen kautta kuin yrityksiä, jotka jakelevat tuhansia tai miljoonia pakattuja tuotteita. Mikroyritykselle jo suhteellisen pienet rekisteröintimaksut ja hallinnolliset velvoitteet voivat helposti ylittää satunnaisesta rajat ylittävästä kaupasta saadun voiton. Käytännön seurauksena voi olla, että pienet taiteilijat, käsityöläiset ja muut mikroyritykset yksinkertaisesti lopettavat myymisen tiettyihin EU-maihin. Tämä on erityisen pettymys EU:n sisämarkkinoiden näkökulmasta. Pieniä eurooppalaisia yrityksiä kannustetaan jatkuvasti myymään tuotteitaan yli rajojen, mutta tällainen sääntely uhkaa luoda juuri sellaisia hallinnollisia esteitä, jotka tekevät rajat ylittävästä kaupasta kaikkein pienimmille toimijoille kannattamatonta tai jopa käytännössä mahdotonta. Kehotan komissiota vahvasti ottamaan käyttöön aidosti toimivia suojamekanismeja mikroyrityksille ja erittäin pieniä pakkausmääriä markkinoille saattaville toimijoille. Näihin tulisi kuulua koko EU:n laajuinen vähäisen toiminnan raja-arvo, jonka alapuolella kansalliseen tuottajarekisteriin rekisteröitymistä ei edellytettäisi. Vaihtoehtoisesti tarvitaan aidosti yksinkertainen, yksi yhteinen EU-rekisteröinti, joka olisi voimassa kaikissa jäsenvaltioissa. Muita oikeasuhtaisia ratkaisuja voisivat olla mikroyritysten kevennetty raportointi, vuosittaiseen pakkausmäärään perustuvat vapautukset sekä kiinteiden maksujen tai valtuutetun edustajan vaatimusten poistaminen yrityksiltä, jotka saattavat tietyn maan markkinoille vain hyvin vähäisiä määriä pakkauksia. Ympäristövastuun tulisi perustua todelliseen ympäristövaikutukseen ja sitä tulisi soveltaa oikeasuhtaisesti. Järjestelmä, jossa muutaman taideteoksen ulkomaille lähettämiseen liittyvä hallinnollinen taakka on suurempi kuin itse pakkausten ympäristövaikutus, ei ole toimivaa sääntelyä. Pyydän komissiota arvioimaan vakavasti uudelleen, miten nämä säännöt vaikuttavat taiteilijoihin, käsityöläisiin, yksinyrittäjiin ja muihin mikroyrityksiin ennen järjestelmän lopullista täytäntöönpanoa. Kaikkein pienimpien yritysten ei pitäisi joutua sivullisiksi kärsijöiksi lainsäädännössä, jonka tarkoituksena on selvästi puuttua aivan toisen mittaluokan pakkausjätteeseen. Kiitos jo etukäteen siitä, että otatte tämän asian vakavasti. Yt. Johanna Wennström", "feedbackEnglish": "I am deeply disappointed that these Producer Responsibility requirements for packaging have been prepared and taken forward without taking into account the realities of micro-enterprises, independent artists and very small-scale cross-border traders. The current approach appears to be primarily designed from the perspective of larger commercial players, but at the same time may place a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on the smallest companies. For a micro-enterprise, it is not a matter of minor difficulty, but of whether it makes economic sense to sell products to customers in other EU countries in the first place. As a small self-employed person and artist, I only send artworks abroad very occasionally. In some years, I may only send a few parcels to other EU countries. The quantity of packaging used in these consignments is practically negligible. Nevertheless, I may be required to consult national registers of producers in different countries, reporting obligations, fees and possibly other country-specific requirements. I consider it unreasonable that an undertaking which sends only a few parcels per year may be subject to a regulatory regime which appears to be designed for undertakings which place significant quantities of packaging on the market. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers bear their responsibility for the environmental impact of their activities. However, good environmental regulation must also be proportionate. It is neither reasonable nor reasonable to treat the solo self-employed person who sends a few carefully packaged works of art each year through practically the same regulatory framework as companies distributing thousands or millions of packaged products. Already relatively low registration fees and administrative obligations for micro-enterprises can easily exceed the profit from occasional cross-border trade. The practical consequence may be that small artists, craftsmen and other micro-enterprises simply stop selling to certain EU countries. This is particularly disappointing from an EU internal market perspective. Small European companies are constantly encouraged to sell their products cross-border, but such regulation risks creating precisely those administrative barriers that make cross-border trade unprofitable or even practically impossible for the smallest operators. I strongly urge the Commission to put in place truly effective protection mechanisms for micro-enterprises and operators placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. These should include an EU-wide low activity threshold below which registration in the national register of producers would not be required. Alternatively, there is a need for a truly simple, single EU registration valid in all Member States. Other proportionate solutions could include reduced reporting for micro-enterprises, exemptions based on annual packaging volumes, and the removal of fixed fees or authorised representative requirements for companies placing only very limited quantities of packaging on the market in a given country. Environmental liability should be based on the actual environmental impact and applied in a proportionate manner. A system where the administrative burden of sending a few works of art abroad exceeds the environmental impact of the packaging itself is not effective regulation. I ask the Commission to seriously reassess the impact of these rules on artists, craftspeople, solo self-employed people and other micro-enterprises before the final implementation of the scheme. The smallest companies should not be side-lined by legislation aimed at clearly addressing packaging waste of a very different scale. Thank you in advance for taking this matter seriously. TOTAL Johanna Wennström", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544320_en"}, {"id": 33544319, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:20:06", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Pur riconoscendo lutilità di questi provvedimenti verso le-commerce delle grandi aziende, credo non abbiate tenuto conto dei costi proibitivi a cui dovranno far fronte le piccole e micro imprese. Molti stanno già chiudendo i propri store online o comunque smetteranno di spedire verso lEuropa. Cè gente che ha riposto il proprio futuro nel proprio negozio online indipendente, loro unica fonte di sostentamento, con questi provvedimenti state uccidendo queste persone. Ripensateci e correggete queste nuove regole.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I recognise the lucrative nature of these measures towards the commerce of large companies, I do not believe that I have taken into account the prohibitive costs faced by small and micro enterprises. Many are already closing their stores online or will stop shipping to Europe. People who put their future in their own independent online shop, their only source of livelihood, were killed by these measures. Rethink us and correct these new rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544319_en"}, {"id": 33544318, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:19:47", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Orange Lion Creations", "feedback": "As the owner of my own micro business shipping out 300-400 boxes per year, I can safely say this ruling would almost be enough to make me stop selling. I make a monthly profit far below minimum wage in my country, I simply cannot afford to hire someone in every EU country I ship to. This would likely cost me almost as much as I make in a year. Please, make an exception for small and micro businesses. For a large business, these fees wont even be 1% of their earnings. For us small businesses, who often already try and use sustainable packaging, its a death sentence.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of my own micro business shipping out 300-400 boxes per year, I can safely say this ruling would almost be enough to make me stop selling. I make a monthly profit far below minimum wage in my country, I simply cannot afford to hire someone in every EU country I ship to. This would likely cost me almost as much as I make in a year. Please, make an exception for small and micro businesses. For a large business, these fees wont even be 1% of their earnings. For us small businesses, who often already try and use sustainable packaging, its a death sentence.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544318_en"}, {"id": 33544317, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:19:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "xxx", "feedback": "That is completely the wrong approach. We should not be making it even harder for small retailers to ship abroad. Instead, we should focus on the major players such as Temu to ensure that they do not flood our EU countries with huge quantities of cheap goods. Furthermore, it is simply unacceptable that micro-entrepreneurs, who send a manageable number of parcels per year per country, are faced with the same costs as the large bulk shippers. One really does wonder what the aim of such regulations is. They are at the expense of small retailers and benefit the major players. Instead of promoting cohesion within the EU, such baffling decisions which cost retailers a great deal of money create a divide. I now have no choice but to stop sending parcels. Its not actually that many parcels this year, for example, five to France and Italy and two to the Netherlands, and I dont send large quantities to other countries either. But it simply isnt worth it anymore. Especially as I mainly use space-saving, environmentally friendly and reusable packaging materials. This regulation really needs to be revised. Where on earth was common sense when all this was being drawn up? Youre certainly driving small retailers to ruin with all your laws.", "feedbackEnglish": "That is completely the wrong approach. We should not be making it even harder for small retailers to ship abroad. Instead, we should focus on the major players such as Temu to ensure that they do not flood our EU countries with huge quantities of cheap goods. Furthermore, it is simply unacceptable that micro-entrepreneurs, who send a manageable number of parcels per year per country, are faced with the same costs as the large bulk shippers. One really does wonder what the aim of such regulations is. They are at the expense of small retailers and benefit the major players. Instead of promoting cohesion within the EU, such baffling decisions which cost retailers a great deal of money create a divide. I now have no choice but to stop sending parcels. Its not actually that many parcels this year, for example, five to France and Italy and two to the Netherlands, and I dont send large quantities to other countries either. But it simply isnt worth it anymore. Especially as I mainly use space-saving, environmentally friendly and reusable packaging materials. This regulation really needs to be revised. Where on earth was common sense when all this was being drawn up? Youre certainly driving small retailers to ruin with all your laws.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544317_en"}, {"id": 33544316, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:15:34", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "All this does is put up barriers for small businesses to trade outside their country of operation, and equally shut European consumers especially in smaller countries out of the supposedly free market. The fragmented overhead and cost is too high. Meanwhile, multinationals will simply sue member states for the inconvenience caused through corporate courts. The only one who wins in this is Amazon.", "feedbackEnglish": "All this does is put up barriers for small businesses to trade outside their country of operation, and equally shut European consumers especially in smaller countries out of the supposedly free market. The fragmented overhead and cost is too high. Meanwhile, multinationals will simply sue member states for the inconvenience caused through corporate courts. The only one who wins in this is Amazon.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544316_en"}, {"id": 33544315, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:13:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette lou n'eat absolument pas pensee pour les petits artisans, ei et artistes! Nous sommes nombreux a envoyer de petits colis dans l'europe mais nous ne savons jamais combien a l'avance et generalement on finit par an par avoir par exemple 2 en espagne, un en italie, 3 en Allemagne... et on doit payer chaque annee entre 20 et 150 euro a chaque pays?! Cette loi n'a pas ete faite pour nous mais pour les grdes entreprises! Veuiller etablir un plancher d'exemption car vous allez mener tt le monde a la faillite.", "feedbackEnglish": "It doesn’t work at all for small craftsmen, ei and artists! Many of us have sent small packages to Europe, but we never know how much in advance and usually end up with 2 in spies, one in italics, 3 in Germany, etc., and we have to pay between EUR 20 and EUR 150 each year in each country. This law was not made for us, but for companies! Want to set up an exemption floor because you are going to lead the world into bankruptcy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544315_en"}, {"id": 33544314, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:13:16", "country": "ABW", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think this law only impacts small businesses in its current state, as those who are not able to keep up with these costs will be the ones paying the price while bigger companies have no issue with this. So many amazing small artists I know are stopping their shipments to EU countries and it impacts their source of income, and its saddening", "feedbackEnglish": "I think this law only impacts small businesses in its current state, as those who are not able to keep up with these costs will be the ones paying the price while bigger companies have no issue with this. So many amazing small artists I know are stopping their shipments to EU countries and it impacts their source of income, and its saddening", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544314_en"}, {"id": 33544313, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:13:12", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a ceramic artist from Spain, that sells her work in Europe, I want to let you know that EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a ceramic artist from Spain, that sells her work in Europe, I want to let you know that EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirements (while piling up cumulative national minimum flat fees) is completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544313_en"}, {"id": 33544312, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:12:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Art by Chenria ", "feedback": "Ich bin Kleinunternehmerin mit einem niedrigen vierstelligen Jahresumsatz an Verkäufen, die ich tätige. Ich versende Postkarten, Sticker und Art-Prints und das meist innerhalb der EU. Mit der neuen Regelung habe ich den Versand in andere Länder außerhalb Deutschlands jetzt eingestellt - ich habe nicht die Zeit und den Umsatz um die Kosten zu tragen mich für alle Länder zu registrieren um den Verpackungsregelungen gerecht zu werden. Ich verstehe die Idee dahinter und große Unternehmen können diese auch mit ihren Rechtsabteilungen umsetzen. Kleinunternehmer wie ich haben nur uns selbst und ich mach das im Nebenerwerb, neben meiner Vollzeitarbeit. Und wenn es hier keine Ausnahme für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen gibt, dann werden so viele Kleinunternehmer schließen. Dann heißt es in Statistiken wieder, dass viele Firmen schließen mussten, denn die Zahlen gucken nicht, wie \"groß\" die Firmen und Unternehmen waren. Hier wurde nicht an die kleine Seifenmanufaktur oder Kerzengießerin gedacht, die ihre handgemachten Waren verkaufen und auch ab und an ins Ausland verschicken. Künstlerinnen und Künstler, die ihre Bilder und Drucke an Kunden in der EU verkaufen... die kaum \"Müll\" produzieren aber zahlen sollen, als wären sie für die Müllberge verantwortlich. Hier muss dringend nachgebessert werden! Es braucht eine Ausnahme von diesen Regelungen für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen die einen bestimmten Jahresumsatz nicht überschreiben, die nur von einer Person geführt werden. Andernfalls gehen die ganzen Kreativen, die Ihre Werke und Produkte nur online verkaufen können, eben weil sie nur Kleinstunternehmen sind, unter und ein weiteres Stück Farbe und Vielfalt geht verloren. Ich wünscht manchmal die Personen in der EU, die sich diese Regelungen ausdenken, würden vorher mal mit Menschen reden, die tagtäglich mit diesen Verordnungen dann umgehen müssen... und nicht nur mit Vertretern von Amazon, Temu und Co, sondern mit den ECHTEN MENSCHEN die hier jetzt zum Teil einen großen Teil ihrer Einnahmen verlieren, weil sie nicht einmal mehr innerhalb der EU problemlos Dinge von A nach B senden können... das kann doch nicht der Gedanke der EU sein, dass die eigenen Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen verdrängt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small entrepreneur with a low four-digit annual sales turnover. I send postcards, stickers and art prints, mostly within the EU. With the new rules, I have now stopped shipping to other countries outside Germany – I do not have the time and turnover to pay the costs to register for all countries in order to comply with the packaging rules. I understand the idea behind it and large companies can also implement it with their legal departments. Small businesses like me only have us and I do this as part-time work alongside my full-time work. And if there is no exemption for small and micro-enterprises, then so many small businesses will close. Statistics then state that many firms had to close because the figures do not reflect how ‘large’ the firms and firms were. This was not intended for the small soap manufacture or candle founder, who sells their handmade goods and also sends them abroad from and to. Artists who sell their images and prints to customers in the EU... who hardly produce ‘waste’ but are supposed to pay as if they were responsible for the rubbish mountains. There is an urgent need to improve this! A derogation from these rules is needed for small and micro-enterprises that do not overwrite a certain annual turnover, which is managed by only one person. Otherwise, the entire creators who can only sell their works and products online, precisely because they are only micro-enterprises, will go down and another piece of colour and diversity will be lost. I sometimes want the people in the EU who are thinking about these rules to talk beforehand to people who then have to deal with these regulations on a daily basis... and not only to representatives of Amazon, Temu and Co, but also to the ECHEN MENSHIP, some of whom are now losing a large part of their income because they can no longer easily send things from A to B, even within the EU... this cannot be the EU’s idea of displacing their own small and micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544312_en"}, {"id": 33544311, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:11:58", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Künstlerin und verkaufe meine eigenen Werke. Als Einzelunternehmerin versuche ich, mit meiner Arbeit ein kleines Unternehmen aufzubauen. Die neuen Verpackungsregelungen stellen Kleinunternehmen vor administrative und finanzielle Hürden, die aus meiner Sicht nicht mehr verhältnismäßig sind. Wie kann es fair sein, dass eine Einzelunternehmerin mit wenigen Sendungen mit denselben Verpflichtungen konfrontiert wird wie Unternehmen mit Millionenumsätzen und enormen Versandmengen? Diese Unternehmen haben die finanziellen Mittel und eigene Abteilungen, die sich um solche Vorgaben kümmern können. Wen trifft diese neue Verordnung also wirklich? Die kleinen Unternehmen, die alles selbst machen. Diejenigen, die es sich nicht leisten können, für jedes EU-Land eine Bevollmächtigung zu bezahlen und denen dadurch die Möglichkeit genommen wird, ihre Produkte innerhalb der EU anzubieten und ihr Unternehmen erfolgreich aufzubauen. Was bedeutet der europäische Binnenmarkt für Kleinunternehmen noch, wenn wir es uns aufgrund der bürokratischen und finanziellen Hürden nicht mehr leisten können, unsere Produkte in andere EU-Länder zu versenden? Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht bedeuten, dass kleine, unabhängige Unternehmen vom europäischen Markt verdrängt werden. Denn am Ende trifft es uns und nicht die riesigen Konzerne. Wo bleibt da die Fairness? Und wo ist das nachhaltig?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist selling my own works. As a sole trader, I try to build a small business with my job. The new packaging rules create administrative and financial hurdles for small businesses, which in my view are no longer proportionate. How can it be fair for a sole trader to be confronted with few consignments with the same obligations as businesses with millions of transactions and huge volumes of shipments? These companies have the financial resources and their own departments that can deal with such requirements. So who is really affected by this new regulation? The small businesses that do everything themselves. Those who cannot afford to pay an authorisation for each EU country, thus depriving them of the opportunity to offer their products within the EU and build their business successfully. What does the European single market mean for small businesses if we can no longer afford to send our products to other EU countries because of bureaucratic and financial barriers? Sustainability must not mean that small, independent companies are pushed out of the European market. Because in the end it hits us, not the huge groups. Where does fairness remain? And where is it sustainable?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544311_en"}, {"id": 33544310, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:11:51", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TBD", "feedback": "I am in the process of creating a small business here in The Netherlands and planned to have an Etsy shop that would sell my products across Europe and, eventually, North America. Unfortunately, as a nascent company, I cannot afford to register my business in every EU country and running an Etsy shop that only sells to Dutch residents severely limits my business potential. I am now reconsidering whether creating my business makes any sense. I thought one of the benefits of creating the EU was to lessen hurdles such as these and am very disappointed and frustrated.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am in the process of creating a small business here in The Netherlands and planned to have an Etsy shop that would sell my products across Europe and, eventually, North America. Unfortunately, as a nascent company, I cannot afford to register my business in every EU country and running an Etsy shop that only sells to Dutch residents severely limits my business potential. I am now reconsidering whether creating my business makes any sense. I thought one of the benefits of creating the EU was to lessen hurdles such as these and am very disappointed and frustrated.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544310_en"}, {"id": 33544309, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:11:23", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como micro empresa, de uma única pessoa, que trabalha a partir de casa, que faz algumas dezenas de envios por mês, a obrigatoriedade registo e pagamento de taxas em cada um dos estados membros é completamente desproporcionada. Os pequenos artesãos fazem envio com o mínimo de desperdício, reutilizando muitas vezes embalagens. Não é possível, que para o envio de um pequeno artigo, feito à mão, tenhamos de passar uma hora a preencher formulários de composição, tamanho e origem das embalagens utilizadas. Esta nova lei não proíbe as grandes empresas de continuar a utilizar materiais não recicláveis, e não ajustado aos seus envios. As pequenas e micro empresas não têm capacidade para tanta burocracia, mas são certamente os primeiros a ser sustentáveis", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro enterprise, of a single person, working from home, which sends dozens of items per month, the obligation to register and pay fees in each of the Member States is completely disproportionate. Small artisans send as little waste as possible, often reusing packaging. It is not possible that for a small item to be sent by hand, we have to spend one hour filling in the compositional, size and origin forms of the packaging used. This new law does not prohibit large companies from continuing to use non-recyclable materials, and not adjusted for their shipments. Small and micro enterprises do not have the capacity to do so much bureaucracy, but are certainly the first to be sustainable", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544309_en"}, {"id": 33544308, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:09:33", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern, As a small business I would like to have a say about this proposal. As I agree with the recycling stimulations within the proposal the execution of it all is so large that me as a small business owner it would be impossible to do the following: Having a Representive in each country within EU this alone would make me close my business as costs for this would be more then I sell in 1 year. Individuals rules with packaging submissions in each country, this requires so much administrative work, this should be either centralized or small businesses should get an exemption or pay a general fee to a centralized or local organization. These regulation are disproportional towards small business who can not hire people to do this massive burden of administrative work (registering packaging in each country) or pay the fees (Representives). Also this goes against free movement of goods within EU. Proposal for small businesses: Central or Local registration of the packaging use or a flat fee. No need to R.A. in each country, or a certificate/vignet system with a standard fee (ex 50,-/year) after proofing you use x % minimal recycled materials. Depending on the % ur fee goes up the less is recycleable the more you pay. Be more clear how it affects small businesses and also important when individual persons who are not a business send items in packaging and how it affects them.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern, As a small business I would like to have a say about this proposal. As I agree with the recycling stimulations within the proposal the execution of it all is so large that me as a small business owner it would be impossible to do the following: Having a Representive in each country within EU this alone would make me close my business as costs for this would be more then I sell in 1 year. Individuals rules with packaging submissions in each country, this requires so much administrative work, this should be either centralized or small businesses should get an exemption or pay a general fee to a centralized or local organization. These regulation are disproportional towards small business who can not hire people to do this massive burden of administrative work (registering packaging in each country) or pay the fees (Representives). Also this goes against free movement of goods within EU. Proposal for small businesses: Central or Local registration of the packaging use or a flat fee. No need to R.A. in each country, or a certificate/vignet system with a standard fee (ex 50,-/year) after proofing you use x % minimal recycled materials. Depending on the % ur fee goes up the less is recycleable the more you pay. Be more clear how it affects small businesses and also important when individual persons who are not a business send items in packaging and how it affects them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544308_en"}, {"id": 33544306, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:07:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Philipp Mytzek", "feedback": "Verhältnismäßigkeit wahren: Dringende Notwendigkeit einer Bagatellgrenze / Ausnahmeregelung für Kleinstunternehmen bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht (PPWR) Die Einführung der Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) zielt zu Recht darauf ab, Müll zu reduzieren und globale Großkonzerne sowie Drittstaaten-Importeure in die Pflicht zu nehmen. In ihrer aktuellen Ausgestaltung trifft die Regelung jedoch mit voller Härte die falschen Akteure: europäische Kleinstunternehmer und Kunsthandwerker. Die Anforderung, in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsland, in das geliefert wird, einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten (Authorized Representative) zu bestellen und zu bezahlen, stellt für Kleinstbetriebe eine unüberwindbare bürokratische und finanzielle Hürde dar. Die Fixkosten für Registrierungen und Vertretungen im EU-Ausland übersteigen bei geringen Verkaufszahlen den erzielten Umsatz um ein Vielfaches. Für viele Einpersonenunternehmen (EPU) und kleine Online-Händler bedeutet dies das unmittelbare Aus für den grenzüberschreitenden B2C-Handel innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarktes. Dies widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des freien europäischen Binnenmarktes und schadet der Vielfalt kleiner europäischer Betriebe, während internationale Großplattformen diese Zusatzkosten mühelos auffangen. Ich fordere die EU-Kommission daher auf: Eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze / Freimenge für Kleinstunternehmen einzuführen (z. B. nach Jahresumsatz oder Verpackungsmenge im jeweiligen Zielland). Eine zentrale EU-Sammelregistrierung zu ermöglichen, anstatt 27 nationale Bevollmächtigte zu erzwingen. Die bürokratischen Pflichten für Kleinstbetriebe auf ein verhältnismäßiges Maß zu reduzieren. Vollständig harmonisierte, einfache Meldeverfahren durchzusetzen, um den extremen administrativen Aufwand durch unterschiedliche nationale Registerdaten zu beenden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Respect proportionality: Urgent need for a de minimis limit/exemption for micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative (PPWR) The introduction of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) rightly aims to reduce waste and to hold global corporations and third-country importers to account. However, in its current form, the provision hits the wrong actors hard: European micro-entrepreneurs and artisans. The requirement to appoint and pay a local authorised representative in each EU country to which supplies are made represents an insurmountable bureaucratic and financial hurdle for micro-enterprises. The fixed costs of registering and representing abroad in the EU are many times higher than the turnover achieved in the case of low sales. For many single-person companies (EPUs) and small online traders, this means immediately stopping cross-border B2C trade within the EU single market. This runs counter to the idea of a free European internal market and harms the diversity of small European businesses, while large international platforms easily absorb these additional costs. I therefore call on the European Commission to: Introduce an EU-wide de minimis limit/exemption for micro-enterprises (e.g. based on annual turnover or packaging volume in the respective destination country). Allow for centralised EU corporate registration instead of forcing 27 national authorised representatives. Reduce red tape for micro-enterprises to a proportionate level. Enforce fully harmonised, simple reporting procedures to end the extreme administrative burden of different national register data.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544306_en"}, {"id": 33544305, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:07:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nicolet Groen", "feedback": "I am a Dutch micro-entrepreneur and artist, based in the Netherlands, selling books, vintage paper goods, and small original paintings (priced roughly 60-100) to customers across the EU. I have built my customer base across Europe, not just within my own country, because I see myself first as a European entrepreneur, not merely a Dutch one. The current implementation of the PPWR, through fragmented national EPR registration systems, makes this position untenable. Countries like Germany and Sweden require registration from the first gram of packaging, with no de minimis threshold, while other member states apply different thresholds, different registration bodies, and different reporting rules. For a one-person business selling low-value items, the fixed annual cost and administrative time of registering in even one additional country routinely exceeds the profit margin on the number of items I realistically sell there. The practical result is that I am being pushed to concentrate my sales within the Netherlands and a handful of neighbouring markets, and to actively avoid or discourage customers elsewhere in the EU, precisely the opposite of what the Single Market is meant to enable. A regulation intended to protect the environment is, in its current national patchwork form, disproportionately punishing small, low-volume, cross-border sellers while larger companies absorb the same fixed costs easily. I would urge the Commission to introduce a genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, and ideally a single, harmonised registration mechanism comparable to the VAT One-Stop-Shop, so that small European businesses can serve the whole Single Market without being administratively confined to their home country.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Dutch micro-entrepreneur and artist, based in the Netherlands, selling books, vintage paper goods, and small original paintings (priced roughly 60-100) to customers across the EU. I have built my customer base across Europe, not just within my own country, because I see myself first as a European entrepreneur, not merely a Dutch one. The current implementation of the PPWR, through fragmented national EPR registration systems, makes this position untenable. Countries like Germany and Sweden require registration from the first gram of packaging, with no de minimis threshold, while other member states apply different thresholds, different registration bodies, and different reporting rules. For a one-person business selling low-value items, the fixed annual cost and administrative time of registering in even one additional country routinely exceeds the profit margin on the number of items I realistically sell there. The practical result is that I am being pushed to concentrate my sales within the Netherlands and a handful of neighbouring markets, and to actively avoid or discourage customers elsewhere in the EU, precisely the opposite of what the Single Market is meant to enable. A regulation intended to protect the environment is, in its current national patchwork form, disproportionately punishing small, low-volume, cross-border sellers while larger companies absorb the same fixed costs easily. I would urge the Commission to introduce a genuine EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, and ideally a single, harmonised registration mechanism comparable to the VAT One-Stop-Shop, so that small European businesses can serve the whole Single Market without being administratively confined to their home country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544305_en"}, {"id": 33544304, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:07:29", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed registration fees / authorized representative fees seem disadventageous to small businesses. They also harm the consumer interests in small countries, by forcing small businesses to not ship to small countries due to high fees and low volume of transactions. Alternatively small countries would have to incur the cost themselves to protect their consumer interests. This doesn't seem to be in line with EU values of equality as well as the type of business activity we wish to promote here.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed registration fees / authorized representative fees seem disadventageous to small businesses. They also harm the consumer interests in small countries, by forcing small businesses to not ship to small countries due to high fees and low volume of transactions. Alternatively small countries would have to incur the cost themselves to protect their consumer interests. This doesn't seem to be in line with EU values of equality as well as the type of business activity we wish to promote here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544304_en"}, {"id": 33544303, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:06:56", "country": "NZL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This act would greatly harm small business within the EU - it would force them to pay exorbitant fees per member state, which would effectively prevent them from shipping outside of their own country within the EU. It is not sustainable for small businesses to comply to this proposal, and the proposal does not distinguish between large manufacturers, mass producers, or small businesses like artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "This act would greatly harm small business within the EU - it would force them to pay exorbitant fees per member state, which would effectively prevent them from shipping outside of their own country within the EU. It is not sustainable for small businesses to comply to this proposal, and the proposal does not distinguish between large manufacturers, mass producers, or small businesses like artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544303_en"}, {"id": 33544302, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:06:07", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Cult of Craft Sp. z o. o. ", "feedback": "I am the co-owner of a two-person artist-run business established in Poland. We specialise in hand-painting collectible character figurines and sell our work online to customers across the EU. I fully support Extended Producer Responsibility and believe businesses should pay for the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, the administrative cost of complying with these rules is completely disproportionate for micro-businesses. We may send only one or two orders to a particular Member State in an entire year. The actual recycling contribution for a few kilograms of cardboard and protective packaging may amount to only a few euros. Yet paying those few euros can require separate registrations, reporting procedures and compliance arrangements in each Member State. The requirement for authorised representatives makes this especially problematic. Representation and compliance services can cost hundreds of euros per country per year. A business selling throughout the EU could therefore face thousands of euros in fixed compliance costs regardless of whether it receives a single order from many of those countries. As artists, we cannot predict where our next customer will live. It is economically unreasonable to spend hundreds of euros establishing compliance in a country simply because someone there might purchase one hand-painted figurine. This is already having real consequences. I personally know several independent artists who have decided to close their online shops because they concluded that they could not realistically comply with these requirements while remaining financially viable. Others are considering restricting sales to only a few EU countries. I do not want an exemption from environmental responsibility. I would happily report through a single EU system that, for example, our workshop introduced 20 kg of packaging in Germany, 5 kg in France and 2 kg in Finland, and pay the appropriate contribution for each country. What I ask for is a proportionate way to do so. Please consider: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; exemption of micro and small EU-established businesses from mandatory authorised representatives; a single EU one-stop shop where businesses can report packaging quantities by destination country and pay the relevant national contributions; simplified annual reporting for micro-enterprises. A centralised system would preserve environmental responsibility while removing unnecessary administrative barriers. Large multinational companies can distribute compliance costs across millions of sales. A two-person artist workshop cannot. Every hour spent navigating another national registration system is an hour we cannot spend creating our products. The European Single Market should allow a small artist in Poland to sell a hand-painted work to a customer in Finland, France or Austria without maintaining dozens of separate administrative relationships across Europe. Without proportionality, the result will not be better recycling. Small creative businesses will simply withdraw from cross-border EU trade, while companies large enough to absorb the fixed costs will remain. Artists are already familiar with the stereotype of the starving artist. EU regulation should not turn it into an economic requirement. Please preserve the Single Market not only for large companies, but also for the artists, craftspeople and micro-enterprises who are supposed to be part of it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the co-owner of a two-person artist-run business established in Poland. We specialise in hand-painting collectible character figurines and sell our work online to customers across the EU. I fully support Extended Producer Responsibility and believe businesses should pay for the recycling of the packaging they place on the market. However, the administrative cost of complying with these rules is completely disproportionate for micro-businesses. We may send only one or two orders to a particular Member State in an entire year. The actual recycling contribution for a few kilograms of cardboard and protective packaging may amount to only a few euros. Yet paying those few euros can require separate registrations, reporting procedures and compliance arrangements in each Member State. The requirement for authorised representatives makes this especially problematic. Representation and compliance services can cost hundreds of euros per country per year. A business selling throughout the EU could therefore face thousands of euros in fixed compliance costs regardless of whether it receives a single order from many of those countries. As artists, we cannot predict where our next customer will live. It is economically unreasonable to spend hundreds of euros establishing compliance in a country simply because someone there might purchase one hand-painted figurine. This is already having real consequences. I personally know several independent artists who have decided to close their online shops because they concluded that they could not realistically comply with these requirements while remaining financially viable. Others are considering restricting sales to only a few EU countries. I do not want an exemption from environmental responsibility. I would happily report through a single EU system that, for example, our workshop introduced 20 kg of packaging in Germany, 5 kg in France and 2 kg in Finland, and pay the appropriate contribution for each country. What I ask for is a proportionate way to do so. Please consider: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; exemption of micro and small EU-established businesses from mandatory authorised representatives; a single EU one-stop shop where businesses can report packaging quantities by destination country and pay the relevant national contributions; simplified annual reporting for micro-enterprises. A centralised system would preserve environmental responsibility while removing unnecessary administrative barriers. Large multinational companies can distribute compliance costs across millions of sales. A two-person artist workshop cannot. Every hour spent navigating another national registration system is an hour we cannot spend creating our products. The European Single Market should allow a small artist in Poland to sell a hand-painted work to a customer in Finland, France or Austria without maintaining dozens of separate administrative relationships across Europe. Without proportionality, the result will not be better recycling. Small creative businesses will simply withdraw from cross-border EU trade, while companies large enough to absorb the fixed costs will remain. Artists are already familiar with the stereotype of the starving artist. EU regulation should not turn it into an economic requirement. Please preserve the Single Market not only for large companies, but also for the artists, craftspeople and micro-enterprises who are supposed to be part of it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544302_en"}, {"id": 33544301, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:05:51", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will essentially KILL small businesses. Large companies will be able to afford the fees easily, but small businesses, artsits, etc, will not be able to operate. This is a terrible idea and you need to undo it. This will literally just benefit large corporations. Stop killing small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will essentially KILL small businesses. Large companies will be able to afford the fees easily, but small businesses, artsits, etc, will not be able to operate. This is a terrible idea and you need to undo it. This will literally just benefit large corporations. Stop killing small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544301_en"}, {"id": 33544300, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:03:09", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "thelame.co", "feedback": "The proposed system of separate national producer registers risks turning environmental compliance into a significant administrative obstacle for European SMEs. Companies selling across the Single Market should not be required to navigate multiple registrations, reporting systems and national procedures for essentially the same obligation. The EU should therefore establish a centralised One Stop Shop for packaging, modelled on the VAT OSS: one registration, one reporting framework and one harmonised procedure for the entire European Union. At the same time, micro and small enterprises below reasonable thresholds should benefit from proportionate requirements, simplified procedures or exemptions. Regulation should reflect the size and capacity of a business. A small European company cannot reasonably be expected to absorb the same compliance burden as a multinational corporation with dedicated legal and regulatory departments. Strong environmental standards are necessary. But they are not strengthened by unnecessary fragmentation. Excessive bureaucracy consumes resources that SMEs could otherwise invest in innovation, growth and more sustainable products. If Europe wants a stronger, more competitive and genuinely integrated Single Market, it should remove internal administrative barriers rather than create new ones. European companies should be able to grow across borders without facing a new layer of bureaucracy in every Member State. One Single Market should mean one European registration system.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed system of separate national producer registers risks turning environmental compliance into a significant administrative obstacle for European SMEs. Companies selling across the Single Market should not be required to navigate multiple registrations, reporting systems and national procedures for essentially the same obligation. The EU should therefore establish a centralised One Stop Shop for packaging, modelled on the VAT OSS: one registration, one reporting framework and one harmonised procedure for the entire European Union. At the same time, micro and small enterprises below reasonable thresholds should benefit from proportionate requirements, simplified procedures or exemptions. Regulation should reflect the size and capacity of a business. A small European company cannot reasonably be expected to absorb the same compliance burden as a multinational corporation with dedicated legal and regulatory departments. Strong environmental standards are necessary. But they are not strengthened by unnecessary fragmentation. Excessive bureaucracy consumes resources that SMEs could otherwise invest in innovation, growth and more sustainable products. If Europe wants a stronger, more competitive and genuinely integrated Single Market, it should remove internal administrative barriers rather than create new ones. European companies should be able to grow across borders without facing a new layer of bureaucracy in every Member State. One Single Market should mean one European registration system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544300_en"}, {"id": 33544299, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:02:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "wildlifelove.de - Feddema & Feddema GbR", "feedback": "Sie töten alle kleinen Firmen! Wir stellen auch unseren EU Versand ein, den wir als kleine Firma für unseren Shop www.wildlifelove.de gerade erst mit viel Aufwand eingerichtet haben - und das, obwohl wir selbst Inhaber einer Internetagentur sind. Sie wissen gar nicht wie viel Aufwand und Geld Sie verbrennen durch Ihre ideologischen und vollkommen nur in der Theorie möglicherweise funktionierenden Auflagen. Machen Sie so weiter, werden Sie die EU Wirtschaft komplett auf dem Gewissen haben. Wir werden nur noch nach Deutschland liefern, denn wir können keine neuen Märkte im EU Ausland testen, wenn wir direkt mit Tausenden von EUR für Bevollmächtigten ausgeben müssen ab Paket 1. Stehen Sie hinter der Wirtschaft und legen Sie uns nicht alle Paar Monate erneut weitere Steine in den Weg mit Garantielabel, Gewährleistungslabel, GDPR, GPSR, EEA, etc... Händler, die nicht für Accessibility optimieren entscheiden sich selbst Geld zu verlieren indem sie nicht jegliche Zielgruppe beliefern. Für das und alles andere braucht es keine Regeln für Firmen, die schon bestraft genug DURCH SIE sind. Stellen Sie sich endlich HINTER Ihre Firmen und nicht GEGEN uns. Ansonsten wird dies nur weiter China und die USA erfreuen.", "feedbackEnglish": "They kill all small companies! We are also stopping our EU shipping, which we, as a small company for our shop www.wildlifelove.de, have just set up with great effort – even though we are the owner of an internet agency. You do not know how much effort and money you are burning through your ideological requirements, which may only work in theory. If you continue in this way, you will be fully aware of the EU economy. We will only deliver to Germany, because we will not be able to test new markets abroad in the EU if we have to spend thousands of euros directly on plenipotentiaries from Package 1. Stand behind the economy and do not put us back on the road every couple of months with a guarantee label, guarantee label, GDPR, GPSR, EIO, etc. Traders who do not optimise accessibility decide to lose money by not supplying all target groups. For that and everything else, there is no need for rules for firms that are already punished enough by YOU. Finally, let HINTER your companies don’t win us. Otherwise, this will only continue to benefit China and the US.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544299_en"}, {"id": 33544298, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:02:20", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "hand-dyed yarns", "feedback": "To be very clear: I will have to shutter my 1-person-business as a consequence of these new regulations. Neither the administrative burden nor the cost nor the complexities are feasible for micro-enterprises who spend most of their time producing what they are selling. It is just not possible. We are already suffering the consequences of a reduced market (US tariffs), now you are basically ending the option for free EU trade. Wasn't this the point for creating the EU in the first place? I cannot make a living from selling to Austria and Germany alone. Since my wholesalers are in the same situation, I have already lost some of my stockists. On a personal note: given that I am close to 60 years old and given that AI is about to kill off jobs, I will be made completely jobless thanks to your refusal to create exceptions for micro-businesses. Well done you. Apart from my own situation: this will kill many small businesses and will have devastating effects for the whole EU economy. None of this makes any sense, unless you have a secret plan to implement a grand employment scheme for the elderly starting this autumn.", "feedbackEnglish": "To be very clear: I will have to shutter my 1-person-business as a consequence of these new regulations. Neither the administrative burden nor the cost nor the complexities are feasible for micro-enterprises who spend most of their time producing what they are selling. It is just not possible. We are already suffering the consequences of a reduced market (US tariffs), now you are basically ending the option for free EU trade. Wasn't this the point for creating the EU in the first place? I cannot make a living from selling to Austria and Germany alone. Since my wholesalers are in the same situation, I have already lost some of my stockists. On a personal note: given that I am close to 60 years old and given that AI is about to kill off jobs, I will be made completely jobless thanks to your refusal to create exceptions for micro-businesses. Well done you. Apart from my own situation: this will kill many small businesses and will have devastating effects for the whole EU economy. None of this makes any sense, unless you have a secret plan to implement a grand employment scheme for the elderly starting this autumn.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544298_en"}, {"id": 33544297, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:01:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regulating corporations and large-scale companies that saturate the market with products manufactured outside the EU and create unnecessary packaging waste is understandable. But please reconsider what this regulation means to small businesses. Most of which already use recycled packaging and do not flood the market with a surplus of packaging waste compared to bigger corporations. But these regulations will diminish small businesses, which means, people will have to turn more toward large corporations for their purchases, corporations which often import from outside the EU, pay their taxes elsewhere and create a much bigger surplus in packaging waste. Which in turn could mean a decrease in money and taxes paid within the EU. Small businesses are important for the economy and we, the people who buy from them and the people that sell handmade goods implore you to see the damage these policies will cause within a matter of days. Please revisit these policies and keep small businesses and the diversity and unification across the EU that they stand for, alive. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulating corporations and large-scale companies that saturate the market with products manufactured outside the EU and create unnecessary packaging waste is understandable. But please reconsider what this regulation means to small businesses. Most of which already use recycled packaging and do not flood the market with a surplus of packaging waste compared to bigger corporations. But these regulations will diminish small businesses, which means, people will have to turn more toward large corporations for their purchases, corporations which often import from outside the EU, pay their taxes elsewhere and create a much bigger surplus in packaging waste. Which in turn could mean a decrease in money and taxes paid within the EU. Small businesses are important for the economy and we, the people who buy from them and the people that sell handmade goods implore you to see the damage these policies will cause within a matter of days. Please revisit these policies and keep small businesses and the diversity and unification across the EU that they stand for, alive. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544297_en"}, {"id": 33544296, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:01:54", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gorgon3D", "feedback": "Threshold to Protect EU Single Market, Artisans, and European Manufacturing As an EU-based artisan and micro-business owner selling handcrafted/custom products across borders via e-commerce, I welcome the European Commissions efforts to harmonize national producer registers. However, the current regulatory framework directly undermines the core principles of the European Union: fostering internal collaboration, ensuring the free movement of goods, and protecting our productive industrial fabric. 1. Violation of the Single Market and Free Movement The European Union was founded to enable seamless cross-border trade. Forcing a micro-seller shipping just a few parcels a year to navigate 27 distinct national registries, hire local authorized representatives, and pay exorbitant annual compliance fees actively restores trade barriers inside Europe. This forces small businesses to deliberately block sales to other Member States, directly contradicting the principle of free movement of goods. 2. The Reality of the European Economy In countries like Spain, SMEs, micro-businesses, and self-employed workers represent over 99% of the business fabric. Treating small independent creators under the exact same administrative and financial burden as multinational corporations ignores the reality of Europe's economy and penalizes the small entrepreneur. 3. Industrial Sovereignty vs. External Competitors (e.g., China) If Europe aims to be competitive against global manufacturing giants like China, it must protect its local production, artisans, and small-scale industry. These disproportionate bureaucratic barriers do not stop pollution; they stop local production. Overburdening European makers will destroy local manufacturing and force consumers to rely exclusively on mass imports from third countries, further weakening European industry. We strongly urge the European Commission to implement: An EU-Wide De Minimis Exemption: A clear, unified threshold (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging or minimal cross-border sales volume per year) exempting micro-businesses from registration and fees in destination countries. A Single European Registration Portal (One-Stop Shop): One single registration in the home Member State that automatically validly covers sales across all 27 EU nations. Proportional Administrative Demands: Standardized rules and the removal of local legal representative requirements for intra-EU sellers. Regulation must promote sustainability without dismantling Europe's small creators, local industry, and internal market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Threshold to Protect EU Single Market, Artisans, and European Manufacturing As an EU-based artisan and micro-business owner selling handcrafted/custom products across borders via e-commerce, I welcome the European Commissions efforts to harmonize national producer registers. However, the current regulatory framework directly undermines the core principles of the European Union: fostering internal collaboration, ensuring the free movement of goods, and protecting our productive industrial fabric. 1. Violation of the Single Market and Free Movement The European Union was founded to enable seamless cross-border trade. Forcing a micro-seller shipping just a few parcels a year to navigate 27 distinct national registries, hire local authorized representatives, and pay exorbitant annual compliance fees actively restores trade barriers inside Europe. This forces small businesses to deliberately block sales to other Member States, directly contradicting the principle of free movement of goods. 2. The Reality of the European Economy In countries like Spain, SMEs, micro-businesses, and self-employed workers represent over 99% of the business fabric. Treating small independent creators under the exact same administrative and financial burden as multinational corporations ignores the reality of Europe's economy and penalizes the small entrepreneur. 3. Industrial Sovereignty vs. External Competitors (e.g., China) If Europe aims to be competitive against global manufacturing giants like China, it must protect its local production, artisans, and small-scale industry. These disproportionate bureaucratic barriers do not stop pollution; they stop local production. Overburdening European makers will destroy local manufacturing and force consumers to rely exclusively on mass imports from third countries, further weakening European industry. We strongly urge the European Commission to implement: An EU-Wide De Minimis Exemption: A clear, unified threshold (e.g., under 100 kg of packaging or minimal cross-border sales volume per year) exempting micro-businesses from registration and fees in destination countries. A Single European Registration Portal (One-Stop Shop): One single registration in the home Member State that automatically validly covers sales across all 27 EU nations. Proportional Administrative Demands: Standardized rules and the removal of local legal representative requirements for intra-EU sellers. Regulation must promote sustainability without dismantling Europe's small creators, local industry, and internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544296_en"}, {"id": 33544295, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:01:17", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation is a good step towards sustainability - for big corporations. For small businesses however, it will simply not be possible to pay hundreds of fees for every single country as well as assign multiple representatives. Even just trying to navigate the different rules and requirements for each country is extremely confusing and next to impossible for individuals simply trying to uphold their own micro-business. Small businesses are already way more sustainable than big companies like Amazon and Temu and should therefore be exempt from those new regulations. A lot of artists etc will likely have to close down their businesses and lose their livelihood as a result. If the EU doesn't change this legislation to make exceptions for small businesses in every country, we will lose a huge portion of the local market, essentially killing countless of sustainable businesses. We should also keep in mind that a lot of disabled creators who can't work regular jobs literally have no other way of getting any income of their own. We will not be able to open a physical shop to compensate for the sales we lose by not being able to ship to other EU countries anymore. This legislation threatens our existence as disabled creators as well as that of countless other artists, creators and small business owners.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is a good step towards sustainability - for big corporations. For small businesses however, it will simply not be possible to pay hundreds of fees for every single country as well as assign multiple representatives. Even just trying to navigate the different rules and requirements for each country is extremely confusing and next to impossible for individuals simply trying to uphold their own micro-business. Small businesses are already way more sustainable than big companies like Amazon and Temu and should therefore be exempt from those new regulations. A lot of artists etc will likely have to close down their businesses and lose their livelihood as a result. If the EU doesn't change this legislation to make exceptions for small businesses in every country, we will lose a huge portion of the local market, essentially killing countless of sustainable businesses. We should also keep in mind that a lot of disabled creators who can't work regular jobs literally have no other way of getting any income of their own. We will not be able to open a physical shop to compensate for the sales we lose by not being able to ship to other EU countries anymore. This legislation threatens our existence as disabled creators as well as that of countless other artists, creators and small business owners.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544295_en"}, {"id": 33544294, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:01:03", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is a killing blow for small businesses, artisans and artists.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a killing blow for small businesses, artisans and artists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544294_en"}, {"id": 33544293, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 12:00:50", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This ruling needs to notice small businesses, who are already very mindful of waste and who are being stifled under the ruling. There needs to be more flexibility, where big companies, the actual problem gets the impact more, without ruining and erasing small businesses on the progress. Blanket does not work here, it creates unfair playing field.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling needs to notice small businesses, who are already very mindful of waste and who are being stifled under the ruling. There needs to be more flexibility, where big companies, the actual problem gets the impact more, without ruining and erasing small businesses on the progress. Blanket does not work here, it creates unfair playing field.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544293_en"}, {"id": 33544292, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:59:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I appreciate the sentiment behind this guidance and legislation, but it is a death knell for micro businesses. This goes against the principle of free trade - the costs of waste disposal licensing and representatives pushes micro businesses out of the European market and in many cases out of business, leaving only space for the big retailers who can afford the fees. This means less handmade, authentic products on the market. This guidance does good for the environment through the effect it has on big retailers, but will put microbusinesses out of business, whilst microbusinesses are most often already doing their utmost to use sustainable packaging. Plus, a lot of European countries already make their inhabitants pay for waste disposal, so the costs of it are already covered. If I pay for waste disposal, why would the microbusiness I purchase from need to pay for it as well? Please rework the guidance to exclude or make this afforable for microbusinesses In the future, keep the effect on small artists and microbusinesses in mind when drafting new legislation that is meant to have impact through large retailers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I appreciate the sentiment behind this guidance and legislation, but it is a death knell for micro businesses. This goes against the principle of free trade - the costs of waste disposal licensing and representatives pushes micro businesses out of the European market and in many cases out of business, leaving only space for the big retailers who can afford the fees. This means less handmade, authentic products on the market. This guidance does good for the environment through the effect it has on big retailers, but will put microbusinesses out of business, whilst microbusinesses are most often already doing their utmost to use sustainable packaging. Plus, a lot of European countries already make their inhabitants pay for waste disposal, so the costs of it are already covered. If I pay for waste disposal, why would the microbusiness I purchase from need to pay for it as well? Please rework the guidance to exclude or make this afforable for microbusinesses In the future, keep the effect on small artists and microbusinesses in mind when drafting new legislation that is meant to have impact through large retailers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544292_en"}, {"id": 33544291, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:59:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die kommende Verpackungsordnung verstößt massiv gegen die Idee Europas und der EU. Es kann nicht sein, dass Kleinunternehmer dadurch genötigt werden, höhere Kosten zu stemmen und die dadurch überbordernde Bürokratie in Kauf zu nehmen. Viele können das nicht leisten und werden aufgeben müssen. Zudem werden auch die Kunden dadurch belastet und müssen die weitergegebenen Kosten tragen. Bitte machen Sie mal Politik für Menschen und nicht nur für Großunternehmen!", "feedbackEnglish": "The upcoming packaging rules are a massive breach of the idea of Europe and the EU. It cannot be the case that small businesses are forced to bear higher costs and to accept the red tape that this creates. Many cannot afford this and will have to give up. In addition, customers will also be burdened and will have to bear the costs passed on. Please do politics for people and not just for big companies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544291_en"}, {"id": 33544290, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:59:02", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Micro businesses will be decimated. Please, revise, at the very least the proposal. Many EU businesses will end up unable to sell in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "Micro businesses will be decimated. Please, revise, at the very least the proposal. Many EU businesses will end up unable to sell in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544290_en"}, {"id": 33544288, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:58:01", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dragons Dream", "feedback": "I am a small trader; my main sources of sales are via Etsy and eBay, though I have my own e-commerce shop. About 15-20% of my business is EU, still only about 30 shipments a year, and packaging is already fully recyclable. I managed to navigate GSPR and find a representative who didn't price me out. Now, with this proposal, with what I can find, this new proposal and working by myself: - too much paperwork, submitting to 27 countries. - too much cost, registering for 27 countries. A single point might make it feasible; however, I see this will stop many small businesses from selling into the EU and remove unique crafts and items from the EU markets. I see comments from those within EU countries saying that even they will have to stop selling within the EU. Only Temu, AliExpress, Amazon, and other large businesses with enough people and funds will be able to manage this. Those who supplement their income or make enough to work for themselves will have to stop shipping to/within the EU. The littleman is always over looked for big business.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small trader; my main sources of sales are via Etsy and eBay, though I have my own e-commerce shop. About 15-20% of my business is EU, still only about 30 shipments a year, and packaging is already fully recyclable. I managed to navigate GSPR and find a representative who didn't price me out. Now, with this proposal, with what I can find, this new proposal and working by myself: - too much paperwork, submitting to 27 countries. - too much cost, registering for 27 countries. A single point might make it feasible; however, I see this will stop many small businesses from selling into the EU and remove unique crafts and items from the EU markets. I see comments from those within EU countries saying that even they will have to stop selling within the EU. Only Temu, AliExpress, Amazon, and other large businesses with enough people and funds will be able to manage this. Those who supplement their income or make enough to work for themselves will have to stop shipping to/within the EU. The littleman is always over looked for big business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544288_en"}, {"id": 33544287, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:57:38", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses and creators are usually the individuals who are already careful with sustainable packaging and producing as little waste as possible.The average income of a small business would NOT be sustainable against the amount of fees to be payed to each country. In an era where artists and creators lack motivation because of AI, cost of living going up, etc, this would be the death of many. - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses and creators are usually the individuals who are already careful with sustainable packaging and producing as little waste as possible.The average income of a small business would NOT be sustainable against the amount of fees to be payed to each country. In an era where artists and creators lack motivation because of AI, cost of living going up, etc, this would be the death of many. - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544287_en"}, {"id": 33544286, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:54:59", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR regulation proposed will disproportionately affect and punish small and even medium businesses who do not have the resources of retail giants like Amazon or Temu to pay for representatives in each and every country in the EU they would be shipping their products to. This will no doubt force many smaller businesses to shut down. More consideration should be done on how to implement these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR regulation proposed will disproportionately affect and punish small and even medium businesses who do not have the resources of retail giants like Amazon or Temu to pay for representatives in each and every country in the EU they would be shipping their products to. This will no doubt force many smaller businesses to shut down. More consideration should be done on how to implement these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544286_en"}, {"id": 33544285, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:54:34", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Complaint Regarding the Disproportionate Impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on Small Businesses I would like to raise a formal concern regarding the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), particularly its impact on micro-enterprises and small businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the European Union. While I fully understand and support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to the costs of waste management, the administrative burden created by the current system appears entirely disproportionate for very small businesses. A small business established in one EU Member State may sell only a handful of products per year to customers in another Member State. These products may be shipped in simple envelopes weighing only a few grams. Nevertheless, such cross-border sales may trigger packaging registration, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), reporting and other compliance obligations in multiple Member States. For a micro-enterprise selling throughout the EU, this may mean dealing with numerous separate national registration systems, different procedures, reporting requirements, fees and, where applicable, authorised representatives. The administrative cost of complying with these requirements can therefore be many times greater than the actual environmental cost of managing the very small quantity of packaging placed on the market. Large multinational companies can employ dedicated compliance departments and legal advisers to manage EPR obligations across Europe. A micro-enterprise cannot reasonably be expected to maintain registrations and administrative procedures in numerous Member States simply because it occasionally sends a small envelope to a customer in each of those countries. The practical consequence is obvious: many small businesses will simply stop selling to customers in certain EU Member States. This raises a serious question regarding the functioning of the EU Single Market. One of the fundamental advantages of the European Union should be the ability of a small business established in one Member State to sell its products throughout the EU without facing disproportionate national administrative barriers. A regulatory framework that effectively encourages micro-enterprises to restrict sales to only a few Member States appears contrary to the objective of facilitating the free movement of goods and cross-border trade within the Single Market. Environmental protection should not require a business sending a few hundred grams of packaging per year to face an administrative system comparable to that imposed on companies placing tonnes of packaging on the market. I therefore respectfully request that the European Commission and the relevant EU institutions urgently consider: Introducing a clear EU-wide exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Establishing a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system, allowing a business to register once in its Member State of establishment rather than separately in multiple Member States. Introducing simplified reporting requirements for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only minimal quantities of packaging on the market. Ensuring that compliance costs are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. Conducting an urgent assessment of whether the current implementation creates unjustified barriers to cross-border trade for micro-enterprises within the EU Single Market. Without such measures, the PPWR risks producing an unintended but serious consequence: instead of creating a more integrated and sustainable European market, it may force thousands of small businesses to stop selling across borders. This is not merely an environmental compliance issue. It is a question of proportionality, competitiveness and the practical", "feedbackEnglish": "Complaint Regarding the Disproportionate Impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on Small Businesses I would like to raise a formal concern regarding the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), particularly its impact on micro-enterprises and small businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the European Union. While I fully understand and support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers contribute fairly to the costs of waste management, the administrative burden created by the current system appears entirely disproportionate for very small businesses. A small business established in one EU Member State may sell only a handful of products per year to customers in another Member State. These products may be shipped in simple envelopes weighing only a few grams. Nevertheless, such cross-border sales may trigger packaging registration, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), reporting and other compliance obligations in multiple Member States. For a micro-enterprise selling throughout the EU, this may mean dealing with numerous separate national registration systems, different procedures, reporting requirements, fees and, where applicable, authorised representatives. The administrative cost of complying with these requirements can therefore be many times greater than the actual environmental cost of managing the very small quantity of packaging placed on the market. Large multinational companies can employ dedicated compliance departments and legal advisers to manage EPR obligations across Europe. A micro-enterprise cannot reasonably be expected to maintain registrations and administrative procedures in numerous Member States simply because it occasionally sends a small envelope to a customer in each of those countries. The practical consequence is obvious: many small businesses will simply stop selling to customers in certain EU Member States. This raises a serious question regarding the functioning of the EU Single Market. One of the fundamental advantages of the European Union should be the ability of a small business established in one Member State to sell its products throughout the EU without facing disproportionate national administrative barriers. A regulatory framework that effectively encourages micro-enterprises to restrict sales to only a few Member States appears contrary to the objective of facilitating the free movement of goods and cross-border trade within the Single Market. Environmental protection should not require a business sending a few hundred grams of packaging per year to face an administrative system comparable to that imposed on companies placing tonnes of packaging on the market. I therefore respectfully request that the European Commission and the relevant EU institutions urgently consider: Introducing a clear EU-wide exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. Establishing a single EU-wide EPR registration and reporting system, allowing a business to register once in its Member State of establishment rather than separately in multiple Member States. Introducing simplified reporting requirements for micro-enterprises and businesses placing only minimal quantities of packaging on the market. Ensuring that compliance costs are proportionate to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. Conducting an urgent assessment of whether the current implementation creates unjustified barriers to cross-border trade for micro-enterprises within the EU Single Market. Without such measures, the PPWR risks producing an unintended but serious consequence: instead of creating a more integrated and sustainable European market, it may force thousands of small businesses to stop selling across borders. This is not merely an environmental compliance issue. It is a question of proportionality, competitiveness and the practical", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544285_en"}, {"id": 33544284, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:54:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new legislations are killing the micro businesses/small businesses, the ones that actually care about the quality of their products and packaging and yet the ones you should be stopping ie Temu and Shein will carry on mid-selling products in bulk! Please rethink so we can sell to our EU family and customers!", "feedbackEnglish": "These new legislations are killing the micro businesses/small businesses, the ones that actually care about the quality of their products and packaging and yet the ones you should be stopping ie Temu and Shein will carry on mid-selling products in bulk! Please rethink so we can sell to our EU family and customers!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544284_en"}, {"id": 33544283, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:54:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dieses Gesetz erschwert es gerade den Kleinunternehmen extrem weiterhin Waren innerhalb der EU verkaufen zu können. Bisher war der Verkauf an den Endkunden direkt schon fast unmöglich bei nur einigen Sendungen pro Land im Jahr. Nun aber wird es auch noch fast unmöglich gemacht, Sendungen an an Geschäfte im Ausland zu verschicken, da der Aufwand für den Nutzen unverhältnismäßig ist. Somit wird den Kleinunternehmen ein wesentlicher Markt vorenthalten, was mit signifikanten Umsatzeinbußen und damit starken Existenzängsten verbunden ist. Lediglich Großunternehmen profitieren von dieser neuen Regelung, da die Lizenzierung für diese kaum ins Gewicht fällt und diese nach der neuen Regelung allein im EU Markt bestehen können. Den kleineren Anbietern wird hiermit endgültig der Boden unter den Füßen gerissen. Keine Einzelperson ist in der Lage hiermit für jedes EU Land alle Richtlinien und Gesetze im Auge zu behalten und beachten zu können. Viele Kleinunternehmen haben aus Angst vor den Strafen bereits ihren Handel innerhalb der EU eingestellt. Dieses Gesetz sollte im Sinne der Europäischen Union sein und den Handel vereinfachen, stattdessen müssen auf jeder Landes-Ebene Anträge in der jeweiligen Amtssprache ausgefüllt und Anforderungen beachtet werden. Hinzu kommt noch der Einsatz von Verpackungsbeauftragten pro Land. Dies ist für Kleinunternehmen und ihr Volumen an Sendungen schlichtweg unmöglich und auch nicht gerecht oder angemessen. Für Kleinunternehmen sollte deshalb eine Befreiung oder eine angepasste und vereinfachte EU weite Lizenzierung Lösung angeboten werden, um den freien Handel innerhalb der Union für diese nicht auszuschließen und den Markt nicht nur auf die großen Anbieter zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law makes it extremely difficult for small businesses in particular to continue to sell goods within the EU. Until now, it has been almost impossible to sell directly to the final consumer with only a few broadcasts per country per year. However, it is now almost impossible to send consignments to shops abroad, as the cost of the benefits is disproportionate. As a result, small businesses are deprived of a substantial market, resulting in a significant loss of turnover and thus a high level of livelihood. Only large companies will benefit from this new regime, as licensing is of little importance to them and under the new regime they will be able to exist on the EU market alone. For the smaller suppliers, the ground under the feet is hereby definitively torn. No individual is therefore in a position to monitor and comply with all directives and laws for each EU country. Many small businesses have already stopped trading within the EU for fear of penalties. This law should be in the spirit of the European Union and facilitate trade; instead, applications must be completed in the relevant official language and requirements must be met at each country level. In addition, there is the use of packing officers per country. This is simply impossible for small businesses and their volume of mail, and it is also not fair or appropriate. An exemption or an adapted and simplified EU wide licensing solution should therefore be offered to small enterprises in order not to exclude free trade within the Union for them and not to limit the market to large suppliers only.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544283_en"}, {"id": 33544282, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:53:07", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law for the bigger companies is very important and a needed change to help the environment. But please recognize this with smaller businesses in mind. Many if not most small businesses in the EU will suffer because of this new change. Many people will lose their jobs and incomes that are keeping them alive.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law for the bigger companies is very important and a needed change to help the environment. But please recognize this with smaller businesses in mind. Many if not most small businesses in the EU will suffer because of this new change. Many people will lose their jobs and incomes that are keeping them alive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544282_en"}, {"id": 33544281, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:51:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Perlen und Geschmeide / WinzigKleinDesign", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich entwerfe Schmuck, stelle ihn in Handarbeit her und verkaufe ihn über eine Plattform. Das gleiche gilt für selbstgemachte Puppenhausminiaturen. Mein Jahresumsatz beträgt nur wenige tausend Euro und mein Verpackungsaufkommen für die kleinen recycelbaren Kartons ist minimal. Wir sprechen also von einem kleinen Einzelunternehmen, ohne Angestellte. Schon mit den bisherigen Vorgaben musste ich für eine Reihe EU-Länder den Versand einstellen, da sie in Umsetzung der Verpackungsrichtlinie hohe Hürden gesetzt hatten für Verkäufer wie mich. Jetzt mit der Verpackungsverordnung werde ich gezwungen, für jedes EU-Land einen Beauftragten zu benennen, mit entsprechendem bürokratischen Aufwand und Kosten von 80 - 300 pro Land und Jahr. Und zwar unabhängig davon, ob es im entsprechenden Land und Jahr überhaupt zu einem Verkauf kommt. Wenn ich das tun würde, wäre mein jährlicher Gewinn mehr als aufgezehrt, ich würde Verlust machen. Infolgedessen werde ich nun - wie viele andere vergleichbare Unternehmen, die selbstgemachtes verkaufen - den Versand in EU-Länder zunächst einstellen, es bleibt mir ja keine andere Wahl. Ich bitte Sie herzlich, den Verordnungsinhalt dahingehend anzupassen, dass es eine Kleinstunternehmensklausel (z.B. nach Umsatz, Anzahl Angestellter, Verpackungsaufkommen) gibt, die diese Folgen verhindert. Es kann doch nicht ernsthaft in Ihrem Sinne sein, dass Kleinstunternehmen der Handel in der EU unmöglich gemacht wird. Aber so ist momentan das Resultat. Bitte ändern Sie das! Mit hoffnungsvollen Grüßen Kreszentia Flauger", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I design jewellery, manufacture it by hand and sell it via a platform. The same applies to home-made dolls’ miniatures. My annual turnover is only a few thousand euros and my packaging volume for the small recyclable cartons is minimal. So we are talking about a small individual company, without employees. Even with the previous requirements, I had to stop shipping for a number of EU countries because they had set high hurdles for sellers like me when transposing the Packaging Directive. Now the Packaging Regulation forces me to appoint a representative for each EU country, with a corresponding bureaucratic burden and cost of 80-300 per country per year. Whether or not there is any sale at all in the country and year concerned. If I did so, my annual profit would be more than exhausted, I would make a loss. As a result, like many other comparable companies selling homemade products, I will stop shipping to EU countries first, and I have no other choice. I would urge you to adapt the content of the Regulation so that there is a micro-enterprise clause (e.g. based on turnover, number of employees, packaging volume) that prevents these consequences. It cannot be serious in your sense to make it impossible for micro-enterprises to trade in the EU. But this is the outcome at the moment. Please change this! Yours sincerely, Kreszentia Flauger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544281_en"}, {"id": 33544280, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:50:42", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "You said, with every single additional tax that you have pushed for purchases shipped in from outside the European Union, that you wish to promote local businesses and sellers and encourage EU citizens to buy from within the EU. And now you seek to destroy the very same local small and micro- businesses that you claimed you want to protect? Which one is it, then? Do you want to protect us, or do you want to run us into the ground? This will absolutely destroy small artisans and artists etc., while the large companies, the Chinese ones that you regularly fearmonger about included, will barely notice a change. Or else it will drive many of us into shadow economy in desperation to make a living.", "feedbackEnglish": "You said, with every single additional tax that you have pushed for purchases shipped in from outside the European Union, that you wish to promote local businesses and sellers and encourage EU citizens to buy from within the EU. And now you seek to destroy the very same local small and micro- businesses that you claimed you want to protect? Which one is it, then? Do you want to protect us, or do you want to run us into the ground? This will absolutely destroy small artisans and artists etc., while the large companies, the Chinese ones that you regularly fearmonger about included, will barely notice a change. Or else it will drive many of us into shadow economy in desperation to make a living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544280_en"}, {"id": 33544279, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:50:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Paine Free Crafts Ltd", "feedback": "As a small craft business outside of the EU (we're in the UK, and I *HATE* all the results of Brexit - it wasn't something I voted for), this new legislation is completely unworkable. I have a loyal customer based in the EU, and I have had no choice but to stop shipping altogether. We make small custom made cross stitch kits and sell associated accessories. We have an AR (a family member of one of our directors) in one member state, but the requirement to have an AR in every member state, plus pay a registration fee for the PPW in every member state makes it far too costly to even consider - we don't even make that much in our annual EU sales, but we are highly thought of, and there is not an equivalent company in the EU that does what we do, so it's not as if our customers can turn to anyone else. Please consider exemptions for small businesses - we love our EU customers, but it's getting so hard to sell into the EU, cost and admin wise, that we have to just stop. Or alternative to an exemption, we'd be happy to register at one central hub, pay a small fee (presumably based on the amount of packages we actually send to the EU - we're talking 5-6 a month, not much more!). But make it affordable. We want to do things properly - most of our components come from the EU (fabric from Germany, threads from France and Italy) and we love our trading partners! Thankyou Sarah Paine Director, Paine Free Crafts Ltd", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small craft business outside of the EU (we're in the UK, and I *HATE* all the results of Brexit - it wasn't something I voted for), this new legislation is completely unworkable. I have a loyal customer based in the EU, and I have had no choice but to stop shipping altogether. We make small custom made cross stitch kits and sell associated accessories. We have an AR (a family member of one of our directors) in one member state, but the requirement to have an AR in every member state, plus pay a registration fee for the PPW in every member state makes it far too costly to even consider - we don't even make that much in our annual EU sales, but we are highly thought of, and there is not an equivalent company in the EU that does what we do, so it's not as if our customers can turn to anyone else. Please consider exemptions for small businesses - we love our EU customers, but it's getting so hard to sell into the EU, cost and admin wise, that we have to just stop. Or alternative to an exemption, we'd be happy to register at one central hub, pay a small fee (presumably based on the amount of packages we actually send to the EU - we're talking 5-6 a month, not much more!). But make it affordable. We want to do things properly - most of our components come from the EU (fabric from Germany, threads from France and Italy) and we love our trading partners! Thankyou Sarah Paine Director, Paine Free Crafts Ltd", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544279_en"}, {"id": 33544278, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:50:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed system of separate national producer registers creates a disproportionate administrative burden for SMEs selling across the EU. The EU should introduce a centralised One Stop Shop for packaging, similar to the VAT OSS: one registration, one reporting system and one harmonised procedure for the entire EU. Micro and small enterprises below reasonable thresholds should also benefit from simplified obligations or exemptions. A small European company should not face the same compliance complexity as a multinational corporation. Environmental responsibility is important, but excessive fragmentation and bureaucracy make European SMEs less competitive. Instead of building a stronger and more integrated Europe, we are making our own businesses weaker and creating barriers within our own Single Market. One European market should mean one European registration system.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed system of separate national producer registers creates a disproportionate administrative burden for SMEs selling across the EU. The EU should introduce a centralised One Stop Shop for packaging, similar to the VAT OSS: one registration, one reporting system and one harmonised procedure for the entire EU. Micro and small enterprises below reasonable thresholds should also benefit from simplified obligations or exemptions. A small European company should not face the same compliance complexity as a multinational corporation. Environmental responsibility is important, but excessive fragmentation and bureaucracy make European SMEs less competitive. Instead of building a stronger and more integrated Europe, we are making our own businesses weaker and creating barriers within our own Single Market. One European market should mean one European registration system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544278_en"}, {"id": 33544276, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:49:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Beginning tomorrow, we will cease shipping to all EU member states except Germany a decision that many small retailers and manufacturers are now being forced to make. The removal of all de minimis thresholds and the mandatory appointment of an authorised representative create layers of bureaucracy and financial burden that small and microenterprises simply cannot absorb. This step will cost us approximately 15% of our annual revenue. Consumers in smaller member states such as Malta, Luxembourg, or Slovakia will face a significantly reduced range of available products as countless small businesses withdraw from crossborder trade. I urge you to prevent this administrative overreach from destroying what once defined the European Union: **freedom, free movement of goods, and meaningful deregulation**. Please do not leave the future of European commerce solely in the hands of large platforms such as Amazon companies that, in many cases, are not even European. Without corrective action, the EUs marketplace risks deteriorating into a landscape dominated exclusively by standardised, massmarket products. It is not too late to act.", "feedbackEnglish": "Beginning tomorrow, we will cease shipping to all EU member states except Germany a decision that many small retailers and manufacturers are now being forced to make. The removal of all de minimis thresholds and the mandatory appointment of an authorised representative create layers of bureaucracy and financial burden that small and microenterprises simply cannot absorb. This step will cost us approximately 15% of our annual revenue. Consumers in smaller member states such as Malta, Luxembourg, or Slovakia will face a significantly reduced range of available products as countless small businesses withdraw from crossborder trade. I urge you to prevent this administrative overreach from destroying what once defined the European Union: **freedom, free movement of goods, and meaningful deregulation**. Please do not leave the future of European commerce solely in the hands of large platforms such as Amazon companies that, in many cases, are not even European. Without corrective action, the EUs marketplace risks deteriorating into a landscape dominated exclusively by standardised, massmarket products. It is not too late to act.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544276_en"}, {"id": 33544275, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:48:39", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, jaimerais que cette loi soit modifiée pour inclure les micro entrepreneuses et petites boutiques en effet cette loi risque de les mettre en faillite car ils ne peuvent pas assumer ces frais et je ne souhaite pas que lavenir soit composé uniquement de multinationales. En tant que consommatrice cela me paraît important de prendre cela en compte. Il faut pratiquer des tarifs adaptés en fonction du chiffre d'affaire et de la taille des entreprises. Merci.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I would like this law to be amended to include micro entrepreneurs and small shops, as this law risks making them bankrupt because they cannot afford these costs and I do not want the future to be made up solely of multinationals. As a consumer, I think it is important to take this into account. Rates should be adapted to the turnover and size of the companies. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544275_en"}, {"id": 33544274, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:48:38", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Namufly artesã da lã ", "feedback": "I joint the pledge to exempt the small business from this ruling it's disproportionately heavy on us, especially someone like me who is an artisan, works alone and is working in a very niche portion of the market. I process wool and spin and promote Portuguese wool. I also buy from known farmers elsewhere in the EU. Small businnes can't absorb this new legislation, not the costs but also not the administration. It will kill the artisan and the small businesses that are so needed in an uniform world of big corporations. For them these is a small I convenience...a small dent in their profit...for us is closing the doors to a slight bigger market for both selling and buying. Please reconsider and re-evaluate the consequences this will have on small businesses. You are creating a bland world of big greedy corporation's that exploit and don't create...you are killing creativity. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "I joint the pledge to exempt the small business from this ruling it's disproportionately heavy on us, especially someone like me who is an artisan, works alone and is working in a very niche portion of the market. I process wool and spin and promote Portuguese wool. I also buy from known farmers elsewhere in the EU. Small businnes can't absorb this new legislation, not the costs but also not the administration. It will kill the artisan and the small businesses that are so needed in an uniform world of big corporations. For them these is a small I convenience...a small dent in their profit...for us is closing the doors to a slight bigger market for both selling and buying. Please reconsider and re-evaluate the consequences this will have on small businesses. You are creating a bland world of big greedy corporation's that exploit and don't create...you are killing creativity. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544274_en"}, {"id": 33544273, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:46:57", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Par pitié révisez votre lois. Elle ne coutera rien aux grosse entreprises et multinationales, mais elle coule déjà les micro entreprises, vous êtes entrain de tuer l'artisanat !! C'est déjà très difficile de vendre des créations à un prix décent à cause des taxe qui font exploser le prix des matières première (taxe à 3 euro pour ceux qui commande hors eu (et je ne parle pas de Temu and co, mais de commander à des personnes aux etats unis/chine/inde qui n'ont rien à voir avec ces plateformes !!) Et maintenant ce projet? Les micro entreprise ne pourront pas survivre à cette lois, personne n'achetera des produit qui coûtent 4x leurs prix par votre faute! Vous nous obligez à leurs faire payer des choses qui n'ont rien à voir avec la valeur marchande de nos créations, c'est injuste pour eux, c'est injuste pour nous, et personne n'a cette somme d'argent avec le pouvoir d'achat actuel. Vous devez garantir la libre circulation des produits en europe, et proteger les entreprise les plus fragiles qui peine déjà à survivre! sinon l'europe n'a aucun sens!", "feedbackEnglish": "For reasons of pity, revise your laws. It will not hurt big companies and multinationals, but it is already hurting micro companies, you are in the process of killing crafts! It is already very difficult to sell creations at a decent price because of the tax that explodes the price of raw materials (tax at EUR 3 for those who order outside the EU (and I am not talking about Temu and co, but ordering from people in the United States/China/Inde who have nothing to do with these platforms!) and now is this project? Micro companies will not be able to survive this law, nobody will buy products that cost 4x their prices through your fault! You force us to make them pay for things that have nothing to do with the market value of our creations, it is unfair to them, it is unfair to us, and nobody has this money with the current purchasing power. You must ensure the free movement of products in Europe, and protect the weakest businesses that are already struggling to survive, otherwise Europe makes no sense!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544273_en"}, {"id": 33544272, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:46:04", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Murlume", "feedback": "The packaging waste shouldnt be forced on small businesses that send less than 5 parcels / month,", "feedbackEnglish": "The packaging waste shouldnt be forced on small businesses that send less than 5 parcels / month,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544272_en"}, {"id": 33544271, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:45:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am not an artist but I have friends that are creating a comic and sometimes someone not from Germany, for example USA, wants to buy one of their comics. In the end this means they cannot ship to other countries outside the EU anymore. Why make life harder and harder for people that already have less money, I don't get it and it's annoying for me as a customer too.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not an artist but I have friends that are creating a comic and sometimes someone not from Germany, for example USA, wants to buy one of their comics. In the end this means they cannot ship to other countries outside the EU anymore. Why make life harder and harder for people that already have less money, I don't get it and it's annoying for me as a customer too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544271_en"}, {"id": 33544270, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:42:09", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Completist", "feedback": "I completely appreciate the sentiment of this legislation, but it's implementation goes against the principles of free trade across the EU. In addition, it's totally crippling for micro businesses, who generally tend to make the most efforts towards sustainability. All this does is eliminate those businesses from the market, and make more space for the big ones who are responsible for the issue in the first place. Also, considering that many countries aren't set up for this (for example, the register for Italy isn't even operational!), I don't see how you can make something law, when there is no mechanism to enforce it. Micro and small businesses are more than happy to be compliant, providing there is a reasonable way for them to do so. Requiring us to register across each individual state is prohibitively expensive, and doesn't actually do anything to solve the problem. Meanwhile, the likes of Temu and Shein will continue to flood the market. How does this make any sense at all? You need a harmonised system, 1 register for all 27 countries, that has carve outs, or tiers for businesses depending on their size. You need to actually consider this law before making it law... because how can you possibly enforce this, as it is and expect it to result in anything other than complete domination by the very companies you are trying to curtail?", "feedbackEnglish": "I completely appreciate the sentiment of this legislation, but it's implementation goes against the principles of free trade across the EU. In addition, it's totally crippling for micro businesses, who generally tend to make the most efforts towards sustainability. All this does is eliminate those businesses from the market, and make more space for the big ones who are responsible for the issue in the first place. Also, considering that many countries aren't set up for this (for example, the register for Italy isn't even operational!), I don't see how you can make something law, when there is no mechanism to enforce it. Micro and small businesses are more than happy to be compliant, providing there is a reasonable way for them to do so. Requiring us to register across each individual state is prohibitively expensive, and doesn't actually do anything to solve the problem. Meanwhile, the likes of Temu and Shein will continue to flood the market. How does this make any sense at all? You need a harmonised system, 1 register for all 27 countries, that has carve outs, or tiers for businesses depending on their size. You need to actually consider this law before making it law... because how can you possibly enforce this, as it is and expect it to result in anything other than complete domination by the very companies you are trying to curtail?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544270_en"}, {"id": 33544269, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:42:06", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand the importance of the reduction of wasted packages in this consumerism era we are living in. Demanding that they habe a representative in each country that they ship out to, is too much of a monetary burden for them. Each country has their own rules and the price of this representative could vary from country to country and if they only ship one item permonth or year to a certain country, why is there a need for such a representative? Wasn't the EU created to facilitate the trade beteween these coutries? If we are going back to before, why do we still need an EU? Please do not generalise this law and take in consideration all aspects of the kinds of businesses that exist with in our borders. I do not have a business but do order sometimes from them. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the importance of the reduction of wasted packages in this consumerism era we are living in. Demanding that they habe a representative in each country that they ship out to, is too much of a monetary burden for them. Each country has their own rules and the price of this representative could vary from country to country and if they only ship one item permonth or year to a certain country, why is there a need for such a representative? Wasn't the EU created to facilitate the trade beteween these coutries? If we are going back to before, why do we still need an EU? Please do not generalise this law and take in consideration all aspects of the kinds of businesses that exist with in our borders. I do not have a business but do order sometimes from them. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544269_en"}, {"id": 33544268, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:41:45", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is impossible to follow for small businesses. The requirements are too onerous and expensive for them while just being an additional line item for multinationals. It will kill small businesses that are already struggling to survive. It goes counter to the EU's principle of a single market for its people, while increasing the most that large multinationals have. Please exclude small businesses from this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is impossible to follow for small businesses. The requirements are too onerous and expensive for them while just being an additional line item for multinationals. It will kill small businesses that are already struggling to survive. It goes counter to the EU's principle of a single market for its people, while increasing the most that large multinationals have. Please exclude small businesses from this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544268_en"}, {"id": 33544267, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:41:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirementswhile piling up cumulative national minimum flat feesis completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: - A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. - A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "EU packaging and EPR rules will make cross-border trade practically impossible for micro-businesses. Requiring a small independent creator to navigate 27 different EPR systems, registrations, and reporting requirementswhile piling up cumulative national minimum flat feesis completely disproportionate to the tiny quantities of packaging they place on the market. Large companies can absorb this financial and administrative burden; micro-businesses cannot. I strongly believe that the system should include: - A genuine de minimis threshold with a full EPR exemption for micro-businesses based on annual turnover or packaging volume. - A single EU-wide registration and reporting portal (a One-Stop Shop model, similar to the existing IOSS system for VAT) instead of 27 national systems. Environmental protection is essential, but regulation must remain proportionate. The current system completely undermines the EU single market by pushing small independent creators out of it altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544267_en"}, {"id": 33544266, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:39:30", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Greetings, The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has created a disproportionate barrier for microenterprises. As a microbussines owner from Slovenia, that shipps less than 5 kg packaging in a whole year, this creates a barrier from shipping out handmade products. Please consider adding microenterprises as an exeption of perhaps making a universal form for us, where can you register once for the whole EU (not go through the process and fees of each individual EU member country). Here is the link from change.org petition, so you can see many of us, microbussineses are having the same concearns: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees Thank you in advance for your consideration, Katja Pecar (owner of a micro business)", "feedbackEnglish": "Greetings, The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has created a disproportionate barrier for microenterprises. As a microbussines owner from Slovenia, that shipps less than 5 kg packaging in a whole year, this creates a barrier from shipping out handmade products. Please consider adding microenterprises as an exeption of perhaps making a universal form for us, where can you register once for the whole EU (not go through the process and fees of each individual EU member country). Here is the link from change.org petition, so you can see many of us, microbussineses are having the same concearns: https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees Thank you in advance for your consideration, Katja Pecar (owner of a micro business)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544266_en"}, {"id": 33544265, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:39:00", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "émigré", "feedback": "I understand the need to regulate corporations and large-scale companies that flood the market with products manufactured outside the EU and create a surplus of packaging waste. What these regulations failed to achieve was establishing exceptions for small businesses who sell products made in the EU and already ship with recyclable shipping materials. The consequences of these failed policies result in the mass shuttering of small businesses within the EU. If people do not have businesses to support themselves and their families, they will look to their governments for help, putting additional strains on systems that are already underfunded. Corporations will look for ways to work around the policies PPWR and EPR will enact, but its still the small businesses will suffer the most. It is possible for corporations and large-scale companies to be responsible for their sales and shipping output, but exceptions must be made for businesses that would be considered micro-enterprises in relation to retail giants. EPR and PPWR as they currently exist are the death knell for small businesses in the EU, and small businesses who sell to people in the EU. I cannot emphasise enough the damage these policies will enact in a matter of days.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the need to regulate corporations and large-scale companies that flood the market with products manufactured outside the EU and create a surplus of packaging waste. What these regulations failed to achieve was establishing exceptions for small businesses who sell products made in the EU and already ship with recyclable shipping materials. The consequences of these failed policies result in the mass shuttering of small businesses within the EU. If people do not have businesses to support themselves and their families, they will look to their governments for help, putting additional strains on systems that are already underfunded. Corporations will look for ways to work around the policies PPWR and EPR will enact, but its still the small businesses will suffer the most. It is possible for corporations and large-scale companies to be responsible for their sales and shipping output, but exceptions must be made for businesses that would be considered micro-enterprises in relation to retail giants. EPR and PPWR as they currently exist are the death knell for small businesses in the EU, and small businesses who sell to people in the EU. I cannot emphasise enough the damage these policies will enact in a matter of days.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544265_en"}, {"id": 33544263, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:38:47", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative does absolutely nothing to stop corporations, all it is doing is driving small businesses to the brink and causing them to shut down. I dont even have a business and all I see is small businesses shutting down because they lost their European customers. It is cruel and doesn't acheive what you want it to.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative does absolutely nothing to stop corporations, all it is doing is driving small businesses to the brink and causing them to shut down. I dont even have a business and all I see is small businesses shutting down because they lost their European customers. It is cruel and doesn't acheive what you want it to.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544263_en"}, {"id": 33544262, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:38:46", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the intent of the regulation - to reduce packaging and have producers contribute to the costs of waste management - is good. The PPWR as it stands places disproportionate burden and expenses on micro- to small sellers. The EU hosts many creative artists and craftpersons. These creators are dependent on the free market if the EU to make ends meet by selling to other Member States within the union to support their business. However, sales to any individual Member State may be only a handful, and are not possible to project as sales are often made by order of single or a few items. For a small sellers, complying with the PPRW - especially the beed for registration and an AR in other Member States, is simply not possible. This will lead to small sellers not being able to ship sales to Member States other than their own. This will effectively make many small businesses go out of business. It will also make it much more difficult to purchase items from EU producers, thus going completely against the purpose of the free market. I do plead that some form of exemption is put in place for micro- and small businesses, so they will not have to bear this immense regulatory and financial burden. Please support our talented EU creators and artisans.", "feedbackEnglish": "While the intent of the regulation - to reduce packaging and have producers contribute to the costs of waste management - is good. The PPWR as it stands places disproportionate burden and expenses on micro- to small sellers. The EU hosts many creative artists and craftpersons. These creators are dependent on the free market if the EU to make ends meet by selling to other Member States within the union to support their business. However, sales to any individual Member State may be only a handful, and are not possible to project as sales are often made by order of single or a few items. For a small sellers, complying with the PPRW - especially the beed for registration and an AR in other Member States, is simply not possible. This will lead to small sellers not being able to ship sales to Member States other than their own. This will effectively make many small businesses go out of business. It will also make it much more difficult to purchase items from EU producers, thus going completely against the purpose of the free market. I do plead that some form of exemption is put in place for micro- and small businesses, so they will not have to bear this immense regulatory and financial burden. Please support our talented EU creators and artisans.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544262_en"}, {"id": 33544261, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:35:43", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Great initiative for big corporations! But why isnt there a unified exemption for small businesses? Why does someone who sends three packages a year to one EU country has the same laws as Amazon and temu? Its going to affect livelihoods of small businesses, traditional craft makers and also our customers who value sustainable, unique and handmade products. We dont have the resources to pay each countries fees, hire a representative and spend all the time doing so. Please do better!", "feedbackEnglish": "Great initiative for big corporations! But why isnt there a unified exemption for small businesses? Why does someone who sends three packages a year to one EU country has the same laws as Amazon and temu? Its going to affect livelihoods of small businesses, traditional craft makers and also our customers who value sustainable, unique and handmade products. We dont have the resources to pay each countries fees, hire a representative and spend all the time doing so. Please do better!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544261_en"}, {"id": 33544260, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:35:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Miss Elli Couture", "feedback": "J'ai une micro entreprise depuis 2010, je suis couturière. Je n'ai pas d'employé. Je livre en général mes clients directement, mais il m'arrive, de plus en plus souvent, de poster les commandes. J'ai un CA de moins de 10.000/an, plus fréquemment entre 3 et 5.000/an. Comment puis-je payer tous les frais inhérents à mon activité PLUS des taxes et frais supplémentaires, et survivre ? Actuellement, je me paye 150/mois. Votre loi ne devrait pas prendre en compte les micro-activités, les CA de moins de 20.000/an, si vous voulez que le maillage économique local survive.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have had a micro enterprise since 2010, I am a seamen. I do not have an employee. I usually deliver my customers directly, but I increasingly post orders. I have an AC of less than 10.000/an, more frequently between 3 and 5.000/an. How can I pay all the costs of my activity PLUS additional taxes and costs, and survive? Currently, I pay 150/mois. Your law should not take into account micro-activities, ACs of less than 20.000/an, if you want the local economic network to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544260_en"}, {"id": 33544259, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:31:47", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the proposed national producer registration requirements risk creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small and micro enterprises. While larger companies may be able to absorb registration fees, reporting obligations and compliance costs across several Member States, these fixed costs can be significant for small businesses, particularly where only limited quantities are placed on a national market. This may lead small businesses to restrict cross-border sales, withdraw from certain Member States, reduce their activities, or in some cases cease trading altogether. Such an outcome would undermine the practical accessibility of the Single Market for smaller economic operators and could have a negative impact on entrepreneurship and business growth within the EU. Small and micro enterprises should remain responsible for the packaging they place on the market, but the obligations imposed should be proportionate to their scale and actual environmental impact. I therefore encourage the Commission to provide simplified and harmonised registration procedures, meaningful de minimis thresholds, and fees proportionate to the quantities of packaging placed on the market. Environmental protection and the competitiveness of European small businesses should be pursued in a balanced and mutually supportive way. Kind regards, Mojca Bizjak", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the proposed national producer registration requirements risk creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for small and micro enterprises. While larger companies may be able to absorb registration fees, reporting obligations and compliance costs across several Member States, these fixed costs can be significant for small businesses, particularly where only limited quantities are placed on a national market. This may lead small businesses to restrict cross-border sales, withdraw from certain Member States, reduce their activities, or in some cases cease trading altogether. Such an outcome would undermine the practical accessibility of the Single Market for smaller economic operators and could have a negative impact on entrepreneurship and business growth within the EU. Small and micro enterprises should remain responsible for the packaging they place on the market, but the obligations imposed should be proportionate to their scale and actual environmental impact. I therefore encourage the Commission to provide simplified and harmonised registration procedures, meaningful de minimis thresholds, and fees proportionate to the quantities of packaging placed on the market. Environmental protection and the competitiveness of European small businesses should be pursued in a balanced and mutually supportive way. Kind regards, Mojca Bizjak", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544259_en"}, {"id": 33544258, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:31:33", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Soroka Crowns", "feedback": "You will destroy my business. First there were tariff wars with USA. It decreased my sales the the US by 50%. Now you've came up with 3 euro tax for each article bought through Chinese marketplaces. It double the vist of my materials. Now this packaging nonsense. It's small business genocide. It is not how it is supposed to be. Every year makes me poorer and angrier.", "feedbackEnglish": "You will destroy my business. First there were tariff wars with USA. It decreased my sales the the US by 50%. Now you've came up with 3 euro tax for each article bought through Chinese marketplaces. It double the vist of my materials. Now this packaging nonsense. It's small business genocide. It is not how it is supposed to be. Every year makes me poorer and angrier.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544258_en"}, {"id": 33544257, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:30:48", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Wilderwoofs", "feedback": "I run a small one person webshop in the Netherlands. I post parcels to customers all over the EU, so I count as a producer in every one of those countries, for a few kilos of cardboard and paper each. I don't think it's fair to ask the same reporting from someone this small as from a big company. Reporting for small producers should be one number per material per year. All I have is how many parcels I sent and what the packaging weighs. As a small producer I already care about using recycled materials and minimising my packaging. The system should also be in place before everyone is asked to comply. VAT already works this way. I file one OSS return in the Netherlands and it covers every country I sell to, without registering or having a representative in any of them. Packaging could work the same way. Filing the same few numbers in every country separately is the hard part, not the numbers themselves. On top of that, in every country where I am not based I have to pay for a representative, and that costs a lot more than the recycling fee itself. So I end up paying much more to be registered than I pay towards the recycling, and it goes up with every country I sell to, not with how much packaging I actually use. That's unrealistic for a micro business. Article 44 says small producers should not be overloaded. This feels like the right place to do something about that.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small one person webshop in the Netherlands. I post parcels to customers all over the EU, so I count as a producer in every one of those countries, for a few kilos of cardboard and paper each. I don't think it's fair to ask the same reporting from someone this small as from a big company. Reporting for small producers should be one number per material per year. All I have is how many parcels I sent and what the packaging weighs. As a small producer I already care about using recycled materials and minimising my packaging. The system should also be in place before everyone is asked to comply. VAT already works this way. I file one OSS return in the Netherlands and it covers every country I sell to, without registering or having a representative in any of them. Packaging could work the same way. Filing the same few numbers in every country separately is the hard part, not the numbers themselves. On top of that, in every country where I am not based I have to pay for a representative, and that costs a lot more than the recycling fee itself. So I end up paying much more to be registered than I pay towards the recycling, and it goes up with every country I sell to, not with how much packaging I actually use. That's unrealistic for a micro business. Article 44 says small producers should not be overloaded. This feels like the right place to do something about that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544257_en"}, {"id": 33544256, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:30:24", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "For micro-enterpresises especially those consisting of people who put out less than 5kg of waste annually having to pay the same fees for representatives as large corporations who put out 10 tonnes of waste is not only absurd but entirely tone deaf to the needs of the people. Paying up to 20,000 for representatives, just for wanting to sell something like an art print will cripple the artistan class in Europe fully as most micro-enterpresises consisting of artists earn less than 8000 annually and that's without breaking even. Now they have no choice but stop selling to Europe entirely and thus we lose the artistan class as whole. If the goal is to have only mega corporations run the entire European market, especially Chinese ones who see the 20,000 price tag as mere cents in the long run - then you have succeeded. With the legislation you have eliminated almost every micro-enterpresis even those who are European who you should of protected. Now the people who want to support artists and the artistic development in the European union can't. All the money will now be funneled to large American and Chinese Corporations such as Temu and Amazon who can afford to pay such high prices without batting an eye. And because European artists will no longer have any livelihood thanks to having to pay 20,000 to send a mere 27 cardboard mailers to each European country, art in Europe will start to dwindle massively. Isn't culture supposed to be protected, culture which stands on the shoulders of the artistans? Why would a legislation that forces all artistans to stop selling to the EU due to too high fees, even those who are in the EU themselves be passed at all? As a EU citizen this looks like the outright slaughter of all artists who just want to share their art.", "feedbackEnglish": "For micro-enterpresises especially those consisting of people who put out less than 5kg of waste annually having to pay the same fees for representatives as large corporations who put out 10 tonnes of waste is not only absurd but entirely tone deaf to the needs of the people. Paying up to 20,000 for representatives, just for wanting to sell something like an art print will cripple the artistan class in Europe fully as most micro-enterpresises consisting of artists earn less than 8000 annually and that's without breaking even. Now they have no choice but stop selling to Europe entirely and thus we lose the artistan class as whole. If the goal is to have only mega corporations run the entire European market, especially Chinese ones who see the 20,000 price tag as mere cents in the long run - then you have succeeded. With the legislation you have eliminated almost every micro-enterpresis even those who are European who you should of protected. Now the people who want to support artists and the artistic development in the European union can't. All the money will now be funneled to large American and Chinese Corporations such as Temu and Amazon who can afford to pay such high prices without batting an eye. And because European artists will no longer have any livelihood thanks to having to pay 20,000 to send a mere 27 cardboard mailers to each European country, art in Europe will start to dwindle massively. Isn't culture supposed to be protected, culture which stands on the shoulders of the artistans? Why would a legislation that forces all artistans to stop selling to the EU due to too high fees, even those who are in the EU themselves be passed at all? As a EU citizen this looks like the outright slaughter of all artists who just want to share their art.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544256_en"}, {"id": 33544255, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:30:08", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Artiste auteur", "feedback": "Cette nouvelle loi est importante pour notre gestion des encombrants mais le fait qu'il n'y ai aucune exception va tuer tous les mini commerces, tous les artistes, petits créateurs, nouvelle marques. Elle va même tuer le commerce intra européen dans l'ensemble. Aucune mini structure ne peut s'enregistrer et payer des charges pour CHAQUE pays concerné. Jenvoie moins de 100 paquets par an dans des mini enveloppes. Pourquoi je me retrouve au même niveau qu'Amazon qui inonde le marché? Vous allez tuer le mini commerce et la concurrence si vous ne créez pas d'exceptions. C'est déjà très dur de respecter toutes les règles du commerce en ligne quand chaque vente représente une part significative de notre chiffre d'affaire. Nous n'avons pas de prix spéciaux d'envois de colis, nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de faire la livraison gratuite, nous ne pouvons pas envoyer des colis qui font 4x la taille du produit vendu. En voulant réguler Amazon et d'autres géants, vous éliminez tous leurs petits concurrents qui essayent tant bien que mal de survivre. Créez des exceptions de volume pour les lois PPWR et EPR!", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is important for our bulky management, but the fact that there are no exceptions will kill all mini shops, all artists, small creators, new brands. It will even kill intra-European trade overall. No mini structure can register and pay fees for EACH country concerned. Jsends less than 100 packages per year in mini-envelopes. Why do I find myself at the same level as Amazon, which is flooding the market? You will kill mini trade and competition if you do not create exceptions. It is already very hard to comply with all the rules of e-commerce when each sale represents a significant part of our turnover. We do not have special prices for parcels, we cannot afford free delivery, we cannot send parcels that are 4x the size of the product sold. By trying to regulate Amazon and other giants, you are eliminating all their small competitors who are trying both hard and hard to survive. Create volume exceptions for PPWR and EPR!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544255_en"}, {"id": 33544254, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:28:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Demanding small businesses to pay extra will kill them off. Erasing competition will not make the EU stronger nor more independent from other countries. This law only benefits large corporations to pocket more money. They don't care about the EU. The public is already displeased with the extra 3 tax per category from china. You're just cowards that's all.", "feedbackEnglish": "Demanding small businesses to pay extra will kill them off. Erasing competition will not make the EU stronger nor more independent from other countries. This law only benefits large corporations to pocket more money. They don't care about the EU. The public is already displeased with the extra 3 tax per category from china. You're just cowards that's all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544254_en"}, {"id": 33544253, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:28:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "PinkuCu", "feedback": "Hallo, Die neue Verordnung macht es mir schwer von nun an in andere EU Länder Pakete zu verschicken. Ich bin bereit Geld für eine Lizenz zu bezahlen, aber nicht so wie es gerade ist. Es ist schwer als kleines Unternehmen die jeweiligen Lizenzen und vor allem Bevollmächtigten in den anderen Ländern zu bekommen. Ich muss also einen Service dafür beauftragen (zb verpackungslizenz24), die natürlich einen ordentlichen Aufpreis nehmen. Somit kam bei mir für Österreich eine Summe von 600 für ein Jahr zustande. Für Frankreich waren es 450. Alles in einem kam ich auf 5.000 für alle Eu Länder zusammen. Das kann ich als kleines Unternehmen aber gar nicht finanzieren. Die Anzahl der Bestellungen pro Land variieren dermaßen, das ich teilweise in einem Jahr nur 3 Pakete nach zb Frankreich schicke und in einem anderen Jahr sind es 100. Mein Wunsch wäre es, wenn es eine Ausnahme für Kleinstmengen gäbe. Oder das man erst ein Jahr lang Pakete verschicken darf und dann erst rückwirkend für das Jahr die Menge bezahlt. Nichts desto trotz ist mir nicht ganz klar wofür es einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land geben soll. Warum nicht einer für die ganze EU? Wie kann es nämlich sein, dass ich ohne Probleme und Kosten Pakete nach Japan schicken kann? Oder nach Kanada? Aber ich brauche Lizenzen und Bevollmächtigte in meinen Nachbarländern die keine Grenze zu mir haben? Diese neue Verordnung macht kleine Unternehmen kaputt. Wenn es Großkonzerne wie Temu und Amazon trifft, ist das richtig und wichtig. Aber doch nicht die kleinen 1-Mann Unternehmen, die nur eine Handvoll Bestellungen im Jahr pro Land verschicken? Danke fürs Zuhören.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, the new regulation makes it difficult for me to send parcels to other EU countries from now on. I am prepared to pay for a licence, but not as it is. It is difficult, as a small enterprise, to obtain the relevant licences and, above all, agents in the other countries. I therefore have to hire a service (e.g. packaging licence24) which, of course, pays a regular surcharge. As a result, a sum of 600 was paid to me for Austria for one year. For France, the figure was 450. All in one, I met 5,000 for all EU countries. However, as a small company, I cannot finance this at all. The number of orders per country varies to the extent that I sometimes send only three parcels to France in one year and 100 in another year. I would like to see an exemption for small quantities. Or you can only send parcels for one year and then pay the quantity retrospectively for the year. In spite of this, I am not entirely clear about what there should be an authorised representative in each country. Why not one for the whole EU? How can I be able to send parcels to Japan without problems or costs? Or to Canada? But do I need licences and authorised representatives in my neighbouring countries, which have no border with me? This new regulation breaks down small businesses. When it hits big corporations such as Temu and Amazon, this is right and important. But not the small 1-man companies that send only a handful of orders per year per country? Thank you for listening.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544253_en"}, {"id": 33544252, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:27:56", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Al Aliova Nadia", "feedback": "As a small business based in the EU, these new laws are absolutely devastating for me and all my peers. Oftentimes we ship 2 or less packages to certain countries per year, making the new fees unsustainable and forcing us to close our shops altogether. This ruling goes against the concept of the free market that EU stands for.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business based in the EU, these new laws are absolutely devastating for me and all my peers. Oftentimes we ship 2 or less packages to certain countries per year, making the new fees unsustainable and forcing us to close our shops altogether. This ruling goes against the concept of the free market that EU stands for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544252_en"}, {"id": 33544251, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:27:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "S.B. =small businesses 1. Please exempt S.B. from an A.R. because it's a disproportionate measure towards S.B. they can not afford/ justify these costs. 2. Please harmonize the registration or exempt S.B. from registration. This is a disproportionate burden on S.B. they can not afford to hire anyone to do this for us. And if they would have to do it themselves they will have to spend so much time on looking at all the different countries and rules that they will make big losses and maybe loose their S.B. 3. This law goes against the freedom of movement of goods for S.B. because the effects of these laws on S.B. will be bankruptcy or only shipping within their own country and not within E.U. Please revise this law for S.B. we understand the environment is important but is should not cause bankruptcy for almost all S.B. Thank you in advanced", "feedbackEnglish": "S.B. =small businesses 1. Please exempt S.B. from an A.R. because it's a disproportionate measure towards S.B. they can not afford/ justify these costs. 2. Please harmonize the registration or exempt S.B. from registration. This is a disproportionate burden on S.B. they can not afford to hire anyone to do this for us. And if they would have to do it themselves they will have to spend so much time on looking at all the different countries and rules that they will make big losses and maybe loose their S.B. 3. This law goes against the freedom of movement of goods for S.B. because the effects of these laws on S.B. will be bankruptcy or only shipping within their own country and not within E.U. Please revise this law for S.B. we understand the environment is important but is should not cause bankruptcy for almost all S.B. Thank you in advanced", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544251_en"}, {"id": 33544250, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:26:25", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new regulation worries me as a consumer of small business for their future and my ability to support their shops. I ask that you: - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses - Give clearer instructions for both businesses and consumers and it is currently hidden in websites of multiple governments in inaccessible manners (hidden and in different languages each time) Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation worries me as a consumer of small business for their future and my ability to support their shops. I ask that you: - Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards mico businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses - Give clearer instructions for both businesses and consumers and it is currently hidden in websites of multiple governments in inaccessible manners (hidden and in different languages each time) Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544250_en"}, {"id": 33544249, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:24:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren. Ich möchte ihn mitteilen, dass in meinen Fall die Pflicht in jedem europäischen Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen und zu bezahlen sowie der organisatorische Aufwand in jedem europäischen Land eine eigene und vor allem auch unterschiedliche Deklaration durchzuführen, wirtschaftlich nicht umsetzbar ist. Die von Ihnen mit der Verordnung gestellten Forderungen würden dazu führen, dass mein Betrieb voraussichtlich langfristig negative Einnahmenüberschussrechnungen haben wird weil die Kosten zusätzlich dazu summieren, dass ich für die überproportional aufzuwendende Zeit keine erlösbringenden Arbeiten leisten kann, so dass dies ebenfalls einen indirekten Verlust bedeutet. Die einzig wirtschaftlich vertretbare Alternative ist den Versand innerhalb Europas nicht anzubieten sondern ausschliesslich auf Deutschland zu beschränken.. In meinem Fall wird dies in verschiedenen Bereichen erhebliche Schäden verursachen. Der erste Schaden ist ein verringerter Umsatz und verringerte Einnahmen, was in Deutschland zu reduzierten Steuereinnahmen führen wird. Der zweite Schaden ist, dass meine Produkte, welche Aufgrund ihrer Exklusivität innerhalb Europas von keinem anderen Händler angeboten werden, keinem Kunden außerhalb Deutschlands zur Verfügung gestellt werden können. Das heißt ihre Entscheidung sorgt dafür, dass hochwertigste Produkte eines Nischenmarktes allen europäischen Ländern bis auf Deutschland vorenthalten werden. Ich habe Zweifel, dass mein Beitrag eine Veränderung herbeiführen wird, jedoch möchte ich Ihnen zum Mindestens vor Augen halten, was diese völlig bürgerfeindliche und realitätsferne Umsetzung ihres Gesetzes für Schäden auf verschiedenen Ebenen verursacht. Sollte es tatsächlich zu einer vereinheitlichten Lösung kommen in welcher meine bereits erfolgte Registrierung für Deutschland für alle weiteren europäischen Länder anwendbar ist, wäre ich sehr zufrieden. Denn dies ist die einzige Variante, die aus meiner Sicht das momentan vorliegende Desaster lösen kann.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to inform him that, in my case, the obligation to appoint and pay an authorised representative in each European country and to carry out a separate and, above all, different declaration in each European country is economically unfeasible. The demands you have made with the Regulation would mean that my business is likely to have negative revenue surpluses in the long term, because the costs add up to the fact that I cannot carry out any revenue-generating work for the disproportionately long period, so that this also means an indirect loss. The only economically viable alternative is not to offer shipments within Europe, but only to Germany. In my case, this will cause significant damage in various areas. The first damage is reduced turnover and revenue, which will lead to reduced tax revenues in Germany. The second damage is that my products, which, because of their exclusivity within Europe, are not offered by any other trader, cannot be made available to any customer outside Germany. This means that their decision ensures that the highest-quality products in a niche market are withheld from all European countries except Germany. I doubt that my contribution will bring about change, but I would like to remind you at least of the consequences of this totally anti-citizen and unrealistic implementation of its law for damages at different levels. If there is indeed a harmonised solution in which my previous registration for Germany is applicable to all other European countries, I would be very happy. This is the only variant which, in my view, can resolve the current disaster.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544249_en"}, {"id": 33544247, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:24:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please exempt small business from having to have an Authorized Representative, because it's an inappropriate measure towards them, and they cannot afford the costs. Many already stopped shipping to the EU, even if they ship from an EU country. Please harmonize the registration processes or make also an exemption to the need to register for small businesses. They are often One-Person-Businesses and can't handle this. The costs for hiring someone to do so for is also not affordable for them. So it will also be an inappropriate burden to small businesses. They only ship a few packages a year into these countries, so the costs outtakes the income. This law will bankrupt a lot of small business or make it impossible for them to ship to the EU (which will also bankrupt them on the long run). Many have already announced this in their Social Media Channels. This law should only apply to bigger businesses that ship a lot.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please exempt small business from having to have an Authorized Representative, because it's an inappropriate measure towards them, and they cannot afford the costs. Many already stopped shipping to the EU, even if they ship from an EU country. Please harmonize the registration processes or make also an exemption to the need to register for small businesses. They are often One-Person-Businesses and can't handle this. The costs for hiring someone to do so for is also not affordable for them. So it will also be an inappropriate burden to small businesses. They only ship a few packages a year into these countries, so the costs outtakes the income. This law will bankrupt a lot of small business or make it impossible for them to ship to the EU (which will also bankrupt them on the long run). Many have already announced this in their Social Media Channels. This law should only apply to bigger businesses that ship a lot.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544247_en"}, {"id": 33544246, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:23:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sleepybrush", "feedback": "I am submitting this feedback as an independent miniature artist and sole proprietor operating in Germany, with an annual turnover of around 100,000. Under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), cross-border sellers are required to appoint an Authorized Representative in every EU Member State where they sell physical goods. While the intention of managing waste is understandable, the current implementation creates an absolute market barrier for micro-enterprises and solo creators. The reality of the compliance costs for a business of my size looks like this: 27 Member States × ~300 annual flat fee for an Authorized Representative = 8,100 27 Member States × ~150 average local EPR recycling system fees = 4,050 Total annual fixed overhead purely for compliance = 12,150 Of course there is countries where the EPR fees are alot higher than in others. the 150 is just a token amount i roughly calculated. Paying over 12,000 every single year just for administrative baseline access consumes over 12% of my gross revenue before I pay for materials, tools, taxes, or shipping. For large corporations, 12,000 is rounding error. For a solo artist or micro-business, it completely destroys profit margins. Because of these flat-rate administrative fees, I am now forced to stop shipping to most EU countries and severely restrict my shipping locations. The European Single Market is effectively being closed to independent creators, solo painters, and small hobby businesses. What needs to change: 1. De Minimis Thresholds: Introduce revenue- or volume-based thresholds below which micro-enterprises are exempt from appointing local Authorized Representatives. 2. Centralized EU Registration Portal: Create a single, unified EU compliance portal where small businesses can report packaging data once, without needing 27 expensive local middlemen. 3. Simplified Compliance for Micro-Businesses: Protect cross-border micro-commerce so small creators are not priced out of the Single Market. Please consider the real-world economic impact on micro-businesses and implement practical exemptions for sole traders before small-scale cross-border commerce in the EU disappears completely. Please dont make us lose our Jobs we love.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting this feedback as an independent miniature artist and sole proprietor operating in Germany, with an annual turnover of around 100,000. Under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), cross-border sellers are required to appoint an Authorized Representative in every EU Member State where they sell physical goods. While the intention of managing waste is understandable, the current implementation creates an absolute market barrier for micro-enterprises and solo creators. The reality of the compliance costs for a business of my size looks like this: 27 Member States × ~300 annual flat fee for an Authorized Representative = 8,100 27 Member States × ~150 average local EPR recycling system fees = 4,050 Total annual fixed overhead purely for compliance = 12,150 Of course there is countries where the EPR fees are alot higher than in others. the 150 is just a token amount i roughly calculated. Paying over 12,000 every single year just for administrative baseline access consumes over 12% of my gross revenue before I pay for materials, tools, taxes, or shipping. For large corporations, 12,000 is rounding error. For a solo artist or micro-business, it completely destroys profit margins. Because of these flat-rate administrative fees, I am now forced to stop shipping to most EU countries and severely restrict my shipping locations. The European Single Market is effectively being closed to independent creators, solo painters, and small hobby businesses. What needs to change: 1. De Minimis Thresholds: Introduce revenue- or volume-based thresholds below which micro-enterprises are exempt from appointing local Authorized Representatives. 2. Centralized EU Registration Portal: Create a single, unified EU compliance portal where small businesses can report packaging data once, without needing 27 expensive local middlemen. 3. Simplified Compliance for Micro-Businesses: Protect cross-border micro-commerce so small creators are not priced out of the Single Market. Please consider the real-world economic impact on micro-businesses and implement practical exemptions for sole traders before small-scale cross-border commerce in the EU disappears completely. Please dont make us lose our Jobs we love.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544246_en"}, {"id": 33544245, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:23:34", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Como microempresa que produz e vende pequenas quantidades de objetos cerâmicos feitos à mão, reutilizo frequentemente caixas de cartão recebidas de fornecedores ou de outras entregas para enviar o meu trabalho aos clientes. Esta prática reduz significativamente os resíduos de embalagem e evita a compra desnecessária de novas embalagens. Preocupa-me que o formato de reporte proposto possa criar uma carga administrativa desproporcionada para produtores de muito pequena dimensão, sobretudo no que diz respeito a embalagens reutilizadas. Quando reutiliza uma caixa de cartão existente, uma microempresa normalmente não tem acesso à documentação técnica original, à composição exata dos materiais ou às especificações da embalagem necessárias para um reporte detalhado. Obter ou reconstruir essa informação para um número muito reduzido de envios seria impraticável. O sistema de reporte deveria reconhecer explicitamente esta situação e garantir que a reutilização de embalagens existentes é incentivada, e não involuntariamente penalizada. Sugiro, por isso, um método de reporte simplificado ou uma dispensa do reporte detalhado por material para microempresas que utilizem quantidades muito pequenas de embalagens e, em particular, para embalagens que estejam a ser reutilizadas em vez de colocadas em circulação pela primeira vez. Uma abordagem deste tipo estaria alinhada com os objetivos de prevenção de resíduos, reutilização e proporcionalidade do Regulamento, evitando ao mesmo tempo requisitos administrativos que poderiam, paradoxalmente, incentivar pequenas empresas a comprar embalagens novas e normalizadas apenas por serem mais fáceis de documentar. No mínimo, o formato final de reporte deveria esclarecer de forma explícita como devem ser declaradas, pelas microempresas, embalagens previamente utilizadas para as quais o produtor não dispõe de documentação técnica.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a microenterprise that produces and sells small quantities of hand-made ceramic items, I often reuse cardboard boxes received from suppliers or other deliveries to send my work to customers. This practice significantly reduces packaging waste and avoids unnecessary purchase of new packaging. I am concerned that the proposed reporting format could create a disproportionate administrative burden for very small producers, especially for reused packaging. When re-using an existing cardboard box, a micro-enterprise usually does not have access to the original technical documentation, the exact composition of the materials or the packaging specifications necessary for a detailed reporting. Obtaining or reconstructing such information for a very small number of items would be impractical. The reporting system should explicitly recognise this and ensure that reuse of existing packaging is encouraged, not unintentionally penalised. I therefore suggest a simplified reporting method or a derogation from reporting detailed by material for micro-enterprises using very small quantities of packaging and, in particular, for packaging that is being reused instead of being put into circulation for the first time. Such an approach would align with the objectives of waste prevention, reuse and proportionality of the Regulation, while avoiding administrative requirements that could paradoxically incentivise small businesses to buy new and standardised packaging just because it is easier to document. As a minimum, the final reporting format should explicitly clarify how pre-used packaging for which the producer does not have the technical documentation should be declared by microenterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544245_en"}, {"id": 33544244, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:22:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tsuyonpu Market ", "feedback": "I've been a small business for 10 years now. With many of my Customers coming from the EU Building relationships and providing wonderful connections through art art and crafting. I am part of the OSS system and I am happily paying taxes. I have nothing against a new regulation for waste regulations but with this law and the exception of realizing a single person who runs a business can't afford or even manage all of these new rules and guidelines will in the long run cause the market to collapse and ruin many small and micro businesses. So I am pushing for the following points. - Exclude small and micro businesses from the Rule of requiring a representative in each EU country, as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford and work with - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "I've been a small business for 10 years now. With many of my Customers coming from the EU Building relationships and providing wonderful connections through art art and crafting. I am part of the OSS system and I am happily paying taxes. I have nothing against a new regulation for waste regulations but with this law and the exception of realizing a single person who runs a business can't afford or even manage all of these new rules and guidelines will in the long run cause the market to collapse and ruin many small and micro businesses. So I am pushing for the following points. - Exclude small and micro businesses from the Rule of requiring a representative in each EU country, as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford and work with - Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses - The new law speaks against the free movement of goods within the EU and will actually have severe consequences for many businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544244_en"}, {"id": 33544243, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:21:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "WTTech", "feedback": "Ich bin Inhaber eines Kleinunternehmens im Saarland. Ich habe eine Mitarbeiterin (in Teilzeit). Ich verkaufe kleines Zubehör für die Drechselarbeit an andere Drechsler in Europa. Mein Jahresumsatz lag im letzten Jahr bei etwas über 100.000 Euro. Die Hälfte davon stammt aus EU-Ländern, vor allem aus Frankreich, Finnland und Belgien, aber ich verkaufe auch gelegentlich in andere Länder. Ich kann es mir nicht leisten, Hunderte von Euro für Gebühren, Registrierungen und offizielle Vertreter auszugeben, wenn mein Umsatz in diesem Land weniger als 100 Euro beträgt, und habe daher keine andere Wahl, als den Handel mit diesem Land einfach abzulehnen. Das entspricht NICHT dem Geist Europas. Es wird für mich einfacher und weniger mühsam sein, an kanadische oder norwegische Kunden zu verkaufen als an Kunden in Luxemburg und Frankreich, die weniger als 50 km von meinem Wohnort entfernt sind. Ich unterstütze die Ideologie hinter der PPWR voll und ganz. Wir müssen unsere Umwelt schützen. Ich achte bereits darauf, JEDES einzelne Stück Pappe und jede Plastiktüte, die ich von Lieferanten erhalte oder in meinem Privatleben benutze, dem Recycling zuzuführen. Diese verwende ich zum Umpacken und als Füllmaterial, wenn ich Sendungen an Hobbyisten und andere Kleinstunternehmen in Europa verschicke. Seit über vier Jahren habe ich keine Plastiktüten oder Füllmaterial mehr gekauft! Außerdem bin ich Mitglied bei Grüner Punkt. Was kann ich noch tun, wenn ich bereits das Maximum tue? Die Antwort scheint zu lauten: Weniger verkaufen und genau das wird mir und Zehntausenden von kleinen Künstlern, Kunsthandwerkern und Online-Shops in Deutschland und in der EU passieren. Bitte tun Sie etwas irgendetwas. Ich bitte nicht einmal um eine Ausnahmegenehmigung, aber eine Pauschale für ganz Europa, mit der kleine Unternehmen die 27 Vorschriften ersetzen könnten, wäre ein Anfang.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of a small business in Saarland. I have a staff member (part-time). I sell small accessories for dredging to other Drechslers in Europe. My annual turnover last year was just over EUR 100.000. Half of this comes from EU countries, mainly France, Finland and Belgium, but I also occasionally sell to other countries. I cannot afford to spend hundreds of euros on fees, registrations and official representatives if my turnover in that country is less than EUR 100 and therefore have no choice but simply to refuse to trade with that country. This is NOT in line with the spirit of Europe. It will be easier and less burdensome for me to sell to Canadian or Norwegian customers than to customers in Luxembourg and France less than 50 km from my place of residence. I fully support the ideology behind the PPWR. We need to protect our environment. I am already keen to recycle EACH piece of cardboard and each plastic bag I receive from suppliers or use in my private life. I use them for repackaging and stuffing when I send consignments to hobbyists and other micro-enterprises in Europe. I have not bought any plastic bags or filler material for more than four years! I am also a member of the Green Point. What more can I do if I already do the maximum? The answer seems to be: Less will be sold and this will happen to me and tens of thousands of small artists, craftsmen and online shops in Germany and the EU. Please do something. I do not even ask for a derogation, but a one-size-fits-all approach for the whole of Europe, which would allow small businesses to replace the 27 rules, would be a starting point.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544243_en"}, {"id": 33544242, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:19:52", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These shipping rules are preventing small businesses from even dreaming of opening, and sinking hundreds of others. They should be exempted from having an AR in every country, as the costs are ridiculous and unaffordable otherwise. These registrations should definitely be harmonised at least for small sellers, or they should be exempted altogether. This is a financial burden on top of an administrative one. I am all of reducing packaging waste, but it affects way too many craft sellers and creators individually in a disproportionate way, benefitting big companies instead like Amazon, Shein and Temu.", "feedbackEnglish": "These shipping rules are preventing small businesses from even dreaming of opening, and sinking hundreds of others. They should be exempted from having an AR in every country, as the costs are ridiculous and unaffordable otherwise. These registrations should definitely be harmonised at least for small sellers, or they should be exempted altogether. This is a financial burden on top of an administrative one. I am all of reducing packaging waste, but it affects way too many craft sellers and creators individually in a disproportionate way, benefitting big companies instead like Amazon, Shein and Temu.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544242_en"}, {"id": 33544241, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:19:08", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am utterly baffled and bewildered that this seemed like a good idea to any of you, to be quite frank. I thought the whole point of the recent non-EU tarrifs was to promote trade within the EU itself? But now we are making it impossible for many business to continue operating within the EU. My Dutch friends will stop shipping outside of the Netherlands. I saw a Swedish businessowner say that with these taxes implemented, he will simply cease to sell within the EU at all and focus on a non-EU market. This does the very opposite of promoting business within the EU - it instead shuts it down for any and all who aren't already wealthy enough to take the hit (not to mention the fact that these fees will inevitably be absorbed into product price and trickle down to the consumer this way, so why this pretense that the producer is to take the cost when a little logical thinking will tell us right away that the consumer will be the one to pay up in the end?). For all of this focus on strengthening the unity of Europe lately I find it absurd such a regulation would be implemented that completely alienates much EU-based trade and business from the entirety of the rest of the EU. I, alongside many, many others, strongly urge you to reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am utterly baffled and bewildered that this seemed like a good idea to any of you, to be quite frank. I thought the whole point of the recent non-EU tarrifs was to promote trade within the EU itself? But now we are making it impossible for many business to continue operating within the EU. My Dutch friends will stop shipping outside of the Netherlands. I saw a Swedish businessowner say that with these taxes implemented, he will simply cease to sell within the EU at all and focus on a non-EU market. This does the very opposite of promoting business within the EU - it instead shuts it down for any and all who aren't already wealthy enough to take the hit (not to mention the fact that these fees will inevitably be absorbed into product price and trickle down to the consumer this way, so why this pretense that the producer is to take the cost when a little logical thinking will tell us right away that the consumer will be the one to pay up in the end?). For all of this focus on strengthening the unity of Europe lately I find it absurd such a regulation would be implemented that completely alienates much EU-based trade and business from the entirety of the rest of the EU. I, alongside many, many others, strongly urge you to reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544241_en"}, {"id": 33544240, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:18:36", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Moonlore", "feedback": "I'm Grete Vood, owner of a Dutch based small business called Moonlore. This new law coming into effect will severely impact my ability to run my business. I run a one man business, and I would only send a few packages per year to any of the member states countries. This law makes it so that businesses like me, with very few packages being sent, are treated the same way as large companies like coca cola or nestle. We do not have the capital to hire an authorized representative to each country, and as it stands, the EU is no longer a free market for small and micorbusinesses. Myself and a lot of other artists are asking that the rules be amended and that minimum thresholds be implemented before we need to hire an authorized representative. It feels ridiculous to hire someone for hundreds of euros when all we send to that country would be a couple of packages. It also feels incredibly unfair that tiny businesses are being held to the same standard as big businesses that have the money and manpower to deal with all of this. A it stands, the new EPR and PPWR laws are going to affect a lot of small businesses, and without minimum thresholds a lot of people's lives are going to be affected very negatively. In the Netherlands, if you produce less than 50kg of packaging you are exempt from having to pay for the recycling schemes, and you do not need an authorized representative. My suggestion is to implement something like this for every country, so that micro and small businesses who would only send a few packages per year do not get locked out of the European market. Adding a minimum threshold for needing to hire an authorized representative will make a huge difference for us. Thank you for reading.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm Grete Vood, owner of a Dutch based small business called Moonlore. This new law coming into effect will severely impact my ability to run my business. I run a one man business, and I would only send a few packages per year to any of the member states countries. This law makes it so that businesses like me, with very few packages being sent, are treated the same way as large companies like coca cola or nestle. We do not have the capital to hire an authorized representative to each country, and as it stands, the EU is no longer a free market for small and micorbusinesses. Myself and a lot of other artists are asking that the rules be amended and that minimum thresholds be implemented before we need to hire an authorized representative. It feels ridiculous to hire someone for hundreds of euros when all we send to that country would be a couple of packages. It also feels incredibly unfair that tiny businesses are being held to the same standard as big businesses that have the money and manpower to deal with all of this. A it stands, the new EPR and PPWR laws are going to affect a lot of small businesses, and without minimum thresholds a lot of people's lives are going to be affected very negatively. In the Netherlands, if you produce less than 50kg of packaging you are exempt from having to pay for the recycling schemes, and you do not need an authorized representative. My suggestion is to implement something like this for every country, so that micro and small businesses who would only send a few packages per year do not get locked out of the European market. Adding a minimum threshold for needing to hire an authorized representative will make a huge difference for us. Thank you for reading.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544240_en"}, {"id": 33544239, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:16:06", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although I understand the need to cut back on waste, I think this law is not the most effective one to do that and it comes at a huge detriment of small businesses and artists. This law has created a huge ripple effect among these independent businesses who already make their efforts to do their part for their environment and now it is severing them from a huge proportion of their buyers. It is not realistic to ask these small businesses to pay huge fees for each and every country in the EU and so they cannot ship to most countries anymore - this completely defeats the purpose of the EU, unification and harmony of the countries. This law comes at the catastrophic detriment of these small businesses but and it will also push buyers towards fast fashion and Amazon once again. That will undo any environmental good this law is aiming to do. What we need to do for the environment is to hold these big companies accountable, not punish the small ones. I really implore you to reconsider this law as it is unlikely to do any good. There are so many things we can do for the environment, like work with environmentalists to see what is most urgent, hold fast fashion companies accountable for their disgusting waste and displacement of products in impoverished countries. There is so much we can do to help out, but I do not believe this is the way to go about it. Once again, I implore you to reconsider the effects this law will have on small businesses and their livelihoods.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I understand the need to cut back on waste, I think this law is not the most effective one to do that and it comes at a huge detriment of small businesses and artists. This law has created a huge ripple effect among these independent businesses who already make their efforts to do their part for their environment and now it is severing them from a huge proportion of their buyers. It is not realistic to ask these small businesses to pay huge fees for each and every country in the EU and so they cannot ship to most countries anymore - this completely defeats the purpose of the EU, unification and harmony of the countries. This law comes at the catastrophic detriment of these small businesses but and it will also push buyers towards fast fashion and Amazon once again. That will undo any environmental good this law is aiming to do. What we need to do for the environment is to hold these big companies accountable, not punish the small ones. I really implore you to reconsider this law as it is unlikely to do any good. There are so many things we can do for the environment, like work with environmentalists to see what is most urgent, hold fast fashion companies accountable for their disgusting waste and displacement of products in impoverished countries. There is so much we can do to help out, but I do not believe this is the way to go about it. Once again, I implore you to reconsider the effects this law will have on small businesses and their livelihoods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544239_en"}, {"id": 33544238, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:15:44", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "VeriGreen sp. z o.o.", "feedback": "Subject: VeriGreens comments on the draft implementing regulation under Article 44(14) PPWR On behalf of VeriGreen sp. z o.o., we hereby submit our comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation establishing the format for registration in the register of producers and reporting to that register, Ref. Ares(2026)7688068 of 6 August 2026. Our detailed substantive and legislative comments, including proposed amendments, are provided in the attached document. They concern exclusively the draft implementing regulation and its Annexes I and II. VeriGreen supports the objective of harmonising producer registration and reporting across the European Union. However, we consider that several issues, particularly the scope and availability of reporting data, the flow of information between manufacturers and producers, and the level of detail required for individual packaging components, should be addressed before the act is adopted. We remain available to provide further clarification and practical input. Yours sincerely, Mateusz Sroka President of the Management Board VeriGreen sp. z o.o.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Greens comments on the draft implementing regulation under Article 44(14) PPWR On behalf of VeriGreen sp. z o.o., we hereby submit our comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation establishing the format for registration in the register of producers and reporting to that register, Ref. Ares(2026)7688068 of 6 August 2026. Our detailed substantive and legislative comments, including proposed amendments, are provided in the attached document. They concern exclusively the draft implementing regulation and its Annexes I and II. VeriGreen supports the objective of harmonising producer registration and reporting across the European Union. However, we consider that several issues, particularly the scope and availability of reporting data, the flow of information between manufacturers and producers, and the level of detail required for individual packaging components, should be addressed before the act is adopted. WE remains available to provide further clarification and practical input. Yours sincerely, Mateusz Sroka President of the Management Board VeriGreen sp. z o.o.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544238_en"}, {"id": 33544237, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:15:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ming Gao Arts", "feedback": "I absolutely and 100% support the reduction of packaging and introducing a fee for excess waste. However this regulation currently implements a heavy base fee per country with its current requirements, which favors large companies with high revenue. Small independent creators like myself will have to stop shipping to the EU with few exceptions despite barely introducing waste - sometimes i send a single envelope to an EU country per year, and the cost of several hundreds epr country is just not feasible. We are not the problem, yet we're affected the most.", "feedbackEnglish": "I absolutely and 100% support the reduction of packaging and introducing a fee for excess waste. However this regulation currently implements a heavy base fee per country with its current requirements, which favors large companies with high revenue. Small independent creators like myself will have to stop shipping to the EU with few exceptions despite barely introducing waste - sometimes i send a single envelope to an EU country per year, and the cost of several hundreds epr country is just not feasible. We are not the problem, yet we're affected the most.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544237_en"}, {"id": 33544236, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:14:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin nebenberuflich Autorin. Ich verschicke im Jahr weniger als 100 Sendungen. Mal Paket, mal Brief. Davon gehen max. 5 nach Österreich oder in die Schweiz. Dafür extra eine teure Lizenz zu kaufen, ist nicht wirtschaftlich. Gerade kleine Unternehmen trifft dort ein enormer Aufwand, der nicht tragbar ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a secondary author. I send less than 100 consignments a year. Once parcel, once letter. Of these, a maximum of five go to Austria or Switzerland. It is not economically viable to buy an extra expensive licence for this purpose. Small businesses in particular are faced with enormous costs, which are not sustainable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544236_en"}, {"id": 33544235, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:13:56", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Felfira Moon Designs", "feedback": "The new rules coming into force do not take micro businesses or even small businesses that are run by a couple of people into consideration at all. There should be a blanket rule for all countries specifically for small businesses so everyone knows what they need to do to be compliant and affordable options for small businesses who are only putting in a few kg of packaging waste in the entirety of the EU. Right now small businesses are suffering the most under this rule, big businesses like Amazon or Temu or AliExpress won't even notice the payments they have to make and the rules they have to adhere too, as they can either afford to pay someone dedicated to these types of things or just pay any fines that come there way. This is not an option for small businesses and so our only option has been to stop selling to the EU entirely, even though a lot of us care greatly about the environment and put a lot more thought into our packaging to reduce waste compared to large corporations. From reading up on small businesses based inside the EU posts on social media, they too are having the same issues as those of us outside the EU with all the new rules and regulations. Small businesses make up a good chunk of businesses and these rules are not just hurting people outside the EU, it is hurting the very people inside the EU it is supposedly meant to help.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules coming into force do not take micro businesses or even small businesses that are run by a couple of people into consideration at all. There should be a blanket rule for all countries specifically for small businesses so everyone knows what they need to do to be compliant and affordable options for small businesses who are only putting in a few kg of packaging waste in the entirety of the EU. Right now small businesses are suffering the most under this rule, big businesses like Amazon or Temu or AliExpress won't even notice the payments they have to make and the rules they have to adhere too, as they can either afford to pay someone dedicated to these types of things or just pay any fines that come there way. This is not an option for small businesses and so our only option has been to stop selling to the EU entirely, even though a lot of us care greatly about the environment and put a lot more thought into our packaging to reduce waste compared to large corporations. From reading up on small businesses based inside the EU posts on social media, they too are having the same issues as those of us outside the EU with all the new rules and regulations. Small businesses make up a good chunk of businesses and these rules are not just hurting people outside the EU, it is hurting the very people inside the EU it is supposedly meant to help.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544235_en"}, {"id": 33544234, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:13:36", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law only makes it harder for smaller businesses to operate internationally and will have the effect of creating a huge advantage for bigger businesses like Amazon,Shien and Temu over local enterprise. How is a small, local business supposed to be able to register and deal with regulatory bodies in 27 different countries? That isn't remotely feasible. Businesses I use are already pulling out of shipping to the EU. European businesses are already saying they can't ship internally in the EU. This has been implemented poorly and needs a redesign.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law only makes it harder for smaller businesses to operate internationally and will have the effect of creating a huge advantage for bigger businesses like Amazon,Shien and Temu over local enterprise. How is a small, local business supposed to be able to register and deal with regulatory bodies in 27 different countries? That isn't remotely feasible. Businesses I use are already pulling out of shipping to the EU. European businesses are already saying they can't ship internally in the EU. This has been implemented poorly and needs a redesign.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544234_en"}, {"id": 33544233, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:11:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich habe mich ein wenig in die PPWR eingelesen und die zahlreichen Reaktionen, vor allem von kleineren Unternehmen zur Kenntnis genommen. Dies führt bei mir zu folgenden Fragen/Reaktion: 1. Ist PPWR ein Ergebnis der im Februar 2025 angekündigten Maßnahmen zum Bürokratieabbau ? siehe https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-proposes-cut-red-tape-and-simplify-business-environment-2025-02-26_de 2. Ohne Zweifel, Umweltschutz ist ein wichtiges Thema! Leider wirkt aber auch hier die Umsetzung ohne Weitblick bzgl. der möglichen Folgen. Ein Willen zu einer EU-weit einheitlichen, digitalen tragbaren Lösung ist für mich nicht erkennbar.", "feedbackEnglish": "I read a little into the PPWR and took note of the many reactions, especially from smaller companies. This leads me to the following questions/response: 1. Is PPWR a result of the measures announced in February 2025 to cut red tape? see https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-proposes-cut-red-tape-and-simplify-business-environment-2025-02-26_de 2. There is no doubt that environmental protection is an important issue! Unfortunately, however, implementation here too does not have a long-term view of the possible consequences. I do not see any desire for a uniform, digital, portable solution across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544233_en"}, {"id": 33544232, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:11:23", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will ruin local small business along with many people's lives. Big companies will have no problem paying fees and representatives, but people like me, who can barely make any profit will have no way but to close their business. It's hard to find a stable job as a disabled person, that's why many of us can only make it by opening a small business, making handmade goods. Most of us don't come from countries where people are interested in and can afford handmade goods, so international sales are crucial to our survival. If the new rules get implemented, lives of people from empoverished areas will be in danger. Cost of rent, groceries and basic necessities like water and electricity is high novadays and the disabled people also have to pay for medicine and treatments on top of that, not to mention many of them have families to feed! Ones who are family breadwinners might have to stop their treatments to be able to put food on the table, putting their lives in danger. They might have to choose between turning the lights on or eating the next day. Parents might have to put their children in foster care just so they don't starve. People with mental health problems will contribute to the already high suicide rate. I'm autistic with a lot of different mental health problems. My treatments are expensive and non-refundable. I could never keep a job for longer than six months. Where I live, mental health issues are still not being taken seriously. Officials are reluctant to give financial help to people with these kind of disabilities. I've even been told invisible disabilities are not real and they just called \"laziness\" and been refused help. If ability to send my works to other EU countries gets taken away, I will have no choice but to move out of Europe. This is something I really don't want to do, as I love my country and want to continue contributing to our artistic scene. It pains me to think being a part of the the European Union, something I used to be proud of, might soon turn me into a refugee. I'm asking you to reconsider implementing the new waste management laws, or modifying them in a way that doesn't hurt small business. Our sales are small and limited. We do not create as much waste in a year as a big brand creates in one day. We are not the problem yet it's our survival that's jeopardized. All small brands I know are already great at ecological packaging. They even take pride in caring about the environment, and avoiding plastic and brand new cardboard in their packages. The default way of packing orders in my field is to reuse the boxes we get the materials in. Another common way is to go to stores and ask for boxes they don't need anymore. The stores always let me take boxes I need, as they were going to throw them away anyway. If the stores' and our material brands' boxes already meet ecological packaging requirements, so do ours. Besides that, some of my customers are artisans as well, so they reuse boxes I send my art in to send their art. This way one box can serve it's purpose for years insted of laying in a landfill. So, on behalf of all small business owners I'm asking you to please reconsider changing the law and letting us make a living. We want to work the for survival of us, our families, our craft, our community and our country. Are the new rules really worth losing it all?", "feedbackEnglish": "This will ruin local small business along with many people's lives. Big companies will have no problem paying fees and representatives, but people like me, who can barely make any profit will have no way but to close their business. It's hard to find a stable job as a disabled person, that's why many of us can only make it by opening a small business, making handmade goods. Most of us don't come from countries where people are interested in and can afford handmade goods, so international sales are crucial to our survival. If the new rules get implemented, lives of people from empoverished areas will be in danger. Cost of rent, groceries and basic necessities like water and electricity is high novadays and the disabled people also have to pay for medicine and treatments on top of that, not to mention many of them have families to feed! Ones who are family breadwinners might have to stop their treatments to be able to put food on the table, putting their lives in danger. They might have to choose between turning the lights on or eating the next day. Parents might have to put their children in foster care just so they don't starve. People with mental health problems will contribute to the already high suicide rate. I'm autistic with a lot of different mental health problems. My treatments are expensive and non-refundable. I could never keep a job for longer than six months. Where I live, mental health issues are still not being taken seriously. Officials are reluctant to give financial help to people with these kind of disabilities. I've even been told invisible disabilities are not real and they just called \"laziness\" and been refused help. If ability to send my works to other EU countries gets taken away, I will have no choice but to move out of Europe. This is something I really don't want to do, as I love my country and want to continue contributing to our artistic scene. It pains me to think being a part of the the European Union, something I used to be proud of, might soon turn me into a refugee. I'm asking you to reconsider implementing the new waste management laws, or modifying them in a way that doesn't hurt small business. Our sales are small and limited. We do not create as much waste in a year as a big brand creates in one day. We are not the problem yet it's our survival that's jeopardized. All small brands I know are already great at ecological packaging. They even take pride in caring about the environment, and avoiding plastic and brand new cardboard in their packages. The default way of packing orders in my field is to reuse the boxes we get the materials in. Another common way is to go to stores and ask for boxes they don't need anymore. The stores always let me take boxes I need, as they were going to throw them away anyway. If the stores' and our material brands' boxes already meet ecological packaging requirements, so do ours. Besides that, some of my customers are artisans as well, so they reuse boxes I send my art in to send their art. This way one box can serve it's purpose for years insted of laying in a landfill. So, on behalf of all small business owners I'm asking you to please reconsider changing the law and letting us make a living. We want to work the for survival of us, our families, our craft, our community and our country. Are the new rules really worth losing it all?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544232_en"}, {"id": 33544231, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:10:49", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich möchte meinem Unmut über die neue EU-Regelung zu Paketen und die damit verbundenen zusätzlichen Abgaben deutlich Ausdruck verleihen. Immer mehr Kosten und Gebühren werden auf Verbraucher und kleine Unternehmen abgewälzt. Besonders für kleine Betriebe, Selbstständige und Onlinehändler wird es zunehmend schwierig, überhaupt noch konkurrenzfähig zu bleiben. Für große Unternehmen mögen zusätzliche Abgaben und bürokratische Anforderungen vielleicht leichter zu verkraften sein. Für einen kleinen Betrieb können zusätzliche Kosten bei jedem einzelnen Paket jedoch schnell existenzbedrohend werden. Am Ende müssen diese Mehrkosten entweder an die Kunden weitergegeben werden oder der Unternehmer bleibt selbst darauf sitzen. So wird es für viele kleine Unternehmen schlicht unmöglich, faire Preise anzubieten und gleichzeitig wirtschaftlich zu arbeiten. Gerade kleine Betriebe brauchen Unterstützung und faire Rahmenbedingungen nicht immer neue Belastungen und Bürokratie. Natürlich braucht es Regeln und einen fairen Wettbewerb. Aber die Politik sollte dabei nicht vergessen, wer diese Kosten am Ende tatsächlich trägt: die Bürger!!!! Ich finde diese Entwicklung äußerst enttäuschend und hoffe, dass die Verantwortlichen endlich die Realität der kleinen Unternehmen und der Menschen berücksichtigen, die jeden Tag versuchen, ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Viele kleine Unternehmen versenden nicht mehr in andere EU Länder. Und das soll der Sinn der EU sein?! War es nicht der Sinn eine Zusammengehörigkeit und die Grenzen ohne Probleme überschreiten zu können, dann sollte das auch für Pakete so sein! Diese Entwicklung geht in die komplett falsche Richtung und trifft die falschen Leute wieder einmal!!! Mein Unmut gegenüber der EU und Politik wird immer größer! Wir leben im 21. Jahrhundert und entwickeln uns zurück.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my strong dissatisfaction with the new EU rules on packages and the related additional levies. More and more costs and charges are being passed on to consumers and small businesses. Small businesses, the self-employed and online traders in particular are finding it increasingly difficult to remain competitive at all. For large companies, additional levies and bureaucratic requirements may be easier to cope with. However, for a small business, additional costs can quickly become a threat to the existence of each individual package. In the end, these additional costs must either be passed on to the customers or the trader must be seated on them. This makes it simply impossible for many small businesses to offer fair prices while at the same time operating economically. Small businesses in particular do not always need support and a level playing field with new burdens and red tape. Of course, rules and fair competition are needed. But politicians should not forget who actually bears these costs in the end: citizens! I find this development extremely disappointing and hope that those responsible will finally take into account the reality of small businesses and people trying to make a living every day. Many small businesses no longer send to other EU countries. And that’s what the EU is all about! If it did not make sense to be able to cross together and cross borders without difficulty, then this should also be the case for parcels! This development goes in the completely wrong direction and hits the wrong people again! My dissatisfaction with the EU and politics is growing! We live in the 21st century and we are backwards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544231_en"}, {"id": 33544229, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:07:09", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Implementing this has caused many small businesses to decide to stop selling to the EU, even if they are situated within the EU itself. It is just too cost prohibitive for businesses that do not have giant amounts of cash flow. This will just destroy the livelihood of many people. If you really insist on having this, why must it be so expensive? And why does it need to be done for every single country the business intends to ship to, instead of one EU wide registry? Furthermore, while I think it is a bad idea in general regardless of where the business is located, it makes even less sense that this law is also applicable to businesses who reside within the EU. Do we not want to promote trade within the union itself?", "feedbackEnglish": "Implementing this has caused many small businesses to decide to stop selling to the EU, even if they are situated within the EU itself. It is just too cost prohibitive for businesses that do not have giant amounts of cash flow. This will just destroy the livelihood of many people. If you really insist on having this, why must it be so expensive? And why does it need to be done for every single country the business intends to ship to, instead of one EU wide registry? Furthermore, while I think it is a bad idea in general regardless of where the business is located, it makes even less sense that this law is also applicable to businesses who reside within the EU. Do we not want to promote trade within the union itself?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544229_en"}, {"id": 33544228, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:06:55", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My total volume of shipments is 10 KG per year to 6 European countries. Then I would have to pay 1200 euros and more for it. Such a fee is unfair because it does not correspond to the real volume of packages. The system is complicated and illogical. It is killing my business.", "feedbackEnglish": "My total volume of shipments is 10 KG per year to 6 European countries. Then I would have to pay 1200 euros and more for it. Such a fee is unfair because it does not correspond to the real volume of packages. The system is complicated and illogical. It is killing my business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544228_en"}, {"id": 33544227, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:06:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Saetori shop", "feedback": "I own a micro business; my yearly sales are less than 15 items a year. If small business can not be exempt I will have to shut down due to the major gap in finances I can not cover which will be so for many small business owners. It is totally disproportionate for small business owners as we do not have the funds to simply hire someone. Many business including my own do not make any profit. Many small companies also work hard to find better materials than much bigger companies supplying fast fashion or cheaply made items that they sell at ten times the making cost while we pay more for materials and sell them for almost the same price. It also against the free movement of goods law on the treaty of the functioning of the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own a micro business; my yearly sales are less than 15 items a year. If small business can not be exempt I will have to shut down due to the major gap in finances I can not cover which will be so for many small business owners. It is totally disproportionate for small business owners as we do not have the funds to simply hire someone. Many business including my own do not make any profit. Many small companies also work hard to find better materials than much bigger companies supplying fast fashion or cheaply made items that they sell at ten times the making cost while we pay more for materials and sell them for almost the same price. It also against the free movement of goods law on the treaty of the functioning of the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544227_en"}, {"id": 33544226, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:06:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Don't be mean", "feedback": "I run a small waterless, plastic-free cosmetics business launching in August 2026. There is no plastic anywhere in my packaging, down to the adhesive used to seal the boxes. I am not writing to be excused from reporting, or from paying above a sensible threshold. My packaging enters the waste system and I should finance its recovery. I am writing about what these rules do to the group of businesses I belong to. Sustainable alternatives almost always start small. Refill, solid format, plastic-free and low-waste products come overwhelmingly from new, undercapitalised, often single-person businesses. That is the class of operator this regulation should be actively recruiting, because we are the ones already doing what it asks. It is also the class least able to survive its administrative structure. It is worth being precise about which part of this is hard. The substantive requirements caused me no difficulty. My packaging was already plastic-free, already recyclable, already minimised, because that is what the business is for. I did not have to change a single material to comply. What I cannot absorb is the cost and administration wrapped around proving it. The burden falling on businesses like mine is not the environmental standard. It is the paperwork. The costs do not scale with the harm being regulated. Registration, documentation and reporting cost a founder placing three hundred units on the market roughly what they cost a company placing three million. New businesses are required to forecast volumes they have no honest way of knowing, before they have sold anything. A single parcel to another Member State pulls a founder into a separate national regime, with its own registration and its own representative to appoint and pay for. The deterrent effect is inverted. A penalty a large incumbent absorbs as a budgeted line item ends a small business permanently. Those companies employ teams whose job is to manage exactly this. A founder has evenings. So enforcement is felt as an operating cost by the operators placing the most packaging on the market, and as an existential risk by those placing the least. Uncertainty alone is enough to change small firms' behaviour, and it is changing mine: I set out to sell across the EU and am now restricting myself to Germany. I would ask the Commission to consider where that ends. If sustainable startups withdraw from cross-border trade one by one, the shelf does not become more sustainable. It becomes less competitive. The businesses left standing are the large incumbents whose packaging practices are the reason this regulation was written in the first place, now facing fewer challengers than before. A measure intended to reduce packaging waste should not be quietly consolidating the market in favour of the operators who generate the most of it. Four changes would keep the ambition intact while letting new entrants survive it: A grace period for newly registered businesses, for example the first twenty-four months of trading, during which they report fully but face simplified obligations and receive a remedial notice before any penalty. A de minimis threshold for cross-border distance selling, below which no authorised representative is required. A single EU-wide registration for micro-enterprises, on the model of the VAT One-Stop-Shop. Penalties scaled to turnover. None of this weakens the environmental standard. It changes only who can afford to meet it. The businesses trying hardest to put better packaging on the European market are currently the ones being priced and frightened out of it, and that is not what this legislation set out to do.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small waterless, plastic-free cosmetics business launching in August 2026. There is no plastic anywhere in my packaging, down to the adhesive used to seal the boxes. I am not writing to be excused from reporting, or from paying above a sensible threshold. My packaging enters the waste system and I should finance its recovery. I am writing about what these rules do to the group of businesses I belong to. Sustainable alternatives almost always start small. Refill, solid format, plastic-free and low-waste products come overwhelmingly from new, undercapitalised, often single-person businesses. That is the class of operator this regulation should be actively recruiting, because we are the ones already doing what it asks. It is also the class least able to survive its administrative structure. It is worth being precise about which part of this is hard. The substantive requirements caused me no difficulty. My packaging was already plastic-free, already recyclable, already minimised, because that is what the business is for. I did not have to change a single material to comply. What I cannot absorb is the cost and administration wrapped around proving it. The burden falling on businesses like mine is not the environmental standard. It is the paperwork. The costs do not scale with the harm being regulated. Registration, documentation and reporting cost a founder placing three hundred units on the market roughly what they cost a company placing three million. New businesses are required to forecast volumes they have no honest way of knowing, before they have sold anything. A single parcel to another Member State pulls a founder into a separate national regime, with its own registration and its own representative to appoint and pay for. The deterrent effect is inverted. A penalty a large incumbent absorbs as a budgeted line item ends a small business permanently. Those companies employ teams whose job is to manage exactly this. A founder has evenings. So enforcement is felt as an operating cost by the operators placing the most packaging on the market, and as an existential risk by those placing the least. Uncertainty alone is enough to change small firms' behaviour, and it is changing mine: I set out to sell across the EU and am now restricting myself to Germany. I would ask the Commission to consider where that ends. If sustainable startups withdraw from cross-border trade one by one, the shelf does not become more sustainable. It becomes less competitive. The businesses left standing are the large incumbents whose packaging practices are the reason this regulation was written in the first place, now facing fewer challengers than before. A measure intended to reduce packaging waste should not be quietly consolidating the market in favour of the operators who generate the most of it. Four changes would keep the ambition intact while letting new entrants survive it: A grace period for newly registered businesses, for example the first twenty-four months of trading, during which they report fully but face simplified obligations and receive a remedial notice before any penalty. A de minimis threshold for cross-border distance selling, below which no authorised representative is required. A single EU-wide registration for micro-enterprises, on the model of the VAT One-Stop-Shop. Penalties scaled to turnover. None of this weakens the environmental standard. It changes only who can afford to meet it. The businesses trying hardest to put better packaging on the European market are currently the ones being priced and frightened out of it, and that is not what this legislation set out to do.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544226_en"}, {"id": 33544225, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:06:28", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These regulations are incredibly harmful and disproportionately affect micro and small businesses making it impossible for us to continue trading at all. It isolates artists and prevents customers from buying from small businesses, pushing them to buy from giants like temu, Amazon and AliExpress. This will create MORE waste rather than less, because those companies can just pay the cost of doing business, while small businesses can't.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations are incredibly harmful and disproportionately affect micro and small businesses making it impossible for us to continue trading at all. It isolates artists and prevents customers from buying from small businesses, pushing them to buy from giants like temu, Amazon and AliExpress. This will create MORE waste rather than less, because those companies can just pay the cost of doing business, while small businesses can't.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544225_en"}, {"id": 33544224, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:06:01", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Within the proposal there is no clear exemption for small or micro businesses or even individuals. A regulation like this puts too much work and cost on these smaller businesses and I have seen a lot publish statements that these small EU businesses will not be able to afford to ship products within the EU and so will only be shipping to their own country and outside of the EU going forward. This regulation in regards to small businesses is restricting the free movements of goods and stifling small EU business development. A clear well defined exemption for small businesses, micro businesses and individuals is required. The proposal currently has two options for \"producers\" over 10 tonnes and under 10 tonnes. A third category is required to provide a full exemption for small, micro businesses and individuals", "feedbackEnglish": "Within the proposal there is no clear exemption for small or micro businesses or even individuals. A regulation like this puts too much work and cost on these smaller businesses and I have seen a lot publish statements that these small EU businesses will not be able to afford to ship products within the EU and so will only be shipping to their own country and outside of the EU going forward. This regulation in regards to small businesses is restricting the free movements of goods and stifling small EU business development. A clear well defined exemption for small businesses, micro businesses and individuals is required. The proposal currently has two options for \"producers\" over 10 tonnes and under 10 tonnes. A third category is required to provide a full exemption for small, micro businesses and individuals", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544224_en"}, {"id": 33544223, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:05:16", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Gaeriel", "feedback": "this new law is catastrophic for all small business, it's going to kill us all ! We wan't afford these new fees, it's nonsense !", "feedbackEnglish": "this new law is catastrophic for all small business, it's going to kill us all ! We wan't afford these new fees, it's nonsense !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544223_en"}, {"id": 33544222, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:05:11", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law will make it hard for small businesses to ship to Romania. The AR thing should be scraped for a unified platform where everyone can register once. This is absurd. If you do a unified law across EU, make sure it is uniformly applied. Do you want everyone to distribute via Amazon? Are you in cahoots with them, to make them even richer?", "feedbackEnglish": "This law will make it hard for small businesses to ship to Romania. The AR thing should be scraped for a unified platform where everyone can register once. This is absurd. If you do a unified law across EU, make sure it is uniformly applied. Do you want everyone to distribute via Amazon? Are you in cahoots with them, to make them even richer?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544222_en"}, {"id": 33544221, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:04:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, hiermit möchte ich meine große Sorge und meinen Protest gegen die Umsetzung der EU-Verpackungsverordnung PPWR zum Ausdruck bringen. Ich bin Kleinhändlerin und betreibe eine Online-Shop. Die neuen Regelungen stellen für Unternehmen meiner Größe eine erhebliche finanzielle und bürokratische Belastung dar, die aus meiner Sicht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu unserem tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen steht. Insbesondere die Verpflichtung, als Händlerin für Verkäufe in andere EU-Staaten jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten für die dortigen Verpackungspflichten zu beauftragen, ist für einen kleinen Betrieb mit einem Jahresumsatz von unter 100.000 Euro unzumutbar! Ein Beispiel verdeutlicht die Problematik: Wenn ich lediglich 3x im Monat eine Bestellung aus Belgien erhalte, soll ich dennoch die Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten in Belgien tragen, die sich auf etwa 300 Euro jährlich belaufen können. Das steht in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zu meinem tatsächlichen Umsatz und meinem Verpackungsaufkommen in diesem Land. Für einen großen internationalen Konzern mögen solche Fixkosten verkraftbar sein. Für eine kleine Einzelhändlerin können sie jedoch einen erheblichen Teil des Gewinns aufzehren und damit die wirtschaftliche Existenz des Unternehmens gefährden. Die Zollpolitik der USA hat in meinem Betrieb bereits zu einem großen Umsatzrückgang geführt. Durch den Handel innerhalb Europas konnte ich dieses Definzit einigermaßen ausbügeln. PPWR wird meinen Shop endgültig in die Knie zwingen, denn ich werde den Handel innerhalb der EU einstellen müssen. Ich unterstütze das Ziel der EU, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und Unternehmen zu einer verantwortungsvollen Verwendung von Verpackungen zu verpflichten. Diese Ziele dürfen jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen durch pauschale und unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Umfang anfallende Kosten unverhältnismäßig belastet werden. Ich fordere daher die Einführung einer angemessenen Freigrenze für Kleinunternehmen. Aus meiner Sicht sollte insbesondere für Unternehmen mit einem Jahresumsatz von weniger als 150.000 Euro eine Ausnahme von den kostenintensiven Verpflichtungen zur Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaat geschaffen werden. Alternativ sollte zumindest ein verhältnismäßiges System eingeführt werden, bei dem die tatsächliche Menge der in das jeweilige Land versendeten Verpackungen berücksichtigt wird. Eine pauschale jährliche Gebühr von mehreren hundert Euro pro Land ist bei nur wenigen Sendungen wirtschaftlich nicht vertretbar. Ich bitte das Europäische Parlament daher dringend: - die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen zu überprüfen - eine Umsatz- bzw. Bagatellgrenze von 150.000 Euro Jahresumsatz einzuführen - kleine Händler mit nur sehr geringem Versandvolumen von der Verpflichtung zur kostenpflichtigen Beauftragung von Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat auszunehmen - bis zur Schaffung einer solchen verhältnismäßigen Regelung von einer Durchsetzung dieser kostenintensiven Verpflichtungen gegenüber Kleinunternehmen abzusehen Die Europäische Union sollte den europäischen Binnenmarkt stärken und kleinen Unternehmen grenzüberschreitenden Handel ermöglichen und ihn nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten faktisch unmöglich machen. Gerade kleine Onlinehändler sind auf einen funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkt angewiesen. Wenn ein Unternehmen jedoch bereits bei wenigen Bestellungen in verschiedene EU-Länder mit jährlich tausenden Euro an zusätzlichen Fixkosten rechnen muss, besteht die Gefahr, dass sich der Verkauf in viele EU-Mitgliedstaaten wirtschaftlich schlicht nicht mehr lohnt. Ich bitte Sie daher, die Situation kleiner Unternehmen bei der Umsetzung der PPWR ernst zu nehmen und für eine verhältnismäßige, praktikable und wirtschaftlich tragfähige Regelung zu sorgen. Freundliche Grüße, Anne Feisst", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my deep concern and protest against the implementation of the EU Packaging Regulation PPWR. I am a small retailer and run an online shop. The new rules impose a significant financial and bureaucratic burden on companies of my size, which, in my view, is disproportionate to our actual packaging volume. In particular, the obligation, as a trader, to appoint an authorised representative for the packaging obligations in other EU Member States is unreasonable for a small establishment with an annual turnover of less than EUR 100.000! An example illustrates the problem: If I receive an order from Belgium only 3 times a month, I should still bear the costs of an agent in Belgium, which can amount to around EUR 300 per year. This is disproportionate to my actual turnover and packaging in that country. For a large international group, such fixed costs may be manageable. However, for a small retailer, they may deplete a significant part of the profit and thus jeopardise the economic viability of the company. The US customs policy has already led to a large drop in my company’s turnover. Trade within Europe has helped me to some extent to make up for this definition. PPWR will force my shop into the knees once and for all, because I will have to stop trading within the EU. I support the EU’s objective to reduce packaging waste, promote recycling and require companies to use packaging responsibly. However, those objectives must not result in small undertakings being disproportionately burdened by flat-rate costs, irrespective of the actual scale of those costs. I therefore call for the introduction of an appropriate exemption threshold for small enterprises. In my view, an exception should be made from the costly obligations to appoint an authorised representative in each individual EU Member State, in particular for companies with an annual turnover of less than EUR 150.000. Alternatively, at least a proportionate system should be put in place, taking into account the actual amount of packaging dispatched to each country. A flat annual fee of several hundred euros per country is not economically viable for only a few items. I therefore urge the European Parliament to: — to review the impact of the PPWR on micro and small enterprises – to introduce a turnover or de minimis threshold of EUR 150.000 annual turnover – to exempt small traders with very small volumes of mail-order from the obligation to appoint agents for a fee in each EU Member State – until such a proportionate regime is put in place, refrain from enforcing these costly obligations vis-à-vis small enterprises. The European Union should strengthen the European single market and allow small businesses to trade cross-border and not make it practically impossible due to disproportionate fixed costs. Small online traders in particular depend on a functioning European single market. However, if a company already faces thousands of additional fixed costs per year when it places few orders in different EU countries, there is a risk that selling in many EU Member States will simply no longer be economically worthwhile. I would therefore ask you to take the situation of small businesses seriously when implementing the PPWR and to ensure that the rules are proportionate, workable and economically viable. Best regards, Anne Feisst", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544221_en"}, {"id": 33544220, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:04:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Leider haben kleine Unternehmen kaum die finanziellen Mittel, die vorgeschriebenen Regelungen umzusetzen. Daher entschließen sich viele, nicht mehr außerhalb von Deutschland zu entsenden. Damit fällt ein großer Teil des Marktes für diese Unternehmen weg, was mit deutlichen Einbußen einhergeht. Irgendwie höhlt diese Regelung auch die Grundsätze und Vorteile der EU aus, da nur noch große Unternehmen den Vorteil EU-weit versenden zu können, nutzen können. Für viele kleine Unternehmen sind die Regelung finanziell nicht umsetzbar. Auch der Aufwand ist für zb 1-Personen-Betriebe unverhältnismäßig. Ich finde, hier müsste es Unterschiede geben anhand der Unternehmensgröße und dem tatsächlichen Versandaufkommen. Dies ist bei kleineren Unternehmen ja auch weitaus geringer als bei den großen Unternehmen. Als Nutzer gehen hier die Vorteile verloren, auch kleine EU-Betriebe zu unterstützen und in anderen EU Mitgliedstaaten zu bestellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, small businesses have little financial means to implement the required rules. As a result, many decide not to send outside Germany anymore. This removes a large part of the market for these companies, with significant losses. In some ways, this rule also undermines the principles and benefits of the EU, as only large companies will be able to send the benefit across the EU. For many small businesses, the scheme is financially unfeasible. The burden is also disproportionate for 1-person holdings. In my view, there should be differences based on the size of the undertaking and the actual volume of shipments. This is also much lower for smaller companies than for large companies. As a user, the benefits of supporting small EU businesses and ordering them in other EU Member States are lost.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544220_en"}, {"id": 33544219, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:03:49", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation will destroy most small/micro e-commerce businesses in the EU. While the huge companies can easily absorb the extra costs, for the 1-person, small-volume web-shops the paperwork and costs are prohibitive. These are artists selling their work, handmade, original items, artisanal, niche, eco-conscious businesses. Their contribution to packaging waste is negligible. Yet they provide for people who might otherwise be excluded from the labour market. Many of these businesses are owned by women, people with disabilities or other groups with fewer options for providing for themselves. The open European market will now be closed for them. The intentions of this legislation are good but it will have bad consequences by destroying small EU businesses and strengthening the big American corporations. By allowing the small businesses to pay for their packaging by kg and centralizing the reporting/payment for the whole EU, you will make it possible for any business to participate in the open EU market. The requirement to have a representative in every EU country is another disastrous step that is impossible for small businesses. If the business is based in the EU, a representative would be pointless - simply a way to bleed money for absolutely no benefit for anybody except the so-called representative who gets pays for very little effort or generated product. While the actual producer of unique, handmade, artistic, artisanal items gets destroyed. Please do the right thing and save small/micro e-commerce businesses by creating an exemption for them or making the contribution proportionate to their actual packaging volume.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation will destroy most small/micro e-commerce businesses in the EU. While the huge companies can easily absorb the extra costs, for the 1-person, small-volume web-shops the paperwork and costs are prohibitive. These are artists selling their work, handmade, original items, artisanal, niche, eco-conscious businesses. Their contribution to packaging waste is negligible. Yet they provide for people who might otherwise be excluded from the labour market. Many of these businesses are owned by women, people with disabilities or other groups with fewer options for providing for themselves. The open European market will now be closed for them. The intentions of this legislation are good but it will have bad consequences by destroying small EU businesses and strengthening the big American corporations. By allowing the small businesses to pay for their packaging by kg and centralizing the reporting/payment for the whole EU, you will make it possible for any business to participate in the open EU market. The requirement to have a representative in every EU country is another disastrous step that is impossible for small businesses. If the business is based in the EU, a representative would be pointless - simply a way to bleed money for absolutely no benefit for anybody except the so-called representative who gets pays for very little effort or generated product. While the actual producer of unique, handmade, artistic, artisanal items gets destroyed. Please do the right thing and save small/micro e-commerce businesses by creating an exemption for them or making the contribution proportionate to their actual packaging volume.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544219_en"}, {"id": 33544218, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:03:15", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Malheureusement les auto-entrepreneurs ne pourront pas suivre ni financièrement ni administrativement une réglementation aussi lourde. Pour nous, l'Union Européenne doit représenter le libre échange entre les pays, pas un ensemble de règles qui rendent l'import/export encore plus compliqué qu'en dehors de l'UE. Ces mesures vont précipiter la fermeture de centaines de petites entreprises et drastiquement diminuer les échanges entre pays. Nous comprenons l'objectif de cette mesure mais les règles vont impacter d'avantage les plus petits que les entreprises visées.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, self-entrepreneurs will not be able to follow such cumbersome rules either financially or administratively. For us, the European Union must represent free trade between countries, not a set of rules that make importing/exporting even more complicated than outside the EU. These measures will precipitate the closure of hundreds of small businesses and drastically reduce trade between countries. We understand the objective of this measure but the rules will have a greater impact on smaller companies than on the targeted ones.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544218_en"}, {"id": 33544217, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:01:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I operate a small online business in Germany. I sell woodturning supplies to hobbyists and very small woodturning businesses in Europe. As a woodturner whose livelihood and passion depends upon forestry, I fully support the motivation behind PPWR and think that it is vital to do something to improve the future of our environment. I understand the need to reduce paper, cardboard, plastics, etc. However, regulations affect companies differently. Corporations like Amazon have compliance departments, but I'm a single individual living in Germany who already has plenty to do each day. Last year, I managed to reach 100,000 Euros in sales. How much did Amazon make? Please consider the impact that this merciless and uncompromising regulation will have on small companies, artists, artisans, sole traders, and tiny shop operators. We, as a community, CANNOT afford to pay 27 different nations fees. When my revenue share for France is 15,000 Euros, I can afford to pay 100 Euros to them. But when we send 1 parcel to Romania a year, I cannot afford to pay them too. The EU was all about unity in culture, values, and cooperative economy. It is now easier and less painful for me to ship to Canada than it will be for me to ship to France (which is 20 km away from my home) on Tuesday the 12th. I already do my best to reduce waste. I haven't bought a plastic bag or padding material in 3 years. I recycle EVERYTHING I receive from suppliers, even cardboard boxes I receive from larger companies in Germany. Trading with the EU makes up for 50% of my annual revenue. Please enforce a system that is friendly to the most vulnerable in the economy: The small businesses. A centralised system for small business, exemptions under a certain volume, or something that will help us to not close our shops. We really need your help, European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small online business in Germany. I sell woodturning supplies to hobbyists and very small woodturning businesses in Europe. As a woodturner whose livelihood and passion depends upon forestry, I fully support the motivation behind PPWR and think that it is vital to do something to improve the future of our environment. I understand the need to reduce paper, cardboard, plastics, etc. However, regulations affect companies differently. Corporations like Amazon have compliance departments, but I'm a single individual living in Germany who already has plenty to do each day. Last year, I managed to reach 100,000 Euros in sales. How much did Amazon make? Please consider the impact that this merciless and uncompromising regulation will have on small companies, artists, artisans, sole traders, and tiny shop operators. We, as a community, CANNOT afford to pay 27 different nations fees. When my revenue share for France is 15,000 Euros, I can afford to pay 100 Euros to them. But when we send 1 parcel to Romania a year, I cannot afford to pay them too. The EU was all about unity in culture, values, and cooperative economy. It is now easier and less painful for me to ship to Canada than it will be for me to ship to France (which is 20 km away from my home) on Tuesday the 12th. I already do my best to reduce waste. I haven't bought a plastic bag or padding material in 3 years. I recycle EVERYTHING I receive from suppliers, even cardboard boxes I receive from larger companies in Germany. Trading with the EU makes up for 50% of my annual revenue. Please enforce a system that is friendly to the most vulnerable in the economy: The small businesses. A centralised system for small business, exemptions under a certain volume, or something that will help us to not close our shops. We really need your help, European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544217_en"}, {"id": 33544216, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:01:08", "country": "GRC", "language": "EL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PANAGIOTOPOULOU KALLIOPI ", "feedback": "Οι χρεώσεις για μια μικρή επιχείρηση είναι υπέρογκες. Δεν είναι δυνατόν να πληρώνεις 150 ευρώ για μια μόνο χώρα της Ευρώπης για να στείλεις ένα ή δύο πακέτα το χρόνο, αξίας 30 με 40 ευρώ το κάθε ένα. Είναι σαν να προσπαθείτε να τιμωρήσετε τις μικρές επιχειρήσεις και να τις αφανίσετε. Πως είναι δυνατόν να πληρώνουμε τα ίδια χρήματα είτε πουλάμε δύο πακέτα το χρόνο είτε 2.000 πακέτα το χρόνο. Είναι παράλογο.", "feedbackEnglish": "Charges for a small business are exorbitant. It is not possible to pay EUR 150 for a single country in Europe to send one or two packages a year, worth between EUR 30 and EUR 40 each. It is like trying to punish small businesses and destroy them. How it is possible to pay the same money whether we sell two packages a year or 2.000 packages a year. This is absurd.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544216_en"}, {"id": 33544215, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:01:00", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new initiative will suffocate small businesses, while large corporations will be able to afford the costs, leading once again to a monopoly of billionaore-driven corporations and essentially killing every small initiative that would help actual individuals make a living.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new initiative will suffocate small businesses, while large corporations will be able to afford the costs, leading once again to a monopoly of billionaore-driven corporations and essentially killing every small initiative that would help actual individuals make a living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544215_en"}, {"id": 33544214, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 11:00:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schneekugelhaus GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Ich reiche dieses Feedback als Betreiber eines mittelständischen deutschen Onlinehandels ein, der bislang Waren auch an Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in anderen EUMitgliedstaaten verkauft hat. Wir unterstützen die Umweltziele der Verpackungs und Verpackungsabfallverordnung ausdrücklich. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung der neuen Anforderungen führt jedoch zu einer unverhältnismäßigen administrativen und finanziellen Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel. Als kleiner Händler sehen wir uns mit umfangreichen Registrierungs, Melde und Herstellerverantwortungspflichten konfrontiert, insbesondere mit der Verpflichtung, in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten eigene Bevollmächtigte zu benennen. Jedes Land verursacht zusätzliche jährliche Fixkosten sowie erheblichen Verwaltungs und Dokumentationsaufwand. In vielen Mitgliedstaaten erzielen wir nur geringe Umsätze. Die jährlichen Kosten für die Erfüllung der jeweiligen nationalen Anforderungen übersteigen dort den gesamten Gewinn obwohl die tatsächlich entstehenden Verpackungsmengen minimal sind. Die Folge ist, dass wir den Verkauf an Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in fast allen anderen EUMitgliedstaaten einstellen. Wir werden den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf lediglich nach Österreich fortführen, da die Umsätze dort ausreichen, um keine Verluste zu verursachen. Dies ist besonders enttäuschend, da der europäische Binnenmarkt kleinen Unternehmen bislang ermöglicht hat, Kundinnen und Kunden in ganz Europa zu erreichen. Die PPWR droht diese Entwicklung umzukehren. Große Unternehmen können eigene ComplianceAbteilungen beschäftigen und Fixkosten auf hohe Umsätze verteilen. Kleinstunternehmen können das nicht. Wir können keinen Mitarbeiter nur dafür einstellen, Verpackungsvorschriften zu überwachen, Registrierungen zu verwalten oder mit Bevollmächtigten und Systemen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung zu kommunizieren. Auch vereinfachte Meldepflichten lösen das Problem nicht, solange Unternehmen weiterhin mit zahlreichen nationalen Registern, Bevollmächtigten, Verträgen, Gebühren, Fristen und Verwaltungsverfahren umgehen müssen. Das Ergebnis ist ein erheblicher Wettbewerbsnachteil: Große Unternehmen können weiterhin in der gesamten EU verkaufen, während kleine Unternehmen gezwungen werden, ihre Absatzmärkte stark zu beschränken. Dies kann nicht das Ziel einer europäischen Harmonisierung sein. Ich fordere die Europäische Kommission daher auf, sicherzustellen, dass die Umsetzung der PPWR die Belastung für Kleinunternehmen tatsächlich reduziert. Insbesondere sollte Folgendes vorgesehen werden: eine einzige EUweite Registrierung oder ein echtes OneStopShopSystem, ein harmonisiertes Meldeverfahren, eine Bagatellgrenze bzw. ein stark vereinfachtes System für Kleinunternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen, keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat oder alternativ ein einziger EUBevollmächtigter, vollständig standardisierte Dokumentationsanforderungen sowie Gebühren, die im Verhältnis zur Verpackungsmenge und zum Umsatz stehen. Umweltverantwortung muss verhältnismäßig sein. Ein Unternehmen, das nur wenige Pakete in andere Mitgliedstaaten versendet, sollte nicht mit jährlichen Fixkosten von mehreren hundert oder tausend Euro belastet werden. Ohne erhebliche Vereinfachungen werden diese Regelungen große Unternehmen stärken, den Wettbewerb verringern und kleine Unternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel verdrängen. Für unser Unternehmen ist dies bereits Realität: Wir stellen den Verkauf in den meisten EUMitgliedstaaten ein. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die wirtschaftliche Realität von Kleinstunternehmen ernst zu nehmen und das Registrierungs und Meldesystem so auszugestalten, dass kleine Unternehmen weiterhin Teil des europäischen Binnenmarktes bleiben können.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting this feedback as an operator of a German small and medium-sized online shop that has so far also sold goods to consumers in other EU Member States. We expressly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the specific design of the new requirements results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises in cross-border online sales. As small traders, we face extensive registration, reporting and producer responsibility obligations, in particular the obligation to appoint their own authorised representatives in several Member States. Each country incurs additional annual fixed costs, as well as significant administrative and documentation burdens. We have low turnover in many Member States. The annual cost of complying with the respective national requirements there exceeds the total profit, although the actual packaging volumes generated are minimal. As a result, we stop selling to consumers in almost all other EU Member States. We will continue cross-border sales only to Austria, as the turnover there is sufficient to avoid causing losses. This is particularly disappointing, as the European single market has so far enabled small businesses to reach customers across Europe. The PWWR risks reversing this trend. Large companies can have their own compliance departments and spread fixed costs over high turnovers. Micro-enterprises cannot. We cannot hire a staff member only to monitor packaging rules, manage registrations or communicate with authorised representatives and extended producer responsibility schemes. Simplified reporting requirements also do not solve the problem as long as companies still have to deal with numerous national registers, authorised representatives, contracts, fees, deadlines and administrative procedures. The result is a significant competitive disadvantage: Large companies can continue to sell throughout the EU, while small companies are forced to severely restrict their sales markets. This cannot be the aim of European harmonisation. I therefore call on the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR effectively reduces the burden on small businesses. In particular, provision should be made for: a single EU-wide registration or a genuine OneStopShopsystem, a harmonised notification procedure, a de minimis threshold or a very simplified system for small enterprises with low packaging volumes, no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative in each Member State or, alternatively, a single EU authorised representative, fully standardised documentation requirements, and fees proportionate to packaging volume and turnover. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate. A company that sends only a few parcels to other Member States should not be charged fixed annual costs of several hundred or thousands of euros. Without significant simplification, these rules will strengthen large businesses, reduce competition and drive small businesses out of cross-border online trade. For our company, this is already a reality: We will stop selling in most EU Member States. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take the economic reality of micro-enterprises seriously and to design the registration and notification system in such a way that small enterprises can continue to be part of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544214_en"}, {"id": 33544213, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:59:55", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta iniciativa deve ser rejeitada na sua atual formulação. Cria novas barreiras administrativas e financeiras dentro da UE e terá um impacto desproporcionado nas microempresas, PME, artesãos e produtores independentes. Uma pequena empresa que faça algumas vendas para diferentes Estados-Membros poderá ter de se registar em cada país, aderir a vários sistemas de responsabilidade alargada do produtor, contratar representantes locais, pagar taxas e apresentar declarações distintas. O limite de 10 toneladas apenas simplifica o reporte: não isenta os pequenos negócios destas obrigações nem dos custos associados. Na prática, estão a ser criadas novas fronteiras burocráticas dentro do mercado único. Muitas pequenas empresas deixarão de vender para outros países da UE porque os custos e os procedimentos não compensam o reduzido volume de vendas. Esta medida favorecerá as grandes empresas e plataformas, que têm escala e equipas para cumprir estas exigências, e afastará os pequenos produtores do mercado europeu. Continuam por esclarecer questões essenciais: quem definirá as taxas e as contribuições mínimas? Haverá limites europeus? Que entidades serão autorizadas e quem controlará os preços praticados? Também não é claro como serão tratadas as embalagens usadas. Quem reutiliza uma caixa terá de a pesar e declarar novamente? Como prova que essa embalagem já foi colocada no mercado? O que acontece quando reutiliza uma caixa recebida de outro Estado-Membro? Porque se cria mais burocracia precisamente para quem reutiliza embalagens? Como será feita a fiscalização num espaço sem fronteiras internas? Através das plataformas, transportadoras e operadores logísticos? Que documentos terão os pequenos negócios de guardar? E por que razão devem ser publicados o nome e o número fiscal dos empresários em nome individual? Isto não é uma verdadeira harmonização europeia. É o mesmo formulário aplicado por vários registos nacionais, com diferentes entidades, custos e procedimentos. Sem uma isenção clara para volumes reduzidos, esta iniciativa prejudica diretamente as microempresas e PME, limita o comércio dentro da UE e favorece quem já tem escala para suportar a burocracia. Na sua forma atual, deve ser retirada e revista.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative should be rejected in its current wording. It creates new administrative and financial barriers within the EU and will have a disproportionate impact on micro-enterprises, SMEs, craftsmen and independent producers. A small company that makes some sales to different Member States may need to register in each country, join several extended producer responsibility schemes, hire local representatives, pay fees and submit separate declarations. The limit of 10 tonnes only simplifies carry-over: it does not exempt small businesses from these obligations or the associated costs. In practice, new bureaucratic borders are being created within the Single Market. Many small businesses will no longer sell to other EU countries because costs and procedures do not compensate for the low volume of sales. This measure will favour large companies and platforms, which have scale and teams to meet these requirements, and will drive small producers away from the European market. Key issues remain to be clarified: who will set the minimum rates and contributions? Will there be European limits? Which entities will be authorised and who will control the prices charged? It is also unclear how used packaging will be treated. Who re-uses a box will have to weigh it and declare it again? As proof that such packaging has already been placed on the market? What happens when you reuse a cash received from another Member State? Why create more bureaucracy precisely for those who reuse packaging? How will surveillance be carried out in an area without internal frontiers? Through platforms, carriers and logistics operators? What documents will small businesses have to keep? And why should the name and tax number of sole proprietors be published? This is not true European harmonisation. It is the same form applied by several national registers, with different entities, costs and procedures. Without a clear exemption for small volumes, this initiative directly harms micro-enterprises and SMEs, limits intra-EU trade and favours those who already have scale to support bureaucracy. In its current form, it should be withdrawn and revised.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544213_en"}, {"id": 33544212, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:59:41", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "​I am writing as an EU micro-business owner to raise a serious issue that is hurting small sellers, creators, and artists across Europe. ​The EU is supposed to be about free trade between member states. But with the current packaging (EPR) rules, if I want to send even a single small package to another EU country, I am expected to register with their local system, deal with foreign paperwork, and pay yearly administrative fees. What is just pocket change for huge corporations is a complete dealbreaker for someone running a small business or making art. ​This system makes no sense for a few clear reasons: ​It ruins intra-EU trade: Many of us are simply stopping sales to other EU countries because we can't afford the bureaucracy. This completely destroys the idea of a shared European market and pushes buyers toward massive online giants. It penalizes reusing packaging: Many small businesses reuse old boxes to be eco-friendly. The original buyer or company already paid the environmental fee on that box. Charging us again just for reusing it isn't greenit feels like double taxation. ​It is overly complicated: If someone buys packaging material in their own country, why can't the environmental fee simply be added at the register when buying the box? Or why isn't there a small fee built into the shipping costs? It would collect the money instantly without forcing millions of small sellers through endless paperwork. ​If the goal is genuinely to protect the environment, the solution should be simple and fair: ​Set an exemption limit for micro-businesses: Small sellers shipping low volumes shouldn't have to register in 27 different countries. ​ Stop charging for reused boxes: Reusing materials is good for the planet and should be encouraged, not fined. Keep it simple: Collect the fee when we buy the packaging materials or shipping labels, rather than creating separate registration systems in every country. ​Small businesses are already under huge economic pressure. Destroying micro-entrepreneurship won't clean up the planetit just hurts local creators. Please fix this regulation before it completely shuts us out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "​I am writing as an EU micro-business owner to raise a serious issue that is hurting small sellers, creators, and artists across Europe. ​The EU is supposed to be about free trade between member states. But with the current packaging (EPR) rules, if I want to send even a single small package to another EU country, I am expected to register with their local system, deal with foreign paperwork, and pay yearly administrative fees. What is just pocket change for huge corporations is a complete dealbreaker for someone running a small business or making art. ​This system makes no sense for a few clear reasons: ​It ruins intra-EU trade: Many of us are simply stopping sales to other EU countries because we can't afford the bureaucracy. This completely destroys the idea of a shared European market and pushes buyers toward massive online giants. It penalizes reusing packaging: Many small businesses reuse old boxes to be eco-friendly. The original buyer or company already paid the environmental fee on that box. Charging us again just for reusing it isn't greenit feels like double taxation. ​It is overly complicated: If someone buys packaging material in their own country, why can't the environmental fee simply be added at the register when buying the box? Or why isn't there a small fee built into the shipping costs? It would collect the money instantly without forcing millions of small sellers through endless paperwork. ​If the goal is genuinely to protect the environment, the solution should be simple and fair: ​Set an exemption limit for micro-businesses: Small sellers shipping low volumes shouldn't have to register in 27 different countries. ​ Stop charging for reused boxes: Reusing materials is good for the planet and should be encouraged, not fined. Keep it simple: Collect the fee when we buy the packaging materials or shipping labels, rather than creating separate registration systems in every country. ​Small businesses are already under huge economic pressure. Destroying micro-entrepreneurship won't clean up the planetit just hurts local creators. Please fix this regulation before it completely shuts us out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544212_en"}, {"id": 33544211, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:58:40", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "What were you thinking?? Not only this kills any small business but it also effectively cuts off us eu buyers from any market because no one wants to ship to us! We are supposed to be a free market, where is the eu solidarity?? Everyday we hit a new low I swear.", "feedbackEnglish": "What were you thinking?? Not only this kills any small business but it also effectively cuts off us eu buyers from any market because no one wants to ship to us! We are supposed to be a free market, where is the eu solidarity?? Everyday we hit a new low I swear.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544211_en"}, {"id": 33544210, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:58:33", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "In a world where it is becoming harder and harder not to buy things mass produced in China, this change makes no sense. The only businesses which will be able to survive this change will be the rich ones; micro businesses and many small businesses will not be able to sell in the EU as a result - is this what you are hoping to achieve? If it is, shame on you. If it is not, please rethink.", "feedbackEnglish": "In a world where it is becoming harder and harder not to buy things mass produced in China, this change makes no sense. The only businesses which will be able to survive this change will be the rich ones; micro businesses and many small businesses will not be able to sell in the EU as a result - is this what you are hoping to achieve? If it is, shame on you. If it is not, please rethink.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544210_en"}, {"id": 33544209, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:58:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "If the goal is to harmonise regulations, this legislation does the exact opposite - forcing microbusinesses to register in each separate country individually, which will most likely result in all but the largest of companies closing off shipping to all but their own EU member state. This fragments the single market and destroys small business.", "feedbackEnglish": "If the goal is to harmonise regulations, this legislation does the exact opposite - forcing microbusinesses to register in each separate country individually, which will most likely result in all but the largest of companies closing off shipping to all but their own EU member state. This fragments the single market and destroys small business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544209_en"}, {"id": 33544208, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:57:13", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Cette nouvelle loi malheureusement impacte les petits créateurs de type artisans, illustrateurs indépendants qui n'ont pas le volume nécessaire pour payer les frais pour chaque pays. Cela met en danger un grand nombre de petites entreprises qui ne peuvent pas se permettre de payer les frais pour chaque pays et qui pourraient fermer leur artisanats, tandis que nous résidents de l'UE voyons nos possibilités d'aider ces créateurs se tarir car ils n'envoient plus dans les pays en Europe. Cela met à mal leurs ventes mais aussi a un impact négatif sur les consommateurs dont je fais partie. Nous ne commandons pas sans arrêt chez eux et souvent ces créateurs et nous-mêmes consommateurs de ces petits créateurs indépendants recyclons et réutilisons ces emballages pour d'autres envois ou autres usages. Certains petits artistes et artisans ont déjà restreint leurs envois dans les pays de l'UE à cause du flou et de la possibilité des frais élevés qu'ils devraient payer pour envoyer leurs créations. Nous pensons à l'écologie et à la question du gaspillage dans les envois mais ces petits créateurs et artisans ne sont pas ceux qui polluent le plus et les consommateurs qui achètent chez eux ne commandent pas tous les jours dans leurs boutiques.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, this new law affects small artisans, independent illustrators who do not have the volume needed to pay the fees for each country. This endangers a large number of small businesses that cannot afford to pay the costs for each country and could shut down their crafts, while we live in the EU and see our possibilities to help these creators dry up as they no longer send to countries in Europe. This harms their sales but also has a negative impact on the consumers I am part of. We do not stop ordering from them and often these designers and our own consumers of these small independent designers recycle and reuse this packaging for other shipments or other uses. Some small artists and craftsmen have already restricted their shipments to EU countries due to the vagueness and possibility of the high fees they would have to pay to send their creations. We think about ecology and the issue of waste in consignments, but these small designers and craftsmen are not the most polluting ones and the consumers who buy from them do not order every day in their shops.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544208_en"}, {"id": 33544207, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:54:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Regelung wird es kleineren Shops fast unmöglich machen innerhalb der EU zu versenden. Diese Regelung wirkt, als ob sie sich hauptsächlich an Großkonzerne richtet, die die finanziellen Möglichkeiten haben sich in jedem EU Land zu regestrieren. Es wirkt fast so, als wären die vielen kleineren Unternehmen völlig vergessen worden, oder als wäre dies gewollt, was dem Gedanken der EU als Handelsgemeinschaft völlig wiederspricht. Ich möchte in der Lage sein, vielfältige, individuelle Produkte erwerben zu können und nicht nur umweltschädlichen, Massenproduzierten Mist von Amazon, Shein und Co. Die EU hat hier dringenden Überarbeitungsbedarf!", "feedbackEnglish": "The scheme will make it almost impossible for smaller shops to ship within the EU. This rule works as if it is mainly aimed at large corporations, which have the financial capacity to regenerate in every EU country. It seems almost as if the many smaller companies had been completely forgotten or wanted to be forgotten, which is completely in line with the idea of the EU as a trading community. I want to be able to purchase diverse, individual products, not just the polluting, mass-produced manure of Amazon, Shein and Co. The EU urgently needs to revise this!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544207_en"}, {"id": 33544206, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:53:41", "country": "EST", "language": "ET", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Uue regulatsiooni tõttu peavad peaaegu kõik EUs toimetavad väikeettevõtjad (käsitöölised, kunstnikud jmd) sulgema oma EU tarne. Paljud väikeettevõtted tarnivad oma tegutsemise riigist välja muudesse EU riikidesse aastas paarkümmend pakki, mille tulemusena on majanduslikult ja ajaliselt mõistlikum sulgeda kogu EU tarne. Samas selline väike kogus pakke ei ole põhjendatud saaste hulk et liituda iga EU riigi taaskasutus süsteemiga. Seega uus regulatsioon nullib ära põhimõtte, millega EU on aastaid võidelnud, et eurooplased eelistaks soetada ja toetada kohalike EU tootjaid mitte sisse osta massikaupa hiinast. Ettepanekuna oleks mõistlik rakendada pakkide limiit, ehk siis kui väiketootja aastane EU riikidesse pakkide saatmine ületab teatud limiidi, on vajalik liitumine ringmajanduste süsteemidega.", "feedbackEnglish": "Thanks to the new rules, almost all small businesses (craftsmen, artists, etc.) moving within the EU will have to close their EU supplies. Many small businesses deliver several dozen packages a year to other EU countries out of their country of operations, making it economically and time-wise more rational to close off all EU deliveries. However, such a small quantity of parcels is not a justifiable amount of pollution to join each EU country’s recovery system. Thus, the new rules negate the principle by which the EU has fought for years that Europeans would prefer to buy and support local EU producers not to buy bulk goods from China. As a proposal, it would make sense to apply a limit on parcels, i.e. if a small producer’s annual shipments of parcels to EU countries exceed a certain limit, it would be necessary to join circular economy systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544206_en"}, {"id": 33544205, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:50:55", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "gelingarcia", "feedback": "This ruling is abusive on small businesses and favors only Big companies which can afford to pay them and that have their own legal teams to deal with. I though we were already playing reclycing taxes for cardboard and single-use packaging. This will suffocate small businesses and leave only the big fish to home the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling is abusive on small businesses and favors only Big companies which can afford to pay them and that have their own legal teams to deal with. I though we were already playing reclycing taxes for cardboard and single-use packaging. This will suffocate small businesses and leave only the big fish to home the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544205_en"}, {"id": 33544204, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:50:29", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will force small businesses to close. This regulation will render small businesses unable to operate. Exemptions must be made.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will force small businesses to close. This regulation will render small businesses unable to operate. Exemptions must be made.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544204_en"}, {"id": 33544203, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:49:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Atelier Finwald", "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich bin Inhaberin von einem kleinen Label, designe und schneidere meine Kleider selbst hier in Deutschland und verkaufe sie über Etsy in die ganze Welt. In den letzten Jahren bin ich dadurch immer ein bisschen mehr gewachsen und hatte 2025 einen Umsatz von ca. 13.000. Durch die neuen Richtlinien fällt für mich nun der komplette EU-Markt weg. Schon vorher waren einige Länder wegen den Verpackungsrichtlinien nicht möglich, nun kann ich mir nur noch die Lizenz für Deutschland leisten. Für mich als Kleinunternehmen ist es nämlich unmöglich, 2.000 zu investieren um Lizenzen für die größten Länder der EU zu bekommen, wenn ich pro Land vielleicht 3 Bestellungen pro Jahr habe. Bitte setzen Sie die neue Richtlinie für Kleinunternehmen vorerst aus, da sie sämtliche Kleinunternehmen zerstören. In der Folge werden Menschen arbeitslos und wenden sich EU-kritischen Parteien zu. Ich bitte Sie also DRINGEND zu Handeln. Viele Grüße Magdalena Biehl", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I own a small label, DesignE, and cut my clothes here in Germany and sell them around the world through Etsy. In recent years, as a result, I have always grown a bit more and had a turnover of around 13.000 in 2025. As a result of the new directives, I have lost the entire EU market. Even before, some countries were not possible because of the packaging directives, but now I can only afford the licence for Germany. As a small business, it is impossible for me to invest 2,000 to get licences for the largest EU countries, if I have 3 orders per country per year. Please suspend the new Directive for small enterprises for the time being, as they will destroy all small enterprises. As a result, people become unemployed and turn to EU-critical parties. I therefore urge you to act. Best regards, Magdalena Biehl", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544203_en"}, {"id": 33544202, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:49:02", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a person who was planing to open an own business in Europe.. a very small one creating crafts in my house, now, how me and million of other small businesses can do this if we need to pay thousands of Euros for authorized representatives in order to ship from the EU to the EU? This will mean the end of small businesses and will only create even more poverty! Please exemt small businesses from having to pay authorized representatives and from having to register in every different country with different system.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a person who was planing to open an own business in Europe.. a very small one creating crafts in my house, now, how me and million of other small businesses can do this if we need to pay thousands of Euros for authorized representatives in order to ship from the EU to the EU? This will mean the end of small businesses and will only create even more poverty! Please exemt small businesses from having to pay authorized representatives and from having to register in every different country with different system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544202_en"}, {"id": 33544201, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:47:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Flora  Mycena ", "feedback": "S.B. =small businesses 1. Please exempt S.B. from an A.R. because it's a disproportionate measure towards S.B. they can not afford/ justify these costs. 2. Please harmonize the registration or exempt S.B. from registration. This is a disproportionate burden on S.B. we can not afford to hire anyone to do this for us. And if we would have to do it ourselves we will have to spend so much time on looking at all the different countries and rules that we will make big losses and maybe loose our S.B. 3. This law goes against the freedom of movement of goods for S.B. because the effects of these laws on S.B. will be bankruptcy or only shipping within their own country and not within E.U. Please revise this law for S.B. we understand the environment is important but is should not cause bankruptcy for almost all S.B. Thank you in advanced", "feedbackEnglish": "S.B. =small businesses 1. Please exempt S.B. from an A.R. because it's a disproportionate measure towards S.B. they can not afford/ justify these costs. 2. Please harmonize the registration or exempt S.B. from registration. This is a disproportionate burden on S.B. we can not afford to hire anyone to do this for us. And if we would have to do it ourselves we will have to spend so much time on looking at all the different countries and rules that we will make big losses and maybe loose our S.B. 3. This law goes against the freedom of movement of goods for S.B. because the effects of these laws on S.B. will be bankruptcy or only shipping within their own country and not within E.U. Please revise this law for S.B. we understand the environment is important but is should not cause bankruptcy for almost all S.B. Thank you in advanced", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544201_en"}, {"id": 33544200, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:46:59", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who was just thinking of starting a small business that would ship packages within the EU, this new regulation puts an immediate stop to all my plans. As the sole person in my business there is no way I could afford to pay the fees to all the possible countries I might have sales for. It makes sense to tax big companies like this, but currently all the regulation does is cripple the small, local, usually more ecologically conscious businesses within the union. If nothing else there should be an excemption of some sort made for actual micro businesses by which I mean businesses that are way under the 2 million bracket that currently defines a \"micro\" business or an easier and cheaper way for businesses like this to have access to the whole EU area. It makes no sense to force businesses making less than 50,000 to pay thousands out of pocket to have that access. Doesn't this go agaisnt the whole principle of a union wide free trade area? Knowing many small businesses already do their best to reduce waste and comply better with these new rulings than most big companies who can afford to easily pay these fees, it feels like currently EU is seeking to punish small local shops, when it should be protecting and helping them instead. I truly hope that the union I've always stood behind will remedy this situation and find a more sustainable way to achieve these goals, while also keeping the small businessess alive and well.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who was just thinking of starting a small business that would ship packages within the EU, this new regulation puts an immediate stop to all my plans. As the sole person in my business there is no way I could afford to pay the fees to all the possible countries I might have sales for. It makes sense to tax big companies like this, but currently all the regulation does is cripple the small, local, usually more ecologically conscious businesses within the union. If nothing else there should be an excemption of some sort made for actual micro businesses by which I mean businesses that are way under the 2 million bracket that currently defines a \"micro\" business or an easier and cheaper way for businesses like this to have access to the whole EU area. It makes no sense to force businesses making less than 50,000 to pay thousands out of pocket to have that access. Doesn't this go agaisnt the whole principle of a union wide free trade area? Knowing many small businesses already do their best to reduce waste and comply better with these new rulings than most big companies who can afford to easily pay these fees, it feels like currently EU is seeking to punish small local shops, when it should be protecting and helping them instead. I truly hope that the union I've always stood behind will remedy this situation and find a more sustainable way to achieve these goals, while also keeping the small businessess alive and well.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544200_en"}, {"id": 33544199, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:45:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Glitzer4You", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich heute als Inhaberin eines Kleinstunternehmens an Sie. Ich möchte Sie auf die dramatischen, unfairen und unverhältnismäßigen Auswirkungen der neuen PPWR-Verordnung und der zunehmenden Zahl von Abgaben im Rahmen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) auf Kleinstunternehmen aufmerksam machen, die häufig weniger als 12.000 Jahresumsatz erzielen. Für unabhängige Kunsthandwerkerinnen und Künstler, kleine Unternehmen und stationären Online-Handel ist das Fehlen einer europaweit geltenden finanziellen Bagatellgrenze faktisch ein wirtschaftliches Aus. Jährliche Pauschalgebühren von beispielsweise 80 in Frankreich, 15 in Deutschland oder 150 in Österreich oder gar die Finanzierung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten allein für den Versand eines einzigen Pakets nach Polen stellen eine unüberwindbare Hürde dar. Unsere Gewinnmargen werden bereits erheblich durch nationale Sozialabgaben, die Inflation bei Rohstoffen und steigende Versandkosten belastet. Der Gedanke hinter dem europäischen Binnenmarkt war, dass wir unsere Kreationen frei von einem Mitgliedstaat in einen anderen verkaufen können. Heute treiben uns diese administrative Starrheit und der völlige Mangel an verständlicher Information seitens staatlicher Stellen in eine ausweglose Situation: Wir müssen entweder unsere Grenzen für europäische Kundinnen und Kunden schließen oder finanzielle Sanktionen und automatische Einschränkungen unserer Verkäufe auf Online-Plattformen riskieren. Wir unterstützen die ökologische Transformation und den Einsatz umweltgerecht gestalteter Verpackungen uneingeschränkt. Ökologie darf jedoch nicht als Vorwand dienen, um lokales Kunsthandwerk finanziell zu erdrücken und damit letztlich ausschließlich großen Industriekonzernen zugutezukommen, die über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen verfügen. Daher fordern wir im Namen unserer Gemeinschaft von Kreativen dringend: 1. Die Einführung einer vollständigen Bagatellgrenze für Verpackungen von Kleinstunternehmen, unterhalb eines bestimmten Volumens, Verpackungsgewichts oder europäischen Jahresumsatzes. 2. Die Einführung einer europäischen EPR-One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, die eine zentralisierte und vereinfachte Meldung ermöglicht und eine dem tatsächlichen Umsatz entsprechende Abgabe vorsieht nach dem Vorbild des bestehenden IOSS-Systems für die Mehrwertsteuer. Vielen Dank für Ihre unmittelbare Aufmerksamkeit und Ihr entschlossenes Handeln angesichts der schwierigen Situation Tausender Kunsthandwerkerinnen, Künstler und Kreativer, die einen wichtigen Teil des kulturellen, menschlichen und wirtschaftlichen Reichtums unseres Kontinents ausmachen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Bärbel Engelbrecht Glitzer4You - online Shop für Kleinstmengen an Strass und Perlen für Hobby und Reparatur Dachau, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing to you today as the owner of a micro-enterprise. I would like to draw your attention to the dramatic, unfair and disproportionate impact of the new PPWR Regulation and the increasing number of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) levies on micro-enterprises, which often have less than 12.000 annual turnover. For independent artisans, small businesses and brick-and-mortar online sales, the absence of a Europe-wide de minimis financial threshold is de facto an economic outage. Annual flat-rate fees of, for example, 80 in France, 15 in Germany or 150 in Austria, or even the financing of a local agent for the sole purpose of sending a single parcel to Poland, represent an insurmountable barrier. Our profit margins are already heavily burdened by national social security contributions, commodity inflation and rising shipping costs. The idea behind the European single market was that we can sell our creations freely from one Member State to another. Today, this administrative rigidity and the complete lack of clear information from public authorities put us in an impasse: We must either close our borders for European customers or risk financial sanctions and automatic restrictions on our sales on online platforms. We fully support the ecological transformation and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology must not be used as a pretext to financially depress local handicrafts and thus ultimately benefit only large industrial groups, which have their own legal and compliance departments. Therefore, on behalf of our community of creators, we urge: 1. The introduction of a full de minimis threshold for packaging by micro-enterprises, below a certain volume, packaging weight or European annual turnover. 2. The introduction of a European EPR one-stop-shop solution, allowing for centralised and simplified reporting and providing for a levy corresponding to the actual transaction, along the lines of the existing IOSS VAT system. Thank you for your direct attention and resolute action in the face of the difficult situation of thousands of craftsmen, artists and creators, who represent an important part of the cultural, human and economic richness of our continent. Yours sincerely, Bärbel Engelbrecht Glitzer4You – online shop for small quantities of strass and beads for hobby and repair Dachau, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544199_en"}, {"id": 33544198, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:42:11", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a visual artist and I am seeing dozens of small makers within and across Europe saying they are suspending all sales to the EU due to this ill-thought-out packaging policy coming in on August the 12th. Honestly what were you thinking implementing this? Certainly not thinking of small businesses and certainly not of consumers across the EU and not on the environment either. Constantly fining people, making their lives more expensive, more paperwork and more difficult is the opposite of a trading block. Large companies can absorb the cost and time, 1-person businesses cannot. 1: this packaging rule and cost is going to drive up costs for all EU citizens as companies will add the cost of this to the cost of buying products. Why on top of Trump's ridiculous tariffs and your ridiculous tariffs on non-EU imports are you now loading even more expense onto consumers? I thought the EU was supposed to be a trading block, you seem to be ensuring that everything we buy is as unaffordable as possible. Most countries are struggling with housing crises and cost of living crises yet you're dumping another expense on all of us. Shame on you! 2: This will decimate small businesses. I certainly cannot afford to register in multiple countries across the EU and pay 100s to 1000s of euros per year for this ridiculous and complex scheme that is no more than green-washing rather than something that will help the environment. 3: If you insist on implementing something like this, why is there not one central hub instead of each country having a different price and different registration? Honestly who came up with this policy? A 5-year old child? 4: You're adding to all the paperwork for every business, snarling them up in bureaucracy and taking up time in this nonsense when people are just trying to earn a living amid already spiralling costs for everything. Please reassess this entire idea and your implementation of it. But in particular for small business. If you don't you'll have essentially killed off thousands and thousands of micro-businesses across the EU. With ageism rife in workplaces, and as a woman over 50 I've found no one will hire me (you do nothing about things like this I see, only about loading more fees and more paperwork on everyone and making their lives and ability to earn a living even more difficult). I therefore have to rely on selling my own work myself to sustain me financially, and now you are cutting off this avenue to actually earn a living too. I don't understand how on earth anyone came up with this mess of a plan and you didn't take any of us into consideration or consult with us or even think of the impact on any of we small businesses. It really shows that all you care about is big businesses and not about the citizens you claim to represent. Shame on all involved in this policy. I'm calling on you now to make small businesses entirely exempt from this poorly planned and ill-conceived scheme because if you don't you, in one fell swoop will have entirely destroyed thousands of people's means to earn an income and destroyed the point of the EU to be a trading block with ease of trade. Please urgently reconsider this entire packaging policy, the costs involved, the mounds of paperwork, no central hub, and the impact on costs for consumers and the utter and complete decimation of small businesses shipping small items across the EU that you obviously didn't care enough about to even take into consideration. I'm honestly so angry of your lack of regard for any of us. I don't understand why such an ill-conceived plan ever got to the implementation stage.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a visual artist and I am seeing dozens of small makers within and across Europe saying they are suspending all sales to the EU due to this ill-thought-out packaging policy coming in on August the 12th. Honestly what were you thinking implementing this? Certainly not thinking of small businesses and certainly not of consumers across the EU and not on the environment either. Constantly fining people, making their lives more expensive, more paperwork and more difficult is the opposite of a trading block. Large companies can absorb the cost and time, 1-person businesses cannot. 1: this packaging rule and cost is going to drive up costs for all EU citizens as companies will add the cost of this to the cost of buying products. Why on top of Trump's ridiculous tariffs and your ridiculous tariffs on non-EU imports are you now loading even more expense onto consumers? I thought the EU was supposed to be a trading block, you seem to be ensuring that everything we buy is as unaffordable as possible. Most countries are struggling with housing crises and cost of living crises yet you're dumping another expense on all of us. Shame on you! 2: This will decimate small businesses. I certainly cannot afford to register in multiple countries across the EU and pay 100s to 1000s of euros per year for this ridiculous and complex scheme that is no more than green-washing rather than something that will help the environment. 3: If you insist on implementing something like this, why is there not one central hub instead of each country having a different price and different registration? Honestly who came up with this policy? A 5-year old child? 4: You're adding to all the paperwork for every business, snarling them up in bureaucracy and taking up time in this nonsense when people are just trying to earn a living amid already spiralling costs for everything. Please reassess this entire idea and your implementation of it. But in particular for small business. If you don't you'll have essentially killed off thousands and thousands of micro-businesses across the EU. With ageism rife in workplaces, and as a woman over 50 I've found no one will hire me (you do nothing about things like this I see, only about loading more fees and more paperwork on everyone and making their lives and ability to earn a living even more difficult). I therefore have to rely on selling my own work myself to sustain me financially, and now you are cutting off this avenue to actually earn a living too. I don't understand how on earth anyone came up with this mess of a plan and you didn't take any of us into consideration or consult with us or even think of the impact on any of we small businesses. It really shows that all you care about is big businesses and not about the citizens you claim to represent. Shame on all involved in this policy. I'm calling on you now to make small businesses entirely exempt from this poorly planned and ill-conceived scheme because if you don't you, in one fell swoop will have entirely destroyed thousands of people's means to earn an income and destroyed the point of the EU to be a trading block with ease of trade. Please urgently reconsider this entire packaging policy, the costs involved, the mounds of paperwork, no central hub, and the impact on costs for consumers and the utter and complete decimation of small businesses shipping small items across the EU that you obviously didn't care enough about to even take into consideration. I'm honestly so angry of your lack of regard for any of us. I don't understand why such an ill-conceived plan ever got to the implementation stage.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544198_en"}, {"id": 33544197, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:41:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, hiermit möchte ich meine klare Ablehnung gegenüber weiteren Verpackungsvorschriften und insbesondere gegenüber der Verpflichtung zum Erwerb zusätzlicher Lizenzen bzw. Registrierungen für den Versand von Waren aus Deutschland in andere EU-Länder zum Ausdruck bringen. Aus meiner Sicht führen solche Regelungen zu einem unverhältnismäßig hohen bürokratischen Aufwand, insbesondere für kleine Unternehmen, Selbstständige und Privatpersonen, die nur gelegentlich Waren ins Ausland versenden. Ich halte es für problematisch, wenn für den Versand einer Ware in ein anderes EU-Land zusätzliche Registrierungen, Lizenzen oder kostenpflichtige Verpflichtungen entstehen. Dadurch wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel unnötig kompliziert und verteuert. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte eigentlich genau das Gegenteil bewirken: einen möglichst einfachen Handel zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten. Besonders kritisch sehe ich folgende Punkte: - Unverhältnismäßige Bürokratie: Für kleine Mengen oder gelegentliche Sendungen stehen Aufwand und Nutzen in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis. - Zusätzliche Kosten: Gebühren, Lizenzen und gegebenenfalls externe Dienstleister machen den Versand ins Ausland unnötig teuer. - Benachteiligung kleiner Unternehmen: Große Unternehmen können solche Anforderungen leichter durch eigene Abteilungen oder Dienstleister bewältigen. Für kleine Händler kann der gleiche Aufwand dagegen erheblich sein. - Hemmung des europäischen Handels: Wenn für jedes Zielland unterschiedliche Anforderungen erfüllt werden müssen, überlegen sich Verkäufer zweimal, ob sie überhaupt noch ins Ausland liefern. - Komplizierte und unübersichtliche Regelungen: Wer Waren in mehrere EU-Länder verkauft, muss sich mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Vorgaben auseinandersetzen. Das widerspricht dem Gedanken eines einfachen europäischen Binnenmarktes. - Wenig sinnvoll bei kleinen Versandmengen: Der administrative Aufwand steht teilweise in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich anfallenden Verpackungsmenge. - Weniger Wettbewerb und höhere Preise: Wenn Händler zusätzliche Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand haben, werden diese letztlich an die Verbraucher weitergegeben oder führen dazu, dass bestimmte Produkte gar nicht mehr grenzüberschreitend angeboten werden. Ich habe Verständnis dafür, dass Umwelt- und Recyclingziele wichtig sind. Diese Ziele sollten jedoch mit einfachen, verhältnismäßigen und europaweit einheitlichen Lösungen verfolgt werden nicht durch immer neue bürokratische Hürden. Es kann aus meiner Sicht nicht die richtige Lösung sein, dass ein kleiner Händler, der beispielsweise wenige Pakete im Jahr in verschiedene EU-Länder verschickt, für jedes Land zusätzliche rechtliche und finanzielle Anforderungen erfüllen muss. Das macht den europäischen Binnenmarkt unnötig kompliziert. Ich bitte die EU daher dringend, diese Regelungen zu überprüfen und insbesondere für kleine Versandmengen, Kleinstunternehmen und gelegentliche grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe deutlich einfachere Lösungen zu schaffen. Weniger Bürokratie, einheitliche Regeln und verhältnismäßige Anforderungen wären aus meiner Sicht der sinnvollere Weg. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Amy Kramer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my clear opposition to further packaging requirements and in particular to the obligation to obtain additional licences or registrations for the dispatch of goods from Germany to other EU countries. In my view, such rules lead to a disproportionate amount of red tape, especially for small businesses, the self-employed and private individuals who only occasionally send goods abroad. I find it problematic if sending a good to another EU country leads to additional registrations, licences or paid obligations. This makes cross-border trade unnecessarily complicated and costly. A European single market should have exactly the opposite effect: making trade between Member States as simple as possible. I am particularly critical of the following points: — Disproportionate bureaucracy: For small quantities or occasional consignments, the costs and benefits are disproportionate. — Additional costs: Fees, licences and, where applicable, external service providers make sending abroad unnecessarily expensive. — Less favourable treatment of small enterprises: Large companies can more easily deal with such requirements through their own departments or service providers. On the other hand, the same burden may be significant for small traders. — Stifling European trade: If different requirements have to be met for each destination country, sellers consider twice whether they are still delivering abroad at all. — Complicated and confusing rules: If you sell goods to more than one EU country, you have to deal with different national rules. This runs counter to the idea of a simple European internal market. — Not useful in the case of small consignments: The administrative burden is in some cases disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. — Less competition and higher prices: If traders incur additional costs and administrative burdens, these are ultimately passed on to consumers or result in certain products no longer being offered cross-border. I understand that environmental and recycling targets are important. However, these objectives should be pursued through simple, proportionate and Europe-wide uniform solutions, not through ever-new bureaucratic hurdles. In my view, it cannot be the right solution for a small trader who, for example, sends few parcels per year to different EU countries to have to comply with additional legal and financial requirements for each country. This makes the European single market unnecessarily complicated. I therefore urge the EU to review these rules and provide significantly simpler solutions, in particular for small shipping volumes, micro-enterprises and occasional cross-border sales. Less bureaucracy, uniform rules and proportionate requirements would, in my view, be the more appropriate way forward. Yours sincerely, Amy Kramer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544197_en"}, {"id": 33544196, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:41:53", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Millefolia Design", "feedback": "I am a self-employed surface pattern designer in the EU currently researching the possibility of developing and selling small-scale physical products. I do not currently sell these products, and this proposal is making me question whether it is even worth trying. I fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. But I struggle to see how imposing this level of registration, reporting and administration on microbusinesses will achieve that goal. A small artisan business may sell a few dozen or a few hundred products a year, using a few kilograms of recyclable or recycled packaging (nowhere near the 10-tonne threshold mentioned in the proposal). Yet it may still face registration, reporting, EPR requirements and potentially fees across different Member States. For a microbusiness, this is not a minor administrative inconvenience. It can mean weeks of research, professional advice and paperwork, and significant costs before the business has even made its first sale. I am already seeing European small businesses publicly saying that they are stopping sales to other EU countries because the cost and complexity of complying with these new requirements is simply too high. Some will still be able to sell to customers in the US, Canada, Australia or the UK. How does that make sense from either an economic or environmental perspective? Are we really creating a system that makes it easier for a small European business to ship a product thousands of kilometres outside the EU than to sell it to a customer in another EU country? More importantly, where exactly will the fees collected go? Will they result in better collection and recycling infrastructure, less packaging waste and measurable environmental improvements? Or will a significant proportion simply fund the new administrative systems and offices required to manage the paperwork? If the objective is environmental, the regulation should demonstrate a clear relationship between the costs imposed on businesses and the environmental benefit achieved. The timing is also extremely problematic. A 12th August deadline falls during the European summer holiday period, while small businesses are already preparing their Christmas products. Leaving the rules uncertain for several more months means many microbusinesses will simply decide to close or not to invest in new products because they cannot assess whether they will be viable or compliant in time. There needs to be a genuinely simple, inexpensive and centralised system for micro and small businesses, with requirements proportionate to the amount of packaging they actually place on the market. Environmental regulation should encourage small businesses to use better packaging, not make them abandon physical products or stop selling within the EU because the administrative and financial burden is too high. Please reconsider whether the proposed system is genuinely delivering environmental benefits proportional to the burden it places on Europe's smallest businesses, and provide much greater transparency about where the fees collected will go and how they will directly contribute to reducing packaging waste and improving recycling.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed surface pattern designer in the EU currently researching the possibility of developing and selling small-scale physical products. I do not currently sell these products, and this proposal is making me question whether it is even worth trying. I fully support reducing packaging waste and improving recycling. But I struggle to see how imposing this level of registration, reporting and administration on microbusinesses will achieve that goal. A small artisan business may sell a few dozen or a few hundred products a year, using a few kilograms of recyclable or recycled packaging (nowhere near the 10-tonne threshold mentioned in the proposal). Yet it may still face registration, reporting, EPR requirements and potentially fees across different Member States. For a microbusiness, this is not a minor administrative inconvenience. It can mean weeks of research, professional advice and paperwork, and significant costs before the business has even made its first sale. I am already seeing European small businesses publicly saying that they are stopping sales to other EU countries because the cost and complexity of complying with these new requirements is simply too high. Some will still be able to sell to customers in the US, Canada, Australia or the UK. How does that make sense from either an economic or environmental perspective? Are we really creating a system that makes it easier for a small European business to ship a product thousands of kilometres outside the EU than to sell it to a customer in another EU country? More importantly, where exactly will the fees collected go? Will they result in better collection and recycling infrastructure, less packaging waste and measurable environmental improvements? Or will a significant proportion simply fund the new administrative systems and offices required to manage the paperwork? If the objective is environmental, the regulation should demonstrate a clear relationship between the costs imposed on businesses and the environmental benefit achieved. The timing is also extremely problematic. A 12th August deadline falls during the European summer holiday period, while small businesses are already preparing their Christmas products. Leaving the rules uncertain for several more months means many microbusinesses will simply decide to close or not to invest in new products because they cannot assess whether they will be viable or compliant in time. There needs to be a genuinely simple, inexpensive and centralised system for micro and small businesses, with requirements proportionate to the amount of packaging they actually place on the market. Environmental regulation should encourage small businesses to use better packaging, not make them abandon physical products or stop selling within the EU because the administrative and financial burden is too high. Please reconsider whether the proposed system is genuinely delivering environmental benefits proportional to the burden it places on Europe's smallest businesses, and provide much greater transparency about where the fees collected will go and how they will directly contribute to reducing packaging waste and improving recycling.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544196_en"}, {"id": 33544195, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:41:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law will force many, if not all small businesses in the EU to close down their businesses due to completely unrealistic financial burdens for said small business. Its great to regulate the packaging waste of large companies but it will suffocate the small ones. Therefore a threshold is needed, to give small businesses a chance to survive this new law.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law will force many, if not all small businesses in the EU to close down their businesses due to completely unrealistic financial burdens for said small business. Its great to regulate the packaging waste of large companies but it will suffocate the small ones. Therefore a threshold is needed, to give small businesses a chance to survive this new law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544195_en"}, {"id": 33544194, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:41:10", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I completely understand what is trying to be done for the e environment with the new regulations, I believe the impact on small businesses is completely disproportionate. In fact, I have seen many small businesses decide that they can no longer ship outside their own EU country because of the financial burden this will place on them. Especially as some countries require them to have a legal representative in those countries with this. Surely this is completely against the free movement of trade between EU countries? There has to be more guidance given from the EU in respect of small businesses and this regulation to allow them to continue to operate.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I completely understand what is trying to be done for the e environment with the new regulations, I believe the impact on small businesses is completely disproportionate. In fact, I have seen many small businesses decide that they can no longer ship outside their own EU country because of the financial burden this will place on them. Especially as some countries require them to have a legal representative in those countries with this. Surely this is completely against the free movement of trade between EU countries? There has to be more guidance given from the EU in respect of small businesses and this regulation to allow them to continue to operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544194_en"}, {"id": 33544193, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:39:22", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Maple Tree Pottery ", "feedback": "I am a sole trader, making and selling my ceramics for 14 years. I might have 5 - 10 European sales per year so this new proposal would not be financially viable. If there was one centralised way to sign up and pay a small fee, I would support the initiative. However, each individual country having separate forms, fees and regulations is too much. A large multinational can hire someone to navigate this. I do absolutely every single aspect of my business and it would be ridiculous. I will have to stop offering to sell to EU countries until this unfair mess is sorted. Karyn Jones", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader, making and selling my ceramics for 14 years. I might have 5 - 10 European sales per year so this new proposal would not be financially viable. If there was one centralised way to sign up and pay a small fee, I would support the initiative. However, each individual country having separate forms, fees and regulations is too much. A large multinational can hire someone to navigate this. I do absolutely every single aspect of my business and it would be ridiculous. I will have to stop offering to sell to EU countries until this unfair mess is sorted. Karyn Jones", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544193_en"}, {"id": 33544192, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:37:18", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is harming many small businesses! The ones that cant afford to pay all these fees to ship to each individual country. Big companies that pollute the most wont be affected by this as they have the money to pay everything but small local businesses dont. Therefore this new rule is killing the market of artisanal and hand made products. It is already a mess to get things outside of the EU but now this is making it more difficult to get local art from inside the EU too. This will disrupt a market that is already struggling with growing shipping prices. Very disappointing that this cant be handled in another way.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is harming many small businesses! The ones that cant afford to pay all these fees to ship to each individual country. Big companies that pollute the most wont be affected by this as they have the money to pay everything but small local businesses dont. Therefore this new rule is killing the market of artisanal and hand made products. It is already a mess to get things outside of the EU but now this is making it more difficult to get local art from inside the EU too. This will disrupt a market that is already struggling with growing shipping prices. Very disappointing that this cant be handled in another way.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544192_en"}, {"id": 33544191, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:35:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Snippys World", "feedback": "Ich reiche dieses Feedback als Betreiber eines kleinen deutschen Onlinehandels ein. Als Kleinunternehmer verkaufe ich selbst hergestellte 3D-Druck-Produkte über Etsy und eBay und habe bislang auch Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefert. Ich unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu vermeiden und die tatsächlich entstehenden Entsorgungskosten verursachergerecht zu finanzieren. Die neuen Registrierungs- und Herstellerverantwortungspflichten führen für meinen Betrieb jedoch zu einer unverhältnismäßigen finanziellen und administrativen Belastung. Bei Verkäufen in andere Mitgliedstaaten soll ich mich in jedem betroffenen Land mit den dortigen Registern, Systemen, Meldepflichten und Fristen befassen und jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten bestellen. Die von mir verursachten Verpackungsmengen sind dagegen äußerst gering. Bereits die festen Kosten für einen einzigen Bevollmächtigten können höher sein als mein gesamter Jahresumsatz mit Kunden in dem betreffenden Land. Selbst ein einziger EU-weit zuständiger, kostenpflichtiger Bevollmächtigter würde bei meinem geringen Auslandsumsatz den wirtschaftlichen Rahmen sprengen. Das Problem sind nicht die Entsorgungskosten für wenige Versandkartons, sondern die festen Kosten für Bevollmächtigte, Registrierungen, Verträge und Verwaltung. Vereinfachte Mengenmeldungen reichen nicht aus, solange Kleinstunternehmen weiterhin zahlreiche nationale Verfahren durchlaufen und feste Jahreskosten tragen müssen. Große Unternehmen können diese Kosten auf hohe Verkaufszahlen verteilen und eigene Mitarbeiter mit der Einhaltung der Vorschriften beschäftigen. Ein Kleinunternehmer kann das nicht. Für mich bleibt wirtschaftlich nur, Lieferungen in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten weitgehend oder vollständig einzustellen. Damit wird der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine Onlinehändler faktisch eingeschränkt. Eine Regelung, die europaweit harmonisieren soll, führt dazu, dass große Unternehmen weiterhin in der gesamten EU verkaufen können, während kleine Händler ihre Absatzmärkte auf das eigene Land beschränken müssen. Ich fordere deshalb eine klare Bagatellgrenze, beispielsweise 500 Kilogramm Verpackungen pro Jahr und Mitgliedstaat. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollten Kleinstunternehmen keinen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten bestellen müssen. Sie sollten ihre Registrierung und Mengenmeldung unmittelbar über ein gemeinsames und kostenloses EU-Portal erledigen dürfen. Unternehmensdaten sollten nur einmal eingegeben und von allen Mitgliedstaaten anerkannt werden. Eine einfache jährliche Mengenmeldung muss ohne unterschiedliche nationale Formulare, Übersetzungen oder Beglaubigungen ausreichen. Online-Marktplätze wie Etsy und eBay sollten diese Pflichten außerdem gebündelt für ihre kleinen Händler erfüllen dürfen. Die Gebühren müssen sich an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge und am Umsatz orientieren. Unverhältnismäßige feste Jahreskosten müssen vermieden werden. Soweit dafür eine Änderung der PPWR erforderlich ist, bitte ich die Kommission, eine entsprechende Änderung einzuleiten. Ich bin bereit, die tatsächlichen Kosten für die Entsorgung meiner Verpackungen zu tragen. Ein Händler, der nur einzelne Pakete in andere Mitgliedstaaten versendet, darf dafür aber nicht mit festen Kosten von mehreren Hundert Euro je Land belastet werden. Ohne eine echte Ausnahme oder eine kostenfreie zentrale Lösung werden Kleinstunternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel verdrängt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting this feedback as an operator of a small German online shop. As a small business, I sell my own 3D-printed products via Etsy and eBay and have so far also supplied consumers in other EU Member States. I support the objective of preventing packaging waste and financing the actual disposal costs in a polluter-pays-friendly manner. However, the new registration and producer responsibility obligations impose a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on my business. In the case of sales to other Member States, I should look into the registers, systems, reporting requirements and deadlines in each country concerned and appoint an authorised representative. On the other hand, the quantities of packaging that I have generated are extremely small. Even the fixed costs for a single agent may be higher than my total annual turnover with customers in that country. Even a single EU-wide fee-paying agent would go beyond the economic framework for my small foreign turnover. The problem is not the disposal costs for a few shipping boxes, but the fixed costs for agents, registrations, contracts and administration. Simplified quantity declarations are not sufficient as long as micro-enterprises continue to go through numerous national procedures and have to bear fixed annual costs. Large companies can spread these costs over high sales and employ their own staff to comply with the rules. A small entrepreneur cannot do this. For me, the only economic option is to stop deliveries to other EU Member States to a large extent or completely. This effectively limits the European single market for small online traders. A Europe-wide harmonised regime will allow large companies to continue selling across the EU, while small traders will have to limit their sales markets to their own country. I therefore call for a clear de minimis limit, for example 500 kilograms of packaging per year and per Member State. Below this threshold, micro-enterprises should not be required to appoint a paid agent. They should be allowed to complete their registration and volume reporting directly through a common and free-of-charge EU portal. Company data should be entered only once and recognised by all Member States. A simple annual quantitative declaration must be sufficient without different national forms, translations or certifications. Online marketplaces such as Etsy and eBay should also be allowed to fulfil those obligations collectively for their small traders. The fees must be based on the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market and on turnover. Disproportionate fixed annual costs must be avoided. If this requires an amendment to the PPWR, I would ask the Commission to initiate a corresponding amendment. I am prepared to bear the actual costs of disposing of my packaging. However, a trader who only sends individual parcels to other Member States may not be charged a fixed cost of several hundred euros per country. Without a real exemption or a free central solution, micro-enterprises will be forced out of cross-border online trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544191_en"}, {"id": 33544190, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:35:36", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR and fragmented EPR registers are destroying consumer choice, creating artificial monopolies, and crippling the backbone of the EU economy. As an EU citizen and consumer, I am deeply concerned about the practical consequences of the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the lack of a centralized, single-point registration system. While I fully support the environmental goals of reducing waste, the current approach is severely harming consumers and directly undermining the foundational principle of the EU Single Market. Instead of making cross-border trade seamless, forcing small businesses and independent creators to navigate 27 separate national registers and pay separate local fees has caused an immediate crisis. Small, specialized e-commerce shops across Europe are actively shutting down shipping to other EU countries because they cannot afford the immense administrative and financial burden. As a result, consumers are facing two deeply unfair scenarios: - Artificial Domestic Monopolies and Inflated Prices When small international competitors are forced out of a specific member state's market, local consumers are left with only one or two large domestic sellers who offer that specific product. With no cross-border competition from other EU sellers, these dominant local players are free to push prices higher, punishing consumers who have no alternative domestic options. - Forced to Buy from Outside the EU with Extra Costs For many unique, specialized, or niche goods, small EU businesses were the only alternative to global giants. Now that EU-to-EU cross-border shipping is being choked by local EPR bureaucracy, consumers are forced to order those items from outside the European Union (such as the US, UK, or Asia). This completely defeats the purpose of supporting the EU economy and leaves the consumer stuck with high international shipping rates, custom duties, and extra administrative import fees. Furthermore, the broader economic impact on the European Union itself will be devastating. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent over 99% of all businesses in the EU and provide around two-thirds of all private-sector jobs. They are the primary driver of innovation, local employment, and economic resilience within the bloc. By introducing a law that disproportionately crushes small sellers while only massive corporations can afford to comply, the EU is effectively shrinking its own internal market. This regulatory overreach will inevitably lead to a wave of small business bankruptcies, a reduction in local tax revenues for member states, and an overall decline in the EUs global economic competitiveness. The EU was built on the promise that it should be easier to do business and access goods across borders. This fragmentation of national producer registers does the exact opposite - it kills small businesses, eliminates consumer choice, harms the EU macroeconomy, and drives up the cost of living for everyday EU citizens. I strongly urge the European Commission to implement a genuine, centralized EU-wide \"One-Stop Shop\" portal for EPR reporting, and to introduce mandatory, meaningful volume-based exemptions (de minimis thresholds) that completely shield micro-businesses and independent artisans from these destructive compliance barriers. Environmental sustainability must not be achieved by destroying economic freedom, fair competition, and the very businesses that power Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR and fragmented EPR registers are destroying consumer choice, creating artificial monopolies, and crippling the backbone of the EU economy. As an EU citizen and consumer, I am deeply concerned about the practical consequences of the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the lack of a centralized, single-point registration system. While I fully support the environmental goals of reducing waste, the current approach is severely harming consumers and directly undermining the foundational principle of the EU Single Market. Instead of making cross-border trade seamless, forcing small businesses and independent creators to navigate 27 separate national registers and pay separate local fees has caused an immediate crisis. Small, specialized e-commerce shops across Europe are actively shutting down shipping to other EU countries because they cannot afford the immense administrative and financial burden. As a result, consumers are facing two deeply unfair scenarios: - Artificial Domestic Monopolies and Inflated Prices When small international competitors are forced out of a specific member state's market, local consumers are left with only one or two large domestic sellers who offer that specific product. With no cross-border competition from other EU sellers, these dominant local players are free to push prices higher, punishing consumers who have no alternative domestic options. - Forced to Buy from Outside the EU with Extra Costs For many unique, specialized, or niche goods, small EU businesses were the only alternative to global giants. Now that EU-to-EU cross-border shipping is being choked by local EPR bureaucracy, consumers are forced to order those items from outside the European Union (such as the US, UK, or Asia). This completely defeats the purpose of supporting the EU economy and leaves the consumer stuck with high international shipping rates, custom duties, and extra administrative import fees. Furthermore, the broader economic impact on the European Union itself will be devastating. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent over 99% of all businesses in the EU and provide around two-thirds of all private-sector jobs. They are the primary driver of innovation, local employment, and economic resilience within the bloc. By introducing a law that disproportionately crushes small sellers while only massive corporations can afford to comply, the EU is effectively shrinking its own internal market. This regulatory overreach will inevitably lead to a wave of small business bankruptcies, a reduction in local tax revenues for member states, and an overall decline in the EUs global economic competitiveness. The EU was built on the promise that it should be easier to do business and access goods across borders. This fragmentation of national producer registers does the exact opposite - it kills small businesses, eliminates consumer choice, harms the EU macroeconomy, and drives up the cost of living for everyday EU citizens. I strongly urge the European Commission to implement a genuine, centralized EU-wide \"One-Stop Shop\" portal for EPR reporting, and to introduce mandatory, meaningful volume-based exemptions (de minimis thresholds) that completely shield micro-businesses and independent artisans from these destructive compliance barriers. Environmental sustainability must not be achieved by destroying economic freedom, fair competition, and the very businesses that power Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544190_en"}, {"id": 33544189, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:35:20", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "​As an independent craftsperson, I am writing to express my deep concern over the overwhelming administrative and financial burden that the current packaging and EPR requirements place on micro-businesses. ​In an era rapidly dominated by mass production and artificial intelligence, small artisans offer something increasingly rare and vital: genuine human connection, unique craftsmanship, and items designed to bring meaningful, beautiful moments into people's daily lives. We represent the living heritage and creative spirit of Europe. ​Up until now, I have been deeply proud to be a citizen of the European Union-not just of a single nation, but of a united continent. We proudly embraced e-commerce platforms that enabled us to share our handmade creations with citizens in every corner of the EU, celebrating the true promise of a frictionless single market. ​Regrettably, these regulations make cross-border shipping within the EU financially unsustainable and logistically unfeasible for sole traders and micro-creators. Being forced to navigate complex, fragmented national registers and pay exorbitant fees in multiple countries for small-volume shipments is effectively pushing us out of the market. Instead of fostering unity, it forces us to restrict our work to domestic borders, destroying the very essence of European integration for small creators. ​I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a clear, simple exemption threshold for micro-enterprises and handmade artisans. Please do not allow well-intentioned environmental regulations to extinguish the small, independent creative businesses that give our European community its warmth, diversity, and soul", "feedbackEnglish": "​As an independent craftsperson, I am writing to express my deep concern over the overwhelming administrative and financial burden that the current packaging and EPR requirements place on micro-businesses. ​In an era rapidly dominated by mass production and artificial intelligence, small artisans offer something increasingly rare and vital: genuine human connection, unique craftsmanship, and items designed to bring meaningful, beautiful moments into people's daily lives. We represent the living heritage and creative spirit of Europe. ​Up until now, I have been deeply proud to be a citizen of the European Union-not just of a single nation, but of a united continent. We proudly embraced e-commerce platforms that enabled us to share our handmade creations with citizens in every corner of the EU, celebrating the true promise of a frictionless single market. ​Regrettably, these regulations make cross-border shipping within the EU financially unsustainable and logistically unfeasible for sole traders and micro-creators. Being forced to navigate complex, fragmented national registers and pay exorbitant fees in multiple countries for small-volume shipments is effectively pushing us out of the market. Instead of fostering unity, it forces us to restrict our work to domestic borders, destroying the very essence of European integration for small creators. ​I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a clear, simple exemption threshold for micro-enterprises and handmade artisans. Please do not allow well-intentioned environmental regulations to extinguish the small, independent creative businesses that give our European community its warmth, diversity, and soul", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544189_en"}, {"id": 33544188, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:30:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will kill small businesses ran by one individual business. Make an exemption for micro entrepreneurship.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill small businesses ran by one individual business. Make an exemption for micro entrepreneurship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544188_en"}, {"id": 33544187, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:27:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Neue Verpackungsverordnung? So sinnvoll wie ein Pickel am A..... Grüße", "feedbackEnglish": "New Packaging Regulation? As useful as a pitch on the A..... Greetings", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544187_en"}, {"id": 33544186, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:26:45", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed EPR regulations fail to take into account small and micro-businesses shipping just a few kilos of packaging to EU states. The costs in terms of administration and payments for registering on a per-state basis for small companies is utterly disproportionate compared to larger organisations shipping tonnes of packaging materials and goods. The regulations require amendment to make allowances for micro-businesses and small businesses shipping minimal quantities of materials. A minimum business size and material mass is needed to permit bespoke services and micro-businesses to continue to supply EU nationals with goods not available from within their own state. Please review the effects of these regulations on micro-businesses and provide a de minimis waste volume (I.e. <100kg per annum) and/or business size (I.e. <Euro 1m annual turnover). These new rules are destroying an entire market for thousands of smaller producers - please let reason prevail.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed EPR regulations fail to take into account small and micro-businesses shipping just a few kilos of packaging to EU states. The costs in terms of administration and payments for registering on a per-state basis for small companies is utterly disproportionate compared to larger organisations shipping tonnes of packaging materials and goods. The regulations require amendment to make allowances for micro-businesses and small businesses shipping minimal quantities of materials. A minimum business size and material mass is needed to permit bespoke services and micro-businesses to continue to supply EU nationals with goods not available from within their own state. Please review the effects of these regulations on micro-businesses and provide a de minimis waste volume (I.e. <100kg per annum) and/or business size (I.e. <Euro 1m annual turnover). These new rules are destroying an entire market for thousands of smaller producers - please let reason prevail.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544186_en"}, {"id": 33544185, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:25:07", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Good day, I am writing as a customer and supporter of small artists and businesses that are run by one person. I understand what kind of impact does this initiative aims to have, to lower garbage and support using recycled packaging. But the terms around this main idea are crushing for small business. These small business should have been exempt from having representative in each state and registration should be harmonized across the EU. Thank you for reading my feedback Barbora Kořínková", "feedbackEnglish": "Good day, I am writing as a customer and supporter of small artists and businesses that are run by one person. I understand what kind of impact does this initiative aims to have, to lower garbage and support using recycled packaging. But the terms around this main idea are crushing for small business. These small business should have been exempt from having representative in each state and registration should be harmonized across the EU. Thank you for reading my feedback Barbora Kořínková", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544185_en"}, {"id": 33544184, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:24:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Vertrieb von Kunst", "feedback": "With the new regulations, it will be overly difficult and expensive for small businesses to ship within the European union, while big sellers can cover the fees. It will decrease the market between countries, eliminate handmade products and benefit mass producers and sellers like amazon, shein or temu. Its killing crafts, arts and culture within the EU. Please target giant companies instead with material regulations, import limits or taxes, limit of single use plastic products etc. The amount of pollution will be drastically decreased.", "feedbackEnglish": "With the new regulations, it will be overly difficult and expensive for small businesses to ship within the European union, while big sellers can cover the fees. It will decrease the market between countries, eliminate handmade products and benefit mass producers and sellers like amazon, shein or temu. Its killing crafts, arts and culture within the EU. Please target giant companies instead with material regulations, import limits or taxes, limit of single use plastic products etc. The amount of pollution will be drastically decreased.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544184_en"}, {"id": 33544183, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:24:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Manevyh ", "feedback": "Ich verstehe den Grund für die Änderungen und befürworte grundsätzlich, dass hier gewisse Maßnahmen getroffen werden. Jedoch treffen diese zum Großteil Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sehr negativ. Während für große Firmen die neuen Kosten leicht zu stemmen sind, werden Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen aus den Markt ausgeschlossen. Die neuen Kosten sind so hoch, dass sich kein Unternehmen dieser Größe leisten kann sie zu zahlen. Dies schränkt den Binnenmarkt ein, führt zu einem unfairen Wettbewerb, da ein Pay-to-Play Prinzip eingeführt wird, und gefährdet ganze Existenzen. Daher bitte ich darum, dass sich die Regelungen unter dieses Aspekten nochmals angeschaut werden. Es sollte eine Anpassung für diese Unternehmen vorgenommen werden, egal ob durch Freimengen bis die neuen Gebühren gezahlt werden, oder durch Ausnahme von Unternehmen bis zu einem gewissen Jahresumsatz. Sonst werden Kleinunternehmen nach und nach aus der EU verschwinden, da sie aufgelöst werden müssen. Die wenigsten können ihre Kosten decken, wenn sie ausschließlich innerhalb ihres eigenen Landes verkaufen. Zudem sollte eine zentrale Registrierungsstelle eingeführt werden. Die ganze Situation ist für Einzelunternehmen unglaublich undurchsichtig. Es gibt keinen Leitfaden und das alles für jedes Land einzeln auszutüfteln ist ein bürokratischer Aufwand, den diese Unternehmen nicht stemmen können. Wie gesagt, ist der Grundgedanke hinter den Änderungen richtig und wichtig, aber hier wird eine ganze Reihe an Unternehmen komplett übersehen, die durch diese Anpassungen ganz aus dem Wettbewerb ausgeschlossen werden und hierdurch evtl. sogar aufgelöst werden müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand the reason for the amendments and in principle support certain measures being taken here. However, these mostly affect micro and small enterprises very negatively. While for large firms the new costs are easy to bear, micro and small enterprises are excluded from the market. The new costs are so high that no company of this size can afford them. This limits the internal market, leads to unfair competition by introducing a pay-to-play principle and puts entire livelihoods at risk. I would therefore ask that the rules be looked at again from this point of view. An adjustment should be made for these companies, whether through allowances until the new fees are paid or by exempting companies up to a certain annual turnover. Otherwise, small businesses will gradually disappear from the EU as they will have to be dissolved. The smallest can cover their costs if they sell exclusively within their own country. A central registration point should also be established. The whole situation is incredibly opaque for individual companies. There is no guide and it is a bureaucratic burden for each country that these companies cannot bear. As I have said, the rationale behind the changes is correct and important, but it completely overlooks a number of companies which are completely excluded from competition by these adjustments and may even have to be dissolved as a result.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544183_en"}, {"id": 33544182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:24:36", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This législation seems tonbe disproportionate for very small european businesses shipping in several member countries less than 1 ton of packages per year. As an example, small craft sellers selling small cultural objects across Europ. I suggest setting a minimum threshold for the minimum quantity of package per year.", "feedbackEnglish": "This législation seems tonbe disproportionate for very small european businesses shipping in several member countries less than 1 ton of packages per year. As an example, small craft sellers selling small cultural objects across Europ. I suggest setting a minimum threshold for the minimum quantity of package per year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544182_en"}, {"id": 33544181, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:24:24", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SkaavArt", "feedback": "As a micro business located in Austria I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and improving the sustainability of packaging. However, for us micro businesses, following the new rules is financially and administratively impossible. In my own research, I have received quotations of approximately EUR 300 per country per year for an authorised representative, in addition to national base fees of roughly EUR 100 - 800 per country per year, before actual packaging contributions and other administrative costs. Small creators will have to stop selling to most EU countries, not because they do not want to comply with environmental regulations, but because the administrative and financial burden makes it impossible. I therefore encourage the EU and Member States to consider: 1. an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro businesses - simplified registration and reporting procedures for businesses below this threshold. 2. an EU-wide centralised reporting system, similar to the existing OSS system for VAT. 3. avoiding situations where fixed compliance costs are many times higher than the value or quantity of packaging actually placed on the market I sincerely hope the implementation of the PPWR can be adjusted to provide a realistic framework for us micro businesses. Small creators want to comply. We simply need a system that makes compliance realistically possible.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business located in Austria I strongly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and improving the sustainability of packaging. However, for us micro businesses, following the new rules is financially and administratively impossible. In my own research, I have received quotations of approximately EUR 300 per country per year for an authorised representative, in addition to national base fees of roughly EUR 100 - 800 per country per year, before actual packaging contributions and other administrative costs. Small creators will have to stop selling to most EU countries, not because they do not want to comply with environmental regulations, but because the administrative and financial burden makes it impossible. I therefore encourage the EU and Member States to consider: 1. an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro businesses - simplified registration and reporting procedures for businesses below this threshold. 2. an EU-wide centralised reporting system, similar to the existing OSS system for VAT. 3. avoiding situations where fixed compliance costs are many times higher than the value or quantity of packaging actually placed on the market I sincerely hope the implementation of the PPWR can be adjusted to provide a realistic framework for us micro businesses. Small creators want to comply. We simply need a system that makes compliance realistically possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544181_en"}, {"id": 33544180, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:22:21", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "​I am a small independent seller of vintage goods within the EU. I am writing to urge you to stop the destruction of internal European trade between everyday people. ​Forcing micro-entrepreneurs, handmade creators, hobbyists, and vintage sellers to appoint expensive \"Authorised Representatives\" in every EU countrycosting hundreds or thousands of euros annuallyis an absolute death sentence for small-scale trade within Europe itself. ​1. Unbearable financial, time, and knowledge burden: As a single-person operation and hobbyist, I do not have the legal knowledge, time, or thousands of euros in annual funds required to manage complex international law, endless paperwork, and compliance contracts across multiple EU countries just to send a few vintage items in reused boxes. ​2. Advantage to corporate monopolies: Giant corporations and massive platforms can easily pay these feesto them, it is pocket change. They have legal departments to handle the bureaucracy. Imposing identical rules on everyone systematically wipes out small independent sellers, artisans, and hobbyists, handing the entire European market over to corporate giants. 3. ​Destruction of the European idea and entrepreneurship: Closing cross-border trade between everyday citizens completely destroys the fundamental concept of a unified Europe. Instead of encouraging grassroots entrepreneurship and economic activity among European citizens, these rules build artificial legal walls inside the Single Market and discourage young creators and small traders from ever starting a business. ​4. Killing sustainable, circular trade: Vintage, second-hand, and handmade sellers naturally promote a circular economy by reusing materials and extending product lifecycles. Crushing everyday citizens with corporate-level regulations directly contradicts Europe's green goals. ​The promised \"lighter rules for micro-enterprises\" must be crystal clear: individual citizens, hobbyists, and micro-sellers trading vintage, second-hand, or handmade goods within the EU MUST be exempt from hiring regional legal representatives and dealing with suffocating cross-border bureaucracy. ​Do not close the European Single Market to its own citizens!", "feedbackEnglish": "​I am a small independent seller of vintage goods within the EU. I am writing to urge you to stop the destruction of internal European trade between everyday people. ​Forcing micro-entrepreneurs, handmade creators, hobbyists, and vintage sellers to appoint expensive \"Authorised Representatives\" in every EU countrycosting hundreds or thousands of euros annuallyis an absolute death sentence for small-scale trade within Europe itself. ​1. Unbearable financial, time, and knowledge burden: As a single-person operation and hobbyist, I do not have the legal knowledge, time, or thousands of euros in annual funds required to manage complex international law, endless paperwork, and compliance contracts across multiple EU countries just to send a few vintage items in reused boxes. ​2. Advantage to corporate monopolies: Giant corporations and massive platforms can easily pay these feesto them, it is pocket change. They have legal departments to handle the bureaucracy. Imposing identical rules on everyone systematically wipes out small independent sellers, artisans, and hobbyists, handing the entire European market over to corporate giants. 3. ​Destruction of the European idea and entrepreneurship: Closing cross-border trade between everyday citizens completely destroys the fundamental concept of a unified Europe. Instead of encouraging grassroots entrepreneurship and economic activity among European citizens, these rules build artificial legal walls inside the Single Market and discourage young creators and small traders from ever starting a business. ​4. Killing sustainable, circular trade: Vintage, second-hand, and handmade sellers naturally promote a circular economy by reusing materials and extending product lifecycles. Crushing everyday citizens with corporate-level regulations directly contradicts Europe's green goals. ​The promised \"lighter rules for micro-enterprises\" must be crystal clear: individual citizens, hobbyists, and micro-sellers trading vintage, second-hand, or handmade goods within the EU MUST be exempt from hiring regional legal representatives and dealing with suffocating cross-border bureaucracy. ​Do not close the European Single Market to its own citizens!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544180_en"}, {"id": 33544179, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:19:57", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "dumb shop / 3485780-3", "feedback": "PPWR-säädökseen on lisättävä liikevaihdon ja/tai jätemäärän määrittämä edustusmaksukatto mikroyrityksille. Lisäksi tarvitaan mikroyrityksille erillinen malli, jossa yksi rekisteröinti ja yksi edustaja kattaa kaikki jäsenmaat. Uudet PPWR-vaatimukset osuvat äärettömän epäreilulla tavalla pienyrityksiin, etenkin alkaviin ja yksinyrittäjiin. On järjetöntä, että kussakin EU-maassa toimivan valtuutetun edustajan maksut eivät heijasta edustajaan kohdistuvaa taakkaa ja riskiä, vaan 500g ja 50 tonnia jätettä tuottavat yritykset maksavat saman edustusmaksun. EPR-kierrätysmaksut skaalautuvat ympäristökuormituksen mukana, miksi ei edustusmaksut? Jättikorporaatiolle edustusmaksu vastaa hädintuskin pisaraa valtameressä, kun taas kaltaiselleni yksinyrittäjälle tämä merkitsee suunnitellun myyntialueeni merkittävää supistamista, koska jokaisesta kohdemaasta syntyvä ylimääräinen työtaakka ja taloudellinen riski ylittävät kapasiteettini roimasti. Jätteen määrän vähentäminen ja vastuun siirtäminen yrityksille joille se kuuluu ovat erinomaisia tavoitteita. Näkökulmastani uudessa PPWR:ssä näyttäytyy kuitenkin myös kolmas, e.m. tavoitteiden kanssa räikeässä ristiriidassa oleva, vastuuton ja eriarvoistava tavoite; pienyritysten tallominen suursaastuttajien eduksi. Suomessa vallitsevan epätoivoisen työmarkkinatilanteen johdosta kokoaikaistan parhaillaan yritystäni, jonka kautta aion myydä itse suunnittelemiani ja painamiani vaatteita ja taideprinttituotteita Suomeen ja Eurooppaan kuluttaja-asiakkaille. PPWR- muutos kirpaisee etenkin, koska olen vapaaehtoisesti omien arvojeni mukaisesti sitoutunut siihen, että kaikki myymäni vaatteet ja kaikki käyttämäni pakkausmateriaalit on valmistettu kierrätysmateriaaleista, ja pakkausmateriaalia, etenkin muovia, käytetään mahdollisimman vähän. On absurdia, että kaltaiseni, karvalakkibudjetista riippumatta vastuullisuuteen pyrkivä pienyrittäjä maksaa saman edustusmaksun kuin ympäristöstä ja vastuullisuudesta viis veisaavat, tonneittain kertakäyttöistä neitsytmuovia meriin lappaavat korporaatiot.", "feedbackEnglish": "A cap on representation fees for micro-enterprises, determined by turnover and/or waste volumes, needs to be added to the PPWR. In addition, a separate model for micro-enterprises is needed, with one registration and one representative covering all Member States. The new PPWR requirements hit small businesses, especially start-ups and solo self-employed, in an extremely unfair way. It is absurd that the fees of an authorised representative in each EU country do not reflect the burden and risk for the representative, but that companies producing 500 g and 50 tonnes of waste pay the same fee. EPR recycling fees are scalable with environmental stress, why are representation fees not? For glat-corporation, the agency fee is barely equivalent to a drop in the ocean, whereas for a solo self-employed person like myself, this means a significant reduction in my intended sales area, as the extra workload and financial risk in each country of destination far exceeds my capacity. Reducing the amount of waste and shifting responsibility to the companies to which it belongs is an excellent objective. However, from my point of view, the new PPWR also reflects a third objective, which is in stark contrast to e.g. objectives, irresponsible and unequal; breaking down small businesses for the benefit of large-scale polluters. As a result of the desperate labour market situation in Finland, I am currently assembling my company through which I intend to sell clothing and artprint products that I have designed and printed myself to consumers in Finland and Europe. The PPWR change is all the more striking because, in line with my own values, I have voluntarily committed to making all the clothing I sell and all the packaging materials I use made of recycled materials and to using as little packaging material as possible, in particular plastic. It is absurd that a small entrepreneur like me, regardless of the carvala budget, who wants to be responsible, pays the same representation fee as the corporatisations culminating in the environment and responsibility, which pull tonnes of single-use virgin plastic into the sea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544179_en"}, {"id": 33544178, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:19:53", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While for big corporations the fees for this will be a drop in the ocean, small businesses will essentially be reduced to only shipping within their own country so as to not risk bankruptcy, thus nulifying the \"one eu market\" principal. The way this ruling undermines small businesses and paves the way for huge corporation monopoly seems almost deliberate and insidious.", "feedbackEnglish": "While for big corporations the fees for this will be a drop in the ocean, small businesses will essentially be reduced to only shipping within their own country so as to not risk bankruptcy, thus nulifying the \"one eu market\" principal. The way this ruling undermines small businesses and paves the way for huge corporation monopoly seems almost deliberate and insidious.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544178_en"}, {"id": 33544177, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:18:19", "country": "AUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HA Bureau", "feedback": "the new rules being implemented by the EU, whilst understandable on some level , will simply destroy most small businesses. No small business that is currently living a meagre ad mostly hand to mouth existence has the fiancial capability to comply with these rules and it will simply force many business to either shut down completely or at the very least stop sellig to EU countries. This MUST be reconsidered .. for example to have a monetary threshold whereby businesses earning under certain levels are exempt", "feedbackEnglish": "the new rules being implemented by the EU, whilst understandable on some level , will simply destroy most small businesses. No small business that is currently living a meagre ad mostly hand to mouth existence has the fiancial capability to comply with these rules and it will simply force many business to either shut down completely or at the very least stop sellig to EU countries. This MUST be reconsidered .. for example to have a monetary threshold whereby businesses earning under certain levels are exempt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544177_en"}, {"id": 33544176, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:17:28", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "critter holt ", "feedback": "Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am contacting you today as an independent artist and micro-business owner. I would like to alert you to the dramatic, unfair, and disproportionate consequences of the new PPWR regulation and the multiplication of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) taxes on very small businesses (often making less than 12,000 in annual turnover). For an independent artisan or artist, the lack of a financial minimum exemption threshold at the European level is a commercial death sentence. Having to stack up an annual flat fee of 80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, or having to finance a local legal representative just to ship a single package to Poland is an insurmountable barrier. Our profit margins are already heavily impacted by national social security contributions, inflation of raw materials, and rising shipping costs. The spirit of the European single market was to allow us to freely sell our creations from one country to another. Today, this administrative rigidity and the total lack of communication from state organizations leave me and other art businesses cornered: we must either close our borders to European customers or risk financial penalties and automatic blocks on our sales platforms. I fully support the ecological transition and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology must not serve as a pretext to financially suffocate local craftsmanship to the sole benefit of industrial giants who possess dedicated legal departments. Therefore, on behalf of our collective of creators, we urgently request: The establishment of a total exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight, or European turnover) for the packaging of micro-businesses. The implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralized simplified declaration and a contribution proportional to actual turnover, based on the existing IOSS model for VAT. Thank you for your immediate attention and action regarding the distress of thousands of artisans and creators who make up the cultural, human, and economic wealth of our continent.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am contacting you today as an independent artist and micro-business owner. I would like to alert you to the dramatic, unfair, and disproportionate consequences of the new PPWR regulation and the multiplication of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) taxes on very small businesses (often making less than 12,000 in annual turnover). For an independent artisan or artist, the lack of a financial minimum exemption threshold at the European level is a commercial death sentence. Having to stack up an annual flat fee of 80 in France, 15 in Germany, 150 in Austria, or having to finance a local legal representative just to ship a single package to Poland is an insurmountable barrier. Our profit margins are already heavily impacted by national social security contributions, inflation of raw materials, and rising shipping costs. The spirit of the European single market was to allow us to freely sell our creations from one country to another. Today, this administrative rigidity and the total lack of communication from state organizations leave me and other art businesses cornered: we must either close our borders to European customers or risk financial penalties and automatic blocks on our sales platforms. I fully support the ecological transition and the use of eco-designed packaging. However, ecology must not serve as a pretext to financially suffocate local craftsmanship to the sole benefit of industrial giants who possess dedicated legal departments. Therefore, on behalf of our collective of creators, we urgently request: The establishment of a total exemption threshold (below a certain volume, packaging weight, or European turnover) for the packaging of micro-businesses. The implementation of a European EPR one-stop shop, allowing a centralized simplified declaration and a contribution proportional to actual turnover, based on the existing IOSS model for VAT. Thank you for your immediate attention and action regarding the distress of thousands of artisans and creators who make up the cultural, human, and economic wealth of our continent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544176_en"}, {"id": 33544175, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:17:18", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Congrats, it is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbour within the European Union. Several artisans and businesses I follow on social media, and am a customer at, have already announced that they will no longer ship to my country (or in the worst case, shutting down altogether). For a small business that only ship 1-5 orders a year to some countries with a total value of maybe 50-100, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries; hire expensive local authorized representatives; pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible for them. With this new regulation you created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out micro-businesses while favouring multinational corporations and limits the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Congrats, it is now easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for an independent artist to ship a parcel across the globe than to send a letter to their neighbour within the European Union. Several artisans and businesses I follow on social media, and am a customer at, have already announced that they will no longer ship to my country (or in the worst case, shutting down altogether). For a small business that only ship 1-5 orders a year to some countries with a total value of maybe 50-100, being forced to register with 27 individual national registries; hire expensive local authorized representatives; pay annual minimum fees and file complex reports in different languages is financially and administratively impossible for them. With this new regulation you created a disproportionate pay-to-play barrier that systematically wipes out micro-businesses while favouring multinational corporations and limits the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544175_en"}, {"id": 33544174, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:16:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jenne Grassmann", "feedback": "Als unabhängige kleine Künstlerin zerstört dieses Gesetz meine Lebensgrundlage. Ich habe weder die Mittel noch die Expertise um die Anforderungen für jedes EU-Land zu erfüllen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent small artist, this law destroys my livelihood. I have neither the means nor the expertise to meet the requirements for each EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544174_en"}, {"id": 33544173, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:15:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Moonpilgrim Jewelry", "feedback": "This new rule will make it impossible for the smallest businesses to go ahead selling to EU countries. Some one-women businesses like mine live from selling only one piece to each country a year. We live from the possibility to sell to many countries as our offering is a niche offering. Please take out the smallest businesses out of this plan like us Goldsmiths. We will not survive this. Thank you so much", "feedbackEnglish": "This new rule will make it impossible for the smallest businesses to go ahead selling to EU countries. Some one-women businesses like mine live from selling only one piece to each country a year. We live from the possibility to sell to many countries as our offering is a niche offering. Please take out the smallest businesses out of this plan like us Goldsmiths. We will not survive this. Thank you so much", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544173_en"}, {"id": 33544172, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:10:43", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Medeleon", "feedback": "As a small- business (single-origin extra virgin olive oil, family-run, Greece) directly subject to national packaging producer registers under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, we wish to raise concerns about the disproportionate administrative burden this initiative places on very small producers. Greece's national register (EMPA/EOAN) currently applies no de minimis threshold, meaning a business placing a handful of packaging units on the market carries the same registration, reporting, and verification obligations as large multinational producers placing thousands of tonnes. Harmonising the data format and registration procedure across Member States, as this initiative proposes, does nothing to address this underlying proportionality gap; it simply standardizes the burden rather than scaling it to producer size. For a micro-enterprise with no dedicated compliance staff, the combination of annual declarations, collective scheme contracts, and now a new harmonised XML/JSON reporting format represents a real diversion of time and resources away from production and market development, resources that are already stretched thin for small, artisanal, and family-run producers who form the backbone of regional agri-food economies across the EU. We urge the Commission to: 1. Introduce a mandatory EU-wide de minimis threshold (by volume or revenue) below which simplified registration and reporting applies, rather than leaving this entirely to Member State discretion; 2. Provide a simplified, low-cost reporting pathway for micro and small producers as part of the harmonised dataset, rather than a single format designed around large-scale reporting needs; 3. Assess the cumulative regulatory burden on small producers across PPWR, EPR schemes, and other EU sustainability reporting obligations before adding further standardisation requirements. Without proportionality safeguards, this initiative risks disadvantaging the smallest and most sustainable producers relative to large-scale competitors who can more easily absorb compliance costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small- business (single-origin extra virgin olive oil, family-run, Greece) directly subject to national packaging producer registers under Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, we wish to raise concerns about the disproportionate administrative burden this initiative places on very small producers. Greece's national register (EMPA/EOAN) currently applies no de minimis threshold, meaning a business placing a handful of packaging units on the market carries the same registration, reporting, and verification obligations as large multinational producers placing thousands of tonnes. Harmonising the data format and registration procedure across Member States, as this initiative proposes, does nothing to address this underlying proportionality gap; it simply standardizes the burden rather than scaling it to producer size. For a micro-enterprise with no dedicated compliance staff, the combination of annual declarations, collective scheme contracts, and now a new harmonised XML/JSON reporting format represents a real diversion of time and resources away from production and market development, resources that are already stretched thin for small, artisanal, and family-run producers who form the backbone of regional agri-food economies across the EU. We urge the Commission to: 1. Introduce a mandatory EU-wide de minimis threshold (by volume or revenue) below which simplified registration and reporting applies, rather than leaving this entirely to Member State discretion; 2. Provide a simplified, low-cost reporting pathway for micro and small producers as part of the harmonised dataset, rather than a single format designed around large-scale reporting needs; 3. Assess the cumulative regulatory burden on small producers across PPWR, EPR schemes, and other EU sustainability reporting obligations before adding further standardisation requirements. Without proportionality safeguards, this initiative risks disadvantaging the smallest and most sustainable producers relative to large-scale competitors who can more easily absorb compliance costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544172_en"}, {"id": 33544171, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:10:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation is seriously damaging to micro and small businesses. It kills Europe's ability to be competitive on an independent, small business, and creative level only only allows large monopolies like Amazon to continue existing in this market. If it is a European legislation, it should require a single registration valid for all European countries, not registration in each country independently, wildly varying (but all high) fees, and the naming of a person for every country. Also, put in place minimums so micro businesses will be below the threshold. This should only be affecting major distributors, not independent sellers. Why is it that this is making it MORE LIKELY my products are going to come from China than a European provider?! Establish ONE portal, with minimum shipping thresholds to be taxed, exempt micro businesses from fines.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is seriously damaging to micro and small businesses. It kills Europe's ability to be competitive on an independent, small business, and creative level only only allows large monopolies like Amazon to continue existing in this market. If it is a European legislation, it should require a single registration valid for all European countries, not registration in each country independently, wildly varying (but all high) fees, and the naming of a person for every country. Also, put in place minimums so micro businesses will be below the threshold. This should only be affecting major distributors, not independent sellers. Why is it that this is making it MORE LIKELY my products are going to come from China than a European provider?! Establish ONE portal, with minimum shipping thresholds to be taxed, exempt micro businesses from fines.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544171_en"}, {"id": 33544170, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:09:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While this is a step for a sustainable future. The lack of a minimum threshold with exempts small businesses from these rules is a death setence for many of them.", "feedbackEnglish": "While this is a step for a sustainable future. The lack of a minimum threshold with exempts small businesses from these rules is a death setence for many of them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544170_en"}, {"id": 33544169, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:07:28", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello there. I understand the idea behind the new rules, but I think that it's flawed due to not having taken small businesses into account. Let's say I have a customer in Belgium who wants to buy a painting and have it shipped to them. Even if I were to ship just one painting, that would still mean an annual fee, even if one year that number of goods might be zero. To a big corporation, such fees are a drop in the bucket. But to small-business owners, to pay a fee like that for each of the 27 member states (which varies between each), no matter if they perhaps only sell one or two items per year... To a small business run by perhaps a single individual, that's basically making it impossible for them to sustain themselves. I'm already seeing lots of small-time business owners shutting down shipping options to EU member states. This will only increase isolation and basically undermine the idea of a trade between EU members. I propose that there should be an amendment that takes into account the size of the business that's being done so that a fee can be adjusted. Big corporations use a lot more packaging, recyclable or otherwise, than a small-time business owner does.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello there. I understand the idea behind the new rules, but I think that it's flawed due to not having taken small businesses into account. Let's say I have a customer in Belgium who wants to buy a painting and have it shipped to them. Even if I were to ship just one painting, that would still mean an annual fee, even if one year that number of goods might be zero. To a big corporation, such fees are a drop in the bucket. But to small-business owners, to pay a fee like that for each of the 27 member states (which varies between each), no matter if they perhaps only sell one or two items per year... To a small business run by perhaps a single individual, that's basically making it impossible for them to sustain themselves. I'm already seeing lots of small-time business owners shutting down shipping options to EU member states. This will only increase isolation and basically undermine the idea of a trade between EU members. I propose that there should be an amendment that takes into account the size of the business that's being done so that a fee can be adjusted. Big corporations use a lot more packaging, recyclable or otherwise, than a small-time business owner does.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544169_en"}, {"id": 33544168, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:07:15", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider packaging waste and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations for micro and small businesses. The current approach is disproportionate. A self-employed person or micro-business placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market should not face essentially the same registration, reporting and compliance framework as large retailers placing tonnes of packaging on the market. The environmental impact of such small quantities is minimal, while the administrative and financial burden can be significant. Full EPR obligations should therefore primarily apply to larger businesses and significant quantities of packaging, with a clear and meaningful de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-businesses. At the same time, the rules must be genuinely harmonised across the EU. Small businesses selling within the Single Market should not have to navigate different registrations, reporting systems, fees and requirements in every Member State. One European market should mean one clear set of rules and one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system. The rules must also be transparent, practical and easy to understand. A small business should be able to determine its obligations, thresholds, registration requirements and reporting deadlines without hiring lawyers or specialised compliance services. Small businesses can and should minimise packaging and use environmentally responsible materials. However, environmental legislation must remain proportionate to the actual amount of waste generated. Please introduce proportionate thresholds for micro and small businesses, harmonised EU-wide rules, a single compliance system and clear, accessible guidance", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly urge the European Commission to reconsider packaging waste and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations for micro and small businesses. The current approach is disproportionate. A self-employed person or micro-business placing only a few kilograms of packaging on the market should not face essentially the same registration, reporting and compliance framework as large retailers placing tonnes of packaging on the market. The environmental impact of such small quantities is minimal, while the administrative and financial burden can be significant. Full EPR obligations should therefore primarily apply to larger businesses and significant quantities of packaging, with a clear and meaningful de minimis threshold or exemption for micro-businesses. At the same time, the rules must be genuinely harmonised across the EU. Small businesses selling within the Single Market should not have to navigate different registrations, reporting systems, fees and requirements in every Member State. One European market should mean one clear set of rules and one simple EU-wide registration and reporting system. The rules must also be transparent, practical and easy to understand. A small business should be able to determine its obligations, thresholds, registration requirements and reporting deadlines without hiring lawyers or specialised compliance services. Small businesses can and should minimise packaging and use environmentally responsible materials. However, environmental legislation must remain proportionate to the actual amount of waste generated. Please introduce proportionate thresholds for micro and small businesses, harmonised EU-wide rules, a single compliance system and clear, accessible guidance", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544168_en"}, {"id": 33544167, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:04:42", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro business owner, I find it very disturbing that I have to find out about things like this online when other micro business (arts) owners start complaining. I've seen all of one post about the topic in Croatian news AFTER I heard about it on social media. Another thing that I find disturbing is that we're all put in the same bucket. You cannot compare micro businesses and big corporations. Especially because as micro business owners, we're the first to be mindful of the packaging and waste we produce. Not once in my 32 years, have I ordered something from a micro business and got it in a big, wasteful box. It's also not right to put the pressure and responsability of recycling onto the micro business owners. We as humans have the responsability to recycle as a collective. By doing it, you're completely missing the point. There should be stricter laws for people producing the packaging materials to make the from recycable materials. There should be more pressure onto the countries on how they deal with recycling and garbage. Stricter punishments for people who choose not to do so. On top of that, we as EU are a collective. Tell me why then, does each country have different laws in regards to this matter? Why does a small business have to pay a representative for each individual country we ship to? In which world does that say \"union\"?", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner, I find it very disturbing that I have to find out about things like this online when other micro business (arts) owners start complaining. I've seen all of one post about the topic in Croatian news AFTER I heard about it on social media. Another thing that I find disturbing is that we're all put in the same bucket. You cannot compare micro businesses and big corporations. Especially because as micro business owners, we're the first to be mindful of the packaging and waste we produce. Not once in my 32 years, have I ordered something from a micro business and got it in a big, wasteful box. It's also not right to put the pressure and responsability of recycling onto the micro business owners. We as humans have the responsability to recycle as a collective. By doing it, you're completely missing the point. There should be stricter laws for people producing the packaging materials to make the from recycable materials. There should be more pressure onto the countries on how they deal with recycling and garbage. Stricter punishments for people who choose not to do so. On top of that, we as EU are a collective. Tell me why then, does each country have different laws in regards to this matter? Why does a small business have to pay a representative for each individual country we ship to? In which world does that say \"union\"?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544167_en"}, {"id": 33544166, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:04:04", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I am not a crafter or an artist myself, I've always loved purchasing items, whether for use or for simple decoration, from small, often local businesses. I was always also looking out to my fellow European business owners, wanting to prefer buying from them over any large corporations. Yet, these changes in the new packaging and shipping rules seem to be destroying exactly this. I've seen many small businesses across Europe saying they will not be shipping to the EU anymore because of these, or that they'll have to close the business altogether. For the small guy, for the small businesses, it becomes such a burden that suddenly I'm sitting here, in the middle of Europe, in the middle of the EU, and be cut off from the small, handmade things while only cheap stuff from the rich, large corporations remains. Please reconsider these changes. For small and medium businesses at least. They often simply try to survive, make a living doing something they love. We should be the one local market for all of EU, for all of Europe. This just fragments it all over again for no real reason. We strive for a connected Europe, yet this destroys it in one fell swoop.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I am not a crafter or an artist myself, I've always loved purchasing items, whether for use or for simple decoration, from small, often local businesses. I was always also looking out to my fellow European business owners, wanting to prefer buying from them over any large corporations. Yet, these changes in the new packaging and shipping rules seem to be destroying exactly this. I've seen many small businesses across Europe saying they will not be shipping to the EU anymore because of these, or that they'll have to close the business altogether. For the small guy, for the small businesses, it becomes such a burden that suddenly I'm sitting here, in the middle of Europe, in the middle of the EU, and be cut off from the small, handmade things while only cheap stuff from the rich, large corporations remains. Please reconsider these changes. For small and medium businesses at least. They often simply try to survive, make a living doing something they love. We should be the one local market for all of EU, for all of Europe. This just fragments it all over again for no real reason. We strive for a connected Europe, yet this destroys it in one fell swoop.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544166_en"}, {"id": 33544141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:03:12", "country": "LTU", "language": "LT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Naujasis pakuočių ir atliekų mažinimo įstatymas yra neapgalvotai žlugdantis smulkiuosius verslininkus. Mažos ir labai mažos įmonės nebegali parduoti individualių rankų darbo gaminių ir savo gamybos prekių vartotojams Europos viduje. Šis reguliavimas joms užkrauna neproporcingai didelę finansinę naštą, kurios jie niekaip negali padengti iš savo pajamų. Smulkieji amatininkai, prekiaujantys per tokias platformas kaip Etsy, tikrai negalės kiekvienoje Europos valstybėje mokėti autorizuotiems įgaliotiniams atstovavimo mokesčių už kelis išsiunčiamus pirkėjų užsakymus per metus. Dirbu individualiai, mano verslo mėnesio pajamos yra mano atlyginimas. Registruotis 27 šalyse ir mokėti kiekvienoje po 200 eurų už atstotavimą, jei metinis pardavimas toje šalyje tik kelios prekės po 20-50 eurų keliuose burbuliniuose vokuose? Absurdas. Tai panaikina laisvą produktų judėjimą ES. Neproporcinga administracinė ir finansinė našta išmeta iš ES vidaus rinkos savo smulkiuosius verslininkus. Dėl muitų įvedimo siunčiant į JAV mūsų pardavimai jau sumažėjo apie 50%. Dabar ir Europai mūsų nebereikia. Jei nebus atsižvelgta į vietos smulkiųjų gamintojų poreikius, jų verslai bus sužlugdyti. Būtina nustatyti vieningas minimalias ribas pateikiamų pakuočių kiekiui ES viduje, iki kurių smulkieji gamintojai būtų atleisti nuo privalomo atstovavimo įmonių turėjimo ir administracinės bei finansinės naštos. Be to, vieninga pakuočių deklaravimo sistema visose šalyse itin sumažintų administravimo naštą visiems tiek gamintojams, tiek kontroliuojančioms institucijoms.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging and Waste Reduction Act is unintentionally disrupting small businesses. Small and micro-enterprises can no longer sell individual handicrafts and own-produced goods to consumers within Europe. This regulation places a disproportionate financial burden on them, which they cannot in any way cover from their revenues. Small craftsmen trading through platforms such as Etsy will certainly not be able to pay authorised agents’ representation fees in every European country for several outgoing customer orders per year. I work individually, the monthly income of my business is my salary. Register in 27 countries and pay EUR 200 per trip if there are only a few annual sales in that country of between EUR 20 and EUR 50 in several bubbles? Absurd. This eliminates the free movement of products within the EU. Disproportionate administrative and financial burdens emit their small entrepreneurs from the EU internal market. Our sales have already decreased by around 50 % due to the imposition of duties on shipments to the US. Now Europe no longer needs us. If the needs of local small producers are not taken into account, their businesses will be destroyed. It is necessary to establish uniform minimum thresholds for the quantity of packaging presented within the EU, up to which small producers are exempted from having mandatory representation and from administrative and financial burdens. In addition, a unified packaging declaration system in all countries would significantly reduce the administrative burden for all producers and control authorities alike.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544141_en"}, {"id": 33544165, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 10:00:08", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "En tant que micro-artisane française (auto-entreprise, 1-2 commandes par an), cette réglementation REP sur les emballages transfrontaliers me place dans une situation impossible. Je réutilise des emballages de récupération pour mes expéditions et je ne mets pas d'emballages neufs sur le marché. Les obligations administratives et financières prévues sont totalement disproportionnées par rapport à mon activité réelle et risquent de mettre en péril des milliers de micro-créateurs européens qui ne représentent aucun enjeu environnemental significatif. Je demande une exemption claire et automatique pour les micro-entreprises en dessous d'un seuil minimal significatif. Vous êtes en train de tuer l'économie et les petits créateurs comme vous le faites depuis le début en nous accablant de taxes et autres charges inutiles.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a French micro-craft (self-business, 1-2 orders per year), this EPR regulation on cross-border packaging puts me in an impossible situation. I reuse reclaimed packaging for my shipments and I do not place new packaging on the market. The administrative and financial obligations laid down are totally disproportionate to my actual activity and risk putting at risk thousands of European micro-creators who do not represent any significant environmental issue. I call for a clear and automatic exemption for micro-enterprises below a meaningful minimum threshold. You are killing the economy and small creators like you have done since the beginning by burdening us with unnecessary taxes and other burdens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544165_en"}, {"id": 33544164, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:57:30", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is going to disproportionately affect small businesses and make it very difficult or even impossible to operate in the EU. Im an artist from Finland, and I was planning on starting to sell my paintings, but that now seems impossible. My business is so small my profits cannot cover even a single representative. I imagine this is the same for many others. I can understand what the EU is trying to do with this rule, but in my opinion it should only apply to large companies, who are actually capable of following the rule and who are the actual cause of pollution and waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is going to disproportionately affect small businesses and make it very difficult or even impossible to operate in the EU. Im an artist from Finland, and I was planning on starting to sell my paintings, but that now seems impossible. My business is so small my profits cannot cover even a single representative. I imagine this is the same for many others. I can understand what the EU is trying to do with this rule, but in my opinion it should only apply to large companies, who are actually capable of following the rule and who are the actual cause of pollution and waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544164_en"}, {"id": 33544163, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:54:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Feliz y Punto ", "feedback": "Feedback on the PPWR from a one-person artisanal business We fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the need to reduce packaging waste and improve the circularity of packaging in Europe. However, the current regulatory framework places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on very small businesses and one-person artisanal workshops. We are a micro-business operated by one person. We produce small batches of handcrafted products and sell them directly to customers, including customers in other EU Member States. Our packaging is minimal, carefully chosen and already consists mainly of simple recyclable materials such as paper and cardboard. Despite this, complying with the new requirements can involve registrations, reporting obligations, national schemes, producer-responsibility systems, fees and, in some Member States, the need to appoint local representatives or work with external organisations. For a large company, these obligations can be incorporated into an administrative department or outsourced at a manageable cost. For a one-person business, they can mean hours of administrative work, additional fees and professional costs that are completely disproportionate to the environmental impact of the packaging involved. This creates a serious risk: regulation intended to promote sustainability can unintentionally make small, local and artisanal businesses economically unviable. It is particularly problematic when a micro-business selling a few hundred or a few thousand parcels a year is expected to navigate 27 different national systems and requirements in order to sell within the Single Market. We therefore ask the European Commission to consider specific and meaningful simplifications for micro-enterprises. We propose: * A genuine simplified regime for micro-enterprises, with reduced reporting, registration and administrative requirements. * A de minimis threshold based on the quantity or weight of packaging placed on the market, below which obligations would be substantially simplified. * A single European registration or reporting mechanism, rather than requiring small businesses to navigate different systems in every Member State. * Harmonised rules across the EU, so that selling a product to another Member State does not create an entirely new administrative procedure. * Affordable collective solutions specifically designed for micro-businesses, with transparent and proportionate fees. * Clear official guidance in all EU languages, explaining exactly what a small business must do, without requiring expensive legal or compliance consultants. * Most importantly, a proportionality principle: the administrative and financial burden imposed on a business should correspond to the actual environmental impact and volume of packaging it places on the market. The European Single Market should make it possible for a small artisan business in one Member State to sell to customers elsewhere in the EU without having to become a packaging-compliance specialist. We believe environmental legislation will be much more effective if it is designed in a way that allows small sustainable businesses to survive and participate in the European market. We are not asking for environmental obligations to disappear. We are asking for them to be proportionate, practical, affordable and genuinely achievable for micro-enterprises. We urge the European Commission to listen to the thousands of one-person businesses, artisans and small producers affected by these rules and to introduce practical solutions before the administrative burden becomes a barrier to operating within the European Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the PPWR from a one-person artisanal business We fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the need to reduce packaging waste and improve the circularity of packaging in Europe. However, the current regulatory framework places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on very small businesses and one-person artisanal workshops. We are a micro-business operated by one person. We produce small batches of handcrafted products and sell them directly to customers, including customers in other EU Member States. Our packaging is minimal, carefully chosen and already consists mainly of simple recyclable materials such as paper and cardboard. Despite this, complying with the new requirements can involve registrations, reporting obligations, national schemes, producer-responsibility systems, fees and, in some Member States, the need to appoint local representatives or work with external organisations. For a large company, these obligations can be incorporated into an administrative department or outsourced at a manageable cost. For a one-person business, they can mean hours of administrative work, additional fees and professional costs that are completely disproportionate to the environmental impact of the packaging involved. This creates a serious risk: regulation intended to promote sustainability can unintentionally make small, local and artisanal businesses economically unviable. It is particularly problematic when a micro-business selling a few hundred or a few thousand parcels a year is expected to navigate 27 different national systems and requirements in order to sell within the Single Market. We therefore ask the European Commission to consider specific and meaningful simplifications for micro-enterprises. We propose: * A genuine simplified regime for micro-enterprises, with reduced reporting, registration and administrative requirements. * A de minimis threshold based on the quantity or weight of packaging placed on the market, below which obligations would be substantially simplified. * A single European registration or reporting mechanism, rather than requiring small businesses to navigate different systems in every Member State. * Harmonised rules across the EU, so that selling a product to another Member State does not create an entirely new administrative procedure. * Affordable collective solutions specifically designed for micro-businesses, with transparent and proportionate fees. * Clear official guidance in all EU languages, explaining exactly what a small business must do, without requiring expensive legal or compliance consultants. * Most importantly, a proportionality principle: the administrative and financial burden imposed on a business should correspond to the actual environmental impact and volume of packaging it places on the market. The European Single Market should make it possible for a small artisan business in one Member State to sell to customers elsewhere in the EU without having to become a packaging-compliance specialist. We believe environmental legislation will be much more effective if it is designed in a way that allows small sustainable businesses to survive and participate in the European market. We are not asking for environmental obligations to disappear. We are asking for them to be proportionate, practical, affordable and genuinely achievable for micro-enterprises. We urge the European Commission to listen to the thousands of one-person businesses, artisans and small producers affected by these rules and to introduce practical solutions before the administrative burden becomes a barrier to operating within the European Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544163_en"}, {"id": 33544162, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:54:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung ist für Kleinstunternehmen nicht wirklich umsetzbar. Der Aufwand rechtfertigt den Nutzen nicht. Viele Kleinstunternehmen müssen den Versand ins EU-Ausland einstellen und erleiden damit Umsatzeinbußen. Es ist schlicht zu teuer, sich für jedes EU-Land zu registrieren. Im Jahr kommen etwa Kosten von 1700 auf, die kein Kleinstunternehmen stemmen kann. Dazu dann teilweise noch Kosten für Bevollmächtige usw. Eine einheitliche Regelung für den Versand ins EU-Ausland plus Wegfall von Bevollmächtigten und Registrierung der Verpackungen im eigenen Land (in Deutschland machen wir das bereits über Lucid) wäre einfacher, unbürokratischer und würde Kleinstunternehmen auch im EU-Ausland bekannter machen. Mit einer Unsatz-Obergrenze könnte man hier die Kleinstunternehmen unterstützen und die größeren Unternehmen zur Kasse bitten. Das wäre fair.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Regulation is not really feasible for micro-enterprises. The burden does not justify the benefits. Many micro-enterprises have to stop sending goods to other EU countries, resulting in a loss of turnover. It is simply too expensive to register for any EU country. There are approximately 1700 costs per year, which no micro-enterprise can afford. In some cases, this would also involve costs for authorised representatives, etc. A uniform system for shipping to other EU countries, plus the removal of authorised representatives and the registration of packaging in one’s own country (in Germany we already do this via Lucid), would be simpler, less bureaucratic and would also make micro-enterprises more widely known in other EU countries. A limit on turnover would help micro-enterprises and encourage larger companies to pay for it. This would be fair.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544162_en"}, {"id": 33544161, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:52:16", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Deze nieuwe regels zorgen ervoor dat kleine zaken het steeds moeilijker krijgen in een wereld waarin grote bedrijven alles overnemen. Lokale artiesten kunnen op deze manier met moeite tot zelfs niet hun business open houden. Deze kleine bedrijven doen sowieso al hun best om goederen te versturen op een manier die minder schadelijk is voor het milieu (vb. Geen plastic gebruiken). Flat fees betalen betekent weinig voor grote bedrijven. Zij zullen de verzendkosten omhoog doen en daarmee is de kous af. Een klein bedrijf kan dit niet. Het idee dat je dan maar lokaal moet kopen is nogal kort door de bocht. Niet elke lokale business heeft bijvoorbeeld merch van boeken die ik graag lees. In een wereld waar AI creativiteit steeds meer de mond snoert, zal deze nieuwe regelgeving daartoe bijdragen. Lokale artiesten kunnen hun goederen met moeite nog verkopen omdat ze per Europees land fees moeten betalen die absoluut niet in verhouding staan met de lage winst die ze maken. Ondertussen blijven grote bedrijven vervuilen en steeds meer winst maken.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules mean that small things are getting more and more difficult in a world where big companies take over everything. In this way, it is difficult for local artists to keep their business open or even out of business. In any case, these small businesses do their utmost to send goods in a way that is less harmful to the environment (e.g. do not use plastic). Paying flat fees means little for large companies. They will increase the cost of shipping and this will reduce the price. A small company cannot do this. The idea that you should only buy locally is rather brief. Not every local business has, for example, Merch of books I love to read. In a world where AI is increasingly hampering creativity, this new regulation will contribute to this. Local artists struggle to sell their goods because they have to pay fees per European country that are totally disproportionate to the low profits they make. Meanwhile, large companies continue to pollute and make increasing profits.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544161_en"}, {"id": 33544160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:51:15", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Per come è strutturata adesso la direttiva, il mercato unico europeo viene distrutto per le piccole e medie imprese. Queste dovranno registrarsi con modalità differenti per ognuno degli Stati in cui vogliono operare, e le informazioni non sono facilmente disponibili per tutti né previste in più lingue. Anche dal punto di vista dei costi, chi effettua poche spedizioni in diversi stati dell'UE viene fortemente penalizzato. Bisognerebbe avere un rappresentante unico per l'unione Europea, una procedura documentata con costi chiari e armonizzati.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the Directive is now structured, the European single market is being destroyed for small and medium-sized enterprises. They will have to register in different ways for each of the countries in which they want to operate, and the information is not easily available to all or available in several languages. Also from a cost point of view, those who send few consignments to different EU countries are heavily penalised. There should be a single representative for the European Union, a documented procedure with clear and harmonised costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544160_en"}, {"id": 33544159, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:49:39", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a consumer I like to support small to medium businesses and now because of this change most of them have to stop shipping to most EU countries even though they reside in an EU country which goes directly against the purpose of the EU. It's not fair that the minimums are so high when a lot of microbusinesses only send a few packages to certain countries a year. That might just be grams of waste! Only big companies can pay these current yearly fees with the representives included. Small companies already use small amounts of waste and use recycled packaging and this is wiping these businesses out of existance while the real polluters like amazon, shein, temu are left uneffected. I also meant to start a webshop for my art but now I can't ship to most countries in europe!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a consumer I like to support small to medium businesses and now because of this change most of them have to stop shipping to most EU countries even though they reside in an EU country which goes directly against the purpose of the EU. It's not fair that the minimums are so high when a lot of microbusinesses only send a few packages to certain countries a year. That might just be grams of waste! Only big companies can pay these current yearly fees with the representives included. Small companies already use small amounts of waste and use recycled packaging and this is wiping these businesses out of existance while the real polluters like amazon, shein, temu are left uneffected. I also meant to start a webshop for my art but now I can't ship to most countries in europe!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544159_en"}, {"id": 33544158, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:49:19", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will destroy small businesses. It is disproportionnate, we wont be able to afford shipping to any european countries except our own.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will destroy small businesses. It is disproportionnate, we wont be able to afford shipping to any european countries except our own.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544158_en"}, {"id": 33544157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:49:03", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Beste EU, met deze nieuwe regeling worden alle kleine ondernemers in de EU kapot gemaakt. Dit zal totaal geen effect hebben op reden deze nieuwe regeling is bedoeld. Het resultaat zal zijn dat er veel meer gekocht gaat worden bij Temu en SHEIN door consumenten in de EU, als door de regeling heel veel kleine ondernemers in de EU door de regeling zullen verdwijnen. De EU moet juist de grote bedrijven meer aanpakken en de kleine ondernemers moet steunen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU, this new scheme will destroy all small entrepreneurs in the EU. This will have no effect whatsoever on the reason why this new scheme is intended. As a result, there will be much more purchases from Temu and SHEIN by EU consumers if the scheme will eliminate a large number of small EU entrepreneurs. On the contrary, the EU needs to take more action against big companies and support small entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544157_en"}, {"id": 33544156, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:48:30", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Have we not gone through a similar process before with the VAT? That was also a big mess but we finally have one place of registering and giving the info that is needed for each country. Why are you implementing again some kind of rule that is differently executed in each country WITHOUT already having a one stop shop ready to use? Have you not learned anything of the mess with VAT? In the last month I have seen multiple posts every day in my social media of microbusiness saying that they either are stopping/pausing their business as a whole or sending to other countries in the EU. Where is the OSS system for this category?", "feedbackEnglish": "Have we not gone through a similar process before with the VAT? That was also a big mess but we finally have one place of registering and giving the info that is needed for each country. Why are you implementing again some kind of rule that is differently executed in each country WITHOUT already having a one stop shop ready to use? Have you not learned anything of the mess with VAT? In the last month I have seen multiple posts every day in my social media of microbusiness saying that they either are stopping/pausing their business as a whole or sending to other countries in the EU. Where is the OSS system for this category?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544156_en"}, {"id": 33544155, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:48:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent artist, I am very sad to say goodbye to my European customers. If I could do the compliance work myself I could keep selling in the EU, but the requirement to have a representative in each country is not possible for a one person micro-business. Please consider the small and micro businesses and give some consideration to free or low cost compliance options. Big companies selling mass produced, drop shipped goods can easily pay for representation but independent artists and craftspeople cannot.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent artist, I am very sad to say goodbye to my European customers. If I could do the compliance work myself I could keep selling in the EU, but the requirement to have a representative in each country is not possible for a one person micro-business. Please consider the small and micro businesses and give some consideration to free or low cost compliance options. Big companies selling mass produced, drop shipped goods can easily pay for representation but independent artists and craftspeople cannot.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544155_en"}, {"id": 33544154, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:48:17", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Whereas in principle the new packaging regulations are laudable, the lack of provision for micro businesses is damning. I sent about 1-5kg of paper packaging for most eu countries ( I sell books and occasionally handmade historical clothing in natural fibres). I cannot afford to pay £300 or so per country for reporting and a rep ( am based in the uk)- my revenue from most countries is less than that. For wy businesses rep is not always required but the registration and reporting is still expensive/ and that is before you even know you have made a sale or not. This is basically stopping free trade for countless of tiny businesses, most of them producing handmade and individual high quality crafted items- and the laws favour big corporations producing hundreds of and thousands-of cheap junk. They will just lay and keep sending plastics , clothes that will end in landfills etc. do you really want to kill the small guys who provide beauty and quality? This will close many businesses. Please provide side minimis options for small businesses- you can still get your money from the big guys who can afford it, without destroying the creative ones!", "feedbackEnglish": "Whereas in principle the new packaging regulations are laudable, the lack of provision for micro businesses is damning. I sent about 1-5kg of paper packaging for most eu countries ( I sell books and occasionally handmade historical clothing in natural fibres). I cannot afford to pay £300 or so per country for reporting and a rep ( am based in the uk)- my revenue from most countries is less than that. For wy businesses rep is not always required but the registration and reporting is still expensive/ and that is before you even know you have made a sale or not. This is basically stopping free trade for countless of tiny businesses, most of them producing handmade and individual high quality crafted items- and the laws favour big corporations producing hundreds of and thousands-of cheap junk. They will just lay and keep sending plastics , clothes that will end in landfills etc. do you really want to kill the small guys who provide beauty and quality? This will close many businesses. Please provide side minimis options for small businesses- you can still get your money from the big guys who can afford it, without destroying the creative ones!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544154_en"}, {"id": 33544153, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:44:50", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In itself i understand that regulation and tackling packaging and waste is needed BUT it is completely missing any sense that businesses now have to sign up for every individual country with different prices and even with language barriers or that a third party needs to be involved! It is the opposite of what feels that the EU should be doing with the trade! When it starts to be separated like that gor what are you then even needed? There should be better ways to counter it especially when it is so ridiculous that fast import from China (shein, temu) are not getting taxed higher but small and micro businesses are breaking down under it! What is all with the oh we should support our trade, handcrafted and opportunity when you are now making it impossible!", "feedbackEnglish": "In itself i understand that regulation and tackling packaging and waste is needed BUT it is completely missing any sense that businesses now have to sign up for every individual country with different prices and even with language barriers or that a third party needs to be involved! It is the opposite of what feels that the EU should be doing with the trade! When it starts to be separated like that gor what are you then even needed? There should be better ways to counter it especially when it is so ridiculous that fast import from China (shein, temu) are not getting taxed higher but small and micro businesses are breaking down under it! What is all with the oh we should support our trade, handcrafted and opportunity when you are now making it impossible!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544153_en"}, {"id": 33544152, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:44:23", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rockabelly Lifecasts", "feedback": "The new rulings are too expensive and complicated for small businesses to comply with. Since hearing about the changes, Ive had to cease trading with the EU altogether which has negatively impacted my business. Because of the soft border with the EU Ive had to cease trading with Northen Ireland too recently (although the new rules there might be more to do with Brexit). But overall as a small UK company my ability to trade overseas has been totally destroyed. There should be exemptions for micro businesses or some support scheme making it easier and cheaper. I do not sell enough to make it viable to pay large fees and do so much paperwork.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rulings are too expensive and complicated for small businesses to comply with. Since hearing about the changes, Ive had to cease trading with the EU altogether which has negatively impacted my business. Because of the soft border with the EU Ive had to cease trading with Northen Ireland too recently (although the new rules there might be more to do with Brexit). But overall as a small UK company my ability to trade overseas has been totally destroyed. There should be exemptions for micro businesses or some support scheme making it easier and cheaper. I do not sell enough to make it viable to pay large fees and do so much paperwork.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544152_en"}, {"id": 33544151, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:42:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I understand and support the need to reduce packaging waste, but I am extremely concerned about the disproportionate burden these new rules can place on small and independent businesses. As a one-person business, I already have to deal with taxes, shipping, production, customer service, platform fees and countless other administrative requirements. Adding potentially different packaging registration systems, reporting obligations and compliance requirements for every EU country I sell to creates an enormous amount of additional work for businesses that simply do not have the resources of larger companies. The situation becomes particularly concerning when penalties are involved. A small business can make an honest mistake simply because the rules are complicated, differ between countries and are constantly evolving. The potential financial consequences of such mistakes could be devastating for a microbusiness, while being insignificant to a large corporation. This risks making cross-border selling practically impossible for many independent creators and small businesses. Instead of encouraging small businesses to participate in the European market, these rules may force them to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether because the compliance burden is simply not worth the occasional sale. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making it impossible for small businesses to operate. I strongly urge the EU to introduce genuinely proportionate requirements and penalties for microbusinesses, taking into account their turnover, packaging volumes and ability to comply. Small businesses should not be treated as if they have the same resources, infrastructure and legal departments as multinational corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "I understand and support the need to reduce packaging waste, but I am extremely concerned about the disproportionate burden these new rules can place on small and independent businesses. As a one-person business, I already have to deal with taxes, shipping, production, customer service, platform fees and countless other administrative requirements. Adding potentially different packaging registration systems, reporting obligations and compliance requirements for every EU country I sell to creates an enormous amount of additional work for businesses that simply do not have the resources of larger companies. The situation becomes particularly concerning when penalties are involved. A small business can make an honest mistake simply because the rules are complicated, differ between countries and are constantly evolving. The potential financial consequences of such mistakes could be devastating for a microbusiness, while being insignificant to a large corporation. This risks making cross-border selling practically impossible for many independent creators and small businesses. Instead of encouraging small businesses to participate in the European market, these rules may force them to stop shipping to certain EU countries altogether because the compliance burden is simply not worth the occasional sale. Environmental protection should not come at the cost of making it impossible for small businesses to operate. I strongly urge the EU to introduce genuinely proportionate requirements and penalties for microbusinesses, taking into account their turnover, packaging volumes and ability to comply. Small businesses should not be treated as if they have the same resources, infrastructure and legal departments as multinational corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544151_en"}, {"id": 33544150, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:42:05", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, I am an aspiring entrepreneur (crafter of Fantasy and Tabletop Gaming accessories). This law makes it impossible for me as a small business to even consider shipping to anywhere outside of my own countries borders. The costs of having a representative in each member state and paying a different waste-taxes in each country is insurmountable and unfair considering the amount of packages I will be sending in my first 5 years; an estimated less that 10 per country. That is a yearly median of 200 extra costs per country I want to ship to. On a yearly income of maybe 1200. That is unfair and quite simply, impossible. I understand that this is a good way to tackle waste responsibility for giants in the industry, like Amazon, Bol.com, Temu, etc. But for small businesses trying to reach outside of their own country, especially for niche items such as my own business, that rely on international markets to sustain themselves, this is a killing blow. We often barely make enough as it is and hone our craft for the love of it, not to make large amounts of money. To think of all the extra costs that this law gives us, makes me angry and depressed about my future chances. My suggestions is to take into consideration that small businesses cannot afford this, cannot easily navigate this law without needing to hire help, and cannot flourish in these conditions. International shipping for small businesses is crucial and also important to the whole EUs economy, and the peoples trust in the EU as a whole. If you enforce a law like this, people will consider it a freedom being taken away, and in times as they are, we really do not need another reason to distrust oir governments. Please consider putting in place targets to reach before needing to comply to this law. Every company that makes x amount of money a year is required to comply, but if you make below Y, you are exempt from needing representation. That was an example. I hope that this feedback gets taken seriously, because I dream of making this my carreer, but am still forced to work multiple jobs to keep this afloat, and this new law has been a swift kick in the nether region for my business.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am an aspiring entrepreneur (crafter of Fantasy and Tabletop Gaming accessories). This law makes it impossible for me as a small business to even consider shipping to anywhere outside of my own countries borders. The costs of having a representative in each member state and paying a different waste-taxes in each country is insurmountable and unfair considering the amount of packages I will be sending in my first 5 years; an estimated less that 10 per country. That is a yearly median of 200 extra costs per country I want to ship to. On a yearly income of maybe 1200. That is unfair and quite simply, impossible. I understand that this is a good way to tackle waste responsibility for giants in the industry, like Amazon, Bol.com, Temu, etc. But for small businesses trying to reach outside of their own country, especially for niche items such as my own business, that rely on international markets to sustain themselves, this is a killing blow. We often barely make enough as it is and hone our craft for the love of it, not to make large amounts of money. To think of all the extra costs that this law gives us, makes me angry and depressed about my future chances. My suggestions is to take into consideration that small businesses cannot afford this, cannot easily navigate this law without needing to hire help, and cannot flourish in these conditions. International shipping for small businesses is crucial and also important to the whole EUs economy, and the peoples trust in the EU as a whole. If you enforce a law like this, people will consider it a freedom being taken away, and in times as they are, we really do not need another reason to distrust oir governments. Please consider putting in place targets to reach before needing to comply to this law. Every company that makes x amount of money a year is required to comply, but if you make below Y, you are exempt from needing representation. That was an example. I hope that this feedback gets taken seriously, because I dream of making this my carreer, but am still forced to work multiple jobs to keep this afloat, and this new law has been a swift kick in the nether region for my business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544150_en"}, {"id": 33544149, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:40:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is regrettable that the EU apparently has no interest in easing the bureaucratic burden on citizens and small businesses - measures that would have empowered countless small companies and SMEs to operate effectively. The EU ought to facilitate free trade both between EU countries and between EU and non-EU nations. From an end-consumer (B2C) perspective, it now feels like being cut off from the rest of the world, the fundamental idea of ​​the EU - to boost trade among its members - has effectively been abandoned. The PPWR regulation forces companies to incur significant extra costs (fees for 27 different states, easily exceeding 10,000 annually) and navigate complex bureaucracy just to distribute their goods, consequently, countless shops are forced to either shut down completely or limit sales to their home markets, suffering revenue losses in the process. In effect, the regulation excludes EU countries (especially smaller ones!) where - at most shops - sales volumes may not have been particularly high. Over the past decades, many merchants have built up a network of countless customers within and outside the EU. For example, many Swiss companies have established strong contacts with EU customers, yet are now effectively barred from trading with them because of the new PPWR-regulation. Trade between EU and non-EU companies has also been effectively destroyed, given that many businesses focus on the EU market. It cannot be in the interest of individual European states and the EU to kill off trade in this. Many companies are now reusing packaging to reduce consumption - something we as end consumers greatly appreciate - but individual business owners should not have to shoulder the burden of figuring out how packaging is disposed of in the destination country, especially when the EU already provides recycling options in each countries. Large corporations with billions in revenue should certainly be held more accountable; unlike SMEs, for whom this represents a significant challenge, the extra effort involved is negligible for these giants, whereas for a small, one-person shop, it could be the death knell. Processes such as packaging registration should at least be kept centralized and simple. These so-called fees charged by agencies or agents are effectively unaffordable.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is regrettable that the EU apparently has no interest in easing the bureaucratic burden on citizens and small businesses - measures that would have empowered countless small companies and SMEs to operate effectively. The EU ought to facilitate free trade both between EU countries and between EU and non-EU nations. From an end-consumer (B2C) perspective, it now feels like being cut off from the rest of the world, the fundamental idea of ​​the EU - to boost trade among its members - has effectively been abandoned. The PPWR regulation forces companies to incur significant extra costs (fees for 27 different states, easily exceeding 10,000 annually) and navigate complex bureaucracy just to distribute their goods, consequently, countless shops are forced to either shut down completely or limit sales to their home markets, suffering revenue losses in the process. In effect, the regulation excludes EU countries (especially smaller ones!) where - at most shops - sales volumes may not have been particularly high. Over the past decades, many merchants have built up a network of countless customers within and outside the EU. For example, many Swiss companies have established strong contacts with EU customers, yet are now effectively barred from trading with them because of the new PPWR-regulation. Trade between EU and non-EU companies has also been effectively destroyed, given that many businesses focus on the EU market. It cannot be in the interest of individual European states and the EU to kill off trade in this. Many companies are now reusing packaging to reduce consumption - something we as end consumers greatly appreciate - but individual business owners should not have to shoulder the burden of figuring out how packaging is disposed of in the destination country, especially when the EU already provides recycling options in each countries. Large corporations with billions in revenue should certainly be held more accountable; unlike SMEs, for whom this represents a significant challenge, the extra effort involved is negligible for these giants, whereas for a small, one-person shop, it could be the death knell. Processes such as packaging registration should at least be kept centralized and simple. These so-called fees charged by agencies or agents are effectively unaffordable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544149_en"}, {"id": 33544148, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:37:07", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a micro business owner located in the Scottish Highlands, my work involves traditional silversmithing and uses almost exclusively recycled materials. I also ship my work in recyclable /compostable packaging and have done since I started out. I believe this legislation will disproportionately impact small makers like myself who are engaged in heritage and endangered crafts which are already struggling to maintain a foothold in the current economic climate/age of mass production. The additional costs to retain the EU market will effectively bar us from free trade, punishing us for an environmental impact we are not responsible for. Excluding small makers of heritage crafts will greatly impact the artistic and creative communities across europe at huge loss to both culture and the economic outcomes for people living remotely such as myself.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro business owner located in the Scottish Highlands, my work involves traditional silversmithing and uses almost exclusively recycled materials. I also ship my work in recyclable /compostable packaging and have done since I started out. I believe this legislation will disproportionately impact small makers like myself who are engaged in heritage and endangered crafts which are already struggling to maintain a foothold in the current economic climate/age of mass production. The additional costs to retain the EU market will effectively bar us from free trade, punishing us for an environmental impact we are not responsible for. Excluding small makers of heritage crafts will greatly impact the artistic and creative communities across europe at huge loss to both culture and the economic outcomes for people living remotely such as myself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544148_en"}, {"id": 33544147, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:36:57", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Catstyle", "feedback": "I'm an artist based in France, registered as an Individual Entrepreneur. I work solo, earn about 10k/year, with about 5-10% of my revenue coming from my online shop. Its already incredibly hard to manage a viable shop, with accessible prices, with the inflation and the insane rise of shipping prices. Sending a single letter in my own country often cost at least 2-4, in the EU ? 3-5 With taxes its already hard to get by, so while I understand the importance of promoting less waste in packaging, an additional tax would just kill my business, and prevent me from selling anything in another country of the EU. In addition, as a lot of other small businesses, the packing I use is minimal and mostly recycled/re-used. The impact of small businesses on waste is incredibly small compared to bigger businesses and corporation. Lastly, the whole administrative system is already complicated enough for us, without legal teams or accountants by our side to manage the forms, the procedures etc... We already work most of the time 40, 50 hours every week, without vacations, a very precarious life, and cannot afford more hours of work on procedures, and more money on taxes. I think I speak for every small business when I say that we deeply understand the goal of this new regulation, and we are grateful for the support and protection of the EU as citizens. We hope that you'll be able to listen to us on this matter, and save small businesses who already struggle in this complicated world.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm an artist based in France, registered as an Individual Entrepreneur. I work solo, earn about 10k/year, with about 5-10% of my revenue coming from my online shop. Its already incredibly hard to manage a viable shop, with accessible prices, with the inflation and the insane rise of shipping prices. Sending a single letter in my own country often cost at least 2-4, in the EU ? 3-5 With taxes its already hard to get by, so while I understand the importance of promoting less waste in packaging, an additional tax would just kill my business, and prevent me from selling anything in another country of the EU. In addition, as a lot of other small businesses, the packing I use is minimal and mostly recycled/re-used. The impact of small businesses on waste is incredibly small compared to bigger businesses and corporation. Lastly, the whole administrative system is already complicated enough for us, without legal teams or accountants by our side to manage the forms, the procedures etc... We already work most of the time 40, 50 hours every week, without vacations, a very precarious life, and cannot afford more hours of work on procedures, and more money on taxes. I think I speak for every small business when I say that we deeply understand the goal of this new regulation, and we are grateful for the support and protection of the EU as citizens. We hope that you'll be able to listen to us on this matter, and save small businesses who already struggle in this complicated world.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544147_en"}, {"id": 33544146, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:33:58", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear team of Europe. The internet is going viral with this new regulation concerning ecological packaging. Many people agree that we should be aiming towards a better environment but this is not the way. By charging these costs to small companies you are killing them. Many small businesses cannot pay these costs without going bankrupt. This system is over complicated and only made this way so we wouldn't have another tax introduced on top of all taxes already payed. Charging a monetary amount to businesses to trade within EU in many people eyes goes against everything EU stands for. Free trade between it's countries. Now it is not anymore. Many business are forced to shut down or stop shipping to their customer bases in other countries. What breaks my heart is that these small businesses are the artists, people making unique items, reflecting their interests, passions and culture. This complicated and money grabbing system is not the way to better ecological shipping. Target the shipping companies themselves or the big companies like Amazon that move thousands of products. This new process is unfair towards small businesses anywhere and you are taking away people livelihoods.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear team of Europe. The internet is going viral with this new regulation concerning ecological packaging. Many people agree that we should be aiming towards a better environment but this is not the way. By charging these costs to small companies you are killing them. Many small businesses cannot pay these costs without going bankrupt. This system is over complicated and only made this way so we wouldn't have another tax introduced on top of all taxes already payed. Charging a monetary amount to businesses to trade within EU in many people eyes goes against everything EU stands for. Free trade between it's countries. Now it is not anymore. Many business are forced to shut down or stop shipping to their customer bases in other countries. What breaks my heart is that these small businesses are the artists, people making unique items, reflecting their interests, passions and culture. This complicated and money grabbing system is not the way to better ecological shipping. Target the shipping companies themselves or the big companies like Amazon that move thousands of products. This new process is unfair towards small businesses anywhere and you are taking away people livelihoods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544146_en"}, {"id": 33544145, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:33:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kleinstunternehmen müssen von dieser Regelung ausgenommen werden. Es geht nicht an, dass Kleinstunternehmen für jedes EU Land, in das sie ein Paket versenden wollen, einen Vertreter bezahlen müssen. Das frisst die spärlichen Gewinne auf. Will die EU nicht, dass Menschen Unternehmen gründen, um sich und ihre Familien zu ernähren? Die EU macht es Kleinstunternehmen in vielen Dingen sehr schwer. Sie können nicht wie Konzerne Rechtsanwälte regelmäßig beschäftigen, um mit dem Dschungel an Vorschriften zurecht zu kommen. Also weg mit der Vertreterregelung.", "feedbackEnglish": "Micro-enterprises must be exempted from this rule. It is not acceptable that micro-enterprises have to pay a representative for each EU country they want to send a parcel to. This breaks down the sparse profits. Does the EU not want people to set up businesses to feed themselves and their families? The EU is making it very difficult for micro-enterprises in many respects. They cannot, like groups of companies, regularly employ lawyers to deal with the jungle of rules. This means moving away from the representative system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544145_en"}, {"id": 33544144, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:33:50", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules shouldn't be applied to every micro business like mine for example, I'm just one person working from home, and like me, many others, and we cannot afford the paperwork, applications and reps to every single Eu country, our micro businesses will never make the negative environment impact in the same way a bigger company will, only bigger companies will be able to apply and pay without their business being really affected but for the rest of us it will mean having to shutdown the business, I think exceptions mustbl be applied for micro business and artisans or it will be our ruin. We don't deserve this, the Eu should demonstrate that they care about us too, do not abandon us now or all the smallest business across the Eu will have to close and there will be an economic collapse. We only ask for exceptions for the micro businesses, we already care more individually than big companies and do everything in our hands to use biodegradable materias both in our creations and in our packaging to ship across the Eu, being part of the Eu used to mean something, used to be beneficial and now it feels like competition, retribution, paperwork and paycheck for everything, it feels like the Eu doesn't mean having any kind of advantage or positive relationships between us anymore.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules shouldn't be applied to every micro business like mine for example, I'm just one person working from home, and like me, many others, and we cannot afford the paperwork, applications and reps to every single Eu country, our micro businesses will never make the negative environment impact in the same way a bigger company will, only bigger companies will be able to apply and pay without their business being really affected but for the rest of us it will mean having to shutdown the business, I think exceptions mustbl be applied for micro business and artisans or it will be our ruin. We don't deserve this, the Eu should demonstrate that they care about us too, do not abandon us now or all the smallest business across the Eu will have to close and there will be an economic collapse. We only ask for exceptions for the micro businesses, we already care more individually than big companies and do everything in our hands to use biodegradable materias both in our creations and in our packaging to ship across the Eu, being part of the Eu used to mean something, used to be beneficial and now it feels like competition, retribution, paperwork and paycheck for everything, it feels like the Eu doesn't mean having any kind of advantage or positive relationships between us anymore.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544144_en"}, {"id": 33544142, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:33:21", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We need open tarde inside the eu. A lot of small, medium business stoped sending to my country. It is not about if it is more cheaper, but only posible to buy outside the eu. No logic at all. Please reconsider.", "feedbackEnglish": "We need open tarde inside the eu. A lot of small, medium business stoped sending to my country. It is not about if it is more cheaper, but only posible to buy outside the eu. No logic at all. Please reconsider.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544142_en"}, {"id": 33544140, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:31:52", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "What is your exact goal with this legislation? To kill all small businesses and leave Amazon and silmilar ones as the only ones able to comply with the rules? The small businesses have to be exempt from these rules or you should find a way to establish a central point of registration and make it possible for the small EU businesses to comply with the legislation.", "feedbackEnglish": "What is your exact goal with this legislation? To kill all small businesses and leave Amazon and silmilar ones as the only ones able to comply with the rules? The small businesses have to be exempt from these rules or you should find a way to establish a central point of registration and make it possible for the small EU businesses to comply with the legislation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544140_en"}, {"id": 33544139, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:30:31", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current state of the PPWR completely misses the mark. While it may on the surface appear to be for the sake of sustainable packaging, the effect is a tax that shuts down a significant part of independent small businesses, while simultaneously allowing giants like Ali Express and Amazon to thrive. There should be a global exemption on small businesses, with no conditions besides annual revenue, on compliance and compliance related costs. The current version seems designed to destroy small businesses with an almost impossible to navigate web of compliance fees and expenses that are frequently well above the margin they can afford, yet for a giant corporation it's merely a rounding error. A small single person store on Etsy isn't gonna be able to afford all of that, meaning that as an EU citizen, I lose a significant chunk of the global market access. Products that are made with less wasteful processes are just gone from the market, in favor of industrial production. Is that the goal, or a poorly thought out design having a major flaw?", "feedbackEnglish": "The current state of the PPWR completely misses the mark. While it may on the surface appear to be for the sake of sustainable packaging, the effect is a tax that shuts down a significant part of independent small businesses, while simultaneously allowing giants like Ali Express and Amazon to thrive. There should be a global exemption on small businesses, with no conditions besides annual revenue, on compliance and compliance related costs. The current version seems designed to destroy small businesses with an almost impossible to navigate web of compliance fees and expenses that are frequently well above the margin they can afford, yet for a giant corporation it's merely a rounding error. A small single person store on Etsy isn't gonna be able to afford all of that, meaning that as an EU citizen, I lose a significant chunk of the global market access. Products that are made with less wasteful processes are just gone from the market, in favor of industrial production. Is that the goal, or a poorly thought out design having a major flaw?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544139_en"}, {"id": 33544138, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:29:27", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small business in Sweden, and I think this is a genuine problem with how the national producer registers under the PPWR are being set up. There's no exemption for small and micro businesses, and honestly, that's going to hurt us and the small businesses across all of the European Union badly. As it stands, if I want to sell across the EU, I need to register as a producer separately in every single Member State; up to 27 of them. That's not a paperwork inconvenience, it's a wall that small businesses cannot climb. A big company can hire a compliance team, pay for authorised representatives in each country, and absorb the cost without blinking. We can't. There's no version of this where a business our size can afford to register in 27 different countries, each with its own portal, its own login system, its own language, and its own set of forms. The part that really upsets me is that micro-businesses are already recognized as needing relief elsewhere in the PPWR; we're not required to prepare technical documentation, for example. But somehow, when it comes to this registration requirement, there's no exemption at all. It's not like the Commission doesn't understand that small businesses need different treatment. It just wasn't applied here and that is absolutely mindblowing considering the previous promises to protect trade within the EU and protect small businesses. If this goes forward as is, the effect won't be \"everyone follows the same environmental rule equally.\" It'll be big companies keep operating across the whole EU like normal, and small businesses either eat costs they can't afford or quietly stop selling into other Member States. That's the opposite of what the EU says it wants for its Single Market and for small business competitiveness. What I ask for: 1. A real exemption or simplified process for small and micro businesses, instead of requiring us to register separately in every Member State. 2. Faster progress on the single harmonised registration format the Commission is supposed to deliver, so a business can register once and have it recognized everywhere, instead of dealing with 27 separate systems. 3. At the very least, let small and micro producers register through one Member State and have that recognized across the EU, rather than forcing 27 registrations, 27 sets of fees, and 27 authorised representatives. Please build in proportionality for small businesses before this is finalized. As written, this rule works fine for large corporations but is genuinely unattainable for the rest of us.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small business in Sweden, and I think this is a genuine problem with how the national producer registers under the PPWR are being set up. There's no exemption for small and micro businesses, and honestly, that's going to hurt us and the small businesses across all of the European Union badly. As it stands, if I want to sell across the EU, I need to register as a producer separately in every single Member State; up to 27 of them. That's not a paperwork inconvenience, it's a wall that small businesses cannot climb. A big company can hire a compliance team, pay for authorised representatives in each country, and absorb the cost without blinking. We can't. There's no version of this where a business our size can afford to register in 27 different countries, each with its own portal, its own login system, its own language, and its own set of forms. The part that really upsets me is that micro-businesses are already recognized as needing relief elsewhere in the PPWR; we're not required to prepare technical documentation, for example. But somehow, when it comes to this registration requirement, there's no exemption at all. It's not like the Commission doesn't understand that small businesses need different treatment. It just wasn't applied here and that is absolutely mindblowing considering the previous promises to protect trade within the EU and protect small businesses. If this goes forward as is, the effect won't be \"everyone follows the same environmental rule equally.\" It'll be big companies keep operating across the whole EU like normal, and small businesses either eat costs they can't afford or quietly stop selling into other Member States. That's the opposite of what the EU says it wants for its Single Market and for small business competitiveness. What I ask for: 1. A real exemption or simplified process for small and micro businesses, instead of requiring us to register separately in every Member State. 2. Faster progress on the single harmonised registration format the Commission is supposed to deliver, so a business can register once and have it recognized everywhere, instead of dealing with 27 separate systems. 3. At the very least, let small and micro producers register through one Member State and have that recognized across the EU, rather than forcing 27 registrations, 27 sets of fees, and 27 authorised representatives. Please build in proportionality for small businesses before this is finalized. As written, this rule works fine for large corporations but is genuinely unattainable for the rest of us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544138_en"}, {"id": 33544137, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:27:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am currently in the process of establishing a small creative business, and the complexity of the new packaging licensing requirements poses a significant barrier to entry. As a small business in its early stages, I currently have neither the financial resources nor the time to navigate such a complex and costly licensing process. The EU should aim to simplify, standardise and automate regulatory processes wherever possible not make them increasingly complex, particularly for micro-businesses and small entrepreneurs. There is an urgent need for de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging, providing a proportionate and practical exemption for businesses operating on a small scale. In the medium term, there should be a genuinely harmonised, EU-wide procedure rather than a fragmented system requiring businesses to navigate different national requirements. Regulation should protect the environment without creating disproportionate administrative and financial barriers for small businesses. The current system risks doing exactly that.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am currently in the process of establishing a small creative business, and the complexity of the new packaging licensing requirements poses a significant barrier to entry. As a small business in its early stages, I currently have neither the financial resources nor the time to navigate such a complex and costly licensing process. The EU should aim to simplify, standardise and automate regulatory processes wherever possible not make them increasingly complex, particularly for micro-businesses and small entrepreneurs. There is an urgent need for de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging, providing a proportionate and practical exemption for businesses operating on a small scale. In the medium term, there should be a genuinely harmonised, EU-wide procedure rather than a fragmented system requiring businesses to navigate different national requirements. Regulation should protect the environment without creating disproportionate administrative and financial barriers for small businesses. The current system risks doing exactly that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544137_en"}, {"id": 33544136, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:26:53", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I often shop for original artworks and craft at various online shops located all around the Union - and I'm thankful the open market is making that possible, cheap and easy for me and the creators I buy for. Most of them are now extremely concerned about this regulation and the extra costs and complexity it is incurring, and claim they will have to restrict shipping to their own country, or just close shop entirely because it will destroy their business. We are speaking of artists and craftspeople operating alone, who run very small business that often barely support them in the present state; they just don't have the funds or the administrative capability to abide with the regulation for each EU country they ship to. The regulation should absolutely be amended to exempt or be made workable for such business owners, or it will just kill a currently vibrant ecosystem of thousands of small artists and craftsman selling their work online across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I often shop for original artworks and craft at various online shops located all around the Union - and I'm thankful the open market is making that possible, cheap and easy for me and the creators I buy for. Most of them are now extremely concerned about this regulation and the extra costs and complexity it is incurring, and claim they will have to restrict shipping to their own country, or just close shop entirely because it will destroy their business. We are speaking of artists and craftspeople operating alone, who run very small business that often barely support them in the present state; they just don't have the funds or the administrative capability to abide with the regulation for each EU country they ship to. The regulation should absolutely be amended to exempt or be made workable for such business owners, or it will just kill a currently vibrant ecosystem of thousands of small artists and craftsman selling their work online across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544136_en"}, {"id": 33544135, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:23:06", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Penpaling Paula", "feedback": "Hello, Im a micro business owner based in Spain. I dont have employees but my business sustains me and my little family with my husband and toddler. Ive been doing business for almost 6 years now and use only cardboard and paper to pack. Paper envelopes, cardboard little boxes, tissue paper and paper tape. My business is based of stationery productions that are made of paper and are not individually packed. These new rules will kill my business if I have to pay for a legal representation in every EU country. Im ok with paying a small recycling fee like I already do for trading in Germany, but not the big amount of paying for a representative and a big recycling fee not taking into account the small amount of packaging (around 50 kg in the biggest cases, 5 kg in some countries) I introduce in the countries per year. Its impossible as a micro business to keep trading in the EU now because of these rules. And its already difficult to trade outside the EU because of tariffs and customs. So what should we do now? Close our businesses and stop supporting our families? Please consider changing these laws and make exceptions for micro businesses not needing a representative and paying only a small amount on recycling fees. It would be also so helpful to do it centralised all in one place as we as a solo traders dont have the administrative capacity to sign up for every single site separetely and keep up with the reports. Thank you so much for taking my feedback, Paula", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, Im a micro business owner based in Spain. I dont have employees but my business sustains me and my little family with my husband and toddler. Ive been doing business for almost 6 years now and use only cardboard and paper to pack. Paper envelopes, cardboard little boxes, tissue paper and paper tape. My business is based of stationery productions that are made of paper and are not individually packed. These new rules will kill my business if I have to pay for a legal representation in every EU country. Im ok with paying a small recycling fee like I already do for trading in Germany, but not the big amount of paying for a representative and a big recycling fee not taking into account the small amount of packaging (around 50 kg in the biggest cases, 5 kg in some countries) I introduce in the countries per year. Its impossible as a micro business to keep trading in the EU now because of these rules. And its already difficult to trade outside the EU because of tariffs and customs. So what should we do now? Close our businesses and stop supporting our families? Please consider changing these laws and make exceptions for micro businesses not needing a representative and paying only a small amount on recycling fees. It would be also so helpful to do it centralised all in one place as we as a solo traders dont have the administrative capacity to sign up for every single site separetely and keep up with the reports. Thank you so much for taking my feedback, Paula", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544135_en"}, {"id": 33544134, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:19:30", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tall Hedge Fibres", "feedback": "I am an owner on a one person run textile craft studio, with a very small volume output due to the type of business. While my business experience may be limited, I would expect the EU Commission to run some sort of consultation across the EU block with SMEs to see how the regulation would affect them. I dont believe this has been done and the consequences for many micro and small businesses will be disastrous. We are already facing inflationary increase in our costs, including raw materials and energy. The additional regulation will out-price small creatives, crafters, growers and tiny manufacturers from the market that was supposed to be free and open. What a shame the EU Commission has such a disregard for hard working people. I will not be able to ship my goods across the borders as the costs to align with regulation would mean a loss to my business. I would have thought in the last couple of years that Trumps stupid tariffs would be the biggest hurdle, but no, its the EU regulation. The EU should finally realise it needs to work as a one block when it comes to business and not a loose collection of countries ,it should diligently research its own regulations and its impact on the European businesses, no matter how small they are, they should make sure the rules are simple and cost effective to follow for all to allow small businesses across the block to thrive and be resilient, instead of bulldozing through with it, affecting the livelihoods of thousands of people. This is just irresponsible and shows the lack of foresight. What I want to see (and I am using only biodegradable and recyclable packaging for my products, such as recycled paper, cardboard, natural twine) is a list of materials allowed for packaging that we can tick to show we comply, packaging to have information of compliance included on it where possible, like boxes or envelopes (QR to link to compliance information), no silly representatives per country (we are one block, we should act as such), EU wide registration fee based on shipping volume (filled and paid at the end of tax year to accurately account for volume shipped), an EU wide system of cost distribution to countries based on shipping volume destination. Otherwise, if the regulation stays as is, micro and small businesses will suffer, peoples incomes will be destroyed, EU unity will be affected and big corporations will be win again. The a grip, EU Commission!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an owner on a one person run textile craft studio, with a very small volume output due to the type of business. While my business experience may be limited, I would expect the EU Commission to run some sort of consultation across the EU block with SMEs to see how the regulation would affect them. I dont believe this has been done and the consequences for many micro and small businesses will be disastrous. We are already facing inflationary increase in our costs, including raw materials and energy. The additional regulation will out-price small creatives, crafters, growers and tiny manufacturers from the market that was supposed to be free and open. What a shame the EU Commission has such a disregard for hard working people. I will not be able to ship my goods across the borders as the costs to align with regulation would mean a loss to my business. I would have thought in the last couple of years that Trumps stupid tariffs would be the biggest hurdle, but no, its the EU regulation. The EU should finally realise it needs to work as a one block when it comes to business and not a loose collection of countries ,it should diligently research its own regulations and its impact on the European businesses, no matter how small they are, they should make sure the rules are simple and cost effective to follow for all to allow small businesses across the block to thrive and be resilient, instead of bulldozing through with it, affecting the livelihoods of thousands of people. This is just irresponsible and shows the lack of foresight. What I want to see (and I am using only biodegradable and recyclable packaging for my products, such as recycled paper, cardboard, natural twine) is a list of materials allowed for packaging that we can tick to show we comply, packaging to have information of compliance included on it where possible, like boxes or envelopes (QR to link to compliance information), no silly representatives per country (we are one block, we should act as such), EU wide registration fee based on shipping volume (filled and paid at the end of tax year to accurately account for volume shipped), an EU wide system of cost distribution to countries based on shipping volume destination. Otherwise, if the regulation stays as is, micro and small businesses will suffer, peoples incomes will be destroyed, EU unity will be affected and big corporations will be win again. The a grip, EU Commission!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544134_en"}, {"id": 33544133, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:18:48", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I believe micro and small businesses should be exempt from, or significantly relieved of, the costs and obligations introduced by the new packaging legislation. Small businesses produce an extremely small amount of packaging waste compared to large companies, yet they are expected to comply with requirements and costs that can be disproportionately expensive for them. For a business shipping only a few dozen packages a year, these costs can have a significant impact on its ability to operate. I fully support reducing packaging waste, but the rules should be proportionate to the actual amount of waste produced and take the size of the business into account.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe micro and small businesses should be exempt from, or significantly relieved of, the costs and obligations introduced by the new packaging legislation. Small businesses produce an extremely small amount of packaging waste compared to large companies, yet they are expected to comply with requirements and costs that can be disproportionately expensive for them. For a business shipping only a few dozen packages a year, these costs can have a significant impact on its ability to operate. I fully support reducing packaging waste, but the rules should be proportionate to the actual amount of waste produced and take the size of the business into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544133_en"}, {"id": 33544132, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:16:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Amazon, Temu, Aliexpress: produce tons of waste a year, earn billions a year-> pay 27 countries for registration & representatives for approx 5000 euros a year. Small businesses: produce not much waste a year, earn maybe 1k to 50k a year -> pay 27 countries for registration & representatives for approx 5000 euros a year. Makes no sense, right? While the intention of the ppwr is something I 100% support, you should also try to look at the bigger picture. All those fees and what not is pocket change to the big companies, for small businesses its difficult to fork up all this money. All in all it feels as if you guys haven't thought this out at all and just tossed it into the open like \"here's our ppwr, good luck!\"", "feedbackEnglish": "Amazon, Temu, Aliexpress: produce tons of waste a year, earn billions a year-> pay 27 countries for registration & representatives for approx 5000 euros a year. Small businesses: produce not much waste a year, earn maybe 1k to 50k a year -> pay 27 countries for registration & representatives for approx 5000 euros a year. Makes no sense, right? While the intention of the ppwr is something I 100% support, you should also try to look at the bigger picture. All those fees and what not is pocket change to the big companies, for small businesses its difficult to fork up all this money. All in all it feels as if you guys haven't thought this out at all and just tossed it into the open like \"here's our ppwr, good luck!\"", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544132_en"}, {"id": 33544131, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:15:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "istegal", "feedback": "Entweder man hat Praktikanten an eine umfangreiche Erneuerungs sich austoben lassen, oder die Entscheider wurden von Amazon und Co. gekauft. Anders lässt sich eine so wenig durchdachte Reform nicht erklären. Kleinen Händlern wird die Basis für europaweiten Versand vollständig entzogen. Unabhängig von den zusätzlichen Kosten, haben wahrscheinlich nur EU Parlamentarier genug Zeit für unnötige und zusätzliche Bürokratie.", "feedbackEnglish": "Either trainees have been extinct from a major renewal, or the decision-makers have been bought by Amazon and Co. Otherwise, such an ill-considered reform cannot be explained. Small traders will be completely deprived of the basis for pan-European shipping. Regardless of the additional costs, only EU parliamentarians are likely to have enough time for unnecessary and additional bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544131_en"}, {"id": 33544130, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:15:38", "country": "COD", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Andrea Gunkler", "feedback": "Ich habe ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen mit treuen Kund:innen im EU-Ausland. Der bürokratische Aufwand, der mit der neuen Regelung einhergeht, steht für mich in keinem Verhältnis zur Zeit und den Kosten, die ich aufwenden müsste. Deshalb werde ich meine treuen Kundinnen künftig enttäuschen müssen und den Versand ins EU-Ausland aussetzen, bis die Regelungen wieder freundlicher sind für Mini-Unternehmen wie meine. Ich unterstütze nachhaltiges und umweltgerechtes Handeln, doch hier muss ich passten. Bitte nehmt diese unsägliche Regelung zurück und macht den Inner-EU-Handel wieder leichter. Dafür ist die EU schließlich da: Hürden abzubauen statt sie zu errichten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a one-person company with loyal customers in another EU country. The red tape involved in the new rules does not seem to me to be proportionate to the time and costs I would have to incur. That is why I will have to disappoint my loyal customers in the future and suspend sending them to other EU countries until the rules are again more friendly for mini-companies like myself. I support sustainable and environmentally sound action, but I need to be fit for purpose here. Please take back this unfortunate arrangement and make intra-EU trade easier again. Finally, the EU is there for this: Remove hurdles instead of building them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544130_en"}, {"id": 33544129, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:13:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It makes sense to protect and save the environment, BUT that shouldn't mean that small businesses (who already might be struggling to make ends meet) get put at an even greater disadvantage compared to multimillion enterprises such as Coca Cola, Nestlé, etc. as it's really not fair towards them. It feels like it's forcibly made harder for small businesses and takes away great market options for them (besides the high transport fees having their costs be high enough as it is already). I may not own a business myself, but as a consumer, I keep seeing small businesses on social media having it harder and harder because of bills like this, and as someone who wants to support those businesses, it feels impossible to keep up over a long period of time. The 3 per article is also blowing the product and shipping costs out of proportions, imo.", "feedbackEnglish": "It makes sense to protect and save the environment, BUT that shouldn't mean that small businesses (who already might be struggling to make ends meet) get put at an even greater disadvantage compared to multimillion enterprises such as Coca Cola, Nestlé, etc. as it's really not fair towards them. It feels like it's forcibly made harder for small businesses and takes away great market options for them (besides the high transport fees having their costs be high enough as it is already). I may not own a business myself, but as a consumer, I keep seeing small businesses on social media having it harder and harder because of bills like this, and as someone who wants to support those businesses, it feels impossible to keep up over a long period of time. The 3 per article is also blowing the product and shipping costs out of proportions, imo.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544129_en"}, {"id": 33544128, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:13:09", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Why are all businesses getting slapped with the same requirements? This WILL kill every single micro and small business. This is so against every single thing EU used to stand for. What happened to the free market and celebrating start ups and small businesses? This law will kill all of that and actually do nothing against big polluters, because they will just absorb the cost or pay the fine. They will be fine and change nothing. You are killing many peoples incomes and ways to support themselves. A business with like 5 employees cant absorb the cost the same way as a business with 5000 employees. Make exemptions!", "feedbackEnglish": "Why are all businesses getting slapped with the same requirements? This WILL kill every single micro and small business. This is so against every single thing EU used to stand for. What happened to the free market and celebrating start ups and small businesses? This law will kill all of that and actually do nothing against big polluters, because they will just absorb the cost or pay the fine. They will be fine and change nothing. You are killing many peoples incomes and ways to support themselves. A business with like 5 employees cant absorb the cost the same way as a business with 5000 employees. Make exemptions!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544128_en"}, {"id": 33544127, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:10:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Das neue Gesetz macht es mir als kleinem Künstler und alleinerziehendem Vater ohne sonstige mittel Geld zu verdienen unmöglich weiter meine Kunst zu verkaufen, da Deutschland und nicht EU Ausland allein noch zu wenig ist. Ihr habt meine beginnende selbständigkeit im Keim erstickt. Vielen Dank.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new law makes it impossible for me, as a small artist and single father with no other means of earning money, to continue selling my art, as Germany and not EU countries alone are still too few. You stifled my incipient self-employment in the germ. Many thanks,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544127_en"}, {"id": 33544126, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:08:46", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "HJ jewellery design ", "feedback": "This will shut off the EU market for not only my own business but every other micro business in the world. These new rules are absurd for owners myself who maybe send less than 4 orders a year to each eu country We cannot afford this. Being a small business owner is becoming more and more difficult. This will be the death of many of us. Please reconsider", "feedbackEnglish": "This will shut off the EU market for not only my own business but every other micro business in the world. These new rules are absurd for owners myself who maybe send less than 4 orders a year to each eu country We cannot afford this. Being a small business owner is becoming more and more difficult. This will be the death of many of us. Please reconsider", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544126_en"}, {"id": 33544125, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:06:59", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sylenis Crafts ", "feedback": "As a small business owner, I understand the importance of recycling packaging, I am already conscious about what I use when I send parcels. I keep boxes I've received from my own purchases to reuse, and try to avoid using plastics in my packaging. However the new regulations and requirements to sign up will cost more than the amount of parcels I actually send in year to each country. For reference I was signed up and properly represented in the German LUCID packaging scheme, and I only sent three parcels that year. I would appreciate the concept of a limit or minimum for small, micro and independent businesses that is based either on their turnover or mail output. I do not oppose the concept of taking responsibility for and paying towards recycling my packaging. But I categorically cannot afford the current setup as it stands and my business, along with thousands of others, will suffer. I have had to pause any shipping into the EU in order to comply because I cannot afford the fees to comply.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, I understand the importance of recycling packaging, I am already conscious about what I use when I send parcels. I keep boxes I've received from my own purchases to reuse, and try to avoid using plastics in my packaging. However the new regulations and requirements to sign up will cost more than the amount of parcels I actually send in year to each country. For reference I was signed up and properly represented in the German LUCID packaging scheme, and I only sent three parcels that year. I would appreciate the concept of a limit or minimum for small, micro and independent businesses that is based either on their turnover or mail output. I do not oppose the concept of taking responsibility for and paying towards recycling my packaging. But I categorically cannot afford the current setup as it stands and my business, along with thousands of others, will suffer. I have had to pause any shipping into the EU in order to comply because I cannot afford the fees to comply.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544125_en"}, {"id": 33544124, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:06:41", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tarrasque dice ", "feedback": "This just kill my bussisnes. Me and my partner begin a small bussisnes of making handmade dice less than one year ago, all was going good, for first time in my life we found a place when I was happy and I can create things for the community around europe. All my life I was jumping between works, fighting problems like anorexy and depression, being more sad every day, but recently I was happy and solved those problems thanks to my bussisnes with my partner, also i was just prepared to buy a house thanks to my bussisnes! Now I can't. All where prepared and we was ready to sign the papers. But you know what? This law just kill us our \"company\". How can you treat one / two guys making handmade things in their House, all legal, like a 1 billion company? How you dare to say this is for the felicity of the people in EU? This not just ruin my bussisnes, THIS PROBABLY RUINED MY LIFE, and also many other lifes around all Europe who can't afford so many money FOR EACH COUNTRY to pay a year fee before any selling to there, only to sell maybe one or two sell to there, it's ridicolous. Please just change this now. Thanks", "feedbackEnglish": "This just kill my bussisnes. Me and my partner begin a small bussisnes of making handmade dice less than one year ago, all was going good, for first time in my life we found a place when I was happy and I can create things for the community around europe. All my life I was jumping between works, fighting problems like anorexy and depression, being more sad every day, but recently I was happy and solved those problems thanks to my bussisnes with my partner, also i was just prepared to buy a house thanks to my bussisnes! Now I can't. All where prepared and we was ready to sign the papers. But you know what? This law just kill us our \"company\". How can you treat one / two guys making handmade things in their House, all legal, like a 1 billion company? How you dare to say this is for the felicity of the people in EU? This not just ruin my bussisnes, THIS PROBABLY RUINED MY LIFE, and also many other lifes around all Europe who can't afford so many money FOR EACH COUNTRY to pay a year fee before any selling to there, only to sell maybe one or two sell to there, it's ridicolous. Please just change this now. Thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544124_en"}, {"id": 33544123, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:05:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The PPWR will destroy micro- and small Business in its current form. There should be clear exception for micro and small business similar to other regulations to reduce the burden of bureaucracy and fees. Also there should be a common eu-wide process for registration, to avoid registration in every single member state. This would also improve consistency across the member stats. Further EU-to-EU transfer should not be harder for micro and small business than shipping across the globe. To support and improve trade between member states and to reduce dependencies on non-eu states like China and the US, there should possibly be simplifications and exemption, especially for micro and small companies. Many micro and small businesses, many in the EU, have already stated, that they have to stop shipping to EU member states, because the fees and bureaucracy are not bearable.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR will destroy micro- and small Business in its current form. There should be clear exception for micro and small business similar to other regulations to reduce the burden of bureaucracy and fees. Also there should be a common eu-wide process for registration, to avoid registration in every single member state. This would also improve consistency across the member stats. Further EU-to-EU transfer should not be harder for micro and small business than shipping across the globe. To support and improve trade between member states and to reduce dependencies on non-eu states like China and the US, there should possibly be simplifications and exemption, especially for micro and small companies. Many micro and small businesses, many in the EU, have already stated, that they have to stop shipping to EU member states, because the fees and bureaucracy are not bearable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544123_en"}, {"id": 33544122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:05:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Grundsätzlich finde ich die Idee nicht gut, die aktuelle Umsetzung bricht jedoch kleinen Unternehmern das Genick, weil der Aufwand und die Kosten unmöglich zu stemmen sind. Das führt dazu, dass viele Kleinunternehmer (wie Künstler und Handwerker) nicht mehr in die EU versenden, teilweise nicht mal aus EU-Ländern, weil es einfach nicht stemmbar ist. Die aktuelle Umsetzung ist eigentlich nur von großen Firmen stemmbar und wird potentiell dazu führen, dass vielen Kleinunternehmen innerhalb der EU Umsatz aus dem EU-Ausland wegbricht. BITTE Ausnahmen oder andere Anforderungen für kleine Unternehmen hinzufügen! Vielen Dank", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I do not agree with the idea, but the current implementation breaks down the genocide of small entrepreneurs because the burden and costs are impossible to bear. As a result, many small businesses (such as artists and craftsmen) are no longer sending to the EU, sometimes from EU countries, simply because it is not manageable. The current implementation can only be supported by large firms and will potentially lead to many small businesses within the EU cutting off turnover from other EU countries. Please add exemptions or other requirements for small businesses! Many thanks", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544122_en"}, {"id": 33544121, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 09:04:16", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I truly believe this is a horrible idea which will inevitably lead to the liquidation of small businesses all throughout Europe. In times where artists and shop owners are facing an onslaught of financial problems coming from large corporations attempting to buy them out, AI taking all the available jobs and so many other issues, it feels very unfair to make their jobs even harder. A lot of my personal friends ship their products to people all over the European Union, however being independent, they do not make nearly enough money to cover extra costs that this would impose.", "feedbackEnglish": "I truly believe this is a horrible idea which will inevitably lead to the liquidation of small businesses all throughout Europe. In times where artists and shop owners are facing an onslaught of financial problems coming from large corporations attempting to buy them out, AI taking all the available jobs and so many other issues, it feels very unfair to make their jobs even harder. A lot of my personal friends ship their products to people all over the European Union, however being independent, they do not make nearly enough money to cover extra costs that this would impose.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544121_en"}, {"id": 33544120, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:59:16", "country": "LVA", "language": "LV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Šīs nodevas nogalina mazo uzņēmumu, amatnieku, mākslinieku. Izaugsmi un \"vienoto tirgu\" - kurš pēc tāda vairs neizskatās. Mana peļņa gadā ir lidz 10t. Kā ir iespējams nomaksat nodokli valstī, uz kuru IESPĒJAMS, man būs pasūtījums. Iespējams tie ir divi trīs gadā. Ko jūs tur augšā pīpējat !!? tātad paliek tikai lielie milži, kuriem šāda nodeva piliens jūrā? Mazie unikālie ražotāji jau slēdz piedāvājumus uz citām valstīm. Nekam nederīgā EU ar savu Zaļo politiku. Paši savus iedzīvotājus spīdzina :(", "feedbackEnglish": "These levies kill small businesses, craftsmen, artists. Growth and the ‘single market’, which no longer looks like it. My annual profit is up to 10 tonnes. How can I pay tax in the country I am OPEN to? This may be two to three per year. What do you climb up? so only the big giants are left to receive such a drop at sea? Small unique producers are already closing their offers to other countries. The EU with its Green Policy is not fit for purpose. Their own citizens are tortured:(", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544120_en"}, {"id": 33544119, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:58:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tout ce que je connais de cette loi cest quau moins 3 petites boutiques de créateurs que je soutiens sont obligés de fermer (on espère) temporairement à cause de la complexité de conformité, limpréparation, lobligation de trouver une solution potentiellement différente pour chaque pays denvoi, le manque de communication etc.", "feedbackEnglish": "All I know about this law is that at least 3 small designer shops I support are obliged to close (hopefully) temporarily because of the complexity of compliance, limited preparation, the obligation to find a potentially different solution for each country, lack of communication, etc.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544119_en"}, {"id": 33544118, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:58:08", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The protection of our environment is important, mainly from the packaging of multi-billion dollar companies like CokaCola, like Amazon, like the usual Chinese importers. Reinstating plastic packaging on Starbucks products is okay right? Actually no, it's not. One big company makes more waste in a day than all the small businesses of any or all countries in 30 years! (if you let them survive that long, which right now doesn't feel like you want to at all). A small indie businesses with ~1k revenue are expected to pay fees that would rid them of barely survivable livelyhood, which was a massive oversight from the eu commission. This needs to be rectified to maintain the freedom of your people to be able to choose to make a living as a creator.", "feedbackEnglish": "The protection of our environment is important, mainly from the packaging of multi-billion dollar companies like CokaCola, like Amazon, like the usual Chinese importers. Reinstating plastic packaging on Starbucks products is okay right? Actually no, it's not. One big company makes more waste in a day than all the small businesses of any or all countries in 30 years! (if you let them survive that long, which right now doesn't feel like you want to at all). A small indie businesses with ~1k revenue are expected to pay fees that would rid them of barely survivable livelyhood, which was a massive oversight from the eu commission. This needs to be rectified to maintain the freedom of your people to be able to choose to make a living as a creator.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544118_en"}, {"id": 33544117, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:51:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als deutsche Autorin, die jährlich nur etwa 1020 Büchersendungen ins deutschsprachige Ausland verschickt, empfinde ich die neuen PPWRVorgaben als vollkommen unverhältnismäßig. Die Pflicht, für jede einzelne Sendung einen Bevollmächtigten im Zielland zu benennen, verursacht Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwand, die in keinerlei Verhältnis zu den möglichen Sanktionen stehen. Für Kleinstunternehmer wie mich ist dieser bürokratische Aufwand realitätsfern und wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar. Ich bitte die EU daher dringend, Ausnahmen oder vereinfachte Regelungen für sehr geringe Versandmengen zu schaffen, damit kulturelle Kleinstanbieter nicht benachteiligt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a German author who sends only around 1020 books to German-speaking countries each year, I consider the new PPWR requirements to be completely disproportionate. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative in the country of destination for each individual consignment generates costs and administrative burdens that are disproportionate to the possible sanctions. For micro-entrepreneurs like me, this bureaucratic burden is unrealistic and economically unsustainable. I therefore urge the EU to create exceptions or simplified rules for very small volumes of shipments, so as not to penalise cultural micro-suppliers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544117_en"}, {"id": 33544116, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:49:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Witchling Workshop", "feedback": "Die Bevollmächtigtenregel für jedes einzelne EU Land ist für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen finanziell nicht zu stemmen. Das Resultat ist, dass die Partizipation am freien Markt für diese Small Businesses mit einer Pay to Play Logik unterbunden wird. Sie werden aktiv aus der Wirtschaft gedrängt. Dies entspricht nicht der Grundidee des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Kleine Unternehmen, die Innovation, Kreativität und Kultur in den Europäischen Raum bringen können somit nicht mehr an europäischen Handel teilnehmen. Es braucht dringend eine Bagatellgrenze für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen, wie es sie in einigen EU Ländern bereits zuvor gab.", "feedbackEnglish": "The power of attorney rule for each individual EU country is financially unaffordable for small and micro-enterprises. The result is that participation in the open market for these small businesses is prevented with a pay-to-play logic. They are actively pushed out of the economy. This is not in line with the basic idea of the European single market. Small businesses bringing innovation, creativity and culture to the European area will therefore no longer be able to participate in European trade. There is an urgent need for a de minimis threshold for small and micro-enterprises, as was already the case in some EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544116_en"}, {"id": 33544115, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:46:13", "country": "HUN", "language": "HU", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Tisztelt Bizottság, Tisztelt Törvényhozók! Az új törvény a csomagolóanyagról, a pazarlás csökkentéséről fontos a környezetvédelem szempontjából, azonban az anyagi háttere ellehetetleníti a kis és mikrovállalkozásokat, az egyedileg, kézzel készült termékek árusítását, stb. Olyan mennyiségű, aránytalan anyagi terhet ró rájuk, melyek nem teljesíthetőek az ő bevételeikhez merten, többektől kaptam már emailt, hogy többet nem tudok többet vásárolni, megszűnik az előfizetés, mert nem éri meg nekik a kevés rendelésre kifizetni a képviselőt/díjakat. Így sokan a közösségi felületeket azt is előre vetítették, hogy egy az egyben be kell zárniuk, mert nem fenntartható ez az új szabályozás számukra. Ezzel véleményem szerint megszűnik a termékek szabad áramlása az EU-n belül. Először az EU-n kívüli csomagok aránytalan Vámolása, most meg az EU-n belüli csomagok konkrét megszüntetése történik a kis és mikrovállalkozások részéről. Igen, fontos a környezetvédelem, a túlzott csomagolás megszüntetése, azonban ez a forma a kis emberek számára nem járható. Az óriás cégek ezt a díjat nevetve kifizetik, még a kisvállalkozók ellehetetlenülnek az EU-n belül.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commission, Dear Legislators, The new law on packaging and reducing wastage is important for the protection of the environment, but its financial background makes it impossible for small and micro-enterprises to sell individually hand-made products, etc. It imposes on them a disproportionate financial burden that cannot be met by Merten for their revenues. I have already received emails from several people, so I cannot buy more, the subscription is terminated because it is not worth paying the representative/fees to them for the few orders. As a result, many social media were also projected to close one-to-one because this new regulation was not sustainable for them. This, in my view, eliminates the free movement of products within the EU. First, the disproportionate customs treatment of extra-EU parcels, and now the concrete elimination of intra-EU parcels by small and micro-enterprises. Yes, it is important to protect the environment and eliminate excessive packaging, but this is not an option for small people. Giant companies pay this prize in name, even small businesses are out of business in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544115_en"}, {"id": 33544114, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:45:01", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This initiative will be the death of the free market between EU members when it comes to small and micro businesses. A 2 o 1 person business simply cannot keep up with the requirements of 27 different countries just to ship, let's say, a key chain they made. Imagine now, your business makes very little, maybe 2 or 3 sales in your neighboring country, how can a small or micro business justify having to spend all the money in annual fees, hiring local representatives and on top of that making sure the packaging somehow adheres to every single country requirement? They just stop selling there. It is alarming how many business I've seen in the past week announcing that they will stop shipping to fellow EU countries, because of this. We're talking about the people the EU is supposed to be helping. How is it then that this initiative will make it so it's easier to ship across the globe, than you the country next to yours? We need different levels of requirements depending on the size of the business, their revenue, or simply a standard set of requirements for the entire Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "This initiative will be the death of the free market between EU members when it comes to small and micro businesses. A 2 o 1 person business simply cannot keep up with the requirements of 27 different countries just to ship, let's say, a key chain they made. Imagine now, your business makes very little, maybe 2 or 3 sales in your neighboring country, how can a small or micro business justify having to spend all the money in annual fees, hiring local representatives and on top of that making sure the packaging somehow adheres to every single country requirement? They just stop selling there. It is alarming how many business I've seen in the past week announcing that they will stop shipping to fellow EU countries, because of this. We're talking about the people the EU is supposed to be helping. How is it then that this initiative will make it so it's easier to ship across the globe, than you the country next to yours? We need different levels of requirements depending on the size of the business, their revenue, or simply a standard set of requirements for the entire Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544114_en"}, {"id": 33544113, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:43:49", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nebullaine ", "feedback": "En tant que micro-entreprise gérant moins de 100 commandes par an, je souhaite alerter sur plusieurs difficultés concrètes rencontrées dans l'application de la REP (Responsabilité Élargie du Producteur) et du règlement PPWR. 1. Une conformité multi-pays impossible à l'échelle d'une micro-entreprise Vendre en ligne au sein du marché unique européen implique en théorie de s'enregistrer et de cotiser auprès d'un éco-organisme REP dans chaque pays de destination. Pour une structure individuelle sans service juridique ni comptable dédié, cette multiplication des démarches administratives et des cotisations nationales est matériellement et financièrement impossible à assumer, et constitue de fait un frein à la vente transfrontalière pourtant censée être facilitée par le marché unique. 2. Une exonération PPWR peu claire pour les micro-entreprises Le règlement PPWR semble prévoir une exonération pour les micro-entreprises s'approvisionnant en emballages dans leur propre pays. Cependant, le périmètre exact de cette exonération (conditions, seuils, modalités de justification) reste flou. Les éco-organismes REP français eux-mêmes ne sont pas en mesure de fournir d'informations précises à ce sujet. Cette incertitude juridique place les micro-entreprises dans une situation intenable : impossible de savoir si l'on est en conformité ou en infraction. 3. Une tarification à montant plancher disproportionnée Le système de cotisation actuel, avec un montant plancher fixe, pénalise structurellement les plus petits acteurs. À titre d'exemple chiffré : pour un volume d'emballages inférieur à 2 kg par an, je paie une cotisation forfaitaire de 114 , quand les grands acteurs comme Amazon paient environ 0,25 /kg. Ramené au kilo, cela représente un coût proportionnellement supérieur de 17 208 % au mien par rapport aux grands groupes. Ce mécanisme ne reflète absolument pas le principe pollueur-payeur proportionné, et pèse de manière disproportionnée sur les micro-entreprises, qui génèrent pourtant un volume de déchets d'emballage négligeable à l'échelle du marché. Proposition Le financement du recyclage des emballages est un objectif légitime et nécessaire. Mais son mode de collecte actuel doit être revu : Un organisme unique au niveau européen, pour éviter la multiplication des enregistrements et cotisations pays par pays, incompatible avec l'activité d'une micro-entreprise vendant dans plusieurs pays de l'UE. Une tarification strictement proportionnelle au volume réel de vente/d'emballage, sans montant plancher forfaitaire, afin que la contribution soit équitable entre un très petit vendeur et un acteur international. Une clarification officielle et opposable des conditions d'exonération PPWR pour les micro-entreprises s'approvisionnant localement, accompagnée d'une information fiable relayée par les éco-organismes nationaux. En l'état, ces dispositifs, censés responsabiliser les acteurs économiques face à l'impact environnemental des emballages, produisent l'effet inverse pour les plus petites structures : insécurité juridique, coût disproportionné et incitation à ne pas se conformer faute de clarté, plutôt qu'à s'engager sereinement dans une démarche vertueuse.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-enterprise managing less than 100 orders per year, I would like to alert about several concrete difficulties encountered in the application of the EPR (Producer’s Wider Liability) and PPWR. 1. Impossible multi-country compliance at the scale of a micro-enterprise Selling online within the European Single Market theoretically means registering and contributing to an EPR eco-body in each country of destination. For an individual structure without a dedicated legal or accounting service, this multiplication of administrative procedures and national contributions is physically and financially impossible to bear, and in fact acts as a brake on cross-border sales, despite the fact that it is supposed to be facilitated by the single market. 2. An unclear PPWR exemption for micro-enterprises The PPWR seems to provide an exemption for micro-enterprises sourcing packaging from their own country. However, the exact scope of this exemption (conditions, thresholds, modalities of justification) remains unclear. The French EPR eco-bodies themselves are not in a position to provide precise information on this subject. This legal uncertainty puts micro-enterprises in an unsustainable situation: impossible to know if you are in compliance or in breach. 3. Disproportionately high floor charges The current contribution system, with a fixed floor, structurally penalises smaller players. By way of numerical example: for packaging of less than 2 kg per year, I pay a flat-rate fee of 114, when big players like Amazon pay around 0,25/kg. Reduced to a kilo, this represents a proportionally higher cost of 17 208 % per mine compared to large groups. This mechanism does not reflect the proportionate polluter pays principle at all, and disproportionately burdens microenterprises, which generate negligible packaging waste at market level. Proposal Financing packaging recycling is a legitimate and necessary objective. However, its current method of collection needs to be reviewed: A single body at European level, to avoid multiple registrations and contributions on a country-by-country basis, incompatible with the activity of a micro-enterprise selling in more than one EU country. Pricing that is strictly proportional to the actual volume of sales/packaging, with no fixed floor, so that the contribution is fair between a very small seller and an international player. An official and enforceable clarification of the PPWR exemption conditions for micro-enterprises sourcing locally, accompanied by reliable information provided by national eco-bodies. As it stands, these measures, which are supposed to make economic operators responsible for the environmental impact of packaging, have the opposite effect for the smallest structures: legal uncertainty, disproportionate cost and an incentive not to comply due to lack of clarity, rather than to engage peacefully in a virtuous approach.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544113_en"}, {"id": 33544112, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:41:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, I'm a small independent author wanting to sell signed copies of my book within the EU. There is already very little margin in this kind of business. The new packaging regulation not allowing for exemptions for very small businesses that can't afford to hire representation etc. Now makes it impossible to sell my books within the EU at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I'm a small independent author wanting to sell signed copies of my book within the EU. There is already very little margin in this kind of business. The new packaging regulation not allowing for exemptions for very small businesses that can't afford to hire representation etc. Now makes it impossible to sell my books within the EU at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544112_en"}, {"id": 33544111, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:41:03", "country": "PRT", "language": "PT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "A União Europeia precisa de legislação que proteja o ambiente. Precisa de reduzir o material de embalagem em circulação, precisa de banir os plásticos de utilização única, aberrações ambientais como o café de cápsula e muitas outras embalagens que geram quantidades insustentáveis de poluição e desperdício de recursos. Mas este regulamento NÃO é a forma de lá chegar se for aplicado desta forma. Não se pode estrangular com despesas e burocracia impossível de navegar a actividade de todos os micro e pequenos negócios da UE a pretexto de diminuir o material de embalagem em circulação. Os diversos países têm de se entender quanto às regras e publicar um regulamento que assente sobretudo na prevenção do desperdício.", "feedbackEnglish": "The European Union needs legislation that protects the environment. It needs to reduce the packaging material in circulation, it needs to ban single-use plastics, environmental aberrations such as capsule coffee and many other packaging that generate unsustainable amounts of pollution and waste of resources. But this regulation is NOT the way to get there if it is applied in this way. It must not be strangled by costs and bureaucracy that are impossible to navigate the business of all micro and small businesses in the EU on the pretext of reducing the amount of packaging material in circulation. Countries need to understand the rules and publish a regulation that is mainly based on waste prevention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544111_en"}, {"id": 33544110, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:39:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die PPWR (Verordnung (EU) 2025/40) verpflichtet jeden \"Produzenten\" also jedes Unternehmen, das Verpackungen erstmals in einem Mitgliedstaat auf den Markt bringt zur Registrierung im nationalen Herstellerregister, zu laufenden Meldungen und zur Zahlung von EPR-Gebühren in genau diesem Land. Wer EU-weit verkauft, braucht damit bis zu 27 separate Registrierungen, 27 nationale Meldesysteme und ohne lokale Niederlassung bis zu 27 bevollmächtigte Vertreter (Art. 45 PPWR). Diese Kosten fallen weitgehend unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen an. Ob ein Unternehmen zehn oder zehntausend Pakete pro Jahr in ein Land versendet, die administrativen Grundkosten bleiben ähnlich hoch. Für Konzerne sind das Rundungsfehler. Für Solo-Selbstständige wie mich mit vielleicht ein paar Dutzend Bestellungen pro Land und Jahr übersteigen diese Fixkosten den Gewinn aus genau diesen Bestellungen um ein Vielfaches. Besonders kreative Kleinstunternehmen (Etsy-Shops, Manufakturen, Kunsthandwerk, Design-Labels) leben davon, ohne große Logistik-Infrastruktur EU-weit an Endkund:innen zu verkaufen. Ihre Bestellmengen pro Land sind klein und unregelmäßig verteilt. Ein Land mit drei Bestellungen im Jahr verursacht dieselben Fixkosten wie eines mit dreihundert. Anders als große Unternehmen können sie diese Kosten nicht auf eine breite Kalkulationsbasis umlegen oder eine Compliance-Abteilung damit beauftragen. Viele werden deshalb den Versand in die meisten Mitgliedstaaten einstellen oder ihre Tätigkeit ganz aufgeben. Das ist das Gegenteil des erklärten PPWR-Ziels, den Binnenmarkt zu vereinfachen. Konkrete Forderungen: 1. Echte De-minimis-Schwelle: Mikrounternehmen sind bisher nur von administrativen Erleichterungen, nicht von der Gebührenpflicht selbst befreit. Wir fordern eine umsatz- oder mengenbasierte Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer keine oder nur eine stark reduzierte Pauschalgebühr anfällt. 2. Zentrale EU-Anlaufstelle (One-Stop-Shop): Analog zur Umsatzsteuer sollte eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung und Meldung genügen statt 27 nationaler Prozesse mit eigenen Formularen, Sprachen und Fristen. Gebühren proportional zum Volumen statt Pauschale pro Land: Fixkosten pro Markt sollten durch ein Modell ersetzt werden, das sich am tatsächlichen Verpackungsvolumen je Land orientiert. 3.Übergangsfristen und Förderung: Kleinstunternehmen brauchen Zeit und ggf. finanzielle Unterstützung, um Compliance-Prozesse aufzubauen, ohne dass der Marktzugang in der Übergangszeit faktisch verwehrt wird. Verzicht auf verpflichtende lokale Vertreter bei Kleinstversand: Unterhalb einer bestimmten Versandmenge sollte die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines bevollmächtigten Vertreters je Land entfallen oder durch ein zentrales EU-Register ersetzt werden. Fazit: Verpackungsabfall zu reduzieren ist sinnvoll. Die aktuelle EPR-Umsetzung lässt die Kosten aber nicht proportional zum Verpackungsaufkommen, sondern proportional zur Anzahl belieferter Länder anfallen. Das benachteiligt systematisch kleine, oft nachhaltig und lokal produzierende Kreativunternehmen, die eigentlich von der Binnenmarkt-Harmonisierung profitieren sollten. Das zwingt mich und viele andere in meinem Umfeld igr Geschäft komplett einzustellen. Wir bitten dringend und mit Nachdruck darum, bei den Durchführungsbestimmungen eine praktikable Bagatellgrenze und ein zentrales Registrierungssystem für Kleinstunternehmen umzusetzen. Sonst würde es das Aus für so viele nachhaltige und kreative Selbstständige bedeuten. Das kann nicht im Sinne der EU sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) thus requires each ‘producer’ to make packaging available on the market for the first time in a Member State for registration in the national register of producers, ongoing reporting and payment of EPR fees in that same country. If you sell across the EU, you will need up to 27 separate registrations, 27 national registration systems and up to 27 authorised representatives without a local establishment (Article 45 PPWR). These costs are largely independent of the actual sales volume. Whether a company sends tens or tens of thousands of parcels per year to a country, the basic administrative costs remain similar. For groups, the rounding error is. For solo self-employed people like me, with perhaps a few dozen orders per country per year, these fixed costs are many times higher than the profit from precisely these orders. Especially creative micro-enterprises (Etsy shops, manufactures, handicrafts, design labels) live from this without selling large logistics infrastructure to end-customers across the EU. Their order volumes per country are small and irregularly distributed. A country with three orders per year has the same fixed costs as one with three hundred. Unlike large companies, they cannot pass these costs on to a broad calculation basis or entrust them to a compliance department. Many will therefore stop shipping to most Member States or cease their activities altogether. This is the opposite of the stated PPWR objective of simplifying the internal market. Specific requests: 1. Real de minimis threshold: Micro-enterprises have so far only been exempted from administrative simplifications and not from the obligation to pay fees themselves. We call for a turnover-based or volume-based de minimis limit below which there is no or only a very reduced flat-rate fee. 2. EU One-Stop-Shop: By analogy with VAT, a single EU-wide registration and declaration should suffice, instead of 27 national processes with their own forms, languages and deadlines. Fees proportional to volume instead of flat rate per country: Fixed costs per market should be replaced by a model based on the actual packaging volume per country. 3.Transitional periods and funding: Micro-enterprises need time and, where appropriate, financial support to build compliance processes without de facto being denied market access during the transition period. Waiving of mandatory local representatives in the case of micro-dispatch: Below a certain volume of shipments, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative per country should be removed or replaced by a central EU register. My conclusion: Reducing packaging waste makes sense. However, the current EPR implementation does not make the costs proportional to the amount of packaging, but proportional to the number of countries supplied. This systematically penalises small, often sustainable, and locally producing creative companies, which should actually benefit from internal market harmonisation. This forces me and many others around me to stop business altogether. We urge you to implement a workable de minimis threshold and a central registration system for micro-enterprises in the implementing provisions. Otherwise, it would mean an end to so many sustainable and creative self-employed people. This cannot be in the EU’s interest.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544110_en"}, {"id": 33544108, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:36:11", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is going to destroy small creators, giving more to the giants that actually pollute the planet. Stop demanding money from people who already count every penny. You will kill all the independent artists and be left with Amazon and the like.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is going to destroy small creators, giving more to the giants that actually pollute the planet. Stop demanding money from people who already count every penny. You will kill all the independent artists and be left with Amazon and the like.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544108_en"}, {"id": 33544107, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:35:39", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a EU citizen, I like to buy things from small businesses around the EU. Unfortunately, this law will prevent me to do so in the future. The rules (and especially the one about getting a representative for EACH COUNTRY where you want to sell) is impossible to implement for small businesses. Thus, a lot of them wont be able to send packages to other countries within EU. What is the purpose of Shenghen Area and free trade of the EU if I cant buy from other countries ? These rules, if implemented, will clearly impact trade exchanges and kill a lot of businesses. A lot of them already announced not shipping outside of their country starting august 12th, I cant buy from them anymore. I also think that some medium companies wont be able to follow those rules. I personnally buy shoes from the only brand that works for my health issues in Germany, and theyre quite hard to find in France. I'm sure there will be consequences for these businesses as well. To summarize, these rules will kill free trade within EU, businesses which dont have the means to pay for a representative in each country they want to sell will die and it will impact very negatively a lot of countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a EU citizen, I like to buy things from small businesses around the EU. Unfortunately, this law will prevent me to do so in the future. The rules (and especially the one about getting a representative for EACH COUNTRY where you want to sell) is impossible to implement for small businesses. Thus, a lot of them wont be able to send packages to other countries within EU. What is the purpose of Shenghen Area and free trade of the EU if I cant buy from other countries ? These rules, if implemented, will clearly impact trade exchanges and kill a lot of businesses. A lot of them already announced not shipping outside of their country starting august 12th, I cant buy from them anymore. I also think that some medium companies wont be able to follow those rules. I personnally buy shoes from the only brand that works for my health issues in Germany, and theyre quite hard to find in France. I'm sure there will be consequences for these businesses as well. To summarize, these rules will kill free trade within EU, businesses which dont have the means to pay for a representative in each country they want to sell will die and it will impact very negatively a lot of countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544107_en"}, {"id": 33544106, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:31:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Matthias und Ulrike Alfa GbR", "feedback": "Das neue Verpackungsgesetz ist einfach pures Gift für kleine Unternehmen. Ich habe mit meinem Verlag vielleicht 10 bis 20 Bestellungen pro Buch (ein Buch erscheint alle 2 Jahre) aus der EU. Ich müsste mich dafür in drei bis vier Länder registrieren. Der Kosten und Arbeitsaufwand für einen Gewinn von ca. 100 ist unverhältnismäßig hoch. Das heißt für mich ich muss Kunden aus der EU ausschließen und kann diese nicht mehr beliefern. Ist das Sinn und Zweck der EU? Es sollte doch alles einfacher werden und freier Handel existieren? Das ist das komplette Gegenteil.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging law is simply a poison for small businesses. With my publisher, I may have 10 to 20 orders per book (a book is published every 2 years) from the EU. I would need to register in three to four countries. The cost and workload for a gain of around 100 is disproportionately high. This means that I have to exclude customers from the EU and can no longer supply them. Is the purpose of the EU? Should everything become simpler and free trade exist? This is completely the opposite.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544106_en"}, {"id": 33544105, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:28:43", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There should be provision made for those (micro) businesses who are sending 10 or 20 parcels per year into the EU (or internationally within the EU). This law as it stands is ludicrous and unjustifiable. The cost of compliance far far outweighs any profit from doing business. And by cost of compliance, I am talking only about the fees and charges demanded for the paperwork - any costs associated with changing the actual packaging (if necessary) would be negligible.", "feedbackEnglish": "There should be provision made for those (micro) businesses who are sending 10 or 20 parcels per year into the EU (or internationally within the EU). This law as it stands is ludicrous and unjustifiable. The cost of compliance far far outweighs any profit from doing business. And by cost of compliance, I am talking only about the fees and charges demanded for the paperwork - any costs associated with changing the actual packaging (if necessary) would be negligible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544105_en"}, {"id": 33544104, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:25:19", "country": "KAZ", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Honestly, this is just oppresive. The EU commision has been secretly or openly implementing laws, that are devaluing the hard work and life of common people in the EU. Not that we don't know why, all hail big companies and your fat wallet innit. Usually, I would write something more logical and polite for something like this but goodness. Stop coming at the common people. I don't own a small business but I love supporting small businesses in the EU because diversity gives room to creativity. Go after big companies for huge wastes, it's literally like telling people to save water while data centers or coal mines use gallons of water, or people to fly less due to emissions and the riches just use their private jets. Do proper research of how proposals will affect the people. You guys work for the people, not the lobbyists.", "feedbackEnglish": "Honestly, this is just oppresive. The EU commision has been secretly or openly implementing laws, that are devaluing the hard work and life of common people in the EU. Not that we don't know why, all hail big companies and your fat wallet innit. Usually, I would write something more logical and polite for something like this but goodness. Stop coming at the common people. I don't own a small business but I love supporting small businesses in the EU because diversity gives room to creativity. Go after big companies for huge wastes, it's literally like telling people to save water while data centers or coal mines use gallons of water, or people to fly less due to emissions and the riches just use their private jets. Do proper research of how proposals will affect the people. You guys work for the people, not the lobbyists.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544104_en"}, {"id": 33544103, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:21:21", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing this feedback not as a producer, but as a concerned customer, whos always been trying to buy small, local and European.I want to support independent European artists, makers and small businesses in their call for moratorium on Cross-Border EPR Fees. I do not want the only easy way to buy products in Europe to be through Amazon and other large platforms. Yet EUs EPR rules are pushing us in exactly that direction. For a small business sending just a few parcels a year to another EU country, EPR can mean separate national registrations, local representatives, minimum annual fees and complex reporting. The cost and bureaucracy can be many times greater than the value of the products being sold. A system intended to protect the environment is therefore pushing small businesses out of the EU Single Market while large corporations can simply absorb the same costs and continue operating at enormous scale. And the environmental argument does not hold if the outcome is to drive out small, often low-volume and sustainable producers while leaving the biggest sources of packaging and mass consumption largely unaffected. The companies generating the greatest volumes of packaging waste will continue to sell millions of products; the small creator sending five or ten parcels may simply stop selling. This is one of probably many negative feedbacks you are facing and you may already know that more and more independent European artists and small businesses are planning to stop shipments to certain EU countries - or giving up on cross-border sales altogether. All 27 countries are now on their own with handling this legislation and many EU countries do not provide a meaningful minimum threshold that distinguishes micro-businesses from huge corporations, like my country - Bulgaria. In practice, a small artist sending a handful of products can face essentially the same compliance obligations as Amazon. This is neither fair nor proportionate. The community is not asking for less environmental responsibility. The community is asking for environmental rules that are proportionate, effective and fair. I support the communitys urgent call on the European Commission to: 1) Introduce an immediate moratorium: Suspend EPR fines, cross-border registration requirements and mandatory Authorized Representative fees for micro-businesses while the system is reformed. 2) Introduce a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold: Exempt micro-businesses and genuinely small-volume sellers from disproportionate cross-border EPR bureaucracy. 3) Create a genuine EU One-Stop Shop: Replace separate national registrations and procedures with one simple, centralised EU-wide system. Europeans should be able to buy from European creators, and small European businesses should be able to sell to European customers. Protect the environment without destroying small businesses - and without creating a system where the smallest sellers disappear while the biggest polluters simply carry on at scale.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing this feedback not as a producer, but as a concerned customer, whos always been trying to buy small, local and European.I want to support independent European artists, makers and small businesses in their call for moratorium on Cross-Border EPR Fees. I do not want the only easy way to buy products in Europe to be through Amazon and other large platforms. Yet EUs EPR rules are pushing us in exactly that direction. For a small business sending just a few parcels a year to another EU country, EPR can mean separate national registrations, local representatives, minimum annual fees and complex reporting. The cost and bureaucracy can be many times greater than the value of the products being sold. A system intended to protect the environment is therefore pushing small businesses out of the EU Single Market while large corporations can simply absorb the same costs and continue operating at enormous scale. And the environmental argument does not hold if the outcome is to drive out small, often low-volume and sustainable producers while leaving the biggest sources of packaging and mass consumption largely unaffected. The companies generating the greatest volumes of packaging waste will continue to sell millions of products; the small creator sending five or ten parcels may simply stop selling. This is one of probably many negative feedbacks you are facing and you may already know that more and more independent European artists and small businesses are planning to stop shipments to certain EU countries - or giving up on cross-border sales altogether. All 27 countries are now on their own with handling this legislation and many EU countries do not provide a meaningful minimum threshold that distinguishes micro-businesses from huge corporations, like my country - Bulgaria. In practice, a small artist sending a handful of products can face essentially the same compliance obligations as Amazon. This is neither fair nor proportionate. The community is not asking for less environmental responsibility. The community is asking for environmental rules that are proportionate, effective and fair. I support the communitys urgent call on the European Commission to: 1) Introduce an immediate moratorium: Suspend EPR fines, cross-border registration requirements and mandatory Authorized Representative fees for micro-businesses while the system is reformed. 2) Introduce a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold: Exempt micro-businesses and genuinely small-volume sellers from disproportionate cross-border EPR bureaucracy. 3) Create a genuine EU One-Stop Shop: Replace separate national registrations and procedures with one simple, centralised EU-wide system. Europeans should be able to buy from European creators, and small European businesses should be able to sell to European customers. Protect the environment without destroying small businesses - and without creating a system where the smallest sellers disappear while the biggest polluters simply carry on at scale.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544103_en"}, {"id": 33544102, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:20:30", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sally Pointer Heritage Education ", "feedback": "As a maker of one-off historical replicas I have customers all over Europe including major museums, theatres and similar. I generally only send two or three parcels a year to any country, with typical values of £50-£100. My work is culturally relevant and inherently environmentally responsible, but under the PPWR regulations no longer viable as the cost of registering in any individual country exceeds the value of the items I send. Please consider a 'pay per package' option for micro businesses to be paid with postage, just like the option to pay customs charges up front.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a maker of one-off historical replicas I have customers all over Europe including major museums, theatres and similar. I generally only send two or three parcels a year to any country, with typical values of £50-£100. My work is culturally relevant and inherently environmentally responsible, but under the PPWR regulations no longer viable as the cost of registering in any individual country exceeds the value of the items I send. Please consider a 'pay per package' option for micro businesses to be paid with postage, just like the option to pay customs charges up front.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544102_en"}, {"id": 33544101, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:18:24", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Buenos días, Como persona que forma parte de una microempresa que realiza algunos envíos internacionales, esta normativa, tal y como está realizada, nos impide poder atender a clientes de nuestra Unión. Tener que realizar pagos individuales a cada estado miembro o tener un representante son gastos muy elevados para el beneficio obtenido por esas ventas. Agradecería que la Comisión revisase la normativa y pusiera una excepción para empresas de menos de 5 trabajadores o con unos ingresos inferiores a una cantidad anual o mensual. Por favor, protejan al pequeño comercio. Un saludo", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, as a person who is part of a micro-enterprise that makes some international shipments, this legislation, as it is done, prevents us from being able to serve customers in our Union. Having to make individual payments to each Member State or having a representative is a very high expense for the profit made from these sales. I would be grateful if the Commission could review the rules and introduce a derogation for companies with less than 5 employees or with an income of less than an annual or monthly amount. Please protect small retailers. Best regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544101_en"}, {"id": 33544100, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:16:22", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "From what I have read and the response I have seen in relation to this, it will destroy cross border trade for small businesses. Son congratulations on your sheer and utter incompetence. SMEs make up the majority of European businesses and should be fostered not destroyed. This is a idiotic as the 3 tarrrif on fast fashion goods. Look what that has done. It will cause no damage to the very thing it's targeting but will harm everything else that we should preserving. The companies that operate at such a scale that they are shipping goods huge rates will be able to afford to work around this or through it. Its clear that SMEs won't have that luxury or new business will have to only see with one region instead of being nourished by the benefits of a open EU market. You will close the gates on open border trade for the very enterprises that you should be opening them even more for. I think a serious revisal if this is required and serious reflection for who so ever thought it was an intelligent solution the problem they dreamt up. They have found success in showing the part of European union that euro sceptics are all than too happy to exploit for their political gain", "feedbackEnglish": "From what I have read and the response I have seen in relation to this, it will destroy cross border trade for small businesses. Son congratulations on your sheer and utter incompetence. SMEs make up the majority of European businesses and should be fostered not destroyed. This is a idiotic as the 3 tarrrif on fast fashion goods. Look what that has done. It will cause no damage to the very thing it's targeting but will harm everything else that we should preserving. The companies that operate at such a scale that they are shipping goods huge rates will be able to afford to work around this or through it. Its clear that SMEs won't have that luxury or new business will have to only see with one region instead of being nourished by the benefits of a open EU market. You will close the gates on open border trade for the very enterprises that you should be opening them even more for. I think a serious revisal if this is required and serious reflection for who so ever thought it was an intelligent solution the problem they dreamt up. They have found success in showing the part of European union that euro sceptics are all than too happy to exploit for their political gain", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544100_en"}, {"id": 33544099, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:10:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die Vorschriften sorgen dafür, dass man sich als kleine Unternehmerin und Künstlerin den EU weiten Versand de facto nicht mehr leisten kann. Für große Unternehmen ist die Umsetzung keine große Hürde, für Einzelunternehmen hingegen schon. Eine solche Reglementierung ist in meinen Augen weder zeitgemäß, noch mit einem stabilen Binnenmarkt zu vereinbaren.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small entrepreneur and artist, the rules make it de facto impossible to afford the EU’s long-distance shipping. Implementation is not a major hurdle for large companies, but it is already a hurdle for individual companies. In my view, such regulation is neither up-to-date nor compatible with a stable internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544099_en"}, {"id": 33544098, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:09:08", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I ask this regulation is immediately suspended for micro-enterprises within and outside of the Union. It affects us disproportionately in time and finances spent to comply and for most of us it will mean losing our source of income due to not being able to afford it. While the requirements are just a little frown in megacorporations lives with entire departments dedicated to such matters, that is not the case for individual or family businesses. Due to varying conditions across countries and no centralised source of information, many are already preemptively closing their shops for the EU customer. As such, it not only harms us but actively discourages the idea of a single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I ask this regulation is immediately suspended for micro-enterprises within and outside of the Union. It affects us disproportionately in time and finances spent to comply and for most of us it will mean losing our source of income due to not being able to afford it. While the requirements are just a little frown in megacorporations lives with entire departments dedicated to such matters, that is not the case for individual or family businesses. Due to varying conditions across countries and no centralised source of information, many are already preemptively closing their shops for the EU customer. As such, it not only harms us but actively discourages the idea of a single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544098_en"}, {"id": 33544097, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:00:47", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a starting freelancer and an artist who creates small pieces of artworks - costume work, stickers, prints, etc. - on the side of other jobs, as it barely makes any big profits 1 year in, the representatives and non-unified system is killing any sort of trade with countries outside of my own where I live - czech republic, originally from Slovakia . I understand that this measure makes sense for big companies and conglomerates like amazon and so on, who send tons of material. But when I send out envelopes with 5 stickers in it or a package with custom sewn costume once in a blue moon as they take forever to make, this really makes it unaffordable for me to continue any sort of business or open trade with other countries defying the whole idea od Unity and ease of coexistence within EU. There needs to be something in place for small businesses and artists.as well as clear guidelines and forms unified for registration across countries. People should be able to share and enjoy each other's art and support the artists work without having to worry about all these additional hurdles! I was opening an etsy with works in place but now have to shut all zhw progress down as I am unable to sell anywhere outside of my country! Also the issue that not many bring up... There is a difference between people from Germany who make 5 times as much as us in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland... We cannot afford to pay hundreds of euros to be able to send 5e sticker here and there, taking into consideration that the demand for such art are also not from just onw country, and the sporadic packages really do go across Europe to all enjoyers of art and craft... Please consider measures for us too. We, the small businesses, will go under like this, and anyone hoping to start will not be able to. We makw our offices our homes, work by ourselves, sometimes with help of friends and family, do nor have employees, have our own little printer, cutting and sewing rhinfs by hand and little studio and are not a big company in any sense! Most of us cannot afford any of these measures! We pay more than really profit, which makes me and many like me close any trade beyond borders.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a starting freelancer and an artist who creates small pieces of artworks - costume work, stickers, prints, etc. - on the side of other jobs, as it barely makes any big profits 1 year in, the representatives and non-unified system is killing any sort of trade with countries outside of my own where I live - czech republic, originally from Slovakia . I understand that this measure makes sense for big companies and conglomerates like amazon and so on, who send tons of material. But when I send out envelopes with 5 stickers in it or a package with custom sewn costume once in a blue moon as they take forever to make, this really makes it unaffordable for me to continue any sort of business or open trade with other countries defying the whole idea od Unity and ease of coexistence within EU. There needs to be something in place for small businesses and artists.as well as clear guidelines and forms unified for registration across countries. People should be able to share and enjoy each other's art and support the artists work without having to worry about all these additional hurdles! I was opening an etsy with works in place but now have to shut all zhw progress down as I am unable to sell anywhere outside of my country! Also the issue that not many bring up... There is a difference between people from Germany who make 5 times as much as us in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland... We cannot afford to pay hundreds of euros to be able to send 5e sticker here and there, taking into consideration that the demand for such art are also not from just onw country, and the sporadic packages really do go across Europe to all enjoyers of art and craft... Please consider measures for us too. We, the small businesses, will go under like this, and anyone hoping to start will not be able to. We makw our offices our homes, work by ourselves, sometimes with help of friends and family, do nor have employees, have our own little printer, cutting and sewing rhinfs by hand and little studio and are not a big company in any sense! Most of us cannot afford any of these measures! We pay more than really profit, which makes me and many like me close any trade beyond borders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544097_en"}, {"id": 33544096, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 08:00:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulations should be done for big corporations and companies who often use an illegal ways to go around taxes, trash this planet with waste that cannot be recycled and are very ignorant of what is happening with waste and world overall. But this also will affect EVERY SMALL BUSINESS POSSIBLE outside of EU and this is a lot. To apply this laws on them is to shoot yourself in your foot. Big amount of small businesses are using recyclable packaging, even if not fully recyclable it is still often paper, not plastic. This becomes a closed door to communities, small business support and unique hand made work that could be very special. Just because you and other countries can't OR don't even want to regulate the main problem of big fat and greedy industrialist. This law is amazing, should it be applied to big and wasteful businesses, small creators should not hold accountability for ones who play unfair.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulations should be done for big corporations and companies who often use an illegal ways to go around taxes, trash this planet with waste that cannot be recycled and are very ignorant of what is happening with waste and world overall. But this also will affect EVERY SMALL BUSINESS POSSIBLE outside of EU and this is a lot. To apply this laws on them is to shoot yourself in your foot. Big amount of small businesses are using recyclable packaging, even if not fully recyclable it is still often paper, not plastic. This becomes a closed door to communities, small business support and unique hand made work that could be very special. Just because you and other countries can't OR don't even want to regulate the main problem of big fat and greedy industrialist. This law is amazing, should it be applied to big and wasteful businesses, small creators should not hold accountability for ones who play unfair.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544096_en"}, {"id": 33544095, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:59:33", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neuen Bestimmungen sind eine massive Belastung für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen innerhalb der EU. Bereits jetzt müssen viele Businesses schließen oder stellen ihren Versand in EU-Ausland ein. Es benötigt dringend eine Nachschärfung dieser Bestimmungen, die an Kleinunternehmen angepasst sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules place a heavy burden on small and micro-enterprises within the EU. Many businesses already have to close down or stop sending them abroad in the EU. There is an urgent need to strengthen these provisions, which are adapted to small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544095_en"}, {"id": 33544094, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:55:49", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please consider the disproportionate effect this law will have on micro/small business, especially creative business, which are the back bone of economies and cultures. EU was founded with one of its core principles the free movement of goods, people, and services. This law will massively damage the free movement of goods as it puts an undue burden on micro/small businesses who do not have the resources for compliance departments like Amazon, Bol.com, Shein, Temu and other massive companies have. It kills competition and only creates monopoly for those big companies. Thresholds and exemptions should be provided on an EU level for micro/small businesses to remove the undue burden this law places on them. It allows these businesses to grow and still generate taxable income. If this does not happen, lot of companies will stop inner-EU trade and tax revenue will be lost. Kindly asap revise this unfair law. Equity above equality for no business is equal.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please consider the disproportionate effect this law will have on micro/small business, especially creative business, which are the back bone of economies and cultures. EU was founded with one of its core principles the free movement of goods, people, and services. This law will massively damage the free movement of goods as it puts an undue burden on micro/small businesses who do not have the resources for compliance departments like Amazon, Bol.com, Shein, Temu and other massive companies have. It kills competition and only creates monopoly for those big companies. Thresholds and exemptions should be provided on an EU level for micro/small businesses to remove the undue burden this law places on them. It allows these businesses to grow and still generate taxable income. If this does not happen, lot of companies will stop inner-EU trade and tax revenue will be lost. Kindly asap revise this unfair law. Equity above equality for no business is equal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544094_en"}, {"id": 33544093, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:54:04", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hannah Ravinet ", "feedback": "Je suis une petite artiste française. Je vends mes créations sur des marchés et via ma boutique en ligne. Je suis handicapée et je ne peux pas travailler, cette activité me permet donc de survivre. Je n'ai pas l'argent pour payer tout les frais demandés par cette nouvelle règle, j'envoie déjà tout mes produits dans des enveloppes en carton, et c'est la même chose pour toutes les autres micro entreprises que je connais. Cette réforme va nous tuer. Je ne suis pas hyperbolique, cette réforme va clairement décimer des milliers de petites entreprises, d'auto entrepreneurs et d'artistes à travers l'Europe, qui ne pourront pas se permettre de payer individuellement pour chaque pays, y compris payer pour suivre les règles de leur propre pays, et souvent cela veut dire payer à des entreprises privées. Ce n'est même pas le public qui touchera ce nouvel impôt ! Pendant ce temps, Shein, Temu, Amazon et compagnie ne verront même pas cette nouvelle loi grâce à tout l'argent qu'ils gagnent. Payer dans tout les pays ne les touchent pas une seconde, payer des amendes non plus. Cette loi provient d'une bonne idée. Le monde brûle (assez littéralement, au vu des incendies monstrueux à travers le continent cet été), et le transport de marchandises en est en parti responsable. Qui n'a pas reçu un produit de la taille d'une main emballé dans un carton bourré de plastique de la taille d'un bras ? Mais cette réforme n'est, à mes yeux, pas la solution. Ses conséquences vont être désastreuses pour les petites entreprises et les particuliers qui apprécient leurs produits mais qui ne pourront plus les commander. Tout le monde se tournera de plus en plus vers les grosses entreprises qui seront les seules à pouvoir les livrer, et ce sera juste pire. Je vous en supplie, pour notre survie, re travaillez sur cette loi. Ciblez plus les grosses entreprises multi millionnaires qui sont responsables de toute cette pollution. Pas nous, qui allons mourir et de cette pollution et de votre politique à notre encontre.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a little French artist. I sell my creations on markets and via my online shop. I am disabled and cannot work, so this activity allows me to survive. I do not have the money to pay all the fees required by this new rule, I already send all my products in cardboard envelopes, and this is the same for all the other micro companies I know. This reform will kill us. I am not hyperbolic, this reform will clearly decimate thousands of small businesses, self-entrepreneurs and artists across Europe, who will not be able to afford to pay individually for each country, including paying to follow the rules of their own country, and often this means paying private companies. It is not even the public who will be affected by this new tax! Meanwhile, Shein, Temu, Amazon and the company will not even see this new law with all the money they earn. Paying in all countries does not affect them for a second, nor do they pay fines. This law comes from a good idea. The world is burning (quite literally, in the light of the monstrous fires across the continent this summer), and the transport of goods is responsible for it. Who didn’t receive a handmade product wrapped in a cardboard stuffed with plastic waist? But this reform is not, in my view, the solution. Its consequences will be disastrous for small businesses and individuals who appreciate their products but will no longer be able to order them. Everyone will increasingly turn to the big companies that will be the only ones able to deliver them, and it will be just worse. I’m telling you that, for our survival, we are working on this law. Focus more on the large multi-millionaire companies that are responsible for all this pollution. Not us, who will die and this pollution and your policy against us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544093_en"}, {"id": 33544092, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:41:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Althausen Werkstatt", "feedback": "Feedback from a German micro-enterprise on producer registration and reporting requirements I am the owner of Althausen Werkstatt, a small one-person craft business in Germany. I manufacture handmade wooden products and sell them directly to consumers, mainly through my own online shop and at craft markets. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the practical implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility must take into account the enormous difference between large international companies and micro-enterprises like mine. For a very small business, having to deal with separate registration, reporting and compliance requirements in every Member State to which only a few parcels may be shipped creates a completely disproportionate administrative and financial burden. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in countries such as Austria, Belgium or the Netherlands. Nevertheless, I have to investigate the individual requirements of each country, register where required, fulfil reporting obligations and bear the associated costs. For a large company selling thousands of products across Europe, these costs and administrative requirements can be absorbed. For a one-person craft business, they cannot. The consequence in my case is very simple: I will stop shipping to consumers in other EU Member States. This cannot be the intended result of legislation within a European Single Market. A regulation intended to harmonise environmental rules should not effectively create new barriers to cross-border trade for the smallest European businesses. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate and harmonised solution for micro-enterprises and businesses with very low cross-border packaging volumes. Possible solutions could include: a single EU-wide registration or one-stop-shop instead of separate national registrations; an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; greatly simplified reporting requirements for micro-enterprises; fees that are genuinely proportional to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; exemptions or simplified procedures for businesses that send only a very small number of parcels to another Member State. Without such measures, many small manufacturers, artists, craftspeople and specialised online shops will simply stop selling across EU borders. This would reduce consumer choice, disadvantage small European businesses and strengthen large companies that can more easily absorb the administrative costs. Please do not design a system in which selling one parcel to another Member State creates almost the same administrative burden as selling thousands. Environmental responsibility is important. But proportionality is equally important. Europe should make it easier for small European businesses to trade with customers across borders not give them a reason to withdraw from the Single Market. Guido Althausen Althausen Werkstatt Germany", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback from a German micro-enterprise on producer registration and reporting requirements I am the owner of Althausen Werkstatt, a small one-person craft business in Germany. I manufacture handmade wooden products and sell them directly to consumers, mainly through my own online shop and at craft markets. I fully support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the practical implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility must take into account the enormous difference between large international companies and micro-enterprises like mine. For a very small business, having to deal with separate registration, reporting and compliance requirements in every Member State to which only a few parcels may be shipped creates a completely disproportionate administrative and financial burden. I may send only a handful of parcels per year to customers in countries such as Austria, Belgium or the Netherlands. Nevertheless, I have to investigate the individual requirements of each country, register where required, fulfil reporting obligations and bear the associated costs. For a large company selling thousands of products across Europe, these costs and administrative requirements can be absorbed. For a one-person craft business, they cannot. The consequence in my case is very simple: I will stop shipping to consumers in other EU Member States. This cannot be the intended result of legislation within a European Single Market. A regulation intended to harmonise environmental rules should not effectively create new barriers to cross-border trade for the smallest European businesses. I therefore strongly ask the European Commission to introduce a genuinely proportionate and harmonised solution for micro-enterprises and businesses with very low cross-border packaging volumes. Possible solutions could include: a single EU-wide registration or one-stop-shop instead of separate national registrations; an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging; greatly simplified reporting requirements for micro-enterprises; fees that are genuinely proportional to the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; exemptions or simplified procedures for businesses that send only a very small number of parcels to another Member State. Without such measures, many small manufacturers, artists, craftspeople and specialised online shops will simply stop selling across EU borders. This would reduce consumer choice, disadvantage small European businesses and strengthen large companies that can more easily absorb the administrative costs. Please do not design a system in which selling one parcel to another Member State creates almost the same administrative burden as selling thousands. Environmental responsibility is important. But proportionality is equally important. Europe should make it easier for small European businesses to trade with customers across borders not give them a reason to withdraw from the Single Market. Guido Althausen Althausen Werkstatt Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544092_en"}, {"id": 33544091, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:41:31", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You need to fix this immediately as you are killing cross-border sales for small and micro businesses since they cant afford to have this EPR registration in most countries and thus destroying many of them. How is this free movement of goods throughout the EU??? You are also severely limiting consumer choice in smaller countries as many of the sellers simply wont ship to them anymore. You created such a mess with this green agenda, so fix it ASAP!", "feedbackEnglish": "You need to fix this immediately as you are killing cross-border sales for small and micro businesses since they cant afford to have this EPR registration in most countries and thus destroying many of them. How is this free movement of goods throughout the EU??? You are also severely limiting consumer choice in smaller countries as many of the sellers simply wont ship to them anymore. You created such a mess with this green agenda, so fix it ASAP!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544091_en"}, {"id": 33544090, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:39:19", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I think it's great that this legislation makes big companies take responsibility for shipping waste. However, I fail to see how small, micro and new businesses are to ever comply with these requirements without a near 100% guarantee of bankrupsy of, at best, the bussiness, and worst, the people behind it. The legislation needs flexibility for small bussinesses and artists, as there are simply too many, too high fees, and it is unreasonable to expect a first time entreprenour to have the budget to hire even one representative when starting out.", "feedbackEnglish": "I think it's great that this legislation makes big companies take responsibility for shipping waste. However, I fail to see how small, micro and new businesses are to ever comply with these requirements without a near 100% guarantee of bankrupsy of, at best, the bussiness, and worst, the people behind it. The legislation needs flexibility for small bussinesses and artists, as there are simply too many, too high fees, and it is unreasonable to expect a first time entreprenour to have the budget to hire even one representative when starting out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544090_en"}, {"id": 33544089, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:36:53", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This proposal exists in direct threat to the sustained economic development of the European Union by most negatively impacting small businesses, artists, makers and individuals operating at small scale within the EU. After having negatively affected international commerce for the consumer, in a bid to improve intra-EU commerce, what does this measure do but renounce the union to the will of mega corporations, as they alone could withstand the aforementioned fees? This is a measure which has been clearly rushed and not considered under the light of the small-scale commerce and culture it will negatively impact. It requires severe rethinking and clear communication or otherwise is but spit on the faces of both makers and consumers, as well as onto the Schengen area.", "feedbackEnglish": "This proposal exists in direct threat to the sustained economic development of the European Union by most negatively impacting small businesses, artists, makers and individuals operating at small scale within the EU. After having negatively affected international commerce for the consumer, in a bid to improve intra-EU commerce, what does this measure do but renounce the union to the will of mega corporations, as they alone could withstand the aforementioned fees? This is a measure which has been clearly rushed and not considered under the light of the small-scale commerce and culture it will negatively impact. It requires severe rethinking and clear communication or otherwise is but spit on the faces of both makers and consumers, as well as onto the Schengen area.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544089_en"}, {"id": 33544088, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:36:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Auridon Yarns", "feedback": "Subject: PPWR and micro-enterprises: a one-person business withdrawing from 22 member states Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am writing as the owner of a one-person business in Haarlem to give you a concrete example of how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is working in practice for a micro-enterprise, ahead of the committee vote on the authorised representative provisions. I dye yarn by hand and design knitting patterns. I posted 145 physical parcels in the last twelve months. Of those, 43 went to customers in other member states. The rest were domestic, or sold outside the EU, or were digital downloads with no packaging at all. On 8 August 2026 I removed 22 of the 27 member states from my shipping options. I now post within the EU only to the Netherlands, Germany, France, Ireland and the Czech Republic. I did not do this because I want to sell less. I did it because the compliance cost of the packaging rules does not scale with how much packaging I use. It scales with how many countries I sell to. A worked example. To sell into Germany I registered in the LUCID register and licensed my packaging with a dual system. I placed 1.950 kg of paper and cardboard and 0.060 kg of plastic on the German market in a year. The minimum fee was 39 euros, because two kilos falls far below any tariff band. I do not object to paying it. But the same fixed minimum applies in every member state, and several countries additionally require me to appoint and pay a locally established authorised representative. For markets where I send two or three parcels a year, the representative alone costs more than the goods are worth. The result is that a regulation intended to reduce packaging waste has caused a European business to withdraw from 22 European markets. It has not reduced my packaging by a single gram. The same parcels are still posted, just to fewer places. The customer in Ljubljana or Lisbon who wanted a skein of my yarn now cannot buy one, and I am poorer for it. This seems to me the opposite of an internal market. I would ask you to support three things. First, the proposal to narrow the suspension of the authorised representative obligation to micro and small enterprises. For a business of my size the representative requirement is not a proportionate administrative step, it is a decision about whether to serve a market at all. Second, a harmonised de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, expressed in kilograms per member state per year. Some countries already operate one, others do not, and the inconsistency is itself a large part of the burden. A threshold set at a level such as 500 kg per member state would exempt businesses whose packaging is a rounding error in national waste statistics, while capturing everyone whose volumes actually matter. Third, a single point of registration. Allow a producer to register once in their own member state and have that registration, and the associated fees, passed on to the countries they ship to. The current design requires me to hold separate registrations, separate contracts, separate deadlines and separate reporting formats in every country, in languages I do not always read, for volumes measured in single kilograms. I support the aims of this regulation. I use paper packaging, I keep it to the minimum the parcel needs, and I would rather pay my share than not. What I cannot absorb is a fixed administrative cost repeated 27 times. The businesses that can absorb it are the large ones, and the effect of the current design is to hand them the cross-border market by default. I would be glad to provide further detail on my own figures if that would be useful. Yours faithfully, Sophie Auridon Yarns, Haarlem", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: PPWR and micro-enterprises: a one-person business withdrawing from 22 member states Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am writing as the owner of a one-person business in Haarlem to give you a concrete example of how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is working in practice for a micro-enterprise, ahead of the committee vote on the authorised representative provisions. I dye yarn by hand and design knitting patterns. I posted 145 physical parcels in the last twelve months. Of those, 43 went to customers in other member states. The rest were domestic, or sold outside the EU, or were digital downloads with no packaging at all. On 8 August 2026 I removed 22 of the 27 member states from my shipping options. I now post within the EU only to the Netherlands, Germany, France, Ireland and the Czech Republic. I did not do this because I want to sell less. I did it because the compliance cost of the packaging rules does not scale with how much packaging I use. It scales with how many countries I sell to. A worked example. To sell into Germany I registered in the LUCID register and licensed my packaging with a dual system. I placed 1.950 kg of paper and cardboard and 0.060 kg of plastic on the German market in a year. The minimum fee was 39 euros, because two kilos falls far below any tariff band. I do not object to paying it. But the same fixed minimum applies in every member state, and several countries additionally require me to appoint and pay a locally established authorised representative. For markets where I send two or three parcels a year, the representative alone costs more than the goods are worth. The result is that a regulation intended to reduce packaging waste has caused a European business to withdraw from 22 European markets. It has not reduced my packaging by a single gram. The same parcels are still posted, just to fewer places. The customer in Ljubljana or Lisbon who wanted a skein of my yarn now cannot buy one, and I am poorer for it. This seems to me the opposite of an internal market. I would ask you to support three things. First, the proposal to narrow the suspension of the authorised representative obligation to micro and small enterprises. For a business of my size the representative requirement is not a proportionate administrative step, it is a decision about whether to serve a market at all. Second, a harmonised de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, expressed in kilograms per member state per year. Some countries already operate one, others do not, and the inconsistency is itself a large part of the burden. A threshold set at a level such as 500 kg per member state would exempt businesses whose packaging is a rounding error in national waste statistics, while capturing everyone whose volumes actually matter. Third, a single point of registration. Allow a producer to register once in their own member state and have that registration, and the associated fees, passed on to the countries they ship to. The current design requires me to hold separate registrations, separate contracts, separate deadlines and separate reporting formats in every country, in languages I do not always read, for volumes measured in single kilograms. I support the aims of this regulation. I use paper packaging, I keep it to the minimum the parcel needs, and I would rather pay my share than not. What I cannot absorb is a fixed administrative cost repeated 27 times. The businesses that can absorb it are the large ones, and the effect of the current design is to hand them the cross-border market by default. I would be glad to provide further detail on my own figures if that would be useful. Yours faithfully, Sophie Auridon Yarns, Haarlem", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544088_en"}, {"id": 33544087, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:36:11", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Foto Wieland", "feedback": "Statement on the registration obligation for small businesses As a sole trader engaged in cross-border online sales within the EU, I see a structural problem for micro-enterprises in the proposed regulation. The requirement to register separately in each individual Member State creates an administrative and financial burden that is disproportionate to the actual sales volume of many small businesses. A concrete example: if, as a small business, I sell a single product to France in an entire year, I am already obligated to fully register there at a cost of several hundred euros per country per year, regardless of actual turnover. There is no de minimis threshold below which this obligation would not apply. The draft implementing regulation (Ares(2026)7688068) confirms this problem: Annex I, Part D requires a separately registered authorised representative for each Member State, with their own address and tax number in that country regardless of trading volume. The only volume-related relief (Part A vs. Part B, threshold at 10 tonnes/year) concerns only the level of detail in quantity reporting, not the registration obligation itself or the requirement to appoint an authorised representative. For micro-enterprises, this means full structural costs at minimal volume. While larger companies have compliance structures in place to meet these requirements, one-person businesses and micro-enterprises regularly lack the capacity to do so. The foreseeable outcome: many small vendors will restrict or discontinue cross-border sales within the EU. This runs counter to the goal of a functioning single market and disproportionately affects the businesses least able to absorb the additional burden. I demand a de minimis threshold (based on annual turnover or shipping volume per destination country), below which a simplified, centralised EU-wide registration including exemption from the requirement to appoint a local authorised representative would suffice instead of separate national registers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Statement on the registration obligation for small businesses As a sole trader engaged in cross-border online sales within the EU, I see a structural problem for micro-enterprises in the proposed regulation. The requirement to register separately in each individual Member State creates an administrative and financial burden that is disproportionate to the actual sales volume of many small businesses. A concrete example: if, as a small business, I sell a single product to France in an entire year, I am already obligated to fully register there at a cost of several hundred euros per country per year, regardless of actual turnover. There is no de minimis threshold below which this obligation would not apply. The draft implementing regulation (Ares(2026)7688068) confirms this problem: Annex I, Part D requires a separately registered authorised representative for each Member State, with their own address and tax number in that country regardless of trading volume. The only volume-related relief (Part A vs. Part B, threshold at 10 tonnes/year) concerns only the level of detail in quantity reporting, not the registration obligation itself or the requirement to appoint an authorised representative. For micro-enterprises, this means full structural costs at minimal volume. While larger companies have compliance structures in place to meet these requirements, one-person businesses and micro-enterprises regularly lack the capacity to do so. The foreseeable outcome: many small vendors will restrict or discontinue cross-border sales within the EU. This runs counter to the goal of a functioning single market and disproportionately affects the businesses least able to absorb the additional burden. I demand a de minimis threshold (based on annual turnover or shipping volume per destination country), below which a simplified, centralised EU-wide registration including exemption from the requirement to appoint a local authorised representative would suffice instead of separate national registers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544087_en"}, {"id": 33544086, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:33:38", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This ruling is disproportionately affecting small and micro businesses who will not be able to afford to pay for each registration and each representative for all the different EU countries. Furthermore, it also works against the free distribution of goods in the EU. An exemption for smaller businesses is necessary or a lot of local businesses who ship maybe once or twice a year to each EU country will go out of business.", "feedbackEnglish": "This ruling is disproportionately affecting small and micro businesses who will not be able to afford to pay for each registration and each representative for all the different EU countries. Furthermore, it also works against the free distribution of goods in the EU. An exemption for smaller businesses is necessary or a lot of local businesses who ship maybe once or twice a year to each EU country will go out of business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544086_en"}, {"id": 33544085, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:28:35", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who has a very small, one person art business the costs of registry and representation across EU are prohibitive. I sell art prints and stickers I make, send them in biodegradable foils and in smallest possible cardboard envelopes or second-hand boxes and I know many of my peers do the same, because it is both cheap and good for the environment. Please consider making an exception for businesses that are really small and don't move enough volume of post to recoup the costs or have one central registry. As it stands, we are forced to pick and choose the countries that that we would register with and this will further draw a divide between Europe A and Europe B, as most people will register for the big countries like France and Germany and smaller, poorer countries like Slovakia will simply be excluded. If there was one central registry we would be able to pay that, but I don't think I make enough in a year to register with every EU country. It will lock the artisans and small businesses to their own country and will benefit the big corporations, for whom a thousand euros in fees is nothing. If this is about packaging, then maybe regulating the available packaging is the way to go, and not pricing out the small businesses and adding to the amount of bureaucracy one person needs to do to operate.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who has a very small, one person art business the costs of registry and representation across EU are prohibitive. I sell art prints and stickers I make, send them in biodegradable foils and in smallest possible cardboard envelopes or second-hand boxes and I know many of my peers do the same, because it is both cheap and good for the environment. Please consider making an exception for businesses that are really small and don't move enough volume of post to recoup the costs or have one central registry. As it stands, we are forced to pick and choose the countries that that we would register with and this will further draw a divide between Europe A and Europe B, as most people will register for the big countries like France and Germany and smaller, poorer countries like Slovakia will simply be excluded. If there was one central registry we would be able to pay that, but I don't think I make enough in a year to register with every EU country. It will lock the artisans and small businesses to their own country and will benefit the big corporations, for whom a thousand euros in fees is nothing. If this is about packaging, then maybe regulating the available packaging is the way to go, and not pricing out the small businesses and adding to the amount of bureaucracy one person needs to do to operate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544085_en"}, {"id": 33544084, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:24:09", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an artist in Finland. I sold 1O original paintings in total to different EU countries with a value of less than EUR 1500,- each last year. I have always used recyclable packaging and now I am being penalized. The new law makes it impossible to continue my business as the registration fees are so high for each country, and how can I predict the customers in which countries out of the 27 will buy my art. I believe the unemployment rate in the EU will increase now, because small businesses will be forced out of business. I thought the whole idea of the EU was to make trade easier. I am very disappointed and already telling people who inquire in the EU that I may not be able to sell to them because of the new packaging law. I would understand if this law applied to those outside the EU, but do not understand at all why it is applied to small entrepreneurs, who are using a tiny amount of packaging, compared to large retailers. A threshold of under EUR 100 000 would save many of us.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist in Finland. I sold 1O original paintings in total to different EU countries with a value of less than EUR 1500,- each last year. I have always used recyclable packaging and now I am being penalized. The new law makes it impossible to continue my business as the registration fees are so high for each country, and how can I predict the customers in which countries out of the 27 will buy my art. I believe the unemployment rate in the EU will increase now, because small businesses will be forced out of business. I thought the whole idea of the EU was to make trade easier. I am very disappointed and already telling people who inquire in the EU that I may not be able to sell to them because of the new packaging law. I would understand if this law applied to those outside the EU, but do not understand at all why it is applied to small entrepreneurs, who are using a tiny amount of packaging, compared to large retailers. A threshold of under EUR 100 000 would save many of us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544084_en"}, {"id": 33544083, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:20:11", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ateljee Piccolo", "feedback": "I welcome the EUs environmental objectives under the PPWR. However, I am concerned that the requirements relating to producer registration and producer responsibility may place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on micro-enterprises and independent small businesses. 1. Proportionate requirements for micro-businesses Micro-enterprises that place only very small quantities of packaging on the market should be exempt from, or subject to significantly simplified, producer-responsibility and associated AR requirements. The costs and administrative obligations can be disproportionate to the very small quantities involved. A one-person business cannot reasonably absorb costs designed around the resources of larger companies. 2. Harmonised registration across the EU Producer registration requirements should be fully harmonised across Member States. A small business selling products to customers in different EU countries should not have to navigate multiple national registration systems, procedures and administrative requirements. Micro-businesses generally cannot afford to employ compliance specialists or external consultants simply to manage packaging registrations in different countries. If full harmonisation cannot be achieved, very small businesses should be exempt from registration below an appropriate threshold. 3. Protect the Single Market and free movement of goods Different national registration requirements risk creating additional barriers to cross-border trade. This is particularly significant for micro-enterprises, for which even relatively small administrative costs can make selling to customers in another Member State economically unviable. The cumulative effect may be that small businesses restrict their EU sales, withdraw from certain Member States, or stop cross-border trading altogether. This would run counter to the objective of a functioning EU Single Market and the free movement of goods. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the implementation of PPWR follows the principle of proportionality and takes into account the very different capacities of micro-enterprises and large corporations. The EU should ensure that environmental regulation does not unintentionally create barriers to entrepreneurship and cross-border trade. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but micro-businesses need a simple, harmonised and proportionate system, with meaningful exemptions or thresholds where the quantities of packaging involved are minimal.", "feedbackEnglish": "I welcome the EUs environmental objectives under the PPWR. However, I am concerned that the requirements relating to producer registration and producer responsibility may place a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on micro-enterprises and independent small businesses. 1. Proportionate requirements for micro-businesses Micro-enterprises that place only very small quantities of packaging on the market should be exempt from, or subject to significantly simplified, producer-responsibility and associated AR requirements. The costs and administrative obligations can be disproportionate to the very small quantities involved. A one-person business cannot reasonably absorb costs designed around the resources of larger companies. 2. Harmonised registration across the EU Producer registration requirements should be fully harmonised across Member States. A small business selling products to customers in different EU countries should not have to navigate multiple national registration systems, procedures and administrative requirements. Micro-businesses generally cannot afford to employ compliance specialists or external consultants simply to manage packaging registrations in different countries. If full harmonisation cannot be achieved, very small businesses should be exempt from registration below an appropriate threshold. 3. Protect the Single Market and free movement of goods Different national registration requirements risk creating additional barriers to cross-border trade. This is particularly significant for micro-enterprises, for which even relatively small administrative costs can make selling to customers in another Member State economically unviable. The cumulative effect may be that small businesses restrict their EU sales, withdraw from certain Member States, or stop cross-border trading altogether. This would run counter to the objective of a functioning EU Single Market and the free movement of goods. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the implementation of PPWR follows the principle of proportionality and takes into account the very different capacities of micro-enterprises and large corporations. The EU should ensure that environmental regulation does not unintentionally create barriers to entrepreneurship and cross-border trade. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but micro-businesses need a simple, harmonised and proportionate system, with meaningful exemptions or thresholds where the quantities of packaging involved are minimal.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544083_en"}, {"id": 33544082, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:14:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small Business ", "feedback": "Wie sollen Einzel- und Kleinunternehmen überhaupt noch innerhalb der EU versenden? Ich verkaufe künstlerische Produkte weltweit über Etsy. Wenn ich jetzt für jedes EU Land einen Bevollmächtigten und Lizenzen bezahle, kann ich nicht mehr innerhalb der EU verkaufen, weil sich das doch niemand leisten kann. Der Kerngedanke der EU ist der offene Markt, mit dieser Verordnung ist es für mich als EU Bürgerin einfacher und wahrscheinlich die einzige Wahl außerhalb der EU zu verkaufen anstatt ins EU Ausland. Dabei sollte genau das Gegenteil der Fall sein. Der Hersteller der Verpackung sollte für die Grundgebühren für die Entsorgung je nach Material zahlen und das wird dann nach Mengen in einem Topf in der EU verteilt. Warum soll jetzt jeder Einzelne sich mit 30 verschiedenen Ländern und deren Richtlinien auseinandersetzen, wofür dann noch die EU, das ist ja quasi wie als hätten wir die Grenzen wieder. Da hab ich lieber Zollgebühren als sowas.", "feedbackEnglish": "How should individual and small businesses still ship within the EU? I sell artistic products worldwide through Etsy. If I now pay an authorised representative and licences for each EU country, I can no longer sell within the EU because no one can afford it. The core idea of the EU is the open market, with this regulation it is easier and probably the only choice for me, as an EU citizen, to sell outside the EU rather than to the EU. The opposite should be the case. The manufacturer of the packaging should pay for the basic disposal fees depending on the material and this is then distributed according to quantities in a pot in the EU. Why should each and every one of us now deal with 30 different countries and their directives, for what the EU is for, that’s almost as if we had the borders again? I prefer to have customs duties rather than something like that.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544082_en"}, {"id": 33544081, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:09:19", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The ppwr is a death sentence for micro businesses. I urge EU to stop this immediately as this will make it impossible to make a living as a small artist or crafts person selling in the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The ppwr is a death sentence for micro businesses. I urge EU to stop this immediately as this will make it impossible to make a living as a small artist or crafts person selling in the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544081_en"}, {"id": 33544027, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:09:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Peggy Sue Vintage", "feedback": "As a small business owner, the new regulations are actively damaging my business. Up to now, about 20% of customers are outside Germany, but in various countries, with the volume of parcels between 1 to Sweden and 20 to the Netherlands (per year). Since the new regulations call for a representative in every country, plus individual packaging fees per country. This adds up to over 8000 per year just for registration, plus packaging fees and different legal requirements. I have run a successful business for 15 years, but these fees mean giving up shipping to other EU countries as there is no exemption for small businesses. Large corporations can either afford to comply or afford to ignore the rules and pay fines.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, the new regulations are actively damaging my business. Up to now, about 20% of customers are outside Germany, but in various countries, with the volume of parcels between 1 to Sweden and 20 to the Netherlands (per year). Since the new regulations call for a representative in every country, plus individual packaging fees per country. This adds up to over 8000 per year just for registration, plus packaging fees and different legal requirements. I have run a successful business for 15 years, but these fees mean giving up shipping to other EU countries as there is no exemption for small businesses. Large corporations can either afford to comply or afford to ignore the rules and pay fines.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544027_en"}, {"id": 33544080, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 07:03:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wir produzieren zu viel Müll, der der Umwelt schadet und letzten Endes damit auch uns. Das ist nicht zu leugnen und nicht klein zu reden. Aber die Umsetzung der PPWR in ihrer jetzigen Form, ohne Ausnahmen oder Regelungen für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmer, ist der Tod des Grenzen überschreitenden europäischen Binnenmarkts und der Tod für viele europäische und außereuropäische Kleinunternehmen und eine-Mann-Unternehmen, wie unabhängige Autoren, Künstler und Kreativschaffende, die einen geringen Jahresumsatz haben und nur wenige, einzelne Pakete in die Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union verschicken. Es führt zur Rückkehr zu nationalen Märkten und Stärkung der Großkonzerne und der seelenlosen Massenproduktion, während die Regulierungen und Anforderungen für das kleine Handwerk so unzumutbar und so belastend sind, dass diese Individualität zwangsläufig verloren gehen wird. Ist das wirklich, was ihr wollt? Zerstört die kleinen und stärkt die Großen?", "feedbackEnglish": "We produce too much waste, which harms the environment and ultimately ourselves. This is undeniable and not small. But the implementation of the PPWR in its current form, without exemptions or rules for small and micro-enterprises, is the death of the European internal market crossing borders and the death of many European and non-European small businesses and one-person businesses, such as independent authors, artists and creative workers, who have a low annual turnover and send only a few individual packages to the Member States of the European Union. It will lead to a return to national markets and to the strengthening of large corporations and unshellless mass production, while the regulations and requirements for small crafts are so unreasonable and so onerous that this individuality will inevitably be lost. Is that really what you want? Does it destroy the small ones and empower the big ones?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544080_en"}, {"id": 33544079, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 06:59:38", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who's looking into incorporating as a small business, the payments this requires effectively makes the European market pay-to-play. I simply do not sell enough merchandise as a micro-seller to justify spending hundreds of euros yearly. There are hundreds, if not thousands like me, and this destroys our income and our livelihoods. The fact that there are no official exemptions that apply across the EU, nor are there any pages where this information is easily accessible for small businesses, means that thousands of small artists and craftspersons will simply shut down their business for eu sales. Along with the tariffs the United States are already placing, this means death for many of us. I urge parliment to reconsider adding exceptions for the small businesses that need it, which sell maybe 1-10 packages to a country in a year, and who can not survive in their personal circumstances without this income. thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who's looking into incorporating as a small business, the payments this requires effectively makes the European market pay-to-play. I simply do not sell enough merchandise as a micro-seller to justify spending hundreds of euros yearly. There are hundreds, if not thousands like me, and this destroys our income and our livelihoods. The fact that there are no official exemptions that apply across the EU, nor are there any pages where this information is easily accessible for small businesses, means that thousands of small artists and craftspersons will simply shut down their business for eu sales. Along with the tariffs the United States are already placing, this means death for many of us. I urge parliment to reconsider adding exceptions for the small businesses that need it, which sell maybe 1-10 packages to a country in a year, and who can not survive in their personal circumstances without this income. thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544079_en"}, {"id": 33544078, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 06:56:07", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I cannot believe that nobody within the Commission of the European Parliament realised that these regulations effectively block small businesses from accessing the single market, that these overwhelming administrative hurdles prevent small European businesses from potentially growing into larger European companies, and that, ultimately, they just strengthens the position of dominant companies such as Amazon or Temu.", "feedbackEnglish": "I cannot believe that nobody within the Commission of the European Parliament realised that these regulations effectively block small businesses from accessing the single market, that these overwhelming administrative hurdles prevent small European businesses from potentially growing into larger European companies, and that, ultimately, they just strengthens the position of dominant companies such as Amazon or Temu.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544078_en"}, {"id": 33544077, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 06:55:56", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Omasi Collection", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing on behalf of Omasi Collection, a small Finnish jewellery business, regarding the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). We support the environmental objectives of PPWR and believe businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for microbusinesses selling occasionally to customers in other EU countries. For a business like Omasi, an individual order from another EU country can potentially mean having to research that countrys packaging legislation, identify the relevant producer responsibility organisation, determine registration requirements, register, report packaging volumes and pay fees. This can apply even when we may have only one or a few sales to that country during an entire year. Our business sells approximately 1,000 jewellery pieces per year, with only around 100 online orders shipped. We simply cannot maintain separate packaging compliance processes across multiple EU Member States for such small volumes. The time and cost involved can easily exceed the value of the sales themselves. This creates a situation where we may have to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries altogethernot because we do not want to comply with environmental requirements, but because compliance is disproportionate to the scale of our activity. This seems contrary to the spirit of the European Single Market. One of the fundamental benefits of the EU is that goods can move freely between Member States. Yet for a small online business, a single cross-border sale can effectively create a new set of national regulatory obligations. We therefore urge the European Commission to consider a genuinely proportionate approach for microbusinesses, including: * meaningful de minimis thresholds based on packaging volumes or sales; * simplified EU-wide compliance for businesses with very small cross-border volumes; * avoiding separate registration requirements in every Member State for occasional sales; and * fees and reporting obligations proportionate to the actual environmental impact and volume of packaging. Small businesses should absolutely contribute to Europes sustainability goals. But the regulatory system should not make cross-border trade practically or economically impossible for them. If the current approach remains unchanged, businesses like ours may have no realistic option but to restrict sales to our own home country. That would be a serious unintended consequence for small European businesses and for the functioning of the Single Market. Kind regards, Jessi Laurila Founder, Omasi Collection Finland", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing on behalf of Omasi Collection, a small Finnish jewellery business, regarding the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). We support the environmental objectives of PPWR and believe businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the current system creates a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for microbusinesses selling occasionally to customers in other EU countries. For a business like Omasi, an individual order from another EU country can potentially mean having to research that countrys packaging legislation, identify the relevant producer responsibility organisation, determine registration requirements, register, report packaging volumes and pay fees. This can apply even when we may have only one or a few sales to that country during an entire year. Our business sells approximately 1,000 jewellery pieces per year, with only around 100 online orders shipped. We simply cannot maintain separate packaging compliance processes across multiple EU Member States for such small volumes. The time and cost involved can easily exceed the value of the sales themselves. This creates a situation where we may have to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries altogethernot because we do not want to comply with environmental requirements, but because compliance is disproportionate to the scale of our activity. This seems contrary to the spirit of the European Single Market. One of the fundamental benefits of the EU is that goods can move freely between Member States. Yet for a small online business, a single cross-border sale can effectively create a new set of national regulatory obligations. We therefore urge the European Commission to consider a genuinely proportionate approach for microbusinesses, including: * meaningful de minimis thresholds based on packaging volumes or sales; * simplified EU-wide compliance for businesses with very small cross-border volumes; * avoiding separate registration requirements in every Member State for occasional sales; and * fees and reporting obligations proportionate to the actual environmental impact and volume of packaging. Small businesses should absolutely contribute to Europes sustainability goals. But the regulatory system should not make cross-border trade practically or economically impossible for them. If the current approach remains unchanged, businesses like ours may have no realistic option but to restrict sales to our own home country. That would be a serious unintended consequence for small European businesses and for the functioning of the Single Market. Kind regards, Jessi Laurila Founder, Omasi Collection Finland", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544077_en"}, {"id": 33544076, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 06:48:18", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Taptam ", "feedback": "It seems like artists, craftsmen, small and micro businesses have been forgotten completely when making (and implementing?) these new regulations. I already use mostly upcycled materials for packaging, as I also make my art from upcycled and recycled materials. I cannot afford to be in compliance with these rules, so must stop offering any sales outside my own country. This is a one way street to a shutdown for small businesses, as we simply cannot as a mostly 1 person business to afford paying so much money upfront (OR post factum), as we cannot predict the exact country our buyer could be from. We do not make our products for mass markets, masses are not what we operate daily in general, so if I have half a dozen of sales (20 Eur each, e.g.) per year, but each to a different EU country... do the math. Impossible! The fact most small business owners only now start to get to hear about it is another failiure. We do not have team in every field of expertise. We are one person micro business.", "feedbackEnglish": "It seems like artists, craftsmen, small and micro businesses have been forgotten completely when making (and implementing?) these new regulations. I already use mostly upcycled materials for packaging, as I also make my art from upcycled and recycled materials. I cannot afford to be in compliance with these rules, so must stop offering any sales outside my own country. This is a one way street to a shutdown for small businesses, as we simply cannot as a mostly 1 person business to afford paying so much money upfront (OR post factum), as we cannot predict the exact country our buyer could be from. We do not make our products for mass markets, masses are not what we operate daily in general, so if I have half a dozen of sales (20 Eur each, e.g.) per year, but each to a different EU country... do the math. Impossible! The fact most small business owners only now start to get to hear about it is another failiure. We do not have team in every field of expertise. We are one person micro business.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544076_en"}, {"id": 33544075, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 06:15:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "www.gitabou.de", "feedback": "It is a good thing to enact a law aimed at protecting the environment. However, it is wrong to implement it in a way that makes it impossible for small businesses to participate in trade; this law will force small companies to give up. It is simply not feasible to arrange for a representative in every single country. A smarter approach would be to base the system on shipping datatracking the volume of goods or number of parcels sent to each countryand simply paying a corresponding fee. That would suffice. It would be uncomplicated and free of red tape: just a single amount payable at the end that covers all countries. As currently designed, however, the law is a bureaucratic disaster.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a good thing to enact a law aimed at protecting the environment. However, it is wrong to implement it in a way that makes it impossible for small businesses to participate in trade; this law will force small companies to give up. It is simply not feasible to arrange for a representative in every single country. A smarter approach would be to base the system on shipping datatracking the volume of goods or number of parcels sent to each countryand simply paying a corresponding fee. That would suffice. It would be uncomplicated and free of red tape: just a single amount payable at the end that covers all countries. As currently designed, however, the law is a bureaucratic disaster.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544075_en"}, {"id": 33544074, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 06:01:46", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Le piccole realtà e i piccoli artigiani non possono economicamente permettersi di avere un rappresentante in ogni se vogliono spedire le loro creazioni. Questa manovra distrugge il mercato e danneggia i cittadini che vogliono comprare e supportare le piccole realtà. Solo le grandi aziende saranno ancora in grado di vedere in Europa.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses and craftsmen cannot afford to have a representative in every one of them if they want to send their creations. This is destroying the market and harming citizens who want to buy and support small businesses. Only large companies will still be able to see Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544074_en"}, {"id": 33544073, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 05:56:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "bp-tools", "feedback": "Diese neue Regelung soll für Umweltschutz sorgen. Fakt ist aber das dies vielleicht bei großen wirken was bewirkt. Bei uns Einzelkämpfern, die sowieso schauen das Verpackung bei ihnen so wenig wie möglich an kosten verursacht, man immer den passenden Karton verwendet, und zum größten Teil verdickt bereits gebrauchte Kartons zu verwenden die sowieso schon mal lizenziert wurden, ist das neue Gesetz ein Bürokratisches und Finanzielles Monster, das nicht zu stemmen und zu finanzieren ist. Ich hatte letztes Jahr in die EU knapp 160 Pakete, dafür gingen ca. 90 nach Österreich. Der Rest in alle anderen Länder. Das 1-3 Pakete in verschiedene Länder. Wenn ich jetzt für alle Länder den Aufwand und Kosten stemmen müsste, dann muss man über 6500 bezahlen. Und das bei einem Gewinn von etwa 1000-2000. Das steht in keinem Verhältnis, und ich muss den Versand in die EU einstellen. Ich bin nicht der einzige,das trifft ALLE kleinen Unternehmen, und bedeutet für sehr viele den Niedergang, und müssen aufgeben. In den Sozialen Medien ist aktuell ausnahmslos jeder Händler bei dem Thema, und sagt das er den EU Veranda einstellt, oder ganz aufhört. Das gibt eine sehr große Welle an Geschäftsaufgaben und Insolvenzen. Und das nur weil sich hier Politiker keine Gedanken gemacht haben was sie da eigentlich tun. Thema Bürokratieabbau, es wird nicht weniger, sondern jedes Jahr exponentiell mehr. Das ist nicht der Gedanke der EU, das hat nichts mit offenen Binnenmarkt zu tun, das stärkt nur die Konzerne, da diese Kosten bei denen untergehen. Und der Chinese lacht drüber und macht weiter wie immer.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new scheme is designed to protect the environment. But the fact is that this may have a big impact. In our case, individual fighters who, in any case, look as little as possible at the cost of packaging, always use the appropriate carton and, for the most part, thicken already used cartons, which in any case have already been licensed, the new law is a bureaucratic and financial monster which cannot be covered and financed. I had almost 160 packages to the EU last year, for which I went to Austria about 90. The rest to all other countries. The 1-3 parcels to different countries. If I would now have to bear the burden and costs for all countries, then you will have to pay more than 6500. With a profit of around 1000-2000. This is disproportionate and I have to stop shipping to the EU. I am not the only one, this affects ALL small businesses, and for many it means decline, and I have to give up. On social media, every trader is currently on the subject without exception, and he says that he is stopping the EU Veranda, or is ceasing to do so altogether. This gives rise to a very large wave of business tasks and bankruptcies. And this is just because politicians have not thought about what they actually do. The issue of cutting red tape is becoming exponentially more, not less. This is not the idea of the EU, it has nothing to do with an open internal market, it only strengthens groups of companies, as these costs are lost. And the Chinese laughs over and continues as always.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544073_en"}, {"id": 33544072, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 04:39:27", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Non, c'est juste un grand non. Que vous vouliez réduire le gaspillage de packaging et imposer le packaging recyclable et une très bonne initiative. Mais les taxes c'est non! 100 euros à 900 euros par pays mais vous allez pas bien. Vous êtes en train de tuer et de mettre au chômage et dans la pauvreté des millions de personnes avec ces taxes. Vous en avez pas marre de taxer les pauvres pour rendre les riches encore plus riche. La cause écologique est une cause qui ne devrait en aucun cas impacté l'économie, il y'a pleins de moyens écologiques mieux sans rendre les gens pauvre, provoquer une crise économie ou de rendre l'Europe je sais pas genre, planter des arbres? Arrêtez d'enrichir les gens qui le sont pas déjà assez, et les éviter de faire 50 tour d'avions par jour pour rien? Mais non pardon le problème c'est les artistes, les artisans et les petites entreprises qui vendent une commande par jour qui pollue le plus. Vous avez déjà taxer les sites chinois pour cause \"économique\" alors que nos propres marques européens surenchéris et les politiciens et riches qui polluent bien plus que toute la chine réunis. Stop vos excuses. Pensez au peuple, pensez à l'Europe c'est justement nos entreprises et artisans qui participent aux bien êtres et à l'économie de l'Europe c'est eux qui contribue au bonheur de ce continent, arrêtez de mettre en perile ce beau continent avec vos lois et vos taxes trop chères le continent risquent de mourir et de s'appauvrir de plus en plus, on court droit dans la crise économique et dans la catastrophe . Aux noms de tout les citoyens et les micros entreprise. Enlever à tout prix ces taxes et faites des lois écologiques qui sont beaucoup plus utiles et intelligentes PLANTER DES ARBRES, remettez les taxes aux riches, rendez les taxes et les emballages moins chers! Moins c'est chers plus y'aura de ventes plus y'aura de revenus et d'argent! ca vous rapporteras plus économiques et écologiques de proposer des solutions économiques moins chères. Aujourd'hui en France par exemple notre mic est à 1000 euros, vous pensez vraiment qu'on a assez pour payer des taxes et frais aussi exorbitants non absolument personne ! Comment voulez vous qu'on trouve des solutions écologiques et qu'on sauve la planète si toutes les solutions on doit dépenser nous le peuple pauvre des milliers dedans ? Encore une fois y'a pleins de solutions mieux, vous voulez juste vous faire de la thune dans le dos des gens et tuer tout les entreprises et micro entreprise. Fin votre but est de tuer l'Europe ? Mais quel est intérêt bref, arrêtez cette loi et trouver mieux pour le bien du peuple merci...", "feedbackEnglish": "No, it’s just a big one. You wanted to reduce packaging waste and impose recyclable packaging and a very good initiative. But taxes are not! EUR 100 to EUR 900 per country but you are not well. You are killing and putting millions of people into unemployment and poverty with these taxes. You didn’t bother taxing the poor to make the rich even richer. The ecological cause is a cause that should in no way have an impact on the economy, has it full of ecological means better without making people poor, causing an economic crisis or making Europe gender-neutral, planting trees? Stop enriching people who are not already enriching enough, and avoid making 50 rounds of planes per day for nothing? But if you don't forget the problem, artists, craftsmen and small businesses who sell one order per day pollute the most. You have already taxed Chinese sites for “economic” reasons, while our own European brands are outbidding each other and politicians and wealthy people pollute much more than the whole chine combined. Stop apologies. Think of the people, think of Europe, it is precisely our companies and craftsmen who participate in Europe’s well-being and economy, it is they who contribute to the happiness of this continent, stop using this beautiful continent with your laws and taxes that are too expensive. The continent risks dying and becoming more and more impoverished, we are right in the economic crisis and in the disaster. The names of all citizens and micro enterprises. Remove these taxes at all costs and make environmental laws that are much more useful and smart to plant ARBRES, hand the taxes over to the rich, make taxes and packaging cheaper! The less expensive it is, the more expensive it will be to sell more revenue and money, and the more economical and environmentally friendly it will be to offer cheaper economic solutions. Today in France, for example, our mic is EUR 1 000. You really think that we have enough to pay such exorbitant taxes and fees that no one is absolutely entitled to! How do you want ecological solutions to be found and the planet to be saved if all solutions have to be spent on the poor people of thousands in the world? Once again, you have plenty of better solutions, you just want to make yourself Thune in the back of people and kill all businesses and micro businesses. End your goal is to kill Europe? But what is short of interest, stop this law and find better for the good of the people thank you...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544072_en"}, {"id": 33544071, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 04:01:50", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Michaela Stránská ", "feedback": "I am a self-employed independent artist and micro-business based in Czechia . I sell my own original paintings and art prints online, and my customers are individual people from different countries across Europe. My business does not distribute thousands of products across Europe. I may send only one package to a particular EU country in an entire year or none at all. For example, over the past three years I have sent approximately one parcel to France and only a handful to Germany. My customers simply happen to live in different parts of Europe. Despite these extremely small quantities, I have to understand and comply with a different national packaging system in every single country where a customer places an order. Fixed compliance costs can be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. As a micro-business, I cannot reasonably pay substantial annual compliance costs in order to legally send a single painting to a country where I may make only one sale that year. The result is not that I produce less packaging. The result is that I have to stop selling to customers in that country altogether. Large companies can employ staff or external services to manage compliance across many countries. A self-employed artist cannot realistically register with and pay for numerous national systems simply because individual customers happen to live in different Member States. I believe there should be a meaningful de minimis threshold or simplified regime for micro-businesses placing extremely small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State. Obligations should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging introduced into a countrys waste system. A single EU-wide registration or reporting system for very small cross-border sellers would also be far more reasonable than separate national systems. It is difficult to see how preventing a small independent artist from sending one painting to a customer elsewhere in the EU meaningfully advances environmental goals. In practice, it is now easier for me, as a Czech artist, to sell and ship a painting to the United States or Australia than to a neighbouring EU country. It is deeply concerning that European artists can face greater barriers selling their work within Europe than outside the EU. I am not asking for micro-businesses to have no environmental responsibility. I am asking for that responsibility to be proportionate to the actual environmental impact.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed independent artist and micro-business based in Czechia . I sell my own original paintings and art prints online, and my customers are individual people from different countries across Europe. My business does not distribute thousands of products across Europe. I may send only one package to a particular EU country in an entire year or none at all. For example, over the past three years I have sent approximately one parcel to France and only a handful to Germany. My customers simply happen to live in different parts of Europe. Despite these extremely small quantities, I have to understand and comply with a different national packaging system in every single country where a customer places an order. Fixed compliance costs can be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging involved. As a micro-business, I cannot reasonably pay substantial annual compliance costs in order to legally send a single painting to a country where I may make only one sale that year. The result is not that I produce less packaging. The result is that I have to stop selling to customers in that country altogether. Large companies can employ staff or external services to manage compliance across many countries. A self-employed artist cannot realistically register with and pay for numerous national systems simply because individual customers happen to live in different Member States. I believe there should be a meaningful de minimis threshold or simplified regime for micro-businesses placing extremely small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State. Obligations should be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging introduced into a countrys waste system. A single EU-wide registration or reporting system for very small cross-border sellers would also be far more reasonable than separate national systems. It is difficult to see how preventing a small independent artist from sending one painting to a customer elsewhere in the EU meaningfully advances environmental goals. In practice, it is now easier for me, as a Czech artist, to sell and ship a painting to the United States or Australia than to a neighbouring EU country. It is deeply concerning that European artists can face greater barriers selling their work within Europe than outside the EU. I am not asking for micro-businesses to have no environmental responsibility. I am asking for that responsibility to be proportionate to the actual environmental impact.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544071_en"}, {"id": 33544070, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:54:46", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a Portuguese artisan and small-scale ceramic maker. In the past, the United States was my main international market. Changes affecting the cost and complexity of selling and shipping there eventually made that market no longer viable for a very small business like mine, and I had to stop selling to US customers. I am now trying to rebuild and relaunch my activity, focusing primarily on customers within the European Union. I believed that the Single Market would make cross-border trade between Member States a realistic opportunity for a very small European business. Instead, before I have even properly relaunched, I am discovering that an occasional sale of a handmade ceramic piece to a customer in another Member State may trigger separate national registrations, different EPR procedures and, in some countries, significant fixed costs associated with authorised representation. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. Small businesses should contribute too. But that responsibility must be proportionate to their actual environmental impact. A microbusiness placing only a few kilograms of packaging per year on a national market should not face hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs in order to make a handful of sales there. For an artisan selling a 40 or 60 handmade object, such costs can make access to an entire Member State economically impossible. The result risks being counterproductive. Microbusinesses may simply stop selling across EU borders, while large operators placing vastly greater quantities of packaging on the market can easily absorb these fixed compliance costs. This would reduce opportunities for small European businesses and undermine one of the fundamental advantages of the Single Market. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the national producer registration system includes a genuinely proportionate solution for microenterprises and very small producers. This could include a meaningful de minimis threshold, simplified reporting based on actual packaging quantities, interoperability between national registers or a single EU registration/one-stop-shop, and no requirement for EU-established microenterprises to appoint costly representatives in multiple Member States merely to make occasional cross-border sales. Small producers are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are asking for a system in which compliance is possible and proportionate. Environmental responsibility should reflect environmental impact, not the number of internal EU borders a small business crosses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Portuguese artisan and small-scale ceramic maker. In the past, the United States was my main international market. Changes affecting the cost and complexity of selling and shipping there eventually made that market no longer viable for a very small business like mine, and I had to stop selling to US customers. I am now trying to rebuild and relaunch my activity, focusing primarily on customers within the European Union. I believed that the Single Market would make cross-border trade between Member States a realistic opportunity for a very small European business. Instead, before I have even properly relaunched, I am discovering that an occasional sale of a handmade ceramic piece to a customer in another Member State may trigger separate national registrations, different EPR procedures and, in some countries, significant fixed costs associated with authorised representation. I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that producers should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. Small businesses should contribute too. But that responsibility must be proportionate to their actual environmental impact. A microbusiness placing only a few kilograms of packaging per year on a national market should not face hundreds of euros in fixed compliance costs in order to make a handful of sales there. For an artisan selling a 40 or 60 handmade object, such costs can make access to an entire Member State economically impossible. The result risks being counterproductive. Microbusinesses may simply stop selling across EU borders, while large operators placing vastly greater quantities of packaging on the market can easily absorb these fixed compliance costs. This would reduce opportunities for small European businesses and undermine one of the fundamental advantages of the Single Market. I therefore urge the Commission to ensure that the national producer registration system includes a genuinely proportionate solution for microenterprises and very small producers. This could include a meaningful de minimis threshold, simplified reporting based on actual packaging quantities, interoperability between national registers or a single EU registration/one-stop-shop, and no requirement for EU-established microenterprises to appoint costly representatives in multiple Member States merely to make occasional cross-border sales. Small producers are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are asking for a system in which compliance is possible and proportionate. Environmental responsibility should reflect environmental impact, not the number of internal EU borders a small business crosses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544070_en"}, {"id": 33544069, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:42:10", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sweet Cowboy Blues", "feedback": "Ive run a successful business as an artist selling my screen printed clothing and art prints for 7 years now and ever since the GPSR legislation came in Ive had to stop shipping to the EU entirely. At times I thought about trying to comply but worried about being scammed and then with the packaging laws on top of it, it became completely impractical to even try. So sadly I lost around 50% of my business and have been struggling ever since. So the new rules havent affected me as Ive already been gone for years but I can see everyone around me in the industry has now had to stop shipping to the EU and it just seems wild to me that were punishing small tiny businesses like this at a time when we so desperately need art and creativity", "feedbackEnglish": "Ive run a successful business as an artist selling my screen printed clothing and art prints for 7 years now and ever since the GPSR legislation came in Ive had to stop shipping to the EU entirely. At times I thought about trying to comply but worried about being scammed and then with the packaging laws on top of it, it became completely impractical to even try. So sadly I lost around 50% of my business and have been struggling ever since. So the new rules havent affected me as Ive already been gone for years but I can see everyone around me in the industry has now had to stop shipping to the EU and it just seems wild to me that were punishing small tiny businesses like this at a time when we so desperately need art and creativity", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544069_en"}, {"id": 33544068, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:36:59", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Von sehr vielen ganz kleinen Shops hab ich gelesen, dass sie den Versand in die EU einstellen. Am Schluss gewinnt Amazon, für den Riesen sind die Regeln kein Problem.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have read from a very large number of very small shops that they stop shipping to the EU. In the end, Amazon wins, but the rules are not a problem for the giant.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544068_en"}, {"id": 33544067, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:36:26", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As yet another small handmade artist, I'm afraid I have to echo the sentiments of the various other microbusinesses and artists here who are trying to supplement their income or otherwise earn their entire living with their microbusinesses. While I agree with the overall message of caring for our environment and minimising waste, I feel like these requirements will disproportionally affect small businesses and individual sellers. Absolute behemoth store chains can more easily deal with the administrative as well as monetary burdens of ensuring compliance compared to a tiny business. Paying for a representative and a recycling license could easily wipe out the profits of several packages being sent into xyz country, making it prohibitively expensive for microbusinesses. Now multiply this by 27 for every country in the EU! Additionally, a brief skim through the way too long document on PPWR/EPR did not reveal any answers as to how (micro)businesses would be charged(or not?) for reusing packaging. I strip all the bubble envelopes I get off their outer paper layers so I can reuse the bubble plastic when I ship items. Yes, it is plastic, but it negates the need for me to go and buy brand new packaging materials, hence aiding in the sustainability goals behind these regulations. Would I and other microbusinesses who already attempt to reuse packaging materials to reduce their footprints still be charged the same as when we would use brand new packaging materials? Please consider alleviating the burdens on hobbyists, individual sellers and small businesses. Additionally, please consider the matter of sellers who are already reusing packaging to reduce their footprints. Crushing them under the same regulations would negate any drive to reuse packaging materials.", "feedbackEnglish": "As yet another small handmade artist, I'm afraid I have to echo the sentiments of the various other microbusinesses and artists here who are trying to supplement their income or otherwise earn their entire living with their microbusinesses. While I agree with the overall message of caring for our environment and minimising waste, I feel like these requirements will disproportionally affect small businesses and individual sellers. Absolute behemoth store chains can more easily deal with the administrative as well as monetary burdens of ensuring compliance compared to a tiny business. Paying for a representative and a recycling license could easily wipe out the profits of several packages being sent into xyz country, making it prohibitively expensive for microbusinesses. Now multiply this by 27 for every country in the EU! Additionally, a brief skim through the way too long document on PPWR/EPR did not reveal any answers as to how (micro)businesses would be charged(or not?) for reusing packaging. I strip all the bubble envelopes I get off their outer paper layers so I can reuse the bubble plastic when I ship items. Yes, it is plastic, but it negates the need for me to go and buy brand new packaging materials, hence aiding in the sustainability goals behind these regulations. Would I and other microbusinesses who already attempt to reuse packaging materials to reduce their footprints still be charged the same as when we would use brand new packaging materials? Please consider alleviating the burdens on hobbyists, individual sellers and small businesses. Additionally, please consider the matter of sellers who are already reusing packaging to reduce their footprints. Crushing them under the same regulations would negate any drive to reuse packaging materials.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544067_en"}, {"id": 33544066, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:14:10", "country": "AUS", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I had to make an account just to tell you that this act is a bad idea. You are singlehandedly going to kill thousands of small businesses who cannot afford to hire someone just to dispose of packaging. Shipping fees from Australia alone to anywhere in the EU are already high for many small businesses and the possibility of putting out hundreds and thousands to pay someone just to dispose of rubbish is simply not in the question and more over youre damaging your own economy as many small businesses within the EU cannot afford this either. These businesses pay taxes, purchase supplies and contribute to your economy and they will be forced to shut down and cease that activity if forced to adhere to this act. Many businesses are also struggling after being forced to cease shipments to the USA for the better part of this year do to Trumps tariffs, and now the only other widespread available market is going to become inaccessible to them. These businesses are not Amazon. They cannot afford to put out the amount of money required for this act. It should be on the recipient of the package to dispose of their trash accordingly. Not a special representative. And more over its incredibly violating for the privacy of the recipient too now being forced to interact with a secondary party and we have no way of actually verifying if the hired representative is a safe person. Small businesses are also incredibly environmentally conscious and will gladly make the switch to paper over bubblewrap if necessary. And it should fall on the recipient to put it in the correct disposal unit. I strongly reccomend not to go through with this act as thousands if not millions of people are going to be negatively effected by this. This is a step too far.", "feedbackEnglish": "I had to make an account just to tell you that this act is a bad idea. You are singlehandedly going to kill thousands of small businesses who cannot afford to hire someone just to dispose of packaging. Shipping fees from Australia alone to anywhere in the EU are already high for many small businesses and the possibility of putting out hundreds and thousands to pay someone just to dispose of rubbish is simply not in the question and more over youre damaging your own economy as many small businesses within the EU cannot afford this either. These businesses pay taxes, purchase supplies and contribute to your economy and they will be forced to shut down and cease that activity if forced to adhere to this act. Many businesses are also struggling after being forced to cease shipments to the USA for the better part of this year do to Trumps tariffs, and now the only other widespread available market is going to become inaccessible to them. These businesses are not Amazon. They cannot afford to put out the amount of money required for this act. It should be on the recipient of the package to dispose of their trash accordingly. Not a special representative. And more over its incredibly violating for the privacy of the recipient too now being forced to interact with a secondary party and we have no way of actually verifying if the hired representative is a safe person. Small businesses are also incredibly environmentally conscious and will gladly make the switch to paper over bubblewrap if necessary. And it should fall on the recipient to put it in the correct disposal unit. I strongly reccomend not to go through with this act as thousands if not millions of people are going to be negatively effected by this. This is a step too far.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544066_en"}, {"id": 33544065, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:07:41", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am deeply dissapointed by this regulation. I planned to spread my small jewelry business to other EU countries during the parental leave, and eventually dreamed to switch fully to enterpreneuship. My country is supporting me with 500 a month during the leave. How am I supposed to start growing with my small creative business, when there are hundreds of a year to just register in some countries? Do I really have to go back to my corporate job and thread this as a hobby, while caring for the family? Is this how you are supporting women?", "feedbackEnglish": "I am deeply dissapointed by this regulation. I planned to spread my small jewelry business to other EU countries during the parental leave, and eventually dreamed to switch fully to enterpreneuship. My country is supporting me with 500 a month during the leave. How am I supposed to start growing with my small creative business, when there are hundreds of a year to just register in some countries? Do I really have to go back to my corporate job and thread this as a hobby, while caring for the family? Is this how you are supporting women?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544065_en"}, {"id": 33544064, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:03:29", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As much as I support being conscious about recycling, as someone who buys from independent artists and businesses and sometimes sells occasional pieces of their own (usually reusing as much packaging as we can, the margins are so thin) I find it very disappointing this doesn't take into account micro-sellers, who simply don't sell enough yearly to cover those fees. I've already seen EU shops announcing closure due to this, and international sellers will simply stop shipping to EU. Along the new custom fees (in theory only 3Euro, in practice I'm paying 10euro with Polish Post handling fees, no, I did not order 3different types of item, only one) I feel like the legislators don't take into account how their laws are affecting tiny businesses; the giants are not affected by this, for them it's a tiny fraction of operating costs - for me and my friends it's what's making us scrap our projects, which we simply won't be able to afford to sell. I'm usually proud of the EU, especially comparing our protections to what my friends in the USA (don't) get, but recently I feel there's not enough thought put into things", "feedbackEnglish": "As much as I support being conscious about recycling, as someone who buys from independent artists and businesses and sometimes sells occasional pieces of their own (usually reusing as much packaging as we can, the margins are so thin) I find it very disappointing this doesn't take into account micro-sellers, who simply don't sell enough yearly to cover those fees. I've already seen EU shops announcing closure due to this, and international sellers will simply stop shipping to EU. Along the new custom fees (in theory only 3Euro, in practice I'm paying 10euro with Polish Post handling fees, no, I did not order 3different types of item, only one) I feel like the legislators don't take into account how their laws are affecting tiny businesses; the giants are not affected by this, for them it's a tiny fraction of operating costs - for me and my friends it's what's making us scrap our projects, which we simply won't be able to afford to sell. I'm usually proud of the EU, especially comparing our protections to what my friends in the USA (don't) get, but recently I feel there's not enough thought put into things", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544064_en"}, {"id": 33544063, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 03:02:56", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Every country has it's own regulations and law that constantly changes. Ensuring that every package is complaint with this new law will be expansive and difficult especially for small EU businesses. It will make competition with giant unethical platforms like Temu and Shein more difficult or even impossible for such small companies. I believe EU shall encourage and support the citizens enterprise and this law is only creating new troubles for small businesses. They will suffer the most.", "feedbackEnglish": "Every country has it's own regulations and law that constantly changes. Ensuring that every package is complaint with this new law will be expansive and difficult especially for small EU businesses. It will make competition with giant unethical platforms like Temu and Shein more difficult or even impossible for such small companies. I believe EU shall encourage and support the citizens enterprise and this law is only creating new troubles for small businesses. They will suffer the most.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544063_en"}, {"id": 33544062, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:54:27", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing as the owner of a small European online business based in Romania, selling products directly to consumers in other EU Member States. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. However, I am deeply concerned that the administrative and financial obligations created by different national EPR systems can become disproportionate for micro and small businesses with very low cross-border sales. A small online business may receive only a few orders from a particular Member State each year, while still being expected to comply with registration, reporting, licensing, contractual and, in some cases, local representation requirements. For a business sending only a handful of parcels and placing a negligible amount of packaging on a national market, fixed compliance costs can be many times higher than the actual environmental contribution associated with the packaging. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade and disproportionately affects European micro-businesses, independent brands and small online retailers. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider: 1. A meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on a national market. 2. Simplified EPR registration and reporting for businesses with very low cross-border sales. 3. Proportionate administrative costs, reflecting the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. 4. Exemptions or simplified requirements for local authorised representatives where the volume of packaging and number of transactions are genuinely negligible. 5. A harmonised EU-wide approach that prevents small businesses from having to navigate fundamentally different registration and compliance systems in every Member State where they make occasional sales. The environmental objective should remain fully protected. However, regulation should also respect the principle of proportionality and should not make occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-businesses. I strongly encourage the Commission to take the specific situation of micro and small businesses into account when designing the rules for national producer registers. European small businesses should be encouraged to trade across the Single Market not discouraged from doing so by disproportionate administrative costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing as the owner of a small European online business based in Romania, selling products directly to consumers in other EU Member States. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. However, I am deeply concerned that the administrative and financial obligations created by different national EPR systems can become disproportionate for micro and small businesses with very low cross-border sales. A small online business may receive only a few orders from a particular Member State each year, while still being expected to comply with registration, reporting, licensing, contractual and, in some cases, local representation requirements. For a business sending only a handful of parcels and placing a negligible amount of packaging on a national market, fixed compliance costs can be many times higher than the actual environmental contribution associated with the packaging. This creates a significant barrier to cross-border trade and disproportionately affects European micro-businesses, independent brands and small online retailers. I therefore strongly encourage the European Commission to consider: 1. A meaningful de minimis threshold for micro and small businesses placing negligible quantities of packaging on a national market. 2. Simplified EPR registration and reporting for businesses with very low cross-border sales. 3. Proportionate administrative costs, reflecting the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market. 4. Exemptions or simplified requirements for local authorised representatives where the volume of packaging and number of transactions are genuinely negligible. 5. A harmonised EU-wide approach that prevents small businesses from having to navigate fundamentally different registration and compliance systems in every Member State where they make occasional sales. The environmental objective should remain fully protected. However, regulation should also respect the principle of proportionality and should not make occasional cross-border sales economically unviable for European micro-businesses. I strongly encourage the Commission to take the specific situation of micro and small businesses into account when designing the rules for national producer registers. European small businesses should be encouraged to trade across the Single Market not discouraged from doing so by disproportionate administrative costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544062_en"}, {"id": 33544061, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:48:31", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "chikarin's Jewelry ", "feedback": "As a small handmade business based in the EU, I am very concerned about the impact of the new EPR requirements, particularly the requirement to appoint an authorised representative in certain countries. For a small business like mine, the cost of hiring an authorised representative can be disproportionately high compared with the very small volume of products we sell to some EU countries. In some cases, the annual compliance cost can exceed the total profit generated from sales to that market. My business sells handmade products in relatively small quantities. We are not a large manufacturer or high-volume retailer, and our environmental impact is extremely limited compared with larger companies. However, the current requirements place a significant fixed administrative and financial burden on small businesses regardless of their actual sales volume. Unfortunately, this means that continuing to legally sell to customers in certain EU countries is no longer economically viable for my business. I may have to stop selling to those countries altogether, not because I do not want to comply with the regulations, but because the cost of compliance is simply too high for a small business. I fully support the goals of EPR and responsible waste management. However, I believe the system should take the size, turnover, sales volume, and actual environmental impact of a business into account. I would strongly encourage policymakers to consider a more proportionate solution for micro-businesses, such as a simplified registration system, lower-cost compliance options, a de minimis threshold, or exemptions for businesses below a certain sales volume. The current system risks creating a situation where regulations intended to make businesses more responsible instead prevent small independent businesses from accessing the European market altogether. I hope the impact on micro-businesses and small creative businesses will be taken into consideration when reviewing and implementing these requirements.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small handmade business based in the EU, I am very concerned about the impact of the new EPR requirements, particularly the requirement to appoint an authorised representative in certain countries. For a small business like mine, the cost of hiring an authorised representative can be disproportionately high compared with the very small volume of products we sell to some EU countries. In some cases, the annual compliance cost can exceed the total profit generated from sales to that market. My business sells handmade products in relatively small quantities. We are not a large manufacturer or high-volume retailer, and our environmental impact is extremely limited compared with larger companies. However, the current requirements place a significant fixed administrative and financial burden on small businesses regardless of their actual sales volume. Unfortunately, this means that continuing to legally sell to customers in certain EU countries is no longer economically viable for my business. I may have to stop selling to those countries altogether, not because I do not want to comply with the regulations, but because the cost of compliance is simply too high for a small business. I fully support the goals of EPR and responsible waste management. However, I believe the system should take the size, turnover, sales volume, and actual environmental impact of a business into account. I would strongly encourage policymakers to consider a more proportionate solution for micro-businesses, such as a simplified registration system, lower-cost compliance options, a de minimis threshold, or exemptions for businesses below a certain sales volume. The current system risks creating a situation where regulations intended to make businesses more responsible instead prevent small independent businesses from accessing the European market altogether. I hope the impact on micro-businesses and small creative businesses will be taken into consideration when reviewing and implementing these requirements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544061_en"}, {"id": 33544060, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:46:36", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It doesnt make sense to have companies have a person in each country they ship to when the eu is quite litterlly meant to avoid things like that. theres a reason we can travel between countries within the eu with no issues. its not a good idea to have that happen. it should be done for either ONLY big companies or just not at all.", "feedbackEnglish": "It doesnt make sense to have companies have a person in each country they ship to when the eu is quite litterlly meant to avoid things like that. theres a reason we can travel between countries within the eu with no issues. its not a good idea to have that happen. it should be done for either ONLY big companies or just not at all.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544060_en"}, {"id": 33544059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:27:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to express my serious concerns about the impact of the PPWR on micro-enterprises and self-employed artists. I wanted to start a small business selling my own handmade products as an artist. Instead of making this step easier, I am already facing additional bureaucratic and financial requirements regarding packaging before I have even started my business. Such requirements may be manageable for large companies, but for an individual artist working with small quantities and low profit margins, they can become a real barrier to starting a business. I fully support sustainable packaging and the reduction of packaging waste. However, sustainability should not mean that micro-businesses are pushed out of the market by disproportionate bureaucracy. Please create simple, proportionate rules and exemptions for micro-enterprises. Europe should support small creative businesses not prevent them from getting started.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to express my serious concerns about the impact of the PPWR on micro-enterprises and self-employed artists. I wanted to start a small business selling my own handmade products as an artist. Instead of making this step easier, I am already facing additional bureaucratic and financial requirements regarding packaging before I have even started my business. Such requirements may be manageable for large companies, but for an individual artist working with small quantities and low profit margins, they can become a real barrier to starting a business. I fully support sustainable packaging and the reduction of packaging waste. However, sustainability should not mean that micro-businesses are pushed out of the market by disproportionate bureaucracy. Please create simple, proportionate rules and exemptions for micro-enterprises. Europe should support small creative businesses not prevent them from getting started.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544059_en"}, {"id": 33544058, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:26:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hofkönigin - an Onlineshop for Horses, Pets & Farmsupplies", "feedback": "Statement on the proposed EU legislation Feedback from Christopher Ehlich, Founder of Hofkoenigin.com an online shop for horse, pet, and farm supplies As the founder of a young, small online business, I oppose the proposed legislation in its currently planned form. The legislation imposes significant additional bureaucratic and financial burdens, particularly on small businesses, sole proprietorships, and start-ups. Companies like ours lack the financial and personnel resources of large corporations to appoint separate representatives for each of the 27 EU member states. The cost of such a representative can quickly amount to several hundred euros per country. For a small business, this represents a substantial financial burden that must ultimately either undermine profitability or be passed on to customers. This is particularly problematic for Hofkoenigin.com. As a young company, we have already experienced the significant impact of US tariffs and were forced to abandon our business operations in the USA as a result. Now, additional requirements within the European Union threaten to create further hurdles for cross-border trade. I explicitly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and funding recycling efforts. However, this objective should be achieved with minimal bureaucracy and without unnecessary, duplicative regulations. Systems of this kind already exist in the member states. In Germany, for example, companies are required to register in the relevant databases and pay fees that fund recycling and disposal costs. In my view, it would make more sense to establish a simple andas far as possiblestandardized European procedure that allows a company to fulfill its obligations primarily through the member state where it is based. A small business should not have to arrange additional registrations, representatives, and fees for every single EU country when selling its products within the European Single Market. The European Single Market was intended to enable and facilitate free trade within the EU. Access to European markets represents a significant growth opportunity, particularly for small businesses and start-ups. Conversely, new bureaucratic and financial hurdles can lead to small businesses withdrawing from specific markets or ceasing to offer certain products altogether. I therefore urge you to revise this legislative proposal in its currently planned form and to give much greater consideration to the impact on small businesses, sole traders, and start-ups. Environmental protection and recycling are important goals. However, they must not result in small businesses being forced out of the European Single Market by disproportionate bureaucracy and additional costs. I want to see a European Union that enables free trade, supports businesses, and cuts red tapenot a Union where small businesses have to overcome new bureaucratic hurdles for every single country.", "feedbackEnglish": "Statement on the proposed EU legislation Feedback from Christopher Ehlich, Founder of Hofkoenigin.com an online shop for horse, pet, and farm supplies As the founder of a young, small online business, I oppose the proposed legislation in its currently planned form. The legislation imposes significant additional bureaucratic and financial burdens, particularly on small businesses, sole proprietorships, and start-ups. Companies like ours lack the financial and personnel resources of large corporations to appoint separate representatives for each of the 27 EU member states. The cost of such a representative can quickly amount to several hundred euros per country. For a small business, this represents a substantial financial burden that must ultimately either undermine profitability or be passed on to customers. This is particularly problematic for Hofkoenigin.com. As a young company, we have already experienced the significant impact of US tariffs and were forced to abandon our business operations in the USA as a result. Now, additional requirements within the European Union threaten to create further hurdles for cross-border trade. I explicitly support the goal of reducing packaging waste and funding recycling efforts. However, this objective should be achieved with minimal bureaucracy and without unnecessary, duplicative regulations. Systems of this kind already exist in the member states. In Germany, for example, companies are required to register in the relevant databases and pay fees that fund recycling and disposal costs. In my view, it would make more sense to establish a simple andas far as possiblestandardized European procedure that allows a company to fulfill its obligations primarily through the member state where it is based. A small business should not have to arrange additional registrations, representatives, and fees for every single EU country when selling its products within the European Single Market. The European Single Market was intended to enable and facilitate free trade within the EU. Access to European markets represents a significant growth opportunity, particularly for small businesses and start-ups. Conversely, new bureaucratic and financial hurdles can lead to small businesses withdrawing from specific markets or ceasing to offer certain products altogether. I therefore urge you to revise this legislative proposal in its currently planned form and to give much greater consideration to the impact on small businesses, sole traders, and start-ups. Environmental protection and recycling are important goals. However, they must not result in small businesses being forced out of the European Single Market by disproportionate bureaucracy and additional costs. I want to see a European Union that enables free trade, supports businesses, and cuts red tapenot a Union where small businesses have to overcome new bureaucratic hurdles for every single country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544058_en"}, {"id": 33544057, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:15:13", "country": "EST", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Ingrid Quilt Studio", "feedback": "As a micro-business making handmade products, I am worried that these rules place too much cost on very small sellers. If I sell one item to another EU country for less than 50, my profit may be only a few euros. Yet the compliance costs can be several times higher than both my profit and the total value of the sale. This means I may have to stop selling within the EU altogether. Instead, I would be forced to focus on customers in the USA, Canada and Australia. This seems to go against both the idea of the EU Single Market and environmental goals, as products would need to travel much greater distances. I encourage the Commission to introduce exemptions, simplified procedures, or threshold-based requirements for micro-enterprises with very low sales volumes. Without such measures, many small businesses may be excluded from the EU market altogether.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-business making handmade products, I am worried that these rules place too much cost on very small sellers. If I sell one item to another EU country for less than 50, my profit may be only a few euros. Yet the compliance costs can be several times higher than both my profit and the total value of the sale. This means I may have to stop selling within the EU altogether. Instead, I would be forced to focus on customers in the USA, Canada and Australia. This seems to go against both the idea of the EU Single Market and environmental goals, as products would need to travel much greater distances. I encourage the Commission to introduce exemptions, simplified procedures, or threshold-based requirements for micro-enterprises with very low sales volumes. Without such measures, many small businesses may be excluded from the EU market altogether.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544057_en"}, {"id": 33544049, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:12:25", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This disproportionately affects small businesses as they have to pay the same fees as businesses with much larger turnover. The EU is supposed to be a unified economic front, it's supposed to make trade throughout and within it easier. The way this law is set up completely shits on its fundamentals. For every country, a company has to register separately, for some they even need a representative. It can cost 300 euros per country to be able to ship there in compliance with this new law. That is not a symptom of a unified economic front. The EU was founded to reduce the amount of bureaucracy in trading, this law directly increases it for absolutely no reason. This applies to countries outside of the EU, but also in it. This law directly blocks free trading within the EU. Once again, a fundamental of it. This law will be the death of many small, independent businesses who, in the era of Amazon and Temu, are still able to produce and distribute ethically. This law works directly against free trade, leaving only room for the polluting slave labour monopolies who actually have the money and the resources to navigate the compliance the EU is proposing. That is, unless you decide to do the sensible thing and centralise the registration rather than leave it up to individual countries, what should have been common sense to do in the first place. The EU shows, once again no regard for individuals, its citizens, and nurturing ethical businesses. It shows again that it is on the side of big billionaire companies, on a rampant path to exterminate not even their direct competition, but the little bugs they stomp all over, who are just trying to make a living for themselves by making their art and craftsmanship available to other people.", "feedbackEnglish": "This disproportionately affects small businesses as they have to pay the same fees as businesses with much larger turnover. The EU is supposed to be a unified economic front, it's supposed to make trade throughout and within it easier. The way this law is set up completely shits on its fundamentals. For every country, a company has to register separately, for some they even need a representative. It can cost 300 euros per country to be able to ship there in compliance with this new law. That is not a symptom of a unified economic front. The EU was founded to reduce the amount of bureaucracy in trading, this law directly increases it for absolutely no reason. This applies to countries outside of the EU, but also in it. This law directly blocks free trading within the EU. Once again, a fundamental of it. This law will be the death of many small, independent businesses who, in the era of Amazon and Temu, are still able to produce and distribute ethically. This law works directly against free trade, leaving only room for the polluting slave labour monopolies who actually have the money and the resources to navigate the compliance the EU is proposing. That is, unless you decide to do the sensible thing and centralise the registration rather than leave it up to individual countries, what should have been common sense to do in the first place. The EU shows, once again no regard for individuals, its citizens, and nurturing ethical businesses. It shows again that it is on the side of big billionaire companies, on a rampant path to exterminate not even their direct competition, but the little bugs they stomp all over, who are just trying to make a living for themselves by making their art and craftsmanship available to other people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544049_en"}, {"id": 33544048, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:08:49", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed rules on national registers of producers should take much greater account of the disproportionate impact that registration, reporting, and compliance obligations have on SMEs, family owned businesses, self employed professionals, and small entrepreneurs. The European Union is supposed to provide a single market in which businesses can sell goods across Member States without facing unnecessary national barriers. However, requiring companies to register separately in multiple national producer registers, comply with different procedures, manage different reporting obligations, and potentially pay different fees creates exactly the type of fragmentation that the single market is intended to prevent. For large corporations selling hundreds of thousands or millions of units across Europe, these administrative costs can be absorbed by dedicated legal, compliance, and sustainability teams. For a small company selling only a limited number of units into another Member State, the fixed cost and administrative burden can make that market economically unviable. This creates a serious competitive imbalance. A small business should not effectively be prevented from selling a few dozen or a few hundred products to customers in another EU country simply because doing so requires registration with another national system, additional fees, reporting obligations, local representatives, or specialized compliance services. The practical consequence is that many SMEs will simply stop selling cross border. This benefits the largest companies, reduces competition, limits consumer choice, and makes it more difficult for new European businesses and entrepreneurs to scale beyond their domestic markets. There should therefore be meaningful exemptions or highly simplified requirements for micro businesses and companies placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. More importantly, the European Union should move toward a single harmonized registration system rather than maintaining multiple national producer registration systems. A company should ideally be able to register once at the EU level, submit standardized information, and have that registration recognized across all Member States. If national reporting remains necessary, the underlying system should at least use one European registration number, one common reporting format, and one centralized digital platform capable of distributing the necessary information to the relevant national authorities. Environmental responsibility should also be allocated more efficiently throughout the supply chain. Whenever possible, packaging related environmental costs should be collected further upstream, particularly from the manufacturers and producers of packaging materials themselves. If the environmental cost of plastic, cardboard, or other packaging materials is incorporated into the price at the manufacturing stage, that cost is naturally distributed across the entire supply chain. Every business purchasing that packaging contributes proportionally without requiring thousands of very small businesses to create separate registrations and administrative structures in every country where they happen to make occasional sales. The objective of packaging regulation should be to reduce waste and improve environmental outcomes, not simply to create additional administrative charges. Charging a small company additional registration or compliance fees does not, by itself, reduce the amount of packaging produced. In many cases, it simply increases the cost of operating across borders. The system should therefore focus much more strongly on actual volumes of packaging placed on the market. A company placing a very small amount of packaging on the market should not face essentially the same registration infrastructure as a corporation placing millions of kilograms of packaging into circulation. There should be clear and reasonable de minimis thresholds below which businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed rules on national registers of producers should take much greater account of the disproportionate impact that registration, reporting, and compliance obligations have on SMEs, family owned businesses, self employed professionals, and small entrepreneurs. The European Union is supposed to provide a single market in which businesses can sell goods across Member States without facing unnecessary national barriers. However, requiring companies to register separately in multiple national producer registers, comply with different procedures, manage different reporting obligations, and potentially pay different fees creates exactly the type of fragmentation that the single market is intended to prevent. For large corporations selling hundreds of thousands or millions of units across Europe, these administrative costs can be absorbed by dedicated legal, compliance, and sustainability teams. For a small company selling only a limited number of units into another Member State, the fixed cost and administrative burden can make that market economically unviable. This creates a serious competitive imbalance. A small business should not effectively be prevented from selling a few dozen or a few hundred products to customers in another EU country simply because doing so requires registration with another national system, additional fees, reporting obligations, local representatives, or specialized compliance services. The practical consequence is that many SMEs will simply stop selling cross border. This benefits the largest companies, reduces competition, limits consumer choice, and makes it more difficult for new European businesses and entrepreneurs to scale beyond their domestic markets. There should therefore be meaningful exemptions or highly simplified requirements for micro businesses and companies placing very small quantities of packaging on the market. More importantly, the European Union should move toward a single harmonized registration system rather than maintaining multiple national producer registration systems. A company should ideally be able to register once at the EU level, submit standardized information, and have that registration recognized across all Member States. If national reporting remains necessary, the underlying system should at least use one European registration number, one common reporting format, and one centralized digital platform capable of distributing the necessary information to the relevant national authorities. Environmental responsibility should also be allocated more efficiently throughout the supply chain. Whenever possible, packaging related environmental costs should be collected further upstream, particularly from the manufacturers and producers of packaging materials themselves. If the environmental cost of plastic, cardboard, or other packaging materials is incorporated into the price at the manufacturing stage, that cost is naturally distributed across the entire supply chain. Every business purchasing that packaging contributes proportionally without requiring thousands of very small businesses to create separate registrations and administrative structures in every country where they happen to make occasional sales. The objective of packaging regulation should be to reduce waste and improve environmental outcomes, not simply to create additional administrative charges. Charging a small company additional registration or compliance fees does not, by itself, reduce the amount of packaging produced. In many cases, it simply increases the cost of operating across borders. The system should therefore focus much more strongly on actual volumes of packaging placed on the market. A company placing a very small amount of packaging on the market should not face essentially the same registration infrastructure as a corporation placing millions of kilograms of packaging into circulation. There should be clear and reasonable de minimis thresholds below which businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544048_en"}, {"id": 33544047, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 02:01:19", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "To the European Commission, I am writing as the spouse of a small business owner in Finland, a one-person stationery e-commerce shop selling across the EU. I am not the owner myself, but I am closely involved, and that is exactly why I am writing: what I have seen over the past weeks convinces me this regulation, however good its intentions, is not something an ordinary small business owner can be expected to handle alone. I do not oppose the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing packaging waste and improving recyclability are things I support without reservation. What I oppose is the compliance mechanism. A business selling into another member state where it has no legal establishment must appoint a locally-established Authorised Representative in that specific country, not one representative anywhere in the EU, but a separate one per country. Third-party providers typically charge 200 to 300 euros per country per year for this, before any recycling fee, a fixed cost that does not scale down for a business our size and that we cannot absorb across every market we occasionally sell into. This falls hardest on the people least equipped to handle it. Not every small business owner, or the family helping run it, has the capacity, time, or background to navigate dozens of separate national registration systems, each with its own authority, fees, and paperwork, on top of actually running the business. Regulation built around the assumption that every business can retain legal and compliance expertise quietly excludes the ones that cannot. It is also, I believe, an awareness failure, not just a design one. This regulation has been known for a long time in policy circles, yet even as someone directly involved in the business, I only learned yesterday, days before the 12 August deadline, that we can no longer legally ship outside Finland and Germany without breaching the rules in every other market. That is not a failure of attention on our part, it is a failure of this reaching the people it affects in time to act. I would ask the Commission to: 1. Postpone the deadline for micro / small businesses until you have the OSS System in place 2. Build a genuine EU-wide One-Stop-Shop for producer responsibility registration and reporting, modelled on the VAT OSS, so a business registers once (in their own country) rather than separately in every member state. 3. Consider placing the fee obligation on the packaging manufacturer or importer, most of whom are already established within the EU, rather than on every individual seller who merely uses that packaging. A single EU-level mechanism could then distribute the collected fees across member states based on where goods are sold. 4. Introduce proportionate costs for micro and small enterprises, rather than a flat per-country fee that hits hardest exactly where capacity to pay and to comply is lowest. 5. Run direct, plain-language outreach to small businesses well ahead of major compliance deadlines, not just legal notices, but real warning in time to act. The Commission has repeatedly stated its intention to reduce administrative burden on small businesses. As implemented, this regulation does the opposite. I support what it is trying to achieve. I am asking that its implementation stop assuming every small business has the capacity of a large one.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Commission, I am writing as the spouse of a small business owner in Finland, a one-person stationery e-commerce shop selling across the EU. I am not the owner myself, but I am closely involved, and that is exactly why I am writing: what I have seen over the past weeks convinces me this regulation, however good its intentions, is not something an ordinary small business owner can be expected to handle alone. I do not oppose the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Reducing packaging waste and improving recyclability are things I support without reservation. What I oppose is the compliance mechanism. A business selling into another member state where it has no legal establishment must appoint a locally-established Authorised Representative in that specific country, not one representative anywhere in the EU, but a separate one per country. Third-party providers typically charge 200 to 300 euros per country per year for this, before any recycling fee, a fixed cost that does not scale down for a business our size and that we cannot absorb across every market we occasionally sell into. This falls hardest on the people least equipped to handle it. Not every small business owner, or the family helping run it, has the capacity, time, or background to navigate dozens of separate national registration systems, each with its own authority, fees, and paperwork, on top of actually running the business. Regulation built around the assumption that every business can retain legal and compliance expertise quietly excludes the ones that cannot. It is also, I believe, an awareness failure, not just a design one. This regulation has been known for a long time in policy circles, yet even as someone directly involved in the business, I only learned yesterday, days before the 12 August deadline, that we can no longer legally ship outside Finland and Germany without breaching the rules in every other market. That is not a failure of attention on our part, it is a failure of this reaching the people it affects in time to act. I would ask the Commission to: 1. Postpone the deadline for micro / small businesses until you have the OSS System in place 2. Build a genuine EU-wide One-Stop-Shop for producer responsibility registration and reporting, modelled on the VAT OSS, so a business registers once (in their own country) rather than separately in every member state. 3. Consider placing the fee obligation on the packaging manufacturer or importer, most of whom are already established within the EU, rather than on every individual seller who merely uses that packaging. A single EU-level mechanism could then distribute the collected fees across member states based on where goods are sold. 4. Introduce proportionate costs for micro and small enterprises, rather than a flat per-country fee that hits hardest exactly where capacity to pay and to comply is lowest. 5. Run direct, plain-language outreach to small businesses well ahead of major compliance deadlines, not just legal notices, but real warning in time to act. The Commission has repeatedly stated its intention to reduce administrative burden on small businesses. As implemented, this regulation does the opposite. I support what it is trying to achieve. I am asking that its implementation stop assuming every small business has the capacity of a large one.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544047_en"}, {"id": 33544046, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:59:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This legislation is absolutely horrendous for small businesses and artists across the world. Requiring 27 separate registrations across the European Economic Area for people who might be shipping maybe a dozen articles a year, with ridiculous fees due to requiring local representation, will absolutely destroy small creators and businesses. Consumers in the EU will lose out on the ability to buy from these businesses and creators, because no one doing this as a hobby or for a few hundred a month can afford to maintain and keep up with these ridiculous requirements and fees. This legislation should require each EU memberstate to introduce a simple and effective process for these kinds of businesses, with a centralized EEA solution. These businesses likely make up less than a thousandth of a percent of the waste that this legislation is supposed to prevent or regulate, yet they are being hit the hardest, and both businesses and consumers suffer. Please reconsider this, or force EU memberstates to introduce higher thresholds, and get rid of the requirement of needing local representation in EACH member state. That is an absolute ridiculous ask for a small business owner who barely sends 30 packages to the EU on an annual basis, yet is somehow expected to organize and pay 27 separate countries for sending 3 letters or packages a year.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is absolutely horrendous for small businesses and artists across the world. Requiring 27 separate registrations across the European Economic Area for people who might be shipping maybe a dozen articles a year, with ridiculous fees due to requiring local representation, will absolutely destroy small creators and businesses. Consumers in the EU will lose out on the ability to buy from these businesses and creators, because no one doing this as a hobby or for a few hundred a month can afford to maintain and keep up with these ridiculous requirements and fees. This legislation should require each EU memberstate to introduce a simple and effective process for these kinds of businesses, with a centralized EEA solution. These businesses likely make up less than a thousandth of a percent of the waste that this legislation is supposed to prevent or regulate, yet they are being hit the hardest, and both businesses and consumers suffer. Please reconsider this, or force EU memberstates to introduce higher thresholds, and get rid of the requirement of needing local representation in EACH member state. That is an absolute ridiculous ask for a small business owner who barely sends 30 packages to the EU on an annual basis, yet is somehow expected to organize and pay 27 separate countries for sending 3 letters or packages a year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544046_en"}, {"id": 33544045, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:54:14", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Es una ley que se va a cargar todos los negocios pequeños de la UE. Y lo digo sin miramientos. No solo habéis hecho extremadamente difícil mandar cosas entre países miembros Estáis ahogando los negocios independientes con esta ley. Si, la \"Extended Producer Responsibility\" (EPR) esta hecha para los que haven gran cantidad de emisiones, pero al hacerlo ha creaso una barrera economica que favorece esas empresas grandes eliminando a las empresas pequeñas. ¿Porque? Porque las empresas grandes tienen el capital para este cambio. Un vendedor independiente no. Registrarte en 27 países diferentes, pagar tasas anuales y a agentes locales, rellenar papeleo en varias lenguas... es una tarea digna de Sisífo. Este sistema no protege a las pequeñas empresas, sino que las destruye. La realidad: El absurdo del coste por unidad: mientras que las grandes empresas pagan fracciones de un céntimo por paquete, una microempresa que venda tan solo 5 artículos hechos a mano se ve obligada a pagar cientos en concepto de tasas fijas de registro y cumplimiento normativo solo para poder enviar legalmente esos pocos paquetes. El mito de las exenciones: circula por Internet una desinformación generalizada y peligrosa según la cual las microempresas están exentas de la responsabilidad ampliada del productor (EPR). Esto es falso. Aunque algunos países ofrecen exenciones menores, el registro en el EPR y el cumplimiento legal se aplican a absolutamente todo el mundo, sin excepción alguna. La ley se aplica desde el primer gramo de embalaje y desde el primer paquete vendido al extranjero. Si envías un solo artículo, se te trata legalmente como a una gran empresa. Distorsión del mercado único: en lugar de la libre circulación de mercancías, los pequeños creadores se enfrentan a fronteras internas artificiales y a la extorsión burocrática en todos los Estados miembros. Barrera de entrada para las nuevas empresas: ¿quién puede permitirse poner en marcha una iniciativa creativa hoy en día, cuando el coste inicial de los trámites legales Abran Instagram o TikTok y veran un trend devastadora: los feeds de estas plataformas están inundados de publicaciones de artistas independientes, creadores y pequeñas tiendas que anuncian que dejan de realizar envíos a la UE o que cierran sus negocios. Es desgarrador ver cómo una única normativa, mal diseñada, destruye de la noche a la mañana miles de medios de vida, sueños creativos y proyectos apasionantes. Los pequeños mercados nacionales por sí solos no pueden sostener a los creadores independientes, y la gente no puede esperar años a que Bruselas solucione esto entre bastidores. Necesitamos pagar las facturas y comprar comida hoy mismo. Exigimos con carácter urgente a la Comisión Europea que: Promulgue una moratoria inmediata: suspenda con efecto inmediato todas las multas por responsabilidad ampliada del productor (EPR), los requisitos de registro transfronterizo y las tasas obligatorias de «representantes autorizados» de terceros para las microempresas, mientras se reforma la legislación. Introduzca un umbral «de minimis» a escala de la UE: exima por completo a los vendedores de pequeño volumen y a las microempresas de la burocracia transfronteriza relacionada con los envases. Una verdadera ventanilla única (OSS) a escala de la UE: establezca un portal único y centralizado de la UE para que ningún empresario individual tenga que registrarse por separado en los 27 Estados miembros. ¿Porque sino algo que deberia beneficiar al comercio intraeuropeo? Va a ser lo que lo mate. Atentamente Gemma Samino", "feedbackEnglish": "It is a law that will burden every small business in the EU. And I say it myratically. Not only have you made it extremely difficult to send things between Member States. You are stifling independent business with this law. Yes, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is made for large emitters, but in doing so it has created an economical barrier that favours those large companies by eliminating small companies. Because? Because large companies have the capital for this change. An independent trader does not register in 27 different countries, pay annual fees and local agents, fill in paperwork in several languages... this is a task worthy of Sisífo. This system does not protect small businesses, but destroys them. The reality: The absurdity of the unit cost: while large companies pay fractions of one cent per parcel, a micro company selling only 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds of fixed registration and compliance fees only to be able to legally send those few parcels. The myth of the exemptions: widespread and dangerous disinformation circulates online, according to which micro-enterprises are exempted from Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This is false. Although some countries offer minor exemptions, registration in the RPE and legal compliance apply to everyone, without exception. The law applies from the first gram of packaging and from the first package sold abroad. If you send a single item, you are legally treated like a large company. Distortion of the Single Market: instead of the free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion in all Member States. Entry barrier for start-ups: who can afford to launch a creative initiative today, when the initial cost of legal procedures opens Instagram or TikTok and sees a devastating trend: the feeds on these platforms are flooded with publications by independent artists, creators and small shops announcing that they stop shipping to the EU or that they close their businesses. It is striking to see how a single poorly designed regulation destroys thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and exciting projects overnight. Small national markets alone cannot support independent creators, and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this behind the scenes. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently call on the European Commission to: Enact an immediate moratorium: suspend with immediate effect all Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fines, cross-border registration requirements and mandatory fees for third party ‘authorised representatives’ for microenterprises, while reforming the legislation. Please introduce a “de minimis” threshold at EU level: fully exempts small volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true one-stop-shop (OSS) at EU level: set up a single, centralised EU portal so that no single entrepreneur has to register separately in all 27 Member States. Because it is something that should benefit intra-European trade? It will be what matures. Yours faithfully, Gemma Samino", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544045_en"}, {"id": 33544044, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:42:50", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "These measures hit small businesses disproportionally, both by pricing out most small business owners who would have to pay amounts that they cannot shoulder and goes against the spirit of the european union that is based on free trade between member nations. Making way for a monopoly run by giants like Amazon. Also by not having rules and costs set to a universal standard, it creates confusion and wildly unfair pricing", "feedbackEnglish": "These measures hit small businesses disproportionally, both by pricing out most small business owners who would have to pay amounts that they cannot shoulder and goes against the spirit of the european union that is based on free trade between member nations. Making way for a monopoly run by giants like Amazon. Also by not having rules and costs set to a universal standard, it creates confusion and wildly unfair pricing", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544044_en"}, {"id": 33544043, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:22:14", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Alexandra Kupcova", "feedback": "This is economic suicide for the whole EU. A lot of small and micro businesses are affected by this. A lot of us does EVERYTHING on their own. Reusing recycled packages, or even take used boxes from stores/friends and family to reduce and reuse waste. Reuse old newspaers and magazines for packaging, use a lot of \"trash\" to create art. WE are ALREADY going on MINIMAL waste on our own. We pay ridiculously high taxes (even twice - job AND small business) to you in the end, just to make a small art and often just for passion with minimum of profit. A lot of small shops/owners are cancelling shipping to their NEIGHBOR countries because of this. I get order from some EU countries like 2 times per year, around 100Eur in total and I would need to pay 300EUR yearly for all the papework, when I 1) don´t earn enough in sales to pay for this 2) am already highl responsive for reducing waste 3) am being punished for being creative and make you money you will collect from MY work? You shouldn´t punish small local, ecologic business the same way as a giants often producing in China, where a product has around 4 shipping stops to be produced, before reaching customer, Trying to ban Temu, Aliexpress, Amazon and others here? Or take a lot of money from them? Sure, they are BIG companies that produces tons of waste. But why are you constantly punishing and destroying small businesses? And then start commercials about \"suistantibility\" or \"buy local, go green, waste less\", while literally destroying the ones who DO THAT and from who you´re \"encouraging\" to buy from. EXCEPTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS or scrap this nonsence for all!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is economic suicide for the whole EU. A lot of small and micro businesses are affected by this. A lot of us does EVERYTHING on their own. Reusing recycled packages, or even take used boxes from stores/friends and family to reduce and reuse waste. Reuse old newspaers and magazines for packaging, use a lot of \"trash\" to create art. WE are ALREADY going on MINIMAL waste on our own. We pay ridiculously high taxes (even twice - job AND small business) to you in the end, just to make a small art and often just for passion with minimum of profit. A lot of small shops/owners are cancelling shipping to their NEIGHBOR countries because of this. I get order from some EU countries like 2 times per year, around 100Eur in total and I would need to pay 300EUR yearly for all the papework, when I 1) don´t earn enough in sales to pay for this 2) am already highl responsive for reducing waste 3) am being punished for being creative and make you money you will collect from MY work? You shouldn´t punish small local, ecologic business the same way as a giants often producing in China, where a product has around 4 shipping stops to be produced, before reaching customer, Trying to ban Temu, Aliexpress, Amazon and others here? Or take a lot of money from them? Sure, they are BIG companies that produces tons of waste. But why are you constantly punishing and destroying small businesses? And then start commercials about \"suistantibility\" or \"buy local, go green, waste less\", while literally destroying the ones who DO THAT and from who you´re \"encouraging\" to buy from. EXCEPTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS or scrap this nonsence for all!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544043_en"}, {"id": 33544042, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:16:17", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "-", "feedback": "Der EU-Binnenmarkt ist eine Illusion Bürokratie zerstört Kleinunternehmen Es ist ein absoluter Witz, was kleinen Betrieben hier zugemutet wird. Es steht in absolut keiner Verhältnismäßigkeit, dass ich als österreichisches Ein-Personen-Unternehmen exakt denselben administrativen Irrsinn für nationale Verpackungsregister durchlaufen muss wie ein Multimillionen-Dollar-Konzern mit einer eigenen Armee von Anwälten. Die absurde Realität der sogenannten \"Europäischen Union\" sieht heute so aus: Es ist für mich deutlich leichter, schneller und rechtlich sicherer, ein Paket nach Neuseeland, Kanada oder in die USA zu verschicken, als in ein direktes Nachbarland innerhalb der EU. Der EU-Binnenmarkt existiert für kleine Händler schlichtweg nicht mehr er ist zu einer unüberwindbaren bürokratischen Mauer mutiert. Sie schützen mit diesen völlig überzogenen Regelungen nicht die Umwelt, Sie zementieren lediglich das Monopol der riesigen Kooperationen. Wer sich den Zeit- und Geldaufwand für 27 verschiedene nationale Register nicht leisten kann, wird vom Markt gedrängt. Anstatt den Handel zu erleichtern, ersticken Sie uns kleine Unternehmer. Diese Gesetzgebung ist eine absolute Schande und das genaue Gegenteil von dem, wofür die EU eigentlich stehen sollte.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU single market is an illusion of red tape destroying small businesses. It is an absolute joke of what is expected of small businesses here. It is completely disproportionate that, as an Austrian one-person company, I have to go through exactly the same administrative error for national packaging registers as a multi-million dollar group with its own army of lawyers. The absurd reality of the so-called “European Union” is as follows today: It is much easier, faster and legally safer for me to send a package to New Zealand, Canada or the US than to a direct neighbour within the EU. The EU single market simply no longer exists for small traders. It is mutated into an insurmountable bureaucratic wall. They do not protect the environment with these completely excessive rules; they merely perpetuate the monopoly of huge cooperation. Those who cannot afford the time and money spent on 27 different national registers will be pushed out of the market. Instead of facilitating trade, suffocate small entrepreneurs. This legislation is an absolute shame and the exact opposite of what the EU should actually stand for.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544042_en"}, {"id": 33544041, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:10:13", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Daniel Palmer / DP Arts", "feedback": "The new rules on packaging producers are killing my business, and many, many others. This is not hyperbole. I will not be able to continue as a business under the current format. I am a small business / artist making unique ceramics that I largely sell online in the EU. I cannot sell in my country of residence (Croatia) as there is no market for my style of work. My income relies on picking up small numbers of sales across multiple EU countries. The new regulations mean I will have to close my business more or less immediately, since I cannot afford to register in 27 different national regulatory regimes, pay annual fees in those nations, AND pay 300 euros p/a for an authorized representative in 27 EU nations! This is killing off all the small artisan companies to allow Amazon and Temu to have no competition from actual artists and craftspeople; real people with real skills! I cannot believe this set of rules has entered EU law. A better system would be to exclude sole traders on low incomes from the regulation fees and ARs. Or to have a small recycling 'tax' per parcel shipped so as to avoid registration and fees in many countries. Please fix this mess asap.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new rules on packaging producers are killing my business, and many, many others. This is not hyperbole. I will not be able to continue as a business under the current format. I am a small business / artist making unique ceramics that I largely sell online in the EU. I cannot sell in my country of residence (Croatia) as there is no market for my style of work. My income relies on picking up small numbers of sales across multiple EU countries. The new regulations mean I will have to close my business more or less immediately, since I cannot afford to register in 27 different national regulatory regimes, pay annual fees in those nations, AND pay 300 euros p/a for an authorized representative in 27 EU nations! This is killing off all the small artisan companies to allow Amazon and Temu to have no competition from actual artists and craftspeople; real people with real skills! I cannot believe this set of rules has entered EU law. A better system would be to exclude sole traders on low incomes from the regulation fees and ARs. Or to have a small recycling 'tax' per parcel shipped so as to avoid registration and fees in many countries. Please fix this mess asap.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544041_en"}, {"id": 33544040, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:05:13", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small independent business that is just starting out this new law will quite literally put me out of business, the costs will greatly outweigh the small profit I turn each month. I know there are many other small businesses like mine out there that this will have a similar effect on. And yet, it is often our smaller businesses that are most conscientious when it comes to packaging and waste while larger cooperations, who this new regulation will barely effect, continue to ship from distributors that sell items in less than economic types of packaging. Please reconsider this new law and take into account those who are attempting to remain creative and innovative in a world that loves often forgets to appreciate the planet we live on.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent business that is just starting out this new law will quite literally put me out of business, the costs will greatly outweigh the small profit I turn each month. I know there are many other small businesses like mine out there that this will have a similar effect on. And yet, it is often our smaller businesses that are most conscientious when it comes to packaging and waste while larger cooperations, who this new regulation will barely effect, continue to ship from distributors that sell items in less than economic types of packaging. Please reconsider this new law and take into account those who are attempting to remain creative and innovative in a world that loves often forgets to appreciate the planet we live on.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544040_en"}, {"id": 33544039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:03:30", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Datamappr", "feedback": "European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent over 99% of businesses in the EU and serve as the backbone of employment and regional economic stability. However, the compounding volume of EU regulatory mandatesspanning ESG reporting, supply chain due diligence, and digital governanceis creating an unsustainable administrative crisis for independent businesses. While large multinational conglomerates possess the capital, legal teams, and lobbying infrastructure to absorb these costs, local European enterprises are being priced out. This dynamic stifles domestic innovation, incentivizes market consolidation, and threatens the long-term vitality of the Single Market. ​1. Cumulative Regulatory Friction on Independent Businesses ​Disproportionate Compliance Costs: Frameworks such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) impose heavy administrative costs that scale unfairly against smaller firms. ​Trickle-Down Compliance Mandates: Even when small businesses fall below official statutory thresholds, large corporate clients routinely pass down compliance audits and reporting requirements as mandatory conditions for contract renewals. ​Resource Misallocation: Small enterprise owners are increasingly forced to reallocate capital, time, and talent away from core operations, hiring, and product innovation toward legal compliance and administrative auditing. ​2. Market Distortions and Foreign Incumbent Advantage ​Regulatory Burden as a Moat: High compliance costs create structural barriers to entry that protect well-capitalized foreign conglomerates, particularly major US entities. These corporations can easily absorb compliance expenses as a minor fraction of global revenue, effectively locking out emerging European competitors. ​Lobbying Asymmetry: Well-resourced global firms maintain extensive lobbying presences in Brussels, shaping legislative details and reporting standards to align with their institutional capacitiesan advantage unavailable to local SMEs. ​Accelerated Market Consolidation: Unchecked regulatory complexity incentivizes market consolidation, forcing independent European businesses to merge, sell to global conglomerates, or exit the market altogether. ​3. Key Demands for Policy Realignment ​Strict \"Think Small First\" Enforcement: Exempt businesses with fewer than 250 employees from complex reporting frameworks unless standardized, fully funded compliance tools are provided directly by European institutions. ​Ban Supply-Chain Offloading: Implement legally binding rules preventing large corporate buyers from shifting their statutory regulatory reporting burdens onto SME suppliers. ​Targeted Regulatory Reductions: Expand administrative simplification programs to achieve a mandatory 35% reduction in total reporting requirements for independent businesses. ​Anti-Capture Oversight: Enforce stricter scrutiny over corporate influence in Brussels to ensure European market rules foster open competition rather than protecting established foreign incumbents. ​Sustaining Europe's economic independence and local workforce requires European institutions to immediately reverse the trend of regulatory overreach. Rebuilding an adaptable economy depends on establishing a predictable, low-friction framework where local enterprises can grow rather than being overwhelmed by bureaucratic burden.", "feedbackEnglish": "European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent over 99% of businesses in the EU and serve as the backbone of employment and regional economic stability. However, the compounding volume of EU regulatory mandatesspanning ESG reporting, supply chain due diligence, and digital governanceis creating an unsustainable administrative crisis for independent businesses. While large multinational conglomerates possess the capital, legal teams, and lobbying infrastructure to absorb these costs, local European enterprises are being priced out. This dynamic stifles domestic innovation, incentivizes market consolidation, and threatens the long-term vitality of the Single Market. ​1. Cumulative Regulatory Friction on Independent Businesses ​Disproportionate Compliance Costs: Frameworks such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) impose heavy administrative costs that scale unfairly against smaller firms. ​Trickle-Down Compliance Mandates: Even when small businesses fall below official statutory thresholds, large corporate clients routinely pass down compliance audits and reporting requirements as mandatory conditions for contract renewals. ​Resource Misallocation: Small enterprise owners are increasingly forced to reallocate capital, time, and talent away from core operations, hiring, and product innovation toward legal compliance and administrative auditing. ​2. Market Distortions and Foreign Incumbent Advantage ​Regulatory Burden as a Moat: High compliance costs create structural barriers to entry that protect well-capitalized foreign conglomerates, particularly major US entities. These corporations can easily absorb compliance expenses as a minor fraction of global revenue, effectively locking out emerging European competitors. ​Lobbying Asymmetry: Well-resourced global firms maintain extensive lobbying presences in Brussels, shaping legislative details and reporting standards to align with their institutional capacitiesan advantage unavailable to local SMEs. ​Accelerated Market Consolidation: Unchecked regulatory complexity incentivizes market consolidation, forcing independent European businesses to merge, sell to global conglomerates, or exit the market altogether. ​3. Key Demands for Policy Realignment ​Strict \"Think Small First\" Enforcement: Exempt businesses with fewer than 250 employees from complex reporting frameworks unless standardized, fully funded compliance tools are provided directly by European institutions. ​Ban Supply-Chain Offloading: Implement legally binding rules preventing large corporate buyers from shifting their statutory regulatory reporting burdens onto SME suppliers. ​Targeted Regulatory Reductions: Expand administrative simplification programs to achieve a mandatory 35% reduction in total reporting requirements for independent businesses. ​Anti-Capture Oversight: Enforce stricter scrutiny over corporate influence in Brussels to ensure European market rules foster open competition rather than protecting established foreign incumbents. ​Sustaining Europe's economic independence and local workforce requires European institutions to immediately reverse the trend of regulatory overreach. Rebuilding an adaptable economy depends on establishing a predictable, low-friction framework where local enterprises can grow rather than being overwhelmed by bureaucratic burden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544039_en"}, {"id": 33544038, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:03:19", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I find it understandable that this would be the case for medium to major businesses. But this is going to be another step to just kill off very small businesses, or even one-person-small-time-companies, as if the times had not already been hard enough on them. While the idea in principle is good, I think we can all agree packaging should be less wasteful, however, in execution it could be handled horribly. There should be a scaleability factor to the ordeal so that people are not having to pay huge yearly fees just to have their packages sent around europe. If we want to keep a diverse economy afloat it is especially things like this that have to be watched closely.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find it understandable that this would be the case for medium to major businesses. But this is going to be another step to just kill off very small businesses, or even one-person-small-time-companies, as if the times had not already been hard enough on them. While the idea in principle is good, I think we can all agree packaging should be less wasteful, however, in execution it could be handled horribly. There should be a scaleability factor to the ordeal so that people are not having to pay huge yearly fees just to have their packages sent around europe. If we want to keep a diverse economy afloat it is especially things like this that have to be watched closely.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544038_en"}, {"id": 33544037, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:02:28", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This act will completely destroy my income as an independent artist. I am disabled and rely on my online shop. I sell less than 100 items to mainland Europe a year, all my packaging is recycled, biodegradable or recyclable and has been for years. I cannot afford 23 individual representatives in all eu countries, plus licenses. I mostly sell paper goods, my business has a very low environmental impact but a high cultural impact. All of my international peers are affected by this, not a single small business person I know is able to ship to eu countries other than the one they live in. It is now easier for me to ship items to customers in china or american than it is to send to someone in germany or France. Please consider adding exceptions for micro-businesses. As written this legislation only benefits huge businesses like amazon, shein and temu by wiping out local European competition.", "feedbackEnglish": "This act will completely destroy my income as an independent artist. I am disabled and rely on my online shop. I sell less than 100 items to mainland Europe a year, all my packaging is recycled, biodegradable or recyclable and has been for years. I cannot afford 23 individual representatives in all eu countries, plus licenses. I mostly sell paper goods, my business has a very low environmental impact but a high cultural impact. All of my international peers are affected by this, not a single small business person I know is able to ship to eu countries other than the one they live in. It is now easier for me to ship items to customers in china or american than it is to send to someone in germany or France. Please consider adding exceptions for micro-businesses. As written this legislation only benefits huge businesses like amazon, shein and temu by wiping out local European competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544037_en"}, {"id": 33544036, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 01:00:26", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businesses are dying cause of this! Please exempt them from having a AR! They cannot justify the cost! Please harmonise the registration or else exempt them from registering because its a disproportional burden on small businesses! They cannot hire someone to do it for them so they have to do it themselves! Cause of this small businesses wil, get bankrupt! I only buy from small businesses and cause of this rule shops are suspending shipping to EU altogether! This will hurt the economy! Im actually really mad about this", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses are dying cause of this! Please exempt them from having a AR! They cannot justify the cost! Please harmonise the registration or else exempt them from registering because its a disproportional burden on small businesses! They cannot hire someone to do it for them so they have to do it themselves! Cause of this small businesses wil, get bankrupt! I only buy from small businesses and cause of this rule shops are suspending shipping to EU altogether! This will hurt the economy! Im actually really mad about this", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544036_en"}, {"id": 33544035, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:59:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tigerlilly.de", "feedback": "Ich reiche dieses Feedback als Betreiber eines sehr kleinen deutschen Onlinehandels ein, der bislang Waren auch an Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in anderen EUMitgliedstaaten verkauft hat. Wir unterstützen die Umweltziele der Verpackungs und Verpackungsabfallverordnung ausdrücklich. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung der neuen Anforderungen führt jedoch zu einer unverhältnismäßigen administrativen und finanziellen Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel. Als kleiner Händler sehen wir uns mit umfangreichen Registrierungs, Melde und Herstellerverantwortungspflichten konfrontiert, insbesondere mit der Verpflichtung, in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten eigene Bevollmächtigte zu benennen. Jedes Land verursacht zusätzliche jährliche Fixkosten sowie erheblichen Verwaltungs und Dokumentationsaufwand. In vielen Mitgliedstaaten erzielen wir nur geringe Umsätze. Die jährlichen Kosten für die Erfüllung der jeweiligen nationalen Anforderungen übersteigen dort den gesamten Gewinn obwohl die tatsächlich entstehenden Verpackungsmengen minimal sind. Die Folge ist, dass wir den Verkauf an Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher in fast allen anderen EUMitgliedstaaten einstellen. Wir werden den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf lediglich nach Österreich fortführen, da die Umsätze dort ausreichen, um keine Verluste zu verursachen. Dies ist besonders enttäuschend, da der europäische Binnenmarkt kleinen Unternehmen bislang ermöglicht hat, Kundinnen und Kunden in ganz Europa zu erreichen. Die PPWR droht diese Entwicklung umzukehren. Große Unternehmen können eigene ComplianceAbteilungen beschäftigen und Fixkosten auf hohe Umsätze verteilen. Kleinstunternehmen können das nicht. Wir können keinen Mitarbeiter nur dafür einstellen, Verpackungsvorschriften zu überwachen, Registrierungen zu verwalten oder mit Bevollmächtigten und Systemen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung zu kommunizieren. Auch vereinfachte Meldepflichten lösen das Problem nicht, solange Unternehmen weiterhin mit zahlreichen nationalen Registern, Bevollmächtigten, Verträgen, Gebühren, Fristen und Verwaltungsverfahren umgehen müssen. Das Ergebnis ist ein erheblicher Wettbewerbsnachteil: Große Unternehmen können weiterhin in der gesamten EU verkaufen, während kleine Unternehmen gezwungen werden, ihre Absatzmärkte stark zu beschränken. Dies kann nicht das Ziel einer europäischen Harmonisierung sein. Ich fordere die Europäische Kommission daher auf, sicherzustellen, dass die Umsetzung der PPWR die Belastung für Kleinstunternehmen tatsächlich reduziert. Insbesondere sollte Folgendes vorgesehen werden: eine einzige EUweite Registrierung oder ein echtes OneStopShopSystem, ein harmonisiertes Meldeverfahren, eine Bagatellgrenze bzw. ein stark vereinfachtes System für Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen Verpackungsmengen, keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat oder alternativ ein einziger EUBevollmächtigter, vollständig standardisierte Dokumentationsanforderungen sowie Gebühren, die im Verhältnis zur Verpackungsmenge und zum Umsatz stehen. Umweltverantwortung muss verhältnismäßig sein. Ein Unternehmen, das nur wenige Pakete in andere Mitgliedstaaten versendet, sollte nicht mit jährlichen Fixkosten von mehreren hundert oder tausend Euro belastet werden. Ohne erhebliche Vereinfachungen werden diese Regelungen große Unternehmen stärken, den Wettbewerb verringern und kleine Unternehmen aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel verdrängen. Für unser Unternehmen ist dies bereits Realität: Wir stellen den Verkauf in den meisten EUMitgliedstaaten ein. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, die wirtschaftliche Realität von Kleinstunternehmen ernst zu nehmen und das Registrierungs und Meldesystem so auszugestalten, dass kleine Unternehmen weiterhin Teil des europäischen Binnenmarktes bleiben können.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am submitting this feedback as an operator of a very small German online shop that has so far also sold goods to consumers in other EU Member States. We expressly support the environmental objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, the specific design of the new requirements results in a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-enterprises in cross-border online sales. As small traders, we face extensive registration, reporting and producer responsibility obligations, in particular the obligation to appoint their own authorised representatives in several Member States. Each country incurs additional annual fixed costs, as well as significant administrative and documentation burdens. We have low turnover in many Member States. The annual cost of complying with the respective national requirements there exceeds the total profit, although the actual packaging volumes generated are minimal. As a result, we stop selling to consumers in almost all other EU Member States. We will continue cross-border sales only to Austria, as the turnover there is sufficient to avoid causing losses. This is particularly disappointing, as the European single market has so far enabled small businesses to reach customers across Europe. The PWWR risks reversing this trend. Large companies can have their own compliance departments and spread fixed costs over high turnovers. Micro-enterprises cannot. We cannot hire a staff member only to monitor packaging rules, manage registrations or communicate with authorised representatives and extended producer responsibility schemes. Simplified reporting requirements also do not solve the problem as long as companies still have to deal with numerous national registers, authorised representatives, contracts, fees, deadlines and administrative procedures. The result is a significant competitive disadvantage: Large companies can continue to sell throughout the EU, while small companies are forced to severely restrict their sales markets. This cannot be the aim of European harmonisation. I therefore call on the European Commission to ensure that the implementation of the PPWR effectively reduces the burden on micro-enterprises. In particular, provision should be made for: a single EU-wide registration or a genuine OneStopShopsystem, a harmonised notification procedure, a de minimis threshold or a very simplified system for micro-enterprises with low packaging volumes, no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative in each Member State or, alternatively, a single EU authorised representative, fully standardised documentation requirements and fees proportionate to packaging volume and turnover. Environmental responsibility must be proportionate. A company that sends only a few parcels to other Member States should not be charged fixed annual costs of several hundred or thousands of euros. Without significant simplification, these rules will strengthen large businesses, reduce competition and drive small businesses out of cross-border online trade. For our company, this is already a reality: We will stop selling in most EU Member States. I would therefore ask the European Commission to take the economic reality of micro-enterprises seriously and to design the registration and notification system in such a way that small enterprises can continue to be part of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544035_en"}, {"id": 33544034, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:55:44", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a Belgian artist who wants to start a small business selling my artwork within the EU. However the new regulations and the costs and administrative requirements for shipping to different EU countries make this almost impossible for a small starter like me. I support responsible and sustainable packaging, but the requirements should be proportionate to the size of a business. Large companies can absorb these costs, while a starting artist simply cannot.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a Belgian artist who wants to start a small business selling my artwork within the EU. However the new regulations and the costs and administrative requirements for shipping to different EU countries make this almost impossible for a small starter like me. I support responsible and sustainable packaging, but the requirements should be proportionate to the size of a business. Large companies can absorb these costs, while a starting artist simply cannot.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544034_en"}, {"id": 33544033, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:53:16", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am not an EU-based business, but I am a consumer who regularly buys from small independent sellers, including businesses on Etsy and similar platforms, frequently from the EU. I am concerned that the PPWR could have unintended consequences for the small businesses I choose to support. I understand and support the need to reduce packaging waste. However, I worry that the additional costs, administration and compliance requirements could be the final straw for some very small businesses that are already operating on tight margins. When I buy from a small independent seller, I am often buying from a person or family business rather than a large company. They may be making products themselves, working from home and handling everything from production and customer service to packing, shipping, accounts and taxes. They simply do not have the resources of a multinational company to deal with complicated regulatory requirements. My concern as a consumer is quite simple: what happens if the cost and complexity of complying with these rules means that a small business can no longer afford to sell to EU customers or cannot afford to remain in business at all? I have seen how difficult international selling has already become for many small businesses following Brexit. Additional packaging obligations may make EU sales uneconomic for businesses whose products have relatively low profit margins. A seller may look at the paperwork, registration costs, professional advice and ongoing compliance required and decide that serving European customers is simply not worth the trouble. That would be a real loss for consumers. Small businesses often offer products, craftsmanship, creativity and personal service that large companies cannot provide. Consumers could end up with less choice and fewer independent sellers, while larger businesses are better placed to absorb the cost of regulation. I also question whether applying substantial compliance requirements to very small volumes is proportionate. The environmental impact of a handful of parcels sent by a micro-business is tiny compared with the packaging generated by major retailers and manufacturers. Yet the relative burden on the small seller can be enormous. I strongly encourage the EU to consider the consumer impact of these rules, not just the environmental objective. There should be a simple, affordable and genuinely proportionate route for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers. I want to continue supporting small independent businesses. I would hate to see businesses I value disappear, or stop selling to European customers, because compliance costs and bureaucracy have made their business model impossible. Good environmental policy should reduce waste without unintentionally reducing consumer choice or driving small businesses out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am not an EU-based business, but I am a consumer who regularly buys from small independent sellers, including businesses on Etsy and similar platforms, frequently from the EU. I am concerned that the PPWR could have unintended consequences for the small businesses I choose to support. I understand and support the need to reduce packaging waste. However, I worry that the additional costs, administration and compliance requirements could be the final straw for some very small businesses that are already operating on tight margins. When I buy from a small independent seller, I am often buying from a person or family business rather than a large company. They may be making products themselves, working from home and handling everything from production and customer service to packing, shipping, accounts and taxes. They simply do not have the resources of a multinational company to deal with complicated regulatory requirements. My concern as a consumer is quite simple: what happens if the cost and complexity of complying with these rules means that a small business can no longer afford to sell to EU customers or cannot afford to remain in business at all? I have seen how difficult international selling has already become for many small businesses following Brexit. Additional packaging obligations may make EU sales uneconomic for businesses whose products have relatively low profit margins. A seller may look at the paperwork, registration costs, professional advice and ongoing compliance required and decide that serving European customers is simply not worth the trouble. That would be a real loss for consumers. Small businesses often offer products, craftsmanship, creativity and personal service that large companies cannot provide. Consumers could end up with less choice and fewer independent sellers, while larger businesses are better placed to absorb the cost of regulation. I also question whether applying substantial compliance requirements to very small volumes is proportionate. The environmental impact of a handful of parcels sent by a micro-business is tiny compared with the packaging generated by major retailers and manufacturers. Yet the relative burden on the small seller can be enormous. I strongly encourage the EU to consider the consumer impact of these rules, not just the environmental objective. There should be a simple, affordable and genuinely proportionate route for micro-businesses and very low-volume sellers. I want to continue supporting small independent businesses. I would hate to see businesses I value disappear, or stop selling to European customers, because compliance costs and bureaucracy have made their business model impossible. Good environmental policy should reduce waste without unintentionally reducing consumer choice or driving small businesses out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544033_en"}, {"id": 33544032, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:51:57", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I agree with the goals of this legislature (who haven't been annoyed by a package that's 80% just packaging material), but I am deeply concerned about how this will impact small businesses and independent creators. The EU needs to be more focused on being friendly towards small businesses instead of weaving a byzantine network of restrictive laws, because otherwise we will only have the big corporate giants as an option, as they are the only ones with the resources to absorb and handle the costs of these sort of laws. I want to be able to support artists, independent creators and small businesses both outside and inside the EU, and know that they're not financially punished for operating in the EU. Also, for EU wide legislation like this, the EU needs to make it easily navigable for the small business owner, and not demand that they know the variations of laws in each individual country where they might send a package. If there's any sort of fees or similar that is to be paid, it must be a centralised way to do so instead of to each individual country. And honestly? The small business owners who I buy pins or plushies or shirts from are not the ones leaving huge piles of package waste on my kitchen floor. Because they don't have the economical luxury of sending me a oversized package like a bookstore might. So don't punish them for not being the problem.", "feedbackEnglish": "I agree with the goals of this legislature (who haven't been annoyed by a package that's 80% just packaging material), but I am deeply concerned about how this will impact small businesses and independent creators. The EU needs to be more focused on being friendly towards small businesses instead of weaving a byzantine network of restrictive laws, because otherwise we will only have the big corporate giants as an option, as they are the only ones with the resources to absorb and handle the costs of these sort of laws. I want to be able to support artists, independent creators and small businesses both outside and inside the EU, and know that they're not financially punished for operating in the EU. Also, for EU wide legislation like this, the EU needs to make it easily navigable for the small business owner, and not demand that they know the variations of laws in each individual country where they might send a package. If there's any sort of fees or similar that is to be paid, it must be a centralised way to do so instead of to each individual country. And honestly? The small business owners who I buy pins or plushies or shirts from are not the ones leaving huge piles of package waste on my kitchen floor. Because they don't have the economical luxury of sending me a oversized package like a bookstore might. So don't punish them for not being the problem.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544032_en"}, {"id": 33544031, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:49:54", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sara Kathleen", "feedback": "This legislation is crucifying small business. What is the POINT of a UNION if it is this chaotic, decentralised, and punitive? It is beyond unethical, unbelievably counterproductive, and absolutely needs some kind of exemption or incredibly cheap work around for small businesses. Shein wins here. Amazon wins. Apple wins. Thousands of small businesses collapse overnight and genuinely impoverishes them. Absolutely disgusting. You expect this sort of tyranny from America, not the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "This legislation is crucifying small business. What is the POINT of a UNION if it is this chaotic, decentralised, and punitive? It is beyond unethical, unbelievably counterproductive, and absolutely needs some kind of exemption or incredibly cheap work around for small businesses. Shein wins here. Amazon wins. Apple wins. Thousands of small businesses collapse overnight and genuinely impoverishes them. Absolutely disgusting. You expect this sort of tyranny from America, not the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544031_en"}, {"id": 33544030, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:46:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "BubblesArtCraft ", "feedback": "I am a self employed artist and sole trader in Germany, running a very small online shop for the last 6 years. I fully support the environmental goals behind the PPWR but the way packaging EPR is implemented across different EU countries is making cross border trade unrealistic for small businesses. I have spent days contacting authorities and EPR organizations across the EU. Depending on the destination country I may face separate registrations, annual fees, recycling schemes, reporting obligations and often times even an authorized representative (even when I only send a handful of lightweight orders there per year) In some countries the compliance costs can be higher than my entire annual sales to that country. As a result, I am now having to stop shipping to many EU Member States. This does not only hurt small businesses. It also limits consumers access to independent artists and shops across the Single Market. Please create a simplified, more realistic EU-wide system for small businesses, with meaningful small volume exemptions or thresholds and without disproportionate fixed fees and representative costs. A one person business sending a few envelopes should not need to navigate 27 different compliance systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self employed artist and sole trader in Germany, running a very small online shop for the last 6 years. I fully support the environmental goals behind the PPWR but the way packaging EPR is implemented across different EU countries is making cross border trade unrealistic for small businesses. I have spent days contacting authorities and EPR organizations across the EU. Depending on the destination country I may face separate registrations, annual fees, recycling schemes, reporting obligations and often times even an authorized representative (even when I only send a handful of lightweight orders there per year) In some countries the compliance costs can be higher than my entire annual sales to that country. As a result, I am now having to stop shipping to many EU Member States. This does not only hurt small businesses. It also limits consumers access to independent artists and shops across the Single Market. Please create a simplified, more realistic EU-wide system for small businesses, with meaningful small volume exemptions or thresholds and without disproportionate fixed fees and representative costs. A one person business sending a few envelopes should not need to navigate 27 different compliance systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544030_en"}, {"id": 33544029, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:41:45", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CutieSquad", "feedback": "These rules risk making cross-border trade unaffordable for micro and small businesses. Paying separate registration fees, EPR costs and local representatives in multiple EU countries is simply not realistic for businesses with low sales volumes. Without exemptions or sensible thresholds, small businesses will be forced to restrict where they sell, while large corporations gain an even stronger advantage. The EU should introduce a simple, affordable EU-wide system for small businesses. Sustainability should not come at the cost of destroying small independent businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules risk making cross-border trade unaffordable for micro and small businesses. Paying separate registration fees, EPR costs and local representatives in multiple EU countries is simply not realistic for businesses with low sales volumes. Without exemptions or sensible thresholds, small businesses will be forced to restrict where they sell, while large corporations gain an even stronger advantage. The EU should introduce a simple, affordable EU-wide system for small businesses. Sustainability should not come at the cost of destroying small independent businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544029_en"}, {"id": 33544028, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:41:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Unfortunately, you cant hide behind good intentions - here, sustainability, to ignore how these new rules werent thought out thoroughly. Micro-business should not be having the same regulations and registration as big companies who can afford it. The fact that there are 27 different countries with 27 different regulations and registrations and rules is ridiculous, as lots of small businesses who barely make a living cant afford to pay thousands of euros for these rules (were the 9th of August and some of these countries dont even know what their regulations will be in three days, its dumbfounding). The lack of consistency and communication (In France, no official statement has been made by any of the competent authorities to help business navigate this mess), its simply sinking lots of small businesses, and so livelihoods of thousands of Europeans. Europeans who already have a very low spending powers. By doing so, you are chasing lots of the remaining businesses (who are usually sustainable by definition) fighting against the big ones that are the most responsible for waste. These big corporations can afford those fees, who are ridiculous for them and by chasing the small businesses, you are just making more space for those who are the most responsible for the waste. Its ridiculous, and the fact that none of the answers we get are the same, juste proves this hasnt been very thought through and that this is just pretending caring for the environment when it literally only favors the one harming it the most.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, you cant hide behind good intentions - here, sustainability, to ignore how these new rules werent thought out thoroughly. Micro-business should not be having the same regulations and registration as big companies who can afford it. The fact that there are 27 different countries with 27 different regulations and registrations and rules is ridiculous, as lots of small businesses who barely make a living cant afford to pay thousands of euros for these rules (were the 9th of August and some of these countries dont even know what their regulations will be in three days, its dumbfounding). The lack of consistency and communication (In France, no official statement has been made by any of the competent authorities to help business navigate this mess), its simply sinking lots of small businesses, and so livelihoods of thousands of Europeans. Europeans who already have a very low spending powers. By doing so, you are chasing lots of the remaining businesses (who are usually sustainable by definition) fighting against the big ones that are the most responsible for waste. These big corporations can afford those fees, who are ridiculous for them and by chasing the small businesses, you are just making more space for those who are the most responsible for the waste. Its ridiculous, and the fact that none of the answers we get are the same, juste proves this hasnt been very thought through and that this is just pretending caring for the environment when it literally only favors the one harming it the most.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544028_en"}, {"id": 33544025, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:32:10", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anonymous", "feedback": "This rule may be manageable for large companies, but it creates a completely disproportionate burden for micro and small businesses. A small EU webshop selling only a handful of orders to customers in another Member State can be required to register separately, join local EPR schemes and, in some countries, appoint and pay for a local authorised representative. The fixed compliance costs can easily be higher than the total annual sales in that country. This effectively forces small businesses to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. That goes directly against the idea of the EU Single Market. A small business should be able to sell across the EU without having to maintain separate registrations, contracts and representatives in every Member State. Without a meaningful exemption for micro and small businesses, the EU is effectively pushing small independent businesses out of the European market it was supposed to make accessible to them. Many simply cannot afford hundreds or even thousands of euros in fixed compliance costs per country, especially when they may only receive a handful of orders from that country each year. Large corporations and marketplaces can absorb these costs. Small businesses cannot. Without an exemption or a radically simplified system, these rules will destroy cross-border opportunities for small businesses while giving the largest companies an even greater competitive advantage. Please introduce a meaningful exemption for micro and small businesses, or at minimum an EU-wide threshold based on packaging volume or turnover, combined with one central EU registration instead of separate national registrations and representatives. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation must be proportionate. A microbusiness placing a few kilograms of packaging on a market should not face the same fixed administrative structure as a multinational placing thousands of tonnes on that market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule may be manageable for large companies, but it creates a completely disproportionate burden for micro and small businesses. A small EU webshop selling only a handful of orders to customers in another Member State can be required to register separately, join local EPR schemes and, in some countries, appoint and pay for a local authorised representative. The fixed compliance costs can easily be higher than the total annual sales in that country. This effectively forces small businesses to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. That goes directly against the idea of the EU Single Market. A small business should be able to sell across the EU without having to maintain separate registrations, contracts and representatives in every Member State. Without a meaningful exemption for micro and small businesses, the EU is effectively pushing small independent businesses out of the European market it was supposed to make accessible to them. Many simply cannot afford hundreds or even thousands of euros in fixed compliance costs per country, especially when they may only receive a handful of orders from that country each year. Large corporations and marketplaces can absorb these costs. Small businesses cannot. Without an exemption or a radically simplified system, these rules will destroy cross-border opportunities for small businesses while giving the largest companies an even greater competitive advantage. Please introduce a meaningful exemption for micro and small businesses, or at minimum an EU-wide threshold based on packaging volume or turnover, combined with one central EU registration instead of separate national registrations and representatives. Environmental responsibility is important, but regulation must be proportionate. A microbusiness placing a few kilograms of packaging on a market should not face the same fixed administrative structure as a multinational placing thousands of tonnes on that market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544025_en"}, {"id": 33544026, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:31:05", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These new rules need to be revised and take into account small/micro businesses that operate outside but especially inside the European Union. Big companies have bandwidth and enough revenue to support these new taxes and all the fees that come with being compliant with this new law but small businesses, one man shows do not have this privilege. How are they supposed to keep their business, source of income, when they have to find representatives for each country and pay different rates for each country? EU stands for European Union but every country is not unified in its rules and certainly not united when we're punishing each other by creating such constricting laws. Why do we never think of the little guy? Always benefitting the big dogs like Amazon in the name of \"saving the planet\". Could it be anymore ironic? Please reconsider the rules so we don't hurt our own economies. The European people are being punished when they already care more about the planet than these powerful enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "These new rules need to be revised and take into account small/micro businesses that operate outside but especially inside the European Union. Big companies have bandwidth and enough revenue to support these new taxes and all the fees that come with being compliant with this new law but small businesses, one man shows do not have this privilege. How are they supposed to keep their business, source of income, when they have to find representatives for each country and pay different rates for each country? EU stands for European Union but every country is not unified in its rules and certainly not united when we're punishing each other by creating such constricting laws. Why do we never think of the little guy? Always benefitting the big dogs like Amazon in the name of \"saving the planet\". Could it be anymore ironic? Please reconsider the rules so we don't hurt our own economies. The European people are being punished when they already care more about the planet than these powerful enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544026_en"}, {"id": 33544024, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:29:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hoving-Snow Kreativ", "feedback": "For small and micro business there is still considerable confusion around both our obligations to be entered into a register per member states we ship packaging to and our EPR obligations. Across many member state there is notable variation between not only WHEN and authorized representative is required, but also WHO meets the member states definition of an Authorized representative. Under the new rules from August 12th, the commission defines an authorized representative as a neutral or legal person who resides or who's based of operations are within the member state. However, it does not define why and when an authorized representative should be used in each member state and so it varies wildly. In Germany an authorized representative is required to fulfill EPR obligations with regards to contributions into a recycling scheme, yet they require the business owners to register directly on their PPWR register. Yet, in Austria an authorized representative is required for both registration and fulfillment of all EPR obligations, but only notorised power of attorney Authorised representatives are allowed. In Denmark they insist on the Authorised representatives being a registered business in their internal system. In Sweden they require the Authorised representatives have a valid Tax ID. Both the Danish and Swedish system require an authorized representative for registration and EPR obligations. For a small/micro business, the cost of contracting an authorized representative simply to register on a member state PPWR register, will force these businesses to either end EU shipping or continuing without complying. Furthermore, Recital 122 and your recent June guidance clearly outlined that a small business the purchases it unbranded packaging within its own member state and then simply applies a shipping label to the unbranded transportation packaging that goes directly to an end user in another member state; will not be considered a producer. In that case the manufacturer of that unbranded transportation packaging would be the producer. However, the Cross-Border rule article 3 (15) directly conflicts with those statements as it defines a producer where an economic operator established in one Member State makes packaging or packaged products available for the first time in another Member State directly to end users. That ambiguity will and already has resulted in member states determining that a small/micro business IS the producer and therefore must comply with the extended producer obligations, simply because they packaged the product from another member state. Please clearly communicate to all member states the correct use of authorised representatives, when they should be required, if small/micro businesses are required to appoint an authorized representative, if the Cross-Border rule should be applied to small/micro businesses and what is actually required from small/micro businesses. As it currently stands, many small business owners throughout the EU as confused, frustration and highly concerned for the future of their livelihoods.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small and micro business there is still considerable confusion around both our obligations to be entered into a register per member states we ship packaging to and our EPR obligations. Across many member state there is notable variation between not only WHEN and authorized representative is required, but also WHO meets the member states definition of an Authorized representative. Under the new rules from August 12th, the commission defines an authorized representative as a neutral or legal person who resides or who's based of operations are within the member state. However, it does not define why and when an authorized representative should be used in each member state and so it varies wildly. In Germany an authorized representative is required to fulfill EPR obligations with regards to contributions into a recycling scheme, yet they require the business owners to register directly on their PPWR register. Yet, in Austria an authorized representative is required for both registration and fulfillment of all EPR obligations, but only notorised power of attorney Authorised representatives are allowed. In Denmark they insist on the Authorised representatives being a registered business in their internal system. In Sweden they require the Authorised representatives have a valid Tax ID. Both the Danish and Swedish system require an authorized representative for registration and EPR obligations. For a small/micro business, the cost of contracting an authorized representative simply to register on a member state PPWR register, will force these businesses to either end EU shipping or continuing without complying. Furthermore, Recital 122 and your recent June guidance clearly outlined that a small business the purchases it unbranded packaging within its own member state and then simply applies a shipping label to the unbranded transportation packaging that goes directly to an end user in another member state; will not be considered a producer. In that case the manufacturer of that unbranded transportation packaging would be the producer. However, the Cross-Border rule article 3 (15) directly conflicts with those statements as it defines a producer where an economic operator established in one Member State makes packaging or packaged products available for the first time in another Member State directly to end users. That ambiguity will and already has resulted in member states determining that a small/micro business IS the producer and therefore must comply with the extended producer obligations, simply because they packaged the product from another member state. Please clearly communicate to all member states the correct use of authorised representatives, when they should be required, if small/micro businesses are required to appoint an authorized representative, if the Cross-Border rule should be applied to small/micro businesses and what is actually required from small/micro businesses. As it currently stands, many small business owners throughout the EU as confused, frustration and highly concerned for the future of their livelihoods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544024_en"}, {"id": 33544023, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:28:34", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Three Trees Tarot", "feedback": "I strongly support the environmental aims of the PPWR and the goal of reducing packaging waste across the EU. However, I am very concerned about the financial and administrative burden the new requirements can place on very small independent businesses. I run a one-person business in the UK and sell relatively small quantities of products to customers in different EU countries. To comply, I may need to deal with separate registrations, EPR fees, authorised representatives, reporting requirements and compliance costs in individual countries. The costs can be completely disproportionate to the amount of business being done. For example, if I only sell a handful of orders to a particular EU country each year, the cost of registering and maintaining compliance in that country can exceed the value of the sales themselves. This can make it economically impossible for a micro-business to continue serving customers there, even when we want to comply with the regulations and support their environmental goals. This is particularly concerning for independent creators and makers whose businesses may be very small but whose customers are spread internationally. Large companies can absorb these costs and employ people to manage compliance. For a one-person business, the same requirements can represent a significant proportion of annual turnover and take a considerable amount of time away from actually running the business. There is also significant uncertainty around B2B sales. In my experience, different compliance providers are giving different answers about whether a non-EU business needs to register when it only wholesales to an EU retailer, with some saying registration is required and others indicating that the EU retailer/importer takes responsibility. This makes it extremely difficult for a micro-business to know what it is legally required to do. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider a genuinely proportionate approach for micro-businesses, particularly those selling very low volumes into individual Member States. Clear, consistent guidance and reasonable thresholds or simplified compliance routes would make it much easier for small businesses to comply without being forced to stop selling to EU customers simply because the cost of compliance is greater than the value of the trade. I believe the environmental objectives of the PPWR are important and worthwhile. I simply hope the implementation can recognise the enormous difference between a multinational company placing millions of packages on the EU market and a one-person creative business sending a few dozen packages a year.", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the environmental aims of the PPWR and the goal of reducing packaging waste across the EU. However, I am very concerned about the financial and administrative burden the new requirements can place on very small independent businesses. I run a one-person business in the UK and sell relatively small quantities of products to customers in different EU countries. To comply, I may need to deal with separate registrations, EPR fees, authorised representatives, reporting requirements and compliance costs in individual countries. The costs can be completely disproportionate to the amount of business being done. For example, if I only sell a handful of orders to a particular EU country each year, the cost of registering and maintaining compliance in that country can exceed the value of the sales themselves. This can make it economically impossible for a micro-business to continue serving customers there, even when we want to comply with the regulations and support their environmental goals. This is particularly concerning for independent creators and makers whose businesses may be very small but whose customers are spread internationally. Large companies can absorb these costs and employ people to manage compliance. For a one-person business, the same requirements can represent a significant proportion of annual turnover and take a considerable amount of time away from actually running the business. There is also significant uncertainty around B2B sales. In my experience, different compliance providers are giving different answers about whether a non-EU business needs to register when it only wholesales to an EU retailer, with some saying registration is required and others indicating that the EU retailer/importer takes responsibility. This makes it extremely difficult for a micro-business to know what it is legally required to do. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider a genuinely proportionate approach for micro-businesses, particularly those selling very low volumes into individual Member States. Clear, consistent guidance and reasonable thresholds or simplified compliance routes would make it much easier for small businesses to comply without being forced to stop selling to EU customers simply because the cost of compliance is greater than the value of the trade. I believe the environmental objectives of the PPWR are important and worthwhile. I simply hope the implementation can recognise the enormous difference between a multinational company placing millions of packages on the EU market and a one-person creative business sending a few dozen packages a year.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544023_en"}, {"id": 33544022, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:23:56", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is unfair to any and all small businesses. It will disproportionately affect micro/small businesses who cannot afford the cost of all the bureaucracy for all 27 countries. Every country has different rules, individual costs, often in the thousands, that cannot be covered by most small businesses, especially when only a small amount of sales are done in certain countries. It will kill thousands of businesses, stifle innovation and creativity, stall local production of goods, and move the market to only be composed of big corporations, leave the average citizen to having to work for them, instead of trying to make something new, as the cost is too high for most of us. It violates the free trade agreement, since only the big companies who can absorb these cost can now trade in europe. No small business, run by an average person, can support these costs, so, we cannot trade, as the economic barrier of entry is astronomically high.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is unfair to any and all small businesses. It will disproportionately affect micro/small businesses who cannot afford the cost of all the bureaucracy for all 27 countries. Every country has different rules, individual costs, often in the thousands, that cannot be covered by most small businesses, especially when only a small amount of sales are done in certain countries. It will kill thousands of businesses, stifle innovation and creativity, stall local production of goods, and move the market to only be composed of big corporations, leave the average citizen to having to work for them, instead of trying to make something new, as the cost is too high for most of us. It violates the free trade agreement, since only the big companies who can absorb these cost can now trade in europe. No small business, run by an average person, can support these costs, so, we cannot trade, as the economic barrier of entry is astronomically high.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544022_en"}, {"id": 33544021, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:18:19", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Hemrum Scandinavia AV", "feedback": "I support the environmental objectives of Regulation \\(EU\\) 2025/40 and the principle of producer responsibility. However, I am increasingly concerned that EU regulatory development is moving away from its stated ambition to support SMEs and micro enterprises, and instead is creating a steadily expanding layer of administrative obligations that small actors cannot realistically absorb. The proposed registration and reporting system is therefore disproportionate for micro enterprises and independent creators selling very small volumes across EU borders. The draft requires reporting for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market in a Member State. For micro-businesses, this can mean multiple national registrations, reporting obligations, authorised representatives and disproportionate fees even for minimal cross-border sales. This is particularly problematic for artists and designers who may only sell a few works or prints per year to other Member States. The environmental impact of their packaging is negligible, but the compliance burden is not. The issue is especially severe for low-priced products such as art prints (30-100). Fixed EPRcosts, registration and reporting obligations across multiple Member States can quickly exceed the profit margin, making cross-border sales economically unviable. The requirement to report packaging by material and weight further increases the burden, forcing micro-enterprises to maintain detailed data systems that are disproportionate to their activity. This must also be seen in the broader context of increasing EU administrative and reporting requirements. While each measure may be justified individually, the cumulative effect is a steadily growing compliance burden on small businesses(like one stop shop). Despite repeated EU commitments to support SMEs and reduce red tape, the practical direction of regulation is moving towards more declarations, more systems, and higher costs. This risks undermining entrepreneurship and discouraging participation in the Single Market. In this context, it is difficult to understand how the proportionality assessment of this proposal has been made without more fully accounting for the operational reality of micro-enterprises. A framework of this complexity and cost structure appears primarily designed with larger economic operators in mind, and it raises the question of whether the impact on the smallest market participants has been sufficiently central in the design phase. Regulation should not create a system where only companies with compliance departments can realistically trade across borders. A framework that is formally harmonised but practically inaccessible to micro-enterprises is not proportionate. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce a clear and meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very low volumes of packaging, particularly for businesses whose total packaging placed on the market in another Member State is negligible. At minimum: a single EU-wide registration; no requirement for authorised representatives for negligible volumes; simplified reporting based on estimates; proportionate or zero fees for minimal packaging; a clear EU-wide threshold exempting very low volumes from national EPR obligations. Without such measures, the regulation risks effectively excluding micro-enterprises from cross-border trade. A Swedish artist should not face the same compliance framework as a multinational company when shipping a single artwork or print abroad. If compliance costs exceed the value of the transaction, small cross-border sales will disappear. This would weaken, not strengthen, the Single Market and disproportionately harm independent creators. Environmental goals must be balanced with real regulatory proportionality. The objective should be responsibility for environmental impact - not administrative systems that make small-scale trade economically impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the environmental objectives of Regulation \\(EU\\) 2025/40 and the principle of producer responsibility. However, I am increasingly concerned that EU regulatory development is moving away from its stated ambition to support SMEs and micro enterprises, and instead is creating a steadily expanding layer of administrative obligations that small actors cannot realistically absorb. The proposed registration and reporting system is therefore disproportionate for micro enterprises and independent creators selling very small volumes across EU borders. The draft requires reporting for producers placing less than 10 tonnes of packaging on the market in a Member State. For micro-businesses, this can mean multiple national registrations, reporting obligations, authorised representatives and disproportionate fees even for minimal cross-border sales. This is particularly problematic for artists and designers who may only sell a few works or prints per year to other Member States. The environmental impact of their packaging is negligible, but the compliance burden is not. The issue is especially severe for low-priced products such as art prints (30-100). Fixed EPRcosts, registration and reporting obligations across multiple Member States can quickly exceed the profit margin, making cross-border sales economically unviable. The requirement to report packaging by material and weight further increases the burden, forcing micro-enterprises to maintain detailed data systems that are disproportionate to their activity. This must also be seen in the broader context of increasing EU administrative and reporting requirements. While each measure may be justified individually, the cumulative effect is a steadily growing compliance burden on small businesses(like one stop shop). Despite repeated EU commitments to support SMEs and reduce red tape, the practical direction of regulation is moving towards more declarations, more systems, and higher costs. This risks undermining entrepreneurship and discouraging participation in the Single Market. In this context, it is difficult to understand how the proportionality assessment of this proposal has been made without more fully accounting for the operational reality of micro-enterprises. A framework of this complexity and cost structure appears primarily designed with larger economic operators in mind, and it raises the question of whether the impact on the smallest market participants has been sufficiently central in the design phase. Regulation should not create a system where only companies with compliance departments can realistically trade across borders. A framework that is formally harmonised but practically inaccessible to micro-enterprises is not proportionate. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce a clear and meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very low volumes of packaging, particularly for businesses whose total packaging placed on the market in another Member State is negligible. At minimum: a single EU-wide registration; no requirement for authorised representatives for negligible volumes; simplified reporting based on estimates; proportionate or zero fees for minimal packaging; a clear EU-wide threshold exempting very low volumes from national EPR obligations. Without such measures, the regulation risks effectively excluding micro-enterprises from cross-border trade. A Swedish artist should not face the same compliance framework as a multinational company when shipping a single artwork or print abroad. If compliance costs exceed the value of the transaction, small cross-border sales will disappear. This would weaken, not strengthen, the Single Market and disproportionately harm independent creators. Environmental goals must be balanced with real regulatory proportionality. The objective should be responsibility for environmental impact - not administrative systems that make small-scale trade economically impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544021_en"}, {"id": 33544020, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:17:44", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Small businessess that only have a handful of sales per year, cannot afford these ridiculous fees. They're not responsible for the majority of packaging waste. You know who is? Temu, Shein, Amazon, etc. Why are sites like Temu advantaged by the new regulations?! Sellers on Temu don't have to worry about EPR or AR, since Temu takes care of it for them, therefore you are encouraging unethical platforms like Temu to keep selling and growing! They produce immense waste, not only with packaging but with the poorest quality of products in all markets. You are actively preventing all small and ethical businesses from working. 90% of small businesses I follow on social media will no longer sell to the EU or any country other than theirs, because of these insane prices. Instead of tackling the issue by including bigger businesses and corporations, that are the main problem but are also wealthy enough to stay in business, you are making families, customers and small/micro businesses pay the price. How can a family support a small business if, on top of (fairly priced) handmade items they find impossible shipping fees (due to wars none of us wanted nor supports!), tariffs, and now extra custom fees?! It's simply impossible. Now that the job market is collapsing, families that own a micro business will not be able to find a job because you forced them to close their business. If you haven't looked for a job lately, just know that 70% of positions are actually collecting data (and selling it illegally) not offering a real job, then you'll find countless scams, then job offers that ask for 10 years experience on a software that has been made public only 1 year ago, then positions for which your degree is a problem (you'd be surprised how often I couldn't get a job because I'm \"overqualified\"), then you'd be offered to moderate content for a ridiculously low salary and that if you accept, will give you a mental illness (unless you already had one. Not to mention the disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill people who can only work by/for themselves, therefore need to open a micro business to survive and pay their hefty medical bills. They often cannot leave their homes, must follow their own schedule, need flexibility and accommodations that normal jobs simply don't give. It's a necessity. Yet, you are taking away the only possible job for the disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill community. Small businesses should find help in the EU, not extra barriers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businessess that only have a handful of sales per year, cannot afford these ridiculous fees. They're not responsible for the majority of packaging waste. You know who is? Temu, Shein, Amazon, etc. Why are sites like Temu advantaged by the new regulations?! Sellers on Temu don't have to worry about EPR or AR, since Temu takes care of it for them, therefore you are encouraging unethical platforms like Temu to keep selling and growing! They produce immense waste, not only with packaging but with the poorest quality of products in all markets. You are actively preventing all small and ethical businesses from working. 90% of small businesses I follow on social media will no longer sell to the EU or any country other than theirs, because of these insane prices. Instead of tackling the issue by including bigger businesses and corporations, that are the main problem but are also wealthy enough to stay in business, you are making families, customers and small/micro businesses pay the price. How can a family support a small business if, on top of (fairly priced) handmade items they find impossible shipping fees (due to wars none of us wanted nor supports!), tariffs, and now extra custom fees?! It's simply impossible. Now that the job market is collapsing, families that own a micro business will not be able to find a job because you forced them to close their business. If you haven't looked for a job lately, just know that 70% of positions are actually collecting data (and selling it illegally) not offering a real job, then you'll find countless scams, then job offers that ask for 10 years experience on a software that has been made public only 1 year ago, then positions for which your degree is a problem (you'd be surprised how often I couldn't get a job because I'm \"overqualified\"), then you'd be offered to moderate content for a ridiculously low salary and that if you accept, will give you a mental illness (unless you already had one. Not to mention the disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill people who can only work by/for themselves, therefore need to open a micro business to survive and pay their hefty medical bills. They often cannot leave their homes, must follow their own schedule, need flexibility and accommodations that normal jobs simply don't give. It's a necessity. Yet, you are taking away the only possible job for the disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill community. Small businesses should find help in the EU, not extra barriers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544020_en"}, {"id": 33544019, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:15:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rock meets Wool", "feedback": "Wie kann es sein, dass für die großen Player die gleichen Regeln gelten wie für und Kleinstunternehmen? Wir sind in aller Regel alleine, habe keine Rechtsabteilung und Millionen auf dem Konto. Wir kämpfen sowieso schon um unser überleben und jetzt schließt man und praktisch von Märkten aus. Ich frage mich ernsthaft, warum es nicht einfach eine zentrale Stelle gibt bei der lizensiert und gemeldet wird. Zusätzlich sitzen wir in Deutschland da und wissen bis heute nicht, wer jetzt recht hat und woran man sich orientieren soll. Die EU sagt Hü die ZSVR sagt Hott und wir sitzen zwischen den Stühlen und müssen mit all diesen Einschränkungen irgendwie köar kommen. Verdienen weniger weil wir nicht mehr in die EU liefern können und haben mehr Aufwand. Wo ist denn bitte der versprochene Bürokratieabbau? Wo die Erleichterungen für Kleinstunternehmen? Oder das ist das gewollt, dass all die kreativen und innovativen Menschen nicht mehr am Markt teilnehmen? Denn so fühlt es sich an. Wir möchten doch auch nur mit dem Geld verdienen was wir lieben. Das ist für die meisten von uns kein kleines Hobby, nicht wenige versuchen ihre Lebensunterhalt damit zu bestreiten. Ich bitte Sie darum, hier wirklich noch mal nachzubessern und sich vielleicht Gedanken über Bagatellgrenzen für all die kleinen Unternehmen zu machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "How can big players be subject to the same rules as micro-enterprises and micro-enterprises? We are usually alone, do not have a legal department and have millions in the account. In any case, we are already fighting for our survival and now we are excluding from markets, and in practice from them. I seriously wonder why there is not simply a central body in which licences are issued and reported. In addition, we are seated in Germany and we still do not know who is right now and what direction to take. The EU says Hü the ZSVR says Hott and we are seated between the chairs and with all these restrictions we have to come somehow coarse. Earn less because we can no longer deliver to the EU and are more burdensome. What is the promise to cut red tape? Where are the facilitations for micro-enterprises? Or is it the intention that all creative and innovative people will no longer participate in the market? Because it feels like that. But we just want to earn what we love with the money. This is not a small hobby for most of us, not a few are trying to make a living with it. I would ask you to make a real difference here and perhaps to consider de minimis thresholds for all small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544019_en"}, {"id": 33544018, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:13:50", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kirā", "feedback": "Im disappointed that these rules risk making cross-border trade financially unfeasible for micro-businesses. Small brands selling low volumes may face separate registrations, reporting requirements and compliance costs in multiple EU countries, even when their actual packaging volumes are very small. This risks discouraging entrepreneurship, limiting cross-border growth and making the Single Market less accessible to small businesses. Sustainability rules should be proportionate to the actual environmental impact, with meaningful simplifications for micro-enterprises and ideally a single EU-wide registration system.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im disappointed that these rules risk making cross-border trade financially unfeasible for micro-businesses. Small brands selling low volumes may face separate registrations, reporting requirements and compliance costs in multiple EU countries, even when their actual packaging volumes are very small. This risks discouraging entrepreneurship, limiting cross-border growth and making the Single Market less accessible to small businesses. Sustainability rules should be proportionate to the actual environmental impact, with meaningful simplifications for micro-enterprises and ideally a single EU-wide registration system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544018_en"}, {"id": 33544017, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:13:48", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Acier Maudit", "feedback": "This set of rules makes no sense for small businesses. 1. The cost, in money and in time, far exceeds the capacities of one-person businesses. We do not have compliance teams to find, contact, and adapt to every update for every country we wish to ship to. I personally gain less than 10000 a year from my business, and the several additional costs of hiring A.R. in every EU country, then paying several recycling fees in all these countries is just not realistic. It is also a huge burden in terms of administrative work when you already are an artist/craftsman (which should represent the major part of your time, and is already the smallest one), your own sellperson, social media manager, etc. 2. The fact this regulation was not thought with small businesses in mind is in itself an absurdity. The European Union tells its members one of its biggest goals is refocusing on the european market. So why would it create a law ruining all small european businesses and craftmanship by forcing them to only ship in their own country inside of the EU? Surely you realise it only benefits the biggest (and the more polluting) businesses, while devaluing entirely what EU can produce in terms of art, craftmanship, and culturally significant work? How is having a simpler and less expensive time shipping outside of EU doing EU's market a service? Or the environment? 3. The last absurdity showing no study of small businesses was made before validating this regulation is the following: The rule's goal is to reduce packaging waste. Effectively, taking my business as example, the simple fact of having to add a compliance sheet to every order multiplies my paper use by approx. 5 times. It also forces me to buy a printer, and therefore several ink cartridge every year. All of this create way more waste and pollution than the way I'd wished to keep things. My total year waste in terms of packaging is literally half of a 60L plastic bag. Furthermore, I keep all I can from every package I receive and reuse that as often as I can. Now it won't be an option anymore, upping my business and personal waste production by a lot. The EU can not, and should not try to stand without its makers, artists and craftsmen, not if it wants to keep its cultural value, which is rich and diverse. What I ask as a small business owner, an artist, a craftsman and also a buyer of european goods, arts, and crafts is this: - Exempt small businesses from having to hire authorized representatives in each concerned country. - Harmonise registration or exempt small businesses from having to register in each concerned country. - Harmonise waste disposal fees with an affordable cost for small businesses or exempt small businesses from having to pay them in each concerned country.", "feedbackEnglish": "This set of rules makes no sense for small businesses. 1. The cost, in money and in time, far exceeds the capacities of one-person businesses. We do not have compliance teams to find, contact, and adapt to every update for every country we wish to ship to. I personally gain less than 10000 a year from my business, and the several additional costs of hiring A.R. in every EU country, then paying several recycling fees in all these countries is just not realistic. It is also a huge burden in terms of administrative work when you already are an artist/craftsman (which should represent the major part of your time, and is already the smallest one), your own sellperson, social media manager, etc. 2. The fact this regulation was not thought with small businesses in mind is in itself an absurdity. The European Union tells its members one of its biggest goals is refocusing on the european market. So why would it create a law ruining all small european businesses and craftmanship by forcing them to only ship in their own country inside of the EU? Surely you realise it only benefits the biggest (and the more polluting) businesses, while devaluing entirely what EU can produce in terms of art, craftmanship, and culturally significant work? How is having a simpler and less expensive time shipping outside of EU doing EU's market a service? Or the environment? 3. The last absurdity showing no study of small businesses was made before validating this regulation is the following: The rule's goal is to reduce packaging waste. Effectively, taking my business as example, the simple fact of having to add a compliance sheet to every order multiplies my paper use by approx. 5 times. It also forces me to buy a printer, and therefore several ink cartridge every year. All of this create way more waste and pollution than the way I'd wished to keep things. My total year waste in terms of packaging is literally half of a 60L plastic bag. Furthermore, I keep all I can from every package I receive and reuse that as often as I can. Now it won't be an option anymore, upping my business and personal waste production by a lot. The EU can not, and should not try to stand without its makers, artists and craftsmen, not if it wants to keep its cultural value, which is rich and diverse. What I ask as a small business owner, an artist, a craftsman and also a buyer of european goods, arts, and crafts is this: - Exempt small businesses from having to hire authorized representatives in each concerned country. - Harmonise registration or exempt small businesses from having to register in each concerned country. - Harmonise waste disposal fees with an affordable cost for small businesses or exempt small businesses from having to pay them in each concerned country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544017_en"}, {"id": 33544016, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:09:39", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Having the same ammount of financial burden be put upon small businesses and large businesses to be compliant with tge PPWR is frankly ridiculous. Small businesses should be exempt, or the costs of representatives should be calculated based on the income. Additionally, the rule shall be postponed until registration is localized to the same website, having to register for 20+ countries sepparately is putting too much burden on small businesses and individual sellers.", "feedbackEnglish": "Having the same ammount of financial burden be put upon small businesses and large businesses to be compliant with tge PPWR is frankly ridiculous. Small businesses should be exempt, or the costs of representatives should be calculated based on the income. Additionally, the rule shall be postponed until registration is localized to the same website, having to register for 20+ countries sepparately is putting too much burden on small businesses and individual sellers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544016_en"}, {"id": 33544015, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:05:15", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I do not agree with this law at all. Small businesses deserve to exist and you shouldnt make them go bankrupt just because they are small. This is unacceptable.", "feedbackEnglish": "I do not agree with this law at all. Small businesses deserve to exist and you shouldnt make them go bankrupt just because they are small. This is unacceptable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544015_en"}, {"id": 33544014, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:04:00", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who loves to create art and wants to start up a small business I see this business doomed to fail as my products would appeal to apublic that is spread out across Europe and not just limited to Belgium. I do not see myself being able to build a sustainable business having to invest not only in sustainable packaging but now also being responsible for paying large fees not knowing I will ever reach the amount of orders to justify the costs of the fees you are charging and that with a different amount per EU member state. Small businesses cannot sustain themselves if they need to pay more in fees than they get in yearly revenue. Please consider a different approach for this regulation that is scalable depending on your businesses actual ecological footprint as many small businesses already try to recycle and be mindful of their packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who loves to create art and wants to start up a small business I see this business doomed to fail as my products would appeal to apublic that is spread out across Europe and not just limited to Belgium. I do not see myself being able to build a sustainable business having to invest not only in sustainable packaging but now also being responsible for paying large fees not knowing I will ever reach the amount of orders to justify the costs of the fees you are charging and that with a different amount per EU member state. Small businesses cannot sustain themselves if they need to pay more in fees than they get in yearly revenue. Please consider a different approach for this regulation that is scalable depending on your businesses actual ecological footprint as many small businesses already try to recycle and be mindful of their packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544014_en"}, {"id": 33544013, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/09 00:02:07", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is an unimaginable burden on any small online businesses. The bureaucratic barrier of entry is unjustifiable, especially for one person businesses that maybe have 5 to 10 sales on a good month, all across the continent. This initiative raises borders again, only allowing commerce inside the union if you're rich enough, if you have reach enough, if you have enough free time and money to spend. It hits artists and part time sellers particularly hard. Only large, monopolistic corporations will remain, as creating a small, new business that requires shipping will be fiscally irresponsible for the average person. At a time where the average citizen is struggling with money, housing, job security, often having to take other jobs to sustain themselves, this bureaucratic nightmare will make it even harder for that citizen to rise, to keep their dreams, to invest in themselves and their passion, from painting, to shoes, shirts, electronics, 3d printed items, stickers, even sculptures. Everyone deserves a chance to take a chance, but these laws take that chance away from most of us. It also badly affects local productions. Any sort of european production has now a new burden of export, essentially ending free trade unless it's a mega corporation with enough revenue to just pay and move on. This encourages a more closed economy, with only big, often third country corporations as the only form of access to items that are locally produced, but now cannot be sold to europeans because they can't pay hundreds, or even thousands, just to ship a couple of packages to that country a month. This drives apart communities created on common interest, drives countries and people apart, as they can't sell and buy from each other without having a large corporation as a middle man with money to make the exchange. It's pointless bureaucracy for people who cannot afford it, it will kill hundreds of thousands of small businesses, livelihoods, that will have to be abandoned, and those sales will go elsewhere, to third country corporations, instead, while european dreams, sources of income, lives, are replaced only by the ones who are already established and can afford it. Go back on your decision. Prove you listen to people. Prove you don't work for these corporations. Take care of europeans who want to buy from passionate people, who often work alone, to sell their product, their art, their passion. Do not kill small businesses. Do not cut the wings of those who dare to fly.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is an unimaginable burden on any small online businesses. The bureaucratic barrier of entry is unjustifiable, especially for one person businesses that maybe have 5 to 10 sales on a good month, all across the continent. This initiative raises borders again, only allowing commerce inside the union if you're rich enough, if you have reach enough, if you have enough free time and money to spend. It hits artists and part time sellers particularly hard. Only large, monopolistic corporations will remain, as creating a small, new business that requires shipping will be fiscally irresponsible for the average person. At a time where the average citizen is struggling with money, housing, job security, often having to take other jobs to sustain themselves, this bureaucratic nightmare will make it even harder for that citizen to rise, to keep their dreams, to invest in themselves and their passion, from painting, to shoes, shirts, electronics, 3d printed items, stickers, even sculptures. Everyone deserves a chance to take a chance, but these laws take that chance away from most of us. It also badly affects local productions. Any sort of european production has now a new burden of export, essentially ending free trade unless it's a mega corporation with enough revenue to just pay and move on. This encourages a more closed economy, with only big, often third country corporations as the only form of access to items that are locally produced, but now cannot be sold to europeans because they can't pay hundreds, or even thousands, just to ship a couple of packages to that country a month. This drives apart communities created on common interest, drives countries and people apart, as they can't sell and buy from each other without having a large corporation as a middle man with money to make the exchange. It's pointless bureaucracy for people who cannot afford it, it will kill hundreds of thousands of small businesses, livelihoods, that will have to be abandoned, and those sales will go elsewhere, to third country corporations, instead, while european dreams, sources of income, lives, are replaced only by the ones who are already established and can afford it. Go back on your decision. Prove you listen to people. Prove you don't work for these corporations. Take care of europeans who want to buy from passionate people, who often work alone, to sell their product, their art, their passion. Do not kill small businesses. Do not cut the wings of those who dare to fly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544013_en"}, {"id": 33544012, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:59:45", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I truly cannot believe how a law that harms so many small businesses could come to pass. How can small businesses, often run by a single person be expected to pay thousands of euros a year to be able to sell their products in another EU country? Big corporations can easily absorb the costs, but what are the small businesses supposed to do? I have watched small business after small business be forced to close or stop selling outside of their own country for the past few days and it is outrageous. I urge you to revise this law, small and micro businesses should be exempt from it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I truly cannot believe how a law that harms so many small businesses could come to pass. How can small businesses, often run by a single person be expected to pay thousands of euros a year to be able to sell their products in another EU country? Big corporations can easily absorb the costs, but what are the small businesses supposed to do? I have watched small business after small business be forced to close or stop selling outside of their own country for the past few days and it is outrageous. I urge you to revise this law, small and micro businesses should be exempt from it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544012_en"}, {"id": 33544011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:56:41", "country": "MLT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Atelier Gable ", "feedback": "This new regulation has such administrative and fiscal complexity and cost that it makes small artisans unable to comply. The average sale I make is 100. I hand make each item and I might only sell 2000 into the EU market. An order could come from any of the 27 members but the idea of registration for possibly 1 sale in a country is clearly non viable. Secondly, I live in Malta, a tiny market the size of a decent town in most eu states. Many small companies that are our suppliers will not bother to register Malta or other small states as its again not viable to pay the fees. I will find companies saying we dont ship to Malta because its too expensive and time consuming This law punishes the small business and small states disproportionately and benefits the larger groups at the expense of the smaller.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation has such administrative and fiscal complexity and cost that it makes small artisans unable to comply. The average sale I make is 100. I hand make each item and I might only sell 2000 into the EU market. An order could come from any of the 27 members but the idea of registration for possibly 1 sale in a country is clearly non viable. Secondly, I live in Malta, a tiny market the size of a decent town in most eu states. Many small companies that are our suppliers will not bother to register Malta or other small states as its again not viable to pay the fees. I will find companies saying we dont ship to Malta because its too expensive and time consuming This law punishes the small business and small states disproportionately and benefits the larger groups at the expense of the smaller.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544011_en"}, {"id": 33544010, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:54:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I disgree HEAVILY with the implementation of this new law. Under the proposed act, all businesses would have to pay the same sums .This disadvantages small and single-person businesses severly. All large companies (Shien, Amazon etc...) will be able to pay the fees as if it were pocket change but any small business selling items will be financially ruined. If this law passes, all artists who create physical works and artisans will either have to cease production or delve into illegality. Frankly I'm surprised this law was even proposed.", "feedbackEnglish": "I disgree HEAVILY with the implementation of this new law. Under the proposed act, all businesses would have to pay the same sums .This disadvantages small and single-person businesses severly. All large companies (Shien, Amazon etc...) will be able to pay the fees as if it were pocket change but any small business selling items will be financially ruined. If this law passes, all artists who create physical works and artisans will either have to cease production or delve into illegality. Frankly I'm surprised this law was even proposed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544010_en"}, {"id": 33544009, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:53:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jackaloop Knits", "feedback": "I am a tiny business owner in Germany, working alone, selling handmade plushies for adults worldwide through the Etsy marketplace. I can accept roughly 4 orders/month. To avoid packaging costs and to help the environment, I reuse old cardboard boxes I receive from my own online orders for my shipments. The new regulations, while making perfect sense for big corporations, make it impossible for me to keep selling within the EU. The costs connected to the new packaging regulations are a multiple of what I make a year. If there is no exception made for small handmade craft businesses, we can not survive this. I do not wish to live in a world where the only buying options are from huge, impersonal and greedy corporations. I wish to buy from small artists. I wish to be able to keep selling my heart's work to my wonderful and grateful customers. Please do not kill off small businesses. We can not afford this - and we are not the problem. Please create an exception from these rules for us, for our work, that has value and brings human love, passion and skill into a money focused and robot-dominated business world. We all need art, and its artists. Thank you for your consideration.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a tiny business owner in Germany, working alone, selling handmade plushies for adults worldwide through the Etsy marketplace. I can accept roughly 4 orders/month. To avoid packaging costs and to help the environment, I reuse old cardboard boxes I receive from my own online orders for my shipments. The new regulations, while making perfect sense for big corporations, make it impossible for me to keep selling within the EU. The costs connected to the new packaging regulations are a multiple of what I make a year. If there is no exception made for small handmade craft businesses, we can not survive this. I do not wish to live in a world where the only buying options are from huge, impersonal and greedy corporations. I wish to buy from small artists. I wish to be able to keep selling my heart's work to my wonderful and grateful customers. Please do not kill off small businesses. We can not afford this - and we are not the problem. Please create an exception from these rules for us, for our work, that has value and brings human love, passion and skill into a money focused and robot-dominated business world. We all need art, and its artists. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544009_en"}, {"id": 33544008, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:52:04", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law in its current form risks putting down most micro businesses in Europe. A micro business that sells a few dozen/ up to a hundred items a year cannot afford to pay for registration in multiple countries, as the fees might end up costing more than the profit made by selling. This will affect many small artisans and handmade shop owners who will end up loosing their livelihoods. Certain thresholds for exemptions need to be implemented, or a centralised system that makes it affordable for small businesses to become compliant without paying thousands of euros.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law in its current form risks putting down most micro businesses in Europe. A micro business that sells a few dozen/ up to a hundred items a year cannot afford to pay for registration in multiple countries, as the fees might end up costing more than the profit made by selling. This will affect many small artisans and handmade shop owners who will end up loosing their livelihoods. Certain thresholds for exemptions need to be implemented, or a centralised system that makes it affordable for small businesses to become compliant without paying thousands of euros.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544008_en"}, {"id": 33544007, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:46:43", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'll preface by saying that I agree that more effort must be made toward reducing waste in every way we can, but the new regulations regarding packaging, that should force companies that input large amount of waste material in the EU market to review their practices and take responsibilities, are not gonna affect companies that move large volumes of packages, but will harm small and medium EU based business in a way that will simply destroy them. Many micro businesses have relied on the promise and benefits that the open EU market provided for people that want to start and branch out from their country's market, but these new regulations will simply make everything harder and almost impossible to manage", "feedbackEnglish": "I'll preface by saying that I agree that more effort must be made toward reducing waste in every way we can, but the new regulations regarding packaging, that should force companies that input large amount of waste material in the EU market to review their practices and take responsibilities, are not gonna affect companies that move large volumes of packages, but will harm small and medium EU based business in a way that will simply destroy them. Many micro businesses have relied on the promise and benefits that the open EU market provided for people that want to start and branch out from their country's market, but these new regulations will simply make everything harder and almost impossible to manage", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544007_en"}, {"id": 33544006, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:46:34", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Another nail in the coffin for small businesses. Thank you EU", "feedbackEnglish": "Another nail in the coffin for small businesses. Thank you EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544006_en"}, {"id": 33544005, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:43:50", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bonjour, Je suis quelqu'un de très impliqué auprès d'amis artisans et possédant des micro-entreprises et, sans être moi-même artisan, je vois à quel point cette loi aura des conséquences désastreuses pour les micro et petites entreprises. Beaucoup d'artisans et créateurs indépendant ne gagnent pas assez pour pouvoir continuer d'exercer leur activité si de nouvelles taxes viennent leur ponctionner le peu de revenus qu'ils génèrent et avec lesquels ils peuvent déjà à peine vivre. Si ce projet de loi est louable pour exercer un contrôle nécessaire sur les grandes entreprises qui peuvent se permettre de payer des taxes supplémentaires dans chaque pays de l'Union Européenne, si les micro entrepreneurs et autres artisans ne bénéficient pas d'exemption (comme pour la TVA), leurs métiers vont s'effondrer et eux ne pourront plus vivre de leur activité. Je demande donc qu'une exemption soit mise en place pour les créateurs et artisans en dessous d'un certain revenu annuel comme c'est déjà le cas pour la TVA. Cordialement, Mei Harize", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am someone very involved with craftsmen friends with micro-enterprises and, without being a craftsman myself, I see how this law will have disastrous consequences for micro and small businesses. Many self-employed craftsmen and designers do not earn enough to be able to continue their activities if they are burdened with new taxes because of the limited income they generate and with which they can hardly live. While this draft law is commendable for exercising the necessary control over large companies which can afford to pay additional taxes in each country of the European Union, if micro entrepreneurs and other craftsmen do not benefit from an exemption (as for VAT), their jobs will collapse and they will no longer be able to live from their activity. I therefore call for an exemption to be introduced for designers and craftsmen below a certain annual income, as is already the case for VAT. Kind regards, Mei Harise", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544005_en"}, {"id": 33544004, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:41:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Vielen Dank für unzählige neue Regeln und Kosten. Versand innerhalb der EU macht keinen Sinn mehr. Der einstmals gute Gedanke des freien Warenverkehrs innerhalb der EU ist spätestens jetzt komplett vernichtet. Sehr schade. (Why ist the feedback form text English? I selected German!)", "feedbackEnglish": "Thank you for a myriad of new rules and costs. Shipments within the EU no longer make sense. The previously good idea of the free movement of goods within the EU is now completely destroyed at the latest. Very bad. (Why is the feedback form text English? I selected German!)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544004_en"}, {"id": 33544003, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:39:46", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hallo, Als Nederlandse kleine ondernemer wil ik iets maken en creëren en dit kunnen delen met anderen. Het openen van een eigen webshop maakt het mogelijk dat iedereen toegang heeft tot wat je als kleine ondernemer maakt. Dit geldt voor iedere kleine ondernemer natuurlijk. Het fijne is dat je niet gebonden bent aan een publiek of markt, maar juist iedereen (ter wereld) voor jouw werk en producten kan kiezen. En juist de sociale media maken dit extra makkelijk; iedereen kan jouw werk ook leren kennen. Vaak verkopen deze ondernemers in een niche markt, waarbij verkopen uit diverse landen het opgeteld rendabel laten zijn. Een hele mooie manier om iets moois te brengen in de wereld van geautomatiseerde systemen, chatbots en andere Ai creaties. Dit is namelijk mensenwerk, vaak ook duurzaam handwerk. Echt mens, echte producten, kleine oplages (geen overproductie of massa dus!) je bent dus hierbij zowel de maker, de verkoper, de klantenservice en de boekhouder. Je doet alles zelf, want het ook zo persoonlijk maakt. Echter met ingang van deze nieuwe regels rondom verpakken, moeten de kleine ondernemers (zoals ik) ineens een extra rol erbij vervullen. Een rol met heel veel extra werk, maar ook komen daarbij nog eens heel veel extra kosten kijken. Vaste kosten die niet betaald kunnen worden met de verdiensten. Deze kosten wegen dus bij lange na niet op tegen de verdiensten. En kan simpelweg niet uit. En nu is het natuurlijk iets heel goeds dat er iets gedaan wordt rondom verpakking, afval en overconsumptie (met het bijbehorende verpakkingsmateriaal), maar deze nieuwere regelingen treffen juist de ondernemers het hardste die de minste schade veroorzaken. Veel kleine ondernemers zijn namelijk over het algemeen heel bewust van hun eigen voetafdruk. Zij recyclen al zoveel mogelijk verzenddozen, zij laten geen reserve stickers of zakken maken. Zij kopen in wat nodig is, gebruiken wat moet, en weten als geen ander dat klein verpakken key is! Alles is vaak veel doordachter, er is geen afdeling die het in de volgende meeting gaat bespreken. Zij voeren zelf alle handelingen door? Zien elke transactie. Moeten leven van wat zij doen. Nu gaan deze ondernemers dezelfde extra handelingen en kosten erbij krijgen als multinationals. Dit is niet aanvaardbaar, in een wereld waarbij (duurzaam) handwerk meer gestimuleerd zou moeten worden. Dit is daarbij een onevenredig grote kostenpost voor kleine ondernemers t o v grote bedrijven. Laat de kleine ondernemers niet uitsterven. Laat ons kijken naar een eerlijke oplossing, waarbij de regels schieten op de grote vissen in de zee van ondernemers. Dat de regels kloppen met hoe belastend je daadwerkelijk bent voor het milieu.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, As a Dutch small entrepreneur, I want to make and create something and can share it with others. Opening your own online shop makes it possible for everyone to have access to what you make as a small entrepreneur. This applies, of course, to every small entrepreneur. It’s fine that you are not tied to an audience or market, but rather everyone (in the world) can choose your work and products. And it is social media that makes this particularly easy; everyone can also get to know your work. These entrepreneurs often sell in a niche market, with sales from several countries making the aggregate profitable. A great way to bring something beautiful to the world of automated systems, chatbots and other Ai creations. This is human work, often also sustainable handicrafts. So you are both the creator, the seller, the after-sales service and the accountant. You do everything yourself, because it also makes it personal. However, as of these new packaging rules, small operators (like me) will have to play an additional role in this. A role with a lot of extra work, but also a lot of extra costs. Fixed costs that cannot be covered by the merits. Those costs are therefore far from being outweighed by merits. This is simply not possible. And now, of course, it is very good that something is being done about packaging, waste and overconsumption (with the associated packaging material), but these newer arrangements are hitting the least damaging operators hardest. Indeed, many small entrepreneurs are generally very aware of their own footprint. They already recycle as many shipping boxes as possible, they do not leave a reserve of stickers or bags. They buy in what is needed, use what to do, and if no other person knows that small packaging is key! Everything is often well understood, there is no section to discuss at the next meeting. Do they carry out all the actions themselves? See every transaction. Have to live from what they do. These entrepreneurs now face the same additional actions and costs as multinationals. This is not acceptable, in a world where (sustainable) handicrafts should be promoted more. This is a disproportionate cost for small businesses and large companies. Do not let small entrepreneurs get out of business. Let us look at a fair solution, where the rules shoot on the big fish in the sea of entrepreneurs. That the rules are consistent with how burdensome you actually are for the environment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544003_en"}, {"id": 33544002, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:37:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This impacts small artists and businesses significantly. It destroys any chance at a eu wide trade with bureaucracy and fees a small business can't handle. Not only is this bad for our economic growth and competition (as new startups have another big hurdle to clear) it is also against the spirit of the European union of borderlessness and freedom. I promote my products online for everyone and not being able to ship my small arts and crafts goods to some people because they live in the wrong country sounds crazy to me. But that will be the reality this creates. I won't be able to gain new customers in other places since i have to exclude some countries from shipping. This is disappointing. Please stop trying to solve the climate crisis by micromanaging the people and start holding the real culprits, big corporations, accountable for exploiting and destroying our nature.", "feedbackEnglish": "This impacts small artists and businesses significantly. It destroys any chance at a eu wide trade with bureaucracy and fees a small business can't handle. Not only is this bad for our economic growth and competition (as new startups have another big hurdle to clear) it is also against the spirit of the European union of borderlessness and freedom. I promote my products online for everyone and not being able to ship my small arts and crafts goods to some people because they live in the wrong country sounds crazy to me. But that will be the reality this creates. I won't be able to gain new customers in other places since i have to exclude some countries from shipping. This is disappointing. Please stop trying to solve the climate crisis by micromanaging the people and start holding the real culprits, big corporations, accountable for exploiting and destroying our nature.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544002_en"}, {"id": 33544001, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:37:46", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, In my opinion, this regulation in its current form is killing small businesses in the EU while doing very little to address the huge international corporations that have flooded our market with low-quality products. How is it possible that a small local business in one EU country cannot send a small package to another EU country without facing enormous static fees and, in some cases, having to hire a local representative? This kind of bureaucracy actively hinders trade within the EU. In my opinion, it goes against one of the fundamental ideas behind the European Union: making it easier for businesses to operate and trade across borders. I fully support recycling fees and the goal of making businesses responsible for the environmental impact of their packaging. The problem is not the principle. The problem is the implementation. There are many ways to achieve the same environmental goals without creating such a disproportionate burden for small businesses. For example: - Introduce an exception or simplified procedure for small businesses below a certain turnover or shipment volume. - Alternatively, require logistics companies to include the appropriate recycling fee directly in the shipping cost, so that the sender pays a fee based on the weight or type of packaging. - Create a simple EU-wide system where a small business can pay a small, predictable fee without having to register separately and deal with different national administrative requirements. Please consider the proportionality of these requirements. An annual fee and administrative burden that might be insignificant for a large corporation can be a major cost for a small business, especially for a one-person business or independent creator. We should not create a system where selling a small handmade product to a customer in another EU country becomes so complicated and expensive that the seller simply decides not to do it. The EU should be removing unnecessary barriers to cross-border trade, not creating new ones. Don't underestimate the damage this kind of bureaucracy can do to the EU's small-business economy. Social media exploded with posts about small businesses stop all deliveries inside EU. Best regards, woodcarver and sculptor from Sweden", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, In my opinion, this regulation in its current form is killing small businesses in the EU while doing very little to address the huge international corporations that have flooded our market with low-quality products. How is it possible that a small local business in one EU country cannot send a small package to another EU country without facing enormous static fees and, in some cases, having to hire a local representative? This kind of bureaucracy actively hinders trade within the EU. In my opinion, it goes against one of the fundamental ideas behind the European Union: making it easier for businesses to operate and trade across borders. I fully support recycling fees and the goal of making businesses responsible for the environmental impact of their packaging. The problem is not the principle. The problem is the implementation. There are many ways to achieve the same environmental goals without creating such a disproportionate burden for small businesses. For example: - Introduce an exception or simplified procedure for small businesses below a certain turnover or shipment volume. - Alternatively, require logistics companies to include the appropriate recycling fee directly in the shipping cost, so that the sender pays a fee based on the weight or type of packaging. - Create a simple EU-wide system where a small business can pay a small, predictable fee without having to register separately and deal with different national administrative requirements. Please consider the proportionality of these requirements. An annual fee and administrative burden that might be insignificant for a large corporation can be a major cost for a small business, especially for a one-person business or independent creator. We should not create a system where selling a small handmade product to a customer in another EU country becomes so complicated and expensive that the seller simply decides not to do it. The EU should be removing unnecessary barriers to cross-border trade, not creating new ones. Don't underestimate the damage this kind of bureaucracy can do to the EU's small-business economy. Social media exploded with posts about small businesses stop all deliveries inside EU. Best regards, woodcarver and sculptor from Sweden", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544001_en"}, {"id": 33544000, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:29:16", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Commission, I truly appreciate trying to make the world better by making sure theres less waste caused by packaging materials. Unfortunately in current circumstances, it seems to me that new rules make it really hard, if not impossible, for small businesses. And funnily enough, its micro businesses who use already a lot of recycled packaging and care about sustainability. But with such high costs of registration, agents and covering tons of kilograms of packages - which, lets be honest small businesses will not produce in year, we might just not have chance to exist. I have been working really hard to open my one person business this year finally. And just when I was ready, it seems like all the hard work was for nothing and I wont be able to run it. Because all these costs are way higher than I would be able to cover. My business was my chance for getting out of unemployment and unfavourable situation, and with all it ready but unable to ship, I am, in a simple human words, heartbroken. I believe that there is a way to solve it differently and help us, micro businesses carry on. Its not that we dont care about sustainability- it was always a priority for many of us. But we cant be financially on same level as big companies. Please try to see our side. I appreciate anyone who took time to read this. Kind regards, Justyna Borek", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commission, I truly appreciate trying to make the world better by making sure theres less waste caused by packaging materials. Unfortunately in current circumstances, it seems to me that new rules make it really hard, if not impossible, for small businesses. And funnily enough, its micro businesses who use already a lot of recycled packaging and care about sustainability. But with such high costs of registration, agents and covering tons of kilograms of packages - which, lets be honest small businesses will not produce in year, we might just not have chance to exist. I have been working really hard to open my one person business this year finally. And just when I was ready, it seems like all the hard work was for nothing and I wont be able to run it. Because all these costs are way higher than I would be able to cover. My business was my chance for getting out of unemployment and unfavourable situation, and with all it ready but unable to ship, I am, in a simple human words, heartbroken. I believe that there is a way to solve it differently and help us, micro businesses carry on. Its not that we dont care about sustainability- it was always a priority for many of us. But we cant be financially on same level as big companies. Please try to see our side. I appreciate anyone who took time to read this. Kind regards, Justyna Borek", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33544000_en"}, {"id": 33543999, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:25:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "With All Dogs", "feedback": "I am a small business owner in Germany. I grew up in the Netherlands, and moved here over 6 years ago. I love the EU, I love what it stands for... and this new PPWR and EPR is destroying exactly that. Back in 1999, when talks about the EU were a thing, and people were informed about it, one of the core values were 'Making trade within the Union easier, so to strengthen eachothers market'. This value will be lost at the 12th of August. I cannot afford the costs, nor the bureaucracy that comes with 27 member states, it is even cheaper for me to deliver items my self to said states, and drive back with my nasty Benzine driven car, because most of my orders are up to 1 or 2 per country. Please dear EU. Rethink this measure through. A lot of people will be forced to give up their microbusiness, or atleast restrict the countries they sell to. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner in Germany. I grew up in the Netherlands, and moved here over 6 years ago. I love the EU, I love what it stands for... and this new PPWR and EPR is destroying exactly that. Back in 1999, when talks about the EU were a thing, and people were informed about it, one of the core values were 'Making trade within the Union easier, so to strengthen eachothers market'. This value will be lost at the 12th of August. I cannot afford the costs, nor the bureaucracy that comes with 27 member states, it is even cheaper for me to deliver items my self to said states, and drive back with my nasty Benzine driven car, because most of my orders are up to 1 or 2 per country. Please dear EU. Rethink this measure through. A lot of people will be forced to give up their microbusiness, or atleast restrict the countries they sell to. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543999_en"}, {"id": 33543998, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:16:29", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gefion Designs", "feedback": "Stop killing Micro businesses and small art businesses! Last year with step 1 you made me loose sleep several nights of sleep, before I finally called the Danish Environmental authorities. I was then redirected to some private entity that they have outsourced the job to, who then told me I did not need to register, since I use off the shelf recycled cardboard boxes and are way below the threshold. Now I have to worry about this too as well as QR codes? Nah, what's the point of keeping up the fight anymore, you obviously have decided that I should not be allowed to work hard establishing a viable business next to my full-time job. All we citizens hear in election years are \"Make EU simpler\" \"abolish bureaucracy\" and \"make growth easyer\" - To be honest the only growth I'm experiencing is in the disheartenedness field. All this does is to create yet another red tape, making it harder for independent business owners to keep our heads up and keep working on our dreams. Please. For the love of whatever you believe in. Stop choking us to death with ridiculous rules. You wanna go after Temu? Last time I checked, they ship in plastic bags, not boxes made of recycled cardboard that has already been producer-documented by the vendor I buy them from. And how does the extra levels of bureaucracy save the environment? By creating more data and documentation to put in data centres as well as more computers being needed to lift the administrative burdens. I won't be sending any packages from now on. My customers can drive to me to pick up, thus harming the environment with unnecessary emissions if they want what I make, until my company is on the verge of going into red numbers and then Gefion Designs will close. That's the real consequence of this. EU was supposed to make movement of goods easyer and cheaper. Not kill the hopes and dreams of entrepreneurial artisans. Thank you for the attention to this matter, to quote one of my least favorite poly-tic-ians.", "feedbackEnglish": "Stop killing Micro businesses and small art businesses! Last year with step 1 you made me loose sleep several nights of sleep, before I finally called the Danish Environmental authorities. I was then redirected to some private entity that they have outsourced the job to, who then told me I did not need to register, since I use off the shelf recycled cardboard boxes and are way below the threshold. Now I have to worry about this too as well as QR codes? Nah, what's the point of keeping up the fight anymore, you obviously have decided that I should not be allowed to work hard establishing a viable business next to my full-time job. All we citizens hear in election years are \"Make EU simpler\" \"abolish bureaucracy\" and \"make growth easyer\" - To be honest the only growth I'm experiencing is in the disheartenedness field. All this does is to create yet another red tape, making it harder for independent business owners to keep our heads up and keep working on our dreams. Please. For the love of whatever you believe in. Stop choking us to death with ridiculous rules. You wanna go after Temu? Last time I checked, they ship in plastic bags, not boxes made of recycled cardboard that has already been producer-documented by the vendor I buy them from. And how does the extra levels of bureaucracy save the environment? By creating more data and documentation to put in data centres as well as more computers being needed to lift the administrative burdens. I won't be sending any packages from now on. My customers can drive to me to pick up, thus harming the environment with unnecessary emissions if they want what I make, until my company is on the verge of going into red numbers and then Gefion Designs will close. That's the real consequence of this. EU was supposed to make movement of goods easyer and cheaper. Not kill the hopes and dreams of entrepreneurial artisans. Thank you for the attention to this matter, to quote one of my least favorite poly-tic-ians.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543998_en"}, {"id": 33543997, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:09:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Kleine Geschäfte und Unternehmer haben es jetzt schon schwer sich am Laufenden zu halten, wenn diese Änderung durchkommt, werden diese höchstwahrscheinlich dichtmachen müssen. Man kann nicht erwarten, z.B 500 für nur ein Land zu zahlen, wenn man selbstgemachte Waren verschickt. Man kann ein Gewichtslimit machen, wie z.B die Niederlande das zurzeit haben (3000 kg). Man muss entweder differenzieren zwischen großen Konzernen und Einzelunternehmer oder damit rechnen, dass der BIP sowie die Zufriedenheit der Gesellschaft drastisch sinkt. Personen, die second-hand Produkte verschicken, z.B auf Plattformen wie Vinted oder andere, wo auch Auslandsversande ebenfalls möglich sind, werden höchstwahrscheinlich schließen. Dementsprechend sinkt wieder die Nachhaltigkeit, da sich diese niemand mehr leisten kann! Fokussiert wirklich mal lieber auf andere Sachen die wichtig sind und wringt nicht die Bürger der EU wie ein nassen Waschlappen aus. Leute haben es schon hart genug.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small businesses and entrepreneurs are already struggling to keep abreast of this change if it goes through, and will most likely have to close it off. You cannot expect to pay, for example, 500 for only one country if you send homemade goods. One can make a weight limit, as the Netherlands, for example, currently has (3 000 kg). One must either differentiate between large corporations and sole proprietors or expect a sharp drop in GDP and social satisfaction. People who send products second-hand, e.g. on platforms such as Vinted or others, where cross-border shipments are also possible, will most likely close down. As a result, sustainability is reduced again, as no one can afford it anymore! Instead of focusing on other things that matter, EU citizens do not throw themselves out like a wet laundry. People already have it hard enough.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543997_en"}, {"id": 33543996, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:07:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Markanto", "feedback": "Bisher war ich immer ein Anhänger der Europäischen Union. Aber die neue Verpackungsverordnung schafft für fast alle kleineren Unternehmen den freien Handel ab. Welchen Sinn hat das? - sind es wir ökologische gründe? - oder haben sich die Lobbys def global Player durchgesetzt? - oder will die europäische Union den Onlinehandel anzuschaffen? Wir werden zukünftig nicht mehr in die europäische Union liefern können, der administrative Aufwand und die Kosten sind Ty hoch!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have always been a supporter of the European Union. But the new Packaging Regulation removes free trade for almost all smaller companies. What is the meaning of this? — are we ecological? — or have lobbies become global players? — or does the European Union want to buy e-commerce? We will no longer be able to supply the European Union in the future, and the administrative burden and costs are high.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543996_en"}, {"id": 33543995, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 23:01:40", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small business owner from Spain, and I am very concerned about the increasing administrative burden created by the PPWR. Small businesses like mine simply want to work legally, pay our taxes and make a living from our products. We already struggle to compete with large-scale production and have been affected by tariffs when selling to the USA. Now we are facing more barriers to selling within the European Union itself. Please make the PPWR simple, proportionate and affordable for micro-businesses. Do not let excessive bureaucracy push small businesses out of the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small business owner from Spain, and I am very concerned about the increasing administrative burden created by the PPWR. Small businesses like mine simply want to work legally, pay our taxes and make a living from our products. We already struggle to compete with large-scale production and have been affected by tariffs when selling to the USA. Now we are facing more barriers to selling within the European Union itself. Please make the PPWR simple, proportionate and affordable for micro-businesses. Do not let excessive bureaucracy push small businesses out of the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543995_en"}, {"id": 33543994, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:52:18", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These rules are impossible for small businesses. Many artist selling their art internationally cannot bear the cost of fees in all the countries, what makes international shipping impossible and therefore, they can no longer continue their business. The idea behind this regulation is generally good, but big corporations - the biggest polluters - can absorb the cost, while small, often environmentally conscious and eco friendly creators cannot afford the fees and have no chance to compete. Please do rethink the impact this has on small businesses. The consequence will be corporate monopoly.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules are impossible for small businesses. Many artist selling their art internationally cannot bear the cost of fees in all the countries, what makes international shipping impossible and therefore, they can no longer continue their business. The idea behind this regulation is generally good, but big corporations - the biggest polluters - can absorb the cost, while small, often environmentally conscious and eco friendly creators cannot afford the fees and have no chance to compete. Please do rethink the impact this has on small businesses. The consequence will be corporate monopoly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543994_en"}, {"id": 33543993, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:45:22", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is effectively killing the open market in the EU for SME. We already notice a lower number of creators sending to EU countries. The fact the cost are so significant even a middle sized company will have trouble to make this economically viable. Sending a pair of handcrafted earrings to customers in the 27 different eu countries has totally become impossible. Next to this how can it be easier to sell to outside of EU instead of selling on the internal EU market. The administrative burden is such it is more than any VAT regulation we have encountered. Conclusion is we can not send to other EU countries anymore as when we do not comply we can in worst case in some countries send to prison(!) or excluded from the market!!! In all seriousness how can a directive be as poorly implemented like this. I would say farewell to our loyal EU customers unfortunately we can not deliver to you anymore not because of problems with the products, taxes or other rules but because we need an appointed AR in every country which minimal cost us 27x 450 euro for the carton box which need to be registered. How strange does this sound. Please reconsider this directive!", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is effectively killing the open market in the EU for SME. We already notice a lower number of creators sending to EU countries. The fact the cost are so significant even a middle sized company will have trouble to make this economically viable. Sending a pair of handcrafted earrings to customers in the 27 different eu countries has totally become impossible. Next to this how can it be easier to sell to outside of EU instead of selling on the internal EU market. The administrative burden is such it is more than any VAT regulation we have encountered. Conclusion is we can not send to other EU countries anymore as when we do not comply we can in worst case in some countries send to prison(!) or excluded from the market!!! In all seriousness how can a directive be as poorly implemented like this. I would say farewell to our loyal EU customers unfortunately we can not deliver to you anymore not because of problems with the products, taxes or other rules but because we need an appointed AR in every country which minimal cost us 27x 450 euro for the carton box which need to be registered. How strange does this sound. Please reconsider this directive!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543993_en"}, {"id": 33543992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:43:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lydia Rink Art", "feedback": "Ich bin freischaffende Künstlerin in Deutschland und verkaufe meine Originalwerke direkt über meine eigene Website an Sammlerinnen und Sammler. Die neuen Verpackungs- und Produktvorschriften stellen für Kleinstunternehmen wie meines eine unverhältnismäßig hohe Belastung dar. Anders als große Unternehmen verfüge ich weder über eine Rechtsabteilung noch über Mitarbeitende, die sich um die Einhaltung der unterschiedlichen gesetzlichen Anforderungen kümmern können. Ich verkaufe nur eine geringe Anzahl von Kunstwerken pro Jahr in verschiedene europäische Länder. Dennoch müsste ich mich mit den jeweils unterschiedlichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Dokumentationspflichten jedes einzelnen Mitgliedstaates auseinandersetzen und diese erfüllen. Der zeitliche und finanzielle Aufwand steht in keinem Verhältnis zu der Anzahl der verkauften Werke oder zum erzielten Umsatz. Die Folge ist, dass ich den Verkauf meiner Kunstwerke innerhalb der Europäischen Union erheblich einschränken oder teilweise ganz einstellen muss. Nicht weil es keine Nachfrage gibt, sondern weil die bürokratischen Anforderungen für ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen nicht mehr wirtschaftlich zu bewältigen sind. Die aktuellen Regelungen treffen insbesondere freischaffende Künstlerinnen und Künstler sowie andere Kleinstunternehmen. Während große Unternehmen die zusätzlichen Kosten und den Verwaltungsaufwand auf viele Verkäufe verteilen können, führen dieselben Anforderungen bei kleinen Betrieben dazu, dass grenzüberschreitender Handel praktisch nicht mehr möglich ist. Damit werden genau diejenigen benachteiligt, die den europäischen Binnenmarkt eigentlich stärken könnten. Europäische Kundinnen und Kunden verlieren den direkten Zugang zu unabhängigen Künstlerinnen und Künstlern, während kleine kreative Unternehmen wichtige Absatzmöglichkeiten verlieren. Ich bitte daher darum, für Kleinstunternehmen und Einzelunternehmer eine deutlich vereinfachte, EU-weit einheitliche Lösung zu schaffen. Eine zentrale Registrierung und ein gemeinsames Meldesystem würden den Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz weiterhin gewährleisten, ohne kleine Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig zu belasten und faktisch vom europäischen Markt auszuschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a freelance artist in Germany and sell my original works directly to collectors via my own website. The new packaging and product rules place a disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises such as myself. Unlike large companies, I do not have a legal department or staff that can ensure compliance with the different legal requirements. I sell only a small number of artworks per year to different European countries. Nevertheless, I would have to deal with and comply with the different registration, reporting and documentation obligations of each individual Member State. The amount of time and money spent is disproportionate to the number of works sold or the turnover achieved. As a result, I have to significantly restrict or partially stop selling my artworks within the European Union. Not because there is no demand, but because the bureaucratic requirements for a one-person company are no longer economically viable. The current rules particularly affect freelance artists and other micro-enterprises. While large companies can spread the additional costs and administrative burden over many sales, the same requirements for small businesses mean that cross-border trade is practically no longer possible. This puts at a disadvantage those who could actually strengthen the European single market. European customers lose direct access to independent artists, while small creative companies lose important outlets. I would therefore ask you to provide micro-enterprises and sole traders with a significantly simplified solution that is uniform throughout the EU. A centralised registration and a common reporting system would continue to ensure environmental and consumer protection without imposing a disproportionate burden on small businesses and effectively excluding them from the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543992_en"}, {"id": 33543991, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:40:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello, You have probably already heard from many others, but this is a complete and utter disaster for any small business shipping within europe. Small buisnesses are usually already struggling to stay afloat, the new regulation regarding packages will come as a K.O. to the economy of small businesses in europe. This is shameful and nonsensical, small buinesses have never been the main problem in waste production.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, You have probably already heard from many others, but this is a complete and utter disaster for any small business shipping within europe. Small buisnesses are usually already struggling to stay afloat, the new regulation regarding packages will come as a K.O. to the economy of small businesses in europe. This is shameful and nonsensical, small buinesses have never been the main problem in waste production.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543991_en"}, {"id": 33543990, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:38:33", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mini", "feedback": "While I support the underlying goal of making producers accountable for packaging waste and encouraging responsible waste management, I believe the proposed rules, in their current form, place a disproportionate and potentially devastating burden on small businesses and independent traders. I operate a small second-hand business, selling goods that are often no longer available for purchase through traditional retailers and that are being given a second or even third life rather than being sent to landfill. The amount of packaging waste generated by businesses such as mine can be extremely small, yet the administrative and financial obligations proposed can be completely disproportionate to the amount of waste actually produced. The minimum costs associated with appointing representatives in some Member States are particularly concerning. While countries such as Germany and France appear to have relatively manageable systems, other countries, including Spain, Austria and Ireland, can require costs of 500 or more per year for representation. For a small business that may generate less than 10 kg of packaging waste in an entire year, these costs are simply not proportionate. Large companies such as Amazon may have the resources and administrative infrastructure to absorb these costs. Small independent businesses, artists, second-hand traders and sole proprietors simplydo not. For some businesses, the cost of complying with these requirements could exceed their entire annual turnover or profit. If the rules are enforced in their current form, many small businesses may have no realistic choice but to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries, or cease trading altogether. If a small business needs to register separately, appoint representatives and pay separate fees in every country where it sells, the cumulative cost can become enormous. For example, a business sending only one package to each EU Member State could potentially face thousands of euros in annual compliance costs, despite producing very little packaging waste. This is not a realistic or proportionate system for micro-businesses. I strongly believe that the objectives of the legislation can be achieved without creating such a burden. At a minimum, there should be meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for businesses generating only very small quantities of packaging waste. The approach currently taken by the Netherlands, where small quantities can be treated differently, could provide a useful model. There should also be serious consideration of a unified EU-wide registration and reporting platform similar to OSS. A small business should not have to navigate 27 different national systems, potentially pay multiple representatives and complete separate registrations simply because it sells an occasional item across EU borders. A harmonised system would significantly reduce administrative costs while still allowing authorities to track packaging waste effectively. The principle of producer responsibility is understandable and important. However, responsibility must be proportionate to the actual environmental impact and financial capacity of the producer. A system designed primarily around the compliance capabilities of large corporations risks unintentionally eliminating the small independent businesses that generate very little waste in the first place. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to reconsider the current approach, introduce meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging waste. proportionate and capped fees for micro-businesses; a simplified registration process for small and occasional sellers. a unified EU-wide registration and reporting platform; and greater harmonisation of requirements and costs between Member States. Small businesses should not be forced out of the European market because the cost of complying with packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support the underlying goal of making producers accountable for packaging waste and encouraging responsible waste management, I believe the proposed rules, in their current form, place a disproportionate and potentially devastating burden on small businesses and independent traders. I operate a small second-hand business, selling goods that are often no longer available for purchase through traditional retailers and that are being given a second or even third life rather than being sent to landfill. The amount of packaging waste generated by businesses such as mine can be extremely small, yet the administrative and financial obligations proposed can be completely disproportionate to the amount of waste actually produced. The minimum costs associated with appointing representatives in some Member States are particularly concerning. While countries such as Germany and France appear to have relatively manageable systems, other countries, including Spain, Austria and Ireland, can require costs of 500 or more per year for representation. For a small business that may generate less than 10 kg of packaging waste in an entire year, these costs are simply not proportionate. Large companies such as Amazon may have the resources and administrative infrastructure to absorb these costs. Small independent businesses, artists, second-hand traders and sole proprietors simplydo not. For some businesses, the cost of complying with these requirements could exceed their entire annual turnover or profit. If the rules are enforced in their current form, many small businesses may have no realistic choice but to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries, or cease trading altogether. If a small business needs to register separately, appoint representatives and pay separate fees in every country where it sells, the cumulative cost can become enormous. For example, a business sending only one package to each EU Member State could potentially face thousands of euros in annual compliance costs, despite producing very little packaging waste. This is not a realistic or proportionate system for micro-businesses. I strongly believe that the objectives of the legislation can be achieved without creating such a burden. At a minimum, there should be meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for businesses generating only very small quantities of packaging waste. The approach currently taken by the Netherlands, where small quantities can be treated differently, could provide a useful model. There should also be serious consideration of a unified EU-wide registration and reporting platform similar to OSS. A small business should not have to navigate 27 different national systems, potentially pay multiple representatives and complete separate registrations simply because it sells an occasional item across EU borders. A harmonised system would significantly reduce administrative costs while still allowing authorities to track packaging waste effectively. The principle of producer responsibility is understandable and important. However, responsibility must be proportionate to the actual environmental impact and financial capacity of the producer. A system designed primarily around the compliance capabilities of large corporations risks unintentionally eliminating the small independent businesses that generate very little waste in the first place. I therefore strongly urge the Commission to reconsider the current approach, introduce meaningful exemptions or de minimis thresholds for very small quantities of packaging waste. proportionate and capped fees for micro-businesses; a simplified registration process for small and occasional sellers. a unified EU-wide registration and reporting platform; and greater harmonisation of requirements and costs between Member States. Small businesses should not be forced out of the European market because the cost of complying with packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543990_en"}, {"id": 33543989, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:35:28", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Stefani Ivanova", "feedback": "Kleinhändlern, Künstlern usw den Europäischen Markt unmöglich macht wegen zu grossem finanziellen und bürokratischen Aufwand. Es stärkt die Grossen, festigt ihre Monopolstellung und macht die Vielfalt, die gerade durch kleine Händler gegeben ist, kaputt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Small traders, artists, etc. make the European market impossible due to excessive financial and bureaucratic burdens. It strengthens the giants, consolidates their monopoly position and undermines the diversity of small traders in particular.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543989_en"}, {"id": 33543988, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:34:46", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a small seller. My business helps me make just enough to allow me spend more time being mother of our three children. I send maybe 50 envelopes/small boxes across several EU countries per year. I have just one customer in Finland. One in Romania or Greece. Two in Austria etc. One truck of Amazon goods creates more waste than I do during one whole year... How am I and so many others being punished for keeping the human creativity alive in the age of AI and big corp? Where is the open EU market for US?! Right now we're more isolated from other EU countries than from any other country in the world...", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small seller. My business helps me make just enough to allow me spend more time being mother of our three children. I send maybe 50 envelopes/small boxes across several EU countries per year. I have just one customer in Finland. One in Romania or Greece. Two in Austria etc. One truck of Amazon goods creates more waste than I do during one whole year... How am I and so many others being punished for keeping the human creativity alive in the age of AI and big corp? Where is the open EU market for US?! Right now we're more isolated from other EU countries than from any other country in the world...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543988_en"}, {"id": 33543987, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:29:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "hermannelectronic", "feedback": "Ich als kleiner Händler, kann leider nichts mehr in andere EU Länder verkaufen. Sehr schade bei Kleinstmengen lohnt sich kein einzigel EU-Land mehr.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, as a small trader, I can no longer sell anything to other EU countries. Very bad for very small quantities, not a single EU country is anymore worthwhile.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543987_en"}, {"id": 33543986, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:29:35", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Verschaeve Laurent", "feedback": "Je suis indépendant complémentaire. Cette année, j'ai travaillé dur pour ouvrir mon webshop, avec l'intention de faire grandir mon entreprise. Mais je vais devoir le fermer un mois après son ouverture. L'idée de cette règlementation est bonne dans un sens. Il est toujours bon de réduire nos déchets. Néanmoins, elle n'a pas été pensée pour les petites entreprises. Je ne peux absolument pas me permettre des centaines d'euros de frais avec mon chiffre d'affaire actuel. Il faut réfléchir plus, permettre des dérogations, penser aux plus petites entreprises qui essaient de se développer et créer une économie meilleure ou tout simplement s'en sortir.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a complementary freelancer. This year, I worked hard to open my webshop, with the intention of expanding my business. But I will have to close it one month after it opens. The idea of this regulation is good in one direction. It is always good to reduce our waste. However, it has not been designed for small businesses. I cannot afford hundreds of euros in costs with my current turnover at all. We need to think more, allow for derogations, think about the smallest companies trying to grow and create a better economy or just get out of it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543986_en"}, {"id": 33543985, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:22:18", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Misere", "feedback": "Please, this is hurting all small businesses in EU. We could have some minimums amounts of parcels to ship to protect the small brands, or cheaper tax when you are under a certain amount of sales. Or do only one tax that would include every EU country, so we don't have to pay to every single country.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please, this is hurting all small businesses in EU. We could have some minimums amounts of parcels to ship to protect the small brands, or cheaper tax when you are under a certain amount of sales. Or do only one tax that would include every EU country, so we don't have to pay to every single country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543985_en"}, {"id": 33543984, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:02:39", "country": "BEL", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Je suis consommatrice, non pas une entreprise. J'apprécie énormément l'initiative concernant l'écologie, que je trouve très importante et qu'il faut penser de façon drastique afin que chacun la respecte. Toutefois, je trouve que la loi a mal été pensée et n'aura pas l'effet escompté. La plupart des grosses entreprises ne verront aucun souci à continuer leur activité telle qu'ils l'ont toujours fait, que ça soit au niveau des packaging, taxes... Ils ont les moyens financiers d'effectuer les changements. Les petits créateurs n'auront pas ce choix. Le commerce de petites entreprises va devenir impossible au travers de l'union européenne pour chaque petit entrepreneur. Beaucoup vont perdre une énorme partie de leur chiffre d'affaire, de leur clientèle et même fermer. Je trouve qu'en Union européenne, nous devrions soutenir les commerces qui cherchent à rester local, notamment à rester dans l'union européenne. Leur imposer une telle loi est absurde car ce sont les premiers à faire attention à leur packaging, leurs fournisseurs, où ils envoient. Je pense sincèrement que cette loi va à l'encontre des valeurs de l'union européenne et sera une perte monumentale pour le commerce intra-européen. Elle doit absolument être repensée, le fond est bon, l'exécution est mauvaise.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a consumer, not a business. I very much appreciate the green initiative, which I find very important and which we need to think drastically so that everyone respects it. However, I find that the law has been poorly thought out and will not have the desired effect. Most large companies will see no concern to continue their activities as they have always done, whether in terms of packaging, taxes, etc. They have the financial means to make the changes. Small designers will not have this choice. Trade in small businesses will become impossible through the European Union for every small entrepreneur. Many will lose a huge part of their turnover, customers and even close down. I believe that in the European Union we should support businesses that seek to stay local, including staying in the European Union. Imposing such a law on them is absurd because they are the first to pay attention to their packaging, their suppliers, where they send them. I truly believe that this law goes against the values of the European Union and will be a monumental loss for intra-European trade. It absolutely needs to be rethought, the substance is good, the execution is bad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543984_en"}, {"id": 33543983, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 22:00:23", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We strongly and categorically oppose the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) and uncoordinated national registration frameworks, as they act as a systematic tool for the complete destruction of small and medium-sized independent producers, while aggressively lobbying for and protecting massive supply chain monopolies and corporate retail giants. 1.The architecture of this regulation is a textbook case of regulatory capture. It is driven and shaped by powerful corporate interests: The \"Compliance-Industrial Complex\" and Waste Monopolies: Multi-state registration requirements, mandatory third-party verifications, and complex compliance structures create a lucrative, captive market for large private waste management schemes, compliance brokers, and multinational audit conglomerates that profit directly from administrative burdens. Big Supply Chain Monopolies and Retail Giants: Large-scale distribution networks and corporate retail monopolies benefit immensely when independent, decentralized small producers, local makers, and micro-e-commerce operators are legally forced out of the market. Eliminating small competitors consolidates total market control into the hands of a few corporate players. 2. Systematic Eradication of Small Producers While multinational conglomerates can easily absorb compliance costs, automate paperwork, and spread multi-jurisdictional fees across millions of units, this regulation systematically eradicates small-scale producers. Forcing a micro-enterprise or independent maker to face thousands of euros in annual cross-border registration fees, bureaucratic hurdles, and absurd \"empty space\" penalties for standard cardboard shipping boxes is an economic death sentence. (While this also absurdly undermines short supply chains and local initiatives like \"Farm to Fork,\" the primary destructive outcome is the total monopolization of trade by large corporate entities.) 3. Core Demands to the European Commission Immediate, Unconditional Statutory Carve-Out: Grant a permanent, zero-cost exemption for micro-enterprises and small-scale producers utilizing standard transport cardboard packaging from all cross-border registration burdens and \"empty space\" restrictions. Investigation into Lobbying and Conflicts of Interest: Initiate an independent institutional inquiry into the corporate lobbying groups, packaging manufacturers, and compliance monopolies that drove this regulatory framework at the direct expense of Europe's domestic small business sector.", "feedbackEnglish": "We strongly and categorically oppose the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) and uncoordinated national registration frameworks, as they act as a systematic tool for the complete destruction of small and medium-sized independent producers, while aggressively lobbying for and protecting massive supply chain monopolies and corporate retail giants. 1.The architecture of this regulation is a textbook case of regulatory capture. It is driven and shaped by powerful corporate interests: The \"Compliance-Industrial Complex\" and Waste Monopolies: Multi-state registration requirements, mandatory third-party verifications, and complex compliance structures create a lucrative, captive market for large private waste management schemes, compliance brokers, and multinational audit conglomerates that profit directly from administrative burdens. Big Supply Chain Monopolies and Retail Giants: Large-scale distribution networks and corporate retail monopolies benefit immensely when independent, decentralized small producers, local makers, and micro-e-commerce operators are legally forced out of the market. Eliminating small competitors consolidates total market control into the hands of a few corporate players. 2. Systematic Eradication of Small Producers While multinational conglomerates can easily absorb compliance costs, automate paperwork, and spread multi-jurisdictional fees across millions of units, this regulation systematically eradicates small-scale producers. Forcing a micro-enterprise or independent maker to face thousands of euros in annual cross-border registration fees, bureaucratic hurdles, and absurd \"empty space\" penalties for standard cardboard shipping boxes is an economic death sentence. (While this also absurdly undermines short supply chains and local initiatives like \"Farm to Fork,\" the primary destructive outcome is the total monopolization of trade by large corporate entities.) 3. Core Demands to the European Commission Immediate, Unconditional Statutory Carve-Out: Grant a permanent, zero-cost exemption for micro-enterprises and small-scale producers utilizing standard transport cardboard packaging from all cross-border registration burdens and \"empty space\" restrictions. Investigation into Lobbying and Conflicts of Interest: Initiate an independent institutional inquiry into the corporate lobbying groups, packaging manufacturers, and compliance monopolies that drove this regulatory framework at the direct expense of Europe's domestic small business sector.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543983_en"}, {"id": 33543982, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:56:19", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ORLA BIRD, vl. Dora Stipaničić", "feedback": "As an owner of a small business in Croatia, after learning about the new rules for packaging waste, I am very concerned for existence of my business and of businesses of my fellow artists, crafters and makers, in Croatia an all around the EU. While I understand the eco friendly idea behind the PPWR and EPR rules, they are simply disproportionate and designed for much bigger business entities. Drastic changes should be made and exemptions should be offered for small businesses that ship just a few parcels per country per year. Otherwise a lot of us will lose our jobs that we ourselves built from ground up.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an owner of a small business in Croatia, after learning about the new rules for packaging waste, I am very concerned for existence of my business and of businesses of my fellow artists, crafters and makers, in Croatia an all around the EU. While I understand the eco friendly idea behind the PPWR and EPR rules, they are simply disproportionate and designed for much bigger business entities. Drastic changes should be made and exemptions should be offered for small businesses that ship just a few parcels per country per year. Otherwise a lot of us will lose our jobs that we ourselves built from ground up.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543982_en"}, {"id": 33543981, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:56:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Unternehmer", "feedback": "Die Verordnung stellt für uns kleinere Händler ein kostenfressendes nicht zu leistendes Bürokratiemonster da. Sie verdrängen durch derartige Verordnungen sukzessive die kleinen Händler aus dem Markt und öffnen amazon, temu und Konsorten Tür und Tor für weitere Marktbeherrschung. Allerdings versteuern diese Ihre Gewinne nur zum geringen Anteil innerhalb Europas und somit schneiden sie sich in Ihr eigenes Fleisch. Von der Bevölkerung der EU und von den Unternehmen wird ein Bürokratieabbau gefordert. Statt dessen schaffen sie immer weitere Hürden, Kosten für die Unternehmer und treiben gewollt oder nicht die Bürger und Unternehmer an den rechten Flügel der Gesellschaft, denn nur dieser scheint Besserung zu versprechen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Regulation puts smaller traders at a cost-absorbing and unaffordable level of bureaucracy. Through such regulations, they are gradually displacing small traders from the market and opening up Amazon, temu and consortes to further dominance. However, they pay tax on their profits only to a small extent within Europe, so they cut into their own meat. EU citizens and businesses are calling for red tape to be cut. Instead, they create ever-increasing hurdles, costs for entrepreneurs and don’t want to drive citizens and entrepreneurs on the right wing of society, as this is the only one that seems to be promising improvement.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543981_en"}, {"id": 33543980, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:54:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Als Kleinstunternehmer im Gebrauchtwarenhandel habe ich im Jahr 2025 einen Gesamtumsatz von ca. 30.000 Euro erzielt. Davon entfielen etwa 8.000 Euro auf rund 45 Sendungen in zehn EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Für die EPR-Compliance entstehen mir Fixkosten von minimal 350 Euro je Land und Jahr, unabhängig von der tatsächlichen Absatzmenge. Damit verschlingen die EPR-Kosten rund 45% meines gesamten Jahresumsatzes im Auslandsgeschäft und greifen somit schon auf der Gewinnebene tief in meine wirtschaftliche Basis ein. Diese Belastung ist für Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar. Ohne eine angemessene Umsatz- oder Mengengrenze bin ich gezwungen, den Versand ins europäische Ausland einzustellen. Dies gefährdet nicht nur die Existenz meines Betriebes, sondern widerspricht auch dem Ziel der EU, nachhaltige Wiederverwendung und Kreislaufwirtschaft zu fördern und widerspricht der EU-Geoblocking-Verordnung (Verordnung (EU) 2018/302). Es braucht daher dringend die Einführung einer realistischen Untergrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinhändler von den EPR Pflichten ausgenommen oder zumindest deutlich entlastet werden. Eine solche Regelung würde: kleine, nachhaltige Unternehmen schützen, Bürokratie reduzieren, den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erhalten, und die Kreislaufwirtschaft stärken.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur in the second-hand trade, I achieved a total turnover of approximately EUR 30.000 in 2025. Of this amount, around EUR 8000 concerned around 45 consignments in 10 EU Member States. For EPR compliance, I incur fixed costs of at least EUR 350 per country per year, regardless of the actual sales volume. As a result, EPR costs consume around 45 % of my total annual turnover in foreign business and thus interfere deeply with my economic base at the profit level. This burden is economically unsustainable for micro-enterprises. Without an appropriate turnover or volume limit, I am forced to stop shipping to other European countries. This not only jeopardises my farm’s existence, but also contradicts the EU’s objective of promoting sustainable reuse and circular economy and contradicts the EU Geo-blocking Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/302). There is therefore an urgent need to introduce a realistic minimum threshold below which small traders are exempt from EPR obligations or at least significantly relieved of them. Such a regime would: protecting small and sustainable businesses, reducing red tape, preserving cross-border trade, and strengthening the circular economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543980_en"}, {"id": 33543979, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:43:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Label-Fabrik | Labelei", "feedback": "Die Verordnung zur PPWR und den Bevollmächtigten für jedes Zielland sind absolut unverhältnismäßig und zwingen kleineren Shops eine unstemmbare Flut an Bürokratie auf. Der grenzüberschreitende Handel wird für diese Unternehmen zumeist komplett eingestellt, was sich schon bald in rückläufigen Zahlen bemerkbar machen dürfte. Ich vermute es ist gewollt, kleineren Unternehmen den Gar auszumachen. Was soll das? Wurde nicht weniger Bürokratie versprochen? Ich kann Ihnen nur wünschen, dass Ihnen Ihre sinnlosen Verordnungen sehr bald komplett um die Ohren fliegen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Regulation on the PPWR and the authorised representative for each destination country are completely disproportionate and impose an unmistakable flood of bureaucracy on smaller shops. Cross-border trade for these companies will mostly be completely phased out, which should soon be reflected in declining numbers. I am afraid that smaller companies will be cheated. What should this mean? Was not less bureaucracy promised? I can only wish you very soon that your useless regulations will fly completely around your ears.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543979_en"}, {"id": 33543978, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:40:54", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Although I do think the measurement looks decent, i am however afraid that this will drastically hurt small businesses and artisans alike that also have a big part of their clientele scattered across Europe. With only minor sales going in that direction that can't be deemed viable when the rates as being mentioned are needed per country, or even necessary for small transactions that are significantly lower than the mentioned rates.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although I do think the measurement looks decent, i am however afraid that this will drastically hurt small businesses and artisans alike that also have a big part of their clientele scattered across Europe. With only minor sales going in that direction that can't be deemed viable when the rates as being mentioned are needed per country, or even necessary for small transactions that are significantly lower than the mentioned rates.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543978_en"}, {"id": 33543977, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:34:32", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As both a consumer of goods provided by small businesses and someone who planned to start their own small business soon, this regulation is very concerning. Especially for those coming from the smaller countries, these new rules of having to pay a fixed annual fee for every EU country will literally destroy the business by significantly cutting the available market. Waste reduction is incredibly important, but the current proposed payment & registration strategy is unmanageable for small businesses. Instead, for small and micro sellers the fee should be per parcel/item sold, proportional to goods price. Same with registration, EU is an economic union, so why do sellers need to register in every country separately? The system should be united as well - or the seller should register waste management only in their country of origin. Please tax the billionaires and their companies instead of putting the load artists and other smaller scale producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "As both a consumer of goods provided by small businesses and someone who planned to start their own small business soon, this regulation is very concerning. Especially for those coming from the smaller countries, these new rules of having to pay a fixed annual fee for every EU country will literally destroy the business by significantly cutting the available market. Waste reduction is incredibly important, but the current proposed payment & registration strategy is unmanageable for small businesses. Instead, for small and micro sellers the fee should be per parcel/item sold, proportional to goods price. Same with registration, EU is an economic union, so why do sellers need to register in every country separately? The system should be united as well - or the seller should register waste management only in their country of origin. Please tax the billionaires and their companies instead of putting the load artists and other smaller scale producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543977_en"}, {"id": 33543976, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:21:31", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Starlight Stitchery", "feedback": "The new cross border fees and regulations will disproportionately impact small businesses in the EU and elsewhere by placing an undue burden on those businesses and individuals while allowing large corporations to proceed with business as usual. If the point of this legislation is to discriminate against small and individually owned businesses, then it is fulfilling that point. However, I do not think the point was to shut down small businesses, and therefore I urge you reconsider passing this law. Focus your efforts on managing the huge corporations that are taking over the market. By implementing this law, you will be shutting down small businesses and depriving the owners, who are often members of marginalized communities, of income. As a small business owner based in the US in a micro-industry, this law will prevent me from selling to customers in the EU. It will also shut down the EU-based businesses I work with, and would cause immense damage to my industry. I urge you to reconsider this law.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new cross border fees and regulations will disproportionately impact small businesses in the EU and elsewhere by placing an undue burden on those businesses and individuals while allowing large corporations to proceed with business as usual. If the point of this legislation is to discriminate against small and individually owned businesses, then it is fulfilling that point. However, I do not think the point was to shut down small businesses, and therefore I urge you reconsider passing this law. Focus your efforts on managing the huge corporations that are taking over the market. By implementing this law, you will be shutting down small businesses and depriving the owners, who are often members of marginalized communities, of income. As a small business owner based in the US in a micro-industry, this law will prevent me from selling to customers in the EU. It will also shut down the EU-based businesses I work with, and would cause immense damage to my industry. I urge you to reconsider this law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543976_en"}, {"id": 33543975, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:04:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mondschaf GmbH ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte(r) Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Onlineshops wende ich mich mit großer Sorge an Sie. Die aktuellen und kommenden Regelungen zur Erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) auf EU-Ebene drohen, den grenzüberschreitenden Kleinhandel für kleine Betriebe unmöglich zu machen.Während Großkonzerne die komplexen Lizenzierungs- und Meldeverfahren über pauschale Budgets abwickeln können, überfordern die hohen Fixkosten, unterschiedlichen nationalen Register und teils notwendigen Bevollmächtigten im Ausland (z.B. für Verpackungen und ElektroG) Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich völlig. Dies zerstört die Vielfalt des europäischen Binnenmarkts für kleine Kreative und lokale Handwerker.Ich fordere Sie auf: Setzen Sie sich für ein sofortiges Moratorium oder spürbare, unbürokratische Bagatellgrenzen bei grenzüberschreitenden EPR-Pflichten für Mikrounternehmen ein. Sorgen Sie für eine digitale, kostenfreie One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für ganz Europa statt nationaler Paragraphendickichte. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Sabrina Gleiß", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I am writing to you with great concern. The current and upcoming Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes at EU level risk making cross-border small-scale trade impossible for small businesses.While large corporations can complete the complex licensing and reporting procedures through flat-rate budgets, the high fixed costs, different national registers and sometimes necessary authorised representatives abroad (e.g. for packaging and ElektroG) completely overwhelm micro-enterprises economically. This destroys the diversity of the European single market for small creators and local craftsmen. Advocate for an immediate moratorium or tangible, unbureaucratic de minimis thresholds on cross-border EPR obligations for micro-enterprises. Ensure a digital, free one-stop-shop solution for the whole of Europe instead of national paragraphs. Yours sincerely, Sabrina Gleiß", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543975_en"}, {"id": 33543974, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 21:00:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Handel", "feedback": "Für kleine und mittelständische Betriebe ist es eine enorme Kostenexplosion plötzlich in jedem Land einen Bevollmächtigen zu bezahlen, der die einfache Arbeit, die man selber machen könne, zu erledigen. Das führt zu mehr Kosten, damit erhöhten Preise für den Endkunden. Weniger Umsatz und schlussendlich weniger Steuereinnahmen im jeweiligen Land. Wir werden nicht mehr in andere Länder versenden und somit auch dort keine Steuereinnahmen generieren. Ebenso werden wir, aufgrund geschätzten Verkaufseinbrüchen deutlich weniger Produkte in den Nachbarländern produzieren lassen. Verpackungsmengen melden und einreichen können wir selber, dafür braucht es keinen unnötigen Bevollmächtigen. Wir haben schon zwei Mitarbeiter entlassen weil die Wirtschaft schlecht ist. Mit den neuen Vorgaben und Gesetzten ist der Binnenhandel nicht mehr wirtschaftlich umsetzbar und der EU-Grundgedanke ist hinfällig. So macht der Handel über Grenzen garkeinen Sinn für kleine Betriebe. Sorgen Sie für ein einheitliche unbürokratisches System. Setzen Sie die Mindermengenregelung wieder ein und reduzieren sie die viel zu teuren unnötigen Hürden bei der Mengenmeldungen und beim Lizensieren von Verpackungen.", "feedbackEnglish": "For small and medium-sized enterprises, it is a huge cost explosion to suddenly pay an agent in each country to carry out the simple work they can do themselves. This leads to higher costs, leading to higher prices for the final customer. Less turnover and ultimately less tax revenue in the country. We will no longer send out to other countries and will therefore not generate tax revenue there either. We will also have significantly fewer products produced in neighbouring countries due to estimated sales cuts. We can report and submit quantities of packaging ourselves, but we do not need an unnecessary proxy to do so. We have already dismissed two employees because the economy is bad. With the new requirements and laws, internal trade is no longer economically feasible and the EU’s rationale is no longer valid. For example, cross-border trade makes no sense for small businesses. Ensure a unified, non-bureaucratic system. Reinstate the ‘low-volume’ rule and reduce the much too expensive unnecessary hurdles when reporting quantities and licensing packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543974_en"}, {"id": 33543973, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 20:40:15", "country": "PRI", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Atelier Liminal Grove ", "feedback": "This law completely annihilates all small businesses in Europe, thus ruining the economy, people's livelihoods, creativity and freedoms. It's a preposterous law to impose upon small businesses. I had a very hard time believing it's even real. It stands against the very purpose of there being an European Union to begin with. Micro entreprises must be made exempt. People will not simply quietly comply to such an outrageous imposition in the free world.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law completely annihilates all small businesses in Europe, thus ruining the economy, people's livelihoods, creativity and freedoms. It's a preposterous law to impose upon small businesses. I had a very hard time believing it's even real. It stands against the very purpose of there being an European Union to begin with. Micro entreprises must be made exempt. People will not simply quietly comply to such an outrageous imposition in the free world.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543973_en"}, {"id": 33543970, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 20:36:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dienstleister Onlineversand", "feedback": "Leider müssen wir als kleiner Betrieb mitteilen, dass wir gezwungen sind, Mitarbeiter zu entlassen wenn uns jetzt weitere Märkte wegfallen. Die Einhaltung der komplexen und länderspezifischen Vorschriften zur Abfallentsorgung in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat übersteigt unsere Kapazitäten. Viele dieser Vorschriften sind nur auf Englisch oder in der jeweiligen Landessprache verfügbar und weichen stark voneinander ab. In den letzten Jahren haben wir bereits wichtige Märkte verloren, und die aktuelle Situation ist für uns nicht mehr tragbar. Die Kosten für die Anpassung an jedes Land sind zu hoch, der administrative Aufwand ist enorm, und das Risiko von Fehlern ist viel zu groß. Dieser Irrsinn muß aufhöhren. Entweder eine einheitliche Stelle für alle Länder oder Vereinfachungen für Kleinbetriebe (ohne Bevollmächtigten). Manche Länder haben Vorschriften die sind einfach für Kleinbetriebe nicht umsetzbar. Sei es technisch oder monetär. Uneinheitliche Umweltkennzeichen und Dinge wie Plastiksteuer machen es zusätzlich schwer. Die Formulierungen im PPWR sind so geschrieben daß selbst Anwälte nicht sicher sind wie das auszulegen ist. Wie sollen wir das bitte stemmen? Jeder Betrieb hat volles Verständnis für Gesetze die Müll vermeiden. Aber das hat nichts damit zu tun. Das ganze Ungetüm schafft nur eines: Elminierung von tausenden von Klein und Kleinstbetrieben. Das kann doch nicht der Sinn der EU sein. Wir brauchen sofort eine Übergangslösung für Kleinbetriebe und nicht erst vielleicht im Oktober. Das Weihnachtsgeschäft steht vor der Tür - wir brauchen Planungssicherheit. Eine Zusatzbemerkung: ich selbst lebe in einem kleinen EU Land - ich vermute in Zukunft werde ich Produkte nicht mehr so einfach zu mir nach Hause schicken lassen können weil viele Betriebe sich das nicht mehr leisten können. Es werden also nicht nur die Betriebe im Stich gelassen, sondern auch die Verbraucher.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unfortunately, as a small business, we have to say that we are forced to lay off employees if we lose further markets now. Compliance with the complex and country-specific rules on waste management in each EU Member State exceeds our capacity. Many of these rules are only available in English or in the national language and vary widely. In recent years, we have already lost important markets and the current situation is no longer sustainable for us. The costs of adapting to each country are too high, the administrative burden is huge and the risk of errors is far too high. This irrationality must incite. Either a one-stop shop for all countries or simplifications for small farms (without an authorised representative). Some countries have rules that are simply not feasible for small businesses. Be it technical or monetary. Inconsistent eco-labels and things such as plastic tax make it even more difficult. The wording of the PPWR is written in such a way that even lawyers are not sure how this is to be interpreted. How should we tackle this? Every company has full understanding of the law and avoids waste. But that has nothing to do with it. The whole trouble is only one thing: Elimination of thousands of small and micro-enterprises. That cannot be the meaning of the EU. We need an immediate temporary solution for small businesses, not just perhaps in October. Christmas business is on the doorstep – we need planning certainty. An additional remark: I myself live in a small EU country – I expect that in future I will no longer be able to send products to my home as easily as many businesses can no longer afford to do so. This means that not only businesses are left behind, but also consumers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543970_en"}, {"id": 33543972, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 20:34:56", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sister of Claudia", "feedback": "I would like to ask an exemption for small and micro-businesses for the AR and the EPR. It targets us indiscriminately, most of the small businesses in the EU are people that belong to minorities or that are dealing with disabilities, that want to enter the workforce but are not given a chance. Having a small or micro business alleviates the struggle and provides us with income. The results are disproportionate: when big corporations can afford a fee of 5K for an AR in all countries, it will maybe be a extra few cents in their products. For my products, it would mean an increase of 100 to 1000% of the price, because 1) I can't ship that much to several countries; 2) I make art products that are one of a kind, and cannot justify such an increase. This regulation means I will have to shut down my business. I've always believed in the EU and defended it, but now it feels like we are being punished for depending freedom of movement and freedom of goods. Micro and small businesses, especially in the arts and crafts world, want to reduce waste and want protection of the environment. We already take this into account when we package our products. We use recycled packaging and we reuse materials for shipping. People order from us because they want something made in the EU and something that is unique. You're forcing us to only ship outside of the EU or to just shut everything down. Please don't punish us and exempt us; we are not the main polluters and we also don't want to pollute. We're not your target audience for this regulation, but are still affected by it. Exempt us from the AR, and exempt us from registration below a certain threshold.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to ask an exemption for small and micro-businesses for the AR and the EPR. It targets us indiscriminately, most of the small businesses in the EU are people that belong to minorities or that are dealing with disabilities, that want to enter the workforce but are not given a chance. Having a small or micro business alleviates the struggle and provides us with income. The results are disproportionate: when big corporations can afford a fee of 5K for an AR in all countries, it will maybe be a extra few cents in their products. For my products, it would mean an increase of 100 to 1000% of the price, because 1) I can't ship that much to several countries; 2) I make art products that are one of a kind, and cannot justify such an increase. This regulation means I will have to shut down my business. I've always believed in the EU and defended it, but now it feels like we are being punished for depending freedom of movement and freedom of goods. Micro and small businesses, especially in the arts and crafts world, want to reduce waste and want protection of the environment. We already take this into account when we package our products. We use recycled packaging and we reuse materials for shipping. People order from us because they want something made in the EU and something that is unique. You're forcing us to only ship outside of the EU or to just shut everything down. Please don't punish us and exempt us; we are not the main polluters and we also don't want to pollute. We're not your target audience for this regulation, but are still affected by it. Exempt us from the AR, and exempt us from registration below a certain threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543972_en"}, {"id": 33543969, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 20:03:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Diesterweg ", "feedback": "Als Kleinstunternehmer empfinde ich die immer umfangreicheren europäischen Vorgaben im Bereich Verpackungen als kaum noch tragbar. Grundsätzlich ist Umweltschutz wichtig und richtig. Aber die Umsetzung darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler mit denselben bürokratischen Anforderungen konfrontiert werden wie große Unternehmen und internationale Konzerne. Für uns Kleinstunternehmer bedeuten Registrierungen, unterschiedliche nationale Vorgaben, Bevollmächtigte, Gebühren und zusätzliche Dokumentationspflichten einen enormen zeitlichen und finanziellen Aufwand. Wer nur gelegentlich einige Pakete an Kunden in andere EU-Länder verschickt, kann diesen Aufwand wirtschaftlich kaum rechtfertigen. Das Ergebnis ist nicht mehr europäischer Handel, sondern genau das Gegenteil: Kleine Händler werden gezwungen, den Versand in bestimmte EU-Länder einzustellen. Damit werden ausgerechnet diejenigen benachteiligt, für die der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich Chancen schaffen sollte. Wir brauchen dringend echte Ausnahmen bzw. deutlich vereinfachte Regelungen für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen. Eine europaweit einheitliche Registrierung mit verhältnismäßigen Gebühren wäre wesentlich sinnvoller als ein System, bei dem sich kleine Händler mit unterschiedlichen Regelungen und Kosten in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen müssen. Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht bedeuten, dass kleine Unternehmen an Bürokratie und Kosten scheitern. Bitte gestalten Sie diese Regelungen praxistauglich, verhältnismäßig und bezahlbar auch für die kleinsten Unternehmen Europas. Ich finde, der Satz mit dem Binnenmarkt ist besonders wichtig: Die EU möchte den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern, aber wenn ein kleiner Händler am Ende sagt Dann liefere ich eben nicht mehr nach Österreich, Frankreich usw., läuft etwas grundsätzlich in die falsche Richtung.", "feedbackEnglish": "Als Kleinstunternehmer empfinde ich die immer umfangreicheren europäischen Vorgaben im Bereich Verpackungen als kaum noch tragbar. Grundsätzlich ist Umweltschutz wichtig und richtig. Aber die Umsetzung darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler mit denselben bürokratischen Anforderungen konfrontiert werden wie große Unternehmen und internationale Konzerne. Für uns Kleinstunternehmer bedeuten Registrierungen, unterschiedliche nationale Vorgaben, Bevollmächtigte, Gebühren und zusätzliche Dokumentationspflichten einen enormen zeitlichen und finanziellen Aufwand. Wer nur gelegentlich einige Pakete an Kunden in andere EU-Länder verschickt, kann diesen Aufwand wirtschaftlich kaum rechtfertigen. Das Ergebnis ist nicht mehr europäischer Handel, sondern genau das Gegenteil: Kleine Händler werden gezwungen, den Versand in bestimmte EU-Länder einzustellen. Damit werden ausgerechnet diejenigen benachteiligt, für die der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich Chancen schaffen sollte. Wir brauchen dringend echte Ausnahmen bzw. deutlich vereinfachte Regelungen für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen. Eine europaweit einheitliche Registrierung mit verhältnismäßigen Gebühren wäre wesentlich sinnvoller als ein System, bei dem sich kleine Händler mit unterschiedlichen Regelungen und Kosten in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten auseinandersetzen müssen. Nachhaltigkeit darf nicht bedeuten, dass kleine Unternehmen an Bürokratie und Kosten scheitern. Bitte gestalten Sie diese Regelungen praxistauglich, verhältnismäßig und bezahlbar auch für die kleinsten Unternehmen Europas. Ich finde, der Satz mit dem Binnenmarkt ist besonders wichtig: Die EU möchte den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern, aber wenn ein kleiner Händler am Ende sagt Dann liefere ich eben nicht mehr nach Österreich, Frankreich usw., läuft etwas grundsätzlich in die falsche Richtung.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543969_en"}, {"id": 33543968, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 19:37:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PH EQUESTRIAN ", "feedback": "Das Verpackungsgesetz und die immer weiter zunehmenden bürokratischen Vorgaben stellen gerade kleine Online-Händler vor immer größere Herausforderungen. Ich habe die Sorge, dass diese Entwicklung den Online-Handel in den nächsten Jahren deutlich schwächen wird und insbesondere kleine, individuelle Händler darunter leiden. Gerade kleine Unternehmen sorgen für Vielfalt, persönliche Beratung und Produkte, die man bei den großen Anbietern nicht unbedingt findet. Genau diese Vielfalt sollte meiner Meinung nach erhalten bleiben. Natürlich sind sinnvolle Regelungen wichtig. Aber wäre es nicht genauso wichtig, Ausnahmeregelungen und verhältnismäßige Anforderungen für kleine Unternehmen zu schaffen so wie es auch in anderen Bereichen des Rechts bereits der Fall ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "The Packaging Act and the ever-increasing bureaucratic requirements are posing ever-increasing challenges for small online traders in particular. I am concerned that this development will significantly weaken e-commerce in the coming years, particularly affecting small, individual traders. Small businesses in particular provide diversity, personalised advice and products that are not necessarily found among the big suppliers. It is precisely this diversity that should, in my view, be preserved. Of course, good regulation is important. However, it would not be as important to create derogations and proportionate requirements for small businesses as it is already the case in other areas of law.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543968_en"}, {"id": 33543967, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 19:31:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ten years ago, I founded my small business. What started as a hobby quickly became my passion and full-time job. Day in, day out365 days a yearI manage everything on my own: production, shipping, customer service, IT, and administrative tasks. Year after year, my dream grew into my life's purpose. Customers became loyal regulars, and orders from all over the world proved that I was on the right track. ​Over time, the burden grew continuously: accounting, reading up on new laws, understanding them, and putting them into practice, as well as keeping my website compliant. For a single person, this is already nearly impossible to manageand yet, as solo entrepreneurs, we pour our hearts into what we do. ​However, the world has changed drastically and rapidly. Brexit, political shifts, the pandemic. E-commerce has become increasingly difficult, and costs keep rising. Yet the European Uniona union of nations sharing similar values with the goal of promoting and simplifying tradeshould be granting us access to a market that secures our livelihood. Whether Germany, France, Poland, or any other member state: we ought to be a unified community, supporting one another, exchanging ideas, and benefiting together. ​That dream is now slipping away. ​The financial burden of appointing an authorized representative is simply unaffordable. Registration in dual systems and the sheer volume of bureaucratic hurdles are unmanageable for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs. Trying to predict which country might generate enough sales over the coming yearamid inflation, geopolitical uncertainty, and rising pricesis impossible. Paying 300+ every year per country just on the gamble that customers might place an order is completely unsustainable for micro-businesses. ​We urge you to reconsider your decision, amend the legislation, and introduce a workable exemption for small and micro-enterprises. ​As it stands, you are effectively closing the European market to us. ​Our businesses cannot survive this. Please recognize that this decision threatens the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. Tens of thousands of dreams will shatter. Tens of thousands of artists, creators, and craftspeople will lose their income, their livelihood, and their stability in times like these. ​Please do not look away. Stand with us.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ten years ago, I founded my small business. What started as a hobby quickly became my passion and full-time job. Day in, day out365 days a yearI manage everything on my own: production, shipping, customer service, IT, and administrative tasks. Year after year, my dream grew into my life's purpose. Customers became loyal regulars, and orders from all over the world proved that I was on the right track. ​Over time, the burden grew continuously: accounting, reading up on new laws, understanding them, and putting them into practice, as well as keeping my website compliant. For a single person, this is already nearly impossible to manageand yet, as solo entrepreneurs, we pour our hearts into what we do. ​However, the world has changed drastically and rapidly. Brexit, political shifts, the pandemic. E-commerce has become increasingly difficult, and costs keep rising. Yet the European Uniona union of nations sharing similar values with the goal of promoting and simplifying tradeshould be granting us access to a market that secures our livelihood. Whether Germany, France, Poland, or any other member state: we ought to be a unified community, supporting one another, exchanging ideas, and benefiting together. ​That dream is now slipping away. ​The financial burden of appointing an authorized representative is simply unaffordable. Registration in dual systems and the sheer volume of bureaucratic hurdles are unmanageable for small businesses and solo entrepreneurs. Trying to predict which country might generate enough sales over the coming yearamid inflation, geopolitical uncertainty, and rising pricesis impossible. Paying 300+ every year per country just on the gamble that customers might place an order is completely unsustainable for micro-businesses. ​We urge you to reconsider your decision, amend the legislation, and introduce a workable exemption for small and micro-enterprises. ​As it stands, you are effectively closing the European market to us. ​Our businesses cannot survive this. Please recognize that this decision threatens the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. Tens of thousands of dreams will shatter. Tens of thousands of artists, creators, and craftspeople will lose their income, their livelihood, and their stability in times like these. ​Please do not look away. Stand with us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543967_en"}, {"id": 33543966, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 19:28:19", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SIXBY EOOD", "feedback": "Packaging Regulations: Bureaucracy Instead of Practical Solutions You really have to ask yourself: Who is actually designing these regulations and did anyone seriously consult small and medium-sized online retailers before creating them? What is technically feasible? What is economically reasonable? What actually works in practice and what is simply unrealistic? Instead, we are getting requirements whose practical implementation is not even fully defined yet. Companies are nevertheless expected to start adapting their packaging and processes now. For packaging manufacturers, this can mean new artwork, new printing plates or tooling, new production runs and therefore significant additional costs. And all of this is being introduced in the name of sustainability. We are printing additional information onto packaging, using additional resources to do so, while at the same time risking that packaging already produced can no longer be used because of new labelling requirements. That is simply absurd. And then there is the issue of authorized representatives. How can it be that a company established within the EU, properly registered, with a known legal address and identifiable contact person, suddenly needs a separate authorized representative in every single EU country? If I register my company, for example, in Germany, the authorities know my company, my address and my designated contact person. I am based within the EU, reachable and legally accountable. So why do I need another representative in every other country? And why does every country need to maintain its own separate register and bureaucratic structure? We are talking about a European Single Market yet when it comes to packaging regulation, we apparently want to build bureaucracy 27 times over. Instead of creating one harmonized European register and one simple digital standard, we are creating additional interfaces, additional service providers and additional costs. For small and medium-sized businesses, this is no longer just bureaucracy. It becomes a genuine competitive disadvantage. If a company internally launched a project with requirements that were not yet fully defined, constantly changing rules, additional costs and insufficient consultation with the people actually expected to implement them, the question would come very quickly: Who approved this project? In politics, it is called regulation. In the end, businesses pay for it, consumers pay for it and potentially even the environment pays for it. Sustainability should not mean creating as much bureaucracy as possible. Sustainability means creating a solution that actually works. Perhaps the first step should be to talk to the people who actually have to implement it.", "feedbackEnglish": "Packaging Regulations: Bureaucracy Instead of Practical Solutions You really have to ask yourself: Who is actually designing these regulations and did anyone seriously consult small and medium-sized online retailers before creating them? What is technically feasible? What is economically reasonable? What actually works in practice and what is simply unrealistic? Instead, we are getting requirements whose practical implementation is not even fully defined yet. Companies are nevertheless expected to start adapting their packaging and processes now. For packaging manufacturers, this can mean new artwork, new printing plates or tooling, new production runs and therefore significant additional costs. And all of this is being introduced in the name of sustainability. We are printing additional information onto packaging, using additional resources to do so, while at the same time risking that packaging already produced can no longer be used because of new labelling requirements. That is simply absurd. And then there is the issue of authorized representatives. How can it be that a company established within the EU, properly registered, with a known legal address and identifiable contact person, suddenly needs a separate authorized representative in every single EU country? If I register my company, for example, in Germany, the authorities know my company, my address and my designated contact person. I am based within the EU, reachable and legally accountable. So why do I need another representative in every other country? And why does every country need to maintain its own separate register and bureaucratic structure? We are talking about a European Single Market yet when it comes to packaging regulation, we apparently want to build bureaucracy 27 times over. Instead of creating one harmonized European register and one simple digital standard, we are creating additional interfaces, additional service providers and additional costs. For small and medium-sized businesses, this is no longer just bureaucracy. It becomes a genuine competitive disadvantage. If a company internally launched a project with requirements that were not yet fully defined, constantly changing rules, additional costs and insufficient consultation with the people actually expected to implement them, the question would come very quickly: Who approved this project? In politics, it is called regulation. In the end, businesses pay for it, consumers pay for it and potentially even the environment pays for it. Sustainability should not mean creating as much bureaucracy as possible. Sustainability means creating a solution that actually works. Perhaps the first step should be to talk to the people who actually have to implement it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543966_en"}, {"id": 33543965, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 18:59:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Your bourocracy kills small vintage traders and craftspeople! We try to do a sustainable business- and you ( living of our earned money btw) have nothing better to do as shitting us full with stupid rules nobody needs or nobody gets a better live from! The EU administration should be taken down and you shall get a showel to grow potatoes to get a better understanding of the people you are funded by!", "feedbackEnglish": "Your bourocracy kills small vintage traders and craftspeople! We try to do a sustainable business- and you (living of our earned money btw) have nothing better to do as shitting us full with stupid rules Nobody needs or Nobody gets a better live from! The EU administration should be taken down and you shall get a showel to grow potatoes to get a better understanding of the people you are funded by!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543965_en"}, {"id": 33543964, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 18:44:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe seit 2013 eine Ein-Frau-Manufaktur und versende meine handgefertigte Produkte aus Deutschland in die ganze Welt. Meine Verpackungen lizenziere ich seit 2018 ordnungsgemäß über LUCID. Trotzdem kann ich heute in die meisten EU-Länder nicht mehr versenden. Nicht weil ich nicht will, sondern weil die Kosten für Registrierung, Systembeteiligung und Bevollmächtigte in jedem einzelnen Land höher sind als der Gewinn, den ich dort mit ein paar Bestellungen im Jahr mache. Für Österreich ein Nachbarland, das dieselbe Sprache spricht müsste ich allein für den Bevollmächtigten mehrere hundert Euro im Jahr zahlen. Für 10-20 Pakete im Jahr. Für große Unternehmen und Konzerne fallen solche zusätzliche Kosten gar nicht ins Gewicht. Sie haben eigene Rechtsabteilungen, Anwälte und genug Umsatz, um die neuen Fixkosten auf Millionen von Paketen zu verteilen. Für Kleinstunternehmen wie mich ist es leider nicht so. Das System behandelt uns gleich, obwohl wir es nicht sind. Es müsste Grenzen geben, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von diesen länderspezifischen Pflichten befreit oder zumindest deutlich entlastet werden. Was mich dabei am meisten frustriert: Wenn eine Kundin aus Australien, der Schweiz oder Kanada bei mir bestellt, fülle ich eine Zollinhaltserklärung aus und das Paket geht raus. Zwei Minuten, keine Fixkosten. In die EU den Binnenmarkt, der Handelsbarrieren abbauen sollte geht das mit der neuen Regelung nicht. Es ist für mich einfacher, ein Paket ans andere Ende der Welt zu schicken als nach Wien. Die PPWR wird das nicht besser machen. Im Gegenteil: Die bisherigen nationalen Bagatellgrenzen, dank derer ich wenigstens noch in ein paar EU-Länder versenden kann, könnten durch die Harmonisierung sogar wegfallen. 27 nationale Register, 27 Systembeteiligungen, möglicherweise 27 Bevollmächtigte für insgesamt 30 bis 50 Kilogramm Karton im Jahr, verteilt auf ganz Europa. Umweltschutz und Herstellerverantwortung unterstütze ich. Aber es braucht ein faires System. Michaela Heimlich", "feedbackEnglish": "Since 2013, I have been operating a one-woman shop and sending my handmade products from Germany to the rest of the world. Since 2018, I have been duly licensing my packaging through LUCID. Nevertheless, today I can no longer send to most EU countries. Not because I don’t want it, but because the costs of registration, system participation and plenipotentiary are higher in each country than the gain I make there with a few orders per year. For Austria, a neighbouring country that speaks the same language, I would have to pay several hundred euros a year for the agent alone. For 10-20 parcels per year. For large companies and groups, such additional costs are not significant at all. They have their own legal departments, lawyers and enough turnover to spread the new fixed costs over millions of parcels. Unfortunately, this is not the case for micro-enterprises like me. The system treats us equally, although we are not. There should be limits below which micro-enterprises are exempted from these country-specific obligations or at least significantly relieved of them. What frustrates me the most: If a customer from Australia, Switzerland or Canada orders me, I complete a customs declaration and leave the package. Two minutes, no fixed costs. In the EU, the single market, which should remove barriers to trade, does not work with the new rules. It is easier for me to send a package to the other end of the world than to Vienna. The PPWR will not do better. To the contrary: Harmonisation could even remove the existing national de minimis thresholds, which allow me to send at least a few EU countries. 27 national registers, 27 system contributions, possibly 27 plenipotentiaries for a total of 30 to 50 kilograms of cardboard per year, spread across Europe. I support environmental protection and producer responsibility. But a fair system is needed. Michaela Heimlich", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543964_en"}, {"id": 33543963, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 18:13:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich plane, in Deutschland ein kleines Unternehmen zu gründen und eigene Produkte online zu verkaufen. Eigentlich sollte mir der EU-Binnenmarkt ermöglichen, diese Produkte unkompliziert auch an Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu verkaufen. Die vorgesehenen nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten bewirken jedoch genau das Gegenteil. Für einen Kleinstbetrieb mit nur wenigen Sendungen in einzelne Länder können bereits die Fixkosten höher sein als der dort erzielte Umsatz. Ein konkretes Beispiel zeigt die Größenordnung: Bei aktuell angebotenen Lösungen werden für einen Bevollmächtigten teilweise 299 Euro pro Land und Jahr genannt. Bei 31 Märkten wären das 9.269 Euro jährlich, noch ohne zusätzliche nationale Lizenz-, System- und Entsorgungskosten. Für große Konzerne und Plattformen sind solche Fixkosten leicht tragbar. Für kleine Hersteller, Handmade-Unternehmen und Einzelunternehmer können sie dagegen einen erheblichen Teil des Gewinns aufzehren oder den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf vollständig unrentabel machen. Die wirtschaftlich logische Folge wird daher sein, dass viele kleine Händler den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Länder einstellen. Dadurch verlieren sie Umsatz und Kunden, Arbeitsplätze können gefährdet werden und auch den Mitgliedstaaten entgehen steuerpflichtige Umsätze und Unternehmensgewinne. Gleichzeitig werden Kunden stärker zu großen Plattformen und Konzernen gedrängt. Das widerspricht dem Gedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes. Umweltschutz, Recycling und Herstellerverantwortung sind sinnvoll und notwendig. Dafür braucht es aber ein verhältnismäßiges System. Für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollte es eine zentrale EU-weite Registrierung und Meldung geben, verbunden mit Gebühren nach der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge, statt separater kostenpflichtiger Verpflichtungen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat. Ein System, das kleine europäische Unternehmen faktisch dazu zwingt, Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern auszuschließen, schützt weder den Binnenmarkt noch die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas. Es stärkt vor allem die großen Marktteilnehmer, die sich diese Bürokratie problemlos leisten können.", "feedbackEnglish": "I plan to set up a small business in Germany and sell my own products online. In fact, the EU single market should allow me to easily sell these products to customers in other Member States. However, the envisaged national registration, notification and authorised representative obligations have the exact opposite effect. For a micro-enterprise with only a few consignments to individual countries, the fixed costs may already be higher than the turnover achieved there. A concrete example shows the scale: Currently offered solutions sometimes mention EUR 299 per country per year for an authorised representative. For 31 markets, this would amount to EUR 9269 per year, without additional national licensing, system and disposal costs. Such fixed costs are easily bearable for large corporations and platforms. For small manufacturers, handmade companies and sole proprietors, on the other hand, they can deplete a significant part of the profit or make cross-border sales completely unprofitable. The economically logical consequence will therefore be that many small traders will stop shipping to many EU countries. As a result, they lose turnover and customers, jobs can be put at risk, and Member States also lose taxable turnover and corporate profits. At the same time, customers are being pushed more towards large platforms and corporations. This runs counter to the idea of a common European internal market. Environmental protection, recycling and producer responsibility are useful and necessary. However, this requires a proportionate system. There should be centralised EU-wide registration and reporting for micro and small enterprises, with fees based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market, rather than separate paid obligations in each Member State. A system that effectively forces small European companies to exclude customers in other EU countries does not protect the single market or Europe’s competitiveness. In particular, it strengthens the large market players who can easily afford this bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543963_en"}, {"id": 33543962, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 18:00:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Einzelunternehmer und Kleinunternehmer im Kunsthandwerk. Ich kann mir nicht mal EIN Land leisten! Ich finde es eine Schande, dass kleine Unternehmen nicht berücksichtigt werden, als wären sie nicht-existent und dürften ruhig als Kollateralschaden untergehen. Die EU war doch einmal dazu gedacht, dass der Handel unter den einzelnen Mitgliedsländern gefördert wird, - mit DIESEM Gesetz wird aber das Gegenteil erreicht! Es gibt viele von uns Kleinstunternehmen, - und wir werden einfach von der Teilnahme am Handel durch viel zu hohe Gebühren AUSGESCHLOSSEN. Es herrscht eine rege Nachfrage nach individuell handgearbeiteten Geschenken, die nicht jeder dritte von großen Herstellern von Massenware hat. Es ist schade, dass man nun bald nichts mehr von originaler Handwerkskunst aus anderen EU Ländern kaufen kann, denn die Lizenzen können Kleinunternehmer nicht aufbringen. Es ist jammerschade, dass somit auch die reiche kulturelle Vielfalt in Europa unterminiert wird, und die Massenware aus Asien weiteren Einzug hier hält. Es darf nicht sein, dass sich die EU wegen \"VERPACKUNGEN\" den gesamten Kleinunternehmer Stand ausmerzt!", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader and a small trader in handicrafts. I cannot afford a country! I find it a shame that small businesses are not taken into account as if they were non-existent and should calmly disappear as collateral damage. The EU was designed to promote trade between its member countries, but this law achieves the opposite! There are many of us micro-enterprises – and we are simply excluded from trading by far too high fees. There is a high demand for individually hand-made gifts, which not one in three large mass-produced producers have. It is a pity that it will soon be impossible to buy any original craftsmanship from other EU countries, as the licences will not be available to small businesses. It is deplorable that the rich cultural diversity in Europe is thus also being undermined, and the mass product from Asia continues to gain ground here. It must not be the case that the EU is eroding the status of all small businesses as a result of ‘contradictions’!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543962_en"}, {"id": 33543961, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:57:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lederheidi", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Dsmen und Herren! Die neue PPWR ist in ihrer praktischen Umsetzung für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen völlig realitätsfern. Insbesondere die Verpflichtung, sich für Verpackungen in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaat separat registrieren und gegebenenfalls jeweils eigene Lizenz- und Systemgebühren bezahlen zu müssen, führt das eigentliche Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarktes ad absurdum. Für kleine Unternehmen, die vielleicht nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr in einzelne EU-Länder versenden, stehen die Kosten und der administrative Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Während große Konzerne diese zusätzlichen Kosten problemlos einkalkulieren können, werden kleine Händler faktisch gezwungen, den Versand in viele EU-Mitgliedstaaten einzustellen. Damit entsteht eine paradoxe Situation: Eine europäische Verordnung, die europaweit harmonisieren soll, sorgt in der Praxis dafür, dass kleine Unternehmen vom europäischen Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen werden. Gerade der grenzüberschreitende Onlinehandel hat kleinen Unternehmen bislang die Möglichkeit gegeben, Kunden in der gesamten EU zu erreichen. Wenn jedoch für jedes einzelne Land Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte, Meldungen und teilweise erhebliche Mindest- oder Lizenzgebühren notwendig werden, lohnt sich der Verkauf in kleinere Absatzmärkte wirtschaftlich nicht mehr. Das Ergebnis wird nicht mehr Umweltschutz sein, sondern weniger Wettbewerb, eine weitere Stärkung großer Handelskonzerne und eine Benachteiligung kleiner und mittelständischer Unternehmen. Es braucht dringend eine echte EU-weite Lösung für Kleinstmengen und kleine Unternehmen beispielsweise eine zentrale Registrierung, eine europaweit gültige Lizenzierung oder zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb der keine kostenintensive Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat erforderlich ist. Ein Binnenmarkt kann nicht funktionieren, wenn ein kleines Unternehmen für den Versand einiger weniger Pakete in verschiedene EU-Länder mit Registrierungs- und Lizenzkosten in zahlreichen nationalen Systemen belastet wird. In der derzeit vorgesehenen Form ist diese Regelung unverhältnismäßig, mittelstandsfeindlich und widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Anja Englaro", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, The new PPWR is completely unrealistic in its practical implementation for small and medium-sized enterprises. In particular, the obligation to register separately for packaging in each EU Member State and, where appropriate, to pay their own licence and system fees, renders the very objective of the European single market absurd. For small businesses, which may send only a few orders per year to individual EU countries, the costs and administrative burden are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. While large corporations can easily factor in these additional costs, small traders are de facto forced to stop shipping to many EU Member States. This creates a paradoxical situation: A European regulation, designed to harmonise across Europe, ensures in practice that small businesses are excluded from the European single market. Cross-border e-commerce in particular has so far enabled small businesses to reach customers across the EU. However, if, for each country, registrations, authorised representatives, notifications and sometimes significant minimum or royalty payments become necessary, sales to smaller outlets will no longer be economically viable. The result will not be more environmental protection, but less competition, a further strengthening of large trading groups and a disadvantage for small and medium-sized enterprises. There is an urgent need for a genuine EU-wide solution for micro-volumes and small businesses, such as central registration, pan-European licensing or at least a de minimis threshold below which cost-intensive registration is not required in each individual Member State. A single market cannot work if a small company is burdened with registration and licensing costs in many national systems for sending a few parcels to different EU countries. In the form currently provided for, this rule is disproportionate, hostile to SMEs and, in my view, contrary to the idea of a common European internal market. Yours sincerely, Anja Englaro", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543961_en"}, {"id": 33543960, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:43:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Manja Junghans", "feedback": "Statt Bürokratie abzubauen, schafft die EU mit den nationalen Herstellerregistern für Verpackungen noch mehr Aufwand, Kosten und komplizierte Einzelregelungen. Für kleine Onlinehändler bedeutet das, dass sich der Versand in viele andere EU-Länder schlicht nicht mehr lohnt und eingestellt werden muss. Was soll damit erreicht werden? Der Umwelt ist kaum geholfen, wenn kleine Händler wegen unverhältnismäßiger Registrierungspflichten aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden. Die EU macht grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen immer schwieriger statt einfacher.", "feedbackEnglish": "Instead of cutting red tape, the EU, with the national registers of producers of packaging, creates even more burdens, costs and complicated individual rules. For small online traders, this simply means that shipping to many other EU countries is no longer worthwhile and must stop. What does this achieve? The environment is hardly helped when small traders are pushed out of the EU single market due to disproportionate registration requirements. The EU is making cross-border trade increasingly difficult rather than easier for small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543960_en"}, {"id": 33543959, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:25:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CeNano GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines Familienunternehmen. Wir stellen in Deutschland her und versenden bisher europaweit. Durch die Möglichkeit unsere Artikel in jedem europäischen Land erwerben zu können, haben wir bisher Kunden gefunden, die nach ersten Testbestellungen zu Dauerkunden wurden. Diese Möglichkeit entfällt jetzt. Unsere Wachstumschancen sind durch die neuen Verpackungpflichten deutlich reduziert. Wir können es uns schlicht nicht leisten, uns in allen Länder zu registrieren. In Zukunft müssen wir uns auf einige Länder beschränken. Danke! Unsere 2-3 Kartonagen, die wir pro Monat versendet haben, sind sicher nicht schuld am Klimawandel. Unsere Produkte können aber helfen den Klimawandel zu verlangsamen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small family business. We produce in Germany and have so far been shipping across Europe. By being able to buy our items in any European country, we have so far found customers who became permanent customers after the first test orders. This possibility no longer exists. Our growth prospects are significantly reduced by the new packaging obligations. We simply cannot afford to register in all countries. In the future, we must limit ourselves to a few countries. Thanks! Our 2-3 cardboard boxes we shipped each month are certainly not responsible for climate change. But our products can help slow down climate change.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543959_en"}, {"id": 33543958, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:24:13", "country": "SRB", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "PR Evil Toymaker Studio", "feedback": "I operate a microbusiness established outside the EU and sell small quantities of goods directly to consumers in several EU Member States, including through online marketplaces. I support the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility and believe businesses should contribute fairly to the cost of managing the packaging waste they place on the market. Germany provides a useful example from my own business. I am already registered in the German LUCID Packaging Register, participate in a German recycling system and pay approximately 25 per year for my packaging quantities. I send only approximately 30 parcels to Germany in an entire year. This is a system with which a microbusiness can reasonably comply. I register, report my packaging and contribute financially toward its recycling. My concern with the implementation of the new PPWR requirements is therefore not the environmental contribution. It is the disproportionate fixed administrative cost imposed on microbusinesses engaged in cross-border distance selling. As a business established outside the EU, I may now need to appoint an authorised representative in Germany. Current commercial services I have found cost approximately 360 per year or more. This means that the administrative cost of representation alone could be more than fourteen times my existing annual German packaging recycling contribution, despite my business sending only around 30 parcels to Germany per year. The problem becomes considerably more serious when this principle is applied across the EU. A microbusiness may send only two or three parcels to a particular Member State during an entire year. Requiring separate national registrations, compliance arrangements and, where applicable, paid authorised representatives can create hundreds of euros in annual fixed costs merely to retain the possibility of selling to consumers in that country. No microbusiness can economically maintain this infrastructure across many Member States. The predictable response is not greater environmental compliance. Small businesses will simply stop selling to consumers in Member States where sales cannot justify the fixed compliance costs. This will particularly disadvantage consumers in smaller EU markets and small specialist businesses whose customers are naturally distributed across many countries. It also creates a major competitive imbalance. A large company can absorb hundreds or thousands of euros in annual compliance costs across multiple Member States. A microbusiness cannot, even though the amount of packaging it introduces into those markets may be extremely small. I therefore respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that implementation of the PPWR producer-registration system follows the principle of proportionality. Possible solutions could include: a meaningful de minimis threshold based on annual packaging quantity or sales; simplified requirements or exemptions for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on a national market; a single EU registration mechanism rather than separate national administrative systems; mutual recognition or EU-wide authorised representation; or a simplified marketplace-based mechanism through which very small distance sellers can contribute proportionately to national EPR systems. I am willing to register, report my packaging quantities and pay proportionately for the waste my business creates. My existing German participation demonstrates this. What is not economically viable is paying hundreds of euros in fixed administrative and representation costs in each Member State in which a small number of customers happen to purchase my products. Without a proportionate solution, these rules risk excluding microbusinesses from cross-border European trade, reducing consumer choice and fragmenting the Single Market while producing very little corresponding environmental benefit. I ask the Commission to take this practical reality into a", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a microbusiness established outside the EU and sell small quantities of goods directly to consumers in several EU Member States, including through online marketplaces. I support the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility and believe businesses should contribute fairly to the cost of managing the packaging waste they place on the market. Germany provides a useful example from my own business. I am already registered in the German LUCID Packaging Register, participate in a German recycling system and pay approximately 25 per year for my packaging quantities. I send only approximately 30 parcels to Germany in an entire year. This is a system with which a microbusiness can reasonably comply. I register, report my packaging and contribute financially toward its recycling. My concern with the implementation of the new PPWR requirements is therefore not the environmental contribution. It is the disproportionate fixed administrative cost imposed on microbusinesses engaged in cross-border distance selling. As a business established outside the EU, I may now need to appoint an authorised representative in Germany. Current commercial services I have found cost approximately 360 per year or more. This means that the administrative cost of representation alone could be more than fourteen times my existing annual German packaging recycling contribution, despite my business sending only around 30 parcels to Germany per year. The problem becomes considerably more serious when this principle is applied across the EU. A microbusiness may send only two or three parcels to a particular Member State during an entire year. Requiring separate national registrations, compliance arrangements and, where applicable, paid authorised representatives can create hundreds of euros in annual fixed costs merely to retain the possibility of selling to consumers in that country. No microbusiness can economically maintain this infrastructure across many Member States. The predictable response is not greater environmental compliance. Small businesses will simply stop selling to consumers in Member States where sales cannot justify the fixed compliance costs. This will particularly disadvantage consumers in smaller EU markets and small specialist businesses whose customers are naturally distributed across many countries. It also creates a major competitive imbalance. A large company can absorb hundreds or thousands of euros in annual compliance costs across multiple Member States. A microbusiness cannot, even though the amount of packaging it introduces into those markets may be extremely small. I therefore respectfully ask the Commission to ensure that implementation of the PPWR producer-registration system follows the principle of proportionality. Possible solutions could include: a meaningful de minimis threshold based on annual packaging quantity or sales; simplified requirements or exemptions for micro-enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on a national market; a single EU registration mechanism rather than separate national administrative systems; mutual recognition or EU-wide authorised representation; or a simplified marketplace-based mechanism through which very small distance sellers can contribute proportionately to national EPR systems. I am willing to register, report my packaging quantities and pay proportionately for the waste my business creates. My existing German participation demonstrates this. What is not economically viable is paying hundreds of euros in fixed administrative and representation costs in each Member State in which a small number of customers happen to purchase my products. Without a proportionate solution, these rules risk excluding microbusinesses from cross-border European trade, reducing consumer choice and fragmenting the Single Market while producing very little corresponding environmental benefit. I ask the Commission to take this practical reality into a", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543958_en"}, {"id": 33543957, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:16:18", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they introduce. However, the current EPR system creates a disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises selling online across the EU. I run a one-person business producing handmade accessories. A typical shipment contains only around 60 g of packaging, and my total annual packaging volume is tiny. Yet selling to consumers in different EU countries will require separate national registrations, contracts, reporting and an authorised EPR representative in each destination country. For a large company, these fixed costs may be negligible. For a one-person business, they can exceed the profit generated by an entire country's sales. This creates a strong incentive to simply stop selling to certain EU countries or EU altogether. This means that \"free movement of goods\" can exist in principle while being economically inaccessible to the smallest businesses. It also creates a perverse situation where a business can technically sell across borders but cannot do so economically. The result is not a simple environmental compliance system. It is a fragmented administrative landscape that a micro-enterprise must somehow navigate without having a legal or compliance department. This is especially concerning because the environmental benefit of treating a micro-enterprise in exactly the same territorial manner as a large producer is questionable. I would therefore strongly encourage the Commission to consider a genuine EU-wide simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. For example, the EU could establish: - A single EU registration for micro-enterprises - A business below a defined annual packaging threshold could register once in its Member State of establishment and declare its total packaging placed on the EU market. - A single EU-wide EPR payment or reporting mechanism - Instead of requiring a micro-enterprise to enter into separate arrangements in every Member State, the business could pay a standardised EU-level contribution calculated according to the quantity and material of packaging introduced. - Mutual recognition between Member States - Registration and compliance in the Member State where the micro-enterprise is established should be recognised across the EU for businesses below an appropriate threshold. - A meaningful micro-enterprise exemption or simplified regime - Businesses introducing only very small quantities of packaging should not be subject to the same fixed administrative requirements as large producers. - A central EU EPR portal - If national systems must remain, there should at least be a single EU interface through which a micro-enterprise can register, report quantities and determine exactly which obligations apply in each destination country. - No mandatory authorised representative for negligible quantities - The requirement to appoint a separate representative in every destination Member State is particularly damaging to micro-enterprises. For a business introducing only a few kilograms of packaging across the entire EU, the representative requirement can be many times more expensive than the environmental obligation itself. I believe this would improve compliance. At present, the likely outcome for many micro-businesses is not that they will become perfectly compliant in 27 countries. The likely outcome is that they will: - stop selling to certain EU countries; - restrict their businesses to a handful of markets; - abandon cross-border expansion; - or, in the worst cases, simply give up trying to understand the system. That is not a desirable environmental outcome. A small business that wants to comply should be given a realistic way to comply.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they introduce. However, the current EPR system creates a disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises selling online across the EU. I run a one-person business producing handmade accessories. A typical shipment contains only around 60 g of packaging, and my total annual packaging volume is tiny. Yet selling to consumers in different EU countries will require separate national registrations, contracts, reporting and an authorised EPR representative in each destination country. For a large company, these fixed costs may be negligible. For a one-person business, they can exceed the profit generated by an entire country's sales. This creates a strong incentive to simply stop selling to certain EU countries or EU altogether. This means that \"free movement of goods\" can exist in principle while being economically inaccessible to the smallest businesses. It also creates a perverse situation where a business can technically sell across borders but cannot do so economically. The result is not a simple environmental compliance system. It is a fragmented administrative landscape that a micro-enterprise must somehow navigate without having a legal or compliance department. This is especially concerning because the environmental benefit of treating a micro-enterprise in exactly the same territorial manner as a large producer is questionable. I would therefore strongly encourage the Commission to consider a genuine EU-wide simplified regime for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging. For example, the EU could establish: - A single EU registration for micro-enterprises - A business below a defined annual packaging threshold could register once in its Member State of establishment and declare its total packaging placed on the EU market. - A single EU-wide EPR payment or reporting mechanism - Instead of requiring a micro-enterprise to enter into separate arrangements in every Member State, the business could pay a standardised EU-level contribution calculated according to the quantity and material of packaging introduced. - Mutual recognition between Member States - Registration and compliance in the Member State where the micro-enterprise is established should be recognised across the EU for businesses below an appropriate threshold. - A meaningful micro-enterprise exemption or simplified regime - Businesses introducing only very small quantities of packaging should not be subject to the same fixed administrative requirements as large producers. - A central EU EPR portal - If national systems must remain, there should at least be a single EU interface through which a micro-enterprise can register, report quantities and determine exactly which obligations apply in each destination country. - No mandatory authorised representative for negligible quantities - The requirement to appoint a separate representative in every destination Member State is particularly damaging to micro-enterprises. For a business introducing only a few kilograms of packaging across the entire EU, the representative requirement can be many times more expensive than the environmental obligation itself. I believe this would improve compliance. At present, the likely outcome for many micro-businesses is not that they will become perfectly compliant in 27 countries. The likely outcome is that they will: - stop selling to certain EU countries; - restrict their businesses to a handful of markets; - abandon cross-border expansion; - or, in the worst cases, simply give up trying to understand the system. That is not a desirable environmental outcome. A small business that wants to comply should be given a realistic way to comply.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543957_en"}, {"id": 33543956, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:04:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Benture", "feedback": "1. Single EU-wide packaging-register portal, modelled on existing OSS/IOSS, REACH and SCIP infrastructure. Member states keep fee-setting rights but the linguistic and technical burden is centralised. 2. Raise the micro-enterprise threshold to align with the VAT small-business regime, or introduce a packaging-specific de minimis (e.g. 100,000 cross-border turnover) exempting micro-sellers from per-country register fees. 3. De minimis exemption for very small parcels (250g or 15 EUR declared value) from the empty-space rule and per-country reporting, provided the underlying packaging is itself recyclable. This preserves environmental effect while removing disproportionate documentation from the smallest trade flows.", "feedbackEnglish": "1. Single EU-wide packaging-register portal, modelled on existing OSS/IOSS, REACH and SCIP infrastructure. Member states keep fee-setting rights but the linguistic and technical burden is centralised. 2. Raise the micro-enterprise threshold to align with the VAT small-business regime, or introduce a packaging-specific de minimis (e.g. 100,000 cross-border turnover) exempting micro-sellers from per-country register fees. 3. De minimis exemption for very small parcels (250g or 15 EUR declared value) from the empty-space rule and per-country reporting, provided the underlying packaging is itself recyclable. This preserves environmental effect while removing disproportionate documentation from the smallest trade flows.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543956_en"}, {"id": 33543955, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 17:01:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bead Fizz", "feedback": "I run a tiny one-woman-business as an artist. Financially, its simply not feasible for me to cover the upfront costs required just to potentially ship a package to another EU country. Ever since the Packaging Act was introduced in 2023, Ive been struggling to obtain the materials I need because more and more small businesses worldwide have stopped shipping to Germany because of the regulations. We small artists are disproportionately restricted by these regulations in both directions: as sellers and as buyers, as we are forced to fall back on German suppliers. Is this in compliance with EU regulations? A minimum threshhold would be all it needs to enable tiny businesses to stay in Europe-wide trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a tiny one-woman-business as an artist. Financially, its simply not feasible for me to cover the upfront costs required just to potentially ship a package to another EU country. Ever since the Packaging Act was introduced in 2023, Ive been struggling to obtain the materials I need because more and more small businesses worldwide have stopped shipping to Germany because of the regulations. We small artists are disproportionately restricted by these regulations in both directions: as sellers and as buyers, as we are forced to fall back on German suppliers. Is this in compliance with EU regulations? A minimum threshhold would be all it needs to enable tiny businesses to stay in Europe-wide trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543955_en"}, {"id": 33543954, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 16:24:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "e.K.", "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung ist ein Debakel für KMU und die Warenfreizügigkeit innerhalb der EU. Aspekt 1: Ein Versand in andere EU-Länder ist durch die Neuregelung für kleine und mittlere Versender weder finanziell noch vom zeitlichen Bürokratieaufwand wirtschaftlich sinnvoll. Sie schließen Wenigversender faktisch vom europaweiten Versand aus, daher ist diese Verordnung diskriminierend. Temu & Co. lachen sich ins Fäustchen. Auch wir haben den EU-Versand komplett eingestellt, das hat auch zu einer Entlassung einer Teilzeitkraft geführt. Aber wir sehen gar nicht ein, für die Technokratieindustrie zu arbeiten. Aspekt 2: Ein derart verqueres, kompliziertes und verwirrenden Gesetzeskonstrukt sucht man selbst im Steuerrecht vergeblich. Es ist Irrsinn, dass ein Versandlabel Thema einer Diskussion ist, dass man dadurch zum Kartonhersteller (oder Erzeuger - alleine die Namesgebung ist schon das Zeichen dekadenter Regulierungswut) wird, weil sich dadurch Gewicht (!) und Zusammensetzung des Kartons ändert. Alleine das sowas auf den Tisch kommt - ohne Worte. Wird als nächstes die Autowerkstatt zum Hersteller weil sie zur Auslieferung das Kennzeichen anbringt? Auch das verändert das Gewicht und die Materialzusammensetzung des Autos... Aspekt 3: Sicher sind wir uns einig, dass Wiederverwendung das Beste ist, was der Umwelt in diesem Zusammenhang passieren kann. Das zu recycelnde Material wird durch die Zweitverwendung halbiert, es werden Rohstoffe und Energie gespart, da kein neuer Karton produziert werden muss. Das gilt es zu fördern, nicht zu erschweren! Konkrete Vorschläge aus der Misere einer Verordnung, die viele Dinge schlicht zerstört (inkl. dem Vertrauen in die demokratisches Kräfte in der EU): 1. Keep it simple. Volumenabhängige Gebührenstaffel ohne erleichterte oder erschwerendecAusnahken: < 1t, < 10t, <100t, >= 100t 2. Einheitliches Meldeportal ähnlich OSS, ohne teure Bevollmächtigte. 3. Meldepflicht für die in Verkehr gebrachten Mengen sind die Kartonproduzenten, Meldepflicht für die Anzahl der Pakete pro Land obliegt den Versendern. Produzenten zahlen Gebühren ein, die ja in der Preiskalkulation an die Versender weitergegeben werden. Daraus lässt sich ein Schlüssel bilden, der dann am die Recyclingunternehmen EU-weit ausgezahlt wird. Das ist vergleichsweise Einfach und wird für zu nicht mehr tatsächlichen Streuverlusten führen als der aktuelle Technokratiewahnsinn. 4. Wiederverwendete Versandverpackungen werden ausdrücklich und ohne Ausnahme freigestellt, diese sind über 2. ohnehin berücksichtigt. Das ist ökologisch. Mit einer solchen Lösung wird den Recyclingunternehmen Rechnung getragen ohne dabei KMU in der EU aktiv zu schaden. Das sichert Unternehmertum (irgendwer muss Steuern erwirtschaften und Wert schaffen) und schneidet EU-Verbraucher nicht von Waren ab. Ich denke Sie unterschätzen auch den Frust und die Abbeigung gegen diese Technokratie-EU, die gerade durch diese Verordnung und das Agieren der Technokratieindustrie hierbei bei sehr vielen einen Kipp-Punkt erreicht. Das zeigt sich ganz deutlich in vielen Diskussionen. Sie treiben diejenigen, die den Karren ziehen aus der politischen Mitte an den (sicher nicht linken) politischen Rand. Mit freundlichen Grüßen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Regulation is a debacle for SMEs and the free movement of goods within the EU. Aspect 1: The new rules make no economic sense for small and medium-sized consignors to be sent to other EU countries, either financially or in terms of time-consuming bureaucracy. They de facto exclude non-consignors from pan-European shipping, which is why this Regulation is discriminatory. Temu & Co. laughs into cheeking. We have also completely stopped shipping to the EU, which has also led to the dismissal of a part-time worker. But we don’t see ourselves working for the technocratic industry. Aspect 2: Such a blurred, complicated and confusing legal construct is in vain even in tax law. It is irrational that a shipping label is the subject of discussion, which makes it a cartonboard manufacturer (or producer – the naming alone is the sign of disguised regulatory anger) because it changes the weight (!) and composition of the carton. That alone comes onto the table – without words. Will the garage then become the manufacturer because it affixes the registration plate for delivery? This also changes the weight and material composition of the car... Aspect 3: We certainly agree that reuse is the best thing the environment can do in this context. The material to be recycled is halved by secondary use, saving raw materials and energy as there is no need to produce a new cartonboard. This must be encouraged, not made more difficult! Concrete proposals from the merci of a regulation that simply destroys many things (including trust in democratic forces in the EU): 1. Keep it simple. Volume-based fee scales without facilitation or complication: < 1 t, < 10 t, < 100 t, >= 100 t 2. Single Reporting Portal similar to OSS, without expensive authorised representatives. 3. Carton producers are responsible for reporting the quantities placed on the market and shippers are responsible for reporting the number of parcels per country. Producers pay fees, which are passed on to shippers in the price calculation. This can form a key that is then paid out to recyclers across the EU. This is relatively simple and will lead to no more actual scattered losses than the current sense of technocracy. 4. Re-used shipping packaging is explicitly and unconditionally exempted; it is already taken into account under 2. This is ecological. Such a solution will take into account recyclers without actively harming EU SMEs. This secures entrepreneurship (no one needs to generate taxes and value) and does not differentiate EU consumers from goods. I also think you underestimate the frustration and disengagement with this technocracy-EU, which, precisely because of this regulation and the action of the technocracy industry, reaches a tipping point for a very large number of people. This is very clear from many discussions. They drive those who pull the cart from the political centre to the (safely not left-wing) political periphery. [Complimentary close]", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543954_en"}, {"id": 33543953, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 16:21:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Longway-Buddha", "feedback": "Als Inhaberin eines kleinen Unternehmens sehe ich die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung mit großer Sorge. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen, die sich entwickeln und den europäischen Binnenmarkt nutzen möchten, stellen die derzeitigen Anforderungen eine enorme finanzielle und administrative Belastung dar. Allein für Österreich habe ich in diesem Jahr bereits rund 450 Euro für die Erfüllung der Verpackungspflichten bezahlt. Noch problematischer wird es bei Ländern, in die nur gelegentlich Bestellungen erfolgen: Bestellt beispielsweise ein einzelner Kunde aus Frankreich, entstehen unverhältnismäßig hohe Kosten für möglicherweise nur eine einzige Sendung. Besonders unverständlich ist für mich, dass wir von einer EU-Verpackungsregelung und einem gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt sprechen, gleichzeitig aber jedes Land eigene Systeme, Registrierungen, Gebühren und Anforderungen hat. Wie sollen wir in Europa zusammenwachsen, wenn kleine Unternehmen für jedes einzelne EU-Land neue bürokratische und finanzielle Hürden überwinden müssen? Für kleine Unternehmen macht dies den grenzüberschreitenden Handel teilweise schlicht unwirtschaftlich und zwingt uns dazu, bestimmte EU-Länder vom Versand auszuschließen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small business, I am deeply concerned about the new EU Packaging Regulation. Especially for small companies that want to develop and benefit from the European single market, the current requirements represent a huge financial and administrative burden. For Austria alone, I have already paid around EUR 450 this year to fulfil the packaging obligations. It becomes even more problematic for countries where orders are placed only occasionally: For example, if a single customer orders from France, the cost of a single consignment may be disproportionately high. I find it particularly incomprehensible that we are talking about an EU packaging regime and a common internal market, while at the same time each country has its own systems, registrations, fees and requirements. How should we grow together in Europe if small businesses have to overcome new bureaucratic and financial hurdles for every single EU country? For small businesses, this makes cross-border trade in some cases simply uneconomic and forces us to exclude certain EU countries from shipping.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543953_en"}, {"id": 33543952, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 15:59:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The fact that the new PPWR regulation is implemented August 12th, without a EU wide and harmonized process (!), is de facto closing down the EU domestic market for small an medium enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "The fact that the new PPWR regulation is implemented August 12th, without a EU wide and harmonized process (!), is de facto closing down the EU domestic market for small an medium enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543952_en"}, {"id": 33543951, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 15:56:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "From the point of a small business there are several hurdles all this creates. Especially as all the costs are upfront and the work that has to be done and organised often is completely disproportionate to the yield. While no Problem for big businesses it makes EU Trade for small businesses impossible. Three concrete proposals: 1. Single EU-wide packaging-register portal, modelled on existing OSS/IOSS, REACH and SCIP infrastructure. Member states keep fee-setting rights but the linguistic and technical burden is centralised. One Person inside the EU is enough as a responsible person and not in every country. Keep costs for registering and bureaucracy low. 2. Raise the micro-enterprise threshold to align with the VAT small-business regime, or introduce a packaging-specific de minimis (e.g. 250,000 cross-border turnover) exempting micro-sellers from per-country register fees. 3. De minimis exemption for very small orders (50 EUR declared value) from the empty-space rule and per-country reporting, provided the underlying packaging is itself recyclable. This preserves environmental effect while removing disproportionate documentation from the smallest trade flows.", "feedbackEnglish": "From the point of a small business there are several hurdles all this creates. Especially as all the costs are upfront and the work that has to be done and organised often is completely disproportionate to the yield. While no Problem for big businesses it makes EU Trade for small businesses impossible. Three concrete proposals: 1. Single EU-wide packaging-register portal, modelled on existing OSS/IOSS, REACH and SCIP infrastructure. Member states keep fee-setting rights but the linguistic and technical burden is centralised. One Person inside the EU is enough as a responsible person and not in every country. Keep costs for registering and bureaucracy low. 2. Raise the micro-enterprise threshold to align with the VAT small-business regime, or introduce a packaging-specific de minimis (e.g. 250,000 cross-border turnover) exempting micro-sellers from per-country register fees. 3. De minimis exemption for very small orders (50 EUR declared value) from the empty-space rule and per-country reporting, provided the underlying packaging is itself recyclable. This preserves environmental effect while removing disproportionate documentation from the smallest trade flows.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543951_en"}, {"id": 33543950, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 15:44:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Heike Huber", "feedback": "Die neue PPWR-Regelung, die ab dem 12. August gilt, ist für echte Ein-Personen-Unternehmen schlicht realitätsfern und existenzgefährdend. Die angeblichen Umweltziele sind in dieser Form kaum nachvollziehbar es ist völlig unklar, welchen tatsächlichen positiven Effekt diese Maßnahmen haben sollen. Statt wirksamen Umweltschutz zu fördern, erzeugt die Regelung vor allem massiven bürokratischen Aufwand, zusätzliche Kosten und organisatorische Hürden, die speziell Kleinstbetriebe nicht stemmen können. Wenn überhaupt ein Effekt entsteht, dann der, dass kleine Anbieter vom Markt gedrängt werden. Das reduziert jedoch nicht den Konsum oder Versand insgesamt Kunden kaufen schlicht bei größeren Anbietern weiter. Am Ende wird weder die Umwelt messbar entlastet, noch nachhaltiges Wirtschaften gefördert, sondern lediglich die Vielfalt kleiner, oft verantwortungsvoll arbeitender Unternehmen zerstört.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR regime, which will apply from 12 August, is simply unrealistic and threatens the existence of genuine one-person companies. The alleged environmental objectives in this form are difficult to understand and it is completely unclear what real positive effect these measures are supposed to have. Instead of promoting effective environmental protection, the scheme above all generates massive red tape, additional costs and organisational hurdles that micro-enterprises in particular cannot cope with. If there is an effect at all, it is that small suppliers are pushed out of the market. However, this does not reduce overall consumption or shipping by customers simply buying on from larger suppliers. The end result is neither a measurable reduction in the environmental burden nor the promotion of sustainable economies, but only the destruction of the diversity of small, often responsible, businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543950_en"}, {"id": 33543949, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 15:08:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Pearlfactory", "feedback": "#PPWR - After careful consideration, its clear to me: Shipping to other EU countries will no longer be economically viable in the future. The bureaucratic burden is completely out of proportion to my actual shipping volumes. Even now, I feel like I spend more time dealing with regulations than on what I actually want to dodeveloping and designing my products. And now its going to get even more complicated. Starting August 12, the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) will take effect. As soon as I ship even a single package to another EU country, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will apply there. Among other things, this entails the following obligations: - Registration in every single destination country - Entering into contracts with the respective national waste management or dual systems - Payment of country-specific minimum fees, regardless of whether you send one package or a thousand packages per year My calculations clearly show that, for my shipping volumes, this will result exclusively in additional costs. Annual minimum fixed costs per country (approx.): Austria: 225 (authorized representative with notarized power of attorney and registration starting with the first package) Spain: 350 (authorized representative, MITECO registration, and notary fees) France: 100 (CITEO minimum fee and IDU number) Poland: 150 (BDO registry and local representative) Sweden: 120 (registration with Naturvårdsverket and license) Czech Republic: 100 (EKO-KOM fee) Slovakia: 150 (OZV system and power of attorney) Finland: 100 (RINKI minimum fee) Denmark: 90 (DPA Registry) Belgium: 80 (Valipac / Fost Plus) Netherlands: 75 (Packaging Registry) Greece: 100 (EOAN Registry) Latvia: 80 (local system agreement) These minimum costs alone add up to over 1,700 per yearand thats exclusively for registrations, government agencies, authorized representatives, and administrative expenses. It doesnt matter whether I ship just a single package or significantly more. The result: I will be removing automatic shipping to EU countries from my shop. Of course, I will continue to ship to Germany. Customers from all other countries are welcome to order from me, but theyll need to arrange a German delivery address within Germany from which they can then pick up the package. Youve handled this wonderfully, and youre probably really getting under the skin of the big providers lobby in the process. Starving out the small players this way so that the big ones are left with their monopoly. No regards, Anja Gutsche from The Pearlfactory", "feedbackEnglish": "#PPWR - After careful consideration, its clear to me: Shipping to other EU countries will no longer be economically viable in the future. The bureaucratic burden is completely out of proportion to my actual shipping volumes. Even now, I feel like I spend more time dealing with regulations than on what I actually want to dodeveloping and designing my products. And now its going to get even more complicated. Starting August 12, the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) will take effect. As soon as I ship even a single package to another EU country, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will apply there. Among other things, this entails the following obligations: - Registration in every single destination country - Entering into contracts with the respective national waste management or dual systems - Payment of country-specific minimum fees, regardless of whether you send one package or a thousand packages per year My calculations clearly show that, for my shipping volumes, this will result exclusively in additional costs. Annual minimum fixed costs per country (approx.): Austria: 225 (authorized representative with notarized power of attorney and registration starting with the first package) Spain: 350 (authorized representative, MITECO registration, and notary fees) France: 100 (CITEO minimum fee and IDU number) Poland: 150 (BDO registry and local representative) Sweden: 120 (registration with Naturvårdsverket and license) Czech Republic: 100 (EKO-KOM fee) Slovakia: 150 (OZV system and power of attorney) Finland: 100 (RINKI minimum fee) Denmark: 90 (DPA Registry) Belgium: 80 (Valipac / Fost Plus) Netherlands: 75 (Packaging Registry) Greece: 100 (EOAN Registry) Latvia: 80 (local system agreement) These minimum costs alone add up to over 1,700 per yearand thats exclusively for registrations, government agencies, authorized representatives, and administrative expenses. It doesnt matter whether I ship just a single package or significantly more. The result: I will be removing automatic shipping to EU countries from my shop. Of course, I will continue to ship to Germany. Customers from all other countries are welcome to order from me, but theyll need to arrange a German delivery address within Germany from which they can then pick up the package. Youve handled this wonderfully, and youre probably really getting under the skin of the big providers lobby in the process. Starving out the small players this way so that the big ones are left with their monopoly. No regards, Anja Gutsche from The Pearlfactory", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543949_en"}, {"id": 33543948, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 15:02:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "The Pearlfactory", "feedback": "#PPWR - Nach genauer Prüfung ist für mich klar: Ein Versand in andere EU-Länder lohnt sich künftig wirtschaftlich nicht mehr. Der bürokratische Aufwand steht in keinem Verhältnis zu meinen tatsächlichen Versandmengen. Schon heute verbringe ich gefühlt mehr Zeit mit Vorschriften als mit dem, wasich eigentlich machen möchte dem Entwickeln und Gestalten meiner Produkte. Und jetzt wird es noch komplizierter. Ab dem 12.08. tritt die neue EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) in Kraft. Sobald ich auch nur ein einziges Paket in ein anderes EU-Land versende, greift dort die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung (EPR). Das bringt unter anderem folgende Pflichten mit sich: - Registrierung in jedem einzelnen Zielland - Abschluss von Verträgen mit den jeweiligen nationalen -Entsorgungs- bzw. Dualen Systemen - Zahlung länderspezifischer Mindestgebühren unabhängig davon, ob man ein Paket oder tausend Pakete pro Jahr verschickt Meine Kalkulation zeigt eindeutig: Für meine Versandmengen entstehen dadurch ausschließlich zusätzliche Kosten. Jährliche Mindest-Fixkosten je Land (ca.): Österreich: 225 (Bevollmächtigter mit notarieller Vollmacht und Registrierung ab dem ersten Paket) Spanien: 350 (Bevollmächtigter, MITECO-Registrierung und Notarkosten) Frankreich: 100 (CITEO-Mindestbeitrag und IDU-Nummer) Polen: 150 (BDO-Register und lokaler Vertreter) Schweden: 120 (Registrierung bei Naturvårdsverket und Lizenz) Tschechien: 100 (EKO-KOM-Beitrag) Slowakei: 150 (OZV-System und Bevollmächtigung) Finnland: 100 (RINKI-Mindestbeitrag) Dänemark: 90 (DPA-Register) Belgien: 80 (Valipac / Fost Plus) Niederlande: 75 (Verpackungsregister) Griechenland: 100 (EOAN-Register) Lettland: 80 (lokaler Systemvertrag) Allein diese Mindestkosten summieren sich auf über 1.700 pro Jahr und zwar ausschließlich für Registrierungen, Behörden, Bevollmächtigte und Verwaltungsaufwand. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, ob ich nur ein einziges Paket oder deutlich mehr versende. Die Konsequenz: Den automatischen Versand in EU-Länder werde ich aus meinem Shop entfernen. Selbstverständlich beliefere ich weiterhin Deutschland. Alle anderen Nationen können gern bei mir bestellen, müssen sich aber um eine deutsche Anlieferungsadresse innerhalb Deutschlands bemühen, von wo aus sie das Paket dann abholen können. Das habt ihr wunderbar gemacht und vermutlich kriecht ihr der Lobby der großen Anbieter damit ganz tief in den Allerwertesten damit. Die Kleinen auf diesem Wege aushungern, damit die Großen mit ihrem Monopol übrig bleiben. Ohne Gruß, Anja Gutsche von The Pearlfactory", "feedbackEnglish": "#PPWR – After careful examination, it is clear to me: Shipping to other EU countries will no longer be economically worthwhile. The bureaucratic burden is disproportionate to my actual shipping volumes. Already today, I feel more time with rules than with what I want to do to develop and shape my products. And now it is even more complicated. The new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) will enter into force on 12 August. As soon as I send a single package to another EU country, extended producer responsibility (EPR) applies there. This entails, inter alia, the following obligations: — Registration in each country of destination – conclusion of contracts with the respective national waste disposal/dual systems – payment of country-specific minimum fees regardless of whether one parcel or thousands of parcels are sent per year My calculation clearly shows: This will only give rise to additional costs for my shipping volumes. Minimum annual fixed costs per country (approx.): Belgium: 225 (Authorised representative with notarial power and registration from the first package) Spain: 350 (Authorised representative, MITECO registration and notarial costs) France: 100 (CITEO minimum contribution and IDU number) Poland: 150 (BDO register and local representative) Sweden: 120 (registration with Naturvårdsverket and licence) Czechia: 100 (EKO-COM contribution) Slovakia: 150 (OZV system and delegation) Finland: 100 (RINKI minimum contribution) Denmark: 90 (DPA register) Belgium: 80 (Valipac/Fost Plus) Netherlands: 75 (Packaging register) Greece: 100 (EOAN register) Latvia: 80 (local system contract) Only these minimum costs add up to more than 1700 per year, exclusively for registrations, authorities, authorised representatives and administrative burden. It makes no difference whether I send only one package or significantly more. The result is that I will remove the automatic shipment to EU countries from my shop. Of course, I continue to supply Germany. All other nations are welcome to order from me, but must seek a German delivery address within Germany from where they can then collect the parcel. This made you wonderful, and presumably the lobby of the big providers is deeply critical of her. Starving the small people in this way, leaving the big ones with their monopoly. Greetings, Anja Gutsche from The Pearlfactory", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543948_en"}, {"id": 33543946, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 14:56:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "als Inhaberin eines kleinen Onlineshops für Papeterie melde ich mich mit großer Sorge zur neuen Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) zu Wort. Mein Unternehmen beschäftigt mich allein. Die Motive für meine Karten und Papeterie male ich selbst von Hand in Aquarell, und ich verschicke seit Jahren auch in andere EU-Länder, weil der europäische Binnenmarkt genau das ermöglichen soll: freien Warenverkehr ohne 27 verschiedene nationale Hürden. Nach Österreich gilt eine vergleichbare Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht bereits seit längerem, und ich beliefere dort viele Kunden. Ich weiß also aus eigener Erfahrung, welchen Aufwand allein ein einziges Zielland bedeutet. Ab dem 12. August 2026 soll ich dieselbe Pflicht für jedes einzelne EU-Land erfüllen, in das ich auch nur ein Paket verschicke, samt Anbindung an das jeweilige nationale Entsorgungssystem. Ohne Mindestmenge, ohne Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen. Was das konkret bedeutet, zeigen die Zahlen, die auch Branchenverbände nennen: Ein Bevollmächtigter kostet pro Zielland mehrere hundert Euro im Jahr, unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verschicke. Bei den derzeit rund 26 übrigen EU-Ländern summiert sich das schnell auf einen vierstelligen Betrag jährlich, nur um überhaupt liefern zu dürfen. Für einen Ein-Personen-Betrieb wie meinen steht dieser Betrag in keinem Verhältnis zu dem, was ich mit einzelnen Bestellungen aus diesen Ländern tatsächlich umsetze. Die einzige realistische Konsequenz ist, den grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU auf die Länder zu beschränken, für die sich der Aufwand überhaupt lohnt, und alle anderen Kunden dort zu verlieren. Damit schützt die Verordnung nicht die Umwelt, sondern verdrängt kleine, ressourcenschonend produzierende Betriebe wie meinen aus dem europäischen Markt, während große Plattformen und Konzerne die Kosten pro verkaufter Einheit locker auffangen können. Das Ergebnis ist das genaue Gegenteil dessen, was ein Binnenmarkt leisten soll: Statt freiem Warenverkehr bekommen kleine Händlerinnen und Händler 27 separate Bürokratiesysteme, die sie einzeln bedienen müssen. Meine konkrete Bitte an Sie: Führen Sie eine Bagatell- beziehungsweise Kleinunternehmerregelung ein, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Zielland besteht, etwa gekoppelt an Umsatz- oder Sendungsmengen pro Land. Schaffen Sie alternativ eine zentrale, EU-weite Registrierungsmöglichkeit für Kleinstunternehmen, damit eine einzige Meldung genügt statt 27 einzelner Verfahren. Verpackungsvermeidung und Recycling sind wichtige Ziele, die ich als plastikfrei verpackender Betrieb im Übrigen längst umsetze. Aber ein Regelwerk, das genau die kleinen, sorgfältig arbeitenden Betriebe aus dem Markt drängt und nur noch für Großunternehmen praktikabel ist, verfehlt sein eigentliches Ziel. Ich bitte Sie dringend, diesen Punkt vor Inkrafttreten der Pflicht am 12. August 2026 zu korrigieren. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tanja Täuber Inhaberin, Funkenbunt", "feedbackEnglish": "as the owner of a small online shop for Papeterie, I am very concerned about the new Packaging Ordinance (PPWR). My company employs me alone. I personally paint the motifs for my cards and paperwork in watercolour, and I have been sending them to other EU countries for years, because the European single market is supposed to make this possible: free movement of goods without 27 different national barriers. In Austria, a comparable obligation to act as an authorised representative has been in place for a long time, and I supply many customers there. So I know from my own experience what a single country of destination means. As of 12 August 2026, I should fulfil the same obligation for each EU country to which I send only one package, with connection to the respective national disposal system. Without minimum quantity, without exception for micro-enterprises. What this means in practice is illustrated by the figures, which also refer to inter-branch organisations: One plenipotentiary costs several hundred euros per year per destination country, whether I send five packages or five hundred. For the remaining EU countries (around 26), this quickly adds up to a four-digit amount per year, just to be able to deliver. For a one-person company like mys, this amount is disproportionate to what I actually do with individual orders from these countries. The only realistic consequence is to limit cross-border shipments within the EU to those countries for which the effort is worthwhile at all and to lose all other customers there. In doing so, the regulation does not protect the environment, but squeezes small, resource-efficient businesses like myself out of the European market, while large platforms and corporations can more easily absorb the cost per unit sold. The result is the exact opposite of what a single market is supposed to deliver: Instead of the free movement of goods, small traders get 27 separate bureaucracy systems that they have to deal with individually. My specific request to you: Introduce a de minimis or small trader scheme under which there is no obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each destination country, e.g. linked to volumes of sales or shipments per country. Alternatively, create a single EU-wide registration facility for micro-enterprises so that a single notification is sufficient instead of 27 individual procedures. Packaging prevention and recycling are important objectives that I have long since implemented as a plastic-free packer. But a set of rules that pushes precisely small, diligent businesses out of the market and is only practicable for large companies will not achieve its real goal. I urge you to correct this point before the entry into force of the obligation on 12 August 2026. (Complimentary close) Tanja Täuber Holder, Funkenbunt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543946_en"}, {"id": 33543945, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 14:55:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DKZG GmbH", "feedback": "Subject: PPWR disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises risk of EU market consolidation To the European Commission / Umweltbundesamt, I operate Druckzeug.de (http://druckzeug.de/), a niche EU e-commerce shop for 3D-printer spare parts (Bambu Lab, BIQU, Advanc3D). I am a sole proprietor and micro-enterprise (<10 employees, <2m turnover). I have already suspended cross-border EU shipments because per-country packaging-register costs alone (~500/country) made the operation economically unviable. I support the PPWR's environmental goals but must flag that, in its current form, the regulation functions as a market-consolidation mechanism that disadvantages EU-resident micro-enterprises while favouring large platforms and non-EU sellers using EU 3PL fulfilment. Cost impact (point-perfect compliance, 27 EU countries, ~100 SKUs, internal rate 35/h): Year 1: 30,00079,000 Year 2+ recurring: 13,00035,000 (170310 hours/year internal labour + 7,00024,000 external fees) This represents 1.5%4% of gross revenue absorbed purely by compliance, versus <0.01% for large platforms absorbing the same fixed cost across millions of parcels. A non-EU seller using Amazon FBA effectively delegates EPR registration to the 3PL operator; an EU-resident seller cannot. The 27 separate national packaging registers, 27 reporting cycles and 7+ language requirements make cross-border trade structurally impossible at micro-enterprise scale. Three concrete proposals: 1. Single EU-wide packaging-register portal, modelled on existing OSS/IOSS, REACH and SCIP infrastructure. Member states keep fee-setting rights but the linguistic and technical burden is centralised. 2. Raise the micro-enterprise threshold to align with the VAT small-business regime, or introduce a packaging-specific de minimis (e.g. 100,000 cross-border turnover) exempting micro-sellers from per-country register fees. 3. De minimis exemption for very small parcels (250g or 15 EUR declared value) from the empty-space rule and per-country reporting, provided the underlying packaging is itself recyclable. This preserves environmental effect while removing disproportionate documentation from the smallest trade flows. Adopting these proposals would restore proportionality for EU micro-enterprises, prevent further market consolidation around a few very large platforms, and align the PPWR with the Commission's own SME Strategy and Single Market objectives. I would welcome participation in any DG ENV, UBA or EuroCommerce stakeholder dialogue on implementation for micro-enterprises. A SKU-level carton audit and the underlying cost model are available on request. Yours faithfully, Sebastian Krötzsch Founder, Druckzeug.de (http://druckzeug.de/) (DKZG) Saxony, Germany 8 August 2026 Zeichen: ~2.650 (Reserve ~1.350 im 4.000-Limit).", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: PPWR disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises risk of EU market consolidation To the European Commission / Umweltbundesamt, I operate Druckzeug.de (http://druckzeug.de/), a niche EU e-commerce shop for 3D-printer spare parts (Bambu Lab, BIQU, Advanc3D). I am a sole proprietor and micro-enterprise (<10 employees, <2m turnover). I have already suspended cross-border EU shipments because per-country packaging-register costs alone (~500/country) made the operation economically unviable. I support the PPWR's environmental goals but must flag that, in its current form, the regulation functions as a market-consolidation mechanism that disadvantages EU-resident micro-enterprises while favouring large platforms and non-EU sellers using EU 3PL fulfilment. Cost impact (point-perfect compliance, 27 EU countries, ~100 SKUs, internal rate 35/h): Year 1: 30,00079,000 Year 2+ recurring: 13,00035,000 (170310 hours/year internal labour + 7,00024,000 external fees) This represents 1.5%4% of gross revenue absorbed purely by compliance, versus <0.01% for large platforms absorbing the same fixed cost across millions of parcels. A non-EU seller using Amazon FBA effectively delegates EPR registration to the 3PL operator; an EU-resident seller cannot. The 27 separate national packaging registers, 27 reporting cycles and 7+ language requirements make cross-border trade structurally impossible at micro-enterprise scale. Three concrete proposals: 1. Single EU-wide packaging-register portal, modelled on existing OSS/IOSS, REACH and SCIP infrastructure. Member states keep fee-setting rights but the linguistic and technical burden is centralised. 2. Raise the micro-enterprise threshold to align with the VAT small-business regime, or introduce a packaging-specific de minimis (e.g. 100,000 cross-border turnover) exempting micro-sellers from per-country register fees. 3. De minimis exemption for very small parcels (250g or 15 EUR declared value) from the empty-space rule and per-country reporting, provided the underlying packaging is itself recyclable. This preserves environmental effect while removing disproportionate documentation from the smallest trade flows. Adopting these proposals would restore proportionality for EU micro-enterprises, prevent further market consolidation around a few very large platforms, and align the PPWR with the Commission's own SME Strategy and Single Market objectives. I would welcome participation in any DG ENV, UBA or EuroCommerce stakeholder dialogue on implementation for micro-enterprises. A SKU-level carton audit and the underlying cost model are available on request. Yours faithfully, Sebastian Krötzsch Founder, Druckzeug.de (http://druckzeug.de/) (DKZG) Saxony, Germany 8 August 2026 Zeichen: ~2.650 (Reserve ~1.350 im 4.000-Limit).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543945_en"}, {"id": 33543944, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 14:46:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines Kleinunternehmens im An- und Verkauf gebrauchter und aufbereiteter Elektronik (ClearGrade, Bonn) möchte ich hiermit formell Beschwerde zur Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) einlegen, deren Geltungsbeginn am 12. August 2026 unmittelbar bevorsteht. 1. Rechtsunsicherheit vier Tage vor Geltungsbeginn Zentrale Konkretisierungen erfolgen erst über delegierte Rechtsakte und Durchführungsrechtsakte, die zum Stichtag noch nicht vollständig vorliegen. Kleinunternehmen sollen damit Pflichten erfüllen, deren Inhalt noch nicht abschließend bestimmt ist. Das ist mit dem Grundsatz der Rechtssicherheit nicht vereinbar. 2. Konformitätserklärung pro Verpackung ohne Bagatellschwelle Die Pflicht zur EU-Konformitätserklärung (Art. 15 i.V.m. Art. 38, 39 PPWR) trifft Betriebe mit wenigen Mitarbeitern in gleicher Weise wie Konzerne. Wir stellen keine Verpackungen her, sondern kaufen handelsübliche Kartons zu. Die Zuordnung der Rollen Erzeuger, Importeur und Vertreiber ist für unsere Konstellation in der Praxis kaum eindeutig zu bestimmen bei Bußgeldern von bis zu 200.000 Euro nach dem nationalen Durchführungsrecht und drohendem Vertriebsverbot. 3. Zielwiderspruch zur Kreislaufwirtschaft Unser Geschäftsmodell ist gelebte Kreislaufwirtschaft: Wir verlängern die Lebensdauer von Elektrogeräten und versenden regelmäßig in bereits gebrauchten Kartons. Genau diese Wiederverwendung erzeugt nun Dokumentations- und Nachweisaufwand, während der Griff zum fabrikneuen Karton mit Lieferantenerklärung der einfachere Weg ist. Die Verordnung setzt hier einen Anreiz gegen ihr eigenes Ziel. 4. Fehlende Verhältnismäßigkeit Die PPWR enthält keine wirksame Erleichterung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen. Der Aufwand ist nicht an das tatsächliche Verpackungsaufkommen gekoppelt, sondern fällt unabhängig von der Betriebsgröße an. Ich bitte die Kommission daher um: eine klarstellende Leitlinie mit Muster-Konformitätserklärung speziell für KMU im Versandhandel, eine ausdrückliche Klarstellung zur Behandlung wiederverwendeter Versandverpackungen, eine praxisgerechte Übergangs- bzw. Nichtahndungsfrist, solange die delegierten Rechtsakte nicht vollständig vorliegen, die Prüfung einer Bagatellschwelle für Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der Empfehlung 2003/361/EG. Um eine Eingangsbestätigung und die Mitteilung eines Aktenzeichens wird gebeten. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a small business involved in the purchase and sale of used and refurbished electronics (ClearGrade, Bonn), I hereby lodge a formal complaint against Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), which is about to become applicable on 12 August 2026. 1. Legal uncertainty four days before the date of application Central details only take place via delegated and implementing acts, which are not yet fully available by the cut-off date. Small enterprises are thus required to comply with obligations whose content has not yet been definitively determined. This is not compatible with the principle of legal certainty. 2. Declaration of conformity per package without de minimis threshold The obligation to declare EU conformity (Article 15 in conjunction with Articles 38 and 39 PPWR) affects establishments with few employees in the same way as groups of companies. We do not produce packaging but buy commercial cartons. The allocation of the roles of producer, importer and distributor is hardly clear to us in practice in the case of fines of up to EUR 200.000 under national implementing law and the threat of a distribution ban. 3. Contradiction with the circular economy Our business model is a circular economy in action: We extend the lifetime of electrical appliances and send them regularly in used cartons. It is precisely this reuse that now requires documentation and evidence, while the handling of the new cartonboard with supplier’s declaration is the easier way forward. The Regulation provides an incentive here against its own objective. 4. Lack of proportionality The PPWR does not provide effective relief for micro and small enterprises. The burden is not linked to the actual packaging volume, but is incurred regardless of the size of the holding. I would therefore ask the Commission to: a clarifying guideline with model declaration of conformity specifically for SMEs in distance selling, an explicit clarification on the treatment of re-used shipping packaging, a practical transition/non-punishment period for as long as the delegated acts are not complete, the examination of a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543944_en"}, {"id": 33543943, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 14:39:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tim Hillemann", "feedback": "URGENT: The New Packaging Regulation is an Existential Threat to Small European Businesses To the Representatives of the European Union, Members of the European Commission, and Relevant Policymakers, I am writing to you today not just to express my profound disappointment, but to raise a severe and urgent warning regarding the new EU Packaging Regulation. While the goal of reducing packaging waste is understandable, the current legislative framework is catastrophically out of touch with the reality of running a small business in Europe. If implemented in its current form, this regulation will single-handedly destroy the cross-border market for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As a small business owner myself, I am appalled by the disproportionate and crushing bureaucratic and financial burdens this regulation imposes on us. Here are the critical failures of this mandate that must be addressed immediately: 1. The Absurdity of the \"Authorized Representative\" Requirement The requirement to appoint and pay an Authorized Representative in every single EU Member State where goods are sold is a complete detachment from economic reality. Multinational corporations can easily absorb these costs, but for a small business, paying annual fees for representatives in up to 27 different countries is entirely impossible. Consequently, a massive number of small businesses, myself included, will have no choice but to immediately cease all shipping to other EU Member States. This forced mass withdrawal from cross-border trade will effectively kill the European Single Market for SMEs and inflict severe, lasting damage on the broader European economy. 2. An Existential Threat to Small Businesses Let me be completely clear: small businesses like mine cannot afford this. We are operating on tight margins, and adding astronomical compliance costs will not make us \"greener\"it will simply force us into bankruptcy. Instead of fostering a competitive European economy, this regulation creates an insurmountable monopoly for large corporations that actually have the legal and financial departments to navigate this bureaucratic nightmare. Countless small enterprises, mine included, will be driven out of business if this law is enforced without significant amendments. 3. The Absolute Necessity of a \"Small Quantities\" Exemption It is unacceptable that a small artisan, local producer, or micro e-commerce seller is held to the exact same administrative standard as a multi-billion-euro international conglomerate. There MUST be a clear, practical exemption or threshold for small quantities (de minimis rule). Small businesses that only place minimal amounts of packaging onto the market must be exempt from the requirement to hire Authorized Representatives in foreign countries. The European Union claims to support its SMEs as the \"backbone of the economy.\" Yet, this regulation proves the exact opposite. It punishes small innovators and local creators while rewarding massive corporations, ultimately shrinking the market and harming the European economy. I urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to immediately revise this regulation. Introduce a pan-European simplified system and a definitive exemption for small volumes before you completely eradicate small businesses from the European Single Market. I expect a response outlining how the EU plans to protect micro-enterprises from this legislative overreach. Sincerely,", "feedbackEnglish": "URGENT: The New Packaging Regulation is an Existential Threat to Small European Businesses To the Representatives of the European Union, Members of the European Commission, and Relevant Policymakers, I am writing to you today not just to express my profound disappointment, but to raise a severe and urgent warning regarding the new EU Packaging Regulation. While the goal of reducing packaging waste is understandable, the current legislative framework is catastrophically out of touch with the reality of running a small business in Europe. If implemented in its current form, this regulation will single-handedly destroy the cross-border market for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As a small business owner myself, I am appalled by the disproportionate and crushing bureaucratic and financial burdens this regulation imposes on us. Here are the critical failures of this mandate that must be addressed immediately: 1. The Absurdity of the \"Authorized Representative\" Requirement The requirement to appoint and pay an Authorized Representative in every single EU Member State where goods are sold is a complete detachment from economic reality. Multinational corporations can easily absorb these costs, but for a small business, paying annual fees for representatives in up to 27 different countries is entirely impossible. Consequently, a massive number of small businesses, myself included, will have no choice but to immediately cease all shipping to other EU Member States. This forced mass withdrawal from cross-border trade will effectively kill the European Single Market for SMEs and inflict severe, lasting damage on the broader European economy. 2. An Existential Threat to Small Businesses Let me be completely clear: small businesses like mine cannot afford this. We are operating on tight margins, and adding astronomical compliance costs will not make us \"greener\"it will simply force us into bankruptcy. Instead of fostering a competitive European economy, this regulation creates an insurmountable monopoly for large corporations that actually have the legal and financial departments to navigate this bureaucratic nightmare. Countless small enterprises, mine included, will be driven out of business if this law is enforced without significant amendments. 3. The Absolute Necessity of a \"Small Quantities\" Exemption It is unacceptable that a small artisan, local producer, or micro e-commerce seller is held to the exact same administrative standard as a multi-billion-euro international conglomerate. There MUST be a clear, practical exemption or threshold for small quantities (de minimis rule). Small businesses that only place minimal amounts of packaging onto the market must be exempt from the requirement to hire Authorized Representatives in foreign countries. The European Union claims to support its SMEs as the \"backbone of the economy.\" Yet, this regulation proves the exact opposite. It punishes small innovators and local creators while rewarding massive corporations, ultimately shrinking the market and harming the European economy. I urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to immediately revise this regulation. Introduce a pan-European simplified system and a definitive exemption for small volumes before you completely eradicate small businesses from the European Single Market. I expect a response outlining how the EU plans to protect micro-enterprises from this legislative overreach. Sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543943_en"}, {"id": 33543942, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 14:28:39", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This seems to be either not thought through or purposefully created to destroy small businesses and the livelihoods of self-employed persons. Due to these rules, I have had to close my online store as I cannot afford to pay all the fees related to this. Many other businesses are doing the same or limiting where they ship to, as the costs of complying to these rules in all member states are impossible to cover for anyone thats not a huge corporation. This disproportionally affects those who already create the least amount of waste and goes against the idea of a unified European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This seems to be either not thought through or purposefully created to destroy small businesses and the livelihoods of self-employed persons. Due to these rules, I have had to close my online store as I cannot afford to pay all the fees related to this. Many other businesses are doing the same or limiting where they ship to, as the costs of complying to these rules in all member states are impossible to cover for anyone thats not a huge corporation. This disproportionally affects those who already create the least amount of waste and goes against the idea of a unified European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543942_en"}, {"id": 33543941, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 14:05:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "157Grad", "feedback": "Die PPWR ist für mich eine der größten politischen Enttäuschungen der vergangenen Jahre. Selten hat mich eine europäische Verordnung so sehr an der Idee eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes zweifeln lassen. Die Europäische Union spricht seit Jahrzehnten vom freien Warenverkehr. Mit der PPWR schafft sie jedoch das genaue Gegenteil: neue nationale Hürden, neue Bürokratie und neue Kosten für Unternehmen, die nichts anderes tun, als Waren innerhalb der Europäischen Union zu versenden. Ein Händler, der auch nur ein einziges Paket in ein anderes EU-Mitgliedsland liefert, muss sich dort abhängig von der nationalen Umsetzung registrieren, einen Bevollmächtigten benennen, Meldungen abgeben und umfangreiche Dokumentationen vorhalten. Praktisch ist dies nur mit spezialisierten Dienstleistern möglich. Die Kosten beginnen häufig bei rund 500 Euro pro Land und Jahr und steigen mit jedem weiteren Absatzmarkt. Hinzu kommen interner Verwaltungsaufwand, Personalkosten, Übersetzungen und teils monatelange Bearbeitungszeiten. Für große Konzerne mögen diese Anforderungen lediglich ein weiterer Verwaltungsprozess sein. Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen stellen sie jedoch eine massive Markteintrittsbarriere dar. Das Ergebnis ist vorhersehbar und bereits heute Realität: Viele KMU ziehen sich aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel zurück. Auch wir haben den Versand in zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten eingestellt, weil Aufwand und Kosten in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zu den erzielbaren Umsätzen stehen. Damit erreicht die Europäische Union genau das Gegenteil dessen, was sie eigentlich fördern sollte. Statt den Binnenmarkt zu stärken, wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel kleiner Unternehmen systematisch erschwert. Leidtragende sind nicht nur die Händler, sondern auch Millionen europäische Verbraucher, die plötzlich nicht mehr bei Unternehmen in anderen Mitgliedstaaten bestellen können. Besonders absurd ist, dass die Europäische Union im Jahr 2026 noch immer auf 27 unterschiedliche nationale Register, unterschiedliche Meldeverfahren, unterschiedliche Fristen und unterschiedliche Anforderungen setzt. Wer von einem europäischen Binnenmarkt spricht, kann keine 27 verschiedenen Bürokratien für dieselbe Verpflichtung rechtfertigen. Diese Regelung ist kein Beitrag zum Umweltschutz. Sie ist vor allem ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie gute Ziele durch schlechte Bürokratie diskreditiert werden. Verpackungen werden dadurch nicht nachhaltiger. Es entstehen lediglich zusätzliche Verwaltungskosten, die am Ende Unternehmen, Verbraucher und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas bezahlen. Deshalb fordere ich die Europäische Kommission und die Mitgliedstaaten auf, die derzeitige Ausgestaltung der grenzüberschreitenden Herstellerverantwortung unverzüglich auszusetzen und durch eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung zu ersetzen. Wer seine Verpflichtungen nachweislich in seinem Heimatmitgliedstaat erfüllt, muss seine Waren ohne weitere Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und nationale Sonderregelungen in der gesamten Europäischen Union vertreiben dürfen. Alles andere ist kein europäischer Binnenmarkt. Alles andere sind 27 nationale Bürokratien unter einer europäischen Flagge.", "feedbackEnglish": "For me, the PPWR is one of the greatest political disappointments in recent years. Rarely has a European regulation left me so doubtful about the idea of a common European single market. The European Union has been talking about the free movement of goods for decades. However, with the PPWR, it creates the exact opposite: new national hurdles, new bureaucracy and new costs for businesses doing nothing but shipping goods within the European Union. A trader who delivers even a single package to another EU country must register there, appoint an authorised representative, submit notifications and keep extensive documentation, depending on the national transposition. In practice, this can only be done with specialised service providers. Costs often start at around EUR 500 per country per year and increase with each additional market. This is compounded by internal administrative costs, staff costs, translations and sometimes months of processing time. For large groups, these requirements may only be a further administrative process. However, they represent a massive barrier to entry for small and medium-sized enterprises. The result is predictable and is already a reality today: Many SMEs are withdrawing from cross-border trade. We have also stopped shipping to many EU Member States because the costs and expenses are disproportionate to the turnover that can be achieved. In doing so, the European Union achieves exactly the opposite of what it should promote. Instead of strengthening the single market, cross-border trade by small businesses is systematically hampered. The burden is felt not only by traders but also by millions of European consumers who are suddenly unable to order from businesses in other Member States. It is particularly absurd that in 2026 the European Union still relies on 27 different national registers, different reporting procedures, different deadlines and different requirements. Talking about a single European market cannot justify 27 different bureaucracy for the same obligation. This scheme does not contribute to the protection of the environment. Above all, it is a prime example of how good goals are discredited by poor bureaucracy. This makes packaging less sustainable. There are only additional administrative costs that end up paying businesses, consumers and Europe’s competitiveness. I therefore call on the European Commission and the Member States to immediately suspend the current set-up of cross-border producer responsibility and replace it with a genuine European one-stop-shop solution. Any person who can prove that he fulfils his obligations in his Member State of origin must be able to market his goods throughout the European Union without further registrations, authorised representatives and national special arrangements. Anything else is not a European single market. Everything else is 27 national red tape under a European flag.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543941_en"}, {"id": 33543940, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:41:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Tunella‘s Geschenkeallerlei", "feedback": "Ich führe ein kleines Ein-Personen-Unternehmen und gleich vorweg, die Umwelt liegt mir sehr am Herzen. Müll zu reduzieren ist wichtig. Aber die hohen Kosten bei der Beauftragung eines Bevollmächtigen (für was genau?) für nur ein Land sind schon zu hoch angesetzt. Mehrere EU-Staaten sind für mich als kleiner Betrieb nicht leistbar und somit unmöglich. Anstatt die Wirtschaft innerhalb der EU zu stärken, werden kleine Unternehmen durch Bürokratie und hohe Kosten aus dem Markt gedrängt. Einige Materialien werde ich nicht mehr aus so manchem EU- Mitgliedsland beziehen können, dort haben andere Kleinunternehmerinnen das gleiche Problem wie ich in Österreich und stellen den Versand ein. Es wird immer schwerer, zeitaufwendiger und vorallem teurer allen Vorgaben gerecht zu werden. Es kann und darf nicht sein, dass kleine Unternehmen aus solchen Gründen aufgeben müssen. Ich wünsche mir eine zentrale Registrierung, leistbare Lizensierungen bzw. Bagatellgrenzen und eine einheitliche Handhabe innerhalb der EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I’m running a small one-person company and I’m anticipating that the environment is very close to my heart. Reducing waste is important. But the high costs of appointing an authorised representative (for what exactly?) for only one country are already set too high. As a small business, I find several EU countries unaffordable and therefore impossible. Instead of strengthening the EU economy, small businesses are pushed out of the market by red tape and high costs. I will no longer be able to source some materials from so many EU Member States, where other small businesses have the same problem as I do in Austria and stop sending them. It is becoming increasingly difficult, time-consuming and even more expensive to meet all the requirements. It cannot and must not be the case that small businesses have to give up for such reasons. I would like to see centralised registration, affordable licensing or de minimis thresholds and a uniform approach within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543940_en"}, {"id": 33543939, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:32:13", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "This law is inpractical for small vendors/companies who only ship e.g. 10 packages to a country. To expensive process of registration. The law should make only 1 registration necessary for the entire EU market. The current law puts small local businesses out of business and encourages companies like temu and amazon. This should not happen.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is inpractical for small vendors/companies who only ship e.g. 10 packages to a country. To expensive process of registration. The law should make only 1 registration necessary for the entire EU market. The current law puts small local businesses out of business and encourages companies like temu and amazon. This should not happen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543939_en"}, {"id": 33543938, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:24:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Caren Ackermann ( Sole proprietor )", "feedback": "The new EU packaging regulation is unfeasible for micro-enterprises generating less than 10,000 in annual revenue in EU countries outside their home market, as the costs per authorized representative are prohibitively high. Consequently, many of us will stop shipping to the EU; some are even considering giving up entirely due to the excessive bureaucracy. There need to be minimum thresholdsboth for the volume of packaging material shipped and for revenueto avoid placing an additional burden on micro-enterprises. Furthermore, the definition of what makes a shipper a \"packaging manufacturer\" needs to be clarified. It is unacceptable for the ZSVR to claim that simply combining a cardboard box, adhesive tape, and a shipping label suddenly classifies one as a manufacturer, thereby forcing us to pay twice for packaging certification. It is a rip-off!", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU packaging regulation is unfeasible for micro-enterprises generating less than 10,000 in annual revenue in EU countries outside their home market, as the costs per authorized representative are prohibitively high. Consequently, many of us will stop shipping to the EU; some are even considering giving up entirely due to the excessive bureaucracy. There need to be minimum thresholdsboth for the volume of packaging material shipped and for revenueto avoid placing an additional burden on micro-enterprises. Furthermore, the definition of what makes a shipper a \"packaging manufacturer\" needs to be clarified. It is unacceptable for the ZSVR to claim that simply combining a cardboard box, adhesive tape, and a shipping label suddenly classifies one as a manufacturer, thereby forcing us to pay twice for packaging certification. It is a rip-off!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543938_en"}, {"id": 33543937, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:24:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Firma oder was?", "feedback": "Die Verordnung macht für uns als kleine bis mittlere Händler nichts einfacher. Es wird komplizierter, teurer, bürokratischer und umweltschädlicher. Die neuen Richtlinien erschweren es z. B., gebrauchte Verpackungen erneut zu verwenden. Es ist einfacher und günstiger, sofort neue Verpackungen zu kaufen und Verpackungen, die man wiederverwertet hätte, zu entsorgen. Gleichzeitig ist der bürokratische Aufwand zu hoch. Das Bestellen von Bevollmächtigten in den einzelnen Ländern ist zu teuer und generell ist diese Lösung nicht nützlich. Das Ziel der EU, den länderübergreifenden Handel zu vereinfachen ist mit den überbordenden Regularien, Steuergesetzgebungen, teurem Versand und weiterem Brüssler Gedankenkot gescheitert. Ich selbst, sowie eine nicht kleine Anzahl Firmen, die ich kenne, werden nicht mehr grenzüberschreitend handeln bzw. haben das schon eingestellt oder schließen das vor vorneherein aus. Die EU erschwert den freien Handel. Da sollte ich doch lieber eine Firma außerhalb der EU anmelden, wo diese ganzen Richtlinien nicht forciert oder mit TTIP & Co. zugunsten ausländischer Unternehmen aufgeweicht werden?!", "feedbackEnglish": "The Regulation does not make things easier for us as small to medium-sized traders. It is becoming more complicated, more expensive, more bureaucratic and more polluting. The new directives make it difficult, for example, to reuse used packaging. It is easier and cheaper to buy new packaging immediately and to dispose of packaging that would have been recycled. At the same time, the bureaucratic burden is too high. Appointing plenipotentiaries in each country is too expensive and, in general, this solution is not useful. The EU’s aim of facilitating cross-border trade has failed, with excessive regulations, tax legislation, expensive shipping and other brothers’ ideas. I myself, as well as a not insignificant number of companies I know, will no longer trade across borders, or have already stopped doing so, or are ruling out this from the outset. The EU is making free trade more difficult. I should prefer to register a company outside the EU, where these entire directives are not pushed forward or are being weakened with TTIP & Co. to the benefit of foreign companies?!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543937_en"}, {"id": 33543936, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:21:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Once again ordinary people and small businesses are suffering under rules which do not help anyone but large corporations. This policy is damaging and detrimental to small businesses both inside and outside the EU, and will reduce the choice for EU customers. I am not at all sure what the purpose of these changes are except it will be so much harder to buy things we need. Small businesses are not the producers of the waste you are tying to end. Now anything we order is fa4r more expensive, far more limited and hurt small businesses to the point where no one wants to do business with anyone in EU at all. What an terrible waste of resources and energy to punish exactly the wrong people.", "feedbackEnglish": "Once again ordinary people and small businesses are suffering under rules which do not help anyone but large corporations. This policy is damaging and detrimental to small businesses both inside and outside the EU, and will reduce the choice for EU customers. I am not at all sure what the purpose of these changes are except it will be so much harder to buy things we need. Small businesses are not the producers of the waste you are tying to end. Now anything we order is fa4r more expensive, far more limited and hurt small businesses to the point where no one wants to do business with anyone in EU at all. What an terrible waste of resources and energy to punish exactly the wrong people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543936_en"}, {"id": 33543933, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:18:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "twp", "feedback": "Wir sind ein mittelständischer Händler für Tierbedarf in Deutschland mit rund 35 Mitarbeitern. Der Versand ins EU-Ausland ist für uns technisch kein Problem ein Paket in die Niederlande ist genauso schnell gepackt wie eines nach Bayern. Wirtschaftlich ist es inzwischen unmöglich. Für jedes Zielland brauchen wir eine eigene Registrierung, eigene Lizenz- und Meldegebühren, unterschiedliche nationale Datenanforderungen und in mehreren Ländern zusätzlich einen Bevollmächtigten vor Ort. Das sind reine Fixkosten sie fallen an, ob wir in ein Land 20 Pakete oder 20.000 verschicken. Bei wenigen Bestellungen pro Land und Jahr übersteigen die Compliance-Kosten den Umsatz, den wir dort überhaupt erzielen. Die Folge: Wir stellen den Versand ins EU-Ausland ein. Wir müssen Kunden innerhalb der EU ablehnen, die gern bei uns kaufen würden nicht wegen des Versands, sondern wegen der Bürokratie. Wir sind an einem Punkt, an dem es administrativ einfacher ist, in ein Drittland außerhalb der EU zu liefern als in ein Nachbarland innerhalb des Binnenmarkts. Große Konzerne mit eigener Compliance-Abteilung stecken 27 Registrierungen problemlos weg. Für Unternehmen unserer Größe sind sie eine Marktzutrittsschranke. Das verzerrt den Wettbewerb. Wir fordern deshalb: Eine zentrale EU-Registrierung und -Meldung nach dem Vorbild des OSS-Verfahrens bei der Umsatzsteuer einmal registrieren statt 27 Mal. Das für 2029 geplante EU-Register muss vorgezogen werden. Keine Pflicht zu einem eigenen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat. Ein EU-weit anerkannter Bevollmächtigter muss genügen. Einen einheitlichen, abschließenden Datensatz ohne nationale Zusatzfelder. Derzeit fragen die Register rund 64 Felder ab, verpflichtend sind nach dem Entwurf 17. Produktverantwortung und weniger Verpackungsabfall sind richtig. Aber die Umsetzung darf kleine und mittlere Händler nicht aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt drängen.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small and medium-sized trader for animal supplies in Germany with around 35 employees. Sending to other EU countries is not a technical problem for us. A parcel to the Netherlands is packed as quickly as one to Bavaria. It is now economically impossible. For each destination country, we need a separate registration, separate licensing and reporting fees, different national data requirements and an additional local authorised representative in several countries. These are simply fixed costs and it is up to them whether we send 20 parcels or 20.000 to a country. In the case of a small number of orders per country per year, the compliance costs exceed the turnover we actually generate there. Consequence: We will stop sending goods to other EU countries. We have to reject customers within the EU who would like to buy from us not because of shipping, but because of bureaucracy. We are at a point where it is administratively easier to deliver to a third country outside the EU than to a neighbouring country within the Single Market. Large groups with their own compliance department remove 27 registrations without any problems. They are a barrier to entry for companies of our size. This is distorting competition. Therefore, we say: Register a central EU VAT registration and declaration, following the model of the OSS procedure, once instead of 27 times. The EU register planned for 2029 needs to be brought forward. No obligation to have a separate authorised representative in each Member State. An EU-wide authorised representative must be sufficient. A single, final data set without national additional fields. Currently, the registers consult around 64 fields, which are mandatory under draft 17. Product responsibility and reduced packaging waste are right. But implementation must not push small and medium-sized traders out of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543933_en"}, {"id": 33543934, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 13:14:32", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Susie Warner", "feedback": "This policy is damaging and detrimental to small businesses both inside and outside the EU, and will reduce the choice for EU customers. The requirement to have a representative in each of the 27 EU countries (at a cost of approximately several hundred Euros each, and in addition to the requirement for a GSPR representative which also introduced yet more unnecessary cost for small businesses outside the EU) makes shipping to the EU prohibitive for many small and micro businesses, my own included. It is a cumbersome and extremely ill thought out piece of bureaucratic nonsense which limits free trade and contradicts the entire ethos of the EU. It does not benefit EU constituents at all. Repeal it or at least limit it to large producers of waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "This policy is damaging and detrimental to small businesses both inside and outside the EU, and will reduce the choice for EU customers. The requirement to have a representative in each of the 27 EU countries (at a cost of approximately several hundred Euros each, and in addition to the requirement for a GSPR representative which also introduced yet more unnecessary cost for small businesses outside the EU) makes shipping to the EU prohibitive for many small and micro businesses, my own included. It is a cumbersome and extremely ill thought out piece of bureaucratic nonsense which limits free trade and contradicts the entire ethos of the EU. It does not benefit EU constituents at all. Repeal it or at least limit it to large producers of waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543934_en"}, {"id": 33543931, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:57:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "www gluecksnagel.de", "feedback": "Da hat man sich wieder etwas richtig tolles einfallen lassen um den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu schwächen, kleine Unternehmen auszugrenzen und den großen außereuropäischen Konzernen den Steigbügel gehalten. Eine Registrierung in jedem Land und die damit verbundenen Kosten sind für kleine Unternehmen nicht zu stemmen, steigen doch eh schon mit jedem bürokratischen Unsinn die Kosten weiter. Große Unternehmen haben dafür spezialisierte Abteilungen, der kleine Einzelunternehmer darf sich selbst und allein damit auseinander setzen. Zeit die für das eigentliche Geschäft fehlt und sich im Geldbeutel unvermittelt niederschlägt. Man hatte ja die Hoffnung, dass es vereinfacht würde, nein es wird noch komplizierter und teurer. So wird das nichts mit der EU die doch Dinge für die Menschen in Europa erleichtern und nicht erschweren wollte. Bis zur Gurkennorm hat das auch gut geklappt, danach ging es bergab. Nun kann ich weder meine Kunden aus der EU mehr beliefern, noch bekomme ich meine Materialien aus EU Ländern. Langsam gewinnt man den Eindruck, dass die Vielfalt, die die EU ausmachen, gar nicht mehr gewollt ist und man lieber auf ein paar große Konzerne setzt. Bei solchen Entscheidungen, sollte man sich nicht wundern, dass viele Teile der Bevölkerung sich rechts orientieren und die EU Begeisterung um Keller ist. Sicher ist Umweltschutz und die sach- und fachgerechte Entsorgung von Verpackungen ein sehr wichtiges Thema, es sollte aber auch so gestaltet werden, dass es für Unternehmer einfacher und kostengünstiger erfüllt werden kann. Die einfachste Lösung wäre gewesen, ein Lizenzierung für die gesamte EU, oder eine Paketlösung, wo man sich seine 5 umsatzstärksten Länder hätte aussuchen können. So hat man lediglich wieder ein neues Geschäftsmodell für irgendwelche Leute erfunden, die wahrscheinlich sonst nichts auf die Reihe bekommen hätte, auch Notare werden mit dem Unfug überschwemmt, als gäbe es nichts wichtigeres zu Beurkunden als die Verpackungslizenz für Bärbels Bastelbude aus Buxtehude. Als nächstes wird man wahrscheinlich gezwungen für jedes Land eine Lizenz abzuschließen, da es sonst ja geoblocking ist, was ja einer Diskriminierung gleicht. Noch nie habe ich in über 10 Jahren meines Geschäfts so intensiv übers aufgeben nachgedacht. Mag man mein Steuergeld nicht? Es wird doch so gerne Geld in der Welt verteilt, da sollte man doch schlau genug sein, denjenigen die die Zeche zahlen, auch ne gute Chance zu geben das benötigte Geld zu verdienen. Da fragt man sich doch echt, wird da überhaupt noch gedacht oder ist man inzwischen in dem höchsten Elfenbeinturm der Menschheitsgeschichte. Also, ganz toll gemacht!", "feedbackEnglish": "It has once again been possible to imagine something really great in order to weaken the European internal market, to exclude small companies and to keep the climbing bar for large non-European companies. Registration in each country and the associated costs are unaffordable for small businesses, as with any bureaucratic nonsense the costs continue to rise. Large companies have specialised departments for this purpose, and small sole traders are free to deal with this themselves and on their own. Time that is missing for the actual transaction and is suddenly reflected in the money bag. It was hoped that it would be simplified, no it will become even more complicated and expensive. Nothing with the EU will make things easier and not more difficult for Europeans. Up to the cucumber standard, this also worked well, after which it went lucky. Now I can no longer supply my EU customers, nor do I receive my materials from EU countries. It is beginning to get the impression that the diversity that makes up the EU is no longer desired and that it is preferable to rely on a few big companies. When making such decisions, one should not be surprised that many parts of the population are right-wing and that the EU is enthusiastic about cellars. The protection of the environment and the proper and professional disposal of packaging is certainly a very important issue, but it should also be designed in such a way as to make it easier and cheaper for operators to comply with. The simplest solution would have been a licensing for the whole EU, or a packaged solution where the top 5 countries could have been chosen. For example, a new business model has just been invented for some people who would probably not otherwise have got anything on their feet. Notaries are also flooded with the desire to record nothing more important than the Buxtehude Bärbels Bastelbude packaging licence. Next, you will probably be forced to obtain a licence for each country, otherwise it is geo-blocking, which amounts to discrimination. I have never thought so intensively about giving up my business in more than 10 years. Don't you like my tax money? It’s like to distribute money around the world, because you should be lean enough to pay those who pay the price and not give them a good chance of earning the money they need. It’s a real question, it’s still imagined, or it’s now in the highest ivory tower in human history. So, very much done!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543931_en"}, {"id": 33543930, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:52:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Christina Giebert - Hexenstich Medieval Embroidery and more", "feedback": "Ich betreibe ein Nebengewerbe mit sehr geringen Umsätzen, aber nicht gering genug um als Liebhaberei zu gelten. Ich bediene mit handgestickten Bannern u.ä. ein Nischenprodukt für die Reenactment Szene (lebendige Geschichte). Diese individuell von Hand hergestellten Produkte bekommt man nur bei kleinen Handwerkern wie mir. Meine Kunden sitzen u.a. in Dänemark und den Niederlanden. Wenn ich nur für diese zwei Länder die Bevollmächtigen bezahlen muss ist ein Großteil meiner jährlichen Einnahmen einfach weg. Wohlgemerkt für 2-3 Pakete ins EU-Ausland. Bisher konnte ich in viele Länder versenden, weil diese Bagatellgrenzen im Bezug auf die Mengen der eingeführten Verpackungen hatten oder für kleine Mengen sehr geringe Gebühren. Das ist jetzt schlicht nicht mehr möglich. Außerdem fallen mehrere meiner Quellen für das Material weg, da diese z.B. in Polen oder Tschechien sitzen und wegen der Neuregelung nicht mehr nach Deutschland versenden. Die einzige Alternative ist auf China-Ware zurück zu greifen, die erstens oft eine schlechtere Qualität hat und weite Wege zurücklegen muss. Soll das den EU-Binnenmarkt stärken? Wenn dann immer mehr Menschen in China und Co bestellen? Für kleine und mittlere Gewerbe wird der EU-Binnenmarkt praktisch abgeschafft. Wir benötigen dringend Freigrenzen bzw. eine Befreiung von der Bevollmächtigenregelung für die vielen Unternehmen, die jetzt kurz vor dem Aus stehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate an ancillary business with very low turnovers, but not low enough to be considered a hobby. I use hand-embroidered banners and the like to use a niche product for the re-enactment scene (live story). These individually hand-made products can only be obtained by small craftsmen like me. My customers are based, inter alia, in Denmark and the Netherlands. If I only have to pay the agents for these two countries, much of my annual revenue will simply be lost. It should be noted that there are 2-3 parcels to other EU countries. To date, I have been able to send consignments to many countries because of the de minimis limits on the quantities of packaging imported or because of very low charges for small quantities. This is simply no longer possible. In addition, several of my sources for the material disappear, as they are, for example, located in Poland or the Czech Republic and no longer send to Germany due to the new rules. The only alternative is to use Chinese goods, which, firstly, are often of poorer quality and have to travel long distances. Should this strengthen the EU’s single market? If more and more people are ordering in China and Co? For small and medium-sized businesses, the EU single market is virtually abolished. We urgently need exemption thresholds or exemption from the system of powers of attorney for the many companies that are now close to exit.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543930_en"}, {"id": 33543929, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:50:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Volaris EDV", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) Belastung kleiner Unternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Versand Absender: Volaris EDV, Köln Kleinunternehmen im Bereich Computer-Hardware und IT-Dienstleistungen Als kleiner IT- und Hardwarehändler mit Sitz in Köln möchten wir auf eine unbeabsichtigte, aber gravierende Folge der PPWR in Verbindung mit dem bestehenden EPR-Regime hinweisen: Die kumulierten Verpackungs- und Registrierungspflichten machen den Versand in das EU-Ausland für Unternehmen unserer Größe wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Unser Umsatz im EU-Ausland ist gering und verteilt sich auf einzelne Bestellungen pro Land und Jahr. Diesem geringen Umsatz steht ein Fixkostenblock gegenüber, der pro Zielland anfällt: separate Verpackungsregistrierung, laufende Lizenz- und Meldegebühren, Bevollmächtigte vor Ort sowie der Dokumentations- und Nachweisaufwand für die neuen Design-, Rezyklat- und Kennzeichnungsanforderungen der PPWR. In der Summe übersteigen diese Kosten den gesamten Umsatz, den wir in den betreffenden Ländern erzielen. Die praktische Konsequenz: Wir werden den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen müssen. Das widerspricht dem Kernziel des Binnenmarkts. Große Anbieter mit eigenen Compliance-Abteilungen tragen diese Fixkosten problemlos; kleine Unternehmen werden faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel ausgeschlossen. Die Verordnung wirkt damit wettbewerbsverzerrend zulasten von KMU. Wir lehnen die Verordnung in ihrer jetzigen Ausgestaltung für Unternehmen unserer Größe ab und fordern konkret: Zentraler EU-Registrierungs- und Meldepunkt für die Verpackungs-Herstellerverantwortung statt 27 nationaler Einzelregistrierungen. De-minimis-Schwelle: Befreiung von den grenzüberschreitenden Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten unterhalb eines geringen jährlichen Umsatzes oder Verpackungsvolumens pro Zielland. Verhältnismäßige Übergangsfristen und vereinfachte Nachweispflichten für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen bei Design-, Rezyklat- und Kennzeichnungsanforderungen. Ohne diese Anpassungen erreicht die Verordnung nicht mehr Nachhaltigkeit, sondern lediglich den Rückzug kleiner Händler aus dem EU-weiten Versand. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Volaris EDV, Köln", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) Burden on small businesses in cross-border shipping Consignor: Volaris Computer, Cologne Small Enterprise in Computer hardware and IT services As a small IT and hardware trader based in Cologne, we would like to draw attention to an unintended but serious consequence of the PPWR in connection with the existing EPR regime: The cumulative packaging and registration obligations make it economically impossible for companies of our size to send goods to other EU countries. Our turnover abroad in the EU is low, broken down into individual orders per country and per year. This low turnover is matched by a block of fixed costs per destination country: separate packaging registration, ongoing licensing and reporting fees, on-site authorised representatives and the documentation and evidence burden for the new design, recycled and labelling requirements of the PPWR. Taken together, these costs exceed the total turnover we generate in the countries concerned. The practical consequence: We will have to stop shipping to other EU Member States. This runs counter to the core objective of the internal market. Large suppliers with their own compliance departments bear these fixed costs easily; small businesses are effectively excluded from cross-border trade. The Regulation thus distorts competition to the detriment of SMEs. We reject the Regulation in its current form for companies of our size and call specifically for: Central EU registration and reporting point for packaging producer responsibility instead of 27 national individual registrations. De minimis threshold: Exemption from cross-border registration and reporting obligations below a small annual turnover or packaging volume per destination country. Proportionate transition periods and simplified evidentiary requirements for small and micro-enterprises for design, recycled and labelling requirements. Without these adjustments, the Regulation no longer achieves sustainability, but only the withdrawal of small traders from EU-wide shipping. (Complimentary close) Volaris Computer, Cologne", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543929_en"}, {"id": 33543928, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:42:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stoffwandel", "feedback": "Diese neue Verordnung ist eine Zumutung für alle kleinen Händler, die in der EU ihr bestes geben. Es wird einfach unmöglich, Waren in die EU zuversenden und obendrein ist es eine Entmündigung der eigenverantwortlich handelnden Unternehmer! Diese Verordnung ist ein Bürokratiemonster sondergleichen, eine Kostenexplosion und tatsächlich wird es Verpackungen verhindern, weil viele einfach ihren Versand in andere Länder einstellen. Danke für soviel Realtitätsferne und die Zerstörung kleiner Unternehmen!", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is a sacrifice for all small traders who are doing their best in the EU. It simply becomes impossible to send goods to the EU and, above all, it is an incapacitation of traders acting on their own responsibility! This regulation is a peculiar bureaucratic monster, a cost explosion, and indeed it will prevent packaging because many simply stop shipping to other countries. Thank you for so much unreality and the destruction of small businesses!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543928_en"}, {"id": 33543927, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:37:28", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "www.aroma-algarve.com", "feedback": "Wasn't the EU's original purpose to facilitate intra-community trade by creating a single market? Where has that idea gone if the new packaging regulation is excluding thousands of small businesses across the EU? As a small producer, I'm also affected by this regulation, since I'm based in Portugal, produce there, and primarily ship to Germany. The new regulation only creates new costs for me, but what additional service do they provide? I think that many small businesses generate as much packaging waste in an entire year as others do in an hour, yet we're subject to the same obligations. Is that fair? I wish the EU would consider how many small businesses there actually are and what their annual economic output is. The new regulation will lead to many job losses, as many entrepreneurs will either reorient themselves or decide to close down. It will undoubtedly diminish our cultural diversityisn't that something the EU prides itself on? A central EU body where companies register and pay according to their size is a fair solution. Add to that a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, and the EU would once again foster greater unity instead of reverting to unnecessary fragmentation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Wasn't the EU's original purpose to facilitate intra-community trade by creating a single market? Where has that idea gone if the new packaging regulation is excluding thousands of small businesses across the EU? As a small producer, I'm also affected by this regulation, since I'm based in Portugal, produce there, and primarily ship to Germany. The new regulation only creates new costs for me, but what additional service do they provide? I think that many small businesses generate as much packaging waste in an entire year as others do in an hour, yet we're subject to the same obligations. Is that fair? I wish the EU would consider how many small businesses there actually are and what their annual economic output is. The new regulation will lead to many job losses, as many entrepreneurs will either reorient themselves or decide to close down. It will undoubtedly diminish our cultural diversityisn't that something the EU prides itself on? A central EU body where companies register and pay according to their size is a fair solution. Add to that a de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, and the EU would once again foster greater unity instead of reverting to unnecessary fragmentation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543927_en"}, {"id": 33543926, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:25:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dorotheas-Handarbeiten, Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Faktische Zusammenfassung Kleine Onlinehändler, Künstler und Einzelhändler sehen die neue Verpackungsregelung als hohe bürokratische und finanzielle Belastung. Die Pflicht zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten in den jeweiligen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verursacht zusätzliche Fixkosten. Bei wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Bestellungen können diese Kosten für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar sein. Einige betroffene Unternehmen stellen deshalb den Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ein. Kritisiert wird, dass die Regelung große Unternehmen gegenüber kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen begünstigen kann. Besonders problematisch werden unterschiedliche nationale Anforderungen und mögliche Kosten in bis zu 27 Mitgliedstaaten gesehen. Gefordert werden vereinfachte und EU-weit einheitliche Regelungen, insbesondere: Ausnahmen oder Erleichterungen für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen ein zentraler Bevollmächtigter für die gesamte EU eine einheitliche EU-weite Registrierung Gebühren, die sich an Umsatz oder Versandmenge orientieren Die Regelungen sollen stärker an Unternehmensgröße, Versandvolumen und tatsächlicher Umweltbelastung ausgerichtet werden. Zusätzlich wird auf die weiterhin schwierige Durchsetzung der Verpackungsvorgaben gegenüber Verkäufern aus Drittländern hingewiesen. Ziel der Forderungen ist, Umweltschutz mit einem weiterhin möglichen und wirtschaftlich tragfähigen grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen zu verbinden. (zusammenfassung KI-optimiert)", "feedbackEnglish": "Factual summary Small online traders, artists and retailers see the new packaging regime as a heavy bureaucratic and financial burden. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative in the respective EU Member States generates additional fixed costs. In the case of a small number of cross-border orders, these costs may not be economically viable for small businesses. Some of the companies concerned therefore stop shipping to other EU Member States. The fact that the scheme may favour large enterprises over small and medium-sized enterprises is criticised. Diverging national requirements and possible costs in up to 27 Member States are seen as particularly problematic. There is a need for simplified and uniform rules across the EU, in particular: Exemptions or facilitations for small and micro-enterprises, a single authorised representative for the whole EU, a single EU-wide registration fee based on turnover or shipping volume. The rules should be more geared to company size, shipping volume and actual environmental impact. In addition, attention is drawn to the continued difficulty of enforcing packaging requirements vis-à-vis third-country sellers. The aim of the calls is to combine environmental protection with continued and economically viable cross-border trade for small businesses. (summary AI-optimised)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543926_en"}, {"id": 33543925, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:23:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Anemones Wollzauberei", "feedback": "Sorry, EU - aber was ist eigentlich euer Ziel? Die Vernichtung sämtlicher kleiner Unternehmen, in dem ihr sie vom EU-weiten Handel ausschließt? Sollte die EU nicht Vereinheitlichung und freien Warenverkehr für alle bedeuten? Ja, das habt ihr insofern gemacht, als dass ihr die vorher absolut unübersichtlichen Einfuhrbedingungen aller einzelnen EU-Länder vereinheitlicht habt. Aber bitte, welches Kleinunternehmen kann es sich erlauben, die jährliche Gebühr pro Land zu bezahlen. Und das nur für vielleicht wenige Sendungen im Jahr? Das ist für die viele Onlineshops einfach nicht leistbar. Also wird allein schon aus diesem Grunde der EU-weite Versand ausgeschlossen. Schaut euch mal um bei Facebook, wie viele kleine Onlineshops, gerade im kreativen Bereich, ihren EU-weiten Versand eingestellt haben! Das ist für viele existenzbedrohend! Und dann oben drauf noch die unausgegorene Verpackungsverordnung mit der Einstufung als Erzeuger und/oder Hersteller. Ich werde allein schon Hersteller, wenn ich fertiges Paketklebeband und einen fertig gekauften Karton zusammenbringe, weil ich nun einmal ein Paket einfach zukleben muss? Für eine vorgefertigte Verpackung mit Aufreißstreifen bin ich aber kein Hersteller, sondern Verbraucher. Bitte? Gehts noch? Und ihr seid euch noch nicht mal einig, ob ich auf das zwingend notwendige Aufbringen eines Versandlabels nun Hersteller bin oder nicht? - Mal ganz ehrlich: Habt ihr jemals Pakete versendet? Auch als Privatperson? Was macht man da? Richtig: Karton auffalten, Versandgut einfüllen, Paket zukleben, Versandlabel drauf und ab zur Post. Und weil ich das gewerblich mache, bin ich plötzlich Hersteller? Obwohl ich alles fertig kaufe? Habt ihr eigentlich alle Langeweile da in eurem Parlament oder denkt irgendjemand auch mal nach, über das was er sich da ausdenkt.....", "feedbackEnglish": "Sorry, EU – but what is your goal? The destruction of all small businesses, excluding them from EU-wide trade? Should the EU not mean unification and free movement of goods for all? Yes, it did so in that it harmonised the previously completely unclear import conditions of all individual EU countries. But please indicate which small enterprise can be allowed to pay the annual fee per country. And that’s only for perhaps a few broadcasts a year? This is simply unaffordable for many online shops. For this reason alone, EU-wide transit is therefore excluded. Take a look at Facebook to see how many small online shops, especially in the creative sector, have stopped sending them across the EU! This is a threat to many people’s livelihoods! And then, above all, the unbalanced Packaging Regulation, which is classified as a producer and/or manufacturer. I am already a manufacturer when I bring together a finished packet adhesive tape and a finished cardboard box, because I just have to glue a package? However, for prefabricated packaging with tear-out strips, I am not a manufacturer, but a consumer. Please? Is there anything else? And do you not even agree whether I am a manufacturer or not for the mandatory display of a shipping label? — Let’s be honest: Have you ever sent parcels? Also as a private individual? What do you do? Correct: Cardboard folding, wrapping, sticking the parcel, shipping labels on and off to the post office. And because I do it commercially, am I suddenly a manufacturer? Although I'm ready to buy everything? Do you really have all boredom there in your Parliament or anybody thinks about what he thinks about there...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543925_en"}, {"id": 33543924, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:13:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SadakoCosplay", "feedback": "Als kleine Unternehmerin erlebe ich ganz konkret, was diese Bürokratie bedeutet: Ich muss den Versand in andere EU-Länder nun komplett einstellen, weil Registrierungen, Gebühren und unterschiedliche nationale Vorgaben für mich wirtschaftlich nicht mehr tragbar sind. Das empfinde ich als besonders bitter, weil die EU für einen gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt und ein Europa ohne Grenzen steht. In der Realität entstehen für kleine Unternehmen gerade neue Grenzen. Ich muss Kundinnen und Kunden innerhalb der EU ausschließen, die immer gerne bei mir gekauft haben und kaufen würden - nicht weil der Versand ein Problem wäre, sondern allein wegen der Bürokratie und hohen Gebühren. Große Unternehmen können solche Kosten und Verwaltungsaufwände problemlos auffangen. Für kleine Unternehmen sind sie existenzbedrohend und bedeuten den Ruin. Ich wünsche mir deshalb eine wirklich europäische Lösung: eine zentrale Registrierung, einheitliche Vorgaben und das Prinzip einmal melden statt 27-mal verwalten. Nachhaltigkeit und Herstellerverantwortung sind wichtig aber ihre Umsetzung darf nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small entrepreneur, I learn very concretely what this bureaucracy means: I now have to stop shipping to other EU countries altogether because registrations, fees and different national requirements are no longer economically viable for me. I find this particularly bitter because the EU stands for a single market and a Europe without borders. In reality, new borders are emerging for small businesses. I have to exclude customers within the EU who would always like to buy and buy from me – not because shipping would be a problem, but just because of bureaucracy and high fees. Large companies can easily absorb such costs and administrative burdens. For small businesses, they threaten their very existence and mean ruin. I would therefore like to see a truly European solution: report a centralised registration, common rules and the principle once instead of 27 times. Sustainability and producer responsibility are important, but their implementation must not push small businesses out of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543924_en"}, {"id": 33543923, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 12:06:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gewandfantasien", "feedback": "Ich verstehe durchaus die Absicht hinter der PPWR und unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren, ausdrücklich. Die PPWR schießt aber in einem Punkt weit über das Ziel hinaus, indem sie faktisch eine finanzielle Eintrittshürde für die Teilnahme am europäischen Binnenmarkt schafft, die kleine Unternehmen, Einzelunternehmen, Kunsthandwerker etc. komplett ausschließt. Die Pflicht zur Bereitstellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land, in dem man nicht selbst ansässig ist oder eine Niederlassung für seine Firma hat, führt zu Mehrkosten für Unternehmen von mehreren tausend EUR pro Jahr. Die Grenze für Kleinunternehmer in Deutschland liegt bei 25.000 EUR Umsatz im Jahr. Damit würde ein guter Teil der Einnahmen allein dafür verwendet werden müssen, dass der Versand innerhalb der EU überhaupt möglich ist. Dazu kommen die nach wie vor unübersichtlichen Verpflichtungen in den einzelnen EU-Ländern, die durch die PPWR eben nicht harmonisiert wurden. Das heißt, zu den finanziellen Hürden kommt auch noch der zeitliche Aufwand, sich durch die diversen Verpflichtungen zu arbeiten oder aber wieder Geld dafür zu bezahlen, dass jemand anderes das für einen erledigt. Die aktuelle Ausgestaltung der PPWR führt dazu, dass viele kleine Unternehmen sowohl innerhalb der EU als auch von außerhalb der EU den Versand in der EU zum 12.8.2026 einstellen. Dies wird nicht nur zu Ausfällen bei den Firmen führen und damit zur Schließung vieler kleiner Unternehmen sondern auch zu a) finanziellen Einbußen im Steuervolumen der Mitgliedstaaten b) deutliche Reduzierung des Angebots für Konsumenten c) und damit zu einer deutlichen Zunahme der Bestellungen aus Fernost, um die Lücke im heimischen Angebot zu schließen. Die aktuelle Regelung hilft ausschließlich großen Unternehmen und Plattformen wie Temu, Aliexpress, Shein etc. Sie bedeutet eine deutliche Verzerrung des Wettbewerbs durch die Schaffung künstlicher finanzieller und bürokratischer Hürden und widerspricht damit dem Anspruch der EU an sich selbst. Eine sinnvolle Alternative wäre entweder Bagatellgrenzen für kleine Unternehmen sowohl innerhalb der EU als auch außerhalb oder aber eine leicht zugängliche zentrale Plattform für die Angabe der versendeten Paketmengen bei EU-Ländern und Jahren, über die dann die entsprechenden Gelder an die EU-Länder verteilt werden. Diese Plattform sollte sowohl den Bevollmächtigten als auch die Pflicht zur Registrierung in den einzelnen EU-Ländern ersetzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully understand the intention behind the PPWR and expressly support the objective of reducing packaging waste. However, the PPWR goes far beyond the objective in one respect by creating a de facto financial barrier to participation in the European internal market, which completely excludes small businesses, sole proprietorships, craftsmen, etc. The obligation to provide an authorised representative in each country where you are not established or where you have an establishment for your company leads to additional costs for businesses of several thousand euros per year. The limit for small traders in Germany is EUR 25.000 turnover per year. This would mean that a good part of the revenue would have to be used for the sole purpose of allowing shipments within the EU. In addition, there are still complex obligations in individual EU countries, which have not been harmonised by the PPWR. This means that the financial hurdles are compounded by the time it takes to work through the various obligations or to pay again for someone else to do it for one thing. The current design of the PPWR means that many small businesses, both within the EU and from outside the EU, will stop shipping to the EU on 12 August 2026. This will not only lead to losses for firms and thus to the closure of many small businesses, but also to (a) financial losses in the tax volume of the Member States, (b) a significant reduction in the supply for consumers, (c) and thus a significant increase in orders from the Far East in order to fill the gap in domestic supply. The current rules only help large companies and platforms such as Temu, Aliexpress, Shein, etc. They significantly distort competition by creating artificial financial and bureaucratic hurdles, thereby contradicting the EU’s ambitions for itself. A useful alternative would be either de minimis thresholds for small businesses, both within and outside the EU, or an easily accessible central platform for reporting the volumes of parcels sent by EU countries and years, through which the corresponding funds are then distributed to EU countries. This platform should replace both the authorised representative and the obligation to register in each EU country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543923_en"}, {"id": 33543922, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 11:51:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I run a small vintage shop on Etsy, based in Germany, selling secondhand and vintage items to buyers across the world incl. the EU. I want to raise a serious concern about the PPWR requirement for producers to appoint a local authorized representative (Bevollmächtigter) in every EU member state they ship packaged goods to, with no exception or reduced threshold for micro and small businesses. In practice, this rule does not target the large-scale packaging producers it seems designed for. It hits small sellers like me the hardest, because the cost is a flat fee per country, completely disconnected from the actual volume of packaging placed on the market there. I looked at my own shipping data: I send a few handful of orders a year to several EU countries, sometimes only two or three. A representative typically costs 300 to 500 euros per year, per country. For a country where I ship five orders a year, that fee alone can exceed my entire profit from that market. The practical effect is that small businesses are being pushed to simply stop selling to other EU countries altogether, not because we want to, but because compliance costs make it financially impossible to continue. That is the opposite of what a single market is supposed to achieve. Instead of protecting consumers or the environment, this rule is quietly closing off cross-border trade within the EU for the smallest businesses, the ones with the least capacity to absorb fixed regulatory costs. I do not think this outcome was carefully considered before the rule was finalized. A flat, per-country obligation with no allowance for low-volume or micro-sellers punishes exactly the businesses that pose the least risk of large-scale non-compliance, while doing nothing to stop them from simply exiting those markets rather than complying. I would urge the Commission to reconsider or at least introduce a proportionate threshold, based on volume or turnover per country, before this causes lasting damage to small cross-border sellers across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small vintage shop on Etsy, based in Germany, selling secondhand and vintage items to buyers across the world incl. the EU. I want to raise a serious concern about the PPWR requirement for producers to appoint a local authorized representative (Bevollmächtigter) in every EU member state they ship packaged goods to, with no exception or reduced threshold for micro and small businesses. In practice, this rule does not target the large-scale packaging producers it seems designed for. It hits small sellers like me the hardest, because the cost is a flat fee per country, completely disconnected from the actual volume of packaging placed on the market there. I looked at my own shipping data: I send a few handful of orders a year to several EU countries, sometimes only two or three. A representative typically costs 300 to 500 euros per year, per country. For a country where I ship five orders a year, that fee alone can exceed my entire profit from that market. The practical effect is that small businesses are being pushed to simply stop selling to other EU countries altogether, not because we want to, but because compliance costs make it financially impossible to continue. That is the opposite of what a single market is supposed to achieve. Instead of protecting consumers or the environment, this rule is quietly closing off cross-border trade within the EU for the smallest businesses, the ones with the least capacity to absorb fixed regulatory costs. I do not think this outcome was carefully considered before the rule was finalized. A flat, per-country obligation with no allowance for low-volume or micro-sellers punishes exactly the businesses that pose the least risk of large-scale non-compliance, while doing nothing to stop them from simply exiting those markets rather than complying. I would urge the Commission to reconsider or at least introduce a proportionate threshold, based on volume or turnover per country, before this causes lasting damage to small cross-border sellers across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543922_en"}, {"id": 33543921, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 11:48:15", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "styleandstones", "feedback": "The new packaging rules risk creating a significant barrier for small businesses selling across EU borders. For many micro and small businesses, the additional registration requirements, national obligations, authorised representatives and administrative costs make cross-border sales financially and bureaucratically disproportionate to the actual volume of packaging and waste involved. This is difficult to reconcile with one of the fundamental principles on which the European Union was built: a functioning internal market and the free movement of goods between Member States. Cross-border trade should not become economically unviable for small businesses simply because they sell a few packages per year to customers in other EU countries. There is also a cultural and economic dimension that should not be overlooked. Many small creative businesses offer niche, handmade and specialised products that are not available from large retailers. If these businesses withdraw from the EU market because of disproportionate regulatory costs, consumers will face less choice and the European market will become less diverse. Environmental responsibility is important, but the regulatory framework should be proportionate to the size and actual environmental impact of the business. Small businesses need a simple, affordable and genuinely EU-wide solution rather than 27 different national systems and potentially 27 sets of fixed costs. The goal should be to make sustainable packaging easier to achieve not to make small-scale cross-border trade impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new packaging rules risk creating a significant barrier for small businesses selling across EU borders. For many micro and small businesses, the additional registration requirements, national obligations, authorised representatives and administrative costs make cross-border sales financially and bureaucratically disproportionate to the actual volume of packaging and waste involved. This is difficult to reconcile with one of the fundamental principles on which the European Union was built: a functioning internal market and the free movement of goods between Member States. Cross-border trade should not become economically unviable for small businesses simply because they sell a few packages per year to customers in other EU countries. There is also a cultural and economic dimension that should not be overlooked. Many small creative businesses offer niche, handmade and specialised products that are not available from large retailers. If these businesses withdraw from the EU market because of disproportionate regulatory costs, consumers will face less choice and the European market will become less diverse. Environmental responsibility is important, but the regulatory framework should be proportionate to the size and actual environmental impact of the business. Small businesses need a simple, affordable and genuinely EU-wide solution rather than 27 different national systems and potentially 27 sets of fixed costs. The goal should be to make sustainable packaging easier to achieve not to make small-scale cross-border trade impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543921_en"}, {"id": 33543920, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 11:44:47", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NUSSBLAU e.U.", "feedback": "The requirement to appoint an authorised representative in every Member State creates a disproportionate burden for small European businesses. As a small Austrian retailer, I am now forced to stop selling to almost all EU countries because the fixed administrative costs are not viable for a small number of orders. Small and micro-enterprises should be exempt from this requirement, or at minimum be able to appoint one representative for the entire EU. The current approach benefits large corporations that can easily absorb these costs, while small European businesses are pushed out of the Single Market. Meanwhile, effective enforcement against non-EU sellers, particularly from China, remains a major challenge. This is regulation that strengthens large corporations instead of European SMEs. A Single Market should make cross-border trade easier for small businesses, not force them to withdraw from EU markets.", "feedbackEnglish": "The requirement to appoint an authorised representative in every Member State creates a disproportionate burden for small European businesses. As a small Austrian retailer, I am now forced to stop selling to almost all EU countries because the fixed administrative costs are not viable for a small number of orders. Small and micro-enterprises should be exempt from this requirement, or at minimum be able to appoint one representative for the entire EU. The current approach benefits large corporations that can easily absorb these costs, while small European businesses are pushed out of the Single Market. Meanwhile, effective enforcement against non-EU sellers, particularly from China, remains a major challenge. This is regulation that strengthens large corporations instead of European SMEs. A Single Market should make cross-border trade easier for small businesses, not force them to withdraw from EU markets.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543920_en"}, {"id": 33543919, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 11:26:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Katjas Puppenstübchen", "feedback": "Ich habe ein kleines Unternehmen in Deutschland, und es ist mir unmöglich in jedem EU Land einen Bevollmächtigten für die Verpackungsverordnung zu bestellen. Deshalb stelle ich den Versand ausserhalb Deutschlands ein! Der Sinn der EU ist es doch Handel zwischen den Ländern zu vereinfachen. Mit dieser Verordnung stellen sie diesen jedoch für Kleinunternehmer ein. Laut Statista sind in Deutschland 97% Kleinunternehmer, die also keine 50 Mitarbeiter oder 10Mio Euro Umsatz haben. Der sogenannte Mittelstand kann sich das natürlich leisten, aber wollen sie wirklich 97% der Unternehmen ausschließen? Es ist schon schwer genug für uns \"Kleine\" aber das ist jetzt wirklich zuviel!", "feedbackEnglish": "I have a small company in Germany and it is impossible for me to appoint an authorised representative for the Packaging Ordinance in every EU country. That is why I will stop shipping outside Germany! The EU’s purpose is to facilitate trade between countries. However, by means of this Regulation, they shall cease to apply to small traders. According to Statista, 97 % of businesses in Germany are small, i.e. they have no 50 employees or a turnover of EUR 10 million. The so-called small and medium-sized enterprises can of course afford this, but do they really want to exclude 97 % of companies? It’s already hard enough for us ‘small’, but that’s really too much now!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543919_en"}, {"id": 33543918, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 10:58:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Goldschmiede", "feedback": "Diese neue Verordnung ist einfach ein Unding und für alle kleinen Onlinehändler und Künstler schlicht bürokratisch und finanziell nicht erfüllbar. Es wird hier wieder Tür und Tor geöffnet für Großhändler und stärkt ihre Monopolstellung. Für den/die Kleinhändler*in ist diese Hürde unüberwindbar und es entsteht der Eindruck, dass der Kleinhandel innerhalb Europas schlichtweg vernichtet werden soll. So kann man Vielfalt auch vernichten aber Vielfalt und bürokratische Vereinfachung war doch gerade das Ziel Europas, oder nicht? Es war vorab schon schwer genug, aber machbar, dass man für jedes europäische Land gesondere Verpackungsrichtlinien beachten musste und eigentlich wäre eine Vereinheitlichung gewünscht gewesen, aber doch bitte auch für Kleinhändler erfüllbar!!! Nichts gegen eine Gebühr für jedes Land oder eine Allgemeingebühr, gestaffelt nach Umsatz in der EU. Einfach faire Chance und Bedingungen für jeden. Aber so habt ihr einfach jeglichen Kleinhandel innerhalb der eu abgeschossen, prima! Deshalb wiederspreche ich dieser neuen. Verpackungsregelung hiermit ausdrücklich!", "feedbackEnglish": "This new regulation is simply an unfortunate one and is simply unachievable for all small online traders and artists, from a bureaucratic and financial point of view. It reopens the door to wholesalers and strengthens their monopoly position. For the small retailer, this hurdle is insurmountable and the impression is created that the retail trade in Europe is simply to be destroyed. In this way, diversity can also be destroyed, but the goal of Europe was, or not, diversity and bureaucratic simplification? It was already difficult, but feasible, to have to comply with packaging directives specific to each European country, and it would have been desirable to standardise them, but it should also be possible for small traders to do so! Nothing against a fee for each country or a general fee, differentiated by turnover in the EU. Just a fair chance and conditions for everyone. But that’s how you shot down all small shops within the EU, prima facie! That is why I am repeating this new one. Packaging rules are herewith explicit!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543918_en"}, {"id": 33543911, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 10:18:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "private business ", "feedback": "I hava a small creative business, my clients send me their unfinished projects, I finish it and sent it back, usually in the package it arrives in. Now I need to pay to use these packages ? ridiculous ! I have about 20 packages max a year, the other projects are delivered in person. With the additional cost for packages outside of Germany with a contact person I will probably habe to go out of business complitely Thank you EU, for nothing", "feedbackEnglish": "I hava a small creative business, my clients send me their unfinished projects, I finish it and sent it back, usually in the package it arrives in. Now I need to pay to use these packages ? ridiculous ! I have about 20 packages max a year, the other projects are delivered in person. With the additional cost for packages outside of Germany with a contact person I will probably habe to go out of business complitely Thank you EU, for nothing", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543911_en"}, {"id": 33543910, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 10:15:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "sales service and repair service for vintage pens", "feedback": "The PPWR has made it impossible for me to be part of the European market and to help my customers with their problems. I am a specialsit for modern and vintage pens and do penrestore. My parcels are very light and to stay in the European market will cost me 16000 Euro plus a lot of paperwork that stays in no relation to that what I will send and finaly that what I will earn. This new rules only make the Bigger much bigger and all the little but specilaisced dealers and company will remove from the market. A central counted money for reasonable prices for small business would be a solution, but I have the feeling that the EU is not intresested in about 200000 small buisness companies in germany. Thats not what I have expected from a functional EU. For my business the EU is now completely useless !!!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR has made it impossible for me to be part of the European market and to help my customers with their problems. I am a specialsit for modern and vintage pens and do penrestore. My parcels are very light and to stay in the European market will cost me 16000 Euro plus a lot of paperwork that stays in no relation to that what I will send and finaly that what I will earn. This new rules only make the Bigger much bigger and all the little but specilaisced dealers and company will remove from the market. A central counted money for reasonable prices for small business would be a solution, but I have the feeling that the EU is not intresested in about 200000 small buisness companies in germany. Thats not what I have expected from a functional EU. For my business the EU is now completely useless !!!!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543910_en"}, {"id": 33543908, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 10:09:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Under the new regulations, it is necessary to appoint an authorized representative in each EU member state. After carefully reviewing the available options, I was able to identify Lizenzero.eu as the most affordable provider. However, even with them, the registration and representation fees alone amounted to approximately 499 euros per country to meet the legal requirements, which would cost me a total of more than 13,000 euros. I ask you to explain how such a regulation is supposed to be economically feasible for a side business with an annual turnover of only 40,000 euros. For my business, this specifically means that I must cease trading in other EU countries, as it is simply no longer economically viable. In my case, this practice also falls far short of the actual goal of sustainability: I deal exclusively in used products and use only paper and cardboard for shippingincluding paper-based tape. To this end, I specifically invested in a tape dispenser and a cardboard shredder two years ago to reduce waste and conserve resources. It is incomprehensible that this sustainable practice is now being penalized by bureaucratic hurdles. I therefore urge you to advocate for practical exemption or de minimis thresholds for small and micro-enterprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "Under the new regulations, it is necessary to appoint an authorized representative in each EU member state. After carefully reviewing the available options, I was able to identify Lizenzero.eu as the most affordable provider. However, even with them, the registration and representation fees alone amounted to approximately 499 euros per country to meet the legal requirements, which would cost me a total of more than 13,000 euros. I ask you to explain how such a regulation is supposed to be economically feasible for a side business with an annual turnover of only 40,000 euros. For my business, this specifically means that I must cease trading in other EU countries, as it is simply no longer economically viable. In my case, this practice also falls far short of the actual goal of sustainability: I deal exclusively in used products and use only paper and cardboard for shippingincluding paper-based tape. To this end, I specifically invested in a tape dispenser and a cardboard shredder two years ago to reduce waste and conserve resources. It is incomprehensible that this sustainable practice is now being penalized by bureaucratic hurdles. I therefore urge you to advocate for practical exemption or de minimis thresholds for small and micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543908_en"}, {"id": 33543907, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 09:55:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Angels Garden Sandra Hofbauer und Stefan Franke GbR ", "feedback": "Die neue Verpackubgsverordnung PPWR macht es kleinen Händlern extrem schwer, innereuropäisch Waren zu versenden. Da jedes Land eigene Verordnungen erlässt und dazu noch einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten verlangt, fallen viele Länder raus, wenn man nicht ein entsprechendes Versandvolumen hat. Aktuell widerspricht dies einem offenen und unkomplizierten Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU. Sinnvoll wäre eine zentrale Meldestelle wie beim OSS Verfahren, damit man unkompliziert seine Verpackungsmengen melden kann. Aktuell stellen wir den Versand in alle europäischen Länder ein, da die Kosten hierfür in keinem Verhältnis zu den zu erhoffenden Umsätzen stehen. Hierdurch werden andere Länder systematisch ausgegrenzt, was dem europäischen Gedanken widerspricht.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Ordinance (PPWR) makes it extremely difficult for small traders to ship intra-European goods. As each country adopts its own regulations and also requires a fee-paying agent, many countries fall out if they do not have a corresponding volume of shipping. At present, this runs counter to an open and straightforward movement of goods within the EU. It would be useful to have a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), as in the case of the OSS procedure, so that it is easy to report on the quantities of packaging. We are currently ceasing shipping to all European countries, as the costs are disproportionate to the turnover to be achieved. This systematically excludes other countries, which is contrary to the European idea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543907_en"}, {"id": 33543906, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 09:32:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Münzenversand ", "feedback": "Mit Bedauern mußte ich mittlerweile feststellen, daß mit einem gut gemeinten und umweltfreundlichen Vorhaben ein Bürokratiemonster ohne Gleichen erschaffen wurde. Harmonisierung der Vorgaben, sorry daß ich nicht lache. Ein Flickenteppich ohne Gleichen. Jedes Land kocht sein eigenes \"Süppchen\". Interessant finde ich die Gleichstellung von mir als Kleinstunternehmen und z.B. Amazon. Was Amazon aus der Portokasse zahlt wäre für mich existenzbedrohend. Deshalb stelle ich jetzt den Versand nach über 30 Jahren in die europäischen Länder ab heute komplett ein. Bei Zuwiderhandlung bis zu 10.000 Euro Strafe wäre mein Bankrott. Umweltschutz muß sein, aber mit Maß und Ziel. Letztendlich ist das eine Vernichtung 100.000er Kleinstunternehmen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have noted with regret that a well-intentioned and environmentally friendly project has created a bureaucratic monster without equals. Harmonisation of requirements, sorry that I don’t laugh. A patchwork without equals. Each country cooks its own ‘sweep’. I find it interesting to see myself on an equal footing as a micro-enterprise and, for example, Amazon. What Amazon pays from the postage fund would threaten my existence. That is why, after more than 30 years, I am now completely ceasing shipping to European countries as of today. In the event of an infringement of up to EUR 10.000, my bankruptcy would be a penalty. Environmental protection must be, but with measure and aim. The ultimate result is the destruction of 100.000 micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543906_en"}, {"id": 33543905, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 08:54:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "WoP GmbH", "feedback": "The PPWR is a perfect example of how well-intended EU regulation can disproportionately hurt small businesses. Large corporations can absorb country-specific registrations, reporting duties and authorised representative costs. Small retailers cannot. For cross-border e-commerce, the solution should be simple: implement PPWR compliance like the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). One central EU registration, one reporting system, and the relevant information automatically distributed to the Member States. There should be no need to appoint authorised representatives in every country. That only creates additional cost, bureaucracy and artificial barriers within the Single Market. We have now reached a point where, from an administrative perspective, it can actually be easier for a small European retailer to ship goods to a third country outside the EU than to customers in another EU Member State. That surely cannot be the purpose of the European Union or its Single Market. If the EU truly wants a functioning Single Market and follows the principle of Think Small First, PPWR compliance should be centralised at EU level, not fragmented into 27 national systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is a perfect example of how well-intended EU regulation can disproportionately hurt small businesses. Large corporations can absorb country-specific registrations, reporting duties and authorised representative costs. Small retailers cannot. For cross-border e-commerce, the solution should be simple: implement PPWR compliance like the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). One central EU registration, one reporting system, and the relevant information automatically distributed to the Member States. There should be no need to appoint authorised representatives in every country. That only creates additional cost, bureaucracy and artificial barriers within the Single Market. We have now reached a point where, from an administrative perspective, it can actually be easier for a small European retailer to ship goods to a third country outside the EU than to customers in another EU Member State. That surely cannot be the purpose of the European Union or its Single Market. If the EU truly wants a functioning Single Market and follows the principle of Think Small First, PPWR compliance should be centralised at EU level, not fragmented into 27 national systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543905_en"}, {"id": 33543904, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 08:39:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "T. Nachtmann", "feedback": "Die ökologischen Ziele der Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) und ein nachhaltiges Verpackungsabfallmanagement in der EU sind ausdrücklich zu begrüßen. Es ist richtig, dass Inverkehrbringer zur Finanzierung der Recyclingkosten herangezogen werden. Die geplante Umsetzung stellt jedoch ein immenses Bürokratiemonster dar, das den europäischen Binnenmarkt für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen (KMU) faktisch zerstört. 1. Gefährdung des EU-Binnenmarktes (Art. 26 AEUV) Gemäß Art. 26 Abs. 1 und 2 AEUV ist die EU verpflichtet, den Binnenmarkt ohne innere Grenzen zu gewährleisten. Eine Verordnung zur Harmonisierung darf keine neuen nationalen Handelshemmnisse errichten. Die Verpflichtungen zur Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter sowie komplexe Registrierungs- und Berichtspflichten in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten verursachen erhebliche administrative Fixkosten. Während Großunternehmen diese Kosten über hohe Verkaufsvolumina abfedern, stehen Kleinstunternehmen vor unüberwindbaren Hürden: Bei geringen Verkaufsmengen in ein bestimmtes EU-Land übersteigen die administrativen Fixkosten rasch den gesamten wirtschaftlichen Ertrag. In der Praxis führt dies dazu, dass kleine Händler den Vertrieb in zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten einstellen oder gar nicht erst aufnehmen. Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen werden dadurch faktisch vom grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel ausgeschlossen. 2. Einführung einer EU-weiten Bagatellgrenze (De-minimis-Regelung) Um diesen unberücksichtigten Härten entgegenzuwirken, ist die Einführung einer EU-weit einheitlichen Bagatellgrenze, basierend auf der tatsächlich in Umlauf gebrachten Verpackungsmenge (Tonnage/Stückzahl), zwingend erforderlich: Unternehmen, die nur sehr kleine Mengen an Verpackungen in einen Mitgliedstaat einführen, sollten von den aufwendigen Registrierungs-, Berichts- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten freigestellt werden. Der ökologische Impact dieser Kleinstmengen ist minimal, während der administrative Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis zum Umweltnutzen steht. Eine De-minimis-Grenze stellt die Verhältnismäßigkeit der Regulierung wieder her. 3. Lösungsansatz: Centralized Reporting analog zum OSS-Verfahren Für Mengen oberhalb einer Bagatellgrenze gilt: Anstatt jedes Unternehmen zu zwingen, in 27 Ländern bürokratischen Aufwand und Bevollmächtigte zu unterhalten, sind vereinfachte EU-weite Verfahren nötig. Ein bewährter Lösungsansatz existiert bereits im Steuerrecht: das One-Stop-Shop-Verfahren (OSS). Eine zentrale Meldung und Entrichtung der verpackungsbezogenen Beiträge im Sitzland des Unternehmens würde die administrative Last drastisch reduzieren. Dieses System wäre für Unternehmen und Behörden kostensparend, effektiv und zielführend. Fazit: Wir fordern die Europäische Kommission und den Gesetzgeber dringend dazu auf, den Vollzug und die Umsetzung der PPWR umgehend zu stoppen, bis die Regelungen im Sinne des Mittelstands überarbeitet wurden. Eine Überarbeitung muss zwingend eine praxisgerechte Bagatellgrenze nach Verpackungsmenge sowie ein zentrales, analog zum OSS aufgebautes Verfahren beinhalten. Nur so lässt sich der Umweltgedanke stärken, ohne den freien europäischen Warenhandel für kleinere Marktteilnehmer zu zerstören.", "feedbackEnglish": "The environmental objectives of the Packaging Regulation (PPWR) and the sustainable management of packaging waste in the EU are to be warmly welcomed. It is true that distributors are used to finance recycling costs. However, the planned implementation represents an immense bureaucratic monster that de facto destroys the European single market for small and micro-enterprises (SMEs). 1. Threats to the EU internal market (Article 26 TFEU) Under Article 26(1) and (2) TFEU, the EU is obliged to ensure the internal market without internal borders. A harmonisation regulation must not create new national barriers to trade. The obligations to appoint national authorised representatives, as well as complex registration and reporting obligations in individual Member States, generate significant fixed administrative costs. While large companies absorb these costs through high sales volumes, micro-enterprises face insurmountable hurdles: In the case of small volumes of sales to a given EU country, the fixed administrative costs quickly exceed the total economic return. In practice, this leads to small distributors ceasing or not taking up distribution in many EU Member States. This effectively excludes small and micro-enterprises from cross-border EU trade. 2. Introduction of an EU-wide de minimis limit. In order to counteract these disregarded hardships, the introduction of an EU-wide uniform de minimis limit based on the amount of packaging actually put into circulation (tonnage/number of items) is imperative: Undertakings importing only very small quantities of packaging into a Member State should be exempted from the burdensome registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations. The environmental impact of these minimum quantities is minimal, while the administrative burden is disproportionate to the environmental benefits. A de minimis limit restores the proportionality of regulation. 3. Solution approach: Centralised Reporting by analogy with the OSS procedure For quantities above a de minimis threshold: Instead of forcing every company to maintain red tape and proxies in 27 countries, simplified EU-wide procedures are needed. A tried-and-tested solution already exists in tax law: the One-Stop Shop (OSS) procedure. Central reporting and payment of packaging-related contributions in the company’s country of residence would drastically reduce the administrative burden. This system would be cost-saving, effective and effective for businesses and public authorities. My conclusion: We urge the European Commission and the legislator to put an immediate stop to the implementation and enforcement of the PPWR until the rules have been revised in the interests of SMEs. A revision must necessarily include a practical de minimis limit based on the quantity of packaging and a centralised procedure similar to the OSS. This is the only way to strengthen the environmental spirit without destroying the free European trade in goods for smaller operators.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543904_en"}, {"id": 33543903, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 08:37:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Microntour GmbH", "feedback": "Public Feedback / Open Statement on the Impact of PPWR & EPR on Micro-Enterprises ​Subject: Urgent Appeal Regarding the Unintended Consequences of PPWR / EPR Compliance on Micro-Enterprises and the EU Single Market ​To the European Commission, ​As a small business owner within the European Union, I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the fragmented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across Member States. ​While I fully support the European Unions environmental goals and the transition towards a circular economy, the practical execution of these regulations creates disproportionate administrative and financial burdens that threaten the very existence of micro-enterprises and solopreneurs. ​1. Disproportionate Financial Overhead vs. Actual Environmental Impact ​For a small merchant shipping low volumes (e.g., ~100 small parcels per year with minimal packaging), the actual environmental footprint is negligible. However, the fixed compliance costs are absurdly high. Requiring micro-enterprises to register, report, pay minimum licensing fees, and appoint local \"Authorised Representatives\" in up to 26 individual Member States generates annual compliance costs ranging from 1,500 to 3,000+. ​When administrative costs exceed the actual value of goods sold to a country, compliance is no longer economically viable. ​2. Fragmentation and De Facto Destruction of the EU Single Market ​The EU Single Market was built on the core promise of the free movement of goods. However, the lack of a centralized EU-wide compliance portal or a realistic de minimis exemption forces small merchants to manually restrict shipping and geo-block customers from other EU Member States. Instead of fostering cross-border trade, the PPWR effectively re-establishes trade barriers within Europenot through tariffs, but through bureaucracy. ​3. Unfair Competitive Disadvantage Against Non-EU Sellers ​While legitimate, tax-paying EU micro-merchants are forced to cease cross-border delivery or pay exorbitant fees, non-EU sellers and direct-from-Asia dropshippers routinely bypass these rules due to enforcement gaps. This places law-abiding European small businesses at a severe disadvantage in their own home market. ​4. Severe Damage to the Reputation and Perception of the EU ​For millions of small business owners, micro-enterprises are not just financial assetsthey are their livelihoods. When EU legislation makes simple intra-European shipping mathematically impossible for small shops, it creates immense frustration. Rather than viewing the European Union as a facilitator of opportunity and trade, small business owners increasingly perceive it as an over-regulated, tone-deaf bureaucracy that protects corporate giants while penalizing small-scale entrepreneurship. ​Urgent Call to Action: ​To restore fairness and protect small businesses, I urge the European Commission to introduce: ​A true EU-wide de minimis threshold / micro-enterprise exemption for low-volume shippers (e.g., under 1,000 kg or 500 shipments annually). ​A single, centralized European registration and reporting portal to eliminate the need for 27 separate national registrations and local authorized representatives. ​Small businesses are the backbone of the European economy. We ask the Commission to craft policies that enable us to participate in the Green Transition rather than forcing us out of the Single Market entirely. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Public Feedback / Open Statement on the Impact of PPWR & EPR on Micro-Enterprises ​Subject: Urgent Appeal Regarding the Unintended Consequences of PPWR / EPR Compliance on Micro-Enterprises and the EU Single Market ​To the European Commission, ​As a small business owner within the European Union, I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the fragmented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across Member States. ​While I fully support the European Unions environmental goals and the transition towards a circular economy, the practical execution of these regulations creates disproportionate administrative and financial burdens that threaten the very existence of micro-enterprises and solopreneurs. ​1. Disproportionate Financial Overhead vs. Actual Environmental Impact ​For a small merchant shipping low volumes (e.g., ~100 small parcels per year with minimal packaging), the actual environmental footprint is negligible. However, the fixed compliance costs are absurdly high. Requiring micro-enterprises to register, report, pay minimum licensing fees, and appoint local \"Authorised Representatives\" in up to 26 individual Member States generates annual compliance costs ranging from 1,500 to 3,000+. ​When administrative costs exceed the actual value of goods sold to a country, compliance is no longer economically viable. ​2. Fragmentation and De Facto Destruction of the EU Single Market ​The EU Single Market was built on the core promise of the free movement of goods. However, the lack of a centralized EU-wide compliance portal or a realistic de minimis exemption forces small merchants to manually restrict shipping and geo-block customers from other EU Member States. Instead of fostering cross-border trade, the PPWR effectively re-establishes trade barriers within Europenot through tariffs, but through bureaucracy. ​3. Unfair Competitive Disadvantage Against Non-EU Sellers ​While legitimate, tax-paying EU micro-merchants are forced to cease cross-border delivery or pay exorbitant fees, non-EU sellers and direct-from-Asia dropshippers routinely bypass these rules due to enforcement gaps. This places law-abiding European small businesses at a severe disadvantage in their own home market. ​4. Severe Damage to the Reputation and Perception of the EU ​For millions of small business owners, micro-enterprises are not just financial assetsthey are their livelihoods. When EU legislation makes simple intra-European shipping mathematically impossible for small shops, it creates immense frustration. Rather than viewing the European Union as a facilitator of opportunity and trade, small business owners increasingly perceive it as an over-regulated, tone-deaf bureaucracy that protects corporate giants while penalizing small-scale entrepreneurship. ​Urgent Call to Action: ​To restore fairness and protect small businesses, I urge the European Commission to introduce: ​A true EU-wide de minimis threshold / micro-enterprise exemption for low-volume shippers (e.g., under 1,000 kg or 500 shipments annually). ​A single, centralized European registration and reporting portal to eliminate the need for 27 separate national registrations and local authorized representatives. ​Small businesses are the backbone of the European economy. We ask the Commission to craft policies that enable us to participate in the Green Transition rather than forcing us out of the Single Market entirely. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543903_en"}, {"id": 33543902, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 08:35:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "NoUnderdog UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "feedback": "Ich möchte ausdrücklich auf die unverhältnismäßigen Belastungen hinweisen, die sich aus der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung für kleine und kleinste Unternehmen ergeben insbesondere durch die Verpflichtung, für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in anderen Mitgliedstaaten Bevollmächtigte zu benennen. Das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen, unterstütze ich grundsätzlich. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung führt jedoch dazu, dass der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes für kleine Unternehmen wirtschaftlich kaum noch sinnvoll möglich ist. Ein kleines Unternehmen, das beispielsweise nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr nach Frankreich, Österreich, Italien oder in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet, muss sich bereits heute mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Lizenzierungspflichten beschäftigen. Wenn zusätzlich in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat ein kostenpflichtiger Bevollmächtigter erforderlich wird, entstehen feste jährliche Kosten, die in keinerlei Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in diesem Land in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen oder erzielten Umsätzen stehen. Für große Unternehmen mit hohen internationalen Umsätzen mögen solche Kosten verkraftbar sein. Für kleine Onlineshops, Manufakturen, Start-ups und Kleinstunternehmen können sie dagegen faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschranke darstellen. Das widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ein Unternehmen mit Sitz in Deutschland sollte nicht gezwungen sein, für einige wenige Pakete nach Österreich, Frankreich oder in andere EU-Länder jeweils kostenpflichtige Vertreter zu beauftragen. Die Folge wird nicht weniger Verpackung sein. Die Folge wird sein, dass viele kleine Händler ihren Versand auf das eigene Land beschränken. Damit werden gerade kleine europäische Unternehmen benachteiligt, während große Marktteilnehmer die zusätzlichen Verwaltungskosten problemlos tragen können. Ich halte deshalb dringend eine verhältnismäßigere Lösung für erforderlich. Denkbar wären beispielsweise EU-weite Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinstmengen und geringe Umsätze, eine zentrale europäische Registrierung anstelle nationaler Einzelregistrierungen oder die Möglichkeit, die Verpflichtungen über eine einzige EU-weite Stelle zu erfüllen. Ebenso sollte geprüft werden, ob für Unternehmen mit Sitz innerhalb der Europäischen Union überhaupt ein zusätzlicher Bevollmächtigter in jedem anderen Mitgliedstaat notwendig ist. Die Digitalisierung sollte eigentlich ermöglichen, dass ein Unternehmen seine Verpackungsmengen zentral meldet und die entsprechenden Gebühren anschließend den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten zugeordnet werden. Ein System aus bis zu 27 unterschiedlichen Registrierungen, Vertragspartnern und Bevollmächtigten ist dagegen weder zeitgemäß noch verhältnismäßig. Umweltschutz und erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung sind wichtige Ziele. Sie dürfen jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass kleinen Unternehmen der Zugang zum europäischen Binnenmarkt wirtschaftlich versperrt wird. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher ausdrücklich darum, die Auswirkungen dieser Regelungen auf Kleinstunternehmen und kleine Onlinehändler zu überprüfen und insbesondere für die Verpflichtung zur Benennung von Bevollmächtigten eine einfachere, kostengünstigere und EU-weit einheitliche Lösung zu schaffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to highlight the disproportionate burdens imposed by the new EU Packaging Regulation on small and micro-enterprises, in particular through the obligation to appoint authorised representatives for the extended producer responsibility in other Member States. In principle, I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers more accountable. However, the practical arrangements mean that cross-border sales within the European internal market are hardly any longer economically viable for small businesses. A small company which, for example, sends only a few orders per year to France, Austria, Italy or other EU Member States already has to deal with different national registration, notification and licensing obligations. If, in addition, a paid agent becomes necessary in each individual Member State, there will be fixed annual costs that are out of all proportion to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market in that country or the turnover generated. For large companies with high international turnover, such costs may be bearable. On the other hand, small online shops, manufacturers, start-ups and micro-enterprises may face de facto barriers to entry. In my view, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European internal market. A company based in Germany should not be forced to hire paid representatives for a small number of parcels to Austria, France or other EU countries. The result will not be less packaging. As a result, many small traders will limit their dispatch to their own country. This puts small European companies at a disadvantage, while large market players can easily bear the additional administrative costs. I therefore consider that a more proportionate solution is urgently needed. This could include, for example, EU-wide de minimis thresholds for micro-quantities and low turnover, a centralised European registration instead of national individual registrations, or the possibility to fulfil the obligations through a single EU-wide body. It should also be examined whether an additional authorised representative in any other Member State is necessary for companies established within the European Union. Digitalisation should allow a company to report its packaging volumes centrally and then allocate the corresponding fees to the respective Member States. However, a system of up to 27 different registrations, contractors and authorised representatives is neither up-to-date nor proportionate. Environmental protection and extended producer responsibility are important objectives. However, they must not lead to the economic blocking of small businesses’ access to the European single market. I would therefore urge the European Commission to review the impact of these rules on micro-enterprises and small online traders and, in particular, to create a simpler, cheaper and uniform EU-wide solution for the obligation to appoint authorised representatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543902_en"}, {"id": 33543887, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 08:33:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Henning OHG", "feedback": "PPWR is the greatest bullshit every made! Instead of a well-functioning, unified solution, the crazy bureaucrats have created a monster characterized by extreme regulatory fragmentation. Each country can set its own rules, and finding authorized representatives is harder than winning the lottery. The PPWR is killing the Single Market and the European ideal. Our EU revenue in 2025 was around 74000 With the costs now arising, we have to spend about 10% of our revenue (not profit) on this. That is not economically viable; it is madness. You can not pay this as a small dealer. There are absolutely no exemptions or de minimis thresholds for small businessesit is outrageous; the EU simply doesn't care about small and medium-sized enterprises, or the people behind them. stop PPWR and fire Ms von der Leyen and her team shortly! Give Europe back to the people.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR is the greatest bullshit every made! Instead of a well-functioning, unified solution, the crazy bureaucrats have created a monster characterized by extreme regulatory fragmentation. Each country can set its own rules, and finding authorized representatives is harder than winning the lottery. The PPWR is killing the Single Market and the European ideal. Our EU revenue in 2025 was around 74000 With the costs now arising, we have to spend about 10% of our revenue (not profit) on this. That is not economically viable; it is madness. You can not pay this as a small dealer. There are absolutely no exemptions or de minimis thresholds for small businessesit is outrageous; the EU simply doesn't care about small and medium-sized enterprises, or the people behind them. stop PPWR and fire Ms von der Leyen and her team shortly! Give Europe back to the people.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543887_en"}, {"id": 33543811, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 07:16:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Bedenken hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen der Verpackungsverordnung auf den EU-Binnenmarkt Gemäß Art. 26 Abs. 1 AEUV beschließt die Union Maßnahmen, um den Binnenmarkt zu verwirklichen und dessen reibungsloses Funktionieren sicherzustellen. Art. 26 Abs. 2 AEUV definiert diesen als Raum ohne Binnengrenzen, der den freien Verkehr von Waren, Personen, Dienstleistungen und Kapital garantiert. Vor diesem Hintergrund wecken die neuen Vorgaben der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) erhebliche Bedenken insbesondere für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen (KMU). Die Pflicht zur Benennung Bevollmächtigter sowie umfassende Registrierungs-, Berichts- und Verwaltungsauflagen erzeugen zusätzliche Fixkosten und bürokratische Hürden für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Diskriminierung von Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen Während Großkonzerne diese Zusatzkosten aufgrund hoher Verkaufsvolumina problemlos auffangen oder verteilen können, trifft die Regelung kleinere Betriebe unverhältnismäßig hart: Unwirtschaftlichkeit bei geringen Stückzahlen: Tätigt ein Kleinunternehmen nur wenige Verkäufe in einem Mitgliedstaat, übersteigen die Kosten für die länderspezifische Befolgung der Verwaltungspflichten rasch den Ertrag der Geschäftstätigkeit. Marktaustritt als Konsequenz: Kleine Händler werden gezwungen sein, den Vertrieb in bestimmten EU-Ländern einzustellen oder auf einen Markteintritt von vornherein zu verzichten. Widerspruch zu den EU-Zielen: Ein Rechtsrahmen zur EU-weiten Harmonisierung sollte Hemmnisse abbauen und nicht neue administrative oder finanzielle Barrieren errichten, die den Handel für kleinere Akteure unrentabel machen. Da es sich bei den Bürokratiekosten um feste Befolgungskosten handelt, sind die Auswirkungen fatal: Für einen Großbetrieb mit Hunderttausenden Verkäufen sind sie marginal für ein Kleinstunternehmen mit nur wenigen Transaktionen wirken sie als de facto Marktzutrittsschranke. Verhältnismäßigkeit und Nachbesserungsbedarf Die Umweltziele der Verpackungsverordnung sowie eine nachhaltige Abfallwirtschaft sind unbestritten legitim. Die gewählten Mittel müssen jedoch verhältnismäßig bleiben. Ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt darf nicht darauf beschränkt sein, dass nur Großunternehmen die bürokratischen Hürden für den Zugang zu allen 27 Mitgliedstaaten stemmen können. Forderung an die EU-Kommission: Diese Auflagen sind für Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen sind in dieser Form unmöglich zu bezahlen. Dieselben Umweltziele könnten auch ohne diese belastenden Maßnahmen, durch Ausnahmen oder vereinfachte, EU-weit einheitliche Verfahren erreicht werden. Die EU-Bürger, kleine und große Unternehmer, sind mündige Leute mit Hausverstand, machen eh schon alles Mögliche um die Umwelt zu schützen und Ressourcen zu schonen. Da braucht es keine Regulierungen die nur immer mehr Hürden aufbauen, anstatt nationale Grenzen für den freiein Handel innerhalb der EU abzuschaffen und den EU weiten Handel zu unterstützen und unsere Wirtschaft wieder wettbewerbsfähig zu machen. Diese ganzen Verordnungen und Gesetzen aus Brüssel arbeiten gegen unsere freie Wirtschaft, unseren Handel, zerstören Existenzen, aber gegen Shein, Temu usw. helfen diese Verpackungsverordnungen nicht, denn die Billiganbieter mit ihren großen Konzernen in Asien usw. die können sich diese Kosten leisten und lachen nur drüber. Nachbesserung bei der Wiederverwendung von Kartonagen Ein zentraler Punkt betrifft die Mehrfachnutzung von Verpackungsmaterial: Keine Doppel lizenzierung: Die Wiederverwendung bereits gebrauchter Kartonagen sollte ohne erneute Lizenzierungspflicht durch den Versender zulässig sein. Für diese Verpackungen wurden die entsprechenden Gebühren bereits beim Erstinverkehrbringen entrichtet. Ökologischer Mehrwert: Jede Wiederverwertung vermeidet die Neuproduktion von Kartons, schont wertvolle Ressourcen und dient direkt dem Umweltschutz. Eine erneute Gebührenbelastung konterkariert diese nachhaltige Praxis.", "feedbackEnglish": "Concerns about the impact of the Packaging Regulation on the EU internal market Under Article 26(1) TFEU, the Union is to adopt measures with a view to establishing the internal market and ensuring its proper functioning. Article 26(2) TFEU defines it as an area without internal frontiers guaranteeing the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital. Against this background, the new requirements of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) raise significant concerns, in particular for small and micro-enterprises (SMEs). The obligation to appoint authorised representatives and comprehensive registration, reporting and administrative requirements create additional fixed costs and bureaucratic hurdles for cross-border trade. Discrimination against small and micro-enterprises While large corporations can easily absorb or spread these additional costs due to high sales volumes, the scheme disproportionately affects smaller companies: Low-volume inefficiencies: If a small enterprise makes few sales in a Member State, the cost of country-specific administrative compliance quickly exceeds the return on business activity. Market exit as a consequence: Small traders will be forced to stop selling in certain EU countries or refrain from entering the market in the first place. Contradiction with EU objectives: A legal framework for harmonisation across the EU should reduce barriers and not create new administrative or financial barriers that make trade unprofitable for smaller players. As administrative costs are fixed compliance costs, the impact is disastrous: For a large company with hundreds of thousands of sales, they are marginal for a micro-enterprise with only a few transactions and act as a de facto barrier to entry. Proportionality and the need for improvement The environmental objectives of the Packaging Regulation and sustainable waste management are undeniably legitimate. However, the means chosen must remain proportionate. A functioning single market must not be limited to allowing only large companies to overcome the bureaucratic hurdles to accessing all 27 Member States. Request to the European Commission: These requirements are impossible for small and micro-enterprises to pay in this form. The same environmental objectives could be achieved without these burdensome measures, through exemptions or simplified, harmonised procedures across the EU. EU citizens, small and large entrepreneurs, are well-informed and already do everything possible to protect the environment and save resources. Instead of removing national borders for free trade within the EU and supporting the EU’s wide-ranging trade and restoring the competitiveness of our economy, there is no need for regulation that only creates ever-increasing hurdles. These entire regulations and laws from Brussels work against our free economy, our trade, destroying livelihoods, but against Shein, Temu, etc., these packaging regulations do not help, because cheap suppliers with their big corporations in Asia, etc., can afford these costs and only laugh. Repairing the reuse of cardboard. A key point concerns the multiple use of packaging material: No double licensing: Reuse of used cartons should be allowed without the need for re-licensing by the consignor. The corresponding charges were already paid for this packaging when it was first placed on the market. Environmental added value: Any recycling avoids the re-production of cartons, saves valuable resources and directly protects the environment. A new fee burden undermines this sustainable practice.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543811_en"}, {"id": 33543734, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/08 00:35:13", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Under Article 26(1) TFEU, the European Union is required to adopt the measures necessary to establish the internal market and ensure its proper functioning. Article 26(2) TFEU further defines the internal market as an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured. Against this background, the new requirements under the PPWR raise serious concerns, particularly for small and micro-enterprises. Obligations to appoint authorised representatives, combined with registration, reporting and other administrative requirements, create additional fixed costs and bureaucratic barriers to cross-border trade within the EU. While larger companies may be able to absorb these costs or spread them across substantial sales volumes, the situation is fundamentally different for small businesses. Where a small company makes only a limited number of sales to customers in a particular Member State, the costs of complying with country-specific administrative obligations can easily exceed the economic value of doing business in that market. The practical consequence is predictable: small businesses will stop selling to customers in certain Member States or refrain from entering those markets altogether. This is difficult to reconcile with the objective set out in Article 26(1) TFEU. A regulatory framework intended to harmonise rules across the Union should reduce barriers within the internal market, not create new administrative and economic barriers that make cross-border trade commercially unviable for smaller market participants. The impact is particularly concerning because such obligations constitute fixed compliance costs. A large undertaking selling hundreds of thousands of products in a Member State may regard these costs as marginal. For a micro-enterprise making only a handful of sales there, the very same obligations may effectively amount to a market-access barrier. The objectives of the PPWR, including environmental protection and improved management of packaging waste, are legitimate and important. However, the means chosen to achieve these objectives must remain proportionate. The Commission should therefore examine whether the obligations imposed on small and micro-enterprises are genuinely necessary or whether the same objectives could be achieved through less burdensome measures, exemptions, thresholds or simplified EU-wide procedures. The internal market cannot function as intended if only large companies can afford the administrative costs of accessing all 27 Member States. Regulation should facilitate a genuine European market for businesses of all sizes rather than inadvertently recreating national barriers through administrative requirements.", "feedbackEnglish": "Under Article 26(1) TFEU, the European Union is required to adopt the measures necessary to establish the internal market and ensure its proper functioning. Article 26(2) TFEU further defines the internal market as an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured. Against this background, the new requirements under the PPWR raise serious concerns, particularly for small and micro-enterprises. Obligations to appoint authorised representatives, combined with registration, reporting and other administrative requirements, create additional fixed costs and bureaucratic barriers to cross-border trade within the EU. While larger companies may be able to absorb these costs or spread them across substantial sales volumes, the situation is fundamentally different for small businesses. Where a small company makes only a limited number of sales to customers in a particular Member State, the costs of complying with country-specific administrative obligations can easily exceed the economic value of doing business in that market. The practical consequence is predictable: small businesses will stop selling to customers in certain Member States or refrain from entering those markets altogether. This is difficult to reconcile with the objective set out in Article 26(1) TFEU. A regulatory framework intended to harmonise rules across the Union should reduce barriers within the internal market, not create new administrative and economic barriers that make cross-border trade commercially unviable for smaller market participants. The impact is particularly concerning because such obligations constitute fixed compliance costs. A large undertaking selling hundreds of thousands of products in a Member State may regard these costs as marginal. For a micro-enterprise making only a handful of sales there, the very same obligations may effectively amount to a market-access barrier. The objectives of the PPWR, including environmental protection and improved management of packaging waste, are legitimate and important. However, the means chosen to achieve these objectives must remain proportionate. The Commission should therefore examine whether the obligations imposed on small and micro-enterprises are genuinely necessary or whether the same objectives could be achieved through less burdensome measures, exemptions, thresholds or simplified EU-wide procedures. The internal market cannot function as intended if only large companies can afford the administrative costs of accessing all 27 Member States. Regulation should facilitate a genuine European market for businesses of all sizes rather than inadvertently recreating national barriers through administrative requirements.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33543734_en"}, {"id": 33542201, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 20:59:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is wrong that small businesses should only be able to sell within their own country and to non-EU countries because they cant afford to pay 27 fees. I think the EU does not understand how you can be a small business and still want to sell worldwide. Im a sole trader. My EU sales used to spread over all 27 countries, before some countries started asking for representatives and some didnt have thresholds for small amounts. My hope was that the new PPWR law would make things better. But it turns out to make things worse. I have 2 suggestions: 1. EU businesses should only register once within the EU, or the new rules for small businesses that apply within their own country, should apply to the entire EU. 2. The EU could define some especially environmentally friendly packages, at least one in each category. For example, cardboard is an excellent material not only for boxes, but also for shipping bags and filling materials. The packaging materials defined as the most environmentally friendly in their category should be exempt from all EPR charges and registration bureaucracy in the entire EU and should be allowed to be sent freely to any country. After all, cardboard is a raw material that has a market value.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is wrong that small businesses should only be able to sell within their own country and to non-EU countries because they cant afford to pay 27 fees. I think the EU does not understand how you can be a small business and still want to sell worldwide. Im a sole trader. My EU sales used to spread over all 27 countries, before some countries started asking for representatives and some didnt have thresholds for small amounts. My hope was that the new PPWR law would make things better. But it turns out to make things worse. I have 2 suggestions: 1. EU businesses should only register once within the EU, or the new rules for small businesses that apply within their own country, should apply to the entire EU. 2. The EU could define some especially environmentally friendly packages, at least one in each category. For example, cardboard is an excellent material not only for boxes, but also for shipping bags and filling materials. The packaging materials defined as the most environmentally friendly in their category should be exempt from all EPR charges and registration bureaucracy in the entire EU and should be allowed to be sent freely to any country. After all, cardboard is a raw material that has a market value.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33542201_en"}, {"id": 33541614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 12:36:44", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Free Pack Net Holding SA", "feedback": "We found documents relevant to teh declaration of conformity coherent with the PPWR. In addition it would be beneficial to add the amount of material (plastic, metal, wood,...) that the \"manufacturer \" of packaging is going to introduce in the European market through a System for Reuse. In this case, it would be preferable to to qualify the System for Reuse by means of ISO 13429 - packaging reuse standard and ISO 18601 series - packaging and the environment. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "We found documents relevant to teh declaration of conformity coherent with the PPWR. In addition it would be beneficial to add the amount of material (plastic, metal, wood,...) that the \"manufacturer \" of packaging is going to introduce in the European market through a System for Reuse. In this case, it would be preferable to to qualify the System for Reuse by means of ISO 13429 - packaging reuse standard and ISO 18601 series - packaging and the environment. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33541614_en"}, {"id": 33541605, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 11:19:10", "country": "DNK", "language": "DA", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SKAD", "feedback": "Det er dybt beklageligt, at EU kommissionen ikke har forstået hvor store byrder der pålægges de mange hundrede tusinder mindre virksomheder, der i forvejen kæmper med et hav af administrative byrder. I dag anvender de små virksomheder godt 35 % af deres tid på administration, og emballageregler kan medføre at flere af disse må lukke, fordi de ikke længere har råd til at drive en forretning, som er overskudsgivende. Ydermere, så medfører reglerne også betydelige krav til investering i administration, IT og andre nødvendige foranstaltninger, for at leve op til lovgivningen. EU er med til at formindske antal af virksomheder og dermed arbejdspladser, samt rigtig mange lærepladser for unge mennekser, der vil lære et håndværksfag - arbejdskraft, der er strængt nødvendigt for at kunne håndtere den grønne omstilling, der kræver kompetent arbejdskraft, for at kunne opbygge den fornødne infrastruktur indenfor alternaitv energi, bygninger og ikke mindst vedligeholde denne. EU er med til at pålægge de mange virksomheder pligter, som rigtig mange mindre virksomheder ikke kan håndtere, og derfor vil mange af disse være nødsaget til at opgive deres bestræbelser og leve med angsten for store bøder, ikke fordi man ikke ønsker at følge loven, men fordi loven pålægger alt for store byrder og økonomiske krav, som er urealistisk. Også må man anse det vigende konkurrenceevne overfor bl.a. kinesiske virksomheder som en stor fare. Europa gør sig mere og mere afhængig af leverandører udenfor EU og bevirker en intern ødelæggelse af konkurrencefaktorer på grund af øget lovkrav. Man skal tænke sig rigtig godt om, når man kontiunerligt pålægger virksomheder større og større byrder, uden at man egentligt forstår konsekvenserne heraf. Et godt eksempel på det er ESG, hvor man indså den store fejl man begik og indførte Omnibus systemet, for at reducere belastningen overfor de mange mindre virksomheder, samt er ved at gentænke det hele. Emballage er et stort og vigtigt område, og naturligvis er det vigtigt at man tager hånd om denne. Men ikke på bekostning af millioner af arbejdspladser og hundred tusinder af virksomheder, der sættes ud i kulden. Kommissionen opfordres til, at overveje hvor meget belastning man vil lægge på de \"små\" skuldre nu og i fremtiden.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is deeply regrettable that the European Commission has not understood how much burden is imposed on the hundreds of thousands of small businesses that are already struggling with a wealth of administrative burdens. Today, small businesses spend just over 35 % of their time on administration, and packaging rules may cause more of them to close down because they can no longer afford to do a business that is profitable. In addition, the rules also impose significant investment requirements in administration, IT and other necessary measures to comply with the legislation. The EU is helping to reduce the number of businesses and thus jobs, as well as a large number of apprenticeships for young people who want to learn a craft profession – labour that is badly needed to cope with the green transition, which requires skilled labour to build and maintain the necessary infrastructure in the field of energy alternates, buildings. The EU is helping to impose obligations on the many businesses that many smaller businesses cannot cope with, and so many of them will have to abandon their efforts and face the fear of excessive fines, not because they do not want to follow the law, but because the law imposes excessive burdens and financial requirements that are unrealistic. The loss of competitiveness vis-à-vis, inter alia, Chinese companies must also be regarded as a major threat. Europe is becoming more and more dependent on non-EU suppliers and is causing an internal destruction of competition factors due to increased regulatory requirements. Great care must be taken when imposing greater and greater burdens on businesses, without really understanding the consequences. A good example of this is ESG, which realised the big mistake made and introduced the Omnibus system, in order to reduce the burden on the many smaller companies, and is rethinking it all. Packaging is a big and important area and of course it is important to address it. But not at the expense of millions of jobs and hundreds of thousands of companies being put out of the cold. The Commission is invited to reflect on how much the burden will be on the “small” shoulders now and in the future.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33541605_en"}, {"id": 33541595, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 11:03:46", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While we fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the current requirement for separate compliance structures in each Member State creates a disproportionate administrative burden for businesses operating within the EU. A more harmonised and centralised European approach could achieve the same environmental objectives while preserving the efficiency and competitiveness of the internal market. While environmental objectives are legitimate, requiring separate authorised representatives in each Member State appears disproportionate for EU-established SMEs and creates unnecessary barriers to cross-border trade within the Single Market. The environmental objectives of the PPWR could be achieved through less burdensome alternatives such as: - one EU-wide registration; - mutual recognition of national registrations; - one authorised representative acting across multiple Member States. We request the European Commission to assess the proportionality of Article 45 PPWR and consider a simplified pan-European compliance system for EU-based SMEs.", "feedbackEnglish": "While we fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the current requirement for separate compliance structures in each Member State creates a disproportionate administrative burden for businesses operating within the EU. A more harmonised and centralised European approach could achieve the same environmental objectives while preserving the efficiency and competitiveness of the internal market. While environmental objectives are legitimate, requiring separate authorised representatives in each Member State appears disproportionate for EU-established SMEs and creates unnecessary barriers to cross-border trade within the Single Market. The environmental objectives of the PPWR could be achieved through less burdensome alternatives such as: - one EU-wide registration; - mutual recognition of national registrations; - one authorised representative acting across multiple Member States. We request the European Commission to assess the proportionality of Article 45 PPWR and consider a simplified pan-European compliance system for EU-based SMEs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33541595_en"}, {"id": 33541590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 09:33:46", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Mitarbeiterin eines Unternehmens, das im B2B-Bereich Waren in die ganze Welt liefert, muss ich feststellen, dass der europäische Markt zunehmend unter bürokratischen Hürden leidet. Die Regulierungsdichte der EU im Bereich Verpackungen ist ein lebendes Beispiel dafür, warum der europäische Markt im internationalen Vergleich immer weniger konkurrenzfähig wird. Zusätzlich stellt sich die Farge: welchen Mehrwert für die Umwelt erwartet man sich von dieser zunehmenden Bürokratisierung? Wenn Verpackungssysteme großzügig vorrechnen wie viele Verpackungen durch sie recycelt wurde, muss man fragen: wie viele Verpackungen wären ohne Systeme recycelt worden? Vielleicht gleich viele, da Rohstoffe in der EU mittlerweile eine Mangelware sind...? Die nationalen Probleme bei der Abfallentsorgung werden dadurch jedenfalls auch nicht gelöst. Stattdessen wird eine weitere Zwischenebene geschaffen, die zusätzlichen bürokratischen Aufwand verursacht und Kosten generiert. Dieses Geld müssen die europäischen Unternehmen zunächst erwirtschaften, um es anschließend wieder abzugeben. Wenn in diesen Regelungs(un)tiefen über das Ziel hinausgeschossen wird, versucht man anschließend mit einer Omnibusverordnung, die schlimmsten Auswirkungen zu korrigieren. Das löst jedoch nicht das eigentliche Problem: Unternehmen arbeiten mit immer weniger Personal, da die Personalkosten hoch sind und die Waren im internationalen Wettbewerb stehen. Gleichzeitig müssen immer mehr bürokratische Anforderungen bewältigen werden, weil die Regulierung stetig zunimmt und immer detaillierter wird. Der Umwelt hilft das nicht, aber einen Verlierer gibt es: der Wirtschaftsstandort Europa. Meine große Bitte an die Kommission ist daher KEINE neuen Regelungen zu schaffen. Die Mühsal die bestehenden Regelungen zu verstehen und in der Praxis umzusetzen ist groß genug. Ich behaupte sogar, dass eine Verordnung, die in einem mehreren hundert Seiten erklärt werden muss, als Versagen des Gesetzgebers zu sehen ist und zurückgezogen werden sollte.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an employee of a B2B company that supplies goods around the world, I have to say that the European market is increasingly suffering from bureaucratic hurdles. The EU’s regulatory density in the field of packaging is a living example of why the European market is becoming less and less competitive internationally. In addition, there is the fare: what environmental added value is expected from this increasing bureaucratisation? If packaging systems generously predetermine how much packaging they have recycled, one has to ask: how many packaging would have been recycled without systems? Maybe as many, as raw materials are now a shortage in the EU...? In any event, this does not solve the national problems with waste disposal. Instead, another intermediate layer is created, which generates additional red tape and costs. This money must first be generated by European companies and then redistributed. If, at these regulatory (in)depths, the target is exceeded, an omnibus regulation is then attempted to correct the worst effects. However, this does not solve the real problem: Companies work with fewer and fewer staff, as staff costs are high and goods are in international competition. At the same time, more and more bureaucratic requirements will have to be met as regulation continues to grow and become more detailed. The environment does not help, but there is a loser: Europe as a business location. My great request to the Commission is therefore NOT to create new rules. It is difficult to understand the existing rules and to implement them in practice. I even claim that a regulation which has to be explained in several hundred pages must be seen as a failure on the part of the legislator and should be withdrawn.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33541590_en"}, {"id": 33541488, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 08:57:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "JSBeratung Jan Söllig", "feedback": "Streichung der zusätzlichen Kategorie Nr. 23 Sonstige Wir regen an, die im Entwurf vorgesehene Kategorie Nr. 23 Sonstige (Other) zu streichen. Nach Artikel 44 Absatz 7 der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 haben Hersteller die in Anhang IX Teil B Nummer 1 genannten Informationen an das Herstellerregister zu übermitteln. Anhang IX Teil B Nummer 1 Buchstabe c konkretisiert den Umfang dieser Meldepflicht ausdrücklich dahingehend, dass die Mengen nach Gewicht für die in Anhang II Tabelle 1 festgelegten Verpackungskategorien zu melden sind. Damit hat der Unionsgesetzgeber selbst bestimmt, welche Verpackungskategorien der mengenbezogenen Herstellermeldung nach Artikel 44 Absatz 7 zugrunde liegen. Eine eigenständige Kategorie Sonstige ist in Anhang II Tabelle 1 nicht vorgesehen. Zwar ermächtigt Artikel 44 Absatz 14 die Kommission, durch Durchführungsrechtsakte unter anderem die erforderliche Granularität der zu übermittelnden Daten sowie die von den Informationen erfassten Verpackungsarten und Materialkategorien festzulegen. Diese Durchführungsbefugnis ist jedoch im Zusammenhang mit Artikel 44 Absatz 7 und Anhang IX Teil B Nummer 1 Buchstabe c auszulegen. Sie ermöglicht die technische und einheitliche Ausgestaltung der durch die PPWR vorgegebenen Meldepflicht, nicht jedoch die Einführung einer zusätzlichen, im Basisrechtsakt nicht vorgesehenen Verpackungskategorie mit einer eigenständigen Meldepflicht. Dies entspricht auch der Funktion eines Durchführungsrechtsakts nach Artikel 291 AEUV: Dieser dient der Schaffung einheitlicher Bedingungen für die Durchführung eines verbindlichen Unionsrechtsakts. Er kann die im Basisrechtsakt getroffenen materiellen Vorgaben nicht verändern oder um zusätzliche materielle Anforderungen ergänzen. Die Aufnahme einer zusätzlichen Kategorie Nr. 23 Sonstige würde insbesondere zu Rechtsunsicherheit führen. Es wäre unklar, welche Verpackungen dieser Kategorie zuzuordnen sind, obwohl der unmittelbar anwendbare Basisrechtsakt die für die Meldung maßgeblichen Kategorien bereits abschließend durch den Verweis auf Anhang II Tabelle 1 bestimmt. Zudem bestünde die Gefahr, dass über eine technische Auffangkategorie faktisch eine zusätzliche Berichtspflicht geschaffen wird, die sich aus der PPWR selbst nicht ergibt. Sollte die Kategorie Sonstige lediglich technischen Zwecken dienen, etwa um Fehlermeldungen oder bislang nicht zuordenbare Datensätze innerhalb eines IT-Systems abzubilden, sollte sie jedenfalls nicht Bestandteil der vom Hersteller zu meldenden Verpackungskategorien sein und keine eigenständige Berichtspflicht begründen. Wir bitten die Kommission daher, die Kategorie Nr. 23 Sonstige aus dem Entwurf zu streichen und die für die Meldung nach Artikel 44 Absatz 7 maßgeblichen Kategorien entsprechend der ausdrücklichen Vorgabe in Anhang IX Teil B Nummer 1 Buchstabe c auf die in Anhang II Tabelle 1 festgelegten Verpackungskategorien zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Deletion of additional category No 23 Other We suggest to delete the draft category No 23 Other. In accordance with Article 44(7) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, manufacturers are to submit the information set out in point 1 of Part B of Annex IX to that Regulation to the register of producers. Point 1(c) of Part B of Annex IX explicitly specifies the scope of that reporting obligation by specifying that the quantities by weight are to be reported for the packaging categories set out in Table 1 of Annex II. In doing so, the Union legislature itself determined which packaging categories form the basis of the volume-based producer declaration under Article 44(7). A separate category Other is not provided for in Table 1 of Annex II. It is true that Article 44(14) empowers the Commission to lay down, by means of implementing acts, inter alia, the necessary granularity of the data to be reported, as well as the types of packaging and material categories covered by the information. However, that implementing power must be interpreted in the context of Article 44(7) and point 1(c) of Part B of Annex IX. It allows the technical and uniform design of the reporting obligation imposed by the PPWR, but not the introduction of an additional packaging category not provided for in the basic act with an independent reporting obligation. This is also in line with the function of an implementing act under Article 291 TFEU: It aims to create uniform conditions for the implementation of a legally binding Union act. It cannot modify the substantive requirements laid down in the basic act or add additional substantive requirements. The inclusion of an additional category No 23 Other would, in particular, lead to legal uncertainty. It would be unclear which packaging falls into this category, even though the directly applicable basic act already exhaustively determines the categories relevant for the notification by referring to Table 1 of Annex II. In addition, there would be a risk that an additional reporting obligation, which does not arise from the PPWR itself, would be created de facto by means of a technical fallback category. In any case, if the category ‘Other’ serves only technical purposes, such as to represent error messages or previously unattributable datasets within an IT system, it should not be part of the packaging categories to be reported by the manufacturer and should not create an independent reporting obligation. We therefore ask the Commission to remove category No 23 Other from the draft and to limit the categories relevant for the notification under Article 44(7) to the packaging categories set out in Table 1 of Annex II, as explicitly required by point 1(c) of Part B of Annex IX.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33541488_en"}, {"id": 33540944, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 07:58:00", "country": "SVK", "language": "SK", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Nesúhlasím. EÚ nemá právo - mandát od občanov jednotlivých členských štátov na prijímanie iniciatív, na prijímanie rozhodnutí, na prijímanie rôznych politík, ani na tvorbu rozpočtu, ba ani na prijímanie financií od jednotlivých členských štátov. EÚ teda nemá mandát na existenciu orgánov, organizácií, ani na existenciu európskych politikov, - teda nemá mandát od občanov na financovanie EÚ, ani na výber a prerozdeľovanie financií jednotlivým členským štátom.", "feedbackEnglish": "Disagree The EU has no right – a mandate from the citizens of individual Member States to take initiatives, take decisions, adopt different policies, make budgets or receive funding from individual Member States. Thus, the EU does not have a mandate to have bodies, organisations or European politicians – i.e. it does not have a mandate from citizens to finance the EU, nor to collect and redistribute funds to individual Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33540944_en"}, {"id": 33540900, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 06:54:34", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Zákon EU 2025/40 V obalový systém EU v protiprávní stav včetně zdražení o +56 mld eur vůči spotřebiteli: V nově zavést možnost spotřebitelský daň z 45%= pro IČO 00535958.", "feedbackEnglish": "Zákon EU 2025/40 V obalový systém EU v protiprávní stav včetně zdražení o +56 mld eur vůči spotřebiteli: V nově zavést možnost spotřebitelský daň z 45%= pro IČO 00535958.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33540900_en"}, {"id": 33540829, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/07 00:10:40", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Aportaciones técnicas sobre soluciones a deficiencias del envase de 200ml con pajita pegada en su exterior Referencia: Evaluación de idoneidad técnica ante el Reglamento (UE) 2025/40 (PPWR) y próximos Actos Delegados BLOQUE 1: AVAL INSTITUCIONAL Y RESPALDO EUROPEO Las soluciones técnicas y de diseño descritas en el expediente adjunto cuentan con el máximo respaldo institucional a nivel europeo. El sistema del cual se aportan estas alternativas ha sido formalmente evaluado por los órganos técnicos competentes en Bruselas, contando con el aval de la propia Comisión Europea. Esta validación e interés estratégico constan formalmente en la carta de referencia Ares firmada por Emmanuelle Maire (Jefa de Unidad de Economía Circular de la Dirección General de Medio Ambiente de la Comisión Europea), lo que otorga al proyecto una solidez jurídica y técnica definitiva frente a las exigencias regulatorias comunitarias. BLOQUE 2: PROBLEMÁTICA SISTEMÁTICA DEL ENVASE DE 200ML CON PAJITA PEGADA EN SU EXTERIOR El formato de envasado actual de 200ml con pajita pegada en su exterior presenta deficiencias estructurales insostenibles bajo el nuevo marco legal: Accesibilidad: El diseño tradicional exige mecanismos de apertura y manipulación complejos que limitan gravemente el uso autónomo por parte de colectivos con dificultades motoras. Reciclaje: La fragmentación del accesorio respecto al envase principal entorpece los flujos de clasificación, generando pérdidas masivas en el proceso de cribado de las plantas de tratamiento y multiplicando los costes de gestión de residuos. Higiene: El elemento de succión queda expuesto a contaminaciones ambientales externas previas a su consumo, obligando a añadir envoltorios plásticos adicionales que aumentan el peso total del envase de forma ineficiente. BLOQUE 3: GARANTÍAS ACREDITADAS EN LA DOCUMENTACIÓN ADJUNTA Junto a este escrito se trasladan los documentos técnicos y pruebas de rendimiento que acreditan de forma empírica la resolución total de las deficiencias anteriores mediante un diseño unificado: Máxima accesibilidad: Mecanismo optimizado para garantizar el acceso universal y simplificado, diseñado específicamente para dar respuesta a colectivos vulnerables y personas con movilidad reducida. Cero residuos dispersos: Estructura unificada bajo una solución monobloque. El accesorio permanece firmemente unido al contenedor de principio a fin, garantizando su entrada directa y conjunta en la línea de reciclaje sin necesidad de separación mecánica. Máxima higiene: Sistema de protección estanco integrado que asegura la cero manipulación externa del elemento de succión hasta el momento exacto del consumo, prescindiendo de plásticos protectores extra. NOTA TÉCNICA FINAL: Teniendo en cuenta todo lo descrito anteriormente, se hace imprescindible declarar al actual sistema de envasado de 200ml con pajita pegada en su exterior como, a todas luces, obsoleto, contaminante por triplicado, de difícil accesibilidad y precario en higiene.", "feedbackEnglish": "Technical inputs on solutions to deficiencies in the 200 ml package with a straw glued on the outside Reference: Technical suitability assessment under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) and forthcoming BLOQUE Delegated Acts 1: INSTITUTIONAL AGENDA AND EUROPEAN RESPALITY The technical and design solutions described in the attached file have the highest institutional support at European level. The system from which these alternatives are provided has been formally assessed by the competent technical bodies in Brussels, with the agreement of the European Commission itself. This validation and strategic interest is formally set out in the Ares reference letter signed by Emmanuelle Maire (Head of the Circular Economy Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment), which gives the project definitive legal and technical robustness in relation to EU regulatory requirements. BLOCK 2: Systemic ASSESSMENT OF 200ML WITH PEGATED PACKAGE IN ITS EXTERNAL PACKAGE The current packaging format of 200 ml with PACKAGE glued on the outside has unsustainable structural shortcomings under the new legal framework: Accessibility: Traditional design requires complex opening and handling mechanisms that severely limit autonomous use by groups with motor difficulties. Recycling: Fragmentation of the accessory from the main packaging hinders sorting flows, causing massive losses in the process of screening treatment plants and multiplying waste management costs. Hygiene: The suction element is exposed to external environmental pollution prior to consumption, requiring the addition of additional plastic wrappers that inefficiently increase the total weight of the packaging. BLOCK 3: Guarantees ACCORDANCED IN THE JOINT DOCUMENTATION attached to this letter are the technical documents and performance tests that empirically attest to the complete resolution of the above shortcomings by means of a unified design: Maximum accessibility: Mechanism optimised to ensure universal and simplified access, specifically designed to respond to vulnerable groups and persons with reduced mobility. Zero dispersed waste: Unified structure under a monobloc solution. The accessory remains firmly attached to the container from start to finish, ensuring its direct and joint entry into the recycling line without the need for mechanical separation. Maximum hygiene: Integrated watertight protection system ensuring zero external handling of the suction element up to the exact time of consumption, without extra protective plastics. FINAL TECHNICAL NOTE: In view of all of the above, it is essential to declare the current system of packaging 200 ml with peeled straw on the outside, which is clearly obsolete, polluting in triplicate, difficult to access and insecure in terms of hygiene.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33540829_en"}, {"id": 33559652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 23:55:33", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anteal Oy", "feedback": "The PPWR rule for small companies must be declined. A small company that sells only few packets per month will not be able to continue the selling as the fees are too big. All companies that sell under 250 000 yearly must be kept aside from this rule.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR rule for small companies must be declined. A small company that sells only few packets per month will not be able to continue the selling as the fees are too big. All companies that sell under 250 000 yearly must be kept aside from this rule.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559652_en"}, {"id": 33559650, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 23:54:23", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "România ", "feedback": "The PPWR, in its current form, risks destroying the very European businesses that the European Union should be encouraging and protecting. How can the EU seriously promote entrepreneurship, competitiveness and the Single Market while creating a regulatory framework in which a European SME selling cross-border may face registration, compliance and representation costs in multiple Member States? For a small or medium-sized company wishing to sell across the EU, costs that can reach approximately 1,000 per country simply for representation and compliance administration are not insignificant. Across 20 or 27 markets, these costs can become an enormous barrier before a company has even generated meaningful sales in those countries. This does not create a stronger Single Market. It fragments it. It disproportionately benefits very large corporations that can easily absorb these compliance costs, while making European expansion increasingly difficult for SMEs. At the same time, European businesses are expected to compete with enormous international and Chinese companies that benefit from scale, resources and completely different cost structures. We fully support recycling, responsible packaging and environmental protection. What we cannot support is excessive bureaucracy disguised as environmental policy. If an SME uses fully compliant, recyclable packaging, there must be a simple, proportionate and genuinely European mechanism for fulfilling its Extended Producer Responsibility obligations. A company established in one EU Member State should not need to navigate dozens of registrations, organisations, representatives, contracts and administrative procedures simply because it sells the same compliant product to consumers elsewhere within the European Single Market. Where is the Single Market if a European company effectively has to treat every Member State as a separate regulatory territory? The EU repeatedly expresses concern about inflation, declining European competitiveness, business closures and the inability of European companies to compete globally. Yet legislation of this kind adds exactly the costs and bureaucracy that contribute to these problems. There is also a broader political consequence that European institutions should not underestimate. Across Europe, citizens and entrepreneurs increasingly feel that decision-makers are disconnected from the economic realities faced by ordinary people and businesses. Political movements critical of the European Union are already using this frustration to gain support. People will ultimately express their dissatisfaction with the direction of the European Union through their votes in each Member State. If enough entrepreneurs, workers and citizens conclude that European institutions are making their lives and businesses unnecessarily more difficult, their votes will reflect that conclusion. By the time Europes political leadership understands the scale of that frustration, it may be too late to reverse it. The European project was built around cooperation, economic opportunity and the removal of barriers between European countries. Regulations should strengthen those principles, not gradually recreate barriers through administrative complexity. Please reconsider the disproportionate burden that PPWR and fragmented national EPR implementation place on European SMEs. Create one EU-wide registration, one reporting mechanism and one compliance framework through which a European business can declare its packaging volumes by Member State and pay the appropriate national environmental contributions. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market are not mutually exclusive. Europe can have both. But continuing to impose fragmented national bureaucracy on businesses operating within what is supposed to be a Single Market risks damaging European entrepreneurship, competitiveness and, ultimately, public confidence in the European project itself.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR, in its current form, risks destroying the very European businesses that the European Union should be encouraging and protecting. How can the EU seriously promote entrepreneurship, competitiveness and the Single Market while creating a regulatory framework in which a European SME selling cross-border may face registration, compliance and representation costs in multiple Member States? For a small or medium-sized company wishing to sell across the EU, costs that can reach approximately 1,000 per country simply for representation and compliance administration are not insignificant. Across 20 or 27 markets, these costs can become an enormous barrier before a company has even generated meaningful sales in those countries. This does not create a stronger Single Market. It fragments it. It disproportionately benefits very large corporations that can easily absorb these compliance costs, while making European expansion increasingly difficult for SMEs. At the same time, European businesses are expected to compete with enormous international and Chinese companies that benefit from scale, resources and completely different cost structures. We fully support recycling, responsible packaging and environmental protection. What we cannot support is excessive bureaucracy disguised as environmental policy. If an SME uses fully compliant, recyclable packaging, there must be a simple, proportionate and genuinely European mechanism for fulfilling its Extended Producer Responsibility obligations. A company established in one EU Member State should not need to navigate dozens of registrations, organisations, representatives, contracts and administrative procedures simply because it sells the same compliant product to consumers elsewhere within the European Single Market. Where is the Single Market if a European company effectively has to treat every Member State as a separate regulatory territory? The EU repeatedly expresses concern about inflation, declining European competitiveness, business closures and the inability of European companies to compete globally. Yet legislation of this kind adds exactly the costs and bureaucracy that contribute to these problems. There is also a broader political consequence that European institutions should not underestimate. Across Europe, citizens and entrepreneurs increasingly feel that decision-makers are disconnected from the economic realities faced by ordinary people and businesses. Political movements critical of the European Union are already using this frustration to gain support. People will ultimately express their dissatisfaction with the direction of the European Union through their votes in each Member State. If enough entrepreneurs, workers and citizens conclude that European institutions are making their lives and businesses unnecessarily more difficult, their votes will reflect that conclusion. By the time Europes political leadership understands the scale of that frustration, it may be too late to reverse it. The European project was built around cooperation, economic opportunity and the removal of barriers between European countries. Regulations should strengthen those principles, not gradually recreate barriers through administrative complexity. Please reconsider the disproportionate burden that PPWR and fragmented national EPR implementation place on European SMEs. Create one EU-wide registration, one reporting mechanism and one compliance framework through which a European business can declare its packaging volumes by Member State and pay the appropriate national environmental contributions. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market are not mutually exclusive. Europe can have both. But continuing to impose fragmented national bureaucracy on businesses operating within what is supposed to be a Single Market risks damaging European entrepreneurship, competitiveness and, ultimately, public confidence in the European project itself.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559650_en"}, {"id": 33559649, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 23:53:34", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We should limit billionaires creating waste and pollution instead of charging small businesses for shipping a handcrafted item to a neighboring country. The use of recycled materials should be encouraged and toxic materials FORBIDDEN TO BE PRODUCED AND IMPORTED. Including building materials, packaging, clothes, skin care, shampoos, foods, etc. We can grow our packaging from mycelium and other alternatives than dont do harm to our planet and ourselves, but it should also be easily avaliable and affordable.", "feedbackEnglish": "We should limit billionaires creating waste and pollution instead of charging small businesses for shipping a handcrafted item to a neighboring country. The use of recycled materials should be encouraged and toxic materials FORBIDDEN TO BE PRODUCED AND IMPORTED. Including building materials, packaging, clothes, skin care, shampoos, foods, etc. We can grow our packaging from mycelium and other alternatives than dont do harm to our planet and ourselves, but it should also be easily avaliable and affordable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559649_en"}, {"id": 33559646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 23:23:47", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Please, please, please reconsider this. For artists and single person businesses, we have no real hope of complying. I've already spent considerably more than I have made in sales in August trying to comply with your rules. I completely agree with the premise. We need to reduce waste and as someone who ships - admittedly just a small amount - of orders within the EU, I am happy to pay my dues. But I'm drowning in registration fees. In fees for PROs. In fees for authorised representatives. And no one is really making it super clear precisely what I have to do. If I was a huge business, then of course I could employ someone. But I shipped a grand total of 22 boxes to Sweden - just across the bridge - in the whole of 2026. Zero plastic in there because I already try my very best. And to continue shipping my few boxes, I'm now approaching thousands of Kroners just to register. The EU is meant to be about the single market. Where is this single market? If it's real, then why am I being told I need authorised representatives and PROs in every single country? And why are you not helping us to understand what we have to do? Why can we not have a single, centralised system where we check boxes for which countries we ship to and somehow get the applicable links we need. Why am I filling out forms with government agencies only to have them reply with a string of acronyms about another thing I'm meant to have in place? Running my teeny tiny business is my dream. And I always thought that providing I was trading in the EU, the EU would be supportive. But that's a lie. So I can't sell to the UK post Brexit. And it's risky to sell to the USA due to Trump's policies. And now you have just taken the EU away from me as well. So what am I meant to do? Give up my dream? And should everyone just be left shopping with Amazon because they're big enough to pay all of these fees and have all of these compliance people? Please, PLEASE, help us. Before the only entrepreneurs left are those that are huge or those that are willing to ignore your rules anyway. And as a consumer.. this is just as horrible. One of my pleasures in life are books. So far this week, 10 different special edition book companies have announced they will no longer ship to the EU. The tiny porcelain figurines I've collected for years? They're out too. My favourite little artisan maker of leggings on Etsy who sews items by hand in Finland? She's out as well. Meanwhile you're making comments on Instagram - all of which are copy pasted - telling us you might remove authorised representatives. That perhaps it's up for debate. Perhaps?! Look at social media! Look at what you've done to tiny businesses! And PERHAPS it's up for debate?! We should all be starting to prepare our holiday collections. We need those crucial autumn sales to get us through the rest of the year. And instead we're waiting for it to MAYBE be debated?! Please don't kill our tiny micro businesses :( We need you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Please, please, please reconsider this. For artists and single person businesses, we have no real hope of complying. I've already spent considerably more than I have made in sales in August trying to comply with your rules. I completely agree with the premise. We need to reduce waste and as someone who ships - admittedly just a small amount - of orders within the EU, I am happy to pay my dues. But I'm drowning in registration fees. In fees for PROs. In fees for authorised representatives. And no one is really making it super clear precisely what I have to do. If I was a huge business, then of course I could employ someone. But I shipped a grand total of 22 boxes to Sweden - just across the bridge - in the whole of 2026. Zero plastic in there because I already try my very best. And to continue shipping my few boxes, I'm now approaching thousands of Kroners just to register. The EU is meant to be about the single market. Where is this single market? If it's real, then why am I being told I need authorised representatives and PROs in every single country? And why are you not helping us to understand what we have to do? Why can we not have a single, centralised system where we check boxes for which countries we ship to and somehow get the applicable links we need. Why am I filling out forms with government agencies only to have them reply with a string of acronyms about another thing I'm meant to have in place? Running my teeny tiny business is my dream. And I always thought that providing I was trading in the EU, the EU would be supportive. But that's a lie. So I can't sell to the UK post Brexit. And it's risky to sell to the USA due to Trump's policies. And now you have just taken the EU away from me as well. So what am I meant to do? Give up my dream? And should everyone just be left shopping with Amazon because they're big enough to pay all of these fees and have all of these compliance people? Please, PLEASE, help us. Before the only entrepreneurs left are those that are huge or those that are willing to ignore your rules anyway. And as a consumer.. this is just as horrible. One of my pleasures in life are books. So far this week, 10 different special edition book companies have announced they will no longer ship to the EU. The tiny porcelain figurines I've collected for years? They're out too. My favourite little artisan maker of leggings on Etsy who sews items by hand in Finland? She's out as well. Meanwhile you're making comments on Instagram - all of which are copy pasted - telling us you might remove authorised representatives. That perhaps it's up for debate. Perhaps?! Look at social media! Look at what you've done to tiny businesses! And PERHAPS it's up for debate?! We should all be starting to prepare our holiday collections. We need those crucial autumn sales to get us through the rest of the year. And instead we're waiting for it to MAYBE be debated?! Please don't kill our tiny micro businesses :( We need you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559646_en"}, {"id": 33559643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 23:21:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Unternehmen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die ab dem 12.8.2026 gültigen neuen Vorschriften, die für jedes Land einen Beauftragten erfordern und Bagatellgrenzen ausschließen, zwingen mich, den Versand (Philatelie, historische Postgeschichte) in die EU einzustellen. Als 1-Mann-Unternehmen, das ich 1984 gegründet habe und seither ununterbrochen betreibe, ist es mir bei den aktuellen Umsätzen und den teils wenigen Aussendungen pro Jahr an Stammkunden in der EU nicht mehr möglich, gewinnbringend weiter in die EU zu versenden. Durch die Abschaffung der Bagatellgrenzen falle ich bei den einzelnen Ländern an voll recyclebaren Kartonagen in Größenordnungen für ein Land (!), die ich für alle Länder zusammen incl Deutschland in 10 Jahren nicht erreiche. Das ist völlig grotesk und lässt nur den Schluss zu, dass man Versender bestimmter Größenordungen aus dem Markt drängen will. So ist z. B. Österreich eines meiner Hauptabsatzländer in der EU und das Gesamtgewicht meiner jährlichen Aussendungen an Kartonbriefumschlägen beträgt unter 20 Kilogramm (Verpackungsgewicht pro Sendung durchschnittlich knapp 200 Gramm). Die Option, die ich bei einer Lizensierung in Österreich beantworten soll, lautet, versenden sie im Jahr mehr oder weniger als 1500 kg (in anderen Ländern noch deutlich höher)! Ich bitte Sie eindringlich darum, diese ganze unausgegorene Geschichte zu überdenken und entsprechende Maßnahmen zu ergreifen. Vielen Dank. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Otmar Schwarzenbach", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the new rules applicable from 12.8.2026, which require an agent for each country and exclude de minimis thresholds, force me to stop shipping (plalately, historical postal history) to the EU. As a one-man company that I founded in 1984 and has been operating continuously since then, it is no longer possible for me to re-dispatch profitably to the EU with the current turnover and the sometimes few transmissions per year to regular customers in the EU. As a result of the abolition of de minimis limits, I fall in the individual Länder on fully recyclable cardboard boxes of orders of magnitude for one country (!), which I do not reach for all Länder together, including Germany, in 10 years’ time. This is completely grotesque and only allows the conclusion to be drawn that shippers of certain sizes are to be pushed out of the market. For example, Austria is one of my main destinations in the EU and the total weight of my annual mailings in cardboard envelopes is less than 20 kilograms (the average packaging weight per consignment is just under 200 grams). The option I am asked to answer when licensing in Austria is to send more or less 1 500 kg per year (in other countries, it is much higher)! I urge you to rethink this whole unbalanced history and take appropriate action. Many thanks, (Complimentary close) Otmar Schwarzenbach", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559643_en"}, {"id": 33559637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 23:02:58", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I really hope this PPER and EPR could be sorted out for the small businesses, both in the EU and outside of EU. Its not fair for them to be put on the same level as big corporations such as Amazon. I like collecting fan merchandise from artists from EU and outside of the union, and this law would affect my passion (it is already affected by the taxes and customs I have to pay for packages under 150 and the 3 tax for each item). Please, take into consideration the small businesses from outside the EU too when you review the law. Dont isolate us any more than you had until now.", "feedbackEnglish": "I really hope this PPER and EPR could be sorted out for the small businesses, both in the EU and outside of EU. Its not fair for them to be put on the same level as big corporations such as Amazon. I like collecting fan merchandise from artists from EU and outside of the union, and this law would affect my passion (it is already affected by the taxes and customs I have to pay for packages under 150 and the 3 tax for each item). Please, take into consideration the small businesses from outside the EU too when you review the law. Dont isolate us any more than you had until now.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559637_en"}, {"id": 33559635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:50:52", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new legislation seem especially futile as it's only affecting smaller companies and has been introduced without giving enough time for the companies to get to know the demands. Until large companies like H&M or other clothing warehouse stores like Zalando, get to use new cardboard, not recyclable fillers and pure plastic bags without impunity, this new amendment only hurts small entrepreneurs who often already are using ecological package material. Literally this came up when I ordered from H&m, every single item in my four item shipment came wrapped in plastic made in China. The package didn't say the plastic was recycled either. Instead a small book company has had to stall its shipments because they do not have the resources to suddenly change everything in their, already recycled package use to fit the extreme demands.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new legislation seem especially futile as it's only affecting smaller companies and has been introduced without giving enough time for the companies to get to know the demands. Until large companies like H&M or other clothing warehouse stores like Zalando, get to use new cardboard, not recyclable fillers and pure plastic bags without impunity, this new amendment only hurts small entrepreneurs who often already are using ecological package material. Literally this came up when I ordered from H&m, every single item in my four item shipment came wrapped in plastic made in China. The package didn't say the plastic was recycled either. Instead a small book company has had to stall its shipments because they do not have the resources to suddenly change everything in their, already recycled package use to fit the extreme demands.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559635_en"}, {"id": 33559633, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:44:21", "country": "BGR", "language": "BG", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "\"Свободен достъп до единния европейски пазар\" е една от основите на ЕС. Вие създадохте \"Регулиран достъп до единния европейски пазар\" за малкия бизнес и по този начин радрушихте една от основите на ЕС. Явно работите с ясната мисъл да разрушите малкия бизнес в Европа. Но нека погледнем потребителите от ЕС. Те също нямат свободен достъп до единния европейски пазар. Те са принудени да избират между местни компанн и големи компании. Гиганти като Тему, Али и Шеин не се притесняват от 3 евро протекционна такса. Стоката там е пъти по-евтина от европейската. Тези 3 евро са нищожна част от еко тежестите, които плащат европейските производители и търговци. Това е грозната истина - ЕК за 10 години съсипа икономиката на континента и продължава с тази унищожителна политика. И нека бъдем реалисти на база прочетените коментари до тук - има бизнеси, които умират, но още вярват, че е редно да плащат поредната дублираща се такса за рециклиране. Но има и мнозина, които осъзнават основата на проблема - зад маската на зелена политика, ясно се виждат икономическите интереси на разни бизнес кръгове и техния политически чадър. ЕС вече не е онзи съюз от различни държави, желаещи свободен достъп и свободно движение на стоки и хора. ЕС се превърна в политическа машина за събиране на все по-големи, все по-тежки и и все по-различни такси от населениета на континента.", "feedbackEnglish": "“Free access to the European single market” is one of the foundations of the EU. You have created ‘Regulated Access to the European Single Market’ for small businesses, thus creating one of the foundations of the EU. You seem to be working with the clear intention of destroying small businesses in Europe. But let’s look at EU consumers. Nor do they have free access to the European single market. They are forced to choose between local companions and large companies. Giants such as Temu, Ali and Shein are not worried about a EUR 3 protection fee. Goods there are many times cheaper than European goods. This EUR 3 is a negligible part of the burden paid by European producers and traders. This is the ugly truth – the EC has ruined the continent’s economy for 10 years and continues with this devastating policy. And let us be realistic on the basis of the comments read here – there are businesses that die but still believe it is right to pay another duplicate recycling fee. But there are also many who realise the basis of the problem – behind the green policy mask, the economic interests of various business circles and their political umbrella are clearly visible. The EU is no longer the union of different countries that want free access and free movement of goods and people. The EU has become a political machine for collecting ever-increasing, heavier and increasingly different fees from people living on the continent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559633_en"}, {"id": 33559632, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:41:45", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ik vind dat deze nieuwe regels oneerlijk zijn tegenover kleine ondernemingen. Het feit dat er verwacht wordt dat kleine ondernemingen binnen de EU technisch gezien hetzelfde gaat moeten bijdragen als de multinational bedrijven in de naam van ecologie is heel oneerlijk. Het volk heeft hier niet voor gekozen, de mensen die hierdoor getroffen worden hebben hier niet voor gekozen. En nog belangrijker, onze volksvertegenwoordigers houden geen rekening met de bijdragen die dat kleine ondernemingen al doen. Kleine ondernemingen gaan nooit even vervuilend zijn als de grote multi-national bedrijven en doen alsof dat wel zo is, is verontrustend en bedrieglijk. Hier zou rekening mee moeten gehouden worden door bijvoorbeeld kleinere bedrijven uit te sluiten van deze regels. Creativiteit en authenticiteit moeten beschermd blijven, want zonder deze 2 had de EU er nooit geweest.", "feedbackEnglish": "I believe that these new rules are unfair to small businesses. The fact that it is expected that small companies within the EU will technically have to contribute in the same way as the multinational companies in the name of ecology is highly unfair. The people did not choose to do so, the people affected by it did not choose to do so. And more importantly, our representatives do not take into account the contributions that small businesses already make. Small companies will never be as polluting as large multi-national companies and pretend to be so, is disturbing and deceptive. This should be taken into account by, for example, excluding smaller companies from these rules. Creativity and authenticity must continue to be protected, because without this 2, the EU would never have been there.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559632_en"}, {"id": 33559631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:36:45", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Celle loi ne permettra plus aux petits créateurs de vendre leurs produits en Europe, seules les grosses entreprises pourront se permettre d avoir un prestataire dans chaque pays et cela donnera de la concurrence déloyale et la mort de l artisanat", "feedbackEnglish": "The law will no longer allow small designers to sell their products in Europe, only large companies will be able to afford to have a provider in each country, and this will lead to unfair competition and the death of crafts.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559631_en"}, {"id": 33559630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:29:44", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Gbh", "feedback": "Hello, I am a small business owner. I sent around 500-600 packages a year. Half of them to my home country the other half spread out over Eu countries mostly. I used to celebrate having a sale from a country i didnt have before. Now i have to choose: loose around half my turnover or spent 75% of my turnover on fees and representatives to even be able to sell in the EU. This will break my business, while larger consumers that ship 5-600 packages a day are laughing. They pay small fees and get more business because small businesses are dying, what happened with free trade? With supporting small businesses? I dont mind paying for my waste, contributing. But make a EU one stop place where i pay a small registery fee and pay per kilo waste.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a small business owner. I sent around 500-600 packages a year. Half of them to my home country the other half spread out over Eu countries mostly. I used to celebrate having a sale from a country i didnt have before. Now i have to choose: loose around half my turnover or spent 75% of my turnover on fees and representatives to even be able to sell in the EU. This will break my business, while larger consumers that ship 5-600 packages a day are laughing. They pay small fees and get more business because small businesses are dying, what happened with free trade? With supporting small businesses? I dont mind paying for my waste, contributing. But make a EU one stop place where i pay a small registery fee and pay per kilo waste.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559630_en"}, {"id": 33559628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:20:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "was stunned when I heard about this today. It has become absolutely impossible for DIY creators or people running small mail-order businesses to remain commercially viable. Big corporations like Amazon have been sitting down with leading politicians in the European Parliament. It proves once again that there are political parties and EU parliamentarian that publicly champion environmental protection, but behind the scenes, use environmentalism and protectionism as a pretext to act in the interests of large corporations. We absolutely must do something about this; I will certainly be signing this petition.", "feedbackEnglish": "was stunned when I heard about this today. It has become absolutely impossible for DIY creators or people running small mail-order businesses to remain commercially viable. Big corporations like Amazon have been sitting down with leading politicians in the European Parliament. It proves once again that there are political parties and EU parliamentarian that publicly champion environmental protection, but behind the scenes, use environmentalism and protectionism as a pretext to act in the interests of large corporations. We absolutely must do something about this; I will certainly be signing this petition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559628_en"}, {"id": 33559627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:20:13", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In my opinion, this law must be changed, because it destroys all the small bussiness in all Europe. It is too difficult and expensive to have a representative in each of the European country that apply this law if you send very rarely to that country. The law should be changed and be more user friendly and easy like OSS where you pay taxes to one bank account and it is then split to each country that should receive it.", "feedbackEnglish": "In my opinion, this law must be changed, because it destroys all the small bussiness in all Europe. It is too difficult and expensive to have a representative in each of the European country that apply this law if you send very rarely to that country. The law should be changed and be more user friendly and easy like OSS where you pay taxes to one bank account and it is then split to each country that should receive it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559627_en"}, {"id": 33559626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:19:29", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Mariia Karnaukh ", "feedback": "This is completely absurd!!! Weve only just started our businesswere sniffing out pig manure to promote our business and make some moneyand here you are, trying to profit off people. This is stupid!!! Life is shortlet people work in peace and enjoy the process of creating something new and special. Whats the point of this bill??? Dont make up such absurd claims!!! Give people the right to earn their own money!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is completely absurd!!! Weve only just started our businesswere sniffing out pig manure to promote our business and make some moneyand here you are, trying to profit off people. This is stupid!!! Life is shortlet people work in peace and enjoy the process of creating something new and special. Whats the point of this bill??? Dont make up such absurd claims!!! Give people the right to earn their own money!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559626_en"}, {"id": 33559625, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:09:20", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "DriveTeachSolution", "feedback": "This sounds absurd and unmanageable for small businesses; its directly aimed at destroying and oppressing small business owners! Listen to the people who are one of the pillars supporting an economy thats already in dire straits!", "feedbackEnglish": "This sounds absurd and unmanageable for small businesses; its directly aimed at destroying and oppressing small business owners! Listen to the people who are one of the pillars supporting an economy thats already in dire straits!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559625_en"}, {"id": 33559624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:08:19", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Madam, Sir, I am a French solo entrepreneur selling second-hand antiques to customers in France and elsewhere in Europe. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, encouraging reuse and increasing recycling. I already do this in my own business. All of my packaging materials are reused cardboard boxes, paper, protective materials and other packaging. I do not buy new packaging simply to send an antique to a customer. What I cannot understand is how a regulation intended to create a more sustainable and competitive European economy can make it economically impossible for a micro-business like mine to sell across European borders. I am not a manufacturer producing thousands of packaged consumer goods. I sell individual, second-hand objects: a vase, a lamp, a piece of ceramics, a decorative object. Each sale is different. I may make only a handful of sales to a particular European country in an entire year. Yet I may now be expected to deal with separate packaging requirements and potentially an authorised representative in every Member State where I sell directly to consumers. For a large multinational retailer, this may simply be another administrative cost. For a solo entrepreneur, it can mean: do not sell there. Germany was an important market for my business. Faced with the new German requirements, it appears that I must withdraw from that market altogether. I also occasionally sell to customers in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland. If the same approach applies across Europe, I may have to withdraw from those markets too. A French micro-business that has previously participated in the European Single Market is being pushed towards becoming a domestic-only business. Is this really the intended outcome? And what about second-hand commerce? We are extending the life of existing objects. We are part of the circular economy. In my case, I am also reusing all the packaging I use. Yet I appear to face a compliance burden designed for businesses placing large quantities of new goods and new packaging on the market. Is the answer really to put small, sustainable businesses out of business? Small businesses have already had to absorb the impact of Brexit on cross-border trade, followed by the disruption and tariffs affecting trade with the United States. For many small second-hand traders, this regulation risks being another blow, perhaps this time a death blow. Thousands of families depend on small businesses like mine. We are not statistics. These are livelihoods. The European Single Market was supposed to make it easier for small businesses to trade across borders. Instead, I am faced with a patchwork of national compliance systems that risks wiping out any returns on selling abroad. The Commission has identified the complexity and additional costs created by these requirements. You have identified the problem yourselves. Please don't make businesses like mine wait years for the solution. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. But the solution cannot be to make responsible, small-scale second-hand businesses abandon European markets. Please reconsider the impact of these requirements on micro-businesses, particularly second-hand and reuse-based businesses, and find a simple and proportionate way for us to continue trading across Europe. Otherwise, the unintended consequence will be that Europe's smallest businesses stop trading with Europe and in many cases simply stop trading altogether. Sincerely, Amanda MacKenzie", "feedbackEnglish": "Madam, Sir, I am a French solo entrepreneur selling second-hand antiques to customers in France and elsewhere in Europe. I fully support the objectives of reducing packaging waste, encouraging reuse and increasing recycling. I already do this in my own business. All of my packaging materials are reused cardboard boxes, paper, protective materials and other packaging. I do not buy new packaging simply to send an antique to a customer. What I cannot understand is how a regulation intended to create a more sustainable and competitive European economy can make it economically impossible for a micro-business like mine to sell across European borders. I am not a manufacturer producing thousands of packaged consumer goods. I sell individual, second-hand objects: a vase, a lamp, a piece of ceramics, a decorative object. Each sale is different. I may make only a handful of sales to a particular European country in an entire year. Yet I may now be expected to deal with separate packaging requirements and potentially an authorised representative in every Member State where I sell directly to consumers. For a large multinational retailer, this may simply be another administrative cost. For a solo entrepreneur, it can mean: do not sell there. Germany was an important market for my business. Faced with the new German requirements, it appears that I must withdraw from that market altogether. I also occasionally sell to customers in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland. If the same approach applies across Europe, I may have to withdraw from those markets too. A French micro-business that has previously participated in the European Single Market is being pushed towards becoming a domestic-only business. Is this really the intended outcome? And what about second-hand commerce? We are extending the life of existing objects. We are part of the circular economy. In my case, I am also reusing all the packaging I use. Yet I appear to face a compliance burden designed for businesses placing large quantities of new goods and new packaging on the market. Is the answer really to put small, sustainable businesses out of business? Small businesses have already had to absorb the impact of Brexit on cross-border trade, followed by the disruption and tariffs affecting trade with the United States. For many small second-hand traders, this regulation risks being another blow, perhaps this time a death blow. Thousands of families depend on small businesses like mine. We are not statistics. These are livelihoods. The European Single Market was supposed to make it easier for small businesses to trade across borders. Instead, I am faced with a patchwork of national compliance systems that risks wiping out any returns on selling abroad. The Commission has identified the complexity and additional costs created by these requirements. You have identified the problem yourselves. Please don't make businesses like mine wait years for the solution. I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR. But the solution cannot be to make responsible, small-scale second-hand businesses abandon European markets. Please reconsider the impact of these requirements on micro-businesses, particularly second-hand and reuse-based businesses, and find a simple and proportionate way for us to continue trading across Europe. Otherwise, the unintended consequence will be that Europe's smallest businesses stop trading with Europe and in many cases simply stop trading altogether. Sincerely, Amanda MacKenzie", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559624_en"}, {"id": 33559623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:04:31", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is basically telling every single small business across the EU to sell locally only, forcibly sign up for expensive arbitrage in 27 countries or select countries, or close up. This is pocket change to a massive non EU company like Amazon or Temu but its a death sentence to your own citizens. Environmental protection is a massively important cause but it shouldnt be economic oblivion for a 1-2 person micro business. Set a de minimus cap for micro business with less than 5 or 10 employees and X in revenue 100-200k for example. Dont continue to hand over economic sovereignty to foreign massive corporations while massaging your own small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is basically telling every single small business across the EU to sell locally only, forcibly sign up for expensive arbitrage in 27 countries or select countries, or close up. This is pocket change to a massive non EU company like Amazon or Temu but its a death sentence to your own citizens. Environmental protection is a massively important cause but it shouldnt be economic oblivion for a 1-2 person micro business. Set a de minimus cap for micro business with less than 5 or 10 employees and X in revenue 100-200k for example. Dont continue to hand over economic sovereignty to foreign massive corporations while massaging your own small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559623_en"}, {"id": 33559622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:03:10", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Stritzikistl", "feedback": "Sinn und Zweck der neuen PPWR war wahrscheinlich, dass der Verpackungsmüll weniger wird. Das wird wahrscheinlich auch passieren, weil wir kleinen Händler und Kunsthandwerker es finanziell nicht stemmen können in alle EU-Staaten zu liefern. Einerseits die Kosten des Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Staat und andererseits der zusätzliche bürokratische Aufwand. Für uns Ein-Personenunternehmen bedeutet das den Ruin. Ständig neue Vorschriften, unendliche Bürokratie und dann werden Fehler gesucht, die uns sowieso finanziell beseitigen. Ist es wirklich Sinn und Zweck alle kleinen Firmen finanziell zu ruinieren? Für große Unternehmen ist es eine Kleinigkeit, für kleine Firmen der Ruin. Der freie Warenverkehr ist in der EU nun vorbei. Die EU zwingt uns zum Aufgeben. Ich finde nicht mal einen Händler, der Briefkuverts als PPWR Verpackung verkauft. Somit verdreifachen sich wahrscheinlich meine Versandkosten. Ich frage mich, ob so kleine Firmen überhaupt noch erwünscht sind. Eine europäische Gemeinschaft, die nun für uns kleinen Unternehmen getrennt wurde. Das wars dann für uns Kleinunternehmer mit der EU. Aber bitte nicht jammern, wenn die Wirtschaft bergab geht, ist ja offensichtlich so gewünscht. Das AMS wird bald einige neue Kunden haben. Ich bin enttäuscht, schockiert und wütend über diese neue Regelung. Wahrscheinlich ist es besser gleich aufzuhören bevor man eine Strafe bekommt, weil man ein Versandlabel mit Klebeband aufgeklebt hat.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR was likely to reduce packaging waste. This is also likely to happen because we small traders and craftsmen cannot afford to supply it to all EU countries. On the one hand, the costs of the authorised representative in each EU country and, on the other hand, the additional bureaucratic burden. For us one-person companies, this means ruin. Ever-new rules, infinite bureaucracy, and then mistakes are being sought that will in any case remove our financial backlog. Is it really a good idea to ruin all small firms financially? It’s small for big companies and small for small ones of ruin. The free movement of goods in the EU is now over. The EU is forcing us to give up. I don’t even find a trader selling letter kuverts as PPWR packaging. As a result, my shipping costs are likely to triple. I wonder whether such small companies are still desirable at all. A European community that has now been separated for our small businesses. This was then for us small businesses with the EU. But please don’t jamme if the economy goes bust, it’s obviously like that. The AMS will soon have some new customers. I am disappointed, shocked and angry about this new regime. It is probably better to stop before you get a sentence because you have glued a shipping label with adhesive tape.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559622_en"}, {"id": 33559621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:02:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Edition Roter Drache", "feedback": "Die Idee hinter der Verordnung ist gut, jedoch kann kein Unternehmen in jedem EU-Land einen Bevollmächtigen bezahlen. Weder ich, noch andere Unternehmer werden innerhalb der EU Ware liefern. Umgekehrt kann ich keine Ware mehr innerhalb der EU beziehen. Die Idee der EU wird damit immer mehr zunichte gemacht. Lösungsvorschlag: Eine Konformitätserklärung im eigenen Land sollte ausreichen. Behörden im Ausland können sämtliche Nachweise beim Versender anfordern. Das spart zudem viel Bürokratie, und der Grundgedanke einer Europäischen Union bleibt erhalten.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea behind the regulation is good, but no company can pay a proxy in any EU country. Neither I nor any other trader will deliver goods within the EU. Conversely, I can no longer source from within the EU. This is increasingly destroying the EU’s idea. Solution suggested: A declaration of conformity in one’s own country should be sufficient. Authorities abroad can request any evidence from the consignor. It also saves a lot of bureaucracy and preserves the very idea of a European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559621_en"}, {"id": 33559620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 22:02:33", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Joana Taurino", "feedback": "As an independent online seller, the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is completely unviable for small-scale operations. This regulation fails to distinguish between multi-million euro corporations and small, independent handmade creators and vintage resellers worldwide who are already driving a sustainable global economy. This issue extends far beyond European borders. Independent creators and vintage sellers from all over the world who wish to serve customers in the EU face identical, disproportionate barriers. Forcing micro-businesses to navigate dozens of separate national registries, hire costly local representatives, and pay expensive flat compliance fees just to send a few packages to Europe is unsustainable, costing more than our entire profit margin. As a result, thousands of international small businesses are being forced to stop shipping to the EU entirely. Instead of reducing waste, these rules are isolating the European market, destroying eco-friendly international commerce, and strengthening market monopolies for large corporate giants that possess the infrastructure to absorb these costs. To ensure fairness, I urge the Commission to implement a single EU-wide registration portal and unified fees that are calculated progressively, based strictly on the business's actual turnover or package volume, while exempting micro-businesses in the handmade and circular economies.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent online seller, the current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is completely unviable for small-scale operations. This regulation fails to distinguish between multi-million euro corporations and small, independent handmade creators and vintage resellers worldwide who are already driving a sustainable global economy. This issue extends far beyond European borders. Independent creators and vintage sellers from all over the world who wish to serve customers in the EU face identical, disproportionate barriers. Forcing micro-businesses to navigate dozens of separate national registries, hire costly local representatives, and pay expensive flat compliance fees just to send a few packages to Europe is unsustainable, costing more than our entire profit margin. As a result, thousands of international small businesses are being forced to stop shipping to the EU entirely. Instead of reducing waste, these rules are isolating the European market, destroying eco-friendly international commerce, and strengthening market monopolies for large corporate giants that possess the infrastructure to absorb these costs. To ensure fairness, I urge the Commission to implement a single EU-wide registration portal and unified fees that are calculated progressively, based strictly on the business's actual turnover or package volume, while exempting micro-businesses in the handmade and circular economies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559620_en"}, {"id": 33559618, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:50:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "cam/b Dirk Eichler", "feedback": "Bevollmächtigtenpflicht unverhältnismäßige Belastung für kleine Unternehmen Start-ups Wir sind eine Foto- und Kunstmanufaktur aus Wuppertal (cam/b), und unterstützen grundsätzlich das Ziel der neuen Verpackungsregelungen. Nachhaltige Produkte und ein nachhaltiger Versand ist für uns schon seit der Gründung 2024 selbstverständlich. Unsere Produkte verschicken wir beispielsweise in maßgefertigten Kartons, bei denen praktisch kein unnötiger Leerraum entsteht. Umso unverständlicher ist für uns die Situation, in der wir uns seit dem 12. August 2026 befinden. Die neuen Anforderungen führen bei uns dazu, dass wir den Versand an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten derzeit komplett eingestellt haben. Für einen kleinen Betrieb ist es kaum darstellbar, für jedes einzelne EU-Land, in das gelegentlich ein Paket verschickt wird, einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen und laufende Kosten dafür zu tragen. Wir sprechen nicht von großen Warenmengen oder regelmäßigen Lieferungen. Es geht teilweise um wenige Pakete im Jahr. Der Aufwand steht aus unserer Sicht in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umfang unserer Tätigkeit. Besonders schwierig ist für uns die Frage, ab welchem Zeitpunkt diese Verpflichtungen greifen. Wenn bereits das Anbieten von Produkten für Kunden in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat entsprechende Vorkehrungen voraussetzt, entsteht für kleine Händler ein erhebliches praktisches Problem. Wir können nicht für jeden möglichen Absatzmarkt zunächst kostenpflichtige Strukturen aufbauen, ohne zu wissen, ob dort überhaupt ein Verkauf zustande kommt. Das führt letztlich zu einer paradoxen Situation: Wir würden unsere Produkte gerne weiterhin innerhalb Europas anbieten, sehen uns aber gezwungen, Kunden aus bestimmten EU-Ländern auszuschließen. Lieferungen in Länder außerhalb der EU, etwa in die Schweiz oder in die USA, sind unter diesen Umständen teilweise einfacher zu organisieren. Das kann aus unserer Sicht nicht das gewünschte Ergebnis eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Auch Hinweise darauf, dass die Anforderungen für kleine Händler möglicherweise zunächst mit Augenmaß durchgesetzt werden sollen, lösen unser eigentliches Problem nicht. Als kleiner Betrieb können wir nicht dauerhaft auf eine informelle Übergangslösung oder eine bloße Empfehlung vertrauen. Wir benötigen klare und verlässliche Regeln, mit denen wir unseren Versand rechtssicher organisieren können. Aus unserer Sicht wäre deshalb eine einfache und praktikable Lösung für Kleinstunternehmen dringend erforderlich. Denkbar wäre beispielsweise ein Verfahren, das sich an bereits bestehenden digitalen Systemen orientiert. Das deutsche LUCID-System zeigt, dass Verpackungsdaten bereits zentral erfasst werden können. Warum könnte man solche bestehenden Register nicht um eine einfache Möglichkeit für grenzüberschreitende Versandmengen ergänzen? Ein Händler könnte beispielsweise einmal jährlich angeben, welche Mengen an Verpackungen er in die einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten versendet hat. Die notwendigen Abrechnungen und die Verteilung der entsprechenden Gebühren könnten anschließend zwischen den zuständigen nationalen Stellen digital erfolgen. Für einen kleinen Händler wäre das wesentlich einfacher als die Beauftragung zahlreicher einzelner privater Dienstleister in verschiedenen Ländern. Auch technisch sollte eine solche Lösung kein großes Problem darstellen. Die meisten modernen Shopsysteme verfügen bereits über die notwendigen Versand- und Verkaufsdaten und könnten entsprechende Mengenangaben mit überschaubarem Aufwand bereitstellen. Wir wünschen uns daher keine Aufweichung der Umweltziele der Verpackungsregelungen. Im Gegenteil: Wir halten diese Ziele für richtig und wichtig. Was aus unserer Sicht fehlt, ist eine Regelung, die die tatsächlichen Verhältnisse kleiner Unternehmen berücksichtigt. Wir bitten die EU-Kommission deshalb darum, für Kleinstunternehmen eine dauerhafte, verhältnismäßige und möglichst digitale Lösung zu schaffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Obligation to appoint a representative disproportionate burden for small businesses Start-ups We are a photo and artmanufacture from Wuppertal (cam/b) and in principle support the objective of the new packaging rules. We have taken sustainable products and shipments for granted since their creation in 2024. For example, we ship our products in custom-made cartons, where there is virtually no unnecessary empty space. This makes it all the more difficult for us to understand the situation we have been in since 12 August 2026. The new requirements mean that we have now completely stopped shipping to customers in other EU Member States. For a small business, it is hard to imagine that each individual EU country to which a parcel is occasionally sent would have its own authorised representative and would have to bear running costs. We are not talking about large quantities of goods or regular deliveries. In some cases, there are few packages per year. In our view, the burden is disproportionate to the actual scale of our activity. It is particularly difficult for us to know when these obligations start to apply. If already offering products to customers in another EU Member State requires such arrangements, a significant practical problem arises for small traders. We cannot initially set up fee-paying structures for every possible market without knowing whether a sale will take place there at all. This ultimately leads to a paradoxical situation: We would like to continue to offer our products within Europe, but we are forced to exclude customers from certain EU countries. Deliveries to countries outside the EU, such as Switzerland or the US, are sometimes easier to organise in these circumstances. In our view, this cannot be the desired result of a common European internal market. Also, indications that the requirements for small traders might initially be enforced with caution do not solve our real problem. As a small business, we cannot rely on an informal interim solution or a mere recommendation on a permanent basis. We need clear and reliable rules that allow us to organise our shipping with legal certainty. In our view, therefore, a simple and workable solution for micro-enterprises would be urgently needed. For example, a process inspired by already existing digital systems could be envisaged. The German LUCID system shows that packaging data can already be collected centrally. Why could such existing registers not be supplemented with a simple possibility for cross-border shipments? For example, a distributor could declare once a year the quantities of packaging it has shipped to each EU Member State. The necessary billing and distribution of the related fees could then be done digitally between the competent national bodies. For a small trader, this would be much easier than hiring many individual private service providers in different countries. From a technical point of view, such a solution should not be a major problem either. Most modern shop systems already have the necessary shipping and sales data and could provide corresponding quantities with a manageable effort. We therefore do not wish to weaken the environmental objectives of the packaging rules. To the contrary: We believe these objectives are right and important. In our view, what is missing is a rule which takes account of the actual circumstances of small undertakings. We therefore ask the European Commission to create a durable, proportionate and as digital as possible solution for micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559618_en"}, {"id": 33559616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:37:37", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Superfurry ", "feedback": "Dear Members of the European Parliament, ​I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the trajectory of recent EU trade and environmental compliance legislationmost notably the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) alongside fragmented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements. ​While the stated goals of environmental sustainability and waste reduction are laudable, the practical execution of these policies is achieving the exact opposite of a unified European Single Market. Instead of fostering innovation and circular trade, these regulations are creating a punitive, bureaucratic nightmare that effectively destroys cross-border micro-commerce while consolidating market control in the hands of dominant multinational corporations. ​1. The Death of Cross-Border Trade for Micro-Enterprises ​The premise of the European Single Market was to allow small businesses, artisans, and independent entrepreneurs to offer their goods across borders without friction. Today, that promise is broken. ​Under current rules, a one-person business or micro-enterprise shipping a handful of parcels a year to consumers in another EU Member State is subjected to: ​Fragmented National Registrations: Mandating individual registration with different compliance schemes (e.g., LUCID in Germany, CITO in France, Fost Plus in Belgium) for tiny annual volumes. ​Disproportionate Compliance Costs: Upfront registration fees, annual compliance retainers, and compulsory local Authorized Representatives in various jurisdictions that drastically exceed the profit margin of small-scale sales. ​Crushing Administrative Overhead: Dozens of hours spent managing declarations, portal tokens, and country-specific reporting deadlines rather than building a viable business. ​As a direct result, small webshops across Europe are being forced to block shipping to neighboring EU countries. The economic borders within Europe are closing again for the small merchant, while remaining wide open for giant market players. ​2. Disincentivizing True Circularity and Upcycling ​The current regulatory framework penalizes local, sustainable practices. Many micro-businesses actively reduce environmental impact by reusing shipping boxes, sourcing secondhand packaging, and using minimalist materials. ​Yet, instead of rewarding genuine circular behavior, compliance systems enforce rigid reporting and flat-rate registration costs that treat a small shop reusing cardboard the same as an industrial retailer pumping millions of fresh, single-use plastic boxes into the supply chain. ​3. Regulatory Capture: Who Really Benefits? ​Multinational conglomerates maintain full-time legal, compliance, and regulatory departments to absorb thousands of euros in compliance fees without blinking. For a multi-billion-euro corporation, EPR fees represent a fraction of a percent in overhead. For a sole proprietor or micro-business, these flat compliance barriers represent an insurmountable wall. ​By refusing to implement true micro-business exemptions (de minimis thresholds) for cross-border EPR and packaging declarations, the EU Parliament has handed multinational corporations a anti-competitive tool. This is regulatory capture in its purest form: establishing bureaucratic moats that crush independent competitors under the guise of green policy. ​URGENT CALL TO ACTION ​If the European Parliament genuinely supports innovation, small business resilience, and fair trade, immediate legislative amendments must be made: ​Establish a Universal EU-Wide De Minimis Threshold: Micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees / under 2M turnover) shipping below specific volume or tonnage limits must be exempted from cross-border EPR registration mandates and Authorized Representative requirements. ​Implement a Single European One-Stop Shop (OSS) for EPR: Just as VAT OSS streamlined cross-border tax compliance, EPR compliance must be centralized into a single portal and single fee str", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the European Parliament, ​I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the trajectory of recent EU trade and environmental compliance legislationmost notably the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) alongside fragmented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements. ​While the stated goals of environmental sustainability and waste reduction are laudable, the practical execution of these policies is achieving the exact opposite of a unified European Single Market. Instead of fostering innovation and circular trade, these regulations are creating a punitive, bureaucratic nightmare that effectively destroys cross-border micro-commerce while consolidating market control in the hands of dominant multinational corporations. ​1. The Death of Cross-Border Trade for Micro-Enterprises ​The premise of the European Single Market was to allow small businesses, artisans, and independent entrepreneurs to offer their goods across borders without friction. Today, that promise is broken. ​Under current rules, a one-person business or micro-enterprise shipping a handful of parcels a year to consumers in another EU Member State is subjected to: ​Fragmented National Registrations: Mandating individual registration with different compliance schemes (e.g., LUCID in Germany, CITO in France, Fost Plus in Belgium) for tiny annual volumes. ​Disproportionate Compliance Costs: Upfront registration fees, annual compliance retainers, and compulsory local Authorized Representatives in various jurisdictions that drastically exceed the profit margin of small-scale sales. ​Crushing Administrative Overhead: Dozens of hours spent managing declarations, portal tokens, and country-specific reporting deadlines rather than building a viable business. ​As a direct result, small webshops across Europe are being forced to block shipping to neighboring EU countries. The economic borders within Europe are closing again for the small merchant, while remaining wide open for giant market players. ​2. Disincentivizing True Circularity and Upcycling ​The current regulatory framework penalizes local, sustainable practices. Many micro-businesses actively reduce environmental impact by reusing shipping boxes, sourcing secondhand packaging, and using minimalist materials. ​Yet, instead of rewarding genuine circular behavior, compliance systems enforce rigid reporting and flat-rate registration costs that treat a small shop reusing cardboard the same as an industrial retailer pumping millions of fresh, single-use plastic boxes into the supply chain. ​3. Regulatory Capture: Who Really Benefits? ​Multinational conglomerates maintain full-time legal, compliance, and regulatory departments to absorb thousands of euros in compliance fees without blinking. For a multi-billion-euro corporation, EPR fees represent a fraction of a percent in overhead. For a sole proprietor or micro-business, these flat compliance barriers represent an insurmountable wall. ​By refusing to implement true micro-business exemptions (de minimis thresholds) for cross-border EPR and packaging declarations, the EU Parliament has handed multinational corporations a anti-competitive tool. This is regulatory capture in its purest form: establishing bureaucratic moats that crush independent competitors under the guise of green policy. ​URGENT CALL TO ACTION ​If the European Parliament genuinely supports innovation, small business resilience, and fair trade, immediate legislative amendments must be made: ​Establish a Universal EU-Wide De Minimis Threshold: Micro-enterprises (fewer than 10 employees / under 2M turnover) shipping below specific volume or tonnage limits must be exempted from cross-border EPR registration mandates and Authorized Representative requirements. ​Implement a Single European One-Stop Shop (OSS) for EPR: Just as VAT OSS streamlined cross-border tax compliance, EPR compliance must be centralized into a single portal and single fee str", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559616_en"}, {"id": 33559561, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:29:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Erst GPSR, dann WEEE und nun die Verpackungsverordnung. Anstelle es wie bei OSS vernünftig zu lösen, soll man sich in jedem der Absatzländer registrieren. Uns kostet das in Irland alleine um die 2.500 / Jahr für WEEE an Fixkosten. Abgaben für die Entsorung: nur 1.500. Aus einem funktionierenden Freihandel wird wieder ein nationales Kleinklein. Chapeau nach Brüssel - kein Wunder, dass immer mehr Leute (leider) rechts wählen.", "feedbackEnglish": "First GPSR, then WEEE and now the Packaging Regulation. Instead of finding a reasonable solution, as in the case of OSS, you should register in each of the countries where you sell. In Ireland alone, this costs us around 2500 per year in fixed costs for WEEE. Duties for the removal of waste: only 1500. A functioning free trade is once again becoming a national small enterprise. Chapeau to Brussels – no wonder that more and more people vote (unfortunately) on the right.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559561_en"}, {"id": 33559437, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:24:31", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Europe is turning into Russia, constantly coming up with new ways to squeeze money out of regular people. How can you even compare corporate giants to small businesses? The whole thing looks like a complex corruption chain. First, you pay money in your own country, then in another country, then to some random guy who is supposed to \"represent\" me in his country. Where's the money, Lebowski? Is this a single unified system or has it turned into complete nonsense? It feels like the European Union doesn't even exist anymore. What's the point of it then? ​All these actions make you think that maybe it's high time to replace the people making these decisions. Or perhaps cut the payouts for all those fat cats, and maybe then you'll find spare cash to cover the sorting costs. Nothing but questions and zero answers!!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "Europe is turning into Russia, constantly coming up with new ways to squeeze money out of regular people. How can you even compare corporate giants to small businesses? The whole thing looks like a complex corruption chain. First, you pay money in your own country, then in another country, then to some random guy who is supposed to \"represent\" me in his country. Where's the money, Lebowski? Is this a single unified system or has it turned into complete nonsense? It feels like the European Union doesn't even exist anymore. What's the point of it then? ​All these actions make you think that maybe it's high time to replace the people making these decisions. Or perhaps cut the payouts for all those fat cats, and maybe then you'll find spare cash to cover the sorting costs. Nothing but questions and zero answers!!!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559437_en"}, {"id": 33559196, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:13:57", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Limiting free trade inside EU can be detrimental for smaller countries where import is a must to sustain the economy. Where limiting trade hurts the most is against smaller businesses, even if the payment would be set with a higher income buisness in mind, this could create a problem where a buisness would be discuraged to develope further to dodge the payment.", "feedbackEnglish": "Limiting free trade inside EU can be detrimental for smaller countries where import is a must to sustain the economy. Where limiting trade hurts the most is against smaller businesses, even if the payment would be set with a higher income buisness in mind, this could create a problem where a buisness would be discuraged to develope further to dodge the payment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559196_en"}, {"id": 33559059, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:08:00", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am against these regulations. It is unfair that small businesses have to suffer the consequences of this decision. Small purchases are becoming more and more expensive as time goes on. This isn't really solving anything just making it harder for the working class.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am against these regulations. It is unfair that small businesses have to suffer the consequences of this decision. Small purchases are becoming more and more expensive as time goes on. This isn't really solving anything just making it harder for the working class.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33559059_en"}, {"id": 33558918, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 21:01:53", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The initiative is good for wasteful packaging, but affects small business owners too hard. The bureaucracy will be a minor inconvenince for big companies, but it will kill the sales for small crafts businesses. Think of this: - Reasonable rules for micro businesses, and cost based on the volume of goods and packaging. - No separate, expensive representatives required in each country. - One simple EU wide system.", "feedbackEnglish": "The initiative is good for wasteful packaging, but affects small business owners too hard. The bureaucracy will be a minor inconvenince for big companies, but it will kill the sales for small crafts businesses. Think of this: - Reasonable rules for micro businesses, and cost based on the volume of goods and packaging. - No separate, expensive representatives required in each country. - One simple EU wide system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558918_en"}, {"id": 33558869, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:59:42", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Par votre règlement actuel, des centaines de milliers de personnes vont perdre leur travail et voir leur vie et la vie de leurs proches ruinées. C'est déjà en train de se produire et ça s'améliorera. Il existe des quotients bien définis qui différencient ce qu'est une grande ou une petite entreprise selon ses moyens financiers et humains. Considérer que les deux ont les mêmes capacités financières et légales revient à ignorer volontairement la réalité : c'est impossible par définition légale. Il en va de même pour l'impact écologique : pouvez-vous vraiment m'affirmer sans exploser de rire que quelqu'un qui vend 4-5 dessins sur internet par an a le même impact qu'un mastodonte comme une grande enseigne de la distribution ? Pour le poser simplement : non, nous n'avons pas les moyens financiers et légaux pour rentrer dans toutes les subtiles règles de chaque pays et ce pour chaque colis à chaque fois, et encore moins payer une personne par pays pour être notre représentant. Je croyais également que l'Union européenne avait pour but \"l'union\" des pays européen et pas la créations de barrières entre eux d'ailleurs. Cette réglementation est également complètement paradoxale et contre-productive. Considérons uniquement les attentes autour du colis dans sa fabrication. Du côté des petits entrepreneurs, ceux-ci vont devoir arrêter de faire de la récup, pratique extrêmement répandue et encouragée parmi nous, autant par contrainte financière que par pensée écologique, car cette récup est désormais décrétée non écologique selon le critère qu'elle ne peut pas être tracée, documentée, justifiée. Vous verrez ainsi la quantité de carton doublé, car les gens seront contraints d'acheter et non de récupérer ou de réutiliser de peur de ne pas être aux normes et par impossibilité de tout tracer à l'atome près : nous récupérons des cartons auprès de commerces, de pharmacies etc... comment voulez-vous documenter ça ? Voyons maintenant du côté des grandes entreprises, que pensez-vous qu'il se passera ? Les grandes entreprises ne se fatiguent pas avec le recyclage et auront toujours les moyens d'ignorer la chose. Elles feront comme elles le font toujours : jeter ce qui n'est pas aux normes. Que ce soit de la nourriture ou des cartons, c'est la même chose pour eux. Il est évident qu'elles ne mettront pas non plus à disposition les cartons qu'elles n'utilisent plus, et encore moins avec la paperasse qui doit aller avec. L'intention écologique est bonne, mais il faut réviser et préciser pourquoi vous faites ce que vous faites, qui il est pertinent d'impacter et réguler, et prendre en compte les conséquences humaines de vos choix. Il vous faut comprendre que ceux qui causent le plus grand nombre de problèmes écologiques, ce sont les grandes entreprises, pas les petites qui n'auraient même pas les moyens de nuire à l'écologie si elles le voulaient. Les mesures sont donc à adapter en tenant compte des moyens réels des entreprises. Il y a des vies humaines derrière les mots et les chiffres. Ayant travaillé d'arrache-pied pour lancer ma boutique, je sais maintenant que celle-ci ne verra jamais le jour avec le règlement actuel. J'espère que vous entendrez nos retours non pas comme des chouinements à balayer mais comme les avis d'experts qu'ils sont, et quand tous les experts sont tous d'accord sur un point, il faut les écouter. Agissez avec les peuples, pas contre. Je vous remercie pour votre considération.", "feedbackEnglish": "With your current rules, hundreds of thousands of people will lose their jobs and see their lives and the lives of their loved ones ruined. This is already happening and it will improve. There are well-defined quotients that differentiate between large and small enterprises according to their financial and human resources. To consider that both have the same financial and legal capacities is to deliberately ignore reality: this is by definition impossible by law. The same applies to the ecological impact: can you really tell me without shouting away that someone who sells 4-5 drawings on the internet a year has the same impact as a mastodont like a big retailer? Just to put it up: no, we do not have the financial and legal means to get into all the subtle rules of each country and for each parcel each time, let alone pay one person per country to be our representative. I also believed that the aim of the European Union was to ‘unite’ the European countries and not to create barriers between them. This regulation is also completely paradoxical and counterproductive. Let us consider only the expectations surrounding the package in its manufacture. As far as small entrepreneurs are concerned, they will have to stop doing recuperation, a practice which is extremely widespread and encouraged among us, both because of financial constraints and because of ecological thinking, since recuperation is now declared to be non-ecological according to the criterion that it cannot be traced, documented or justified. You will see the amount of cardboard doubled, because people will be forced to buy and not to recover or reuse for fear of not being up to the standards and because it will not be possible to trace everything to the nearest atom: we collect boxes from shops, pharmacies, etc. how do you want to document this? Let’s see now on the big business side, what do you think it will happen? Large companies are not tired of recycling and will always have the means to ignore it. They will do as they always do: throw away what is not standard. Whether it’s food or cardboard, it’s the same for them. It is clear that they will also not make available the boxes they no longer use, let alone the paperwork they have to go with. Ecological intent is good, but you need to review and clarify why you are doing what you are doing, which is relevant to impact and regulate, and take into account the human consequences of your choices. You need to understand that those who cause the most environmental problems are large companies, not small ones who would not even have the means to harm ecology if they wanted to. The measures must therefore be adapted in the light of the real resources of the undertakings. There are human lives behind words and numbers. Having worked hard to launch my shop, I now know that it will never come into being with the current regulation. I hope you will hear our feedback not as sweeps but as the expert opinions they are, and when all experts agree on a point, we have to listen to them. Act with people, not against. Thank you for your consideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558869_en"}, {"id": 33558822, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:57:44", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My parents have earned a living and taken care of me and my brother for many years through their micro business. A large amount of their income comes from orders within the EU. This new law will have a terrible affect on their business, they will most likely have to stop sending to most EU countries. Rather than protect the environment, it will devastate thousands of micro businesses. I am starting university and had planned to earn money through my own small business, but now I'm not sure it's possible. Large corporations will be unaffected while small businesses destroyed.", "feedbackEnglish": "My parents have earned a living and taken care of me and my brother for many years through their micro business. A large amount of their income comes from orders within the EU. This new law will have a terrible affect on their business, they will most likely have to stop sending to most EU countries. Rather than protect the environment, it will devastate thousands of micro businesses. I am starting university and had planned to earn money through my own small business, but now I'm not sure it's possible. Large corporations will be unaffected while small businesses destroyed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558822_en"}, {"id": 33558758, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:54:50", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is good to try to reduce excess waste, but this new regulation is unfair for small businesses and so many of them have already had to stop shippings to eu. This is killing small businesses and gives unfair advantage to large companies. Also the regulation does not guarantee better waste management, just unfair playground between giant corporations vs. small entrepreneures.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is good to try to reduce excess waste, but this new regulation is unfair for small businesses and so many of them have already had to stop shippings to eu. This is killing small businesses and gives unfair advantage to large companies. Also the regulation does not guarantee better waste management, just unfair playground between giant corporations vs. small entrepreneures.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558758_en"}, {"id": 33558757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:44:52", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Im writing as a EU citizen and young entrepreneur running an independent e-commerce brand based in the EU. I 100% support recycling and cutting down packaging waste, but the way EPR is currently set up under the PPWR is completely unrealistic for micro-businesses and startups. Right now if a customer from France, Germany, or Spain wants to order just one package from my website, I have to deal with: 27 different national registers and local compliance companies, hundreds of euros in flat annual fees that cost more than the order itself, complicated foreign bureaucracy (and in some countries, even paying for a local representative). This whole law completely undermines the fundamental premise of the European Single Market. There are so many better ways to fight pollution and encourage sustainable packaging without burying small startups under mountains of paperwork and fees. If you want small European brands and young founders to grow and compete, please suspend this obligation as soon as possible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Im writing as a EU citizen and young entrepreneur running an independent e-commerce brand based in the EU. I 100% support recycling and cutting down packaging waste, but the way EPR is currently set up under the PPWR is completely unrealistic for micro-businesses and startups. Right now if a customer from France, Germany, or Spain wants to order just one package from my website, I have to deal with: 27 different national registers and local compliance companies, hundreds of euros in flat annual fees that cost more than the order itself, complicated foreign bureaucracy (and in some countries, even paying for a local representative). This whole law completely undermines the fundamental premise of the European Single Market. There are so many better ways to fight pollution and encourage sustainable packaging without burying small startups under mountains of paperwork and fees. If you want small European brands and young founders to grow and compete, please suspend this obligation as soon as possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558757_en"}, {"id": 33558756, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:41:50", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "bitStork Technologies", "feedback": "An investigation needs to be conducted into who is behind the extermination of small businesses... I haven't sold a thing since August 12th. Next month, there won't be money to pay for my daughter's university studies or other bills. The EU is going to drive us into bankruptcy...", "feedbackEnglish": "An investigation needs to be conducted into who is behind the extermination of small businesses... I haven't sold a thing since August 12th. Next month, there won't be money to pay for my daughter's university studies or other bills. The EU is going to drive us into bankruptcy...", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558756_en"}, {"id": 33558755, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:37:19", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Emilie Jarrige", "feedback": "Je suis micro-entrepreneuse établie en France. Depuis plusieurs années, je crée et expédie des livres de coloriage, des peintures originales, des reproductions et des articles de papeterie à des clients du monde entier. Après la suppression de certains tarifs postaux internationaux et les changements récents concernant les expéditions vers les États-Unis, jai dû recentrer mon activité sur le marché européen, notamment lAllemagne et lEspagne. Or, les nouvelles obligations relatives à la responsabilité élargie du producteur menacent désormais directement cette activité. Je réalise moins de dix commandes européennes par mois. À cette échelle, il mest financièrement et administrativement impossible de minscrire auprès dorganismes différents dans chaque pays, de souscrire plusieurs contrats de recyclage et de rémunérer des représentants autorisés locaux. À titre dexemple, jai reçu le 12 août une commande allemande dun montant de 120 euros pour une peinture originale. Le premier devis obtenu pour le seul représentant autorisé en Allemagne sélève à 170 euros, avant même le coût du système de recyclage et les autres formalités. Cette vente devient donc déficitaire et je suis contrainte de lannuler. Il sagissait pourtant dun cadeau de Noël commandé par une mère pour sa fille. Je soutiens pleinement le principe de la contribution au recyclage des emballages. Je suis tout à fait disposée à déclarer mes volumes et à payer une contribution pour chaque emballage envoyé. Le problème nest pas la contribution elle-même, mais un système fragmenté comportant des frais fixes et des démarches distinctes dans chaque État membre, totalement disproportionnés par rapport à lactivité des micro-entreprises. Lobligation de recourir à plusieurs représentants nationaux, dont les tarifs sont libres et parfois très élevés, crée une barrière économique infranchissable pour les artistes, artisans et petits créateurs. Elle les contraint à fermer progressivement leurs ventes dans les autres pays européens, alors que le marché unique devrait précisément faciliter les échanges au sein de lUnion. Je vous invite donc à envisager : un guichet unique européen pour lenregistrement et la déclaration des emballages ; une contribution harmonisée, calculée en fonction du nombre, du poids et du matériau des emballages réellement expédiés ; la suppression des frais fixes disproportionnés pour les très faibles volumes ; un seuil simplifié ou une exemption administrative pour les micro-entreprises réalisant seulement quelques ventes transfrontalières ; ou la collecte automatique de lécocontribution par les places de marché au moment de chaque vente. Une contribution européenne unique et proportionnelle permettrait de financer effectivement le recyclage sans exclure du marché européen les plus petites entreprises. Dans sa forme actuelle, ce dispositif ne favorise pas seulement le recyclage : il supprime concrètement laccès au marché transfrontalier pour de nombreux créateurs indépendants. Je vous remercie de prendre en considération les conséquences économiques et humaines très concrètes de ces obligations sur les micro-entreprises européennes.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-entrepreneur based in France. For several years, I have been creating and shipping colouring books, original paintings, reproductions and stationery to customers around the world. After the abolition of certain international postal tariffs and the recent changes concerning shipments to the United States, I had to refocus my activity on the European market, in particular in Germany and Spain. However, the new extended producer responsibility obligations now directly threaten this activity. I make fewer than 10 European orders per month. At this level, it is financially and administratively impossible to undercut different bodies in each country, conclude several recycling contracts and pay local authorised representatives. For example, on 12 August, Jai received a German order for EUR 120 for an original painting. The first estimate obtained for the only authorised representative in Germany is EUR 170, even before the cost of the recycling system and other formalities. This sale therefore becomes loss-making and I am forced to cancel it. Yet it was a Christmas gift ordered by a mother for her daughter. I fully support the principle of contributing to packaging recycling. I am fully prepared to declare my volumes and pay a contribution for each package sent. The problem is not the contribution itself, but a fragmented system with fixed costs and separate approaches in each Member State, totally disproportionate to the activity of micro-enterprises. The obligation to use several national representatives, whose tariffs are free and sometimes very high, creates an insurmountable economic barrier for artists, craftsmen and small creators. It forces them to gradually close their sales to other European countries, while the single market should make it easier to trade within the EU. I would therefore invite you to consider: a European Single Window for the registration and declaration of packaging; a harmonised contribution, calculated on the basis of the number, weight and material of the packaging actually shipped; the removal of disproportionate fixed charges for very small volumes; a simplified threshold or administrative exemption for micro-enterprises with only a few cross-border sales; or the automatic collection of eco-contribution by marketplaces at the time of each sale. A single, proportional European contribution would make it possible to finance recycling effectively without excluding the smallest companies from the European market. In its current form, this scheme not only promotes recycling: it effectively removes access to the cross-border market for many independent designers. Thank you for taking into account the very concrete economic and human consequences of these obligations on European micro-enterprises.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558755_en"}, {"id": 33558754, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:32:26", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I work in ecommerce and support a lot of small businesses and this law is hurting small makers that is committed to promote European crafts, cultures and local economy. Why are we encouraging and benefiting e retail giants such as Amazon and hurting our own entrepreneurs and small business owners？", "feedbackEnglish": "I work in ecommerce and support a lot of small businesses and this law is hurting small makers that is committed to promote European crafts, cultures and local economy. Why are we encouraging and benefiting e retail giants such as Amazon and hurting our own entrepreneurs and small business owners？", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558754_en"}, {"id": 33558752, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:15:14", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While reducing waste is a good thing, this is a wrong way to do it. Amount of response burden for companies is enormous and cost is too high for small companies. I do not understand why there cannot be centralized system, with clear rules and one payment instead of having national registers that make this 27 times harder? Also I fail to understand why this regulation concerns every company. EU has been adamant in helping small business and reducing red tape, so this seems counterproductive. Why is there no support for micro enterprises? For example if turnover is less than 50 000 euros or if volyme sold to certain EU country is less than 5000 euros yearly a company could be exempted from reporting. This regulation gives unfair advantage to large companies and that does not guarantee better waste management. This will also put countries in unfair situation. Large markets like Germany or France are less affected, but how smaller countries will fare when it becomes too expensive to ship there? I sincerely hope that EU will either create a simple, one system for all of EU to ensure minimal burden and fairness, or protect small, European business with exemptions.", "feedbackEnglish": "While reducing waste is a good thing, this is a wrong way to do it. Amount of response burden for companies is enormous and cost is too high for small companies. I do not understand why there cannot be centralized system, with clear rules and one payment instead of having national registers that make this 27 times harder? Also I fail to understand why this regulation concerns every company. EU has been adamant in helping small business and reducing red tape, so this seems counterproductive. Why is there no support for micro enterprises? For example if turnover is less than 50 000 euros or if volyme sold to certain EU country is less than 5000 euros yearly a company could be exempted from reporting. This regulation gives unfair advantage to large companies and that does not guarantee better waste management. This will also put countries in unfair situation. Large markets like Germany or France are less affected, but how smaller countries will fare when it becomes too expensive to ship there? I sincerely hope that EU will either create a simple, one system for all of EU to ensure minimal burden and fairness, or protect small, European business with exemptions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558752_en"}, {"id": 33558750, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 20:05:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Gern würde ich meinen Onlinehandel wieder auf ganz Europa ausdehnen, aber dieses Chaos in den Verordnungen ist inakzeptabel !! Es ist eine Wettbewerbsbehinderung zum Nachteil von ganz kleinen Anbietern wie mich. Ein einziger Account für alle EU-Länder müsste doch reichen ? Die EU macht sich das Leben selbst schwer und behindert geschäftliche Entwicklung im freien Markt", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to extend my online sales to the whole of Europe again, but this chaos in the regulations is unacceptable! It is a barrier to competition to the detriment of very small providers like me. A single account for all EU countries would have to be enough? The EU is making life difficult and hindering business development in the free market", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558750_en"}, {"id": 33558749, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:53:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "vinocentral GmbH", "feedback": "Good morning, I don't want to use any prepared text and just copy and paste it here. We are a wine merchant selling small quantities of very and highly specialized wines produced throughout Europe and we sell them to customers throughout Europe. In many European countries we are the only one providing these wines. It is very hard to comply with all the regulations concerning excise and duties. It is much easier to sell wine to Hong Kong than to France. Now this is getting even more complicated. We use only 100% recycling products. If the EU creates a law to report all Packaging used it has to offer a simple digital process that works with every country. To have to put a represantative in each country is like going back into the last century. Everything you made easier with the One-Stop-Shop gets more complicated again. How should we expierience the EU as something positive. Why don't you exempt everyone from this if he uses the highest possible messure for environmental packaging. This ne regulation will make it impossible for us to ship wines within the EU. Maybe we will send them outside the EU and back again, this might be easier. Honest this is not the way to go", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, I don't want to use any prepared text and just copy and paste it here. We are a wine merchant selling small quantities of very and highly specialized wines produced throughout Europe and we sell them to customers throughout Europe. In many European countries we are the only one providing these wines. It is very hard to comply with all the regulations concerning excise and duties. It is much easier to sell wine to Hong Kong than to France. Now this is getting even more complicated. We use only 100% recycling products. If the EU creates a law to report all Packaging used it has to offer a simple digital process that works with every country. To have to put a represantative in each country is like going back into the last century. Everything you made easier with the One-Stop-Shop gets more complicated again. How should we expierience the EU as something positive. Why don't you exempt everyone from this if he uses the highest possible messure for environmental packaging. This ne regulation will make it impossible for us to ship wines within the EU. Maybe we will send them outside the EU and back again, this might be easier. Honest this is not the way to go", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558749_en"}, {"id": 33558747, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:40:06", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Taller de arte de Henri", "feedback": "Prueba irrefutable de la mala gobernanza europea. Vivimos en una época en la que los países pobres o en vías de desarrollo recaudan impuestos a través de servicios de mensajería, y el gobierno europeo ha decidido imponer una carga insoportable a las pequeñas empresas vinculadas a intermediarios. Incluso la total antipatía de todos los ciudadanos europeos hacia el terror ambiental es sorprendente. Es asombroso que nadie parezca darse cuenta de que Europa tiene una huella ecológica del 6%, lo cual no tiene absolutamente ningún impacto en el cambio climático. La velocidad a la que las empresas europeas exportan fuera de Europa es increíble. Es asombroso que nadie parezca darse cuenta de que en tan solo 10 años el mercado europeo ya no estará entre los 3 mercados más ricos del mundo y nada podrá detener esta tendencia. Es asombroso que nadie parezca darse cuenta de que son precisamente las pequeñas empresas arruinadas por esta regulación las que representarán la principal fuente de ingresos para Europa en 10 años.", "feedbackEnglish": "Prueba irrefutable de la mala gobernanza europea. Vivimos en una época en la que los países pobres o en vías de desarrollo recaudan impuestos a través de servicios de mensajería, y el gobierno europeo ha decidido imponer una carga insoportable a las pequeñas empresas vinculadas a intermediarios. Incluso la total antipatía de todos los ciudadanos europeos hacia el terror ambiental es sorprendente. Es asombroso que nadie parezca darse cuenta de que Europa tiene una huella ecológica del 6%, lo cual no tiene absolutamente ningún impacto en el cambio climático. La velocidad a la que las empresas europeas exportan fuera de Europa es increíble. Es asombroso que nadie parezca darse cuenta de que en tan solo 10 años el mercado europeo ya no estará entre los 3 mercados más ricos del mundo y nada podrá detener esta tendencia. Es asombroso que nadie parezca darse cuenta de que son precisamente las pequeñas empresas arruinadas por esta regulación las que representarán la principal fuente de ingresos para Europa en 10 años.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558747_en"}, {"id": 33558746, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:34:07", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "microenterprise", "feedback": "As a micro-entrepreneur running a small independent business (selling second-hand or flea-market goods), I wish to express my deep concern regarding the disproportionate impact of current rules and national producer registers associated with the PPWR. While the environmental goal of waste reduction is entirely laudablea practice I already implement by consistently reusing shipping boxesthe administrative and financial complexity of these systems is completely out of touch with the reality faced by very small businesses. The requirement to register and manage fragmented or complex cross-border procedures creates an insurmountable barrier for independent operators. For very low shipping volumes, fixed costs, minimum membership fees for producer responsibility organizations, and the bureaucratic burden directly threaten the viability of micro-enterprises, while also penalizing local intra-European trade (such as the sale of unique vintage items). There is an urgent need for genuine administrative simplification, a clear exemption threshold, or a truly unified, free \"one-stop shop\" for micro-enterprises, ensuring that the green transition does not become a means of excluding small players to the benefit of global e-commerce giants. thanks B.D", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-entrepreneur running a small independent business (selling second-hand or flea-market goods), I wish to express my deep concern regarding the disproportionate impact of current rules and national producer registers associated with the PPWR. While the environmental goal of waste reduction is entirely laudablea practice I already implement by consistently reusing shipping boxesthe administrative and financial complexity of these systems is completely out of touch with the reality faced by very small businesses. The requirement to register and manage fragmented or complex cross-border procedures creates an insurmountable barrier for independent operators. For very low shipping volumes, fixed costs, minimum membership fees for producer responsibility organizations, and the bureaucratic burden directly threaten the viability of micro-enterprises, while also penalizing local intra-European trade (such as the sale of unique vintage items). There is an urgent need for genuine administrative simplification, a clear exemption threshold, or a truly unified, free \"one-stop shop\" for micro-enterprises, ensuring that the green transition does not become a means of excluding small players to the benefit of global e-commerce giants. thanks B.D", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558746_en"}, {"id": 33558744, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:20:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law needs to be changed/exceptions need to be made, it is destroying small Businesses and the EU Single Market. Not being able to sell to other EU Members because of these Fees goes against the meaning of the EU and what it stands for. Buying in the EU should be easier than buying from outside of the EU to strengthen our Economy and our Connections.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law needs to be changed/exceptions need to be made, it is destroying small Businesses and the EU Single Market. Not being able to sell to other EU Members because of these Fees goes against the meaning of the EU and what it stands for. Buying in the EU should be easier than buying from outside of the EU to strengthen our Economy and our Connections.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558744_en"}, {"id": 33558743, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:18:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "eComm", "feedback": "Die Pflicht für einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten pro EU Land sprengt jedes Umsatzverhältnis. Wir mussten unseren EU-Versand stoppen, weil wir ihn uns schlichtweg nicht leisten können. Warum gibt es keine Bagatellgrenzen? Warum schnüren wir v.a. kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen die Luft ab, die schlichtweg nicht die personellen und finanziellen Ressourcen haben, um sich halbwegs rechtssicher auf dem Handelsmarkt behaupten zu können?", "feedbackEnglish": "Die Pflicht für einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten pro EU Land sprengt jedes Umsatzverhältnis. Wir mussten unseren EU-Versand stoppen, weil wir ihn uns schlichtweg nicht leisten können. Warum gibt es keine Bagatellgrenzen? Warum schnüren wir v.a. kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen die Luft ab, die schlichtweg nicht die personellen und finanziellen Ressourcen haben, um sich halbwegs rechtssicher auf dem Handelsmarkt behaupten zu können?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558743_en"}, {"id": 33558742, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:06:14", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Rejuvenum", "feedback": "Regulations like this will further destroy small European businesses. Large businesses including foreign ones like Temu, Shein etc can easily fill in the forms and pay the fees. But a small business like us is supposed to bear the same costs as a large business? This is ridiculous. On top of that, in countries like Ireland we couldn't find any information on where to register to comply with PPWR - only information from third-party agencies and nothing from the government. There needs to be an exemption for small businesses and there needs to be a single EU system for this - we are one single market after all? or are we not? Stop fragmenting the EU. You (EU) said yourself you wanted to deregulate so that we would be more competitive. This is not the way to do this. Please just let us run businesses and stop coming up with ways to make our lives harder. We already work hard enough. I understand the reasoning behind this regulation but; we should have an exemption e.g., 1M euro turnover or employee count etc. There also needs to be a single EU portal for registration and not some scammy non-gov agencies that want a lot of money. Once our company is turning over a million euro I will happily comply with regulations.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulations like this will further destroy small European businesses. Large businesses including foreign ones like Temu, Shein etc can easily fill in the forms and pay the fees. But a small business like us is supposed to bear the same costs as a large business? This is ridiculous. On top of that, in countries like Ireland we couldn't find any information on where to register to comply with PPWR - only information from third-party agencies and nothing from the government. There needs to be an exemption for small businesses and there needs to be a single EU system for this - we are one single market after all? or are we not? Stop fragmenting the EU. You (EU) said yourself you wanted to deregulate so that we would be more competitive. This is not the way to do this. Please just let us run businesses and stop coming up with ways to make our lives harder. We already work hard enough. I understand the reasoning behind this regulation but; we should have an exemption e.g., 1M euro turnover or employee count etc. There also needs to be a single EU portal for registration and not some scammy non-gov agencies that want a lot of money. Once our company is turning over a million euro I will happily comply with regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558742_en"}, {"id": 33558741, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 19:05:12", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Joana Pestana ", "feedback": "To the European Comission, PPWR Implementation is failing the SMEs the EU claims to protect. We are one of the businesses the EU champions in every speech about growth and entrepeneurship, yet I discovered a regulation carrying fines up to 200.000 through instagram posts from other small business owners, not through any official channel. Having to register separately with different national scheme in every member state forces small businesses into an impossible choice: absorb disproportionate cost or stop shipping to small markets altogether. It's the opposite of a single market. I did not start my business to become a full time compliance officer. I am the founder of a small jewellery business operating across the EU, writing to formally object to how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation has been implemented and communicated to the businesses it governs. This is a stick in the wheel of the SMEs that are supposed to be the engine of the European economy. NO ONE TOLD US. Not our e-commerce platforms, who seem just as unprepared as we are. Not our chambers of commerce. Not our national authorities. A regulation of this scale deserves proactive communication clear checklists and deadlines not a silent obligation were expected to have divined ourselves.", "feedbackEnglish": "To the European Comission, PPWR Implementation is failing the SMEs the EU claims to protect. We are one of the businesses the EU champions in every speech about growth and entrepeneurship, yet I discovered a regulation carrying fines up to 200.000 through instagram posts from other small business owners, not through any official channel. Having to register separately with different national scheme in every member state forces small businesses into an impossible choice: absorb disproportionate cost or stop shipping to small markets altogether. It's the opposite of a single market. I did not start my business to become a full time compliance officer. I am the founder of a small jewellery business operating across the EU, writing to formally object to how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation has been implemented and communicated to the businesses it governs. This is a stick in the wheel of the SMEs that are supposed to be the engine of the European economy. NO ONE TOLD US. Not our e-commerce platforms, who seem just as unprepared as we are. Not our chambers of commerce. Not our national authorities. A regulation of this scale deserves proactive communication clear checklists and deadlines not a silent obligation were expected to have divined ourselves.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558741_en"}, {"id": 33558739, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:39:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The problem with this legislation is that they have broken the common economic space. They have set a rule that every one that wants to sell must have a representative in every and each country. Apart from that you have to pay a fee for each country. This fee is not per volume but per business. That means that a giant like shein will pay so little and small business (even if they are European) could not sell to others Eurpean countries within Europe because of the cost. So unfair and so contrary to the European common space. This law is contrary to European values. It speaks of haste and not being thoughtful enough with its citizens and largely accommodated to large corporations. Small business owners are also citizens. This is contrary to the European Economic Accord. In fact it creates new frontiers within our borders. It's a mess. While it limits the use of plastic (which is something I root for), it introduced new paperwork works and fees that cannot be paid by small businesses, even if you are located within the EU. Some sort of exception must be included for European businesses with less than 15 employees (that's an example). What I know is that Amazon, Shein, Temu are perfectly fine and the EU citizens are drowning in fees and paperwork. I don't have any document except the communications given by my favourite shops saying that they will stop shipping to my country because of this policy, like Glossgod, Micka or others. So sad I cannot buy anything within Europe and that I will never start a business because the Europe I live in doesn't allow it.", "feedbackEnglish": "The problem with this legislation is that they have broken the common economic space. They have set a rule that every one that wants to sell must have a representative in every and each country. Apart from that you have to pay a fee for each country. This fee is not per volume but per business. That means that a giant like shein will pay so little and small business (even if they are European) could not sell to others Eurpean countries within Europe because of the cost. So unfair and so contrary to the European common space. This law is contrary to European values. It speaks of haste and not being thoughtful enough with its citizens and largely accommodated to large corporations. Small business owners are also citizens. This is contrary to the European Economic Accord. In fact it creates new frontiers within our borders. It's a mess. While it limits the use of plastic (which is something I root for), it introduced new paperwork works and fees that cannot be paid by small businesses, even if you are located within the EU. Some sort of exception must be included for European businesses with less than 15 employees (that's an example). What I know is that Amazon, Shein, Temu are perfectly fine and the EU citizens are drowning in fees and paperwork. I don't have any document except the communications given by my favourite shops saying that they will stop shipping to my country because of this policy, like Glossgod, Micka or others. So sad I cannot buy anything within Europe and that I will never start a business because the Europe I live in doesn't allow it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558739_en"}, {"id": 33558737, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:26:27", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schroroom", "feedback": "We are a showroom representing small sustainable fashion brands from around the world. We absolutely agree with sustainability but this proposed PPWR system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. Firstly, it should be explicitly banned for any EU country to charge a fee to register, making it easier for small brands to access the markets they've been selling to all along. The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Small brands cannot compete with giants like amazon etc. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. The EU will see a global exodus of artisanal, sustainable, product as small makers cannot afford to sell there. Meanwhile trash clothing from China, India etc will flood the market. It's absolutely obscene and does not encourage sustainability AT ALL. End the legislation or at the very least, make ONE register for the entire EU region and without fees.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a showroom representing small sustainable fashion brands from around the world. We absolutely agree with sustainability but this proposed PPWR system does not protect small businesses it destroys them. Firstly, it should be explicitly banned for any EU country to charge a fee to register, making it easier for small brands to access the markets they've been selling to all along. The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Small brands cannot compete with giants like amazon etc. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. The EU will see a global exodus of artisanal, sustainable, product as small makers cannot afford to sell there. Meanwhile trash clothing from China, India etc will flood the market. It's absolutely obscene and does not encourage sustainability AT ALL. End the legislation or at the very least, make ONE register for the entire EU region and without fees.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558737_en"}, {"id": 33558735, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:23:33", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Lilly Van Art", "feedback": "Dear ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to give feedback to the new regulations that have been put forth. I totally understand the need for stricter rules on packaging in this world, and now within Europe. As companies like Amazon made their way into most EU countries, we started to receive massive boxes filled with plastic to send one single item. I would argue that smaller micro companies are the ones who put effort into every single package they ship out. Every piece of packaging costs us something, every handmade item needing the simplest protection within that package, every detail is planned and thought through with the most of care. A small business does not have the funds to over produce packaging, nor the need. I have recently decided to follow my dreams of selling my art and handmade goods. I am following all the rules, trying to do everything correctly, and was approved to start my business last month. I knew it would be difficult selling to the US with the tariffs the orange troll put into place, but I knew I could sell my art to my lovely fellow Europeans...now this has come to light. How on earth is a small artist supposed to pay the fees to 27 different countries, never mind all the paperwork, when I might not even make a sale to this or that country? I think I saw another artist on social media put together the total cost and it came out to 15,000 euro per year!! WHAT!?!? Amazon can do that. Easy! It won't even feel like a mosquito bite to them. But to me...to other artists...you stomped all over our souls, our dreams, our futures. As I said, I understand the reasoning behind the new regulations, I promise that I do, but there has to be a better way to keep from drowning the micro businesses and artists of the EU. If we are to save earth, then you have to remember that there is no eARTh without ART. Please, please come up with another way to make this work so that we can at least get off the ground.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to give feedback to the new regulations that have been put forth. I totally understand the need for stricter rules on packaging in this world, and now within Europe. As companies like Amazon made their way into most EU countries, we started to receive massive boxes filled with plastic to send one single item. I would argue that smaller micro companies are the ones who put effort into every single package they ship out. Every piece of packaging costs us something, every handmade item needing the simplest protection within that package, every detail is planned and thought through with the most of care. A small business does not have the funds to over produce packaging, nor the need. I have recently decided to follow my dreams of selling my art and handmade goods. I am following all the rules, trying to do everything correctly, and was approved to start my business last month. I knew it would be difficult selling to the US with the tariffs the orange troll put into place, but I knew I could sell my art to my lovely fellow Europeans...now this has come to light. How on earth is a small artist supposed to pay the fees to 27 different countries, never mind all the paperwork, when I might not even make a sale to this or that country? I think I saw another artist on social media put together the total cost and it came out to 15,000 euro per year!! WHAT!?!? Amazon can do that. Easy! It won't even feel like a mosquito bite to them. But to me...to other artists...you stomped all over our souls, our dreams, our futures. As I said, I understand the reasoning behind the new regulations, I promise that I do, but there has to be a better way to keep from drowning the micro businesses and artists of the EU. If we are to save earth, then you have to remember that there is no eARTh without ART. Please, please come up with another way to make this work so that we can at least get off the ground.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558735_en"}, {"id": 33558733, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:17:59", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "In Italy we pay a tax when buying plastic bags or packaging materials for the recycling costs, so I found that in this way with PPWR regulation we pay twice. For small business is not affordable, it could be less expensive to be obliged to buy biodegradable packaging material. Please review the PPWR for small business or we will be thrown back to medieval society.", "feedbackEnglish": "In Italy we pay a tax when buying plastic bags or packaging materials for the recycling costs, so I found that in this way with PPWR regulation we pay twice. For small business is not affordable, it could be less expensive to be obliged to buy biodegradable packaging material. Please review the PPWR for small business or we will be thrown back to medieval society.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558733_en"}, {"id": 33558732, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:13:01", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Vassalli AG", "feedback": "Rückmeldung zum Entwurf des Durchführungsrechtsakts nach Artikel 44 Absatz 14 PPWR Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaberin eines kleinen Schweizer Unternehmens mit Direktversand an Endkunden in der EU begrüsse ich die Vereinheitlichung der Melde- und Registrierungsformate sowie das vereinfachte Format unterhalb von zehn Tonnen jährlich. Der Entwurf adressiert jedoch die Form der Registrierung, nicht deren Vervielfachung. Genau darin liegt für Kleinstunternehmen das entscheidende Hindernis. 1. Die Verordnung wirkt gegen ihr eigenes Binnenmarktziel Die PPWR sollte den freien Warenverkehr durch einheitliche Regeln stärken. Bei kleinen Anbietern geschieht das Gegenteil. Die Kombination aus nationaler Registrierung, nationalem Systemvertrag und eigenem Bevollmächtigten je Zielland nach Artikel 45 Absatz 3 führt dazu, dass Kleinstunternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand einstellen. Deutsche Branchenverbände berichteten im Sommer 2026 über eine wachsende Zahl solcher Rückzüge. Der Effekt ist strukturell: Die Erfüllungskosten sind reine Fixkosten je Land, unabhängig von der Menge. Für grosse Marktteilnehmer sind sie unerheblich, für kleine entscheiden sie über die Marktteilnahme. Ein Regelwerk zur Harmonisierung des Binnenmarkts führt so zu dessen Verengung auf grosse Anbieter. 2. Wachstum wird blockiert Da die Fixkosten ab dem ersten Paket anfallen, muss jeder neue Markt vorfinanziert werden, bevor sich zeigt, ob er trägt. Über zwei bis drei Jahre Aufbauphase sind das rund 1'000 bis 1'500 Euro pro Land ohne Gegenwert. Schrittweises grenzüberschreitendes Wachstum wird damit unattraktiv. 3. Grössenordnung aus der Praxis Ich versende Reitsportprodukte in wiederverwendeten, selbstklebenden Kartons ohne Füllmaterial, mit Labels aus Pflanzensamenpapier und Staubbeuteln aus Baumwolle. Tatsächlicher Beitrag zum Sammel- und Verwertungssystem: niedriger zweistelliger Eurobereich pro Land Bevollmächtigter nach Artikel 45 Absatz 3: 300 bis 500 Euro pro Land Die Verwaltung des Umweltbeitrags kostet das Zehn- bis Fünfzigfache des Beitrags selbst. Hinzu kommt: Mein Verpackungskonzept erfüllt die ab 2030 geltenden Anforderungen an Minimierung und Leerraumbegrenzung bereits heute. Da sich der Kostenblock nicht an der Menge, sondern an der Anzahl der Zielländer bemisst, wird dies wirtschaftlich nicht honoriert. Damit verschenkt das System Steuerungswirkung. 4. Anregungen a) Registrierung nach dem Prinzip des One-Stop-Shop: eine Registrierung im Sitzstaat beziehungsweise Hauptmarkt, die über interoperable Schnittstellen zwischen den nationalen Registern für alle Mitgliedstaaten wirkt. Das Modell hat sich bei der Mehrwertsteuer bewährt und ist mit dem Harmonisierungsziel des Entwurfs unmittelbar vereinbar. Die Verteilung der Beiträge kann anhand der ohnehin zu meldenden Länderdaten erfolgen. b) Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen: unterhalb eines Schwellenwerts sollte eine vereinfachte Meldung ohne separaten Bevollmächtigten je Land genügen. Die vorgesehene Zehn-Tonnen-Schwelle / Umsatz unter 1Mio. bietet dafür einen Anknüpfungspunkt. c) Einbeziehung von Herstellern aus Drittstaaten in künftige Erleichterungen. Unternehmen aus Nachbarstaaten wie der Schweiz tragen dieselbe Last, waren aber von den bisher diskutierten Vereinfachungen ausgenommen. Eine Differenzierung nach Unternehmensgrösse wäre sachgerechter als eine nach Sitzstaat. 5. Zum Grundsatz Das Ziel der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung trage ich vollständig mit, und das Trittbrettfahrerproblem im grenzüberschreitenden Versand ist real. Ich zahle den Beitrag gerne. Zur Debatte steht allein die Verhältnismässigkeit: Die Verwaltung eines Beitrags sollte nicht ein Vielfaches des Beitrags selbst kosten, und die Durchsetzbarkeit gegenüber grossen Direktversendern sollte nicht zulasten der kleinsten Marktteilnehmer gelöst werden. Mit freundlichen Grüssen Patrizia Vassalli", "feedbackEnglish": "Rückmeldung zum Entwurf des Durchführungsrechtsakts nach Artikel 44 Absatz 14 PPWR Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaberin eines kleinen Schweizer Unternehmens mit Direktversand an Endkunden in der EU begrüsse ich die Vereinheitlichung der Melde- und Registrierungsformate sowie das vereinfachte Format unterhalb von zehn Tonnen jährlich. Der Entwurf adressiert jedoch die Form der Registrierung, nicht deren Vervielfachung. Genau darin liegt für Kleinstunternehmen das entscheidende Hindernis. 1. Die Verordnung wirkt gegen ihr eigenes Binnenmarktziel Die PPWR sollte den freien Warenverkehr durch einheitliche Regeln stärken. Bei kleinen Anbietern geschieht das Gegenteil. Die Kombination aus nationaler Registrierung, nationalem Systemvertrag und eigenem Bevollmächtigten je Zielland nach Artikel 45 Absatz 3 führt dazu, dass Kleinstunternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Versand einstellen. Deutsche Branchenverbände berichteten im Sommer 2026 über eine wachsende Zahl solcher Rückzüge. Der Effekt ist strukturell: Die Erfüllungskosten sind reine Fixkosten je Land, unabhängig von der Menge. Für grosse Marktteilnehmer sind sie unerheblich, für kleine entscheiden sie über die Marktteilnahme. Ein Regelwerk zur Harmonisierung des Binnenmarkts führt so zu dessen Verengung auf grosse Anbieter. 2. Wachstum wird blockiert Da die Fixkosten ab dem ersten Paket anfallen, muss jeder neue Markt vorfinanziert werden, bevor sich zeigt, ob er trägt. Über zwei bis drei Jahre Aufbauphase sind das rund 1'000 bis 1'500 Euro pro Land ohne Gegenwert. Schrittweises grenzüberschreitendes Wachstum wird damit unattraktiv. 3. Grössenordnung aus der Praxis Ich versende Reitsportprodukte in wiederverwendeten, selbstklebenden Kartons ohne Füllmaterial, mit Labels aus Pflanzensamenpapier und Staubbeuteln aus Baumwolle. Tatsächlicher Beitrag zum Sammel- und Verwertungssystem: niedriger zweistelliger Eurobereich pro Land Bevollmächtigter nach Artikel 45 Absatz 3: 300 bis 500 Euro pro Land Die Verwaltung des Umweltbeitrags kostet das Zehn- bis Fünfzigfache des Beitrags selbst. Hinzu kommt: Mein Verpackungskonzept erfüllt die ab 2030 geltenden Anforderungen an Minimierung und Leerraumbegrenzung bereits heute. Da sich der Kostenblock nicht an der Menge, sondern an der Anzahl der Zielländer bemisst, wird dies wirtschaftlich nicht honoriert. Damit verschenkt das System Steuerungswirkung. 4. Anregungen a) Registrierung nach dem Prinzip des One-Stop-Shop: eine Registrierung im Sitzstaat beziehungsweise Hauptmarkt, die über interoperable Schnittstellen zwischen den nationalen Registern für alle Mitgliedstaaten wirkt. Das Modell hat sich bei der Mehrwertsteuer bewährt und ist mit dem Harmonisierungsziel des Entwurfs unmittelbar vereinbar. Die Verteilung der Beiträge kann anhand der ohnehin zu meldenden Länderdaten erfolgen. b) Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstmengen: unterhalb eines Schwellenwerts sollte eine vereinfachte Meldung ohne separaten Bevollmächtigten je Land genügen. Die vorgesehene Zehn-Tonnen-Schwelle / Umsatz unter 1Mio. bietet dafür einen Anknüpfungspunkt. c) Einbeziehung von Herstellern aus Drittstaaten in künftige Erleichterungen. Unternehmen aus Nachbarstaaten wie der Schweiz tragen dieselbe Last, waren aber von den bisher diskutierten Vereinfachungen ausgenommen. Eine Differenzierung nach Unternehmensgrösse wäre sachgerechter als eine nach Sitzstaat. 5. Zum Grundsatz Das Ziel der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung trage ich vollständig mit, und das Trittbrettfahrerproblem im grenzüberschreitenden Versand ist real. Ich zahle den Beitrag gerne. Zur Debatte steht allein die Verhältnismässigkeit: Die Verwaltung eines Beitrags sollte nicht ein Vielfaches des Beitrags selbst kosten, und die Durchsetzbarkeit gegenüber grossen Direktversendern sollte nicht zulasten der kleinsten Marktteilnehmer gelöst werden. Mit freundlichen Grüssen Patrizia Vassalli", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558732_en"}, {"id": 33558731, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:11:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Caramba skateshop 24/7", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, vorweg möchte ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass es kaum noch tragbar ist, online innerhalb der EU zu versenden. Es wäre sehr wünschenswert, eine zentrale Stelle wi bei OSS für die Verpackungskosten zu haben. Da es keine Zölle innerhalb der EU gibt, bauen sich die Länder Barrieren auf, um den eigenen Markt zu schützen. Es wird nicht ein einheitlicher, sondern immer schwerer und teurer, außerhalb des eigenen Landes zu verkaufen. Es passiert seit Jahren das Gegenteil dessen, wofür die EU stehen sollte. Keine Vereinheitlichung oder gemeinsame Verfassung, sondern eine Priorisierung nationaler Interessen, bis man einfach sich nur noch auf den eigenen Markt beschränkt. Dieser Prozess ist bereits im Gange. als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Die Regulierungen, Kosten, Verwaltungsaufwand und mögliche Abmahnungen, Strafen, etc. stehen in keinem Verhältnis mehr (OSS,Compliance,PPWR,etc.) Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to inform you at the outset that it is hardly sustainable to send online within the EU. It would be highly desirable to have a central point at OSS for packaging costs. As there are no tariffs within the EU, countries are building barriers to protect their own market. Selling outside one’s own country is not becoming more uniform, but increasingly difficult and expensive. For years, the opposite has happened to what the EU should stand for. No unification or common constitution, but rather a prioritisation of national interests until one simply confines oneself to one’s own market. This process is already underway. As a small e-commerce operator, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. The regulations, costs, administrative burdens and possible warnings, penalties, etc. are no longer proportionate (OSS,Compliance,PPWR,etc.). For me, as a small entrepreneur, sales to other EU countries have hitherto been an obvious step forward without a separate legal department, but with the aim of complying with the applicable law. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558731_en"}, {"id": 33558730, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:07:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CHRONOMATIC", "feedback": "As a small independent manufacturer based in Germany, I fully support reducing packaging waste and taking responsibility for the packaging I use. However, having to register and comply separately in every EU country I ship to is simply not manageable for a micro-business like mine. I send only a handful of orders per year to many EU countries. The costs and administrative work of separate registrations, reporting systems, fees and potentially authorised representatives are completely disproportionate to these very small packaging volumes. In practice, this means I will have to stop shipping my products to many EU countries because I simply cannot afford the time and costs required to comply with separate national systems. This will create existential problems for many micro-businesses producing handmade, locally manufactured products in small quantities. At the same time, much larger companies producing huge amounts of short-lived products and packaging waste will be able to absorb these additional costs and administrative requirements much more easily. That cannot be the intended outcome of this regulation. A system designed to reduce waste should not disproportionately harm small, local manufacturers who already produce on a much smaller and more sustainable scale. I strongly urge the EU to introduce one EU-wide registration and reporting system, with reasonable thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes. The system needs to be realistic and proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small independent manufacturer based in Germany, I fully support reducing packaging waste and taking responsibility for the packaging I use. However, having to register and comply separately in every EU country I ship to is simply not manageable for a micro-business like mine. I send only a handful of orders per year to many EU countries. The costs and administrative work of separate registrations, reporting systems, fees and potentially authorised representatives are completely disproportionate to these very small packaging volumes. In practice, this means I will have to stop shipping my products to many EU countries because I simply cannot afford the time and costs required to comply with separate national systems. This will create existential problems for many micro-businesses producing handmade, locally manufactured products in small quantities. At the same time, much larger companies producing huge amounts of short-lived products and packaging waste will be able to absorb these additional costs and administrative requirements much more easily. That cannot be the intended outcome of this regulation. A system designed to reduce waste should not disproportionately harm small, local manufacturers who already produce on a much smaller and more sustainable scale. I strongly urge the EU to introduce one EU-wide registration and reporting system, with reasonable thresholds for micro-enterprises and very small packaging volumes. The system needs to be realistic and proportional to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558730_en"}, {"id": 33558728, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 18:04:34", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "These restrictions do not trouble giant companies like Amazon, but makes international functioning of small businesses impossible. For instance, if you are an artist that sells a few of his or her works in another EU country, you become obliged to have a representative in every EU country, not only the country where you sell your products. The cost of maintaining a representative ranges from a few hundred to one thousand euros per country, which individual producers and small companies simply cannot afford. European Union should protect its citizens, but these restrictions do not protect anyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "These restrictions do not trouble giant companies like Amazon, but makes international functioning of small businesses impossible. For instance, if you are an artist that sells a few of his or her works in another EU country, you become obliged to have a representative in every EU country, not only the country where you sell your products. The cost of maintaining a representative ranges from a few hundred to one thousand euros per country, which individual producers and small companies simply cannot afford. European Union should protect its citizens, but these restrictions do not protect anyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558728_en"}, {"id": 33558727, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:57:06", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558727_en"}, {"id": 33558726, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:50:36", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pequenas coisas para grandes corações", "feedback": "Se o objetivo deste regulamento é angariar fundos para a reciclagem, basta aumentar o custo do transporte. É evidente que o objetivo deste regulamento é servir os interesses comerciais de diversas empresas e intermediários. E as pequenas e médias empresas de toda a Europa têm sofrido com isso.", "feedbackEnglish": "Se o objetivo deste regulamento é angariar fundos para a reciclagem, basta aumentar o custo do transporte. É evidente que o objetivo deste regulamento é servir os interesses comerciais de diversas empresas e intermediários. E as pequenas e médias empresas de toda a Europa têm sofrido com isso.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558726_en"}, {"id": 33558723, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:50:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Geschmeide unter Teck", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und stelle individuellen Schmuck her. Diese Einzelstücke habe ich bisher in die EU und auch weltweit verkauft. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland aufgrund der PPWR nicht mehr leistbar beziehungsweise existenzbedrohend. Ich müsste für jedes Land Bevollmächtigte benennen und bezahlen. Bei ein bis zehn Päckchen pro Land und Jahr stehen diese Fixkosten in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Ich muss den Versand in die EU daher leider einstellen, was dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts widerspricht. Für Kleinstunternehmer wie mich wären Bagatellgrenzen pro Zielland wünschenswert. Ich hoffe, dass die Kreativität und Vielfalt im EU-Markt wieder eine Chance bekommen und sich nicht nur große Unternehmen den Versand leisten können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen IK", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I sell small online and make individual jewellery. So far, I have sold these individual items to the EU and also worldwide. As a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU is no longer affordable or threatens my existence due to the PPWR. I would have to appoint and pay plenipotentiaries for each country. With 1 to 10 parcels per country per year, these fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. I therefore regret to have to stop shipping to the EU, which runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. For micro-entrepreneurs like me, de minimis thresholds per destination country would be desirable. I hope that creativity and diversity in the EU market will regain an opportunity and not only large companies will be able to afford shipping. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558723_en"}, {"id": 33558724, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:44:20", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Petrakla Classic Camera service", "feedback": "Als zeer kleine nichewebwinkel voor analoge cameras worden wij door de nieuwe PPWR-regels onevenredig zwaar getroffen. In de praktijk dreigen wij de verkoop aan klanten in andere Europese landen volledig te moeten stopzetten. Het grootste probleem is dat ieder land eigen registratieprocedures, regels, systemen en bevoegde instanties hanteert. Voor een kleine ondernemer die slechts beperkte aantallen pakketten naar verschillende EU-landen verstuurt, leidt dit tot een enorme administratieve en financiële last. Wat voor grote bedrijven misschien nog uitvoerbaar is, wordt voor individuele verkopers en kleine webwinkels al snel onbetaalbaar en praktisch onwerkbaar. Het is moeilijk te begrijpen hoe regelgeving die bedoeld is om binnen Europa tot een beter en duurzamer systeem te komen, tegelijkertijd zulke grote handelsbelemmeringen voor kleine ondernemingen kan creëren. Als deze regels niet worden vereenvoudigd en geharmoniseerd, zie ik mij mogelijk genoodzaakt mijn grensoverschrijdende verkoop te beëindigen en uiteindelijk zelfs mijn bedrijf op te geven. Ik verzoek u daarom dringend om de gevolgen voor micro-ondernemingen en kleine webwinkels opnieuw te beoordelen en te zorgen voor een eenvoudige, betaalbare en uniforme Europese oplossing. Dank u voor uw heroverweging.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a very small niche web store for analogue cameras, we are disproportionately affected by the new PPWR rules. In practice, we risk having to completely stop selling to customers in other European countries. The main problem is that each country has its own registration procedures, rules, systems and competent authorities. For a small entrepreneur who sends only limited numbers of parcels to different EU countries, this creates a huge administrative and financial burden. What might still be feasible for large companies will soon become unaffordable and practically unworkable for individual sellers and small e-retailers. It is difficult to understand how regulation aimed at achieving a better and more sustainable system within Europe can at the same time create such large barriers to trade for small businesses. If these rules are not simplified and harmonised, I may be forced to stop my cross-border sales and eventually even give up my business. I therefore urge you to reassess the impact on micro-enterprises and small e-retailers and to ensure a simple, affordable and uniform European solution. Thank you for your reconsideration.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558724_en"}, {"id": 33558722, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:42:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "der europäische Gedanke war freier Handel für alle in Europa. Das Schengen Abkommen hat die Grenzen geöffnet. Was soll jetzt diese Reglementierung. Gerade kleine Händler können es sich nicht leisten in jedem Land einen Beauftragten abzustellen. Es gewinnen somit die Großen Händler und die Chinesen. Die einen können es sich leisten und haben das Handelsvolumen, die anderen interessiert Eure Regelung nicht. In meinen Facebook Gruppen habe ich mehrere Hundert Händler gesehen, die den Versand außerhalb Deutschlands eingestellt haben. Wir auch. Wenn das Euer Ziel war. Respekt, habt Ihr geschafft. Stärkt ruhig den Chinesen, die jahrelang Ware steuerneutral über Amazon reingeschleust haben den Rücken. Versuchen Sie mal einen deutschen Händler für Handy hüllen zu finden - nein gibt es nicht - leergefegt worden, da keiner so günstig liefern konnte wie der Chinese. Hättet Ihr damals mal reglementiert. Wir haben Kosmetikprodukte - wirklich noch \"Made in Germany\" - finden auch im Ausland Absatz. Aber jetzt nicht mehr über uns. Ich kann diese Regelung nicht begreifen - Sorry - egal wer das verbrochen hat, ich versuche ihn beim nächsten mal nicht zu wählen. VG Martin", "feedbackEnglish": "the European idea was free trade for everyone in Europe. The Schengen Agreement has opened the borders. What should this regulation do now? Small traders in particular cannot afford to appoint an agent in each country. The major traders and the Chinese therefore win. Some of them can afford it and have the volume of trade, while the others are not interested in your regulation. In my Facebook groups, I have seen several hundred traders who have stopped shipping outside Germany. So are we. If the EU was the target. Respect, did you. Calmly strengthens the Chinese, whose goods have been smuggled out of Amazon for years in a tax-neutral manner. Try to wrap a German trader for your mobile phone – there is no one – because no one was able to supply as cheaply as the Chinese. Would you have regulated it at the time. We have cosmetic products – really ‘made in Germany’ – which are also sold abroad. But now no longer about us. I cannot understand this rule – sorry – no matter who has broken it, I don’t try to vote for it the next time. VG Martin", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558722_en"}, {"id": 33558718, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:28:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business the new rules mean that I will have to cancel all selling to other European countries. As long as each country has its own rules, methods and authorities this is a super expensive nightmare for individual sellers leaving me asking, who in the world would think that this was a good idea. This is ridiculous and unless this rule changes, I'll have to give up my business. Thanks for rethinking.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business the new rules mean that I will have to cancel all selling to other European countries. As long as each country has its own rules, methods and authorities this is a super expensive nightmare for individual sellers leaving me asking, who in the world would think that this was a good idea. This is ridiculous and unless this rule changes, I'll have to give up my business. Thanks for rethinking.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558718_en"}, {"id": 33558717, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:25:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rösterei ", "feedback": "Katastrophale Grundvoraussetzung für Expansion meines und vieler Weiteren kleinen Betriebe. Man weiß nicht in welche Länder Meike Güter gehen werden und alle Länder Pauschal anzumelden macht finanziell keinen Sinn. Das Gesetz gehört abgeschafft oder mindestens über ein Kostenloses Generalportal EU weit kostenlos zugänglich zu machen um dort die Abfallanmeldung zu tätigen. Bitte nehmen sie uns nicht die Existenz!", "feedbackEnglish": "A catastrophic prerequisite for the expansion of my and many other small businesses. You do not know which countries will go to Meike goods and all countries make no financial sense to declare a flat-rate amount. The law is abolished or made widely available free of charge, at least through a free EU General Portal, in order to register waste. Please don't take us for granted!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558717_en"}, {"id": 33558716, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:21:22", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It's not fair. We pay you a salary to build our future, not to destroy it. This regulation serves the interests of recycling companies, as well as middlemen. If you wanted to collect money for recycling bags, you would simply charge them to the transport costs. In the 80s, I returned newspapers, books and cardboard for recycling. And I got paid for it. Europe and the European economy were at the top. Today, I pay someone to recycle my packaging. I pay a waste tax, I pay a commission to a middleman. Obviously, recycling in Europe is a great business. But the economy of Europe has nothing to do with the economy of the 80s. And yes - we have become slave-ecomartyrs who pay with our pitiful existence for the garbage of the whole world. Europe is nothing, there is no civilization, no economy, no culture... there is no hope that the rest of the world will start thinking and living like us. You are pitiful. You are impudent.", "feedbackEnglish": "It's not fair. We pay you a salary to build our future, not to destroy it. This regulation serves the interests of recycling companies, as well as middlemen. If you wanted to collect money for recycling bags, you would simply charge them to the transport costs. In the 80s, I returned newspapers, books and cardboard for recycling. And I got paid for it. Europe and the European economy were at the top. Today, I pay someone to recycle my packaging. I pay a waste tax, I pay a commission to a middleman. Obviously, recycling in Europe is a great business. But the economy of Europe has nothing to do with the economy of the 80s. And yes - we have become slave-ecomartyrs who pay with our pitiful existence for the garbage of the whole world. Europe is nothing, there is no civilization, no economy, no culture... there is no hope that the rest of the world will start thinking and living like us. You are pitiful. You are impudent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558716_en"}, {"id": 33558715, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:21:14", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "THE LOOT - EI DEBOFFE LEA", "feedback": "Cette réglementation, bien que pleine de sens au global, est une bombe légale qui a déjà poussé de nombreux petits entrepreneurs à travers la France et l'Europe, à stopper leurs envois à travers les différents pays de l'Union Européenne. En effet, nous sommes nombreux à ne pas pouvoir assumer la charge financière du volet EPR de cette réglementation, d'un enregistrement dans chaque pays de l'UE, et ce en plus de la nécessité d'avoir un représentant légal dans certains de ces pays (représentants qui demandent un paiement annuel, dans la plupart des cas), et ce, dès le premiers colis envoyé sur le dit territoire. Cette loi pousse les petits artisans, commerçants et entrepreneurs à réduire leurs marchés, et donc, leurs revenus. Beaucoup d'entre nous ne peuvent même pas se verser un SMIC ou un salaire régulier, et cette loi signera certainement la mort de nombreux petits commerces et entreprises. Beaucoup d'entre nous sont des personnes seules, des mamans solos, des personnes en situation de handicap, des personnes issues de minorités (LGBTQIA+ etc ...). Pour les micro-entrepreneurs, comme moi, cette loi est terrifiante. Je ne collecte pas encore la TVA (car non-asujettie), je dois cependant m'affranchir de celle-ci sur mes importations, je paie l'URSSAF, mes cotisations, les frais de médiateurs du commerce, la CFE et bien plus ... Ayant ouvert mon entreprise il y a quelques mois, j'ai dû repousser l'ouverture de ma boutique en ligne, car malgré ma veille légale et ma constante recherche d'informations, je n'ai appris l'existence de cette réglementation il n'y a que quelques semaines, via les réseaux sociaux. Dans les faits, il y a un véritable manque d'information pour les petits entrepreneurs. La plupart d'entre nous travaillent seuls, et nous n'avons pas les fonds nécessaires pour disposer d'une équipe légale qui nous permettrait de nous conformer aux lois Européennes comme peuvent le faire de grands groupes et grandes entreprises. La plupart des petites entreprises sont également parmi les premières à se soucier de l'impact des ressources qu'elles utilisent sur l'environnement, notamment sur leurs packagings et boîtes d'expéditions. Une pétition à été lancée sur change.org. Celle-ci compte déjà plus de 54 000 signatures. Nous demandons un moratorium immédiat sur les coûts transfrontaliers EPR. Un système unique, pour l'Union Européenne, pourrait-être une solution à long terme. Dans un climat économique extrêmement compliqué, je pense que l'Union Européenne devrait prendre soin de ses petites entreprises, à défaut de privilégier les grands groupes internationaux. Nous existons et nous faisons fonctionner nos économies locales. Nous sommes, nous aussi, des acteurs de l'économie européenne, mais nous sommes oubliés. Cette nouvelle réglementation est un coup de massue supplémentaire à notre activité économique. De nombreuses petites entreprises avaient déjà subi le coût des tarifs de Donald Trump, et cette réglementation pourrait nous porter un coup de grâce.", "feedbackEnglish": "Although it makes sense overall, these rules are a legal bomb that has already pushed many small businesses across France and Europe to stop sending them across the various countries of the European Union. Many of us are unable to bear the financial burden of the EPR component of this regulation, of registration in each EU country, in addition to the need to have a legal representative in some of these countries (representatives who request an annual payment, in most cases), from the very first package sent to that territory. This law pushes small craftsmen, traders and entrepreneurs to reduce their markets, and thus their income. Many of us cannot even pay a SMIC or a regular salary, and this law will certainly sign the death of many small businesses and businesses. Many of us are single people, soloy mothers, people with disabilities, people from minorities (LGBTQIA +, etc.). For micro-entrepreneurs, like me, this law is terrifying. I do not yet collect VAT (because I am not a taxable person), but I have to exempt myself from it on my imports, I pay URSSAF, my contributions, the costs of commercial mediators, CFE and much more... Having opened my business a few months ago, I had to postpone opening my online shop, because despite my legal watch and constant search for information, I only learned about this regulation a few weeks ago, via social media. In practice, there is a real lack of information for small entrepreneurs. Most of us work alone, and we do not have the funds to have a legal team that would allow us to comply with European laws, as large groups and companies can do. Most small businesses are also among the first to be concerned about the environmental impact of the resources they use, particularly on their packagings and shipping boxes. A petition was launched on change.org. It already has more than 54 000 signatures. We call for an immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR costs. A single system for the European Union could be a long-term solution. In an extremely complicated economic climate, I believe that the European Union should take care of its small businesses, unless it favours large international groups. We exist and we make our local economies work. We are also players in the European economy, but we are forgotten. This new regulation is an additional blow to our economic activity. Many small businesses had already suffered the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs, and this regulation could be a blow to us.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558715_en"}, {"id": 33558713, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:20:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Karten-Kunst", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe seit über 20 Jahren einen kleinen Onlinehandel in Deutschland und verkaufe Bastelmaterialien sowie eigene Produkte. Kunden aus vielen europäischen Ländern gehören grundsätzlich zu meinem Markt. Die neuen Anforderungen der PPWR stellen kleine Händler wie mich jedoch vor ein erhebliches Problem: Für den Versand in einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten entstehen Registrierungs-, Melde- und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigtenpflichten mit festen Kosten pro Land unabhängig davon, ob dorthin wenige oder hunderte Pakete im Jahr versendet werden. Die Folge ist bei mir ganz konkret: Ich stelle den Versand in einzelne EU-Länder ein, weil sich die zusätzlichen Fixkosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand bei kleinen Bestellmengen nicht rechnen. Damit bewirken die Regelungen ausgerechnet im europäischen Binnenmarkt eine neue Markteintrittshürde für kleine Unternehmen. Ich halte deshalb insbesondere zwei Änderungen für notwendig: eine Ausnahme oder zumindest eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Versandmengen, eine echte EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierung, Meldung und Gebühren zentral für alle Mitgliedstaaten abgewickelt werden können. Natürlich sollen auch kleine Händler Verantwortung für ihre Verpackungen übernehmen. Diese Verantwortung sollte aber proportional zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen sein und nicht durch hohe Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat dazu führen, dass grenzüberschreitender Handel wirtschaftlich unmöglich wird. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn dieser Aspekt bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung und Vereinfachung der PPWR berücksichtigt wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Anne-Kathrin Karten-Kunst", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been operating a small online retail business in Germany for over 20 years, selling craft materials and my own products. Customers from many European countries are in principle part of my market. However, the new requirements of the PPWR pose a significant problem for small traders like me: For shipments to individual EU Member States, registration, reporting and, where applicable, authorised representatives obligations arise at a fixed cost per country, regardless of whether few or hundreds of parcels are shipped there per year. The consequences for me are very concrete: I stop shipping to individual EU countries because the additional fixed costs and administrative burden for small quantities of orders are unanticipated. The rules thus create a new barrier to entry for small businesses in the European internal market. I therefore consider two amendments in particular to be necessary: an exemption or at least an appropriate de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and low volumes of shipments, a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop solution through which registration, reporting and fees can be processed centrally for all Member States. Of course, small traders should also take responsibility for their packaging. However, this responsibility should be proportional to the actual packaging volumes and should not make cross-border trade economically impossible due to high fixed costs per Member State. I would be delighted if this aspect could be taken into account in the further development and simplification of the PPWR. (Complimentary close) Anne-Kathrin Map Art", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558713_en"}, {"id": 33558711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:14:40", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Three Tales of Terror / Jellyink", "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner/creator selling handmade goods in Portugal, with the potential to sell across EU borders through online platforms. The current requirement to register separately for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in each Member State, each with its own fees, forms, and administrative processes, makes cross-border selling within the EU single market impractical for a micro-entrepreneur like me. The fixed compliance costs across multiple countries are disproportionate to the scale of a small craft business. I ask the European Commission to introduce: A de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and independent producers with very low packaging volumes, similar to exemptions already in place in other areas of EU regulation (e.g. VAT, data protection); A simplified One Stop Shop system for EPR registration, allowing small producers to meet their obligations across the whole EU through a single registration, similar to the existing VAT OSS/IOSS system for e-commerce; Explicit consideration of the impact on independent creators, artisans, and micro-businesses in any final solution, not only on large industrial producers. Without these measures, this regulation will effectively exclude small businesses from the single market rather than protect it, benefiting only those already able to absorb compliance costs across multiple countries. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner/creator selling handmade goods in Portugal, with the potential to sell across EU borders through online platforms. The current requirement to register separately for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in each Member State, each with its own fees, forms, and administrative processes, makes cross-border selling within the EU single market impractical for a micro-entrepreneur like me. The fixed compliance costs across multiple countries are disproportionate to the scale of a small craft business. I ask the European Commission to introduce: A de minimis exemption for micro-businesses and independent producers with very low packaging volumes, similar to exemptions already in place in other areas of EU regulation (e.g. VAT, data protection); A simplified One Stop Shop system for EPR registration, allowing small producers to meet their obligations across the whole EU through a single registration, similar to the existing VAT OSS/IOSS system for e-commerce; Explicit consideration of the impact on independent creators, artisans, and micro-businesses in any final solution, not only on large industrial producers. Without these measures, this regulation will effectively exclude small businesses from the single market rather than protect it, benefiting only those already able to absorb compliance costs across multiple countries. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558711_en"}, {"id": 33558710, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:14:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines deutschen Onlinehandels mit zwei Mitarbeitern und rund 1,1 Mio. Euro Jahresumsatz möchte ich auf ein erhebliches praktisches Problem der grenzüberschreitenden erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung hinweisen. Eine der großen Errungenschaften der EU ist der Binnenmarkt. Kleine Händler können Kunden in Frankreich, Österreich oder den Niederlanden grundsätzlich genauso beliefern wie Kunden in Deutschland. Die derzeitige Umsetzung von PPWR, WEEE und Batterierecht gefährdet diesen Vorteil jedoch erheblich. Das Problem sind dabei nicht die eigentlichen Recycling- und Entsorgungskosten. Selbstverständlich sollen Unternehmen für die Mengen bezahlen, die sie in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr bringen. Problematisch sind die hohen Fixkosten durch separate Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und Meldesysteme in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat. Wir haben hierzu ein konkretes Angebot für unsere 13 wichtigsten EU-Auslandsmärkte eingeholt. Diese Länder stehen bei uns für etwa 1.375 Bestellungen und rund 277.000 Euro Jahresumsatz. Allein die administrative Betreuung für Verpackungen, WEEE und Batterien würde laut diesem Angebot **40.950 Euro netto jährlich** kosten. Nationale Registrierungs-, Behörden-, Recycling- und Entsorgungsgebühren kämen zusätzlich hinzu. Damit würden allein die Verwaltungskosten fast 15 % unseres gesamten Umsatzes in diesen 13 Ländern ausmachen. Für kleinere Händler ist die Situation noch deutlich problematischer. Bereits wenige Verkäufe in einem Mitgliedstaat können dieselben grundsätzlichen Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen wie tausende Sendungen. Die wirtschaftlich logische Konsequenz ist daher, bestimmte EU-Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr zu beliefern. Damit wird eine Umweltvorschrift faktisch zur Marktzutrittsschwelle innerhalb des Binnenmarkts und begünstigt große Unternehmen, die diese Fixkosten auf Millionen Verkäufe verteilen können. Ich halte deshalb nicht eine Befreiung von den tatsächlichen EPR- und Entsorgungskosten für notwendig, sondern eine andere administrative Umsetzung. Die EU besitzt mit dem **One-Stop-Shop für die Umsatzsteuer** bereits ein funktionierendes Vorbild. Ein vergleichbares **EPR One-Stop-Shop-System** sollte es Unternehmen ermöglichen, sich einmal im Mitgliedstaat ihrer Niederlassung zu registrieren und dort zentral zu melden, welche Mengen an Verpackungen, Elektrogeräten und Batterien in welche Mitgliedstaaten geliefert wurden. Die zentrale Stelle könnte die jeweils national geltenden Entsorgungsbeiträge berechnen, einziehen und an die betreffenden Mitgliedstaaten beziehungsweise Rücknahmesysteme verteilen. Damit würden weiterhin genau dort Entsorgungskosten bezahlt, wo Verpackungen und Produkte später zu Abfall werden. Gleichzeitig entfielen zahlreiche parallele Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigtenverträge und Meldesysteme. Idealerweise sollte ein solcher One-Stop-Shop **PPWR, WEEE und Batterien gemeinsam** abdecken, da diese Verpflichtungen für Händler regelmäßig aus demselben grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf entstehen. Bis ein solches System verfügbar ist, sollten zumindest Kleinstunternehmen, die innerhalb der EU niedergelassen und gegenüber den Behörden eindeutig identifizierbar sind, von der Pflicht zu kostenpflichtigen lokalen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Alternativ wäre eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat sinnvoll. Wenn die Verwaltung einer Umweltpflicht ein Vielfaches der eigentlichen Entsorgungskosten verursacht, verbessert dies weder Recycling noch Umweltschutz. Es verhindert lediglich, dass kleine Unternehmen den europäischen Binnenmarkt wirtschaftlich nutzen können. Eine zentrale europäische Meldung und Zahlung bei weiterhin verursachungsgerechter Verteilung der Entsorgungskosten wäre aus meiner Sicht die wesentlich sinnvollere Lösung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michael Mrozek OpenPandora GmbH / DragonBox Shop", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a German online trade with two employees and an annual turnover of around EUR 1.1 million, I would like to draw your attention to a significant practical problem of cross-border extended producer responsibility. One of the EU’s great achievements is the single market. Small traders can in principle supply customers in France, Austria or the Netherlands in the same way as customers in Germany. However, the current implementation of PPWR, WEEE and battery legislation seriously jeopardises this advantage. The problem here is not the actual cost of recycling and disposal. It goes without saying that companies should pay for the quantities they place on the market in a Member State. The high fixed costs of separate registrations, authorised representatives and reporting systems in each Member State are problematic. We have gathered a concrete offer for our 13 main foreign markets in the EU. These countries account for around 1375 orders and an annual turnover of around EUR 277.000. According to this offer, only administrative support for packaging, WEEE and batteries would cost **EUR 40.950 net per year**. National registration, administrative, recycling and disposal fees would be added. Administrative costs alone would thus represent almost 15 % of our total turnover in these 13 countries. The situation is even more problematic for smaller traders. Already few sales in a Member State can trigger the same basic registration and authorised representative obligations as thousands of consignments. The economically logical consequence is therefore to stop supplying certain EU Member States. This effectively turns an environmental rule into the entry threshold within the internal market and favours large companies, which can spread these fixed costs over millions of sales. I therefore do not think that an exemption from the actual EPR and disposal costs is necessary, but a different administrative implementation. The EU already has a working model with the **One-Stop-Shop for VAT**. A comparable **EPR one-stop-shop system** should allow companies to register once in their Member State of establishment and report centrally on the quantities of packaging, electrical appliances and batteries supplied to which Member States. The central body could calculate, collect and distribute the nationally applicable disposal contributions to the relevant Member States or take-back schemes. This would continue to pay disposal costs precisely where packaging and products later become waste. At the same time, numerous parallel registrations, proxy contracts and reporting systems were removed. Ideally, such a one-stop shop should cover **PPWR, WEEE and batteries together**, as these obligations for dealers regularly arise from the same cross-border sale. Until such a system is available, at least micro-enterprises established within the EU and clearly identifiable to public authorities should be exempted from the obligation to have paid local agents. Alternatively, an appropriate de minimis threshold per Member State would be useful. If the management of an environmental obligation generates multiples of the actual disposal costs, this does not improve recycling or environmental protection. It simply prevents small businesses from making economic use of the European single market. In my view, a centralised European notification and payment, while still distributing disposal costs according to the origin of the waste, would be the much more sensible solution. Yours sincerely, Michael Mrozek OpenPandora GmbH/DragonBox Shop", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558710_en"}, {"id": 33558709, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:10:57", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "HAVE YOU ALL LOST YOUR MINDS???? is it Trump stupidity contagious?!?! I want to ask you all , what is the purpose of European Union common market?!?! Where is it??? You are making the life of European people more difficult! And you make us want to leave European Union, you are pushing us to vote for the extremist political parties that ask for leaving EU! This is what i will vote next, because you all are insane! Tax on small package from China, now this! You are all a bunch of lunatics, you are distroying what is still working in our economy markets!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "HAVE YOU ALL LOST YOUR MINDS???? is it Trump stupidity contagious?!?! I want to ask you all , what is the purpose of European Union common market?!?! Where is it??? You are making the life of European people more difficult! And you make us want to leave European Union, you are pushing us to vote for the extremist political parties that ask for leaving EU! This is what i will vote next, because you all are insane! Tax on small package from China, now this! You are all a bunch of lunatics, you are distroying what is still working in our economy markets!!!!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558709_en"}, {"id": 33558708, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:09:52", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation is exactly why the \"Brexit\" campaign won the UK referendum. Overbearing bureaucracy. PPWR/APR as currently written essentially closes the single market to small and micro businesses. Needing representation and associated expense in every single EU territory is the complete antithesis to the EU ethos. As written, many thousands of micro businesses in the EU will cease to be viable as they cannot afford to pay the fees. The definition on a micro business in the regulations is frankly ridiculous and also needs changing. 2 million annual turnover is not a micro business. If I was turning over 2million annually a few thousand euro for compliance would not be an issue. For the true micro businesses, the single person operations, the artisans trying to sell their creations, the small family business, these new requirements will destroy a large part of their revenue stream. Not just the financial burden but the record keeping expectation is ridiculous. True micro businesses were not considered in any way when these regulations were being drawn up. If a true micro-business exception is implemented, please don't just extend it to EU based businesses. There are many micro businesses outside the EU that are similarly affected and forcing those to comply would be unfair, especially if trade agreements are in place. The fact that the sheer scale of the opposition to this was not considered is concerning. If you continue down this route of outlandish overbearing regulation that only the multi-national corporations can comply with, you risk alienation a huge proportion of your citizens and risk anti-EU sentiment growing in the bloc. The protectionist behaviour of the EU is already a sticking point with many trade partners and each new ill-thought out over-reach gives them more ammunition. Please redefine \"micro-business\" and give an exemption for all compliance. Implement a single unified central registration database for all businesses. Make compliance as easy as possible for everyone.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation is exactly why the \"Brexit\" campaign won the UK referendum. Overbearing bureaucracy. PPWR/APR as currently written essentially closes the single market to small and micro businesses. Needing representation and associated expense in every single EU territory is the complete antithesis to the EU ethos. As written, many thousands of micro businesses in the EU will cease to be viable as they cannot afford to pay the fees. The definition on a micro business in the regulations is frankly ridiculous and also needs changing. 2 million annual turnover is not a micro business. If I was turning over 2million annually a few thousand euro for compliance would not be an issue. For the true micro businesses, the single person operations, the artisans trying to sell their creations, the small family business, these new requirements will destroy a large part of their revenue stream. Not just the financial burden but the record keeping expectation is ridiculous. True micro businesses were not considered in any way when these regulations were being drawn up. If a true micro-business exception is implemented, please don't just extend it to EU based businesses. There are many micro businesses outside the EU that are similarly affected and forcing those to comply would be unfair, especially if trade agreements are in place. The fact that the sheer scale of the opposition to this was not considered is concerning. If you continue down this route of outlandish overbearing regulation that only the multi-national corporations can comply with, you risk alienation a huge proportion of your citizens and risk anti-EU sentiment growing in the bloc. The protectionist behaviour of the EU is already a sticking point with many trade partners and each new ill-thought out over-reach gives them more ammunition. Please redefine \"micro-business\" and give an exemption for all compliance. Implement a single unified central registration database for all businesses. Make compliance as easy as possible for everyone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558708_en"}, {"id": 33558707, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 17:03:13", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Online sales ", "feedback": "PPWR. I understand that we cant have these massive amounts of packing. Sellers need to take responsibility for their waste. But please understand that the bureaucracy and expenses that follows will be the end of us small companies. We have enough on our plate.", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR. I understand that we cant have these massive amounts of packing. Sellers need to take responsibility for their waste. But please understand that the bureaucracy and expenses that follows will be the end of us small companies. We have enough on our plate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558707_en"}, {"id": 33558704, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:55:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin Autorin und Kleinstunternehmerin, ich verkaufe meine eigenen Bücher über meinen Onlineshop. So unterstützenswert der Sinn der PPWR auch sein mag (weniger Verpackungsmüll, bessere Nachverfolgbarkeit, höhere Umweltauflagen etc.), so undurchdacht ist die Umsetzung vor allem im Hinblick auf Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen. Ich bin ein Ein-Personen-Unternehmen, ich habe keine eigene Rechtsabteilung oder Angestellte, die sich ausschließlich um die Einhaltung sämtlicher rechtlicher Pflichten kümmern können das alles muss ich alleine leisten. Und die überbordende Bürokratie unter anderem der PPWR überfordert ein Unternehmen meiner Größe und meiner Kapazitäten. Ich versende vielleicht nur eine Handvoll Pakete ins EU-Ausland und mache damit einen geringen Umsatz all die Gebühren, die bei der erweiterten Erzeugerverantwortung beim Versand ins EU-Ausland anfallen würden, würden meinen geringen Umsatz um ein Vielfaches übersteigen, sodass ich am Ende mit einem Minus dastehe, wenn ich an Kund*innen im EU-Ausland verkaufe. Dieses Gesetz wurde nicht mit Kleinstunternehmen im Blick geschrieben. Große Händler wie Amazon, Temu, oder Shein können sich die Einhaltung all dieser Pflichten leisten, ohne dass es groß in ihren Profit schneidet. Wir kleinen Shops hingegen können das nicht stemmen und stehen daher vor der Entscheidung, den Versand in andere EU-Länder einzustellen. Was es bräuchte, damit die Diversität kleiner Unternehmen in der EU weiterhin grenzüberschreitend gewahrt bleibt: 1. Eine Bagatellgrenze, die EU-weit gilt. Wer nur wenige Pakete ins EU-Ausland versendet, und damit auch nur wenige Kilogramm an Verpackungsmüll erzeugt, sollte von allen Pflichten der EPR und PPWR ausgenommen werden, insbesondere von der Pflicht, einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem EU-Land zu bestellen. 2. Ein einheitliches EU-Portal zur Registrierung und Lizenzierung der Verpackungen, das EU-weit gilt. Ähnlich dem System zur Meldung der Mehrwertsteuer sollte es auch eine zentrale Stelle für die Meldung von Verpackungsmüll in der EU geben, sodass man sich nicht in jedem einzelnen der 27 Mitgliedsländer anmelden muss. 3. Abschaffung des Bevollmächtigtenprinzips. Auch wer über der Bagatellgrenze liegt, sollte nicht für jeden einzelnen Mitgliedsstaat einen Bevollmächtigten ernennen (und bezahlen) müssen. Das wäre sowieso hinfällig, wenn es ein einheitliches Meldeportal gäbe, denn der Bevollmächtigte soll ja eigentlich die Registrierung und Lizenzierung in dem jeweiligen Land übernehmen das wäre ja dann nicht mehr nötig, wenn wir das zentral über ein EU-Portal machen könnten. Ich appelliere an die EU-Kommission, das EU-Parlament und die einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten, die PPWR und EPR so abzuändern, dass sie nicht das Aus für den freien Markt innerhalb der EU für kleine Unternehmen bedeutet.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an author and micro-entrepreneur, I sell my own books through my online shop. However supportive the purpose of the PPWR may be (less packaging waste, better traceability, higher environmental requirements, etc.), the implementation is imprudent, especially with regard to micro and small enterprises. I am a one-person company, I do not have my own legal department or employees who can only ensure compliance with all legal obligations, all of which I have to do on my own. And the excessive bureaucracy, including that of the PPWR, overwhelms a company of my size and capacity. I may send only a handful of parcels to other EU countries, making a small turnover of all the fees that would be incurred for extended producer responsibility when shipping to other EU countries, would multiply my small turnover, so I end up with a minus when I sell to customers in other EU countries. This law was not addressed to micro-enterprises. Large traders such as Amazon, Temu, or Shein can afford to comply with all these obligations without making a big profit. We small shops, on the other hand, cannot cope with this and are therefore faced with the decision to stop shipping to other EU countries. What would be needed to maintain the diversity of small businesses across borders in the EU: 1. A de minimis threshold that applies across the EU. Those who send only a few parcels to other EU countries, and thus generate only a few kilograms of packaging waste, should be exempted from all EPR and PPWR obligations, in particular the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each EU country. 2. A single EU portal for registration and licensing of packaging, valid throughout the EU. Similarly to the VAT reporting system, there should also be a one-stop shop for reporting packaging waste in the EU, so that it is not necessary to register in each of the 27 Member States. 3. Abolition of the principle of plenipotentiary. Even those above the de minimis threshold should not have to appoint (and pay) an authorised representative for each individual Member State. This would in any case be pointless if there were a single reporting portal, as the authorised representative should actually be responsible for registration and licensing in the respective country. This would no longer be necessary if we could do this centrally via an EU portal. I call on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the individual Member States to amend the PPWR and the EPR in such a way that it does not prevent small businesses from entering the free market within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558704_en"}, {"id": 33558703, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:55:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Weinfachgroßhändler", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben ein kleines, familiengeführtes Weinhaus in Wesel mit stationärem Fachgeschäft und ergänzendem Online-Handel. Als Kleinstbetrieb möchten wir auf einen Punkt der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung aufmerksam machen, der uns mit großer Sorge beschäftigt: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU. Wir versenden eine vergleichsweise geringe Anzahl an Paketen in andere EU-Länder. Für uns ist dieser Versand jedoch weit mehr als ein zusätzlicher Vertriebskanal. Gerade über Bestellungen aus dem EU-Ausland sind im Laufe der Jahre persönliche Kontakte und teilweise langjährige Kundenbeziehungen entstanden. Kunden, die zunächst online bei uns bestellt haben, besuchen später unser Weinhaus in Wesel. Umgekehrt bestellen Kunden, die uns persönlich kennengelernt haben, anschließend auch aus ihrem Heimatland weiterhin bei uns. Genau darin erleben wir als kleiner Betrieb den europäischen Gedanken ganz praktisch: Landesgrenzen verlieren im täglichen Miteinander an Bedeutung und aus einer zunächst einfachen Bestellung entstehen Kontakte und Beziehungen über Ländergrenzen hinweg. Aus unserer Sicht ist genau das eine der großen Stärken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes. Umso bedauerlicher wäre es, wenn zusätzliche administrative Vorgaben dazu führen würden, dass wir einzelne EU-Länder künftig nicht mehr beliefern können. Für einen Kleinstbetrieb stehen feste Kosten für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigung in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten schnell in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den dort tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Große Versandhändler können solche Fixkosten auf tausende Sendungen verteilen. Bei einem kleinen Fachhändler können diese Kosten dagegen bereits bei wenigen grenzüberschreitenden Bestellungen den wirtschaftlichen Nutzen des Versands übersteigen. Die wirtschaftlich vernünftige Konsequenz wäre dann nicht weniger Verpackung, sondern die Einstellung des Versands in das betreffende EU-Land. Das kann aus unserer Sicht weder im Sinne des europäischen Binnenmarktes noch im Sinne einer verhältnismäßigen Regulierung sein. Hinzu kommt, dass dieser Vertriebsweg gerade für kleine Unternehmen eine wichtige Möglichkeit bietet, neue Kunden- und Geschäftsbeziehungen über Ländergrenzen hinweg aufzubauen. Aus einer ersten Bestellung können regelmäßige Kontakte, persönliche Besuche und langfristige Geschäftsbeziehungen entstehen. Folgebestellungen werden dabei nicht zwangsläufig dauerhaft über den klassischen Paketversand abgewickelt. Fällt diese Möglichkeit aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger Fixkosten und administrativer Hürden weg, geht es deshalb nicht nur um einzelne Versandaufträge. Es wird kleinen Unternehmen zugleich erschwert, neue Märkte zu erschließen und langfristige Geschäftsbeziehungen aufzubauen. Für einen Kleinstbetrieb wie unseren kann dies weit über unmittelbare Umsatzeinbußen hinausgehen und langfristig im schlimmsten Fall auch existenzgefährdende Auswirkungen haben! Wir würden uns deshalb wünschen, dass für Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen grenzüberschreitenden Verpackungsmengen eine Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht oder zumindest eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland geschaffen wird. Dabei stellen wir die Ziele der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung ausdrücklich nicht infrage. Vielmehr wünschen wir uns eine Ausgestaltung, die ökologische Verantwortung und wirtschaftliche Verhältnismäßigkeit miteinander verbindet und es auch kleinen Unternehmen weiterhin ermöglicht, die Chancen des europäischen Binnenmarktes zu nutzen. Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn die besondere Situation von Kleinstbetrieben bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung und Umsetzung der PPWR berücksichtigt wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Otto Paus", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we operate a small family-run winehouse in Wesel with a specialised brick-and-mortar shop and complementary online sales. As a micro-enterprise, we would like to draw attention to an issue of great concern in the new EU Packaging Regulation: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border shipments within the EU. We send a relatively small number of parcels to other EU countries. For us, however, such shipping is far more than an additional distribution channel. It is precisely through orders from other EU countries that personal contacts and, in some cases, long-standing customer relations have developed over the years. Customers who first ordered from us online will later visit our Winehouse in Wesel. Conversely, customers who met us face-to-face continue to order from us from their home country. This is where we, as a small business, experience the European idea very practically: National borders are becoming less important in everyday life and contacts and relations across national borders arise from an initial simple order. In our view, this is precisely one of the great strengths of a common European internal market. It would be all the more regrettable if additional administrative requirements meant that we could no longer supply individual EU countries in the future. For a micro-enterprise, fixed costs of registration and authorisation in several Member States are quickly disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market there. Large mail order companies can spread such fixed costs over thousands of consignments. In the case of a small specialised trader, however, these costs may exceed the economic benefits of shipping even in the case of a small number of cross-border orders. The economically reasonable consequence would then be not less packaging, but the cessation of shipping to the EU country in question. In our view, this cannot be either in the interests of the European internal market or in the interests of proportionate regulation. In addition, this distribution channel offers an important opportunity for small businesses in particular to develop new customer and business relationships across borders. A first appointment may result in regular contacts, face-to-face visits and long-term business relationships. Follow-up orders are not necessarily settled on a permanent basis via traditional parcel delivery. Therefore, if this possibility disappears due to disproportionate fixed costs and administrative hurdles, it is not only individual shipping orders that are at stake. At the same time, it makes it more difficult for small businesses to enter new markets and establish long-term business relationships. For a micro-enterprise such as ours, this can go far beyond a direct loss of turnover and, in the worst case scenario, can also have a negative impact on livelihoods in the long term! We would therefore like to see micro-enterprises with small cross-border packaging volumes exempted from the obligation to have an authorised representative, or at least an appropriate de minimis limit per destination country. In doing so, we explicitly do not question the EPR objectives. On the contrary, we would like to see a structure that combines environmental responsibility and economic proportionality, while still allowing small businesses to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the European single market. We would be delighted if the specific situation of micro-enterprises could be taken into account in the further development and implementation of the PPWR. (Complimentary close) Otto Paus", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558703_en"}, {"id": 33558701, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:52:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Redfield Records", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines soloselbstständigen, international agierenden Musiklabels (seit 2001, Niedersachsen) bin ich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht nach Art. 45 Abs. 3 PPWR stark betroffen sowohl als Hersteller eigener Releases als auch als Vertreiber fremder Ware, da beide Rollen beim Direktversand an EU-Auslandskunden gleichermaßen als Produzent\" gelten (Art. 3 Abs. 1 Nr. 15). Die Pflicht, in jedem Zielland einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen, kennt keine Bagatellgrenze und verursacht Fixkosten unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Volumen. Das widerspricht dem in Art. 1 Abs. 2 PPWR selbst formulierten Ziel, Handelshemmnisse abzubauen: Statt eines harmonisierten Binnenmarkts entsteht ein Flickenteppich mit zig nationalen Einzelverträgen. Das ist für einen Kleinstbetrieb ohne Rechtsabteilung schlicht nicht zu stemmen. Für Musiklabels ist das besonders gravierend: Internationale Reichweite ist unser Kernversprechen an Artists. Wenn wir z.B. einer neuen europäischen Band nicht mehr zusichern können, ihre Fans im Heimatland zu beliefern, verlieren wir strukturell gegenüber Majors und außereuropäischen Plattformen, bei einer Verordnung, die kleine Marktteilnehmer eigentlich schützen soll. Das betrifft nicht nur Labels wie uns: Praktisch jeder Künstler und jede Band mit eigenem Fanshop und das sind gerade im DIY- und Independent-Bereich sehr viele steht vor demselben Problem. Diese direkten Vertriebswege sind für viele Musiker*innen zu einer existenziellen Einnahmequelle geworden. Vorschläge: 1. Bagatellgrenze bzw. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen 2. Echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt Einzelverträge pro Land 3. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a solo self-employed, internationally operating music label (since 2001, Lower Saxony), I am strongly affected by the authorised representative obligation under Article 45(3) of the PPWR both as a manufacturer of its own releases and as a distributor of third-party goods, since both roles are equally regarded as ‘producers’ in the case of direct dispatch to EU customers abroad (Article 3(1)(15)). The obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative in each destination country has no de minimis threshold and generates fixed costs regardless of the actual volume. This runs counter to the objective of reducing barriers to trade set out in Article 1(2) of the PPWR itself: Instead of a harmonised single market, it creates a patchwork of ten national specific contracts. This is simply not the case for a micro-enterprise without a legal department. This is particularly serious for music labels: International outreach is our core promise to artists. If, for example, we can no longer reassure a new European band to supply their supporters in their home country, we will structurally lose from majors and non-European platforms, with a regulation that is supposed to protect small market participants. This is not just about labels like us: Practically every artist and every ribbon with its own fan shop, and these are very many in the DIY and independent sector in particular, are facing the same problem. These direct distribution channels have become an existential source of revenue for many musicians. Proposal to 1. De minimis threshold or exemption for micro-enterprises 2. Genuine one-stop-shop solution instead of individual contracts per country 3. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558701_en"}, {"id": 33558700, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:50:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "asiastreetfood online GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe mit asiastreetfood.com einen kleinen Online-Shop für asiatische Kochzutaten und Rezepte. Zur geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister möchte ich auf einen Punkt hinweisen, der kleine Händler unverhältnismäßig trifft: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Schon ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann diese Pflicht auslösen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Verträge, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete ankommen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler und wirken faktisch als Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer sie nicht auf ein ausreichendes Volumen umlegen kann, meidet den grenzüberschreitenden Handel. Das widerspricht dem Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Drei Punkte zur Prüfung: 1. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Grenzen, die dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen. 2. Echter One-Stop-Shop statt gebündelter Dienstleister. Die Bündelung existiert bereits, doch Händler schließen weiterhin pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag und zahlen die Fixkosten mengenunabhängig. Nötig ist eine zentrale Stelle, über die sich Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten mit einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllen lassen. 3. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an diese zentrale Stelle, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten, verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefan Leistner asiastreetfood.com", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run a small online shop for Asian cooking ingredients and recipes with asiastreetfood.com. As regards the planned implementation of the PPWR Producer Register, I would like to draw your attention to an issue that disproportionately affects small traders: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each destination country for cross-border sales. A single sale to another Member State may trigger that obligation. For ten or twenty target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels arrive there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders and effectively act as a market entry threshold: If they cannot be spread to a sufficient volume, cross-border trade is avoided. This runs counter to the objective of the internal market. Three points for consideration: 1. Exemption for micro-enterprises based on known headcount and turnover limits. A de minimis limit per destination country should be used as a catch-all solution for companies above these limits which nevertheless only send small quantities across borders. 2. A genuine one-stop shop instead of a bundled service provider. Bundling already exists, but traders continue to contract individually per country and pay the fixed costs regardless of volume. There is a need for a central point through which registration and reporting obligations can be fulfilled for all Member States with one-off fixed costs. 3. Standardised data transmission to authorised representatives or to this single point so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design that takes this into account would allow us and many other small traders to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Stefan Leistner asiastreetfood.com", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558700_en"}, {"id": 33558699, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:48:52", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law will, or more like, already affects all small/micro businesses in the EU and also other small/micro businesses that are based in Europe but not part of the EU. If it was for big businesses only, the new packaging law is very understandable for the enviroment, but for single-person smaller businesses is just impossible financially to ship their products for each EU country. As if the extra taxes and the customs weren't expensive enough, now this. For some people their small business is their only way to get an income. And what about people with disabilities that can't work outside their homes? They can't just get a regular job. The new rules go against what the EU originally stands for, which is free trade and movement of goods. The whole idea is good but very poorly executed. You say 'support local businesses', but if I can't find what I want and no one is making/selling that one thing I want where I live, how do you expect me to support something that doesn't exist? Please exclude small/micro businesses from this.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law will, or more like, already affects all small/micro businesses in the EU and also other small/micro businesses that are based in Europe but not part of the EU. If it was for big businesses only, the new packaging law is very understandable for the enviroment, but for single-person smaller businesses is just impossible financially to ship their products for each EU country. As if the extra taxes and the customs weren't expensive enough, now this. For some people their small business is their only way to get an income. And what about people with disabilities that can't work outside their homes? They can't just get a regular job. The new rules go against what the EU originally stands for, which is free trade and movement of goods. The whole idea is good but very poorly executed. You say 'support local businesses', but if I can't find what I want and no one is making/selling that one thing I want where I live, how do you expect me to support something that doesn't exist? Please exclude small/micro businesses from this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558699_en"}, {"id": 33558695, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:41:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Eiderstedter Garnkontor", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen, sehr geehrte Herren, da ich einen ordentlichen Teil meines Online-Handels gerade einstelle und damit jede Menge Kunden in Schwierigkeiten bringe, möchte ich Sie wenigstens an meinem Zorn teilhaben lassen. Hintergrund: Ich betreibe einen Onlinehandel für Garne und Ausrüstung für Handweberei. Ein absoluter Nischenmarkt mit überschaubaren Kundenanteil. Entsprechend wenig Anbieter gibt es auch, so dass wir bisher Europaweit geliefert haben. Alles in einer Größenordnung von einigen wenigen Tausend Euro pro Lieferland. Unsere Jahresumsätze bewegen sich irgendwo zwischen 200 bis 250 Tsd . Also eigentlich nichts. Zu unserer Kundschaft gehören Schulen und Behindertenwerkstätten. Die sind auf unsere Lieferungen angewiesen. Durch diese völlig abwegige und überzogene Regelung kann ich die Bevollmächtigung in jedem Lieferland nicht realisieren, da ich in einigen Ländern nur um und bei 1000 Umsatz im Jahr mache. In den Ländern, wo ich das machen würde, sind die bürokratischen Hürden so hoch, dass ich das Handtuch geworfen habe. Beispiel Österreich. Da soll ich dann mit meinem Formular zum Notar laufen und meine Unterschrift beglaubigen lassen. Dafür, dass ich 5 Kartons pro Monat nach Österreich schicken will. Das alles ist völlig überzogen und ein Witz. Ich möchte Sie doch herzlich bitten, eine Umsatz- oder Mengenschwelle zu definieren, ab der das Sinn macht oder aber, das Ganze, ähnlich wie beim OneStopShop zu organisieren und diese Meldungen zu zentralisieren. So, wie es jetzt läuft, wird der Gedanke der Europäischen UNION komplett zerstört - und bringt viele kleine Einrichtungen in erhebliche Schwierigkeiten, nur weil sie ihr Material nicht bei Amazon bestellen können. Und ich werde nicht über Amazon und Co. verkaufen. Viele Grüße, Ulrike Helfrich Eiderstedter Garnkontor www.garnkontor.eu", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, since I am now ceasing to sell a regular part of my online trade, which is putting every quantity of customers in difficulty, I would like to allow you at least to take part in my tour. Background: I sell thread and handloom equipment online. An absolute niche market with a manageable share of customers. There are also correspondingly few suppliers, so we have so far supplied Europe-wide. Everything in the order of a few thousand euros per supplier country. Our annual turnover ranges somewhere between 200 and 250 thousand. So really nothing. Our customers include schools and sheltered workshops. They depend on our supplies. As a result of this completely absurd and excessive arrangement, I cannot implement the authorisation in every supplier country, as in some countries I make only around and 1000 sales per year. In the countries where I would do this, the bureaucratic hurdles are so high that I threw the towel. Example of Austria. I should then use my form to work as a notary and have my signature certified. For sending 5 boxes per month to Austria. All of this is completely exaggerated and a joke. I would like to ask you very much to define a turnover or volume threshold above which it makes sense or, alternatively, to organise the whole in a similar way to the OneStopShop and centralise these notifications. As it is now, the idea of the European Union is being completely destroyed – and many small institutions are facing serious difficulties simply because they cannot order their material from Amazon. And I will not sell through Amazon and Co. Best regards, Ulrike Helfrich Eiderstedter Garnkontor www.garnkontor.eu", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558695_en"}, {"id": 33558694, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:40:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte auf einen Aspekt der vorgesehenen Umsetzung der PPWR aufmerksam machen, der aus meiner Sicht insbesondere für kleinere Online-Händler erhebliche praktische Auswirkungen haben kann. Dabei geht es um die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen. Für kleine Unternehmen kann der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten grundsätzlich eine wichtige Möglichkeit sein, das eigene Geschäft weiterzuentwickeln. Gleichzeitig können durch die neuen Anforderungen erhebliche zusätzliche Fixkosten entstehen. Bereits bei vergleichsweise wenigen Verkäufen in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Verpflichtung entstehen, dort einen entsprechenden Bevollmächtigten einzusetzen. Wer Waren in mehrere Länder versendet, müsste damit unter Umständen für jedes einzelne Zielland eigene vertragliche Beziehungen, Gebühren und administrative Abläufe organisieren. Gerade für kleine Händler erscheint dieses Verhältnis problematisch: Die administrativen und finanziellen Aufwendungen können unabhängig davon anfallen, ob tatsächlich nur wenige Sendungen oder ein wesentlich größeres Volumen in das jeweilige Land verkauft wird. Dadurch besteht die Gefahr, dass grenzüberschreitender Handel für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen wirtschaftlich unattraktiv wird und faktisch eine zusätzliche Zugangshürde zum europäischen Binnenmarkt entsteht. Aus meiner Sicht sollten daher insbesondere folgende Möglichkeiten geprüft werden: 1. Ausnahme beziehungsweise Bagatellgrenze für kleine Marktteilnehmer Für Kleinstunternehmen könnten bestehende Schwellenwerte hinsichtlich Beschäftigtenzahl und Umsatz als Grundlage für eine Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht dienen. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Grenzen wäre zusätzlich eine Mengen- oder Umsatzschwelle je Zielland sinnvoll. Solange nur ein sehr geringes Verpackungsaufkommen in einem Mitgliedstaat entsteht, sollte die Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten dort möglichst vermieden werden können. 2. Tatsächliche zentrale Abwicklung statt lediglich gebündelter Dienstleistungen Die Möglichkeit, einen Dienstleister für mehrere Länder einzusetzen, löst das grundlegende Problem aus meiner Sicht noch nicht. Wenn weiterhin für jeden Mitgliedstaat separate Verträge und länderspezifische Fixkosten anfallen, bleibt die administrative Belastung für kleine Händler bestehen. Sinnvoller wäre daher ein echtes zentrales Verfahren nach dem Prinzip eines One-Stop-Shops. Händler sollten ihre Registrierungen, Meldungen und gegebenenfalls Zahlungen möglichst über eine einzige zentrale Stelle beziehungsweise ein einheitliches digitales Verfahren abwickeln können. 3. Einheitliche technische Datenübermittlung Darüber hinaus wäre eine europaweit möglichst einheitliche Struktur für die Übermittlung von Verpackungsdaten hilfreich. Informationen, die ein Händler bereits einmal erfasst hat, sollten nicht für jedes Land erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereitet und eingereicht werden müssen. Standardisierte Datenfelder und technische Schnittstellen könnten den Aufwand sowohl für Händler als auch für die zuständigen Stellen deutlich reduzieren. Bei kleinen Unternehmen fallen viele dieser Aufwendungen besonders stark ins Gewicht. Ein kleiner Online-Händler verfügt in der Regel weder über eigene Fachabteilungen für regulatorische Anforderungen noch über das Verkaufsvolumen großer Unternehmen, auf das sich wiederkehrende Fixkosten verteilen lassen. Eine Regelung, die unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Umfang der grenzüberschreitenden Tätigkeit vergleichbare administrative Kosten verursacht, kann deshalb unbeabsichtigt dazu führen, dass sich kleine Anbieter aus bestimmten EU-Märkten zurückziehen. Ich würde daher begrüßen, wenn bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR insbesondere die Verhältnismäßigkeit für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen berücksichtigt und geprüft würde, wie Bagatellgrenzen, Ausnahmen! Grüße, Udo Stelzer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to draw your attention to an aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR which, in my view, can have significant practical implications, in particular for smaller online traders. This concerns the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales. For small businesses, selling to other EU Member States can in principle be an important way to develop their own business. At the same time, the new requirements may generate significant additional fixed costs. Even a relatively small number of sales in another Member State may give rise to an obligation to appoint an authorised representative there. A person shipping goods to several countries might have to organise their own contractual relations, fees and administrative procedures for each country of destination. For small traders in particular, this relationship seems problematic: The administrative and financial costs may be incurred regardless of whether only a few consignments or a much larger volume are actually sold to the country in question. This risks making cross-border trade economically unattractive for micro and small enterprises and creating a de facto additional barrier to entry to the European single market. In my view, the following options should therefore be examined in particular: 1. Exemption or de minimis threshold for small operators For micro-enterprises, existing thresholds in terms of number of employees and turnover could serve as a basis for an exemption from the obligation to appoint a representative. For companies above these thresholds, it would also be useful to have a volume or turnover threshold per destination country. As long as the volume of packaging generated in a Member State is very low, it should be possible to avoid appointing an authorised representative in that Member State. 2. The possibility of using a service provider for several countries does not, in my view, solve the fundamental problem. If there are still separate contracts and country-specific fixed costs for each Member State, the administrative burden for small traders remains. A truly centralised one-stop-shop procedure would therefore be more appropriate. Traders should, where possible, be able to complete their registrations, notifications and, where applicable, payments through a single central point or a single digital procedure. 3. Uniform technical transmission of data Furthermore, a structure for the transmission of packaging data which is as uniform as possible throughout Europe would be helpful. Information that a trader has already collected should not have to be reprocessed and resubmitted in different formats for each country. Standardised data fields and technical interfaces could significantly reduce the burden on both distributors and competent bodies. In the case of small enterprises, many of these expenses are particularly significant. A small online trader typically does not have dedicated departments for regulatory requirements, nor does it have the sales volume of large companies to which recurring fixed costs can be allocated. A scheme that generates comparable administrative costs regardless of the actual scale of the cross-border activity may therefore unintentionally lead to small operators withdrawing from certain EU markets. I would therefore be grateful if the further development of the PPWR could take particular account of proportionality for micro and small enterprises and examine how de minimis thresholds and exemptions apply. Best regards, Udo Stelzer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558694_en"}, {"id": 33558686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:22:20", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Schade dass durch diese Verordnung kleinere Shops und Händler \"gestraft\" werden, denn für T*mu und Co sind die Kosten und Strafen Peanuts. Im Endefekt leiden nur die kleinen und die großen Händler geben die Zusatzkosten dann vermutlich direkt an die Kunden weiter. Ich wäre für eine Ausnahmeregelung für kleinere Händler, Hersteller von Handmade Artikeln und kleineren Onlineshops.", "feedbackEnglish": "Harms smaller shops and traders, as the costs and penalties for T*mu and Co are peanuts. Ultimately, only small merchants and large merchants are likely to pass on the additional costs directly to customers. I would like to see an exemption for smaller traders, producers of handmade items and smaller online shops.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558686_en"}, {"id": 33558685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:20:38", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As this initiative currently is phrased, it is a death toll to all small businesses that want to operate within the EU and be able to send packages within the union. A one-person business who sends less than ten packages a year to a few countries within the union would nevertheless be required to jump through the same hoops and pay the same prices as giants like Amazon, Zalando, H&M etc. Being forced to register separately in all countries, pay for local authorized representatives in all countries, pay annual minimum fees, and file complex reports - again for all countries - is simply not doable for small businesses, while it is a drop in the ocean for the big businesses. If the EU truly wants to boost local business and encourage people to cultivate their talents enough to make money from it, they can't also then turn around and practically prohibit them from it by placing so many hoops and barriers in front of them as to force them out of business. I recently backed a project on Kickstarter. An author decided to self-publish their next book, working with local artists and printers to create a beautiful hardcover plus some extras like stickers, bookmarks, and tote bags. The project was successfully funded in a very short time. Today they emailed to say that if these regulations remain in place, it will be impossible for them to send the books out to people in the EU who have backed the project, since the cost for shipping them to 19 different countries within the union would be more than they could shoulder - close to 6000. This is simply unacceptable, to put that kind of financial burden on one person's shoulder who just wants to be able to sell their products within the EU as well. Make sure big companies that send out hundreds or thousands of packages every month need to make sure that they're complying with environmentally friendly principles, I agree with that. But don't rain the same punishment down on one-person (or heck, even 30-person) companies that only send a vanishing fraction of that amount of packages. Make it possible for small businesses to still operate within the EU, or we'll soon be completely at the mercy of international giants again - the exact opposite of what EU has been working for for the past few years.", "feedbackEnglish": "As this initiative currently is phrased, it is a death toll to all small businesses that want to operate within the EU and be able to send packages within the union. A one-person business who sends less than ten packages a year to a few countries within the union would nevertheless be required to jump through the same hoops and pay the same prices as giants like Amazon, Zalando, H&M etc. Being forced to register separately in all countries, pay for local authorized representatives in all countries, pay annual minimum fees, and file complex reports - again for all countries - is simply not doable for small businesses, while it is a drop in the ocean for the big businesses. If the EU truly wants to boost local business and encourage people to cultivate their talents enough to make money from it, they can't also then turn around and practically prohibit them from it by placing so many hoops and barriers in front of them as to force them out of business. I recently backed a project on Kickstarter. An author decided to self-publish their next book, working with local artists and printers to create a beautiful hardcover plus some extras like stickers, bookmarks, and tote bags. The project was successfully funded in a very short time. Today they emailed to say that if these regulations remain in place, it will be impossible for them to send the books out to people in the EU who have backed the project, since the cost for shipping them to 19 different countries within the union would be more than they could shoulder - close to 6000. This is simply unacceptable, to put that kind of financial burden on one person's shoulder who just wants to be able to sell their products within the EU as well. Make sure big companies that send out hundreds or thousands of packages every month need to make sure that they're complying with environmentally friendly principles, I agree with that. But don't rain the same punishment down on one-person (or heck, even 30-person) companies that only send a vanishing fraction of that amount of packages. Make it possible for small businesses to still operate within the EU, or we'll soon be completely at the mercy of international giants again - the exact opposite of what EU has been working for for the past few years.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558685_en"}, {"id": 33558684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:18:09", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "New PPWR rules will kill microbuisness, people who earn small amount just to keep them going through arts and crafts for instance do not stand a chance. How a micro buisness that earns lets say 5k a year selling keepsakes across Europe is going to afford 300e registration fee and representant fee of 1000e just to sell a keepsake for 100e for instance. This law will kill small buisnesses that are already struggling and those buisnessrs are already using recycklable materials anyway. This law has to be changed, small buisnesses should be supported, not shut down by those who have no idea what daily financial struggle is. Also, EU was created to enable easy border passing, and unification what this law does it makes it impossible for microbuisnesses to function, it does not make it easier to sell it makes it impossible to exists. In the world where most of the people struggle financially you just made them jobless. And also, if you want people to register their waste you have to create a official database where they can do this easly and without hassle, and not expect us to register in e ery cpuntry seperately and not only pay the fees for registration but also make us pay 1000 to someone who has to help us do it. If I have an order to sell abroad for 100e and only that one order how am I supposed to pay 200e registration fee and then 1000e to the representative first? Big corporatons will not care, however microbuisness will go out of buisness. This law has to be revied and fair. We all care about the environment but you cannot make regular people pay for the mistakes of the past and mistakes caused by big corporations. It is already hard to find a job and get by with the money earned, and you are creating more poverty with this by making people go out of buisness. I hope my thought will be taken seriously. Thank you", "feedbackEnglish": "New PPWR rules will kill microbuisness, people who earn small amount just to keep them going through arts and crafts for instance do not stand a chance. How a micro buisness that earns lets say 5k a year selling keepsakes across Europe is going to afford 300e registration fee and representant fee of 1000e just to sell a keepsake for 100e for instance. This law will kill small buisnesses that are already struggling and those buisnessrs are already using recycklable materials anyway. This law has to be changed, small buisnesses should be supported, not shut down by those who have no idea what daily financial struggle is. Also, EU was created to enable easy border passing, and unification what this law does it makes it impossible for microbuisnesses to function, it does not make it easier to sell it makes it impossible to exists. In the world where most of the people struggle financially you just made them jobless. And also, if you want people to register their waste you have to create a official database where they can do this easly and without hassle, and not expect us to register in e ery cpuntry seperately and not only pay the fees for registration but also make us pay 1000 to someone who has to help us do it. If I have an order to sell abroad for 100e and only that one order how am I supposed to pay 200e registration fee and then 1000e to the representative first? Big corporatons will not care, however microbuisness will go out of buisness. This law has to be revied and fair. We all care about the environment but you cannot make regular people pay for the mistakes of the past and mistakes caused by big corporations. It is already hard to find a job and get by with the money earned, and you are creating more poverty with this by making people go out of buisness. I hope my thought will be taken seriously. Thank you", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558684_en"}, {"id": 33558680, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 16:04:47", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Etsy shop", "feedback": "Als startende éénmanszaak word ik nu geconfronteerd met de Europese PPWR/EPR regelgeving die vanaf 12 augustus 2026 van toepassing is. De regels en kosten zijn zowel voor grote als voor kleine bedrijven hetzelfde. Het is voor mij echter onmogelijk om als éénmanszaak me in elke EU lidstaat te registreren, een bijdrage te betalen, een vertegenwoordiger aan te stellen. Ik kan niet anders dan verzendingen naar andere EU landen pauzeren tot er meer duidelijkheid is of ze gewoonweg stopzetten. En dit terwijl vrij handelsverkeer in de EU altijd werd aangemoedigd. Ik pleit er dan ook voor dat er een de mimis vrijstelling komt voor micro ondernemingen en dat de regels op EU niveau worden toegepast in plaats van op nationaal niveau via een eenvoudig One Stop Shop systeem.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a business start-up, I am now confronted with the European PPWR/EPR regulations applicable from 12 August 2026. The rules and costs are the same for both large and small businesses. However, it is impossible for me, as a sole trader, to register me in each EU Member State, pay a fee, appoint a representative. I can only pause shipments to other EU countries until there is more clarity or simply stop them. This is despite the fact that free trade within the EU has always been encouraged. I therefore call for a mimis exemption for micro enterprises and for the rules to be applied at EU level rather than at national level through a simple One Stop Shop system.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558680_en"}, {"id": 33558678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:56:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die PPWR ist Lichtjahre entfernt vom volllmundig angekündigten Bürokratieabbau und erschwert es kleinen Unternehmen, ihr Geschäft gesetzeskonform auszuüben, wenn nicht sogar die Schliessung des Geschäftsbetriebes daraus resultiert. Für grosse Konzerne ist die Umsetzung zwar auch nicht schmerzfrei, und was die grossen Unternehmen in Asien angeht, wird das Ding genauso ein Rohrkrepierer wie die auf Kleinsendungen erhobenen Zölle. Wer in die Röhre guckt, sind ganz kleine, kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, die es aufgrund der überbordenden Regulierungswut der EU sowieso schon schwer haben, in der derzeitlichen Wirtschaftslage ihr Geschäft auskömmlich zu betreiben. Für mich als Einzelunternehmerin im Nebenerwerb im sowieso schon in der EU überregulierten Kosmetikmarkt stellt sich nach den Krisen der vergangenen Jahre nun mal wieder die Frage, ob ich nicht alles hinschmeisse und meine Freizeit nicht lieber mit der Familie verbringe statt noch weitere Lebenszeit für weitere Dokumentationspflichten zu verschwenden. Und ich bin nicht die einzige, die so denkt. Wenn das das Ziel der EU ist, die Konzerne zu stärken und die \"Kleinen\" vom Markt zu vertreiben, es ist ihr gelungen. Danke für nichts. Zumindest der Rest der Welt hat was zu lachen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR is light years away from the fully announced reduction of red tape and makes it more difficult for small businesses to carry out their business in accordance with the law, if not as a result of the closure of the business. It is true that implementation is not pain-free for large groups and, as far as the large companies in Asia are concerned, it becomes a pipe-crepeater in the same way as the duties levied on small consignments. Those looking into the tube are very small, small and medium-sized enterprises, which are in any case already struggling to do their business properly in the current economic situation because of the EU’s excessive regulatory anger. As a sole trader in the cosmetics market, which in any case has already been over-regulated in the EU, after the crises of the past few years, the question once again arises as to whether I am not enjoying everything and not spending my free time with the family rather than wasting another lifetime for further documentation obligations. And I am not the only one who thinks so. If the EU’s aim is to strengthen corporations and drive the ‘small’ out of the market, it has succeeded. Thank you for nothing. At least the rest of the world has something to laugh.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558678_en"}, {"id": 33558677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:53:20", "country": "JPN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Aurora Daisy", "feedback": "Ich betreibe als Einzelunternehmerin ein kleines Kunsthandwerksgeschäft und bin als deutsche bzw. EU-Bürgerin im Ausland tätig. Daher kann ich nur schwer nachvollziehen, wie ein derart komplexes und bürokratisches System entstehen konnte. Als Ein-Personen-Unternehmen werde ich schlichtweg nicht in der Lage sein, die umfangreichen Dokumentations- und Verwaltungsanforderungen für jedes einzelne Land zu erfüllen. Ganz abgesehen davon sind die damit verbundenen Kosten für ein Kleinstunternehmen erheblich. Es ist für mich weder finanziell noch organisatorisch realistisch, für jedes einzelne Land Bevollmächtigte oder Dienstleister zu beauftragen. Hinzu kommt, dass ich im Voraus überhaupt nicht wissen kann, wie viele Pakete ich innerhalb eines Jahres in welches Land versenden werde. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen, deren Versandvolumen stark schwanken kann, ist ein solches System völlig unverhältnismäßig. Die Konsequenz ist absehbar: Europa droht für viele kleine Anbieter aus dem Rest der Welt faktisch vom internationalen Onlinehandel abgeschottet zu werden. Ich kenne kaum ein kleines Unternehmen, das unter diesen Bedingungen weiterhin bereit sein wird, an europäische Kunden zu liefern, weil dies finanziell und administrativ schlicht nicht mehr tragbar ist. Damit verlieren jedoch nicht nur die Verkäufer. Auch die Menschen in Europa werden von einer Vielzahl internationaler Angebote ausgeschlossen: beispielsweise von Kunsthandwerk, Antiquitäten, kleinen unabhängigen Onlineshops und personal shopping. Es wirkt geradezu absurd, wenn man künftig auf einen Onlineshop stößt und sich sagen muss: Dort gibt es wunderschöne Dinge, aber leider liefern sie nicht in die EU. Europa würde sich damit zunehmend wie ein abgeschotteter Markt anfühlen, und das ist weder im Interesse der europäischen Verbraucher noch der kleinen internationalen Unternehmen. Ich verstehe außerdem nicht, warum keine einfachere und verhältnismäßigere Lösung geschaffen wurde. Warum kann man beispielsweise nicht die Versandkosten für Pakete mit Waren entsprechend erhöhen, während private Sendungen wie Geschenke oder persönliche Gegenstände weiterhin zu normalen Tarifen verschickt werden? Auch eine Staffelung nach Gewicht oder Warenwert wäre denkbar. So ließen sich die tatsächlichen Kosten berücksichtigen, ohne kleine Unternehmen mit einer Bürokratie zu belasten, die in keinem Verhältnis zu ihrer Größe oder ihrem Versandvolumen steht. Gerade für Kleinstunternehmen und Einzelunternehmer wäre eine einfache, transparente und verhältnismäßige Lösung dringend notwendig. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass viele kleine internationale Anbieter den europäischen Markt vollständig aufgeben, und damit letztlich auch die Vielfalt und Auswahl für europäische Verbraucher verloren gehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ich betreibe als Einzelunternehmerin ein kleines Kunsthandwerksgeschäft und bin als deutsche bzw. EU-Bürgerin im Ausland tätig. Daher kann ich nur schwer nachvollziehen, wie ein derart komplexes und bürokratisches System entstehen konnte. Als Ein-Personen-Unternehmen werde ich schlichtweg nicht in der Lage sein, die umfangreichen Dokumentations- und Verwaltungsanforderungen für jedes einzelne Land zu erfüllen. Ganz abgesehen davon sind die damit verbundenen Kosten für ein Kleinstunternehmen erheblich. Es ist für mich weder finanziell noch organisatorisch realistisch, für jedes einzelne Land Bevollmächtigte oder Dienstleister zu beauftragen. Hinzu kommt, dass ich im Voraus überhaupt nicht wissen kann, wie viele Pakete ich innerhalb eines Jahres in welches Land versenden werde. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen, deren Versandvolumen stark schwanken kann, ist ein solches System völlig unverhältnismäßig. Die Konsequenz ist absehbar: Europa droht für viele kleine Anbieter aus dem Rest der Welt faktisch vom internationalen Onlinehandel abgeschottet zu werden. Ich kenne kaum ein kleines Unternehmen, das unter diesen Bedingungen weiterhin bereit sein wird, an europäische Kunden zu liefern, weil dies finanziell und administrativ schlicht nicht mehr tragbar ist. Damit verlieren jedoch nicht nur die Verkäufer. Auch die Menschen in Europa werden von einer Vielzahl internationaler Angebote ausgeschlossen: beispielsweise von Kunsthandwerk, Antiquitäten, kleinen unabhängigen Onlineshops und personal shopping. Es wirkt geradezu absurd, wenn man künftig auf einen Onlineshop stößt und sich sagen muss: Dort gibt es wunderschöne Dinge, aber leider liefern sie nicht in die EU. Europa würde sich damit zunehmend wie ein abgeschotteter Markt anfühlen, und das ist weder im Interesse der europäischen Verbraucher noch der kleinen internationalen Unternehmen. Ich verstehe außerdem nicht, warum keine einfachere und verhältnismäßigere Lösung geschaffen wurde. Warum kann man beispielsweise nicht die Versandkosten für Pakete mit Waren entsprechend erhöhen, während private Sendungen wie Geschenke oder persönliche Gegenstände weiterhin zu normalen Tarifen verschickt werden? Auch eine Staffelung nach Gewicht oder Warenwert wäre denkbar. So ließen sich die tatsächlichen Kosten berücksichtigen, ohne kleine Unternehmen mit einer Bürokratie zu belasten, die in keinem Verhältnis zu ihrer Größe oder ihrem Versandvolumen steht. Gerade für Kleinstunternehmen und Einzelunternehmer wäre eine einfache, transparente und verhältnismäßige Lösung dringend notwendig. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass viele kleine internationale Anbieter den europäischen Markt vollständig aufgeben, und damit letztlich auch die Vielfalt und Auswahl für europäische Verbraucher verloren gehen.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558677_en"}, {"id": 33558675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:46:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Was für ein Wahnsinn: das wird die Existenz hunderttausender Kleinst- und Kleinhändler bedrohen, weil der bürokratische Aufwand nicht zu handhaben sein wird. Das führt zu eine Verschiebung zugunsten der großen Onlinehändler, wird die BAndbreite massiv einschränken, und eine Idee wie die der EU ins Gegenteil pervertieren. Wacht auf, vertrottelte und Lobbyhörige Beamte in Brüssel!", "feedbackEnglish": "What makes a crazy sense: this will threaten the existence of hundreds of thousands of micro and small traders, as the bureaucratic burden will be unmanageable. This leads to a shift in favour of large online traders, will drastically limit the range and pervert an idea such as that of the EU. Watch, betray and lobby officials in Brussels!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558675_en"}, {"id": 33558673, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:44:52", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses", "feedbackEnglish": "Exclude small and micro businesses from the A.R rule as it is disproportionate towards micro businesses. Or provide measurements that small businesses can afford Harmonize the registration for PPWR/EPR in EU states for small and Micro businesses", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558673_en"}, {"id": 33558672, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:43:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Online-Shop", "feedback": "## 1. Die Ausgestaltung der PPWR entspricht in keinster Weise den Bestrebungen für einen einfachen EU-Binnenmarkt! ## 2. Wieso schaffen wir eine Verwaltung für Müll? Materialien die wiederverwertet werden können (Papier, Pappe, Glas, Metall, Plastik, etc - und in den EU Ländern separat gesammelt werden), sollten von der Richtlinie komplett ausgenommen werden, da die Entsorgungsunternehmen diese Materialien bereits separat sammeln und verkaufen. Also wieso müssen einfache recyclingfähige Produkte registriert und lizensiert werden? ## Unser Hintergrund: Wir versenden in normalen Kartons, mit Ware gepackt in eigens für uns entworfenen (normalen) Kartons (Der Inhalt besteht aus Glas). Zwei Komponenten (Karton & Glas), bei denen es offensichtlich ist, wie sie recycled werden. Ich bin überzeugt, dass diese \"Verpackungen\" überall in der EU inzwischen separat gesammelt werden und recycled werden. Unsere Kartons/Gläser dienen daher als Rohstoff im Empfangsland. Eigentlich müssten wir dafür Geld bekommen. ## Wir - wie vermutlich 95% aller Hersteller - sind sowieso daran interessiert, die Verpackung und die damit verbundenen Kosten so gering wie möglich zu halten, um damit die Kosten für die Endkunden ebenfalls. ## Wir können nicht abschätzen, wie viele Bestellungen wir aus welchem Land bekommen werden, da es in jedem Jahr variert. Die Kosten für die definierten Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigenvorgaben (pro Land) stehen im krassen Missverhältnis zu unserem tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Es ist ja auch nicht so, dass der Kunde durch die PPWR keine Müllgebühren in seiner Gemeinde mehr zahlen wird. Wieso schaffen wir daher eine zusätzliche Verwaltung von Abfall und Recyclingmaterialien? ## Bitte beachten Sie auch, dass Produkte bereits viele Kennzeichnungspflichten haben. Zutaten, Nährwerte, etc. Das ganze für den EU Binnenmarkt auch noch mehrsprachig. Dann noch die Entsorgungskennzeichnung. Die Produktgröße reicht bereits jetzt schon kaum mehr aus, um allen EU-Vorgaben nachzukommen. Wenn jetzt alternativ vorgeschlagen wird, doch noch einen \"Zettel\" mit Informationen beizulegen, den vermutlich die meisten Kunden sowieso wegwerfen, ist wieder nur Aufwand geschaffen ohne wirklichen Mehrwert. ## Diese PPWR in der aktuellen Form ist überflüssig, ein Bürokratiemonster und ohne spürbaren Vorteil für den Kunden oder den Hersteller. Sie ist mit unnötigen Kosten verbunden, die auch letzlich dem Kunden im Produktpreis berechnet werden müssen. ## Unser Vorschlag: - Keine Anwendung der PPWR auf die Materialien, die einfach recycelt werden können (Papier, Pappe, Glas, Metall, Plastik, etc). - Keine Registrierungspflicht, Berichts- und Dokumentationspflichten sowie Lizensierung für einfach recycle-fähige Materialíen wie Papier, Pappe, Glas, Metall, Plastik, etc. - Ausnahmen von allen EU-Regelungen für Kleinstbetriebe bis 2 Mio Umsatz. Wir hoffen, dass unsere Anregungen aufgenommen und umgesetzt werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "## 1. The design of the PPWR does not in any way match the ambitions for a simple EU internal market! ## 2. Why do we create a waste administration? Materials that can be recycled (paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, etc. – and are collected separately in the EU countries) should be completely excluded from the Directive, as disposal companies already collect and sell these materials separately. So why do simple recyclable products need to be registered and licensed? ## Our background: We are shipped in normal cartons, packed with goods in (normal) cartons specifically designed for us (the contents are made of glass). Two components (Cartonboard & Glass) for which it is obvious how they become recycled. I am convinced that these “packaging” are now separately collected and recycled across the EU. Our cartons/glasses therefore serve as a raw material in the receiving country. In fact, we need to get money for it. ## In any case, as presumably 95 % of all manufacturers, we are interested in keeping the packaging and the associated costs as low as possible, so that the costs for final customers are also reduced. ## We cannot estimate how many orders we will get from which country, as it varies every year. The costs for the defined registration and authorisation requirements (per country) are grossly disproportionate to our actual packaging volumes. It is also not the case that, as a result of the PPWR, the customer will no longer pay waste collection fees in his municipality. Why do we therefore create additional management of waste and recycled materials? ## Please also note that products already have many labelling obligations. Ingredients, nutritional values, etc. This is even more multilingual for the EU internal market. Then the end-of-life label. The size of the product is already barely sufficient to meet all EU requirements. If it is now proposed, as an alternative, to attach a ‘paper’ containing information that most customers are likely to throw away anyway, then this will only be a burden with no real added value. ## This PPWR in its current form is superfluous, a bureaucratic monster and without any tangible benefit for the customer or the manufacturer. It entails unnecessary costs, which must also ultimately be charged to the customer in the price of the product. ## Our proposal: — The PPWR does not apply to materials that can be easily recycled (paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, etc.). — No registration, reporting and documentation requirements and licensing for easily recyclable materials such as paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, etc. – Exemptions from all EU rules for micro-enterprises up to 2 million turnover. We hope that our suggestions will be taken on board and implemented.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558672_en"}, {"id": 33558671, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:38:45", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BOOSTER SRL", "feedback": "Feedback on the EU EPR Initiative I strongly support the environmental objectives behind Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). However, for companies operating across several EU countries, the current approach is unnecessarily fragmented, bureaucratic and expensive. A business selling the same product across the European Union may currently have to register separately in multiple countries, work with different national organisations, submit different reports, understand different categories and rules, sign separate contracts and pay separate administrative fees. For SMEs in particular, the administrative burden can sometimes become disproportionate compared with the actual environmental contribution being paid. My proposal: One EU EPR system The European Union should create a **single EPR platform covering all EU Member States**. Instead of companies having to register separately in every country, producers and importers should be able to: 1. Register once at EU level. 2. Declare the type and weight of packaging, electronics, batteries or other relevant products being placed on the EU market. 3. Report the destination country. 4. Pay a simple environmental contribution calculated primarily per kilogram of material placed on the market. 5. Allow the EU platform to automatically allocate the collected contribution to the appropriate Member State. The fee should remain reasonable and transparent. For example, there could be a basic fee per kilogram, with limited adjustments depending on factors such as recyclability, material type or environmental impact. This would maintain the environmental purpose of EPR while eliminating a significant amount of unnecessary bureaucracy. Pay when the product enters the EU market For imported products, another possible approach would be to collect the EPR contribution when the product is imported or first placed on the EU market. The importer could declare the relevant weights and categories through the same EU platform and pay the required environmental contribution. After this payment, the product should be considered EPR-compliant throughout the European Union, while the system internally allocates the correct amounts to the Member States where the goods are ultimately sold. There should not be a need for the same company to repeat essentially the same registration process in 10, 15 or 27 different countries. Unnecessary bureaucracy ultimately increases prices for consumers It is also important to recognise that administrative complexity is never truly free. Every additional registration, consultant, intermediary, reporting requirement, contract, compliance fee and internal administrative hour creates additional cost for the business. Eventually, these costs are reflected in the final price of the product. This means that the end consumer may end up paying more for exactly the same product, not because the product became better, safer or more environmentally friendly, but simply because the administrative process surrounding its sale became more complicated. A system intended to improve environmental responsibility should not unnecessarily increase consumer prices through duplicated bureaucracy. Especially during a period in which consumers are already sensitive to higher prices and European businesses face increasingly strong international competition, the EU should actively look for ways to simplify how companies operate. European competitiveness requires simpler systems If European companies are expected to remain competitive in today's global economy, regulation needs to achieve its objectives in the simplest and most efficient way possible. Businesses in Europe compete not only with companies from neighbouring EU countries, but with companies from the United States, China and the rest of the world. Every unnecessary administrative layer increases the cost of operating from within the European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback on the EU EPR Initiative I strongly support the environmental objectives behind Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). However, for companies operating across several EU countries, the current approach is unnecessarily fragmented, bureaucratic and expensive. A business selling the same product across the European Union may currently have to register separately in multiple countries, work with different national organisations, submit different reports, understand different categories and rules, sign separate contracts and pay separate administrative fees. For SMEs in particular, the administrative burden can sometimes become disproportionate compared with the actual environmental contribution being paid. My proposal: One EU EPR system The European Union should create a **single EPR platform covering all EU Member States**. Instead of companies having to register separately in every country, producers and importers should be able to: 1. Register once at EU level. 2. Declare the type and weight of packaging, electronics, batteries or other relevant products being placed on the EU market. 3. Report the destination country. 4. Pay a simple environmental contribution calculated primarily per kilogram of material placed on the market. 5. Allow the EU platform to automatically allocate the collected contribution to the appropriate Member State. The fee should remain reasonable and transparent. For example, there could be a basic fee per kilogram, with limited adjustments depending on factors such as recyclability, material type or environmental impact. This would maintain the environmental purpose of EPR while eliminating a significant amount of unnecessary bureaucracy. Pay when the product enters the EU market For imported products, another possible approach would be to collect the EPR contribution when the product is imported or first placed on the EU market. The importer could declare the relevant weights and categories through the same EU platform and pay the required environmental contribution. After this payment, the product should be considered EPR-compliant throughout the European Union, while the system internally allocates the correct amounts to the Member States where the goods are ultimately sold. There should not be a need for the same company to repeat essentially the same registration process in 10, 15 or 27 different countries. Unnecessary bureaucracy ultimately increases prices for consumers It is also important to recognise that administrative complexity is never truly free. Every additional registration, consultant, intermediary, reporting requirement, contract, compliance fee and internal administrative hour creates additional cost for the business. Eventually, these costs are reflected in the final price of the product. This means that the end consumer may end up paying more for exactly the same product, not because the product became better, safer or more environmentally friendly, but simply because the administrative process surrounding its sale became more complicated. A system intended to improve environmental responsibility should not unnecessarily increase consumer prices through duplicated bureaucracy. Especially during a period in which consumers are already sensitive to higher prices and European businesses face increasingly strong international competition, the EU should actively look for ways to simplify how companies operate. European competitiveness requires simpler systems If European companies are expected to remain competitive in today's global economy, regulation needs to achieve its objectives in the simplest and most efficient way possible. Businesses in Europe compete not only with companies from neighbouring EU countries, but with companies from the United States, China and the rest of the world. Every unnecessary administrative layer increases the cost of operating from within the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558671_en"}, {"id": 33558670, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:32:59", "country": "TUR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small business owner selling on Etsy, i work entirely on my own. While my current product costs barely cover my expenses, it would be impossible for me to obsorb the additional costs required by this new rule. These extra costs are simply too much for small businesses like mine to bear. I'm sure you are aware that if this rule comes into effect, many sellers will have on choice but to withdraw from the EU market because there will be no other viable option. If there is anyone who should be subject to stricter oversight, it should be the large companies that manufacture and sell packaging.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner selling on Etsy, i work entirely on my own. While my current product costs barely cover my expenses, it would be impossible for me to obsorb the additional costs required by this new rule. These extra costs are simply too much for small businesses like mine to bear. I'm sure you are aware that if this rule comes into effect, many sellers will have on choice but to withdraw from the EU market because there will be no other viable option. If there is anyone who should be subject to stricter oversight, it should be the large companies that manufacture and sell packaging.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558670_en"}, {"id": 33558669, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:28:32", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation will, and already has, caused issues with free trade between EU countries, especially for small businesses, particularly those run by a single individual. There is far too much red tape and too many unknowns for anyone but a full legal team to sort out, and by then, any potential registration fees are irrelevant. I have already heard from an EU single-person business that they can no longer mail products within the EU because of this regulation. As a direct consequence, this regulation has limited their customer base to one single country. That goes against the entire reason the EU exists: free trade. The process must be easy and cheap, ideally free, for small businesses; otherwise, it will create impenetrable barriers to trade.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation will, and already has, caused issues with free trade between EU countries, especially for small businesses, particularly those run by a single individual. There is far too much red tape and too many unknowns for anyone but a full legal team to sort out, and by then, any potential registration fees are irrelevant. I have already heard from an EU single-person business that they can no longer mail products within the EU because of this regulation. As a direct consequence, this regulation has limited their customer base to one single country. That goes against the entire reason the EU exists: free trade. The process must be easy and cheap, ideally free, for small businesses; otherwise, it will create impenetrable barriers to trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558669_en"}, {"id": 33558668, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:25:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "\"Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als häufiger Kunde von diversen kleinen Online-Handelseinrichtungen möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kunde von Kleinunternehmern ist der Kauf auch aus dem EU-Ausland selbstverständlich. Die PPWR verändert die Buchhaltung, den Aufwand und die Kosten der Betreiber von kleineren Handelsgeschäften erheblich: Sobald sie Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, soweit mir bekannt ist, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde vielen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Kathrin Reichel - Verbraucher und Kunde auch von kleinen Händlern in der EU\"", "feedbackEnglish": "“Dear Sir/Madam, as a frequent customer of various small online retail establishments, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a customer of small businesses, purchasing from other EU countries is also a matter of course. The PPWR significantly changes the accounting, burden and costs of operators of smaller commercial transactions: Once they sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five parcels or five hundred are sold there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, as far as I am aware, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow many small traders to actually benefit from the European internal market, rather than being limited to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Kathrin Reichel – Consumers and customers also from small traders in the EU”", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558668_en"}, {"id": 33558667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:24:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Medizin Buddha Verlag und Versand ", "feedback": "Bitte um Änderung der unseligen Verpackungsverordnung Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Ich bin ein Ein-Mann-Versandunternehmen. Ich verkaufe im Jahr meist 3 Päckchen nach Niederlande 2 Päckchen nach Luxemburg 1 Päckchen nach Dänemark 15 Päckchen nach Österreich 1 Päckchen nach Belgien Diese Fixkosten pro Land (Minimum 290 pro Land) stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dr. Mansmann Vinzenz Medizin Buddha Verlag und Versand D-88339 Bad Waldsee Oberurbach 8", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR Producer Register. the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. I am a one-person shipping company. In most cases, I sell 3 parcels a year to the Netherlands 2 parcels a year to Luxembourg 1 parcel a year to Denmark 15 parcels a year to Austria 1 parcel a year to Belgium These fixed costs per country (minimum 290 per country) are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely Dr Mansmann Vinzenz Medizin Buddha Verlag und Versand D-88339 Bad Waldsee Oberurbach 8", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558667_en"}, {"id": 33558665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:16:05", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "A.C. Sprague, Fine Arts", "feedback": "I am an artist and sole proprietor of my art business in the Netherlands. EPR compliance and bureaucratic requirements make it impossible for me to sell my artwork across EU borders. Putting this burden of compliance on individuals and small businesses makes zero sense, when it is the giant corporations that produce most of the waste and pollution, and who can easily absorb the costs of compliance, while individuals and small businesses cannot. As a result, EPR compliance breaks up the EU's one market into fractured markets that small businesses can no longer access. Small businesses should be exempt, and any compliance requirements need to be centralized at the EU-level.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist and sole proprietor of my art business in the Netherlands. EPR compliance and bureaucratic requirements make it impossible for me to sell my artwork across EU borders. Putting this burden of compliance on individuals and small businesses makes zero sense, when it is the giant corporations that produce most of the waste and pollution, and who can easily absorb the costs of compliance, while individuals and small businesses cannot. As a result, EPR compliance breaks up the EU's one market into fractured markets that small businesses can no longer access. Small businesses should be exempt, and any compliance requirements need to be centralized at the EU-level.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558665_en"}, {"id": 33558663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:11:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Eisdieler", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die Idee, den Verpackungsmüll zu reduzieren ist an sich eine gute Idee, aber wenn selbst ein Hersteller wie REPACK sich vom Geschäft mit seinen Versandtaschen verabschiedet aufgrund neuer Richtlinien zweifelt jeder mit einem Funken Menschenverstand an dem Sinn einer neuen Regelung, die nur wieder Arbeitsplätze für Notare o.ä. schafft und die Wirtschaft mit noch mehr Kosten belastet. Wir verwalten noch alles zu Tode bis am Ende nur noch die ganz großen Versender in der Lage sein werden, mit eigenen Rechtsabteilung immer neue Regelungen gesetzeskonform umzusetzen. Schönen Dank auch! Mit besten Grüßen, Stefan Dietzelt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the idea of reducing packaging waste is in itself a good idea, but if even a manufacturer such as REPACK decides to leave the shop with its shipping bags on the basis of new directives, everyone with a spark of common sense doubts the meaning of a new regulation which only creates new jobs for notaries or the like and imposes even more costs on the economy. We are still managing everything to death until the end only the very large shippers will be able to implement new rules in accordance with the law with their own legal department. Thank you very much. Best regards, Stefan Dietzelt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558663_en"}, {"id": 33558662, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:11:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen Online-Shop auf Basis eines Kleinunternehmens nach §19 Umsatzsteuergesetz und verkaufe über diesen Shop Bücher im Eigenverlag und Antiquitäten. Im Verlauf eines Jahres schicke ich bisher etwa 5 bis maximal 10 Pakete pro Jahr in andere EU-Länder. Meist mit Druckwerken über Münzgewichte und historische Metrologie an Archäologen, Museen und in diesen Bereichen wissenschaftlich tätige Personen und Organisationen. Durch die Regelungen des PPWR wäre ich gezwungen, in allen Ländern der EU Bevollmächtigte zu benennen, was wirtschaftlich völlig unmöglich ist. Durch die neue Regelung, bei der es auch für Anbieter wie mich keine Kleinanbieter-Regelung bzw. Ausnahmeregelung gibt bin ich mit meinem Gewerbe quasi vom EU-Binnenmarkt ausgeschlossen worden und musste den Versand auf Deutschland begrenzen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Rolf Laufkoetter, Historische Apotheke", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate an online shop on the basis of a small enterprise pursuant to Section 19 of the Turnover Tax Act and sell books on my own account and antiques through that shop. Over the course of a year, I have so far sent around 5 to a maximum of 10 packages per year to other EU countries. Mostly printed works on coin weights and historical metrology to archaeologists, museums and persons and organisations working in these fields. The provisions of the PPWR would force me to appoint plenipotentiaries in all EU countries, which is completely impossible from an economic point of view. As a result of the new rules, which do not include any rules on small traders or exemptions for providers such as myself, I have been virtually excluded from the EU’s internal market with my business and have had to limit shipping to Germany. Yours sincerely, Rolf Laufkoetter, Historical Pharmacy", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558662_en"}, {"id": 33558661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:06:30", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ASINCA", "feedback": "ALEGACIONES DE ASINCA AL PROYECTO DE REGLAMENTO DE EJECUCIÓN (UE) DE LA COMISIÓN POR EL QUE SE ESTABLECEN NORMAS PARA LA APLICACIÓN DEL REGLAMENTO (UE) 2025/40 EN MATERIA DE INSCRIPCIÓN Y PRESENTACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN AL REGISTRO DE PRODUCTORES ASINCA comparte los objetivos de armonización, trazabilidad y cumplimiento efectivo de la responsabilidad ampliada del productor que inspiran el proyecto. La existencia de formatos comunes puede reducir la fragmentación entre Estados miembros y facilitar el cumplimiento de las empresas que operan en más de un territorio. No obstante, el proyecto debe asegurar que la armonización no se traduzca en una nueva capa de complejidad administrativa. Para la industria de Canarias, formada mayoritariamente por pequeñas y medianas empresas y sometida a condicionantes estructurales derivados de la insularidad, la lejanía, la fragmentación territorial y la menor escala de mercado, la granularidad de la información exigida puede generar costes proporcionalmente superiores. El proyecto exige, entre otras cuestiones, formatos diferenciados para inscripción y responsabilidad ampliada del productor; registro separado cuando se participe en varios sistemas; comunicación electrónica automatizable; diferenciación entre productores por encima y por debajo de 10 toneladas anuales; y desglose de materiales y componentes de los envases multimaterial. ASINCA considera necesario modular estas obligaciones conforme a los principios de proporcionalidad, simplificación, interoperabilidad, «solo una vez» y neutralidad competitiva.", "feedbackEnglish": "Comments ON THE PROJECT FOR A COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) ESTABLISHING RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF Regulation (EU) 2025/40 ON INSCRIPTION AND INFORMATION SUPPORT TO THE ASINCA PRODUCT REGISTER shares the objectives of harmonisation, traceability and effective compliance with extended producer responsibility that inspire the project. Common formats can reduce fragmentation between Member States and facilitate compliance for companies operating in more than one territory. However, the project should ensure that harmonisation does not result in a new layer of administrative complexity. For industry in the Canary Islands, which consists mainly of small and medium-sized enterprises and is subject to structural constraints due to insularity, remoteness, territorial fragmentation and the smaller scale of the market, the granularity of the information required may generate proportionately higher costs. The project requires, among other things, differentiated formats for registration and extended producer responsibility; separate registration where several systems are involved; automated electronic communication; differentiation between producers above and below 10 tonnes per year; and material and component breakdown of multi-material packaging. ASINCA considers it necessary to modulate these obligations in accordance with the principles of proportionality, simplification, interoperability, ‘once only’ and competitive neutrality.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558661_en"}, {"id": 33558658, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:04:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stefanie Fehling - Künstlerin ", "feedback": "Die Angleichung der Regelungen der einzelnen Länder finde ich insgesamt gut, doch sollte es gleichzeitig auch eine einheitliche Schnittstelle zur Lizenzierung und Meldung der Verpackungen geben. Ähnlich OSS. Für mich als Künstlerin führen die Änderungen in ihrer derzeitigen Form dazu, dass ich den Versand außerhalb meines Heimatlandes komplett einstellen musste. Die Abschaffung der Notwendigkeit eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land wäre ein erster Schritt, aber die Registrierung und Meldung in allen Mitgliedsstaaten ist bürokratischer Aufwand, der für ein Einzelunternehmen wie meines zeitlich einfach nicht zu rechtfertigen ist. Die Konsequenz bleibt damit weiter die Einstellung des EU-weiten Versands. Zudem ist es absurd, dass mich ein einziger Logo-Stempel auf dem Karton zum Erzeuger mit allen einhergehenden Pflichten macht. Ich verwende ausschließlich recyclebares Papier und Pappe, nur soviel wie absolut notwendig, und lege allgemein Wert darauf, wenig Abfall zu verursachen. Das wird in all diesen Regelungen überhaupt nicht gewürdigt. Im Gegenteil.", "feedbackEnglish": "Overall, I see a good alignment of rules between countries, but at the same time there should be a single interface for licensing and reporting of packaging. Similar to OSS. For me as an artist, the changes in their current form mean that I had to stop sending it completely outside my home country. Removing the need for an authorised representative in each country would be a first step, but registration and reporting in all Member States is a bureaucratic burden that is simply unjustifiable in time for an individual company like myself. The consequence therefore remains the cessation of EU-wide transit. Moreover, it is absurd that a single logo stamp on the carton makes me the producer with all the associated obligations. I use only recyclable paper and cardboard, only as much as absolutely necessary, and I place a general emphasis on producing little waste. This is not taken into account at all in all these provisions. On the contrary.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558658_en"}, {"id": 33558656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:02:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Was passiert eigentlich, wenn ich ohne Generalbevollmächtigten z. B. einen Garantiefall abwickeln muss? Ich kann ja nichht wegen eines Pakets einen Generalbevollmächtigten bestellen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen MODELLexklusiv Jürgen Hohberger", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. What happens if, for example, I have to deal with a guarantee case without a general agent? I cannot appoint a general agent for a package. Yours sincerely, MODELLexclusively, Jürgen Hohberger", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558656_en"}, {"id": 33558655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 15:00:30", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nordic Sabers AB", "feedback": "Tanken bakom att få bättre koll på hur och vart pack material som används i frakt är logiskt och bra i grunden. Men detta Slår väldigt hårt för småföretagare som tidigare sålt enstaka varor till flera olika länder över ett år. För stora företag som drar in flera miljoner i försäljning varje månad/år är avgifterna som en droppe i havet och de har hela team som kollar upp allt som har med detta för varje land och vad som gäller. visst det är en liten irritations sak för dem men kostnadsmässigt inget stort. Sen kollar vi på ett litet företag som mitt. jag har tidigare sålt till 6-7 olika länder inom EU per år för en genomsnitts omsättning på 1-3000kr per land. Alla avgifter jag nu måste betala som jag förstått kommer ligga mellan 2500-5000kr per land i registrerings avgifter och på detta även avgifter för vikten utav pack materialet jag skickat produkterna i. Detta är helt orimligt i mina ögon I min vetskap grundades EU för att underlätta för handel mellan alla länder inom EU och så detta nya lag/regelverk är skapat har ni tyvärr byggt upp en ny form av Berlin mur som stoppar små företagare i alla länder att skicka varor de säljer. Sen skapar detta också problem när det kommer till återanvändande utav kartonger. Du kan inte skicka en produkt i en äldre kartong till ett annat EU land för du vet inte historiken vart eller hur den är producerad. Då du kommer vara ansvarig för den paketeringen när den lämnar dina händer och ska kunna redovisa för dess historik. Med andra ord måste varje pack kartong du får vid leverans tas sönder och återvinnas och du måste själv producera/köpa in egna lådor som du skickar i så du har rätt dokumentation att visa upp. återvinna material är jättebra också men att inte bara kunna ta en gammal kartong man har liggande och skicka i den skapar ännu mer problem miljömässigt då just pga att gammal kartong förstörs och ny tillverkas fast det inte behövts Jag har räknat lite på saker och det skulle billigare för mig att samla ihop beställningar och flyga till varje land x antal gånger om året och leverera personligen till kunderna än att skicka paketen. i mitt huvud är det mindre miljövänligt. Om ni vill fortsätta på detta spår eller liknande så måste ni skapa ett system som tar hänsyn för små/micro företag lite som ni gjort med OSS systemet att ha ett enda system som små företag registrerar sig mot och rapporterar som täcker alla EU länder och som inte kostar multum. att koppla sig till. Detta är något som borde skapats redan dag 1 och finnas på plats innan lagen aktiverades. i och med denna lag just nu kommer denna EU lag ta död på många små företagare tyvärr.", "feedbackEnglish": "The idea of better monitoring how and where packs of materials are used in shipping is logical and good in its essence. But this is very hard for small businesses who previously sold individual goods to several different countries over a year. For large companies that withdraw several millions of sales each month/year, the fees are a drop in the sea and they have entire teams that check out everything that has to do with each country and what has to be done. This is a small irritation for them, but not a big one in terms of costs. Then we check a small company like the middle. I have previously sold to 6-7 different countries in the EU per year for an average turnover of SEK 1-3000 per country. All the fees I now have to pay will, as I understand, be between SEK 2500-5000 per country in registration fees and on this basis also fees for the weight of packs I have sent the products in. This is completely unreasonable in my view. In my knowledge, the EU was founded to facilitate trade between all countries within the EU and so this new law/framework has been created, unfortunately you have built up a new form of Berlin wall that stops small traders in all countries from sending goods they sell. This then also creates problems when it comes to the reuse of cartons. You cannot send a product in an older carton to another EU country because you do not know where or how it was produced. You will be responsible for that packaging when it leaves your hands and must be able to account for its history. In other words, each pack of carton you receive must be broken up and recycled upon delivery and you must produce/buy your own boxes that you send in, so you have the right documentation to show up. Recycling is also great, but not just being able to take an old carton you are lying in and send it in it creates even more environmental problems, precisely because old cartons are destroyed and new ones are made, even though it was not necessary. I have counted a little on things and it would be cheaper for me to collect orders and fly to each country x times a year and deliver it personally to customers than to send packages. in my head it is less environmentally friendly. If you want to continue on this track or similar, you need to create a system that takes into account small/micro companies a little as you have done with the CIS system to have a single system with which small companies register and report, covering all EU countries, and which does not cost multiple people to connect to. This is something that should already be created on day 1 and be in place before the law is activated.With this law right now, this EU law will unfortunately kill many small entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558655_en"}, {"id": 33558654, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:56:38", "country": "ESP", "language": "ES", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Esta norma es completamente nociva para los negocios independientes; con estas medidas lo único que se impulsa es la competencia desleal, ya que las grandes empresas, que pueden pagar a todos los representantes que hagan falta en cada país, seguirán vendiendo sin ningún problema, mientras los negocios pequeños, que muchas veces son los que realmente traen productos innovadores que nadie más ofrece (y por tanto no son competencia desleal a los productos nacionales) son los que no pueden permitirse estas nuevas barreras. Además, los clientes dejamos de poder apoyarles; esto impulsa comprar a las empresas grandes, que son la verdadera competencia para el mercado nacional (como Amazon). Me parece una vergüenza que se pongan trabas a las personas que realmente intentan crear un producto bien hecho e innovador, en lugar de asegurarse de que las grandes empresas paguen impuestos en el país donde venden y tienen sus sedes. Esta nueva norma NO REPRESENTA los intereses de los clientes españoles y pedimos su retirada inmediata. Está bien tener un representante en la UE para poder vender aquí, como ha sucedido hasta ahora, pero representantes INDIVIDUALES por cada país implica un sobrecoste gigantesco para los negocios independientes, sobrecoste que los verdaderos competidores del mercado nacional, que son quienes ofrecen descuentos que los negocios pequeños no pueden haciendo así competencia desleal, no pueden afrontar. Es una pena castigar a los que verdaderamente se esfuerzan por darle al cliente un servicio de calidad. Por favor, solicitamos que se vuelva a las anteriores regulaciones.", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule is completely harmful to independent businesses; with these measures, the only driver is unfair competition, since large companies, which can pay all necessary representatives in each country, will continue to sell without any problem, while small businesses, which often actually bring innovative products that nobody else offers (and therefore are not unfair competition to domestic products), cannot afford these new barriers. In addition, customers are no longer able to support them; this encourages buying from large companies, which are the real competition for the domestic market (such as Amazon). It seems to me to be a shame that people who really try to create a well-made and innovative product are hindered, rather than making sure that big companies pay taxes in the country where they sell and have their headquarters. This new rule does NOT REPRESENT the interests of Spanish customers and we call for its immediate withdrawal. It is good to have a representative in the EU to be able to sell here, as has been the case so far, but INDIVIDUAL representatives for each country imply a huge extra cost for independent businesses, an extra cost that real competitors in the national market, who are the ones who offer discounts that small businesses cannot thus compete unfairly, cannot face. It is a punishment to punish those who genuinely strive to give the customer a quality service. Please return to the previous regulations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558654_en"}, {"id": 33558653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:56:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bardelli & Melzer KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Daen und Herren, wir betreiben einen kleinen Onlineshop der sich auf die Versorgung von Ersatzteilen im Oldtimerbereich spezialisiert hat. Wir unterstützen das Ziel der Europäischen Union, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren bzw. zu vermeiden. Unserer Meinung nach ist die Umsetzung der PPWR für kleine Unternehmen die 10-20 Pakete je EU Land verschicken nicht finanzierbar. Durch die Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten je Land fallen hier schon Gebühren von einigen tausend Euro an, um überhaupt die Möglichkeit zu schaffen, alle Länder beliefern zu können. Hier sollte eine klare Ausnahmeregelung für Klein- und Kleinstanbieter geschaffen werden. Diese werden nach jetztigen Stand genauso behandelt wie Großunternehmen und das sehen wir, auch aus Kostengründen, als nicht zielführend an. Eine neue Ausgestaltng der Bevollmächtigerpflicht sollte dringend angestrebt werden damit wir alle den Binnenmarkt nutzen können und uns nicht nur auf den deutschen Markt beschränken müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, We operate a small online shop specialising in the supply of spare parts in the vintage sector. We support the European Union’s objective of reducing and preventing packaging waste. In our opinion, the implementation of the PPWR for small businesses cannot be financed by the 10-20 packages per EU country. The appointment of an authorised representative per country already generates fees of a few thousand euros in order to make it possible to supply all countries. A clear exemption for small and micro providers should be established. As things stand, they are treated in the same way as large companies and we do not consider this to be appropriate, not least for reasons of cost. A new definition of the duty of attorney should be urgently sought so that we can all benefit from the internal market and do not have to limit ourselves to the German market alone.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558653_en"}, {"id": 33558652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:55:58", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CRISTINA LOPEZ SANTOS", "feedback": "I am a self-employed Spanish businesswoman selling my handcrafted products both within and outside the European Union. My turnover is small. My income is just enough to live on. How is it possible that there is no exemption for micro-enterprises or self-employed individuals with low turnover? How can my activity and obligations be compared to those of large companies? How can a self-employed person possibly cope with this bureaucracy and financial burden? I propose a single, EU-wide register of micro-enterprises that would be exempt from the PPWR according to certain requirements .", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a self-employed Spanish businesswoman selling my handcrafted products both within and outside the European Union. My turnover is small. My income is just enough to live on. How is it possible that there is no exemption for micro-enterprises or self-employed individuals with low turnover? How can my activity and obligations be compared to those of large companies? How can a self-employed person possibly cope with this bureaucracy and financial burden? I propose a single, EU-wide register of micro-enterprises that would be exempt from the PPWR according to certain requirements .", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558652_en"}, {"id": 33558651, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:55:49", "country": "GRC", "language": "EL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Αυτός ο νόμος όχι μόνο αντιβαίνει στην ουσία της ενωμένης αγοράς που είναι η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, αλλά καταστρέφει και τις πολύ μικρές επιχειρήσεις, καλλιτέχνες, χειροτέχνες και γενικότερα οποιονδήποτε έχει μικρό τζίρο και δεν είναι μεγάλη εταιρεία, πολυεθνική ή ομιλος. Καλό είναι να δείτε τα πράγματα από τη σκοπιά του Ευρωπαίου πολίτη, μικροεμπόρου, δημιουργού κλπ και να τον βοηθήσετε να αντέξει τον πόλεμο των μεγάλων εταιρειών με τους μεγαλομετόχους, αντί να του βάζετε συνέχεια εμπόδια.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law not only goes against the essence of the united market that is the European Union, but also destroys micro-enterprises, artists, craftsmen and more generally anyone who has a small turnover and is not a large company, multinational or Group. It is good to see things from the point of view of the European citizen, small trader, creator, etc. and to help him to withstand the war of big companies with big shareholders, instead of continuing to create obstacles for him.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558651_en"}, {"id": 33558648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:52:44", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nebula", "feedback": "I support the goal of reducing packaging waste, but the rules need to be proportionate. For a small business selling across the EU, having only a few customers in another Member State can still mean registration, reporting and other compliance costs in that country. This creates a problem because the administrative burden does not always match the actual amount of packaging waste created. A small business sending a few parcels to a country should not face almost the same administrative requirements as a company sending thousands. For small businesses, these costs can make selling to certain EU countries no longer worthwhile. Some businesses may therefore stop selling there or increase their prices, passing the additional cost on to customers. Large companies can spread these costs over thousands or millions of orders. Small businesses cannot. This risks making cross-border EU trade harder for small companies and reducing competition and consumer choice. There is also a risk that EU businesses are easier to enforce these rules against than sellers based outside the EU, including sellers based in Asia, which could put European small businesses at a disadvantage. I believe the EU should introduce a meaningful exemption or very simple system for businesses that place only very small amounts of packaging on a Member State's market. Ideally, there should also be one EU-wide registration system, instead of requiring small businesses to deal separately with many national systems. Environmental rules should reflect environmental impact. A company creating a few kilograms of packaging waste in a country should not face a large fixed administrative burden just because it sold a few products there.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the goal of reducing packaging waste, but the rules need to be proportionate. For a small business selling across the EU, having only a few customers in another Member State can still mean registration, reporting and other compliance costs in that country. This creates a problem because the administrative burden does not always match the actual amount of packaging waste created. A small business sending a few parcels to a country should not face almost the same administrative requirements as a company sending thousands. For small businesses, these costs can make selling to certain EU countries no longer worthwhile. Some businesses may therefore stop selling there or increase their prices, passing the additional cost on to customers. Large companies can spread these costs over thousands or millions of orders. Small businesses cannot. This risks making cross-border EU trade harder for small companies and reducing competition and consumer choice. There is also a risk that EU businesses are easier to enforce these rules against than sellers based outside the EU, including sellers based in Asia, which could put European small businesses at a disadvantage. I believe the EU should introduce a meaningful exemption or very simple system for businesses that place only very small amounts of packaging on a Member State's market. Ideally, there should also be one EU-wide registration system, instead of requiring small businesses to deal separately with many national systems. Environmental rules should reflect environmental impact. A company creating a few kilograms of packaging waste in a country should not face a large fixed administrative burden just because it sold a few products there.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558648_en"}, {"id": 33558647, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:50:24", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Other", "feedback": "The new regulations are, in general, a good idea, but poorly executed. As a small EU based business owner, I will now have to stop exporting, as the costs of an authorised representative in each company isnt economically viable due to low sales volumes spread across most EU countries. A bill of circa 20,000 per year for this means that sales to other EU countries will not be profitable. Please remove the ability for member states to insist on an in country representative.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulations are, in general, a good idea, but poorly executed. As a small EU based business owner, I will now have to stop exporting, as the costs of an authorised representative in each company isnt economically viable due to low sales volumes spread across most EU countries. A bill of circa 20,000 per year for this means that sales to other EU countries will not be profitable. Please remove the ability for member states to insist on an in country representative.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558647_en"}, {"id": 33558646, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:48:52", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "VirsaBags", "feedback": "Hello, The new law is killing the free market of European countries. This is giving a very bad example, so that each country will put whatever tariffs against fellow european countries. European Union promises free market. Small businesses cannot pay hundreds and thousands of euros just to ship to Germany, France, Spain etc.We had to face the huge USA tariffs, now this, what happens next, total chaos? Please bring back the logic of European Union.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, The new law is killing the free market of European countries. This is giving a very bad example, so that each country will put whatever tariffs against fellow european countries. European Union promises free market. Small businesses cannot pay hundreds and thousands of euros just to ship to Germany, France, Spain etc.We had to face the huge USA tariffs, now this, what happens next, total chaos? Please bring back the logic of European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558646_en"}, {"id": 33558644, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:42:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "conzepta GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mit dieser Verordnung haben Sie praktisch den Handel im EU-Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen ad absurdum geführt / unmöglich gemacht. Es steht leider in keinem Verhältnis zu Kosten und Aufwand sich solchem bürokratischem Wirrwarr anzuschliessen, auch wenn die Absicht dahinter - Vermeidung von Verpackungsabfällen - durchaus verständlich ist. Wir haben unsere Konsequenzen gezogen und den int. Handel komplett eingestellt. Aus Übersee / USA kamen ja bereits vor einiger Zeit andere Erschwernisse und umso ärgerliches ist es jetzt, dass auch die EU solche Repressalien einführt. Bei uns führt es zudem dazu, dass wir einen bisher in Teilzeit arbeitenden Mitarbeiter entlassen werden und uns tatsächlich überlegen den Geschäftsbetrieb doch einfach einzustellen und uns auch von der sozialen Hängematte auffangen zu lassen. Beste Grüsse", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, with this Regulation you have practically rendered trade in the EU internal market absurd/impossible for small businesses. Unfortunately, it is disproportionate to the costs and effort involved to join this bureaucratic scourge, even though the intention behind it – to prevent packaging waste – is perfectly understandable. We have drawn our conclusions and completely stopped internal trade. Some time ago, other difficulties came from overseas/US, and it is all the more annoying that the EU is also introducing such reprisals. In the case of us, it also means that we are dismissing an employee who has previously worked part-time and that we are actually considering simply ceasing business operations and also being caught up by the social hanging membrane. Best regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558644_en"}, {"id": 33558642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:37:11", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the goal of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and encourage more sustainable packaging. As a small business owner, I care deeply about this and already use minimal, predominantly paper-based packaging and recycled/recyclable materials wherever possible. However, I am concerned about the practical impact of the regulation on very small, independent businesses. I run a one-person business, sending small envelopes of paper goods directly to customers. The scale and environmental impact of my packaging are tiny compared with large commercial businesses, yet complying with different national EPR and packaging requirements across EU countries can create a significant administrative and financial burden. The PPWR currently has no general exemption from EPR responsibilities for micro-enterprises. This means that, in practice, a business like mine may have to consider obligations that are disproportionate to its scale and environmental impact. I want to continue sharing my artwork with customers across Europe. I simply hope the implementation of these important environmental goals can also leave room for the smallest creative businesses to participate.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the goal of the PPWR to reduce packaging waste and encourage more sustainable packaging. As a small business owner, I care deeply about this and already use minimal, predominantly paper-based packaging and recycled/recyclable materials wherever possible. However, I am concerned about the practical impact of the regulation on very small, independent businesses. I run a one-person business, sending small envelopes of paper goods directly to customers. The scale and environmental impact of my packaging are tiny compared with large commercial businesses, yet complying with different national EPR and packaging requirements across EU countries can create a significant administrative and financial burden. The PPWR currently has no general exemption from EPR responsibilities for micro-enterprises. This means that, in practice, a business like mine may have to consider obligations that are disproportionate to its scale and environmental impact. I want to continue sharing my artwork with customers across Europe. I simply hope the implementation of these important environmental goals can also leave room for the smallest creative businesses to participate.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558642_en"}, {"id": 33558641, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:35:32", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a non EU citizen (UK) with permanent residency in the Czech Republic. While I do not own a business, I shop a lot from smaller businesses across the EU and UK that are greatly affected by this policy. At a rate of almost 100%, smaller EU businesses I am aware of are no longer selling/shipping outside of their own country, and smaller non-EU businesses no longer selling/shipping to the EU. It is therefore easy to see that this rule was incredibly poorly thought out, and will result in the demise of numerous small businesses across the EU and a worse quality of life for EU citizens. I urge the EU to revoke this ruling and spend more time considering ramifications of any replacement ruling.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a non EU citizen (UK) with permanent residency in the Czech Republic. While I do not own a business, I shop a lot from smaller businesses across the EU and UK that are greatly affected by this policy. At a rate of almost 100%, smaller EU businesses I am aware of are no longer selling/shipping outside of their own country, and smaller non-EU businesses no longer selling/shipping to the EU. It is therefore easy to see that this rule was incredibly poorly thought out, and will result in the demise of numerous small businesses across the EU and a worse quality of life for EU citizens. I urge the EU to revoke this ruling and spend more time considering ramifications of any replacement ruling.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558641_en"}, {"id": 33558640, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:33:20", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kath Jamieson ceramucs", "feedback": "Standardisation Without Exemption Unfairly Impacts Non-EU Micro-Businesses and Artisans. ​As a micro-business owner and hand-craft artisan operating outside the EU, I am writing to express serious concern regarding the practical application of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the proposed rules for national producer registers under Initiative Ref. 15352. ​While standardising registration formats across Member States is a constructive objective in theory, the current reality for non-EU micro-enterprisesspecifically sole traders, individual craft makers, and tiny micro-entitiesis that the PPWR framework renders direct-to-consumer sales into Europe financially and administratively unviable. ​Key Issues Facing Micro-Businesses: ​Disproportionate Financial Burden: Unlike large corporations, micro-businesses cannot absorb fixed administrative fees, nor can we pass these costs on to customers without pricing ourselves out of the market. Paying registration fees, scheme contributions, and compliance overheads across up to 27 national registers (or funding mandatory Authorised Representatives in each country) consumes an impossible percentage of small sales margins. ​Extreme Administrative Complexity: Large enterprises possess dedicated legal and compliance teams to navigate 27 distinct Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks. For a single artisan shipping a handful of handmade orders per year, tracking, categorising by gram weight, and submitting detailed material data represents a crippling administrative overload. ​Forced Market Exit & Trade Barriers: The practical outcome of PPWR alongside fragmented national EPR enforcement is not a reduction in waste, but the forced withdrawal of independent micro-producers from the European market. Rather than operating at an unsustainable loss, small businesses like mine are being forced to cease shipping to EU consumers altogether, restricting market access and stifling small-scale trade. ​Direct Conflict with Foundational EU Principles: ​By pricing micro-enterprises out of the single market while allowing large conglomerates to easily absorb compliance overheads, this framework actively contradicts key founding principles of European Union law: ​Proportionality and \"Think Small First\": EU policymaking mandates that legislative burdens remain strictly proportional and designed around micro-businesses. Forcing comprehensive compliance regimes onto sole traders shipping tiny volumes directly violates this core objective. ​Fair Competition and Open Markets: Creating steep financial and bureaucratic barriers that only large corporate entities can navigate distorts competition, entrenches market dominance among major online retailers, and shuts out small, sustainable craft producers. ​Consumer Choice: European citizens lose access to diverse, independent international makers, restricting consumer freedom and undermining the open exchange of goods the single market seeks to promote. ​Actionable Recommendations for the European Commission: ​Establish a De Minimis Exemption: Introduce a mandatory EU-wide de minimis volume threshold exempting non-EU micro-enterprises placing negligible packaging volumes onto the EU market annually from mandatory registration and representative requirements. ​Centralised EU Registration Portal: Replace the need for registration across 27 national databases with a single, streamlined EU-level portal for non-EU micro-producers selling cross-border directly to consumers. ​Proportional Reporting: Ensure simplified reporting tiers genuinely eliminate bureaucratic friction for low-volume, handmade, and small-scale shippers. ​Without proportional exemptions or a unified, low-cost registration path for micro-entities, the PPWR creates an insurmountable trade barrier that unfairly eliminates small-scale craft makers from the European marketplace.", "feedbackEnglish": "Standardisation Without Exemption Unfairly Impacts Non-EU Micro-Businesses and Artisans. ​As a micro-business owner and hand-craft artisan operating outside the EU, I am writing to express serious concern regarding the practical application of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the proposed rules for national producer registers under Initiative Ref. 15352. ​While standardising registration formats across Member States is a constructive objective in theory, the current reality for non-EU micro-enterprisesspecifically sole traders, individual craft makers, and tiny micro-entitiesis that the PPWR framework renders direct-to-consumer sales into Europe financially and administratively unviable. ​Key Issues Facing Micro-Businesses: ​Disproportionate Financial Burden: Unlike large corporations, micro-businesses cannot absorb fixed administrative fees, nor can we pass these costs on to customers without pricing ourselves out of the market. Paying registration fees, scheme contributions, and compliance overheads across up to 27 national registers (or funding mandatory Authorised Representatives in each country) consumes an impossible percentage of small sales margins. ​Extreme Administrative Complexity: Large enterprises possess dedicated legal and compliance teams to navigate 27 distinct Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks. For a single artisan shipping a handful of handmade orders per year, tracking, categorising by gram weight, and submitting detailed material data represents a crippling administrative overload. ​Forced Market Exit & Trade Barriers: The practical outcome of PPWR alongside fragmented national EPR enforcement is not a reduction in waste, but the forced withdrawal of independent micro-producers from the European market. Rather than operating at an unsustainable loss, small businesses like mine are being forced to cease shipping to EU consumers altogether, restricting market access and stifling small-scale trade. ​Direct Conflict with Foundational EU Principles: ​By pricing micro-enterprises out of the single market while allowing large conglomerates to easily absorb compliance overheads, this framework actively contradicts key founding principles of European Union law: ​Proportionality and \"Think Small First\": EU policymaking mandates that legislative burdens remain strictly proportional and designed around micro-businesses. Forcing comprehensive compliance regimes onto sole traders shipping tiny volumes directly violates this core objective. ​Fair Competition and Open Markets: Creating steep financial and bureaucratic barriers that only large corporate entities can navigate distorts competition, entrenches market dominance among major online retailers, and shuts out small, sustainable craft producers. ​Consumer Choice: European citizens lose access to diverse, independent international makers, restricting consumer freedom and undermining the open exchange of goods the single market seeks to promote. ​Actionable Recommendations for the European Commission: ​Establish a De Minimis Exemption: Introduce a mandatory EU-wide de minimis volume threshold exempting non-EU micro-enterprises placing negligible packaging volumes onto the EU market annually from mandatory registration and representative requirements. ​Centralised EU Registration Portal: Replace the need for registration across 27 national databases with a single, streamlined EU-level portal for non-EU micro-producers selling cross-border directly to consumers. ​Proportional Reporting: Ensure simplified reporting tiers genuinely eliminate bureaucratic friction for low-volume, handmade, and small-scale shippers. ​Without proportional exemptions or a unified, low-cost registration path for micro-entities, the PPWR creates an insurmountable trade barrier that unfairly eliminates small-scale craft makers from the European marketplace.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558640_en"}, {"id": 33558638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:30:12", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EPR fees and regulations that are coming into action will make start and running of my small design business impossible. Small business owners, creative businesses, artists & artisans very often rely on the collective volume of a small number of sales per EU state. Aside from the fees the administrative burden is too great to place on small businesses that can't afford a dedicated compliance employee or the fees to outsouce it. Please adjust these regulations so they don't crush independent businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EPR fees and regulations that are coming into action will make start and running of my small design business impossible. Small business owners, creative businesses, artists & artisans very often rely on the collective volume of a small number of sales per EU state. Aside from the fees the administrative burden is too great to place on small businesses that can't afford a dedicated compliance employee or the fees to outsouce it. Please adjust these regulations so they don't crush independent businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558638_en"}, {"id": 33558637, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:28:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als deutscher, freiberuflicher Künstler verkaufe ich meine eigenen Kunstwerke auch an B2C-Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Dabei handelt es sich nicht um große Stückzahlen, sondern um einzelne Verkäufe und insgesamt etwa 50 bis 100 Paketsendungen pro Jahr innerhalb Europas. Nach der PPWR kann bereits ein Verkauf in einem Mitgliedstaat dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen in jedem betroffenen Land eigene Registrierungen vornehmen und Bevollmächtigte bestellen müssen. In meinem Fall betrifft dies hauptsächlich fünf Zielländer innerhalb der EU. Für große Unternehmen stellen solche Verpflichtungen einen überschaubaren Verwaltungsaufwand dar. Für kleine Anbieter entstehen dagegen erhebliche Fixkosten und ein hoher organisatorischer Aufwand unabhängig davon, ob in ein Land nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr versendet werden. Dies kann dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einschränken oder ganz aufgeben müssen. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte anregen: 1. Eine Ausnahme oder Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und Unternehmen mit geringem Versandaufkommen pro Mitgliedstaat. 2. Eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten zentral für mehrere Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. 3. Einheitliche und standardisierte Meldeverfahren, damit Verpackungsdaten nicht mehrfach in unterschiedlichen Systemen erfasst werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen tragen häufig dieselben administrativen Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, verfügen jedoch nur über ein sehr geringes Versandvolumen. Bei der Umsetzung der PPWR sollte dieser Unterschied berücksichtigt werden, damit auch kleine Anbieter den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin nutzen können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen, as a German freelance artist, I also sell my own artworks to B2C customers in other EU Member States. These are not large volumes, but individual sales and a total of around 50 to 100 parcels per year within Europe. Under the PPWR, even a sale in a Member State may require small businesses to register and appoint authorised representatives in each country concerned. In my case, this mainly concerns five destination countries within the EU. For large companies, such obligations represent a manageable administrative burden. Small operators, on the other hand, face significant fixed costs and a high organisational burden, regardless of whether only a few parcels are sent to a country per year. This can lead to micro-enterprises having to restrict or stop cross-border trade altogether. I would therefore like to suggest the following points: 1. An exemption or de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and businesses with low volumes of shipments per Member State. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution that allows registration and reporting obligations to be fulfilled centrally for several Member States. 3. Uniform and standardised reporting procedures to avoid multiple collection of packaging data in different systems. Small businesses often bear the same fixed administrative costs as large market players, but have a very low volume of shipping. The implementation of the PPWR should take this difference into account in order to allow small suppliers to continue to benefit from the European single market. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558637_en"}, {"id": 33558635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:21:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Also kleiner Händler sind für mich die enormen Kosten der PPWR nicht finanzierbar. Ich habe den Versand ins EU Ausland eingestellt. Ich dachte, die EU wollte den Binnenmarkt fördern, jetzt sehe ich genau das Gegenteil. Praktisch hätte ich Fixkosten von über 8000, um in alle EU Länder versenden zu können, die ich auf eine handvoll Pakete aufteilen müsste. Das ist kein Kunde bereit zu zahlen. Es benötigt eine großzügige Freimenge für das Verpackungsmaterial, bei dem kein Bevollmächtigter und keine Registrierungspflicht anfällt. Falls Verpackungsmaterial lizenziert werden muß, dann muß das zu linearen Preisen ohne Mindestmenge, und auch nachträglich möglich sein. Die Versandmenge ins Ausland ist für mich nicht im vorhinein kalkulierbar. Abgesehen davon erwarte ich von einem funktionierenden Binnenmarkt, daß man eben nicht 27 unterschiedliche landesspezifische Regeln beachten muß, sondern genau die eine aus dem Heimatland. Egal ob es um das Verpackungsmaterial oder sonst was geht. Als kleiner Händler in Deutschland zahle ich bereits in Deutschland aufgrund von Mindestmengen eine deutlich größere Menge an Entsorgungskosten für Verpackungsmaterial als ich tatsächlich verwende. Zudem scheinen die Entsorgungsbetriebe das Altpapier sogar noch gewinnbringend verkaufen zu können. Ich verstehe nicht, wie man eine solche praxisfremde Regulierung wie die PPWR überhaupt beschließen konnte. Aus Kundensicht stelle ich fest, daß man jetzt praktisch kaum noch im EU Ausland bestellen kann, weil viele EU Händler keinen Auslandsversand mehr anbieten.", "feedbackEnglish": "For me, therefore, small traders cannot afford the enormous costs of the PPWR. I have stopped shipping abroad to the EU. I thought the EU wanted to promote the single market, now I see exactly the opposite. In practice, I would have fixed costs of over 8000 to be able to send to all EU countries, which I would have to split into handy packages. This is not a customer willing to pay. It needs a generous allowance for the packaging material, which does not require an authorised representative or registration. If packaging material has to be licensed, this must be possible at linear prices without a minimum quantity, and also ex post. For me, it is not possible to calculate the quantity sent abroad in advance. Apart from that, I expect a functioning internal market not to have to respect 27 different country-specific rules, but exactly one from the home country. Whether it is the packaging material or anything else. As a small trader in Germany, I already pay a much higher amount of waste disposal costs for packaging material in Germany than I actually use because of minimum quantities. In addition, the waste disposal companies seem to be able to sell the recovered paper even at a profit. I do not understand how such unpracticable regulation as the PPWR could be adopted at all. From the customer’s point of view, it is now virtually impossible to order abroad in the EU because many EU traders no longer offer cross-border shipping.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558635_en"}, {"id": 33558634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:21:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "N/A", "feedback": "This law is absolutely horrendous for small businesses. I am a doll artist. I was just about to start a business selling my dolls online. I would make only a few sales per year at first, as is the nature of that niche. The profit per sale would already be extremely low and would certainly not cover the cost or registering in my own country, let alone every other EU country. Now I will only be able sell to customers outside Europe. That's to say nothing about the onerous requirements for dealing with packaging materials for these very fragile art pieces. My business has been strangled before its inception. This regulation is absurd and all it will do is stop intra-EU commerce. It is simply too expensive for small enterprises. This will lead to market consolidation and increased prices for consumers. It's so blatantly clear that it must have been the point, anyway. Considering you're punishing us for being smart enough to source products directly from China rather than paying the exorbitant prices drop-shippers charge for the same exact products, it's very clear the goal is kill all but the giants who line your pockets. This is nothing but corporate cronyism. Shame.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is absolutely horrendous for small businesses. I am a doll artist. I was just about to start a business selling my dolls online. I would make only a few sales per year at first, as is the nature of that niche. The profit per sale would already be extremely low and would certainly not cover the cost or registering in my own country, let alone every other EU country. Now I will only be able sell to customers outside Europe. That's to say nothing about the onerous requirements for dealing with packaging materials for these very fragile art pieces. My business has been strangled before its inception. This regulation is absurd and all it will do is stop intra-EU commerce. It is simply too expensive for small enterprises. This will lead to market consolidation and increased prices for consumers. It's so blatantly clear that it must have been the point, anyway. Considering you're punishing us for being smart enough to source products directly from China rather than paying the exorbitant prices drop-shippers charge for the same exact products, it's very clear the goal is kill all but the giants who line your pockets. This is nothing but corporate cronyism. Shame.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558634_en"}, {"id": 33558631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 14:13:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ypsilon-Shop", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel der Europäischen Union, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und die Herstellerverantwortung zu stärken. Ich betreibe seit vielen Jahren einen kleinen, inhabergeführten deutschen Online-Shop mit spezialisierten Nischenprodukten. Mein Unternehmen bringt insgesamt nur etwa 120 kg Verpackungen pro Jahr in Verkehr. Rund 150 Sendungen jährlich gehen ins Ausland, ein Teil davon in die Schweiz. Innerhalb der EU beliefere ich Kunden in Österreich, Frankreich, Italien, Spanien und Portugal. Gerade an einem Unternehmen meiner Größenordnung zeigt sich, dass die vorgesehenen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten unverhältnismäßig werden können. Die Umweltbelastung durch meine Verpackungsmengen ist sehr gering. Dennoch kann bereits eine kleine Zahl von Bestellungen in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten dazu führen, dass unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungen, EPR-Systeme, Meldungen und gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigte erforderlich werden. Für ein kleines inhabergeführtes Unternehmen gibt es keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung. Unterschiedliche nationale Systeme, Sprachen, Fristen, Meldeverfahren und Dienstleister verursachen Fixkosten und Verwaltungsaufwand, unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land fünf, fünfzig oder mehrere Tausend Sendungen anfallen. Die praktische Folge kann deshalb sein, dass kleine Unternehmen einzelne EU-Länder nicht mehr beliefern, weil der regulatorische Aufwand in keinem Verhältnis zum dort erzielten Umsatz steht. Das widerspricht dem Gedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich halte daher eine verbindliche Bagatell- bzw. Kleinmengenregelung für notwendig. Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, die nur geringe Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringen, sollten von nationalen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten ausgenommen oder durch ein stark vereinfachtes Verfahren erfasst werden. Eine solche Grenze sollte sich an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge und gegebenenfalls zusätzlich an der Zahl grenzüberschreitender Sendungen orientieren. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellenwerte sollte ein einziges harmonisiertes EU-weites Registrierungs- und Meldesystem geschaffen werden. Eine Registrierung in einem Mitgliedstaat sollte für den gesamten Binnenmarkt gelten; die Mengen könnten dort nach Zielländern aufgeteilt und zentral weitergeleitet werden. Insbesondere sollte ein innerhalb der EU niedergelassenes Kleinst- oder Kleinunternehmen nicht verpflichtet werden, in mehreren anderen Mitgliedstaaten jeweils eigene Bevollmächtigte zu bestellen. Herstellerverantwortung muss sich am tatsächlichen Umfang der wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit und an der tatsächlichen Umweltwirkung orientieren. Ein Unternehmen mit 120 kg Verpackungen im Jahr darf regulatorisch nicht behandelt werden wie ein Unternehmen, das Tausende Tonnen Verpackungen in Verkehr bringt. Umweltverantwortung und wirtschaftliche Verhältnismäßigkeit sind keine Gegensätze. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission daher, eine dauerhafte Kleinmengenregelung vorzusehen und die national fragmentierten Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenverfahren durch ein einheitliches europäisches System zu ersetzen. Mit freundlichen Grüssen Christina Baumann", "feedbackEnglish": "I strongly support the European Union’s objective to reduce packaging waste, promote recycling and strengthen producer responsibility. For many years I have operated a small, owner-run German online shop with specialised niche products. In total, my company only places around 120 kg of packaging on the market per year. Around 150 consignments a year go abroad, some of them to Switzerland. Within the EU, I supply customers in Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. It is precisely at a company of my size that it is clear that the registration, notification and authorised representative obligations laid down can become disproportionate. The environmental impact of my packaging is very low. Nevertheless, even a small number of orders in different Member States may require different national registrations, EPR systems, notifications and, where applicable, authorised representatives. There is no separate legal or compliance function for a small owner-managed enterprise. Different national systems, languages, deadlines, notification procedures and service providers generate fixed costs and administrative burdens, regardless of whether a country generates five, fifty or several thousand items. The practical consequence may be that small businesses no longer supply individual EU countries because the regulatory burden is disproportionate to the turnover generated there. This runs counter to the idea of a common European internal market. I therefore consider it necessary to introduce a mandatory de minimis/small quantity rule. Micro and small enterprises placing small quantities of packaging on the market should be exempted from national registration, notification and authorised representative obligations or covered by a very simplified procedure. Such a limit should be based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market and, where appropriate, additionally on the number of cross-border consignments. A single harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system should be created for companies above these thresholds. Registration in a Member State should be valid throughout the internal market; the quantities could then be broken down by destination country and transferred centrally. In particular, a micro or small enterprise established within the EU should not be required to appoint its own authorised representatives in several other Member States. Producer responsibility must be based on the actual scale of the economic activity and the actual environmental impact. A company with 120 kg of packaging per year cannot be treated as a company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the market. Environmental responsibility and economic proportionality are not contradictory. I would therefore ask the European Commission to provide for a permanent system of small quantities and to replace the nationally fragmented registration, notification and authorised representative procedures with a single European system. Yours sincerely, Christina Baumann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558631_en"}, {"id": 33558625, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:57:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Betreff: Die PPWR beendet den europäischen Binnenmarkt für Kleinsthändler Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die europäische Verpackungsverordnung verfolgt ein richtiges Ziel: weniger Verpackungsmüll und eine bessere Finanzierung seiner Entsorgung. Ihre konkrete Ausgestaltung bewirkt für Kleinsthändler jedoch das Gegenteil. Sie macht den grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel wirtschaftlich kaum noch möglich und beendet damit faktisch den viel beschworenen europäischen Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen. Wer als deutscher Händler auch nur wenige Pakete an Kunden in anderen EU-Staaten versendet, muss sich grundsätzlich in jedem Zielland gesondert registrieren, einem nationalen Entsorgungssystem anschließen, Verpackungsmengen melden und nach derzeitiger Rechtslage sogar einen dort ansässigen Bevollmächtigten bestellen. Dabei stehen nicht die Entsorgungsbeiträge im Vordergrund. Diese wären bei wenigen Sendungen verschwindend gering. Unverhältnismäßig sind vielmehr die Fixkosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand für Registrierungen, Verträge, Bevollmächtigte und unterschiedliche nationale Meldeverfahren. Ob ein Händler fünf Pakete oder 50.000 Pakete in ein Land versendet, ändert an diesen Grundpflichten kaum etwas. Damit wird ausgerechnet der europäische Binnenmarkt, der Unternehmen den Handel über nationale Grenzen hinweg erleichtern sollte, für Kleinsthändler wieder in 27 einzelne Märkte zerlegt. Große Plattformen können diese Kosten auf Millionen Sendungen verteilen. Kleine Fachhändler müssen dagegen Lieferländer sperren und Kunden abweisen. Das ist kein fairer Wettbewerb, sondern ein staatlich erzeugter Vorteil für die größten Marktteilnehmer. Auch die vorgesehene Begrenzung des Leerraumanteils von Versandverpackungen auf höchstens 50 Prozent zeigt, wie weit die Verordnung von der Realität kleiner Händler entfernt ist. Füllmaterial wird dabei ebenfalls als Leerraum gewertet. Bei langen, schmalen, unterschiedlich hohen oder besonders empfindlichen Produkten ist diese Grenze teilweise mathematisch nicht einzuhalten selbst dann nicht, wenn bereits der kleinste geeignete Standardkarton verwendet wird. Kleinsthändler können nicht für jede denkbare Produktkombination maßgefertigte Kartons produzieren lassen. Besonders widersinnig wird die Regel bei gemischten Bestellungen: Um den rechnerischen Leerraum je Paket zu reduzieren, müsste eine Bestellung unter Umständen auf mehrere Sendungen verteilt werden. Das bedeutet zusätzliche Kartons, Klebeband, Etiketten, Transportwege und Versandkosten. Eine Vorschrift zur Abfallvermeidung würde damit mehr Verpackungsabfall erzeugen. Ich fordere deshalb dringend: * eine EU-weit einheitliche und praxistaugliche Kleinmengenregelung, * eine zentrale europäische Registrierung statt 27 nationaler Verfahren, * den Verzicht auf nationale Bevollmächtigte für in der EU ansässige Kleinstunternehmen, * vereinfachte oder entfallende Meldungen bei geringen Mengen, * eine Bagatellgrenze für gelegentliche Lieferungen, * sowie realistische Ausnahmen von der 50-Prozent-Regel für unregelmäßig geformte, empfindliche und gemeinsam versandte Produkte. Wenn diese Korrekturen ausbleiben, wird die PPWR nicht nur Verpackungen regulieren. Sie wird Kleinsthändler aus dem europäischen Handel drängen und den Markt noch stärker bei wenigen großen Händlern konzentrieren. Europa darf seinen Binnenmarkt nicht öffentlich loben und ihn gleichzeitig durch 27 kostspielige Bürokratien für kleine Unternehmen abschaffen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Anja Gebler Papierundstift.de", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: The PPWR puts an end to the European single market for micro-traders. reduce packaging waste and better finance its disposal. However, their specific design has the opposite effect for micro-traders. It makes cross-border online trade hardly possible from an economic point of view, effectively putting an end to the much-concerned European single market for small businesses. Anyone who, as a German dealer, sends even a small number of parcels to customers in other EU countries must in principle register separately in each destination country, join a national waste disposal system, declare packaging quantities and, under the current legal situation, even appoint an authorised representative established there. The focus is not on disposal contributions. These would be negligible for a small number of consignments. Rather, the fixed costs and administrative burden of registrations, contracts, authorised representatives and different national reporting procedures are disproportionate. Whether a trader sends five parcels or 50.000 parcels to a country hardly changes these basic obligations. This breaks down the European single market, which should make it easier for businesses to trade across national borders, into 27 separate markets for micro-traders. Large platforms can spread these costs over millions of programmes. Small specialised traders, on the other hand, have to block supplier countries and reject customers. This is not fair competition, but a state-generated advantage for the largest players on the market. The proposed limitation of the empty space content of shipping packaging to a maximum of 50 % also shows how far the Regulation is away from the reality of small traders. Filling materials are also regarded as empty spaces. In the case of long, narrow, different-sized or particularly sensitive products, this limit cannot be met mathematically in some cases, even if the smallest suitable standard carton is already used. Micro-sellers cannot have custom-made cartons produced for every conceivable combination of products. The rule becomes particularly paradoxical in the case of mixed orders: In order to reduce the calculated empty space per parcel, an order might have to be spread over several items. This means additional cartons, adhesive tape, labels, transport routes and shipping costs. A waste prevention requirement would thus generate more packaging waste. I therefore urge that: * a uniform and workable EU-wide small volume regime, * a centralised European registration instead of 27 national procedures, * the absence of national authorised representatives for micro-enterprises established in the EU, * simplified or cancelled notifications for small quantities, * a de minimis threshold for occasional deliveries, * and realistic derogations from the 50 % rule for irregularly shaped, sensitive and shipped products. If these corrections are not made, the PPWR will not only regulate packaging. It will push micro-traders out of European trade and focus the market even more on a few large traders. Europe must not publicly praise its single market, while at the same time abolishing it with 27 costly red tape for small businesses. Yours sincerely, Anja Gebler Papierundstift.en", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558625_en"}, {"id": 33558624, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:56:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PATIN-A SHOP GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf zentrale Kritikpunkte der geplanten PPWR-Umsetzung hinweisen, insbesondere zur Bevollmächtigtenpflicht beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bisher ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt. Die PPWR verändert das erheblich: Schon ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das ebenso viele separate Verträge, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege, unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Volumen. Diese Fixkosten pro Land wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle und widersprechen dem Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Grundsätzlich widerspricht ein System mit 27 parallelen, voneinander unabhängigen Verwaltungsprozessen dem Kerngedanken eines europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich schlage stattdessen ein zentrales Clearing-Modell vor: Händler zahlen die Gebühren an eine zentrale Stelle im Heimatland (in Deutschland z. B. LUCID), die diese anteilig, basierend auf gemeldeten Verpackungsmengen, an die Behörden der Zielländer verteilt. So verliert kein Mitgliedstaat, während Händler nur noch einen Ansprechpartner brauchen. Das wäre eine wirklich europäische Lösung statt 27 nationaler Insellösungen. Die Fixkosten pro Land treffen kleine Unternehmen ungleich härter als große Marktteilnehmer, da sie unabhängig vom Umsatz anfallen. In Kumulation mit der Regulierungsflut der letzten Jahre ist das für viele kleine Händler kaum noch zu bewältigen. Diese Entwicklung ist sozial unausgewogen: Sie trifft inhabergeführte Kleinunternehmen, während Konzerne wie Amazon, Otto Group oder Zalando solche Fixkosten mühelos auf ihr Volumen umlegen. Wenn sich am Ende nur noch Großunternehmen den Binnenmarkt leisten können, widerspricht das dem Ziel eines fairen, vielfältigen Wettbewerbs. Ich bitte die Kommission, diesen Effekt ernst zu nehmen. Konkrete Vorschläge: 1. Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach bekannten Grenzwerten (Mitarbeiterzahl, Umsatz) generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für alle anderen mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Volumen sollte eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten. 2. Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, reicht nicht: Händler zahlen weiterhin pro Land eigene Fixkosten. Notwendig ist eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung mit nur einmaligen Fixkosten für alle Mitgliedstaaten. 3. Die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte sollte technisch standardisiert werden, damit Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. 4. Ein zentrales Clearing-Modell (siehe oben) sollte geprüft werden: Gebühren zentral im Heimatland erheben, anteilig an Zielländer verteilen, ohne Mitgliedstaaten zu benachteiligen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten: Sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein viel kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Regelung ohne Rücksicht darauf führt zu weiterer Marktkonzentration auf wenige Großunternehmen, was weder im Interesse der Verbraucher noch eines starken europäischen Binnenmarkts ist. Ich bitte die Kommission, eine Lösung zu wählen, die den europäischen Gedanken der Gleichbehandlung und fairen Lastenverteilung tatsächlich widerspiegelt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen PATIN-A SHOP GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to key criticisms of the planned PPWR implementation, in particular the obligation to have an authorised representative in the case of cross-border sales. As a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward so far. The PPWR is significantly changing this: A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty target markets, this means an equal number of separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of actual volumes. These fixed costs per country de facto act as a market entry threshold and run counter to the objective of the internal market. In principle, a system of 27 parallel, independent administrative processes runs counter to the very idea of a European single market. Instead, I propose a central clearing model: Traders pay the fees to a central body in the home country (e.g. LUCID in Germany), which distributes them to the authorities of the target countries on a pro rata basis based on reported packaging volumes. For example, no Member State loses, while traders need only one contact person. This would be a truly European solution instead of 27 national one-size-fits-all solutions. Fixed costs per country are harder for small firms than for large players, as they are independent of turnover. In combination with the regulatory flood of recent years, this is hardly manageable for many small traders. This development is socially unbalanced: It hits owner-managed small businesses, while groups such as Amazon, Otto Group or Zalando easily pass on such fixed costs to their volume. If only large companies can ultimately afford the internal market, this runs counter to the objective of fair and diverse competition. I would ask the Commission to take this effect seriously. Concrete proposals: 1. Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative according to known limits (staff headcount, turnover). All other small cross-border volumes should be subject to a de minimis threshold per destination country. 2. The mere possibility of contracting central service providers is not enough: Traders continue to pay their own fixed costs per country. There is a need for a real one-stop-shop solution with only one-off fixed costs for all Member States. 3. The transmission of data to authorised representatives should be technically standardised so that packaging data does not need to be reprocessed for each country. 4. A central clearing model (see above) should be explored: Charge fees centrally in the home country, distribute them proportionally to destination countries, without penalising Member States. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations: They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. Regulation without consideration leads to further market concentration in a few large companies, which is neither in the interest of consumers nor of a strong European internal market. I ask the Commission to adopt a solution that genuinely reflects the European idea of equal treatment and fair burden sharing. Yours sincerely, PATIN-A SHOP GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558624_en"}, {"id": 33558623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:54:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Steine_Baer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte als Betreiber eines Lego Einzelteile-OnlineHandels auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland ein Schritt zum Wachstum gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a Lego Einzelteile-Onlinehandel, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been a step towards growth without a legal department of my own, but with the ambition to abide by the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558623_en"}, {"id": 33558620, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:49:50", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a two-person micro-business in the UK, shipping packaged goods to EU customers, including Germany, we submit this feedback on the draft implementing act on national producer registers under PPWR Article 44, and on the proportionality of registration and representation requirements for very small producers. Until now, we registered directly with Germany's LUCID system and paid our recycling fees, every year, without issue. From 12 August 2026, we can no longer do this: Article 45 now requires a locally established authorised representative in every member state we ship to, adding a recurring third-party cost and relationship per country, on top of registration and reporting itself. For a business our size shipping in some cases only a handful of parcels a year into a given member state this burden does not scale down. It is effectively the same administrative load whether a company ships 5 parcels or 5 million. The result is that micro-businesses either withdraw from EU-bound shipping or absorb costs entirely disproportionate to their environmental footprint. We support the Commission's stated aim of reducing administrative burden through this harmonised format, and ask that the following be considered: - An EU-wide minimum weight threshold, below which registration and reporting are not required at all not merely exempt from recycling targets. Several member states already run comparable national thresholds (e.g. Malta, 100 kg/year). - A simplified route for micro-enterprises allowing direct registration without a mandatory paid intermediary, at least below a defined volume. - Enforcement effort focused on volume. The large majority of packaging placed on the EU market comes from large multinational producers. Rules and enforcement should reflect that, rather than applying an identical structure to a two-person business and a multinational retailer. We are not asking to be exempted from environmental responsibility we met our obligations directly before and would welcome the chance to continue doing so proportionately. A fixed burden applied uniformly regardless of volume does not improve outcomes from the smallest producers; it simply pushes them out of the EU market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a two-person micro-business in the UK, shipping packaged goods to EU customers, including Germany, we submit this feedback on the draft implementing act on national producer registers under PPWR Article 44, and on the proportionality of registration and representation requirements for very small producers. Until now, we registered directly with Germany's LUCID system and paid our recycling fees, every year, without issue. From 12 August 2026, we can no longer do this: Article 45 now requires a locally established authorised representative in every member state we ship to, adding a recurring third-party cost and relationship per country, on top of registration and reporting itself. For a business our size shipping in some cases only a handful of parcels a year into a given member state this burden does not scale down. It is effectively the same administrative load whether a company ships 5 parcels or 5 million. The result is that micro-businesses either withdraw from EU-bound shipping or absorb costs entirely disproportionate to their environmental footprint. We support the Commission's stated aim of reducing administrative burden through this harmonised format, and ask that the following be considered: - An EU-wide minimum weight threshold, below which registration and reporting are not required at all not merely exempt from recycling targets. Several member states already run comparable national thresholds (e.g. Malta, 100 kg/year). - A simplified route for micro-enterprises allowing direct registration without a mandatory paid intermediary, at least below a defined volume. - Enforcement effort focused on volume. The large majority of packaging placed on the EU market comes from large multinational producers. Rules and enforcement should reflect that, rather than applying an identical structure to a two-person business and a multinational retailer. We are not asking to be exempted from environmental responsibility we met our obligations directly before and would welcome the chance to continue doing so proportionately. A fixed burden applied uniformly regardless of volume does not improve outcomes from the smallest producers; it simply pushes them out of the EU market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558620_en"}, {"id": 33558613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:46:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Egle Zadeikyte", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines Online-Shops in Deutschland möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten im Rahmen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Einzelhändlerin war der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem klaren Anspruch, alle geltenden rechtlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Ich zahle bereits für die Verpackungslizenzierung in anderen Ländern, wie etwa Österreich oder Frankreich. Zudem habe ich einen Bevollmächtigten in Österreich. Die Gesamtkosten sind bereits sehr hoch (und die steigen jährlich!), aber ich habe keine andere Wahl, da es für diese Länder keine Mindestschwellenwerte gibt. Die geplante Regelung verändert diese Situation jedoch erheblich: Sobald ich Waren in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einzelner Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet dies entsprechend zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort zwei oder hunderte Pakete verkauft werden. Ich habe bei der deutschen Handelskammer Informationen zu Vertretungsmöglichkeiten für zwei Länder angefordert; das günstigste Angebot liegt über 900 Euro für das eine und rund 400 Euro für das andere Land. Das sind enorme Summen für mich, und ich weiß bereits, dass diese Kosten jährlich steigen werden. Für mein vor 15 Jahren aufgebautes erfolgreiches kleines Unternehmen hätte eine solche Regelung existenzielle Folgen. Die damit verbundenen Fixkosten und der administrative Aufwand könnten dazu führen, dass sich der grenzüberschreitende Handel für mich wirtschaftlich nicht mehr lohnt. Im schlimmsten Fall würde diese Regelung das über 15 Jahre aufgebaute Geschäft in seiner bisherigen Form gefährden. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens: Kleinstunternehmen und Einzelhändler, die nur geringe Mengen in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollten grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Es sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland vorgesehen werden. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Verpflichtung bestehen, einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Zweitens: Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Funktion des Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Zwar gibt es bereits Dienstleister, die mehrere Länder abdecken, Händler müssen jedoch weiterhin für jedes einzelne Land separate Registrierungen beziehungsweise Vertragsverhältnisse eingehen und entsprechende Fixkosten tragen unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Erforderlich wäre daher eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral erfüllt werden können und für die nur einmalige beziehungsweise verhältnismäßige Fixkosten anfallen. Drittens: Die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sollte technisch standardisiert werden. Verpackungsdaten, die einmal erfasst wurden, sollten nicht für jeden einzelnen Mitgliedstaat erneut aufbereitet und in unterschiedlichen Formaten übermittelt werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen mit lediglich proportional geringeren Pflichten. Sie tragen häufig dieselben oder vergleichbare Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, müssen diese jedoch auf ein wesentlich geringeres Geschäftsvolumen umlegen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die dieser wirtschaftlichen Realität Rechnung trägt, würde den kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of an online shop in Germany, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative under extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a retailer, selling to other EU Member States has so far been an obvious growth step without a dedicated legal department, but with a clear ambition to comply with all applicable legal requirements. I already pay for packaging licensing in other countries, such as Austria or France. I also have an authorised representative in Austria. The total costs are already very high (and increase every year!), but I have no other choice, as there are no minimum thresholds for these countries. However, the planned scheme significantly changes this situation: As soon as I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. Accordingly, for ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether two or hundreds of parcels are sold there. I have asked the German Chamber of Commerce for information on representation possibilities for two Länder; the cheapest offer is above EUR 900 for one country and around EUR 400 for the other. These are huge sums for me, and I already know that these costs will increase every year. For my successful small business, which was set up 15 years ago, such a rule would have existential consequences. The associated fixed costs and administrative burden could make cross-border trade no longer economically worthwhile for me. In the worst case scenario, this arrangement would jeopardise the 15-year business as it has been. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First: Micro-enterprises and retailers shipping small quantities to individual Member States should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. There should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country. Below this limit, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. Secondly: The mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives is not sufficient in practice. While service providers covering several countries already exist, traders still have to enter into separate registrations/contracts for each country and bear fixed costs, regardless of the volume actually sold. A genuine one-stop-shop solution would therefore be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be fulfilled centrally for all Member States, with only one-off or proportionate fixed costs. Thirdly: The transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised. Packaging data collected once should not need to be reprocessed and submitted in different formats for each Member State. Small enterprises are not smaller large enterprises with only proportionally lower obligations. They often bear the same or comparable fixed costs as large market players, but they have to pass them on to a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to act as an authorised representative which takes account of this economic reality would enable small traders to make effective use of the European internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558613_en"}, {"id": 33558619, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:45:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Frl. Bling ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels für Glitzer möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Nachdem schon das Glitzerverbot eine schwierige Situation verschafft hat, vergeht mir gerade die Freude an meinem Herzensprojekt Onlineshop . Schon eine einzige Meldung in einem Land würde wahrscheinlich den Bestellwert aller meiner EU Bestellungen überschreiten. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dani Bekiersch", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for Glitzer, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As the ban on glitter has already created a difficult situation, I miss the joy of my heart project Onlineshop. A single notification in one country would probably exceed the order value of all my EU orders. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Dani Bekiersch", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558619_en"}, {"id": 33558616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:43:00", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SIA MOTIF", "feedback": "I support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring producer responsibility. However, the proposed system is disproportionate and risks becoming a serious barrier to entrepreneurship in the EU. In my view, micro-enterprises and small businesses should be exempt from these registration and reporting obligations altogether. A newly established or small company should not be required to register separately in every Member State, understand different national procedures, submit multiple reports and repeatedly go through additional bureaucracy simply because it sells to customers across the EU. These requirements may be manageable for large corporations with dedicated legal and compliance teams, but for small businesses they create costs and administrative burdens that are completely disproportionate to their size and environmental impact. The EU should introduce a clear exemption for micro and small enterprises. For businesses above that threshold, there should be one harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system, not separate systems in every Member State. The European Union should encourage people to start businesses, create value, pay taxes, support their families and grow across borders not discourage them with layers of bureaucracy from the very beginning. Environmental responsibility is important, but small businesses should not be regulated as if they were large-scale producers. If the EU truly wants a functioning Single Market, it must ensure that environmental regulation is proportionate and does not prevent small businesses from entering and growing within that market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objectives of reducing packaging waste and ensuring producer responsibility. However, the proposed system is disproportionate and risks becoming a serious barrier to entrepreneurship in the EU. In my view, micro-enterprises and small businesses should be exempt from these registration and reporting obligations altogether. A newly established or small company should not be required to register separately in every Member State, understand different national procedures, submit multiple reports and repeatedly go through additional bureaucracy simply because it sells to customers across the EU. These requirements may be manageable for large corporations with dedicated legal and compliance teams, but for small businesses they create costs and administrative burdens that are completely disproportionate to their size and environmental impact. The EU should introduce a clear exemption for micro and small enterprises. For businesses above that threshold, there should be one harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system, not separate systems in every Member State. The European Union should encourage people to start businesses, create value, pay taxes, support their families and grow across borders not discourage them with layers of bureaucracy from the very beginning. Environmental responsibility is important, but small businesses should not be regulated as if they were large-scale producers. If the EU truly wants a functioning Single Market, it must ensure that environmental regulation is proportionate and does not prevent small businesses from entering and growing within that market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558616_en"}, {"id": 33558615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:41:42", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Studio Sardo", "feedback": "As a micro-enterprise and independent artisan producing hand-made, limited-run goods (including fragile botanical items, glass diffusers, and ritual kits), I am writing to express grave concerns regarding the disproportionate impact of the newly applied Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I fully support the European Union's green transition and circular economy objectives, the current framework threatens the survival of micro-businesses by enforcing a strict \"zero-threshold\" compliance policy that equates independent makers with multinational corporations.I urge the Commission to consider three critical operational stress points during this legislative finalization phase: 1. Protection-Driven Packaging is Functional, Not \"Marketing Waste\"Our artisanal products are fragile, fluid-based, or delicate. Protective componentssuch as specific outer cardstock boxes, interior dividers, and paper cushioningare legally and logistically mandatory to protect structural integrity during transit. Without this supportive, functional layer, items break, leading to catastrophic product loss and a significantly higher carbon footprint from return shipping. The regulation must distinguish between excessive marketing-driven plastic wrap used by mass-retailers and essential, highly recyclable, paper-based structural protection used by artisans. 2. Disproportionate Financial and Administrative Costs Even with minimal or near-zero cross-border e-commerce sales, the administrative burden of tracking, weighing, and reporting minor weights of fully recyclable paper packaging across multiple national registries is an unviable strain on a single-person or micro-team studio. Furthermore, forcing small merchants to secure and pay for an \"Authorized Representative\" or minimum baseline registration fees in individual destination markets turns the European Single Market into a fragmented financial barrier, making micro-scale cross-border trade commercially impossible. 3. Sustainable, Fully Recyclable Alternatives Are Unfairly Penalized Our business intentionally prioritizes sustainability by utilizing renewable, fully recyclable, and plastic-free paper elements, along with upcycled deadstock textile scraps from our atelier. However, under the current \"blanket waste\" classification, these highly circular materials are subjected to the exact same rigorous regulatory friction, tracking penalties, and compliance fees as virgin, single-use fossil-fuel plastics. Small businesses investing in circular alternatives should be incentivized, not buried under compliance paperwork. Proposed Solutions for the Implementation Framework: Establish a De Minimis Exemption: Introduce a baseline weight threshold (e.g., businesses putting under 500kg of total packaging material into the EU market per year) or a revenue threshold (e.g., micro-enterprises under 100,000 in annual turnover) to completely exempt small makers from cross-border registry fees and local representative requirements. A Unified European Union EPR Portal: If small businesses must report, allow them to report all European data to one single centralized dashboard in their home country, which then automatically routes the metrics, rather than forcing us to navigate 27 distinct national schemes with conflicting fee structures. Exempt Certified Recyclable Paper-Based Protection: Create a fast-track or zero-fee reporting tier for businesses utilizing certified plastic-free, 100% compostable, or circular paper-and-cardboard shipping protection. Without urgent targeted simplification, the execution of the PPWR will inadvertently decimate Europes vibrant independent craft and artisan sector, handing a complete monopoly of the digital marketplace over to massive corporations who easily absorb these administrative overheads.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-enterprise and independent artisan producing hand-made, limited-run goods (including fragile botanical items, glass diffusers, and ritual kits), I am writing to express grave concerns regarding the disproportionate impact of the newly applied Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). While I fully support the European Union's green transition and circular economy objectives, the current framework threatens the survival of micro-businesses by enforcing a strict \"zero-threshold\" compliance policy that equates independent makers with multinational corporations.I urge the Commission to consider three critical operational stress points during this legislative finalization phase: 1. Protection-Driven Packaging is Functional, Not \"Marketing Waste\"Our artisanal products are fragile, fluid-based, or delicate. Protective componentssuch as specific outer cardstock boxes, interior dividers, and paper cushioningare legally and logistically mandatory to protect structural integrity during transit. Without this supportive, functional layer, items break, leading to catastrophic product loss and a significantly higher carbon footprint from return shipping. The regulation must distinguish between excessive marketing-driven plastic wrap used by mass-retailers and essential, highly recyclable, paper-based structural protection used by artisans. 2. Disproportionate Financial and Administrative Costs Even with minimal or near-zero cross-border e-commerce sales, the administrative burden of tracking, weighing, and reporting minor weights of fully recyclable paper packaging across multiple national registries is an unviable strain on a single-person or micro-team studio. Furthermore, forcing small merchants to secure and pay for an \"Authorized Representative\" or minimum baseline registration fees in individual destination markets turns the European Single Market into a fragmented financial barrier, making micro-scale cross-border trade commercially impossible. 3. Sustainable, Fully Recyclable Alternatives Are Unfairly Penalized Our business intentionally prioritizes sustainability by utilizing renewable, fully recyclable, and plastic-free paper elements, along with upcycled deadstock textile scraps from our atelier. However, under the current \"blanket waste\" classification, these highly circular materials are subjected to the exact same rigorous regulatory friction, tracking penalties, and compliance fees as virgin, single-use fossil-fuel plastics. Small businesses investing in circular alternatives should be incentivized, not buried under compliance paperwork. Proposed Solutions for the Implementation Framework: Establish a De Minimis Exemption: Introduce a baseline weight threshold (e.g., businesses putting under 500kg of total packaging material into the EU market per year) or a revenue threshold (e.g., micro-enterprises under 100,000 in annual turnover) to completely exempt small makers from cross-border registry fees and local representative requirements. A Unified European Union EPR Portal: If small businesses must report, allow them to report all European data to one single centralized dashboard in their home country, which then automatically routes the metrics, rather than forcing us to navigate 27 distinct national schemes with conflicting fee structures. Exempt Certified Recyclable Paper-Based Protection: Create a fast-track or zero-fee reporting tier for businesses utilizing certified plastic-free, 100% compostable, or circular paper-and-cardboard shipping protection. Without urgent targeted simplification, the execution of the PPWR will inadvertently decimate Europes vibrant independent craft and artisan sector, handing a complete monopoly of the digital marketplace over to massive corporations who easily absorb these administrative overheads.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558615_en"}, {"id": 33558614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:41:05", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Art business", "feedback": "This law makes it economically unviable for micro and small businesses based outside of the EU to sell to European customers. The cost and the complexity required to comply with this regulation don't match the current or potential sales volume a small business generates in the European market. Therefore many small businesses have stopped selling to the EU and this leaves a huge share of the European market free for e-commerce giants to grab as they have all the resources to comply with this new law. It would be beneficial to implement some form of exemption for small business liked to annual sales volumes in the European market.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law makes it economically unviable for micro and small businesses based outside of the EU to sell to European customers. The cost and the complexity required to comply with this regulation don't match the current or potential sales volume a small business generates in the European market. Therefore many small businesses have stopped selling to the EU and this leaves a huge share of the European market free for e-commerce giants to grab as they have all the resources to comply with this new law. It would be beneficial to implement some form of exemption for small business liked to annual sales volumes in the European market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558614_en"}, {"id": 33558611, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:38:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Good day. As a small business owner, I manage the sales of the books I have written myself. The books are printed in the Netherlands on recycled paper, and the covers are made from grass. They are shipped in envelopes made of recycled cardboard. Handling this independently represents a significant investment, though sales across Europe have made it viable. Unfortunately, a large number of countries are no longer accessible due to new packaging regulationswhich are far from clearand the associated costs. The time spent navigating these requirements is time I would much rather have devoted to writing my next book. I agree with the EU that something must be done about the volume of waste and that we all need to do our part. However, the current approach is simply unworkable. We need clear, simple guidelines for small business ownersideally standardized across all countriesand registration fees that are proportionate to shipment volumes. Alternatively, there could be a minimum weight threshold (e.g., x kg) for exemption. Such measures would allow us to participate in the market again and contribute to the economy. Kind regards", "feedbackEnglish": "Good day. As a small business owner, I manage the sales of the books I have written myself. The books are printed in the Netherlands on recycled paper, and the covers are made from grass. They are shipped in envelopes made of recycled cardboard. Handling this independently represents a significant investment, though sales across Europe have made it viable. Unfortunately, a large number of countries are no longer accessible due to new packaging regulationswhich are far from clearand the associated costs. The time spent navigating these requirements is time I would much rather have devoted to writing my next book. I agree with the EU that something must be done about the volume of waste and that we all need to do our part. However, the current approach is simply unworkable. We need clear, simple guidelines for small business ownersideally standardized across all countriesand registration fees that are proportionate to shipment volumes. Alternatively, there could be a minimum weight threshold (e.g., x kg) for exemption. Such measures would allow us to participate in the market again and contribute to the economy. Kind regards", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558611_en"}, {"id": 33558610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:38:17", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Music equipment GmbH", "feedback": "Dear Commision, my feedback for the regulation and especialy the 27 different processes (costing me roughly 20.000 Eur/year) is the death for my home business I now hate the EU and as we say in my country: \"Eich homs ja gewaltig ins Hirn gschissen\" which means that for the rest of my life I will vote only for parties destroying that beaurocrati monster the EU has grown into. Zhe whole constructions is anti democratic and only for large corporations destroying small and medium busbesses Regulartory costs are fix cost the more regulation the higher the entry barrier into a market for new corporations. I hope I will see the downfall of this useless and undemocratic organisation There is NO too big to fail (romans, dutch traders, british commonwealth) they all paid the price F* u Eu", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commision, my feedback for the regulation and especialy the 27 different processes (costing me roughly 20.000 Eur/year) is the death for my home business I now hate the EU and as we say in my country: \"Eich homs ja gewaltig ins Hirn gschissen\" which means that for the rest of my life I will vote only for parties destroying that beaurocrati monster the EU has grown into. Zhe whole constructions is anti democratic and only for large corporations destroying small and medium busbesses Regulartory costs are fix cost the more regulation the higher the entry barrier into a market for new corporations. I hope I will see the downfall of this useless and undemocratic organisation There is NO too big to fail (romans, dutch traders, british commonwealth) they all paid the price F* u Eu", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558610_en"}, {"id": 33558608, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:34:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Hersteller von individueller, bei Bedarf maßgeschneiderter, Reitbekleidung hier in Deutschland möchte ich darauf hinweisen, welche Auswirkungen die aktuelle PPWR- Verpackungsverordnung für unsere kleine Manufaktur und sicher viele andere kleinere Firmen hat. Da wir eine kleine Manufaktur mit 3-4 Personen incl. Inhaber hier in Deutschland sind, die sehr qualitätsbewusst ist, ist es derzeit, mit einer Kleidungs- Produktion auch ohne die PPWR- Verpackungsverordnung schwer am Markt zu bestehen. Das sieht man auch daran, dass viele Mitbewerber hier in Deutschland bereits aufgeben mussten, oder gerade dabei sind. Somit sind wir die, oder zumindest einer der letzten, die in diesem Bereich tätig sind. Das funktioniert auch nur noch, da wir sehr qualitätsbewusst, individuell und auch bei Bedarf nach Maß arbeiten, uns also von den großen Märkten abheben. Um an die Kunden und deren Maße zu kommen sind wir zumindest Deutschlandweit auf einigen Reitsportmessen vertreten (EU- Ausland ist ja auch wegen dem hohen, auch behördlichen Aufwand drumherum, für unsere kleine Firma auch fast nicht mehr möglich) und da kommen wir natürlich auch mit Kunden in Kontakt, die weltweit verstreut sein können und natürlich auch einige aus der EU. Nach der neuen Verordnung müssten wir uns in jedem einzelnen Land registrieren und einen Bevollmächtigten benennen und das ohne jegliche Kleinmengenausnahme etc. In die meisten EU- Länder versendeten wir vielleicht 1-5 Pakete im Jahr. In ein oder zwei waren es vielleicht auch ein paar mehr. Verpackungsmaterialien nach Gewicht, also vorwiegend Karton und etwas Klebeband liegen dabei meist bei unter 1 Kilo bis vielleicht 5 oder höchstens 6 Kilogramm/ Jahr. Jegliche Kosten für Registrierung und vor allem auch Bereitstellung eines Bevollmächtigten würden den Umsatz (Nicht Gewinn) in den meisten Ländern weit übersteigen. Das hat uns jetzt dazu gezwungen, jegliche EU- Lieferung auszuschließen, was uns komplett aus dem EU- Binnenmarkt verdrängt. Und wir sind uns fast sicher, dass wir hier kein Einzelfall sind und dadurch wohl weitgehend nur noch die großen Unternehmen EU- weit tätig sein können. Wir können uns aber beim besten Willen nicht vorstellen, dass das so gewollt ist, oder? Jetzt ist es aber dennoch so, dass uns diese Umsätze in Summe, wenn es auch nicht so viel ist, fehlen und es durchaus passieren kann, dass wir dadurch für immer unsere Tore schließen müssen und somit der letzte Vertreter einer Maßmanufaktur im Reitsport somit auch verschwinden würde. Sie können uns aber glauben, dass es viele Personen gibt, auch EU- und Weltweit, die auf solche Firmen wie wir angewiesen sind, denn von den Großen, bekommen diese Personen meist keine passende Kleidung. Wir würden uns wünschen, da wir sicherlich kein Einzelfall sind, dass sich die dafür Zuständigen die Auswirkungen für, speziell kleine und Kleinstunternehmen noch einmal genauer ansehen und Kleinmengenregelungen in all diesen Bereichen einführen, da die neuen Regelungen bei solch geringen Mengen weit über das eigentliche, wenn auch nützliche, Ziel hinausschießen. Vielen Dank im Voraus! Mit freundlichen Grüßen R. F.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as manufacturers of individual, tailor-made, riding clothes here in Germany, I would like to draw your attention to the impact of the current PPWR Packaging Regulation on our small manufacturers and certainly on many other smaller firms. As we are a small manufacturing company with 3-4 people, including owners here in Germany, which is very aware of quality, it is currently difficult to survive on the market with clothing production even without the PPWR Packaging Ordinance. This can also be seen from the fact that many competitors here in Germany have already had to give up or are in the process of doing so. So we are the, or at least one of the last, to be active in this field. This only works, as we work very well, individually and, where necessary, to the extent that we stand out from the big markets. In order to reach out to customers and their size, we are represented at some equestrian fairs at least throughout Germany (because of the high costs involved, including by the authorities, it is almost no longer possible for our small company to do so) and we are of course also in contact with customers who may be scattered around the world and, of course, some from the EU. Under the new regulation, we would have to register in each country and appoint an authorised representative, without any small-volume exemption, etc. We may send 1-5 packages per year to most EU countries. In one or two, it may have been a few more. Packaging materials by weight, i.e. mainly cardboard and some adhesive tape, are usually below 1 kilo to perhaps 5 or at most 6 kg/year. Any costs of registration and, above all, the provision of an authorised representative would far exceed the turnover (not profit) in most countries. This has now forced us to exclude all EU supplies, which has completely pushed us out of the EU single market. And we are almost certain that we are not an isolated case here and that, as a result, it is probably only the large companies that can continue to operate on a large scale throughout the EU. But with the best will we cannot imagine that this is the intention? However, it is still the case that we do not have these turnovers in total, even if it is not so much, and that it may well happen that we will have to close our gates forever, and thus the last representative of a measure-manufacturing business in equestrian sport would disappear. However, you can believe that there are many people, including across the EU and the world, who rely on such companies as we do, because the big ones do not usually get the right clothes. Since we are certainly not an isolated case, we would like those responsible for this to look again more closely at the impact on small and micro-enterprises in particular and to introduce small-volume rules in all these areas, as the new rules go far beyond the real, albeit useful, objective in such small quantities. Thank you very much in advance! Yours sincerely, R.F.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558608_en"}, {"id": 33558607, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:34:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Teeladen Geschmacksache Herrnhut", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Teeladens mit Online-Shop möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, L. Mwedzi", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small tea shop with an online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, L. Mwedzi", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558607_en"}, {"id": 33558573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:32:10", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I publish and shop in small indie scenes for boardgames and other nerdy stuff and this is destroying creators I like. You need to reconsider this, as its literally killing my main hobby. I saw several creators stop offering shipping to EU and just focusing on USA market only, as its not feasible to sell here anymore. Why you making EU weaker?", "feedbackEnglish": "I publish and shop in small indie scenes for boardgames and other nerdy stuff and this is destroying creators I like. You need to reconsider this, as its literally killing my main hobby. I saw several creators stop offering shipping to EU and just focusing on USA market only, as its not feasible to sell here anymore. Why you making EU weaker?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558573_en"}, {"id": 33558455, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:27:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Sabine Schmidt", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen S. Schmidt Ein zentrales Portal für die Meldung der Verpackungsmengen für alle EU Staaten ein Micro Unternehmen mit 25% vom Umsatz für EU Sendungen und trotzdem deutlich unter 100 KG je Land und Jahr ist die gültige Regelung ein Ausschluss aus dem EU Binnenmarkt, bedeutet aber gleichzeitig ein hohen wirtschaftlichen Verlust, der meine Existenz bedroht. Eine Beispielrechnung: meine Standard-Versandverpackung Pappe wiegt 50 gramm - bei 100 Lieferungen in ein EU Land müsste ich 5 KG pro Jahr abrechnen, das sind in manchen Mitgliedsstaaten gerade mal 1 EUR Gebühren, dafür soll ich aber mindestens 150 EUR Bevollmächtigtenkosten tragen ? für einen Umsatz von maximal 1500 EUR im Lieferland ... jeder Mensch der einigermaßen Rechnen kann, erkennt die Tragweite sofort", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, S. Schmidt A central portal for reporting packaging volumes for all EU countries is a micro-enterprise with 25 % of turnover for EU consignments, and yet well below 100 kg per country per year, the current legislation is an exclusion from the EU internal market, but at the same time represents a high economic loss that threatens my existence. An example calculation: my standard cardboard packaging weighs 50 grammes – for 100 deliveries to an EU country, I would have to charge 5 kg per year, which is just EUR 1 in some Member States, but for which I should bear at least EUR 150 of authorised representatives’ costs? For a turnover of no more than EUR 1500 in the country of delivery... anyone who is reasonably able to calculate is immediately aware of the scope", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558455_en"}, {"id": 33558391, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:24:31", "country": "CAN", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am the founder of a fine-art print publisher a Canadian micro-enterprise, (one person). We are not yet shipping to the EU, specifically because of the producer-registration and Authorised Representative requirements under this initiative. As we understand the current rules, a non-EU-established seller distance-selling into the EU is treated as the \"producer\" in each destination member state (Articles 44/45), requiring separate registration and a local Authorised Representative in every member state we sell into, not a single EU-wide registration. For a one-person business, the cost and administrative burden of registering in numerous member states before knowing which countries will actually generate orders makes EU sales impractical at launch. We have paused EU shipping entirely as a result, pending a compliance path we can afford. We understand there is a narrow documentation-only carve-out for micro-enterprises using an EU-based packaging supplier in the same member state, but this does not help a non-EU-established micro-enterprise like ours. Our request: please consider a simplified path for genuine micro-enterprises (under 10 employees, low turnover) distance-selling into multiple member states for example, a single EU-wide registration point, a phased registration option tied to actual order volume by country, or a de minimis threshold before the full per-member-state Authorised Representative requirement applies. Without something like this, the practical effect is that very small non-EU sellers simply stop shipping to the EU rather than absorb the compliance cost, which seems contrary to the goal of a functioning single market. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the founder of a fine-art print publisher a Canadian micro-enterprise, (one person). We are not yet shipping to the EU, specifically because of the producer-registration and Authorised Representative requirements under this initiative. As we understand the current rules, a non-EU-established seller distance-selling into the EU is treated as the \"producer\" in each destination member state (Articles 44/45), requiring separate registration and a local Authorised Representative in every member state we sell into, not a single EU-wide registration. For a one-person business, the cost and administrative burden of registering in numerous member states before knowing which countries will actually generate orders makes EU sales impractical at launch. We have paused EU shipping entirely as a result, pending a compliance path we can afford. We understand there is a narrow documentation-only carve-out for micro-enterprises using an EU-based packaging supplier in the same member state, but this does not help a non-EU-established micro-enterprise like ours. Our request: please consider a simplified path for genuine micro-enterprises (under 10 employees, low turnover) distance-selling into multiple member states for example, a single EU-wide registration point, a phased registration option tied to actual order volume by country, or a de minimis threshold before the full per-member-state Authorised Representative requirement applies. Without something like this, the practical effect is that very small non-EU sellers simply stop shipping to the EU rather than absorb the compliance cost, which seems contrary to the goal of a functioning single market. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558391_en"}, {"id": 33558368, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:23:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Angelika Steinhardt", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind eine kleine Holz- und Textilmanufaktur in Baden-Württemberg. Wir stellen handgemachte Holzprodukte, ätherische Öle, Kissen mit Füllungen aus Naturmaterialien und andere Textilprodukte her. Ein Versand ins EU-Ausland kommt für uns nach der neuen Verpackungsverordnung PPWR nicht mehr in Frage, da zu kosten- und verwaltungsintensiv. Allein, dass wir schon beim Versand innerhalb Deutschlands als Erstbefüller alles registrieren und bedrucken müssen, ist für uns ein fast nicht stemmbarer Aufwand. Auch das Angebot, die Ware als Geschenk zu verpacken, werden wir einstellen, denn wie häßlich ist denn eine Geschenkverpackung, wenn darauf ein Etikett mit Hersteller- und Verpackungsdaten geklebt werden muss. Die Diskussion mit befreundeten Händlern hat gezeigt, dass diese ihren EU-Versand auch gestoppt haben und nur noch auf dem deutschen Markt agieren. Manche kleine Händler haben vor, Ihren Betrieb ganz abzumelden. Das kann doch nicht der Sinn der Sache sein. Hierdurch werden dann keinerlei Steuern mehr generiert und Arbeitsplätze sowieso nicht. Wir hoffen, dass es hierzu bald eine Änderung, zumindest für die Kleinunternehmer gibt. Mit besten Grüßen Angelika Steinhardt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are a small wood and textile factory in Baden-Württemberg. We produce handmade wood products, essential oils, cushions with fillings made of natural materials and other textile products. We are no longer eligible for dispatch to other EU countries under the new Packaging Regulation (PPWR), as this is too costly and administratively burdensome. The mere fact that we have to register and print everything as a first filler when shipping within Germany is an almost insurmountable expense for us. We will also stop offering to package the product as a gift, because it is like gift packaging if a label with manufacturer and packaging details has to be affixed to it. The discussion with friendly traders has shown that they have also stopped their EU shipping and are only active on the German market. Some small traders plan to unsubscribe from your business altogether. That cannot be the purpose of the matter. This will then no longer generate any taxes and jobs anyway. We hope that this will soon be changed, at least for small businesses. Best regards, Angelika Steinhardt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558368_en"}, {"id": 33558298, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:20:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FAR Projects GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels für Designobjekte (farobjects.de) möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als kleinen Onlineshop war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Konkret sieht das bei uns so aus: In diesem Jahr haben wir bisher 38 Pakete nach Österreich verschickt, 3 nach Frankreich, 2 nach Italien und je 1 nach Lettland, Belgien und Kroatien. Das sind sechs separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege ausgelöst teils durch ein einziges Paket im Jahr. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Für ein einzelnes Paket nach Kroatien oder Lettland zahlen wir denselben dreistelligen Jahresbetrag wie für unseren mit Abstand größten, aber immer noch sehr kleinen Auslandsmarkt, Österreich. Das wirkt de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben im Zweifel, indem einzelne Länder schlicht aus dem Versandgebiet genommen werden. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Abschließend können wir nur betonen: Wird das Verfahren so beibehalten, müssen wir alle EU-Weiten Handelsaktivitäten einstellen. Ein Widerspruch zur grundsätzlichen europäischen Idee. Unsere junge Firma ist somit existenzbedroht.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for design objects (farobjects.de), I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as a small online shop, selling to other EU countries has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once we sell goods to another Member State, a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. In concrete terms, this is what we see: So far this year, we have sent 38 parcels to Austria, 3 to France, 2 to Italy and 1 each to Latvia, Belgium and Croatia. These are six separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, partly triggered by a single package per year. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. For a single package to Croatia or Latvia, we pay the same three-digit annual amount as for our by far largest but still very small foreign market, Austria. This effectively acts as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will avoid cross-border trade rather than engage in doubt by simply removing individual countries from the shipping area. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow us and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Finally, we can only stress that: If the procedure is maintained in this way, we will have to stop all trading activities in the EU. A contradiction with the fundamental European idea. Our young company is therefore threatened with survival.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558298_en"}, {"id": 33558234, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:17:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich war eigentlich immer ein Befürworter der EU, aber mit diesen neuen Regelungen schießen wir uns doch selbst ins Bein. Es ist für mich unfassbar, dass ein solches Gesetz in dieser Form durchgewunken wurde. Gerade in diesen wirtschaftlich schweren Zeiten, in denen wir uns aktuell befinden, wo man jetzt bereits jeden Euro zweimal umdrehen muss, zieht das hier den kleineren Gewerben endgültig den Boden unter den Füßen weg. Es ist schlichtweg finanziell untragbar in andere EU-Länder Waren zu verschicken. Ich habe intensiv zu dem Thema recherchiert, mit AHK und IHK telefoniert und bisher eigentlich überall und immer die selben Reaktion auf PPWR gesehen: Fassungslosigkeit, Ratlosigkeit und Hilflosigkeit. Nicht nur, dass es das Gegenteil von dem bewirkt, was die EU eigentlich tun sollte, nämlich stärkere Zusammenarbeit der einzelnen Mitgliedsstaaten, es ist zudem so derartig schlecht organisiert, dass niemand eigentlich weiß wie man nun genau vorzugehen haben soll. Zumal ja dauernd in den Raum geworfen wird, dass sich möglicherweise noch etwas am Gesetz ändern wird. Also wenn ich jetzt unverhältnismäßig viel Geld bezahle, um mich in den Ländern zu registrieren und einen Bevollmächtigten zu bekommen, dann kann es sein, dass ein paar Monate später gesagt wird, dass kleinere Unternehmen doch keinen Bevollmächtigten brauchen und dann habe ich das Geld bereits aus dem Fenster geschmissen und viel Zeit und Aufwand investiert. Wirklich besorgniserregend was für Leute da im Parlament sitzen, die so etwas für eine gute Idee hielten.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have always been a supporter of the EU, but with these new rules we are shooting ourselves. It is inconceivable to me that such a law has been permeated in this form. It is precisely in these economically difficult times, when we are currently at a time when we already have to turn every euro twice, that this is definitively taking the ground under the feet away from smaller businesses. It is simply financially unsustainable to send goods to other EU countries. I have carried out intensive research on the subject, called AHK and IHK and, to date, seen the same response to PPWR everywhere and at all times: Meaninglessness, indecentness and helplessness. Not only does it have the opposite effect to what the EU should actually do, namely stronger cooperation between individual Member States, but it is also so badly organised that nobody really knows how to proceed. This is all the more true since it is constantly being thrown into the spotlight that there may still be some changes to the law. So if I pay a disproportionate amount of money now to register me in the Länder and get an authorised representative, then it may be said a few months later that smaller companies don’t need an authorised representative, and then I have already lost the money from the window and invested a lot of time and effort. Really worried about what people in the Parliament believed to be a good idea.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558234_en"}, {"id": 33558199, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:16:28", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Parliament, I am submitting this feedback on the new PPR regulations having nothing new to add to the thousands of feedbacks you've already received. Although the idea behind the regulations is very sound (and small business owners who are generally very eco conscious are the first to prioritize sustainability), you could not have implemented it in a worse way. As an artisan preserving traditional craft in my country, my job is focused mostly on extremely slow making. Selling as an artisan is already challenging (between artificially low prices of mass produced products and the already high costs of attending Craft Faires, maintaining a website, etc.). I sell, on average, about 90 piece A YEAR and maybe 1/3 are sent to customers across the EU. That means I contribute about 30 packages a year, yet am expected to pay thousands of euros to be compliant in all 27 countries since I never know where these sales will come from. And all of my packaging is 100% recycled paper!!! One would think that preserving craft and heritage would be in the interest of the EU, but under current conditions if I can't sell, I can't live from my work and my craft will die. Some other ideas on how to implement: - Adding a tax on any packaging produced, so when the small business orders packaging they pay an extra fee that will contribute to its recycling. - ONE system for registering all packaging and orders where we pay per package instead of having a floor of 10,000 orders so even small businesses sending out 10-30 a year don't pay hundreds or thousands of euros despite not being close to reaching the limit. - Creating an exception for micro-businesses who account for less than 1% of packaging waste which mostly comes from huge companies like Amazon, etc. - Create exceptions for 100% compostable paper packaging which don't seem to be the target problem Please don't make the EU a wasteland of mega corps deficient in micro businesses, artisans, and crafters because you wrote out a senseless regulation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Parliament, I am submitting this feedback on the new PPR regulations having nothing new to add to the thousands of feedbacks you've already received. Although the idea behind the regulations is very sound (and small business owners who are generally very eco conscious are the first to prioritize sustainability), you could not have implemented it in a worse way. As an artisan preserving traditional craft in my country, my job is focused mostly on extremely slow making. Selling as an artisan is already challenging (between artificially low prices of mass produced products and the already high costs of attending Craft Faires, maintaining a website, etc.). I sell, on average, about 90 piece A YEAR and maybe 1/3 are sent to customers across the EU. That means I contribute about 30 packages a year, yet am expected to pay thousands of euros to be compliant in all 27 countries since I never know where these sales will come from. And all of my packaging is 100% recycled paper!!! One would think that preserving craft and heritage would be in the interest of the EU, but under current conditions if I can't sell, I can't live from my work and my craft will die. Some other ideas on how to implement: - Adding a tax on any packaging produced, so when the small business orders packaging they pay an extra fee that will contribute to its recycling. - ONE system for registering all packaging and orders where we pay per package instead of having a floor of 10,000 orders so even small businesses sending out 10-30 a year don't pay hundreds or thousands of euros despite not being close to reaching the limit. - Creating an exception for micro-businesses who account for less than 1% of packaging waste which mostly comes from huge companies like Amazon, etc. - Create exceptions for 100% compostable paper packaging which don't seem to be the target problem Please don't make the EU a wasteland of mega corps deficient in micro businesses, artisans, and crafters because you wrote out a senseless regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558199_en"}, {"id": 33558122, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:13:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt bei der Umsetzung der PPWR aufmerksam machen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ein naheliegender Weg, meinen Kundenkreis zu erweitern. Die PPWR erschwert dies jedoch erheblich: Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und bezahlt werden muss. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten entstehen entsprechend viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dorthin fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert versendet werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen bei kleinen Händlern in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel einschränken oder ganz darauf verzichten. Dies widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen und Bagatellgrenzen Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand etablierter Kriterien wie Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Schwellen überschreiten, aber nur geringe Mengen in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollte ergänzend eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist. 2. Ein echter europäischer One-Stop-Shop Die Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister mit der Abwicklung in mehreren Ländern zu beauftragen, reicht nicht aus. Solche Angebote existieren bereits. In der Praxis entstehen trotzdem separate Leistungen und Fixkosten je Mitgliedstaat, unabhängig von den tatsächlich verkauften Mengen. Notwendig wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral erfüllt werden können, ohne für jedes Land ein eigenes Vertragsverhältnis und separate Fixkosten zu benötigen. 3. Einheitliche technische Standards Die Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten sollte EU-weit standardisiert werden. Einmal erfasste Daten sollten nicht für jedes Land erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten und Systemen aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten. Viele regulatorische Anforderungen verursachen nahezu dieselben Fixkosten und denselben administrativen Grundaufwand. Große Unternehmen können diese Kosten auf hohe Verkaufsvolumen verteilen; für kleine Händler können sie dagegen den gesamten Verkauf in einem Mitgliedstaat unwirtschaftlich machen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, anstatt den Verkauf aus Kostengründen auf den eigenen Mitgliedstaat zu beschränken. Ich bitte Sie daher, Ausnahmen für Kleinstunternehmen, angemessene Bagatellgrenzen sowie eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung bei der weiteren Umsetzung der PPWR zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Holger Kessler", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales within the EU. For me, as a small business, selling to other EU Member States is an obvious way of expanding my customer base. However, the PPWR makes this considerably more difficult: Individual sales to another Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and paid for there. Ten or twenty target markets generate a correspondingly high number of contracts, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether five parcels or five hundred are sent to them. These fixed costs per country are not proportionate to the actual packaging volumes for small traders. They effectively act as a market entry threshold: Those who cannot pass on the costs to a sufficiently large volume of sales will restrict cross-border trade or refrain from doing so altogether. In my view, this runs counter to the basic idea of the European internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: 1. Exemption for micro-enterprises and de minimis thresholds for micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative, based on established criteria such as staff headcount and turnover. Undertakings which exceed those thresholds but only send small quantities to individual Member States should additionally be subject to a de minimis threshold per destination country below which no separate authorised representative is required. 2. A genuine European one-stop shop The possibility of hiring a central service provider to handle transactions in several countries is not sufficient. Such offers already exist. In practice, however, there are separate services and fixed costs for each Member State, irrespective of the quantities actually sold. A genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be fulfilled centrally for all Member States without requiring a separate contractual relationship and fixed costs for each country. 3. Uniform technical standards The transmission of packaging data should be standardised across the EU. Once collected, data should not have to be reprocessed in different formats and systems for each country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. Many regulatory requirements generate almost the same fixed costs and the same basic administrative burden. Large companies can spread these costs over high sales volumes; on the other hand, they may make the entire sale in a Member State uneconomic for small traders. A proportionate design of the authorised representative obligation would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European single market, rather than limiting sales to their own Member State for cost reasons. I would therefore ask you to take into account exemptions for micro-enterprises, appropriate de minimis thresholds and a genuine European one-stop-shop solution in the further implementation of the PPWR. Yours sincerely, Holger Kessler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558122_en"}, {"id": 33558011, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:11:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Entdecker GmbH", "feedback": "Guten Tag, die PPWR stellt uns als Unternehmen mit 22 Mitarbeitern vor sehr große Herausforderungen. Wir versenden bisher in viele EU Staaten nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr mit einem Volumen von <1000 EUR p.a.. Das wird durch die Lizensierungspflicht schlicht unrentabel. Ausserdem beziehen wir Ware aus dem nicht EU Ausland. Da wir keine großen Mengen abnehmen, werden wir die Konformitätspflichten gegenüber unseren Zulieferern nicht durchsetzen können. Im Ergebnis bedeutet dies, dass wir die Verpackungen aus dem nicht EU Ausland nicht wie bisher weiterverwenden, sondern vernichten und die Ware in Verpackungen aus der EU umpacken. Dadurch entstehen höhere Kosten und mehr Verpackungen und nicht weniger.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear PPWR, as a company with 22 employees, we face very serious challenges. So far, we send only a few consignments per year with a volume of < EUR 1000 per year to many EU countries. This simply becomes unprofitable as a result of the licensing obligation. We also buy goods from outside the EU. As we do not purchase large quantities, we will not be able to enforce compliance obligations vis-à-vis our suppliers. As a result, we are not reusing the packaging from outside the EU as before, but destroying it and repacking it in packaging from outside the EU. This leads to higher costs and more packaging, not less.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558011_en"}, {"id": 33558056, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:10:29", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi! While it's good that this new law helps the environment, it will also kill all small scale businesses. Many smaller businesses can't afford these new changes. My EU country already lacks interesting products to buy; and I can barely afford to buy anything from US or UK due to the extra customs/etc. With this new law, my last decent option (artists within EU) will disappear! And I know many feel the same. And there are many artists out there who will lose their income. Please reconsider it or make it easier for small and medium scale businesses to survive. We need them!", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi! While it's good that this new law helps the environment, it will also kill all small scale businesses. Many smaller businesses can't afford these new changes. My EU country already lacks interesting products to buy; and I can barely afford to buy anything from US or UK due to the extra customs/etc. With this new law, my last decent option (artists within EU) will disappear! And I know many feel the same. And there are many artists out there who will lose their income. Please reconsider it or make it easier for small and medium scale businesses to survive. We need them!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558056_en"}, {"id": 33558039, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:09:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GilGo Bags GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Für mich ist das das Ende des EU-Binnenmarkts und auch für den Mittelstand: Warum wir den EU-Versand einstellen: Der freie europäische Warenverkehr existiert nur noch auf dem Papier. Für kleine und mittlere Onlinehändler ist der grenzüberschreitende Versand zur bürokratischen Existenzfalle geworden. Die Realität: Bürokratie killt Binnenmarkt. 27-facher Flickenteppich: Statt eines einheitlichen Marktes fordern 1015 Länder eigene EPR-Verpackungsanmeldungen, Gebühren und teils lokale Steuer- und Bilanzpflichten (wie in Spanien), die selbst Jahre nach dem letzten Paket weiterlaufen. Verantwortungs-Verschiebung: Kartonhersteller wälzen Pflichten auf Händler ab. Schwammige Richtlinien sorgen für maximale Rechtsunsicherheit statt fairer Haftung. MEINE Lösung: Das Kfz-Kennzeichen-Prinzip für Verpackungen Schluss mit 27 nationalen Portalen erforderlich ist ein zentrales, digitales EU-PPWR-System, das kostet den Händler nichts oder nur einen Bruchteil! Seine (Händler o. Hersteller) EU-PPWR-Nummer auf der Verpackung: Verbindlich aufgedruckt auf dem Karton oder dem Adresslabel wie ein amtliches Kfz-Kennzeichen. Ein zentrales EU-Echtzeit-Portal: Eine öffentlich einsehbare Datenbank. Sofortige Prüfung: Ist registriert? Wer hat gezahlt Hersteller oder Händler? Volle Transparenz: Verbindliche Hinterlegung einer ladungsfähigen Anschrift für Händler und Kartonhersteller mit der Steuernummer verifizierbar. Verstöße sind auf Knopfdruck prüffähig. Fazit: Wenn die Compliance-Kosten den Warenwert auffressen, bleibt Händlern nur der Rückzug auf den Heimatmarkt. Für den Mittelstand ist Europa nicht geeint, sondern gespalten. Danke, EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "For me, this is the end of the EU’s single market and also for small and medium-sized enterprises: Why do we stop EU transit? The free movement of goods in Europe now exists only on paper. Cross-border shipping has become a bureaucratic trap for small and medium-sized online traders. The reality: Red tape kills the single market. 27-fold patchwork: Instead of a single market, 1015 countries require their own EPR packaging declarations, fees and sometimes local tax and balance sheet obligations (as in Spain), which continue even years after the last package. Shift of responsibility: Cartonboard producers pass on obligations to dealers. Vague directives create maximum legal uncertainty rather than fair liability. My solution: The ‘Vehicle Labelling Principle’ for packaging Complete with 27 national portals requires a central, digital EU PWWR system, which costs the dealer nothing or only a fraction! Its (trader or manufacturer) EU PWWR number on the packaging: Printed on the cardboard box or on the address label in the same way as an official vehicle number plate. A single EU real-time portal: A publicly available database. Immediate inspection: Is it registered? Who paid the manufacturer or distributor? Full transparency: Mandatory deposit of a dispatchable address for dealers and cartonboard producers with the tax number verifiable. Non-compliances can be checked at button pressure. My conclusion: If the compliance costs absorb the value of the goods, traders will only be able to retreat to the home market. For SMEs, Europe is not united, but divided. Thank you, EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33558039_en"}, {"id": 33557992, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:07:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Da ich meine Arbeit liebe und mein Geschäft nicht wegen der neuen Regel aufgeben möchte, wünsche ich mir, dass Sie das ändern - vielen Dank. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Julius Zwanzig", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Since I love my job and do not want to give up my business because of the new rule, I would like you to change this – thank you very much. Yours sincerely, Julius Twenty", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557992_en"}, {"id": 33557841, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 13:01:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Artee Clothing UG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf.Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe.Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts und führt in der Praxis dazu, dass nahezu 100 % der kleinen Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Vertrieb komplett einstellen werden.Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen:Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht.Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können.Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen.Viertens muss der Gesetzgeber dringend den geschaffenen Missbrauchsraum für die Abmahnindustrie schließen. Durch die starre Pflicht ab dem ersten versendeten Paket wird ein massiver, künstlicher Markt für wettbewerbsrechtliche Abmahnungen geschaffen. Spezialisierte Akteure können ohne direkten sachlichen Bezug durch bloße Registerabgleiche existenzbedrohende Abmahnwellen gegen kleine Betriebe lostreten. Dies generiert Profit für Wenige auf dem Rücken des ehrlichen Mittelstands und schürt eine lähmende Rechtsunsicherheit.Das grundlegende Ziel der PPWR die Reduzierung von Verpackungsmüll und das Verursacherprinzip ist absolut nachvollziehbar. Die Art und Weise der handwerklichen Gesetzgebung lässt jedoch jegliche Verhältnismäßigkeit vermissen. Es entsteht der fatale Eindruck einer kopflosen Überregulierung: Während die EU-Kommission angesichts der drohenden Marktblockaden ein informelles Sanktionsmoratorium für Behörden empfiehlt, bleibt das zivilrechtliche Abmahnrisiko für uns Händler voll bestehen. Dass ein Gesetz scharfgestellt wird, während zeitgleich im Rat und Parlament noch über die dringend benötigten KMU-Ausnahmen gestritten wird, ist für die Praxis vollkommen inakzeptabel.Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinert", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the right to abide by the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred.These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market and in practice means that almost 100 % of small businesses will stop cross-border sales altogether.I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: Firstly, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint a representative according to the known thresholds for staff headcount and turnover. For companies that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should be used as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative.Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, whereby the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States can be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs.Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data has been collected, it does not have to be reprocessed for each country.Fourth, the legislator urgently needs to close the room for abuse created for the warning industry. The rigidity of the obligation from the first package sent creates a massive, artificial market for competition warnings. Without any direct material connection, specialised operators can escape existential warning waves against small businesses by simply cross-checking registers. This generates profit for those who lose out on the backs of honest small and medium-sized enterprises and causes crippling legal uncertainty.The basic aim of the PPWR, namely to reduce packaging waste and the ‘polluter pays’ principle, is perfectly understandable. However, the nature of artisanal legislation lacks any proportionality. This creates a disastrous impression of headless overregulation: While, in view of the threat of market blockages, the European Commission recommends an informal moratorium on penalties for public authorities, the civil-law risk of warnings remains fully in place for us traders. It is completely unacceptable in practice for a law to be spelled out, while at the same time there is still a debate in the Council and Parliament about the much-needed SME exemptions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557841_en"}, {"id": 33557757, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:57:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HEGA GmbH", "feedback": "Beschwerde zur PPWR Verpackungsverordnung", "feedbackEnglish": "Complaint regarding the PPWR Packaging Ordinance", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557757_en"}, {"id": 33557711, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:56:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bahnprofi Modellbahnhandel", "feedback": "Ich bin ein kleiner Onlinehändler für Modellbauartikel in Deutschland. Mein Umsatzanteil für Lieferungen in die EU beträgt 15% meines Gesamtumsatzes bei 100 bis 150 Paketen p.a.. Eine Registrierung in jedem einzelnen EU-Land ist für mich viel zu teuer und aufwändig. Sollte die Verordnung nicht zu Gunsten der Händler geändert oder abgeschafft werden, gefährdet das die Rentabilität meines und tausender ähnlicher kleiner Unternehmen in der EU. Ich habe seit 12. August alle EU-Länder außer Deutschland für den Verkauf gesperrt. Meine vielen treuen Kunden in der EU werden hierfür kein Verständnis haben.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small online retailer of model construction products in Germany. My share of turnover for deliveries to the EU is 15 % of my total turnover for 100 to 150 parcels per year. Registering in each EU country is far too expensive and burdensome for me. If the Regulation is not amended or abolished to the benefit of traders, this will jeopardise the profitability of my and thousands of similar small businesses in the EU. Since 12 August, I have banned all EU countries except Germany from selling. My many loyal customers in the EU will not understand this.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557711_en"}, {"id": 33557686, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:54:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ten Dance Media GmbH", "feedback": "Wir begrüßen grundsätzlich das Ziel der Europäischen Union, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und europaweit einheitliche Umweltstandards zu schaffen. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung der neuen Vorgaben führt jedoch insbesondere für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zu erheblichen praktischen und finanziellen Belastungen. Unser Unternehmen versendet Waren aus Deutschland auch an Endkunden in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. In einigen Ländern handelt es sich dabei lediglich um vereinzelte Bestellungen mit sehr geringem jährlichem Umsatz und entsprechend geringen Verpackungsmengen. Dennoch können bereits solche einzelnen Lieferungen umfangreiche nationale Verpflichtungen auslösen, beispielsweise Registrierungs-, Melde- und Lizenzierungspflichten sowie insbesondere die Verpflichtung, in dem jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen. Die hierfür entstehenden Fixkosten stehen in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umfang der Geschäftstätigkeit. Es ist wirtschaftlich nicht darstellbar, für einzelne Länder jährlich erhebliche Kosten für Registrierung, Bevollmächtigte und administrative Verfahren zu tragen, wenn dort möglicherweise lediglich wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr mit geringem Warenwert erfolgen. In der Praxis führt dies dazu, dass kleine Unternehmen gezwungen werden, Lieferungen in bestimmte EU-Mitgliedstaaten einzustellen oder gar nicht erst anzubieten. Damit entsteht aus unserer Sicht ein erheblicher Widerspruch zu einem der grundlegenden Ziele des europäischen Binnenmarktes: dem möglichst freien grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Während große Unternehmen entsprechende Fixkosten auf ein hohes Versand- und Umsatzvolumen verteilen können, treffen diese Verpflichtungen kleine Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig stark. Eine formal gleiche Verpflichtung führt daher wirtschaftlich gerade nicht zu einer gleichen Belastung. Die derzeitige Regelung kann somit unbeabsichtigt dazu führen, dass kleinere Unternehmen ihren grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU einschränken, während große Marktteilnehmer ihre Tätigkeit nahezu unverändert fortführen können. Dies beeinträchtigt sowohl den Wettbewerb als auch die praktische Funktionsfähigkeit des europäischen Binnenmarktes.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, we welcome the European Union’s objective of reducing packaging waste and creating uniform environmental standards throughout Europe. However, the specific design of the new requirements leads to considerable practical and financial burdens, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises. Our company also sends goods from Germany to end customers in other EU Member States. In some countries, these are only isolated orders with a very small annual turnover and correspondingly small quantities of packaging. Nevertheless, such individual deliveries can trigger extensive national obligations, such as registration, reporting and licensing obligations, and in particular the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in the respective Member State. The fixed costs involved are not economically justified in relation to the actual level of activity. It is not economically feasible to bear significant costs for individual countries for registration, authorised representatives and administrative procedures every year if there may be only a few low-value orders per year. In practice, this results in small businesses being forced to stop supplying or not offering supplies to certain EU Member States. In our view, this creates a significant contradiction with one of the fundamental objectives of the European single market: the freest possible cross-border trade within the European Union. While large companies can spread such fixed costs over a high volume of shipping and sales, these obligations disproportionately affect small companies. A formally identical obligation does not therefore give rise to the same burden from an economic point of view. The current regime may therefore unintentionally lead to smaller companies limiting their cross-border trade within the EU, while large market players can continue operating almost unchanged. This affects both competition and the practical functioning of the European internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557686_en"}, {"id": 33557685, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:52:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue PPWR ist absolut unverhältnismäßig. Wenn ich mir meine OSS Zahlungen des letzten Jahres ansehe, muß die logische Konsequenz auf diese irrsinnige Verordnung sein, das wir Europa nun nicht mehr beliefern sollten. Wir verkaufen Schreibgeräte, davon ein großer Anteil gebrauchte Schreibgeräte, die teils 50 Jahre und älter sind. Wir unterstützen somit die Wiederverwertung und den Recycling Gedanken. Das alles zählt nun nicht mehr, da irgendwelche Bürokraten in Brüssel solche wahnwitzigen Reglungen aufstellen. Die Registrierung für alle Länder über Firmen die nun ein neues Geschäftsmodell haben, liegt bei ca. 15000. Die Konsequenz wird sein: ein Sterben des Online Handels und eine weitere Überschwemmung von Temu, Shein etc Artikeln. Regina Martini. Www.martiniauctions.com", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR is totally disproportionate. If I look at my OSS payments last year, the logical consequence must be this irrational regulation, which we should no longer deliver to Europe. We sell writers, a large proportion of which are used writers, some of whom are 50 years old or older. We therefore support the idea of recycling and recycling. All of this no longer counts, as some bureaucrats in Brussels put in place such awkward rules. Registration for all countries via companies that now have a new business model is around 15000. The consequence will be: a death from online trade and a further flood of Temu, Shein articles, etc. Regina Martini. Www.martiniauctions.com", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557685_en"}, {"id": 33557684, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:52:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Schritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Versand- und Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten KMU nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Viertens sollten europäische Firmen, die sich an geltendes Recht halten, nicht gegenüber Direktvertreibern aus Drittstaaten benachteiligt werden. Dieses Gesetz ist an Realitätsferne kaum zu überbieten und trifft leider die Falschen. Fünftens schlage ich vor, dass der Erstinverkehrbringer im europäischen Hoheitsgebiet EINMALIG die Abgaben an eine Zentralstelle leistet, die dann selbst über bereits bekannte OSS- und Intrastatmeldungen den Grenzausgleichsmechanismus AUTOMATISCH erledigt, ohne die weitere Handelskette zu behelligen. Eine Abmilderung und Änderung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde mir und vielen anderen KMU erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich wieder wieder zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen/jeweiligen nationalen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step without a legal department of my own, but with the claim to abide by the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual shipping and packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: Firstly, SMEs should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives, in accordance with the known limits on staff headcount and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Fourthly, European firms complying with the law should not be disadvantaged compared to direct distributors from third countries. This law can hardly be overbidden at a distance from reality and unfortunately hits the wrongs. Fifthly, I propose that the first distributor within the European territory SINGLE pays the duties to a central body, which then carries out the border adjustment mechanism AUTOMATICally, even through already known OSS and Intrastat reports, without dispelling the further commercial chain. A relaxation and amendment of the obligation to appoint representatives would allow me and many other SMEs to actually re-use the European single market instead of limiting ourselves to the German/relevant national market for reasons of cost. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557684_en"}, {"id": 33557683, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:52:00", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Regulation are obviously well intentioned, however they are majorly hurting EU businesses. This in isolation would not be too burdensome, however there are so many other rules and regulations that are coming in all at once like EPR reporting, digital product passports, CSRD, Chemicals Omnibus. It feels at this moment that the EU is out of control with its regulation and businesses of all sizes are going to pay the price, as we fall further behind companies from other markets. Although the intention is good, these regulations are tanking EU businesses and are going to affect peoples jobs and lives. This legislation should be abandoned in the interest of competition.", "feedbackEnglish": "Regulation are obviously well intentioned, however they are majorly hurting EU businesses. This in isolation would not be too burdensome, however there are so many other rules and regulations that are coming in all at once like EPR reporting, digital product passports, CSRD, Chemicals Omnibus. It feels at this moment that the EU is out of control with its regulation and businesses of all sizes are going to pay the price, as we fall further behind companies from other markets. Although the intention is good, these regulations are tanking EU businesses and are going to affect peoples jobs and lives. This legislation should be abandoned in the interest of competition.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557683_en"}, {"id": 33557681, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:46:24", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Aql&Nafs ", "feedback": "As one of the founders of AQL & NAFS, a small two-person business based in UK/Germany I am deeply concerned about the impact these new regulations will have on small-businesses like ours. We founded AQL & NAFS with a very specific mission: to work with women and artisans in Afghanistan, provide them with paid work and give their incredible craftsmanship access to a global audience. We want to help preserve traditional Afghan craftsmanship and create sustainable economic opportunities, particularly for women who have very limited access to employment. We sell across Europe, but as a two-person company, we simply do not have the financial or administrative resources to manage separate EPR registrations, fees and reporting obligations in every individual EU country. In many EU markets, we may only receive a small number of orders each year, making the cost and bureaucracy completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging we actually place on the market. If there is no simplified solution or meaningful exemption for micro-businesses, we will have no choice but to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. For us, this does not only mean losing customers. It directly affects how much work we can provide to our artisans in Afghanistan. Regulations designed to create a positive environmental impact should not unintentionally make it impossible for small, socially driven businesses to operate internationally. We absolutely support sustainability and responsible packaging. What we are asking for is proportionality: a realistic threshold, exemption or simple EU-wide system that allows micro-businesses to comply without facing disproportionate costs and bureaucracy. Please consider the very real human impact these regulations can have on businesses like ours and, ultimately, on the communities and artisans whose livelihoods depend on our ability to reach customers across Europe. One of the Founders of AQL & NAFS", "feedbackEnglish": "As one of the founders of AQL & NAFS, a small two-person business based in UK/Germany I am deeply concerned about the impact these new regulations will have on small-businesses like ours. We founded AQL & NAFS with a very specific mission: to work with women and artisans in Afghanistan, provide them with paid work and give their incredible craftsmanship access to a global audience. We want to help preserve traditional Afghan craftsmanship and create sustainable economic opportunities, particularly for women who have very limited access to employment. We sell across Europe, but as a two-person company, we simply do not have the financial or administrative resources to manage separate EPR registrations, fees and reporting obligations in every individual EU country. In many EU markets, we may only receive a small number of orders each year, making the cost and bureaucracy completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging we actually place on the market. If there is no simplified solution or meaningful exemption for micro-businesses, we will have no choice but to stop selling to customers in certain EU countries. For us, this does not only mean losing customers. It directly affects how much work we can provide to our artisans in Afghanistan. Regulations designed to create a positive environmental impact should not unintentionally make it impossible for small, socially driven businesses to operate internationally. We absolutely support sustainability and responsible packaging. What we are asking for is proportionality: a realistic threshold, exemption or simple EU-wide system that allows micro-businesses to comply without facing disproportionate costs and bureaucracy. Please consider the very real human impact these regulations can have on businesses like ours and, ultimately, on the communities and artisans whose livelihoods depend on our ability to reach customers across Europe. One of the Founders of AQL & NAFS", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557681_en"}, {"id": 33557678, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:44:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich möchte als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels auf einen Punkt bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen, der aus meiner Sicht gerade für kleine Unternehmen problematisch werden könnte: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu benennen. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder ist für einen kleinen Online-Händler grundsätzlich eine gute Möglichkeit, das eigene Geschäft weiterzuentwickeln. Auch ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung besteht dabei selbstverständlich der Anspruch, die gesetzlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Mit den geplanten Regelungen kann der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf jedoch schnell mit erheblichen zusätzlichen Kosten und bürokratischem Aufwand verbunden sein. Problematisch ist insbesondere, dass bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat eine entsprechende Verpflichtung auslösen kann. Verkaufe ich beispielsweise in zehn EU-Länder, müsste ich mich unter Umständen mit zehn unterschiedlichen Bevollmächtigten, Verträgen, Gebühren und Meldeverfahren auseinandersetzen. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, ob ich in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder mehrere hundert im Jahr verkaufe. Gerade für kleine Händler ist das aus meiner Sicht nicht verhältnismäßig. Die anfallenden Fixkosten stehen schnell in keinem sinnvollen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in einem Land verkauften Waren- und Verpackungsmenge. Dadurch entsteht letztlich eine Hürde für den Marktzugang. Wenn sich Aufwand und Kosten bei kleinen Verkaufsmengen nicht wirtschaftlich darstellen lassen, bleibt nur die Möglichkeit, auf Verkäufe in bestimmte EU-Länder zu verzichten. Das kann aus meiner Sicht nicht im Sinne eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Daher würde ich folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Ausnahme bzw. Bagatellgrenze für kleine Unternehmen Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand der bereits bekannten Grenzen für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzen überschreiten, aber nur in sehr geringem Umfang in ein bestimmtes EU-Land verkaufen, wäre zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze sinnvoll. Bleibt die Verkaufsmenge beziehungsweise das Verpackungsaufkommen in einem Zielland darunter, sollte dort kein eigener Bevollmächtigter erforderlich sein. 2. Tatsächliche zentrale Lösung statt einzelner Verträge pro Land Die Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, löst das Problem derzeit nicht vollständig. Zwar kann die Abwicklung gebündelt werden, trotzdem entstehen für Händler weiterhin einzelne Vertragsverhältnisse und entsprechende Fixkosten für die jeweiligen Länder unabhängig davon, wie viel tatsächlich in das jeweilige Land verkauft wird. Sinnvoller wäre daher eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Über eine zentrale Stelle sollten die notwendigen Registrierungen und Meldungen für mehrere beziehungsweise alle Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt abgewickelt werden können, ohne dass für jedes einzelne Land erneut separate Fixkosten entstehen. 3. Einheitliche technische Datenübermittlung Auch die Übermittlung der erforderlichen Verpackungsdaten sollte technisch einheitlich geregelt werden. Daten, die ein Händler einmal erfasst hat, sollten möglichst für die verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten weiterverwendet werden können. Eine erneute Aufbereitung der gleichen Informationen für jedes einzelne Land verursacht zusätzlichen Aufwand, ohne einen entsprechenden Mehrwert zu schaffen. Kleine Unternehmen können dieselben gesetzlichen Anforderungen wie größere Marktteilnehmer deutlich schlechter auf ihr Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Ein großer Händler kann Fixkosten auf eine große Zahl von Verkäufen umlegen. Bei einem kleinen Händler können dieselben Kosten dagegen bereits bei wenigen Auslandsverkäufen unverhältnismäßig hoch sein. Ich würde mir daher eine Regelung wünschen, die diese Unterschiede berücksichtigt.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an operator of small online sales, I would like to draw your attention to an issue in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers, which, in my view, could be problematic for small businesses in particular: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales. Selling to other EU countries is in principle a good way for a small online trader to develop their own business. Even in the absence of a legal department of its own, there is of course a claim to comply with the legal requirements. However, the planned rules can quickly impose significant additional costs and red tape on cross-border sales. In particular, it is problematic that a single sale to another Member State can trigger such an obligation. For example, if I sell to 10 EU countries, I might have to deal with 10 different agents, contracts, fees and reporting procedures. It makes no difference whether I sell only a few parcels in one country or several hundreds a year. In my view, this is not proportionate, especially for small traders. The fixed costs incurred are quickly disproportionate to the quantity of goods and packaging actually sold in a country. This ultimately creates a barrier to market access. If the burden and costs cannot be economically demonstrated for small sales volumes, only the option of not selling to certain EU countries remains. In my view, this cannot be in the interests of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore suggest that the following points be examined: 1. The exemption or de minimis threshold for small enterprises microenterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of the already known limits on the number of employees and turnover. For companies that cross these borders but sell only to a very small extent to a specific EU country, at least a de minimis threshold would be useful. If the sales volume or packaging volume in a target country is lower than this, no separate authorised representative should be required in that country. 2. Effective centralised solution instead of individual contracts per country The possibility of appointing a central service provider to act as an agent does not fully solve the problem at present. While settlement can be bundled, traders still face individual contractual relationships and corresponding fixed costs for the respective countries, regardless of how much is actually sold to the respective country. A genuine one-stop-shop solution would therefore be more appropriate. It should be possible to carry out the necessary registrations and notifications for several or all Member States in one single entity without incurring new fixed costs for each individual country. 3. Uniform technical transmission of data The transmission of the required packaging data should also be regulated in a technically uniform manner. Data that a trader has collected once should be re-usable, where possible, for the different Member States. Reprocessing the same information for each country creates additional burden without adding value. Small businesses are much less able to spread the same legal requirements as larger market players over their business volumes. A large trader can pass on fixed costs to a large number of sales. By contrast, in the case of a small trader, the same costs may be disproportionately high in the case of a small number of foreign sales. I would therefore like to see a rule that takes these differences into account.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557678_en"}, {"id": 33557677, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:44:26", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gartenfrische Kosmetik", "feedback": "At Gartenfrische Kosmetik (www.gartenfrische-kosmetik.at), we built our micro-business on a simple, genuine promise: clean, fresh, natural cosmetics created with passion right here in Austria. We are micro-scale, local, and as close to nature as it gets. And yet, we are currently facing a terrifying reality: We may have to close our doors for good. Not because our customers don't love our products. Not because our quality failed. But because of the unyielding, out-of-touch, red-tape monstrosity known as the EUs Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the relentless tide of absurd EU mandates! Lets be crystal clear about what is happening here: 1. Punishing the Micro-Producers: Regulations like the PPWR are sold to the public as \"green policy,\" but they are written by and for massive industrial conglomerates. Giant corporations have entire compliance departments and millions in budget to absorb hundreds of pages of dynamic packaging requirements, re-labeling mandates, and administrative madness. A local micro-business? We are drowning in paperwork, absurd testing requirements, and technical hurdles that do NOTHING to help the environment. 2. Bureaucracy Over Common Sense: Instead of supporting small, sustainable businesses that actually care about their footprint, Brussels produces endless, convoluted layers of top-down dictate. The administrative overhead forces small enterprises to spend more time, money, and energy dealing with lawyers and compliance portals than actually making natural products! 3. Destroying Regional Diversity: When you force identical, hyper-complex regulatory burdens on a 2-person hand-craft operation as you do on a multi-billion-dollar global brand, you are not saving the planet. You are executing small local businesses and handing total market monopoly to big industry. We are angry. We are exhausted. We are utterly disgusted by a system that claims to foster green innovation while systematically stifling the very small businesses that embody local sustainability. Is this the future of the European economy? A barren landscape where only massive corporations can survive the bureaucratic nightmare? We want to craft natural cosmetics. We want to serve our community. We do not want to spend our lives filling out endless EU compliance sheets until we are forced into bankruptcy. Enough is enough.", "feedbackEnglish": "At Gartenfrische Kosmetik (www.gartenfrische-kosmetik.at), we built our micro-business on a simple, genuine promise: clean, fresh, natural cosmetics created with passion right here in Austria. We are micro-scale, local, and as close to nature as it gets. And yet, we are currently facing a terrifying reality: We may have to close our doors for good. Not because our customers don't love our products. Not because our quality failed. But because of the unyielding, out-of-touch, red-tape monstrosity known as the EUs Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the relentless tide of absurd EU mandates! Lets be crystal clear about what is happening here: 1. Punishing the Micro-Producers: Regulations like the PPWR are sold to the public as \"green policy,\" but they are written by and for massive industrial conglomerates. Giant corporations have entire compliance departments and millions in budget to absorb hundreds of pages of dynamic packaging requirements, re-labeling mandates, and administrative madness. A local micro-business? We are drowning in paperwork, absurd testing requirements, and technical hurdles that do NOTHING to help the environment. 2. Bureaucracy Over Common Sense: Instead of supporting small, sustainable businesses that actually care about their footprint, Brussels produces endless, convoluted layers of top-down dictate. The administrative overhead forces small enterprises to spend more time, money, and energy dealing with lawyers and compliance portals than actually making natural products! 3. Destroying Regional Diversity: When you force identical, hyper-complex regulatory burdens on a 2-person hand-craft operation as you do on a multi-billion-dollar global brand, you are not saving the planet. You are executing small local businesses and handing total market monopoly to big industry. We are angry. We are exhausted. We are utterly disgusted by a system that claims to foster green innovation while systematically stifling the very small businesses that embody local sustainability. Is this the future of the European economy? A barren landscape where only massive corporations can survive the bureaucratic nightmare? We want to craft natural cosmetics. We want to serve our community. We do not want to spend our lives filling out endless EU compliance sheets until we are forced into bankruptcy. Enough is enough.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557677_en"}, {"id": 33557676, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:42:47", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Catraia Art", "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner based in Portugal, selling handmade ceramic decorative products directly to consumers across Europe through an online shop. My business is very small compared with the companies that these regulations are primarily intended to regulate. I sell relatively small quantities, often individual pieces, to customers in different European countries. Each order is carefully packaged in cardboard boxes and protective materials in order to prevent damage during transport. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the need to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling across Europe. However, I strongly oppose a system that places disproportionate administrative and financial obligations on very small businesses simply because they sell small quantities to customers in several Member States. Requiring a small independent artist to potentially register in multiple national packaging registers, comply with different national procedures, submit separate reports, pay separate fees and appoint authorised representatives in several countries can create a level of administrative complexity that is completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on those markets. For a micro-business, these are not merely minor administrative inconveniences. Fixed registration costs, representation fees and recurring compliance requirements can make it economically impossible to continue serving customers in smaller European markets. This risks creating exactly the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve: instead of making cross-border trade easier for small European businesses, it creates barriers that favour large companies capable of absorbing complex compliance costs. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce meaningful and effective exemptions or thresholds for micro and very small businesses, based on the quantities of packaging placed on each national market. At a minimum, businesses operating below a clearly defined packaging-volume threshold should be exempt from national registration, authorised representative and recurring reporting obligations, or should be able to comply through a single simplified EU-wide registration and reporting system. Small independent artists and micro-businesses should not be treated in the same way as multinational companies placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market. Europe should encourage entrepreneurship, creativity and cross-border trade by small businesses, not create a regulatory framework that makes selling a 30 or 50 handmade product to another EU country economically unviable. I strongly encourage the Commission to reconsider the proportionality of these requirements and ensure that the final system protects the environment without unnecessarily asphyxiating Europe's smallest independent businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner based in Portugal, selling handmade ceramic decorative products directly to consumers across Europe through an online shop. My business is very small compared with the companies that these regulations are primarily intended to regulate. I sell relatively small quantities, often individual pieces, to customers in different European countries. Each order is carefully packaged in cardboard boxes and protective materials in order to prevent damage during transport. I fully support the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the need to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling across Europe. However, I strongly oppose a system that places disproportionate administrative and financial obligations on very small businesses simply because they sell small quantities to customers in several Member States. Requiring a small independent artist to potentially register in multiple national packaging registers, comply with different national procedures, submit separate reports, pay separate fees and appoint authorised representatives in several countries can create a level of administrative complexity that is completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on those markets. For a micro-business, these are not merely minor administrative inconveniences. Fixed registration costs, representation fees and recurring compliance requirements can make it economically impossible to continue serving customers in smaller European markets. This risks creating exactly the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve: instead of making cross-border trade easier for small European businesses, it creates barriers that favour large companies capable of absorbing complex compliance costs. I therefore strongly urge the European Commission to introduce meaningful and effective exemptions or thresholds for micro and very small businesses, based on the quantities of packaging placed on each national market. At a minimum, businesses operating below a clearly defined packaging-volume threshold should be exempt from national registration, authorised representative and recurring reporting obligations, or should be able to comply through a single simplified EU-wide registration and reporting system. Small independent artists and micro-businesses should not be treated in the same way as multinational companies placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on the European market. Europe should encourage entrepreneurship, creativity and cross-border trade by small businesses, not create a regulatory framework that makes selling a 30 or 50 handmade product to another EU country economically unviable. I strongly encourage the Commission to reconsider the proportionality of these requirements and ensure that the final system protects the environment without unnecessarily asphyxiating Europe's smallest independent businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557676_en"}, {"id": 33557675, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:39:17", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Milan Nador", "feedback": "Als Einzelunternehmer im Online-Handel unterstütze ich die grundsätzlichen Ziele der PPWR zur Reduzierung von Verpackungsabfällen und zur Förderung der Kreislaufwirtschaft ausdrücklich. In der derzeitigen Ausgestaltung trifft die Verordnung Kleinstunternehmen jedoch mit unverhältnismäßiger Härte und bedroht die Existenz vieler kleiner Online-Händler. Besondere Sorge bereiten mir folgende Punkte: Bürokratischer Overload und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht: Die Notwendigkeit, sich in jedem einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaat zu registrieren bzw. dort kostenintensive Bevollmächtigte zu bestellen, stellt für Einzelunternehmen ein unüberwindbares Hindernis dar. Die administrativen Kosten und der zeitliche Aufwand stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umsatz oder Versandvolumen. Einschränkung des EU-Binnenmarktes: Während die PPWR den Binnenmarkt harmonisieren soll, führt die verbleibende Bürokratie in der Praxis dazu, dass Kleinhändler den grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU einstellen müssen. Dies schwächt die Vielfalt des europäischen E-Commerce und stärkt außer-europäische Großkonzerne. Praktische Hürden beim Textil- und Materialversand: Verpackungsentscheidungen im Online-Handel folgen strengen Schutzanforderungen. Textilien und empfindliche Waren benötigen einen zuverlässigen Feuchtigkeitsschutz beim Transport. Vorschriften müssen Raum für praxistaugliche und hygienische Lösungen lassen, ohne kleine Händler durch pauschale Vorgaben zu überfordern. Fehlende Bagatellgrenzen (De-minimis-Regelung): Es fehlen praxistaugliche Ausnahmen oder gestaffelte Freigrenzen für Kleinstbetriebe. Große Konzerne verfügen über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen für Einzelunternehmer bedeutet die Umsetzung jedoch das Ende ihrer Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Forderung an die EU-Kommission: Ich fordere eine echte De-minimis-Regelung (Bagatellgrenze) für Kleinst- und Einzelunternehmen sowie vereinfachte, zentrale Meldeverfahren über eine einzige EU-weite Plattform (Single Window System) ohne die Pflicht zur kostenintensiven Beauftragung lokaler Repräsentanten in jedem Zielland. Umweltschutz muss machbar sein auch für die Kleinbetriebslandschaft, die das Rückgrat der europäischen Wirtschaft bildet.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader in e-commerce, I expressly support the PPWR’s fundamental objectives of reducing packaging waste and promoting the circular economy. However, in its current form, the Regulation hits micro-enterprises disproportionately hard and threatens the existence of many small online traders. I am particularly concerned about the following points: Bureaucratic overload and duty of attorney: The need to register or appoint costly authorised representatives in each individual EU Member State is an insurmountable obstacle for individual companies. The administrative costs and time spent are disproportionate to the actual turnover or volume of shipments. Limiting the EU’s internal market: While the PPWR aims to harmonise the internal market, the remaining bureaucracy means in practice that small traders have to stop cross-border shipping within the EU. This weakens the diversity of European e-commerce and strengthens large non-European companies. Practical obstacles to the shipment of textiles and materials: Packaging decisions in e-commerce are subject to strict protection requirements. Textiles and sensitive products need reliable moisture protection during transport. Regulations must leave room for practical and hygienic solutions without overburdening small traders with blanket requirements. Absence of de minimis thresholds: There are no practical exemptions or graduated exemption thresholds for micro-enterprises. However, large corporations have their own legal and compliance departments for sole proprietors, but implementation marks the end of their competitiveness. Request to the European Commission: I call for a genuine de minimis rule (de minimis threshold) for micro-enterprises and individual enterprises, as well as simplified, single-window reporting procedures through a single EU-wide platform, without the obligation to engage costly local representatives in each destination country. Environmental protection must also be feasible for the small farm landscape, which is the backbone of the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557675_en"}, {"id": 33557670, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:30:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen wie meines war der Versand ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Schritt, um organisch zu wachsen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, alle gesetzlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Die PPWR verändert diese Ausgangslage jedoch grundlegend: Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen entsprechend viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich in diesen Ländern fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert versende. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken faktisch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Unternehmen, die diese Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen können, werden den grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden als ausbauen. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens: Kleinstunternehmen sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber nur geringe Mengen ins EU-Ausland versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens: Die Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits, führt aber weiterhin zu einzelnen Verträgen und Fixkosten pro Land unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Notwendig wäre eine echte OneStopShopLösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens: Die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte oder eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sollte technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land separat aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, jedoch verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diese Realität berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Kathrin Borsdorf", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses such as myself, shipping to another EU Member State has hitherto been an obvious step towards organic growth without a separate legal department, but with the aim of complying with all legal requirements. However, the PPWR is fundamentally changing this situation: A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, a correspondingly large number of separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels arise, regardless of whether I send five packages or five hundred in these countries. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They effectively act as a market entry threshold: Companies that cannot pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will avoid rather than increase cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First: Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative under the known staff headcount and turnover limits. Undertakings which exceed these limits but only send small quantities to other EU countries should be subject to at least one de minimis limit per destination country, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Secondly: The possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives is not sufficient in practice. This bundling already exists, but still results in individual contracts and fixed costs per country, regardless of the actual sales volume. A genuine OneStopShop solution would be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Thirdly: The transmission of data to authorised representatives or a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not have to be processed separately for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this reality into account would allow me and many other small traders to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Kathrin Borsdorf", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557670_en"}, {"id": 33557667, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:25:27", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Beneath the Dust Jacket", "feedback": "I am a solo entrepreneur based in the UK, with customers in a few EU countries. I completely support the concept of this legislation and the need to reduce packaging waste and to do more for the environment (something most small businesses strive for already). However, this legislation seems to be the latest in driving difficulties for small businesses with many unable to afford to implement this and so rather than move forward have to shut off the EU market meaning they are unable to grow their business and help support the economy. The businesses that probably can afford to comply are the large companies that seem to be the most resistant to being environmentally friendly. I hope that there can be allowances for small businesses or perhaps a tiered system dependent on the size of the company.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a solo entrepreneur based in the UK, with customers in a few EU countries. I completely support the concept of this legislation and the need to reduce packaging waste and to do more for the environment (something most small businesses strive for already). However, this legislation seems to be the latest in driving difficulties for small businesses with many unable to afford to implement this and so rather than move forward have to shut off the EU market meaning they are unable to grow their business and help support the economy. The businesses that probably can afford to comply are the large companies that seem to be the most resistant to being environmentally friendly. I hope that there can be allowances for small businesses or perhaps a tiered system dependent on the size of the company.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557667_en"}, {"id": 33557666, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:24:13", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nabu Records", "feedback": "Die neue regulierung hindert uns am versand in EU länder. über 1/3 unseres umsatzes wird über versand vorallem in den EU binnenmarkt generiert. es schadet unserem kleinen betrieb sehr. ich bitte hier um ein umdenken. vorallem kleine und mittelständische unternehmen sind betroffen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new regulation prevents us from shipping to EU countries. More than one third of our turnover is generated via shipping to the EU’s internal market. It is very damaging to our small business. I would ask you to reconsider this. Small and medium-sized businesses are particularly affected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557666_en"}, {"id": 33557665, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:24:00", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "vanderMeij Guitars", "feedback": "Dear sir/madam, This regulation might be the end of my one man boutique guitar business that I have been grinding on for 12 years and that is my only source of income. I ask you to please make an exception for small companies. I am a luthier and I build about 25 guitars a year in my workshop in The Netherlands, and ship around about as much parts (hand wound guitar pickups). With all prices going up, the margin is unfortunately small, but as this is my passion, I manage to live from it. I sell mainly within the EU, but my customers are from all over the EU. I try to manage my company as sustainably as possible as I care deeply about that, and recycle most of the packaging (eg ship guitars in the boxes that the cases came in). Having to buy contracts in every country I deliver 1 or 2 packages a year to is impossible for me as it would cost too much. Also the administration is too much to handle on my own. Big stores with imported guitars will probably have everything set up, but guys like me can't. There are only a few manufacturers left in the EU, please don't make all of us stop. Kind regards, Koen van der Meij VanderMeij Guitars", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear sir/madam, This regulation might be the end of my one man boutique guitar business that I have been grinding on for 12 years and that is my only source of income. I ask you to please make an exception for small companies. I am a luthier and I build about 25 guitars a year in my workshop in The Netherlands, and ship around about as much parts (hand wound guitar pickups). With all prices going up, the margin is unfortunately small, but as this is my passion, I manage to live from it. I sell mainly within the EU, but my customers are from all over the EU. I try to manage my company as sustainably as possible as I care deeply about that, and recycle most of the packaging (eg ship guitars in the boxes that the cases came in). Having to buy contracts in every country I deliver 1 or 2 packages a year to is impossible for me as it would cost too much. Also the administration is too much to handle on my own. Big stores with imported guitars will probably have everything set up, but guys like me can't. There are only a few manufacturers left in the EU, please don't make all of us stop. Kind regards, Koen van der Meij VanderMeij Guitars", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557665_en"}, {"id": 33557664, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:22:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf - ein weiteres, unnützes Bürokratiemonster, welches uns Händlern viel Zeit und Nerven raubt und Existenzen kosten kann !!!!!! Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. WER denkt sich so etwas aus ????? Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Ohne Grüße Sven Märdian", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in cross-border sales – another pointless bureaucratic monster that deprives us dealers of a lot of time and nerves and can cost livelihoods! For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. Who thinks of this? These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Sven Märdian", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557664_en"}, {"id": 33557663, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:22:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LIGHTSTOCK GmbH", "feedback": "Stellungnahme eines kleinen deutschen Handelsunternehmens (GmbH, Leuchten und Leuchtenzubehör, Versand in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten) Wir lehnen den vorliegenden Entwurf in seiner jetzigen Fassung ab. Er verfehlt sein erklärtes Ziel der Harmonisierung und verschärft die Belastung kleiner Unternehmen an genau den Punkten, an denen Entlastung versprochen wurde. 1. Die Kommission hält ihre eigene Frist nicht ein sanktioniert werden aber wir. Der Rechtsakt war nach Art. 44 Abs. 14 PPWR bis zum 12.02.2026 zu erlassen. Der Entwurf datiert vom 06.08.2026, also fast sechs Monate zu spät und nach dem Geltungsbeginn der PPWR am 12.08.2026. Unternehmen mussten sich in nationalen Registern anmelden, ohne das Zielformat zu kennen, und werden dieselbe Arbeit ein zweites Mal leisten müssen. Für uns bedeutet jede Fristüberschreitung Bußgelder von bis zu 100.000 Euro. Für die Kommission bedeutet sie offenbar nichts. Dieses Missverhältnis untergräbt die Akzeptanz der gesamten Verordnung. 2. Der Entwurf harmonisiert Formulare, nicht den Zugang. Einheitliche Datenfelder nützen nichts, wenn sie 27-mal einzeln eingetragen werden müssen. Es bleiben 27 Register mit 27 Zugängen, nationale eID-Verfahren in Spanien, Schweden, Polen und Italien, teils reine E-Mail- und Offline-Verfahren, und weitgehend fehlende Schnittstellen. Wir fordern einen Single Entry Point beziehungsweise die gegenseitige Anerkennung der Registrierung im Sitzstaat. 3. Die geforderte Granularität steht in keinem Verhältnis zum Nutzen. 23 Materialkategorien statt bisher sieben, Gewichte je Material und zusätzlich je trennbarer Komponente, auf Grundlage der technischen Dokumentation nach Anhang VII: Für einen Händler mit mehreren hundert Artikeln ist das ein Stammdatenprojekt, das ohne eigene Compliance-Abteilung nicht zu leisten ist. Der ökologische Erkenntnisgewinn aus der komponentenscharfen Meldung einiger hundert Kilogramm Karton pro Land ist gleich null. 4. Die 10-Tonnen-Schwelle ist keine Entlastung, sondern ein Etikett. Sie gilt je Mitgliedstaat und ist damit für grenzüberschreitend tätige Kleinunternehmen nicht die Ausnahme, sondern der Normalfall. Das vereinfachte Format muss deshalb echte Vereinfachung sein: Meldung nach Gewichtsklassen, maximal sieben Materialarten, keine Komponentenaufschlüsselung, kein Rückgriff auf Anhang VII. Ergänzend fordern wir eine De-minimis-Regel: unterhalb von 1.000 kg je Mitgliedstaat Registrierung über das Register des Sitzstaates mit automatischer Datenweiterleitung. 5. Die Veröffentlichung von Markennamen ist unverhältnismäßig. Art. 44 Abs. 13 macht das Markenportfolio kleiner Anbieter öffentlich einsehbar und liefert Wettbewerbern eine kostenlose Marktübersicht. Für den Kontrollzweck genügen Firmierung und Registernummer. 6. Das Zusammenwirken mit Art. 45 ist der eigentliche Marktaustrittsgrund. Registrierung, Systembeteiligung und Bevollmächtigter kosten je Land & Jahr mengenunabhängig rund 1.500 bis 3.000 Euro. Das sind Fixkosten, die kein Kleinunternehmen mit Auslandsumsätzen im vier- bis niedrigen fünfstelligen Bereich erwirtschaftet. Die absehbare Folge ist nicht mehr Kreislaufwirtschaft, sondern der Rückzug kleiner Anbieter aus dem Binnenmarkt und eine weitere Konzentration zugunsten großer Plattformen & Konzerne. Das widerspricht dem Binnenmarktziel diametral. Zum Schluss ein persönliches Wort. Ich schreibe Ihnen als Europäer, als Befürworter des freien Personen- und Warenverkehrs und einer Union, die Freiheit und Schutz ihrer Bürger vor staatlichem Übergriff verbrieft hat. Gerade deshalb erschüttert mich dieses Vorhaben. Wer eine Regelung entwirft, deren Erfüllung ein Unternehmen unserer Größe mehr Zeit kostet als sein gesamtes Auslandsgeschäft einbringt, hat den Kontakt zur Wirklichkeit derjenigen verloren, für die er Recht setzt. Und er beschädigt das europäische Projekt nachhaltiger als jeder erklärte Gegner es könnte. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!", "feedbackEnglish": "Comments from a small German commercial company (GmbH, luminaires and luminaire accessories, shipment to several EU Member States) We oppose the current draft. It falls short of its stated objective of harmonisation and increases the burden on small businesses at precisely the points where relief was promised. 1. The Commission does not respect its own deadline, but we are being penalised. Under Article 44(14) of the PPWR, the act was to be adopted by 12 February 2026. The draft is dated 6.8.2026, i.e. almost six months too late and after the PPWR became applicable on 12.8.2026. Companies had to register in national registers without knowing the target format and will have to do the same work a second time. For us, any failure to meet the deadline means fines of up to EUR 100.000. It does not seem to mean anything for the Commission. This mismatch undermines the acceptance of the entire Regulation. 2. The draft harmonises forms, not access. Uniform data fields are of no use if they have to be entered 27 times individually. There remain 27 registers with 27 accesses, national eID procedures in Spain, Sweden, Poland and Italy, sometimes purely e-mail and offline, and largely missing interfaces. We call for a single entry point or mutual recognition of registration in the country of establishment. 3. The required granularity is disproportionate to the benefits. 23 material categories instead of 7, weights per material and additionally per separable component, based on the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII: For a trader with several hundred articles, this is a master data project that cannot be performed without its own compliance department. The environmental gain from the component-specific declaration of a few hundred kilograms of cartonboard per country is zero. 4. The 10-tonne threshold is not a relief but a label. It applies to each Member State and is thus the norm, not the exception, for small businesses operating cross-border. The simplified format must therefore be a real simplification: Reporting by weight class, maximum seven types of material, no component breakdown, no use of Annex VII. We also call for a de minimis rule: below 1 000 kg per Member State Registration via the register of the Member State of establishment with automatic data transmission. 5. The publication of brand names is disproportionate. Article 44(13) makes the brand portfolio of small suppliers publicly available and provides competitors with a free overview of the market. For control purposes, the company name and registration number are sufficient. 6. The interaction with Article 45 is the actual reason for market exit. Registration, system participation and authorised representatives cost around EUR 1500 to EUR 3000 per Land and per year, regardless of volume. These are fixed costs that no small business with cross-border sales in the four to low five-digit range generates. The foreseeable consequence is no longer a circular economy, but the withdrawal of small suppliers from the internal market and further concentration in favour of large platforms & corporations. This is diametrically opposed to the internal market objective. Finally, a personal word. I am writing to you as Europeans, as advocates of the free movement of people and goods and of a Union that has guaranteed the freedom and protection of its citizens from state interference. It is precisely for this reason that I am shaken by this project. A person who designs a scheme that costs more time for a company of our size than his entire foreign business has lost contact with the reality of those for whom he is seeking justice. And it damages the European project more sustainably than any declared opponent. Congratulations!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557663_en"}, {"id": 33557662, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:21:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "zunfterbe.de", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe die Wissensseite zunfterbe.de mit einem kleinen, angeschlossenen Onlineshop. Der geht erst in den nächsten Tagen online. Ich möchte Sie daher über meine Sicht zum geplanten PPWR-Herstellerregister informieren: Meine Webseite ist deutschsprachig, so dass als Markt vor allem Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz in Frage kommen. Aber es sollte keinen bürokratischen Grund geben, einen potentiellen Kunden aus Spanien, Polen Frankreich oder sonst wo abzuweisen. Ich biete also meine Waren weltweit an. Für mich als Umweltschützer kommt es nicht infrage, eine standardisierte, und damit in eine Tabelle eintragbare Verpackung als Verpackungsmaterial gezielt einzukaufen und zu lagern. Da greife ich im Sinne der Mehrfachnutzung zu jeder Keksdose, Pappschachtel, Plastiktüte die in meinem privaten Haushalt greifbar ist, und für die aktuelle Verpackungssituation passend erscheint. Ich werde darüber kein Buch führen. Ich werde keinen Beauftragten in jedem Land ernennen, aus dem sich vielleicht ein Kunde melden könnte, oder auch nicht. Ich spiele Ihr Spiel einfach nicht mit! Sie verraten Ihre Position durch unüberlegte Verordnungen, und niemand nimmt Sie mehr ernst. Ich kann Ihnen allen nur raten, suchen Sie sich eine ehrliche Arbeit und lassen Sie die Finger von der Politik. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Fabian Peise", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run the knowledge page Zunbe.de with a small, connected online shop. It will only be launched in the next few days. I would therefore like to inform you of my view on the planned PPWR producer register: My website is German-language, so Germany, Austria and Switzerland are the most suitable markets. But there should be no bureaucratic reason to reject a potential customer from Spain, Poland, France or elsewhere. So I offer my goods around the world. As environmentalists, it is not possible for me to purchase and store standardised packaging, which can therefore be entered in a table, as packaging material in a targeted manner. In the interests of multiple use, I apply to every biscuits box, cardboard box, plastic bag that can be grasped in my private household and seem to be suitable for the current packaging situation. I will not keep a record of this. I will not appoint an agent in each country from which a customer may or may not come forward. I just don’t play your game! You are embracing your position through ill-considered regulations, and nobody takes you seriously anymore. I can only advise you all, look for an honest job and get your fingers from politics. Yours sincerely, Fabian Peise", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557662_en"}, {"id": 33557661, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:21:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Warum führen Sie diesen neuen Binnen-Zoll ein? jawohl Zoll denn das ist eine Zahlung die fällig wird wenn ein Ding über eine Grenze gebracht wird ! Und nix anders ist das hier . Geht der Karton über eine EU Binnengrenze wird eine Zahlung fällig . Wie passt das zu den EU-Grundlagen Art 28+30 AEUV ? Sie verraten grad Ihre Grundlagen. Sowas ist nicht grad geeignet die Glaubwürdigkeit der EU zu erhöhen aber solche versteckten Zölle gibts ja seit Jahrzehnten und keinen scherts - es ist nur noch traurig.", "feedbackEnglish": "Why do you introduce this new internal customs duty? Although this is a payment due when a thing crosses a border? And nix is different here. If the carton crosses an EU internal border, a payment is due. How does this fit with the EU principles of Articles 28+ 30 TFEU? You guess your basics. This is not an appropriate way of increasing the EU’s credibility, but such hidden tariffs have existed for decades and have not gone so far – it is no more than sad.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557661_en"}, {"id": 33557656, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:13:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Caroline Stahl (Boudoir Noir)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels in einer sehr begrenzten Nische möchte ich auf einen für uns existenziellen Punkt bei der Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Als Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der PPWR war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland für uns bislang selbstverständlicher Teil des europäischen Binnenmarktes und ein wichtiger Umsatzbeitrag zum Erhalt unserer Arbeitsplätze. Wir haben keine Rechtsabteilung oder großen Verwaltungsstrukturen, aber selbstverständlich den Anspruch, alle gesetzlichen Verpflichtungen ordnungsgemäß zu erfüllen. Die PPWR macht den EU-Versand für uns wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Bereits ein Verkauf kann die Pflicht zu einem Bevollmächtigten im Zielland auslösen. Während wir in Deutschland jährlich über 4.000 Pakete versenden, sind es im EU-Ausland durchschnittlich nur 8,5 pro Land in manchen Ländern sogar nur eines. Dennoch entstehen potenziell für jeden der 26 EU-Auslandsmärkte eigene Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wir dorthin ein einziges Paket oder Hunderte versenden. Bei unserem geringen Versandvolumen würden allein die zu erwartenden Kosten für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigung bei einer Abdeckung aller 26 EU-Auslandsmärkte den gesamten Bruttoumsatz übersteigen, den wir mit diesen Auslandssendungen erzielen. Die Konsequenz daraus ist für uns bereits Realität: Seit dem 12. August haben wir den Versand in sämtliche EU-Länder außerhalb Deutschlands vollständig eingestellt. Regulatorische Fixkosten schaffen damit für Kleinstunternehmen neue Grenzen im europäischen Binnenmarkt. Ich halte deshalb eine generelle Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigten- und Lizenzierungspflicht für Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der PPWR für dringend erforderlich. Alternativ braucht es eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten zentral, mit einmaligen Fixkosten und standardisierter Datenübermittlung für alle Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. Die heutigen zentralen Dienstleister lösen das Problem nicht, solange weiterhin pro Land Verträge und Fixkosten entstehen. Hinzu kommt eine Wettbewerbsverschiebung zugunsten des Direktimports aus Drittstaaten, insbesondere China. Viele unserer Produkte können dort direkt beim Hersteller bestellt werden. Zwar gelten die europäischen Vorschriften grundsätzlich auch für diese Anbieter, ihre Durchsetzung ist jedoch ungleich schwieriger als gegenüber einem Händler mit Sitz in der EU. Wenn europäische Kleinsthändler deshalb den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einstellen, während dieselben Waren weiterhin direkt aus Drittstaaten eingeführt werden, ist weder ökologisch noch wirtschaftlich etwas gewonnen. Unser Unternehmen besteht aus drei Frauen, alle drei Mütter, davon zwei in Teilzeit. Wir verkaufen ausschließlich über unseren eigenen Webshop und setzen auf Beratung und Service statt Masse und Niedrigpreise. Anders als Großunternehmen können wir Fixkosten nicht auf Hunderttausende Sendungen verteilen. Sie gefährden kleine Fachhändler und konkret unsere zwei Teilzeitarbeitsplätze. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich die Ziele der PPWR: weniger Verpackungen, besseres Recycling und klare Herstellerverantwortung. Diese Ziele dürfen jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass rechtskonform arbeitende europäische Kleinstunternehmen aus dem Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden und sich Warenströme stattdessen zu schwerer kontrollierbaren Drittstaatenanbietern verlagern. Ich wünsche mir daher dringend eine verhältnismäßige Nachbesserung für Kleinstunternehmen durch eine Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigten- und Lizenzierungspflicht oder zumindest eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Damit der europäische Binnenmarkt auch für kleine Unternehmen tatsächlich ein gemeinsamer Markt bleibt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop in a very limited niche, I would like to point out an existential point for us in the implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. As a micro-enterprise within the meaning of the PPWR, selling abroad in the EU has so far been a natural part of the European internal market and an important contribution to turnover in order to preserve our jobs. We do not have a legal department or large administrative structures, but of course we have the right to properly fulfil all legal obligations. The PPWR makes EU transit economically impossible for us. Even a sale may trigger the obligation to have an authorised representative in the country of destination. While in Germany we send more than 4000 parcels a year, in other EU countries, on average only 8.5 per country is even one in some countries. Nevertheless, each of the 26 EU foreign markets potentially has its own contractual relations, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether we send a single package or hundreds to them. With our low volume of mailings, the expected costs of registration and authorisation alone, if all 26 EU foreign markets were covered, would exceed the total gross turnover we generate from these foreign mailings. The consequence of this is already a reality for us: Since 12 August, we have completely stopped shipping to all EU countries outside Germany. Fixed regulatory costs thus create new borders for micro-enterprises in the European single market. I therefore consider that there is an urgent need for a general exemption from the obligation to appoint and license micro-enterprises within the meaning of the PPWR. Alternatively, a genuine European one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be fulfilled centrally, with one-off fixed costs and standardised data transmission for all Member States. Today’s central service providers will not solve the problem as long as contracts and fixed costs continue to be incurred per country. In addition, there is a shift in competition in favour of direct imports from third countries, in particular China. Many of our products can be ordered directly from the manufacturer. While European rules in principle also apply to these providers, their enforcement is much more difficult than in the case of a trader based in the EU. Therefore, if European micro-traders stop selling cross-border while the same goods continue to be imported directly from third countries, there is no environmental or economic gain. Our company is made up of three women, all three mothers, two of whom are part-time. We sell exclusively through our own webshop and rely on advice and service rather than mass and low prices. Unlike large companies, we cannot spread fixed costs over hundreds of thousands of programmes. They put at risk small specialised traders and, more specifically, our two part-time jobs. I strongly support the objectives of the PPWR: less packaging, better recycling and clear producer responsibility. However, these objectives must not lead to European micro-enterprises operating in accordance with the law being pushed out of the internal market and instead to the transfer of goods flows to more difficult-to-control third-country suppliers. I would therefore urgently like to see a proportionate improvement for micro-enterprises by means of an exemption from the obligation to appoint and license agents or, at the very least, a genuine European one-stop-shop solution. To ensure that the European single market remains a truly common market, including for small businesses. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557656_en"}, {"id": 33557655, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:13:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur PPWR Ich betreibe als Ein-Personen-Unternehmen einen kleinen E-Commerce-Versandhandel für besondere Musikprodukte Tonträger kleiner Labels, die teilweise nur in sehr kleinen Auflagen erscheinen und im regulären Handel nicht erhältlich sind. Mein internationaler Kundenstamm ist über Jahrzehnte gewachsen. Rund 500 meiner Pakete gehen jährlich in andere EU-Länder; damit erwirtschafte ich knapp ein Drittel meines Umsatzes. Die bestehenden und kommenden Verpackungspflichten machen diesen EU-Versand für mich dennoch faktisch nicht mehr darstellbar. Allein die verpflichtenden Bevollmächtigten können bei einer Belieferung mehrerer Länder mehr als 4.000 jährlich kosten. Hinzu kommen unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Meldungen, Fristen, Behörden und Verwaltungsaufwand. Teilweise müssen bereits lizenzierte Verpackungen erneut national registriert bzw. gemeldet werden. Hinzu kommen unterschiedliche Anforderungen an Verpackungskennzeichnungen. Für einen Ein-Personen-Betrieb ist das weder finanziell noch organisatorisch zu bewältigen selbst wenn dadurch knapp ein Drittel meines Umsatzes verloren geht. Warum gibt es für Verpackungen keine Lösung ähnlich dem EU-One-Stop-Shop (OSS)? Eine zentrale EU-Registrierung und einheitliche Meldung könnten die nationale Bürokratie erheblich reduzieren, ohne die Umweltziele aufzugeben. Für Kleinstunternehmen mit geringen Versandmengen sollten zusätzlich Bagatellgrenzen oder deutlich vereinfachte Verfahren gelten. Solche Regelungen schaffen nicht nur Markteintrittsbarrieren für kleine Unternehmen. Sie erzeugen auch Frustration und fördern eine zunehmende Anti-EU-Stimmung. Wenn EU-Binnenmarkt für einen Kleinstunternehmer vor allem bedeutet, sich durch 27 unterschiedliche Bürokratien arbeiten zu müssen, wird die Idee Europas schwer vermittelbar. Die EU sollte den Binnenmarkt vereinfachen nicht seine Bürokratie vervielfachen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Comments on the PPWR I, as a one-person company, engage in small-scale e-commerce mail order sales of small-label phonograms for special music products, some of which appear only in very small print runs and are not available in regular trade. My international customer base has grown for decades. Around 500 of my packages go to other EU countries every year; this gives me almost a third of my turnover. However, the existing and forthcoming packaging obligations do not make it possible for me to present this EU shipment in practice anymore. Mandatory agents alone can cost more than 4000 per year if deliveries are made to several countries. This is compounded by different registrations, notifications, deadlines, authorities and administrative burdens. In some cases, already licensed packaging must be registered or notified again at national level. There are also different requirements for packaging labels. For a one-person business, this is neither financially nor organisationally manageable, even if almost one third of my turnover is lost as a result. Why is there no solution similar to the EU One-Stop Shop (OSS) for packaging? Centralised EU registration and uniform reporting could significantly reduce national bureaucracy without abandoning environmental objectives. Micro-enterprises with low volumes of shipments should also be subject to de minimis thresholds or significantly simplified procedures. Such schemes not only create barriers to entry for small businesses. They also create frustration and foster a growing anti-EU sentiment. If the EU single market means above all that a micro-entrepreneur has to work through 27 different red tapes, the idea of Europe becomes difficult to communicate. The EU should not multiply the administrative burden of the Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557655_en"}, {"id": 33557654, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:12:41", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "solekoru", "feedback": "I am a micro-entrepreneur running a one-person handmade jewellery business in Finland, selling online across the EU since 2011. I support the underlying goal of this regulation: reducing packaging waste and making producers accountable is a good and necessary aim. My concern is with how disproportionately it falls on micro-enterprises. Under the current PPWR/EPR rules, businesses must register separately for packaging producer responsibility in every EU country they sell to, often with a paid authorised representative in each, with no turnover or volume threshold in most Member States. This makes cross-border trade unaffordable for micro-enterprises, regardless of how minimal our packaging is. In France, I could not even complete registration, as it requires a VAT number I am not obliged to hold. I urge the Commission to introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, and a single registration mechanism (one-stop shop) instead of separate national systems. A well-intentioned regulation risks pushing small independent producers entirely out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-entrepreneur running a one-person handmade jewellery business in Finland, selling online across the EU since 2011. I support the underlying goal of this regulation: reducing packaging waste and making producers accountable is a good and necessary aim. My concern is with how disproportionately it falls on micro-enterprises. Under the current PPWR/EPR rules, businesses must register separately for packaging producer responsibility in every EU country they sell to, often with a paid authorised representative in each, with no turnover or volume threshold in most Member States. This makes cross-border trade unaffordable for micro-enterprises, regardless of how minimal our packaging is. In France, I could not even complete registration, as it requires a VAT number I am not obliged to hold. I urge the Commission to introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro and small enterprises, and a single registration mechanism (one-stop shop) instead of separate national systems. A well-intentioned regulation risks pushing small independent producers entirely out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557654_en"}, {"id": 33557653, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:11:39", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am starting a small artisan business as a solo entrepreneur, operating through an online shop. Selling to customers in other EU Member States is one of my main objectives and is essential to the viability of my business. However, as a micro-enterprise, I do not have the administrative or financial resources to comply with the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across multiple Member States. I fear that the resulting costs and complexity could make it impossible for me to continue operating. I believe this is a concern shared by many small businesses, particularly independent artists and artisans. I strongly support environmental regulation and the objectives behind EPR. However, I believe that the current system risks becoming counterproductive by disproportionately burdening small, low-volume and often environmentally conscious businesses, while favouring larger-scale and mass-production commerce. It may also create barriers to cross-border trade that are difficult to reconcile with the principles of the European Single Market. I therefore encourage the European Commission to consider: Exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, particularly those operating at very low packaging volumes. Low-volume thresholds below which registration and reporting obligations would be substantially reduced or waived. A genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop system, allowing small businesses to fulfil their EPR obligations through a single registration and reporting process rather than having to register separately in every Member State where they sell.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am starting a small artisan business as a solo entrepreneur, operating through an online shop. Selling to customers in other EU Member States is one of my main objectives and is essential to the viability of my business. However, as a micro-enterprise, I do not have the administrative or financial resources to comply with the current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements across multiple Member States. I fear that the resulting costs and complexity could make it impossible for me to continue operating. I believe this is a concern shared by many small businesses, particularly independent artists and artisans. I strongly support environmental regulation and the objectives behind EPR. However, I believe that the current system risks becoming counterproductive by disproportionately burdening small, low-volume and often environmentally conscious businesses, while favouring larger-scale and mass-production commerce. It may also create barriers to cross-border trade that are difficult to reconcile with the principles of the European Single Market. I therefore encourage the European Commission to consider: Exemptions or simplified requirements for micro-enterprises, particularly those operating at very low packaging volumes. Low-volume thresholds below which registration and reporting obligations would be substantially reduced or waived. A genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop system, allowing small businesses to fulfil their EPR obligations through a single registration and reporting process rather than having to register separately in every Member State where they sell.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557653_en"}, {"id": 33557652, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:08:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for their environmental impact. HOWEVER, environmental regulation must also be proportionate and compatible with the reality of the EU Single Market. The current approach risks creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses, independent creators and small online shops, but also disadvantage for all EU citizens who want to support and order from local small EU businesses, but cannot anymore due to this new regulations that forced small businesses to shut down! A tiny business selling handmade products, clothing, art or other goods across Europe should not have to navigate separate registration systems and requirements in multiple Member States simply because it sends a few parcels to customers there. Under the PPWR, producers can be required to register in each Member State where they make packaging or packaged products available for the first time. For a small online business selling throughout Europe, this effectively turns one Single Market into up to 27 separate compliance exercises. The burden is particularly unreasonable for businesses selling very small quantities. A creator sending five parcels to another Member State should not face essentially the same core registration obligation as a corporation placing thousands or millions of packaged products on that market. Where authorised representatives or external compliance providers are required, the situation becomes even less viable. Registration, administrative and recurring service costs can easily exceed the revenue a micro-business makes in a particular country. The predictable consequence is not better European integration: small businesses will simply stop shipping to certain Member States or even geoblock EU customers altogether. Marketplace compliance requirements can further amplify this problem. If sellers cannot demonstrate the required registrations, marketplaces may restrict their ability to sell into particular countries. Large corporations can employ compliance departments and absorb these costs. Independent creators and start-ups cannot. This risks creating a system that unintentionally benefits large corporations while making cross-border European entrepreneurship more difficult. I am also writing as an individual EU citizen and consumer who deliberately likes to support local, independent and small businesses within the EU. I want to be able to discover an artist, designer or independent shop in another Member State and order from them without that business deciding that selling to customers in my country is not worth the bureaucracy. It is difficult to reconcile this with the idea of the European Single Market. EU citizens should be able to buy from small businesses across Europe, and small European businesses should be able to reach European customers without effectively navigating 27 different administrative systems. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce genuine proportionality for micro-businesses, including: * an EU-wide de minimis threshold or exemption for very small packaging volumes; * a single EU registration portal/one-stop-shop recognised across Member States; * substantially simplified requirements for micro-businesses; * proportionate authorised-representative requirements that do not make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market should not be competing objectives. There is an enormous difference between a multinational company placing millions of packages on the market and an independent creator sending a few parcels per month. EU legislation should recognise that difference. Please do not create a European market in which only large companies can afford to sell across borders. Protect the environment, but also protect the small businesses, creators and consumers that make the European Single Market worth having.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the EUs objective of reducing packaging waste and making producers responsible for their environmental impact. HOWEVER, environmental regulation must also be proportionate and compatible with the reality of the EU Single Market. The current approach risks creating a disproportionate administrative and financial burden for micro-businesses, independent creators and small online shops, but also disadvantage for all EU citizens who want to support and order from local small EU businesses, but cannot anymore due to this new regulations that forced small businesses to shut down! A tiny business selling handmade products, clothing, art or other goods across Europe should not have to navigate separate registration systems and requirements in multiple Member States simply because it sends a few parcels to customers there. Under the PPWR, producers can be required to register in each Member State where they make packaging or packaged products available for the first time. For a small online business selling throughout Europe, this effectively turns one Single Market into up to 27 separate compliance exercises. The burden is particularly unreasonable for businesses selling very small quantities. A creator sending five parcels to another Member State should not face essentially the same core registration obligation as a corporation placing thousands or millions of packaged products on that market. Where authorised representatives or external compliance providers are required, the situation becomes even less viable. Registration, administrative and recurring service costs can easily exceed the revenue a micro-business makes in a particular country. The predictable consequence is not better European integration: small businesses will simply stop shipping to certain Member States or even geoblock EU customers altogether. Marketplace compliance requirements can further amplify this problem. If sellers cannot demonstrate the required registrations, marketplaces may restrict their ability to sell into particular countries. Large corporations can employ compliance departments and absorb these costs. Independent creators and start-ups cannot. This risks creating a system that unintentionally benefits large corporations while making cross-border European entrepreneurship more difficult. I am also writing as an individual EU citizen and consumer who deliberately likes to support local, independent and small businesses within the EU. I want to be able to discover an artist, designer or independent shop in another Member State and order from them without that business deciding that selling to customers in my country is not worth the bureaucracy. It is difficult to reconcile this with the idea of the European Single Market. EU citizens should be able to buy from small businesses across Europe, and small European businesses should be able to reach European customers without effectively navigating 27 different administrative systems. I therefore urge the Commission to introduce genuine proportionality for micro-businesses, including: * an EU-wide de minimis threshold or exemption for very small packaging volumes; * a single EU registration portal/one-stop-shop recognised across Member States; * substantially simplified requirements for micro-businesses; * proportionate authorised-representative requirements that do not make occasional cross-border sales economically impossible. Environmental responsibility and a functioning Single Market should not be competing objectives. There is an enormous difference between a multinational company placing millions of packages on the market and an independent creator sending a few parcels per month. EU legislation should recognise that difference. Please do not create a European market in which only large companies can afford to sell across borders. Protect the environment, but also protect the small businesses, creators and consumers that make the European Single Market worth having.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557652_en"}, {"id": 33557651, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:07:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Handfa", "feedback": "Hi, I run a one-person handmade craft shop in Germany, selling online (mostly through Etsy) to buyers across Europe and beyond. I already registered with Germany's LUCID system, no problem. But here's what's stressing me out: I have no idea which other EU countries I'll end up selling to in the future. And apparently even ONE order to a buyer in another country could mean I'm supposed to register as a full \"producer\" there too with its own website, its own fees, its own paperwork, all different from Germany's. For someone shipping maybe 2-3 packages a year to some countries, that's just not realistic. I'm not going to hire someone or spend hours figuring out 27 different systems for a handful of parcels. Honestly, rules like this make me want to just stop shipping to other EU countries altogether, which feels like the opposite of what the EU single market is supposed to encourage. What I'd really like to see: A simple, cheap registration option for tiny sellers below some low volume threshold something quick, not a whole bureaucratic process. The single EU-wide register happening sooner than 2029, so we don't have to deal with 27 separate systems. Some thought given to small one-person shops like mine when finalizing these rules, not just big companies that have whole compliance teams. I'm trying to do the right thing here, I just need the system to be realistic for someone my size. Thanks for reading.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I run a one-person handmade craft shop in Germany, selling online (mostly through Etsy) to buyers across Europe and beyond. I already registered with Germany's LUCID system, no problem. But here's what's stressing me out: I have no idea which other EU countries I'll end up selling to in the future. And apparently even ONE order to a buyer in another country could mean I'm supposed to register as a full \"producer\" there too with its own website, its own fees, its own paperwork, all different from Germany's. For someone shipping maybe 2-3 packages a year to some countries, that's just not realistic. I'm not going to hire someone or spend hours figuring out 27 different systems for a handful of parcels. Honestly, rules like this make me want to just stop shipping to other EU countries altogether, which feels like the opposite of what the EU single market is supposed to encourage. What I'd really like to see: A simple, cheap registration option for tiny sellers below some low volume threshold something quick, not a whole bureaucratic process. The single EU-wide register happening sooner than 2029, so we don't have to deal with 27 separate systems. Some thought given to small one-person shops like mine when finalizing these rules, not just big companies that have whole compliance teams. I'm trying to do the right thing here, I just need the system to be realistic for someone my size. Thanks for reading.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557651_en"}, {"id": 33557649, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:06:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Arslan", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der PPWR hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU. Für kleine Onlinehändler war der Verkauf in andere Mitgliedstaaten bislang eine wichtige Möglichkeit, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen. Die neuen Pflichten verändern dies erheblich. Bereits geringe Verkaufsmengen können dazu führen, dass in einem Zielland Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten entstehen. Wer beispielsweise in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder verkauft, muss mit zahlreichen nationalen Vertragsverhältnissen, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewegen umgehen unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige oder mehrere hundert Pakete jährlich verkauft werden. Gerade die Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Verkaufsmengen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsaufkommen. Für mein Unternehmen hat dies bereits konkrete Folgen: Verkäufe in verschiedene EU-Mitgliedstaaten werden wirtschaftlich zunehmend unattraktiv beziehungsweise müssen eingeschränkt werden, weil sich zusätzliche Fixkosten und Verwaltungsaufwand bei geringen Bestellmengen nicht sinnvoll auffangen lassen. Damit entsteht ein problematischer Effekt: Kleine Händler ziehen sich aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel zurück und beschränken ihr Angebot zunehmend auf den Heimatmarkt. Dies widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Dabei geht es ausdrücklich nicht darum, die Verantwortung für Verpackungen oder den Umweltschutz infrage zu stellen. Auch kleine Händler sollen ihren angemessenen Beitrag zu Sammlung, Verwertung und Recycling leisten. Problematisch ist vielmehr die nationale Fragmentierung der Pflichten. Ich möchte daher folgende Verbesserungen anregen: **1. Bagatellgrenzen und Erleichterungen für Kleinstunternehmen** Für Kleinstunternehmen sollte eine Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht geprüft werden. Alternativ sollten angemessene Bagatellgrenzen je Zielland gelten. Wer nur geringe Verpackungsmengen in Verkehr bringt, sollte nicht denselben finanziellen und administrativen Grundaufwand tragen wie ein Unternehmen mit tausenden Sendungen. **2. Echter europäischer One-Stop-Shop** Die Bündelung über Dienstleister reicht nicht aus, wenn weiterhin pro Land separate Kosten und Pflichten entstehen. Sinnvoll wäre eine zentrale europäische Stelle, über die Registrierung, Mengenmeldungen und weitere Pflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt abgewickelt werden können. Ein vergleichbares Prinzip existiert bereits beim OSS-Verfahren für die Umsatzsteuer. Es ist schwer nachvollziehbar, warum grenzüberschreitende Umsatzsteuer zentral gemeldet werden kann, während Verpackungspflichten weiterhin stark national organisiert bleiben. **3. Einheitliche Datenübermittlung** Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit nach einem einheitlichen Standard erfasst werden. Ein Händler sollte dieselben Daten nicht für jedes Land erneut in unterschiedlichen Portalen und Formaten aufbereiten müssen. Kleine Unternehmen tragen bei solchen Pflichten häufig ähnliche Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, können diese jedoch auf deutlich weniger Verkäufe verteilen. Ohne verhältnismäßige Erleichterungen wird der EU-weite Handel für viele kleine Händler wirtschaftlich uninteressant. Auch Verbraucher sind betroffen: Wenn kleinere Händler den Versand ins Ausland einstellen, sinken Auswahl und Wettbewerb, während große Plattformen und Konzerne weiter an Bedeutung gewinnen. Die Ziele der PPWR sollten daher mit einem möglichst einfachen, zentralen und verhältnismäßigen System umgesetzt werden. Ein echter One-Stop-Shop, europaweit einheitliche Meldungen und angemessene Bagatellgrenzen würden kleine Händler deutlich entlasten, ohne die Umweltziele der Verordnung infrage zu stellen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales within the EU. For small online traders, selling to other Member States has been an important way to make effective use of the European single market. The new obligations significantly change this. Even small sales volumes can lead to registration, reporting and authorised representatives obligations in a destination country. For example, those selling in 10 or 20 EU countries have to deal with many national contractual arrangements, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether a country sells few or several hundred parcels per year. In the case of small sales volumes, fixed costs in particular are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually generated. This has already had concrete consequences for my company: Sales to various EU Member States are becoming increasingly economically unattractive or need to be restricted because additional fixed costs and administrative burdens cannot be reasonably absorbed in the case of small quantities ordered. This creates a problematic effect: Small traders are withdrawing from cross-border trade and increasingly limiting their offer to the home market. In my view, this runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. This is explicitly not to question the responsibility for packaging or the protection of the environment. Small traders should also contribute their fair share to collection, recovery and recycling. The problem is rather the national fragmentation of obligations. I would therefore like to suggest the following improvements: **1. De minimis thresholds and facilitations for micro-enterprises** For micro-enterprises, an exemption from the obligation to appoint a representative should be considered. Alternatively, appropriate de minimis thresholds should apply per destination country. Those who place only small quantities of packaging on the market should not bear the same basic financial and administrative costs as a company with thousands of consignments. **2. A genuine European one-stop shop** The bundling through service providers is not enough if costs and obligations continue to be separate per country. It would be useful to have a single European body through which registration, volume reporting and other obligations for all Member States can be carried out in a centralised manner. A similar principle already exists in the OSS procedure for VAT. It is difficult to understand why cross-border VAT can be reported centrally, while packaging obligations remain highly nationally organised. **3. Uniform data transmission** Packaging data should be collected according to a uniform standard throughout Europe. A trader should not have to reprocess the same data for each country in different portals and formats. Small businesses often bear fixed costs for such obligations similar to those of large market participants, but can spread them over significantly fewer sales. Without proportionate facilitation, EU-wide trade becomes economically unattractive for many small traders. Consumers are also affected: When smaller traders stop shipping abroad, choice and competition decrease, while large platforms and corporations become even more important. The objectives of the PPWR should therefore be achieved through a system that is as simple, centralised and proportionate as possible. A genuine one-stop shop, standardised notifications across Europe and appropriate de minimis thresholds would significantly reduce the burden on small traders without compromising the environmental objectives of the Regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557649_en"}, {"id": 33557648, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:04:58", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I had read that regulation and I have to share my disappointment with whoever created it: IT HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SIMILAR THINGS! In Poland, we have a motto: \"If you can't figure it out, then it's about the money\". And to think European Union was the one to promote, encourage and uphold free market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I had read that regulation and I have to share my disappointment with whoever created it: IT HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SIMILAR THINGS! In Poland, we have a motto: \"If you can't figure it out, then it's about the money\". And to think European Union was the one to promote, encourage and uphold free market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557648_en"}, {"id": 33557645, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:01:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Julia Spieler Onlineshops", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Leider ist es nicht nur bei der hier angesprochenen Regelung erschreckend, mit wie wenig Weit- und Umsicht Regel- und Gesetzesentwürfe (nicht nur) auf EU Ebene eingebracht werden, wo scheinbar Leute am Werk waren/sind, denen sehr viel Bezug zum realen Leben, realwirtschaftlichen Abläufen und den Bedingungen, unter denen gerade kleinere Firmen europweit arbeiten (müssen) fehlt. Scheinbar liegt es auch an der medialen Berichterstattung und Lobbyarbeit der großen und global agierenden Unternehmen, das nur diese wahrgenommen werden und alle anderen (Online)Händler diesen gleichgesetzt werden und man scheinbar vermutet, das sich alle wie Amazon & Co gebaren, was mitnichten der Fall ist. Dieses Format hier ist gut und richtig, wenn denn dadurch auch die kleineren Händler Gehör finden und deren Belange berücksichtigt werden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Matthias Spieler", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Unfortunately, it is not only with regard to the provision referred to here that it is alarming to see how little far-sighted and cautious drafts of rules and laws are being (not only) introduced at EU level, where people seem to have been (or are) at work, who have much to do with real life, real economic processes and the conditions in which smaller companies in particular (have to) work across Europe. It also appears to be due to the media coverage and lobbying of large and global companies, which are the only ones to be perceived and all other (online) traders are equated with them, and it seems to be assumed that everyone like Amazon & Co can do what is by no means the case. This format is good and correct here, as it also allows smaller traders to be heard and their interests taken into account. Yours sincerely, Matthias Spieler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557645_en"}, {"id": 33557644, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 12:00:57", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Over the past few days, I have seen extremely alarming and disheartening posts by small Irish businesses I support, about how they severely/negatively they are being impacted by these EPR regulations. Even small businesses in northern Ireland have had to stop selling to customers in the Republic of Ireland, which is completely ridiculous. I am a customer of and huge supporter of small businesses. I buy local/small business whenever possible--it is a core part of my beliefs. Mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. A de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs is necessary. Please reconsider this regulation and ensure you are doing everything possible to help small businesses succeed. Small EU businesses should be supported first and foremost above all multi-nationals etc. Thanks.", "feedbackEnglish": "Over the past few days, I have seen extremely alarming and disheartening posts by small Irish businesses I support, about how they severely/negatively they are being impacted by these EPR regulations. Even small businesses in northern Ireland have had to stop selling to customers in the Republic of Ireland, which is completely ridiculous. I am a customer of and huge supporter of small businesses. I buy local/small business whenever possible--it is a core part of my beliefs. Mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. A de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs is necessary. Please reconsider this regulation and ensure you are doing everything possible to help small businesses succeed. Small EU businesses should be supported first and foremost above all multi-nationals etc. Thanks.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557644_en"}, {"id": 33557643, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:57:13", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "FeMale s.r.o.", "feedback": "We are a small microenterprise from Slovakia producing original handmade porcelain jewellery and ceramics. We approach both our work and the environment responsibly. We avoid unnecessary waste, recycle materials during production and packaging, reuse packaging whenever possible, and choose recycled or recyclable materials. Recently, our sales to customers in other European Union countries began to grow. However, we had to suspend these sales immediately because complying with separate registration and related obligations in individual Member States would be administratively too complicated and financially disproportionate for our microenterprise. In our case, the costs of registrations, fees and related compliance obligations would probably exceed the profit generated by cross-border sales. The administrative burden would also take away time that, as small makers, we need to devote to creating and producing our products. As a result, rules intended to protect the environment are effectively preventing our small and environmentally responsible business from participating in the European single market. We do not oppose the objectives of the new regulation or our responsibility for the packaging we use. However, a single, simple registration system valid throughout the European Union would make compliance much more manageable. Microenterprises should be able to register themselves through one online system and submit information electronically once a year about the types and quantities of packaging materials used. Such a system should be simple to administer, affordable and proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. There should be a simplified option for microenterprises using only very small quantities of packaging. Our business, for example, uses or places on the market no more than approximately 1015 kilograms of packaging materials per year. As a small business from Slovakia already facing significant economic and administrative obstacles, we therefore ask that the reality of microenterprises be taken into account when these rules are developed and implemented. We ask the European Union to seek a solution that protects the environment without preventing small, responsible makers from selling their products within the European single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small microenterprise from Slovakia producing original handmade porcelain jewellery and ceramics. We approach both our work and the environment responsibly. We avoid unnecessary waste, recycle materials during production and packaging, reuse packaging whenever possible, and choose recycled or recyclable materials. Recently, our sales to customers in other European Union countries began to grow. However, we had to suspend these sales immediately because complying with separate registration and related obligations in individual Member States would be administratively too complicated and financially disproportionate for our microenterprise. In our case, the costs of registrations, fees and related compliance obligations would probably exceed the profit generated by cross-border sales. The administrative burden would also take away time that, as small makers, we need to devote to creating and producing our products. As a result, rules intended to protect the environment are effectively preventing our small and environmentally responsible business from participating in the European single market. We do not oppose the objectives of the new regulation or our responsibility for the packaging we use. However, a single, simple registration system valid throughout the European Union would make compliance much more manageable. Microenterprises should be able to register themselves through one online system and submit information electronically once a year about the types and quantities of packaging materials used. Such a system should be simple to administer, affordable and proportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. There should be a simplified option for microenterprises using only very small quantities of packaging. Our business, for example, uses or places on the market no more than approximately 1015 kilograms of packaging materials per year. As a small business from Slovakia already facing significant economic and administrative obstacles, we therefore ask that the reality of microenterprises be taken into account when these rules are developed and implemented. We ask the European Union to seek a solution that protects the environment without preventing small, responsible makers from selling their products within the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557643_en"}, {"id": 33557642, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:56:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the effort to reduce wastes and the environmental impact is to be praised, the method offered with this resolution is found somewhat lacking. First, a single market that introduces a country by country regulation, whitout a centralized process is totally counterproductive. Secondly, as a consumer, there are taxes already covering recycling to some extent. Charging sellers feels like taxing one more time the same thing (because, in the end, the consumer will be charged for these extra costs, and it would be totally understandable for the seller to not bear the brunt of the cost, they have to make a living out of it as well). Thirdly, and probably most importantly, the method chosen is a death sentence to existing small businesses and will kill any projected new ones, while it seems like nothing for multinational companies. Someone willing to open a small hand-made craft micro-enterprise will face thousands in fees just to sell in the EU (or decide to sell locally only and go from hundreds of millions potential buyers to a few tens of millions (and still have to pay a fee)). A per parcel tax alternative would affect all compagnies proportionnally to volumes, or even better, an EU wide exemption for small businesses with small volume of sales would allow these to remain open, have a easy access to one of the biggest market in the world, allowing people to actually make a living out of their job. If the current system is maintained as is, it means that most small business owners will just stop selling to other EU countries simply because the fee for shipping a single (or a few) item(s) will be worth way more than the revenue from that sale. Protecting EU businesses by taxing small cheap parcels from foreign big sellers was a move toward protecting our small local business owners (to a certain extent). PPWR is now killing our local alternatives, all while the big compagnies are already finding ways to bypass their other fees. There are differents requirements for different companies/business types in many countries, why not treat them differently ? Please protect our micro-enterprise and family owned small businesses, mostly trying to make a living out of a passion, a hobby or a technical knowledge. Centralize the process, make it accessible, allow for exemptions, and scale the charges on the actual number of sales. Reduce the bureaucratic non-sense of having to deal with 27 administrations individually, disconnected from the reality of the daily life of your citizens. PPWR is the perfect exemple of what Europe would have been if every country had remained on its own. If there is no actual benefit of being part of the EU single market, then what is it really needed for ?", "feedbackEnglish": "While the effort to reduce wastes and the environmental impact is to be praised, the method offered with this resolution is found somewhat lacking. First, a single market that introduces a country by country regulation, whitout a centralized process is totally counterproductive. Secondly, as a consumer, there are taxes already covering recycling to some extent. Charging sellers feels like taxing one more time the same thing (because, in the end, the consumer will be charged for these extra costs, and it would be totally understandable for the seller to not bear the brunt of the cost, they have to make a living out of it as well). Thirdly, and probably most importantly, the method chosen is a death sentence to existing small businesses and will kill any projected new ones, while it seems like nothing for multinational companies. Someone willing to open a small hand-made craft micro-enterprise will face thousands in fees just to sell in the EU (or decide to sell locally only and go from hundreds of millions potential buyers to a few tens of millions (and still have to pay a fee)). A per parcel tax alternative would affect all compagnies proportionnally to volumes, or even better, an EU wide exemption for small businesses with small volume of sales would allow these to remain open, have a easy access to one of the biggest market in the world, allowing people to actually make a living out of their job. If the current system is maintained as is, it means that most small business owners will just stop selling to other EU countries simply because the fee for shipping a single (or a few) item(s) will be worth way more than the revenue from that sale. Protecting EU businesses by taxing small cheap parcels from foreign big sellers was a move toward protecting our small local business owners (to a certain extent). PPWR is now killing our local alternatives, all while the big compagnies are already finding ways to bypass their other fees. There are differents requirements for different companies/business types in many countries, why not treat them differently ? Please protect our micro-enterprise and family owned small businesses, mostly trying to make a living out of a passion, a hobby or a technical knowledge. Centralize the process, make it accessible, allow for exemptions, and scale the charges on the actual number of sales. Reduce the bureaucratic non-sense of having to deal with 27 administrations individually, disconnected from the reality of the daily life of your citizens. PPWR is the perfect exemple of what Europe would have been if every country had remained on its own. If there is no actual benefit of being part of the EU single market, then what is it really needed for ?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557642_en"}, {"id": 33557638, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:54:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schmuckdesign", "feedback": "Das neue Verpackungsgesetz trifft mich als eine Frau Unternehmung hart. Ich habe nicht die zeitliche und finanzielle Kapazität mich für ein bis 2 Sendungen in jedes Europäische Land zu registieren. Warum gibt es nicht eine zentrale Registierung für alle Länder, anstatt 27 unterschiedliche, warum werden nicht Kleinunternehmen von den Forderungen ausgeschloßen? Ich sammle bisher jeden Karton, den ich erhalte und verwende ihn wieder, dies kann ich in der Zukunft nicht mehr. Ist das im Sinne der Umwelt? Ich hoffe sehr sie überdenken diese Verordung und geben nicht den vielen Kleinunternehmen, die mit viel Engagement ihren Lebensunterhalt erarbeiten den Todesstoß.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Act hits me hard as a woman undertaking. I do not have the time and financial capacity to arrange for one to two broadcasts to each European country. Why is there no central regulation for all countries, instead of 27 different ones, why are small businesses not excluded from the claims? I have so far collected and reused every cardboard box I receive, and I can no longer do so in the future. Is this in the interest of the environment? I very much hope that they will rethink this regulation and do not give the death toll to the many small businesses that are working hard to make a living.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557638_en"}, {"id": 33557636, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:51:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "HybridPunk Berlin", "feedback": "As a registered micro-business in Germany, I can no longer sell to any EU country except Germany since the PPWR entered into application on 12 August 2026. Registering a national representative and PRO contract in every single member state, with no minimum threshold, is financially impossible for a business my size. As a result, I am shifting my cross-border sales to Switzerland and the US, where none of this applies. I am not alone other EU micro-businesses are doing the same. The practical effect is that intra-EU trade between small businesses shrinks while non-EU trade grows. A regulation meant to strengthen the single market is instead pushing small businesses out of it and weakening the EU internally. This draft implementing regulation only harmonizes the data format for national registers it does not address the core problem. Producers still need to register separately in every Member State and appoint a paid authorised representative in each, regardless of business size. The 10-tonne threshold in Article 2 only simplifies the reporting form; it does not exempt micro-businesses from registration or representative obligations. A common data format is not a substitute for a single EU registration point or a de-minimis exemption. I urgently request an EU-wide de-minimis threshold (by parcel volume/weight) exempting micro-businesses from the national representative requirement, and a single centralized EU registration portal instead of 27 separate national systems.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a registered micro-business in Germany, I can no longer sell to any EU country except Germany since the PPWR entered into application on 12 August 2026. Registering a national representative and PRO contract in every single member state, with no minimum threshold, is financially impossible for a business my size. As a result, I am shifting my cross-border sales to Switzerland and the US, where none of this applies. I am not alone other EU micro-businesses are doing the same. The practical effect is that intra-EU trade between small businesses shrinks while non-EU trade grows. A regulation meant to strengthen the single market is instead pushing small businesses out of it and weakening the EU internally. This draft implementing regulation only harmonizes the data format for national registers it does not address the core problem. Producers still need to register separately in every Member State and appoint a paid authorised representative in each, regardless of business size. The 10-tonne threshold in Article 2 only simplifies the reporting form; it does not exempt micro-businesses from registration or representative obligations. A common data format is not a substitute for a single EU registration point or a de-minimis exemption. I urgently request an EU-wide de-minimis threshold (by parcel volume/weight) exempting micro-businesses from the national representative requirement, and a single centralized EU registration portal instead of 27 separate national systems.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557636_en"}, {"id": 33557635, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:49:36", "country": "BEL", "language": "NL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "IK heb deze tekst doorgelezen. Helaas maken de beleidsmakers wederom de fout dit monster aan regels niet te toetsen aan de realiteit/praktijk. - het is nagenoeg onmogelijk te handhaven, - het staat haaks op reeds bestaande recyclage systemen, dus bestaande infrastructuur wordt bedreigd, - kunststof recyclage van verpakkingen wordt door de EU stelselmatig kapot gemaakt, door goedkopere virgin toe te laten ipv een verbod op virgin import, - als beleidsmakers zich bezig houden met de vermelding van luciferdoosjes en houders van borsteltjes die mascara opbrengen, dan stel ik mij het niveau van deze beleidsmakers in vrage, - wellicht is het beter met de recyclage/afval branche verder te evalueren en de teksten aan te passen aan de praktijk, niemand gaat luciferdoosjes apart houden of registreren, lege doosjes kunnen perfect middels een bestaande papier/karton inzamelstructuur gerecycleerd worden, - de verplichtingen en de daaruit voortvloeiende maatregelen zullen nieuwe inzamelstructuren verlangen, dus het verpakkingsprobleem (wat er niet is) omzetten in een C02 probleem door extra de logistieke inzet - als de overmaat van bepaalde verpakkingen, en de EU denkt dat dit komt door een overmaat aan pakjes die online besteld worden, moeten ze doelgericht het probleem aanpakken, en niet de gehele EU op zijn kop zetten. Iedereen is voor een beter milieu maar zodra het onmogelijk wordt om op een normale manier te werken gaat er afkeer ontstaan. Ik werk nu al 35 jaar in de circulaire industrie, de overheid maakt het de markt niet gemakkelijker. Focus op handhaving door geschoold en ervaren en realistisch personeel, en laat de markt zijn werk doen door een werkbaar kader op te stellen. De industrie gaat investeren maar wil wel in staat zijn de investeringen terug te verdienen. De weg naar groen is niet een rechte baan, maar vergt tijd, geld en professionaliteit. Dit stukje wetgeving is verre van professioneel, eerder door te groene beleidsmakers geschreven. De green deal wordt al op verschillende punten en wetgeving aangepast omdat de industrie ervoor gaat passen. En de overheid gaat het niet probleem niet oplossen. Dit omdat daar de kennis en ervaring ontbreekt. In mijn hele afvalcarrière zijn het de overheidsafvalbedrijven die de plank regelmatig misslaan. (Als voorbeeld de huidige EU PFAS aanpak, er is nagenoeg geen communicatie tussen de deelstaten. Drinkwater norm PFAS is 100 ng/ltr, lozingsnormen in België 20 ng/ltr, begrijp wie begrijpt.) En tuurlijk zijn er in de privé ook bedrijven die niet correct handelen en puur uit winstbejag acteren. Vandaar wederom handhaven door ervaren, geschoold en technisch goed onderbouwd personeel. Werk samen met de EU afvalbranche, die kunnen en willen het probleem oplossen en aanpakken maar wel op een wijze zodat ze een gezonde financiële boekhouding hebben. Overleg en gesprekken kunnen desgewenst plaatsvinden, dit om positieve en opbouwende kritiek/opmerkingen te geven. met vriendelijke groet Michel", "feedbackEnglish": "I have read this text. Unfortunately, once again, policymakers do not check this rule sample against reality/practice. — it is almost impossible to enforce, – it is contrary to existing recycling systems, so existing infrastructure is under threat, – plastic recycling of packaging is systematically broken down by the EU, by allowing cheaper virgin instead of a ban on virgin imports, – if policy-makers are involved in labelling lucifer-boxes and containers of mascara-bearing brushes, then I question the level of these policy-makers, – it may be better to further evaluate the recycling/waste industry and adapt the texts to the practice, nobody will keep or register lucifer-boxes separately, empty boxes can be perfectly recycled through an existing paper/cardboard collection structure, – the obligations and the resulting measures will require new collection structures, so turning the packaging problem (which is not there) into a C02 problem through additional logistical effort – as the excess of certain packaging, and the EU thinks that this is due to an excess of parcels ordered online, they must target the problem, and not set the EU as a whole. Everyone is in favour of a better environment, but once it becomes impossible to work in a normal way, there will be reluctance to do so. I have been working in the circular industry for 35 years now, and the government is not making the market easier. Focus on enforcement by skilled, experienced and realistic staff, and let the market do its job by creating a workable framework. Industry is going to invest but wants to be able to recoup the investment. The road to green is not a straight job, but it takes time, money and professionalism. This piece of legislation is far from professional, previously written by overly green policymakers. The Green Deal is already being amended in several areas and in several pieces of legislation as industry will adapt to it. And the government will not solve the problem. This is because there is a lack of knowledge and experience. Throughout my waste career, it is the public waste companies that regularly miss the shelf. (As an example of the current EU PFAS approach, there is virtually no communication between the Länder. Drinking water standard PFAS is 100 ng/ltr, discharge standards in Belgium 20 ng/ltr, understand who understands.) In the private sphere, there are also companies that do not act correctly and act purely for profit. This is why, once again, it is maintained by experienced, trained and technically well-founded staff. Work with the EU waste industry, which can and will solve and tackle the problem, but in a way that ensures sound financial accounting. Consultations and conversations can take place if desired, in order to make positive and constructive criticisms/comments.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557635_en"}, {"id": 33557634, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:48:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lichtraum GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte gleich zu Beginn deutlich machen, welche praktische Folge die zunehmenden Anforderungen der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung für mich als kleinen Online-Händler bereits heute haben: Ich kann mir den Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten wirtschaftlich nicht mehr leisten. Ich beschränke meinen Verkauf deshalb inzwischen auf Deutschland sowie auf Länder außerhalb der EU. Die zusätzlichen Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigten, Verträge, Gebühren und Meldepflichten stehen bei meinem geringen Verkaufsvolumen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Geschäft. Für einen europäischen Binnenmarkt, der den grenzüberschreitenden Handel vereinfachen soll, halte ich eine solche Vielzahl nationaler Pflichten für widersinnig. Eine derartige Regelung passt eher zu einem internationalen Handel mit vielen unterschiedlichen Rechtsräumen als zu einer EU, die den Handel untereinander erleichtern möchte. Hinzu kommt ein Punkt, der zeigt, wie weit die Regelungen von der Praxis entfernt sind: In den vergangenen zwölf Jahren habe ich für meinen Onlineversand keinen einzigen neuen Versandkarton gekauft. Auch Füllmaterial kaufe ich nicht. Ich verwende ausschließlich Kartonagen und Verpackungsmaterial, die ich von meinen Zulieferern erhalte, und verwende diese erneut. Trotzdem soll ich für diese Verpackungen künftig Kosten tragen, obwohl ich sie weder hergestellt noch neu eingekauft habe. Es ist unrealistisch, bei jedem Zulieferer für jede Verpackung zu ermitteln, wer sie bereits lizenziert hat, für welches Land und welche Mengen. Die Verantwortung wird damit erneut auf den Händler abgewälzt, obwohl dieser die Verpackung weder produziert noch ursprünglich in Verkehr gebracht hat. Besonders fragwürdig ist, dass der Händler für immer mehr regulatorische Zwecke selbst zum Hersteller wird. Warum liegt die Verantwortung nicht dort, wo die Verpackung tatsächlich erzeugt und erstmals in Verkehr gebracht wird? Der Produzent kann die Kosten unmittelbar einpreisen. Das Problem besteht bereits bei Elektro- und Elektronikgeräten sowie Batterien. Auch dort führen nationale Pflichten und Bevollmächtigte zu zusätzlichem Aufwand. Die PPWR droht diese Fragmentierung nun auszuweiten. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen mit geringem grenzüberschreitendem Versand sollte eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten. Zweitens braucht es eine echte EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung. Die bloße Möglichkeit, für jedes Land einen Dienstleister zu beauftragen, beseitigt weder die Verträge noch die länderspezifischen Fixkosten. Dass eine zentrale Lösung funktioniert, zeigt die Umsatzsteuer: Über den EU-OSS können grenzüberschreitende B2C-Verkäufe zentral registriert, gemeldet und bezahlt werden. Warum sollte ein vergleichbares Verfahren bei Verpackungen, Elektrogeräten und Batterien nicht möglich sein? Drittens sollten Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten sowie die zugrunde liegenden Daten EU-weit standardisiert werden. Einmal erfasste Daten sollten nicht für jedes Land neu in unterschiedliche Systeme übertragen werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten. Sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, können diese aber auf ein wesentlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Wenn die EU den Binnenmarkt stärken möchte, sollte sie bestehende Hürden abbauen und zentrale Lösungen schaffen, statt neue nationale Marktzutrittsschwellen zu errichten. Andernfalls wird genau das Gegenteil erreicht: Kleine Unternehmen ziehen sich aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt zurück so wie ich es aufgrund der bestehenden Anforderungen bereits tun musste. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sach Runde", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make it clear at the outset what practical consequence the increasing EPR requirements already have for me as a small online trader: I can no longer afford selling to other EU Member States economically. I am therefore now limiting my sales to Germany and to countries outside the EU. The additional registrations, agents, contracts, fees and reporting obligations are disproportionate to the actual transaction for my small volume of sales. I consider such a multiplicity of national obligations to be paradoxical for a European single market designed to facilitate cross-border trade. Such a regime is more suited to international trade with many different jurisdictions than to an EU that seeks to facilitate trade between itself. In addition, there is a point which shows how far the rules are from practice: Over the past 12 years, I have not bought a single new shipping box for my online mailing. I also do not buy filling material. I only use and re-use cardboard and packaging materials I receive from my suppliers. Nevertheless, I will have to pay for this packaging in the future, even though I did not manufacture it or purchase it again. It is unrealistic to find out for each packaging from each supplier who has already licensed it, for which country and for what quantities. The responsibility is thus once again passed on to the distributor, even though the latter did not produce the packaging or originally place it on the market. It is particularly questionable that the distributor itself becomes the manufacturer for an increasing number of regulatory purposes. Why is the responsibility not where the packaging is actually produced and placed on the market for the first time? The producer can price the costs directly. The problem already exists for electrical and electronic equipment and batteries. Here too, national obligations and authorised representatives lead to additional burdens. The PPWR now threatens to widen this fragmentation. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to have an authorised representative. Small cross-border shipping should be subject to a de minimis threshold per destination country. Second, a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop solution for extended producer responsibility is needed. The mere possibility of contracting a service provider for each country does not eliminate either the contracts or the country-specific fixed costs. VAT shows that a central solution works: The EU OSS allows B2C cross-border sales to be registered, reported and paid for centrally. Why should a similar procedure not be possible for packaging, electrical appliances and batteries? Third, registration and reporting obligations and the underlying data should be standardised across the EU. Once collected, data should not have to be transferred to different systems for each country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but can spread them over a much smaller volume of business. If the EU wants to strengthen the single market, it should reduce existing barriers and create key solutions, rather than creating new national market entry thresholds. Otherwise, exactly the opposite will be achieved: Small businesses are withdrawing from the European single market, as I have already had to do because of the existing requirements. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557634_en"}, {"id": 33557633, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:48:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Brandics GmbH", "feedback": "Als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchten wir uns entschieden gegen die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR und die damit verbundenen Verpackungsregelungen aussprechen. Insbesondere die umfangreichen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Nachweispflichten sowie die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten bei grenzüberschreitendem Verkauf stellen für kleine Unternehmen eine unverhältnismäßige Belastung dar. Auch die Anforderungen an Verpackungen, Kennzeichnung, Registrierung und Dokumentation bedeuten für kleine Händler einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Aufwand, der in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen steht. Wir befürchten, dass diese Regelungen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Unternehmen erheblich erschweren oder wirtschaftlich unattraktiv machen. Damit entsteht eine faktische Marktzutrittsschwelle, die dem Gedanken eines freien europäischen Binnenmarktes widerspricht. Wir halten die geplanten Regelungen daher für unverhältnismäßig und lehnen sie in ihrer derzeit vorgesehenen Form ab. Wir fordern eine praxistaugliche und verhältnismäßige Lösung, die insbesondere kleine und mittlere Unternehmen nicht mit unverhältnismäßigen Kosten und bürokratischen Pflichten belastet.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small e-commerce operator, we would like to express our firm opposition to the planned implementation of the PPWR and the associated packaging rules. In particular, the extensive registration, reporting and evidence requirements, as well as the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in cross-border sales, place a disproportionate burden on small businesses. The requirements on packaging, labelling, registration and documentation also impose a significant additional burden on small distributors that is disproportionate to the actual packaging generated. We fear that these rules will make cross-border trade considerably more difficult or economically unattractive for small businesses. This creates a de facto market entry threshold, which runs counter to the idea of a free European internal market. We therefore consider the planned rules to be disproportionate and reject them in their current form. We call for a workable and proportionate solution that does not impose disproportionate costs and bureaucratic obligations on small and medium-sized enterprises in particular.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557633_en"}, {"id": 33557632, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:48:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Diese Regellung ist so anti-europäisch: sie widersteht alle Prinzipien des freien Marktes. Die Pflicht sich in jedem Land anzumelden und einen Vertreter zu haben verstösst gegen die Prinzipien des freien Markts. Es ist eine Bürde für die kleine Betriebe, die weder die Mittel noch oft die kritische Masse haben, solche Bürokratie-Kosten zu tragen... und ein Geschenk für die grossen Betriebe. Eine einfachere Lösung: eine Meldung im Herkunftsland ist ausreichend für die Gesamt-EU, ggf. mit einem jährlichen Reporting der Sendungen nach EU-Land, nur wenn die Zollstatistiken es nicht ausreichend. Die Kreuzberechnung soll auf Länderebene erfolgen. Und lieber eine einfache nicht perfekte Lösung als ein bürokratisches Monster", "feedbackEnglish": "This rule is so anti-European: it is contrary to all free market principles. The obligation to register in each country and to have a representative is contrary to the principles of the free market. It is a burden for small businesses, which have neither the means nor often the critical mass to bear such bureaucracy costs... and a gift for the big businesses. A simpler solution: reporting in the country of origin is sufficient for the EU as a whole, possibly with annual reporting of consignments to each EU country, only if customs statistics are not sufficient. Cross-calculation is to be carried out at Länder level. And prefer a simple, imperfect solution rather than a bureaucratic monster", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557632_en"}, {"id": 33557631, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:48:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I used to be a small business owner myself, and have worked with other small business in Germany and in Italy. Although I no longer operate a small business, I have have heard from many of my former colleagues, peers and associates, that these new regulations will and already have had major impacts, I BBC lauding loss of income, increased costs, and huge amounts of time and stress needed to grapple with this new regulation. Meanwhile, large companies who are supposed to be targeted by these new regulations, are simply able to throw money and a legal team at the problem to make the problem go away immediately. This is grossly unfair to the small businesses, and significantly favours companies or entities with huge amounts of money and resources that allow them to jump through these hoops with ease. Its clear this wasnt thought out in advance with the well being of small businesses and entrepreneurs in mind, and needs to be shelved immediately, reassessed and redesigned. Do better.", "feedbackEnglish": "I used to be a small business owner myself, and have worked with other small business in Germany and in Italy. Although I no longer operate a small business, I have have heard from many of my former colleagues, peers and associates, that these new regulations will and already have had major impacts, I BBC lauding loss of income, increased costs, and huge amounts of time and stress needed to grapple with this new regulation. Meanwhile, large companies who are supposed to be targeted by these new regulations, are simply able to throw money and a legal team at the problem to make the problem go away immediately. This is grossly unfair to the small businesses, and significantly favours companies or entities with huge amounts of money and resources that allow them to jump through these hoops with ease. Its clear this wasnt thought out in advance with the well being of small businesses and entrepreneurs in mind, and needs to be shelved immediately, reassessed and redesigned. Do better.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557631_en"}, {"id": 33557630, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:46:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "KEDO GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Unternehmens möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Vertrieb für Motorrad-Ersatzteile ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein Kundenservice gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. So haben wir in alle europäischen Länder geliefert - auch bei geringem Gesamtumsatz. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei 29 Zielmärkten bedeutet das 29 separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort 20 Pakete oder 2000 verschicke. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler, zumal wie überwiegend Papier/Pappe als Verpackungs- und Polstermaterial verwenden, also einen wertvollen Receycling-Rohstoff. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Wir werden - wenn sich keine Änderung ergibt - in Länder mit geringem Paketaufkommen nicht mehr versenden. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten und die Bereitstellung von Testaten über die Verpakungsmengen besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits die Anbieter verlangen jedoch pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag mit entsprechenden Fixkosten - unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können, ähnlich wie das für die Erhebung der ausländischen Umsatzsteuern realisiert wurde (OSS). Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle standardisiert werden (ähnlich OSS), damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt und wenige umsatzstarke Länder zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Erik Kerger, KEDO GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small business, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us as the distributor of spare parts for motorcycles, sales to other EU countries have hitherto been a customer service without a separate legal department, but with the right to comply with the law in force. This is how we delivered to all European countries, even with a low total turnover. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For 29 target markets, this means 29 separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I send 20 packages or 2000. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders, especially as paper/cardboard is predominantly used as packaging and upholstery material, i.e. a valuable receycling raw material. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. We will stop sending to countries with low volumes of parcels if there is no change. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For companies that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should be used as a catch-all solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative and to provide certificates on the quantities to be packaged. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists, and suppliers require a separate contract per country with corresponding fixed costs – irrespective of the volume actually sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, whereby the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States can be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs, similar to the one implemented for the collection of foreign VAT (OSS). Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a one-stop shop should be standardised (similar to OSS) so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market and a few high-turnover countries for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Erik Kerger, KEDO GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557630_en"}, {"id": 33557629, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:44:30", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "True Blue Art Company", "feedback": "I am a small independent business owner and creator based in the EU. I run a one-person microbusiness selling small-batch paper goods directly to customers across Europe. I support the goals of the EU packaging rules and the principle that businesses should contribute to the recycling and proper management of their packaging. However, the new requirements that came into effect on 12 August 2026 have forced me to close my business to customers in all other EU Member States. The biggest issue is the requirement to appoint an authorized representative (AR) in Member States where one is required. Approximately 24% of my overall market is within the EU, but that market is highly fragmented across many Member States. For example, I may receive fewer than 10 orders per year from Finland and fewer than 5 orders per year from Poland. This pattern is repeated across many EU countries. My profit is approximately 5 per order. An authorized representative can cost hundreds of euros per country, even when a microbusiness may only send a handful of orders there each year. The cost of an AR can therefore exceed the entire annual profit generated from customers in a particular country. This makes it economically impossible for me to maintain compliance across multiple Member States. There is also a significant time cost. As a one-person business, I must research national requirements, find compliance providers, maintain records, pay fees, and complete reporting. I am not currently paying myself for this time, which takes me away from creating products, fulfilling orders, marketing, and earning an income. I believe there should be a micro-business exemption from the requirement to appoint an authorized representative, based on a low packaging quantity or turnover threshold. If an exemption is not possible, the EU or Member States should provide a free authorized representative service for qualifying micro-enterprises. I also believe EPR registration should be free across all Member States. When investigating packaging compliance in Germany, I found that registration itself could be completed at 0. I believe this is appropriate. If registration is a legal requirement imposed by government, small businesses should not have to pay simply to register. A 0 registration fee should be the standard across Member States. The recycling fees themselves are not necessarily the main problem. However, the available quantity tiers can also be disproportionate. In Germany, for example, the smallest tier I could find was still many times greater than the amount of packaging my business would actually place on the market. Much smaller tiers should be available for microbusinesses. Finally, I strongly support an EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR compliance. Businesses should be able to register, report packaging, pay recycling contributions, and complete compliance obligations through one centralized system rather than navigating separate national systems. A one-person business should not have to absorb hundreds of euros in compliance costs for countries where it may have only a handful of customers. The current framework effectively prevents me from participating in the EU Single Market. Under the rules now in effect, I have had to close my EU-wide sales. Customers who previously purchased from my business can no longer do so simply because they live in another EU Member State. I respectfully ask the European Commission to consider: 1. A micro-business exemption from the requirement to appoint an authorized representative. 2. Or a free authorized representative service for qualifying micro-enterprises. 3. 0 EPR registration fees across all Member States. 4. Much smaller EPR quantity tiers for microbusinesses. 5. An EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR registration, payments, declarations, and reporting. The EU Single Market should remain accessible to small independent businesses without making cross-border commerce inaccessible to micro-entrepreneurs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent business owner and creator based in the EU. I run a one-person microbusiness selling small-batch paper goods directly to customers across Europe. I support the goals of the EU packaging rules and the principle that businesses should contribute to the recycling and proper management of their packaging. However, the new requirements that came into effect on 12 August 2026 have forced me to close my business to customers in all other EU Member States. The biggest issue is the requirement to appoint an authorized representative (AR) in Member States where one is required. Approximately 24% of my overall market is within the EU, but that market is highly fragmented across many Member States. For example, I may receive fewer than 10 orders per year from Finland and fewer than 5 orders per year from Poland. This pattern is repeated across many EU countries. My profit is approximately 5 per order. An authorized representative can cost hundreds of euros per country, even when a microbusiness may only send a handful of orders there each year. The cost of an AR can therefore exceed the entire annual profit generated from customers in a particular country. This makes it economically impossible for me to maintain compliance across multiple Member States. There is also a significant time cost. As a one-person business, I must research national requirements, find compliance providers, maintain records, pay fees, and complete reporting. I am not currently paying myself for this time, which takes me away from creating products, fulfilling orders, marketing, and earning an income. I believe there should be a micro-business exemption from the requirement to appoint an authorized representative, based on a low packaging quantity or turnover threshold. If an exemption is not possible, the EU or Member States should provide a free authorized representative service for qualifying micro-enterprises. I also believe EPR registration should be free across all Member States. When investigating packaging compliance in Germany, I found that registration itself could be completed at 0. I believe this is appropriate. If registration is a legal requirement imposed by government, small businesses should not have to pay simply to register. A 0 registration fee should be the standard across Member States. The recycling fees themselves are not necessarily the main problem. However, the available quantity tiers can also be disproportionate. In Germany, for example, the smallest tier I could find was still many times greater than the amount of packaging my business would actually place on the market. Much smaller tiers should be available for microbusinesses. Finally, I strongly support an EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR compliance. Businesses should be able to register, report packaging, pay recycling contributions, and complete compliance obligations through one centralized system rather than navigating separate national systems. A one-person business should not have to absorb hundreds of euros in compliance costs for countries where it may have only a handful of customers. The current framework effectively prevents me from participating in the EU Single Market. Under the rules now in effect, I have had to close my EU-wide sales. Customers who previously purchased from my business can no longer do so simply because they live in another EU Member State. I respectfully ask the European Commission to consider: 1. A micro-business exemption from the requirement to appoint an authorized representative. 2. Or a free authorized representative service for qualifying micro-enterprises. 3. 0 EPR registration fees across all Member States. 4. Much smaller EPR quantity tiers for microbusinesses. 5. An EU-wide One Stop Shop for EPR registration, payments, declarations, and reporting. The EU Single Market should remain accessible to small independent businesses without making cross-border commerce inaccessible to micro-entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557629_en"}, {"id": 33557628, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:44:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SCHUETTEC Beschichtungen GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleiner Online-Farbenhändler kann ich mich vorhergehenden Kommentaren nur anschliessen. Die Pflicht zur Bevollmächtigung pro Mitgliedsland ist für Kleinunternehmen so gut wie nicht zu stemmen und tritt vor allem auch dann noch auf, wenn laut gelieferten Mengen eine Registrierung beim Verpackungsregister des Landes gar nicht notwendig ist. Der Businesscase für kleine Liefermengen ins Ausland lohnt sich dann nicht mehr. Die Vereinheitlichung und Klarstellung der Verantwortungen befürworte ich, allerdings bleibt bei längeren Lieferketten einiges im unklaren. Ein deutscher Verpackungslieferant muss seine Produktionsmenge im Prinzip dem Register melden, ohne zu wissen, ob die Händler downstream in Deutschland liefern oder ins Ausland liefern, sodass es auch hier wieder zu Doppel- und Dreifachmeldungen kommen kann. Auch ist nicht klar wie mit Reimporten von Verpackungen umgegangen werden soll. Verpackungslieferant in einem EU Land liefert an Produktionsstätte im Nachbarland, die wieder auf dem Markt des Verpackungslieferanten verkauft. Vor allem für eine Revision der Bevollmächtigtenregelung wäre ich Ihnen sehr verbunden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small online colour trader, I can only agree with previous comments. The requirement for authorisation per Member State is almost impossible for small businesses and still applies, in particular, where, according to the quantities supplied, registration with the Land’s packaging register is not even necessary. The business case for small deliveries abroad is then no longer worthwhile. I am in favour of harmonising and clarifying responsibilities, but with longer supply chains there is a lot of ambiguity. A German packaging supplier must, in principle, declare its production volume to the register without knowing whether the traders are supplying downstream in Germany or whether they are supplying abroad, so that double and triple notifications can again occur here. It is also not clear how to deal with re-imports of packaging. Packaging supplier in an EU country delivers to production site in the neighbouring country, which sells back on the packaging supplier’s market. In particular, I would be grateful if you could revise the rules on authorised representatives.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557628_en"}, {"id": 33557627, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:43:39", "country": "NLD", "language": "NL", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Gear Town", "feedback": "Beste dames en heren, Voor een e-commerce bedrijf dat, per land, gemiddeld minder dan 25 kg karton (PAP20) en 5 kg Ldpe plastic gebruikt voor verzending van produkten zijn de kosten voor de hele registratie per land onevenredig hoog. Zeker afgezet tegen de kosten voor het recyclen van het afval zelf. Nog even afgezien van de moeite die het kost om per land bij minimaal 2 instanties te moeten registreren. In sommige landen zijn de kosten nog hoger vanwege verplichte lidmaatschappen (Denemarken), Notariële volmacht (Oostenrijk) en voor Spanje een NIF nummer. Waar zie ik hier het voordeel van een uniforme markt? Dit werkt alleen in het voordeel van grote spelers, waardoor er minder concurrentie gaat zijn in de toekomst. Uiteindelijk betaalt de consument hiervoor de prijs. Hopelijk kan er snel een eenvoudige, one stop shop registratie gefactureerd worden. Met reëele kosten voor kleine e-commerce partijen. Mvg, Rob", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear ladies and gentlemen, For an e-commerce company using on average less than 25 kg cardboard (PAP20) and 5 kg LDPE plastic for shipping products per country, the costs for the entire registration per country are disproportionately high. Certainly in relation to the costs of recycling the waste itself. Quite apart from the difficulty of having to register with at least 2 authorities per country. In some countries, the costs are even higher due to compulsory memberships (Denmark), Notarial Power of Attorney (Austria) and a NIF number for Spain. Where do I see the advantage of a uniform market here? This only benefits large players, reducing competition in the future. The final price is paid by the consumer. Hopefully a simple, one-stop shop registration can be invoiced quickly. With real costs for small e-commerce operators. MVG, Rob", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557627_en"}, {"id": 33557626, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:41:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlineshop", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur PPWR-Herstellerregistrierung Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines deutschen Online-Handels für glutenfreie Lebensmittel möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Punkt der PPWR hinweisen: die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen innerhalb der EU. Für kleine und mittelständische Online-Händler können dadurch in jedem Zielland zusätzliche Fixkosten für Registrierung, Bevollmächtigte und Meldungen entstehen unabhängig davon, ob nur wenige oder sehr viele Pakete in dieses Land versendet werden. Gerade bei geringen Versandmengen stehen diese Kosten häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum dort erzielten Umsatz. In der Praxis führt dies bereits zu konkreten Einschränkungen: **Aufgrund der absehbaren zusätzlichen Registrierungs- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten habe ich den Versand in EU-Länder seit dem 12. August 2026 stark eingeschränkt.** Dies zeigt aus meiner Sicht deutlich, dass die vorgesehenen Regelungen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel bereits jetzt erheblich beeinträchtigen können. Ich möchte daher insbesondere folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: 1. Bagatellgrenze je Zielland** Bei geringen Verpackungsmengen beziehungsweise wenigen Sendungen sollte keine Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestehen. 2. EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung** Registrierung, Mengenmeldung und weitere Pflichten sollten zentral für alle Mitgliedstaaten erfüllt werden können. Separate Verträge und Fixkosten für jedes einzelne Land sollten vermieden werden. 3. Einheitliche digitale Meldestandards** Verpackungsdaten sollten einmal zentral erfasst und anschließend an die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet werden können. Die ökologischen Ziele der PPWR sind wichtig. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch verhältnismäßig bleiben und insbesondere kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen nicht durch hohe Fixkosten vom europäischen Handel ausschließen. Ich bitte daher darum, Bagatellgrenzen und eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung bei der weiteren Umsetzung zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Emanuel Bianchet EBian e.K. GlutenfreiGeniessen.de", "feedbackEnglish": "Comments on PPWR producer registration Dear Sir/Madam, as the operator of a German online shop for gluten-free foods, I would like to draw your attention to a point of PPWR that I consider particularly problematic: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for cross-border sales within the EU. For small and medium-sized online traders, this can result in additional fixed costs for registration, authorised representatives and notifications in each destination country, regardless of whether only a few or a very large number of parcels are sent to that country. Especially in the case of small shipping volumes, these costs are often disproportionate to the turnover generated there. In practice, this already leads to concrete limitations: **Due to the expected additional registration and authorised representative obligations, I have severely restricted shipments to EU countries since 12 August 2026.** In my view, this clearly shows that the planned rules can already significantly affect cross-border trade. I would therefore suggest that the following points in particular be examined: 1. De minimis limit per destination country** In the case of small quantities of packaging or few consignments, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. 2. EU-wide one-stop-shop solution** Registration, volume reporting and other obligations should be able to be fulfilled centrally for all Member States. Separate contracts and fixed costs for each country should be avoided. 3. Uniform digital reporting standards** Packaging data should be able to be collected centrally once and then forwarded to the respective Member States. The environmental objectives of the PPWR are important. However, implementation should remain proportionate and should not exclude small and medium-sized enterprises in particular from European trade through high fixed costs. I would therefore ask that de minimis thresholds and a genuine European one-stop-shop solution be taken into account in further implementation. Yours sincerely, Emanuel Bianchet EBian e.K. GlutenfreiGeniessen.de", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557626_en"}, {"id": 33557623, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:39:19", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Honestly this is one of the most senseless illogical and outright stupid regulations that you could have thought of. If you implement this you effectively kill off small local businesses thus eliminating the only source of income of numerous individuals. The fact that you fail to take into consideration that this will have a massive negative effect on peoples livelihood is truly baffling and outrageous, Instead of implementing regulations that would affect multibillion euro corporations you come up with something that goes after ordinary people trying to make an honest living out of their art and craftsmanship. It is shameful and disgusting.", "feedbackEnglish": "Honestly this is one of the most senseless illogical and outright stupid regulations that you could have thought of. If you implement this you effectively kill off small local businesses thus eliminating the only source of income of numerous individuals. The fact that you fail to take into consideration that this will have a massive negative effect on peoples livelihood is truly baffling and outrageous, Instead of implementing regulations that would affect multibillion euro corporations you come up with something that goes after ordinary people trying to make an honest living out of their art and craftsmanship. It is shameful and disgusting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557623_en"}, {"id": 33557622, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:39:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Unicobres GmbH & Co.KG", "feedback": "Hallo, es ist eine Zumutung. Wir sind ohnehin brutal von der Kaufzurückhaltung betroffen. Von 3,5 Millionen Umsatz sind wir auf knapp 1 Million geschrumpft. Wir haben extrem verkleinert, von 22 Mitarbeitern auf 8 und von 800 qm Warenlage in drei Gebäüden auf 250 qm in einem Gebäude. Sonst hätten wir die letzten drei Jahre im MINUS nicht überstanden. Wir kämpfen um jeden Cent und wir sparen an allem was nur möglich ist. Alleine der Aufwand an Bürokratie den sie uns mit der neuen PPWR Verordnung zusätzlich auflasen ist mit dem kleinen Team nicht mehr zu bewältigen. Die Gebühren für eine Agentur können wir auch nicht zahlen. Die Anmeldung in Österreich kostet uns Tage. Die Bürokratie alleine für dieses eine Land ist schon der Horror. 1.) Ich muss mich als Person registrieren! 2.) Ich muss meine Firma registrieren! 3.) Dann erst kann ich mich in irgendeinem USP Portal registrieren! 4.) Dann erst kann ich mich als Versender im richtigen Portal anmelden. 5.) Dann muss ich einen Entsorger finden der unsere Interessen vertritt 6.) Dann erst kann (muss) ist unsere winzigen Verpackungsmegen registrieren 7.) Dann muss ich bezahlen Nach Österreich versenden wir im Jahr aber wenigstens 500 Pakete. Ich war drei Tage damit beschäftigt zu recherchieren und mich anzumelden und bin jetzt erst bei Punkt 3! Das meint, dass die Zeit für meine Firma fehlt!!!! Ich konnte heute keine Social Media Beiträge vorbereiten. ein Tag ohne Werbung = noch weniger Umsatz. Ich habe keine Ahnung wie ich das für die anderen Länder bewerkstelligen soll. BITTE: Können Sie nicht wie Belgien Kleinmengen ausklammern? Belgien verlangt Meldungen und Registrierung erst ab 300 Kilo Verpackungsmaterial im Jahr. Das wäre fair! Das Ziel der Verordnung kann ja nicht sein, dass alle kleinen Versender den EU Versand abschalten. Gleichzeitig muss man ja seine Angebote für alle Länder der EU offenhalten und darf nicht geoblocken. Wir versenden nur nach Österreich und Frankreich halbwegs lohnenswerte Mengen. Die anderen Länder zusammen könnten wir niemals anmelden, dafür bezahlen oder den bürokratischen leisten. Trotzdem versenden wir zufällig gelegentlich auch mal ein Paket nach Schweden, nach Slowenien oder ins Baltikum! Warum wollen sie uns das wegnehmen und die bösen ausländischen BigPlayer wie TEMU, Alibaba oder Amazon weiter fördern? Das ist extrem ungerecht ....", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, it’s a sacrifice. We are already brutally affected by the reluctance to buy. We have shrunk from 3.5 million turnover to just under 1 million. We have reduced dramatically, from 22 employees to 8 and from 800 m² of goods in three bushes to 250 m² in one building. Otherwise, we would not have survived the last three years in MINUS. We fight for every cent and we save on everything we can. The small team will no longer be able to cope with the red tape they impose on us with the new PPWR Regulation alone. We cannot pay the fees for an agency either. Registration in Austria takes us days. Bureaucracy alone for this country is the horror. I have to register as a person! 2.) I need to register my company! Then I can register in any USP portal! 4.) Only then can I register as a consignor in the correct portal. 5.) I then have to find a waste manager to represent our interests 6.) Only then can (must) register our tiny packaging lot 7.) I have to pay to Austria, but we send at least 500 packages a year. I had three days to research and register and am now only on point 3! This means that there is no time for my company! I could not prepare social media posts today. One day without advertising = even less turnover. I have no idea how I should do this for the other countries. PLEASE: Can you not exclude small quantities like Belgium? Belgium requires notifications and registration only from 300 kilos of packaging material per year. This would be fair! The aim of the Regulation cannot be that all small consignors switch off EU transit. At the same time, we must keep our offers open to all EU countries and not geo-block them. We only send quantities that are worthwhile to Austria and France. The other countries together would never be able to register, pay for it or do the bureaucratic work. Nevertheless, we occasionally send a parcel to Sweden, Slovenia or the Baltic! Why do they want to take this away and further promote the evil foreign big players such as TEMU, Alibaba or Amazon? This is extremely unfair....", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557622_en"}, {"id": 33557621, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:38:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Viertens sollte darüber nachgedacht werden, ob es nicht viel einfacher wäre eine Recyclingabgabe bereits bei der Beschaffung von Verpackungsmaterial zu erheben, wie eine Steuer. Das würde vieles vereinfachen! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Charlotte Wucherpfennig", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Fourthly, consideration should be given to whether it would not be much easier to levy a recycling levy when purchasing packaging material, such as a tax. This would make a lot easier! (Complimentary close) Charlotte Wucherpfennig", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557621_en"}, {"id": 33557616, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:33:06", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Wprowadzenie takich praw dla małych firm to dodatkowe utrudnienie i koszty dla przedsiębiorców, którzy i tak mają ciężko. Takie firmy często są jedno osobowe i dokładanie im obowiązków i opłat zabija rozwój gospodarki. Małe firmy są dużo bardziej transparentne i uczciwsze (nie mają zaplecza prawników i milionowych budżetów na opłacanie kar). Zajmijcie się lepiej korporacjami, które często mają dużo lepsze, preferencyjne warunki niż lokalni, mali przedsiębiorcy.", "feedbackEnglish": "The introduction of such rights for small businesses is an additional complication and cost for entrepreneurs who are already struggling. Such companies are often one-person companies and their responsibilities and fees kill the development of the economy. Small businesses are much more transparent and fairer (they do not have lawyers’ facilities and millions of fines). Take a better look at corporations, which often have much better, preferential conditions than local, small entrepreneurs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557616_en"}, {"id": 33557615, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:31:11", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Unbound Originals ", "feedback": "Dieses Jahr habe ich den Schritt gewagt und mich mit einem kleinen Einzelhandelsunternehmen selbstständig gemacht. Ich führe meinen Betrieb alleine und derzeit noch ohne Mitarbeiter. Um meinem Traum eine Chance zu geben, habe ich begonnen, meine Produkte auch online direkt an Endkunden anzubieten. Es ist ein Anfang, in den ich tagtäglich viel Zeit, Herzblut und mein Erspartes stecke. Für mich als Kleinstunternehmer ist der österreichische Heimatmarkt schlicht zu klein, um davon leben zu können. Ich bin zwingend darauf angewiesen, meine Waren in die gesamte Europäische Union verschicken zu können, um mein Geschäft überhaupt wirtschaftlich tragen zu können. Und ausgerechnet jetzt, wo ich gerade erst die ersten Schritte gehe, legt mir die EU mit der PPWR massive Steine in den Weg. Je tiefer ich mich in die Details der geplanten Registrierungspflicht nach Artikel 44 PPWR einarbeite, desto mutloser werde ich. Potenziell 27 verschiedene Register, Formulare in Landessprache, unterschiedliche Fristen, eigene Gebühren und teils sogar Bevollmächtigte vor Ort. Das ist für eine Einzelperson schlicht nicht zu bewältigen. Großkonzerne fangen diesen Aufwand mit eigenen Rechtsabteilungen ab. Ich hingegen habe weder das Budget für externe Berater in ganz Europa noch die Zeit für einen solchen Bürokratiemarathon neben meinem eigentlichen Tagesgeschäft. Damit konterkariert die PPWR den Grundgedanken der Europäischen Union, nämlich den freien Binnenmarkt. Anstatt mir als Gründer den Rücken zu stärken, werden mir Hürden aufgebaut, die mich realistisch dazu zwingen, den grenzüberschreitenden Versand wieder einzustellen oder mein Geschäft ganz aufzugeben. Das würde mich zutiefst treffen, denn ich glaube an das, was ich hier aufbaue. Was ich mir von der EU Kommission wünsche, ist ein einfaches und zentrales Register für die gesamte Europäische Union nach dem Prinzip einer einzigen Anlaufstelle. Eine einzige Registrierung muss genügen, um rechtssicher im gesamten Binnenmarkt verkaufen zu dürfen. Wir Kleinstunternehmer wollen nachhaltig handeln und unseren Beitrag leisten, aber man muss uns auch die Chance geben, zu überleben.", "feedbackEnglish": "This year, I dared to take the step and set up my own business with a small retailer. I run my business on my own and currently without any employees. To give me a chance to dream, I have started to offer my products online directly to end customers. It is a beginning in which I spend a lot of time, blood and savings every day. For me, as a micro-entrepreneur, the Austrian home market is simply too small to live on. I definitely need to be able to send my goods to the whole of the European Union in order to be able to carry my business economically at all. And now that I’m just taking the first steps, the EU is putting massive stones in the way of the PPWR. The more I delve into the details of the envisaged registration obligation under Article 44 PPWR, the more courageous I will become. Potentially 27 different registers, forms in national language, different deadlines, own fees and sometimes even local agents. This is simply unmanageable for an individual. Large corporations offset this expenditure with their own legal departments. On the other hand, I have neither the budget for external consultants across Europe nor the time for such a bureaucratic marathon alongside my day-to-day business. In so doing, the PPWR runs counter to the fundamental idea of the European Union, namely the free internal market. Instead of strengthening my back as a founder, obstacles are being put in place that realistically force me to stop cross-border shipping or abandon my business altogether. This would deeply affect me, because I believe in what I build here. What I want from the European Commission is a simple and centralised one-stop-shop register for the whole of the European Union. A single registration must be sufficient to sell legally throughout the internal market. We micro-entrepreneurs want to be sustainable and contribute, but we also need to be given the opportunity to survive.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557615_en"}, {"id": 33557614, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:31:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "automatenkaffee GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels kritisieren wir dieses Gesetz insbesondere die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf als absolut realitätsfremd. Es dient nur zur Arbeitsbeschaffung von EU Bediensteten. Für uns als Onlinehändler ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang lediglich ein Zusatzgeschäft. Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei rund 5 relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das fünf separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen von kleinen Händlern. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel eines freien Binnenmarkts innerhalb der EU. Dafür ist diese doch ursprünglich gegründet worden. Sie, meine Damen und Herren führen diesen Gedanken der Gründerväter ad absurdum. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Am besten aber ist, dass man das ganze Konstrukt komplett wieder streicht und den Fehler korrigiert. LG", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of online sales, we criticise this law in particular for the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales as completely unrealistic. It is used only for the recruitment of EU staff. For us, as online traders, selling abroad in the EU has so far been merely an ancillary transaction. Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For around five relevant target markets, this means five separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five packages or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of a free internal market within the EU. It was originally created for this purpose. You, ladies and gentlemen, absurdise this idea of the founding fathers. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. But the best thing is to completely remove the whole construct and correct the error. LG", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557614_en"}, {"id": 33557613, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:31:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Internethandel mit Gebracúchtporzellan", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen gewerblichen ebay-Shop und handele ausschließlich mit Gebrauchtporzellan. Bisher haben wir grundsätzlich Kunden aus unterschiedlichen EU-Ländern. Jährlich dürfte ein Paketaufkommen in EU-Ländern von ca. 200 Paketen gegeben sein. Der Inhalt ist sehr unterschiedlich, meist sind es 1 - 6 oder mehr Artikel die versendet werden. Alle Teile müssen selbstverständlich auch bruchsicher verpackt werden , was durch Schrenzpapier und Gebrauchtkartonage erfolgt. Um weiterhin versenden zu können müßte ich mich in allen EU-Ländern für die Abfallerfassung registrieren lassen, was kostenmässig bei weitem den Nettoertrag aus den Verkäufen übersteigt. Somit habe ich den Versand in EU-Länder einstellen müssen, was für potentielle Käufer aus diesen Ländern negativ ist. In gewisser Form recyceln wir sowhl alte Porzellanteile durch die Suche nach neuen Besitzern wie auch durch Verwendung von gebrauchtem Packmaterial, insbesondere Kartonagen. Ich sehe eine aus meiner Sicht einfache Möglichkeit der Kostentragung für Verpackungsabfall in anderen EU-Ländern darin, dass die Versandunternehmen hier einen Zuschlag zum Porto kassieren und diese, ähnlich wie die MWSt, an die jeweiligen Empfängerländer in der EU weiterleiten. Der Zuschlag könnte je nach Paketgröße festgelegt werden. Natürlich müßte hier auch der private Versender den gleichen Zuschlag zahlen. Alternativ wäre auch denkbar, dass gewerbliche Verkäufer über ein im jeweiligen Land registrierten Entsorger die auf die jeweiligen Länderr entfallende Verpackungsmenge bei der Jahresmeldung aufteilen: Beispiel: Deutschland 2000 Pakete Frankreich 50 Pakete Italien 40 Pakete Österrreich 100 Pakete Entweder sollte hier ein pauschaler Zuschlag angesetzt werden oder es könnte das jeweils gemeldete Gewicht zum Ansatz kommen. In größeren Betriebe dürfte das Gewicht pro Paket durch Programmierung des EDV-Systems festgelegt werden, kleinere Betriebe könnten eine Schätzmöglichkeit der insgesamt gemeldeten Verpackungsmenge bekommen. Die jetzige Vorgabe der EU widerspricht dem freien Warenhandel innerhalb der EU, da Kleinstunternehmen mangels Wirtschaftlichkeit nicht an diesem System teilhaben können und somit alles auf größere Unternehmen verlagert wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small commercial eBay shop and deal exclusively in second-hand porcelain. So far, we have in principle customers from different EU countries. Around 200 parcels per year are expected to be available in EU countries. The content is very diverse, usually 1-6 or more articles are sent. It goes without saying that all parts must also be packed in a fracture-proof manner, which is done by varnish paper and used cartonboard. In order to continue shipping, I would have to register for waste registration in all EU countries, which cost far more than the net revenue from sales. I therefore had to stop shipping to EU countries, which is negative for potential buyers from these countries. To a certain extent, we are recycling old porcelain fractions by searching for new owners as well as by using used packaging material, in particular cardboard boxes. In my view, a simple way of bearing the cost of packaging waste in other EU countries is for shipping companies to collect a supplement to the postage charge and, like VAT, to pass it on to the respective recipient countries in the EU. The surcharge could be set according to the size of the package. Of course, the private consignor would also have to pay the same surcharge. Alternatively, it could also be possible for commercial sellers, through a waste disposal company registered in the respective country, to divide up the quantity of packaging allocated to the respective Länder in the annual declaration: For example: Germany 2000 parcels France 50 parcels Italy 40 parcels Austria 100 parcels either a flat-rate supplement should be applied or the weight reported could be applied. In larger establishments, the weight per package should be determined by programming the computer system, and smaller establishments could obtain an estimate of the total quantity of packaging declared. The current EU requirement runs counter to the free movement of goods within the EU, as micro-enterprises are unable to participate in this system due to a lack of economic viability, and so everything is shifted to larger companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557613_en"}, {"id": 33557612, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:30:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Florence Naturstoffe", "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlinehandel in Deutschland und verkaufe seit vielen Jahren auch an Endkundinnen und Endkunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Ziele der PPWR Verpackungen zu reduzieren, Recycling zu verbessern und Unternehmen für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen verantwortlich zu machen halte ich grundsätzlich für richtig. Die praktische Umsetzung darf jedoch nicht dazu führen, dass gerade kleine Händler den grenzüberschreitenden Versand innerhalb der EU aufgeben müssen. Wir versenden in manche EU-Länder nur wenige Pakete im Jahr, in andere möglicherweise in einem Jahr gar keines. Trotzdem können für jedes Zielland Registrierungen, nationale Systeme und gegebenenfalls die Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten erforderlich werden. Die damit verbundenen Fixkosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand stehen bei kleinen Versandmengen in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Für kleine Händler kann es dadurch wirtschaftlich sinnvoller werden, einzelne EU-Länder vollständig aus dem Versandangebot zu entfernen. Damit entsteht ein Widerspruch zum Gedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wenn Europa ein Binnenmarkt ist, sollte auch die Verpackungsverantwortung europäisch organisiert werden. Aus meiner Sicht wäre deshalb eine zentrale europäische Registrierung nach dem Prinzip eines One-Stop-Shops die sinnvollste Lösung. Ein Unternehmen sollte sich einmal zentral registrieren und anschließend lediglich melden, welche Verpackungsmengen in die jeweiligen EU-Mitgliedstaaten versandt wurden. Diese Daten könnten an die zuständigen nationalen Systeme weitergeleitet und die entsprechenden Beiträge den jeweiligen Ländern zugeordnet werden. Damit bliebe die Herstellerverantwortung vollständig erhalten. Für Unternehmen würde jedoch die Notwendigkeit entfallen, sich mit einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Register, Verfahren, Ansprechpartner und Bevollmächtigter auseinandersetzen zu müssen. Gerade kleine Unternehmen verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- noch über Compliance- oder IT-Abteilungen. Schon die Vorbereitung auf die PPWR hat erhebliche Arbeitszeit beansprucht. Anforderungen mussten recherchiert, Versandländer geprüft und teilweise im Online-Shop gesperrt werden. Auch technische Anpassungen verursachen zusätzlichen Aufwand und Kosten. Sollte eine zentrale europäische Lösung kurzfristig nicht möglich sein, halte ich zumindest eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze für geringe grenzüberschreitende Versand- bzw. Verpackungsmengen für notwendig. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollten insbesondere keine kostenintensiven Bevollmächtigten und keine unverhältnismäßigen nationalen Verwaltungsstrukturen erforderlich sein. Eine Grenze, die sich an der tatsächlich in einem Mitgliedstaat in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge orientiert, erscheint mir sachgerechter als eine Regelung, die ausschließlich auf Mitarbeiterzahl oder Gesamtumsatz abstellt. Ich möchte weiterhin Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen EU-Ländern beliefern können auch wenn aus einem einzelnen Land vielleicht nur wenige Bestellungen im Jahr eingehen. Die Europäische Union sollte kleine Unternehmen dabei unterstützen, Grenzen zu überwinden, und sie nicht dazu zwingen, diese Grenzen im eigenen Online-Shop wieder einzubauen. Ich bitte die Europäische Kommission deshalb, eine zentrale europäische Registrierung und Mengenmeldung nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip zu prüfen und, solange eine solche Lösung nicht besteht, eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze einzuführen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small online retail business in Germany and have also been selling to end customers in other EU Member States for many years. I consider the objectives of the PPWR on packaging to be fundamentally correct, to improve recycling and to make companies responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, practical implementation must not result in small traders in particular having to abandon cross-border shipments within the EU. We send only a few parcels a year to some EU countries, and may not send anything to others in a year. Nevertheless, registrations, national systems and, where applicable, the appointment of an authorised representative may be required for each destination country. The associated fixed costs and administrative burden for small shipments are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. For small traders, it can make more economic sense to completely remove individual EU countries from the shipping offer. This creates a contradiction with the idea of the European single market. If Europe is a single market, responsibility for packaging should also be organised at European level. In my view, therefore, a centralised European registration based on the principle of a one-stop shop would be the most sensible solution. A company should register centrally once and then only report on the quantities of packaging shipped to the respective EU Member States. These data could be forwarded to the relevant national systems and the corresponding contributions could be attributed to the respective countries. This would fully preserve producer responsibility. For businesses, however, there would be no need to deal with a multitude of different registers, procedures, contact persons and authorised representatives. Small businesses in particular do not have their own legal, compliance or IT departments. Preparation for the PPWR has already taken up considerable working time. Requirements had to be researched, countries of dispatch checked and in some cases blocked in the online shop. Technical adaptations also create additional burdens and costs. If a centralised European solution is not possible in the short term, I consider it necessary to have at least an EU-wide de minimis threshold for small quantities of cross-border shipments or packaging. Below this threshold, in particular, no costly authorised representatives or disproportionate national administrative structures should be required. A limit based on the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market in a Member State seems to me to be more appropriate than a rule based solely on the number of employees or total turnover. I want to continue supplying customers in other EU countries, even if a single country may only receive a few orders a year. The European Union should help small businesses to cross borders and not force them to rebuild these borders in their own online shop. I would therefore ask the European Commission to examine a centralised European registration and volume reporting based on the one-stop-shop principle and, in the absence of such a solution, to introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557612_en"}, {"id": 33557611, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:27:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Surf und Sportshop Schumacher", "feedback": "Ich lehne die geplante Ausgestaltung nationaler Herstellerregister im Rahmen der PPWR in dieser Form ausdrücklich ab. Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, die grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU verkaufen, entsteht dadurch ein bürokratischer und finanzieller Aufwand, der in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen steht. Für unser kleines Unternehmen würde die Belieferung mehrerer EU-Mitgliedstaaten voraussichtlich zusätzliche Kosten von über 5.000 Euro pro Jahr verursachen allein für Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte, Meldungen, Systembeteiligungen und den damit verbundenen administrativen Aufwand. In vielen dieser Länder erzielen wir nicht einmal einen Umsatz, der diese Fixkosten wirtschaftlich rechtfertigen könnte. Die praktische Folge wäre daher, dass kleine Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf in zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten reduzieren oder vollständig einstellen müssten. Damit entsteht ausgerechnet innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes eine neue Markteintrittsbarriere. Während große Konzerne solche Fixkosten auf hohe Umsätze verteilen können, werden kleine Händler faktisch benachteiligt. Das widerspricht dem europäischen Gedanken eines offenen, gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes, der wirtschaftlichen Austausch erleichtern und nicht durch zusätzliche nationale Verwaltungsstrukturen erschweren sollte. Besonders problematisch ist, dass die ökologische Wirkung dieser Bürokratie äußerst fragwürdig ist. Eine Verpackung wird nicht vermieden oder besser recycelt, nur weil ein kleines Unternehmen sich in mehreren nationalen Registern anmeldet und dafür erhebliche Verwaltungs- und Beratungskosten tragen muss. Die Regelung droht vielmehr zu einer weiteren Konzentration des europäischen Onlinehandels auf wenige große Marktteilnehmer zu führen. Kleine und spezialisierte Händler würden ihre Absatzmärkte zwangsläufig auf einzelne Länder begrenzen. Ich fordere die Kommission daher dringend auf, die Vorgaben grundlegend zu überarbeiten. Notwendig wäre insbesondere eine einzige EU-weite Registrierung nach dem One-Stop-Shop-Prinzip. Eine Registrierung im Sitzmitgliedstaat sollte für den gesamten EU-Binnenmarkt ausreichen. Zusätzlich sollten echte Bagatellgrenzen oder deutlich vereinfachte Regelungen für kleine Unternehmen und geringe Verpackungsmengen geschaffen werden. Entscheidend ist außerdem, dass eine solche Registrierung tatsächlich sehr kostengünstig sein muss. Auch ein formal vereinfachtes Verfahren hilft kleinen Unternehmen nicht, wenn weiterhin hohe Grundgebühren, Kosten für Bevollmächtigte oder andere Fixkosten anfallen. Die Kosten müssen so niedrig sein, dass grenzüberschreitender Handel auch bei kleinen Umsätzen wirtschaftlich sinnvoll bleibt. Andernfalls werden Händler ihre Aktivitäten im europäischen Ausland zwangsläufig zurückfahren. Damit würde genau das Gegenteil dessen erreicht, wofür der europäische Binnenmarkt steht: weniger grenzüberschreitender Handel, weniger Wettbewerb und weniger wirtschaftliche Verflechtung innerhalb Europas. Ein Unternehmen, das nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr in einen Mitgliedstaat liefert, darf nicht denselben administrativen Grundapparat finanzieren müssen wie ein Unternehmen, das dort Verpackungen in Millionenstückzahlen in Verkehr bringt. **Nationale Mehrfachregistrierungen sollten daher zurückgenommen und durch eine zentrale, einfache, sehr kostengünstige und verhältnismäßige EU-Lösung ersetzt werden. Nur so kann verhindert werden, dass kleine Händler aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt zurückgedrängt werden.**", "feedbackEnglish": "I expressly reject the planned design of national producer registers under the PPWR in this form. For small and medium-sized enterprises selling cross-border within the EU, this creates a bureaucratic and financial burden that is disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market. For our small company, supplying several EU Member States would probably generate additional costs of over EUR 5000 per year for registrations, authorised representatives, notifications, system participations and the associated administrative burden alone. In many of these countries we do not even have a turnover that could economically justify these fixed costs. The practical consequence would therefore be that small businesses would have to reduce or stop cross-border sales in many EU Member States. This creates a new market entry barrier within the European internal market. While large groups can spread such fixed costs over high turnovers, small traders are de facto disadvantaged. This runs counter to the European idea of an open, common internal market, which should facilitate economic exchanges and not be hampered by additional national administrative structures. It is particularly problematic that the environmental impact of this bureaucracy is highly questionable. Packaging is not avoided or better recycled simply because a small company registers in several national registers and faces significant administrative and advisory costs. On the contrary, the regulation risks further concentrating European online trade on a small number of large market participants. Small and specialised traders would necessarily limit their sales markets to individual countries. I therefore urge the Commission to fundamentally revise the guidelines. In particular, a single EU-wide one-stop-shop registration would be necessary. Registration in the host Member State should be sufficient for the entire EU internal market. In addition, genuine de minimis thresholds or significantly simplified rules for small businesses and small quantities of packaging should be introduced. It is also crucial that such registration must indeed be very cost-effective. Even a formally simplified procedure does not help small businesses if they continue to incur high basic fees, proxy costs or other fixed costs. Costs must be so low that cross-border trade remains economically viable even for small transactions. Otherwise, traders will inevitably reduce their activities abroad in Europe. This would achieve exactly the opposite of what the European single market stands for: less cross-border trade, less competition and less economic interdependence within Europe. An undertaking which delivers only a few consignments per year to a Member State may not have to finance the same basic administrative apparatus as an undertaking which places packaging on the market there in millions of units. **National multiple registrations should therefore be withdrawn and replaced by a centralised, simple, very low-cost and proportionate EU solution. This is the only way to prevent small traders from being pushed back from the European single market.**", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557611_en"}, {"id": 33557610, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:25:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "PWRGUM GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe eine kleine Marke mit verpackten Lebensmitteln und entwickle zusätzlich Software, mit der kleine Unternehmen ihre PPWR-Dokumentation erstellen. Ich bin von der Verordnung also doppelt betroffen: als Erzeuger und als jemand, der täglich mit anderen Betroffenen spricht. Die vorgeschlagene Harmonisierung der Registerformate begrüße ich ausdrücklich. Einheitliche Felder verhindern, dass in 27 Mitgliedstaaten 27 unterschiedliche Meldelogiken entstehen. Auch das vereinfachte Meldeformat unterhalb von zehn Tonnen je Mitgliedstaat geht in die richtige Richtung. Die entscheidende Belastung für kleine Unternehmen liegt aber nicht im Format, sondern in Artikel 45 Absatz 3. Die Pflicht, in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen, gilt ohne Bagatellgrenze unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete im Jahr ankommen. Die Angebote, die kleine Händler derzeit erhalten, liegen bei mehreren hundert Euro pro Land und Jahr, zuzüglich Vertragsanbahnung und Meldeaufwand. Konkret zu meinem eigenen Fall: Wir versenden aktuell pro Jahr rund 15 Bestellungen ins Ausland, verteilt auf Österreich, die Niederlande, Frankreich, Italien und die Schweiz. Vier davon sind Mitgliedstaaten, für die ich nach Artikel 45 Absatz 3 jeweils einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten benennen und bezahlen müsste. Vier Verträge, vier Gebührenstrukturen, vier Meldewege für im Schnitt drei Bestellungen pro Land und Jahr. Das Ergebnis ist nicht mehr Compliance, sondern Marktaustritt. Seit dem 12. August stellen kleine Händler in großer Zahl den Versand ins EU-Ausland ein. Sie geraten dabei zusätzlich in Konflikt mit der Geoblocking-Verordnung, weil viele nicht nur ihr Liefergebiet begrenzen, sondern Kundinnen und Kunden aus anderen Mitgliedstaaten den Kauf ganz verwehren. Zwei Rechtsakte der Union arbeiten hier gegeneinander, und der Binnenmarkt verliert an beiden Enden. Ich schlage vor, im Durchführungsrechtsakt folgende Punkte zu verankern: Erstens eine echte einmalige Registrierung. Die Register sollten so ausgestaltet werden, dass eine Registrierung und eine Meldung im Sitzstaat genügt und die Daten von dort an die übrigen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet werden. Technisch ist das trivial, wenn die Formate ohnehin harmonisiert sind. Damit entfiele der Hauptzweck des Bevollmächtigten. Zweitens eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland. Unterhalb der bereits vorgesehenen Zehn-Tonnen-Schwelle sollte nicht nur ein vereinfachtes Meldeformat gelten, sondern auch die Pflicht zur Benennung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten entfallen. Drittens ein maschinenlesbares Standardschema für die Meldedaten. Einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten müssen ohne Neuaufbereitung in jedes Land gemeldet werden können. Darüber hinaus, auch wenn es den Rahmen dieses Rechtsakts überschreitet: Die Pflicht aus Artikel 45 Absatz 3 sollte für in der Union niedergelassene Erzeuger gestrichen werden, so wie es die Kommission im Dezember 2025 vorgeschlagen hat. Die Kommission selbst hat den nationalen Behörden empfohlen, zunächst nur zu verwarnen. Eine Regel, deren Urheberin von ihrer Durchsetzung abrät, sollte nicht ein weiteres Jahr Rechtsunsicherheit erzeugen. Ausdrücklich nicht in Frage stelle ich die Dokumentationspflichten. Technische Dokumentation und Konformitätserklärung sind verhältnismäßig und für kleine Unternehmen mit vertretbarem Aufwand zu erfüllen. Es geht mir allein um einen Mechanismus, der Fixkosten unabhängig von der Menge erzeugt und damit strukturell gegen die Kleinsten wirkt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thomas Poschen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I run a small brand of packaged food and also develop software with which small businesses draw up their PPWR documentation. I am therefore affected twice by the Regulation: as a producer and as someone who speaks with others on a daily basis. I very much welcome the proposed harmonisation of register formats. Uniform fields prevent 27 different reporting logics from emerging in 27 Member States. The simplified reporting format below 10 tonnes per Member State is also a step in the right direction. However, the crucial burden for small businesses is not in the format, but in Article 45(3). The obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each destination country applies without a de minimis threshold, regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels arrive there per year. The offers currently received by small traders amount to several hundred euros per country per year, plus contracting and reporting costs. More specifically on my own case: We currently send around 15 orders a year abroad, spread across Austria, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Switzerland. Four of them are Member States for which I would have to appoint and pay a separate authorised representative under Article 45(3). Four contracts, four fee structures, four reporting channels for an average of three orders per country per year. The result is no longer compliance, but market exit. Since 12 August, small traders have stopped shipping to other EU countries in large numbers. They are also in conflict with the Geo-blocking Regulation because many not only limit their supply area, but also deny customers from other Member States the opportunity to buy. Two pieces of Union legislation are working against each other and the single market is losing out on both sides. I propose to enshrine the following points in the implementing act: First, a real one-off registration. The registers should be designed in such a way that registration and notification in the Member State of establishment are sufficient and the data are forwarded from there to the other Member States. Technically, this is trivial if the formats are harmonised anyway. This would remove the principal purpose of the authorised representative. Second, a de minimis threshold per destination country. Below the already foreseen 10-tonne threshold, not only should a simplified reporting format apply, but also the obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative should be removed. Third, a machine-readable standard template for reporting data. Once collected, it must be possible to report packaging data in each country without reprocessing. In addition, even if it goes beyond the scope of this act: The obligation in Article 45(3) should be deleted for producers established in the Union, as proposed by the Commission in December 2025. The Commission itself has recommended that the national authorities should initially only issue a warning. A rule whose author discourages its enforcement should not create another year of legal uncertainty. I expressly do not call into question the documentation obligations. Technical documentation and declaration of conformity shall be proportionate and reasonably burdensome for small enterprises. I am concerned only with a mechanism which generates fixed costs irrespective of quantity and thus has a structural effect on the smallest. (Complimentary close) Thomas Poschen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557610_en"}, {"id": 33557608, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:23:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Parterremedia GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchten wir die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen, Meldewege und monatliche bzw. jährliche Meldepflichten obwohl wir pro Land und Jahr nur zwischen 10-125 Sendungen verschicken mit einem Warenwert von ca. 40 Euro/Paket. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Unser Unternehmen hat den Versand in nahezu alle EU-Länder einstellen müssen zum Schaden unser Kunden und unseres Unternehmens. Nicht zuletzt verursachen die Dokumentations- und Nachweispflichten (PPWR-Konformitätserklärungen), die auch für uns Kleinunternehmen gelten, kaum zu kalkulierenden Aufwand an Ressourcen, die in keinem Verhältnis zum Nutzen stehen. Wir möchten daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen P. Bergner", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of small online sales, we would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what we consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as small businesses, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once we sell goods to another Member State, a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For 10 or 20 relevant target markets, this means 10 or 20 separate contractual relationships, fee structures, reporting channels and monthly or annual reporting obligations, although we only send between 10 and 125 consignments per country per year with a value of approximately EUR 40 per parcel. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. Our company has had to stop shipping to almost all EU countries, to the detriment of our customers and our company. Last but not least, the documentation and evidence obligations (PPWR declarations of conformity), which also apply to our small businesses, generate hardly any cost-effective resources that are disproportionate to the benefits. We would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, P. Bergner", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557608_en"}, {"id": 33557605, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:22:01", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who works with small independent online retailers, I want to flag a compounding effect of the current PPWR EPR registration framework that I don't think has been fully considered. Requiring separate registration and in most cases a local Authorised Representative in every single EU member state a business ships to imposes fixed compliance costs that bear no relation to actual sales volume. For a small seller shipping only a handful of parcels a year into a given country, the compliance cost in that country can easily exceed the entire profit made there. The realistic outcome is not \"compliant small sellers\" it is small sellers quietly withdrawing from cross-border EU sales altogether, because the burden is fixed per country rather than proportional to volume. This has a second-order effect that I don't think has been captured in the impact assessment: small e-commerce businesses don't operate in isolation. They are customers of small local web hosting providers, independent developers, and small IT service providers who build and run their shops. When a small e-commerce business shuts down or scales back because cross-border compliance is no longer viable, that revenue loss cascades directly to the small technology providers who depend on them. Losing a portfolio of small e-commerce clients is existential for a small hosting or web agency business in a way it simply isn't for the large platforms and enterprise service providers who serve big retailers. In effect, the regulation doesn't just squeeze small retailers it squeezes the small technology supply chain underneath them, while leaving large retailers and large hosting/cloud/platform providers untouched, since they can absorb per-country compliance costs at scale. The net direction of this regulation, as currently designed, is to concentrate both e-commerce and the digital infrastructure that supports it into fewer, larger hands the opposite of the EU's own stated goals on SME competitiveness, digital sovereignty, and market diversity. I would strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuine de minimis threshold (based on turnover or per-country shipment volume) below which full multi-country EPR registration and Authorised Representative appointment is not required, and a simplified, harmonised one-stop registration mechanism for small sellers above that threshold. Without this, the rule will function as a structural filter that only large, already-dominant players can pass through with damage spreading well beyond the retailers directly affected.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who works with small independent online retailers, I want to flag a compounding effect of the current PPWR EPR registration framework that I don't think has been fully considered. Requiring separate registration and in most cases a local Authorised Representative in every single EU member state a business ships to imposes fixed compliance costs that bear no relation to actual sales volume. For a small seller shipping only a handful of parcels a year into a given country, the compliance cost in that country can easily exceed the entire profit made there. The realistic outcome is not \"compliant small sellers\" it is small sellers quietly withdrawing from cross-border EU sales altogether, because the burden is fixed per country rather than proportional to volume. This has a second-order effect that I don't think has been captured in the impact assessment: small e-commerce businesses don't operate in isolation. They are customers of small local web hosting providers, independent developers, and small IT service providers who build and run their shops. When a small e-commerce business shuts down or scales back because cross-border compliance is no longer viable, that revenue loss cascades directly to the small technology providers who depend on them. Losing a portfolio of small e-commerce clients is existential for a small hosting or web agency business in a way it simply isn't for the large platforms and enterprise service providers who serve big retailers. In effect, the regulation doesn't just squeeze small retailers it squeezes the small technology supply chain underneath them, while leaving large retailers and large hosting/cloud/platform providers untouched, since they can absorb per-country compliance costs at scale. The net direction of this regulation, as currently designed, is to concentrate both e-commerce and the digital infrastructure that supports it into fewer, larger hands the opposite of the EU's own stated goals on SME competitiveness, digital sovereignty, and market diversity. I would strongly urge the Commission to introduce a genuine de minimis threshold (based on turnover or per-country shipment volume) below which full multi-country EPR registration and Authorised Representative appointment is not required, and a simplified, harmonised one-stop registration mechanism for small sellers above that threshold. Without this, the rule will function as a structural filter that only large, already-dominant players can pass through with damage spreading well beyond the retailers directly affected.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557605_en"}, {"id": 33557604, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:21:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Galerie Dieterle", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels für Kunstgegenstände und Antiquitäten möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Galerie Dieterle Thomas Dieterle", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for works of art and antiques, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Galerie Dieterle Thomas Dieterle", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557604_en"}, {"id": 33557603, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:20:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "stoffdrossel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleiner Online-Shop ist es mir finanziell unmöglich für alle EU-Länder die geforderten Maßnahmen zu ergreifen. Ich werde deshalb nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands bzw. außerhalb der EU versenden. MfG", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small online shop, it is financially impossible for me to take the required measures for all EU countries. I will therefore only send out within Germany or outside the EU. MFG", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557603_en"}, {"id": 33557601, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:17:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "campodo GmbH", "feedback": "Good afternoon, We are a small business with a turnover of just under 1 million. We are strong advocates of the EU and a single market in which consumers in every country can shop easily and securely from suppliers large and small, regardless of national borders. Unfortunately, however, we have been forced now to suspend all exports to other EU countries. As a consumer myself, I find it extremely regrettable that I can no longer buy e.g. tiles from a small shop in Portugal or chairs from a small shop in Spain. These new laws weaken the single market for both retailers and consumers. Once again, Chinese companies such as Temu, Shein, AliExpress, etc. will be the winners. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales, as well as separate contractual relationships, fee structures, reporting channels and the entire bureaucratic burden, is overwhelming for our company both in terms of costs and the enormous effort involved. The fixed costs per country and the administrative burden are completely out of proportion to the actual volume of packaging generated by small retailers such as ourselves. In effect, they act as a barrier to market entry for all EU countries outside our home market of Germany. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: Firstly, micro-enterprises and small firms should generally be exempt from the requirement to appoint an authorised representative, in accordance with the established thresholds for staff numbers and turnover. Secondly: A genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, through which registration and reporting obligations for all Member States can be fulfilled centrally and at a single, one-off fixed cost. Thirdly, the transmission of data to a central point of contact should be technically standardised so that packaging data, once recorded, does not have to be reprocessed for each country. Best regards from an EU citizen with an EU company Stephan", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, We are a small business with a turnover of just under 1 million. We are strong advocates of the EU and a single market in which consumers in every country can shop easily and securely from suppliers large and small, regardless of national borders. Unfortunately, but we have been forced now to suspend all exports to other EU countries. As a consumer myself, I find it extremely regrettable that I can no longer buy e.g. tiles from a small shop in Portugal or chairs from a small shop in Spain. These new laws weaken the single market for both retailers and consumers. Once again, Chinese companies such as Temu, Shein, AliExpress, etc. will be the winners. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in cross-border sales, as well as as separate contractual relationships, fee structures, reporting channels and the entire bureaucratic burden, is overwhelming for our company both in terms of costs and the enormous effort involved. The fixed costs per country and the administrative burden are completely out of proportion to the actual volume of packaging generated by small retailers such as ourselves. In effect, they act as a barrier to market entry for all EU countries outside our home market of Germany. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: Firstly, micro-enterprises and small firms should generally be exempted from the requirement to appoint an authorised representative, in accordance with the established thresholds for staff numbers and turnover. Secondly: A genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, through which registration and reporting obligations for all Member States can be fulfilled centrally and at a single, one-off fixed cost. Thirdly, the transmission of data to a central point of contact should be technically standardised so that packaging data, once recorded, does not have to be reprocessed for each country. Best regards from an EU citizen with an EU company Stephan", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557601_en"}, {"id": 33557600, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:16:53", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would love to be able to keep the channels open to sell from here in the UK to my customers in the EU. I worked hard to comply with the GPSR regulations so I could do so but sadly, the new packaging rules and the expense and admin of having to register with all the countries feels insurmountable for my mirco enterprise. I have had to stop shipping. Sales to the EU are about 7% of my turnover which isn't huge but it is of great value to me. I have sold to eleven member states but only one of a few packages to each. We really need an exemption from having to register in each and every country. We do not have the power of infrastructure to deal with this. I totally agree with the need to clamp down on environmentally irresponsible waste. My packaging has all been recyleable for many many years. I hope that you can consider the voices of the very small business who are doing important work and need to be looked after.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would love to be able to keep the channels open to sell from here in the UK to my customers in the EU. I worked hard to comply with the GPSR regulations so I could do so but sadly, the new packaging rules and the expense and admin of having to register with all the countries feels insurmountable for my mirco enterprise. I have had to stop shipping. Sales to the EU are about 7% of my turnover which isn't huge but it is of great value to me. I have sold to eleven member states but only one of a few packages to each. We really need an exemption from having to register in each and every country. We do not have the power of infrastructure to deal with this. I totally agree with the need to clamp down on environmentally irresponsible waste. My packaging has all been recyleable for many many years. I hope that you can consider the voices of the very small business who are doing important work and need to be looked after.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557600_en"}, {"id": 33557599, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:16:13", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Merionic", "feedback": "I'm a strong supporter of environmentally-friendly solutions. However, I believe that the new policy poses a serious threat to micro industry both within EU and beyond. I run a micro business, selling handmade items online. The amount and the destinations of the parcels I send vary month to month. Maintaining compliance with the new law would require extra time and funds that I, as a solo entrepreneur, simply don't have. Limiting my shop's availability to my home country is not financially viable. This policy, in its current form, will force me to shut down my business altogether. Moreover, the new regulation seems counterintuitive from the consumer's standpoint as well. I prefer to shop small and choose artisan- over mass-produced items whenever possible. Seeing how many independent businesses have suspended their shipping within EU just this week, I fear the future where I'll be forced to only buy from mega corporations that can easily afford to comply with PPWR. I want to shop responsibly and keep supporting my fellow eco-friendly small businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a strong supporter of environmentally-friendly solutions. However, I believe that the new policy poses a serious threat to micro industry both within EU and beyond. I run a micro business, selling handmade items online. The amount and the destinations of the parcels I send vary month to month. Maintaining compliance with the new law would require extra time and funds that I, as a solo entrepreneur, simply don't have. Limiting my shop's availability to my home country is not financially viable. This policy, in its current form, will force me to shut down my business altogether. Moreover, the new regulation seems counterintuitive from the consumer's standpoint as well. I prefer to shop small and choose artisan- over mass-produced items whenever possible. Seeing how many independent businesses have suspended their shipping within EU just this week, I fear the future where I'll be forced to only buy from mega corporations that can easily afford to comply with PPWR. I want to shop responsibly and keep supporting my fellow eco-friendly small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557599_en"}, {"id": 33557598, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:15:10", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Craftronics", "feedback": "Bonjour, Je trouves que cette nouvelle loi ne prends absolument pas en compte le fait que beaucoup dartisans vont juste arrêter de commercer au sein de lUE, et cest toit linverse quon devrait faire, commercer le + possible en local entre nous, les pays membres et ENSUITE commercer ce dont on a besoin avec l'étranger lécologie cest de la grande réflexion et surtout de lexpérience terrain Je suis artisan en électronique (aussi cocasse que cela puisse parraitre) et je comptes expedier mes creations en europpe, cette loi me ferais couler actuellement je suis en début dactivité et je nai pas les moyens de payer les mandataires ou structures pour supporter cette nouvelle loi. Alors ok pour les multinationales, les grandes entreprises, dubitatif pour les TPE/PME, mais les autoentrepreneurs on est TOUT SEUL donc le volume dexpedition ne sera jamais comparable a une multinationale par exemple A mediter.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I find that this new law completely fails to take into account the fact that many craftsmen will just stop doing business within the EU, and this is the linverse roof that should be done, trading as much as possible locally between us, the member countries and ENSUITE trading what we need with abroad. The ecology is a matter of great reflection and, above all, of experience on the ground. I am an electronic craftsman (as much cocasse as I can forge) and I am counting on sending my creations to Europe. This law will now be passed on to me. I am at the beginning of my activity and I do not have the means to pay the representatives or structures to support this new law. So OK for multinationals, large companies, doubtful for VSEs/SMEs, but self-entrepreneurs are ALL. So the volume of expedition will never be comparable to a multinational, for example A Mediter.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557598_en"}, {"id": 33557596, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:14:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen deutschen Onlinehandel für LEGO-Sets, Einzelteile und Minifiguren. Als Einzelunternehmung bearbeite ich jährlich etwa 600 bis 800 Bestellungen. Über diverse Plattformen verkaufe ich auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Bestellmengen unterscheiden sich jedoch stark: Während ich in einigen Ländern regelmäßig verkaufe, gehen in anderen nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr ein. Die geplante Pflicht, für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, ist für Unternehmen unserer Größe kaum umsetzbar. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf könnte einen separaten Vertrag sowie zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Gebühren- und Meldepflichten auslösen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig EU-Zielmärkten entstünden ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse und Fixkosten unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete in das jeweilige Land versendet werden. Diese Kosten stehen bei kleinen Versandmengen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie können nicht wirtschaftlich auf wenige Verkäufe umgelegt werden. Wir müssten deshalb voraussichtlich zahlreiche EU-Länder vom Versand ausschließen. Eine solche Marktzutrittsschwelle widerspricht dem Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarkts. Hinzu kommt, dass ein wesentlicher Teil unseres Geschäfts auf dem Weiterverkauf und der weiteren Nutzung vorhandener LEGO-Artikel beruht. Produkte und Einzelteile bleiben dadurch länger im Wirtschaftskreislauf, statt entsorgt und ersetzt zu werden. Nachhaltigkeitsvorgaben sollten solche Geschäftsmodelle fördern und nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Verwaltungskosten behindern. Ich schlage daher folgende Lösungen vor: 1. Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollten anhand von Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat ausgenommen werden. Mindestens sollte eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, die sich an der Zahl der Sendungen oder der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge orientiert. 2. Erforderlich ist eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung: eine zentrale Registrierung, ein Vertragsverhältnis, einmalige Fixkosten und eine gemeinsame Meldung für alle Mitgliedstaaten. Ein Dienstleister, der weiterhin pro Land separate Verträge und Gebühren verlangt, löst das Problem nicht. 3. Verpackungskategorien, Mengenermittlung und Meldeformate sollten EU-weit vereinheitlicht werden. Einmal erfasste Daten müssen zentral übermittelt und an die betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet werden können. Kleine Onlinehändler verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen noch können sie länderbezogene Fixkosten auf große Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Ohne Ausnahmen, Bagatellgrenzen und einen echten One-Stop-Shop wird die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht viele kleine Händler aus dem europäischen grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängen. Ich bitte Sie daher, die tatsächlichen Verhältnisse kleiner Onlinehändler bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR-Herstellerregister angemessen zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small German online shop for LEGO sets, individual parts and mini-figures. As a single undertaking, I process around 600 to 800 orders a year. I also sell to other EU Member States through various platforms. However, the quantities ordered vary greatly: While I sell regularly in some countries, in others I receive only a few orders per year. The envisaged obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in each destination country is hardly feasible for companies of our size. A single sale could trigger a separate contract as well as additional registration, fees and reporting obligations. Ten or twenty EU target markets would generate the same number of contractual relationships and fixed costs regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are shipped to the country in question. These costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volume in the case of small shipments. They cannot be economically allocated to a small number of sales. We would therefore probably have to exclude many EU countries from shipping. Such a market entry threshold runs counter to the objective of a single European market. In addition, a significant part of our business is based on the resale and continued use of existing LEGO items. As a result, products and individual parts remain in the economic circuit for longer, rather than being disposed of and replaced. Sustainability requirements should encourage such business models and should not be hampered by disproportionate administrative costs. I therefore propose the following solutions: 1. Micro and small enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State on the basis of staff headcount and annual turnover. At least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply, based on the number of consignments or the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution is needed: a central registration, a contractual relationship, one-off fixed costs and a common reporting for all Member States. A service provider who continues to charge separate contracts and fees per country does not solve the problem. 3. Packaging categories, quantity determination and reporting formats should be harmonised across the EU. Once collected, it must be possible to send data centrally and forward them to the Member States concerned. Small online traders do not have their own legal and compliance departments, nor can they spread country-specific fixed costs over large volumes of sales. Without exemptions, de minimis thresholds and a genuine one-stop shop, the obligation to have an authorised representative will push many small traders out of European cross-border trade. I would therefore ask you to take due account of the actual situation of small online traders when further developing the PPWR producer registers. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557596_en"}, {"id": 33557594, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:14:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Baby-Weingart", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels für Babyartikel möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder dreihundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Denn genau das passiert - ich habe meinen Handel nun auf Deutschland beschränkt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Rebekka Weingart", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for childcare articles, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or three hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: If you are not able to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales, you will avoid cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Because that is what happened – I have now restricted my trade to Germany. Yours sincerely, Rebekka Weingart", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557594_en"}, {"id": 33557593, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:11:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Pott au Chocolat GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Als kleine Bean to Bar Schokoladenmanufaktur mit zwei stationären Ladenlokalen und einem kleinen Online-Handel möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Kleinunternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich. Die Pflicht in jedem anderen Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen, macht den europäischen Versand für uns vollkommen unwirtschaftlich. Selbst bei nur vier bis acht relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das vier bis acht separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Wir sind nicht in der Lage, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, und stellen daher den grenzüberschreitenden Handel ein. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigten Funktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigten Pflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, As Klein Bean to Bar Schokoladenmanufaktur with two brick-and-mortar shops and a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as small businesses, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly modifies this invoice. The obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative in every other Member State makes European shipping completely uneconomic for us. Even for only four to eight relevant target markets, this means four to eight separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. We are not able to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales and therefore stop cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as authorised representatives is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representatives’ obligation that takes this into account would allow us and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557593_en"}, {"id": 33557592, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:10:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Boba Brick GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen deutschen Onlinehandel für LEGO-Sets, Einzelteile und Minifiguren. Zu zweit bearbeiten wir jährlich etwa 1.000 bis 1.600 Bestellungen. Über Bricklink verkaufen wir auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Bestellmengen unterscheiden sich jedoch stark: Während wir in einigen Ländern regelmäßig (10-20 Sendungen pro Monat) verkaufen, gehen in anderen nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr ein. Die geplante Pflicht, für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, ist für Unternehmen unserer Größe kaum umsetzbar. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf könnte einen separaten Vertrag sowie zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Gebühren- und Meldepflichten auslösen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig EU-Zielmärkten entstünden ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse und Fixkosten unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete in das jeweilige Land versendet werden. Diese Kosten stehen bei kleinen Versandmengen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie können nicht wirtschaftlich auf wenige Verkäufe umgelegt werden. Wir müssten deshalb voraussichtlich zahlreiche EU-Länder vom Versand ausschließen. Eine solche Marktzutrittsschwelle widerspricht dem Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarkts. Hinzu kommt, dass ein wesentlicher Teil unseres Geschäfts auf dem Weiterverkauf und der weiteren Nutzung vorhandener LEGO-Artikel beruht. Produkte und Einzelteile bleiben dadurch länger im Wirtschaftskreislauf, statt entsorgt und ersetzt zu werden. Nachhaltigkeitsvorgaben sollten solche Geschäftsmodelle fördern und nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Verwaltungskosten behindern. Ich schlage daher folgende Lösungen vor: 1. Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollten anhand von Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat ausgenommen werden. Mindestens sollte eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, die sich an der Zahl der Sendungen oder der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge orientiert. 2. Erforderlich ist eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung: eine zentrale Registrierung, ein Vertragsverhältnis, einmalige Fixkosten und eine gemeinsame Meldung für alle Mitgliedstaaten. Ein Dienstleister, der weiterhin pro Land separate Verträge und Gebühren verlangt, löst das Problem nicht. 3. Verpackungskategorien, Mengenermittlung und Meldeformate sollten EU-weit vereinheitlicht werden. Einmal erfasste Daten müssen zentral übermittelt und an die betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet werden können. Kleine Onlinehändler verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen noch können sie länderbezogene Fixkosten auf große Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Ohne Ausnahmen, Bagatellgrenzen und einen echten One-Stop-Shop wird die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht viele kleine Händler aus dem europäischen grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängen. Ich bitte Sie daher, die tatsächlichen Verhältnisse kleiner Onlinehändler bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR-Herstellerregister angemessen zu berücksichtigen. Simon Gehrke", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small German online shop for LEGO sets, individual parts and mini-figures. In two, we process around 1000 to 1600 orders a year. We also sell to other EU Member States via Bricklink. However, the quantities ordered vary greatly: While in some countries we regularly sell (10-20 items per month), in others we receive only a few orders per year. The envisaged obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in each destination country is hardly feasible for companies of our size. A single sale could trigger a separate contract as well as additional registration, fees and reporting obligations. Ten or twenty EU target markets would generate the same number of contractual relationships and fixed costs regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are shipped to the country in question. These costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volume in the case of small shipments. They cannot be economically allocated to a small number of sales. We would therefore probably have to exclude many EU countries from shipping. Such a market entry threshold runs counter to the objective of a single European market. In addition, a significant part of our business is based on the resale and continued use of existing LEGO items. As a result, products and individual parts remain in the economic circuit for longer, rather than being disposed of and replaced. Sustainability requirements should encourage such business models and should not be hampered by disproportionate administrative costs. I therefore propose the following solutions: 1. Micro and small enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State on the basis of staff headcount and annual turnover. At least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply, based on the number of consignments or the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution is needed: a central registration, a contractual relationship, one-off fixed costs and a common reporting for all Member States. A service provider who continues to charge separate contracts and fees per country does not solve the problem. 3. Packaging categories, quantity determination and reporting formats should be harmonised across the EU. Once collected, it must be possible to send data centrally and forward them to the Member States concerned. Small online traders do not have their own legal and compliance departments, nor can they spread country-specific fixed costs over large volumes of sales. Without exemptions, de minimis thresholds and a genuine one-stop shop, the obligation to have an authorised representative will push many small traders out of European cross-border trade. I would therefore ask you to take due account of the actual situation of small online traders when further developing the PPWR producer registers. Simon Gehrke", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557592_en"}, {"id": 33557565, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:10:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ament & Daub GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Gesellschafter eines kleinen Online-Handels (modulares Campingzubehör, Direktversand aus Deutschland, keine eigene Rechtsabteilung) möchte ich zum Entwurf für die nationalen Herstellerregister Stellung nehmen. Zum Praxisproblem Wir kommen unseren EPR-Pflichten nach und sind derzeit in fünf Registern in vier Mitgliedstaaten eingetragen für eine einzige Produktpalette. Für Verpackungen: Deutschland (LUCID/ZSVR), Österreich (ERP Austria), Frankreich (Citeo/Léko). Für Textilien zusätzlich: Frankreich (Refashion) und die Niederlande (Stichting UPV Textiel). Kein System übernimmt Daten aus einem anderen; jedes hat eigene Meldelogik, Fristen und Gebührenstruktur. Allein in Frankreich sind für unser Sortiment zwei vollständig unabhängige Registrierungen erforderlich. Die Registrierung ist dabei nur der erste Schritt. Für zwei dieser Register warten wir noch auf Rechnungsstellung bzw. Freischaltung des Meldezugangs. Jedes weitere Land bedeutet für ein Unternehmen unserer Größe nicht nur Kosten, sondern eine eigene Vorlaufzeit, Ansprechstelle und Nachverfolgung, bis das System überhaupt nutzbar ist. Wir beliefern über 20 EU-Mitgliedstaaten. In der Mehrzahl liegt der Jahresumsatz im niedrigen dreistelligen Bereich, teils bei weniger als zehn Sendungen im Jahr. Die Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und wirken als Marktzutrittsschwelle. Zum Entwurf Das vereinfachte Meldeformat für Hersteller unter zehn Tonnen je Mitgliedstaat halten wir für richtig und bitten darum, es beizubehalten. Wir liegen in praktisch allen Zielländern weit darunter oft bei wenigen Kilogramm im Jahr. Sinnvoll wäre, an diese Schwelle nicht nur ein reduziertes Meldeformat, sondern auch Erleichterungen bei den Registrierungspflichten selbst zu knüpfen. Ein vereinfachtes Formular nützt wenig, wenn weiterhin je Land eine eigene Registrierung und ein eigener Bevollmächtigter nötig sind der Aufwand entsteht nicht beim Ausfüllen, sondern beim Unterhalt paralleler Rechtsverhältnisse. Ebenso wichtig wären einheitliche Vorgaben zu Verfahren und Fristen der Registerbetreiber: Registrierung, Gebührenbescheid und Freischaltung laufen derzeit in jedem Land unterschiedlich, teils über Monate. Wer in mehreren Staaten fristgerecht melden will, braucht planbare Abläufe. Zur Bevollmächtigtenpflicht Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich den Kommissionsvorschlag vom Dezember 2025, die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für den grenzüberschreitenden Versand abzuschaffen, und bitten darum, auf eine zügige Verabschiedung durch Parlament und Mitgliedstaaten hinzuwirken. Solange sie fortbesteht, schlagen wir vor: Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen nach den bekannten Grenzwerten hilfsweise eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland, gekoppelt an die Zehn-Tonnen-Schwelle. Eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung. Die bestehende Bündelung über zentrale Dienstleister genügt nicht: Es wird weiterhin pro Land ein eigener Vertrag geschlossen und mengenunabhängig bezahlt. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle ausdrücklich über die Grenzen der einzelnen EPR-Regime hinweg. In unserem Fall bestehen für dieselben Produkte parallel drei Verpackungs- und zwei Textilregistrierungen, ohne dass ein einziges Datenfeld übernommen wird. Kleine Unternehmen tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns erlauben, den Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf Deutschland zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Ament", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, as a member of a small online trade (modular camping accessories, direct mailing from Germany, no separate legal department), I would like to comment on the draft national producer registers. On the practical issue, we meet our EPR obligations and are currently registered in five registers in four Member States for a single range of products. For packaging: Germany (LUCID/ZSVR), Austria (ERP Austria), France (Citeo/Léko). For textiles additionally: France (Refashion) and the Netherlands (Stichting UPV Textiel). No system takes data from another; each has its own reporting logic, deadlines and fee structure. In France alone, our product range requires two fully independent registrations. Registration is only the first step. For two of these registers, we are still waiting for invoicing or the activation of reporting access. Every other country means not only costs for a company of our size, but also its own lead time, contact point and follow-up until the system can be used at all. We supply over 20 EU Member States. In the majority of cases, annual turnover is in the low three-digit range, and in some cases less than ten items a year. The fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes and act as a market entry threshold. Regarding the draft Simplified reporting format for producers below 10 tonnes per Member State, we consider it appropriate and would ask that it be maintained. In practically all destination countries, we are often far below a few kilograms per year. It would be useful to link this threshold not only to a reduced reporting format, but also to lighten the registration obligations themselves. A simplified form is of little use if a separate registration is still required for each country and a separate representative is required, not when filling in the form, but when maintaining parallel legal relationships. Equally important would be uniform rules on procedures and deadlines for registry operators: Registration, fee notice and activation currently run differently in each country, sometimes over months. If you want to report in several countries on time, you need predictable procedures. On the obligation of authorised representatives, we strongly support the Commission’s proposal of December 2025 to abolish the obligation of authorised representatives for cross-border shipments and ask for swift adoption by Parliament and Member States. As long as it continues, we propose: Exemption for micro-enterprises according to the known limit values; alternatively, a de minimis limit per destination country, coupled with the 10-tonne threshold. A real one-stop-shop solution. The existing bundling via central service providers is not sufficient: A separate contract will continue to be concluded for each country and will be paid for regardless of quantity. Standardised data transfer to a one-stop-shop explicitly across the boundaries of each EPR regime. In our case, there are three parallel packaging and two textile registrations for the same products without taking over a single data field. Small companies bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design that takes this into account would allow us to make effective use of the internal market, rather than limiting ourselves to Germany for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Peter ament", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557565_en"}, {"id": 33557591, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:09:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Glory Nails - Heike Burghardt e.K.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, löst dieser Verkauf die Pflicht aus, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten für mich, bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Auch nicht für mich. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Ich habe meinen verkauf seit dem 12.08.26 vorerst in das EU Ausland eingestellt. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Ich habe mich in den vergangenen Jahren sehr bemüht auch im EU Ausland Fuss zu fassen. Sollten sich die Regeln für diese Meldungen nicht ändern, werde ich leider den Versand ins EU Ausland entgültig einstellen. Es wäre für die bereits aufgebauten Kunden sehr schade, da sie sich neu orientieren müssten - aber für mich sind die zur Zeit vorgesehenen Kosten und der Aufwand dafür nicht tragbar. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heike Burghardt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: As soon as I sell goods to another Member State, this sale triggers the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets for me, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. Not for me either. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. I have been selling abroad in the EU for the time being since 12.08.26. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to continue to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Over the past few years, I have made a great deal of effort to take decisions abroad in the EU. Unfortunately, if the rules for these notifications do not change, I will stop sending them abroad to the EU indefinitely. It would be very damaging for the customers that have already been built up, as they would have to refocus themselves – but the costs and effort currently envisaged are not sustainable for me. Yours sincerely, Heike Burghardt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557591_en"}, {"id": 33557590, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:08:57", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "The reality: The cost per unit absurdity: While major corporations pay fractions of a cent per package, a micro-business selling just 5 handmade items is forced to pay hundreds in flat registration and compliance fees just to legally ship those few parcels. The myth of exemptions: There is widespread, dangerous misinformation circulating online that micro-businesses are exempt from EPR. This is false. While some countries offer minor exemptions, EPR registration and legal compliance apply to absolutely everyone with zero exceptions. The law applies from the very first gram of packaging and the very first parcel sold cross-border. If you ship one single item, you are legally treated like a massive corporation. Distortion of the Single Market: Instead of free movement of goods, small creators face artificial internal borders and bureaucratic extortion across member states. Barrier to entry for new businesses: Who can afford to launch a creative venture today when the upfront cost of legal packaging bureaucracy in Europe exceeds thousands of Euros? The EU is suffocating the next generation of entrepreneurs before they even start. The environmental & social paradox: EPR punishes eco-friendly local artisans making sustainable goods, while mass-production giants pay the fees and flood the market with plastic waste. Furthermore, it hits female entrepreneurs, rural creators and self-employed artisans who depend on cross-border sales for their livelihood. Open Instagram or TikTok and you will see a devastating trend - platform feeds are flooded with posts from independant artists, makers and small shops announcing they are cancelling EU shipping or shutting down their businesses. It is heartbreaking to watch a single, poorly designed regulation destroy thousands of livelihoods, creative dreams and passion projects overnight. Small domestic markets alone cannot sustain independent creators and people cannot wait years for Brussels to fix this in the background. We need to pay bills and buy food today. We urgently demand that the European Commission: Enact an immediate enforcement embargo (moratorium): Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557590_en"}, {"id": 33557587, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:06:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüße Jürgen Ring", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Jürgen Ring", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557587_en"}, {"id": 33557586, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:05:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "chrom+glas GbR", "feedback": "Dieses PPWR Gesetz hat grundsätzlich gute Ziele, zerstört durch fast Nicht-Unterscheidung zwischen milliardenschweren Unternehmen, welche sich problemlos für solche Gesetzesgebungen mit Legal Teams kümmern können, und Kleinstunternehmen, welche nicht nur einen enormen bürokratischen Mehraufwand haben, sondern aufgrund finanzieller Limitationen gar nicht im Stande sind für die jeweiligen Abgaben & Vertreter jedes EU-Landes aufzukommen. Das Resultat ist jetzt schon das Zusammenbrechen von Businesses, welche nun den Export aus ihrem Herkunftslandes komplett stoppen oder ihr Geschäft aufgeben müssen. Von kleinen Chainmail-Anbietern, welche liebevoll monatlich kleine handgemachte Sendungen an ihre Community senden bis zu kleinen Unternehmen, welche ihr Geschäftsmodell gerade erst aufgebaut haben. Meine Lebensgefährtin und ich selbst verkaufen Second-Hand Möbel & machen alles mit viel Passion, jedoch überschreiten wir bei weitem nicht mal die 50.000 Umsatzgrenze und mussten unsere vorwiegend in Europa verteilte Community darüber informieren, dass wir dieser Hürde finanziell nicht gewachsen sind. Und genau aufgrund diesem fehlenden Differenzieren zwischen Giganten mit allen Mitteln der Welt und kleinen Geschäften wie uns wird so durch dieses verabschiedete Gesetz höchstwahrscheinlich eine riesige Menge an kleinen Unternehmen in der EU wegbrechen und dadurch noch mehr Raum für China oder Amerika bieten. Hunderttausende haben jetzt schon Petitionen unterschrieben und fürchten um ihre Existenz. Wir sind alle für eine grünere Zukunft, aber diese Maßnahmen sind realitätsfern und werden schwere wirtschaftliche Folgen haben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Niklas Woyt", "feedbackEnglish": "This PPWR law has fundamentally good objectives, which have been destroyed by the almost non-distinction between billions of euros of companies, which can easily take care of such legislation with legal teams, and micro-enterprises, which not only have a huge additional bureaucratic burden but are unable to pay for the respective taxes and representatives of each EU country due to financial limitations. The result is the collapse of businesses, which now have to stop all exports from their country of origin or give up their business. From small chainmail providers, who lovingly send small hand-made items to their community every month, to small companies that have just set up their business model. My partner and myself sell second-hand furniture & do everything with a lot of passion, but we are far from exceeding the 50.000 turnover limit and have had to inform our community, predominantly in Europe, that we are not able to cope financially with this hurdle. And it is precisely because of this lack of differentiation between giants using all means of the world and small businesses like us that this adopted law will most likely lead to the disappearance of a huge number of small businesses in the EU, leaving even more space for China or America. Hundreds of thousands have already signed petitions and fear for their existence. We are all for a greener future, but these measures are unrealistic and will have serious economic consequences. Yours sincerely, Niklas Woyt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557586_en"}, {"id": 33557585, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:03:28", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "HPG", "feedback": "I am a small, one-person board game publisher and creator. I support the environmental goals behind EPR. I understand that packaging creates waste and that producers should contribute to its proper collection and recycling. I am not opposed to paying for this responsibility. My concern is the way these requirements are being implemented, particularly for very small businesses selling low quantities across multiple EU countries. My quantities are very small compared with those of established publishers (that makes couple thousands to make the price per unit reasonably low). A typical production run for me might be around 800 copies, and it can take me two or three years to sell them all. I am a one-person business, and I may sell only 1-10 copies to a particular EU country in an entire year. 50% of my sales are outside the EU. Under the current and changing EPR requirements, the administrative burden of selling a single product to an EU country can become completely disproportionate to the sale itself and is not realistic for a micro-business that may sell only a handful of products there each year. In practical terms, this means that I can no longer economically sell to 70% of the EU. I have hundreds of finished board games sitting in a warehouse, and I have to close shop as I cannot simply sell them to European customers because the cost and administrative burden associated with sending one or a few units can exceed any reasonable margin. Even when I sell to other business I sell 10-20 copies, at 30% of the MSRP price, it makes it not feasible with all the labour and EPR maintenance for that country. This is especially frustrating because I am already taking steps to minimise the environmental impact of my products. I pay the costs associated with importing them, I have them tested and certified. Yet the regulatory system treats a one-person publisher selling a few copies very similarly, from a compliance perspective, to a company distributing thousands or millions of products across Europe. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider a much simpler system for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sales. For example, why not create a central EU-wide EPR portal where a small producer could simply declare the product and quantity being shipped to a particular country, pay the applicable recycling fee immediately, and receive a unique EPR reference or label number? That number could be just written on the package. The payment could then be distributed to the appropriate national recycling systems. This would allow me to say: \"I am shipping one board game to Germany. Here is the package, here is the EPR reference, and here is the recycling fee I have already paid.\" Shipping companies and postal operators could be required to accept such packages only when the appropriate EPR reference is present. This would create a straightforward, enforceable system without requiring a one-person business to become an expert in the packaging legislation of every EU member state. The current approach risks having the opposite effect from what is intended. Instead of encouraging small businesses to operate sustainably within the EU, it can push them out of the EU market entirely. It creates a significant competitive advantage for large companies that can afford dedicated legal, tax and compliance departments, while making cross-border sales increasingly impractical for micro-businesses. Make me pay the recycling fee. Make me declare what I am shipping. Give me a simple EU-wide mechanism to prove that I have complied. But please do not require a one-person business to register separately in multiple EU countries and navigate a different set of administrative requirements just to send one board game to a customer once a year. Make it truly Single Market. We should be making sustainable business easier, not making small businesses disappear because they cannot afford the paperwork required to achieve it.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small, one-person board game publisher and creator. I support the environmental goals behind EPR. I understand that packaging creates waste and that producers should contribute to its proper collection and recycling. I am not opposed to paying for this responsibility. My concern is the way these requirements are being implemented, particularly for very small businesses selling low quantities across multiple EU countries. My quantities are very small compared with those of established publishers (that makes couple thousands to make the price per unit reasonably low). A typical production run for me might be around 800 copies, and it can take me two or three years to sell them all. I am a one-person business, and I may sell only 1-10 copies to a particular EU country in an entire year. 50% of my sales are outside the EU. Under the current and changing EPR requirements, the administrative burden of selling a single product to an EU country can become completely disproportionate to the sale itself and is not realistic for a micro-business that may sell only a handful of products there each year. In practical terms, this means that I can no longer economically sell to 70% of the EU. I have hundreds of finished board games sitting in a warehouse, and I have to close shop as I cannot simply sell them to European customers because the cost and administrative burden associated with sending one or a few units can exceed any reasonable margin. Even when I sell to other business I sell 10-20 copies, at 30% of the MSRP price, it makes it not feasible with all the labour and EPR maintenance for that country. This is especially frustrating because I am already taking steps to minimise the environmental impact of my products. I pay the costs associated with importing them, I have them tested and certified. Yet the regulatory system treats a one-person publisher selling a few copies very similarly, from a compliance perspective, to a company distributing thousands or millions of products across Europe. I would strongly encourage the EU to consider a much simpler system for micro-businesses and very low-volume cross-border sales. For example, why not create a central EU-wide EPR portal where a small producer could simply declare the product and quantity being shipped to a particular country, pay the applicable recycling fee immediately, and receive a unique EPR reference or label number? That number could be just written on the package. The payment could then be distributed to the appropriate national recycling systems. This would allow me to say: \"I am shipping one board game to Germany. Here is the package, here is the EPR reference, and here is the recycling fee I have already paid.\" Shipping companies and postal operators could be required to accept such packages only when the appropriate EPR reference is present. This would create a straightforward, enforceable system without requiring a one-person business to become an expert in the packaging legislation of every EU member state. The current approach risks having the opposite effect from what is intended. Instead of encouraging small businesses to operate sustainably within the EU, it can push them out of the EU market entirely. It creates a significant competitive advantage for large companies that can afford dedicated legal, tax and compliance departments, while making cross-border sales increasingly impractical for micro-businesses. Make me pay the recycling fee. Make me declare what I am shipping. Give me a simple EU-wide mechanism to prove that I have complied. But please do not require a one-person business to register separately in multiple EU countries and navigate a different set of administrative requirements just to send one board game to a customer once a year. Make it truly Single Market. We should be making sustainable business easier, not making small businesses disappear because they cannot afford the paperwork required to achieve it.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557585_en"}, {"id": 33557584, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:03:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Selmer GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind ein kleiner Direktvertrieb für Zubehör im Campingsektor und erwirtschaften mit derzeit vier Vollzeitkräften rund 1 Mio. Euro Jahresumsatz. Unser Hauptverkaufsland ist Deutschland mit etwa 85 % unseres Umsatzes. Weitere rund 9 % entfallen auf Österreich und die Schweiz. Die verbleibenden 6 % verteilen sich auf Kunden in der gesamten EU. Dabei handelt es sich häufig um Kunden, die auf unsere Produkte aufmerksam werden, unsere Lösungen unbedingt nutzen möchten und dafür auch bereit sind, etwas höhere Versandkosten in Kauf zu nehmen. Durch das OSS-Verfahren lässt sich die steuerliche Abwicklung dieser EU-Verkäufe für uns vergleichsweise unkompliziert und wirtschaftlich bewältigen. Die neue Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) führt nun jedoch dazu, dass wir diesen Service für unsere europäischen Kunden einstellen müssen. Die zusätzlichen Verpflichtungen und insbesondere die Kosten für einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten bzw. Vertreter machen den Versand in einzelne EU-Länder für uns wirtschaftlich schlicht unmöglich. Pro Land fallen schnell mindestens 300 Euro für entsprechende Dienstleistungen an, bei wenigen Sendungen im Jahr steht dieser Aufwand in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Umsatz. Aus unserer Sicht ist es paradox, dass der Versand eines Pakets in die Schweiz, nach Kanada oder Australien für uns teilweise einfacher zu organisieren ist als der Versand in ein benachbartes EU-Land, obwohl wir uns eigentlich innerhalb eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes bewegen. Wir möchten daher dringend darum bitten, die PPWR um eine praktikable Ausnahme für kleine Unternehmen bzw. für Kleinstmengen und geringe Versandvolumina zu ergänzen. Unternehmen, die nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in einzelne EU-Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollten weiterhin die Möglichkeit haben, diese Sendungen ohne unverhältnismäßig hohe Kosten und bürokratischen Aufwand abzuwickeln, vielleicht mit einer Lösung analog zum OSS mit Obergrenze. Es kann aus unserer Sicht nicht das Ziel einer europäischen Regelung sein, dass ein kleiner deutscher Hersteller oder Händler gezwungen wird, den gesamten EU-weiten Versand einzustellen. Auch Kunden reagieren unverständnissvoll. Wir bitten Sie daher, sich im Sinne vieler kleiner und mittelständischer Unternehmen für eine solche Ausnahme- oder Bagatellregelung einzusetzen. Die PPWR sollte Umweltschutz und Kreislaufwirtschaft fördern. Sie sollte aber nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Unternehmen aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt herausgedrängt werden, weil der bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand für gelegentliche grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe unverhältnismäßig hoch wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are a small direct sales company for accessories in the campsite sector, which currently employs four full-time workers and generates an annual turnover of around EUR 1 million. Germany is our main country of sale, accounting for around 85 % of our turnover. Austria and Switzerland account for a further 9 %. The remaining 6 % is distributed among customers across the EU. These are often customers who become aware of our products, are keen to use our solutions and are also willing to pay slightly higher shipping costs. The OSS procedure makes the tax treatment of these EU sales relatively straightforward and economically manageable for us. However, the new Packaging Regulation (PPWR) now means that we have to stop this service for our European customers. The additional obligations, and in particular the costs for a local agent or representative, simply make it economically impossible for us to send them to individual EU countries. A minimum of EUR 300 per country is quickly incurred for such services, and in the case of a small number of consignments per year, this cost is disproportionate to the actual turnover. In our view, it is paradoxical that sending a parcel to Switzerland, Canada or Australia is sometimes easier for us to organise than sending it to a neighbouring EU country, even though we actually move within a common internal market. We would therefore urge you to supplement the PPWR with a workable exemption for small businesses or for small quantities and small shipping volumes. Companies sending only a few parcels per year to individual EU Member States should continue to be able to handle these consignments without disproportionate costs and red tape, perhaps with a solution similar to the OSS with a cap. In our view, the aim of a European regulation cannot be to force a small German manufacturer or distributor to stop all shipments throughout the EU. Customers also react unintelligibly. We would therefore ask you, in the interests of many small and medium-sized enterprises, to promote such an exemption or de minimis rule. The PPWR should promote environmental protection and the circular economy. However, it should not lead to small businesses being pushed out of the European single market because the bureaucratic and financial burden of occasional cross-border sales becomes disproportionately high. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557584_en"}, {"id": 33557583, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:02:45", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Vendito24 Kissau, Schulz GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mein Name ist Jens Schulz, und ich betreibe gemeinsam mit acht weiteren Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern einen kleinen Online-Handel für gebrauchte Modellbahnen. Ich wende mich an Sie, weil die geplante Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister für Unternehmen wie unseres keine regulatorische Anpassung darstellt, sondern eine existenzielle Bedrohung. Der Grundgedanke der Europäischen Union ist der freie Warenverkehr über Grenzen hinweg. Dieser Grundgedanke hängt für mich nun an einem Karton. Konkret: Für jeden Mitgliedstaat, in den ich Ware versende, soll ich einen Bevollmächtigten benennen und Lizenzierungsgebühren von rund 300 Euro pro Land entrichten unabhängig davon, ob ich dorthin fünf Pakete oder fünftausend verschicke. Für ein Unternehmen mit neun Mitarbeitenden, das gebrauchte Modellbahnen verkauft und keine Rechtsabteilung besitzt, ist das nicht leistbar. Es ist existenzvernichtend. Zwei Beispiele aus unserem laufenden Geschäftsjahr: Griechenland: Hochgerechnet bis zum Jahresende werden wir dort 31 Bestellungen ausgeliefert haben. Das entspricht 64 kg Karton und etwa 4 kg PE-Luftpolsterfolie. Für diese Menge soll ich 300 Euro Lizenzierungsgebühr entrichten, einen Bevollmächtigten vertraglich binden und separate Meldewege einrichten. Litauen: Hier stehen bis Jahresende voraussichtlich 11 Bestellungen, 23 kg Karton und 1,5 kg PE-Luftpolsterfolie. Auch hier: 300 Euro, eigener Vertrag, eigene Meldung. In beiden Fällen übersteigen die bürokratischen Fixkosten den Wert der Verpackung um ein Vielfaches. Wer solche Kosten auf ein derart geringes Volumen umlegen müsste, kann den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf nur einstellen. Genau das werde ich tun müssen, wenn keine Korrektur erfolgt. Ich fordere daher die Einführung einer Bagatellgrenze für kleine Händler, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten und keine gesonderte Lizenzierung pro Mitgliedstaat entsteht. Wer in einem Zielland nur wenige Dutzend Pakete mit wenigen Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial versendet, darf nicht denselben Pflichten unterworfen werden wie ein Konzern, der dort Millionen Einheiten in Verkehr bringt. Ohne eine solche Grenze wird der Binnenmarkt für kleine Händler zur Fiktion. Wir werden uns auf den deutschen Markt zurückziehen nicht, weil wir nicht europäisch handeln wollen, sondern weil ein Karton uns die Grenze aufzeigt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jens Schulz Vendito24 Kissau, Schulz GbR Stüvestr. 2 31785 Hameln", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jens Schulz, and together with eight other employees I run a small online shop for used model railways. I am writing to you because the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers for companies such as ours is not a regulatory adjustment, but an existential threat. The basic idea of the European Union is the free movement of goods across borders. For me, this basic idea is now attached to a cardboard box. Specifically: For each Member State to which I send goods, I should appoint an authorised representative and pay licensing fees of around EUR 300 per country, regardless of whether I send five packages or five thousand. This is not affordable for a company with nine employees that sells used model railways and does not have a legal department. It destroys livelihoods. Two examples from our current financial year: For Greece: By the end of the year, we will have delivered 31 orders there. This corresponds to 64 kg of cardboard and approximately 4 kg of PE air cushion film. For this quantity, I should pay EUR 300 licensing fee, contract an authorised representative and set up separate reporting channels. Lithuania: It is estimated that there will be 11 orders, 23 kg of cardboard and 1.5 kg of PE air cushion film by the end of the year. Here again: EUR 300, own contract, own declaration. In both cases, the fixed administrative costs are many times higher than the value of the packaging. Anyone who would have to pass on such costs in such a small volume can only stop selling cross-border. That is precisely what I will have to do if no correction is made. I therefore call for the introduction of a de minimis threshold for small traders, below which there is no obligation to appoint an authorised representative and no separate licensing per Member State. A person who sends only a few dozen parcels containing a few kilograms of packaging material in a country of destination cannot be subject to the same obligations as a group which places millions of units on the market there. Without such a border, the single market becomes a fiction for small traders. We will withdraw to the German market not because we do not want to act at European level, but because a carton shows us the border. Yours sincerely, Jens Schulz Vendito24 Kissau, Schulz GbR Stüvestr. 2 31785 Hamelin", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557583_en"}, {"id": 33557581, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:02:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "PC-Rath", "feedback": "Hallo, leider ist der gute Willen komplett in Bürokratie und extremen Kosten versunken. Wir versendeten im EU-Ausland ca. 1000 Sendungen mit ca. 30.000 Umsatz im Jahr und müssten nun vor dem Anbieten der Ware 13.600 für Grundgebühren und Stellvertreter zahlen. Das wären nicht nur 13,60 pro Versandtasche/Karton, sondern würde die Gewinne komplett vernichten. Im Endeffekt kommt das einem Handelsverbot gleich: die fixen, hohen Einstiegskosten fördern Großunternehmen wie Amazon und zerstören den Mittelstand. Hier braucht es eine gemeinsame Meldestelle wie beim OSS oder eine gemeinschaftliche Lösung: Karton in der EU lizensiert = EU-weit Vertrieb. Zumindest aber Freigrenzen für Kleinunternehmen, wie meines. Auch die 50% Freiraumregelung ist in der jetzigen Form für bestimmte Verpackungen mit Styroporkanten oder Wickelverpackungen unsinnig. Hier ist die Luft teil des Verpackungskonzeptes: Die Ware wird zentriert und mit Abstand von den Außenflächen gehalten. Wir müssten nun unnötige Verpackungschips reinkippen, um unter 50% Freiraum zukommen. Aufgrund der Nachverfolgbarkeit von Kartons ist es im Endeffekt unmöglich gebrauchte Kartons zu verwenden. Wir wären gezwungen diese zu entsorgen und neue zu kaufen. Beide letzteren Punkte schaden eher der Umwelt. Der erste Punkt macht einen Binnenhandel für den Mittelstand kaum möglich. Es besteht dringend Handlungsbedarf am PPWR! Gruß M. Rath", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, unfortunately, the good will has fallen completely into red tape and extreme costs. We send around 1000 consignments abroad in the EU, with a turnover of around 30.000 a year, and would now have to pay 13.600 for standing charges and proxies before offering the goods. This would not only be 13.60 per shipping bag/carton, but would completely destroy the profits. In effect, this amounts to a trade ban: fixed, high entry costs support large companies such as Amazon and destroy small and medium-sized enterprises. There is a need for a common reporting point, such as the OSS, or a common solution: Cardboard licensed in the EU = EU-wide distribution. Or, at the very least, exemption thresholds for small businesses, such as mys. The 50 % free space rule in its current form also makes no sense for certain packaging with polystyrene edges or wrappers. Here, the air is part of the packaging concept: The article is centred and held away from the outside surfaces. We now need to tipping unnecessary packaging chips in order to have less than 50 % free space. Because of the traceability of cartons, it is ultimately impossible to use used cartons. We would be forced to dispose of them and buy new ones. Both of the latter are more damaging to the environment. The first point makes internal trade hardly possible for small and medium-sized enterprises. There is an urgent need for action on the PPWR! Greeting M. Rath", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557581_en"}, {"id": 33557579, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:00:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Chilli MAnufaktur", "feedback": "Für mich als kleines Unternehmen ist es sehr aufwendig für jede Verpackung die ja schon Konformitätserklärung versehen ist nur weil ich ein Glas fülle und den Deckel darauf mache und ein Etikett anbringe dafür extra noch eine Konformitätserklärung erstellen zu müssen. Es ist doch vollkommen ausreichend, wenn der Erstinverkehrbringer die Konformität erfüllt. Nur weil drei Elemmte zusammen gefügt werden, ändert sich nichts an der Konformität. Der Aufwand das alles zu machen ist für kleine Produktmengen viel zu hoch. Da wird von Bürokratieabbau gesprochen es ist wohl eher das Gegenteil. Es sollten die KMU von dieser Pflicht ausgenommen werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small company, it is very burdensome for me to draw up a declaration of conformity for each packaging, which is already accompanied by a declaration of conformity, simply because I fill a glass and make the lid on it and add a label for it. It is perfectly sufficient for the first distributor to be in conformity. The mere fact that three elbows are put together does not change the conformity. The burden of doing everything is far too high for small quantities of products. There is talk of cutting red tape, rather the opposite. SMEs should be exempted from this obligation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557579_en"}, {"id": 33557578, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:00:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Woodpeckershop", "feedback": "Als sehr kleiner Onlineshop (ich mache das ganz alleine) bedeutet die neue Gesetzgebung für mich das Aus um innerhalb der EU Verkäufe tätigen zu können. Bisher hatte ich einige Kunden innerhalb der EU, die regelmäßig bei mir bestellt haben. In meinem Shop gibt es Ersatzteile sowie spezielle Werkzeuge, die nicht überall erhältlich sind. Meine Verkäufe innerhalb der EU beliefen sich in den letzten Jahren auf 15 - 20 Sendungen, viele davon sehr klein. Von der Relation des Umsatzes zu den Kosten, was mich die Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land kosten würden, zahle ich erheblich drauf. Das ist für mich schon finanziell nicht machbar. Auch die bürokratischen Hürden und der Verwaltungsaufwand sind zu hoch. Dazu kommt, dass es in jedem Land noch unterschiedliche Richtlinien gibt, die es zu beachten gilt. Es ist schlichtweg nicht machbar. Hier geht der eigentliche Gedanke vom europäischen Markt zugrunde. Nur noch die ganz großen Betriebe, die es sich leisten können und die über eigene Fachabteilungen mit speziell geschulten Mitarbeitern verfügen, haben eine Chance. Kleinstunternehmer und Kleinunternehmer bleiben auf der Strecke. Hier sollte dieses Gesetz differenzieren, wie viel in andere Mitgliedsstaaten versendet wird. Jemand, der in ein Land nur 2 oder 3 Pakete pro Jahr sendet sollte definitiv anders beurteilt werden wie jemand, der 1000 Pakete oder mehr pro Jahr in ein Land versendet. Alle über einen Kamm zu scheren bringt nur das Ergebnis, dass die kleinen Unternehmen völlig von der Bildfläche verschwinden. Insgesamt ist die neue Verordnung, auch was den Inlandsversand angeht, sehr schwammig. Selbst Juristen, welche ich direkt um Hilfe gebeten habe, damit die Umsetzung der Richtlinien korrekt von statten geht, sind bei vielen Punkten nicht zu einer direkten Aussage / Empfehlung bereit. Beispiel Altbestände. In wie weit diese noch zu verwenden sind oder von mir jetzt nachträglich mit einer Konformitätsbescheinigung versehen werden müssen, blieb in meinem Fall völlig unklar. Um auf der sicheren Seite zu sein bedeutet das für mich einen enormen Aufwand, bei dem meine eigentliche Tätigkeit, nämlich der Verkauf, völlig auf der Strecke bleibt. Mein EU-Handel ist Geschichte und ob ich es im nationalen Bereich noch weiterführen kann unter diesen Voraussetzungen bleibt abzuwarten. Meine Bitte: überdenken Sie die Rolle der ganz kleinen in der Kette. Hier könnte man sicherlich mit einer vereinfachten und bezahlbaren Lösung viele Existenzen sichern, die jetzt gerade, so wie ich, ans aufhören denken.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a very small online shop (I do it on my own), the new legislation means that I will not be able to sell within the EU. So far, I have had some customers within the EU who have regularly ordered from me. In my shop, there are spare parts and special tools that are not available everywhere. My intra-EU sales in recent years have been between 15 and 20 consignments, many of them very small. I pay a lot of extra attention to the relationship between turnover and costs, which the agents in each country would cost me. This is already financially unfeasible for me. Bureaucratic hurdles and red tape are also too high. In addition, there are still different directives in each country that need to be respected. It is simply not feasible. The real idea here is that of the European market. Only the very large companies which can afford it and which have their own specialist departments with specially trained staff have a chance. Micro-entrepreneurs and small-entrepreneurs are left behind. Here, this law should differentiate how much is sent to other Member States. Someone who sends only 2 or 3 parcels per year to a country should definitely be judged differently from someone who sends 1000 parcels or more per year to a country. The only result for all of them is that the small businesses disappear completely from the image. Overall, the new Regulation is very vague, including as regards domestic shipping. Even lawyers who I have directly asked for help to ensure that the directives are implemented correctly are not willing to make a direct statement/recommendation on many points. Example of old stocks. The extent to which these are still to be used or must now be accompanied by a certificate of conformity was completely unclear in my case. To be on the safe side, this means a tremendous effort for me, leaving my actual activity, i.e. selling, completely out of business. My EU trade is history and it remains to be seen whether I can continue to do so at national level under these conditions. My request: rethink the role of the very small in the chain. Here, a simplified and affordable solution could certainly secure many livelihoods that, like me, are now ceasing to exist.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557578_en"}, {"id": 33557577, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 11:00:00", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "emmy design AB", "feedback": "It is really good that EU take action on packaging and environmental impact. However as a small business it is absolutely impossible to find the time, economy and skill to be able to do everything right. We ship all over the world but to some EU countries we only send a handful of orders per year. So to register and pay for our packaging in each EU country is impossible. It is hard as it is to survive on the small margins we have on our products (as we're competing with the big brands) and we have already done all in our powers to minimize our packaging and make it as environmental friendly as possible. For this to work, there will need to be an exception for small companies or it will need to be simplified with only ONE place to register for all of EU and a mutual system that is same for all EU countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is really good that EU take action on packaging and environmental impact. However as a small business it is absolutely impossible to find the time, economy and skill to be able to do everything right. We ship all over the world but to some EU countries we only send a handful of orders per year. So to register and pay for our packaging in each EU country is impossible. It is hard as it is to survive on the small margins we have on our products (as we're competing with the big brands) and we have already done all in our powers to minimize our packaging and make it as environmental friendly as possible. For this to work, there will need to be an exception for small companies or it will need to be simplified with only ONE place to register for all of EU and a mutual system that is same for all EU countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557577_en"}, {"id": 33557576, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:59:33", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a microbusiness based in Spain selling clothing to consumers across the EU. I sell very small quantities, from 1 product per year in some countries to around 85 in my largest market, yet I can face separate national EPR registration systems, providers, fees and reporting requirements. In Spain I was quoted around 1,000 simply to register for packaging EPR, despite selling only around 3 kg of clothing there last year. The actual packaging was probably around 100 grams. I support EPR and am happy to pay a reasonable fee for the packaging I actually put on the market. However, how can different EPR providers charge vastly different fees for apparently carrying out the same basic registration and compliance tasks? The current system is disproportionately complex and expensive for microbusinesses. I would strongly support a harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system, with transparent and proportionate fees based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a microbusiness based in Spain selling clothing to consumers across the EU. I sell very small quantities, from 1 product per year in some countries to around 85 in my largest market, yet I can face separate national EPR registration systems, providers, fees and reporting requirements. In Spain I was quoted around 1,000 simply to register for packaging EPR, despite selling only around 3 kg of clothing there last year. The actual packaging was probably around 100 grams. I support EPR and am happy to pay a reasonable fee for the packaging I actually put on the market. However, how can different EPR providers charge vastly different fees for apparently carrying out the same basic registration and compliance tasks? The current system is disproportionately complex and expensive for microbusinesses. I would strongly support a harmonised EU-wide registration and reporting system, with transparent and proportionate fees based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557576_en"}, {"id": 33557575, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:58:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Dekowunder", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Aspekt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Schritt, um mein Geschäft weiterzuentwickeln ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, geltendes Recht einzuhalten. Durch die PPWR verändert sich diese Ausgangslage jedoch erheblich: Sobald ich Waren in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Verpflichtung auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu vergüten. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen dadurch zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich in einem Land lediglich fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert Pakete verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten je Land stehen aus meiner Sicht in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. De facto können sie dadurch zu einer Marktzutrittsschwelle werden: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden als betreiben. Dies widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem eigentlichen Gedanken und Ziel des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer anhand der bekannten Grenzwerte für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung vorgesehen werden. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestehen. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Eine solche Bündelung existiert bereits Händler müssen dafür jedoch weiterhin pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und die entsprechenden Fixkosten tragen, und zwar unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig wäre stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für sämtliche Mitgliedstaaten zentral abgewickelt werden können und die Fixkosten nur einmalig anfallen. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden. Dadurch könnten einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten genutzt werden, ohne sie für jedes einzelne Land erneut aufbereiten zu müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit lediglich proportional geringeren Pflichten. Sie tragen vielfach dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, müssen diese jedoch auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen verteilen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diesem Umstand Rechnung trägt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, anstatt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt beschränken zu müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Heike Gerling", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step towards developing my business without a separate legal department, but with the right to comply with the law in force. However, the PPWR is significantly changing this situation: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and remunerate an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this creates ten or twenty separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell only five parcels or five hundred parcels in a country. In my view, these fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. De facto, this may turn them into a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will avoid cross-border trade rather than engage in it. In my view, this runs counter to the very idea and objective of the European single market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives on the basis of the known staff headcount and turnover thresholds. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should be provided as a fall-back solution. Below this threshold, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, such bundling already exists for dealers to continue to have their own contract per country and to bear the corresponding fixed costs, irrespective of the volume actually sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution would be needed, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be centralised for all Member States and the fixed costs to be incurred only once. Thirdly, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised. This would allow once collected packaging data to be used without having to reprocess it for each individual country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with only proportionally lower obligations. They often bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but have to spread them over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European single market, rather than having to limit ourselves to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Heike Gerling", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557575_en"}, {"id": 33557574, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:58:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Fossilien Hai Dinosaurier Mattes Kleinunternehmen", "feedback": "As online shop owner with one employee, 40% of overall turnover are at stake. For the majority of EU countries, it is a loss to offer shipping in comparison to cost/bureaucrazy for PPWR for each country. Stop the clock for small companies and provide an OSS like System.", "feedbackEnglish": "As online shop owner with one employee, 40% of overall turnover are at stake. For the majority of EU countries, it is a loss to offer shipping in comparison to cost/bureaucrazy for PPWR for each country. Stop the clock for small companies and provide an OSS like System.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557574_en"}, {"id": 33557573, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:54:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lena Quist Clothing", "feedback": "While I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, I believe its implementation is disproportionate for small and micro businesses. The issue is not just the cost. It is the cumulative burden. Registration fees, EPR fees, Authorised Representatives, different national systems, reporting requirements and constantly changing rules all add up. For a business with one or two employees, this represents a significant amount of both money and time. The Commission talks about reducing administrative burdens for SMEs, yet the practical effect is the opposite. Small businesses are expected to navigate almost the same compliance framework as companies with dedicated legal and compliance departments. I also question whether the current system is achieving its intended objective. If EPR is meant to encourage better packaging choices and reduce waste, where is the evidence that these administrative requirements are changing the behaviour of micro-businesses? Many of us are already using minimal packaging. The regulation is increasing costs and bureaucracy without necessarily delivering better environmental outcomes. The Commission should apply the principle of proportionality more effectively by considering the cumulative impact of these requirements on micro-businesses and introducing genuinely simplified compliance for businesses with very low packaging volumes. Small businesses deserve to be a part of the Single Market just as much as large corporations.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, I believe its implementation is disproportionate for small and micro businesses. The issue is not just the cost. It is the cumulative burden. Registration fees, EPR fees, Authorised Representatives, different national systems, reporting requirements and constantly changing rules all add up. For a business with one or two employees, this represents a significant amount of both money and time. The Commission talks about reducing administrative burdens for SMEs, yet the practical effect is the opposite. Small businesses are expected to navigate almost the same compliance framework as companies with dedicated legal and compliance departments. I also question whether the current system is achieving its intended objective. If EPR is meant to encourage better packaging choices and reduce waste, where is the evidence that these administrative requirements are changing the behaviour of micro-businesses? Many of us are already using minimal packaging. The regulation is increasing costs and bureaucracy without necessarily delivering better environmental outcomes. The Commission should apply the principle of proportionality more effectively by considering the cumulative impact of these requirements on micro-businesses and introducing genuinely simplified compliance for businesses with very low packaging volumes. Small businesses deserve to be a part of the Single Market just as much as large corporations.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557573_en"}, {"id": 33557572, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:53:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "allsana", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleiner Online-Händler möchte ich auf ein erhebliches Problem bei der Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Versand in jedem EU-Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Die damit verbundenen Registrierungen, Verträge und insbesondere die Fixkosten je einzelnem Land stehen für kleine Händler in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich versendeten Verpackungsmengen. Dabei spielt es kaum eine Rolle, ob in ein Land nur wenige oder mehrere hundert Pakete pro Jahr versendet werden. Für uns hat diese Regelung bereits ganz konkrete Folgen: Wir haben den Versand in sämtliche EU-Länder mit Ausnahme von Österreich eingestellt. Damit bewirkt die PPWR aus unserer Sicht genau das Gegenteil eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes: Für kleine Unternehmen wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel wirtschaftlich zunehmend unattraktiv. Wir halten deshalb insbesondere folgende Lösungen für erforderlich: Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Kleinstunternehmen oder zumindest eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze je Zielland. Eine echte EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, bei der nicht für jedes Land separate Verträge und Fixkosten entstehen. Einheitliche und standardisierte Meldeverfahren für Verpackungsmengen innerhalb der EU. Umweltschutz und eine ordnungsgemäße Verpackungsentsorgung sind wichtig. Die hierfür vorgesehenen Regelungen sollten jedoch verhältnismäßig bleiben und kleine Händler nicht faktisch dazu zwingen, sich aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt zurückzuziehen. Bei uns ist genau dies bereits eingetreten: Wir liefern innerhalb der EU nur noch nach Deutschland und Österreich. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Marcus Riehl", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small online trader, I would like to draw your attention to a significant problem in the implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each EU Member State for cross-border shipments. The associated registrations, contracts and in particular the fixed costs per country are disproportionate for small traders in relation to the quantities of packaging actually shipped. It makes little difference whether only a few or several hundred parcels are sent to a country each year. For us, this rule has already had very concrete consequences: We have stopped shipping to all EU countries except Austria. In our view, the PPWR thus has the exact opposite effect of a functioning European internal market: For small businesses, cross-border trade is becoming increasingly unattractive from an economic point of view. We therefore consider the following solutions in particular to be necessary: Exemption from the obligation to appoint representatives for micro-enterprises or at least an appropriate de minimis threshold per destination country. A genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop solution that does not create separate contracts and fixed costs for each country. Uniform and standardised reporting procedures for packaging quantities within the EU. Environmental protection and proper packaging disposal are important. However, the rules for doing so should remain proportionate and should not de facto force small traders to withdraw from the European single market. This is exactly what has already happened to us: We are now only supplying Germany and Austria within the EU. Yours sincerely, Marcus Riehl", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557572_en"}, {"id": 33557571, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:52:46", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Many things have been mentioned by others already. A unique aspect I would like to mention is that of Europeans moving across borders. With a common labor market, the freedom of movement ensures that the right talents can be sourced from across the union for a given role or position and entrepreneurs can move to areas that make specifically sense for the type of business they want to start. However, this also meas that Europeans don't always live in the country they were born in. While learning the language of the new home country is often seen as a requirement, it is not a requirement to entirely convert. Ordering building materials, food, reading material and other cultural items from ones country of origin is therefore a common practice that until now was possible. With these new regulations this has become almost entirely impossible unless one buys from mega companies like Amazon - which further strengthens the chokehold of non-Eu companies over the European economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "Many things have been mentioned by others already. A unique aspect I would like to mention is that of Europeans moving across borders. With a common labor market, the freedom of movement ensures that the right talents can be sourced from across the union for a given role or position and entrepreneurs can move to areas that make specifically sense for the type of business they want to start. However, this also meas that Europeans don't always live in the country they were born in. While learning the language of the new home country is often seen as a requirement, it is not a requirement to entirely convert. Ordering building materials, food, reading material and other cultural items from ones country of origin is therefore a common practice that until now was possible. With these new regulations this has become almost entirely impossible unless one buys from mega companies like Amazon - which further strengthens the chokehold of non-Eu companies over the European economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557571_en"}, {"id": 33557570, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:52:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "WIESEN.design Simone Wiesen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich dachte die EU wäre grenzlos. Aber was machen Sie im Europaparlament? Sie bauen für alle Kleinunternehmer im Onlinehandel Grenzen auf. Mein Shop macht gerade mal Euro 100.000,--. Davon ca. 25% im europäischen Ausland. Wie soll ich in den 27 Mitgliedsstaaten den diese Fixgebühren aufbringen? Ich verliere mindestens 25% meines Umsatzes, wenn ich nur national arbeite und habe kaum Chancen zu wachsen. Es tut mir leid, aber ich verliere langsam endgültig das Vertrauen in die europäischen Institutionen. 4 Jahre Arbeit und das Risiko einer Selbstständigkeit - das zerstören sie jetzt. Ich bin so fassungslos. In meiner Firma achte ich sehr genau, wie wir liefern. Unser Motto \"Plastikfrei\". Gerade kleinere Firmen versuchen sich über diese Dinge besser abzusetzen. Und jetzt kommen solche dummen Ideen aus Brüssel? In welcher Blase lebt ihr eigentlich. Bitte ändern sie umgehend diesen Irrsinn, damit stärken sie nur die asiatischen Händler, den sowieso alles egal ist. Danke und lieben Gruß Simone und Jörg", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I thought the EU would be borderless. But what do you do in the European Parliament? They create barriers for all small e-commerce businesses. My shop just pays EUR 100.000. About 25 % of them are abroad in Europe. How should I pay these fixed fees in the 27 Member States? I lose at least 25 % of my turnover if I work only nationally and have little chance of growing. I am sorry, but I am slowly losing confidence in the European institutions. 4 years of work and the risk of self-employment – they are destroying it now. I am so blurred. In my company, I pay very close attention to how we deliver. Our motto: “Plastics-free”. Smaller firms in particular are trying to get out of these things better. And now such odd ideas come from Brussels? In which bubble do you actually live? Please change this irrationality immediately so that they only strengthen Asian traders, which is in any case completely irrelevant. Thank you and greetings Simone and Jörg", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557570_en"}, {"id": 33557569, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:50:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Michas.Zeithaus", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Hiermit ergeht die Beschwerde gegen diese völlig unnötige Verpackungsverordnung, die Kleinunternehmer vollständig in den Ruin treibt. Wer soll denn, sofern er im europäischen Binnenmarkt verkauft, für jedes einzelne EU-Land diese horrenden Kosten zahlen können? Allein der administrative Aufwand um alle Länder anzuschreiben und einen Paten zu finden ist doch ein Akt der Unmöglichkeit. Bei allem Respekt für die EU, aber hier verfehlen Sie das Ziel und strafen Kleinunternehmer ab! Dafür fördern Sie Unternehmen wie Amazon, die eh schon eine marktbeherrschende Stellung genießen! Bitte nehmen Sie diese Regelung zurück! Dieses Schreiben geht an: - das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium - den Verbraucherschutz - die BILD Zeitung Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michael Näther Michas.Zeithaus e.K Seestraße 41 68775 Ketsch", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, This is the complaint against this completely unnecessary Packaging Ordinance, which pushes small businesses entirely into ruin. Who, if he sells in the European single market, should be able to pay these horrific costs for each individual EU country? Only the administrative burden of writing to all countries and finding a sponsor is an act of impossibility. Respectful of the EU, but here you miss the target and penalise small entrepreneurs! To do so, you are supporting companies like Amazon, which already enjoy a dominant market position! Please withdraw this rule! This letter is addressed to: — the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs – Consumer Protection – BILD Zeitung With kind regards Michael Näther Michas. Zeithaus e.K Seestraße 41 68775 Ketsch", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557569_en"}, {"id": 33557568, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:49:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die neue Verpackungsverordnung stellt mich mit meinem kleinen Unternehmen vor große Herausforderungen. Ich habe einen Jahresumsatz von ca. 40.000 Euro, bin Einzelunternehmer und muss nun ernsthaft darüber nachdenken, das Unternehmen aufzugeben. Ich habe dieses Unternehmen 15 Jahre lang aufgebaut und es wird durch diese Verpackungsverordnung zerstört. Ich kann mir keinen Bevollmächtigten leisten und auch die Verordnung ist für mein kleines Unternehmen gefährlich. Bitte überdenken Sie diese Verordnung für kleine Unternehmen. Die EU ist eine Gemeinschaft und sollte insbesondere im Hinblick auf den Warenaustausch auch so gesehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new Packaging Regulation presents me with great challenges with my small business. I have an annual turnover of around EUR 40.000, I am a sole trader and must now seriously consider giving up the business. I set up this company for 15 years and it will be destroyed by this Ordinance. I cannot afford an authorised representative and the Regulation is also dangerous for my small business. Please reconsider this regulation for small businesses. The EU is a Community and should be seen as such, in particular with regard to trade in goods.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557568_en"}, {"id": 33557567, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:46:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Biologische Baustoffe Graen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Handels für biologische Baustoffe mit angeschlossenem Online-Handel möchte ich auf einige aus meiner Sicht besonders kritische Punkte der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf mit Bestellung eines Beauftragten im jeweiligen Lieferland ist bürokratischer Unsinn und finanziell für kleinere Unternehmen nicht leistbar. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Der einfachste Weg wäre alle Hersteller und Importeure melden die Verpackungsmaterialien Zentral und zahlen für das Recycling eine Gebühr, die kann ja dann auf die Verpackungsmaterialien umgelegt werden. So wären deutlich weniger Marktteilnehmer involviert und das ganze Zeit- und Geld fressende Procedere nicht nötig so geht Bürokratieabbau. Natürlich wären dann viele Arbeitsplätze nicht mehr nötig und leider auch einige Vorstandsposten auch nicht mehr möglich. Wie soll man jetzt abgehalfterte Politiker beschäftigen? Ein weiterer Punkt ist die Benennung der Inhaltstoffe der Verpackungen. Wem nützt es zu wissen, woraus der Karton besteht? Sinnvoller und einfacher wäre schädliche Inhaltstoffe zu verbieten. Oder sollen die Mitarbeiter der Recyclingfirmen die Kartonagen nach Inhaltstoffen sortieren, um Sortenrein neue Kartons mit gleichen Inhaltstoffen herstellen zu können? Wir verwenden fast ausschließlich Kartonagen, die bereits einmal benutzt wurden, diese Art die Umwelt zu schonen und Material zu sparen durch Widerverwendung wird mit der neuen Verordnung zunichte gemacht. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michael Graen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a trade in biological building materials with associated online trade, I would like to draw your attention to a number of points which, in my view, are particularly critical with regard to the planned implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales with the appointment of an authorised representative in the respective supplier country is bureaucratic nonsense and financially unaffordable for smaller companies. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. The easiest way would be for all manufacturers and importers to report packaging materials centrally and pay a fee for recycling, which can then be applied to packaging materials. This would significantly reduce the number of market participants involved and eliminate the need for the entire time- and money-eating process, thus cutting red tape. Of course, many jobs would then no longer be needed and, unfortunately, some board positions would also no longer be possible. How to employ calm politicians now? Another issue is the identification of the contents of the packaging. Who does it use to know what the cardboard box is? It would be more sensible and easier to ban harmful ingredients. Or should the employees of the recycling companies sort the cartons by material in order to be able to produce new cartons with the same material in varietal purity? We almost exclusively use cartonboard, which has already been used once, to protect the environment and save material by reusing it, the new regulation will destroy it. (Complimentary close) Michael Graen", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557567_en"}, {"id": 33557566, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:46:16", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a leather artisan from Italy, I just opened my online shop this year, a few months ago. My business is a one woman show, and I'm just trying to live off my art and artisanal goods after years of sacrifices to open my shop. This new regulation, as currently written, is gonna ruin me. And like me, so many small and micro business worldwide. This is not the way. I support the objectives of the PPWR, but consider the current implementation to be disproportionate for micro-enterprises. Especially in cross-border online trade, differences in national EPR registrations, notifications and possible proxy obligations create high costs and considerable administrative burden even for very small packaging volumes. Therefore I call for: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, a central EU one-stop shop instead of many national registrations, no paid representatives for micro-quantities, clear rules for print-on-demand and fulfilment models. Protecting the environment is important, but it must not lead to micro-enterprises having to stop selling across the EU because of disproportionate bureaucracy.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a leather artisan from Italy, I just opened my online shop this year, a few months ago. My business is a one woman show, and I'm just trying to live off my art and artisanal goods after years of sacrifices to open my shop. This new regulation, as currently written, is gonna ruin me. And like me, so many small and micro business worldwide. This is not the way. I support the objectives of the PPWR, but consider the current implementation to be disproportionate for micro-enterprises. Especially in cross-border online trade, differences in national EPR registrations, notifications and possible proxy obligations create high costs and considerable administrative burden even for very small packaging volumes. Therefore I call for: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, a central EU one-stop shop instead of many national registrations, no paid representatives for micro-quantities, clear rules for print-on-demand and fulfilment models. Protecting the environment is important, but it must not lead to micro-enterprises having to stop selling across the EU because of disproportionate bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557566_en"}, {"id": 33557564, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:45:40", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "The EU should stop creating a regulatory environment in which small businesses are effectively priced out of the Single Market. I fully support reasonable environmental goals and reducing packaging waste. However, the way producer-responsibility and packaging obligations are being implemented creates a disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises and small online businesses selling across EU borders. A large corporation can employ compliance departments, lawyers and consultants to register, report and appoint representatives in multiple Member States. A one- or two-person business cannot. When every additional country creates another registration, reporting obligation, fee or representative requirement, the practical result is that a small business simply stops selling to customers in that country. This does not create a healthier Single Market. It creates an environment where large companies can absorb regulatory complexity while small competitors are forced to withdraw. The EU should urgently apply a genuine Think Small First principle to PPWR and Extended Producer Responsibility. I strongly urge the EU to: - Introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified regimes for micro-enterprises and very small volumes. - Create a single EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism wherever possible instead of requiring businesses to navigate separate national systems. - Avoid mandatory appointment of authorised representatives in every Member State for small-scale cross-border sellers unless there is a clear and proportionate justification. - Establish a simple, inexpensive EU-wide compliance route specifically designed for small online businesses. - Conduct a proper cumulative impact assessment of PPWR, WEEE, EPR and other overlapping obligations on micro-enterprises. - Ensure that environmental regulation does not become a de facto barrier to cross-border trade. - Measure the real administrative cost of compliance on businesses with one or two employees, rather than assuming that every business has a dedicated compliance department. - Make compliance proportional to the environmental impact and turnover/volume of the business. The objective should be to make Europe greener without making Europe inaccessible to entrepreneurs. Small businesses are not the enemy of environmental policy. They are an essential part of competition, innovation and the European economy. If compliance becomes so complicated and expensive that small businesses stop selling across borders, the Single Market becomes less competitive and consumers become increasingly dependent on large corporations. The EU should simplify regulation, reduce duplication and make it possible for a small business to understand and comply with its obligations without needing a lawyer, consultant or compliance department. Environmental protection and a thriving small-business sector should not be opposing goals. Good regulation should achieve both.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU should stop creating a regulatory environment in which small businesses are effectively priced out of the Single Market. I fully support reasonable environmental goals and reducing packaging waste. However, the way producer-responsibility and packaging obligations are being implemented creates a disproportionate burden for micro-enterprises and small online businesses selling across EU borders. A large corporation can employ compliance departments, lawyers and consultants to register, report and appoint representatives in multiple Member States. A one- or two-person business cannot. When every additional country creates another registration, reporting obligation, fee or representative requirement, the practical result is that a small business simply stops selling to customers in that country. This does not create a healthier Single Market. It creates an environment where large companies can absorb regulatory complexity while small competitors are forced to withdraw. The EU should urgently apply a genuine Think Small First principle to PPWR and Extended Producer Responsibility. I strongly urge the EU to: - Introduce meaningful exemptions or simplified regimes for micro-enterprises and very small volumes. - Create a single EU-wide registration and reporting mechanism wherever possible instead of requiring businesses to navigate separate national systems. - Avoid mandatory appointment of authorised representatives in every Member State for small-scale cross-border sellers unless there is a clear and proportionate justification. - Establish a simple, inexpensive EU-wide compliance route specifically designed for small online businesses. - Conduct a proper cumulative impact assessment of PPWR, WEEE, EPR and other overlapping obligations on micro-enterprises. - Ensure that environmental regulation does not become a de facto barrier to cross-border trade. - Measure the real administrative cost of compliance on businesses with one or two employees, rather than assuming that every business has a dedicated compliance department. - Make compliance proportional to the environmental impact and turnover/volume of the business. The objective should be to make Europe greener without making Europe inaccessible to entrepreneurs. Small businesses are not the enemy of environmental policy. They are an essential part of competition, innovation and the European economy. If compliance becomes so complicated and expensive that small businesses stop selling across borders, the Single Market becomes less competitive and consumers become increasingly dependent on large corporations. The EU should simplify regulation, reduce duplication and make it possible for a small business to understand and comply with its obligations without needing a lawyer, consultant or compliance department. Environmental protection and a thriving small-business sector should not be opposing goals. Good regulation should achieve both.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557564_en"}, {"id": 33557563, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:43:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "JOSKA Kristall GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels wende ich mich im Auftrag des Unternehmens JOSKA Kristall GmbH & Co. KG (shop.joska.com) an Sie, um meine dringenden Bedenken hinsichtlich der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR (Verpackungsverordnung) zu äußern. Die Pflicht, für jedes EU-Land, in das geliefert wird, einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, stellt für Kleinstunternehmen eine massive Barriere dar. Bei einem geringen Umsatzvolumen (oft unter 1.000 EUR je Land) machen die Fixkosten für Bevollmächtigte und die bürokratische Mehrbelastung den grenzüberschreitenden Handel wirtschaftlich unmöglich. Dies konterkariert aus meiner Sicht zwei wesentliche politische Ziele der Europäischen Union: Stärkung des Binnenmarkts: Die geplante Regelung wirkt de facto wie eine protektionistische Marktzutrittsschranke für kleine Akteure. Große, internationale Player werden wieder einmal gestärkt aus diesem Vorgehen hervorgehen. Bürokratieabbau: Statt Komplexität zu reduzieren, wird für jedes Zielland ein eigenständiger, kostenintensiver Verwaltungsapparat erzwungen auch für kleine Onlineshops wie shop.joska.com Ich schlage daher zur Lösung folgende Maßnahmen vor: Freistellung von Kleinstunternehmen: Eine Befreiung von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für Unternehmen unterhalb definierter Umsatz- oder Mengengrenzen. Einführung eines echten One-Stop-Shop: Ein zentrales, unbürokratisches Meldesystem für alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten, statt individueller Vertragsverhältnisse pro Land. Kleine Unternehmen benötigen praktikable Lösungen, keine Fixkosten-Strukturen, die sie zur Beschränkung auf den heimischen Markt zwingen. Bitte setzen Sie sich für eine europäische Regelung ein, die Innovation und grenzüberschreitenden Handel auch für kleine Betriebe ermöglicht. Für Ihre Bemühungen zur Gestaltung eines unternehmerfreundlichen Binnenmarkts danke ich Ihnen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Martin Bauer JOSKA Kristall GmbH & Co. KG Am Moosbach 1 94249 Bodenmais Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to you on behalf of the company JOSKA Kristall GmbH & Co. KG (shop.joska.com), as the operator of a small online shop, to express my urgent concerns about the planned implementation of the PPWR (Packaging Regulation). The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for each EU country to which supplies are made represents a massive barrier for micro-enterprises. With a small volume of sales (often below EUR 1000 per country), the fixed costs of agents and the additional bureaucratic burden make cross-border trade economically impossible. In my view, this runs counter to two main policy objectives of the European Union: Strengthening the Single Market: The proposed scheme de facto acts as a protectionist barrier to entry for small players. Large, international players will once again emerge stronger from this process. Cut red tape: Instead of reducing complexity, a separate, costly administrative system will be imposed for each destination country, including for small online shops such as shop.joska.com. I therefore propose the following measures to solve the problem: Exemption of micro-enterprises: An exemption from the obligation to appoint an agent for companies below defined turnover or volume limits. Introducing a real one-stop shop: A centralised, non-bureaucratic reporting system for all EU Member States, rather than individual contractual relationships per country. Small businesses need workable solutions, not fixed cost structures that force them to limit themselves to the domestic market. Please advocate for a European scheme that allows innovation and cross-border trade also for small businesses. Thank you for your efforts to create a business-friendly Single Market. (Complimentary close) Martin Bauer JOSKA Kristall GmbH & Co. KG Am Moosbach 1 94249 Bodenmais Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557563_en"}, {"id": 33557562, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:43:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "NEXT Systems GmbH", "feedback": "ehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Unternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens: Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "ladies and gentlemen, as an operator of online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as an entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First: For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557562_en"}, {"id": 33557561, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:42:55", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "There is a double edged sword here for small businesses- not only can I no longer afford to register in each country, track every gram of packaging I use, complete endless paperwork but neither can my small business vendors in the EU. So the companies I buy products from to make my art have shut down shipping to my country and I cannot source the materials I need within Portugal. Commerce is grinding to a halt. This is on top of the tariffs imposed by the USA, which also cut down my customer base I was selling to. This really feels like it is meant to destroy small businesses so Amazon, Temu and SHEIN are all that is left. I only ship 50-75 packages a year and I need to do the same paperwork and effort to try and navigate this bureaucratic nightmare as companies that have employees or budget to dedicate to this new regulation??!", "feedbackEnglish": "There is a double edged sword here for small businesses- not only can I no longer afford to register in each country, track every gram of packaging I use, complete endless paperwork but neither can my small business vendors in the EU. So the companies I buy products from to make my art have shut down shipping to my country and I cannot source the materials I need within Portugal. Commerce is grinding to a halt. This is on top of the tariffs imposed by the USA, which also cut down my customer base I was selling to. This really feels like it is meant to destroy small businesses so Amazon, Temu and SHEIN are all that is left. I only ship 50-75 packages a year and I need to do the same paperwork and effort to try and navigate this bureaucratic nightmare as companies that have employees or budget to dedicate to this new regulation??!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557561_en"}, {"id": 33557560, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:41:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Susanne Möhring", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren der EU, die PPWR ist nur eine weitere Hürde für mein Kleinunternehmen im EU Binnenmarkt anzubieten und überhaupt tätig zu werden. Bereits 2013 mit Einführung der WEEE-Richtlinie und allen Meldepflichten für Elektroschrott in jedem EU Land inkl. Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten, wurde für mich als IT-Unternehmen das Produktangebot, das ich noch in der EU anbieten konnte, massiv verringert. Jetzt mit im Grunde denselben Auflagen für ALLE Sendungen an Endabnehmer (egal ob B2C oder B2B) in andere EU-Länder, muß ich - zumindest vorübergehend bis Änderungen am PPWR beschlossen werden - mein gesamtes Angebot vom Versand in EU Länder ausschließen. Ich kann es mir weder administrativ, zeitlich, noch finanziell leisten, in jeden EU-Land einzeln Deklarationspflichten nachzukommen, unabhängig davon, ob oder wie viel wirklich Bestellungen aus jedem einzelnen EU-Land kommen werden und mit welchem Gewinn. Die Fixkosten für die Aufrechterhaltung des Angebots in EU-Länder zu liefern sind zu hoch, um nach dem Prinzip Hoffnung, diese kosten vorab zu tragen. Deshalb ist zum 12.8.2026 die Entscheidung gefallen alle EU-Länder, außer Deutschland - wo wir bei LUCID und Landbell registriert sind - auszuschließen, obgleich wir gerne dem eigentlichen Gedanken der EU als freiem Binnenmarkt, wie ehemals der Hanse, gerne gefolgt sind und weiterhin folgen würden. Für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen, die keinen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur Vermüllung erbringen, sollte eine Bagatellgrenze oder eine EU-weite bezahlbare Pauschale eingeführt werden, die die Pflichten im Geiste der PPWR abdecken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen of the EU, the PPWR is just another hurdle for my small business in the EU’s single market to offer and even to take action. Already in 2013, with the introduction of the WEEE Directive and all reporting obligations for e-waste in every EU country, including the appointment of an authorised representative, I, as an IT company, saw a massive reduction in the range of products I could still offer in the EU. Now with essentially the same requirements for ALL consignments to end-users (whether B2C or B2B) to other EU countries, I must – at least temporarily until changes to the PPWR are decided – exclude my entire offer from shipment to EU countries. I cannot afford to fulfil individual declaration obligations in each EU country either administratively, temporally or financially, regardless of whether or how much orders will actually come from each EU country and with what profit. The fixed costs of maintaining supply in EU countries are too high to be borne in advance, in accordance with the principle of hope. This is why, on 12 August 2026, the decision was taken by all EU countries, with the exception of Germany – where we are registered with LUCID and Landbell – to exclude them, although we would like to follow and continue to follow the very idea of the EU as a free single market, such as the Hanseatic Party. For micro and small enterprises that do not make a significant contribution to littering, a de minimis threshold or an EU-wide affordable flat-rate should be introduced to cover the obligations in the spirit of the PWD.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557560_en"}, {"id": 33557559, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:39:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Silke Assmann", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und sehe die aktuelle Umsetzung der PPWR als hochgradig bürokratisch, kostenintensiv und für kleine Unternehmen geschäftsschädigend. Aus meiner Sicht besonders kritisch ist die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Die seit 12.08.2026 Vorgabe zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten, schränkt den freien Warenverkehr innerhalb der EU grundlegend ein und für kleine Händler ist der EU-Binnenmarkt so gut wie tot. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Mit der Benennung eines Bevollmächtigen kommen immense Fixkosten pro EU-Land auf mich zu, die in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: 1. Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz sollten generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland sollte als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. 2. Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Warum lehnt man die Abwicklung nicht an das System des OSS für die Umsatzsteuer an? Der Händler / Versender meldet einmal im Quartal die verschickten Verpackungsmengen und zahlt dann an eine zentrale Stelle im Herkunftsland. Diese zentrale Stelle wickelt die Verteilung des Entgeldes für die Entsorgung mit den Zielländern ab. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen aktuell dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Das stärkt auch die Steuereinnahmen, welche unter der aktuellen Situation relativ zu dem Umsatz einbrechen werden. Ich bitte um Hilfe bei der Abschaffung dieser neuen immensen bürokratischen Hürde. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Silke Assmann", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a small online business and see the current implementation of the PPWR as highly bureaucratic, costly and damaging to small businesses. In my view, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales is particularly critical. The requirement to appoint an authorised representative since 12.8.2026 fundamentally restricts the free movement of goods within the EU and is almost dead for small traders. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. With the appointment of an authorised representative, I have immense fixed costs per EU country, which are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: 1. Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives in accordance with the known staff headcount and turnover limits. A de minimis limit per destination country should be used as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. 2. The mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Why not use the OSS system for VAT? The trader/consignor reports the quantities of packaging sent once a quarter and then pays to a central body in the country of origin. This central body handles the distribution of the payment for disposal with the target countries. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They currently bear the same fixed costs as large market participants, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. This also strengthens tax revenues, which will fall in relative terms to turnover under the current situation. I would like to ask for help in removing this new immense bureaucratic hurdle. Yours sincerely, Silke Assmann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557559_en"}, {"id": 33557556, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:36:52", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a resident of Ireland who enjoys collecting special edition books, including one-off editions and monthly subscriptions from small independent book businesses around the world, particularly in the EU, UK and US. Unfortunately, many of these small businesses are now being forced to stop selling to EU customers because they simply cannot afford the EPR registration fees and the extra bureaucracy involved in shipping to different EU countries. These are small independent businesses, not large companies with dedicated teams to deal with complicated regulations. The current requirements are making it impossible for some of them to continue serving EU customers. Please introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-businesses or a simple One Stop Shop system that makes it affordable and practical for small businesses to sell across EU borders. I want to continue supporting these small businesses, but if they can no longer afford to sell to EU customers, we are all losing out.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a resident of Ireland who enjoys collecting special edition books, including one-off editions and monthly subscriptions from small independent book businesses around the world, particularly in the EU, UK and US. Unfortunately, many of these small businesses are now being forced to stop selling to EU customers because they simply cannot afford the EPR registration fees and the extra bureaucracy involved in shipping to different EU countries. These are small independent businesses, not large companies with dedicated teams to deal with complicated regulations. The current requirements are making it impossible for some of them to continue serving EU customers. Please introduce a de minimis exemption for micro-businesses or a simple One Stop Shop system that makes it affordable and practical for small businesses to sell across EU borders. I want to continue supporting these small businesses, but if they can no longer afford to sell to EU customers, we are all losing out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557556_en"}, {"id": 33557555, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:32:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren ! Sie möchten eine Rückmeldung bezüglich der neuen PPWR Verordnung ? Diese möchte ich Ihnen gerne geben: grundsätzlich ist die Idee, Verpackungen weiter zu reduzieren sehr löblich und unumgänglich ! Aber diese Verordnung ist einfach nur irre und wird so, wie sie jetzt zumindest verstanden wird, den Tot tausender Künstler, Bands, Tonträgerverkäufer usw. bedeuten und spielt nur den grossen Unternehmen in die Hände. Das ist unhaltbar. An meinem Beispiel: ich verkaufe gebrauchte CDs und Schallplatten über ein Onlineportal. Alleine, ohne Angestellte oder ähnliches. Im Jahr ca. 15.000 Umsatz mit vielleicht 2.000 Gewinn. Dabei werden die Platten/CDs lediglich in gekaufte Kartonagen gesteckt, mit Anschrift versehen und dann versendet. Nun soll ich mich in jedem EU Land, auch wenn ich im Jahr vielleicht nie oder 1-2 Pakete dahin versende, registrieren lassen, dort Gebühren bezahlen und mich auch noch um einen Notar kümmern ? Das ist IRRE ! Wie sollen die tausenden kleine Bands, die nur davon überleben, weil Fans ihre CDs oder T-Shirts usw. bestellen, das bewerkstelligen ? Wie Künstler, die ihre Bilder, Drucke usw. online anbieten ? Mit dieser Verordnung übertrifft man alles bisher dargewesene, bald wird es nur noch Amazon und Temu geben. Ist das das Ziel ? Ich möchte daher folgenden Punkt zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Gruß Andreas Kohlhepp", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir, Madam, Would you like to receive feedback on the new PPWR Regulation? I would like to give you this: in principle, the idea of further reducing packaging is very laudable and inevitable! But this regulation is simply mistaken and, as it is now understood at least, will mean the dead of thousands of artists, bands, record sellers, etc., and will only play into the hands of the big companies. It cannot continue. In my example: I sell used CDs and records via an online portal. On their own, without employees or similar. Approximately 15.000 turnover per year, with perhaps 2000 profits. The panels/CDs are only placed in purchased cardboard boxes, marked with an address and then dispatched. Now I am supposed to register, pay fees and arrange for a notary in every EU country, even if I may never send 1-2 parcels a year? This is IRRE! How should the thousands of small bands that survive simply because fans order their CDs or T-shirts, etc., do that? How do artists offer their pictures, prints, etc. online? This regulation goes beyond what has been done so far, and soon there will be only Amazon and Temu. Is this the aim? I would therefore like to propose the following point for consideration: Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in accordance with the known limits on the number of employees and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Greeting Andreas Kohlhepp", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557555_en"}, {"id": 33557554, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:31:17", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Les petits commerçants doivent être exempté de ce règlement. Il est impossible pour nous autres de s'enregistrer et de payer dans chaque pays pour le peu de volume que nous envoyons par poste. Je suis artiste peintre et cette année j'ai envoyé 3 colis dans des pays différents : un en Irlande, un en Allemagne et un aux Pays-Bas, pour une totalité de moins de 2000 euros de vente. Comme vous le comprenez, cette réglementation me fait perdre le bénéfice net de réaliser de tels envois. Pour moi il s'agit d'une perte conséquente de revenus car ces 2000 euros représentent mes bénéfices pour deux mois. Cette réglementation précarise encore plus nos métiers de créateurs alors que nous sommes justement une profession très écologique et durable par essence. Il faut absolument exempter les petits commerces et les indépendants de cette réglementation", "feedbackEnglish": "Small traders should be exempted from this Regulation. It is impossible for us others to register and pay in each country for the small volume we send by post. I am a painter and this year I sent 3 packages to different countries: one in Ireland, one in Germany and one in the Netherlands, for a total of less than EUR 2 000 in sales. As you understand, these rules cause me to lose the net benefit of making such shipments. For me this is a significant loss of income because this EUR 2 000 represents my profits for two months. This regulation makes our creative professions even more precarious, when we are in fact a very ecological and sustainable profession by its very nature. It is essential to exempt small businesses and the self-employed from this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557554_en"}, {"id": 33557553, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:29:07", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I presume that the complexitiy of the PPWR is generally too high. There are probably more suitable options to achieve the aim. as this regulation concers almost everybody, it must be understanable and feasible for everybody. Especially for small and micro-enterprises, it is simply not practicable and feasible to reach confimity with the PPWR. It should be clarified that small and micro-enterprises should be exempted from manufacturer or producer roles particularily when using standard packaging materials. These enterprises should not be obliged to register in the national registers, but the supplier of the packaging material shoud be considered as manufacturer and producer - regardless of the location in the EU. This would also reduce the number of registrations, avoid double packaging notifications in differing member states and reduce work load of the enterprises and authorities.", "feedbackEnglish": "I presume that the complexitiy of the PPWR is generally too high. There are probably more suitable options to achieve the aim. as this regulation concers almost everybody, it must be understanable and feasible for everybody. Especially for small and micro-enterprises, it is simply not practicable and feasible to reach confimity with the PPWR. It should be clarified that small and micro-enterprises should be exempted from manufacturer or producer roles particularily when using standard packaging materials. These enterprises should not be obliged to register in the national registers, but the supplier of the packaging material shoud be considered as manufacturer and producer - regardless of the location in the EU. This would also reduce the number of registrations, avoid double packaging notifications in differing member states and reduce work load of the enterprises and authorities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557553_en"}, {"id": 33557552, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:28:40", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "FREICO -- Lars Rensing e.K.", "feedback": "Als mittelständisches Unternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Online-Handel und in der Logistik äußere ich mich mit großer Sorge zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister im Rahmen der PPWR. Für mich ist bereits das Grundkonstrukt der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung in seiner jetzigen Ausgestaltung nicht nachvollziehbar: Statt Unternehmen zu entlasten und Wachstum im Binnenmarkt zu ermöglichen, wird mit jeder neuen Vorschrift zusätzliche Bürokratie aufgebaut. Die konkrete Umsetzung in Form von 27 separaten nationalen Registrierungspflichten verschärft dieses Problem zusätzlich und trifft gerade kleine und mittlere Unternehmen unverhältnismäßig hart: Mehrfachregistrierung: Wer in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten verkauft, muss sich in jedem einzelnen Land separat registrieren, melden und dokumentieren mit jeweils eigenen Formaten, Fristen und Systemen. Das steht im klaren Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken eines einheitlichen europäischen Binnenmarkts. Kosten für Bevollmächtigte: Ohne eigene Niederlassung im jeweiligen Mitgliedstaat ist die Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung verpflichtend. Für kleinere Unternehmen summieren sich diese Kosten über mehrere Länder hinweg schnell zu einem Betrag, der den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf faktisch unwirtschaftlich macht und damit eine reale Marktzutrittsschranke darstellt. Verwaltungsaufwand: Zusätzlich zu bestehenden nationalen Verpackungsregistern (z. B. LUCID in Deutschland) entsteht ein weiterer, paralleler Meldeaufwand ohne erkennbaren Mehrwert für die eigentlichen Umweltziele der Verordnung. Zeitliche Unsicherheit: Die Durchführungsrechtsakte nach Art. 44 PPWR liegen deutlich verspätet vor, was Unternehmen kaum Zeit zur Vorbereitung lässt. Ich fordere daher: eine grundlegende Überprüfung der Notwendigkeit dieses zusätzlichen Regelwerks, ersatzweise eine echte Harmonisierung mit zentraler, EU-weiter Registrierungsmöglichkeit statt 27 Einzelsystemen, eine Bagatell-/Vereinfachungsregelung für KMU auch bei der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, sowie ausreichende Übergangsfristen ab endgültiger Verabschiedung der Durchführungsrechtsakte. Die EU sollte den Abbau von Bürokratie und die Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit europäischer Unternehmen stärker gewichten, statt bestehende Belastungen weiter zu erhöhen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a medium-sized company in cross-border online trade and logistics, I am very concerned about the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR. I do not understand the basic concept of extended producer responsibility in its current form: Instead of reducing the burden on businesses and enabling growth in the Single Market, each new rule creates additional red tape. The concrete implementation in the form of 27 separate national registration obligations further exacerbates this problem and disproportionately affects small and medium-sized enterprises in particular: Multiple registration: Anyone selling in more than one Member State must register, report and document separately in each country, with their own formats, deadlines and systems. This is clearly at odds with the idea of a single European internal market. Costs of authorised representatives: Without a separate establishment in the respective Member State, the appointment of an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility is mandatory. For smaller companies, these costs quickly add up across several countries, making cross-border sales de facto uneconomic and thus a real barrier to entry. Administrative burden: In addition to existing national packaging registers (e.g. LUCID in Germany), there is a further, parallel reporting burden without any discernible added value for the actual environmental objectives of the Regulation. Time uncertainty: The implementing acts under Article 44 PPWR are significantly delayed, leaving little time for companies to prepare. I therefore call for: a fundamental review of the need for this additional set of rules; alternatively, real harmonisation with a centralised, EU-wide possibility of registration instead of 27 individual systems; a de minimis/simplification regime for SMEs also for the obligation of authorised representatives; and sufficient transitional periods from the final adoption of the implementing acts. The EU should place greater emphasis on cutting red tape and strengthening the competitiveness of European companies, rather than further increasing existing burdens.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557552_en"}, {"id": 33557550, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:26:34", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "25kg Konstantin Grcic GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen, der für kleine Unternehmen im grenzüberschreitenden Handel erhebliche Folgen haben kann: die Verpflichtung, für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder war für kleine Händler bislang eine naheliegende Möglichkeit, neue Märkte zu erschließen. Auch ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung ist es selbstverständlich mein Anspruch, alle gesetzlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Durch die PPWR entsteht hier jedoch eine erhebliche zusätzliche Hürde. Schon einzelne Verkäufe in einen Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und bezahlt werden muss. Besonders problematisch ist, dass diese Verpflichtung für jedes Zielland separat entsteht. Wer Kunden in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten beliefert, muss entsprechend viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldeprozesse berücksichtigen unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder mehrere hundert Sendungen anfallen. Damit stehen die Fixkosten gerade bei kleinen Händlern häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie können faktisch zu einer Markteintrittsbarriere werden: Wenn sich die zusätzlichen Kosten erst bei größeren Absatzmengen rechnen, werden kleine Händler bestimmte EU-Märkte nicht mehr bedienen. Das steht dem Ziel eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts entgegen. Ich möchte deshalb folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: Erstens sollte für Kleinstunternehmen anhand der bekannten Schwellenwerte für Beschäftigtenzahl und Umsatz eine generelle Ausnahme von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht vorgesehen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Grenzen, die in einzelnen Ländern dennoch nur geringe Mengen verkaufen, sollte ergänzend eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, unterhalb der kein eigener Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist. Zweitens löst die Beauftragung zentraler Dienstleister das Kostenproblem nicht ausreichend. Solche Angebote gibt es bereits, dennoch entstehen in der Praxis weiterhin separate Vertragsverhältnisse und Fixkosten pro Land. Sinnvoll wäre daher eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral abgewickelt werden können und Fixkosten nur einmal anfallen. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung technisch vereinheitlicht werden. Einmal erhobene Verpackungsdaten sollten nicht für jedes Land erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind nicht lediglich Großunternehmen mit kleinerem Umsatz. Viele regulatorische Anforderungen verursachen nahezu dieselben Fixkosten, verteilen sich bei kleinen Händlern aber auf wesentlich geringere Absatzmengen. Ihre relative Belastung ist daher deutlich höher. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin tatsächlich zu nutzen. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass sich viele aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf ihren Heimatmarkt beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to one aspect of the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register, which can have a significant impact on small businesses involved in cross-border trade: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in other EU Member States. Selling to other EU countries has so far been an obvious way for small traders to enter new markets. Even without a dedicated legal department, it is of course my right to comply with all legal requirements. However, the PPWR creates a significant additional hurdle here. Individual sales to a Member State may result in an authorised representative having to be appointed and paid for there. It is particularly problematic that this obligation arises separately for each destination country. Those who supply customers in 10 or 20 Member States must take into account a correspondingly high number of contractual relationships, fees and reporting processes, regardless of whether a country produces few parcels or several hundred items. This means that the fixed costs are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes, especially for small traders. They can de facto become a barrier to market entry: Small traders will no longer serve certain EU markets if the additional costs are expected only in the case of larger sales volumes. This runs counter to the objective of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: First, for micro-enterprises, a general exemption from the obligation to act as an authorised representative should be provided for, based on the known thresholds for the number of employees and turnover. For companies above these limits which still sell small quantities in individual countries, a de minimis threshold per destination country should be added below which no separate authorised representative is required. Second, the use of central service providers does not sufficiently solve the cost problem. Such offers already exist, but in practice there are still separate contractual relationships and fixed costs per country. It would therefore be useful to have a genuine one-stop-shop solution, allowing registration and reporting obligations to be centralised for all Member States and only incurring fixed costs once. Thirdly, the transmission of data should be technically standardised. Once collected, packaging data should not have to be reprocessed in different formats for each country. Small enterprises are not just large enterprises with a smaller turnover. Many regulatory requirements generate almost the same fixed costs, but for small traders they are spread over much smaller sales volumes. Their relative burden is therefore significantly higher. A proportionate design of the authorised representative obligation would allow small traders to continue to make effective use of the European single market. Otherwise, there is a risk that many will limit themselves to their home market for economic reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557550_en"}, {"id": 33557548, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:24:17", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Träffström design AB", "feedback": "Jag är en enmansföretagare i Sverige som säljer egentillverkade och importerade produkter. EPR och PPWR gör det i princip omöjligt för mig att sälja till andra EU-länder och försvårar för mig att importera varor, reservdelar, material mm, då allt fler utländska företag, inom och utom EU, har slutat eller pausat affärer med EU efter förändringen av PPWR den 12 augusti. Anledningen är kravet på att registrera företaget i vart och ett av de 27 medlemsländerna med, för en småföretagare höga fasta avgifter. Den fasta avgiften är ofta just fast och oberoende om företaget omsätter miljarder Euro eller som i mitt fall ca 50 000 Euro/år. Det också administrativt mycket krångligt för en enmansföretagare som inte har administrativ personal som kan göra jobbet. Alla tycker att målet med regleringen är bra och de flesta små företagare är redan snåla med förpackningsmaterial och återanvänder maximalt för att spara såväl pengar som miljö. För att inte många små företagare ska gå under vore det önskvärt att 1. Göra undantag för registreringstvånget för riktigt små företag. Mikroföretag definieras som företag med färre än 10 anställda och en omsättning på under 2 miljoner Euro. Mitt företag är väl närmast att betrakta som nanoföretag. 2. Skapa centrala rutiner och en central plattform i EU för registrering i de länder man önskar. Med hopp om att ni lyssnar och ser över dessa möjligheter Med vänlig hälsning Karin", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a sole trader in Sweden selling self-manufactured and imported products. EPR and PPWR make it virtually impossible for me to sell to other EU countries and make it difficult for me to import goods, spare parts, materials, etc., as an increasing number of foreign companies, within and outside the EU, have stopped or paused business with the EU following the change to PPWR on 12 August. This is due to the requirement to register the company in each of the 27 Member States with, for a small business, high fixed fees. The fixed fee is often precisely fixed and independent if the company has a turnover of billions of euros or, as in my case, about EUR 50 000/year. It is also administratively very cumbersome for a sole trader who does not have administrative staff to do the job. Everyone feels that the aim of regulation is good, and most small businesses are already wasteful of packaging materials and are making maximum use of them to save money and the environment. In order not to leave many small entrepreneurs behind, it would be desirable to have 1. Make exceptions to the registration obligation for genuinely small enterprises. Microenterprises are defined as enterprises with fewer than 10 employees and a turnover of less than EUR 2 million. My company is most likely to be considered as a nanoenterprise. 2. Create central procedures and a central platform in the EU for registration in the desired countries. Hoping that you will listen and review these opportunities Best regards, Karin", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557548_en"}, {"id": 33557547, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:23:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Inhaber", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, In dieser Konstellation mit dem neuen Gesetz ist es unmöglich wirtschaftlich in die Europäische Union zu versenden. Mein Vorschlag; und so sehen es alle Händler mit denen ich in Kontakt stehe: Einführung einer Kartonagen Gesamtmenge für die gesamte EU in Verbindung mit der Händlergrösse/Umsatz/Personal. Z.B. 1000 kg insgesamt. (die anderen Materialfraktionen müssten auch beachtet werden bzw. könnten der Einfachtheit halber mit in einem Gesamtgewicht verbunden werden). Eine einzige Meldestelle für die Kartonen/Materialien (für eben diese Händler bis 1000kg) Auch nur eine einzige Möglichkeit für die Händler ihre angegebene Menge zu bezahlen. Eventuell kann der Händler hier in dem Portal dann die Gewichtung des Versandes in die einzelnen Länder alles angeben. Abschaffung der Bevollmächtigten bis zu einer gewissen Betriebsgrösse. Wenn es denn rechtlich wirklich notwendig ist, ein einziger Bevollmächtiger für alle Länder. Es ist doch eine einzige EU? Es war der Traum am Anfang zu einem Gesamten zu verwachsen vovon alle EU Bürger etwas haben, nicht nur die Grossen mit Einfluss. Ein prozentualer Verteilungsschlüssel den die EU anwendent um die erforderlichen Materialien in die einzelnen Länder abzuführen. Es ist ausserdem wichtig hierbei das Gesamte Verpackungsgesetz zu sehen, welches seit ca. 2 Jahren für mich wirksam ist. So wie ich es sehe, haben die meisten Händler es gar nicht gewusst, dass man schon vor dem 12. August in den einzelnen Ländern teilweise die Verpackungen melden muss. Berücksichtigen Sie dies bitte. Das gesamte Konzept des Gesetzes muss dies einschliessen. Deswegen meine Forderung einer EU-weiten Untergrenze für Verpackungen. Viele kleine Händler werden aufgeben wegen diesem Gesetz, weil sie so speziell aufgestellt sind und die Eu Kundschaft benötigen. Diese Leute arbeiten alle hart an Ihrem Traum und sind bereits mit vielen vorherigen Geschehnissen, die ich Ihnen wohl nicht aufzählen muss, am kämpfen. Für mich ist die EU da um EU Bürger und auch EU Sebständige zu unterstützen und NICHT um gegen diese zu arbeiten. So wird dies aktuell wahrgenommen. Die Meinung ist ganz klar; auch meine Meinung: wem hilft dieses Gesetz? Nur den grossen Playern, insbesondere auch den Chinesen und anderen die grosse Mengen minderwertige billigste Waren in die EU versenden OHNE Gesetze für die Verpackung beachten zu müssen. Zu meinem Geschäftsbetrieb: Ich handele seit 2006 mit gebrauchten Dingen des Alltags, insbesondere vintage Artikel denen ein neues Leben zugeführt wird. Es ist in meiner Welt deshalb sehr nachhaltig. Es ist bereits das zweite Jahr, dass ich nur noch innerhalb Deutschland verschicke. Mein EU Umsatz war vor dieser Zeit bei ca. 20.000 Euro Brutto. Ca. 10 Prozent meines damaligen Gesamtumsatzes. Das Versandgeschäft und alles was damit zu tun hat betreibe ich alleine. Lediglich für die Buchführung habe ich für 8 Stunden im Monat eine Aushilfe. Wenn man von den Kosten der ganzen Registrierungen ab dem ersten Paket mal absieht was eh nicht wirtschaftlich ist, ist da keine Zeit dies auch noch zu tun. Ich für meinen Teil bin bereits über Limit, da ich pro Woche ca. 70 bis 80 Stunden arbeite um alles hier am laufen zu halten. Danke für Ihre Zeit sich das durchzulesen. Viele Grüsse U.G.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, In this situation with the new law, it is economically impossible to send it to the European Union. My proposal; and that’s how all the traders I’m in contact with see it: Introduction of a total quantity of cartonboard for the whole EU in relation to merchant size/turnover/staff. E.g. 1 000 kg in total. (the other material fractions would also have to be taken into account or could be combined in a total weight for the sake of simplicity). A single reporting point for the cartons/materials (for the same traders up to 1 000 kg) Also a single option for traders to pay their declared quantity. The trader may then be able to indicate here in the portal the weight of the shipment to each country. Abolition of plenipotentiaries up to a certain size. If there is a real legal need for a single representative for all countries. It’s a single EU? It was the dream that began to grow into an overall one, and all EU citizens have something to do with it, not just the big ones with influence. A percentage distribution key applied by the EU to transfer the necessary materials to each country. It is also important to see the entire Packaging Act, which has been effective for me for around two years. As I see it, most traders did not even know that some packaging had to be notified in each country before 12 August. Please take this into account. The whole concept of the law must include this. That is why I call for an EU-wide minimum limit for packaging. Many small traders will give up because of this law because they are so specialised and need EU customers. These people all work hard on your dream and are already struggling with many previous events, which I don’t think I have to tell you. For me, the EU is there to support EU citizens, including EU self-employed, and NOT to work against them. This is how this is currently perceived. The opinion is very clear; my opinion is also correct: who will benefit from this law? Only the big players, especially the Chinese and others, send the large quantities of low-quality cheapest goods to the EU WITHOUT having to comply with packaging laws. On my business: Since 2006, I have been dealing with second-hand everyday things, in particular vintage articles that have been given a new life. It is therefore very sustainable in my world. This is the second year that I am sending only within Germany. My EU turnover before that time was around EUR 20.000 gross. Approximately 10 % of my total turnover at the time. I am the sole operator of the mail order business and I have everything to do with it. For accounting purposes only, I have assistance for 8 hours per month. Leaving aside the costs of all registrations from the first package onwards, which is not economically viable, there is no time to do so. For my part, I am already above limit, as I work around 70 to 80 hours a week to keep everything running here. Thank you for your time. Many greetings, U.G.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557547_en"}, {"id": 33557546, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:23:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jasmin Nasser e.Kfr.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen Punkt bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam machen, der für kleine Händler schnell zu einer echten Hürde werden kann: die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen. Für mich war der Verkauf in andere EU-Länder bisher ein naheliegender Weg, um meinen Shop weiterzuentwickeln. Ich habe keine eigene Rechtsabteilung, möchte mich aber selbstverständlich an alle geltenden Vorgaben halten. Durch die PPWR wird der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland jedoch deutlich komplizierter und teurer. Schon ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und bezahlt werden muss. Wer in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder verkauft, hat damit im Zweifel auch zehn oder zwanzig verschiedene Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur fünf Pakete oder mehrere hundert verschickt werden. Gerade für kleine Händler stehen diese Fixkosten in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Menge an Verpackungen. Am Ende entsteht dadurch eine Art Eintrittsgebühr für jeden einzelnen Markt. Wer nur geringe Umsätze in einem Land erzielt, wird sich deshalb eher gegen den Verkauf dorthin entscheiden. Das kann aus meiner Sicht nicht im Sinne eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarkts sein. Ich würde deshalb gern folgende Punkte zur Prüfung anregen: Erstens: Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand klarer Grenzen bei Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für etwas größere Unternehmen mit nur geringen grenzüberschreitenden Versandmengen wäre zusätzlich eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland sinnvoll. Zweitens: Die Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister zu nutzen, löst das Problem aktuell nur teilweise. Auch dann müssen Händler in der Regel für jedes Land einen eigenen Vertrag abschließen und entsprechende Fixkosten zahlen. Sinnvoller wäre eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung: eine zentrale Stelle, über die Registrierung und Meldungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten abgewickelt werden können, ohne dass für jedes Land erneut feste Kosten entstehen. Drittens: Auch die technische Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten sollte möglichst einheitlich geregelt werden. Einmal erfasste Daten sollten nicht für jedes einzelne Land erneut in unterschiedlichen Formaten aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen funktionieren nicht einfach wie große Händler in kleinerem Maßstab. Viele regulatorische Kosten sind Fixkosten und genau diese treffen kleine Händler besonders stark, weil sie auf deutlich weniger Umsatz verteilt werden können. Eine praxisnahe Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Online-Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin sinnvoll zu nutzen, statt den Verkauf aus Kostengründen auf Deutschland beschränken zu müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jasmin Nasser", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer register, which can quickly become a real hurdle for small traders: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, selling to other EU countries has been an obvious way to develop my shop further. I do not have a legal department of my own, but I would of course like to comply with all the applicable rules. However, the PPWR makes selling abroad in the EU much more complicated and expensive. Even a single sale in another Member State may result in an authorised representative having to be appointed and paid for there. In case of doubt, those selling in 10 or 20 EU countries also have 10 or 20 different contractual relationships, fees and reporting channels, regardless of whether only 5 parcels or several hundreds are sent in one country. For small traders in particular, these fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging. In the end, this gives rise to a kind of entry fee for each individual market. Those who have little turnover in a country will therefore be more likely to choose not to sell there. In my view, this cannot be in the interests of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore like to suggest the following points for consideration: First: Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative, subject to clear limits on staff numbers and turnover. For slightly larger companies with only small cross-border shipping volumes, a de minimis threshold per destination country would also make sense. Secondly: The possibility of using a central service provider currently only partially solves the problem. Even then, traders usually have to conclude a separate contract for each country and pay corresponding fixed costs. A real one-stop-shop solution would be more appropriate: a central point through which registration and reporting can be carried out for all Member States without incurring fixed costs again for each country. Thirdly: The technical transmission of packaging data should also be regulated as uniformly as possible. Once collected, data should not have to be reprocessed in different formats for each individual country. Small businesses do not simply function like large traders on a smaller scale. Many regulatory costs are fixed costs and these are the ones that hit small traders particularly hard because they can be spread over much less turnover. Making the obligation to appoint representatives practical would allow me and many other small online traders to continue to make good use of the European internal market, rather than having to limit sales to Germany for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Jasmin Nasser", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557546_en"}, {"id": 33557545, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:22:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze die Ziele der PPWR, halte die aktuelle Umsetzung für Kleinstunternehmen jedoch für unverhältnismäßig. Besonders im grenzüberschreitenden Onlinehandel entstehen durch unterschiedliche nationale EPR-Registrierungen, Meldungen und mögliche Bevollmächtigtenpflichten hohe Kosten und erheblicher Verwaltungsaufwand selbst bei sehr kleinen Verpackungsmengen. Für Print-on-Demand-Händler kommt hinzu, dass sie die verwendeten Verpackungen oft weder auswählen noch kennen, da Produktion und Versand direkt durch externe Anbieter erfolgen. Ich fordere deshalb: eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen, einen zentralen EU-One-Stop-Shop statt vieler nationaler Registrierungen, keine kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten bei Kleinstmengen, klare Regeln für Print-on-Demand- und Fulfillment-Modelle. Umweltschutz ist wichtig, darf aber nicht dazu führen, dass Kleinstunternehmen den EU-weiten Verkauf aufgrund unverhältnismäßiger Bürokratie einstellen müssen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objectives of the PPWR, but consider the current implementation to be disproportionate for micro-enterprises. Especially in cross-border online trade, differences in national EPR registrations, notifications and possible proxy obligations create high costs and considerable administrative burden even for very small packaging volumes. In addition, for print-on-demand traders, they often neither select nor know the packaging used, as production and dispatch are carried out directly by external suppliers. I therefore call for: an EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, a central EU one-stop shop instead of many national registrations, no paid representatives for micro-quantities, clear rules for print-on-demand and fulfilment models. Protecting the environment is important, but it must not lead to micro-enterprises having to stop selling across the EU because of disproportionate bureaucracy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557545_en"}, {"id": 33557544, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:22:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "LierOn GmbH", "feedback": "Guten Tag, seit 16 Jahren führe ich ein Unternehmen mit nun mehr 20 Mitarbeitern in Deutschland. Wir sind auch europaweit aktiv und erzielen hier circa 25-30% unserer Umsätze. Ich empfinde es als sehr wichtig, dass der europäische Binnenmarkt zusammenwächst um überhaupt weltweit noch eine Chance zu haben und bestehen zu können. Die europäische Bürokratie erweist sich in vielen Fällen leider als Hemmnis. Statt den Binnenmarkt zu stärken und Grenzen abzubauen, erschweren neue und häufig realititäsferne Verordnungen diesen Prozess. Wenn ich als Unternehmer meine Zeit und die meiner Mitarbeiter binden muss um Verordnungen umzusetzen und durchführen + das einen erheblichen Kostensatz bedeutet, dann stehen für die eigentlichen Kernaufgaben: - Produkte entwickeln - Prozesse optimieren - Kundenbedürfnisse erfüllen - innovative Lösungen entwickeln einfach weniger Ressourcen zur Verfügung. Und war nicht nur 1:1 weniger Ressourcen, sondern drastisch weniger. Beispiel Verpackungsverodnung: Die Kosten für eine saubere Umsetuzung beläuft sich je nach Land zwischen 500-1500 allein die Registrierungskosten + 500 für einen übergeordneten Partner, weil man selbst die ganzen Vorschriften jedes Landes weder kennt noch versteht. Bei 27 Mitgliedsstaaten = mindestens 27.000 Realisierungskosten PLUS einer Vollzeitstelle (Brutto min 40.000 pro Jahr) die alles überwacht, Jährliche Folgekosten beleuchten sich bei grob 750 pro Jahr pro Land und Jahr + mindestens eine halbe Stelle die alles überwacht, dokumentiert, meldet. Initialkosten: grob 60k-70k jährliche kosten: ca 40k Und dabei ist noch nicht mal ein einzelnes Paket verschickt worden - die verbrauchsabhängigen Kosten entstehen erst noch. Entsprechend werden bis zu 10% der Wertschöpfung gebunden an diesen Papiertiger wenn man alles sauber erledigt. Das ist hingegen echt schwer, da überall Verwirrung herrscht und keiner richtig keine Antwort liefern kann wie es korrekt geht. Alle scheinen hier überfordert zu sein. In der Konsequenz heißt das für uns als Unternehmen: - wir wachsen nicht weiter, sondern stecken dringend benötigtes Investitionskapital in die Umsetzung bürokratischer Vorschriften - bauen Mitarbeiter ab, da durch aktuell stark steigende Preise in vielen Bereichen das Unternehmen nicht mehr refinanziert werden kann - handeln nur noch in DE, AT und FR (dort sind wir zerfiziert) -> der Rest der EU bleibt außen vor Es ist durch diesen ganzen Irrsinn (Verpackungsverdnung, Energieverordnung (Energielabel), barrierefreien Zugang, GSPR etc mittlerweile günstiger und zielführender mit Ländern wie der Schweiz und selbst der USA (trotz Trump-Zöllen) Handel zu betreiben. das kann doch nicht Ziel eines beabsichtigten Binnenmarkts sein Die höflichste und zurückhaltenste Anmerkung die dazu von den Kollegen gekommen ist hierzu war: \"Wer denkt sich diesen Irrsinn aus?\" ich selbst bin politisch eher gemäßigt, kann aber am Bsp dieses Gesetzes die Politikverdrossenheit und Tendenz zu extremeren Parteien nachvollziehen. Es ist sehr schade, da die europäische Ideen im Kern hervorragend ist ,aber die Richtlinien häufig vorbei an der Realität gelebt wird. Sowohl der Staat als auch die EU sollten sich eher auf ihre Kernaufgaben konzentrieren: Wahrung der inneren und äußeren Sicherheit + vor allem Vollendung des Binnenmarkts im Bereich Handel, Energie und Wirtschaft. Wenn nur ein Bruchteil der Ressourcen die aktuell in \"gut gemeinte, aber desatröse neue Richtlinnien\" fließt dafür verwendet werden würde, hätten wir die stärkste Wirtschaftsregion der Welt! Um Konstruktiv zu bleiben, folgende Vorschläge: - eine zentrale Meldung der Verpackung jährlich ähnlich dem OSS Prinzip (Verpackungsart, kg, Land) - ähnlich WEEE/Elektroschrott - ähnlich Batterie - Abschaffung der Bevollmächtigen pro Land Damit bleibt die Bürokratie bei den Verursachern (entsprechende EU Stellen) + die Unternehmen erfüllen genau den beabsichtigen Zweck - nämlich die Schaffung ordentlicher Umwelt- und Widerverwertungsstandards.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, for 16 years I have run a company with now more than 20 employees in Germany. We are also active across Europe, generating around 25-30 % of our turnover. I think it is very important that the European single market grows together in order to have an opportunity at all worldwide and to be able to survive. Unfortunately, European bureaucracy often proves to be a barrier. Instead of strengthening the internal market and reducing borders, new regulations, which are often out of step with reality, make this process more difficult. If, as an entrepreneur, I have to commit my time and that of my staff to implementing and implementing regulations + which means a significant cost rate, then the core tasks are: — Develop products – optimise processes – meet customers’ needs – innovative solutions simply develop fewer resources. It was not only 1:1 less resources, but drastically less. Example of packaging coding: Depending on the country, the cost of clean repurposing is between 500 and 1500 registration costs alone + 500 for a higher-ranking partner, because you do not know or understand the entire rules of each country. For 27 Member States = at least 27.000 implementation costs PLUS of a full-time job (gross at least 40.000 per year) that monitors everything, annual follow-up costs are roughly 750 per year per country and year + at least half a job monitoring, documenting, reporting. Initial costs: roughly 60k-70k annual costs: around 40k and not even a single package has yet been sent – the consumption-related costs are still being incurred. Accordingly, up to 10 % of value added is tied to this paper tiger if everything is done cleanly. This, on the other hand, is really difficult, as there is confusion everywhere and no one can give a correct answer as it is. Everyone seems to be overwhelmed here. As a result, for us as a company, this means: — we are not continuing to grow, but are diverting much-needed investment capital into the implementation of bureaucratic rules – employees are shrinking, as the company can no longer be refinanced in many areas because prices are currently soaring – only in Germany, Austria and France (where we have been crushed) -> the rest of the EU is left out of business. This is all the wrong way to trade with countries such as Switzerland and even the United States (despite Trump tariffs). This cannot be the aim of an intended internal market. The most polite and cautious comment that colleagues had made about this was the most polite one: ‘Who thinks this mistaken?’ I am more moderate politically myself, but in the example of this law I can understand the disenchantment with politics and the tendency towards more extreme parties. It is very bad, because the European ideas are in essence excellent, but the directives are often surpassed by reality. Both the state and the EU should focus more on their core tasks: Safeguarding internal and external security + in particular completing the internal market in the area of trade, energy and the economy. If only a fraction of the resources currently allocated to ‘well-known but disastrous new directive lentils’ were used for this purpose, we would have the strongest economic region in the world! To remain constructive, the following suggestions are made: — central notification of packaging on an annual basis, similar to the OSS principle (type of packaging, kg, country) – similar to WEEE/electrical waste – similar to battery – abolition of authorised representatives per country. The administrative burden on polluters (relevant EU bodies) and businesses therefore remain exactly the same as intended – i.e. the creation of proper environmental and recycling standards.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557544_en"}, {"id": 33557543, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:21:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Antiquariat Claudia Graf", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich bin eine soloselbständige Antiquarin und verdiene mein Geld mit dem Verkauf von deutschsprachigen gebrauchten Büchern. Demgemäß belaufen sich meine Verkäufe in das EU-Ausland insgesamt auf recht niedrige Stückzahlen pro Jahr - ich bin ein absolutes Kleinstunternehmen in diesem Sinne. Dennoch sind diese Umsätze für mich wichtig und auch die 2 Bestellungen im Jahr aus Polen oder die 5 aus Finnland und die 8 aus Italien lohnten sich bislang für mich zu bedienen. Nach Einführung der PPWR zum 12.08.2026 muss ich den EU-Versand leider komplett einstellen, da ich es mir finanziell nicht leisten kann in 26 EU-Ländern Bevollmächtigte für jeweils einen dreistelligen Eurobetrag zu bestellen. Das ist bedauerlich, nicht nur für mich, sondern auch für meine Kunden und das Kulturgut Buch, mit dem ich handle. Ich bitte Sie daher, eine Bagatellgrenze für solche Kleinstunternehmen wie mich einzuführen - nicht nur in Bezug auf die Kosten für die Bevollmächtigten, sondern auch im Hinblick auf die zu leistenden tatsächlichen Entsorgungskosten für Verpackungen. Bislang gibt es solche Pauschalen nicht, was dazu führt, dass Händler u.U. für 2 Kilogramm Pappe nach Frankreich genau so viel bezahlen müssen wie für 1,5 Tonnen Pappe. Für Rückfragen stehe ich Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung. Freundliche Grüße Claudia Graf Versand-Antiquariat Claudia Graf Am Gartenhang 6 58511 Lüdenscheid Tel. 02351/98 51 900 E-mail: antiquariat.graf@t-online.de UStID: DE253959168", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a solo self-employed antiquarin and earn my money by selling German-language second-hand books. As a result, my total sales to other EU countries are quite small per year – I am an absolute micro-enterprise in this sense. Nevertheless, these transactions are important to me and the two orders per year from Poland or the five from Finland and the eight from Italy have so far been worth serving for me. Following the introduction of the PPWR on 12 August 2026, I regret to have to stop all EU transit, as I cannot afford to appoint authorised representatives in 26 EU countries for a three-digit euro amount. This is unfortunate, not only for me, but also for my customers and the cultural object I handle. I would therefore ask you to introduce a de minimis threshold for such micro-enterprises as I do – not only with regard to the costs for the authorised representatives, but also with regard to the actual disposal costs to be paid for packaging. So far, there are no such flat rates, which means that dealers may have to pay exactly as much for 2 kg of cardboard to France as for 1.5 tonnes of cardboard. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Claudia Graf Versand-Antiquariat Claudia Graf Am Gartenhang 6 58511 Lüdenscheid Tel. 02351/98 51 900 E-mail: antiquariat.graf@t-online.de UstId: DE253959168", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557543_en"}, {"id": 33557542, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:20:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Universalhandel24.de", "feedback": "Was ist aus grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU geworden. warum ist es heute einfacher, nur noch ausserhalb der EU zu liefern? Wieso werden durch immer mehr Bürokratie kleines Firmen von einem fairen Binnenhandel ausgeschlossen. Wieso erlässt man Gesetze und Verordnungen die nur große Firmen erfüllen können und schließt damit kleinere Unternehmen im europäischen Binnenhandel aus. Und wieso macht man kein Zentrales Register. Wieso macht ihr alles so kompliziert und zu teuer? Auch für die Verbraucher innerhalb der EU wird das ein Problem, das bestimmte Waren nicht mehr überall verfügbar sind. Gerade kleine Unternehmen haben sich auf speziell Nischenprodukte konzentriert die nun nur noch im jeweiligen Land zu haben sind. Und Plattformen wie Temu legen zu oder müssen sich chinesische Händler die bei Temu verkaufen, sich auch in jedem Land registrieren oder andere Händler ausserhalb der EU? Und wer kontrolliert das?", "feedbackEnglish": "What has happened to cross-border trade within the EU, why is it now easier to supply only outside the EU? Why are small companies being excluded from fair internal trade as a result of increasing bureaucracy? Why do we make laws and regulations that only large companies can comply with, thereby excluding smaller companies from European internal trade? And why not make a central register. Why does everything make you so complicated and too expensive? This is also becoming a problem for consumers within the EU, as certain goods are no longer available everywhere. Small businesses in particular have focused on niche products, which can now only be found in the country in question. And platforms such as Temu, or do Chinese traders who sell to Temu also need to register in any country or other traders outside the EU? And who controls this?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557542_en"}, {"id": 33557541, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:19:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schwab-Stirnadel GmbH&Co.KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben in Deutschland einen familiengeführten Onlinehandel und versenden unsere Waren auch an Privatkunden in zahlreiche andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Wir sind ausdrückliche Befürworter der Europäischen Union und des gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes. Gerade für mittelständische Unternehmen ist die Möglichkeit, Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten ohne künstliche nationale Hürden zu erreichen, ein großer Vorteil der europäischen Integration. Grundsätzlich unterstützen wir auch die Ziele der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung. Problematisch ist aus unserer Sicht jedoch die Pflicht, beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf für jeden Mitgliedstaat einen EPR-Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Unsere Versandzahlen aus 2025 zeigen die Problematik deutlich: In 13 EU-Mitgliedstaaten haben wir jeweils höchstens 50 Pakete im gesamten Jahr versendet. Darunter waren z. B. nur 10 Sendungen nach Lettland, 8 nach Finnland, jeweils 6 nach Litauen, Rumänien und Zypern sowie eine einzige Sendung nach Griechenland. In diese 13 Länder zusammen gingen nur 196 Pakete. Trotz dieses geringen Verpackungsaufkommens können für jedes Land ein eigener Bevollmächtigter, Registrierungs- und Grundgebühren sowie separate Meldeprozesse erforderlich werden. Nach unserer überschlägigen Kalkulation könnten allein für diese kleinen Absatzmärkte jährliche Fixkosten von etwa 5.000 bis 7.000 Euro entstehen noch ohne die mengenabhängigen Entsorgungs- und Recyclinggebühren. Das entspräche rund 25 bis 36 Euro administrativen Fixkosten je Paket. Auch in mehreren weiteren Mitgliedstaaten liegen unsere jährlichen Versandmengen nur im niedrigen dreistelligen Bereich. Auch dort bleiben die länderbezogenen Fixkosten je Sendung erheblich. Dabei entsteht der Eindruck, dass bei der Konzeption solcher Regelungen vor allem große europaweit tätige Onlineplattformen und Handelskonzerne im Fokus standen. Für Unternehmen wie Amazon lassen sich nationale Fixkosten auf sehr große Versandmengen verteilen. Für einen familiengeführten mittelständischen Onlinehändler mit einzelnen Bestellungen aus vielen Mitgliedstaaten gilt dies gerade nicht. Besonders bedauerlich ist, dass damit ein Problem neu geschaffen wird, das die EU an anderer Stelle bereits erfolgreich gelöst hat: Mit dem One-Stop-Shop für die Umsatzsteuer können grenzüberschreitende B2C-Umsätze zentral im eigenen Mitgliedstaat gemeldet werden. Damit wurde die Zersplitterung in zahlreiche nationale Umsatzsteuerregistrierungen weitgehend überwunden. Mit der EPR-Regelung entsteht nun erneut genau diese Zersplitterung: nationale Registrierungen, unterschiedliche Verfahren, separate Ansprechpartner und Fixkosten in vielen Ländern. Aus unserer Sicht droht damit eine Regelung einen wesentlichen Vorteil des Binnenmarktes praktisch wieder auszuhebeln. Die wirtschaftlich logische Konsequenz wäre, kleine EU-Märkte vom Versand auszuschließen nicht weil dort keine Nachfrage besteht, sondern weil einzelne Bestellungen die nationalen Fixkosten nicht tragen können. Wir bitten die Kommission daher, insbesondere folgende Lösungen zu prüfen: Eine Bagatellgrenze je Mitgliedstaat, unterhalb derer kein eigener EPR-Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist. Eine vereinfachte direkte Registrierung für geringe Mengen. Einen echten europäischen One-Stop-Shop mit zentraler Registrierung, einheitlicher Mengenmeldung und einer zentralen Bevollmächtigtenlösung für alle Mitgliedstaaten. Einheitliche Datenformate und Verpackungskategorien. Auch für wenige Pakete kann und soll ein angemessener Beitrag zur Entsorgung und Verwertung gezahlt werden. Aber 196 Pakete in 13 Mitgliedstaaten dürfen nicht mehrere Tausend Euro jährliche Verwaltungskosten verursachen, nur damit diese Märkte überhaupt weiter beliefert werden können. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we conduct family-run online sales in Germany and also send our goods to private customers in many other EU Member States. We are a strong supporter of the European Union and the single market. For SMEs in particular, the ability to reach customers in other Member States without artificial national hurdles is a major advantage of European integration. In principle, we also support the objectives of Extended Producer Responsibility. However, in our view, the obligation to appoint an EPR representative for each Member State in the case of cross-border sales is problematic. Our shipping figures from 2025 clearly show the problem: In 13 EU Member States, we sent a maximum of 50 parcels per year. These included, for example, only 10 consignments to Latvia, 8 to Finland, 6 each to Lithuania, Romania and Cyprus, and a single consignment to Greece. Only 196 packages were sent to these 13 countries together. Despite this low packaging volume, each country may require a separate authorised representative, registration and base fees, as well as separate reporting processes. According to our rough calculation, these small outlets alone could incur fixed annual costs of around EUR 5000 to EUR 7000 even without the volume-based disposal and recycling fees. This would correspond to around EUR 25-36 of fixed administrative costs per package. In several other Member States, our annual shipping volumes are also only in the low three-digit range. Here too, the country-specific fixed costs per consignment remain significant. This gives the impression that, when designing such rules, the main focus was on large online platforms and trading groups operating across Europe. For companies such as Amazon, national fixed costs can be spread over very large volumes of shipments. This is precisely not the case for a family-run online SME trader with individual orders from many Member States. It is particularly regrettable that this creates a new problem that the EU has already successfully solved elsewhere: The One-Stop-Shop for VAT allows cross-border B2C transactions to be reported centrally in one’s own Member State. This largely overcomes the fragmentation of many national VAT registrations. With the EPR scheme, this is once again precisely the fragmentation: national registrations, different procedures, separate contact points and fixed costs in many countries. In our view, this means that regulation risks effectively reversing a substantial advantage of the internal market. The economically logical consequence would be to exclude small EU markets from shipping, not because there is no demand there, but because individual orders cannot bear the national fixed costs. We would therefore ask the Commission to examine the following solutions in particular: A de minimis threshold per Member State below which a separate EPR representative is not required. A simplified direct registration for small quantities. A genuine European one-stop shop with a single registration, a single volume declaration and a single authorised representative solution for all Member States. Uniform data formats and packaging categories. Even for a small number of packages, an appropriate contribution to disposal and recovery can and should be paid. But 196 packages in 13 Member States must not generate several thousand euros in annual administrative costs, only to ensure that these markets can continue to be supplied. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557541_en"}, {"id": 33557539, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:18:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ulrich Esau Handelsvertretung", "feedback": "Guten Tag, Ich habe als Einzelfirma einen Werkzeug Onlineshop, Umsatz ca. 70.000 pa, Marge ca. 24.000 pa. Rund 10% meiner Kunden sind im EU Ausland. Meine Verpackungen (Kartons) beziehe ich aus Deutschland und der Hersteller hat bereits die Abgabe an den grünen Punkt entrichtet. Die Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten betragen aktuell ca. 300,00 pa. und Land. Dabei macht der Bevollmächtigte nichts anderes als die Werte, die ich ihm übermittel online in ein anderes Portal einzugeben. Das steht für kleine Betriebe in keiner Realitions zu den Kosten. Ich muss daher den Vertrieb in fast alle EU Staaten einstellen und das widerspricht dem europäischen Gedanken des freien Warenverkehrs für alle. Wenn alle Verpackungen erfasst werden sollen, wäre ein System ähnlich der Umsatzsteuer möglich. Dort werden die EU Lieferungen als so genannte zusammenfassende Erklärung im Steuerzeitraum an das Finanzamt gemeldet. Dieses System könnte man auch auf Verpackungen ummünzen. Aktuell ist das Gesetz eine weitere Benachteiligung der kleinen Unternehmen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ulrich Esau", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I have an online shop tool as a sole trader, turnover approx. 70.000 pa, margin approx. 24.000 pa. Around 10 % of my customers are abroad in the EU. I buy my packaging (cartons) from Germany and the manufacturer has already paid the levy to the green dot. The current cost of an authorised representative is around 300,00 p.a. per Land. In doing so, the authorised representative does nothing other than enter the values I have transmitted to him online in another portal. This does not represent a cost for small businesses. I must therefore stop selling to almost all EU countries, which runs counter to the European idea of the free movement of goods for all. If all packaging is to be covered, a system similar to turnover tax would be possible. There, the EU supplies are declared to the tax office as a ‘recapitulative statement’ in the tax period. This system could also be applied to packaging. The law currently puts small businesses at a further disadvantage. Yours sincerely, Ulrich Esau", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557539_en"}, {"id": 33557538, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:17:56", "country": "ITA", "language": "IT", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Questo è un modo esclusivamente per fare cassa sulle piccole aziende. Già paghiamo la spazzatura, aggiungere anche questa tassa significherebbe chiudere con il mercato europeo. non possiamo sostenere 5000 di costi aggiuntivi. dovete toglierla", "feedbackEnglish": "This is only a way to cash out on small businesses. We already pay the rubbish, adding this tax too would mean closing off the European market. We cannot incur 5000 extra costs. You have to remove it", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557538_en"}, {"id": 33557537, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:13:16", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, der Einsatz eines Bevollmächtigten zur Einhaltung der Vorgabenn der Verpackungsordnung stellt für mich als kleiner Gewerbetreibende eine außerordentliche Härte dar. Aufgrund der unverhältnismäßig hohen Bürokratiekosten zwingt mich die Verordnung, den Versand in andere EU-Länder einzustellen. Aus meiner Sicht verstößt das Gestz gegen übergeordnetes EU-Recht: 1. Beschränkung des freien Warenverkehrs im Binnenmarkt (Art. 34 AEUV). 2. Verletzung des Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatzes (Art. 5 Abs. 4 EUV). 3. Verletzung der Berufsfreiheit und unternehmerische Freiheit (Art. 15 und 16 der EU-Grundrechtecharta). 4. Verletzung des allgemeinen Gleichheitssatzes (Art. 20 GRCh). Die Verpackungsrichtlinie bedarf deshalb dringend einer Überarbeitung. Außerdem finde ich es total am Ziel vorbei, wenn man verlangt keine gerbauchten Kartons mehr zu verwenden oder diese in ihrer Form zu verändern (kleiner schneiden), weil man sonst Erzeuger ist. Dies fördert nicht den umweltschutz und sorgt auch nicht für einen schonenden Umgang mit Ressourcen oder verringert den Verpackungsmüll. Ganz im Gegenteil, es wird immer neu produziert und weniger recycelt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the use of an authorised representative to comply with the provisions of the Packaging Ordinance is for me, as a small trader, an extraordinary hardship. Because of the disproportionately high administrative costs, the regulation forces me to stop shipping to other EU countries. In my view, this is contrary to higher-ranking EU law: 1. Restriction of the free movement of goods in the internal market (Article 34 TFEU). 2. Infringement of the principle of proportionality (Article 5(4) TEU). 3. Infringement of the freedom to choose an occupation and the freedom to conduct a business (Articles 15 and 16 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights). 4. Infringement of the general principle of equality (Article 20 CFR). The Packaging Directive therefore urgently needs to be revised. In addition, I completely miss the objective of requiring that cultivated cartons no longer be used or that their shape be altered (cutting smaller cartons) because otherwise one is a producer. This does not promote environmental protection, nor does it ensure resource efficiency or reduce packaging waste. On the contrary, it is always new and less recycled.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557537_en"}, {"id": 33557536, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:13:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Chic & Licht", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber von Chic & Licht, einem kleinen Onlinehandel für hochwertige italienische Leuchten, möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Unser Geschäftsmodell basiert fundamental auf einem funktionierenden, barrierefreien EU-Binnenmarkt. Wir importieren Designleuchten aus Italien und vertreiben diese an Kunden in der gesamten Europäischen Union. Für ein spezialisiertes Kleinunternehmen wie meines ist der EU-weite Verkauf der zentrale Wachstumstreiber ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung jedoch drastisch: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits eine einzige Kundenbestellung die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege völlig unabhängig davon, ob ich in ein Land fünf exklusive Leuchten oder fünfhundert Pakete versende. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Fachhändler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine unüberwindbare Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein riesiges Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU komplett einstellen müssen. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts und schadet der Vielfalt im Onlinehandel. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte, bürokratiearme One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land mühsam neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großkonzerne mit proportional kleineren Pflichten wir tragen dieselben bürokratischen Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde Chic & Licht und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich als das zu nutzen, was er sein sollte: ein grenzenloser Wirtschaftsraum. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Marco Nath Chic & Licht", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as owner of Chic & Licht, a small online shop for quality Italian luminaires, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Our business model is fundamentally based on a functioning, barrier-free EU internal market. We import design lights from Italy and distribute them to customers across the European Union. For a specialised small business like myself, selling across the EU is the key driver of growth without a dedicated legal department, but with the right to abide by the law. However, the PPWR is drastically changing this calculation: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single customer order may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I send five exclusive luminaires or five hundred parcels to a country. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small specialised retailers. They act as a de facto insurmountable entry threshold: If you are not able to pass these costs on to a huge volume of sales, you will have to stop all cross-border trade within the EU. This runs counter to the very rationale of the European single market and harms the diversity of e-commerce. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine, low-bureaucratic one-stop-shop solution is needed, enabling registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data has been collected, it does not have to be reprocessed laboriously for each country. Small companies are not smaller large companies with proportionally smaller obligations. We bear the same fixed bureaucratic costs as large market participants, spread out over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow Chic & Licht and many other small traders to actually use the European single market as what it should be: a borderless economic area. Yours sincerely Marco Nath Chic & Licht", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557536_en"}, {"id": 33557535, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:12:21", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Les petits producteurs nauront pas les moyens de payer cette charge en plus. Je suis contre", "feedbackEnglish": "Small producers will not be able to afford this additional burden. I disapprove them", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557535_en"}, {"id": 33556247, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:12:11", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a leather crafter/small business owner from Portugal. I have an online shop and have been selling within the EU for 8 years. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses like mine to continue selling across EU borders, it isn't financially viable. Please create an exemption or a simplified system for micro-entrepreneurs like me. If this isn't possible, thousands of small crafters and micro business like mine will have to close. I am the sole provider of income in my home.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a leather crafter/small business owner from Portugal. I have an online shop and have been selling within the EU for 8 years. The mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses like mine to continue selling across EU borders, it isn't financially viable. Please create an exemption or a simplified system for micro-entrepreneurs like me. If this isn't possible, thousands of small crafters and micro business like mine will have to close. I am the sole provider of income in my home.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556247_en"}, {"id": 33557533, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:11:15", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Elaine Watters Art", "feedback": "As a small business in Ireland (artist) I appeal to the EU lawmakers to consider the detrimental effect this new legislation in packaging will have on my business. I am trying to build an international brand but now since 12th Aug I feel I need to shut down ordering options on my website from EU countries as I cannot afford the fees and possible penalties for non compliance. This will kill micro industry in Europe!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business in Ireland (artist) I appeal to the EU lawmakers to consider the detrimental effect this new legislation in packaging will have on my business. I am trying to build an international brand but now since 12th Aug I feel I need to shut down ordering options on my website from EU countries as I cannot afford the fees and possible penalties for non compliance. This will kill micro industry in Europe!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557533_en"}, {"id": 33557531, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:09:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GbR", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Wir haben im Jahr 2018 einen kleinen Online-Handel begonnen. Wir sind ohne finanzielle Unterstützung durch die Pandemie gekommen, haben bisher die Krisen durch diverse Kriege in der Welt überlebt und jetzt kommt die PPWR. Wir sind jetzt gezwungen unseren Handeln in ohnehin schon schwierigen wirtschaftlichen Zeiten auf Deutschland zu beschränken, da wir uns den EU-weiten Versand nicht mehr leisten können. Für uns Kleinen ist es schon nicht einfach und mit viel Aufwand verbunden Online überhaupt sichtbar zu sein und gegen die Großen anzukommen. Die sich verändernden Technologien machen es auch nicht einfacher. Wir befürchten, das es wie in unseren Städten schon lange ist, es auch im Online-Handel nur wieder die Großen überleben werden. Als kleiner Händler ist es für mich überlebenswichtig die Gelegenheit zu nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen much too much GbR Clarissa Semprich & Christian Dietes", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we started a small online shop in 2018. We have come without financial support from the pandemic, have survived the crises through various wars in the world so far, and now the PPWR comes. We are now forced to limit our actions to Germany in already difficult economic times, as we can no longer afford EU-wide shipping. For small people, it is not easy and expensive for us to be visible online at all and to get to grips with the big ones. Changing technologies also do not make it easier. We fear that, as has been the case in our cities for a long time, it will only survive the big ones in e-commerce. As a small retailer, it is vital to me to seize the opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, much too much GbR Clarissa Semprich & Christian Dietes", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557531_en"}, {"id": 33557530, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:08:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Andreas Raab", "feedback": "1. Man sollte beim Umweltschutz (den ich befürworte) die Verhältnismäßigkeit im Auge behalten. 2. Nicht alle Regeln treffen die gewünschten Marktteilnehmer gleich. 3. Große Konzern können (und müssen leider) ganze Abteilungen beschäftigen, nur um die von oben kommende Bürokratie zu bewältigen. 4. Kleine Unternehmen (solche wie meines: 1 Mann), können das nicht stemmen. 5. Beispiel: Für uns lohnt es sich seit dem 12.8.2026 eher, Pakete nach z.B. Japan zu senden, als in eine EU Land. Wo soll da noch der EU Gedanke sein? Lösungswege: - Bagatellgrenzen einführen: - Unternehmen unter z.B. 1 Mio. Umsatz sind ausgenommen - Regelung gilt erst ab bestimmtem Verpackungsgewicht pro Jahr pro Land - Regelung gilt erst ab bestimmtem Paketmenge pro Jahr pro Land - Einfache Umsetzung: Meldung an EINE zentrale Stelle am Jahresende, wie viel in welches Land ging. Dann EINE Rechnung von dieser Stelle, die das Geld dann verteilt. (ähnlich OSS Shop für Umsatzsteuer) GENERELLE BITTE AN DIE EU (von der ich ein Fan bin): Beschließt gerne sinnvolle Regelungen, aber schaut vor Einführung, genau wen sie treffen werden. Und lasst Ausnahmen zu. Zudem, und das ist SEHR WICHTIG: Vor Einführung von Regeln muss erst eine sinnvolle einfache Infrastruktur zur Umsetzung etabliert werden. Vielen Dank für Ihre Zeit, Andreas Raab (Der nun schweren Herzens fast gar nichts mehr in die außerdeutsche EU versendet)", "feedbackEnglish": "1. Proportionality should be kept in mind when it comes to environmental protection (which I support). 2. Not all rules match the desired market participants. 3. Large corporations can (and unfortunately must) employ entire departments only to cope with the bureaucracy coming from above. 4. Small businesses (like mys: 1 man), this cannot be done. 5. For example: Since 12 August 2026, it has been more worthwhile for us to send parcels to Japan, for example, than to an EU country. Where should the EU still be thought of? Possible solutions: — Introduce de minimis thresholds: — Undertakings with a turnover of less than, for example, 1 million are excluded – scheme applies only from a certain packaging weight per year per country – scheme applies only from a certain volume of parcels per year per country – Simple implementation: Report to ONE central point at the end of the year how much went to which country. Then ONE invoice from this body, which then distributes the money. (similar to OSS Shop for VAT) general ITEMS TO THE EU (of which I am a fan): Likes to decide on useful rules, but thinks before introducing them exactly who they will meet. And allows for exceptions. In addition, and this is HIGHLIGHTS: Before rules are introduced, it is first necessary to establish a meaningful simple implementation infrastructure. Thank you very much for your time, Andreas Raab (who now sends almost nothing to the rest of the EU)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557530_en"}, {"id": 33557529, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:08:54", "country": "CHE", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Hufschmid Guitars", "feedback": "I am a one-person artisan workshop based in Switzerland, selling handmade guitar plectrums directly to customers across Europe. I fully support the environmental objective behind Extended Producer Responsibility and I have no objection to paying a reasonable contribution for the packaging I place on the market. The problem is proportionality. I send approximately 1-2 kg of cardboard packaging to Germany per year, yet I am now required to appoint and pay a private authorised representative in Germany simply to continue serving my customers there. In France, I spent several days trying to register because the system initially asked me to obtain a VAT number even though I am legally not VAT-registered in Switzerland. I eventually discovered that my Swiss business identification number could be used instead. During these administrative delays, customers have already been unable to order from me. A micro-business sending a few kilograms of recyclable cardboard per year should not face the same fixed administrative structure as a multinational placing tonnes of packaging on the European market. The solution is not to remove environmental responsibility. It is to introduce proportionality: a meaningful de minimis threshold, one simplified EU-wide registration system, and affordable compliance for genuine micro-businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a one-person artisan workshop based in Switzerland, selling handmade guitar plectrums directly to customers across Europe. I fully support the environmental objective behind Extended Producer Responsibility and I have no objection to paying a reasonable contribution for the packaging I place on the market. The problem is proportionality. I send approximately 1-2 kg of cardboard packaging to Germany per year, yet I am now required to appoint and pay a private authorised representative in Germany simply to continue serving my customers there. In France, I spent several days trying to register because the system initially asked me to obtain a VAT number even though I am legally not VAT-registered in Switzerland. I eventually discovered that my Swiss business identification number could be used instead. During these administrative delays, customers have already been unable to order from me. A microbusiness sending a few kilograms of recyclable cardboard per year should not face the same fixed administrative structure as a multinational placing tonnes of packaging on the European market. The solution is not to remove environmental responsibility. It is to introduce proportionality: a meaningful de minimis threshold, one simplified EU-wide registration system, and affordable compliance for genuine microbusinesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557529_en"}, {"id": 33557528, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:06:35", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Gottfried Hartl", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinstunternehmeri ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei drei relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das drei Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den österreichischen Markt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me as a micro-enterprise, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For three relevant target markets, this means three contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five packages or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the Austrian market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557528_en"}, {"id": 33557526, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:05:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Challenge Internet GmbH", "feedback": "Ich bin ein kleinerer Onlinehandel und vertreibe aktuell in mehreren EU-Märkten. Die geplante Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht nach PPWR betrifft mein Geschäftsmodell unmittelbar, und ich möchte aus der Praxis eines mittelständischen Cross-Border-Händlers auf einen kritischen Punkt hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem einzelnen Zielland. Für Händler ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung verändert die PPWR die Kalkulation grenzüberschreitenden Handels erheblich: Bereits ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das ebenso viele separate Verträge, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner und mittlerer Händler und wirken faktisch als Marktzutrittsschwelle ein Ergebnis, das dem Ziel des Binnenmarkts widerspricht. Ich schlage daher vor: Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz. Für Unternehmen darüber, die aber nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland greifen. Echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt der bisherigen Bündelung: Zentrale Dienstleister erfordern in der Praxis weiterhin einen eigenen Vertrag und Fixkosten pro Land. Notwendig ist eine zentrale Erfüllung der Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten mit nur einmaligen Fixkosten. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung, die das berücksichtigt, würde Händlern wie mir erlauben, den Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den Heimatmarkt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a smaller online retailer and currently sells in several EU markets. The planned structure of the obligation to act as a representative under the PPWR directly affects my business model and I would like to draw attention to a critical point from the practice of a medium-sized cross-border trader: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each individual country of destination. For traders without their own legal department, the PPWR significantly changes the calculation of cross-border trade: A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty target markets, this means an equal number of separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are sold there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small and medium-sized traders and effectively act as a market entry threshold, which is contrary to the objective of the internal market. I therefore propose that the Court should: Exemption for micro-enterprises according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. There should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country for companies above that threshold but which only send small quantities across borders. Real one-stop-shop solution instead of bundling: In practice, central service providers continue to require a separate contract and fixed costs per country. It is necessary to centrally fulfil the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States with only one-off fixed costs. Standardised data submission so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small and medium-sized enterprises bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design that takes this into account would allow traders like me to actually use the internal market, rather than being limited to the home market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557526_en"}, {"id": 33557524, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:03:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "EastTech Agency GbR ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir planen das Betreiben eines kleinen, neu aufzubauenden Online-Handels und ich möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten und Rechtssicherheit durch den freien Warenverkehr zu erhalten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Weiterhin ist die Rechtsunsicherheit für unseren neuen Geschäftsausbaus bei ungewolltem, versehentlichem, grenzüberscheitendem Verkauf aktuell nicht absehbar. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Viertens sollten kleinere Fehlsendungen oder durch unklare Kundenabgaben fehlerhaft dennoch versendete Artikel unter eine Bagatellgrenze fallen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rolf Wadewitz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are planning to engage in small, new online trade, and I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as small traders, sales to other EU countries have so far been an obvious step forward without a dedicated legal department, but with the aim of complying with the law in force and maintaining legal certainty through the free movement of goods. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. Furthermore, the legal uncertainty for our new business expansion in the event of unwanted, accidental, cross-border sales is currently not foreseeable. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Fourthly, small consignments or items sent incorrectly due to unclear customer charges should be subject to a de minimis threshold. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Rolf Wadewitz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557524_en"}, {"id": 33557523, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:03:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kleinunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Shops seit ca. 6 Jahren möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thomas Kusch", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for around six years, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Thomas Kusch", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557523_en"}, {"id": 33557522, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:02:38", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To whom it may concern: From what I understand the law states that anyone selling produce outside their country needs to pay 1000 euro flat fee per country, so if anyone decides to sell to 27 countries in the eu they will have to pay 27 k euro. That is absolutely unbearable for small businesses for which some 27 k is what they hope to make each year as revenue, let alone net profit. This needs to be calculated proportionately to what people sell if someone sends one two, even 10 packages abroad this cost is not justifiable in any way. I do not own a small business or sell abroad but I want to show my support to people who do. It almost feels like you are enabling big companies to monopolise the market and dictate prices on everything. One option is to have a threshold per year, and if that number of shipments is exceeded then the tax is valid or do the math and have proportional charges. It does not make sense that companies that sell 10 packages abroad per year pay the same price as companies that sell over 100 000. Thank you for your time Kind regards, Shirin PS: this message was written without the input of AI so excuse any mistakes or wording errors.", "feedbackEnglish": "To whom it may concern: From what I understand the law states that anyone selling produce outside their country needs to pay 1000 euro flat fee per country, so if anyone decides to sell to 27 countries in the eu they will have to pay 27 k euro. That is absolutely unbearable for small businesses for which some 27 k is what they hope to make each year as revenue, let alone net profit. This needs to be calculated proportionately to what people sell if someone sends one two, even 10 packages abroad this cost is not justifiable in any way. I do not own a small business or sell abroad but I want to show my support to people who do. It almost feels like you are enabling big companies to monopolise the market and dictate prices on everything. One option is to have a threshold per year, and if that number of shipments is exceeded then the tax is valid or do the math and have proportional charges. It does not make sense that companies that sell 10 packages abroad per year pay the same price as companies that sell over 100 000. Thank you for your time Kind regards, Shirin PS: this message was written without the input of AI so excuse any mistakes or wording errors.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557522_en"}, {"id": 33557521, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:00:56", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Taskurapu tmi", "feedback": "Olen yksinyrittäjä ja myyn valokuvataulujani verkkosivustollani. Olen juuri kääntänyt sivuston myös englanniksi, jotta saisin suuremman asiakaskunnan. Seuraava askel olisi markkinointiin panostaminen. Nämä ovat suuria panostuksia pienelle tekijälle. Pelkät verkkosivuston ylläpito- ym. välttämättömät maksut ovat jo nyt korkeita tuloihin nähden. Maakohtaiset EPR-rekisteröinnit, vuosimaksut ja valtuutetut edustajat asettaisivat pienelle verkkokaupalleni ylitsepääsemättömän esteen. En vielä ole päättänyt, mitä teen, mutta nämä uudet EU-säännöt saattavat mahdollisesti jopa pakottaa minut lopettamaan yritykseni kokonaan. Mutta katson nyt ensin, mikä säännösten lopullinen muoto tulee olemaan. Nyt julkaistussa muodossa säännöstö auttaa suuria globaaleja korporaatioita. Niillä on varaa hoitaa maksut ja ne saavat lisää kilpailuetua, kun pienyritykset tippuvat pois pelistä. EU:n pitäisi vapauttaa mikroyritykset maksuista. Valtaosa niistä hoitaa pakkaamisen jo nyt kestävällä tavalla ja kierrättämällä vanhoja pakkauksia. Toinen vaihtoehto voisi olla EU:n yhteinen One Stop Shop -järjestelmä, mutta mikroyritysten, esim. vain 12 hengen yritysten vapauttaminen olisi helpoin ratkaisu.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a solo entrepreneur and I sell my photo boards on my website. I have just translated the site into English to get a bigger client base. The next step would be to invest in marketing. These are major contributions to a small factor. The costs of maintaining a website, etc., alone are already high in relation to income. Country-specific ERF registrations, annual fees and authorised representatives would put an insurmountable obstacle to my small online shop. I have not yet decided what to do, but these new EU rules may even force me to stop my business altogether. But I now consider first what the final form of the provisions will be. In its current form, the Code will help large-scale global corporatisations. They can afford to pay and gain an additional competitive advantage when small businesses drop out of the game. The EU should exempt micro-enterprises from fees. Most of them already manage packaging in a sustainable way and recycle old packaging. Another option could be a single EU One Stop Shop, but exempting micro-enterprises, e.g. companies with only 12 people, would be the easiest solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557521_en"}, {"id": 33557519, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:00:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent retailer operating a micro-business, I fully support the transition toward sustainable packaging and the reduction of waste. However, the current regulatory framework and proposed fragmented approaches place an unmanageable administrative and financial burden on small businesses. To ensure that micro-businesses can remain compliant and viable in the European market, I strongly urge the Commission to implement the following changes: Establish one simple, EU-wide system: Navigating separate registration systems, portals, and reporting standards for every single member state is too complex and time-consuming for small retailers. A centralized, unified system is absolutely essential. Implement reasonable rules for micro-businesses: Compliance requirements must be proportionate to the size of the company. Small, independent shops do not have the administrative departments or legal resources of large corporations to manage complex cross-border bureaucracy. Ensure costs are based on actual packaging amounts: Any fees or financial obligations must be strictly tied to the actual volume of packaging a business introduces to the market. Flat fees or minimum thresholds disproportionately penalize small-volume sellers. Eliminate the need for separate representatives in every country: Mandating that businesses hire an expensive, localized representative in every member state they sell to creates a massive financial barrier. This effectively prices micro-businesses out of cross-border trade entirely. A sustainable future requires a regulatory environment that is fair and manageable for businesses of all sizes. I hope you will take these points into consideration to protect independent retailers across Europe. Thank you for your time and consideration", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent retailer operating a micro-business, I fully support the transition toward sustainable packaging and the reduction of waste. However, the current regulatory framework and proposed fragmented approaches place an unmanageable administrative and financial burden on small businesses. To ensure that micro-businesses can remain compliant and viable in the European market, I strongly urge the Commission to implement the following changes: Establish one simple, EU-wide system: Navigating separate registration systems, portals, and reporting standards for every single member state is too complex and time-consuming for small retailers. A centralized, unified system is absolutely essential. Implement reasonable rules for micro-businesses: Compliance requirements must be proportionate to the size of the company. Small, independent shops do not have the administrative departments or legal resources of large corporations to manage complex cross-border bureaucracy. Ensure costs are based on actual packaging amounts: Any fees or financial obligations must be strictly tied to the actual volume of packaging a business introduces to the market. Flat fees or minimum thresholds disproportionately penalize small-volume sellers. Eliminate the need for separate representatives in every country: Mandating that businesses hire an expensive, localized representative in every member state they sell to creates a massive financial barrier. This effectively prices micro-businesses out of cross-border trade entirely. A sustainable future requires a regulatory environment that is fair and manageable for businesses of all sizes. I hope you will take these points into consideration to protect independent retailers across Europe. Thank you for your time and consideration", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557519_en"}, {"id": 33557518, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 10:00:16", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nodoa Design", "feedback": "Subject: Concern about the impact of the new packaging rules on small businesses I support stronger packaging rules and better environmental standards. However, for a small independent business like mine, this new framework risks making cross-border sales within the EU financially unsustainable. For example, when I send a single order to another EU country, the logistics cost is only part of the equation. Under the new rules, I would also face compliance costs meaning the administrative and regulatory costs of registering, reporting, and paying the packaging EPR fees required in each market where I place packaging on the market. These are fixed costs that do not scale fairly with the size of the order, so for a business that only sends a few parcels per month to that country, the process quickly becomes unprofitable. My products are organic, I do not use plastic in my packaging, and I already use as little cardboard as possible. Even so, I may be forced to stop selling to some EU countries simply because the compliance burden is too heavy for a small business. What is manageable for a large company becomes disproportionate for a small brand with very limited order volume. I understand and support the aim of the law. But if the same rules are applied to both large companies and very small businesses, the result will be unfair. What is easy for a big company can be too expensive and too complicated for a small brand like mine. I strongly ask for a solution that is proportional, simplified, and affordable for small businesses, so that responsible businesses are not pushed out of the market.", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Concern about the impact of the new packaging rules on small businesses I support stronger packaging rules and better environmental standards. However, for a small independent business like mine, this new framework risks making cross-border sales within the EU financially unsustainable. For example, when I send a single order to another EU country, the logistics cost is only part of the equation. Under the new rules, I would also face compliance costs meaning the administrative and regulatory costs of registering, reporting, and paying the packaging EPR fees required in each market where I place packaging on the market. These are fixed costs that do not scale fairly with the size of the order, so for a business that only sends a few parcels per month to that country, the process quickly becomes unprofitable. My products are organic, I do not use plastic in my packaging, and I already use as little cardboard as possible. Even so, I may be forced to stop selling to some EU countries simply because the compliance burden is too heavy for a small business. What is manageable for a large company becomes disproportionate for a small brand with very limited order volume. I understand and support the aim of the law. But if the same rules are applied to both large companies and very small businesses, the result will be unfair. What is easy for a big company can be too expensive and too complicated for a small brand like mine. I strongly ask for a solution that is proportional, simplified, and affordable for small businesses, so that responsible businesses are not pushed out of the market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557518_en"}, {"id": 33557517, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:58:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "My Pretty Circus", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe in Frankfurt am Main ein Kleinstunternehmen im Sinne der EU-Definition: Geschenkpapier, Grußkarten und Origamipapier, verkauft über einen eigenen Onlineshop, Etsy und B2B-Plattformen. Das Unternehmen besteht aus mir und einer Aushilfe. Mein jährliches Verpackungsaufkommen liegt im zweistelligen Kilogrammbereich, also unter einem Prozent der Zehn-Tonnen-Schwelle, ab der die Verordnung an anderer Stelle Erleichterungen vorsieht. Meine Stellungnahme betrifft Art. 45 Abs. 3 der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40, die Pflicht, im Fernabsatz für jeden Mitgliedstaat gesondert einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen. Für den Versand an Endkunden in Österreich habe ich einen Bevollmächtigten benannt. Der Vertrag setzte eine beglaubigte Unterschrift voraus. Beim ersten Behördentermin, auf den ich warten musste, erfuhr ich, dass die dortige Beglaubigung nur innerhalb Deutschlands gilt und für Österreich ein Notar oder Amtsrichter erforderlich ist. Der Notar hätte etwa 400 Euro gekostet, allein für das Setzen einer Unterschrift. Das übersteigt meinen jährlichen Endkundenumsatz in Österreich um ein Mehrfaches. Ich habe daraufhin einen Termin bei einem Amtsgericht vereinbart, möglich nur an einem bestimmten Wochentag zu bestimmten Zeiten. Die Beglaubigung erfolgte in einer Amtsstube mit Stempel, Geldkassette und handschriftlicher Quittung. Seither zahle ich in Österreich eine Jahrespauschale von rund 250 Euro, unabhängig von der versendeten Menge, die bei wenigen Kilogramm liegt. Bilanz für einen einzigen Mitgliedstaat: zwei Behördentermine, mehrere Arbeitstage Recherche, 250 Euro Fixkosten pro Jahr. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten entstehen zehn oder zwanzig getrennte Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege, unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete ankommen. Diese Fixkosten wirken als Marktzutrittsschwelle. Ich habe bereits mehrere Länder aus meinem Angebot genommen, nicht mangels Nachfrage, sondern weil die Anmeldung mehr kostet als der Umsatz einbringt. Eine Regelung, die den Binnenmarkt vereinheitlichen soll, führt bei Unternehmen meiner Größe zum Rückzug aus ihm. Die Verordnung differenziert an anderer Stelle sehr wohl nach Größe: Art. 21 entlastet Kleinstunternehmen bei der Kennzeichnung, unter zehn Tonnen gelten reduzierte Berichtspflichten. Gerade bei der Pflicht mit dem höchsten Fixkostenanteil fehlt eine Schwelle. Für einen Konzern ist sie eine Randnotiz, für ein Einpersonenunternehmen entscheidet sie über den Marktzugang. Ich unterstütze den Vorschlag der Kommission, Art. 45 Abs. 3 auszusetzen, und schlage vor: Kleinstunternehmen nach den bekannten Grenzwerten generell ausnehmen, darüber eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland. Registrierung und Entsorgungsgebühren bleiben unberührt. Eine echte zentrale Anlaufstelle. Dienstleister bündeln die Funktion bereits, Händler schließen dennoch pro Land einen Vertrag und tragen die Fixkosten mengenunabhängig. Nötig ist eine Registrierung und Meldung für alle Mitgliedstaaten mit einmaligen Fixkosten. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung, damit Verpackungsdaten nicht je Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Abschaffung von Formerfordernissen wie beglaubigten Unterschriften auf Papier. Die eIDAS-Verordnung stellt geeignete Mittel bereit, die nationalen Systeme nutzen sie nicht. Ich unterstütze die Ziele der Verordnung und arbeite in meinem Betrieb an weniger Verpackungsabfall. Die Belastung sollte sich an der verursachten Abfallmenge orientieren und nicht aus Pauschalen bestehen, die in jedem Mitgliedstaat erneut anfallen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Maythe Stavermann My Pretty Circus, Frankfurt am Main", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a micro-enterprise within the meaning of the EU definition in Frankfurt am Main: Gift paper, greeting cards and originalami paper sold through a dedicated online shop, Etsy and B2B platforms. The company consists of me and an aid. My annual packaging volume is in the double-digit kilogram range, i.e. less than one percent of the 10-tonne threshold above which the Regulation provides for relief elsewhere. My opinion concerns Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for each Member State separately for distance sales. I have appointed an authorised representative for shipping to end customers in Austria. The contract required a certified signature. When I first came to the authorities, which I had to wait for, I learned that the certification there is valid only within Germany and that Austria requires a notary or an official judge. The notary would have cost approximately EUR 400 for signing alone. This is several times higher than my annual retail turnover in Austria. I then arranged an appointment with a local court, which is possible only on a specific day of the week at certain times. Certification was carried out in a customs office with stamp, cash box and handwritten receipt. Since then, I have been paying an annual flat rate of around EUR 250 in Austria, regardless of the quantity sent, which is a few kilograms. Balance sheet for a single Member State: two official appointments, several working days research, EUR 250 fixed costs per year. Ten or twenty target markets create ten or twenty separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether they receive five or five hundred parcels. These fixed costs act as a market entry threshold. I have already withdrawn several countries from my offer, not because of a lack of demand, but because the registration costs more than the turnover. A rule designed to unify the internal market will lead to companies of my size withdrawing from it. Elsewhere, the Regulation does differentiate according to size: Article 21 reduces the labelling burden for micro-enterprises, while less than 10 tonnes are subject to reduced reporting requirements. It is precisely in the case of the obligation with the highest proportion of fixed costs that there is no threshold. For a group it is a marginal note, for a one-person company it decides on market access. I support the Commission’s proposal to suspend Article 45(3) and propose that: Generally exclude micro-enterprises according to the known limit values, above which there is a de minimis limit per target country. Registration and disposal fees remain unaffected. A genuine one-stop shop. Service providers already bundle the function, but traders still conclude a contract per country and bear the fixed costs regardless of volume. Registration and reporting is required for all Member States with one-off fixed costs. Standardised data submission so that packaging data does not need to be reprocessed per country. Abolition of formal requirements such as certified paper signatures. The eIDAS Regulation provides appropriate means and national systems do not use them. I support the objectives of the Regulation and work on reducing packaging waste in my establishment. The burden should be based on the amount of waste generated and should not consist of flat rates that recur in each Member State. Yours sincerely, Maythe Stavermann My Pretty Circus, Frankfurt am Main", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557517_en"}, {"id": 33557515, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:56:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels seit mehr als 20 Jahren möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich habe mir Mühsam einen Markt in der EU aufgebaut. Es werde in 3 Pakete, hier 4 Pakete und da mal 15 Pakete jährlich, in das jeweilige EU-Land verschickt. Man kann es jetzt nicht mehr Schultern, da das den Finanzellen Rahmen sprengt und keinen Sinn mehr macht und man dann draufzahlen würde. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen M.D", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for more than 20 years, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I have worked hard to build a market in the EU. It is sent to each EU country in 3 packages, 4 packages here and 15 packages per year. We can no longer shoulder it because it goes beyond the financial framework and makes no sense anymore, and we would then pay for it. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, M.D.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557515_en"}, {"id": 33557512, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:54:57", "country": "HRV", "language": "ES", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Darcraft", "feedback": "Soy dueña de un pequeño emprendimiento en Croacia. Lo abrí finales de 2023 y finalmente pude empezar las ventas online el año pasado (2025). Ahora con esta nueva ley estoy limitada a solo vender local. Estoy a favor de que se controlen los desperdicios y elementos usados al momento de enviar/recibir paquetes nacional e internacional. Pero las tarifas son muy elevadas y difíciles de afrontar para un pequeño emprendimiento. Esto limita significativamente nuestro crecimiento. No solo eso, mis proveedores no pueden enviar más mis insumos a Croacia. Pedimos por favor re-ver las tarifas y hacerlas más accesibles para emprendimientos donde a veces el ingreso anual no llega ni siquiera a los 10.000. Esto solo está logrando que pequeñas empresas mueran.", "feedbackEnglish": "I own a small entrepreneur in Croatia. I opened it at the end of 2023 and finally started selling online last year (2025). Now with this new law, I am limited to selling local only. I am in favour of checking waste and used items when sending/receiving domestic and international parcels. But tariffs are very high and difficult to cope with for a small entrepreneur. This significantly limits our growth. Not only that, my suppliers cannot send more my inputs to Croatia. We would like to ask you to review the rates and make them more accessible to businesses where the annual income sometimes does not even reach 10.000. This is only causing small businesses to die.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557512_en"}, {"id": 33557511, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:53:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Buchhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, der Einsatz eines Bevollmächtigten zur Einhaltung der Vorgabenn der Verpackungsordnung stellt für mich als kleiner Gewerbetreibende eine außerordentliche Härte dar. Aufgrund der unverhältnismäßig hohen Bürpkratiekosten zwingt mich die Verordnung, den Versand in andere EU-Länder einzustellen. Aus meiner Sicht verstößt das Gestz gegen übergeordnetes EU-Recht: 1. Beschränkung des freien Warenverkehrs im Binnenmarkt (Art. 34 AEUV). 2. Verletzung des Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatzes (Art. 5 Abs. 4 EUV). 3. Verletzung der Berufsfreiheit und unternehmerische Freiheit (Art. 15 und 16 der EU-Grundrechtecharta). 4. Verletzung des allgemeinen Gleichheitssatzes (Art. 20 GRCh). Die Verpackungsrichtlinie bedarf deshalb dringend einer Überarbeitung.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the use of an authorised representative to comply with the provisions of the Packaging Ordinance is for me, as a small trader, an extraordinary hardship. Because of the disproportionately high cost of bail-out, the regulation forces me to stop shipping to other EU countries. In my view, this is contrary to higher-ranking EU law: 1. Restriction of the free movement of goods in the internal market (Article 34 TFEU). 2. Infringement of the principle of proportionality (Article 5(4) TEU). 3. Infringement of the freedom to choose an occupation and the freedom to conduct a business (Articles 15 and 16 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights). 4. Infringement of the general principle of equality (Article 20 CFR). The Packaging Directive therefore urgently needs to be revised.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557511_en"}, {"id": 33557508, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:51:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Value-Toys Handel mit Spiel- und Sammelwaren", "feedback": "Als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels weise ich hiermit auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hin: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an operator of small online sales, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For tenty relevant target markets, this means tens of separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557508_en"}, {"id": 33557507, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:49:30", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law affected a lot of small book subscription businesses from outside the EU. As business are shipping to a lot of EU countries its really putting a strain on them due to all the fees that are now needed to be paid to every single country. And because of this almost every book box company are stopping shipping to the EU. Small businesses should not be suffering but on the contrary encouraged to do business outside their home country. A lot of people (customers) are affected by this as now wont be able to purchase the goods. Please take this into consideration and make a change", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law affected a lot of small book subscription businesses from outside the EU. As business are shipping to a lot of EU countries its really putting a strain on them due to all the fees that are now needed to be paid to every single country. And because of this almost every book box company are stopping shipping to the EU. Small businesses should not be suffering but on the contrary encouraged to do business outside their home country. A lot of people (customers) are affected by this as now wont be able to purchase the goods. Please take this into consideration and make a change", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557507_en"}, {"id": 33557505, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:46:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ATS Arbeitsschutz GmbH & Co.KG", "feedback": "Ich halte die zunehmenden nationalen Vorschriften und Herstellerregister für Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle für äußerst problematisch, insbesondere für Händler, die ihre Waren in mehrere EU-Länder verkaufen. Grundsätzlich ist es natürlich richtig, dass Verpackungen ordnungsgemäß erfasst und recycelt werden sollen. Die aktuelle Umsetzung führt aus meiner Sicht jedoch zu einem erheblichen zusätzlichen bürokratischen und finanziellen Aufwand für Unternehmen. Für Händler bedeutet dies, dass für verschiedene Länder unterschiedliche Registrierungspflichten, Meldeverfahren, Gebühren und teilweise auch unterschiedliche Anforderungen beachtet werden müssen. Gerade für kleinere und mittelständische Unternehmen ist das kaum noch überschaubar. Wer seine Produkte beispielsweise über einen Onlineshop oder Marktplätze in mehrere europäische Länder verkauft, muss sich mit den jeweiligen nationalen Regelungen auseinandersetzen. Dazu kommen laufende Meldungen, Nachweise, Registrierungen und die Gefahr, bei einer Unstimmigkeit oder einer verpassten Meldung rechtliche Konsequenzen zu haben. Das Problem ist aus meiner Sicht nicht das Ziel der Regelungen, sondern die Vielzahl an unterschiedlichen nationalen Vorgaben. Anstatt den europäischen Handel einfacher zu machen, entsteht dadurch ein Flickenteppich aus unterschiedlichen Anforderungen. Unternehmen müssen immer mehr Zeit und Geld in Verwaltung und Bürokratie investieren, anstatt sich auf ihre eigentliche Tätigkeit, ihre Kunden und die Weiterentwicklung ihres Geschäfts zu konzentrieren. Besonders kritisch sehe ich, dass diese zusätzlichen Kosten am Ende natürlich nicht einfach verschwinden. Sie müssen von den Unternehmen getragen oder über höhere Preise an die Kunden weitergegeben werden. Dadurch werden gerade kleinere Händler gegenüber großen Unternehmen zusätzlich benachteiligt, da große Unternehmen wesentlich mehr Ressourcen haben, um sich mit solchen Anforderungen auseinanderzusetzen. Ich würde mir daher eine deutlich einfachere und vor allem europaweit einheitlichere Lösung wünschen. Wenn das Ziel tatsächlich eine bessere Erfassung und Verwertung von Verpackungen ist, sollte es für Händler möglich sein, diese Verpflichtungen mit einem möglichst einfachen, zentralen Verfahren zu erfüllen. Einheitliche Regeln, einheitliche Registrierungsmöglichkeiten und möglichst wenige unterschiedliche Meldepflichten würden Unternehmen erheblich entlasten. Aus meiner Sicht sollte bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung deshalb stärker darauf geachtet werden, dass Umweltschutz und funktionierende Regelungen nicht automatisch zu immer mehr Bürokratie für Händler führen. Gerade kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen brauchen praktikable Lösungen, die im Alltag tatsächlich umsetzbar sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "I find the increasing national rules and producer registers for packaging and packaging waste highly problematic, especially for traders selling their goods to several EU countries. In principle, it is of course correct that packaging should be properly recorded and recycled. However, in my view, the current implementation results in a significant additional bureaucratic and financial burden for businesses. For traders, this means that different registration obligations, notification procedures, fees and sometimes also different requirements have to be respected for different countries. This is hardly manageable, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. If, for example, you sell your products to several European countries via an online shop or marketplace, you have to look at the national rules. There are also ongoing reports, evidence, registrations and the risk of legal consequences in the event of a discrepancy or a missed report. In my view, the problem is not the aim of the rules, but rather the multiplicity of different national requirements. Instead of making European trade easier, this creates a patchwork of different requirements. Companies need to invest more and more time and money in administration and bureaucracy, rather than focusing on their actual activity, their customers and the development of their business. I am particularly critical of the fact that, of course, these additional costs do not end up simply disappearing. They must be borne by the undertakings or passed on to customers through higher prices. This puts smaller traders at an additional disadvantage compared to large companies, as large companies have much more resources to deal with such requirements. I would therefore like to see a much simpler and, above all, more uniform solution across Europe. If the objective is indeed to improve the collection and recovery of packaging, it should be possible for dealers to fulfil those obligations with a simple, centralised procedure as possible. Uniform rules, uniform registration possibilities and as few different reporting obligations as possible would significantly reduce the burden on companies. In my view, more attention should therefore be paid in the further development to ensuring that environmental protection and functioning rules do not automatically lead to an increase in red tape for traders. Small and medium-sized enterprises in particular need workable solutions that can actually be implemented in everyday life.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557505_en"}, {"id": 33557504, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:46:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pati-Versand", "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich bin wirklich pro EU aber die PPWR ist in ihrer Umsetzung misslungen. Kleine Händler wie wir stellen den Versand ins EU-Ausland ein, weil ein Bevollmächtigter in jedem einzelnen Zielland wirtschaftlich in keinem Verhältnis steht. Davon profitieren vor allem übermächtige Plattformen wie Amazon, während chinesische Anbieter den europäischen Markt weiterhin mit Waren fluten und die Einhaltung solcher Vorschriften kaum wirksam kontrolliert wird. Statt fairen Wettbewerb zu schaffen, verdrängt die PPWR kleinere europäische Händler aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I really am per EU, but the PPWR has failed in its implementation. Small traders like us stop shipping to another EU country because an authorised representative in each country of destination is economically disproportionate. This mainly benefits overpowering platforms, such as Amazon, while Chinese suppliers continue to flood the European market with goods, with little effective control over compliance with such rules. Instead of creating fair competition, the PPWR is pushing smaller European traders out of the European single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557504_en"}, {"id": 33557502, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:44:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir sind ein auf den freien Warenverkehr in der EU ausgerichtetes KMU, mit einem kleinen Profitcenter welcher als separate Abteilung autark agiert. Wir haben die Zielmärkte der EU27 bisher noch nicht vollständig erfasst und planen weiteres Wachstum durch den freien Warenverkehr in der EU. Ich möchten einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als KMU ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland, der Aufbau entsprechender langfristiger Partnerschaften und Händlernetzwerke ist bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Durch die erheblichen bürokratischen Anforderungen wird der freie Warenvekehr in unserem Geschäftsbereich stark behindert. Das Erweitern in zusätzliche Mitgliedsstaaten wird bereits bei kleine Verkaufsmengen die Pflicht ausgelöst, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Die separaten Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft werden, ist für uns eine erhebliche Belastung geworden und behindert das Wachstum in neue Märkte und neue Mitgleidsstaaten. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleinerer Vertriebsmengen. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird erweiterten grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten KMU und deren kleinere, spezialisierte, konkreten Profitcenter als separate Einheiten, nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. KMU Unternehmen mit unterschiedlichen Geschäftsbereichen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf kleinere Geschäftseinheiten und ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen als das Gesamtunternehmen. Weil auch die kleineren Geschäftseinheiten im Gesamtunternehmen wirtschaftlich eigentständig ökonomisch betrieben werden müssen, und nicht durch andere Geschäftsbereiche querfinanziert werden können, ist eine Anpassung der Regelungen auch aus Gründen des Gleichbehandlungsgrundsatzes zwischen Klein-, KMU- und Großunternehmen mit ganz unterschiedlichen Vorraussetzungen zwingend notwendig. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rolf Wadewitz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we are an SME focused on the free movement of goods in the EU, with a small profit centre operating as a separate department. We have not yet fully covered the EU27 target markets and are planning further growth through the free movement of goods in the EU. I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as SMEs, selling abroad in the EU, building long-term partnerships and dealer networks has been an obvious step forward without a legal department, but with the aim of complying with the law. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: As a result of the considerable bureaucratic requirements, the free movement of goods in our business area is severely hampered. The extension to additional Member States triggers the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative even in the case of small sales volumes. The separate contractual arrangements, fee structures and reporting channels, whether they sell five parcels or five hundred, have become a significant burden for us and hinder growth in new markets and new Member States. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of smaller sales volumes. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid, rather than engage in, expanded cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, SMEs and their smaller, specialised, specific profit centres, as separate entities, should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives according to the known limits on staff headcount and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. SMEs companies with different business units are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations, they bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread only across smaller business units and a much smaller business volume than the whole company. Since even the smaller business units in the whole undertaking must be economically independent and cannot be cross-financed by other business units, an adjustment of the rules is absolutely necessary, also because of the principle of equal treatment between small, small and large enterprises with very different requirements. Yours sincerely, Rolf Wadewitz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557502_en"}, {"id": 33557498, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:43:29", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlänhänder", "feedback": "Das ganze Gesetzt ist eine absolute Katastrophe für kleine und mitlerer Onlinehändler wie mich. Es ist einfach nicht machbar sich in 27 Ländern zu registrieren. Es sollte eine frei Grenze pro Land geben wenn die Lizenzgebühren nicht mehr als vier mal so viel wie die geschätzten administrativen Kosten für einen Betrieb. In diesen Fällen sollte eine Registrieung wegfallen. Es kann doch nicht sein dass ich hunerte oder tausende an Kosten pro Land habe, die eingentlcihen Linzenzgebühren (wenn es keine mindestgebühr geben würde) ein paar Cent oder ein paar Euro ausmachen würden. Das muss für die Länder verpflichtend sein, der Schaden ist ja schon angerichtet auch wenn die Verpflichtung der Umsetzung für die Länder wegfällt haben die Länder schon mit der umsetzung begonnen. Wenn die Länder frei Grenzen freiwillig einführen können wird dies nicht ändern sondern die Länder werden es nicht machen um den heimischen Markt vor Händlern aus anderen EU Ländern zu schützen. Zusätzlich sollte die registrierung für alle Länder bei einer einzigen Stelle möglich sein, natürlcih ohne Bevollmächtigten. Ich bin glühender EU Befürworter, aber bei solchen Bürokraiemonstern fragt man sich echt ob die EU von den Großen Konzernen aus USA und China gesteuert wird welche somit die konkurenz der kleinen und mittleren Händelr ausschalten wollen. Denn für die ganz großen ist es natürlcih kein Problem, aber für kleien wie uns bedeutet es ganz einfach das wir in 25 der 27 EU Länder nicht mehr versenden können. Profiteure sind also eine handvoll rie0eger Konzeren von außerhalb der EU und natürlich Anwälte und Agenturen welche für die Abwicklung kassieren. Bei der Garantielabel Verordung, dem Wiederrufsbutton, der GPSR Verordung verhält es sich ähnlich. Alles unnütze Verordnungen welche keinerlei Mehrwert für die Konsumenten bringen, aber in Summer zahlreiche mir bekannte kleine Onlinhändler dazu gebracht haben Ihr Business zu beenden. Der Bürokratiewahnsinn ist einfach nicht merh schaffbar. Das führt natürlich auch dazu dass die Preise steigen denn die Kosten für die Arbeitszeit um den ganzen Schwachsinn zu erfüllen müssen eingepreist werden. Kein Wunder dass die Wirtschaft schlecht läuft in Europa, denn den Bürokratiewahnsinn gibt es ja in allen Bereichen der Wirtschaft nicht nur im Handel.", "feedbackEnglish": "The whole law is an absolute catastrophe for small and medium-sized online traders like me. It is simply not feasible to register in 27 countries. There should be one free-at-frontier per country if the licence fee does not exceed four times the estimated administrative cost of running a business. In such cases, a registration should be discontinued. It cannot be that I have humbled or thousands of costs per country, which would amount to a few cents or a few euros if there were no minimum fee. This must be compulsory for the Länder. The damage has already been caused, even though the obligation for the Länder to implement the Directive has been abolished, the Länder have already begun to implement it. If countries are free to introduce borders voluntarily, this will not change, but they will not do so to protect the domestic market from traders from other EU countries. In addition, registration should be possible for all countries in a single body, natürlcih without an authorised representative. I am an ardent supporter of the EU, but with such office cafeterias one really wonders whether the EU is controlled by the big corporations from the US and China, which thus want to eliminate the competition of small and medium-sized hazelnuts. Because for the very big, it is no problem natürlcih, but for like us, it simply means that we can no longer send out countries in 25 of the 27 EU countries. Profiteers are therefore a handful of rie0e concorders from outside the EU and, of course, lawyers and agencies who receive cash for resolution. The same is true of the guarantee label Regulation, the recall button, the GPSR Regulation. All pointless regulations that do not bring any added value to consumers, but together many small onlin traders that I know have brought your business to an end. The sense of red tape is simply impossible to create. Of course, this also means that prices are rising, as the cost of working time must be factored in to cover all the weak aspects. It is no wonder that the economy is running badly in Europe, as red tape is not just about trade in all areas of the economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557498_en"}, {"id": 33557499, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:38:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Kleinstunternehmer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Kleinstunternehmen im Onlinehandel mit Spielwaren und einem kleinen Umsatz im EU Land so wie der Handel mit anderen Kleinstunternehmen aus dem EU Umland, ist es mir nicht mehr möglich meinen Onlinehandel weiter zu betreiben. Die Hohen Kosten der PPWR in den EU Ländern sind für ein Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich nicht möglich zu stemmen. Bei rund 300-500 Euro Pro Land und Bevollmächtigten bin ich, wie auch viele weitere Händlerkollegen und Kolleginnen gezwungen, den Verkauf und Einkauf einzustellen. Es muss Möglichkeiten geben eine Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen zu erlauben damit diese weiterhin im Freien Binnenmarkt agieren können.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as micro-enterprises selling toys online and a small turnover in the EU country, as well as trading with other micro-enterprises from the EU surrounding area, I am no longer able to continue trading online. The high costs of PPWR in the EU countries are not economically feasible for a micro-enterprise. At around EUR 300-500 per country and per authorised representative, I am forced to stop selling and purchasing, as are many other dealer colleagues. There must be possibilities for micro-enterprises to be allowed to operate in the free internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557499_en"}, {"id": 33557497, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:37:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bolddivision", "feedback": "I sell to approximately 15 EU countries. However, I only sell a few packages per country per year. This is completely disproportionate to the legal requirements. Sales in the EU account for approximately 30-40% of my total sales. I cannot cover the costs for all the necessary EU countries from my sales. The registration, implementation, and documentation create an insane amount of work that I cannot manage alone. It would force me to discontinue shipping within the EU. This law is a death blow for all small and medium-sized businesses. It's perhaps not just the money; I think most would be willing to pay a contribution. But the bureaucratic burden and the lack of transparency in the entire law make doing so impossible. For such a far-reaching law affecting the entire EU, there needs to be a central authority. This could also be the national packaging register, where most are already registered. It could offer a way to view costs and steps for all EU countries, select the appropriate option, and pay there. There must be a simple de minimis threshold, either based on the number of employees in the company, the number of parcels per year for the EU, or annual turnover in the EU. The regulation in EU countries requiring and paying a physical person there is simply madness, unnecessary and not feasible except perhaps for large companies. How can the EU pass such a law for all EU countries? Without any coordination, contact persons, or central information point. How can they weaken the EU single market so drastically, jeopardizing so many livelihoods? And the worst part is that the big companies seem almost unconcerned and continue to feed this enormous mountain of waste without a second thought.", "feedbackEnglish": "I sell to approximately 15 EU countries. However, I only sell a few packages per country per year. This is completely disproportionate to the legal requirements. Sales in the EU account for approximately 30-40% of my total sales. I cannot cover the costs for all the necessary EU countries from my sales. The registration, implementation, and documentation create an insane amount of work that I cannot manage alone. It would force me to discontinue shipping within the EU. This law is a death blow for all small and medium-sized businesses. It's perhaps not just the money; I think most would be willing to pay a contribution. But the bureaucratic burden and the lack of transparency in the entire law make doing so impossible. For such a far-reaching law affecting the entire EU, there needs to be a central authority. This could also be the national packaging register, where most are already registered. It could offer a way to view costs and steps for all EU countries, select the appropriate option, and pay there. There must be a simple de minimis threshold, either based on the number of employees in the company, the number of parcels per year for the EU, or annual turnover in the EU. The regulation in EU countries requiring and paying a physical person there is simply madness, unnecessary and not feasible except perhaps for large companies. How can the EU pass such a law for all EU countries? Without any coordination, contact persons, or central information point. How can they weaken the EU single market so drastically, jeopardizing so many livelihoods? And the worst part is that the big companies seem almost unconcerned and continue to feed this enormous mountain of waste without a second thought.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557497_en"}, {"id": 33557496, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:36:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen Clarissa Semprich Auktionatorin", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Auktionshauses möchte ich die überlebenswichtige Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender und nötiger Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Als kleines Auktionshaus bleibt mir nur die internationale Anbindung, da ich nur im deutschen Markt nicht existieren könnte. Meine Auktionen laufen live auf einer Online-Plattform, die internationale Märkte anspricht. Ohne diese Anbindung muss ich mein Betrieb einstellen, da die zusätzlichen Kosten der PPWR nicht erwirtschaftet werden können. Ich müsste mich im jeden Land anmelden, da ich nicht wissen kann, aus welchem Land gekauft wird, ohne zu wissen ob überhaupt gekauft wird. Die PPWR wirkt de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Clarissa Semprich", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small auction house, I would like to take this vital opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious and necessary step towards growth, without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. As a small auction house, I only retain international connectivity, as I could only not exist in the German market. My auctions run live on an online platform that addresses international markets. Without this connection, I will have to stop my operations, as the additional costs of the PPWR cannot be recouped. I would have to register in each country, as I cannot know which country is being bought from without knowing whether it is being bought at all. The PPWR operates as a de facto entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Clarissa Semprich", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557496_en"}, {"id": 33557494, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:35:28", "country": "CHE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "phiin.studio", "feedback": "phiin studio is a one-person independent fashion label based in Switzerland, selling directly to customers in the EU in very small quantities. We fully support the objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the implementation of EPR obligations for cross-border distance sales creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses. For a one-person business like ours, appointing authorised representatives and fulfilling separate administrative and registration requirements in multiple Member States can result in annual fixed compliance costs that are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. In some countries, we may only ship a few parcels per year. For a one-person micro-business like ours, these fixed compliance costs can make cross-border sales economically impossible. We may be forced to stop serving customers in many EU Member States, not because of the environmental costs of our packaging, but because of disproportionate fixed administrative and representation costs. For very small businesses, this is not merely an administrative inconvenience. Such fixed costs can threaten the economic viability and ultimately the existence of the business itself, particularly when compliance costs bear no reasonable relation to the number of parcels or the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. A large company can distribute these fixed costs across thousands or millions of orders. A one-person business cannot. This creates a significant competitive disadvantage for the smallest businesses and risks excluding them from cross-border European trade. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging, or alternatively a simplified EU-wide registration and representation system for cross-border sellers. Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. Compliance requirements should not unintentionally create barriers to the European market that disproportionately affect micro-businesses while being easily absorbed by large companies. A simplified and proportionate system would allow one-person businesses and small independent labels like ours to remain compliant, continue serving customers across Europe and contribute fairly to the environmental objectives of the PPWR without putting the survival of their businesses at risk.", "feedbackEnglish": "phiin studio is a one-person independent fashion label based in Switzerland, selling directly to customers in the EU in very small quantities. We fully support the objectives of the PPWR and the principle that businesses should take responsibility for the packaging they place on the market. However, the implementation of EPR obligations for cross-border distance sales creates a disproportionate burden for micro-businesses. For a one-person business like ours, appointing authorised representatives and fulfilling separate administrative and registration requirements in multiple Member States can result in annual fixed compliance costs that are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging placed on the market. In some countries, we may only ship a few parcels per year. For a one-person micro-business like ours, these fixed compliance costs can make cross-border sales economically impossible. We may be forced to stop serving customers in many EU Member States, not because of the environmental costs of our packaging, but because of disproportionate fixed administrative and representation costs. For very small businesses, this is not merely an administrative inconvenience. Such fixed costs can threaten the economic viability and ultimately the existence of the business itself, particularly when compliance costs bear no reasonable relation to the number of parcels or the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. A large company can distribute these fixed costs across thousands or millions of orders. A one-person business cannot. This creates a significant competitive disadvantage for the smallest businesses and risks excluding them from cross-border European trade. We therefore strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging, or alternatively a simplified EU-wide registration and representation system for cross-border sellers. Environmental responsibility should be proportional to the amount of packaging placed on the market. Compliance requirements should not unintentionally create barriers to the European market that disproportionately affect micro-businesses while being easily absorbed by large companies. A simplified and proportionate system would allow one-person businesses and small independent labels like ours to remain compliant, continue serving customers across Europe and contribute fairly to the environmental objectives of the PPWR without putting the survival of their businesses at risk.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557494_en"}, {"id": 33557493, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:33:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Liebe Mitglieder der Kommission, vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit hier zu Wort zu kommen. Ich betreibe seit 5 Jahren einen Online-Handel und seitdem kommen stetig neue Regelungen und Pflichten dazu. Die PPWR finde ich grundsätzlich sehr sinnvoll, denn Müll zu vermeiden, ist immer begrüßenswert. Allerdings kann es doch nicht sein, dass ich als Händler inner habl der EU in jedem Land separat melden und zahlen muss. Wofür sind wir denn eine Gemeinschaft? Und war es nicht irgendwann mal das Ziel den EU Markt zu stärken und auch gegenüber asiatische Dumping-Angeboten zu schützen? Von allen Neuerungen, die ich bisher mitgemacht habe, hat diese den größten (und wahrscheinlich am schlechtestesn durchdachten) Einfluss, um nicht dirwkt Schaden zu sagen, auf die europäische Händlergemeinschft. Dies stärkt monopolistische Konzerne, die Ihre Steuern in Irland (oder gar nicht) zahlen und den EU-externen Importhandel. Für alle anderen ist es ein Desaster. Vielen Dank für's Zuhören & beste Grüße aus Hamburg Sebastian Heit", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Commissioners, Thank you for the opportunity to take the floor here. I have been selling online for 5 years and since then new rules and obligations have been in place. In principle, I find the PPWR very useful, as avoiding waste is always to be welcomed. However, as a trader within the EU, I cannot have to report and pay separately in each country. What are we a community for? And was it not the aim at some point to strengthen the EU market and also to protect it from Asian dumping offers? Of all the innovations I have seen so far, they have the greatest (and probably the worst thought) impact on the European dealership community, so as not to say badly. This strengthens monopolistic groups that pay their taxes in Ireland (or not at all) and extra-EU import trade. For all others, it is a disaster. Thank you for listening and best regards from Hamburg Sebastian Heit", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557493_en"}, {"id": 33557492, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:32:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "brixx-fox", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen deutschen Onlinehandel für LEGO-Sets, Einzelteile und Minifiguren. Mit vier Mitarbeitenden bearbeiten wir jährlich etwa 1.200 bis 1.500 Bestellungen. Über diverse Plattformen verkaufen wir auch in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Die Bestellmengen unterscheiden sich jedoch stark: Während wir in einigen Ländern regelmäßig verkaufen, gehen in anderen nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr ein. Die geplante Pflicht, für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem Zielland einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen, ist für Unternehmen unserer Größe kaum umsetzbar. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf könnte einen separaten Vertrag sowie zusätzliche Registrierungs-, Gebühren- und Meldepflichten auslösen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig EU-Zielmärkten entstünden ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse und Fixkosten unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete in das jeweilige Land versendet werden. Diese Kosten stehen bei kleinen Versandmengen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie können nicht wirtschaftlich auf wenige Verkäufe umgelegt werden. Wir müssten deshalb voraussichtlich zahlreiche EU-Länder vom Versand ausschließen. Eine solche Marktzutrittsschwelle widerspricht dem Ziel eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarkts. Hinzu kommt, dass ein wesentlicher Teil unseres Geschäfts auf dem Weiterverkauf und der weiteren Nutzung vorhandener LEGO-Artikel beruht. Produkte und Einzelteile bleiben dadurch länger im Wirtschaftskreislauf, statt entsorgt und ersetzt zu werden. Nachhaltigkeitsvorgaben sollten solche Geschäftsmodelle fördern und nicht durch unverhältnismäßige Verwaltungskosten behindern. Ich schlage daher folgende Lösungen vor: 1. Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sollten anhand von Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Mitgliedstaat ausgenommen werden. Mindestens sollte eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten, die sich an der Zahl der Sendungen oder der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge orientiert. 2. Erforderlich ist eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung: eine zentrale Registrierung, ein Vertragsverhältnis, einmalige Fixkosten und eine gemeinsame Meldung für alle Mitgliedstaaten. Ein Dienstleister, der weiterhin pro Land separate Verträge und Gebühren verlangt, löst das Problem nicht. 3. Verpackungskategorien, Mengenermittlung und Meldeformate sollten EU-weit vereinheitlicht werden. Einmal erfasste Daten müssen zentral übermittelt und an die betroffenen Mitgliedstaaten weitergeleitet werden können. Kleine Onlinehändler verfügen weder über eigene Rechts- und Compliance-Abteilungen noch können sie länderbezogene Fixkosten auf große Verkaufsvolumen verteilen. Ohne Ausnahmen, Bagatellgrenzen und einen echten One-Stop-Shop wird die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht viele kleine Händler aus dem europäischen grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängen. Ich bitte Sie daher, die tatsächlichen Verhältnisse kleiner Onlinehändler bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung der PPWR-Herstellerregister angemessen zu berücksichtigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small German online shop for LEGO sets, individual parts and mini-figures. With four employees, we process around 1200 to 1500 orders a year. We also sell to other EU Member States through various platforms. However, the quantities ordered vary greatly: While in some countries we sell regularly, in others we receive only a few orders per year. The envisaged obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in each destination country is hardly feasible for companies of our size. A single sale could trigger a separate contract as well as additional registration, fees and reporting obligations. Ten or twenty EU target markets would generate the same number of contractual relationships and fixed costs regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are shipped to the country in question. These costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volume in the case of small shipments. They cannot be economically allocated to a small number of sales. We would therefore probably have to exclude many EU countries from shipping. Such a market entry threshold runs counter to the objective of a single European market. In addition, a significant part of our business is based on the resale and continued use of existing LEGO items. As a result, products and individual parts remain in the economic circuit for longer, rather than being disposed of and replaced. Sustainability requirements should encourage such business models and should not be hampered by disproportionate administrative costs. I therefore propose the following solutions: 1. Micro and small enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State on the basis of staff headcount and annual turnover. At least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply, based on the number of consignments or the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. 2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution is needed: a central registration, a contractual relationship, one-off fixed costs and a common reporting for all Member States. A service provider who continues to charge separate contracts and fees per country does not solve the problem. 3. Packaging categories, quantity determination and reporting formats should be harmonised across the EU. Once collected, it must be possible to send data centrally and forward them to the Member States concerned. Small online traders do not have their own legal and compliance departments, nor can they spread country-specific fixed costs over large volumes of sales. Without exemptions, de minimis thresholds and a genuine one-stop shop, the obligation to have an authorised representative will push many small traders out of European cross-border trade. I would therefore ask you to take due account of the actual situation of small online traders when further developing the PPWR producer registers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557492_en"}, {"id": 33557491, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:32:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ECOM Electronic Components Trading GmbH ", "feedback": "Als mittelständische B2B- und B2C-Händler für IT-Hardware, die Verpackungen in mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten in Verkehr bringen, nehmen wir zur vorliegenden Durchführungsverordnung wie folgt Stellung. Wir begrüßen das in Erwägungsgrund (2) der PPWR formulierte Ziel ausdrücklich, Vorschriften festzulegen, die zu einem effizienten Funktionieren des Binnenmarkts beitragen, indem nationale Maßnahmen harmonisiert werden\". Unsere Stellungnahme richtet sich nicht gegen dieses Ziel, sondern zeigt auf, dass das System nationaler Herstellerregister mit Art. 3 Abs. 3 EUV und dem Harmonisierungsanspruch der PPWR strukturell unvereinbar ist. 1. Nationale Register fragmentieren den Binnenmarkt Die Pflicht zur Registrierung in einem separaten nationalen Register je Mitgliedstaat errichtet für jede grenzüberschreitende Liefertätigkeit eine eigenständige bürokratische Marktzugangsschranke. Für ein KMU, bedeutet dies fünf Registrierungsverfahren, Meldeprozesse und die Beauftragung nationaler Bevollmächtigter je Land. Diese Belastung trifft KMUs überproportional. Hinzu kommt, obwohl die PPWR als Verordnung gilt, schreiben die Mitgliedstaaten unterschiedliche Verpackungskategorien für die Mengenmeldung vor. Dieselbe Verpackungseinheit muss je nach Zielland unterschiedlich kategorisiert werden. Unternehmen sind daher gezwungen, länderspezifische interne Statistiken zu führen auch wenn sie nur eine einzige standardisierte Versandverpackung verwenden. Die vorliegende Durchführungsverordnung harmonisiert das Format, nicht aber die materiellen Kategorien. Sie adressiert das Symptom, nicht die Ursache. 2. Divergierende Auslegungspraxis nationaler Registerorganisationen Selbst bei formal einheitlichem Format weichen die Auslegungen zentraler Rechtsbegriffe zwischen nationalen Organisationen erheblich voneinander ab. Als Beispiel sei die in Deutschland geführte Diskussion zur Erzeugereigenschaft genannt. Dort wurde zeitweise vertreten, dass das Aufbringen eines Versandlabels auf eine Verpackung für die Begründung der Erzeugereigenschaft ausreicht eine Auffassung, die in anderen Mitgliedstaaten nicht geteilt wurde und erhebliche Rechtsunsicherheit erzeugte. Ein harmonisiertes Meldeformat löst dieses Problem nicht. 3. Parallele Problemlage bei der Batterieverordnung (EU) 2023/1542 Die beschriebene Fragmentierung tritt strukturell identisch bei der BattVO auf. Unterschiedliche Batteriekategorien, abweichende Abgabenhöhen, divergierende Begriffsauslegungen in nationalen Registern bei gleichem Harmonisierungsziel in Erwägungsgrund (2) der BattVO. Wir empfehlen der Kommission, beide Regulierungsbereiche im Hinblick auf eine konsolidierte Lösung zusammenzudenken. 4. Empfehlung: Unionsweites Herstellerregister Wir empfehlen die Entwicklung eines einzigen unionsweiten Herstellerregisters mit einheitlichen Verpackungskategorien, einheitlichen Meldeformaten und verbindlicher Begriffsauslegung. Die Verteilung der Abgaben an nationale Abfallwirtschaftssysteme könnte durch das zentrale Register erfolgen analog zum umsatzsteuerrechtlichen One-Stop-Shop-Verfahren, das die technische und rechtliche Machbarkeit eines solchen Ansatzes belegt. Solange ein unionsweites Register nicht realisiert werden kann, bitten wir die Kommission zumindest sicherzustellen, dass die Durchführungsverordnung einheitliche Materialdefinitionen und Verpackungskategorien für alle Mitgliedstaaten verbindlich festlegt, sodass Unternehmen aus denselben internen Daten Meldungen in alle Mitgliedstaaten erstellen können.", "feedbackEnglish": "As medium-sized B2B and B2C traders in IT hardware placing packaging on the market in several EU Member States, we would like to make the following comments on this Implementing Regulation. We expressly welcome the objective set out in recital (2) of the PPWR to lay down rules that contribute to the efficient functioning of the internal market by harmonising national measures”. Our opinion is not directed against this objective, but shows that the system of national registers of producers is structurally incompatible with Article 3(3) TEU and the PPWR’s right to harmonisation. 1. National registers fragment the internal market. The obligation to register in a separate national register per Member State creates a separate bureaucratic barrier to market access for each cross-border supply activity. For an SME, this means five registration procedures, reporting processes and the use of national representatives per country. This burden disproportionately affects SMEs. In addition, although the PPWR is considered to be a regulation, Member States require different packaging categories for the reporting of quantities. The same packaging unit has to be categorised differently depending on the destination country. Companies are therefore forced to keep country-by-country internal statistics, even if they use only one standardised shipping packaging. This Implementing Regulation harmonises the format but not the material categories. It addresses the symptom, not the cause. 2. Divergent interpretation practices by national register organisations, even in a formally uniform format, differ considerably between national organisations in the interpretation of key legal concepts. One example is the discussion in Germany on the status of producer. At times, it was argued there that the affixing of a shipping label to packaging was sufficient to establish the status of producer, a view which was not shared in other Member States and which created considerable legal uncertainty. A harmonised reporting format does not solve this problem. 3. The fragmentation described is structurally identical to the BattVO. Different battery categories, different tax levels, divergent interpretations of terms in national registers, with the same harmonisation objective in recital (2) of the BattVO. We recommend that the Commission should merge both regulatory areas with a view to finding a consolidated solution. 4. Recommendation: Union-wide register of producers We recommend the development of a single Union-wide register of producers with uniform packaging categories, uniform reporting formats and binding interpretation of terms. The distribution of the levies to national waste management systems could be carried out through the central register in the same way as the VAT one-stop-shop procedure, which proves the technical and legal feasibility of such an approach. As long as a Union-wide register cannot be implemented, we ask the Commission at least to ensure that the Implementing Regulation sets out uniform material definitions and packaging categories on a mandatory basis for all Member States, so that companies can report from the same internal data to all Member States.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557491_en"}, {"id": 33557490, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:31:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Garten-Geschenke", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels für hochwertige Gartenwerkzeuge möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Deutschland Garten-Geschenke Guido Breimann", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop for high-quality gardening tools, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. [Complimentary close] Guido Breimann, garden gift from Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557490_en"}, {"id": 33557488, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:31:08", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the EU's goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I believe that the rules must be proportionate to the scale of the business. I am a parent of young children and I run a very small online shop. I only send a few packages to customers in the EU each year, and the amount of packaging I place on the market is extremely small. For me, this small business is much more than an income. It allows me to maintain part of my professional identity, to be independent, creative and useful while raising my children. This is why I am concerned that complex national registrations, fees, reporting requirements and other obligations could make selling within the EU practically impossible for micro-businesses operating at such a small scale. I am not asking for an exemption from environmental rules. I am asking for a **proportionate system**. Please introduce a meaningful threshold for micro-businesses below which complex registration is not required, as well as a simple and affordable procedure for businesses placing only minimal amounts of packaging on the market. Small businesses should not be forced to give up access to the European market because of costs and administrative burdens that are disproportionate to their actual environmental impact. Behind every micro-business there is a person. Sometimes this small business is one of the few ways for that person to remain professionally active and preserve a part of themselves while caring for their family. Please ensure that environmental protection and support for small businesses can go hand in hand.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EU's goal of reducing packaging waste and protecting the environment. However, I believe that the rules must be proportionate to the scale of the business. I am a parent of young children and I run a very small online shop. I only send a few packages to customers in the EU each year, and the amount of packaging I place on the market is extremely small. For me, this small business is much more than an income. It allows me to maintain part of my professional identity, to be independent, creative and useful while raising my children. This is why I am concerned that complex national registrations, fees, reporting requirements and other obligations could make selling within the EU practically impossible for micro-businesses operating at such a small scale. I am not asking for an exemption from environmental rules. I am asking for a **proportionate system**. Please introduce a meaningful threshold for micro-businesses below which complex registration is not required, as well as a simple and affordable procedure for businesses placing only minimal amounts of packaging on the market. Small businesses should not be forced to give up access to the European market because of costs and administrative burdens that are disproportionate to their actual environmental impact. Behind every micro-business there is a person. Sometimes this small business is one of the few ways for that person to remain professionally active and preserve a part of themselves while caring for their family. Please ensure that environmental protection and support for small businesses can go hand in hand.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557488_en"}, {"id": 33557486, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:30:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Als Kleinhändler kritisiere ich die undifferenzierte Verpflichtung zur Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten in jedem Lieferland als das Gegenteil dessen, als was die EU angetreten ist: statt den Warenaustausch zwischen den Partnerländern zu fördern und zu vereinfachen, behindert sie die massiv. Wir haben zum 12.8. den Versand an Endkunden in insgesamt 10 Länder einstellen müssen. Betroffen sind die Staaten, wo wir gerade begonnen hatten, den Markt zu entwickeln. Es rechnet sich nicht, wenn man gerade erst auf einem neuen Markt starten will. Da wir Wintersportprodukte verkaufen, treffen uns neben dem Klimawandel die Handelsbehinderungen durch die Eu-Vorgaben mit dem PPWR mit besonderer Härte. So geht es nicht, wenn man einen lebendigen Handel entwickeln und einen europäischen Gemeinschaftsgedanken implementieren will! PPWR ist genau das Gegenteil, das die Big Player nicht weiter stören wird, aber uns Kleinunternehmen zum Scheitern verurteilt. Differenzierte Richtlinien und ein Blick auf alle Marktteilnehmer sind gefragt. Bitte ändern Sie die PPWR umgehend!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small retailer, I criticise the undifferentiated obligation to appoint authorised representatives in each supplier country as the opposite of what the EU has done: instead of promoting and facilitating trade in goods between partner countries, it is a major obstacle. On 12 August, we had to stop shipping to final customers in a total of 10 countries. The countries concerned are those where we had just started to develop the market. It is not expected to start in a new market. As we sell winter sports products, in addition to climate change, the obstacles to trade caused by the EU requirements with the PPWR are hitting us particularly hard. This is not the case if you want to develop a vibrant trade and implement a European Community idea! PPWR is exactly the opposite, which will not disrupt the Big Players any more, but it will condemn us small businesses to fail. Differentiated directives and a glance at all market participants are needed. Please change the PPWR immediately!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557486_en"}, {"id": 33557485, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:29:57", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As an independent artist, I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and national EPR registers. This law is completely unsustainable for micro-businesses and individual creators. For many of us, cross-border shipping to customers worldwide is our primary source of income. Forcing a sole trader to comply with complex bureaucracy, high fees, and separate registrations in 27 different EU countries is practically impossible and completely disproportionate. This regulation does not penalize big corporations; instead, it destroys the livelihoods and dreams of small artists and artisans. Please do not kill our small businesses. We urgently need a single EU-wide registration portal and a minimum threshold (de minimis exemption) for small-volume sellers. This current system is unsustainable.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an independent artist, I am writing to express my deepest concern regarding the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and national EPR registers. This law is completely unsustainable for micro-businesses and individual creators. For many of us, cross-border shipping to customers worldwide is our primary source of income. Forcing a sole trader to comply with complex bureaucracy, high fees, and separate registrations in 27 different EU countries is practically impossible and completely disproportionate. This regulation does not penalize big corporations; instead, it destroys the livelihoods and dreams of small artists and artisans. Please do not kill our small businesses. We urgently need a single EU-wide registration portal and a minimum threshold (de minimis exemption) for small-volume sellers. This current system is unsustainable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557485_en"}, {"id": 33557483, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:27:35", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "gravurART", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Seit 12.08. haben wir den Versand in das EU Ausland wegen eben dieser Verpackungsordnung gestoppt. Wir sind von bürokratischen Hürden derart gefordert, dass für die eigentlichen Arbeitsabläufe keine Zeit mehr bleibt. Wenn dem kleinen Händler das Leben derart erschwert wird, wird es mich und andere kleine und mittlere Händler zukünftig nicht mehr geben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Manuela Eichhorn", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Since 12 August, we have stopped shipping to other EU countries because of this packaging order. We are faced with such bureaucratic hurdles that there is no time left for the actual workflows. If the small trader’s life is made so difficult, I and other small and medium-sized traders will no longer exist in the future. Yours sincerely, Manuela Eichhorn", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557483_en"}, {"id": 33557482, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:27:12", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Jactio e.U.", "feedback": "The current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is completely impractical for small and medium-sized businesses selling across the EU. My company has annual sales of approximately EUR 500,000 and sells products to customers in several EU Member States. The actual packaging fees generated by these sales are very low. In many countries, however, the minimum annual fees for participation in a packaging scheme, together with the cost of appointing an authorised representative, are significantly higher than the actual environmental fees for the packaging placed on the market. The main problem is therefore not the packaging fee itself, but the enormous administrative burden. For every Member State, a business may have to find a different compliance scheme, understand different registration procedures, sign separate contracts, appoint a local authorised representative, submit different reports and keep track of different deadlines and national requirements. This is simply not administrable for a small company. I would much rather pay three or even five times the actual packaging fees if, in return, there were a simple EU-wide system for small quantities. For example, companies below a certain packaging volume or annual turnover threshold could pay a standard flat-rate fee per Member State, without the need for separate authorised representatives and extensive reporting obligations. The EU already has a good example of how cross-border administration can be simplified: the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). Instead of registering and filing VAT returns separately in every Member State, businesses can report their cross-border B2C sales centrally. For packaging EPR, the approach is almost the opposite. A company selling throughout the EU may effectively have to deal with up to 27 different national systems and service providers. There is no central EU portal where a business can register, report packaging quantities and pay the applicable fees. This creates disproportionate costs and directly discourages SMEs from participating in the Single Market. In our case, the practical consequence is that we are now considering stopping EU-wide shipping altogether and concentrating our sales on Germany, our largest market. It is economically irrational to maintain registrations, representatives and reporting systems in multiple smaller markets when the compliance costs can exceed the actual packaging fees and, in some cases, even the profit generated in those countries. This is not an isolated reaction. As can already be seen in various media reports and industry discussions, many small and medium-sized online retailers are responding in exactly the same way: they are restricting cross-border sales, withdrawing from smaller EU markets or concentrating only on their largest national markets. If this becomes the standard response among thousands of SMEs, the cumulative economic effect will be substantial. Reduced cross-border trade means fewer sales, less competition, fewer growth opportunities for smaller businesses and ultimately a measurable loss of economic activity within the European Union. This is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Instead of making cross-border trade easier, the current system creates a strong incentive for SMEs to retreat to one or two national markets. The EU should urgently introduce a simplified system for SMEs and businesses placing only small quantities of packaging on the market. A central EU registration and reporting portal, comparable to OSS, combined with flat-rate or simplified fees below defined thresholds, would achieve the environmental objective while reducing unnecessary bureaucracy. The current system does not encourage sustainable cross-border trade. In practice, it encourages SMEs to stop selling across borders and risks causing a significant reduction in economic activity across the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is completely impractical for small and medium-sized businesses selling across the EU. My company has annual sales of approximately EUR 500,000 and sells products to customers in several EU Member States. The actual packaging fees generated by these sales are very low. In many countries, however, the minimum annual fees for participation in a packaging scheme, together with the cost of appointing an authorised representative, are significantly higher than the actual environmental fees for the packaging placed on the market. The main problem is therefore not the packaging fee itself, but the enormous administrative burden. For every Member State, a business may have to find a different compliance scheme, understand different registration procedures, sign separate contracts, appoint a local authorised representative, submit different reports and keep track of different deadlines and national requirements. This is simply not administrable for a small company. I would much rather pay three or even five times the actual packaging fees if, in return, there were a simple EU-wide system for small quantities. For example, companies below a certain packaging volume or annual turnover threshold could pay a standard flat-rate fee per Member State, without the need for separate authorised representatives and extensive reporting obligations. The EU already has a good example of how cross-border administration can be simplified: the VAT One Stop Shop (OSS). Instead of registering and filing VAT returns separately in every Member State, businesses can report their cross-border B2C sales centrally. For packaging EPR, the approach is almost the opposite. A company selling throughout the EU may effectively have to deal with up to 27 different national systems and service providers. There is no central EU portal where a business can register, report packaging quantities and pay the applicable fees. This creates disproportionate costs and directly discourages SMEs from participating in the Single Market. In our case, the practical consequence is that we are now considering stopping EU-wide shipping altogether and concentrating our sales on Germany, our largest market. It is economically irrational to maintain registrations, representatives and reporting systems in multiple smaller markets when the compliance costs can exceed the actual packaging fees and, in some cases, even the profit generated in those countries. This is not an isolated reaction. As can already be seen in various media reports and industry discussions, many small and medium-sized online retailers are responding in exactly the same way: they are restricting cross-border sales, withdrawing from smaller EU markets or concentrating only on their largest national markets. If this becomes the standard response among thousands of SMEs, the cumulative economic effect will be substantial. Reduced cross-border trade means fewer sales, less competition, fewer growth opportunities for smaller businesses and ultimately a measurable loss of economic activity within the European Union. This is the opposite of what the European Single Market should achieve. Instead of making cross-border trade easier, the current system creates a strong incentive for SMEs to retreat to one or two national markets. The EU should urgently introduce a simplified system for SMEs and businesses placing only small quantities of packaging on the market. A central EU registration and reporting portal, comparable to OSS, combined with flat-rate or simplified fees below defined thresholds, would achieve the environmental objective while reducing unnecessary bureaucracy. The current system does not encourage sustainable cross-border trade. In practice, it encourages SMEs to stop selling across borders and risks causing a significant reduction in economic activity across the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557482_en"}, {"id": 33557481, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:26:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AS-WEBSHOP", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten PPWR-Umsetzung hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem klaren Anspruch, geltendes Recht einzuhalten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung grundlegend: Bereits ein einziger Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen entsprechend viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto als Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer die Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich schlage daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vor: Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen Kleinstunternehmer sollten nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland greifen, unterhalb derer keine eigene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht besteht. Echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung Die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, reicht in der Praxis nicht aus. Händler schließen weiterhin pro Land eigene Verträge ab und tragen die Fixkosten unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Notwendig ist eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung Die Datenübermittlung an Bevollmächtigte bzw. an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle sollte technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten. Sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer nur auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen verteilt. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diesen Unterschied berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andre Seidler", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly critical point of the planned PPWR implementation: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of my own, but with the clear aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR is fundamentally changing this account: A single sale in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. Ten or twenty relevant target markets create a correspondingly large number of separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five or five hundred parcels are sold. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act as de facto entry thresholds: Those who cannot pass on the costs to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the objective of the internal market. I therefore propose that the following points be examined: Exemption for micro-enterprises Micro-entrepreneurs should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. Undertakings which exceed these limits but only send small quantities across borders should be subject to at least one de minimis limit per destination country, below which there is no separate obligation to have an authorised representative. Genuine one-stop-shop solution The mere possibility of contracting central service providers is not sufficient in practice. Traders continue to conclude their own contracts per country and bear the fixed costs regardless of the actual volume of sales. There is a need for a genuine one-stop-shop solution that allows registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Standardised data transmission The transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small businesses are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They share the same fixed costs as large market players only over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this difference into account would allow me and many other small traders to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Andre Seidler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557481_en"}, {"id": 33557480, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:26:06", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Designholz.com - Mathias Pfeifhofer", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Unternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland inkl UK und CH bislang ein extrem wichtiger Punkt & Wachstumsschritt gewesen (ca 40% gehen bei uns uns Ausland, zudem haben wir gerade investiert und eine neue größere Halle gemietet die extrem teuer ist) ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei 20 oder 30 relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das 20 oder 30 separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort 2 Pakete oder 50 verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen ABSOLUT in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts und das ist ein gezieltes kaputtmachen von kleinen Unternehmen. Ich selbst muss meinen Shop für 15-20 Länder abschalten. Wir haben viele Stammkunden die seit 10-15 Jahren immer wieder mal etwas bestellen . diese Kunden kann ich leider nicht mehr bedienen, der soziale und finanzielle Schaden ist dabei auch enorm. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten kleine Unternehmen nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Zudem ist die die Bürokratie über Ermittlung der Verpackungsmengen für uns kleine Unternehmer der absolute Wahnsinn - wer soll die ganzen Verpackungen erfassen für jedes einzelne Land ? wer soll das alles dokumentieren und melden, und wer soll alle einzelne Verpackungen zertifizieren. wir versenden viele individuelle Pakete alles indiv. verpackt. einfach die industrustriellen Herstellter/Erzeuger von Verpackungsmaterial kontrollieren! Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. beste Grüße M Pfeifhofer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me as an entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU, including the UK and CH, has been an extremely important point and a step forward in terms of growth (about 40 % go abroad with us, we have also just invested and rented a new larger hall, which is extremely expensive) without a legal department of my own, but with the ambition of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For 20 or 30 relevant target markets, this means 20 or 30 separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell 2 parcels or 50. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very aim of the internal market and is a targeted break-up of small businesses. I myself have to shut down my shop for 15-20 countries. We have many regular customers who have repeatedly ordered something for 10-15 years. Unfortunately, I can no longer serve these customers. The social and financial damage is also enormous. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, according to the known limits on staff headcount and turnover, small undertakings should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint a representative. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. In addition, the bureaucracy involved in determining the quantities of packaging is absolutely madness for our small operators – who should record the entire packaging for each individual country, who should document and report all this, and who should certify all individual packaging. We send many individual packages all indiv. We simply check the inductively produced/manufactured packaging material! Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A definition of the obligation to appoint representatives that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than restricting us to the German market for reasons of cost.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557480_en"}, {"id": 33557479, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:25:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Repa UG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleineren Online-Handels nutze ich die Gelegenheit, um auf einen aus der Praxis besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister aufmerksam zu machen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Inhaber ist der Vertrieb ins EU-Ausland bisher ein logischer und wichtiger Wachstumsschritt gewesen stets mit dem Anspruch, alle rechtlichen Vorgaben korrekt einzuhalten, allerdings ohne den Wasserkopf einer eigenen Rechtsabteilung. Die geplante PPWR verändert diese Kalkulation drastisch: Sobald Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat geliefert wird, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen kostenpflichtigen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen. Bei 10 oder 20 relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das 10 bis 20 separate Verträge, Gebührenmodelle und Meldewege völlig unabhängig davon, ob ich dorthin 5 oder 500 Pakete versende. Diese pauschalen Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem realistischen Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleinerer Händler. Sie wirken in der Praxis wie eine massive Marktzutrittsschranke: Wer diese Kosten nicht auf ein riesiges Verkaufsvolumen umlegen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel gezwungenermaßen einstellen. Das läuft dem eigentlichen Grundgedanken eines freien europäischen Binnenmarkts komplett entgegen. Ich schlage daher folgende konkrete Punkte zur Prüfung vor: Freistellungs- und Bagatellgrenzen: Kleinstunternehmen sollten sich orientierend an den bekannten Schwellenwerten für Umsatz und Mitarbeiterzahl generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausnehmen lassen. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Grenzwerte, die aber nur kleine Mengen exportieren, muss mindestens eine praxisnahe Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland greifen, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter bestellt werden muss. Echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung statt teurer Bündelung: Die reine Möglichkeit, Dienstleister für mehrere Länder zu nutzen, löst das Problem in der Praxis nicht. Auch heute muss man für jedes Land Einzelverträge abschließen und volle Fixkosten zahlen. Wir brauchen ein echtes, zentrales Single-Window-System (One-Stop-Shop), über das Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle EU-Staaten zentral und mit einmaligen Fixkosten abgewickelt werden können. Technisch standardisierte Datenübermittlung: Die Übermittlung von Verpackungsdaten an Anlaufstellen muss technisch vereinheitlicht werden, damit einmal erfasste Daten nicht für jedes Land aufwendig manuell umformatiert werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine Miniatur-Großkonzerne mit proportional kleineren Pflichten wir tragen exakt dieselben bürokratischen und finanziellen Fixkosten, müssen diese aber auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen umlegen. Eine praxistaugliche Ausgestaltung dieser Pflichten würde es mir und vielen anderen Händlern überhaupt erst ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt aktiv zu nutzen, anstatt uns aus Kostengründen rein auf den deutschen Markt zurückzuziehen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Zacharias Remus", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as operators of smaller online sales, I take this opportunity to draw attention to a particularly critical point in practice regarding the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as owner, marketing in other EU countries has always been a logical and important step towards growth, with the aim of complying correctly with all legal requirements, but without the head of water of a separate legal department. The planned PPWR drastically changes this calculation: Once goods are delivered to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint a paid agent there. For 10 or 20 relevant target markets, this means 10 to 20 separate contracts, fee models and reporting channels, regardless of whether I send 5 or 500 packages there. These flat-rate fixed costs per country are not realistic in relation to the actual packaging volumes of smaller traders. In practice, they act as a massive barrier to entry: Those who cannot pass these costs on to a huge volume of sales will be forced to stop cross-border trade. This completely runs counter to the very idea of a free European internal market. I therefore propose the following specific points for consideration: Exemption and de minimis thresholds: Micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint representatives on the basis of the known turnover and staff headcount thresholds. For companies above these limits but exporting only small quantities, there must be at least one practical de minimis limit per target country below which no separate authorised representative needs to be appointed. Real one-stop-shop solution instead of expensive bundling: The mere possibility to use service providers for several countries does not solve the problem in practice. Even today, one has to conclude specific contracts for each country and pay full fixed costs. We need a real, single-window system (one-stop-shop) through which registration and reporting obligations for all EU countries can be handled centrally and with one-off fixed costs. Technically standardised data transmission: The transmission of packaging data to contact points needs to be technically standardised so that once collected data does not have to be manually re-formatted on a burdensome basis for each country. Small companies are not large-scale miniature companies with proportionally smaller obligations. We bear exactly the same fixed administrative and financial costs, but must pass them on to a much smaller volume of business. Making these obligations workable would enable me and many other traders to make active use of the European single market in the first place, rather than simply bringing us back to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Zacharias Remus", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557479_en"}, {"id": 33557476, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:22:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pikecraft Fishing", "feedback": "An die EU Kommission bzgl PPWR Ich fordere sie auf die Bevollmächtigenregel und die Registrierung für Unternehmen unter 10 Angestellten und unter 2 Mill. Jahresumsatz zurückzunehmen. Von mir aus eine Zentrale EU Anmeldung des Unternehmens mit einer gesamten Pauschale für alle EU-Länder von max 500 in Jahr. (dieses Geld muss aus ihrer EU Zentralen PPWR Stelle für die EU Länder gestreut werden) bei Millionen von kleinen Händlern und Unternehmen in dieser Größe würde das den Markt in Europa stärken und die Entsorgen auch tragen. Zur Erklärung...wir sind ein Unternehmen mit 3 Angestellten das vor 7 Jahren gegründet wurde mehrere eigene patentierte Produkte in DE herstellt und vertreibt unser Absatzmarkt ist die komplette EU....wir haben sämtliche Vorschriften bis dato in DE erfüllt auch in AT sind wir registriert (sehr teuer & aufwendig) aber was sie hier verlangen, dass wir als kleiner Unternehmen stemmen sollen ist schlichtweg bürokratisch und finanziell nicht umsetzbar!!! Haben sie irgendwann daran gedacht das dies die Kleinen und mittelständische Firmen vor die Tatsache ziehen ob sie weiter Arbeiten können?? Der ganze innereuropäische Binnenmarkt wird hier an die Wand gefahren ohne Wenn und Aber. Hier werden groß Konzerne und Monopole gestärkt und vor allem der asiatische Markt wird uns hier überfluten!! MIT MÜLL DEN SIE ÜBERHAUPT NICHT KONTOLLIEREN KÖNNEN (vom Produkt bis zur Verpackung) Auch haben sie keinerlei zentralisiertes System! wie kann man eine Verordnung hier fixieren, wenn sie keine gesamt Lösung haben? Wir führen bis dato über die OSS die Steuern der Verkäufe in die EU Länder ab , und jetzt? Das ist nun genauso hinfällig und die jeweiligen Länder haben nun genau so Einbusen der Steuereinnahmen. Auch die Zahlungsanbieter der jeweiligen Länder, die in Shop Systemen hinterlegt wurden! Die Onlineshop kosten für mehrsprachige shops das sich jeder EU Kunde zurechtgefunden hat, WEG! Die ganzen Versanddienstleister in der EU werden hier genau die gleichen Umsatz und Einnahme Einbrüche haben wie jeder Händler / Hersteller / Shopbetreiber die bis zu 30% oder mehr des Jahresumsatzes macht. WIE SOLL MAN DAS AUFFANGEN?? wer sitz in solchen Ausschüssen, Lobbyisten, Konzernleitungen von Amazon / Shien und CO? MFG V.R. ceo", "feedbackEnglish": "With regard to PPWR, I call on the European Commission to adopt the power of attorney rule and to register for companies with fewer than 10 employees and less than 2 million employees. Annual turnover. From me, a central EU registration of the company with a total lump sum for all EU countries of max. 500 per year. (this money must be scattered from its EU central PPWR office for the EU countries) for millions of small traders and companies of this size, this would strengthen the market in Europe and also support the disposal of waste. To explain... we are a company with three employees, which was founded 7 years ago and manufactures a number of its own patented products in Germany and sells our sales market in the EU as a whole.... We have so far complied with all the rules in Germany. We are also registered in Austria (very expensive & burdensome), but what they demand here is that we, as small companies, should stem from this is simply bureaucratic and financially unfeasible! At some point, did they think that this would favour small and medium-sized firms over the fact that they would be able to continue working? The entire internal market in Europe is thrown onto the wall here without any hints or hints. Large corporations and monopolies will be strengthened here, and the Asian market in particular will flood us here! Do you MAY NOT account for it (from product to packaging) and do they have no centralised system! How can a regulation be fixed here if they do not have an overall solution? So far, we are paying taxes on sales to EU countries through the OSS, and now? This is now just as no longer the case, and the countries concerned are now receiving the same amount of tax revenue. Also the payment providers of the respective countries that have been deposited in Shop Systems! The online shop costs every EU customer for multilingual shops, WEG! All shipping service providers in the EU will have exactly the same turnover and revenues here as any trader/manufacturer/shop operator who generates up to 30 % or more of the annual turnover. How to catch up with DAS? Who sits on such committees, lobbyists, Amazon/Shien group leaders and CO? MFG V.R. CEO", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557476_en"}, {"id": 33557475, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:20:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben seit Jahren einen Onlineshop und verkaufen auch grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU. Allein in den vergangenen zwei Jahren haben wir zahlreiche neue EU-Vorgaben und Verordnungen umgesetzt. Das gehört zu unserem Geschäft und sinnvolle Regeln stellen wir auch nicht grundsätzlich infrage. Allerdings erleben wir zunehmend, dass neue Anforderungen in der Praxis mit erheblichem Aufwand, Kosten und zusätzlicher Bürokratie verbunden sind und das nicht zum Vorteil der Händler, Verbraucher oder des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Genau diese Sorge haben wir hier bei der PPWR. ich kann die Ziele der PPWR grundsätzlich nachvollziehen. Weniger Verpackungsmüll, mehr Recycling und klare Regeln sind sinnvoll. Was ich aber nicht nachvollziehen kann, ist die Art und Weise, wie diese Regeln in der Praxis gerade für kleinere Händler umgesetzt werden. Für große Konzerne sind zusätzliche Registrierungen, Meldungen, Gebühren und Dokumentationspflichten wahrscheinlich einfach ein weiterer Punkt für die Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung. Für kleine und mittelständische Händler sieht die Realität anders aus. Dort bedeutet jedes zusätzliche Land oft neue Registrierung, neue Gebühren, neue Meldungen, neue Ansprechpartner und zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand. Am Ende muss man sich als kleiner Händler ernsthaft fragen, ob es sich überhaupt noch lohnt, Kunden in einem anderen EU-Land zu beliefern. Und genau das finde ich bemerkenswert: Eigentlich sollte der EU-Binnenmarkt den Handel innerhalb Europas einfacher machen. In der Praxis bekommt man teilweise eher den Eindruck, als müsse man für jedes Land erneut eine kleine Aufnahmeprüfung bestehen. Die Folge wird meiner Meinung nach ziemlich klar sein: Kleine Händler ziehen sich aus einzelnen Ländern zurück, weil Kosten und Aufwand in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis mehr zum Umsatz stehen. Übrig bleiben große Konzerne, große Plattformen und wenige Händler, die sich diese Bürokratie leisten können. Ob das wirklich im Sinne eines vielfältigen und wettbewerbsfähigen Binnenmarktes ist, darf man zumindest bezweifeln. Noch problematischer wird es beim Wettbewerb mit Händlern aus Drittstaaten, insbesondere aus Asien. Europäische Unternehmen sind für Behörden greifbar und müssen ihre Pflichten erfüllen. Bei vielen ausländischen Direktanbietern sieht das in der Praxis bekanntlich anders aus. Wenn europäische Händler jede Registrierung, Gebühr und Dokumentationspflicht korrekt erfüllen müssen, während andere Anbieter die gleichen Vorschriften teilweise schlicht ignorieren können, entsteht kein fairer Wettbewerb. Das Ergebnis wäre dann ziemlich ironisch: Man möchte europäische Umweltstandards stärken, schafft aber gleichzeitig Bedingungen, unter denen europäische Händler Wettbewerbsnachteile haben und Anbieter außerhalb der EU attraktiver werden. Aus meiner Sicht wäre eine echte europäische Lösung deutlich sinnvoller: ein zentrales EU-weites Herstellerregister, einheitliche Regeln, eine zentrale digitale Meldung und klare Bagatellgrenzen für kleinere Händler und geringe Mengen. Warum braucht ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt überhaupt 27 verschiedene Varianten von Registrierung und Bürokratie? Wenn Europa wirtschaftlich enger zusammenwachsen soll, sollte man den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern und nicht mit immer neuen administrativen Hürden versehen. Umweltschutz ist wichtig. Aber Regulierung sollte verhältnismäßig sein und in der Praxis funktionieren. Sie sollte nicht dazu führen, dass kleine europäische Händler aufgeben, während große Konzerne und Anbieter aus Drittstaaten am Ende die Gewinner sind. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür, dass der europäische Binnenmarkt durch die PPWR tatsächlich einfacher, fairer und wettbewerbsfähiger wird und nicht am Ende genau diejenigen Händler ausbremst, die innerhalb Europas grenzüberschreitend handeln wollen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dominique Perreau", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we have been running an online shop for years and we also sell cross-border within the EU. In the past two years alone, we have implemented many new EU rules and regulations. This is part of our business and we do not fundamentally question meaningful rules. However, we are increasingly witnessing that new requirements in practice involve considerable effort, costs and additional bureaucracy, not to the benefit of traders, consumers or the European single market. It is precisely this concern that we have here at the PPWR. I can understand the objectives of the PPWR in principle. Less packaging waste, more recycling and clear rules make sense. What I do not understand, however, is the way in which these rules are implemented in practice, especially for smaller traders. For large groups, additional registrations, notifications, fees and documentation requirements are probably simply another point for the legal or compliance function. For small and medium-sized traders, the reality is different. Where each additional country often means new registration, new fees, new notifications, new contact points and additional administrative burden. At the end of the day, as a small trader, one must seriously question whether it is still worthwhile to supply customers in another EU country. And that is what I find remarkable: The EU single market should make it easier to trade within Europe. In practice, there is sometimes a feeling that there is a need to pass a small admission test again for each country. The consequence will, in my view, be quite clear: Small traders withdraw from individual countries because costs and burdens are no longer reasonable in relation to turnover. There are still big corporations, big platforms and few traders who can afford this bureaucracy. It is at least doubtful whether this is really in the interests of a diverse and competitive internal market. It becomes even more problematic when it comes to competition with traders from third countries, in particular from Asia. European companies are tangible for public authorities and have to fulfil their obligations. As is well known, this is different in practice for many foreign direct sellers. If European traders have to comply correctly with every registration, fee and documentation obligation, while other suppliers can sometimes simply ignore the same rules, fair competition does not arise. The result would then be rather ironic: The aim is to strengthen European environmental standards, while at the same time creating conditions that put European traders at a competitive disadvantage and make non-EU suppliers more attractive. In my view, a truly European solution would make much more sense: a single EU-wide register of producers, uniform rules, a single digital notification and clear de minimis thresholds for smaller traders and small quantities. Why does a single market need 27 different variants of registration and bureaucracy? If Europe is to grow closer together economically, it should facilitate cross-border trade and not be subject to ever-new administrative hurdles. Environmental protection is important. But regulation should be proportionate and work in practice. It should not lead to small European traders giving up, while large corporations and non-EU suppliers are the winners in the end. Please make sure that the PPWR will actually make the European single market simpler, fairer and more competitive and will not ultimately act as a brake on those traders who want to trade across borders within Europe. Yours sincerely, Dominique Perreau", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557475_en"}, {"id": 33557474, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:20:22", "country": "ESP", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "IMPLICA SCRAP PARA ENVASES INDUSTRIALES Y COMERCIALES", "feedback": "IMPLICA, an EPR scheme for commercial and industrial packaging, welcomes a single harmonised format for the register of producers and submits seven observations on the draft Implementing Regulation (Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40): We support identifying each separate system (household, commercial, industrial) and ask that the format allow placing-on-the-market and costs to be allocated among competing schemes by market share, avoiding double counting. We back bulk verification and checks against online platforms; we ask for PRO access to aggregated data, publication by a certain date to calculate market shares, and gap analysis between actual and declared placing on the market as an anti-fraud tool. The format should distinguish reusable/single-use, capture reuse indicators and allow reporting by reuse system operators, separating the reuse phase from the waste phase. Instructions should align with the Commission's Communication of 30/03/2026 on the producer of transport packaging, and Part D of Annex I should standardise how the registration number appears in commercial documentation, preventing the receiving industrial customer from being wrongly classified as importer/producer. Reporting by material should not exclude from the count packaging traced under waste codes other than the packaging chapter, and should avoid disproportionate disaggregation for non-manually-separable multi-material packaging. We support automation, the Digital Product Passport and the \"report once\" principle, with interoperability with schemes' traceability systems. The format should include EU-wide standardised fields for eco-modulation of contributions, avoiding heterogeneous national forms. A detailed document is attached.", "feedbackEnglish": "IMPLICA, an EPR scheme for commercial and industrial packaging, welcomes a single harmonised format for the register of producers and submits seven observations on the draft Implementing Regulation (Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40): We support identifying each separate system (household, commercial, industrial) and ask that the format allow placing-on-the-market and costs to be allocated among competing schemes by market share, avoiding double counting. We back bulk verification and checks against online platforms; we ask for PRO access to aggregated data, publication by a certain date to calculate market shares, and gap analysis between actual and declared placing on the market as an anti-fraud tool. The format should distinguish reusable/single-use, capture reuse indicators and allow reporting by reuse system operators, separating the reuse phase from the waste phase. Instructions should align with the Commission's Communication of 30/03/2026 on the producer of transport packaging, and Part D of Annex I should standardise how the registration number appears in commercial documentation, preventing the receiving industrial customer from being wrongly classified as importer/producer. Reporting by material should not exclude from the count packaging traced under waste codes other than the packaging chapter, and should avoid disproportionate disaggregation for non-manually-separable multi-material packaging. We support automation, the Digital Product Passport and the \"report once\" principle, with interoperability with schemes' traceability systems. The format should include EU-wide standardised fields for eco-modulation of contributions, avoiding heterogeneous national forms. A detailed document is attached.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557474_en"}, {"id": 33557471, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:18:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "fiolini", "feedback": "Die geplanten Regelungen gefährden aus unserer Sicht den europäischen Binnenmarkt für kleine Händler. Ohne echte Bagatellgrenzen und eine einfache One-Stop-Shop-Lösung werden viele kleine Unternehmen den Versand in andere EU-Länder einstellen müssen. Das führt nicht nur zu Umsatz- und Steuereinbußen, sondern gefährdet auch Arbeitsplätze bei kleinen Händlern, Herstellern, Manufakturen und Versanddienstleistern wie DHL, DPD und anderen. Besonders problematisch ist, dass große Plattformen wie Amazon, Temu oder Shein die zusätzlichen Kosten und die Bürokratie weiterhin stemmen können. Kleine Händler dagegen werden faktisch aus dem grenzüberschreitenden EU-Handel gedrängt. Damit geht ein wichtiger Teil der europäischen Vielfalt verloren: Produkte kleiner Manufakturen von Skandinavien bis Südeuropa können dann nicht mehr unkompliziert länderübergreifend angeboten und versendet werden. Der Binnenmarkt würde sich dadurch zunehmend auf große Marktplätze konzentrieren, während kleine Händler und unabhängige Anbieter verschwinden. Um den Binnenmarkt wirklich zu schützen, braucht es zwingend verhältnismäßige Bagatellregelungen für geringe Verpackungsmengen sowie eine zentrale, einfache und kostengünstige EU-weite Registrierung und Meldung.", "feedbackEnglish": "In our view, the planned rules jeopardise the European single market for small traders. Without real de minimis thresholds and a simple one-stop-shop solution, many small businesses will have to stop shipping to other EU countries. This not only leads to a loss of turnover and tax revenue, but also puts jobs at risk among small traders, manufacturers, manufacturers and shipping companies such as DHL, DPD and others. It is particularly problematic that large platforms such as Amazon, Temu or Shein can continue to bear the additional costs and red tape. Small traders, on the other hand, are effectively pushed out of cross-border EU trade. This leads to the loss of an important part of European diversity: Small-scale products from Scandinavia to southern Europe can then no longer easily be offered and dispatched across borders. As a result, the single market would increasingly focus on large marketplaces, while small traders and independent providers would disappear. In order to truly protect the internal market, it is imperative to have proportionate de minimis rules for small quantities of packaging, as well as centralised, simple and inexpensive EU-wide registration and reporting.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557471_en"}, {"id": 33557469, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:15:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "livingpoint24", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Im Letzten Jahr habe ich mehrere Zehntausend Euro in die Hand genommen, um in 6 europäischen Ländern meine Produkte zu verkaufen, jetzt kann ich überlegen, ob ich das Geld zum Fenster rausgeworfen habe! Seit 19 Jahren bin ich selbstständig, die letzten 5 Jahre sind so viele Gesetze dazu gekommen, dass man als Kleinunternehmen mit 2 Angestellten nur noch damit zu tun hat, die Gesetze umzusetzen und einzuhalten. Schafft endlich die BÜROKRATIE innerhalb der EU ab und lasst uns Kleinunternehmer arbeiten! Wir nutzen seit fast 20 Jahren gebrauchte Schuhkartons, sammeln gut erhaltene Kartons bei unserer Nachbarschaft und versenden darin unsere Ware, der Umwelt zuliebe. Wir benutzen nur 10% neue Kartons, welchen Vorteil haben wir davon? KEINEN! Als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ines M.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and Gentlemen, Last year I took tens of thousands of euros to sell my products in 6 European countries, now I can consider whether I put the money into the window! I have been self-employed for 19 years, and over the last 5 years so many laws have come to light that, as a small enterprise with 2 employees, it is only necessary to implement and comply with the laws. Finally, it removes red tape within the EU and lets us work for small entrepreneurs! We have been using used shoe boxes for almost 20 years, collecting well-received boxes from our neighbourhood and shipping our goods that are beneficial to the environment. We only use 10 % of new cartons, what is the advantage? NONE! As a small e-commerce operator, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Ines M.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557469_en"}, {"id": 33557467, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:15:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ulrikeleamoormann.com", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich bin selbstständige Künstlerin, Illustratorin und Designerin aus Aachen, Deutschland. Meine gesamte Selbstständigkeit fußt auf internationalem Geschäft. Und die EU ist mein größter Abnehmermarkt. Ich versende an Endkunden in ganz Europa, direkt von Aachen aus. Mit Einführung der PPWR brechen mir circa 60-80% meiner Einnahmen weg und dies in einer ohnehin schon wirtschaftlich schwierigen Zeit. Sollte es keine Ausnahme von der PPWR hinsichtlich Klein- und KleinstunternehmerInnen geben, werde ich mich gezwungen sehen, Insolvenz anzumelden und meine Selbstständigkeit aufzugeben. Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Ulrike Lea Moormann", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a self-employed artist, illustrator and designer from Aachen, Germany. All my self-employment is based on international business. And the EU is my largest buyer market. I send to end customers all over Europe, directly from Aachen. With the introduction of the PPWR, I will lose around 60-80 % of my revenue at an already economically difficult time. If there is no exception to the PPWR with regard to female small and micro-entrepreneurs, I will be forced to file for insolvency and give up my self-employment. Thank you for your support. Yours sincerely, Ulrike Lea Moormann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557467_en"}, {"id": 33557466, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:13:50", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "scale64.de", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels mit 2 Shops möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland und weltweiter Verkauf bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen und ein ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Und das bei Fixkosten von ca. 300 bis 800 Euro pro Land für die Umsetzung der PPWR! Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen meine ca. 5 bis 10 Sendung ins EU Ausland pro Land im Jahr. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts und kommt einem faktischem Verkaufsverbot in der EU für kleinere Händler gleich. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen André Rohrmüller scale64.de", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop with two shops, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU and worldwide has been an obvious step towards growth, without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. With fixed costs of around EUR 300-800 per country for the implementation of the PPWR! These fixed costs per country bear no relation to the actual volume of packaging my approximately 5 to 10 shipments abroad in the EU per country per year. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market and amounts to a de facto sales ban in the EU for smaller traders. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, André Rohrmüller scale64.de", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557466_en"}, {"id": 33557465, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:13:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GEMA Sanitär und Heizungsgroßhandel GmbH", "feedback": "# Stellungnahme der GEMA GmbH zur EU-Verpackungsverordnung und zum europäischen Binnenmarkt **Betreff: PPWR und nationale EPR-Registrierungen der europäische Binnenmarkt darf für KMU nicht an Verwaltungsgrenzen enden** Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die Europäische Union bezeichnet Europa zu Recht als gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt. Für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen, die Waren grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU verkaufen, entspricht die regulatorische Realität diesem Anspruch jedoch zunehmend nicht mehr. Die aktuellen Anforderungen im Zusammenhang mit der europäischen Verpackungsverordnung und der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung sind hierfür ein besonders deutliches Beispiel. Ein Unternehmen mit Sitz in Deutschland, das Kunden in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten beliefert, sieht sich weiterhin mit nationalen Registrierungen, unterschiedlichen Meldesystemen, verschiedenen Behörden und Portalen, nationalen Entsorgungssystemen, teilweise zusätzlichen Bevollmächtigten sowie laufenden Verwaltungs- und Compliancekosten in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten konfrontiert. Aus Sicht der GEMA GmbH widerspricht diese Struktur dem Grundgedanken eines echten europäischen Binnenmarktes. ## Ein europäischer Markt benötigt eine europäische Lösung Wir stellen das Ziel der Verpackungsverordnung ausdrücklich nicht infrage. Verpackungen müssen gesammelt, verwertet und recycelt werden. Unternehmen, die Verpackungen in Verkehr bringen, müssen sich angemessen an diesen Kosten beteiligen. Nicht nachvollziehbar ist jedoch, warum hierfür innerhalb eines gemeinsamen europäischen Wirtschaftsraums zahlreiche voneinander getrennte nationale Registrierungs- und Meldesysteme erforderlich sind. Die derzeit diskutierte Harmonisierung von Datenformaten und nationalen Herstellerregistern greift aus unserer Sicht zu kurz. Die entscheidende Frage sollte nicht lauten: **Wie können 27 nationale Systeme besser miteinander kommunizieren?** Die entscheidende Frage sollte vielmehr lauten: **Warum benötigen Unternehmen innerhalb eines europäischen Binnenmarktes überhaupt zahlreiche nationale Registrierungssysteme?** Eine konsequent europäische Lösung wäre: **EIN EU-REGISTER.** **EINE EU-WEIT GÜLTIGE HERSTELLERNUMMER.** **EIN ZENTRALES MELDEPORTAL.** **EINE REGISTRIERUNG FÜR DEN GESAMTEN EU-BINNENMARKT.** Ein Unternehmen sollte sich einmal registrieren können, die belieferten Mitgliedstaaten angeben und seine Verpackungsmengen zentral melden. Die Verteilung der jeweiligen Mengen, Beiträge und Informationen an die national zuständigen Systeme könnte anschließend automatisiert erfolgen. Technisch ist ein solches Verfahren im Jahr 2026 ohne Weiteres vorstellbar. ## Die aktuelle Struktur benachteiligt kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen Für große Konzerne sind zusätzliche Registrierungs- und Berichtspflichten vor allem eine Frage zusätzlicher Complianceprozesse. Für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen bedeuten sie dagegen häufig: zusätzliche externe Beratung, zusätzliche Registrierungsgebühren, zusätzliche System- und Lizenzkosten, zusätzliche Bevollmächtigte, zusätzliche Meldungen, zusätzliche Dokumentation, zusätzliche Prüfung nationaler Vorschriften und vor allem erhebliche zusätzliche Arbeitszeit. Diese Arbeitszeit steht anschließend nicht mehr für Kundenservice, Digitalisierung, Produktentwicklung, Investitionen oder die eigentliche Weiterentwicklung des Unternehmens zur Verfügung. Die regulatorischen Fixkosten treffen außerdem kleine Absatzmärkte besonders stark. Wenn ein Unternehmen in einem Mitgliedstaat beispielsweise nur wenige Bestellungen pro Jahr erzielt, können bereits die administrativen Fixkosten der dort erforderlichen Compliance höher sein als der gesamte wirtschaftliche Ertrag aus diesem Markt. Die logische betriebswirtschaftliche Konsequenz ist dann nicht mehr der Ausbau des europäischen Handels, sondern dessen Einschränkung. Unternehmen werden gezwungen, einzelne EU-Länder als Absatzmärkte auszuschließen. D", "feedbackEnglish": "# GEMA GmbH’s comments on the EU Packaging Regulation and the European Single Market **Subject: PPWR and national EPR registrations of the European single market must not stop at administrative borders for SMEs** Dear Sir/Madam, the European Union rightly refers to Europe as a single market. However, for small and medium-sized enterprises selling goods cross-border within the EU, the regulatory reality is increasingly falling short of this ambition. The current requirements related to the European Packaging Regulation and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are a particularly clear example of this. A company based in Germany that supplies customers in different EU Member States continues to face national registrations, different reporting systems, different authorities and portals, national disposal systems, some additional authorised representatives, and ongoing administrative and compliance costs in several Member States. In the view of GEMA GmbH, this structure runs counter to the basic idea of a genuine European internal market. ## A European market needs a European solution We explicitly do not question the aim of the Packaging Regulation. Packaging must be collected, recovered and recycled. Companies placing packaging on the market must contribute their fair share to these costs. However, it is not clear why this requires numerous separate national registration and reporting systems within a common European economic area. In our view, the harmonisation of data formats and national producer registers, which is currently under discussion, does not go far enough. The crucial question should not be: **How to better communicate 27 national systems?** Instead, the key question should be: **Why do companies need many national registration systems at all within a single European market?** A consistent European solution would be: **An EU REGISTOR.** An EU WORK VALID PRODUCTION NUMBER.** A CENTRAL Reporting Portal.** A REGISTRATION FOR THE EU INTERNAL MARKET.** A company should be able to register once, indicate the Member States supplied and report its packaging volumes centrally. The distribution of the respective quantities, contributions and information to the national competent systems could then be automated. Technically, such a procedure is readily imaginable in 2026. ## The current structure puts small and medium-sized enterprises at a disadvantage. For large groups, additional registration and reporting requirements are above all a matter of additional compliance processes. For small and medium-sized enterprises, on the other hand, they often mean: additional external advice, additional registration fees, additional system and licensing costs, additional authorised representatives, additional notifications, additional documentation, additional scrutiny of national rules and, above all, significant additional working time. This working time is then no longer available for customer service, digitalisation, product development, investment or actual business development. The fixed regulatory costs also hit small markets particularly hard. For example, if a company receives only a few orders per year in a Member State, the fixed administrative costs of compliance required in that Member State may be higher than the total economic return from that market. The logical economic consequence is no longer the expansion of European trade, but its restriction. Companies are forced to exclude individual EU countries as outlets. D", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557465_en"}, {"id": 33557464, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:12:53", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag! Mit der Umsetzung der PPWR ist in der Wirtschaft ein Chaos entstanden, wie es größer nicht sein kann. Die allgemeine Verunsicherung, die damit verbundenen Unklarheiten und immense Kosten für Meldung und die Bürokratie schreit nach Änderungen. Vor allen Dingen ist nicht klar, wie es sich bei verpackten Warensendungen aus einem europäischen Drittland verhält. Der Kartonhersteller mit Sitz in Mazedonien, weiß überhaupt nicht, warum ich das brauche. Ein Drucker für Hangtags steht auch wie der Ochs vor dem Berg. Meinen Sie wirklich, dass Mr. Chang Peng sich um diese Vorschrift Gedanken macht? Und wie soll das denn auf den Versandkartons gekennzeichnet werden, damit die Damen und Herren vom Zoll, bei Eintritt in die EU schnell prüfen können. Das kann weiter, das nicht. Hier wurde etwas entschieden, von dem niemand Ahnung hatte, was hier gemacht wird. Deshalb fordere ich die EU dringend auf, dieses Gesetz sofort auszusetzen und zu ändern. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Susanne Konz", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, The implementation of the PPWR has created a chaos in the economy that cannot be bigger. The general uncertainty, the associated ambiguities and immense costs of reporting and bureaucracy are changing. Above all, it is not clear what happens to packaged consignments of goods from a European third country. The cartonboard manufacturer based in Macedonia does not know at all why I need it. A printer for hangtags is standing in front of the mountain, just like the och. Do you really think that Mr. Chang Peng is concerned about this provision? And how will this be marked on the shipping boxes so that customs can quickly check them when they enter the EU? That’s not the case. Here it was decided that nobody knew what was being done here. This is why I urge the EU to immediately suspend and amend this law. Yours sincerely, Susanne Konz", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557464_en"}, {"id": 33557462, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:12:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Farini GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen OnlineHandels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders problematischen Aspekt der geplanten PPWRHerstellerregister aufmerksam machen: die verpflichtende Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen wie meines war der Vertrieb in andere EUMitgliedstaaten bislang ein naheliegender Schritt, um zu wachsen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem klaren Anspruch, geltende Vorgaben einzuhalten. Mit der PPWR verschiebt sich diese Perspektive jedoch deutlich: Schon ein einzelner Verkauf in ein anderes EULand kann ausreichen, um dort einen Bevollmächtigten benennen und bezahlen zu müssen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig potenziellen Zielmärkten bedeutet das ebenso viele separate Verträge, Gebührenmodelle und Meldeprozesse unabhängig davon, ob ich in einem Land fünf Sendungen oder fünfhundert verschicke. Diese länderspezifischen Fixkosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken wie eine faktische Markteintrittsschwelle: Wer diese Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen verteilen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher vermeiden. Das widerspricht dem Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarkts. Daher schlage ich folgende Punkte zur erneuten Prüfung vor: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen entsprechend den bekannten Schwellen für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen oberhalb dieser Schwellen, die jedoch nur geringe Mengen ins EUAusland versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten, unterhalb derer kein eigener Bevollmächtigter erforderlich ist. Zweitens genügt die theoretische Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht. Solche Anbieter gibt es bereits, doch Händler müssen weiterhin für jedes Land einen separaten Vertrag abschließen und die jeweiligen Fixkosten tragen unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Notwendig ist eine echte OneStopShopLösung, über die Registrierung und Meldungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten abgewickelt werden können. Drittens sollte die technische Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten an Bevollmächtigte oder eine zentrale Stelle standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Daten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional geringeren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, jedoch verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die diese Realität berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Johannes Rose Farini GmbH", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly problematic aspect of the planned PPWR producer register: the mandatory appointment of an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses such as myself, distribution to other EU Member States has been an obvious step to grow without a dedicated legal department, but with a clear ambition to comply with applicable rules. However, with the PPWR, this perspective shifts significantly: Even a single sale to another EU country can be enough to have to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty potential target markets, this means an equal number of separate contracts, fee models and reporting processes, regardless of whether I send five consignments or five hundred in one country. These country-specific fixed costs are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act as a de facto entry threshold: Those who cannot spread these costs over a sufficiently large volume of sales are more likely to avoid cross-border trade. This runs counter to the very idea of the European single market. I therefore propose that the following points be re-examined: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative, in line with the known staff headcount and turnover thresholds. For companies above these thresholds but only sending small quantities abroad in the EU, there should be at least one de minimis threshold per destination country below which no separate authorised representative is required. Second, the theoretical possibility of contracting central service providers is not sufficient in practice. Such suppliers already exist, but traders still have to conclude a separate contract for each country and bear the respective fixed costs regardless of the actual volume of sales. There is a need for a genuine OneStopShop solution that allows registration and notifications to be processed centrally for all Member States, with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the technical transmission of packaging data to authorised representatives or a central body should be standardised so that once collected, data do not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally lower obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, but spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this reality into account would allow me and many other small traders to actually benefit from the European single market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Johannes Rose Farini GmbH", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557462_en"}, {"id": 33557461, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:11:46", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Theibach-Performance GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben einen kleinen Onlineshop, bisher mit Versand in viele Länder der EU. Durch die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem Lieferland und die dadurch entstehenden Kosten können wir das in Zukunft leider nicht mehr anbieten. Hier sollte dringend eine Befreiung für kleine Unternehmen oder ein Bagatellgrenze geschaffen werden. Auch ist es unverständlich, dass es keine zentrale Stelle für die Registrierung gibt, wie z.B. beim OSS-Verfahren für die MwSt. Erschwerend kommt nun hinzu, dass uns auch unsere Lieferanten aus dem EU-Ausland und Übersee nicht mehr beliefern wollen / können. Es ist also nicht nur der Auslandsumsatz der verloren geht, sondern auch inländischer, da wir teilweise Produkte nicht mehr anbieten können. Die PPWR ist in dieser Form eine für viele Unternehmen geschäftsschädigende Handelsblockade! Mittelfristig bedeutet diese Regelung für viele kleine Unternehmen das AUS! Hier besteht dringender Bedarf einer Nachbesserung! mit freundlichen Grüssen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we run a small online shop, previously sent to many EU countries. Unfortunately, due to the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each supplier country and the resulting costs, we will no longer be able to offer this in the future. An exemption for small businesses or a de minimis threshold should be created as a matter of urgency. It is also incomprehensible that there is no central registration point, such as in the VAT OSS procedure. This is made more difficult by the fact that our suppliers from other EU countries and overseas are no longer willing or able to supply us. It is therefore not only the foreign turnover that is lost, but also the domestic turnover, as we are sometimes no longer able to offer products. The PPWR in this form is a trading blockade that harms many businesses! In the medium term, for many small businesses, this arrangement means EXCLUDING! There is an urgent need to improve this situation. Yours sincerely,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557461_en"}, {"id": 33557460, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:11:20", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "gagamusic", "feedback": "In der aktuellen Fassung der PPWR hat die EU den EU Binnenmarkt für tausende kleine Händler zu Grabe getragen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the current version of the PPWR, the EU has buried the EU’s single market for thousands of small traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557460_en"}, {"id": 33557456, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:08:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Nina Weyel (Einzelunternehmen)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im Rahmen der Konsultation zu den geplanten Vorgaben für die nationalen Herstellerregister nach der PPWR möchte ich auf die gravierenden Belastungen hinweisen, die sich daraus insbesondere für Solo-Selbstständige und Kleinstunternehmen ergeben. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Online-Handel und möchte meine handgefertigten Produkte als Einzelperson auch weiterhin gerne an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkaufen. Die mit der PPWR verbundenen Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigungspflichten bedrohen jedoch diesen grenzüberschreitenden Austausch. Als Kleinstunternehmen habe ich keine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung und werde durch die Fragmentierung der nationalen Systeme massiv überfordert. Besonders schwer wiegt neben dem reinen Verwaltungsaufwand der finanzielle Aspekt: - Fixkostenfalle bei Kleinstmengen: Schon wenige Verkäufe in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat lösen pauschale Pflichten und teils hohe jährliche Fixkosten (z. B. für Lizenzierungen und erforderliche Bevollmächtigte) aus. So zahlte ich beispielhaft für das Jahr 2023 für Frankreich 150 an Gebühren bei gerade einmal zwei Verkäufen in leichten Luftpolsterumschlägen. Die Einnahmen aus diesen Verkäufen brachten die Fixkosten bei weitem nicht wieder ein. Wenn Kosten und Erlös in einem solch absurd negativen Verhältnis zueinander stehen, zwingt dies Kleinstunternehmen wirtschaftlich dazu, den EU-Auslandsversand komplett einzustellen. Ich wünsche mir daher dringend praktikable und realitätsnahe Lösungen: 1. Ein zentraler One-Stop-Shop: Langfristig bräuchte es eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle für Kleinstunternehmen (als Einzelperson ist man strukturell so klein wie es nur geht), über die nicht nur die Registrierung, sondern auch die Lizenzierung abgewickelt werden kann versehen mit einer an die Realität kleiner Mengen angepassten, fairen Kostenkategorie. 2. Verlagerung der Verantwortung auf die Erzeuger: Alternativ sollte konsequent geprüft werden, wie man die Hersteller beziehungsweise Inverkehrbringer der leeren Verpackungen von vornherein in die Pflicht nehmen kann, sodass Endverbraucher und Kleinsthändler gar keine unlizenzierten Verpackungen erwerben oder separat nachlizenzieren müssen. Ich bin stets eine überzeugte Verfechterin der europäischen Idee gewesen. Doch welchen echten Nutzen hat es, in (fast) ganz Europa dieselbe Währung zu haben, wenn man mit den Nachbarländern im Alltag keinen Kleinhandel mehr betreiben kann? Man darf nicht vergessen: Als Online-Händlerin bin ich gleichzeitig auch eine europäische Privatperson, die gerne andere kleine Manufakturen und Kreative im Ausland unterstützen möchte. Die Kosten und der bürokratische Aufwand der Verpackungsvorschriften dürfen nicht dazu führen, dass der grenzüberschreitende Handel für die kleinste Ebene des Marktes unmöglich wird. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Nina Weyel PS: Seit Einführen der Lizenzierung in Deutschland 2019 frage ich mich im Übrigen, wie man über die Verordnung allein jemand davon abhalten kann, eine Verpackung in der Natur zu entsorgen. Wer vor der Lizenzierung seine Abfälle irgendwo abgeladen hat, den wird auch eine lizenzierte Verpackung nicht schrecken. Und dann liegt sie dann in der schönen Natur, doppelt und dreifach lizenziert und bezahlt von Händlern und Müllgebühren - und doch nicht korrekt entsorgt.", "feedbackEnglish": "In the context of the consultation on the planned requirements for national producer registers under the PPWR, I would like to draw your attention to the serious burdens this entails, in particular for solo self-employed persons and micro-enterprises. I sell small online and would like to continue selling my handmade products as an individual to customers in other EU Member States. However, the registration, notification and authorisation obligations associated with the PPWR threaten this cross-border exchange. As a micro-enterprise, I do not have my own legal or compliance department and are massively overwhelmed by the fragmentation of national systems. In addition to the purely administrative burden, the financial aspect is particularly serious: — Low-volume fixed-cost trap: Few sales to another Member State trigger flat-rate obligations and sometimes high annual fixed costs (e.g. for licences and required agents). For example, for 2023 I paid 150 fees for France for just two sales in light bubble envelopes. The revenues from these sales were far from recovering the fixed costs. If costs and revenues are in such an absurdly negative relationship, micro-enterprises are economically forced to stop sending goods abroad within the EU altogether. I would therefore like to see workable and realistic solutions as a matter of urgency: 1. A one-stop shop: In the long term, there would be a need for a European one-stop shop for micro-enterprises (individuals are structurally as small as they are), through which not only registration but also licensing can be carried out, with a fair cost category adapted to the reality of small quantities. 2. Shift of responsibility to producers: Alternatively, it should be consistently examined how manufacturers or distributors of empty packaging can be made liable from the outset, so that final consumers and micro-traders do not have to buy unlicensed packaging at all or license it separately. I have always been a staunch supporter of the European idea. But what is the real benefit of having the same currency in (almost) the whole of Europe if one can no longer engage in small-scale trade with neighbouring countries on a daily basis? Let’s not forget: As an online trader, I am also a European private individual who would like to support other small businesses and creators abroad. The costs and red tape of packaging rules must not make cross-border trade impossible for the smallest level of the market. Yours sincerely, Nina Weyel PS: Since the introduction of licensing in Germany in 2019, I have also been wondering how the Regulation alone can deter anyone from disposing of packaging in nature. Anyone who has unloaded their waste somewhere before licensing will not be deterred by licensed packaging. And then it is in its beautiful nature, licensed twice and triple and paid for by dealers and garbage fees – but not disposed of correctly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557456_en"}, {"id": 33557455, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:08:26", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "French Maison Vintage", "feedback": "Remind yourselves of the main ethos of the EU! To create the world's biggest free trade market! So why are you dividing us all up and expecting small businesses to navigate 27 different sets of legislation and pay 27 different annual fees. It's completely crazy. I'm a small vintage seller in France, so effectively selling old household items such as vases and plates often over 100 years old. All packaged in used boxes & protective packaging that I find around my village. I'm a retired seller so my income is around 2-3k a year. This new law will prohibit me from continuing my business as many of my customers are in European countries. Which means I won't be sourcing items from local recycleries and brocantes, and won't be using this leftover packaging - so in fact your new laws will mean more items to go to landfill - if you multiply by the number of vintage sellers all over Europe. Please re-think this initiative with one central EU hub with one annual fee, on a sliding scale for all small businesses such as mine.", "feedbackEnglish": "Remind yourselves of the main ethos of the EU! To create the world's biggest free trade market! So why are you dividing us all up and expecting small businesses to navigate 27 different sets of legislation and pay 27 different annual fees. It's completely crazy. I'm a small vintage seller in France, so effectively selling old household items such as vases and plates often over 100 years old. All packaged in used boxes & protective packaging that I find around my village. I'm a retired seller so my income is around 2-3k a year. This new law will prohibit me from continuing my business as many of my customers are in European countries. Which means I won't be sourcing items from local recycleries and brocantes, and won't be using this leftover packaging - so in fact your new laws will mean more items to go to landfill - if you multiply by the number of vintage sellers all over Europe. Please re-think this initiative with one central EU hub with one annual fee, on a sliding scale for all small businesses such as mine.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557455_en"}, {"id": 33557454, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:08:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich will Sie nicht mit einem Musterschreiben quälen sondern explizit auf weitreichende Unstimmigkeiten hinweisen. Eine kurze Erläuterung zur Einordnung: seit über 20 Jahren handele ich mit gebrauchten Artikeln und verwende gebrauchte Verpackungen aus Überzeugung. Mit dieser Vorgehensweise bin ich nicht alleine. Da ich täglich Pakete von anderen Unternehmen bekomme weiß ich, dass nahezu generell gebrauchte Verpackungen verwendet werden sobald ein Versand individuell ist. Mit der vorliegenden Verordnung ist das nicht mehr rentabel und Altverpackungen werden generell vernichtet. Das KANN nicht Ihr Ziel sein. Um es offen zu sagen: ich werde mich NICHT an alle Vorgaben halten - nicht weil ich renitent bin sondern weil es schlicht nicht geht. Vermutlich zahle ich pro Mitarbeiter erheblich mehr Steuern als Anbieter mit über 100 MA. Ich darf dafür erwarten, dass Ihre gesetzgebungen nicht ohne ersichtlichen Nutzen meine Geschäftsgrundlage zerstören. Wenn diese Nachricht überhaupt gelesen wird erwarte ich eine individuelle Rückmeldung - ggfls. auch von Ihnen persönlich und privat, lieber Leser. Ich wäre allerdings überrascht. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dirk Freitag Laboreinkauf.de Stemmer Landstr. 139 32425 Minden E-Mail: Mail@Laboreinkauf.de Webshop: www.laboreinkauf.de Ust.-IdNr.: DE237226542", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I do not want to tow you with a model letter, but to draw your attention explicitly to wide-ranging inconsistencies. A brief explanation of the classification: for more than 20 years, I have been trading in second-hand goods and using used packaging out of conviction. I am not alone in this approach. As I get parcels from other companies every day, I know that almost universally used packaging is used as soon as a shipment is individual. With this Regulation, this is no longer profitable and waste packaging is generally destroyed. MAY not be your goal. To put it bluntly: I will NOT stick to all the requirements – not because I am retired, but because it is simply not. I presumably pay significantly more taxes per employee than suppliers with more than 100 MAs. I can expect that your legislation will not destroy my business base without obvious benefits. If this message is read at all, I expect individual feedback – possibly also from you personally and privately, dear reader. I would be surprised, however. Yours sincerely, Dirk Freitag Laborkauf.en Stemmer Landstr. 139 32425 minden Email: Mail@Laboreinkauf.de Webshop: www.laboreinkauf.de VAT number: DE237226542", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557454_en"}, {"id": 33557453, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:05:39", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Baumschule-Rariflora ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren. Ich betreibe einen kleinen Baumschulbetrieb in Deutschland. Es handelt sich um einen Kleinstbetrieb zum Erhalt seltener, teils vom aussterben bedrohter alter Obstsorten. Ein uneingeschränkter, möglichst kostengünstiger Versand innerhalb der EU, ist für mich unabdingbar. Ich versende auf absehbare Zeit zwar nur wenige Pakete in Zielländer außerhalb Deutschlands, aber ich würde gern meine teils aus nicht EU-Ländern stammende Obstsorten Interessenten in der gesamten EU zur Verfügung stellen und beim Erhalt gefährdeter Sorten helfen. Eine Regel die nun mehr Bürokratie und Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten pro Zielland zur Folge hat, ist für mich als Kleinstbetrieb nicht für jedes Land stemmbar und würde mich aktiv aus dem Binnenmarkt ausschließen. Diese sollte zentralisiert und bestenfalls für Kleinstbetriebe gestrichen werden. Damit besonders Gründer erst bei erreichter Leistungsfähigkeit dementsprechend belastet werden. Als Pflanzenhändler muss man bereits einen Pflanzenschutzdienst bezahlen (EU Pflanzenpass) um überhaupt am Binnenmarkt teilnehmen zu dürfen. Kommen nun noch Kosten in Höhe von mehreren hundert Euro pro Jahr, pro Bevollmächtigten hinzu, muss ich wohl oder übel diesen länderübergreifenden Versand einstellen und Interessenten enttäuschen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I run a small nursery in Germany. It is a micro-holding for the preservation of rare old fruit varieties, some of which are threatened with extinction. Full transit within the EU at the lowest possible cost is essential for me. Although I will send only a few packages to destinations outside Germany for the foreseeable future, I would like to make my fruit varieties, some of which come from non-EU countries, available to interested parties throughout the EU and help preserve endangered varieties. As a micro-enterprise, a rule that now leads to more bureaucracy and costs for one authorised representative per destination country is not manageable for every country and would actively exclude me from the single market. This should be centralised and, at best, deleted for micro-enterprises. In order for founders in particular to be burdened accordingly only when they have achieved their ability to pay. As a plant dealer, you already have to pay a plant protection service (EU plant passport) in order to be able to participate in the internal market at all. If there are now costs of several hundred euros per year per authorised representative, I will have to stop sending them across borders and disappoint interested parties.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557453_en"}, {"id": 33557452, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:05:26", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The proposed requirement for having an appointed representative in each EU country is harmful and economically prohibitive for small businesses. At the same time, it goes against integrating EU market and the spirit of free flow of goods and services across borders. As EU is meant to integrate the 27 countries, one registration and one representative should be valid throughout the whole of EU - that would also help limit costs for small businesses and ease international trade. Equally, a lot of small businesses and small artists re-use old boxes/packaging (old shoe boxes etc) to pack their parcels. This is more ecological than buying certified packaging, but no provision for that is made in the regulation. I ask for an immediate pause of the rules for small businesses, until details are smoothed out. This is especially important since small businesses in EU are already under a lot of pressure from oligopolistic actors like Amazon, etsy, shein, and temu, who often use unfair trade practices like price dumping to dominate an e-commerce sector.", "feedbackEnglish": "The proposed requirement for having an appointed representative in each EU country is harmful and economically prohibitive for small businesses. At the same time, it goes against integrating EU market and the spirit of free flow of goods and services across borders. As EU is meant to integrate the 27 countries, one registration and one representative should be valid throughout the whole of EU - that would also help limit costs for small businesses and ease international trade. Equally, a lot of small businesses and small artists re-use old boxes/packaging (old shoe boxes etc) to pack their parcels. This is more ecological than buying certified packaging, but no provision for that is made in the regulation. I ask for an immediate pause of the rules for small businesses, until details are smoothed out. This is especially important since small businesses in EU are already under a lot of pressure from oligopolistic actors like Amazon, etsy, shein, and temu, who often use unfair trade practices like price dumping to dominate an e-commerce sector.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557452_en"}, {"id": 33557450, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:00:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Onlinehandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen OnlineHandels möchte ich auf einen kritischen Punkt der geplanten PPWRHerstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für kleine Unternehmen bedeutet bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat, dass ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und bezahlt werden muss. Bei mehreren Zielmärkten entstehen dadurch zahlreiche Verträge und Fixkosten unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Versandvolumen. Diese Belastung steht in keinem Verhältnis zum Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler und wirkt wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Für unser Unternehmen hat dies eine unmittelbare Konsequenz: Wir werden, um die Vorgaben einzuhalten, keinen EUVersand mehr anbieten können. Die wirtschaftliche Tragfähigkeit ist unter den vorgesehenen Bedingungen nicht gegeben. Ich stelle daher die Frage, ob diese Ausgestaltung tatsächlich im Sinne eines freien europäischen Binnenmarkts ist. Ich rege daher an: Kleinstunternehmen generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht auszunehmen. Eine echte OneStopShopLösung zu schaffen, die Registrierungen und Meldungen für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit einmaligen Fixkosten ermöglicht. Die technische Standardisierung der Datenübermittlung sicherzustellen, damit Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land separat aufbereitet werden müssen. Eine praxistaugliche Ausgestaltung dieser Pflicht würde kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den nationalen Markt beschränken zu müssen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Isabella Birkeneder", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a critical point in the planned PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in the case of cross-border sales. For small businesses, even a single sale to another Member State means that an authorised representative has to be appointed and paid for. For several target markets, this results in numerous contracts and fixed costs, irrespective of the actual shipping volume. This burden is disproportionate to the packaging volumes of small distributors and acts as a market entry threshold. For our company, this has a direct consequence: In order to comply, we will no longer be able to offer a TEU mandate. Economic viability is not achieved under the envisaged conditions. I therefore wonder whether that arrangement is in fact in the sense of a free European internal market. I therefore suggest that: Generally exempt micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. Create a genuine OneStopShopsolution that allows registrations and notifications for all Member States centrally and with one-off fixed costs. Ensure technical standardisation of data transmission so that packaging data do not need to be prepared separately for each country. Making this obligation workable would enable small businesses to make effective use of the European single market, rather than having to limit themselves to the national market for reasons of cost. Yours sincerely, Isabella Birkeneder", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557450_en"}, {"id": 33557449, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 09:00:04", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Simply put, this law will put an undue and unendurable burden on small businesses and entrepreneurs. EU laws are already exceedingly restrictive to small businesses, making it difficult, if not impossible, to be successful. This will be a fatal blow to most. The reasoning is understandable, but this cannot be the best way to execute it, when it cuts-off the regular person from participating.", "feedbackEnglish": "Simply put, this law will put an undue and unendurable burden on small businesses and entrepreneurs. EU laws are already exceedingly restrictive to small businesses, making it difficult, if not impossible, to be successful. This will be a fatal blow to most. The reasoning is understandable, but this cannot be the best way to execute it, when it cuts-off the regular person from participating.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557449_en"}, {"id": 33557448, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:59:56", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "kanu-funsport", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben einen kleinen Online- und Stationärhandel mit Kanus und Paddelzubehör, also ein Nischenmarkt. Heute möchte ich diese Gelegenheit nutzen und auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der Umsetzung der PPWR hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein guter zusätzlicher Absatzmarkt gewesen. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und vor allem zu bezahlen. Bei 5 oder 10 relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das 5 oder 10 separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder hundert Pakete versende. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des EU-Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sven Aluttis", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we operate a small online and stationary shop with canoes and paddle accessories, i.e. a niche market. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I see as a particularly critical point in the implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in the case of cross-border sales. As a small businessman, sales to other EU countries have been a good additional outlet to date. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint an authorised representative there and, above all, to pay for it. For 5 or 10 relevant target markets, this means 5 or 10 separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I send 5 parcels or 100 parcels there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the EU’s internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller large companies with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Sven Aluttis", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557448_en"}, {"id": 33557447, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:59:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Poolrelaxe Deutschland GmbH", "feedback": "Guten Tag, hierdurch schränken Sie den Binnenhandel erheblich ein. Wir als kleines Unternehmen versenden in verschiedene EU Länder geringe Mengen an Paketen. Die Kosten hierfür würden enorm steigen, was nicht mehr tragbar wäre. Einige grössere Firman in verschiedenen EU Ländern bedienen sich unserer angebotenen Produkten. Es handelt sich teilweise um Nischenprodukte, die aber unser Überleben sichern. Durch die Stellung von Bevollmächtigten wären wir gezwungen ein Risiko zu tragen oder unser Geschäft zu schliessen. Sie arbeiten hier einigen Parteien zu, was evt. nicht sein sollte. Machen Sie sich bitte dazu Gedanken und lassen Sie kleinere Firmen daraus. Wir sind nicht Amazon, Ebay oder Alibaba. Vielen Dank MFG", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, this significantly restricts internal trade. As a small business, we send small quantities of parcels to different EU countries. The cost of doing so would increase enormously, which would no longer be sustainable. Some larger companies in different EU countries use our products on offer. Some of these are niche products, but they ensure our survival. The appointment of agents would force us to bear a risk or close our business. You are working with some parties here, which may not be the case. Please think about this and let smaller companies get out of it. We are not Amazon, Ebay or Alibaba. Thank you very much MFG", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557447_en"}, {"id": 33557446, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:59:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Brummerhoop GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Daher habe ich bis auf weiteres sämtliche Aktivitäten in Bezug auf Verkäufe in das europäische Ausland eingestellt. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefan Köppler", "feedbackEnglish": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Daher habe ich bis auf weiteres sämtliche Aktivitäten in Bezug auf Verkäufe in das europäische Ausland eingestellt. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Stefan Köppler", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557446_en"}, {"id": 33557445, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:57:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Schweisstechnik", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die Abschaffung des Bevollmächtigten alleine würden überhaupt gar nichts für uns verändern. Es geht sich nicht nur um die PPWR. Es geht sich generell um die Verpackungsverordnung seit 2019 welche uns einen fünf-stelligen Jahresumsatz seitdem kostet. Aus den unten aufgeführten Gründen waren wir bereits vor Jahren dazu gezwungen den Versand in nahezu alle EU-Länder einstellen. Seitdem beliefern wir nur noch Deutschland und Österreich. Wir sind ein deutsches Kleinstunternehmen mit 2 Beschäftigten und einem Jahresumsatz von unter 2 Mio. . Mit Inkrafttreten des deutschen Verpackungsgesetzes (LUCID + duales System) zum 01.01.2019 begann für kleine Onlinehändler ein erheblicher zusätzlicher Verwaltungsaufwand. Seitdem müssen Registrierung, Systembeteiligung und Mengenmeldungen in Deutschland erfüllt werden. Ab 2022/2023 hat sich die Situation europaweit massiv verschärft. Zahlreiche EU-Mitgliedstaaten haben eigene EPR-Registrierungen, Mengenmeldungen und teilweise Bevollmächtigtenpflichten für ausländische Versandhändler eingeführt oder verschärft. Für ein Unternehmen unserer Größe ist es praktisch unmöglich, in jedem EU-Land einen gesetzlichen Bevollmächtigten zu unterhalten, unterschiedliche nationale Registrierungen zu verwalten, und verlässliche Mengenmeldungen für zahlreiche Mitgliedstaaten zu erstellen. Wie sollen wir jedes Gramm Kunststofffolie, Papier etc abwiegen und melden und dann noch für jedes einzelne Land. Das ist absoluter Irrsinn. Die PPWR ist für Kleinstunternehmen wie unseres nicht lediglich eine weitere Verschärfung bestehender Vorschriften, sondern faktisch weiterhin der wirtschaftliche Ausschluss für einen EU-weiten Versandhandel. Kleine Händler werden vom Markt verdrängt. Amazon und Chinesen lachen sich kaputt und machen munter weiter. Die regulatorischen Anforderungen sind in ihrer heutigen Form für kleine Betriebe weder organisatorisch noch wirtschaftlich beherrschbar. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte kleinen Unternehmen den grenzüberschreitenden Handel erleichtern und nicht dazu führen, dass sie aus Angst vor Rechtsunsicherheit, Mehrfachregistrierungen und unverhältnismäßigem Verwaltungsaufwand vollständig auf EU-Exporte verzichten müssen. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission dringend um eine einheitliche EU-weite Registrierung, zentrale Mengenmeldungen, und eine deutliche Vereinfachung der Bevollmächtigten- und EPR-Pflichten für Kleinstunternehmen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen A. Vonderbank", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, the abolition of the plenipotentiary alone would not change anything for us at all. This is not just about the PPWR. Since 2019, this has generally involved the Packaging Ordinance, which has cost us a five-digit annual turnover since then. For the reasons set out below, we were forced to stop shipping to almost all EU countries years ago. Since then, we have supplied only Germany and Austria. We are a German micro-enterprise with 2 employees and an annual turnover of less than 2 million. With the entry into force of the German Packaging Act (LUCID + dual system) on 1 January 2019, a considerable additional administrative burden started to be imposed on small online traders. Since then, registration, system participation and volume reporting have to be fulfilled in Germany. As of 2022/2023, the situation has worsened massively across Europe. Many EU Member States have introduced or strengthened their own EPR registrations, volume declarations and partial authorised representative obligations for foreign mail order traders. It is practically impossible for a company of our size to have a legal representative in each EU country, to manage different national registrations and to generate reliable volume declarations for many Member States. How should we weigh and report every gram of plastic film, paper, etc. and then report it for each individual country? This is completely irrational. For micro-enterprises such as ours, the PPWR is not merely a further tightening of existing rules, but in fact remains the economic exclusion for EU-wide distance selling. Small traders will be driven out of the market. Amazon and Chinese laugh and sometimes continue. In its current form, the regulatory requirements are neither organisationally nor economically manageable for small businesses. A European single market should make it easier for small businesses to trade across borders and should not lead to them having to completely renounce EU exports for fear of legal uncertainty, multiple registrations and disproportionate administrative burdens. We urgently ask the European Commission for a uniform EU-wide registration, centralised volume reporting and a clear simplification of the authorised representative and EPR obligations for micro-enterprises. Yours sincerely, A. Vonderbank", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557445_en"}, {"id": 33557436, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:55:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Versandhandel - Onlineshop", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels mit 2 Angestellten bitte ich um Berücksichtigung der besonderen Belastungen, die sich aus der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen ergeben. Die Verpflichtung, bereits bei geringfügigen grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen in jedem betroffenen Mitgliedstaat einen Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung zu bestellen, führt zu unverhältnismäßigen Fixkosten und erheblichem Verwaltungsaufwand. Dies gilt insbesondere dann, wenn in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten nur wenige Sendungen pro Jahr anfallen, was bei uns der Fall ist. Wir erzielen zwar ca. 15 % unseres Umsatzes aus Bestellungen von anderen EU-Ländern. Es ist jedoch kein Land permanent und stark vertreten. Die Kosten und der Aufwand stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und ist daher für uns nicht finanzierbar. Für uns als kleine Händler ohne eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung bedeutet dies faktisch das Ende für den Handel in die meisten EU-Länder. Ich bitte daher um Prüfung folgender Anpassungen: Erstens sollte für Kleinstunternehmen eine grundsätzliche Ausnahme von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten vorgesehen werden. Ergänzend sollte für geringe Versandmengen eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland gelten. Zweitens sollte eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung geschaffen werden, über die Registrierung, Meldung und Datenübermittlung zentral für alle Mitgliedstaaten erfolgen können. Eine bloße Bündelung einzelner nationaler Bevollmächtigter reicht hierfür nicht aus. Drittens sollten die technischen Anforderungen an die Datenübermittlung unionsweit vereinheitlicht werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht mehrfach unterschiedlich aufbereitet werden müssen. Eine verhältnismäßige Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ist erforderlich, damit kleine Unternehmen den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin tatsächlich nutzen können. Der jetzige Zustand führt in unserem Fall dazu, dass wir den Versand in die meisten EU-Länder eingestellt haben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Oliver Stoll", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop with two employees, I would ask you to take into account the particular burdens arising from the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers for micro and small enterprises. The obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility already for small cross-border sales in each Member State concerned leads to disproportionate fixed costs and significant administrative burden. This is particularly true where individual Member States produce only a few consignments per year, which is the case for us. It is true that we generate around 15 % of our turnover from orders from other EU countries. However, no country is permanently and strongly represented. The costs and burden are disproportionate to the actual packaging volume and therefore cannot be financed by us. For us, as small traders without their own legal or compliance department, this effectively puts an end to trading in most EU countries. I would therefore ask you to examine the following adjustments: First, a general exemption from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative should be provided for microenterprises. In addition, a de minimis limit per destination country should apply to small quantities of consignments. Secondly, a genuine one-stop-shop solution should be created, allowing registration, reporting and data transmission to be done centrally for all Member States. A mere bundling of individual national authorised representatives is not sufficient for this purpose. Third, the technical requirements for data transmission should be harmonised across the Union in order to avoid multiple different treatments of packaging data once collected. A proportionate design of the authorised representative obligation is necessary to ensure that small businesses can continue to effectively benefit from the European single market. In our case, the current situation means that we have stopped shipping to most EU countries. Yours sincerely, Oliver Stoll", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557436_en"}, {"id": 33557444, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:54:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Start Up ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Mitglieder der Kommission, die PPWR trifft Start-ups in der Gründungsphase in einer Weise, die wirtschaftlich nicht verhältnismäßig ist. Wir befinden uns kurz vor bzw. am Beginn des Markteintritts und haben bereits erhebliche Investitionen in Aufbau, Entwicklung und erste Strukturen getätigt. Die zusätzlichen Kosten und organisatorischen Anforderungen, die nun auf uns zukommen, verschärfen die Belastung in einer Phase, in der noch keine stabile Ertragslage besteht. Besonders kritisch ist, dass Auslandsversendungen unter diesen Vorgaben möglicherweise nicht mehr wirtschaftlich darstellbar sind. Für ein junges Unternehmen ist der Zugang zu internationalen Märkten jedoch kein Zusatzgeschäft, sondern oft eine grundlegende Voraussetzung für Wachstum, Skalierung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Wenn diese Möglichkeit wegfällt, werden nicht nur Expansionschancen blockiert, sondern ganze Geschäftsmodelle in ihrer Tragfähigkeit infrage gestellt. Die Verordnung berücksichtigt die Realität junger Unternehmen derzeit zu wenig. Start-ups verfügen weder über die finanziellen Puffer noch über die personellen Ressourcen, um zusätzliche regulatorische Lasten kurzfristig aufzufangen. Während etablierte Unternehmen solche Vorgaben eher abfedern können, wirken sie auf junge Gründungen ungleich härter und bremsen Innovation bereits vor dem erfolgreichen Markteintritt. Wir bitten Sie daher dringend, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Start-ups differenzierter zu bewerten und spürbare Erleichterungen vorzusehen. Regulierung sollte nachhaltige Ziele fördern, ohne junge Unternehmen durch unverhältnismäßige Kosten und unnötige Hürden in ihrer Entwicklung zu behindern.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Members of the Commission, the PPWR meets start-ups in the start-up phase in a way that is not economically proportionate. We are close to entering or entering the market and have already made significant investments in construction, development and initial structures. The additional costs and organisational requirements now facing us exacerbate the burden at a time when profitability is not yet stable. It is particularly critical that, under these conditions, cross-border shipments may no longer be economically viable. For a young company, however, access to international markets is not an additional business, but often a fundamental condition for growth, scaling and competitiveness. If this possibility is removed, not only will expansion opportunities be blocked, but entire business models will be challenged in their viability. The Regulation currently takes too little account of the reality of young businesses. Start-ups do not have the financial buffers or human resources to absorb additional regulatory burdens in the short term. While established companies are more likely to mitigate such requirements, they have a more harsh impact on young start-ups and slow down innovation even before successful market entry. We therefore urge you to make a more nuanced assessment of the impact of the PPWR on start-ups and to provide for tangible facilitations. Regulation should promote sustainable objectives without hindering the development of young companies through disproportionate costs and unnecessary hurdles.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557444_en"}, {"id": 33557443, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:54:38", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who orders special edition books from US and UK where the shipping price is already high, a lot of companies have announced they would be stopping shipments to the EU because of these new regulations. We would appreciate if you would introduce these rules for big companies, not for small ones! And having to have a representative in each country? That's madness, do you realize how expensive that would be for a small company? To pay for a representative in each of the 27 states? Please reconsider these rules, or at least have only one representative for all 27 states, since it's a legislation done by EU and not by each individual state. Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who orders special edition books from US and UK where the shipping price is already high, a lot of companies have announced they would be stopping shipments to the EU because of these new regulations. We would appreciate if you would introduce these rules for big companies, not for small ones! And having to have a representative in each country? That's madness, do you realize how expensive that would be for a small company? To pay for a representative in each of the 27 states? Please reconsider these rules, or at least have only one representative for all 27 states, since it's a legislation done by EU and not by each individual state. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557443_en"}, {"id": 33557442, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:54:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass wir für jedes EU-Land jeweils einen Bevollmächtigen haben müssen und außerdem, je nach EU-Land zusätzliche Gebühren anfallen (wie z.B. in Österreich ein Notar zusätzlich beauftragt werden muss), stellen wir den Versad in der EU ein. Wir hätten uns gewünscht, dass die Umsätzung der neuen Verordnung, über eine Dienststelle erbracht werden muss und nicht über 27 Stellen. Bei der Mehrwertssteuer wurde ja mit dem OSS-Verfahren eine gute Lösung gefunden, warum auch hier nicht? Der Unmut über diese unüberlegte Verordnung ist bei vielen Unternehmen sehr groß und lässt den Glauben an eine professionelle Politik zweifeln: https://ohn.haendlerbund.de/haendlerbund-news/ppwr-eu-kommission-abschaffung-bevollmaechtigten-pflicht", "feedbackEnglish": "Due to the fact that we have to have an authorised representative for each EU country and also additional fees depending on the EU country (e.g. in Austria a notary has to be appointed in addition), we are recruiting the Versad in the EU. We would have liked the re-evaluation of the new Regulation to be done through one service and not more than 27 posts. In the case of VAT, a good solution was found with the OSS procedure, why not? The dissatisfaction with this ill-considered regulation is very high among many companies and casts doubt on the belief in professional politics: https://ohn.haendlerbund.de/haendlerbund-news/ppwr-eu-kommission-abschaffung-bevollmaechtigten-pflicht", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557442_en"}, {"id": 33557441, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:51:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "unbespielt", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir betreiben einen kleinen, in Deutschland ansässigen Online-Handel und verkaufen unsere Waren auch an Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte gerade kleinen Unternehmen ermöglichen, Kunden in der gesamten EU zu erreichen. Die Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung für Verpackungen droht diesen Gedanken jedoch erheblich einzuschränken. Das Problem besteht aus unserer Sicht nicht nur in der Pflicht, in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Ebenso belastend sind die unterschiedlichen nationalen Registrierungs-, Vertrags- und Meldepflichten. Bereits wenige Verkäufe in ein anderes EU-Land können dazu führen, dass dort eine Registrierung erforderlich wird, ein System oder Dienstleister beauftragt und Verpackungsmengen separat gemeldet werden müssen. Für kleine Unternehmen entstehen dadurch hohe Fixkosten, die in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Großunternehmen können solche Kosten auf hohe Verkaufszahlen verteilen, kleine Händler nicht. Die wirtschaftliche Folge kann sein, dass einzelne EU-Länder vom Verkauf ausgeschlossen werden, obwohl dort Nachfrage besteht. Das widerspricht aus unserer Sicht dem Gedanken des freien Warenverkehrs. Die Europäische Union ist ein gemeinsamer Wirtschaftsraum. Es ist schwer nachvollziehbar, warum Waren innerhalb der EU frei verkauft werden können, die damit verbundenen Verpackungspflichten aber in zahlreiche nationale Einzelsysteme zerfallen. Wir stellen die Herstellerverantwortung ausdrücklich nicht infrage. Auch kleine Unternehmen sollen für ihre Verpackungen Verantwortung übernehmen und sich angemessen an Sammlung, Sortierung und Recycling beteiligen. Diese Verantwortung sollte sich jedoch an der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge orientieren und nicht überwiegend aus mehrfachen Registrierungen, Verträgen, Bevollmächtigten und national unterschiedlichen Meldeverfahren bestehen. Wir schlagen deshalb einen echten EU-weiten One-Stop-Shop für Verpackungen vor. Ein in der EU ansässiges Unternehmen sollte sich einmal zentral registrieren und nur eine einzige jährliche Mengenmeldung abgeben müssen. Gemeldet wird die gesamte grenzüberschreitend innerhalb der EU in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge, bei Bedarf aufgeteilt nach Zielland und Materialart. Eine zentrale europäische Stelle könnte diese Daten den Mitgliedstaaten zuordnen und Beiträge entsprechend verteilen. Für den Händler sollte gelten: Einmal registrieren einmal jährlich melden europaweit erfüllen. Zusätzlich sollten Kleinstunternehmen von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat ausgenommen werden. Für sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen je Zielland sollte außerdem eine Bagatellgrenze oder ein vereinfachtes Verfahren gelten. Eine solche Lösung würde die Umweltziele der PPWR nicht schwächen. Sie würde die Einhaltung erleichtern, Daten vereinheitlichen, Digitalisierung fördern und unnötige Bürokratie reduzieren. Kleine Unternehmen tragen ähnliche administrative Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, können diese aber nur auf wesentlich geringere Umsätze verteilen. Eine europäische Regelung sollte deshalb nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler sich aus Kostengründen auf ihren Heimatmarkt zurückziehen. Wir bitten darum, bei der Umsetzung der PPWR den Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes, die Verhältnismäßigkeit und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit kleiner Unternehmen stärker zu berücksichtigen. Unser Anliegen ist keine Befreiung von Verantwortung, sondern eine europäisch organisierte Herstellerverantwortung in einem gemeinsamen europäischen Wirtschaftsraum. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sven Schütte unbespielt", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a small online shop based in Germany and we also sell our goods to customers in other EU Member States. The European single market should enable small businesses in particular to reach customers across the EU. However, the design of extended producer responsibility for packaging risks significantly limiting this idea. In our view, the problem lies not only in the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in individual Member States. The different national registration, contract and reporting obligations are equally burdensome. Already few sales to another EU country may require registration, a system or service provider to be contracted and packaging quantities to be reported separately. This results in high fixed costs for small businesses that are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. Large companies can spread such costs over large sales, not small traders. The economic consequence may be that individual EU countries are excluded from selling even though there is demand there. In our view, this runs counter to the idea of the free movement of goods. The European Union is a common economic space. It is difficult to understand why goods can be sold freely within the EU, but the associated packaging obligations can be broken down into numerous national individual systems. We explicitly do not question producer responsibility. Small businesses should also take responsibility for their packaging and participate appropriately in collection, sorting and recycling. However, this responsibility should be based on the amount of packaging actually placed on the market and should not mainly consist of multiple registrations, contracts, authorised representatives and nationally different notification procedures. We therefore propose a genuine EU-wide one-stop shop for packaging. A company established in the EU should be required to register centrally once and submit only one annual quantity declaration. The total amount of packaging placed on the EU market cross-border is reported, split by destination country and type of material if needed. A central European body could allocate these data to the Member States and distribute contributions accordingly. The trader should: Register once a year across Europe. In addition, micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each Member State. Very small quantities of packaging per target country should also be subject to a de minimis limit or a simplified procedure. Such a solution would not weaken the environmental objectives of the PPWR. It would facilitate compliance, standardise data, promote digitalisation and reduce unnecessary bureaucracy. Small businesses bear fixed administrative costs similar to those of large market players, but can only spread them over much smaller turnovers. European regulation should therefore not lead small traders to withdraw to their home market for cost reasons. We would ask that, when implementing the PPWR, greater account be taken of the concept of the European single market, proportionality and the competitiveness of small businesses. Our concern is not to be released from responsibility, but to have producer responsibility organised at European level in a common European economic area. Yours sincerely, Sven Schütte, unrecorded", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557441_en"}, {"id": 33557440, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:50:29", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Versandhandel", "feedback": "Guten Tag, hiermit möchte ich Ihnen mitteilen das die neue Verpackungsordnung nicht in Ordnung ist. Ich als Soloselbstständige mit einem kleinen Ebayshop und geringen Umsätzen fühle mich nicht im Stande weiterhin internationalen Versand anzubieten. Den Versand innerhalb Deutschlands gestalte ich zu 95% mit bereits verwendeten Verpackungsmaterial und habe auch seit mehreren Jahren die Verpackungslizenz dafür. Ich würde mich freuen wenn gerade für Kleinunternehmen die Regelungen ausgehebelt werden und unser so wichtiger Umsatz davon nicht beeinträchtigt wird. MfG Jeannette Hackbeil", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to inform you that the new packaging rules are not in order. As a solo self-employed person with a small ebay shop and low turnover, I do not feel able to continue offering international shipping. I make up 95 % of shipments within Germany using packaging material that I have already used and have been licensed to use for packaging for several years. I would be delighted if, especially for small businesses, the rules were to be overridden and our so important turnover would not be affected. MFG Jeannette Hackbeil", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557440_en"}, {"id": 33557439, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:49:45", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "CANEUS Handels GmbH", "feedback": "Bitte um Anpassung der PPWR. Wir als kleines Unternehmen können nicht in jedem EU-Mitgliedsstaat einen bevollmächtigten bestimmen, da dies mit sehr hohen Kosten verbunden wäre und damit nicht umsetzbar ist. Ebenfalls wäre es hilfreich bestimmten kleinen Unternehmen Ausnahmeregelungen zu ermöglichen. Bis zu einer entsprechenden Änderung müssen wir den Versand in alle EU-Länder abschalten, wo wir nicht genügend hin verkaufen. Schade für unsere EU-Kunden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Request to adapt the PPWR. As a small company, we cannot designate an authorised representative in every EU Member State, as this would entail very high costs and is therefore not feasible. It would also be helpful to allow derogations for certain small enterprises. Until such a change is made, we have to stop shipping to all EU countries where we do not sell enough. Detrimental to our EU customers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557439_en"}, {"id": 33557438, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:49:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Friederike und Reiner App GbR ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin der beiden Onlineshops Caroline will Meer und Mein Statement möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Ich betreibe meine Onlineshops als kleines, inhabergeführtes Unternehmen. Wir verkaufen Wohnaccessoires, Geschenkartikel und Produkte verschiedener europäischer Marken und versenden unsere Bestellungen selbst. Für Unternehmen wie meines war der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten bislang eine naheliegende Möglichkeit, Schritt für Schritt neue Kunden zu erreichen und den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen. Genau das könnte sich durch die geplante Regelung grundlegend ändern. Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein sehr geringes Versandaufkommen dazu führen, dass ich dort einen Bevollmächtigten benennen und bezahlen muss. Dabei macht es bei den entstehenden Fixkosten kaum einen Unterschied, ob ich fünf Pakete im Jahr in ein Land versende oder fünfhundert. Für meine beiden Shops bedeutet das ganz konkret: Verkauft beispielsweise eine Kundin aus Österreich, Frankreich oder den Niederlanden bei **Caroline will Meer** eine Decke, eine Tasche oder Geschirr oder bestellt bei **Mein Statement** ein Geschenk, kann daraus für mich eine zusätzliche nationale Registrierung mit eigenem Bevollmächtigten, Vertrag, Gebühren und Meldepflichten entstehen. Wenn ein kleiner Händler zehn oder zwanzig EU-Länder beliefern möchte, entstehen entsprechend zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse und Kostenstrukturen obwohl sich das tatsächliche Verpackungsaufkommen in einzelnen Ländern möglicherweise nur auf wenige Pakete im Jahr beläuft. Diese Fixkosten stehen aus meiner Sicht in keinem vernünftigen Verhältnis zum verursachten Verpackungsaufkommen. In der Konsequenz habe ich erstmal jeden Versand ins europäische Ausland gestoppt. Was eigentlich ein einfacher grenzüberschreitender Verkauf innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes sein sollte, ist für kleine Händler wirtschaftlich schlicht nicht mehr sinnvoll. Damit wird aus einer Umwelt- und Registrierungspflicht faktisch eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: 1. Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand klar definierter Grenzwerte für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzen überschreiten, aber nur geringe Mengen in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollte zumindest eine angemessene Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland gelten. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestehen. 2. Die bloße Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister mit verschiedenen nationalen Bevollmächtigungen zu beauftragen, löst das Problem nicht. Solche Angebote gibt es bereits. In der Praxis werden jedoch weiterhin für jedes Land separate Verträge beziehungsweise Gebühren fällig. Für einen kleinen Händler bleibt die wirtschaftliche Belastung damit nahezu unverändert. Ich halte die Ziele der PPWR und eine funktionierende erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung ausdrücklich für sinnvoll. Gerade kleine Unternehmen wollen sich rechtskonform verhalten. Die Regeln müssen jedoch so ausgestaltet sein, dass das auch wirtschaftlich möglich bleibt. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großunternehmen mit entsprechend kleineren Kosten. Viele regulatorische Anforderungen verursachen nahezu dieselben Fixkosten unabhängig davon, ob ein Unternehmen hunderttausend oder Millionen Euro Umsatz erzielt und unabhängig davon, ob in ein bestimmtes EU-Land fünf oder fünftausend Pakete verschickt werden. Für meine beiden Onlineshops wäre es ausgesprochen bedauerlich, den Markt abzuhängen. Mfg Friederike App", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of the two online shops Caroline will Meer and Mein Statement, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. I run my online shops as a small owner-run business. We sell home accessories, gifts and products from different European brands and send our orders ourselves. For companies like me, selling to other EU Member States has so far been an obvious way of gradually reaching new customers and making effective use of the European single market. This could be fundamentally altered by the planned scheme. As soon as I sell goods to another Member State, a very low volume of shipping can mean that I have to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. It makes little difference in terms of the fixed costs involved whether I send five parcels per year to a country or five hundred. For my two shops, this means very concretely: For example, if a customer from Austria, France or the Netherlands sells a blanket, bag or tableware to **Caroline will Meer** or orders a gift from **My Statement**, this may result in an additional national registration for me with its own authorised representative, contract, fees and reporting obligations. Similarly, if a small trader wants to supply 10 or 20 EU countries, 10 or 20 separate contractual relationships and cost structures will arise, although the actual packaging volumes in individual countries may only amount to a few packages per year. In my view, these fixed costs are disproportionate to the amount of packaging generated. As a result, for the first time I stopped all shipments to other European countries. What should be a simple cross-border sale within the European single market simply no longer makes economic sense for small traders. This effectively turns an environmental and registration obligation into a market entry threshold. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: 1. Micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of clearly defined staff headcount and turnover thresholds. Undertakings which cross those borders but only send small quantities to individual Member States should at least be subject to an appropriate de minimis threshold per destination country. Below this threshold, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. 2. The mere possibility of appointing a central service provider with different national mandates does not solve the problem. Such offers already exist. In practice, however, separate contracts or fees are still due for each country. For a small trader, the economic burden thus remains almost unchanged. I expressly consider the objectives of the PPWR and a functioning extended producer responsibility to be useful. Small businesses in particular want to behave in accordance with the law. However, the rules must be designed in such a way that this remains economically possible. Small enterprises are not smaller large enterprises with correspondingly smaller costs. Many regulatory requirements generate almost the same fixed costs regardless of whether a company generates a hundred thousand or million euros of turnover and regardless of whether five or five thousand parcels are sent to a given EU country. For my two online shops, it would be very unfortunate to leave the market behind. MFG Friederike App", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557438_en"}, {"id": 33557437, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:48:18", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ing. Anton Gabriel", "feedback": "Diese Vorschriften mit Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land vernichtet die Möglichkeit für kleine Händler in der EU zu handeln, weil sich tausende Euro kein kleiner Händler leisten kann. Unterstützt werden wie immer die Grossen. Viele kleine Händler werden ganz aufgeben und schuld ist die EU die nur für Grosse da ist.", "feedbackEnglish": "These rules, with authorised representatives in each country, destroy the possibility for small traders in the EU to trade because thousands of euros cannot afford a small trader. As always, support will be given to the great people. Many small traders will give up completely and the EU is only there for the big.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557437_en"}, {"id": 33557435, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:45:38", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Schürenkrämer - Auszeichnungstechnik e.K.", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber und Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmer ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei mehreren relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das mehrere separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort wenige Pakete. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Aus diesem Grund war ich nun gezwungen meinen Onlinehandel einzuschränken und keine EU-weitere Belieferung meiner Ware anzubieten. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as owners and operators of small online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small businessman, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. In the case of several relevant target markets, this means several separate contractual relationships, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I have few packages there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. For this reason, I have now been forced to restrict my online sales and not to offer an EU-wide delivery of my goods. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557435_en"}, {"id": 33557434, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:45:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "fadengeschichten", "feedback": "Wir, Soloselbständige EInzelhändler fordern Bagatellgrenzen für die Registrierung beim EU-weiten Versand innerhalb des EU-weiten Binnenmarktes. IN Deutschland gibt es ca. 3,5 Millionen Selbsständige. DIe Mehrhheit davon sind Soloselbständige. Ca. ein Drittel der Selbständigen sind Frauen. Viele von ihnen sind alleinerziehende Mütter, die auf diesem Weg ihr Familieneinkommen generieren. Die meisten SOloselbständigen sind weder organisatorisch noch finanziell in der Lage, Bevöllmächtigte für die Verpackungslizenzierung in jedem EU-Land zu beauftragen. Das bedeutet für viel Verlust von Kunden aus dem EU-AUsland und stellt eine EXISTENZIELLE Bedrohung dar. Kleinstunternehmen sind darüber hinaus in den deutschen Verpackungs-Lizenzierungs- und Entsorgungssystemen registriert und zahlen dort Beiträge. EIne EU-weite registrierung käme einer doppelten Belastung für ein und denselbsen Versandvorgang dar. Das ist nicht nur wirtschaftlich ungerecht. Es sorgt auch nicht für eine Regulierung des ausufernden Online-Handels. Im Gegenteil. Da von EInzelunternehmern viele Artikel nachhaltig nur auf Bestellung gefertigt werden, schränkt es das Warenangebot in der EU erheblich ein, bedroht Handwerksbetriebe und ja, hat auch kulturell-technologische Auswirkungen auf das handwerkliche Know How in der EU. Daher: schützt Soloselbständige, schützt Klein- und Kleinstbetriebe, ermöglicht Frauen ein unabhängiges Einkommen und bewahrt die Vielfalt handwerklicher Betriebe in Europa und der EU. Legen Sie AUsnahmen und Bagatellgrenzen für Klein- und Kleinstbetriebe fest und verdrängen Sie EInzelhändler nicht aus dem EU-Binnenmarkt!", "feedbackEnglish": "We, solo self-employed retailers, call for de minimis thresholds for registration in EU-wide shipping within the EU-wide internal market. There are around 3.5 million self-employed people in Germany. The majority of them are solo self-employed. About a third of the self-employed are women. Many of them are single mothers who generate their family income in this way. Most solo self-employed persons are not in a position, either organisationally or financially, to hire authorised packaging licencing in any EU country. This means a lot of loss of customers from other EU countries and poses an existential threat. Micro-enterprises are also registered and pay contributions to the German packaging licensing and disposal systems. An EU-wide registration would create a double burden for the same transit operation. This is not only economically unfair. Nor does it regulate excessive e-commerce. On the contrary. As many items are produced by individual traders only on order, they significantly restrict the supply of goods in the EU, threaten craft businesses and, indeed, have a cultural and technological impact on the EU’s craft know-how. Therefore: protects solo self-employed workers, protects small and micro-enterprises, enables women to earn an independent income and preserves the diversity of craft businesses in Europe and the EU. Set exemptions and de minimis thresholds for small and micro-enterprises and do not exclude retailers from the EU single market!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557434_en"}, {"id": 33557431, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:42:55", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Teppich Weberei Bernegger e.K.", "feedback": "Wir vertreiben selbst hergestellte Handwebteppich und Wollwaren im Wert von bis zu 10.000 pro Jahr ins EUAusland. Da die Privatkunden uns über das Internet finden kann dieser Umsatz jedes Jahr variieren, genauso kann die Herkunft variieren. Somit ist dies wie auch für viele andere Kunsthandwerker nicht kalkulierbar. Umsatz heißt auch nicht Gewinn und die neuen Kosten müssen wir entweder durch Preisanpassung generieren oder von unserem Gewinn bezahlen. Beides ist völlig unrealistisch. Da es sein kann, dass wir aus einem EU-Land im Jahr nur einen einzigen Kunden haben und dieser vielleicht für 50,- Waren bestellt kann ich weder die Lieferkosten noch den allgemeinen Preis um die PPWR-Kosten mit Bevollmächtigten soweit erhöhen, dass diese gedeckt sind. Mit den neuen Vorgaben müssten wir uns jedoch in jedem dieser Länder einzeln registrieren lassen. Die Kosten dafür liegen, je nach Land zwischen 300 und 800 pro Jahr. Damit wäre unser voraussichtlicher üblicher Jahresgewinn vollständig aufgezehrt. Die Arbeitszeit oder Freizeit um die PPWR zu lesen zu verstehen und Recherche für die richtige Abwicklung, Dokumentation und Registrierungen sind absolut unverhältnismäßig. Allein schon aus dem Grund der Unverhältnismäßigkeit hoffe ich, dass Sie die PPWR nochmal überdenken. Ich sehe, dass es vielen kleinen Unternehmen in meinem Umfeld ähnlich geht und zahlreiche Betriebe überlegen, den Verkauf ins EUAusland vollständig einzustellen. Für die meisten dieser kleinen Unternehmen sind die Auslandsumsätze nicht lebensnotwendig. Aber wie sagt man bei uns, Kleinvieh macht auch Mist und der Mist wird in Summe Milliarden ausmachen. Kein Umsatz bedeutet keine Umsatzsteuer, keine Einkommensteuer, keine Lohnsteuern, aber zusätzliche Belastungen für die Sozialkassen. Diese Entwicklung kann nicht im Interesse der Europäischen Union sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "We sell home-made hand-woven rugs and wool products worth up to 10.000 a year to other EU countries. As private customers find us online, this turnover can vary every year, just as the origin can vary. As with many other craftsmen, this is therefore impossible to calculate. Turnover also does not mean profit, and the new costs we have to either generate by adjusting prices or pay from our profit. Both are completely unrealistic. Since we may have only one customer per year from an EU country and this may be for 50, I cannot increase either the delivery costs or the general price by the PPWR costs with authorised representatives to the extent that they are covered. However, with the new requirements, we would have to register individually in each of these countries. The costs range from 300 to 800 per year, depending on the country. This would have completely exhausted our expected normal annual profit. Understanding working time or leisure time around the PPWR and searching for the correct handling, documentation and registration is completely disproportionate. For the sole reason of disproportionality, I hope that you will reconsider the PPWR. I see that many small businesses in my area are similar and many businesses are considering stopping all sales to other EU countries. For most of these small businesses, foreign sales are not essential to life. But as we say, small animals also make manure and the total amount of manure will be billions. No turnover means no turnover tax, no income tax, no payroll taxes, but additional costs for social security funds. This development cannot be in the interest of the European Union.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557431_en"}, {"id": 33557430, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:42:04", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Papaprika", "feedback": "This is a shocking new set of regulations that seems to be focussed on destroying small companies in the EU. While originally setup to make big companies pay for this recycling, the EU has shoot themselves in the foot with this regulation. I don't even know where to begin. We have to register in every country we ship too? We are a small company, and I can't afford to pay thousands of euros extras a year on something that should've been organised by the EU centrally. So the consequence is that I can't sell in other EU countries anymore except my own. The EU was a beautiful dream, where we could do business with other countries, and create a great economy for all of us. But it seems, with this law, the dream turned into a nightmare", "feedbackEnglish": "This is a shocking new set of regulations that seems to be focussed on destroying small companies in the EU. While originally setup to make big companies pay for this recycling, the EU has shoot themselves in the foot with this regulation. I don't even know where to begin. We have to register in every country we ship too? We are a small company, and I can't afford to pay thousands of euros extras a year on something that should've been organised by the EU centrally. So the consequence is that I can't sell in other EU countries anymore except my own. The EU was a beautiful dream, where we could do business with other countries, and create a great economy for all of us. But it seems, with this law, the dream turned into a nightmare", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557430_en"}, {"id": 33557427, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:36:32", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "United e-Commerce GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Handels sehe ich die geplante Bevollmächtigtenpflicht im Rahmen der PPWR mit großer Sorge. Bereits einzelne Verkäufe in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt, ein Vertrag abgeschlossen und entsprechende Fixkosten getragen werden müssen. Bei mehreren Zielmärkten vervielfachen sich diese Kosten unabhängig davon, ob fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete in das jeweilige Land versendet werden. Damit wird ausgerechnet der freie Handel innerhalb der EU für kleine Unternehmen erheblich erschwert. Ich bin persönlich schockiert, dass eine Regelung mit derart hohen bürokratischen Markteintrittshürden angesichts der aktuellen geopolitischen und wirtschaftlichen Lage überhaupt in dieser Form erwogen wird. Europa sollte seinen Binnenmarkt stärken und seine Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verbessern, anstatt zusätzliche Hürden zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten zu schaffen. Sollte die Regelung eingeführt werden, braucht es deshalb zwingend eine zentrale europäische Lösung nach dem Vorbild des OSS-Verfahrens: Händler sollten die in andere Mitgliedstaaten versendeten Verpackungsmengen zentral über eine Stelle in ihrem eigenen Land melden können. Die Weiterleitung und Verteilung dieser Daten und Beiträge auf die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten sollte Aufgabe des Systems sein und nicht auf jeden einzelnen Händler übertragen werden. Darüber hinaus sollten Kleinstunternehmen grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter ausgenommen werden. Alternativ sind zumindest angemessene Bagatellgrenzen je Zielland erforderlich. Ein kleiner Händler darf für wenige Sendungen nicht denselben administrativen Grundaufwand tragen müssen wie ein internationaler Großhändler. Auch sollte grundsätzlich nachvollziehbar erklärt werden, weshalb im Ergebnis sowohl Verbraucher über ihre lokalen Abfallgebühren als auch Verkäufer über die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung Kosten für die Entsorgung von Verpackungen tragen. Hier muss transparent sein, welche konkreten Kosten jeweils finanziert werden und wie eine Doppelbelastung ausgeschlossen wird. Wir schaffen uns als EU mit solchen komplexen nationalen Einzelpflichten erneut Probleme, die innerhalb eines gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes nicht entstehen müssten. Gleichzeitig konkurrieren europäische Händler mit Unternehmen aus Drittstaaten. Zusätzliche Fixkosten, Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte und unterschiedliche Meldeverfahren schwächen insbesondere kleine europäische Unternehmen in diesem internationalen Wettbewerb. Die PPWR sollte daher nicht dazu führen, dass kleine Händler aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf grenzüberschreitende Verkäufe verzichten. Ein gemeinsamer europäischer Markt braucht auch ein gemeinsames, einfaches und zentralisiertes Meldesystem. Die Bürokratie sollte zentral gelöst und nicht auf hunderttausende einzelne Händler verlagert werden. Gerne stehe ich Ihnen für Rückfragen zu Verfügung. Alexander Pohl", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I am deeply concerned about the planned obligation to act as an authorised representative under the PPWR. Individual sales to another EU Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed there, a contract to be concluded and the corresponding fixed costs to be borne. For several target markets, these costs multiply regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels are shipped to the country. This makes it very difficult for small businesses to trade freely within the EU. I am personally shocked that a regulation with such high bureaucratic barriers to market entry is being considered in this form at all, given the current geopolitical and economic situation. Europe should strengthen its single market and improve its competitiveness, rather than creating additional hurdles between Member States. If the scheme were to be introduced, a central European solution, along the lines of the OSS procedure, would therefore be essential: Distributors should be able to report the quantities of packaging shipped to other Member States centrally via a body in their own country. The transmission and distribution of these data and contributions to the respective Member States should be the responsibility of the system and should not be transferred to each individual trader. In addition, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives. Alternatively, at least appropriate de minimis thresholds per destination country are required. A small distributor may not have to bear the same basic administrative burden for a small number of consignments as an international wholesaler. In principle, it should also be clearly explained why, as a result, both consumers bear the costs of disposing of packaging through their local waste fees and sellers through extended producer responsibility. It must be transparent here what specific costs are financed in each case and how double charging is ruled out. As the EU, we are once again facing problems with such complex individual national obligations, which would not have to arise within a common internal market. At the same time, European traders compete with non-EU companies. Additional fixed costs, registrations, authorised representatives and different notification procedures weaken in particular small European companies in this international competition. The PPWR should therefore not lead to small traders refraining from selling cross-border for economic reasons. A common European market also needs a common, simple and centralised notification system. Bureaucracy should be solved centrally and not shifted to hundreds of thousands of individual traders. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Alexander Pohl", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557427_en"}, {"id": 33557426, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:35:37", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Zaiser Art GbR", "feedback": "Stellungnahme der Zaiser Art GbR (Ostfildern, Deutschland) Praxisbericht eines Kleinstunternehmens zur EPR-Registrierung nach der PPWR Wir sind ein Zwei-Personen-Unternehmen (Onlinehandel mit Sammlerfiguren, mybearbrick.de) und belieferten bis August 2026 Kunden in 20 EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Wir schreiben Ihnen nicht als Gegner der PPWR wir haben ihre Pflichten fristgerecht umgesetzt , sondern als Beleg dafür, was die aktuelle Registrierungsarchitektur im Binnenmarkt anrichtet. Unsere dokumentierten Fakten: Zum 12.08.2026 mussten wir den Versand in alle EU-Staaten außer unserem Sitzland einstellen. Für neun Kernmärkte haben wir Bevollmächtigte und Registrierungen über einen Dienstleister beauftragt (2.059 netto p. a. zzgl. lokaler Entgelte). 13 weitere Märkte haben wir dauerhaft geschlossen, weil die Fixkosten je Land (ca. 300 p. a.) unsere dortige Jahresmarge übersteigen Beispiele: Slowakei 284 Jahresumsatz, Irland 23 , Finnland 194 . Die Pflicht skaliert nicht mit dem Volumen; sie wirkt als Marktaustrittsgebot für Kleinstmengen. Die Registrierungspraxis der Mitgliedstaaten verschärft das strukturell drei Beispiele aus vier Wochen Onboarding: Spanien verlangt vorab eine nationale Steuernummer (NIF); deren Beschaffung wurde uns für 821 zzgl. USt. angeboten fast das Dreifache der jährlichen Servicegebühr. Griechenland fordert einen Handelsregisterauszug, den es für die deutsche Rechtsform GbR rechtlich nicht gibt. Das niederländische Register führt RSIN und KvK-Nummer als Pflichtfelder Identifikatoren, die nur inländische Unternehmen besitzen können. 27 Register verlangen 27 verschiedene Nachweise, Identifikatoren, Formate und Meldeturnusse. Für die Umsatzsteuer hat die EU dasselbe Problem 2021 mit dem OSS gelöst: eine Registrierung, ein Portal, alle Mitgliedstaaten. Wir geben unsere EU-weiten Umsätze heute in einer einzigen Quartalsmeldung ab aber für die Pappkartons derselben Sendungen unterhalten wir neun Registrierungen. Unsere konkreten Vorschläge für die Vorgaben zu den Herstellerregistern: (1) Ein unionsweit einheitlicher Registerdatensatz mit gegenseitiger Anerkennung eine Registrierung, gültig in allen Mitgliedstaaten, perspektivisch ein EPR-One-Stop-Shop nach OSS-Vorbild. (2) Verbindliche Beschränkung der zulässigen Nachweise auf EU-weit verfügbare Identifikatoren (USt-IdNr./VIES, EUID); nationale Sonderdokumente wie Handelsregisterauszüge oder lokale Steuernummern dürfen keine Registrierungsvoraussetzung sein. (3) Ein vereinfachtes Melderegime für Kleinstmengen (z. B. jährliche Pauschalmeldung unter 100 kg je Zielland) statt der faktischen Marktschließung. (4) Streichung oder Aussetzung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht für in der EU niedergelassene Hersteller, wie von der Kommission bereits im Dezember 2025 vorgeschlagen die Register selbst können die Durchsetzungsfunktion übernehmen, die der Bevollmächtigte erfüllen soll. (5) Bis zur Harmonisierung: einheitliche Übergangsregeln statt des jetzigen Zustands, in dem regelkonforme Unternehmen zahlen und schließen, während Nichtbefolgung folgenlos bleibt. Die PPWR soll laut Artikel 4 den Binnenmarkt für Verpackungen vollenden. Für uns hat ihr Registrierungsrahmen ihn am 12.08.2026 in 13 Ländern beendet. Wir stellen unsere vollständige Dokumentation (Kostenrechnungen, Registerkorrespondenz) auf Anfrage gern zur Verfügung. Michael Zaiser, Gesellschafter, Zaiser Art GbR, Ostfildern, Deutschland", "feedbackEnglish": "Comments from Zaiser Art GbR (East Filders, Germany) Practical report by a micro-enterprise on EPR registration under the PPWR We are a two-person company (online sale of collector figures, mybearbrick.de) and served customers in 20 EU Member States until August 2026. We are writing to you not as opponents of the PPWR, we have implemented their obligations on time, but as proof of what the current registration architecture in the Single Market is doing. Our documented facts: On 12 August 2026, we had to stop shipping to all EU countries except our country of establishment. For nine core markets, we have commissioned authorised representatives and registrations via a service provider (2.059 net p.a. plus local fees). We have permanently closed 13 other markets because the fixed costs per country (about 300 p.a.) exceed our annual margin there, for example: Slovakia 284 annual turnover, Ireland 23, Finland 194. The obligation does not scale with the volume; it acts as a market exit requirement for small quantities. Member States’ registration practices exacerbate the structurally three examples from four weeks of on-boarding: Spain requires a prior National Tax Identification Number (NIF); we were offered to purchase them for 821 plus VAT, almost three times the annual service fee. Greece requests an extract from the commercial register, which does not legally exist for the German legal form GbR. The Dutch register keeps RSIN and KvK number as mandatory fields identifiers that can only be owned by domestic companies. 27 registries require 27 different pieces of evidence, identifiers, formats and reporting cycles. For VAT, the EU solved the same problem with the OSS in 2021: one registration, one portal, all Member States. We submit our EU-wide turnover today in a single quarterly report, but we have nine registrations for the cardboard boxes of the same consignments. Our concrete proposals for the rules on producer registers: (1) A Union-wide single register dataset with mutual recognition a registration valid in all Member States, in the perspective of an EPR one-stop shop following the OSS model. (2) Mandatory limitation of admissible evidence to EU-wide identifiers (VAT/VIES, EUID); national special documents, such as trade register extracts or local tax numbers, may not be a condition for registration. (3) A simplified reporting regime for micro-quantities (e.g. annual flat-rate reporting below 100 kg per destination country) instead of the de facto closure of the market. (4) Deletion or suspension of the authorised representative obligation for manufacturers established in the EU, as already proposed by the Commission in December 2025, the registers themselves can perform the enforcement function that the authorised representative is supposed to perform. Pending harmonisation: uniform transitional rules instead of the current situation where compliant companies pay and close while non-compliance has no consequences. Article 4 of the PPWR aims to complete the internal market for packaging. For us, her registration framework ended it on 12 August 2026 in 13 countries. We are happy to provide our full documentation (cost invoices, register correspondence) upon request. Michael Zaiser, shareholder, Zaiser Art GbR, East Fildern, Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557426_en"}, {"id": 33557425, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:35:25", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "L W C Michelsen GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als traditionsreiches Hamburger Familienunternehmen möchten wir Ihnen aus der Praxis schildern, wie sich die Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) in ihrer derzeitigen Ausgestaltung auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen auswirkt. Vorweg: Wir teilen die Umweltziele der Verordnung ausdrücklich. Eine faire Beteiligung an den Entsorgungskosten ist richtig, und wir kommen ihr seit Jahren nach wir melden unsere Verpackungsmengen und zahlen die entsprechenden Gebühren an ein Entsorgungssystem. Um die Sache selbst geht es uns nicht. Es geht um die Ausgestaltung. In ihrer jetzigen Form verlangt die Verordnung von jedem noch so kleinen Unternehmen, sich in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat separat zu registrieren, dort eigene Meldungen abzugeben, gesonderte Gebühren zu zahlen und vielfach einen lokalen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Ein erheblicher Teil davon sind Fixkosten völlig unabhängig davon, ob in ein Land zwei Pakete oder zweitausend versendet werden. Wie praxisfern das ist, zeigt allein die Mengenmeldung für Österreich. Dort wird nicht etwa schlicht gemeldet, was verkauft wurde. Stattdessen ist für jedes Produkt die Verpackung in ihre einzelnen Materialfraktionen zu zerlegen, nach Haushalts- und Gewerbeverpackung zu trennen, jeweils einer Produktgruppe zuzuordnen und in Kilogramm anzugeben. Ein einziges Marmeladenglas zerfällt so in Glas, Metalldeckel, Papieretikett, Umkarton und Klebeband jede Fraktion einzeln zu erfassen, zu wiegen, mit der Stückzahl zu multiplizieren und pro Materialart aufzusummieren. Und das für einige wenige Dutzend Sendungen im Jahr. Über einen solchen Aufwand kann man, ehrlich gesagt, nur den Kopf schütteln. Die Folge ist absehbar und längst Realität: Wir haben den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt nur noch Deutschland. Nicht, weil wir unsere europäischen Kunden nicht schätzen, und nicht, weil wir uns vor Recyclingkosten drücken wollen, sondern weil der Aufwand bei geringen Stückzahlen schlicht nicht mehr tragbar ist. Nach allem, was uns andere Unternehmen berichten, sind wir damit bei Weitem nicht allein. Genau hier liegt der eigentliche Widerspruch: Eine Verordnung, die den europäischen Markt vereinheitlichen sollte, bewirkt in der Praxis, dass kleine Händler ihr Geschäft wieder auf das eigene Land zurückziehen. Das läuft dem Grundgedanken des gemeinsamen Binnenmarkts diametral entgegen jener Idee, die einmal das Herzstück des europäischen Projekts war. Dabei wäre eine Lösung naheliegend. Sinnvoll wäre ein echtes EU-weites System mit zentraler Anlaufstelle: Ein Unternehmen registriert sich in seinem Heimatland, meldet dort seine gesamten Verpackungsmengen samt der in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versandten Anteile über eine einzige Schnittstelle und die nationalen Systeme rechnen die anteiligen Gebühren untereinander ab. Technisch ist das im Jahr 2026 kein unlösbares Problem. Ergänzend braucht es eine Geringfügigkeitsgrenze: Unterhalb einer bestimmten jährlichen Menge oder eines bestimmten Umsatzes in einem Mitgliedstaat sollten weder eine gesonderte nationale Registrierung noch ein eigener Bevollmächtigter noch die volle Meldeverwaltung erforderlich sein. Umweltschutz und faire Kostenbeteiligung sind erreichbar aber die Befolgungskosten müssen im Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Umweltwirkung eines Unternehmens stehen. Die PPWR hätte die große Chance sein können, die Verpackungsregeln in Europa endlich zu vereinheitlichen und den grenzüberschreitenden Handel gerade für kleine Unternehmen zu erleichtern. Wenn sie stattdessen bewirkt, dass kleine Unternehmen sagen müssen Wir liefern nicht mehr ins EU-Ausland\", dann ist bei der Ausgestaltung etwas grundlegend falsch gelaufen. Wir bitten Sie, diesen Aspekt bei der weiteren Umsetzung und Überarbeitung der Verordnung ernsthaft zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jan Erik Peters L.W.C. Michelsen GmbH - gegründet 1814 in Hamburg", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a traditional family business in Hamburg, we would like to tell you how the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), in its current form, affects small and medium-sized enterprises. For the time being: We explicitly share the environmental objectives of the Regulation. A fair share of the disposal costs is right and we have been reporting our packaging quantities to her for years and paying the relevant fees to a disposal system. We are not concerned with the matter itself. It is about design. In its current form, the Regulation requires every small business, however small, to register separately in each Member State, to submit its own notifications there, to pay separate fees and, in many cases, to appoint a local authorised representative. A significant proportion of these are fixed costs, irrespective of whether two parcels or two thousand are sent to a country. The quantity declaration for Austria alone shows how impractical this is. They do not simply report what has been sold. Instead, for each product, the packaging shall be broken down into its individual material fractions, separated into household and commercial packaging, assigned to a product group and reported in kilograms. A single jam thus breaks down into glass, metal lid, paper label, outer carton and adhesive tape for each fraction, weighs it, multiplies it with the number of pieces and sums it up per type of material. This is the case for a few dozen consignments a year. To be honest, one can only shake the head of such an effort. The result is foreseeable and has long been a reality: We have stopped shipping to other EU countries only to Germany. Not because we do not value our European customers, not because we want to squeeze away from recycling costs, but because the burden is simply no longer sustainable with small numbers of items. According to what other companies report to us, we are far from being alone. This is precisely where the real contradiction lies: A regulation aimed at unifying the European market means in practice that small traders withdraw their business back to their own country. This is diametrically opposed to the idea that was at the heart of the European project. A solution would be obvious. A true EU-wide one-stop-shop system would be useful: A company registers in its home country, reports all its packaging volumes, including those shipped to individual Member States, through a single interface, and national systems charge each other proportional fees. Technically, this is not an insoluble problem in 2026. In addition, there must be a de minimis threshold: Below a certain annual volume or turnover in a Member State, no separate national registration, no separate authorised representative or full reporting administration should be required. Environmental protection and fair cost sharing are achievable, but compliance costs must be proportionate to a company’s actual environmental impact. The PPWR could have been a great opportunity to finally unify packaging rules in Europe and facilitate cross-border trade, especially for small businesses. If, instead, it means that small businesses have to say that we no longer deliver to another EU country, then the design has been a bit fundamentally wrong. We would ask you to take this aspect seriously into account in the further implementation and revision of the Regulation. (Complimentary close) Jan Erik Peters L.W.C. Michelsen GmbH – founded in Hamburg in 1814", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557425_en"}, {"id": 33557423, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:33:51", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "penumbra", "feedback": "I am the owner of penumbra, a very small business based in Austria. We manufacture handmade leather accessories in our own workshop and sell them directly to customers, mostly within the EU. I very much welcome the attempt to harmonise the format of producer registration and reporting across Member States. For a small business like mine, however, a common format unfortunately does not solve the main problem we are currently facing. With the PPWR becoming applicable, I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to understand what we need to do to continue shipping our products to customers throughout the EU. What I found is a system that may be manageable for large companies, but becomes disproportionately complicated and expensive for a small business selling relatively few parcels to many different Member States. Our packaging quantities are tiny. In many EU countries, we may send only a handful of parcels per year. Nevertheless, depending on the Member State, we may have to register separately, join a national producer responsibility organisation, pay minimum or annual fees, submit national reports and, where required, appoint an authorised representative established in that country. The actual environmental impact of our packaging is very small. The administrative and financial burden attached to it is not. This has led us to a rather absurd situation: although we are an Austrian company and our customers are located within the European Union, we are currently evaluating every EU country individually to determine whether we can afford to continue shipping there. In some cases, the fixed compliance costs for a country can easily exceed the profit from all orders we receive from that country in an entire year. The consequence is that we will stop selling to customers in some EU Member States. I cannot imagine that this is the intended outcome of European packaging legislation. The proposed harmonised registration and reporting format is certainly helpful. Having the same data requirements and structure across Member States is better than having 27 entirely different systems. But the real burden for micro-enterprises is not primarily the format of the form. It is having to deal with separate registrations, organisations, contracts, fees, reporting obligations and potentially authorised representatives in every individual Member State. A harmonised form does not solve that problem. I would therefore strongly encourage the Commission to consider a genuinely EU-wide solution for small and micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border distance selling. This could, for example, be a single EU registration and reporting point, a one-stop-shop system comparable in principle to the VAT OSS, or a de minimis regime for very small packaging quantities in individual Member States. At the very least, there should be a simplified system that recognises the enormous difference between a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on a market and a small workshop sending ten or twenty parcels to that same country in a year. I fully support the goal of making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. What is difficult to justify is spending hundreds of euros and many hours of administrative work in a Member State in order to account for perhaps a few kilograms of cardboard and paper per year. For a micro-enterprise, this is not simplification and it does not create a functioning Single Market. It creates a very strong incentive to stop selling across borders. I hope that the practical reality of very small businesses will be taken into account when finalising these rules.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am the owner of penumbra, a very small business based in Austria. We manufacture handmade leather accessories in our own workshop and sell them directly to customers, mostly within the EU. I very much welcome the attempt to harmonise the format of producer registration and reporting across Member States. For a small business like mine, however, a common format unfortunately does not solve the main problem we are currently facing. With the PPWR becoming applicable, I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to understand what we need to do to continue shipping our products to customers throughout the EU. What I found is a system that may be manageable for large companies, but becomes disproportionately complicated and expensive for a small business selling relatively few parcels to many different Member States. Our packaging quantities are tiny. In many EU countries, we may send only a handful of parcels per year. Nevertheless, depending on the Member State, we may have to register separately, join a national producer responsibility organisation, pay minimum or annual fees, submit national reports and, where required, appoint an authorised representative established in that country. The actual environmental impact of our packaging is very small. The administrative and financial burden attached to it is not. This has led us to a rather absurd situation: although we are an Austrian company and our customers are located within the European Union, we are currently evaluating every EU country individually to determine whether we can afford to continue shipping there. In some cases, the fixed compliance costs for a country can easily exceed the profit from all orders we receive from that country in an entire year. The consequence is that we will stop selling to customers in some EU Member States. I cannot imagine that this is the intended outcome of European packaging legislation. The proposed harmonised registration and reporting format is certainly helpful. Having the same data requirements and structure across Member States is better than having 27 entirely different systems. But the real burden for micro-enterprises is not primarily the format of the form. It is having to deal with separate registrations, organisations, contracts, fees, reporting obligations and potentially authorised representatives in every individual Member State. A harmonised form does not solve that problem. I would therefore strongly encourage the Commission to consider a genuinely EU-wide solution for small and micro-enterprises engaged in cross-border distance selling. This could, for example, be a single EU registration and reporting point, a one-stop-shop system comparable in principle to the VAT OSS, or a de minimis regime for very small packaging quantities in individual Member States. At the very least, there should be a simplified system that recognises the enormous difference between a multinational company placing thousands of tonnes of packaging on a market and a small workshop sending ten or twenty parcels to that same country in a year. I fully support the goal of making producers responsible for the packaging they place on the market. What is difficult to justify is spending hundreds of euros and many hours of administrative work in a Member State in order to account for perhaps a few kilograms of cardboard and paper per year. For a micro-enterprise, this is not simplification and it does not create a functioning Single Market. It creates a very strong incentive to stop selling across borders. I hope that the practical reality of very small businesses will be taken into account when finalising these rules.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557423_en"}, {"id": 33557420, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:32:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Darting, Weingut, Inh. Helmut Darting", "feedback": "Wir sind ein kleines Weingut und versenden per DHL/UPS an verschiedene Endverbraucher oder kleinere Händler Wein(flaschen) in EU-Staaten (NL, DK, F etc.). Es wäre viel zu kostenintensiv in den entsprechenden Ländern jeweils Bevollmächtigte zu kontaktieren und würde auch den Versand erschweren. Aufgrund der Regelung haben wir uns entschieden, den Versand ins EU-Ausland komplett einzustellen - was zu erheblichen Umsatzeinbußen führt. Auch die Dokumentation für die Konf.erklärung ist viel zu aufwendig (Korken, Kapsel etc).", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small winery and send wine (bottles) via DHL/UPS to various end consumers or smaller traders in EU countries (NL, DK, F, etc.). It would be far too costly to contact authorised representatives in the respective Länder and would also make shipping more difficult. As a result of the scheme, we have decided to completely stop shipping to other EU countries – leading to a significant loss of turnover. The documentation for the declaration of conformity is also far too burdensome (corks, capsules, etc.).", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557420_en"}, {"id": 33557419, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:31:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "A & V Antikspielzeughandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung und die Lizensierunspflicht beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen bzw. die Lizensierungspflicht zu erfüllen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht/Lizensierungspflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion/Lizensierungspflicht zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Yvonne Otto", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility and the obligation to use licences for cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there or to fulfil the licensing obligation. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits, micro-enterprises should generally be exempted from the authorised representative/licensing obligation. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility to entrust central service providers with the proxy/licensing function is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Yvonne Otto", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557419_en"}, {"id": 33557418, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:28:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Textilveredelung / Onlinehandel ", "feedback": "Es ist eine Zumutung für jedes EU Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen und einen Service Provider zu bezahlen, der dies übernimmt. Wir sind ein E-Commerce Unternehmen was teilweise auf den Umsatz aus den jeweiligen kleinen Ländern angewiesen ist & würden bei Streichung aufgrund der Kosten für die Verwaltung ca. 50.000 im Jahr verlieren!! Wir versenden in normalen neutralen Versandkartons und haben teilweise Mengen die unter Rechnung der Abgaben für Papier & Plastik weniger als 1 liegen die wir bezahlen müssten. Nur um dort weiter hin versenden zu können, müssten wir järhlich ca. 900 pro Land bezahlen damit wir 1 an Verpackungsmüll abgeben können im jeweiligen Land Es ist unfassbar und unbegreiflich wie man soetwas verantworten kann. Wenn man sich wenigstens einfach registrieren könnte und seine Meldung machen könnte um seinen Euro zu bezahlen wäre es ja ok. Sie machen damit mehr kaputt als Sie denken. & nehmen den Leuten jegliche Lust daran weiterhin etwas für den Deutschen Markt & Verkaufstechnisch zu tun, was ist das Ziel davon??", "feedbackEnglish": "It is reasonable to appoint an authorised representative for each EU country and to pay a service provider to do so. We are an e-commerce company, which depends in part on turnover from the respective small countries &, if cancelled, would lose around 50.000 a year due to administrative costs! We ship in normal neutral shipping boxes and in some cases have quantities of less than 1 that we would have to pay at the expense of paper & plastic duties. Only in order to be able to continue sending it there would we have to pay around 900 per country every year so that we can sell 1 packaging waste in each country. It is incomprehensible and incomprehensible how to blame for something like this. If you could at least easily register and report in order to pay for your euro, it would be ok. You are breaking more than you think. & do people still want to do something about it for the German market & in terms of sales, what is the aim of this?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557418_en"}, {"id": 33557416, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:27:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Malagro Versandhandel", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber von serviettenshop.de, einem kleinen Online-Handel für dekorative Papierservietten und passende Tischdekoration bedruckte Kerzen, Servietten, Tücher, Toilettenpapier, Tischläufer und Porzellantassen möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als kleines Unternehmen war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, uns an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald wir Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob wir dort fünf Pakete Servietten oder fünfhundert Sets Tischdekoration verkaufen. Unsere Produkte bestehen ganz überwiegend aus Papier und leichten Verpackungen mit entsprechend geringem tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen pro Artikel. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen daher in keinem Verhältnis zu unserem tatsächlichen Beitrag zum Verpackungsabfall. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen wie unseres sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten wir tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde uns und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Markus Lang serviettenshop.de", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the owner of serviettenshop.de, a small online shop for decorative paper serviettes and suitable table decorations printed candles, serviettes, wipes, toilet paper, table runners and porcelain, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us as a small business, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once we sell goods to another Member State, a single sale can trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether we sell five sets of serviettes or five hundred sets of table decoration. The vast majority of our products are made of paper and light packaging, with a correspondingly low actual packaging volume per item. These fixed costs per country are therefore disproportionate to our actual contribution to packaging waste. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small businesses like ours are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. We bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread out over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow us and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Markus Lang serviettenshop.de", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557416_en"}, {"id": 33557415, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:25:55", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Rekodzielo Joanna Arkadiusz Rodaszewski", "feedback": "Its dead for small business:(", "feedbackEnglish": "Its dead for small business:(", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557415_en"}, {"id": 33557414, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:24:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Metall Geyer ", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Onlinehandels möchte ich auf ein aus meiner Sicht erhebliches Problem bei der praktischen Anwendung der Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) hinweisen. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu vermeiden, Recycling zu stärken und die Herstellerverantwortung europaweit zu verbessern. Problematisch ist jedoch die mögliche Vervielfachung nationaler EPR-Pflichten bei kleinen grenzüberschreitend tätigen Unternehmen. Für einen Kleinstunternehmer kann bereits eine geringe Zahl von Bestellungen in vielen EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu separaten Registrierungen, Meldungen, Vertragsverhältnissen und gegebenenfalls Kosten für Bevollmächtigte führen. Entscheidend ist dabei: Der Verwaltungsaufwand steigt mit der Zahl der belieferten Länder, obwohl das tatsächliche Verpackungsaufkommen gering bleiben kann. Ein Beispiel verdeutlicht das Problem: Ein kleiner Händler kann insgesamt nur wenige Kilogramm Verpackungen pro Jahr in zehn Mitgliedstaaten versenden. Die Umweltbelastung ist gering der administrative Aufwand kann jedoch zehnfach entstehen. Für ein Großunternehmen mag das beherrschbar sein; für einen Ein-Personen- oder Kleinstbetrieb können solche Fixkosten wirtschaftlich unverhältnismäßig werden. Damit entsteht eine faktische Marktzutrittsschranke innerhalb des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ein Unternehmen verzichtet dann nicht wegen fehlender Nachfrage auf Verkäufe in andere EU-Staaten, sondern weil sich der damit verbundene Verwaltungs- und Kostenaufwand bei kleinen Mengen nicht mehr rechnet. Ich bitte daher um Prüfung folgender Lösungen: 1. Bagatellgrenze für geringe Verpackungsmengen: Unterhalb einer unionsweit einheitlichen Menge pro Mitgliedstaat sollten vereinfachte EPR-Regeln gelten und zusätzliche Fixkosten, insbesondere für separate Bevollmächtigtenstrukturen, entfallen. 2. Besondere Vereinfachungen für Kleinstunternehmen: Die geringe personelle und finanzielle Ausstattung von Unternehmen mit weniger als zehn Beschäftigten sollte bei der Ausgestaltung der Pflichten stärker berücksichtigt werden. 3. Echter europäischer One-Stop-Shop: Registrierung, Meldung und Zahlung sollten zentral über eine digitale europäische Lösung möglich sein. Daten sollten einmal erfasst und anschließend für alle erforderlichen Mitgliedstaaten verwendet werden können. 4. Einheitliche Datenstandards: Verpackungsarten, Mengen, Gewichte und Meldedaten sollten europaweit einheitlich definiert und digital übertragbar sein. Es geht ausdrücklich nicht darum, kleine Unternehmen von ihrer Verantwortung auszunehmen. Sie sollen selbstverständlich für die von ihnen in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen einstehen. Der Aufwand muss jedoch in einem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsaufkommen stehen. Die Verantwortung sollte beim Verursacher bleiben aber die Bürokratie darf nicht dazu führen, dass ein Kleinstunternehmen den europäischen Binnenmarkt aus Kostengründen nicht mehr nutzen kann. Ich bitte darum, diese Perspektive bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung und insbesondere bei der angekündigten Überprüfung der EPR-Regelungen zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as an operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a significant problem in the practical application of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR). I strongly support the aim of the PPWR to prevent packaging waste, strengthen recycling and improve producer responsibility across Europe. However, the potential multiplication of national EPR obligations for small cross-border companies is problematic. For a micro-entrepreneur, even a small number of orders in many EU Member States can lead to separate registrations, notifications, contractual relationships and, where applicable, costs for authorised representatives. What matters is: The administrative burden increases with the number of countries supplied, although the actual packaging volume can remain low. One example illustrates the problem: A small trader can send a total of only a few kilograms of packaging per year to ten Member States. The environmental impact is small, but the administrative burden can be ten times greater. For a large company, this may be manageable; for a one-person or micro-enterprise, such fixed costs may become economically disproportionate. This creates a de facto barrier to market entry within the European internal market. A company then refrains from selling to other EU countries not because of a lack of demand, but because the associated administrative and cost costs are no longer expected in the case of small quantities. I would therefore ask you to consider the following solutions: 1. De minimis limit for small quantities of packaging: Below a single Union-wide quantity per Member State, simplified EPR rules should apply and additional fixed costs, in particular for separate proxy structures, should be avoided. 2. Specific simplifications for micro-enterprises: The low human and financial resources of companies with fewer than 10 employees should be better taken into account when designing the obligations. 3. A true European one-stop shop: Registration, notification and payment should be possible centrally via a digital European solution. It should be possible to collect data once and then use it for all required Member States. 4. Common data standards: Packaging types, quantities, weights and reporting data should be uniformly defined across Europe and digitally transferable. It is explicitly not about exempting small businesses from their responsibilities. They should of course be responsible for the packaging they place on the market. However, the burden must be proportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated. Responsibility should remain with the polluter, but bureaucracy must not mean that a micro-enterprise can no longer use the European single market for reasons of cost. I would ask that this perspective be taken into account in the further development and, in particular, in the announced review of the EPR rules. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557414_en"}, {"id": 33557410, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:22:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Small online retailer", "feedback": "I run a small online retail business in Germany and sell directly to consumers and other end users across the EU. Cross-border sales have become very important for my business, but the number of shipments varies enormously from one Member State to another. I have no problem with paying for the collection and recycling of the packaging I put on the market. That is not the issue. The problem is the amount of administration around it. As a small retailer, I can be faced with separate registrations, different reporting systems, individual contracts, minimum fees and possibly authorised representatives in many different Member States. In countries where I only send a few parcels per year, the actual recycling cost may only be a few euros, while the administrative cost can easily be hundreds of euros. That simply does not make economic sense. A large platform or major retailer can spread these fixed costs over hundreds of thousands or millions of shipments. A small business cannot. In practice, this means that small retailers may have to stop selling to consumers in smaller EU markets, even though shipping there is technically simple and the environmental impact is very small. In my view, the obvious solution would be an EU-wide Packaging One-Stop-Shop, similar to the VAT OSS system. A business should register once and report through one EU portal: * destination Member State, * packaging material, * actual quantity of packaging placed on that market. The fees could then be collected centrally and passed on to the relevant national systems. If a retailer sends 1,000 parcels to one Member State and only 10 to another, the cost should reflect those actual quantities. The polluter still pays, but the unnecessary duplication disappears. If a full One-Stop-Shop cannot be introduced immediately, there should at least be: 1. one harmonised registration format; 2. one-time submission of company data; 3. harmonised electronic reporting; 4. no disproportionate minimum fees for very small quantities; 5. real simplifications for small cross-border sellers. I also think new rules like this should be tested much more practically before they are adopted. Take a large platform, a medium-sized retailer, a small EU-wide online shop and a microbusiness with only a few cross-border orders. Then calculate what the rule actually costs each of them per shipment, per kilogram of packaging and compared with the turnover generated in each country. A simple practical test like that would show very quickly when the administrative cost becomes completely disproportionate to the environmental contribution itself. The aim of the PPWR is reasonable. But the system should also work in real life. For cross-border e-commerce, 27 separate administrative structures are not a good long-term solution. A European Packaging One-Stop-Shop would be simpler, fairer and more in line with the idea of a genuine Single Market.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small online retail business in Germany and sell directly to consumers and other end users across the EU. Cross-border sales have become very important for my business, but the number of shipments varies enormously from one Member State to another. I have no problem with paying for the collection and recycling of the packaging I put on the market. That is not the issue. The problem is the amount of administration around it. As a small retailer, I can be faced with separate registrations, different reporting systems, individual contracts, minimum fees and possibly authorised representatives in many different Member States. In countries where I only send a few parcels per year, the actual recycling cost may only be a few euros, while the administrative cost can easily be hundreds of euros. That simply does not make economic sense. A large platform or major retailer can spread these fixed costs over hundreds of thousands or millions of shipments. A small business cannot. In practice, this means that small retailers may have to stop selling to consumers in smaller EU markets, even though shipping there is technically simple and the environmental impact is very small. In my view, the obvious solution would be an EU-wide Packaging One-Stop-Shop, similar to the VAT OSS system. A business should register once and report through one EU portal: * destination Member State, * packaging material, * actual quantity of packaging placed on that market. The fees could then be collected centrally and passed on to the relevant national systems. If a retailer sends 1,000 parcels to one Member State and only 10 to another, the cost should reflect those actual quantities. The polluter still pays, but the unnecessary duplication disappears. If a full One-Stop-Shop cannot be introduced immediately, there should at least be: 1. one harmonised registration format; 2. one-time submission of company data; 3. harmonised electronic reporting; 4. no disproportionate minimum fees for very small quantities; 5. real simplifications for small cross-border sellers. I also think new rules like this should be tested much more practically before they are adopted. Take a large platform, a medium-sized retailer, a small EU-wide online shop and a microbusiness with only a few cross-border orders. Then calculate what the rule actually costs each of them per shipment, per kilogram of packaging and compared with the turnover generated in each country. A simple practical test like that would show very quickly when the administrative cost becomes completely disproportionate to the environmental contribution itself. The aim of the PPWR is reasonable. But the system should also work in real life. For cross-border e-commerce, 27 separate administrative structures are not a good long-term solution. A European Packaging One-Stop-Shop would be simpler, fairer and more in line with the idea of a genuine Single Market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557410_en"}, {"id": 33557413, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:20:41", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "AKD", "feedback": "Die PPWR ist in der jetzigen Form für kleine Unternehmen, die nur gelegentlich Pakete in andere EU-Länder versenden, eine völlig praxisferne Regelung. Wir reden hier nicht von Unternehmen, die täglich hunderte oder tausende Pakete europaweit verschicken. Es geht auch um kleine Händler, die vielleicht einige wenige Bestellungen im Quartal oder Jahr in ein Nachbarland versenden. Genau für diese (Kleinst)-Unternehmen wird der Versand innerhalb der EU durch Registrierungspflichten, Bevollmächtigte, unterschiedliche nationale Verfahren, Gebühren und zusätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand absolut unrentabel. Wo bleibt hier eigentlich der europäische Gedanke und der gemeinsame Binnenmarkt? Ich habe den Grundgedanken der EU noch anders im Kopf. Aktuell sehe ich nur den Euro als Zahlungsmittel noch als Vorteil, das man in ein anderes Land reisen kann ohne am Zoll 10 Stunden zu stehen (ach das wird ja auch schon teilweise wieder gemacht). Ich habe überhaupt kein Problem damit, für die von uns in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungen zu bezahlen. Das tun wir seit Jahren. Verpackungsmengen werden gemeldet und die entsprechenden Gebühren an ein Entsorgungssystem gezahlt. Warum schafft man innerhalb der EU kein System, bei dem ein Unternehmen seine gesamten Verpackungsmengen in seinem Heimatland meldet und zusätzlich angibt, welche Mengen beispielsweise nach Frankreich, Österreich, Italien oder in andere EU-Länder gegangen sind? Die nationalen Systeme könnten diese anteiligen Gebühren anschließend untereinander abrechnen. Technisch sollte eine solche Lösung im Jahr 2026 nun wirklich kein unlösbares Problem darstellen. Stattdessen wird die Verantwortung auf jedes einzelne Unternehmen verlagert. Ein kleiner Händler soll sich mit den Vorschriften verschiedener Mitgliedstaaten beschäftigen, gegebenenfalls Bevollmächtigte bestellen, Registrierungen durchführen, Meldungen abgeben und dafür Kosten tragen, die in keinem Verhältnis zu einigen wenigen versendeten Paketen stehen. Die Konsequenz ist vorhersehbar: Kleine Unternehmen stellen den Versand in andere EU-Länder einfach ein, so haben wir es auch gemacht. Nur noch DE, alle, wirklich alle anderen Länder wären unrentabel. Bei z.B. 2.000 Bruttoumsatz (reiner Warenwert) mit 20 Paketen nach Österreich und einer Marge von 30% bleiben gerade einmal 600 übrig, zieht man dort seine Märchensteuer von 19% ab, zahlt für den Bevollmächtigten (ca. 300 netto) und die Verpackungsgebühr nach Österreich (Mindestsumme um die 80), dann bleiben noch gut 120 übrig. Aufgeteilt auf 20 Pakete also 6 pro Paket. Dafür muss ich dann auch noch die Dokumentationspflichten erfüllen, die Mitarbeiter (Einkauf, Packen usw.) bezahlen und möchte ja gerne fürs Unternehmen auch noch Gewinn erzielen. Den Mehraufwand für die Buchhaltung habe ich nichtmal reingerechnet. Wie soll das gehen? Auch wir versenden nicht mehr innerhalb der EU. Nicht weil wir keine Kunden in anderen europäischen Ländern beliefern möchten und auch nicht, weil wir uns vor den Kosten für das Recycling unserer Verpackungen drücken wollen. Sondern weil der bürokratische und finanzielle Aufwand bei wenigen Sendungen wirtschaftlich nicht mehr vertretbar ist. Eine europäische Verordnung, die am Ende dazu führt, dass kleine Unternehmen ihre Geschäfte wieder stärker auf das eigene Land beschränken, läuft für mich dem Grundgedanken eines gemeinsamen europäischen Binnenmarktes entgegen. Umweltschutz und eine faire Beteiligung an Entsorgungskosten sind richtig und wichtig. Aber dafür braucht es eine zentrale, einfache und bezahlbare europäische Lösung. Nicht 27 nationale Systeme und einen Verwaltungsaufwand, der kleine Händler faktisch aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängt. Die PPWR hätte eine große Chance sein können, die Verpackungsregeln in Europa tatsächlich zu vereinheitlichen. Wenn kleine Unternehmen als Konsequenz nun sagen müssen Wir liefern nicht mehr ins EU-Ausland, dann ist bei der Ausgestaltung aus meiner Sicht etwas grundlegend falsch gelaufen.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR in its current form is completely impractical for small businesses that only occasionally send parcels to other EU countries. We are not talking about companies that send hundreds or thousands of parcels every day across Europe. It is also about small traders who may send a few orders per quarter or year to a neighbouring country. It is precisely for these (micro)enterprises that intra-EU shipping becomes totally unprofitable due to registration obligations, authorised representatives, different national procedures, fees and additional administrative burden. Where does the European idea and the single market actually remain here? I have a different mindset of the basic idea of the EU. At present, I see only the euro as a means of payment that can be travelled to another country without standing at customs for 10 hours (this is already partly done). I have no problem paying for the packaging we place on the market. This is what we have been doing for years. Quantities of packaging are reported and the corresponding fees paid to a disposal system. Why not create a system within the EU where a company reports all its packaging volumes in its home country and additionally states what volumes went to e.g. France, Austria, Italy or other EU countries? National systems could then charge each other these pro rata fees. Technically, such a solution should now really not be an insoluble problem in 2026. Instead, responsibility is shifted to each individual company. A small trader should deal with the rules of different Member States, where appropriate, appoint authorised representatives, carry out registrations, submit notifications and bear costs that are disproportionate to a small number of parcels sent. The consequence is predictable: Small businesses simply stop shipping to other EU countries, as we did. Only DE, all, all other countries would be unprofitable. With, for example, 2000 gross turnover (pure value of goods) with 20 parcels to Austria and a margin of 30 %, there are just 600 left, there is deduction of its garden tax of 19 %, pays for the agent (approximately 300 net) and the packaging fee to Austria (minimum sum around 80), then there are just over 120 left. Divided into 20 packages, i.e. 6 per package. To do so, I also have to meet the documentation requirements that employees pay (purchases, packs, etc.) and would like to make a profit for the company. I have not even calculated the additional costs for accounting purposes. How does it work? We do not send any more within the EU either. Not because we don’t want to supply customers in other European countries, or because we want to squeeze away from the cost of recycling our packaging. It is because the bureaucratic and financial burden of a small number of consignments is no longer economically justifiable. In my view, a European regulation which ultimately leads to small businesses resuming their activities more nationally runs counter to the idea of a common European internal market. Environmental protection and a fair share of disposal costs are right and important. But this requires a central, simple and affordable European solution. Not 27 national systems and an administrative burden effectively pushing small traders out of cross-border trade. The PPWR could have been a great opportunity to truly unify packaging rules across Europe. If, as a consequence, small businesses now have to say that we are no longer delivering to other EU countries, then, in my view, something fundamentally wrong has been done in the design.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557413_en"}, {"id": 33557412, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:18:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "ADESATOS GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines Onlinehandels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für uns als Kleinunternehmen ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Marc Dreffke", "feedbackEnglish": "As an online retailer, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For us, as small businesses, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth without a legal department of our own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro and small operators should generally be exempted from the obligation to appoint a representative according to the known limits on staff headcount and turnover. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Marc Dreffke", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557412_en"}, {"id": 33557411, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:18:52", "country": "HUN", "language": "HU", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "A PPWR környezetvédelmi céljaival egyetértek, azonban a szabályozás jelenlegi formájában aránytalan adminisztratív és pénzügyi terhet jelenthet a mikro- és kisvállalkozások számára, különösen a határon átnyúló e-kereskedelemben. A legnagyobb problémát az jelenti, hogy egy kisvállalkozásnak akár minden egyes tagállamban külön EPR-regisztrációval, adatszolgáltatással, díjfizetéssel és adott esetben helyi meghatalmazott igénybevételével kell számolnia. Ezek jelentős része fix költség, amely nincs arányban az adott országban értékesített termékek vagy a felhasznált csomagolás mennyiségével. Egy mikrovállalkozás esetében előfordulhat, hogy egy adott tagállamba évente mindössze néhány vagy néhány tucat csomagot küld. Ilyenkor maga a csomagolás után fizetendő környezetvédelmi hozzájárulás elenyésző lenne, miközben az adminisztratív megfelelés költsége akár több száz eurót is elérhet országonként és évente. Ez arra ösztönzi a kisvállalkozásokat, hogy bizonyos EU-tagállamokba egyáltalán ne értékesítsenek. Véleményem szerint ez ellentétes az EU egységes piacának alapvető céljával, hiszen a szabályozás a gyakorlatban akadályozhatja a határon átnyúló kereskedelmet. Indokolt lenne egy valódi, uniós szintű one-stop-shop rendszer kialakítása, amelyben a vállalkozás egyetlen tagállamban regisztrál, egyetlen felületen tesz eleget adatszolgáltatási kötelezettségének, és az így megfizetett díjakat az érintett tagállamok között osztják fel. Emellett szükségesnek tartanék egy érdemi de minimis mentességet vagy egyszerűsített rendszert a mikro- és kisvállalkozások számára. Például egy bizonyos éves csomagolási tömeg vagy adott tagállamban elért árbevétel alatt ne legyen szükség külön országonkénti regisztrációra, meghatalmazottra és teljes körű adminisztrációra. A környezetvédelmi célok elérhetők úgy is, hogy közben a megfelelési költségek arányban maradnak a vállalkozás tényleges környezeti hatásával. A szabályozásnak nem szabad olyan helyzetet teremtenie, amelyben egy kisvállalkozás számára gazdaságilag ésszerűbb megtagadni néhány termék más EU-tagállamba történő értékesítését, mint megfelelni az adott ország adminisztratív követelményeinek.", "feedbackEnglish": "I agree with the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but the regulation as it stands may impose a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on micro and small enterprises, especially in cross-border e-commerce. The main problem is that even in each Member State a small enterprise has to deal with a separate EPR registration, data provision, payment of fees and, where applicable, the use of a local agent. A significant part of these are fixed costs, which are not proportional to the volume of products sold or packaging used in the country. A micro-enterprise may send only a few or a few dozen parcels per year to a Member State. In this case, the environmental contribution to be paid for the packaging itself would be marginal, while the cost of administrative compliance could amount to hundreds of euros per country per year. This encourages small businesses not to sell at all to certain EU countries. In my view, this runs counter to the fundamental objective of the EU’s single market, as regulation can in practice hinder cross-border trade. It would be appropriate to establish a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop system in which a company registers in a single Member State, fulfils its reporting obligation in a single interface and the fees thus paid are distributed among the Member States concerned. In addition, I would see the need for a meaningful de minimis exemption or a simplified regime for micro and small enterprises. For example, below a certain annual packaging weight or turnover in a Member State, there should be no need for separate country-by-country registration, nominee and full administration. Environmental objectives can also be achieved while keeping compliance costs in proportion to the actual environmental impact of the undertaking. The legislation should not create a situation where it makes economic sense for a small enterprise to refuse to sell some products to another EU country rather than to comply with the administrative requirements of that country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557411_en"}, {"id": 33552244, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:18:22", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Die EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) hat mit der Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht faktisch eine Marktzugangsschranke geschaffen, die den EU-Binnenmarkt für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen wirtschaftlich unzugänglich macht. Die eigentlichen Systemgebühren sind bei kleinen Mengen bereits eine finanzielle Hürde, der bürokratische Zusatzaufwand zur Registrierung in allen Mitgliedsstaaten einzeln ist unverhältnismäßig hoch. Es braucht ein One Stop Shop System. Die Bevollmächtigten-Pflicht schlägt dagegen mit mindestens (!) 7.800 pro Jahr zu Buche, unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Versandvolumen. Das Verhältnis von Compliance-Kosten zu Umsatz ist für Kleinstanbieter existenzgefährdend und steht in keinem Verhältnis zum Regulierungsziel. Paradoxerweise trifft die Verordnung genau jene nicht, für die sie konzipiert wurde: Großunternehmen mit Lagerstandorten in allen Mitgliedsstaaten sind bereits compliant, ohne einen einzigen zusätzlichen Schritt unternehmen zu müssen. Große Versandunternehmen mit Sitz außerhalb der EU, die aktuell für einen erheblichen Teil des Mülls verantwortlich sind, trifft die Regelung gar nicht. Das Ergebnis ist eine de facto Privilegierung großer Marktakteure und ein systematischer Ausschluss kleiner Direktversender aus dem Binnenmarkt. Das ist das Gegenteil eines funktionierenden Binnenmarkts. Es ist dringend erforderlich, den Anwendungsbereich nachzuschärfen und Bagatellgrenzen einzuführen. Die Vielfalt kleiner Unternehmen, Kunsthandwerker und Künstler als Akteure im europäischen Binnenmarkt ist hierdurch aktiv bedroht. Viele kleine Unternehmen stellen den Versand in andere Mitgliedsstaaten ein. Einige stehen bei Wegfall des EU Marktes vor der Frage, ob sie ihr Unternehmen ganz aufgeben. Sie haben eine Verordnung in Kraft treten lassen, deren Probleme sie offensichtlich selbst bereits erkannt haben. Diese Einsicht und eine Empfehlung an die Mitgliedsstaaten, noch nicht zu saktionieren, schafft keinerlei Rechtssicherheit für die Betroffenen! Handeln Sie bitte dringend und korrigieren Sie das. Sie sehen das massive Feedback zu dieser Verordnung.", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) has created a de facto market access barrier with the obligation of authorised representatives, making the EU internal market economically inaccessible to micro and small enterprises. The actual system fees are already a financial hurdle for small quantities, and the additional bureaucratic burden of registration in all Member States individually is disproportionately high. A One Stop Shop system is needed. The authorised representative’s obligation, on the other hand, amounts to at least (!) 7800 per year, irrespective of the actual volume of shipments. The ratio of compliance costs to turnover poses a threat to the survival of micro-vendors and is disproportionate to the regulatory objective. Paradoxically, the Regulation does not apply exactly to those for whom it was designed: Large companies with storage sites in all Member States are already compliant without having to take a single additional step. Large shipping companies based outside the EU, which are currently responsible for a significant proportion of waste, are not affected by the rules at all. The result is a de facto preferential treatment of large market players and a systematic exclusion of small direct mailers from the internal market. This is the opposite of a functioning single market. There is an urgent need to clarify the scope and introduce de minimis thresholds. This actively threatens the diversity of small businesses, craftsmen and artists as actors in the European single market. Many small businesses stop shipping to other Member States. Some face the question of whether or not to give up their business altogether when the EU market disappears. They have allowed a regulation to enter into force, the problems of which they have evidently already identified themselves. This recognition and a recommendation to the Member States not to take any action yet does not create any legal certainty for those concerned! Please act urgently and correct this. You see the massive feedback on this regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33552244_en"}, {"id": 33557407, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:14:17", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Kinaree GmbH", "feedback": "Rückmeldung als betroffenes kleines E-Commerce-Unternehmen aus Deutschland (Handel mit Möbeln und Wohnaccessoires). Wir begrüßen das Ziel dieses Rechtsakts ausdrücklich: einheitliche, EU-weit standardisierte Regeln für die nationalen Herstellerregister, die divergierende nationale Anforderungen vermeiden. Genau hier liegt aber das größte Risiko und aus unserer Sicht dringender Nachbesserungsbedarf, damit die Harmonisierung nicht durch nationale Auslegung ausgehöhlt wird. Einheitliche Erzeuger\"-Definition Versandetiketten ausdrücklich ausnehmen Der Rechtsakt sollte klarstellen, dass allein das Aufbringen eines gewöhnlichen Versand- und Adressetiketts (Empfängeradresse, Absender, Sendungsnummer) einen Händler nicht zum registrierungspflichtigen Erzeuger\" macht und keine Modifikation der Verpackung im Sinne von Art. 21 darstellt. Als Erzeuger gilt, wer Verpackung erstmals unter eigenem Namen oder eigener Marke bereitstellt ein neutrales Versandetikett erfüllt das nicht. In Deutschland vertritt die Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister derzeit die gegenteilige Auffassung (Label = Erzeuger, begründet mit der Gewichtsveränderung durch das Etikett). Das ist genau die nationale Sonderauslegung, die dieser Rechtsakt verhindern soll. Ohne ausdrückliche Klarstellung droht in einem Mitgliedstaat eine Registrierungspflicht, wo in anderen keine besteht. Doppelregistrierung und Mehrfachzählung vermeiden Standardisierte Versandverpackung, die vom tatsächlichen Hersteller bereits registriert und lizenziert wurde, darf nicht zusätzlich von jedem nachgelagerten Händler erneut registriert werden müssen, der sie lediglich nutzt und versendet. Sonst wird dieselbe Verpackung mehrfach erfasst und mehrfach mit EPR-Gebühren belegt das verzerrt die Datenlage und widerspricht dem Harmonisierungsziel. Das Register-Format sollte am Ursprung der Bereitstellung ansetzen, nicht am bloßen Weiterversand. Verhältnismäßigkeit und Datenlast für kleine Betriebe Die vorgesehene Granularität (Material für Material nach Gewicht, Einzelkomponenten, Verbundverpackungen, technische Dokumentation nach Anhang VII) ist für kleine Online-Händler, die handelsübliche Fremdverpackung einsetzen, nicht leistbar. Das Format sollte ausdrücklich erlauben, sich auf die Daten des vorgelagerten Herstellers zu stützen, und für kleine Mengen ein vereinfachtes Verfahren vorsehen (aufbauend auf der Erleichterung unter 10 t/Jahr, Art. 44 Abs. 8). Sonst muss jeder Kleinstversender eigene technische Verpackungsdokumentation erstellen ein unverhältnismäßiger Aufwand. Interoperabilität und Once-Only-Prinzip Die nationalen Register sollten interoperabel sein und dem Once-Only-Grundsatz folgen: Wer in einem Mitgliedstaat für eine Verpackung registriert ist und meldet, sollte für dieselbe Verpackung nicht zu redundanten Parallelmeldungen in anderen Staaten gezwungen werden. Fazit: Die Idee einheitlicher Register ist richtig. Damit sie funktioniert, muss der Rechtsakt die Erzeuger-Eigenschaft und den Registrierungsauslöser eindeutig und praxistauglich definieren einschließlich der ausdrücklichen Feststellung, dass ein reines Versandetikett keine Erzeugerpflichten begründet. Andernfalls entsteht genau der Flickenteppich aus Doppelbelastung und nationaler Sonderauslegung, der kleine Händler existenziell trifft und den Binnenmarkt fragmentiert.", "feedbackEnglish": "Feedback as a small e-commerce company concerned from Germany (trade in furniture and residential accessories). We very much welcome the aim of this act: uniform, EU-wide standardised rules for national registers of producers, avoiding diverging national requirements. It is precisely here, however, that the greatest risk lies and, in our view, there is an urgent need for improvement so that harmonisation is not undermined by national interpretation. Uniform producers‘definition expressly exclude shipping labels. The act should make it clear that simply affixing a common shipping and address label (address, sender, consignment number) does not make a trader a producer subject to registration’ and does not constitute a modification of the packaging within the meaning of Article 21. A producer is a person who makes packaging available for the first time under his own name or trademark a neutral shipping label does not meet this requirement. In Germany, the central body for packaging registers currently takes the opposite view (label = producer, based on the change in weight caused by the label). That is precisely the special national interpretation which that measure is intended to prevent. Without explicit clarification, there is a risk of an obligation to register in one Member State, whereas there is no such obligation in others. Double registration and double counting shall avoid standardised shipping packaging that has already been registered and licensed by the actual manufacturer, shall not additionally need to be re-registered by any downstream distributor that merely uses and dispatches it. Otherwise, the same packaging is recorded several times and EPR fees are used several times to prove that this distorts the data situation and runs counter to the harmonisation objective. The register format should be based on the origin of the supply, not on the mere re-dispatch. Proportionality and data burden for small businesses The level of granularity envisaged (material by weight, individual components, composite packaging, technical documentation in accordance with Annex VII) is not affordable for small online traders using non-customary commercial packaging. The format should explicitly allow reliance on the upstream producer’s data and provide for a simplified procedure for small quantities (building on facilitation below 10 tonnes/year, Article 44(8)). Otherwise, each micro-consignor will have to produce its own technical packaging documentation, which will be a disproportionate effort. Interoperability and the once-only principle National registers should be interoperable and follow the once-only principle: Those who register and report packaging in one Member State should not be forced to make redundant parallel notifications in other Member States for the same packaging. My conclusion: The idea of single registers is right. For it to work, the act must clearly and practically define the producer status and the registration trigger, including explicitly stating that a mere shipping label does not create producer obligations. Otherwise, it is precisely the patchwork of double taxation and national special interpretation that affects small traders and fragments the internal market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557407_en"}, {"id": 33557406, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:12:56", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "X-Print Des", "feedback": "As of September 1st, I am laying off both of my employees due to these new regulations and the inability to run my business in its current size and format. A colleague who is on the job market is expecting a child. His comment was laconic - I hope they don't come up with a new regulation for recycling human waste, that I can't afford the recycling fee for my child. Against the backdrop of the tragedy that the bureaucrats have served us, there is something comical - being a funeral home could turn out to be the new golden goose of business if the EU decides that everything should be recycled and that the companies that profit from this activity should be additionally subsidized for it. A relatively simple solution - collectability through the price of transport, shows how far the evolution of the human brain has come in the European Parliament and the European Commission. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this peak of human intelligence, but the fact is that this is another decision leading to the destruction of business in Europe. And yes....... the green deal, recycling and all similar policies must be fundamentally rethought in Europe. For the sake of the future of our children. Recycling has existed and will exist long before and long after the life cycle of the bureaucrats who made this extremely intelligent decision. Everything is a business. As long as there are profits, there will be someone to work it and perform this service. Without the need for everyone to empty their wallet for various fees or regulations. It is right that European citizens receive full and real information about what they pay for green policy, how much it costs them and where the money they give goes. Because life on the continent is becoming more and more difficult, business is becoming more and more impossible, because of the mental peaks of human development...... or simply corrupt practices for handing out huge sums to some companies that profit both from European citizens and from the activities they carry out.", "feedbackEnglish": "As of September 1st, I am laying off both of my employees due to these new regulations and the inability to run my business in its current size and format. A colleague who is on the job market is expecting a child. His comment was laconic - I hope they don't come up with a new regulation for recycling human waste, that I can't afford the recycling fee for my child. Against the backdrop of the tragedy that the bureaucrats have served us, there is something comical - being a funeral home could turn out to be the new golden goose of business if the EU decides that everything should be recycled and that the companies that profit from this activity should be additionally subsidized for it. A relatively simple solution - collectability through the price of transport, shows how far the evolution of the human brain has come in the European Parliament and the European Commission. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this peak of human intelligence, but the fact is that this is another decision leading to the destruction of business in Europe. And yes....... the green deal, recycling and all similar policies must be fundamentally rethought in Europe. For the sake of the future of our children. Recycling has existed and will exist long before and long after the life cycle of the bureaucrats who made this extremely intelligent decision. Everything is a business. As long as there are profits, there will be someone to work it and perform this service. Without the need for everyone to empty their wallet for various fees or regulations. It is right that European citizens receive full and real information about what they pay for green policy, how much it costs them and where the money they give goes. Because life on the continent is becoming more and more difficult, business is becoming more and more impossible, because of the mental peaks of human development...... or simply corrupt practices for handing out huge sums to some companies that profit both from European citizens and from the activities they carry out.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557406_en"}, {"id": 33557405, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:12:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Jophiel Aromaöle", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Meis Gudrun (vormals Klingbeil-Hilz)", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Secondly, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close) Meis Gudrun (formerly Klingbeil-Hilz)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557405_en"}, {"id": 33557403, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:11:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Udo Dömer Technik", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen besonders kritischen Punkt der Umsetzung der PPWR hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in jedem Mitgliedstaat, in den Waren verkauft werden. Für Kleinunternehmen bedeutet diese Regelung einen erheblichen zusätzlichen Kosten- und Bürokratieaufwand. Der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf sollte eigentlich ein wesentlicher Vorteil des europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Mit der vorgesehenen Ausgestaltung der PPWR droht jedoch genau dieser Vorteil für kleine Unternehmen verloren zu gehen. Bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten auslösen. Werden Waren beispielsweise in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Mitgliedstaaten verkauft, können daraus ebenso viele separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren, Registrierungen und Meldewege entstehen unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft werden. Gerade für kleine Unternehmen stehen diese Fixkosten häufig in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen. Wer nur wenige Sendungen pro Monat in ein bestimmtes EU-Land verkauft, muss sich daher fragen, ob sich der grenzüberschreitende Verkauf überhaupt noch wirtschaftlich lohnt. Damit wird die Bevollmächtigtenpflicht faktisch zu einer Marktzutrittsschranke für kleine Unternehmen. Statt den europäischen Binnenmarkt zu fördern, entsteht ein System, das kleine Händler dazu bewegen kann, Verkäufe ins EU-Ausland einzustellen. Das widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundgedanken der Europäischen Union und dem Ziel eines funktionierenden Binnenmarktes. Wenn die Teilnahme am europäischen Binnenmarkt für ein Kleinunternehmen mit hohen länderspezifischen Fixkosten und erheblichem Bürokratieaufwand verbunden ist, stellt sich die Frage, welchen praktischen Nutzen dieser Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen noch hat. Im Extremfall führt diese Regulierung dazu, dass sich kleine Händler vollständig aus dem europäischen Auslandsgeschäft zurückziehen. Dann könnte man den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für Kleinstunternehmen auch gleich unterbinden wirtschaftlich läuft die derzeitige Entwicklung für viele Händler genau darauf hinaus. Wenn die EU den Binnenmarkt auch für kleine Unternehmen erhalten und fördern möchte, muss die Umsetzung der PPWR diesem Umstand Rechnung tragen. Andernfalls besteht die Gefahr, dass gerade die Unternehmen, die vom Binnenmarkt profitieren sollen, durch Bürokratie und Fixkosten aus diesem Markt gedrängt werden. Eine verhältnismäßige, zentralisierte und für Kleinunternehmen praktikable Lösung ist daher dringend erforderlich.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as an operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to a particularly critical point in the implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where goods are sold. For small businesses, this scheme represents a significant additional cost and administrative burden. Cross-border sales should be a major advantage of the European single market. However, with the envisaged design of the PPWR, this very advantage for small enterprises risks being lost. Even a single sale to another Member State may trigger registration, reporting and authorised representative obligations. For example, if goods are sold in 10 or 20 EU Member States, this can create as many separate contractual relationships, fees, registrations and reporting channels, regardless of whether five parcels or five hundred are sold there. For small businesses in particular, these fixed costs are often disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes. Anyone who sells only a few items per month to a particular EU country must therefore wonder whether cross-border selling is still economically worthwhile at all. In practice, therefore, the obligation to appoint a representative becomes a barrier to entry for small undertakings. Instead of promoting the European single market, it creates a system that can encourage small traders to stop selling abroad in the EU. In my view, this runs counter to the fundamental idea of the European Union and the objective of a functioning internal market. If participation in the European single market entails high country-specific fixed costs and considerable red tape for a small enterprise, the question arises as to what practical benefits this single market still has for small businesses. In extreme cases, this regulation leads to a complete withdrawal of small traders from Europe’s foreign business. In that case, cross-border trade for micro-enterprises could also be prevented at the same time in economic terms. For many traders, this is exactly what the current trend is for. If the EU wants to preserve and promote the single market also for small businesses, the implementation of the PPWR must take this into account. Otherwise, it is precisely the companies that are supposed to benefit from the single market that risk being pushed out of that market by red tape and fixed costs. A proportionate, centralised and workable solution for small businesses is therefore urgently needed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557403_en"}, {"id": 33557400, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:10:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Anderes Schönes", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Gründerin von einem kleinen Garn-Onlineshop möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen, ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege, unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits, Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten, sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as founder of a small garn online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step towards growth, without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. This bundling already exists, but traders still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the volume actually sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations, they bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread only over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557400_en"}, {"id": 33557397, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:08:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "TMF-RACING Tim Jochen Forster", "feedback": "Guten Tag, wir sind ein Online Handel mit bis zum 12.8 , 4 Personen, seit dem 123 nur nich 2 Personen , es ist nucht machbar such überall zu registrieren , und die Regeln für jedes Land genau nzu beachen , das können die Firmen die extra dafür Personal abstellen und nichts anderes machen. # Dies Gesetzt macht den Online Handel zunichte. Wir werden versuchen zu überleben , ansonsten melden wir uns arbeistlos , zwei sind schon arbeitslos .", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear, We are trading online with up to 12.8, 4 people, since 123 no more than 2 people, it is feasible to register everywhere, and to have a close look at the rules for each country, so companies can hire the extra staff for this and do nothing else. # This law destroys online trade. We will try to survive, otherwise we declare ourselves without fear, two are already unemployed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557397_en"}, {"id": 33557396, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:08:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bramburg Werbung Torsten Koch e.K.", "feedback": "Liebe EU Agierende, ich sehe inzwischen den Aufwand als Kleinunternehmen im europäischen Onlinehandel zu verkaufen als so immens, das ich aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen auf Verkäufe außerhalb Deutschlands verzichte bzw. verzichten muss. Der Berg an Vorschriften und Vorgaben ist dermaßen umfangreich und zudem unübersichtlich, da macht es keinen Sinn anders zu agieren. Zudem sind die Kosten, die bei kleinen Mengen und Umsätzen mit dem europäische Ausland anfallen, viel zu hoch. Die Fallstricke hier zudem was falsch zu machen, etwas zu vegessen was in jeweiligen Land Vorschrift ist. Ich habe versucht mittels Lizenzero mal zu eroieren was für Kosten bei Verkauf in alle EU Länder anfällt. Es wurden zu jedem Land Fragen gestellt die zeigen, das bei der Verpackungsvorordnung nahezu jedes Land sein eigenes Ding macht. von den glaube ich rund 250-300 Euro pro Land an Kosten ganz zu schweigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear EU agent, I now see the burden of selling as a small business in European online trade as immense, which for economic reasons I have to forego or forego sales outside Germany. The range of rules and requirements is so extensive and also confusing, as it makes no sense to act differently. In addition, the costs of small quantities and transactions with other European countries are far too high. The pitfalls here also make a mistake, something too obscure, what is the rule in each country. I tried to erode the costs of selling to all EU countries by means of a licence. Questions have been asked about each country which show that almost every country is doing its own thing when it comes to prescribing packaging, let alone about EUR 250-300 per country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557396_en"}, {"id": 33557395, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:08:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "vinocentral GmbH", "feedback": "Good morning, I dont want to use any prepared text and just copy and paste it here. We are a wine merchant selling small quantities of very and highly specialized wines growing throughout Europe and we sell them to customers throughout Europe. In many European countries we are the only one providing these wines. Every 1000 shipments we have 1 to 2 complaints. We can be reached by phone 24 hours a day. if somebody doesnt reach us by phone, he or she will be called back within 25 hours. We answer emails almost instantly I think if you impose such measures as to provide a representative in every country, we will definitely have to stop our services. Why dont you impose these measures as soon as customers complain about not being able to reach somebody. And maybe you should focus your efforts in identifying fake stores, they dont supplier were a representative and as soon as you find out, they are gone as always stores like ours are not the cause of the problem, we perform perfectly and give 100% consumer satisfaction. But we are the ones that suffer. We should be honored instead of burdened. Sorry, but Im really frustrated about this. If this really happens, everybody will make contracts with companies that provide representatives. They will then handle the customer complaints way too slow and inefficient. Why wouldnt the EU provide a platform like this and let the manufacturers pay for the service if the clients use it. So all your manufacturers will try it to improve their service so the customers dont fall back on this Service. Like this, you can easily identify companies not performing, and you will improve performance in general. The way you plan this there wont be any improvement, but only more bureaucracy and more companies and services just making money on this bureaucracy, hence product prices for consumers rising. I would appreciate helping you in this process. I love your institution and I have been to Brussels with quite few groups of students. Lets change Europe but change it in an efficiency way. :-)", "feedbackEnglish": "Good morning, I dont want to use any prepared text and just copy and paste it here. We are a wine merchant selling small quantities of very and highly specialized wines growing throughout Europe and we sell them to customers throughout Europe. In many European countries we are the only one providing these wines. Every 1000 shipments we have 1 to 2 complaints. We can be reached by phone 24 hours a day. if somebody doesnt reach us by phone, he or she will be called back within 25 hours. We answer emails almost instantly I think if you impose such measures as to provide a representative in every country, we will definitely have to stop our services. Why dont you impose these measures as soon as customers complain about not being able to reach somebody. And maybe you should focus your efforts in identifying fake stores, they dont supplier were a representative and as soon as you find out, they are gone as always stores like ours are not the cause of the problem, we perform perfectly and give 100% consumer satisfaction. But we are the ones that suffer. We should be honored instead of burdened. Sorry, but Im really frustrated about this. If this really happens, everybody will make contracts with companies that provide representatives. They will then handle the customer complaints way too slow and inefficient. Why wouldnt the EU provide a platform like this and let the manufacturers pay for the service if the clients use it. So all your manufacturers will try it to improve their service so the customers dont fall back on this Service. Like this, you can easily identify companies not performing, and you will improve performance in general. The way you plan this there wont be any improvement, but only more bureaucracy and more companies and services just making money on this bureaucracy, hence product prices for consumers rising. I would appreciate helping you in this process. I love your institution and I have been to Brussels with quite few groups of students. Lets change Europe but change it in an efficiency way. :-)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557395_en"}, {"id": 33557392, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:02:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Nordic Paw Yarns", "feedback": "Als Selbständige mit einem kleinen Online-Shop kann ich es mir schlicht nicht leisten, in jedem Land einen Bevollmächtigten zu haben. Außerdem widerspricht diese Regelung meiner Meinung nach gegen die Grundidee der EU: der Handel innerhalb der Mitgliedsstaaten sollte doch vereinfacht werden. So wird er gerade für kleine Händler unterbunden. Das ist sehr schade, da ich z.B. über Etsy sehr gerne Produkte von kleinen Manufakturen bezogen habe.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a self-employed person with a small online shop, I simply cannot afford to have an authorised representative in each country. Moreover, in my view, this rule runs counter to the basic idea of the EU: trade within Member States should be simplified. This is precisely what is being done to stop it for small traders. This is very bad because, for example, I loved to buy products from small manufacturers via Etsy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557392_en"}, {"id": 33557390, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:01:57", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Guten Tag, ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlineshop und möchte Rückmeldung zur neuen Verpackungsverordnung geben. Als erstes finde ich eine Verpackungsverordnung grundsätzlich richtig, jedoch sind die neuen Pflichten für wohl sämtliche kleine Händler die in das EU Ausland versenden wollen, nicht umsetzbar. Es ist nicht nachvollziehbar und finanziell kaum machbar, wenn ein Händler ab dem ersten Paket einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land beauftragen muss, um die dortige Registrierung zu ermöglichen. In meinem Fall mit einem Versandaufkommen von ca 1-20 Paketen je Land und Jahr, wäre dies in keinem Fall tragbar. Der Aufwand und die Kosten würden den Ertrag um ein Vielfaches übersteigen. Für große Unternehmen ist das natürlich nicht der Fall. Zudem erschafft man so einen weiteren Nachteil gegenüber Händlern die nicht in der EU ansässig sind (zB aus China) und ohne jegliche Pflichten ungehindert in die EU versenden dürfen. Es bedarf meiner Meinung weiterhin einer zwingenden Anmeldung im eigenen Land (bei mir Deutschland) und einer zentralen Stelle zur Anmeldung für den Versand ins EU Ausland. Hier sollten dann Bagatellgrenzen eingeführt werden oder realistische Staffelungen nach Anzahl der versendeten Pakete, die das tatsächliche Sendungsvolumen kleiner Händler abbilden. Vielen Dank. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Markus Altmann", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I run a small online shop and would like to provide feedback on the new Packaging Regulation. First, I find a Packaging Regulation fundamentally correct, but the new obligations are probably not feasible for all small traders wishing to send abroad in the EU. It is incomprehensible and financially unfeasible for a trader to have to appoint an authorised representative in each country from the first package onwards in order to be able to register there. In my case, with a volume of around 1-20 parcels per country per year, this would never be sustainable. The burden and costs would be many times higher than the yield. This is of course not the case for large companies. It also creates a further disadvantage compared to traders who are not established in the EU (e.g. from China) and are free to send to the EU without any obligations. In my opinion, there is still a need for a compulsory declaration in my own country (with me, Germany) and a central office to declare for dispatch to another EU country. De minimis thresholds should then be introduced or realistic differentiations should be made according to the number of parcels sent, reflecting the actual volume of shipments by small traders. Many thanks, (Complimentary close) Markus Altmann", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557390_en"}, {"id": 33557388, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 08:01:05", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Laptopia - Wladimir Bormann", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Ich hatte mir überlegt die Märkte in den jeweiligen Ländern auszubauen um mehr zu verkaufen und die schöne Option des Binnenmarktes zu nutzen. Mit der aktuellen Regelung der PPWR habe ich diese Überlegungen in den Wind geschossen, da ich mehrere hundert Artikel pro Jahr verkaufen müsste um die Fixkosten des Beauftragten zu decken. So versuche ich gar nicht erst in diesen Markt reinzukommen da sich die Arbeit aufgrund der hohen Fixkosten nicht lohnt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ihr Laptopia Team. Wladimir Bormann Donaustraße 29 93342 Saal an der Donau", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. I had thought about expanding national markets to sell more and take advantage of the beautiful option of the single market. With the current rules of the PPWR, I have thrown these considerations into the wind, as I would have to sell several hundred items per year to cover the trustee’s fixed costs. I am not trying to enter this market at all, as the high fixed costs make the work unprofitable. Kind regards, your laptopia team. Vladimir Bormann Donaustraße 29 93342 Room on the Danube", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557388_en"}, {"id": 33557387, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:58:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "LED-Trading Tobias Ebert", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt bei der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Mit meinem Unternehmen LED-Trading vertreibe ich Produkte sowohl an private als auch an gewerbliche Kunden. Der Verkauf in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten war dabei bislang ein sinnvoller und vergleichsweise unkomplizierter Bestandteil meines Geschäfts. Als kleiner Unternehmer verfüge ich weder über eine eigene Rechts- oder Compliance-Abteilung noch über die personellen Möglichkeiten großer Handelsunternehmen. Dennoch ist es für mich selbstverständlich, die jeweils geltenden gesetzlichen Vorgaben einzuhalten. Die geplante Ausgestaltung der PPWR verändert die wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen für kleine Händler jedoch erheblich. Sobald Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkauft wird, kann bereits ein sehr geringes Verkaufsvolumen dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter benannt und bezahlt werden muss. Bei beispielsweise zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten entstehen damit zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen, Registrierungen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob in einem Land nur wenige Pakete oder mehrere hundert Sendungen pro Jahr anfallen. Gerade für kleine Onlinehändler stehen diese Fixkosten pro Mitgliedstaat in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungsaufkommen. Sie wirken faktisch wie eine zusätzliche Marktzutrittsschwelle. Ein Händler, der die Kosten nicht auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen in dem jeweiligen Land verteilen kann, wird den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf im Zweifel einstellen oder gar nicht erst anbieten. Damit entsteht aus meiner Sicht ein deutlicher Widerspruch zum Grundgedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmen anhand klar definierter Grenzen bei Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz grundsätzlich von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Schwellenwerte überschreiten, jedoch nur geringe Mengen in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten versenden, sollte ergänzend eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland vorgesehen werden. Unterhalb dieser Grenze sollte keine Verpflichtung bestehen, einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Zweitens löst die Möglichkeit, einen zentralen Dienstleister mit der Wahrnehmung der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, das grundlegende Problem bislang nicht. Entsprechende Anbieter existieren bereits, dennoch müssen Händler in der Praxis weiterhin für jedes Land einzelne Vertragsverhältnisse eingehen und entsprechende Fixkosten tragen unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufs- beziehungsweise Verpackungsvolumen. Aus Sicht kleiner Händler wäre deshalb eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung erforderlich. Über eine zentrale Stelle sollten Registrierungs-, Bevollmächtigungs- und Meldepflichten für mehrere beziehungsweise alle Mitgliedstaaten gebündelt erfüllt werden können, ohne für jedes einzelne Land erneut vergleichbare Fixkosten und Verwaltungsprozesse auszulösen. Drittens sollte auch die technische Übermittlung der Verpackungsdaten europaweit standardisiert werden. Einmal erfasste Daten zu Verpackungsarten und Verpackungsmengen sollten über ein einheitliches Format an die jeweiligen nationalen Stellen beziehungsweise an eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle übermittelt werden können. Es ist aus meiner Sicht weder wirtschaftlich noch ökologisch sinnvoll, dieselben Daten für jeden Mitgliedstaat erneut unterschiedlich aufzubereiten. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine lediglich verkleinerten Großunternehmen. Viele regulatorische Pflichten verursachen unabhängig vom Umsatz nahezu identische Fixkosten", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as owners of small online sales, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales within the European Union. With my company LED-Trading, I sell products to both private and professional customers. Selling to other EU Member States has been a useful and relatively straightforward part of my business so far. As a small entrepreneur, I do not have a dedicated legal or compliance department, nor do I have the human resources of large trading companies. Nevertheless, it is self-evident for me to comply with the applicable legal requirements. However, the planned design of the PPWR significantly changes the business environment for small traders. Once goods are sold in another Member State, even a very small volume of sales may mean that an authorised representative has to be appointed and paid for there. For example, ten or twenty relevant target markets create ten or twenty separate contractual relationships, fee structures, registrations and reporting channels, regardless of whether a country generates few parcels or several hundred items per year. For small e-commerce traders in particular, these fixed costs per Member State are disproportionate to the actual packaging generated. They effectively act as an additional entry threshold. A trader who cannot spread the costs over a sufficiently large volume of sales in the country concerned will stop selling cross-border in case of doubt or will not offer it at all. In my view, this creates a clear contradiction with the basic idea of the European internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should in principle be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative on the basis of clearly defined limits on staff headcount and turnover. A de minimis threshold per destination country should be added for undertakings which exceed those thresholds but only send small quantities to individual Member States. Below this limit, there should be no obligation to appoint a separate authorised representative. Secondly, the possibility of appointing a central service provider to act as an agent does not solve the fundamental problem. Such suppliers already exist, but in practice distributors still have to enter into individual contractual relationships for each country and bear corresponding fixed costs irrespective of the actual volume of sales or packaging. From the point of view of small traders, a genuine European one-stop-shop solution would therefore be needed. It should be possible to fulfil registration, authorisation and reporting obligations for several or all Member States in a single entity, without triggering comparable fixed costs and administrative processes for each individual country. Thirdly, the technical transmission of packaging data should also be standardised across Europe. Once collected, it should be possible to submit data on packaging types and quantities to the respective national bodies or to a European single point of contact in a uniform format. In my view, it makes no economic or environmental sense to reprocess the same data differently for each Member State. Small enterprises are not just small-scale large enterprises. Many regulatory obligations generate almost identical fixed costs regardless of turnover", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557387_en"}, {"id": 33557386, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:57:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "GMBH +co kg", "feedback": "Wir werden aufgrund des Aufwandes und der Kosten den Versand in EU- Länder einstellen. online- Shop", "feedbackEnglish": "We will stop shipping to EU countries because of the effort and costs involved.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557386_en"}, {"id": 33557385, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:55:51", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Train&Space Parts", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich betreibe einen kleinen (sehr kleinen) onlinehandel für gebrauchte Lego-Teile über die Plattform www.bricklink.com Bislang waren ca. 50% meiner Kunden aus dem EU-Ausland. Als maximalen Jahresumsatz in einzelnen EU-Ländern habe ich jeweils ca. 600 EUR erziehlt. Durch die Pflicht eines bevollmächtigten und den damit verbundenen Kosten pro einzelnem EU-Land lohnt es sich seit 12.8. grundsätzlich nicht mehr, den Versand in andere EU-Länder überhaupt nur anzubieten, da die Fixkosten für die Beauftragten den zu erwartenden Gewinn um ein vielfaches überschreiten. Insofern habe ich den Versand in die EU jetzt komplett eingestellt und muss deshalb auf ca. 50% meines Umsatzes verzichten. Und das bin ja dann nicht nur ich: Natürlich wird auch mein Versanddienstleister (DHL) ab Mitte August durch mich keinen Umsatz mehr machen etc. Deshalb bitte ich, das System nochmals zu überdenken und Bagatellgrenzen für Kleinunternehmer einzuführen. mfg Mathias Petermann Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I sell (very small) used lego parts online via the www.bricklink.com platform. To date, around 50 % of my customers have been from other EU countries. As a maximum annual turnover in individual EU countries, I have earned around EUR 600 each. As a result of the obligation to have an authorised representative and the associated costs per individual EU country, it has in principle no longer been worthwhile to offer shipping to other EU countries at all since 12 August, as the fixed costs for the agents exceed the expected profit many times over. In this respect, I have now completely stopped shipping to the EU and must therefore give up around 50 % of my turnover. And that’s not just me: Of course, my mail-order service provider (DHL) will no longer carry out any turnover through me from mid-August, etc. I would therefore ask you to reconsider the system and introduce de minimis thresholds for small traders.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557385_en"}, {"id": 33557384, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:55:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Subject: Protect micro and small businesses from disproportionate packaging registration burdens I strongly support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Producer responsibility and recycling are important objectives that should be implemented across the European Union. However, the current implementation creates a disproportionate administrative burden for micro and small businesses selling across the EU. Requiring even the smallest businesses to register separately in every Member State, obtain national packaging licences, and appoint an authorised representative in each country creates costs that can quickly amount to thousands of euros per year. For many small businesses, these costs exceed their annual profit from cross-border sales. The current system appears to place the same administrative obligations on a sole trader as on a large multinational company, while sellers using certain online marketplaces may face different compliance pathways. This creates an uneven playing field and discourages direct cross-border trade within the Single Market. I respectfully ask the Commission to introduce a simpler and more proportionate system for micro and small enterprises, for example: a single EU-wide producer registration valid across all Member States; one central reporting and licensing portal; recognition of compliance across borders instead of separate national registrations; simplified obligations or exemptions for businesses below reasonable turnover or packaging-volume thresholds. The Single Market should make it easiernot harderfor small businesses to trade across Europe while still achieving ambitious environmental objectives. Please ensure that sustainability is pursued in a way that is practical, proportionate, and fair for Europe's smallest businesses. Thank you for considering this feedback. Kind regards, Jutta von der Goltz Germany", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Protect micro and small businesses from disproportionate packaging registration burdens I strongly support the environmental goals of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Producer responsibility and recycling are important objectives that should be implemented across the European Union. However, the current implementation creates a disproportionate administrative burden for micro and small businesses selling across the EU. Requiring even the smallest businesses to register separately in every Member State, obtain national packaging licences, and appoint an authorised representative in each country creates costs that can quickly amount to thousands of euros per year. For many small businesses, these costs exceed their annual profit from cross-border sales. The current system appears to place the same administrative obligations on a sole trader as on a large multinational company, while sellers using certain online marketplaces may face different compliance pathways. This creates an uneven playing field and discourages direct cross-border trade within the Single Market. I respectfully ask the Commission to introduce a simpler and more proportionate system for micro and small enterprises, for example: a single EU-wide producer registration valid across all Member States; one central reporting and licensing portal; recognition of compliance across borders instead of separate national registrations; simplified obligations or exemptions for businesses below reasonable turnover or packaging-volume thresholds. The Single Market should make it easiernot harderfor small businesses to trade across Europe while still achieving ambitious environmental objectives. Please ensure that sustainability is pursued in a way that is practical, proportionate, and fair for Europe's smallest businesses. Thank you for considering this feedback. Kind regards, Jutta von der Goltz Germany", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557384_en"}, {"id": 33557383, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:55:18", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "E. Weber Verlag GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Obwohl die Intention und das Ziel dieser Verordnung positiv zu sehen sind, ist die Umsetzung in Ihrer jetzigen Form kritisch zu beurteilen. Dabei möchte ich zwei Punkte herausgreifen, die aus Sicht eines KMUs eine besondere Barriere für den freien Warenverkehr darstellen. Erstens ist die Rollenverteilung nicht sinnvoll, wenn ein Unternehmen, welches selbst keine Verpackungsmaterialien herstellt, sondern diese nur verwendet, in eine erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung geraten soll, nur wenn z.B in ein anderes EU-Land versendet wird. Es wäre ein viel einfacherer Prozess, wenn immer der ursprüngliche (erste) Erzeuger in der Verantwortung bleibt, vor allem weil nur dieser die Zusammensetzung und Konformität seiner Produkte kontrollieren kann. Zweitens und in Konsequenz davon ist es ein bürokratischer und finanzieller Aufwand, wenn ein KMU Bevollmächtigte für jedes Mitgliedsland, in welches versendet wird, beauftragen und bezahlen muss. Meiner persönlichen Meinung nach gibt es konsensfähigere Lösungsansätze, nämlich solche, die für alle Marktteilnehmerinnen und Marktteilnehmer ohne viel Aufwand umzusetzen sind. Nur dann werden umweltfördernde Initiativen auch die nötige Akzeptanz in der Bevölkerung erhalten. Danke!", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir, Madam, Although the intention and aim of this Regulation is positive, its implementation in its current form must be viewed critically. I would like to highlight two points which, from the point of view of an SME, constitute a particular barrier to the free movement of goods. First, the division of roles does not make sense if a company that does not itself produce packaging materials, but only uses them, is to be subject to extended producer responsibility only if, for example, they are sent to another EU country. It would be a much simpler process if the original (first) producer always remained responsible, especially because only the latter can control the composition and conformity of his products. Secondly, and as a consequence, it is a bureaucratic and financial burden for an SME to have to appoint and pay agents for each Member State to which they are dispatched. In my personal opinion, there are more consensual solutions, namely those that are easy to implement for all market participants. Only then will green initiatives gain the necessary public acceptance. Thanks!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557383_en"}, {"id": 33557382, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:53:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Liebe EU-Vertreter*innen, Als kleiner Shop mit angeschlossen Ladengeschäft bin ich meine einzige Angestellte. Für mich bedeutet die neue Verpackungsverordnung das Aus für den EU-Versand, da die Kosten ab den ersten Paket in keiner Relation stehen. So geht es vielen meiner Mitstreiter*innen mit kleinen Manufakturen und Shops. Die Verordnung scheint wie eine Marktbereinigung, damit nur noch die großen Marktplätze überleben. Der Gedanke der EU sollte so nicht verstanden werden. Ich versende nur lizenzierte Verpackung, stets aus Papier oder wiederverwendete Verpackung aus B2B. Den Wunsch Umwelt und Ressourcen zu schonen und Verantwortung zu übernehmen teile ich. Damit der Binnenmarkt in Europa seine Vielfalt und Freude an Manufakturware und kleinen Geschäften erhalten bleibe , bitte ich um eine Pagatelgrenze. Vielen Dank! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Olga Suin de Boutemard", "feedbackEnglish": "Liebe EU-Vertreter*innen, Als kleiner Shop mit angeschlossen Ladengeschäft bin ich meine einzige Angestellte. Für mich bedeutet die neue Verpackungsverordnung das Aus für den EU-Versand, da die Kosten ab den ersten Paket in keiner Relation stehen. So geht es vielen meiner Mitstreiter*innen mit kleinen Manufakturen und Shops. Die Verordnung scheint wie eine Marktbereinigung, damit nur noch die großen Marktplätze überleben. Der Gedanke der EU sollte so nicht verstanden werden. Ich versende nur lizenzierte Verpackung, stets aus Papier oder wiederverwendete Verpackung aus B2B. Den Wunsch Umwelt und Ressourcen zu schonen und Verantwortung zu übernehmen teile ich. Damit der Binnenmarkt in Europa seine Vielfalt und Freude an Manufakturware und kleinen Geschäften erhalten bleibe , bitte ich um eine Pagatelgrenze. Vielen Dank! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Olga Suin de Boutemard", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557382_en"}, {"id": 33557381, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:53:09", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "BauPunkt Hain GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich führe einen inhabergeführten Fachhandel für Werkzeuge, Maschinen und Bauzubehör mit angeschlossenem Onlineshop. In der geplanten PPWR-Umsetzung sehen wir folgendes schwerwiegendes Problem. Wenn wir für den Verkauf in jedes einzelne EU-Land einen eigenen Bevollmächtigten für die Herstellerverantwortung bestellen müssen, treibt das entweder unseren personellen oder unseren finanziellen Aufwand derart in die Höhe, dass wir von einem Versand in EU-Länder absehen müssen. Das Problem steckt in der Logik dieser Pflicht. Ihre Kosten richten sich nicht danach, wie viel Verpackung tatsächlich anfällt, sondern allein danach, in wie viele Länder wir liefern. Schon die erste Bestellung aus einem Nachbarland kann dort die volle Registrierungs- und Beauftragungspflicht auslösen mit eigenem Vertrag, eigener Jahresgebühr und eigenem Meldeweg. Wer perspektivisch in ein Dutzend Märkte liefern möchte, bindet sich an ein Dutzend solcher Dauerverpflichtungen, bevor überhaupt nennenswerter Umsatz entsteht. Für uns kleinen Händler rechnet sich das nicht. Der Export wird zum Verlustgeschäft, noch ehe er begonnen hat und das ausgerechnet dort, wo die versendeten Mengen und damit der Umweltnutzen der Regelung am geringsten sind. Mit dem Ziel eines offenen Binnenmarkts ist das schwer vereinbar. Nehmen wir als Beispiel den Anbieter Lizenzero. Dieser berechnet pro registriertem Land 299,- pro Jahr. Wir liefern nicht in jedes EU-Land gleich stark. Nach Italien gehen pro Jahr ca. 10 Pakete, in die Niederlande ca. 5 und Belgien in diesem Jahr zum ersten Mal 1 Paket. Nicht nur, dass hier Aufwand und Nutzen in absolut keinem Verhältnis stehen. Wenn wir perspektivisch in ein Land versenden wollen, müssen wir uns im Vorfeld für dieses registrieren, verursachen also Kosten in unangemessener Höhe mit dem Wissen, dass sich diese für uns kaum amortisieren werden. Ich rege daher zwei Korrekturen an: Mengenbezogene Freigrenze je Land. Unterhalb einer geringen jährlichen Verpackungs- oder Sendungsmenge sollte keine Pflicht zu einem eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestehen; Kleinstunternehmen sollten ohnehin ausgenommen sein. Ein Bevollmächtigter für alle statt einer pro Land. Es sollte möglich sein, sämtliche Länderpflichten über einen einzigen Bevollmächtigten zu mengenabhängigen Konditionen zu erfüllen, statt in jedem Mitgliedstaat getrennt Fixkosten zu tragen. So bleibt die Herstellerverantwortung in vollem Umfang gewahrt, ohne kleine Anbieter vom grenzüberschreitenden Handel abzuschneiden. Im Übrigen dämmen Sie durch diese Regelung die Paketflut aus Fernost nicht ein. Hierin sehe ich die unweit größere ökologische und ökonomische Belastung für Umwelt und Gesellschaft. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Hain BauPunkt Hain GmbH, Lutherstadt Eisleben", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a owner-managed specialist shop for tools, machines and building accessories with a connected online shop. We see the following serious problem with the planned PPWR implementation. If we have to appoint a separate authorised representative for producer responsibility for sale in each EU country, this increases either our human or financial resources to such an extent that we have to refrain from shipping to EU countries. The problem lies in the logic of this duty. Their costs do not depend on how much packaging is actually produced, but only on how many countries we deliver to. Even the first order from a neighbouring country can trigger the full registration and commissioning obligation there with its own contract, annual fee and reporting channel. Anyone wishing to supply a dozen markets in the future will be bound by a dozen such long-term commitments before any significant turnover is generated. This is not expected for our small traders. Exports become loss-making even before they have begun, even where the quantities shipped and thus the environmental benefits of the scheme are the least significant. This is difficult to reconcile with the objective of an open internal market. Let us take the example of the supplier Lizenzero. It calculates 299,- per year per registered country. We do not deliver equally in every EU country. Around 10 parcels a year go to Italy, around 5 to the Netherlands and 1 to Belgium for the first time this year. It is not only that the costs and benefits are completely disproportionate. If we want to send out to a country in the future, we must register for this in advance, i.e. incur unreasonable costs with the knowledge that they will hardly be recouped for us. I therefore suggest two corrections: Quantity-based exemption limit per country. There should be no obligation to have a separate authorised representative below a small annual quantity of packaging or consignments; Micro-enterprises should be exempted anyway. One authorised representative for all instead of one per country. It should be possible to fulfil all country obligations through a single agent on volume-related terms, rather than incurring fixed costs separately in each Member State. In this way, producer responsibility is fully respected without discouraging small suppliers from cross-border trade. Moreover, this rule does not reduce the parcel flood from the Far East. I see this as the almost greater environmental and economic burden on the environment and society. Yours sincerely, Christian Hain BauPunkt Hain GmbH, Lutherstadt Eisleben", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557381_en"}, {"id": 33557379, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:52:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, die PPWR in der aktuellen Form mit der Pflicht in allen Ländern der EU Bevollmächtigte zu bestimmen, ist absolut unverhältnismäßig! Für uns als kleines Familienunternehmen stirbt damit die Möglichkeit am Handel innerhalb der EU zu partizipieren. Es kann nicht sein, dass von Bürokratiabbau die Rede ist und gleichzeitig mit der PPWR ein Bürokratiemonster erschaffen wird. Ich frage mich schon, welche Experten diese Verordnung so geschaffen haben und weshalb keiner dagegen widersprochen hat. Aus meiner Sicht verstößt die PPWR in der aktuellen Form gegen Art. 28 AEUV. Die enormen Kosten für die Bevollmächtigten und bereits die eigentliche Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Solchen stellt eine Beschränkung iSv Art. 34, 35 AEUV dar. Für kleine Händler ist es eine Maßnahme gleicher Wirkung analog eines Verbots im Sinne der \"Dassonville Formel\". Die Verhältnismäßigkeit für einen derartigen Eingriff ist auch nicht gegeben, man sieht ganz klar, dass es so wirtschaftlich nicht tragbar ist. Viele meiner Bekannten mit Online Shops ziehen sich komplett aus der EU zurück. Eine solche Regelung wäre in China und in den USA niemals möglich - ich verstehe nicht, warum wir es uns in Europa, als 1 Europa, so wie der Grundgedanke der EU einst war, immer so schwer machen... Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ass. jur. Dipl. jur. Patrick Weller", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, it is absolutely disproportionate to appoint plenipotentiaries for the PPWR in its current form, with the obligation to appoint plenipotentiaries in all EU countries. For us as a small family business, this means that we lose the opportunity to participate in intra-EU trade. There can be no question of cutting red tape and at the same time creating a bureaucratic monster with the PPWR. I am already wondering which experts have created this regulation and why nobody has objected to it. In my view, the PPWR in its current form infringes Article 28 TFEU. The enormous costs for authorised representatives and the actual obligation to order a song constitute a restriction within the meaning of Articles 34 and 35 TFEU. For small traders, it is a measure having equivalent effect analogous to a prohibition within the meaning of the ‘Dassonville formula’. There is also no proportionality for such interference, as it is quite clear that it is so economically unsustainable. Many of my acquaintances with online shops are leaving the EU altogether. Such an arrangement would never be possible in China and the US – I don’t understand why we always make it so difficult in Europe, as 1 Europe, as the EU’s basic idea was once... Yours sincerely, Ass. jur. Dipl. jur. Patrick Weller", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557379_en"}, {"id": 33557378, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:51:48", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "OTK Autoteile Inhaber Robin Krause", "feedback": "Als Onlinehändler ist der bürokratische Aufwand durch die unterschiedlichen nationalen Regelungen zu Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfällen mittlerweile sehr hoch. Insbesondere für kleinere und mittelständische Händler steht dieser Aufwand aus meiner Sicht häufig in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich in den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmengen. Problematisch ist vor allem, dass für verschiedene EU-Länder unterschiedliche Registrierungen, Meldungen, Systeme und teilweise zusätzliche Bevollmächtigte erforderlich sind. Dies erschwert den grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU erheblich und führt dazu, dass Händler einzelne Länder teilweise gar nicht mehr beliefern. Ich würde deshalb eine zentrale europäische Lösung ausdrücklich begrüßen. Als Vorbild könnte das bereits bestehende OSS-Verfahren bei der Umsatzsteuer dienen: Händler registrieren und melden ihre Verpackungsmengen zentral in ihrem Heimatland und entrichten dort die entsprechenden Gebühren. Die zuständige Stelle verteilt anschließend die Meldungen und Zahlungen auf die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten. Für einen deutschen Händler könnte somit beispielsweise eine zentrale Meldung und Zahlung in Deutschland erfolgen, anstatt zahlreiche einzelne Registrierungen und Verträge in verschiedenen EU-Staaten unterhalten zu müssen. Ein solches One-Stop-Shop-System für Verpackungen würde die Bürokratie erheblich reduzieren, gleichzeitig aber sicherstellen, dass die jeweiligen Länder die ihnen zustehenden Beiträge erhalten. Aus meiner Sicht würde dies insbesondere kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen den EU-weiten Handel deutlich erleichtern, ohne die Ziele der Verpackungsregulierung zu beeinträchtigen.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an online trader, the administrative burden resulting from the different national rules on packaging and packaging waste is now very high. In my view, this burden is often disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually placed on the market in the Member States concerned, especially for small and medium-sized traders. The main problem is that different EU countries require different registrations, notifications, systems and, in some cases, additional authorised representatives. This makes cross-border trade within the EU considerably more difficult and means that traders sometimes no longer supply individual countries at all. I would therefore very much welcome a central European solution. The existing OSS procedure for VAT could serve as a model: Traders register and report their packaging volumes centrally in their home country and pay the relevant fees there. The competent body then distributes the declarations and payments among the Member States concerned. For example, a German trader could be notified and paid centrally in Germany instead of having to maintain numerous individual registrations and contracts in different EU countries. Such a one-stop-shop system for packaging would significantly reduce bureaucracy, while ensuring that countries receive the contributions due to them. In my view, this would greatly facilitate EU-wide trade, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, without compromising the objectives of packaging regulation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557378_en"}, {"id": 33557377, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:47:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Quinta dos Passaros", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung des Herstellerregisters im Rahmen der PPWR hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin war der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt, da ich über keine eigene Rechtsabteilung verfüge, aber den Anspruch habe, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung jedoch erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts, denn der Binnenmarkt ist ja dafür da, dass alle in der EU den gleichen Standard haben und es keine Unterschiede zwischen den Ländern gibt.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small e-commerce operator, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the register of producers under the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has been an obvious step forward, as I do not have a legal department of my own, but have the right to abide by the law in force. However, the PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold. Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This goes against the very aim of the single market, because the single market is there for everyone in the EU to have the same standard and there are no differences between countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557377_en"}, {"id": 33557375, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:44:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Common Baits GmbH", "feedback": "Wir sind eine kleiner Onlinehänder mit ca 1Mio Umsatz. Wir schicken in jedes Land der EU. In manche davon weniger als 10 Pakete pro Jahr. Abgesehen von Österreich in die meisten keine 100 Pakete pro Jahr. In Summe ist das aber trotzdem ein Volumen, welches einen Arbeitsplatz bei uns sichert. Aufgrund der vielen völlig unnötigen und praxisfremden Bürokratie der letzten Jahre und einem unglaublichen Druck seitens Shein und Temu (die sich im Gegensatz zu uns anscheinen an so gut wie keine Gesetze, Mindestlöhne und CO. halten müssen) wird es für uns sowieso immer schwerer überhaupt noch irgendwie unsere Mitarbeiter halten zu können. Wenn wir nun in jedem Land wegen ein paar wenigen Paketen einen Bevollmächtigen brauchen, dann kostet uns das weit über 10.000 im Jahr. Plus nochmal viel Verwaltungsaufwand. Damit wird es unwirtschaftlich und die Arbeit für einen Mitarbeiter fällt weg. Das heißt ein Arbeitsplatz weniger. Für einen Konzern sind das keine nennenswerten Kosten. Aber wir als kleines Unternehen können das nicht stemmen. Es sollte eine sinnvollte Ausnahme für kleine Mengen geben. Alles andere schafft nur zusätzliche unnötige Bürokratie und schließt faktisch kleine Unternehmen komplett vom gewünschten Binnenhandel aus. Grüße Christian Schellhammer", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small online owner with a turnover of around 1 million. We send it to every EU country. In some of them, less than 10 packages per year. With the exception of Austria, most of them do not have 100 parcels per year. Overall, however, this is still a volume that secures a job with us. Because of the many completely unnecessary and impractical bureaucracy in recent years and the incredible pressure from Shein and Temu (who, unlike us, seem to have to comply with virtually no laws, minimum wages and CO.), it will in any case be increasingly difficult for us to keep some of our employees at all. If we now need an authorised representative in each country because of a few parcels, then it costs us well over 10.000 a year. Plus again a lot of administrative burden. This makes it uneconomical and eliminates the work for a worker. This means less jobs. For a group of companies, this is not a significant cost. But we, as a small enterprise, cannot do it. There should be a meaningful exception for small quantities. Everything else only creates additional unnecessary bureaucracy and de facto completely excludes small businesses from the desired internal trade. Greetings Christian Schellhammer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557375_en"}, {"id": 33557372, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:42:02", "country": "SGP", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "You guys are making a huge mistake with this law. The small artists and designers not just in the EU, but all around the world that trade with the EU are the backbone of culture and the exchange of culture through trade encourages innovation, inspiration and a wider understanding of the world. When only large corporations are allowed to trade because they are the only ones who can afford it, everything is going to start looking the same. There is no more creativity, no one takes risks to try some something different because it's gonna hurt \"shareholder value\". We're gonna end up with just one single boring culture. Why? Because culture has always started from the small underground artist, it moves it's way up to the mainstream where large corporations appropriate or even steal from us. Who are they going to steal from once we're all wiped out? lol I know this law was meant to attack places like Temu and Shein but you forget they have endless funds and manpower to stay compliant that this is literally nothing to them. You're actually hurting the small businesses and artists that make the world interesting. Please consider removing the AR and reducing EPR fees for small businesses. And unify the system for all 27 countries. If you can do that for VAT you can do it again. Paying to play makes the \"union\" in European union pretty pointless. There are also plenty of people be it artists or hobbyists that cannot get what they are looking for in the EU, which is why they shop from small brands and artists in third countries. If you want to actually want to continue to encourage innovation and inspiration in the EU, please make things easier for the artists outside of the EU to trade within the EU. Again, artists all around the world are the backbone of cultural production. You're sacrificing the diversity and vitality that small creators bring to the market. So please, seriously reconsider how you implement this law. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "You guys are making a huge mistake with this law. The small artists and designers not just in the EU, but all around the world that trade with the EU are the backbone of culture and the exchange of culture through trade encourages innovation, inspiration and a wider understanding of the world. When only large corporations are allowed to trade because they are the only ones who can afford it, everything is going to start looking the same. There is no more creativity, no one takes risks to try some something different because it's gonna hurt \"shareholder value\". We're gonna end up with just one single boring culture. Why? Because culture has always started from the small underground artist, it moves it's way up to the mainstream where large corporations appropriate or even steal from us. Who are they going to steal from once we're all wiped out? lol I know this law was meant to attack places like Temu and Shein but you forget they have endless funds and manpower to stay compliant that this is literally nothing to them. You're actually hurting the small businesses and artists that make the world interesting. Please consider removing the AR and reducing EPR fees for small businesses. And unify the system for all 27 countries. If you can do that for VAT you can do it again. Paying to play makes the \"union\" in European union pretty pointless. There are also plenty of people be it artists or hobbyists that cannot get what they are looking for in the EU, which is why they shop from small brands and artists in third countries. If you want to actually want to continue to encourage innovation and inspiration in the EU, please make things easier for the artists outside of the EU to trade within the EU. Again, artists all around the world are the backbone of cultural production. You're sacrificing the diversity and vitality that small creators bring to the market. So please, seriously reconsider how you implement this law. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557372_en"}, {"id": 33557371, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:41:21", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MEDIUM", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "VOSS GmbH & Co. KG", "feedback": "Das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Ressourcen zu schonen und den Umweltschutz zu stärken, unterstützen wir ausdrücklich. Aus Sicht der betroffenen Unternehmen entsteht jedoch häufig der Eindruck, dass neue Anforderungen vor allem mit Verboten, Sanktionen und zusätzlichen Pflichten verbunden werden, anstatt Unternehmen bei der praktischen Umsetzung ausreichend zu unterstützen. Regulatorische Anforderungen lassen sich auf dem Papier vergleichsweise einfach formulieren. Ihre Umsetzung in Lieferketten, IT-Systemen, Produktentwicklungsprozessen und grenzüberschreitenden Vertriebsstrukturen ist dagegen ausgesprochen komplex, zeitaufwendig und kostenintensiv. Teilweise sind die Anforderungen in der Praxis kaum oder nicht rechtzeitig umsetzbar. Unternehmen bleibt dann nur, den Verkauf bestimmter Produkte oder den Versand in einzelne Mitgliedstaaten einzustellen beziehungsweise bestehende Geschäftsbeziehungen zu beenden. Als mittelständisches Unternehmen haben wir insbesondere bei der Produktkonformität bereits erhebliche Fortschritte erzielt und umfangreiche Ressourcen investiert. Gleichzeitig fragen wir uns, wie kleine Händler und Hersteller die Vielzahl der Anforderungen organisatorisch und finanziell bewältigen sollen. Besonders kritisch sehen wir die Verpflichtung, unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten zu bestellen. Der damit verbundene Aufwand kann insbesondere bei geringen Absatzmengen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zur tatsächlichen Umweltwirkung stehen. Vergleichbare Probleme bestehen bei der Registrierung und Lizenzierung von Verkaufsverpackungen in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Wir regen daher folgende Anpassungen an: * Einführung angemessener Bagatell- beziehungsweise Mengengrenzen für die Bestellung von Bevollmächtigten, * Bagatellgrenzen oder vereinfachte Verfahren für die Registrierung und Lizenzierung von Verkaufsverpackungen bei geringen Absatzmengen, * längere und realistische Übergangsfristen, * einheitliche, verständliche und rechtzeitig verfügbare Auslegungshilfen, * harmonisierte Melde-, Registrierungs- und Nachweisverfahren innerhalb der EU, * eine zentrale europäische Anlaufstelle oder ein gemeinsames digitales Portal, * besondere Unterstützungsangebote und vereinfachte Anforderungen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen. Bereits jetzt ist absehbar, dass zahlreiche Unternehmen ihren grenzüberschreitenden Versand einschränken oder vollständig einstellen werden, weil Aufwand, Kosten und Haftungsrisiken nicht mehr wirtschaftlich tragbar sind. Dies kann weder im Interesse des europäischen Binnenmarktes noch im Sinne eines wirksamen und breit getragenen Umweltschutzes sein. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher, bei der weiteren Ausgestaltung und Umsetzung der PPWR stärker auf Verhältnismäßigkeit, Praxistauglichkeit und eine echte Zusammenarbeit mit den betroffenen Unternehmen zu achten. Umweltziele werden langfristig nicht allein durch zusätzliche Pflichten und Sanktionen erreicht. Unternehmen benötigen realistische Fristen, klare Vorgaben und konkrete Unterstützung, damit die Anforderungen tatsächlich umgesetzt werden können.", "feedbackEnglish": "We strongly support the PPWR’s objective of reducing packaging waste, conserving resources and strengthening environmental protection. However, from the point of view of the companies concerned, it is often felt that new requirements are mainly accompanied by prohibitions, sanctions and additional obligations, rather than providing sufficient support to companies in their practical implementation. Regulatory requirements can be formulated in a comparatively simple way on paper. However, their implementation in supply chains, IT systems, product development processes and cross-border distribution structures is extremely complex, time-consuming and costly. In some cases, the requirements can hardly be implemented in practice or cannot be implemented on time. Businesses will then only be able to stop selling certain products or shipping them to individual Member States or to terminate existing business relationships. As a medium-sized enterprise, we have already made considerable progress and invested considerable resources, particularly in product compliance. At the same time, we wonder how small traders and manufacturers will manage the multiplicity of requirements organisationally and financially. We are particularly critical of the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in several Member States under certain conditions. The associated costs may not be proportionate to the actual environmental impact, especially in the case of small sales volumes. Similar problems exist in the registration and licensing of sales packaging in different Member States. We therefore suggest the following adjustments: * Introducing appropriate de minimis or quantitative limits for the appointment of authorised representatives, * de minimis thresholds or simplified procedures for the registration and licensing of sales packaging in case of low sales volumes, * longer and realistic transitional periods, * uniform, understandable and timely interpretative guidance, * harmonised notification, registration and evidence procedures within the EU, * a European one-stop shop or a common digital portal, * specific support offers and simplified requirements for small and medium-sized enterprises. It is already foreseeable that many companies will restrict or completely stop their cross-border shipping because the burden, costs and liability risks are no longer economically viable. This cannot be in the interest of the European internal market, nor can it be in the interest of effective and widespread environmental protection. We would therefore ask the European Commission to pay greater attention to proportionality, practicality and genuine cooperation with the companies concerned when further developing and implementing the PPWR. Environmental objectives will not be achieved in the long term through additional obligations and sanctions alone. Businesses need realistic deadlines, clear targets and concrete support to ensure that the requirements can be implemented.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557371_en"}, {"id": 33557370, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:35:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, es würde alle Händler erleichtern, wenn die Vorgabe entfällt, einen Bevollmächtigten in jedem Land zu stellen. Es wäre so viel simpler, wenn man sich einfach in seinem Heimatland registriert und hier ggf. etwas bezahlt für die Entsorgung und das dann EU-weit gilt. Wieso wieder diese Kleinstaaterei? Kann ich nicht verstehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, it would be easier for all traders to dispense with the requirement to have an authorised representative in each country. It would be so simple if you were simply registered in your home country and if necessary paid for disposal, which would then apply throughout the EU. Why again is this state-of-the-art small? I cannot understand.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557370_en"}, {"id": 33557368, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:25:23", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Avis sur le projet de règlement concernant les registres nationaux des producteurs Je souhaite attirer lattention de la Commission européenne sur les conséquences de ces nouvelles obligations pour les très petites entreprises et les artisans. Je suis artisan maroquinière en micro-entreprise en France. Je fabrique moi-même mes produits, en petites quantités, et je vends principalement directement à des particuliers. Mon activité na absolument pas les moyens administratifs et financiers dune grande entreprise. Je trouve particulièrement préoccupant de devoir, pour vendre occasionnellement un produit dans un autre État membre, envisager des démarches supplémentaires et, le cas échéant, recourir à un représentant mandaté dans chacun des pays concernés. Pour une grande entreprise qui vend des milliers de produits à létranger, le coût dun tel dispositif peut être absorbé. Pour une micro-entreprise artisanale qui réalise quelques ventes transfrontalières par an, ces coûts et ces démarches peuvent tout simplement rendre la vente dans certains pays économiquement impossible. Cest un véritable frein au marché unique européen. Dans mon cas, je peux être amenée à vendre ponctuellement à un client belge. Devrais-je réellement supporter les coûts dun dispositif administratif et dun mandataire pour quelques colis expédiés dans lannée ? Cette contrainte est totalement disproportionnée par rapport aux volumes demballages concernés. Je comprends parfaitement la nécessité de lutter contre les déchets demballages et de faire contribuer les entreprises à leur gestion. Mais cette politique doit tenir compte de la taille des entreprises, des volumes réellement mis sur le marché et de leur impact. À défaut dun seuil dexemption ou dun dispositif réellement simplifié pour les microentreprises et les très faibles volumes, ces obligations risquent de décourager les petits artisans de vendre dans les autres pays européens. Nous risquons ainsi de créer un marché européen accessible aux grandes entreprises, mais beaucoup plus difficile, voire inaccessible, aux artisans et micro-entrepreneurs. Je demande donc que soient étudiées des mesures spécifiques pour les très petites entreprises : seuils de volume ou de chiffre daffaires, simplification des obligations et surtout suppression ou prise en charge des coûts de représentation lorsque les quantités concernées sont très faibles. La transition écologique ne doit pas se faire au détriment de la diversité de lartisanat européen et de la survie des petites entreprises.", "feedbackEnglish": "Opinion on the draft Regulation on national producer registers I would like to draw the European Commission’s attention to the consequences of these new obligations for very small businesses and craftsmen. I am a Maroquinière craftsman in micro-enterprise in France. I manufacture my products myself, in small quantities, and I sell mainly directly to private individuals. My activity does not at all depend on the administrative and financial resources of a large company. I find it particularly worrying that, in order to sell a product occasionally in another Member State, I have to consider additional steps and, if necessary, have recourse to an authorised representative in each of the countries concerned. For a large company selling thousands of products abroad, the cost of such a scheme can be absorbed. For a small craft company with some cross-border sales per year, these costs and steps may simply make selling in some countries economically impossible. This is a real brake on the European single market. In my case, I may have to sell to a Belgian customer on an ad hoc basis. Should I really bear the costs of an administrative mechanism and an agent for a few parcels sent in the year? This constraint is totally disproportionate in relation to the volumes of packaging concerned. I fully understand the need to tackle packaging waste and to make businesses contribute to its management. But this policy must take into account the size of the companies, the volumes actually placed on the market and their impact. In the absence of an exemption threshold or a genuinely simplified system for micro-enterprises and very small volumes, these obligations risk discouraging small craftsmen from selling in other European countries. This risks creating a European market that is accessible to large companies, but much more difficult, if not inaccessible, to craftsmen and micro-entrepreneurs. I therefore call for consideration to be given to specific measures for very small businesses: volume or turnover thresholds, simplification of obligations and, above all, cancellation or assumption of representation costs where the quantities concerned are very small. The green transition must not come at the expense of the diversity of European lartisanat and the survival of small businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557368_en"}, {"id": 33557366, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:18:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, für Kleinstunternehmen und EPU ist die VErpackungsverordnung kaum/nicht umsetzbar. Der bürokratische Aufwand, zusammen mit den Kosten für jeden einzelnen Mitgliedsstaat sind nicht tragbar. Warum gibt es nicht eine Registrierung für die gesamte EU (ist ja auch ein Wirtschaftsraum)? Dieses Vorgehe ist NUR dazu geeignet, die Kleinunternehmer aus dem Markt zu drängen, da sie diese Auflagen kaum erfüllen können. Viele werden aufgeben, Steuereinnahmen und Arbeitsplätz gehen vorloren. Mir geht es ebenfalls so, ohne halbwegs großzügige Ausnahmen für EPU und Kleinunternehmer werde ich mein Gewerbe abmelden. Mir drohen, bei Nichteinhaltung der Vorgaben, existenzbedrohende Strafen. Das kann unmöglich in Ihrem Sinne sein. MfG Robert Kunze", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, for micro-enterprises and EPUs the Packaging Ordinance is hardly/cannot be implemented. The bureaucratic burden, together with the costs for each individual Member State, is unsustainable. Why is there no registration for the whole EU (is it also an economic area)? This approach is ONLY capable of pushing small businesses out of the market, as they are hardly able to meet these requirements. Many will give up and tax revenues and jobs will be lost. I am also doing so, without any semi-generous exceptions for EPUs and small businesses, I will deregister my business. If I fail to comply with the rules, I face penalties that threaten my very existence. This can be impossible in your sense. MFG Robert Kunze", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557366_en"}, {"id": 33557365, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:12:41", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Golfsport Company Trading GmbH", "feedback": "The EU repeatedly claims that Europe has a Single Market. The packaging regulation is a perfect example of why many businesses increasingly consider this claim almost cynical. For an SME selling across Europe, the current system means national registrations, national reporting requirements, national authorities, different portals, different procedures and additional compliance costs in multiple Member States. This is not a Single Market. It is **27 administrative kingdoms pretending to be one market.** The most absurd part is that the EU is now discussing harmonising the *format* of national producer registers instead of asking the obvious question: **Why do we need 27 national registers at all?** Standardising 27 bureaucratic systems does not solve the problem. It merely makes the bureaucracy look slightly more organised. If the EU genuinely wants harmonisation, the solution should be obvious: **ONE EU REGISTER. ONE PRODUCER NUMBER. ONE REPORTING PORTAL. ONE REGISTRATION VALID THROUGHOUT THE EU.** A company should register once, declare into which countries it sells, report packaging quantities once, and the system should distribute the relevant information and fees automatically to the Member States. Anything else is bureaucratic theatre. Nobody disputes that packaging must be collected, recycled and financed appropriately. But a cardboard box does not become more environmentally friendly because the company selling it obtained five different registration numbers. The environment does not benefit from another database entry. Only consultants, compliance providers and administrative departments benefit. And that is perhaps the most frustrating aspect of modern EU regulation: European companies are constantly told to become more competitive, more innovative and better able to compete with the United States and China, while at the same time they are buried under an ever-growing mountain of registrations, declarations, documentation and reporting obligations. **This is economic self-sabotage.** Large corporations can employ entire compliance departments. SMEs cannot. For smaller businesses, every new national registration means additional research, external consultants, fees, translations, administration and working hours that produce absolutely no innovation and no customer value. Politicians then wonder why European entrepreneurs complain about bureaucracy. **This is exactly why.** Packaging regulation is also not an isolated issue. Businesses already deal with VAT, OSS, WEEE, batteries, product safety, GPSR, customs, consumer law, GDPR, labelling requirements and countless national rules. Every authority seems to believe that its own additional obligation is only a small requirement. Thousands of small requirements eventually become a gigantic administrative monster. And consumers ultimately pay for it through higher prices. Environmental regulation should be measured by environmental results, not by the number of registrations, portals and compliance companies it creates. If one kilogram of packaging enters a Member State, ensure that the appropriate contribution is paid. Fine. But forcing businesses to navigate a bureaucratic obstacle course simply because goods cross an internal EU border is completely unnecessary. The Commission should therefore stop polishing the existing bureaucracy and finally remove it. Create a genuine EU-wide Packaging EPR One-Stop-Shop with one registration, one identification number, one reporting system and automatic allocation between Member States. That would be European harmonisation. Everything else is just bureaucracy with an EU flag on top. **Europe does not need another register. Europe needs the Single Market it has been promising businesses for decades.** THIS HAS TO STOP NOW !!!!! CHANGE IT !!!!! OR YOU LOSE ALL SUPPORT IN THE NET YEARS!", "feedbackEnglish": "The EU repeatedly claims that Europe has a Single Market. The packaging regulation is a perfect example of why many businesses increasingly consider this claim almost cynical. For an SME selling across Europe, the current system means national registrations, national reporting requirements, national authorities, different portals, different procedures and additional compliance costs in multiple Member States. This is not a Single Market. It is **27 administrative kingdoms pretending to be one market.** The most absurd part is that the EU is now discussing harmonising the *format* of national producer registers instead of asking the obvious question: **Why do we need 27 national registers at all?** Standardising 27 bureaucratic systems does not solve the problem. It merely makes the bureaucracy look slightly more organised. If the EU genuinely wants harmonisation, the solution should be obvious: **ONE EU REGISTER. ONE PRODUCER NUMBER. ONE REPORTING PORTAL. ONE REGISTRATION VALID THROUGHOUT THE EU.** A company should register once, declare into which countries it sells, report packaging quantities once, and the system should distribute the relevant information and fees automatically to the Member States. Anything else is bureaucratic theatre. Nobody disputes that packaging must be collected, recycled and financed appropriately. But a cardboard box does not become more environmentally friendly because the company selling it obtained five different registration numbers. The environment does not benefit from another database entry. Only consultants, compliance providers and administrative departments benefit. And that is perhaps the most frustrating aspect of modern EU regulation: European companies are constantly told to become more competitive, more innovative and better able to compete with the United States and China, while at the same time they are buried under an ever-growing mountain of registrations, declarations, documentation and reporting obligations. **This is economic self-sabotage.** Large corporations can employ entire compliance departments. SMEs cannot. For smaller businesses, every new national registration means additional research, external consultants, fees, translations, administration and working hours that produce absolutely no innovation and no customer value. Politicians then wonder why European entrepreneurs complain about bureaucracy. **This is exactly why.** Packaging regulation is also not an isolated issue. Businesses already deal with VAT, OSS, WEEE, batteries, product safety, GPSR, customs, consumer law, GDPR, labelling requirements and countless national rules. Every authority seems to believe that its own additional obligation is only a small requirement. Thousands of small requirements eventually become a gigantic administrative monster. And consumers ultimately pay for it through higher prices. Environmental regulation should be measured by environmental results, not by the number of registrations, portals and compliance companies it creates. If one kilogram of packaging enters a Member State, ensure that the appropriate contribution is paid. Fine. But forcing businesses to navigate a bureaucratic obstacle course simply because goods cross an internal EU border is completely unnecessary. The Commission should therefore stop polishing the existing bureaucracy and finally remove it. Create a genuine EU-wide Packaging EPR One-Stop-Shop with one registration, one identification number, one reporting system and automatic allocation between Member States. That would be European harmonisation. Everything else is just bureaucracy with an EU flag on top. **Europe does not need another register. Europe needs the Single Market it has been promising businesses for decades.** THIS HAS TO STOP NOW !!!!! CHANGE IT !!!!! OR YOU LOSE ALL SUPPORT IN THE NET YEARS!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557365_en"}, {"id": 33557364, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 07:08:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "kreativManufaktur GmbH & Co.KG", "feedback": "Guten Tag, wir sind ein kleiner Online Händler mit 8 Mitarbeitern. Es ist für uns kaufmännisch und administrativ unmöglich, nationale Bevollmächtigte in den einzelnen EU Ländern zu bestellen. Die Alternative, die uns bleibt, ist sämtlichen EU weiten Versand einzustellen. Die Umsetzung der nationalen Prozesse ist zudem wirklich sehr sehr bedenklich. Die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für Österreich beispielsweise muss über einen Notar in Deutschland erfolgen !!! Die Kosten und Aufwände, die wir haben um nur für ein einzelnes Land einen solchen Bevollmächtigten zu beauftragen, sind höher als jeder erzielbare Gewinn. Für Billig-Konkurrenz aus Asien, die uns massiv das Leben schwer macht, stellen wir dagegen täglich fest, dass all diese Regularen zwar gelten, aber nicht beachtet werden. Jede neue Idee der EU wird ganz einfach durch Schein-Bevollmächtigte ausgsehebelt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Georg Bindl kreativManufaktur (ein kleiner Online Versand Handel, der das EU weite Geschäft wohl komplett einstellen muss wegen nicht-Binnenhandel-geeigneter-nationaler-kleinklein-Spielereien)", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, we are a small online trader with 8 employees. It is commercially and administratively impossible for us to appoint national representatives in the individual EU countries. The alternative, which remains with us, must be abandoned to all EU countries on a wide scale. The implementation of national processes is also a real cause for concern. For example, the appointment of an authorised representative for Austria must be done through a notary in Germany! The costs and expenses we have in order to appoint such an agent only for a single country are higher than any profit that can be made. On the other hand, for low-cost competition from Asia, which makes our lives massively difficult, we find every day that all these rules apply but are not respected. Any new idea of the EU is simply evoked by sham proxies. Yours sincerely, Georg Bindl CreativManufaktur (a small online mail order shop, which the EU will probably have to close down completely because of non-internal trade-suitable national small-scale games)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557364_en"}, {"id": 33557361, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:45:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Bereich freie Kunst und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 10-20 Pakete in ca 5 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 2000-4000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 1500 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder [eingestellt / auf ein Land beschränkt]. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. Da meine Kunstwerke mit recycelten Kartons aus der Nachbarschaft zusammengefügt werden, vermeide ich Müll soweit möglich, dies ist mit der neuen Konformitätserklärung noch komplizierter In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a micro-business in Germany in the field of free art and sell through an online marketplace. I send 10-20 packages to around 5 other EU countries in the year. My turnover from these countries is EUR 2000-4 000. I expect to pay EUR 1500 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my foreign turnover, I have [stopped/restricted] shipments to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As my artworks are combined with recycled cartons from the neighbourhood, I avoid waste as much as possible, which is even more complicated with the new declaration of conformity. As it stands, the rules mean that micro-enterprises withdraw from the single market and cross-border trade goes to the big platforms.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557361_en"}, {"id": 33557355, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:44:30", "country": "HRV", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "PPWR/EPR Is this really what the European Single Market is supposed to look like? Just a number: at ~300 + VAT per country, all 27 states means 8,100 + VAT over 10,000 before one extra sale. I run a small business I'll start there, because I don't think the people who wrote these rules ever did. I've read the PPWR looking for the part where it helps the environment more than the industry that grew around it. I can't find it. What I find is another layer of paperwork, and a new market of firms selling registrations, representatives and \"compliance packages\" to people like me who can't realistically say no. To be fair: yes, there's a micro-enterprise provision. But it doesn't touch the part that costs money. My supplier can take on the technical documentation and Declaration of Conformity fine. But I'm still not exempt from EPR registration. That stays. In every Member State I sell into. Picture it. If you sell maybe 100 - 200 products a year a few dozen kilograms of cardboard boxes. That's the whole \"environmental problem.\" And cardboard is almost funny here: it's exempt from the reuse targets, yet I still have to register for EPR, produce a Declaration of Conformity, and have the inks and tape tested. For a handful of kilos of cardboard, I finance the entire machine. Who benefits? Not me. Not the environment. Only the intermediaries and compliance firms this fragmented system created out of thin air. And the contradiction stings. The EU tells us constantly: think bigger, sell across borders, seize the Single Market. So I do and discover that one sale to one customer in another country can drop me into another national compliance system. That's not a Single Market. That's 27 doors, each with its own lock. A big company shrugs this off. I can't. For a business my size, the cost of one country can eat the entire profit from that country. Across several, it climbs into thousands of euros a year before I've sold a single extra product. At that point the rule isn't encouraging me to recycle better. It's quietly telling me to stop selling abroad. And that's what will happen: big companies stay, small ones pull back. That shouldn't be the business model of European environmental policy but it's the one this design produces. Here's what I can't get past: the Commission already knows. In 2026 it proposed suspending the authorised-representative obligation to relieve businesses exactly like mine. The Council most Member States killed it. Parliament is still arguing over a narrower version, with a vote expected around October 2026, after the August deadline already hit. So this isn't a fringe complaint. Your own institution admitted the problem. What failed wasn't the analysis it was the will to act on it. To be clear, this isn't anti-environment. I am completely for reducing packaging waste. What I'm against is using environmental regulation as a delivery system for disproportionate cost aimed at the smallest players. If the goal is recycling, regulate packaging by its actual impact not by how many national systems you can make a one-person business pay into. What we need isn't complicated: - One registration. - One declaration. - One fair fee. - One real EU-wide threshold. Not 27 systems. Not 27 service providers. Not a maze that only exists because nobody built the simple version. So I'll leave it as a question, because I want it answered. If the outcome is that small European producers quietly stop selling across Europe while compliance firms grow fat around them is this still a recycling system? Or did we build something that punishes the smallest businesses for doing exactly what the EU keeps begging them to do? And one last one, honestly asked: have any of you ever had to earn a single euro in a real market cover your own costs, handle your own customers, turn a profit, survive the bad months or have you only ever designed systems that other people are forced to pay for?", "feedbackEnglish": "PPWR/EPR Is this really what the European Single Market is supposed to look like? Just a number: at ~300 + VAT per country, all 27 states means 8,100 + VAT over 10,000 before one extra sale. I run a small business I'll start there, because I don't think the people who wrote these rules ever did. I've read the PPWR looking for the part where it helps the environment more than the industry that grew around it. I can't find it. What I find is another layer of paperwork, and a new market of firms selling registrations, representatives and \"compliance packages\" to people like me who can't realistically say no. To be fair: yes, there's a micro-enterprise provision. But it doesn't touch the part that costs money. My supplier can take on the technical documentation and Declaration of Conformity fine. But I'm still not exempt from EPR registration. That stays. In every Member State I sell into. Picture it. If you sell maybe 100 - 200 products a year a few dozen kilograms of cardboard boxes. That's the whole \"environmental problem.\" And cardboard is almost funny here: it's exempt from the reuse targets, yet I still have to register for EPR, produce a Declaration of Conformity, and have the inks and tape tested. For a handful of kilos of cardboard, I finance the entire machine. Who benefits? Not me. Not the environment. Only the intermediaries and compliance firms this fragmented system created out of thin air. And the contradiction stings. The EU tells us constantly: think bigger, sell across borders, seize the Single Market. So I do and discover that one sale to one customer in another country can drop me into another national compliance system. That's not a Single Market. That's 27 doors, each with its own lock. A big company shrugs this off. I can't. For a business my size, the cost of one country can eat the entire profit from that country. Across several, it climbs into thousands of euros a year before I've sold a single extra product. At that point the rule isn't encouraging me to recycle better. It's quietly telling me to stop selling abroad. And that's what will happen: big companies stay, small ones pull back. That shouldn't be the business model of European environmental policy but it's the one this design produces. Here's what I can't get past: the Commission already knows. In 2026 it proposed suspending the authorised-representative obligation to relieve businesses exactly like mine. The Council most Member States killed it. Parliament is still arguing over a narrower version, with a vote expected around October 2026, after the August deadline already hit. So this isn't a fringe complaint. Your own institution admitted the problem. What failed wasn't the analysis it was the will to act on it. To be clear, this isn't anti-environment. I am completely for reducing packaging waste. What I'm against is using environmental regulation as a delivery system for disproportionate cost aimed at the smallest players. If the goal is recycling, regulate packaging by its actual impact not by how many national systems you can make a one-person business pay into. What we need isn't complicated: - One registration. - One declaration. - One fair fee. - One real EU-wide threshold. Not 27 systems. Not 27 service providers. Not a maze that only exists because nobody built the simple version. So I'll leave it as a question, because I want it answered. If the outcome is that small European producers quietly stop selling across Europe while compliance firms grow fat around them is this still a recycling system? Or did we build something that punishes the smallest businesses for doing exactly what the EU keeps begging them to do? And one last one, honestly asked: have any of you ever had to earn a single euro in a real market cover your own costs, handle your own customers, turn a profit, survive the bad months or have you only ever designed systems that other people are forced to pay for?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557355_en"}, {"id": 33557357, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:41:52", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Heid&Shoes", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557357_en"}, {"id": 33557356, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:38:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Ohrlinge", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich betreibe in Deutschland einen Kleinstbetrieb im Handmade-Bereich und verkaufe über einen Onlinemarktplatz. Ich verschicke im Jahr 100 Pakete in 7 andere EU-Länder. Mein Umsatz aus diesen Ländern liegt bei 2000 Euro. Für Registrierung und Bevollmächtigte in diesen Ländern zahle ich voraussichtlich 2100 Euro pro Jahr. Weil die Fixkosten meinen Auslandsumsatz übersteigen, habe ich den Versand in andere EU-Länder eingestellt. Dieser Entwurf läuft unter REFIT, also unter Vereinfachung. Für Kleinstunternehmen bewirkt er das Gegenteil: 27 nationale Register bedeuten 27 Verfahren und 27 Kostenblöcke, unabhängig von der Versandmenge. Ich bitte um zwei Änderungen. Erstens eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze, unterhalb derer Kleinstunternehmen von Registrierung und Bevollmächtigtenpflicht befreit sind. Zweitens ein zentrales EU-Register statt 27 nationaler Register. In der jetzigen Fassung führen die Vorschriften dazu, dass Kleinstbetriebe sich aus dem Binnenmarkt zurückziehen und der grenzüberschreitende Handel den großen Plattformen zufällt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Sabrina Bauer", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I operate a small handmade business in Germany and sell through an online marketplace. I send 100 parcels per year to 7 other EU countries. My turnover from these countries is EUR 2000. I expect to pay EUR 2100 per year for registration and authorised representatives in these countries. Because the fixed costs exceed my turnover abroad, I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This draft is under REFIT, i.e. simplification. For micro-enterprises, it has the opposite effect: 27 national registers mean 27 procedures and 27 cost blocks, regardless of the quantity shipped. I would ask for two amendments. First, an EU-wide de minimis threshold below which micro-enterprises are exempt from registration and authorised representatives. Second, a central EU register instead of 27 national registers. As it stands, the rules result in micro-entities withdrawing from the single market and cross-border trade falling on large platforms. Yours sincerely, Sabrina Bauer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557356_en"}, {"id": 33557351, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:28:58", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "UrWheelsDE", "feedback": "Hallo, Es ist für uns kleine Händler ein enormer Aufwand und viel zu teuer. Das lohnt sich überhaupt nicht mehr ins Ausland zu verkaufen. Die Regelung macht absolut nichts besser, sondern nur noch viel mehr Aufwand, Kosten und Voranmeldung Bürokratie. Sind der EU war, dass den Handel innerhalb der EU sollte leicht sein soll. Stattdessen wird es schwerer gemacht.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, it is a huge burden and far too expensive for small traders. It is no longer worth selling abroad at all. The rule makes absolutely nothing better, but only much more effort, costs and pre-notification of bureaucracy. The EU was of the opinion that intra-EU trade should be easy. Instead, it is made more difficult.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557351_en"}, {"id": 33557348, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:20:24", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am an independent artist and ceramic maker based in Italy. I create my pieces by hand and occasionally sell a few of them directly to customers in other EU countries. The new packaging requirements risk making these small cross-border sales simply not viable. For a micro-business or an individual maker, having to register, pay fees and potentially appoint authorised representatives in several Member States just to send a handful of parcels per year is completely disproportionate. A small artist sending two or three packages to Germany or France does not have the same environmental impact, resources or administrative structure as a large e-commerce company shipping thousands of orders. Yet the administrative burden can be almost the same. The result will not be better environmental protection. It will simply discourage small makers from selling across EU borders, while large companies and marketplaces will easily absorb the additional bureaucracy and costs. I strongly support reducing packaging waste and using sustainable materials. I already purchase appropriate packaging from EU suppliers and try to minimise unnecessary packaging. But environmental legislation should be proportionate to the actual quantities placed on the market. Please introduce a meaningful exemption or simplified EU-wide system for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes. The Single Market should make it easier for small European creators to reach customers across Europe, not make a handful of cross-border sales administratively impossible.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an independent artist and ceramic maker based in Italy. I create my pieces by hand and occasionally sell a few of them directly to customers in other EU countries. The new packaging requirements risk making these small cross-border sales simply not viable. For a micro-business or an individual maker, having to register, pay fees and potentially appoint authorised representatives in several Member States just to send a handful of parcels per year is completely disproportionate. A small artist sending two or three packages to Germany or France does not have the same environmental impact, resources or administrative structure as a large e-commerce company shipping thousands of orders. Yet the administrative burden can be almost the same. The result will not be better environmental protection. It will simply discourage small makers from selling across EU borders, while large companies and marketplaces will easily absorb the additional bureaucracy and costs. I strongly support reducing packaging waste and using sustainable materials. I already purchase appropriate packaging from EU suppliers and try to minimise unnecessary packaging. But environmental legislation should be proportionate to the actual quantities placed on the market. Please introduce a meaningful exemption or simplified EU-wide system for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes. The Single Market should make it easier for small European creators to reach customers across Europe, not make a handful of cross-border sales administratively impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557348_en"}, {"id": 33557342, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:12:04", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin ein kleiner Händler mit Werkstatt, der defekte Sammlerstücke im Bereich Eletronik/Videospiele aufkauft, repariert und wieder verkauft. Die Kerntätigkeit trägt also aktiv dazu bei Elektroschrott zu vermeiden. Bereits jetzt zahle ich diverse Abgaben um Entsorgungskosten zu entrichten, die niemals anfallen werden, da die Geräte selbst in defektem Zustand noch einen Marktwert haben, welcher eine Entsorgung verhindert. Mein Unternehmen ist, wie viele andere, nur möglich geworden weil der Binnenmarkt eine relevante Marktgröße in einer Niesche erst geschaffen hat. Grade im spezialisierten Handwerk, welches auf Erhalt ausgerichtet ist, muss ein grenzüberschreitender Handel ermöglicht werden, damit seltene Teile wieder zusammen und einen Käufer finden. Die bürokratischen Verpflichtungen sind jedoch von einem Einzelunternehmen nicht zu stemmen und die entstehenden Kosten für Bevollmächtigte stehen in keinerlei Verhältnis zum eventuell entstehenden Umsatz pro Land. Für Geräte die im Schnitt 150g wieder sollen Abgaben entrichtet werden, welche in der Regel Mengen von über einer Tonne abdecken. Durch die Seltenheit der Artikel ist es nicht einmal möglich diese Mengen zu versenden, selbst wenn es eine Nachfrage gäbe. Die Folge ist ein bereits erfolgter Rückzug aus sämtlichen EU-Märkten außer dem Heimatmarkt und eine Erschwerung des Einkaufs. Dadurch werden weniger Geräte aufbereitet, es entsteht mehr Elektroschrott und die nicht mehr bediente Nachfrage in einzelnen Ländern wird durch günstige Importe von Neuware bedient. Aus einem vormals gesunden Unternehmen wird, in persönlicher Konsequenz, unter Umständen eine Belastung für das Sozialsystem. Wie bei vielen anderen kleinen Händlern auch, die häufig Krisensituationen durch Eigenleistung meistern und nun aktiv davon abgehalten werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small dealer with a workshop who buys, repairs and resells defective collectors’ items in the field of eltronics/video games. The core activity therefore actively helps to prevent e-waste. I am already paying various levies for disposal costs, which will never be incurred, as the equipment, even if defective, still has a market value that prevents disposal. My company, like many others, has only become possible because the single market has only created a relevant market size in a sneeze. Degrees in specialised crafts, which are geared towards preservation, must be made possible for cross-border trade so that rare parts can be reunited and a buyer found. However, the bureaucratic obligations are not borne by an individual company and the costs incurred by authorised representatives are in no way proportionate to the potential turnover per country. Charges are to be paid for appliances which, on average, return to 150 g, usually covering quantities of more than one tonne. Because of the rare nature of the articles, it is not even possible to ship these quantities, even if there is demand. As a result, it has already withdrawn from all EU markets except the home market and made purchasing more difficult. This results in fewer appliances being reprocessed, more e-waste being generated and the unmet demand in individual countries being met by cheap imports of new goods. A formerly healthy company may, as a personal consequence, become a burden on the welfare system. As with many other small traders, who often manage crisis situations through their own efforts and are now actively deterred from doing so.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557342_en"}, {"id": 33557341, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:11:21", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "AIKATERINI PAIGNIOTAKI", "feedback": "The current approach to cross-border EPR fees is unfair to small creative businesses in the EU. These fees may be insignificant for large companies such as Temu and Amazon, but they can be a serious burden for small independent creators. For many of us, the additional costs of selling to customers in different EU countries can make cross-border sales simply not worthwhile. This will also affect consumers, especially in smaller EU countries. A small business may be able to justify the cost of selling to large markets such as France or Germany, but not to smaller markets such as the Netherlands, Slovenia, Ireland or Greece. This means that people in smaller countries may have access to fewer products and less choices. It can also make it more difficult for creators themselves to access raw materials, tools and craft supplies from other EU countries. Creative businesses often depend on specialized materials that are not available locally. If cross-border fees make these purchases too expensive or complicated, creators will have fewer options and higher costs. EPR should protect the environment without creating disproportionate barriers for small businesses. I hope the European Commission will consider a simpler and more proportionate system for small and micro businesses.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current approach to cross-border EPR fees is unfair to small creative businesses in the EU. These fees may be insignificant for large companies such as Temu and Amazon, but they can be a serious burden for small independent creators. For many of us, the additional costs of selling to customers in different EU countries can make cross-border sales simply not worthwhile. This will also affect consumers, especially in smaller EU countries. A small business may be able to justify the cost of selling to large markets such as France or Germany, but not to smaller markets such as the Netherlands, Slovenia, Ireland or Greece. This means that people in smaller countries may have access to fewer products and less choices. It can also make it more difficult for creators themselves to access raw materials, tools and craft supplies from other EU countries. Creative businesses often depend on specialized materials that are not available locally. If cross-border fees make these purchases too expensive or complicated, creators will have fewer options and higher costs. EPR should protect the environment without creating disproportionate barriers for small businesses. I hope the European Commission will consider a simpler and more proportionate system for small and micro businesses.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557341_en"}, {"id": 33557340, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 06:08:05", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "arto simola co", "feedback": "These regulations and rules about packaging are mostly waste of money and time. Just making bigger footprint in every possible way, because of increasing bureaucracy. That propably increases need of man power to solve and clarify the needs to continue of making business. Maybe only 1 sheet of paper would have done the same. Don´t use plasrtic too much. Use more cardboard. Use proper size of packaging. (These are things wich every healthy company is already doing.) So again this was waste of space and time.", "feedbackEnglish": "These regulations and rules about packaging are mostly waste of money and time. Just making bigger footprint in every possible way, because of increasing bureaucracy. That propably increases need of man power to solve and clarify the needs to continue of making business. Maybe only 1 sheet of paper would have done the same. Don´t use plasrtic too much. Use more cardboard. Use proper size of packaging. (These are things wich every healthy company is already doing.) So again this was waste of space and time.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557340_en"}, {"id": 33557327, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 05:21:44", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This new law is destroying small buisnesses and let drop shippers and large shops own the market. We want to support real and creative people all over the world who can't afford the additional costs. Beside that, it speaks against the movement of goods within the eu.", "feedbackEnglish": "This new law is destroying small buisnesses and let drop shippers and large shops own the market. We want to support real and creative people all over the world who can't afford the additional costs. Beside that, it speaks against the movement of goods within the eu.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557327_en"}, {"id": 33557309, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 04:08:32", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "James - Verein für Kunst & coKG", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte damen und herren! Ich bin kleiner ecommerce-händler in österreich und verkaufe mein produkt hauptsächlich im dach-raum. Dennoch kommt es immer wieder vor, dass kunden aus allen übrigen EU-ländern auf mein produkt aufmerksam werden und es begeistert bestellen. durch die neue auflage, dass ich in jedem belieferten land bereits ab 1 stk. einen bevollmächtigten installieren muss, der mir pro einzelnem land nicht nur viel aufwand/logistik beschert, sondern vorallem auch unverhältnismässig hohe und unleistbare kosten verursacht, was in keinerlei verhältnis zum dadurch für mich erwirtschaftbaren umsatz im jeweiligen land steht, sehe ich mich gezwungen, das angebot eines verkaufs/versands in diese länder komplett einzustellen. Das ist extrem schade und bestimmt nicht im sinne einer EU-gemeinschaft! kunden aus all diesen vielen ländern werden dadurch einfach ausgegrenzt, was für kunden sehr frustrierend und für händler ebenfalls schädlich ist, weil dadurch jedes wachstum des absatzes in diesen ländern kategorisch unterbunden wird. ich bitte deshalb sehr ernsthaft um eine aussetzung der bevollmächtigten-pflicht jedenfalls für kleine händler! Zumindest eine bagatellgrenze sollte eingeführt werden und auch eine vereinfachte erfüllungslogistik für alle jeweils sporadisch belieferten länder, um auch den bürokratischen aufwand für kleine betriebe wie mich zb. einfrau-unternehmen bewältigbar zu gestalten. Es gibt dazu ja bereits wunderbare vorschläge der eu-kommission und auch zb. des deutschen händlerbundes etc. in der hoffnung, bald erleichterung zu bekommen, grüsse ich sie herzlich, lady james meret einzelunternehmerin in wien, österreich", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am a small e-commerce trader in Austria and I sell my product mainly in Austria. Nevertheless, customers from all other EU countries are constantly becoming aware of my product and are enthusiastic in order to order it. As a result of the new requirement that I must install an authorised person in every country supplied from 1 point onwards, who not only provides me with a lot of effort/logistics per country, but also incurs disproportionate and prohibitive costs, which is completely out of proportion to the turnover that I can achieve in each country, I see myself forced to stop offering a sale/dispatch to these countries altogether. This is extremely bad and certainly not in the spirit of an EU community! Customers from all these many countries are thus simply excluded, which is very frustrating for customers and also harmful for traders, because this categorically prevents any growth in sales in these countries. I would therefore ask very seriously that the obligation to have power of attorney be suspended, at least for small traders! At least a de minimis threshold should be introduced and a simplified implementation logistics for all Länder supplied sporadically should also be introduced in order to make the bureaucratic burden manageable for small businesses such as me, e.g. women’s businesses. There are already wonderful proposals in this regard from the European Commission and, for example, from the German Trade Association, etc., in the hope of getting relief soon, I warmly welcome them, lady James meret, a sole trader in", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33557309_en"}, {"id": 33556277, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 02:14:06", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hi, I am 2 weeks away from launching my own brand. The idea to establish my own business was highly impacted by the EU Commissions encouragement for young people to start their own businesses stating that the EU is the best environment for small businesses and startups. I am very saddened by the recent news regarding PPWR regulations and that you actually implemented that. I have MANY young people in my environment that are on the same path and are devastated at the moment, just like me. I hope you are able to actually hear us, as you loudly announce in your statements, and I hope you will adjust the new regulations to ACTUALLY SUPPORT us, rather than destroy. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hi, I am 2 weeks away from launching my own brand. The idea to establish my own business was highly impacted by the EU Commissions encouragement for young people to start their own businesses stating that the EU is the best environment for small businesses and startups. I am very saddened by the recent news regarding PPWR regulations and that you actually implemented that. I have MANY young people in my environment that are on the same path and are devastated at the moment, just like me. I hope you are able to actually hear us, as you loudly announce in your statements, and I hope you will adjust the new regulations to ACTUALLY SUPPORT us, rather than destroy. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556277_en"}, {"id": 33556276, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 01:36:29", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Bagatelles", "feedback": "The new PPWR legislation, which took effect on August 12th 2026, will have a massive and disproportionate impact on sole traders and SMEs, who simply cannot afford to buy all the necessary EPR licences (in advance of possible sales, with no refund if no sales are made), appointing an AR (Authorised Representative) in each EU country they wish to sell to, and the time and effort the different reporting schedules will require; some in a foreign language. Spain requires a Spanish tax registration number for non-residents. The whole idea of responsible packaging and waste management is laudable, but in the case of sole traders, micro and small businesses, this is a sledge hammer to crack a nut and will see many sole traders and small businesses cease trading through lack of affordability and lack of market availability. Their commercial world is getting infinitely smaller. A great number of these small businesses are supporting themselves and/or their families through their commerce. This extra burden on their business will lead to closures and/or bankruptcy. Consequently, there will be more people requiring government aid and handouts for day to day living. It will also have a huge effect on mental health. Stress, perceived failure, lack of self-worth and inability to pay one's way on a daily basis. Men and women will see their carefully, often lovingly, built businesses failing, their incomes faltering or ceasing completely, through no fault of their own. It will be because the people who made the decisions on EPR and PPWR do not have the least knowledge, care, or understanding, of how a micro or small business works. We deal with small turnover and have small profits and incomes. Many of these little businesses are run by sole traders, families or small groups, handicapped people who work from home, retirees who have small pensions, people who rely on their little enterprise either as a sole income or as a means to help ends meet. Real people. This will not be the only effect, as EU customers will have a far smaller choice of goods to purchase, particularly one of a kind, hand-made or hand-crafted items, art, antiques and vintage. Items which, because of their very nature, are not available elsewhere. The buyers market will be reduced to large, faceless, companies who can afford to absorb the costs. The little people will be squeezed out, surely not what the EU stands for? Micro business and small traders are not wishing to duck their responsibilities regarding recycling and waste management, but wish to contribute a fair and proportionate amount rather than be clobbered with unaffordable costs which seriously curtail their functionality within the EU. Any monies paid upfront, in order to even offer goods on the EU market, is non-refundable. The costs are at least 300 per country per AR, plus the cost of EPR licences, which range from 15 - 250 at entry level. This makes a serious hole in annual turnover and is out of reach to many small businesses. Selling a few tens of items annually to several or each EU country can make a difference to a sole trader, micro or small business, but the costs now expected of us for PPWR and AR will more than wipe out the benefits of continuing to trade with the EU, which is why I, like many other micro businesses, have switched off my sales to the whole of the EU, except my home country. A de minimus is absolutely essential if I, and millions of other sole traders, micro enterprises and small businesses are to be able to continue to trade within the EU, or indeed at all. A centralised system, at least for small businesses, would be logical and more manageable. The current system is unaffordable, ill thought out and far too complicated for us to manage. If this directive does not actually constitute a breach of Article 34TFEU, it come exceedingly close, as it has the equivalent effect of a quantative restriction under Article 34TFEU", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR legislation, which took effect on August 12th 2026, will have a massive and disproportionate impact on sole traders and SMEs, who simply cannot afford to buy all the necessary EPR licences (in advance of possible sales, with no refund if no sales are made), appointing an AR (Authorised Representative) in each EU country they wish to sell to, and the time and effort the different reporting schedules will require; some in a foreign language. Spain requires a Spanish tax registration number for non-residents. The whole idea of responsible packaging and waste management is laudable, but in the case of sole traders, micro and small businesses, this is a sledge hammer to crack a nut and will see many sole traders and small businesses cease trading through lack of affordability and lack of market availability. Their commercial world is getting infinitely smaller. A great number of these small businesses are supporting themselves and/or their families through their commerce. This extra burden on their business will lead to closures and/or bankruptcy. Consequently, there will be more people requiring government aid and handouts for day to day living. It will also have a huge effect on mental health. Stress, perceived failure, lack of self-worth and inability to pay one's way on a daily basis. Men and women will see their carefully, often lovingly, built businesses failing, their incomes faltering or ceasing completely, through no fault of their own. It will be because the people who made the decisions on EPR and PPWR do not have the least knowledge, care, or understanding, of how a micro or small business works. We deal with small turnover and have small profits and incomes. Many of these little businesses are run by sole traders, families or small groups, handicapped people who work from home, retirees who have small pensions, people who rely on their little enterprise either as a sole income or as a means to help ends meet. Real people. This will not be the only effect, as EU customers will have a far smaller choice of goods to purchase, particularly one of a kind, hand-made or hand-crafted items, art, antiques and vintage. Items which, because of their very nature, are not available elsewhere. The buyers market will be reduced to large, faceless, companies who can afford to absorb the costs. The little people will be squeezed out, surely not what the EU stands for? Micro business and small traders are not wishing to duck their responsibilities regarding recycling and waste management, but wish to contribute a fair and proportionate amount rather than be clobbered with unaffordable costs which seriously curtail their functionality within the EU. Any monies paid upfront, in order to even offer goods on the EU market, is non-refundable. The costs are at least 300 per country per AR, plus the cost of EPR licences, which range from 15 - 250 at entry level. This makes a serious hole in annual turnover and is out of reach to many small businesses. Selling a few tens of items annually to several or each EU country can make a difference to a sole trader, micro or small business, but the costs now expected of us for PPWR and AR will more than wipe out the benefits of continuing to trade with the EU, which is why I, like many other micro businesses, have switched off my sales to the whole of the EU, except my home country. A de minimus is absolutely essential if I, and millions of other sole traders, micro enterprises and small businesses are to be able to continue to trade within the EU, or indeed at all. A centralised system, at least for small businesses, would be logical and more manageable. The current system is unaffordable, ill thought out and far too complicated for us to manage. If this directive does not actually constitute a breach of Article 34TFEU, it come exceedingly close, as it has the equivalent effect of a quantative restriction under Article 34TFEU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556276_en"}, {"id": 33556275, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 01:29:21", "country": "HUN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "A single platform for reporting to all member states!!! No local representatives!!! Make reporting free!!! It's ridiculous that EU comes up with legislation that we need to comply with and then also charges us for the privilege. Tiered EPR fees based on category and weight of the packaging with heavier but more recyclable materials getting preferential treatment compared to light but not recyclable packaging. Having to pay fees based on weight only greatly advantages plastic.", "feedbackEnglish": "A single platform for reporting to all member states!!! No local representatives!!! Make reporting free!!! It's ridiculous that EU comes up with legislation that we need to comply with and then also charges us for the privilege. Tiered EPR fees based on category and weight of the packaging with heavier but more recyclable materials getting preferential treatment compared to light but not recyclable packaging. Having to pay fees based on weight only greatly advantages plastic.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556275_en"}, {"id": 33554697, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:47:47", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Yakwa records", "feedback": "Bonjour, Cette nouvelle taxe va tout simplement mettre un terme à mon activité et je vais devoir redevenir demandeur d'emploi et percevoir le RSA, n'ayant pas d'autre solution à l'heure actuelle. En effet, mon volume de vente en ligne n'est pas très important pour le moment. J'envoie tout de même des colis dans beaucoup de pays de l'UE, mais pas de volume suffisant pour assumer de devoir payer cette taxe dans chacun de ces états membres. De plus cette taxe est totalement injuste car elle n'e prend pas suffisament en compte le volume de colis. Pour certains pays que l'on envoie 2 ou 3 colis dans l'année ou bien 10 000, le montant de la taxe est exactement la même. Totalement injuste. Peut-être qu'il aurait été plus judicieux de mettre une taxe sur l'achat des emballages, rendant celle-ci proportionnelle au nombre d'envois et également plus fonctionnelle. Devoir s'inscrire dans chacun des pays membres n'est juste pas envisageable pour de petites structures. De plus sur certains sites de vente en ligne, comme Vinted, il n'est pas possible de vendre uniquement à une échelle nationale. Cette option n'existe pas. Soit l'on doit vendre dans les pays où le site a une activité (France, Belgique, Italie, Allemagne, Pays-Bas, Portugal..) ou bien rien de tout. Cela va donc m'obliger à cesser de vendre sur ce site, là oùu je fais le plus de vente actuellement. Merci de bien vouloir entendre l'immense déception que ressentent nombre de vendeurs en ligne en ce moment. Bien cordialement.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, this new tax will simply put an end to my activity and I will have to become a jobseeker again and receive the RSA, as I have no other solution at the moment. Indeed, my volume of online sales is not very significant for the time being. I still send parcels to many EU countries, but I don't have enough volume to pay this tax in each of these Member States. Moreover, this tax is totally unfair because it does not take sufficient account of the volume of parcels. For some countries that send 2 or 3 packages in the year or 10 000, the amount of the tax is exactly the same. Totally unfair. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate to introduce a tax on the purchase of packaging, making it proportional to the number of consignments and also more functional. Having to register in each of the member countries is just not an option for small organisations. Moreover, on some online sales sites, such as Vinted, it is not possible to sell only on a national scale. This option does not exist. Either you have to sell in the countries where the site has an activity (France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, etc.) or nothing at all. It will therefore force me to stop selling on this site, where I am currently selling the most. Thank you for hearing the tremendous disappointment many online sellers are experiencing at the moment. Kind regards,", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33554697_en"}, {"id": 33556274, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:44:30", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I find the idea just idiotic. At firts it would stop people from starting a small business what destroys the development of people and there country. At this point the eu rules are so ridiculous that many people will ultimately go against the parliament with outcome that whole the eu will collapse", "feedbackEnglish": "I find the idea just idiotic. At firts it would stop people from starting a small business what destroys the development of people and there country. At this point the eu rules are so ridiculous that many people will ultimately go against the parliament with outcome that whole the eu will collapse", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556274_en"}, {"id": 33556273, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:43:39", "country": "NOR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Trackspathsroutes", "feedback": "We are a small Norwegian startup and we welcome the attempt of the European Union to reduce waste and to make packaging for products and delivery more sustainable. The suggested solutions involving, among other things, - a great deal of additional administrative effort for the companies selling within the EU, - demand for representatives in target EU countries, - different rules for packaging products bought in the country of the enterprise, are unfortunatley to its core against the idea of the EU as a marketplace without borders. It is also very likely that it will mainly cater mainstream enterprises with pressing more niche companies out of the EU market. We are also concerned that these solutions are not thought through, pointing on a missing coordinated process and the lack of information available with the resulting uncertainty visible in for example forums and social media. This process should be stopped for a new and better approach, that makes packaging more sustainable while respecting the European idea and keeping trade within the EU alive for all types of companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small Norwegian startup and we welcome the attempt of the European Union to reduce waste and to make packaging for products and delivery more sustainable. The suggested solutions involving, among other things, - a great deal of additional administrative effort for the companies selling within the EU, - demand for representatives in target EU countries, - different rules for packaging products bought in the country of the enterprise, are unfortunatley to its core against the idea of the EU as a marketplace without borders. It is also very likely that it will mainly cater mainstream enterprises with pressing more niche companies out of the EU market. We are also concerned that these solutions are not thought through, pointing on a missing coordinated process and the lack of information available with the resulting uncertainty visible in for example forums and social media. This process should be stopped for a new and better approach, that makes packaging more sustainable while respecting the European idea and keeping trade within the EU alive for all types of companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556273_en"}, {"id": 33556272, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:42:56", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mahiqun Arts And Crafts", "feedback": "As a sole trader making ornaments and gifts from recycled plastic and natural fibres who donates a significant part of profit to the rainforest charities, I'm very dedicated to sustainability. My makes ship mostly in reused cardboard boxes. Yet, while it's still business as usual from Amazon and other big polluters, I have to pause my sales to the EU. How is that an improvement? People who might've bought some affordable eco-gifts and tree decoration in Germany or France will have to look elsewhere, because I can't afford fees, never mind representatives, selling only single numbers of makes that rarely xost more than £40. It makes more sense for me to donate that money straight to my affilliate, Rainforest Concern, rather than waste it on fees for my second hand boxes. Loss of my EU customers comes at the same time with US tariffs decimating my largest foreign customer base and cost of living crisis affecting my UK sales, forcing me to reevaluate whether my entire business model. I enjoy making affordable art for people on small/medium income and helping to save rainforests in progress. But if the shrinkage of my customer base persists, I'll have to change the target demographic. I hope that small businesses can get exception from the unreasonable fees and requests for representatives. All it currently does is giving the giants more monopoly than thet already have while destroying artisans' income streams.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a sole trader making ornaments and gifts from recycled plastic and natural fibres who donates a significant part of profit to the rainforest charities, I'm very dedicated to sustainability. My makes ship mostly in reused cardboard boxes. Yet, while it's still business as usual from Amazon and other big polluters, I have to pause my sales to the EU. How is that an improvement? People who might've bought some affordable eco-gifts and tree decoration in Germany or France will have to look elsewhere, because I can't afford fees, never mind representatives, selling only single numbers of makes that rarely xost more than £40. It makes more sense for me to donate that money straight to my affilliate, Rainforest Concern, rather than waste it on fees for my second hand boxes. Loss of my EU customers comes at the same time with US tariffs decimating my largest foreign customer base and cost of living crisis affecting my UK sales, forcing me to reevaluate whether my entire business model. I enjoy making affordable art for people on small/medium income and helping to save rainforests in progress. But if the shrinkage of my customer base persists, I'll have to change the target demographic. I hope that small businesses can get exception from the unreasonable fees and requests for representatives. All it currently does is giving the giants more monopoly than thet already have while destroying artisans' income streams.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556272_en"}, {"id": 33556271, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:42:23", "country": "ARG", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Yeah, you have lost your fkng mind with this one and we're not letting it slide. EVERYONE KNOWS this is about making rich Nepo business owners richer. This isn't about packaging LMFAO. The fact that you don't remember how much power we have is insane in 2026. We made Starbucks, Target, and McDonald's bleed with boycotts and we can do it all over again with ALL commercial big brands. We know you just want to get rid of small businesses and artists and sink them but we'll give up EVERY BIG BRAND if you take them out. This is insane and one of the most ignorant laws passed down in this era. We see right through all of you. There's no democrats, republicans or far right. It's just capitalists. FIX IT NOW", "feedbackEnglish": "Yeah, you have lost your fkng mind with this one and we're not letting it slide. EVERYONE KNOWS this is about making rich Nepo business owners richer. This isn't about packaging LMFAO. The fact that you don't remember how much power we have is insane in 2026. We made Starbucks, Target, and McDonald's bleed with boycotts and we can do it all over again with ALL commercial big brands. We know you just want to get rid of small businesses and artists and sink them but we'll give up EVERY BIG BRAND if you take them out. This is insane and one of the most ignorant laws passed down in this era. We see right through all of you. There's no democrats, republicans or far right. It's just capitalists. FIX IT NOW", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556271_en"}, {"id": 33556270, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:23:01", "country": "TUR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Gr", "feedback": "I am a small Business owner.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small Business owner.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556270_en"}, {"id": 33556269, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/14 00:18:18", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als häufiger Kunde von diversen kleinen Online-Handelseinrichtungen möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kunde von Kleinunternehmern ist der Kauf auch aus dem EU-Ausland selbstverständlich. Die PPWR verändert die Buchhaltung, den Aufwand und die Kosten der Betreiber von kleineren Handelsgeschäften erheblich: Sobald sie Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, soweit mir bekannt ist, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde vielen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüssen Dorothea Sahlmüller - Verbraucher und Kunde auch von kleinen Händlern in der EU\"", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a frequent customer of various small online retail establishments, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a customer of small businesses, purchasing from other EU countries is also a matter of course. The PPWR significantly changes the accounting, burden and costs of operators of smaller commercial transactions: Once they sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five parcels or five hundred are sold there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, as far as I am aware, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow many small traders to actually benefit from the European internal market, rather than being limited to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Dorothea Sahlmüller – Consumers and customers also from small traders in the EU”", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556269_en"}, {"id": 33556266, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:46:51", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I fully support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste. However, the proposed rules seem disproportionate for micro-businesses. Imagine a small handmade jewellery business selling just 3 pieces to Germany and 5 to Spain in an entire year. The total packaging involved may be only a few kilograms, yet the business could face separate registrations, reporting requirements and authorised representatives in each country. The environmental impact is negligible. The bureaucracy is not. This creates a situation where a small business may simply decide not to sell to customers in other EU countries because the compliance burden is greater than the value of the sales themselves. This is difficult to reconcile with the idea of a single European market and with the EUs Think Small First principle. The rules should distinguish between a producer placing tonnes of packaging on the market and a micro-business sending a handful of parcels per year. Please introduce a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses, so that environmental regulation remains effective without making small-scale cross-border trade practically unviable.", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the EUs goal of reducing packaging waste. However, the proposed rules seem disproportionate for micro-businesses. Imagine a small handmade jewellery business selling just 3 pieces to Germany and 5 to Spain in an entire year. The total packaging involved may be only a few kilograms, yet the business could face separate registrations, reporting requirements and authorised representatives in each country. The environmental impact is negligible. The bureaucracy is not. This creates a situation where a small business may simply decide not to sell to customers in other EU countries because the compliance burden is greater than the value of the sales themselves. This is difficult to reconcile with the idea of a single European market and with the EUs Think Small First principle. The rules should distinguish between a producer placing tonnes of packaging on the market and a micro-business sending a handful of parcels per year. Please introduce a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-businesses, so that environmental regulation remains effective without making small-scale cross-border trade practically unviable.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556266_en"}, {"id": 33556265, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:45:30", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlinehandel in Deutschland und verkaufe hauptsächlich Sammelkarten. Ich bin kein großer Hersteller und bringe auch keine eigenen Produkte oder selbst produzierten Verpackungen auf den Markt. Ich kaufe bereits vorhandene Ware ein und verschicke diese in normalen Versandverpackungen an meine Kunden. Grundsätzlich habe ich überhaupt kein Problem damit, für die Verpackungen zu bezahlen, die durch meine Verkäufe tatsächlich als Abfall anfallen. In Deutschland bin ich dafür auch registriert und beteilige meine Versandverpackungen entsprechend am System. Was ich aber nicht nachvollziehen kann, ist die enorme Bürokratie, die beim grenzüberschreitenden Handel innerhalb der EU entstehen kann. Als sehr kleiner Händler kann ich vorher überhaupt nicht wissen, in welche Länder ich im Laufe eines Jahres verkaufen werde. Vielleicht verkaufe ich im ganzen Jahr zwei Bestellungen nach Italien, eine nach Spanien, fünf nach Frankreich und gar nichts nach Österreich. Dafür kann es doch nicht sinnvoll sein, dass ich mich mit unterschiedlichen nationalen Registern, Verfahren, Meldungen, Ansprechpartnern und eventuell zusätzlichen Dienstleistern für jedes einzelne Land beschäftigen muss. Genau das ist für kleine Unternehmen das eigentliche Problem. Nicht die Kosten für ein paar Gramm oder Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial, sondern die Fixkosten, der Zeitaufwand und die Bürokratie dahinter. Im Moment führt diese Unsicherheit bei mir sogar dazu, dass ich Länder aus meinen Versandmöglichkeiten herausnehme. Das kann doch nicht das Ziel eines europäischen Binnenmarktes sein. Eigentlich sollte es für einen kleinen deutschen Händler einfacher sein, an einen Kunden in Italien oder Spanien zu verkaufen als an einen Kunden außerhalb der EU. Ich verstehe auch nicht, warum es dafür kein wirklich zentrales europäisches System gibt. Aus meiner Sicht wäre die vernünftige Lösung sehr einfach: Ich registriere mein Unternehmen einmal. Ich hinterlege einmal meine Unternehmens- und Steuerdaten. Anschließend melde ich zentral, wie viel Verpackungsmaterial durch meine Verkäufe tatsächlich in Deutschland, Italien, Frankreich, Spanien usw. angefallen ist. Die Daten und die entsprechenden Beiträge werden dann an die jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten weitergegeben. Eine Registrierung, eine Oberfläche, eine Meldung und trotzdem bekommt jedes Land die Informationen und Beiträge, die ihm für die tatsächlich dort angefallenen Verpackungsmengen zustehen. Zusätzlich sollte es für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Mengen deutliche Vereinfachungen geben. Es ist nicht verhältnismäßig, wenn ein Händler wegen weniger Sendungen oder wenigen Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial denselben grundsätzlichen Verwaltungsaufwand bewältigen muss wie ein Unternehmen, das tausende oder Millionen Sendungen innerhalb Europas verschickt. Besonders problematisch finde ich außerdem, dass die Anforderungen für kleine Händler nur schwer verständlich sind. Man findet unterschiedliche nationale Systeme, unterschiedliche Begriffe und unterschiedliche Informationen. Selbst wenn man ausdrücklich versucht, alles richtig zu machen, ist teilweise nicht ohne erheblichen Recherche- und Kostenaufwand klar, was in welchem Land konkret erforderlich ist. Genau hier sollte die EU meiner Meinung nach ansetzen: Wenn europäische Regeln harmonisieren sollen, müssen sie für kleine Unternehmen am Ende auch tatsächlich zu einer einfacheren europäischen Lösung führen und nicht dazu, dass aus einem Binnenmarkt viele einzelne Compliance-Projekte werden. Ich möchte mich an die Regeln halten. Ich möchte auch meinen fairen Anteil an den tatsächlich verursachten Verpackungskosten bezahlen. Aber ich möchte nicht für vielleicht einzelne Verkäufe in verschiedene Mitgliedstaaten jeweils neue Verwaltungsprozesse aufbauen und laufende Fixkosten verursachen müssen. Deshalb wünsche ich mir eine echte EU-weite One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, einheitliche Daten und Meldeformate, automatische Weitergabe der Informationen an die", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small online shop in Germany and mainly sell collection cards. I am not a major producer, nor do I place on the market my own products or own-produced packaging. I buy existing goods and send them to my customers in normal shipping packaging. In principle, I have no problem paying for the packaging that my sales actually produce as waste. In Germany, I am also registered for this and my shipping packaging is part of the system accordingly. But what I don't understand is the enormous bureaucracy that can be created when trading cross-border within the EU. As a very small trader, I cannot know beforehand to which countries I will sell in the course of a year. Maybe throughout the year I sell two orders to Italy, one to Spain, five to France and nothing to Austria. It does not make sense for me to have to deal with different national registers, procedures, notifications, contact points and possibly additional service providers for each country. This is the real problem for small businesses. Not the cost of a few grams or kilograms of packaging material, but the fixed costs, time and bureaucracy behind it. For the time being, this uncertainty even leads me to remove countries from my shipping options. This cannot be the aim of a European internal market. In fact, it should be easier for a small German trader to sell to a customer in Italy or Spain than to a customer outside the EU. Nor do I understand why there is no truly central European system for this. In my view, the reasonable solution would be very simple: I register my company once. I provide my company and tax details once. I then report centrally how much packaging material my sales actually produced in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, etc. The data and the corresponding contributions are then shared with the respective Member States. A registration, a surface, a notification, and yet each country receives the information and contributions to which it is entitled for the quantities of packaging actually produced there. In addition, there should be significant simplifications for micro-enterprises and very small quantities. It is not proportionate for a trader to face the same basic administrative burden as a business sending thousands or millions of consignments within Europe because of fewer consignments or a few kilograms of packaging material. I also find it particularly problematic that the requirements are difficult to understand for small traders. Different national systems, different concepts and different information can be found. Even if one explicitly tries to do everything right, in some cases it is not clear without considerable research and cost what is actually required in which country. This is where I think the EU should start: If European rules are to be harmonised, they must actually lead to a simpler European solution for small businesses and not to a single market becoming many individual compliance projects. I want to follow the rules. I would also like to pay my fair share of the packaging costs actually incurred. But I don’t want to have to build new administrative processes and incur recurrent fixed costs for perhaps individual sales to different Member States. I would therefore like to see a genuine EU-wide one-stop-shop solution, uniform data and reporting formats, automatic transmission of information to the", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556265_en"}, {"id": 33556263, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:44:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "-", "feedback": "Ich unterstütze grundsätzlich das Ziel der PPWR, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren, Recycling zu fördern und diejenigen Unternehmen angemessen an den entstehenden Kosten zu beteiligen, die große Mengen an Verpackungen in Verkehr bringen. Die vorgesehenen administrativen Verpflichtungen im grenzüberschreitenden Versand insbesondere die Verpflichtung zur Benennung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung in einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten halte ich für kleine Unternehmen mit sehr geringen Versand- und Verpackungsmengen jedoch für unverhältnismäßig. Für einen großen Versandhändler, der jährlich hunderttausende oder Millionen Pakete in einen Mitgliedstaat versendet, sind entsprechende Pflichten nachvollziehbar. Bei kleinen Unternehmen, die nur wenige Pakete oder geringe Mengen an Kartonage und Polstermaterial in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat versenden, stehen Verwaltungsaufwand und Kosten dagegen in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis zum ökologischen Nutzen. Selbst bei beispielsweise 1.000 versendeten Kartons pro Jahr in einen Mitgliedstaat handelt es sich im Verhältnis zum gesamten dort anfallenden Verpackungsabfall um eine äußerst geringe Menge. Kartonagen und andere übliche Versandmaterialien werden zudem über die bestehenden Entsorgungs- und Recyclingsysteme erfasst und dem Materialkreislauf wieder zugeführt. Eine Regelung, die für wenige Kilogramm Verpackungsmaterial im Grundsatz dieselben administrativen Strukturen verlangt wie für Unternehmen mit einem millionenfach höheren Verpackungsaufkommen, widerspricht aus meiner Sicht dem Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit. Gerade der europäische Binnenmarkt sollte es kleinen und jungen Unternehmen ermöglichen, unkompliziert Kunden in anderen Mitgliedstaaten zu beliefern. Wenn bereits wenige grenzüberschreitende Bestellungen Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte, Verträge, Gebühren und zusätzliche laufende Verwaltungsarbeit in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten auslösen, entsteht faktisch eine Markteintrittsbarriere. Kleine Unternehmen könnten dadurch gezwungen sein, Lieferungen in bestimmte EU-Länder vollständig einzustellen. Das kann nicht im Interesse eines funktionierenden europäischen Binnenmarktes liegen. Ich rege daher ausdrücklich an, für kleine Verpackungsmengen eine EU-weit einheitliche Bagatellgrenze einzuführen. Unterhalb einer bestimmten jährlichen Verpackungsmenge oder eines angemessenen Umsatz- bzw. Versandschwellenwertes sollten Unternehmen von der Pflicht zur Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter sowie von unverhältnismäßigen Registrierungs- und Berichtspflichten befreit sein. Alternativ sollte für kleine grenzüberschreitend tätige Unternehmen eine einzige zentrale EU-weite Registrierung (One-Stop-Shop) geschaffen werden, anstatt separate administrative Strukturen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat zu verlangen. Umweltschutz und Recycling sind wichtige Ziele. Diese Ziele werden jedoch nicht dadurch besser erreicht, dass Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen mit Pflichten belastet werden, deren Verwaltungsaufwand in keinem Verhältnis zu den tatsächlich von ihnen verursachten Verpackungsmengen steht. Europa braucht nicht nur wirksamen Umweltschutz, sondern auch kleine Unternehmen, Neugründungen und einen funktionierenden Binnenmarkt. Regulierung sollte deshalb dort ansetzen, wo relevante Verpackungsmengen entstehen, und für geringe Mengen einfache, verhältnismäßige und europaweit einheitliche Lösungen vorsehen.", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I support the PPWR’s objective of reducing packaging waste, promoting recycling and ensuring a fair share of the costs incurred by companies placing large quantities of packaging on the market. However, the envisaged administrative obligations in cross-border shipping, in particular the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in individual Member States, seem to me to be disproportionate for small businesses with very small volumes of shipping and packaging. For a large mail-order trader who sends hundreds of thousands or millions of parcels per year to a Member State, such obligations are understandable. On the other hand, the administrative burden and costs are disproportionate to the environmental benefits for small companies that send only a few packages or small quantities of cartonboard and upholstery material to another Member State. Even, for example, 1000 boxes per year shipped to a Member State represent an extremely small quantity in relation to the total packaging waste generated there. Cardboard boxes and other common shipping materials are also collected via the existing disposal and recycling systems and returned to the material cycle. In my view, a rule which requires, in principle, the same administrative structures for a few kilograms of packaging material as for undertakings with a multi-million-fold higher packaging volume is contrary to the principle of proportionality. The European single market in particular should allow small and young companies to easily supply customers in other Member States. If a small number of cross-border orders trigger registrations, authorised representatives, contracts, fees and additional day-to-day administrative work in several Member States, this creates a de facto market entry barrier. This could force small businesses to stop deliveries completely to certain EU countries. This cannot be in the interest of a functioning European internal market. I would therefore urge you to introduce an EU-wide de minimis limit for small quantities of packaging. Below a certain annual packaging volume or an appropriate turnover or shipment threshold, companies should be exempted from the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives, as well as from disproportionate registration and reporting obligations. Alternatively, a single central EU-wide registration (one-stop shop) should be created for small cross-border businesses, rather than requiring separate administrative structures in each Member State. Environmental protection and recycling are important objectives. However, those objectives are not better achieved by imposing obligations on micro and small enterprises, the administrative burden of which is disproportionate to the quantities of packaging actually generated by them. Europe needs not only effective environmental protection, but also small businesses, start-ups and a functioning single market. Regulation should therefore address where relevant quantities of packaging are generated and provide for simple, proportionate and Europe-wide uniform solutions for small quantities.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556263_en"}, {"id": 33556262, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:43:40", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I absolutely see the usefulness and the intent of the law, and I fully support it. However, for small and micro businesses all across the EU this is incredibly destructive and an existential threat. Especially for small and micro companies in smaller countries with a naturally smaller inland customer base and a strong international orientation and exactly the opposite of what the EU should stand for and which it has done thus far. There must be exceptions to the licenses and fees per country for micro businesses who maybe ship a parcel or two per year to any one EU country, otherwise there is no way for these companies to survive. Times are tough as they are. I fully support EU laws, but there must always be exceptions where reqired. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "I absolutely see the usefulness and the intent of the law, and I fully support it. However, for small and micro businesses all across the EU this is incredibly destructive and an existential threat. Especially for small and micro companies in smaller countries with a naturally smaller inland customer base and a strong international orientation and exactly the opposite of what the EU should stand for and which it has done thus far. There must be exceptions to the licenses and fees per country for micro businesses who maybe ship a parcel or two per year to any one EU country, otherwise there is no way for these companies to survive. Times are tough as they are. I fully support EU laws, but there must always be exceptions where reqired. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556262_en"}, {"id": 33556261, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:43:17", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Are we closing the borders again?! The EU isn't thinking clearly, no borders within the EU is build on trust, the protected outside borders is the EU is what supports this rule. I respect the goal of less packaging but all standalone little entrepreneurs like artist, makers must stop their international businesses. This is not workable. Please rethink this! It's a disaster.", "feedbackEnglish": "Are we closing the borders again?! The EU isn't thinking clearly, no borders within the EU is build on trust, the protected outside borders is the EU is what supports this rule. I respect the goal of less packaging but all standalone little entrepreneurs like artist, makers must stop their international businesses. This is not workable. Please rethink this! It's a disaster.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556261_en"}, {"id": 33556260, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:42:48", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am a customer and mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. This is only good for big businesses that ship alot. It should not be the same for small businesses with limited resources.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a customer and mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy make it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders. This is only good for big businesses that ship alot. It should not be the same for small businesses with limited resources.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556260_en"}, {"id": 33556259, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:36:14", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "SalesGuide24 Marketing GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, for me as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556259_en"}, {"id": 33556258, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:35:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "censored", "feedback": "I run a small micro business out of the UK just me and my wife and turnover under £100k, the new EPR representative requirements and high volume (1ton minimum) PPWR costs for businesses of this size is going to have a huge impact on my ability to serve our EU customers. As a 2 person team the administrative burden has gone from zero to 100% in just dealing with 1 EU state let alone all 27. There needs to be a micro/small business exemption if that is 500k euro and under or less than 100kgs of packaging waste per EU member state before forcing huge fees and admin on us. I just needs to be something reasonable. We are not the likes of amazon who can justify these high costs and have a legal department to deal with the paperwork who won't bat an eyelid at it all. You are however going to single handily kill off small and micro business, not just across the EU, but globally. If this continues as it is currently laid out 'll have no choice but to stop serving our EU customers as we currently can't justify the cost to continue to ship to them.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small micro business out of the UK just me and my wife and turnover under £100k, the new EPR representative requirements and high volume (1ton minimum) PPWR costs for businesses of this size is going to have a huge impact on my ability to serve our EU customers. As a 2 person team the administrative burden has gone from zero to 100% in just dealing with 1 EU state let alone all 27. There needs to be a micro/small business exemption if that is 500k euro and under or less than 100kgs of packaging waste per EU member state before forcing huge fees and admin on us. I just needs to be something reasonable. We are not the likes of amazon who can justify these high costs and have a legal department to deal with the paperwork who won't bat an eyelid at it all. You are however going to single handily kill off small and micro business, not just across the EU, but globally. If this continues as it is currently laid out 'll have no choice but to stop serving our EU customers as we currently can't justify the cost to continue to ship to them.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556258_en"}, {"id": 33556257, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:34:32", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Oblivion Forge", "feedback": "The new PPWR and EPR rules have made having a micro business impossible. While I agree that packaging should be disposed of in a responsible way. I do not think this is the way to do it. The simple solution is to make a lower limit that if you stay under you don't have to register to the individual countries. I understand that this might be difficult, since some bigger companies can send smaller shipments under different names and cheat the system in that way. So as an alternative if this is a concern I would ask each country to instead of having to pay 200 euro for signing up for that one countries register to send 1-5 packages a year, just make the company pay per package. In this way it can be realistic for small businesses. I hope you'll take my words into consideration, so the economy/individual persons don't take a hit.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new PPWR and EPR rules have made having a micro business impossible. While I agree that packaging should be disposed of in a responsible way. I do not think this is the way to do it. The simple solution is to make a lower limit that if you stay under you don't have to register to the individual countries. I understand that this might be difficult, since some bigger companies can send smaller shipments under different names and cheat the system in that way. So as an alternative if this is a concern I would ask each country to instead of having to pay 200 euro for signing up for that one countries register to send 1-5 packages a year, just make the company pay per package. In this way it can be realistic for small businesses. I hope you'll take my words into consideration, so the economy/individual persons don't take a hit.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556257_en"}, {"id": 33556256, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:33:55", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This is absolutely devastating. We as small businesses are working so much already, drawned in paperwork, how can we do this too with such big costs and literally no help. I spent 2 days going through documentation and I am even more confused now. You should think about us micro businesses too and not support big corporations only. You should help microbusinesses not crush them. Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is absolutely devastating. We as small businesses are working so much already, drawned in paperwork, how can we do this too with such big costs and literally no help. I spent 2 days going through documentation and I am even more confused now. You should think about us micro businesses too and not support big corporations only. You should help microbusinesses not crush them. Stop all EPR fines and cross-border registration requirements and mandatory third-party \"Authorized Representatives\" fees for micro-businesses effective immediately while legislation is being reformed. Introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold: Completely exempt small-volume sellers and micro-enterprises from cross-border packaging bureaucracy. A true EU-wide One-Stop Shop (OSS): Establish a single, centralized EU portal so no sole trader ever has to register separately in 27 different member states.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556256_en"}, {"id": 33556255, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:33:00", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "online shop, shop.leder-pflege.de , shop.roadser-fashion.de", "feedback": "Ich betreibe zwei kleine Onlineshops über die ich jahrelang auch einzelne Kunden in der gesamten EU beliefern konnte. Mit Einführung der Verpackungsverordnung in Deutschland muss ich allein für Deutschland jährlich rund 150,- EUR für das Recycling der Versandverpackungen zahlen. Ähnlichnhohe Kosten kämen für jedes einzelne Land, in dem es keine Freimengen gibt zahlen. Das kann sich kein kleiner Onlineshop leisten. Somit habe ich einen Großteil der EU-Länder streichen müssen und kann die Kunden in diesen Ländern nicht mehr beliefern. - Ein hoch auf den Europäischen Binnenmarkt!", "feedbackEnglish": "I run two small online shops, which for years have also allowed me to supply individual customers across the EU. With the introduction of the Packaging Ordinance in Germany, I have to pay around EUR 150 per year for the recycling of the shipping packaging for Germany alone. Similar costs would be incurred for each country where there are no allowances. This cannot afford a small online shop. As a result, I have had to remove a large part of the EU countries and can no longer supply customers in those countries. — A great deal for the European single market!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556255_en"}, {"id": 33556254, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:23:11", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Leancept AB", "feedback": "This is well-intended but completely unfeasible in its implementation requiring complicated paperwork and expensive physical representation in a country to ship there. It will block trade and make it harder for Europeans to order goods from small businesses in countries like Canada, the UK and Australia. This needs to go back to the drawing board!", "feedbackEnglish": "This is well-intended but completely unfeasible in its implementation requiring complicated paperwork and expensive physical representation in a country to ship there. It will block trade and make it harder for Europeans to order goods from small businesses in countries like Canada, the UK and Australia. This needs to go back to the drawing board!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556254_en"}, {"id": 33556253, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:22:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Das körbchen", "feedback": "Bürokratie vom feinsten. Einfach lächerlich. Kunden lachen einen aus, wenn man das erzählt. EU Lieferungen machen wie so oder so nicht jedoch kaufen wir viel im EU Ausland und der Aufwand ist riesig. Cash und Carry in den Niederlanden wird dann ja auch fast illegal. Woher soll der Händler die Daten wissen? Teilweise 180 Händler in einer Halle und man zahlt an einer Kasse. Die Anbieter kommen aus vielen EU Ländern. Wer soll den Mist abhalten? Wir nutzen auch viel gebrauchte Kartons aus der Industrie und von Einzelhandel. Zeitungen und viel gebrauchtes. Es ist vom Aufwand leichter alles neu zu kaufen. Wo ist der nachhaltige Weg dabei?", "feedbackEnglish": "Red tape from the finest. Simply ridiculous. Customers laugh one when they tell it. EU supplies are like or not, but we buy a lot abroad in the EU and the burden is huge. Cash and carry in the Netherlands then also become almost illegal. Where should the trader know the data? Sometimes 180 traders in a hall and you pay at a cashier. The providers come from many EU countries. Who should hold the dung? We also use a lot of used cartons from industry and retail. Newspapers and much needed. It is easier to buy everything new from the expense. Where is the sustainable path?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556253_en"}, {"id": 33556252, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:21:21", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich unterstütze das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und eine echte Kreislaufwirtschaft in Europa zu schaffen. Die derzeitige Umsetzung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung droht jedoch genau das Gegenteil von dem zu bewirken, wofür der EU-Binnenmarkt stehen sollte: Statt echter Harmonisierung entstehen für kleine und Kleinstunternehmen zahlreiche nationale Registrierungen, Bevollmächtigte, Verträge, Gebühren und Meldepflichten. Ein kleiner EU-Onlinehändler, der nur wenige Bestellungen in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat versendet, kann dort bereits registrierungs- und vertretungspflichtig werden. Wer in mehrere EU-Länder verkauft, benötigt dadurch mehrere Registrierungen, Dienstleister und laufende Verwaltungsprozesse. Für Kleinstunternehmen können diese Fixkosten völlig außer Verhältnis zu der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge stehen. Das ist keine wirksame Umweltpolitik. Ein Paket wird nicht nachhaltiger, nur weil ein kleiner Händler in mehreren Mitgliedstaaten unterschiedliche Vertreter bezahlt. Das Ziel muss sein, Verpackungen zu vermeiden, Recycling zu verbessern und Unternehmen entsprechend der tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge fair an den Kosten zu beteiligen nicht eine neue Compliance-Struktur zu schaffen, deren Fixkosten grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Betriebe unwirtschaftlich machen. Europäische KMU erfüllen bereits Mehrwertsteuerpflichten, Verbraucherschutz, Produktsicherheit, Datenschutz, digitale Transparenzpflichten und zahlreiche nationale Vorgaben. Jede einzelne neue Regel mag isoliert betrachtet vertretbar erscheinen. In Summe wird die administrative und finanzielle Belastung jedoch zunehmend zu einem ernsthaften Hindernis für Unternehmertum, Wachstum und Beschäftigung. Unternehmen, die in Europa Steuern zahlen, Arbeitsplätze schaffen und investieren, dürfen nicht aus dem Binnenmarkt gedrängt werden, weil sie sich 10, 15 oder 20 parallele Compliance-Strukturen nicht leisten können. Ich fordere die Kommission daher auf, diese Umsetzung für echte Vereinfachung zu nutzen: 1. EIN zentrales EU-weites digitales Registrierungs- und Meldeportal mit einmaliger Dateneingabe und automatischer Weiterleitung an die zuständigen Mitgliedstaaten. 2. Eine echte Bagatell- bzw. De-minimis-Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen und sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen nicht lediglich vereinfachte Meldungen. 3. Einen einzigen Bevollmächtigten für die gesamte EU oder ein EU-weites Vertretermodell für grenzüberschreitende Fernabsatzhändler. 4. Gebühren, die sich an den tatsächlichen Verpackungsmengen orientieren, sowie ein Verbot unverhältnismäßiger Mindest- und Jahresgebühren für Kleinstmengen. 5. Angemessene Übergangsfristen sowie zunächst Hinweise und Korrekturmöglichkeiten, bevor gutgläubig handelnde Kleinstunternehmen mit Sanktionen belegt werden. 6. Keine zusätzlichen nationalen Datenanforderungen, sofern diese nicht objektiv erforderlich sind. 7. Konsequente und gleichwertige Durchsetzung gegenüber großen Drittstaatenhändlern und Online-Marktplätzen. EU-KMU dürfen nicht den größten Verwaltungsaufwand tragen, während enorme Mengen niedrigpreisiger Sendungen und Verpackungen über globale Plattformen in die Union gelangen. Umweltstandards müssen für jeden Verkäufer gleichermaßen gelten unabhängig vom Sitz des Unternehmens. Der EU-Binnenmarkt darf kleine Unternehmen nicht vor die Wahl stellen, entweder den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf einzustellen oder unverhältnismäßige Fixkosten zu tragen. Das schwächt Wettbewerb, reduziert die Auswahl für Verbraucher, schadet heimischen europäischen Betrieben und gefährdet Arbeitsplätze. Wir brauchen Umweltschutz und Verantwortung. Aber wir brauchen ebenso Verhältnismäßigkeit, einfache Verfahren und Regeln, die in der Praxis funktionieren. Ein europäischer Binnenmarkt sollte auch ein praktikables europäisches Compliance-System bedeuten und nicht bis zu 27 unterschiedliche administrative Hürden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I support the objective of reducing packaging waste and creating a truly circular economy in Europe. However, the current implementation of EPR risks creating exactly the opposite of what the EU single market should stand for: Instead of real harmonisation, there are many national registrations, authorised representatives, contracts, fees and reporting obligations for small and micro-enterprises. A small EU online trader who sends only a few orders to another Member State can already be subject to registration and representation requirements there. If you sell to several EU countries, you will need multiple registrations, service providers and ongoing administrative processes. For micro-enterprises, these fixed costs may be completely disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. This is not an effective environmental policy. A package becomes less sustainable just because a small trader pays different representatives in several Member States. The aim must be to avoid packaging, improve recycling and ensure a fair share of costs for businesses according to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market, rather than creating a new compliance structure whose fixed costs make cross-border trade uneconomic for small businesses. European SMEs already comply with VAT obligations, consumer protection, product safety, data protection, digital transparency obligations and many national requirements. Each new rule, considered in isolation, may seem justifiable. Overall, however, the administrative and financial burden is increasingly becoming a serious obstacle to entrepreneurship, growth and employment. Companies that pay taxes, create jobs and invest in Europe must not be pushed out of the single market because they cannot afford 10, 15 or 20 parallel compliance structures. I therefore call on the Commission to use this implementation for genuine simplification: 1. A single EU-wide digital registration and reporting portal with single data entry and automatic forwarding to the responsible Member States. 2. A real de minimis or de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very small quantities of packaging, not just simplified notifications. 3. A single representative for the whole EU or an EU-wide representative model for cross-border distance sellers. 4. Fees based on actual packaging volumes and a ban on disproportionate minimum and annual fees for micro-volumes. 5. Appropriate transitional periods and, in the first instance, indications and possibilities for correction before sanctions are imposed on micro-enterprises acting in good faith. 6. No additional national data requirements unless objectively necessary. 7. Consistent and equivalent enforcement against large third-country traders and online marketplaces. EU SMEs must not bear the greatest administrative burden, while huge volumes of low-priced shipments and packaging enter the Union through global platforms. Environmental standards must apply equally to every seller, regardless of where the company is based. The EU single market must not give small businesses the choice of either stopping cross-border sales or bearing disproportionate fixed costs. This weakens competition, reduces consumer choice, harms domestic European businesses and puts jobs at risk. We need environmental protection and responsibility. But we also need proportionality, simple procedures and rules that work in practice. A European single market should also mean a workable European compliance system and not up to 27 different administrative hurdles.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556252_en"}, {"id": 33556251, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:18:31", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a solo ceramic artist running a small, one-person studio, handmade ceramics for customers who appreciate slow, sustainable design. However, current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations and cross-border bureaucracy have made it impossible for a micro-business like mine to sell to art lovers across EU. While I fully support environmental sustainability, the administrative and financial weight of EPR compliance is disproportionate for a sole creator: Fragmented Rules: To legally ship a single piece of pottery to another EU country, I must navigate that specific nations packaging laws, register with its national system, and often hire a local authorized representative. Prohibitive Costs: Fixed annual registration and PRO (Producer Responsibility Organization) fees across multiple Member States quickly add up to thousands of Eurosoften far exceeding the profit I make on low-volume, cross-border orders. Administrative Burden: As a business of one, every hour spent managing 27 different legal systems is an hour taken away from creating in my studio. Because of these barriers, Ialong with many other independent artistshave been forced to stop shipping to EU countries entirely. The single market is effectively closing its doors to independent makers. Without proportional rules for sole creators, Europe risks pricing out the very artisans and craftspeople that enrich its cultural economy.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a solo ceramic artist running a small, one-person studio, handmade ceramics for customers who appreciate slow, sustainable design. However, current Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations and cross-border bureaucracy have made it impossible for a micro-business like mine to sell to art lovers across EU. While I fully support environmental sustainability, the administrative and financial weight of EPR compliance is disproportionate for a sole creator: Fragmented Rules: To legally ship a single piece of pottery to another EU country, I must navigate that specific nations packaging laws, register with its national system, and often hire a local authorized representative. Prohibitive Costs: Fixed annual registration and PRO (Producer Responsibility Organization) fees across multiple Member States quickly add up to thousands of Eurosoften far exceeding the profit I make on low-volume, cross-border orders. Administrative Burden: As a business of one, every hour spent managing 27 different legal systems is an hour taken away from creating in my studio. Because of these barriers, Ialong with many other independent artistshave been forced to stop shipping to EU countries entirely. The single market is effectively closing its doors to independent makers. Without proportional rules for sole creators, Europe risks pricing out the very artisans and craftspeople that enrich its cultural economy.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556251_en"}, {"id": 33556250, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:16:28", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "The Role Play Goblin", "feedback": "I run a one-person game shop in the Netherlands with a webshop attached. I am responding as a micro-enterprise directly affected by this draft act. Harmonising the format of national producer registers is genuinely useful and I welcome it. But the burden for the smallest sellers is not the format of the registers. It is their number, and the mandatory authorised representative attached to each one. MY OWN FIGURES These come from my own WooCommerce order data, not from an estimate. In eight and a half months I shipped to 21 countries, for roughly EUR 10,700 of cross-border revenue. Across the nine member states I researched properly, registration, scheme minimums and the mandatory authorised representative come to an estimated EUR 2,400 to EUR 4,300 a year. The actual recycling contribution my packaging generates is about EUR 130. That is eighteen to thirty-three times the environmental cost it is meant to fund, and it would consume a fifth to a third of my cross-border revenue before shipping, goods or tax. Registration is usually free. The recycling fee is a few euros per country at my volume, and I would pay it without complaint. The authorised representative required under Article 45(3) is typically EUR 150 to EUR 1,000 per country per year, it is 70 to 90 per cent of the total everywhere I looked, and it is completely flat. One parcel costs exactly the same as ten thousand. The clearest example is Austria. I have sent one parcel there in my shop's entire existence, four products, EUR 82. The recycling fee is a few euros. Doing it lawfully costs around EUR 500 a year. I want to state plainly that I am not alleging any member state or scheme is acting unlawfully. Each applies its own national law correctly and each fee is defensible in isolation. The problem is the sum, and who it lands on. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS Micro-enterprises will not pay this. They will stop shipping across borders, or route through a large marketplace. The schemes then collect nothing at all, no environmental benefit is produced, and the single market gets slightly smaller. That outcome serves nobody. THREE SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS ACT 1. Make registration data interoperable and reusable across member states. If the format is harmonised, a producer already registered in one national register should be able to satisfy another with the same dataset rather than repeating the process 27 times. Harmonising the form without reducing the number of filings moves very little for a business my size. 2. Provide a de minimis or a simplified registration track for micro-enterprises. A threshold expressed in kilograms placed on each national market would exclude sellers whose environmental contribution is measured in single-digit euros, at no meaningful cost to the schemes. 3. Do not let the register requirement compound the authorised representative requirement. Where an EU-established micro-enterprise is below a de minimis, requiring a paid representative in each destination purely in order to complete a registration is disproportionate to the environmental outcome. The intention that this act should not create unnecessary administrative burden is the right one. For the smallest sellers, the burden is the multiplicity, not the paperwork. My full workings, with every national scheme and portal linked, are published openly at eprtracker.eu. I am happy to provide the underlying per-country data to anyone working on this file. Note on the figures above: they are researched estimates of published fees, not invoices. I have not yet registered or paid in any of these countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a one-person game shop in the Netherlands with a webshop attached. I am responding as a micro-enterprise directly affected by this draft act. Harmonising the format of national producer registers is genuinely useful and I welcome it. But the burden for the smallest sellers is not the format of the registers. It is their number, and the mandatory authorised representative attached to each one. MY OWN FIGURES These come from my own WooCommerce order data, not from an estimate. In eight and a half months I shipped to 21 countries, for roughly EUR 10,700 of cross-border revenue. Across the nine member states I researched properly, registration, scheme minimums and the mandatory authorised representative come to an estimated EUR 2,400 to EUR 4,300 a year. The actual recycling contribution my packaging generates is about EUR 130. That is eighteen to thirty-three times the environmental cost it is meant to fund, and it would consume a fifth to a third of my cross-border revenue before shipping, goods or tax. Registration is usually free. The recycling fee is a few euros per country at my volume, and I would pay it without complaint. The authorised representative required under Article 45(3) is typically EUR 150 to EUR 1,000 per country per year, it is 70 to 90 per cent of the total everywhere I looked, and it is completely flat. One parcel costs exactly the same as ten thousand. The clearest example is Austria. I have sent one parcel there in my shop's entire existence, four products, EUR 82. The recycling fee is a few euros. Doing it lawfully costs around EUR 500 a year. I want to state plainly that I am not alleging any member state or scheme is acting unlawfully. Each applies its own national law correctly and each fee is defensible in isolation. The problem is the sum, and who it lands on. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS Micro-enterprises will not pay this. They will stop shipping across borders, or route through a large marketplace. The schemes then collect nothing at all, no environmental benefit is produced, and the single market gets slightly smaller. That outcome serves nobody. THREE SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS ACT 1. Make registration data interoperable and reusable across member states. If the format is harmonised, a producer already registered in one national register should be able to satisfy another with the same dataset rather than repeating the process 27 times. Harmonising the form without reducing the number of filings moves very little for a business my size. 2. Provide a de minimis or a simplified registration track for micro-enterprises. A threshold expressed in kilograms placed on each national market would exclude sellers whose environmental contribution is measured in single-digit euros, at no meaningful cost to the schemes. 3. Do not let the register requirement compound the authorised representative requirement. Where an EU-established micro-enterprise is below a de minimis, requiring a paid representative in each destination purely in order to complete a registration is disproportionate to the environmental outcome. The intention that this act should not create unnecessary administrative burden is the right one. For the smallest sellers, the burden is the multiplicity, not the paperwork. My full workings, with every national scheme and portal linked, are published openly at eprtracker.eu. I am happy to provide the underlying per-country data to anyone working on this file. Note on the figures above: they are researched estimates of published fees, not invoices. I have not yet registered or paid in any of these countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556250_en"}, {"id": 33556248, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:14:29", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Apex Posters", "feedback": "Hello, I'm a small business owner from Slovakia, i understand all of the safety concerns of the European Union about shipping across different states, but such a law would cause a significant impact on small businesses' sales that are already paying big taxes.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I'm a small business owner from Slovakia, i understand all of the safety concerns of the European Union about shipping across different states, but such a law would cause a significant impact on small businesses' sales that are already paying big taxes.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556248_en"}, {"id": 33556246, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:11:50", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Joe's Tech Help", "feedback": "The regulations being put forward are simply unworkable for small businesses (micro-enterprises). The country registrations, paperwork and verifications alone are too much for a small business to handle and then include what will amount to huge financial costs is going to cause the closure of many businesses.The EU is founded on the idea of free trade and movement of goods between countries, these regulations are in direct conflict with that. Either make all small businesses exempt or give us a central system to register and a single recycling fee based on the amount we ship.", "feedbackEnglish": "The regulations being put forward are simply unworkable for small businesses (micro-enterprises). The country registrations, paperwork and verifications alone are too much for a small business to handle and then include what will amount to huge financial costs is going to cause the closure of many businesses.The EU is founded on the idea of free trade and movement of goods between countries, these regulations are in direct conflict with that. Either make all small businesses exempt or give us a central system to register and a single recycling fee based on the amount we ship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556246_en"}, {"id": 33556245, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:08:34", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This will kill small businesses. It is a big step backward for the internal market. Small business owner wont be able to sell products to other EU member states and consumers will be worse off. It means more bureaucracy, not less.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will kill small businesses. It is a big step backward for the internal market. Small business owner wont be able to sell products to other EU member states and consumers will be worse off. It means more bureaucracy, not less.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556245_en"}, {"id": 33556244, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:08:21", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "My name is Michelle Falcony and I am an artist who creates handmade polymer clay jewelry and home decor located in Madrid, Spain. I am a Spanish resident. It's only me in my business. I have a primary teaching job and create as a hobby but always aim towards it becoming my main income source. I have been shipping worldwide through Etsy where I have my shop and my sales have been picking up gradually but now with these mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy I have been forced to stop selling across the EU, it has become impossible to afford. I tried to register in France and it was going to cost me 110 minimum a year when I have only sold 2-3 items annually. I ask you to consider a de minimis exemption for small businesses and creators in all EU countries. Help us make our dreams come true!", "feedbackEnglish": "My name is Michelle Falcony and I am an artist who creates handmade polymer clay jewelry and home decor located in Madrid, Spain. I am a Spanish resident. It's only me in my business. I have a primary teaching job and create as a hobby but always aim towards it becoming my main income source. I have been shipping worldwide through Etsy where I have my shop and my sales have been picking up gradually but now with these mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy I have been forced to stop selling across the EU, it has become impossible to afford. I tried to register in France and it was going to cost me 110 minimum a year when I have only sold 2-3 items annually. I ask you to consider a de minimis exemption for small businesses and creators in all EU countries. Help us make our dreams come true!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556244_en"}, {"id": 33556243, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 23:07:24", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The core idea is great: reduce packaging waste and optimize how people pack things with less waste. But the execution is so bad. You simply cant put micro and small sellers into the same category as massive corporations. This approach completely stops the growth and innovation of people who want to do something, with all these crazy high fees and documentation required to trade within the EU. One platform with no entry fee and a pay as you go solution is the only option that makes sense here.", "feedbackEnglish": "The core idea is great: reduce packaging waste and optimize how people pack things with less waste. But the execution is so bad. You simply cant put micro and small sellers into the same category as massive corporations. This approach completely stops the growth and innovation of people who want to do something, with all these crazy high fees and documentation required to trade within the EU. One platform with no entry fee and a pay as you go solution is the only option that makes sense here.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556243_en"}, {"id": 33556241, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:57:22", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As someone who is only thinking to start a very small micro business by myself, these new rules have shut me down before I can even start. As a sole individual, I can not afford any of the fees involved to try and sell within Europe, not even in my home country. This is ludicrous. The EU is supposed to be a single market with no borders. These new rules make a mockery of this. I am not some huge company who can absorb all these costs. I am one person. I ask for a serious rethink of these ridiculous rules and ask for an exemption for all tiny businesses. You are stamping out our creativity and dreams. I am so disillusioned with the EU and the endless bureucracy that is constantly spewed out. Think of the little people and ordinary citizens. We matter too.", "feedbackEnglish": "As someone who is only thinking to start a very small micro business by myself, these new rules have shut me down before I can even start. As a sole individual, I can not afford any of the fees involved to try and sell within Europe, not even in my home country. This is ludicrous. The EU is supposed to be a single market with no borders. These new rules make a mockery of this. I am not some huge company who can absorb all these costs. I am one person. I ask for a serious rethink of these ridiculous rules and ask for an exemption for all tiny businesses. You are stamping out our creativity and dreams. I am so disillusioned with the EU and the endless bureucracy that is constantly spewed out. Think of the little people and ordinary citizens. We matter too.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556241_en"}, {"id": 33556240, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:55:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "RM-Sports", "feedback": "Ich habe einen Onlinehandel mit Skserviceprodukten und bisher in 12 EU-Länder verschickt. Umsatz zwischen 200 und 5000 Euro pro Land. Bei Kosten von über 300 Euro pro Land bei einem Gewinn von 5% ist der Versand für mich nicht kostendeckend. Vom zusätzlichen bürokratischen Aufwand gar nicht zu reden. Deshalb werde ich ab sofort in diese Länder nicht mehr liefern. Für mich etwa 7% Umsatzverlust was ungefähr einem Monatsgehalt entspricht. Wegen 100 Paketen mit 35kg Standardkartons/Verpackungsmaterial pro Jahr verliere ich einen Monatslohn bzw. genau den Überschuß den ich benötige um meine Altersvorsorge zu sichern.", "feedbackEnglish": "I have sent online sales of skservice products and have so far sent them to 12 EU countries. Turnover between EUR 200 and EUR 5000 per country. At a cost of more than EUR 300 per country, with a profit of 5 %, shipping does not cover my costs. Not to talk about additional bureaucracy at all. That is why I will stop delivering to these countries from now on. For me, approximately 7 % of the loss of turnover is equivalent to approximately one month’s salary. Because of 100 packages of 35 kg of standard cartons/packaging material per year, I lose one month’s salary or exactly the surplus I need to secure my retirement savings.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556240_en"}, {"id": 33556239, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:50:14", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "To blokuje możliwość rozwoju mikro biznesów. Bez sensowny pomysł trzeba wycofać.", "feedbackEnglish": "This is blocking the development of micro-businesses. Without a meaningful idea, the idea must be withdrawn.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556239_en"}, {"id": 33556238, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:47:55", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Pantheist", "feedback": "I represent a small band in the UK selling small numbers of parcels to the EU each month and I think this is a terrible regulation. Not only is our packaging immaculate and recyclable (most CD/shirt printing companies take good care of their packaging nowadays) but the regulation makes it also impossible for small bands like us to continue trading, as the associated cost and time spent on declaring packaging details for each individual parcel (and each individual EU country we trade with) is not worth for the small number of parcels we send and minimal income we receive in order to invest in our future releases and merch. The way this system has been set up, has brought a growing feeling across small businesses and trading artists that PPWR is designed to facilitate larger companies who can easily absorb the cost and put small independent ones out of business. Surely this is not the direction the EU would like to move towards, one where only multinationals like Amazon and bigger businesses have the capacity to compete in international trade? Please reconsider asap.", "feedbackEnglish": "I represent a small band in the UK selling small numbers of parcels to the EU each month and I think this is a terrible regulation. Not only is our packaging immaculate and recyclable (most CD/shirt printing companies take good care of their packaging nowadays) but the regulation makes it also impossible for small bands like us to continue trading, as the associated cost and time spent on declaring packaging details for each individual parcel (and each individual EU country we trade with) is not worth for the small number of parcels we send and minimal income we receive in order to invest in our future releases and merch. The way this system has been set up, has brought a growing feeling across small businesses and trading artists that PPWR is designed to facilitate larger companies who can easily absorb the cost and put small independent ones out of business. Surely this is not the direction the EU would like to move towards, one where only multinationals like Amazon and bigger businesses have the capacity to compete in international trade? Please reconsider asap.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556238_en"}, {"id": 33556237, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:44:26", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Crezo Creative", "feedback": "As a small UK creative business owner (I sell only a few thousand pounds worth of products a year), the new EPR regulations essentially make it impossible for me and many small craft / indipendant micro businesses to sell into the EU. I completely agree on the principles behind the packaging law changes, and I think they're brilliant for large businesses who are selling millions of products. However it's physically impossible for small business to have to pay to register in every individual EU member state to be able to sell into that market. With the new VAT regulations for each country, and the EORI numbers being required PER country it's simply not possible. There are so many small creative businesses that will now no longer be able to sell into the EU, and with the US tarrif situations as well, this will put millions of micro businesses out of business, forcing us to close. I'd like to request consideration of changes that could implement an exception for small businesses, and possibly a simplification of the requirements of a SINGLE requirment that covers the entire EU, rather than being needed for each individual country. PS. I'm sadly aware this effects us we're no longer part of the EU, so we really don't have much of a say, however I didn't vote for us to leave, and this will effect millions of global businesses outside the EU. Thanks for your time, and hopefully this can be reconsidered to allow more trade with the EU and support the true creators and businesses, rather than driving more people to ONLY buy from the massive tax evading corporations. As they will be only the companies left that can afford to sell within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small UK creative business owner (I sell only a few thousand pounds worth of products a year), the new EPR regulations essentially make it impossible for me and many small craft / indipendant micro businesses to sell into the EU. I completely agree on the principles behind the packaging law changes, and I think they're brilliant for large businesses who are selling millions of products. However it's physically impossible for small business to have to pay to register in every individual EU member state to be able to sell into that market. With the new VAT regulations for each country, and the EORI numbers being required PER country it's simply not possible. There are so many small creative businesses that will now no longer be able to sell into the EU, and with the US tarrif situations as well, this will put millions of micro businesses out of business, forcing us to close. I'd like to request consideration of changes that could implement an exception for small businesses, and possibly a simplification of the requirements of a SINGLE requirment that covers the entire EU, rather than being needed for each individual country. PS. I'm sadly aware this effects us we're no longer part of the EU, so we really don't have much of a say, however I didn't vote for us to leave, and this will effect millions of global businesses outside the EU. Thanks for your time, and hopefully this can be reconsidered to allow more trade with the EU and support the true creators and businesses, rather than driving more people to ONLY buy from the massive tax evading corporations. As they will be only the companies left that can afford to sell within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556237_en"}, {"id": 33556236, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:44:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Atelier Buchstabenorte", "feedback": "Als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich zu einem Punkt der PPWR-Umsetzung Stellung nehmen, der in der jetzigen Ausgestaltung nicht wie eine Regulierung wirkt, sondern wie ein faktisches Handelsverbot: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Marktausschluss statt Kostenbelastung: Bereits eine einzige Bestellung in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat kann die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig Zielmärkten bedeutet das ebenso viele Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft werden. Für Unternehmen meiner Größe ist das keine Frage der Wirtschaftlichkeit mehr, sondern eine Ja-Nein-Entscheidung: Die Fixkosten pro Land übersteigen den Deckungsbeitrag aus wenigen Sendungen um ein Vielfaches. Die einzige rationale Reaktion ist, den EU-Versand einzustellen. Genau das tue ich zum Stichtag nicht aus Unwillen, sondern weil die Regelung keine andere rechtskonforme Option lässt. Eine Regelung, die kleine Marktteilnehmer aus dem grenzüberschreitenden Handel drängt, während große Anbieter dieselben Fixkosten über große Volumina verteilen, wirkt wettbewerbsverzerrend und steht dem Grundgedanken des Binnenmarkts entgegen. Der freie Warenverkehr ist kein Privileg großer Unternehmen. Systemfehler: doppelte Lizenzierung derselben Verpackung: Ich kaufe meine Versandkartons bei einem deutschen Hersteller; deren Lizenzierung ist im Kaufpreis enthalten, ich zahle sie also mit. Versende ich dieselbe Verpackung nach Österreich, muss ich sie dort erneut registrieren und die Entsorgungskosten ein zweites Mal tragen. Bezahlt wird zweimal für denselben Karton, der nur einmal entsorgt wird. Das ist keine verursachergerechte Kostenzuordnung, sondern eine Mehrfachbelastung, die allein aus der nationalen Fragmentierung der Register folgt. Vorschläge zur Prüfung: 1. Kleinstunternehmen nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausnehmen. Oberhalb dieser Schwelle sollte eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland greifen. 2. Die Lizenzierung einer Verpackung in einem Mitgliedstaat EU-weit anerkennen. Wurde eine Verpackung beim Inverkehrbringen lizenziert, sollte das den gesamten Lebensweg abdecken, statt beim Grenzübertritt zu verfallen. Der Ausgleich zwischen den nationalen Systemen lässt sich auf Verwaltungsebene organisieren er muss nicht auf dem Rücken einzelner Händler abgebildet werden. 3. Eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung nach dem Vorbild des umsatzsteuerlichen OSS-Verfahrens schaffen: zentrale Registrierung und Meldung für alle Mitgliedstaaten mit einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten. Die bestehende Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister zu beauftragen, genügt nicht Händler schließen dabei weiterhin pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten. 4. Die Datenübermittlung technisch standardisieren, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Ohne eine Ausgestaltung, die das berücksichtigt, erreicht die Verordnung ihr Umweltziel bei uns nicht sie beendet lediglich unseren europäischen Handel.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an operator of small online sales, I would like to comment on a point of PPWR implementation which, in its current form, does not act as regulation, but as a de facto trade ban: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. Market exclusion instead of cost burden: A single appointment in another Member State may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty target markets, this means an equal number of contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether five parcels or five hundred are sold there. For companies of my size, this is no longer a question of cost-effectiveness, but a yes-no decision: The fixed costs per country are many times higher than the contribution margin from a small number of shipments. The only rational response is to stop EU transit. This is precisely what I am doing on the cut-off date not because of unwillingness, but because the provision does not leave any other legally compliant option. A rule that pushes small market players out of cross-border trade, while large suppliers spread the same fixed costs over large volumes, distorts competition and runs counter to the logic of the internal market. The free movement of goods is not a privilege for large companies. System error: double licensing of the same packaging: I buy my shipping cartons from a German manufacturer; their licensing is included in the purchase price, so I pay them. If I send the same packaging to Austria, I must register it again there and pay the disposal costs a second time. Payment is made twice for the same cardboard box, which is discarded only once. This is not a polluter-pays-based allocation of costs, but a multiple burden resulting solely from the national fragmentation of registers. Proposals for consideration: 1. Generally exempt micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint representatives in accordance with the known limits on staff numbers and turnover. Above this threshold, a de minimis threshold per destination country should apply. 2. Recognise the licensing of packaging in a Member State across the EU. Where packaging has been licensed when placed on the market, this should cover the entire life cycle instead of being lost when crossing the border. The balance between national systems can be organised at administrative level and does not need to be represented on the back of individual traders. 3. Create a real one-stop-shop solution, modelled on the VAT OSS procedure: central registration and reporting for all Member States with one-off fixed costs. The existing possibility to use central service providers is not sufficient for traders to continue to conclude a separate contract per country and to pay the corresponding fixed costs. 4. Technically standardise data submission so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. Without a design that takes this into account, the Regulation does not achieve its environmental objective for us, but simply puts an end to our European trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556236_en"}, {"id": 33556235, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:42:10", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Wolschon Importe", "feedback": "I operate a small workshop alone and sell 60% to customers in other EU countries. Most countries only 1 or 2 packages a year. The biggest 20 cardboard boxes. Licensing my packaging in my home country is affordable and relatively straightforward. Paying 26x VAT via OSS is clumsy but manageable. Reading up on 27 local laws while not speaking the languages or knowing their systems, paying 26 companies as representatives with notarised signatures is not only financially impossible but also an impossible administrative workload. Sending a single paper envelope to a foreign EU country with another language should not incur this full burden.", "feedbackEnglish": "I operate a small workshop alone and sell 60% to customers in other EU countries. Most countries only 1 or 2 packages a year. The biggest 20 cardboard boxes. Licensing my packaging in my home country is affordable and relatively straightforward. Paying 26x VAT via OSS is clumsy but manageable. Reading up on 27 local laws while not speaking the languages or knowing their systems, paying 26 companies as representatives with notarised signatures is not only financially impossible but also an impossible administrative workload. Sending a single paper envelope to a foreign EU country with another language should not incur this full burden.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556235_en"}, {"id": 33556234, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:40:12", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Mario Kinzl ", "feedback": "Betreff: Beschwerde zur Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR) unverhältnismäßige Belastung von Kleinstunternehmen und Gefährdung des EU-Binnenmarktes Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich wende mich als österreichischer Kleinunternehmer und Onlinehändler an Sie, weil die Umsetzung der neuen europäischen Verpackungsverordnung für sehr kleine Unternehmen zu einer Situation führt, die aus meiner Sicht den grundlegenden Zielen des europäischen Binnenmarktes widerspricht. Ich unterstütze ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Hersteller sowie Händler angemessen an den dadurch entstehenden Kosten zu beteiligen. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung und insbesondere die Anforderungen bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen stellen Kleinstunternehmen jedoch vor unverhältnismäßige administrative und finanzielle Belastungen. Als kleiner Onlinehändler kann ich Waren grundsätzlich innerhalb der gesamten Europäischen Union anbieten. Einzelne Bestellungen verteilen sich dabei auf zahlreiche Mitgliedstaaten. Das tatsächliche Verkaufsvolumen in einem einzelnen Land kann jedoch äußerst gering sein teilweise handelt es sich lediglich um wenige Sendungen pro Jahr. Wenn für solche geringfügigen Mengen Registrierungen, nationale Meldepflichten und gegebenenfalls die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten in verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten erforderlich werden, steht der administrative und finanzielle Aufwand in keinem angemessenen Verhältnis mehr zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Für große Unternehmen sind derartige Compliance-Kosten Teil ihrer allgemeinen Verwaltungskosten. Für Kleinstunternehmen können dieselben Anforderungen dagegen dazu führen, dass der Verkauf in andere Mitgliedstaaten wirtschaftlich nicht mehr möglich ist. Die logische Konsequenz ist bereits jetzt absehbar: Kleine Händler beschränken ihre Liefergebiete, schließen einzelne Mitgliedstaaten vom Versand aus oder stellen den grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der Europäischen Union vollständig ein. Damit entsteht ein bemerkenswerter Widerspruch: Eine europäische Verordnung führt in ihrer praktischen Wirkung dazu, dass der europäische Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen wieder in nationale Einzelmärkte zerfällt. Gerade für Kleinstunternehmen und kreative Betriebe war der gemeinsame europäische Markt bisher eine der größten Errungenschaften der Europäischen Union. Digitale Plattformen ermöglichen es auch einem sehr kleinen Unternehmen in Österreich, einen einzelnen Kunden beispielsweise in Frankreich, Deutschland, Spanien oder den Niederlanden zu beliefern. Diese Möglichkeit darf nicht davon abhängig werden, ob ein Unternehmen die finanziellen und administrativen Ressourcen besitzt, zahlreiche nationale Registrierungs-, Vertretungs- und Meldesysteme zu verwalten. Besonders problematisch erscheint mir dabei die fehlende Verhältnismäßigkeit. Ein Unternehmen, das beispielsweise nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in einen bestimmten Mitgliedstaat versendet, verursacht dort nur eine äußerst geringe Verpackungsmenge. Wenn die Erfüllung der gesetzlichen Pflichten ein Vielfaches des wirtschaftlichen Wertes dieser Verkäufe kostet, wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel faktisch verhindert. Dies trifft gerade jene Unternehmen, die für die europäische Wirtschaft wichtig sind: Kleinstunternehmen, Kunsthandwerker, kleine Hersteller, Händler gebrauchter Waren, kreative Betriebe und nebenberufliche Unternehmer. Ich ersuche die Europäische Kommission und das Europäische Parlament daher dringend, die Auswirkungen der PPWR auf Kleinstunternehmen zu überprüfen und eine verhältnismäßige Lösung zu schaffen. Insbesondere rege ich an: 1. eine EU-weite Bagatellgrenze für sehr geringe Verpackungsmengen bzw. geringe grenzüberschreitende Umsätze einzuführen, 2. Kleinstunternehmen von der Verpflichtung zur Bestellung nationaler Bevollmächtigter auszunehmen, 3. ein einziges zentrales europäisches Register", "feedbackEnglish": "Subject: Complaint concerning Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) disproportionate burden on micro-enterprises and endangering the EU internal market I strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that producers and distributors pay a fair share of the resulting costs. However, the specific design of EPR, and in particular the requirements for cross-border sales, impose disproportionate administrative and financial burdens on micro-enterprises. As a small online trader, I can, in principle, offer goods throughout the European Union. Individual orders are spread over a large number of Member States. However, the actual volume of sales in a single country can be very small, sometimes only a few items per year. Where such minor quantities require registrations, national reporting obligations and, where applicable, the appointment of an authorised representative in different Member States, the administrative and financial burden is no longer proportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. For large companies, such compliance costs are part of their general administrative costs. On the other hand, for micro-enterprises, the same requirements may make it economically impossible to sell to other Member States. The logical consequence is already foreseeable: Small traders limit their supply areas, exclude individual Member States from dispatch or completely stop cross-border sales within the European Union. This creates a remarkable contradiction: The practical effect of a European regulation is to break down the European single market for small businesses back into individual national markets. For micro-enterprises and creative businesses in particular, the common European market has so far been one of the greatest achievements of the European Union. Digital platforms also allow a very small company in Austria to supply an individual customer in, for example, France, Germany, Spain or the Netherlands. This possibility should not depend on whether a company has the financial and administrative resources to manage many national registration, representation and reporting systems. The lack of proportionality seems to me to be particularly problematic in this regard. For example, a company that sends only a few parcels per year to a particular Member State generates only a very small amount of packaging there. If compliance with legal obligations costs many times the economic value of these sales, cross-border trade is effectively prevented. This is particularly true for those companies that are important for the European economy: Micro-enterprises, artisans, small producers, distributors of second-hand goods, creative businesses and part-time entrepreneurs. I therefore urge the European Commission and the European Parliament to review the impact of the PPWR on micro-enterprises and to provide a proportionate solution. In particular, I suggest that: (1) to introduce an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging or small cross-border transactions; Exempt micro-enterprises from the obligation to appoint national authorised representatives, (3) a single European central register", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556234_en"}, {"id": 33556233, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:38:28", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich auf einen aus meiner Sicht kritischen Punkt der geplanten PPWR-Herstellerregister hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für Kleinunternehmer kann bereits ein einzelner Verkauf in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt und bezahlt werden muss. Bei Verkäufen in mehrere Länder entstehen dadurch zahlreiche Verträge, Gebühren und Meldewege unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Diese Fixkosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler und können grenzüberschreitenden Handel faktisch verhindern.", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a critical point in the planned PPWR producer register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For small traders, a single sale to another EU Member State may require an authorised representative to be appointed and paid for there. In the case of sales to several countries, this gives rise to numerous contracts, fees and reporting channels, irrespective of the actual volume of sales. These fixed costs are disproportionate to the packaging volumes of small traders and can effectively prevent cross-border trade.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556233_en"}, {"id": 33556232, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:38:11", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Künstler", "feedback": "Als Künstler bin ich von der neuen Regulierung ebenfalls betroffen mir wird es damit nicht mehr möglich sein, meine Arbeit in die EU-Länder zu verkaufen. Der Grundgedanke der EU ist die Schaffung eines Binnenmarktes ohne Hürden, und das wird dadurch zunichte gemacht. Ich bin für Umweltschutzgesetze, aber hier muss unbedingt eine Ausnahme für kleine Geschäfte gemacht werden, für die diese Regulierung der wirtschaftliche Tod bedeutet. Das kann nicht in unser aller Interesse sein.", "feedbackEnglish": "As an artist, I am also affected by the new regulation and will no longer be able to sell my work to EU countries. The basic idea of the EU is to create a single market without barriers, which is wiped out. I am in favour of environmental laws, but here it is essential to make an exception for small businesses, for which this regulation means economic death. This cannot be in everyone’s interest.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556232_en"}, {"id": 33556231, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:37:59", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "mte - moosburg technische entwicklungen", "feedback": "Das Hauptproblem dieser Vorschriften ist die unverhältnismäßige Balastung von kleinen Händlern durch bürokratische Hürden. Lizenzgebühren, die daraus erwachsen, sind ebenfalls unverhältnismäßig. Freimengen sind einzuführen bzw. ist zu überlegen inwieweit derartige Verordnungen das mildeste Mittel sind.", "feedbackEnglish": "The main problem with these rules is the disproportionate burden on small traders due to bureaucratic hurdles. The resulting royalties are also disproportionate. Allowance levels should be introduced or consideration should be given to the extent to which such regulations are the least restrictive means.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556231_en"}, {"id": 33556229, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:33:55", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm a regular citizen, not a business owner nor a commercial shipper. Yet this issue has reached even me, mainly due to how embarrassing the whole situation is. To think that a very niche and ultimately small piece of legislation can absolutely devastate small businesses across, literally, the whole Union, because someone didn't think this through - it is frankly absurd. The fact that exceptions weren't hard baked from the very beginning and not fought for, nor was the legislation delayed to fix this critical issue - an oversight deserving an official investigation. For no measurable gain for the economy or the environment - the Union has damaged thousands of entrepreneurs, worse yet - made aspiring business owners wary forever more for when something like this will happen again. All of this at the time of the some of the worst ever trade disruptions and trade wars. I always supported and admired the EU, for all it's faults, it did good. But this ridiculous bureaucratic non-sense and PR disaster, the dismissive attitude, the opaque explanations and excuses - has forever shaken this view.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm a regular citizen, not a business owner nor a commercial shipper. Yet this issue has reached even me, mainly due to how embarrassing the whole situation is. To think that a very niche and ultimately small piece of legislation can absolutely devastate small businesses across, literally, the whole Union, because someone didn't think this through - it is frankly absurd. The fact that exceptions weren't hard baked from the very beginning and not fought for, nor was the legislation delayed to fix this critical issue - an oversight deserving an official investigation. For no measurable gain for the economy or the environment - the Union has damaged thousands of entrepreneurs, worse yet - made aspiring business owners wary forever more for when something like this will happen again. All of this at the time of the some of the worst ever trade disruptions and trade wars. I always supported and admired the EU, for all it's faults, it did good. But this ridiculous bureaucratic non-sense and PR disaster, the dismissive attitude, the opaque explanations and excuses - has forever shaken this view.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556229_en"}, {"id": 33556228, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:33:34", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Sandrine's Creations", "feedback": "As a small business owner, who works hard, and contributes greatly to my country's economy, like millions of others... it's killing us!! It makes impossible for us to sell to EU customers now, first of all because of the costs, and having to register in each EU country - which is impossible still in certain countries, as they don't have an international registration system in place. - Can you please consider small artisans who want to sell to EU countries, and review the rules for those who are only shipping a small amount of parcels a year ? I agree for big companies who makes millions a year to respect the rules, they indeed import a lot more waste, and can afford to pay the fees. Small artisans pay as much for sending a handful of parcels a year to EU countries?! It is not fair! I import less than 1 kg a year, and yet, I still have to pay thousands a year for authorized representatives + yearly waste recycling fees ? A lot of small businesses are closing down, or for those who are still active, suffer from it and cannot ship to the EU anymore! Please, please review these rules for us, small artisans. Make it simpler for us, and fairer to take into account small importers. Thank you!", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small business owner, who works hard, and contributes greatly to my country's economy, like millions of others... it's killing us!! It makes impossible for us to sell to EU customers now, first of all because of the costs, and having to register in each EU country - which is impossible still in certain countries, as they don't have an international registration system in place. - Can you please consider small artisans who want to sell to EU countries, and review the rules for those who are only shipping a small amount of parcels a year ? I agree for big companies who makes millions a year to respect the rules, they indeed import a lot more waste, and can afford to pay the fees. Small artisans pay as much for sending a handful of parcels a year to EU countries?! It is not fair! I import less than 1 kg a year, and yet, I still have to pay thousands a year for authorized representatives + yearly waste recycling fees ? A lot of small businesses are closing down, or for those who are still active, suffer from it and cannot ship to the EU anymore! Please, please review these rules for us, small artisans. Make it simpler for us, and fairer to take into account small importers. Thank you!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556228_en"}, {"id": 33556227, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:30:43", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "earthly e.U.", "feedback": "I am a small independent skincare business owner based in the EU, manufacturing my own products and hoping to sell them across the European market. While I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and Extended Producer Responsibility, the current system creates a disproportionate burden for microbusinesses. Separate EPR registrations, mandatory fees, reporting requirements and potentially authorised representatives in each Member State can make cross-border sales financially unviable - even if a business sells only a handful of products into a particular country. This undermines the idea of a European Single Market and puts micro-entrepreneurs at a significant disadvantage compared with large companies that can easily absorb these fixed compliance costs. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes, or alternatively create a simplified EU-wide One Stop Shop where small businesses can register, report packaging volumes and fulfil EPR obligations for all Member States through a single system. Environmental responsibility and access to the Single Market should be achievable together. Small sustainable businesses should be encouraged to grow across Europe, not prevented from doing so by disproportionate administrative costs.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a small independent skincare business owner based in the EU, manufacturing my own products and hoping to sell them across the European market. While I fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and Extended Producer Responsibility, the current system creates a disproportionate burden for microbusinesses. Separate EPR registrations, mandatory fees, reporting requirements and potentially authorised representatives in each Member State can make cross-border sales financially unviable - even if a business sells only a handful of products into a particular country. This undermines the idea of a European Single Market and puts micro-entrepreneurs at a significant disadvantage compared with large companies that can easily absorb these fixed compliance costs. I strongly urge the European Commission to introduce a meaningful de minimis exemption for micro-enterprises and very low packaging volumes, or alternatively create a simplified EU-wide One Stop Shop where small businesses can register, report packaging volumes and fulfil EPR obligations for all Member States through a single system. Environmental responsibility and access to the Single Market should be achievable together. Small sustainable businesses should be encouraged to grow across Europe, not prevented from doing so by disproportionate administrative costs.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556227_en"}, {"id": 33556224, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:27:13", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Raritaeten-Shop.com", "feedback": "We are a small, independent business based in Austria and primarily sell rare, historical and pre owned collectible items to other EU Member States. Our shipping volume is very low compared with large online retailers. Many of our shipments consist of individual high value items. We strongly support the EUs objectives of waste prevention, reuse and resource conservation. For this reason, wherever possible, we reuse used cardboard boxes and existing packaging and filling materials for our shipments. In doing so, we extend the useful life of existing packaging and avoid the unnecessary consumption of new resources. However, the actual problem for our business is the different national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) systems. Cross border sales can result in registration requirements, reporting obligations, licensing fees, authorised representatives and other administrative requirements in individual Member States. For a business making only a few shipments per year to some EU countries, these costs and the administrative burden are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. As a result, small independent businesses can no longer economically serve certain EU markets or are forced to stop selling to individual Member States. This effectively creates an additional barrier to the European Single Market, even though small businesses in particular should be able to benefit from the free movement of goods. We therefore call for a proportionate solution for micro enterprises: A uniform EU wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging and shipping volumes. Alternatively, a simplified EU One Stop Shop system for EPR, allowing micro enterprises to fulfil their packaging obligations centrally and digitally for all Member States. A limitation or abolition of disproportionate fixed costs for registrations and local authorised representatives where only very small quantities of packaging are placed on the market in a Member State. Clear and uniform rules preventing micro enterprises from being confronted with 27 different national systems solely because of a small number of cross border sales. Our aim is not less environmental protection, but proportionate environmental protection. A micro enterprise that ships only a few kilograms of packaging material per year to a particular Member State should not have to bear the same administrative burden as an international corporation handling thousands of tonnes of packaging. The EU itself has recognised that the complexity of regulatory requirements can place a significant burden on small and medium sized enterprises. We therefore ask the European Commission, in the further implementation and development of the packaging rules, to introduce a genuine micro enterprise exemption or de minimis rule, or alternatively a central EU One Stop Shop system for EPR.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small, independent business based in Austria and primarily sell rare, historical and pre owned collectible items to other EU Member States. Our shipping volume is very low compared with large online retailers. Many of our shipments consist of individual high value items. We strongly support the EUs objectives of waste prevention, reuse and resource conservation. For this reason, wherever possible, we reuse used cardboard boxes and existing packaging and filling materials for our shipments. In doing so, we extend the useful life of existing packaging and avoid the unnecessary consumption of new resources. However, the actual problem for our business is the different national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) systems. Cross border sales can result in registration requirements, reporting obligations, licensing fees, authorised representatives and other administrative requirements in individual Member States. For a business making only a few shipments per year to some EU countries, these costs and the administrative burden are completely disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging involved. As a result, small independent businesses can no longer economically serve certain EU markets or are forced to stop selling to individual Member States. This effectively creates an additional barrier to the European Single Market, even though small businesses in particular should be able to benefit from the free movement of goods. We therefore call for a proportionate solution for micro enterprises: A uniform EU wide de minimis threshold for very small quantities of packaging and shipping volumes. Alternatively, a simplified EU One Stop Shop system for EPR, allowing micro enterprises to fulfil their packaging obligations centrally and digitally for all Member States. A limitation or abolition of disproportionate fixed costs for registrations and local authorised representatives where only very small quantities of packaging are placed on the market in a Member State. Clear and uniform rules preventing micro enterprises from being confronted with 27 different national systems solely because of a small number of cross border sales. Our aim is not less environmental protection, but proportionate environmental protection. A micro enterprise that ships only a few kilograms of packaging material per year to a particular Member State should not have to bear the same administrative burden as an international corporation handling thousands of tonnes of packaging. The EU itself has recognised that the complexity of regulatory requirements can place a significant burden on small and medium sized enterprises. We therefore ask the European Commission, in the further implementation and development of the packaging rules, to introduce a genuine micro enterprise exemption or de minimis rule, or alternatively a central EU One Stop Shop system for EPR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556224_en"}, {"id": 33556223, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:24:30", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While I appreciate the intent behind this law, it has been poorly thought out and implemented. Large companies guilty of creating the most packaging waste, like Amazon and Temu, operate on such large budgets that they are unlikely to be affected by this law, while it hurts many small businesses and effectively makes it harder for them to compete with thr giants. Small businesses should absolutely be exempt.", "feedbackEnglish": "While I appreciate the intent behind this law, it has been poorly thought out and implemented. Large companies guilty of creating the most packaging waste, like Amazon and Temu, operate on such large budgets that they are unlikely to be affected by this law, while it hurts many small businesses and effectively makes it harder for them to compete with thr giants. Small businesses should absolutely be exempt.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556223_en"}, {"id": 33556222, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:24:06", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "glitch.cool", "feedback": "I am a founding member of an art collective that has both EU citizen members and also ships merchandise to EU customers. This merchandise is usually physical media of music released on our record label, typically in vinyl or cassette format. These regulations will make it financially prohibitive for us to continue shipping to customers within the EU. As a small art collective/music label we already barely break even as it is. Regulations such as these unfairly suppress entities like ours that create artistic and cultural value for European citizens. Please reconsider this legislation, or else Europe's vibrant independent music scene will be irreversibly impacted as myriad organizations like ours will simply no longer be able to operate without significant financial loss.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a founding member of an art collective that has both EU citizen members and also ships merchandise to EU customers. This merchandise is usually physical media of music released on our record label, typically in vinyl or cassette format. These regulations will make it financially prohibitive for us to continue shipping to customers within the EU. As a small art collective/music label we already barely break even as it is. Regulations such as these unfairly suppress entities like ours that create artistic and cultural value for European citizens. Please reconsider this legislation, or else Europe's vibrant independent music scene will be irreversibly impacted as myriad organizations like ours will simply no longer be able to operate without significant financial loss.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556222_en"}, {"id": 33556221, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:21:44", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Hello! I am a customer who loves supporting small business, and who has been continuously following many wonderful creators who make it their full-time job. I totally understand the need of reducing packaging waste, and I agree that it should be controlled in a better way. However, large mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy makes it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders, as the total fees combined simply cannot be easily handled by small businesses. I would like this initiative to be re-evaluated to include a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. By minimising the ability to support small business, it will only contribute to the increased overuse of large business who can easily pay off these fees without much struggle.", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello! I am a customer who loves supporting small business, and who has been continuously following many wonderful creators who make it their full-time job. I totally understand the need of reducing packaging waste, and I agree that it should be controlled in a better way. However, large mandatory EPR registration fees and cross-border bureaucracy makes it impossible for small independent businesses to sell across EU borders, as the total fees combined simply cannot be easily handled by small businesses. I would like this initiative to be re-evaluated to include a de minimis exemption or a simplified One Stop Shop system for micro-entrepreneurs. By minimising the ability to support small business, it will only contribute to the increased overuse of large business who can easily pay off these fees without much struggle.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556221_en"}, {"id": 33556220, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:20:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "suppOUrt Unverpackt Berlin UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiberin eines kleinen Online-Shops mit dem Fokus auf ECHTE Nachhaltigkeit und Ressourcenschonung möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Wir dürfen Innovation nicht durch Bürokratie ersticken. Auch die erneute Verwendung von Kartons (wir kaufen KEINE Versandmaterialien neu) wird de-facto unmöglich gemacht, und das ist eine verpasste Chance für Ressourcenschonung und somit eher kontraproduktiv. Die Verantwortung sollte bei den Kartonherstellenden Firmen liegen, und nicht auf kleine Händlerinnen ausgelagert werden, und Wiederverwendung sollte belohnt werden. Diese Richtlinie bedroht nicht nur Existenzen, sondern auch Arbeitsplätze und schädigt regionale Resilienz. Belohnt werden Großunternehmen und Konzerne - was wiederum die Ungleichheit verstärkt und die negativen Konsequenzen des Kapitalsmus' verschlimmert. Mit freundlichen Grüßen", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop focusing on ECHTE Sustainability and Resource Conservation, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR Producer Register: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. We must not stifle innovation through bureaucracy. The re-use of cartons (we do NOT buy new shipping materials) is also made impossible de facto, and this is a missed opportunity for resource conservation and thus rather counterproductive. The responsibility should lie with the carton-making companies and not be outsourced to small traders, and re-use should be rewarded. This directive threatens not only livelihoods, but also jobs and damages regional resilience. It rewards large companies and corporations – which in turn increases inequality and exacerbates the negative consequences of the capital needs. (Complimentary close)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556220_en"}, {"id": 33556219, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:17:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Enfilade Figures", "feedback": "Grundsätzlich befürworte ich die Ziele, die die EU-Kommission mit ihrer Verpackungsregulierung verfolgt: Eine Reduktion und bessere Recyclierbarkeit von Verpackungsmüll ist ein wichtiges Ziel, das ich als EU-Bürger absolut unterstütze! Leider ist gut gedacht aber nicht gut gemacht: Die Implementierung der PPWR in aktueller Form bedeutet für mich ein faktisches Exportverbot in andere EU-Staaten und widerspricht damit dem Ziel und dem zentralen Versprechen eines einheitlichen, gemeinsamen Binnenmarktes. Als nebengewerblicher Kleinunternehmer habe ich über meinen Onlineshop im Direktvertrieb an Endkunden in der Vergangenheit über die gesamte EU verteilt ca. 40-60% meines Umsatzes erwirtschaftet, wobei pro Jahr jeweils Mitgliedsland <10 Pakete versendet wurden. Durch die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines EU-Bevollmächtigten je Mitgliedsland und Registrierung in einem Nationalen Register fällt ein derart hoher Bürokratischer Aufwand und hohe Verwaltungskosten an, dass ein Direktversand in andere EU-Länder absolut unwirtschaftlich wird. Meine Umsätze je Zielland müssten sich vervielfachen, um eine nationale Registrierung und Mengenmeldung + Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten kostendeckend zu ermöglichen. Die einzige für mich akzeptable Form einer Registrierung wäre ein zentrales, EU-weites Register, bei dem ich mich einmalig online registrieren muss und in dem ich zentral für alle Mitgliedsstaaten meine Meldungen abgeben kann. Die Verteilung von diesem zentralen Register an die zuständigen nationale Behörden ist technisch eigentlich einfach möglich. Wenn das zentrale Register dann noch gekoppelt wird mit der Möglichkeit, seine Verpackungsmengen direkt zu lizenzieren, wäre Compliance auch für kleinere Onlinehändler möglich. Dies wäre für Unternehmen und Anwender eine wichtige Standardisierung und Komplexitätsreduktion! Idealerweise sollten bei Registrierung und Mengenmeldung Aufwand und Nutzen berücksichtigt werden: Ist es wirklich erforderlich, Mengenmeldungen für Kleinstmengen vorzunehmen? Ist es wirklich erforderlich, für 10 Pakete im Jahr Lizenzierungen im nationalen System vorzunehmen? Ist das Ziel der Regulierung eine 100%-Erfassung und -Steuerung, bei dem jede Kleinstmenge bekannt sein muss? Oder ist zur Erreichung der gesetzten Ziele eine 95%-Erfassung ausreichend, womit man Kleinstunternehmen erhebliche Aufwände und Wettbewerbsnachteile ersparen kann. Anmerkung zum Schluss: 90% meines Verpackungsmaterials ist wiederverwendet aus Sendungen, die ich als Privatperson erhalte. Das Verpackungsmaterial sammle ich, um es dann in meinen Paketen zu verwenden. Damit findet de facto bereits eine Doppel-Lizenzierung und Doppel-Erfassung statt, es werden mehr Mengen ausgewiesen als tatsächlich im Umlauf waren. Hier wäre es viel sinnvoller an der Quelle der Wertschöpfungskette anzusetzen und die Verpackungshersteller und -händler mit Registierungs- und Meldepflichten zu belegen statt mir als Onlinehändler, denn eigentlich bin ich nur KÄUFER und NUTZER der erworbenen Verpackung. Wären tatsächlich nur echte Hersteller/Importeure von Verpackungsmaterial EPR-pflichtig wäre das sicher für viele Unternehmen eine erhebliche Erleichterung!", "feedbackEnglish": "In principle, I support the objectives pursued by the European Commission in its packaging regulation: Reducing and improving the recyclability of packaging waste is an important objective that I fully support as an EU citizen! Unfortunately, well thought out, but not well done: The implementation of the PPWR in its current form means, for me, a de facto ban on exports to other EU Member States, thereby contradicting the objective and central promise of a single, common internal market. As a side-business small business, I have in the past generated around 40-60 % of my turnover through my online shop selling directly to end customers throughout the EU, with each Member State sending < 10 parcels per year. The obligation to appoint an EU representative per Member State and to register in a National Register creates such a high bureaucratic burden and administrative costs that direct dispatching to other EU countries becomes completely uneconomical. My turnover per destination country would have to multiply to allow for national registration and volume reporting + appointment of an authorised representative to cover costs. The only form of registration acceptable to me would be a central, EU-wide register where I have to register online once and where I can submit my notifications centrally for all Member States. The distribution from this central register to the competent national authorities is technically easy. If the central register is then coupled with the possibility to directly license its packaging volumes, compliance would also be possible for smaller online traders. This would be an important standardisation and reduction of complexity for businesses and users! Ideally, registration and volume reporting should take into account effort and benefits: Is it really necessary to make volume declarations for micro-quantities? Is it really necessary to license 10 parcels per year in the national system? Is the objective of regulation a 100 % coverage and control where every small quantity must be known? Or is a 95 % coverage sufficient to achieve the objectives set, thus saving micro-enterprises considerable expense and competitive disadvantages. Concluding remarks: 90 % of my packaging material is reused from consignments I receive as a private individual. I collect the packaging material for use in my packages. This means that, de facto, double licensing and double recording already take place; more quantities are shown than were actually in circulation. It would make much more sense here to look at the source of the value chain and impose regulatory and reporting obligations on packaging producers and traders rather than on me as an online trader, because I am actually only the purchaser and user of the packaging purchased. Indeed, if only genuine producers/importers of packaging material were subject to EPR, this would certainly make things much easier for many companies!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556219_en"}, {"id": 33556218, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:15:48", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As the owner of a small music label operating on a hobby level, these regulations will completely negate all of my sales to the EU. I do not have the financial capacity or the time to dedicate to registering across 27 different authorities. This regulation immediately needs to exclude small/micro business. It is harming small and independent artists while enormous companies who are more likely to be polluters will be equipped with the revenue and legal/compliance teams to deal with this. Please reconsider how this is implemented. We all care about the environment, but this solution has been implemented terribly.", "feedbackEnglish": "As the owner of a small music label operating on a hobby level, these regulations will completely negate all of my sales to the EU. I do not have the financial capacity or the time to dedicate to registering across 27 different authorities. This regulation immediately needs to exclude small/micro business. It is harming small and independent artists while enormous companies who are more likely to be polluters will be equipped with the revenue and legal/compliance teams to deal with this. Please reconsider how this is implemented. We all care about the environment, but this solution has been implemented terribly.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556218_en"}, {"id": 33556217, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:15:27", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am writing to express serious concern regarding the burden that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) place on micro-enterprises engaging in cross-border sales within the EU. While I fully support the EUs objectives to reduce packaging waste and promote a circular economy, the current EPR framework creates an unintended and disproportionate barrier to the EU Single Market for micro-businesses. Key Issues: 1. Disproportionate Administrative and Financial Burden: For a micro-enterprise shipping only a few packages per month to consumers in other EU Member States, registering with individual national EPR schemes, appointing authorized representatives, and fulfilling separate reporting requirements in every destination country is economically unfeasible. The fixed compliance fees and administrative overhead often exceed the margin or even the total value of the goods sold. 2. Market Distortion in Favor of Large Corporations: Large retailers and multinational e-commerce platforms have the legal, technical, and financial resources to absorb multi-jurisdictional compliance costs. Micro-enterprises do not. This regulation inadvertently drives consumers toward large corporations, reduces consumer choice, and penalizes European micro-entrepreneurs who attempt to scale regionally via direct-to-consumer sales. 3. Insignificant Environmental Impact vs. High Regulatory Cost: Cross-border micro-shipments account for a negligible fraction of total packaging waste. Imposing full national registration regimes on micro-volumes does not lead to a meaningful reduction in global packaging waste, but it severely undermines small-business competitiveness. Proposed Solutions / Recommendations: To ensure the Single Market remains open and fair for small businesses, I urge decision-makers to implement practical exemptions and simplifications: - Introduce a Minimal Threshold: Establish an EU-wide minimum threshold based on volume or weight per destination country (e.g., up to a specific number of packages or kilograms per year) below which registration and national reporting are waived or handled via a simplified declaration. - Introduce an Annual Turnover Threshold: Exempt micro-enterprises with an annual turnover below 250,000 from destination-country EPR registration for low-volume cross-border transactions. - EU Single-Window / One-Stop-Shop (OSS) Model: If thresholds are not implemented, a centralized EU-level One-Stop-Shop (similar to the VAT OSS system) should be established so micro-businesses can register and report all intra-EU packaging in their home country through a single portal. Regulations should encourage European craftsmanship, sustainability, and micro-entrepreneurshipnot penalize small operators for sending a handful of parcels across borders. I kindly request that these points be taken into account in the ongoing implementation and guidance frameworks of the PPWR.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express serious concern regarding the burden that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) place on micro-enterprises engaging in cross-border sales within the EU. While I fully support the EUs objectives to reduce packaging waste and promote a circular economy, the current EPR framework creates an unintended and disproportionate barrier to the EU Single Market for micro-businesses. Key Issues: 1. Disproportionate Administrative and Financial Burden: For a micro-enterprise shipping only a few packages per month to consumers in other EU Member States, registering with individual national EPR schemes, appointing authorized representatives, and fulfilling separate reporting requirements in every destination country is economically unfeasible. The fixed compliance fees and administrative overhead often exceed the margin or even the total value of the goods sold. 2. Market Distortion in Favor of Large Corporations: Large retailers and multinational e-commerce platforms have the legal, technical, and financial resources to absorb multi-jurisdictional compliance costs. Micro-enterprises do not. This regulation inadvertently drives consumers toward large corporations, reduces consumer choice, and penalizes European micro-entrepreneurs who attempt to scale regionally via direct-to-consumer sales. 3. Insignificant Environmental Impact vs. High Regulatory Cost: Cross-border micro-shipments account for a negligible fraction of total packaging waste. Imposing full national registration regimes on micro-volumes does not lead to a meaningful reduction in global packaging waste, but it severely undermines small-business competitiveness. Proposed Solutions / Recommendations: To ensure the Single Market remains open and fair for small businesses, I urge decision-makers to implement practical exemptions and simplifications: - Introduce a Minimal Threshold: Establish an EU-wide minimum threshold based on volume or weight per destination country (e.g., up to a specific number of packages or kilograms per year) below which registration and national reporting are waived or handled via a simplified declaration. - Introduce an Annual Turnover Threshold: Exempt micro-enterprises with an annual turnover below 250,000 from destination-country EPR registration for low-volume cross-border transactions. - EU Single-Window / One-Stop-Shop (OSS) Model: If thresholds are not implemented, a centralized EU-level One-Stop-Shop (similar to the VAT OSS system) should be established so micro-businesses can register and report all intra-EU packaging in their home country through a single portal. Regulations should encourage European craftsmanship, sustainability, and micro-entrepreneurshipnot penalize small operators for sending a handful of parcels across borders. I kindly request that these points be taken into account in the ongoing implementation and guidance frameworks of the PPWR.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556217_en"}, {"id": 33556216, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:08:23", "country": "FIN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "One cant help but think that someones cousin is working in one of these PPWR businesses and this is nothing but good old corruption. No other explanation makes sense, because why on earth would you make microenterprises pay more in admin fees than actual recycling costs? Absolutely horrible laws like this is one of the main reasons so many hate the union. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Even if the intention might be good, the execution is absolute dogshit.", "feedbackEnglish": "One cant help but think that someones cousin is working in one of these PPWR businesses and this is nothing but good old corruption. No other explanation makes sense, because why on earth would you make microenterprises pay more in admin fees than actual recycling costs? Absolutely horrible laws like this is one of the main reasons so many hate the union. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Even if the intention might be good, the execution is absolute dogshit.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556216_en"}, {"id": 33556214, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:04:56", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Raquel Bonita Illustration ", "feedback": "Request for a proportionate packaging EPR framework for microbusinesses Dear European Commission, I am writing as a small independent business owner based in Denmark, and as someone who genuinely supports the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market are important and necessary goals. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate administrative burden that the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements may create for micro and small businesses selling occasionally across EU borders. Consider a small handmade business that produces its own goods and sends perhaps 50 online orders a year to customers in several EU countries. The actual amount of packaging involved may be extremely small. Yet that business may have to navigate different national registration systems, EPR schemes, reporting requirements, fees and, in some cases, appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States. Does it really make sense for a microbusiness handling a few dozen parcels a year to build a multinational compliance infrastructure simply to manage the packaging from those parcels? This raises a broader question about the European Single Market. The Single Market is intended to allow businesses, including very small ones, to trade across European borders without unnecessary barriers. Today, a customer in another EU country can purchase a handmade product from a small Danish business in a matter of seconds. But complying with the packaging obligations associated with that sale can potentially require navigating a completely different administrative system in the destination country. Selling across borders can be simple. Compliance should be simple too. I am not asking for microbusinesses to be exempt from environmental responsibility. On the contrary, small businesses should contribute fairly to the environmental objectives of the EU. But responsibility should be proportionate to the scale of the activity. I therefore respectfully ask the European Commission to consider: * Establishing a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State. * Creating a single European registration and reporting system for microbusinesses, rather than requiring them to navigate multiple national systems. * Introducing a simple, low-cost mechanism for occasional cross-border sellers. * Applying a more proportionate approach to authorised representatives, particularly where the quantities involved are negligible. * Providing clear, harmonised guidance and transition measures specifically designed for microbusinesses and independent makers. The environmental impact of 50 parcels is not comparable to that of a company placing millions of packages on the European market. The administrative burden should reflect that difference. The objective should not be to remove environmental responsibility from small businesses. It should be to make that responsibility proportionate, accessible and genuinely workable. If the EU wants small businesses to participate in and benefit from the Single Market, complying with the rules of that market should be designed with small businesses in mind. I respectfully ask the European Commission to reconsider the practical impact of the current framework on micro and small businesses with very low cross-border volumes, and to work towards a system that protects the environment without creating disproportionate barriers to small-scale European trade. Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully, Raquel Blázquez Small business owner / independent maker Denmark", "feedbackEnglish": "Request for a proportionate packaging EPR framework for microbusinesses Dear European Commission, I am writing as a small independent business owner based in Denmark, and as someone who genuinely supports the objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Reducing packaging waste, increasing recycling and making producers responsible for the environmental impact of the packaging they place on the market are important and necessary goals. However, I am deeply concerned about the disproportionate administrative burden that the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements may create for micro and small businesses selling occasionally across EU borders. Consider a small handmade business that produces its own goods and sends perhaps 50 online orders a year to customers in several EU countries. The actual amount of packaging involved may be extremely small. Yet that business may have to navigate different national registration systems, EPR schemes, reporting requirements, fees and, in some cases, appoint authorised representatives in multiple Member States. Does it really make sense for a microbusiness handling a few dozen parcels a year to build a multinational compliance infrastructure simply to manage the packaging from those parcels? This raises a broader question about the European Single Market. The Single Market is intended to allow businesses, including very small ones, to trade across European borders without unnecessary barriers. Today, a customer in another EU country can purchase a handmade product from a small Danish business in a matter of seconds. But complying with the packaging obligations associated with that sale can potentially require navigating a completely different administrative system in the destination country. Selling across borders can be simple. Compliance should be simple too. I am not asking for microbusinesses to be exempt from environmental responsibility. On the contrary, small businesses should contribute fairly to the environmental objectives of the EU. But responsibility should be proportionate to the scale of the activity. I therefore respectfully ask the European Commission to consider: * Establishing a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on the market in another Member State. * Creating a single European registration and reporting system for microbusinesses, rather than requiring them to navigate multiple national systems. * Introducing a simple, low-cost mechanism for occasional cross-border sellers. * Applying a more proportionate approach to authorised representatives, particularly where the quantities involved are negligible. * Providing clear, harmonised guidance and transition measures specifically designed for microbusinesses and independent makers. The environmental impact of 50 parcels is not comparable to that of a company placing millions of packages on the European market. The administrative burden should reflect that difference. The objective should not be to remove environmental responsibility from small businesses. It should be to make that responsibility proportionate, accessible and genuinely workable. If the EU wants small businesses to participate in and benefit from the Single Market, complying with the rules of that market should be designed with small businesses in mind. I respectfully ask the European Commission to reconsider the practical impact of the current framework on micro and small businesses with very low cross-border volumes, and to work towards a system that protects the environment without creating disproportionate barriers to small-scale European trade. Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully, Raquel Blázquez Small business owner / independent maker Denmark", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556214_en"}, {"id": 33556213, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 22:02:02", "country": "SWE", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dieses Gesetz schädigt und benachteiligt die europäische Wirtschaft. Nun ist es einfacher, Güter von außerhalb der EU zu importieren, anstatt die lokalen europäischen Händler zu unterstützen. Ziel sollte es sein den Handel innerhalb der EU zu fördern. Mit diesem Schritt erreichen wir genau das Gegenteil. Große und umweltschädliche Unternehmen können weiterhin alles versenden und die Kosten dafür tragen. Kleine Unternehmen, die wir eigentlich unterstützen möchten, können dies nicht tun. Mit dieser Regelung werden vor allem kleine und lokale Unternehmen geschädigt, während die Unternehmen, die diese Regelung eigentlich treffen sollte, mehr oder weniger verschont bleiben. Das ist nicht richtig. Die Regelung muss den Handel innerhalb der EU stärken und zulassen, damit die EU eigenständig bleiben kann und nicht noch mehr von Importen abhängig wird. Der Transport hat neben dem Abfall auch einen großen Einfluss auf die Emissionen eines Produkts, weshalb lokale europäische Güter bevorzugt und deren Konsum gefördert werden sollten.", "feedbackEnglish": "This law is damaging and disadvantaging the European economy. Now it is easier to import goods from outside the EU instead of supporting local European traders. Its aim should be to promote intra-EU trade. With this step, we achieve exactly the opposite. Large and polluting companies can still send everything and pay for it. Small businesses that we really want to support cannot do so. This scheme particularly harms small and local businesses, while leaving the businesses that should actually be affected more or less spared. That is not correct. The scheme must strengthen and allow intra-EU trade so that the EU can remain autonomous and no longer become more dependent on imports. In addition to waste, transport also has a major impact on the emissions of a product, which is why local European goods should be preferred and their consumption encouraged.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556213_en"}, {"id": 33556212, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:57:45", "country": "LTU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Union please do not tax small businesses, most of us cannot afford hundreds of euros in fees to just send packaging, most of us need this money to survive and so many of us are incredibly hurt by this, my small business only sells in Europe and I will have to shut down my small business if this fully goes through", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Union please do not tax small businesses, most of us cannot afford hundreds of euros in fees to just send packaging, most of us need this money to survive and so many of us are incredibly hurt by this, my small business only sells in Europe and I will have to shut down my small business if this fully goes through", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556212_en"}, {"id": 33556211, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:55:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lucas Verlage", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, es ist wirklich eine Zumutung mit was für einer Ignoranz die EU-Kommission einen derartigen Gesetzesentwurf ohne jegliche Rücksicht auf Verluste durchdrückt. Die Idee ist lobenswert und sinnvoll, die Umsetzung aber vorbei an jeglicher unternehmerischen Praxis und realitätsfern. Insbesondere für kleinere Unternehmen. Ich bin wirklich schwer enttäuscht und erhoffe mir eine sofortige Evaluation der getroffenen Regelungen und eine schnellstmögliche Überarbeitung dieser. Viele Grüße Lucas Verlage", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, it is really a sacrifice with which the European Commission is pushing through such a draft law without any consideration for losses. The idea is laudable and worthwhile, but its implementation bypasses any business practice and is unrealistic. Especially for smaller companies. I am really very disappointed and look forward to an immediate evaluation of the arrangements put in place and to their revision as soon as possible. Greetings Luca’s publishers", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556211_en"}, {"id": 33556209, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:46:52", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Overall, whilst I appreciate the sentiment of the regulation, it must be made very clear that the administrative and financial burden on small scale creators, artists and businesses is absolutely unworkable and entirely disproportionate. The fact that a business must apply PRIOR to the first sale into a country is also unworkable - how can a company or small creator know whether someone in an EU country has found them and would like to buy from them? It also prevents businesses growing and destroys the livelihoods of very small businesses. I co-own a 2 person business that ships into the EU. At present we sendanywhere between 4-15 parcels per year to each Germany, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Portugal and have sold 1 or 2 parcels to a handful of other European member states. Given our volumes, the costs are exorbitant and entirely unworkable. In order to ship to these countries alone, the fees for our 2 person business (not to mention administrative burden) come in at almost £4000 per year. The sales barely covers that cost alone. To ship to European customers we would only be making a profit once we shipped around 20 parcels per market, per year. The total (entirely recyclable) cardboard / paper waste produced by shipping our products is <150g per parcel. With sales of 20 units per market, we would be contributing a total of 3kg of cardboard / paper recycling per market. To pay the vast majority of the money from those sales to a waste management programme makes the entire operation of a business feel pointless. We went to great lengths to ensure no single use plastic or excessive packaging is used or created for our products. They are cosmetics, in glass and aluminium, which are also separatable and recyclable. There are no single use plastic components or batteries in our products. I would call for an exemption for micro-enterprises from both inside and outside the EU. If there is unlikely to be an exemption for micro-enterprises, within or outside of the EU, then it would be incredibly helpful if there were a 'one stop shop' across the EU that producers outside of the EU could access - with a flat fee based on annual volumes. The platform could distribute proportionaly to the various markets within the EU. We are asking for a sensible and proportionate response, and an EU wide consistent rule to follow. It seems antithetical to the common market that each member state has its own rules on this. Within EU member states, the current regulation even goes against the spirit of the common market - it is placing borders and barriers to free trade. The UK guidance for EPR requires a turnover of £1 million or production of 25 tonnes of waste before it applies to a business. This seems like a more sensible and proportionate rule than the current EU law. We already follow EU law for other parts of our business - our products are registered on the CPNP. We follow all guidance on this because we take consumer safety seriously. We are not opposed to laws and regulations in principle, but they must be proportionate to the size of a business. If the only businesses able to trade are already the giants and conglomerates, the EU will be complicit in the destruction of creative trades and craftsmanship.", "feedbackEnglish": "Overall, whilst I appreciate the sentiment of the regulation, it must be made very clear that the administrative and financial burden on small scale creators, artists and businesses is absolutely unworkable and entirely disproportionate. The fact that a business must apply PRIOR to the first sale into a country is also unworkable - how can a company or small creator know whether someone in an EU country has found them and would like to buy from them? It also prevents businesses growing and destroys the livelihoods of very small businesses. I co-own a 2 person business that ships into the EU. At present we sendanywhere between 4-15 parcels per year to each Germany, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Portugal and have sold 1 or 2 parcels to a handful of other European member states. Given our volumes, the costs are exorbitant and entirely unworkable. In order to ship to these countries alone, the fees for our 2 person business (not to mention administrative burden) come in at almost £4000 per year. The sales barely covers that cost alone. To ship to European customers we would only be making a profit once we shipped around 20 parcels per market, per year. The total (entirely recyclable) cardboard / paper waste produced by shipping our products is <150g per parcel. With sales of 20 units per market, we would be contributing a total of 3kg of cardboard / paper recycling per market. To pay the vast majority of the money from those sales to a waste management programme makes the entire operation of a business feel pointless. We went to great lengths to ensure no single use plastic or excessive packaging is used or created for our products. They are cosmetics, in glass and aluminium, which are also separatable and recyclable. There are no single use plastic components or batteries in our products. I would call for an exemption for micro-enterprises from both inside and outside the EU. If there is unlikely to be an exemption for micro-enterprises, within or outside of the EU, then it would be incredibly helpful if there were a 'one stop shop' across the EU that producers outside of the EU could access - with a flat fee based on annual volumes. The platform could distribute proportionaly to the various markets within the EU. We are asking for a sensible and proportionate response, and an EU wide consistent rule to follow. It seems antithetical to the common market that each member state has its own rules on this. Within EU member states, the current regulation even goes against the spirit of the common market - it is placing borders and barriers to free trade. The UK guidance for EPR requires a turnover of £1 million or production of 25 tonnes of waste before it applies to a business. This seems like a more sensible and proportionate rule than the current EU law. We already follow EU law for other parts of our business - our products are registered on the CPNP. We follow all guidance on this because we take consumer safety seriously. We are not opposed to laws and regulations in principle, but they must be proportionate to the size of a business. If the only businesses able to trade are already the giants and conglomerates, the EU will be complicit in the destruction of creative trades and craftsmanship.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556209_en"}, {"id": 33556207, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:42:49", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelunternehmer", "feedback": "Stellungnahme zur Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mein Name ist Samir Zamel. Ich betreibe unter dem Namen Kanana Design einen kleinen Online-Handel und verkaufe unter anderem Kleingartenartikel und Angelzubehör. Ich möchte mich im Zusammenhang mit der Umsetzung der PPWR und insbesondere der geplanten Herstellerregister mit einer Frage an Sie wenden, die aus meiner Sicht für viele kleine Online-Händler von großer Bedeutung ist. Die Europäische Union hat mit dem One-Stop-Shop (OSS) bereits gezeigt, dass sich grenzüberschreitende Verpflichtungen für Unternehmen durch eine zentrale Lösung erheblich vereinfachen lassen. Über den OSS können Unternehmen ihre entsprechenden umsatzsteuerlichen Verpflichtungen für mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten zentral über eine Stelle in ihrem Heimatland erfüllen. Ich bin seit 2004 Händler, nichts hat mich bis heute so überfordert wie die PPWR! Vor diesem Hintergrund ist für mich nicht nachvollziehbar, weshalb bei den Verpflichtungen im Rahmen der PPWR nicht ebenfalls eine vergleichbare zentrale Lösung vorgesehen wird.", "feedbackEnglish": "Comments on the implementation of the PPWR producer register Dear Sir/Madam, my name is Samir Zamel. I operate a small online shop under the name Kanana Design, selling, among other things, small garden items and fishing accessories. In the context of the implementation of the PPWR, and in particular the planned register of producers, I would like to address you with a question which, in my view, is of great importance for many small online traders. The European Union has already shown through the One-Stop-Shop (OSS) that a central solution can greatly simplify cross-border obligations for businesses. Through the OSS, businesses can fulfil their corresponding VAT obligations for several EU Member States centrally through an entity in their home country. I have been a trader since 2004 and to this day nothing has overwhelmed me as much as the PPWR! Against this background, I fail to see why the obligations under the PPWR do not also provide for a comparable central solution.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556207_en"}, {"id": 33556206, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:40:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bitte Sie um erneute Prüfung der neuen Verordnung. Sie benachteiligt insbesondere kleine, individuelle Unternehmen, die unsere Geschäftswelt bunt und vielfältig macht. Für sie ist die neue Verordnung nicht oder nur mit massiven finanziellen Einbußen umsetzbar. Es wird viele Arbeitsplätze und mühsam aufgebaute Geschäftsleben zur Nichte machen.", "feedbackEnglish": "I would ask you to re-examine the new Regulation. It puts small, individual businesses at a particular disadvantage, making our business world multifaceted and diverse. For them, the new regulation cannot be implemented or can only be implemented with massive financial losses. It will make many jobs and laboriously built business impossible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556206_en"}, {"id": 33556205, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:35:32", "country": "CHE", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Stephie Kohrt Photography & Art", "feedback": "Guten Tag, Als Ausländerin mit Sitz ausserhalb Deutschlands, die als Kleinunternehmerin mit 5-10 KEUR Umsatz im Jahr ihre selbst gemachte Keramik für 7 Tage auf einer Verkaufsausstellung in Deutschland verkaufen möchte, bin ich laut des neuen Verpackungsgesetzes verpflichtet, mir einen Bevollmächtigeten zu suchen, der die Konformität meiner wirklich kleinen Menge der in Deutschland in den Markt gebrachten Verpackung bestätigt und andere Dinge regelt. (Ich möchte hinzufügen, dass ich meine Verpackung gar nicht neu kaufe, sondern gebraucht zusammen sammele, eben um die Umwelt zu entlasten!) Registrierung in LUCID, Lizenzen kaufen, das ist von uns Kleinstunternehmen sicher noch gut umzusetzen. Bitten sagen Sie mir, wie verhältnismässig die neu geforderten Bedingungen für den oben genannte Fall sind. Und wenn ich dann die zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister frage, ob Sie mir bei der Suche eines Bevollmächtigten behilflich sein kann (denn im Internet finde ich keinen Anbieter, der meinen Fall zu für mich mangebaren Konditionen übernehmen möchte), dann bekomme ich als Antwort, ich möchte mir bitte die auf ihrer Website zusammengestellten Informationen durchlesen. Und auch da finde ich nur die Definition eines Bevollmächtigten. Sie müssen doch, wenn Sie schon so etwas fordern, auch Bevollmächtigte bereitstellen. Wie sollen wir die Regelungen denn umsetzen, wenn es keine dafür zuständigen Stellen gibt? Meine Veranstaltung absagen kostet mich viel Geld, die Verpackungsvorschriften nicht einhalten kostet mich noch mehr Geld. Wie sollen wir Kleinstbetriebe dann überhaupt überstehen, wenn wir auf den Handel mit dem Ausland angewiesen sind? Ich bitte Sie, das Verpackungsgesetz für Kleinbetriebe anzupassen, zu vereinfachen und diese Bevollmächtigung bei wirklich unverhältnismässigen Fällen abzuschaffen. Über eine persönliche Rückmeldung zu meinem Fall würde mich sehr freuen, denn ich weiss wirklich nicht, wie ich die Anforderungen für meine Veranstaltung umsetzen kann (und ich finde niemanden, der mir dazu Auskunft geben kann). Da Sie das Gesetz ja entworfen haben, können Sie mir sicher jemanden nennen, der praktische Erfahrung hat. Herzlichen Dank Stephanie Kohrt", "feedbackEnglish": "Good afternoon, as a foreigner based outside Germany who, as a small entrepreneur with a turnover of EUR 5-10 per year, wishes to sell her own ceramics for 7 days at a sales exhibition in Germany, I am obliged under the new Packaging Act to look for an authorised representative to confirm the conformity of my really small quantity of packaging placed on the market in Germany and to regulate other things. (I would like to add that I do not buy my packaging again at all, but collect it second-hand, precisely to reduce the environmental impact!) Registration in LUCID, buy licences, this is certainly still well implemented by micro-enterprises. Please let me know how proportionate the new conditions required for the above-mentioned case are. And if I then ask the central packaging register whether you can help me find an authorised representative (as I don’t find a provider on the internet who would like to take over my case under conditions that I can manage), then I get a reply, I would like to read the information gathered on its website. And again, I can only find the definition of an authorised representative. If you are already asking for this, you must also provide authorised representatives. How should we implement the rules if there are no competent bodies? Cancel my event costs me a lot of money, and not complying with packaging rules costs me even more. How should we survive micro-enterprises if we rely on trade with other countries? I would ask you to adapt and simplify the Packaging Act for small businesses and to abolish this authorisation in truly disproportionate cases. I would be delighted to receive personal feedback on my case because I don’t really know how to implement the requirements for my event (and I don’t find anyone to tell me about it). As you have drafted the law, you can surely tell me someone who has practical experience. Thank you very much Stephanie Kohrt", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556205_en"}, {"id": 33556204, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:33:42", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "OTHER", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Privat", "feedback": "Es ist traurig so viele Nachrichten und Mitteilungen zu lesen, dass kleine Geschäfte nun ihre Kunden nicht mehr beliefern können, weil die Hürden und Kosten für den Versand jetzt zu groß und zu hoch sind. Natürlich ist Umweltschutz wichtig, aber vielleicht könnte man es so gestalten, dass es nicht so viele Firmenaufgaben zur Folge hat. Die großen Unternehmen können das auffangen. Die kleinen Unternehmen gehen dadurch Konkurs - wegen Ihrer Richtlinien. Der Zweck heiligt nicht immer die Mittel.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is so sad to read so many news and messages that small shops are no longer able to supply their customers because the hurdles and costs of shipping are now too high and too high. Of course, environmental protection is important, but perhaps it could be designed in such a way that it does not lead to so many company tasks. Large companies will be able to absorb this. Small businesses go bankrupt because of your guidelines. The purpose does not always heal the means.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556204_en"}, {"id": 33556202, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:26:54", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "BUSINESS_ASSOCIATION", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Burns & Kriener GbR", "feedback": "The PPWR puts small businesses at a disadvantage by not distinguishing between small and large businesses. Even if we only send one package to another country, we have to pay hundreds of euros to register in that country. This is unfeasible for small businesses. The PPWR favours big businesses by driving small businesses off the market. We desperately need an exemption for small businesses from having to register in other countries.", "feedbackEnglish": "The PPWR puts small businesses at a disadvantage by not distinguishing between small and large businesses. Even if we only send one package to another country, we have to pay hundreds of euros to register in that country. This is unfeasible for small businesses. The PPWR favours big businesses by driving small businesses off the market. We desperately need an exemption for small businesses from having to register in other countries.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556202_en"}, {"id": 33556200, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:22:36", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Studio Strix", "feedback": "As a micro business owner I ask you to look carefully at how this is currently written and clearly state where micro businesses fall within this scheme. Please take our situation in consideration. We cannot afford this. We cant afford an EPR in every country. We are not the producers of packaging, we use it and most of us have sustainability high on our priority lists and make a real effort to conduct our business as such. We are not the ones flooding the market with waste. I see a lot of people getting a lot of different information online and by phone. Your own representatives are not clear or consistent with how it is even supposed to work for micro businesses. This is resulting in people putting their businesses on hold, being afraid to start, or giving up on their dream. Please look at this as quickly as possible and give clarity, make sure its the same for every country so there is equality across the board.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro business owner I ask you to look carefully at how this is currently written and clearly state where micro businesses fall within this scheme. Please take our situation in consideration. We cannot afford this. We cant afford an EPR in every country. We are not the producers of packaging, we use it and most of us have sustainability high on our priority lists and make a real effort to conduct our business as such. We are not the ones flooding the market with waste. I see a lot of people getting a lot of different information online and by phone. Your own representatives are not clear or consistent with how it is even supposed to work for micro businesses. This is resulting in people putting their businesses on hold, being afraid to start, or giving up on their dream. Please look at this as quickly as possible and give clarity, make sure its the same for every country so there is equality across the board.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556200_en"}, {"id": 33556199, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:15:17", "country": "SVN", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) disproportionately burdens micro-enterprises, violating the Think Small First principle, by imposing identical administrative, reporting and authorised representative requirements on small businesses as on large corporations, despite their vast differences in resources. Furthermore, the lack of a harmonised de minimis threshold for low volume and a centralised One Stop Shop (OSS) portal for compliance forces small cross-border sellers out of the market, undermining the EU single market and encouraging unfair competition. I ask for a complete review of the decision and for practices from third countries to be copied. The collection of a packaging and waste treatment fee should be done by local courier companies, after further increasing the courier service, and immediately transferred to local budgets. This practice, known in many countries outside the European continent, leads to better collection, the absence of a grey economy and, above all, does not hinder the development of the free market. This practice in different parts of the world gives the freedom to small and medium-sized businesses to compete with large international business models. Which does not put the local economy at risk of international business interest. The independence of the local market is preserved, which leads to its decentralization and its sustainability. Thank you for your attention.", "feedbackEnglish": "The new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) disproportionately burdens micro-enterprises, violating the Think Small First principle, by imposing identical administrative, reporting and authorised representative requirements on small businesses as on large corporations, despite their vast differences in resources. Furthermore, the lack of a harmonised de minimis threshold for low volume and a centralised One Stop Shop (OSS) portal for compliance forces small cross-border sellers out of the market, undermining the EU single market and encouraging unfair competition. I ask for a complete review of the decision and for practices from third countries to be copied. The collection of a packaging and waste treatment fee should be done by local courier companies, after further increasing the courier service, and immediately transferred to local budgets. This practice, known in many countries outside the European continent, leads to better collection, the absence of a grey economy and, above all, does not hinder the development of the free market. This practice in different parts of the world gives the freedom to small and medium-sized businesses to compete with large international business models. Which does not put the local economy at risk of international business interest. The independence of the local market is preserved, which leads to its decentralization and its sustainability. Thank you for your attention.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556199_en"}, {"id": 33556197, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:12:01", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Tinka Green GmbH", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das gilt auch für mich. Die Kosten und der Aufwand sind für mich zu hoch und Ich habe den Versand ins EU-Ausland gestoppt. Das widerspricht auch dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Sonja Ohrner (Geschäftsführerin Tinka Green GmbH Kreittmayrstr. 12 80335 München)", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This also applies to me. The costs and burden for me are too high and I have stopped shipping to other EU countries. This is also contrary to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Sonja Ohrner (Manager Tinka Green GmbH Kreittmayrstr. 12 80335 Munich)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556197_en"}, {"id": 33556196, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:09:33", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Spitzstock", "feedback": "Als Gründerin einer kleinen, handwerklich arbeitenden Manufaktur möchte ich zu dieser Initiative konkret aus der Praxis Stellung nehmen. Ausgangslage Ich bin Einzelunternehmerin und führe mein Unternehmen alleine. Ich fertige Produkte aus natürlichen Materialien in traditioneller Handwerkstechnik und verkaufe sie über einen eigenen Onlineshop und über Etsy überwiegend an Kund:innen in Deutschland. Daneben beliefere ich seit Jahren auch Kund:innen im EU-Ausland: vereinzelte Bestellungen nach Frankreich, Spanien, Österreich, Dänemark und andere Mitgliedstaaten. Einzeln betrachtet sind das kleine Mengen, in Summe aber ein fester und für mich wichtiger Teil meines Geschäfts und genau der Binnenmarkt-Zugang, den die EU eigentlich stärken möchte. Das Problem in der Praxis Die ab 12. August 2026 geltende Pflicht, in jedem Zielland einen dort ansässigen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen ohne jede Bagatellgrenze für geringe Versandmengen , ist für ein Unternehmen meiner Größe nicht zu leisten. Für mich bedeutet das: Vier, fünf oder mehr Länder, in die ich gelegentlich versende, müssten jeweils einzeln geprüft, angemeldet und mit eigenen laufenden Kosten für einen Bevollmächtigten unterhalten werden unabhängig davon, ob dorthin fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete im Jahr gehen. Ich zahle bereits jetzt für die Verpackungslizenzierung in Deutschland. Diese zusätzlichen Fixkosten pro Zielland stehen in keinem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Versandvolumen in diese Länder. Das Ergebnis ist absehbar und für mich bereits Realität: Ich musste den Versand auf Deutschland beschränken. Nicht, weil ich nicht wachsen oder meine Kund:innen im EU-Ausland nicht beliefern möchte, sondern weil die Verwaltungs- und Kostenlast pro Land jede unternehmerische Logik übersteigt. Was mir an dieser Initiative besonders wichtig ist Ich begrüße ausdrücklich, dass mit dieser Initiative nationale Herstellerregister harmonisiert und die Berichterstattung an ein einheitliches System pro Mitgliedstaat vereinfacht werden sollen. Das ist aus meiner Sicht der richtige Schritt ich bitte jedoch darum, bei der Ausgestaltung folgende Punkte zu berücksichtigen: 1. Bagatellgrenze für Kleinstunternehmen und geringe Versandmengen. Eine Schwelle, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Benennung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten pro Land entsteht, würde den grenzüberschreitenden Handel für kleine Betriebe überhaupt erst wieder möglich machen, ohne das eigentliche Ziel der Verordnung die Reduktion von Verpackungsabfall zu unterlaufen. 2. Ein zentraler, EU-weiter Bevollmächtigten-Mechanismus statt 27 Einzellösungen. Wenn schon eine Vertretungspflicht besteht, sollte ein einziger Bevollmächtigter für mehrere oder alle Mitgliedstaaten ausreichen können, statt für jedes Land eine separate Beauftragung und Gebühr zu verlangen. 3. Gestaffelte Anforderungen nach Unternehmensgröße. So wie es in anderen Bereichen des EU-Rechts (z. B. bei Berichtspflichten) Erleichterungen für KMU und Kleinstunternehmen gibt, sollte auch hier die tatsächliche wirtschaftliche Kapazität eines Unternehmens berücksichtigt werden. Warum das über meinen Einzelfall hinausgeht Ich bin kein Einzelfall. Zahlreiche kleine Manufakturen und Handwerksbetriebe in Deutschland und der EU stehen aktuell vor derselben Entscheidung und beschränken ihren Versand auf das eigene Land. Das schwächt genau das, was der europäische Binnenmarkt eigentlich ermöglichen soll: dass kleine Unternehmen ihre Kund:innen EU-weit erreichen können. Umweltschutz und ein funktionierender Binnenmarkt für kleine Betriebe schließen sich nicht aus die aktuelle Ausgestaltung ohne Bagatellgrenze führt aber genau zu diesem Zielkonflikt. Ich bitte die Kommission, bei der weiteren Ausarbeitung dieser Initiative die Situation von Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen mit geringem, aber über mehrere Länder verteiltem Versandvolumen ausdrücklich zu berücksichtigen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Inhaberin einer kleinen Manufaktur", "feedbackEnglish": "As the founder of a small artisanal manufacture, I would like to comment on this initiative in practice. Starting point I am a sole trader and run my business on my own. I manufacture products from natural materials in traditional craft technology and sell them via my own online shop and via Etsy mainly to customers in Germany. I have also been supplying customers in other EU countries for years: individual orders to France, Spain, Austria, Denmark and other Member States. Taken individually, this is small quantities, but in sum it is an integral and important part of my business, and it is precisely the single market access that the EU wants to strengthen. The practical problem The obligation to appoint an authorised representative in each destination country without any de minimis threshold for small consignments, which will apply from 12 August 2026, cannot be met by a company of my size. For me, this means: Four, five or more countries to which I occasionally send would each have to be audited, declared and maintained with their own running costs for an authorised representative, regardless of whether five or five hundred parcels per year go there. I am already paying for packaging licensing in Germany. These additional fixed costs per destination country are not economically justified in relation to the actual volume of shipments to these countries. The result is foreseeable and is already a reality for me: I had to restrict the dispatch to Germany. Not because I do not want to grow or supply my customers in other EU countries, but because the administrative and cost burden per country goes beyond any business logic. What is particularly important to me with regard to this initiative, I very much welcome the fact that this initiative aims to harmonise national producer registers and simplify reporting to a single system per Member State. In my view, however, this is the right step, and I would ask that the following points be taken into account in the design: 1. De minimis threshold for micro-enterprises and low volumes of shipments. A threshold below which there is no obligation to appoint a local representative per country would only make cross-border trade possible again for small businesses without undermining the actual aim of the Regulation to reduce packaging waste. 2. A centralised, EU-wide plenipotentiary mechanism instead of 27 individual solutions. Where a duty of representation already exists, a single representative should be able to cover several or all Member States instead of requiring a separate mandate and fee for each country. 3. Staggered requirements according to the size of the company. As in other areas of EU law (e.g. reporting obligations) SMEs and micro-enterprises benefit from facilitation, the actual economic capacity of a company should also be taken into account here. Why does this go beyond my individual case? I am not an individual case. Many small manufacturers and craft businesses in Germany and the EU are currently faced with the same decision and limit their dispatch to their own country. This weakens exactly what the European single market is supposed to enable: that small businesses can reach their customers across the EU. Protection of the environment and a functioning internal market for small businesses cannot be excluded from the current design without a de minimis threshold, but this precisely leads to this conflict of objectives. I would ask the Commission, when further developing this initiative, to explicitly take into account the situation of micro and small enterprises with small volumes of shipments but spread across several countries. (Complimentary close) Owner of a small factory", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556196_en"}, {"id": 33556194, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:09:25", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "AppleOak FibreWorks", "feedback": "Disproportionate impact of cross-border EPR requirements on micro-enterprises. I am writing as the owner of a small Irish business selling natural dyes, textile and craft materials and providing education in natural dyeing. We have traded across the EU for many years. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. Environmental responsibility is important to our business: we have deliberately used predominantly recycled, recyclable and paper-based packaging for many years, despite these options often costing more. My concern is not about contributing towards the collection and recycling of packaging. It is the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created for micro-enterprises selling small quantities directly to consumers across EU borders. Our sales are spread across many Member States. In the last 12 months we received 47 orders from Germany and 28 from France, but only four from Austria and Belgium, three from Slovakia and Czechia, two from Greece, Romania and Lithuania, and one each from Latvia and Bulgaria. Our total annual sales to Bulgaria were just 8.60. Yet even very small cross-border sales can potentially require national producer registration, EPR scheme participation, reporting and, in some Member States, an authorised representative. The cost of establishing and maintaining this infrastructure can therefore exceed the value of a micro-business's entire annual trade with that country. We are now seriously considering stopping physical sales to many EU Member States. Other micro-enterprises will inevitably make the same decision. This would create an unintended barrier to trade within the Single Market and disproportionately favour large companies able to maintain compliance arrangements across Europe. We do not object to paying an appropriate contribution towards managing the packaging we place on another Member State's market. If we send a few kilograms of packaging to Germany, for example, it is reasonable that we contribute towards managing those few kilograms. The problem is having to establish separate national compliance infrastructure simply to make that small contribution. Registration, authorised representation, scheme membership and administration may cost vastly more than the actual recycling contribution. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a simplified EU-wide EPR mechanism for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border packaging volumes. A micro-enterprise should ideally be able to register once, declare the amount and type of packaging sent to each Member State, and pay the appropriate EPR contributions through one central system, with those contributions distributed to the relevant national schemes. Alternatively, an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small cross-border packaging quantities and/or an exemption for micro-enterprises from appointing separate authorised representatives in every destination country should be considered. This would preserve the polluter-pays principle without making cross-border trade economically impossible for Europe's smallest businesses. A business sending one parcel to a Member State should not require essentially the same national compliance infrastructure as a company placing tonnes of packaging on that market. Small European businesses provide specialist, locally produced and niche products that are often unavailable from large multinational retailers. Regulation should not unintentionally push these businesses out of the Single Market. We want to comply and we are willing to contribute. What micro-enterprises need is a harmonised and proportionate system that makes compliance practically and economically possible.", "feedbackEnglish": "Disproportionate impact of cross-border EPR requirements on micro-enterprises. I am writing as the owner of a small Irish business selling natural dyes, textile and craft materials and providing education in natural dyeing. We have traded across the EU for many years. We fully support the environmental objectives of the PPWR and the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. Environmental responsibility is important to our business: we have deliberately used predominantly recycled, recyclable and paper-based packaging for many years, despite these options often costing more. My concern is not about contributing towards the collection and recycling of packaging. It is the disproportionate administrative and financial burden created for micro-enterprises selling small quantities directly to consumers across EU borders. Our sales are spread across many Member States. In the last 12 months we received 47 orders from Germany and 28 from France, but only four from Austria and Belgium, three from Slovakia and Czechia, two from Greece, Romania and Lithuania, and one each from Latvia and Bulgaria. Our total annual sales to Bulgaria were just 8.60. Yet even very small cross-border sales can potentially require national producer registration, EPR scheme participation, reporting and, in some Member States, an authorised representative. The cost of establishing and maintaining this infrastructure can therefore exceed the value of a micro-business's entire annual trade with that country. We are now seriously considering stopping physical sales to many EU Member States. Other micro-enterprises will inevitably make the same decision. This would create an unintended barrier to trade within the Single Market and disproportionately favour large companies able to maintain compliance arrangements across Europe. We do not object to paying an appropriate contribution towards managing the packaging we place on another Member State's market. If we send a few kilograms of packaging to Germany, for example, it is reasonable that we contribute towards managing those few kilograms. The problem is having to establish separate national compliance infrastructure simply to make that small contribution. Registration, authorised representation, scheme membership and administration may cost vastly more than the actual recycling contribution. I strongly encourage the Commission to introduce a simplified EU-wide EPR mechanism for micro-enterprises and very small cross-border packaging volumes. A micro-enterprise should ideally be able to register once, declare the amount and type of packaging sent to each Member State, and pay the appropriate EPR contributions through one central system, with those contributions distributed to the relevant national schemes. Alternatively, an EU-wide de minimis threshold for very small cross-border packaging quantities and/or an exemption for micro-enterprises from appointing separate authorised representatives in every destination country should be considered. This would preserve the polluter-pays principle without making cross-border trade economically impossible for Europe's smallest businesses. A business sending one parcel to a Member State should not require essentially the same national compliance infrastructure as a company placing tonnes of packaging on that market. Small European businesses provide specialist, locally produced and niche products that are often unavailable from large multinational retailers. Regulation should not unintentionally push these businesses out of the Single Market. We want to comply and we are willing to contribute. What micro-enterprises need is a harmonised and proportionate system that makes compliance practically and economically possible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556194_en"}, {"id": 33556193, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:07:52", "country": "FRA", "language": "FR", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Votre norme n'est pas facilement applicable et les coût associé ne permet plus de poursuivre mon activité d'auto-entrepreneur (mais ventes moins d'une dizaine par pays européens et dans une dizaine de pays). Les coûts ne peuvent être amorti au vu du volume de mon activité. Votre norme pousse de facto a la fermeture de mon activité.", "feedbackEnglish": "Your standard is not easily applicable and the associated costs no longer allow me to continue as a self-entrepreneur (but sales of less than a dozen per European country and in a dozen or so countries). The costs cannot be amortised in view of the volume of my business. Your standard is de facto pushing my business to close.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556193_en"}, {"id": 33556192, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:07:11", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to give some feedback and ideas about a possible solution, because these new rules make it absolutely impossible for an artist with a micro-business to continue. On an annual basis, I may send a total of 25 packages to destinations all around Europe. It's not much, but it helps me continue my business and do what I love most. With these new regulations, I can do nothing but stop my business. I have always cared about the environment and limited my amount of waste and pollution as much as possible. I often use cardboard and other packaging materials that have already been used to send items to me, and I reuse them to send my own items around Europe. With these regulations, practices like this are discouraged, as a business would need to weigh the material every single time. This would lead to extensive administrative work. These regulations are relatively easy to implement for large and wealthy companies. They would hardly lose any money, whereas small businesses simply cannot afford the additional costs and may be forced to go bankrupt. Meanwhile, larger companies often produce the largest amounts of waste. Solving this problem is quite easy in my opinion. This is what would make the regulations fair for every company in the EU: 1 For every package, a business pays a fixed rate to send it abroad. The rate depends on the size of the package and the packaging material used. 2 No representative should be required for small companies. Packages sent abroad could be registered automatically, including information about the packaging material and sender. The weight could also be registered automatically through a system as soon as the package enters the shipping process. This could be achieved by using barcodes or QR codes for packaging materials, as described in point 3. This information could then be processed and sent to the country of destination. 3 Make sure that every business uses packaging materials that comply with EU environmental standards. Businesses should be able to purchase packaging materials that carry a certification mark. These packaging materials could include a barcode or QR code that provides information about exactly what the material is made of, its weight, and how it can be recycled. Please consider changing these rules to something that is fair and supports every business, no matter how small, in taking the necessary steps towards becoming more environmentally friendly and responsible when it comes to recycling. Thank you, Sascha van der Meer", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to give some feedback and ideas about a possible solution, because these new rules make it absolutely impossible for an artist with a micro-business to continue. On an annual basis, I may send a total of 25 packages to destinations all around Europe. It's not much, but it helps me continue my business and do what I love most. With these new regulations, I can do nothing but stop my business. I have always cared about the environment and limited my amount of waste and pollution as much as possible. I often use cardboard and other packaging materials that have already been used to send items to me, and I reuse them to send my own items around Europe. With these regulations, practices like this are discouraged, as a business would need to weigh the material every single time. This would lead to extensive administrative work. These regulations are relatively easy to implement for large and wealthy companies. They would hardly lose any money, whereas small businesses simply cannot afford the additional costs and may be forced to go bankrupt. Meanwhile, larger companies often produce the largest amounts of waste. Solving this problem is quite easy in my opinion. This is what would make the regulations fair for every company in the EU: 1 For every package, a business pays a fixed rate to send it abroad. The rate depends on the size of the package and the packaging material used. 2 No representative should be required for small companies. Packages sent abroad could be registered automatically, including information about the packaging material and sender. The weight could also be registered automatically through a system as soon as the package enters the shipping process. This could be achieved by using barcodes or QR codes for packaging materials, as described in point 3. This information could then be processed and sent to the country of destination. 3 Make sure that every business uses packaging materials that comply with EU environmental standards. Businesses should be able to purchase packaging materials that carry a certification mark. These packaging materials could include a barcode or QR code that provides information about exactly what the material is made of, its weight, and how it can be recycled. Please consider changing these rules to something that is fair and supports every business, no matter how small, in taking the necessary steps towards becoming more environmentally friendly and responsible when it comes to recycling. Thank you, Sascha van der Meer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556192_en"}, {"id": 33556191, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:06:11", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Brack Graphics", "feedback": "I am an artist and an EU citizen based in Germany. I have been practicing my craft for 33 years, conducting business worldwide, and supporting my country through the taxes I pay. Like many of my colleagues, I don't want to be a burden on the government. But if small business owners can no longer operate because of this new legislation, that is exactly what will happen. I support the idea of environmentally responsible disposal of packaging waste by investing in recyclable materials for my shipments. I would have accepted an increase in packaging costs and could have communicated this to my customers as well. I support the concept of environmentally sound disposal of packaging waste by using recyclable materials for my shipments. I would have accepted an increase in packaging costs and could have communicated this to my customers. But the administrative and financial hurdles you have created shock me deeply. I was forced to terminate my business relationships with my European customers. If this is your vision of a united Europe, we are doomed.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an artist and an EU citizen based in Germany. I have been practicing my craft for 33 years, conducting business worldwide, and supporting my country through the taxes I pay. Like many of my colleagues, I don't want to be a burden on the government. But if small business owners can no longer operate because of this new legislation, that is exactly what will happen. I support the idea of environmentally responsible disposal of packaging waste by investing in recyclable materials for my shipments. I would have accepted an increase in packaging costs and could have communicated this to my customers as well. I support the concept of environmentally sound disposal of packaging waste by using recyclable materials for my shipments. I would have accepted an increase in packaging costs and could have communicated this to my customers. But the administrative and financial hurdles you have created shock me deeply. I was forced to terminate my business relationships with my European customers. If this is your vision of a united Europe, we are doomed.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556191_en"}, {"id": 33556187, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 21:04:55", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Plonsjeroze", "feedback": "I can hardly believe how micro entrepreneurs are being sidelined and subjected to the same rules as large enterprises. The two are completely incomparable, and the situation is unsustainablee specially for sole proprietorships. Don't let the small entrepreneur go under, help!", "feedbackEnglish": "I can hardly believe how micro entrepreneurs are being sidelined and subjected to the same rules as large enterprises. The two are completely incomparable, and the situation is unsustainablee specially for sole proprietorships. Don't let the small entrepreneur go under, help!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556187_en"}, {"id": 33556189, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:59:37", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "We support the main objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the European Unions efforts to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling. However, from the perspective of retailers and importers, we believe that some requirements may create significant administrative and financial burdens. One of the main challenges is the amount of information that companies need to collect from suppliers. This is particularly difficult when products are purchased from suppliers outside the European Union. In many cases, suppliers do not have all the technical information required by the PPWR, and collecting and verifying this information for every product and packaging component can be very time-consuming. We believe that the European Commission should provide clear and simple guidance on what information must be provided by suppliers and in what format. A standard EU template for packaging data would significantly reduce administrative work and help companies comply with the regulation. We also believe that the requirements should take into account the actual environmental impact of packaging. Companies should be encouraged to reduce unnecessary packaging, but the rules should not result in higher costs without a clear environmental benefit. Packaging is often necessary to protect products during international transport and prevent damage, which can otherwise lead to additional waste. Another important issue is the impact on smaller companies and retailers. The cost of compliance, data collection, testing and reporting may increase product costs, especially for companies operating with large numbers of products and suppliers. The regulation should therefore include practical and proportionate solutions for companies with large and frequently changing assortments. We also support the objective of harmonising packaging rules across the EU. It is important that the same requirements and definitions are applied in all Member States. Different national interpretations could increase costs, create additional administrative work and lead to barriers to the internal market. Finally, we believe that sufficient transition periods are necessary whenever new technical requirements are introduced. Companies need enough time to adapt their packaging, update supplier requirements and implement appropriate IT and reporting systems. In conclusion, we support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but we believe that its implementation should be simple, harmonised, proportionate and practical. The European Commission should focus on reducing unnecessary administrative burdens, improving guidance for importers and retailers, and ensuring that companies can comply without significantly increasing costs for consumers.", "feedbackEnglish": "We support the main objectives of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and the European Unions efforts to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling. However, from the perspective of retailers and importers, we believe that some requirements may create significant administrative and financial burdens. One of the main challenges is the amount of information that companies need to collect from suppliers. This is particularly difficult when products are purchased from suppliers outside the European Union. In many cases, suppliers do not have all the technical information required by the PPWR, and collecting and verifying this information for every product and packaging component can be very time-consuming. We believe that the European Commission should provide clear and simple guidance on what information must be provided by suppliers and in what format. A standard EU template for packaging data would significantly reduce administrative work and help companies comply with the regulation. We also believe that the requirements should take into account the actual environmental impact of packaging. Companies should be encouraged to reduce unnecessary packaging, but the rules should not result in higher costs without a clear environmental benefit. Packaging is often necessary to protect products during international transport and prevent damage, which can otherwise lead to additional waste. Another important issue is the impact on smaller companies and retailers. The cost of compliance, data collection, testing and reporting may increase product costs, especially for companies operating with large numbers of products and suppliers. The regulation should therefore include practical and proportionate solutions for companies with large and frequently changing assortments. We also support the objective of harmonising packaging rules across the EU. It is important that the same requirements and definitions are applied in all Member States. Different national interpretations could increase costs, create additional administrative work and lead to barriers to the internal market. Finally, we believe that sufficient transition periods are necessary whenever new technical requirements are introduced. Companies need enough time to adapt their packaging, update supplier requirements and implement appropriate IT and reporting systems. In conclusion, we support the environmental objectives of the PPWR, but we believe that its implementation should be simple, harmonised, proportionate and practical. The European Commission should focus on reducing unnecessary administrative burdens, improving guidance for importers and retailers, and ensuring that companies can comply without significantly increasing costs for consumers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556189_en"}, {"id": 33556188, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:57:12", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "I would like to give some feedback and ideas about a solution bacause these new rules make it absolutely impossible for an artist with a micro business to continue. On annual basis I may send a total of 25 packages all around Europe. It's not much but it helps me continue my business and do what I love most. With these new regulations I can do nothing but stop my business. I have always cared for the environment and limited my amounts of waste and pollution as much as possible. I used a lot of cartboard and other package material that was already used for sending my items around Europe. With these regulations practices like that are discouraged as a business would need to weigh the material every single time and that would lead to an extensive administration to take care of. These regulations are respectively easy to imply for rich and huge companties. They would hardly loose any money...whereas small businesses can't affort it and go bankrupt. Whilst the bigger compansies often produce the biggest amounts of waste. Solving this problem is quite easy in my opinion. This is what would make regulations fair for any company in the EU: 1) for every package a business pays a fixed rate to send it abroad. It depends on size and the package material how much. 2) no representative needed for (small) companies. Packages going abroad will be registered automatically (material/sender) and the weight will be registered automatically with a system as soon as they enter the shipping proces (make barcodes or qr codes for packaging material > see point 3). This informaties in processed and send to the country of it's arrival. 3) make sure every business uses packiging material that comply with the EU environmetal friendly rules. Every business is able to purchase package material that contains a certification mark. And on that packaging material can be a barcode or qr code that tells exactly what it is made of, what is the weight and how can it be recycled. Please change these rules with something that is fair and supports any business, no matter how small in taking the nessecary steps towards being more environmental friendly and considered towards recycling. Thank you, Sascha van der Meer", "feedbackEnglish": "I would like to give some feedback and ideas about a solution bacause these new rules make it absolutely impossible for an artist with a micro business to continue. On annual basis I may send a total of 25 packages all around Europe. It's not much but it helps me continue my business and do what I love most. With these new regulations I can do nothing but stop my business. I have always cared for the environment and limited my amounts of waste and pollution as much as possible. I used a lot of cartboard and other package material that was already used for sending my items around Europe. With these regulations practices like that are discouraged as a business would need to weigh the material every single time and that would lead to an extensive administration to take care of. These regulations are respectively easy to imply for rich and huge companties. They would hardly loose any money...whereas small businesses can't affort it and go bankrupt. Whilst the bigger compansies often produce the biggest amounts of waste. Solving this problem is quite easy in my opinion. This is what would make regulations fair for any company in the EU: 1) for every package a business pays a fixed rate to send it abroad. It depends on size and the package material how much. 2) no representative needed for (small) companies. Packages going abroad will be registered automatically (material/sender) and the weight will be registered automatically with a system as soon as they enter the shipping proces (make barcodes or qr codes for packaging material > see point 3). This informaties in processed and send to the country of it's arrival. 3) make sure every business uses packiging material that comply with the EU environmetal friendly rules. Every business is able to purchase package material that contains a certification mark. And on that packaging material can be a barcode or qr code that tells exactly what it is made of, what is the weight and how can it be recycled. Please change these rules with something that is fair and supports any business, no matter how small in taking the nessecary steps towards being more environmental friendly and considered towards recycling. Thank you, Sascha van der Meer", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556188_en"}, {"id": 33556186, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:56:29", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a micro-enterprise operating within the EU single market, I strongly oppose the implementation of mandatory national producer registrations in every Member State without any simplified procedures or threshold exemptions. Placing the exact same administrative, legal, and financial burdens on self-employed artists, artisans, and micro-businesses as on multinational e-commerce giants is disproportionate and detrimental to small-scale commerce. Paying separate registration fees, annual compliance costs, and hiring authorized representatives in up to 27 different countries completely erodes our margins and renders cross-border sales impossible. Instead of fostering an integrated European market, these rules force small businesses to restrict their sales strictly to their home countries. I strongly urge the European Commission to: Introduce a clear de minimis threshold (based on turnover or package volume) exempting micro-enterprises from complex EPR registration requirements across multiple countries. Create a centralized, single EU registration portal (One-Stop Shop) to drastically reduce administrative burdens. Without these adjustments, the proposed rules will effectively eliminate small businesses from the EU cross-border market.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a micro-enterprise operating within the EU single market, I strongly oppose the implementation of mandatory national producer registrations in every Member State without any simplified procedures or threshold exemptions. Placing the exact same administrative, legal, and financial burdens on self-employed artists, artisans, and micro-businesses as on multinational e-commerce giants is disproportionate and detrimental to small-scale commerce. Paying separate registration fees, annual compliance costs, and hiring authorized representatives in up to 27 different countries completely erodes our margins and renders cross-border sales impossible. Instead of fostering an integrated European market, these rules force small businesses to restrict their sales strictly to their home countries. I strongly urge the European Commission to: Introduce a clear de minimis threshold (based on turnover or package volume) exempting micro-enterprises from complex EPR registration requirements across multiple countries. Create a centralized, single EU registration portal (One-Stop Shop) to drastically reduce administrative burdens. Without these adjustments, the proposed rules will effectively eliminate small businesses from the EU cross-border market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556186_en"}, {"id": 33556185, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:52:56", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The local courier company increases the price of transportation and pays the desired fee into the state budget. Nothing scary, nothing complicated. The merchant from country A is not burdened with additional fees for various intermediaries to sell in country B, the state has full control over the number of shipments in courier companies. Just look at how they do it in the USA and you should not kill small businesses on the continent with insane regulations and requirements. Our life is quite complicated, and you are making it even more complicated. Small and medium-sized businesses in Europe face competition from all over the world. Unlike us, eco-taxes are zero worldwide, which puts every business in Europe at a disadvantage. The automotive industry in Europe has shown where insane regulations lead. In recent days, tens of thousands of small business models in Europe have gone to the trash because of one insanely stupid decision. You can stop this process tomorrow. Because in a week there will be several big players in Europe. And they will not be European.", "feedbackEnglish": "The local courier company increases the price of transportation and pays the desired fee into the state budget. Nothing scary, nothing complicated. The merchant from country A is not burdened with additional fees for various intermediaries to sell in country B, the state has full control over the number of shipments in courier companies. Just look at how they do it in the USA and you should not kill small businesses on the continent with insane regulations and requirements. Our life is quite complicated, and you are making it even more complicated. Small and medium-sized businesses in Europe face competition from all over the world. Unlike us, eco-taxes are zero worldwide, which puts every business in Europe at a disadvantage. The automotive industry in Europe has shown where insane regulations lead. In recent days, tens of thousands of small business models in Europe have gone to the trash because of one insanely stupid decision. You can stop this process tomorrow. Because in a week there will be several big players in Europe. And they will not be European.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556185_en"}, {"id": 33556184, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:48:40", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "The current implementation of EPR requirements across the European Union creates disproportionate and potentially devastating barriers for micro-enterprises, sole traders, independent creators, artisans and small online businesses engaged in cross-border sales. The underlying principle of EPR-ensuring that producers take responsibility for the waste associated with their products and packaging - is legitimate and necessary. The problem is not environmental protection itself, but the way these obligations can affect the smallest businesses. A micro-business sending only a handful of parcels to another EU Member Statee may face additional registration, reporting, compliance and financial obligations in the destination country, despite operating on a completely different scale from large corporations. For a multinational company, the costs of legal advice, registration, reporting and administrative compliance can be spread across millions of products and transactions. For a sole trader or independent artisan, the same type of fixed cost can exceed the value of the entire cross-border sales activity. Registration fees, recurring charges, reporting requirements, differences between national systems and the potential need for local representatives or intermediaries can make selling a few products to customers in another EU country economically impossible. This undermines one of the fundamental principles of the Single Market: the free movement of goods. In practice, national borders can become administrative barriers for the smallest businesses. An entrepreneur may be able to manufacture and sell a product legally in their own country, yet face substantially greater administrative and financial burdens when sending the same product to a customer just across the border. The impact is particularly severe for independent artists, handmade-product creators, designers, small manufacturers and online sellers. Many of these businesses operate on access to the entire EU market because their domestic market is too limited to sustain their activity. Every additional compliance cost directly reduces their income and may force them to stop selling internationally, abandon expansion plans or close their businesses altogether. Regulation should be proportionate to the scale of a business and its actual environmental impact. Applying complex compliance systems without sufficient consideration for the administrative capacity of micro-enterprises creates a structural competitive advantage for large corporations. A major company can distribute compliance costs across millions of products. A micro-business may have to absorb comparable administrative costs while selling only a few items. This petition is therefore not a rejection of environmental responsibility. On the contrary, effective EPR is important. However, EPR must be designed in a way that is proportionale, accessible and economically sustainable for the smallest businesses. The European Union urgently needs harmonised and simplified EPR requirements, a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, and a genuine centralised one-stop system for fulfilling cross-border obligations. A micro-entrepreneur should not face disproportionate financial and administrative burdens simply because they sell a small number of products to consumers in another EU Member State. Europe needs entrepreneurship, innovation, independent, creators and small businesses. Environmental regulation should protect the environment without eliminating the smallest parcitipants from the Single market.", "feedbackEnglish": "The current implementation of EPR requirements across the European Union creates disproportionate and potentially devastating barriers for micro-enterprises, sole traders, independent creators, artisans and small online businesses engaged in cross-border sales. The underlying principle of EPR-ensuring that producers take responsibility for the waste associated with their products and packaging - is legitimate and necessary. The problem is not environmental protection itself, but the way these obligations can affect the smallest businesses. A micro-business sending only a handful of parcels to another EU Member Statee may face additional registration, reporting, compliance and financial obligations in the destination country, despite operating on a completely different scale from large corporations. For a multinational company, the costs of legal advice, registration, reporting and administrative compliance can be spread across millions of products and transactions. For a sole trader or independent artisan, the same type of fixed cost can exceed the value of the entire cross-border sales activity. Registration fees, recurring charges, reporting requirements, differences between national systems and the potential need for local representatives or intermediaries can make selling a few products to customers in another EU country economically impossible. This undermines one of the fundamental principles of the Single Market: the free movement of goods. In practice, national borders can become administrative barriers for the smallest businesses. An entrepreneur may be able to manufacture and sell a product legally in their own country, yet face substantially greater administrative and financial burdens when sending the same product to a customer just across the border. The impact is particularly severe for independent artists, handmade-product creators, designers, small manufacturers and online sellers. Many of these businesses operate on access to the entire EU market because their domestic market is too limited to sustain their activity. Every additional compliance cost directly reduces their income and may force them to stop selling internationally, abandon expansion plans or close their businesses altogether. Regulation should be proportionate to the scale of a business and its actual environmental impact. Applying complex compliance systems without sufficient consideration for the administrative capacity of micro-enterprises creates a structural competitive advantage for large corporations. A major company can distribute compliance costs across millions of products. A micro-business may have to absorb comparable administrative costs while selling only a few items. This petition is therefore not a rejection of environmental responsibility. On the contrary, effective EPR is important. However, EPR must be designed in a way that is proportionale, accessible and economically sustainable for the smallest businesses. The European Union urgently needs harmonised and simplified EPR requirements, a meaningful EU-wide de minimis threshold for micro-enterprises, and a genuine centralised one-stop system for fulfilling cross-border obligations. A micro-entrepreneur should not face disproportionate financial and administrative burdens simply because they sell a small number of products to consumers in another EU Member State. Europe needs entrepreneurship, innovation, independent, creators and small businesses. Environmental regulation should protect the environment without eliminating the smallest parcitipants from the Single market.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556184_en"}, {"id": 33556183, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:47:33", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the environmental objectives of the PPWR are commendable, the current regulatory framework creates severe, unintended barriers for micro-enterprises and independent creators. Small craft shops are already facing an incredibly difficult economic landscape, particularly regarding rising shipping complexities. Introducing heavy administrative and financial burdens at this stage threatens the survival of the grassroots businesses that drive local economies.The prospect of navigating these complex packaging laws is actively stifling entrepreneurship. Many aspiring business owners (including myself) feel deeply discouraged and overwhelmed by the administrative overhead required for compliance, particularly regarding cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registrations. This sentiment of burnout is widely shared across our community. The reglementations should be addapted so the small and micro business can continue to function", "feedbackEnglish": "While the environmental objectives of the PPWR are commendable, the current regulatory framework creates severe, unintended barriers for micro-enterprises and independent creators. Small craft shops are already facing an incredibly difficult economic landscape, particularly regarding rising shipping complexities. Introducing heavy administrative and financial burdens at this stage threatens the survival of the grassroots businesses that drive local economies.The prospect of navigating these complex packaging laws is actively stifling entrepreneurship. Many aspiring business owners (including myself) feel deeply discouraged and overwhelmed by the administrative overhead required for compliance, particularly regarding cross-border Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registrations. This sentiment of burnout is widely shared across our community. The reglementations should be addapted so the small and micro business can continue to function", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556183_en"}, {"id": 33556182, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:43:26", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Ich bin preisgekrönter Selfpublisher im Eigenverlag. Schon seit Jahren bin ich bei Lucid und Co. für den Versand. Doch mittlerweile ist die günstigste Registrierung für AUT bei 240 Euro/Jahr angelangt (Handelskammer Österreich) - mein letzter Anbieter hat auf 750 Euo erhöht. Zum Vergleich: Ich zahle 53 Cent als Abgaben für meine Verpackungen. Heißt: Kaum Abgaben, aber stundenlange Erfassung, Meldung und hohe Teilnahmegebühr. Das rechnet sich für Soloselbstständige nicht mehr. Ergo werde ich wohl ab kommenden Jahr Österreich nicht mehr beliefern. Schweiz hingegen ist easy: Zollerklärung drauf, fertig. Liebe EU, Ihr solltet den Binnenmarkt herstellen, solltet Grenzen und Bürokratie abbauen, nicht den Binnenmarkt fragmentieren und überteuern. Euch ist die Brille verrutscht, was die Gründungsidee des Wirtschaftsraums war. Und Ihr denkt nie (!) an Selbstständige und KMUs. Mir gehen dadurch Einkommen und auch Verständnis verloren.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am an award-winning self-publishing publisher. For years, I have been at Lucid and Co. for shipping. However, the cheapest registration for AUT has now reached EUR 240 per year (Austrian Chamber of Commerce) – my last provider has increased to EUR 750. By way of comparison: I pay 53 cents for my packaging. This means: Hardly any taxes, but time-consuming recording, reporting and high participation fee. This is no longer expected for solo self-employed persons. I will probably stop supplying Austria from next year. Switzerland, on the other hand, is easy: Customs declaration ready. Dear EU, You should create the Single Market, should cut borders and red tape, not fragment and overprice the Single Market. You have lost the glasses, which was the founding idea of the economic area. And you never (!) think of self-employed people and SMEs. This deprives me of income and understanding.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556182_en"}, {"id": 33556181, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:42:29", "country": "FIN", "language": "FI", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Pitää tehdä koskemaan vain suuria yrityksiä! Meidän yritys mut käsintehtyjä valaisimia ja ei ole katetta ottaa lisää maksuja enää että pitäisi rekisteröityä uusin juttuihin.", "feedbackEnglish": "Only large companies should be covered! Our company is other hand-made lamps and it is no longer covert to take more fees anymore and have to register new cases.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556181_en"}, {"id": 33556180, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:42:15", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Betreiber eines kleinen Online-Handels möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kleinunternehmerin ist der Verkauf ins EU-Ausland bislang ein naheliegender Wachstumsschritt gewesen ohne eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber mit dem Anspruch, mich an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die PPWR verändert diese Rechnung erheblich: Sobald ich Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufe, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob ich dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkaufe. Bisher habe ich die Freigrenzen von Belgien und den Niederlanden genutzt, da der Bevollmächtigte für Österreich mich schon fast 800 EUR für dieses Jahr genutzt hat. Noch mehr Bevollmächtigte für meine paar Pakete nach Belgien und die Niederlande kann ich mir nicht erlauben. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde mir und vielen anderen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt uns aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Helma Spona", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as the operator of a small online shop, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a small entrepreneur, selling abroad in the EU has so far been an obvious step forward without a legal department of my own, but with the aim of complying with the law in force. The PPWR significantly changes this invoice: Once I sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, regardless of whether I sell five parcels or five hundred. So far, I have used the exemption limits of Belgium and the Netherlands, as the authorised representative for Austria has already used almost EUR 800 for this year. I cannot allow more plenipotentiaries for my few packages to Belgium and the Netherlands. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow me and many other small traders to make effective use of the European internal market, rather than limiting us to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Helma Spona", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556180_en"}, {"id": 33556179, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:40:51", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Antichi EOOD", "feedback": "I am a micro-enterprise artisan based in an EU Member State, producing handmade felt products sold at 1015, with modest annual turnover. Due to the small size and low weight of the items, the packaging used is minimal in both weight and dimensions. Even when sales are limited to only one to three Member States, the cumulative costs of registration, administration and representation far exceed any reasonable proportion to the value of the products or the scale of activity. These costs render continued sales economically unjustifiable, eliminate any realistic margin and make the commercial activity itself unviable. This will force me to avoid sales in EU. The same disproportionate economic burden will seriously affect independent artisans and micro-producers across the Union. There should be of practical relief for genuine micro-enterprises and very low-volume producers through simplified procedures and meaningful cost reductions or exemptions.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am a micro-enterprise artisan based in an EU Member State, producing handmade felt products sold at 1015, with modest annual turnover. Due to the small size and low weight of the items, the packaging used is minimal in both weight and dimensions. Even when sales are limited to only one to three Member States, the cumulative costs of registration, administration and representation far exceed any reasonable proportion to the value of the products or the scale of activity. These costs render continued sales economically unjustifiable, eliminate any realistic margin and make the commercial activity itself unviable. This will force me to avoid sales in EU. The same disproportionate economic burden will seriously affect independent artisans and micro-producers across the Union. There should be of practical relief for genuine micro-enterprises and very low-volume producers through simplified procedures and meaningful cost reductions or exemptions.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556179_en"}, {"id": 33556178, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:38:39", "country": "SWE", "language": "SV", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Detta kommer medföra betydande kostnader för mindre företag i form av ytterligare påtvingad byråkrati från EU. Det finns gott om företagare som får få och sporadiska beställningar från andra EU-länder. Förslaget kommer endast gynna större företag och, i sedvanlig ordning, missgynna småföretagare och stävja konkurrensen. Inför i sådana fall ett volymtak.", "feedbackEnglish": "This will entail significant costs for smaller companies in terms of additional forced bureaucracy from the EU. There are plenty of entrepreneurs who receive few and sporadic orders from other EU countries. The proposal will only benefit larger companies and, as usual, put small entrepreneurs at a disadvantage and curb competition. In such cases, introduce a volume cap.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556178_en"}, {"id": 33556177, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:38:32", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express my concerns regarding the practical impact of the European Union's packaging and extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations on independent artists, small cultural organizations, and micro-enterprises. First and foremost, I fully support the goals of environmental protection, waste reduction, recycling, and the transition towards a circular economy. As a musician, respect for nature and the consequences of environmental degradation are themes that are deeply embedded in my artistic work. My concerns do not relate to the environmental objectives themselves, but rather to the disproportionate burden these regulations can place on very small organizations. As a member of an independent band, we occasionally sell physical CDs and merchandise directly to supporters in different European countries. The total amount of packaging we place on the market each year is negligible when compared to the volumes generated by large multinational corporations. Nevertheless, we may be subject to complex registration requirements, reporting obligations, and administrative compliance processes across multiple jurisdictions. For large corporations, registration fees, compliance departments, and administrative costs are simply part of doing business. For a small band, independent artist, craftsman, or cultural organization, however, these same obligations can represent a significant financial and administrative burden. In some cases, the costs associated with compliance may exceed the revenue generated from cross-border sales. As a result, there is a risk that the current framework disproportionately discourages small-scale cross-border trade while having minimal impact on the largest market participants. Large multinational corporations can absorb these costs with relative ease, whereas independent creators may be forced to limit or completely stop international sales. This raises concerns not only for entrepreneurship, but also for cultural diversity within the European Union. Independent musicians, artists, authors, and other creators already operate in a challenging economic environment shaped by declining physical media sales and the realities of modern digital distribution. Additional regulatory burdens may further undermine their ability to reach audiences across Europe. I respectfully urge the European institutions to consider: Exemptions or simplified obligations for micro-enterprises and very small organizations that place only minimal quantities of packaging on the market. A single, centralized European registration system instead of multiple national systems. Simplified reporting requirements for low-volume market participants. A specific assessment of the impact on independent artists, musicians, writers, cultural organizations, and other small (creative) enterprises. Registration or other related costst to these regulations should be appropriate to the size and revenue of the business / organisation. Effective environmental policy should focus on reducing actual environmental harm. When the administrative burden on a small independent band becomes comparable to that imposed on multinational corporations, there is a risk that the regulatory framework undermines small-scale entrepreneurship and cultural exchange without delivering proportionate environmental benefits. I strongly believe that environmental protection and the preservation of cultural diversity are not competing goals. Europe should be able to achieve both. Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully, Iwan IJsbrandij The Netherlands", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express my concerns regarding the practical impact of the European Union's packaging and extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations on independent artists, small cultural organizations, and micro-enterprises. First and foremost, I fully support the goals of environmental protection, waste reduction, recycling, and the transition towards a circular economy. As a musician, respect for nature and the consequences of environmental degradation are themes that are deeply embedded in my artistic work. My concerns do not relate to the environmental objectives themselves, but rather to the disproportionate burden these regulations can place on very small organizations. As a member of an independent band, we occasionally sell physical CDs and merchandise directly to supporters in different European countries. The total amount of packaging we place on the market each year is negligible when compared to the volumes generated by large multinational corporations. Nevertheless, we may be subject to complex registration requirements, reporting obligations, and administrative compliance processes across multiple jurisdictions. For large corporations, registration fees, compliance departments, and administrative costs are simply part of doing business. For a small band, independent artist, craftsman, or cultural organization, however, these same obligations can represent a significant financial and administrative burden. In some cases, the costs associated with compliance may exceed the revenue generated from cross-border sales. As a result, there is a risk that the current framework disproportionately discourages small-scale cross-border trade while having minimal impact on the largest market participants. Large multinational corporations can absorb these costs with relative ease, whereas independent creators may be forced to limit or completely stop international sales. This raises concerns not only for entrepreneurship, but also for cultural diversity within the European Union. Independent musicians, artists, authors, and other creators already operate in a challenging economic environment shaped by declining physical media sales and the realities of modern digital distribution. Additional regulatory burdens may further undermine their ability to reach audiences across Europe. I respectfully urge the European institutions to consider: Exemptions or simplified obligations for micro-enterprises and very small organizations that place only minimal quantities of packaging on the market. A single, centralized European registration system instead of multiple national systems. Simplified reporting requirements for low-volume market participants. A specific assessment of the impact on independent artists, musicians, writers, cultural organizations, and other small (creative) enterprises. Registration or other related costst to these regulations should be appropriate to the size and revenue of the business / organisation. Effective environmental policy should focus on reducing actual environmental harm. When the administrative burden on a small independent band becomes comparable to that imposed on multinational corporations, there is a risk that the regulatory framework undermines small-scale entrepreneurship and cultural exchange without delivering proportionate environmental benefits. I strongly believe that environmental protection and the preservation of cultural diversity are not competing goals. Europe should be able to achieve both. Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully, Iwan IJsbrandij The Netherlands", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556177_en"}, {"id": 33556176, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:34:04", "country": "SVK", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation just sounds like it was made to harm smaller businesses. Craftshops, artists, everyone is experiencing a difficult time managing their shops, shipping specifically... I've been planning to launch a handcraft shop business of my own, but finding out about the PPWR just mentally kicked me down and discouraged me. I'm not alone in this feeling.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation just sounds like it was made to harm smaller businesses. Craftshops, artists, everyone is experiencing a difficult time managing their shops, shipping specifically... I've been planning to launch a handcraft shop business of my own, but finding out about the PPWR just mentally kicked me down and discouraged me. I'm not alone in this feeling.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556176_en"}, {"id": 33556175, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:28:24", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Bernhard u. Eugen Gerl Möbel GbR", "feedback": "Als kleines deutsches Handwerksgeschäft verkaufen wir selbstgefertigte Möbel über unseren Onlineshop. Unsere Umsätze in anderen EU Länder sind viel zu klein um die Kosten für jeweils einen Bevollmächtigten pro EU Land zu tragen. Wir müssen deshalb unserer Verkauf ins EU Ausland ab sofort einstellen. Damit ist für uns der Binnenmarkt nicht mehr zugänglich. Bitte führen Sie eine Bagatellgrenze ein.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small German craft business, we sell homemade furniture through our online shop. Our turnover in other EU countries is far too small to cover the costs of one authorised representative per EU country. We must therefore stop selling abroad in the EU from now on. As a result, the single market is no longer accessible to us. Please introduce a de minimis threshold.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556175_en"}, {"id": 33556174, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:27:12", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "zur PPWR Leider müssen wir unser Geschäft runterfahren und zahlen natürlich jetzt weniger Steuer da der komplette Auslandsversand wegfällt . Als kleiner Shop kann ich mir für jedes Land keine 300euro leisten danke dafür .kleine Shops können halt mit Amazon und Co nicht mithalten wenn ich in jedes EU Land teilweise nur 10-15 Pakete sende . Schafft eine Zentrale Meldestelle !!! wo amn jedes Land angibt wieviel man dahingesendet hat so wie LUCID in Deutschland . Diese ganze Bürokratie ist viel zu viel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "feedbackEnglish": "as a PPWR sacrifice, we have to run our business down and, of course, we are now paying less tax because the entire consignment abroad is no longer sent. As a small shop, I cannot afford to pay EUR 300 for each country.Small shops cannot match Amazon and Co if I send only 10-15 parcels in each EU country. Creates a central reporting point! Where AMN states how many people have sent it in the same way as LUCID in Germany. This whole bureaucracy is far too much!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556174_en"}, {"id": 33556173, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:26:17", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "This regulation, while noble at heart will be the death of the internal EU market and all small businesses. Just this year, I started a small side business as a self-employed person in the EU. My EU order count in the past year was ~10 in total, and most other orders were outside of the EU. I have just calculated the appointed representative costs in Germany alone. The profit from all of the EU orders does not even cover half of these fees. So I have terminated shipping there and I will have to do this in every single EU country, as the local regulations come out, as I expect it will be all the same. It is not a free market, if you can sell and purchase the item, but can't actually ship it to a person without a disproportionate administrative, bureaucratic and quite frankly - extremely expensive burden. All just because you are not a citizen in that specific EU country. Yes, boycotting the EU market will reduce my total order volume, but I will lose significantly more time and money by trying to be a part of it. And this will be the (forced) choice of many other EU and non-EU small businesses. As a person operating a small business in the EU, I will be able to afford and manage to ship my products nearly everywhere in the world, except for the EU. This is what we have come to. A single, unified system like the existing one-stop-shop system must be put in place. Packaging fees must be fair and proportionate to the volume produced - not subscription based or assumed. The need for an appointed representative must be abandoned entirely, as this is the most costly of the expenses that accumulates year on year without any benefit for an EU business. Acknowledge the damage you are doing to small businesses and make this right.", "feedbackEnglish": "This regulation, while noble at heart will be the death of the internal EU market and all small businesses. Just this year, I started a small side business as a self-employed person in the EU. My EU order count in the past year was ~10 in total, and most other orders were outside of the EU. I have just calculated the appointed representative costs in Germany alone. The profit from all of the EU orders does not even cover half of these fees. So I have terminated shipping there and I will have to do this in every single EU country, as the local regulations come out, as I expect it will be all the same. It is not a free market, if you can sell and purchase the item, but can't actually ship it to a person without a disproportionate administrative, bureaucratic and quite frankly - extremely expensive burden. All just because you are not a citizen in that specific EU country. Yes, boycotting the EU market will reduce my total order volume, but I will lose significantly more time and money by trying to be a part of it. And this will be the (forced) choice of many other EU and non-EU small businesses. As a person operating a small business in the EU, I will be able to afford and manage to ship my products nearly everywhere in the world, except for the EU. This is what we have come to. A single, unified system like the existing one-stop-shop system must be put in place. Packaging fees must be fair and proportionate to the volume produced - not subscription based or assumed. The need for an appointed representative must be abandoned entirely, as this is the most costly of the expenses that accumulates year on year without any benefit for an EU business. Acknowledge the damage you are doing to small businesses and make this right.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556173_en"}, {"id": 33556172, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:25:59", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Dripping Heart", "feedback": "I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste as a green girl from day 1 but I strongly disagree with the disproportionate burden the PPWR may place on micro and small businesses like mine. Additional packaging requirements can create significant financial, administrative and practical difficulties. We already use limited packaging and actively seek more sustainable solutions. I ask the EU to ensure that the regulation is proportionate, affordable and realistic for micro-businesses with clear requirements and sufficient transition time. Environmental protection should not come at the expense of the viability of small independent businesses. Dripping Heart, France", "feedbackEnglish": "I fully support the goal of reducing packaging waste as a green girl from day 1 but I strongly disagree with the disproportionate burden the PPWR may place on micro and small businesses like mine. Additional packaging requirements can create significant financial, administrative and practical difficulties. We already use limited packaging and actively seek more sustainable solutions. I ask the EU to ensure that the regulation is proportionate, affordable and realistic for micro-businesses with clear requirements and sufficient transition time. Environmental protection should not come at the expense of the viability of small independent businesses. Dripping Heart, France", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556172_en"}, {"id": 33556171, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:23:43", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I am concerned that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) may unintentionally harm small businesses and weaken the European Single Market. The current requirements risk making it very difficult for small businesses, artists, and independent manufacturers to sell across EU borders. Many may be forced to limit sales to only certain Member States due to administrative burden, effectively fragmenting the Single Market for small-scale and handmade goods. At the same time, large platforms like Amazon and Temu would gain a clear advantage, as they have the resources to manage complex compliance across all Member States, unlike small businesses. As a citizen, I already find that I may need to use freight-forwarding services to buy from small EU businesses in other countries, which is contrary to the idea of a borderless Single Market. Small businesses and micro-enterprises should therefore be exempt from disproportionate PPWR obligations, or at minimum be covered by a simple EU-wide system without: - separate national registrations - legal representatives in each country - separate national fees - country-by-country paperwork It is not realistic to expect small businesses to manage such fragmented requirements. EU regulation should support cross-border trade, not create barriers that favour large corporations over small European producers.", "feedbackEnglish": "I am concerned that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) may unintentionally harm small businesses and weaken the European Single Market. The current requirements risk making it very difficult for small businesses, artists, and independent manufacturers to sell across EU borders. Many may be forced to limit sales to only certain Member States due to administrative burden, effectively fragmenting the Single Market for small-scale and handmade goods. At the same time, large platforms like Amazon and Temu would gain a clear advantage, as they have the resources to manage complex compliance across all Member States, unlike small businesses. As a citizen, I already find that I may need to use freight-forwarding services to buy from small EU businesses in other countries, which is contrary to the idea of a borderless Single Market. Small businesses and micro-enterprises should therefore be exempt from disproportionate PPWR obligations, or at minimum be covered by a simple EU-wide system without: - separate national registrations - legal representatives in each country - separate national fees - country-by-country paperwork It is not realistic to expect small businesses to manage such fragmented requirements. EU regulation should support cross-border trade, not create barriers that favour large corporations over small European producers.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556171_en"}, {"id": 33556170, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:20:22", "country": "LVA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "SIA Bevir", "feedback": "We are a small Latvian company preparing to sell Irish craft beverages and food products within the Baltic market. Our experience shows that the current system creates a serious barrier for micro and small businesses wishing to trade across the EU Single Market. When we considered expanding our online sales from Latvia to Lithuania and Estonia, we discovered that placing packaged beverages on these markets requires separate compliance procedures in each country: separate producer registrations, packaging and EPR requirements, separate deposit-return system registrations and country-specific administrative procedures. In Estonia specifically, the registration cost is EUR 52 plus VAT per individual product. For a small business with only 20 different products, this means more than EUR 1,000 plus VAT simply to register the product range in Estonia before a single product has been sold there: https://eestipandipakend.ee/en/packaging-company?utm_source=chatgpt.com For a microbusiness, this is a disproportionate cost. Large producers can absorb such expenses across thousands or millions of units. A small company importing limited quantities cannot. For us, the registration cost per product can make entering a neighbouring EU market economically unjustifiable before we even know whether there is sufficient customer demand. Lithuania creates its own separate requirements and procedures, as does Latvia. In practice, a small company wishing to sell the same legally compliant products across the Baltic States has to deal with different national systems, registrations, deposit-return arrangements, reporting requirements and administrative procedures. The result is paradoxical: although we operate within the European Union and should benefit from the Single Market, in practice every neighbouring Member State becomes a separate administrative and financial market. We fully support recycling, extended producer responsibility and deposit-return systems. The problem is not the environmental objective. The problem is fragmented national implementation and the disproportionate administrative burden imposed on small cross-border traders. The EU should introduce a genuinely harmonised system for packaging producer registration, ideally through a single EU registration or a one-stop-shop mechanism recognised across Member States. At minimum, there should be: * one common registration procedure for companies selling across several EU Member States; * mutual recognition of producer and product information between national registers; * harmonised reporting requirements and data formats; * simplified procedures for micro and small enterprises; * proportionate fees based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market rather than high fixed fees per individual product; * simplified access to national deposit-return schemes for low-volume cross-border sellers. Without such measures, the cost and complexity of compliance effectively discourage small companies from selling across borders and undermine the practical objective of the EU Single Market. For a microbusiness like ours, Lithuania and Estonia are geographically neighbouring markets. Yet regulatory fragmentation can make selling there disproportionately complicated and expensive. Environmental regulation should encourage responsible trade, not make cross-border EU commerce viable only for large companies.", "feedbackEnglish": "We are a small Latvian company preparing to sell Irish craft beverages and food products within the Baltic market. Our experience shows that the current system creates a serious barrier for micro and small businesses wishing to trade across the EU Single Market. When we considered expanding our online sales from Latvia to Lithuania and Estonia, we discovered that placing packaged beverages on these markets requires separate compliance procedures in each country: separate producer registrations, packaging and EPR requirements, separate deposit-return system registrations and country-specific administrative procedures. In Estonia specifically, the registration cost is EUR 52 plus VAT per individual product. For a small business with only 20 different products, this means more than EUR 1,000 plus VAT simply to register the product range in Estonia before a single product has been sold there: https://eestipandipakend.ee/en/packaging-company?utm_source=chatgpt.com For a microbusiness, this is a disproportionate cost. Large producers can absorb such expenses across thousands or millions of units. A small company importing limited quantities cannot. For us, the registration cost per product can make entering a neighbouring EU market economically unjustifiable before we even know whether there is sufficient customer demand. Lithuania creates its own separate requirements and procedures, as does Latvia. In practice, a small company wishing to sell the same legally compliant products across the Baltic States has to deal with different national systems, registrations, deposit-return arrangements, reporting requirements and administrative procedures. The result is paradoxical: although we operate within the European Union and should benefit from the Single Market, in practice every neighbouring Member State becomes a separate administrative and financial market. We fully support recycling, extended producer responsibility and deposit-return systems. The problem is not the environmental objective. The problem is fragmented national implementation and the disproportionate administrative burden imposed on small cross-border traders. The EU should introduce a genuinely harmonised system for packaging producer registration, ideally through a single EU registration or a one-stop-shop mechanism recognised across Member States. At minimum, there should be: * one common registration procedure for companies selling across several EU Member States; * mutual recognition of producer and product information between national registers; * harmonised reporting requirements and data formats; * simplified procedures for micro and small enterprises; * proportionate fees based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market rather than high fixed fees per individual product; * simplified access to national deposit-return schemes for low-volume cross-border sellers. Without such measures, the cost and complexity of compliance effectively discourage small companies from selling across borders and undermine the practical objective of the EU Single Market. For a microbusiness like ours, Lithuania and Estonia are geographically neighbouring markets. Yet regulatory fragmentation can make selling there disproportionately complicated and expensive. Environmental regulation should encourage responsible trade, not make cross-border EU commerce viable only for large companies.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556170_en"}, {"id": 33556169, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:19:02", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Messerschmiede Glatt ", "feedback": "I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and its severe consequences for small businesses, micro-enterprises, and self-employed individuals across Europe. While the goal of reducing packaging waste is absolutely necessary, the current framework of the PPWR acts as a direct threat to the survival of small-scale entrepreneurs. The regulation places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on those who can least afford it. The PPWR is actively harming the self-employed and small businesses in three critical ways: Crushing Bureaucracy: Small businesses and self-employed individuals do not have dedicated compliance or legal departments. The complex reporting, certification, and documentation requirements demand hundreds of hours of unpaid administrative work, stealing time away from core business operations. Unsustainable Costs: The expenses tied to transitioning to new packaging standards, setting up return systems, and paying compliance fees are simply too high for micro-enterprises. Unlike large multinational corporations, small businesses operate on tight margins. We cannot absorb these sudden costs or pass them on to consumers without losing our competitive edge. A Disproportionate Burden: Large corporations generate the vast majority of Europe's packaging waste. Yet, the PPWR applies heavy-handed rules to independent creators, small workshops, and single-person businesses as if they were industrial giants. This one-size-fits-all approach is fundamentally unfair and disconnected from reality. Small businesses are the backbone of the European economy. We drive local innovation, preserve craftsmanship, and create jobs. If the PPWR is implemented without substantial exemptions and drastically simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, it will force countless independent businesses to close their doors permanently. I strongly urge the European Parliament to revise the PPWR. Please introduce realistic thresholds and meaningful exemptions for small and micro-businesses. You can protect the environment without destroying the self-employed sector in the process", "feedbackEnglish": "I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and its severe consequences for small businesses, micro-enterprises, and self-employed individuals across Europe. While the goal of reducing packaging waste is absolutely necessary, the current framework of the PPWR acts as a direct threat to the survival of small-scale entrepreneurs. The regulation places a disproportionate administrative and financial burden on those who can least afford it. The PPWR is actively harming the self-employed and small businesses in three critical ways: Crushing Bureaucracy: Small businesses and self-employed individuals do not have dedicated compliance or legal departments. The complex reporting, certification, and documentation requirements demand hundreds of hours of unpaid administrative work, stealing time away from core business operations. Unsustainable Costs: The expenses tied to transitioning to new packaging standards, setting up return systems, and paying compliance fees are simply too high for micro-enterprises. Unlike large multinational corporations, small businesses operate on tight margins. We cannot absorb these sudden costs or pass them on to consumers without losing our competitive edge. A Disproportionate Burden: Large corporations generate the vast majority of Europe's packaging waste. Yet, the PPWR applies heavy-handed rules to independent creators, small workshops, and single-person businesses as if they were industrial giants. This one-size-fits-all approach is fundamentally unfair and disconnected from reality. Small businesses are the backbone of the European economy. We drive local innovation, preserve craftsmanship, and create jobs. If the PPWR is implemented without substantial exemptions and drastically simplified procedures for micro-enterprises, it will force countless independent businesses to close their doors permanently. I strongly urge the European Parliament to revise the PPWR. Please introduce realistic thresholds and meaningful exemptions for small and micro-businesses. You can protect the environment without destroying the self-employed sector in the process", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556169_en"}, {"id": 33556168, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:17:02", "country": "FRA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "26,000 euros of annual profit last year and 21,800 euros for the new rules I have to give to various scammers. Thank you for the bright future you have created for small businesses throughout Europe. What more do you want from us? We pay an eco-tax for every breath of air, for every moment of existence in this Europe. You crush us with regulations and taxes. What more do you want from us? For 450-500 million Europeans to cease to exist. Will this be enough for your purposes?", "feedbackEnglish": "26,000 euros of annual profit last year and 21,800 euros for the new rules I have to give to various scammers. Thank you for the bright future you have created for small businesses throughout Europe. What more do you want from us? We pay an eco-tax for every breath of air, for every moment of existence in this Europe. You crush us with regulations and taxes. What more do you want from us? For 450-500 million Europeans to cease to exist. Will this be enough for your purposes?", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556168_en"}, {"id": 33556167, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:15:08", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als Inhaber eines Kleinbetriebs (Kakteen-Zucht und Manufaktur LED-Pflanzenleuchten) möchte ich auf einen existenzbedrohenden Punkt der geplanten PPWR-Umsetzung hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für unseren Betrieb mit nur einem Festangestellten und drei Minijobbern war der Export unserer Nischenprodukte ins EU-Ausland bislang ein essenzielles Standbein. Wir haben keine eigene Rechtsabteilung, aber den klaren Anspruch, uns stets an geltendes Recht zu halten. Die neuen PPWR-Vorgaben machen dies jedoch faktisch unmöglich: Schon ein einziges Paket in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat löst die Pflicht zur Beauftragung eines lokalen Bevollmächtigten aus. Allein die Minimalkosten für die Verpackungsregistrierung betragen aktuell rund 245 pro EU-Land und Jahr zuzüglich der Gebühren für den Bevollmächtigten von bis zu 500 ! Um dieser unkalkulierbaren Kostenfalle zu entgehen, bin ich gezwungen, unseren EU-Versand auf lediglich drei Länder zu reduzieren, die wir uns noch leisten können. Das ist praktisch ein Ausschluss vom EU-Markt. Die anfallenden Grundkosten stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen und wirken faktisch wie ein Exportverbot. Ich schlage daher folgende Lösungsansätze vor: Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen: Eine generelle Befreiung von dieser Pflicht anhand der bekannten Grenzwerte (Mitarbeiterzahl/Umsatz) oder die Einführung einer praxisnahen Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland. One-Stop-Shop-Lösung: Statt teurer Einzelverträge pro Land bedarf es dringend einer zentralen Plattform, über die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten EU-weit gebündelt und zu überschaubaren Konditionen abgewickelt werden können. Standardisierte Datenübermittlung: Eine einheitliche Erfassung der Verpackungsdaten, um bürokratischen Mehraufwand und redundante Meldungen in jedem einzelnen Mitgliedstaat zu vermeiden. Kleine Fachbetriebe tragen derzeit denselben regulatorischen Aufwand wie Großkonzerne, jedoch bei einem Bruchteil des Umsatzvolumens. Eine angepasste Regulierung würde es uns erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt weiterhin zu nutzen, statt uns aus reiner Kostennot auf nur zwei oder drei kostentragende Länder beschränken zu müssen. Stand heute verkaufen die meisten kleineren Betriebe seit dem 12.08. gar nicht mehr in die EU. Das widerspricht fundamental dem Gedanken, auf dem die Europäische Union einst gegründet wurde! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Alexander Neusius", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as owner of a small farm (Kacten-Bucht- und Manufaktur LED plant lights), I would like to draw your attention to an existential threat to the planned PPWR implementation: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative in the case of cross-border sales. For our company, which has only one permanent employee and three mini-jobbers, exporting our niche products to other EU countries has been essential. We do not have a legal department of our own, but we have a clear claim to always abide by the law in force. However, the new PPWR rules make this practically impossible: A single package to another Member State triggers the obligation to appoint a local authorised representative. The minimum packaging registration costs alone are currently around 245 per EU country per year, plus fees for the authorised representative of up to 500! To avoid this incalculable cost trap, I have to reduce our EU transit to only three countries that we can still afford. This is virtually an exclusion from the EU market. The basic costs incurred are disproportionate to the actual packaging volume and effectively act as an export ban. I therefore propose the following solutions: Exemption for micro-enterprises: A general exemption from this obligation based on known thresholds (staff headcount/turnover) or the introduction of a practical de minimis threshold per destination country. One-stop-shop solution: Instead of expensive individual contracts per country, there is an urgent need for a central platform through which registration and reporting obligations can be bundled across the EU and settled under manageable conditions. Standardised transmission of data: Uniform collection of packaging data in order to avoid red tape and redundant reporting in each individual Member State. Small specialist firms currently bear the same regulatory burden as large corporations, but for a fraction of their turnover. Adapted regulation would allow us to continue to take advantage of the European single market, rather than having to limit ourselves to only two or three cost-bearing countries for purely cost-free reasons. As of 12 August, most smaller farms no longer sell to the EU. This fundamentally contradicts the idea on which the European Union was once founded! Yours sincerely, Alexander Neusius", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556167_en"}, {"id": 33556166, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:14:52", "country": "NLD", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "S7ors.nl", "feedback": "Thank you for acknowledging the impact on micro-businesses and for working towards a solution. I do have one question that I hope the Commission will also examine: how did this impact pass the EUs existing Better Regulation safeguards in the first place? The Better Regulation framework already includes SME, proportionality, administrative burden and Single Market assessments. Yet within days of implementation, thousands of businesses and consumers are reporting the same foreseeable effect: fixed compliance costs per Member State make cross-border trade economically impossible for micro-businesses. Correcting Article 45(3) is urgently needed, but I hope the Commission will also evaluate why the existing impact-assessment process did not identify or prevent this outcome. Otherwise we risk repairing this regulation without repairing the process that allowed the problem to arise. For future legislation, a simple reality check could help: take a real micro-business sending a handful of parcels to several Member States and require the proposed rules to be followed from beginning to end. If that business cannot reasonably complete the process, the legislation is not yet ready for implementation.", "feedbackEnglish": "Thank you for acknowledging the impact on micro-businesses and for working towards a solution. I do have one question that I hope the Commission will also examine: how did this impact pass the EUs existing Better Regulation safeguards in the first place? The Better Regulation framework already includes SME, proportionality, administrative burden and Single Market assessments. Yet within days of implementation, thousands of businesses and consumers are reporting the same foreseeable effect: fixed compliance costs per Member State make cross-border trade economically impossible for micro-businesses. Correcting Article 45(3) is urgently needed, but I hope the Commission will also evaluate why the existing impact-assessment process did not identify or prevent this outcome. Otherwise we risk repairing this regulation without repairing the process that allowed the problem to arise. For future legislation, a simple reality check could help: take a real micro-business sending a handful of parcels to several Member States and require the proposed rules to be followed from beginning to end. If that business cannot reasonably complete the process, the legislation is not yet ready for implementation.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556166_en"}, {"id": 33556165, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:14:03", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Möchten Sie die kleinen Einzelunternehmer eliminieren, oder was steckt dahinter? Große Player wie Amazon lachen sich kaputt, die zahlen die Kosten für einen Berater je EU-Land aus der Portokasse. Hochachtungsvoll Marian Fromme", "feedbackEnglish": "Do you want to eliminate the small sole traders or what is behind them? Big players like Amazon break down and pay the cost of one advisor per EU country from the Portokasse. Yours faithfully, Marian Fromme", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556165_en"}, {"id": 33556164, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:13:23", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als häufiger Kunde von diversen kleinen Online-Handelseinrichtungen möchte ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, auf einen aus meiner Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt der geplanten Umsetzung der PPWR-Herstellerregister hinzuweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf. Für mich als Kunde von Kleinunternehmern ist der Kauf auch aus dem EU-Ausland selbstverständlich. Die PPWR verändert die Buchhaltung, den Aufwand und die Kosten der Betreiber von kleineren Handelsgeschäften erheblich: Sobald sie Ware in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat verkaufen, kann bereits ein einziger Verkauf die Pflicht auslösen, dort einen Bevollmächtigten zu benennen und zu bezahlen. Bei zehn oder zwanzig relevanten Zielmärkten bedeutet das zehn oder zwanzig separate Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebührenstrukturen und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünfhundert verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten pro Land stehen in keinem Verhältnis zum tatsächlichen Verpackungsaufkommen kleiner Händler. Sie wirken de facto wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle: Wer nicht in der Lage ist, diese Kosten auf ein ausreichend großes Verkaufsvolumen umzulegen, wird grenzüberschreitenden Handel eher meiden als betreiben. Das widerspricht dem eigentlichen Ziel des Binnenmarkts. Ich möchte daher folgende Punkte zur Prüfung vorschlagen: Erstens sollten Kleinstunternehmer nach den bekannten Grenzwerten für Mitarbeiterzahl und Umsatz generell von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Für Unternehmen, die diese Grenzwerte überschreiten, aber dennoch nur geringe Mengen grenzüberschreitend versenden, sollte zumindest eine Bagatellgrenze pro Zielland als Auffanglösung greifen, unterhalb derer keine Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten besteht. Zweitens reicht die bloße Möglichkeit, zentrale Dienstleister mit der Bevollmächtigtenfunktion zu beauftragen, soweit mir bekannt ist, in der Praxis nicht aus. Diese Bündelung existiert bereits Händler schließen dafür jedoch nach wie vor pro Land einen eigenen Vertrag ab und zahlen die entsprechenden Fixkosten unabhängig von der tatsächlich verkauften Menge. Notwendig ist stattdessen eine echte One-Stop-Shop-Lösung, über die die Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten für alle Mitgliedstaaten zentral und mit nur einmalig anfallenden Fixkosten erfüllt werden können. Drittens sollte die Datenübermittlung an die Bevollmächtigten beziehungsweise an eine zentrale Anlaufstelle technisch standardisiert werden, damit einmal erfasste Verpackungsdaten nicht für jedes Land neu aufbereitet werden müssen. Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großhändler mit proportional kleineren Pflichten sie tragen dieselben Fixkosten wie große Marktteilnehmer, nur verteilt auf ein deutlich kleineres Geschäftsvolumen. Eine Ausgestaltung der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht, die das berücksichtigt, würde vielen kleinen Händlern erlauben, den europäischen Binnenmarkt tatsächlich zu nutzen, statt sich aus Kostengründen auf den deutschen Markt zu beschränken. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Milen Radev - Verbraucher und Kunde auch von kleinen Händlern in der EU", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a frequent customer of various small online retail establishments, I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to what I consider to be a particularly critical point in the planned implementation of the PPWR producer registers: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in the case of cross-border sales. For me, as a customer of small businesses, purchasing from other EU countries is also a matter of course. The PPWR significantly changes the accounting, burden and costs of operators of smaller commercial transactions: Once they sell goods to another Member State, a single sale may trigger the obligation to appoint and pay for an authorised representative there. For ten or twenty relevant target markets, this means ten or twenty separate contracts, fee structures and reporting channels, irrespective of whether five parcels or five hundred are sold there. These fixed costs per country are disproportionate to the actual packaging volumes of small traders. They act de facto as a market entry threshold: Those who are unable to pass these costs on to a sufficiently large volume of sales will be more likely to avoid cross-border trade than engage in it. This runs counter to the very objective of the internal market. I would therefore like to propose the following points for consideration: First, micro-enterprises should be generally exempted from the obligation of authorised representatives according to the known staff headcount and turnover limits. For undertakings that exceed these limits but still send small quantities across borders, at least one de minimis limit per destination country should apply as a fall-back solution, below which there is no obligation to appoint their own authorised representative. Second, as far as I am aware, the mere possibility of appointing central service providers to act as agents is not sufficient in practice. However, this bundling already exists for dealers, who still conclude a separate contract per country and pay the corresponding fixed costs regardless of the actual volume sold. Instead, a genuine one-stop-shop solution is needed, allowing the registration and reporting obligations for all Member States to be fulfilled centrally and with only one-off fixed costs. Third, the transmission of data to authorised representatives or to a single point of contact should be technically standardised so that once packaging data is collected, it does not need to be reprocessed for each country. Small companies are not smaller wholesalers with proportionally smaller obligations. They bear the same fixed costs as large market players, spread over a much smaller volume of business. A design of the authorised representative obligation that takes this into account would allow many small traders to actually benefit from the European internal market, rather than being limited to the German market for cost reasons. Yours sincerely, Milen Radev – consumers and customers also from small traders in the EU", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556164_en"}, {"id": 33556163, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:12:10", "country": "PRT", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Is this designed to stop all small and micro businesses from taking place in the EU? Because this seems to be designed to stop all small and micro businesses from taking place in the EU. Ive been considering starting a micro business selling little art pieces here in the EU. Maybe employ someone for shipping and admin help. Maybe grow to employ a few more in a year or three. Thats one of the promises of the EU single market. Single market trade. Boosts economies. Helps get folk off government assistance freeing it up for folk that really need it by bringing in a bit of extra money through a hobby or passion. But now disproportionately when compared to big business while hardly notice this regulation but are are biggest producers of packaging waste, we as individuals have to go through the same paper work and pay the same fees as the massive corporations to be compliant? Every year? Single person business owners. Really? How could this be seen as anything other than an attack on small business or utter incompetence? Im not sure it is anything other than one or both of the above. It goes without saying that the little business I was considering is now on hold. Who knows, maybe indefinitely. Seems no matter where you are in the world, if youre the person on the street right now, youre not considered, not important, unable to compete fairly and just being crushed by the top cm by cm into the mud without a second thought.", "feedbackEnglish": "Is this designed to stop all small and micro businesses from taking place in the EU? Because this seems to be designed to stop all small and micro businesses from taking place in the EU. Ive been considering starting a micro business selling little art pieces here in the EU. Maybe employ someone for shipping and admin help. Maybe grow to employ a few more in a year or three. Thats one of the promises of the EU single market. Single market trade. Boosts economies. Helps get folk off government assistance freeing it up for folk that really need it by bringing in a bit of extra money through a hobby or passion. But now disproportionately when compared to big business while hardly notice this regulation but are are biggest producers of packaging waste, we as individuals have to go through the same paper work and pay the same fees as the massive corporations to be compliant? Every year? Single person business owners. Really? How could this be seen as anything other than an attack on small business or utter incompetence? Im not sure it is anything other than one or both of the above. It goes without saying that the little business I was considering is now on hold. Who knows, maybe indefinitely. Seems no matter where you are in the world, if youre the person on the street right now, youre not considered, not important, unable to compete fairly and just being crushed by the top cm by cm into the mud without a second thought.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556163_en"}, {"id": 33556162, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:05:21", "country": "IRL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Whilst we'll intentioned this proposal disproportionately effects small artisan producers and European micro business. I strongly urge you to revise this proposal so as not to effect retailers who are sole traders or businesses with less than 25 employees Yours sincerely Joe Maxwell", "feedbackEnglish": "Whilst we'll intentioned this proposal disproportionately effects small artisan producers and European micro business. I strongly urge you to revise this proposal so as not to effect retailers who are sole traders or businesses with less than 25 employees Yours sincerely Joe Maxwell", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556162_en"}, {"id": 33556161, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 20:02:00", "country": "BEL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "While the intent of this bill is good, inpractice it needs some adjustements. Small businesses are disproportionally affected by this new bill as they ship less but pay the same amount as big corporationss. A small shop selling ethically made, durable clothing pays as much as Shein which has the financial means to compensate for the new cost without changing their polluting business practices. The requirement to register (and pay) in each member state undermines the principle of the common customs union/market and also affects EU based businesses more as they are more likely to ship within the EU. It should be packaging manufacturers who are made responsible for creating environmentably sustainable packaging and/or recycling costs>", "feedbackEnglish": "While the intent of this bill is good, inpractice it needs some adjustements. Small businesses are disproportionally affected by this new bill as they ship less but pay the same amount as big corporationss. A small shop selling ethically made, durable clothing pays as much as Shein which has the financial means to compensate for the new cost without changing their polluting business practices. The requirement to register (and pay) in each member state undermines the principle of the common customs union/market and also affects EU based businesses more as they are more likely to ship within the EU. It should be packaging manufacturers who are made responsible for creating environmentably sustainable packaging and/or recycling costs>", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556161_en"}, {"id": 33556160, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:54:19", "country": "DEU", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Being a huge fan of both reducing waste and supporting small businesses while being pro-European all the way I have to admit Im shocked about this regulation. How can a regulation like that be published that effects small businesses so bad while not even helping the environment at all? The only ones who can afford this are the huge companies and multinational enterprises that dont have to care about the money and work spent on this while they already are causing problems for example by avoiding paying their fare share in taxes. Small businesses are what people burn for, people get invested in, communities can show their characters through and who build a local economy catering as a base for the larger scale economy. The European idea is about unifying our interests but this regulation makes one have to look for specific persons and regulation in all partner countries. As an artist I call on you to help small companies and artists to thrive and strengthen our community as one modern and environment friendly Europe !", "feedbackEnglish": "Being a huge fan of both reducing waste and supporting small businesses while being pro-European all the way I have to admit Im shocked about this regulation. How can a regulation like that be published that effects small businesses so bad while not even helping the environment at all? The only ones who can afford this are the huge companies and multinational enterprises that dont have to care about the money and work spent on this while they already are causing problems for example by avoiding paying their fare share in taxes. Small businesses are what people burn for, people get invested in, communities can show their characters through and who build a local economy catering as a base for the larger scale economy. The European idea is about unifying our interests but this regulation makes one have to look for specific persons and regulation in all partner countries. As an artist I call on you to help small companies and artists to thrive and strengthen our community as one modern and environment friendly Europe !", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556160_en"}, {"id": 33556159, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:52:45", "country": "POL", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "It is not normal for the money from recycling to go to private companies that also make additional profits from their activities. It is not normal to give power to hundreds of speculators to represent business at the local level. It is not normal to destroy small businesses on the continent with absurd regulations. Many things are not normal and it is normal for the European Union to fall apart from the extremely absurd taxes that empty the wallet of every single person on the continent.", "feedbackEnglish": "It is not normal for the money from recycling to go to private companies that also make additional profits from their activities. It is not normal to give power to hundreds of speculators to represent business at the local level. It is not normal to destroy small businesses on the continent with absurd regulations. Many things are not normal and it is normal for the European Union to fall apart from the extremely absurd taxes that empty the wallet of every single person on the continent.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556159_en"}, {"id": 33556158, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:46:30", "country": "GRC", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am a Greek citizen and thus an EU citizen and I am unable to sell my art in the EU due to the new packaging fees. It is not only the PPWR that is blocking me, as an owner of a very small company from selling in the EU, but also the yearly EPR fees. I create ceramic art, am a one person company based in Greece and try to sell my art to the world. With the EPR and PPWR fees, I have stopped selling to countries of the EU, because I cannot comply with these fees due to the low number of sales I have annually. Losing sales from the EU is also affecting my small business. In my packaging I try and use only recyclable material I respect this, but paying recycling fees so as to sell in the EU is impossible for me as a small business owner to do. MY request is that small businesses located in the EU be EXEMPTED from both EPR and PPWR rules immediately. Let us sell our art to the EU. Let us keep small EU businesses open. Thank you.", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am a Greek citizen and thus an EU citizen and I am unable to sell my art in the EU due to the new packaging fees. It is not only the PPWR that is blocking me, as an owner of a very small company from selling in the EU, but also the yearly EPR fees. I create ceramic art, am a one person company based in Greece and try to sell my art to the world. With the EPR and PPWR fees, I have stopped selling to countries of the EU, because I cannot comply with these fees due to the low number of sales I have annually. Losing sales from the EU is also affecting my small business. In my packaging I try and use only recyclable material I respect this, but paying recycling fees so as to sell in the EU is impossible for me as a small business owner to do. MY request is that small businesses located in the EU be EXEMPTED from both EPR and PPWR rules immediately. Let us sell our art to the EU. Let us keep small EU businesses open. Thank you.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556158_en"}, {"id": 33556157, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:41:36", "country": "DEU", "language": "FR", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Einzelunternehmen", "feedback": "La charge financière et administrative pour les petites et très petites entreprises induite par ce texte n'est simplement pas supportable pour elles. Je suis directement concernée. Je suis artisane d'art, je ne peux pas assumer la charge financière et administrative pour vendre mes créations dans d'autres pays européens et je crains que mon fournisseur principal, se trouvant dans un autre pays européen, ne puisse plus m'envoyer sa marchandise. Etant le seul en Europe, je ne sais pas ce que je vais pouvoir faire. Je trouve pertinant de chercher à réduire les emballages et favoriser le recyclage mais il devrait être suffisant d'être affilié à un système dans un pays.", "feedbackEnglish": "The financial and administrative burden for small and very small enterprises brought about by this text is simply not bearable for them. I am directly concerned. I am a craft artist, I cannot take on the financial and administrative burden of selling my creations in other European countries and I am afraid that my main supplier, located in another European country, will no longer be able to send me his goods. Being the only one in Europe, I do not know what I will be able to do. I find it worthwhile to seek to reduce packaging and promote recycling, but it should be enough to be a member of a system in one country.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556157_en"}, {"id": 33556155, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:33:44", "country": "CZE", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Artist", "feedback": "Giiiirrrrrrrrlllll, this shall not pass. Artists like me send like 10-50 packages per year to 27 different countries. This pushes people like us into grey economics, because we will NOT be pushed into oblivion. Your choice, though. Here is a list of suggestions, if you care about the nature: ban cars, short continental flights, and billionaires. Recycling was not enough in the 90s! Time to do some real work.", "feedbackEnglish": "Giiiirrrrrrrrlllll, this shall not pass. Artists like me send like 10-50 packages per year to 27 different countries. This pushes people like us into grey economics, because we will NOT be pushed into oblivion. Your choice, though. Here is a list of suggestions, if you care about the nature: ban cars, short continental flights, and billionaires. Recycling was not enough in the 90s! Time to do some real work.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556155_en"}, {"id": 33556154, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:30:44", "country": "AUT", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Firma Modellbau Kirchert", "feedback": "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, als kleines, familiengeführtes Modellbau-Fachgeschäft mit angeschlossenem Versandhandel möchten wir unsere Bedenken zur Umsetzung der neuen EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) darlegen. Unser grenzüberschreitender Versand innerhalb der EU macht nur einen kleinen Teil unseres Geschäftes aus. Nach unserem Verständnis können jedoch bereits geringe Versandmengen in einen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat umfangreiche Verpflichtungen auslösen, unter anderem die Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten im jeweiligen Zielland. Für große Onlinehändler sind die damit verbundenen Kosten und der Verwaltungsaufwand auf eine sehr große Anzahl von Sendungen verteilbar. Für kleine Fachgeschäfte, die nur wenige Pakete pro Jahr in einzelne EU-Länder versenden, ist dies wirtschaftlich kaum darstellbar. Dadurch entsteht aus unserer Sicht eine erhebliche Benachteiligung kleiner und familiengeführter Unternehmen. Besonders bedauerlich ist dies, weil wir bereits seit vielen Jahren auf einen ressourcenschonenden Umgang mit Verpackungen achten. Wir verwenden beispielsweise geeignete Kartons unserer Lieferanten mehrfach, anstatt ständig neues Verpackungsmaterial anzuschaffen. Nachhaltigkeit war für uns schon lange selbstverständlich, bevor sie zum regulatorischen Thema wurde. Wir ersuchen daher dringend um eine Kleinmengen- bzw. Bagatellregelung für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen sowie um vereinfachte Registrierungs-, Melde- und Bevollmächtigtenpflichten bei nur geringem grenzüberschreitendem Versand. Die derzeitige Situation hat für uns bereits konkrete Folgen: Bis zur Klärung der rechtlichen Anforderungen können wir vorübergehend nur innerhalb Österreichs liefern. Dies ist keine Entscheidung, die wir freiwillig treffen, sondern eine wirtschaftliche Notwendigkeit. Wir unterstützen die Ziele der PPWR ausdrücklich. Die Umsetzung sollte jedoch verhältnismäßig sein und kleine Unternehmen nicht mit Kosten und Bürokratie belasten, die in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich anfallenden Verpackungsmenge stehen. Wir bitten die Europäische Kommission daher um Auskunft, ob für Kleinst- und Kleinunternehmen mit geringen Versandmengen entsprechende Ausnahmen, Freigrenzen oder vereinfachte Verfahren vorgesehen bzw. geplant sind. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Modellbau Kirchert Familienbetrieb seit 1964 Wien, Österreich", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, as a small, family-run model-building specialist shop with associated mail-order sales, we would like to express our concerns about the implementation of the new EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR). Our cross-border shipping within the EU is only a small part of our business. However, we understand that even small volumes of shipments to another EU Member State can trigger extensive obligations, including the appointment of an authorised representative in the respective country of destination. For large online traders, the associated costs and administrative burden can be spread over a very large number of items. This is hardly economically feasible for small specialist shops that send only a few parcels per year to individual EU countries. In our view, this puts small and family-run businesses at a considerable disadvantage. This is particularly regrettable because we have been looking for many years at the resource-efficient use of packaging. For example, we use suitable cartons from our suppliers several times instead of constantly purchasing new packaging material. Sustainability was a long-standing concern for us before it became a regulatory issue. We therefore urgently request a small volume/de minimis rule for micro and small enterprises, as well as simplified registration, notification and authorised representative obligations for small cross-border shipments. The current situation is already having concrete consequences for us: Pending clarification of the legal requirements, we can only temporarily deliver within Austria. This is not a voluntary decision, but an economic necessity. We strongly support the objectives of the PPWR. However, implementation should be proportionate and not burden small businesses with costs and bureaucracy that are disproportionate to the actual amount of packaging generated. We would therefore ask the European Commission to clarify whether exemptions, exemption thresholds or simplified procedures are provided for or planned for micro and small enterprises with low volumes of shipments. Yours since 1964, Vienna, Austria", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556154_en"}, {"id": 33556153, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:28:55", "country": "BGR", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Finding out about this new law was a real shock to me. First, because I was planning to start my own businesssomething that has now become virtually impossible under these new rules, given that I come from a small market (Bulgarian) and rely on reaching customers across the European Union. Second, because this regulation effectively closes borders and creates immense obstacles, which I believe goes directly against the core values of the EU. It is an extremely ill-conceived decision that will only worsen the waste problem. Major corporations will continue their operations unaffected as before, while the inability to support small artists and artisans across Europe will only drive more people toward mass platforms like Temu. I strongly demand a thorough review and reconsideration of these new rules!", "feedbackEnglish": "Finding out about this new law was a real shock to me. First, because I was planning to start my own businesssomething that has now become virtually impossible under these new rules, given that I come from a small market (Bulgarian) and rely on reaching customers across the European Union. Second, because this regulation effectively closes borders and creates immense obstacles, which I believe goes directly against the core values of the EU. It is an extremely ill-conceived decision that will only worsen the waste problem. Major corporations will continue their operations unaffected as before, while the inability to support small artists and artisans across Europe will only drive more people toward mass platforms like Temu. I strongly demand a thorough review and reconsideration of these new rules!", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556153_en"}, {"id": 33556152, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:28:27", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "YOURNETWORLD®", "feedback": "**Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,** als Betreiberin der deutschen Tierfuttermarke **petinjo®** vertreiben wir unsere Produkte über unseren eigenen Onlineshop direkt an Endkundinnen und Endkunden. Als kleines Unternehmen möchten wir unsere Produkte perspektivisch auch Kundinnen und Kunden in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten anbieten und damit die Möglichkeiten des europäischen Binnenmarktes nutzen. Gerade deshalb möchte ich auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders kritischen Punkt bei der Umsetzung der PPWR und der erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung hinweisen: **die Verpflichtung zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten bei grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufen innerhalb der Europäischen Union.** Für ein kleines Unternehmen wie petinjo® ist der Versand in andere EU-Mitgliedstaaten grundsätzlich ein naheliegender und wichtiger Wachstumsschritt. Wir verfügen jedoch weder über eine eigene Rechtsabteilung noch über die administrativen Strukturen eines Großunternehmens. Trotzdem möchten und müssen wir selbstverständlich sämtliche gesetzlichen Vorgaben korrekt erfüllen. Die geplanten Regelungen führen jedoch dazu, dass bereits geringe Verkaufszahlen in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat erhebliche zusätzliche Fixkosten und Verwaltungsaufwände verursachen können. Unter Umständen kann bereits eine sehr geringe Anzahl an Bestellungen dazu führen, dass für das betreffende Land ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt, ein Vertragsverhältnis abgeschlossen und zusätzliche Registrierungs- und Meldepflichten erfüllt werden müssen. Für ein kleines Unternehmen macht es dabei einen erheblichen Unterschied, ob wir beispielsweise **fünf oder fünfhundert Pakete pro Jahr** in ein bestimmtes EU-Land versenden. Die Fixkosten für Registrierung, Bevollmächtigung und Administration entstehen jedoch weitgehend unabhängig von diesem tatsächlichen Verkaufsvolumen. Wenn ein kleiner Onlineshop Produkte in zehn oder zwanzig EU-Mitgliedstaaten anbieten möchte, können daraus entsprechend zahlreiche einzelne Vertragsverhältnisse, Gebühren und nationale Meldewege entstehen. Damit wird aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt für kleine Unternehmen faktisch ein Markt mit zahlreichen administrativen und finanziellen Eintrittshürden. **Aus unserer Sicht sollte die Umsetzung deshalb insbesondere folgende Punkte berücksichtigen:** **1. Ausnahme für Kleinstunternehmen bzw. Bagatellgrenzen** Kleinstunternehmen sollten anhand klar definierter Grenzen beispielsweise Mitarbeiterzahl und Jahresumsatz von der Pflicht zur Bestellung eines eigenen Bevollmächtigten ausgenommen werden. Ergänzend sollte eine **Bagatellgrenze pro Mitgliedstaat** eingeführt werden. Unternehmen, die nur geringe Verpackungsmengen beziehungsweise geringe Stückzahlen in einen Mitgliedstaat versenden, sollten dort keinen eigenen Bevollmächtigten bestellen müssen. Gerade für kleine Onlineshops würde dies ermöglichen, einen neuen europäischen Markt zunächst zu testen, bevor erhebliche laufende Fixkosten entstehen. **2. Echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung** Die Möglichkeit, Dienstleister mit der Wahrnehmung der Herstellerverantwortung zu beauftragen, löst das grundlegende Problem bislang nicht. Auch bei zentral auftretenden Dienstleistern entstehen häufig weiterhin separate Registrierungen, Verträge und Kosten für die einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Notwendig wäre deshalb eine **echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung**. Ein Unternehmen sollte sich zentral registrieren und einen Ansprechpartner beziehungsweise Bevollmächtigten für seine grenzüberschreitenden Verkäufe innerhalb der EU benennen können. Dieser sollte die notwendigen Meldungen gegenüber den jeweiligen Mitgliedstaaten übernehmen können, ohne dass für jedes einzelne Land erneut vollständige Fixkostenstrukturen entstehen. **3. Einheitliche und digitale Datenübermittlung** Auch die Meldung der Verpackungsmengen sollte europaweit technisch standardisiert werden. Ein Unternehmen sollte seine Verpackungsdaten einmal in einem einheitlichen Format erfassen und anschließend fü", "feedbackEnglish": "**Dear ladies and gentlemen,** as the operator of the German animal feed brand **petinjo®**, we sell our products directly to end customers via our own online shop. As a small company, we would also like to offer our products in future to customers in other EU Member States, thereby taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the European single market. It is precisely for this reason that I would like to draw attention to what we consider to be a particularly critical point in the implementation of the PPWR and extended producer responsibility: **the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for cross-border sales within the European Union.** For a small company such as petinjo® shipping to other EU Member States is in principle an obvious and important growth step. However, we do not have a separate legal department or the administrative structures of a large company. Nevertheless, we obviously want and must comply correctly with all the legal requirements. However, the planned rules mean that even low sales in another Member State can lead to significant additional fixed costs and administrative burdens. A very small number of orders may require the appointment of an authorised representative for the country concerned, the conclusion of a contractual relationship and the fulfilment of additional registration and reporting obligations. For a small company, it makes a significant difference whether, for example, we send **five or five hundred parcels per year** to a specific EU country. However, the fixed costs of registration, authorisation and administration are largely independent of this actual volume of sales. If a small online shop wants to offer products in 10 or 20 EU Member States, this can result in a large number of individual contractual relationships, fees and national reporting channels. This effectively turns the European single market for small businesses into a market with numerous administrative and financial barriers to entry. **In our view, implementation should therefore pay particular attention to the following points:** **1. Exemption for micro-enterprises or de minimis thresholds** Micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint their own authorised representative on the basis of clearly defined limits, such as staff headcount and annual turnover. In addition, a **de minimis limit per Member State** should be introduced. Undertakings which send only small quantities of packaging or small quantities of packaging to a Member State should not be required to appoint their own authorised representative there. This would allow small online shops in particular to test a new European market before incurring significant ongoing fixed costs. **2. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution** The possibility of entrusting producer responsibility to service providers does not solve the fundamental problem so far. Central service providers also often continue to face separate registrations, contracts and costs for each Member State. A genuine European one-stop-shop solution** would therefore be necessary. A company should be able to register centrally and appoint a contact person or authorised representative for its cross-border sales within the EU. The latter should be able to make the necessary declarations to the respective Member States without the re-establishment of complete fixed cost structures for each individual country. **3. Uniform and digital data transmission** The reporting of packaging quantities should also be technically standardised across Europe. A company should record its packaging data once in a uniform format and then", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556152_en"}, {"id": 33556147, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:09:02", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Unable to buy stuff from small businesses in other eu countries. This has previously been essential as no one in my own country sells the items i need.", "feedbackEnglish": "Unable to buy stuff from small businesses in other eu countries. This has previously been essential as no one in my own country sells the items i need.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556147_en"}, {"id": 33556144, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:04:47", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "Maximal überzogenes Bürokratie- und Kostenmonster. Zum Schutz des freien Handels über Landesgrenzen innerhalb der EU muss zwingend nachgebessert werden.", "feedbackEnglish": "Excessive administrative burden and costs. There is an urgent need to improve the protection of free trade across borders within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556144_en"}, {"id": 33556143, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:01:34", "country": "ITA", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "ERCOLE 1958 di Laura Ercole", "feedback": "I run a small e-commerce business AKI selling across several EU countries. All my suppliers are local, within 70 km, all certified for sustainability: tissue paper, corrugated cardboard, labels, outer boxes. My packaging is already minimal, recyclable, and protective I sell glass, couriers won't insure it, every box is sized to the centimetre to cut both damage and waste. My B2B customers receive the file attached to minimize the packaging and make shipping cost effective and sustainable I agree with the goal of the regulation. I don't agree with how the implementing act on national registers is built. A small business is not a scaled-down multinational. No compliance office, no legal team in every country, no economies of scale on anything. Registering separately in each Member State in some cases a double process of register plus producer responsibility organisation is the same fixed cost whether you sell one item or a million. For a large company it's a line in the budget. For me it's the difference between selling outside my own country or not. The practical result won't be better packaging, because mine already is. It will be that I stop selling across the EU and go back to selling only in Italy. The regulation will have hit the businesses already doing this well, and left completely untouched the ones packing badly and shipping by the container. I'm asking for a genuinely single registration format, valid across the EU through one procedure, and a minimum threshold by turnover or by number of shipments below which a micro-producer doesn't have to register separately in every country. Without that, this regulation won't cut packaging waste. It will just cut the number of small European businesses still able to sell across Europe.", "feedbackEnglish": "I run a small e-commerce business AKI selling across several EU countries. All my suppliers are local, within 70 km, all certified for sustainability: tissue paper, corrugated cardboard, labels, outer boxes. My packaging is already minimal, recyclable, and protective I sell glass, couriers won't insure it, every box is sized to the centimetre to cut both damage and waste. My B2B customers receive the file attached to minimize the packaging and make shipping cost effective and sustainable I agree with the goal of the regulation. I don't agree with how the implementing act on national registers is built. A small business is not a scaled-down multinational. No compliance office, no legal team in every country, no economies of scale on anything. Registering separately in each Member State in some cases a double process of register plus producer responsibility organisation is the same fixed cost whether you sell one item or a million. For a large company it's a line in the budget. For me it's the difference between selling outside my own country or not. The practical result won't be better packaging, because mine already is. It will be that I stop selling across the EU and go back to selling only in Italy. The regulation will have hit the businesses already doing this well, and left completely untouched the ones packing badly and shipping by the container. I'm asking for a genuinely single registration format, valid across the EU through one procedure, and a minimum threshold by turnover or by number of shipments below which a micro-producer doesn't have to register separately in every country. Without that, this regulation won't cut packaging waste. It will just cut the number of small European businesses still able to sell across Europe.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556143_en"}, {"id": 33556142, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 19:01:31", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Danke für die Vernichtung ALLER kleinen Onlinehändler. Nur der Export nach AT lohnt sich nach den jetzigen Regelungen noch. Ich bin ein kleiner Einzelkämpfer, alleine die Gebühren für Entsorgung und Bevollmächtigten geben mir den Rest. Eine grammgenaue Meldung von Pappe, Plastik usw. gäben mir dann den Rest, wenn ich das für 27 EU Länder erledigen müsste. Wieso haben Sie das Ganze nicht wie mit dem OSS geregelt? Eine zentrale Stelle, dort geht die Meldung hin, dort ist man registriert und dort stellen Sie Bevollmächtigte zu einen viel geringeren Preis. So machen sich Firmen die Taschen voll, die Meldungen mit Vorlagen fix erledigen. Ich habe ALLE Länder bisher abgeschaltet, Österreich werde ich nach Kauf der Lizenz wieder aufmachen, alles andere hat sich nach dem derzeitigen Stand erledigt. Ihr Vorgehen kostet mich etliche tausend Euro Gewinn pro Jahr.", "feedbackEnglish": "Thank you for the destruction of ALL small online traders. Only exports to Austria are still worthwhile under the current rules. I am a small individual fighter, only the fees for disposal and authorised representatives give me the rest. A grammatical declaration of cardboard, plastic, etc. would give me the rest if I had to do so for 27 EU countries. Why have you not regulated the whole as with the OSS? A central body, where the notification is received, where you are registered and where you place authorised representatives at a much lower price. In this way, companies make up their pockets and make notifications on a fixed basis using templates. I have switched off ALL Länder so far, Austria will restart once the licence has been purchased, and everything else has been done as things stand. It costs me several thousand euros a year to make a profit.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556142_en"}, {"id": 33556141, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:57:35", "country": "SWE", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "First and foremost I need to address how much confusion this law has caused me and many others. The guidance document as well as the FAQ both use incredibly convoluted language that is hard to decode, and as a result, I have seen several interpretations of what this law means for small businesses, or \"micro enterprises\". It has caused unease and turmoil among many independent businesses across Europe. I have even seen several conspiracy theories form over this past week. I've seen people say that the EU committee has been \"bought\" by bigger corporations to eliminate competition and people believing there are people spreading misinformation on purpose to weaken the image of the EU. While I don't believe any of this to be true, it speaks for just how bad the situation is, and I think clearer directives are vital right now. I don't know what I can trust online regarding PPWR or EPR right now, and it is scary. But if the information I have seen is indeed correct, and this new law has no exemption for small businesses, I have huge concerns regarding this law. I think its a great initiative to make businesses take bigger responsibility for the waste they produce, and as a business owner I am willing to do my part. However, I am just one person. Im not a large corporation with a legal team or anyone to help me navigate all this. I also dont earn enough to cover the fees to pay an authorized representative let alone several of them. It feels like this will affect small businesses at a much larger scale that big corporations and industries like fast fashion etc, who are big culprits when it comes to the destruction of the environment. Its unrealistic that individual people are held to the same standard as companies that employ hundreds of people and produce significantly larger amounts of waste. Like I said, I am all for a greener future, but no matter how much I want to be able to abide by the new rules, I simply dont have the means to. If this keeps up, everyone will be forced to purchase cheap, mass produced, low quality items that fall apart quickly instead of having the choice to spend money on well made, hand crafted goods that will last for many years to come. It feels disheartening.", "feedbackEnglish": "First and foremost I need to address how much confusion this law has caused me and many others. The guidance document as well as the FAQ both use incredibly convoluted language that is hard to decode, and as a result, I have seen several interpretations of what this law means for small businesses, or \"micro enterprises\". It has caused unease and turmoil among many independent businesses across Europe. I have even seen several conspiracy theories form over this past week. I've seen people say that the EU committee has been \"bought\" by bigger corporations to eliminate competition and people believing there are people spreading misinformation on purpose to weaken the image of the EU. While I don't believe any of this to be true, it speaks for just how bad the situation is, and I think clearer directives are vital right now. I don't know what I can trust online regarding PPWR or EPR right now, and it is scary. But if the information I have seen is indeed correct, and this new law has no exemption for small businesses, I have huge concerns regarding this law. I think its a great initiative to make businesses take bigger responsibility for the waste they produce, and as a business owner I am willing to do my part. However, I am just one person. Im not a large corporation with a legal team or anyone to help me navigate all this. I also dont earn enough to cover the fees to pay an authorized representative let alone several of them. It feels like this will affect small businesses at a much larger scale that big corporations and industries like fast fashion etc, who are big culprits when it comes to the destruction of the environment. Its unrealistic that individual people are held to the same standard as companies that employ hundreds of people and produce significantly larger amounts of waste. Like I said, I am all for a greener future, but no matter how much I want to be able to abide by the new rules, I simply dont have the means to. If this keeps up, everyone will be forced to purchase cheap, mass produced, low quality items that fall apart quickly instead of having the choice to spend money on well made, hand crafted goods that will last for many years to come. It feels disheartening.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556141_en"}, {"id": 33556140, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:52:38", "country": "AUT", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "Lena Butschek ", "feedback": "Hello, I am a potter living and working in Austria. Part of my income used to come from occasional purchases by private customers from all over the EU. I say used to because a few years ago I became aware of the then already existent packaging laws which have now been changed and adapted. I am very aware of my impact on the environment as a maker. And I am also absolutely willing to pay my way. But even before authorised representatives, the systems in place in many European countries (including Austria) do not reflect an individuals actual output in terms of packaging as there is a minimum flat rate that is charged to anyone shipping or even just wrapping a few pots. This flat rate is often many times higher than the cost of recycling. For example: last year my actual contribution to the recycling system in Austria should have been just over 3. But as there is a minimum charge for small businesses, I was charged over 90. This is true for many EU countries. As you can imagine, I cant absorb this as a small business. In fact, it feels like I am being punished for being a small producer having to bear an unreasonable financial burden due to the water produced mainly by huge corporations like Amazon, Temu, Shein etc. While I am sure it was not your intention, what a way to put the small local businesses that you should be protecting out of business. I do not ask for exemptions. What I ask for as a proud EU citizen is this: one system, one website. Put all that AI to use and design a website that allows us businesses to log each and every shipment to an EU member state before actually sending it off. I pay then and there, print out a QR code or something similar, stick it on the parcel as proof of payment. The money is then divided up between the member states according to country of destination. That would be doable for a small business. Registering a license in each and every member state and paying for an imaginary number of parcels or a flat rate ahead of time is not. Look after us. Protect the small businesses that form the cultural backbone of Europe. Lena", "feedbackEnglish": "Hello, I am a potter living and working in Austria. Part of my income used to come from occasional purchases by private customers from all over the EU. I say used to because a few years ago I became aware of the then already existent packaging laws which have now been changed and adapted. I am very aware of my impact on the environment as a maker. And I am also absolutely willing to pay my way. But even before authorised representatives, the systems in place in many European countries (including Austria) do not reflect an individuals actual output in terms of packaging as there is a minimum flat rate that is charged to anyone shipping or even just wrapping a few pots. This flat rate is often many times higher than the cost of recycling. For example: last year my actual contribution to the recycling system in Austria should have been just over 3. But as there is a minimum charge for small businesses, I was charged over 90. This is true for many EU countries. As you can imagine, I cant absorb this as a small business. In fact, it feels like I am being punished for being a small producer having to bear an unreasonable financial burden due to the water produced mainly by huge corporations like Amazon, Temu, Shein etc. While I am sure it was not your intention, what a way to put the small local businesses that you should be protecting out of business. I do not ask for exemptions. What I ask for as a proud EU citizen is this: one system, one website. Put all that AI to use and design a website that allows us businesses to log each and every shipment to an EU member state before actually sending it off. I pay then and there, print out a QR code or something similar, stick it on the parcel as proof of payment. The money is then divided up between the member states according to country of destination. That would be doable for a small business. Registering a license in each and every member state and paying for an imaginary number of parcels or a flat rate ahead of time is not. Look after us. Protect the small businesses that form the cultural backbone of Europe. Lena", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556140_en"}, {"id": 33556137, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:46:34", "country": "ROU", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Boak Carmen-Alexandra PFA", "feedback": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of a very small business in Romania to express my serious concerns regarding the implementation of the PPWR and EPR obligations for small businesses selling across the European Union. I want to make one thing very clear: this is not simply a request to remove the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. - The bigger issue is whether the entire system is proportionate. !? We fully support the objectives behind PPWR and EPR. We believe that packaging waste must be reduced, recycling must be encouraged and producers must take responsibility for the environmental impact of their products. However, the current approach does not adequately distinguish between businesses based on their capacity to contribute to, or impact, the packaging waste systems. A small business sending a few dozen or a few hundred parcels across the EU should not face essentially the same registration requirements, administrative costs and environmental contributions as a company sending millions of packages every year. The environmental impact is not the same. The economic capacity is not the same. Yet the administrative burden can be remarkably similar. This creates a system that is disproportionately difficult for micro and small businesses. Large companies can absorb these costs or simply pass them on to consumers. For a small business, however, several thousand euros in annual compliance costs, combined with registration requirements and authorized representatives in multiple countries, can represent a significant percentage of the entire annual profit. And this creates a very real consequence: Large companies pass the cost on. Small companies disappear. When a small business can no longer afford to operate, it does not simply stop generating packaging waste. It also eliminates the livelihood of the person behind that business. We are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are asking for a proportionate system. A business sending 50 packages should not be treated administratively as if it were sending 1 million! The principle of polluter pays should also mean that the scale of the contribution reflects the scale of the pollution and the capacity to affect the system. At the moment, it feels as though small businesses are being asked to finance a complex administrative infrastructure designed primarily around much larger market participants. And this leads to an uncomfortable question: Are we sacrificing thousands of small businesses in the name of a greater environmental good, even when many of those businesses already have strong environmental practices? In my own case, my business is built around recycling. I transform discarded paper and cardboard into handmade plantable paper. Sustainability is not something I added because regulations required it - it has been at the heart of my business for more than ten years. I want to continue operating responsibly and selling to customers across Europe. But I need a system that allows a microbusiness to comply without making compliance economically impossible. Please do not interpret the concerns of small businesses as resistance to environmental regulation. We are asking for better regulation - regulation that protects the environment without eliminating the small businesses that are trying to build a more sustainable economy. I respectfully ask the European Commission to thoroughly reassess the PPWR and EPR implementation from the perspective of micro and small businesses and to introduce meaningful proportionality based on actual packaging volumes and environmental impact. We should not have to choose between protecting the environment and keeping our businesses alive. There should be a way to do both. Kind regards, Carmen Boak Romania Owner of a small sustainable paper business", "feedbackEnglish": "Dear European Commission, I am writing as the owner of a very small business in Romania to express my serious concerns regarding the implementation of the PPWR and EPR obligations for small businesses selling across the European Union. I want to make one thing very clear: this is not simply a request to remove the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. - The bigger issue is whether the entire system is proportionate. !? We fully support the objectives behind PPWR and EPR. We believe that packaging waste must be reduced, recycling must be encouraged and producers must take responsibility for the environmental impact of their products. However, the current approach does not adequately distinguish between businesses based on their capacity to contribute to, or impact, the packaging waste systems. A small business sending a few dozen or a few hundred parcels across the EU should not face essentially the same registration requirements, administrative costs and environmental contributions as a company sending millions of packages every year. The environmental impact is not the same. The economic capacity is not the same. Yet the administrative burden can be remarkably similar. This creates a system that is disproportionately difficult for micro and small businesses. Large companies can absorb these costs or simply pass them on to consumers. For a small business, however, several thousand euros in annual compliance costs, combined with registration requirements and authorized representatives in multiple countries, can represent a significant percentage of the entire annual profit. And this creates a very real consequence: Large companies pass the cost on. Small companies disappear. When a small business can no longer afford to operate, it does not simply stop generating packaging waste. It also eliminates the livelihood of the person behind that business. We are not asking to be exempt from environmental responsibility. We are asking for a proportionate system. A business sending 50 packages should not be treated administratively as if it were sending 1 million! The principle of polluter pays should also mean that the scale of the contribution reflects the scale of the pollution and the capacity to affect the system. At the moment, it feels as though small businesses are being asked to finance a complex administrative infrastructure designed primarily around much larger market participants. And this leads to an uncomfortable question: Are we sacrificing thousands of small businesses in the name of a greater environmental good, even when many of those businesses already have strong environmental practices? In my own case, my business is built around recycling. I transform discarded paper and cardboard into handmade plantable paper. Sustainability is not something I added because regulations required it - it has been at the heart of my business for more than ten years. I want to continue operating responsibly and selling to customers across Europe. But I need a system that allows a microbusiness to comply without making compliance economically impossible. Please do not interpret the concerns of small businesses as resistance to environmental regulation. We are asking for better regulation - regulation that protects the environment without eliminating the small businesses that are trying to build a more sustainable economy. I respectfully ask the European Commission to thoroughly reassess the PPWR and EPR implementation from the perspective of micro and small businesses and to introduce meaningful proportionality based on actual packaging volumes and environmental impact. We should not have to choose between protecting the environment and keeping our businesses alive. There should be a way to do both. Kind regards, Carmen Boak Romania Owner of a small sustainable paper business", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556137_en"}, {"id": 33556135, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:43:52", "country": "USA", "language": "EN", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "I'm writing as a friend to a owner of a microbusiness in the Arts Industry. I implore you to reconsider how these new regulations are implemented. I fully support heavier rules around curbing waste and making sure packaging is done in an environmentally conscious way, but the current legislation completely kills trade for micro companies with the current setup. Below is the reasons they explained. > The yearly registration costs alone are already unrealistic for a small company to bear. If thry sell one keychain they are expected to pay nearly 10x it's value (or more) just to be able to send it? Not to mention the enormous amount of logistics and paperwork they need to undertake . They understand that for bigger companies, this is not a problem - they will pay the fees, and whoever is in charge of their paperwork will fill everything out and life goes on. But for a one-woman-operation like them, this is entirely unmanageable. > they can already see hundreds (if not thousands, and more will follow) of creators announcing online that shipping to the EU is now not available for their online stores, Kickstarter campaigns, Etsy stores, etc, simply because they can't afford to comply - both financially and in regards to manpower and work hours needed for the extra paperwork. > > I would like to ask you to considering giving micro and small businesses an exemption from these new regulations, unless we cross a certain monetary threshold in sales per year. (Similar to how local VAT registration works.) > > This way, the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who create an immense amount of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm writing as a friend to a owner of a microbusiness in the Arts Industry. I implore you to reconsider how these new regulations are implemented. I fully support heavier rules around curbing waste and making sure packaging is done in an environmentally conscious way, but the current legislation completely kills trade for micro companies with the current setup. Below is the reasons they explained. > The yearly registration costs alone are already unrealistic for a small company to bear. If thry sell one keychain they are expected to pay nearly 10x it's value (or more) just to be able to send it? Not to mention the enormous amount of logistics and paperwork they need to undertake . They understand that for bigger companies, this is not a problem - they will pay the fees, and whoever is in charge of their paperwork will fill everything out and life goes on. But for a one-woman-operation like them, this is entirely unmanageable. > they can already see hundreds (if not thousands, and more will follow) of creators announcing online that shipping to the EU is now not available for their online stores, Kickstarter campaigns, Etsy stores, etc, simply because they can't afford to comply - both financially and in regards to manpower and work hours needed for the extra paperwork. > > I would like to ask you to considering giving micro and small businesses an exemption from these new regulations, unless we cross a certain monetary threshold in sales per year. (Similar to how local VAT registration works.) > > This way, the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who create an immense amount of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556135_en"}, {"id": 33556128, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:41:36", "country": "GBR", "language": "EN", "userType": "NON_EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": null, "feedback": "As a small, handmade plush artist in the UK, shipping to the EU has become increasingly difficult for small businesses. Since the GSPR laws in 2024, I had to stop offering EU shipping, as it was required to have an EU-based responsible person to contact. Every new update I see makes it even more impossible! Please remove small businesses from this who are not able to eat up the cost and time to manage what used to be so simple. I used to get occasional EU orders and commissions, so unfortunately it isn't worth considering shipping to the EU at this time. I'd love to ship to EU countries again if it becomes feasible.", "feedbackEnglish": "As a small, handmade plush artist in the UK, shipping to the EU has become increasingly difficult for small businesses. Since the GSPR laws in 2024, I had to stop offering EU shipping, as it was required to have an EU-based responsible person to contact. Every new update I see makes it even more impossible! Please remove small businesses from this who are not able to eat up the cost and time to manage what used to be so simple. I used to get occasional EU orders and commissions, so unfortunately it isn't worth considering shipping to the EU at this time. I'd love to ship to EU countries again if it becomes feasible.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556128_en"}, {"id": 33556133, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:40:27", "country": "DNK", "language": "EN", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "MICRO", "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": "VK Art", "feedback": "I'm writing as the owner of a microbusiness in the Arts Industry. I implore you to reconsider how these new regulations are implemented. I fully support heavier rules around curbing waste and making sure packaging is done in an environmentally conscious way, but the current legislation completely kills trade for micro companies with the current setup. The yearly registration costs alone are already unrealistic for a small company to bear. If I sell one keychain I am expected to pay nearly 10x it's value (or more) just to be able to send it? Not to mention the enormous amount of paperwork this throws on my plate. I understand that for bigger companies, this is not a problem - they will pay the fees, and whoever is in charge of their paperwork will fill everything out and life goes on. But for a one-woman-operation like mine, this is entirely unmanageable. And it's not just me, who thinks this. I can already see hundreds (if not thousands, and more will follow) of creators announcing online that shipping to the EU is now not available for their online stores, Kickstarter campaigns, Etsy stores, etc, simply because they can't afford to comply - both financially and in regards to manpower and work hours needed for the extra paperwork. I would like to ask you to considering giving micro and small businesses an exemption from these new regulations, unless we cross a certain monetary threshold in sales per year. (Similar to how local VAT registration works.) This way, the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who create an immense amount of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "feedbackEnglish": "I'm writing as the owner of a microbusiness in the Arts Industry. I implore you to reconsider how these new regulations are implemented. I fully support heavier rules around curbing waste and making sure packaging is done in an environmentally conscious way, but the current legislation completely kills trade for micro companies with the current setup. The yearly registration costs alone are already unrealistic for a small company to bear. If I sell one keychain I am expected to pay nearly 10x it's value (or more) just to be able to send it? Not to mention the enormous amount of paperwork this throws on my plate. I understand that for bigger companies, this is not a problem - they will pay the fees, and whoever is in charge of their paperwork will fill everything out and life goes on. But for a one-woman-operation like mine, this is entirely unmanageable. And it's not just me, who thinks this. I can already see hundreds (if not thousands, and more will follow) of creators announcing online that shipping to the EU is now not available for their online stores, Kickstarter campaigns, Etsy stores, etc, simply because they can't afford to comply - both financially and in regards to manpower and work hours needed for the extra paperwork. I would like to ask you to considering giving micro and small businesses an exemption from these new regulations, unless we cross a certain monetary threshold in sales per year. (Similar to how local VAT registration works.) This way, the legislation would stay immediately effective for large companies who create an immense amount of waste - instead of punishing micro and small businesses and effectively killing their trade within the EU.", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556133_en"}, {"id": 33556132, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:36:43", "country": "DEU", "language": "DE", "userType": "COMPANY", "companySize": "SMALL", "publication": "WITHINFO", "organization": "Einzelhandel", "feedback": "# Stellungnahme zur PPWR Bevollmächtigtenpflicht im EU-Onlinehandel **Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,** als Betreiber eines kleinen, inhabergeführten Online-Handels für Motorsport- und Fahrzeugteile möchten wir auf einen aus unserer Sicht besonders problematischen Punkt der PPWR-Umsetzung hinweisen: die Pflicht zur Bestellung eines Bevollmächtigten für die erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung beim grenzüberschreitenden Verkauf innerhalb der EU. Wir beliefern seit vielen Jahren Kunden in verschiedenen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Gerade für spezialisierte Händler ist der europäische Binnenmarkt wichtig. Die Zahl der Bestellungen je Land ist jedoch sehr unterschiedlich und in vielen Mitgliedstaaten vergleichsweise gering. Die vorgesehene Bevollmächtigtenpflicht stellt dieses Geschäftsmodell erheblich infrage. Bereits wenige Verkäufe in ein anderes EU-Land können dazu führen, dass dort ein Bevollmächtigter bestellt, ein Vertrag abgeschlossen und eine laufende Gebühr gezahlt werden muss. Wer in zehn oder zwanzig Mitgliedstaaten verkauft, benötigt entsprechend zahlreiche Vertragsverhältnisse, Registrierungen, Gebührenmodelle und Meldewege unabhängig davon, ob dort fünf Pakete oder fünftausend Sendungen pro Jahr verkauft werden. Diese Fixkosten stehen bei kleinen Händlern in keinem Verhältnis zur tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachten Verpackungsmenge. Die Regelung wirkt dadurch wie eine Marktzutrittsschwelle. Für Länder mit geringem Umsatz kann die wirtschaftlich vernünftige Konsequenz nur darin bestehen, den Versand dorthin einzustellen. Das widerspricht dem Gedanken des europäischen Binnenmarktes. Wir regen daher folgende Änderungen an: **1. Ausnahme bzw. Bagatellgrenze** Kleinstunternehmen sollten von der Bevollmächtigtenpflicht ausgenommen werden. Zusätzlich sollte es für geringe grenzüberschreitende Verpackungsmengen eine Bagatellgrenze je Zielland geben. Es ist nicht verhältnismäßig, für wenige Sendungen dieselben administrativen Strukturen zu verlangen wie für Unternehmen mit hunderttausenden Sendungen. **2. Echter europäischer One-Stop-Shop** Die Beauftragung eines zentralen Dienstleisters löst das Problem nicht, wenn weiterhin für jedes Land separate Verträge und Grundgebühren anfallen. Notwendig wäre eine echte EU-weite zentrale Stelle: einmal registrieren, Verpackungsmengen zentral melden und die Aufteilung auf die Mitgliedstaaten im Hintergrund abwickeln. **3. Einheitliche Datenübermittlung** Verpackungsdaten sollten europaweit in einem einheitlichen technischen Format gemeldet werden können. Einmal erfasste Daten dürfen nicht für jedes Land erneut aufbereitet werden müssen. **4. Verhältnismäßigkeit** Kleine Unternehmen sind keine verkleinerten Großkonzerne. Viele regulatorische Pflichten verursachen fixe Kosten, die unabhängig von Umsatz und Verpackungsmenge entstehen. Großunternehmen können diese Kosten auf sehr hohe Stückzahlen verteilen, kleine Spezialhändler nicht. Wir unterstützen ausdrücklich das Ziel, Verpackungsabfälle zu reduzieren und Inverkehrbringer angemessen an den Entsorgungskosten zu beteiligen. Entscheidend sollte jedoch die tatsächlich in Verkehr gebrachte Verpackungsmenge sein nicht allein die Tatsache, dass ein Händler Kunden in mehreren EU-Ländern beliefert. Andernfalls besteht die reale Gefahr, dass kleine und mittelständische Händler den grenzüberschreitenden EU-Verkauf erheblich einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Wir bitten Sie daher, sich bei der Umsetzung der PPWR für **Bagatellgrenzen, eine echte europäische One-Stop-Shop-Lösung und eine verhältnismäßige Bevollmächtigtenpflicht** einzusetzen. **Mit freundlichen Grüßen** Schlüter Motorsport Inh. Bernhard Schlüter Hanfeldstraße 40 D-49733 Haren-Emmeln [www.rennsportshop.com](http://www.rennsportshop.com)", "feedbackEnglish": "# Comments on the obligation of authorised representatives in EU online trade **Dear Sir/Madam,** as the operator of a small owner-run online trade in motorsports and car parts, we would like to draw attention to an issue of particular concern in our view regarding the implementation of the PPWR: the obligation to appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in case of cross-border sales within the EU. We have been supplying customers in different EU Member States for many years. The European single market is particularly important for specialised traders. However, the number of orders per country varies considerably and is comparatively low in many Member States. The proposed obligation to act as an authorised representative seriously calls this business model into question. Few sales to another EU country may require the appointment of an authorised representative, the conclusion of a contract and the payment of a current fee. Those selling in 10 or 20 Member States therefore need a large number of contracts, registrations, fee models and reporting channels, regardless of whether they sell five parcels or five thousand items per year. For small traders, these fixed costs are disproportionate to the amount of packaging actually placed on the market. The scheme thus acts as a market entry threshold. For countries with a low turnover, the economically reasonable consequence can only be to stop shipping there. This runs counter to the idea of the European single market. We therefore suggest the following changes: **1. Exemption or de minimis threshold** micro-enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to appoint an authorised representative. In addition, there should be a de minimis limit per destination country for small quantities of cross-border packaging. It is not proportionate to require the same administrative structures for a few consignments as for companies with hundreds of thousands of consignments. **2. A genuine European one-stop shop** mandating a central service provider will not solve the problem if separate contracts and basic fees continue to apply for each country. A genuine EU-wide one-stop shop would be needed: register once, report packaging quantities centrally and process the distribution between Member States in the background. **3. Uniform submission of data** Packaging data should be able to be reported across Europe in a uniform technical format. Once collected, data may not need to be reprocessed for each country. **4. Proportionality** Small companies are not small large companies. Many regulatory obligations generate fixed costs, which arise regardless of turnover and packaging volume. Large companies can spread these costs over very large numbers of items, but small specialised traders cannot. We strongly support the objective of reducing packaging waste and ensuring that distributors pay their fair share of disposal costs. However, the quantity of packaging actually placed on the market should not depend solely on the fact that a distributor supplies customers in several EU countries. Otherwise, there is a real risk that small and medium-sized traders will significantly restrict or stop cross-border EU sales. We would therefore ask you, when implementing the PPWR, to advocate for **de minimis limits, a genuine European one-stop-shop solution and a proportionate duty of attorney**. ** Kind regards** Schlüter Motorsport Inh. Bernhard Schlüter Hanfeldstraße 40 D-49733 Haren-Emmeln [www.rennsportshop.com](http://www.rennsportshop.com)", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556132_en"}, {"id": 33556131, "referenceInitiative": "Ares(2026)7688068", "dateFeedback": "2026/08/13 18:36:19", "country": "POL", "language": "PL", "userType": "EU_CITIZEN", "companySize": null, "publication": "ANONYMOUS", "organization": null, "feedback": "Szanowni Państwo, piszę jako mały przedsiębiorca z Polski. Eksportuję swoje produkty do różnych krajów świata, w tym UE. Proponowane rozwiązanie rejestracji w systemie odpadów i opłacanie tego systemu znacząco nadwyrężałoby moją pracę i sprzedaż. Proszę o rozpatrzenie mojej opinii, gdyż moja działalność opiera się również na eksporcie do krajów UE i te koszty powodowałyby kolejny wzrost cen i stawiałoby w znaku zapytania opłacalność mojej firmy. Tomasz", "feedbackEnglish": "Ladies and gentlemen, I am writing as a small entrepreneur from Poland. I export my products to different countries in the world, including the EU. The proposed solution for registering in the waste system and paying for it would significantly strain my work and sales. I would like to ask you to consider my opinion, as my activities are also based on exports to EU countries and these costs would further increase prices and put the profitability of my company into question. Thomas", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers/F33556131_en"}]}